* 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. [00:00:07] SUNSET BOX, GIMME MONDO, ALMOST DON'T LISTEN TO THE SUN. SUNSET FOR EVERY BOX. SEEN YOU FOR GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. THE TIME IS 9:10 AM ON THIS THURSDAY, MARCH 18TH, 2021. UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CAB BERDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. AND MAYOR BERG HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. TO GET US STARTED TODAY. UH, GO AHEAD AND TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO COUNCIL [1. 21-2121 Invocation] MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS MORNING I HAVE THE HUMBLE HONOR OF INTRODUCING FATHER KEVIN FO. PASTOR KEVIN IS A PASTOR AT THE HOLY REDEEMER CHURCH. UM, AND WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU THIS MORNING FOLLOWING PASTOR KEVIN'S GRADUATION FROM DEPAUL HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING IN 1975, FATHER KEVIN, A SENTIAN PRIEST, WORKED AS A REGISTERED NURSE UNTIL 1982. HE ENTERED THE SEMINARY IN 1982 AND WAS ORDAINED IN 1991, RECEIVING HIS MASTER'S OF DIVINITY DEGREE CERTIFICATE IN SPIRITUAL DIRECTION AND CERTIFICATE IN YOUTH MINISTRY FROM ST. THOMAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN DENVER. HE HAS STUDIED AT XAVIER UNIVERSITY AND THE INSTITUTE FOR BLACK CATHOLIC STUDIES. HIS FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS AT ST. PHILIS IN CHICAGO FOR TWO YEARS, HE THEN SERVED AS PASTOR OF ST. VINCENT DEPAUL PARISH IN PERRYVILLE, MISSOURI FOR 14 YEARS, HIS HOME PARISH AND ADMINISTRATOR OF ST. VINCENT HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE TAKING A SABBATICAL IN SAN ANTONIO. SAN ANTONIO AFTER SPENDING TIME AT THE NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGE IN ROME, FATHER KEVIN RETURNED TO SAN ANTONIO IN APRIL OF 2008 AND WAS NAMED PASTOR OF HOLY REDEEMER PARISH. HIS PRESENTLY DEAN OF CENTRAL URBAN DEANERY FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN ANTONIO AND CHAIR OF THE ARCHDIOCESE PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL, AND SERVES ON THE COLLEGE OF OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY SPIRITUAL ADVISOR AND BOARD MEMBER TO THE ARCHDIOCESE COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DEPAUL, AND IS A SPIRITUAL ADVISOR AND BOARD MEMBER FOR ACTS H I V MINISTRY. FATHER KEVIN IS THE STATE CHAPLAIN FOR THE KNIGHTS OF AND LADIES OF ST. PETER CLAVER. AND IN JUNE OF 2014, HE WAS NAMED PASTOR OF OUR LADY, A PERPETUAL HEALTH PARISH. WHILE CONTINUING AS PASTOR OF HOLY REDEEMER PARISH IN JULY OF 2018, HE WAS ASSIGNED THIRD PARISH. I JUST ADD SOMETHING TO THE PRINTER. THANK MICHAEL CATHOLIC CHURCH. HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SAGE BOARD. FATHER KEVIN HAS WORKED TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS TO SERVE THE EAST SIDE, WORKING WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOLS. HOLY REDEEMER HAS PROVIDED MOBILE FOOD PANTRIES AND FOOD GIVEAWAYS IN COLLABORATION WITH SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK TO SERVE FAMILIES IN NEED. HOLY REDEEMER HAS PARTNERED WITH THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND WITH CHRISTIAN ST. [00:05:01] SANTA ROSA HOSPITAL TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY WELLNESS AND RESOURCE FAIRS FOR THE EAST SIDE. EVERY TUESDAY, A NOON MEAL IS SERVED TO ADULTS IN THE PARISH HALL. MY APOLOGIES, I LOST MY SCREEN. IN THE PARISH HALL, WORKING WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES CLASSES AND PARENTING HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AT THE HOLY REDEEMER TO PROVIDE PARENTING CLASSES AND PROGRAMS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. HE IS CURRENTLY SERVING ON A NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY C COMMITTEE FOR CROSSPOINT. THIS IS A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS REENTERING SOCIETY, FOLLOWING INCARCERATION AS A SPIRITUAL ADVISOR FOR THE ARCH VINCENT FATHER, KEVIN PROVIDES SPIRITUAL DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE FOR THE BOARD. BESIDES THEIR MANY OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT SERVE PEOPLE OF ALL FAITH THROUGHOUT THE ARCHDIOCESE, THEY CURRENTLY PROVIDE ALL THE MEALS AT PROSPECT COURTYARD AT HAVEN FOR HOPE. HOPE, THE ACTS, H I V COMMUNITY HAS FOUND A HOME AT HOLY REDEEMER. ALSO THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF FATHER KEVIN AS A SPIRITUAL ADVISOR THAT SERVES THOSE INFECTED OR AFFECTED BY H I V. AND AIDS CONTINUES TO REACH OUT AND PROVIDE RETREATS, SUPPORT GROUPS, SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIALIZATION. FATHER KEVIN'S MINISTER MINISTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY AT OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY AS A CHAPLAIN. THROUGH HIS CHAPLAINCY AT THE UNIVERSITY, HE IS ABLE TO INTERACT, SUPPORT, AND CARE FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF. HE IS A MEMBER AND CHAPLAIN FOR THE KNIGHTS OF PETER CLAVER COUNCIL AND FOURTH DEGREE ASSEMBLING, AS WELL AS A CHAPLAIN FOR THE LADIES AUXILIARY OF THE KNIGHTS OF PETER CLAVER AND THE FOURTH DEGREE CHAPTER. HE IS CURRENTLY THE TEXAS STATE CHAPLAIN FOR THE KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF PETER CLAVER. HE IS THE FOURTH DEGREE MEMBER OF THE COLUMBUS AND MEMBER OF THE ARIAN ORDER OF THE OF THE HOLY SEP ULAR. HE IS THE GOLDEN LIFE MEMBER OF THE NAACP FATHER. KEVIN HAS BECOME VERY ACTIVE IN THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT AS PASTOR. AND IN 2012, HE RECEIVED THE DREAMERS IN ACTION AWARD FROM THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY. HIS EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP SKILLS HAVE ALLOWED HOLY REDEEMER TO CONTINUE TO BE A BEACON OF HOPE FOR THE EAST SIDE. FATHER KEVIN HAS ALSO BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE BLACK CLERGY HALL OF FAME IN FEBRUARY OF 2020. THANK YOU SO MUCH, FATHER KEVIN, FOR WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO HERE ON OUR EAST SIDE IN OUR DISTRICT TWO AREA. WE ARE SO HONORED TO HAVE YOU THIS MORNING AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, UH, UH, DISTRICT TWO COUNCILWOMAN, UH, JADA SULLIVAN, UH, FOR INVITING ME. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY TO YOU, MAYOR NIERENBERG, AND TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND ALL YOUR STAFF, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING IN GUIDING US THROUGH THIS TIME OF PANDEMIC. IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO GOVERN A CITY AND UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT TO ADD A PANDEMIC AND SNOWMAGEDDON TO IT, UH, THAT ADDS JUST ALL KINDS OF DIFFICULTIES. SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE, THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS TIME AND TO REALLY KEEP US SAFE. UH, WE'RE GRATEFUL. AT LEAST I'M GRATEFUL, AND I THINK A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES BEING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR LIKE YOU ARE, YOU DON'T ALWAYS HEAR THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING AND THE EXTRA HOURS THAT YOU PROBABLY HAD TO PUT IN ON SOME OF THIS STUFF. SO LET US BOW OUR HEADS IN PRAYER OUT OF ALL CREATION. WE PRAISE AND BLESS YOUR NAME. WE THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY, FOR WAKING US UP AND GIVING US ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE. WE ASK YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, AND YES LORD, OUR ENTIRE CITY. MAY OUR ELECTED LEADERS GOVERN WITH WISDOM AND RIGHT JUDGMENT. MAY THEY HAVE EYES TO SEE AND EARS TO HEAR THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY AND HER PEOPLE. [00:10:02] MAY THEY SPEAK TRUTH AND GIVE VOICE TO THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO SPEAK OR WHO FEEL THEY HAVE NO VOICE. MAY THEY LEAD US IN A WAY THAT ALL FEEL INCLUDED, THAT EVERY CITIZEN IS LIFTED UP, THAT EVERY CITIZEN, REGARDLESS OF RACE, RELIGION, GENDER, OR WHERE THEY LIVE, FEEL THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE AT THE TABLE. BE WITH US LORD, AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THIS TIME OF PANDEMIC, BRING HEALING TO THOSE WHO ARE ILL. PERSEVERANCE TO THOSE WHO ARE CARING FOR PATIENTS AND WORKERS ADMINISTERING THE VACCINES. HELP US TO WORK TOGETHER TO BRING AN END TO THIS PANDEMIC. BLESS OUR CITY, LORD, MAY WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND PROSPER THAT WE MIGHT BE SEEN AS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CITY WHO CARESS FOR HER PEOPLE. A CITY THAT IS COMPASSIONATE, A CITY THAT PROMOTES LIFE, A CITY THAT PROMOTES THE DIGNITY AND INCLUSION OF ALL A CITY WHO CARESS FOR THE EARTH AND HER RESOURCES. BLESS ALL OF US THIS DAY, BLESS OUR LEADERS, BLESS ALL OUR CITIZENS, AND WE MAKE THIS PRAYER THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN. THANK YOU FATHER KEVIN. NOW IF YOU JOIN [2. 21-2122 Pledge of Allegiance] US FOR PLEDGE OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. UH, FATHER KEVIN. I, I DO BELIEVE ALL WOULD AGREE THAT, UH, HOLY REDEEMER CHURCH IS NOT A TREASURE, NOT JUST A TREASURE IN DISTRICT TWO, BUT FOR ALL OF THE CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. [3. 21-2123 Approval of Minutes from the City Council Meetings of December 17, 2020, January 31, 2021, and January 14, 2021] UM, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF DECEMBER 17TH, 2020, ALONG WITH JANUARY 31ST, 2021 AND JANUARY 14TH, 2021. CLERK HAS MAYOR A CORRECTION THERE, MAYOR. OKAY. UH, MADAM CLERK, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. I HAVE A CORRECTION TO MAKE ON THE CAPTION. THE NUMBER WAS TRANSPOSED. WE'RE ACTUALLY APPROVING JANUARY 13TH, NOT JANUARY 31ST. GOT IT. OKAY. SO, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 17TH, 2020, ALONG WITH JANUARY 13TH AND 14TH, 2021. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION BY ANDREW SULLIVAN, A SECOND BY COURAGE. UH, ANY DISCUSSION OR CLARIFICATIONS? HEARING NONE. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. UH, IN [Consent Agenda] ADDITION TO A ZONING AGENDA, WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION TODAY. UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, I WILL ASK, UH, NOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS, UH, TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND, AND I BELIEVE I HAVE, UM, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ON THE ZONING AGENDA, Z ONE, Z FOUR, Z NINE AND Z 10 ALREADY UPHOLD FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ON THE ZONING AGENDA. ANY ITEMS? I THINK THIS IS A LIST THAT I HAVE TWO ITEMS TO ADD. MAYOR, ITEM Z EIGHT AND P ONE, THE APPLICANT WAS PULLING FOR CONTINUANCE TILL APRIL ONE, SO THAT WE NEED TO MOVE. AND, UH, Z T1? UH, YES, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? YES, SIR. Z A AND P ONE PULLED BY THE APPLICANT FOR A CONTINUANCE UNTIL APRIL ONE. OKAY. AND Z NINE CONDITIONS NEED TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD BY DISTRICT FIVE. RIGHT, I GOT THAT ONE. UM, OKAY, SO FOR THE RECORD, ITEM Z EIGHT AND P ONE ARE PULLED FOR, FOR CONSIDERATION, WON'T BE HEARD TODAY. UH, THEY'LL BE, UH, MOVED TO APRIL 1ST. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. MAYOR, IT'S GONNA BE, GO AHEAD TINA. NO, GO AHEAD MELISSA. IT'S HERE. MAYOR, THIS NEEDS TO BE ON INDIVIDUAL FOR CONSIDERATION TO CONTINUE. OKAY, I GOT IT. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, SO I'VE GOT ITEMS FOUR Z ONE Z, FOUR Z, EIGHT Z NINE, Z, 10, AND P ONE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION DAY. ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? MAYOR 11, ITEM 11. [00:15:01] OKAY, ITEM NUMBER 14, MAYOR, I'VE GOT 11 AND 14 FOR HIGHLIGHTING. DID Y'ALL WANNA PULL THAT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? NO, THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR. UH, THAT'S CORRECT. MAYOR, IT'S TO HIGHLIGHT, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. HIGHLIGHT. I'LL HIGHLIGHT, I'LL HIGHLIGHT 11 AS WELL, MAYOR. OKAY, GREAT. I WANT TO, UH, PULL Z 12. ALL RIGHT. Z 12. OH, UM, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. UM, ITEMS 14 WILL BE PULLED, UH, BECAUSE MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO READ FROM THE RESOLUTION, SO WE'LL PULL IT. UH, SO WE DON'T RUN INTO ANY, UM, ISSUES LEGALLY. OKAY. ANY OTHER ITEMS? OKAY, THANK, SO I'VE GOT, THANK YOU. Z ONE, Z FOUR, Z NINE, Z 10, Z 12, P ONE, UH, AND Z, UH, EXCUSE ME. AND ITEM FOUR FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ALONG WITH ITEM 14. ANY OTHER ITEMS? MAYOR, CAN I JUST CLARIFY THAT? Z 12, IF WE'RE PULLING Z 12, WE ALSO HAVE TO PULL P TWO. OKAY, P TWO. ALRIGHT, I'LL READ, UH, THOSE ITEMS AGAIN TO BE PULLED FROM CONSENT AND THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO THESE ARE THE ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ITEMS FOUR 14 Z ONE Z, FOUR Z EIGHT, AND P ONE Z NINE, Z 10, Z 12, AND P TWO. UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO MOVED. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION. WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALRIGHT, MOTION BY, UH, COURAGE SECOND BY PERRY. UH, OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH, UM, DISCUSSION, BUT THERE IS ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. EXCUSE ME. TWO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON, UH, CONSENT. SO LET ME, LET ME TAKE THEM NOW. WE'LL START WITH DAVID RAD SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 11. MR. BE, UM, DAVID, IF YOU'RE THERE. YES SIR. UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR ON ITEM NUMBER 11. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. AND GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DAVID. BE BROAD. I AM THE ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ACTIVATE SA, A VOLUNTEER LED TACTICAL PLANNING INITIATIVE AND THINK TANK WORKING TO IMPLEMENT NEW ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH ADVOCACY, CONSENSUS BUILDING AND TECHNICAL DESIGN IN THE SAN ANTONIO REGION. ACTIVATE SSA BELIEVES THAT EVERY SAN ANTONIO DESERVES MOBILITY CHOICE. THE ABILITY TO WALK, TAKE A BUS, OR SAFELY RIDE A BIKE TO SCHOOL WORK OR THE GROCERY STORE IS AN IMPERATIVE FOR OUR COLLECTIVE HEALTH TO REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND TO SERVE THOSE SAN ANTONIONS THAT SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD A CAR. WE WANT TO THANK SAN ANTONIO'S INCREDIBLE STAFF IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT FOR DEVELOPING THIS EXCITING LIST OF PROJECT CANDIDATES IN THESE PROJECTS. THERE IS SO MUCH GREAT POTENTIAL TO CONNECTIVITY. WE ARE PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT PROJECTS LIKEDO GREENWAY CONNECTION THROUGH FORT SAM HOUSTON AND MAJOR CORRIDOR PROJECTS LIKE THOSE ON BROADWAY AND COLLIBRA. WE DO NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THESE PROJECTS CONTAIN LANGUAGE ABOUT POTENTIALLY INCLUDING SIDEWALKS AND BICYCLE AMENITIES AS APPROPRIATE AND WITHIN AVAIL AVAILABLE FUNDS, SAFE, COMFORTABLE, AND CONNECTED SIDEWALKS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE FOR THE MOBILITY IMPAIRED. COMFORTABLE TRANSIT SHELTERS AND PROTECTED BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE ARE NOT JUST AMENITIES FOR THE SAN ANTONIO OF THE FUTURE. THEY ARE IMPERATIVES. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS LANGUAGE IS INCLUDED TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY FOR THESE PROJECTS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO A ROBUST COMMUNITY OF ROBUST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AS PROJECT SCOPES ARE DEFINED TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY. ACTIVATED SA SALUTES OUR CITY'S ELECTED LEADERS AND STAFF FOR THE COMMITMENT TO MOBILITY CHOICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MR. BEARA. OKAY, ITEM NUMBER Z SIX. UM, WE HAVE MITSUKO RAMOS. MS. RAMOS, IF YOU'RE THERE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR ON ITEM Z SIX. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS MITSUKO RAMOS WITH GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP OF TEXAS REPRESENTING [00:20:01] CARDINAL JOINT VENTURES, L L C, THE PROPERTY OWNER OF TWO LOTS, LOCATED AT 2015 AND 2023 WEST COMMERCE STREET IN DISTRICT ONE AND ALSO BORDERS COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. THE REQUEST TO DOWN ZONE FROM I ONE TO I DZ TWO WILL PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM FUTURE INDUSTRIAL USES AND ALSO PROVIDE A LIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL ALLOW SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES TO THRIVE AND CITIZENS TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. I WOULD LIKE TO ESPECIALLY THANK COUNCILMAN ROBERTO TRAVINO FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT, AS WELL AS A SPECIAL THANKS TO PROSPECT HILL BAY ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. I APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU. YOU THANK YOU MS. RAMOS. OKAY, WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, LEMME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO. UH, THANKS MAYOR 19, UH, RIGHT TO COUNCIL. UH, THIS MORNING I WOULD LIKE TO TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THIS CONTRACT WITH TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID FOR WORK RELATED TO THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM. RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROVIDES FAMILIES WHO ARE FACING EVICTION WITH AN ATTORNEY, AND IT HAS BEEN PROVEN TO PREVENT EVICTION AT A HIGHER RATE THAN ANY OTHER TYPE OF INTERVENTION. EVICTIONS ARE A LIFE ALTERING EVENT, WHICH CAN OFTEN HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACT ON A FAMILY'S PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AS WELL AS THEIR FINANCIAL WELLBEING. I ADVOCATED FOR A RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. FOR THAT REASON, THANKS TO TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID, SAN ANTONIO LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. OUR CITY HAS NOW REALIZED THE BENEFIT OF THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM. NINE OUT OF EVERY 10 FAMILIES WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM AVOIDED EVICTION AT AN AVERAGE COST OF ONLY $172 PER FAMILY BECAUSE OF ITS EFF EFFICACY RIGHT TO COUNCIL IS A GUARANTEED RIGHT IN SEVERAL CITIES LIKE NEW YORK, CLEVELAND, AND PHILADELPHIA. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE RIGHT TO COUNCIL GROW TO THAT LEVEL IN SAN ANTONIO. THIS CONTRACT IS A GREAT NEXT STEP THAT WILL, UH, GET US TO BE A FULL RIGHT TO COUNCIL CITY AND THE FIRST GUARANTEE RIGHT TO COUNCIL CITY IN TEXAS. THE DATA SHOWS THAT PROVIDING OUR MOST VULNERABLE WITH HOUSING LEGAL AID KEEPS THEM HOUSED AND AN EVICTION OFF THE RECORD. I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE LEGAL KIOSK COMPONENT OF THIS CONTRACT. BECAUSE OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN OUR CITY, MANY FOLKS DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ATTEND A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH AN ATTORNEY OR EVEN THEIR VIRTUAL EVICTION HEARING. WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS CONTRACT, LOW-INCOME SAN ANTONIO HOUSEHOLDS IN NEED OF LEGAL AID SERVICES CAN UTILIZE THE LEGAL KIOSK STRE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED ACROSS THE CITY. AS INTAKE POINTS, RESIDENTS CAN USE THESE KIOSKS TO CONNECT TO RIGHT TO COUNSEL AND MUNICIPAL COURT SERVICES, AS WELL AS VIDEO CHAT WITH COURT STAFF OR RIGHT TO COUNSEL ATTORNEYS. WITH THE EVICTION MORATORIUM SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS WILL NEED THESE SERVICES MORE THAN EVER. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO OUR ATTORNEY ADVOCATES, THEIR SUPPORT STAFF, AND OUR CITY STAFF, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I LOOK FORWARD TO IMPROVING AND GROWING THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. COUNCIL MEMBER GRA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, IT IS, UM, IT IS A VERY GOOD DAY FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA WITHIN DISTRICT THREE AND WITHIN THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER SEVEN A AND B. IT IS A CONTRACT AWARD FOR OUR WORLD HERITAGE TRAIL SIGNAGE AND WAY FINDING. THIS IS NEW, UH, SIGNAGE AND PACKAGE. IT'S IN DISTRICTS ONE, THREE AND FIVE. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WORKED ON THROUGH OUR WORLD HERITAGE, UM, WORLD HERITAGE SYMPOSIA AND OUR WORLD HERITAGE WORK PLAN THAT MANY RESIDENTS WERE PART OF TALKING ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION, TALKING ABOUT ELEVATING EVERYONE'S EXPERIENCE FOR VISITORS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE TO OUR MISSIONS THAT WE HAVE THAT UNIFIED, UM, UNIFIED SIGNAGE AND THAT WE CAN HAVE A SENSE OF PLACE AND THAT WE CAN ALSO BE VERY PROUD OF OUR DESIGNATION WITH WORLD HERITAGE. SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS. THIS ALSO INCLUDES, IT'S ABOUT 96 SIGN LOCATIONS TO ENHANCE OUR CONTINUOUS TRAIL, AND 28 OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY LOCATIONS ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED IN PART OF THE FEDERALIZED [00:25:01] MISSION TRAILS PACKAGE FIVE PROJECT, WHICH HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR YEARS. SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE, I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT WE'RE AT THIS POINT, IT'S TAKEN PUBLIC INPUT. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DESIGN, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND A LOT OF PARTICIPATION FROM OTHER PARTNERS. SO I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WE'LL BE MOVING THIS FORWARD TODAY. THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR THIS AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED. NEXT, I WANTED TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT, UM, SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND AMENDMENT AND A CONTRACT AWARD FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ZAMORA AND APPLEWHITE ROAD INTERSECTION. THIS IS A D FOUR, UH, ADJACENT TO D THREE BOND PROJECT. IT IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL BECAUSE IT ALSO ABUTS AND IT HELPS AND WILL HELP WITH TRAFFIC FLOW WHEN IT COMES TO TEXAS A AND M, SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS TOYOTA. SO WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY TRYING TO MAKE, UM, IT BETTER AND THE TRAFFIC FLOW EASIER AND HAVE, UH, SAFETY FOR EVERYONE AROUND PEDESTRIANS AND, UM, VEHICLES ALIKE. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, SOMETHING VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. I, I KNOW, UM, IT'S ITEM NUMBER 23 AND IT IS THE, UH, MOVEMENT TO, FOR OUR, UH, INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR NAVISTAR. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE NAVISTAR, UH, C SAN ANTONIO C THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO AND DISTRICT THREE IN PARTICULAR, AND CONTINUE TO GROW AND EXPAND, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, I BELIEVE JACQUELINE GEL, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR NAVISTAR IS HERE. AND I'M VERY EXCITED. THANK YOU, JACQUELINE, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. THANK YOU FOR TO, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK. AND THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, UM, A NET BENEFIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS A, THAT THE MA, THEY ARE ALL GOING TO BE MAKING A LIVABLE WAGE, $17 PLUS AN HOUR. BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THIS IS OUR VALIDATION CENTER. ON TOP OF THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UM, HIGH AVERAGE WAGE, UH, WAGE SALARY. SO THIS IS EXTREMELY AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TIME. THIS IS ANOTHER WAY HOW WE HAVE NOT STOPPED EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC TO CONTINUE TO BRING JOBS AND INVESTMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO I WANTED TO BE SURE TO CELEBRATE THAT AND ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR BEING THERE AND PARTNERING AND TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY. OF COURSE, SS A E D F AND OUR OFFICE AND OUR TEAM ALL WORKING TOGETHER. SO THOSE ARE MY HIGHLIGHTS TODAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST FINANCE CORPORATION FOR WORKING WITH THE ECHO EAST APARTMENTS AND BRINGING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THAT WE ARE LOSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OUR DISTRICT, AND TO KNOW THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A HOME IS WHAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO. I WANNA THANK, THANK THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE, BARBARA GERVIN HAWKINS FOR CONTINUOUSLY PUTTING FORTH AN EFFORT TO BRING HOUSING TO THE DISTRICT TWO AREA. SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TODAY BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. AND WE JUST WANNA SHOW THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DOES NOT STOP. WE CONTINUE UNTIL WE FIND A RESOLVE AND A SOLUTION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WAS WANNA HIGHLIGHT ITEM 11. UH, THANKS AND THANKS CITY STAFF FOR THEIR DILIGENT WORK ON THIS PROJECT LIST, WHICH WILL MAKE GREAT STRIDES IN ADDRESSING OUR COMMUNITY'S TRANSPORTATION NEEDS. I'M GRATEFUL TO BE THE FIRST VICE CHAIR OF A M P O, AND I KNOW THAT THIS INVESTMENT WILL HELP OUR CITY ADDRESS THE EXISTING GAP IN OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. I THINK THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE EARLIER IN THE MEETING, UH, WITH ACTIVATE SA AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT ON THESE PROJECTS, THESE 19 PROJECTS REPRESENT A MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITY WHERE TRANSPORTATION WORKS WITH AND FOR THE GROWING NEEDS OF SANTON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KEDA. COUNCIL MEMBER PALLIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, JUST ECHOING, UM, UH, THE SENTIMENTS EXPRESSED BY COUNCILMAN TREVINO, I, I THINK IT'S REALLY VERY IMPORTANT THAT, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL DO A BETTER JOB AT, AT, UM, UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TEXAS RURAL LEGAL AID, UM, AND THAT ORGANIZATIONS IMPACT ON, UH, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS HERE IN SAN [00:30:01] ANTONIO BY GIVING THEM ACCESS TO LEGAL SERVICES THAT ALL OF US TAKE FOR GRANTED. UM, AND SO I I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU, UH, JUST A LITTLE IDEA OF HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN. THERE'S A, UM, IN THE EIGHTIES, UM, DOWN IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHEN, UM, THEIR, YOU KNOW, TEXAS RURAL LEGAL AID WAS HELPING, UM, YOU KNOW, MIGRANT FARM WORKERS. THERE WAS A SHERIFF IN, IN HEREFORD COUNTY, UH, I'M, I'M SORRY, IN DEAF SMITH COUNTY, UH, NAMED TRAVIS MCPHERSON. AND HE GAVE AN INTERVIEW AND HE SAID THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD, UH, WHICH, WHICH I THINK SPEAKS TO EXACTLY WHAT T R L A SAY, HE WAS COMPLAINING. HE SAYS, I THINK T R L A IS THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPPLYING THESE PEOPLE WITH THE INFORMATION AND THEY'RE TELLING THEM ABOUT THE FEDERAL LAWS AND THE RIGHTS. UM, AND SO T L R A DOES THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT, UH, OUT TO HURT ANYBODY. UM, ALL THEY DO IS MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AVAILED OF THEIR ALL THEIR RIGHTS. AND I'M DELIGHTED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS LENDING SUPPORT TO AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THAT TO HELP OUR, OUR MOST VULNERABLE, UM, SAN ANTONIONS. THANK YOU TO JULIA RAINEY OUT AT T R A AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS, UM, WHO MAKE, UH, T R A WHO BLOW WIND INTO THE T L A SALES. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER AYAS. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT ITEM 12, UH, RECOGNIZING, UH, THIS IS, UH, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND, UH, OF COURSE THE EQUALITY THAT WOMEN HAVE IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY. I'M VERY PLEASED AT THE APPOINTMENT OF SUZANNE HERNANDEZ TO SERVE ON THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION, UH, UH, THE STATUS OF WOMEN ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT NINE. AND, UH, I KNOW SHE'LL SERVE US AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. AND, UM, JUST A COUPLE POINTS, UM, PREVIOUSLY TOUCHED ON AS WELL. UH, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO AND COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL PROGRAM. UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE WORK IN THE MAYOR'S POLICY HOUSING, EXCUSE ME, HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE. SO, UH, AS WE MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THE TOUCHSTONE BEING, AGAIN, THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE RATIFIED IN 18, I THINK THAT IS CAUSE WORTH, UM, UH, NOTING, UH, ALSO WANNA WELCOME, UH, JACKIE GELB TO THE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY. VICE PRESIDENT NAVISTAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND PARTNERSHIP, JACKIE, ON THIS PROJECT. AND, AND GOING FORWARD. THE FUTURE FOR NAVISTAR IN SAN ANTONIO ARE BRIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO FLOURISH AS COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN HAS NOTED, UH, THEIR PRODUCTION FACILITY FOR THOSE WATCHING IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN 2022 AND WILL BRING ALMOST 600 WELL PAYING JOBS TO THE SOUTH SIDE. UH, AND THIS NEW INVESTMENT FROM NAVISTAR WILL DIVERSIFY AND EXPAND THEIR PRESENCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, ADDING ENGINEERING POSITIONS AND MECHANICAL TECHNICIANS AS PART OF A VALIDATION CENTER THAT WILL BUILD ON NAVISTAR'S WORLDWIDE AUTOMOTIVE INNOVATION. UH, NAVISTAR'S LEADERSHIP HIGHLIGHTED OUR COMMUNITY'S FAVORABLE BUSINESS CLIMATE, UH, AND FOCUS ON MANUFACTURING INNOVATION AS FACTORS IN THEIR DECISIONS. SO THAT IS WORTH NOTING ALONG WITH THEIR EMPHASIS ON TALENT DEVELOPMENT. AND THEY'VE AGREED TO PARTNER WITH US IN OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO HIRE SAN ANTONIANS AND TO ECONOMICALLY MOBILE CAREERS. UM, THEY ALSO HIGHLIGHTED OUR EMPHASIS, UH, ON, UH, THESE READY TO WORK PROGRAMS, TRAINING FOR JOBS. UH, AND AGAIN, WE'LL BE CONSIDERING THOSE, UH, PARTICIPANTS IN, IN THE HIRING PROCESS. FINALLY, THE CITY AND OUR PARTNERS CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH NAVISTAR ON BOTH THE PRODUCTION FACILITY AND THIS NEW INVESTMENT. AND WE APPRECIATE NAVISTAR HAS CONTINUED INVESTMENT AND COMMITMENT TO SAN ANTONIO. UH, SO THANK YOU AGAIN, JACKIE, UH, FROM FROM OUR TEAM TO YOURS, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER WITH ONE SAN ANTONIO IN MIND, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN PARTNERSHIP. UH, WITH THAT WE HAVE, UH, A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAFE FOR Z ONE, Z FOUR, Z EIGHT, AND P ONE Z NINE, Z 10, Z 12, AND P 12. AND, UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S ALL OF 'EM. OKAY. UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT. UM, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA FOR POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND, UH, JOHN, I BELIEVE THERE'S A, A VIDEO THAT'LL BE PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND. AND I JUST WANNA START OFF BY THANKING, UM, IDEA MAY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MEGAN BURNHAM, WHO IS WATCHING RIGHT NOW. AND LET ME TELL YOU ALL THIS STORY. BACK [00:35:01] IN FEBRUARY, EIGHT YEAR OLD CHARLOTTE HARTMAN, WHO HAS DEVOTED MOST OF HER YOUNG LIFE TO FINDING AND SAVING MISSING DOGS, GARDENED SOME ATTENTION FOR SELFLESS WORK. NOT ONLY HAS SHE CAPTURED THE ATTENTION OF HER NEIGHBORS AND THE PUBLIC, BUT HER COMMITMENT TO RESCUING DOGS HAS EARNED HER THE MUCH DESERVED TITLE OF PAW PATROL. IF A DOG IS MISSING IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD, CHARLOTTE IS ON IT, READY TO HELP REUNITE LOST PETS WITH THEIR OWNERS. AS SOON AS I SAW THE STORY ON QUE, I WAS EAGER TO FIND OUT WHO SHE WAS AND WHERE SHE LIVED, BECAUSE HER NEIGHBORHOOD SEEMED REALLY FAMILIAR TO ME. WHEN I FOUND OUT SHE WAS A DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENT, I WAS ECSTATIC AND I CONNECTED THE A C S TEAM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HER WORK. UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK VINCENT DAVIS FROM THE EXPRESS NEWS FOR CONNECTING US WITH CHARLOTTE. ON TUESDAY, TWO A C S OFFICERS PAID A SURPRISE VISIT TO CHARLOTTE HOME RIGHT AFTER SHE GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL. DE FOUR A C S OFFICER ALEXIA GRAY AND OFFICER SELENA RAMIREZ WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK CHARLOTTE FOR HER OUTSTANDING WORK ON HELPING HER FIND LEO THE LABRADOR AND REUNITING LEO WITH HIS OWNERS. THE OFFICER'S DEPUTIZED AND PINNED CHARLOTTE WITH BADGE NUMBER 1, 2, 3, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW EASY SHE THINKS IT IS TO BE A GOOD PET PARENT. IT'S AS EASY AS 1, 2, 3. CHARLOTTE SAYS, CHARLOTTE THEN HAD A CHANCE TO TOUR A C S AND THE TRUCK AND MEET A RESCUE PUPPY. BUT DURING HER VISIT, CHARLOTTE WAS NOT ONLY APPRECIATIVE OF HER BADGE AND THE SURPRISE VISIT, SHE REQUESTED THEIR QUICK ASSISTANCE IN RESCUING AN INJURED BIRD LOCATED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE SIDE OF HER HOUSE. SO PAW PATROL DID IT AGAIN AND HELPED SAVE AN INJURED BIRD. I FEEL PRIVILEGED TO RECOGNIZE SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY YOUNG GIRL DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. YOU ALL KNOW WE JUST HELPED THE GIRLS EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT LAST WEEK. AND CHARLOTTE IS A FEARLESS LEADER IN HER COMMUNITY WITH PLANS OF BECOMING AN OFFICIAL A C S OFFICER WHEN SHE'S OLDER. I DON'T KNOW MANY EIGHT YEAR OLDS WHO HAVE THEIR CAREERS AND LIFE PLANNED OUT LIKE CHARLOTTE. SO SHE'S DEFINITELY AN EXAMPLE TO ALL OF US. AND THE WORK THAT SHE DOES IS VERY ATYPICAL FOR YOUNG KIDS AND DESERVES RECOGNITION. SO THANK YOU CHARLOTTE, OUR HONORARY A C S OFFICER WITH BADGE NUMBER 1 23 FOR HELPING AND PROTECTING OUR FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS. AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE, UH, HER PARENTS AND TO THE STAFF OVER AT IDEA MAYS WHO ARE WATCHING THEIR, HER CLASS IS WATCHING US IN ACTION RIGHT NOW. SO CONGRATULATIONS, CHARLOTTE. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA, AND WAY TO GO, CHARLOTTE AND ALL YOUR CLASSMATES WHO ARE WATCHING, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU, UH, AND A GREAT EXAMPLE OF LEADERSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU MAYOR. I AM SO EXCITED TO HEAR THIS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA FOR, UM, HIGHLIGHTING CHARLOTTE. THANK YOU CHARLOTTE, FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT ROLE MODEL. I KNOW WE, UH, DID SOME WORK WITH PAUL PATROL YEARS AGO IN DISTRICT THREE AS WELL. AND SO JUST A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INITIATIVE AND LEADERSHIP CHARLOTTE. THANK YOU A C S FOR HIGHLIGHTING HER AND TO KNOW THAT EVERY OTHER KID IN SAN ANTONIO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO BE A PART OF THE PAW PATROL AND HELP ALL OF OUR ROAMING AND STRAIGHT ANIMALS AND JUST TAKE CARE OF PETS. SO, THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER . COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA FOR CONTINUING TO HIGHLIGHT OUR FUTURE GENERATION TO CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR FUTURE LEADERS. AND DEFINITELY THANK YOU FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE GIRLS IN EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT. UM, IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE AMONGST SUCH BEAUTIFUL WOMEN TO SPEAK LIFE AND TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF THOSE LEADERS THAT ARE COMING BEFORE US. AND CHARLOTTE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A SHINING LIGHT TO THE OTHER YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY, TO SHOW THEM WHAT IT IS, TO JUST STEP OUT AND TO JUST DO WHAT'S ON YOUR HEART. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO SEE. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO. UM, WE ARE JUST SO HAPPY TO BE A PART OF YOUR LIFE, TO SEE YOU GROW AND TO SEE YOU FLOURISH. THANK YOU A C S FOR CONTINUING TO RECOGNIZE OUR YOUNG FUTURES, WHO WILL THEN LEAD THE WAY TO HELP SAVE OUR FOREVER. FRIENDS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER S THANKS, MAYOR. I MAKE A MOTION THAT EVERYBODY BE MORE LIKE CHARLOTTE. UH, AND, UM, ALSO I WANT TO TAKE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE WOMEN ON, ON THIS COUNCIL, UH, FOR GIVING, UH, GIRLS IN SAN ANTONIO. ZERO EXCUSES [00:40:01] TO DO SMALL THINGS, AND, UH, ON BEHALF OF A FATHER OF A DAUGHTER. UM, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE EXAMPLE THAT THE, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, SET EVERY SINGLE DAY. THAT'S REALLY WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE EMPOWERMENT OF YOUNG WOMEN. IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, REAL LIFE EXAMPLES THAT THEY GET TO, THEY GET TO WITNESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER FLY AND, UH, TO ALL THE, THE MAYS IDEA. MAYS, UH, CLASSMATES OUT THERE. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND TUNING IN. UH, I THINK YOU MIGHT ALSO BE INTERESTED IN HEARING THIS NEXT ITEM. UH, I'M GONNA TAKE OUT OF ORDER A BIT. UH, I'M GONNA, UM, RECOGNIZE SEVERAL [14. 21-2023 Ordinance approving the issuance by the Las Varas Public Facility Corporation of its Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (Watson Road Apartments) Series 2021 (the “Bonds”) for purposes of Section 147 (f) of the Internal Revenue Code [Ben Gorzell, Chief Financial Officer; Troy Elliott, Deputy Chief Financial Officer].] OF OUR COLLEAGUES TO INTRODUCE ITEM 14. UM, AND, AND ON THAT NOTE, WE KNOW WHAT IT IS. IT'S THE RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD, UH, BY THE WOMEN ON COUNCIL, WHICH, UH, ARIS MAJORITY, UH, TODAY. SO I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE, UH, THEY HAVE WORKED OUT, UH, THEIR ORDER. UH, BUT I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR WOMEN ON THIS CITY COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN ROCHE GARCIA, AND RU SULLIVAN, SANDOVAL CAB, BERDA AND GONZALEZ. SO, UH, YOU ALL HAVE THE FLOOR, UM, AND I THINK YOU'VE WORKED OUT THE ORDER. SO GO AHEAD. WELL, THANK YOU, UH, SO MUCH, UM, MAYOR, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, INTRODUCING US, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE. UM, AND ESPECIALLY THANKS TO CHARLOTTE. WHAT A LOVELY STORY. THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH IT. IT REALLY JUST MAKES MY HEART HAPPY TO HEAR A GOOD STORY, UH, DAY LIKE TODAY. AS WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE RESOLUTION SHORTLY, UH, WE WILL BE, UH, READING INTO THE RECORD A RESOLUTION AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORT OF THE FULL CITY COUNCIL TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE THAT ACTUALLY WAS, UM, BROUGHT UP LAST YEAR. UH, WE, UM, UH, THE WOMEN ON THE COUNCIL WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE Y W C A, THEIR RED PURSE INITIATIVE, UM, AT FRANCESCA RI, CODA RAYO, GAR JNE GONZALEZ, AND A WHOLE TEAM OF WOMEN INCLUDING OUR CITY STAFF LIKE ALEX, UM, LOPEZ AND MARIA VIA GOMEZ, LIZ CIO, UH, AND THE MAYOR'S, UH, THE COMMISSION ON THE MAYOR'S STATUS OF WOMEN MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN GROUP, UM, TO REALLY GET THIS INITIATIVE FORWARD BECAUSE IT IS SO VERY IMPORTANT. UH, WE KNOW THAT WOMEN MAKE UP 40% OF, OF HOUSEHOLDS, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE OF WOMEN OF CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY. WE KNOW THAT, UM, SAN ANTONIO HAS THE LARGEST WAGE GAP OF ANY MAJOR CITY IN THE COUNTRY, AND WE ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED, UM, BY C O V I D. AND WE KNOW THAT BEFORE, UM, THE, BEFORE THE, UM, BEFORE COVID, WE HAD ABOUT 800 WOMEN, UH, THAT WERE SEEKING UNEMPLOYMENT. AND THAT WENT TO 20,000 PLUS, UH, BECAUSE, UH, PRIMARILY OF CHILDCARE. SO CHILDCARE IS BIG IN A BIG INITIATIVE. UH, I THINK ON, AS DISCUSSED ON THIS COUNCIL, UM, AS WE HAVE WITH, UM, UH, OUR READY TO WORKFORCE INITIATIVE, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LARGE CHILDCARE COMPONENT THERE AS WELL. AND SO WE ALSO KNOW THAT, UM, THAT WOMEN ARE, UM, WOMEN IN GENERAL ARE ABOUT 80% OF THE, UM, THE RATHER WOMEN MAKE ABOUT 80% TO THE DOLLAR. AND WITH LATINAS, IT'S EVEN LESS THAN THAT, ABOUT 70 CENTS TO THE DOLLAR OF EVERY MAN. SO WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE GETTING THERE. WE ARE WORKING ON IT. THIS PAY, UH, PARODY RESOLUTION WILL, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, AND START TO, UH, AMPLIFY THE NEEDS OF WOMEN, UH, AND THAT WE, UH, ARE, UM, DESERVING AND, UM, DEMAND, UH, THE SAME PAY FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK. SO INCREDIBLE, UH, WORK HAS BEEN DONE, UH, ON THIS COUNCIL, THE FIRST EVER ELECTED, UH, WOMEN COUNCIL. AND, UM, WE'RE JUST, I THINK WE'RE MAKING INCREDIBLE STRIDES. UM, I HAVE BEEN SO PROUD, UH, TO BE A PART OF IT. SO PROUD TO SEE WOMEN, UM, LIKE MARIA REALLY EXCELLING IN HER ROLE AND ALEX EXCELLING IN HER ROLE. UM, AND, UH, OF COURSE OUR, UH, NEWLY, UM, UH, APPOINTED ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, ALEX LOPEZ AS WELL. SO IT IS JUST A THRILL TO BE, UH, WITH, WITH ALL OF THESE WOMEN, UM, AS WE, UH, SHORTLY WILL READ THE RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD, UH, AND ALSO, UM, TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT WE'VE ALL DONE. BUT, UM, I ALSO WANNA JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK, UH, AND ACKNOWLEDGE MY INCREDIBLE STAFF, UH, SAMANTHA, DR. [00:45:01] SAMANTHA HERNANDEZ, WHO WORKED ON THIS RESOLUTION LAST YEAR. UH, THERESA MENENDEZ, MY INCREDIBLE CHIEF OF STAFF, UH, DORA GALVAN, WHO'S BEEN WITH ME FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. UH, RAFA, LINDA GIA, WHO'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE CONSTITUENT SERVICES PERSON, UH, REALLY COME TOGETHER, UM, TO, TO WORK ON, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I'M, I'M GRATEFUL THAT I GET TO DO THIS, UH, IN MY LAST, UH, TERM ON THE COUNCIL, UH, IN MY LAST FEW MONTHS OF SERVICE. UH, SO GLAD THAT WE GET TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND, AND OF COURSE IT IS A, A FEEL GOOD, BUT, UH, AND A RESOLUTION AT THIS MOMENT. BUT WE DO EXPECT THAT ALL OF OUR PRIVATE SECTOR INDUSTRIES, UH, WILL TAKE NOTE, UM, THAT WE ARE MAKING DEMANDS AND WE HAVE EXPECTATIONS, UH, BASED ON THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE. AND SO, UH, IT IS, UM, UM, IT WAS AN HONOR TO WORK ON THIS ITEM WITH COUNCIL MEMBER . WE CO-SIGNED THE C C R LAST YEAR, AND OF COURSE IT WAS SIGNED BY, UH, ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, WOMEN THAT WERE, UM, THAT WERE, THAT SIGNED AT THAT TIME. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, AND, UM, COUNCILWOMAN VERAN. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. SO MAYOR, I THINK WE'RE ALL JUST GONNA MAKE SOME COMMENTS FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE READING. UM, BUT I DID WANT TO JUST FIRST THANK COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS, UM, ITEM AND ISSUE SINCE HER VERY FIRST TERM ON THE CITY COUNCIL. SHE HAS BEEN ADVOCATE, SHE HAS BEEN WORKING HARD, AND IT'S BEEN MY HONOR TO SERVE WITH HER AND, UH, BE PARTNERS IN, IN THIS AND TO MY COLLEAGUES, I THANK YOU ALL ARE VERY FIERCE AND SMART, AND IT IS ALSO AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU. YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD OF THIS CITY COUNCIL AS A TEAM THAT WE TOGETHER HAVE MADE SO MANY RESOLUTIONS AND DONE SO PUT OUR LINE IN THE SAND OF SO MANY THINGS THAT WE STAND FOR, INCLUDING ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE STOOD FOR. UM, AND WE DON'T NOT, WE DO THESE RESOLUTIONS INTENTIONALLY AND WITH PURPOSE. AND ONE OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS WE DID LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO WAS DOING A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT. AND I'M GLAD THAT THE HOUSE PASSED REEN REEN OPENING THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT. NOW WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT PASSES AND GOES THROUGH THE SENATE BECAUSE, BECAUSE WOMEN ARE STILL TARGETED EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND WOMEN ARE STILL PUT DOWN AND SHUNNED EITHER THROUGH JOB OPPORTUNITIES, EITHER THROUGH PAY PARODY, OR EITHER THROUGH WORDS THAT PEOPLE SAY. AND WE, IN RESPONSE WITH OUR RESOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO CREATE A SAFER SPACE FOR WOMEN. AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST RESOLUTIONS, IT'S TAKING STEPS IN ACTION AS WELL. AND I DO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT RIGHT NOW TO, UM, REMEMBER, AND IF YOU WOULD GIVE THIS TO ME, MAYOR, REMEMBER, AND JUST TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THOSE WOMEN WHO WERE KILLED, UM, THOSE EIGHT WOMEN WHO WERE KILLED BY THAT DOMESTIC TERRORIST IN THE ATLANTA METRO AREA. HATE OF ALL KINDS OF ASIAN HATE THAT EVEN HAPPENED IN THIS CITY NEEDS TO STOP. SO IF WE CAN JUST TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND REMEMBRANCE OF THAT, WOMEN CAN CONTINUE TO DIE EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND WE NEED TO DO OUR PART. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILWOMAN AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ FOR LEADING THIS EFFORT AND BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I THINK OVER THE PAST, UH, FEW YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, WE'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ADOPTING A NUMBER OF RESOLUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT, UH, THAT INCLUDES, UH, THE WOMEN'S, UM, EQUITY RESOLUTION THAT DISCUSSED, UM, NOT ONLY ECONOMIC EQUITY, UH, BUT ALSO, UH, HEALTH EQUITY FOR WOMEN THAT I WAS VERY PROUD TO, TO BE A PART OF, AS WELL AS THE ONE THAT COUNCILWOMAN, UH, GERRAN MENTIONED, UH, SUPPORTING THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT. AND, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY I'M REALLY PROUD TO, TO SERVE WITH YOU AND TO SERVE WITH [00:50:01] THE FIRST, UH, MAJORITY FEMALE, UH, ELECTED COUNCIL. VERY, UH, EXCITED A ABOUT THAT. UM, WE'LL SEE HOW WE CONTINUE, UH, AFTER YOU TWO ARE, ARE GONE, I THINK THERE WILL BE A HUGE GAP, UH, ON OUR COUNCIL, UH, FOR SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU'VE BEEN PUSHING FORWARD. BUT THE REST OF US WILL TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO CARRY THAT, UH, MANTLE FORWARD. UM, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO READING MY, UH, MY SECTION OF THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. AM I UP ? HI. UH, ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2020, NEARLY 2.4 MILLION HAVE EXITED THE WORK BOARD. UNLIKE PRIOR RECESSIONS, WHICH CREATED MORE JOBLESSNESS AMONG MALE-DOMINATED INDUSTRIES LIKE MANUFACTURING OR CONSTRUCTION. THE CES DECIMATED HOSPITALITY, CHILDCARE, TRAVEL, AND RETAIL RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE LONGER A PERSON STAYS OUT OF THE LABOR MARKET, WHETHER BECAUSE OF JOB LOSS OR CAREGIVING RESPONSIBILITIES, THE MORE CHALLENGING IT BECOMES TO FIND OTHER EMPLOYMENT AND THE LOWER THEIR LIFETIME EARNING POTENTIAL. WOMEN WERE ALREADY BEHIND EARNING 82 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR EARNED BY A MAN AND WOMAN OF COLOR EVEN EARN, EARN EVEN LESS. WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO ACT QUICKLY TO ENSURE WOMEN FEEL SEEN, HEARD, AND SUPPORTED IN THE WORKFORCE, BECAUSE WOMEN ARE A CRITICAL PART OF THE RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY OF THE POST COVID ECONOMY. SO I THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. WORKING MOTHERS EXITED THE WORKFORCE AT A RATE THAT OUTPACED WORKING FATHERS AND OTHER WOMEN. THOSE REMAINING HAVE STRUGGLED TO STAY ENGAGED AMID UNRELENTING DEMANDS. REALLY LOSING THE TALENT OF WOMEN, PARTICULARLY WORKING MOTHERS, IS AN UNACCEPTABLE COST OF THIS PANDEMIC AND ULTIMATELY THREATENS THE PIPELINE OF TALENT FOR YEARS TO COME. FOR OUR DAUGHTERS, FOR OUR GRANDDAUGHTERS, FOR THE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN YET TO COME, WE HAVE TO ENSURE THIS MOMENT IN OUR STORY BECOMES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP CREATE THE WORKPLACE EQUITY THAT HAS KEPT US OUT OF CORNER OFFICES AND UNDERPAID FOR FAR TOO LONG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ AND COUNCILWOMAN FOR BEING CHAMPIONS FOR WOMEN AS WE'RE CONTINUING TO GO FORWARD. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR ELECTED MAJORITY FEMALE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN, WE ARE NORMALLY SEEN AS A MOST, OR AS THE MOST DISRESPECTED WOMAN HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE LOOK FOR OUR SAVIORS WITHIN OUR MEN, AND WE LOOK FOR OUR SAVIOR WITHIN OUR LORD. WE KNOW THAT WOMEN HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE NURTURER AND THE CARRIER FOR THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BRING FORWARD. WE AS WOMEN TAKE ON THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD, WHICH ARE WHY GOD MADE OUR SHOULDERS SO BROAD. WE AS WOMEN ARE MOTHERS, WE ARE CAREGIVERS, BUT WE ARE HERE TO BE HELP MATES. WE HELP EACH OTHER BY UPLIFTING EACH OTHER, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD A SISTERHOOD THAT IS STRONGER THAN SELF. AS YOU LOOK ACROSS OUR CITY COUNCIL, WE STAND IN UNITY. WE STAND IN STRENGTH. WE STAND IN DIGNITY. WE KNOW THAT MANY WOMEN HAVE SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF VIOLENCE, WHETHER IT'S FROM A PARTNER, WHETHER IT'S FROM A CHILD, WHETHER IT'S FROM SOCIETY ITSELF. WE AS WOMEN HAVE DECIDED THAT TODAY WILL BE A DAY THAT WE NO LONGER LIVE IN FEAR, BUT WE STAND STRONG IN THE BELIEF OF KNOWING THAT THINGS WILL CHANGE AND A CHANGE IS COMING. WE ARE HERE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN WHAT THE NORMAL PERSON DESERVES. OUR WORTH IS WHAT WE STAND ON. WE KNOW THAT OUR WORTH IS BUILT ON THE STRENGTH OF THOSE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US. WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF MANY GIANTS, MANY WOMEN WHO HAVE FOUGHT THE BATTLE TO HAVE OUR VOICES HEARD FROM THE WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH WRITING AND PUTTING IN PLACE THIS RESOLUTION. I'M HONORED TO BE AMONGST SUCH WONDERFUL, BRILLIANT, SMART, AND MAKE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, LOVING AND CARING WOMEN HERE ON OUR CITY COUNCIL. I WANNA THANK OUR MAYOR FOR REALIZING THAT WE AS WOMEN HAVE A VOICE WHEN YOU ALLOW US TO SPEAK AND ALLOW US TO BE A NURTURER FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERY CITY COUNCILMAN THAT SITS ON OUR CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE OF YOU ALLOWING US AS WOMEN TO TRULY SPEAK UP AND TO SPEAK OUT, WE ARE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER ACROSS THE BOARD. AS A MILITARY VETERAN, I THANK EVERY WOMAN IN SERVICE. EVERY WOMAN THAT IS WEARING THE UNIFORM KNOW THAT TODAY YOU ARE OUR SHINING STARS WITHIN OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO READING THIS RESOLUTION INTO OUR CITY RECORDS. I NOW TURN IT OVER TO OUR COUNCILWOMAN [00:55:01] ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY TO COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ AND COUNCILWOMAN VIA GURAN, WHO I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF SITTING NEXT TO ON THE DAY FOR THESE PAST, UH, FEW MONTHS, EVEN THOUGH VIRTUALLY RIGHT NOW, BUT STILL. AND SO I'M, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HELP, UH, WITH THIS, UM, WITH THIS, I THINK IT'S A CELEBRATION, RIGHT? AN HONOR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. AND SO THANK YOU TO OUR MALE COLLEAGUES. I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO DO A LOT OF THE WORK AND GO UNNOTICED. AND THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT WOMEN DOING THE BEHIND THE SCENES WORK. SO, UM, SOME OF OUR CHIEFS OF STAFF ARE WOMEN, UH, INCLUDING PAT WALLACE AND TERESA MENENDEZ, WHO IS INSTRUMENTAL IN TODAY. AND WHO BY THE WAY, HAD THIS WONDERFUL IDEA TO READ THIS INTO, UM, INTO THE RECORD TODAY. SO THANK YOU TERESA MENENDEZ FOR THAT. EVA LISA IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND EMILY MCGINN AND FATIMA, WHO REALLY MAKE OUR JOBS A WHOLE LOT EASIER FROM THE CITY COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE. UM, OF COURSE, MARIA GOMEZ HAS BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY, AND SO I THINK SHE IS ONE OF EVERYBODY'S, UH, FAVORITE, UH, WOMEN, UH, THAT JUST GOES OUT AND HE GETS THE JOB DONE. AND THEN ALSO ON MY TEAM, I HAVE JOHANNI AND BIANCA ANDANA IN VIRGINIA WHO GIVE IT THEIR ALL EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF WOMEN THAT ARE WORKING, LIKE I SAID, BEHIND THE SCENES, AND WE ARE ALSO EMPOWERED BY SOME REALLY STRONG MEN THAT RECOGNIZE WHEN IT'S TIME FOR THE WOMEN TO LEAD. AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND TO MY COLLEAGUES, COURAGE AND PERRY AND ELIAS, UM, AS WELL AS TO, UH, COUNCILMAN VINNO AND ERIC WALSH FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THIS MOMENT BECAUSE IT TRULY IS A MEMORABLE MOMENT. UM, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE ADVOCATES FOR OUR YOUNG WOMEN. UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE LADIES WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AN INITIATIVE FOR NEXT WEEK. IT'S THE RED PURSE INITIATIVE. SO I REMIND YOU TO PLEASE WEAR YOUR RED PURSES. UM, LADIES. UM, AND THERE WILL BE SOME MASKS AVAILABLE WITH THE RED PURSE INITIATIVE, UM, THAT WE ARE PROMOTING. YOU COULD FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT BY, UH, FACEBOOK AND UH, UH, AN INSTAGRAM PAGE CALLED EQUAL PAY SA. WE PARTNERED AS, UM, JUST WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY. REALLY. THERE WAS NO, UM, UNIFIED EFFORT. IT WAS JUST WOMEN THAT WANTED TO GET THIS DONE. WE PARTNERED WITH DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE CITY, UM, AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE SALES WILL, PART OF THAT WILL BE DONATED TO THE Y W C A, WHICH WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH. UH, AND AGAIN, DURING THIS TIME WHEN RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN SO AFFECTED, THEY'RE STILL WILLING TO GIVE BACK. AND SO I WANTED TO ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THESE BUSINESSES FOR THEIR SUPPORT. AND NOW IT'S MY HONOR TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO COUNCILWOMAN SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, WHO WILL LEAD US IN THE OFFICIAL READING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH EVERYBODY. AND, UM, THE FORMAL PART IS, UH, READING INTO, UH, THE RECORD THE RESOLUTION. WHEREAS IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, MEDIAN ANNUAL PAY FOR A WOMAN WHO HOLDS A FULL-TIME YEAR-ROUND JOB IS $26,925. WHILE MEDIAN ANNUAL INCOME FOR A MAN WHO HOLDS A FULL-TIME JOB YEAR ROUND IS $33,358. REFLECTING THAT WOMEN IN SAN ANTONIO ARE PAID 81 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR PAID TO MEN AMOUNTING TO AN ANNUAL GENDER WAGE GAP OF $6,433. AND WHEREAS THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS BY WOMEN SKYROCKETED FROM 800 TO 20,918 BECAUSE OF C OVID 19, AND LATINAS HAVE DRAMATICALLY EXITED THE WORKFORCE COMPARED TO OTHER GROUPS. AND WHEREAS WOMEN OF COLOR WHO ARE WITHIN THE WORKING AGES OF 25 TO 64 MAKE UP OVER 67% OF THE SAN ANTONIO POPULATION. AND THE GAP IN WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN HAS INCREASED TO A DIFFERENCE OF 48,236. AND WHEREAS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL SEEK TO CONTINUE TO EXAMINE GENDER PAY PARITY, WHICH INCLUDES EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK, BUT ALSO EXAMINES WORK LIFE SUPPORTS TO FOSTER WOMEN'S ECONOMIC SUCCESS AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE ADDED BARRIERS PRESENTED BY C OVID 19. AND WHEREAS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL RECOGNIZE EQUITY IN THE WORKFORCE AS FUNDAMENTAL TO ENSURING EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES MAXIMIZE THEIR POTENTIAL, AND THAT THE ACTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTE [01:00:01] TO THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF EVERYONE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND WHEREAS THERE EXISTS OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE EMPLOYMENT AND ADVANCE GENDER PAY PARITY ACROSS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY. AND, AND WHEREAS WITH APPROXIMATELY 12,000 EMPLOYEES, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EMBRACES PRACTICES THAT SUPPORT AN EQUITABLE COMPENSATION PROGRAM AS EVIDENCE THAT IS EXAMINATION OF POTENTIAL WAGE DISPARITIES BASED ON GENDER AND REPORTS PROVIDED TO CITY COUNCIL IN 2013, 2014, AND 2020 BY ITS ADOPTION OF SALARY ADMINISTRATION, ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVES, AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION GUIDELINES, THAT STANDARDIZED CRITERIA FOR COMPENSATION ACTIONS THROUGH INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS AND MARKET STUDIES COMPLETED TO GUIDE COMPENSATION LEVELS REGARDLESS OF GENDER. AND THROUGH THIS ACTION IN DECEMBER OF 2017, TO REMOVE ALL GENERAL QUESTIONS REFERENCING SALARY PREFERENCE AND PAST SALARY HISTORY FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S NONE EXECUTIVES, CIVILIAN APPLICATIONS, AND WERE ASKED, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS DEVELOPED EMPLOYEE-FOCUSED POLICIES IN AN EFFORT TO BE AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE AND SUPPORT WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY THROUGH REMOTE WORK PROGRAMS AND ALTERNATIVE FLEX SCHEDULES IN ADDITION TO ANNUAL AND PERSONAL LEAVE. IN 2016, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IMPLEMENTED SIX WEEKS OF PAID PARENTAL LEAVE AND 32 HOURS OF FAMILY WELLNESS AND EDUCATION LEAVE PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP MENTORING PROGRAM, TUITION REIMBURSEMENT, AND THE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM, SUPPORT, CONTINUED TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. AND , THE WORK OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SEEKS TO CONTINUE TO FOSTER GENDER PAY PARITY BY SUPPORTING ECONOMIC SUCCESS STRATEGIES IN SAN ANTONIO'S COMMUNITY AS A DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDER AND COMMUNITY FUNDER OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, STRENGTHEN SOCIAL SAFETY, NET INCREASE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION, PROVIDE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, FINANCIAL COUNSELING, TUITION ASSISTANCE, AND CASE MANAGEMENT, PROVIDE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND FAMILY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION. AND WHEREAS THE WORK OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SEEKS TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES AND TOOLS FOR WOMEN'S ECONOMIC SUCCESS IN THE AREAS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BUSINESS OWNERSHIP, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THAT INCLUDES UPSKILLING SERVICES RANGING FROM LITERACY AND NUMERACY, G E D ATTAINMENT, WORK EXPERIENCE, OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION AND JOB PLACEMENT, CITY CONTRACTING, ACCESS TO CAPITAL, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, FEE WAIVERS, MENTORSHIP, AND BUSINESS CONSULTING SERVICES, AND BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. SECTION ONE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SUPPORTS GENDER PAY PARITY INITIATIVES TO CLOSE THE GENDER WAGE GAP IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY SECTION TWO, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THROUGH ITS HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE ITS SALARY ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE. FOR BEST PRACTICES, CONDUCT ANALYSIS IS NECESSARY TO AVOID ANY PAY INEQUITIES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION'S PAY STRUCTURE AND MONITOR TO ENSURE ANY PAY INEQUITIES ARE ADDRESSED. SECTION THREE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THROUGH ITS HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MENTORSHIP, TRAINING, AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, GENERATE AWARENESS OF FLEX AND REMOTE WORK PROGRAMS, AND PROVIDE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT TO PROMOTE WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. SECTION FOUR, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, HUMAN SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL EXAMINE, IDENTIFY, AND RECOMMEND FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION RECOMMENDED BEST PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES TO CLOSE THE GENDER WAGE GAP FOR SERVICES PROCURED FROM THOSE NONPROFITS WITH WHICH IT CONTRACTS. SECTION FIVE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THRIFTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL EXAMINE, IDENTIFY, AND RECOMMEND FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OPPORTUNITIES TO INCORPORATE AND PROMOTE RECOMMENDED BEST PRACTICES SUCH AS GENDER AWARENESS TRAINING AND WOMEN SPONSORSHIP LEADERSHIP CULTIVATION PROGRAMS WITHIN COMPANIES SEEKING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, INCLUDING TAX ABATEMENTS, AND WITH THAT MOTION TO APPROVE [01:05:01] THIS RESOLUTION. SECOND. ALRIGHT, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE READING AND FOR THE COMMENTS, UH, TO ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, PROOF OF FOR APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION FROM GONZALEZ, SECOND BY . UH, WE DO HAVE ONE, UH, CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, AND THEN WE'LL GET TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. UH, SO IT IS, UH, MY GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME BACK, UH, TO CITY HALL, UH, KOREO GARZA, WHO IS ON THE LINE, UH, CODA. GOOD MORNING. HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD. OKAY. GOOD MORNING. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS CODA ZA. I AM SPEAKING THIS MORNING ON BEHALF OF Y W C A SAN ANTONIO, DEAR MAYOR NUREMBERG AND MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL, Y W C A SAN ANTONIO IS DEDICATED TO ELIMINATING RACISM, EMPOWERING WOMEN, AND PROMOTING PEACE, JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND DIGNITY FOR ALL. Y W C A NATIONAL IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST MULTICULTURAL WOMEN WOMEN'S OAK ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD, SERVING THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY FOR OVER 110 YEARS. Y W C A SAN ANTONIO JOINS IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION, AFFIRMING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT GENDER PAY, PARITY, AND INITIATIVES TO CLOSE THE GENDER PAY GAP. IN SAN ANTONIO, EQUAL PAY IS ABOUT ALL OF US. PAY EQUITY HAS THE POWER TO MOVE WOMEN, PARTICULARLY WOMEN OF COLOR, OUT OF POVERTY, AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY. IN SAN ANTONIO, A LATINO WILL EARN 61 CENTS. FOR EVERY DOLLAR A WHITE NON-HISPANIC MALE EARN. A BLACK WOMAN IN SAN ANTONIO WILL EARN 72 CENTS FOR EVERY $1. A WHITE NON-HISPANIC MALE IN SAN ANTONIO MAY THE ANNUAL MEDIAN EARNINGS GAP FOR ALL WOMEN IN SAN ANTONIO WORKING FULL-TIME YEAR ROUND, IS OVER $5,600 IN A CITY IN WHICH MORE THAN HALF THAT'S 54% OF HOUSEHOLDS IN POVERTY ARE LED BY A SINGLE MOTHER, AN EXTRA $5,656 PER YEAR TO ENABLE A WOMAN TO PAY FOR TUITION, SAVE FOR RETIREMENT, COVER SOME OF THE COST OF CHILDCARE, AND FUNDAMENTALLY BREAK DOWN SYSTEMIC BARRIERS THAT HAVE FORCED WOMEN TO, ESPECIALLY WOMEN OF COLOR AND TO CYCLES OF POVERTY. A COMMITMENT TO EQUAL PAY COULD BE A GAME CHANGER FOR, FOR WOMEN AND FOR THE CITY. WOMEN IN SAN ANTONIO WERE PAID EQUALLY TO MEN. THIS ADDITIONAL $5,600 PER WOMEN WOULD ADD 19 BILLION TO SAN ANTONIO'S ECONOMY. SO Y W C A HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR WAGE EQUITY WITH THE SUPPORT OF A GRANT FROM UNITED WAY. TODAY WE COMMEND COUNCIL FOR PROPOSING THE PAY EQUITY RESOLUTION, WHICH WE FIRMLY SUPPORT TOGETHER. WE BELIEVE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THAT WE CAN CREATE A PATHWAY TO STRONGER WORKFORCE, WORKFORCE WITH WOMEN OF OUR CITY, PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN GETTING PAID EQUITABLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, MS. RA GARZA. UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME DISCUSSION. SO WE'LL START NOW WITH COUNCIL MEMBER S THANKS, MAYOR. THANKS AGAIN TO THE WOMEN ON, UH, ON THIS, UH, ON THIS COUNCIL FOR ADVANCING, UH, THIS INITIATIVE. UM, AND, UH, NOT JUST THANK YOU AS AN EMPLOYER OR, OR, UH, YOU KNOW, A STAKEHOLDER IN THE SUCCESS OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT ALSO THANKS AS A DAD. UM, JUST LISTENING TO WHAT KODA TOLD US, INFURIATES ME, UM, THE IDEA THAT MY DAUGHTER IS GONNA EARN AT 61% COMPARED TO WHAT HER BROTHER'S GONNA EARN, SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE'S A FEMALE IS OBSCENE. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. UM, I, I DO THINK THAT WE AS POLICY MAKERS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO MORE THAN JUST MOUTH THE RHETORIC OF EQUAL PAY. UH, THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON, AUSTIN, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES WHO ARE REALLY ADEPT AND EXCEL AT, AT, AT SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS, BUT DOING NOTHING. COUNCILWOMAN , YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE NEED TO FIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT AWA, UM, IS NEVER SUNSETTED. UM, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I'M EXCITED, UH, AS THE I G R CHAIR TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR AWA BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. AND THE IDEA THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON DC WHO, UH, ARGUE AGAINST AWA IS JUST INEXPLICABLE. UM, AND SO I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF US ARE PREPARED, UM, FOR WHAT WHAT ALMOST ALWAYS HAPPENS AFTER A DISCUSSION ABOUT EQUAL PAY, UM, IS HAD IN, IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE LIKE IT'S HAVING TODAY. UM, ALMOST ALWAYS YOU HEAR THE SAME TROPES AND EXCUSES FROM PEOPLE OUT THERE, UM, WHO, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME [01:10:01] ODD REASON ARE, UH, OPPOSED TO EQUAL PAY. AND, AND IT, IT EVEN MAKES ME MORE ANGRY WHEN SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE WOMEN. UM, AND SO EVEN THOUGH FEMALES TELL US THAT THEY ARE CONSISTENTLY UNDERPAID, AND THAT UNEQUAL PAY IS THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM AT THE WORKPLACE, UM, FOR SOME REASON, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYERS IGNORE THAT. UM, AND I, I, I'VE JUST NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY. AND SO I DO THINK, UM, THAT OUR FRIENDS ON AND THE, UM, THE COMMITTEE FOR, OR THE COMMISSION FOR, UM, THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN SAN ANTONIO HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB, UM, AT TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, THE CHALLENGES OF DISCRIMINATORY PAY PRACTICES. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, MY HOPE IS, UH, THAT OUR EMPLOYERS IN SAN ANTONIO, ALL EMPLOYERS STEP UP. UM, AND THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IS PREPARED TO DISPEL THE EXCUSES AND THE MYTHS THAT ALMOST ALWAYS ARE GONNA FOLLOW. SO, WATCH, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR SOME OF THESE MYTHS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, REPEATED BY PEOPLE WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER. AND SO, UH, MYTH NUMBER ONE, MEN WORK HARDER THAN WOMEN. THAT'S BSS, THAT'S NOT TRUE. MEN DO NOT WORK HARDER THAN WOMEN. UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T AWARE, 75% OF SINGLE MOMS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE THE SOLE BREADWINNER FOR THEIR FAMILY. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WOMEN ARE THE PRIMARY BREADWINNERS IN 40% OF AMERICAN FAMILIES. UM, YOU KNOW, MYTH OR LINE NUMBER TWO, WOMEN LEAVE THE WORKFORCE TO HAVE CHILDREN. THEY DON'T LEAVE THE WORKFORCE TO HAVE CHILDREN. THEY'RE LEAVING PRIMARILY BECAUSE THEY'RE TIRED OF MAKING LESS THAN THEY'RE SIMILARLY QUALIFIED OR LESS QUALIFIED MALE COWORKERS. UM, AND WOMEN KNOW THAT IF THEY RETURN TO THE WORKFORCE, THEY'LL GET PAID A, A, THEY'LL EXPERIENCE A PENALTY IN PAY. AND THE PENALTY IS REAL. DATA SHOWS US THAT THE PENALTY IS 4% PER CHILD. YOU EARN LESS 4% PER CHILD. WHEREAS MEN EARN, FOR SOME REASON, 31% MORE IF THEY HAVE CHILDREN. SO MARRIED MEN WITH CHILDREN GET PAID MORE. UH, MARRIED WOMEN WITH CHILDREN GET PAID LESS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE CHILDREN. UM, MYTH NUMBER THREE, WOMEN JUST NEED TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY. THEY DO ASK FOR MORE MONEY, AND THEY STILL GET LESS. BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN STUDIES WHERE WOMEN WILL TELL YOU THAT, UM, THEY DON'T ASK FOR LESS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT THEIR BOSSES WILL PERCEIVE THEM AS UNGRATEFUL OR PUSHY. UM, AND SO THAT'S A HOBBS IN CHOICE, RIGHT? UM, YOU ASK FOR MORE MONEY, UM, BUT YOUR CAREER WILL, YOU KNOW, UH, NOT BE AS, UH, AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT SHOULD BE, SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU'RE PERCEIVED THAT WAY, OR YOU DON'T ASK FOR MORE MONEY AND YOU GET LESS MONEY. UM, MYTH NUMBER FOUR IS THAT MEN HAVE MORE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE THAT'S BSS. UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN FULL-TIME PHYSICIANS WHO ARE FEMALE MAKE LESS 24% LESS THAN THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS. THAT'S INEXPLICABLE. UM, NOW ON, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM, JANITORS, FEMALE JANITORS ALSO MAKE 22% LESS THAN THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS. UM, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, IT'S INSULT. JUST THESE EXCUSES ARE INSULT UPON INJURY. AND SO, UH, TO MY MALE COLLEAGUES AND ANYBODY OUT THERE WATCHING, IF YOU HEAR ANY OF THESE EXCUSES, WHICH ARE JUST GARBAGE, UH, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, UM, GO TO, UH, MY FACEBOOK PAGE TODAY WHERE WE'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING THESE EXCUSES AND PROVIDING YOU WITH ACCURATE DATA AS TO WHAT THE REAL, UH, SCENARIO IS, UH, FOR WOMEN WHO ARE SEEKING EQUAL PAY. AND SO, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN VERAN, UH, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. VARDA, UH, YOU KNOW, JADA, THANK YOU SO MUCH, ADRIANA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING AND FOR BRINGING THIS TO US AND SHOWING US TRUE LEADERSHIP WHEN LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER AYA. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. THANK YOU. UH, I WANNA PICK UP WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER AYAS KIND OF LEFT OFF SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UM, MAYBE SOME RHETORIC THAT WE MAY HEAR AFTER THIS RESOLUTION, OR EVEN PRIOR TO. I WANT TO RE, I WANT TO SET IT AS WE HAVE FOR MANY YEARS AS WELL AS IN, IN ALL OF OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT, UM, THE NEED FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, WORKFORCE SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING. WE HAD OVER 60% OF THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO VOTE TO APPROVE THE READY TO WORK ESSAY PROGRAM. WE KNOW WITH THAT PROGRAM, WE HAVE TO TALK, IT IS ABOUT SOCIOECONOMIC MOBILITY AND MOVEMENT. IT IS ABOUT BREAKING CYCLES OF POVERTY, AND PART OF THAT COMES WITH PAY PARODY. AND THAT IS CRUCIAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO BRING THAT PARODY TO THE PAY OF ALL MEN, OF, OF, FOR WOMEN. SO THAT IS [01:15:01] CRITICAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS THE RIGHT RELU RESOLUTION TO DO RIGHT NOW. AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. I DO WANNA THANK ALL OF OUR, UM, UH, ALLIES, OUR MALE ALLIES WHO ARE HERE BEATING THE DRUM AND VOICING THIS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHEN THERE'S PAY PARODY FOR WOMEN, THAT MEANS THE ENTIRE FAMILY AND THE ENTIRE FAMILY UNIT RISES. AND SO I THINK THAT IS CRITICAL, AND IT GIVES THAT, UM, THAT SENSE OF WE KNOW WHERE THE NEXT PAYCHECK IS COMING. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD WEALTH. THEN, UM, I ALSO WANT TO RO I ALSO WANT TO THANK Y W C A OR THEIR COMMITMENT TO, UH, AND THEIR RELENTLESSNESS ON TALKING ABOUT, UM, PAY PARITY AND ELIMINATING RACISM. THANK YOU FOR THAT, CODA AND FRANCESCA AND EVERYONE, I DO WANT TO, UH, THANK ALL OF THE, THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND OUR ALLIES, AND ALL OF THE WOMEN WHO HAVE WORKED THROUGHOUT THEIR TIME HERE AT THE CITY OF, TO CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND EVEN IN MY TENURE. AND, UM, AND I DO WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE, UH, AND THANK YOU ERIC, FOR BEING AN ALLY AND BEING, UM, VERY SMART TO PROMOTE A LOT OF WOMEN, SMART WOMEN. AND THAT IS THE SIGN OF A SMART INDIVIDUAL WHEN YOU ALSO PROMOTE SMART WOMEN AROUND YOU. AND, UM, ALSO, UH, THANK YOU. I MEAN, I HAVE TO SAY, LIZ PROVENCIO IS ALSO, UM, A FIERCE INDIVIDUAL WHO I LOVE WORKING WITH AS WELL. AND I ALSO WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE AM MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN'S VIRTUAL SUMMIT IS TOMORROW, BEGINS TOMORROW, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AFTER THE DAILY BRIEFING. PLEASE BE SURE TO TUNE IN. AND I ALSO A QUICK REMINDER THAT THERE IS A C C R OUT THERE TO CHANGE THE NAME FROM THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO SAN ANTONIO'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN, BECAUSE I THINK THAT BELONGS KNOWING THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN OUR CITY BELONGS TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, UH, I WILL, I WILL FIGHT ANYONE WHO TRIES AND TAKES MY ROLE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE MARIA VILLA GOMEZ FAN CLUB, JUST SO YOU KNOW. AND THEN, UH, FINALLY, I WANNA READ ONE THING THAT I KNOW MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE HEARD. IT'S, UM, HERE'S TO STRONG WOMEN. MAY WE KNOW THEM, MAY WE RAISE THEM, MAY WE BE THEM, MAY WE CELEBRATE THEM, AND MAY WE ELECT THEM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I JUST WANTED TO CHIME BACK IN TO RECOGNIZE OUR MOTHERS, UM, OUR CITY COUNCIL MOTHERS, UM, AND TO JUST GIVE MY MOTHERS HER FLOWERS. WHILE SHE'S STILL HERE, I WANT TO THANK HER FOR BEING MY ROLE MODEL. I WANT TO THANK HER FOR SHOWING ME WHAT IT MEANS TO RISE ABOVE SO MANY STORMS THAT CAN COME. I DO THIS OUT OF THE KINDNESS OF UNDERSTANDING THAT IF IT WAS NOT FOR MY MOTHER, I WOULD NOT BE HERE. I WANT TO THANK MY TWO DAUGHTERS WHO CONTINUOUSLY PUSH ME TO THRIVE FOR MORE AND TO DO BETTER. I WANNA THANK MY TEAM TO DR. JEANNIE MURPHY, TO LATIKA SIMS, TO OMI MAHARA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING WHAT IT MEANS TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM. WE ARE A VERY DIVERSE TEAM THAT COMES FROM MANY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, BUT WHEN WE COME TOGETHER, WE DO THINGS THAT ARE SO, UM, UPLIFTING AND EMPOWERING. WE AS WOMEN ARE JUST HERE TO BE WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, AND THAT ARE ROCK STARS. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THOSE WHO ARE CONTINUING TO PUSH THE WAY AND TO THOSE MOTHERS THAT WE HAVE LOST. WE CONTINUE TO UPLIFT YOU AT THIS TIME. WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE NURTURING, THE CARE, THE LOVE, AND EVEN THE HONESTY TO TELL US WHEN WE'RE WRONG AND TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE AS WOMEN AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TO THE MEN THAT STAND BY THESE WOMEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE FATHERS THAT UPLIFT THEIR DAUGHTERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN S FOR SPEAKING ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER AND MAKING SURE SHE KNOWS THAT SHE HAS PEOPLE THAT SHE CAN COME TALK TO. UM, AND THANK YOU TO MRS. SS FOR CONTINUING TO BE A SHINING LIGHT IN A BEACON FOR THOSE WOMEN WHO IN THE HARDEST TIME, IN THE DARKEST HOURS OF THEIR LIVES, NEED A REFUGE. AND WE HAVE [01:20:01] IT RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU'RE HERE, MARTHA. UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU. LET'S NOT FORGET THE, UH, ALSO A VERY SPECIAL, UH, ELAS. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, TO WHAT EVERYBODY IS SAYING IS BEAUTIFUL TODAY. UH, COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN, TALKING ABOUT YOUR MOTHER, UH, MAKES ME, OF COURSE THINK ABOUT MINE. AND SHE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE STRONGEST, UH, PEOPLE I KNOW, NOT JUST STRONGEST WOMAN I KNOW, BUT STRONGEST PEOPLE I KNOW. AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE, UH, TODAY, UH, IN THIS ROLE IF IT WEREN'T, UH, IF IT WEREN'T FOR HER. UM, I ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT A COUNCILWOMAN VRAN, A C C R, ABOUT THE COMMISSION ON THE, ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. IF THERE IS EVER A TIME FOR IT TO BE THE COMMISSION SAN ANTONIO'S COMMISSION, IT IS THE TIME WHEN THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL IS FEMALE. UH, IT, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD, UM, IN TERMS OF GOVERNMENT AND, UH, EMPLOYMENT IN GOVERNMENT AND PAY PARITY, SOME OF IT DEFINITELY HAS TO DO WITH THE CORONER OFFICES, AS WAS MENTIONED. UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT ERIC IS, UH, HELPING BREAK THAT MOLD. UH, AND THAT WE HAVE MARIA AT THE, AT THE ALMOST VERY TOP. UH, I AM ALSO PART OF THE MARIA FAN CLUB. UM, BUT IT ALSO HAS TO DO WITH THE TYPES OF WORK THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN GOVERNMENT. UH, AND WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THE HIGHEST PAID WORK IN, IN CITIES IN, IN OUR CITY, ANYWAY, IT HAS TO DO WITH UNIFORM PERSONNEL. AND TRADITIONALLY, IF, IF YOU WERE TO TAKE AN AVERAGE OF CITY, UH, SALARIES, YOU'D FIND THAT, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF UNIFORM PERSONNEL THAT REALLY WEIGHTS, UH, THAT REALLY WEIGHTS THE AVERAGE. AND IBEL, I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH MARIA THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN MORE WOMEN IN THOSE ROLES, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE UNIFORM PERSONNEL THAT BENEFIT FROM OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY TAKE HOME, UH, THE BACON. IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT, UH, SALARIES AT THE END OF THE YEAR, I THINK THERE'S A, A SPREADSHEET ONLINE THAT WILL TELL YOU, UH, HOW THE HIGHEST THE SALARY OF ALL THE EMPLOYEES IN, IN SAN ANTONIO FOR, FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR. AND CONSISTENTLY AT THE TOP, YOU WILL SEE UNIFORM PERSONNEL WHO WORK A LOT OF OVERTIME. IT'S A GREAT BENEFIT. UM, SO WE NEED TO ENSURE WOMEN ARE IN THOSE RANKS. AND, UH, IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE TALKING, UH, LESS THAN 10% IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE TALKING AT 10%. THAT MEANS WOMEN ARE MISSING OUT ON THOSE SALARIES. UH, SOME OF THE BEST SALARIES AND BEST SALARIES, IN FACT, IN, IN OUR STATE, RIGHT, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR, UH, STARTING POLICE OFFICERS. UH, ANOTHER THING I WANT TO, UH, JUST REMIND EVERYONE IS THAT WHEN A WOMAN IS A MOTHER AND YOUR CHILD IS SICK, MOST OF THE TIME, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CARING FOR THAT SICK CHILD WILL FALL TO THE MOTHER. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE MANY, MANY REASONS I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT, UH, PAID SICK LEAVE POLICIES. AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE HAVE A VOLUNTARY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM GOING OUT THERE TO HELP BUSINESSES WHO WANT TO ADOPT THIS PRACTICE, UH, TAKE IT ON. BECAUSE WHEN A WOMAN MISSES WORK, THAT'S WHEN, UM, SHE'S AT A, UNFORTUNATELY, AT A DISADVANTAGE, UH, WITH HER EMPLOYER. AND WITH THAT COMES THE ISSUE OF CHILDCARE. UM, I HAVEN'T HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING A MOTHER, BUT I'VE SEEN HOW COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ HAS BALANCED SO MANY THINGS, UH, HAVING THREE CHILDREN, HAVING HER OWN BUSINESS, AND, UH, SHE'S, I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT. SHE, SHE DOES HAVE THE SUPPORT OF, OF HER MOTHER, AND, AND SHE HAS A VERY SUPPORTIVE HUSBAND. BUT THAT'S SIMPLY, I THINK IT'S SIMPLY NOT FAIR THAT WE'RE NOT HELPING HER OUT WITH THAT CHILDCARE. AND I KNOW SHE PUT FORWARD A C C R FOR, UM, CHILDCARE FOR WOMEN WHO PARTI NOT WOMEN, BUT FOR PARENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT EFFORT, UH, COME TO FRUITION, UH, DURING OUR REVIEW OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. I'M MEETING REGULARLY WITH MR. UH, MCCAREY ABOUT IT. HE HAS, UH, TAKEN THAT ON TO HELP ME. AND I THINK WE WILL SEE, UH, MORE WOMEN, UH, SERVING ON THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND WOMEN WHO FEEL SUPPORTED, UH, DOING IT. SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF THESE CHANGES REALLY TAKE PLACE. [01:25:05] THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I CANNOT PUT INTO WORDS HOW ENCOURAGING IT IS TO KNOW THAT SINGLE MOMS LIKE MINE AND WOMEN IN GENERAL, ARE BEGINNING TO GET COMPENSATION THAT IS EQUAL AND LIVABLE. IT IS LONG OVERDUE, BUT WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT STOP THERE. UH, WE MUST ALSO ENSURE WE PROTECT TRANS WOMEN WHO ARE UNDEREMPLOYED, UNDERPAID, AND ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, SYSTEMIC AND INTERPERSONAL. I WILL ALWAYS STAND BESIDE ALL WOMEN IN SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT FOR MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. UH, AND I ALSO WANNA THANK OUR COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING FORWARD, UH, THIS INITIATIVE, UH, AND RESOLUTION, PARTICULARLY COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, WHO SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING UPSTREAM TO BRING THIS RESOLUTION FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. AND I'M EXCITED TO BE ON THE DAIS WHEN SHE DOES. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ AND , IN PARTICULAR, FOR THE EFFORTS OVER THE YEARS, UH, TO BRING IN A, IN A, IN A FORM THAT NOT JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE CHALLENGES, UH, THAT CONTINUE TO PERSIST, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE WINS. UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF EVOLUTIONS, UH, WITH OUR LEADERSHIP OVER THE LAST DECADE. UH, AND THERE HAS BEEN PROGRESS, AND WE SHOULD MODEL THAT PROGRESS FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. WE DO KNOW THERE'S TONS OF WORK STILL LEFT TO DO. I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE MY WIFE, ERICA PROSPER, WHO DEVOTED A LOT OF HER TIME, UH, DURING HER TENURE IN THE CHAMBER, UH, TO STUDYING THE IMPACTS, ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF UNCOUNTED, UH, WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR ECONOMY, WHICH ARE IN THE BILLIONS, UH, THE WORK THAT WOMEN DO THAT ARE, THAT IS UNACCOUNTED FOR, UH, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE TAKE FOR GRANTED IN A PATRIARCHY, UH, THE WORK THAT GOES, UH, UNDONE AND UNSEEN OR, OR THAT GOES DONE, BUT UNSEEN. UH, AND I WANNA THANK YOU, ERICA, FOR, UH, REMINDING ME THAT EVERY DAY, UH, BUT ALSO MAKING IT A PRIORITY OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, UH, FROM, UM, A POLICY PERSPECTIVE. SO, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, ALL OF US, UM, GENDER NOTWITHSTANDING, UH, THANK YOU FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD. A, A BIG WIN, UH, FOR OUR, OUR WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING SO HARD, UH, OVER THE YEARS TO BRING THIS FORWARD. AND CERTAINLY A BIG WIN AND ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY IF WE STAY DEVOTED TO ITS CAUSE. SO, UH, WITH THAT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 14. UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT. UM, THE NEXT ITEMS WE HAVE, WELL, ACTUALLY, WE HAVE ONE ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, THEN WE MOVE TO THE ZONING ITEMS. SO LET'S BRING [4. 21-1669 Ordinance approving a contract with ADS, Inc., to provide the San Antonio Police Department with two, flat panel instant imaging X-ray tactical response kits for a total cost of $70,907.20. Funding is available from 2019 Federal Grant-State Homeland Security Program. [Ben Gorzell, Chief Financial Officer; Troy Elliott, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Finance]] UP ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ITEM FOUR A IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF OBLIGATIONS COLLECTIVELY, THE OBLIGATIONS DESIGNATED AS CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ELECTRIC AND GAS SYSTEMS REVENUE OBLIGATIONS IN ONE OR MORE SERIES, IN AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500 MILLION. ITEM FOUR B IS A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PROTECTING C P S ENERGY CUSTOMERS FROM UN UNLAWFUL ILLEGITIMATE CHARGES FOR ELECTRICITY AND FUEL. OKAY, ERIC, IS THAT OVER TO YOU FOR, UH, YEP. PRESENTATION? OKAY. YES, SIR. I'LL, I'LL INTRODUCE IT. UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, TWO REQUESTED, UH, ACTIONS AS PART OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR THIS MORNING. ITEM FOUR A, AS THE CLERK JUST READ, WE'LL AUTHORIZE C P S ENERGY TO ACCESS ADDITIONAL CASH FOR LIQUIDITY PURPOSES OF UP TO $500 MILLION. UH, TO BE CLEAR, IF APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL THIS MORNING, C P S WILL NOT BE GOING OUT AND ISSUING $500 MILLION IN DEBT. RATHER, THIS ITEM PROVIDES AUTHORIZATION TO, UH, ACCESS THIS LIQUIDITY IF IT IS ULTIMATELY NEEDED BY C P S ENERGY. AND GARY GOLD, CP S'S, UH, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WILL BE MAKING THAT PRESENTATION ON ITEM FOUR A. ITEM FOUR B IS A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF C P S ENERGY IN ITS EFFORTS TO PROTECT, UH, UH, ITS CUSTOMERS FROM EXCESSIVE CHARGES FOR ELECTRICITY AND FUEL. ANDY, UH, WILL BE MAKING THAT PRESENTATION, UH, FURTHER DESCRIBING THE RESOLUTION. SO WE'LL START OFF WITH GARY AND END UP WITH ANDY. AND LET ME HAND IT OVER TO GARY GOLD. UH, THE C P S CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, GARY, UH, GOOD, GOOD MORNING. UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES. MY NAME IS GARY GOLD. I'M THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND TREASURER FOR C P S ENERGY. AND, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY THANK [01:30:01] YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TODAY, UM, AS WE GET INTO THE PRESENTATION, AND, AND, AND YOU'RE GONNA HEAR MUCH ABOUT THIS, UM, THIS IS RELATED TO OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO, TO FIGHT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. UH, THIS REQUEST TODAY IS, IS, IS VERY MUCH RELATED TO THAT EFFORT. YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS, UH, UH, RELATED TO SUSPENDING DISCONNECTS, AS WELL AS, UH, HELPING OUR CUSTOMERS WITH RESOURCES, UH, TO, TO PAY THEIR BILLS. AND TODAY, UH, THIS, THIS REQUEST WILL CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, FIGHTING THE EXCESSIVE CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, LAST MONTH'S, UH, WINTER WEATHER EVENT. THE, THE ITEM THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY IS OUR, OUR SHORT TERM FINANCIAL STRATEGY. AND IT WITH, WITHIN THAT STRATEGY IS A, A, A LINE OF CREDIT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO, TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE OUR OPERATIONS AND CONTINUE ON OUR EFFORTS, UH, FOR PROTECTING OUR CUSTOMERS. IF YOU WOULD MOVE TO SLIDE TWO, THE AGENDA. UM, I, I, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, OUR FOCUS ON PROTECTING OUR CUSTOMERS. WE'LL, WE'LL COVER A, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE FEBRUARY, 2021 WINTER EVENT. UH, LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS AND THE IMPACTS ON LIQUIDITY. UH, TALK THROUGH OUR, OUR SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL STRATEGY AND, AND THEN RESPECTFULLY REQUEST APPROVAL FOR THIS ADDITIONAL SHORT-TERM FINANCING, UH, WITH, UH, DIFFERENT BANKS, UH, CONSORTIUM OF BANKS. MOVING TO SLIDE THREE, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS REALLY ALL ABOUT PROTECTING OUR CUSTOMERS AND THAT PROTECTING OUR CUSTOMERS IS THE KEY TO THIS STRATEGY. AS WE HAVE, UH, PUT TOGETHER THE ESTIMATE OF COST ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, THE EVENT FROM FEBRUARY, AND WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CHALLENGING ANY UNLAWFUL, UNCONSCIONABLE, OR ILLEGITIMATE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT EVENT. THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ALSO EXECUTING AND USING PRUDENT BUSINESS TOOLS THAT CREATE THIS ADDITIONAL LIQUIDITY AND, AND PROVIDE US THE, THE FLEXIBILITY TO EXECUTE ON THIS PLAN. WE ARE TAKING DECISIVE ACTION TO MITIGATE THESE COSTS AND PROTECT OUR CUSTOMERS FROM THE 2021 WINTER STORM EVENT. NEXT SLIDE. SO, JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW ABOUT THE WINTER EVENT. UH, WHAT, WHAT WE WANTED TO SHOW HERE IS REALLY THE SIGNIFICANT PROLONGED EFFECT THAT WE SAW FROM THAT WINTER EVENT IN, IN FEBRUARY. DURING THAT TIME, WE HAD SUSTAINED TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING FOR FIVE STRAIGHT DAYS, WHICH BROKE A RECORD, UH, FROM 1959. WHAT MADE THIS EVENT EVEN SO, SO MUCH MORE UNIQUE IS NOT ONLY THE INTENSITY, BUT THE DURATION. WE SAW TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING, AND EVEN IN THE TEENS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY NOT TYPICAL FOR TEXAS AND, AND ESPECIALLY FOR SAN ANTONIO. AND WHEN THAT EVENT OCCURRED, THAT EXTREME COLD DROVE HIGH DEMAND FOR BOTH ENERGY AND NATURAL GAS. MOVING TO SLIDE FIVE, THIS SLIDE IS DESIGNED TO SHOW THE REQUEST THAT WE GOT FROM ERCOT DURING THAT PERIOD TO SHED LOAD, OR, OR, OR, OR SIMPLY TO SAY, FOR THE OUTAGES THAT WE HAD TO, TO IMPLEMENT DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY FREQUENTLY. UH, THIS, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THAT GOING BACK TO 1989, THERE'S ONLY BEEN FOUR OTHER TIMES WHERE THOSE REQUESTS TO, UH, SHED LOAD HAVE OCCURRED THE, THE LAST BEING IN 2011. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS PARTICULAR EVENT HERE IN LAST FEBRUARY WAS REALLY THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LOAD THAT WE WERE REQUESTED BY ERCOT DE SHED. WE, IT WAS FIVE TIMES WHAT WE SAW FROM THE 19, OR FROM THE 2011 EVENT. AND DURING THAT TIME, DURING MUCH OF THIS EVENT PRICES THAT ERCOT HAD, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE SAW IN ERCOT FOUR POWER REACHED $9,000 PER MEGAWATT HOUR, WHEN TYPICALLY YOU MIGHT SEE PRICES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT 30 OR $40. PRICES WERE AT $9,000. MOVING TO SLIDE SIX, ADDITIONALLY, WE SAW INCREASES IN NATURAL GAS PRICES. AND NATURAL GAS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE HEATING OF HOMES FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, [01:35:01] OUR CUSTOMERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR FUELING OUR, OUR POWER PLANTS, WHICH PROVIDE THE ELECTRIC ELECTRICITY FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. THERE WAS A, A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR NATURAL GAS. IN FACT, THE AMOUNT OF GAS THAT WE WERE UTILIZING DURING THAT PERIOD WAS, WERE RECORD AMOUNTS. AND RIGHT BEFORE THAT EVENT, IN THE DAYS LEADING UP, WE SAW GAS PRICES AT A NORMAL LEVEL OF ABOUT $3. BUT AS WE MOVED INTO THE EVENT, WE SAW GAS PRICES MOVING PAST A HUNDRED DOLLARS, PAST 200, AND EVEN UP TO 400 AND $500 PER M M B T U, WHICH REALLY REPRESENTS ABOUT A 16000% INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF NATURAL GAS. MOVING TO SLIDE SEVEN. SO AS A RESULT, WE INCURRED SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, WITH THE INCREASE IN PRICES FOR BOTH THE POWER AND NATURAL GAS. BUT OUR FOCUS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, IS GONNA BE ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO REDUCE THOSE COSTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CUSTOMERS. AND WE'RE ACTIVELY PURSUING MULTIPLE OPTIONS AS PART OF OUR STRATEGY. WHETHER IT, IT, IT'S THROUGH POLICY INITIATIVES OR LOOKING AT OP OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FROM THE LEGISLATURE, WHERE THERE MIGHT BE LEGISLATION THAT COULD PROVIDE SOME FUNDING FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CUSTOMERS PURSUING REGULATORY ACTIONS, WORKING WITH THE SUPPLIERS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF NEGOTIATION AND OTHER ACTIONS. WE'RE GONNA PURSUE ALL AVENUES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REDUCE THE ESTIMATED COST THAT WE HAVE BEEN, UH, COMMUNICATING THAT ARE JUST OVER $1 BILLION. MOVING TO SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT, THIS PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE COSTS. ON THE, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, CAN ACTUALLY SEE A BREAKDOWN OF THE, THE COSTS AS WE HAVE CURRENTLY ESTIMATED NATURAL GAS AT $670 MILLION, AND THE PURCHASE POWER AT, AT $350 MILLION. ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, WHAT WE'VE PROVIDED IS OUR CURRENT LIQUIDITY SOURCES. UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE CASH AND INVESTMENTS OF ABOUT $730 MILLION. WE ALSO HAVE A, A FLEX RATE REVOLVING NOTE THAT PROVIDES ANOTHER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OF LIQUIDITY. AND A COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM, WHEN, WHEN IT'S FULLY AVAILABLE, PROVIDES $700 MILLION. RIGHT NOW, UNDER THAT COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM, WE, WE HAVE AVAILABLE $280 MILLION. UH, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF A REFUNDING TRANSACTION THAT WE HOPE TO, UH, COMPLETE HERE IN THE, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THAT WILL BRING THAT COMMERCIAL PAPER BACK UP TO $700 MILLION IN TOTAL. IF, ONCE WE COMPLETE THAT, THAT TOTAL, UH, CAPACITY, THAT LIQUIDITY IS $1.5 BILLION, CLEARLY YOU CAN SEE THAT RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE, THE, THE CAPACITY THROUGH OUR LIQUIDITY WHEN IT, WHEN THE COMMERCIAL PAY PAPER PROGRAM IS FULLY A AVAIL AVAILABLE TO MEET THAT, UH, EVEN AT, EVEN WITHOUT THE FULL AVAILABILITY OF THE COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM, WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH IN, IN THE WAY OF LIQUIDITY TO MEET THESE COSTS. BUT IT'S ALSO NOT JUST ABOUT MEETING THESE POTENTIAL COSTS, IT'S ALSO ENSURING OUR ONGOING OPERATIONS. YOU KNOW, AND AS I'VE MENTIONED, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO PAY, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ESTIMATING THE MAXIMUM COST OF A BILLION DOLLARS, WE'RE ONLY GONNA BE LOOKING TO PAY WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE THE LEGITIMATE AND JUSTIFIED COSTS. MOVING TO SLIDE NINE, PART OF OUR STRATEGY IS, UH, IS, IS COMMUNICATION. AND IT'S GONNA BE VERY PROACTIVE, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNICATION IS VERY TRANSPARENT WITH, UH, WITH OUR CUSTOMERS. WE ALSO KN KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, BE TRANSPARENT IN WORKING WITH THE CITY, PROVIDING INFORMATION, BEING COLLABORATIVE. AND SO THAT IS GONNA BE A, A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF, OF OUR COMMUNICATION STRATEGY AS WELL. AND WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE, UM, EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY HAS DONE TO SUPPORT US THROUGH THIS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE, THE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES. WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS CON CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, AS WELL AS OUR BANKS REQUIRE REGARDING THE IMPACT, UM, TO, TO C PSS ENERGY. AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO DO FROM A, A LONGER TERM STRATEGY. UM, AND WITH, UH, THE INVESTMENT COMMUNITY, WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING MATERIAL EVENT NOTICES, UM, THAT HAVE KEPT THEM INFORMED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, AND AS I, AS I SAID, WE'RE REALLY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THAT PROACTIVE AND, AND CONTINUED COMMUNICATION TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND, AND, AND TO ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS. MOVING TO SLIDE 10. SO I, I TALKED A LITTLE BIT PREVIOUSLY [01:40:01] ABOUT OUR, OUR SHORT TERM FINANCIAL STRATEGY AND ACTIVATING THE TOOLS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND, AND BY THE CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING THE A HUNDRED MILLION FLEXIBLE RATE REVOLVING NOTE. UH, WE, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REFUNDING THE $420 MILLION OF COMMERCIAL PAPER THAT IS OUTSTANDING, THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, THAT WOULD BRING US BACK UP TO $700 MILLION. AND WE'LL USE THAT COMMERCIAL PAPER, UH, AS NEEDED TO, TO HELP, UH, WITH THE, THE FUNDING OF THESE COSTS AS WE GET THOSE, AS WE GET WORK THROUGH THOSE COSTS. THIS NEW TOOL THAT WE ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR TODAY IS ADDITIONAL LIQUIDITY OF, OF $500 MILLION WITH A CONSORTIUM OF BANKS THAT WE WOULD UTILIZE ONLY IF NEEDED TO, TO HELP US WITH ADDITIONAL LIQUIDITY AS WE WORK THROUGH AND, AND TRY TO RESOLVE THE, THESE COSTS AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR OUR, OUR CONTINUED OPERATIONS. MOVING TO SLIDE 11, THIS JUST PROVIDES A LOOK AT OUR, OUR CURRENT DEBT PORTFOLIO. UH, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WITH OUR CURRENT TOOLS, UM, YOU KNOW, OUTSTANDING DEBT, OUR OUTSTANDING DEBT IS CURRENTLY JUST, UH, UNDER $5.8 BILLION. THE, UH, LIQUIDITY CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE CURRENTLY, AS I MENTIONED, WHEN OUR COMMERCIAL PAPER IS FULLY A AVAIL AVAILABLE, IS IT $700 MILLION, ALONG WITH THE $100 MILLION OF THE FLEX RATE REVOLVING NOTES. THIS ADDITIONAL LIQUIDITY THAT WE'RE REQUESTING TODAY WOULD, WOULD PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL $500 MILLION OF CAPACITY, UM, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IF NEEDED. MOVING TO SLIDE 12. SO TODAY, RESPECTFULLY, WE'RE HERE REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR, UH, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A, A SHORT-TERM FINANCING WITH A BANK OR CONSORTIUM OF BANKS TO BE EXECUTED WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. THE AMOUNT WE'RE, WE'RE REQUESTING IS UP TO $500 MILLION DURING THIS INITIAL TERM. THIS IS INTEREST ONLY. UH, THE, THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LIQUIDITY TOOL WOULD BE, UH, UH, COVERED UNDER OUR EXISTING BUDGET. AND, AND AS I'VE NOTED, THIS ADDITIONAL LIQUIDITY WILL ONLY BE ACCESSED IF NEEDED WITH THE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL THAT WOULD PROVIDE US PROVIDE THE C E O OR OTHER DESIGNATED OFFICERS WITH THE AUTHORITY TO, TO EXECUTE, UH, THIS FINANCING OBLIGATION. SO, WITH THAT, I WANNA SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, GARY, UM, WE'LL GO TO DISCUSSION. UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, GARY. THE ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS WHEN WILL WE HAVE THE ACTUAL, UM, AND LEGITIMATE COST ANALYSIS BACK? SO THAT IS, THAT IS ONGOING. WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT TO, TO VALIDATE ALL OF THE COSTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, BUT ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PURSUING ALL AVENUES, WHETHER IT'S IT'S LEGISLATIVE NEGOTIATION, WHAT WE CAN DO TO REDUCE THOSE COSTS, THAT WILL TAKE US SOME TIME TO WORK THROUGH THOSE, THOSE DIFFERENT AVENUES. UM, AND, AND AS WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND HAVE THAT, THOSE FINAL COSTS, WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING THAT WILL BE PART OF OUR STRATEGY. AND GARY, DO WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH NATURAL GAS MADE IT TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? AS WE KNOW, SOME OF OUR LINES WERE FROZEN. UM, I MEAN, WHAT I CAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT I HAVE SAW THAT WAS AVAILABLE THAT THOSE DAYS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE BURNING PROBABLY, UH, ABOUT 33% MORE NATURAL GAS ON THOSE DAYS THAN WE NORMALLY BURN. UM, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WE, WE USE ABOUT, UH, ABOUT FIVE OR 600,000 MMBTU, BUT WE WERE SEEING, UH, NUMBERS WELL ABOVE THAT, WHICH ARE OF RECORDS FOR US. GARY, IF I CAN JOIN INTO THAT COMMENT, UH, MA'AM, I WILL. I DO WANNA ASSURE YOU THAT WE ORDERED AS MUCH GAS AS WE COULD GET, AND IN SOME CASES, IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO KEEP THE PLANTS FULLY RUNNING AT FULL CAPACITY, OR IT IN SOME WAYS AFFECTED OUR NATURAL GAS SYSTEMS. SO WE DID RECONCILE AND TOOK A SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENT OFF OF WHAT WE COMMITTED TO FOR GAS THAT WAS NOT DELIVERED INITIALLY, THE COST WAS IN THE 840 OR 840 MILLION, [01:45:02] BUT WE GOT NAPPED DOWN BELOW 700 MILLION, AND NOW WE'RE ABOUT 670 MILLION. AND A GOOD PORTION OF THAT IS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT DELIVER ALL THE GAS THAT WE ASKED FOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. PAULETTE. THANK YOU, GARY. I'M TURNING IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. BEFORE, UH, BEFORE WE TAKE UP THE MOTION, LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE ANDY, UH, GIVE HIS PRESENTATION ON THE REMAINING ELEMENTS OF ITEM FOUR, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE UP, UH, ACTION. GO AHEAD, ANDY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, YES, THIS IS, UH, ITEM, UH, FOUR B, WHICH IS, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, UH, LIQUIDITY THAT, UM, GARY JUST WENT OVER. UH, THE REASON WE HAVE THIS RESOLUTION IS TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO THE COMMUNITY THAT ALTHOUGH C P SS IS TAKING PRUDENT STEPS IN TERMS OF THEIR FINANCES TO, TO DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGE, THAT IN NO WAY, UH, DIMINISHES THEIR RESOLVE TO PROTECT THE RATE PAYERS, UH, THE CITY, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING ILLEGITIMATE OR ILLEGAL COSTS. UH, SO WE WANTED TO REINFORCE WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT THESE TWO GO HAND IN HAND, THAT THE COUNCIL FULLY SUPPORTS CPSS PLAN, AND THEY HAVE A MULTIFACETED PLAN TO PROTECT, UH, UH, OUR RESIDENTS FROM THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS. AND AS GARY MENTIONED, THAT PLAN INCLUDES LEGISLATIVE NEGOTIATION, UH, PUBLIC AWARENESS, AND, UH, AS NEEDED LITIGATION. UM, WE DO WANNA STRESS THAT, UH, C P S STANDS READY TO PAY LEGITIMATE COSTS FOR WHAT OCCURRED OVER THE STORM, UH, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGITIMATE AND UNCONSCIONABLE COST, UH, AND THAT THE LIQUIDITY MEASURE IS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, UH, THAT, UH, C P S IS TAKING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ALSO, IN THE RESOLUTION, UH, IT DOES, THE COUNCIL DOES SAY THAT, UH, THEY'RE CALLING UPON THE CITY STAFF TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH, UH, C P S ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR PLAN TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS. AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT, UH, THEIR TEAM HAS KEPT, UH, MYSELF, BEN, ERIC, UH, AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS AS NEEDED VERY MUCH IN THE LOOP AS THAT PLAN IS DEVELOPED AND AS THAT PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED, AND, UH, WE WILL BE UPDATING COUNCIL AS WE TAKE KEY STEPS, UH, IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING THAT PLAN. UH, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE AND WORK WITH C P S, UH, ON THIS PLAN TO PROTECT OUR CUSTOMERS. WE WILL ALSO WORK WITH THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL MEASURES, UM, TO HELP PROTECT THE, THE CUSTOMERS. THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT, AGAIN, AS THE FACTS PRESENT THEMSELVES, THINGS ARE VERY FLUID, UH, BUT AS NEW, UH, TOOLS MAY APPEAR FOR THE TOOLBOX, WE CERTAINLY WILL TRY TO IDENTIFY THOSE AND INTEGRATE THEM INTO THE PLAN. UH, WE ALSO WANT TO PLAY C P SS IN A POSITION SO THAT ON A LONG-TERM BASIS, THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DELIVER AFFORDABLE ENERGY TO OUR CUSTOMERS. SO PART OF THE PLAN, UH, THERE'S A SHORT TERM ELEMENT, THERE'S A LONG TERM ELEMENT, UH, BUT ALWAYS WITH THE IDEA OF SUSTAINING THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE, UM, UH, INEX RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE ENERGY TO OUR CUSTOMERS. NEXT SLIDE. UH, PART OF OUR PLAN, ALL, AS I MENTIONED, IS THE STATE DELEGATION. WE'LL WORK WITH JEFF, I FORGOT TO MENTION HIM AS ANOTHER KEY MEMBER OF OUR CITY TEAM, UH, WORKING WITH JEFF TO TRY TO ADVANCE LEGISLATION, UH, THAT WILL COMPREHENSIVELY RESOLVE, UH, THE SITUATION WE'VE SEEN WITH ILLEGITIMATE AND UNCONSCIONABLE COSTS. UH, WE HAVE SEEN SOME MOVEMENT, UH, FRANKLY, IT'S NOT BEEN A COMPREHENSIVE, UH, SOLUTION TO IT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION, UH, FOR NOT ONLY THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM IN TERMS OF THE ILLEGITIMATE AND UNCONSCIONABLE PRICES, BUT WE WILL ALSO LOOK TOWARD WHAT LONG-TERM CHANGES WE CAN MAKE, UH, TO BOTH THE SYSTEM AND THE PROCESS, UH, AND THE LAW SO THAT, UH, WE ARE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION. THE STATE IS IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION, UH, TO FACE, UH, ANOTHER STORM LIKE THIS. AND WE WILL PROVIDE, AGAIN, THESE REGULAR UPDATES, UH, TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, WE TRY TO KEEP EVERYTHING UP TO DATE. UH, WE'RE GONNA ADD, UH, THIS RECITAL TO THE RESOLUTION. UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, UH, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US THAT, UH, RECENTLY THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION, UH, STATED PUBLICLY THAT, UH, IT IS THEIR VIEW THAT THEY HAVE NO JURISDICTION OVER NATURAL GAS PRICING. UH, OBVIOUSLY, IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, IF YOU'RE NOT WORKING TOWARD A SOLUTION, YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM. UH, AND SO WE ARE CALLING UPON ALL, UH, STATE ENTITIES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH, UM, BOTH, UH, GAS, UH, PROVISION OF GAS AND ELECTRICITY, UH, TO STEP UP AND WORKING TOGETHER, TRY TO RESOLVE, UH, [01:50:01] WHAT IS, AGAIN, A VERY, UH, CHAOTIC SITUATION WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW. UH, AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL THE SLIDES. AGAIN, THE, THE RESOLUTION IS VERY MUCH TIED TO THE, UH, LIQUIDITY MATTER IN THAT IT, IT REINFORCES THE RESOLVE TO CONTINUE FIGHTING, UH, THESE, UH, ILLEGITIMATE AND ILLEGAL COSTS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, ANDY. UM, AND, UH, LET ME TURN IT BACK NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, TO FINISH UP HER, UM, HER DISCUSSION. UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU, ANDY FOR THAT, THAT RESOLUTION INFORMATION, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD, BECAUSE THAT LEADS ME TO THE NEXT QUESTION. AND IS THAT, IS DURING A DECLARED DISASTER, IS THERE NO PRICE CAP OR DO THEY JUST DECIDE TO CHARGE WHATEVER THEY FEEL IS BEST FOR THOSE COMPANIES? BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS NO PRICE CAP AND IT JUST ESCALATED? MA'AM, UM, ON THE, ON THE PURCHASE POWER SIDE, I MEAN, WE PRODUCED, UH, OUR PLANTS WERE UP OVER 85% OF THE TIME, BUT WE DID HAVE CHALLENGES 85% OF THE TIME. UM, WE WERE ABLE TO COVER OUR LOAD, BUT WE DID HAVE TO AT KEY TIMES DURING THE STORM PURCHASE POWER. AND WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPLY ENOUGH POWER FOR SAN ANTONIO, SOMETIMES WE SOLD, BUT OVERALL, WE WERE NET BUYER. ON THE, ON THE PURCHASE POWER SIDE THROUGH ERCOT, THERE IS A CAP, THERE'S LIKE TWO LEVELS OF CAP. ONE, ONE IS $9,000, AND, BUT THE, THE COMMENT THAT GARY MADE IS THE NORMAL PRICE OF POWER IS ONLY $30 A MEGAWATT HOUR. SO WHEN THE PRICES ARE ALLOWED TO GET UP TO 9,000, THAT THAT'S A ALMOST A 30000% INCREASE. SO WHILE THERE WAS A CAP, IT WAS EXTREMELY HIGH, AND IT WAS DESIGNED FOR SUMMER PEAKS, WHICH TYP, WHICH TYPICALLY ONLY LAST A DAY OR PART OF A DAY. AND THIS STORM, ERCOT LET, LET AND IN AND, AND DECIDED TO TAKE THE MARKET TO THE CAP, AND THEN THEY HELD IT FOR MULTIPLE DAYS. MM-HMM. . SO THAT IN ESSENCE, WAS A CAP, BUT IT WAS SO HIGH, IT CAUSED TREMENDOUS PRESSURE ON ALL OF TEXAS AND SAN ANTONIO. BUT THERE'S ALSO A SEGMENT, IT'S A SPECIAL SEGMENT OF THE POWER MARKET THAT IS CALLED ANCILLARY SERVICES. AND THIS IS WHERE THERE'S AN ABSOLUTE COM COMMITMENT TO DELIVER YOUR CAPACITY TO THE MARKET THAT THOSE PRICES WENT FROM OVER 9,000 A MEGAWATT HOUR TO, TO ABOVE $25,000 A MEGAWATT HOUR. SO IN THIS CASE, YES, IT WAS A CAP, BUT IT WAS NEVER STRESS TESTED. THERE WAS A SYSTEMIC FAILURE IN THE WAY THE MARKET WAS DESIGNED, NOT EVER ANTICIPATING THAT, THAT WHEN YOU HOLD IT TO THOSE LEVELS, IT ENDS UP IN A HUGE IMPLICATION TO CUSTOMERS. THERE WAS NO, THERE WAS NO THOUGHT THAT IN THE END, CUSTOMERS PAY THESE BILLS. SO THAT'S THAT CASE. IN THE CASE OF THE FUEL PURCHASES FROM THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY, THERE WAS NONE, ABSOLUTELY NONE. AND SO WE, WE, WE SAW DURING A DECLARED EMERGENCY, THIS LET THE MARKET RIDE. AND IN REALITY, EVERY UTILITY ACROSS THE STATE WAS JUST FIGHTING TO GET FUEL TO KEEP PEOPLE WARM, JUST FIGHTING. AND THAT FIGHT, THAT FIGHT FOR PEOPLE ENDED UP BEING THIS, THIS BIDDING UP AND BIDDING UP. AND THERE WAS NO INTERVENTION, NO CONSIDERATION FROM THE BROAD INDUSTRY. THERE WERE SOME PLAYERS THAT SAW IT, SAW, SAW THE, THE PRESSURES AND THE CONCERNS TO KEEP IT WARM, AND THEY MODERATED THEIR, THEIR OFFERS TO US, BUT MANY DID NOT. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU, PAULA. UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THOSE ARE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, AND COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE DO HAVE THIS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, AND IT'LL BE AIRED AGAIN TOMORROW AT 10 O'CLOCK. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO WATCH THAT, JUST TUNE ON IN TO T V S A AND, UH, WATCH THIS WHOLE THING. AND THERE'S LOTS OF QUESTIONS STILL REMAINING OUT THERE. UH, AND WE WILL, WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING THAT WITH C P S SAWS. AND DON'T FORGET THE CITY AS WELL, BECAUSE, [01:55:01] UH, UH, WE HAD A HAND IN THIS, THIS WHOLE SITUATION OURSELVES HERE AT THE CITY LEVEL. BUT, UH, HAVING SAID THAT, UM, PAULA, ANY IDEA WHERE THIS 9,000 CAME FROM? I MEAN, IS THAT, WAS THAT JUST A NUMBER THEY PULLED OUT OF THE AIR OR WAS THERE SOME CONSIDERATION WHY IT WAS SET AT 9,000? THE CAP THAT IS PART OF THE STANDARD DESIGN? UM, IT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR YEARS. IT WAS MUCH LOWER, PROBABLY NOT QUITE HALF. UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE, I THINK BEFORE 2010, UH, THEY, THEY INCREASED IT IN, IN AN EFFORT. THEY, THEY THOUGHT TO INCENT UTILITIES TO KEEP PUTTING MORE CAPACITY ON THE GRID. BUT AGAIN, CLEARLY IT WAS NOT STRESS TESTED FOR HOW LONG CAN THAT PRICE BE HELD? OKAY. SO, UH, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY 9,000 AND WHY IT WAS INCREASED. DID WE EVER GET UP TO THE, THE LEVEL THAT IT WAS BEFORE, BEFORE THEY INCREASED IT? YES. YES, SIR. FOR YEARS, UM, UH, THAT HAS BEEN THE, THE PRICE CAP. AND WE'VE, AT SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE BOTH, UM, PAID THAT LEVEL AND RECEIVED, UH, COMPENSATION AT THAT LEVEL. AND THAT KIND OF HAS BEEN REFLECTED IN OUR HOTEL SALES BOOK. BUT AGAIN, OVERALL, OUR TYPICAL PEAKS HAPPEN IN, UM, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. AND THEY'RE USUALLY NOT MORE THAN A COUPLE OF HOURS, PART OF A DAY AT A TIME. SO USUALLY IT IS, UH, NOT A BIG IMPACT TO TEXAS, NOT A BIG IMPACT TO SAN ANTONIO. IT JUST, NOBODY THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HOLD IT DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO IT WAS A DOUBLE WHAMMY. IT, UH, UM, BOTH THE DURATION AND THE LEVEL THAT THEY HAD SET IT AS THE, THE, UH, UH, THE UPPER LIMIT. SO YEAH. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE STATE RIGHT NOW. IT'S ONE OF THESE POINTING FINGERS TYPE OF THING, UH, AS TO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. AND I, I DON'T THINK THE STATE IS PROVIDING, UM, THAT LEADERSHIP, IF YOU WILL, TO SAY, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AND HERE'S HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA PUT FORWARD AND, AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THAT. BUT, UM, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET. I HOPE THAT IT STILL HAPPENS. WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO AND THE LEGISLATION PROCESS, BUT, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, UH, LET'S GO BACK TO SLIDE SEVEN. OKAY. UM, OKAY. THE 1.02, I'VE HEARD RANGES ANYWHERE FROM 800 MILLION TO ONE POINT. NOW WE'RE SEEING 1.02, UH, BILLION. WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE REAL NUMBER HERE? UM, I, I SEE YOU HAVE IT ADDED UP THERE, BUT I'VE HEARD 800 MILLION TO NOW WE'RE OVER A BILLION, SO WHICH NUMBER IS CORRECT? SO, UM, THE BILLION IS THE TOTAL. AND, UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT FROM THE DAY THAT WE STARTED TALLYING THE TOTAL, WE'VE, THE NUMBER HAS FLUCTUATED, BUT IT'S PRETTY MUCH STAYED. AND AT THE BILLION, ABOVE THE BILLION LEVEL, THE COMPONENTS OF WHAT WE HAVE NOW ARE, IT'S JUST BELOW $700 MILLION FOR THE FUEL, THE NATURAL GAS ELEMENTS AND THE BALANCE OF IT, ABOUT 365 MILLION OF IT IS POWER, THE PURCHASE POWER. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO COMPONENTS THAT GET US ABOVE A BILLION DOLLARS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, THE, UM, I, I THINK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT WHAT, WHAT, I MEAN, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME FIGURE OUT THERE ON WHAT OUR, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT WE'LL PAY THE LEGITIMATE COSTS, BUT WHAT DO WE CONSIDER THE LEGITIMATE COSTS HERE? UM, YES, SIR. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM, WHAT WE HAVE DONE, AND WE HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED AND WE ASKED THEM TO GO IN AND LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED. WE'VE ALSO ASKED THEM TO GO LOOK AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED DURING OTHER DISASTERS. 'CAUSE WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. AND [02:00:01] WE WANT, WE WANTED, UH, AN EXPERT IN THAT, IN THIS AREA TO DO THAT. SO I DON'T HAVE THAT FINAL NUMBER NOW. UM, AND THAT'S THE, THE, WHEN WE GET THAT NUMBER FROM THE, FROM THE CONSULTANT, WE WILL SHARE IT WITH YOU, BUT IT IS A FRACTION OF THESE PRICES THAT WE'VE SEEN 400 AND $500. AND, AND TO YOUR POINT, SIR, TO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT NATURAL GAS PER SE, IT'S PROBABLY, IT'S NOT THE EXACT SAME, BUT IF YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT, LIKE AT THE, AT THE GAS TANK, AT THE PUMP, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S ASSUME GAS IS ABOUT THREE BUCKS. UH, WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH IS A GALLON OF GAS. INSTEAD OF COSTING THREE BUCKS, IT'S PROBABLY COSTING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 350 TO, YOU KNOW, STARTING TO APPROACH $400 A GALLON. AND SO THEN YOU FILL UP YOUR TANK AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA PAY SIX TO $7,000 FOR A TANK OF GAS. AND THAT'S WHY WE THINK THIS IS SO EGREGIOUS. NOW, WE DO THINK $3 IS THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR NORMAL PRICING. WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A STORM AND THERE WAS SOME SCARCITY ASSOCIATE, QUITE A BIT OF SCARCITY. IT WAS COLD, BUT THERE, THERE NO WAY SHOULD WE SEE PRICES OF THIS LEVEL. BUT I, I, I NEED TO GET THE CONSULTANT TO GIVE US THAT. WE NEED THAT AS PART OF OUR STRATEGY, AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT, WE'LL MAKE THAT AVAILABLE, UM, PUBLICLY. ANY IDEA ABOUT THE TIMING OF WHEN YOU'RE GONNA GET THAT? I ANTICIPATE TO HAVE IT NO LATER THAN NEXT WEEK. OKAY, GREAT. GREAT. UM, SO HOW MANY, HOW MANY OUTSTANDING BILLS DO WE HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO RIGHT NOW, OR THE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE NOT PAID TO C P S? HOW MUCH ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? ARE YOU NOW TALKING ABOUT JUST THE NORMAL PANDEMIC DISCONNECT? YEAH. GARY, CAN YOU CHIME INTO THAT? I DON'T HAVE THE COUNT. UH, THE, THE, THE LAST COUNT THAT I SAW, WE HAD ABOUT, I BELIEVE 70,000 CUSTOMERS. AND WHEN YOU AGGREGATED THE DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, AS OF THE END OF JANUARY, WE WERE AT PAST DUE BALANCE OF $93 MILLION THAT WERE MORE THAN 30 DAYS PAST DUE. OKAY. AND THIS MIGHT BE AN ALEX LOPEZ QUESTION HERE, BUT AREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO BE COVERING UTILITY BILLS WITH THE CARESS ACT FUNDING AND THE FOLLOW ON, UM, ASSISTANCE FUNDING TO PEOPLE? AREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO BE COVERING THOSE THOSE COSTS US TO THOSE THAT CAN'T AFFORD IT? YEAH. COUNCILMAN, I'LL JUMP IN AND ANSWER THAT. THE, AS PART OF OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WE DO, WE DO COVER UTILITY, UM, EXPENSES. UM, AND, UH, THE LAST, UH, AMOUNT THAT I SAW THAT WE HAD SPENT, UM, UM, JUST UNDER $6 MILLION, UH, DURING THE COURSE OF THE, OF THE EXISTENCE OF OUR HOUSING PROGRAM TOWARDS UTILITIES, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT WAS TO, UH, C P SS. OKAY. UH, I'M, UH, COUNCIL, I GUESS I'M WITH RESPECT. YEAH, WITH RESPECT TO THE GRANTS PROGRAM, THE, THE GRANTS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO THE MICRO BUSINESSES, UH, WERE ALLOWED TO BE PROVIDED TO BE USED FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE THEY NEEDED. SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN RENT, COULD HAVE BEEN EMPLOYEES, COULD HAVE BEEN P P E, AND IT ALSO COULD HAVE BEEN UTILITIES. IT WAS THEIR CHOICE. WELL, UH, ARE THERE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, HAVE NOT PAID, UH, THEIR C P SS BILLS? DO WE KNOW WHAT THOSE CATEGORIES ARE AND, UH, HAVE WE EVALUATED THAT AT ALL? I, I'M TALKING ABOUT THOSE THAT, THAT CAN'T AFFORD IT AND THEY JUST HAVEN'T PAID THOSE THAT CAN'T AFFORD IT AND HAVEN'T PAID. AND ARE THERE ANY OTHER CATEGORIES IN THERE THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE EVALUATED AT ALL, SIR, I'LL, I'LL, UM, I'LL TRY TO START THIS OFF AND SEE, SEE IF GARY HAS ANYTHING TO, UM, ADD. WE, WE HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE, UH, MAJORITY OF THE ACCOUNTS THAT HAVE NOT PAID ARE RESIDENTIAL. WE DO HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL, UM, MORE THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE STRUGGLED, BUT THE MAJORITY HAVE BEEN IN THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, ARENA. AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO LOOK AT IT, IT SEEMS TO BE ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO, NOT JUST IN ONE AREA. I, I, UH, WE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE IT, PARTICULARLY THROUGH OUR AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, DISCOUNT PROGRAMS. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE YET INDICATED WHO'S ON ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS AND THAT WAY THAT'S HOW WE KNOW THEIR QUALIFICATIONS. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO. NOW, GARY, MAYBE YOU HAVE BETTER INFORMATION THAN I DO. NO, NO. PAULA, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT. UM, THE MAJORITY OF CUSTOMERS ARE RESIDENTIAL. UM, [02:05:01] WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING, UH, RUDY GARZA'S TEAM IS WORKING WITH AN OUTREACH TO OUR CUSTOMERS TO HELP THEM GET ON PAYMENT PLAN PROGRAMS OR TO FIND ASSISTANCE. UM, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I THINK HE WOULD TELL YOU ALSO THAT THERE WERE CUSTOMERS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO, TO, UH, GET INTO TOUCH WITH JUST, UM, FOR WHATEVER REASON. BUT THE MANY CUSTOMERS THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO HAVE BEEN VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR EFFORTS TO WORK WITH THEM AND, AND HELP THEM WITH ASSISTANCE OR PAYMENT PLANS. OKAY. UH, THAT'S THE END OF MY TIME AT THIS POINT. I'LL, I'LL CHIME BACK IN. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER S THANK YOU. UM, PAUL, YOU KNOW, THE, TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING SORT OF AN UP OR DOWN VOTE HERE TO, TO EXTEND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE LIQUIDITY THAT YOU NEED OR NOT. UM, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE SAY NO? I THINK, UM, I ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNCIL HAS, UH, ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT TO SAY, UM, YES OR NO. AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE OBLIGATION FOR POTENTIAL DEBT, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT TAKING OUT THE CAPACITY AT THIS TIME, IS A SERIOUS, A SERIOUS RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGEMENT OF THE BOARD AND OF THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRUDENT AND FRUGAL. AND JUST LIKE THIS, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY TO SAY YES OR NO TO THIS, WHICH ARE NO TO CASES. CASES. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A VERY HARD ASK. THERE ARE ENTITIES IN TEXAS THAT ARE FAILING BECAUSE OF THIS EVENT. THERE ARE ENTITIES THAT ARE, UM, GOING BANKRUPT. THERE ARE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE BEING ABANDONED AND, UM, AND, AND TOLD GIVEN HUGE 6,000, 10,000, $20,000 BILLS, HUGE BILLS, AND THEN THOSE COMPANIES ARE GOING BANKRUPT. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT DON'T HAVE THE STRENGTH OF A CITY LIKE SAN ANTONIO. THE DILIGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH MANAGING THE SYSTEM AND BEING, AND BEING PRUDENT WITH, WITH FINANCES AS THE ANCHOR IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAD, YOU KNOW, PRUDENTLY BOUGHT C P S ENERGY 78 YEARS AGO. AND, AND C P SS ENERGY HAS BEEN BEEN ABLE TO AUGMENT AND ALIGNED TO THE CITY'S GREAT EXAMPLE. WE HAVE BEEN IN THE TOP RATED UTILITIES, INVESTOR OWNED MUNICIPALS AND CO-OPS THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, AND WE ARE IN FACT VERY FRUGAL. AND WE IN FACT HAVE MANAGED THROUGH REALLY DIFFERENT DIFFICULT TIMES, NUCLEAR AND THE PANDEMIC AND IN MANY OTHER CHALLENGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED. WHAT THE FINANCIAL COMMUNITY EXPECTS, I BELIEVE OUT OF SAN ANTONIO, IS TO THINK ABOUT THIS VERY, VERY PRUDENTLY AND THINK ABOUT THE PRACTICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF, OF MANAGING ON A GO FORWARD BASIS, WORKING THROUGH THIS ISSUE, BEING PRUDENT, PAYING WHAT'S APPROPRIATE, BUT BEING PREPARED, ALWAYS BEING PREPARED TO HAVE THE RIGHT FINANCIAL TOOLS TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS, THE RIGHT FINANCIAL TOOLS TO KEEP AND, AND BUILD CONFIDENCE, UM, WITH OUR COUNTERPARTIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. AND ALL THIS ADDITIONAL TOOL DOES IS REINFORCE THE FACT THAT WE THOUGHT THIS THROUGH EXTENSIVELY. AND WE, AND WE HAVE CREDITORS WHO ACTUALLY HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT SAN ANTONIO AND C P SS ENERGY HAVE BEEN A WORTHWHILE CREDIT RISK, A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT. THEY CAN EXPECT THAT WE WILL MEET OUR COMMITMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS. THIS PUTS, THIS PUTS PRESSURE, BUT THE, BUT THE PLAN IS THE CITIES, THE PLAN IS SAN ANTONIO. THE PLAN IS TO MAKE SURE WE DO ALL WE CAN TO GET BACK TO A NORMAL, WHERE PEOPLE CAN RELY ON RELIABLE POWER AND AFFORDABILITY OF BILLS. AND EVEN WHEN WE ARE SOMETIMES FACED WITH MONUMENTAL, HUMONGOUS BARRIERS TO THAT, SAN ANTONIO HAS ALWAYS FOUND A PRUDENT WAY TO WORK THROUGH IT, WORK THROUGH IT ALIGNED WITH OUR COUNCIL, WORKED THROUGH IT, ALIGNED FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CUSTOMERS. I WILL TELL YOU THAT I BELIEVE IF WE DO NOT GET THIS APPROVAL TODAY, IT WILL CHANGE THE OPINION OF THE FINANCIAL COMMUNITY THAT LENDS SAN ANTONIO MONEY, THAT LENDS C P S ENERGY, MONEY, AND WILL PUT IN DOUBT BECAUSE WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE? THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO USE OF ALL OUR RESOURCES, PAY ALL OUR BILLS, THESE EXORBITANT BILLS, WE'LL HAVE DIFFICULTY FIGHTING THE FIGHT. AND, AND THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WE WILL HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS BECOMES [02:10:01] IN JEOPARDY. AND WHILE, AGAIN, THIS IS A HUGE BURDEN TO, TO, TO DO, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIGHT THROUGH THESE THINGS. SO I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT IF WE DID NOT GET THIS APPROVAL FROM YOU TODAY, WE WILL SEND THE ABSOLUTE WRONG MESSAGE TO ALL THE PEOPLE AND ALL THE ENTITIES THAT HAVE SUPPORTED OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE A GREAT PLAN. AND WE WILL, AND WE WILL FUMBLE AND ALL, ALL C P S ENERGY IS ASKING FOR IS ALIGNMENT AND SUPPORT WHILE WE PRUDENTLY WORK THROUGH THIS ISSUE, KEEPING YOU AND OUR COMMUNITY UPDATED AND LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THIS FIGHT IS FOR REAL. I GET, I GET THAT ANSWER. UM, AND THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK THERE. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, MY CONSTITUENTS ARE NOT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN FINANCE OR OPERATING A VERY SOPHISTICATED, UH, OPERATION LIKE SAWS OR PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND SO, UM, I'VE BEEN THE GENERAL COUNSEL OF A PUBLICLY TRADE TWO PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES, AND I'M HEARING EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IN PLAIN ENGLISH, WHAT YOU JUST TOLD US WAS, IF WE DON'T EXTEND THIS DISASTER IS IMMINENT. UM, AND UM, I'M HEARING YOU SAY, AND YOU GOTTA CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UM, THAT IF WE DON'T EXTEND THIS CAPACITY TO YOU GUYS, UM, THAT LIKE OTHER COMPANIES WHO ARE FACING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS WITHOUT CAPACITY, UM, VERY BAD THINGS UP TO AND INCLUDING BANKRUPTCY ARE, ARE ON THE TABLE. DID I JUST, DID I GET THAT WRONG? WE ARE, WE WE'RE FACING A DISASTER RIGHT NOW, BUT IF WE DON'T COME THROUGH WITH THIS FINANCING TOOL, YES SIR, WE WILL FACE OTHER RELATED IMPLICATIONS. AND IF WE CAN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE FINANCIAL MARKETS AND COME THROUGH WITH A PLAN THAT WORKS, THEN WE REALLY CAN'T MAINTAIN OPERATIONS. C P S ENERGY MAINTAINS A AND, AND WE DON'T MEAN IT TO BE COMPLICATED. WE REALLY, REALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO WORRY ABOUT RELIABILITY AND POWER AND AFFORDABILITY. SO THE AVERAGE CITIZEN ONLY HAS TO WORRY ABOUT CUTTING THEIR LIGHTS ON. BUT IN FACT, WE BORROW A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY ALL THE TIME. SOMEBODY IS ON THE OTHER END FUNDING, EITHER THROUGH THE ASSETS THAT WE INVEST IN OR THROUGH PPAS FOR, FOR RENEWABLES THAT WE WANNA DO. THERE'S A FINANCING SUPPORT OF THAT WHOLE THING. AND IT'S, AND AGAIN, I FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE, FOR THE AVERAGE CITIZEN, THIS IS WHY YOU GET A CAR NOTE BECAUSE HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BUY A BRAND NEW CAR IMMEDIATELY AND USE THOSE, THESE RESOURCES? THIS IS WHY YOU GET A LOAN FOR YOUR HOME EITHER TO BUY IT OR FOR IMPROVEMENT. YOU NEED A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FINANCIAL COMMUNITY BECAUSE EVERYDAY COSTS, EVERYDAY COSTS ARE EXPENSIVE. TWI FARMS ALSO COST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WE JUST WORK WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS THAT LOAN POWER PLANTS COST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS TO BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WE BORROW THAT MONEY AND THEN WE SMOOTH IT OUT OVER MANY DECADES AND MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON. BUT IF WE GET, IF WE ARE TELLING THE FINANCIAL COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO SUPPORT FINANCIAL TOOLS THAT MAINTAIN RELIABILITY AND HELP US KEEP UP WITH OPERATIONS AND FULFILL OUR COMMITMENT TO FIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THEN IT'LL MAKE EVERY SINGLE ENTITY THAT HAS LOANED US MONEY BEFORE HAVE DOUBTS BECAUSE THE MONEY IS TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND UTILIZE THE TOOLS THAT HELP US EFFECTIVELY KEEP THINGS RUNNING. EVEN THOUGH THE, THE, THE ISSUE HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY, WE ARE STILL WORKING ON ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS SAN ANTONIO, AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT SAN ANTONIO AS IT COMES BACK OUT OF A PANDEMIC. AND WE HAVE BEEN HOLDING RECEIVABLES COMPASSIONATELY BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE HAVE LOST JOBS AT ALL LEVELS OF THE ECONOMY. BUT OFTENTIMES THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE MOST, THE MOST HELP, THOSE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN WITHOUT UTILIZING FINANCIAL TOOLS AND FINANCIAL PARTNERS THAT NEED TO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN US AND OUR OWNER IS, IS CONNECTED. AND WHEN THAT BOND IS BROKEN AND IT, THEN IT MAKES THEM DOUBT, HOW CAN C P S ENERGY GET THROUGH THIS ? I GET THAT. I GET THAT. HOLD ON, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING YOU, PAULA. I'M, I'M ON THE CLOCK HERE. AND, UH, THE MAYOR IS, UH, IT MAKES IT SLAVISHLY ADHERE TO THE, UH, TO THE COUNTDOWN. AND SO, UH, [02:15:01] WITH THAT, I, I, I HEAR, I HEAR YOUR ANSWER, ERIC. THE ANSWER I JUST HEARD IS THAT IF WE DON'T EXTEND THIS CAPACITY TODAY, DISASTER IS IMMINENT. I HEARD THE WORD BANKRUPTCY. I HEARD THE WORD INTERRUPTION OF OPERATIONS. IT, ARE YOU HEARING ANYTHING DIFFERENT? DO YOU AGREE THAT IF WE DON'T EXTEND THIS CAPACITY TODAY, THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE CONSEQUENCES FOR SAN ANTONIO ARE CATASTROPHIC? I, I DO. AND I'LL JUST ADD ALSO THAT IT IS IN COMPLETE ALIGNMENT WITH THE LEGAL APPROACH THAT C P S IS, IS TAKING. OKAY. IN THAT CASE, MAYOR, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. I SECOND, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THERE WAS A MOTION BY AS A SECOND BY, UH, COURAGE. DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT? JOHN? YOU'RE UP. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. YOU HAVE, THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, NOW I JUST WANNA, UH, CLARIFY A FEW THINGS. PAULA AND I, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION, UH, THAT WE'VE HAD FROM YOU SO FAR. OBVIOUSLY, WE COULDN'T CONTROL THE WEATHER, AND SO ALL OF THIS IS BECAUSE OF A, A WEATHER EVENT THAT WAS EXTRAORDINARY THAT NO ONE WAS PREPARED FOR, AND THAT, OBVIOUSLY SOME MISTAKES WERE MADE IN DEALING WITH THAT. BUT I THINK A LOT OF WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE WAY OF THE EFFECT ON, ON C P S ENERGY IN SAN ANTONIO, WERE, WERE MORE OR LESS THINGS OUT OF OUR CONTROL. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE P U C SAID, RAISE THE CAP TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT, AND ERCOT SAID, OKAY, YOU, YOU SAID, WE CAN DO THAT, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT, UH, THAT OPENED THE FLOODGATES FOR THE RISING COSTS THAT WERE WAY BEYOND THE USUAL EXPECTATIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY. NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS AN ORGANIZATION THAT TOOK A LOOK AT ALL OF THIS AFTER THE FACT AND ESTIMATED THAT ERCOT OVERCHARGED OR ALLOWED OVERCHARGING TO THE NUMBER OF ABOUT $16 BILLION. HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT REPORT? YES, SIR. OKAY. AND, AND THEN I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THERE ARE MANY BUSINESSES, AND YOU'VE, YOU'VE MENTIONED THIS, THAT RIGHT NOW ARE, ARE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS THAT ARE GOING BANKRUPT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE BILLS THEY OWE. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT ERCOT IS NOW SAYING TO C P S ENERGY AND ALL OF THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN ERCOT, THAT FOR EVERY COMPANY THAT GOES OUT OF BUSINESS AND DOESN'T PAY THEIR BILL, THAT THEIR BILL IS BEING PASSED ON TO C P SS AND THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE STAYING WITHIN ERCOT THAT AREN'T GOING BANKRUPT, RIGHT? YES, SIR. SO THAT MEANS WE NEED TO PAY A SHARE OF THE BANKRUPTCY OF MAYBE 10 OR 20 OR 30 OTHER BUSINESSES IN TEXAS, IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, THAT IS PART OF OUR, PART OF OUR PETITION NOT TO BE EXPOSED TO THAT, BUT THAT IS THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT SITUATION THAT IS ON THE TABLE FROM ERCOT. RIGHT. SO IT IS ABSOLUTELY OBVIOUS TO ME THAT ANY LEGAL ACTION THAT WE CAN TAKE OR ANY LEGISLATIVE ACTION BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT CAN REALLY BENEFIT THE INDIVIDUALS, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY. BECAUSE C P S IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND IT IS OWNED BY THE RATE PAYERS, AND IT IS YOU AND I AND ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA BE PAYING THESE BILLS WHO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ACTION IS REQUIRED FOR C P S TO, UH, CONTEST THESE HIGH CHARGES, PARTICULARLY FROM FROM ERCOT. LET ME ASK YOU THIS. HAVE WE RECEIVED ALL OF THE BILLS FROM ALL OF THE ENERGY PARTNERS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH US DUE TO THE, UH, EVENT, THE WEATHER EVENT WE HAVE RECEIVED? WE HAVE RECEIVED THE BILLS, BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ALL OF THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. ALL OF THOSE FAILURES, THE IMPLICATIONS FROM FAILURES, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ALL OF THOSE. RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPLIED GAS HAVE SENT US PRETTY EXORBITANT BILLS, BUT THERE ARE SOME COMPANIES THAT SUPPLY GAS THAT, THAT RETAINED REASONABLENESS IN THEIR BILLING TO US. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. WHAT IS IT? OUR, OUR PLAN TO, UH, DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO LOWER THE BILLS FROM THE UNREASONABLE COMPANIES? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW IS, IS WE REALLY FACE A LOT OF CHALLENGES, AND WE DON'T EXACTLY KNOW HOW MUCH ALL OF THAT'S GOING TO COST UNTIL EITHER THE STATE TAKES ACTION OR WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR ACTIONS OR NOT SUCCESSFUL [02:20:01] IN OUR ACTIONS AGAINST THE GAS COMPANIES THAT ARE OVERCHARGING US OR ERCOT THAT WANTS TO OVERCHARGE US. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. SO IT, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE BEFORE WE CAN ASSESS THE TOTAL THAT WE MAY OWE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF MAINTAINING LIQUIDITY, THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE LOST ALL OF OUR, OUR CHALLENGES AND THE STATE DOES NOTHING, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE NEED TO PAY A BILLION DOLLARS, WHICH I THINK IS NOT EXPECTED. BUT THEORETICALLY, YES, YOU COULD PAY IT, YOU COULD TAKE ALL OF YOUR RESERVES, YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND FINANCE ALL OF THE DEBT INSTRUMENTS THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE, AND YOU COULD COME UP WITH A BILLION DOLLARS, BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO RUN THE COMPANY FROM DAY TO DAY AFTER THAT. IS THAT CORRECT? WE, UM, WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE TAKING ON A TON OF, A TON OF, UM, EXTRA DEBT. AND THIS CAPACITY WILL LEAVE US WITH A WORKING AMOUNT IF WE CAN HANDLE IT. BUT IT WOULD BE TIGHTER. AND THAT'S, AND THAT THAT CAPACITY WOULD HELP US IN THAT REALLY DIRE SITUATION. BUT, BUT IT WOULD STILL BE WORKABLE FROM THERE. IT'S 14%, UH, SHARE OF 25 OR $30 MILLION A MONTH, IF THAT WAS TO TAKE PLACE. YES, SIR. I BELIEVE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. NOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU THOUGH, WITH AN UPDATED LONG-TERM FINANCING PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS COVERED, WHICH IS BASICALLY TAKING WHATEVER THAT FINAL BILL IS, AND THEN TRYING TO FIND THE BEST WAY TO REDUCE IT DOWN TO A SMALL IMPACT TO CUSTOMERS OVERALL AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE NORMAL OPERATING COSTS, INCLUDING CITY PAYMENT. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IF YOU HAD TO PAY THAT, YOU COULDN'T REALLY OPERATE WITHOUT COMING BACK TO THE CITY AND INCREASING EVEN MORE DEBT IN ORDER TO PAY THAT, I'M NOT SURE, PAY YOUR OPERATIONS. I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD END UP INCREASING MUCH MORE DEBT. WE WOULD JUST END UP TAKING IT LONG TERM. SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE SHORT TERM. THIS, THIS ONE IS A SHORT TERM INSTRUMENT, PROBABLY ONE TO FIVE YEARS. AND JUST IN CAPACITY. UM, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE THIS YEAR. BUT IN THE DESIGN, WE WOULD, WE WOULD TRY TO THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE IT COVERED ENOUGH OF OUR TIMEFRAME. WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS COME BACK TO YOU AND TAKE THAT ALL OF THAT BORROWING AND TRY TO TAKE IT OVER MAYBE, MAYBE 20 YEARS, UH, AGAIN, TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE. BUT WE'D STILL, THE, THE ORGANIZATION WOULD PAY OUT A BILLION DOLLARS AND THEN INCUR HUNDREDS OF MILLION DOLLARS OF DEBT LONG-TERM TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS. OKAY. WELL, IT SEEMS TO ME IT'S, IT'S BETTER FOR US TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS, UH, THE WAY THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO FACE THEM RIGHT NOW AND TRY AND BEAT DOWN THOSE UNREASONABLE EXORBITANT CHARGES AND THEN SEE WHERE WE LIE. AND TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO GO TO THE MARKET AND GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING IF WE NEED IT, I THINK IS A SMART MOVE TO MAKE, WHICH IS WHY I'VE SECONDED THIS MOTION. UH, I THINK THERE'S STILL MORE TO UNDERSTAND. THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT ONLY STATE MISTAKES, BUT THERE WERE LOCAL MISTAKES. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT, THAT WE DID THAT WE NEED TO DO BETTER. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. AND THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE IS LOOKING AT THAT, AND I KNOW THAT YOUR BOARD IS LOOKING AT THAT. AND SO I THINK THAT WE WILL LOOK TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO ALL WE CAN TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. BUT WE NEED TO DEPEND ON WHATEVER AGENCY MANAGES OUR ENERGY GRID, WHETHER IT'S ERCOT OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT COMES ABOUT, OR THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO THEIR JOB TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ENERGY SYSTEM. UH, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S AT STAKE RIGHT NOW. AND SO I, I APPRECIATE HOW YOU'VE EXPLAINED THINGS AND PRESENTED THINGS, UH, AND I HOPE THAT WE COME UP WITH SOME LOCAL SOLUTIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW US, UH, TO PROVIDE THE GREAT SERVICE THAT BOTH OUR UTILITY COMPANIES DO. UH, AND, AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL TODAY AND, AND CLARIFYING ALL THIS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S IT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU, YOU ASKED. THEY WERE VERY GOOD AT CLARIFYING THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE HERE AND, AND HELPED ANSWER SOME OF, UH, MY QUESTIONS THAT I HAD. UM, WHEN IT COMES TO FOUR B, THE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PROTECTING C P S ENERGY CUSTOMERS FROM UNLAWFUL ILLEGITIMATE CHARGES FOR ELECTRICITY AND FUEL, I THINK ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE ALL, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT ON BOARD WITH THAT BECAUSE OF, FOR MY REASONING. AND ONE [02:25:01] OF THE THINGS I SAID PRIOR TO WAS I BELIEVE THIS SYSTEM THAT WE ARE SET UP IN IS ALREADY SET UP RIGGED AGAINST US, THE GREAT PAYER, UM, AT THE STATE LEVEL 'CAUSE, AND WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY. WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, OF ERCOT. WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY OF STATE LEADERSHIP AND STATE REPRESENTATION. WE NEED THAT ACCOUNTABILITY, NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT ALL OF THE RIGHT PAYERS AND ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF RESIDENTS OF TEXAS. UM, AND WHEN IT COMES TO A FOUR A, IT HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO HEAR THE CLARIFICATION THAT WAS DONE HERE. BUT I HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE MENTIONING THINGS, YOU WERE MENTIONING PAULA, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AGENCIES OR THE, THE COMPANIES OR OTHERS WHO ARE DEALING IN THE MARKET, IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS LIQUIDITY, THEY MAY BE, UM, MAY, MAY HAVE DOUBTS, ET CETERA, IN THIS, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO HAVE DOUBTS RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND MANY OF US TRUSTED C P S ENERGY TO HAVE THE LIGHTS ON. AND WE, AGAIN, ARE TRUSTING YOU WITH THIS BECAUSE WE WANT THE END RESULT TO BE THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE BURDEN WITH THESE RIDICULOUS PRICE GOUGING THAT IS HAPPENING ON THIS MARKET. UM, I AM GRATEFUL THAT THERE ARE, UM, WELL, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S JUST GOOD BUSINESS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE SOME OF THESE COMPANIES GOUGING US, BUT THEY ARE, BUT THEY ARE DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. UM, BUT TO THE POINT OF WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT AN APPROPRIATE COST IS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT APPROPRIATE COST, AND WE GET THOSE NUMBERS AS SOON AS WE CAN, BECAUSE THERE IS STILL A LOT OF HURT, A LOT OF ANGST. I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, BUT I, IT HAS TO BE SAID HERE BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS WANT ACCOUNTABILITY FROM US, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO APPOINT THE C P S ENERGY BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY. SO WE NEED TO HAVE PROTECTION FOR OUR RATE PAYERS. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU, PAULA. I FEEL THAT YOU AND, UH, YOUR TEAM AND OUR LEGAL TEAM HAVE DONE A VERY THOROUGH JOB OF PREPARING THIS ITEM, UH, TO, TO COME FORWARD. I THINK, UH, WE'VE SPOKEN ON, ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION ON IT. UM, I, I BELIEVE THE, THE DOUBLE PACKAGE OF, OF THIS CREDIT LINE REQUEST, ALONG WITH THIS RESOLUTION, MAKE, MAKE SENSE. AND I, I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU AND ANDY AND YOUR TEAM FOR, FOR WORKING SO HARD ON THAT. AND I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT, UH, WITH THIS VOTE THAT I'LL BE CASTING IN, IN SUPPORT OF BOTH OF THESE ITEMS. UM, I, I WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, HOWEVER, , TO MENTION, UH, A FEW THINGS, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT, NOT JUST IN MY COLLEAGUES, BUT OF THE PUBLIC WHO MAY BE, UH, WHO MAY BE WATCHING THIS. SO I'M PART OF THE, UH, COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PREPAREDNESS THAT THE MAYOR HAS FORMED, UH, TO REVIEW THE EVENT. AND I, I WANNA THANK YOU PAULA, UM, FOR ASSIGNING, UH, PART OF YOUR STAFF TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE. AND I WANNA ASSURE MY COLLEAGUES THAT MANY OF THE QUESTIONS YOU ARE ASKING TODAY ARE ON OUR LIST OF OUR FACT FINDING QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE ALSO, UH, GOING TO BE SUBMITTING TO OR HAVE SUBMITTED TO C P SS, UH, FOR, FOR RESPONSES SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED AMONG THESE TYPES OF QUESTIONS. ARE, YOU KNOW, DID WE RECEIVE ALL THE GAS OR ALL THE FUEL THAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED? UH, IF NOT, WHY NOT? AND WE'LL GO INTO THAT. SO, UM, THOSE ARE THERE, UH, THOSE QUESTIONS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY WANT TO VIEW THEM, UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE MY, UH, STAFF SEND THEM TO YOU. AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS THAT QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE, THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO, UH, SEND THOSE TO THE COMMITTEE. THERE IS AN ONLINE, UH, WAY TO, TO SUBMIT THOSE. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH THEN FOR, FOR CREATING THOSE, THOSE PORTALS. UM, UH, I WANNA ALSO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THAT YOU SAID, PAULA, UM, IN TERMS OF [02:30:01] HOW WE GOT TO THIS TERRIBLE SITUATION, UH, THAT WE'RE IN AND THE TERRIBLE EVENTS OF, UH, OF LAST MONTH. AND FIRST, I THINK WHAT YOU SAID WAS THERE WAS A, A FAILURE OF THIS MARKET DESIGN THAT HADN'T BEEN STRESS TESTED. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS TESTED WITH US, RIGHT? WITH OUR OWN RESIDENTS ACROSS THE STATE AND WITH OUR OWN TAXPAYER DOLLARS. AND THAT IS, UH, TREMENDOUSLY UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS EXPERIMENT IS BEING PLAYED OUT WITH REAL MONEY THAT BELONGS TO REAL PEOPLE. UH, SO I EXPECT US TO SEE, I EXPECT TO SEE OUR CITY AND HOPEFULLY C P S AS WELL, UH, BEING VERY ACTIVE DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN TERMS OF WHAT, UH, WHAT WE, WHAT IT'LL TAKE TO PUT US IN A BETTER POSITION. AND I HAVE NO DOUBTS THAT, THAT OUR TEAM WILL DO A GOOD JOB, UH, ON THAT. UH, THE OTHER REASON WE'RE HERE IS BECAUSE THERE WAS SIMPLY, UH, PRICE GOUGING. UH, THERE WAS, UH, PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE A PROFIT. AND, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH HAS BEEN SAID ON, IN THE NEWS OUTLETS ON THAT, THERE'S ALSO A FAILURE TO PREPARE FOR EXTREME WEATHER, AND THAT PERHAPS IS A FAILURE OF THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND SOMETHING THAT I WOULD AL ALSO LIKE TO SEE TAKEN UP BY OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM, UH, BUT ALSO LOCALLY, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY A DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN HAVE. UM, IT DOESN'T COME FOR FREE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT, UH, WE SAW THAT THERE, THAT WE PAY FOR IT IN, IN SOME WAY OR OTHER, RIGHT? IF WE DON'T PREPARE. UH, BUT WHAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TODAY, AND I, AND I GET IT, IT'S MILDLY OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THIS, BUT I DON'T WANT US TO FORGET THAT WHAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING HERE IS MORE EXTREME WEATHER, AND WE ANTICIPATE SEEING MORE OF IT. AND THAT IS WHY, THAT IS WHY I THINK ALL OF YOU RECOGNIZE IT AND WHY WE ARE SO INTENT ON RESOLVING ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. UH, A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, AND YOU WILL ALL KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT, USED TO SAY, SURE, EVERYONE WANTS TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT UNTIL YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. UH, WELL, WELL, GUESS WHAT? UM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR IT EITHER WAY, RIGHT? UH, AND I WOULD RATHER NOT PUT MY COMMUNITY THROUGH, UH, A NEARLY CATASTROPHIC EVENT LIKE THE ONE THAT WE HAD, BUT I'D RATHER PAY FOR IT SMARTLY IN A WAY THAT, UH, CREATES JOBS THAT, UH, ALLOWS US TO ADAPT AND BE PREPARED FOR, FOR WHAT'S COMING. SO I WANNA SHARE WITH, UH, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THAT THE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEES, WHICH YOU CREATED, UH, BY VOTE NOT TOO LONG AGO, UH, WE CREATED TWO COMMITTEES, UH, AN ADVISORY, A, A TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS AN EQUITY COMMITTEE, UH, DID MEET, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH. AND THEY HAVE A, A LIST OF, UH, ISSUES THAT THEY WANT TO PRIORITIZE GOING FORWARD, BUT AFTER THE STORM, THAT ASPECT OR THAT APPROACH REALLY CHANGED, AND THEY ARE NOW GOING TO COME FORWARD WITH ADAPTATION STRATEGIES THAT THEY THINK SHOULD BE, THAT WE SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING IN THE FACE OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO BRINGING THAT, UH, TO YOU, UH, EITHER AT OUR COMMITTEE OR OR TO THE FULL COUNCIL. UM, I LOOK FORWARD ALSO TO CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH C P S, YOUR, YOU DO HAVE, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S ANGELA ON THAT TEAM, UH, WITH US. SO WE WANT TO KNOW HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON ADAPTATION IN TERMS OF THE C P S SIDE, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, A MORE RESILIENT GRID YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THE MOST RELIABLE GRID. THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. UH, AND I THINK NOW WHAT WE'RE FACING IS THE CHALLENGE OF RESILIENCY AND HOW DO WE, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE POWER EVEN IN THE FACE OF THESE UNEXPECTED EVENTS. UM, SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, AND, UH, IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO CONTINUE THIS DIALOGUE OFFLINE, I'M VERY HAPPY TO, TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT. THANK YOU, PAULA. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I THINK, UH, GREAT, GREAT QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ALL AROUND. UM, AND, AND, UH, I, I DO APPRECIATE THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN. UH, I REALLY ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND, AND IT'S THE ONE THAT I THINK THAT MANY PEOPLE BE BECAUSE WE'RE, WE HAVE TO REMIND OURSELVES WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF INSECURITY AND ANXIETY WITHIN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, PAULA, IF THIS ITEM IS APPROVED, WILL C P S ENERGY CONTINUE TO SUSPEND DISCONNECTIONS AND FOR HOW LONG? GREAT QUESTION. UM, YOU KNOW, OUR THOUGHT WAS THAT THIS ISSUE AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT, DOES NOT ACCELERATE, UH, THE DECISION ON THE PANDEMIC. WE, WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO [02:35:01] STAY, UH, THE COURSE OF SUSPENDING DISCONNECT AS THE VACCINA VACCINATION START TO TAKE MORE AND MORE HOLD. WE WANT THAT, WE WANT MORE OF THE PENETRATION OF THE VACCINATION, SO ALL OF SAN ANTONIO CAN GET BACK ON ITS FEET, AND THE ECONOMY CAN GET GOING. SO I THINK IN, IN REALITY, UH, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING HAPPENING THIS SPRING. UM, BUT WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL. SURE. BECAUSE WE DO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECTIONS FOR THE VACCINE TO TAKE WHOLE IN THE SUMMER AND THE SUMMER BILLS ARE HIGH. SO, UH, WE'RE NOT RUSHING. WE'RE, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK WITH CUSTOMERS. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ON THOSE RESOURCES AND, AND JUST STAY DILIGENT AND FOCUSED ON THAT AND NOT LET THIS OTHER STRATEGY CHANGE OUR, OUR PLANS. WELL, YOU KNOW, I, I SHOULD HAVE REALLY JUST STARTED BY THANKING YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE FOR, FOR SUSPENDING DISCONNECTS WHEN, WHEN THIS PANDEMIC STARTED. SO I, I, I DO, UH, APPRECIATE THAT GESTURE FROM C P S. IT'S, IT'S GONE A LONG WAY. SAW US DID, DID SIMILAR. UM, BUT JUST KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT I THINK ARE ADDRESSING THE CURRENT EMERGENCY THAT, THAT, THAT PEOPLE ARE IN AND ARE FACING EVERY DAY, AND IS PROVIDING, UH, MORE ANXIETY AS THEY'RE TRYING TO GET. WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET PAST THIS. SO I, I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, AS, AS SOON AS YOU, YOU CAN PROVIDE SOME, SOME CLARITY ON THIS, THAT, THAT YOU KEEP THIS COUNCIL INFORMED AND THE PUBLIC AS WELL. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR, FOR SUSPENDING THE, THE DISCONNECTS IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND I, AGAIN, I WOULD JUST ADVOCATE THAT, THAT WE CONTINUE THIS AT LEAST UNTIL WE'RE, WE'RE CLEARLY OUTTA THIS PANDEMIC. AND THAT MAYBE, UH, THERE'S A, UH, A, A, A, A CONNECTION TO THE, THE NEW RELIEF BILL THAT IS COMING THAT DOES ADDRESS UTILITY ASSISTANCE THAT I THINK COULD BE VERY HELPFUL IN ALL OF THIS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. YES, SIR. I HAD SOME MORE INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS ON THE SLIDES, BUT I'M, I'M GONNA FOREGO THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A PART HERE THAT I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY. I HAD ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, TALKING ABOUT BANKRUPTCY, AND THEN ANOTHER COLLEAGUE ASKING A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT INDICATED, NO, IF WE DIDN'T GET THIS, WE COULD, UH, TIGHTEN OUR BELTS AND GET THROUGH THIS. SO I WANNA BE VERY, VERY CLEAR AS TO WHAT THIS MEANS. ARE WE, IF YOU DON'T GET THIS, ARE WE FACING BANKRUPTCY? THANK, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THIS IS, UH, THIS IS HONESTLY ANDY. I WANTED, I, IN FACT, I HAD ALREADY ASKED THE MAYOR IF I COULD CHIME IN ON THAT EXACT ISSUE YOU JUST REFERRED TO. AND TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT, I THINK MOST OF THE COUNCIL KNOWS THAT I LIVE THROUGH A HIGH PROFILE BANKRUPTCY WITH MY FORMER EMPLOYER. SO WHENEVER THAT WORD COMES UP, I'M VERY SENSITIVE TO IT. UH, SO, UH, LIKE YOU, I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT, UH, THE HEADLINES TOMORROW TO BE THAT C P S IS ON THE VERGE OF BANKRUPTCY, BECAUSE IT ISN'T. UH, I THINK WHAT COUNCILMAN PAL'S POINT, HE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WAS THAT IF, UH, COUNCIL DOESN'T TAKE ACTION, UH, IT WOULD TAKE A ALREADY CHALLENGING SITUATION IN TERMS OF C P SS, HAVING THE FISCAL STRENGTH TO DEAL THROUGH THIS CRISIS AND MAINTAIN OPERATIONS. IT MAY LEAD TO A SERIES OF EVENTS, RIGHT? DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS TURN OUT, THAT COULD ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, GET TO THAT POINT. BUT IT, WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR, UH, OR, OR NOWHERE CLOSE EVEN, UH, TO THE POINT WHERE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, AN OPTION THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED. FORGIVE ME, THE INTERRUPTION. THAT IS 100% CORRECT, ANDY. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THERE, WAS JUST PRESENT A PICTURE OF ALL POSSIBILITIES. THANKS. YEAH, AND I, I JUST WANNA , UM, YOU KNOW, THE WAY PAULA, YOU DESCRIBED IT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE COULD TIGHTEN OUR BELTS AND GET THROUGH UNTIL WE NEEDED SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE, BUT IN NO WAY ARE WE INDICATING, UH, BANKRUPTCY SITUATION RIGHT NOW. AND I, I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT, CLARIFY THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND INVESTORS OUT THERE. SURE. GREAT POINT. I THINK MY, MY, UM, AND WANTING TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT IS HAPPENING TO ENTITIES THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO COME UP WITH PLANS AND RESOURCES, THE ASK THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY IS A CRITICAL PART OF THE PLAN THAT MAKES SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S COMPREHENSIVE, THAT'S FLEXIBLE, THAT ALLOWS US, AGAIN, TO HAVE THE COMFORT OF KNOWING IT'S THERE AS [02:40:01] WE PRESS FORWARD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET, COME OUT OF THIS AS STRONG AS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF HELPING CUSTOMERS. BUT YES, SAN ANTONIO C P S ENERGY IN PARTICULAR IS STRONG, AND THIS PLAN IS VERY SOLID. SO THAT WAS JUST A SCENARIO, NOT WHERE WE ARE TODAY. OKAY, GREAT. I WANNA, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT TO BED AND THE REST, UH, FOR OUR VIEWING PUBLIC AND FOR, UH, BANKS AND, AND INVESTORS AND ALL THAT, UH, THAT, UH, TAKE CARE OF C P S AND, AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS HERE AROUND THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE CITY. SO, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT VERY CLEARLY. THAT'S ALL I HAD, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. UH, AND THANK YOU TO, UH, OUR COLLEAGUES, UH, AND STAFF AND C P S FOR COMING FORWARD WITH, UH, WHAT IS A PRUDENT MEASURE UNDER VERY, UH, DIFFICULT TIMES, UH, TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN THAT WE ARE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH C P S TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DEFENDING OUR RESIDENTS, UH, DEFENDING RATE PAYERS IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT WOULD BE EGREGIOUS, UH, TO ALLOW FOR THE COST OF RECOVERY FROM THIS DISASTER TO BE BURDENED, UH, ONTO THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN SUFFERING FROM IT. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, PAULA AND TEAM, UH, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, MY COLLEAGUES FOR, UH, THE DISCUSSION. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS ITEMS FOUR A AND FOUR B, UM, WITHOUT FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. UM, THE REMAINING ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY ARE, THANK YOU, PAULA. UH, AND GARY. UH, THE REMAINING ITEMS, UM, ON OUR AGENDA TODAY ARE, UH, ZONING. SO WE'LL GO NOW TO THE SLATE OF ZONING ITEMS THAT ARE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. WE'LL BEGIN [Z-1. 21-2104 ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700295-A (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "MF-33 H AHOD" Multi-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District to “MF-18 H AHOD” Limited Density Multi-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 4 and Lot 5, and the west 25-feet of Lot 6, Block 9, NCB 1834, located at 324 West Magnolia. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] WITH ITEM Z ONE. THANK YOU, MAYOR Z ONE IS FROM MF 33 TO MF 18, LOCATED AT 3 24 WEST MAGNOLIA STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 20 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED MONTE VISTA, HISTORIC ALTA VISTA, BEACON HILL AND RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ARE IN SUPPORT. THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE AS THE OWNER IS OPPOSED. RIGHT. UM, THERE IS ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z ONE, UH, CHRIS BERRY. MR. BERRY, ARE YOU HEARING US? HE'S THERE, SIR. CHRIS BERRY, I SHOW WE HAVE CONNECTED WITH YOU. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR ON ITEM Z ONE. ALRIGHT. CHRIS BERRY. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. MR. BERRY, IF YOU COULD JUST PRESS STAR SIX. I THINK THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROBLEM IF WE, WE ARE CONNECTED WITH YOU. YEAH. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YEAH. OKAY, WE GOT YOU. GO AHEAD. OKAY, GREAT. YEAH, THIS IS CHRIS BERRY. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS. WE ARE, WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE STATUS RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ZONING CHANGE. UM, WE HAVE SPOKEN TO NEIGHBORS AND, UH, ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS IS SAFETY ISSUES WITH INCREASE OF TRAFFIC, UM, BY CHANGING IT TO NF 33 AND, UM, ALL THE OTHER, UH, PROPERTIES. AND THE LARGE AREA REZONING, WHICH WAS OVER 400, UM, HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO FIT THE, THE CONFORMING RESIDENTIAL ZONING OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE ARE IN SUPPORT AS, UH, AN ORGANIZATION. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANKS, MAYOR. UH, LAMONT, THE LARGE AREA REZONING AIMS TO REDUCE INCOMPATIBLE USES IN THE AREA BY REZONING PROPERTIES FOR WHAT IS CURRENTLY PRESENT. SINCE MY C C R WAS SUBMITTED REQUESTING THE LARGE AREA REZONING IN 2017, THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS DISCUSSIONS AND ULTIMATELY HUNDREDS OF PROPERTIES IN THE AREA WHERE SUCCESSFULLY REZONED IN DEC DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. TODAY, WE AIM TO CLOSE THE REZONING WITH THE LAST FOUR PROPERTIES PLACED IN THE PHASE TWO OF THIS PLAN. IN THIS SPECIFIC INSTANCE, THE APPLICANT'S PLAN FOR 12 UNITS WERE FOUND TO BE FLAWED AND COM AND, UH, COMPLETE FOR INCOMPLETE FROM O H P. SHOULD THEY COMPLETE THESE PLANS, THE APPLICANT IS ABLE TO SUBMIT A REZONING APPLICATION, WHICH WILL ALLOW COMMUNITY INPUT AND REVIEW TO THE, TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. I INTEND TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE MONTE VISTA [02:45:01] AND ALL DISTRICT ONE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, NOTED BY THE SUPPORT OF THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION. BY MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS REZONING, I MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RO REZONING ITEM SECOND. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z ONE. HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [Z-4 21-2110 ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700295-D (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "MF-33 H AHOD" Multi-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District to "R-4 CD H AHOD” Residential Single-Family Monte Vista Historic Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Four (4) Dwelling Units on the west 70-feet of Lot 20, the northwest triangular 124-feet of Lot 21, and the west triangular 54-feet of Lot 22, Block 1, NCB 3085, located at 235 East Huisache. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] ITEM Z FOUR. ITEM Z FOUR IS A REZONING FROM MF 33 TO, UH, TO R FOUR CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR UNITS LOCATED AT 2 35 EAST SATCH. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 24 NOTICES MAILED SEVEN IN FAVOR. ONE OPPOSED MONTE VISTA, HISTORIC ULTA VISTA, BEACON HILL, AND RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE IN SUPPORT AND THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE AS THE OWNER IS OPPOSED. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. UH, CHRIS BERRY, ARE YOU BACK WITH US? YES, CAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. WE'RE HEARING YOU GREAT. YEAH, SO I, I WOULD MAKE THE SAME, UH, COMMENT AS, UH, ON Z ONE THAT, UM, WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHANGE CONCERNS OF, OF EXCESS TRAFFIC, UM, AND TO CONFORM WITH THE OTHER, UH, RESIDENTIAL ZONING THAT IS, UM, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMES, UH, AROUND TO BE CONFORMED. SO, UM, WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS, UH, THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER TINO. THANKS, MAYOR. UH, AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THIS ITEM IS PART OF THE MONTE VISTA LARGE AREA. REZONING CITY STAFF IN MY OFFICE REACHED OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ASKING FOR PLANS TO BE SUBMITTED FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY, BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED NOTICE OR INDICATION OF PLAN CHANGES. UH, I'M SORRY. UH, THE SPIRIT OF THE C C R FOCUSES ON, ON REDUCING AND, UH, REDUCING THE OVERABUNDANCE OF MF 33, WHICH ALLOWS 33 RESIDENTIAL UNITS PER ACRE. WE'RE CURRENTLY, WE'RE CURRENTLY INAPPROPRIATE. THESE CHANGES ALLOW DEVELOPERS, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THE CITY TO HAVE ALL THE CONVERSATION WHEN NECESSARY, WHEN NEW DEVELOPMENT PLANS ARE PRESENTED. I FULLY ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DEVELOP IN OUR CITY TO DO SO, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE FEEDBACK OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE PLANS. A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z FOUR. WAS THERE SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z FOUR. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM [Items P-1 & Z-8 ] Z EIGHT AND P ONE ITEM Z EIGHT AND P ONE IS AMENDING THE EASTERN TRIANGLE COMMUNITY PLAN FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL BUSINESS PARK TO BUSINESS PARK FROM NP 10 AND C THREE N A TO L LOCATED AT FOUR 18 SOUTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10. STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 10 NOTICES MELD TO IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED? AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO APRIL 1ST. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU, MAYOR. I APOLOGIZE. BUT MOSTLY FOR CONTINUANCE UNTIL APRIL 1ST. SECOND, WE, WE CAN'T HEAR THE MAYOR. SORRY. UH, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS Z EIGHT AND P ONE TO APRIL 1ST HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AND THE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. ITEM [Z-9 21-2096 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 March 4, 2021)] Z NINE. ITEM Z NINE IS A REZONING FROM, 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. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z NINE. JAMES MCKNIGHT. [02:50:01] UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY? YEAH, WE HEAR YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, JAMES MCKNIGHT WITH BROWN AND ORTIZ 1 1 2 EAST PECAN, REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPER. UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE REQUEST HERE AND THE PROCESS. WANTED TO SAY THAT WE, WE APPRECIATE THE SOUTHTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION'S PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROCESS, AND THEY HAD SEVERAL CONCERNS REGARDING DRAINAGE TRAFFIC AND HOUSING DENSITY. SO WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM FOR MONTHS, AT SEVERAL MEETINGS, AND IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS, UM, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A, AND WITH THE COUNCIL WOMAN'S HELP, WE'VE OFFERED TO ENTER INTO A PRIVATE COVENANT TO RESTRICT SOME OF DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS LIKE LIMITING THE DENSITY, INCREASING ONSITE DETENTION, AND PROVIDING SOME OFFSITE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN GRO AND, UH, CHRIS VIA ON HER STAFF, AND THANK YOU TO THE NEIGHBORS FOR THEIR FEEDBACK. WE KNOW THAT THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM WILL CONTINUE AFTER TODAY, BUT WITH THAT, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST, UH, APPROVAL FOR THE R FOUR ZONING, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE COVENANTS THAT WE'VE PROPOSED AND THAT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MCKNIGHT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I DO WANT TO THANK THE SOUTHTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR INPUT AND CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT ON THIS PRO PROPOSED ZONING REQUEST. UM, AS WAS MENTIONED, OUR ACTUALLY, THE, THE COMMUNITY BECAME ENGAGED AND FORMED, UH, AS A RESULT OF THIS ZONING REQUEST AND ALSO A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE AREA. UM, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MY STAFF AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT SINCE NOVEMBER TO GAIN MORE INSIGHT TO, UH, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, PUT BEFORE. AS A RESULT, WE HAVE HAD, UH, MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND THE, THE APPLICANT, AS WAS MENTIONED, HAS PRODUCED A SET OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT INCLUDES SEVERAL COMMITMENTS THAT THEY HAVE MEMORIALIZED IN WRITING FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS NEW SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT. LAST NIGHT, WE HAD ABOUT A TWO HOUR LONG WEBEX SESSION AND SOUTHTON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION RESIDENTS, THE APPLICANT AND CITY STAFF WERE PRESENT TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW, UH, THESE COVENANTS. I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK CITY STAFF FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR BEING A PART OF THESE VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS. SPECIAL THANKS. UM, MELISSA AND KAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT BROUGHT, TOOK ME BACK TO OUR WORLD HERITAGE DAYS, UM, AND WE CAN ALL CERTAINLY AGREE THAT ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT ON MICKEY ROAD SHOULD NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE LEGACY HOMEOWNERS WITH SOME WHO LIVE IN THE AREA FOR GENERATIONS. AND THIS AREA WAS ANNEXED, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND THERE ARE FARM TO MARKET ROADS AND THERE ARE FORMER COUNTY ROADS. AND WE HAD A VERY ROBUST DIALOGUE AND HEARD THE RESIDENTS CONCERNED REGARDING ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, TRAFFIC SAFETY, HOME DENSITY, AND OVERALL UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENTER INTO A RECORD THE COPY OF THESE DRAFT RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS TO GO ALONG WITH THIS PROPERTY. I KNOW THEY WERE EMAILED TO OUR CITY CLERK, TINA TODAY. SO SHE HAS THE MOST UPDATED DRAFT COVENANTS. AND LET ME HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THESE. UM, SOME OF THESE THAT WE HAVE ADDRESSED, WE ARE LIMITING THE DENSITY TO 4.9 UNITS AN ACRE INSTEAD OF THE 11 UNITS AN ACRE ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN OUR FOUR, WE ARE, AND THAT'S ABOUT 234 UNITS ON THE 400, THE 4 48 ACRES WE ARE, THEY ARE COMMITTED TO EXPAND MICKEY ROAD FROM 18 FEET TO 22 FEET FOR ABOUT, UH, I'M SORRY, INCHES FROM FOUR FEET FOR ABOUT 1,450 FEET. INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF WATER DETAINED ON THE PROPERTY AT LEAST 10% MORE THAN REQUIRED, INSTALL A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT PRESA AND I, UH, IN THE PRESA I 37 AREA REQUIRED BY THE TRAFFIC MITIGATION PHASE ONE, CLEAN OUT THE BOX CULVERTS ALONG MICKEY ROAD TO CORRESPOND WITH EACH CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THERE ARE THREE PHASES TOTAL AND LEFT TURN LANES INTO THE TWO SUBDIVISION ENTRANCES AS WARRANTED BY THE T I A. THIS NEW GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THAT WE ARE SEEING IN OUR SOUTHERN SECTOR PRESENTS US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OUR PRIVATE INVESTMENT DOLLARS, AS WELL AS WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN PUBLIC FUNDING. [02:55:01] SO AT THE REQUEST OF THE SOUTHTON RESIDENTS, UM, I GUESS, I THINK ERIC'S STILL ON THE CALL. UM, I AM COMMITTING TO, UH, REQUEST AND DIRECT PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT STAFF TO WORK WITH MY STAFF TO IDENTIFY FUNDING EITHER THROUGH, UM, OUR I M P PROGRAM OR UPCOMING BOND PROJECTS TO ALIGN THESE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO OCCUR CLOSE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS NEW SUBDIVISION. NOW, OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, WE'VE HAD A RENEW INVEST, A RENEWED INVESTMENT BY PRIVATE BUSINESSES, ACCOMPANIED BY MORE NEW JOBS IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. YOU ALL KNOW THEM. T J X, TOYOTA NAVISTAR, AMAZON. AND WE NEED DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF THESE NUMEROUS EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THE PLACE A CHOICE TO LIVE, WORK, AND RECREATE IN ALL OF THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO. WE KNOW THAT WE NEED NEW HOUSING STOCK RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY AT AFFORDABLE PRICES FOR FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERS. BUT ONE THING WE DISCUSSED RIGHT LAST NIGHT, WHICH WAS A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION, WAS WE MADE A POINT TO SHARE, AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE HERE THAT THE SOUTH AND THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. WE ALSO NEED A VARIETY OF SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING STOCK FOR ALL PEOPLE AT ALL SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS WHO WANT TO LIVE WITHIN LOOP 1604 ON LARGER LOTS AND IN CUSTOM HOMES. I'LL ALSO ADD, WE ALSO NEED SAS'S HELP TO BUILD OUT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THESE AREAS TOO. ADDITIONALLY, MY OFFICE STAFF VISITED SEVERAL OTHER NEW SUBDIVISIONS AT THIS, THAT THIS DEVELOPER IS BUILDING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE SAN ANTONIO AND SAN IN SAN ANTONIO, AND FOUND THAT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY ARE SAFE, WELL-MAINTAINED WITH ADEQUATE, ADEQUATE DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE AMENITIES. I WILL BE LATER ON TODAY TALKING ABOUT, UH, A POTENTIAL BOND PROJECT WITH A BRIDGE OFF OF MICKEY ROAD TO HELP WITH THE FLOODING ISSUE THAT'S HAPPENING THERE. BUT MAYOR, WITH A RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS ON THE RECORD, I MOTION TO APPROVE AS PER CITY STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF A Z NINE CONDITIONS AS READ. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [Z-10 21-2102 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700274 CD (Council District 5): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-4 MLOD-2 MLR-1 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C-1 CD MLOD-2 MLR-1 AHOD" Light Commercial Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Motor Vehicle Sales (Full Service) on Lot 11 and Lot 12, Block 31, NCB 8654, located at 420 South San Augustine Avenue. Staff recommends Denial. Zoning Commission recommends Approval with Conditions.] ITEM Z 10. ITEM Z 10 IS A REZONING FROM R FOUR TO C ONE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES. FULL SERVICE LOCATED AT FOUR 20 SOUTH SUN AUGUSTINE AVENUE. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING. COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS, HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 10:00 AM TO 7:00 PM DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING, SOLID SCREEN FENCING, ABUTTING RESIDENTIAL ENTRIES OFF THE END, AUGUSTINE, FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY, NO DISPLAY OF VEHICLES OR, UH, FOR SALE ON THE PROPERTY. NO TEMPORARY SIGNS OR PENANCE. MAINTAIN 20 FOOT FRONT SETBACK ON ST. AUGUSTINE. 33 NOTICES MAILED 19 IN FAVOR. THREE OPPOSED. LOS OMAS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE, UM, SUGGESTED, UH, AMENDMENTS. SECOND. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z 10 WITH AMENDMENTS AS READ HEARING. NO, I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER AL, UH, SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. YEAH, I, I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE STAFF'S DENIAL WAS FOR. SO THE, THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL THERE IS, UM, THIS IS ALSO WHAT LOCATED WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. SO THE, THIS BACK PORTION THAT IS BEING REZONED IS IN THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ACCESS TO THIS PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY OFF OF, I BELIEVE, GENERAL MCMULLEN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WAS OPPOSED? YES, SIR. OKAY. I'D JUST LIKE THE COUNCILWOMAN TO REPEAT ONCE MORE THE, UH, THE CONDITIONS. COUNCILMAN, I CAN, I CAN REPEAT THEM. MM-HMM. . OKAY, GO AHEAD. SO THE, THE HOURS [03:00:01] OF OPERATION ARE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 10:00 AM TO 7:00 PM DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING, SOLID SCREEN FENCE ABUTTING THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY OFF OF SAN AUGUST, SAN AUGUSTINE. NO DISPLAY OF VEHICLE VEHICLES FOR SALE ON THE PROPERTY. NO TEMPORARY SIGNS OR PENDANTS MAINTAINED 20 FOOT FRONT SETBACK ON SAN AUGUSTINE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM Z 10? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. ALL RIGHT. UM, ONE, UM, SORRY, I THINK EVERYBODY'S HERE. 10, UM, 10 IN FAVOR? ONE OPPOSED? UH, MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEM [ Items P-2 & Z-12] Z 12. SORRY, Z 12 P TWO. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR Z UH, Z 12 P TWO AMENDING THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN FROM SUBURBAN TIER TO SPECIALIZED CENTER FROM C TWO C THREE, AND R FIVE TO I ONE AND C ONE GENERALLY LOCATED THE 16 9,000 BLOCK OF NACODOCHES ROAD. STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL 114 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR? ONE OPPOSED? ROLLING RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. AND I MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS FROM THE HOUSING ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION AND, UH, EMAILS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ON THEIR APPROVAL FOR THIS PROJECT. OKAY. THERE WAS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. WAS THERE SECOND ITEM Z 12 AND P TWO SECOND. ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COURAGE FOR APPROVAL OF Z 12 AND P TWO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, [22. 21-2162 City Manager's Report] UH, WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, BUT BEFORE THAT, DO WE HAVE, UH, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? ERIC? YES, SIR. UM, LET ME, UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? MAYOR? MAYOR, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. WE HAVE YOU LOUD AND CLEAR HEARING. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. SO, UM, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK UPDATES. UH, ONE IS ON THE, UM, THE CITY'S ANNUAL VITA, UH, PROGRAM. UH, EACH YEAR OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES COLLABORATES WITH UNITED WAY, UH, CATHOLIC CHARITIES, ST. PHILIP'S COLLEGE, AND A WHOLE, UH, SLEW OF OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE FREE INCOME TAX PREPARATIONS FOR HOUSEHOLDS, UH, WITH AN ANNUAL INCOME OF LESS THAN $55,000, UM, THROUGH A PROGRAM, UH, KNOWN AS VIDA. IT STANDS FOR THE VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THE, THIS YEAR THE VIDA ASSISTANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NINE LOCATIONS WHERE RESIDENTS CAN DROP OFF TAX RELATED DOCUMENTS. WE HAVE ACCOMMODATED, UM, UH, THE PROGRAM FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING, UM, AND, AND SO INDIVIDUALS CAN DROP OFF THEIR TAX RETURNS FOR FREE. UH, WE AL ALSO HAVE, UM, ACCESS, UM, BY PHONE, UH, SMARTPHONE, OR, UM, UH, BY COMPUTER. UM, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT FOR THE FIRST FOUR FULL WEEKS OF THE 2021 VITA PROGRAM, THE PROGRAM HAS ALREADY PREPARED OVER 6,700 RETURNS, RETURNING $15 MILLION IN TAX REFUNDS TO THE SAN ANTONIO AREA, UM, INCLUDING $4.7 MILLION IN THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDITS AND $1.3 MILLION IN THE CHILDCARE OR CHILD TAX CREDITS FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS. UM, THE PROGRAM, UM, SAVES THOSE TAXPAYERS, UH, AN ESTIMATED MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS IN TAX PREPARATION FEES. SO IT IS A, A, UH, HUGELY IMPORTANT PROGRAM, UM, NORMALLY FOR US. AND EVEN MORE SO, UM, UH, THIS YEAR, THE TAX DEADLINE, [03:05:01] UH, IS USUALLY ON, UM, UM, I'M SORRY, IT WILL BE ON APRIL 15TH. THE, THE, THE, THE I R S HAS EXTENDED THE TAX FILING SEASON TO JUNE 15TH FOR TEXAS RESIDENTS DUE TO FEBRUARY'S EXTREME WEATHER EVENT. AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO OPERATE THAT PROGRAM THROUGH JUNE 15TH AT MANY OF THE SITES. UM, THE, UH, TO ENSURE EVERYONE, UH, HAS IN THE COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO THE PROGRAM, UH, BEGINNING ON TUESDAY, MARCH 23RD, UH, OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE DIVIDED TEAM WILL BEGIN PROVIDING TAX RETURN PREPARATION FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, UM, AT THE SAN FERNANDO GYM HOMELESS RESOURCE HUB. UM, THEY'LL BE ON SITE ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. UM, THAT'LL BE CRITICAL, UH, FOR, UH, THOSE, UM, INDIVIDUALS, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN GET ACCESS TO THE, UH, ECONOMIC STIMULUS DOLLARS, UM, THAT, UM, THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE LAST, UM, UH, EFFORT THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT. SO WE WILL, WE WILL PUSH OUT, UH, INFORMATION ON THIS PROGRAM TO EACH OF THE COUNCIL OFFICES AS, AS WELL AS THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE ARE DOING THIS, UM, BECAUSE, UM, WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN TOWN, UH, TAKES COMPLETE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM AND OF THE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE INCLUDED WITHIN THE, UH, STIMULUS PACKAGE. UM, I HAVE ONE QUICK SPOTLIGHT, UH, VIDEO. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD EFFORT FOR, UM, FOR US AS A TEAM. TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT TEAM REALLY FOCUSES ON OUR PUBLIC ART TEAM, WHICH, UM, HAS, UM, END ENDURED A LOT OF CHANGE OVER THE LAST YEAR. UM, AND, UM, THE, UH, THE VIDEO, UH, THE EMPLOYEES TALK ABOUT, UH, THEIR WORK AND, UM, HOW IT, UH, TIES BACK TO OUR CORE, UH, MISSION HERE AT THE CITY. SO LET'S, UH, LET'S SHOW, I, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IT, IT IS FITTING DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH THAT THE VIDEO, UH, FEATURES, UM, UH, SUPER CAPABLE AND CREATIVE, UM, UH, WOMEN EMPLOYEES WHO, WHO EXEMPLIFY OUR CORE VALUES AS A, AS AN ORGANIZATION. SO, JOHN, LET'S RUN THE VIDEO AND THEN I'VE GOT ONE MORE ITEM THERE. OUR DEPARTMENT REALLY EMBODIES AND PUTS INTO PRACTICE THE CORE VALUES OF THE CITY, BUT INTEGRITY BEING THAT FOUNDATION AND BEING THAT BUILDING BLOCK, IT ALLOWS US TO ACT IN GOOD FAITH, TO BE TRANSPARENT AND KIND, AND TO WORK AS A TEAM. WE HAVE ABOUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PROJECTS, AND MY ROLE IS TO ASSIGN, ASSIGN THEM TO THE TEAM AND HELP THEM, UH, DO THE PROJECTS. EVERYTHING FROM ENGINEERING, DESIGN, INSTALLATION, SOME IN SOME CASES SOME MAJOR CONSTRUCTION. BIGGEST PROJECT THAT I WAS WORKING ON IS CALLED HAM, WHICH MEANS OUR HOME IN PAJA LATTE, A KAILA TEIN LANGUAGE AT COMANCHE LA GRANT PARK. THAT IS A PUBLIC ARTWORK THAT WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN, UH, TWO LOCAL ARTISTS. AND IT IS MADE OUT OF REINFORCED CONCRETE TO LOOK LIKE STONE AND WOOD. AND IT HAS NUMEROUS, UH, SYMBOLISMS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LOCAL TO SAN ANTONIO. AND IT JUST TELLS STORIES THAT THE EVERYDAY CITIZEN MAYBE DIDN'T KNOW. UM, AND I THINK IT WAS VERY MEANINGFUL. THE PROJECT THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE A WHILE WAS THE TWO WILDLIFE VIEWING BLINDS AT THE ROBERT TOBIN LANDBRIDGE AT PHIL HARBERGER PARK. AND THAT WAS A GREAT PROJECT BECAUSE WE HAD TWO LOCAL ARTISTS THAT WORKED ON A PROJECT AND WORKED AS A TEAM TO DESIGN AND CREATE, UM, TWO WILDLIFE VIEWING BLINDS. SO IT WAS A GREAT CHANCE TO INSERT SOME ART INTO A PLACE THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL INSPIRATIONAL. THE BLOOM PROJECT, THE ORIGINAL INSTALLATION WAS AT MCALLISTER PARK IN, UH, JANUARY, 2019. AND THAT FEATURES THESE OVERSIZED ALMOST ALICE IN WONDERLAND, LIKE FLOWERS THAT GOT EXPANDED TO A CITYWIDE CONCEPT WHERE WE ARE PLANTING THESE FLOWERS JUST ACROSS THE CITY IN SEVERAL PARKS THAT TRAIL HEADS. SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF SEVEN LOCATIONS PLANNED JUST FOR THAT ONE BLOOM PROGRAM. SO THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD DO OUR JOB WITHOUT LEANING ON EACH OTHER. I BELIEVE THESE ARE BRILLIANT YOUNG WOMEN, AND I BELIEVE THAT IN THE FUTURE THEY COULD BE ONE OF THE LEADERS OF OUR CITY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO, YEAH, ON, ON THINGS LIKE THE PANDEMIC AND RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PROGRAMS. UM, A LOT OF, A LOT OF WORK CONTINUED DURING [03:10:01] THE YEAR, SO THANK YOU TO THE DEBBIE, UH, AT, UH, ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND THE ENTIRE TEAM. UH, LASTLY, MAYOR, I DID WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT, AND I DON'T, I I DON'T SEE HIM ON RIGHT NOW, BUT I DO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE CARLOS CONTRERAS FOR HIS 12 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY. UH, TODAY IS HIS LAST A SESSION DAY BEFORE HE EMBARKS ON HIS NEW ROLE AS PRESIDENT AND C E O OF GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SAN ANTONIO. UM, CARLOS HAS BEEN A GREAT FRIEND AND A, A STRONG MEMBER OF THE TEAM. UH, WE WILL, UH, MISS HIM GREATLY, BUT I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE IMPACT, UH, THAT HE'LL HAVE, UH, OVER AT GOODWILL AND ALL THE GOOD WORK THEY DO. UM, CARLOS, UH, HIS LAST DAY WILL BE TOMORROW. YES. UM, HE, HE'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF LEAVE THAT HE IS USING THIS MONTH, AND THEN, UM, HE'LL BEGIN OVER GOODWILL ON APRIL 1ST. SO, CONGRATULATIONS, CARLOS. WE'LL MISS YOU. AND WE WILL, UM, UM, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CALL CARLOS AS HE'S STILL ON THE CITY PAYROLL THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH. SO, AND THEN, UH, I DID WANT TO JUST POINT OUT THAT I'M SURE ALL OF YOU SAW, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK, UM, AND SOME, SEVERAL OF YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER, UM, TWO NEW MEMBERS OF OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM. UH, WE WENT THROUGH A, UH, A NATIONAL SEARCH. WE HAD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES. UH, IT WAS A GOOD PROCESS. UM, BUT, UH, I APPOINTED EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, ALEX LOPEZ AND JEFF COYLE, UH, AS NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. SO I AM EXTREMELY EXCITED. UM, WE ARE CONTINUING, UH, TO, UM, UH, ADDRESS, UM, UH, OTHER, UH, PENDING VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE. UM, AND, UH, BUT I'M EXCITED TO WELCOME THEM ON BOARD AND, UH, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AND, AND, UH, I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THEM IN ADVANCE. MAYOR, THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS MORNING. THANK YOU, UH, ERIC. AND, UM, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, UH, CARLOS, UH, WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU, BUT YOU, WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE FAR AWAY. UH, THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE HERE IN THE CITY, UH, IN, IN SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS HAS BEEN, UH, LIFESAVING IN MANY WAYS FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN SOME PRETTY DIFFICULT SPOTS. UH, OF COURSE WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, UH, YOUR BAILIWICK. BUT, UH, WE WILL REMEMBER YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AIRPORT, TO THE TRICENTENNIAL AND SO MANY OTHER AREAS. UM, THERE'S A, A PLAYER THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY REMEMBERED, UH, WITH ANY ONE PARTICULAR TEAM, UM, THAT HAS GONE DOWN, UH, UN UNCELEBRATED, BUT KNOWN AS PROBABLY THE BEST PINCH HITTER, UH, IN RECENT MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY. HIS NAME'S MATT STARES. HE PLAYED FOR 12 TEAMS OVER 19 YEARS AND HIT I THINK 30 HOME RUNS AND PITCH IN AT BAT. UH, YOU REMIND ME OF MATT STARES, UH, CARLOS, UH, ALWAYS COMING THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH. AND FOR THAT WE ARE, UH, FOREVER GRATEFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CARLOS. COUNCIL MEMBER VIGRAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WANT TO FIRST CONGRATULATE, UH, JEFF AND ALEX FOR YOUR NEW POSITIONS AND YOUR NEW ROLES. UM, ALEX, YOU CANNOT LEAVE ME FROM E W D C. YOU HAVE TO STAY THERE, UM, WITH ME 'CAUSE WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. SO, UM, ERIC, PLEASE DON'T TAKE HER FROM THAT, UH, AREA THERE. UH, JEFF, I HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE, UM, DOING ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU ARE AND JUST, WE'RE JUST PUTTING MORE ON YOUR PLATE, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE GOOD THING. UM, NOW, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. CARLOS, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU COULDN'T JUST HOLD OUT A LITTLE WHILE LONGER UNTIL JUNE. UM, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT. BUT I WANNA THANK YOU FIRST, UM, FOR ALWAYS BEING AVAILABLE. THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME WALK THROUGH THINGS WHEN I NEEDED HELP WALKING THROUGH ITEMS AND SITUATIONS. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING THE STRONG ADVOCATE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AT THE STATE LEVEL IN THE STATE LEDGE, AS WELL AS AT THE FEDERAL LEDGE LEDGE. UM, YOU HAVE BROUGHT A LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM AND THE ABILITY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ISSUE OF WHERE WE NEED TO FIND THE COMMON GROUND. AND THAT HAS BEEN SO IMPORTANT FOR US AND HAS ALLOWED US TO GET A LOT DONE HERE AT THE CITY AND GET A LOT OUT OF THE STATE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS THE STATES TOO. SO WE ARE GOING TO MISS THAT. I'M GOING TO MISS NOT HAVING YOU ON OUR TEAM WHEN WE GO UP TO THE LEGISLATURE AND WHEN WE GO UP AND WHEN WE'RE FIGHTING FOR DC. UM, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE [03:15:01] GOING TO BE DOING GREAT THINGS WITH GOODWILL AND YOU ARE GOING TO HELP TRANSFORM AND MOVE THEM TO ANOTHER LEVEL. SO CONGRATULATIONS, I WILL MISS YOU. I HOPE YOU'RE STILL DOWNTOWN IN THE, IN THE AREA, AND I KNOW I WILL SEE YOU AROUND AT, AT OTHER PLACES. SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU CARLOS, SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, CONGRATULATIONS JEFF AND ALEX FOR YOUR, YOUR NEW ROLE. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. UH, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A, A PLEASURE WORKING WITH, WITH BOTH OF YOU AND, UH, AGAIN, WELL DESERVED. UH, CARLOS, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW ROLE. UM, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, A, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, UH, CONTINUE THE TIES THAT, UH, THE CITY HAS WITH, WITH GOODWILL, AND HOPEFULLY, UM, WE CAN EXPAND THAT THROUGH YOU. AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AND OF COURSE, AS ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY TOOK A FLIGHT WITH ME, UH, AND WENT AND GOT SOME WEST TEXAS BARBECUE, UH, PLEASE KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME ON MY AIRPLANE. THANKS. GOOD LUCK. THANK, THANK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. I'LL TAKE YOU UP ON THAT. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TIO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANNA ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALEX AND JEFF. I, I KNOW IT'S BOTH WELL DESERVED FOR BOTH OF THEM. THEY'LL CONTINUE TO SERVE US ALL, UH, THE GREAT WAY THEY HAVE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. UH, AND I JUST WANNA EXPRESS MY SORROW AT, AT, UH, YOU KNOW, LOSING SOMEONE WHO REALLY, UH, DID SUCH A, A GREAT JOB FOR US. UH, AND SO CARLOS, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA GO ON AND DO A GREAT JOB AT GOODWILL. UH, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS HAD A VERY POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND A A CAN-DO ATTITUDE, AND I'M SURE THAT'S ALWAYS, UH, GONNA BENEFIT GOODWILL. AND, UH, I WISH YOU WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. CARLOS, I WANNA WISH YOU WELL. UH, ALSO, AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HELP THAT YOU'VE GIVEN MY TEAM AND MYSELF, UH, IN, IN MY TIME ON COUNCIL. UH, ONE PARTICULAR EVENT COMES TO MIND, ALTHOUGH YOU HELPED US MANY, MANY TIMES, AND THAT WAS DURING THE TRICENTENNIAL WHEN WE WANTED TO ALSO CELEBRATE THE HUNDREDTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF WOODLAWN LAKE AS A PARK. AND, UH, I HAD, UH, POSTED ON, WE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, COME AND CELEBRATE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY. AND, AND, AND PEOPLE WERE, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME PEOPLE WERE GONNA COME. WE EXPECTED, UH, MAYBE A HUNDRED, UH, TO 200 FOLKS. AND WHEN YOU AND I WERE ABLE TO, WELL, WHEN YOU WERE ABLE TO DIRECT SOME TRICENTENNIAL FUNDING AND, UH, AND WE CHANGED SORT OF THE SCOPE OF THE EVENT TO INCLUDE FIREWORKS, OUR FACEBOOK EVENT WAS OVERSUBSCRIBED. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WERE, WELL, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS OVERSUBSCRIBED. THERE WERE 3000 PEOPLE. AND WE THOUGHT, OH MY GOD, WHAT ARE MY LITTLE OFFICE? RIGHT? LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH 3000 PEOPLE AT THE PARK AT THE SAME TIME? UH, BUT IT WAS A ONE OF MY MOST BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES OF, OF BEING ON COUNCIL. AND I FEEL LIKE I REALLY HAVE YOU TO THANK FOR, FOR MAKING IT AS SPECIAL AS IT WAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. TRUTH BE TOLD, I GREW UP ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM WOODLAWN LAKE. IT WAS REALLY MY PLEASURE. . THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UM, I THINK IT IS REALLY SPECIAL TO HAVE HAD SOMEBODY BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO ALSO BE PART OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT LEADING, UH, IN THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE. UM, I KNOW ERIC'S BORN AND RAISED HERE, AND I KNOW YOU WERE, UH, SPENT MOST OF YOUR TIME, UM, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE NOT LEAVING US FOR ANOTHER, ANOTHER CITY, UM, BECAUSE I, I, I DO REALLY BELIEVE THAT OUR CITY BENEFITS FROM HAVING PEOPLE LIKE YOU, UH, IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. I THINK, UM, UH, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, YOU SERVED A LOT OF ROLES HERE, BUT I DO THINK THE BEST ONE, UM, HAS BEEN, UH, THE 300 BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A SPECIAL CELEBRATION AND, AND I WAS SO GLAD THAT I GOT TO BE HERE, UH, ON THIS COUNCIL AS A PART OF THAT CELEBRATION. AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU GOT TO LEAD US THROUGH THAT. IT WAS THE BIGGEST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION THAT I THINK ANY OF US WILL EVER EXPERIENCE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DID FOR THAT. AND, AND THEN FOR THE INCREDIBLE TRANSFORMATION OF OUR AIRPORT. UM, I THINK THE MAYOR SAID IT CORRECTLY YESTERDAY WHEN HE SAID, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN OUR AIRPORT. UM, AND I DO REMEMBER, AND PERHAPS YOU MAY RECALL THAT, UH, IN SPEAKING [03:20:01] ABOUT OUR AIRPORT NOT SO LONG AGO, I SAID, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE WORST OF ALL THE ONES THAT I HAD EXPERIENCED. UM, AND, UH, AND SO I CAN'T SAY THAT ANYMORE. AND WE KNOW THAT THE FUTURE OF THAT WON'T BE THE CASE EITHER. SO THANKS FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. I KNOW THAT WE'LL BE SEEING A LOT OF YOU OVER AT GOODWILL, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORKFORCE INITIATIVE HAVE AND THE READY TO WORK, UH, INITIATIVE IN SAN ANTONIO. WE, WE KNOW THAT GOODWILL IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, FOR THAT RECOVERY AS WELL. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AND, UM, I HOPE YOU LIKE IT. I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT. I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T, UM, WORKED IN A NONPROFIT BEFORE I HAD ASKED YOU THAT. UM, AND, UH, I, AND I DO, UH, BELIEVE THAT, UM, THAT YOU'LL BE A GREAT ASSET TO THEIR COMPANY JUST AS YOU WERE HERE TO OUR CITY. THANKS A LOT. UH, GODLESS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, ALEX, JEFF, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PROMOTION. THAT'S GREAT. UM, Y'ALL HAVE DONE GREAT WORK IN THE PAST AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT, UH, RELATIONSHIP AND WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL HERE. SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN FOR Y'ALL'S SELECTION. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, IT'S BEEN SAID ALREADY SEVERAL TIMES, BUT, UH, YOU'VE KIND OF PITCHED IN WHERE YOU'VE NEEDED TO. UM, ONE OF MY BEST, UH, MEMORIES ON WHERE YOU'VE REALLY SHINED THROUGH WAS ON THE TRICENTENNIAL. UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A GREAT TIME, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS COLD OUT THERE, AND IT, I MEAN, IT WAS FREEZING, FREEZING, BUT, UH, THE, THE CELEBRATION WENT ON WITHOUT A HITCH. EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME, GREAT TIME. AND, UH, IT WAS, UH, PARTIED, WELL WORTH REMEMBERING. AND IT, IT'S, UH, IT'S MAINLY BECAUSE OF YOU AND PULLING THINGS TOGETHER AND, AND EXECUTING IT ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET. SO, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING. GOOD LUCK TO YOU THERE, GOODWILL, AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU SOME MORE HERE IN THE FUTURE. SO, BEST WISHES TO YOU, CARLOS. THANK YOU, SIR. LIKEWISE, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. MARIN. I JUST WANNA ECHO MY CONGRATULATIONS TO, UM, ALEX AND, AND TO JEFF. I'M EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH YOU, FINDING OUT WHAT AREAS YOU ALL WILL BE FOCUSED ON SO I CAN KNOW WHO TO GO TO ASAP. UM, AND THEN ALSO, I, I FAILED TO MENTION, UM, ONE REALLY IMPORTANT WOMAN ON THE TEAM AND LAURIE HOUSTON EARLIER, AND I HAD HER NAME WRITTEN DOWN. AND I THINK AS I WAS READING THROUGH IT, I, I FAILED TO MENTION THAT LORI HAS DONE JUST A WONDERFUL JOB, UH, ON OUR E L T. AND I JUST WANTED TO, TO, UM, TO PUBLICLY EXPRESS MY THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO HER BECAUSE I FORGOT HER, UH, HER NAME EARLIER WHEN I WAS READING MY NOTES. UM, CARLOS, THANK YOU SO MUCH HER, ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. UM, I THINK I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES YEAH. UM, THROUGHOUT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND YOU'VE ALWAYS GIVEN SOUND ADVICE. AND I THINK WHAT I MOST APPRECIATE ABOUT YOU IS THAT, UM, EVEN THOUGH I MIGHT HAVE BEEN YOUNG AND NAIVE IN SOME OF THOSE POSTS, YOU STILL LISTENED TO WHAT I HAD TO SAY, AND YOU GAVE REALLY SOLID ADVICE. AND I THINK THAT THAT HAS CONTINUED. AND AS I GOT TO WORK WITH YOU ON ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE READY TO WORK, UM, AND EVEN THE I G R, I THINK THAT YOU BELIEVED IN ME. AND EVEN THOUGH SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE PUSHED BACK ON SOME OF MY IDEAS, YOU ENCOURAGED ME TO CONTINUE VOICING THEM AND MAYBE TO FIND WAYS TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THEY WERE GOOD IDEAS. AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND I'LL MISS SEEING YOU SO MUCH, BUT I'M SURE THAT I'LL, I'LL SEE YOU AROUND SOON. SO THANK YOU CATALYST FOR ALL THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, ALEX, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR AMPLIFYING THE VOICE OF DISTRICT TWO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THERE WAS NO ECONOMIC STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DISTRICT TWO WHEN WE CAME INTO OFFICE TO SEE YOUR ELEVATION. IT IS SO DESERVING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING. WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU BEING IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. JEFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW I'VE ASKED YOU SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE AND HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT, AND HOW CAN WE MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS EVEN BETTER? WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND THE WORK THAT YOU DID TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY UP TO DATE ON ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS GOING ON, ON THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL, ON THE STATE LEVEL, AND HERE IN THE CITY, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING TO DO THAT. AND WE ARE SO HAPPY. AND TO SEE THAT YOU ARE NOW IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE JOB THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DO ON A DAILY BASIS. SO WE'RE, WE'RE JUST [03:25:01] EXCITED FOR BOTH OF YOUR ELEVATIONS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND TO SEE THAT WE ARE DOING IT IN-HOUSE WITH OUR VERY OWN SPEAKS TO HOW WE'RE CONTINUING TO MAKE RELEVANT THE ISSUE OF KEEPING THE HOMEGROWN GIFTS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND CARLOS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WE'RE SEEING COMING INTO DISTRICT TWO WOULD TRULY CONTINUE TO BE JUST THE SCRAPS ON THE TABLE AND NOT A FULL FLEDGED MISSION TO PUSH FORTH THE ISSUE OF OVERCOMING THE POVERTY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR DISTRICT. WE ARE SO ELATED TO SEE THAT YOU ARE GROWING INTO THE GIFTS THAT YOU HAVE INSIDE OF YOU. AND YES, GOODWILL, YOU WILL CHANGE LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF WORK. I'VE SEEN IT DONE IN MY OWN LIFE. I'VE SEEN HOW IT HAS CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF WHERE WE ARE GOING. AND YOU, CARLOS, ARE THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU GROW IT FROM HOME AND LET IT FLOURISH IN ITS OWN SKIN. CONTINUOUS BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR BEING THE VOICE, THE DISTRICT WHO NEEDED WHEN IT CAME TO MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE NO LONGER RECEIVING THE SCRAPS ON THE TABLE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HARBOR. THANKS MAYOR IFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOUR WORK AND YOUR DILIGENCE THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAD TO APPOINT TWO PEOPLE TO REPLACE YOU. ALTHOUGH I , I, UH, UH, REALLY RESPECT. I KNOW. I'M KIDDING. I'M KIDDING. UM, BUT I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ADVOCACY, UM, FOR PROJECTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICT SIX. YOU'RE NOT ADVOCATING, YOU WEREN'T JUST ADVOCATING FOR ME. YOU WERE ADVOCATING FOR THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT SIX AND INDEED THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY. SO WE, WE THANK YOU AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR GOOD WORK AT GOODWILL. AND JUST KIDDING, JEFF AND ALEX, I KNOW YOU ALL ARE INCREDIBLE AND AMAZING, AND I'M, I'M VERY LOOKING, I'M LOOKING FORWARD VERY MUCH TO WORKING WITH YOU IN YOUR NEW CAPACITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCILS MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. AND ONE MORE THING I FORGOT, DR. BRIDGER AND IT'S WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND I HAVE ENCOURAGED DR. BRIDGER BRIDGER TO LIKE WRITE A BOOK, UM, OR SOMETHING. AND SHE'S THE OTHER MEMBER OF THE E L T TEAM THAT I, I FAILED TO MENTION, UM, EARLIER. UH, SO THANK YOU DR. BRIDGER, FOR ALL YOU DO, ALL YOU'VE BEEN DOING. UM, WE CELEBRATE YOU EVERY DAY AND I KNOW WE PROBABLY CALL YOU ALMOST EVERY DAY RIGHT NOW WITH VACCINE. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING OUR CALLS. AND THEN CARLOS, UM, I, I FORGOT IN, IN GOOD SPIRIT. I JUST WANNA SAY HOOK THEM. WELCOME. UH, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. WELCOME. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RO GARCIA AND, UH, TO THE, UH, RELATIVELY NEW ARRIVALS OF VETERANS OF THE CITY ORGANIZATION, UH, JEFF AND ALEX. UH, IT'S BEEN EXCITING TO SEE YOU CLIMB, UH, THE LADDER IN THE ORGANIZATION AND IT'S BEEN A JOY TO WORK WITH YOU BOTH. UH, YOU'RE BOTH IN REALLY, UH, CRITICAL, UH, POSITIONS NOW AT, UH, VERY IMPORTANT TIMES FOR OUR CITY. SO, UH, WE WILL BE LEANING ON YOU AND VICE VERSA AND VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN YOUR CAPACITY. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH. ALRIGHT, UM, WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR SPECIAL SESSION AT ONE O'CLOCK. UH, SO THE TIME IS 12:37 PM ON THIS MARCH, UH, 18TH, 2021 THURSDAY. AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND DELIBERATE DISCUSS THE ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR MARCH 17TH, BUT NOT REACHED Y'ALL ON THE OTHER SIDE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANKS. AFTERNOON TIME IS 1:18 PM ON THIS THURSDAY, MARCH 18TH, 2021. CITY COUNCIL'S RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. OUR A SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED AND MOMENTARILY. WE WILL BEGIN OUR SPECIAL SESSION SCHEDULED FOR ONE O'CLOCK. ONE SEC. THANKS, J. * 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.