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SUNSET. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION. 
          UH, THIS MAY 6TH, 2021. 
          TIME IS 9:16 AM MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER TRIVIO? HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO HARRA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR NURNBERG HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          UH, TO START US TODAY, I'M GOING TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          [1. 21-3303 Invocation]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          AND IT IS MY TREMENDOUS HONOR TO HAVE WITH US TODAY, PASTOR JOSEPH GARRETT. 
          I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM BEFORE HE SHARES HIS PRAYER WITH US. 
          PASTOR JOSEPH GARRETT IS A COMMUNITY BUILDER THAT HAS SERVED OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. 
          HE IS CURRENTLY IN HIS 12TH YEAR AS PASTOR FOR LIVING CHURCH AT WOODLAWN POINT. 
          IF YOU DON'T KNOW WOODLAWN POINT IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL. 
          SO THAT'S HOW , THAT'S HOW I KNOW IT. 
          AND UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE CHURCH HAS INCREASED ITS CONGREGATION SIZE AND THE SCOPE OF ITS SOCIAL JUSTICE OUTREACH BY BRINGING TOGETHER DIVERSE GROUPS AND AIDING THE MARGINALIZED IN PARTICULAR. 
          I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT UNDER HIS, UH, UNDER THE ROOF OF THIS CHURCH, UH, ARE HOUSED A NUMBER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING FIESTA YOUTH, UH, AMERICAN ORGANIZATION FOR IMMIGRANTS AND DOMESTIC UNIDAS, WHICH IS A LABOR ORGANIZATION FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS. 
          PASTOR JOSEPH IS THE FOUNDER AND CHAIR EMERITUS OF PRIDE CENTER SAN ANTONIO. 
          HE'S ALSO THE CREATOR AND DIRECTOR OF WOODLAWN POINT CENTER FOR COMMUNITY, WHICH PROVIDES OFFICE AND MEETING SPACE FOR OVER 25 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE ONES I MENTIONED ALONG WITH PROJECT PROM, DRESS, JOFFREY, TEXAS BALLET AS WELL. 
          PASTOR JOSEPH STUDIED WORLD RELIGIONS AT BROWARD COLLEGE IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND HAS SERVED AS A MINISTER IN FLORIDA AND GEORGIA. 
          A BLESSING IN HIS LIFE IS HIS SPOUSE, CHRISTIAN HURON, WHO'S HERE WITH US TODAY. 
          PASTOR GARRETT HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER TO OUR OFFICE IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND WAS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL IN COORDINATING A VACCINE DRIVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY LAST MONTH AT THE CHURCH. 
          I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM JOIN US TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, PASTOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INVITE. 
          THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, UH, IN ORDER, AND I'M HONORED TO BE HERE ON THIS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, WHICH WAS CREATED IN 1952 BY JOINT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS AND SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN. 
          THE RESOLUTION READS A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER ON WHICH THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY TURN TO GOD IN PRAYER AND MEDITATION AT CHURCHES AND GROUPS AND AS INDIVIDUALS. 
          SO AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY IN THIS GROUP, LET US TURN TO GOD IN OUR INDIVIDUAL UNDERSTANDINGS WITH PRAYER OR CENTERING MEDITATION FOR THE GOOD OF OUR NATION AND FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. 
          WILL YOU JOIN ME INFINITE LIFE, BOUNDLESS GOOD ALL KNOWING WISDOM. 
          GOD, WITH THIS HERE AND NOW IN WHOSE PERFECT LOVE, WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING AS WE ASSEMBLE HERE TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THAT CITY, WHICH IS DEEP IN OUR HEARTS. 
          REMIND US, WE PRAY 
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THAT AT THE HEART OF OUR DIVINE BEING, WE ARE ONE WITH YOU, ONE WITH EACH OTHER, ONE WITH THE AIR WE BREATHE, AND THE PLANET WE LIVE. 
          MAY THE DECISIONS OF OUR TODAY EXPRESS OUR DEEP DESIRE TO CREATE THE CITY OF OUR TOMORROWS IN THE HIGHEST AND BEST GOOD OF ALL. 
          AS IT IS WRITTEN, LET US LOOK NOT TO OUR OWN INTEREST, BUT TO THE INTEREST OF OTHERS. 
          ALLOW THIS SAME MIND TO BE IN US, THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO BEING IN VERY NATURE GOD DID NOT CONSIDER EQUALITY WITH GOD. 
          SOMETHING TO BE USED TO HIS OWN ADVANTAGE, RATHER HUMBLED HIMSELF, TAKING THE VERY NATURE OF A SERVANT AS WE UNITE WITH THE NATION IN PRAYER TODAY, INVOKING ALL OF US, THE SPIRIT OF SERVANTHOOD AS WE GIVE THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW WONDERFUL, HOW DIVERSE, AND HOW CARING A CITY TRULY CAN BE, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE'LL DO. 
          AND WE'LL DO IT AS INDIVIDUALS, AS GROUPS, AND AS CHURCHES. 
          AND WE'LL DO IT TOGETHER IN INFINITE LOVE. 
          AMEN. 
          [2. 21-3304 Pledge of Allegiance]
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDERGONE INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU PASTOR GARRETT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THE FIRST ITEM 
          [3. 21-3305 Approval of Minutes from the City Council Meetings of March 31, 2021, April 1, 2021 and April 7, 2021]
ON OUR AGENDA TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 31ST, APRIL 1ST AND APRIL 7TH. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. 
          SO MOVED. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          MINUTES AS STATED. 
          UH, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION CARRIE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, BEFORE WE START TODAY, UH, 
          [Additional Item #1]
I DO WANT TO, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF POINTS OF PRIVILEGE, UH, AND I'M GONNA START, UH, VERY SADDENED TO LEARN THIS MORNING AND TO, UH, INFORM YOU ALL THAT A BELOVED MEMBER OF OUR CITY TEAM PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT. 
          UH, BRANDON SMITH, UH, FROM OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, UH, PASSED AWAY. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, BRANDON SERVED THIS, UH, CITY ADMIRABLY FOR TWO DECADES, 20 YEARS. 
          UH, MANY OF US HAVE KNOWN HIM IN CONTEXT OUTSIDE OF WORK. 
          UH, YOU MAY HAVE BEEN, UM, PART OF HIS CHOIR. 
          UH, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD HIS PRAYERS BEFORE THIS CHAMBER. 
          UM, I REMEMBER VERY CLEARLY THROWING A 40TH BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR MY WIFE ERIC AT GUADALUPE, UH, THEATER. 
          AND WE ASKED BRANDON TO, UH, DO A RENDITION OF JOHN LEGENDS, ALL OF ME. 
          AND, UM, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE MISTAKEN HIM FOR, FOR JOHN LEGEND. 
          UM, NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE ARE VERY SADDENED AND, UH, GRIEF STRICKEN BECAUSE OF BRANDON'S LOSS. 
          AND SO I'LL ASK YOU ALL, UH, TO JOIN US FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          AT THIS TIME, 
          [Additional Item #2]
I'D LIKE TO TURN THE FLOOR TO COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN WITH A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, YES, GOD BLESS BRANDON. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT HE HAS HIS HOME GOING TODAY, AND HE'S CROWNED SO, UH, BLESSINGS TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY. 
          UH, TODAY I WANT TO, UH, TALK ABOUT AND CELEBRATE THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MISSION BRANCH LIBRARY IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          MISSION BRANCH LIBRARY WAS OPENED ON APRIL 30TH, 2011, AND A SERIES OF ARTWORKS CREATED BY SAN ANTONIO NATIVE CHRIS SOLDER CAN BE SEEN IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE LIBRARY. 
          UM, WE HAVE HAD 10 YEARS HERE. 
          WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL, UM, THE DESIGN WAS AN AWARD-WINNING DESIGN. 
          ACTUALLY, IT WON THE NATIONAL A I A AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION AWARD IN 2015. 
          UM, THIS, IT WON AN HONOR AWARD FOR THE SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER OF THE A I A IN 2016. 
          AND IN 2012, IT WAS THE MAYOR'S CHOICE AWARD. 
          SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HOW THIS REFLECTS IN OUR, ON THE CAMPUS OF THE OLD 
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MISSION DRIVE IN THEATER. 
          UM, AND IF YOU SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THEN AND NOW, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, IT'S PRETTY, UM, REMARKABLE OF WHERE WE HAVE, WHERE WE'VE COME. 
          THIS PLACE HAS BEEN TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          DISTRICT THREE, UM, THE INVESTMENT THAT CAME INTO PURCHASING ALL OF THIS AREA. 
          THIS AREA HAS THE WIFI INSIDE OUTSIDE. 
          IT GIVES ACCESS TO DIGITAL ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S LONG NEEDED. 
          IT. 
          WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF SHOWCASES IN THIS LIBRARY. 
          THIS WAS OUR NOE, UM, SHOWCASE IN THE, IN THE LIBRARY. 
          AND I WAS HONORED TO BE THERE FOR THE FIVE YEAR CELEBRATION WITH THE PINATA. 
          AND EVERYONE WAS GATHERING OUT THERE IN THE COURTYARD WITH THE BEAUTIFUL, UH, QUATTRO FOIL. 
          UH, THAT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE. 
          AND IT HAS BEEN A PLACE WHERE OUR SENIORS GATHER TO PLAY, UM, YES, PINGING PONG. 
          IT'S WHERE THEY GATHER AND THEY DO, UM, THEY HAVE ANIME AND OUR TEENS GATHER TOGETHER AND HAVE SUCH A GREAT TIME. 
          IT HAS BEEN JUST A LOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND I'M SO PROUD OF WHAT THIS HAS DONE TO JUST IMPACT AND BE A GATHERING PLACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS THERE WITH PLENTY OF LIVELY CONVERSATION AND DISCOURSE, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED INVESTMENT. 
          UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THIS AREA IS TO, UM, PUT A TRAIL. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY GARDEN THERE AND A PLAYGROUND IN THE BACK OF IT. 
          AND WE ALSO ARE GOING TO PUT A TRAIL THAT CONNECTS TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE LIBRARY GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO MISSION SAN JOSE. 
          AND IT IS JUST A JOY. 
          AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND ALL OF YOU TO PLEASE VISIT OUR BEAUTIFUL MISSION BRANCH LIBRARY. 
          IT WAS CELEBRATED ONLINE THIS YEAR, SO YOU CAN GO CHECK OUT, UM, THE WORK THAT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE DONE, ESPECIALLY THE LIBRARIANS AT MISSION BRANCH LIBRARY, AND, UM, ALL OF THE WORKERS THERE. 
          THEY'RE HAPPY TO BE BACK AND I KNOW OUR RESIDENTS ARE HAPPY TO BE BACK THERE AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          OKAY, UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO OUR, UH, CONSENT 
          [Consent Agenda]
AGENDA. 
          AND SO, UH, WE DO HAVE TWO ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          ITEMS FOUR, ITEMS FIVE. 
          UM, WE ALSO ARE GOING TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          ITEM 16, ON ZONING, WE HAVE ITEMS Z ONE AND Z THREE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL, UH, FOR THE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION TODAY? 12 ITEM 12, DISTRICT 10. 
          ANY OTHERS? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          I MOVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          MAYOR. 
          SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 4 5 12 16 Z ONE AND Z THREE. 
          ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE A ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP, OR TWO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          I'LL CALL THEM NOW. 
          JACK FINGER SPEAKING ON ITEMS 19 Z EIGHT, P THREE Z 12 AND Z 14. 
          YES. 
          ONE. 
          MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. 
          FINGER. 
          YES. 
          FIRST OF ALL, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING. 
          UH, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          TODAY IS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, WHERE WE PRAY FOR OUR NATION, OUR, OUR STATE OF TEXAS, AND OUR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, UM, WE, WE, THE, WE, THE, THE FAITHFUL. 
          WE, WE PRAY, PRAY FOR OUR, OUR LEADERS BECAUSE WHEN THE, UH, WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS RULE, WE REJOICE WHEN THE WICKED RULE WE GROAN. 
          SO, UM, I'LL LET YOU THE VIEWER DECIDE WHO WE HAVE RULING US TODAY. 
          NOW, OH. 
          AND, UM, MY ONE PERSON WHO WILL NOT BE JOINING US IN OUR RELIGIOUS LEADERS, PASTORS WHO JOIN US, LEAD US IN OUR PRAYERS TODAY, WIL GARRELL RIPLEY. 
          HE HAS JOINED US IN YEARS PAST. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THESE DAYS, HE IS SUFFERING FROM A VERY LIFE-THREATENING AFFLICTION. 
          AND, UM, WELL, HE, I'M SURE HE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS AS WELL. 
          ALSO, I, I ALSO TO THANK, UM, THANK, UH, UH, THE, OUR FACT THAT WE HAD MR. BRANDON SMITH BE OUR, UH, MEMBER OF OUR TEAM. 
          AND AT I TIME, AT TIMES, I 
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ENJOYED MANY OF HIS, UH, INVOCATIONS AS WELL ON THIS, THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE, UM, THE CONS, THE, THE ZONING ITEM, UH, 19 I, I NOTICED IS STILL HERE. 
          AND I NOTICED THAT, UH, THAT'S AN, THAT'S AN ALCOHOL VARIANCE IN, UH, MS. UH, GONZALEZ'S DISTRICT. 
          YES, MS. GONZALEZ, YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE, UM, UH, WELL, SHE, SHE'S NOT HERE AT THIS TIME. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          IF Y'ALL WOULD, UH, PULL THAT ONE AND VOTE AGAINST IT, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT 300 FEET FROM THE LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          ALSO ON THIS, UH, THIS, THAT PORTION OF THE AGENDA. 
          UH, Z ONE IS THE, UH, WELL, LET'S SEE. 
          I TAKE IT BACK. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          IT IS, UH, Z Z EIGHT. 
          YES. 
          IN, I'M JUST, THERE'S SO MANY HERE. 
          I'M TRYING TO GET IT ALL ORGANIZED. 
          YES. 
          AND ONCE AGAIN, IN MS. GONZALEZ DISTRICT, MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN PULL THAT ONE TOO. 
          A TATTOO PARLOR IS SCHEDULED TO BE PLACED THERE. 
          UH, DO WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER TATTOO PARLOR IN TOWN? UM, AND, UH, MR. MR. PERRY, IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU HAVE A, A USED CAR LOT GOING ON, UH, ESTABLISHED BEING THERE AS WELL. 
          THERE MAY, I THINK YOU, YOU PULLED THAT ONE. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT ONE THERE. 
          A USED CAR LOT DO LIKE WE DO. 
          WE NEED ANOTHER USED CAR LOT AROUND HERE. 
          UM, THE, UM, AND FINALLY, UM, IN, UH, ONCE AGAIN, MR. PERRY, IN YOUR DISTRICT THERE IS A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR FACILITIES SCHEDULED FOR Z 14. 
          I KNOW THAT AT LEAST THE NORTHERN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSE THAT PROBABLY 'CAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO SOME NEARBY SINGLE RESIDENCES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. 
          JAMES MCKNIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU JAMES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, THAT'S EVERYONE WHO'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, UH, ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          UM, I'LL PAUSE FOR A MOMENT IF THERE ARE ANY DISCUSSION, UH, FROM CITY COUNCIL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 17 THAT I'M KEEPING ON CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE APPROVAL OF A CHAPTER THREE 80 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MISSION DRIVE AND TOURS AND BITTER BLUE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THIS IS FOR MORE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          BRAND NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING ON 23 ACRES IN THE HARLANDALE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE DO NEED MORE NEW HOUSING STOCK IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR. 
          SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED HERE. 
          I'M ALSO VERY PROUD THAT, UH, THE MISSION DRIVE IN TURS IS NOW MOVING AT A VERY, UM, HEALTHY PACE. 
          I'LL SAY HEALTHY OKAY. 
          VETO. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE NEED TO, WE ARE SEEING THE INVESTMENT, WE'RE SEEING THE DEVELOPMENT, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO, TO SAY THAT WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOMA MESA, WHICH WAS PART OF THE MISSION DRIVE IN TOURS, AND THAT'S ANOTHER SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE HAVE OUR WORLD HERITAGE ORGANIZATION, THE CITY TO THE MISSION CONNECTIVITY ON SAN SAN JOSE DRIVE. 
          WE HAVE OUR MISSION ROAD SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY THAT THE TURS ALSO INVESTED IN AND NIETZCHE. 
          UM, MEXICANA COMIDA IS DOING A BRAND NEW BEAUTIFUL RESTAURANT ON, UM, ROOSEVELT BECAUSE OF THIS MISSION DRIVE IN TOURS. 
          SO WE SEE WHEN WE LEVERAGE OUR, ALL OF THE, THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR TOOLBOX ECONOMICALLY, WE CAN DO SOME GREAT THINGS. 
          AND MARY FORGOT TO MENTION THE TRUSTEES FROM THE MISSION LIBRARY FROM THE BOARD REPRESENTING, UH, DISTRICT THREE, UH, GRACE MARENGO SANCHEZ, MARGARITA LEON, AND JOSIE RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ, AS WELL AS DEBRA GUERRERO, WHO WAS ONE OF THE, THE DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVES. 
          THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK WITH MISSION LIBRARY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, AND I, I AM SPEAKING ON ITEM Z ONE. 
          UM, I WANNA THANK, TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT AND, UH, THANK THE MONTE VISTA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD, N C D MONTE VISTA TERRACE. 
          NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, CONSERVATION EFFORT IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN IN THE MAKING SINCE LATE 2017. 
          OVER 100 RESIDENTS SUBMITTED TO MY OFFICE REQUESTING A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION TO HELP PROTECT THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF MONTEA TERRACE COMMUNITY. 
          I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT AND ENSURE THAT THE LOOK AND FEEL OF ONE OF THE DISTRICT'S MOST DISTINCT NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE MAINTAINED FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 
          WE HAVE 
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A HANDFUL OF CITY THAT HAVE UNDERTAKEN THIS EFFORT AND NOW STAND AS A MODEL OF TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE. 
          I'D LIKE TO OFFER A SPECIAL THANKS TO MARY JOHNSON, SHERRY SHARON SINGER OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COMMITTEE. 
          WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE GUIDANCE AND OUR CITY STAFF EFFORT AND ONE TRULY PROUD OF ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          ALRIGHT, IT'S EVERYONE ON, UH, ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          SO WITH THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR INDIVIDUAL, INDIVIDUAL, UH, ITEMS, UH, LET ME TURN THE 
          [Additional Item #3]
FLOOR TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND TODAY I HAVE THE HONOR OF RECOGNIZING ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES AT OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY. 
          AND, UM, THIS WEEKEND, THE SISTERS OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE ARE GOING TO MARK AN ERA AT THE ULU COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY. 
          THE LAST SISTER ON THE OUR LADY OF LAKE UNIVERSITY FACULTY IS GOING TO STEP DOWN AFTER 42 YEARS. 
          AND SO THAT IS SISTER MARGARET NAJI. 
          SHE BEGAN TEACHING AT OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY IN 1979. 
          THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 SISTERS OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE, UH, PROVIDENCE IN THE FACULTY AT THAT TIME. 
          TODAY, THERE IS ONE HUNGARIAN BORN CHILD, REFUGEE OF WORLD WAR II, WHO STARTED TEACHING AT HER ALMA MATER WHEN JIMMY CARTER WAS PRESIDENT. 
          SISTER NAJI. 
          PROFESSOR OF HISTORY HAS COMPLETED A REMARKABLE 42 YEAR TENURE AT ULU. 
          SHE CO-FOUNDED THE CENTER FOR WOMEN IN CHURCH AND SOCIETY, CONDUCTED POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO SCHOOL OF LAW AS A FULBRIGHT VISITING PROFESSOR, AND ESTABLISHED A COURSE IN MODERN JAPANESE HISTORY. 
          SISTER NAJI ALSO COORDINATED A BINATIONAL JAPAN US CEREMONY AT THE ALAMO, AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE JAPAN AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IN 2015, THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN PRESENTED HER WITH THE ORDER OF RISING SUN GOLD RAYS WITH NECK RIBBON. 
          IN RECOGNITION OF HER WORK, IN PROMOTING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES, THE LAST MEMBER OF THE CONGREGATION OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE TO TEACH FULL-TIME AT THE UNIVERSITY, SHE WILL TEACH AN ADVANCED EUROPE DIRECTED STUDY. 
          STILL IN JULY, HER NEW PURSUIT WILL BE TRANSLATING THE HUNGARIAN MEMOIR OF HER, HER MARIANIST PRIEST UNCLE WHO WROTE ABOUT HIS YEARS UNDER GERMAN AND HUNGARIAN NAZISM AND RUSSIAN COMMUNISM. 
          SHE ALSO PLANS TO CHRONICLE HER OWN FAMILY'S REFUGEE STORY. 
          BORN IN BUD BUDAPEST, SHE FLED THE COUNTY, THE COUNTRY WITH HER FAMILY AT AGE TWO AND LIVED IN GERMAN REFUGEE CAMPS. 
          AFTER WORLD WAR II, THE FAMILY MOVED TO THE US AND SETTLED IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AFTER GRADUATING WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN HISTORY, SISTER NAJI EARNED A MASTER'S FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, JACKSON SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, EAST ASIAN STUDIES, AND A DOCTORATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. 
          WITH AN EMPHASIS IN THE HISTORY OF JAPAN, MODERN CHINA, AND US SOCIAL AND URBAN HISTORY. 
          OVER THE DECADES, SISTER NAJI HAS RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE RECOGNITION FOR HER TEACHING. 
          AMONG HER HONORS IS A YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS EDUCATION AWARD. 
          I'M HONORED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TEACH ALONG HER SIDE AND TO LEARN FROM HER, UM, VERY, VERY SMART, UH, WAY OF USING TECHNOLOGY AND INCORPORATING TECHNOLOGY INTO THE CLASSROOM. 
          BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SHE USES TECHNOLOGY BETTER THAN A LOT OF THE YOUNGER FACULTY MEMBERS. 
          SO, CONGRATULATIONS SYSTEM. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR ALLOWING ME TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          OKAY, UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. SO LET'S START WITH ITEM FOUR. 
          [4. 21-3533 Status update briefing from the Committee on Emergency Preparedness. [Chair Reed Williams, Committee on Emergency Preparedness; Ben Gorzell Jr., Chief Financial Officer]]
LET ME TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO, UH, CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THIS MORNING, UH, WE HAVE AN UPDATE WE ADDED TO THEIR AGENDA. 
          UM, AS, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, THE UNPRECEDENTED WINTER STORM THAT WE ALL EXPERIENCED IN FEBRUARY EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED, UH, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, MAYOR, UH, MAYOR NUREMBERG, UM, APPOINTED A COMMITTEE, UH, ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, UH, TO FIND OUT WHY. 
          ESSENTIALLY TWO THINGS. 
          FIND OUT WHY, UH, IT HAPPENED AND, AND RECOMMEND, UM, UH, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE OR CHANGED TO BETTER BE PREPARED FOR THESE TYPES OF CASCADING EVENTS, UH, IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE FOCUS OF THE COMMITTEE IS ON OUR UTILITIES AND 
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OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPERATIONS. 
          UH, MR. REED WILLIAMS, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, IS HERE THIS MORNING TO GIVE THE COUNCIL AN UPDATE. 
          AND, UH, JUST SO THAT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, UH, RE RE UH, KNOWS WHO'S ON THE COMMITTEE. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, I'M SORRY. 
          FORMER COUNCILMAN REED WILLIAMS IS THE CHAIR, UH, RETIRED GENERAL. 
          UH, ED RICE IS THE VICE CHAIR. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ROCHA GARCIA, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ANNA SANDOVAL, UH, COUNCILMAN MANNY ELIAS. 
          AND COUNCILMAN, UH, CLAYTON PERRY ON THE COMMITTEE. 
          IN ADDITION TO, UH, UH, ATTORNEY LISA TATUM. 
          SO VERY WELL-ROUNDED GROUP. 
          UM, THEY HAVE BEEN MEETING PRACTICALLY EVERY FRIDAY. 
          UH, WE HAVE A WEBSITE ONLINE AND EVERYTHING IS BEING PLACED AND STREAMED, UH, LIVE, UH, ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          SO IT'S BEEN A VERY TRANSPARENT PROCESS. 
          AND WITH THAT, UH, INTRODUCTION, BRIEF INTRODUCTION, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, REED. 
          THANKS, ERIC. 
          UH, WELL, THIS IS GONNA BE TOUGH ON MY EYES, BUT ANYWAY, LET'S JUST DO IT OFF THE CUFF. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. 
          WE'VE GOT, UM, A LOT OF WORK TO DO. 
          WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK, AND I'VE GOT A GREAT COMMITTEE, UH, FOUR OF, UH, YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE ON THE COMMITTEE. 
          UH, WE STARTED AND WE HAVE MET EVERY FRIDAY, NOT MOST FRIDAYS. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE DONE OUR WORK, UH, I THINK, UH, REASONABLY FAST, NOT AS FAST AS WE'D ALL LIKE, BUT IT'S COMING ALONG PRETTY GOOD. 
          NOW, WHAT WERE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? THE MAYOR MADE IT VERY CLEAR. 
          WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY IT HAPPENED, AND COME UP WITH SOME REASONS WHY IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. 
          IT WASN'T A REAL HARD CHARGE, BUT IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED PROBLEM. 
          SO, IN THE PROCESS, WE MADE THE FIRST DECISION THAT THIS WOULD ALL BE DONE IN LIVESTREAM. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK, UM, BEN GZE, ERIC, UM, ALEX, ALL THE FOLKS THAT REALLY WORKED HARD TO GET THIS ONLINE. 
          WE WANTED A SEPARATE, UH, A WEBSITE SO WE COULD POST THE INFORMATION. 
          FOLKS SUFFERED A LOT AND THEY NEEDED ANSWERS FAST. 
          IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT DOING THE TRADITIONAL STUDY. 
          PUT OUT A REPORT. 
          WE'RE POSTING STUFF, INFORMATION. 
          AS WE GET IT. 
          WE'RE GATHERING OUR INFORMATION. 
          AND, UH, IN THE, INITIALLY WE TOOK ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THAT WE COULD, OVER 200, WE CONDENSED THOSE INTO, I GOTTA GET THE NUMBER. 
          WE CONDENSED THOSE INTO ABOUT 162 REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION. 
          OKAY? SO, AND SINCE THEN WE'VE GOT OVER 400 NEW QUESTIONS. 
          AND THE, UH, BEN AND HIS UTILITY GROUP ARE CONSOLIDATING THOSE AND TRIAGING BETWEEN THE THREE GROUPS. 
          AND THEN TRYING TO MAKE MAXIMUM UP WITH THE EXISTING RFIS. 
          WE REALLY HAVEN'T FOUND A LOT OF NEW RFIS. 
          WE NEED TO WRITE PEOPLE'S CONCERNS. 
          AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE FIRST BATCH OF CONCERNS AND THE FIRST BATCH OF QUESTIONS REALLY PRETTY MUCH COVERED THE CONCERNS. 
          BUT WE'LL KEEP LOOKING AT THOSE. 
          WE'LL KEEP MATCHING 'EM UP TO RFIS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS CONTINUES TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          BECAUSE THIS WAS ABOUT COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          OKAY? IF YOU LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 90% OF THE RFIS BACK. 
          IT VARIES BETWEEN GROUPS. 
          UH, SAS IS, IS A HUNDRED PERCENT REPLIED AND COSA IS 98. 
          UM, C P SS IS AROUND 50 52. 
          THE PROBLEM THERE IS THEY'RE IN A LITIGATION. 
          THERE'S SEVERAL OF THE QUESTIONS, THEY'RE JUST NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO ANSWER. 
          BUT, UH, EVERYBODY HAS BEEN RESPONSIVE. 
          THEY'RE WORKING HARD. 
          UH, WE AREN'T COMPLETE ON THE QUESTIONS. 
          SO IF WE'RE SOMEWHERE AROUND 90% THE FIRST ROUND IN, WE'RE BACK TO ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE ANSWERS BEING COMPLETE. 
          BECAUSE WE TOLD EACH ONE OF THE GROUPS AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS, YOU ANSWER A QUESTION THAT MIGHT BRING UP ANOTHER QUESTION, OR YOUR QUESTION MIGHT NOT BE COMPLETE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP DRILLING DOWN ON THAT. 
          AND, AND WE HAVE, NOW, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT I THINK I HAVE TO TELL YOU TODAY IS WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO BE FINISHED BY THE 15TH OF JUNE. 
          OKAY? JUST PUT THAT RIGHT THERE, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A PUSH. 
          UH, IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY TOUGH PUSH. 
          'CAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME ANALYSIS TO DO TO, TO BALANCE SOME SYSTEMS AND TO LOOK AT SOME STUFF, BUT THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          SO THE PROCESS, I BELIEVE, WAS VERY TRANSPARENT. 
          WE'VE ENGAGED THE PUBLIC ELECTRONICALLY, AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCORPORATE EVERY CONCERN THAT I'VE SEEN. 
          THE, UM, THE FACT THAT, THAT WE'VE GOT A SYSTEM HERE. 
          AND AS DECISION MAKERS AND LEADERS OF THIS COMMUNITY, I WANT TO TALK A MINUTE ABOUT THE GAME WE'RE PLAYING IN. 
          OKAY? LATER, I'LL ASK ANY INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT ANY ONE OF THE ENTITIES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING WITH. 
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THE GAME IS A FAILED SYSTEM, OKAY? AND I BELIEVE IT GOES BACK TO ABOUT, UM, 99, 2000, UH, WHEN WE OPTED IN FOR COMPETITION. 
          SOME CITIES OPTED IN CITIES LIKE OURSELVES, THE RURAL, THE EAS, THE RURAL ELECTRIC FOLKS DID NOT OPT INTO COMPETITION. 
          WHAT THAT'S DONE IS IT'S GOT A HIGH, WE'VE GOT A, A HYBRID MODEL OUT THERE. 
          THEY GOT A HYBRID ECONOMIC MODEL. 
          WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE THAT BUY FUEL, RUN IT THROUGH A PLANT, PRODUCE ELECTRICITY, SELL IT, COLLECT THEIR MONEY. 
          YOU'VE GOT FOLKS LIKE US THAT ARE SITTING THERE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITIES, GROW OUR COMMUNITIES, TAKE CARE OF OUR CITIZENS. 
          I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE, THE POWER PRODUCERS AREN'T GOING TO NOT COLLECT THEIR RECEIVABLES FOR A YEAR TO 14 MONTHS. 
          LIKE, WE HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR CITIZENS. 
          SO WE REALLY, WE'RE KIND OF PLAYING ON THE SAME FIELD. 
          IT'S TEXAS, IT'S ERCOT, BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE PLAYING FOOTBALL, SOME PEOPLE ARE PLAYING SOCCER. 
          AND WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT. 
          AND IT AIN'T GONNA CHANGE. 
          OKAY? AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA GET MUCH HELP FROM AUSTIN, DON'T, DON'T LOOK NORTH, IT DIDN'T COME. 
          THEY MIGHT DO A FEW THINGS AROUND THE EDGES. 
          THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM SOME OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE SOLD. 
          THEY'LL PROBABLY, PROBABLY PUT SOME MONEY INTO SOME, UH, WINTERIZATION. 
          BUT OTHER THAN THAT, DON'T, DON'T LOOK, WE CAN'T LOOK FOR BIG CHANGES. 
          WE CAN'T HOPE THAT THERE'LL BE SOMETHING COMING DOWN THAT WAY. 
          I JUST DON'T SEE IT. 
          THE REALITY IS, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE WINTERIZATION, UH, PC AND ERCOT GOT RID OF THE NON-PROFIT THAT WAS IN HERE TO, TO CHECK WINTERIZATION LAST FALL, DIDN'T REPLACE 'EM. 
          OKAY? SO IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE THINKING THAT THIS IS ALL GONNA GET SOLVED IN AUSTIN SIZE, IT'S GONNA GET SOLVED RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THAT'S OKAY. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 
          NOW, LET'S THINK ABOUT WHY WE HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT HERE, OKAY? BECAUSE WE HAVE CITIZENS THAT ARE DEPENDENT ON THIS UTILITY, NOT ONLY DIRECTLY FOR THEIR POWER AND THEIR, AND THEIR NATURAL GAS, BUT ALSO FOR THE FUNDS THAT COME TO THIS COUNCIL FOR Y'ALL TO DO YOUR WORK. 
          THIS IS CRITICAL. 
          IT, IT, IT HAS NO, IT IS NO CHANCE WE CAN LET THIS FAIL. 
          NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE SYSTEM, THE, THE, THE, THE CULTURE WE'RE WORKING IN, IT IS AN ISOLATED SYSTEM. 
          IT MIGHT GET CONNECTED TO OTHER, OTHER, UH, GRIDS, OKAY? ON THE EAST AND THE WEST. 
          BUT IT'LL ONLY GET CONNECTED IF FOLKS THAT ARE SELLING POWER DECIDE THEY WANNA SELL POWER OUT TO THAT WAY. 
          IF IT'S NOT, IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO PROBABLY STAY ISOLATED. 
          SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR US? WHERE, WHERE ARE WE? WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIFFERENT THAN WE EVER HAD. 
          UM, IF YOU SAY WE CAN COUNT ON ERCOT TO BE THE MARKET MAKER, I MEAN MARKET CLEARING DEVICE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY ACTUALLY MADE THE MARKET. 
          THEY DIDN'T KEEP IT HIGH AT $9,000 TOO LONG. 
          THEY PUT IT $9,000 IMMEDIATELY ON THE 14TH AND 15TH. 
          AND THEY DID IT BECAUSE THEY SAID THERE WAS AN ANOMALY IN THE PRICING SYSTEM WHERE PEOPLE ARE BIDDING AND BUYING AN ANOMALY. 
          IF YOU HAVE AN ANOMALY IN A COMPUTER, YOU FIX THE COMPUTER, YOU DON'T DRIVE IT TO $9,000, OKAY? WHEN YOU DO THAT, I GUESS IN THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE ECONOMICS BOOK, IT SAYS, YOU DRIVE THE PRICE, YOU GET MORE. 
          BUT THE SECOND CHAPTER SAYS NO. 
          IF THEY'RE GIVEN ALL THEY CAN, YOU DON'T GET MORE. 
          YOU JUST GET HIGHER PRICES. 
          AND THE THIRD CHAPTER SAYS, IF YOU SEND THAT KIND OF SIGNAL IN THE ELECTRIC MARKET, YOU GET IT OVER IN THE GAS MARKET, RIGHT? AND THEY SAY, WELL, IT'S NO BIG DEAL IF YOU TAKE A HEAT RATE OF SEVEN, OKAY, PUT IT IN A COMBINED CYCLE TURBINE, AND THAT'S A LOW HEAT RATE, YOU COULD PAY $2,700 FOR GAS AND GO TO THE $9,000 ELECTRIC MARKET. 
          THE PROBLEM IS, YOU CAN'T GET THERE, OKAY? IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. 
          OKAY? YOU'VE GOTTA SERVE A NATIVE LOAD, YOU'VE GOTTA KEEP HOSPITALS OPEN, YOU'VE GOTTA KEEP PEOPLE WARM. 
          SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN, AND WE COULD BE RIGHT BACK IN THIS MARKET AGAIN. 
          THIS, YOU KNOW, FROM A ECONOMIST, YOU POINT, THEY CALL THIS A A, A BLACK SWAN, BUT WE'VE GOTTA GET READY FOR BLACK SWAN EVENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN. 
          SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? I THINK THE BIGGEST, UH, OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE IS TO RELOOK OUR EMERGENCY, UH, REACTION. 
          OUR WHOLE SYSTEM OF HOW WE DEAL WITH EMERGENCIES. 
          WE'RE VERY USED TO, AND WE'RE VERY GOOD AT DEALING WITH EMERGENCIES THAT WE HAVE SEEN AND WE UNDERSTAND, EVEN A HURRICANE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT WHEN IT'S COMING, YOU KNOW, MATTER HOW MUCH WATER IT'S GONNA DROP, YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW LONG IT'S GONNA BE HERE. 
          YOU CAN KIND OF, YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE, OKAY? YOU, YOU HAVE A FLOOD. 
          WE KIND OF KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THAT KIND OF WORKED OUT. 
          WHAT WE HAD WAS NOT AN EVENT THAT WE HAD DONE BEFORE, AND IT WAS A BLACK SWAN, BUT WE CAN'T JUST SAY, OH, NOT OUR FAULT. 
          WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 
          NO, IT HAS TO BE OUR 
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FAULT. 
          WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MANAGE EVENTS THAT ARE NOT ONLY NOT KNOWN BEFORE, BUT CHANGE WITHIN THE EVENT. 
          THEY'RE DYNAMIC, OKAY? THEY'RE DYNAMIC. 
          AND WE HAVE TO ALMOST DO REAL TIME LEARNING TO DO REAL TIME LEARNING. 
          FOLKS, IT COMES DOWN TO ONE BIG THING AS COMMUNICATIONS, WE SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT CAN HANDLE AN EVENT THAT CHANGES DURING THE EVENT THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE CORRECTIONS. 
          WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE GOT THE, THE, THE THREE FOLKS THAT ARE CONCENTRATING ON THAT IS DR IS, UM, DR. 
          ROCHA GARCIA AND, AND ELISA TATUM AND, AND GENERAL RICE. 
          THESE FOLKS HAVE HONED IN ON THAT, AND I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY GET IT. 
          AND THROUGH THEIR LEADERSHIP, IT'S GONNA BRING TO THE WHOLE COMMITTEE THAT, THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY AND, UH, ELIA AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THAT HEAVILY. 
          BUT IN THE END, OUR JOB WAS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY. 
          WE CAN SAY, WELL, THE COROLLARY OF WHY IS DON'T DO THAT AGAIN OR DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S GONNA ULTIMATELY BE A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARDS, THE MANAGEMENT AND THIS COUNCIL TO COME UP WITH SOME ANSWERS TO FIX THIS. 
          AND IT'S A, IT'S A HEAVY LIFT, BUT IT'S ONE THAT WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO DO. 
          IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THESE KIND OF EVENTS AND YOU LOOK AT THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO USE, IT'S VERY CLEAR BECAUSE WE'VE CHARTED ALL THE DIFFERENT MESSAGES BACK AND FORTH, OKAY? AND AS WE CHART THOSE MESSAGES, WE SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMMUNICATING. 
          WE DRAW LINES, WELL, THERE'S PEOPLE LEFT OUT. 
          C P S MIGHT HAVE BEEN TALKING TO SAS, BUT THEY'RE LEAVING OUT THE, THE E O C. 
          THE COMMUNICATIONS COMING OUTTA THE EEC WEREN'T THE SAME AS THE COMMUNICATION OUT SASS AND C P S. 
          IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. 
          YOU CAN'T MANAGE THIS KIND OF SYSTEM LIKE THAT. 
          SO, AND THINK ABOUT THIS. 
          WELL, WE'LL JUST, WE'LL JUST SEND A MESSAGE OUT TO CELL PHONES. 
          NO ELECTRICITY, NO CELL PHONES, NO MESSAGE. 
          WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO COMMUNICATE, EXCUSE ME, THROUGH OUR WIRES AND LINES THAT DON'T REQUIRE ENERGIZATION. 
          EVERYBODY'S GOT, UH, POWER LINES. 
          WE NEED TO RETHINK THIS. 
          AND AS WE RETHINK IT, WE'RE GONNA COME UP WITH A MORE RESILIENT, MORE ADAPTABLE AND, AND ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT CAN GET US THROUGH THIS IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, AS I SAID, AND I'LL REPEAT IT AGAIN. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO FINISH, WE'RE GONNA FINISH BY THE 15TH OF JULY, BUT IF YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT NOT HAVING INFORMATION, PLEASE ASK 'EM TO LOOK AT THE WEBSITE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THERE. 
          CONTINUE TO GIVE US THESE QUESTIONS. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO LINK 'EM UP WITH THE RFIS. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE. 
          AND I MEAN, OUTTA THE LAST 400 WE LOOKED AT, WE DID GET A COUPLE OF, COUPLE OF GOOD ONES. 
          THE REST OF 'EM AREN'T SO GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          SO AT THAT, LET ME JUST STOP. 
          IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ASK THEM. 
          IF NOT, I'LL BE GLAD TO SIT DOWN. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, WILLIAMS. UM, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN ASSIGNED TO US TO SPEAK, SO, BUT I'M SURE THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS AROUND THE DIOCESE. 
          SO IF YOU WANNA TAKE A SEAT JUST FOR A MINUTE, LET ME TAKE THE CITIZEN COMMENT, THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP HERE. 
          UH, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, ERIC, DO, IS THERE ANYTHING FROM STAFF THAT WANT TO WRAP THIS UP BEFORE WE GO INTO DISCUSSION? OKAY. 
          UH, JACK, GO ON UP. 
          WELL, MAYOR BERGEN ARE THE MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. 
          ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. 
          THE WINTER STORM THAT WE HAD BETWEEN FEBRUARY 15TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 17TH, THREE DAY PERIOD, UH, WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE HAD IN THE PAST. 
          UH, WE HAD, WE SUFFERED A DOUBLE WHAMMY OF RECORD LOAD TEMPERATURES. 
          I THINK IT GOT DOWN TO NINE DEGREES ON, UM, FEBRUARY 16TH. 
          UH, I THINK WE'VE ONLY HAD A RE JUST A HANDFUL OF TIMES WHERE IT GOT DOWN BELOW THAT NINE DEGREE POINT IN THE PAST. 
          BUT THE FACT THAT IT DID HAS GOTTEN DOWN BELOW NINE DEGREES IN THE PAST, SHOULD TELL US THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND AGAIN, IN THE FUTURE. 
          ALSO, THE, THE SECOND PART OF THAT DOUBLE WHAMMY WAS THE FACT THAT WE HAD SNOW, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, IS EXTREMELY RARE OCCURRENCE, MAYBE HAPPEN, HAPPENS MAYBE ONCE EVERY DECADE OR OR TWO. 
          AND THEY BOTH HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO YES, WE HAD SOME VERY BIG, BIG PRI BIG PROBLEMS, BIG CHALLENGES FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE DURING THAT, THAT PERIOD. 
          SO WHAT WERE SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT, UH, CAUSED ALL THE ROLLING OUTAGES THAT WE HAD PEOPLE GOING WITHOUT POWER FOR AS MUCH, 
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NOT JUST FOR A FEW HOURS, BUT AS MUCH AS A DAY OR TWO? WELL, WE'RE FINDING OUT, YES, WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT IT STEMS FROM CITY PUBLIC SERVICES OVERRELIANCE UPON YES. 
          SO-CALLED RENEWABLE ENERGY. 
          YES, MISS PAULA GOLD WILLIAMS HAS STATED THE FACT THAT THAT, THAT OUR UTILITY, OUR UTILITY THAT YOU GUYS WE OWN, AND THAT YOU, MR. MAYOR, OF COURSE, IS OUR ONLY REPRESENTATIVE ON ITS BOARD. 
          YOU HAVE ALLOWED RENEWABLE ENERGY TO OVERTAKE, OVERTAKE THE OVER THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR ENERGY RESOURCES. 
          YES, IN FACT. 
          AND, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE SUN DOESN'T ALWAYS SHINE AND THE WIND DOESN'T ALWAYS BLOW. 
          AND IF IT WAS TRULY CO A COMPETENT SOURCE OF ENERGY, THE OPEN MARKET, THE PRIVATE SECTOR WOULD BE JUMPING AT DEVELOPING IT. 
          BUT NO, WE HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE IT. 
          WE HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE IT FOR ANYBODY, ANY CITY PUBLIC SERVICE CUSTOMER OUT THERE WHO WANTS TO USE IT HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED, UNLIKE THE, UH, UH, FOSSIL FUEL, UH, RESOURCES. 
          NOT THAT THEY AREN'T SUBSIDIZED, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY NOT TO THE EXTENT THAT, THAT THE RENEWABLE IS. 
          AND HOW DO WE KNOW IT? UM, IT FAILED US. 
          THAT'S JUST IT. 
          IT DID FAIL AS THOSE BIG WIND TURBINE PROPELLERS. 
          THEY STOPPED. 
          THEY FROZE UP. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU CHAIR WILLIAMS AGAIN FOR, UH, THE DISCUSSION. 
          I, I THINK WE'VE GOT, UM, SOME QUESTIONS UP HERE. 
          I I JUST HAVE A FEW THOUGH, AND I DO WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE COMMITTEE FOR STEPPING UP TO THE TASK. 
          UH, I KNOW IT'S, UH, VERY COMPLICATED AND THERE'S A LOT OF WRITING ON THE ANSWERS. 
          UH, SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROCESS. 
          AND I DO AGREE ALSO THAT WE HAVE TO POSITION OURSELF FOR MORE BLACK SWAN EVENTS. 
          UH, I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT FRAME. 
          WE CAN'T FOOL OURSELVES INTO THINKING THAT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED OR RARE OCCURRENCE. 
          UM, JUST VERY QUICKLY, IN TERMS OF PROCESS, UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, I HEARD TWO DATES JUNE 15TH OR JULY 15TH. 
          WHEN ARE YOU GUYS TARGETING? JUNE, JUNE. 
          JUNE. 
          JUNE 15TH. 
          I'M SORRY, I MISSPOKE. 
          YEAH, JUNE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT IS THE FORMAT, UH, OF RELEASE OF THE, OF THE REPORT? IS THAT GONNA BE A WRITTEN REPORT? IS THAT GONNA BE, UH, BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL? BOTH. 
          WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? UH, THE WAY WE'RE ENVISIONING IT NOW IS BY TAKING THESE QUESTIONS AND POSTING THEM BY EACH R F I AND THEN IF THEY'RE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS BY SUB R F I, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY, AS I EXPLAINED IT TO THE COMMITTEE, WE'RE BASICALLY CREATING THE CARD FILE, THE CARD CATALOG FOR, TO WRITE A REPORT. 
          UH, AND, AND WE WILL BE REFERRING TO THOSE AS OPPOSED TO PARAPHRASING AND REWRITING 'EM. 
          UH, SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE, YOU COULD LOOK THROUGH THE CARD CATALOG AS TO WHAT WE'RE RESEARCHING, AND THEN THE REPORT ITSELF WILL BE, UM, I WOULD SAY IT'LL BE VERY, VERY BRIEF BECAUSE AGAIN, THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED IS WHAT HAPPENED. 
          WE CAN PRETTY MUCH SAY THAT IN A FEW PARAGRAPHS. 
          AND THEN WHY, AND WE CAN PRETTY MUCH IDENTIFY THOSE. 
          UH, SO IT'LL BE A VERY BRIEF, IT, IT WILL BE A WRITTEN REPORT. 
          IT CAN COME, UH, HOWEVER YOU, YOU WANT IT, IT CAN COME TO Y'ALL FIRST. 
          YOU CAN REVIEW IT. 
          WE CAN GO BACK THROUGH IT. 
          OUR JOB IS THAT. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT SOMETHING WRITTEN AND, AND COMPLETED BY JUNE 15TH. 
          GREAT. 
          AND I THINK, ERIC, IF WE CAN HAVE, I KNOW WE'LL DO SOME CHECK-INS HERE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO HAVE IT, UH, BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN AN OPEN SESSION LIKE THIS, AND THEN PERHAPS AT SAWS AND C P S AS WELL. 
          SURE. 
          WE CAN MAKE ROOM FOR THAT ON THE AGENDA. 
          READ IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WRITTEN REPORT. 
          UM, I, I THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE CALL, UH, FROM THE START TO MAKE THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS, UH, TO CREATE ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE INVOLVED. 
          IS THE COMMUNITY INPUT STILL BEING, UH, SOUGHT OR IS THAT PROCESS OVER? WELL, IT, IT'S STILL COMING IN AND WE'RE SEEKING IT. 
          UH, I GUESS, UH, BEN, WE WE'RE TRIAGING LIKE 400 QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, OVER 400 QUESTIONS. 
          SO, UM, IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF GETTING INPUT. 
          UM, THEY, AND, AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WELL, THIS IS GETTING REDUNDANT. 
          WELL, IT IS, BUT THAT'S OKAY. 
          WE NEED TO SEE REDUNDANCY AND, AND WE'RE SEEING 'EM. 
          UH, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF, NOT QUESTIONS, BUT COMMENTS, COMMENTS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, AND WE'VE SEPARATED THE COMMENTS FROM THE QUESTIONS THE BEST WE CAN. 
          AND THEN TAKEN THE QUESTIONS AND RELATED THOSE TO RFIS. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY UGLY COMMENTS AND WE'RE, I'M GLAD TO SHARE 'EM WITH YOU. 
          BUT, UH, , IT'S, UM, THEY'RE THERE. 
          AND, UH, AND THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          WE NEED TO HEAR THOSE. 
          AND WE'VE GOTTEN SOME, UH, REALLY, UH, PRETTY GOOD QUESTIONS, VERY INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALSO ALREADY PRETTY MUCH COVERED BY THE RFIS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. 
          UM, 
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AS I, UH, EXPLAINED EARLIER, UH, THE AUTONOMY OF THIS GROUP TO GET WHAT IT NEEDS, UM, TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE, ARE IMPORTANT IS VERY, UH, CRITICAL TO A, A GOOD RESULT. 
          SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, UM, ARE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT? ARE YOU GETTING THE ANSWERS AND THE ACCESS THAT YOU NEED FROM THE DIFFERENT BOARDS THAT ARE INVOLVED? BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I AGREE, UH, THE EXPECTATION NEEDS TO BE SET, THAT IT'S THIS COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE C P S AND SAWS BOARD, AND MAYBE OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE GONNA MAKE ACTION HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR US TO PREVENT, UH, THIS FROM OCCURRING AGAIN. 
          SURE. 
          UH, WELL, LEMME START WITH THE CITY. 
          UM, THEY'RE, THEY'VE DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF ANSWERING IT. 
          UM, ERIC, HIS FOLKS HAVE BEEN, UH, VERY, UH, AGGRESSIVE FROM THE VERY, FROM THE BEGINNING SAYING THAT, UH, WE NEED TO RELOOK THIS, AND WE ARE RELOOKING IT. 
          AND WE'RE GETTING THE INFORMATION NOW. 
          UM, THAT IS ACTUALLY STILL BEING DIGESTED, SO TO SPEAK, UH, IN THE, THE, THE PART OF THE COMMITTEE THAT, UH, DR. 
          O GARCIA IS ON, AND ED AND, AND, AND, AND LISA TATUM, GENERAL TATUM GENERAL, UH, UH, RICE AND LISA TATUM ARE ON. 
          AND, AND WE WILL HAVE MORE OF THAT SOLIDIFIED AS FAR AS, UH, SAS, UH, THAT IS, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY AND, AND, UH, ELA. 
          AND THEY'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS. 
          THEY HAD ONE, I THINK AGAIN THIS WEEK WITH, WITH SAS. 
          UH, I'LL LET THEM, UH, DESCRIBE THAT MEETING. 
          BUT FROM MY SHORT CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM LAST FRIDAY AND ANOTHER SHORT CONVERSATION THIS MORNING, I THINK THEY'RE GETTING WHAT THEY WANT. 
          I'LL LET THEM SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. 
          UH, AS FAR AS C P S, UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A CHALLENGE BECAUSE THEY'RE IN LAWSUITS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO A LOT OF THE PRICING INFORMATION AND THE PRICE DYNAMICS DURING THE EVENT, UH, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA GET. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE TRIALS TO GO FORWARD, BECAUSE, AGAIN, I CLEARLY BELIEVE THAT THE FREE MARKET SYSTEM WAS TOTALLY ABROGATED RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENT. 
          THEREFORE, IT WASN'T A FREE MARKET SYSTEM. 
          AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED AS FAR, THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY FOUR AREAS IN, IN C P S THAT, THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN SONAL ARE WORKING ON. 
          AND THAT IS HOW DID THE, HOW DID THE PLANTS OPERATE? UH, HOW DID WE DO AS FAR AS, UH, PURCHASING AND THE RESILIENCY OF OUR, OF OUR, UM, NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES? UH, AND THEN HOW DID WE MANAGE DEMAND? OKAY. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, OUR, THE WHOLE BIG, BIG ANSWER IS THE COMMUNICATION. 
          SO AS FAR AS THE PLANT SIDE OF IT, UH, WE HAVE GOTTEN HISTORICAL INFORMATION. 
          WE STILL, WE, WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME INFORMATION, AND I BELIEVE IT'S POSTED, IF NOT, IT WILL BE SOON OF WHAT HAPPENED TO EACH ONE OF THE PLANTS DURING THE EVENT. 
          I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE INFORMATION ON, ON THE, UM, ON THE INFORMATION ON THE NUCLEAR PLANT. 
          WE'LL ASK FOR THAT. 
          BUT WE'VE, WE DO HAVE WHAT, HOW EACH PLANT, WHAT PROBLEMS THEY HAVE. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE DURING THE EVENT, THE, THE MEGAWATT HOURS BY DAY THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR, THAT'S FORTHCOMING. 
          UH, THEY ARE, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT FOR US, THAT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT GOES TO THE QUESTION OF, OF WHAT HAPPENED. 
          UH, AND WE HAVE SOME, SOME IDEAS ON THAT, BUT WE NEED TO SEE ALL THE DATA BEFORE WE, WE MAKE A FINAL CONCLUSION. 
          BUT THAT, THAT'S COMING AS FAR AS THE, THE, THE FUEL AND THE SUPPLY OF THE FUEL, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE A TOUGH ONE TO GET AS FAR AS THE DEMAND MANAGEMENT. 
          UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY CRITICAL. 
          WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THAT. 
          I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MINUTE, IF YOU DON'T MIND. 
          SAW, I MEAN, C P S HAD BEEN SO USED TO HAVING EXCESS POWER PLENTIFUL, NO PROBLEM. 
          STEP BACK. 
          WE GOT LOTS OF POWER. 
          I REALLY BELIEVE THEY JUST, THIS EVENT, THEY JUST DIDN'T DO WELL MANAGING DEMAND. 
          AND I THINK THEY'LL RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CIRCUITS. 
          WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INTERRUPTABLE CIRCUITS. 
          AND THE REALITY IS, IS THAT WHILE WE COULD TURN THE POWER OFF, AGAIN, BACK TO THIS INFORMATION SYSTEM, WE REALLY COULDN'T TELL PEOPLE TO TURN EVERYTHING ON SO THAT WE COULD BRING THE SYSTEM BACK ON WITHOUT POPPING THE BREAKERS. 
          AGAIN, IF YOU'VE GOT ALL THIS DEMAND SITTING ON ONE SIDE OF A BREAKER, AND YOU HIT IT WITH SO MUCH, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA TRIP THE BREAKER. 
          AND THAT'S THE REASON WE HAD THE, YOU KNOW, FIVE MINUTES ON AND FOUR HOURS OFF. 
          AND SO IT GETS BACK TO WE'VE GOTTA CHANGE HOW WE DO DEMAND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION. 
          THAT'S GONNA BE THE KEY. 
          I THINK THERE'S SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE, BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S CLEAR WE, WE WEREN'T COMMUNICATING PROPERLY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, REED. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, ON ISSUES OF LITIGATION WITHSTANDING, OUR, OUR, OUR GOAL APPEARS IS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO DO THE WORK. 
          SO PLEASE BRING CONCERNS BACK TO US, UH, AND WE CAN ADDRESS 'EM WITH C P S. 
          IT'S OUR MUTUAL GOAL YEP. 
          UH, TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO YOUR WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THE LAST QUESTION, IT'S ACTUALLY MORE OF A REQUEST THAN A QUESTION. 
          UM, A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE GONNA BE OUTSIDE OF OUR DOMAIN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. 
          UH, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US IN A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS IF THERE ARE THINGS ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA MOVING FORWARD THAT WE SHOULD BE 
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ADVOCATING FOR FROM OUR STATE LEADERS. 
          I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE PUT THAT AS PART OF THE REPORT AS WELL, FOR US TO, AGAIN, WORK WITH OUR LOCAL AND, AND OTHER DELEGATIONS. 
          EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT POINT. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL EXPAND THAT. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT YOU, YOU'VE GOT TO WORK IN A SYSTEM BECAUSE YOU ARE PART OF THE ERCOT SYSTEM, AND, UH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA ESCAPE THAT. 
          AND YOU, YOU'VE GOTTA UNDERSTAND WHERE THE, WHERE THE WEAKNESSES ARE AND WHERE IT FAILED. 
          YES, SIR. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. 
          UM, LET ME NOW, UH, TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          PEL. 
          THANKS, REED. 
          UH, I, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COOL YOUR HEELS WHILE I, UH, WHILE I TALK. 
          BUT, UM, I, I WILL EMPHASIZE WHAT, WHAT REID MENTIONED IN THAT IT IS THAT WE HAD A CLEAR MANDATE ON THIS MISSION, ALRIGHT? WHICH IS FIND OUT WHAT WENT WRONG, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN IMPROVE. 
          THIS IS NOT A COMMITTEE THAT WAS TASKED WITH FIND OUT WHO TO BLAME, UH, RIGHT. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO, UH, UH, WHO SCREWED UP. 
          I, I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK ALL OF US RECOGNIZE. 
          EVERY SAN ANTONIO RECOGNIZES THAT, UM, BLAME IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE HANDED OUT AN EQUAL MEASURE TO EVERY SINGLE ORGANIZATION IN THIS TOWN. 
          UM, AND WE'RE DOING THAT WORK. 
          UM, BUT THE FOCUS OF THIS, OF THIS COMMITTEE IS LESS ABOUT FIND OUT WHAT WENT WRONG AND MORE ABOUT RECOMMEND, HOW WE WON'T EVER FIND OURSELVES IN THIS SITUATION EVER AGAIN. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT'S A FORWARD LOOKING, UM, UH, COMMITTEE. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE, I'VE ALWAYS LIKED ABOUT REED WILLIAMS IS THAT HE'S ABLE TO GIVE YOU, UH, THE UNVARNISHED, CANDID, DIFFICULT TRUTH, UH, AND, AND, AND HELP US, YOU KNOW, SWALLOW DIFFICULT PILLS. 
          RIGHT? AND IN THIS INSTANCE, I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, REID. 
          UH, I ADMIRE, I ADMIRE HOW, UH, STRAIGHTFORWARD INCISIVE YOUR, YOUR APPROACH IS. 
          AND ANYBODY OUT THERE WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I, 'CAUSE I KEEP SEEING THE COMMENTS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS JUST CITY COUNCIL INVESTIGATING ITSELF AND NOTHING WILL COME OF IT. 
          I, WE ARE GONNA BE ISSUING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE UNCOMFORTABLE TO US AND TO SAWS AND TO C P S. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE'RE TWISTING ARMS. I'VE BEEN IN THE ROOM WHEN, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, UH, TELLS SAWS, THIS AIN'T SOFTBALL. 
          I WANT THE UGLY TRUTHS. 
          RIGHT? WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE WARTS AND THE HARES HERE, UM, BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY'RE THERE. 
          UM, WE CERTAINLY DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE FOOLISH TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, I, I'LL TELL YOU THAT I'M REALLY FRUSTRATED ALSO WITH THE ANSWERS THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING FROM EVERYBODY. 
          UM, NOT FOR A LACK OF CANDOR. 
          I, I DO, I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE, ERIC, THAT, THAT, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OR SAS OR C P S ARE TRYING TO FRUSTRATE OUR ABILITY TO GET TO INFORMATION. 
          I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO TORPEDO OR SABOTAGE OUR EFFORTS, UH, OR THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, HIDING THE BALL. 
          I, I'M DISAPPOINTED AND FRUSTRATED THAT JUST THE ANSWERS SOMETIMES ARE ANEMIC BECAUSE THE ANSWERS ARE SOMETIMES, I DON'T KNOW. 
          WE DIDN'T PLAN FOR IT. 
          WE NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN. 
          RIGHT? THAT'S DISAPPOINTING. 
          UH, AND THE MORE I HEAR ANSWERS LIKE THAT, THE MORE FRUSTRATED I GET. 
          AND THE REASON I GET FRUSTRATED IS BECAUSE I'VE SAT UP HERE FOR FOUR YEARS WARNING THAT MEGA STORMS ARE THE NEW NORMAL OVER. 
          I MEAN, Y'ALL ARE PROBABLY SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING ME SAY THAT, BUT, UM, I MEAN, FOR GOD'S SAKE, THAT'S HOW I MAKE A LIVING IS OFF OF MEGA STORMS, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE NOT DIFFICULT TO ANTICIPATE. 
          IN FACT, COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA, YOU KNOW, KEEPS POINTING OUT THAT THIS REALLY WON THAT BLACK OF A SWAN. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THIS HAD ACTUALLY BEEN A CONTINGENCY THAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED IN PRIOR MEETINGS AND IN PRIOR MANUALS. 
          UM, AND THAT IN, YOU KNOW, THAT SOME OF THESE DOCUMENTS HAD BEEN COLLECTING DUST. 
          THAT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING. 
          UM, IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING THAT, YOU KNOW, IN COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL'S COMMITTEE, WE INVITED NICOLE FARINI, UH, FROM EL PASO, THE RESILIENCY OFFICER, UM, WHO HELPED EL PASO GET NAMED AS ONE OF THE TOP 100 MOST RESILIENT CITIES ON THE PLANET, UH, BECAUSE SHE DID THE WORK THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING A LONG TIME AGO. 
          AND THAT IS ANTICIPATING AND TAKING SERIOUSLY EVERY POSSIBILITY SO THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A, AS A BLACK SWAN. 
          AND, UM, IN FACT, THEY WON THE, WAS IT MOST RESILIENT 100 AWARD? UM, AND WE DIDN'T. 
          AND WE SHOULD HAVE. 
          UH, AND THE REASON WE SHOULD HAVE IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT IN ORDER TO BE A RESILIENT CITY, IN ORDER TO BE A RESILIENT ORGANIZATION OR JUST A RESILIENT PERSON, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMPLEXITY OF ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU'RE FACING AND THAT YOU PROBABLY WILL FACE. 
          UM, AND YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO QUESTION ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING, EVEN IF THOSE QUESTIONS MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE. 
          AND ERIC, UNDER YOUR PREDECESSOR'S, UH, WATCH, THERE WAS SOMEBODY IN THEIR ORGANIZATION, I WON'T, I WON'T EMBARRASS THEM BY MENTIONING THEM. 
          UM, WHEN I WENT AROUND, AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU REMEMBER THAT I KEPT INSISTING, 
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WE NEED TO DO A RESILIENCY AUDIT OF THIS CITY. 
          WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT EVERY, YOU KNOW, AND LOOK UNDER THE HOOD AND, UM, AND REALLY LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SHINE UP THE FACETS WHICH NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE POLISHING. 
          AND THE ANSWER I GOT FROM THIS PERSON WAS, BUT COUNCILMAN, IF WE PUT THAT REPORT IN WRITING, IT'S JUST GONNA BE A REPORT FOR EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT, UM, THAT SAYS, I'M NOT DOING MY JOB. 
          THAT'S THE POINT. 
          THE POINT IS, IS GETTING A CHECKUP TO SEE WHERE IT IS THAT WE CAN BE STRONGER. 
          UM, AND SO THE, I I'M HOPING THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS, REID. 
          UM, THIS HAS GOTTA BE THE FIRST STEP IN A CONTINUING PROCESS OF DOING A RESILIENCY AUDIT. 
          A REAL ONE. 
          UM, AND NOT BEING SHY ABOUT HAVING TO REALIZE THAT WHEN WE LOOK IN THE MIRROR, UM, WE'RE NOT AS PRETTY AS WE ALL THINK WE ARE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, UM, WE CAN BE BETTER. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I GOT SENT UP HERE TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          'CAUSE I KEEP PROMISING TO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A GREAT CITY, BUT WE CAN BE GREATER. 
          AND SO, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO SHARING WITH FOLKS REID, WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DISCOVERING HERE. 
          AND I'M WARNING EVERYBODY THE ANSWERS, YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE 'EM. 
          BUT WE WEREN'T UP THERE, WE WEREN'T SENT UP THERE, MAYOR, TO COME BACK WITH COMFORTABLE ANSWERS. 
          SO THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, REED, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. 
          I'M, I'M PROUD TO SERVE, SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE WITH YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, JUST A COUPLE OF SPECIFICS, UM, TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT COUNCILMAN PALAIS IS SAYING ON QUESTIONS. 
          LEMME JUST GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE VERY CONCERNED ON WHAT KIND OF CIRCUIT THEY'RE ON. 
          OKAY? YOU'VE GOT UNINTERRUPTABLE CIRCUITS, YOU'VE GOT LOWER FREQUENCY CIRCUITS, AND YOU'VE GOT INTERRUPTABLE CIRCUITS. 
          PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. 
          AND FRANKLY, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT BELIEVE THAT DISADVANTAGED LOWER INCOME PART OF OUR COMMUNITY WAS DISPROPORTIONATELY HIT WITH THE DISCONNECTS. 
          SO WE'VE ASKED, UH, QUESTIONS TO ANSWER THAT. 
          OKAY? THAT'S BEEN A, THAT'S BEEN A TOUGH QUESTION TO GET AN ANSWER TO. 
          WHAT WE FIRST GOT BACK WAS NOT HOW INTENSE OR HOW MANY HOURS. 
          WE GOT A CHART, UH, SPREADSHEET. 
          IT HAD A SEQUENCE NUMBER FOR THE CIRCUIT, AND IT HAD THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT THAT CIRCUIT WAS OUT EACH DAY IN THE TOTAL FOR THE 10 DAY PERIOD. 
          WE DEFINED THE EVENT AS FROM THE NINTH TO THE 19TH. 
          THAT GIVES US NO INFORMATION. 
          YOU CAN EVEN PUT THAT. 
          THEY SAID, WELL, WE'LL GIVE YOU A MAP. 
          OKAY? THAT'LL SHOW YOU WHAT CIRCUITS WERE OUT, DOESN'T HAVE, IT'S NOT A HEAT MAP. 
          IT DOESN'T SAY HOW LONG OR HOW MANY HOURS. 
          AND NOW I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET, EVENTUALLY WE'RE GONNA GET THIS ANSWER THAT WE NEED. 
          AND YOU NEED TO GIVE US A HEAT MAP WITH THE G I S SYSTEM THAT SAYS THIS. 
          AND, AND I ASKED FOR IT BY, UM, UH, CENSUS TRACK SO I CAN MATCH IT UP WITH, UH, WITH SOCIAL ECONOMIC, UH, INDICATORS. 
          WE'RE GONNA GET IT BY, UM, ZIP CODE, THAT'S FINE. 
          BUT WE NEED IT AS A HEAT MAP. 
          THAT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT TO Y'ALL BECAUSE YOU NEED TO TAKE THAT OUT TO YOUR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND ONCE YOU GET IT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO VERIFY THAT AND UNDERSTAND IT. 
          NOW REMEMBER, JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE DIDN'T GET TURNED OFF, IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE ON AN INTERRUPTABLE CIRCUIT. 
          THEY'RE, OH, I LIVE BY THE HOSPITAL. 
          I'M FINE. 
          IT, YOU MIGHT BE ON ONE OF THESE LOWER FREQUENCIES THAT C P SS REALLY DOESN'T EVEN CONTROL. 
          THEY DID CONTROL A FEW IN THIS EVENT. 
          I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT HAPPENED, BUT THEY DID CONTROL A FEW. 
          THOSE ARE SET THAT IF, IF YOUR FREQUENCY DROPS BELOW, UM, 59.3 FROM 60, THEN THEY TRIP AND THEY TRIP BECAUSE THAT'S THE FAIL SAFE IN THE SYSTEM. 
          SO YOU DON'T START BURNING UP MOTORS AND EVERYBODY'S HOUSE OKAY. 
          AND THEIR AIR CONDITIONERS AND STUFF. 
          SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE, AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN FLE BRINGING THAT UP. 
          AS FAR AS MAKING THE CHANGES. 
          THE CHANGES ARE GONNA BE MADE AT THE BOARDS, AT THE CITY COUNCIL AND AT THE MANAGEMENTS OF THESE COMPANIES. 
          OKAY? AND THIS, LIKE COUNCILMAN F SAYS THAT IT'S GONNA BE A LONG PROCESS AND IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GONNA BE ONE THAT'S ITERATIVE. 
          'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BRING YOU SOLUTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT SIT THERE AND SAY, EH, I'M NOT SURE THAT IS A SOLUTION. 
          AND Y'ALL, YOU'VE GOT THE PEOPLE UP HERE ON THE DIOCESE TO DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UM, THANK YOU, UH, AND, UM, THANK YOU REID FOR, UM, FOR VOLUNTEERING IN THIS EFFORT. 
          I KNOW IS A LOT OF TIME. 
          SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO, UM, ARE AGREEING TO SIT ON THE, UH, COMMITTEE. 
          I THINK IT'S SUCH IMPORTANT WORK. 
          AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UM, FOR TAKING IT ON. 
          I, I, I LISTENED TO THE FIRST COUPLE OF, UM, MEETINGS ONLINE AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, GOT OF COURSE DISTRACTED WITH OTHER THINGS. 
          BUT, UH, MOST 
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OF MY QUESTIONS ARE, ARE, UH, REGARDING, UM, OUR, UH, SECTION 1 36 OF THE CITY CHARTER REGARDING THE UTILITY MANAGER AND SUPERVISOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS BEN. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO I, I THINK SOME OF MY QUESTIONS ARE, ARE, ARE TO BEN GOZA, UM, WHO'S WHO I SEE HERE. 
          UM, I, I GUESS I WAS TRYING FOR, FOR MANY YEARS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE UTILITIES MANAGER AND OUR UTILITIES, AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE C P S SENATOR AND THE DIRECTOR AND THE BOARD. 
          UM, SO COULD YOU AND I, I, I, YOU'LL FORGIVE ME FOR, UM, NOT HAVING READ THE ENTIRE SECTION AT THE MOMENT. 
          UH, I DO HAVE IT HERE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT SO COULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOUR ROLE WOULD BE IN THE UTILITIES MANAGER? SURE. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING, UH, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SO YES, I SERVE BOTH IN A ROLE AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY. 
          AND THEN FOR, UH, FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, I HAVE BEEN THE PUBLIC UTILITY SUPERVISOR. 
          SO KIND OF IN SIMPLE TERMS, I SERVE AS THE LIAISON BACK TO C P SS AND SAWS, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO FINANCIAL MATTERS. 
          UH, THE COUNCIL HAS AUTHORITY OVER RATES AND OVER THEIR ABILITY TO ISSUE DEBT. 
          SO AS STAFF, WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THOSE ITEMS WHEN THEY COME TO COUNCIL. 
          SO I HAVE A STAFF IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT THAT WE WORK WITH BOTH UTILITIES ON, ON. 
          IT COULD BE POLICY ISSUES OR MOST OF THE TIME IT'LL BE RATE RELATED, FINANCIAL RELATED, UM, DEBT ISSUANCES. 
          WE WILL REVIEW THOSE AND WE WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL AND HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO THE WORK THAT THE BOARD DOES? AND THEN GIVES US RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RATES. 
          AND SO WE ARE INDEPENDENT OF THAT PROCESS. 
          SO BOTH UTILITIES HAVE BOARDS OF TRUSTEES THAT, UM, OVERSEE THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THOSE UTILITIES WE SERVE. 
          AND A ROLE TO YOU ALL AS THE COUNCIL WHO ULTIMATELY HAS AUTHORITY, FINAL AUTHORITY OVER THOSE ISSUES. 
          WE SERVE AS KIND OF AN INDEPENDENT BODY THAT MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU ALL. 
          SO I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT I, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR MANY, I MEAN, ALL OF MY YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REALLY, UM, RELIED ON THE BOARD, UH, OF COURSE IN THE DIRECTION OF, OF C P S ENERGY TO MAKE DECISIONS, UM, ON BEHALF OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          AND IT'S THAT WAY BY STATUTE. 
          SO THE, THE BOND INDENTURES FOR BOTH C P S AND SAWS CLEARLY SPELL OUT THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE MANAGEMENT HAVE, UM, AUTHORITY OVER THE, THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE UTILITY. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S CLEARLY SET OUT IN, IN EACH OF THE BOND INDENTURES. 
          EVERY TIME WE ISSUE BONDS, THAT'S REITERATED. 
          SO THAT CREATES THE STRUCTURE. 
          UM, THE UTILITIES FUNCTION, I WOULD DESCRIBE IT, I'LL USE ANOTHER WORD A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE A REGULATORY FUNCTION. 
          SO SOMETIMES YOU THINK ABOUT PRIVATE UTILITIES GOING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE OUR ROLE. 
          THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MANAGE AND OPERATE THE UTILITIES. 
          WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SOME REGULATORY OVERSIGHT AND TO PROVIDE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE TO THE COUNCIL. 
          SO, COULD YOU ELABORATE ON REGULATORY? SO REGULATORY, SINCE, FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL, I'LL USE THE EXAMPLE OF IF, IF ONE OF THE UTILITIES SAID TODAY WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A RATE INCREASE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS TIMELINE, UH, WE WOULD ENGAGE WITH THEM ON THAT PROCESS. 
          WE WOULD START TO REVIEW ALL OF THE INFORMATION, THEIR BUSINESS CASE IN ESSENCE, THAT THEY, THEY WOULD BE BRINGING FORWARD, UH, TO ASK FOR, UH, A RATE INCREASE FROM THE COUNCIL. 
          SO WE WOULD BE TO WORK WITH THEM ON THAT PROCESS, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION DONE WITH OUR REVIEW. 
          SO I, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS THAT I'M, I'M GETTING AT, UM, ARE, ARE REALLY THE AUTHORITY OF YOU AS A, UM, AS A SUPERVISOR OR THE MANAGER OF THE UTILITIES AND SORT OF OUR ROLE ON THE COUNCIL. 
          I FELT LIKE I'VE REALLY HAVE DEFERRED VERY MUCH TO THE BOARD. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, AND OF COURSE TO LEADERSHIP AT C P S ENERGY, UM, TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. 
          AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT MORE AUTHORITY THAN, UH, YOU KNOW, PER THE CHARTER THAN I'VE UNDERSTOOD FOR US TO HAVE ALL THESE YEARS. 
          AND ALSO BECAUSE PRIMARILY, UM, WE WERE APPROVING OR NOT APPROVING RATES. 
          THAT'S SEEMS LIKE THAT WHAT'S BEEN OUR ROLE HERE FOR A LONG TIME. 
          BUT CAN WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO THIS COUNCIL, NOT JUST THE MAYOR AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE, BUT THIS COUNCIL, UM, REQUEST, UM, THAT, OR NOT REQUEST, BUT BY SIX MEMBER 
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VOTE CHANGE DIRECTION OF C P S ENERGY, UH, IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY'RE INVESTING OR WHERE THEY'RE, I DON'T KNOW, UM, PRIORITIZING USAGES OR, OR GENERATION SEE NOT, UM, IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE ISSUE, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE, UM, DIRECT. 
          AGAIN, THE, THE BOND INDENTURE ALLOWS THE BOARDS TO HAVE VEST THEM WITH THE AUTHORITY OVER THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE SYSTEMS. BUT CLEARLY AS A GOVERNING BODY, YOU ALL APPROVE RATES. 
          UM, SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A, UH, IMPORTANT ASPECT, UM, OF BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH UTILITIES, THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU ALL, UM, SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THOSE, UH, ITEMS WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT RATE INCREASES OR BUDGET ISSUES OR POLICY ISSUES. 
          SO I, UH, YOU KNOW, I I, I'M, I'M BEING A LITTLE BIT VAGUE HERE 'CAUSE I STILL AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UM, EXACTLY WHAT THE ROLE IS OF THE UTILITIES SUPERVISOR, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND IT WAS THAT, LIKE PART OF THE CHARTER AND THE STATUTE WHEN C PSS WAS CREATED IN THE 1970S, THERE WAS THIS ALSO CHARTER PROVISION THAT GAVE A STAFF MEMBER, UM, THAT POSITION. 
          AND THAT HAS BEEN YOU FOR MANY YEARS. 
          YES. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, I, I GUESS, UM, I FELT LIKE WE COULD HAVE HAD A BIT MORE, UH, INFLUENCE IF, UM, YOUR ROLE HAD BEEN ELEVATED, UM, IN THE WAY THAT THE CHARTER READS. 
          UM, SO I, I'M A, I I, I JUST, I FEEL LIKE IT HAS BEEN VERY MUCH AFTER THE FACT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET INFORMATION THAT PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE HAD BEFORE BASED ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONING THAT I'M HEARING FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND FROM THEIR ROLE AT THE, UH, IN THIS, IN THIS COMMITTEE. 
          UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE, WE COULD HAVE BEEN DOING A A LOT MORE ALL ALONG, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT BECAUSE WE JUST HAVEN'T ELEVATED THE POSITION OF THE UTILITIES MANAGER, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN YOU ALL, ALL THESE YEARS. 
          AND SO A FEW TIMES IN, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE ON THE COUNCIL, I THINK YOU'VE COME AND REPRESENTED YOURSELF AS THAT PERSON. 
          UM, BUT MOSTLY WE JUST DEFERRED STRAIGHT TO, UH, PAULA AND TO ROBERT FOR, UM, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WITH YOU, WE WERE MOSTLY TALKING ABOUT BUDGETARY, UM, LIKE ITEMS. SO, SO I, I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING TO GET AT. 
          LIKE PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE A BIT MORE INFLUENCE IF YOU ARE, UM, THE, WHAT YOUR PO POSITION WAS ELEVATED. 
          AM I, ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT, UM, I, I, I'M, I DON'T HAVE A DIRECT QUESTION, BUT I THINK RE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT I'LL JUST ADD ONE PIECE IN. 
          SO, UM, WITH EVERY ONE OF THOSE ITEMS, WE WILL ALWAYS PROVIDE YOU STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY WHEN I STARTED DOING THIS ROLE, UM, GOSH, PROBABLY 15 OR 20 YEARS AGO, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE TRIED TO DO IS WORK WITH THE UTILITIES, PARTICULARLY ON THINGS LIKE RATE INCREASES THAT ARE ALREADY DIFFICULT. 
          WE'VE ALWAYS ASKED THEM IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT, TO ENGAGE US EARLY SO THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH 'EM AND PROVIDING OUR INPUT AND OUR CONCERNS AND TRYING TO GET THOSE ADDRESSED. 
          THE GOAL AT THE END OF THE DAY IS HOPEFULLY THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND US FROM THE UTILITY SIDE ARE HOPEFULLY ALIGNED ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE THAT, UM, THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE OUR WORK SO THAT IT'S NOT COMING. 
          AND THEN THE WORK'S HAPPENING AFTER THE FACT. 
          WE'VE TRIED TO DO THAT, UM, CLEARLY ON SOME ISSUES OVER THE PAST, UH, SEVERAL YEARS. 
          THEY'VE GOTTEN BEYOND SOMETIMES FINANCIAL ISSUES, UM, WORKING WITH THEM ON THE STEP PROGRAM ON THE C P S SIDE, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2008, 2009. 
          SO THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE WORKED ON, WE HAVE WORKED ON, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO, UH, WE'VE ALWAYS PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS AS THOSE ITEMS FORWARD TO COUNSEL. 
          I KNOW REED WANTS TO ADD SOMETHING, SO I'LL I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HIM FOR A SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS A GREAT THING TO GO INTO RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I, I, I GUESS I STARTED DEALING WITH RATES IN 73 WHEN TRUCKS WERE STILL REGULATED AND THE NORMAL MODEL, THINK OF A TRIANGLE, OKAY? AND AT THE TOP OF THAT TRIANGLE, THAT'S Y'ALL, YOU'RE THE REGULATORY BODY. 
          YOU SET THE RATES, OKAY, YOU, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME, AND I COULD STAND CORRECT ON THIS, IF THE UTILITIES WILL COME TO YOU ON, ON, ON FOUR EVENTS, OKAY? WHEN THEY WANT A RATE INCREASE, UH, WHEN THEY HAVE TO APPROVE DEBT, UH, WHEN THEY, YOU CONFIRM THEIR BOARD MEMBERS, YOU DON'T PICK 'EM, YOU CONFIRM 'EM ARE ANY CONDEMNATION, I BELIEVE CONDEMNATION'S STILL ON THERE. 
          I COULD STAND CORRECTED, BUT YOU ARE AT THE TOP OF THIS TRIANGLE. 
          SO WHO ARE THE TWO PARTS ON THE BOTTOM? WELL, YOU'VE GOT THE UTILITY AND YOU'VE GOT THE CUSTOMERS. 
          YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE TO THE CUSTOMERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RATES FROM THE UTILITY ARE, ARE FAIR AND EQUITABLE. 
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OKAY? EVERYTHING THAT'S DONE IN A UTILITY AFFECTS THE RATES. 
          YOU MADE A VERY GOOD POINT. 
          IT COMES TO YOU AFTER THE FACT. 
          THAT'S WHY YOU'VE GOT BEN GELLE AND HIS GROUP, BECAUSE AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THIS RATE MAKING PROCESS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAKING DECISIONS ON ASSUMPTIONS AND, AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT. 
          IF, IF, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE HOW THAT'S BEING DONE BEFORE IT COMES TO THEM, IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE AND, AND BEEN, I'VE PROBABLY HAD 35 YEARS OF RATE DIFFERENT THINGS BECAUSE PIPELINES CONTINUED TO BE REGULATED BY FERC WHEN OTHER THINGS WERE DEREGULATED. 
          AND, AND BEN AND HIS GROUP ARE AS GOOD A, A, UH, STAFF TO A COUNCIL LIKE YOU, AS I'VE SEEN IN, WELL, I DID RATES IN ALASKA, WYOMING, COLORADO, TEXAS, NEW MEXICO. 
          SO JUST ABOUT AS GOOD AS YOU'RE GONNA GET. 
          IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER YOU WANNA INVOLVE, REMEMBER, WE, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND AGAIN, I COULD BE CORRECT ON THIS, THERE WAS A RAPE CASE WHILE I WAS ON COUNCIL AFTER THE NUCLEAR ISSUE, AND THERE WAS A RATE CASE AFTER I LEFT. 
          NOW I THINK I GOT HERE IN 2009, LEFT IN 13. 
          SO THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF RATE CASES. 
          THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A LOT OF RATE CASES IN THE FUTURE COUNCILWOMAN, BECAUSE THERE IS, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, THAT THE MAYOR HAS PUSHED FOR THE LAST 14 MONTHS FOR THIS RATE ADVISORY GROUP TO GO IN AND START LOOKING AT HOW WE LOOK AT RATES, WHAT ARE INCLUDED, HOW DO WE STRUCTURE THIS WITH A BROAD BASE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          AND YOU, EACH ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE PUT AN INDIVIDUAL ON THAT RATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          IT'S THROUGH THAT RATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, WITH BEN AND HIS GROUP THAT WE'LL START TAKING A MUCH DEEPER DIVE, AN EARLIER DIVE ON HOW WE GO THROUGH THESE RATES. 
          SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT. 
          IT HAS BEEN COMING AT ALMOST AFTER THE FACT. 
          I BELIEVE WHAT THE MAYOR'S DONE IS REVERSE THAT PROCESS AND PUT IT UP FRONT FOR YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU REED. 
          UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE BEING WITHOUT POWER FROM FIVE MINUTES TO FOUR HOURS, WE KNOW IN OUR COMMUNITY WE HAD PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER FOR OVER 60 HOURS. 
          YEP. 
          AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FRUSTRATION, IT'S STILL THERE. 
          AND THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS RESILIENCY PLAN AND LOOKING TO MAKE OURSELVES BETTER, AND WE'RE SAYING THAT NOW WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE ON DIFFERENT CIRCUITS, HOW ARE WE GONNA TRULY SPEAK TO UNDERSTANDING WHAT CIRCUITS ARE WITHIN THE POPULATION OF THE LOWER INCOME? BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE MOST AFFECTED, AND THEY WEREN'T JUST AFFECTED BY THEIR POWER BEING OUT. 
          THEY WERE AFFECTED BY THEIR WATER BEING OUT. 
          AND WHAT WE WERE TOLD DURING THIS DISASTER IS THAT THE WATER WAS AFFECTED BECAUSE C P S WAS AFFECTED. 
          AND HOW DO WE GET OVER THAT? WE HAVE A CAP PLAN THAT'S IN PLACE. 
          ARE WE GONNA MAKE CORRECTIONS WITHIN OUR CAP PLAN THAT WILL ADDRESS HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THIS EQUITABLY? OKAY. 
          THERE'S A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THERE. 
          UH, LEMME SEE IF I GOT 'EM. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS, UM, THE PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED FOR MORE THAN JUST A FEW HOURS WHEN I WAS DESCRIBING THE FEW MINUTES ON AND THE FEW HOURS OFF. 
          IT'S WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO USE THE AUTOMATED SYSTEM, UH, TO, TO ROLL THE CIRCUITS. 
          UH, WE, UH, VERY MUCH WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS THE INFORMATION OF WHAT TYPE OF CIRCUIT THEY'RE ON. 
          OKAY? WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET, BUT EVEN IF WE DO, THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE. 
          AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, THE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT KIND OF CIRCUITS THEY'RE ON, BECAUSE LET'S SAY YOU HAVE SOMEBODY ON A DIALYSIS OR YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S, THAT'S NEEDING OXYGEN GENERATION MACHINE, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF CIRCUIT THEY'RE ON. 
          SO WE, WE, WE GET THAT. 
          DO WE HAVE IT? NO, WE DON'T. 
          THERE'S SECURITY ISSUES AROUND IT. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF BAD PEOPLE THAT MIGHT WANT TO GET AHOLD OF THAT INFORMATION AND USE IT SOME WAY. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RE UH, ALIGN THE CIRCUITS. 
          I THINK THE CRITICAL CIRCUITS IS TOO LARGE. 
          I DON'T THINK WE PROBABLY HAVE ENOUGH INTERRUPTIBLE CIRCUITS. 
          AND, AND I THINK WE DO NEED TO, TO SOME WAY LET PEOPLE KNOW. 
          AND WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OF WE'RE PARTS OF OUR CITY OVERBURDENED WITH THIS, UH, WITH THIS TERRIBLE EVENT. 
          AND, AND WE'RE GONNA DRIVE TO THAT. 
          I'M NOT GONNA GIVE UP ON GETTING THAT ANSWER. 
          IT'S NOT THERE YET, BUT I WILL KEEP WORKING ON IT. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, NEXT WEEK, 
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WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE CALLED US ABOUT A CREDIT, UM, THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RECEIVING FROM C P S. 
          AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT POWER BEING OUT FOR DAYS, AN $8 CREDIT FOR A BILL THAT IS JUST ASTRONOMICAL WHEN THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE POWER, IS AN INSULT TO INJURY. 
          AND SO HOW ARE WE GONNA ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THIS SO-CALLED CREDIT AND MAKE IT REALLY TRANSPARENT TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST POWER FOR THOSE 60 PLUS HOURS OR SO? UM, DON'T, DON'T TAKE US AS DODGING THAT QUESTION, BUT I I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT C P S IS GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS. 
          AND I THINK IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS IN THE NEW COMMITTEE THAT THE MAYOR'S, UH, APPOINTED AND Y'ALL HAVE APPOINTED, OR THE MAYOR'S GOTTEN, UH, UH, PASSED IT AT, UH, C P S. 
          AND THAT IS NOT ONLY, UH, HOW WE DEAL WITH THE CREDIT, BUT HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT WE'VE NOT DISCONNECTED ANYONE FOR OVER A YEAR. 
          WE'VE GOT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OF, OF DEBT, UH, ON THE BOOKS. 
          HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THAT PAID FOR? WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THAT? SO IT'S NOT JUST THE CREDIT SIDE, IT'S, IT'S ALSO THE CHARGE SIDE WE'VE GOTTA LOOK INTO. 
          AND I, I WISHED I COULD STAND UP HERE AND GIVE YOU AN ANSWER TO THAT TODAY, BUT I SIMPLY CANNOT. 
          AND DO WE KNOW, HAVE WE STARTED LOOKING AT GRANTS OR EMERGENCY, UH, FUNDING THAT WE CAN RECOVER FROM FEMA OR, I KNOW YOU SAID AUSTIN IS NOT LOOKING TO DO ANYTHING, BUT ON THE FEDERAL SIDE WHEN IT COMES TO EMERGENCY DISASTER SUCH AS THIS? WELL, YEAH. 
          UH, AUSTIN HAS TALKED ABOUT IT AND WE'LL SEE IF ANYTHING COMES, BUT I'M NOT SURE WE'LL GET MUCH THERE. 
          UH, CERTAINLY THERE'S SOME FEMA MON MONEY, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY AND COUNCILMAN, UH, BLI HAS HAVE BEEN, UH, TALKING TO 'EM ABOUT THAT, AND THAT'S IN THEIR ANSWERS. 
          UM, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LET THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND FRANKLY, I THINK FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT, Y'ALL CITY STANDPOINT, Y'ALL ARE DOING THAT TOO. 
          I'M GONNA LET THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S THEIR, YOU KNOW, IT'S THEIR JOB TO GO GET THAT MONEY BACK THAT THEY HAD TO SPEND ON WATER AND, AND OTHER THINGS. 
          AND SO, WITHIN THIS COMMITTEE, AND AS WE'RE TALKING, ARE WE LOOKING AT THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF WEATHER RISING, NOT ONLY OUR PLANTS, BUT THOSE HOMES THAT WERE BUILT BEFORE 1951 AND WHAT THAT COST LOOKS LIKE? UH, NO, THAT'S NOT IN THE SCOPE OF THIS. 
          UH, THE SCOPE OF THIS IS, IS IS LIMITED TO WHAT HAPPENED, WHY, AND WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE FUTURE? THE WHOLE WINTERIZATION PROGRAM IS IN THE STEP PROGRAM. 
          AND, AND THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT, AS BEN MENTIONED, UH, OBVIOUSLY IS GONNA REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, RATE SUPPORT IF YOU DO IT, AND IT SHOULD COME TO YOU AND, UH, FOR, AND FORTUNATELY, I THINK IF WE GET THIS GROUP SET UP, IT CAN COME TO YOU SOONER TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE ONE QUESTION I KNOW THAT IT, IT'S ASKED TO US QUITE OFTEN IS THE LOSS OF LIFE, UM, DUE TO THE POWER BEING OUT DUE TO WATER NOT BEING SUPPLIED. 
          AND DO WE HAVE ANY ACCOUNTABILITY OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR DUE TO THIS STORM COUNCILWOMAN? BECAUSE BECAUSE THERE'S ACTIVE LITIGATION ON THAT. 
          UH, I WOULD, IT, IT REALLY IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR, UH, COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS TO RESPOND TO THAT, BUT I CAN RESPOND. 
          UH, I CAN, I CAN TALK TO YOU SEPARATELY OFFLINE ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. 
          THANK YOU, ANDY. 
          I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT IS STILL A, A MAJOR CONCERN FOR A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY OUR OLDER POPULATION. 
          BUT, UM, ONE THING I WANT TO RECOMMEND IS, AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD, WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, IS THAT WE REALLY LOOK AT, UM, HOW DO WE HAVE GENERATION SYSTEMS THAT ARE SET UP FOR OUR SENIORS IN THEIR SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EMERGENCY WATER BACKUP TANKS SO THAT WE DO NOT SEE WHAT WE HAD WITHIN THIS DISASTER HAPPEN AGAIN, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONNAIRE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR, UH, FOR GIVING US, UH, YOUR OVERVIEW AND ALSO JUST YOUR, YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHERE A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THE HANGUPS ARE. 
          AND THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT ALL ON THIS DAAS OR NOT ALL WITH C P S. 
          SOME OF THOSE ARE AT THE, AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          UM, I, I WANTED TO GO OVER A, A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          ONE OF THEM IS TO, TO SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT ALL OF YOU, WELL, ALL OF YOU COULD HAVE BEEN ON THIS, UH, COMMITTEE, RIGHT? I THINK WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE, UH, WITH, WITH, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC AND SOMETHING TO BRING FORWARD. 
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WE ALL HAD OUR OWN EXPERIENCES IN OUR OWN DISTRICTS ABOUT, UH, CHALLENGES THAT WERE FACED. 
          SO I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BEHOOVE US AS THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH EACH OF YOU AND HEAR ANY ADDITIONAL CONCERNS THAT WE MAY NOT BE ADDRESSING IN THE QUESTIONS. 
          AND, AND I'LL GO OVER THE QUESTIONS IN, IN JUST A SECOND. 
          UM, IN PARTICULAR, I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN TREVINO, UH, DID A LOT DURING THE STORM AT, AT HIS FIELD OFFICE. 
          SO IT MIGHT ALSO BE GOOD FOR US TO, TO TAKE AN INVENTORY OF, OF SOME OF THE VULNERABILITIES IN, IN THAT, UH, THAT, THAT YOU HAD TO, TO DEAL WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THOSE ARE INCORPORATED. 
          AND, UM, I, I WANTED TO, UM, WELL, A THAT WAS MY FIRST POINT. 
          SECONDLY, I, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT, UH, CHAIR REED MENTIONED, WHICH IS THAT WE'VE BROKEN UP INTO THREE GROUPS, JUST LIKE IN SCHOOL WHEN YOU HAVE A, A GROUP PROJECT, AND THERE IS THE C P S GROUP, THE SAS GROUP, AND THE CITI GROUP. 
          SO I'M ON THE C P S GROUP, AND I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 
          AND, UH, EACH OF THE, UH, THE OTHER MEMBERS CAN, CAN TALK ABOUT THEIR GROUP. 
          UM, WHAT I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED OF C P S AND THE RESPONSES THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR. 
          SO I'VE ASKED, UH, ALEX, AND BY THE WAY, ALEX HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB STAFFING OUR, OUR MEETINGS, UH, WHEREVER WE END UP MEETING, SHE IS THERE AND HAS EVERYTHING READY TO GO. 
          SO I'VE ASKED HER TO SHARE WITH US THE CURRENT WEBSITE THAT IS BEING USED ON THE CITY'S, UH, ON THE CITY'S MAIN SITE, IN, IN CASE ANYBODY WATCHING OR, UH, OR YOU ALL WANT TO REVIEW THIS. 
          SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS, UH, WE HAVE A, A MAIN PAGE, AND YOU WOULD GET THEREBY, UH, SAN ANTONIO.GOV/IS IT, WHAT'S THE ORIGINAL LINK? IF YOU WANTED TO GO FROM THE MAIN WEBSITE, ALEX? THAT'S IT. 
          EMERGENCY HYPHEN PREPAREDNESS HYPHEN COMMITTEE. 
          GREAT. 
          SO, SO HERE WE ARE, THERE IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR CHARGE, AS YOU'LL SEE, UH, THE LIST OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          ALSO, HERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROVIDING COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          SO, UM, YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR RESPONSE ONLINE. 
          YOU CAN CALL 3 1 1, OR YOU CAN TEXT. 
          AND THEN IF YOU COULD, YEAH, JUST KEEP SCROLLING DOWN. 
          THE RECORDS OF THE LAST MEETINGS ARE THERE. 
          WE SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE KEEP MINUTES  FOR THE MEETINGS GOING FORWARD. 
          AND THEN, UH, SOME, THE COMMITTEE DOCUMENTS ARE DOWN HERE, BUT ACTUALLY THE RESPONSES FROM C P S ARE SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          SO IF YOU COULD TAKE US TO THOSE, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANNA REVIEW RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS. 
          SO, C P SS, SO WHAT ALEX HAS DONE HAS PUT ALL OF, SHE'S PUT ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS IN THIS TABLE, AND THEN IF YOU WANNA SEE THE RESPONSE, YOU CAN GO TO IT. 
          SO, FOR INSTANCE, UM, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE DOWN TO THE GRID QUESTION, THE CIRCUITS QUESTION, IF YOU CAN DO THAT. 
          NUMBER NINE. 
          SO OUR, OUR REQUEST TO C P S WAS GRAPHIC GEOGRAPHICALLY DELINEATE THE CIRCUITS AND EXPLAIN HOW EACH CIRCUIT IS DESIGNATED AS CRITICAL LOW FREQUENCY OR INTERRUPTIBLE. 
          SO THESE ARE THE THREE CATEGORIES OF CIRCUITS THAT THEY'VE TOLD US THAT THEY HAVE. 
          AND JUST SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, LET'S SEE IF YOU WANNA SCROLL DOWN. 
          UH, SO THERE'S A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THEY'RE DONE AS WELL AS A MAP. 
          IF YOU WANNA SCROLL DOWN TO THE END OF THE, OF THE MAP. 
          SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, AND I, I FIND IT TO, WE, IF YOU NOTICE, WE DIDN'T MARK THIS ANSWER AS COMPLETE, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL INFORMATION WE NEED. 
          THE AREAS IN YELLOW PER C P S ARE THE AREAS THAT EXPERIENCED WHAT THEY'RE CALLING LOAD SHED. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, UH, POWER NEEDED TO BE CUT TO THOSE AREAS. 
          UH, DURING, DURING THE EVENT, HOWEVER, POWER WAS CUT TO, UH, PROBABLY TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CIRCUITS, AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SEE WHICH ONE IS WHICH. 
          SO THERE'S THREE TYPES OF CIRCUITS, BUT WE ONLY HAVE TWO COLORS HERE. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, UM, WE ARE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR. 
          UM, WHAT YOU ALSO CAN'T SEE IS HOW, HOW MUCH SOME AREAS WERE 
          [01:25:01]
AFFECTED VERSUS OTHERS. 
          SO FOR INSTANCE, I HAD POWER OUT FOR FOUR HOURS AND THEN FOR ONE EVENING, BUT I WASN'T OUT FOR THE ENTIRE FOUR DAYS LIKE OTHER PEOPLE WERE. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE DON'T HAVE EITHER GEOGRAPHICALLY. 
          AND THE REASON WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS GEOGRAPHICALLY IS SO THAT THE CITY, UH, THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND THE LOCAL, UH, MUNICIPALITIES CAN DO THEIR WORK IN PREPARING FOR ANOTHER EVENT IN THE FUTURE. 
          YOU, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF CIRCUIT YOU'RE ON, SO YOU, SO THAT YOU CAN PREPARE ADEQUATELY FOR IT IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, TO BE IN A HOME, UH, DURING, UH, AN EVENT LIKE THIS. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S REALLY JUST, UH, WHAT I WANTED TO, TO SHARE WITH YOU IS, IS HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE RESPONSES THAT WE'VE GOTTEN BACK. 
          AND IF YOU COULD GO BACK, ALEX, TO THE, UM, PRIOR TO THE LIST OF QUESTIONS YEAH. 
          C P S RES TO THE LIST OF RESPONSES. 
          YES. 
          UM, AND THEN IF YOU SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE WE'RE, WE'RE STILL AWAITING SOME, SOME RESPONSES. 
          ONCE WE REVIEW THOSE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BEGIN MAKING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, I THINK WE'VE ALREADY FORMULATED SOME IN OUR, IN OUR HEAD, BUT WE'LL, UH, BE PUTTING THOSE TO PAPER AHEAD OF THE, OF THE REPORT WRITING OF THE REPORT SUBMISSION. 
          YOU WILL END UP SEEING SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR SAWS AND FOR C P S ONCE THOSE QUESTIONS ARE IN. 
          SO, UM, AND, AND CHAIR WILLIAMS WAS ADAMANT THAT WE SHARE INFORMATION AS IT CAME IN, SO YOU DID NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL A FINAL REPORT TO, TO SEE OUR PROGRESS. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COLLEAGUES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OH, REAL QUICK. 
          NO. 
          YES, GO AHEAD. 
           ONE, I REALLY WANT TO THANK ALEX, UH, PUBLICLY BECAUSE SHE'S JUMPED RIGHT IN. 
          AND, UH, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH REID OR, UM, CHAIRMAN WILLIAMS, HE MOVES PRETTY QUICK. 
          SO WHEN HE GOT APPOINTED, IT WAS, WE'RE MEETING AND YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT, UH, LIVE STREAMED AND YOU NEED TO GET A WEBSITE SET UP, AND YOU NEED TO GET ALL THIS IN PLACE REALLY QUICKLY. 
          AND ALEX HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB. 
          UH, SHE'S CONTINUED TO WORK WITH OUR I T SS D DEPARTMENT ON THE WEBSITE, SO THEY'RE GONNA BE LAUNCHING TONIGHT A REVISED VERSION OF THAT. 
          UM, THE ONE YOU SAW IS A LITTLE BIT OF OUR OLDER ARCHITECTURE. 
          IT'S GONNA MOVE TO A MORE, HOPEFULLY, USER FRIENDLIER FORMAT. 
          A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO FIND. 
          UM, SO THAT'LL LAUNCH LATER TONIGHT. 
          ALL THE INFORMATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE THERE AS IT IS TODAY. 
          UH, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT OUT BECAUSE I THINK IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO NAVIGATE THAN WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TODAY. 
          SO JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS BEN. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU ALEX, TOO, FOR YOUR WORK, UM, FOR ALL OF THIS. 
          AND, UH, REID, THANK YOU, UH, FOR STEPPING UP AS WELL. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU SERVED US IN THE HEALTHCARE AND RETIREMENTS BENEFITS, UH, TASK FORCE BACK THEN, AND YOU ARE HELPING US NOW, UH, BECAUSE THE LITTLE EASY THINGS ARE, ARE SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE TO DO, I'M SURE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR CANDOR, AND I APPRECIATE YOU JUST, UM, TELLING IT CLEARLY AND DIRECTLY, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UM, I WANT TO HEAR AND MANY RESIDENTS IN SAN ANTONIO WANT TO HEAR. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP AND SERVING US. 
          AND TO YOUR POINT, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER FOR, UM, SHARING AND ACTUALLY SHOWING THE WEBSITE, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND SOME OF THE RESPONSES FOR C P S, AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          UM, FRUSTRATING. 
          AND, UH, LOOKING AT THE CIRCUIT, I'M LOOKING AT, UM, R F I NUMBER 15, AND THE CIRCUIT STATUS BY DAYS, AND ALL OF THE CIRCUITS. 
          AND WE DON'T CIRCUIT NUMBER ONE UNTIL ALL OF THEM. 
          AND JUST, WHAT DOES THIS DO? I, I MEAN, WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS DOES, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION FOR R F I NUMBER 11 AND THEIR RESPONSE TO R F I NUMBER 11 WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNICATIONS. 
          I'M GLAD THEY PUT ALL OF THAT OUT THERE, BUT ONE OF IT CONTINUES TO, UM, I GUESS PUZZLE ME AS TO ONE. 
          I, I THINK, UM, LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE MORE, UM, IN LAYMAN'S TERM WHEN IT COMES TO THE, TO THE RESPONSES FROM C P S TO US, NUMBER ONE. 
          AND NUMBER TWO, WHEN DID ERCOT FIRST TELL C P S WHAT WAS GOING ON? BECAUSE I SEE THE, I SEE THE LAYOUT FROM 20, FROM TWO 14, THAT'S WHEN ERCOT SHARED CONSERVATION NEWS RELEASE. 
          RIGHT? BUT WHERE IS THE, WHERE'S THE OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING? YEAH, NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER. 
          IF YOU DO, PLEASE SHARE, 
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UM, OR IF YOU'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION, WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE? UH, OKAY. 
          WE, WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC ON OUR QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO HONE IN ON THIS PERIOD WHEN ERCOT STARTED, UH, REQUIRING THEM TO, UH, SHED LOAD. 
          AND IT GOES TO, UM, THE POINT OF, UH, WELL, IF YOU RAISE THE PRICE, WHICH THEY DID ON THE 14TH EARLY IN THAT MORNING, UH, IF YOU RAISE THE PRICE, YOU GET MORE. 
          WELL, THEY DON'T BECAUSE THEY KEEP SHEDDING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT, IT DIDN'T WORK, DIDN'T WORK ORIGINALLY. 
          PROBABLY DIDN'T WORK UNTIL THE WEATHER PRODUCT. 
          AS FAR AS YOUR QUESTION ON THE, UH, YOUR QUESTION ON THE INFORMATION IS VERY, IS IS VERY CRITICAL, BECAUSE AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE QUESTION, C P S ANSWERS 'EM ONE WAY, SAWS ANSWERS 'EM ANOTHER WAY, THE CITY ANSWERS 'EM ANOTHER WAY. 
          SO TO SOME EXTENT, THE WAY THEY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IS THE REAL BRIGHT LIGHT THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT COMMUNICATING BECAUSE THEY ANSWER QUESTIONS DIFFERENTLY AND THEY LOOK AT COMMUNICATION DIFFERENTLY. 
          SOME OF 'EM WILL GO IN THERE AND GIVE US A LONG TRAIL OF, OF TEXTS THAT GO BACK AND FORTH, AND, AND THAT'S FINE. 
          THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION. 
          I THINK THE BEST FORMAT WAS USED BY THE CITY WHERE THEY TOOK IT DAY BY DAY. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, DR. 
          ROACH GARCIA AND DR. 
          GENERAL RICE AND LISA IS, IS EXPANDING THE CITY'S COMMUNICATION CHART AND PUTTING TWO MORE COLUMNS IN AND MATCHING UP WHAT HAPPENS. 
          SO WE'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          WHAT THEY'VE GOT IS NOT REAL USABLE. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PICK IT UP AND PUT IT INTO THE CITY'S FORMAT. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA DO. 
          AND I'LL YIELD TO MY, UH, COLLEAGUE THERE ON THE COMMITTEE IF I'M INCORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE, UH, DIFFICULT. 
          I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, UH, REPORT, AND YES, I AGREE, AND I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES, UM, ON THE COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE TO, UM, ASK FOR THOSE ZIP CODES AND CONTINUE TO ASK FOR, THANK YOU FOR ADVOCATING FOR HEAT MAPS OR, OR, YEAH, WELL MAPS AND SEE WHERE WE CAN, UM, IDENTIFY THIS. 
          AND WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, COMMUNICATION, AS YOU MENTIONED, BETWEEN SAWS, BETWEEN OUR E O C C C P S, BUT ALSO THE STATE AND WHERE IF THE STATE HAD ANY CONVERSATION OR ERCOT IN GENERAL AND ITS COMMUNICATION, UH, I THINK 100%, UH, THE COMMUNICATION AND CHANGING THAT IS, IS KEY. 
          AND TO OTHER POINTS, JUST LIKE IN 98 WHEN THERE WAS THE FLOOD AND THEN A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODS JUST KEPT COMING MM-HMM. 
          , AND THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE AGAIN. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE, I THINK MANY OF US ARE EVEN, UM, TRIGGERED NOW WHEN WE GET TEXTS OR ALERTS FROM C P SS ENERGY ON OUR PHONE OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING. 
          AND I THINK IT IS A TRIGGERING EFFECT, UH, FOR SOME, SOME INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE OF WHAT MANY OF THEM HAD TO LIVE THROUGH THAT NIGHT OR DEAL THROUGH WITH THAT NIGHT. 
          UM, YES, I ALSO, UH, WANT TO ENCOURAGE WHATEVER FEDERAL DOLLARS OR FEDERAL LEGISLATION WE NEED TO STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION AS Y'ALL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT, UM, RE UM, RELOOKING AT THIS AND HOW WE RESPOND TO THESE, UM, EMERGENCIES AND HOW WE RESPOND AND HOW WE TALK TO ONE ANOTHER, AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH DEMAND MANAGEMENT IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND, UM, WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE ALL OF THE RIGHT POSITIONS IN PLACE? DO WE NEED TO CREATE NEW POSITIONS? DO WE NEED TO, UM, STREAMLINE OR MAKE EFFICIENCIES SOMEWHERE? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL, UH, WELL, THE COUNCIL ON THE DIOCESE WILL HAVE TO, UM, CONTINUE TO WORK ON AS WELL AS OUR BOARD, AS WELL AS THE BOARD MEMBERS, AS, UH, MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, UH, ET CETERA. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. 
          THANK YOU FOR KEEPING IT ALL ON ONLINE AND TRANSPARENT. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, JUST CONTINUING TO HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY GUESTS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          JUST, JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS. 
          YEAH. 
          I'D LIKE TO MAKE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MILITARY CITY U S A AND WE NEED TO NOT JUST SAY THAT WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE, NOT ONLY THAT WE HAVE THE MILITARY HERE, BUT THAT WE HAVE FOLKS THAT STAY HERE AFTER THEY RETIRE. 
          AND I, I WOULD REALLY TELL YOU THAT THE VICE CHAIR ON THIS IS GENERAL ED RICE. 
          UM, HE, HE HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB ON THIS. 
          HE'S BEEN IN MORE COMMAND CENTERS THAN WE'VE EVEN PROBABLY THOUGHT ABOUT. 
          UH, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIS KNOWLEDGE ON THIS. 
          UH, THE MAYOR WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN GETTING HIM TO WORK ON THIS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, WITHOUT HIS BACKGROUND AND KNOWLEDGE, WE REALLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE WHERE WE ARE ON THIS THOUGHT PROCESS. 
          AND HE ALWAYS 
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USES THE CONCEPT OF, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU'RE IN ONE OF THESE THINGS, YOU'VE GOT FOG AND FRICTION, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. 
          AND, AND IT IS GONNA TAKE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM. 
          OKAY? WE CAN'T JUST AUGMENT THIS ONE OR BOUNCE IT UP TO ANOTHER LEVEL OR ADD PEOPLE TO THE EXISTING SYSTEM. 
          AND THIS WILL TAKE TIME. 
          IT IS GONNA TAKE PEOPLE THAT KNOW A WHOLE LOT MORE ABOUT IT THAN I DO TO, TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO THIS. 
          BUT I BELIEVE THAT IN THE EMERGENCY CENTER, THAT ERIC AND HIS FOLKS ARE IN THE BLOCKS READY TO GO, AND I'LL LET HIM SPEAK FOR HIMSELF. 
          BUT I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A BIG ISSUE. 
          AND WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE GENERAL RICE ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          JUST KNOWING, UH, THE ADAPTABILITY AND THE FLEXIBILITY YEAH. 
          TO WHATEVER COMES UP. 
          THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. 
          AND, UM, AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO CONTINUE AND, AND THE MAYOR, 'CAUSE YOU SIT ON BOTH, UH, BOARD SAWS AND C P S. 
          UM, PLEASE ENCOURAGE OUR BOARD TO ALL OF THESE BOARDS TO CONTINUE TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER, BE AND TO THE CITY AND TO ERIC, BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE HOLDING ON TO INFORMATION WHEN WE NEED TO BE SHARING IT FOR, I MEAN, NO ONE IS THE LONE OWNER OF ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE TO BE SHARING IT WITH ONE ANOTHER. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN WILLIAMS FOR COMING OUT TODAY AND, AND TRYING TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT THE COMMITTEE'S DOING. 
          AND I WANT TO COMMEND MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE SERVING ON THESE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEES. 
          THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU FIRST CAME UP, UH, THE FIRST THING I DID IS I STARTED WRITING DOWN ALL THE QUESTIONS I WANTED TO ASK YOU. 
          BUT THEN I STARTED REALIZING YOU PROBABLY RECEIVED THE SAME QUESTIONS FROM DOZENS OF OTHER PEOPLE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, AND RATHER THAN MY WANTING TO ASK MY INDIVIDUAL, UH, QUESTIONS, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, AND PROMOTE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE THESE QUESTIONS AND SEE THE ANSWERS THAT WE FIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          I KNOW ALMOST EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY HAS SUFFERED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, UH, BECAUSE OF THE STORM. 
          IT MAY BE THAT SOME PEOPLE CA KEPT ENERGY, BUT THEY MAY HAVE HAD OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS COME AND STAY WITH THEM, AND HAVE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, MANAGE THOSE KINDS OF, UH, COMPLICATIONS THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED. 
          AND OTHERS WE KNOW WERE COMPLETELY WITHOUT POWER AND EVENTUALLY WITHOUT WATER FOR DAYS AT A TIME. 
          SO THIS TRULY WAS A, A COMMUNITY-WIDE, UH, TRAGEDY. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA SAY THOUGH, IS THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER INFORMATION WE PUT OUT THERE IS EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY EVERYBODY IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE LOOKED AT THE WEBSITE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME KIND OF REFORMATTING, UH, TRY TO MAKE IT EASIER. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK TERMINOLOGY IS ALWAYS GONNA BE A CHALLENGE FOR US. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, YOU TALKED ABOUT SHEDDING POWER. 
          WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          WE NEED TO TELL 'EM. 
          IT MEANS THAT, THAT, UH, ERCOT WANTED US TO CUT BACK THE POWER USAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE WERE BEING DIRECTED. 
          YOU NEED TO REDUCE THE POWER THAT PEOPLE ARE USING. 
          UH, SO TERMINOLOGY IS IMPORTANT. 
          I THINK MOST PEOPLE NOWADAYS ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, IF THEY EVER GET ONLINE, UH, F A Q, WHICH MEANS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S THE BIG FORMAT THAT WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING TO THE PUBLIC. 
          WHAT ARE THESE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY WANT ANSWERS TO ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, UH, DURING THE STORM AND WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITY? UH, I KNOW THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE UNDERTAKING OUR OWN, UH, INVESTIGATION, BUT I BELIEVE BOTH BOARDS AT SAS AND C P S HAVE INSTRUCTED THEIR STAFF TO DO A DEEP DIVE INTO WHAT THEY CAN DETERMINE WENT WRONG, WHAT THEY DID RIGHT, WHAT THEY DID WRONG, WHAT THEY CAN DO BETTER. 
          I HOPE EACH OF THOSE REPORTS WILL BE TOTALLY INTEGRATED VERY QUICKLY WITH WHAT WE COME FORWARD WITH. 
          I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS, UH, WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU DEVELOP AS AN INDIVIDUAL UTILITY, PLEASE SHARE WITH US SO WE CAN INCORPORATE IT INTO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEMS, AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO RESOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA BE DONE BY JUNE 15TH OR IF IT'S GONNA TAKE THEM LONGER. 
          AND I THINK ALL OF US RECOGNIZE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO INTERNALLY, LOOKING AT THE UTILITIES AND THE CITY AND WHAT'S GOING ON EXTERNALLY WITH ERCOT AND THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION AND ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE THAT PROVIDE DIFFERENT SORTS OF POWER TO US. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY ON, ON JUNE 15TH, 
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YOU MAY BE PROVIDING A, A PRETTY GOOD OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE PROBLEMS WERE AND SOME REMEDIES, BUT THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE A LOT OF ONGOING ACTION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE TO TRULY RESOLVE THIS AND TO PUT US IN A BETTER POSITION TO ENSURE THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I WANNA RECOMMEND, AND IT'S REALLY NOT TO YOU REID, BUT IT IS TO THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, WE HAVE A COUNCIL PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE THAT EXISTS AND HAS EXISTED. 
          PART OF THAT COMMITTEE'S CHARGE INCLUDES ENSURING THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE COMMUNITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITY SYSTEMS, INCLUDING SAWS AND C P S ENERGY ARE ATTENDED TO. 
          SO WE HAVE, I THINK, AN OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE BEYOND THIS JUNE 15TH REPORT. 
          UH, AND I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO GO THROUGH THIS EXISTING COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS THAT CHARGE. 
          AND I KNOW BEN GOEL HAS PEOPLE IN HIS DEPARTMENT WHO ARE DEDICATED TOWARD, UH, WORKING WITH THE UTILITIES THAT COULD WORK WITH THIS COMMITTEE. 
          UH, THIS COMMITTEE NEEDS TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS CHARGE TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTION AND SOLUTIONS THAT THE EMERGENCY CON COMMITTEE DETERMINES ARE CRITICAL TO PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY AND STRENGTHENING OUR UTILITIES. 
          NOW, THIS COMMITTEE CAN'T AND SHOULDN'T TRY TO BE AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, UH, TO MANAGE THE UTILITIES, BUT RATHER WORK TO ENSURE THE RESILIENCY OF THESE UTILITIES BY KEEPING THE COUNCIL WELL-INFORMED ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT WE MAKE ON ALL OF THESE SOLUTIONS THAT BOTH C P S IS PUTTING IN PLACE, THAT SAS IS PUTTING IN PLACE, AND WHAT THIS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS. 
          SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION AND COMMENT, BUT I DO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS OUT THERE IN PUBLIC AND ALL OF THE ANSWERS OUT THERE IN PUBLIC AND ALL THE SOLUTIONS OUT THERE IN PUBLIC AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, I THINK I GOT ALL THESE DOWN. 
          LEMME JUST RUN THROUGH THEM REAL QUICK. 
          UH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          ON THE EASY TO UNDERSTAND. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN, UH, I GUESS IT WAS, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO SUGGESTED IT FIRST, BUT IT WAS SUGGESTS MAYBE POWELLS, WE PUT OUT A PRIMER, I THINK. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO CREDIT THIS WITH. 
          WE PUT A PRIMER OUT IN A GLOSSARY. 
          THAT'S THE FIRST TWO DOCUMENTS, AND THOSE NEED TO BE KNOWN BY THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE THERE. 
          YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          AND WE ALSO ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS PROPERLY TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE HUGE. 
          UM, THE FREQUENCY ASK QUESTIONS, UH, LET US TRY TO WORK ON THAT. 
          UH, I NEED TO TALK TO, TO ALEX AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO THAT. 
          UM, UH, I'M NOT, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          IT'S JUST THAT, UM, EVERYBODY THINKS THEIR QUESTION IS KIND OF UNIQUE , AND, AND TO THEM IT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I DON'T WANT IN A WAY TO, UM, TO INSULT SOMEBODY THAT WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THEIR QUESTION. 
          SO WE'VE GONE TO THE BIG SHOTGUN APPROACH AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF 'EM. 
          BUT LET, LET US WORK ON THAT. 
          UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATIONS OR RESEARCH OR PROJECTS OR WHATEVER THAT SAS AND C P S ARE DOING, THE BLACK AND VEATCH REPORT, UH, AS, UM, COUNCILMAN P AND COUNCILMAN PERRY HAVE, HAVE WORKED WITH, UH, WILL BE AVAILABLE. 
          I'M GOING TO LET THEM SPEAK AS TO EXACTLY WHEN, 'CAUSE THEY'VE JUST HAD A RECENT MEETING. 
          THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A CHANGE IN THAT I'M NOT UP TO DATE ON, BUT YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR LEFT OR RIGHT THERE AND GET IT . 
          UH, SO THAT WILL BE THE, THE C P S IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 
          IT'S AN INVESTIGATION BY THE BOARD. 
          I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS OR WHERE THAT'S GOING. 
          AND I WOULD GUESS I WOULD HAVE TO REFER YOU TO THE MAYOR ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE. 
          UH, AS FAR AS THE, UM, THE LAND USE GROUP, UH, I WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOUR, YOUR COMMITTEE TO ADD, UH, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY TO THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT IF WE DON'T, WE MIGHT HAVE WATER AND WE MIGHT HAVE ELECTRICITY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE COMMUNICATION. 
          WE'RE GONNA LOSE 'EM BOTH. 
          SO I, I WOULD REALLY SAY THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS GONNA, IS, IS KIND OF STANDING OUT THERE. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE IS A, IS A REAL, IS A REAL ISSUE. 
          AND WE'VE GOT SOME AREAS OF THE CITY THAT JUST SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE COVERAGE THAT WE NEED. 
          AND THOSE, UNFORTUNATELY ARE IN SOME AREAS THAT, UH, WERE HIT HARDEST BY THIS. 
          SO, I, I DIDN'T MENTION IT, BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ADDITIONAL CHARGES WORKING WITH THE I T S D DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION OUT THERE. 
          IT'S A NEW COMMITTEE I WASN'T 
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FAMILIAR WITH, AND I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. 
          HAU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I'VE NOT HAD THE PLEASURE TO MEET YOU PERSONALLY, BUT I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          THEY GOT YOU, THEY GOT YOU BEHIND THE POST, RIGHT? ? YEAH, I KNOW THAT THIS THING IS RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE. 
          YEAH, THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. 
          WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH. 
          UM, SO THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE, I THINK, TO PICK UP ON WHAT COUNCILMAN COURAGE WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE TO MY DISTRICT WAS COMMUNICATION. 
          UM, THE, THE IMMEDIATE SHARING OF INFORMATION AND WARNING FOR PREPAREDNESS. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT THE LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE? I KNOW THE, UH, TEXT ALERTS I THINK ARE A GOOD START, BUT I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING MORE, HOPEFULLY MORE COMPREHENSIVE. 
          WELL, I, I, I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M THAT QUALIFIED TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION THAT WORKS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY. 
          THAT CAN BE, AND I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO LET MORE EXPERIENCED PEOPLE THAN I DO THAT. 
          BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF WE HAVE, UM, POWER LINES TO ALL THE HOUSES AND WE ARE RECEIVING INFORMATION ACROSS THOSE POWER LINES TO GET OUR BILLING, THEN HOPEFULLY WE COULD TURN THAT AROUND AND MAKE IT A TWO-WAY STREET. 
          AND WE COULD SEND INFORMATION TO PEOPLE WITHOUT THEM HAVING POWER. 
          MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I'M NOT, I'M NOT TECHNICAL ENOUGH, AND FRANKLY, I'M PROBABLY WAY OVER MY SKIS ON THIS COMMENT, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO, TO NOT ONLY SEND THE SAME MESSAGE A COORDINATED MESSAGE, BUT TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT'S UPDATED AND ALSO SEND A MESSAGE THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE YOUR PHONE CHARGED. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO IT, THERE'S SOME, SOME CHALLENGES AS YOU CAN IMAGINE ON THAT. 
          BUT IT IS KEY. 
          WAS THAT, WAS THAT PART OF THE CHARGE OF THE COMMITTEE OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WILL, WILL BE LOOKING INTO THE CHARGE OF THE COMMITTEE WAS, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED, WHY IT HAPPENED, AND THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          MM-HMM. 
           PEOPLE ARE GONNA LOOK AT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND SAY, WELL, THESE PEOPLE AREN'T EXPERTS. 
          AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON HERE IS HOLDING THEMSELVES OUT AS THE EXPERT. 
          I KNOW. 
          I'M SURE NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, BUT WE ARE COMMON CITIZENS. 
          WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE WENT THROUGH AND WE CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OF SOMETHING THAT WE THINK NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. 
          WHAT I BE TELLING THEM HOW TO DESIGN AN INFORMATION SYSTEM, ABSOLUTELY NOT. 
          WHAT WOULD I BE COMFORTABLE SAYING? YOU NEED ONE. 
          I AM COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I BELIEVE THAT THIS, THE, THE CHARGE IS VERY, UM, IN SOME WAYS VERY SIMPLE, BUT ALSO CAN BE VERY BROAD. 
          AND SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNICATION ASPECT FALLS UNDER THE CHARGE, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE, UM, TECHNICAL SAVVY. 
          SO, UM, IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF SUPPORT THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, UH, TO THE COMMITTEE OR I GUESS NEXT STEPS AFTER THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THAT WOULD, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD BE LOOKING AT. 
          I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE COME OUT OF THIS WITH, UM, NOT JUST, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD, WOULD HAVE LEARNED THE LESSON IF WE DON'T CORRECT THE, THE PROBLEM. 
          SO, UM, NO, I, YEAH, BEN AND ALEX AND ALL THAT FOLKS HAVE JUST, JUST BEEN HUGE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH. 
          I MEAN IT, AND BY THE WAY, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING ABOUT INFORMATION LOTS IN THIS NEW WEBSITE. 
          UH, IT'S MODELED, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, OFF OF THE ONE THAT WAS USED AROUND THE, THE, UH, FIRE, THE, THE POLICE, UH, UH, NEGOTIATIONS, IF, IS THAT CORRECT? THE, UH, POLICE SERVICES AND THE COVID WEBSITE DESIGN. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO IT'S MUCH USER FRIENDLY. 
          WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE COMMITTEE EARLY ON INFORMATION AS ARE WE GONNA WAIT TILL WE GET THE FINAL ANSWER? ARE WE GONNA PUT OUT THERE WHAT'S INCOMPLETE? SO SOME FOLKS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE CONFUSED. 
          'CAUSE WE'LL PUT AN ANSWER OUT THERE, WE MARK IT, YOU KNOW, INCOMPLETE. 
          BUT IF THEY DON'T SEE THAT, THEY THINK THAT'S THE ANSWER, AND THEN THEY GO, THEY COME BACK AND GO, WELL, YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING. 
          WELL, WE KNOW WE'RE NOT ANSWERING, BUT WE HAD TO GET IT OUT THERE. 
          BECAUSE PART OF THIS IS TO SHOW THE PEOPLE THE PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          PEOPLE THINK IF THEY DON'T SEE IT, THEY DON'T BELIEVE IT, AND I DON'T BLAME 'EM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE WANT 'EM TO SEE IT. 
          AND THERE'S BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF DISCUSSION. 
          DO THEY WANT TO BUY THE SAUSAGE IN THE STORE? THEY WANT WATCH IT MADE? WELL, SOME PEOPLE JUST WANNA BUY IT IN THE STORE AND THEY'LL READ THE LAST REPORT. 
          SOME PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE IT UNLESS THEY SEE EVER, EVER PAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND THAT'S FINE. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH SIDES. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, AND AS YOU LOOK AT, UM, AT, AT AT LEAST RECOMMENDING SOME KIND OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ALSO, UM, REMIND YOU TO LOOK AT NOT JUST HIGH TECH, BUT EXTREMELY LOW TECH TO YOUR POINT. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, WE WERE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE COULD TO GET OUT INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT NOT EVERYBODY COULD CHARGE THEIR PHONES, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO, UM, BUT THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO, HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU, UM, UH, CHAIR 
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REID WILLIAMS FOR, FOR ALL YOUR WORK, UH, AND ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THAT ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE. 
          UH, I I ALSO WANNA REITERATE THAT, UM, A LOT OF US ON COUNCIL HAVE, HAVE, HAVE, UH, A A LOT TO CONTRIBUTE TO, UH, THIS, THIS EFFORT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STORIES, UH, SO DO APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SVA, UH, POINTING OUT THE, THE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW, UH, DIRECTLY IN OUR DISTRICTS, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, IN, IN MY CASE, WHAT WE SAW AT OUR FIELD OFFICE, WHAT WE SAW DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, AND SO AS I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, AND I, AND I THINK THAT, THAT THIS IS LAID OUT, UH, IN A WAY THAT, THAT, UH, I THINK IS, IS STARTING TO ASK A LOT OF VERY TOUGH, TOUGH QUESTIONS. 
          BUT I WOULD ASK, UH, UH, YOU, UH, MR. WILLIAMS, UH, WHAT COULD IT BENEFIT US? AND I THINK IT COULD FOR US TO LISTEN TO SOME OF THE STORIES, NOT JUST THE QUESTIONS, BUT THE STORIES OF, OF WHAT PEOPLE WENT THROUGH. 
          I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ONE STORY THAT I THINK IS SO, SO IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, SO DOWNTOWN IS, IS IS OFTEN SEEN AS, AS, AS THIS, THIS BRIGHT CENTER AND, UM, FULL OF, OF TALL HIGH RISES. 
          BUT IT, BUT MANY FOLKS DIDN'T, MAYBE DON'T REALIZE THAT IT, IT IS ALSO HOME TO A PLACE FOR SENIORS. 
          UH, GRANADA HOMES WAS ONE OF THOSE. 
          AND, AND THERE JUST SIMPLY ISN'T A REAL CLEAR ANSWER OF, OF WHY THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CUT, UH, THE, THE POWER TO ONE OF THE PUMPS THAT PROVIDED WATER PRESSURE TO THIS BUILDING THAT NEEDED IT VERY, VERY, UH, UH, IN, IN, IN A, IN A BIG WAY. 
          BECAUSE THIS WAS A, A, A, A FACILITY FOR SENIORS. 
          AND IF YOU TALK TO THEM, UH, YOU, YOU BEGIN TO SEE SOME OF THE STORIES, UH, OF, OF PEOPLE THAT WERE SORT OF IMPACTED PROBABLY BECAUSE, UH, THEY WERE SIMPLY OVERLOOKED BECAUSE OF, OF WHERE THEY ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, SO I GUESS I WOULD ASK, ARE WE LOOKING AT SOME AT THINGS LIKE THAT? COUNCILMAN? OKAY. 
          LET, LET ME TRY TO SEE IF I CAN GET THIS, THE, THE STORIES ARE IMPORTANT. 
          AND FRANKLY, IF YOU KIND OF LOOK THROUGH AND, AND I'LL GET, UM, ALEX OR SOMEBODY TO HELP YOUR GROUP, IF YOU LOOK THROUGH IT, WE GET, WE GET SOME, WE GET SOME STORIES. 
          I MEAN, THEY'RE HALF A PAGE LONG AND THAT'S GOOD. 
          'CAUSE WE WANT THOSE. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          I, I THINK WHEN WE THINK THAT SOMEBODY MADE A DECISION TO DO SOMETHING, UH, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY MADE THAT DECISION. 
          OKAY? I'M NOT SURE THAT, THAT THEY HAD THE INFORMATION TO MAKE THE DECISION. 
          WE SAW IT ALL OVER THE EVENT. 
          WE NOT, NOT ONLY SAW IT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, WE SAW IT WHEN YOU DID, YOU HAD A POWER, UH, PRODUCERS THAT WERE TRYING TO MOVE NATIONAL GAS WITH THE COMPRESSORS, AND THEY HAVEN'T EVEN SIGNED THE ONE PAGE FARM TO PUT THEMSELVES ON AN UNINTERRUPTABLE CIRCUIT. 
          SO IT GOES BACK BEFORE THE EVENT, AND IT GOES TO THIS, UH, UH, POINT OF WE'VE GOTTA REDESIGN. 
          LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE UNIVERSITY PUMP STATION, WHAT AFFECTED, UH, DISTRICT EIGHT AND NINE REALLY BAD, WHICH ARE ON THE UP UPHILL OF TEARS THAT THAT'S, THAT WAS KNOCKED OFF WITH NO COMMUNICATION. 
          AND, AND, AND I, AND, AND REALLY IT'S, I'M STILL TRYING TO GET, AND I WILL WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, UH, FERRY AND, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN HOLLY'S HELP. 
          I'LL GET THE, WE'LL GET THE ANSWER. 
          BUT ONCE, ONCE THESE THINGS STARTED CASCADING, I, I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY HAD THAT MUCH THOUGHT PROCESS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY HAD THAT MUCH INFORMATION. 
          LET ME JUST BACK UP. 
          WE, WE KNOW THAT, UM, IF YOU LOSE INSTRUMENTATION IN SOME OF THESE PUMP STATIONS, AND THAT'S SMALL POWER, THAT'S NOT PUTTING A BIG GENERATOR IN THERE THAT WOULD RUN A PUMP. 
          IF YOU LOSE THIS INSTRUMENTATION, YOU'RE LOSING YOUR INFORMATION OF HOW, HOW THAT SYSTEM'S WORKING. 
          THAT CAN BE, UH, UH, THAT CAN BE MADE MORE RESILIENT WITH SMALLER COMPRESSORS. 
          IT CAN BE MADE WITH, UH, WITH SOLAR, WITH BATTERY STORAGE. 
          IT CAN BE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ENSURING THAT YOU KEEP GETTING INFORMATION ON THOSE SYSTEMS AND THAT YOU'RE NOT FREEZING UP YOUR, YOUR INFORMATION SYSTEM, YOUR, YOUR, UM, CONTROL SYSTEMS AND YOUR SMALL DIAMETER PIPES THAT ARE GIVING THAT CONTROL SYSTEM INFORMATION. 
          SO I THINK SOMETIMES WE, WE THINK PEOPLE MADE THESE DECISIONS WHEN I, I BELIEVE IT WAS A BIT OF AN OUTTA CONTROL SITUATION. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN VINNO. 
          I, I'M NOT SO SURE THAT THOSE DECISIONS WERE MADE. 
          I THINK THEY WERE, THEY, THEY HAPPENED AND THEY REACTED. 
          NO, AND I, AND I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT TO SAY THAT I, I, I GUESS I'M, I'M NOT MAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT, UH, A, A DECISION WAS MADE, MAYBE IT WAS A DECISION OR A LACK OF A DECISION. 
          BUT, UH, WHAT I MEAN BY, 
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BY, BY EXPRESSING THAT PARTICULAR STORY, AND THIS IS, THIS WAS JUST OUR EXPERIENCE AS A COUNCIL OFFICE, RIGHT? WITH GRANADA HOMES, WITH SAS, WITH C P SS ABOUT, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION AND, UM, VERY, UH, A, A LACK OF COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE, THE IMPACT THAT, THAT SOME OF THESE SYSTEMS WAS, WAS GONNA HAVE ON, ON, ON CERTAIN POPULATIONS. 
          AND SO, I, I THINK, I THINK WHAT I'M DRIVING AT IS THAT, WHAT I'M HOPING IS THAT, THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF, UH, A LOT MORE, UH, DATA SHARING, NOT JUST COMMUNICATION. 
          UH, COUN COUNCILMAN S AND I, ACTUALLY, EVEN, WE, WE TOOK A TRIP. 
          I'M SURPRISED HE DIDN'T, HE DIDN'T MENTION THIS ONE, ONE, BUT WE TOOK A, A TRIP, I, I I BELIEVE IT WAS TO HOUSTON TO TALK ABOUT RESILIENCY. 
          AND, AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE, THE, THE SCENARIOS THAT WE TALKED, TALKED ABOUT THAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT A CITY, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ARE AND HOW SOMETIMES THEY COULD BE HIDDEN WITHIN AREAS YOU THINK THERE ISN'T A VULNERABLE POPULATION. 
          SO I, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT I'M, I'M SPEAKING, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THIS GROUP THAT I, I KNOW, UH, WAS, WAS SEVERELY IMPACTED BY THIS, THEY WERE LITERALLY GRABBING BUCKETS OF WATER FROM THE RIVER, UH, JUST TO, TO MAINTAIN THEIR PLUMBING SYSTEM, UH, WHICH I THINK IS JUST AWFUL. 
          I MEAN, THE, THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY IS, IS DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY AND ANSWERS. 
          UM, AND I THINK, I THINK WE, WE CAN REALLY GRAB, UH, A LOT OF INSIGHT FROM SOME, SOME OF THESE STORIES AND HOW, HOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS CITY, UH, YOU REALLY COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY, UH, HAVE ESTABLISHED. 
          AND, AND, UM, THROUGH COUNCILMAN PAL'S COMMITTEE, UH, INNOVATION, YOU KNOW, WE, THIS IS SOMETHING WE ADOPTED, UH, WAS THE DATA SHARING, UH, MODEL WHERE MULTIPLE ENTITIES, UH, THROUGHOUT, UH, THE COUNTY CAN SHARE, UH, LOTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY. 
          WHERE, WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE, WHAT, WHAT IS THE, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO, SO AGAIN, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE STORIES BE COLLECTED SO THAT WE CAN GAIN FURTHER INSIGHT INTO, UH, HOW SOME OF THESE, UH, POTEN THERE'S, THERE'S AREAS THAT WE MAY NOT THINK IS VULNERABLE, BUT ARE QUITE VULNERABLE. 
          UM, I ALSO UNDERSTAND, AND I THINK, MANNY, YOU ALREADY YOU ALREADY MENTIONED THIS, THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF ONGOING LAWSUITS RELATED TO THE WINTER STORM, THERE'S, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME LACK OF RESPONSES FROM, FROM, FROM C P S. 
          BUT DO WE EXPECT TO HAVE A, AN, AN ANSWER TO ANY OF THESE, UH, THESE QUESTIONS, UH, SOON? OR IS THAT GONNA JUST BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT CONTINUES BECAUSE OF LITIGATION? UM, I, AS FAR AS THE PRICING AND, AND THE LAWSUITS, UM, I'M GONNA HAVE TO LET, UH, THE, THE, THE LAWYERS SPEAK TO THAT. 
          BUT LET ME GET BACK TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION BEFORE IT, IT, IT GETS TOO OLD IN OUR MIND. 
          'CAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO IDENTIFY THOSE AS YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE. 
          BUT IT HASN'T BEEN, IT HADN'T BEEN WIRED IN TO ALL OF THE ENTITIES. 
          AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT SAW CCP AS A CITY. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES AND FOLKS THAT'LL BE INVOLVED IN THIS. 
          THIS IS THE START OF IT. 
          IT'S KIND OF THE BASE OF IT, AND THEN IT'S GOTTA RADIATE FROM THERE. 
          BUT IN YOUR PARTICULAR CASE, WHERE YOU HAVE A VULNERABLE POPULATION THAT'S INSIDE A, A CIRCUIT THAT NEEDS TO BE KNOWN, AND NOT ONLY IS IT 90 KNOWN, THOSE FOLKS NEED TO BE NOTIFIED BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THAT CIRCUIT, NOT AFTER IT HAPPENS. 
          AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT UNLESS WE COMPLETELY REWORK OUR SYSTEM, AS YOU'VE MENTIONED. 
          I TOTALLY AGREE. 
          I, YOU KNOW, WHO COULD ARGUE WITH THAT? THAT'S TOO BEING LOGICAL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LET'S, THAT'S IT. 
          NOW, AS FAR AS THE, THE PRICING INFORMATION AND THEIR LAWSUITS, UM, I'LL ASK THE, THE LAWYERS TO SPEAK TO THAT. 
          I, I AM, I, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I JUST DON'T KNOW, AND I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          I CAN TELL YOU THAT. 
          AND THE KINDS OF STUFF WE WERE ASKING WAS WHAT WAS THE PRICING DURING THEN? WHAT WAS THE, THE BENCHMARK PRICING AT WAHA OR HENRY HUB OR HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL? HOW DID OUR PRICING RE RESOLVE THIS? BUT AGAIN, EVEN IF WE GOT THAT INFORMATION, THE REAL PROBLEM WON'T GET SOLVED. 
          THE REAL PROBLEM WILL GET SOLVED IN THE COURTHOUSE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE FOLKS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF US. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE IT NEEDS TO, RESTITUTION NEEDS TO BE MADE. 
          SO I'M, WHILE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT INFORMATION, IT WOULD GIVE US SOME IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENED. 
          IT WON'T NECESSARILY SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT I, HOPEFULLY THE, THE COURT ACTIONS WILL, UH, COUNCILMAN ATTORNEY. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWERS AND, AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. 
          AND, AND ONE LAST, UH, REQUEST IS, UH, ARE WE COMPARING A, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO WHAT OTHER TEXAS CITIES ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE DOING ALSO TO, UH, TO TRY TO FIND 
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WAYS TO, TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AND BECOME MORE RESILIENT? NOT AT THIS TIME. 
          I, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ENOUGH TO GET DONE AND GET IT OUT BY THE 15TH. 
          I THINK THAT KIND OF COMPARISON COMES BEST WHEN THE, WHEN THE, UM, UH, WHEN THE CONSULTANTS AND EVERYBODY START COMING IN ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS. 
          NOT NOW. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU, UH, CHAIR WILLIAMS FOR, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. 
          I'M GOING TO, UM, FOCUS ON A FEW THINGS, AND THIS IS JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO WEREN'T AT THE, UM, MEETINGS A WHILE AGO, AND I JUST WANNA GIVE SOME REFRESHERS. 
          AND SO IN 2015 ON DECEMBER THE 20 DECEMBER THE 10TH OF 2015, ITEM NUMBER 13 WAS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN. 
          SECTION TWO OF IT SAYS, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL PURSUE AVAILABLE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSALS DESIGNATED THEREIN, AND WILL, UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH FUNDING OR OTHER NECESSARY RESOURCES, SEEK TO IMPLEMENT THE ACTIONS CONTAINED IN THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES. 
          SECTION THREE SAYS, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO VESTS WITH THE MAYOR, THE RESPONSIBILITY, AUTHORITY, AND ASSURE THAT END, UH, MEANS TO INFORM ALL PARTIES OF THIS ACTION, ASSURE THAT THE HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN WILL BE REVIEWED AT LEAST ANNUALLY, AND THAT ANY NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          THAT WAS SIGNED ON THE 10TH OF DECEMBER, AND IT WAS, UH, THEN MAYOR IVY TAYLOR, WHO HAD CON UH, CONTINUED A MEDICATION PLAN THAT WAS STARTED BY COUNCIL, WELL, SORRY, BY MAYOR CASTRO AT THE TIME. 
          UM, MAYOR TAYLOR WAS NOT THERE THAT DAY. 
          THIS WAS APPROVED ON A CONSENT AGENDA VOTE. 
          IT WAS, UM, UH, THERE, THERE WAS, I GUESS THERE WAS A LOT OF ITEMS. AND SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS PULLED THEN BECAUSE IT WAS A CONSENT VOTE AND IT WAS ACTUALLY SIGNED, UM, NOT BY THE ACTING CITY ATTORNEY IN ITS PLACE, BUT BY SOMEONE ELSE. 
          I, I GUESS MAYBE THE ACTING CITY ATTORNEY WASN'T THERE AT THE TIME EITHER. 
          SO IT WAS COUNCILMAN CRIER THAT SIGNED THIS. 
          THREE OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE, UM, WERE THERE AT THE MEETING AND TOOK YES VOTES ON THE, UM, MITIGATION PLAN. 
          AND SO I, I, I'D, I'D LOVE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, CONNECT WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THEY WERE PRESENTED THIS PLAN, BECAUSE IN THE PLAN, PAGE SIX TALKS ABOUT THE PROBABILITY OF FUTURE EVENTS, WHICH IS TO COUNCILMAN PAL'S POINT EARLIER, THE PROBABILITY OF FUTURE WINTER STORM EVENT AFFECTING THE CITY PLANNING AREA IS HIGHLY LIKELY WITH A WINTER STORM LIKELY TO OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. 
          THAT WAS IN 2015. 
          DURING PERIODS OF EXTREME COLD AND FREEZING TEMPERATURE, WATER PIPES CAN FREEZE AND CRACK AND ICE CAN BUILD UP ON POWER LINES, CAUSING THEM TO BREAK UNDER THE WEIGHT OR CAUSING TREE LIMBS TO FALL ON THE LINES. 
          THESE EVENTS CAN DISRUPT ELECTRIC SERVICES FOR LONG PERIODS, AND ECONOMIC IMPACT MAY OCCUR DUE TO THE INCREASED CONSUMPTION OF HEATING FUEL, WHICH CAN LEAD TO ENERGY SHORTAGES AND HIGHER PRICES. 
          HOUSE FIRES AND RESULTING DEATHS TEND TO OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY FROM INCREASED AND IMPROPER USE OF ALTERNATE HEATING SOURCES. 
          FIRES DURING WINTER STORMS ALSO PRESENT A GREATER DANGER BECAUSE WATER SUPPLIES MAY FREEZE AND IMPEDE FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS. 
          GOES ON TO PAGE NINE. 
          WHILE SEVERE WINTER STORMS THEMSELVES TEND TO BE RATHER SHORT-LIVED EVENTS, THERE EFFECTS CAN LINGER LONG AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED. 
          ISAT FALLS IN COAST FACILITIES POWER LOSS FROM DAMAGED LINES. 
          I MEAN, IT GOES ON AND ON DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY AND SCALE OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY ICE AND SNOW EVENTS. 
          DAM DAMAGE TO POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE CAN REQUIRE DAYS OR WEEKS TO REPAIR. 
          THERE ARE POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO WILDLIFE, NATIVE PLANT, AND TREE SPECIES CAN ALSO EXPERIENCE A POTENTIAL IMPACT. 
          SEVERE COLD AND ICE COULD ALSO DAMAGE AGRICULTURAL CROPS. 
          INSUFFICIENT RESPONSE TO WINTER STORM EVENTS CAN SERIOUSLY UNDERMINE THE PUBLIC'S CONFIDENCE IN ITS GOVERNMENT AND LEADERS PERCEIVED SLOW RESPONSE TO SNOW REMOVAL AND WINTER STORM RELATED POWER OUTAGES IN OTHER AREAS IN THE US HAVE BECOME POINTS OF STRIDENT CRITICISM AND IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. 
          IN SOME CASES, A LACK OF TIMELY AND REALISTIC COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC WAS IDENTIFIED AS A CONTRIBUTOR TO FRUSTRATION AND DISTRUST THAT DEVELOPED AMONG THE POPULATION. 
          PERCEPTIONS OF INEQUALITY IN RESPONSE OR OF RELIEF, PARTICULARLY IN THOSE INEQUALITIES, ARE BASED ON SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, ETHNICITY, AGE, GENDER, OR SENIORITY CAN LEAD TO INCREASED DISSATISFACTION WITH GOVERNMENT AND LEADERSHIP, AND MAY RESULT IN A WEAKENING SOCIAL ORDER, IF NECESSARY, RATIONING OF ELECTRICITY NEEDS TO BE CONSCIENTIOUSLY IMPLEMENTED TO AVOID THE APPEARANCE OF BIAS OR IMPROPRIETY. 
          AND SO I WANTED TO READ THAT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST PREDICTED, AND THIS IS WHAT I SAID, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO AT OUR, UM, AT OUR, ONE OF OUR INITIAL MEETINGS, UM, AT THAT TIME IN THAT RISK MITIGATION PLAN, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY PROPOSED TO LEAD AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT AND UPDATE THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. 
          UM, AND SO AGAIN, IT WAS AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS IN THERE THAT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY TO THROUGH DECEMBER, 2020, WAS AN IMPLEMENTATION 
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SCHEDULE. 
          AND IT WAS, UM, IT WAS ALSO HA IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SUSTAINED BY THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM, THE BOND PROGRAM OF 20 12 20 17. 
          AND FURTHER DOWN, IT SAYS THAT THE PLAN WILL BE DISCUSSED AT ANNUAL BUDGET MEETINGS TO CONSIDER PROPOSED FUNDING SOURCES FOR MITIGATION ACTIONS. 
          AND THE REASON THAT I KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THOSE LARGER POINTS THAT I MADE AT THAT FIRST MEETING, UM, WAS JUST IN CASE YOU ALL HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE, THE RISK MITIGATION. 
          THIS IS WHY I KIND OF, UM, FOCUSED IN ON THIS, RIGHT? AS, AS I SPOKE, UM, TO, TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMITTEE, I WANTED TO, UM, YES, THIS IS A, A BLACK SWAN EVENT BECAUSE AS THE, THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTAND NOW, AND IT'S BEEN EXPLAINED TO ME BY ERIC AND, AND BEN AND MARIA, WHO HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF ANSWERING ALL OF MY QUESTIONS. 
          IN FACT, I MET WITH MARIA JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AS WELL ON SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. 
          THIS BECAME A CRISIS. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS, AT WHAT POINT DOES THAT BECOME A CRISIS? AND SO THERE'S MULTIPLE THINGS. 
          HOWEVER, IF YOU READ THE RISK MITIGATION PLAN, AND I ONLY READ, READ YOU EX EXCERPTS OF IT, RIGHT? SO IF YOU READ, ALMOST EVERYTHING WAS PREDICTED IN HERE. 
          AND SO HOWEVER WE SEE IT FROM ONE PART TO ANOTHER, FROM A DIFFERENT SECTION TO ANOTHER, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, CONSIDER THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE PLAN. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ASKED ERIC WAS WELL, AND I ASKED DOUG MELNICK, WHO IS, WHO IS NOW OVER, UM, SUSTAINABILITY, AND HE, UM, SEEMED, SEEMED TO NOT KNOW THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THIS. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ASKED ERIC'S LIKE, WELL, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? LIKE, WHO TELLS THE MAYOR THAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, WHO TELLS THE COUNCIL THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THIS ANNUALLY? WHO TELLS, UM, DOUG OR SOMEONE NEW? BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF TURNOVER. 
          I MEAN, WE COULD BE GONE, RIGHT? UM, IT, SOME OF US CAN, COULD STILL BE GONE WITHIN A FEW MONTHS. 
          AND SO I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE, WHO KEEPS TABS ON THIS? WHO CHECKS THE BOXES, WHO ASKS ABOUT THIS? AND SO, UM, I HADN'T BROUGHT IT UP AGAIN AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL BECAUSE I PROMISED, UM, UH, CHAIR WILLIAMS THAT I WOULD BE A RESIDENT, A REGULAR RESIDENT OF THE SOUTH SIDE ON THE COMMITTEE. 
          BUT TODAY I AM SITTING AS A COUNCIL PERSON. 
          I JUST WANTED TO LET MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES KNOW WHO WEREN'T THERE, THAT THERE WAS THESE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WERE IN THIS RISK MITIGATION PLAN THAT WE DID NOT PLAN FOR AS A COUNCIL. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT WE DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH ON AS A COUNCIL. 
          AND WE NEED TO FIX IT NOW. 
          AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE ERIC AND MARIA AND BEN'S COMMITMENT, AND THEY'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE BUDGET FOR THESE FUTURE, UM, RE FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE, UM, THAT JUST SAT ON A SHELF FOR YEARS AND YEARS. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO FOCUS MY COMMENTS ON TODAY. 
          I REALLY HAVE NO QUESTIONS. 
          I THINK THAT ALEX MORGAN HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. 
          I, I'D LIKE TO ECHO THAT. 
          I WANNA SAY THAT I APPRECIATED, UM, THE RESPONSES THAT CAME IN, AND COMMUNICATION SPECIFICALLY FROM, FROM C P S DID A WONDERFUL JOB IN THEIR MATRIX. 
          I MIGHT NOT BE TOO SATISFIED WITH THEIR ANSWERS. 
          I MIGHT HAVE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION, BUT I ACTUALLY ASKED THAT MAYBE SAUCE AND THE CITY PUT TOGETHER THAT COMMUNICATION PLAN BASED ON THE MATRIX THAT C P S PUT TOGETHER SO WE COULD COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES. 
          UM, BUT REALLY JUST, UM, WANNA THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF THE COMMITTEE AND FOR YOUR TRUST IN ME, AND REALLY FOR CHAIR WILLIAMS FOR TRUSTING ME TO WORK WITH GENERAL RICE AND LISA TATUM, WHO I JUST REGARD SO HIGHLY. 
          UM, BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS, MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          MAY I SAY ONE THING? UH, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          AND IT WASN'T DONE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          UH, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY IT. 
          UH, NOW WE CAN ARGUE ABOUT THE EVENT AND HOW FAST IT HAPPENED AND, AND HOW MUCH INFORMATION WE HAD AND HOW IT CHANGED. 
          BUT THIS IS THIS, I THINK THIS IS GONNA FUNDAMENTALLY, UH, CHANGE HOW THE CITY LOOKS AT EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          IT'S EASY TO KEEP TRAINING FOR THE SAME THING THAT YOU'VE TRAINED FOR, AND YOU'VE SEEN, IT'S HARD TO TRAIN FOR SOMETHING YOU DON'T KNOW, AND IT'S HARD TO HAVE A SYSTEM FOR SOMETHING YOU DON'T KNOW. 
          SO I THINK TO SOME EXTENT PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A CHARGE, SO IT DIDN'T GET DONE. 
          IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MY HONEST OPINION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, SIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, UH, GETTING US PULLED TOGETHER AND FOCUSED AND HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS SOON. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ABOUT OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH SAS. 
          WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM, UH, A TWO HOUR MEETING, UH, ON TUESDAY WHERE WE WENT THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD. 
          WE STILL HAD QUESTIONS OR NEEDED CLARIFICATION ON THOSE ANSWERS THAT THEY PROVIDED TO US SO FAR. 
          SO, UH, I THINK THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          UH, THEY'RE WORKING ON THEM, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GET THOSE TO US, UH, HERE QUICKLY. 
          UM, ALSO WANTED 
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TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'VE, I'VE ASKED FOR A BRIEFING FROM BLACK AND VEATCH WHO'S DOING THEIR STUDY, UH, ON THE 14TH TO THE COMMITTEE. 
          AND, UH, BASICALLY TO GIVE US PARAMETERS OF WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, WHAT THEY EXPECT THE DELIVERABLES TO BE, AND JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT AND WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING BACK WITH THE REPORT. 
          UM, WE WON'T GET TO SEE THE REPORT UNTIL AFTER SAS BRIEFS THE BOARD. 
          UM, THEY WILL THEN RELEASE THAT DOCUMENT TO US, OR, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE GONNA RELEASE TO US AT THIS POINT. 
          WE'LL FIND THAT OUT WHEN, WHEN, AFTER THEY MEET WITH THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THAT. 
          BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THE WHOLE REPORT AND BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT BLACK AND VEATCH COMES UP WITH. 
          UM, JUST TO ADDRESS THIS COMMUNICATIONS THING, UM, COUNCILWOMAN GARCIA, WE DID DISCUSS THAT WITH SAS, AND WE ACTUALLY GAVE THEM AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT C P S PROVIDED, AND THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL BE, UH, SENDING THAT TO US AS WELL AS CLARIFICATION TOO. 
          SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THOSE UPDATES AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU TOMORROW. 
          THAT'S RIGHT, 10 O'CLOCK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, WHAT WE ARE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT ON, ON FRIDAY IS, UM, HOW WE INCORPORATE THESE REPORTS IN. 
          WHILE SOME OF 'EM WON'T BE THERE, IF WE CAN KNOW WHAT THE REPORT'S GONNA COVER, WE CAN AT LEAST PUT PLACEHOLDERS IN THERE AND, AND, AND MAYBE IF, UH, YOU KNOW, PENDING PLACEHOLDERS. 
          SO AGAIN, THE REPORT IS GONNA BE A, A LIVE DOCUMENT, AND HOPEFULLY WE GET IT MOSTLY DONE BY THE 15TH OF JUNE. 
          BUT THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, BRING UP A A COUPLE OF CLOSING THINGS. 
          ONE, ONE OF THESE I DID BRING UP AT OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING, AND I THINK THE, THE WORK OF THIS GROUP IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, UH, THIS COMING SUMMER PER OUR WEATHER AND CLIMATOLOGICAL EXPERTS, WE MAY EXPERIENCE SOMETHING SIMILAR BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHTS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT CHAIR. 
          UH, WELL, I THINK YOU SAID IT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE GOTTA GET READY FOR IT, . 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO WE, WE DO NEED TO, TO BE READY FOR, FOR THAT. 
          UM, 10 YEARS AGO THAT HAPPENED AFTER THE EXTREME WINTER STORMS, THERE WAS EXTREME DROUGHT AND NOT ENOUGH WATER FOR, FOR COOLING. 
          AND I, I DID NOT COME UP WITH THAT ON MY OWN. 
          I READ IT IN AN OP-ED WRITTEN BY AMY HARDBERGER. 
          AND I, I WANNA THANK HER FOR DOING THAT AND KEEPING US ON OUR TOES. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S, WHETHER WE'LL SAY IT'S WITHIN THE SCOPE OF OUR COMMITTEE, BUT I DON'T THINK MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS AFTERWARD, UH, WITH, WITH THE TEAM IS WE CAN'T NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT, WE AS THE COUNCIL CAN, CANNOT IGNORE THAT. 
          THAT IS A THREAT, AN IMPENDING THREAT RIGHT NOW. 
          RIGHT? SO IF, IF PEOPLE SEE A PROBLEM NOW, THEY NEED TO FIX IT. 
          THEY DON'T NEED TO WAIT FOR OUR REPORT, OKAY? RIGHT? MM-HMM. 
           AND I, I THINK THAT THE MANAGEMENT'S AND THE BOARDS OUGHT TO BE MAKING THAT POINT. 
          AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE MAKING THAT POINT WITH THEIR MANAGEMENTS. 
          SO IF, UH, IF YOU, IF THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT'S VERY OBVIOUS, THEN THEY NEED MAKING PLANS TO FIX IT. 
          THEY DON'T NEED TO WAIT FOR US TO TELL 'EM. 
          'CAUSE WE DON'T MANAGE 'EM. 
          THEY MANAGE THEMSELVES. 
          CORRECT. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO, UH, PERHAPS MAYOR, WE CAN HAVE, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS IS, BUT PERHAPS A, A PRESENTATION BY THE UTILITIES OR A BRIEFING BY THE UTILITIES, OR A MEMO ABOUT HOW THEY'RE PREPARING FOR A POTENTIAL SUMMER DROUGHT. 
          UH, WE'LL THINK ABOUT IT, BUT, UH, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT THAT IS. 
          UM, THE, THE OTHER THING I I WANT TO MENTION IS WE, WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT RELIABILITY, RELIABILITY, RELIABILITY OF OUR GRID. 
          AND I, IT IS STILL RELI, THE GRID IS RELIABLE. 
          C P S IS EXTREMELY RELIABLE, BUT WHAT RELIABLE MEANS IS THAT YOU'RE PREPARED FOR EXPECTED EVENTS. 
          YOU'RE PREPARED FOR SCHEDULED SHUTDOWNS FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. 
          WHAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW IS RESILIENCY, RIGHT? AND THAT, I THINK THAT'S A BIG, THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM RELIABILITY, RIGHT? AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU CAN OVERCOME UNEXPECTED EVENTS. 
          THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT COUNCILMAN ELIAS WAS TRYING TO GET US TO DO EARLY ON IN HIS TENURE. 
          AND I, I WAS MENTIONING TO HIM THAT I THINK AT THE TIME, I WASN'T QUITE SURE HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT THROUGH CITY HALL. 
          AND I THINK IT'S A TREMENDOUS IDEA, AND WE MUST, UH, REVISIT THAT AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE PREPARED FOR WHETHER IT'S THIS VULNERABILITY OR ANOTHER. 
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AND COUNCILMAN LIAS, UH, POINTED OUT TO ME THAT THE CHARGE OF THE COMMITTEE THAT I CHAIR, COMMUNITY HEALTH INEQUITY INCLUDES RESILIENCY. 
          SO THERE IS CERTAINLY A PLACE FOR THAT OR FOR REVISITING THE HAZARD, UH, PLAN THAT YOU MENTIONED. 
          AND I, I THINK WE WILL PUT THAT, GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT ON OUR COMMITTEE SCHEDULE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AND BRING THAT BACK TO FULL COUNSEL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, JUST, UH, I, I, I HEARD A CONSISTENT THEME AROUND HERE, WHICH IS WE'RE ALL WONDERING WHY IT IS, UM, THAT OUR IDEA OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS WASN'T, UH, WHAT HAPPENED DURING THOSE FOUR OR FIVE DAYS. 
          UM, AND I'LL REMIND YOU THAT OUR ROOFERS AND INSURANCE SCAMMERS CALLED PEOPLE WITHIN AN HOUR OF, YOU KNOW, AND THEY CALL PEOPLE WITHIN AN HOUR OF STORMS, THEY CALL YOU BEFORE THE STORMS, RIGHT? I MEAN, LIKE, THESE PEOPLE ARE, ARE BETTER AT THIS THAN OUR, OUR UTILITIES ARE. 
          AND WE, WE NEED TO, I DON'T KNOW. 
          WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO BE MORE NIMBLE. 
          UH, I, I KEEP TELLING FOLKS THAT MCDONALD'S DOES A BETTER JOB AT TELLING EVERYBODY THAT THE MCRIB IS FINALLY BACK, UH, THAN WE DO AT WARNING FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, DISASTER IS IMMINENT . 
          UM, I, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, MAYOR, I THINK THAT EVERY SINGLE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE, UH, THAT IS IMP PANELED, UH, YOU KNOW, IS TOUCHED BY THIS AND, AND HAS A PIECE OF THIS, I'M, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF, OF ANY COMMITTEE THAT DOESN'T. 
          AND, AND I CAN'T, I CAN'T THINK SO. 
          I MEAN, LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, JEFF COYLE, UM, YOU AND I NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR COMMITTEE AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT WE, UH, GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WE SPEND MORE TIME UP THERE IN DC AND IN AUSTIN TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HARDENING AND HARDENING OUR SYSTEMS FOR THESE KINDS OF EVENTUALITIES. 
          UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, JEFF, BUT MAYBE, MAYBE AT SOME POINT WE TALK ABOUT IT. 
          AND ADDITIONALLY, ERIC, UH, I THINK THERE'S A, UH, SOMETHING WE CAN DO, UM, AS FAR AS LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER CITIES DO WHEN THEY'RE FACING THESE KINDS OF, OF CHALLENGES. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING TO THE SENATOR FROM NEVADA, AND SHE WAS TELLING ME THAT SHE LOOKS AT SAN ANTONIO, AND IT REMINDS HER A LOT OF LAS VEGAS, UH, BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT WATER CHALLENGES, WE'VE GOT WATER CHALLENGES, THEY'VE GOT EXTENDED DROUGHTS, WE'VE GOT EXTENDED DROUGHTS. 
          THEY RELY A LOT ON, YOU KNOW, TOURISM, UM, AND THE MILITARY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ALSO GOT, UH, A BIG, YOU KNOW, EQUITY PROBLEM THERE AS WELL. 
          AND SO, UH, I'D, I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHER, IF OTHER CITIES HAVE SOLUTIONS THAT WE ARE NOT EMBRACING, AND THAT MAYBE WE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR US. 
          UM, AND I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, EL PASO, UH, THAT REGION, UH, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, ALBUQUERQUE, OTHER CITIES MAY HAVE ALREADY SOLVED FOR SOME OF THIS. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT EVEN HAVE TO PAY FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME BANK, YOU KNOW, SOME BENCHMARKING. 
          I'D LOVE TO SEE US DO SOME BENCHMARKING THAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT PAY OFF WITHOUT US HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, INVEST TOO MUCH MONEY IN IT. 
          BUT, UM, AGAIN, MAYOR, JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT. 
          THANKS. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALELLA REED, WELCOME BACK. 
          YOU WELCOME. 
          THANKS FOR STANDING UP THERE AND TAKING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS. 
          UM, YEAH, WE ARE ESSENTIALLY ACTING AS THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, WHEN WE'RE LISTENING TO THAT, THIS REPORT. 
          AND I IMAGINE THAT WE'RE GONNA DO THAT CONTINUING GOING FORWARD. 
          BUT TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS, I THINK EVERY COMMITTEE HAS AN ASPECT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF WHAT WE FIND, AND, AND WE WILL DO THAT, INCLUDING THE AGENCIES AS WELL. 
          SO, THANKS A LOT, REID. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND IT'S VERY ENCOURAGING TO HEAR THE ENGAGEMENT HERE TODAY, EVEN BEFORE THE REPORT'S OUT, BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS WHERE IT'S GONNA GET FIXED. 
          I MEAN, THE RESPONSIBILITY, UH, FOR HOW THE CITY DOES THIS IS OBVIOUSLY YOURS, AND IT'S NOT OURS, BUT I, I'M VERY ENCOURAGED, I'M VERY ENCOURAGED THAT, UH, I'M SEEING THIS LEVEL OF, OF, UH, COMMITMENT AND RESPONSE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THAT IS OUR BRIEFING, UH, ITEM FOUR ON THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE. 
          WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO THE REST OF OUR AGENDA. 
          UH, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, UH, I DO WANNA, UM, GO BACKWARD A MINUTE. 
          THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO ITEMS Z ONE AND Z THREE. 
          UM, SO TO BE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE PROPERLY RECORDED, I'M GONNA ENTERTAIN 
          [Items Z-1 & Z-3]
A MOTION FOR, UH, ITEMS Z ONE AND Z THREE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE, UH, FORWARD ON OUR AGENDA. 
          SO ITEMS Z ONE AND Z THREE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE TWO ITEMS. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION, UH, BY SANDOVAL SECOND BY ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          [02:20:02]
ANY DISCUSSION, UH, ON, ON THOSE TWO ITEMS? OKAY. 
          WE'VE HEARD CITIZEN COMMENT, SO, UM, HEARING NOTE, FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE, UH, EXCUSE ME, UH, PLEASE VOTE ITEM Z ONE AND Z THREE I. 
          OKAY. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          I AYE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, THE REST OF OUR AGENDA. 
          WE'LL START WITH ITEM FIVE. 
          [5. 21-3277 Briefing and possible action on legislation filed in the 87th Regular State Legislative Session, an update on the status of proposed State legislation and its impact on the City of San Antonio. [Jeff Coyle, Assistant City Manager]]
ITEM FIVE IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON LEGISLATION FILED IN THE 87TH REGULAR STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF PROPOSED STATE LEGISLATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          OKAY, UM, TOSS IT RIGHT TO JEFF. 
          ALRIGHT, JEFF, YOU'RE UP. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. 
          UM, GOT A LITTLE BIT OF, OF A BRIEFER UPDATE IN TERMS OF THE QUANTITY OF BILLS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE SINCE WE JUST TALKED LAST WEEK. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE BIG UPDATES, UH, FROM THIS WEEK. 
          UH, FIRST IS SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS ON HB 1869. 
          AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE, UH, DEBT BILL. 
          AND AS INITIALLY DRAFTED, IT WOULD'VE CHANGED THE DEFINITION OF DEBT FOR THE PURPOSES OF OUR DEBT SERVICE, PORTION OF OUR TAX RATE, TO ONLY COUNT DEBT THAT WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS. 
          AND WHAT THAT WOULD'VE MEANT IS THAT, UH, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION TAX NOTES, OTHER, UH, FINANCIAL TOOLS THAT ARE USED TO MAKE MAJOR PURCHASES IN BETWEEN VOTER APPROVED BOND PROGRAMS, UH, WOULD'VE SHIFTED TO THE M AND O SIDE OF OUR TAX RATE, UH, EATING INTO THE BUDGET OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE CITY, OR WOULD'VE REQUIRED PROJECTS LIKE MAJOR IT PURCHASES AND SO FORTH TO BE PUT ON BOND PROGRAMS BEFORE THE PUBLIC. 
          SO WOULD'VE HAD A RIP RIPPLE EFFECT, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR, OUR, UM, OUR BUDGETS AND OUR FUNDING APPROACH, UM, AS I MENTIONED, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS MADE, MADE IN COMMITTEE BY REPRESENTATIVE MARTINEZ FISHER. 
          THOSE AMENDMENTS WERE, WERE, UH, INCLUDED, UH, AND EXPANDED UPON IN A HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT, UH, THAT WAS MADE, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK. 
          THAT AMENDMENT, UH, ADDED IN ADDITION TO THE STREETS, ROADS, BRIDGES, CYBERSECURITY, THE THINGS THAT REPRESENTATIVE MARTINEZ FISHER HAD ADDED AS EXCEPTIONS TO THIS BILL. 
          UH, IT ALSO ADDED, UH, PARKS, LANDFILLS, AIRPORTS, UM, EMERGENCY VEHICLES, UH, POLICE STATIONS, FIRE STATIONS. 
          SO ALL THOSE THINGS FIT UNTO THE, UNDER THE DEFINITION OF DESIGNATED INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE BILL, MEANING CFOS AND OTHER, UH, TOOLS COULD BE USED FOR THOSE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, OUR HOUSE DELEGATION SIGNED ON TO, UH, AN AMENDMENT THAT ACTUALLY CARVED ALL OF BEAR COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO OUT OF THE BILL. 
          UH, AND BECAUSE ALL 10 MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE THAT REPRESENTED OUR AREA, UM, SIGNED IT, THE AUTHOR OF THE BILL AGREED TO AMEND THAT AND, UH, CARVED US OUT. 
          AND THAT WAS ON SECOND READING EARLIER THIS WEEK, TRAVIS COUNTY, EL PASO AND OTHER COMMUNITIES ENDED UP FOLLOWING SUIT THE FOLLOWING DAY. 
          SO THAT BILL MOVES TO THE SENATE WILL BE WATCHING IT CLOSELY, UH, FOR, FOR ANY CHANGES THAT ARE COMING. 
          I HAD ALSO MENTIONED TO YOU LAST WEEK A BILL THAT OUR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          THIS IS HOUSE BILL 6 52. 
          AS ORIGINALLY FILED, IT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A C S, UH, ONLY PUBLIC SHELTERS, NOT, UH, NOT BREEDERS AND OTHER PROVIDERS, UH, TO NOTIFY EVERY, UH, PREVIOUS ADOPTER OF ANY INFECTIOUS DISEASE THAT HAD BEEN DETECTED IN THE SHELTER. 
          AND SO THE CONCERN WAS IT WOULD'VE HAD A, A REAL DISCOURAGING EFFECT UPON ADOPTIONS, UH, IF, IF THEY'RE CONSTANTLY RECEIVING NOTIFICATIONS OF WHAT ARE OFTEN COMMON DISEASES IN ANIMAL CARE SHELTERS. 
          UH, THE BILL PASSED ON SECOND READING LAST WEEK. 
          SECOND READING IS THE, THE VOTE THAT THE FLOOR TAKES AFTER THE BILLS COME OUT OF COMMITTEE. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A THIRD READING THE FOLLOWING DAY, WHICH GIVES THE LEGISLATURE THE CHANCE TO REVIEW WHAT WAS APPROVED ON SECOND READING AND, AND GIVES ONE MORE SHOT AT IT. 
          NORMALLY. 
          THIRD READING IS A FORMALITY IN THIS CASE. 
          THERE WAS A SURPRISE VOTE LAST FRIDAY, AND THIS BILL WAS VOTED DOWN ON THIRD READING. 
          UH, THE AUTHOR BROUGHT IT BACK UP MONDAY AND HAD SOMEONE FILE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER IT. 
          CAME BACK UP THIS MONDAY AS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BILL. 
          INSTEAD OF REQUIRING A C S TO CALL AND EMAIL AND WRITE LETTERS TO EVERY ADOPTER, 
          [02:25:01]
IT REQUIRES US TO POST INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE THAT COMMUNICATES TO ADOPTERS THE POTENTIAL FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SHELTERS. 
          THE, UH, SUGGESTION THAT THEY SEE A, A VETERINARIAN WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF ADOPTION, UH, WHAT THE INCUBATION PERIODS ARE, ET CETERA, AND, AND ALLOWS US OPTIONALLY TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, UH, WHEN AT THE TIME OF ADOPTION, MUCH, MUCH BETTER. 
          BILL, UH, OUR A C S DEPARTMENT STILL DOESN'T SUPPORT IT, STILL DOESN'T SEE THE NEED FOR IT PER SE, AS IT SINGLES OUT SHELTERS LIKE A C S, BUT THE BILL WAS VASTLY IMPROVED AS A RESULT OF THE NO VOTE ON THIRD READING OUR, UH, BAS C BILL, UH, AS COUNCILMAN PERRY KNOWS, WELL ALREADY, UH, PASSED THE FULL HOUSE THIS WEEK. 
          UH, SO WE'RE THRILLED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SENATOR CAMPBELL COUNCILMAN, I BELIEVE, HAS AGREED TO PICK IT UP IN THE SENATE. 
          UH, SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE THAT LEGISLATION FORWARD. 
          UM, IT'S LOOKING ALMOST CERTAIN THAT THE IDEA OF A BROAD MEDICAID EXPANSION IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN DURING THIS REGULAR SESSION. 
          THE, THE BILL THAT WOULD DO SO STILL HAS NOT RECEIVED A HEARING IN-HOUSE COMMITTEE. 
          UH, WE, HOWEVER, HAVE CONTINUED TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR ONE OF SEVERAL MORE NARROW, UH, BILLS. 
          UH, I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE BEFORE. 
          HB 1 33 WOULD EXTEND MEDICAID COVERAGE TO ANY MEDICAID ELIGIBLE MOTHER, UH, WHO HAS EITHER GIVEN BIRTH OR EXPERIENCED A MISCARRIAGE FOR UP TO 12 MONTHS AFTER THAT. 
          SO IT EXTENDS THE MEDICAID COVERAGE POSTPARTUM. 
          UH, OUR, YOU SEE OUR LOGO ON THIS LETTER. 
          WE'RE ONE OF 60 SOME HEALTHCARE GROUPS THAT IS, UH, URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE TO NOW, UH, SET THE HOUSE BILL FOR A HEARING. 
          AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT. 
          COUPLE OTHER BILLS OF INTEREST, NOT NECESSARILY IN OUR AGENDA, BUT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, THE CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY, THE IDEA THAT, UH, UH, YOU DON'T NEED A PERMIT OR TRAINING TO CARRY A GUN IN TEXAS, THAT IT'S THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, UH, PROVIDED THEY'RE NOT PROHIBITED FOR ANY OTHER REASON, UH, WAS DIRECTED TO A ESPECIALLY CREATED COMMITTEE BY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND PROMPTLY VOTED OUT OF THAT COMMITTEE. 
          SO THE PERMITLESS CARRYING OF HANDGUNS IS NOW HEADED TO THE SENATE FLOOR, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER THE FULL SENATE, WHETHER THERE ARE ENOUGH VOTES IN THE FULL SENATE TO ACTUALLY BRING IT UP FOR A VOTE. 
          UH, WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHERE THAT GOES. 
          AND THEN SSB 29, WHICH WAS THE BILL THAT RELATED TO, UH, TRANSGENDER ATHLETES IN INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, ACTUALLY FAILED IN A SIX SEVEN VOTE IN, UH, HOUSE PUBLIC ED COMMITTEE THIS WEEK. 
          SO THAT LEGISLATION APPEARS, UH, TO BE DEAD AT THIS STAGE. 
          AND THEN I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING TO NEAR THE DEADLINE PERIOD NOW, UM, THE, THE, MAYBE THE MOST KEY ONE IS THAT A WEEK FROM TOMORROW, NEXT FRIDAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR ANY HOUSE BILLS TO HAVE BEEN FULLY PASSED, MEANING THE THIRD READING VOTE, UH, BY THE FULL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
          SO ANY BILL THAT STARTED IN THE HOUSE, IF IT HASN'T GOTTEN THROUGH THE HOUSE BY NEXT FRIDAY, IS OFFICIALLY DEAD. 
          UH, THEN ABOUT EIGHT DAYS LATER ON THE 22ND IS THE DEADLINE FOR ANY SENATE BILLS THAT CAME OVER TO THE HOUSE TO HAVE BEEN REPORTED OUT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE THE SORT OF SEQUENCE THERE LEADING UP TO SIGNY DIE, UH, THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGISLATURE ON MAY 31ST. 
          UM, COUPLE OTHER THINGS. 
          I WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE UPDATES IN HERE BECAUSE THESE THINGS HAPPEN PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT A FEW THINGS HAPPENING TODAY. 
          UH, THE DEFUND POLICE BILL THAT WAS, UH, DEF UH, KICKED BACK TO COMMITTEE ON A POINT OF ORDER LAST WEEK IS BACK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR TODAY. 
          UH, THE HOUSE VERSION HAS A LOT MORE PUNITIVE, UH, PENALTIES FOR CITIES WHO DEFUND POLICE. 
          THE SENATE BILL IS ALSO BEING HEARD TODAY. 
          IT'S A STEP BEHIND IT IN-HOUSE COMMITTEE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY FARTHER AHEAD BECAUSE IT'S THE SENATE BILL IN-HOUSE COMMITTEE AT THIS POINT, AS OPPOSED TO THE HOUSE BILL ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. 
          UH, AND THE SENATE BILL IS, IS MUCH BETTER. 
          THE SENATE AUTHOR HAS WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF CITIES, INCLUDING OURS. 
          IT SIMPLY REQUIRES A VOTE TO LOWER, UH, THE POLICE BUDGET IF NECESSARY, HAS A LOT OF EXCEPTIONS FOR YEARS WHEN THERE IS A DISASTER, OR WHEN WE RECEIVE A FEDERAL GRANT OR MAKE A MAJOR PURCHASE LIKE A FLEET OF POLICE VEHICLES. 
          UM, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE SAME, UH, PUNITIVE DAMAGES THAT THE HOUSE BILL DOES. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO OUR DELEGATION AT THIS POINT IS THAT THE SENATE BILL IS, IS PREFERABLE IN TERMS OF THE WAY IT'S DRAFTED. 
          UH, ALSO TODAY, THE ELECTIONS INTEGRITY BILL THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST. 
          UM, SOME CALL IT INTEGRITY, SOME CALL IT SUPPRESSION DEPENDING ON THE SIDE YOU'RE ON, UH, IS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR TODAY. 
          THAT'S HB SIX. 
          AS A REMINDER, IT DOES A FEW THINGS. 
          IT LIMITS 
          [02:30:01]
THE PRESIDING JUDGE'S ABILITY TO REMOVE POLL WATCHERS. 
          IT IDENTIFIES SPECIFICALLY WHO CAN BE IN, UH, POLLING PLACE, MONITORING THE ACTIVITIES. 
          IT, UH, PROHIBIT. 
          ACTUALLY, IT REQUIRES ANYONE WHO'S ASSISTING A VOTER IN VOTING TO FILL OUT A FORM, EXPLAINING WHAT THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS, HOW, WHY THEY, WHY, AND HOW THEY ASSISTED THEM. 
          UH, IT PROHIBITS, UH, GROUPS FROM RECEIVING ANY COMPENSATION FOR, UH, HELPING PEOPLE VOTE. 
          UH, THEY, THEY'RE CALLING IT VOTE HARVESTING. 
          UH, AND THEN FINALLY, IT PROHIBITS THE UNSOLICITED MAILING OF, UH, VOTE IN BALLOT OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS TO VOTERS. 
          UH, AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. 
          WE EXPECT MANY, MANY, UH, AMENDMENTS AND A LONG DEBATE TODAY. 
          BUT THAT'S, UH, ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. 
          UH, I SHOULD HAVE SAID WE, UH, HAVE COMMUNICATED AGAIN CONSISTENTLY WITH THE COUNTY OUR CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THAT MIGHT AFFECT THE COUNTY'S OPERATIONS OF ELECTIONS HERE. 
          AND, UH, WE SUSPECT THAT'LL BE A VERY PARTISAN, UH, VOTE TODAY. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'LL, UH, TRY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, JEFF, FOR THE UPDATE. 
          UH, LET'S GET RIGHT INTO, UH, DISCUSSION NOW. 
          UH, WE'LL START WITH OUR CHAIRMAN, I G R CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          YOU DID A GREAT JOB AT SUMMARIZING, LIKE ALWAYS. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND AGAIN, I ALWAYS LEAD WITH THANKING YOU AND CHRISTINE AND THE REST OF THE CREW UP THERE. 
          UM, YOU GUYS LEAVE IT ALL ON THE FIELD, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE COVERED IN BODY SCARS AND, UH, AND BRUISES FROM, UH, FROM ALL THE WORK YOU DO UP THERE, BUT I, I THINK IT'S PAYING OFF. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, A ADDITIONALLY, I, I DO WANT TO REEMPHASIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE'VE GOT A DELEGATION UP THERE THAT REALLY DOES CARE. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, I I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT TREY MARTINEZ FISHER, UM, IS A JUUJITSU BLACK BELT IN GETTING, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR PRIORITIES ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. 
          AND SO, UH, IF HE'S WATCHING, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WOULD BE MORE LIKE TREY. 
          OKAY? UH, THE, THE SECOND THING IS, UH, MAYOR, I, I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES TO WRITE A NOTE, YOU KNOW, A TEXT MESSAGE OR, UH, AN EMAIL TO OUR DELEGATES. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM US THAT WE APPRECIATE THEIR WORK AND THAT WE'RE WATCHING. 
          AND SO IF YOU GOT AN EXTRA TWO MINUTES, UH, YOU KNOW, TODAY WOULD BE, WOULD BE WONDERFUL, UM, IF, YOU KNOW, PICK YOUR DELEGATE. 
          BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE TO HIT THEM ALL. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          CAN I JUST ADD TO WHAT YOU SAID? YEAH. 
          I THINK IT'S A RARE THING THAT WE HAVE A DELEGATION THAT WORKS TOGETHER THE WAY THEY DO. 
          UH, IT WAS NOT JUST REPRESENTATIVE MARTINEZ FISHER, BUT OUR WHOLE DELEGATION INCLUDING, UM, UH, REPRESENTATIVE LARSSON WHO WAS REACHING OUT TO ME AND LETTING ME KNOW, UH, WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO PROTECT BEXAR COUNTY. 
          AND I THINK MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES AND DELEGATIONS WERE ALL SORT OF DUMBFOUNDED AT WHAT THEY PULLED OFF ON THE FLOOR IN TERMS OF COMING TOGETHER AND ALL SIGNING ON TO AN AMENDMENT. 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT'S A RARE THING. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF INFIGHTING AMONGST ALLEGATIONS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE. 
          AND OUR OURS ARE REALLY, UH, REALLY, REALLY WORK WELL TOGETHER ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS, CHAIRMAN. 
          YEAH, I WOULD AGREE. 
          UH, IT WAS A GREAT DISPLAY. 
          BIPARTISANSHIP, UH, IS ALIVE AND WELL IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THAT. 
          UH, GRATEFUL FOR THAT FOR OUR DELEGATION COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS COME WITH THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE NOT HERE. 
          UM, AND ONE OF THE ONES THAT I HAVE IS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT EXPANDING SITE AND RELEASE, AND ONE OF THE HOUSE BILLS EIGHT 30 RELATES TO THE SITE AND RELEASE, AND I WANNA KNOW HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT'S NOT ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME, RIGHT, JEFF? OKAY. 
          I KNOW I ALWAYS ASK YOU, SO YOU CAN FOLLOW UP WITH ME LATER. 
          I JUST WANNA KNOW HOW IT RELATES, BECAUSE THAT IS A CALL OF ACTION FOR US HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          I WILL. 
          AND, AND I ALSO, I MEANT TO NOTE IN MY PRESENTATION, WE HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS FROM LAST WEEK, AND WE'LL BE SENDING IT OUT, OUT AN EMAIL TODAY OR TOMORROW, UH, TO ANSWER THEM. 
          WE'VE GATHERED THEM OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK, THE ISDS ARE COMING AND PRESENTING TO I G R NEXT WEEK. 
          AND THE OTHER QUESTIONS WILL ANSWER IN WRITING. 
          BUT I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME TIME TO CHASE THAT DOWN. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND THEN THE NEXT ONE THAT I HAVE IS ABOUT, UM, SENATE BILL 7 26 AS IT RELATES TO INTIMATE DOMAIN. 
          HOW WILL THAT AFFECT US AS A CITY UNDER OUR CHARTER? WHAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT, WHEN WE HAD FIRE STATION 24, UM, WE HAD TO, WELL, WE WERE ABLE NOT TO, UM, INVOKE INTIMATE DOMAIN, BUT WE WORKED OUT A, A A A CONCLUSION THAT WAS BEST FOR THE FAMILY, BUT WHAT WILL THAT DO FOR US AS A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO UNDER OUR CHARTER? SO I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THEN THE LAST ONE THAT I HAVE IS ABOUT SENATE BILL 1428 RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX ADOPTION FOLLOWING A DISASTER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US AS WE'RE GOING INTO OUR BUDGET SEASON? THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER 
          [02:35:01]
ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, JEFF, I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK, AND IT'S A MATTER OF YOUR OPINION, UH, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE COMING UP ON IN A SPECIAL SESSION AND WILL THERE BE ANYTHING COMING UP THERE THAT WILL AFFECT THE CITY AS FAR AS YOU CAN DETERMINE RIGHT NOW? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE, THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN CALL A SPECIAL SENATE, UH, SESSION IS THE GOVERNOR. 
          AND THE ONLY LEGISLATION THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED IN A SPECIAL SESSION ARE THOSE THAT FIT UNDER THE ITEMS THAT THE GOVERNOR PUTS ON THE CALL. 
          SO THE GOVERNOR DECIDES THE CONTENT IN ANY SPECIAL AND WHEN IT'S SET, THEY'RE IN 30 DAY PERIODS. 
          TYPICALLY. 
          UM, WHAT I'VE HEARD, AND THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN CAPITAL DISCUSSION, IS THAT THERE COULD BE POTENTIALLY TWO SPECIALS THIS YEAR. 
          WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE ONE IN THE FALL TO REDISTRICT BECAUSE THE CENSUS DATA, THE BLOCK LEVEL CENSUS DATA WON'T BE AVAILABLE UNTIL SEPTEMBER. 
          SO AT A MINIMUM, WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION LATE IN THE YEAR TO REDRAW LINES ACROSS THE STATE. 
          UM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK, THERE'S ALSO LANGUAGE, AT LEAST IN THE HOUSE VERSION OF THE BUDGET THAT SAYS THE, UM, ANY FEDERAL RELIEF DOLLARS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN APPROPRIATED YET MUST BE APPROPRIATED BY THE FULL LEGISLATURE. 
          SO THE TALK IS, THERE COULD BE A SPECIAL SESSION WHEN IT'S NORMALLY, WHEN IT NORMALLY HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER THE, THE REGULAR, UH, IN THE MONTH OF JULY, THAT COULD DOLE OUT, UH, THE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT THEY WOULD DEBATE THAT. 
          ON TOP OF THAT, THE GOVERNOR HAS THE PURVIEW TO ADD ANYTHING TO IT. 
          AND, AND ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS ALWAYS IS WE WORK REALLY HARD OVER A FIVE MONTH PERIOD TO DEFEAT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BE VERY BAD FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN SEE IT ADDED TO A SPECIAL SESSION WHERE THE DYNAMICS ARE MUCH DIFFERENT. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE 7,000 BILLS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS COMPETING WITH TO GET THROUGH THE FUNNEL. 
          UH, WE'LL SEE, BUT WHAT, BUT I WILL SAY WE ARE EXPECTING THAT THIS IS NOT GONNA END AT THE END OF MAY. 
          WE'RE GONNA SPEND A LOT OF 2021, I THINK, DEALING WITH LEGISLATIVE ISSUES BECAUSE OF THOSE SPECIALS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          ALRIGHT, JEFF, WELL KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND, UH, KEEP US INFORMED. 
          PLEASE GIVE OUR THANKS TO CHRISTINE AND THE TEAM ALSO. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, WE'LL GO NOW TO THE REST OF OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. WE'LL START WITH ITEM 
          [12. 21-3215 Ordinance approving the assignment and amended and restated agreement transferring all obligations of the operating agreement with San Antonio Bike Share to BCycle. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; John Jacks, Director, Center City Development and Operations]]
NUMBER 12. 
          ITEM NUMBER 12 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ASSIGNMENT AND AMENDED AND RE RESTATED AGREEMENT TRANSFERRING ALL OBLIGATE OBLIGATIONS OF THE OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE TO BE CYCLE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          HEY, JOHN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UM, BRIEFING ME. 
          WHEN WAS THAT? YESTERDAY? DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. 
          UH, YESTERDAY. 
          YESTERDAY. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT I, I STILL WANTED TO GO OVER JUST A FEW POINTS HERE WITH YOU. 
          UM, JUST AN OVERVIEW. 
          WHAT, WHAT ARE WE REALLY DOING HERE? SURE. 
          SO CURRENTLY OUR, OUR SAN ANTONIO, UH, DOCKED BIKE SHARE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IS CURRENTLY OPERATED BY SAN ANTONIO BIKE BIKE SHARE. 
          THAT'S A NON-PROFIT THAT WAS SET UP TO OPERATE THAT SYSTEM. 
          UH, LATE AS OF LATE SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE HAS BEEN STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY. 
          AND SO THIS ITEM WILL ACTUALLY ASSIGN THAT CURRENT CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE TO BCYCLE. 
          BCYCLE IS A LARGER ORGANIZATION THAT, UM, MANAGES BIKE SHARE SYSTEMS AS WELL AS THE, THE CAPITAL, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, SO THE BIKES, THE DOCKS, THE OPERATING SYSTEM. 
          THOSE ARE ALL, UM, OWNED AND OPERATED BY BCYCLE. 
          SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY TURNING OVER THE CURRENT SYSTEM TO BCYCLE TO OPERATE. 
          SO THERE'LL BE NO DISRUPTION OF SERVICE, UH, TO USERS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT THEY, THAT WE LET TO THE ORIGINAL COMPANY, THE NON-PROFIT? IT IS, IT IS. 
          SO IT'S AN EXISTING CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE. 
          SO THIS IS AN ASSIGNMENT TO BCYCLE TO CONTINUE OPERATING THAT SYSTEM. 
          IT BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE WAS A NON-PROFIT MADE UP OF A BOARD, THERE ARE SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE CONTRACT AS IT RELATES TO, TO THAT, UM, UH, PARTNERSHIP, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO THEY'LL BE OPERATING BY BCYCLE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE IT MUCH AS IN THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE. 
          AND WHY DIDN'T WE GO OUT WITH AN R F P ON THIS? WELL, BECAUSE IT IS AN EXISTING CONTRACT, IT'S MUCH LIKE A LOT OF, UM, CONTRACTS THAT WHEN A, UH, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, A, A BUSINESS WE MAY HAVE A LEASE WITH, THEY SELL TO SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THAT CONTRACT ABOUT ASSIGNING IT, UH, TO THE NEW OWNER. 
          IN THIS CASE, IT'S, IT'S SIMILAR IN THAT REGARD IN THAT IT'S AN EXISTING CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE. 
          UH, B CYCLE IS TAKING OVER OR, UH, SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE. 
          SO WE'RE AMENDING THAT CONTRACT TO ASSIGN 
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IT TO BCYCLE, BUT WE COULD HAVE GONE OUT WITH AN R F P ON IT. 
          UH, IT, WE WOULD'VE HAD TO TERMINATE THAT CONTRACT WITH THE CURRENT OPERATOR, SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND THEN WE COULD HAVE GONE OUT, UM, AND DONE AN R F P. 
          WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S REALLY ONLY TWO OPERATORS IN THE COUNTRY OF BIKE SHEAR SYSTEMS. UH, IT'S BEST, IT'S THE BEST FIT FOR SAN ANTONIO TO USE BCYCLE BECAUSE WE OWN, UM, THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS ALREADY IN, IN PLACE THAT THEY, UH, OPERATE. 
          SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE, UH, IF WE WENT TO THE OTHER OPERATOR, ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT WOULDN'T NO LONGER BE, UH, USABLE. 
          IT'D BE OBSOLETE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO BASICALLY WE'RE DOING A SOLE SOURCE AWARD. 
          UH, IT, IT, I THINK IF WE WERE TO GO OUT AND DO AN R F P, UM, IT POTENTIALLY COULD BE. 
          UM, BUT I THINK, UM, IN THIS CASE, IT'S REALLY NOT A SOLE SOURCE BECAUSE WE'RE JUST ASSIGNING THIS CONTRACT, UH, TO THE COMPANY WHO'S TAKEN OVER, UH, SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK WE'RE SPLITTING HAIRS THERE ABOUT SURE. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT HERE, BUT, UH, UH, TAKING, TAKING A LOOK AT THIS, UM, HOW MUCH MONEY WAS INVESTED IN THIS? HOW MUCH TOTAL MONEY, AND WHERE DID IT COME FROM FOR THIS SYSTEM? SURE. 
          IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST CITY FUNDS, UM, OVER THE LIFETIME OF THIS, OF, UH, SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE, WHICH STARTED IN 2010, UH, THE CITY HAS CONTRIBUTED 4.2 MILLION. 
          UM, MOST OF THAT ALL BUT 80,000 OF THAT HAS BEEN IN CAPITAL. 
          SO IT'S BEEN JUST INFRASTRUCTURE, THE BIKES, THE STATIONS, UM, THERE'S BEEN ABOUT 80,000 IN OPERATING COSTS. 
          SO MOST OF IT IS IN THE EQUIPMENT, UH, WHICH WE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO OWN, UM, WHICH, WHICH WE OPERATED BY BCYCLE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE SPENT $4.2 MILLION AND THIS COMPANY WENT BELLY UP. 
          AND WHY, WHY, WHY DO YOU THINK THEY WENT BELLY UP? POOR MANAGEMENT, LACK OF RIDERSHIP? WELL, WE, WE SPENT THE, THE 4.2 MILLION, MOST OF IT WAS SPENT ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO IT WASN'T REALLY ON THE OPERATION OF SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE ITSELF. 
          UM, I, I THINK BIKE SHARE SYSTEMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY HAVE STRUGGLED. 
          UM, MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN LARGELY SUBSIDIZED BY THE CITIES THEY'RE IN. 
          IN THE CASE OF SAN ANTONIO, WE, UH, 4.2 MILLION SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT IT'S NOT COMPARED TO WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE INVESTED, UM, IN THESE SYSTEMS. AND SO IT'S A NON-PROFIT, UM, REALLY RELYING ON SPONSORSHIPS TO OPERATE. 
          SO THIS IS A MODEL THAT REQUIRES LARGE CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP, UM, FOR THAT, FOR REALLY FOR THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          UH, SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE WAS REALLY UNABLE TO FIND A BIG SPONSOR. 
          THEY FOUND A SPONSOR IN, IN, UH, SOUTHWEST GENERAL HOSPITAL A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          UM, BUT EVEN THAT, UM, THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM ITSELF, I WAS STRUGGLING TO, TO SPONSOR, UM, SAN ANTONIO BIKE SHARE. 
          SO I THINK PART OF IT IS, UM, JUST THE INABILITY TO IDENTIFY A LARGE, UM, SPONSOR. 
          UH, ALSO IT'S A, IT'S A, OUR SYSTEM'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES BECAUSE IT RELIES SO HEAVILY ON RECREATIONAL USE THAT'S FROM VISITORS WHO ARE MAYBE WANT TO GO DOWN TO THE MISSION REACH OR LOCALS WHO ARE USING IT FOR THAT PURPOSE. 
          UM, A LOT OF THE STATIONS WERE PUT IN AREAS WHERE WE THOUGHT RIDERSHIP WOULD OCCUR MORE FOR COMMUTING. 
          UM, SO I THINK, UM, THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH JUST THE REALLY, THE LACK OF ABILITY TO FIND A, A LARGE SPONSOR IS PROBABLY THE, THE BIGGEST ISSUE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, UH, WELL, I THINK $4.2 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY, RIGHT? IT IS. 
          BUT RELATIVE TO WHAT OTHER CITIES CONTRIBUTE FAIRLY STRONG. 
          YEAH. 
          I DON'T, I'M NOT LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES. 
          I'M LOOKING AT SAN ANTONIO, BUT SURE. 
          I I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT OF THIS THAT, UH, WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE TRANSPARENT WITH THIS, THAT, UH, YEAH, THERE'S A COMPANY THAT WE BASICALLY BOUGHT ALL THE EQUIPMENT, INSTALLED IT, AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, GIVEN TO THEM TO OPERATE. 
          AND HERE WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IS GOING BANK, YOU KNOW, BANKRUPT. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING OUTTA BUSINESS AND WE'RE TRANSFERRING EVERYTHING OVER TO THIS, THIS NEXT COMPANY. 
          AND I, YOU KNOW, IT'S SAD TO SAY, SEE THAT, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, $4.2 MILLION, UH, SINCE 2010. 
          UM, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO BE PUTTING INTO A SYSTEM THAT FAILED TO GIVE US A RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT. 
          AND, AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT. 
          UM, WITH THIS NEW COMPANY, YOU MENTIONED THE, THE, THE EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT'S ALREADY INSTALLED AND OUT THERE, WHO'S GONNA CONTINUE TO OWN THAT EQUIPMENT AND WHO'S GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE, AND, YOU KNOW, DAMAGE, ALL THAT KIND OF THING? RIGHT. 
          SO THE, THE, THE CURRENT, UM, THE CURRENT SYSTEM THAT'S OUT THERE TODAY, THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, BCYCLE WILL CONTINUE TO USE THAT EQUIPMENT, SO THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING IT, 
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UH, OR REPLACING IT IF IT, IF IT BECOMES OBSOLETE OR IT'S DAMAGED TO THE POINT THAT IT CAN'T BE FIXED. 
          AND THEN THEY WILL, THEY WILL THEN, UH, REPLACE IT WITH THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT. 
          SO THEY WILL BE PAYING THE COST TO REPLACE THAT EQUIPMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE WON'T BE ADDING TO THAT $4.2 MILLION? NO, THERE'S NO FUNDING, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING AS PART OF THIS, UH, NEW AGREEMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S MUSIC TO MY EARS 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO KEEP PUMPING INTO A SYSTEM THAT'S ALREADY FAILED ON US ONCE. 
          I DON'T WANNA KEEP PUTTING MONEY INTO THAT. 
          THAT COULD FAIL AGAIN. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S GOOD NEWS. 
          AND I, UM, I HOPE I DON'T SEE ANY MONEY GOING TO THIS IN THE FUTURE FOR SURE. 
          BUT, UH, WITH THAT, I, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH THIS. 
          THIS IS ALL GOING TO THIS OTHER COMPANY AND, UH, THEY'LL MAINTAIN, OPERATE AND REPAIR, UH, THE SYSTEM FROM HERE ON OUT. 
          UM, WITH THAT IS, I, I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS, THIS LINE ITEM. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 12. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. 
          SECOND BY SANDOVAL SECOND. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. 
          HEARING NONE, WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. 
          EVERYBODY PLEASE VOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 16, 
          [16. 21-2998 Ordinance approving a Funding Agreement between the Inner City TIRZ Board of Directors, Housing First Community Coalition (HFCC), and the City of San Antonio for eligible public infrastructure for an amount not to exceed $5,400,000 reimbursed over three fiscal years (FY21-FY23) for the HFCC’s Towne Twin Village Project located at 4711 Dietrich and E. Loop 410, in Council District 2. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, FAICP, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]]
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE INNER CITY. 
          UH, COULD WE READ THE, UH, ORDINANCE PLEASE? ITEM 16 IS AN ORDINANCE APPRO APPROVING A FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE INNER CITY TOURS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, HOUSING FIRST COMMUNITY COALITION, H F C C, AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR ELIGIBLE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 5,400,000 REIMBURSED OVER THREE FISCAL YEARS FOR THE HCCS TOWN TWIN VILLAGE PROJECT, LOCATED AT 4 7 1 1 DIETRICH AND EAST LOOP FOUR 10 IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, VERO, YOU'RE GONNA BE GIVING US A PRESENTATION ON THIS. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION. 
          IT'S VERY QUICK AND I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE FOR THE ITEM AS WELL. 
          SO IF WE CAN QUICKLY GO TO THE PRESENTATION. 
          16. 
          YES, SIR. 
          DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE IT? I CAN DESCRIBE, UM, THE PRESENTATION. 
          CAN YOU, I'LL GIVE YOU MY PRESENTATION THEN. 
          IS THAT OKAY? THANK YOU. 
          IT STARTS THERE. 
          GREAT. 
          WE FOUND THE WORK REV. 
          UM, SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A FIRST OF ITS KIND. 
          UM, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, UH, FIRST OF ITS KIND DEVELOPMENT THAT IS WITH THE INNER CITY TEACHERS, UM, YOU CAN JUST SHOW THE SLIDE ITSELF, NOT MY NOTES. 
          UM, AND WHAT THIS IS IS A FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR $5.4 MILLION THAT IS WITH THE HOUSING FIRST COMMUNITY COALITION. 
          SO WE DO HAVE, UH, CHRIS CHE, MARK WITTY, TIA MOEN, UH, HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. 
          UM, THIS IS A FUNDING AGREEMENT THAT WOULD COVER, UH, BE PAID OUT AS A REIMBURSEMENT OVER THREE YEARS AND THE FIRST OF ITS KIND COMMUNITY. 
          AND ON THE NEXT PAGE, UH, WE HAVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS PROPOSED. 
          THIS IS A, UM, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITY THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED IN TWO PHASES. 
          AND THE TWO PHASES WOULD BE A WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT HAS TINY HOMES AS WELL AS APARTMENTS, BUT A LOT OF SUPPORTS THAT ARE INCLUDED AS WELL. 
          THIS IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE, UH, IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          UM, THE INNER CITY, UH, T APPROVED THIS ITEM ALREADY WITH THE 5.4 MILLION, AGAIN, OVER THREE YEARS. 
          THE FIRST YEAR WOULD BE REIMBURSEMENT UP TO 3 MILLION. 
          UM, AND THE HOUSES, UH, OR THE TINY 
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HOMES AND APARTMENT UNITS ARE GOING TO SERVE FAMILY, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OVER 50, WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, WHO ARE VERY, UH, VULNERABLE FOR HOUSING INSECURITY OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE ABLED. 
          UM, AND SO THE AMENITIES THERE ARE GONNA HAVE THOSE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. 
          IT'S GONNA HAVE AMENITIES LIKE A DENTAL CLINIC, UM, A KITCHEN, UM, WASHING, DRYING FACILITIES. 
          UM, AND THEN THE SERVICES THAT ARE ALSO GONNA BE OFFERED ON SITE. 
          UM, ALL THE UNITS ARE GONNA HAVE THEIR INDIVIDUAL BATHROOMS AND KITCHENS AS WELL. 
          AND SO, UM, OH, THERE'LL ALSO BE RV UH, PLACEMENT UNITS. 
          SO TINY HOMES, APARTMENTS, RV UNITS. 
          PHASE ONE IS GONNA BE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES THAT ARE GONNA SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS THERE. 
          AND PHASE TWO IS GONNA BUILD OUT, UM, SOME OF THE UNITS THERE. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT THE FUNDING AGREEMENT IS FOR. 
          AND THIS IS, UH, 5.4 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS. 
          TOTAL COST OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS GONNA BE 26.8 MILLION. 
          UM, AND THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK THERE'S A, A GRAPHIC ON THE NEXT PAGE. 
          UM, THE NEXT PAGE THAT SHOWS A CONCEPT, UM, OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AS WELL AS A MAP. 
          UM, THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND WE'RE HERE TO HOPEFULLY REALIZE IT. 
          AND SO CONSTRUCTION CAN START THIS YEAR, UH, ON THIS FIRST OF ITS KIND, UM, SUPPORTIVE SERVICE, ENRICHED HOUSING, UH, MODEL TO SERVE, UH, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          I'M NOT AWARE OF WHO MAY HAVE PULLED THIS, BUT I KNOW IT IS, UH, IN DISTRICT TWO COUNCILWOMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THIS? UM, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          SO TO KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE REACHING THOSE THAT NEED IT THE MOST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. 
          BUT WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO DO IS ASK MS. CHRIS, OR, UM, MR. WHITTICK TO REALLY COME UP AND EXPRESS SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE, UM, SUCH AS THE PEER TO PEER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT WILL BE THERE ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS, BUT JUST THE PASSION AND THE HEART THAT IS GOING INTO THIS PROJECT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. 
          SO, UH, I BELIEVE MS. CHRIS OR MR. WHITTICK, ONE OF THE TWO, UM, OR IF ALL Y'ALL WANNA COME TO COME UP TOGETHER, THAT'LL BE GREAT. 
          AND THANK YOU MS. BEVERLY WATTS, DAVIS FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. 
          UM, AS YOU SEE, IT'S, IT'S A VERY COLLABORATIVE MOVEMENT AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN EVERYONE COMES TOGETHER TO, TO TRULY SPEAK ABOUT, UM, UPLIFTING OUR COMMUNITY, UPLIFTING THOSE THAT NEED IT THE MOST. 
          AND SO, UM, I'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER NOW. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          WELL, IS IT STILL MORNING? GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, THIS, THIS, UM, THIS JOURNEY STARTED BACK IN 1985 WHEN, UM, CATHOLIC WORKERS STARTED ON NOLAN STREET TO BE A HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY FOR THE HOMELESS. 
          UH, 15 YEARS AGO, DR. 
          CHRIS CHE JOINED US AND, UH, SERVING THE HOMELESS EVERY DAY AND, AND CAME TO REALIZE THAT IT'S AS VALUABLE AS HOSPITALITY IS THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING DESPERATELY NEED, NEEDING NEEDED. 
          AND THAT WAS, UH, HOUSING. 
          IT TOOK US MANY YEARS TO FIND A SITE. 
          PEOPLE WOULD ALWAYS SAY, THIS IS NOBLE, IT'S WONDERFUL, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          YOU'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE. 
          AND SO WE FINALLY FOUND A SITE THAT, UH, THE SOIL WASN'T CONTAMINATED, IT WASN'T TOO HILLY, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GO INTO BUDGETING A SITE. 
          AND, UH, WE BOUGHT THE LAND, UH, IN 2019. 
          UH, Y'ALL BLESS US WITH REZONING IT. 
          AND, UH, I'LL JUST SAY THAT THE NAME OF THE, OF THE BOARD IS, IS HOUSING FIRST. 
          THAT'S YOUR BEST SOLUTION FOR HOMELESSNESS. 
          COMMUNITY IS THE, IS THE LOVE, IS THE THING THAT MAKES IT HUMAN AND COALITION MEANS WE CAN'T DO IT BY OURSELVES. 
          AND WE'VE, UH, UH, CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, SAM MINISTRY, AND MANY OTHERS HAVE JOINED US. 
          'CAUSE IT DOES, IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE TO BUILD A VILLAGE. 
          AND, UH, DR. 
          CHRIS, DO YOU WANNA JUST SHARE ABOUT SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE? YEAH, I CAN ADDRESS, UH, THE, THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES BECAUSE, UM, A HOUSE IS VERY IMPORTANT AND BECOMING A HOME IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          BUT THE COMMUNITY OF ALL THE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL BE LIVING OUT THERE 
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ALSO, UM, WE KIND OF CLASSIFIED OUR SUPPORTS AS FORMAL SUPPORTS. 
          AND WE HAVE A PROFESSION. 
          WE WILL BE BUILDING A PROFESSIONAL BUILDING THAT WILL HOST A MEDICAL CLINIC, A DENTAL CLINIC, AND A MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC. 
          THERE'LL BE THE GLUE THAT HOLDS ALL THIS TOGETHER, THE CASE MANAGERS. 
          AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH SAM MINISTRIES WITH THAT. 
          AND AS MARK SAID, WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH WITH, UM, THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND MEDICAL HEALTH IS STREET MEDICINE, SAN ANTONIO. 
          THAT IS OUT OF, UH, THE UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD. 
          UM, THAT IS KIND OF THE FORMAL PROFESSIONAL TYPES OF SERVICES. 
          UM, AND FOR EACH, FOR EACH RESIDENT, THERE'LL BE AN INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICE PLAN. 
          AND, UM, PART OF THAT TEAM ALSO ARE ALL THE INFORMAL SUPPORTS AND PEOPLE, THE VOLUNTEERS PROVIDING THE INFORMAL SUPPORTS. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WANNA HELP OUT. 
          AND THOSE INFORMAL SUPPORTS ARE SUCH THINGS AS THERE WILL BE THREE MEALS A DAY AVAILABLE, UM, UH, ON WEEKDAYS, AT LEAST ONE MEAL ON WEEKENDS, COUPLED WITH, UH, A FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE OUTDOOR MOVIE THEATER AND OUR AMPHITHEATER TO KIND OF RECAPTURE THE, UH, THE TOWN TWIN THEATER. 
          UH, BUT INSTEAD OF DRIVE IN, YOU'LL HAVE TO WALK IN, UH, WE'LL, UH, HAVE, UM, OTHER BARBECUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT ON THE WEEKEND. 
          AND ALSO WE ARE PARTNERING WITH TRAVELING LOAVES AND FISHES FISH OUT OF ST. 
          MARK'S, UM, THE EVANGELICAL, THE EVANGELICAL CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
          UH, AND THEY WILL BE PROVIDING SUPPERS AND ALSO A FOOD PANTRY ON THE WEEKEND. 
          THE CATHOLIC WORKER HOUSE, WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1985, WILL BE MOVING THEIR ENTIRE OPERATION TO THE SITE IN A BRAND NEW BUILDING THAT, UM, IS ABOUT FIVE TIMES BIGGER THAN WHAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. 
          A LITTLE COTTAGE. 
          UH, BUT WE WILL BE PROVIDING HOT MEALS, BREAKFAST AND LUNCH. 
          UM, AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE STILL, UM, WELL WE'RE GONNA, THE NEW THING IS A BARBERSHOP AND A NAIL GROOMING. 
          NOT THE FANCY KIND, BUT JUST THE GOOD KIND NAIL GROOMING SALON, UH, LON LAUNDRY, UH, CLOTHING HYGIENE, PRO FREE, FREE HYGIENE PRODUCTS. 
          THE OTHER THING IS WE'RE WORKING WITH VIA, UH, WHO AGREED THEY WERE GOING TO DELETE THAT ROUTE AND ENDED IT AT, AT THE AT AND T CENTER. 
          BUT BECAUSE OF OUR PROJECT, THEY HAVE PROCEEDED TO KEEP THAT ROUTE 24. 
          AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM WITH A A, A PAVILION ON SITE WITH ALL THE AMENITIES AND A TV AND PLUG CHARGING SO THEY CAN WAIT ON SITE FOR THE BUS, FOR THE BUS TO LEAVE. 
          OTHERWISE WE'D HAVE 200, NONE OF OUR PEOPLE DRIVE AND, UH, NONE OF THEM OWN CARS. 
          SO THAT'S TRYING TO PREVENT, YOU KNOW, OVERCROWDING AT THE LITTLE ONE BENCH BUS STOP. 
          UM, AND WE'LL HAVE A DOG PARK AND A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND, UH, A GYM AND A COM, A LIBRARY WITH COMPUTERS AND MAYBE A BASKETBALL COURT OR  FOR US OLD PEOPLE, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT? HORSESHOES. 
          . 
          SO, UM, I THINK THAT GETS MOST OF THE AMENITIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO HAS A, A QUESTION OR TWO? COUNCILMAN, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR PERAM. 
          FIRST I JUST WANNA START BY SAYING YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT ON THIS PROJECT. 
          THE INNOVATIVE MIX OF HOUSING SUPPORT SERVICES AND AMENITIES ARE THE COMPASSIONATE, COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH THAT IS NEEDED ACROSS THIS ENTIRE CITY. 
          I HOPE, UH, TO SEE MORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE HOUSING FIRST COMMUNITY COALITION GOING FORWARD. 
          I DO HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE HOUSING FIRST, UH, COMMUNITY COALITION. 
          HOW MANY YEARS DID IT TAKE, TAKE IT TO, TO BRING THIS TO TRULY HOW TO BE A TRULY HOUSING FIRST PROJECT? TO THIS POINT, I WANNA BE SURE THAT, UH, WITH THE PASSAGE OF PROP BAY, UH, THESE SORTS OF PROJECTS AND PARTNERS ARE PRIORITIZED. 
          WELL, WE STARTED ON THIS IN 2008 WHEN WE LEARNED ABOUT HOUSING FIRST AT A SOCIAL JUSTICE CLASS AT OBL SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY. 
          AND IT BECAME A PROJECT AND IT WAS AN INFORMAL SORT OF THING, BUT SO SINCE, REALLY SINCE 2008 AND AT THAT POINT, HOUSING FIRST WAS NOT IN TEXAS. 
          UM, WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT AND THE ONLY WAY WE COULD SEE IT IN ACTION WAS TO GO TO THE EAST COAST AND THE WEST COAST. 
          WE WENT TO, UH, RICH RICHMOND, VIRGINIA AND SAN FRANCISCO TO SEE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. 
          NOW, UM, IT, IT CAME TO TEXAS LATER AND NOW WE, UH, EVERY OTHER MAJOR CITY, NOT SAN ANTONIO YET, UH, HAS A SINGLE SITE 
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PROJECT. 
          HOUSTON, UH, AND AUSTIN HAVE SEVERAL. 
          DALLAS HAS TWO OR THREE. 
          FORT WORTH HAS SOME, BUT NOT SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO DO IS BRING THIS, THIS MODEL THAT'S WORKED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          UM, HERE, AND IT, I JUST ADD THAT THE, UH, CONSULTANT THAT THE CITY HIRED FROM LOOK AT HOMELESSNESS, ONE OF HIS, UH, UNDERLINING REVELATIONS WAS THAT SAN ANTONIO WAS THE LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES THAT DID NOT HAVE A COMMON SITE. 
          AND WE WANNA CHECK THAT ONE OFF THE BOX. 
          WELL, WELL, THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND I, I DO BELIEVE IN HOUSING FIRST AS WELL, WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION. 
          HOW CAN THE CITY MAKE IT EASIER FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS TO DEVELOP MORE OF THESE PROJECTS? ? WELL, THE, UH, IF ALAN GRAHAM WAS HERE, HE IS THE, THE VISIONARY IN AUSTIN. 
          AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE IN AUSTIN, OR CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE, IT'S, IT'S, IN MY OPINION, WORLD CLASS. 
          BUT HE'LL, HE'LL SAY THAT THE NUMBER ONE OBSTACLE TO DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS, IS, UH, NOT IN MY BACKYARD. 
          AND, UH, I REMEMBER ONE TIME I WAS IN, IN FRONT OF THE ZONING COMMISSION, AND WE WERE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ON OUR CAMPUS, UH, AND SOME NEIGHBORS WERE THERE TO, TO ARTICULATE AGAINST IT. 
          AND SOMEBODY VERY ARTICULATE WAS IN FRONT OF ME, AND HE, HE SAID WHY HE WAS AGAINST IT. 
          WHY, YOU KNOW, DIGNITY WITT IS GENTRIFYING AND WHY IT'S JUST NOT GOOD. 
          AND I CAME UP NEXT AND THE COMMISSIONER, HE SAID, MR. WITTY, CAN YOU APPRECIATE WHAT YOU JUST HEARD? AND I, I WAS A SMART ASS. 
          AND I SAID, I DO APPRECIATE IT. 
          IN FACT, THERE'S NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE UNITED STATES THAT WANTS TO DO ANYTHING WITH HOMELESSNESS. 
          SAYS, WHAT DOES THAT LEAVE US? THE DESERT? SO THAT'S KIND OF THE REALITY. 
          AND, AND SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, FEAR, YOU KNOW, IS WHAT, WHAT HURT, WHAT HURTS, HURTS US AND HURTS ALL COMMUNITIES IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A SOLUTION OTHER THAN WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AND OUR NEIGHBORS LIKE US. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE BEST MEDICINE THAT, THAT WE COULD PROVIDE. 
          WELL, THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY, VERY, UH, CANDID ANSWER. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE, UH, TO DO SOMETHING. 
          I, I BELIEVE THAT PART OF THE, THE ANSWER IS WITHIN THE SOLUTION THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING IS, IS TO SIMPLY PROVE OUT THAT, THAT THIS IS A WAY TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THIS IS A WAY TO HELP PEOPLE. 
          AND I HAVE VISITED, UH, THE COMMUNITY UP IN AUSTIN. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE, UM, WITH WONDERFUL PEOPLE. 
          AND, UH, AND, AND SO I, I, I REALLY JUST COMMEND YOU FOR, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING. 
          AND I, AND I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO REALLY LOOK AT, AT THIS AND, AND, AND SEE WHAT HOUSING FIRST IS ALL ABOUT, AND UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS, IS, IS, IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT HOUSING FIRST. 
          UH, BUT IF WE COULD MOVE IT TOWARDS A MODEL THAT IS HOUSING FIRST, WE CAN ACTUALLY HELP, UM, THE, THE MANY FOLKS THAT ARE BEING HELPED TODAY BY THIS ACTION. 
          SO, I, AGAIN, I JUST, I COMMEND YOU, YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT. 
          I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS AND, AND FIND WAYS, UH, TO, TO HOPEFULLY HELP PLAN MORE PROJECTS LIKE YOURS THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PROTON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN DID, DID YOU HAVE, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          NEXT IS COUNCILMAN ELIAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOUR DESCRIPTION OF THIS FACILITY MAKES ME WANNA SUBMIT AN APPLICATION AND, UH, SEE IF THERE'S LITTLE ROOM FOR ME. 
          THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL PLACE. 
          UH, CERTAINLY MUCH SAFER AND MUCH MORE DIGNIFIED THAN, UM, HAVING TO SLEEP ON, YOU KNOW, UH, BEHIND STORES AND UNDER BRIDGES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IN RAIN CULVERTS, I, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT OUGHT TO BE IN EVERY DISTRICT. 
          UM, AND YOU'LL GET PLENTY OF PUSHBACK IN DISTRICT EIGHT, UM, BECAUSE OF NIMBY. 
          BUT WHAT I'LL, WHAT I WILL TELL FOLKS, AND WHAT I DO TELL FOLKS UP THERE IS, IT'S ALREADY IN YOUR BACKYARD, RIGHT? I MEAN, LITERALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEHIND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS IN GREEN BELTS, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN ABANDONED STORES AND, YOU KNOW, UNDER, UM, YOU KNOW, AND IN YOUR PARKS AND ALL THAT. 
          AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LIVE BACK THERE. 
          AND CERTAINLY THE NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T WANT THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR BACKYARD, . 
          UM, AND, UH, I, I'D WELCOME A CONVERSATION WITH Y'ALL ABOUT DOING THIS, SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN DISTRICT EIGHT AT SOME POINT. 
          JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL TINY HOUSE JUST FOR YOU,  IT. 
          WE HAVE A PROGRAM I FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT, BUT IT'S CALLED THE 
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POWELL PROGRAM, AND IT'S AN ACKERMAN THAT STANDS FOR PLEASE ALLEVIATE LONELINESS. 
          AND THIS IS FOR VOLUNTEERS, USUALLY RETIRED FOLKS, EMPTY NESTERS, OR A GRADUATE STUDENT THAT WANTS TO ACTUALLY LIVE ON SITE AND WORK WITH THE PROFESSIONAL TEAM SO THAT, AND KNOW WHAT THE GOALS ARE AND, AND WHAT KINDS OF SERVICES ARE NEEDED. 
          SO THEY, THE, THEY'RE THE EYES AND THE EARS DURING EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS, AND THEY'RE THERE JUST TO BE WHAT A PAL WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A BUDDY. 
          UM, AND, UH, JUDGING FROM SOME SURVEYS WE DID IN PREPARATION FOR THIS, I, I HAD WRITTEN, UH, A SURVEY ABOUT WHAT AMENITIES WOULD YOU LIKE? AND I HAD ALL THESE THINGS, AND I WAS PUT IN MY PLACE BY SOME OF THE PEOPLE. 
          THIS WAS AT THE TIME WHEN THERE WERE PEOPLE LIVING UNDER THE COMMERCE STREET BRIDGE IN FRONT OF THE SAM FACILITY. 
          AND THEY SAID, MA'AM, YOU FORGOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. 
          AND I SAID, WELL, WHAT'S THAT? AND HE SAID, WE JUST NEED A FRIEND. 
          YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE A FRIEND THAT'S NOT ALSO HOMELESS, SO WE ARE RESERVING FIVE TO 10 OF THE, OF THE UNITS FOR PEOPLE THAT WANNA COMMIT FOR A YEAR OR A LIFETIME OR WHATEVER, AND LIVE IN SOLIDARITY. 
          UH, SO JUST LET US KNOW, . 
          AND THE OTHER THING I FORGOT, TWO IMPORTANT THINGS ARE, UM, BECAUSE IT'LL BE A COST SAVINGS TOO, TO THE DIFFERENT HEALTH FACILITIES. 
          UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME UNITS THAT ARE RESERVED FOR HOSPICE. 
          SO IF YOU'RE NOT HOUSED AT OUR PLACE, BUT YOU'RE STILL HOMELESS AND NEED A PLACE FOR THE LAST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE, YOU CAN LIVE IN OUR CUTE LITTLE COTTAGE AND THERE'LL BE VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE YOU. 
          AND, UM, ALSO IT CAN BE USED AS RESPITE. 
          AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT NEW TERM. 
          MOST OF US THINK OF RESPITE IN A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A RESPITE FROM THE STREETS. 
          AND, UM, THIS JUST HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK. 
          PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED FOR THE HO, UH, A PERSON WHO IS HOMELESS, WHO'S BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL, BUT STILL HAS ALL THIS WOUND CARE, A COLOSTOMY BAG AND A URE URETER, URETER, OSTOMY BAG, AND THEY'RE NOT READY FOR THE STREETS. 
          YOU CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THAT ON THE STREETS. 
          ANOTHER MAN JUST CAME IN, UH, LAST WEEK. 
          HE USED TO BE A CATHOLIC WORKER. 
          EVERY DAY HE WAS MISSING FOR TWO MONTHS. 
          WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. 
          HE CAME BACK IN A WHEELCHAIR WITH BOTH FEET AMPUTATED. 
          HE HAD GOTTEN FROSTBITTEN UNDER THE BRIDGE DURING THE, THE SNOWSTORM, AND WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR TWO MONTHS AND WAS DISCHARGED, AND HIS WOUNDS WERE OPEN AND STILL, YOU KNOW, SO IF WE HAD THIS RESPITE UNIT, HE WOULD'VE GONE RIGHT INTO IT. 
          NOT ONLY WOULD HE HAVE A CLEAN AND DRY PLACE TO STAY, BUT THERE WOULD BE VOLUNTEERS CHECKING ON HIM, BRINGING HIM HIS MEALS, BE HELPING HIM WITH HIS WOUND CARE AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          SO, I'M SORRY, I FORGOT THOSE TWO, BECAUSE THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. 
          Y YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO. 
          AND, UH, YOU, YOU COULD SELL ME ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. 
          I, I, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE VERY COMPELLING. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          YOU'RE KIND OF MY HERO TODAY. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I, I WANNA THANK THE COUNCILWOMAN FOR PULLING THIS ITEM. 
          I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS ANY OPPOSITION TO IT, BUT IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO BRING IT UP FOR, FOR DISCUSSION. 
          AND I, I WANNA THANK YOU TWO FOR, FOR BEING HERE AND FOR WA THROUGH OUR  OUR WHOLE MEETING. 
          I, I HOPE IT'S, IT'S WORTH IT FOR US. 
          THE CONVERSATION DEFINITELY IS. 
          AND I WANNA THANK MS. BEVERLY WATTS DAVIS FOR, FOR ALL OF HER WORK ON THIS. 
          UM, MY QUESTION, I, I HAVE A COUPLE OF, OF ONE COMMENT AND ONE QUESTION DURING THE, WHAT YOU JUST TOLD US ABOUT THE STORM, THAT'S DEVASTATING. 
          AND, AND TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A SOLUTION OUT THERE, WE JUST NEED TO GET TO WORK ON IT. 
          THAT'S, THAT GIVES ME SOME HOPE. 
          UM, SO, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR SHARING THAT WITH US. 
          SOMETHING THAT, UH, SOME COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS SHARED WITH ME SHORTLY AFTER THE STORM WAS THAT EVER SINCE HAVEN FOR HOPE HAD, UH, BASICALLY CENTRALIZED A LOT OF SERVICES, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. 
          THERE WAS ONLY CENTRALIZED SERVICES IN THERE. 
          A LOT OF SERVICES DISAPPEARED IN OTHER PARTS OF, OF THE CITY. 
          SO HAVING A PLACE LIKE THIS WOULD BE TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL. 
          AND I, AND I THINK WE NEED MORE OF THEM, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A HOMELESS CRISIS RIGHT NOW. 
          SO MY, MY QUESTION IS TO, TO THE STAFF, WHERE DOES THIS TYPE OF SOLUTION FALL INTO OUR HOUSING FRAMEWORK? AND, AND WHICH OF THE MANY GROUPS, UH, IS WORKING ON IT? HOW, HOW CAN WE SEE THIS ADVANCE THROUGH THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK? THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON . 
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WE THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE WORK THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES IS DOING THROUGH THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU ALL AND THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK. 
          UH, IN OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WE ACTUALLY TOOK A PAUSE SO THAT ALL THE MEMBERS WORKING ON THE HOUSING, UH, IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OR THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN COULD REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          AND SO OUR TWO DEPARTMENTS, WE WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY TO SEE WHERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FIT AND WHERE THE TIERED SUPPORT TIERED BY INCOME IS. 
          SO WE KNOW THAT FAMILIES WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, HOMELESSNESS INDIVIDUALS IN, IN THAT SITUATION FALL IN THE UNDER 30% A M I BAND. 
          AND THERE ARE STRATEGY SOLUTIONS THERE. 
          AND SO WE'RE TAKING FROM THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN WHAT FITS. 
          UM, AND OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS GONNA BE ABOUT FUNDING. 
          AND SO THE FUNDING, UM, SOLUTIONS, POSSIBLE PATHS TO CREATE ADDITIONAL HOUSING FOR THIS POPULATION, UH, WOULD BE PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          BUT WE'RE TAKING EXACTLY WHAT'S IN THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN AND FOLDING IT, BUT ADDING THE HOW DO WE FUND IT, AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FUNDING, THE OWNERSHIP, THE OPERATION AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT THOROUGH ANSWER. 
          BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SOLUTION IS VERY FAR AWAY. 
          , WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE WITH THAT STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THIS SUMMER. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THE SOLUTION IS VARYING, IS NOT VERY FAR AWAY. 
          IT'S THE IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND I, I JUST WANT TO ALLUDE TO, TO THE FACT THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED PROPOSITION A WITH 58%. 
          AND, UM, I'LL, I'LL JUST PUT IT OUT THERE. 
          I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON OUR, OUR FIRST BOND FOR, FOR HOUSING. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN PIAS, I REALLY WANTED YOU TO HEAR THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SUBMITTED A C C R, UM, FOR A LOT OF OUR RESPITE CARE AND A LOT OF HOSPICE CARE FOR OUR HOMELESS. 
          AND THIS REALLY SPEAKS TO THAT C C R. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS AND NEED A PLACE TO CALL HOME. 
          WE KNOW THAT A HOME IS A PART OF OUR HEALTH EQUITY AND TO HOUSING FIRST COALITION, UM, MR. WITTICK, TO DR. 
          CHRIS, UM, BEVERLY WATS DAVIS, TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE TRULY STEPPING OUT TO SAY, WE SEE YOU, WE HEAR YOU, AND THIS IS THE PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, I JUST AM THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE A COUNCIL THAT HAS A COMPASSIONATE HEART FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY, AND A MOTION FOR THIS TO BE APPROVED, RIGHT? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF, UH, ITEM 16. 
          UH, AND I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO THE, UH, TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT. 
          FROM THE VERY START. 
          UH, THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN HAS BEEN MENTIONED A FEW TIMES, AND, UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THAT IS THAT IT IS AN INTERSECTION OF ALL THE OTHER FRAMEWORKS THAT WE HAVE, UH, WHICH MAKES ITS, IM IMPORTANT. 
          THIS PROJECT WAS MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING, UH, COMING FROM EVEN BEFORE THE HOUSING FRAMEWORK WAS RATIFIED. 
          UH, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THAT PLAN. 
          IT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          UH, AND SO TO SEE THIS, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECT FINALLY BEING BUILT, I THINK IS A, A RECOGNITION THAT THIS CITY, UH, THROUGH ITS COMPASSIONATE, UM, ACTION IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. 
          WE HAVE TO BE FOCUSED WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING PROPOSITION A AS WELL, THAT THE VOTERS RECENTLY PASSED THAT WILL GIVE US ANOTHER TOOL, UH, IN THE TOOL BELT TO BE ABLE TO, TO IMPLEMENT THESE, THESE GOOD IDEAS. 
          UH, FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING FIRST STANDPOINT, UH, THE HOUSING FIRST COALITION HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK. 
          UH, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE CITY HAS DONE TO PROVIDE US AN ARRAY OF SOLUTIONS. 
          UH, OUR WORK NOW IS IN THE, IS IN THE INTERSECTION. 
          WE'RE IDENTIFYING THE GAPS THAT EXIST AND RESOURCE THOSE PROPERLY. 
          UH, IN THIS, THIS DEVELOPMENT, TO ME IS ONE DEMONSTRATED WAY OF DOING THAT. 
          SO AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 
          UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS PROJECT EVEN BEFORE THE ITERATION OF THIS COUNCIL, BUT CERTAINLY THE WORK SINCE, UM, AUGUST 19 WHEN WE IDENTIFIED THE LAND ITSELF, UH, COMING TO PASS. 
          SO, UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 16. 
          PLEASE 
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VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THAT'S THE BALANCE OF OUR AGENDA. 
          IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S 
          [20. 21-3318 City Manager's Report]
REPORT, SIR? MAYOR, UM, JUST TWO QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          UH, ONE IS, UM, THE, UM, THE EMPTY THE SHELTER ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          UH, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES IS PARTNERING WITH, UH, THE BISSELL PET FOUNDATION FOR AN EMPTY, THE SHELTER ADOPTION EVENT, UH, MAY 5TH THROUGH THE NINTH. 
          UH, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, UH, SOME OF THE PRESS, UH, ADOPTION FEES ARE REDUCED TO $25 FOR DOGS AND CATS. 
          AND, UM, UH, WE ARE, UH, WE WILL BE PRESSING THIS OUT, UH, FAR AND WIDE, UH, AS AN EFFORT TO, AN EFFORT TO, UH, GET, UH, THE, UM, DOGS AND CATS NEW HOMES. 
          AND SECONDLY, UH, THIS WEEK, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK. 
          AND I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, UH, PAUSE AND THANK ALL THE EMPLOYEES OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          UM, WE CERTAINLY HAVE FACED UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES AND, UM, OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND THE CITY TEAM HAS DONE, UM, HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO REACT AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WHETHER IT'S TEACHING PRESCHOOL OR DISTRIBUTING VACCINES, OR, UH, KEEPING OUR FLEET RUNNING, UM, HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES, ANSWERING 3 1 1 CALLS. 
          I MEAN, UM, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF CAREER FIELDS FOR THE CITY AND, AND ALL OF THEM HAVE, UH, REALLY DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO PUBLIC SERVICE. 
          AND I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THIS WEEK TO SPEND TIME WITH, UM, UH, TWO GROUPS OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT, UM, ARE NOT NECESSARILY FRONTLINE, BUT ARE CRITICAL TO EVERYTHING WE DO, UM, AND CRITICAL TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND IT CERTAINLY IS AN HONOR TO, UH, BE THE CITY MANAGER AND SERVE ALONGSIDE OF THESE EMPLOYEES. 
          SO THIS WEEK'S EMPLOYEE VIDEO IS, UH, HIGHLIGHTING THOSE TWO EMPLOYEE GROUPS. 
          LET'S RUN IT. 
          IT'S A MIXTURE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIALISTS AND THEN SENIOR ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS THAT WORK DOWN HERE. 
          FOR US, PUBLIC SERVICE TO ME MEANS WORKING WITH CLIENTS, CUSTOMERS, CITIZENS. 
          IT MEANS SEEING A NEED AND TRYING TO FULFILL IT AND DOING THE MOST GOOD THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN. 
          BEING AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE CITY OVERALL, UH, WORKING TO FIND A RESOLUTION, UM, TO THEIR CONCERNS, UH, TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. 
          PUBLIC SERVICE MEANS TO ME, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, CITIZENS, ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY CALL IN FOR, UM, PROVIDING THEM WITH THE CORRECT INFORMATION, SEND THEM TO THE CORRECT DEPARTMENT, ALWAYS MAKE SURE WE NEVER GIVE THEM WARNING. 
          PUBLIC SERVICE MEANS TO ME, IS SERVING MY FAMILY, NOT ONLY MY FAMILY AT MY HOUSE, ALL THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, SERVING THEM, UH, WITH THEIR TRANSPORTATION GOALS. 
          HERE WE MAINTAIN AND REPAIR, UH, ALL THE FLEET VEHICLES THAT ARE USED FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          I LIKE, UH, THE FEELING OF ACHIEVEMENT. 
          EVERY TIME I FIX SOMETHING AND I KNOW IT'S FIXED CORRECTLY, IT'S A GOOD FEELING IN MY OPINION. 
          I DUNNO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW KIDS LIKE TO SEE THE TRUCKS AND ALL THAT. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S NICE TO HELP KEEP 'EM ON THE ROAD AND KEEP 'EM FIT WHERE THEIR KIDS COULD GO OUT AND, YOU KNOW, AND SEE 'EM, HEY, PICK UP THE TRASH. 
          CAN THEY, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT LOOK PRETTY COOL FOR THEM? JUST HAVING THE ABILITY TO BRING YOUR TALENT AND SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY, UH, INTO YOUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          UH, THAT'S WHAT BEING A PUBLIC SERVANT IS TO ME. 
          KNOW HOW, HOW HARD EVERYBODY'S WORKED OVER THE LAST YEAR CONTINUED TO COME TO WORK. 
          I JUST WANNA COME OUT AND SAY THING, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO REALLY IS A REALLY GREAT PLACE TO WORK AS FAR AS PUBLIC SERVICE CONCERNED. 
          PUBLIC SERVICE MEANS YOU, ME, AND EVERYONE AS ONE SERVING, SERVING OURSELVES AS WE SERVE OTHERS AND TAKING CARE OF ONE ANOTHER. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, NEXT TIME YOU'RE OUT AT THE NORTHEAST SERVICE CENTER, UH, THE TOOL YARD, UH, WE HAVE OUR, UH, SOLID WASTE TRUCK, UH, SIMULATOR, WHICH, UM, I DROVE FOR THE FIRST TIME, UM, RIGHT HAND SIDE STEERING WHEEL. 
          AND, UM, THAT, UM, UM, I HAD TO BE A LITTLE CAREFUL WHEN I GOT BACK ONTO 35, DRIVING BACK DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE, WHICH, IF YOU'RE ON THAT FOR A WHILE, BUT IT'S A, IT'S AN EXCELLENT TRAINING TOOL AND, AND IT GETS THE EMPLOYEES READY TO, TO HIT THE STREETS. 
          SO, THANKS AMERICAN COUNCIL. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ERIC. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, THANK YOU FOR, FOR SHARING THAT. 
          UM, ERIC AND HAPPY PUBLIC SERVICE WEEKS TO ALL OF US AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT 
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AND I'LL, I'LL BRING YOU MORE DETAILS LATER, BUT I HAVE CHALLENGED, UH, A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO RIDE THEIR BIKE TO WORK ON MAY 20TH. 
          THIS IS BIKE TO WORK MONTH. 
          AND BIKE TO WORK DAY IS MAY 21, BUT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER ON MAY 20TH. 
          SO, UM, GET YOUR SPANDEX OUT, GET YOUR HELMET, START LOOKING AT YOUR ROUTE. 
          UM, IF YOU HAVE NOT EVER BIKED TO WORK BEFORE, IT'S, THERE'S SOME THINGS YOU WANNA FIGURE OUT BEFORE, JUST LIKE TAKING THE BUS. 
          UH, SO WE'VE ALREADY GOT TWO VOLUNTEERS. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT COUNCILWOMAN KAVE HDA, WHO'S ON THE M P O, UH, WITH ME AND COUNCILWOMAN SHIRLEY GONZALEZ. 
          SO, UH, THINK ABOUT IT AND THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, 
          [Executive Session]
WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. 
          UH, SO WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO THAT. 
          UH, THE TIME IS READ THAT 12:35 PM ON THIS THURSDAY, MAY 6TH, 2021. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CAN DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED ON THE MAY 5TH, 2021 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, BUT NOT REACHED, INCLUDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 REAL PROPERTY DELIBERATE, THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING CITY C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS, LEGAL OPTIONS AND PERSONNEL PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          THE TIME IS 2:32 PM ON THIS SIXTH DAY OF MAY, 2021 CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. 
          RA SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED. 
          I.
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