* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:01:31] SAN ANTONIO. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. UH, IF YOU CAN PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. THE TIME IS NOW 9:15 AM ON THIS 13TH DAY OF MAY, 2021. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE, THE ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER KADA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER REPLIES HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. AND MAYOR BERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. AGAIN. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE GET STARTED TODAY. UH, TO BEGIN [1. 21-3542 Invocation] OUR SESSION TODAY, I'D LIKE TO TURN THE FLOOR TO COUNCIL MEMBER MANNY PELLYS, TO WELCOME OUR INDICATORS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. TODAY, I AM PROUD, UH, TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR INDICATORS. THEY ARE SHORT IN STATURE, BUT VERY TALL IN CHARACTER. THESE ARE THE STUDENTS FROM THE ATONEMENT ACADEMY. THEY'RE MY SPECIAL GUESTS TODAY IN PRAYER, AND I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF 'EM. THE ATONEMENT, UH, CATHOLIC ACADEMY IS KNOWN FOR INSPIRING YOUNG CHRISTIAN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. TO LEARN HOW TO DISCERN THE TRUTH, LEAD WITH VIRTUE AND SPREAD THE WORD OF CHRIST. IT IS, UH, THIS PARISH SCHOOL OF OUR LADY OF ATONEMENT, LOCATED BY U T S A IN U IN DISTRICT EIGHT. UH, THE SCHOOL IS, UH, A PRE-K, UH, THIRD THREE THROUGH 12TH GRADE CATHOLIC SCHOOL WITH ABOUT 300 STUDENTS IN IT. UM, THE ACADEMY HAS BEEN AWARDED THE NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. IT IS ALSO ON THE CATHOLIC EDUCATION HONOR ROLL, AWARDED BY THE CARDINAL NEWMAN SOCIETY, AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY NICHE SCHOOL RANKINGS AS THE NUMBER ONE BEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA. UM, IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO HAVE Y'ALL HERE. TAKE IT AWAY. GOOD MORNING. WE ARE STUDENTS FROM THE ATONEMENT CATHOLIC ACADEMY, WHICH IS A PRE-K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN. HERE WE HAVE FOUR MEMBERS OF OUR FIFTH GRADE CLASS TO OPEN US IN PRAYER. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. ALL. AMEN. COME HOLY SPIRIT, FILL THE HEARTS OF YOUR FAITHFUL AND CANDLE IN US, THE THRIVE YOUR LOVE. SEND FORTH YOUR SPIRIT, AND WE SHALL BE CREATED AND YOU SHALL RENEW THE FACE OF THE EARTH. OH GOD, WHO BY THE LIGHT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, DID INSTRUCT THE HEARTS OF THE FAITHFUL GRANTED BY THE SAME SPIRIT. WE MAY BE TRULY WISE AND NEVER REJOICE IN HIS CONSOLATIONS THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD AM AMEN. AND NAME THE FATHERING OF THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT AM AMEN [2. 21-3543 Pledge of Allegiance] THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICHER STANCE WHEN ONE NATION UNDER GOD INVIS WITH THE ROUTINE OF JUSTICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR ATONEMENT STUDENTS, UH, FOR BEING HERE. THAT WAS QUITE A TREAT FOR US, UH, AND APPRECIATE TAKING THE TIME TO COME DOWN TO THE CHAMBERS THIS MORNING. ALL RIGHT. UM, TODAY, UH, WE HAVE, UM, UH, AVERAGE SIZE AGENDA. WE'LL SEE HOW WE GET THROUGH THIS TODAY. BUT, UH, [00:05:01] WE DO HAVE, UH, A FEW CEREMONIALS WE WANT TO GET TO FIRST. [3. 21-3544 Approval of Minutes from the City Council Meetings of April 8, 2021, and April 14, 2021] UH, BUT THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 8TH AND 14TH. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MINUTES OF APRIL 8TH AND 14TH, 2021. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE MINUTES? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, [Additional Item 1] BEFORE WE GET INTO THE BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY, UH, WE DO HAVE A FEW, UM, POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE I'D LIKE TO GET TO. LEMME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VIA THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME THIS MORNING TO OFFER SOME, UH, THANKS TO A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK THAT THEY, UM, DID DURING THE FEBRUARY ARCTIC BLAST THAT HAPPENED. UM, WE HAVE SOME SELFLESS WORKERS WITH CAPITAL ELECTRIC, A J D ELECTRIC, WHO ARE HERE TODAY. UM, BACK IN FEBRUARY WHEN EVERYTHING FIRST STARTED, I, UH, WE KNEW THAT MISSION DEL LAGO, THE SUBDIVISION, HAD 1200, UM, HOMES WITHOUT POWER. I REACHED OUT TO THAD RUTHERFORD. I REACHED OUT TO, TO OTHERS, AND I ALSO THOUGHT, WE HAVE A CLUBHOUSE AT MISSION DEL LAGO, UM, AT THE GOLF COURSE. AND WE NEEDED TO DO, UH, SOMETHING, UH, WE NEEDED TO CREATE A WARMING CENTER SOMEHOW BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A LONG WAY FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY INTO THE CONVENTION CENTER. SO I REACHED OUT TO RUDY RODRIGUEZ, WHO SERVES ON THE MUNICIPAL GOLF ASSOCIATION FOR THE CITY, AND I ASKED HIM IF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE. HE CONTACTED, UM, AND I HAVE TO THANK ANDREW PETERSON AS WELL FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT HE DID TOO. AND IT TOOK EVERYONE COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE THINGS POSSIBLE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE GOLF COURSE AND THE CLUBHOUSE DID NOT HAVE POWER, BUT THAT IS WHEN RUDY CONTACTED H D J D CAPITAL TEAM, AND WITHOUT ANY HESITATION, THEIR CREW, UM, STARTED TO MAKE A PLAN OF ACTION OF WHAT THEY COULD DO TO HELP. THEY STARTED THAT SAME NIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THEIR GENERATORS WERE FROZEN TO THE GROUND, MUCH LIKE MANY THINGS, SO WE COULDN'T DO IT THAT NIGHT. BUT THE VERY NEXT MORNING, THEY WERE OUT THERE WITH THE TEAM, THE TEAM THAT IS HERE TODAY, THE TEAM THAT LEFT THEIR FAMILIES AND WHO ALSO DID NOT HAVE POWER, BUT CAME TO SET UP A WARMING STATION FOR ALL OF THESE FAMILIES IN THE MISSION DEL LAGO AREA. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE GENERATOR UP AND RUNNING AND HAD FAMILIES COME OUT TO THE CENTER TO KEEP WARM POWER UP THEIR ELECTRIC ITEMS AND HAVE FOOD THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK. WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF H D J D, CAPITAL ELECTRIC, THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WOULD'VE REMAINED WITHOUT POWER IN THE COLD FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK. AND I ALSO HAVE TO THANK ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS, THE RESIDENTS VOLUNTEERS AT MISSION DE LAGO FOR COMING IN AND HELPING US SET UP AND ORGANIZE THAT WARMING CENTER, SPECIFICALLY MR. RICHARD ORTEGA, WHO WAS AN EARLY VOLUNTEER AND JUST READY TO GO. AND MR. PETE BENAVIDES, WHO ALSO PROVIDED SOME DIESEL FUEL THAT WE NEEDED FOR THOSE GENERATORS. AND, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO ALSO CAME AND PROVIDED OF THAT FUEL THAT WE NEEDED. SO, AGAIN, THIS YOU ALL, UM, JOHN AND TEAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE WHAT YOU ALL REPRESENTED THAT DAY IS WHAT SAN MEANS SO MUCH TO SAN ANTONIO. YOU LOOKED OUT FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR. PEOPLE OFTEN ASK WHAT WAS, WHAT WASN'T WORKING, BUT I ALWAYS ANSWER WHAT WAS WORKING WAS THAT SAN ANTONIONS WERE WORKING, LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS. AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU ALL DID. SO THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES FOR TAKING TIME TO COME OUT. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I WANTED TO PLEASE INVITE YOU AND THE TEAM, UH, MR. WARREN, JOHN UP AND ALL YOUR, YOUR CREW UP, PLEASE, WHO WERE HERE. AND I WANT TO READ A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR VOLUNTEER EFFORTS TO ASSIST FAMILIES IN THE MISSION DE LAGO AREA DURING THE TEXAS ARCTIC BLAST. WHILE OVER A THOUSAND HOMES AND APARTMENT UNITS WENT WITHOUT POWER AND WATER, YOU SELFLESSLY STEPPED IN TO HELP CREATE A MAKESHIFT WARMING CENTER AT THE MISSION DE LAGO GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE. THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE PROUD OF YOUR SERVICE [00:10:01] TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE PRICELESS IMPACT THAT YOU MADE TO SO MANY LIVES PRESENTED THIS DAY, THE 13TH DAY OF MAY, 2021, SIGNED BY MYSELF, ANN MAYOR NURENBERG. AND I, UM, I'M GOING TO READ, I'M GONNA READ YOUR NAMES AND I WANT YOU ALL TO WAVE AND SAY HELLO TO ALL OF US. FIRST DANIEL PUENTE. THANK YOU. DANIEL. BRIAN RICHARDSON. VINCE GONZALEZ, ROGER GONZALEZ, BRIAN WHEELER, WELLER WELLER, BRIAN WELLER. THANK YOU, DAWN GRAY. MR. RUDY RODRIGUEZ AND JOHN WARREN, THE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK, AND I'M GONNA COME DOWN AND, UM, HAND THESE CERTIFICATES OUT TO YOU AND TAKE PHOTOS OF GOOD MORNING MAYOR, AND ESPECIALLY YOU, COUNCILMAN GRO. UH, I KNOW YOU HAVE AN EXTREMELY BUSY DAY, AND TO TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THESE MEN IS, IS, IS VERY SPECIAL. I'M CERTAIN THAT IF YOU WERE GIVEN THE SAME CAPABILITY AND THE EXPERTISE THAT YOU DO IN THESE MEN, YOU HAVE MADE, MADE THE EXACT SAME DECISION THAT I DID. AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES SAN ANTONIO SPECIAL. I'M VERY PROUD, UH, TO SERVE THESE GENTLEMEN AS THEIR LEADER. UH, AND I'M PROUD OF THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME. IT'S A VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOHN. THANK YOU, UH, RUDY AND EVERYBODY FOR COMING IN TODAY. UH, SO YOU COULD BE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR, UH, GOOD SAMARITAN WORK, UH, DOWN THERE. WE MUCH VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. [Additional Item 2] UM, LET ME TURN THE FLOOR NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER AN SANDOVAL, UH, FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, [00:15:01] AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE WHO'S HERE WITH US TODAY. GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES. UH, I HAVE THE GREAT TREMENDOUS PLEASURE AND HONOR OF TAKING A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TODAY TO HONOR A CIVIC HERO AMONG US, DR. CHARLIE CATRELL. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN HIM HERE IN CHAMBERS THIS MORNING. DR. CATRELL WAS SELECTED BY THE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT ST. MARY'S AS THE FIRST LAY PRESIDENT IN THE SCHOOL'S HISTORY, A HISTORY THAT DATES BACK TO 1852. AND HE HAS BEEN AT ST. MARY'S FOR OVER 45 YEARS. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD RUMBLINGS THAT HE HAS FINALLY DECIDED TO STEP DOWN, AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE HONORING HIM TO TODAY. PRIOR TO BEING THE THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT, HE WAS A PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT CHAIR, DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE PROGRAMS. HE WAS A DEAN. HE WAS ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR PLANNING AND RESEARCH, AND HE WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS FOR 14 YEARS. HIS TOP PRIORITIES AS PRESIDENT INCLUDED A COMMITMENT TO SERVICE, LEARNING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, RECRUITING AND RETAINING TOP STUDENTS, ADVANCING THE ACADEMIC MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY, AND, UM, INCREASING THE GENERAL ENDOWMENT. DR. CATRELL RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM ST. MARY'S IN THE SIXTIES. THEN HE LEFT US FOR A BRIEF TIME AND WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS DOCTORAL DEGREE AND BEGAN TEACHING AT ST. MARY'S IN 1966. A TENURED PROFESSOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCES. DR. CATRELL IS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS EXPERTISE ON ISSUES INVOLVING ELECTION SYSTEM AND MINORITY PARTICIPATION. IN FACT, DR. CATRELL IS FUNDAMENTAL IN, IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, HAVING SINGLE MEMBER REPRESENTATION DISTRICTS. HE HAS BEEN A CONSULTANT TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ON THESE ISSUES, AND IS THE AUTHOR OF NUMEROUS ARTICLES AND PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS, AND HAS PRESENTED HIS RESEARCH ON CAPITOL HILL REGARDING FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS CASES. NOW, THAT'S JUST HIS BIO . UH, LET ME SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT HIM AS A PERSON. AS A YOUNG PROFESSOR, HE TAUGHT LEGENDARY ACTIVIST JOSE REZ, WILLIE VELASQUEZ, AND IGNACIO NAES, EACH OF WHOM WOULD GO ON TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY FOR MEXICAN AMERICANS IN OUR REGION. HIS IMPACT SPANS FROM HELPING DEVELOP COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE COPS WHO WAS JUST HERE IN OUR CHAMBERS YESTERDAY TO TESTIFYING AND SUPPORT OF EXTENDING PRE-CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT TO TEXAS IN 1975. AND, OF COURSE, ESTABLISHING SINGLE MEMBER COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN SAN ANTONIO. A HUGE STEP TOWARD FAIR STEP TOWARD FAIR REPRESENTATION. NO SINGLE PERSON CAN TELL THE FULL STORY OF DR. COTTRELL'S IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I'VE ASKED A FEW COMMUNITY LEADERS TO CONTRIBUTE A STATEMENT ABOUT DR. CATRELL. I'LL START WITH MS. ROSIE CASTRO. CHARLIE HAS SPENT A LIFETIME EDUCATING STUDENTS ABOUT THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF OUR DEMOCRACY. HE HAS MENTORED MANY A PUBLIC SERVANT THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. HE HAS HELPED ADVANCE THE CIVIL RIGHTS, NOT ONLY OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT OF THE NATION. THANK YOU, CHARLIE, FOR ALL YOU HAVE GIVEN TO OUR INSTITUTION, TO YOUR INSTITUTION, AND TO OUR GREAT CITY COLUMNIST FROM THE EXPRESS NEWS. GILBERT GARCIA SAYS, OVER THE PAST 55 YEARS, DR. CHARLES CATTRELL HAS BEEN ONE OF THE CITY'S LEADING VOICES FOR JUSTICE EQUITY AND THE POWER OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. HE HAS INSPIRED COUNTLESS STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS AND RELENTLESSLY FOUGHT IN FEDERAL COURTHOUSES AND LEGISLATIVE CHAMBERS TO ENSURE THAT THEIR VOICES WOULD BE HEARD. AND LASTLY, FROM THE HONORABLE COUNCILWOMAN MARITON, DR. CATRELL WOVE TOGETHER IN A MOST UNIQUE MANNER, HIS GIFTS AS AN EDUCATOR WITH THE PASSION OF STUDENT ACTIVISTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY DURING THE CHICANO MOVEMENT. HE THEN TOOK THOSE EXPERIENCES AND THOSE VOICES TO THE CLASSROOM TO TEACH NEW GENERATIONS A GRATEFUL COMMUNITY. THANKS CHARLIE, FOR GIVING SO MANY YEARS TO US. WE WISH HIM NOTHING BUT JOY IN HIS RETIREMENT. DR. CATRELL, THIS COMMUNITY OWES YOU AN INCREDIBLE DEBT OF GRATITUDE. SO THANK YOU. AND WE'LL HEAR FROM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS NOW. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UM, AND [Additional Item 3] WE WILL, UM, GO AROUND. SO STAY RIGHT THERE, CHARLIE. LET ME, UH, FIRST GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY FOR POINT OF PER PRIVILEGE, AND THEN WE'LL GO AROUND THE HORN. YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, TODAY WE [00:20:01] RECOGNIZED ARMED FORCES DAY. IT'S OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED ON THE 15TH OR, OR THE THIRD, UH, SATURDAY OF THE MONTH AND, AND HERE IN MAY. BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR OUR MILITARY. UM, THEY TOOK AN OATH AND SAID, TAKE ME THOSE WHO PUT THEIR NATION FIRST, THOSE WHO SOUGHT TO PRESERVE AND DEFEND SOMETHING THAT WAS FAR GREATER THAN THEMSELVES, THOSE WHO LOVE THEIR COUNTRY SO MUCH THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO DIE FOR IT. TO THOSE OF OUR AIR FORCE, ARMY, NAVY, MARINES, AND COAST GUARD, WE SAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR SACRIFICE. SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FOR OVER 20 YEARS IS ONE OF MY BIGGEST HONORS. AND NOW I'M PROUD TO SERVE MILITARY CITY U S A AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. AND I PROMISE TO CONTINUE BEING A VOICE FOR OUR MILITARY AND MILITARY FAMILIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, UH, AND AGAIN, A A A, UH, HARDY THANKS TO OUR ENTIRE, UH, MILITARY FAMILY COMMUNITY. UH, LET ME JUST FIRST, UH, START, UH, BY THANKING COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL FOR BRINGING, UH, DR. CATRELL HERE FOR PROPER RECOGNITION OF A, A LIFETIME OF SERVICE. I HAD NOT DES HEARD HIM DESCRIBED AS A CIVIC HERO BEFORE. UH, BUT PERHAPS THAT'S THE MOST APTT DESCRIPTION I'VE EVER HEARD OF DR. CATRELL. I WANT TO THANK YOU, CHARLIE, FOR BEING A, A PERSONAL GUIDE TO ME, UH, A MENTOR, UM, A VOICE OF REASON, A VOLUNTEER, UH, WHO SOMEONE HAS SERVED OVER MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF CIVIC LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, YOU HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY THAT'S EVER SAT IN THIS SEAT, UH, IN THE MODERN ERA. SO, UM, CHARLIE, IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO KNOW YOU, UH, TO LEARN FROM YOU, UH, TO BE GUIDED BY YOU, AND TO HAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER TO CALL ON OCCASION. UM, IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE YOUR FRIEND, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TO HONOR YOU, SIR, FOR A LIFETIME OF SERVICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. DR. CATRELL, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST, I JUST WANNA, UH, ADDRESS OR REALLY THANK ALL OF OUR CURRENT MILITARY MEMBERS AND VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO MAKE SACRIFICES FOR ALL OF US AND MAKE THE FABRIC OF OUR COUNTRY STRONGER. SO, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR RECOGNIZING THAT TODAY. AND, UH, DR. CATRELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO YOUR COMMUNITY. YOU'VE HAD AN IMPACT FAR MORE, UH, MORE FAR REACHING THAN YOU LIKELY KNOW. YOU'VE TAUGHT THOUSANDS AND ADVISED THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS. YOU MAY NOT RECALL, BUT I'M ONE OF THOSE. I WAS A POLITICAL SCIENCE STUDENT IN THE, UH, DON'T TELL ANYBODY IN THE NINETIES. AND, UH, I, YOU WERE MY PROFESSOR. YOU WERE MY ACADEMIC ADVISOR, AND IN MANY WAYS, YOU WERE MY INSPIRATION TO SERVE. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR INFLUENCE, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COBE, HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER S THANK YOU. AND, UM, ECHOING ALL THE SENTIMENTS THAT, THAT YOU'VE HEARD AND THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE HEARING. BUT I, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL USED THE WORDS LEGENDARY ACTIVISTS. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT WHO SOME OF THOSE ARE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF 'EM. UH, BUT WHO SOME OF THOSE ARE THAT CAME OUTTA ST. MARY'S. UM, AND THEY INCLUDE WILLIE VELAZQUEZ, CHARLIE GONZALEZ, NELSON WOLFE, JOHN QUINIONES, HENRY B. GONZALEZ, UH, JOSE GUTIERREZ. UM, BUT THE THING I'M MOST PROUD OF, UH, BEING A RATTLER MYSELF IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE FEMALES ON THE FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS ARE ST. MARY'S GRADS. AND, UH, PARTICULARLY ALMA LOPEZ, UH, THE VERY FIRST LATINA FEMALE, UM, JUSTICE IN, UM, IN TEXAS. AND SHE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE IS A WALKING, TALKING EMBODIMENT OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, CHARLIE, UH, AND I KNOW THAT SHE WAS BEFORE YOUR TIME, BUT WE, UH, YOU'VE CONTINUED IN THE TRADITION OF PRODUCING GREAT LEADERS. UM, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I SQUEAKED INTO ST. MARY'S. I'M VERY, VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE DONE THAT UNDER YOUR WATCH. MAYBE THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST MISTAKES. UH, BUT THE, UH, UH, I, I DO KNOW MY SISTER AND MY BROTHER ARE ALSO BENEFICIARIES OF YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND SO ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL FAMILY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, A GRATEFUL CITY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER AYAS. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, UH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. SO WE HAVE THIS HONOR TO, UH, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR, UH, DR. CATRELL, DR. CATRELL. I, I AM AS WELL, A PRODUCT OF ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY WITH MY MASTER'S DEGREE THERE AND A STELLAR TEAM. YOU WERE PRESIDENT DURING THE TIME, AND SO I NEVER WAS ABLE TO HAVE HIM AS ONE OF MY PROFESSORS. BUT, UM, WORKING IN THE OFFICE OF UNIVERSITY MINISTRY AND WITH SERVICE LEARNING AND EVERYTHING THAT, UM, WAS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE [00:25:01] MIUS CHARISM AND THE SPIRIT OF THE UNIVERSITY FOR ACTIVISM, FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND THE BUS TOURS THAT YOU ALSO HELD THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT YOU WOULD TAKE YOUR STUDENTS ON TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNEW WHERE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT THE, THE CITY AND IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA. AND SO, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO TELL THE STORIES, AND THAT'S PART OF OUR JOB TO CONTINUE TO TELL THE STORIES, TO KNOW WHERE WE HAVE COME FROM AND WHERE WE DO NOT WANT TO GO BACK TO. SO, THANK YOU, DR. CATTRALL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. CHARLIE, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE TODAY AND TO HONOR YOU THIS WAY. UH, I PROBABLY GO BACK WITH YOU FURTHER THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE LATE 1970S WHEN I WAS A STUDENT AT ST. MARY'S. I DIDN'T FINISH AND GRADUATE THERE. I WENT ON TO U T S A. BUT MY TIME THERE IS MEMORABLE IN, IN MY LIFETIME BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU WERE DOING AND THE DISCUSSIONS I HAD AS A STUDENT THERE, UH, ON POLITICAL SCIENCE AND SO MANY OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES. AND ABSOLUTELY, YOU'VE HAD SUCH A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO SO MANY FORMER LEADERS AND CURRENT LEADERS, AND HOPEFULLY FUTURE LEADERS, UH, IN YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS COMMUNITY AND HOW GOVERNMENT SHOULD WORK. AND SO, I JUST WANT TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS AND APPRECIATION FOR THE WONDERFUL SERVICE YOU'VE PROVIDED THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UM, I, TOO AM A PRODUCT OF ST. MARY'S IN THE 1990S. UH, YOUR, YOUR SIGNATURE IS ON, UM, MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN BUSINESS AND MY MASTER'S DEGREE. UM, AND, UH, I, I HAVE OFTEN REFLECTED ON MY TIME AT ST. MARY'S, UM, AND THE CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHINGS AND PRINCIPLES, AND I'M OFTEN REMINDED OF THEM. IT'S A CULT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATION, RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, THE DIGNITY OF WORKER AND WORKER RIGHTS, UH, AND OF COURSE, RESPECT FOR GOD'S CREATION, ALL PART OF THE CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHINGS. AND I WAS ASKED WHEN I WAS, UM, IN, UH, GIVING A GUEST, UH, SPEAKER TO, UM, UH, I'M SORRY, I, I'M, I'M LISTENING TO THE BELLS RINGING. UM, AND I REALLY WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF CHOKO MESA, WHO WAS YOUR STUDENT AND WHO ALSO WORKED WITH YOU, ALONG WITH ROSIE, ROSIE CASTRO AND AL KAUFMAN, UH, TO WRITE WHAT BECAME SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND I WAS GONNA GET TO THAT. BUT THEN THE BELLS RANG, AND I, I FELT HER PRESENCE SO STRONGLY IN THIS MOMENT, UH, THAT I HAD TO STOP, UM, MY REMARKS AND, AND ACKNOWLEDGE HER, UH, RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT. UM, AND SO I, HER SPIRIT LIVES ON, IN ALL OF US, UH, IN THE FACT THAT WE ALL SIT HERE TODAY AS, AS WOMEN, AS LATINAS, UM, ALL OF US REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY. UH, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DID AT ST. MARY'S, UM, THAT I FEEL LIKE HAS NEVER FULLY BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED, UM, TO THE EXTENT THAT IT SHOULD BE, BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IS HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF HER WORK, UH, UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND SO, I'M JUST SO, UM, INSPIRED BY, UH, THE MOMENT, UM, AS I LEAVE THIS COUNCIL IN JUST A FEW SHORT WEEKS, UH, FEELING THE, UM, THE PRESENCE OF GOD AT THIS VERY MOMENT. UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. CATRELL. UM, I, I, UM, YOUR, YOUR LEGACY, UH, AND THE WORK WILL LIVE FOREVER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, DR. CATRELL. AND CONGRATULATIONS VERY WELL DESERVED. UM, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TOUCHED COUNTLESS LIVES, AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFICIALLY CONGRATULATE YOU. I HOPE THAT WE STILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, SEE MAYBE SOME FUTURE PUBLICATIONS FROM YOU AND MAYBE CONTINUING, UH, TO WORK WITH YOU THROUGH YOUR, UH, YOUR FORMER STUDENTS, ET CETERA. AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE EXCELLENT LEADERS THAT HAVE HELPED TO DEVELOP MANY MORE LEADERS AND, AND MORE LEADERS TO COME. SO JUST CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I TOO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, UH, BY BEING A, A SHINING EXAMPLE OF THE BENEFITS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. UH, THE MINDS THAT YOU HAVE SHAPED HAVE BECOME LEADERS IN OUR CITY, AND WE THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. UM, FIRST THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN PERRY. WE KNOW THAT WE ARE MILITARY CITY U S A, AND AS A MILITARY VETERAN, AND ALSO A MILITARY DEPENDENT, UM, [00:30:01] OF AN AIR FORCE RETIRED MASTER SERGEANT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. WE KNOW THAT OUR FAMILIES SERVE WITH US WHEN WE ARE DEPLOYED. THEY SERVE WITH US WHEN WE'RE HERE STATESIDE. UM, THEY GIVE SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND TO SERVE AS A VETERAN, AS A MILITARY, UH, CHILD. AND TO REALLY SEE WHAT WE DO WHEN WE PUT OUR LIVES ON THE LINE CONTINUES TO BE OUR MISSION TODAY AS WE SIT HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO DR. CARTEL. THANK YOU. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS, WE ARE STILL IN THAT FIGHT. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WHEN IT COMES TO VOTER SUPPRESSION, WE ARE STILL IN THAT FIGHT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A COMMUNITY THAT HAS LOST ITS TRUST IN THE SYSTEM OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE ARE STILL IN THAT FIGHT. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO FIGHT, TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK, FOR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALL BE HERE TODAY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES. IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECOGNITION THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY HAS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR ALL MEMBERS OF OUR MILITARY. AGAIN, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. UH, THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE TO THIS COUNTRY IS, IS INTEGRAL TO THIS DEMOCRACY AND THIS REPUBLIC THAT WE HAVE. I WAS PROUD TO SERVE. I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN PROUD TO SERVE. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WHO HAVE SERVED, OR WHO ARE, WHO ARE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED. AND I, I CERTAINLY AM HONORED TO BE PART OF MILITARY CITY U SS A AND I WANTED TO JUST CONCUR MY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. AND SIR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR ALL THE LIVES THAT YOU'VE TOUCHED DURING YOUR CAREER. I WANNA WISH YOU GOOD LUCK AND GODSPEED, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. UM, DR. CATRELL, I JUST WANT TO, UM, NOTE THAT, UH, ADRIANA MENTIONED THAT WE HOPE TO SEE MORE PUBLICATIONS. IT REMINDED ME THAT AMIDST ALL THE CHAOS THAT WAS HAPPENING HERE THIS MORNING, YOU DID TELL ME, UH, THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. SO, UM, IT'S THE NEXT CHAPTER FOR YOU AND, AND YOU CAN GET, BE GUARANTEED THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE, UH, IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF LIFE. SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED CONVERSATION, CHARLIE. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UH, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. UH, ACTUALLY, MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW IF DR. CATRELL WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS. I, I, I PROMISED HIM HE COULD. I'M SORRY, . NO, ABSOLUTELY. WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UH, ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THOSE VERY KIND WORDS. IT HAS BEEN A LONG, A LONG, LONG TIME. UH, AND I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION IN AS FAR AS ST. MARY'S GOES. BUT THIS IS A TRANSITION FOR ME. AND I DO, UH, CONT WANT TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE AND THE CITY THAT I LOVE VERY MUCH. UH, OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE WITH THE CITY, I THINK, UH, MANY OF YOU TOUCHED UPON WHAT I CONSIDER THE MOST, UH, IMPORTANT EFFORT THAT WE'VE MADE FOR THE CITY. AND THAT IS, AS I SEE THE 10 OF YOU AND THE ONE PERSON SITTING HERE, THE TEN ONE PLAN WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR, UH, OUR CITY. ITS PROGRESS, ITS REPRESENTATION, AND, UH, ITS CONTINUED, UH, COMMON GOOD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS, UH, AGAIN, A TRANSITION FOR ME, AND I HOPE THAT I CAN CONTINUE WORKING IN THE CITY THAT I LOVE SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. [00:37:12] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN, EVERYBODY FOR, UM, YOUR PATIENCE ON THAT. AND THANK YOU, DOC, FOR COMING IN. UH, WE'RE GONNA SHIFT NOW TO OUR BUSINESS AGENDA FOR TODAY. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, ITEMS FOUR AND ITEM FIVE. UH, EVERYTHING ELSE IS LISTED FOR, UH, CONSENT, UH, CONSIDERATIONS. SO ARE THERE ANY [CONSENT AGENDA] OTHER ITEMS, UH, MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? SO FAR, IT'S ITEM FOUR AND ITEMS FIVE. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO PULL 12 AND 19, PLEASE. I'M SORRY. YEAH. 12 AND 19. 12 AND 19. YES, SIR. OKAY. ANY OTHERS? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NONE, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT WOULD BE I'LL ITEMS SAY FOR FOUR OR FIVE, 12 AND 19. SO MOVED. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION BY COURAGE, A SECOND BY VERAN. UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? UM, THERE ARE NO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. SO LEMME TURN NOW TO, UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION. WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 10, UH, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A TASK ORDER JOB FOR 240,000 FOR MEMORIAL LIBRARY LIGHTING UPDATES. SO WE KNOW THAT OUR LIBRARIES HAVE BEEN SO CRITICAL, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY ALWAYS. AND WE SAW DURING THE PANDEMIC HOW MUCH OUR LIBRARIES ARE, UM, ARE WANTED AND DESIRED IN OUR COMMUNITY. UH, WA UH, MEMORIAL LIBRARY WAS ONE, UM, OF A 2017 BOND PROJECT WHERE WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE THAT FACILITY. IT'S QUITE, UM, QUITE OLD AND TIRED LOOKING. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'LL MAKE FOR THE LIBRARY. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO OPENING IT UP AGAIN TO THE COMMUNITY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UH, SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. THE FIRST IS HIGHLIGHTING ITEM NUMBER 16. IT'S A TURS FOR THE NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS TAX INCREMENT, REINVESTMENT ZONE OFF OF OLD CORPUS CHRISTI HIGHWAY. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING, UM, MORE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S VERY LITTLE INFRASTRUCTURE, SO WHERE THIS TURS IS GOING TO HELP BUILD THAT OUT. AND, UH, JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW THAT THE PARTNERS IN THIS TURS, UM, HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO BE PARTICIPANTS IN THE, UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE HOUSING VOUCHER INCENTIVE POLICY. UM, THEY'RE IN SUPPORT OF THAT, SO I'M, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT [00:40:01] AND MOVING THIS FORWARD. UM, NEXT I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT AND THANK, UH, ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, SPECIFICALLY ON ITEM NUMBER 17, THE AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE FOR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE APRIL 23RD, 2020. WE'VE ALLOCATED ABOUT FROM THE INITIAL 25.6 MILLION. NOW WE'RE WITH 133 MILLION FOR OUR EAP. AND WE KNOW THAT WE STILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FINE TUNING. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON HERE, UM, VERY SPECIFICALLY. AND TO, TO HELP OUR CONS, OUR CONSTITUENTS, WE'RE GONNA BE PARTNERING WITH, UM, N H S D PREVIOUSLY CONTRACTED WITH FIVE LOCAL AGENCIES, UNI SAGE CATHOLIC CHARITIES, T R L A AND SACRED HEART CHURCH TO CONDUCT OUTREACH AND APPLICATION INTAKE FOR THE EAP UNDER PHASE TWO OF THE PROGRAM. AND I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE, THE ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY ON THE NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION AND NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES NATIONWIDE. CALL WITH, UM, THE MAYOR FROM OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, MYSELF, AS WELL AS SOME MEMBERS OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, TALKING ABOUT BECK'S BEST PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. SO THIS WAS HIGHLIGHTED THERE, UM, YESTERDAY. AND THEN FINALLY, ITEM NUMBER, UH, EIGHT IS THE CONTRACT AWARD FOR THE SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD I 37 TO I 35, A 2017 BOND PROJECT. UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE, IT'S IN THE WORLD HERITAGE BUFFER ZONE. ITS CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THIS ZONE. WE'LL FOCUS ON IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND CONNECTIVITY, PROVIDING AN ENHANCED EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. IT WILL HAVE SIDEWALKS, UM, INSTALLATION OF CURBS, PEDESTRIANS SIGNALS, AND MISSION ROAD INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. AND I'M ALSO GOING TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK, UH, RAZZIE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM. UM, DURING MY TIME ON COUNCIL STARTING IN 2013, I'VE, I THINK I'VE ONLY HAD THREE, UM, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORS, RAZZIE, UH, STARTED WITH MAG, THEN WITH MIKE FRISBEE, AND NOW WITH YOU RAZZIE. BUT I THINK WE'VE HAD FOUR DIFFERENT TITLES OF THE DEPARTMENT STARTED WITH SIMS, THEN WITH PUBLIC WORKS, THEN T C I, AND NOW BACK TO, TO PUBLIC WORKS AGAIN. BUT I WANNA THANK YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM AND ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES WHO WORK SO HARD AND WHO HAVE DONE SUCH GREAT, UM, WORK WITH THE DISTRICT THREE TEAM SINCE, UH, FROM ALL OF THESE, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES TO SPEEDING MEASURES, TO MAKING SURE WE GET IT RIGHT FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO, THANK YOU, ZY, THANK YOU TEAM, AND ALL OF YOUR WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO IN THE DISTRICT AND FOR THE SOUTHERN SECTOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. UM, YES, MAYOR ON, ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT TWO RESIDENTS. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UM, TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AS THEY CONTINUE TO IMPROVE RIMAN ROAD. RIMAN ROAD IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST TRAVELED AREAS FOR INDUSTRIAL SIZED TRUCKS. UM, AND IT COSTS A LOT OF DAMAGE. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE REDMOND ROAD AREA, WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. BUT ALSO I WANT TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT NUMBER 14, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ACCEPTANCE UPON AWARD OF UP TO $2,088,000 ANNUALLY FROM THE ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR THE SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2021 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023. UM, THE, A TOTAL ANNUAL BUDGET OF $3,288,000 TO INCLUDE AN ANNUAL CASH MATCH OF 1,200,000. UM, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT OF OUR SENIORS ARE GOING WITHOUT, AND THIS IS A WAY THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT FORGET ANY OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY OUR SENIORS, WHEN IT COMES TO NUTRITION AND THEM BEING ALONE. SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE TWO ITEMS AND SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. OKAY, UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY FOR 4, 5, 12, AND 19. UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. WE HAD NO SIGN, UH, CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. [00:45:01] SO, UM, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO [4. 21-3567 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]] OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. UH, START WITH ITEM FOUR. ITEM FOUR 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, UH, ERIC, UM, YOU'RE UP, JEFF. OKAY. THANKS ERIC. THANK YOU. ONLY GOOD NEWS. YEAH. IT'S FUNNY YOU SAY THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GERRAN HAS JOKINGLY THANKED ME FOR BEING THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS IN PAST BRIEFINGS. AND THERE'S STILL SOME IN THIS, BUT I WILL SAY TODAY IS ALSO THE DAY THAT YOU GET TO CELEBRATE THE TIMELY PASSING OF MANY BAD IDEAS IN THE LEGISLATURE. UM, AND COUNSEL AND I GOT NOTES TODAY 'CAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE SOME BILLS THAT I HAVEN'T BRIEFED YOU ON BEFORE THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY MOVING, BUT HAVE NOW GONE AWAY. AND I, WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE UP TO SPEED ON 'EM. I DON'T HAVE THE CLICKER, ACTUALLY, IF SOMEBODY COULD, OH, THERE IT IS. THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU, CLIFF. OKAY, SO FIRST OF ALL, LEMME JUST TOUCH ON A FEW OF THE BIG ONES THAT HAVE NOW PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS. UH, WE'VE TALKED IN THE PAST A LOT ABOUT THE BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT BILL. UM, THE CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY BILL HAS NOW PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS, ALLOWING ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF 21 HAS NOT OTHERWISE PROHIBITED FROM CARRYING A GUN TO CARRY A GUN WITHOUT A PERMIT. UH, THE ELECTION BILL HAS PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS. IT WAS WATERED DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, IN THE HOUSE. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WERE TAKEN OUTTA THE ORIGINAL SENATE BILL. FOR EXAMPLE, THE, UH, PROHIBITION ON EXTENDED HOURS OF EARLY VOTING WENT AWAY. THE, UH, BAN ON DRIVE-THROUGH VOTING WENT AWAY. THE RESTRICTIONS ON PEOPLE WHO HA ARE ASSIST VOTERS, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY EXPLAIN WHY THEY AS ARE ASSISTING AND SO FORTH, WENT AWAY. UH, WHAT IT DID RETAIN IS THE, UM, UH, UNSOLICITED DISTRIBUTION OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS THAT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED UNDER THIS BILL. UM, AND IT HAS SOME OTHER REQUIREMENTS AROUND, UH, POLL WATCHERS, BUT, BUT THEY WERE REDUCED SOMEWHAT. SO, UM, IT WILL, THE SENATE AND HOUSE BILLS ARE DIFFERENT NOW, SO THEY'LL BE CONFERENCED IN A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, WHICH HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TO RECONCILE THE DIFFERENCES. UM, BUT THAT'S THE STATUS ON THAT SENATE BILL 7 26, UH, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. IT'S AN IMMINENT DOMAIN BILL UNDER STATE LAW. NOW, IF A GOVERNMENT ENTITY ACQUIRES A PROPERTY, YOU HAVE TO SHOW ACTUAL PROGRESS, UH, ON WHATEVER IT WAS ACQUIRED FOR. AND THERE ARE FIVE OR SIX THINGS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM CURRENTLY. YOU HAVE TO DO TWO OF THOSE THINGS. THIS BILL MAKES IT THREE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET, UH, TO, IN ORDER TO NOT TRIGGER A REPURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY FROM WHOEVER IT WAS, UM, TAKEN FROM. UH, SENATE BILL SEVEN 80 PUTS INTO STATE LAW. WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE LOCALLY, WHICH IS THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTS WITH THE MILITARY. YOU ALL HAVE PASSED SEVERAL, UH, ALLOWING US TO HELP J B SS A WITH PAVING AND OTHER PROJECTS. SO THAT WOULD GO INTO STATE LAW SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. AND THEN FINALLY, ON OPEN RECORDS, UH, THERE'S A BILL THAT HAS PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS THAT, UH, LIMITS THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSIONS, UH, IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. AS YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, UM, UH, SORT OF LIMITED THE, UH, BUSINESS DAYS FOR PURPOSES OF THE OPEN RECORDS LAW. UH, AND THAT ACTUALLY STILL IN EFFECT TODAY, ALTHOUGH WE REOPENED FULLY IN NOVEMBER. UH, THIS BILL SAYS THAT YOU CANNOT, UM, THAT IF, UH, JUST BECAUSE EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO WORK REMOTELY, IF THEY STILL HAVE ACCESS TO RECORDS, THEY MUST CONTINUE TO FULFILL REQUESTS EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE WORKING REMOTELY, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE DID, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC ANYWAY. SO, UM, MONDAY WAS THE FIRST OF SOME KEY DEADLINES THAT SAID, UH, HOUSE BILLS HAD TO BE VOTED OUT OF THEIR HOUSE COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE OF, OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION BY MONDAY, OR THEY WERE DEAD. AND SO ALL OF THESE BILLS NOW, UH, DID NOT MAKE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE AND, AND HAVE GONE AWAY. THERE WAS A LOCAL PROHIBITION ON, UH, REGULATIONS OF WORKING ANIMALS. THE, UH, LOBBYING BAN, UH, AN EXTENDED LIABILITY BILL, UH, AGAINST CITIES. IF, UH, A POLICE OFFICER, A FIREFIGHTER IS ENGAGED IN, IN, UH, NEGLIGENCE, UM, THERE WAS A BILL THAT WOULD'VE SAID IF WE HELD AN ELECTION ON A PROPERTY TAX RATE AND IT FAILED, IT WOULD GO TO THE, TO THE ZERO REVENUE INCREASE RATE THAT FAILED. UM, THERE WAS A BILL 1495 THAT WOULD'VE ALLOWED ANYBODY TO, UH, SUE THE CITY. UH, IF THEY FELT THAT OUR ORDINANCE, UH, WAS PREEMPTED BY STATE LAW, THAT BILL WENT AWAY. A BILL THAT WOULD'VE, UM, PROHIBITED US FROM REQUIRING REPAIRS ON VACANT BUILDINGS WENT AWAY. A BILL THAT WOULD'VE UNDONE THE TERMS OF A TIFF HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY. UH, [00:50:01] THAT DATES BACK TO THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS WENT AWAY. UH, THE BIG E T J BILL THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ALSO STAYED IN COMMITTEE AND DIED. UM, AND THEN A SUPER PREEMPTION BILL THAT SAID, AND I'LL, UH, THAT SAID, BASICALLY, IF, UH, THE STATE LICENSES A PROFESSION, THEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT REQUIRE ANYTHING MORE OF THAT LICENSEE. AND THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM IN A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES FOR US. THAT BILL DIED. IT WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE AMENDED YESTERDAY ONTO ANOTHER BILL ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. AND WE WORKED WITH OTHER CITIES IN OUR LOBBY TEAM TO, UH, FILE A POINT OF ORDER, AND THAT KILLED THE AMENDMENT ATTEMPT. AND THEN FINALLY, ON THE BAD NEWS FRONT, HB 1941 OF OUR FOUR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BILLS, THIS IS THE ONE RELATED TO THE ARBITRATION ARBITRATOR'S SCOPE, UH, NEVER MADE IT OUT OF HOUSE URBAN AFFAIRS. AND THAT BILL HAS DIED. SO THEN THE NEXT DEADLINE THAT KICKED IN, UH, OR KICKS IN, IS TODAY AT MIDNIGHT. UH, HOUSE BILLS HAVE TO HAVE MADE IT FULLY THROUGH THE HOUSE. THEY HAVE TO BEEN, HAVE BEEN VOTED ON AND APPROVED BY THE HOUSE BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, OR THEY DIE. AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY HAVE TO HAVE BEEN SET ON THE HOUSE CALENDAR BY THE CALENDARS COMMITTEE. AND, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE CALENDARS COMMITTEE SET ITS LAST CALENDAR FOR TODAY, FOR THURSDAY. UH, AND THESE BILLS WERE NOT ON IT. UH, THE OTHER, UM, TWO, TWO OF THE OTHER, UH, POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BILLS, THE 180 DAY RULE AND THE, UH, OPENING UP OF THE G FILE, UH, BOTH DID NOT MAKE IT ONTO, UH, THE HOUSE CALENDAR, NOR DID THE, UH, THREE FOOT PASSING REQUIREMENT FOR CYCLISTS, UH, OR ANOTHER BILL THAT WOULD'VE MANDATED BINDING ARBITRATION IN, IN FIREFIGHTER DISPUTES. SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH HERE IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY, ALL THOSE BILLS ARE EFFECTIVELY DEAD, UH, HAVING NOT BEEN SET ON THE HOUSE CALENDAR. SO THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW, THESE ARE THE CHAOTIC DAYS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR BECAUSE OF THE DEADLINE AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THEY ARE STILL JUST THIS MORNING, STARTING TUESDAY'S HOUSE CALENDAR, AND IT'S THURSDAY, OF COURSE. UH, SO A LOT OF THESE BILLS ON THIS LIST ARE NOT GONNA MAKE IT BY THE MIDNIGHT MID DEADLINE. THEY'RE VERY FAR BACKED UP. UM, UH, ONE TWO OF THOSE BILLS AT THE TOP HAVE EFFECTIVELY, UM, DIED IN HOUSE DISCUSSION. THE FIRST WOULD'VE, UH, PROHIBITED OUR REGULATION OF BILLBOARDS IN THE E T J. UH, THE HOUSE SPONSOR ENDED UP ADDING BACK IN AN EXCEPTION FOR BILLBOARD ORDINANCES. SO IT, IT EFFECTIVELY DID AWAY WITH THAT BILL. WE STILL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT OUR MILITARY PROTECTIONS AND OUR WORKING THIS MORNING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, E T J AUTHORITY IS PRESERVED A BILL THAT WOULD'VE ALLOWED ANYBODY TO CONTEST BALLOT LANGUAGE, UH, THAT YOU ALL PUT ON THE BALLOT BY, UH, SEEKING A, UH, REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, UH, DIED ON A POINT OF ORDER YESTERDAY. UH, THE, ONE OF THE FOUR POLICE BILLS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT FORWARD THAT DID MAKE IT TO THE HOUSE CALENDAR IS THE ONE THAT ALLOWS FIVE ADDITIONAL POINTS FOR LOCAL APPLICANTS THAT'S ON THURSDAY'S CALENDAR. AND AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST STARTING TUESDAY'S CALENDAR. UM, SO PROSPECTS DID NOT LOOK GOOD FOR THIS OR, OR MANY OF THESE OTHER ONES. THE, UM, FREE BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, COUNCILMAN TREVINO IS, IS ON THAT, UH, THURSDAY CALENDAR, AS WELL AS IS THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT THAT COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ HAS PUSHED FOR, FOR MANY YEARS. AND A REQUIREMENT THAT MOTORISTS STOP AND YIELD TO A PEDESTRIAN IN A CROSSWALK. UH, THE, THE, THE OPERATIVE WORD BEING STOP, WHICH IS NOT IN STATE LAW NOW, IT'S JUST YIELD, UH, IS ON THE CALENDAR. UM, A, A BILL THAT WILL ALLOW, UM, TAX CREDITS TO BE USED MORE BROADLY. RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A LIMITATION THAT YOU CAN ONLY USE ONE PER TWO MILES, I BELIEVE, AND THIS ALLOWS THAT TO BE SUPERSEDED BY A VOTE OF THE COUNCIL, UH, REQUIREMENT THAT THE COUNTY APPROVE ANY CITY PURCHASE OF A HOTEL OR OTHER STRUCTURE TO HOUSE THE HOMELESS IS ON THE CALENDAR. UM, SIX 10 WOULD, UM, REQUIRE, UH, SIMILAR TO THE OTHER SUPER PREEMPTION, WOULD, WOULD ALLOW SOMEONE TO SUE A CITY IF WE HAD REGULATIONS ON THEIR OCCUPATION, UH, THAT WERE CON DIFFERENT THAN STATE LAW THAT WENT BEYOND WHAT STATE LAW DOES. UH, 4, 4, 4 7 IS A 21 PAGE BILL THAT CHANGES SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT. UH, APPROVALS OF CONCERN TO US ARE, UH, THE REMOVAL OF A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY AND A DRAINAGE STUDY, UH, PRIOR TO SUBMITTING PLANS. AND THEN FINALLY, A BILL THAT LIMITS THE, UH, REMOVAL OF HISTORIC MONUMENTS. ESSENTIALLY SAYS IF THE MONUMENT IS MORE THAN 25 YEARS OLD, UH, THEN IT TAKES A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO MOVE IT. SO A LOT OF THOSE ARE GONNA GO AWAY, BUT THEY ARE ON THE CALENDAR, UH, WITH THE HOUSE WORKING, [00:55:01] UH, HARD RIGHT NOW. THIS BILL, I WANNA MENTION TO YOU, HB THREE WAS ONE OF THE, UH, HOUSE PRIORITY, UH, LOW BILL NUMBERS. UH, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE. IT, IT, UH, IN LARGE PART AFFIRMS THE GOVERNOR'S ABILITY TO TAKE ACTION IN A PANDEMIC. UM, BUT IT GIVES THE LEGISLATURE MORE OVERSIGHT OVER THE GOVERNOR. FOR EXAMPLE, THE GOVERNOR'S, UH, ORDERS CAN'T EXTEND BEYOND 90 DAYS. IT WOULD REQUIRE A CONVENING OF THE LEGISLATURE TO REVIEW AND GO BEYOND THAT. AND IT ACTUALLY CREATES AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE GOVERNOR'S ACTIONS CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE IN THIS BILL ARE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT IT DOES SPECIFICALLY THAT WOULD LIMIT OUR AUTHORITY IN A FUTURE PANDEMIC. NUMBER ONE IS THAT IT CODIFIES WHAT THE GOVERNOR DID BY ORDER LAST YEAR, UH, IN WHICH HE, UH, SAID THAT LOCAL ORDERS ARE, ARE PREEMPTED, ARE BY, BY HIS ORDERS. THIS PUTS IT INTO STATE LAW THAT IF THE GOVERNOR ISSUES ORDERS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY NOT, UH, DO ANYTHING THAT, THAT WERE PREEMPTED BY STATE LAW. UH, IT ALSO SAYS THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN'T REQUIRE ANY BUSINESSES TO CLOSE GOLF COURSES TO CLOSE. UM, A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS, CLOSURES OF STATE PARKS, CLOSURES OF BEACHES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COULD NOT LIMIT IN-PERSON VISITATION OF NURSING HOMES OR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. A LOT OF THAT WAS A NON-ISSUE LAST YEAR BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT GOVERNOR DID THAT THROUGH HIS OWN ORDERS. BUT THIS IS PUTTING IT IN STATE LAW. UM, IT IS A HOUSE BILL. IT'S PASSED THE HOUSE, SO IT GOES TO THE SENATE NOW AND, AND COULD CHANGE. AND THEN OF COURSE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE GOVERNOR HAS TO SIGN THE BILL. SO THERE'S A, A QUESTION RIGHT NOW AS TO WHETHER THE GOVERNOR WILL AGREE TO LIMIT, UH, HIS OWN AUTHORITY THROUGH THIS LEGISLATION. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS CONVERSATION. UH, AND WITH THAT, I'LL PAUSE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE, JEFF. UH, LET'S GET INTO DISCUSSION NOW. I'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, JEFF. I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT SSB SEVEN. YOU SAID IT, IT'S GONE THROUGH SOME CHANGES. DOES THAT STILL CONTAIN THE, THE ALLOWANCE FOR POLL WATCHERS TO VIDEO VOTERS AND THEIR ASSISTANCE WHILE THEY'RE VOTING IT? IT DOES, BUT IT LIMITED IT, UH, THEY, THEY, IT GAVE VERY BROAD POWERS TO POLL WATCHERS WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY ARE THERE TO ENSURE A, UH, A SAFE, UH, OR, OR A, UH, HONEST AND A AND SECURE VOTING EXPERIENCE. UM, BUT IT LIMITED THE ABILITY TO REMOVE POLL WATCHERS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE ARE DISRUPTION AND SO FORTH. THERE WERE SOME REVISIONS TO IT THAT DIALED A LOT OF THAT BACK. UM, WE, I CAN SEND YOU SOME SPECIFICS ON IT, UH, AFTER THE FACT. WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE IDEA THAT POLL WATCHERS CAN VIDEOTAPE PEOPLE VOTING, WHICH I THINK IS JUST A FORM OF INTIMIDATION. IS THAT STILL IN THAT, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE VIDEOTAPE, BUT I WILL CHECK AND, OKAY. THANK, THANK YOU. REPORT BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. OH, JEFF. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WHO ARE THEY DEFINING AS POLL WATCHERS IN THIS, THIS BILL? UM, I DON'T HAVE THE LANGUAGE IN FRONT OF ME. IT'S, UM, THERE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE DEFINITIONS. THE BILL SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIES WHO CAN BE IN THE POLLING PLACE AND WHO CAN'T BE. OKAY. UM, AND, AND THE LIST OF WHO CAN BE IS LONG, BUT IT'S DEFINED. UM, AND SO I CAN SEND YOU THAT LANGUAGE ALSO. IT'S A, IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE BILL, SO I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. AND SO THEN THE LOCAL, LOCAL OR COUNTY PRESIDING JUDGE MM-HMM. , THE PRESIDING JUDGE DOESN'T HAVE, UM, AUTHORITY TO REMOVE SOMEBODY. RIGHT. IT'S, IT WAS, IT'S LIMITED IF THEY ARE, HAVE COMMITTED VIOLATIONS AND SO FORTH. OKAY. THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T REMOVE THEM WITHOUT, UH, JUSTIFICATION AFFORDED BY THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL. AND SO YOU ALSO MENTIONED, UH, YOU HAD THE, THE LIST OF THOSE THAT HAVE DIED IN COMMITTEE, BUT THIS IS WHEN YOU ALL AND OUR TEAMS HAVE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT TO SEE WHATEVER AMENDMENTS COME OUT ONTO THE FLOOR. YES. AND IT'S BEEN CHAOTIC ALL WEEK. MM-HMM. , IT'S ALWAYS BAD THESE FEW DAYS LEADING UP TO THE HOUSE DEADLINE BECAUSE OF THAT ATTEMPT. MM-HMM. , BUT IT'S BEEN PARTICULARLY BAD THIS SESSION BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A BACKLOG OF BILLS THAT ARE GONNA DIE JUST BY THE, THE CLOCK. UM, SO WE'VE DEALT WITH THAT ALL ALL WEEK. UH, ONE OF THE BILLS I MENTIONED THAT, THAT PREEMPTION WHERE IF WE, IF THERE'S A STATE LICENSE, SO FOR EXAMPLE, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING CONTRACTORS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE REQUIRE THEM TO REGISTER MM-HMM. IN ADDITION TO THEIR STATE LICENSE. AND THAT REGISTRATION ALLOWS US TO REVOKE THEIR REGISTRATION IF THEY DON'T PULL PERMITS AND DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. THE STATE DOESN'T TYPICALLY ENFORCE THAT. UM, THAT BILL NEVER MADE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE, BUT THE AUTHOR OF THAT BILL TRIED TO TACK IT ONTO ANOTHER BILL YESTERDAY, OUR TEAM CAUGHT IT, ACTUALLY HAD HEARD THE RUMORS BEFORE IT HAPPENED, AND, UH, WROTE UP A POINT OF ORDER AS BEING A TWO SUBJECT RULE, MEANING YOU CAN'T ADDRESS TWO THINGS IN ONE BILL. AND, UH, IT WAS SUSTAINED AND [01:00:01] THAT BILL WAS PULLED DOWN. SO THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THAT. UH, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ALL DAY TODAY. I AM CERTAIN, AND THIS HISTORICAL MONUMENTS ONE WITH 25 YEARS. SO IS IT JUST THEY DEFINE MONUMENTS, NOT NECESSARILY BUILDINGS OR RIGHT. HISTORIC MONUMENTS. RIGHT. OKAY. AND, AND THIS IS A MUCH, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF WATER DOWN IS A FAIR WORD. I USED THAT EARLIER. BUT, UM, LAST SESSION WE WERE DEALING WITH A BILL THAT SAID IF THE MONUMENT'S OVER MORE THAN 40 YEARS OLD, YOU CANNOT REMOVE IT OR ALTER IT, PERIOD. MM-HMM. , IF IT'S 20 TO 40, IT REQUIRES A VOTE OF THE PUBLIC, AND IF IT'S NEWER THAN THAT, THEN THE COUNCIL CAN TAKE ACTION. THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT. MM-HMM. , THIS BASICALLY SAYS IF IT'S OLDER THAN 25 YEARS, IT WOULD TAKE A SUPER MAJORITY OF THIS BODY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE OR ALTER A MONUMENT. SO, UM, IT STILL LEAVES SOME LOCAL OKAY. DISCRETION. I DID WANNA TALK ABOUT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY, UM, ITEM. 'CAUSE I KNOW I SAW SOME OF THE, UM, THE DEBATE ON THE FLOOR THAT WAS HAPPENING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. AND IN THE BILL, DOES IT STILL HAVE THE, THE, UM, QUOTE UNQUOTE GANG PEOPLE WHO, WHO ARE GANG RELATED, CAN'T CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY, DOES NOT, UM, ADDRESS THEM OR THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY? I'M NOT, I DON'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO GANGS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PART OF THE DISCUSSION OVER THE IMPLICATIONS. RIGHT. NO, I THINK THAT, AND I KNOW THAT I BELIEVE IT WAS, UM, REPRESENTATIVE BURNELL WHO WANTED TO ALSO INCLUDE DOMESTIC TERRORIST GROUPS, AND THEY DIDN'T, THEY, THEY DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT AMENDMENT INTO THE BILL. UM, BUT I DID WANT TO ASK, 'CAUSE I SEE CHIEF HERE, UM, DO WE, DID WE ENTER IN ANYTHING OR DID THE STATE POLICE DEPART OR THE STATE A LOT OF POLICE ASSOCIATION? THAT'S LARGELY WHERE IT WAS HANDLED BY LAW, LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUP, STATEWIDE EXPRESSING THEIR, THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT IT, UM, WERE VERY MUCH INVOLVED. UM, WE DID NOT, IT WASN'T A DIRECT PLANK IN OUR AGENDA, ALTHOUGH I'LL SAY MOST OF OUR MEMBERS OF OUR DELEGATION THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL, WERE, UH, ON THE NO SIDE OF THIS ISSUE. UH, IT WAS A VERY PARTISAN DEBATE. UM, AND IT HAS BEEN THAT THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN THE HALLMARK OF A LOT OF THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THE HOUSE. ABORTION DISCUSSION, THE, UH, GUNS, UH, VOTING, UH, HAVE SORT OF FALLEN THAT WAY. BUT YES, I LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUPS, UH, STATEWIDE WERE ACTIVE AND EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, AND THEN, SO WHATEVER HAPPENS, WE'RE GOING, WE, THE CITY IS GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN, IN THE FUTURE OR WHAT I MEAN, WHAT WE CAN DO. UM, OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU JEFF. THANKS CHRISTINE TOO, PLEASE. I THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERON, COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. SHORT COMMENT. EXCELLENT. AS AWESOME. YOU KNOW, AS, AS ALWAYS, YOU OVER-DELIVER. UM, FOR MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST A, A WORD OF CAUTION. THIS IS, AGAIN, SUCH A FLUID SITUATION THAT, YOU KNOW, LATER ON TODAY, JEFF COULD COME BACK AND TELL US, HEY GUYS, ALL HANDS ON DECK. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER CRAZY THING THAT'S BEEN THROWN AT US. UH, I WILL BE ASKING ALL OF YOU AGAIN, UH, AFTER THE MIDNIGHT DEADLINE TO, UM, RESEND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO OUR, OUR DELEGATES UP THERE. THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU, UM, THAT WE'RE WATCHING AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR WORK. UH, JEFF, THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER REPLIES, JEFF, UH, THANKS VERY MUCH. WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR 1:00 AM UH, EMAIL UPDATE THIS MORNING. OKAY, . THANK YOU MARY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. UH, WE'LL MOVE [5. 21-3314 Ordinance creating a Housing Voucher Incentive Policy that requires housing providers receiving incentives from the City to accept housing vouchers from otherwise qualified applicants. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, FAICP, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]] NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. ITEM FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE CREATING A HOUSING VOUCHER INCENTIVE PRO POLICY THAT REQUIRES HOUSING PROVIDERS RECEIVING INIT INCENTIVES FROM THE CITY TO ACCEPT HOUSING VOUCHERS FROM OTHERWISE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS. ALL RIGHT, UH, LET TURN IT OVER TO YOU, ERIC, UH, TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM, VERO. OKAY, THANKS CLIFF. UH, GOOD MORNING. VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. IS IT NOT? I THINK WE NEED YOUR MIC. UM, IS HELLO. TEST TEST. I CAN USE THE, IT'S ON. I'LL USE THIS. OKAY. CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME NOW? OKAY. YES. OKAY, SPEAK UP. OKAY, WELL I'LL DO THAT. HOW'S THAT? GOOD MORNING. VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT HERE TO, UH, PRESENT ON THE HOUSING VOUCHER INCENTIVE POLICY. SO TO RECAP WHAT THIS ITEM IS, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT CREATES WHAT WE ARE NOW CALLING OUR HOUSING VOUCHER INCENTIVE [01:05:01] POLICY, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE HOUSING PROVIDERS THAT ARE RECEIVING INCENTIVES FROM THE CITY TO ACCEPT HOUSING VOUCHER HOLDERS IF THEY'RE OTHERWISE QUALIFIED. THE LANGUAGE AS PROPOSED IN THE ORDINANCE IS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS MOVING FORWARD. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CITY SUPPORTIVE INCENTIVES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT BOND AND THE PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT CITY SOLICITATIONS WHEN WE ARE DEVELOPING DEVELOPMENT, UM, DEVELOPING RENTAL HOUSING AS WELL AS FEE WA FEE WAIVERS, GRANTS AND LOANS THAT THE CITY PROVIDES AS INCENTIVES. SO I NEED TO NOTE THAT SHOULD THIS ORDINANCE BE APPROVED, IT WOULD ONLY APPLY TO DEVELOPMENTS GOING FORWARD. AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WAS RAISED, UH, WAS ABOUT ZONING AND REZONING. THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO REZONING CASES. SO I WANNA SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE, UH, COMMENTS WE HEARD. UM, AS YOU HAVE, UH, DELIBERATED AND ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. FIRST I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT THIS IS THE HOUSING VOUCHER INCENTIVE POLICY THAT REPRESENTS A NAME CHANGE. AND SO IT'S NO LONGER BEING REFERRED LOCALLY AS THE SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE. SO WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU HAS THE HOUSING VOUCHER INCENTIVE POLICY NAME. SECOND, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM AND WHAT THE PENALTIES WOULD BE AND WHAT KIND OF, UH, PENALTY WOULD BE ON LANDLORDS WHO DID NOT COMPLY. SO WE ADDRESS THAT THROUGH CONTRACT LANGUAGE AND WE TAKE A PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE IN THE CONTRACT TERM, UH, KIND OF APPROACH. I'LL EXPAND ON THAT LATER. SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HEARD WAS ABOUT HOW TO HELP VOUCHER HOLDERS, HOW COMPLAINTS WOULD BE HANDLED. AND SO LET ME ADDRESS FIRST THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM. OF COURSE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO TAKE COMPLAINTS FROM APPLICANTS WHO CAN REPORT THROUGH 3 1 1 THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, OR THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR FAIR HOUSING TEAM, THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE BEING DENIED HOUSING FROM SOMEONE WHO MAY HAVE RECEIVED A CITY INCENTIVE. WE WOULD, UH, INVESTIGATE JOINTLY WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, BUT ANY ENFORCEMENT ACTION WE WOULD, UH, DISCUSS WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. BESIDES THE COMPLAINT BASIS, WE WOULD DO SOME PROACTIVE TESTING AS WELL. SO THIS WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ELIGIBLE PROPERTIES, WE ANTICIPATE BETWEEN 10 TO 15 PER YEAR, WE COULD HAVE SOME TESTING. SO NOT JUST SOLELY RELY ON COMPLAINTS. THE SECOND ITEM, UH, WITH REGARDS TO HELPING PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FIND HOUSING, IS TO HAVE SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. SO WE MENTIONED HOW WE HAVE OUR HOUSING NAVIGATORS WITHIN NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO HELP IDENTIFY HOUSING THAT ACCEPTS VOUCHERS SHOULD PEOPLE BE HAVING DIFFICULTY. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES THAT CURRENTLY IS WORKING ON WITH THE BENEFIT NAVIGATORS THAT ALREADY PROVIDE SERVICES TO THOSE SEEKING HOUSING ASSISTANCE. AND SO THIS IS TO CONNECT THOSE VOUCHER HOLDER FAMILIES TO ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS. AND OF COURSE, OUR PARTNERS HERE ARE ALSO THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THOSE THAT PROVIDE VOUCHERS. AND WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM SAHA PRESENT. UM, FINALLY WITH PARTNERS LIKE SAHA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, OTHERS, WE'LL DEVELOP AN INVENTORY OF PROPERTIES THAT DO ACCEPT VOUCHERS, AGAIN, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THOSE FAMILIES LOOKING FOR HOUSING TO FIND HOUSING. AND HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE THAT HIGH NUMBER WHERE, UH, FAMILIES ARE UNABLE TO FIND WITHIN THREE MONTHS HOUSING TO USE THEIR VOUCHER. SO NOW I WANNA EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THE, UM, THE COMPLAINT ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM AND HOW PENALTIES ARE GONNA BE HANDLED. SO THERE'S NO LONGER THE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COMPLAINT. NOW IT'S CONTRACT LANGUAGE PUT INTO ALL THE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS OR INCENTIVE AWARDS. AND THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT, AGAIN, IS THE PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE APPROACH. IF WE FIND THERE'S AN OFFENSE IN A, IF, IF A COMPLAINT IS FILED AND WE FIND THAT THERE'S MERIT TO IT, WE WOULD DOCUMENT, ISSUE A, A WARNING AND HAVE COMPLIANCE TRAINING PROVIDED. OF COURSE, WE WOULD BE PROACTIVE AND HAVE TRAINING AHEAD OF TIME ANYWAYS. UH, BUT WE WOULD HAVE THAT COMPLIANCE TRAINING. IF WE FIND THAT THERE'S A SECOND OFFENSE, WE WOULD HAVE, UM, MANDATORY COMPLIANCE TRAINING. SO THE, THE STAFF AT WHATEVER COMPLEX OR COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THAT TRAINING, AND WE WOULD HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE CHARGED. AND THAT'S TO COVER THE TRAINING, THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THIS. IF WE FOUND THAT [01:10:01] THERE WAS A THIRD OFFENSE, THE CITY WOULD ISSUE, UH, A DEFAULT LETTER WITH A PERIOD TO CURE. UM, MEANING IF YOU DON'T ADDRESS THIS, THEN WE'RE GONNA RECAPTURE THE INCENTIVE PROVIDED. AND SO THEY HAVE TO PROVE THAT THE ITEM FOUND WAS CURED. AND SO THIS IS INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT LANGUAGE THAT IS ESSENTIALLY A RECAPTURE PROVISION FOR THE, UH, CITY INCENTIVE GRANTED. AND SO THAT IS THE, UH, ANOTHER ITEM THAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED AT LENGTH. SO OUR NEXT STEPS, OF COURSE, IS TO ENSURE THAT GOING FORWARD, UH, ANYONE WHO'S APPLYING FOR CITY INCENTIVES IS GONNA GET THIS KIND OF AWARD, IS AWARE OF THE TRAINING, MAKING SURE ALL OF THE STAFF THAT WORKS ON CONTRACTS AND THE DOCUMENTS INCLUDES THAT LANGUAGE GOING FORWARD, SHOULD THIS ITEM PASS, AND THEN WORKING ON THOSE SUPPORTS FOR VOUCHER HOLDERS THEMSELVES. SO SAKAS ALREADY HERE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE DOING. WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON TRAINING SESSIONS FOR THEIR PROPERTY MANAGERS AND CASE MANAGERS SO THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE, NOT JUST OF THIS PARTICULAR, UH, ORDINANCE THAT IS BEING, BEING PROPOSED, BUT WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO HELP THOSE FAMILIES AND HOW WE CAN CONNECT TO A WIDER SET OF SERVICES. THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VERO. UH, AS YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN, UH, A SUBJECT OF COUNCIL DISCUSSION, UH, IN CONSIDERATION FOR, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS NOW. SO, UH, WE'RE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE BASELINE, UH, AND TODAY IS OUR DAY TO MOVE, UH, POLICY FORWARD. SO LET'S, UH, GO INTO DISCUSSION NOW. WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT PROBABLY SINCE THE HOUSING COMMISSION WAS FORMED, UH, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF HOUSING, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, AND AVAILABILITY. UH, AND I THINK MANY OF US ON THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, AND SPEAKING WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS OR DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS. AND I'M PARTICULARLY GRATIFIED TO SEE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT NOW WHERE WE'VE WORKED OUT, I THINK, A, A VERY, UH, AMENABLE, UH, UH, PROGRAM THAT, UH, ALMOST ALL THE STOKE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE HAD VALUABLE INPUT INTO. I PARTICULARLY WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY COPS METRO, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING COMMISSION, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, AND AN ORGANIZATION CALLED MIS MIKASA, AND PARTICULARLY RICH ACOSTA, WHO I THINK REALLY MOVED THIS ISSUE FORWARD WITH MANY OF US ON THE COUNCIL. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK WE OWE A LOT OF, UH, GRATITUDE TO THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND TERRY BILBY, WHO WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY ON TRYING TO COME UP WITH A GOOD, UH, PROJECT THAT WE COULD ALL AGREE ON THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, SAN ANTONIO BOARD OF REALTORS, THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO, AND, AND VARIOUS AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND, UH, AND APARTMENT DEVELOPERS WHO SHARE THE CONCERN OF PROVIDING AFFORDABLE LIVING SPACES FOR PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP THOSE WITHOUT HAVING THE KIND OF RESTRICTIONS THAT MAKE IT TOO CHALLENGING FOR THEM TO DO SO. SO I'M VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH AS A, A FINAL PRODUCT BEING PRESENTED TO THIS COUNCIL, AND IT HAS MY, MY FULL SUPPORT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I TOO, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE FINALLY ABLE TO VOTE ON SUCH A NECESSARY POLICY THAT WILL ENSURE VOUCHER HOLDING FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO HOUSING AT EVERY FUTURE CITY. INCENTIVIZED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. JUST YESTERDAY I READ A PEW ARTICLE, WHICH WAS, WHICH DISCUSSED HOW THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE TO OFFER MORE HOUSING VOUCHERS. HOWEVER, LANDLORDS ARE RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT THEM BECAUSE OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND COST ISSUES. THE REAL ISSUES, THE REAL ISSUE IS THAT MANY VOUCHER HOLDERS, ESPECIALLY IN SAN ANTONIO, ARE WOMEN OF COLOR. SO BY DENYING VOUCHER HOLDERS HOUSING, IT DOES HAVE THE SAME IMPACT AS DISCRIMINATION VIA RACE, SEX, ET CETERA. HOPEFULLY, THE, HOPEFULLY THIS ACTION TODAY WILL LEAD TO DEEPER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO VOUCHER PROGRAMS THAT OUR STATE AND FEDERAL TEAMS CAN LOBBY FOR. MY ONLY ASK IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVE MONTHLY UPDATES ON ANY VIOLATIONS THAT THE STAFF DEVELOP, UH, AN AN AWARENESS AND A CAMPAIGN TO INFORM VOUCHER HOLDERS OF THIS NEW POLICY AND THE REPORTING SYSTEM. I WANNA THANK STAFF AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO COLLABORATED TO MAKE THIS POLICY POSSIBLE. [01:15:01] A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE. UH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN TREVINO AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE WALLACE FOR CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT IS RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, TO THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION. I KNOW THAT THEY SENT A LETTER OF SUPPORT THIS MORNING, UM, IN RELATIONS TO THE CHANGES. SO THANK YOU TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND VETO FOR YOUR TEAM CONTINUOUSLY TO WORK ON SOMETHING THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. AND, UM, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE AND, AND TO FOLLOW UP ON IS IF WE ARE HAVING THE CHALLENGE OF STILL FINDING THE HOUSES WITHIN OR FINDING HOMES WITHIN THE THREE MONTHS, IF THERE IS GONNA BE A DISCUSSION ON THE EXTENSION OF A TIMEFRAME AND USE OF THE VOUCHERS, UM, THAT'S A, A CONVERSATION I KNOW WE HAD, BUT I DIDN'T SEE, UM, ANYTHING WITHIN THE PRESENTATION ON IF, IF THERE'S GONNA BE AN EXTENSION OR NOT. UM, , WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT ITEM, SO I'LL LET HER ADDRESS IT. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL, OR GOOD MORNING RATHER. UM, ON THE VOUCHER EXTENSIONS, ALL OF OUR FAMILIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE FIRST INITIALLY GIVE THEM THE VOUCHERS, THEY HAVE 60 DAYS. WE GO UP TO THE FIRST, OBVIOUSLY DURING COVID, WE'VE AUTOMATICALLY DID A 90, UH, 30 DAYS. SO WE GAVE 'EM 90 DAYS. AND THEN BASED ON CIRCUMSTANCES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND VOUCHERS EVERY 30 DAYS IF THEY NEED IT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS STILL A SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REPORT, UM, AS IT COMES FORWARD ON HOW MANY UNITS ARE AVAILABLE, WHAT ARE THOSE UNIT PRICES, WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME TO GET IN, AND THEN ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THOSE WHO ARE SECOND CHANCE AND HAVE ISSUES OF, OF PASSING THE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND GETTING INTO THOSE UNITS AS WELL. UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE, UH, LETTERS COMING AND THAT FOLLOW UP AS WELL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER PALS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS, UH, VETO AND, AND ERIC AND LORI, THIS ONE HITS THE MARK. I THINK THAT THIS IS A EXCELLENT COMPROMISE. UM, I, I LIKE THE FACT THAT THIS IS GONNA BE AN ESCALATING RESPONSE. UH, YOU KNOW, FIRST A WARNING COMPLIANCE TRAINING, ADDITIONAL COMPLIANCE TRAINING, UH, A TIME PERIOD TO CURE. UM, AND IF THESE MEASURES FAIL SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES LIKE A CLAWBACK, UM, PROVISION IN THE CONTRACT, I, UM, I ALSO LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WENT THROUGH THE COMPLETE PROCESS HERE AND VISITED WITH ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, ALL HAD, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BRIEFING. AND, UH, I, I PARTICULARLY LIKE THAT. UH, WE HAD AUTHENTIC AND, AND MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LANDLORDS WHO WERE GONNA BE BUILDING THESE THINGS AND PROVIDING THE SERVICE. AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I I, I ALWAYS HATE HEARING THE WORD AFFORDABLE HOUSING 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S GOTTA BE ATTAINABLE AND DRIVABLE HOUSING, RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR HERE. BUT, UM, AND I THINK THAT, I THINK WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. BETO, THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. AND, AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO ECHO THOSE THOUGHTS. UM, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE TO THIS POINT. I, I'M, I WANT TO SAY THAT WE COULD HAVE AVOIDED A LOT OF THIS HAD, UH, WE WORKED A LITTLE BIT CLOSER WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, OWNERS, UH, THE LANDLORDS, THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION. UM, IF WE HAD DONE THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER UPFRONT, WE PROBABLY WOULD'VE, WOULDN'T HAVE DELAYED THIS THE WAY WE HAVE WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS. I, YOU KNOW, I, I STILL HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS AT THIS POINT TO SEE HOW IT GOES. YOU KNOW, I KEEP ASKING FOR THE DATA, YOU KNOW, TO SUPPORT THIS. WE STILL DON'T HAVE THAT, UM, TO SHOW THAT, YEAH, WE REALLY NEED TO DO THIS. AND, UM, UH, THIS IS ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF, OF OUR TOTAL HOUSING STOCK ON, ON WHAT WE PROVIDE MONEY TO ON DEVELOPMENTS. IT'S JUST A VERY SMALL PORTION OF WHAT WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, CITYWIDE AS FAR AS THAT GOES. SO, UH, I'M, I'M WILLING TO SEE HOW THIS GOES. UH, WE'VE GOT SUPPORT FROM THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. UH, I KNOW THAT THEY ARE, THEY ARE IN THIS AS WELL. THEY'RE OUR PARTNERS. THEY'RE THE, THE, UH, RENTERS AND OWNERS. THEY'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. NOBODY'S, I DON'T SEE INSTANCES WHERE THERE'S GOUGING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SYSTEM, THAT KIND OF THING. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY COMPLAINTS [01:20:01] IN THE FUTURE. I, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY THERE IS A WAITING LIST. I, I, I DON'T THINK A LOT OF THAT IS, IF ANY, IS GOING ON ON DENYING VOUCHERS. I THINK IT'S BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A HOUSING SHORTAGE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. OUR BACK, OUR, OUR HOUSING STOCK IS AT AN ALL TIME LOW RIGHT NOW. AND ANYBODY GOING OUT THERE LOOKING FOR HOUSING RIGHT NOW IS HAVING A HARD TIME BECAUSE OF THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT'S DRIVING THE HOUSING MARKET, AND THAT'S DRIVING THE HOUSING PRICES. IT'S ALL ABOUT SUPPLY AND DEMAND. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ANYTIME WE INJECT A GOVERNMENT TYPE OF BUREAUCRACY INTO THAT, MY CONCERN IS THAT OTHER THINGS CAN HAPPEN THAT IS ADVERSE TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. AND THAT'S MY CONCERNS WITH THIS AS WELL. SO I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS AND TRY IT OUT, BUT, UH, ALSO I'LL BE WATCHING TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THE RESULTS ARE OF THIS AND WHAT POSSIBLE NEGATIVE IMPACTS WILL BE ON THE HOUSING INDUSTRY AS WELL. SO, WITH THAT, SIR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO, UH, THANK VERO AND IAN AND SARAH FOR CRAFTING THIS. AND I DO THINK THAT WHEN IT COMES TO, WHETHER YOU CALL IT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY OR, OR WHATEVER TERMS YOU WANNA USE, THAT WE NEED, BUT BASICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING PEOPLE AND RESIDENTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WE NEED TO USE ALL OF THE TOOLS AT, AT OUR DISPOSAL. UM, AND I, I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS POLICY WILL BRING US CLOSER TO BEING A CITY THAT, THAT TREATS ITS RENTERS THAT VALUES ITS RENTERS AS WELL AS ITS HOMEOWNERS. SO, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THAT FOR YOUR PATIENTS. AS WE, AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THIS, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD ALSO THANK THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE FOR THEIR INITIAL WORK ON THIS, INCLUDING, UM, MR. JIM BAILEY, WHO, UM, A FEW MONTHS AGO TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS, THAT THIS WAS IN THE WORKS. UH, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. UM, COUNCILMAN TRIVIO HAD HAD REQUESTED, UH, REGULAR REPORTING. UH, ARE THERE, CAN YOU TELL US OF YOUR PLANS FOR, FOR REPORTING PROGRESS OR VIOLATIONS? THANK YOU. UM, SO WE'LL HAVE SOME OF THE FIRST PROJECTS COME ONLINE, UM, PROBABLY IN ABOUT A YEAR. UM, THERE'S ALREADY THINGS YOU'LL SEE ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA THAT HAVE AGREED, UM, TO FOLLOW THIS, LIKE THE TUR ITEM THAT CAME UP EARLIER. THERE'S THE MULTIFAMILY. SO WE WILL CHECK WHICH, UH, P WHICH, UH, PROJECTS IT APPLIES TO, AND THEN DO SOME KIND OF MONTHLY REPORT. UH, WE PROVIDE A, A DASHBOARD TO SOME OF THE COMMITTEES THAT WE PRESENT. SO WE CAN CERTAINLY INCLUDE IT TO THOSE COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND, UM, FIGURE OUT THE, THE BEST WAY TO SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AS WELL. BUT THROUGH A COUNCIL COMMITTEE, WE PROVIDE DASHBOARD REPORTING AND, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. THANK YOU. BE, UH, LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, I, I ASKED ABOUT, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE HOUSING TRUST WAS VOLUNTARILY, UM, HAD ASKED, UH, HAD ASKED DEVELOPERS OR, OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAD DONE PROJECTS THROUGH THEM TO VOLUNTARILY TAKE ON THIS, THIS ORDINANCE. AND I HAD REQUESTED THAT WE DO THE SAME WITH, UH, WITH PROJECTS COMING OUT OF THE CITY, INCLUDING, UH, THE BASICALLY OUR PREVIOUS C CHIP PROJECTS. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE PROGRESS HAS BEEN ON THAT? YEAH, SO WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED INCENTIVES IN THE PAST. UM, MANY OF THEM ARE CCHI P INCENTIVES, FOR EXAMPLE. AND OUR CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THAT HAVE INDICATED, I DON'T HAVE THE LIST WITH ME, BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD COMPLY. UM, SOME OF THOSE ARE THE SAME THAT ALREADY RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST. AND SO THERE'S OVERLAP, BUT WE HAVEN'T FINISHED CROSS-REFERENCING THE LIST. ANYONE WHO'S IN THE PIPELINE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TALKED TO ABOUT, UH, ACCEPTING THE VOUCHERS. AND SO YOU'LL HEAR THAT OR SEE THAT INCLUDED IN MEMOS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE COMING TODAY AND THE FEW, UM, COUNCIL MEETINGS COMING UP AND, UH, FOR MEMOS THAT ARE COMING TODAY AND IN FUTURE COUNCIL MEETINGS, DOES THAT, IS THAT A CONVERSATION OR DOES THAT NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THEIR CONTRACT? IT, IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT GOING FORWARD. THE ONES THAT ARE ABOUT TO COME TO YOU NEXT WEEK MAY NOT HAVE THAT CONTRACT LANGUAGE. I THINK A COUPLE OF THEM WILL FOR, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. UM, BUT A FEW MAY NOT HAVE THAT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ASKED THEM AND WILL DOCUMENT THAT THEY WILL FOLLOW THROUGH. 'CAUSE THE CONTRACT COULD HAVE BEEN SIGNED ALREADY BEFORE MAKING ITS WAY TO THE AGENDA. OH, THE DRAFT CONTRACT. ALRIGHT. UH, DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH A LIST [01:25:01] OF ALL THE PROJECTS, UM, IN THE PIPELINE AND PREVIOUS PROJECTS AND, UH, THE ONES THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN TO AND WHAT THE OUTCOME HAS BEEN? YES, WE WE CAN DO THAT. ALRIGHT. I'D APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FERRO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. UH, LET ME JUST BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORK OF THE STAKEHOLDERS, UM, TO, UH, SHARE THEIR TIME AND ENERGY ON THIS, UH, ORDINANCE. UH, IT'S GONE THROUGH A COUPLE ITERATIONS AND APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S WORK TO, TO RESPOND TO, TO THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED. UM, THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE, WHICH WAS MENTIONED, UH, IDENTIFY THE NEED FOR EXPANDING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, PARTICULARLY FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS, UH, REMOVING A, A BARRIER THAT IS EVIDENT IN THE DATA, UH, EXISTS PARTICULARLY FOR, UH, FAMILIES. AND SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT, UM, THOSE WHO ARE VOUCHER DEPENDENT WILL NOT HAVE A BARRIER TO THE HOUSING THAT EXISTS BASED ON THE TAX INCENTIVES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE CITY. AND REALLY, THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING. UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE LEVERAGING OUR OWN ASSETS AS A PUBLIC TO ENSURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY DO NOT HAVE A BARRIER TO ACCESS. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I AM PLEASED ALSO WITH THE, UH, PROGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT, UH, OF THIS. IT HELPS OUR STAKEHOLDERS GET ALIGNED WITH THIS, UM, POLICY. AND, UH, AGAIN, I THINK THAT, UH, THERE'S A GREAT WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT. UH, SO, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE GOOD DIALOGUE OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, UH, IN RESPONDING TO THE CONCERNS. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, THOUGH, VETO, UH, AND THAT IS, UM, WE KNOW THERE'S NOT JUST A SINGLE CONCERN. THERE'S PROBABLY SEVERAL CONCERNS WITH THE VOUCHER POLICIES, VOUCHER PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS ONE, UH, IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO THAT. BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA BEGIN AND WHEN ARE WE GONNA BEGIN TO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, AND EXAMINING OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR VOUCHER POLICY? WELL, UM, AGAIN, SAHA IS HERE. WE, WE HAVE ALREADY HAD THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR BOTH LANDLORDS AND TENANTS. UM, I'M SURE BRANDI CAN EXPAND ON THAT, BUT THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE HELP BOTH THE LANDLORDS AND TENANTS HAVE A BETTER EXPERIENCE, IT'S ONGOING. AND WE ALREADY HAVE SOME THINGS IN THE WORKS. BRANDY, THANK YOU. SO, UM, PREVIOUSLY AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, WE ACTUALLY HAD A LANDLORD SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I APOLOGIZE. AND, UM, WE'RE RE-ENGAGING THOSE LANDLORDS THAT ARE INTERESTED. MANY OF THOSE POLICIES THAT WE TALKED TO IN THE PAST, WE ADOPTED. UM, WE OBVIOUSLY WITH COVID, WE WENT, UH, MANY OF OUR PROCESSES WENT ELECTRONIC, BUT WE HAD ALREADY HAD THOSE IN THE WORKS. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THE LANDLORDS 'CAUSE WE RECOGNIZE SOMETIMES IT'S THE PAPERWORK, THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE OF HUD REGULATIONS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR LANDLORDS TO WANT TO, UM, OPT INTO THE PROGRAM. GREAT. AND AS PART OF THE REPORT BACK PROCESS TO THE COUNCIL, IF YOU CAN KEEP US UPDATED ON THAT, AND I'M SURE YOU'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE COMMITTEE AS WELL, BUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S CRITICAL COMPONENT TO, TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. SO, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYBODY FOR, UH, THE DILIGENCE OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. UH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FIVE. UH, THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, SO PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, WE'LL GO NOW TO [12. 21-2925 Ordinance declaring 56.934 acres of City owned property identified as Lots 6 -11, Block 9, NCB 11379 of the Southwest Business and Technology Park located at the northwest corner of Highway 151 and Enrique Barrera Parkway (Old Highway 90) as surplus and authorizing its sale to Brazos De Santos Partners, Ltd. for a total disposition fee of $3,053,000.00 to be deposited in the General Fund. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works]] ITEM 12. ITEM 12 IS AN ORDINANCE DECLARING 56.934 ACRES OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS LOTS SIX THROUGH 11 BLOCK NINE N C B 1 1 3 7 9 OF THE SOUTHWEST BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY PARK, LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HIGHWAY 1 51 AND ENRIQUE RA HIGHWAY OLD HIGHWAY 90 AS SURPLUS AND AUTHORIZING SALE TO BRAZOS DE SANTOS PARTNERS, L T D FOR A TOTAL DISPOSITION FEE OF $3,053,000 TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE GENERAL FUND. COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. THANK YOU. RAZZI IS OUR PRESENTATION. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I AM RAZZI HUI, DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THIS IS A COUNCILWOMAN, THIS IS I IN THE CAPTAIN TO BE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX DEC DECLARING ALMOST 57 ACRE OF THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY AS A SUR AND SELLING FOR BRA TILL SANTA ROSA PARTNERS. AND FOR $3,053,000 ON BEHALF OF A BILL MILLER'S FAMILY DECIDE TO BE USED FOR BILL MILLER'S BARBECUE HEADQUARTER AND OPERATION 3,053,000 PURCHASE. PRICE IS A FULL FAIR MARKET VALUE DETERMINED BY INDEPENDENT APPRAISER. PROPERTY HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE THE CITY ACQUIRED THIS ONE IN 1995. WE BOUGHT THIS, THIS PROPERTY AS PART OF THE LAWSUIT [01:30:01] THAT TIME MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY ZONE I ONE WITH M A O Z ONE OVERLAY RESIDENTIAL USE IS NOT PERMITTED AND HAS NO OBJECTION FOR THIS PLAN. I THINK THE FUND WILL BE DEPOSITED IN GENERAL FUND. I THINK THAT'S END OF MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE. THANKS, RAZZI. UH, SINCE BEING ELECTED IN JUNE OF 19, PART OF MY FOCUS HAS BEEN THIS, THIS AREA, THIS ALMOST SURROUNDING THIS, THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF MY DISTRICT. UM, THIS IS WHERE WE HAD THE FOOD BANK. THIS CONNECTS TO THE OLD HIGHWAY 90 CORRIDOR HISTORIC CORRIDOR. AND, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. WE HAVE THE BAKERY, WE'VE HAD THE AUSTIN BRIDGE AND ROAD COME IN, ALL 1 51 PIN ROAD, OLD HIGHWAY 90 AREA. AND, UM, ALSO THE INVESTMENT OF THE WET SEA, THE $500,000 INVESTMENT AT THE WET SEA. SO THAT UPSKILL CLASSES CAN TRANSPIRE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF, OF, OF ALL OF THIS, UM, KIND OF BUSTLING AREA THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO, UM, ATTRACT, YOU KNOW, MORE BUSINESS. SO I'M, I'M GRATEFUL TO SEE THIS DEVELOPMENT GO UP. UM, I, I, I KNOW THAT THEY'LL BE GOOD NEIGHBORS BOTH TO THE FOOD BANK, TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, RODRIGUEZ PARK IS RIGHT THERE, SO I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THEM THERE. AND I JUST WANTED TO, TO CALL ATTENTION TO A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON IN AN AREA OF MY DISTRICT, EDGEWOOD THAT'S, UM, NEEDED THAT, THAT INVESTMENT. SO, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. WAS THERE A MOTION? OH, MOTION TO PASS. SORRY. . MOTION TO APPROVE. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION, A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 12. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. UM, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. I JUST WANT TO BRING TO, UM, THE ATTENTION OF OUR CITY THAT WHEN WE FIRST GOT ELECTED, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD WAS ABOUT THE MANY PARCELS AND THE LAND THAT WE AS A CITY HAD THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY USE. AND THEN WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, IT BECAME VERY RELEVANT HOW WE NEEDED TO REPLENISH OUR GENERAL FUND. AND LOOKING AT THIS TODAY, YOU HAVE SET THE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN DO THAT HERE WITHIN OUR CITY, USING OUR CITY RESOURCES. THANK YOU ZY. THANK YOU TO ERIC AND THE CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR CONTINUING TO LISTEN TO US AS A CITY COUNCIL WHEN WE ASK ABOUT HOW DO WE GET THE RESOURCES BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNCILWOMAN, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE DO IT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UM, SO THIS GREAT PROJECT, UH, I JUST, UM, AT RISK OF NOT HAVING DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, IS THERE AN OPTION TO PUT, UH, MONEY FROM THE PROJECT INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING? OR YOU MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION THAT GOES BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT IS THERE ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE TO THAT? UH, ERIC, I KNOW IT'S NOT IN A TOURS OR IN A, IN A, UM, ANY OTHER, UH, IN SURE. THERE, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT OPTION. I DO, I DID, DID WANT TO, UH, POINT OUT TO THE COUNCIL THAT AS PART OF THE FORECAST THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU YESTERDAY, WE ASSUME THAT $3 MILLION WAS BEING DEPOSITED INTO THE GENERAL FUND. SO ULTIMATELY THAT COULD BE A FURTHER CONS COUNCIL CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ALLOCATION OF MONTHS OF FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND. UH, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRANT. WELL DONE. COUNCIL MEMBER COVEO HDA. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A FOCUS OF YOURS AND THANK YOU RAZZIE AND THE TEAM TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS. SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL. APPROVAL OF ITEM 12. HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 19. [19. 21-2557 Ordinance approving a Professional Services Agreement in an amount not to exceed $163,843.00 payable to Douglas Architects, Inc. for a citywide San Antonio Police Department facilities assessment master plan. Funds are available from the Public Works General Fund and are included in the FY 2021 Public Works Operating Budget. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works]] ITEM 19 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $163,843 PAYABLE TO DOUGLAS ARCHITECTS INC. FOR CITYWIDE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT FACILITIES. ASSESSMENT MASTER PLAN FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS GENERAL FUND AND ARE INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 PUBLIC WORKS OPERATING BUDGET COUNCIL MEMBER KEO VARDA. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, ZI, IS THERE A PRESENTATION? YES, GOOD MORNING. AGAIN, THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED CITYWIDE IS FUNDED BY GENERAL FUND, LITTLE BACKGROUND AND ASSESSMENT STUDY TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE EXISTING S A P D FACILITIES, CURRENT CONDITION AND POTENTIAL FOR, UH, FUTURE NEEDS. THIS STUDY WILL INCLUDE ALL S A P D, EXISTING FACILITIES CENTRAL AND ALL CRANE SUBSTATION, [01:35:01] PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE FACILITY TRAINING ACADEMY AND DETENTION FACILITY DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT REPORT OF THE EXISTING AND POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE SS A P FACILITY SITES TO INCLUDE CURRENT CONDITION AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THE EXISTING FACILITY. ANALYSIS OF THE GEOGRAPHIC AND CRIME DATA RECOMMENDATION WILL BE POTENTIAL EXPANSION EXISTING FACILITY OR NEW FACILITY SITE SELECTION PERIMETER AND THE LOCATIONS SECURITY IMPROVEMENT COST ESTIMATE AND SCHEDULES TIMEFRAME WILL BE JUNE TO DECEMBER, BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO GET PRELIMINARY REPORTS SOMETIME IN, IN OF THE SUMMER FOR POTENTIAL INCLUDING PART OF 2022 BOND PROGRAM. RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT IN AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED 163,843,000 WITH DOUGLAS ARCHITECT INN FOR A CITYWIDE SS A P D FACILITY ASSESSMENT MASTER PLAN. THAT'S END OF MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. ROSSI. UM, I, I PULLED IT BECAUSE I JUST WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. UM, AND CURIOUS ABOUT WHERE, UM, REALLY KIND OF THE, WHAT WAS THE ULTIMATE GOAL FOR THE EXPENDITURE, UM, IS, I UNDERSTAND THE MASTER PLAN, BUT IS THERE, UM, IS THERE A DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GIVING THE ARCHITECTS, COUNCILWOMAN ONE OF THE PRIM ONE OF THE PRIMARY GOALS, UM, UM, IS TO LOOK AT THE EXISTING FACILITIES, NUMBER ONE. UM, MANY OF THOSE FACILITIES HAVEN'T BEEN EXPANDED UPON, UM, UH, FOR, UH, UH, A LONG TIME. UM, THE SECONDARY GOAL IS, UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, A SUBSTATION ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE. UM, IN FACT, PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN WORKING TO IDENTIFY PROPERTY. WE SET ASIDE MONEY TWO YEARS AGO TO START THAT PROCESS. BUT THE QUESTION IS FROM A, FROM A MASTER PLAN STANDPOINT, ARE THERE OTHER FACILITIES DOWN THE ROAD BEYOND THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING THROUGH? UM, IN LOOKING AT THE GROWTH OF, UM, THE CITY, UH, AND THE ALLOCATION, I WOULD SAY THAT'S A SECONDARY ISSUE. THE, THE, THE PRIMARY ISSUE IS MAKING SURE THAT FROM A FACILITY STANDPOINT, UM, WE HAVE ENOUGH SPACE, UH, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TYPE OF SPACE. THE FACILITY THAT'S BEING BUILT IN DISTRICT ONE UNDER THE CURRENT BOND PROGRAM WAS, WAS PROBABLY THE, THE, UM, OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT, UM, UM, AND WE'VE TRIED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ATTRIBUTES SUCH AS A PARK AREA ALONG WITH THE BUILDING. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE IN ANY OF OUR CURRENT FACILITIES. UM, BUT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT SPACE AND VISION IS, UH, IS, UH, PROBABLY NEEDED AND WE NEED SOME, UH, BE BEYOND. UM, SOME IDEAS WE'RE, WHAT, WHAT THE COUNCIL WILL SEE AT THE END OF SUMMER IS, UM, PROBABLY A LOT OF, UM, UH, PROPOSED PROJECTS IN TERMS OF FACILITIES AND UPGRADING OUR FACILITIES, WHETHER THEY BE LIBRARIES OR PARK BUILDINGS OR COMMUNITY CENTERS. UM, AND, UM, POLICE IS THIS EFFORT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE FROM A POLICE FACILITY STANDPOINT. THAT MAKES SENSE. AND AN UPDATE. RIGHT. I'M CURIOUS, DO WE KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR THE POLICE FACILITIES WAS, UM, THE, UH, THE SUBSTATIONS PROBABLY HAVEN'T HAD ANY MAJOR UPGRADES, UM, IN, IN PROBABLY OVER 20 YEARS. OH, WOW, OKAY. OVERDUE THEN. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I, I MOVED TO APPROVE. THANK YOU, RAZZIE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KI HDA, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 19. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU. I'M GLAD WE, THIS WAS PULLED, UH, SO WE COULD HAVE THIS UPDATE BECAUSE I THINK IT IS, UM, WE'VE, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ASSESSMENT TO MOVE FORWARD. UM, AND I THINK THIS WAS PART OF, I KNOW WE DELAYED THIS BECAUSE OF, UH, THE, THE MONEY LAST YEAR WE HAD TO DELAY THIS. AND, UM, THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT THREE AND SPECIFICALLY THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, I THINK THEY MAY BE WATCHING TODAY TOO, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO ALL OF THEM. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ALL OF MY RESIDENTS, UM, ALSO HAVE, UH, THOUGHTS OF WHERE THE SUBSTATION SHOULD, SHOULD BE. AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. AND I THINK THIS ASSESSMENT IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE DOING THE SURVEY AND S A P D AND ME CONVERSATIONS TO SEE IF WE ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENCE DIFFERENCES OF POLICE SERVICES, HOW ARE WE GOING TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO A SUBSTATION IN THE FUTURE? AND THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE ASSESSMENT OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH OUR SUBSTATIONS. [01:40:01] BUT THEN WHAT DO OUR SUBSTATIONS LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? ARE THEY AS LARGE, ARE THEY DIFFERENT? AND, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND, UM, I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE, YOU'RE GOING TO DO ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AND, AND THIS ASSESSMENT. SO I'M GLAD WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. UH, I WOULD SAY IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO, SO IT IS OVERDUE, UH, BUT WE'RE GETTING TO THIS POINT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UM, I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES. I THINK THIS IS A VERY LONG OVERDUE PROJECT AND SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY THE DISTRICT THREE RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR, TO GIVE RELIEF TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE ALL OVER A THREAT, YOU KNOW, SPREAD REALLY THIN, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, SOUTH OF 90. UM, AND ON TOP OF THAT, EVEN ZI, EVEN IN THAT MAP YOU SHOWED ON THE PRESENTATION, YOU SEE THAT MAP ON SLIDE THREE. YOU DON'T EVEN, I MEAN, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT NECESSARILY, BUT NO, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. UM, 1604 ISN'T EVEN ON THIS MAP. AND WE HAVE HAD GROWTH TO 1604 IN DISTRICT THREE. SO THAT'S A LOT OF AREA THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE COVERED. THANK YOU MAYOR ERIC. AND COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN. I'LL JUST ALSO ADD THAT, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS POTENTIALLY IS CO-LOCATION OF OTHER TYPE OF SERVICES OR AGENCIES, UM, IN A POTENTIAL FACILITY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAND COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS, UH, A GREAT ITEM TO BE ADDED AND GET STARTED ON. I KNOW THE NORTH SUB THAT SERVICES MY AREA, UH, REALLY NEEDS AN UPGRADE. BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THESE FACILITIES ARE, ARE NOT TO HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN 'EM BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, THAT'S WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. UH, AS POLICE OFFICERS PATROLLING IN OUR COMMUNITIES, THERE ARE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND WHAT HAVE YOU THAT, UH, ARE IN THE FACILITIES FULL-TIME, BUT MOSTLY IT'S A GATHERING PLACE FOR ROLL CALLS. AND THEN THEY'RE, THEN THEY'RE GONE. THEY'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITIES, WHICH, UM, WHICH IS GREAT. BUT EVEN AT THAT, I KNOW THE NORTH SUB ITSELF NEEDS SOME MAJOR UPGRADES. IT HADN'T BEEN WORKED ON IN A LONG TIME. AND, UM, WE'VE HAD GROWTH, WE'VE HAD EXPANSION. JUST THE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE FACILITIES NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, ALL OF THAT STUFF NEEDS TO BE GONE THROUGH. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS, UM, TO GET OUR SUBSTATIONS UP TO, UP TO SPEED IN COMPLIANCE WITH TODAY'S RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND, UH, MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE, UH, FOR OUR POLICE FOLKS TO GO INTO AND BE PROUD OF THOSE FACILITIES AND, AND HELP TAKE CARE OF 'EM. SO GOOD TO SEE THIS ON. I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILWOMAN GDA FOR, FOR PULLING THIS ITEM FOR DISCUSSION. I, TOO WAS SURPRISED TO SEE IT ON, ON THE AGENDA. UH, BUT I, I DO BELIEVE IT'S, IT'S NECESSARY, LIKE MY COLLEAGUES DO. BUT I, I KIND OF WANNA PARSE IT OUT INTO, INTO A COUPLE OF THINGS. SO THERE'S THE ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT CONDITIONS, HOW FUNCTIONAL THEY ARE, HOW THEY CAN BE EXPANDED, AND, UH, ADDED DETENTION CAPABILITY, WHICH, WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED, UH, IN THE PAST IN, IN MY TOURS OF, OF THE MAC FACILITIES. UH, BUT I THINK VERY SEPARATE IS HOW WE RELATED, BUT VERY SEPARATE IS HOW WE GROW THEM, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY GOING TO DEPEND ON WHAT MODEL WE USE IN IN THE FUTURE. SO WHAT, WHAT I'M WONDERING IS, UH, IS THE ARCHITECT, IS THE CONSULTANT GOING TO LOOK AT TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR, OR MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR, FOR HOW WE PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES? OR HAS SOMETHING HAVE ALREADY, HAS ALREADY BEEN PREDETERMINED? SO, SO ERIC, FOR, I'M, I'M SPEAKING VERY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE SUBSTATIONS CAN BE USED TO DETAIN, UH, ARRESTEES OR WHETHER WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE POLICE OFFICERS DRIVING ALL THE WAY DOWNTOWN FOR THAT, THAT THAT WOULD BE, UM, THAT, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WOULD LOOK AT, WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S EVEN THE ABILITY TO EXPAND, UM, UM, THOSE CURRENT FACILITIES. UM, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE SPACE, UM, WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE BUILDING SYSTEMS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. UM, AND, AND THAT, THAT, THAT IS POTEN THAT IS DEFINITELY PART OF THE REVIEW. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, UH, A PROPER FACILITIES FOR, UM, FOR, UM, UM, EMPLOYEES FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE. AND, UM, AND, UM, I WOULD SUSPECT THAT BUILDING SYSTEMS WOULD BE, UH, PROBABLY, UH, A MAJOR ISSUE IN SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS. WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE WORK OVER THE YEARS. UM, [01:45:01] BUT YES, TO YOUR POINT, THERE COULD BE A CHANGE IN THE TYPE OF WORK. UM, AND, AND POTENTIALLY ADDING AND, AND JUST SO THAT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL KNOWS WHAT, WHAT THE COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL SANDOVAL AND I ARE TALKING ABOUT, 'CAUSE WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS AT PUBLIC SAFETY BEFORE, IS, IS WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN, WHEN AN OFFICER WOULD ARREST, MAKE AN ARREST RATHER THAN DRIVING DOWNTOWN, UM, DRIVE BACK TO THE SUBSTATION TO A HOLDING AREA, THAT INDIVIDUAL COULD BE VIDEO MAGISTRATED AND THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE COUNTY FACILITY DIRECTLY. AND THAT'S, THAT WOULD KEEP THE OFFICERS IN THE SUBSTATION AREAS, UM, AND DEFINITELY CHANGE THE TYPE OF WORK AND, UH, THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO, TO DO THAT TYPE OF STUFF. THANK YOU, ERIC. OKAY. SO THAT, THAT WILL BE PART OF THE, UH, THE ASSESSMENT REGARDING COORDINATION WITH, UM, TRANSFERRING ARRESTEES. DO YOU SEE US, UH, REACHING OUT TO THE COUNTY AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, UH, EVALUATION? PROBABLY NOT UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HEAR FROM THE ARCHITECTS THAT IT'S A, IT'S A REALITY AT OUR FACILITIES. UM, OKAY. UH, GREAT. AND I, UM, THE, SORRY, THE ASSESSMENT, THE, THE DESCRIPTION SAYS THAT THE ASSESSMENT WILL INCLUDE GEOGRAPHIC AND CRIME ANALYTICS TO DETERMINE FUTURE GROWTH REQUIREMENTS AND, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POTENTIAL FACILITY LOCATIONS. UM, I, I THINK IT'D BE, IF POSSIBLE, I'D LOVE TO GET A BRIEFING ON, ON WHAT THOSE CRITERIA ARE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOR GROWTH, BECAUSE I THINK DEMOGRAPHICS ARE IMPORTANT AS WELL. UM, THAT, BUT AGAIN, I'M, I'M, I'M REALLY, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED, SO A FURTHER CONVERSATION WILL BE GREAT. 'CAUSE LIKE COUNCILMAN PERRY SAYS, REALLY, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE STATION ITSELF, RIGHT? THE, THE ACTIVITY OCCURS OUTSIDE IN, IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT I WOULD LIKE AT YOUR CONVENIENCE AND, AND OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THAT FURTHER. AND, UM, LASTLY, I IMAGINE THE, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT WILL SOMEHOW BE INVOLVED IN THIS AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY, YES, MA'AM. OKAY. UM, WELL, THANK YOU. WILL THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BRIEF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, UH, BEFORE THIS IS FINALIZED? OR, OR AS THIS IS PROGRESSING? YES, YES, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. WONDERFUL. UH, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER KURZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I NEED TO CONCUR WITH, UH, I THINK BOTH OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL PEOPLE, COUNCILMAN PERRY AND I SHARE THE, UH, NORTH SUBSTATION AND RECOGNIZE THAT IT NEEDS, UH, A LOT OF UPGRADES TO MAKE IT, UH, CONCURRENT WITH THE, THE KIND OF EXPECTATIONS WE HAVE OF OUR, OUR POLICE PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES TODAY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M CONCERNED AS I KNOW, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN IS ABOUT SOME OF THE INGREDIENTS, SO TO SPEAK, IN THIS CONTRACT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE POINTS SHE JUST BROUGHT UP ABOUT LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE CRIME STATISTICS AND THINGS LIKE THIS. WHY ARE WE PAYING AN ARCHITECT TO DO THAT? WHY DON'T WE HAVE A CRIME SPECIALIST OR A PUBLIC SAFETY SPECIALISTS LOOKING AT THAT ASPECT TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE FUTURE, UH, STATIONS SHOULD BE? AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MISUNDERSTANDING MAYBE, ABOUT WHAT THE, AN ARCHITECT IS GONNA BE LOOKING AT WHEN IT COMES TO FACILITIES AND, AND WHAT THE CRIME STATISTICS AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE GROWTH OF THESE COMMUNITIES, UH, HAVE IN COMMON WITH THAT. ONE OTHER THING IS, I HOPE THAT IF WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT, AT, AT THE WHOLE PICTURE, I THINK SOME OF US WOULD AGREE, WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE BIG SUBSTATIONS EVERYWHERE AROUND TOWN, JUST AS, AS YOU HEARD, MOST OF THOSE POLICE OFFICERS, WE HOPE, ARE OUT IN THE FIELD DOING THINGS. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT FIELD SUBSTATIONS THAT ARE MAYBE SMALLER, BUT THAT GIVE THE POLICE MORE MOBILITY AND MORE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO, FOR EXAMPLE, COME AND MAKE THE REPORTS THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE ON ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON. UH, WE'RE SPREADING OUT, WE'RE GETTING FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY. THE POPULATION IS GROWING MORE AND MORE IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, DISTRICTS AND, AND HAVING, AS WE HAVE DOWNTOWN, A LOCAL RETAIL OUTLET, RIGHT, BY THE PARKING LOT BETWEEN MARKET AND COMMERCE, WHERE THE POLICE OFFICERS, UH, CAN, CAN STOP AND GO AND, AND MAYBE DO SOMETHING THEY NEED TO DO RATHER THAN HAVING TO GO TO THE, THE MAIN BUILDING OR SUBSTATION NEARBY TO DO THAT. SO I HOPE THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF WHAT THEY LOOK AT. UH, I'VE, I'VE ADVOCATED FOR A FEW YEARS THAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE A, A POLICE SUBSTATION AND A RETAIL OUTLET SOMEWHERE IN DISTRICT NINE, [01:50:01] SO THAT, UH, THE POLICE OFFICERS CAN STOP AND MAKE REPORTS OR GET INFORMATION AND THEN JUST BE RIGHT OUT IN THE FIELD FIVE MINUTES LATER, UH, DRIVING BACK OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. SO, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THAT INCORPORATED IN THE WORK THAT'S GONNA BE UNDERTAKEN IN THIS. AND AGAIN, UH, SEE SOMEONE WITH A LITTLE MORE EXPERIENCE IN DEMOGRAPHICS FOR CRIME OTHER THAN AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM. NOW, IF THEY'RE GONNA SUBCONTRACT TO SOMEBODY TO DO THAT, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO THAT SUBCONTRACTOR MAY BE AND THE EXPERTISE THEY WOULD HAVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER. I, I, I THINK YOU GENTLEMEN, WERE GONNA ANSWER ONE OF THOSE COMMENTS THAT WAS MADE, AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT YOU WERE GONNA SAY. RICK RILEY. I'M THE ASSISTANT POLICE DIRECTOR. I CAN ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION, AND THE ANSWER IS YES. UH, DOUGLAS ARCHITECTS IS THE CONTRACT, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, IF YOU WILL. THEY DO HAVE A SUB THAT'S A POLICE SERVICES SPECIALIST THAT WILL LOOK AT THOSE ISSUES AS WELL AS SAP'S INVOLVEMENT TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY DATA TO PROVIDE THAT FOR THEM TO CONDUCT THE ANALYTICS, TO DETERMINE BOTH, UH, WHERE CRIME AN, THE CRIME OCCURS, AS WELL AS GROWTH OF THE CITY. THE CITY WILL BE INVOLVED IN ALL OF THAT, SIR. THAT'S GOOD. YES, SIR. SO, UH, RAZZY, GO AHEAD. YEAH. C C COUNCILMAN, THESE FIRM'S NAME IS ARCHITECT, BUT FOR LAST THREE YEARS, OR MAYBE EVEN FOUR YEARS, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH US ON THE PROGRAMMING FOR POLICE SUBSTATION FOR DOWNTOWN AND COUNCILMAN REOS DISTRICT. THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR WHAT WE NEED. AND, AND THEREFORE, THEY REALLY TEAMED UP WITH VERY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL, MORE THAN HALF A MEMBER OF THEIR TEAM IS QUALIFIED TO DO PROJECT LIKE THIS. WE HAD DONE INTERVIEW WITH THEM. WE INTERVIEWED A NUMBER OF THEM, AND THEY CAME VERY TOP. THANK YOU, UH, JUST ERIC AND, AND CHIEF MCMANUS, MY MIKE, AS YOU HEAR FROM EVERYBODY, RIGHT? WE'D ALL LIKE TO SEE MORE FACILITIES THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT DO MORE, ARE BETTER, THAT ARE MORE MODERN, THAT ARE UPGRADED AND ALL THAT. AND, UM, I, I HOPE, I THINK THAT'S OBVIOUS. UH, SO I'LL, I'LL PILE ON AND, UH, TELL YOU THAT, UH, PRE ROAD, YOU KNOW, NEEDS MORE THAN, UH, A, UH, A COAT OF PAINT AND, YOU KNOW, BETTER, UH, A IS IT A BETTER CHICKEN COOP FOR THE, THE CHICKENS THAT ARE RUNNING AROUND IN THEIR FRONT YARD? UH, I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME DOWN TO PRE ROAD STATION. THERE'S LITERALLY CHICKENS RUNNING AROUND THE FRONT YARD. IT'S ONE, IT'S REALLY, REALLY CHARMING. AND, UH, IT'S NEAT HOW OUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVE ADOPTED THOSE CHICKENS AND THEY FEED THEM AND ALL THAT. I LOVE IT. UH, BUT THE, UH, BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT WE HAVE A, UM, I, I LOOK AT SOME OF OUR SUBSTATIONS AND, AND TO ME FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND THEN ALSO GOING IN, THERE ARE SOME REALLY UNFRIENDLY PLACES, UM, JUST FROM THE PUBLIC'S VIEW, RIGHT? I MEAN, IF I WERE, IF I WERE A PARENT GOING IN THERE WITH A KID, IT JUST, IT'S A, IT'S A COLD, UM, YOU KNOW, UGLY PLACE, AND IT DOESN'T FEEL WARM AND WELCOMING TO FAMILIES. AND A LOT OF FAMILIES DO CHILD EXCHANGES THERE IN THOSE PARKING LOTS. A LOT OF FAMILIES WILL COME IN AT THEIR WORST TO SEEK HELP AND MAKE REPORTS, AND THERE'S NOTHING WARM ABOUT THOSE PLACES, RIGHT? AND I, AND I DO THINK THAT WE'VE GOT A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUILDINGS ALSO COMMUNICATE THE VALUES, UH, AND OUR PRIORITIES, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE ARE THERE TO PROTECT AND TO SERVE, AND THAT WE ARE A SAFE, WARM, EMBRACING PLACE. AND SO THAT'S MY ONLY REQUEST IS THAT, UH, RAZZI AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN DESIGNING THESE PLACES AND, UM, AND REWORKING THEM, THAT, THAT WE KEEP THAT IN MIND, RIGHT? THAT THESE ARE NOT JUST PLACES WHERE OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE WORK, BUT THEY'RE ALSO PLACES WHERE THE PUBLIC VISITS AND THEY NEED TO FEEL LIKE, LIKE IT'S, UM, WELL, IT'S LIKE IT'S THEIRS, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, I, I THINK YOU'RE PICKING UP WHAT I'M LAYING DOWN, BUT THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK CHIEF, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO YOU TOO. YOU, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, I, I THINK, AND I'M NOT GONNA STEAL ANY COUNCILMAN INTRAVENOUS THUNDER, BUT I THINK WE'VE LEARNED A LOT AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE DESIGN OF THE FACILITY THAT'S BEING, THAT WILL BE BUILT OFF OF, UM, ST. MARY'S DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE, UM, YOU, UH, I HAVE FLASHBACKS OF, OF 1987 BEING IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I WALK INTO THOSE BUILDINGS. SO, UM, BUT WE, WE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YEAH. AND THEN THERE'S ONE, THERE'S ONE MORE THING TOO, RIGHT? THE, THE WAY THAT OUR BUILDINGS LOOK, I MEAN, AS AN EMPLOYER, I'LL TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN, IN HOW I'VE SET UP MY LAW OFFICE, RIGHT? AND NOT BECAUSE I, I WANT TO WORK IN A FANCY PANTS PLACE, BUT I WANT MY EMPLOYEES TO FEEL LIKE THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE THAT I CONSIDER THEM TO BE SPECIAL. 'CAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE SPENDING SO MANY HOURS AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES, UM, AND THAT THIS IS THEIR SECOND HOME. AND SO THE WAY THAT THESE BUILDINGS ARE DESIGNED, UH, AND THE WAY THAT THEY LOOK, ALSO SENDS THE MESSAGE TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE [01:55:01] THEM TOO, RIGHT? AND A LOT OF THESE PLACES, LOOK, I DON'T KNOW, STERILE AND, UH, AND UNWELCOMING EVEN TO THEM, RIGHT? AND I, AND I, I, I DO THINK THAT CREATURE COMFORTS ARE IMPORTANT ALSO IN THESE PLACES. SO, ANYWAY, THANKS GUYS. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. COUNCIL MEMBER ROACH GARCIA. WAIT, I'M SORRY, MAYOR, I, I KEEP DOING THIS. CHIEF MCMANUS, IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU WERE, YOU WERE GIVING ME SOME BODY LANGUAGE THERE AND, AND YOU WANTED TO TELL ME SOMETHING. UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. SO THESE SUBSTATIONS ARE NOT JUST POLICE FACILITIES. THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT GO ON THERE AS WELL. UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, COMMUNITY EVENTS. UM, AND I, I, I'LL JUST A, A, A QUICK STORY. WHEN I WAS BACK IN WASHINGTON, DC THOSE BUILDINGS HADN'T BEEN, HADN'T BEEN INVESTED IN, IN YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, AND THEY WERE LITERALLY FALLING DOWN. AND THE, ALTHOUGH POLICE OFFICERS DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO THEIR SUBSTATIONS DURING THE TOUR OF DUTY, THEY DO THE REPORTS IN THEIR CARS. THE ONLY TIME THEY GET CALLED BACK IN IS MAYBE TO TALK TO A SUPERVISOR. BUT, UM, THE, THE, THE BUILDINGS AND THE, AND THEIR, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, HOW THEY'RE LAID OUT, THAT THAT'S PART OF A WORKING CONDITION THAT MAKES IT PLEASANT FOR AN OFFICER TO COME TO WORK. AND, AND SO THEY'RE IN THERE COMING TO WORK FOR ROLL CALL. THEY GOTTA COME BACK IN TO CHECK OFF AT THE END OF THE DAY. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THE BUILDINGS ARE FALLING AROUND, FALLING DOWN AROUND THEM, IT'S NOT A PLEASANT PLACE TO BE. AND IT, AND IT, IT DOES AFFECT MORALE. SO THAT'S MY COMMENT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU. AND CHIEF, JUST ACTUALLY PERFECTLY READ INTO WHAT I WAS GONNA COMMENT. AND SO, UM, THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION PUT OUT IN 2016, AN ITEM ABOUT THE POLICE STATIONS OF THE FUTURE. AND SO I THINK IT'S VERY RELEVANT STILL TODAY. AND SO TALKING ABOUT EMBRACING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND GOVERNMENT REINVENTION AND ALTERNATE ENFORCEMENT METHODS. AND THEY SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO, UH, IMPROVE POLICING EFFECTIVENESS, RESOURCE EFFICIENCY, AND PUBLIC TRUST. AND SO WITH THAT, THEY HAD MENTIONED SEVERAL THINGS TO CONSIDER, AND ONE OF THEM WAS COMMUNITY INTEGRATION, WAS CHIEF JUST, UH, MENTIONED. AND SO WELCOMING THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH OPEN ARMS. AND SO SPECIFICALLY, I, I WANNA QUOTE THEM BECAUSE I, I THOUGHT THIS WAS PERFECTLY STATED. AND IT SAYS, PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES MUST BE BEACONS OF SAFETY THAT SYMBOLICALLY AND PHYSICALLY ACT AS A CENTER OF A COMMUNITY. THEY NEED TO APPEAR TRANSPARENT, CONSIDER THE CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THEIR LOCATION, AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE SAFE HAVENS IN CRISIS. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS PERFECTLY SUMMED UP THE WAY THAT THEY HAD IT THERE. UM, SO THEY, THEY TALKED ABOUT A FEW FACILITIES THAT WERE NEW, UM, THAT WERE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREAS, BASICALLY. AND SO ONE OF THE ONES THAT THEY REFERENCED WAS THE L A P D RAMPART STATION. AND SO THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THERE WAS INFORMAL SPACES, THERE'S PUBLIC GARDENS OUT THERE. UM, THEY OF COURSE, DO HAVE THE FORMAL MEETING ROOMS THAT CAN BE USED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, ET CETERA. UM, BUT I, I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER AS WE GO OUT AND WE TALK TO OUR FOLKS AND SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN DO. THEY ALSO REFERENCE, UM, THE HAMILTON SOUTH MOUNTAIN COMPLEX IN, IN, UH, ONTARIO, CANADA. AND SO THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THAT HAS, UM, THE POLICE RECEPTION DESK IS SURROUNDED BY SCHOOL AND YOUTH LIAISONS, SENIOR SUPPORT, CRIME STOPPERS, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAMS. THAT'S EXACTLY THE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER CREATING. OF COURSE, TECHNOLOGICAL ADOPTION IS IMPORTANT. AND SO LOOKING AT PROTECTIVE GEAR THAT MIGHT, UM, UH, LESSEN OUR OFFICERS, UM, YOU KNOW, HARM, UM, THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT. SO THEY TALK ABOUT, OF COURSE, THE USE OF DRONES, ET CETERA. BUT I THINK THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT I SAW IS THAT INNOVATIVE STATION, SPECIFICALLY WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. UM, WE KNOW THAT THE ASSIGNMENTS MIGHT FLUCTUATE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. CHIEF HAD MENTIONED THAT, UM, OUR OFFICERS DON'T NECESSARILY COME BACK AND WORK THERE. THEY WORK MORE OUT OF THEIR CARS. SO THOSE PLUG AND PLAY SPACES WOULD BE CRITICAL, CONTINUE TO BE CRITICAL. AND SO THE STRESS REDUCTION WAS ALSO ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT THEY POINTED OUT. AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING TAKEN CARE OF FOR OUR OFFICERS WAS IMPORTANT AS THEY REFERENCED THAT. AND THEN THE IMPROVED EFFICIENCIES THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS SPECIFICALLY, UH, INTENSIFIED PARTNERSHIPS WITH UNIVERSITIES, FOR INSTANCE, FOR ONGOING TRAINING, WHICH I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE. WE HAVE WONDERFUL UNIVERSITY, ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY'S, UH, UM, UH, PROGRAM, UH, TEACHES ALL ABOUT, UM, POLICING AND THE HISTORY OF POLICING. I MENTIONED THIS YESTERDAY AT THE SS A P D AND ME, UM, UH, MEETING THAT WE HAD IN DISTRICT FOUR. UM, BUT ALSO THE CROSS AGENCY COLLABORATIONS THAT THEY MENTIONED, I THINK ARE, ARE DEFINITELY IMPORTANT TO OUR GANG PROBLEMS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND SO I'D LOVE TO SEE HOW THOSE, UH, UH, THOSE THAT ARE REFERENCED IN THAT REPORT ARE DOING, BECAUSE THAT WAS IN 2016, AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE POLICE STATION OF THE FUTURE, AND [02:00:01] I KNOW THAT THEY WERE BUILDING UPON IT. UM, BUT THEN OF COURSE, THE SUSTAINABILITY ASPECT OF IT IS, IS, IS IMPORTANT. AND SO, UM, LOW MAINTENANCE MATERIALS THAT ARE STILL DURABLE AND THE ADEQUATE LIGHTING, THE LAST, EVERY TIME THAT I'VE GONE TO A, UM, STATION, IT'S JUST SO DARK AND GLOOMY IN THERE. LIKE, I, I FEEL SAD, RIGHT? SO IT'S KIND OF DEPRESSING WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO IN THERE. YOU'RE ALREADY, UM, REALLY ASKING FOR HELP WHEN YOU GO IN THERE. AND SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING MIGHT, MIGHT HELP WITH THAT. AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GONNA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THAT CONCEPT OR TO SEE HOW OUR COMMUNITY ENVISIONS, UM, WHAT THEIR FUTURE POLICE STATIONS LOOK LIKE. OKAY. SO I'M NOT GONNA STEAL COUNCILMAN TREO THUNDER AGAIN. UH, BUT WE ARE LEARNING RIGHT NOW WITH THE, WITH THE FACILITY WE'RE BUILDING. UM, AND I THINK, I THINK YOUR, YOUR POINT IS WELL MADE. WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S INCORPORATED. AND IF BY SOME, UM, UM, IF, IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO INCLUDE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WITHIN A, WITHIN THE BOND PROGRAM, AND REMEMBER, WE GO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY PROCESS IN IDENTIFYING NOT ONLY WHETHER THE PROJECT IS ON THE BALLOT, BUT THEN THE, THEN THE DESIGN WORK AND THE SELECTION AND, AND ALL THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. COUNCILWOMAN, I DID NOT STEAL YOUR THUNDER. COUNCILMAN TIA? THAT'S IT. MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR PULLING THIS ITEM, BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. ONE THING THAT WE KNOW IS NOW IS THE TIME THAT WE BUILD BACK NOT ONLY THE TRUST OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT UPLIFT THE MORALE OF OUR OFFICERS. AND IN DOING THIS, I THINK THAT THIS IS A WAY TO SPEAK TO NOT ONLY DO WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE DOING THE WORK OF THE COMMUNITY AND DOING THE WORK OF SAFETY, BUT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE DOING THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE AND THAT THEY ARE PEOPLE TOO. UM, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS, I WANT US TO TRULY KEEP IN MIND TO BUILD WITH A HUMANITARIAN MINDSET, BECAUSE EACH ONE OF US HAS A PLACE WITHIN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WITHIN OUR POLICE STATIONS. UM, ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE, WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT IS THE TIME THAT IT TAKES FROM THE EAST SUB STATION TO THE NORTHEAST SIDE WHEN THERE'S A CALL. SO I WANNA TAKE IN, IN ACCOUNT THAT, BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT WE ALL DESERVE A SAFE AND SANITARY PLACE, WHETHER IT'S OUR POLICE OFFICE, WHETHER IT'S OUR CITY BUILDINGS, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO ACROSS THE BOARD. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M, I'M PRETTY SURE COUNCILMAN TREVINO WILL PROBABLY SPEAK TO THIS, UM, THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WITHIN OUR, OUR SUBSTATIONS AND OUR, AND OUR POLICE STATIONS ARE A SAFE ROOM. AND A SAFE ROOM. NOT ONLY FOR OUR YOUTH, BUT FOR THOSE MOTHERS WHO ARE BREASTFEEDING OR NEED TIME OFF OF THEIR FEET BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF, OF LIFE WITH THEM. I THINK THAT THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO THAT AND WE CAN TRULY MAKE, UM, HEADWAY IN HOW WE SEE OUR OFFICERS, HOW OUR COMMUNITY SEES OUR OFFICERS, AND THEN TO KNOW WHEN THEY WALK INTO THAT PLACE, THE MORALE OF OUR OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY COULD TRULY BE UPLIFTED BY KNOWING THAT THEY'RE IN THIS, THIS ATMOSPHERE OF OPENNESS AND, AND OPENNESS TO BE WHO THEY ARE, BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT WE'RE DOING THE JOB OF COMMUNITY PUBLIC SAFETY. SO, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS ITEM, FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD, AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT WILL BE DONE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO, TO TO HEAR THIS CONVERSATION TODAY. UM, YOU KNOW, I REALLY, I WANT TO THANK MARIA GOMEZ, UH, ZI HUI, UH, UH, CHIEF MCMANUS, AND ESPECIALLY ERIC. 'CAUSE THEY KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS FOR, FOR SOME TIME, AND IT'S NOT AN EASY THING BECAUSE WE WE'RE, WE'RE SORT OF CAUGHT UP IN, IN WHAT WE'RE USED TO DOING AND WHAT WE'RE USED TO SEEING. AND SO IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE, UM, THINGS BEING, UH, A LITTLE DIFFERENT. AND, AND THIS IDEA, UH, AS YOU SAID, UH, WELL, COUNCILMAN CURTIS IN HERE RIGHT NOW, HE IS AN ARCHITECT, IS GONNA BE EXAMINING THIS. WELL, THE, AN ARCHITECTS CAN HELP ORGANIZE THIS. IT DOESN'T, DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT'S THE CASE. JUST LIKE YOU HAVE ARCHITECTS THAT DESIGN HOSPITALS ARE NOT NECESSARILY DOCTORS. UH, THE, THE POINT REALLY IS THAT, THAT, THAT THESE SPACES ARE COMMUNITY SPACES. THEY'RE, WE WANT TO EXPRESS, UH, LIKE WE, WE'VE DONE SO BEAUTIFULLY WITH CITY HALL THAT THIS IS, THIS IS A PLACE THAT IS WELCOMING OF THE COMMUNITY, LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH THE FROST TOWER, LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH OUR PARKS. AND, AND SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE GOAL THAT WE HAD WITH THIS, UH, SUBSTATION WAS TO INCLUDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD [02:05:01] IN, IN A BIG WAY. AND THEY HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING IN SUPPORT OF, OF, OF THIS EFFORT. THEY HAVE, UH, PROVIDED A LOT OF INPUT. THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO STAY VERY INVOLVED. THEY'RE EXCITED TO SEE SOMETHING, AND THEY WANTED TO, WANTED IT TO BE VISIBLE THAT IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A VISIBLE PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING, UH, ADVANTAGE OF ALL OUR CITY RESOURCES AND SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'VE GOT A PARKS DEPARTMENT. WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF PART OF OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT WITH ITS TREE FUND AND ABILITY TO DO GREEN SPACES CAN INCORPORATE A GREEN SPACE WITHIN SOME OF THESE SPACES? WE HAVE AN ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS AN INCREDIBLE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM, THAT THAT'S WHERE THESE PUBLIC ART PROGRAMS BELONG AND CAN, CAN EXPRESS VALUES, UH, OF, OF NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, ANY ONE THEME. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS I, AS I'VE ALWAYS INTERPRETED, ARTISTS EXPRESS VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY. AND, AND SO YOU HAVE BOTH THE ARCHITECTURE, THE ART, THE GREEN SPACE, AND OF COURSE THE FUNCTIONAL SPACE THAT IS THE BUILDING, UH, COMING TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT, UM, I, I BELIEVE IS, IS SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IN, IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. AND, AND IS BEING RESPONSIVE VERSUS BEING REACTIVE. AND, AND ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE UP HERE ON THE DAAS, UH, I THINK ERIC, MARIA AND RAZZIE AND THE CHIEF ALL HEARD EXACTLY FROM ME. THEY, THEY HEARD IT. EVERYTHING YOU GUYS SAID WAS EXACTLY WHAT I SAID. THESE BUILDINGS, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT I ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS I DID SAY WAS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE BUILDING BUILDINGS BASICALLY SAY, GO AWAY. JUST GO AWAY. DON'T, DON'T, DON'T COME OVER HERE. AND WE DON'T WANT THAT. WE WANT ALL OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ALL OUR CITY FACILITIES TO, TO WELCOME FOLKS. UM, AND SO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I, I WOULD ASK MY, UH, MY COLLEAGUES TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS THAT'S HAPPENING IN TOBIN HILL. ASK THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE RESIDENTS, HOW THEY FEEL, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE BEST TESTIMONY OF ALL, IS THAT, UH, THAT'S WHAT I THINK YOU'LL EXPERIENCE. UH, WHEREVER, YOU KNOW, WE GO AND, AND, AND, AND THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR OWN DISTRICTS THAT, THAT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS, UH, THAT YOU'LL HEAR AS WELL FROM, FROM, FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT, HEY, WE'D LOVE, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A MEETING SPACE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND WE'D LOVE FOR IT TO BE AT THE SUBSTATION. UM, WE, WE, WE, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, UH, PICKUP GAMES OF BASKETBALL IN, IN, IN PARTS OF THE PARKING LOT THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY BEING USED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING LOT'S WHILE NEEDED, UH, AS WE SAID EARLIER, THEY, THEY, THEY ARE SET UP IN SUCH A WAY, AND THIS IS PART OF THE DESIGN PROCESS, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S TIMES WHERE THE PARKING LOT IN TRANSITION MAY BE FULL, BUT OTHER MO MOST OF THE TIME WHEN IT'S NOT, AND COULD IT BE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE? SO THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT, THAT WERE, WERE BEING HAD. UM, I WANNA SAY WE, WE, THIS IS WHERE I, I I, I SERIOUSLY MISS OUR CITY ARCHITECT GOPI, UH, WHO I THINK COULD HAVE SPOKEN VERY, VERY, UM, ELOQUENTLY ABOUT THE EFFORT. AND HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN HELPING US GET THERE. AND ESPECIALLY IN OUR MEETING WITH DOUGLAS ARCHITECTS, WHICH I, I, I WILL ALSO VASH THAT THEY'RE VERY, VERY CAPABLE GROUP. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY, I, I CHALLENGED THEM AND SAID, I THINK THAT THIS WILL BE THE FRAMEWORK FOR ALL OTHER SUBSTATIONS IN THE CITY FOREVER. BECAUSE ONCE YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND ONCE YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER, THAT ALLOWS US TO CONNECT ALL OUR CITY, DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS TO BE HELPFUL, THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY JUST, I THINK ALWAYS, ALWAYS RESPECTS THAT AND WELCOMES THAT AND SEES A, A CITY THAT'S WORKING ON THEIR BEHALF. SO, UM, AGAIN, YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HEAR FROM ME. I, I, AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I'LL ASK ERIC AND HIS TEAM TO JUST UPDATE THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE PRO PROGRESS OF THE TOBIN HILL SUBSTATION AND WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SAYING, BECAUSE I, I WILL TELL YOU, IT, IT IS, IT'S A GREAT PROCESS. IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY, IT, UH, THOUGHTFUL. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, I THINK, WHO CAN SPEAK TO, UH, THE WAY WE'RE PROCEEDING FORWARD ON, ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING AND THE POSSIBILITIES THAT IT COULD MEAN, UH, IN YOUR AREAS OF THE CITY. SO, UH, I'M, I'M JUST, [02:10:01] AGAIN, I, I'M, I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY TO, TO HEAR THIS. I, I KNOW THE, THE SUBSTATION IN TOBIN HILL IS GONNA BE A HUGE SUCCESS. AND, UH, WE HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, OTHERS WILL, WILL IMPROVE ON WHAT WE LEARN IN TOBIN HILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, GREAT TO HEAR THAT SUCCESS STORY IN TO HILL. VERY EXCITED TO SEE HOW IT TURNS, TURNS OUT. COUNCILMAN, UM, ERIC, UH, I FORGOT TO, TO ASK ABOUT, I KNOW I BROUGHT UP MAGISTRATION, BUT THE FRANK WING CENTER AND THE FUTURE OF, OF THAT BUILDING. SO COULD YOU TELL US HOW THAT'S GOING TO PLAY INTO THIS ANALYSIS? UM, I DON'T THINK THE, THE, WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS CONTRACT, THERE'S ANY WORK IN THAT FOR THAT BUILDING. UM, BUT IT PLAY THIS DOWN, PLAY THIS OUT A BIT. IF THERE'S ABILITY TO EXPAND SUBSTATIONS AND, UH, MAYBE DO DETENTION AND MAG BY VISUAL, UH, MAG, UM, THEN, UM, THEN THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE, ON THE BUILDING ITSELF AT, AT FREO. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE COORDINATION AND, UH, DISCUSSION WITH THE COURTS AND THE, AND THE PRESIDING JUDGE OVER THERE ABOUT WHAT WE NEED FROM A SPACE STANDPOINT, UH, FOR COURT SPACE, UM, THAT ALSO POTENTIALLY TIES INTO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OR AN EXPANSION OF U T S A, WHICH, UM, THEY ARE, THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST. SO, UM, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF LINKAGES THERE. THIS PART IS JUST DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THAT FIRST LINK IS POSSIBLE WITH, WITH, UM, THE EXPANDABILITY SO THAT WE DON'T NEED THAT SPACE DOWNTOWN. BUT, WE'LL, I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT LINK TO COUNCILWOMAN AND OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. UM, THAT'S A LONG-TERM, UM, UH, ADDITIONAL FACILITY NEED THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE. RIGHT. SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT OF THE, OF THE TIMEFRAME OF HOW THAT MIGHT WORK? SO IF THIS STUDY, UM, YOU KNOW, IS, IS COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, AND WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO EXPAND, UM, FACILITIES SO THAT WE HAVE MAGISTRATION, REMOTE MAGISTRATION AT, YOU KNOW, AT OUR SUBSTATIONS, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL THOSE SUBSTATIONS GET EXPANDED AND, AND BUILT. SO THAT'LL BE A, EITHER THE NEXT BOND CYCLE OR, OR THE ONE AFTER THAT. BUT WHEN IS U T S A GOING TO TAKE OVER THE PROPERTY, WHERE THE, WHERE THE COURT IS? IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE? UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE THAT THOSE WERE PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH U T SS A, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO REVISIT ALL THOSE. OKAY. OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE FOCUSED ON THE CONSTRUCTION THERE ACROSS FROM CITY HALL. UM, WE WOULD NEED TO, WE WOULD NEED TO GO BACK TO U T S A TO LOOK AT THEIR LONG-TERM PLANS OR DESIRES AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY STILL INTEND ON EXPANDING. UM, THAT IS, THAT IS A MO THAT IS A VERY LONG-TERM CONVERSATION. OKAY. 'CAUSE, UM, TO YOUR POINT, UM, I HOPE TO HAVE, UH, SOME PRELIMINARY INFORMATION FROM, UM, THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO THE COUNCIL LATER ON IN THIS, IN THE YEAR, THE BEGINNING OF FALL WITH WE'RE TALKING, TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL PROJECTS. IF IT IS, IF THERE ARE POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT THE COUNCIL, UM, INCLUDES ON THE BOND PROGRAM AND IS EVENTUALLY ON THE BALLOT, THEN YOU'VE GOTTA CONSTRUCT, UM, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING PROBABLY AT THE 2027 BOND PROGRAM, I WOULD GUESS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GREAT DISCUSSION, GREAT COMMENTS. I KNOW YOU ALL ARE TAKING THESE ALL BACK, AND IT'S GONNA BE, AND SHARING THEM WITH OUR CONSULTANT. AND TO, UH, AS I SAID EARLIER, PEOPLE DO NEED A SAFE AND A WELCOMING PLACE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO TO IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY CAN GO TO CAPTAIN'S MEETINGS, WHERE, UM, INDIVIDUALS MAYBE WHO HAVE BEEN BRAVE ENOUGH TO TAKE THE STEP TO, UM, FILE A REPORT ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN FEEL SAFE AND A WELCOME AND COMFORTABLE IN THAT AREA. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, WHAT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. I THINK IN DISTRICT THREE, WE ALSO HAVE SEEN SOME THINGS THAT MAYBE DID NOT WORK SPECIFICALLY THAT STOREFRONT. I THINK IT WAS HELPFUL, BUT IT JUST, IT WAS THE STAFFING ISSUE THAT JUST DID NOT STAY THERE. AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE, SO THANK YOU. UM, AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE BOND WHERE ALL OF YOU ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT A PUBLIC SAFETY SUBSTATION IN DISTRICT THREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL [02:15:01] MEMBER VERON, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 19 HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. UH, THAT'S ALL THE ITEMS TODAY. IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? [23. 21-3565 City Manager's Report] UH, YES, SIR. UM, TWO ISSUES. UM, ONE, UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL IS AWARE, AND IT, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE, UH, BASED ON THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION THAT THIS WEEK, UM, MAY 9TH, MAY 9TH THROUGH THE 15TH IS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, UM, ESTABLISHED A 1962 BY A JOINT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS. UM, UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE WEEK IS TO PAY RESPECT TO OFFICERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR, UH, LIVES IN THE PROTECTION OF OTHERS. MANY OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY ATTENDED THE CEREMONY THAT IS, UH, TYPICALLY HAND, UM, DONE AT THE ACADEMY, UM, LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, UH, WE HAVE NOT DONE IT, BUT I DID WANT TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. OVER THE LAST TWO CENTURIES, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 60 OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. UM, AND CERTAINLY, UM, THE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS AS INITIATED BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY IN 1962 WAS, UM, TO, UM, REMEMBER THOSE, THOSE OFFICERS. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON. AND, AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND OUR TEAM, UM, UH, EXTEND THE DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO THOSE OFFICERS, OFFICERS, UM, AND THEIR FAMILIES, UM, WHO, UH, MAY HAVE LOST THEIR LIFE, THEIR LIFE, AND THE, UH, SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN FINALLY, UM, UH, SECONDLY, UH, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, WERE INSPIRED. WE WERE INSPIRED A BIT BY COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL'S RIDE TO WORK CHALLENGE THAT SHE ISSUED TO THE COUNCIL LAST WEEK. AND, UM, THIS WEEK'S EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT VIDEO WILL SPOT, WILL, UH, HIGHLIGHT TWO EMPLOYEES FROM OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. I SEE TAMIKA BACK THERE. UM, MARCO AND LAUREN ARE TWO SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS, UM, WHO WORK VERY HARD EVERY DAY AT MAKING SURE THAT OUR, UH, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ARE SAFE AND EQUITABLE, AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT MULTIMODAL AND TO COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ'S EFFORTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. UM, I FRANKLY, I WAS STRUCK AS I, AS I WATCHED THE VIDEO, UM, AND THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL, UM, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE AROUND VISION ZERO. UM, THINK ABOUT THAT AS YOU HEAR THESE EMPLOYEES TALK ABOUT THE WORK THEY DO, AND, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, WHAT WAS, WHAT I WAS STRUCK ABOUT WAS THAT EIGHT YEARS AGO, UM, BEFORE VISION ZERO WAS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND WAS INCORPORATED. I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD'VE HAD EMPLOYEES, UM, THAT WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT HOW IT'S INGRAINED IN WHAT THEY DO. SO, WITH THAT, LET'S RUN THE VIDEO. THE MISSION OF OUR DEPARTMENT IS TO CREATE A SAFE, EQUITABLE, AND MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. I BELIEVE, UH, WE IMPACT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE THINGS THAT WE BUILD AND THE OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE. WE ARE VERY VISIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU GO TO AN EVENT LIKE SELO VIA FESTIVE TAILS, YOU'LL SEE A VISION ZERO BOOTH. OUR APARTMENT WAS MADE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. THAT'S NOT SOLELY RELIANT ON CARS. WE WANT TO CREATE A SYSTEM WHERE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO BIKE, WALK, OR SCOOT, OR EVEN TAKE TRANSIT TO THEIR DESTINATIONS. ROUTE NINE, SIX. WE WANT, UH, VULNERABLE ROAD USERS TO KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY LOOKING OUT FOR THEM AND THAT THERE'S A PROGRAM THAT REFLECTS THEM. AND THEN SECONDLY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MORE HIGH RISK DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, HAVE THE TRAINING THEY NEED SO THAT THEIR DRIVING BEHAVIOR CAN IMPROVE OR STAY GOOD. OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR TEAM PLAYS A BIG PART IN HELPING PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT'S SAFE, BUT ALSO HEALTHY AS WELL. SO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AREN'T ALWAYS STUCK IN THEIR CAR, BUT FINDING WAYS TO GET MORE ACTIVE WITH THEIR COMMUTES. MY GREATEST SOURCE OF FULFILLMENT COMES FROM DOING SITE VISITS AFTER WE'VE BUILT A PROJECT. IT IS SO NICE TO SEE SOMETHING GO FROM A BLUEPRINT TO A REAL THING. SOMETIMES YOU EVEN SEE PEOPLE USING OUR MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS OR OUR, UH, BUFFERED BIKE LANES. SO THAT'S REALLY, REALLY NICE TO SEE. SO OUR DEPARTMENT IMPACTS PEOPLE'S LIVES EVERY DAY, EVEN WHEN PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT. AT SOME POINT, EVERYONE'S A PEDESTRIAN, AND AT SOME POINT SOMEONE'S TRYING TO GET FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. AND OUR DEPARTMENT'S GOAL IS TO MAKE THOSE TRIPS A LOT MORE EASIER FOR THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO. THAT'S IT, MAYOR, COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERIC. AND THANK YOU TO OUR, UH, CITY TEAM FOR, FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. [02:20:01] AND ERIC, I JUST, UH, WANT TO ECHO ON YOUR PART ABOUT THIS BEING, UH, UH, POLICE RECOGNITION. UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT ARE FALLEN, I'VE HAD THE HONOR AND THE PRIVILEGE TO ATTEND THOSE, UH, CEREMONIES OUT AT THE ACADEMY. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY, I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO TO THAT. IT IS A, UH, A SOLEMN, UM, VERY, VERY EMOTIONAL EVENT. AND IF YOU GO OUT THERE, YOU'LL SEE THIS MONUMENT TO ALL THOSE THAT HAVE FALLEN OVER THE YEARS. AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY READ ABOUT, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS. THERE, THERE'S A PHOTOGRAPH OF 'EM ON THAT MONUMENT, AND IT'S, UH, REALLY TRAGIC TO SEE. I, I MEAN, ONE OF THE OFFICERS DIED WITHIN JUST A FEW DAYS OF COMING ON, UH, TO THE POLICE FORCE. AND THEN, UH, LOOKING AT THAT ACROSS, ACROSS ALL OF THOSE PICTURES AND THE STORIES BEHIND EACH ONE AND, AND THE FAMILIES THAT COME OUT THERE, UH, THAT REPRESENT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES OVER THE YEARS. IT IS, IT IS TRULY AN AMAZING EVENT AND SOMETHING, UH, WORTH GOING TO AND RECOGNIZING THOSE THAT HAVE SACRIFICED SO MUCH ALONG WITH, UH, SEEING THE FAMILIES THAT COME OUT THERE EACH YEAR TO, UH, HONOR THEIR, THEIR LOVED ONES THAT HAVE FALLEN HERE FOR THIS CITY AND FOR OUR PROTECTION. SO, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER CURRY. YEAH, THE COUNCILMAN REALLY EXPRESSED IT SO WELL, AND I HAVE TO CONCUR WITH WHAT HE SAID. UH, YOU KNOW, I, I SERVED IN THE MILITARY AS A MILITARY POLICE OFFICER, AND I HAVE SOMEWHAT OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMITMENT THAT THESE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE MADE AND PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO PROTECT US AND OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE'VE HAD MEN AND WOMEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, AND THOSE FAMILIES THAT HAVE HAD TO CARRY ON, AND MANY OF THEM HAVE CARRIED ON WITH A PROUD MEMORY OF, OF THAT MEMBER, OF THEIR FAMILY THAT THEY LOST, WHO, WHO SERVED OUR COMMUNITY AND MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES. SO, UH, I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT RECOGNITION. I APPRECIATE IT BEING BROUGHT OUT, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE POLICE OFFICERS, MEN AND WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE SERVING TODAY, PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICT 9 0 1. APPRECIATE ALL THE SAFE OFFICERS WHO COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY ON A REGULAR, REGULAR BASIS AND MEET WITH OUR CITIZENS AND, AND REALLY TRY TO REINFORCE, UH, THE FEELING OF SAFETY THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU CHIEF FOR CONTINUING TO, TO BE A LEADER, FOR CONTINUING TO LISTEN TO US. I KNOW WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE MADE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS AND SOME TOUGH, UM, REMARKS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR POLICE, BUT ONE THING THAT WE ARE SO PROUD OF IS OUR SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE KNOW THAT THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY TIME THEY PUT ON THAT UNIFORM TO THE FAMILIES OF OUR FALLEN OFFICERS. WE CONTINUE TO PRAY AND UPLIFT THEM AS THEY CONTINUE TO LIVE WITHOUT THEIR LOVED ONES. I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO TRULY JUST RECOGNIZE TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN MY LIFE, AND THAT IS MY UNCLE, OFFICER LARRY DUKE THOMPSON, WHO RETIRED FROM, UH, SS A P D AND MY GODFATHER GERALD TYLER, WHO ALSO RETIRED FROM SAN ANTONIO POLICE. WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF WHAT THEY GO THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT ONE THING I REMEMBER AS A YOUNG GIRL IS HIM GETTING THAT CALL ON THE, THE SPEAKER AND ON HIS RADIO AND HIM LOOKING AT ME AND SAY, I HAVE TO GO. AND IT WAS ONE OF THE CALLS THAT YOU DON'T WANNA HEAR. IT WAS A FAMILY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE. AND JUST THE LOOK ON HIS FACE SAID EVERYTHING TO ME. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET HOW HE CONTINUES TO RIDE HIS MOTORCYCLE, EVEN THOUGH HE'S RETIRED, HE NOW WORKS AS A FUNERAL, UM, PROCESSOR. AND HE, HE GETS THE, THE CARS THROUGH. AND I JUST CONTINUE TO KNOW THAT HE SERVES WITH AN OPEN HEART FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. SO, THANK YOU TO SERGEANT RUDER, WHO IS OVER AT THE EAST SIDE SUBSTATION, WHO HANDLES OUR SAFE OFFICERS, OUR SAFE OFFICERS. I CAN TRULY SAY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. NOT ONLY DO THEY DO IT FOR DISTRICT TWO, BUT THEY ALSO DO IT FOR DISTRICT THREE. AND WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THEIR TIME AND WHAT THEY GIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU. MARY AND I, AND I ECHO MY, MY, MY COLLEAGUES', UH, COMMENTS, UH, ABOUT OUR GRATEFULNESS TO OUR, OUR SS A P D. UH, SPECIFICALLY WE HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE OUR SAFE OFFICER WAS JUST WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AND REALLY APPRECIATED, UH, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR SAFE OFFICERS, SPECIFICALLY IN DISTRICT ONE. UM, I, I DO, I JUST WANNA MENTION SOMETHING THAT I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOMETHING PLANNED FOR THIS, BUT HE'S STILL HERE AND I, AND [02:25:01] I WANNA RECOGNIZE RAZZI HUSSAINI, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE HEARD, UH, ALL THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE, THE SUBSTATION, BUT MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW, UH, THE BEAR CHAPTER, TEXAS SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS NAMED, UH, ARE, UH, RASI ENGINEER OF THE YEAR. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. AND, UH, JUST ON A PERSONAL NOTE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING THAT, THAT KIND OF PERSON THAT TALKS TO ME ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM POLICE SUBSTATIONS, TO SIDEWALKS, TO POTHOLES, TO PUBLIC ART, UH, YOU NAME IT. UH, YOU HAVE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PROFESSIONAL, UH, AND THAT AWARD IS JUST SO WELL DESERVED. I WANNA, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, RAZZI. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRANT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, ERIC, I'M SO GLAD YOU HIGHLIGHTED THOSE EMPLOYEES AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. IT REALLY IS, UH, JUST CHANGING MENTALITY OF, OF ONE OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT ALSO OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, FROM THE 2013 UNTIL NOW AND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING. SO I CONGRATULATE THEN. THANK YOU TAMIKA, AND EVERYONE WHO'S WORKING SO HARD. I, WE'RE GETTING TO THAT POINT AND I'M SO EXCITED. AND NO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, I STILL DON'T KNOW YET, AND IF I'M GOING TO BIKE TO, TO WORK NEXT TO COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK. UM, BUT I DO KNOW MY ROUTE 'CAUSE I HAVE DONE IT BEFORE. AND I DID WANT TO THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR HIGHLIGHTING, UH, POLICE OFFICERS OR THE SERVICE INDIVIDUALS WEEK. UM, YOU KNOW, MY FIRST TIME WHEN WE FIRST JOINED COUNCIL IN 2013, THAT'S WHEN WE HAD TO GO TO THE, TO THE, UM, FUNERAL FOR BOBBY DECKER, OFFICER DECKER. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET IT. AND I REMEMBER MARY, YOU WERE IN THE, WE WERE IN THE VAN TOGETHER, AND I REMEM AND HE WAS HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, BEING IN THAT VAN AND GOING FROM DOWNTOWN ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTH SIDE, AND HOW HUNDREDS OF SAN ANTONIANS CAME OUT HOLDING FLAGS AND JUST, IT, IT JUST SPOKE SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY AND HOW MUCH OUR COMMUNITY CARES ABOUT ONE ANOTHER. SO I, I THINK THE, THE RESIDENTS FOR THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT, AND I THINK ALL OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY WANTS TO WORK TOGETHER. AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AND WANTING TO DO IN SAN ANTONIO. SO, THANK YOU, UM, ERIC FOR, FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU ERIC, FOR PUTTING THAT, UH, VIDEO ON. SO, QUICK REMINDER, UH, BIKE TO WORK DAY IS NEXT WEEK, BUT WE'LL CELEBRATE, IT'S ON FRIDAY, BUT WE'LL CELEBRATE IT HERE AT COUNCIL ON THURSDAY. SO ALL ARE INVITED, NOT JUST COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT, UM, I, I DON'T SEE WHY, WHY STAFF WOULDN'T WANNA COME RIDE THEIR BIKE AT LEAST PART OF THE WAY TO, ALRIGHT, PART OF THE WAY TO, TO WORK. DON'T FORGET YOUR HELMET. AND, UH, AND I'LL TAKE THIS MOMENT AND, AND NEXT WEEK WE'LL DO THIS TOO, BUT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ FOR ALL OF HER ADVOCACY FOR SERVING AS THE CHAIR OF THE OH YEAH, GO AHEAD. AS THE, AS THE CHAIR OF THE, UH, THE MPOS, UH, BICYCLE ADVISORY, UH, TASK FORCE OR BICYCLE MOBILITY TASK FORCE AND, AND FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE, YOU'VE DONE. UM, AND, UH, ALSO THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR, FOR MENTIONING, UH, NEXT WEEK'S, UM, BEING POLICE. UH, I'M SORRY WHAT IT IS, IT'S EXACTLY CALLED POLICE OFFICERS MEMORIAL WEEK. IS THAT? IT'S, IT'S THIS, IT'S THIS WEEK COUNCILWOMAN. IT'S THE, UH, NATIONAL POLICE WEEK. ALRIGHT. AND I, I HAVE BEEN AT THE CEREMONIES AT THE, AT THE POLICE ACADEMY, AND THEY ARE REALLY SOLEMN AND, AND BEAUTIFUL LIKE COUNCILMAN, UH, PERRY SAID. SO, UH, OUR HEART IS WITH ALL THOSE OFFICERS WHO, WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. UH, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR AND, UH, THANKS SO MUCH ERIC FOR HIGHLIGHTING. UM, SORT OF ONE OF MY LIFE'S WORK HERE ON THE COUNCIL, UH, WAS TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS. MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT IT'S, UM, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS, UH, SORT OF ACTIONS THAT I TOOK AS A COUNCIL MEMBER WAS TO MAKE US A VISION ZERO CITY. UM, AND THE OTHER REQUEST THAT I'VE HAD FOR A VERY LONG TIME WAS THAT WE HIRE A TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR AND SEPARATE THE TWO, UM, UH, DEPARTMENTS. AND I, I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT ERIC WAS WILLING TO DO THAT. AND WE HAVE TO, I HEAR THAT TAMIKA'S HERE, I'VE NEVER MET HER IN PERSON. CAN YOU COME UP, TAMIKA, COME ON UP. WE'RE THREE [02:30:01] D NOW. CAN YOU COME UP AND, AND WE'RE IN 3D AND SAY, UH, HELLO. I AM. I'VE NEVER, I'VE NEVER SEEN HER. UH, SO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY GET TO SEE HER. UM, AND, AND OF COURSE LOOK FORWARD TO THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT I THINK SHE HAS BEFORE HER. UM, I KNOW THAT AS AN OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBER, ONE OF THE GREATEST, UM, I GUESS RESPECTS THAT WE CAN HAVE IS THAT OUR WORK LIVES ON, UH, BEYOND OUR EIGHT TERMS. AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO THAT, UM, AS WE BECOME A VISION ZERO CITY AND YOU GROW AND, AND EXPAND THE DEPARTMENT TO, UH, INCLUDE SAFETY, UM, FOR ALL MODES, UH, BECAUSE VISION ZERO WHILE HIGHLIGHTED THAT IT'S FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY TO ELIMINATE FATALITIES FOR ALL ROAD USERS. UH, AND SO, UM, I JUST, I'M, I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU. I I KNOW YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TO MAKE ANY REMARKS TODAY, BUT WE JUST, I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU AND I WANTED TO, UM, WELCOME YOU, UH, HERE TO THE COUNCIL AND, AND, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT WILL DO, UH, ESPECIALLY REGARDING, UM, THIS INITIATIVE. WE DID HAVE TWO FATALITIES IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. WE KNOW THERE WAS A CYCLIST KILLED A DOWN ST. MARY'S IN A BIG GROUP RIDE AT BEATRES GONZALEZ, WHICH IS A TRAGEDY. AND THEN OF COURSE, LISA ROSENSTEIN, OR I THINK IS HER NAME, UM, UH, WHO WAS KILLED, UM, RUNNING OFF OF 1604 A FEW DAYS AGO. AND, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, LOT INCREDIBLE LOSS OF THOSE FAMILIES, UM, AND HOW THEY SUFFER, UH, BECAUSE OF, OF THAT TERRIBLE TRAGEDY, THOSE THAT WE STILL DON'T HAVE SAFE STREETS. SO I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR BRINGING IN, UM, TAMIKA'S INCREDIBLE, UH, I, I DON'T THINK SHE'S HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO US. I DUNNO, YOU WANNA JUST SAY A FEW WORDS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE BEING HERE. YOU GUYS, MANY OF YOU, I FEEL LIKE I KNOW YOU GUYS BECAUSE I SEE YOU A LOT, RIGHT? BUT NEVER IN PERSON. SO THIS IS WEIRD, BUT, UM, I REALLY, I FEEL TRULY BLESSED TO, UH, TO ERIC AND ROD FOR BRINGING ME ON BECAUSE I REALLY DO, IN MY HEART BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A, A, A CATACLYSMIC TIME FOR THIS CITY AND THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, YOU BASICALLY HELP LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE YOU ALL WHO HAVE THE VISION AND THE FORMER CITY MANAGER AND THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER AND THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP HERE. AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO A LOT OF THINGS TOGETHER. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, MAKING THE CITY ACCESSIBLE AND AVAILABLE TO ALL PEOPLE, NO MATTER WHAT MODE THEY CHOOSE. I'M NOT GONNA RIDE MY BIKE DOWN HERE 'CAUSE I WANNA LIVE, AND, AND THAT'S THE REALITY, RIGHT? BUT I DO ENJOY MY CAR. UM, ACTUALLY I WOULD BE AT POLICE WEEK IF I STILL LIVED IN DC BECAUSE MANY OF YOU I'VE SHARED, MY HUSBAND IS A RETIRED DEPUTY SHERIFF. SO, UM, I GIVE THANKS EVERY DAY FOR THOSE WHO SERVE. AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE REALIZE WE ALL MAKE DIFFERENT CHOICES IN LIFE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN OUR CHOICE IS LESS THAN OTHERS. AND THAT'S WHAT MOBILITY IS ABOUT. SO I'M REALLY JUST THANKFUL AND HAPPY THAT I CAN BE HERE AND I'M SO SAD THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE LEAVING US, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE NOT REALLY LEAVING US, SO WE'RE GONNA DO GREAT THINGS. AND I JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THE STORY OF, OF MOBILITY HERE IN THE CITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS. THANKS SO MUCH TAMIKA. AND, UM, I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL CHALLENGED US TO RIDE HER OUR BIKES. I LIVE LIKE LESS THAN TWO MILES. IT'S AN EASY JAUNT FOR ME AND I DO IT ALL THE TIME. SO I'M ALWAYS WELCOME TO, UH, I'M, I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE MY BIKE AGAIN AND, UH, DRESS DOWN FOR THE DAY. SO THAT WAS A, THE OTHER REQUEST IS THAT WE CAN ALL DRESS DOWN, UH, IF WE, UM, DECIDE TO RIDE OUR BIKE. SO, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THAT NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU IN SPANDEX, , THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. UH, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH TAMIKA. UH, WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT. UM, APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS ACROSS THE DAIS ON, UH, POLICE WEEK, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, ON, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR MOBILITY. UH, BOTH EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND, UM, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR, UM, REMEMBRANCES AS WELL. UH, VERY POIGNANT REMEMBRANCES AND ONES THAT WE SHOULD HOLD IN OUR MINDS ALWAYS, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH, UH, OFFICER DECKARD AND HIS FAMILY. UM, [Additional Item 4] WE'RE GONNA GO NOW INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE TIME IS, UM, 11:48 AM ON THIS THURSDAY, MAY 13TH, 2021. THE CITY COUNCIL [02:35:01] WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO AND TO DELIBERATE TO DISCUSS THE ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR MAY 12TH, 2021, BUT NOT REACHED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 REAL PROPERTY DELIBERATE, THE APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND EVALUATION, REA ASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DIS DISMISSAL OF PUBLIC OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES, AND RELATED LEGAL ISSUES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS, CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR DEVICE RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS, LEGAL OPTIONS AND PERSONNEL UNDER 5 5 1 0.071. OKAY. ALRIGHT, TIME IS 2:35 PM ON THIS 13TH DAY OF MAY, 2021 CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. RA SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.