* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:38] SUNSET FOR EVERYBODY, ANTONIO AND SAN ANTONIO. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. UH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE TAKE, TAKE YOUR SEATS, UM, AND IF WE CAN, UH, QUIET THE CONVERSATIONS IN THE CHAMBER. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. THE TIME IS 9:20 AM WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE GET STARTED THIS MORNING. UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND TURN IT TO THE CLERK FOR ROLL CALL. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO HARTA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PAEZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. AND MAYOR NURNBERG HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. UH, TO [1. 21-3653 Invocation] GET US STARTED TODAY. UH, LET ME TURN IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER KZ TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. UH, OUR GUEST INDICATOR TODAY IS PASTOR ZACH MCINTOSH. UH, UH, I'LL SAY A AFFECTLY KNOWN AS PASTOR ZACH. HE'S THE EXECUTIVE PASTOR AT CONCORDIA LUTHERAN CHURCH AT 16 AND OH FOUR IN HEBNER ROAD. AND I WANNA INTERJECT THAT I USED TO LIVE AROUND THE CORNER FROM CONCORDIA LUTHERAN CHURCH WHEN IT WAS ON BASSY ROAD, WHICH WAS, SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO NOW. UH, THAT HE'S GROWN UP IN PORTLAND, OREGON. MOVED TO TEXAS IN 1996 AND HAS LIVED IN SAN ANTONIO SINCE 2008. HE GRADUATED FROM CONCORDIA SEMINARY IN ST. LOUIS. HE'S A HUSBAND TO MELODY AND A FATHER TO HOPE. AND HAYDEN, UH, HOPE IS EIGHT. HAYDEN IS FOUR, AND HIS WIFE, MELODY IS A FIRST GRADE TEACHER. UH, ZACH HAS A PASSION, A PASSION FOR SHARING SCRIPTURE IN A WAY THAT CONNECTS WITH AND OFFERS COMFORT TO PEOPLE IN NEED. PASTOR ZACH, WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, MAYOR NUREMBERG. GOOD MORNING. UM, WANNA READ TO YOU JUST A REAL BRIEF PASSAGE, UH, OF SCRIPTURE AND OFFER A COUPLE OF REFLECTIONS AND A PRAYER. THIS IS FROM GALATIANS SIX VERSE ONE. IT SAYS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IF SOMEBODY'S CAUGHT IN A SIN, YOU WHO LIVE BY THE SPIRIT SHOULD RESTORE THAT PERSON. UH, MY GUESS IS THAT PART OF THE REASON Y'ALL GOT INTO POLITICS IS BECAUSE YOU SAW SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE RESTORED. YOU SAW AN OVERLOOKED OR AN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITY, AND YOU SAID, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG THERE, AND I WANNA RESTORE SOMETHING THERE. OR YOU SAW A CITY THAT MAYBE WAS BROKEN DOWN IN PLACES AND YOU SAID, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG THERE, AND I WANNA RESTORE SOMETHING THERE. OR MAYBE YOU SAW PEOPLE FIGHTING AGAINST EACH OTHER AND TRYING TO TRAMPLE OVER EACH OTHER AND TAKE FREEDOMS FROM EACH OTHER. AND YOU SAID, NO, I WANNA EXPAND FREEDOMS. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG THERE. I WANNA RESTORE SOMETHING THERE. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS VERSE IS THAT PAUL TAPS INTO SOMETHING IN THE HUMAN SPIRIT, SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HAVE THAT WANTS TO RESTORE THINGS WHEN WE SEE THINGS THAT GO WRONG. IN FACT, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. SO THE NEW TESTAMENT ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN THE GREEK LANGUAGE, IN THIS LITTLE WORD THAT PAUL USES WHEN HE SAYS WE SHOULD RESTORE PEOPLE. UH, IT'S USED IN ANCIENT GREEK MEDICAL LITERATURE TO TALK ABOUT BONES THAT ARE TAKEN OUTTA JOINTS AND HOW YOU HAVE TO SET THEM BACK INTO PLACE. AND HERE'S THE THING ABOUT THAT IMAGE, ABOUT THAT METAPHOR. UH, THERE WAS A BOOK THAT CAME OUT MANY YEARS AGO [00:05:01] BY A GUY NAMED JOSEPH BOTTOM CALLED AN ANXIOUS AGE. AND THE BASIC PREMISE OF THE BOOK WAS THAT WE LIVE IN AN AGE THAT IS FULL OF ANXIETY AND FEAR. AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE GET SCARED? JUST WATCH A HORROR MOVIE. YOU'LL FIGURE IT OUT. THEY, THEY SCREAM. AND SOMETIMES THAT'S KIND OF THE ERA THAT WE FEEL AS THOUGH WE'RE LIVING IN. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN SCREAMED AT BY A CONSTITUENT BEFORE ? IT'S NO FUN. IT'S NO FUN AT ALL. AND SO WHAT PAUL DOES AT THE END OF THIS LITTLE PHRASE IS HE ADDS AN ADVERB THAT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT. HE SAYS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IF SOMEBODY'S CAUGHT IN A SIN, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS WRONG, YOU SHOULD RESTORE THAT PERSON. AND THEN HE TELLS US HOW YOU SHOULD RESTORE THAT PERSON GENTLY. YOU KNOW, PART OF THE REASON THAT, UM, I LOVE MY JOB IS BECAUSE I GET TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT A MAN WHO, RATHER THAN FOLLOWING THE WAY OF SCREAMING, FOLLOWED THE WAY OF SACRIFICE. AND RATHER THAN FOLLOWING THE WAY OF A LOT OF BRAVADO, DECIDED THAT HE WAS GOING TO USE HIS LIFE AS A BLESSING. AND SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR WORKING TO RESTORE THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE WRONG. BUT HERE'S THE LITTLE CHALLENGE. THINK ABOUT SOMEONE WHO REALLY ANNOYS YOU AND FRUSTRATES YOU. AND THIS ISN'T JUST FOR YOU, IT'S FOR ALL Y'ALL. OKAY. AND ASK YOURSELF, HOW CAN I PERSUADE THEM? HOW CAN I RESTORE THEM? HOW CAN I HELP THEM GENTLY? BECAUSE WHEN YOU ADD THAT ADVERB TO THE WORK THAT YOU DO, YOU MAKE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE. YOU MAKE YOUR RELATIONSHIPS DEEPER AND FULLER, AND MAKE THE WORLD A BLESSED PLACE. WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME? HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL DOES. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE CALLED THEM TO. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM, GIVE THEM WISDOM TO MAKE GREAT CHOICES. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD LEAD THEM SO THAT THEY WOULD WALK IN WAYS THAT ARE FAITHFUL AND GOOD FATHER. SEND THEM YOUR SPIRIT TO GUIDE THEM EVERY DAY. GIVE THEM STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY AHEAD. AND ONCE AGAIN, I SAY THANK YOU FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE AND FAITHFUL SERVICE. AND I PRAY IN YOUR NAME, AMEN [2. 21-3654 Pledge of Allegiance] TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR ZACH. [3. 21-3655 Approval of Minutes from the City Council Meetings of April 15, 2021, April 21, 2021 and April 28, 2021] ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 15TH, 21ST AND 28TH, 2021. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MINUTES. AND ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, BEFORE [Additional Item 1] WE GET INTO OUR BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY, UH, THERE ARE A FEW POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, UH, THAT WE'D LIKE TO, UH, INTRODUCE. LET ME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, WE HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE THIS MONTH. AND FIRST I WANT TO, UM, DO A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS MONTH IS OLDER AMERICAN MONTH. AND, UH, THE EVERY MAY, THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING LEADS OUR NATION IN THIS OBSERVANCE. THE THEME FOR 2021 IS COMMUNITIES OF STRENGTH. THIS THEME RESONATES AS THE PANDEMIC AND THE FEBRUARY FREEZE DISCONNECTED US FROM OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND OUR COMMUNITIES IN WHICH MANY OF OUR SENIORS WERE AFFECTED. A GREAT THING ABOUT SAN ANTONIO IS IT'S A PLACE WHERE WE ALL COME TOGETHER AND SUPPORT AND ENGAGE OUR SENIORS ON A MULTITUDE OF LEVELS. THERE'S A LEVEL OF CONNECTION HERE THAT ALLOWS OUR SENIORS TO ENGAGE WITH OTHERS THROUGH OUR NUMEROUS SENIOR CENTERS CITYWIDE EVENTS. AND THROUGH OUR MILITARY CONNECTION, OUR SENIORS ARE THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO LET THEM KNOW WE ARE HERE AND WE WILL BUILD OUR [00:10:01] RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM. THIS MONTH, WE CELEBRATE THE STORIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HELP SHAPE OUR CITY THROUGH THE POWER OF CONNECTION. AND I INVITE EVERYONE TO REACH OUT TO OUR SENIOR POPULATION, WHETHER IT'S CONNECTING THROUGH DISTRICT MOBILE EVENTS, VOLUNTEERING AT SENIOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS, OR TAKING TIME OUT TO SIT DOWN WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND HEAR THEIR STORIES. I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE MANY OF OUR PARTNERS, SPECIFICALLY, UM, SENIOR PLANET BECAUSE THEY HAVE MADE A HUGE IMPACT SINCE COMING ON BOARD WITH OUR CITY. THEY HAVE HELD NUMEROUS EVENTS IN EACH OF OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS, PRE C O V I D, AND THEN ASSIST US DURING, UH, THE PANDEMIC. MANY OF YOU ALL COUNCIL COLLEAGUES PARTICIPATED IN MANY OF SENIOR PLANET'S EVENTS, WHETHER THAT WAS HAVING CON CONVERSATIONS WITH TONY PLANA, WHETHER THAT WAS A VIRTUAL BINGO, OR HOW TO BUILD AN ALTA DURING THE AADE LOS MUERTOS, OR A DRUM CIRCLE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO HABER HDA WITH OUR SENIORS ONLINE. AND THIS WEDNESDAY, MAY 26TH IS SENIOR FITNESS DAY. AND SENIOR PLANET IS HOSTING A VIRTUAL FITNESS AND WELLNESS ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE MONTH OF MAY. WE INVITE EVERYONE TO VISIT, UM, ALL OF OUR COUNCIL WEBSITES TO FIND OUT THE DATES AND THE TIMES. AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I ALSO DIDN'T HONOR ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS WHO IS NO LONGER WITH US. UM, BUT IT IS IDA RAMOS, WHO SERVED AS MY SENIOR CITIZEN LIAISON FOR, SO FOR MORE THAN, UH, SEVEN YEARS, SHE WAS A BUSINESS OWNER, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND PILLAR OF THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY, AND A FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR ALL OF OUR SENIORS. IN SENIORS IN OUR SENIOR CENTER IN DISTRICT THREE, WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE MANY SENIOR CENTERS OR, UM, FOOD DISTRIBUTION SITES LIKE HOPE OF GLORY, WELLMED SEA SENIOR CENTER, HARLANDALE SENIOR CENTER, PRESA COMMUNITY CENTER, ST. MARGARET MARY'S, SOUTHSIDE LYONS SENIOR CENTER, NAVAJO, THE RIVERO, AND THE V F W ON COMMERCIAL AVENUE. WE DO HAVE A, A SHORT LITTLE VIDEO HONORING THE OLDER AMERICANS MONTH. MELODY, ERIC, WE CANNOT WAIT UNTIL WE CAN ALL GATHER AND DANCE AGAIN, UH, SOON. AND THEN FINALLY, [Additional Item 2] MAYOR, ANOTHER PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE IS ON SATURDAY, MAY, MAY 22ND, THIS SATURDAY FROM 9:00 AM TO NOON, UH, MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA AND COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, WE HAVE ALL TEAMED UP TO HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH FIESTA THEMED C OVID 19 VACCINE CLINIC, UM, FEATURING RAYO 72 TOMA AON. WITH THE SUPPORT OF BOTH CARVER HALL PHARMACY AND WELLMED WHO HELPS PUT THIS TOGETHER, WE ARE ASKING EVERYONE TO GET READY AND GET VACCINATED. SO YOU ARE READY FOR THE FIESTA. THE LOCATION IS IN DISTRICT 4 2600 PLOT, UH, 2,600 SOUTHWEST MILITARY DRIVE, THE OFFICE BUILDING. IT WILL BE IN THE PARKING LOT. WE INVITE YOU TO PLEASE COME OUT. UH, IT'S 18 YEARS OLD OR OLDER, AND IT'S A JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE. SO ONE SHOT, AND YOU WILL BE READY TO FIESTA SAFELY. SO PLEASE COME OUT. WE WILL BE HAVING THE FIESTA METAL GIVEAWAYS AS WELL AS MORE OF FIESTA ROYALTY VISITING. AND PLEASE SHARE THE, SHARE THE WORD COME OUT AND GET VACCINATED FOR FIESTA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER [Additional Item 3] GRA AND COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. I THANK YOU MAYOR VERY MUCH. UH, THIS IS MAY AND MAY IS, UH, BICYCLING MONTH. SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO RECOGNIZE, UH, TO RECOGNIZE THAT. AND WE HAVE SOME GUESTS WITH US TODAY IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, INCLUDING, UH, JOEY FROM THE M P O. UH, I SEE SOME PEOPLE HERE FROM EARN ABIKE AS [00:15:01] WELL. AND, UH, I ALSO DO WANNA THANK, UH, ALL THE COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO RODE IN TODAY, UH, INCLUDING COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. I KNOW THE BIKE RACK WAS FULL WHEN, WHEN SHE CAME IN WITH HER PINK BICYCLE. UM, SO DURING THE PANDEMIC, MANY OF US RENEWED OUR APPRECIATION FOR CYCLING. AND THAT WAS, THAT BECAME EVIDENT DURING THE NATIONAL BICY BICYCLE SHORTAGE THAT WE EXPERIENCED. AND WE ARE JUST BEGINNING TO RECOVER FROM THAT. UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, THERE ARE SO MANY HEALTH BENEFITS TO INCORPORATING CYCLING INTO OUR LIVES. IT'S GOOD FOR OUR MINDS, IT'S GOOD FOR OUR LUNGS AND OUR HEART. UH, AND IT'S ALSO GOOD FOR OUR SOCIAL CIRCLE. AND I KNOW MANY COMMUNITY RESIDENTS IN SAN ANTONIO, IN JOY CYCLING ON OUR CREEKWAY TRAILS. UH, AND SOME OF US ENJOY CYCLING AS PART OF OUR DAILY ACTIVITIES AND ON OUR WAY TO WORK. UM, CHOOSING TO BIKE INSTEAD OF DRIVING IS ALSO BETTER FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT. UH, AND THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IN A CITY WHERE AIR POLLUTION CAUSES 26 PREVENTABLE DEATHS A YEAR. OF COURSE, ALL OF THESE BENEFITS ASSUME THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO BIKE SAFELY. AND WE KNOW THAT CYCLING IN SAN ANTONIO FREQUENTLY ISN'T SAFE, UNFORTUNATELY. SO THIS IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF A DOWNER. AND THEN WE WILL GO BACK AND CELEBRATE BIKE MONTH. SO PLEASE, UH, COME WITH ME ON THIS, ON THIS JOURNEY. UM, FOR MANY CYCLISTS, DECIDING TO BIKE IS NOT A DECISION WITHOUT SOME LEVEL OF RISK. UNFORTUNATELY, CI, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS ON THE, ON IS NUMBER 16 OF THE TOP 20 MOST DANGEROUS US CITIES FOR CYCLISTS. UNFORTUNATELY, LAST MONTH, UH, MS. B GONZALEZ WAS UNFORTUNATELY STRUCK AND DID NOT SURVIVE, UH, THAT, THAT COLLISION, SHE WASN'T EVEN RIDING ON THE STREET. SHE WAS HOLDING HER BICYCLE ON THE SIDEWALK. TWO YEARS AGO, WE LOST MR. TITO BRADSHAW. SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS DESERVE MORE FROM OUR CITY. WE NEED TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A CITY THAT IS CYCLISTS FRIENDLY. AND WHEN CYCLISTS ARE SAFE, EVERYONE ON OUR ROADS IS A, ARE A LOT SAFER. SO THANKFULLY, WE HAVE FOLKS WHO FREQUENTLY REMIND US TO DO BETTER. AND CHIEF AMONG THEM IS MR. JEFF MOORE, WHO EARN A BIKE, HAS NAMED ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS, JEFF. IS HE, IS HE HERE? YEAH, JEFF COULD NOT BE HERE THIS MORNING. I'M HIS, UH, UNDERSTUDY . OKAY, WONDERFUL. UH, AND I ALSO WANNA THANK, UH, THE EARNER ABIKE TEAM, UH, ESPECIALLY MR. CHRISTIAN SANDOVAL, UH, FOR ESTABLISHING THAT AWARD. UH, IF YOU WANTED TO SAY JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK WORDS BEFORE WE PASS IT AROUND TO, TO THE COUNCIL MM-HMM. . WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, MM-HMM. COUNCILWOMAN FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, UH, MAYOR DENBERG FOR, UH, ALLOWING US TO CELEBRATE JEFF. HE HAS DONE AMAZING THINGS. UH, BUT I, I REALLY WANNA TELL A LITTLE BIT OF A SHORT STORY ON HOW ER ABIKE WAS STARTED. I'M ORIGINALLY FROM GUATEMALA, AND MY FATHER PASSED AWAY WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD. MY MOTHER HAD TO WORK LATCHKEY KIDS, LIKE SOME CALL HIM . AND, UH, A FRIEND OF MINE GAVE ME A BICYCLE. AND THAT WAS MY ESCAPE. WHEN THINGS GOT HARD, THE BICYCLE WAS THERE FOR ME. AND, UH, ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING, UH, RUNNING AN ERRAND ON GUADALUPE AND ZAMORA COUNCILWOMAN. UH, YOU REMEMBER THE STORY. AND, UH, I SAW FOUR KIDS, UH, PLAYING ON A DITCH. AND THAT'S HOW THEY EARN. ABI HAS STARTED BECAUSE A BIKE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST TRANSPORTATION. IT'S TRANSFORMATION, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF HOW YOU CALLED IT, UH, PASTOR, UH, THAT GENTLE RESTORATION. SO MORE THAN ANYTHING, IF WE CAN GET MORE, UH, KIDS ON BIKES, MORE PEOPLE RIDING BICYCLES, WE'RE GONNA SEE THE HEALTH OF OUR CITY OVERALL RISING. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT HAS HELPED US GET THERE, EARN ABIKE OFF THE GROUND, GET THESE PROGRAMS, UH, OUT THERE, AND THE SUPPORT THAT JEFF MOORE HAS GOTTEN FROM THE COMMUNITY, ALMOST 300 RIDERS EVERY WEEK, UH, ON A, ON A SATURDAY, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DAY, THAT'S WHAT THEY CELEBRATE, SO THAT WE REALLY OWE TO YOU ALL WHO ARE MAKING ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE. SO, THANK YOU AGAIN. UH, THIS IS REALLY A CELEBRATION FOR THE SUPPORT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHRISTIAN. AND WE ARE NOT RELATED. UM, AND MAYOR, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO PRESENT WHENEVER YOU ARE, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. MM-HMM. . OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. UM, AND AS WE, UH, WE ARE GONNA HEAR FROM OTHER COLLEAGUES AS WELL, BUT TO, TO MARK THE OCCASION, UH, IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE CITY. WHEREAS DURING THE MONTH OF MAY, 2021, [00:20:01] THE ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE MOBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES WILL OBSERVE NATIONAL BIKE MONTH AND HOST BIKE TO WORKDAY ON MAY 21ST, 2021, TO RAISE AWARENESS OF PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE MOBILITY, SAFETY, ACCESS, AND CONVENIENCE. AND WHEREAS WALKING, RIDING A BIKE AND TAKING TRANSIT ARE HEALTHY MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THAT CAN HELP REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH, AND ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PROMOTES SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE, BICYCLING KNOWS BICYCLING, COMMUTING BENEFITS, EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS THROUGH HEALTHIER STAFF, REDUCED COMMUTING AND PARKING COSTS, AND IS COMMITTED TO ELIMINATING TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES THROUGH ITS VISION ZERO INITIATIVE. AND WHEREAS ON BIKE TO WORK DAY, PARTICIPANTS CAN VISIT THE ENGINE ENERGIZER STATION AT LEGACY PARK TO PICK UP BICYCLIST RESOURCES, BREAKFAST ITEMS, AND SWAG, AND TO MOTIVATE AND SHERON MORNING CYCLISTS. NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 21ST, 2021 TO BE NATIONAL BIKE MONTH AND MAY, EXCUSE ME, BIKE TO WORKDAY AND MAY, 2021 TO BE NATIONAL BIKE MONTH IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'LL HAVE SOME COMMENTS HERE AT THE END, BUT, UM, I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT WE WOULD NOT BE, UH, AT THE LEVEL OF CONVERSATION UP HERE ON THE DAIS WHERE WE NEED TO BE MUCH FURTHER ALONG. BUT WE ARE WHERE WE ARE AND WE'RE, WE ARE, UH, DEDICATED TO IMPROVING, BUT WE WOULD NOT BE HERE, UH, IF NOT FOR THE, THE, UH, COMMITTED, UH, ADVOCACY OF ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS WHO WILL BE MISSED IN THIS REGARD. BUT HER BATON WILL BE CARRIED, I CAN ASSURE YOU, UH, BY THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND BY MY, MY OFFICE AS WELL. UH, BUT OUR ENTIRE STUDIO IS A GREAT DEBT OF GRATITUDE, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBER SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, FOR HER STEADFASTNESS IN THIS PURSUIT. AND SO, AND WE WERE TEASING 'CAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO ACTUALLY WROTE IN TODAY. UH, AND SOMEBODY SAID, WELL, SHIRLEY, YOU WERE CHANGING YOUR SHOES, SO YOU MUST HAVE RODE IN TODAY. EVERY DAY IS BIKE TO WORK DAY FOR SHIRLEY GONZALEZ. SO, UH, WITHOUT FURTHER, UH, SHIRLEY GONZALEZ. THANKS MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANKS FOR ALL THE SHOUT OUTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND ESPECIALLY TO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL FOR, UH, HIGHLIGHTING THIS ITEM AND ENCOURAGING US TO WORK, UH, RIDE TO WORK. I, I HAVE TO ADMIT, I HADN'T THOUGHT OF IT BECAUSE IT IS A REGULAR OCCURRENCE FOR ME. I LIVE VERY CLOSE BY, SO LIKE, UM, LESS THAN TWO MILES. UH, AND THERE'S DEDICATED BIKE LANES, ACTUALLY MY WHOLE ROUTE. UM, BUT IT HAS BEEN, UH, SUCH A JOY LEADING THE GROUP, UH, AT THE BMM, A C MANY OF YOU ALL. SO JOEY, OF COURSE, IS OUR DIRECTOR OVER AT THE M P O FOR BICYCLE MOBILITY. AND OF COURSE, CHRISTIAN SANDOVAL STARTED EARN A BIKE, AND WHEN I FIRST CAME INTO OFFICE AND HAD A LOCATION OVER THERE, BUT NOW HE'S EXPANDED IT INTO THE SCHOOLS. AND IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM, UM, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT TEACHES, UH, KIDS TO SORT OF EARN THE BIKE, BUT I, I ALWAYS REALLY LIKED IT BECAUSE IT TEACHES THEM ABOUT MOTOR SKILLS AND FINE MOTOR SKILLS. IT TEACHES THEM HOW TO TURN A WRENCH AND REPAIR THEIR BIKE AND FIX THEIR BIKE. IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL PROGRAM, UH, AND FOR ALL THE ADVOCACY FOR SO MANY YEARS. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT VISION ZERO TO SAN ANTONIO, AND, AND I'VE SAID THIS EVEN STILL THROUGHOUT, UH, THE DISCUSSION, UM, IS THAT WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT SAN ANTONIO IS THAT I, AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL BROUGHT THAT POLICY AND, UM, ALL OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS ADOPTED IT. BUT TYPICALLY THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. TYPICALLY, YOU HAVE A BIG GROUNDSWELL AND GRASSROOTS, UH, GROUPS COMING AND SAYING, WE WANT THIS AND WE DEMAND THIS. AND SO WHAT I NEED FROM YOU GUYS IS THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND TO ADVOCATE. YOU HAVE A STRONG COUNCIL TODAY, BUT IT MAY NOT ALWAYS LOOK THAT WAY. SO WE WANT YOU ALL TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE TO FORM YOUR ORGANIZATION'S. ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATIONS IS, UM, ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE FOR ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATIONS. AND I THINK WHAT I'M EVEN MOST PROUD OF IN ALL THESE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN ON, THAT I'VE BEEN HERE ON THE DICE, IS THAT WE HAVE A TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE NEEDED TO REALLY PUT ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER WITH VIA, UH, WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WITH OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, WITH OUR CREEKWAY. UM, AND, AND I DUNNO IF SHE'S IN THE OP IN THE HOUSE TODAY, BUT TAMIKA MONVILLE IS OUR NEW TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, AND I THINK SHE WAS THE MISSING LINK THAT WE NEEDED TO BRING ALL THESE PIECES TOGETHER. SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED ACTION AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST BE ON THAT SIDE, UH, NEXT TIME WE COME TO COUNCIL. SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. [00:25:05] THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. AND I'VE GOTTA TELL YOU, UM, THAT EARN ABIKE, I HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH MY L SS A 300 CLASS, AND I WAS NOT THE WINNING GROUP. SO I THINK WE WERE LIKE THE, THE LAST GROUP TO, TO COMPLETE IT. UM, BUT SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. AS WE RECOGNIZE MAY AS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH, WE ENCOURAGE MORE RESIDENTS TO TAKE UP CYCLING AND WALKING AS PART OF THEIR EFFORTS TO EMBODY THE GOALS SET OUT IN OUR CITY SUSTAINABILITY AND MULTIMODAL PLANS. WE NEED TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO OUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS CONTINUE TO BE PLACED AT GREAT RISK. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT ADVOCACY OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING COUNCILMAN SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, WHO HAS MENTIONED AND IS AN AVID CYCLIST AND HAS BEEN A STRONG PROPONENT OF VISION ZERO, AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL AND THE MAYOR WHO CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INAUGURAL FIESTA BIKE PARADE ON APRIL THE 24TH, AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. THANK YOU. ALL ALONG, THE ORGANIZERS AND PARTICIPANTS WERE A GROUP OF ENTHUSIASTIC INDIVIDUALS, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEIR WORK AND THE INVITATION TO TAKE PART IN SUCH AN IMPORTANT EVENT. ALTHOUGH I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE OF THESE FESTIVE EVENTS TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I KNOW THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT DETER PEOPLE FROM CYCLING OR WALKING AS FREELY AS THEY WOULD LIKE. GRANTED THE SIZE OF OUR CITY, THE, THE, IT'S STILL LESS CONDUCIVE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS, AND THERE'S STILL THE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN AREAS THAT SEEM MORE PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLING ACTIVITY. RECENT SAN ANTONIO LOSSES IS, ARE A REMINDER OF HOW MUCH MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PROTECT OUR CYCLISTS AND OUR PEDESTRIANS. WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO SHARE THE ROAD, WHETHER WE'RE WALKING, CYCLING, ROLLERBLADING, SKATEBOARDING, OR DRIVING A CAR. THANK YOU TO ALL THE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES WHO ARE CONSTANTLY FINDING WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR BIKE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND RECOMMENDING IDEAS TO IMPLEMENT OUR CITY'S BIKE MASTER PLAN. AND I CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD TO WORK WITH YOU ALL ON THE DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU TEAM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, FIRST OF ALL, TO ALL THE CYCLISTS WHO ARE WATCHING THIS, THERE IS NO BETTER ADVOCATE OUT THERE TODAY WHO GETS UP IN CITY COUNCIL'S GRILL ABOUT CYCLING ADVOCACY THAN WILLIAM LONG. UM, AND, UM, HE IS THE SQUEAKIEST OF ALL THE WHEELS. AND, AND WILLIAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR TEACHING ME, UH, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW THE CYCLING COMMUNITY FEELS, UM, THE, HOW IT LOOKS FROM, FROM Y'ALL'S PERSPECTIVE, UH, WHAT WE DO, UM, AND WHAT WE DON'T DO HONESTLY, AND, UH, WHAT WE NEED TO DO BETTER. AND SO I, I'M DELIGHTED TO TELL YOU ALL. ITEM 12 TODAY ON OUR AGENDA INCLUDES, UM, FUNDING FOR FOX PARK IN DISTRICT EIGHT. MAYOR. I, I KNOW THAT FOX PARK HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SLEEPY, COOL LITTLE PARK IN DISTRICT EIGHT. UH, AND IT'S JUST A CONNECTION TO THE LINEAR TRAILS. UH, BUT DURING THIS PANDEMIC, I DARE YOU TO GO FIND PARKING THERE. UH, EVERY SINGLE CAR HAS A BIKE RACK ON THE BACK OF IT. UH, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABOUT TO FUND TODAY, UH, A DOG PARK AT FOX PARK. I DON'T KNOW HOW THESE FOLKS ARE GONNA PARK, UH, YOU KNOW, TO BRING THEIR DOGS TO, BUT IT'S, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A PROBLEM. I'M, I'M, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SOLVING BECAUSE I REALLY WANNA SEE MORE BIKE RACKS, UH, ON THE BACK OF CARS ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO. I'M A, I'M AN AVID CYCLIST. I, AND, UM, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU THE, UH, THE OTHER PERSON WHO I THINK ALL OF YOU OWE IT A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO, IS A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF JEFF COYLE WHO SITS ON ERIC WALSH'S STAFF. UH, WHEREVER JEFF IS RIGHT NOW, HE'S, I'M SURE HE IS WORKING HARD ON. UM, HE IS OUR, UM, THE MOST AVID CYCLIST AND ADVOCATE FOR BICYCLE SAFETY AND BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE ON ERIC'S AND ON THE MANAGER'S STAFF. AND, UM, IF EVER YOU GUYS WONDERED WHETHER YOU HAVE A CHAMPION FOR BICYCLING, UM, ON THAT SIDE OF THE SHOP, SOMEBODY GO FIST BUMP HIM IF YOU BUMP INTO HIM. 'CAUSE, UM, HE WAS INSISTENT ON US CREATING A, UH, PUMP TRACK, UH, WHICH EXISTS NOW OVER IN MCALLISTER PARK. UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T RIDE, UM, AS OFTEN ON THESE TRAILS, GO EXPLORE THE BLUE LOOP ON ON MCALLISTER PARK. IT IS ONE OF SAN ANTONIO'S MOST IMPORTANT CYCLING JEWELS, IN MY OPINION. LASTLY, UH, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE IRONY, UH, THAT TITO BRADSHAW WAS A ADVOCATE FOR BICYCLE SAFETY AND ONE OF OUR LOUDEST VOICES IN SAN ANTONIO FOR BICYCLE SAFETY. THAT IRONY HURTS A LOT. UM, AND IT, I THINK IT MAKES THE PAIN THAT, UH, ALL OF YOU FEEL MORE PROFOUND. UM, AND I THINK THAT IRONY BRINGS INTO SHARP FOCUS. THE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE GOT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, IT IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE, UM, THAT TO RIDE [00:30:01] YOUR BIKE IS A DANGEROUS ACTIVITY. AND, UH, IT IS ON US. WE OWN THAT. AND I HOPE THAT YOU HOLD CITY COUNCIL ACCOUNTABLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SPEND, UM, RESOURCES AND PUSH, UH, ALL, YOU KNOW, PUSH AS HARD AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT SAN ANTONIO IS A MORE AND MORE BICYCLE SAFE CITY, UH, WITH EVERY DAY THAT PASSES. ANYWAY, THANKS GUYS. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO, NOT JUST FOR ALL CYCLISTS, BUT FOR MY KIDS WHO ARE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE CYCLISTS AS WELL. UH, I WANT, UM, I REALLY WANT THEM TO BE LIKE YOU GUYS WHEN THEY GROW UP. AND SO I'M PROUD OF ALL YOU GUYS. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ELIA. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND WHEN I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL IN 2014, UM, I REMEMBER THE FIRST CALL I GOT FROM COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ, AND IT WAS AN INVITATION TO GO BIKE RIDING. SHE SAID, THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE BORDERS BETWEEN DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT FIVE THAN TO JUST GO FOR A BIKE RIDE. AND I NEVER FORGOT THAT IN FIRST. IN FACT, I REMEMBER THINKING, WOW, THIS IS AMAZING. I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY, UH, A VERY DIFFERENT, LIKE, LIKE SHE DESCRIBED. IT'S A DIFFERENT COUNCIL, A COUNCIL THAT DOES WELCOME, UH, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION. AND, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, HOW MUCH A OF A CYCLING FANATIC AND FAN I WAS. AND, AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, GROWING, GROWING UP IN THE VALLEY, WE, I KNEW THE, THE ALCALA FAMILY, IF YOU KNEW THE SEVEN 11 TEAM, YOU KNOW, ALALA, THE KING OF THE MOUNTAINS. AND, UM, I WAS JUST EXCITED TO, TO KNOW THAT, THAT THERE WAS SOMEBODY LIKE THAT ON CITY COUNCIL. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE SIX AND A HALF YEARS, UH, THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, SHE, SHE'S BEEN THE STRONGEST ADVOCATE AND WANNA COMMEND HER FOR THAT AND KNOW THAT, THAT THAT IS REALLY, UH, SO, SO IMPORTANT. YOU CAN'T GIVE UP AND, UH, YOU HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS PRESSURES, UH, THAT, THAT ARE, THEY'RE REALLY SOMETIMES, UH, ALMOST FORGOTTEN, UH, AS, AS PART OF THE BIGGER, THE BIGGER PICTURE OF A CITY THAT'S GROWING SO RAPIDLY LIKE THIS, LIKE THIS CITY IS. AND IT'S, IT'S THAT URBAN SPRAWL THAT I THINK PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT. THEY SAY, WELL, I, I CAN'T, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BIKE TO WORK. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, HOW FAR I I I DON'T KNOW WHERE EVERYBODY LIVES FROM CITY HALL, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, MY BIKE RIDE TODAY TO CITY HALL WAS SIX MILES, ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE WHAT COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL'S RIDE WAS, WHICH ISN'T SO BAD. UH, UH, I MEAN, UNLESS YOU'RE OUTTA SHAPE LIKE I WAS. UH, BUT, UH, BUT FOR OTHERS, BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF URBAN SPRAWL, IT CAN BECOME SORT OF THIS, THIS, THIS HUGE TREK. BUT IT, IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THESE, THESE BIG POINTS ABOUT HOW CITIES SHOULD GROW AND HOW WE SHOULD PLAN THEM. AND WE SHOULD BE MAKING THEM SAFER AND CONNECT THEM BETTER, PROVIDE THAT CONNECTIVITY AND, AND REDUCE THAT URBAN SPRAWL. UH, WANNA THANK EARNER ABIKE? I GOT TO MEET YOU GUYS EARLY ON, AND, UH, I REMEMBER THE, THE, THE, THAT FOLD, THAT FOLDING BIKE YOU BROUGHT TO THE OFFICE WAS TRULY AMAZING. I, I'VE, UH, I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING ONE OF THOSE MYSELF, BUT, UM, JUST KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DO FOR THE KIDS IS, IS SO CRITICAL. IT, IT, IT'S ONE OF MY FIRST MEMORIES AS, AS A KID KNOWING THAT, UM, SOMETIMES YOU, YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY AFFORD A BIKE, BUT IF YOU CAN, IF YOU KNOW HOW TO PUT ONE TOGETHER, YOU CAN ACTUALLY EARN A BIKE LIKE YOU'VE, LIKE YOU'VE DESCRIBED. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE, THE BIKE ADVOCATES KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO CREATE A, A, A, A, A BIKE MASTER OR PLAN THAT MAKES SENSE. UM, KNOW THAT WE HAVE DEPARTMENTS, UH, LIKE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, LIKE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, THAT REALLY HAVE TO HAVE THIS IN MIND. AND WITH THE, WITH THE, THE NEW BOND COMING UP, THIS IS EXACTLY THE RIGHT TIME TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW DO THESE PLANS OVERLAY WITH THE KIND OF, THE KIND OF CITY WE'D LIKE TO SEE? AND HOW DO THEY HELP TO REDUCE THE ALL THE OTHER EFFECTS AS YOU YOU DESCRIBED? IT DOES HELP THE ENVIRONMENT, HELPS SO MANY THINGS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, CONNECTS PEOPLE. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS TOLD JUST A FEW DAYS AGO TO, IF I WOULD RIDE TO RIDE TO WORK TODAY, AND I SAID, WELL, OKAY, WELL, I'LL GIVE IT A SHOT , BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR ACKNOWLEDGING, UH, OR BRINGING TODAY FORWARD AND, UH, GIVING ME A CHANCE TO, TO, TO DUST OFF THE BIKE AND, AND, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT I THINK IS, IS A WONDERFUL THING FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. NO, I DID NOT LIKE TO WORK THIS MORNING, BUT, UM, THAT'S BECAUSE WE LIVE A LITTLE TOO FAR. BUT WHAT I WANNA SAY IS I SEE MORE BIKES IN OUR DISTRICT TWO COMMUNITY, AND THE ONE THING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ARE CONSISTENT BIKE [00:35:01] LANES. AND I KNOW THAT IT MAKES IT A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP TRAFFIC FOR CYCLISTS TO JUST COME THROUGH BUSY INTERSECTIONS AND TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE NOW RIDING THEIR BIKES IS A JOY TO SEE, ESPECIALLY RIGHT HERE IN DISTRICT TWO. I REMEMBER FIRST COMING ON THE COUNCIL, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE HAD WAS THE DISCUSSION ABOUT BROADWAY AND WHERE THE BIKE LANES WERE GONNA GO. AND AVENUE B WAS THE SAFEST ROUTE. AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE ALL OF YOU CYCLISTS TRAVELING UP AVENUE B AND GOING INTO THE PEARL AND JUST ENJOYING YOURSELVES AND ENJOYING WHAT YOU DO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY, AND HAVE A BLESSED DAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. I'LL JUST WRAP BY SAYING, UM, I MEAN, IT IS A SAD TRUTH THAT WE BUILT A CITY, UH, THAT IS NOT FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS, AND SO THEREFORE, SO FEW PEOPLE, UH, ENJOY THAT, UH, OR, OR, OR DO THAT FRANKLY, UH, BIKE TO WORK OR BICYCLE, UH, AROUND OUR CITY, OR EVEN FRANKLY, WALK ANYWHERE. UH, AND AS A RESULT, WE HAVE VERY FEW, UH, ADVOCATES WHO STEP UP ON BEHALF OF CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS IN OUR CITY. UH, THAT'S CHANGING. IT'S QUICKLY CHANGING. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU, UH, WHO ARE WORKING TO CHANGE THAT. UM, I'VE TOLD THE STORY TO COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, UH, BEFORE WE, WE HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING THE GROWTH OF THE GREEN STREET IN THE MEDICAL CENTER, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER I WAS SWORN IN AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, A 33 YEAR OLD DOCTOR NAMED PATRICK LINNER HAD I THINK TWO CHILDREN, UH, WAS KILLED WALKING TO WORK IN THE MEDICAL CENTER BECAUSE A CAR JUMPED THE CURB. UM, IT WAS TRAGIC. AND AS A RESULT, UH, WE USE THAT AS A CATALYST, UH, TO PUT FUNDS INTO BETTER, SAFER WALKWAYS IN THE MEDICAL CENTER WHERE WE KNOW A LOT OF PATIENTS AND GUESTS AND DOCTORS AND NURSES, UM, WALK AROUND TO GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. UH, WE USE THAT AS A CATALYST FOR CHANGE. UH, IN THE SAME WAY WE HOPE THAT THOSE WHO'VE BEEN LOST, UH, IN TRAFFIC FATALITIES, WHETHER THEY'VE BEEN WALKING OR CYCLING OR, OR FRANKLY, DRIVING, UH, WE COULD USE THAT AS CATALYST FOR CHANGING THE WAY WE BUILD OUR CITY. UM, BUT IT'S ALSO A SAD TRUTH THAT WE DON'T NEED TO SEE ANOTHER PERSON DIE TO HAVE THAT IMPETUS. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN TOO MANY. AND SO IT IS GOING TO BE A, A CHALLENGE AND A CHARGE OF THIS NEXT COUNCIL AS THEY OVERSEE A TREMENDOUS GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITY OF RESOURCES TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, TO DEDICATE OURSELVES TO, UH, WHAT COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ BROUGHT TO THIS COUNCIL IN VISION ZERO. AND IT'S MY HOPE, AND I THINK IT WILL BE SHARED UNANIMOUSLY IN THE COUNCIL, THAT WE DEDICATE A SERIOUS PORTION OF THOSE RESOURCES THAT WE WILL BE USING TO BUILD A CITY, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A SAFE CITY FOR EVERY KIND OF MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. UH, WE HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US BECAUSE IT IS A GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. UH, BUT IF WE HAVE THE COLLABORATION OF YOU AS OUR ADVOCATES AND THE COMMUNITY THAT, UH, MAYBE HASN'T EXPERIENCED THESE KINDS OF CHALLENGES FIRSTHAND, I THINK WE CAN, UH, ACCOMPLISH, UH, WHAT OUR, OUR MISSION IS. AND THAT IS TO MAKE A CITY, UH, THAT IS SAFE FOR CYCLISTS, SAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS, SAFE FOR MOTORISTS, AND THEREFORE, UH, SAFE FOR FAMILIES. SO, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE ADVOCATES, UH, FOR GIVING VOICE TO THOSE WHO UNFORTUNATELY HAVE LOST IT, UM, BUT ALSO KEEPING US, UH, TRUE TO THE CAUSE, UH, OF CREATING A SAFE CITY FOR ALL. UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE CELEBRATE WITH YOU, UH, WE MOURN WITH YOU, UH, BUT WE'RE ALSO TAKING UP THE CAUSE WITH YOU. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. UM, LET ME TURN IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR BEING HERE TODAY. IT'S UP TO HIM. [Additional Item 4] THANK YOU, SIR. UH, TODAY I AM VERY HAPPY TO PRESENT TO Y'ALL A VERY GREAT GROUP OF KIDS AND ADMINISTRATORS THAT OPERATE A COUPLE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS UP IN DISTRICT 10. UM, COME ON UP HERE TO THE FRONT, UH, BY THE MICROPHONE UP HERE WHILE THEY'RE COMING UP HERE. THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2005 WHEN THE FIRST CAMPUS WAS OPENED IN A RENOVATED BUILDING IN DISTRICT 10 SS S T IS A STEM NETWORK OF CHARTER SCHOOLS [00:40:01] WITH A RECORD OF HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. SS SS T NOW SERVES 8,400 PRE-K TO 12TH GRADE STUDENTS AT 14 CAMPUSES IN SAN ANTONIO, HOUSTON, AND CORPUS CHRISTI. AND TODAY I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SS S T ALAMO AND SS S T SAN ANTONIO, WHICH ARE BOTH IN DISTRICT 10 AND, UH, NEW CAMPUSES AND, AND 100 CONSTRUCTION. NOW. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT, UM, WHY THEY'RE HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE SAN ANTONIO EARNED THE CERTIFICATION AS A NATIONAL SCHOOL OF CHARACTER A FEW WEEKS AGO. AND SS SS T ALAMO EARNED THAT SAME DISTINCTION WITHIN WEEKS OF THE MARCH, 2020 C O V I D, UH, QUARANTINE. SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE BOTH SCHOOLS TODAY. AND, UM, JUST TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF NATIONAL AWARD-WINNING SCHOOLS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I'M VERY GLAD TO HOST AND AND HOUSE BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT 10. UM, AND I JUST WANT TO, UM, SAY THAT THEY'RE FILLING A HIGH DEMAND, UM, GOSH, WHAT AM I THINKING OF? A HIGH DEMAND REQUIREMENT OF STUDENTS IN THE STEM PROGRAM, AND THERE'S LOTS AND LOTS OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FOR STEM STUDENT STUDENTS. SO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, 'CAUSE I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN STEM, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAREER ONCE YOU GRADUATE. AND I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THESE GRADUATES WHO'S, UH, MIA RODRIGUEZ THAT STARTED IN KINDERGARTEN AT S S T ALAMO, AND THIS YEAR SHE GRADUATES FROM THE SS S T. AND BY THE WAY, SHE'S HEADING TO HARVARD, UH, WITH A FULL SCHOLARSHIP. SO I'M PROUD OF BOTH OF THESE SCHOOLS. BUT MIA, WHY, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US A COUPLE OF WORDS ON YOUR EXPERIENCES. UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, BOTH OF Y'ALL ARE INCREDIBLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW YOU SPOKE AT OUR 2019 GRADUATION AND YOU'VE HELPED US. SO US WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND SS S T ALAMO, SSSS HUMANE, UM, I THINK ALL OF THE S S C SCHOOLS CREATE A COMMUNITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER. AND WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AND THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THE TRUE BELIEF IN OUR SUCCESS, I WOULDN'T BE WHERE I AM TODAY. UH, HARVARD WAS ALWAYS A DREAM SCHOOL, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY BECAUSE OF THESE, UH, COMMUNITIES AND BECAUSE OF MY CAMPUS THAT I WAS ABLE TO BE WHERE I AM TODAY. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I, I DO WANNA PRESENT A COUPLE OF CERTIFICATES TO Y'ALL ALSO, UM, BUT WANTED TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE FACULTY HERE, MR. MAMADO, UH, THE PRINCIPAL AT SS S T SAN ANTONIO, MS. WESTOVER, DEAN OF STUDENTS, UM, MS. LUING WHO ACTUALLY INVITED ME THE FIRST TIME TO THE SS S T TO TAKE A TOUR AND MEET A LOT OF THE STUDENTS THERE. AND, UH, OF COURSE, MIA ON YOUR GRADUATION AT SUCH A HIGH LEVEL AND GOING ON TO HARVARD. UM, OTHERS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AS MR. DEION, UH, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING, MR. ZACHARY KEARNEY IT SPECIALIST. AND, UH, DR. NANCY THOMPSON, THE DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO ON A DAILY, DAILY BASIS ON EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN AND MAKING THEM VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL ONCE THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND, AND GETTING OUT TO COLLEGE AND THEN EVENTUALLY OUT INTO THE WORKFORCE. SO, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH, AND I'M GONNA COME DOWN THERE AND PRESENT THESE CERTIFICATES TO Y'ALL. AND, UH, LET'S TAKE A COUPLE OF PICTURES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. [00:48:20] YOU CAN'T START OFF WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. ALRIGHT, AT THIS TIME, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET INTO OUR BUSINESS AGENDA. [CONSENT AGENDA] UM, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, UH, PLEASE NOTE THAT ITEM FOUR IS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL, UH, FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, UH, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 17 AND 31, MAYOR. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. [00:50:01] ITEM 16. AND, UH, JUST A REMINDER THAT ITEM 30 HAS BEEN PULLED OFF OF THE AGENDA AS WELL. ITEM 30 OH, WAS, WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TODAY. YEAH. ALRIGHT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, JUST HIGHLIGHT, OKAY. I'LL, I'LL CALL YOU AS SOON AS WE GET TO, UH, CONSENT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, UH, Z THREE, Z THREE AND, AND P ONE, UM, COUNCILS MEMBER VRAN. I ALSO HAVE ITEM Z NINE AND Z 10 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ON THE ZONING AGENDA. OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOUR HONOR. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BLI ITEM 26. ITEM 26. OKAY. UM, ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT, LET ME READ THE ITEMS I HAVE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. THESE ARE ITEMS FOUR 17, EXCUSE ME, 4 16 17 26, 31 Z THREE, AND P ONE Z NINE AND Z 10. UM, IF THAT IS CORRECT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION BY COURAGE, A SECOND BY VIA GRAND FOR CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 4 16 17 26, 31 Z THREE P ONE Z NINE, AND Z 10. UM, AT THIS TIME I'LL TAKE UP DISCUSSION ON THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE DO HAVE A FEW FOLKS SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND TAKE CITIZENS WHO'VE SIGNED UP FOR THAT. UM, START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, EXCUSE ME, , WE'LL, WE'LL START WITH, UH, LIZ FRANKLIN. ITEM 15. UH, MS. FRANKLIN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY, UM, UH, A GROUP. ELLA AUSTIN, BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THAT'S, UH, DR. BEVERLY WATTS, DAVIS, UH, VICTOR ZUNIGA AND JERRY DURA. UM, SO LIZ, YOU'VE GOT THE FLOOR. THAT WAS CLEAR. GREETINGS, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE, THOSE OF YOU, UM, THE VOICES WERE HEARD AND YOU'RE SITTING BACK IN THE SEAT. THOSE ARE THE, YOU THAT HAVE A, UH, ONE MORE RACE IN FRONT OF YOU. GOOD LUCK TO THAT RACE. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE LEAVING, YOU ARE GONNA HAVE SO MUCH FUN. ALL RIGHT, BUT I NEED YOU ONE MORE TIME. OUR AUSTIN COMMUNITY CENTER, 10 YEAR LEASE. I WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN. UM, YOU KNOW, SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SHE PUT IT ON CONSENTS AGENDA. AND SHE SAID, HOW COULD WE NOT SUPPORT THE ONLY TENANT THAT'S BEEN IN THAT BUILDING FOR 53 YEARS? HOW COULD WE NOT SUPPORT THE ONLY COMMUNITY CENTER THAT SAVED ONE WEEK IN THE STORM, HAS NEVER NOT SERVED THE COMMUNITY. HOW COULD WE DO THAT? LIZ, WE CAN'T. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT YOU ON THE 10 YEAR LEASE. I COULD KEEP GOING, BUT I ONLY HAVE 30 MINUTES. I WANNA TELL YOU WHAT, NOBODY EVER TALKS ABOUT THE CITY STAFF AND THE ABILITY I TOOK OVER AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR. DON'T GET ME STARTED. 'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE I'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME. THE MINUTE I STEPPED IN MELODY, WOOSLEY AND TEAM, THEY SWARMED ME. UH, AT FIRST I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT THAT. BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THEY'VE BECOME VERY VALUABLE PARTNERS IN TRYING TO NAVIGATE AN AGING STRUCTURE. WE GOT THIS PEOPLE, WE NEED GEORGIA'S SUPPORT AND CONFIDENCE IN US AND OUR COUNCILWOMAN TO GET US TO THE NEXT STEP. UH, BUT MEDAL LEADER, WOOLEY'S TEAM IS, UH, THEY WERE INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE AND, UH, IT'S GONNA BE WORTH THE EFFORT. GIVE US ONE MORE CHANCE. 10 YEARS. I DON'T HAVE TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN. NOT FELISE. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T PROMISE ANYTHING ELSE. MAYOR, CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT, FOLKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. FRANKLIN. ALRIGHT. UH, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A GROUP OR IT'S JUST YOU, DOC. IT'S JUST ME. OKAY. SO, UH, DR. BEVERLY WATTS. DAVIDS, WELL, TRULY. GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR, ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY AND I, AND I TRULY, UM, ASK GOD TO BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES. I'M HERE TODAY TO THANK YOU ALL FOR [00:55:01] YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE 10 YEAR LEASE FOR ELLA AUSTIN. AND I WANNA THANK THE CITY STAFF FOR TRULY BEING SUCH A GREAT PARTNER. AND IN SO DOING, ELLA AUSTIN HAS BEEN AROUND IT'S 125 YEAR OLD BUILDING AND HAS TREMENDOUS HISTORY. AND AS SUCH, IT HAS BEEN THE, THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO, TO JOIN WITH YOU ALL FOR ITS SUSTAINMENT. SO WHAT I WOULD ASK, UM, THAT YOU ALL CONSIDER IS THAT EACH, EACH YEAR WE, I CAN PERSONALLY SPEAK FROM THAT. WE GIVE ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO $50,000 OF OUR OWN MONEY TO TRY TO HELP REPAIR THE BUILDING. AND THIS IS, AND ONE OF OUR DILEMMA IS THE FACT THAT WE DON'T OWN THE BUILDING. IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO EITHER HAVE A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN OR GET EARMARKS OR OTHER FUNDINGS BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN THE BUILDING WITH, WHEN IT, WHEN IT RAINS OR THERE'S A PROBLEM, OUR INSURANCE CANNOT FIX THE ROOF BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUR BUILDING. AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU ALL YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN TRULY WONDERFUL IN WORKING WITH US, AND I ASK YOU ALL TO THANK YOU FOR THIS CONSIDERATION OF THIS LEASE, BUT TO CERTAINLY CONSIDER US AS AN, AS A PRIORITY PROJECT IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE, WHEN WE COME TO OTHER, UH, FOR THE NEXT BOND ELECTION OR, OR THE NEXT BONDING TO, BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS, THIS BUILDING, IF WE COULD TAKE THE MONIES THAT WE USE FOR REPAIRS TO PUT IT INTO SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, WE COULD SERVE SAN ANTONIO SO VERY MUCH BETTER. BUT WE TRULY WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND TRULY THANK THE STAFF FOR BEING SUCH GREAT PARTNERS WITH US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DR. DAVIS. UM, DO WE HAVE VICTOR ZUNIGA HERE? NO, YOU CAN MAKE . OKAY. UH, HOW ABOUT JERRY DURA? ALL RIGHT. MERIT CITY COUNCIL, UH, LIKE, UH, DR. DAVIS SAYS, AND, AND MS. FRANKLIN, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK Y'ALL FOR, UH, THE LEAST. BUT, UH, LIKE, LIKE, UH, DR. UH, WAT SAID OUR BIGGEST THING IS THE MONEY THAT WE PUT IN FOR MAINTENANCE. IT'S TAKEN AWAY FROM OUR SERVICES TO GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, IN TRYING TO GET SOME KIND OF CAPITAL CAMPAIGN. IT IS, UH, LIKE WE SAID EARLIER, IT IS HARD BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO GIVE US ANY MONEY TO FIX THE BUILDING BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUR BUILDING. SO WE'D ASK EACH, Y'ALL CONSIDER, UH, HELPING US OUT ON THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS 10 YEAR PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. DURRA. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO NOW TO OUR COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. LET ME TURN FIRST TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU, IF EVERYBODY UP HERE COULD JUST, UH, CHECK THEIR QUEUE. IF THEY'RE QUEUED IN AND YOU DON'T WISH TO SPEAK ON CONSENT, JUST GO AHEAD AND QUEUE OUT. UH, BUT I'VE GOT NOW COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU TO LIZ AND MS. BEVERLY. AND MR. JERRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING FORTH. WE KNOW ELLA AUSTIN IS A PILLAR AND A STAPLE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT TWO FAMILY. AND SO WHEN WE CAME TO OFFICE, WE WERE ADVOCATING TO MAKE SURE THAT ELLA AUSTIN STAYED IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE DID NOT WANT TO LOSE THAT STAPLE. AND AS WE LOOKED AT IT, WE HEARD THE CONVERSATION OF THE FIVE YEAR LEASE WAS JUST NOT GONNA DO. AND WE ASKED FOR THAT EXTENSION AND THANKFULLY OUR CITY MANAGER MADE THAT HAPPEN. ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WITH THE FIRST BUDGET COMING IN AND A BUDGET IS ALREADY COMPLETE AND YOU'RE SITTING HERE AS A NEW COUNCIL PERSON ADVOCATING FOR THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST, OUR CITY MANAGER STEPPED UP AND ADVOCATED FOR 500,000 TO GO INTO THE BUDGET FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR CITY BUILDING THAT ELLA AUSTIN IS HOUSED IN. I WILL CONTINUE TO ASK FOR THAT TO BE A BUDGET ITEM AS WE GOING FORWARD. I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WE AS A CITY HAVE TO STEP UP AND DO AND TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN BUILDINGS REGARDLESS OF WHO'S ATTENDED INSIDE OF IT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I LOOK VERY FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS ITEM AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD. UM, THE NEXT ITEM I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEM 19. IT IS AN INNER CITY TOURS AGREEMENT WITH SAGE, WHICH IS SAN ANTONIO GROWTH ON THE EAST SIDE. WE ARE A, UM, ALLOTTING $450,000 TO GO TO SAGE. 75,000 WILL GO TO A COMPLETE CORRIDOR STUDY WITHIN THE DISTRICT TWO COMMUNITY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE WALKING AND WHAT WE ARE TALKING. AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR INNER CITY TOURS BOARD. UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO AND COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ ACTUALLY SIT ON THAT BOARD WITH ME. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. UM, I'M NOT SURE IF TUESDAY IS STILL HERE. OH, THERE SHE IS. UM, IF YOU WOULD JUST TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT AND EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL DO FOR A LOT OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND FOR THE DISTRICT TWO COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILWOMAN AND THANK YOU CHAMBER. UM, I RAN, SO I'M A LITTLE BIT OUT OF BREATH, . OKAY. I NEED TO GET ON THE BIKE AS WELL. [01:00:01] BUT, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THIS CHAMBER. THIS FUNDING, AS THE PASTOR TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY IS RESTORATION. THAT RESTORATION FOR THE EAST SIDE COMMUNITY IS IMPERATIVE FOR THE WORK THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO GOING FORWARD. THIS WORK IS GONNA SPONSOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDY. IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO FIGURE OUT THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. AND COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON HELPING SAGE GET THIS FUNDING. SO AGAIN, COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. UM, CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU AND ALL THE ASSISTANT MANAGERS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND TUESDAY, CAN YOU TELL US EXACTLY HOW MANY OF OUR BUSINESSES WILL BE ABLE TO QUALIFY NOW FOR A STOREFRONT GRANT? BECAUSE OF, OF THE FUNDING? CURRENTLY WE RUN THIS PROGRAM, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING IT FOR 10 YEARS AND WE'VE EVEN OUT A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS EACH YEAR. WE'VE BEEN GIVING ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO HELP CLOSE TO 50 NEW BUSINESSES EVERY SINGLE YEAR. UM, REALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE HELP THESE BUSINESSES WITH STOREFRONT GRANTS. IT HELPS IN A BEAUTIFICATION PROCESS. SO IT ALLOWS FOR THE COMMUNITY OF THE EAST SIDE TO JUST IMPROVE IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. IT GIVES FUNDING TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO OTHER HOPE. SO WE'RE PROUD OF THAT, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO HELP THOSE BUSINESSES REALLY CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE EAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU SO MUCH TUESDAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM, AND WE HAVE A LITTLE LIST GOING ON RIGHT HERE IN DISTRICT TWO RIGHT NOW, BUT THE NEXT ITEM I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS NUMBER 22 IS THE SATO CREEK TRAIL THERE AT THE RED BERRY AND WE'RE ALLOCATING 1.2 MILLION FROM THE INNER CITY TOURS. WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT CONNECTIVITY, THIS IS WHAT THIS WILL DO. IT WILL BRING OUR COMMUNITY TO A BEAUTIFICATION THAT WAS DONE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. THERE'S A POND THERE THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN SEE THE TRAILS LEAD ALL AROUND THE SATO CREEK. AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST. AND THAT IS THE GREEN SPACES HERE IN DISTRICT TWO. UM, ALSO I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT NUMBER 23. WE ALWAYS HEAR THAT OUR BLACK CONTRACTORS ARE LEFT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WE ARE MAKING AN EFFORT TO ACTUALLY RECTIFY AND RESTORE WHAT WE AS A CITY CAN DO WHEN WE COME TOGETHER. NUMBER 23 IS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE INNER CITY TOURS AND STRAIGHT LINE MANAGEMENT, AND IT SPEAKS TO ONE OF OUR HISTORICAL BUILDINGS WITHIN DISTRICT TWO. THE NEXT BEAUTY SUPPLY STORE RIGHT THERE ON NEW BRAUNFELS. UM, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE MR. JOCK ARCH HERE THIS MORNING. UM, HE AND HIS WIFE ARE THE OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF STRAIGHT LINE MANAGEMENT WITH OVER $160,000 GOING INTO INFRASTRUCTURE. I WOULD LOVE FOR HIM TO JUST SPEAK, UM, TO HOW WE CAME TO THIS AGREEMENT AND WHAT IT MEANS TO TRULY HAVE A COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT AND A CONNECTIVITY OF COMMUNICATION THAT LEADS TO RESTORATION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH JOCK FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING CITY STAFF. CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR. UM, I WANT TO INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE AND HAVE THEM COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS FIRST. UM, WE ARE, WE ARE REAL BIG AT TEAM AT STRAIGHT LINE. WE ALWAYS WANNA SHOW UP AS A UNIFIED FRONT. SO LET ME INTRODUCE SOME FOLKS AND HAVE THEM SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE I SPEAK. MM-HMM. . GOTCHA. HI, I AM JEANETTA TINSLEY. I'M A PROJECT MANAGER WITH STRAIGHT LINE MANAGEMENT. UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. UM, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO YOU GUYS FOR, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THE TS, UM, PROGRAM. AND NOW THAT IT'S HERE AND, AND IT'S BEFORE YOU GUYS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND, AND, UM, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. BUT THANK YOU, UM, FOR CALLING US UP AND RECOGNIZING THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE PUT IN, UM, TO NOT JUST, UM, THE EAST SIDE, BUT THE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS A WHOLE. UH, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS RICHARD TERRELL. I AM A, UH, PROJECT EXECUTIVE WITH, UH, STRAIGHT LINE MANAGEMENT AND, UH, LIKE TO AGAIN, UH, ECHO MY COLLEAGUES' COMMENTS. UH, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. GOTCHA. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. I AM JULIE, THE DAUGHTER, MISS G AT STRAIGHT LINE MANAGEMENT. I AM A VET WITH THE AIR FORCE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE . I JUST CAME ON WITH STRAIGHT LINE I THINK SAY ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO. AND SO WE'RE ABSOLUTELY EXCITED ABOUT THE, UH, PROGRESS, THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT OUR NEW, UH, BUILDING. I'M TRYING TO GET FURNITURE AND EVERYTHING , SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. UM, WHAT THEY DID LEAVE OUT AND UM, IS THAT JEANETTA AND BOTH RICHARD ARE DISTRICT TWO BORN AND RAISED. SO THAT'S THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY EXCITING ABOUT THIS DISTRICT TOO. AS AND MYSELF, UM, GREW UP ON BURNETT. SO [01:05:01] THIS BUILDING IS ACTUALLY NEAR AND DEAR. WE'VE HAD OUR EYE ON THIS BUILDING FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS AND IT FINALLY CAME UP FOR SALE AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT OURSELVES IN POSITION TO PURCHASE IT AND WITH HOPES OF BEING ABLE TO DO MORE TO IT BY HAVING THE SUPPORT OF THE TOURS. UM, JEANETTA PUT IN A LOT OF SWEAT EQUITY INTO THIS 'CAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH, BUT, UM, WE NOW UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY THAT THE TURS IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE A RETURN ON ITS INVESTMENT, UM, WITH THE COOL THINGS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO. AND ALSO WITH A PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY GOING ON NEW BRAUNFELS. UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON ON THE EAST SIDE AND NOT ONLY THE EAST SIDE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THAT BLACK CONTRACTORS, SMALL CONTRACTORS ARE GETTING A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING THE MONEY BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST TAKING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND I THINK AS WE, AS A CITY CONTINUE TO DO MORE THINGS LIKE THAT, WE CAN OFFER MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES THAT LOOK LIKE US, BLACK AND BROWN, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AND SHAPE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THAT I REMEMBER GROWING UP IN, IN THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES WHEN IT WAS HUSTLING AND BUSTLING ON NEW BRAUNFELS AND WALTERS AND DOWN THROUGH SUNSET STATION. UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, SHOWING YOU SOME COOL AFTER PITCHERS. WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GET TO WORK AS SOON AS WE GET THE THUMBS UP AND JEANETTA. UM, WE ARE READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. WE DON'T PLAN ON, UH, TAKING LONG. WE PLAN ON HAVING A NICE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY HOPEFULLY BY AUGUST. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. ANY QUESTIONS? , THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE CONTINUING TO DO WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND AROUND TEXAS. UM, I DON'T KNOW, JOCK IS HUMBLE. HE IS NOT GONNA TELL YOU THAT HE'S BEEN DOING WORK NOT ONLY IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT IN HOUSTON AND DALLAS AND AUSTIN. AND SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN BUILD ON THAT ASPECT BY BRINGING OTHER, UH, YOUTH INTO THE CONVERSATION AND REALLY MAKING THIS SOMETHING THAT CAN TRULY TRANSFORM THE LIVES HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. UM, NEXT WE'RE JUST HIGHLIGHTING AN EXTENSION WITH THE ALAMO IN SUITES. UM, THAT IS NUMBER 24. AND THEN WITH NUMBER 25 ON THE AGENDA, THE EXTENSION OF THE VICTORIA COMMONS PROJECT FOR THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY. WE KNOW THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS AN ISSUE AND WE ARE TACKLING IT ONE ISSUE AT A TIME. THOSE ARE ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS I HAVE. MAYOR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UM, I THINK I, LOTS OF THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY, BUT, UH, WHAT I REALLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS, THIS IS A MORE PROCEDURAL ITEM. ITEM. IT'S ITEM NUMBER 21. UH, WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HIGHLIGHTED THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SEPRO TECH MULTILINGUAL SOLUTIONS TO PROVIDE SPANISH INTERPRETER SERVICES AT ALL CITY COUNCIL A AND B SESSIONS, OTHER CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC MEETINGS, PUBLIC MEETINGS IDENTIFIED BY CITY DEPARTMENTS, NEWS CONFERENCES, AND EMERGENCY INFORMATION BRIEFINGS. YOU KNOW, BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2016, MY OFFICE FILED A REQUEST TO PROVIDE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER BECAUSE OUR GOVERNMENT MEETINGS NEEDED TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO MORE OF 60% OF OUR CITY WHO COME FROM SPANISH SPEAKING BACKGROUNDS. SINCE THEN, COUNCIL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM SO MANY MORE PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND INPUT. FURTHERMORE, OVER THE LAST YEAR WITH THE PANDEMIC AND WINTER STORM, OUR RESIDENTS HAVE SEEN THE EFFICACY AND VALUE THESE CRITICAL TRANSLATIONS SERVICES PROVIDE. I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR HOW FAR WE'VE COME. I IMPLORE STAFF AND FUTURE COUNCILS TO KEEP IMPROVING THESE IMPORTANT LIFESAVING SERVICES AS FUTURE CONTRACTS COME UP FOR CONSIDERATION. AND I'LL SAY, UH, IT WAS AN INTERPRETER WHO GAVE ME THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE OF ALL. IT'S NOT ABOUT TRANSLATING WORDS. IT'S ABOUT TRANSLATING MEANING. SO PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU, MARIA GOMEZ. THANK YOU TO THE TRANSLATION TEAM. THANK YOU ERIC WALSH, WHEN WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, UM, THIS IS A GREAT ITEM TO BE MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. COUNCIL MEMBER PALLIA. UM, MAYOR, I TOTALLY FORGOT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY. I'VE SEEDED MY TIME BACK TO WHOEVER REMEMBERS WHAT THEY WERE GONNA SAY. , THERE'S NO HARM IN THAT. UH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER P. ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S, UH, ALL ITEMS SAY FOR 4 16 17 26 31 [01:10:01] Z THREE AND P ONE Z NINE AND Z Z 10. UM, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, UM, PLEASE VOTE AND PLEASE NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT ITEM 30 IS NOT BEING VOTED ON TODAY. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, WE'LL GO NOW [4. 21-3676 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]] TO 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. ALRIGHT, UH, IS JEFF ON THE BATTLEFIELD? OKAY. YEAH, I'LL, I'LL OPEN UP JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. SO, AS JEFF IS COMING UP, UH, TODAY IS, UH, OUR UPDATE ON THE STATE LEGISLATIVE, UH, SESSION. UH, AND WITH ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT IN THE SESSION, UH, THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL UPDATE. UH, WE WILL PREPARE A, A FINAL WRAP UP PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL'S PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL WHEN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDS. MANY OF THE BILLS FILED, UM, ARE, ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR CON CONSIDERATION. JEFF WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE, IN THE PROCESS IN AUSTIN. UM, WE DO NEED TO REMAIN VIGILANT, UH, AS WE GET TO THIS POINT, AND AS WE'VE, AS WE'VE ALL LEARNED BEFORE, UM, HERE TOWARDS THE END OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON MANY OF THE DETAILS AND THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE, UH, SUPPORTING. SO, UM, BEFORE I PASS IT ON TO JEFF, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, HIM AND THE TEAM. THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB OF KEEPING TRACK OF EVERYTHING. IT'S A, IT'S A MAD, I SHOULDN'T CALL IT A MAD DASH. IT'S AN ORGANIZED EFFORT THAT SOMETIMES GETS, UM, HECTIC. AND THEY'VE DONE A, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF BALANCING THAT. SO, JEFF, COME ON UP. GREAT, THANKS. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU, ERIC. OUR, UH, UH, MY SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM OF, UH, CHRISTINE WRIGHT AND EDUARDO CARRASCO ARE BOTH WATCHING RIGHT NOW. CHRISTINE, OF COURSE, IS UP AT THE CAPITOL AS USUAL, AND EDUARDO IS DOING OUR, HIS, UH, WORK OF TRACKING THOUSANDS OF BILLS. AND SO I JUST WANNA THANK BOTH OF THEM. UH, IF YOU COULD BRING UP THE SLIDES TEAM, UM, GIVE YOU A, A QUICK UPDATE. WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY AT THE POINT OF THE SESSION NOW WHERE FINAL VOTES ARE BEING HELD ON BILLS, UH, AND THEY'RE EITHER MAKING IT OR NOT. UH, AND, AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS THAT WHEN, WHEN A BILL COMES OUT OF ONE CHAMBER, LET'S SAY THE HOUSE, AND THEN IT GOES TO THE SENATE, AND THROUGH THE SENATE PROCESS, IT CHANGES A LITTLE BIT. IT COMES BACK TO THE HOUSE, TO THE ORIGINATING CHAMBER. AND THAT BODY CAN EITHER ACCEPT THE CHANGES THAT THE OTHER CHAMBER MADE AND VOTED ON TO THE GOVERNOR, AND IT'S DONE. OR THEY CAN REFUSE TO CONCUR WITH THOSE CHANGES AND SEND IT TO A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. AND IN THAT CASE, FIVE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE, FIVE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE, ARE APPOINTED TO THIS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. AND BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, THEY HASH OUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO BILLS, WHICH THEN GO BACK BEFORE EACH CHAMBER FOR A FINAL VOTE. SO WE'RE REALLY IN THAT STAGE RIGHT NOW WHERE A LOT OF BILLS ARE, ARE IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE WITH DIFFERENCES BEING HASHED OUT. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT CONTEXT. UM, COUPLE BILLS THAT HAVE PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS. UH, SOME OF THOSE THAT HAVE MADE IT THROUGH THE, THE GAUNTLET. UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY JUST STEPPED OUT, BUT I KNOW HE'S ASKED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT WHAT SAWS AND C P SS ARE WORKING ON. THE SENATE BILL 1441 IS A BIG ONE FOR SAWS. IT ALLOWS, UH, SAWS TO PROVIDE SAWS WATER TO OUR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. YOU MAY RECALL SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UH, THEY SUCCESSFULLY RECEIVED A DAG GRANT, UH, DEFENSE ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE GRANT TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE OUT TO THE BASES OF THE SAWS SYSTEM. BUT THAT WAS REALLY MEANT FOR A BACKUP WATER SOURCE. THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW THEM TO PROVIDE PRIMARY WATER FROM SAWS, AND THE BILL REQUIRES THEN J B S A TO REDUCE THE PUMPING FROM ITS OWN WELLS BY AN EQUAL AMOUNT, SO THAT IT'S A, A NET NEUTRAL EFFECT ON, UH, WATER, UH, DRAWN FROM THE AQUIFER. SO THAT HAS PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS AS A SENATOR CAMPBELL BILL INITIALLY, UH, SENATE BILL 4 74 CREATES A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR FOR THE UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT OF A DOG. UH, IT LIKE OUR ORDINANCE, IT REQUIRES SHELTER AND, UH, WATER TO BE PROVIDED, AND IT PRO PROHIBITS THE USE OF A HEAVY CHAIN TO RESTRAIN AN ANIMAL. UH, AND, UH, IMPORTANTLY, IT DOES NOT PREEMPT OUR LOCAL ORDINANCE. SO IT, IT ALIGNS MOSTLY WITH WHAT WE DO, BUT IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE OUR OWN, OUR OWN ORDINANCE AND MAKE OUR OWN TWEAKS. SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD BILL THAT HAS MADE IT THROUGH BOTH CHAMBERS, SENATE BILL 10 55. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS THE ONE OF THE VISION [01:15:01] ZERO BILLS THAT APPEARS TO BE MAKING IT THROUGH. IT CREATES A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR, I BELIEVE, FOR, UH, CAUSING INJURY TO A PEDESTRIAN OR CYCLIST IN A CROSSWALK. UM, SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A VISION ZERO RELATED BILL, SENATE BILL 1438, WE HADN'T TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, BUT IT'S WORTH NOTING, UH, THE SENATE BILL TWO LAST SESSION THAT CREATED THE 3.5% CAP ON PROPERTY TAX REVENUES. UH, INCLU INCLUDED AN EXCEPTION FOR AREAS THAT ARE DECLARED A DISASTER. AND THE DISCUSSION THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS THAT THEY DIDN'T MEAN A PANDEMIC RELATED DISASTER. THEY MEANT A PHYSICAL DISASTER LIKE A FLOOD OR A HURRICANE OR A TORNADO. AND SO THIS BILL WOULD, UH, CLARIFY THAT, THAT A DISASTER SUCH AS A PANDEMIC OR EPIDEMIC, UH, DOES NOT GIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PERMISSION TO EXCEED THE 3.5%, UH, UNDER SB TWO. AND THEN HB 17, UM, UH, PROHIBITS CITIES, AND, AND I'M REALLY JUST REPORTING THIS BECAUSE IT IS A PREEMPTION OF LOCAL AUTHORITY. WE DON'T DO THIS HERE, BUT IT PROHIBITS CITIES FROM, UH, IN THERE WERE IN THE BILLS, WORDS DISCRIMINATING AGAINST A TYPE OF ENERGY. IN OTHER WORDS, WE COULD NOT PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES NEW DEVELOPMENT TO NOT USE NATURAL GAS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT A NUMBER OF CALIFORNIA CITIES HAVE HAVE, UH, IMPLEMENTED. AND THE TEXAS LEGISLATURES, UH, DEEMED THAT NOT APPROPRIATE FOR TEXAS. SO THAT BILL HAS MADE IT THROUGH BOTH CHAMBERS. UM, TWO BILLS THAT WE'VE TALKED, WELL, ONE BILL THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST IS HB 1885 HAD TO DO WITH MUNICIPAL REGULATION IN THE E T J. IF YOU RECALL, THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL WAS TO PROHIBIT SIGN, UH, REGULATIONS, BILLBOARD ORDINANCES. UM, HOWEVER, ON THE FLOOR, UH, AN EXCEPTION WAS ADDED FOR SIGN REGULATIONS. SO, SO THE BILL EFFECTIVELY DOES NOTHING. NOW, UH, IT MISSED OUR MILITARY EXCEPTION, OUR MILITARY BUFFER AREAS IN THE E T J. AND SO WE WORKED WITH, UH, CHAIRMAN RICHARD RAYMOND OF THE MILITARY COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE, AND SEVERAL OF OUR MEMBERS TO HAVE THAT EXCEPTION ADDED TO THE BILL. AND IT WAS DONE SO ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. AND THEN HOUSE BILL 30 13 WAS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR LAST WEEK. IT HAS TO DO WITH THE ALAMO. IT WAS A REPRESENTATIVE KYLE BEATERMAN BILL. IT INITIALLY SAID THAT ANY DISPLAYS AND EXHIBITS OF THE ALAMO AT THE, AT THE COMPLEX MUST PROMINENTLY DISPLAY OR PROMINENTLY FEATURE THE BATTLE OF 1836. AND THERE WAS A HEAVY DISCUSSION ON THE HOUSE FLOOR, AND IT WAS AMENDED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE PROMINENTLY FEATURE WAS CHANGED TO FOCUS ON, UH, I GUESS TO SO AS TO NOT SAY IT'S ONLY ABOUT, UH, THE BATTLE OF 1836. AND THERE WERE AMENDMENTS ADDED THAT REQUIRE THE G L O TO WORK WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL HISTORIANS. IN THE CREATION OF THOSE EXHIBITS, THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT ADDED TO TELL THE STORY OF THE SLAVE JOE, WHO WAS THE SURVIVOR OF THE ALAMO, WHO WENT ON TO TELL THE STORY. AND THERE WAS A BROADER AMENDMENT ADDED THAT, UH, THAT THE EXHIBITS TELL THE STORY, TELL THE ROLE OF SLAVERY IN THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO. SO IT SIGNIFICANTLY BROADENED THE CONTEXT, UH, OF WHAT, UM, THE EXHIBITS SHOULD SHOW. AND THEN TWO BILLS THAT, UH, ACTUALLY FAILED TO PASS, MEANING THEY WERE VOTED DOWN ON THE HOUSE FLOOR, WAS ANOTHER OF THE VISION ZERO BILLS. THAT WAS THE ONE THAT REQUIRED MOTORISTS TO STOP AND YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS AND CROSSWALKS. RIGHT NOW, THE LAW JUST SAYS YIELD, UH, THAT FAILED, UH, BY ABOUT 10 VOTES. AND A BILL THAT WOULD'VE, UM, ALLOWED, UH, FOLKS TO CHALLENGE BALLOT LANGUAGE, UH, FOR CITIES TO GET SECRETARY OF STATE APPROVAL OF BALLOT LANGUAGE AND THEN AWARD ATTORNEY'S FEES, UH, TO THE PERSON WHO CHALLENGED. IT ALSO DIED ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. AND A POINT OF ORDER WAS ISSUED, AND THE BILL WAS PULLED DOWN SOME UPDATES ON SOME OF THE BIG ONES. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, THE ADVOCACY BILL, THE BILL THAT WOULD, UH, LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO ADVOCATE AT THE CAPITOL IN THE FUTURE. SSB 10, UH, OTHERWISE CALLED PUBLIC FUNDED LOBBYING. UH, AS YOU KNOW, SAT IN HOUSE COMMITTEE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. IT SUDDENLY WAS POSTED LAST FRIDAY AND VOTED OUT OF COMMITTEE. IT DID CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY. IT NOW APPLIES NOT JUST TO CITIES AND COUNTIES, BUT ALL POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. UH, AND IT REQUIRES A NUMBER OF TRANSPARENCY PROVISIONS THAT ARE NOT PROBLEMATIC FOR US. IT REQUIRES APPROVAL OF LOBBYIST CONTRACTS IN A PUBLIC MEETING AS A STANDALONE ITEM, WHICH YOU ALWAYS, UH, DO. UH, IT REQUIRES THAT WE PUT OUR CONTRACTS ON OUR WEBSITE. IT PROHIBITS US SPENDING TAX DOLLARS ON FOOD, BEVERAGE AND ENTERTAINMENT, UH, FOR LOBBYING REIMBURSED LOBBYISTS FOR THOSE THINGS. WE DON'T DO THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, THE ONE BIG, UH, ISSUE IS THAT IT WOULD PROHIBIT US FROM USING OUR HIRED LOBBYISTS TO ENGAGE ON BILLS. ACTUALLY, THE LANGUAGE SAYS HERE, RELATED TO PROPERTY TAX, IT'S MORE NARROW THAN THAT. [01:20:01] IT'S BILLS RELATED TO THE ROLLBACK RATE, THE 3.5% TAX RATE. UM, THE BATTLE OVER SSB TWO LAST SESSION, REALLY, IT WAS, IT WAS CITY OFFICIALS AND ELECTED AND STAFF WHO TESTIFIED ON THOSE BILLS ANYWAY. UM, SO IT'S NOT A MAJOR ISSUE, BUT IT WOULD ALLOW US TO NOT USE CONTRACT LOBBYISTS IF THOSE, UH, ROLLBACK RATE ISSUES WERE TO COME UP IN THE FUTURE. THAT BILL HAS NOT MADE IT TO THE HOUSE FLOOR YET. IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE CALENDARS COMMITTEE. SO THERE ARE QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER A, THE VOTES ARE THERE IN THE HOUSE. REMEMBER, THEY VOTED DOWN A SIMILAR BILL LAST SESSION, AND B, WHETHER THE SENATE WILL ACCEPT THE CHANGES AS, AS BEING ENOUGH TO SATISFY, UH, THE INITIAL BILL AND AUTHOR. AND THEN THE, UH, THE DEBT BILL, UH, CAME UP AGAIN THIS WEEK. IT WAS SET FOR A HEARING IN SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON MONDAY. SENATOR BETTENCOURT PICKED UP THE BILL, UH, THE MAYOR, COUNCILMAN PLY, UH, CITY MANAGER. CHRISTINE AND I HAD A CALL WITH OUR THREE SAN ANTONIO MEMBERS ON THAT COMMITTEE LAST SUNDAY. UH, SENATOR MENENDEZ GUTIERREZ AND ZINI. AND WE BROUGHT THEM UP TO SPEED ON THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THIS BILL, THE EDITS THAT HAD BEEN MADE IN HOUSE COMMITTEE BY REPRESENTATIVE MARTINEZ FISHER, AND THEN THE FLOOR AMENDMENTS THAT HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE FULL HOUSE. UM, WHEN IT CAME UP MONDAY, SENATOR BETTENCOURT ANNOUNCED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE SURPRISED THAT HE WAS GOING TO PRESERVE ALL OF THOSE, UH, AMENDMENTS, THE HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS, AND THE TWO MAIN ONES ON THE FLOOR. HE SAID HE WAS GONNA STRIP THE GEOGRAPHIC EXCEPTIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BEXAR COUNTY AMENDMENT THAT CARVED US OUT. I TALKED TO THE THREE HOUSE MEMBERS WHO ORCHESTRATED THAT AMENDMENT, REPRESENTATIVE LARSSON MINHA AND MARTINEZ FISHER. AND THEY ALL SAID THAT THEY'LL DEAL WITH IT WHEN IT COMES BACK TO THE HOUSE. BUT THEIR MAIN INTENT WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE WAS RIGHT IN THE BILL. AND, UH, AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED, ALL OF THE EXCEPTIONS NOW INCLUDED IN THE BILL ARE THE REASONABLE USES THAT WE WOULD USE, UH, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND SO FORTH. SO THAT BILL APPEARS TO BE IN A GOOD, GOOD POSITION. UH, THE BILL THAT WOULD PROTECT THE, THE, UH, INFORMATION OF THOSE WHO HAVE THEIR UTILITY, UH, DISCONNECT. THE UTILITIES DISCONNECTED IS NOW ON THE SENATE INTENT CALENDAR, MEANING IT'S MADE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE HOUSE. IT'S MADE IT THROUGH SENATE COMMITTEE, AND IT'S PENDING A VOTE BEFORE THE FULL SENATE. SO WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THAT ONE. IT'S BASICALLY AT THE GOAL LINE, UH, TO BE SENT TO THE GOVERNOR. AND THEN TWO OTHER INITIATIVES OF OURS ARE BEING HEARD THIS WEEK, ACTUALLY THIS MORNING ALREADY, THE, UM, BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW OUR MUNICIPAL COURT TO USE ELECTRONIC RECORDING DEVICES WAS HEARD IN, UH, THE SENATE JURISPRUDENCE COMMITTEE. NO ISSUES THERE. UH, SENATOR MENZA DES LAID IT OUT. AND THEN TOMORROW, THE, UH, B A S C MEDICAID PARTICIPATION BILL WILL BE HEARD IN THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN PICKED UP BY SENATOR CAMPBELL AND HIS A REPRESENTATIVE LOPEZ BILL IN THE HOUSE. FINALLY, SOMETHING WE HADN'T TALKED ABOUT, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR, UH, HIGHER ED PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR YEARS FOR AUTHORITY TO ISSUE TUITION, REVENUE BONDS, TO DO CAPITAL PROJECTS ON THEIR CAMPUSES. THEY ALL HAVE PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED. A BILL HAS MADE IT NOW THROUGH THE FULL HOUSE THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE, UH, TUITION REVENUE BONDS FOR INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING THE THREE YOU SEE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SENATE. THE SENATE HAS BEEN THE OBSTACLE IN THE PAST, BUT THE FACT THAT IT HAS MADE IT THROUGH THE HOUSE IS, UH, AT LEAST REASON FOR PARTIAL CELEBRATIONS. SO I THOUGHT I'D MENTION THAT TO YOU. AND, UH, WITH THAT, I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, UH, JEFF, FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, LET ME TURN TO OUR I G R CHAIRMAN COUNCIL, MEMBER S THANKS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, EVERY TIME YOU COME UP HERE, I, I, UH, REIGN PRAISE ON YOU AND, AND CHRISTINE AND THE TEAM UP THERE. UM, ANYWAY, I I, ALL OF THAT, THAT I SAID, I CAN'T SAY IT, I CAN'T SAY IT LOUDER, UH, AND I CAN JUST REPEAT IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I THINK YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING. BUT I, I DO WANNA POINT OUT TO EVERYBODY THAT, UM, HOUSE BILL 1869, THE ONE ON THE DEBT FINANCE, UM, THAT WAS GOING VERY, VERY WELL. AND OUR, THE DEAN OF OUR, UH, DELEGATION, TREY MARTINEZ FISHER, UH, REALLY KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK, UH, IN THE HOUSE TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE GONNA BE LEFT IN THE BEST POSITION POSSIBLE. NEXT TIME ANYBODY SEES TREY MARTINEZ FISHER, HE DESERVES A FIST BUMP AND A BIG HUG, UH, FROM EVERY ONE OF US. THE, UM, SADLY IN THE, IN THE SENATE, THE SENATOR BETTEN DECIDED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD WORK IN THE HOUSE WASN'T THAT IMPORTANT TO HIM, AND HE WAS GONNA GO IT ALONE. UH, AGAIN, YOU DEPLOYED ALL OF THE, UH, UH, THE ENTIRE TEAM, JEFF. AND, UM, I, I GOTTA TELL YOU, OF ALL THE BILLS THAT AFTER THE LOBBYING BILL OF ALL THE BILLS, THAT ONE WAS THE SCARIEST, ONE OF ALL. AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU GUYS THREW ALL YOUR WEIGHT BEHIND. UH, I KNOW [01:25:01] THAT YOU BRIEFED US, UH, NUMEROUS TIMES ON HOW DANGEROUS IT WAS AND, YOU KNOW, UH, HOW PRECARIOUS A SITUATION WE WERE IN, UH, HAD IF OUR EFFORTS DIDN'T PAY OFF, AND THEY PAID OFF. JEFF. AND, UH, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE, AGAIN, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING, AND WE ALL OWE YOU A DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR LEAVING IT ALL ON THE FIELD. UM, I AUTHORIZE YOU TO TAKE A SUNDAY OFF SOMETIME IN 2022. . THANKS, MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND CHAIRMAN, I, UM, THAT BILL IS LEFT NOW IN A PLACE. THE, THE INTENT OF THE BILL FROM THE AUTHOR ORIGINALLY WAS TO AVOID ABUSES FOR NOW THAT THERE'S A 3.5% CAP FROM PREVENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM INSTEAD LOADING EVERYTHING UP ON THEIR DEBT SIDE OF THE TAX RATE. WE, OF COURSE, DON'T DO THAT. AND THE BILL ALLOWS FOR ALL THE REASONABLE USES OF, OF DEBT. SO, UM, I, I THINK THE HOPE IS THAT IT COMES BACK TO THE HOUSE, AND THAT SATISFACTORY FOR THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR. UH, IT STILL DOES NEED TO GO TO THE SENATE FLOOR, SO IT COULD BE CHANGED. BUT SENATOR BETTENCOURT IS A VERY INFLUENTIAL SENATOR. AND IF HE'S SATISFIED WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE'VE ALL, ALL WORKED ON ALL SESSION, UH, IT, IT DOES, SHOULD BODE WELL FOR IT. SO, UM, WE FEEL COMFORTABLE. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, OUR DELEGATION'S BEEN OUTSTANDING. BOTH PARTIES, BOTH CHAMBERS, THEY'VE, THEY'VE ALL BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND JUST, AND THANK YOU, JEFF, CHRISTINE, EDUARDO. 'CAUSE I'M SURE EDUARDO'S, I DON'T KNOW HOW HIS EYES DON'T GLAZE OVER READING EVERYTHING THAT HE READS ALL OVER. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK. UM, IN THE DEBT FINANCE WITH THE, WELL, NO, IN THE PUBLIC LOBBYING, UH, BILL, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ROLLBACK RATE OR, OR HOW THAT'S STILL IN THERE RIGHT NOW, DEALING WITH, UH, OUR PUBLICLY FUNDED, UH, LOBBYISTS WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, TO WORK ON THAT. WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO WORK? YEAH, THE LANGUAGE. GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. THE LANGUAGE IS, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, OUR HIRED CONSULTANTS, OUR HIRED LOBBYISTS, WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DIRECTLY COMMUNICATE WITH LEGISLATORS ABOUT BILLS RELATED TO THE ROLLBACK RATE. SO, SO THEY COULD SET UP MEETINGS, ET CETERA, WHATEVER YOU SAID, AND GIVE US INFORMATION AND ADVICE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. IT ALSO, I, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, IT SAYS NOTHING. THE BILL SAYS NOTHING NOW ABOUT T M L. WE'D STILL BE ABLE TO USE TRADE ASSOCIATIONS. WE'D STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE STAFF LIKE CHRISTINE AND MYSELF, OR THE ORIGINAL BILL DIDN'T ALLOW FOR THAT. UM, SO IT'S ONLY THAT NARROW PIECE. AND IT GOES BACK TO THE PRINCIPLE ARGUMENT FROM THOSE PUSHING THE BILL, WHICH IS TAXPAYERS SHOULDN'T TAX DOLLARS SHOULDN'T BE USED TO LOBBY AGAINST TAXPAYERS. WE'VE ARGUED ALL SESSION. THAT'S NOT AT ALL WHAT WE DO. AND I THINK WE'VE DEMONSTRATED OUR AGENDA IS FOR THE COMMUNITY. BUT THIS SORT OF NARROWS THE ISSUE NOW TO THAT ONE ISSUE OF THE ROLLBACK RATE ON PROPERTY TAXES. OKAY. TWO MORE, UH, POINTS. THE, UH, JUST THE BETTEN COURT BILL, THE ALAMO, AND, AND THAT LANGUAGE, JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING. AND I KNOW JEFF HAS, LORI HAS, THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THAT AS WELL. AND, UM, ON TUESDAY MORNING AT COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THEY, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR EVEN CAME ON AND MENTIONED HOW WE ARE TELLING, WE'RE GOING TO BE TELLING ALL THE STORIES AT THE VISITOR MUSEUM CENTER. AND, UH, ONE OF THE, THE ITEMS THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT PUT IN WITH THEIR, UH, $25 MILLION GRANT CONTRIBUTION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STORIES, ALL STORIES ARE TOLD. AND OF COURSE, WE ARE DOING THAT ALREADY WITH OUR ALAMO CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND MAKING SURE OUR THEMES, OUR VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE PART OF IT. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT. I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO, TO MAINTAIN OUR EYES ON THAT, TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ARE, UH, AND I ALSO HAVE TO THINK, UM, UH, REPRESENTATIVE LOPEZ AND MANY OF OUR BEXAR COUNTY DELEGATION WHO CAME UP, WHO ARE NATIVE SAN ANTONIANS, AND WHO SHARED WHAT THEY NEEDED TO SHARE ABOUT, UM, WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT TO TELL ALL THE STORIES. SO THANK YOU TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES. BUT THEN, UM, ARE THERE ANY BILLS COMING FORWARD THAT OUR DELEGATION IS TELLING US, HEY, CITI, Y'ALL NEED TO JUMP ON BOARD AND HELP US WITH THIS IN THE FINAL WANING TIME? I, I DON'T THINK SO. UM, NOTHING, NOTHING JUMPS TO MIND. WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR DELEGATION IS GREAT. THEY, UH, THEY WILL, THEY REACH OUT TO US ON A DAILY BASIS AND SAY, HEY, THIS BILL'S COMING TO MY COMMITTEE, WHAT'S YOUR POSITION ON IT? UH, SO WE'RE REGULARLY COMMUNICATING WITH THEM. UM, BUT I, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S STILL OUT THERE AS A MAJOR CITY RELATED ISSUE THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT HERE. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY BILLS THAT, UH, MEMBERS FEEL VERY STRONGLY FOR OR AGAINST THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO THE CITY ORGANIZATION. [01:30:01] BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE BIG PICTURE ONES IN THESE BRIEFINGS. I THINK WE'VE, UH, TOUCHED MOST OF THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU, JEFF. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GR, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. YEAH. JEFF, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR STAFF, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO'VE WORKED WITH YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION I KNOW IS, IS VERY CHALLENGING. AND I THINK WE'VE DONE AS A CITY, A GOOD JOB, UH, LOOKING OUT FOR THE INTERESTS OF, OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALL EXPECT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EMERGE, UM, A SPECIAL SESSION, MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN ONE. UH, ARE ANY OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE AHEAD ON TODAY, ISSUES THAT MAYBE WE FELT WEREN'T GOOD FOR THE CITY AND AND DIED THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE RESURRECTED IN A, IN A, THE NEXT SESSION? AND WE KNOW THE GOVERNOR SETS THAT TABLE, RIGHT, BUT ARE, ARE THERE ANY THINGS THAT YOU THINK HE MAY WANNA SEE COME BACK UP THAT, UH, WE MANAGED TO GET BY? UH, IT'S A VERY, IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. I WISH WE KNEW THE ANSWER. UM, THE, YOU'RE RIGHT. THE GOVERNOR, THE GOVERNOR DEFINES THE TOPICS, AND IT'S VERY NARROW. UH, SO THERE'S A REAL STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF THAT YOU CAN'T TACK THINGS ON THAT ARE NOT GERMANE TO WHAT THE CALL FROM THE GOVERNOR WAS. WE REALLY WON'T KNOW THAT, I DON'T THINK UNTIL, UM, OBVIOUSLY, UNTIL HE CALLS IT. BUT EVEN ONCE THE SESSION ENDS NEXT MONDAY, NOT THIS COMING MONDAY, BUT THE NEXT MONDAY, THERE'S A THREE WEEK PERIOD FOR THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN IN VETO BILLS. AND THAT MAY GIVE US SOME INDICATION OF THINGS THAT HE WASN'T HAPPY WITH, OR, UH, HE MAY MAKE STATEMENTS ABOUT ISSUES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN HIS MIND THAT WEREN'T. I WILL SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ANTICIPATING THAT THERE WOULD BE SPECIAL SESSIONS RELATED TO TWO ISSUES, AT A MINIMUM. THE FIRST BEING REDISTRICTING ONCE THE CENSUS DATA COMES IN THE FALL, THE SECOND BEING THE USE OF ALL THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT HAVE COME TO THE STATE. IF YOU REMEMBER A FEW WEEKS AGO, I REPORTED THAT THE HOUSE ADDED AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET BILL THAT SAID THE LEGISLATURE MUST APPROVE, UH, ANY EXPENDITURES OF THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS, WHICH ALMOST ENSURES A SPECIAL SESSION OF SOME SORT SO THAT THE LEGISLATURE CAN BE IN SESSION TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. THAT LANGUAGE WAS STRIPPED IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORTEDLY YESTERDAY. AND I SAY REPORTEDLY BECAUSE REPRESENTATIVE LYLE LARSSON TWEETED ABOUT IT. UM, AND THE, AND MEDIA HAS PICKED UP ON THAT. SO, UH, HIS STATEMENT, REPRESENTATIVE LARSON'S STATEMENT WAS, UH, BY THEM STRIPPING THIS AND DISRESPECTING THE WILL OF THE HOUSE AT ALL, BUT GUARANTEES A SPECIAL SESSION. SO, OF COURSE, THAT, THAT REPRESENTATIVE CAN'T CALL THE SPECIAL SESSION, BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS AT THE END OF THE SESSION, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME ISSUES THAT COME BETWEEN BOTH CHAMBERS AND THEN MAY MANIFEST THEMSELVES LATER. UH, WE'LL, WE'LL WAIT AND SEE, BUT I, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT NUGGET WITH YOU. THANKS, JEFF. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. UM, JEFF, I HAVE A, A COUPLE QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO A COUPLE OF BILLS THAT YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE CAN TALK OFFLINE. UM, YES, SIR. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE UPDATE AND, UH, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND GIVE OUR BEST TO CHRISTINE AS WELL, WHO I KNOW IS I WILL TOOLING AWAY. I WILL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANKS, JEFF. ALRIGHT, THAT'S IT ON ITEM FOUR. UH, WITHOUT FURTHER DISCUSSION, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE REST OF OUR AGENDA AND THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS LISTED. WE'LL [16. 21-3196 Ordinance amending the FY 2021 Annual Operating and Capital Budget based on actual revenues and expenditures for the first six months of FY 2021 (October 2020 to March 2021) and projections for the remaining six months of FY 2021 (April 2021 to September 2021) in the General Fund and various Restricted Funds as well as the approval of abatements for certain revenues. Additionally several budget adjustments are recommended in the General Fund, Restricted Funds and Capital Budget. [María Villagómez, Deputy City Manager, Scott Huizenga, Director, Management and Budget]] BEGIN WITH ITEM 16. ITEM 16 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, ANNUAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET BASED ON ACTUAL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF FISCAL YEAR, 2021, OCTOBER, 2020 TO MARCH, 2021, AND PROJECTIONS FOR THE REMAINING SIX MONTHS OF FISCAL YEAR 2021, APRIL, 2021 TO SEPTEMBER, 2021 IN THE VARIOUS, SORRY, EXCUSE ME, IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR VARIOUS RESTRICTED FUNDS, AS WELL AS THE APPROVAL OF ABATEMENTS FOR CERTAIN REVENUES. ADDITIONALLY, SEVERAL BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS ARE RECOMMENDED IN THE GENERAL FUND RESTRICTED BUDGET AND CAPITAL BUDGET. I ALSO HAVE A RECUSAL MAYOR FOR DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT 10 REGARDING WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO AND A RECUSAL REGARDING DISTRICT FOUR FOR COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL. OKAY. UH, GREAT. SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, I'M GONNA GIVE THE FLOOR OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, UH, AND WE'LL BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION THERE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO WILL OFFER, UH, THE MOTION, BUT WE'RE GONNA MOVE THROUGH AND HAVE A FEW OTHER, UM, MOTIONS SO WE CAN BREAK THIS UP AND, AND TAKE CARE OF THE RECUSALS, UH, AND ANY OTHER FURTHER, UH, DISCUSSION FROM THERE. SO LEMME GIVE THE FLOOR NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRA. THANK YOU, YOU MAYOR. UM, HI SCOTT. WE HAVE A LOT TO GO THROUGH, SO I'D LOVE THE [01:35:01] PRESENTATION FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND THEN FOR THE DIOCESE. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AGAIN, MY NAME IS SCOTT HUSEN, GAVE BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY. HAPPY TO BE BACK THIS WEEK TO TALK ABOUT THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENT. LAST WEEK, WE PRESENTED IN B SESSION THE, THE BUDGET STATUS AS PART OF THE SIX PLUS SIX REPORT AND THE FIVE-YEAR FORECAST PRESENTATION. SO TODAY, UH, WE'LL PRESENT A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENT THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT BRIEFLY LAST WEEK, AND WE'LL COVER IN SLIGHTLY MORE DETAIL HERE FOR YOU TODAY. UH, AS DISCUSSED LAST WEEK AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 21 BUDGET STATUS, THE ECONOMY IS IMPROVING, BUT SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS. UH, THE TRAVEL, TRAVEL AND LEISURE SECTORS ARE REBOUNDING, BUT MUCH GROWTH IS STILL NEEDED TO GET BACK TO 2019 LEVELS. MEANWHILE, IN THE GENERAL FUND, THE PROJECTED POSITION IS POSITIVE DUE TO SLIGHTLY BETTER REVENUES AND MODEST DEPARTMENT SAVINGS. AS YOU RECALL, THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO RESERVE THE PROJECTED ENDING BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND TO RESTORE STREET MAINTENANCE AND ELIMINATE EMPLOYEE FURLOUGHS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET. AND AS THE FORECAST PRESENTATION NOTED LAST WEEK, WE STILL PROJECT THE DEFICIT IN FISCAL YEAR 2023 IF WE WERE TO FULLY RESTORE ALL OF THE PLANS REDUCTIONS FROM THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PLAN. THEREFORE, WE WILL CONTINUE A CAUTIOUS APPROACH AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. THE MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENT IS PART OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STRATEGY. MANAGEMENT MEETS MONTHLY TO REVIEW FINANCIAL REPORTS AND TRENDS, AND WE PRESENT QUARTERLY UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL, SUCH AS THE SIX PLUS SIX REPORT WE PROVIDED LAST WEEK. SO, THE MIDYEAR ADJUSTMENT ORDINANCE TODAY ALIGNS WITH THE SIX PLUS SIX REPORT PROJECTIONS THAT REPORTED LAST WEEK AS PART OF THE B SESSION. BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THE, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT ITSELF, WE'D LIKE TO SUMMARIZE WHAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE HERE. UH, IN THE GENERAL FUND AS PROPOSED, THERE ARE TWO ADJUSTMENTS TOTALING ABOUT $1.4 MILLION. THAT INCLUDES RECOMMENDED FUNDING FROM DELEGATE AGENCY RESERVES AND UNALLOCATED MENTAL HEALTH RESERVES. IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND, THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION FOR $954,000 IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO KEEP UP WITH INCREASED PERMITTING APP ACTIVITY, PARTICULARLY IN THE, ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF, OF PERMITTING IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. THERE ARE TWO PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS, UH, RECOMMENDED TO BE FUNDED FROM THE CANCELLATION OF ANOTHER PROJECT IN DISTRICT THREE. AND THE ORDINANCE ALSO INCLUDES RECOMMENDED PERMIT WAIVERS AND RENT ABATEMENTS, TOTALING ABOUT $1.6 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND AND ABOUT $1.5 MILLION IN RESTRICTED FUNDS. UH, COME OF THE, UH, A COUPLE OF THE SPECIFIC ITEMS IN THE, IN THE ORDINANCE. THE FIRST ITEM IS THE USE OF DELEGATE AGENCY RESERVES AND UNALLOCATED MENTAL HEALTH RESERVES. THE ADOPTED BUDGET INCLUDES FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, ABOUT $1.5 MILLION AS A RESERVE FOR DELEGATE AGENCIES. THE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES $500,000 IN UNALLOCATED MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH RESERVES AS ADOPTED. THESE AMOUNTS WERE SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET BECAUSE WHILE WE KNEW THERE WOULD BE REDUCED ACTIVITY AT, AT THE FACILITIES DUE TO C OVID 19 CLOSURES, WE ALSO KNEW THAT DURING THE YEAR THERE WOULD BE UNKNOWN AND UNMET NEEDS THAT WOULD COME UP, MADE MUCH WORSE BY C OVID 19, THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ALLOCATE LATER IN THE YEAR. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR THE ORDINANCE PROPOSED AS USE OF THOSE RESERVES TO INCLUDE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISCONNECTED YOUTH, EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR SENIORS, HOMELESS OUTREACH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS, AND SUPPORT FOR POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. THE CITY HAS, UH, CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL THE ENTITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS RECOMMENDATION FEE ORDINANCE ALSO INCLUDES, UH, RECOMMENDED RENT AND FEE WAIVERS, AGAIN, OF ABOUT $1.6 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND, $1.5 MILLION IN RESTRICTED FUNDS. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MAINLY FOR RENTS AT CITY FACILITIES. THE RECOMMENDATION ALSO INCLUDES PARKING CONTRACTS AND, UH, AND ABATEMENT OF BARGE USE FEES DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC. THERE ARE ALSO REQUESTS FOR PERMIT FEE WAIVERS, INCLUDING TAXI CABS AND CARRIAGES FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, INCLUDING THE ORDINANCE AS WELL IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, THERE IS A ONE PROPOSED CHANGE. THE DISTRICT, AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK, THE DISTRICT THREE Y M C A IS A 2017 BOND PROGRAM THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE CANCELED DUE TO NOT MA MEETING FUNDRAISING NEEDS. THE REMAINING FUNDS WOULD BE REALLOCATED [01:40:01] TO TWO ALTERNATE PROJECTS, BOTH IN DISTRICT THREE. UH, AND AGAIN, THE, THE DISTRICT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REALLOCATION. AS WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, THE BOND COUNCIL HAS ALSO APPROVED THE REALLOCATION OF FUNDS AS PROPOSED AS WELL. SO THAT INCLUDE CONCLUDES MY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE, OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TODAY. AS WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, UH, WE, AGAIN, WE SUMMARIZED THESE ITEMS LAST WEEK AS PART OF THE LONGER, MUCH LONGER PRESENTATION OFFICIALS FROM SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS ON THE SPECIFIC ITEMS ARE HERE, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR YOU TODAY. BUT, UH, HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, MAYOR, I, I DO WANT TO, UH, I DO WANNA MAKE A MOTION, BUT I WANNA BE SURE TO STILL HAVE COMMENTS AFTER I MAKE MY MOTION. IS THAT, WILL THAT WORK THAT WAY? YEAH, YOU CAN DISCUSS THE ENTIRE ITEM IF YOU'D LIKE RIGHT NOW AND, AND MAKE THE MOTION. UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, DISCUSSION THROUGHOUT AS WELL. OKAY, GREAT. UM, WELL, I DID HAVE, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE COMMENT IN PARTICULAR, UH, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UH, THOSE, THE CHANGE, ONE OF THE CHANGES MOVING FORWARD IS THE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENT FROM THE 20, UH, 21 CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE Y M C A REALLOCATING, UH, SOME DOLLARS TO TWO PROJECTS IN DISTRICT THREE. UNFORTUNATELY, WE THERE WASN'T ABLE TO HAVE THAT MATCHING GRANT THAT WAS PART OF THE BOND PROJECT. SO WE ARE MOVING SOME DOLLARS TO, UH, ANOTHER PARK IN DISTRICT THREE, UM, FURTHER ON THE EASTERN PORTION, THE JUPI MANOR AREA, AND THEN ALSO, UM, DOING SOME MORE ENHANCEMENTS IN AND AROUND THE MISSION MARQUEE, UM, CAMPUS WHERE THE Y M C A IS TO INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS TO A SOCCER FIELD THAT WILL BE NEXT DOOR, AND THEN A, UH, WALKING TRAIL THAT WILL CONNECT TO OUR MISSIONS AND, UM, HELP AUGMENT THE, UH, WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE, UH, WORLD HERITAGE VISITOR CENTER. SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. UM, HOPEFULLY, UH, WE AS THE Y M C A CONTINUES TO COME OUT OF THE, THE PANDEMIC THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET SOME PARTNERS TO HELP, UM, IN THE FUTURE WITH CONTINUING TO BRING MORE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE HARVEY NAUM Y M C A, WHICH HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE, UM, ASSET AND AMENITY TO NOT JUST THE DISTRICT, TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE. AND I'M SURE, UM, IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE STILL GOING TO WORK ON GETTING THAT SWIMMING POOL INTO THE HARVEY NA JIM Y M C A THAT WE NEED TO GET, UM, IN THE FUTURE. SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, UM, I MOVED TO APPROVE ITEM 16. OKAY. THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 16. UM, LET ME, UH, GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER S THANKS. I, UM, I LOVE, I, I THINK ALL THIS IS GREAT. I'VE GOT AN AMENDED MOTION I THINK YOU MIGHT LIKE AND YOU MAY WANT TO SECOND. YES, MA'AM. UH, I MOVE THAT WE BREAK THEM UP INTO FOUR. ANDY, I THINK THERE'S FOUR PIECES BAKED INTO THIS. UM, AND THAT WAY IT'LL MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO DO THEIR RECUSALS AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO JUST RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM THE ENTIRE THING. WHAT DO YOU THINK, ? SO YOU SECOND . OKAY. OKAY. . THANKS, MAYOR. IF, IF I WOULD ASK, UH, THOUGH, UH, COUNCIL, CAN YOU SPECIFY THE FOUR ITEMS SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON? SURE. UM, LET ME LOOK AT 16, ANDY. SO ANDY, ITEM NUMBER 16 DOESN'T SPELL OUT THE ITEMS, DOES IT? ALL RIGHT. UM, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THEY ARE? YEAH. THE, THE FOUR ITEMS, THE FIRST IS TO APPROVE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING. THE SECOND IS A RECUSAL FOR COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS FUNDING. OKAY. OKAY. THE THIRD IS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO FUNDING. AND THE FOURTH IS THE BALANCE OF THE, UH, BUDGET. AND I THINK YOU HAVE NOW THOSE FOUR ITEMS, COUNSEL? YES, SIR, I DO. SO, MAYOR, I MOVE TO BREAK THE ITEM INTO FOUR PARTS. THE FIRST WILL BE OF THE APPROVAL OF THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING THE SECOND AND THIRD FOR RECUSALS, FOR COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, UM, AND THE FOURTH FOR APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF THE BUDGET. DID I DO THAT RIGHT, ANDY? ALL RIGHT, THANKS. THAT'S GREAT. SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR, UH, BREAKING UP ITEM 16, UH, FOR RECUSALS, UH, LET ME REITERATE WHAT THE, THE FOUR, UH, VOTES WOULD BE. UH, THE FIRST WOULD BE ON DELEGATE AGENCY PORTION OF THE FUNDING. THE SECOND WOULD BE ON COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS. THE THIRD WOULD BE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. AND THE FOURTH WOULD BE, UH, THE BALANCE OF THE ITEM 16. UH, THERE WAS THIS MOTION A SECOND. SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOW DISCUSSING FOUR, UM, SEPARATE MOTIONS OR FOUR SEPARATE ACTIONS. UH, SO LET'S TAKE UP THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS DELEGATE AGENCIES. FIRST. MAYOR, EXCUSE, EXCUSE ME. THERE SHOULD BE A VOTE TO SEPARATE FIRST, THEN WE [01:45:01] TAKE THE FORM. OKAY. RIGHT. OKAY. SO LET'S, UM, LET'S TAKE UP THE VOTE TO SEPARATE THE ITEMS. UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, YOU QUEUED IN. DO YOU WANNA DISCUSS THIS ACTION OF BREAKING UP THE ITEM 16? OKAY. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON THAT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, CALL A VOTE. IT WAS A MOTION BY ELAS AND A SECOND BY GONZALEZ. OKAY. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. NOW WE WILL BEGIN, UH, WITH DISCUSSION ON THE DELEGATE AGENCY PORTION OF THE MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENT. UM, AND SO LET ME TURN IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. I THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I WANNA THANK, UH, STAFF FOR MAKING THEMSELVES AVAILABLE. I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, MARIA, SCOTT, UM, MEL AND, AND JENNIFER. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, UM, OR I WAS REMINDED THAT WHEN WE ADOPTED THIS FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET, UH, SOME MONEY HAD BEEN SET ASIDE FOR DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING AS NEEDS AROSE DURING THE YEAR. AND THAT'S, UH, PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, TODAY WITH THE MIDYEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR WALKING ME THROUGH THAT. UM, WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE YET IS, UH, WELL, I GUESS THROUGHOUT OUR UPDATES ON THE PANDEMIC, WE'VE GOTTEN AN UNDERSTANDING FROM YOU OF WHAT YOU SEE AS BEING NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE YET IS DISCUSS, WHICH ARE THE AGENCIES BEST SUITED FOR THAT, UM, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR THAT, WHAT EXACTLY THEY WOULD DO. UM, I UNDERSTAND THIS WAS PART OF THE B SESSION, UM, AGENDA LAST WEEK. WE, WE DIDN'T DISCUSS IT, SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A PRESENTATION ON, ON THAT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. . OKAY. IF THEY COULD, IF YOU COULD BRING UP, UM, I THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT SLIDE NINE OF THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND, UM, AS, UH, SCOTT MENTIONED, THE DELEGATE AGENCIES WERE FUNDED THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 21 PROCESS. THERE WAS A POOL OF OVER $21 MILLION. AND, UM, DOZENS OF AGENCIES WERE FUNDED THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND, UM, WE, UH, DID NOT ISSUE A NEW COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR, UH, THESE AWARDS. MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAD ALREADY APPROVED FUNDING FOR THE AGENCIES, UM, THROUGH THE LAST R F P FUNDING PROCESS. AND SO, UM, THANK YOU, UM, AGENCIES, THESE AGENCIES ARE ACTIVE PARTNERS AND OUR CURRENT SERVICES AND THE PROGRAMS WE PROVIDE. AND SO WE MADE SELECTIONS BASED ON THOSE DISCUSSIONS. AND SO I'LL RUN THROUGH REAL QUICK THE, THE AGENCIES THAT WE'RE FUNDING. AND SO THE FIRST, UM, IS FOOD BANK, AND WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN, UM, OLDER ADULT FOOD INSECURITY OR SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM HAS INCREASED 42% FROM PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS. AND THAT'S BOTH THE NUMBER OF MEALS THAT WE'RE SERVING AND ALSO THE NUMBER OF, OF, OR THE POUNDS OF COMMODITIES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THROUGH PROJECT HOPE. AND SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FOOD BANK IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO MEET THAT INCREASE, UM, THROUGH THE REST OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND SO NEXT, UM, HOMELESS SERVICES, AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING, UM, INCREASED VISIBILITY OF, UM, UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, OUR OUTREACH TEAMS AND OUR OUTREACH PARTNERS ARE IDENTIFYING A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, UM, WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE CONCERNS, UM, REALLY STANDING OUT AS WE'RE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES TO THE HOMELESS THAT ARE, THAT WE CAN ACCESS IMMEDIATELY. UM, THIS FUNDING INCREASES OUR ABILITY TO ACCESS TREATMENT ON DEMAND FOR MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT. AND SO, UM, EXCUSE ME, PRIMARY MEDICATIONS THAT WILL BE USED IN THIS TREATMENT ARE METHADONE FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER AND, UM, AND ABUSE FOR ALCOHOLISM. AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING RIVER CITY REHABILITATION CENTER RECEIVE, UH, $50,000 TO DO A PILOT PROJECT, UM, FOR OVER, THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 25 [01:50:01] YEARS AND USING MIS MIS, UH, SORRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH. UM, AND THEY'RE, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WAIT TIME. AND THEN MOVING TO THE YOUTH EDUCATION, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING THAT 23% OF NEW UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS IN SAN ANTONIO WERE FOR 18 TO 24 YEAR OLDS, ALTHOUGH THEY ONLY MAKE UP AN ESTIMATED 10% OF THE SAN ANTONIO AREA POPULATION. THE LARGEST BARRIER FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH IS A LACK OF INCOME. UM, AND THEY CONTINUE TO FIND THEMSELVES FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN WORKING AND IMPROVING THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS. THE ASPEN INSTITUTE IS ESTIMATING THAT THE NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITY YOUTH IN SAN ANTONIO HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC FROM 34,000 TO 7,700. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, WHICH ARE YOUTH THAT ARE DISCONNECTED IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH DISCUSSIONS OVER THE LAST, UM, REALLY SINCE AFTER THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE IDENTIFIED BY TALKING TO SUPERINTENDENTS, UM, AND OUR KEY DELEGATE AGENCY PARTNERS, THAT THERE REALLY IS A CRITICAL GAP, UM, IN THE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO YOUTH WHO ARE NOT WORKING AND NOT IN SCHOOL. AND SO WE ARE RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING TO WORKFORCE SUPPORT OR WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, TO DO THE WORKFORCE SUPPORT, UM, DISABLED AMBASSADORS INTERN PROGRAM. AND THIS FACILITATES WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY. UM, THE EARN, WHILE YOU LEARN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOCUS ON PROVIDING 72 STUDENTS, UM, WITH SERVICES, UM, WHILE THEY EARN MONEY AND ALSO ARE ABLE TO ATTEND THEIR G E D PROGRAMS. UM, IT'S A THEN WE'RE ALSO FUNDING A PARTNERSHIP WITH HEALY MURPHY AND IN COORDINATION WITH THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR THE PROF, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND APPRENTICESHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAMILY SERVICES UP TO 80 AT-RISK HIGH SCHOOLS STUDENTS AND DISCONNECTED YOUTH WILL RECEIVE PAID INTERNSHIPS. AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE CONNECTION, C I S TEAMS WILL ENGAGE YOUTH WHO GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL LAST MAY, WHO HAD COMPLETED THEIR FAFSA, APPLIED TO COLLEGE, BUT DID NOT ENROLL IN THE FALL, AS WELL AS YOUTH GRADUATING THIS MONTH TO PROVIDE OUTREACH AND SUPPORT TO ENSURE THAT YOUTH ENROLLING COLLEGE IN THE FALL BY ADDRESSING BARRIERS TO ATTENDING COLLEGE. AND AGAIN, ALL OF THESE AGENCIES ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD. THEY ACTIVELY PARTNER WITH US IN OUR, UM, THE CURRENT PROGRAMMING THAT WE'RE OPERATED WE'RE OPERATING, THEY WERE ALL AWARDED FUNDING THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 19, UM, AND 20 DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS. SO THEY DID GO THROUGH A COMPETITIVE R F P PROCESS AND THE, UM, ORDINANCE, THE BUDGET ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO REALLOCATE THE DELEGATE AGENCY RESERVE FUNDS THROUGH, UM, TWO AGENCIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED IN THAT DELEGATE AGENCY SCHEDULE IN THE AMOUNT UP TO $50,000, AND WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR AMOUNTS OVER THAT. AND SO WE ARE HERE TODAY ASKING, UM, FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE ALSO HAVE, UM, SEVERAL ALLOCATIONS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES RESERVE, AND JENNIFER WILL GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THOSE. UH, GOOD MORNING COUNSEL. UM, THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH ARE WRAPAROUND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS. UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS FOR YEARS. THIS IS ACTUALLY WOULD BE AN EXTENSION ON THEIR CONTRACT SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING FOR CHILDREN, UM, IN NEED. THE, UM, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE, UM, IS INTENDED TO, UM, SERVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE, WHETHER THAT BE A SHOOTING OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE HOME. UH, THIS IS REALLY A PILOT INITIATIVE AND, UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF, UM, PEOPLE WHO'VE EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE WOULD PARTICIPATE IN EITHER INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING OR GROUP COUNSELING. THOSE COUNSELING SERVICES WOULD BE, UH, PROVIDED THROUGH THE ECUMENICAL CENTER FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND THROUGH GUARDIAN HOME, UH, FOR 60,000. THESE ENTITIES PROVIDE VERY SPECIFIC, UM, SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES. UM, THOSE ARE UNIQUE, UH, INDIVIDUALS AND UNIQUE SERVICES THAT ARE REQUIRED. AND SO THAT IS WHY WE'VE [01:55:01] SELECTED BOTH ECUMENICAL CENTER AND GUARDIAN HOUSE AND GUARDIAN HOUSE, AS WELL AS C I S ARE BOTH HERE IF YOU DO HAVE ANY VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR THEM. AND THEN THE THIRD, UM, INITIATIVE, WHICH IS A MUCH SMALLER ONE, IS CALLED ROSES. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION COUNSELING FOR WOMEN IN OUR HEALTHY START PROGRAM. THAT PROGRAM, UH, SERVES 12 SPECIFIC ZIP ZIP CODES IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH THESE, UM, ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, UH, WE ARE EXPANDING THOSE SERVICES TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO WOMEN OUTSIDE OF, UH, THAT ZIP CODE THAT, THAT SPECIFIC ZIP CODE FOR HEALTHY START. UH, WE ANTICIPATE, UM, PROVIDING A GRANT TO VOICES FOR CHILDREN, AND THEN THEY WOULD PROVIDE MINI GRANTS TO SOME OF OUR, THEIR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE THIS CURRICULUM TO WOMEN IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION BEFORE IT EVEN OCCURS. THANK YOU. UH, JENNIFER, I WAS JUST NOTICING THE, THE VOICES FOR CHILDREN, THE 35,000, WAS THAT THE SAME AMOUNT AS WAS, UH, AS WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY? YES. 35,000 WILL GO TO VOICES FOR CHILDREN, AND THEN WE'LL, UM, HAVE 5,000 THAT WILL BE ADMINISTERING FOR SOME OTHER THINGS WITHIN THAT PROGRAM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. GREAT. UM, AND THEN JUST, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE DISCUSSED, UH, A LITTLE BIT YESTERDAY, IS THAT THE, WITH THE PANDEMIC, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN, IN THE RESPONSE IN, IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE NORMALLY WOULDN'T BE WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, ASSISTING OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO, UH, I THINK IF WE EVER GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN, IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE HEARING TOO, UH, IN OUR COUNCIL OFFICES AND IF THERE ARE OTHER NEEDS THAT WE SEE AT LEAST SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE THOSE INTO ACCOUNT, UH, BEFORE YOU'RE MAKING THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS. I'M, I'M NOT SURE, I THINK WE DISCUSSED, YOU DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH US COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS. THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS CAME FROM LOOKING AT THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT THAT, UM, WAS DEVELOPED SOME TIME AGO, UM, AS WELL AS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING AND WHAT OUR, UM, CLIENTS ARE TELLING US OR NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. UM, I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE GRANT TO THE ECUMENICAL CENTER, UH, THE VIOLENCE GRANT. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT, UH, ABOUT THEM FROM ONE OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES? SO, ECUMENICAL CENTER ISN'T HERE. OKAY. BUT I KNOW THAT BOTH DR. BRIDGER AND JENNY HICKSON WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH 'EM ON A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES, AND JENNY'S THE ONE THAT'S BEEN COORDINATING WITH ECUMENICAL FOR THIS. SO I'LL ASK HER TO COME AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU, JENNIFER. I AM, UH, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE INTERPLAY WITH, UM, STANDUP AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO, TO THAT? SURE. SO THIS CAME OUT OF A NEED THAT STANDUP HAD IDENTIFIED ACTUALLY OVER A YEAR AGO, THAT WHEN THEY WORK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND ACTUALLY, FRANKLY WITH OUR STAFF AS WELL, THAT WHEN THEY'RE DEALING WITH, UM, SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE, WHEN THEY'RE RESPONDING ON SCENE, WHEN THEY'RE IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY REALLY NEED MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT THAT'S BOTH EITHER IMMEDIATE, SO A GROUP THAT COULD BE DONE AFTER AN EVENT, AND THEY ALSO NEED ONGOING INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE. UM, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY BROUGHT UP WHEN WE WERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO DO THIS WAS YOU HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT GROUP OF THERAPISTS TO DO THIS WORK. UM, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE THERAPISTS THAT DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE WITNESSED GUNSHOTS, THAT HAVE WITNESSED THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE BECAUSE, UM, FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE, TO CONNECT WITH THE THERAPIST AND REALLY DEVELOP A THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP, THERE HAS TO BE THAT SHARED UNDERSTANDING AND EXPERIENCE. SO THE ECUMENICAL CENTER HAS RESPONDED TO MASS SHOOTINGS. THEY'VE RESPONDED TO CRISIS SITUATIONS BEFORE. SO THEY HAVE THAT EXPERTISE, AND THEY ALSO HAVE THERAPISTS ON STAFF WHO ARE FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHO ARE FORMER MILITARY, UM, WHO BRING WITH THEM BACKGROUNDS THAT CAN CONNECT WITH THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP. UM, OUR STANDUP TEAM WAS PART OF THE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS. WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT PHONE CALLS WHERE WE KIND OF TALKED THROUGH, VERY CANDIDLY THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT FINDING THE RIGHT FIT. AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE IF THIS WILL BE A, A GOOD FIT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE NEED THAT THEY KEEP SEEING AND THE FOLKS THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH. THANK YOU, JENNY. SO THE REFERRALS WILL COME FROM STANDUP TO THE ECUMENICAL CENTER, OR HOW, HOW WILL THAT WORK? SO THEY WON'T JUST COME FROM STANDUP, THEY'LL COME FROM REALLY ANY OF THE FOLKS THAT WE SEE THAT IDENTIFY THIS NEED. SO IT COULD BE STANDUP, IT COULD BE OTHER AGENCIES THAT THEY WORK WITH THAT, UM, IDENTIFY FOLKS THAT NEED THIS HELP. IT ALSO COULD BE THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN OTHER PARTS OF OUR PROGRAM WHERE MAYBE WE HAVE A REFERRAL FOR THEM THAT WOULD BE RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BUT THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE IN THEIR FAMILY THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS OTHER TYPE OF REFERRAL. SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT VIOLENCE CO-OCCUR, IT OVERLAPS, IT'S NOT CLEAN THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN ONE OR THE OTHER. SO STANDUP WILL BE THE PRIMARY RESOURCE, BUT WE WILL WORK WITH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WELL. [02:00:01] YEAH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, FOR ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATE AGENCIES WHO ARE HERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ADDING THAT CLARIFICATION. UH, TODAY. UH, MELODY AND, UH, SCOTT. SO AT THIS TIME, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING, WITH THE EXCEPTION FOR FUNDING OF COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION AGAIN, OF, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS AND COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS. UH, WE WILL DISCUSS, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION ON THAT. UM, MOTION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU TO ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. UM, SITTING HERE GIVES ME GREAT JOY TO HEAR ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH PIECE. UM, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A GENERATIONAL CYCLE THAT CAN CONTINUES TO PERPETUATE VIOLENCE, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THEY'VE SEEN. IN 1991 AT SAM HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD. WE HAD OUR FIRST SCHOOL SHOOTING RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WE SAW NO ONE, NO ONE CAME AND TALKED TO US. WE HAD TO DEAL WITH IT ON OUR OWN. AND WHAT I SEE NOW ARE THE YOUTH, UM, AND OUR CHILDREN THAT ARE CONTINUING THIS CYCLE. SO I AM SO, UM, ELATED THAT WE ARE MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION. WE KNOW THAT TRAUMA-INFORMED MENTAL HEALTH IS TRULY NEEDED TO BREAK THE GENERATIONAL CYCLES OF JUST A MINDSET THAT HAS BEEN CORRUPTED. AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UM, I'M LOOKING TO, TO REALLY GET INVOLVED WITH HOW DO WE BRING THIS TO OUR FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY. UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR LEADERS ARE ASKING FOR IS THE MENTAL HEALTH PIECE. UM, THANK YOU TO STAND UP. I KNOW THAT THEY DO A WONDERFUL WORK AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BUILD ON TOGETHER AS A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU DR. BRIDGER FOR TAKING THOSE PHONE CALLS AT NIGHT. WHEN I'M ASKING YOU WHERE ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT A MENTAL HEALTH PLAN AND CAN WE PUT ONE IN THE, IN THE METRO HEALTH CLINIC? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING. UM, AND THEN TO SEE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE ARE FORMING WITH HEAL MURPHY, THIS IS TRULY GONNA SPEAK TO A LOT OF OUR YOUTH WHO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD. THEY ARE NOW THE BREADWINNER. THEY ARE NOW THE OVERSEER OF THEIR YOUNGER SIBLINGS. AND WHAT THIS WILL DO WILL CHANGE A TRAJECTORY OF INDIVIDUALS THAT THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD NOT MAKE IT AND SET THEM ON A PATH TO WHERE THEY CAN TELL OTHERS. WHEN YOU HAVE A CITY THAT WORKS TOGETHER, IT BUILDS THE UNITY OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND OUR MOST BRILLIANT MINDS HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN FLOURISH. SO I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR PULLING THIS ITEM SO WE CAN HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE DE DELEGATE AGENCY, UH, FUNDING, UH, ITEM 16. AND THAT'S JUST, UH, THAT PORTION OF ITEM 16. SO, UH, WITHOUT FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. NOW WE'LL TAKE UP, UM, FOR RECUSAL PURPOSES, UH, THE TWO ITEMS WITHIN THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUND. THAT'S COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, UM, THE COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS PORTION OF ITEM 16. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOL FUNDING. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS BUDGET PORTION OF ITEM 16. UH, FOR THE RECORD, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA IS RECUSED. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, PORTION OF THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUND. UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT BUDGET. UM, AND I BELIEVE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, TRAVINO, ROCHA, GARCIA, AND PERRY ARE ALL RECUSED FROM THAT VOTE. UH, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS FUND? I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS FUNDING. [02:05:02] OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET FOR WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO WITH TREVINO, ROCHA GARCIA, AND PERRY RECUSED, PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. LEMME TURN THE FLOOR NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, UH, TO CLOSE OUT ITEM 16. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE BUDGET AS PROPOSED TODAY. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION BY GROA, SECOND BY ANDREW SULLIVAN FOR THE BALANCE OF ITEM 16. WITHOUT FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, LET'S, UH, LET'S CONTINUE [17. 21-3292 Ordinance approving an Interlocal Agreement with the San Antonio Early Childhood Education Municipal Development Corporation for administration of the SA Ready To Work Initiative; amendments to the San Antonio Early Childhood Education Municipal Development Corporation Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation; the SA Ready to Work FY 2021 Budget for revenues and expenses from March 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021; and the Pre-K 4 SA and SA Ready To Work FY 2022 Budgets for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021 and ending on June 30, 2022 as adopted by the San Antonio Early Childhood Education Municipal Development Corporation Board of Directors. [Alejandra Lopez, Assistant City Manager]] ON OUR AGENDA WITH, UH, ITEM 17. THANKS EVERYBODY. ITEM 17 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN ANTONIO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE SA, READY TO WORK INITIATIVE AMENDMENTS TO THE SAN ANTONIO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BYLAWS AND ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. THE ESSAY READY TO WORK FISCAL YEAR 2021, BUDGET FOR REVENUES AND EXPENSES FROM MARCH 1ST, 2021 TO JUNE 30TH, 2021, AND THE PRE-K FOR ESSAY AND READY TO WORK AND ESSAY READY TO WORK FISCAL YEAR 2022. BUDGETS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. BE GOING BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2021 AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2022 AS ADOPTED BY THE SAN ANTONIO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS. OKAY. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, UM, TEAM AND EVERYONE. ALEX ANSWERED, UM, MY QUESTIONS AND I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYBODY HERE FROM, UH, READY TO WORK ESSAY, BUT I, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT, SO I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF THEY WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING. UM, BUT REALLY JUST, UM, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR, UM, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. I KNOW WE CONTINUE WORKING WITH, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, UM, LIKE COPS, METRO AND, AND PROJECT QUEST. AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YOUR, UH, CREATIVITY AND YOUR ABILITY TO MOVE FUNDING AROUND AS NEEDED IS, UM, IS CRITICAL RIGHT NOW. WE'RE LEARNING. AND SO THANK YOU ALEX. AND JUST WANTED TO, UM, ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, WE HAVE A STRONG, UH, SUPPORT, WE HAD A STRONG SUPPORT FOR BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS, UM, BY OUR VOTERS. SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO THE VOTERS. I CAN'T THANK 'EM ENOUGH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. UH, BUT MAYOR, WITH THAT I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 17. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION, UH, BY ROCHA GARCIA, SECOND BY VIE GRAND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 17. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY? YES, SIR. UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SEPARATE THE TWO BETWEEN THE PRE-K FOR ESSAY AND THE, UM, UH, FROM ITEM 17 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. OKAY. UH, THERE WAS A MOTION, UH, AND A SECOND FOR SEPARATION OF ITEM 17, UH, TO VOTE THE PRE-K FOR SA BUDGET SEPARATE FROM THE READY TO WORK SA BUDGET. DID I GET THAT RIGHT, COUNCILMAN? YES. OKAY. UH, THERE WAS A SECOND FOR THAT. SO WE WILL, UH, KEEP DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION. UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? IF THERE IS NONE, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THAT, THAT, UH, VOTE THIS AGAIN. A YES VOTE IS TO SEPARATE ITEM 17. UH, NO VOTE IS TO KEEP IT INTACT. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, SO ITEM 17 NOW IS, UH, TWO SEPARATE ACTIONS, UH, ONE ON PRE-K FOR SA AND THE OTHER ON SA READY TO WORK. SO WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP, UH, THOSE TWO, UH, SEPARATELY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WE'LL TAKE UP, UH, UH, PRE-K FOR SA FIRST? UM, SO LET'S HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE PRE-K FOR SA PORTION OF ITEM 17. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. YES, SIR. UM, I, I KNOW THAT THIS WAS, UH, VOTED AND APPROVED BY THE VOTERS OF SAN ANTONIO [02:10:01] BY, BY A WIDE MARGIN. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I GET THAT. UM, BUT ON A PORTION OF THEIR BUDGET THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR, FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS HAS STILL NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AND, AND SHOWN WHERE THAT MONEY HAS GONE, WHAT THAT MONEY HAS DONE, WHAT OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT HAS BEEN, UH, FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT OVER $20 MILLION, UH, SINCE THIS PROGRAM STARTED. AND THERE'S REALLY NO ACCOUNT, THERE'S REALLY NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT. IT WAS GIVEN TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AROUND THE CITY. AND, UH, I, AT AS OF TODAY, I REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY ON WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT MONEY, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT BENEFITS WE HAVE GOTTEN FROM THAT MONEY. AND, AND I JUST NOT, HAVE NOT SEEN ANY METRICS OR ANYTHING, UH, TO IDENTIFY WHERE THAT MONEY WENT AND WHAT DID WE GET OUTTA THAT MONEY. SO I'M, I'M STILL, UM, UH, WAITING FOR THAT INFORMATION. IT HASN'T BEEN PROVIDED. AND, UM, THAT'S WHY I'M NOT SUPPORTING THIS BUDGET AND I MOVE TO, UH, DENY THIS BUDGET. OKAY. WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION ON THE PRE-K FOR ESSAY BUDGET. WE HAVE SEPARATED THESE TWO ITEMS. UH, I'M, I'M ON THE AGENDA TO SPEAK NEXT, AND I WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR PRE-K FOR SA. I WAS A TEACHER FOR 27 YEARS. I EVEN HAD TO TEACH THREE YEAR OLDS AND FOUR YEAR OLDS AT THE LAST, UH, SCHOOL I WORKED AT, WHICH WAS GOD SCARED ME TO DEATH. SO I HAVE A GREAT RESPECT FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS AS A, AS A PROFESSION. UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT PRE-K FOUR SA HAS TRIED TO EXPAND WHAT IT CAN DO FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS BY WORKING WITH OTHER, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS. THEY'VE PROVIDED TRAINING, THEY'VE PROVIDED MATERIAL SUPPORT. UH, AND I THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY PRETTY HARD TO SAY, UH, EXACTLY HOW EVERY DOLLAR WAS SPENT. I'M SURE THAT THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY ON, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECEIVED WHICH MONEY, WHAT IT WAS COMMITTED FOR, HOW MANY TEACHERS WERE TRAINED, HOW MUCH MATERIAL WAS PROVIDED TO ASSIST THAT TRAINING, HOW MANY STUDENTS THEY TAUGHT. THE HARD PART IS HOW DO YOU SHOW THE ADVANCEMENT OF SOMEONE WHO'S FOUR YEARS OLD WHEN THEY GO INTO FIRST GRADE OR SECOND GRADE. SO, WHEN IT COMES TO THE KIND OF METRICS THAT I THINK, UH, IS AVAILABLE TO US, UH, I'M SURE THERE IS PLENTY TO SHOW THE WORTHINESS OF THIS PROGRAM. AND I, I SUPPORT ITS CONTINUATION. I KNOW DR. BERE IS HERE. I'D LIKE TO CALL ON HER TO MAYBE GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF ELABORATION TO WHAT I'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT. THANK YOU. SO THE GRANT PROGRAM WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE DESIGN A PRE-K FOR S A BECAUSE PRE-K FOUR S A, AS YOU ALL KNOW, OPERATES FOUR AMAZING, UM, HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING CENTERS, SERVING 2004 YEAR OLDS EACH YEAR. BUT SAN ANTONIO WAS REALLY VISIONARY IN THAT WE DIDN'T JUST WANNA DO THAT. WE WANTED TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE LANDSCAPE OF EARLY LEARNING IN SAN ANTONIO. AND WE'VE DONE THAT. AND PART OF THE WAY THAT WE'VE DONE THAT IS WITH THESE GRANTS. SO EACH YEAR WE'VE AWARDED $4.2 MILLION IN GRANTS TO OUR PARTNER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. AND THOSE GRANTS HAVE ACTUALLY DRIVEN QUALITY UP ACROSS SAN ANTONIO. IN THE FIRST YEARS. THEY HELPED SCHOOL DISTRICTS EXPAND FROM HALF DAY TO FULL DAY PRE-K BEFORE THE STATE WAS PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THAT. IN MORE RECENT YEARS, THEY'VE ADDED SECOND TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM TO HELP MORE PROGRAMS MEET QUALITY STANDARDS. WE'VE HELPED CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS WITH TRAINING, WITH RESOURCES, WITH MATERIALS. AND IT'S WHY SAN ANTONIO IS A NATIONAL MODEL, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST ABOUT THE 2000 CHILDREN IN OUR CENTERS. WE'RE ABOUT ALL THE YOUNG CHILDREN ACROSS SAN ANTONIO. SO THOSE GRANTS ARE CRITICAL, AND WE HAVE SPENT $21 MILLION. WE'VE INVESTED THAT IN OTHER PROGRAMS. AND IT'S WHY SAN ANTONIO IS LOOKED AT AS, UM, THE LEADER IN EARLY LEARNING, NOT JUST IN, UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT ACROSS THE NATION, BECAUSE IT REALLY WAS, IS A VISIONARY PROGRAM. AND THAT'S CRITICAL. AND I THINK WE HAVE LOTS OF, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT YOUR QUARTERLY REPORTS FROM THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE OUTLINED SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE, UM, DONE WITH THE GRANT FUNDING, INCLUDING TRAINING, TEACHERS, TRAINING, UM, PRINCIPALS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING IS. AND I WANNA SAY ONE LAST THING, WHICH IS, UM, PART OF THE STANDARDS OF HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING IS VISIONARY, UM, COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP AT THE POLICY MAKER LEVEL. AND THAT'S REALLY YOU ALL, AND THAT'S ONE, [02:15:01] UH, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT SAN ANTONIO IS ABLE TO CHECK OFF ALL 15 QUALITY MEASURES IS BECAUSE WE HAVE FOLKS LIKE YOU, LIKE OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER, MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO SUPPORT AT THE VERY HIGHEST LEVELS, UM, THIS INITIATIVE. SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT I'M, IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS ABOUT THE JOB IS I GET TO TALK ABOUT SAN ANTONIO AND THE AMAZING THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO HAVE VOTED TO, UM, DO TO INVEST IN OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS SO THAT WE GET THE HIGH QUALITY RETURN ON INVESTMENT. THANK YOU, DR. BERE. LET ME JUST ASK, AND IT'S RELATED TO THE CONCERN THAT THE COUNCILMAN HAS HAD, UH, IN REACHING OUT TO YOU IN THE PAST AND TRYING TO GET MORE DEFINITION OF, OF WHAT, UH, THOSE DOLLARS HAVE, UH, ACHIEVED. IS THERE A WAY THAT WORKING WITH THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE, THAT THEY CAN GENERATE MORE DETAILED REPORTS ON WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THAT MONEY? THAT YOU CAN, UH, BRING ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER, AT LEAST LET'S SAY FOR THIS LAST YEAR OR WHAT YOU PROJECT FOR THE NEXT YEAR, TO GIVE US A MORE THOROUGH, DETAILED PRESENTATION OF LET'S SAY, HOW LAST YEAR'S MONEY WAS SPENT AND HOW NEXT YEAR'S MONEY IS PROJECTED TO BE SPENT? SURE. WE CAN ACTUALLY GIVE DETAILED REPORTS FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, UM, ON HOW ALL OF THOSE GRANT DOLLARS WERE SPENT. UM, BUT WHAT WE'RE ALSO DOING IS, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HAS ASKED FOR IS WE'VE COMMISSIONED, UM, OUR EXTERNAL EVALUATORS TO BEGIN LOOKING AT HOW DO YOU MEASURE THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, WE'RE NOT DOING JUST ONE THING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS. IT'S MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ACTUALLY MEASURING THAT IS MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN SIMPLY GATHERING, UM, NUMBERS AND, AND DOING, UM, YOU KNOW, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON THEM. SO WE'VE ASKED OUR EXTERNAL PARTNER TO, UM, DO THAT FOR US AND TO BEGIN LOOKING AT THAT. AND THEY'VE PUT THAT TOGETHER, SO IN OUR NEXT, UM, EVALUATION CYCLE THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD. BUT YES, I CAN GIVE YOU A DETAILED REPORT ON EVERY YEAR OF HOW THOSE DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT. UM, WHEN IS THAT, UH, NEXT, UH, REPORT DUE THAT YOU SAID, UH, IS BEING CONDUCTED BY AN OUTSIDE EVALUATOR? IT'LL, IT'LL PROBABLY COME OUT IN, UH, FALL OF 2022, BECAUSE WE'RE GET, THEY'LL HAVE TO GET THE, WE'RE GATHERING THE DATA NOW AND THE ANALYSIS TAKES, UM, SOME TIME TO, BECAUSE IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S A COMPLICATED, UM, UH, METHODOLOGY THAT THEY'RE USING ON THAT. WELL, I GUESS I WOULD JUST ASK, UH, THAT IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THE MORE DETAILED, BUT MAYBE LESS TOTALLY EXPLANATION OF, OF THE PROCESS, UH, OR THE, OR WHAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE. I, I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO SEE, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T TELL US WHAT THE FINAL PRODUCT PRODUCED MM-HMM. WHEN SOMEONE BECOMES A SECOND, THIRD, OR FOURTH GRADER, IF IT CAN SHOW US EXACTLY HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT AND, AND HOW IT WAS UTILIZED. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT I THINK I UNDERSTAND FROM THE COUNCILMAN MM-HMM. . SO, UH, I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO WORK WITH HIM AND, AND DO THAT. AND THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENTS. GREAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OH, AND I DO NOT SUPPORT, UH, NOT FUNDING PRE-K FOR SA. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. OKAY. THERE, THERE WAS A MOTION MADE TO, UH, DENY ITEM, UH, 17, THE PRE-K FOR SA PORTION. UH, THERE WAS NO SECOND. UM, AND I WOULD JUST WANNA MAKE SURE OF THAT, UH, IF THERE IS A MOTION FROM THE COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, UH, TO APPROVE ITEM, UH, 17 PRE-K FOR SA BUDGET. UH, AND I HEAR A SECOND, WE WILL CONSIDER THAT MOTION FIRST. YEAH. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT THAT WAS PART OF, I APOLOGIZE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS PART OF WHAT WE WERE VOTING ON WHEN WE DECIDED TO DIVIDE THAT. SO LET ME CORRECT THAT ERROR AND SAY I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET FOR PRE-K FOR SA SECOND. OKAY. UM, SO WE WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 17, THE PRE-K FOR SA, UH, BUDGET. THAT WAS A MOTION BY COURAGE, A SECOND BY PALAIS. AND WE GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER S. THANK YOU, DR. BERE. UM, YOU, YOU SPENT SOME TIME UP HERE, I THINK, WASTED TIME THANKING US AND THANKING THE ERIC WALSH AND ALL THAT. UM, I, I GOTTA TELL YOU THAT I THINK THAT ALL THE THANKS GOES TO THE, THE VOTERS OF SAN ANTONIO WHO CAME OUT AND, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENTLY APPROVED THIS 73% IN NOVEMBER OF 2020. IS THAT RIGHT? 73% VOTERS CAME OUT THERE. THAT'S A HIGHER PERCENTAGE RATE THAN ANYBODY GOT ON THIS DA , UH, WHEN WE WERE ON THE BALLOT. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW WHO MANAGES YOUR CAMPAIGN, BUT I THINK I'M GONNA BE HIRING THEM, UH, IN THE FUTURE. I THINK, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, AND THANK YOU. UM, I, I'VE GONE OUT THERE, I'VE SEEN THE WORK YOU DO. I'VE ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO YOUR TEACHERS. THEY KNOW THEY'RE THE BEST OF THE BEST. UM, AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE OUTPERFORMING ALL OF OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS. UM, THE PARENTS KNOW THAT, UH, WE KNOW THAT. UH, AND SO I'M DELIGHTED TO SUPPORT THIS. I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, EVERY SINGLE YEAR, THE NORTH [02:20:01] SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ISSUES A REPORT CARD TO ALL OF US. AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US GETS POINTS TAKEN OFF FOR SUPPORTING, UH, PRE-K FOR ESSAY. AND, UH, I'M ABOUT TO GET AN F . UH, BUT THAT IS AN F I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF. UM, THEY'RE VERY, I DON'T KNOW. THEY'RE, THEY THINK THEY'RE REPORT CARDS, VERY IMPORTANT. BUT, UH, FOR ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE 73% OF THE VOTERS IN MY DISTRICT WHO, UM, THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. AND THAT'S THE REPORT CARD I CARRY, I CARE ABOUT. SO YOU GOT MY FULL THROATED SUPPORT AND, UH, KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DO. OKAY. I THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER EZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. DON'T GO ANYWHERE YET. DR. RE JUST A QUICK QUESTION. UM, IN RE COUNCILMAN PERRY, UM, WHEN YOU WALK INTO A CLASSROOM, A FOUR YEAR OLDS, THEIR EYES ARE OPEN TO THE WORLD AND THE OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED TO THEM, THAT'S WHAT PRE-K FOR SA DOES. THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS GIVING THEM A SOLID FOUNDATION TO A DECENT EDUCATION THAT WILL PUT THEM ON THE RIGHT PATH TO SUCCEED. THAT'S THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT. AND THAT'S WHY THIS BUDGET IS SO IMPORTANT AS WE GO FORWARD. BUT ONE QUESTION THAT I DO HAVE IS, AS WE'RE DOING THIS, WE KNOW THAT AS, AS OUR PRE-KS ARE GROWING AND GOING, ARE WE KEEPING TRACK ON OUR GRADUATION RATE? ARE, HOW MANY OF OUR PRE-K ARE GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL? WHAT COLLEGE ARE THEY GOING TO? ARE WE DOING ANY OF THOSE FOLLOW UPS? WE ARE, THEY'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET. UM, SO THEY'RE JUST INTO GETTING INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS YEAR, BUT WE ARE FOLLOWING THEM. THAT'S PART OF THE WORK WE'RE WE'RE DOING WITH, UM, U T SS A AND THE LONGITUDINAL STUDY, WHICH AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'LL BE DONE. UM, WE'VE GOT ONE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW, SO WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU WITH THAT, WITH THE LATEST, BECAUSE WE DO WANNA KNOW HOW OUR CHILDREN DO. AND OUR LAST REPORT, UM, SHOWED THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE BETTER READING, BETTER MATH, BETTER ATTENDANCE, LOWER SPECIAL EDUCATION RATES, UM, ALL GOOD SIGNS THAT THE INVESTMENT IS WORKING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN PERRY. WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN GET TO SUPPORT THIS ONE OF THESE DAYS. IT IS GOING TO BE MY MISSION TO GET YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. BURRAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT. UH, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT OVERALL, AND I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T NEED TO BE SCHOOLED ON WHAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS, MA'AM. UH, WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT TO ME, THERE'S A LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN THIS PROGRAM STARTED AND WHAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR, FOR FOUR YEARS. I, I HOPE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT ABOUT THE GRANT PROGRAM. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. I'VE BEEN TO YOUR SCHOOLS, READ TO THE KIDS. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON IN THOSE SCHOOLS, BUT WHAT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED AND HAVE ASKED FOR, HAVE, I THINK THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT WE MET, LOOKING AT THE BUDGET WITH YOU, I ASKED THAT QUESTION, WHERE, WHERE IS THIS MONEY GOING TO? AND HOW ARE WE ACCOUNTING FOR IT? AND WHAT ARE THE SCHOOLS DOING WITH IT? WELL, THE ANSWER THEN, AND IT HASN'T CHANGED SINCE THEN, WELL, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW FOR VARIOUS REASONS. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. THIS IS TAXPAYER MONEY. IT'S GOING TO A GOVERNMENT RUN SCHOOL, AND WE SHOULD BE VERY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHERE THAT MONEY HAS GONE AND WHAT ARE WE GETTING OUT OF IT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M COMPLAINING ABOUT. AND YES, I ENJOY GOING TO THOSE SCHOOLS AND READING TO THE KIDS AND, UM, HAVING, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE RESULTS OF WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING WITHIN THE SCHOOLS. AND AGAIN, IT WAS VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY TO SUPPORT THAT. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT MONEY AND HOW IT'S BEING USED AND WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR THAT MONEY. AND THAT'S WHERE, WHERE MY ISSUE IS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRANT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, DR. BERE. I'M REALIZING THIS IS MY, UH, LAST TIME ON COUNCIL THAT I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHOWER WITH ACCOLADES, ALL OF THE WORK THAT PRE-K FOR SA HAS BEEN DOING, AND, UH, WHAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING TO ALL OF OUR FOUR YEAR OLDS AND FOR ALL OF OUR FOUR YEAR OLDS. BUT MORE THAN THAT WITH THE PARENTS AND CONNECTING WITH THE PARENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ENGAGED, THAT WE'RE STARTING ENGAGING OUR PARENTS IN THE EDUCATION OF OUR LITTLE ONES AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, SO THAT IT CONTINUES THROUGH GRADE SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND EVEN INTO COLLEGE. [02:25:02] WE ARE BREAKING STRONGHOLDS. WE ARE BREAKING CYCLES OF, UH, POVERTY AND CREATING ECONOMIC MOBILITY. AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY, UH, INCREDIBLE. I REM I'M, I'M GLAD I WILL ALWAYS CLAIM THE FIRST PRE-K FOR ESSAY SITE IN THE HEADQUARTERS, UM, OFF OF SOUTH NEW BRAUNFELS AND JUST DOWN THE STREET IN DISTRICT THREE. NOW WE HAVE OUR PRE-K FOR SA SITES. WE HAVE TEXAS A AND M, SAN ANTONIO. WE HAVE CAST MED, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. AND WE HAVE U I W SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE. SO FROM FOUR YEAR OLDS TO AFTER, UM, TO GET A MEDICAL DEGREE. YOU HAVE IT ALL ON THE SOUTH SIDE NOW. AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF THE VOTERS WHO HAVE INVESTED IN THIS AND HOW THEY STOOD IT. THE CITY STOOD IT UP SO LONG AGO BECAUSE OF A CALL FOR ECON TOOK HELP INCREASE OUR ECONOMIC FOOTING IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND WE KNEW THAT HAD TO START WITH OUR FOUR YEAR OLDS. SO, UM, TO YOUR PREDECESSOR, TO ALL OF THE TEACHERS, THE MASTER TEACHERS WITH VOICES FOR CHILDREN, WHO'S ALSO, UH, LEARNS FROM ALL OF YOUR MASTER TEACHERS, TO THE PARENTS, TO THE STAFF, TO THE BUS DRIVERS, ALL OF THE INNOVATION AND ACTIVITIES THAT HAD TO TAKE PLACE, AND ALL OF YOUR ACCOUNTABILITY THAT YOU HAVE TO REPORT TO THE STATE BECAUSE OF THE STATE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE TO GET, UM, ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. AND WE ARE A STANDARD ACROSS THE NATION. I KNOW THAT NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES LOVES TO COME AND GET ALL OF OUR INFORMATION AND TRY TO HAVE THESE TRANSFERABLE CONCEPTS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. SO, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INVESTMENT. AND I'M SO GLAD YOU SAID THEY'RE NOT IN COLLEGE YET BECAUSE, OR HIGH SCHOOL YET. BECAUSE I WOULD'VE FREAKED OUT IF THEY WERE . UM, I WOULD'VE THOUGHT, LIKE, HOW, HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN HERE? ? SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THE CONTINUED INVESTMENT OF ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA. COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS. THANK YOU. IN PRAISING YOU. I TOTALLY FORGOT MY QUESTION. UM, , I HAVE A LOT OF ASIAN FAMILIES IN MY DISTRICT. I WOULD SAY THAT I HAVE THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF, OF ASIAN FAMILIES IN MY DISTRICT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO DO WITH YOU OFFLINE AT SOME POINT IS SIT DOWN AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF THOSE FAMILIES ARE, UH, ATTENDING THE PRE-K FOR ESSAY FACILITY AND THE SCHOOL OVER AT, UH, IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND TWO, IS INVITE THOSE FAMILIES AND THAT, THAT, UM, THAT DEMOGRAPHIC OF, OF INFLUENTIAL FOLKS IN OUR DISTRICT AND IMPORTANT LEADERS TO HELP PARTICIPATE IN, UM, YOU KNOW, BRINGING SOME CULTURAL ELEMENT ELEMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, A CULTURAL CELEBRATION TO, UM, TO PRE-K. 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S AN, IT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE IN THEM. AND SO IS THAT SOMETHING YOU AND I CAN WORK ON? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN DO THAT. I WOULD, SO OUR NURSE CENTER IS OUR MOST DIVERSE, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE OVER THREE DOZEN LANGUAGES YEAH. SPOKEN BY OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AT THE NURSE CENTER. AND SO, UM, IT'S A VERY MUCH A PART OF WHAT WE DO. WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT IT, UM, HOW WE MIGHT DO MORE OF THAT, AND HOW WE MIGHT, UM, UH, BRING OUR FAMILIES EVEN MORE INTO THAT PROCESS. WONDERFUL. AND THEN, UM, ANDY SEGOVIA, UM, I, I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MINUTES, UH, REFLECT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS, AND I SAID EARLIER THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL OF US ARE JEALOUS OF YOUR, OF YOUR NUMBERS DURING YOUR CAMPAIGN, RIGHT? AND THAT MAYBE WE ALL NEED TO HIRE YOUR CAMPAIGN MANAGER. RIGHT NOW, ALL THE CAMPAIGN MANAGERS ARE AT MY HOUSE BURNING IT DOWN, . UH, AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY TO ALL OF OUR CAMPAIGN MANAGERS, WE LOVE YOU. WE WOULD NEVER TRADE YOU ALL IN. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT. ANDY, AM I OKAY IN SAYING THAT? OR DID I JUST BREAK ALL THE RULES? , YOU'RE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ELA. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SARAH. THANK YOU. UM, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE PRE-K FOR SA BUDGET. AND ITEM 17, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE READY TO WORK SA BUDGET AS PART OF ITEM 17. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, IF, IF I MAY CLARIFY, THERE'S OTHER ITEMS IN 17. SO THE MOTION COULD BE FOR THE BALANCE OF WHAT'S IN 17, 'CAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER ITEMS IN ADDITION. OKAY. YEAH. UH, SO WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE BALANCE OF THE ITEM 17. UM, AND THERE'S NOBODY QUEUED UP. SO, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF ITEM 17. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE BALANCE OF ITEM 17. OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, UM, I BELIEVE FROM TREVINO FOR, UH, ITEM 17, THE BALANCE [02:30:01] OF ITEM 17. HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, NOW, UH, WE'LL GO [26. 21-3651 Ordinance approving a Chapter 380 Economic Development Grant Agreement between the Inner City TIRZ Board of Directors, GrayStreet Lone Star, LP, and the City of San Antonio for an amount not to exceed $24,000,000 over a 15-year term for the Lone Star District Project located at 500 and 600 Lone Star Blvd. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, FAICP, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]] TO ITEM 26. ITEM 26 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A CHAPTER THREE 80 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN INNER CITY TURS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, GRAY STREET, LONE STAR, LP, AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $24 MILLION OVER A 15 YEAR TERM FOR THE LONE STAR DISTRICT PROJECT. LOCATED AT 500 AND 600 LONE STAR BOULEVARD, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GONZALEZ, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF CITIZENS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THIS. DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE THEM FIRST BEFORE THE PRESENTATION? OR WOULD YOU LIKE THE PRESENTATION FIRST? OR, UM, OR DO YOU NEED THE PRESENTATION? GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE CITIZENS SPEAK FIRST. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM, WE HAVE A FEW, UH, CITIZENS. LET ME START WITH, UH, MOLLY. JUST, MOLLY, JUST, OKAY. UH, REBECCA, OR EXCUSE ME, UM, TEX MORGAN. TEX MORGAN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY REBECCA FLORES. HELLO. UH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE SEEN SOME OF YOU, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOUR FACES AGAIN. UH, I MEAN, GOOD TO JUST BE OUT AGAIN. UH, I LIVE NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM THIS. AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME CITIZEN INSIGHT INTO WHAT, WHAT THIS REALLY IS DOING AND, AND WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON. UH, IF I WERE TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL AND SAY, I WANNA BUILD A POOL IN MY BACKYARD AND I NEED $24,000, AND I'VE TALKED TO MY MY NEIGHBORS ABOUT IT, YOU PROBABLY SAY, THIS ISN'T REALLY SOMETHING FOR CITY COUNCIL. IT'S SOMETHING FOR YOU TO DO. IT'S SOMETHING FOR YOU TO PUT THAT SIDE ASIDE, THAT MONEY. RIGHT? BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LONE STAR, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A POOL IN A PRIVATE CITIZENS' BACKYARD. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LARGE PRIVATE INVESTMENT. AND IT'S NOT $24,000, IT'S $24 MILLION. RIGHT? AND THAT'S OVER 15 YEARS. OF COURSE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THIS, NOT IN ONLY IN TERMS OF TAX ABATEMENTS, BUT ALSO TURS. NOW, I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT I DO LIVE IN THE PART OF, OF DISTRICT FIVE THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS TURS, BUT I'M STILL IMPACTED BY THESE DECISIONS IN TERMS OF MY PROPERTY TAXES, MY PROPERTY TAX VALUES. LIKE MANY OF YOU, I AM FIGHTING AND PROTESTING MY PROPERTY TAX VALUES. I'VE GONE UP BY THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THIS YEAR, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT LAST YEAR, AND I'M STILL GONNA PROTEST. WHAT STRUCK ME WAS THIS YEAR THAT WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS HAPPENED LAST YEAR, WAS THAT WHEN I REVIEWED THE COMPS THAT CAME UP AGAINST MY HOME VERSUS THOSE IN MY NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS IN QUOTES, IS THAT HALF OF THEM WERE OWNED BY CORPORATIONS, LLCS, INVESTMENT GROUPS, AND EVEN PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT OF STATE, AND I, I MEAN NOT JUST OUTTA STATE, I MEAN LIKE SOUTH CAROLINA OUT OF STATE, THEY'RE NOT LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THEY'RE HOLDING ONTO THAT PROPERTY. THOSE INVESTMENT BANKS, SOME OF THEM ARE IN TEXAS, SOME OF 'EM IN LOUISIANA ARE HOLDING ONTO THOSE PROPERTIES BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THAT THIS IS AN INVESTMENT AND THEY DON'T CARE THAT THEIR PROPERTY TAX VALUES ARE GOING UP. 'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE AND LOOKING AT IT AS AN ASSET. THEY'RE NOT VOTERS, THEY'RE NOT MY NEIGHBORS, BUT THEY'RE HOUSES ARE THERE SITTING VACANT, SOMETIMES GETTING RENTED. I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BUILDING THESE THINGS. AND YES, TOURS IS A RUN WONDERFUL TOOL TO HAVE, BUT WITHOUT THE IDEA OF IT'S GOING TOWARDS PUBLIC HOUSING, IT'S GOING TOWARDS BUILDING A LIBRARY, OR IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S EVEN EVEN A LIKE PARCEL OF LAND THAT'S FOR SALE LITERALLY ACROSS THE RIVER FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT IS RIGHT NEXT TO A PAR PARK, RIGHT, RIGHT NEXT TO ROOSEVELT PARK. IT IS FOR SALE. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG IF, IF WE WERE TO GO SAY, HEY, WE NEED A TOURS TO GO PURCHASE THAT PIECE OF LAND, EXPAND IT OUT ENCLOSING. WHAT I WANT, I WANT TO SAY IS THINK ABOUT THE CITIZENS THAT ARE, ARE IN THIS AREA, BECAUSE THE BURDEN OF THIS IS GONNA FALL ON DISTRICT TWO AND THE PER CAPITA INCOME OF THE THANK YOU, MR. MORGAN. THE PEOPLE, BLAIR IS LIKE $19,000. PLEASE THINK OF THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. MORGAN. REBECCA FLORES. REBECCA FLORES. [02:35:01] OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. UH, THANK YOU, UM, MAYOR, AND I'LL, I'LL, WHY DON'T I START WITH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN, UM, I CAN GO INTO SOME THOUGHTS I HAVE. SO GO AHEAD, VALE. GREAT. THANK YOU. UH, GOOD MORNING. VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT HERE TO PRESENT ABOUT THE LONE STAR DISTRICT ITEM. SO LET ME FIRST START BY EXPLAINING WHAT THE, UM, ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED TO BE. LONE STAR DISTRICT IS A 32 ACRE SITE THAT PROPOSES TO BECOME A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL INCLUDE A NUMBER OF USES FROM OFFICE TO HOSPITALITY TO COMMERCIAL RETAIL SPACE, INCLUDING MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING AS WELL. IT IS GOING TO BE BUILT OUT OVER FACES. TOTAL CONSTRUCTION WOULD START, UH, IN 2021 AND TAKE ABOUT 10 YEARS TO BUILD OUT THE 32 ACRES SITE. ADD BUILD OUT THE SITE IS GONNA EXCEED 1 MILLION SQUARE FEET. AND FOR THE, UH, HOUSING PORTION, IT'LL INCLUDE ABOUT 1,200 HOUSING UNITS. 20% OF THOSE UNITS ARE DEEMED TO BE AFFORDABLE AT COMPLETION. WE ESTIMATE THAT FOR THE OFFICE, RETAIL HOSPITALITY TYPE USES ABOUT 1,500 JOBS ARE GONNA BE CREATED. NOT TO MENTION THE JOBS THAT ARE TO BE CREATED DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY DURING CONSTRUCTION. SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER FOR THIS, WHICH IS GRACE STREET, LONE STAR LP. AND THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH BETWEEN GRACE STREET PARTNERS AND MIDWAY THEIR PRESENT HERE OF THEIR QUESTIONS FOR THEM. AND WHAT THEY REQUESTED WAS TTS FUNDING, UH, TOTALING 24 MILLIONS, UM, $24 MILLION TO BE REIMBURSED OVER A PERIOD OF 15 YEARS. WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENT IS A COMBINATION OF A TSS REIMBURSEMENT AS WELL AS A TAX REBATE USING THAT CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENT. AND WHAT THIS WILL FUND WILL BE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AT THE 32 ACRE SITES. UM, THE STRUCTURE OF THE THREE 80 IS THAT FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS, THE T CAN REIMBURSE UP TO $2 MILLION. THE BALANCE AFTER THAT WILL BE REIMBURSEMENTS EITHER THROUGH THE TSS OR THROUGH THE CITY'S, UH, TAX RATE AT THE O AND M RATE. THE O M AND M O AND M RATE IS CURRENTLY 62.115. THE DEVELOPER, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE POINTS ON THE, UH, AGREEMENT SIDE, IS GONNA CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, ABOUT $800,000. THEY DID AGREE AS WELL TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A COMMUNITY IMPACT AND DISPLACEMENT AS ASSESSMENT THAT WILL LOOK AT WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE, UM, WHAT KIND OF IMPACT THIS DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE SITE, AS YOU SAW IN THE PICTURES I SHOWED IN THE FIRST, UH, SLIDE, HAS BEEN VACANT FOR OVER TWO DECADES. UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT SEEKS TO BE TRANSFORMED AS THIS SLIDE SHOWS, SO THAT IT WILL HAVE SOME ADAPTIVE REUSE OF A FEW BUILDINGS THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE SITE, AND IT WOULD BUILD OUT THE SITE. THE LOCATION IS IN DISTRICT FIVE. IT IS OFF LONE STAR BOULEVARD. THIS MAP JUST SHOWS THE BOUNDARY IN GREEN OF THE INNER CITY TURS DISTRICT AND THE GENERAL LOCATION OF WHERE LONE STAR DISTRICT ITSELF IS. AND AGAIN, WE ANTICIPATE A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS FISCAL IMPACT. AGAIN, THEY'RE GONNA INVEST OVER 10 YEARS, ABOUT $590 MILLION IN INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA. THE 24 MILLION PROPOSED IN THE CHAPTER THREE 80 IS FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND THE AREA, INCLUDING SOME DEMOLITION WORK THAT IS NEEDED FOR SOME SITES THAT ARE NOT GONNA BE, UH, UTILIZED. THERE'S A PARKING GARAGE, UH, AT LEAST ONE PROPOSED IN THE AREA STREETS, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STREETS, ACCESS FOR PARK SPACES AS WELL. AND OVERALL, THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF THIS SITE IS EXPECTED TO GROW. UM, THE CURRENT, UH, ASSESSED VALUATION IS AROUND $11 MILLION AT BUILDOUT. WE EXPECT THAT VALUATION TO GROW TO OVER, UM, $700 MILLION. AND AGAIN, THEIR INVESTMENT IS GONNA TOTAL ABOUT 590 MILLION OVER THE 10 YEARS IN THE, UM, OVER 10 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO THE 24 MILLION PROPOSED AS A REIMBURSEMENT IN THE CHAPTER THREE 80 IS JUST OVER 4%. UM, 24 MILLION IS JUST 4% OF THE TOTAL INVESTMENT FOR THIS SITE. SO GIVEN THE INVESTMENT PROPOSED 596 MILLION, THE, UH, REQUEST FOR 24 MILLION IN A CHAPTER THREE 80 IN OUR REIMBURSEMENT BASEMENT BASIS, UM, [02:40:01] IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE GREAT ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR A SITE THAT IS UNDERUSED AND HAS BEEN VACANT FOR A VERY LONG TIME. GIVEN THAT THE INNER CITY TOURS DID VOTE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL, AS DID THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IN EARLY, UM, EARLIER THIS MONTH. AND STAFF TOO IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENT FOR LONE STAR L L P. THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU VEL. AND, UM, I KNOW THE DEVELOPERS ARE HERE. WHAT, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER SLIDES OR PRESENTATIONS TO ADD? WE CAN, IF YOU'D LIKE, COUNCILMAN. UM, WELL, UH, I SEE, UM, WHY DON'T YOU JUST AT LEAST COME AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND START ASKING SOME QUESTIONS. GOOD MORNING, OR I GUESS ALMOST AFTERNOON. UM, MAYOR COUNCIL. UM, I'M PETER FRENCH. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR GRACE STREET PARTNERS. UH, WITH ME TODAY IS DON QUIGLEY, UH, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WITH, UH, MIDWAY COMPANIES. AND WE ARE, UH, THE CO-DEVELOPERS OF THE LONE STAR BREWERY, WHICH WE ARE CALLING THE LONE STAR DISTRICT PROJECT. UM, UH, EXCITED, UH, ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS ONCE VERY VIBRANT, ACTIVE, UH, KIND OF BELOVED PART OF SAN ANTONIO'S HERITAGE, UH, TO SOMETHING THAT CAN BE BELOVED AND ACTIVE AND USED AGAIN. UM, AS WAS, UH, DISCUSSED IN IN VERONICA'S PRESENTATION, THE SITE'S BEEN VACANT FOR 25 YEARS, UH, SINCE THE BREWERY SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS. UM, WE'VE SUFFERED SEVERAL FIRES. UM, AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S CONCERN THAT, UH, WITHOUT REALLY IMMEDIATE ACTION, UH, BOTH TO SECURE AND REDEVELOP THE SITE, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A WHOLE LOT LEFT ON THAT SITE. UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT A VERY SIGNIFICANT, OBVIOUSLY, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT, UH, OVER SEVERAL PHASES. UM, THINK OF A GREAT WALKABLE MIXED JUICE PLACE THAT'S A JUMPING OFF POINT FOR THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, UH, ADDED PARK SPACE. LONE STAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, DOES NOT HAVE ANY PARKS RIGHT NOW. UM, AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER, UH, WITH THE CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE ROOSEVELT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ADJOINING, UH, ROOSEVELT PARK. UM, SO HUGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL FOR DISTRICT FIVE. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ FOR YOUR CONTINUED, UH, SUPPORT. UM, HUGE JOB CREATION ENGINE FOR THAT PART OF SAN ANTONIO. AND OF COURSE, A TREMENDOUS INVESTMENT. UM, WE'RE PROJECTING THAT OVER $130 MILLION, UH, IN NEW TAX INCREMENT WOULD BE GENERATED FOR S A I S D, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THE, OVER THE FOLLOWING 15 YEARS. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT NUMBER PLEASE, PETER? SURE. FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, $130 MILLION OF NEW TAX REVENUE FOR SS A I S D OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS, AND THAT'S INCREMENTAL VALUE. UM, SO AGAIN, A VACANT 32 ACRE SITE THAT IS PERIODICALLY CATCHING FIRE AND, AND HOME TO UNDESIRABLE ACTIVITIES, UH, TRANSFORMING THAT INTO AN ACTIVE SITE WHERE YOU CAN LIVE, WORK, PLAY, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR THE AREA. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD REPEATEDLY WE'VE BEEN ATTENDING NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS WITH LONE STAR AND WITH ROOSEVELT, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF UNDESIRABLE THINGS HAPPENING THERE ON THAT SITE. NOW. IT'S LITERALLY COSTING ALL OF US MONEY. UM, AND, UH, AND SO WE'D LIKE TO TO STOP THE DETERIORATION AND INCREASE THE VALUE AND MAKE IT A PLACE THAT EVERYONE CAN LOVE AGAIN. THANK YOU, PETER. AND, UH, I THINK, UH, DON, MR. DON QUIGLEY, UM, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE DONE SOME SIMILAR, ARE YOU DON QUIGLEY? YES. OKAY. SORRY, , WE'VE ONLY MET VIRTUALLY. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SURE. A SIMILAR PROJECT IN HOUSTON, SO THAT I THINK FOR REFERENCE. ABSOLUTELY. SO MY NAME'S DON QUIGLEY. I'M A VICE PRESIDENT WITH MIDWAY. I'M VERY GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. UM, AS, UH, AS PETER SAID, WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED, UM, TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT. UH, MIDWAY HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS OVER 50 YEARS. UM, WE HAVE DEVELOPED MIXED USE PROJECTS SUCH AS LONE STAR, UH, IN, IN MULTIPLE CITIES IN TEXAS, INCLUDING HOUSTON COLLEGE STATION, UM, AND WORKING ON OTHERS AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE BRING TO THE TABLE, UM, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ATTEMPTS TO DO SOMETHING AT LONE STAR, AND, UH, SOMETHING I WANT TO STRESS IS THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE IMMENSELY COMPLICATED. MIXED USE CENTERS, UH, SUCH AS, AS LONE STAR, HAVE A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT IS REQUIRED. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT FROM MUNICIPALITY, SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT FROM PRIVATE INVESTORS. UM, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THAT. AND LONE STAR, UM, IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR US. I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE WHENEVER WE'RE STARTING ONE OF THESE PROJECTS IS THE ACTUAL STARTING OF THE PROJECT. SO, UM, AS WE KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY ATTEMPTS PREVIOUSLY, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS OUR TEAM BRINGS TO THE TABLE IS WE HAVE A RECORD OF EXECUTING THESE PROJECTS. UM, BUT ONE OF THE, THE CRITICAL ELEMENTS TO [02:45:01] GETTING THIS PROJECT STARTED, UM, IS JUST GETTING THE SITE READY FOR DEVELOPMENT. IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS Y'ALL KNOW, BEEN ABANDONED FOR QUITE A WHILE. UM, AND THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF SITE DECAY THAT'S OCCURRED THERE. UM, IT'S A, IT'S A FAIRLY DANGEROUS SITE TODAY, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE WITH US. UM, SO I, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH, UM, HOW MUCH WE NEED SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT TO, UM, HELP GET IT OFF THE GROUND. UH, THANK YOU, MR. QUIGLEY. AND YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT. MY COLLEAGUES MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, SO I COME TO MY COLLEAGUES, UM, THE MAYOR AND, AND OF COURSE THIS, THE CITY AND ALL THE STAFF, HOPEFULLY OPTIMISTIC, UM, THAT THE THIRD TIMES THE CHARM. UM, Y'ALL HAVE HEARD MY STORY ABOUT MY VERY FIRST MEETING ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I REMEMBER, THE REASON I REMEMBER IT SO CLEARLY, UM, WAS WE WERE AT, UH, MY OFFICE OFF OF SIMS. UM, AND THERE WAS A TEAM OF PEOPLE, NOT THESE PEOPLE, UM, BUT THEY, UM, CAME AND PRESENTED, UH, A POTENTIAL FOR LONE STAR. AND THE REASON I REMEMBER IT SO WELL IS BECAUSE I LEFT FROM THAT MEETING AND I, UH, WENT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE SEX OF MY FIRST CHILD WAS GONNA BE. AND MY SON IAN, IS SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS OLD. SO THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO SOMETHING AT LONE STAR. THERE WAS ANOTHER ATTEMPT, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. AND, UM, I I, I, I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF A PROJECT LIKE LONE STAR. EVERY PROJECT IN DISTRICT FIVE IS GONNA REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT INCENTIVES, UM, WHETHER IT'S A, A MIXED HOUSING PROJECT, WHETHER WE DO THE SHOTGUN HOUSING, UH, LIKE WE'RE DOING LOTS OF INCENTIVE EVEN REQUIRED ON THE SMALLEST, UH, PROJECTS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH TO OVERCOME. UH, WE KNOW THAT, UH, ON THIS SITE, UM, WE HAVE SOME HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL WILL, UH, INVEST IN AND, AND, UH, AND BUILD. UH, WE ALSO HAVE SOME, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT I THINK HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. UH, WE HAVE, UM, A, A REALLY, AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF ADAPTIVE REUSE. SO THESE, THIS PROJECT WAS A, A DIS BEER DISTRIBUTION. THEY STORED GRAIN, THEY STORED TRUCKS. UM, THEY DIDN'T NEED A LOT OF POWER. UH, AND SO THERE'S GONNA BE A HUGE C P S ENERGY EFFORT THAT YOU HAVE TO OVERCOME BECAUSE THESE BUILDINGS WERE NOT POWERED FOR THAT REASON. UM, THEY ALSO, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY THERE, UM, IT WASN'T PEOPLE LIVING AND COMING IN AND OUT EVERY DAY. IT WAS MOSTLY DISTRIBUTION AND TRUCKS. SO IT IS A HUGE LIFT, UH, TO GET THIS PROJECT OFF THE GROUND. AND THE REQUEST IN ACTUALITY IS VERY SMALL. 4% OF THE PROJECT, UM, LIKE VEL, UH, MENTIONED. UM, AND, UH, THE TS FUNDING IS EXACTLY FOR THAT PURPOSE. THAT'S WHY WE CREATED A TS SO WE COULD REINVENT, UH, REINVEST PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS INTO CERTAIN AREAS. AND SO I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF WHY WE HAVE A TURS. UM, THE OTHER REASON WHY I THINK THIS IS, IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PROJECT, IT REALLY TOUCHES ON EVERYTHING THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS TALKED ABOUT, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, ADAPTIVE REUSE ISSUES REGARDING CLIMATE. THIS WOULD FIT PERFECTLY. AND IN FACT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES, ESPECIALLY COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, WHO WE KNOW IS GONNA BE LEADING THE FUTURE OF THAT CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TO EVEN USE THIS AS A MODEL WHERE HIS, WE WE'RE TRANSFORMING BUILDINGS, WE'RE DOING ADAPTIVE REUSE. PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE DON'T EVEN NEED CARS. THEY CAN GET STRAIGHT TO BUT THE RIVER AND, UH, UH, GET TO THEIR DESTINATIONS THAT WAY. UH, IT'S ALSO EASY ACCESS TO ANYWHERE ON THE SOUTH. UM, AND, AND AS MY COLLEAGUES, UH, HERE ON MY SOUTH SIDE, SISTERS CAN ATTEST. PEOPLE WANT TO STAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THEY REALLY DON'T WANT TO MOVE ANYWHERE ELSE. THEY LOVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY LOVE THEIR COMMUNITIES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF NEW PRODUCT, UM, IN THE AREA. THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE OTHER PROJECT ION THAT'S IN THE AREA, AND IT'S ONLY 76 UNITS. ALSO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ONE OF, OF THE ONE OF THREE THAT'S BEEN DONE IN MY DISTRICT IN THE LAST, UM, EIGHT YEARS. UH, AND SO I JUST, I, I, THIS JUST TOUCHES ON EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED IN THIS CITY. UM, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, THE ADAPTIVE REUSE, BRINGING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ADDRESSING ISSUES REGARDING TRANSPORTATION. I THINK, UM, THE TRUTH IS, LONE STAR HAS BEEN A BLIGHT ON THE CITY AND ON THE DISTRICT, UM, FOR 25 YEARS. WE KNOW THAT, UM, THE FIRE THAT WAS MOST RECENT THAT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE RECALL, UM, WAS JUST ONE OF MANY. UH, AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES THAT WE'VE HAD TO EVACUATE SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BECAUSE THE FIRES WERE SO, UM, TOXIC, UH, THAT PEOPLE THAT WERE, UH, RESPIRATOR COMPROMISED HAD TO LEAVE. [02:50:01] UH, AND I WENT ONE OF THE TIME, THERE WAS A BIG FIRE. I WENT ON SITE, UM, TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S OKAY. AND I HAD TO LEAVE. I COULDN'T TAKE IT. UM, I, AND IN FACT, I WAS PREGNANT AT THE TIME AGAIN. UM, AND, UM, WITH ZACHARY, THAT ONE DIFFERENT CHILD, UM, AND I ALMOST HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A RESPIRATORY, UM, UH, SUFFERING BECAUSE I COULDN'T BREATHE. AND SO THE LEAVING THIS AND ALLOWING IT TO CONTINUE TO DECLINE IS SO DAMAGING TO THE COMMUNITY ON SO MANY LEVELS AND WOULD BE REALLY SO DISRESPECTFUL TO THE CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT FIVE IF WE DIDN'T FIND A WAY TO INVEST IN IT AND SUPPORT IT. UM, THE COMMUNITY IS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTIVE. UM, THE ONLY CONCERN THAT I EVER HEAR ABOUT IT IS THE RI RISING PROPERTY TAXES, UH, AS TEX MORGAN MENTIONED, AND EVEN REBECCA FLORES HAS MENTIONED IT BEFORE, BUT WE'VE HAD RISING PROPERTY TAXES OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS, AND IT'S BEEN VACANT. UH, AND SO RISING PROPERTY TAXES ARE A CONCERN ALL ACROSS THE CITY. THAT'S WHY WE VOTED TO REDUCE OUR TAX RATE, UM, NOT SO LONG AGO, UM, ON THIS COUNCIL, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT RISING PROPERTY TAXES ARE A BURDEN. BUT THIS PROJECT IS GONNA CONTRIBUTE TREMENDOUSLY, UH, TO THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, TO THE TAX BASE. WE STILL WILL HAVE ANIMA COLLEGES, WE WILL STILL HAVE, UH, OUR HOSPITAL DISTRICT. AND SO IT'S JUST A FABULOUS, FABULOUS PROJECT ALL AROUND. UM, AND IT IS SORT OF MY, MY, UM, FINALE, UH, MY GOING OUT. UH, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR. MY, MY, UH, SORT OF FINALE, UH, IS HOPEFULLY, UH, TO SEE THIS PROJECT COME TO FRUITION, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO MOTION TO APPROVE THE THREE 80 AGREEMENT WITH LONE STAR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, THERE'S A MOTION, UH, BY GONZALEZ, A SECOND BY VIA GRAND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 26. WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRANT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN. YES. UH, A LOT OF STOPS AND STARTS IN THIS AREA. UM, BUT THIS IS A POINT WHERE I, I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF WE'VE EVER GOTTEN TO THIS POINT BEFORE, BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. LET ME START WITH, UM, UH, VERO, OF THE $596 MILLION OF THIS PROJECT INVESTMENT TOTAL, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS THE DEVELOPER GOING TO GET BACK? HOW MUCH OF THAT IS, I'M SORRY, REPEAT THAT PART. HOW MUCH ARE THEY GETTING BACK? REIMBURSED FOR 24. SO THAT'S THE TOTAL INVESTMENT IN THE PROJECT. SO THAT'S FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR. THEY WILL BE REIMBURSED ONLY 24 MILLION. AND SO THAT'S A FUNDING THAT THE DEVELOPER TEAM HAS TO PUT INTO THE SITE TO DO, NOT JUST THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PORTION, THE DEMOLITION REMEDIATION, ET CETERA, BUT TO ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT THE, THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE ON SITE AND THE COMMON OPEN SPACES, THE PARK SPACES. THEY ONLY IN THIS CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENT GET A REIMBURSEMENT IF THEY HAVE EXPENDED THAT FUNDING. SO THEY'RE ONLY GETTING 24 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF 15 YEARS BACK SHOULD THEY MEET ALL THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT. SO THAT'S ALL INVESTMENT TO GET THE SITE BUILT OUT. IS THE, UM, DOES, DOES THIS INCLUDE THE NEWELL SITE? NO, NO, NO, NO, IT DOESN'T. NO, IT DOES NOT. IT DOES NOT. OKAY. UM, SO IT DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY TO PROB PREVENT AND, AND LONE STAR. IT'S NOT THAT CORNER. NO. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, IS THIS PROPERTY THEN IS, OR THIS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO INCLUDE OUR NEW, UH, NOT SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION, BUT THAT INCENTIVE POLICY THING THAT WE WE PASSED LAST WEEK. OKAY. YES. THAT, THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN, UM, I KNOW WE ALSO, HOW MANY, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WAITING ALSO ON THE BOND DOLLARS BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVEN'T BOND DOLLAR INVESTED INTO THE PRO INTO PROBAND AREA. DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THAT IS? WE, WE ARE WORKING ON A FUNDING, UH, SORRY, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, UH, IN THAT WE DON'T TOUCH PROBAND DIRECTLY, UM, ALTHOUGH WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS ON THE DESIGN OF PROBAND. UM, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH STAFF ON A FUNDING AGREEMENT TO IMPROVE LONE STAR BOULEVARD, WHICH ALSO HAS 2017 BOND FUNDS. THEY'RE $5 MILLION IN 2017 BOND FUNDS FOR LONE STAR. UM, AND WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, AN AGREEMENT RIGHT NOW. WE THINK IT'S ABOUT AT $1.3 MILLION THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE OVER AND [02:55:01] ABOVE THAT TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, BURY POWER LINES, ADD LANDSCAPING, AS WELL AS BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'LL MAKE SURE IT TIES IN APPROPRIATELY WITH PROBAND, UM, AT ONE END AND WITH, UH, ROOSEVELT AND ST. MARY'S AT THE OTHER. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE SAW AT E W D C WAS, UM, STEVE'S IS ALSO GOING TO CUT THROUGH THIS PROJECT AND, AND CONNECT, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A PUBLIC STREET. THAT'S CORRECT, YES. THANK, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. . AND, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE VETO, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT IS THE $15,000 FOR A DISPLACEMENT ASSESSMENT? WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? SURE. UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AFTER WE DID BRIEFINGS WAS AGREED TO BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONCERNS EXPRESSED, AS THE COUNCILWOMAN MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, AN INVESTMENT, UH, LIKE THIS, UH, IN THE IMPACT, POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT THIS ONE HAS SUPPORT OF THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. UH, AND SO THEY DID AGREE IN THE CHAPTER THREE 80 TO FUND THE STUDY THAT WOULD LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL COMMUNITY IMPACT. UM, SO OUR DEPARTMENT WILL BE THE ONE THAT IS WORKING ON A SCOPE FOR THAT AND WILL, UH, USE THAT STUDY AND ITS FINDINGS TO DETERMINE POTENTIALLY HOW, UM, HOW THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING THAT THEY TOO WILL BE PROVIDING BACK COULD BE UTILIZED. SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THIS CONTRACT. OKAY. 'CAUSE I DO SEE THE $818,000 THAT ARE GOING INTO THE CITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, AND THAT CAN BE USED FOR, UM, OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB. CORRECT. THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT AS, AS LONG AS IT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING. YES. AND AS LONG AS WE ALSO USE, UM, THE, THE, UH, DOCUMENTATION THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES IN THE AREA. CORRECT. BECAUSE YES, TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, PO AND TO OTHER MEMBERS, OTHER INDIVIDUAL'S POINTS IS THERE IS GOING TO BE A CONTINUED RISE IN THE PROPERTY APPRAISALS AND IN SURROUNDING AREAS. WE'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN, UM, AT DIFFERENT AR DIFFERENT TIMES. AND I THINK THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO REMEMBER AS THE BOND PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD. UM, ONE THING I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK THE DEVELOPERS ARE IS, ARE YOU ALL PLANNING TO USE BUILDERS OR SUB CONTRACTORS FROM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? UM, LET ME SAY, I HOPE YOU DO, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING JOBS TO ANTONIO, WE HOPE THEY'RE FROM HERE IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA. YES. IN FACT, IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE STRAIGHT LINE MANAGEMENT TEAM HERE WHEN I WAS AT CAFE COMMERCE. NOW LAUNCH SA UH, I GOT TO KNOW THEM, UH, AS THEY WERE WORKING ON THE FINISH OUTTA THAT SPACE AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY. AND, UM, AND THAT IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING, UH, ENGAGING LOCAL, UH, CONTRACTORS THAT'S COME UP AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, AT THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT MEETING. AND YES, WE'LL DEFINITELY PURSUE THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, WHAT IS YOUR TIMELINE FOR DEVELOPMENT HERE? WELL, UM, WELL, LET'S JUST START WITH PHASE ONE. OKAY. YES. PHASE ONE, UM, WE WILL BE, UM, UH, ON SITE. WE ARE ARE ON SITE ALREADY IN 2021, UM, DOING REMEDIATION DEMOLITION, AND THEN NEW CONSTRUCTION WILL START IN 2022. FIRST PHASE OUGHT TO BE CONCLUDED BY, UH, 2025. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PETER. APPRECIATE IT. UM, AND I DO WANT TO, UH, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON HERE AND, UM, I KNOW THAT WITH COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT THE, SHE, SHE, SHE WANTS NEW BUILD AND NEW PRODUCT IN, IN DISTRICT FIVE, AND SHE'S BEEN ADVOCATING THIS FOR THAT FOR A LONG TIME THROUGHOUT HER DISTRICT. AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY A DELICATE BALANCE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BETWEEN, UH, I KNOW IN, IN MY DISTRICT, IN HER DISTRICT, AND IN THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITIES DESERVE HIGH QUALITY, GREAT AMENITIES AND PRODUCTS IN THE AREA, IN THE AREA OF WHICH THEY'VE LIVED, RAISED THEIR FAMILIES HAVE THEIR LEGACY HOMES IN. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO KEEP THESE LEGACY FAMILIES AND HOMEOWNERS IN THE AREAS SO THEY CAN ALSO EXPERIENCE THE GREAT HIGH QUALITY THINGS IN THEIR COMMUNITY THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WALK FROM ST. FRANCIS OR FROM BANK ACROSS THE STREET AND WALK STRAIGHT IN A SAFE PEDESTRIAN AREA TO THE RIVER AND TO ROOSEVELT PARK. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO STAY FOCUSED ON THIS AND IN THE FUTURE BOND PROJECTS THAT WE PUT DOLLARS TO HELP OFF SET OFF COSTS OR HELP UNBURDEN OUR LEGACY HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE IN OUR OLDER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE, UM, WHO WANT TO STAY IN THE SOUTH SIDE. BUT NOW THAT WE [03:00:01] HAVE THESE GREAT AMENITIES, MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STAY IN THE SOUTH SIDE BECAUSE OF THE RISING COSTS OF, UH, APPRAISALS. SO A I WANNA CONTINUE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE WATCH WHATEVER WE CAN AT THE STATE LEVEL TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR EYE IN PUTTING MORE, UM, EMPHASIS ON OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB OR WHATEVER TO HELP OFFSET OUR, OUR SENIORS OR OUR, OUR, UM, LEGACY HOMEOWNERS IN THE AREA. BUT THIS IS A, A LONG TIME COMING AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, AND I'M JUST, I KNOW, UM, BOTH VERO AND LORI WILL STAY ON TOP OF IT AS, AS, AS WELL AS WHOMEVER COMES NEXT. AND PLEASE, UH, DON'T, UH, DON'T LET US DOWN DEVELOPERS, AND YOU HAVE BEEN ALREADY INCLUDING THE, THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AND CONTINUING TO TELL THE STORY OF THAT SITE AND ALL OF THE GREAT HISTORIES AND STORIES THAT THE FAMILIES WHO GREW UP IN THE AREA AND EXPERIENCED THE POOL AND, AND THE BEER GARDEN AND THE BARBECUES OUT IN THAT AREA CAN CONTINUE TO STAY IN THE AREA AND THEN MOVE AND ENJOY IT ALL, UM, AS WELL. BUT BRINGING A NEW SET OF PEOPLE IN TO ENJOY THE COMMUNITY, GET MORE TAX BASE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FOR THE RIVER AUTHORITY, FOR U H SS, ET CETERA. SO, UM, I, I AM HAPPY TO, TO APPROVE THIS AND TO SUPPORT THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ AND COUNCILMAN GRO HAVE POINTED OUT ABOUT THIS PROJECT. AND I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT, UH, SINCE IT FIRST CAME TO MY ATTENTION. YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE RIDDEN ON ROOSEVELT DRIVE GONE BY THERE MANY, MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, AND I KNOW IT'S, IT'S BEEN AN EYESORE, IT'S BEEN A BLIGHT. UH, IT HAS A HISTORY THAT MEANS SOMETHING IN A COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST BEEN NEGLECTED FOR YEARS. AND I KNOW EVERYBODY SAID WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. AND I KNOW THERE'VE BEEN SEVERAL EFFORTS AND, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT WHEN I THINK OF THIS, I, I THINK, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE JUST A WONDERFUL PROJECT THERE, BUT I ALSO HAVE TO, UH, AGREE WITH, UH, MY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND THERE. UH, ONE THING YOU MENTIONED THAT I WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON, YOU SAID THAT THIS CAN BRING $130 MILLION IN TAXES INTO S A I S D. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW, HOW THAT CALCULATION IS BROUGHT OUT. CAN YOU SHARE HOW YOU ARRIVED AT THAT? BECAUSE I, I TAUGHT AT S A I SS D FOR A LONG TIME, THEY CAN USE ANOTHER $130 MILLION, RIGHT? YES. UM, SO YES, COUNCILMAN, UM, WE TAKE THE TOTAL A VALOREM VALUE OF THE PROJECT, SO, UH, THE LAND VALUE AND THEN ADD ONTO THAT, UH, THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT VALUE. OBVIOUSLY YOU APPLY THAT TO THE, TO THE TAX RATE OF EACH OF THE TAXING ENTITIES AND THEN RUN THAT OUT FOR 15 YEARS. AND SO WHEN WE ADD ALL OF THAT UP, AND THIS IS INCREMENTAL TAX VALUE, SO LEAVING THE LAND BASIS, THAT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT 11 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT IT IS TODAY. UM, THE ADDITIONAL INCREMENTAL VALUE THAT WE CREATE TIMES S E'S TAX RATE AT A 3% INFLATION, AND IT'S GETTING A LITTLE WONKY, BUT, UM, THAT NUMBER, UH, GROWS VERY, VERY QUICKLY AS THE VALUE OF THE SITE. I MEAN, AS IT'S POINTED OUT, INCREASES IN AD VALOR VALUATION ALSO HAPPEN TO THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING. AND SO WE EXPECT THAT IF WE MAKE $596 MILLION IN INVESTMENT, UM, BY THE END OF 15 YEARS, BCAT IS GONNA BE COUNTING THAT ON A CONSIDERABLY HIGHER BASIS. UM, SO ALL OF THAT ROLLS UP TO CALCULATE TO ABOUT $130 MILLION, UH, OF INCREMENTAL NEW TAXES FOR S A I S D OVER 15 YEARS. OKAY. I'D LIKE YOU TO STAY UP BECAUSE YOU CAN PROBABLY ANSWER A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS I HAVE. YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE WHATEVER THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. OF COURSE. AND I KNOW EVENTUALLY IT'S GONNA BE A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE. YES. BUT FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, I GO BY THE PEARL. I THINK IT'S GOT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO IT. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE IS A LOT OF FREE PUBLIC PARKING. MM-HMM. , WILL YOU BE HAVING A LOT OF FREE PUBLIC PARKING THERE? YES. YES, WE WILL. OKAY. YES. WE HAVE MULTIPLE GARAGES PLANNED OVER THE, UH, OVER THE PHASES IN THE FIRST PHASE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE SCALE OF THE SITE, YOU KNOW, IT'S 32 ACRES, PAROLE'S ABOUT 22 ACRES. UM, SO WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF SURFACE PARKING, UM, EARLY AS WE HAVEN'T DEVELOPED THE REST. THEN AS WE DEVELOP INCREMENTALLY ACROSS THE SITE, WE'LL BE ADDING NEW GARAGES, [03:05:01] UH, THAT PROVIDE PARKING FOR VISITORS. OKAY. WELL, HOPEFULLY THAT REMAINS FREE. UM, AS LONG AS IT'S POSSIBLE. ANOTHER THING I KNOW YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE DEVELOPING, UM, HOUSING. YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE GONNA BE BUILDING SOME APARTMENTS. ONE THING THEY DID NOT DO AT THE PEARL IS, IS PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS, WHAT IS YOUR, UM, WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING? RIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UH, APARTMENTS, UH, 80% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME. UM, AND, UH, BUT WE ARE OPEN IN FUTURE PHASES TO LOOKING AT DEEPER AFFORDABILITY, BUT POTENTIALLY UTILIZING OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AS WELL. UM, BUT RIGHT NOW ENTERING IN, WE'RE LOOKING AT 80% A M I AS AFFORDABLE. YEAH. THAT, THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT I'VE HAD AND A CONCERN I'VE HAD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 80% OF $72,000, YOU KNOW, THAT'S STILL ALMOST 60,000 OR $58,000. AND IN THAT AREA, UH, THAT'S, THAT DOESN'T PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT'S STILL PRETTY EXPENSIVE FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES IN S A I S D WHO GO TO BRACKENRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE OTHER ELEMENTARIES AROUND THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THE INCOME PROBABLY OVER THERE IS IN THE FORTIES. SO, YOU KNOW, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO LIVE NEAR WHERE THEY WORK. MM-HMM. , YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT CREATING HUNDREDS OF JOBS THERE, THOUSANDS. YES, SIR. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, THAT NOT EVERYBODY HAVE TO TAKE A BUS FROM FIVE MILES AWAY TO GET TO WORK. AND, UH, 80% TO ME IS NOT AFFORDABLE. AND IF YOU SHOULD COME TO THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND SAY YOU WANT TO PARTNER WITH US TO BUILD MORE APARTMENTS OVER THERE, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE TRUST SAY, OH YEAH, WE'LL GO WITH 80% WITH YOU. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA WANNA SEE 30, 50, 60% TO REALLY MAKE IT AFFORDABLE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SHARE IN THE BENEFIT OF THAT COMMUNITY MM-HMM. AS IT AS IT GETS CONSTRUCTED OVER THE YEARS. SO, YOU KNOW, I, I GUESS THAT'S JUST SAYING, UM, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MAKING THAT NEW PROJECT SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY CAN ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF, I'M, I'M STILL GONNA BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE GENTRIFICATION. UH, AND I THINK THAT'S A LEGITIMATE CONCERN. UH, YOU KNOW, THE TAXES THAT ARE GONNA GROW FOR THAT COMMUNITY, LIKE COUNCILWOMAN SAID, UH, MAY LITERALLY DRIVE PEOPLE OUT OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES OVER THE YEARS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SOMEHOW THIS CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO DEVELOP A WAY OF ADDRESSING. BUT A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM, UH, THE STATE GUIDELINES ON WHAT WE CAN DO. WE CAN ALWAYS DO A TAX DECREASE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOWER OUR TAX RATE, WE CAN RAISE OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. UH, SO THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOME. SO I JUST WANT THE COUNCIL TO BE CONSIDERING THOSE TOO. BUT FINALLY, I RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PROPERTY RIGHT STATE, AND WHEN YOU OBTAIN A PIECE OF PROPERTY, YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP IT. HAS THIS GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION YET, OR THE ZONING COMMISSION? WE DO NOT, UH, NEED A ZONING CHANGE THAT WAS DONE BY, UH, BY PRIOR OWNERS. UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE MANY ROUNDS OF APPROVALS WITH HISTORIC DESIGN REVIEW, WITH PLANNING WITH, UH, CITI. UM, WE'LL BE TALKING TO ALL QUITE A BIT ABOUT THIS OVER THE YEARS. SURE. I HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT. UH, WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT HAVE YOU MET AS YOU'VE GONE AROUND THE COMMUNITY THERE? UH, IT'S BEEN, UH, VERY, VERY POSITIVE. OBVIOUSLY THE ISSUES THAT, UH, YOU OUTLINED WITH, YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE INCREASES OR NEGATIVES ASSOCIATED WITH NEW VALUE CREATION IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS, IS A REALITY ALL ACROSS SAN ANTONIO. UM, BUT WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, BENEFITS OF ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION, AS I CALL IT. IT'S BEEN A NUISANCE, UM, THAT COSTS, YOU KNOW, FORTUNATELY HASN'T COST ANY LIVES. UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SA FD ON SITE FOR 24 HOURS THE OTHER DAY, FIGHTING THE MOST RECENT FIRE, AND THEY'D SPENT MANY MORE DAYS THAN THAT, UH, DURING PRIOR FIRES. AND, UM, THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING THERE THAT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING THERE THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. SO, UH, THE ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE LONE STAR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, HAVE BOTH, UH, GIVEN THEIR, YOU KNOW, UN UN UH, UNBRIDLED SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT, AND A THRILL THAT SOMETHING IS, IS FINALLY GOING TO HAPPEN. AND, UM, AND THAT, AGAIN, THOSE NOXIOUS USES ARE GONNA GO AWAY. YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE IS, UM, THERE ARE NOT ANY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES I IMMEDIATELY CONTIGUOUS, UH, TO THE SITE. IT'S SOMETHING OF AN ISLAND BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE TRAIN TRACKS WORK. AND WE HAVE THE RIVER ON ONE SIDE, PROBAND ON THE OTHER, STEVE'S ON THE OTHER. SO WE ARE INSULATED, UM, BY THE, UH, BY THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AROUND US, UH, FROM IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH HAS ALSO [03:10:01] ALLEVIATED SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, IT'S AN ISLAND IN A GOOD WAY AND A BAD WAY. UH, BUT, UH, THE COMMUNITY'S VERY SUPPORTIVE. YOU TALKED ABOUT INSULATION, IT REMIND, AND, UH, THE TRAINS, YOU REMIND ME, TRAINS GO BY THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. YES, THEY DO. THEY'RE NOT QUIET. NOT YET. I IMAGINE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A HUGE AMOUNT OF INSULATION ON TO, UH, HELP PEOPLE GET THROUGH THEIR, THEIR NIGHTS QUIETLY. UM, HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE RAILROAD, UH, I GUESS SOUTHERN PACIFIC ABOUT THIS PROJECT BEING BUILT THERE? OTHER NOT YET. NO. NO, WE HAVE NOT. YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S ANY NEED TO ADDRESS ANY OF THAT AS A, A SIDE ISSUE? CERTAINLY THERE IS, AND, AND WE WILL. UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE RAILROAD IS SORT OF WRITTEN INTO THE CONSTITUTION AND, UM, THEY WILL TAKE UP ITEMS AT THEIR OWN LEISURE. UH, BUT, UH, WE ARE, WE HAVE LOTS OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO, UH, TO VISIT WITH THE RAILROAD AMONG THEM. OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU. CAN I ADD ONE THING I'D LIKE TO? SURE. SO, UM, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY A FEW INDIVIDUALS WAS, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THIS GONNA IMPACT THE COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT STAYS, UM, AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY? UM, SOMETHING THAT I CAN STRESS THAT MIDWAY HAS DONE IN AN EXPERIENCE, UM, IS LONG-TERM STEWARDSHIP OF THE PROPERTY. SO, UM, OUR GOAL, OUR MINDSET AT THE START OF EVERY PROJECT IS A LONG-TERM ONE. UM, WE DEVELOPED ONE OF OUR FIRST MIXED USE CENTERS, UM, IN HOUSTON CALLED CITY CENTER. IT'S LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. UM, BACK IN 2005 WAS WHEN WE ORIGINALLY ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY. UM, WHILE WE DON'T OWN EVERY CORNER OF IT STILL TODAY, WE REJO, WE DO MAINTAIN, UM, OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN ALMOST EVERY USE IN THAT PROPERTY. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO MANAGE THAT PROPERTY STILL TO THIS DAY, ALMOST 15 YEARS LATER. SO, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE COMMITTED TO, AND THAT'S JUST A PART OF WHO WE ARE. THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO IS WE PLAN OVER 300 EVENTS A YEAR IN OUR PROJECTS ACROSS TEXAS. UH, COVID WAS A, A LITTLE BIT OF AN IMPACT ON THAT LAST YEAR, BUT I THINK IN 2019 WE DID OVER 350 EVENTS AT OUR PROJECTS AND AT CITY CENTER, ALMOST HALF OF THOSE WERE ORGANIZED BY THE COMMUNITY, NOT BY MIDWAY. AND SO WE DO WORK VERY, VERY HARD TO PROVIDE AN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HOST EVENTS, EVERYTHING FROM LARGE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS TO PLAY DAYS IN THE PARK WITH KIDS. SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE COMMITTED TO. OUR, OUR WEBSITE HAS A LOT OF INFO ABOUT IT, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO LOOK AND, AND, AND SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST TO HELP GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA DO HERE AT LONE STAR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALS. THANKS. I, I, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT AND I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK, WELL, I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE HOW MUCH WORK YOU'VE POURED INTO THIS LAURIE AND VETO AND, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM AND, AND LAURIE VETO. THIS IS A ORO THIS IS A QUESTION FOR EITHER OF YOU. WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE TURS? I IMAGINE THE TURS DOESN'T, IS NOT IN PERPETUITY. UM, I SAW SOME MENTION OF THE TURS BEING IN EXISTENCE UNTIL 2036, SO I BELIEVE THE TURS EXPIRES IN 2025. IT'S CURRENTLY SET TO EXPIRE IN 2025 IN THE EVENT IT'S EXTENDED, WHICH HONESTLY, I THINK STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND, AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT ANALYSIS AND COMING TO THE TOURS AWARD AND COMING TO COUNCIL WITH THAT. BUT IF IT'S EXTENDED, THE PARTICIPATION RATE MAY OR MAY NOT BE ADJUSTED. AND THE PROJECT, UM, FUNDING THE, UM, TAXES WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW THROUGH THE TURS. IF IT'S NOT EXTENDED, THAT'S WHEN, UM, THE TAXES GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND AND WE'LL DO THE SPLIT WHERE WE RETAIN THAT DEBT RATE AND THE ONLY, THE O AND M RATE IS APPLIED TO THE REBATE. SO IN, IN 2025, SOME OF US AREN'T GONNA BE HERE. AND, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE MINUTES FOREVER, UH, YOU KNOW, MY COMMENTS ARE MEMORIALIZED FOREVER AND THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THAT TERMS IN PLACE FOREVER AND EVER . UM, THE, THE SECOND THING IS, I, I DID NOTICE IN THE AGREEMENT THERE WAS MENTION OF RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. UM, IS THAT HOW MUCH, UM, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL I, OR, OR ANY? SO, UH, I, THE REFERENCE TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, SORRY, IS, IS ONLY INSO MUCH IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, UM, IT'S LANGUAGE ABOUT HOW THE TAX, UM, OR THE TURS OBLIGATIONS, UH, EXTEND TO THOSE OWNERS. UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS IN THE MASTER PLAN RIGHT NOW FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS. AND, AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE'S MULTIFAMILY IN THERE, IS IT ALL FOR LEASE OR ARE YOU SELLING TO IT'S ALL FOR LEASE AS IT'S PROJECTED NOW. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND THEN, UM, LORI, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS, UM, CAN WE, IS IT TOO LATE OR CAN WE REQUIRE, UM, WHAT IS OUR STANDARD ASK FOR? I THINK IT'S LIKE 14, $15 AN HOUR FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR WAGES, UM, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, 15, $14 AN HOUR FOR WAGES FOR, UH, [03:15:01] CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN KICKED AROUND? I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT. UM, I'M NOT SURE IF, UM, MY STAFF, AS WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU YEAH. BUT TYPICALLY WE DON'T PUT THAT IN OUR TOURS AGREEMENTS OKAY. FOR THE, THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF IT. YEAH. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE CAKE IS ALREADY BAKED ON THIS ONE, AND SO IT'S, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA DERAIL IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR FUTURE PROJECTS, I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS SAID OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT A FRIABLE WAGE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GONNA BE INCENTIVIZING PROJECTS TO, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS SCOPE OF MAGNITUDE. RIGHT. AND SO JUST, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TIME YOU GUYS DO ANOTHER LONE STAR, HOPEFULLY IN DISTRICT EIGHT, UH, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. UM, AND THEN LASTLY TO THE, TO OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE DEVELOPING THIS OUT, UM, THERE ARE EXCELLENT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN SAN ANTONIO, AND MY HOPE IS THAT YOU GUYS DRAW UPON THE TALENT THAT WE'VE GOT HERE. UM, MY FEAR IS THAT YOU GUYS WILL DRAW UPON ALL THE TALENT AND IT'LL LEFT ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS HAVING TO SCRAMBLE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING IN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND ALL THAT. BUT I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO, UM, TO REALLY, UH, CONSIDER TALKING TO THE, THE ORGANIZED TRADES HERE IN TOWN SO THAT, BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE THE BEST OF THE BEST, AND THEY REALLY DO, THEY TRAIN THEM, AND THEY'RE JUST BETTER THAN, THAN THE OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN TOWN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS DO THAT, UM, I'LL NOTICE AND WE'LL ALL HIGH FIVE YOU. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU, UH, THERE'S PLENTY OF WORK TO DO OUT AT LONE STAR, SO WE'LL, WE'LL FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK. OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. MAYOR, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PEL. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, CONGRATULATIONS COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING FOR YOU AND TO SEE IT HAPPEN AS YOU ARE MAKING A GRAND EXIT. THIS IS DESPERATELY NEEDED IN YOUR COMMUNITY TO UPLIFT, UM, THIS AREA. AND SO, CONGRATULATIONS. UM, I KNOW A LOT OF QUESTIONS CAME UP DURING OUR TOURS BOARD MEETING, UM, IN REFERENCE TO MEETING WITH THE FAIR CONTRACTORS COALITION AND THE BLACK CONTRACTORS OF SAN ANTONIO. AND I JUST WANNA KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP. WERE YOU ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS? UM, BECAUSE THAT IS SOME OF THE, THE CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING TODAY AMONGST MY COLLEAGUES. UM, COUNCILMAN, WE HAVE NOT YET. WE'VE BEEN AT A DEAD RUN TO GET HERE TODAY. UM, UH, OBVIOUSLY STAFF AND, UH, AND THE COUNCIL OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB, UM, UH, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK. UM, WE HAVE THOSE MEETINGS TO ATTEND. AND THEN ALSO, UH, FROM, UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, UM, HAVE HAD IDEAS ON SOME OTHER POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, MANY MOVING PIECES IN THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE A LOT OF HOMEWORK, UH, YET TO DO. AND, UH, AND I'LL JUST SAY HERE, VERY OPENLY, UH, THERE'S STILL AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY INPUT. UM, PLEASE, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO IDEA THAT WE ARE NOT, UH, OPEN TO HEARING ABOUT SOMEONE THE OTHER DAY SAID, HEY, PUT IN TO SEE IF YOU CAN BE THE START OF THE ROCK AND ROLL MARATHON, UH, IN THE FUTURE. AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I LOVE IT. UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY ART, UH, PUBLIC ART ENGAGEMENT, UH, LIVE WORKSPACES FOR ARTISTS. UM, WE'RE BEING FLOODED WITH IDEAS. UH, I'LL MAKE A QUICK PLUG. YES, WE HAVE A, A EMAIL ADDRESS HISTORY AT LONE STAR DISTRICT SA.COM, WHERE WE'RE COLLECTING STORIES AND MEMORABILIA AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM PEOPLE WHO'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCES AT THE LONE STAR OVER, OVER PAST GENERATIONS. AND, UM, UH, SO NOT YET IS THE SHORT ANSWER. UM, BUT, UH, WE, WE DEFINITELY WILL BE FOLLOWING UP ON THOSE THINGS. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET VIRTUALLY, BUT TO SEE YOU GUYS HERE, UH, REALLY SPEAKS TO THE WORK THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT WAS GONNA BE THE NEXT THING. HOW DO PEOPLE GET THEIR HISTORY TO YOU? SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THAT IN. ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP WAS ABOUT THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND GREEN, UH, SPACE THAT YOU'LL BE BUILDING OUT. AND IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT, 'CAUSE I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL WOULD, WOULD DEF DEFINITELY LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE PLANNED. SURE. SO WE HAVE DESIGNED, UH, PARKS INTO EACH PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. UM, AGAIN, AMONG STAKEHOLDERS HAVE BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY. WE'LL WORK WITH THE RIVER FOUNDATION, OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO CREATE, UH, AND IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY TO THE MISSION REACH TRAIL THAT'S THERE. UM, AND FIND WAYS TO, UH, MAKE THE RIVER MORE ACCESSIBLE, WHETHER IT'S VIA A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARKS, UH, DEPARTMENT AND PARKS FOUNDATION ON IMPROVEMENTS TO ROOSEVELT PARK AND POOL, UH, AND OR THE GREEN SPACES THAT WE CREATE, UH, WITHIN LONE STAR. IN ADDITION TO THAT, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL LOOK AT S WATERWISE, UH, REBATES AND, AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS, YOU KNOW, GREEN USES LID, UH, FEATURES WHERE POSSIBLE, UM, AND IS, UH, SUSTAINABLE IN, IN BY SORT OF EVERY METRIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT [03:20:01] STUDY, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE A PART OF ALL OF OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENTAL CONTRACTS, BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONE THING THAT IS ALWAYS ON OUR COMMUNITY'S MINDS WHEN THEY SEE THINGS BEING BUILT, ARE, HOW ARE WE GONNA TRULY AFFECT PROPERTY TAXES OR HELP THOSE WITH PROPERTY TAX. UM, AND, AND SO I KNOW YOU'RE PUTTING IN THE 118,000 INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I JUST WANT TO ASK, I, I GUESS, LORI OR VETO, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TAXES AND, AND HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING ABOUT SUCH DEVELOPMENT AS THIS, WHAT ARE THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE OUTSIDE OF JUST THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIECE OR THE FUNDING THAT'S, UM, AVAILABLE THAT HAS BEEN OFFERED. UM, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL POOLS THAT WE CAN BUILD TO TRULY HELP WITH COMMUNITIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT BEING DISPLACED BECAUSE OF THE RISING PROPERTY TAX? AND IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK TO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME FROM A CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBER. UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THOSE ISSUES. SO, UM, I THINK Y'ALL MAY BE AWARE OF OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT IS BUILDING UPON THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK. AND IT IS LOOKING AT EXACTLY THOSE CONCERNS AND FIGURING OUT NOT JUST HOW TO RESPOND AND HOW TO MEET THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEED IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ADDRESS JUST THOSE KIND OF CONCERNS, INCLUDING HOW TO FUND, UM, FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOW TO MITIGATE IMPACTS, UM, THAT COULD HAPPEN. SO HOW TO HAVE A REAL ANTI DISPLACEMENT INVESTMENTS. UM, THE, THE VOTERS JUST APPROVED THE CHARTER AMENDMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT COULD, UH, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND, UM, IN 2022 LOOK LIKE. AND THE SHIP IS GONNA HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT SPACE. WE DO HAVE OUR ANTI DISPLACEMENT WORK GOING ON AS WELL. AND SO THAT TOO WILL INFORM WHAT KIND OF STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS COME FORWARD. SO THERE'S TOOLS, UH, AVAILABLE FUTURE DECISIONS YET TO BE MADE, BUT THE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE BEYOND THE, THE TOOLS WE HAVE FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET CURRENTLY, WHAT ELSE CAN WE ADD? UM, AND SO I, I EXPECT VERY LIVELY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND, UM, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. THANK YOU, VETO. I KNOW, UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ALSO CAME OUT OF THE TOURS BOARD WAS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING AND HOW DOES THAT LOOK FOR FUTURE PROJECTS AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD. AND BECAUSE THE LIFE OF THE TERRORS IS RIGHT NOW UNTIL 2025. AND SO, UM, WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE INNER CITY TERRORS HAS IN ITS ACCOUNT AND WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FUNDING NOW, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS TO OUR COUNCIL AND TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE NOT EXHAUSTING THE FUNDING. AND HOW THIS STRUCTURE REALLY SPEAKS TO THAT PROCESS. BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE SEE THE AMOUNT THAT'S BEING ASKED FOR AT THE 24 MILLION, AND THEN THEY LOOK AT THE, THE FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TURS LIFE, UM, IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK TO HOW WE'RE DOING THIS EFFECTIVELY WITHOUT EXHAUSTING, UM, THE BENEFITS THAT ARE THERE FOR OTHER PROJECTS. SURE. UM, SO WE HAVE SEVERAL, UH, TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES. AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THEM IS TO TAKE AREAS THAT ARE, UM, UNDERINVESTED UNDERUTILIZED AND HELP WITH PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE TYPE, UM, AGREEMENTS SO THAT WE CAN REALIZE MORE VALUE. SO WE TAKE, UH, UNDERUTILIZED SITES, UM, EVEN ACTIVE SITES THAT NEED SOME PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENSURE THAT THE INVESTMENT IS THERE. AND THEN THE BENEFIT IS, COMES IN, IN THE FORM OF THE INCREASED VALUATION. UM, T HAVE A SET TIMELINE. SO IN THE LONG TERM, THE INVESTMENT GOES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, IF THE VALUATION DOES INCREASE FOR THE INNER CITY TS AND ANOTHER TS, UH, WE LOOKED AT ALL THE TS THAT ARE SET TO EXPIRE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS OR SO. WE'RE GONNA BE DOING ASSESSMENTS THAT LOOK AT WHAT HAS BEEN FUNDED, WHAT HAS BEEN GENERATED, HAVE THE TSIS INDEED WORKED AS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, HAS THIS BEEN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE COMMUNITY? SO BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT FIVE YEARS, UM, THE WORK IS STARTING NOW TO LOOK AT THAT ASSESSMENT. SO WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO THE, THOSE TWO TS, UH, BOARDS AND PRESENT OUR WORK. BUT WE JUST LITERALLY HAD THE CONVERSATIONS AFTER BEING ASKED BY BOARD MEMBERS, WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IN THREE YEARS? UH, WE DON'T WANT, WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON THE THIRD YEAR. SO WE'RE DOING THE WORK NOW SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A, A GOOD SOLID DATA-BACKED RECOMMENDATION, UM, ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD DO ONCE WE, WE FACE THAT AND BEFORE THAT THIRD YEAR HAVE A SOLUTION GOING FORWARD. AND THEN MY LAST AND FINAL QUESTION IS, BASED [03:25:01] ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF THE REINVESTMENT BACK INTO THE TURS? OR WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE GOING BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND IF IT'S NOT EXTENDED? SO, UM, GOOD QUESTION. AGAIN, I THINK, UH, IT WAS ANSWERED IN TERMS OF THE ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE IN TERMS OF THE GROWTH OF THE TAX BASE. SO THE PROJECTED ASSESSED VALUATION AT THE END OF CONSTRUCTION IS PROJECTED TO BE $709 MILLION. IT CURRENTLY IS ASSESSED AT AROUND, UH, 11.5 MILLION. SO THAT'S OVER TIME. BUT, UM, I THINK WE PRESENTED TO THE INNER CITY TURS, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR, WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING SOMETHING, ALL THE TOUR SPORTS ARE FAMILIAR BECAUSE WE ALWAYS DO THE YEAR OVER YEAR PROJECTIONS. AND SO THAT'S THE, UH, INCREASED VALUATION PROJECTED AFTER WE TAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE BUILT. UM, THE VALUE OF THOSE, WE DO EXPECT THIS AFTER 15 YEARS, UM, TO BE OVER VALUED AT OVER $700 MILLION FROM THE CURRENT ASSESSED VALUATION OF 11.5. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THAT WAS ALL OF MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, SORRY. LET ME BRING UP MY POINTS HERE. COULD YOU FRICKING SORRY, COULD YOU MOVE ON TO, UH, MANU WHILE I BRING THIS UP? THANK YOU. OKAY. WHILE COUNCILWOMAN COMPOSES HERSELF, COUNCILMAN ELAS, YOU'RE ASSUMING I'M COMPOSED, UH, THE, UH, THE LORI AND VETO, I'M, I, SOMEBODY POINTED OUT TO ME THE PREVAILING WAGE IS IN THERE, UM, AND I'M LOOKING AT IT AND IT SAYS, UH, GRANTEE SHALL ENDEAVOR TO PROMOTE OR CAUSE TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF SUBCONTRACTORS AND WORKFORCE AND PAY OR CAUSE TO BE PAID PREVAILING WAGE. YES. BUT, AND THEN THE NEXT SENTENCE SAYS, ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH A PROCEEDING IS NOT A DEFAULT HERE UNDER, RIGHT. AND SO, AGAIN, THIS IS ALL PRE-BAKED AND I'M SURE THIS, THIS WAS NEGOTIATED AND ALL THAT, BUT, UM, IF EVER WE HAVE A A A SIMILAR PROJECT IN MY DISTRICT, THAT SECOND SENTENCE IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO NEVER SEE IN MY RIGHT. 'CAUSE I MEAN, WE EITHER MEAN IT OR READ IT OUT. OKAY. DO YOU GET IT? YES. IS OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANKS. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'LL GO BACK TO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS WHY I OFTEN PREFER PAPER TO, UH, TO COMPUTERS. SORRY. UH, SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, UH, FOR RESPONDING TO MY QUESTIONS. UH, VERO, LORI, IAN IS ALWAYS A VERY PROMPT ON ON THOSE RESPONSES. I APPRECIATE THAT. UH, SO WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, I WAS REALLY THRILLED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF THE REDEVELOPMENT. UM, I THINK THE SITE HAS A LOT TO OFFER. IT MAY LOOK BLIGHTED RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK THERE'S JUST SO MUCH POTENTIAL, UH, IN THERE. UH, WHEN THE DEAL FELL THROUGH, I WAS, UH, DISAPPOINTED. AND FOR YEARS, I HAVE HEARD, UH, MY COLLEAGUE WHO, WHO IS ONLY GOT A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME WITH US NOW, UH, LAMENT WHAT SHE HEARS FROM RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT FIVE, WHICH IS THAT ESPECIALLY YOUNG RESIDENTS, THAT THEY DON'T PLAN TO STAY THERE, THAT THEY WANT TO LEAVE. AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR DESIRE TO HAVE, TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THEM SOMETHING FOR THEM TO WANT TO STAY. AND YOU PROBABLY, OF ALL THE MEMBERS ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE HAD SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES TO DEAL WITH, UH, GIVEN THE HISTORIC DISINVESTMENT IN THE PARTS OF, OF THE CITY THAT, THAT YOU REPRESENT. UM, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THE, THE IMPACT THAT HAS ON THE MORALE OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF, OF THE KIDS IN, IN THAT AREA. SO COUNCILWOMAN, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I WANT THIS PROJECT TO SUCCEED, UH, AND I WANT THIS AREA TO THRIVE. UM, AND I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO THIS POINT, UH, FOR, FOR OUR DISCUSSION TODAY. UM, UH, THAT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, , RIGHT? UH, SO, UH, AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU GET REELECTED, I WAS JUST TALKING TO ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THIS, IT'S THIS RELIEF, BUT IT'S ALSO LIKE, YEAH, I'M, YOU KNOW, HERE I AM. UM, I, I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONFIDENCE IN THAT, BUT, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME, SOME HUMILITY IN IT BECAUSE YOU'RE REMINDED WHEN YOU KNOCK ON THOSE DOORS AND WHEN YOU GO TO YOUR FORUMS, WHAT THE VOTERS ARE EXPECTING OF YOU, AND THEY ARE EXPECTING OF ME, I CAN TELL YOU, UH, THEY ARE EXPECTING TRANSPARENCY AND THEY ARE EXPECTING ME TO ASK QUESTIONS, AND THEY'RE EXPECTING ME TO DO THE BEST THAT I CAN WITH THE TAX DOLLARS THAT THEY GIVE US. SO, UM, [03:30:01] IN, IN LIGHT OF THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE, THE DIRECTION OF, OF MY QUESTION. SO I HAVE TWO GENERAL AREAS I WOULD LIKE FOR FOR YOU TO, TO HELP ME WITH, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PROJECT. NUMBER ONE, IN USING OUR DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, ARE WE LEAVING ANY MONEY ON THE TABLE? AND SECONDLY, WHAT STEPS ARE WE TAKING TO LIMIT THE ADVERSE IMPACTS, UH, IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, SPECIFICALLY AS THE COLLEAGUES MENTIONED, THE POTENTIAL OF INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES, UH, THE ASSOCIATED TAXES THAT COME WITH THAT, AS WELL AS THE RENT. SO, SO LET'S START WITH THAT, WITH THAT QUESTION FIRST. UM, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK WAS THAT PUBLIC AGENCIES CONDUCT A DISPLACEMENT ASSESSMENT FOR ANY PROJECT RECEIVING $15 MILLION OR MORE IN PUBLIC INVESTMENT. AND TO BUDGET FOR MITIGATION OF THAT. CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO HOW THIS RECOMMENDATION IS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN THIS PROJECT? UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO, UM, THAT IS INDEED ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE. SPECIFIC TO THIS CONTRACT, WE DID PUT THE LANGUAGE AND THE FUNDING FROM THE DEVELOPER TO DO, UH, AN ASSESSMENT LIKE THAT. AND THAT'S, UH, WHY I HIGHLIGHTED IT IN THE PRESENTATION. IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE PUT THAT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, UH, AT LEAST FROM OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, INTO A CONTRACT LIKE THIS. AND IT IS A RECOGNITION OF ALL THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD, NOT JUST, UM, IN THE TIME THE, THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK WAS BEING DEVELOPED, BUT IN THE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE, WHICH IS OUR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WORK, AS WELL AS IN THE HOUSING COMMISSION, UM, WHO HAVE RAISED, UH, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION HAVE RAISED THOSE SIMILAR CONCERNS. SO OVERALL, FOR THE POLICY, WE HAVEN'T ASKED OR, OR BROUGHT IT TO COUNCIL TO SAY, THIS IS OUR POLICY MOVING FORWARD. SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THIS PARTICULAR STUDY STUDY FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL DO, BECAUSE IT COULD BE A MODEL, UM, FOR HOW WE COULD IN THE FUTURE, UH, DO THAT KIND OF ASSESSMENT. UM, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT. IT'S, IT'S EASY TO SAY THIS IS DIRECT DISPLACEMENT. IF SOMEONE LIVES IN A PROPERTY AND YOU SAY YOU HAVE TO MOVE, UM, IT IS HARDER TO ATTRIBUTE INDIRECT DISPLACEMENT, IF YOU WILL. UM, AND SO THIS SIDE, THERE'S NO DIRECT DISPLACEMENT BECAUSE IT'S VACANT AND NO ONE IS LIVING THERE. UM, THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE RESIDENTIAL, UH, AROUND IT, AS WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT ABUTS, UH, THE RIVER, THERE'S BROADBAND, SO THAT'S MUCH HARDER. UM, BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT. UM, SHOULD WE BRING A POLICY FORWARD LATER? THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL BRING TO THIS BODY. UH, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST BITE AT THAT APPLE, UH, TO TRY AND SEE WHAT AN INVESTMENT LIKE THIS, UM, AND WHAT A STUDY LIKE THIS CAN TELL US. I, I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. WHAT MITIGATION? A FEW MORE QUESTIONS, BUT, SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA JUMP IN. UH, WHAT I SAW IN THE AGREEMENT WAS $818,000 OR SO BEING SET ASIDE, UH, FOR POTENTIAL, UM, MITIGATION. AND IT SAYS THAT FUNDING WILL BEGIN TO BE COLLECTED IN TAX YEAR 2024. UM, THAT SOUND, I GUESS, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THIS, UH, ASSESSMENT IS, PLEASE TELL ME IT'S NOT GONNA START IN 2024 BECAUSE NO, THE, THE SPECULATION IS HAPPENING NOW ON THE, ON THE LAND AROUND THAT. WELL, AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THE INDIRECT DISPLACEMENT QUESTION IS SO TOUGH, BECAUSE THERE'S A TIMELINE ASSOCIATED AND SOMETHING HAPPENS 50 YEARS LATER, HOW CAN YOU GO BACK AND ATTRIBUTE, BUT IF YOU DO IT IN A SHORTER TIMEFRAME, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO. SO I THINK THE ASSESSMENT, IT'S SOMETHING WE ALREADY HAVE A POTENTIAL SCOPE OF WORK. I'M LOOKING AT IAN BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE NEGOTIATING THE SCOPE AT THE MOMENT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD DO WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO NOT 2025, WE'RE WORKING ON WHAT THE SCOPE SHOULD BE, WHAT THE STUDY SHOULD TELL US, HOW QUICKLY WE'LL GET IT DONE. UM, AND THEN THAT REPORT IS GONNA INFORM HOW WE USE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING GOING FORWARD. WHAT IF YOU FIND THAT $818,000 ISN'T ENOUGH? SO THAT'S THE, THE SECOND, THAT NUMBER ACTUALLY CAME FROM LANGUAGE THAT WE ALREADY UTILIZE IN OUR CURRENT C CHIP AGREEMENTS. SO, AND LAURA CAN TALK TO THIS BETTER THAN I CAN, I'M SURE, BUT WHEN THE CCHI P POLICY WAS REVISED, UM, A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS AGO, UM, THERE WAS A PORTION OF THE CCHI P THAT IS BEING REIMBURSED BACK INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND. AND THAT NUMBER COMES, UM, IT'S 25% OF WHATEVER THE CIP INCENTIVE IS. SO WE BASICALLY GOT THE NUMBER, BECAUSE THERE'S A CURRENT CCHI AGREEMENT, THE DEVELOPERS AGREED TO RESCIND THAT SHOULD THIS, UH, ITEM BE PASSED, BUT THEY FOLDED THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND NUMBER IN THERE. SO THAT'S THE CALCULATION, THE NUMBER AND HOW THAT CAME TO BE. WE HAVEN'T YET RECEIVED ANYTHING, UM, FROM AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE THAT CLAUSE BECAUSE YOU RECEIVE IT AS REIMBURSEMENTS HAPPEN. SO THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, BUT EVERY THREE [03:35:01] MONTHS I ASK ABOUT THAT, THAT THAT'S, I GUESS THAT'S, I DO WANNA ADD THAT THE STUDY WILL ALSO IDENTIFY OTHER INTERVENTIONS OUTSIDE OF THAT $818,000. SO SHOULD THERE BE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS, THE STUDY WILL ALSO LOOK AT HOW THOSE IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE FUNDED AND HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ON THEM. YES. SO I, I GUESS MY, MY OTHER CONCERN WAS THAT IF THE FUNDING, THE $818,000 IS COLLECTED OVER THE LIFE OF, OF THE ASSESSMENT ON, UH, THE TAXES ON THAT PROPERTY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THEM READY TO GO. SO I, HOW ARE WE GOING TO HELP PEOPLE WITH THAT MONEY IF WE DON'T HAVE IT? THAT MONEY GOES INTO A POOL TO HELP THE ENTIRE CITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE WILL SET ASIDE THAT 818,000 TO HELP THIS AREA IF WE NEED TO, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM AND OTHER INTERVENTIONS THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO, WHETHER IT BE C D V G HOME OR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM. SO THE 818,000 WILL NOT BE THERE UNTIL IT'S ALL PAID, YOU KNOW? CORRECT. IT'LL, IT'LL COME OUT OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS. SO AT THIS POINT, WE CAN'T SAY WE HAVE ANY FUNDING GUARANTEED SET ASIDE TO ASSIST PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY THIS PROJECT. CORRECT. BUT WE HAVE OTHER TOOLS THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE. ALRIGHT. LET ME MOVE ON TO MY OTHER, UH, MY OTHER QUESTIONS. UM, AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH, UM, WITH THE FUNDING SOURCES, AND, AND I HAVE QUITE A FEW, AND I, I DID GET MY FIRST BRIEFING, UH, ON THIS YESTERDAY. THANK YOU, UH, FOR THAT. SO, UM, SO BEAR WITH ME. UM, SO I, I DID COMMUNICATE WITH MR. PETER FRENCH, UH, BY EMAIL YESTERDAY, AND MY PRIMARY QUESTION TO YOU WAS, WHAT OTHER INCENTIVES WERE BEING PURSUED IN SEEKING TO FINANCE THIS PROJECT? AND, UH, I, YOU DID TELL ME, UH, A COUPLE OF OPTIONS, BUT I DON'T THINK I WAS CLEAR IN MY QUESTION TO YOU. SO, SO MY REASON FOR ASKING THAT IS TO SEE WHAT OTHER OPTIONS ARE OUT THERE SO THAT WE CAN REDUCE, UM, THE GAP FINANCING THAT IS BEING ASKED OF THE CITY. SO WHEN YOU, UM, WHEN YOU RESPONDED THAT, YOU KNOW, OH, WELL, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT TALKING TO THE COUNTY AND WE'RE CONSIDERING HISTORIC TAX CREDITS, THAT GIVES ME A LOT OF PAUSE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FULL GAP NEED IS, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND ASK THE CITY FOR THIS AMOUNT. SO I'M NOT PARTICULARLY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, UH, WITH THAT APPROACH. UH, SECONDLY, UM, ONE THING I, I'M NOT CLEAR ABOUT IS WE'RE DOING A, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER THREE 80. UM, BUT THE FUNDS ARE SPECIFIC, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, ON PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S MONEY THAT WE CAN USE. SO WE'LL BE GUARANTEEING, UH, OUR O AND M FUNDING THROUGH 2020, SORRY, 2036. WE ALL KNOW HERE WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET PROCESS. THAT, THAT I'LL CHIME BACK IN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MM-HMM. , THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO. UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT REALLY HAS, UH, MAJOR IMPLICATIONS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR A BEAUTIFUL BUT BLIGHTED PROPERTY. AND IN OUR TOURS MEETING, I, I FOCUS MY COMMENTS ON THE HOUSING COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN THE IMPACT, UH, PROJECTS LIKE THE, LIKE THIS, LIKE PEARL AND SAN PEDRO CREEK HAVE, CAN HAVE ON SURROUNDING, UH, HOUSING. SO I'M GLAD THAT THERE, THAT THERE IS SOME AFFORDABLE AFFORDABILITY BUILT INTO THE PROJECT. UH, BUT, AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK N H SS D STAFF FOR AGREEING TO PERFORM AN INVENTORY OF THE HOUSING AROUND LONE STAR. UH, I REQUESTED THIS INVENTORY TO ENSURE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES DO NOT DISPLACE SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS PRESERVING AMPLE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES WHO HAVE LIVED IN THAT AREA FOR GENERATIONS. I GUESS I DO HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH. I, 'CAUSE YOU CAN, YEAH, I THINK YOU CAN HEAR THAT THERE'S, THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME SURROUNDING CONCERNS AROUND THIS. UM, WHO, WHO WILL BE DOING THE ASSESSMENTS? I ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT THE, UM, COMMUNITY IMPACT ANTI DISPLACEMENT ASSESSMENT? RIGHT. WE, WE TALKED ABOUT, YEAH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW, UH, AT LEAST DURING THE MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, AND YOU HEARD IT AGAIN HERE IN THIS MEETING, THE, THE SURROUNDING IMPACT TO POTENTIAL YES. UH, FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING IN THE AREA, HOW WE TALKED ABOUT DOING AN INVENTORY, WHAT THE IMPACT IS, WHO WILL BE DOING THAT ASSESSMENT. OKAY. SO FOR THAT PARTICULAR ASSESSMENT, WE'RE GONNA, UH, CONTRACT OUT THE WORK. UM, AND SO WE'RE PUTTING THE SCOPE TOGETHER NOW, WE'LL GARNER QUOTES FROM, UH, COMPANIES THAT ARE QUALIFIED TO DO THIS WORK, AND IT'LL [03:40:01] BE THAT INDEPENDENT, UM, COMPANY, WHOEVER THE PROPOSERS ARE THAT WE ASSIGN THE WORK TO. SO WE ARE GONNA SEEK, UH, QUOTES FROM FOLKS WHO HAVE A BACKGROUND, UM, IN THIS KIND OF WORK AND CAN GIVE US A, A FAIR PICTURE. SO, SORRY, THERE, THERE'S JUST A HUGE GLARE , BUT IT WON'T BE THE CITY STAFF. OKAY. WELL, SO TO THAT POINT, UH, W W WOULD IT BE ACCEPTABLE, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ACCEPT THAT, THAT WE, UH, THAT MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT N H S D AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION AGREE TO CO-AUTHOR? WELL, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING BY INCLUDING, BY INCLUDING THE HOUSING COMMISSION IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I THINK THAT, UH, I THINK THAT IT, IT, IN, IN THE HOPE IS THAT, UH, THAT IS, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT'S COMPLETELY STAFF DRIVEN. THAT, THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE HOUSING COMMISSION, UH, TO HELP PROVIDE FOR, UH, THAT COMMUNITY INPUT TO HELP TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL HAD. UH, IS, IS, IS THAT A, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? I THINK, LET ME CLARIFY FIRST THAT THE STUDY WILL BE DONE BY A THIRD PARTY. SO WE WILL, WE WILL, WE WILL IDENTIFY SOMEBODY, STAFF WILL OVERSEE IT. THE N H S D DEPARTMENT, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IT GO TO A COUNCIL COMMITTEE. WE CAN PRESENT THAT TO IT, OR WE CAN PRESENT TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE JOINTLY OVERSEEN BY THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND N H S D. BUT, WELL, AGAIN, I MEAN, IS IS THERE ANY REASON WHY NOT TO INCLUDE THE HOUSING? I I SEE WHAT YOU'RE, I MAYBE I USED THE WRONG WORD BY CO-AUTHOR, BUT MM-HMM. I, IF THERE WAS A WAY TO HAVE THE, THE DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION WORK TOGETHER ON THIS MM-HMM. , I THINK TO HELP SORT OF DEFINE, UH, AT LEAST AS YOU'RE, AS YOU'RE BRINGING THE, THE STUDY FORWARD, I, I THINK YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP HELP WITH THAT AND GAIN SOME CONFIDENCE THAT, THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SOMEBODY OUTSIDE OF CITY STAFF THAT IS ALSO SORT OF HELPING TO MM-HMM. TO, TO DRAFT THE, THE DIRECTION OF THE STUDY. I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO BRIEF THE HOUSING COMMISSION ON THE INTERVENTIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AND GET FEEDBACK AND ALSO BRIEF A COUNCIL COMMITTEE. AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT WORK, WE'LL ALSO BE FINISHING UP THE SHIP THAT WILL BE IDENTIFYING THOSE INTERVENTIONS THAT WE CAN APPLY TO THIS STUDY. SO WE DEFINITELY WILL BE DOING THOSE BRIEFINGS AND GETTING FEEDBACK, AND THAT'LL BE ON THE PUBLIC. SO THAT'S A, NO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, I THINK IT'S A, YES, YOU'RE ASKING, WE'RE NOT GONNA, I'M ASKING TO INCLUDE THE HOUSING COMMISSION AS, AS, AS A PARTNER IN AND HOW YOU HELP TO SORT OF DEFINE THIS STUDY IS THAT WE WILL BRIEF THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON THE STUDY, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR A COMMISSION TO BE AUTHORING OR MANAGING A STUDY, BUT WE WILL BRIEF AND GET FEEDBACK AND INCORPORATE ANY FEEDBACK IN THOSE EFFORTS. OKAY. SO MAYBE, OKAY, MAYBE I GET IT ALL WRONG. SO, SO THE POINT IS THAT YOU WILL, YOU WILL CONSULT WITH THE, THE, THE HOUSING COMMISSION TO HELP DEFINE WHAT THIS STUDY COULD LOOK LIKE. WE WILL, WE WILL CONSULT WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND THE APPROPRIATE COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY. AND LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH A SHIP AND OTHERS, WE TAKE IT TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE OR THE HOUSING COMMISSION. WE GET FEEDBACK AND, AND WE INCORPORATE THAT FEEDBACK. OKAY. I, I GUESS, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING, MORE PROACTIVELY, I'M SAYING AS YOU'RE HELPING TO TRY TO DEFINE WHAT THAT STUDY IS MM-HMM. , I'M, I'M ASKING THAT MAYBE THAT BRIEFING HAPPENED BEFORE YOU, YOU, BEFORE THE STUDY EVEN STARTS. OKAY. I, I JUST, I, I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND, AND I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA GET STUCK ON SEMANTICS, BUT THE POINT IS, IS, IS THAT I, I BELIEVE THAT BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO THE STUDY, UH, YOU'RE HEARING A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND HOW WE DEFINE THE STUDY MM-HMM. , AND, AND, AND SO MY REQUEST IS THAT WE INCLUDE THE HOUSING COMMISSION JUST TO HELP YOU, YOU, WHETHER YOU BRIEF 'EM OR HOWEVER YOU YOU WANNA MENTION IT, THAT, THAT THEY HELP TO SORT OF CREATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN, IN, WHEN WE HIRE THAT THIRD PARTY, UH, PERSON TO, TO PROVIDE THAT DISPLACEMENT. AND THEN OF COURSE, YES, LET'S BRING IT BACK AND SEE, HEY, DID THIS MEET SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR MM-HMM. , UM, SO THAT, SO THAT WE CAN REALLY GAUGE MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, HOW DID, HOW DID WE, HOW DID WE DO? AND WE PERFORMED THIS, THIS STUDY, UM, AND, AND OF COURSE PROVIDES, UH, SOME LEVEL OF INCLUSION OF, OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION, WHICH I BELIEVE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CHARGED WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE KINDS OF ITEMS. SO THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST. UM, AND, AND I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, [03:45:01] UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE SEEN AS A PARTNERSHIP. SO, UH, I, I, I, I, I THINK I GOT THE ANSWER, UH, THAT I WAS REQUESTING. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY ABOUT PROVIDING AMPLE HOUSING, UH, STUDIES AND TIME FOR, FOR WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE CITY. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT. UH, I TOO DON'T, DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, UH, CREATE ANY KIND OF STALL, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, AS WE SAID, WE'RE GONNA BE LEARNING FROM THIS, THAT MM-HMM. , THAT I THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROJECT HERE TOO, IS, IS THAT, UH, AS WE DEFINE THE STUDY, THAT WE INCLUDE CERTAIN PARTNERS THAT, THAT MAY HELP US WITH THAT. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU, LORI. UM, SO AGAIN, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF, OF THE REPORT ON, ON HOW WE CAN PRESERVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE AREA AND OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT. I, I DO WANT TO THANK GRAY STREET PARTNERS, AND I KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALWAYS, UH, REALLY THINKING ABOUT, UH, WAYS TO, TO PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY. UM, I, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ABOUT CONTINUING TO ENGAGE THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY AND THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF. UM, SO I, I MEAN, I THINK THIS, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND, AND HOW WE CAN ALL, UH, CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO, UH, , SO GOING BACK TO WHERE WE WERE BEFORE THAT ANNOYING BEEP WAS THAT, MY CONCERN WAS NOT UNDERSTANDING THE FULL CONTEXT OF, OF THE, OF WHAT THE GAP MIGHT BE BEFORE PUTTING FUNDING FORWARD. I, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE, AND WE'RE PROBABLY A GOOD PLACE TO, TO START. SO, SO LET ME, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP. I WILL HAVE QUESTIONS, UH, BUT I DO WANNA GET THROUGH THEM BEFORE MY BEEP COMES UP, SO , SO JUST TAKE A NOTE. HERE WE GO. UH, SO, SO THAT IS, THAT IS ONE OF THE CONCERN. UM, THE OTHER CONCERN IS THAT WE ARE COMMITTING FUNDING FROM FUTURE BUDGET YEARS, UH, AND O AND M FUNDING. AND THAT'S THE FUNDING THAT THIS, YOU'LL SEE THESE PEOPLE FIGHT FOR, UH, AS WE GET CLOSER TO BUDGET ADOPTION. AND SO I AM, UH, I'M VERY CONFUSED ABOUT WHY WE WOULDN'T BE USING CAPITAL FUNDING FROM THE BUDGET, ESPECIALLY FOR THESE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING. AND THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A QUESTION FOR GRAY STREET. THAT'S PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR, FOR, FOR STAFF. SO I'LL, UM, PUT THAT QUESTION, UH, OUT THERE. WE KNOW THAT, UH, OUR O AND M FUNDING IS WHAT WE USE FOR POLICE, FOR FIRE, FOR OUR LIBRARIES, FOR, UH, BASICALLY EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, I, UH, I, WE RECENTLY APPROVED A PROGRAM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO CALLED PACE, UH, PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY. AND PART OF THE REASON THAT WE BROUGHT THAT PROGRAM FORWARD, IT HAD BEEN, UM, WE'D BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT FOR MULTIPLE YEARS, AND WE FINALLY PUSHED IT FORWARD. AND PART OF THE REASON WAS TO INCENTIVIZE CLEANER ENERGY IN OUR REHABS AND REDEVELOPMENTS AND GIVE A TOOL, A FINANCING TOOL TO DO THAT. IT WAS ALSO INTENDED TO BE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL TO DRAW PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO SAN ANTONIO, BUT I ALSO SEE IT, AND SOME OTHER CITIES USE IT THIS WAY AS A TOOL TO OFFSET THE GAP FINANCING THAT A CITY MAY NEED TO PROVIDE IN A PROJECT SUCH AS THIS, BECAUSE ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS PAY FOR THEMSELVES SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE TO DO THAT. SO I WAS, UM, I HAVE HERE, AND, AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THIS WITH THE COLLEAGUES LATER, BUT IT'S WHAT'S CALLED A CAPITAL STACK COMPARISON BEFORE AND AFTER. AND, UH, I IMAGINE YOU HAVE TO GET ALL KINDS OF LOANS TO DO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO HERE. AND WHAT YOU COULD DO IS REPLACE ONE OF THOSE LOANS. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE STUDY IN DALLAS, 15% OF THE CAPITAL THAT THEY NEEDED TO BORROW WAS REPLACED WITH A PACE CLEAN ENERGY LOAN. SO THAT'S MONEY THAT YOU DON'T PAY BACK, RIGHT? THAT PAYS FOR ITSELF WITH THE, WITH THE ASSESSMENT ON, ON THE PROPERTY. AND IN THIS CASE IT WAS $22 MILLION. SO IF WE HAVE A TOOL HERE AT THE CITY THAT'S BASICALLY NOW ALLOWING YOU TO HAVE $22 MILLION FOR FREE, BUT WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT'S $29 MILLION. I, I'M CONFLICTED ABOUT THIS VOTE, UH, FOR THESE PARTICULAR REASONS. SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE MY CONCERNS. I'M GONNA LAY THEM OUT THERE. GO FOR IT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WELL, I WILL, I'LL ADDRESS YOUR FIRST AND YOUR THIRD QUESTION, UH, COUNCILWOMAN. SO THE, AND REALLY THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT INTERRELATED. SO THE REQUEST THAT WE HAVE TODAY IS VERY SPECIFIC IN THAT THE DOLLARS THAT WE REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR ARE [03:50:01] FOR WHAT WE CALL HORIZONTAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT. SO THINK OF ANYTHING THAT'S NEEDED TO GET THE DEVELOPMENT READY FOR VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT. NONE OF THESE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR CAN BE USED TO REPURPOSE OR TO CREATE NEW BUILDINGS FROM SCRATCH. AND SO THE TOOL THAT YOU'RE OUTLINING, PACE FINANCING, WHICH WE KNOW A LITTLE, LET, LET, LET ME INTERRUPT. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S PROVIDED FOR IN CHAPTER THREE 80 IN THE LAW. SO IF WE DID WANNA USE IT FOR VERTICAL IMPROVEMENTS, WE COULD RIGHT? WELL, IF WE AGREED TO DO THAT, NO, I MEAN, OUR AGREEMENT IS VERY SPECIFIC IN THAT WE ONLY HAVE ELIGIBLE EXPENSES, WHICH ARE HORIZONTAL IN NATURE. THAT'S OUR AGREEMENT. WE HAVEN'T APPROVED IT YET. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY. SO, BUT IF WE WANTED TO NEGOTIATE SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY, IT'S, THAT'S NOT PROHIBITED BY STATE LAW, CORRECT? WELL, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THAT TODAY. OUR, OUR POTENTIAL AGREEMENT WITH YOU STIPULATES THAT THE WAY WE CAN SPEND THOSE DOLLARS IS VERY SPECIFIC. THANKS. CORRECT. YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN MONEY FOR OTHER THINGS, BUT, BUT THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS TO HELP THE WHOLE PROJECT HAPPEN. RIGHT? SO I, I SEE IT HOLISTICALLY, I GUESS, UH, I DON'T, IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR DOLLARS GO AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, AND THIS IS A PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATION, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA COME TO A RESOLUTION TO DATE. BUT I BELIEVE THAT TO MAKE THE TAX DOLLARS GO AS FAR AS I CAN, WE SHOULD SEE THIS AS A HOLISTIC PROJECT AND TRY TO MAKE THEM GO AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. I, I, I THINK WE'RE ATTACKING THAT IN A COUPLE WAYS. ONE, WE'RE PHASING THIS REQUEST, SO THE DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING ASKED FOR IS 24 MILLION IN TOTAL. BUT, UM, THAT'S, WE HAVE TO PERFORM ON OUR SIDE TO GET ACTUALLY TO THAT FULL 24. SO, UM, IT'S A MULTI-PHASE ASK. SO I THINK THAT OFFERS SOME PROTECTION FOR ALL PARTIES. UM, AND, AND SPECIFICALLY TO THE PACE FINANCING, UM, IT'S, IT IS, IT'S A, IT'S A FAIRLY NEW TOOL IN TEXAS, UM, AND ONE THAT WE'RE STILL GETTING FAMILIAR WITH. UM, IT DOES COME WITH A LOT OF LIMITATIONS, UM, AND IS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED FOR CLEAN ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS, WHICH WE ARE BIG SUPPORTERS OF. UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL ABSOLUTELY LOOK INTO, BUT THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE COULD GET A PACE FINANCING BOARD INVOLVED TODAY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY BUILDINGS TO SHOW THEM, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND STREETS AND UTILITIES. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, IS TO GET THAT PORTION OF THE PROJECT GOING SO THAT WE CAN FUND THAT, GET THAT STARTED, AND THEN BEGIN THE VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT. IT'S THE FIRST STEP OF MANY TO GET THAT PROJECT STARTED. YEAH. BUT THIS, WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY GOES THROUGH 2036. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE VERTICAL, SORRY ABOUT THE HORIZONTAL RIGHT. BUT THAT, THAT COVERS THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE DOLLARS WE'RE INVESTING OVER THE BEGINNING PART OF THE DEAL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. THANK YOU. UH, THIS TOUR GOES UNTIL 2025. NO, THIS TOUR GOES UNTIL 2025 UNLESS IT'S EXTENDED. OKAY. AND IF IT'S EXTENDED, COULD YOU, UM, ADD MORE ITEMS INTO THE EXTENSION OF THE TUR ADD MORE? UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PREVAILING MORE MONEY AT OR OH, CONDITIONS OR, OR CONDITIONS, UM, WE WOULD NOT, IF THE TS IS EXTENDED, IT WOULDN'T IMPACT THIS AGREEMENT. SO THE AGREEMENT CURRENTLY READS THAT IN THE EVENT THE TURS IS NOT EXTENDED, THEN THE FUNDING OF COURSE GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND AND IT'S SPLIT OUT APPROPRIATELY. LEGALLY, WE DO NOT GIVE OUT OUR DEBT PORTION OF THE TAXES. IT'S ON THE O AND M, AND THE AGREEMENT SPEAKS TO THAT. OKAY. UM, WELL, I'M GLAD, UH, ALEX LOPEZ IS HERE, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE STILL HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR TAX ABATEMENT POLICIES AND TAXING POLICIES WHERE WE'RE GOING THROUGH, UH, WE'RE DOING THE STUDIES AND FINALIZING ALL OF THIS. PART OF THE CONVERSATION IS A LOT ABOUT, UM, DISPLACEMENT AND WHICH OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION HAS DIRECT IMPACT AND, UH, MM-HMM. CONSULTATION IN AND, AND HAVE BEEN A PART OF. AND SO I THINK, UM, TO SOME OF THE GRANT LANGUAGE THAT WAS THERE, PREVAILING WAGE AND DEFAULT, UM, OR NOT DEFAULT, ET CETERA, WHATEVER THE LEGAL, YOU KNOW, LEGAL WORDS ARE TO INCLUDE OR TO LOOK AT CLAWBACKS, ET CETERA, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WHEN WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THIS BODY AS A COUNCIL CAN HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION MOVING FORWARD WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TAX ABATEMENT POLICIES. BUT I, I THINK TO MY COLLEAGUES, WHEN IT COMES UP FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE TURS, JUST TO HAVE MORE THOROUGH, UH, CONVERSATIONS WHEN THAT HAPPENS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS. THANKS. I, THIS, THIS CONVERSATION THAT COUNCILMAN AS SANDOVAL WAS HAVING WITH YOU IS ACTUALLY PIQUED MY INTEREST AND IT'S IMPORTANT. SO I WENT BACK TO THE, UM, THE CONTRACT TO SEE WHAT THE ELIGIBLE COSTS ARE THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LISTED OUT IN EXHIBIT F AND THERE'S NO EXHIBIT F ON THE AGENDA, UH, PROVIDED TO US. AND SO I, I, I MEAN, I, I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT, THAT IT SAYS WHAT IT SAYS, BUT, UM, NOW I'M WONDERING, [03:55:02] IS THAT EXHIBIT F WHATEVER IT IS, IS THAT JUST A RECITATION OF STATE LAW? WHAT THE ELIGIBLE ONES? OR WAS THAT A LIST OF NEGOTIATED ELIGIBLE COSTS? AND COUNCILMAN? I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FINALIZING THAT LIST OF ELIGIBLE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS. UH, WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO EQUATE TO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE, UH, INCORPORATED INTO THE AGREEMENT. UH, AND I I'M SORRY ABOUT THE SECOND QUESTION. I, I MISSED THE SECOND QUESTION. NO, THE SECOND QUESTION WAS THAT WOULD, WOULD IT JUST BE A RECITATION OF STATE LAW, LIKE THIS IS ELIGIBLE, THIS IS NOT, BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU'RE NEGOTIATING IT. WELL, WE WE'RE NEGOTIATING WHAT THOSE WILL BE BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A NUMBER AND THEY'LL PROBABLY EXCEED WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING IN, IN THE REIMBURSEMENT. UH, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS FIT WITHIN THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WOULD BE IN A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR S OKAY. AND THEN WITH REGARDS TO THIS PACE FUNDING, UM, OR THE PACE FINANCING, IS THAT JUST A CHOICE WE MADE TO NOT PUT THAT ON THE TABLE AS FAR AS A, A NEGOTIATING POINT OR IT'S JUST AN IMPOSSIBILITY? WE WILL LOOK AT ALL FUNDING SOURCES, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DOESN'T PRODUCE REVENUE. AND AS IT MENTIONED, IT'S THE HORIZONTAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THOSE VERTICAL IMPROVEMENTS. NOW, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE PACE, HISTORIC TAX CREDITS, UM, LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS, WHEN YOU ARE GETTING THAT TAX CREDIT, YOU ARE BUILDING SOMETHING THAT'S COSTING YOU, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GETTING THE TAX CREDIT. SO OFTENTIMES IT MIGHT INCREASE THE COST OF YOUR PROJECT. SO IT ENDS UP BEING A NET NEUTRAL, UM, IMPACT TO THE PROJECT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, HISTORIC TAX CREDITS, YOU GO AFTER TAX CREDITS FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS, YOU'RE DOING CERTAIN THINGS TO PRESERVE THAT BUILDING AND THAT ADDS COST TO YOUR PROJECT. SO THAT TAX CREDIT UNDERWRITES THOSE THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO. SO IT GOING AFTER PACE FINANCING WILL NOT PROVIDE YOU AN OFFSET OF THAT $25 MILLION OF INFRASTRUCTURE. GOT IT. THANK YOU. HOWEVER, WE HAVE ASKED PETER FRENCH AND THE DEVELOPER TO TALK TO PACE, AND THEY'RE EXPLORING THAT. THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEIR PROJECTS EVEN QUALIFY FOR THAT, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THEY WILL PURSUE. BUT I ALSO WANNA STRESS THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR UP TO $24 MILLION OF INFRASTRUCTURE REBATES FOR THIS PROJECT. THEY MAY, AT 15 YEARS, THEY MAY ONLY HAVE 13 MILLION IN REBATES. THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET 24, THEY'RE ONLY GETTING 13 'CAUSE THEY'RE ONLY GETTING WHAT THEY PAY IN TAXES. AND ALSO THEIR LIST IS BEYOND $24 MILLION IN TERMS OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. SO I, I IMAGINE THE NEXT QUESTION THAT I'M GONNA ASK YOU IS, THE ANSWER'S GONNA BE YES, BUT CAN YOU GUYS LOOK US IN THE EYE AND TELL US THAT YOU'LL ENDEAVOR TO GO TALK TO AND SEEK THIS PACE FINANCING IN GOOD FAITH? ACTUALLY, YES. I'VE BEEN EMAILING WITH CHARLENE AND WE'VE GOT A PHONE CALL THIS AFTERNOON. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER APPLIES. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. YOU KNOW, I NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ EVERYTHING BECAUSE THERE WERE A FEW THINGS THAT WEREN'T ATTACHED, BUT IT TROUBLES ME TO SEE THAT WE'RE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT THAT ISN'T COMPLETE, THAT DOESN'T DOT ALL THE I'S AND CROSS ALL THE T'S. WHY WASN'T THAT DONE BEFORE IT WAS BROUGHT TO US? UH, YOU KNOW, IT SAID, LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ATTACHMENT F AND THERE REALLY ISN'T AN ATTACHMENT F THE AGREEMENT IS COMPLETE. THE ATTACHMENT F IS JUST THE LIST OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY'LL GET REIMBURSED FOR, BUT IT'S STILL FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT AGREEMENT IS. I DISAGREE. THEY'RE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THE AGREEMENT, THE TERMS ARE FINALIZED, WE KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH 'EM TO DEFINE WHAT THAT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN IDENTIFYING THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS. THAT'S ALL. MAYOR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. UM, THAT'S ALL OF OUR DISCUSSION TODAY. LEMME JUST MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE, UH, ALL OF US DRIVE DOWN BROADWAY NOW AND SEE WHAT IT HAS BECOME. UH, AND I, I OFTEN THINK ABOUT, UH, WHEN I FIRST DOWN, OR FIRST FEW TIMES I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE A CAR AND DROVE DOWN BROADWAY, WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BACK THEN. AND WE TALK ABOUT HOW SIGNIFICANT OF A CATALYST NOT JUST FOR THE BROADWAY CORRIDOR OR FOR DOWNTOWN OR THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. THE PEARL DEVELOPMENT HAS BECOME. AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE HERE WE ARE AT, AT A SIGNIFICANT VOTE, UH, A POTENTIAL TO CREATE SUCH A CATALYTIC IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY POSITIVELY, UH, IN A WAY THAT THE CITY IS INVOLVED IN THE FRONT END. MOST OF OUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE PEARL DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN ON THE BACKEND TRYING TO INSERT [04:00:01] THINGS THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THINGS LIKE DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION, UH, BUT ALSO GAIN THE BENEFIT OF, UH, WHAT WE KNOW TO BE, UH, NOW A DESTINATION, NOT JUST FOR VISITORS, BUT FOR LOCALS AS WELL. UH, AND THE IMPACT THAT HAS CREATED, UH, IN EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, UM, UH, DESTINATION TRAVEL. UH, IT'S SIGNIFICANT. AND, AND, AND IN FACT, I THINK IT WOULD BE HARD TO OVERSTATE THE IMPACT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT, UH, THROUGH THE INVOLVEMENT OF COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ'S OFFICE, OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UH, THE, THE HINDSIGHT OF WORK THAT'S GONE ON, UH, IN WORK LIKE THE HOUSING FRAMEWORK, UH, AND THE C C D O OFFICE OVER THE YEARS, WE'RE NOW PUTTING IN, UM, BEST PRACTICES, THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED IN THE LAST 15 YEARS OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. UH, AND, AND AS WE LOOK AT, UH, THE SOURCE OF REVENUE, THE TURS, THE, UH, TAX INVESTMENT OR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, UH, I LOOK AT THIS AND, AND THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT WE PUT ON THE, ON THE CONTRACT AS, UM, THE TURS PERFORMING EXACTLY AS IT SHOULD. UH, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT, UH, $24 MILLION IN AN, IN A DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL CREATE, UH, POTENTIALLY, UM, A HUNDRED FOLD, UH, MORE IMPROVEMENTS PAST THAT. UH, IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT IN A PART OF TOWN THAT FRANKLY HAS NOT GOTTEN ANY OF ITS TAX INCREMENT OVER THE TIME THAT IT WAS CREATED, UM, I, I VIEW THIS AS A, A, A WATERSHED MOMENT, UH, IN DISTRICT FIVE, BUT ALSO THE ENTIRE WEST AND SOUTH SIDES. UH, AND IN, AND, AND BEING DONE IN A WAY, A THOUGHTFUL WAY THAT HELPS US TO SECURE THE PUBLIC BENEFITS, UH, THAT OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN EVERY MAJOR REDEVELOPMENT OF A BLIGHTED SPOT OF LAND IN OUR COMMUNITY. UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S, IT, IT, IT IS GOING TO BE PERFECT. UH, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING WE DO TODAY WILL BE PERFECT 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA LEARN THINGS AS WE GO ALONG. UH, BUT AS IT STANDS TODAY, UH, WE ARE PUTTING THE VALUES OF REDEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS INTO PRACTICE, UH, WITH THIS LONE STAR, UH, PROJECT. SO, UH, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, ON THE WORK SHE'S DONE. UH, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UH, CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROJECT MANAGERS ON THIS PROJECTS AS IT UNFOLDS. AND FRANKLY, I THINK I JOINED THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AND, AND BEING EXCITED ABOUT SEEING THIS COME OUT OF THE GROUND OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS BECAUSE WE'VE ALL DRIVEN BY IT, HAVE FANTASIZED ABOUT WHAT IT COULD BECOME, UH, AND HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED TO SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE GO BY THE WAYSIDE. MAYBE TODAY IS DIFFERENT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING PART OF THAT VOTE. SO WITH THAT, UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 26. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. MOVE NOW TO ITEM 31. [Items 31. - 31B.] THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. ENTER ALL THE TEAM. ITEM 31 A IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COUNCIL AID CORPORATION. AND ITEM 31 B IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING COUNCIL A'S PARTICIPATION IN THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM. OKAY. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RO GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CAN WE START WITH A STAFF PRESENTATION, PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I'LL GO THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM. SO ITEM 31 IS ACTUALLY TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. IT IS APPROVAL OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COUNCIL AIDS CORPORATION. THE SECOND ITEM IS AN ORDINANCE ALLOWING CITY COUNCIL STAFF TO PARTICIPATE IN T M R SS. UH, IT IS ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THE I L A, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT T M R S ASKED FOR IS AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE AND AN ORDINANCE FROM THE GOVERNING BODY. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING A SEPARATE ACTION POSTED ON THIS ITEM TODAY. SO IF I CAN JUST GO THROUGH JUST SOME BRIEF BACKGROUND. SO AGAIN, IN AUGUST OF 2019, UH, COUNCILMAN TRAVINO ACTUALLY SUBMITTED A C C R ON EQUITABLE COUNCIL AID COMPENSATION. UH, FOLLOWING THAT IN OCTOBER OF 2019, THE MAYOR DID APPOINT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, TO LOOK AT THIS ISSUE. UH, THAT COMMITTEE INCLUDED, UH, COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA AS THE CHAIR, COUNCILMAN TREVINO AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE. AND THE CHARGE WE WERE GIVEN WAS TO LOOK AT COMPARABLE, UH, PAY AND BENEFITS OR PAY AND BENEFITS THAT ARE COMPARABLE TO OUR [04:05:01] CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. AND I'M REALLY HAPPY AND PLEASED TODAY TO BE ABLE TO REPORT AS I GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE, UH, THAT OBJECTIVE. SO IN JANUARY OF 20 20, 1 OF THE FIRST STEPS WE DID WAS, UH, YOU ALL ADOPTED SOME JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND PAY RANGES. I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A SECOND. AND THEN WE DID INCREASE THE F T E ALLOCATION, WHICH WITHIN EACH OF YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO 7.5. UH, AND THEN MOST RECENTLY IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, WE DID, UH, ASK YOU ALL AND RECOMMENDED, AND YOU ALL DID APPROVE THE CREATION OF, OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, OF WHICH YOU ARE THE GOVERNING BODY, YOU ARE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. UM, THAT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS WE'VE VETTED THIS, THIS IS THE MECHANISM THAT WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE, UH, UH, IN ORDER TO ALLOW COUNCIL STAFF TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME, IN SOME OF THE CITY'S BENEFIT PLANS THAT I'LL GO OVER IN JUST A SECOND. SO LET ME SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE COUNCIL AID PAY RANGES. SO WE WORK WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP JOB DESCRIPTIONS. AND YOU SEE THOSE LISTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE. THOSE JOB DESCRIPTIONS OUTLINE THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EACH OF THESE POSITIONS. THIS, IN ESSENCE, IS A MENU OF OPTIONS. SO AS A, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU CAN SELECT, UH, FROM THESE POSITIONS TO CREATE THE STRUCTURE OF YOUR OFFICE. UH, WE UTILIZED, ONCE WE HAD THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS IN PLACE, WE DID UTILIZE AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT TO DO A MARKET STUDY. SO BASED ON THOSE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES, HE WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE MARKET. HE LOOKED AT OUR CIVILIAN PAY PLAN, UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF OTHER DATA POINTS, HE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND WHAT THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM OF THESE PAY RANGES SHOULD BE. UH, WE ALSO CATEGORIZED THESE POSITIONS INTO, UH, FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACTS, CATEGORIES. SO YOU SEE THE FIRST TWO ARE NON-EXEMPT, UH, UH, CATEGORIES, UH, WHICH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE, UH, IN THAT CATEGORY WOULD BE YOUR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES. THESE ARE, UH, HOURLY. UH, SO THESE ARE WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE TRACKING, UH, TIME. AND THAT TIME WOULD THEN BE THE BASIS FOR THE PAY. UH, UH, THE OTHER SEVEN POSITIONS ARE EXEMPT POSITIONS, AND THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO CLOCK IN OR CLOCK OUT. UM, THIS WAS A FIRST BIG STEP IN TERMS OF MOVING TOWARDS AND CREATING A PAY STRUCTURE. SO THIS STRUCTURE, ALONG WITH CONSISTENT PAY PRACTICES IS HOW YOU REALLY ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN PAY EQUITY. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PAY EQUITY, WE TALKED ABOUT, I MENTIONED THE CHARGE WAS GETTING TO COMPARABLE PAY AND BENEFITS AS COMPARED TO OUR, OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS HERE IS EQUITY BETWEEN COUNCIL DISTRICTS. SO YOU ALL TODAY EMPLOY YOUR COUNCIL STAFF AND YOU HAVE DISCRETION WITHIN CERTAIN PARAMETERS TO, UM, PAY AND COMPENSATE THAT STAFF WE'RE GONNA PUT IN PLACE OR RECOMMEND AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS L G C A MECHANISM THAT CREATES NOT ONLY THIS COMPARABLE PAY AND BENEFITS WITH CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, BUT IT'S ALSO GONNA ESTABLISH THE PROCESS BY WHICH YOU GET EQUITY ACROSS COUNCIL DISTRICTS. BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN THESE JOB DESCRIPTIONS WITH VERY SIMILAR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES. UM, AND AS I GO THROUGH THE REST OF THIS PRESENTATION, UM, WE DID ATTACH THE I L A TO THE ITEM. I'M GONNA REALLY FOCUS ON THE PAY AND BENEFITS PIECES OF THE I L A. THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER ATTACHMENTS THAT MIRROR SOME OF THE PROVISIONS IN YOUR EXISTING CONTRACTS WITH YOUR COUNCIL STAFF. I'M NOT GONNA SPEND TIME ON THAT, BUT REALLY WANNA FOCUS MORE ON THE PAY AND BENEFITS SIDE. UH, AS WE TALK ABOUT, OH, AND I WANNA MENTION ONE OTHER THING. SO THESE PAY RANGES THAT YOU ADOPTED IN JANUARY, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THE ADOPTED BUDGET, UM, AND COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS ARE, UH, UH, POTENTIALLY ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL. THESE JOB RANGES WOULD MOVE WITH COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS. SO THAT'S HOW THE RANGES ADVANCE AND KIND OF KEEP PACE WITH MARKET. UH, KIND OF MOVING MORE OVER TO THE BENEFIT SIDE ON THE RETIREMENT SIDE. TODAY, WHAT'S IN PLACE IS, UH, VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN I R A, UH, WITH SOME MATCHING. WE HAVE HAD, UM, NOT A LOT OF PARTICIPATION IN THIS, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. UNDER THE L G C, WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER, AND IT WILL BECOME MANDATORY PARTICIPATION IN THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE SAME PLAN THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR 6,500 FULL-TIME, UH, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. UM, IT'S A GREAT RETIREMENT PLAN. EMPLOYEES WILL PUT IN 6% OF THEIR PAY, AND THE EMPLOYER WILL BE MATCHING AT APPROXIMATELY 12%. IT'S AN ACTUARILY DETERMINED AMOUNT, BUT IT VARIES RIGHT AROUND 12%. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN TWO DIFFERENT DEFERRED COMPENSATION PROGRAMS. THAT IS VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN TERMS OF HEALTH INSURANCE. UH, WE, IN THIS CASE, WE DID MAKE SOME CHANGES, YOU'LL RECALL LAST YEAR, WHERE WE INCREASED THE EMPLOYER SUBSIDY [04:10:01] TOWARDS THEIR, UH, HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS FOR THE COUNCIL STAFF. THAT CREATED SOME SCENARIOS WHERE YOU'VE GOT SOME PLAN OFFERINGS THAT ARE, UM, MORE AFFORDABLE OR MAKE MORE SENSE FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE NO DEPENDENTS, BUT ALSO OFFERINGS THAT MAKE SENSE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEPENDENTS. SO IT'S KIND OF A MENU OF OPTIONS BASED ON YOUR FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCE AND REALLY SINCE AFFORDABLE AS BEING AN IMPORTANT, UH, UH, PRECEDENT. SO UNDER THE L G C, THE CHANGE WE'RE MAKING IS THE COUNCIL STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY'S CIVILIAN HEALTHCARE PLANS. THAT IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT CHANGE. WHILE THE EMPLOYER SUBSIDY WAS, WAS INCREASED LAST YEAR, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE A SMALL GROUP, 75 TO 80 STAFF, AND WE'RE GOING OUT EVERY YEAR THROUGH A BROKER TO ACQUIRE HEALTH INSURANCE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE CHANGING THAT PLAN EVERY YEAR BECAUSE AS CLAIMS EXPERIENCE HAPPENS, IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT TO RENEW THAT PLAN. SO YOU'RE GONNA END UP HAVING TO GO BACK OUT. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND CHANGE PLANS. IN OUR CASE, THEY BECOME PART OF THE CIVILIAN POOL, WHICH THE BENEFIT IS OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE SPREADING RISK. WE TYPICALLY DON'T BID OUR THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR AND OUR NETWORK, BUT ABOUT EVERY FIVE TO 10 YEARS. SO YOU HAVE A VERY STABLE NETWORK AND, UH, PROVIDERS IN PLACE. SO THAT WAS A VERY POSITIVE CHANGE, UH, ON BASIC LIFE INSURANCE. SLIGHT CHANGE THERE. SO TODAY, UH, UH, CURRENTLY THEY RECEIVE $15,000 OF EMPLOYER PROVIDED LIFE INSURANCE. MOVING OVER TO OVER TO THE L G C TO MIRROR WHAT OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES HAVE. IT'LL BE ONE TIMES THEIR ANNUAL SALARY THAT'LL BE PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYER. UH, THE, UH, F M L A CURRENTLY DOESN'T APPLY, BUT UNDER THE L G C, THEY WOULD BE PROVIDED 12 WEEKS OF UNPAID PROTECTED LEAVE, UH, ONCE THEY HAVE ONE YEAR SERVICE. AND THEN ON SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY, UH, PROGRAMS, THEY HAVE THOSE IN PLACE TODAY. UH, THEY WOULD MOVE INTO THE CITY'S PLANS. THOSE ARE VERY SIMILAR, SLIGHT CHANGES, BUT, UH, VERY SIMILAR PLANS. UH, IN TERMS OF TRAINING, CURRENTLY THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE CITY'S TRAINING CATALOG, THAT CITY'S TRAINING CATALOG THAT WILL NOT CHANGE. UH, TUITION ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE AND ELIGIBLE FOR ELIGIBLE QUALIFYING COURSES THAT WOULD CONTINUE UNDER THE L G C. UH, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. THAT WOULD NOT CHANGE UNDER THE L G C IN TERMS OF, UH, PAY PRACTICES. UM, IT VARIES, UH, QUITE A BIT BY COUNCIL DISTRICT IN TERMS OF HOW EACH OF YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO MANAGE, UH, YOUR STAFF WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS. UNDER THE L G C, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU FOLLOW THE CIVILIAN, UH, PAY PRACTICES. UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THOSE, IT'LL INCLUDE A COUPLE OF THINGS, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. SO THIS IS GONNA INCLUDE, UH, THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT JOB DESCRIPTIONS. WE'VE GOT PAY RANGES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE OPERATING WITHIN. UH, IN TERMS OF PAY ADJUSTMENTS, IT'LL MIRROR WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE CIVILIAN SIDE THROUGH THE ADOPTED BUDGET. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT IS, UH, ADOPTED AS PART OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, THAT WILL BE LOADED INTO YOUR DISTRICT BUDGETS AND THOSE EMPLOYEES RECEIVE THAT COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. IF WE DO, FOR EXAMPLE, A PERFORMANCE PAY POOL, UH, AS WE HAVE DONE, WE DON'T HAVE IT IN PLACE THIS YEAR, BUT AS WE RESTORE THAT, IF IT'S DONE AND ADOPTED FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, THEN IT WOULD BE INCORPORATED HERE INTO YOUR DISTRICT BUDGET. AND YOU WOULD BE GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH IN OUR, OUR CIVILIAN, UH, EMPLOYEES IN TERMS OF, OF, UH, UH, EVALUATING YOUR EMPLOYEES AND THEN MAKING ADJUSTMENTS FROM THAT PERFORMANCE PAY POOL. UH, THINGS LIKE, UH, PROMOTIONS, RECLASS, ANY OTHER PAY ADJUSTMENTS. WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT YOU FOLLOW OUR CIVILIAN PAY PRACTICES. SO THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ELEMENT. 'CAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND THE PAY RANGES, AND TALKING ABOUT AN EQUITABLE PAY STRUCTURE. THAT STRUCTURE CAN ONLY WORK IF WE HAVE CONSISTENT, UH, PAY PRACTICES ACROSS, UH, THE DISTRICTS. AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UH, DOING THAT. UH, FOR OUR NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES, WE WILL PROVIDE A TOOL, WE CALL IT I V R. IT'S A TELEPHONE BASED SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW THOSE EMPLOYEES TO BASICALLY CLOCK IN AND CLOCK OUT, UH, USING A PHONE. IT'S VERY EASY TO DO. THAT SYSTEM CAPTURES THE HOURS AND IT INTERFACES WITH OUR PAYROLL SYSTEM. SO THE OTHER CHANGE THAT WILL BE HAPPENING HERE IS TODAY, THERE IS A THIRD PARTY THAT ACTUALLY PROVIDES PAYROLL SERVICES, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL DISTRICT OFFICES. WE WILL BE, UH, TAKING THAT OVER AND WE WILL BE RUNNING THAT THROUGH THE CITY'S, UH, PAYROLL SYSTEM. WE'LL BE DOING THAT GOING FORWARD ON, UH, STIPENDS, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE. SOME SMALL CHANGES ON CELL PHONE AND PARKING, UH, STIPENDS TO ALIGN THOSE WITH [04:15:01] WHAT OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES HAVE, UH, FROM WHAT THEY HAVE CURRENTLY. AND THEN THE ONE I'LL HIGHLIGHT HERE IS YOU'LL SEE THE $200 VEHICLE STIPEND THAT WE'RE KEEPING UNDER THE L G C. THAT IS ONE DIFFERENCE FROM OUR NON-EXECUTIVE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. OUR NON-EXECUTIVE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES DO NOT RECEIVE A, UM, A VEHICLE STIPEND. SO THIS IS AN ENHANCEMENT, UH, UH, FROM WHAT OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES HAVE. UH, IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE LEAVE THAT I'LL GO THROUGH. SO TODAY, PARENTAL LEAVE, UH, IS NOT THERE CURRENTLY, BUT UNDER THE L G C, YOU WOULD MIRROR WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. SO IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT OF PAY FOR SIX WEEKS FOR THE BIRTH OF A CHILD, ADOPTION OF A CHILD OR PLACEMENT OF A FOSTER CHILD. UM, ANNUAL LEAVE TODAY, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT DOES VARY ACROSS THE DISTRICTS. WE'LL BE MOVING TO THE SAME ACCRUAL SCALE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. PERSONAL LEAVE, UH, THE SAME THING. WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING TO, UH, A CONSISTENT APPLICATION OF WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. AND THEN LASTLY ON THIS SLIDE, ON ON LEAVE IS FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE. IT'S 32 HOURS OF, UM, LEAVE FOR FAMILY EVENTS. UH, THIS COULD INCLUDE, UH, PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES, UH, WELLNESS VISITS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR, UM, UH, USE OF THIS TYPE OF LEAVE. THIS SLIDE IS A, UH, LEAVE ACCRUAL TABLE. VERY BUSY SLIDE, UH, LEAVE ACCRUAL TABLE. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS. UH, ONE, WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE GOT A GREAT LEAVE PROGRAM IN PLACE FOR OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT BE PART OF THE, THE PROGRAM HERE. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE PERSONAL LEAVE, UH, OUTLINED THERE BASED ON YOUR TENURE WITH THE CITY, UH, RANGING ANYWHERE FROM 40 HOURS UP TO 80 HOURS THAT LEAVE EITHER MUST BE UTILIZED OR SOLD BACK TO THE CITY. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN A SECOND. OR YOU FORFEIT THAT LEAVE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THE ANNUAL LEAVE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY CARRY OVER FROM YEAR TO YEAR, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT INCREASES OVER TIME TO A MAXIMUM CAP OF 400 HOURS. THAT ALSO MIRRORS WHAT WE HAVE ON THE CIVILIAN SIDE. I MENTIONED THE FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE TOTALS LISTED THERE. I WANTED TO PULL THIS UP BECAUSE ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT HAD COME UP AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS WE HAVE COUNCIL STAFF IN SOME CASES THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, EMPLOYED BY CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS OR PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR, UH, A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT TENURE. UM, WE HAD LOOKED AT THE ABILITY UNDER T M R SS TO GET SOMETHING CALLED RESTRICTED PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT, WHERE IT'S NOT DOLLARS THAT WOULD GO INTO THE SYSTEM, BUT YOU GET CREDIT FOR TIME. AND WE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH T M R S. UH, THEY DETERMINED THAT THAT SERVICE, UH, OR WORK DONE FOR INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULDN'T QUALIFY UNDER T M R S FOR PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT. SO WHAT WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT WAS, UM, THE LEAVE ACCRUAL SCHEDULE THAT YOU SEE HERE. AND SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND, UH, AND IT'S IN THE I L A, IS THAT FOR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE CONTINUOUS TIME WITH EITHER CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS OR PRIOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS LONG IT'S CONTINUOUS, WE WILL START THEM IN THE L G C BASED ON THAT TIME. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEBODY HAS WORKED CONTINUOUSLY FOR SEVEN YEARS, WHEN THEY GO INTO THE L G C, THEY WON'T START AT THE FIRST LINE, UH, AND ACCRUE AT THAT LEVEL. THEY'LL ACTUALLY START AT THE THIRD FROM THE BOTTOM IN THE FIVE THROUGH EIGHT YEARS. SO THAT PROVIDES A COUPLE OF THINGS. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ADDITIONAL LEAVE THAT THEY'LL BE ACCRUING GOING FORWARD. IT'S SOME RECOGNITION FOR THAT PRIOR SERVICE AND PRIOR WORK THAT THEY DID FOR, UH, PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND THEN IT LEADS INTO THIS NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS OUR PERSONAL LEAVE BUYBACK. UM, THIS IS THE EXACT SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. SO THE SAME WOULD BE TRUE HERE. I MENTIONED IN THE CASE OF A, OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY'VE GOT SEVEN YEARS, FOR EXAMPLE, OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, RATHER THAN BEING IN THAT LESS THAN ONE YEAR CATEGORY WHEN THEY GO UNDER THE L G C AND NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO SELL HOURS BACK, UH, TO THE, TO THE L G C, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY FALL IN THE FIVE YEARS TO EIGHT YEARS CATEGORY, AND THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR SELLING BACK 72 HOURS. SO THAT ALSO WAS, WE THOUGHT A, A VERY IMPORTANT CHANGE, UM, TO, UH, AS A WAY TO RECOGNIZE, UH, SOME OF THE SERVICE AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN DONE FOR INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE ON PAY AND BENEFITS FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES. UM, ON THE PERSONAL LEASE SIDE, AGAIN, IT DOES VARY. UM, AND UNDER THE L G C, THIS WILL MIRROR OUR PART-TIME CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. IT ACCRUES AT THREE AND A HALF PERCENT OF HOURS WORK PER PAY PERIOD. AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY ACCRUE UP TO 70 HOURS. AND THEN YOU CAN ONLY TAKE THAT TIME OFF FOR SCHEDULED WHEN YOU ARE ACTUALLY SCHEDULED TO WORK. UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, [04:20:01] THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO CITY TRAINING. AND THEN ON THE PAY PRACTICES, I ALREADY MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA BE RECOMMENDING THAT, UH, WE FOLLOW OUR CIVILIAN PAY PRACTICES AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THE FISCAL IMPACT. UH, THE CITY BUDGET DOES PROVIDE FOR EMPLOYMENT OF CITY COUNCIL STAFF, UH, WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT. IF YOU ALL DO APPROVE THAT TODAY, IT WOULD RESULT IN ENHANCED BENEFITS FOR, UH, COUNCIL STAFF. IT IS REALLY A GREAT PACKAGE. I MEAN, EVERYTHING FROM DOING THE SALARY STUDY AND ALIGNING THOSE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND JOB RANGES AND LOOKING AT THE MARKET, UH, TO LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE KINDS OF BENEFITS THAT WE'RE NOW ABLE TO PROVIDE. AND IT DOES, AGAIN, ALIGN WITH WHAT WE OFFER OUR FULL-TIME CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. UM, SO PART OF WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IN THE F Y 22 BUDGET IS WE'LL BE ADDING FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE, UH, BENEFITS, UH, THAT I JUST WENT OVER. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS WE'VE GOTTEN SOME QUESTIONS AROUND, UH, BUDGET CARRY FORWARDS. UH, MANY OF YOU, UM, HAVE, UH, BUDGET CARRY FOR FUNDS THAT YOU USE FOR A VARIETY OF ELIGIBLE PURPOSES. UM, THIS ACTION THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO TAKE TODAY, WE'RE NOT CHANGING THAT. YOU STILL HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR CARRY $4. UM, BASED ON SOME OF THE CONVERSATION, I GUESS I'VE HEARD AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THAT MAY BE A SEPARATE CONVERSATION AS WE GO INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS TO LOOK AT THOSE CARRY FORWARDS AND, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. WE'RE NOT CHANGING THAT HERE. THE ONE CHANGE WE ARE MAKING THOUGH, IS WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND YOU FOLLOW CIVILIAN PAY PRACTICES. SO YOU WOULD NOT BE, UM, UH, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING YOU GO OUTSIDE OF THOSE PAY PRACTICES AND USE YOUR CARRY $4 TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE CIVILIAN SIDE, FOR EXAMPLE. SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONE ONE THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. IN TERMS OF THE NEXT STEPS, UH, WITH YOUR PASSAGE OF THE I L A TODAY, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL STAFF TO GET THEM PROCESSED, UH, INTO THE L G C. THAT WOULD HAPPEN ON JUNE ONE. UM, AND THEN I THINK IN CONCLUSION, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AS OUR WRAP UP HERE ON THE PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO THANK SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE REALLY SPENT, UH, A LOT OF TIME ON THIS. UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR, UH, REALLY ALMOST TWO YEARS ON AND OFF. COVID CAUSED A BIT OF AN ISSUE THERE WHERE WE HAD TO PAUSE AND THEN PICKED IT BACK UP. AND I, I'LL BE QUITE HONEST, AS WE STARTED THIS PROCESS AND THE CHARGE WAS, YOU KNOW, LET'S TRY TO ALIGN, UH, UH, PAY AND BENEFITS WITH OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES ON THE BENEFITS SIDE, THAT, THAT LOOKED A BIT CHALLENGING. AND I WASN'T SURE HOW FAR WE WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET. AND I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT I JUST PRESENTED TO YOU MIRRORS WHAT WE HAVE ON THE, ON OUR, UH, UH, THE PAY AND BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. SO IT HAS COME A LONG WAY FROM THE CONVERSATION THAT WE STARTED WITH IN 2019. THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT HELP GET THAT. UH, THERE, ANDY SEGOVIA, UH, LIZ PROVINCIO, RAY RODRIGUEZ FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, ALL, UH, REALLY HELPED AND REALLY, I THINK, THOUGHT ABOUT HOW TO BE CREATIVE AND HOW WE COULD GET THIS WORK DONE. UM, I NEED TO RECOGNIZE LORI STEWART, UH, RENEE FRIDA, OUR INTERIM HR DIRECTOR, HAS KIND OF PICKED, PICKED UP THE BATON AND HAS BEEN RUNNING WITH US. I REALLY APPRECIATE HER WORK. UH, CRYSTAL STRONG, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, SHE'S AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT HR. DID A LOT OF WORK ON THE COMPENSATION SIDE OF THIS. I APPRECIATE CRYSTAL'S WORK. AND THEN, UM, KATIE ZEEL, WHO I THINK MANY OF YOU JUST MET THIS WEEK, UH, SHE'S ALSO PICKED UP THE BATON, HAS REALLY BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US WORK THROUGH HOW WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT AND MAKE THIS TRANSITION. SO I WANTED TO THANK EACH OF THEM. I'M SURE I PROBABLY MISSED SOMEBODY. I HOPE I DIDN'T, BUT I PROBABLY DID. BUT THANK YOU TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT HELPED PUT THIS TOGETHER. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, BEN. AND, UM, TEAM, I THINK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE GREAT WORK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CREATIVITY. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU SPENT WORKING ON THIS. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS, UH, A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU ALL WERE WORKING ON, AND FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE THE TIME TO REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK FOR OUR COUNCIL AIDES IS JUST INCREDIBLE. SO, UM, UH, WANDA HERD WAS ONE PERSON THAT THAT WAS LEFT OUT. SHE WAS EARLY ON, AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, I THANK HER AS WELL. UH, BENET, I BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAID IN THAT WE ACHIEVED WHAT WE WERE TASKED WITH, AND WE WERE ABLE, UM, TO DO THIS, I THINK IN, UH, IN, IN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, OF A TIME CRUNCH. AND SO WE WERE ORIGINALLY ASKED TO FINISH THIS BY MARCH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. UM, IT WAS ONE OF OUR CHIEFS MENTIONED, OH, WE, WE SHOULD HAVE THIS DONE BY MARCH BECAUSE SHE WAS AFRAID OF THE ELECTIONS AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, ET CETERA. AND SO WE REALLY TRIED, BUT WE NEEDED SOME ADDITIONAL TIME. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY THAT KEPT ALL OF US QUITE BUSY, SO WE PUSHED FORWARD. AND SO, UM, WE REALIZED THAT WE NEED TO KEEP GOING. AND, UM, THERE WAS A DEADLINE LOOMING ON US FOR HEALTH, UH, BENEFITS. AND SO WE NEED TO MEET THE MAY 31ST DEADLINE. AND HERE WE ARE TODAY. AND SO WE [04:25:01] DID HAVE SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE COUNCIL AIDE. SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, HAVING THOSE AND MAKING YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. YOU DID ONE IN PERSON AND ONE FACE IN, IN ONE, UM, UH, NON FACE-TO-FACE. SO I THINK THAT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR SOME COUNCIL AIDE THAT WE'RE STILL WORRIED ABOUT GOING OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN PUBLIC JUST YET. SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THIS COUNCIL HAS CHAMPIONED EQUITY, AND THIS IS A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER ALL OF THE EQUITY THAT WE'VE, UM, WORKED ON THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL CONTINUE CHALLENGING, UM, MY COLLEAGUES TO DO IS LOOK AT THEIR GENDER DIVERSITY. AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE, WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR THAT. AND SO I SAY THIS OFTEN, THERE'S, UM, ONLY THREE, UH, WOMEN CHIEFS OF STAFF, FOR INSTANCE. AND SO EVENTUALLY IT WOULD BE AWESOME. I SAW MARIA EARLIER, UH, VIA GOMEZ DEPUTY MANAGER, AND I SAW ALEX AND I SAW LORI, AND I WAS SO PROUD. AND ERIC, I WAS ABOUT TO SHOOT YOU A TEXT MESSAGE AND SAY, HEY, UM, AWESOME DIVERSITY THERE. THERE'S SO MANY WOMEN SITTING UP THERE NOW. UM, BUT DEFINITELY THIS IS, UH, IS GREAT THAT WE ARE, UH, NOW ABLE TO SAY THAT OUR COUNCIL AIDE, UM, HAVE PAY EQUITY AND BENEFITS EQUITY WITH, UH, CITY EMPLOYEES WITH 6,500 PLUS CITY EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY WORK JUST AS HARD. AND SO WE'RE NOT ABOVE OR BELOW, WE ARE RIGHT AT THE MATCH THAT THEY ARE. AND SO THAT MAKES ME VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM THAT BROUGHT THAT UP. UM, RETIREMENT BENEFITS. THAT'S, THAT'S HUGE, RIGHT? AND SO A LOT OF OUR COUNCIL AIDS DON'T REALIZE, UH, JUST YET BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE A TINY BIT ON THE YOUNGER SIDE, UM, BUT THEY WILL APPRECIATE THIS, RIGHT? AND, AND, AND REALIZE THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A PENSION. AND SO THIS IS INCREDIBLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, TO ACHIEVE THIS TODAY. UM, I MEAN, I'M REALLY PROUD OF PROUD OF THE RANGES. RANGES. SO BELIEVE IT OR NOT, UH, FOR THE FOLKS OUT THERE WATCHING, THERE WERE NO RANGES. SO LITERALLY ONE COUNCIL AIDE COULD BE WORKING IN THE EXACT SAME JOB TITLE THAT SOMEBODY ELSE IN ANOTHER OFFICE WAS WORKING WITHIN THE SAME TITLE AND WORKING FOR $20,000 LESS. AND THERE'S NO EQUITY IN THAT. AND SO, UM, AND THEY HAD THE SAME, UH, EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, ET CETERA. SO THIS, I THINK, REALLY LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD AND STEPS UP FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT, UM, BE OR WHO MIGHT BE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT HOW THAT PROFESSIONALIZES THIS, HOW THIS MAKES IT A CAREER. PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO STAY HERE. PEOPLE WANT TO DO VERY WELL, SO THAT MAYBE THEY COULD GET POACHED BY OTHER MEMBERS AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE, ARE ROLLING OFF THE DAIS AFTER THEIR EIGHT YEARS, ET CETERA. UM, AND SO, UM, I'M HAPPY THAT, THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. AND I'D LOVE TO ALSO CONTINUE WORKING ON ITEMS AS NEEDED WITH YOU ALL. AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA COME UP. THERE'S GONNA BE THINGS THAT COME UP. UM, THE MAYOR MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS, UH, FOR, HE WAS REFERENCING ANOTHER ITEM, BUT HE SAID NOTHING IS, IS PERFECT, RIGHT? AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AND ASK QUESTIONS, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING THAT WE, UM, HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK ON OUR BEHALF OF OUR COUNCIL AIDES. AND I WANTED TO ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE CHIEFS. THE CHIEFS OF STAFF HAVE BEEN CRITICAL IN TAKING THE MESSAGE BACK TO THEIR STAFFS. SO THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION. THEY WERE GIVEN ALL OF THESE, UH, UM, PRESENTATIONS AND DOCUMENTS, UM, SO THAT THEY COULD REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, SOME OF THEM WERE, WERE ACTING, IF YOU WILL, ON BEHALF OF THEIR STAFF AS ADVOCATES. AND SO IT'S VERY NEAT THAT WE HAVE CHIEFS THAT CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU TO THE CHIEFS. YOU ALL ARE LEAVING A LEGACY. UM, I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT, I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, UH, IN THE MONTH, THIS MONTH WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR COUNCIL, UM, UH, AIDES, UH, I MENTIONED THAT THE CHIEFS, UM, THEY, SO THERE'S, THERE'S A, A, A WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH AND COUNCILMAN TREVINO APPRECIATE THIS. IT'S MARSHA SHARPE, UM, RAIDERS LADY RAIDERS BASKETBALL TEAM. AND SO SHE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT LEAVING SOMETHING BETTER RIGHT WHEN YOU LEAVE. AND SO CREATING THAT LEGACY. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE OF THE CHIEFS AND THE MOVEMENT THAT THEY MADE AND THE CONTINUOUS JUST ADVOCACY FOR EVERYONE ELSE, THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE LEAVING, UM, THIS IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE FOR FUTURE, UM, COUNCIL AID. SO THANK YOU, BEN. AND WITH THAT, I JUST WANNA HEAR SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT, THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE. BUT THANK YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR REACHING OUT. UM, AND, UH, SOME OF YOU ALL HAD, UH, QUESTIONS AND, UM, CAME DIRECTLY TO ME. SOME OF YOU ALL WENT DIRECTLY TO BEN, BUT THE POINT IS THAT YOU ALL GOT YOUR, YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND OH, AND I MOVE THAT WE, UH, APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 31. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION, UH, BY ROCHA GARCIA, I THINK A SECONDED BY PERRY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRANT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WELL, FOR SOME OF YOU, [04:30:01] JUST A, A WHILE AGO, A A LONG TIME AGO, I USED TO BE A COUNCIL AIDE, UH, YEARS AGO. AND SO THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHERE I WAS, UH, BACK IN THE, WHENEVER THAT WAS. SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING NEW. AND THIS IS OUTSIDE OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT I'VE EVER, AS A PERSONAL COUNCIL AIDE AND THEN NOW AS COUNCIL MEMBER HAVING AIDS. BUT, UM, YES, IT WAS MOVED FORWARD 'CAUSE THE COUNCIL AIDES, MANY CHIEFS OF STAFF WANTED TO SEE THESE CHANGES, WANTED TO SEE EQUITY, AND WERE AT THE TABLE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND . AND I WASN'T, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WERE PART OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WERE PART OF IT BECAUSE, UM, IT WAS GOING TO BE SO FOREIGN FOR ME TO BE A PART OF IT AND, AND HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS. BUT IT WAS A LOT OF UNDERSTANDING AND IT WAS A LOT OF, UH, WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN A PART OF IT, AS WELL AS THE AIDES WHO ARE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. UH, AND BEN AND TEAM. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION THOUGH, BEN AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT JUST THE OTHER DAY. 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT SAY, UM, A COUNCIL, UH, A COUNCIL AIDE COMES FROM ONE CITY COUNCIL OFFICE AND THEN GOES TO ANOTHER, UM, OR SAY THEY MOVE FROM ONE CITY DEPARTMENT AND NOW THEY WANNA COME WORK AS A COUNCIL AIDE MM-HMM. THEIR BENEFITS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAY WITH THEM. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER GREAT BENEFIT OF THIS ARRANGEMENT IS THE HEALTHCARE PLAN AND T M R S ARE THE SAME. SO THEY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE FROM, UH, COUNCIL STAFF TO A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OR VICE VERSA. THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE. OR IF YOU'RE MOVING BETWEEN COUNCIL DISTRICT OFFICES, UH, THE BENEFITS TO RETIREMENT, ALL THOSE THINGS STAY IN PLACE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. AND WHAT ABOUT OUR EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES? SO IF EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE UNDER THE SAME PLAN, UM, AND SAY, HOW WOULD THAT WORK? WOULD THEY THEN BE ABLE TO, 'CAUSE MANY OF OUR EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES ARE UNDER A STEP PAY PLAN. AND SO IF THEY MOVE OVER TO SERVE NOW AS A SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, THEN THEY'LL BE EXEMPT AND BE ABLE TO, THEY CAN DO THAT, STILL MAINTAIN ALL OF THEIR RETIREMENT, AND THEN ALSO GET A, AN, UM, A 5% INCREASED PERFORMANCE PAY INCREASE IF IT COMES TO THAT. SO IN THE CASE OF EMPLOYEES MOVING, UM, SO IN THE CASE OF THE SECRETARIES, THEY ARE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES TODAY. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HEALTHCARE, UM, THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE SAME HEALTHCARE PLAN. AND THEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE RETIREMENT, T M R SS, UM, YOU'RE ACCRUING A BENEFIT BASED ON YOUR AS, AS SERVICE IS HAPPENING. SO AS YOU MOVE INTO THAT POSITION, IT WOULD JUST CHANGE WHAT YOU'RE ACCRUING, IN ESSENCE HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'RE PUTTING INTO THE RETIREMENT THING. BUT IT DOESN'T, DOESN'T CHANGE THE PLAN IN ANY WAY. IT'S THE SAME PLAN. SO THEN IF A, SO THEN WOULD THE MAKEUP STILL BE A COUNCIL MEMBER, COULD MOVE AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY INTO A DIFFERENT ROLE? UM, OF COURSE, STILL KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THE SEVEN, UH, SLOTS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE, BUT THEN GET ANOTHER EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. SO AGAIN, WE WOULD, UH, YOU STILL HAVE THE SEVEN AND A HALF F T E LIMIT PER COUNCIL DISTRICT OFFICE, SO YOU COULD BUILD YOUR COMPLIMENT. AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, SECRETARY SUPPORT FROM THE CIVILIAN WORKFORCE. OKAY. BUT YOU STILL HAVE THOSE PARAMETERS YOU HAVE TO WORK IN. UM, AND THEN AS A SECRETARY WOULD MOVE INTO ONE OF THOSE ROLES, IT DEPENDS, WHICH ON, UH, THOSE NINE THAT I SHOWED YOU, WHERE THEY WOULD SLOT TWO ARE NON-EXEMPT, SEVEN ARE EXEMPT. SURE. BUT I'M JUST SAYING THE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE, CITY CIVILIAN WILL STILL HAVE THE SECRETARY SUPPORT THAT'S CORRECT. OR COUNCIL OFFICES. THAT'S CORRECT. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND IT'S A BENEFIT, FRANKLY, UH, MORE LATITUDE FROM THE EMPLOYEE STANDPOINT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, UM, MUCH MORE NOW IN THE SCENARIO YOU'RE DESCRIBING, UH, THAN EXISTED BEFORE. YEP. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I WAS GONNA HIGHLIGHT ONE OTHER THING BASED ON YOUR QUESTION. NO, I'M JUST AHEAD THING AHEAD GOING FORWARD. UH, SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TRANSITION, THIS IS A LITTLE, UH, MORE CHALLENGING, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING FROM, UM, CURRENTLY WHAT EXISTS TODAY INTO THE L G C, BUT AS ONCE THEY'RE IN THE L G C AND WE HAVE FUTURE ELECTIONS, UH, THAT'LL BE A MUCH MORE SEAMLESS TRANSITION. SO WE'VE BUILT IN, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF A COUNCIL MEMBER IS TERMIN LIMITED OUT AND CAN'T RUN, THAT STAFF WOULD STAY IN THE L G C UNTIL THE NEW COUNCIL IS FULLY SEATED, AND THEN IS ABLE TO, WE LOOK ACROSS AND MAKE SURE ALL THE SLOTS ARE FILLED. AND, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT THEN THE TRANSITION WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY'RE NOT PICKED UP. BUT [04:35:01] WE THOUGHT THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT TRANSITION ELEMENT, HARDER TO DO NOW BECAUSE WE'RE OF WHERE WE ARE AND MOVING INTO IT. BUT GOING FORWARD, THAT'S GONNA BE SEAMLESS. AND I THINK ALSO A GOOD BENEFIT. SO, BUT THEN IF A, A NEW PERSON COMES IN, THEY CAN, THAT, UH, TRIGGERS THE, THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO END THAT CONTRACT AND JOIN IN WITH, BRING ON SOMEBODY NEW, COULD BE EITHER THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD BE THE L G C, BUT IT COULD BE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OR THAT STAFF COULD GET HIRED BY A DIFFERENT COUNCIL OFFICE. AND THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING DURING THAT TRANSITION. BUT ONCE THE COUNCIL'S FULLY SEATED AND ALL THE SLOTS ARE FILLED, UH, OR THERE'S NO, UH, ADDITIONAL HIRING TAKING PLACE, THEN THAT'S WHEN THE TRANSITION WOULD HAPPEN. RIGHT. BUT LIKE BEFORE, LIKE BEFORE, IT WAS LIKE, ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEIR CONTRACT IS OVER. THAT'S RIGHT. IT GETS MORE SECURITY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THIS PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY. SURE. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVIN. THANK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FULLY FUNDING OF THIS ITEM, UH, IN THE LEAD UP TO THE FISCAL YEAR 20. UH, WHEN, WHEN I WROTE THE, THE COUNCIL AID COMPENSATION C C R, WE USED DATA FROM THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR THE PAY RANGES OF THE IDENTIFIED POSITIONS TO CREATE THE BUDGET REQUEST. THE BUDGET PACKAGE PROPOSED AT THE TIME USED THE MEDIAN MEDIAN OF EACH, EACH OF THE SALARY RANGES FOR THE POSITIONS IDENTIFIED. THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHAT WAS ADOPTED FOR F Y 20, AND SUBSEQUENTLY INCLUDED IN THE F Y 21 BUDGET. AS PART OF THE F Y 20 BUDGET, AN OUTSIDE HR CONSULTANT, WHIRLING AND ASSOCIATES WAS CONTRACTED TO PERFORM A STUDY AND AN ANALYSIS OF THE C C R AND COUNCIL EIGHT JOBS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. THE REPORT OUT FROM THE CONSULTANT CONFIRMED THE VALIDITY OF THE C C R AND EVEN RECOMMENDED HIGHER PAY RANGES FOR ALL POSITIONS IDENTIFIED. UH, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HR FURTHER ADDED THE TOP END OF THEIR, THE PAY RANGES INCREASING THE BUDGET CAPACITY NEEDED. HOWEVER, SINCE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE RELEASED, THE BUDGET FOR COUNCIL AID COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS HAVE NOT, CHA HAS NOT CHANGED, AND IS STILL ONLY FUNDED AT THE MEETING AMOUNT ADOPTED FOR F Y 20. THE ROUGH MATH THAT THE COUNCIL AID PAY IN COMPENSATION IS UNDERFUNDED ON A PER FISCAL YEAR BASIS BY AT LEAST $1.1 MILLION OR PRORATED FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS AT $363,000. BEN, MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, WHEN WILL THIS BE FULLY FUNDED? SO COUNCILMAN, LET ME UH, RECAP A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU JUST HIGHLIGHTED. SO WHEN THE CONSULTANT DID HIS MARKET, UH, ANALYSIS AND PRESENTED THAT TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, HR LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF THINGS, AND IF YOU RECALL, WE TWEAKED A COUPLE OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND WE CHANGED THE RANGE, UH, TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN EVEN WHAT THE CONSULTANT WAS RECOMMENDING WHEN WE ADOPTED THE ORDINANCE IN JANUARY OF 2020. UM, AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THE ALLOCATION WAS MADE INTO Y'ALL'S DISTRICT BUDGETS AT THAT POINT. AND I THINK THE, THE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, FOR THE CHIEFS OF STAFF, WE USED 85% OF THE RANGE, AND I BELIEVE FOR THE OTHERS IT WAS 80% OF THE RANGE. AND I NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S WHAT WE DID. I HAVE IT IN THERE. LEMME JUST GRAB SOMETHING. SOMEBODY CAN PAUSE THE TI TIME CLOCK, PLEASE. WE WILL FIND THAT COUNCILMAN, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS 80 AND 85% IS WHAT I RECALL GOT. SO, BUT THE POINT IS THAT IT'S, IT'S STILL NOT FULLY FUNDED, RIGHT? NO, THAT, THAT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT LIKE THE CIVILIAN SIDE, WE DON'T FUND DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS AT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE RANGE. UM, IT'S EITHER GONNA BE SOMEWHERE IN THE MEDIAN, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, WHAT WE LOADED IN IN JANUARY. SO THAT, THAT SHOULD COVER THE COMPENSATION PART. WHAT WE DON'T HAVE LOADED IN YOUR DISTRICT BUDGETS YET IS THE, UM, THE IMPACT OF THE CHANGES. I JUST WENT OVER RELATIVE TO BENEFITS. AND WE WOULD ROLL THAT INTO F Y 2022. UM, IT'S PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND $450,000, UM, OVERALL, WELL, I MEAN, I THINK BUT WASN'T PART OF IT BECAUSE IT WAS PRORATED. I'M SORRY, WHICH PART PART DIDN'T, DIDN'T WE START OFF BY PRO RATING SOME OF THESE AS WELL? UH, MY RECOLLECTION IS WHEN WE WENT INTO THE FY OF 20 BUDGET, UH, BASED ON THE C C R, WE HAD AN ALLOCATION OF DOLLARS THAT WAS KIND OF SET ASIDE WHILE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, DID ITS WORK. AND THEN WE, UH, BASED ON THOSE PERCENTAGES ADJUSTED SALARY IN F Y 20, WE ACTUALLY [04:40:01] AMENDED THE BUDGET AND NOT AMENDED THE BUDGET. WE MOVED THE ALLOCATION INTO YOUR DISTRICT BUDGETS FOR THAT AMOUNT. SO I'M NOT AWARE THAT THERE'S A GAP ON THE COMPENSATION SIDE. THERE IS ONE ON THE BENEFITS SIDE THAT WE'LL HAVE TO FUND. SO YEAH. OKAY, THEN THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE HAD RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT. WELL, LOOK, I, UM, AND I SHOULD JUST START OFF WITH THIS FIRST, JUST THANK YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM. I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, ALL THE HARD WORK. I WANT TO THANK MY AD HOC COMMITTEE MEMBERS. UM, UH, WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT FOLKS, UH, ALONG WITH, WITH ANDY AND LIZ, AND A LOT OF FOLKS REALLY, YOU KNOW, WORKING VERY HARD TO, TO GET THIS DONE. UM, AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, I, I JUST, UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE POTENTIAL, UH, GAPS. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE WILL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THERE. UM, SO I JUST, I JUST HOPE THAT, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE L G C WILL GET TO, UH, OH, I SHOULD SAY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL GET TO, UH, HAVE A REVIEW OF THE L G C, UH, FURTHER SO THAT WE CAN, UH, UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS, IT IS, UH, AT LEAST FOLLOWING CITY STANDARD PRACTICES MM-HMM. ABOUT BEING FUNDED. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. FANTASTIC. WELL, AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE THANK A LOT OF PEOPLE AND, UH, ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I WANT TO THANK JAY PKI FOR, FOR, FOR BEING THE NUMBERS GUY. I MEAN, HE REALLY, UH, KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK AND, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE, I KNOW WE ALL APPRECIATE OUR ENTIRE STAFFS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE JAY PKI DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB, UH, IN, IN HELPING TO, TO LAY THIS OUT AND, UH, IMPROVE A, A REALLY GREAT POINT, UH, AND PROVIDE, UH, WHAT I THINK IS, IS, IS EQUITY FOR OUR CITY, UH, STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, COUNCIL MEMBER SAND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR, UH, BEN AND YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. UH, I THINK WE WERE ALL PLEASANTLY SURPRISED OVER TIME AT HOW FAR WE WERE ABLE TO COME IN PROVIDING FOR, FOR THE COUNCIL AIDS. I, I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT COUNCIL AIDS TOOK A TREMENDOUS RISK IN WORKING FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH LITTLE, UH, GUIDANCE AND SUCH LITTLE STRUCTURE, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE COULD, WE COULD BE OUTTA HERE, UH, IN JUST A FEW MONTHS, RIGHT? UM, EVERY, EVERY TWO YEARS WE HAVE AN ELECTION. SO THERE'S NO, THE JOB SECURITY IS, IS LIMITED FOR, FOR COUNCIL AID. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. UM, A COUPLE OF OF QUESTIONS. UM, IT, I THINK THAT COUNCILMAN TREVINO IS REFERRING TO, UM, DISCUSSING THE BUDGET FURTHER IN, IN ADVANCE OF THE ADOPTION OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. AND I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH, WITH THE TEAM THAT THAT'S THE PROS. IF WE WANTED TO MODIFY ANYTHING, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT AS PART OF THE, OF THE NEXT BUDGET ADOPTION. UH, ONE THING THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN WAS ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR COUNCIL AIDES GOT ADEQUATE MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT. UH, RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A, A STIPEND, BUT THAT'S, UH, THAT, THAT STIPEND MAY NOT BE SUFFICIENT IF, IF THEY DRIVE A LOT OF MILES OR IF THE I R S, UH, REIMBURSEMENT, UH, CHANGES. SO WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE A KIND OF AN L G C SESSION, UH, WHEN WE PREPARE FOR THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR? I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU OR FOR, UM, OR FOR SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF SESSIONS IN PREPARATION FOR THE BUDGET. AND IT SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THEM CAN BE THE L G C SESSION. I MEAN, YOU ALL ARE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION, SO IF YOU ALL AS A BODY WANT TO MEET AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BUDGET, WE COULD CERTAINLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN. YES, CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. COUNCILWOMAN, UH, THE L G C CAN MEET, THEY'RE A SEPARATE CORPORATION AND Y'ALL ARE PART OF THAT. SO YES, YOU CAN MEET, RIGHT, BUT IT WOULD NEED TO BEIC BECAUSE WE YES, WE'RE A QUORUM, RIGHT? ? YES. CORRECT. ALRIGHT. SO, AND FOR THAT, WE WILL NEED YOUR, YOUR SUPPORT, UM, AS, AS STAFF. SO I'M, I AM MAKING THAT REQUEST AT, AT THIS POINT IN TIME. OKAY. UM, SECONDLY, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I, I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT, BUT YOUR, YOUR STAFF GAVE ME SOME, SOME RESPONSES, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE, WE PUT THEM OUT ON THE RECORD, IS THAT NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ALLOWING FOR BENEFITS AND THERE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRUCTURE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL AIDES HAVE THE GUIDANCE THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE THOSE REQUESTS OR, OR WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THEM. SO SOME SORT OF EMPLOYEE MANUAL. MM-HMM. , UH, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS? SO, I KNOW WE ARE WORKING ON A DRAFT, UH, OR WE HAVE A DRAFT OF A MANUAL, UM, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERATION, BUT IT'LL MIRROR MUCH OF WHAT WE, UM, UH, WHAT WE DO ON THE CIVILIAN SIDE, UH, IN TERMS OF LIKE BENEFITS, ENROLLMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE THOSE DOCUMENTS, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME PLANS. UH, WE'VE GOT, UM, BENEFIT MATTERS, UH, SOME DOCUMENTS THAT WE PREPARED THAT REALLY [04:45:01] TRY TO WALK EMPLOYEES AND HELP EMPLOYEES, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE HEALTHCARE SIDE, PICK WHAT'S THE RIGHT PLAN BASED ON, UH, YOUR SITUATION AND YOUR FAMILY STATUS, WHAT MAY MAKE THE MOST SENSE FOR YOU. SO WE WOULD CERTAINLY MAKE ALL OF THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCIL STAFF AS WELL. THANK YOU. YOU SAID IT WOULD BE BROUGHT FOR OUR CONSIDERATION, WELL, IN TERMS OF THE L G C, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WANNA LOOK AT, OR IT'S SOMETHING I CAN PUT TOGETHER AND DISTRIBUTE TO EACH OF THE, EACH OF THE OFFICES, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHAT WE'LL DO. AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU THINK WE'RE MISSING, YOU CAN LET ME KNOW AND THEN WE'LL CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS THAT THERE IS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO THE L G C. THAT'S CORRECT. AND, UM, SINCE WE ARE, WE'RE ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND I I GUESS WE'RE ENTRUSTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO CARRY OUT A NUMBER OF THE FUNCTIONS, I THOUGHT IT IMPORTANT THAT THE COUNCIL HAD AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE, UH, DIRECTOR. SO I, I HAD REQUESTED THAT THAT BE DESCRIBED IN SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ALSO REVIEW AND SEE. SO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UM, BOTH IN THE BYLAWS AND IN THE I L A, UH, WE'VE NAMED THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SO IF, IF YOU KIND OF THINK ABOUT HOW IT'S FUNCTIONING TODAY, UH, AND THAT ROLE, WE'RE SIMPLY MOVING THAT INTO, UH, A LIAISON, WHAT THE L G C, SO MUCH OF THE SAME, UH, WORK AND ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, UH, PROCESSES THAT ARE IN PLACE WOULD STILL BE IN PLACE WITH THE L G C AND WOULD BE DONE OUT OF THAT FUNCTION. SO MY REQUE, MY QUESTION IS, WILL THAT BE WRITTEN SOMEWHERE? 'CAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE AGREEMENT AND IT'S NOT IN WHAT WE'RE ADOPTING TODAY. SO THE, THE BOTH THE BYLAWS AND THE I L A SAY THAT IT'S THE ASSISTANT TO THE COUNCIL, THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE ASSISTANT TO THE COUNCIL, WE CAN CERTAINLY DISTRIBUTE THAT, BUT IT OUTLINES BROADLY WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THAT POSITION ARE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND THEN I WOULD ADD THAT, I'M SORRY, ONE OTHER PIECE IS OBVIOUSLY THE, THE I L A DOES OUTLINE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE FOLLOWING CIVILIAN PAY PRACTICES FOR BOTH PAY AND BENEFITS. SO THAT ASSISTANT OF THE COUNCIL WILL HELP WITH THAT PROCESS AS WELL. EXCELLENT. UM, THANK YOU. AND, AND ONE OF THE REASONS I ASK ABOUT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE I L A AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS THAT DURING THIS TWO YEAR PROCESS IN WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, WE CAME ACROSS OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, UH, BETWEEN THE COUNCIL OFFICES WHEN WE WERE PERFORMING OUR SERVICES AND SORT OF, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT WITH, UH, WITH SOME CITY FUNCTIONS. AND I THINK YOU WERE INTERESTED IN SOME OF THOSE TOO. SO I, I SEE THE FORMATION OF THE, OF THE L G C AS, UM, BASICALLY AS A VEHICLE THROUGH WHICH WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES AND IMPROVE THE SERVICES ON THE COUNCIL SIDE AS WELL AS ON THE CITY SIDE. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, RIGHT, IS LIKE HOW WE, HOW WE COMMUNICATE BACK AND FORTH ON A GIVEN CONSTITUENT CASE AND, AND HOW WE CAN, UM, BASICALLY MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE TAX DOLLARS AND PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICES TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. I WOULD, UH, SUGGEST, UH, TO, TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, TO THE MAYOR THAT WE CONSIDER, UH, SOME CONTINUATION OF THAT BODY TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT THEY CAME UP, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE L G C OR THROUGH A A SUBCOMMITTEE. I THINK THERE'S JUST A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR, FOR STREAMLINING THINGS FOR US. AND I SEE COUNCILWOMAN ROCHE GARCIA NODDING, AND I THINK WE WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE AND, AND WHAT IT COULD DO. SO, UM, PUTTING IT OUT THERE FOR, FOR CONSIDERATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU. AND JUST ONE MINOR POINT, UH, I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THE VEHICLE STIPEND AND YOU STATED THAT NON-EXECUTIVE, UH, EMPLOYEES DON'T HAVE A VEHICLE STIPEND. AND I, UM, IN CASE ANYBODY'S WATCHING AND WONDERING WHY OUR COUNCIL AIDS GET STIPENDS, IS THEY DRIVE A LOT, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO COVER, YOU KNOW, ONE 10TH OF THE CITY IN, IN DOING THEIR WORK. AND, UH, WE COULD GIVE THEM A MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT, UH, BUT WE DON'T, WE DO IT THIS WAY, UH, BUT ALSO WE DON'T HAVE POOL VEHICLES THE SAME WAY THAT NON-EXECUTIVE STAFF ON THE, ON THE CITY SIDE HAS ACCESS TO. SO I JUST, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER'S WATCHING THIS DOESN'T BELIEVE IT'S JUST SOME, SOME SORT OF PERK THAT, THAT WE'RE THROWING AT AT THEM. WE REALLY DO NEED THEM TO, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WORK. SO THANK YOU. SURE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS. THANKS. AND, AND BEN, I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND, UM, I'VE SEEN YOU ALWAYS POUR A LOT OF ENERGY INTO ALL YOUR PROJECTS, BUT I HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TELL YOU THAT ON THIS ONE, I, I'VE SEEN REAL BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS, UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING ALL OF US TO, TO AGREE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UM, IS, IS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ALL OF OUR STAFFS WHISPERING IN OUR EARS, TELLING US EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT, AND, UM, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS, THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT THING FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UM, [04:50:01] I HAVE A, UM, I HAVE A CARRYOVER ACCOUNT, ANDY, UH, WE'VE, UH, OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS WE'VE BEEN SAVING MONEY. BUT, YOU KNOW, AND BEING REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT NOT SPENDING IT JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, THAT ACCOUNT IS HEALTHY, UM, THAT ACCOUNT IS REMAINS UNTOUCHED, THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY. I STILL HAVE THE, THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO BANK THAT, THAT THAT'S CORRECT. WE DID NOT, WITH THIS ACTION, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGE TO YOUR CARRY FORWARD BALANCE. IT'S STILL THERE. UH, WHAT WE'VE SUGGESTED IS THAT MIGHT BE A TOPIC THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN THE BUDGET, UM, BUT NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS I L A ITEM. UH, THE ONLY CAVEAT THAT I GAVE YOU EARLIER WAS THAT, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU FOLLOW CIVILIAN PAY PRACTICES. SO TO THE EXTENT TODAY YOU'RE FUNDING ONE-TIME ADJUSTMENTS OR THINGS OUT OF THAT CARRY FORWARD THAT WOULDN'T ALIGN WITH CIVILIAN PAY PRACTICES. BUT I KNOW MANY OF YOU, UH, USE YOUR CARRY FORWARD FUNDS FOR SPECIFIC EVENTS IN YOUR DISTRICTS. YEAH. UH, I KNOW SOME OF YOU'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE SOME OF THAT AS IT RELATES TO LEASED OFFICE SPACE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE THERE AND BE ELIGIBLE, RIGHT? SO ONE OTHER, ONE OTHER COMMENT AND REALLY NOT A QUESTION, JUST YOU'RE WELCOME TO HAVE A SEAT, I PROMISE NOT TO, UH, NOT TO BRING YOU UP THE, I I HAVE A, I'VE GOT A YOUNG WOMAN ON MY STAFF NAMED KRISTEN AND ANOTHER YOUNG WOMAN NAMED TAYLOR. I GOT BO, I'VE GOT NOAH, AND I'VE GOT AARON. ALL OF THEM ARE, ARE, UH, WELL, THEY'RE MUCH YOUNGER THAN YOU AND I, BEN, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY COME ON BOARD, YOU KNOW, I TOLD THEM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS JOB, YOU ONLY GOT A JOB FOR TWO YEARS, RIGHT? AND, UH, SO THIS IS NOT A CAREER FOR YOU. UM, AND YOU SHOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, DON'T EXPECT THIS TO BE A LONG-TERM CAREER. WE'RE ONLY HERE FOR A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. AND IF THE VOTERS RE-UP OUR LEASE, UH, AND YOU KNOW, BLESS US WITH TWO MORE YEARS, WELL THEN WE'VE GOT ANOTHER TWO YEARS. BUT DON'T TAKE THOSE FOR GRANTED EITHER. AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE SEEN STAFFERS COME AND GO, BUT THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE AND I, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE GIVING THEM SOME EQUITY, UM, THAT OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND SAN ANTONIO AND OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WORK ON YOUR SIDE OF THE SHOP, UH, GET RIGHT, WHICH IS, UM, COMPETITIVE WAGES, YOU KNOW, UH, COMPETITIVE BENEFITS, A RECOGNITION THAT THEY TOO ARE WORTHY OF VACATIONS AND, UH, EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS, RIGHT? AND, AND EMPLOYEE HANDBOOKS THAT THEY CAN RELY ON AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE COLOR BY NUMBERS RULES ARE TO KEEP YOUR JOB AND TO EXCEL AT IT. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT'LL GET YOU TERMINATED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW TO IMPROVE. I THINK THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THEM WITH THAT TODAY. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK THAT GENERATIONS OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE COME THROUGH HERE AND SAT ON THIS DAIS. AND I, LOOKING BACK NOW, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS A LONG TIME AGO. UH, THOSE ARE SOME YOUNG FOLKS OUT THERE WHO ARE NOW, UH, OLD FOLKS, UH, WHO, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE PROBABLY SAYING, WAIT A SECOND, WHY NOT ME? WHY NOT, YOU KNOW, WHY DIDN'T YOU GUYS DO THAT FOR ME? AND, UM, TO THAT, I SAY, YOU'RE RIGHT. WE SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING EARLIER. BUT DOING THE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NEVER A WRONG TIME TO DO THE RIGHT THING, AND TODAY WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND WE'RE DOING IT BECAUSE COUNCILMAN TREVINO MADE IT HAPPEN. I MEAN, THAT IS THAT GUY BEAT THE DRUM OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL ALL OF US SAID, FINE, WE'LL DO IT. GEEZ. RIGHT? AND, UH, AND ROBERTO, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING IT. AND, UH, AND IT'S COMING OUT RIGHT, BECAUSE COUNCILWOMAN ADRIAN ROCHA, UM, DECIDED TO TAKE THIS VERY, THIS THIS MANDATE VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. AND I THINK, I THINK YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER A, A, A GOOD PROGRAM. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE, THE FINAL PROGRAM WE'VE PUT TOGETHER. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT ALL OF OUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE, ARE AT LEAST SEEM TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. AND AS I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE WORKING ON THIS, I, I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT, BOY, I SURE WISH I HAD THIS INFORMATION WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED FOUR YEARS AGO. UH, AND I THINK ALL OF US AS COUNCIL, PROBABLY, UNLESS YOU WERE MAYBE A COUNCIL AIDE FOR A WHILE, WHICH I KNOW A COUPLE OF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN, UH, I THINK ALL OF US WERE WONDERING, WHAT DO WE DO? YOU KNOW, WHO DO WE HIRE? WHAT IS THEIR JOB? UH, HOW MUCH DO I PAY THEM? WHAT, WHAT ARE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES? YOU KNOW, NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS NEVER KNEW THAT UNLESS FOR SOME REASON THEY HAD HAD SOME KIND OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE. AND I THINK ALL OF US ARE RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT CONTINUES TO BENEFIT THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT I THINK THIS WILL MAKE IT, UH, MUCH MORE [04:55:01] EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE FOR EVERY NEW COUNCIL MEMBER GOING FORWARD. THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS HIRE PEOPLE TO HELP YOU. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DO IT ALONE. AND THIS IS, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT GUIDE BECAUSE IT OFFERS JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND SALARY RANGES AND, AND IT REALLY GIVES YOU A, A FEEL FOR HOW PEOPLE CAN HELP ME, WHAT THEY CAN DO, WHAT I NEED IN A WAY OF TOOLS TO DO MY JOB. SO I'M VERY, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I THINK IT'S GREAT. UH, I WISH EVERY NEW COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE FUTURE WELL, WITH HAVING THIS AS A TOOL. AND OF COURSE, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERY NEW HIRE SO THAT THEY NOW KNOW WHAT THEIR JOB ARE, JOBS ARE, AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR FUTURE COULD BE IN WORKING WITH THE CITY. I KNOW THE CITY HAS ALWAYS WANTED, WANT TO BE AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE, AND I THINK THIS ADDS TO, UH, THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO I WAS PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS AND I CERTAINLY SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. AND WOW, UH, THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THINGS I WAS GONNA SAY BECAUSE I DID THE SAME THING WHEN I CAME ON BOARD. UH, RELIED HEAVILY ON MY CHIEF OF STAFF. UH, BUT I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, UH, FOR THE EMPLOYEES. THEY, THEY HAVE SOME SECURITY WITH HEALTH BENEFITS. AND THEN FOR THOSE, AND I DISAGREE WITH MY OTHER COLLEAGUE, ONE PERSON DOWN FROM ME SAYING THAT THESE AREN'T CAREERS, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THIS JOB THEIR CAREER. I THINK, UH, THE LONGEST SERVING HAS OVER 20 YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS A COUNCIL AID. I MEAN, TO ME, THAT'S A CAREER. AND THAT PERSON, ALONG WITH OTHERS THAT HAVE LONGER, UH, PERIODS OF TIME, YOU KNOW, THEY MOVE FROM COUNCIL OFFICE TO COUNCIL OFFICE, BUT THIS IS A PROTECTION FOR THEM, THAT IT CAN BE A CAREER FOR THEM. AND, UM, I, I FULLY SUPPORT THAT. AND, UH, UH, I KNOW WHENEVER I LEAVE THIS POSITION HERE, I'M GONNA MAKE IT MY MISSION TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT MY STAFF HAS A PLACE TO GO IN A COUNCIL AID POSITION IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO DO THAT. SO I, I FULLY SUPPORT THAT. IT'S A GREAT CAREER AND A GREAT STEPPING STONE ALSO IF THEY WANNA MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE WITHIN THE CITY OR IN A POLITICAL TYPE SUPPORT POSITION. SO ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THIS IS GREAT AND, UM, UH, I FULLY SUPPORT IT. AND BEN, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR WORKING THIS. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, VOTE ON IT, SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE OR WHATEVER. I, I THINK THIS IS GREAT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TREVINO. UM, ONE QUESTION THAT I DO HAVE, AND, AND IT'S A QUESTION THAT A LOT OF THE STAFF AS IS WHAT IS GONNA BE THE DIFFERENCE IF WE ARE ON ONBOARDING NEW EMPLOYEES AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD? UM, AND SO IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK TO THAT PROCESS, UM, I THINK IT'LL BE BENEFICIAL. SURE. SO AS, AS YOU ALL MOVE FORWARD AND YOU'RE HIRING A NEW EMPLOYEE, WE WOULD BE FOLLOWING THAT SAME PRACTICE THAT WE HAVE ON THE CIVILIAN SIDE. UM, SO, UM, AS YOU SLOT THEM OR HIRE THEM FOR A POSITION, WE WOULD BE, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THEIR EDUCATION, THEIR EXPERIENCE, AND BASED ON THAT, YOU WOULD HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY SHOULD BE WITHIN THE RANGE OF THE POSITION YOU'RE SEEKING TO HIRE THEM FOR. UM, I'M NOT COMPLETELY FAMILIAR WITH HOW IT'S DONE TODAY, UM, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA CHANGE A WHOLE LOT. IT'S SIMPLY JUST GONNA BE DONE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE L G C. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. AND, UH, MY THANKS TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, AS WELL AS CITY STAFF, HAVE SPENT, UH, A, A NUMBER OF HOURS, UH, WORKING THROUGH THIS. SO WE DO HAVE, UH, A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL, UH, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP ITEMS 31 A AND 30 B, 31 B. UH, SO THERE'S A MOTION AND APPRO AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE ITEMS, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. [31C. 21-3854 Organizational Meeting of the City of San Antonio Council Aides Corporation including approval of Bylaws and approval of the Interlocal Agreement on behalf of the Corporation.] AT THIS TIME, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WILL RE, WILL RECESS AND CONVENE AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CI, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, COUNCIL AIDS CORPORATION TO CONSIDER THE NEXT ITEM, 31 C. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE CAPTION? ITEM 31 C IS AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, COUNCIL AIDS CORPORATION, INCLUDING APPROVAL OF THE BYLAWS AND APPROVAL OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CORPORATION. OKAY. UH, I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS ALREADY. UM, AT LENGTH THERE IS NO PRESENTATION, UH, AND AT THIS TIME NO DISCUSSION. SO I'LL [05:00:01] ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, FOR 31 C. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION BY ROZI GARCIA, THE SECOND BY, UM, SANDOVAL, I BELIEVE. AND, UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT. AT THIS TIME, UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, COUNCIL AIDS CORPORATION WILL ADJOURN. UH, THE TIME IS 2:20 PM ON THIS THURSDAY, MAY 20TH, 2021. AND, UH, WE WILL RECONVENE AS THE CITY COUNCIL. CONSIDER THE BALANCE OF THE AGENDA. UH, AND WE HAVE NOW OUR ZONING CASES. SO [Items P-1 & Z-3] WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM ITEM Z THREE AND P ONE. ITEM Z THREE AND P ONE IS AMENDING THE GREATER BELLEVUE AREA COMMUNITY PLAN FROM PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL FROM MF 33 TO C TWO SS WITH THE SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A CAR WASH LOCATED AT 1846 BASSEY ROAD. STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIALS 21 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND TWO OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND IF I MAY JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO, TO, UH, AS I DID, AS I MENTIONED, I DIDN'T THINK, UH, A COMMUNITY REGARDING, UH, A ZONING CASE EARLIER, SO I'LL GET TO IT. I JUST, I JUST WANNA TAKE A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE, UH, REGARDING, UM, AN ITEM EARLIER. IT WAS, UH, Z TWO AND IT'S JUST THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS FOR YEARS MADE EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THIS SPACE IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF MS. LIZ, LIZ DAVIES, THE FIRST PRESIDENT ON RECORD FOR THEIR ASSOCIATION. I'D LIKE TO THANK LONGTIME RESIDENT MR. WILLIAM LAMBERT FOR FILING THE HISTORIC APPLICATION AND BEACON HILL FOR THEIR PERSEVERANCE. I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT, HAVE SUPPORTED SINCE WE VOTED, UH, THE LEGACY OF MS. DAVIES COMMUNITY ADVOCACY, A TRADITION THAT CLEARLY STILL RUNS STRONG IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I WANNA THANK THEM. UH, OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE ON Z THREE. UM, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE ON THIS CASE, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT THE PROJECT FITS INTO THE COMMUNITY AND HAS NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTIONS PLANNED BEFORE MOVING FORWARD? I MOTION TO CONTINUE THE CASE FOR TWO WEEKS TO JUNE 3RD MEETING. SECOND. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z THREE AND P ONE TO JUNE 3RD. UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. I MOTION CARRIES ITEMS [Z-9. 21-3632 ZONING CASE Z-2021-10700023 (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-3NA MLOD-2 MLR-2 AHOD" General Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C-3 MLOD-2 MLR-2 AHOD" General Commercial Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District on 0.0361 acres out of NCB 11155, located at 3822 Pleasanton Road. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from April 15, 2021 hearing)] Z NINE AND Z 10 ITEM Z OH, I'M SORRY, JUST Z NINE. Z NINE, SORRY. ITEM Z NINE IS A REZONING FROM C THREE NA TO C THREE, LOCATED AT 38 22 PLEASANTON ROAD. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. FIVE. NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. COUNCILMAN VERAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS CASE, WE CON I CONTINUED IT FROM LAST MONTH AND WE HAVE SOME ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT STILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. UM, ALTHOUGH THE NO ALCOHOL DESIGNATION WOULD REMAIN ON THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY, THERE ARE NO ASSURANCES FROM FUTURE TENANTS OR PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THE RESTRICTION WOULD BE ADHERED TO. UM, WE WANT TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. WE REVIEWS SS A P D CALL DATA FROM THIS PAST YEAR IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF PLEASANTON AND MORRISON, AND SAW OVER 350 CALLS FOR SERVICE FROM AREA RESIDENTS DURING A PANDEMIC. THESE CALLS RANGED FROM MAJOR AND MINOR ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC RELATED CALLS, BURGLARY, THEFT, AND EVEN PUBLIC INTOXICATION. THE NA WAS ADDED IN 2010 TO THIS LOCATION, SO THERE IS STILL MORE WORK TO BE DONE AND I WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE FOR TWO WEEKS TILL JUNE 3RD. SECOND. OKAY, THERE WAS A MOTION, UH, BY VIA GRANT, A SECOND BY ROCHA GARCIA FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS OR ITEMS Z NINE TO JUNE 3RD. HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM [Z-10. 21-3592 ZONING CASE Z-2021-10700039 (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C-1 AHOD" Light Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District to "MXD AHOD" Mixed Use Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot P-1, NCB 10880, located in the 3500 block of Goliad Road. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] Z 10. ITEM Z 10 IS A REZONING FROM C ONE TO M X D LOCATED AT 3,500 BLOCK OF GDD ROAD STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 25 NOTICES MAILED SIX IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRANT. THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANNA THANK THE APPLICANT FOR WORKING WITH THE BROOKSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD [05:05:01] ASSOCIATION ON A SET SET OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THEY HAVE PROPOSED THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. DE I WANT TO ENTER THESE DEEDED RESTRICTIONS INTO THE RECORD RIGHT NOW, MADAM CLERK, UM, AT THIS TIME. SO THEY'RE RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND ADDITIONALLY, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC WORKS STAFF IS GOING TO BE A CONTINUOUSLY IN CONVERSATION WITH THE APPLICANTS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS SECTION OF GOLIAD HAS HAD SOME ONGOING SPEEDING AND TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE AREA. AND I KNOW A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS HAS BEEN DONE, BUT WE KNOW THAT AS THINGS GROW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE PER STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z 10 WITH DEED RESTRICTIONS NOTED IN THE RECORD HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THAT'S THE BALANCE OF OUR BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY. [33. 21-3679 City Manager's Report] IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR. JUST A COUPLE QUICK ITEMS, UH, JUST TO LET THE MAYOR COUNCIL KNOW. I'M SURE YOU SAW THE EMAIL I SENT ON LAST FRIDAY, BUT LAST THURSDAY WHEN WE WERE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE C D C BASED ON IMPROVING C OVID 19 NUMBERS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE US MODIFIED ITS MASS GUIDELINES, AND WE STARTED RECEIVING INQUIRIES ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE OFFICE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. UM, I WANTED TO GET THE GUIDANCE OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION AND NOT LEAVE IT UP TO ANY SORT OF, UH, INTERPRETATION. WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE LAST 14 MONTHS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CLEARLY COMMUNICATING, UH, UH, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. UM, AFTER DISCUSSING WITH DR. BRIDGER METRO HEALTH, THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, UH, I DECIDED THAT CITY EMPLOYEES AND CITY FACILITIES WOULD FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE, UH, BASED, UH, ISSUED BY THE C D C. LEMME MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR. UH, THE GUIDANCE DOES NOT SAY THAT NO ONE HAS TO WEAR A MASK. UH, MY DIRECTION TO THE ORGANIZATION WAS THAT IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED, YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF NOT WEARING A MASK. UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN VACCINATED, THEN WE'RE RECOMMENDING YOU WEAR A MASK. UH, AND I AM CONTINUING TO TRUST THAT THE EMPLOYEES WILL CONTINUE TO USE GOOD JUDGMENT AND BE CONSIDERATE OF THEIR FELLOW EMPLOYEES. UM, I HAVE BEEN CARRYING AROUND A MASK AND WEARING IT, DEPENDING ON WHO I'M ENGAGING WITH, THEN I'M ASKING EMPLOYEES TO DO THE SAME THING. SO IT IS A CERTAIN, CERTAINLY A LITTLE BIT OF A, A CHANGE IN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN USED TO. THERE ARE SOME AREAS IN THE ORGANIZATION THAT ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT, THAT MASK REQUIREMENTS ARE STILL IN PLACE. UH, FIRE STATIONS, BECAUSE THEY'RE CONGREGATE SETTINGS, UH, THE AIRPORT BECAUSE OF FEDERAL RULES, UH, OUR HEALTH CLINICS, OUR DETENTION CENTER, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA FINISH OUT PRE-K FOR SA WITH MASKS. SO I KNOW THE GOVERNOR MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS EARLIER IN THE YEAR, EARLIER IN THE WEEK. UH, BUT OUR PRE-K FOR, UH, SA UH, CENTERS, UH, ARE CATEGORIZED UNDER THE DAYCARE RULES STATEWIDE. SO, UH, JUST TO KIND OF RECAP, WE, WE HAVE, UH, ALSO SEEN A POSITIVITY RATE OF BELOW 3% FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS. WE HAVE, UH, NEARLY A MILLION PEOPLE WITH AT LEAST ONE VACCINATION. AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE, IN THE, UM, IN THE, UH, UH, UH, VACCINATION REPORT THAT I'LL SEND OUT AT MY END OF DAY EMAIL, UH, 995,000. SO WE WILL HIT SOMEBODY WILL BE LUCK, LUCKY 1 MILLION NEXT WEEK WITH OUR VACCINE OR THIS WEEKEND BASED ON OUR EVENTS. UM, AND WE HAVE, UH, AS A COMMUNITY, THE FEWEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE, UH, IN THE HOSPITAL FOR COVID IN OVER A YEAR. UM, SO I AM GONNA CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE AND, UM, MAKE, UH, AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES, UH, THE ABILITY TO GET VACCINATED, BOTH ON DUTY TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. UM, SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL. UM, AND, UM, IN ADDITION, UH, YOU SAW ANDY'S EMAIL EARLIER IN THE WEEK BASED ON THE GOVERNOR'S, UM, UM, A CHANGE TO HIS DECLARATION ON THE MASKS. UM, NUMBER TWO, AND AND I WOULD ASK THAT MAYBE AT THE END, COUNCILMAN TRAVINO POINTED THAT POINTED THIS OUT LAST WEEK, BUT, UH, THIS WEEK IS PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, UM, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UM, FLOOD AWARENESS WEEK. AND, UM, I DID WANNA RECOGNIZE RAZZI RA'S BEEN SITTING HERE, UM, UM, FOR, UM, UH, BEING NAMED ENGINEER OF THE YEAR, UH, FOR THE TEXAS SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS. AND, UM, WE HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAINFALL, UM, OVER THE LAST WEEK, [05:10:01] WEEK AND A HALF. I DID WANNA SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT, UH, THE ITEM THAT YOU APPROVED, UM, ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO WITH THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY AND THE ABILITY TO MONITOR LOW WATER CROSSINGS, UH, WE HAVE, UM, ALREADY SEEN, UH, EARLY INFORMATION FROM THAT SYSTEM. AND, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ON THE, ON THE, UM, THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE THAT MEETS ON FRIDAYS THAT YOU'LL SEE US, UH, HAVING BE, UH, HAVING THE, THE ABILITY TO HAVE IS LOCALIZED TARGETED INFORMATION. AND, UM, IT'S A VERY POWERFUL TOOL. UH, PUBLIC WORKS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SARAH ARE, ARE CONTINUING TO TWEAK AND MAKE SURE THAT THE DATA'S ACCURATE, BUT IT'S REAL LIVE INFORMATION ABOUT WATER FLOW AND OUR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. AND SO IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF SOME, PROBABLY SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS A COMMITTEE, THE ABILITY TO SEND OUT TARGETED, LOCALIZED INFORMATION TO SPECIFIC PARTS OF TOWN OR THE ENTIRE CITY. SO, BUT I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE RAZZIE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR THE, UH, THE GREAT WORK THEY'VE DONE IN RECOGNIZING PUBLIC WORKS, UM, FOR, FOR THE CONTINUED EFFORT. SO, AND THEN FINALLY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM, YEAH, AND, AND RAZZIE ISS GONNA BE AVAILABLE FOR PICTURES AFTER CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. SO LASTLY, UH, YOU PROBABLY HAVE NOTICED IN THE LAST TWO YESTERDAY'S OPENING AND TODAY'S OPENING, UH, MICHELLE, UH, MICHELLE VI HILL FROM G P A, UM, DOING OUR SPANISH INTERPRETATION OPENING. UH, MICHELLE, UH, STARTED WITH THE CITY, UH, AT METRO HEALTH AT THE BEGINNING OF COVID, UM, ALL OF OUR, AND NOW SHE WORKS FOR G P A. UM, ALL OF OUR G P A STAFF HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY, UM, UM, OVER THE LAST YEAR. UM, AND MICHELLE HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE, BOTH AT METRO HEALTH AND THEN HER TRANSITION TO G P A. UM, AND HER ENTHUSIASM, ESPECIALLY, UH, WITH THE, UH, SPANISH SPEAKING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, WITH THE MEDIA IS, UM, UH, FORGIVE THE PUN, INFECTIOUS. AND, UM, LET'S, LET'S ROLL THE VIDEO. MICHELLE, WELCOME TO THE TEAM. IT'S THE, THERE YOU GO. I'M GLAD YOU'RE STILL HERE. LET'S RUN THE VIDEO. UH, SO TODAY WE ARE AT A MURAL UNVEILING IN THE HEART OF DISTRICT FIVE. WE PARTNERED WITH LOCAL ARTISTS TO BRING ART INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT SHARES A MESSAGE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING VACCINATED. ALL RIGHTY. OKAY. THANK YOU. BYE. WITH MICHELLE, I SEE THAT WITH REACHING SPANISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS AND DOING BEAUTIFUL EVENTS LIKE THIS, FOR HER, IT COMES NATURALLY TO RUN LOGISTICS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE, THE LOGO FROM THE STREET. THAT WHOLE ANTICIPATION OF WHAT IS NEEDED AND WHERE THINGS GO IS KEY TO LIKE HOW YOU'RE GONNA, HOW THE WHOLE EVENT'S GONNA BE. IS THERE SOMETHING IN THE WAY TO, IS THERE GRAFFITI? DO WE NEED TO CLEAN? HOW DO WE PREP THE LOCATION SO THAT IT'S READY AND NICE? WE SHOWED OUT, NOT YET. WE SHOWED UP ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE, UH, TO SCOUT THE AREA TO SEE WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE ARE GONNA PARK. 'CAUSE WE HAD A GIANT DIGITAL TRUCK. SO WHERE DO WE PUT THE TRUCK? DO WE NEED TO COVER ANYTHING? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, NEEDS A LITTLE, A LITTLE BEAUTIFYING? SO YEAH, WE CLEANED, GOT THE GRAFFITI OUT, BRUSH CLEANUP, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WE DO IS VERY HIGH QUALITY AND PRESENTABLE BECAUSE WE'RE REPRESENTING OUR CITY. WE TRY TO ANTICIPATE EVERYONE'S NEEDS. UM, AND WE WATCH, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE SURE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT THINGS ARE READY. AND WHEN IT'S SHOWTIME, IT'S SHOWTIME. GREAT. MY MOTHER'S AN IMMIGRANT, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IF I CAN UTILIZE MY LANGUAGE SKILLS TOO, BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE THEM IN WHAT WE'RE DOING AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT. SHE'S JUST ON IT IN CONTROL, CALM AND ALWAYS SMILING, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE WORKING ON SUCH STRESSFUL STUFF, TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT MAKES YOU LAUGH IS THE BEST ASSET IN A TEAM. I'M LIKE, DO WE NEED CHEERLEADERS OR POMPOMS OR ANYTHING? YES. WHY MAKE LIFE HARDER? LIFE IS HARD, EVEN IF IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU LAUGHED FOR 20 MINUTES AND YOU HAD A GOOD TIME, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN REALLY FIX YOUR DAY. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. YES. GREAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU ERIC. AND, UH, WELCOME TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE, MICHELLE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, AND THANK YOU ERIC. CONGRATULATIONS RAZZI, UM, VERY WELL DESERVED. AND MICHELLE, CONGRATULATIONS. I REMEMBER HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THE MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMISSION AND TO SEE YOU JUST BE ELEVATED IN ALL OF THE THINGS YOU DO. UM, CONGRATULATIONS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. UM, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO ON A DAILY BASIS SOMETIMES IS TO SUFFER IN THE SUFFER IN SILENCE. SO THIS MONTH IS [05:15:01] NATIONAL LUPUS AWARENESS MONTH, AND TOMORROW I'M ASKING ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, I'M ASKING MY FRIENDS, MY FAMILY, AND EVERYONE TO SUPPORT, UH, THE LONE STAR CHAPTER OF THE LUPUS FOUNDATION. UH, IT IS A GROUP THAT IS TRULY WORKING TO BRING AWARENESS TO WHAT LUPUS IS AND HOW PEOPLE SUFFER. UM, A LOT OF TIMES YOU DON'T SEE IT. IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE DISEASES THAT WILL ATTACK WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GONNA ATTACK. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA ATTACK. THERE'S DIFFERENT FORMS OF LUPUS, SO YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE SYSTEMIC OR IF IT'S GONNA BE REALLY SET TO ONE SPECIFIC AREA OF YOUR BODY. AND SO, AS WE KNOW, A LOT OF OUR TIME IS SPENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO IF YOU WOULD TAKE A PICTURE IN YOUR, UH, PURPLE HAT OR PURPLE LIPSTICK OR PURPLE SHIRT AND JUST STAND WITH US. AND THE HASHTAG WE ASK THAT YOU USE IS HASHTAG PUT ON PURPLE. AND SO THAT IS WHY I'M WEARING PURPLE TODAY AS A SURVIVOR, AS A FIGHTER. AND I JUST ASK THAT, UM, MY CITY AND MY COLLEAGUES STAND WITH US AS WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT THIS BATTLE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA. YES. UH, CONGRATULATIONS, MICHELLE. WELL DONE. UH, AND ANDY, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ORDER. SO CAN I STILL HAVE, UH, TO, TO ASK PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR TEMPERATURE BEFORE THEY COME INTO OUR FIELD OFFICE, BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOME GREAT MACHINES, , AND I MEAN, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO USE THEM. I THINK THAT'S MORE OF AN ERIC QUESTION IN THAT IT, IT, IT'S PART OF THE POLICY WE HAVE IN TERMS OF THE CITY FACILITIES. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE, THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER DIDN'T TALK ABOUT TEMPERATURE TAKE TAKE, BECAUSE ONE, I WOULD, I MEAN, I, ONE, I WAS ERIC, I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT WE WEREN'T STILL DOING THAT HERE IN OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS, THAT VISITORS COME IN, UH, BECAUSE THOSE ARE MACHINES, NICE, GOOD MACHINES THAT WE COULD STILL USE. SO I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT THAT DECISION WAS MADE WITHOUT AT LEAST GIVING US A HEADS UP PRIOR TO. BUT TWO, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD PUT THESE, CONTINUE SOME OF THESE IN, IN OUR FIELD OFFICES JUST FOR THAT EXTRA SENSE OF ASSURANCES. I GUESS, YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, UM, WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TEMPERATURE, UM, TAKING AND WHETHER OR NOT IT IS REALLY, UM, THAT IT, UH, LESS THAN 50% OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE, HAVE GOTTEN COVID HAD ANY SORT OF TEMPERATURE SPIKE. SO REALLY THE EFFICACY OF WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS A GOOD SCREENING TOOL WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT INTERNALLY. AND I THINK IF YOU'VE BEEN, IF YOU'VE WATCHED IF TV OR C N N I MEAN THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S BEEN PART OF THE DEBATE, UM, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO USE IT AS AN ADDED FEATURE. UM, ULTIMATELY I THINK THAT THERE, UH, AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. UH, THE CONVENTION CENTER, UH, WAS TALKING TO A POTENTIAL CLIENT WHO WANTS THAT. THEY, THEY WANT TO DO IT. AND, AND, AND, AND JUST LIKE IF, UH, PRE COVID, IF THE CLIENT WANTS THE TABLES SET UP A CERTAIN WAY, THEN, THEN WE'LL SET UP THOSE TABLES A CERTAIN WAY. SO WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA TRY TO FIND A USE FOR THOSE THINGS. UM, BUT I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC YOU WANNA DO AT THE FIELD OFFICE AND, AND TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RINE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANKS FOR THE, UH, UPDATE. ERIC, I, I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU, UM, A FEW DAYS AGO, BUT WHEN THE C D C ORDER CAME OUT OR THE C D C RECOMMENDATIONS CAME OUT AND THE CITY'S MEMO, UH, CAME OUT, I WAS, I WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT SEND THE MESSAGE THAT, THAT THE PANDEMIC IS OVER, UH, ESPECIALLY AMONG PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE VACCINATED YET. SO I JUST WANT US TO, TO BE CAUTIOUS THAT, UH, THE PANDEMIC IS, IS NOT OVER. UH, WHILE OUR NUMBERS ARE LOWER, UH, THERE IS OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE EVERY DAY. THERE ARE OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE AND SOMETIMES MORE EVERY DAY WHO ARE STILL, UH, TESTING POSITIVE. OUR HOSPITALS, FORTUNATELY ARE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT CAPACITY, BUT WE STILL HAVE PROBABLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST, UH, WHAT THEY CALL CASE FATALITY RATES FOR THE CASES HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY. IN OTHER WORDS, PEOPLE WHO GET COVID IN BEXAR COUNTY ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF IT THAN PEOPLE WHO GET COVID IN OTHER COUNTIES IN TEXAS. SO EVERY CASE IS, IS IMPORTANT HERE. SO I JUST WANNA BE MINDFUL THAT WE SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE THAT WE ARE STILL TO BE CAREFUL, UH, ABOUT IT. AND, UH, COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS [05:20:01] FOR FIESTA AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE IT? SO, UH, FIESTA RIGHT NOW, UM, IS SCHEDULED, UM, I BELIEVE ON JUNE 21ST, MID-JUNE. UM, AND RIGHT NOW FIESTA IN, IN THEIR COORDINATION WITH METRO HEALTH AS WELL AS THEIR OWN, UM, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS THAT THEY BROUGHT ON, UH, TO, UH, ADVISE THEM, UH, RIGHT NOW IS SCHEDULED TO GO ON WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT OCCUPANCY, UM, UTILIZING THE C D C GUIDANCE THAT WAS ISSUED AS WELL. UM, UM, WHICH SUGGESTS SIMILAR TO WHAT, AS I DISCUSSED WITH THE CITY FACILITIES AND CITY EMPLOYEES, THAT IF YOU'VE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED, UM, THAT YOU, UM, YOU, YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF NOT WEARING A MASK. UM, THERE, THERE IS ONE OTHER EXCEPTION IN THE C D C GUIDANCE WHERE THEY ARE ADVISING IF YOU ARE IN CROWDED SITUATIONS, REGARDLESS OF YOUR, UH, VACCINATION STATUS, THAT, UH, YOU SHOULD WEAR A MASK. SO THAT, THAT, I BELIEVE THE FIESTA COMMISSION WILL BE TAKING THAT SAME APPROACH, UH, CONSISTENT WITH THE C D C GUIDANCE. HOW CAN WE KNOW FOR SURE, SHOULD WE JUST REACH OUT TO THEM DIRECTLY TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE, I I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I'LL INCLUDE THAT AT THE END OF DAY REPORT THAT INCLUDED WITH OR MY END OF DAY EMAIL. UH, THAT'LL INCLUDE THE IMMUNIZATION REPORT. WE'LL, WE'LL INCLUDE THAT IN THERE FOR, FOR EACH OF Y'ALL. UM, THANK YOU. AND, UH, JUST A COUPLE MORE COMMENTS, UH, ABOUT THAT. JUST A REMINDER TO, TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, CITY STAFF AND MANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITY IN OUR AREA PUT TOGETHER AN ORGANIZATION CALLED, UH, THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE AND EQUITY COALITION TO HELP US DEAL WITH, UH, THE COVID IMPACTS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY'RE A DIVERSE GROUP OF, OF INDIVIDUALS, UM, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF WONDERFUL ADVICE ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS C O V I D IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE RECOVER FROM IT. SO I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU THAT THEY ARE THERE AS A RESOURCE, AND WHENEVER WE MAKE, UH, YOU KNOW, ANNOUNCEMENTS LIKE THIS, I THINK WE, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE DO HAVE THAT RESOURCE. UH, PEOPLE LIKE DR. KIAN AND DR. BARBARA TAYLOR ARE, ARE THE CO-CHAIRS OF THAT. AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF, UM, OF ADVICE AND INSIGHT TO, TO SHARE WITH US. UM, LASTLY, ERIC, MY, MY, I'M ALSO A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES, OF COURSE. UM, YOU'RE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO REQUIRE THEM OR TO, TO WEAR MASKS, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT THE VACCINATION RATE AMONG OUR EMPLOYEES THAT, THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT IN CONGREGATE SETTINGS. YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE KNOW, BUT WE HAVE MADE, UM, WE HAVE MADE NUMEROUS, UM, OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES TO GO ON DUTY, ON CITY TIME TO GET VACCINATED. WE'VE DONE, UM, WE'VE ALSO ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO, UH, RETIRED CITY EMPLOYEES AS WELL TO MAKE TIME AVAILABLE. UM, UM, ANECDOTALLY, UM, AS I VISIT WITH EMPLOYEES, UM, UM, NORTH OF 80%, UH, THAT I'VE ENGAGED WITH, UM, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT BEN AND MARIA DOWNTOWN, UM, UH, OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES, UM, HAVE, UH, AT LEAST TOLD ME BECAUSE I'VE INQUIRED. 'CAUSE I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'VE GOT, UM, KIND OF A FEELING FROM THE REST OF THE ORGANIZATION. WE'VE NOT REQUIRED THAT YET. UM, AND YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, I'M SURE THAT YOU'VE ALL SEEN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN DOWN THE ROAD. IS IT A REQUIREMENT? YOU KNOW, PRE COVID HOSPITALS REQUIRED EMPLOYEES TO GET THE FLU SHOT, AND IF YOU DIDN'T GET THE FLU SHOT, YOU HAD TO WEAR A MASK FOR, FOR INSTANCE. UM, AND I THINK A LOT OF EMPLOYERS WILL BE, UH, LOOKING AT THAT DOWN THE ROAD. RIGHT NOW. IT'S ABOUT ENCOURAGING, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE VACCINATION. AND, AND YOU WILL BE IMPRESSED WITH THE LIST THAT THAT'S IN THE IMMUNIZATION REPORT TODAY, BECAUSE THE LEVEL OF COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CITY, WHICH IS METRO HEALTH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, U I W, THE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AND WELLMED, AND THE NUMBER OF MOBILE, UM, VACCINATION, UH, EVENTS THAT ARE SCHEDULED, UH, AND UPCOMING IS, UH, IS AN IMPRESSIVE LIST. AND, AND THAT'S THE NEW FRONTIER THAT WE'LL ALL BE DEALING WITH AND TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE. THANKS ERIC. AND LASTLY, THANK YOU TO YOU AND ALL THE STAFF BECAUSE WE ARE MOVING ON MONDAY INTO OUR NEW, UH, OUR NEW LOCATION. SO THANKS A LOT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, AND UM, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. THANKS FOR THAT. LOOK, MAYOR . UM, SO ERIC, UH, I THINK I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW MANY CITY EMPLOYEES ARE VACCINATED. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN, I MEAN, WE KNEW HOW MANY CITY EMPLOYEES WERE WITH C O V I D, BUT I THINK AS PART OF THE REPORT OUT AND BEING, DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE, AND MAYBE EVEN, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS YOUR DECISION OR IF IT'S A POLICY CONVERSATION [05:25:01] FOR THE COUNCIL OF MAKING THAT DECISION OF WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO, UM, REQUIRE VACCINES OR NOT IN THE FUTURE. UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD. UH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION COUNCILWOMAN, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT EMPLOYEES TO THINK THAT THE CITY MANAGERS CREATED A LIST OF PEOPLE. UM, AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT. UM, AND, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE WITHIN THE MESS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. UM, I THINK AT SOME POINT WE'RE GONNA BE THERE. UM, I THINK A LOT OF BIG COMPANIES THAT THE DELTA C E O ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK OR EARLIER THIS WEEK, THAT EVERY NEW EMPLOYEE WILL BE VACCINATED, MUST BE VACCINATED. AND SO WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE, MORE EMPLOYERS DOING THAT. BUT, UM, I WOULD BE CONCERNED THAT WE WOULD, UH, MAYBE BE CREATING SOME ARTIFICIAL PRESSURE ON EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT AND TALK TO ANDY AND LIZ AND, AND HR. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. OKAY. UH, TIME IS, AND CONGRATULATIONS, RAZZY DESERVE A, A, A HEARTY ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK EVERY DAY. ALL RIGHT? BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT IS 2:47 PM WE HAVE POWERED THROUGH, AND THE ONLY THING THAT'S STANDING BETWEEN US AND LUNCH IS ME SAYING ADJOURNED. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. * 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.