* 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. [00:00:18] INTERPRETERS. ANTONIO, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE HAVE GOTTEN UP AND RUNNING NOW, UH, IF I CAN ASK EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBERS TO PLEASE TAKE THEIR SEATS, UH, AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL. PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. I'M SORRY. WE WERE DEALING WITH A COUPLE OF AV, UH, ISSUES THAT WE HAD IRONED OUT. UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THE TIME IS 9:18 AM ON THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2021. UH, THIS IS THE FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE 20 21 20 23 CITY COUNCIL. SO WELCOME, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL. UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED NOW. UH, FIRST WITH A ROLL CALL, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO HARTA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AND MAYOR NUREMBERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALRIGHT, AND GOOD MORNING AGAIN, EVERYONE. UH, AT 9:18 AM WE'RE CALLING THE COUNCIL A SESSION TO ORDER. UH, THE FIRST, UM, FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, [1. 21-4247 Invocation] THOUGH, IS BEGIN WITH IDENTIFICATION. IT GIVES ME GREAT HONOR, UH, TO INVITE AND TO RECOGNIZE, UH, JESSICA KEMP, WHO WAS BORN IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, TO REVEREND DR. KENNETH AND VELMA WILLOUGHBY CLIMP, BORN TO A STRONG CHRISTIAN FAMILY. JESSICA GREW UP KNOWING THAT GOD IS HER SOURCE AND STRENGTH, EXCEPT IN CHRIST AT A YOUNG AGE. JESSICA DEVELOPED HER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH THE HELP OF HER PARENTS, EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS, AND HER EXPERIENCES WITHIN THE YOUTH DEPARTMENT OF ANTIOCH, BI MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, AND ANTIOCH BABY. JESSICA PARTICIPATED IN MULTIPLE YOUTH ACTIVITIES, BUT FOUND HER VOICE IN THE YOUTH CHOIR. JESSICA SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF YOUTH CHOIR FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS AND ACCEPTED HER CALL TO PREACHING MINISTRY ON OCTOBER 27TH, 2020, 2013, AT ANTIOCH MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2014, JESSICA PREACHED HER FIRST SERMON AND WAS LICENSED BY HER FATHER, REVEREND DR. KENNETH KEMP, PASTOR OF ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. JESSICA GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON AND GEORGE W TRUET, THEO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN BAYLOR UNIVERSITY IN WACO, TEXAS, WHERE JESSICA OBTAINED THE MASTERS OF DIVINITY WITH A CONCENTRATION IN THEOLOGY. SHE WAS APPOINTED MINISTER OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN 2016 IN ANTIOCH, AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS MINISTER OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND YOUNG ADULTS. SHE ALSO SERVES AS A DIRECTOR OF NEW PSALM CHOIR AND A QUARTERLY SATURDAY SERVICE CALLED RECHARGE. IN 2020, JESSICA FOUNDED CHURCH GIRL MINISTRIES, L L C, THE CONSULTING AND ITINERANT PREACHING AND TEACHING MINISTRY THAT SERVE, THAT STRIVES TO SUPPORT CHURCHES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. JESSICA BELIEVES STRONGLY THAT HER CALL TO PREACH THE GOSPEL AND SING TO GOD HER SCRIPTURE OF, OF STRENGTH IS THIS SEASON. IN THIS SEASON IS ROMANS ONE 16 THROUGH 17. FOR I'M NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, FOR IT IS THE POWER OF GOD AND TO SALVATION AND TO EVERYONE THAT BELIEVETH TO THE JEW FIRST. ALSO TO THE GREEK, THEREIN IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD REVEALED FROM FAITH TO FAITH. AS IT IS WRITTEN, THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH. AND IF ANYONE HAS NOT YET HEARD, UH, REVEREND JESS KEMP PREACH BEFORE YOU'RE MISSING OUT. SHE IS ONE OF THE POWERFUL NEW VOICES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND IT'S GREAT HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE. REVEREND KEMP. THANK YOU, MAYOR NIERENBERG. UH, LET US PRAY TOGETHER. OH, GRACIOUS, KIND AND LOVING GOD. HOW WE THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO GATHER IN THIS PLACE, ESPECIALLY ON THIS DAY WHERE WE LOOK WITH ANTICIPATION, UH, FOR WHAT WILL COME WITH THOSE WHO ARE JOINING OUR COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE ASK A SPECIAL BLESSING ON THIS NEW COUNCIL AS THEY COME TOGETHER, [00:05:01] UH, NOT JUST TO REPRESENT THEIR DISTRICTS, BUT TO REPRESENT THE ENTIRETY OF SAN ANTONIO. BRING ALL OF YOUR CHILDREN TO MIND AS THEY STAND AND THEY SERVE, AND THEY LEAD YOUR PEOPLE. AND RESPECT TO ALL FAITHS. I PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST MY SAVIOR. AMEN AND AMEN. THE REPUBLIC [2. 21-4248 Pledge of Allegiance] ONE NATION IN LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, REVEREND CHA. ALRIGHT. THE FIRST ITEM [3. 21-4264 Approval of Minutes from the City Council Meetings of May 13, 2021 and May 19, 2021] OF BUSINESS TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES, UH, FROM MAY 13TH AND MAY 19TH, 2021. UH, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, FOR THOSE MINUTES. I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MINUTES OF MAY 13TH AND MAY 19TH, 2021. ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. TODAY, UH, [Additional Item 1] WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, VERY HONORED GUESTS WITH US TODAY, AND I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND WE'VE GOT A FEW POINTS OF PRIVILEGE THAT WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE FOLKS. UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO START HERE. WE HAVE, UH, ONE OF OUR CULINARY ALL STARS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO IS HERE WITH US. AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE WORK SHE'S DONE, UH, RECENTLY ON TV. UH, CHEF KIRK IS, UH, BEING RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY FOR HER SKILLS IN THE CULINARY ARTS. SHE JUST WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP ON CHOPPED ON THE FOOD NETWORK. SO IT'S MY HONOR TO WELCOME JESSE KANDAL, ALSO KNOWN AS CHEF KIRK. TO COUNSEL TODAY FOR A SPECIAL RECOGNITION CHEF WON THE FOOD NETWORKS CHOPPED ON MAY 25TH EPISODE IN HIS FIRST CLASSICALLY TRAINED SA CHEF TO TAKE HOME THE TOP PRIZE. CHEF KIRK IS A LAREDO NATIVE, BUT HAS WORKED AS A PROFESSIONAL CHEF AT HOTEL HAVANA DOWNTOWN SINCE FEBRUARY, 2019. SHE'S, UH, ALSO THE NEWLY APPOINTED MILPA AND YARD SHOPPING COMPLEX, OR SHE NEWLY OPENED IT, I'M SORRY. UH, DURING THIS SHOW, CHEF KIRK WAS CHALLENGED WITH PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY THEMED INGREDIENTS AND WAS ABLE TO COOK HOT DOG QUESADILLAS 30 MINUTE, UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW TO PRONOUNCE THAT. AND, UH, PEANUT BUTTER CHURROS. YOU'LL HAVE TO TELL US WHAT THAT IS. CHEF. UH, CHEF, WE ARE SO PROUD OF THIS GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT, UH, THAT YOU BRING TO SAN ANTONIO. UH, AS A UNESCO CREATIVE CITY OF GASTRONOMY, WE CELEBRATE OUR CULINARY HERITAGE, WHICH IS INSPIRED BY CONFLUENCE OF CULTURES AND OUR LOCAL FOOD AND DRINK INDUSTRY WENT THROUGH A LOT THIS PAST YEAR, AS WE KNOW, UH, DURING C OVID 19. SO, I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK, UH, AND ALSO, UH, LET YOU KNOW HOW PROUD WE ARE TO RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF YOU AND THE TALENTED COLLEAGUES THAT YOU HAVE CHEFS AROUND THIS CITY WHO MAKE SAN ANTONIO SHINE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. UM, AND SO IT GIVES ME GREAT HONOR TO, TO READ THE CITATION CHEF KIRK, IN RECOGNITION OF WINNING SEASON 47 ON EPISODE 13 OF CHOPPED ON FOOD NETWORK. YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF MEXICAN CUISINE AND MOTHER'S INSPIRATION HELPED YOU CREATE A THREE COURSE PB AND J THEMED MEAL THAT INCLUDE HOTDOG QUESADILLAS, 30 MINUTE MOLE AND, AND PEANUT BUTTER CHURROS. THIS HONOR IS A TESTAMENT OF YOUR CULINARY AND CREATIVE SKILLS, AND IS TRULY WORTHY OF COMMENDATION. NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE CITY COUNCIL PROUDLY EXTEND OUR SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO CHEF KIRK ON THIS EX OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND OFFER BEST WISHES FOR MANY MORE YEARS OF SUCCESS. CONGRATULATIONS, CHEF KIRK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT, IT'S, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE FOR THE APPLAUDING AND JUST THE LOVE THAT I'M GETTING. UM, VERY, A LOT OF HARD WORK, DEDICATION, YOU KNOW, A GREAT TEAM BEHIND ME. AND OF COURSE, THE SUPPORT OF SOUTH TEXAS HAS REALLY, UH, EMBRACED ME THESE PAST FEW DAYS. AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE, YOU KNOW, FROM BEING A LAREDO NATIVE CITY COUNCILMAN MR. BRAVO OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, BEING A LAREDO NATIVE AS WELL, IT'S [00:10:01] A, IT'S BEATING THE ODDS OF COMING OUT FROM SOMEWHERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE AND COMING TO SAN ANTONIO AND IT BEING A CULINARY MELTING POT OF MEXICAN CUISINES, HONESTLY, UH, FROM BORDER TOWNS TO, OF COURSE, THE, JUST THE NATIVE STUFF THAT WE HAVE HERE, THE, THE CARNEGIE SALAD, THE TORTILLAS, AND THEN THE AUTHENTIC MEXICAN THAT WE ALSO BRING IN FROM MEXICO HAS JUST DEVELOPED MY CULINARY SKILLS TO WHAT IT IS NOW. SO, SAN ANTONIO, I EMBRACE YOU. UH, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR HALF OF MY LIFE AT THIS POINT. I REALLY FEEL THE LOVE SUPPORT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU, SHEP. UM, AND I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW, UH, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU RECOGNIZING ONE OF YOUR MENTORS, CHEF JOHNNY HERNANDEZ. UM, BUT IT HAS LONG BEEN OUR FEELING, I THINK, CITYWIDE THAT WE, WE DON'T, PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT OUR CULINARY SCENE. AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR NEW V S A C E O WHO'S COMMITTED TO REPRESENTING ALL CULINARY ARTS SCENE AROUND THE WORLD, UH, ESPECIALLY AS ONE OF ONLY TWO CITIES OF GASTRONOMY IN THE UNITED STATES. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND ALL YOUR COLLEAGUES AS WELL. I'M GONNA STEP OFF AND PRESENT YOU THIS. THANK YOU. ME. WE'LL DO OKAY. DO YOU WANT ME TO DO ONE OR CAN I DO ONE WITH MY FAMILY AS WELL? UM, I THINK, KNOW IF IT'S OKAY FROM THE FAMILY. OH, YEAH. DO ONE WITH YEAH, PLEASE. FAMILY. OKAY. DO ONE, ONE WITH THE FAMILY. WE'LL DO ONE THE FIRST, YOU AND THE MAYOR, AND THEN, UH, AND THEN THE FAMILY NUMBER. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. AND THANK YOU. SHYLA. 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY NICE MEETING YOU. AND I GOT YOU THE SHIRT. SO BRING ALL RIGHT. AND DON'T FORGET TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS. OKAY. UH, WE KNOW TOMORROW IS [Additional Item 2] ALSO GONNA MARK THE FIRST TIME IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY, UH, THAT THERE WILL BE AN OFFICIAL CITY HOLIDAY TO RECOGNIZE, UH, JUNETEENTH, UH, OSA'S FIRST HOLIDAY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, UH, OF THIS IMPORTANT DATE. THE SAN ANTONIO AFRICAN AMERICAN ARCHIVE IN MUSEUM'S, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DEBORAH OMA JARMIN, WILL BE IN CHAMBERS TO SAY A FEW WORDS. I THINK SHE'S HERE, UH, STILL. UH, AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS CLOSING ITS OFFICIAL OFFICES ON FRIDAY TO OBSERVE JUNETEENTH FORMALLY. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY EFFORTS TO GET THE CITY TO RECOGNIZE THIS KEY MILESTONE IN OUR HISTORY. AND MANY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE JUNETEENTH FREEDOM COALITION AND THE SAN ANTONIO JUNETEENTH ASSOCIATION HAVE LED OUR CELEBRATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS. LAST YEAR, NIKA CLEAVER CA GAVE US A FINAL PUSH WE NEEDED AND JOINED US AS WE READ A PROCLAMATION ADOPTING JUNETEENTH AS AN OFFICIAL CITY HOLIDAY. THERE ARE SEVERAL EVENTS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, AND I ENCOURAGE ALL IN ATTENDANCE TO OBSERVE. I PLAN TO SPEND SOME OF MY DAY DOING THAT. I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE, AS WELL AS REFLECTING ON THE ROLE THAT SLAVERY HAS PLAYED IN SETTING OFF CENTURIES OF RACIAL INEQUITIES, MANY OF WHICH WE ARE TASKED TO CONTINUE ADDRESSING IN OUR WORK. I'M ALSO PLANNING TO JOIN YOU IN CELEBRATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE MADE IN OUR CITY. MOST RECENTLY, OUR VERY OWN KERRY CLACK WAS RECENTLY AWARDED THE STAR OPINION WRITER OF THE YEAR. SO AS PART OF THIS OBSERVANCE, UH, WE SEE IT FITTING TO INVITE DEBORAH TO COME ON UP, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN ANTONIO AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY ARCHIVE AND MUSEUM, WHICH IS WORKING VERY HARD TO COLLECT AND SHARE THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN OUR REGION, AND SPECIFICALLY HOW THEY SHAPED OUR CITY. SO, WELCOME, DEBORAH. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, MAYOR NIRENBERG. AND WELCOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. SEPTEMBER 16TH, 1829. 1829. THE SECOND PRESIDENT OF MEXICO AND OF AFRICAN DESCENT, VICENTE RAMON GURA [00:15:01] SNIA ABOLISHED SLAVERY IN THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO. ALTHOUGH TEXAS AT THAT TIME WAS A PART OF MEXICO, SLAVERY CONTINUED TO EXIST IN 1860. PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR AND AFTER THE ADMITTANCE OF TEXAS INTO THE UNITED STATES, 1,365, ENSLAVED AFRICAN DESCENDANTS WERE REPORTED HERE IN BEAR COUNTY, ABOUT 10% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION AT THAT TIME. ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 1862, PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ISSUED THE PRELIMINARY EMANCIPATION PCL AFTER THE RETREAT OF THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS AT THE BATTLE OF ANTI ANTIETAM ON DECEMBER 31ST, 1882. THE FIRST WATCH MEETING WAS HELD AS THE ENSLAVED WAITED AND WATCHED WITH ANTICIPATION, THE SIGNING OF PROCLAMATION 95, OR THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. JANUARY 1ST, 1893, THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WAS ISSUED DECLARING THE LEGAL BASIS OF FREE PEOPLE, TWO FREE PEOPLE THAT WERE ENSLAVED IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES, AND IT ALLOWED THE ADMITTANCE OF FREEDMEN TO JOIN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY. IT IS ESTIMATED DURING THE CIVIL WAR, ABOUT 200,000 AFRICAN DESCENDANTS JOINED THE UNION ARMY. THE CIVIL WAR ENDED MAY 9TH, 1865, BUT THERE WAS STILL NO WORD IN TEXAS ABOUT FREEDOM FOR THE ENSLAVED UNTIL GENERAL GORDON GRANGER ARRIVED IN GALVESTON, TEXAS ON JUNE 19TH, 1865 AND READ GENERAL ORDER NUMBER THREE. HENCE JUNETEENTH. INTERESTING ENOUGH, JUNETEENTH IS CELEBRATED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TEXAS MEXICO BORDER. I STARTED THIS STORY TELLING YOU SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED IN MEXICO IN 18 29, 300 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST AFRICAN ESKO WAS REPORTED TO WALK THIS VERY LAND WE STAND ON TODAY. ENSLAVED AFRICANS IN TEXAS, LOUISIANA, AND ARKANSAS, OFTEN WENT SOUTH ACROSS THE RIO GRAND TO ESCAPE THEIR PLIGHT. A NUMBER OF THEM RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES, AND A NUMBER OF THEM STAYED IN MEXICO. AS WE HIGHLIGHT SAN ANTONIO'S RICH HERITAGE AND CULTURE, THE STORIES OF AFRICAN AND AFRICAN DESCENDANTS MUST BE INCLUDED IN OUR HISTORY. OUR MUSIC, FOOD, DANCE, ART AND HISTORY ARE WOVEN INTO THE NATIVE ROOTS OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH INCLUDES THE TEJANOS, THE NATIVE AMERICANS, AND AFRICAN DESCENDANTS. LET'S CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE WHOLE STORY. AND REMEMBER, AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY. THANK YOU. AND HAPPY JUNETEENTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DEBORAH, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU AND THE LEADERSHIP AND VOLUNTEERS AND DONORS OF SAY CAMM. UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UH, THAT IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION AND MISSION GROW IN SAN ANTONIO. UM, AND THANK YOU ALSO TO OUR MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA WHO HAVE BEEN PUBLISHING THE LIST OF JUNETEENTH EVENTS, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE DO, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL OUT THERE, UH, OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. MAYOR, JUST QUICKLY THANK YOU FOR RECOUNTING, UH, THE HISTORY OF OF AFRICAN AMERICANS OF TEXAS, OF OUR COUNTRY. I ALSO WANNA NOTE THAT JUST DAYS AGO, CONGRESS PASSED, UM, VOTED TO, TO MAKE JUNETEENTH THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY. SO THAT'S, I THINK WE'RE CELEBRATING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING UP AND PRESENTING. UM, THE SAN ANTONIO AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, UH, ARCHIVE AND MUSEUM HA HAS BEEN AROUND. UH, I'VE VISITED. IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO BECAUSE THEY TELL THE HISTORY OF WHAT, HOW SAN ANTONIO HAS WORKED TOWARDS EQUITY THIS WHOLE TIME AND, AND THE CRITICAL PIECES THAT THAT IS THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. UH, I THINK THAT THIS IS NEWSWORTHY [00:20:01] AND, UH, PLENTY, THERE'S PLENTY TO CELEBRATE. UH, I WAS TALKING TO MY KIDS ABOUT IT LAST NIGHT AND THE WORDS THAT THEY USED WERE, WELL, DAD, IT'S ABOUT TIME. UH, AND, UH, IT IS, IT'S ABOUT TIME. AND, UH, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, I, I AM CELEBRATING WITH YOU, I'M ALSO JUST SHAKING MY HEAD UP HERE THAT WE'VE GOT ONE OF SAN ANTONIO'S OWN CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES UP THERE THAT JUST COULDN'T MUSTER THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY. UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S ABLE TO WATCH THIS TODAY AND MAYBE ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, HE'LL, UH, HE'LL LOOSEN A LITTLE BIT OF THAT HEART AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JOIN THE SIDE OF LIGHT JUSTICE AND GOODNESS. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU, DEBORAH, UM, FOR SHARING THIS VERY IMPORTANT HISTORY. UM, AS MANY OF US KNOW, MOST OF US ARE NOT TAUGHT THIS IN SCHOOL. WE'RE NOT TAUGHT THAT FOR SO LONG, TEXAS HELD ON TO SLAVERY. AND SO IN KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU DO IN MAKING SURE THAT HISTORY IS FOREVER TOLD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, AND AGAIN, DEBORAH, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICE. AND NOW, UH, RECENTLY TAKING THE REINS OF SE A M. ALL RIGHT. UM, AND AS [Additional Item 3] SOME OF YOU NOTICED, WE HAVE SOME TALL RED PLUMES IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, TO SEE THEM FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS. SO I WANNA WELCOME THE COURT OF KING ANTONIO TO OUR CHAMBERS TODAY. UH, NEEDLESS TO SAY, UH, THIS HAS BEEN IN LONG AND, UH, DIFFICULT WAIT TO HAVE FIESTA HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AGAIN. UH, AND IT'S NOT AT THE TYPICAL TIME OF YEAR, UH, BUT IT IS ANTICIPATED AND WILL BE CELEBRATED NONETHELESS. AND SO WE APPRECIATE, UH, THE PERSISTENCE OF EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY TO GET US TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN SAFELY CONDUCT FIESTA. AND TONIGHT, HERE WE ARE. SINCE 1927, THE TEXAS CAVALIERS HAVE HONORED THE MEMORY OF OUR ALAMO HEROES KEEPING ALIVE, THE SPIRIT OF TEXAS HISTORY, AND THE PART OF SAN ANTONIO PLAYED IN THAT HISTORY. AND WHEREAS TO ACHIEVE THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL PURPOSES, THE TEXAS CAVALIERS CREATED KING ANTONIO TO DELIVER POSITIVE, HEALTHY MESSAGES TO LOCAL SCHOOL CHILDREN, REINFORCING THE VALUES OF EDUCATION AND SELF-RESPECT. AND WHEREAS PHIL BAKKE HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS THE YEARS KING ANTONIO 98, AND WILL REPRESENT THE TEXAS CAVALIERS AND GREET ALL ROYAL SUBJECTS AT CEREMONIES AND SPECIAL APPEARANCES, AND DISTRIBUTE CHARITABLE FUNDS DURING FIESTA 2021. AND WHEREAS KING ANTONIO WILL REIGN OVER THE TEXAS CAVALIERS RIVER PARADE THIS MONDAY, JUNE 21ST, 2021, AND PROVIDE MERRIMENT AND MIRTH ALONG THE BANKS OF OUR BEAUTIFUL SAN ANTONIO RIVER TO THOUSANDS OF OUR CITIZENS AND VISITORS. NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG MAYOR, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RECOGNIZES PHILIP BAKKE AS KING ANTONIO MAYOR RAIN ENHANCE THE MANY TRADITIONS OF THE TEXAS CAVALIERS. PHIL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. DELIGHTED TO BE HERE TODAY. COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE OUR COMMANDER, BART SIMPSON, WHO, UH, LED US THROUGH A CHALLENGING, UH, TIME AND, UH, WORKING WITH THE FIESTA COMMISSION. UH, WE'RE JUST SO THRILLED TO BE PUTTING ON THE TEXAS CAVALIERS, UH, RIVER PARADE MONDAY NIGHT, AND HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT THERE, UH, ALONG THE BANKS OF THE RIVER CELEBRATING WITH US AND, AND, UH, HELPING TO, UH, RESET FIESTA AND, UH, GETTING OUR CITY BACK TO NORMAL. AND, UH, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR, FOR YOUR DAILY UPDATES. I THINK IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY. I'VE HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER AND, UH, I THINK SAN ANTONIO'S BEEN A, A REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE, UH, OF HOW TO NAVIGATE THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT TIME, BUT TO EMERGE IN A STRONG AND POSITIVE WAY. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS FIESTA'S GONNA BE ALL ABOUT. SO REMEMBER THE ALAMO AND, UH, VIVA FIESTA. WE'D LIKE ALL OF THE, UH, ART CONTEST WINNERS TO, UH, TO NOW STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED. PLEASE STAND, DON'T FALL ASLEEP. NOW, WE'VE GOT CERTIFICATES FOR ALL OF YOU. AND, UH, I THINK EACH COUNCIL PERSON'S RECEIVED A, UH, A GIFT THAT IT INCLUDES ARTWORK FROM YOUR DISTRICT. UH, THE, UH, ART PROGRAM IS SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT WE PRODUCE EVERY YEAR, AND IT HELPS TO, UH, PROVIDE, UH, BADLY NEEDED, UH, FUNDS TO, UH, SCHOOL ART, UH, PROGRAMS. SO, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. AND, UH, VIVA FIESTA. VIVA. VIVA VIVA. ALRIGHT, PHIL, DON'T GO ANYWHERE. UM, WE DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. UH, AND AT THE END OF THAT, WE'LL GO DOWN AND TAKE SOME PICTURES WITH OUR AWARDEES AS WELL. YEAH, ONE OTHER [00:25:01] THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS, UH, SINCE THE LAST PARADE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT ABOUT $3.2 MILLION INTO CHILDREN'S CHARITIES HERE LOCALLY, UH, WHICH IS, UH, A CRITICAL PART OF OUR MISSION, AND WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THAT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. THANK YOU, PHIL. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU TO THE TEXAS CAVALIERS. I I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU. SO THE SUPPORT YOU GAVE THROUGH OUT THE CITY TO OUR KIDS, I KNOW RECENTLY YOU ALL HAVE HELPED WITH BOOKS IN DISTRICT FOUR AT PORT SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPPORT. I'M ALSO REALLY PROUD, UH, TO HAVE BEEN WITH YOU TO, FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNER OF THE POSTER FOR 2021. AND I'LL SHOW OFF THAT IT WAS A, A STUDENT IN D FOUR. SO EMILY, YAY, RIGHT THERE ON THE FRONT ROW, AND I'LL COME DOWN AND SAY HI. BUT CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. AND, UH, EMILY'S FROM BOB LEWIS ELEMENTARY, AND I WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET ME KNOW THAT THE INSPIRATION, EVERYONE, UM, I WAS SO TOUCHED WHEN I SAW EMILY'S PAINTING, AND SHE HAS A BIG THANK YOU AT A HOSPITAL, BECAUSE SHE SAID, AND WHEN I TALKED TO HER AT THE CEREMONY, SHE SAID THAT SHE WANTED TO, UH, THANK THE HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO GOT US THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO SWEET OF YOU TO INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR POSTER. SHE ALSO HAD THE TRADITIONAL ZOOM IN HER COMPUTER, AND, UM, THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY PASSED THE TIME DURING THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN. AND SO, UM, PLAYING WITH DOGS WAS SOMETHING THAT, THAT SHE DID WITH HER DOG. AND SO A LOT OF KIDS PASSED THE TIME WITH THAT, AND SHE HAS THE, THE MASK AND EVERYTHING. AND SO IT'S SO SPECIAL TO ME, UM, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT FOREVER WILL REPRESENT HOW KIDS FELT ABOUT THE LOCKDOWN AND WHAT THEY DID TO SUPPORT THEIR PARENTS AND TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. SO, THANK YOU, UM, FOR ALL YOU DO, EMILY, UM, TO, UM, BE THE VOICE OF YOUR, UH, FELLOW CLASSMATES AT BOB LEWIS ELEMENTARY. I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU. AND I ALSO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, ALISON BUNGAN, HER, HER TEACHER, HER ART TEACHER. AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S HERE, BUT IF SHE IS HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS, UM, ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL ART SHOW. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MONDAY. I'VE HAD MY RIVER OUTFIT PICKED OUT FOR LIKE TWO YEARS NOW. SO , THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES. CONGRATULATIONS, EMILY, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND FOR WHAT ALL THESE GENTLEMEN DO. YOU GUYS TAKE TIME OFF FROM YOUR FAMILIES AND FROM YOUR BUSINESSES, UH, TO GO OUT AND SPREAD, UH, COMPASSION AND THE MESSAGE OF CHARITY IN SAN ANTONIO, AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME. UH, YOU GUYS ARE CONTAGIOUS. YOU'RE THE GOOD KIND OF VIRUS, UH, THAT WE NEED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, AND, UH, I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THIS TRADITION, UH, CONTINUE YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND I WISH YOU AND YOUR COMPADRES, UM, ALL, UH, OF SUCCESS AND LUCK AT THE BATTLE OF FLOWERS. MAY YOU CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES. OKAY? UH, THANKS SO MUCH, GUYS, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. CONGRATULATIONS, PHIL, AND THANK YOU TO YOU AND ALL THE CAVALIERS FOR ALL THE CHARITABLE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE. UM, AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE, THE ARTISTS THAT HAVE COME AND JOIN US TODAY. I, I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING FIESTA WITH YOU AND WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU IN THE FUTURE. AND I JUST WANTED, SO WE, WE HAVE, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, WE HAVE TWO PIECES OF ART HERE. IS THAT FROM THE 2020 ART CONTEST AND 2021? THAT'S CORRECT. GOTCHA. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU TO, TO ALL OF YOU, ALL OF YOU ARTISTS WHO WORK SO HARD ON THIS AND APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING OUT TODAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO, COUNCIL MEMBER OF GRO WELCOME KING ANTONIO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING Y'ALL ARE DOING. I KNOW THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM A SPRING FIESTA. IT IS VERY HOT, AND I JUST WANNA APPLAUD YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU ARE DOING. I WILL BE THERE ON MONDAY, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH THE STUDENTS. AND I'M NOT SURE, ARE MY DISTRICT THREE WINNERS HERE IN THE COUNCIL? GO AHEAD AND STAND UP. , I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THE WINNERS, DISTRICT THREE. YAY, YOU GUYS. UH, AND ALL THE WINNERS STAND UP. ALL THE WINNERS STAND UP AGAIN, IF ALL THE WINNERS COULD STAND UP AGAIN, SO WE COULD GIVE YOU ALL ANOTHER APPLAUSE. UH, THANK, THANK YOU PARENTS FOR BRINGING THEM OUT WITH MASKS OR WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, AND LET'S ALL GET VACCINATED, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, ENCOURAGING THEM AND BEING INCLUSIVE AND, AND WORKING TO MAKE SURE WE TELL SAN ANTONIO'S STORY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERON, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL TODAY. UH, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'M THANKING YOU, , AND IT'S AN INSIDE JOKE, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE TO THE CITY, THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND ALL OF THE [00:30:01] CAVALIERS, THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. AND OF COURSE, KING ANTONIO. I GOT THAT RIGHT THIS TIME. MAYOR, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO DO WAS, UH, THANK THE STUDENTS AGAIN. AND I WANT TO, I WANT TO CALL OUT THE STUDENTS FROM DISTRICT NINE, FROM COCO ELEMENTARY, TATIANA ESPARZA, AND FROM VINEYARD RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SERGEY RAMOS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE HERE, BUT I WANNA RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR ARTWORK AND JUST BEING OUTSTANDING STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR TEACHERS AS WELL. I THINK, UH, WE HAD, UH, LINDA KING AND EILEEN BROSKI, THANK YOU FOR BEING THE GREAT TEACHERS THAT YOU ARE, FOR THOSE STUDENTS ALSO LAST YEAR FROM HIDDEN FOREST ELEMENTARY, UH, LEE BOYER AND REAGAN, UH, SKELLY. AND AGAIN, KELLY PILCHER, THE TEACHER THERE FROM HIDDEN FOREST ELEMENTARY. YOU KNOW, I WAS A TEACHER FOR 27 YEARS. YOU CAME TO SEVERAL OF THE SCHOOLS THAT I TAUGHT AT. UH, IT WAS ALWAYS IMPRESSED, UH, UPON THE KIDS, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF WHAT MAKES FIESTA, BUT IT'S ALSO PART OF WHAT MAKES GOOD CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, THANKS KIDS FOR YOUR ART. THANK YOU KING FOR COMING TODAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. WOW, THIS, THIS IS A TIME TO REALLY GET OUT AND CELEBRATE AGAIN. BUT I WANNA RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK, AND I KNOW IT'S HARD WORK ON MAKING ALL THE ROUNDS, UH, TO THE SCHOOL KIDS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT EVEN HARDER RAISING THE MONEY TO DO THOSE DISTRIBUTIONS OUT THERE TO MUCH NEEDED, UH, PARTICULARLY IN THE ART PROGRAMS HERE. SO I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH THAT, AND I KNOW Y'ALL DO GOOD WORK OUT THERE. AND, UM, I, I TOO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, WINNERS FROM DISTRICT 10. I WANNA NOTE THAT, UH, BOTH 20 AND 21 WAS FROM, UH, WOODRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO THAT, THAT'S GREAT. AND I, I WANNA RECOGNIZE THOSE FOLKS AS WELL. ISABELLE MARTINEZ AND GEORGE CASE, AND, UH, ANIKA, ANIKA BLANCO, WHO'S THE ART TEACHER THERE. MM-HMM. . IS ANIKA HERE. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. STAND UP. GREAT JOB. AND, AND FOR WINNING TWO YEARS IN A ROW, THAT'S, THAT'S SUPERB. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THEN IN 21, WE HAD, UH, MAX HEDGEPATH AND BRINLEY LEAVE IT. UH, SO, UH, THAT IS FANTASTIC. AND TO RECOGNIZE THOSE FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY WORK VERY HARD ON PICKING A SUBJECT AND THEN, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, DISPLAYING IT AND GETTING THAT RECOGNITION IS FANTASTIC. SO THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO. I KNOW THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WE REALLY NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND PARTAKE BECAUSE, UH, IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS. SO LET'S GET OUT THERE AND HAVE A GREAT TIME. AND, UH, IT, AGAIN, IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT Y'ALL DO, BUT IT'S ALSO TIME TO HAVE FUN. AND LET'S ALWAYS REMEMBER TO HAVE FUN IN WHATEVER WE DO, UH, THAT THAT'S WHAT MAKES LIFE INTERESTING. SO, WITH THAT, VIVA FIESTA. VIVA VIVA, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU KING ANTONIO, INTO YOUR COURT FOR, FOR BEING HERE. AND I JUST WANNA GIVE, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ART WINNERS IN DISTRICT SEVEN, AND I WILL READ THEIR NAMES ALOUD. UH, ISABELLA MONTE GRECO FROM KOBE GLASS ELEMENTARY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE HERE, BUT CONGRATULATIONS A LITTLE HUSKY, UH, THAT YAY, CONGRATS. AND, UH, FROM THIS YEAR, WE HAVE, UH, MERCY QUI. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE HERE, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND TO THE ENTIRE L B J, UM, SORRY, LYNDON B JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR, UH, FOR WINNING AND, UH, TO THOSE ART TEACHERS FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO. UM, AND LASTLY, I I WANTED TO THANK MS. JARMIN, UH, FOR, UH, FOR YOU, THE READING THAT YOU DID EARLIER, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. AND MAY I THINK THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL TRADITION, UH, AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE US REPEAT THAT REGULARLY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. I OF COURSE HAVE TO START OFF BY SHOUTING OUT AMAYA AND KAKOA LYRIC AND MERCY. I JUST MOVED INTO MY OFFICE AND I AM SO HONORED AND EXCITED THAT THESE ARE GONNA BE THE FIRST PIECES OF ART THAT I GET TO PUT IN MY OFFICE. UM, I DO WANNA SHARE THE MESSAGE, AND I WANT TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONTINUE TO MAKE ART. PLEASE CONTINUE TO CREATE. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING, UM, TWO YEARS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND ART TEACHERS. UM, AND I AM JUST SO IMPRESSED BY WHAT YOU'VE MANAGED TO CREATE AND WHAT YOU'VE MANAGED TO ACCOMPLISH. PLEASE CONTINUE, EVERYONE. TO ENCOURAGE OUR CHILDREN TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH THE ARTS, THROUGH PAINTING, DRAWING, UH, DANCING AND SINGING ART IS SO IMPORTANT AND [00:35:01] VALUABLE TO OUR FUTURE. SO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, AND BEFORE, UH, YOU ALL DEPART, WOULD LIKE TO GET THE, UH, STUDENTS, UH, WHO HAVE WON. AND LET ME CALL AGAIN, ALL THE WINNERS, UH, OF THE ART CONTEST, 2021 UP, IF, AND THOSE WHO ARE HERE, COME FORWARD. WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE COURT. UM, IT'S ALAYA AND MORALES FROM DISTRICT ONE, AS WELL AS KINGSLEY HERNANDEZ, DISTRICT ONE, AMAYA DENNIS AND LYRIC GARCIA FROM DISTRICT TWO. JESUS GOMEZ AND EMELDA VIEGAS FROM DISTRICT THREE. ANITA, JIM AND EMILY GILL FROM DISTRICT FOUR, ELIZABETH DOMINGUEZ. CALEB RESENDEZ FROM DISTRICT FIVE, COLT FERN AND KINSLEY KUNZ FROM DISTRICT SIX. ISABELLA MONTE GRECO FROM DISTRICT SEVEN, AS WELL AS MERCY QUI FROM DISTRICT SEVEN. MACY SAP AND SOLEIL MACIAS FROM DISTRICT EIGHT. TATIANA ESPARZA AND LEE BOYER, OR LE BOYER BOYER FROM DISTRICT NINE. LEAH, ISABELLA MARTINEZ, AND MAX HEDGE BETH FROM DISTRICT 10. AND WE ALSO HAVE FROM NON-CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, WE HAVE ISABELLA GOMEZ AS WELL AS MARCUS DAVID. AND HOW ABOUT EVERYBODY GIVE THE WHOLE WINNER'S CIRCLE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, 2000 SUBMISSIONS, A LITTLE OVER 2000 SUBMISSIONS, MAYOR. AND, UH, I WILL TELL YOU, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE WINNERS ARE, ARE GIRLS. THEY'RE VERY TALENTED GUYS, YOU GOTTA STEP UP A LIST. YEAH, CONGRATULATIONS. OH, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY, UH, FOR COMING IN. AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE REMAINING IN THE CHAMBERS, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. HOPEFULLY, UM, THAT'S HELPED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF FIESTA SPIRIT BEFORE TONIGHT BEGINS. SO APPRECIATE Y'ALL WAITING THROUGH THAT. UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO OUR BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY, AND WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA, INCLUDING ZONING. [CONSENT AGENDA] AT THIS TIME. WE ONLY HAVE, UH, ITEM FOUR LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. UM, SO IF I HAVE THE ATTENTION OF MY COLLEAGUES, IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, PLEASE LET ME KNOW NOW. AND THOSE ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN ON CONSENT, BUT ONLY HIGHLIGHT, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MENTION THOSE. NOW. WE'LL TAKE UP THOSE HIGHLIGHTS DURING THE CONSENT DISCUSSION. SO ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS TIME. AND PLEASE NOTE, UH, FOR THE RECORD THAT ITEM Z 15 HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOT BE HEARD, UH, TODAY. ITEM SEVEN. ITEM SEVEN. [00:40:02] ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSUMERS? ITEM ITEM Z TWO, Z TWO, ACTUALLY, LET ME, UM, LET ME READ THE ITEMS ON THE ZONING AGENDA THAT WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDERED. UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MENTION THOSE P ONE AND Z ONE, Z TWO, Z THREE, Z SIX P THREE, AND Z EIGHT P FOUR, AND Z 10, Z 11, AND Z 12. WITH THE ADDITION OF ITEMS FOUR AND SEVEN, EVERYTHING ELSE IS ON CONSENT. UM, SO I'M ASKING AGAIN IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA OTHER THAN THOSE I JUST READ FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ALRIGHT, IF THERE ARE NONE, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVE FOR FOUR, SEVEN P ONE, AND Z ONE, Z TWO, Z THREE, Z SIX P THREE, AND Z EIGHT P FOUR, AND Z 10, Z 11, AND Z 12. OKAY, THERE'S, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL ITEMS SAY FOR THOSE JUST READ. UM, WE'RE GONNA GO NOW TO DISCUSSION AND WE'LL TAKE CITIZENS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT FIRST. UM, LET ME START WITH JACK FINGER SECTION. THAT NEXT ONE, WHERE IS IT? THERE WE GO. WELL, UM, MAYOR NURNBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER, ONCE AGAIN, A, A WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL. UM, YOU'LL, UH, KNOW THAT FOR THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA, UM, AS TIME GOES BY, THERE'S QUITE A FEW ITEMS HERE, ESPECIALLY ON TODAY'S AGENDA. AND OVER THE FUTURE, UH, YOU MAY SEE ITEMS THAT, UH, DO NEED TO BE DISCUSSED, OR AT LEAST YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR. OF COURSE, YOU MAY GET PRESSURE FROM YOUR MORE ESTABLISHED COLLEAGUES TO SAY, UH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. UH, THAT'S HOW WE ALWAYS DO BUSINESS AROUND HERE ALL THE TIME. AND, UH, I LET YOU JUST GO ALONG WITH EVERYTHING. I, I'D SAY, UH, UH, YOU JUST LOOK THEM STRAIGHT IN THE EYE AND SIMPLY SAY, NO. UH, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE GETTING PAID TO DO AROUND HERE. WHEN YOU SIGN YOUR NAME ON THE, ON THE BOTTOM LINE, YOU DECIDE TO BE THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SERVE, AND THAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO, TO AT LEAST ASK A FEW TELLING QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA. AND NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES, 'CAUSE AFTER ALL, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING PAID TO DO HERE. SO, UH, ANYWAY, UH, FEEL FREE TO, TO PULL ITEMS AS THEY COME, COME FORWARD THAT DO NEED TO BE DISCUSSED. UH, ONE, ONE THING, THESE ONE OR TWO THINGS I DO WISH TO BRING IT TO, TO YOUR ATTENTION, TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION, UH, ESPECIALLY IS, UM, AN ITEM NUMBER 28, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO ONE OF THE APPOINTMENTS. AND ONE OF 'EM IS, IS IN REGARDS TO MR. JOHN COURAGES, UH, APPOINTMENTS. SO BEEN APPOINTING, UH, MR. MARCO BARROS TO THE ZONING COMMISSION. SIR, YOU KNOW, I NOTICED MR. MR. COURAGE THAT, UH, IT WAS SOME TIME AGO THAT MR. BARROS WAS ONE OF YOUR OPPONENTS IN, IN ONE OF THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL ELECTION RACES THERE. AND MORE RECENTLY, HE HAD TO, HE HAPPENED TO DE DISPARAGE ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR OPPONENTS, MR. PATRICK VON DOLAN, WHO WAS IN A RUNOFF WITH YOU THERE. AND NOW I SEE THAT, UH, MR. BARROS IS NOW BEING, UH, NOMINATED BY, BY YOU TO, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE ZONING COMMISSION ONE, ESPECIALLY IN, IN VIEW OF MR. BARATO'S, UH, BIG, UH, PROBLEMS WITH HE'S HAD WITH THE, THE BLOSSOM PARK AREA AND THE, AND THE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THERE. UM, IS IT, IS IT THE CASE WHERE MY, OF MY ENEMY, OF MY ENEMY IS NOW MY FRIEND? YOU SEE, ONE HAS TO ASK THAT, THAT QUESTION. YOU KNOW, THE, UH, ANOTHER ITEM WE WISH TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA IS THE, UM, ITEM, THE 35. WE'RE GONNA SPIN A SHELL OUT ABOUT $170,000 FOR A PARTY FOR EMPLOYEES, $170,000 [00:45:01] FOR AN ANNUAL PARTY. UH, EXCUSE ME, I I, I'D BE GLAD TO DO IT FOR, FOR, FOR HALF THAT AMOUNT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. MARIA AVILES, MARIA AVILES ON Z SEVEN. NO, BUT SHE'S SIGNED UP FOR THREE. OKAY. I HAVE HER FOR BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. UM, YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING ON ITEM Z SEVEN? NO. OKAY. UH, ETTE COLE, SAME THING. YEAH. ALRIGHT. I ASSUME YOU, YOU TWO, STEVE? YEAH. OKAY. UM, JAMES GRIFFIN, Z 14. OKAY. UH, SAME WITH MONICA SCHULTZ. MONICA SCHULTZ, ITEM Z 14. HELLO, MY NAME IS MONICA SCHULTZ. I LIVE AT 24 10 NEW OAK PARK. I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 16 YEARS, AND WHEN I MOVED HERE, I WAS AMAZED HOW THIS AREA OF TOWN HAS SUCH GREAT SHOPPING AND A MOVIE THEATER ALL WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF MY HOME. THERE WAS A BARNES AND NOBLES, THERE WAS A WORLD MARKET, THERE WAS AN AVEDA SALON, THERE WAS A STARBUCKS, THERE WAS A TARGET, AND SO MANY OTHER STORES. NOW, THESE STORES HAVE MOVED TO THE RIM, AND THE FIESTA MOVIE THEATER IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED. THE OUTDOOR SPACE OF THESE EMPTY STORES AND HOMES FOR VAGRANT AND TRASH. THE MOVIE THEATER SPACE HAS BEEN USED AS AN UNOFFICIAL CAR SHOW AND A DRAG RACING AREA. THE AREA TRAFFIC SIGNS HAVE BEEN USED AS GUN TARGET PRACTICE, ALL WITH HUNTINGTON PLACE HOMES RIGHT BEHIND THEM. AND THIS AREA IS NO STRANGER TO DRUG EXCHANGE. NOW, KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS ALL WITHIN BLOCKS OF THE NORTH SIDE I S D SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE NEW LUXURY APARTMENT COMPLEX WILL REVITALIZE THE WHOLE AREA. THE BUILDER HAS AGREED TO FUND A TRAFFIC LIGHT, WHICH WILL MAKE THIS AREA LESS CONGESTED. BUT MOST IMPORTANT, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY RESIDENTS CAN WALK TO RESIDENTS, UM, EXCUSE, EXCUSE ME, WALK TO RESTAURANTS, WALK TO STORES, WALK TO CHURCH, WALK TO ANYWHERE THAT THEY WANT TO GO. NOT ONLY THAT, THERE IS A VIA STOP DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THIS NEW COMPLEX. THINK ABOUT IT. THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE IN SAN ANTONIO, COMMUTE TO WORK, COMMUTE TO FRIENDS', HOUSES, ANYWHERE. THIS AREA WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION, HELPING SAN ANTONIO REACH ITS GOAL OF THE NET ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS. LET'S FACE IT, PEOPLE ARE MOVING HERE TO SAN ANTONIO. LET'S MAKE IT A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. AND THIS AREA WILL DO JUST THAT WITH THE NEW REZONING AND THE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. SCHULTZ. OKAY, THAT'S EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION NOW. UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER ELIAS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. TWO, TWO THINGS. UH, ONE WITH REGARDS TO THE CASE. THIS, UM, THIS YOUNG LADY SPOKE ABOUT, I, I BELIEVE WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING THAT ON CONSENT. UM, THIS IS, UH, UH, BEEN A DIFFICULT CASE. MAYOR AND COUNSEL FOR ALL OF US WHO, UM, AT SOME POINT WHEN WE WERE MUCH YOUNGER, UH, GOT TO GO AND PAY FULL FARE FOR MOVIES AT, UH, FIESTA 16 THEATERS. UH, AND THEN WE SAW THAT IT BECAME A DOLLAR THEATER. UH, AND NOW, UH, IT'S A, IT, IT'S A, IT'S A PLACE THAT'S BEEN SHUT DOWN, AND IT REALLY HAS BECOME A, A NUISANCE FOR ALL THE NEIGHBORS. THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PLACING THERE, UH, IS THE RESULT OF A LOT OF NEGOTIATIONS AND CONSENSUS. THANK YOU, UH, TO MR. GRIFFIN AND, AND HIS TEAM FOR, FOR HELPING US GET THIS ACROSS THE LINE. I'M, UH, I'M EXCITED TO SAY, UH, THAT WE'VE, UH, DRAMATICALLY REDUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAN, THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER. UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT INSTALLING A, UM, A STREETLIGHT WITH THE HELP OF THE NIG, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WITH THE HELP OF MR. GRIFFIN. UM, AND WE, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN H O A WHO IS ADVOCATING FOR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEXT DOOR TO IT, UH, WHICH IS, UM, A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT, I BELIEVE, ON THE PART OF MY, UH, MY VERY OWN LAURA GARZA ON MY TEAM. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [00:50:01] THE SECOND THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS, UM, WE LEFT IT ON CONSENT, BUT I, I HOPE THAT Y'ALL KNOW THAT TODAY YOU'RE HELPING FUND THE VERY FIRST OF ITS KIND EVER, UM, SPECIAL NEEDS PARK FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES OF LIMITED ABILITIES AND, AND DIFFERENT ABILITIES. UH, THE PARK IS CALLED DAN MARSON PARK. UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T REMEMBER DAN MARSON, UM, HE WAS A FRIEND OF MANY OF US UP HERE, AND HE IS A FRIEND OF MANY OF, OF THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM. UH, DAN WAS A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPER, UH, WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO ACCESSIBILITY AND GIVING VULNERABLE PEOPLE ROOFS OVER THEIR HEADS. UH, DAN'S PRODUCT IS EXCELLENT, AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'LL FIND DAN'S PRODUCT IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT. COUNCILMAN VIRON, HE TOOK A BIG CHANCE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THE FIRST DEVELOPER EVER TO, TO BUILD, UH, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, UH, APARTMENTS DOWN AT BROOKS CITY BASE. UH, AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SAW WHAT A SUCCESS THAT WAS BECAUSE OF DAN'S LEADERSHIP AND EVERYBODY. NOW, WHAT RUSHED TO BROOKS IN LARGE PART, THE SUCCESS AT BROOKS IS DAN MARSON'S SUCCESS. DAN MARSON'S, UM, FAMILY IS, UM, IS HERE. AND I'M, UH, I'M VERY SAD TO SAY THAT WE ALL LOST DAN MARSON, UH, UNDER, UM, JUST TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT TODAY, SAMMY MOU, UH, IS HERE. UM, AND SHE'S A JEWISH EDUCATION LEADER AND THE ADOPTIVE MOTHER OF DAN'S LITTLE BOY, MARE SAMMY, HAS TOLD US THAT THIS PROJECT RESONATES WITH HER IN SO MANY WAYS. SAMMY, YOU WANNA COME UP, UH, REAL QUICK? UM, AND SHE SHARED THAT, UM, SHE HAS A REALLY DEEP CONNECTION WITH HER BROTHER, UH, AND WHO ALSO HAD SPECIAL NEEDS AND IS NO LONGER WITH US. THIS PARK FOLKS, I THINK, IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BE VERY PROUD OF, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA INCLUDE, UM, INCLUSIVE EQUIPMENT, LIKE SENSORY PANELS, MUSICAL EQUIPMENT LIKE STATIONARY, VIBRAPHONES, CONGOS, AND CHIMES. AND THE PLAY EQUIPMENT WILL BE, UM, WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE, LIKE, UH, AN AN INCLUSIVE WHIRL AND AN ACCELERATOR SWING. UH, IT WILL ALSO FEATURE BUTTERFLY GARDENS. IT'LL BE A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, ACCESSIBLE TO, UH, ANYBODY WHO QUALIFIES UNDER THE AADA. A BUT MAYOR, IT ALSO CONNECTS TO THE TRAILS, UH, THE LINEAR TRAILS. AND SO I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL THING. SAMMY, HOW'S MAURY, HOW'S HE DOING? GREAT. ARE YOU GONNA TAKE HIM? IT'S GREAT. YEAH. GREAT. WOW. HE'S, HE'S REALLY DOING GREAT. HE'S AT CAMP RIGHT NOW. HE'S WONDERFUL. WONDERFUL. WELL, WE'RE DOING THIS, UH, IN HIS NAME. I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'LL BE ABLE TO GO TO THIS PARK AND FOREVER REMEMBER HIS DAD AND HOW MUCH HE LOVED HIM. UM, ALSO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WHEN MAURY GROWS UP, YOU LET HIM KNOW THAT THIS WAS A GIFT FROM ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, PARTICULARLY A GENTLEMAN NAMED, UH, GIL GARZA, WHOSE DAUGHTER IS ALSO, UM, WE'VE MET HIM OF, OF, UH, OF LIMITED NEEDS, AND I'M SORRY, OF LIMITED ABILITIES AND HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, A, UM, SHE'S, SHE'S OUR LITTLE HERO, AND WE DID IT BECAUSE HE SAID, I'LL DONATE THIS PARK TO YOU, BUT YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE IT'S FOR CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT ABILITIES. AND SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING OUT THERE WITH YOU. AND, UM, I HOPE ALL MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN US FOR, UH, A GROUNDBREAKING AND A RIBBON CUTTING WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR VOTING FOR THIS. THANK YOU, SAMMY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER APPLI AND SAMMY, GOOD TO SEE YOU. UM, PLEASE TELL, UM, MAURY THAT JONAH SAYS HELLO, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER PLYS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CHAMPIONING THIS, UH, PARK. UM, YOU SAID IT RIGHT. I, I THINK THAT, UH, DAN MARKSON'S LEGACY IN SAN ANTONIO IS ONE THAT WE'RE STILL LIVING INTO, AS WELL AS HIS VISION FOR AFFORDABLE QUALITY HOUSING IN EVERY PART IN OUR CITY, UH, THAT HE WORKS SO DILIGENTLY TOWARDS. UM, HE STILL, UH, MY DAD STILL, UH, TALKS ABOUT MEETING DAN FOR THE FIRST TIME, UH, WHEN I CAME ON CITY COUNCIL AND, AND, UM, NOT KNOWING THAT THEY GREW UP ON THE SAME STREET, UH, OUTSIDE OF BOSTON, UM, AT THE TIME, UH, THEY WERE CHILDREN. SO, UH, LIFE WORKS IN VERY MYSTERIOUS WAYS, BUT I'M VERY GLAD, UM, THAT WE CAN PERMANENTLY RECOGNIZE THE IMPACT THAT DAN HAS HAD ON THIS COMMUNITY. AND, AND AGAIN, MY THANKS TO YOU, UH, MANNY, FOR MAKING THIS, UH, PART OF YOUR WORK AND LEGACY HERE. AND, AND MAYOR, FORGIVE ME, I WAS GONNA END THERE, BUT, UM, I THINK DAN WOULD PUSH ME TO PUSH MY COLLEAGUES TO FIND A PARK IN YOUR DISTRICT OR CREATE A PART IN YOUR DISTRICT THAT ALSO HAS THESE CHILDREN IN MIND. AND, UM, I HOPE THAT THIS PARK IS NOT THE ONLY, IT'S THE FIRST ONE, BUT I HOPE IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT WE HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO. WE NEED 10 OF THESE PARKS AT LEAST, UH, BECAUSE OUR DISABILITY COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO DESERVES IT. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PHILLI FOR, FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT, UH, VERY EXCITING PROJECT, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL OF THE WORK ON THAT. UH, MAYOR, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 41, AND IT IS AN EDWARDS AQUIFER PROTECTION PROJECT. FOR THE MOST PART. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WHEN WE'VE APPROVED THIS PROJECTS, WE ARE APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. BUT IN 2015, THE VOTERS APPROVED THE ABILITY FOR, [00:55:01] FOR US TO DO WHAT ARE CALLED DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. SO NOT JUST PURCHASING CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, BUT FINDING THE BEST WAYS TO, TO PROTECT OUR AQUIFER AND OUR WATER. SO THE PROJECT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY IS REALLY A RESEARCH PROJECT THAT WILL LOOK AT DIFFERENT FILTRATION METHODS FOR KEEPING OUR WATER CLEAN IN OUR AQUIFER. AND BY KEEPING IT CLEAN, I MEAN, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO KEEP OIL AND GREASE OUT OF THE AQUIFER? UH, TOTAL ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND THINGS LIKE BACTERIA AND LEAD THAT NONE OF US WANT IN OUR, UH, PRECIOUS AQUIFER WATER. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO, UH, FRANCINE ROMERO AND THE TEAM AND THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND OUR VOTERS FOR HAVING APPROVED THAT PROJECT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRANT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT TWO ITEMS ON CONSENT ITEM 16 AND 23. THE FIRST ONE IS A CONTRACT, UH, FOR ANIMAL CARE SERVICE KENNEL DOOR UPGRADE PROJECT. THIS IS, UH, THE, THE COM. THE, UH, A C S WAS BUILT IN 2007, SO THIS IS 14 YEARS OF WEAR AND TEAR. UM, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE A C S IS COMMITTED TO RECOVERY AND ADOPTION OF ANIMALS. AND I THINK ANY UPGRADES WE CAN HAVE TO THE FACILITIES IS A POSITIVE THING AND A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR VISITORS AND TO HELP WITH THAT PROCESS. UH, FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES HAS, UH, MAINTAINED THE LIVE RELEASE RATE FOR 90%. AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE OVER 10,000 REST. UH, LAST YEAR, 20, WE HAD 10,000 RESCUES AND OVER 7,000 PETS, UH, RETURN TO THEIR OWNERS AS A PET OWNER, I THINK ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE TOP-NOTCH FACILITIES IS A GOOD THING. AND I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THIS MONTH IS NATIONAL MICRO CHIPPING MONTH, SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE SPREAD THE WORD AND GET OUR PETS CHIPPED. UH, THE OTHER, UH, ITEM I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS A PILOT PROGRAM FOR AFFORDABLE HOMES IN MY NEIGHBORS DISTRICT, DISTRICT TWO. AND I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AS WE LOOK AT OUR HOUSING OPTIONS, WE LOOK AT CREATIVE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS, UH, TAKING VACANT LOTS AND BUILDING HOMES. AND IT, WHILE IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM, I'M HOPING WE CAN SEE IT DONE IN DISTRICT THREE ALSO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERON. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ISSUES. THE FIRST ONE IS ITEM NUMBER 28 G, IN WHICH IS THE APPOINTMENT OF MARCO BARROS TO SERVE ON OUR ZONING COMMISSION. MARCO BARROS HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING RESIDENT IN DISTRICT NINE. HE HAS SERVED ON OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BEFORE I WAS ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I HOPE AFTER MY TERM MAY EXPIRE, I THINK HE REALLY REPRESENTS A LOT OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BUT HE ALSO HAS BEEN A, A SOLID RESIDENT AND WORKS HARD IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I THINK HE'LL DO A VERY GOOD JOB, UH, IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS THAT GOES INTO, UH, ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, FOR FUTURE GROWTH IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. UH, MARCO, IF YOU'RE HERE, UH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST STAND UP, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT, UH, IS HE IN THE BACK? OH, OKAY. THANK YOU MARCO. AND, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY. ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, AND, AND I WANNA MENTION THIS TO A COUPLE OF MY COUNCIL, UH, COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE I KNOW THESE ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO THEM, IS A COUPLE OF TOURS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED. UH, THESE ARE AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF, OF NEW HOUSING, UH, WHICH ARE GONNA CREATE, UH, TAX INCREMENT REDEVELOPMENT ZONES. UH, I HAVE AN EXCEPTION TO THIS PROCESS THOUGH, AND ALL I'M GOING TO SAY IS WHEN WE CREATE TURS AND WE SAY THESE THINGS ARE GONNA LAST 25 YEARS, I REALLY WOULD LIKE US TO GIVE A CLOSER EVALUATION, UH, TO THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT WE GRANT, UH, A TOURS, WHICH MEANS THE CITY IS NOT RECEIVING DIRECTLY INTO ITS GENERAL FUND. A LOT OF THE VALUE THAT COMES FROM THE GROWTH OF THIS AREA. I UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF A TOURS IS TO HELP WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN NEW AREAS, UH, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DEVELOP A ANOTHER WAY THAT DOESN'T LIMIT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO, UH, RECEIVE THE KIND OF TAXES, UH, IN OUR GENERAL FUND THAT WE SHOULD. SO I HOPE WE'LL LOOK AT SHORTENING THOSE YEARS AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN FUTURE PROJECTS. THAT WAS ITEM 37 AND 38. THE FINAL THING I WAS NOT GONNA MENTION, BUT IT WAS BROUGHT UP WITH MY FELLOW COUNCILMAN, UH, ABOUT THE ALL-INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND [01:00:01] HE'S BUILDING OR BEING BUILT IN DISTRICT EIGHT. UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW, BUT WE HAVE ALSO AN ALL-INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND BEING BUILT IN DISTRICT NINE, UH, AT THE CLASS IN STUBING PARK. AND IT'S BEEN FUNDED BY THE MITCHELL CHAN FOUNDATION. MITCHELL CHAN WAS A YOUNG BOY WHO WAS DROWNED, AND HIS PARENTS HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO BUILDING AN ALL-INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND. AND IT'S CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED IN CLASSON STUBING PARK. SO THERE'LL BE MORE THAN ONE OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN, UH, WITH ALL KINDS OF ABILITIES OR DISABILITIES TO ENJOY, UH, PLAYGROUNDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT TOO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. WELL, UH, GREAT JOB IN GETTING THIS PARK DEVELOPED. UH, DAN WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE ALSO, AND HE'S DONE A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS HERE FOR SAN ANTONIO. UM, D NINE ON YOUR PARK, BUT I GOT THE MOTHER OF ALL PARKS IN D 10. IT'S CALLED MORGAN'S WONDERLAND, AND EVERYBODY IS WELCOME THERE, EVERYBODY. SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT IN. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THREE DISTRICTS OUT AT 10 HERE ALREADY COVERED. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, AN APPOINTEE, UH, THAT'S COMING ON, UH, TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT'S HUA CARELLO, UH, WHO IS MY APPOINTEE TO THAT COMMISSION, UH, NEWLY FORMED, UH, HUA, YOU MAY REMEMBER, CO-CHAIRED THE CITY'S ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM, UH, THAT SPEARHEADED OUR EFFORTS TO GET BUSINESSES SAFELY REOPENED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO DURING THE PANDEMIC. UH, I WANT TO THANK HER PUBLICLY FOR HER STEADFAST LEADERSHIP DURING ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST DIFFICULT TIMES IN RECENT HISTORY, UH, ON BEHALF OF NOT ONLY OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BUT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. UH, THE WORK OF THAT TRANSITION TEAM, UH, AND THE COMMITTEES THAT SHE HAS BEEN ON HAS REALLY MOVED SAN ANTONIO, UH, FORWARD DURING SOME VERY, UH, AWFUL TIMES. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UISA. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION, UH, AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND THAT IS ALL ITEMS, UH, SAVED FOR THOSE, UH, I'VE READ. THAT'S FOUR SEVEN Z ONE P, ONE Z, TWO Z, THREE Z SIX Z EIGHT, AND P THREE Z 10, P FOUR Z 11, AND Z 12. AND AGAIN, Z 15 IS NOT BEING HEARD TODAY, UH, BECAUSE IT'S BEING PULLED BY THE APPLICANT. SO, UH, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WE'LL [4. 21-3917 Ordinance approving a contract with mySidewalk, Inc. to provide a cloud-based platform in the estimated amount of $182,500.00 over a five-year period for the Economic Development Department (EDD) to track key data and metrics on Opportunity Zones, and for the San Antonio Metro Health District (SAMHD) to improve implementation and tracking of the SAMHD strategic plan and other public health priorities. The first-year cost of $38,500.00 is available from the FY 2021 General Fund Budget. Funding for subsequent years is contingent upon City Council approval of the annual budget. [Ben Gorzell, Chief Financial Officer; Troy Elliott, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Finance]] MOVE NOW TO ITEM FOUR. ITEM FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HEALTH, IMPROVE IMPLEMENTATION AND RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, ACCEPTING ADDITIONAL C OVID 19 RELATED GRANTS THROUGH THE CORONAVIRUS, A AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY CARESS ACT, CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF, SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, C R R S A AND AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, ARPA AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH BEAR COUNTY, AN AMOUNT OF $5.5 MILLION FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE BEXAR COUNTY'S EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO INCLUDE THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AGREEMENTS TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS AND PRIORITIES CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL GRANT CRITERIA TO INCLUDE THE EXPENDITURE, REIMBURSEMENT, AND ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. UM, LEMME GO AHEAD AND BRING UP, UH, CITIZENS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR. FIRST, UH, LET'S START WITH JACK FINGER. WELL, UH, MAYOR NURNBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL, ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER, YOU KNOW, UM, ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO, UH, WE WERE TOLD, UH, BY, WHEN THIS THING FIRST CAME ALONG, THIS, THIS COVID VIRUS, UH, WE WERE TOLD THAT, UH, IN THE, IN THE NAME OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WE HAD TO CURTAIL MANY OF OUR, UH, UH, CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. WE COULD NOT ASSEMBLE, UH, WE COULD NOT EVEN GO TO CHURCH ALL IN THE NAME OF PUBLIC HEALTH. UH, BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY TOO MUCH BECAUSE IT'S ONLY GONNA LAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS, JUST AS LONG, JUST UNTIL WE COULD FLATTENED THE CURB, SO TO SPEAK. WELL, TWO WEEKS TURNED INTO TWO MONTHS. TWO MONTHS TURNED INTO SIX MONTHS, AND EVENTUALLY IT ALL TURNED INTO ABOUT A YEAR AND A QUARTER HERE OF OUR [01:05:02] CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TAKEN AWAY FROM US. ONLY NOW ARE WE STARTING TO SEE THINGS LOOSEN UP AND, AND ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONSERVATIVE TEXAS REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR ARE WE FINALLY GETTING RID OF THE MASK MANDATE. IT CERTAINLY WOULD NOT HAVE COME ALONG BY MEANS OF THIS GOVERNING ENTITY HERE. SO, YES, CONSEQUENTLY, BUT THE, THE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS STILL, UH, OFFERING A BIG MONEY TREE THAT, UH, WE ARE SHAKING DOWN. AND, UH, WE, UM, I NOTICED THAT AMONG THOSE THINGS IS OH, ABOUT, UH, IT SAYS HERE AS PART, JUST LOOKING AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS THAT COME FROM IT HERE, THE, UH, CITY'S RECOVER, RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN, HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR. THE, THIS ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES EXECUTION OF TWO AGREEMENTS WITH LEASE AND OPERATION OF A LOW BARRIER EMERGENCY SHELTER HOTEL. UH, THIS SHELTER WILL COMPLIMENT EXISTING EMERGENCY SHELTERS IN BEXAR COUNTY AND WILL SERVE SINGLE INDIVIDUALS WITH SIGNIFICANT AND MULTIPLE BARRIERS TO THE HOUSING. AND, UH, MR. VIS, MAN, I'LL LET YOU PUT THAT UP THERE AND EMPHASIZE THE, THE UNDERLINED AREA THERE. IT'S HARD TO SEE WITH A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BLEACHED OUT THERE, BUT, UH, WHAT'S IT SAY? UH, YEAH, BLEW IT UP A LITTLE BIT. AND FOR THOSE WHO OFTEN STRUGGLE IN COMMUNAL ENVIRONMENTS, IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE SHELTERING THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS INTO FIRST CLASS, SECOND CLASS HOTELS. YES. YEAH. THANK YOU MR. ERMAN. THANK YOU. YES. SO, UM, SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW LONG ARE WE GONNA CONTINUE SHELTERING THE HOMELESS HERE? I DON'T THINK WE EVEN ASK THEM, UH, IF THEY'RE HERE ILLEGALLY. WE JUST SIMPLY PUT 'EM IN THERE. THE, THE FACT THAT THEY CAN'T, UH, AS WHAT'S, WHAT, WHAT DID WE JUST FINISHED SAYING? AND FOR THOSE WHO OFTEN STRUGGLE IN COMMUNAL ENVIRONMENTS, DOES THAT MEAN THEY CANNOT FOLLOW THE RULES? WHY ARE WE REWARDING SUCH PERSONS LIKE THIS? I MEAN, YES, A A LOT OF US HAVE HAD IT TOUGH, BUT WE'RE RECOVERING FROM THAT. WHY NOT STOP THIS AS WELL? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. ALRIGHT, UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET INTO ITEM FOUR NOW, BUT WE'LL START WITH OUR PRESENTATION FROM STAFF. UH, SO, UH, ERIC, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANKS, MAYOR. UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ITEM FOUR WILL, UH, ALLOW THE STAFF TO ACCEPT, UH, A VARIETY OF C OVID 19 RELATED FUNDS, UM, CONSISTENT WITH OUR CONVERSATION AT OUR B SESSION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. VERONICA CARRILLO, OUR C OVID 19 EXECUTIVE OFFICER. WHICH WE GOTTA COME UP WITH A BETTER TITLE ACTUALLY. UM, WHO IS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL POINT PERSON FOR MANAGING, UH, THIS PROCESS? WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, BUT, BUT IN SHORT, THERE IS 35 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FROM LAST YEAR'S CARES ACT AND THE DECEMBER STIMULUS THAT, UH, WE ARE ACCEPTING. UM, AND, UM, THROUGH THOSE FUNDING, UH, MECHANISMS, WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, UM, UM, UH, ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR A LOW BARRIER SHELTER WITH A, WITH A HOTEL, UH, TO INCLUDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, UH, THAT'LL BE PROVIDED BY SAM MINISTRIES, UH, ADDITIONAL CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGY SUPPORT. UM, SO IT'S AN EXTENSION OF SOME OF THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE LAST YEAR. UM, IT'S ALSO ACCEPTING FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FROM BEXAR COUNTY, FROM THEIR FEDERAL ALLOCATION TO ADMINISTER THOSE FUNDS THROUGH OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. PART TWO OF THIS IS FOCUS REALLY ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, AND IT'S ACCEPTING A LITTLE OVER 300, $2 MILLION. UM, THAT'LL DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE, THE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT MONEY, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY, IS THE, UH, LOCAL FINANCIAL RECOVERY DOLLARS. UM, IT'S JUST ACCEPTING THAT MONEY. PART OF THAT MONEY THAT WE ARE ACCEPTING THAT HAS BEEN DIRECTLY ALLOCATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR RENTAL EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE. WE ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATE THAT $49 MILLION BECAUSE GIVEN WHAT WE'RE SEEING THROUGH OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING SYSTEM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, WE BELIEVE THAT WE MAY, UH, RUN, UH, CLOSE TO ZERO BY THE END OF JULY, AND WE WANNA PUT THAT MONEY BACK INTO PRODUCTION TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM. UM, THAT PORTION IS ALSO AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF A COUPLE OF EXISTING CONTRACTS, UH, WITH THE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER FOR CASE INVESTIGATIONS AND CONTACT TRACING. UM, AND, UH, SOME WORK ON IN, UH, SOME SPECIALIZED WORK WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE USE SOME OF THE HEALTH DISPARITY GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE C D C AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BEGIN PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER HUB, UM, [01:10:01] UH, UH, SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNSELING, AND, UH, BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE, UM, IN CONJUNCTION, UH, WITH OTHER AGENCIES. SO VERONICA WILL WALK THROUGH ALL THAT AND, UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HER. THANK YOU, ERIC. GOOD MORNING, ARIAN COUNSEL. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY. WE ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD FEDERAL FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO ADDRESS C OVID 19 AND ITS IMPACT. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RELATED AGREEMENTS TO DISCUSS. TODAY'S ORDINANCE ACCEPTS FUNDS RECEIVED FROM FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS. 35 AND A HALF MILLION COMES FROM THE CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITIES ACT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CARES, AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FROM DECEMBER OF 2020. WE ARE ALSO ACCEPTING $302.1 MILLION IN GRANTS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. WE ARE ALSO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION OF SEVERAL RELATED AGREEMENT. THESE INCLUDE TWO FOR A BARRIER EMERGENCY SHELTER, HOTEL CONTRACTS WITHIN THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. AN AGREEMENT WITH BEXAR COUNTY AND AGREEMENTS TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES. THE ADDITIONAL 35 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANTS COMES FROM THE CARESS AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT TO SUPPORT THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION, RESILIENCY, AND RECOVERY, AND OTHER CARES PROGRAMS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ON THIS SLIDE. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS AWARDED 15.1 FOR VACCINATIONS AND 700,000 FOR SUPPLEMENTAL IMMUNIZATIONS FROM THE REACH PROGRAM. THE CITY WAS ALSO NOTIFIED IN MAY OF $500,000 FOR THE TEXAS EMERGENCY MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THE AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED 11.2 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR OPERATIONS FOR CON AND FOR CONCESSIONS. THE HEADSTART PROGRAM WAS AWARDED ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS AND FOR CHILDCARE SERVICES, AND ADDITIONAL $7 MILLION WAS AWARDED. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES DETAIL ON THE STATUS OF THE BUDGET BY PROGRAM. THE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS WILL INCREASE BY THE 35 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS GOING FROM 649.1 MILLION TO $684.6 MILLION. THIS ORDINANCE IS REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO TWO AGREEMENTS AS A PILOT PROGO BARRIER, HOMELESS EMERGENCY SHELTER. THIS INCLUDES A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH A DAYS IN DOWNTOWN HOTEL AND AN AGREEMENT WITH SAM MINISTRIES. SAM MINISTRIES PLANS TO OPERATE A LOW BARRIER SHELTER THAT IS HOUSING FOCUSED AND PROVIDES NON CONGREGATE ROOMS FOR UNSHELTERED SINGLE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE TO MOVE CLIENTS INTO PERMANENT HOUSING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SHELTER STAFF WILL FACILITATE ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT HOUSING SECURITY. NOW, THESE CONTRACTS SUPPORT THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. THE FIRST IS A CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH ANGEL STAFFING TO CONTINUE CLINICAL SUPPORT FOR VACCINATION SITES. AND THE CONTRACT ALSO CONTINUES THE STAFFING OF EPIDEMIOLOGISTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDING DATA ANALYSIS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE. ALSO, SUPPORTING THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS A CONTRACT WITH UT HEALTH LAB TO PROVIDE VARIANT SEQUENCING AND DATA ANALYSIS TO REMAIN VIGILANT. THE FIVE AND HALF MILLION DOLLARS AGREEMENT WITH BEXAR COUNTY CONTINUE. BEXAR COUNTY CONTINUES SERVICES BY ADMINISTERING THE COUNTY'S ALLOCATION AND EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS. THIS NEXT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, WE WILL DISCUSS THE FUNDING AND AGREEMENTS RELATED TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. AS WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN PROVIDES 1.9 TRILLION TO RESPOND TO THE PANDEMIC. 19% OF THOSE FUNDS IS ALLOCATED FOR STATE AND LOCAL RECOVERY. WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO TAKE A STRATEGIC AND METHODICAL APPROACH TO THE STATE AND LOCAL ARPA FUNDS. OUR FOCUS IS FINANCIAL STABILITY, REVENUE LOSS RECOVERY, AND THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. AS WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY, PHASE ONE, WE ARE [01:15:01] RECOMMENDING REVENUE RECOVERY. AND IN PHASE TWO, WE WILL COME BACK LATER AFTER WE'VE RECEIVED THE FINAL RESULTS FROM THE TREASURY COMMUNITY INPUT AND COUNCIL DIRECTION. THE HIGHLIGHTS ON THIS SLIDE PROVIDE THE CITY'S ESTIMATED ARPA TOTAL. TO DATE, WE ARE EXPECTING $326.9 MILLION FOR THE CITY'S PORTION OF STATE AND LOCAL RECOVERY. 165 MILLION IS ON THE AGENDA FOR ACCEPTANCE TODAY. IN ADDITION, WE'VE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL GRANTS COMING FROM OTHER ARPA FUNDING STREAMS FOR AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF 465 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. NOW, THIS REFLECTS WHAT WE ARE ASKING COUNSEL TO AUTHORIZE FOR US TODAY. THIS INCLUDES $302.1 MILLION IN VARIOUS AR RPA GRANTS THAT WE'VE EITHER RECEIVED THE FUNDING FOR OR WE'VE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE GRANT. FIRST ON THE LIST IS THE 163 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR STATE AND LOCAL RECOVERY. THIS IS SIMPLY ACCEPTING THE FUNDS. WE ARE NOT ALLOCATING IT AT THIS TIME. WE'VE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION OF $38.3 MILLION FOR THE AIRPORT, AND WE ACCEPT FOR AIRPORT USE UNDER THE GRANT GUIDELINES. WE'VE ALSO BEEN AWARDED 49.7 MILLION IN EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND WE RECOMMEND TO ACCEPT AND USE THESE FUNDS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. WE'VE ALSO BEEN AWARDED $26.6 MILLION IN A HEALTH DISPARITIES GRANT, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO ACCEPT AND ALLOCATE 3.9 OF THAT TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES WITH CONTRACTS THAT WE WILL COVER HERE SHORTLY. WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING ASSISTANCE OR ACCEPTANCE OF 20 MILLION IN HOME FUNDS, AND FINALLY, 4 MILLION FOR HEAD START TO CONTINUE THOSE SERVICES. THIS SLIDE DISCUSSES OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WITH OUR CURRENT BUDGET. WE ESTIMATE WE CAN PROVIDE SERVICES THROUGH JULY, AND WITH THIS GRANT APPROVAL, IT WILL ALLOW US TO PROVIDE SERVICES THROUGH DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES, THIS ORDINANCE BRINGS FORTH VARIOUS AGREEMENTS. THE FIRST IS TO EXTEND SERVICES WITH THE TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON TO PERFORM CASE INVESTIGATIONS AND CONTRACT TRACING. THE SECOND EXTENSION IS WITH THE TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE FOR DR. BARBARA TAYLOR, A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE WHO WORKS AND PROVIDES SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE AND EQUITY COALITION. THE LAST FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NEW AGREEMENTS. THEY INCLUDE THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE, THE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES COMMUNITIES, AND SCHOOLS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES FOR BEHAVIOR RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS DATA. THESE AGREEMENTS TOTAL $3.9 MILLION FUNDED FROM THE HEALTH DISPARITIES GRANT. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THE STATE AND LOCAL RECOVERY FUNDS. IN SUMMARY, STAFF IS RECOMMEND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THESE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I, WITH VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION. VERONICA, UH, AS WE GET INTO, UH, DISCUSSION NOW, UM, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, FOR ITEM FOUR, AND I BELIEVE I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE TO MAKE THAT FIRST MOTION. GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK MOST OF US RECOGNIZE, UH, THERE'S A LOT INVOLVED IN THIS. UH, AND SO I MOVE TO SEPARATE ITEM FOUR INTO MULTIPLE PARTS SO THAT THEY MATCH THE SECTIONS A, B, C, D, E, AND F IN THE BRIEFING MEMO, WE'VE RECEIVED ALL TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. SECOND. SECOND. OH, OKAY. UH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO SEPARATE ITEM FOUR INTO THOSE MULTIPLE PARTS. SO THEY MATCH THE BRIEFING, A MEMO, UM, ALL TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A MOTION TO SEPARATE, UM, THE ITEM INTO MULTIPLE PARTS, AND I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE, HOW MANY PARTS DO WE HAVE? UM, SIX, SIX PARTS. UH, SO THE MOTION, AGAIN, IS TO SEPARATE ITEM FOUR INTO SIX PARTS THAT WILL BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY. UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO SEPARATE THE ITEM? UM, I, BECAUSE WE HAVE A PREVIOUS QUEUE, IF YOU CAN JUST SIGNAL WITH YOUR HAND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. OKAY. [01:20:01] HEARING NO DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE ON THE SEPARATION OF ITEM FOUR. YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE MOTION TO SEPARATE? IT'S NOT UP. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S NOT UP YET. NOT ANYMORE, NO. ALRIGHT. PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. SO, UM, APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR HAS BEEN SEPARATED INTO SIX PARTS, UH, IN THE, AS MENTIONED, UH, MATCHING THE BRIEFING MEMO. SO WE ARE GONNA ENTERTAIN MOTIONS TO CONSIDER EACH SUBPART OF ITEM FOUR. UH, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION NOW FOR SUBPART A AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN DISCUSSION ON ITEM FOUR A. MAY I MOVE TO, UH, APPROVE SUBPART A, WHICH IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN GRANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF 35.5 MILLION FROM THE CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT, AND THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT AND APPROPRIATE FINANCE FUNDS. I SECOND. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION BY COURAGE, A SECOND BY VIA GRAND FOR FOUR A. UH, AT THIS TIME WE'LL TAKE UP DISCUSSION JUST ON THAT ITEM. AGAIN, THAT'S THE GRANTS AND THE AMOUNT OF 35.5 MILLION, UH, FROM CARES. AND THEN THERE WERE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AS WELL. SO, DISCUSSION ON ITEM FOUR A. I'LL GO WITH THE QUEUE NOW THAT'S IN THERE. SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER K, UM, ARE, ARE YOU YIELDING THE FLOOR? YES, I YIELD THE FLOOR. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER PAPA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, ANDY, WHATEVER COMMENTS I MAKE ON THIS SUBJECT, UH, LET THEM BE INCORPORATED AND REFERENCED IN EVERY OTHER SINGLE ITEM SO I DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN. COOL WITH YOU. WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, . SO, UM, ERIC, I, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY, WE'RE JUST VOTING ON THE EXCE AND, AND, 'CAUSE I'M GETTING, I I'M GONNA BE ASKED, UH, BY MY CONSTITUENTS, WHAT DID YOU VOTE ON? WE'RE JUST VOTING ON ACCEPTING THE DOLLARS. WE'LL HAVE, UH, A TIME LATER TO DEBATE EXACTLY WHERE, WHAT POCKETS WE PUT THOSE IN. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. UH, THE, THE ONLY THINGS THAT, UH, AS PART OF THE, THE ACCEPTANCE TODAY, UM, AND PRIMARILY UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN IS THE, THE MONEY WE RECEIVED OUTSIDE OF STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY THAT WE GOT, THAT WE RECEIVED FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING. WE ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO ACCEPT THAT AND APPROPRIATE THAT SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THE EMERGENCY HOUSING PLAN. OKAY. AND THEN, SO, UH, UH, UH, RESTATING THAT ANOTHER WAY, THEN WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING TODAY IS GIVING YOU SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS OF, YOU KNOW, MOVE A TO B, B TO C, UH, YOU KNOW, ADJUST THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT, UH, HERE AND ADJUST IT U UPWARD OR DOWNWARD THERE, RIGHT? CORRECT. WE'RE JUST ACCEPTING THIS. CORRECT. THE, THE, THE MAJORITY OF THIS ITEM, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, THE $326 MILLION STILL NEEDS A LOT OF A ADDITIONAL, WE WILL, WE NEED THE FINAL GUIDELINES, AND THAT'S THE, UH, PORTION THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL WILL GO THROUGH LATER ON IN THIS, UH, END OF SUMMER, BEGIN OF FALL. OKAY. UM, AND, AND CERTAINLY I, IF SOMEBODY ON THE DAIS WANTS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WEIGH IN ON, ON THEIR WISHES ON HOW TO USE THIS MONEY, I, I'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, TODAY. AND, UH, I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THAT. UH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GET THE OBJECTIONS LIKE WE ALWAYS DO, UM, EITHER FROM THE PODIUM OR, YOU KNOW, ONLINE OR PEOPLE CALLING US, LIKE, HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY USE THIS FOR, YOU KNOW, HOMELESS PEOPLE AND HOW, HOW CAN YOU USE THIS FOR VULNERABLE PEOPLE? THEY'RE LAZY, THEY DON'T DESERVE IT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. AND, UM, I GOT ASKED RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, SINCE WHEN DID WE VOTE FOR YOU GUYS TO USE MONEY ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN STREETS AND SIDEWALKS? UM, IN MAY, I THINK IS WHEN YOU VOTED ON THAT, UH, BY SENDING, UH, YOU KNOW, AND LAST MONTH AND THIS MONTH, UH, BY SENDING ALL THESE PEOPLE UP HERE ON THE DAIS WHO PROMISED THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, WHO WERE RUN OVER AND BULLDOZED BY THIS PANDEMIC AND THIS ECONOMY. SO, UH, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO US APPROPRIATING THIS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, DEPLOYING IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO RESCUE FOLKS FROM CONTINUING TO GET PUMMELED BY THIS. UM, AND DENISE, LUCKY WHO'S NOT HERE, UH, I ALWAYS PICK ON HER BY TELLING HER, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE, UH, DENISE, UH, CATERS OUR LUNCHES, AND I ALWAYS PICK ON HER BY TELLING HER THAT, YOU KNOW, I BETTER NOT SEE ANY SHRIMP OR LOBSTER ANYWHERE BECAUSE I HATE SHRIMP AND LOBSTER. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, BECAUSE LEVITICUS PROHIBITS CRUSTACEANS, UH, YOU KNOW, AND CALLS THEM DETESTABLE OF DOMINATIONS. UM, BUT I ALSO REMIND FOLKS THAT LEVITICUS, UH, ALSO SAYS THAT IF YOUR BROTHER BECOMES POOR [01:25:01] AND CANNOT MAINTAIN HIMSELF WITH YOU, YOU ALL SHALL, YOU SHALL SUPPORT HIM AS THOUGH HE WERE A STRANGER AND AS A SOJOURNER. AND HE SHALL LIVE WITH YOU, AND YOU SHALL TAKE NO INTEREST FROM HIM OR PROFIT, BUT FEAR YOUR GOD, THAT YOUR BROTHER MAY LIVE BESIDE YOU. THAT'S AN OLD TESTAMENT, NEW TESTAMENT IN JAMES, GO IN PEACE AND BE WARMED AND FILLED, SAYING THOSE WORDS WITHOUT GIVING YOUR BROTHER THE THINGS HE NEEDS FOR THE BODY. WELL, WHAT GOOD IS THAT? IT'S ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING, SAYING, HEY, MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS IS CHEAP. YOU ACTUALLY GOTTA DO SOMETHING. AND MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL SEEMS LIKE IT'S ON THE VERGE OF DOING SOMETHING. SO, UM, I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE MOTIONS TO A APPROPRIATE THE MONEY. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PIA. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, UH, WE ARE TAKING DISCUSSION ON ITEM A. CORRECT FOR A, UH, THANK YOU. SO, JUST TO CLARIFY, THESE ARE GRANTS THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY CARES PROGRAMS, THESE ARE GRANTS THAT HAD NOT COME TO THE CITY YET AS OF THIS POINT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. NO, THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. UM, I'LL, I'LL SAVE MY QUESTIONS FOR ONE OF THE SUBSEQUENT ITEMS. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, THAT CLEARS THE QUEUE. SO, UH, THAT'S ALL THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE ON ITEM FOUR A. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE I THE MOTION, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR A. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM FOUR B, AND THAT IS THE EXECUTION OF TWO AGREEMENTS, UH, FOR THE LEASE AND OPERATION OF A LOW BARRIER EMERGENCY. SHE SHELTER HOTEL IN THE AMOUNT OF 2.9 MILLION. UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR FOUR B. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION. DID I HEAR A SECOND? ALL RIGHT. MOTION, UH, BY LIA. SECOND BY, I DIDN'T HEAR WHO GOT THE SECOND COURAGE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW TAKE DISCUSSION ON ITEM FOUR B. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, YOU. THANK YOU VERONICA AND YA'S TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORK Y'ALL HAVE PUT IN. UM, HOW DOES SAM'S MINISTRY IN THE CITY, UM, DEFINE LOW BARRIER? WILL FOLKS BE ALLOWED TO BRING PETS IN IF YOU'RE A COUPLE AND HAVE A PARTNER? UM, WILL THEY HAVE A SPACE AND FOR FOLKS TURNED AWAY, WHAT'S THE PROCESS TO CONNECTING THEM TO SERVICES? RIGHT. AND SO LOW BARRIER IN THIS CASE MEANS THAT, UM, INDIVIDUALS WILL, UH, SOBRIETY WILL NOT, UH, KEEP THEM OUT OF THE FACILITY. UM, IF THEY HAVE, DON'T HAVE A TEXAS STATE ID OR AN ID FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT WILL NOT KEEP THEM OUT OF THE FACILITY. UM, IF THEY, THEY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES BEYOND WHAT SOME TRADITIONAL SHELTERS CAN HANDLE, THIS FACILITY WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT. UM, AS FAR AS PETS, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE, UM, MADE THAT DETERMINATION YET. I DON'T THINK PETS WILL BE ALLOWED. UM, AND THEN, UM, ACTUALLY NIKISHA BAKER WITH SAM MINISTRIES IS HERE. AND SO WE CAN, UM, MAYBE ASK HER, UM, AS FAR AS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS PETS AND, UM, COUPLES. BUT, UM, WE ARE STARTING TO SERVE COUPLES AT HAVEN FOR HOPE. AND IT'S UNLIKELY THAT BOAT A COUPLE WOULD, UM, QUALIFY FOR THE SHELTER BASED ON THE FACT THAT THIS IS A SHELTER FOR HIGH ACUITY, UM, CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. UM, AND A SHELTER MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE AT HAVEN FOR HOPE. SO THANK YOU TO SAM'S MINISTRY FOR THE WORK YOU'RE PUTTING IN. THANK YOU. UH, SPECIFIC TO PETS, WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT PET POLICY, UM, IS A DIFFICULT ONE TO MAINTAIN. THE COST OF ONGOING KENNEL CARE, UM, IT WOULD BE SUBSEQUENT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL. AND SO WE ARE REFRAINING FROM ALLOWING PETS INTO THE FACILITY, BUT WE DO, UM, ALLOW COUPLES AS THEY ARE DEFINED, UM, AMONGST THEMSELVES. CURRENTLY, WE'RE PILOTING THE PROJECT, UM, OUT OF THE ISOLATION CARE FACILITY, AND WE HAVE TWO COUPLES WHO ARE NOT MARRIED, UH, BY LAW, BUT ARE DOING WELL IN THRIVING IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. AND WHAT METRICS ARE WE USING TO DEFINE SUCCESS? UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT 250 PEOPLE WILL GO THROUGH THE HOTEL OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR. UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, PROBABLY ABOUT 65% OF THEM WOULD BEGIN TO ENGAGE IN, UM, CASE MANAGEMENT WOULD, WOULD ENGAGE IN HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND THE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES, UM, THAT WILL MOVE THEM ALONG. UH, THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS PERMANENT HOUSING, AND I THINK WE'RE PROJECTING, SAM IS PROJECTING THAT 40% WOULD, WOULD, UH, MOVE INTO [01:30:01] PERMANENT HOUSING, BUT WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, BETTER LIVING OPTIONS. AND SO THAT COULD BE NURSING OR THAT COULD BE ASSISTED LIVING OR, UM, MAYBE GOING TO THE HAVEN FOR HOPE CAMPUS. AND SO, UM, ANY SUCCESS MEASURE REALLY IS GETTING THEM OFF THE STREET AND THEY'RE NOT RETURNING TO THE STREET, BUT THAT WILL HAPPEN IN SOME CASES. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 40% THAT WILL BE PERMANENTLY HOUSED. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP AND AS IF THIS PROJECT PROVES, UM, SUCCESSFUL, THAT WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE IT FOR THE FUTURE BOND. UM, AND WE SHOULD GET WITH COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY HOMELESSNESS TO HELP US RECALIBRATE IN HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS BETTER. THANK YOU. SURE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, I, I, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS. AND LET ME GO THROUGH SOME REASONS WHY I, AND THIS IS, WE ALREADY SPEND MELODY, YOU BETTER COME UP HERE BECAUSE I, I'VE GOT SOME, UH, FACTS AND FIGURES THAT I'LL HAVE TO ASK YOU FOR. SO WHAT, WHAT DO WE, I ALWAYS HEAR THIS, WE'RE SPENDING BETWEEN 50 AND $80 MILLION A YEAR FOR HOMELESS SERVICES HERE. AND, AND THAT'S A WIDE RANGE BETWEEN 50 AND $80 MILLION. WE HAD THIS, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN THAT CAME IN HERE, UH, LAST YEAR OR YEAR BEFORE LAST, THAT, UM, UH, THAT GAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS MM-HMM. . AND ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS, WE NEED MORE MONEY. YOU KNOW, AND WHAT, WHAT IS THE, OUR LAST POINT IN TIME COUNT, HOW MANY, HOW MANY FOLKS WERE WE LOOKING AT ACROSS THE CITY? SO THE LAST POINT IN TIME COUNT THAT WE HAVE AN UNSHELTERED COUNT, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT DONE IN JANUARY OF 21, UM, WAS 2020 AND WE HAD ALMOST 3000 PEOPLE THAT WERE, UM, HOMELESS AND ABOUT 1200 THAT WERE UNSHELTERED. OKAY. UM, AND WE, WE GIVE HOW MUCH TO HAVEN FOR HOPE EVERY YEAR. SO HAVEN FOR HOPE FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 RECEIVES 5.1 MILLION. UM, THE CAMP HAVEN FOR HOPE AND CAMPUS PARTNERS TOGETHER, UM, IS ALLOCATED 8.6 MILLION, 8.6 MILLION. AND HERE WE'RE SETTING UP ANOTHER FACILITY FOR ANOTHER $2.9 MILLION. UM, YOU KNOW, JUST DOING THE MATH THAT, THAT'S CLOSE TO $12,000 PER PERSON PER YEAR OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. AND, UH, FOR ANOTHER FACILITY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY FUNDING HAVEN FOR HOPE, UH, A GOOD DEAL OF MONEY GOING TO THEM TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION. THOSE UNSHELTERED AND I, I CAN'T SEE THAT IF WE DO NEED AN ADDITIONAL FACILITY, UM, AND WE'RE CALLING THIS A PRO, UH, PILOT, OUT OF THAT 50 TO $80 MILLION, YOU KNOW, THERE OUGHT TO BE SOME PLACES THAT WE COULD SAVE MONEY FROM THOSE PROGRAMS ALREADY BEING FUNDED TO FUND THIS FACILITY. I, I DON'T AGREE WITH, UH, COMING UP WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDS, UH, FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS REQUIREMENT. UM, WE'RE TALKING, AND ONE THING THAT STUCK IN MY HEAD ON THE BRIEFING WHILE AGO, UH, THIS IS BEING REGARDED AS PERMANENT HOUSING. THE SHELTER, THE HOTEL IS NOT, IT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO MOVE, OKAY. THE BRIEFING, HOMELESS BRIEFING SAID INTO SHELTER. THIS IS PART OF THE PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTION. AND THAT'S WHAT CONCERNS ME, THAT WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT THIS AS PERMANENT HOUSING THAT'S GONNA LAST FOREVER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SETTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS UP THAT, UH, WILL ATTRACT ADDITIONAL HOMELESS PEOPLE FROM NOT ONLY THIS AREA, BUT FROM OTHER CITIES THAT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF. I DON'T, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS TO HELP THOSE FOLKS MOVE OUT OF THAT FACILITY, WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE AND HOW MUCH THAT'S GONNA COST. I, I SEE THAT, THAT $2.9 MILLION, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE TOTAL ALL IN COST, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WORKING WITH THEM AND TRYING TO GET 'EM INTO OTHER HOUSING AND OTHER, UH, HELP SER OTHER SERVICES TO HELP 'EM. THAT'S NOT FREE. THAT'S ALL GONNA COST MONEY. SO THAT'S NOT A 2.9 MILLION ALL IN COST. AND THAT'S WHAT CONCERNS ME. WHERE IS THIS MONEY GONNA COME FROM IN THE FUTURE WHEN THIS CARES ACT, UM, MONEY RUNS OUT. UH, SO THAT I JUST, EXCUSE ME. [01:35:01] YES, SIR. UM, I, I KNOW THIS IS OPERATED IN OTHER, OTHER CITIES AND I THINK, DOESN'T AUSTIN ACTUALLY HAVE ONE? AUSTIN IS USING HOTELS AS EMERGENCY SHELTER. OKAY. AND WHAT'S THE SUCCESS OF THEIR PROGRAM? ARE THEY EMPTYING 'EM OUT OR THEY'RE JUST, THIS IS PERMANENT HOUSING THAT'S GONNA LAST FOREVER. HOW, HOW ARE THEY HANDLING IT? I DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION AND PROVIDE IT TO YOU. YOU SEE THIS, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THE KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH A COMMITTEE PROCESS. THIS DIDN'T GO THROUGH ANY COMMITTEE PROCESS, DID IT? I, NO, WE DID NOT TAKE THIS AS A SEPARATE ITEM TO A COUNCIL COMMITTEE. YEAH. AND I MEAN, I SAID YOU WERE, IT WAS BRIEFED DURING B SESSION LAST WEEK, AND THEN THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AT MY, UH, BRIEFING IN DECEMBER. YEAH. AND, BUT YOU KNOW, TO ME, THIS SHOULD HAVE GONE, I SIT ON THE CULTURAL NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE, THAT THIS WAS A NATURAL, THAT IT SHOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT COMMITTEE TO ASK ALL THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE LAUNCH INTO THIS. UH, I DON'T SEE THE RUSH ON THIS, THAT WE HAVE TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW. UH, WE'RE ACCEPTING THIS MONEY, AND I, I THINK THIS NEEDS TO GO THROUGH A COMMITTEE PROCESS BEFORE IT COMES UP TO COUNCIL FOR THIS EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS, WHETHER IT'S CARES ACT FUNDING OR COMING THROUGH OUR GENERAL FUND. IT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND I, I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE AND THE QUESTIONS. I, I MEAN, YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING ALL MY QUESTIONS ON HERE, BUT THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT REALLY NEED TO BE HEARD BY THE PUBLIC ALSO. AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE AT AN A SESSION THAT WE STILL, OR AT LEAST I HAVE ALL THESE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED PUBLICLY SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THIS IS, HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST ALL IN, AND, UM, WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM. SO, I, I GOT BIG PROBLEMS WITH THIS ONE, AND, AND I, I WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, UH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. UH, AND THANK YOU SAM MINISTRIES FOR ALL YOU DO. YOU'RE DOING SUCH GREAT WORK. BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, UH, REGARDING THIS LEASE AGREEMENT. IT, IS IT FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY? YES. OKAY. YES. THERE'S 50 ROOMS WE WOULD USE, UM, 45 TO 47. OKAY. AS, UH, HOUSING. AND WILL STAFF, CITY STAFF BE ON SITE OR SAM'S MINISTRY, SAM MINISTRY AS WELL? WILL THE PROGRAM? YES. OKAY. AND SECURITY. MY, MY CONCERN IS SECURITY AND IT MAY COST MORE THAN WE EXPECT. SO WHO WILL BE HANDLING THE SECURITY THERE AT THIS? AND WILL IT BE EVENINGS OR ALL DAY? UM, YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT DETAILS AS IT'S CURRENTLY BUDGETED, IT WILL BE ONE SECURITY GUARD, UH, 24 HOURS A DAY, AND THEN TWO, UM, BETWEEN THE NIGHTTIME HOURS, SO THINK 8:00 PM UNTIL ABOUT 8:00 AM. SO WE HAVE, UH, CURRENTLY CONTRACTED WITH EAGLE ONE PROTECTION. UH, THEY DO THE SECURITY FOR SAM INDUSTRIES AT OUR TRANSITIONAL LIVING AND LEARNING CENTER, UH, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IN CASTLE HILL, UH, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM CASTLE HILLS, AS WELL AS OUR SAN PEDRO OFFICE LOCATION, WHERE WE SEE LOTS OF THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION. AND, UH, 'CAUSE MY, MY CONCERN IS JUST AS THE TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY TAKES OFF, THAT WE MAY NEED, UH, MORE, WE MAY NEED TO SPEND OUR BUDGET A LITTLE MORE ON SECURITY, UH, AS, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WITH THE BUDGET, UM, WHEN, WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRANT, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, UM, TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION. I, I JUST HAVE A, A QUESTION THAT I, UM, THOUGHT OF AS, UH, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE CASTILLO ASKED ABOUT PETS. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN MAYBE WORK WITH A C S TO SEE IF WE COULD HOUSE PETS FOR, UH, FOLKS WHO ARE HOMELESS? AND ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE FOCUSING ON, UM, INDIVIDUALS OR, OR PARTNERS NOW AND, AND TRYING TO BRING COUPLES IN? I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOMEWHAT OF A NEED. AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE DO THAT. I KNOW THAT SOME MINISTRIES HAVE, HAS KENNELS THAT SEEM TO BE ALWAYS FULL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU STILL HAVE THEM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE, WE COULD MAYBE ALLOT, I DON'T KNOW, 5% OR, OR SOMETHING AS A, JUST IN CASE. SO HAVEN FOR HOPE DOES HAVE KENNELS AND, AND THEY DO FILL UP. AND WHEN, UM, THERE'S OVERFLOW, WE WORK WITH ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, UM, TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF. AND WE'LL DO THE SAME THING WITH THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I THINK THIS PROB THIS PROJECT [01:40:01] IS ABSOLUTELY KEY, CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. WE ABSOLUTELY NEED ALTERNATIVES TO THE EXISTING SHELTERS THAT WE HAVE, AND WE NEED TO FIND OUT HOW LOW BARRIERS WILL WORK. LOW BARRIER SHELTERS ARE GOING TO WORK IN SAN ANTONIO, AND HELP US GET TO WHERE WE WE NEED TO GO. UH, THAT SAID, I, I DO SHARE SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS, UH, SHARED BY MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN PERRY. THIS IS, UH, THIS IS URGENT. ABSOLUTELY. UH, BUT AS THE, THE POLICY MAKERS, WE HOPE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT, SORRY, NOT A LITTLE BIT. WE HOPE TO HAVE A GREATER ROLE IN MAKING THE DECISIONS AND IN CRAFTING THOSE DECISIONS TODAY, IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE OUR ROLE IS TO VETO, UH, YOU KNOW, THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN. AND AS, UH, AS LEADERS WHO SEE THESE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WE, WE, WE HOPE TO HAVE A BIGGER ROLE IN THAT, WHETHER IT'S AT COMMITTEE OR WHETHER IT'S AT A B SESSION. AND I'LL, I WON'T REPEAT THESE COMMENTS AGAIN WHEN WE GO INTO THE GRANTS FOR THE, FOR THE HEALTH PORTION. SO I, ERIC, COULD YOU, COULD YOU TELL ME IN THE FUTURE, OR, OR EVEN TODAY, HOW CAN WE A ADDRESS THAT SO THAT WE DON'T COME HERE TO A, TO A RUSH DECISION? AND, AND BEFORE YOU GET INTO THAT, I'LL SAY THAT THESE ARE WEIGHTY, WEIGHTY PROBLEMS AND TREMENDOUS SOLUTIONS. UH, AND I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL TO HAVE JUST MORE DETAIL IN THE, IN THE BRIEFING MATERIALS IN ADVANCE OF, OF MAKING THESE TYPES OF DECISIONS. SO, SO ERIC, IF YOU COULD RESPOND. YEAH, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. SO ME, UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOTELS, UM, FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UM, COUNCIL BRIEFINGS, UM, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD PURSUE THE PURCHASE OF THEM, RIGHT? SO, UH, AS WE DID THE ANALYSIS AND WE'VE LOOKED TO SEE WHAT OTHER, OTHER CITIES HAVE STUMBLED A BIT WITH THE RUSH TO PURCHASE A BUILDING AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHO'S GONNA OPERATE IT. UM, SO WE THINK THIS STAFF ALTERNATIVE, WHICH HAS BEEN WORKED ON FOR SOME TIME, AND SEVERAL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS POINTED OUT, IS A GOOD TEST PILOT FOR THE NEXT YEAR TO POTENTIALLY SEE WHAT CHALLENGES WE MAY HAVE OR THE OPERATOR MAY HAVE, UM, HOW IT MAY FIT INTO A POTENTIAL BOND PROGRAM. UM, UM, OVERALL, UM, I, I, I THINK, UM, AND I'LL LOOK FOR THE, TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR SOME, FOR SOME FEEDBACK, BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE USE OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS OR CARES ACT OR THOSE LARGER ITEMS, UM, I THINK B SESSION IS THE APPROPRIATE AREA. I'M NOT SURE COMMITTEES ARE THE APPROPRIATE AREA, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S ONLY FIVE OF YOU, UM, THAT BELONGS IN THE PURVIEW OF ALL 11. AND, AND THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE, THE, THE APPROACH WE'VE TAKEN. AND IF WE NEED TO STEP UP THE BRIEFINGS AND DO MORE OF THAT, THEN WE CAN DO THAT. I SUSPECT THAT AS WE ALL GEAR UP TOWARDS ARPA, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF CONVERSATION THAT YOU AS A GROUP WILL HAVE, UM, AND POTENTIALLY WITH OTHER, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OTHER AGENCIES. SO, UM, UM, WE OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN ALWAYS DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH THE DETAIL AND THE INFORMATION, BUT, UM, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK THAT, UM, WE JUST THOUGHT OF IT LAST WEEK ABOUT PRESENTING A HOTEL TO, TO, TO BE CLEAR, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE HOTEL FOR, FOR A LONG TIME. THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN TALKING ABOUT. BUT FOR INSTANCE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IS WHO IS, UH, SO I SEE ON THE BRIEFING MEMO, YOU KNOW, SAM MINISTRIES WILL BE OPERATING IT, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ARE SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUPPORT? UH, WE, WE DON'T KNOW THOSE DETAILS. AND I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT DISTRIBUTING THESE, YOU KNOW, THIS MASSIVE AMOUNT OF FUNDS AND HAVING TO DO THAT WITH THE FULL BODY. WHAT I THINK IS, IS ALSO HELPFUL IS FOR THE SMALLER BODIES TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO PURSUE. I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR, FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT AND, AND MAYBE FOR US TO TALK ABOUT LATER. UH, ONE THING I, OH GOD, I JUST LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. , LET ME FIND MY, OH, YES. UH, ONE THING I, I WOULD LIKE TO POSE, AND THIS IS AGAIN, GOING INTO THE BUDGET GOAL SESSION, I THINK, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT THE ITEM IS TODAY AT HAND. BUT WE HAVE OFTEN TALKED ABOUT HAVING A COORDINATED RESPONSE TO OUR HOMELESSNESS ISSUE AND A GRAND PLAN. AND WITH THESE FUNDS COMING IN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THIS MAY BE ONE OF THOSE ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO MAKE THE NECESSARY HUGE INVESTMENTS, WHETHER OR NOT THE MONEY IS FLAGGED FOR THAT. BUT IT, IT PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, TO FUND THAT. SO I'D, I'D JUST LIKE TO PUSH, PUT THAT OUT THERE, UM, FOR, FOR US TO CONSIDER WHEN IT COMES TO, TO GOAL SETTING AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS. BUT, UH, BUT COULD YOU PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT SUBSTANCE ABUSE [01:45:01] AND, UH, AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES? THANK YOU. SO THAT'S, UM, COUNCILWOMAN THAT'S BUILT INTO THE BUDGET, AND SAM MINISTRIES WILL HAVE CASE MANAGERS ON SITE, SOME OF THOSE SERVICES ON SITE, WHERE THE, THE TREATMENT NEEDS TO BE MORE IN A, A FACILITY SETTING THAT'S, THAT'S FOCUSED ON MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE, THEN THEY'LL MAKE THOSE REFERRALS. UM, BUT THAT, THAT IS PROVIDED AS PART OF THE PROGRAM AND THE REFERRALS, WHO WOULD, WHO WOULD END UP PAYING FOR THOSE SERVICES? IT COULD BE THE, UM, PAID FOR OUT OF THE BUDGET OF THE PROGRAM. IT COULD BE THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEDS FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. UM, IT COULD BE REFERRED THAT WAY, BUT IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE WITHIN THIS BUDGET. SO, ALRIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN. THAT, THAT WASN'T CLEAR FROM THE MATERIALS THAT WE RECEIVED, AND THAT'S A CRITICAL PART OF MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO EXIT HOMELESSNESS. RIGHT, RIGHT. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS AUSTIN HAS A SIMILAR PROGRAM, AND LIKE ERIC WAS SAYING, SOME CITIES HAVE STUMBLED WITH, WITH PURCHASING OR DOING OTHER THINGS. HAVE WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO VISIT, UH, TO TALK TO THOSE PROFESSIONALS THERE AND LEARN FROM PERHAPS THEIR MISTAKES SO THAT WE DON'T REPEAT SIMILAR ONES OR SO THAT WE IMPROVE CITY STAFF HAVE NOT MADE THAT VISIT? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, WELL, THERE YOU GO. SAM MINISTRIES HAS BEEN, UM, VISITING WITH PROVIDERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO HAVE IMPLEMENTED SIMILAR MODELS. UM, WE ARE INCORPORATING THE FEEDBACK BUMPS AND BRUISES THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED ALONG THE WAY, INCLUDING THAT OF OUR OWN HAVEN FOR HOPE AND THEIR OPERATION OF THE, THE HOTEL FOR, UM, UH, DURING THE, THE COVID PERIOD, UM, IN INCORPORATING WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THOSE PROGRAMS INTO, UM, WHAT WE THINK WILL HELP US BE SUCCESSFUL. UM, I, I AGREE WITH, UM, MR. WALSH'S RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THE LEASE OF THIS SPACE. THAT IS ONE OF THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HOTEL PROPERTY THAT'S LOCATED NEAR DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO. AND SO AS TOURISM COMES BACK, UM, WE WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS OF THE IMPACT, UM, THAT THAT HOTEL PROPERTY HAS, UM, O ON THE OVERALL COMMUNITY. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO, UM, ENSURE THAT WE ARE CLOSE TO CRITICAL SERVICES. AND SO, AS AN EXAMPLE, IN THE PILOT PROGRAM, WE HAVE ALREADY CONNECTED, UM, AT LEAST ONE PERSON TO A 30 DAY INPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAM. UM, THAT HAS COME THROUGH OUR PILOT PROGRAM. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 15 INDIVIDUALS, FOUR OF WHOM HAVE ALREADY BEEN PERMANENTLY HOUSED IN 60 DAYS. UM, THIS TYPE OF INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES CONNECTION TO RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SAM MINISTRIES HAS A BREADTH OF PARTNERS, UM, THAT WE ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH, SOME OF WHOM WE WOULD FUND THROUGH A PORTION OF THIS BUDGET. BUT SOME OF THOSE HAVE FUNDING FROM THEIR OWN, UH, CONTRACT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OR BEXAR COUNTY OR OTHER PARTNERS. UM, THIS IS A SOLUTION THAT WE BELIEVE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT, UM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EXPLAINING THAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW, HOW THIS PROGRAM SUCCEEDS, UH, AND MAYBE MONITORING SOME OF THE METRICS AS, AS WE GO ALONG. THERE'S ANOTHER ITEM THAT I PULLED FOR DISCUSSION, SO, UH, PERHAPS WE CAN INTEGRATE THAT INTO THAT, INTO THAT DASHBOARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR, UH, ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. FIRST I WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. UM, WE'VE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE'S A HUGE NEED TO DO MORE TO ADDRESS HOUSELESSNESS, UM, AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IT IS A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE AND THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THUS FAR HAVEN'T ACHIEVED THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE HOPING, UM, HAVEN FOR HOPE AND SIMILAR PROGRAMS. UM, I FIND THAT THIS, THIS PROGRAM, I FEEL IT ACKNOWLEDGES THE GAPS THAT MANY OF THESE OTHER PROGRAMS HAVE, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SUBSTANCE USE AND VARIOUS COPING MECHANISMS THAT SO MANY USE TO SURVIVE. UM, I ACTUALLY HAD THE SAME QUESTION THIS COUNCILWOMAN SIGNED OF. SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING ABOUT, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG COUNSELING FOR ME, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND IN TALK IN SPEAKING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TALKING ABOUT THIS HOTEL AS A CONCEPT, UM, REMOVING THE CON THE, UH, REQUIREMENT OF SOBRIETY, UM, PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG COUNSELING AND SUPPORT AND CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES ARE THREE OF THE CHECK MARKS THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. AND I FEEL THAT THAT MEET THIS IS MET. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. THANKS, MELODY. UM, I, I, I I THINK THIS IS A, A CLUTCH, A CLUTCH PLAY IN, IN LIKE A CRUCIAL TIME RIGHT NOW. UM, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE IS OTHER THAN TO JUST PLAINLY SAY, LET [01:50:01] PEOPLE CONTINUE TO LIVE UNDER BRIDGES AND OUTSIDE DURING A RECORD SETTING HOT SUMMER. I'M NOT A DOCTOR, BUT I THINK IF YOU LEAVE PEOPLE OUTSIDE CONTINUOUSLY IN A HUNDRED PLUS TEMPERATURES, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA END UP WITH A FEW DEAD BODIES. UH, AND I NOT ON MY WATCH, AND SO I, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS ITEM, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE PEOPLE SEND ME CLIPS OF THE SILLINESS ON THE RADIO FROM THE OPINION MONGERS AND, YOU KNOW, CUE THE PEARL CLUTCHING WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD HOTEL. SO, UM, CAN, CAN YOU COME UP HERE AND ANSWER A QUESTION FOR ME? UM, I WAS TELLING ERIC, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A FEELING THAT IF WE WERE LEASING ANOTHER BUILDING THAT ISN'T A HOTEL, MAYBE WE WOULDN'T GET AS MANY OBJECTIONS. BUT HOTEL HAS, YOU KNOW, CREATES, AND, AND PEOPLE I THINK ARE CREATING THIS IMAGE OUT THERE AND, UH, PEDALING IN, IN MISTRUTHS. THIS ISN'T A LUXURY HOTEL, IS IT? NO. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR STAR RATING IS, BUT IT'S OKAY. . YEAH. IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A LUXURY HOTEL, SO, SO JUST TO MAKE SURE, WILL THEY HAVE MINI BARS? NO. NO. WILL THEY HAVE SPAS WHERE THEY CAN GET FACIALS AND MASSAGES? THERE'S NO SPA. WILL THEY HAVE BELLHOPS AND CONCIERGES FOR, UH, FOOD DELIVERY, UH, TO THEIR ROOMS? NO. THERE WILL BE, UM, MAINTENANCE. THE HOTEL WILL PROVIDE MAINTENANCE AND THEY WILL CLEAN THE ROOMS. ARE THEY GONNA HAVE TURN DOWN SERVICE WITH MAID SERVICE AND BUTLERS? NO. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE VALET PARKING. NO. AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, THE ONLY THING THEY'RE GETTING IS A BED AIR CONDITIONING AND A SHOWER. IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? AND SERVICES AND, AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES. CASE MANAGEMENT AND, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT MY, YOU GOT MY SUPPORT. THANKS. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. UH, I THINK WE'VE, UH, HAD A LOT OF MEANINGFUL QUESTIONS, WHICH I WOULD SAY WOULD, UM, REQUIRE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE BRING MORE RELATED TO THIS ISSUE AND ANY ISSUES LIKE IT, UH, TO ONE OF OUR, UH, COUNCIL COMMITTEES FOR REVIEW IN ADVANCE. I KNOW THIS IS, WE'RE TALKING WITH FEDERAL MONEY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PILOT PROGRAM. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT. I DON'T KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, MY, MY COLLEAGUE AND I JUST TALKED ABOUT AUDIT COMMITTEE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER, UH, HAD A FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM COME BEFORE, UH, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR OUR REVIEW, BUT CERTAINLY WHEN IT'S RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS, UH, CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE OR EVEN THE HEALTH COMMITTEE WOULD BE IMPORTANT AVENUES, UH, FOR THIS TO COME THROUGH. I RECOGNIZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. UH, AND I ASKED THAT QUESTION YESTERDAY, HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE REALLY HAVE COMMITTED TO THIS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY? AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO COORDINATE THIS GOING FORWARD, UH, SO THAT THERE ISN'T WASTE OR THERE, THERE AREN'T GAPS THAT NEED TO BE FILLED. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT'S WHAT OUR GOAL IS GOING TO BE, TO HAVE A COMPLETE PICTURE, TO BRING TOGETHER ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS, WHETHER THEY'RE NONPROFITS OR WHETHER IT'S THE CITY RECEIVING FEDERAL MONEY OR THE COUNTY OR WHATEVER. AND WE HAVE THE KIND OF PLAN THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A REAL IMPACT ON HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT, BUT I WILL BE SUPPORTING MOVING FORWARD, UH, ON THIS SUBPART B THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. SO, UM, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF WHEN I BEGAN TO RUN FOR THIS OFFICE, I, I, UM, COMMITTED TO A HOUSING FIRST POLICY. AND MELODY, I WANTED TO ASK YOU, 'CAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SOME PEOPLE DEFINE A HOUSING PER FIRST POLICY DIFFERENTLY. AND I WANTED TO ASK, HOW DOES THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DEFINE A HOUSING FIRST POLICY? SO, HOUSING FIRST IS, YOU KNOW, JUST IN A NUTSHELL, WHEN A PERSON WHO IS ON THE STREET IS PLACED IMMEDIATELY OR ALMOST IMMEDIATELY INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A, A SIX MONTHS OR TWO YEAR, UM, PROGRAM IN ORDER TO EARN THAT HOUSING. UM, THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS THAT IT GOES THROUGH A COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM WHERE THOSE WHO ARE, UH, ASSESSED AS BEING THE MOST VULNERABLE, ARE PRIORITIZED AHEAD OF OTHERS WHO MAY NOT BE AS VULNERABLE FOR THAT HOUSING. AND SO, UM, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, OUR PROVIDERS LIKE SAM AND HAVEN FOR HOPE AND, UM, ENDEAVORS AND ST. VINCENT DEPAUL, THEY, THEY ALL WORK WITH US TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM [01:55:01] TO RECEIVE, UM, PERMANENT HOUSING THAT'S SUBSIDIZED, SO SUBSIDIZED THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, FOR, UH, MAYBE A HOMELESS SETASIDE VOUCHER. THAT'S THE SYSTEM THAT WE USE TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, THE ORDER OF PEOPLE GOING INTO HOUSING. OKAY. AND SO DOES THIS CONTRACT WITH SAM MINISTRIES, UH, MEET OUR DEFINITION OF A HOUSING FIRST POLICY IN THEIR APPROACH? IT ACTUALLY IS VERY MUCH, UM, HOUSING FIRST ORIENTED, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, PEOPLE WON'T BE ABLE TO WALK UP TO THE HOTEL AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M HOMELESS. I'D LIKE TO STAY HERE AT A ROOM INSTEAD OF GOING TO ONE OF THE SHELTERS. THE REFERRALS WILL COME FROM, UM, THE CITY STREET OUTREACH TEAM, OUR PARTNERS STREET OUTREACH, OTHER SHELTERS WHEN THEY, UM, COME ACROSS HIGH ACUITY INDIVIDUALS WHO, UM, WON'T DO WELL IN A CO CONGREGATE SETTING, UM, AND NEED THAT WRAPAROUND CARE. THEY NEED THAT ONSITE CASE MANAGEMENT AND HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE IN ORDER TO ME TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND MOVE FORWARD. AND PART OF THAT, PART OF WHAT SAM WILL BE DOING WILL BE FOCUSED ON GETTING PEOPLE, UM, ASSESSED AND IN THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM AND PRIORITIZED FOR HOUSING AND THEN ALSO HOUSING READY, SO THAT WHEN THAT THEIR NUMBER COMES UP AND THEIR, UM, HOUSING IS AVAILABLE, THEY'RE READY TO GO. THANK YOU. SO, UM, I, I SHARE COUNCILMAN PERRY'S, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT NOT HAVING A THOROUGH ENOUGH, UH, PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS AND THE ABILITY TO REVIEW ALL OF THIS. YOU KNOW, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR TAX, OF THE COMMUNITY'S TAX DOLLARS. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, TREAT OUR, THE PUBLIC AS OUR PARTNER IN HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS GOING FORWARD. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE A MORE THOROUGH PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS IN THE FUTURE. AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW WHO DON'T HAVE TIME FOR A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER TO COME IN AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M HERE TO JUST JAM UP THE GEARS AND SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LONG, THOROUGH REVIEW BEFORE WE THINK ABOUT, BEFORE WE DECIDE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. I'M, I'M GONNA TRUST THAT THAT CITY STAFF, UM, HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE AND, UM, ARE MAKING GOOD DECISIONS FOR US. AND, UM, I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTING THIS, UM, WITH, WITH THE EXPECTATION THOUGH, THAT, THAT IN THE FUTURE WE CAN HAVE MORE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, THROUGH MY CONVERSATION SO FAR, I HAVE LEARNED THAT, OR I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO, UH, VERY COMPETITIVE IN SEEKING GRANTS TO ADDRESS OUR HOMELESS ISSUES. AND, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE AND INVITE YOU TO WORK WITH ME ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF COLLECTING THE DATA WE NEED, BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO, IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE SET ASIDE A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR GRANT RIDERS THAT WE CAN TURN INTO SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS IN SERVICES. AND, UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M LOOK LOOKING TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF ON AND ANYBODY ELSE UP HERE ON THE DAIS, UM, SO WE CAN LEVERAGE OUR TAX DOLLARS MORE EFFECTIVELY GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. YEAH, JUST ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION. THIS IS PROBABLY FOR ERIC. UH, UM, COUNCILMAN COURAGE ASKED ABOUT FEDERAL FUNDS AND IF WE'VE EVER GONE OUT WITH, UH, CONTRACTS FOR FEDERAL FUNDS OR GRANTS, AND I, I DON'T RECALL US DOING THAT BEFORE, BUT IT'S STILL TAX DOLLARS AND WE SHOULD BE FOLLOWING THE FAR AND, UH, EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT. WHY DIDN'T WE PUT AN R F P TOGETHER FOR BOTH OF THESE REQUIREMENTS? AND I, I CONSIDER THESE AS DIRECT AWARDS AGAIN, WITHOUT FOLLOWING THE FAR YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT, COUNCILMAN. UM, AND, AND I THINK AND THE, THE PART OF THE INTERNAL CONVERSATION, WE ARE, WE ARE COMING OFF OF THE EMERGENCY, RIGHT? AND, AND, UM, I THINK THAT WHETHER THEY ARE HEALTH RELATED GRANTS OR AGENCY RELATED GRANTS, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK TO OUR NORMAL SOLICITATION PROCESSES. UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, I, I THINK, I THINK WE'VE BEEN INTERNALLY IN THE MODE OF, ESPECIALLY COMING OUTTA THE CARESS ACT ABOUT MOVING IT QUICKLY, BECAUSE IF WE GO THROUGH SOLICITATIONS, THAT ADDS TIME. UM, I, MY DIRECTION TO THE STAFF HAS BEEN, WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS PRE PANDEMIC FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT. UM, SO I THINK WE'LL START TO SEE, WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT, UM, THROUGHOUT, UH, THE SPENDING REGARDLESS OF THE TOPIC OR THE SUBJECT AREA. UM, AND I'LL LET MEL TALK ABOUT HOW SHE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS SHE WENT THROUGH FOR SAM MINISTRIES, BUT, UM, [02:00:01] I'M GONNA KNOCK ON WOOD, BUT THE PAN, THE EMERGENCY IS OVER. IT'S BACK TO NORMAL BUSINESS. AND I THINK IT'S BE VERY CRITICAL AS WE GO THROUGH AND THE COUNCIL DECIDES WHAT TO DO WITH ARPA FUNDING, THAT WE INITIATE THAT WITH THAT ARPA FUNDING AND GO THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES. AND, AND, AND REGARDLESS OF FUNDING LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL, THEY SHOULD ALL FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS INTERNALLY FOR US TO INCLUDE THE, THE COMMITTEE. YEAH. 'CAUSE I, I LOOK AT THIS AS, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST RENTING A HOTEL AND, UH, THE SERVICES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT, UM, NOTHING AGAINST SAM MINISTRIES. I THINK Y'ALL DO WONDERFUL WORK, BUT THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT COULD PROVIDE THESE SERVICES. AND, UM, I'M SURE THAT HOTEL I'M NOT EVEN FAMILIAR WITH, WITH HOTEL, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD, THEY COULD MEET THAT REQUIREMENT AS WELL. AND SO, JUST, JUST TO ADD, UM, WE DID ISSUE AN R F P IN THE FALL, SO THE SOUTH ALAMO ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS AND BEXAR COUNTY ALSO RECEIVED EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT OR SOLUTIONS GRANT FUNDING, AND WE ISSUED A JOINT R F P TO FUND THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE ELIGIBLE UNDER THAT FUNDING. AND SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY CLOSE TO 18, $19 MILLION THAT WAS AVAILABLE. AND SAM MINISTRIES DID APPLY TO OPERATE THIS, THIS PROGRAM THROUGH THAT R F P AND IT WAS SCORED BY A PANEL. UM, AND WE DID, SO WE DID GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS FOR, FOR THIS REQUIREMENT? FOR THIS, FOR THIS, YES. SO THERE WAS AN R F P FOR THE SAM PORTION OR THE HOTEL PORTION? WELL, FOR A NUMBER OF THINGS FOR THE SAM PORTION, WE DID NOT DO AN R F P FOR THE HOTEL. OKAY. UM, 'CAUSE I, I DON'T RECALL SEEING THAT COME THROUGH ANY COMMITTEE THAT, THAT R F P FOR THE AUDIT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE, DID THAT GO THROUGH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE? WE, WE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH PURCHASING AND JOINED THE R F P WAS, UM, ISSUED AND RUN BY THE SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS. OKAY. BUT, BUT WE'RE CON WE'RE WE'RE FUNNELING MONEY INTO THAT CONTRACT, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. UH, EVEN THOUGH SOMEBODY, IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S CONTRACT, SOMEBODY A COMMITTEE SOMEWHERE SHOULD BE REVIEWING THAT SINCE IT'S CITY FUNDS COMING THROUGH FROM THE CITY. SO YEAH, THIS, THIS IS GETTING SCREW HERE. AS I'M, I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS. I, I JUST DON'T THINK WE WENT THROUGH THE PROPER PROCESSES. I DON'T THINK WE TOOK IT THROUGH ANY COMMITTEES FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M AGAINST THIS BECAUSE WE DID NOT FOLLOW THOSE PROCESSES. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS TAXPAYER MONEY, WHICHEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT. AND WE SHOULD GO THROUGH THE RIGHT PROCESSES TO EXECUTE THIS AND WE HAVE NOT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THAT'S, HE IS. COUNCIL MEMBER AZZ. THANK YOU. I I JUST HEARD SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING FROM COUNCILMAN BRAVO AND I I, IT'S THE FIRST TIME I HEAR IT, SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I, I, I UNDERSTAND THIS. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO HELP US BRING HOME FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS. AND THE LACK OF GRANT WRITERS IS WHAT KEEPS US FROM GETTING GRANT AWARDS. IS THAT TRUE? CAN, CAN SOMEBODY VERIFY THAT FOR ME? IF THAT'S TRUE, THEN WE GOT A PROBLEM ON OUR HANDS. LORI, MELANIE. LORI. SO WE DO, UM, COLLECT A LOT OF DATA. THE SYSTEM COLLECTS A LOT OF DATA. THE CITY'S NOT THE ONLY AGENCY. UM, WE HAVE AN H M I S SYSTEM WHERE WE ARE, WE CAN REPORT, UM, EVERYONE WHO IS ENTERED INTO THAT SYSTEM AND, AND FOLLOW THEM THROUGH AND THE SERVICES THEY'VE RECEIVED. BUT I WOULD WANNA GET WITH, UM, COUNCILMAN BRAVO AND, AND UNDERSTAND MORE WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF DATA HE'S LOOKING FOR. UM, WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER COLLECTING AND USING DATA. AND SO I, I'D BE VERY INTERESTED IN, IN UNDERSTANDING MORE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE THINK IS MISSING. BUT YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO. WE DO APPLY FOR FEDERAL GRANTS. YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO. AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER. BUT THAT WASN'T THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION. LORI, CAN YOU WANNA TAKE A WHACK AT THIS, LORI? DO WE HAVE SUFFICIENT DATA OR INSUFFICIENT DATA TO PULL DOWN THE NECESSARY AMOUNTS OF FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? AND DO WE HAVE A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE LACK GRANT WRITERS? IF, IF SO, WE NEED TO FIX THIS. WHAT I CAN SAY IS WE HAVE PLENTY OF DATA, AND THAT'S PROVEN BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO GET FEDERAL GRANTS. OKAY? SO WE ARE GETTING GRANTS FOR HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER INITIATIVES. AS MEL SAID, WE'LL TALK TO THE COUNCILMAN TO SEE WHAT DATA HE'S LOOKING FOR, TO SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE. BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE, HAVE SUFFICIENT DATA TO PURSUE GRANTS, AND WE DO THAT COLLECTIVELY WITH OUR PARTNERS. DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER OF GRANT WRITERS? I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY GRANT WRITERS WE HAVE, BUT I CAN SAY WE DO THAT COLLECTIVELY WITH OUR PARTNERS. AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. THANK YOU. UM, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING WORKS FOLKS. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF AGENCIES HERE IN TOWN THAT DO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. THEIR MISSION IS TO WORK THEMSELVES OUT OF A JOB BY USING TRANSITIONAL [02:05:01] HOUSING. AND THEY EFFECTIVELY DO THAT FAMILY BY FAMILY, BY FAMILY. UM, AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE TODAY IS TO ADD MORE CAPACITY TO WHAT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE OUT THERE. I DON'T SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. UH, AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S MAYOR, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. COUNCILS MEMBER PALAI. COUNCILS MEMBER. BRAVO. YEAH, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, YOU KNOW, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT I WAS MISINFORMED, BUT UM, IN, IN SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD, I WAS TOLD THAT IF WE HAD MORE DATA, WE COULD BE MORE COMPETITIVE. AND I'M JUST HO YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY OPEN TO CONTINUING TO EXPLORE THAT WITH EVERYBODY WHO WORKS IN THIS SPACE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. ANDY, DID YOU WANNA JUMP IN ON SOMETHING? UH, YES, MAYOR, I, I WANTED TO DISPEL THE, THE NOTION THAT SOMEHOW, UH, THIS CONTRACT DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE PROCESSES OR SOMEHOW THERE WAS SOME, UH, SOMETHING NEFARIOUS GOING ON. 'CAUSE THERE WASN'T, AND I'M GONNA CALL ON REYA SHAW TO COME EXPLAIN THE PROCESS, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW WE, HOW THAT CONTRACT WAS, WAS ISSUED. HI, I AM REYA SHAW WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND I PROVIDE LEGAL SUPPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. UM, THIS, THESE FUNDS WERE ACTUALLY PART OF THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN ORDINANCE, UH, THAT WENT TO COUNCIL IN, UH, JUNE AND UNDER THAT ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWED FOR AN, UH, EMERGENCY PROCESSES TO TAKE PLACE. AND SO, AS MEL JUST MENTIONED, UM, THESE FUNDS WERE, UM, AWARDED TO THE CITY ALONG WITH FUNDS THAT WERE AWARDED TO SARAH, THE SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS. AND AS COUNCIL HAS DIRECTED IN THE PAST, UM, AND ASKED FOR A COORDINATED PROCESS WITH OTHER HOMELESS GRANT RECIPIENTS, UM, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES WORKED WITH SARAH TO ISSUE A JOINT R F I OR R F P AND ASKED FOR, UM, APPROVAL FROM PURCHASING IN ACCORDANCE WITH A RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN ORDINANCE. SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ALLOWED AS AN EXCEPTION DUE TO THE URGENT NATURE AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU SHARIA. SO I, AGAIN, COUNCILMAN, WE CAN DISAGREE IN TERMS OF WHETHER, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WHAT COMMITTEE IT, IT, IT SHOULD HAVE GONE TO OR NOT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE, I MEAN, NOTHING INAPPROPRIATE, UNETHICAL, AND LAWFUL IN TERMS OF HOW THAT CONTRACT WAS PROCESSED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ANDY. UM, I'LL JUST HAVE, I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AND, AND MIGHT HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. MELODY. UH, FIRST, ERIC, YOU, YOU RAISED MY EYEBROWS JUST A MINUTE. UH, WHEN, WHEN YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO GO TO THE PROCESS THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM. AND I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS WOULD AGREE THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE URGENCY ON HOMELESSNESS IN TERMS OF HOW WE PROCESS THESE GRANTS. UM, THE, THE, AND I'M, I'M ALWAYS REMINDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, THE PANDEMIC, OUR DELIBERATE PIVOT TO, UM, TEAM, UM, PROCESSING AND KNOWING THAT THE, THE BUREAUCRACY AS MANY TIMES THE ENEMY OF CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND HOMELESSNESS IS NO DOUBT A CRISIS IN OUR COMMUNITY AS IT IS AND SO MANY OTHERS. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS, I THINK, CAUSED ISSUES IN EVERY CITY THAT'S DEALING WITH THE CHALLENGE AND THE WAY WE ARE IS THIS NOTION THAT IT'S EITHER OR THAT IT'S HOUSING FIRST OR IT'S TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AT SOME, WE HAVE TO PICK ONE OR THE OTHER. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, WE'VE BEEN DOING BOTH IN SOME DEGREE FOR YEARS, AND I I WANT TO THANK, UH, ALL THE DIFFERENT HOMELESSNESS PROVI SERVICE PROVIDERS, UH, WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT THROUGH SARAH AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. UH, I SEE MANY OF THEM HERE TODAY. I SEE RISE RECOVERY. AVITA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. TALI IS HERE FROM JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES. SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS ARE TREATING THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS, UH, AND, AND ARE DOING THE WORK, UH, ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY. UH, AND BECAUSE OF THIS, UH, VERY SIMPLISTIC DISCUSSION THAT IS OFTEN HAD ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, WE, IT, IT, IT GETS BOILED DOWN TO THIS. WE EITHER TAKE THE, THE HOUSING FIRST ROAD OR WE TAKE THE, THE, THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ROAD, THE, AND WE GET, WE GET SUPPORTIVE OF HAVEN FOR HOPE OR IT'S SOME OTHER MISSION, WE'VE GOTTA DO IT ALL. AND, AND I, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE, OR, OR I GUESS I WHOLEHEARTEDLY, UM, UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE AND SHARE THE FRUSTRATION OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO SEE ALL THIS MONEY GOING TO SERVICES EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND DON'T, WE DON'T SEEM TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ISSUE. WE DON'T SEEM TO BE MAKING A, A, A SIGNIFICANT, UH, DIFFERENCE. ALTHOUGH OUR HOMELESS NUMBERS HAVE DROPPED CONSIDERABLY, UH, FROM THE TIME WHAT HAVEN FOR HOPE WAS BUILT. IT'S SORT OF FLATLINED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO, ACTUALLY NOT THAT LONG, MAYBE FIVE YEARS, WE'VE, WE'VE SORT OF HIT A PLATEAU AND [02:10:01] HOW DO WE DO MORE? AND I WOULD, I WOULD ARGUE THAT, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN DOING AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB JUST KEEPING IT FLATLINED. UM, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE HAVING, UH, I BELIEVE IS THAT WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME WORKING ON HOMELESSNESS AS A SYMPTOM, AND FORGET THAT WHEN WE DEFUND AS A NATION, AS A COMMUNITY, AS A STATE, THE ROOT CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS, WE ARE JUST CONTINUING TO THROW GOOD MONEY AFTER, UH, AN ISSUE THAT HAS, UH, SUFFERED, UH, BECAUSE OF IT. SO, UH, MY CHALLENGE TO US, UH, AS A COUNCIL IS TO, IS TO NOT ONLY SUPPORT OUR HOMELESSNESS PROVIDERS, BUT TAKE THE SENSE OF URGENCY THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE INTO OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT HOME HUMAN SERVICES AND METRO HEALTH, UH, WRIT LARGE. UH, IF WE FAIL TO UNDERFUND MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS, JOB SERVICES AND, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, WE ARE REAPING WHAT WE SOW AND IT'S RESULTING IN THE HOMELESS CRISIS, UH, THAT WE SEE TODAY. SO, UM, AGAIN, I, I, I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION. UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE ARE APPROACHING IT THE RIGHT WAY. I DO WANT TO, UM, SUGGEST THOUGH, UM, THAT, WELL, I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION. MELODY, IF YOU COULD COME UP FOR A MINUTE, AND I HOPE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO IS INTERESTED IN HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING ARE, ARE THE FOLKS UP HERE IN THIS ORGANIZATION, UM, GET FAMILIAR WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS JUST RATIFIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL? HOW DOES THIS, UH, LEASE AGREEMENT AND THE HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM THAT WE'RE FUNDING, UH, THROUGH THIS GRANT, HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN? SORRY. SO, IN A COUPLE OF WAYS, EXCUSE ME. ONE, THE, ONE OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO IDENTIFY, UH, MORE LOW BARRIER SHELTERS SO THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE STREET CAN BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT. AND MAY, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE WILLING TO GO TO HAVEN FOR HOPE OR THE COURTYARD, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS WE CAN PROVIDE THAT WOULD HELP WITH THAT? AND SO THIS, THIS DOES ADDRESS THAT KEY RECOMMENDATION, THAT THERE'S ALSO A RECOMMENDATION TO, UM, PROVIDE MORE PERMANENT HOUSING. AND THIS PROGRAM IS DIRECTLY FOCUSED ON GETTING PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING AND GETTING THEM READY FOR THAT, ADDRESSING THE ISSUES THEY MAY HAVE WITH MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE AND TRAUMA. OKAY. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND AGAIN, I, I THINK AS WE APPROACH, UM, THIS GRANT AS WE APPROACH FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, WE HAVE TO AGAIN, ASSUME, UM, A SENSE OF URGENCY AND WE CAN TAKE COMFORT IN THE FACT THAT WE'VE THOUGHT STRATEGICALLY ABOUT THIS, UH, AND HAVE ADOPTED 'EM. UM, AGAIN, WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, SOME GOOD THOUGHT AND DELIBERATION. THE OTHER THING I'D ADD IS THAT I WOULD CAST THIS IN THE SAME LIGHT WE RECENTLY OPENED OR BROKE GROUND ON TOWN TWIN VILLAGE. WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING. UH, AND THIS IS CERTAINLY A VERY IMPORTANT ONE. SO I'M, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET, UH, THIS MOVING FORWARD. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR B, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO ITEM FOUR. MOVE NOW TO ITEM FOUR C. AND THAT IS, UM, AN EXECUTION AND AGREEMENT, UH, EXCUSE ME, EXECUTION AND AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENTS, UH, RELATED TO THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. SO FIRST, LET ME ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF, OF ITEM FOUR C SECOND. ALL RIGHT, IS, WAS THERE A PRI, WAS THERE A MOTION MADE ON ITEM FOUR C? OKAY. UH, MOTION BY ELA IS SECOND BY COURAGE, AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, RESUME CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, QUICK QUESTION ABOUT, UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE THE CONTRACT WITH, UH, UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF DR. BARBARA TAYLOR, UH, FOR HER CONTINUING ASSISTANCE WITH US. I KNOW SHE CO-CHAIRS THE C R E C, THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE AND EQUITY COALITION. MY QUESTION IS, WILL THIS FUNDING ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF THE C R E C AND WHERE IS THAT BUDGETED? SO MANY, WE'LL GET LOTS OF ANSWERS TODAY, WON'T WE? YES. THAT, THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS BEHIND THAT EXTENSION FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, IS TO BEGIN TO TRANSITION THE WORK OF THE C R E C INTO THE RECOVERY ASPECT OF THE PANDEMIC. SO [02:15:01] WE'RE VERY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT TO ME, HOW, HOW DOES THAT PAY FOR JUST DR. TAYLOR OR OTHER, OTHER STAFF THAT'S GOING TO HELP US AD ADMINISTER THE C R E C? SO, THE CONTRACT THAT YOU REFERENCE IS FOR DR. TAYLOR'S INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERTISE AND THE WORK SHE'S DOING ON THE C R E C. THERE ARE OTHER GRANT FUNDS, PART OF THE HEALTH DISPARITIES, THE $26 MILLION HEALTH DISPARITIES GRANT, UM, THAT ARE GOING EXPLICITLY TO THE WORK OF THE C R E C. AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON FRIDAY. SO WE ARE NOT VOTING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. FUNDING FOR, FOR THE C R E C? NO. OKAY. AND THAT WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE UP EITHER IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET OR WHEN WE, UH, DISPERSE THE ARPA FUNDS OR APPROPRIATE THE ARPA FUNDS. SO THE WORK THAT, UM, THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE WITH THE C R E C WOULD INVOLVE HIRING ADDITIONAL STAFF AT METRO HEALTH OKAY. IN ORDER TO DO THAT WORK. SO THAT WOULD NOT BE A CONTRACT THAT WOULD COME TO COUNCIL. OKAY, EXCELLENT. AS PART OF THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS ON THE FIVE YEAR, WHICH INCLUDES THE BALANCE OF THOSE GRANT FUNDS. SO, YEAH. OKAY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S NOT, UH, FORGOTTEN. OF COURSE, YOU, SO MANY OF YOU HERE, YOU WOULD NOT FORGET THAT. SO, UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. UH, I DON'T SEE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON, I EVEN FORESEE, UH, SO IF THERE IS NONE, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, SECONDED BY COURAGE ITEM FOUR C, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM FOUR D IS THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH BEAR COUNTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $5.5 MILLION FOR ADMINISTRATION AND DIRECT EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE. UH, SO LET ME ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR SUBPART D AND THEN WE'LL START DISCUSSION. SO, MOVE SECOND. ALL. THERE'S A MOTION BY KURD, SECOND BY ROCHA GARCIA. ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM FOUR D? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. GO NOW TO ITEM FOUR E, WHICH IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF GRANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $302.1 MILLION FROM THE 2021 AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS. AGAIN, THIS IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE FUNDS. UM, AND SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR SUBPART E SECOND. I MAKE A MOTION. SECOND. ALRIGHT. MOTION BY VERAN. SECOND BY MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN? YES. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO KIND OF PIVOT AND CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF WHERE THIS, UH, CITY GOES WITH THE ACCEPTANCE OF THESE FUNDS AND HOW WE, UH, CHOOSE TO PRIORITIZE THEM. I HOPE, AND I'M SURE THIS COUNCIL WILL KEEP IN MIND THE EQUITY LENS THAT WE HAVE BEEN, YOU HAVE BEEN USING FOR THE PAST, UM, YEARS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ON THIS DAIS AND MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. YEAH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER THAT THE, THE EVICTION MORATORIUM ENDS ON THE 30TH. SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER INVEST IN THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH I KNOW ERIC ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED. UM, BUT YESTERDAY COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL EXPRESSED HER SUPPORT FOR CONTINUING, UH, TO FUND THE RIGHT TO CURE, UM, THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL, RATHER. AND I COMPLETELY AGREE. UM, WE JUST HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT HOUSELESSNESS, AND WE KNOW THAT EVICTIONS ON ONE'S RECORD CAN MAKE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IT'S COSTING PER INDIVIDUAL AT HAVEN FOR HOPE. SO WITH A COUPLE HUNDRED OF DOLLARS, WE COULD MITIGATE FOLKS FROM HAVING TO GO INTO HAVEN FOR HOPE BY ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. ALRIGHT, UM, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM FOUR E, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. GO TO ITEM FOUR F AND THAT IS, UM, THE EXECUTION, UM, AN EXTENSION OF AGREEMENTS RELATED TO THE C OVID 19 HEALTH DISPARITIES WORK. UM, AND SO LET ME ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, FOR F. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION. WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, UH, MAYOR, TO CLARIFY, IT'S PART F EXCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, WHICH RIGHT, RIGHT. CONTINUE SEPARATELY. SO THERE'S A MOTION BY [02:20:01] SANDOVAL, SECOND BY COURAGE. UM, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA? NO, I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS. SO I THINK, UH, ANDY HAS CLARIFIED IT. SO WE'RE ALL GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. I APOLOGIZE. UM, I WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE MENTION OF THE FACT THAT WE WERE REMOVING COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS, UM, FROM THE MOTION. SO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. DID NOT STICK TO THE SCRIPT ON THIS ONE. YEAH. UM, SO WE WILL TAKE UP, UM, THE BALANCE OF FOUR F UH, SUBSEQUENT TO THIS. SO THE MOTION IS, UH, FOUR F, UM, THE EXTENSION AND EXECUTION OF AGREEMENTS RELATED TO COVID TO 19 HEALTH DISPARITIES EXCLUDING COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS. ALRIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, FOR THE RECORD, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA WILL BE RECUSED OR WILL RECUSED FROM, UH, THE BALANCE OF FOUR F. UM, LET ME ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT, UM, FOR COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION BY VIE GRAND SECOND BY PIAS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS CONTRACT? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, THAT'S, UH, ALL OF ITEM FOUR F THANK YOU TO OUR ATTORNEYS. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP THE REST OF THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. NOW, UH, WE'LL [7. 21-3883 Ordinance approving a contract with Unicom Government, Inc. for studio and editing equipment and required services in the initial amount of $591,348.81 for the Department of Government & Public Affairs and approving an additional $1,408,651.19 for equipment and required services for GPA for an estimated total cost not to exceed $2,000,000.00. Funding for this contract is available through the FY 2021 Public Education and Government (PEG) Fund Budget. [Ben Gorzell, Chief Financial Officer; Troy Elliott, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Finance]] START WITH ITEM FOUR. UH, EXCUSE ME, ITEM SEVEN. ITEM SEVEN IS AN ORDINANCE APPRO A CONTRACT WITH MY SIDEWALK, INC. TO PROVIDE A CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM IN THE AMOUNT IN THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $182,500 OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO TRACK KEY DATA AND METRICS ON OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND FOR SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN METRO HEALTH DISTRICT TO IMPROVE IMPLEMENTATION AND TRACKING OF THE SS A M H D STRATEGIC PLAN AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITIES. THE FIRST YEAR COST OF $38,500 IS AVAILABLE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021. GENERAL FUND BUDGET FUNDING FOR SUBSEQUENT YEARS IS CONTINGENT UPON CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, GOOD MORNING. UH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR, UM, ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HEAR ABOUT THIS ITEM. UH, I DO NOT HAVE ANY CONCERNS. I'M NOT GOING TO PUT FORWARD ANY AMENDMENTS, BUT I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY WORTHY OF OUR DISCUSSION. SO, ERIC AND I DISCUSSED, UH, PULLING IT OUT OF, OF CONSENT AGENDA. UH, TROY, I SEE YOU HERE. I I DON'T HAVE BIG CONCERNS ABOUT THE, THE PROCESS FOR HOW YOU SELECTED THE VENDOR, UH, BUT I, I DO HOPE YOU ALL WILL GIVE US THE STAFF PRESENTATION AND TELL US ABOUT THE REALLY EXCITING FUNCTIONALITIES WE'RE GOING TO SEE GOING FORWARD WITH THIS TOOL. THANK YOU CERTAINLY. AND, AND, AND GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCUREMENT, BUT WE DO HAVE DEPARTMENTS, REPRESENTATIVES HERE, YOU CAN SHARE THE FUNCTIONALITY AND GO OVER THAT HIGH LEVEL FOR YOU. HI EVERYONE. HI MAYOR. WELCOME ABOARD TO THE NEW MEMBERS. UM, SO YES, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT MY SIDEWALK. SO IN A NUTSHELL, UH, E D D AND BOTH SAM H D SIMULTANEOUSLY, UH, SORT OF OBSERVED THE NEED FOR A TOOL LIKE MY SIDEWALK. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO A VERY LENGTHY COMPETITIVE R F P BIDDING PROCESS, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL REASONS WHERE THIS, MY SIDEWALK TOOL, UH, STOOD OUT. SO MY SIDEWALK IS BASICALLY GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH, UH, IT'S A PLATFORM, UM, THAT'S FROM AT HEALTH IS REALLY GONNA WORK TOWARDS, UM, HIGHLIGHTING OUR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN AND OUR PRIORITY HEALTH ISSUES. SO IT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO COMPILE, ANALYZE, AND DISPLAY DATA, AS WELL AS SHARE RESOURCES, INFORMATION, AND KNOWLEDGE, ALL IN A VERY ENGAGING, MEANINGFUL AND, UM, TIMELY WAY. AS WE ALL KNOW, DATA AND TIMELINESS DON'T ALWAYS GO TOGETHER. SO, UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE A LOT OF OUTCOMES AND METRICS RELATED TO OUR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT AND HAS BEEN PRESENTED A CHECK AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT. AND, UM, IN THE FOUR KEY PRIORITY AREAS, MENTAL HEALTH, HEALTH JUSTICE, UM, IN TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESS TO CARE, THERE ARE MANY, MANY AMBITIOUS, UH, MILESTONES AND METRICS AND OUTCOMES THAT [02:25:01] WE'RE LOOKING TO MEET. SO THIS PLATFORM IS GONNA BE GIVE A, GIVE US THE ABILITY TO NOT ONLY TRACK OUR PROGRESS AND OUTCOMES, BUT ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO BE ENGAGED, THE GREATER COMMUNITY, OUR STAKEHOLDERS. AND SO IT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL, ALL IN ONE TOOL WITH FUNCTIONALITY, BACKEND FUNCTIONALITY, AND ALLOWS A LOT OF USERS FROM METRO HEALTH AS WELL AS E D D, UH, TO PARTICIPATE AND CONTRIBUTE DATA. SO, UH, IT'S GONNA WATCH, IT'S GONNA HELP US GO ALONG THE WAY EACH YEAR. WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE COMMUNITY WATCH AS WE MAKE STRIDES IN OUR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ON WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, E D D AND METRO HEALTH AND THE CITY ON IT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIGHLIGHTING THE METRICS AND THE PROGRESS AS WE GO THROUGH YEAR ONE TO FIVE. THANK YOU. DR. AGA, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? THANK YOU. MORNING MAYOR. COUNCIL, MY NAME'S ANA BRADSHAW. I'M ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO, UM, WE'LL BE USING THIS TOOL AS WELL TO HIGHLIGHT OUR OPPORTUNITY ZONES. SO THESE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THINK OF IT AS A, A ZILLOW FOR INVESTORS. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE OUR OPPORTUNITY ZONES EXIST, UM, KEY DEMOGRAPHICS ABOUT THE AREA AND, AND POTENTIAL SO THEY CAN HAVE THE COMPLETE PICTURE WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN THESE AREAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT, THAT I HAD FOR YOU WAS, WOULD THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE IT BEFORE IT ROLLS OUT AND, UH, LEARN ABOUT WHAT METRICS YOU'RE GOING TO TRACK AND, AND POSSIBLY, UH, PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THAT? ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS GONNA BE A VERY ENGAGING PROCESS. IT'S GONNA BE AN EXTERNAL PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD. AND AGAIN, AS YOU KNOW, WITH OUR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN, WE HAVE MANY PARTNERS THAT YOU ARE GONNA BE DOING THE WORK ALONG WITH US FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND IMPROVING ALL OF THE HEALTH DISPARITIES AND SORT OF THE PRIORITY HEALTH ISSUES THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING. UH, SO WHAT'S GONNA BE REALLY GREAT ABOUT THE TOOL IS THAT WE HAVE BACKEND CAPABILITIES AND WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO UPDATE IT IN A TIMELY MANNER AND MAKE IT VERY INTERACTIVE AND CULTURALLY APPEALING FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO THERE'S GONNA BE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES. YES. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. AND WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE IT ROLL OUT AND, AND BEGIN TO SEE IT ONLINE REPORTING? UM, WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE PLANNING PHASE AND ONE THING WE REALLY LIKE ABOUT MY SIDEWALK IS THAT THEY HAVE WORKED WITH OTHER CITY PUBLIC HEALTH AND CITY GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS IN REALLY TELLING A STORY AND NOT JUST HAVING IT BE A DASHBOARD. SO THERE'S GONNA BE AN UPFRONT PROCESS WHERE WE DO A LOT OF TRAINING AND DESIGNING, AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP EVERYBODY REALLY ENGAGED IN THAT. SO DO YOU THINK MAYBE BY SPRING OF NEXT YEAR WE'LL SEE SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY ONLINE? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. SOONER THAN THAT, OR END OF THE YEAR? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? I THINK, UM, IN ABOUT, YEAH, TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA MAKE GOOD PROGRESS ON IT. AND, UM, LAST QUESTION, PROMISE. COULD YOU TELL US A COUPLE OF THOSE CITIES THAT HAVE USED THEM IN CASE WE WANNA SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? SO THE ONE THAT COMES TO MIND THAT I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE IS THE KANSAS CITY. OKAY. THIS IS WHERE THEY DEBUTED AND HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE SITE WITH ALL OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS. IT'S, IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION. WE'RE PLANNING TO MAKE OURS A LITTLE BIT MORE ENGAGING, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ADDING A LOT OF COOL INTERACTIVE FEATURES. UH, BUT WE DID PICK THIS TO, UH, THIS, UH, SORT OF VENDOR BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPERIENCES WORKING WITH LOCAL CITY GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. OKAY. WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO SEEING THE, THE DASHBOARD ONCE IT'S READY TO GO, HOPEFULLY AT, AT ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS OR EVEN, OR EVEN AT B SESSION, IF THAT'S WHERE YOU WANNA TAKE IT, ERIC, THAT'S, THAT'S FINE TOO. UH, SO I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH DR. AGA. AND I THINK IT IS A GREAT WAY NOT ONLY TO SHOW ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, FOR THE TAX DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SPENDING, BUT TO GET THE COMMUNITY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT, UH, IMPROVING, IMPROVING HEALTH. UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I MOVE TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL. ITEM SEVEN. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ERIC, DID YOU WANNA JUMP IN? I, I WAS JUST GONNA, DR. GOREY GOREY DON'T, DON'T LEAVE YET. I, I WAS GONNA INTRODUCE DR. GOREY TO, UH, OR THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, DR. GORE, UH, FROM OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HER AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DATA AND THE COMMUNICATION AND THE REPORTING OF TESTING, UM, VACCINATIONS. UH, THEY PRODUCE THE WEEKLY REPORTS THAT YOU GET, UM, EVERY WEDNESDAY. AND, UM, THEY HAVE COME A LONG WAY. AND AS YOU CAN TELL FROM, FROM, UH, UH, DR. GORE'S, UM, UH, ATTITUDE AND EXCITEMENT TOWARDS MY SIDEWALK, UH, INFORMATICS IS EXCITING. UH, IT'S HER LINE OF PROFESSION, AND HER AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR. AND I JUST WANTED TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE HER TO THE, TO THE, TO THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU ERIC. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. YES. I JUST WANT TO, UH, THANK COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL FOR PULLING THIS ITEM. I THINK IT'S VERY EXCITING. THE MORE WE CAN GET OUR, UH, COMMUNITY INVOLVED DIGITALLY AND ONLINE, I THINK IS THE BEST. I THINK WHAT WE LEARNED THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC IS THAT A LOT OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING [02:30:01] ONLINE AND DIGITAL LITERACY IS KEY. AND I, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS AND, AND TO FOLLOW THE PROGRESS AS THIS ROLLS OUT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRA AND, AND ERIC, I THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING DR. AGA, UH, WHO I REFERRED TO WHENEVER SHE APPEARED AS THE QUEEN OF DATA. UM, AND HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB AS HER ENTIRE TEAM, UH, DR. BRIDGER, THE, YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER. I THINK IT'S PHENOMENAL THAT OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS A CHIEF OF INFORMATICS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NORMAL FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT, BUT I THINK THAT SHOWS GREAT INSIGHT AND PERHAPS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE MODELED IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UM, AS IT AS IT IS APPROPRIATE. BUT, UM, I SAW SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR METRO HEALTH TEAM HERE, UH, WHO HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. UH, JENNIFER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK, DR. DR. BRIDGER. UM, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT ONE FOOT OUT ALREADY, BUT, UM, YOU'RE STILL HERE AND YOU'RE STILL DOING A GREAT JOB. AND I DID SEE DR. KIAN AS WELL, AND I'M SURE I'M MISSING OTHER FOLKS. BUT, UM, Y'ALL HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE ROLE OF DATA IN, IN THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF I OF ITEM SEVEN. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. UM, I BELIEVE WE ARE NOW ON TO OUR ZONING AGENDA. SO LET'S, UM, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. LET ME GRAB MY NOTES. ALRIGHT, WE'LL START [Items Z-1 & P-1 ] WITH ITEMS Z ONE AND P ONE. Z ONE AND P ONE IS AMENDING THE NEAR NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PLAN FROM URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL FROM R FOUR TO C ONE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE VEHICLES, TRAILERS, AND EQUIPMENT LOCATED AT 1303 WEST L LOWELL WOOD AVENUE. STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS, HOURS OF OPERATION, LIMITED TO MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8:00 AM TO 5:00 PM AND SATURDAY 8:00 AM TO 1:00 PM 18. NOTICES MAILED EIGHT IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. KEYSTONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, THIS ZONING CHANGE THAT I GUESS THAT THAT'S HOW THE PROPERTY'S ALREADY BEING USED AND THE ZONING CHANGE IS JUST, UM, BRINGING THE ZONING INTO COM, I GUESS BRINGING IT INTO COMPLIANCE SO THAT IT'S BEING USED ZONED AS IT'S BEING USED AND THAT ALL THE NEIGHBORS ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS. YES, SIR. GREAT. OKAY. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UM, THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. OKAY. CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE? YES SIR. MOTION TO APPROVE. ALRIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND WITH THE CONDITIONS AS READ. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. UH, COUNCILMAN, IF YOU CAN JUST, UH, CLARIFY THAT YOUR MOTION TO APPROVE IS WITH THE CONDITIONS AS READ. MY MOTION TO APPROVE IS WITH THE CONDITIONS AS READ. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL. ITEM Z ONE AND P ONE HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES [Z-2. 21-4285 ZONING CASE Z-2021-10700088 HL (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "MF-33 UC-5 AHOD" Multi-Family Main Avenue/McCullough Avenue Urban Corridor Airport Hazard Overlay District to "MF-33 HL UC-5 AHOD" Multi-Family Historic Landmark Main Avenue/McCullough Avenue Urban Corridor Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 12, Block 8, NCB 1730, located at 212 East Dewey Place. Staff recommends Approval. Zoning Commission recommends Denial.] ITEM Z TWO. ITEM Z TWO IS OF REZONING FROM MF 32 3 TO MF 33 HL LOCATED AT 2 1 2 EAST DEWEY PLACE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL. 34 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR FOR OPPOSED TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE DUE TO OWNER OPPOSITION. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z TWO JACK FINGER. WELL, MAYOR NURENBERG ARE THE MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE BRAND NEW TO THE COUNCIL, JUST KNOW THAT, UH, WHENEVER A ZONING CASE COMES UP, THERE ARE FOR AND AS HAS PROPOSED CHANGES TO IT, UH, THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU AS A CITY COUNCILMAN MAY WANT TO TAKE A CLOSE NOTE OF. AND THOSE ARE THE RED FLAGS, RED FLAGS WHEN THEY COME UP. UH, SUCH AS WHEN YOU SEE A STAFF, UH, SAYING IT, IT, UH, DENIES R'S RECOMMENDATION. IS THAT [02:35:01] FOR DENIAL? OR MAYBE THE ZONING COMMISSION SAYS IT RECOMMENDS DENIAL. IF IT'S A PLANNING ITEM THAT YOU MAY SEE THAT SAY IF THE, THE PLANNING, UH, COMMISSION SAY RECOMMENDED DENIAL OR THE, UM, THE PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL, THOSE ARE RED FLAGS BECAUSE THEY USUALLY INDICATE SOME MAJOR DEFECTS IN THE PROPOSAL. ALSO, IF YOU SEE, UH, THINGS LIKE, UM, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, UH, OPPOSING IT, THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA THAT, UH, SEE ALSO BIG DEFECTS AND, UH, BIG UNDESIRABLE TRAITS ABOUT IT. IF YOU SEE, UM, PEOPLE WHO, UH, SPEAKING OUT ON IT, UH, MORE THAN ONE OR TWO, UH, AT A, AT THE HEARING, IF YOU SEE THREE OR FOUR OR MAYBE EVEN MORE, UH, THAT'S A BIG RED FLAG. 'CAUSE YOU ONLY GET, NORMALLY GET ONE OR TWO. BUT ESPECIALLY IF, UH, WHEN THE NOTICES, UH, THAT ARE MAILED OUT IN THE SURROUNDING AREA AND YOU GET MORE THAN SAY FIVE OR 10% OF THOSE BACK, THAT MEANS THAT THOSE NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE AROUND THERE SAY IT'S A BAD IDEA. AND POLICE UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO LIVE AROUND THERE. AND THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME WEIGHT IN YOUR DECISION SAYING NO TO THIS THING. SO FOR THIS ONE, THIS PARTICULAR ONE, UH, Z ONE, YOU HAVE ONE BIG RED FLAG. THE, UH, AND MR. MR. BRAVO IN YOUR DISTRICT, IT WAS THE ZONING COMMISSION WHO SAID NO TO IT. WHY'D THEY SAY NO TO IT? WELL, THEY NOTICED THAT THE, UH, UH, LANDMARK, I'M JUST TRYING TO READ MY OWN WRITING HERE, THAT THE, THE TOBIN HILL IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSED IT. 34 PE PEOPLE, UM, UH, HAD NOTICES AND AS MANY AS SIX OF 'EM. THAT'S ABOUT, GEE, WHAT IS, UH, ONE, ONE SEVENTH, ONE ONE SIXTH OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE THERE. THAT'S, IT'S ABOUT ABOUT 15% THERE. YEAH. EIGHT PEOPLE SPOKE AGAINST IT. UH, YES. WHY? WHY WAS IT? WELL, THEY, THEY, THEY JUST THOUGHT, UH, IT WAS A BAD IDEA ALL OVER THERE. A MU MULTIFAMILY THERE. YEAH. HISTORIC LANDMARK. WELL, BASICALLY, OH, THE CITY COUNCIL WAS THE ONE THAT ORIGINATED THE, THE OWNER DID NOT WANT THIS THING. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO, INTO CONSIDERATION RIGHT THERE. WHY, WHY DIDN'T THE OWNER WANT IT? WELL, WHY SHOULD IT? THERE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. SO I JUST WANNA STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT IN GENERAL, I BELIEVE MY APPROACH IS GONNA BE TO PRO, UH, PROTECT, UH, HISTORIC BUILDINGS. UM, BUT EVERYBODY WHO I'VE SPOKEN TO HAS, UH, SO FAR HAS TOLD ME THAT, UH, THIS PROPERTY IS AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE. AND, UM, SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE FOUND THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION WAS RECOMMENDING AGAINST THE NEIGHBORHOOD ORIGINALLY WAS FOR THIS HISTORIC DESIGNATION. ONCE THEY LEARNED MORE ABOUT IT, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN UNANIMOUSLY AGAINST THIS, UH, THIS HISTORIC DESIGNATION. UM, AND, UH, IN ADDITION, UH, THE OWNER IS AGAINST THIS HISTORIC, UH, DESIGNATION. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS A, UH, HAS BEEN IT CONSIDERED A NUISANCE PROPERTY. AND SO I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, DENY THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION. VERY GOOD. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM Z TWO. BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE AGAIN. A MOTION, UH, TO DENY. UH, SO A YES VOTE WOULD BE TO DENY. MOTION CARRIES [Z-3. 21-4317 ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700187 CD (Council District 2): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-4 HL UC-2 NCD-6" Residential Single-Family Historic Landmark Broadway Urban Corridor Mahncke Park Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District to "R-4 CD HL UC-2 NCD-6" Residential Single-Family Historic Landmark Broadway Urban Corridor Mahncke Park Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Noncommercial Parking Lot on Lot 13, Block 2, NCB 6228, located at 115 Davis Court. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] ITEM Z THREE. ITEM Z THREE IS A REZONING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT LOCATED AT 1 1 5 DAVIS COURT STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL 20 NOTICES MAILED TO AND FAVOR ZERO OPPOSED MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. ISPO IS OPPOSED. AND THERE IS A REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE FOR THIS CASE TO AUGUST 5TH. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. UM, SIMPLY PUT, WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME OPPOSITION FROM, UH, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME SUPPORT, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THEMSELVES A CONTINUANCE, UH, TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MINKE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND RESIDENTS WITHIN THAT 200 FEET. UM, I MOVE TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO THE AUGUST 5TH MEETING. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z THREE TO AUGUST 5TH. YES, SIR. ALRIGHT, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z SIX, [Z-6. 21-4320 ZONING CASE Z-2021-10700084 (Council District 2): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "I-1 AHOD" General Industrial Airport Hazard Overlay District to "IDZ-2 AHOD" Medium Intensity Infill Development Zone Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted for sixteen (16) dwelling units on the east 33.335 feet of Lot 2, Block A2, NCB 500; Lot 10, Block AZ, NCB 500; Lots 4, 7, the east 22.5 feet of Lot 9, the west 44.17 feet of Lot 9, and Lots 11-15, Block Mid 25, NCB 500, the east 22.5 feet of Lot 9, Block Mid 25, NCB 500, located at 211, 215, 223, 227 and 231 Yoakum Alley, 416 Duval Street, 417 and 419 Milam, 206 and 212 Dalton Alley. Staff recommends Approval. Zoning Commission recommendation pending the June 15, 2021 hearing. (Part 1 of 2)] ITEM [02:40:01] Z SIX FROM I ONE TO I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR 16 DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 2 11 2 15, 2 37 YOAKUM ALLEY, FOUR 16 DUVAL STREET FOUR 17 AND FOUR 19 MILAM 2 0 6 AND TWO 12 DALTON AVENUE. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 22 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. AND THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE THIS TO AUGUST 5TH AS WELL. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. UM, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE RECEIVED THREE LETTERS OF SUPPORT YESTERDAY AFTER 5:00 PM OR STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT. I HAVE ONE, BUT WE, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN MORE THAT HAVE COME IN THAT I AM NOT AWARE OF THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND CONFIRM. OKAY. RIGHT NOW I HAVE ONE IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. OKAY. AND THE, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM A GOVERNMENTAL ALLIANCE. NO, SIR. I MOVE TO CONTINUE, UM, CONTINUE THIS PROJECT FOR AUGUST 5TH. THANK YOU. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z SIX TO AUGUST 5TH HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEMS [Items Z-8 & P-3] Z EIGHT AND P THREE Z EIGHT AND P THREE IS AMENDING THE GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL FROM R FIVE TO R SIX TO I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR 18 DWELLING UNITS, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 300 BLOCK OF B STREET AND COLEMAN STREET STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 46 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, 15 OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE. AND THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE THIS ALSO TO AUGUST 5TH AGENDA. OKAY. WE HAVE, UH, A FEW CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS P THREE AND Z EIGHT. SO I'LL CALL THEM AN ORDER. WE'LL START WITH MARIA AVILA, FOLLOWED BY DT COLE . TO WHO? TO DE COLE TO, I'M SORRY. I CAN'T, TO ME OH, TO DET. OKAY. AND YOU OR MS. AVILOS? YES. OKAY. UM, GO AHEAD DT YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES. YOU'LL FOLLOW BE FOLLOWED BY STEVEN TI. OKAY. OKAY. HELLO COUNSEL, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ON THE DAAS, BOTH NEW AND FAMILIAR FACES. UM, I'M ESPECIALLY OVERJOYED TO CALL MR. MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, OUR D TWO COUNCILMAN. MY NAME IS DAK COLE AND I LIVE WITH MY HUSBAND STEVE VERSTEEG AT 1 0 5 RENO STREET IN THE SLEEPY EAST END OF GOVERNMENT HILL. WE ALSO OWN PROPERTY A FEW SHORT BLOCKS AWAY ON COLEMAN STREET WITHIN 200 FOOT OF THIS PROPOSED NINE DUPLEX RENTAL. ARE YOU ABLE TO PUT THIS? THANK YOU. MM-HMM. WE AGAIN, FEEL OUR CORNER OF OUR GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD IS UNDER THREAT. BEFORE IT WAS THE THREAT FOR OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY WITH AN 18 PUMP GAS STATION AND THE LOSS OF NINE NEIGHBORS AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSES THEY LIVED IN, WE NEIGHBORS COMPROMISED TO KEEP OUR HEALTH WITH NO GAS STATION, BUT OUR NINE NEIGHBORS ARE GONE. AND SOON THOSE CUTE, AFFORDABLE BUNGALOWS WILL BE GONE TOO. THE GOOD PART IS THAT WE ARE CLOSER FRIENDS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, AND ESPECIALLY CHERISH THOSE WITH A LIFELONG KNOWLEDGE AND A DEEP ROOTED HISTORY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. STILL DAZED FROM A YEAR AND A HALF OF FIGHTING AGAINST COMMERCIAL REZONING. WE WERE HYPER-FOCUSED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CASE'S REZONING ALLOWED NO WINDOW OPEN FOR COMMERCIAL. MY HUSBAND STEVE AND I RETURNED OUR LETTERS FOR PLANNING COMMISSION AND WERE THE ONLY ONES TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THAT HEARING, MANY NEIGHBORS WERE UNSURE OF WHAT TO DO AFTER RECEIVING PLANNING AND ZONING NOTICES, HAVING NEVER RECEIVED THEM BEFORE. THE SYSTEM DOES NOT FAVOR RESIDENT HOMEOWNERS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SPEED THAT THESE ZONING PROJECTS GET PUSHED THROUGH. WITHOUT PROPER PROPERTY OWNER ENGAGEMENT AT PLANNING, THEY CHANGED THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONLY NON-COMMERCIAL CATEGORY THAT MATCHED THE DENSITY OF THE SITE PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT. IN THIS CASE, ZONING WAS LESS THAN A WEEK LATER. AND THE DAY AFTER THE ZONING COMMISSION HEARING, A GROUP OF 200 FOOT NEIGHBORS WERE ABLE TO MEET THE DEVELOPER, CHRIS GILL, AT THE PROPERTY SITE. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER. THE DAY AFTER ZONING COMMISSION HEARING AGAIN, WE STARTED TO MAKE NEW FRIENDSHIPS AND LEARN FROM OUR COLEMAN AND B STREET NEIGHBORS. THE FOLLOWING WEEK, 15 NEIGHBORS MET AND MANY OPENLY EXPRESSED THEIR WORRIES AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE 18 UNIT PROJECT. AS PROPOSED, A LIST OF NEIGHBOR CONCERNS [02:45:01] WAS EMAILED TO THE DEVELOPER WHO RESPONDED TO THOSE, BUT ONLY MATERIALLY ADDRESSING ONE OF THE 12 BULLET POINTS. IN A SUBSEQUENT MEETING WITH DEVELOPERS, WE ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY WAY THEY WOULD CONSIDER REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DWELLINGS FOR THIS PROJECT. MR. GILL FINALLY SAID THAT HE WOULD, AND IF WE 200 FOOT NEIGHBORS WOULD PUT TOGETHER A SPECIFIC REQUEST, THEY WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THEY COULD MAKE IT WORK. SO WE DID. AND THOUGH MANY NEIGHBORS WANTED TO REMAIN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WE ALL AGREED AND PRESENTED OUR COMPROMISE OF FOUR DUPLEXES, OF EIGHT DWELLINGS TOTAL. THIS IS BASICALLY TWICE THE DENSITY OF THE PROPERTY'S CURRENT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING. THE RESPONSE THIS TIME FOR MR. MR. GILL WAS NOT A WILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS THE DENSITY ISSUE, BUT TO SKIRT THE DENSITY ISSUE. WE NEIGHBORS ARE INVESTORS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. ALSO, WE WANT COMPATIBLE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. WE NEED TO HEAR WHAT THEIR COMPROMISE ON THE DENSITY IS. WITH THIS CONTINUANCE, WE WOULD HOPE THAT THE DEVELOPERS WILL REVISE THEIR 18 UNIT PROJECT AND CREATE A NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT IS RESPECTFUL OF OUR CULTURALLY RICH LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS. IT SIGNED THE 200 FOOT NEIGHBORS IN OPPOSITION, ALLEGRIA HERRERA, ALEJANDRO LARA, ALEX, LARA, AANA, BARAJAS, ARCADIA, ALONZO, BETTY GUTIERREZ, ERNESTINA RIOS, ERICA HEISEL, GERALDINE HARVEY, JOE PALOMINO, JOHNNY AGUIRE, JOSE LOUIS, LUIS HERRERA, MAGGIE AGUIRE, MARIA VELES, MARY ATKINS, OSCAR RIOS, PAUL E BOBIN, SANDRA HERRERA, STEVE VERSTEEG, THERESA VAL PALOMINO, AND DAK COLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU MS. COLE. STEVE VERTE. I'M OKAY. UM, ROSE HILL, FOLLOWED BY PAUL BIN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND TO OUR WELCOME TO OUR NEW CITY, COUNCILMAN JAYLEN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. UM, MY NAME IS ROSE HILL, PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE. I'M REQUESTING THAT THE CASE TODAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M REQUESTING THAT THE CASE MAY BE, UH, POSTPONED AND WE HAVE A CONTINUANCE. UM, PRIOR TO THE ZONING, UH, MEETING, I REQUESTED, UH, TO OUR D TWO COMMISSIONER, UH, DR. JONES, THAT THERE BE A CONTINUANCE, UM, SO THAT IT DIDN'T GET TO COUNCIL. UH, DR. JONES MO PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AT ZONING, UH, TO ASK FOR THAT CONTINUANCE. BUT APPARENTLY, UH, THE VOTING, UH, SHE WAS OUTVOTED AND COMMISSIONERS MOVED IT FORWARD. SO THEREFORE, UM, THAT HAPPENED INITIALLY RIGHT AFTER THAT MEETING. UH, I REQUESTED THAT THE, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THERE WERE STILL SOME CONCERNS REGARDING, UM, ISSUES ON, ON THE, ON THIS, ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. AND WE'VE HAD ANOTHER MEETING, UH, SINCE THEN. UM, AT THIS POINT, I FEEL THAT, UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL NOT TO VOTE ON IT TODAY THAT WE GO BACK AND WE LISTEN TO ALL THE CONCERNS. I KNOW THAT WE'RE THERE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PARKING, AFFORDABILITY RATES, DUMPSTERS, DENSITY, AND A FEW OTHER THINGS ON THE, ON THE AGENDA. SO AGAIN, UM, I'M ASKING OUR COUNCILMAN TO PLEASE POSTPONE IT SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK TOGETHER, UM, HAVE A MEETING, UH, UH, FIND OUT WHAT ALL THE ISSUES ARE AND THAT THE NEIGHBORS, UH, THE ALLIANCE AND THE, THE DEVELOPER CAN COME TO A, UH, SOMETIME A SOLUTION SO THEY CAN MOVE, POSSIBLY MOVE IT FORWARD. BUT WE'D LIKE TO HEAR ALL THE CONCERNS AND GET ALL EVERYTHING LAID OUT, PUT ALL THE CARDS ON THE TABLE SO THAT THERE'S NO ASSUMPTIONS AND EVERYBODY'S HAP LEAVES WITH SOMETHING HAPPENING HAND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. MS. HILL. PAUL ABO MAYOR, MAYBE MISUNDERSTOOD. HE'S GIVING HIS TIME. OH, OKAY. MR. BOBBIN, YOU'RE GIVING IT TO MR. VERTI. OKAY, STEVE, YOU HAVE, UH, SIX MINUTES. HELLO, COUNSEL AND MAYOR, MY NAME IS STEVE STE. SO, UH, WE HAD WALTERS, UH, WALTERS WAS WIDENED FINISHING ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO GOING INTO FORT SAM. SO NOW NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TO DO, RIGHT? THE GOVERNMENT HILL MASTER PLAN IS FROM 2010. WE ARE LOST. WHAT? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. RIGHT? WRONG. SLIDE TWO, PLEASE. OH, I DO SLIDE TWO. MM-HMM. . OKAY. SO YOU SEE THAT THE CITY HELPED MAKE A NEW PLAN FOR OUR AREA PROFESSIONALS WORK ON THIS INVOLVING [02:50:01] COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS, FORT SAM AND A DESIGN TEAM. SO YOU SEE THAT WE'RE ON THE, UM, NORTHWEST QUADRANT AND IT WAS PLANNED TO STAY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, UH, NORTHEAST QUADRANT IS WHERE HIGHER DENSITY MIXED USE SHOULD BE. SO THIS IS A MORE DETAIL OF WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO ON A NORTHWEST QUADRANT. AND, AND HERE I PUT IN WHERE THE, THE PROJECT IS SUPPOSED TO BE. SO, UM, YOU SEE THAT THE PLAN SAID THERE WAS A BUFFER ALONG WALTERS WITH LANDSCAPING AND WALL, UM, THAT IT WAS GONNA MAINTAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FABRIC BY KEEPING IT RESIDENTIAL. IT WAS GONNA ENCOURAGE SOME HIGH DENSITY WITH TWO STORY AND GRAND GRANNY FLATS, UM, OR ADUS FOR, UH, FOR THAT MODEST DENSITY THAT THE CITY NEEDS FOR INFILL. BUT, BUT NOW WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME PROPERTY COME INTO PLAY HERE THAT'S RAILROAD, RIGHT? WAS RAILROAD RIGHT AWAY. AND THE APPLICANT HAS, UM, KIND OF JUMPED OVER WHAT THE PLAN WAS AND THEY, THEY WANT THREE STORY 18 UNITS WHERE IT WOULD'VE BEEN FOUR SINGLE FAMILY LOTS IF IT WAS SPLIT UP THE WAY THE ALL THE OTHER ONES WERE PLANTED. SO, UM, SO YOU SEE THE CITY DID BUILD THIS W UH, WALL AND, AND WE HAVE REALLY NICE LANDSCAPING. UM, UNFORTUNATELY IF YOU'RE WALKING, YOU CAN'T REALLY WALK ONTO FORT SAM 'CAUSE UH, TOO MUCH SECURITY THERE. THEY DON'T HAVE A WALK-IN GATE. BUT, UM, IT'S REALLY NICE BUFFER. WE LIKE THAT BUFFER AND WE LIKE THAT PLAN. BUT, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THAT VISION? I MEAN, UH, THE, WHERE WAS THE COMMUNITY INPUT? IT'S BEEN MISSING FROM THIS NINE DUPLEX SITE PLAN. UH, THAT BY DEFINITION IN, IN GOVERNMENT HILL WOULD BE HIGH DENSITY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PAPERS I PASSED OUT, YOU, YOU CAN, OR I JUST BROUGHT, UH, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE, THE U D C RECOMMENDS AS PARTING THE ZONING APPLICATION PROCESS THAT PRIOR TO APPLICATIONS CONVERSATIONS WERE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. SO THAT SHOULD HAVE ALL BEEN DONE, YOU KNOW, MONTHS AGO. AND, UM, AND IT, IT'S A RECOMMENDATION SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED. AND UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT HIGHLY ENCOURAGED. SO WE, THE 200 FOOT NEIGHBORS, OUR STAKEHOLDERS, UH, WE GET TO TALK NOT JUST ABOUT DUMPSTERS AND TRASH PICKUP. WE GET TO TALK ABOUT DENSITY AND COMPATIBILITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE PROPERLY. AND WHO DID THE APPLICANT FORGET TO COMMUNICATE WITH? REGULAR ASS PEOPLE. UH, US 200 FOOT NEIGHBORS WERE NOT COMMUNICATED WITH IN TIME TO HAVE ANY OPINION ON THIS. ALLEGRA, ALEJANDRO, ALEX, ADRIANA ARCADIO, BETTY DIT, ERICA, GERALD, GERALDINE, JOE, MAGGIE, MARY PAUL, STEVE TER, THERESA, JOSE, SANDRA ERNESTINA, MARIA TANEM, SAMUEL AND JUAN. WE ARE REGULAR PEOPLE. ALL WE ARE SAYING IS GIVE US A CHANCE TO BE STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. VERTI. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK. UM, I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THESE CASES AND UNDERSTANDING THE ZONING PROCESS, AND IT DOES MEAN A LOT TO ME THAT, UM, YOU ARE STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS PROCESS. I UNDERSTAND THE OPPOSITION HAS GROWN TO ABOVE 30% OR MORE ON THIS CASE. AND I COMMIT MY OFFICE TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT AND NEIGHBORS TO ENSURE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS EQUITABLE AND REFLECTIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT HILL COMMUNITY LANDSCAPE AND ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I MOVE TO CONTINUE THE ITEM, UH, TO THE AUGUST 5TH MEETING. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS P THREE AND Z EIGHT TO AUGUST 5TH. YES SIR. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO [Items P-4 & Z-10] NOW TO ITEMS P FOUR AND Z 10 AMENDING THE UNITED SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY PLAN FROM INDUSTRIAL TO [02:55:01] HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, FROM L TO I ONE TO I TWO, LOCATED AT TEN ONE TWENTY FISHER ROAD. STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 19 NOTICES MAILED TO IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. AND THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE THIS TO AUGUST 5TH. AGENDA. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. MAYOR I MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO THE AUGUST 5TH AGENDA. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A, I HEARD A SECOND. OH, OKAY. I, UH, MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS Z 10 AND P FOUR TO AUGUST 5TH. HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM [Z-11. 21-4313 ZONING CASE Z-2021-10700076 (Council District 5): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-6 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District to "IDZ-1 AHOD" Limited Intensity Infill Development Zone Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted for two (2) dwelling units on Lot 18, NCB 16, located at 212 Clay Street. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] Z 11. ITEM Z 11 IS A REZONING FROM R SIX TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT TWO 12 CLAY STREET. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 21 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED. AND THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE THIS TO AUGUST 5TH. AGENDA. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, ONE OF THE BUDDY NEIGHBORS BROUGHT UP CONCERNS WITH THE PROPERTY LINES AND ASKED FOR US TO, UH, PRESS PAUSE UNTIL WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE APPLICANT AND CITY STAFF. I MOVE TO CONTINUE ITEM Z 11 TO THE AUGUST 5TH MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z 11 TO AUGUST 5TH, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM [Z-12. 21-4314 ZONING CASE Z-2021-10700087 (Council District 5): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R-4 AHOD" Residential Single-Family Airport Hazard Overlay District to "IDZ-2 AHOD" Medium Intensity Infill Development Zone Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted for 21 dwelling units on Lot 4, Lot 5 and Lot 7, Block 4, NCB 2231, located at 1016, 1020 and 1028 Morales Street. Staff recommends Denial, with an Alternate Recommendation. Zoning Commission recommends Approval.] Z 12. ITEM Z 12 IS A REZONING FROM R FOUR TO ID Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR 21 DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 10 16, 10 20, AND 10 28 MORALES STREET. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION. ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 24 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED. WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z 12 JACK FINGER. MAYOR NURNBERG ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER, THIS ITEM, IT FALLS IN, UH, MS. CASTILLO'S DISTRICT. YES. THE BIG, UH, RED FLAG ON THIS ONE, MS. CASTILLO, IS THE FACT THAT THE STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. WHY DID IT THINK THE STATE? WHY DID THE STAFF THINK IT WAS A BAD IDEA? WELL, IT'S BECAUSE QUOTE, LOOKING AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS, QUOTE, IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA. WHY? WELL, BASICALLY YOU WANT TO TRY AND SHOEHORN AS MUCH AS 21 UNITS INTO JUST A GOOD COUPLE OR SO LOTS HERE. UH, WHEN THE SURROUNDING AREAS, ALL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, IT REALLY IS, UH, A MATTER OF DENSITY, EXTREMELY DENSE COMPARED TO THOSE OTHER RESIDENTS WHO, LIKE I SAY, HAVE TO LIVE WITH, WITH THIS VERY COMPLETELY OFF OFFSET APPEARANCE HERE. SO, YES, YOU MAY WANT TO SAY NO TO THIS IF NOTHING ELSE. I MEAN FOR ALL, FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE WHO DO HAVE TO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU MR. FINGER. I MOVE TO CONTINUE ITEMS D 12 TO THE AUGUST 5TH MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z 12 TO THE AUGUST 5TH MEETING. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES BE BEFORE [Z-6. 21-4320 ZONING CASE Z-2021-10700084 (Council District 2): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "I-1 AHOD" General Industrial Airport Hazard Overlay District to "IDZ-2 AHOD" Medium Intensity Infill Development Zone Airport Hazard Overlay District with uses permitted for sixteen (16) dwelling units on the east 33.335 feet of Lot 2, Block A2, NCB 500; Lot 10, Block AZ, NCB 500; Lots 4, 7, the east 22.5 feet of Lot 9, the west 44.17 feet of Lot 9, and Lots 11-15, Block Mid 25, NCB 500, the east 22.5 feet of Lot 9, Block Mid 25, NCB 500, located at 211, 215, 223, 227 and 231 Yoakum Alley, 416 Duval Street, 417 and 419 Milam, 206 and 212 Dalton Alley. Staff recommends Approval. Zoning Commission recommendation pending the June 15, 2021 hearing. (Part 2 of 2)] WE MOVE ON, UM, I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, UH, FOR RECONSIDERATION OR, OR TO, UH, POTENTIALLY RECONSIDER AN ITEM. GO AHEAD. UM, SO NEW INFORMATION HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO ME. I WOULD, I MOVE TO RECONSIDER ITEM Z SIX. OKAY. OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO RECONSIDER ITEM Z SIX, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY CONTINUED, UH, BY THE COUNCIL. UM, SO A MOTION, UH, EXCUSE ME. UH, A YES VOTE IS TO BRING THAT ITEM BACK TO THE FLOOR SO IT CAN BE DISCUSSED AGAIN, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM Z SIX. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT. [03:00:19] ALL RIGHT, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, SO NOW WE'LL BRING UP ITEM Z SIX. ITEM Z SIX IS A REZONING FROM I ONE TO I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR 16 DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 2 11 2 15, 2 23, 2 27, 2 31 YOAKUM ALLEY, FOUR 16 DUVAL STREET, FOUR 17 AND FOUR 19 MILAM 2 0 6 AND TWO 12 DALTON AVENUE. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 22 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THE NEW INFORMATION WAS THAT THE PROJECT WOULD DIE. UM, , UM, THIS PROJECT IS AN AFFORDABLE, UH, WOULD FEATURE 16 AFFORDABLE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES FOR SALE AT 80 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT. UM, WE DID RECEIVE THREE ADDITIONAL LETTERS OF, UH, SUPPORT YESTERDAY AFTER 5:00 PM UM, AND THEN WE DID GET SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT. UM, I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT EQUITABLE AND QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z SIX. HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, AND JUST TO REITERATE, ITEM Z 15 WAS PULLED BY THE APPLICANT WAS NOT HEARD TODAY. WE'RE GONNA MOVE [44, 21-4344 City Manager's Report] NOW TO OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, YEAH, THREE QUICK ITEMS. UH, ONE, UM, I WANTED SHE STILL, YEAH. SHANNON, COME. SHANNON, UH, MILLER, OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER, HAS BEEN UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED AS THE 2021 OUTSTANDING ALUMNI FOR THE BUSH SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE AT TEXAS A AND M. COUNCILOR PERRY. UM, SHANNON IS, UH, WAS A MEMBER OF THE SECOND GRADUATING CLASS THERE AT THE, UH, M P A PROGRAM WITH A FOCUS ON ADVANCED PUBLIC MANAGEMENT. UM, THE, UH, GENERAL MARK WELSH, THE 20TH CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE AIR FORCE AND THE CURRENT DEAN OF THE BUSH SCHOOL, UH, SAID THAT SHANNON'S 20 PLUS YEAR CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE EXEMPLIFIES WHAT, UH, THE 41ST PRESIDENT ENVISIONED WHEN FOUNDING THE SCHOOL. UH, PUBLIC SERVICE IS A NOBLE CALLING, SO, UH, THE AWARD WILL BE FORMALLY PRESENTED IN COLLEGE STATION THIS FALL. AND, UH, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL. AND CONGRATULATIONS, SHANNON. THANK YOU. SECONDLY, AND, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF, UM, THE, THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, UM, REALLY AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, AS PART OF THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, UM, AND THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE, SO MANY EMPLOYEES THAT WERE DOING SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DON'T NORMALLY SEE. UM, I'VE INCORPORATED INTO MY CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, IT'S A GOOD REMINDER FOR ME AS CITY MANAGER. UM, IT'S GOOD TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC THAT WATCH CHANNEL 21 AND THE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND IT, AND I THINK IT'S GOOD TO SHARE WITH YOU THE WORK THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE DOING. UM, AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO DO THAT. I'VE CONTINUED TO DO THAT ON A WEEKLY BASIS. THEY'RE SHORT VIDEOS, BUT THEY HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT SOME OF OUR 12,000 EMPLOYEES ARE DOING. UM, SOMETIMES IN NOT SO HIGH PROFILE POSITIONS, UM, BUT ALL CRITICAL TO THE WORK THAT WE DO AS AN ORGANIZATION. UM, TOMORROW FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE CITY ORGANIZATION IS OBSERVING AND RECOGNIZING, UH, THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY, WHICH, WHICH WE HAVE ALL SEEN, UM, UH, CONGRESS TAKE ACTION THIS WEEK, UM, AND OTHER CITIES, UH, TAKE ACTION OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS. BUT I WANTED TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO STEPPED OUT AS PART OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET PROCESS LAST YEAR, WAY IN ADVANCE TO MAKE THIS AN OFFICIAL CITY HOLIDAY. AND I WANTED TO, UH, THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR DELIBERATION IN THAT, UM, WHICH, UH, WAS CRITICAL TO, UM, HEALING AND RECOGNIZING. UM, WE HAD A, A WONDERFUL HISTORY LESSON THIS MORNING AT THE BEGINNING OF COUNCIL ON THE IMPORTANCE OF JUNETEENTH [03:05:01] AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. AND I THINK IT WAS, UH, CRITICAL TO THIS ORGANIZATION TO ALSO GO THROUGH THAT EXPLANATION, UH, FOR OUR CITY. UH, LAST YEAR IN THIS WEEK'S SPOTLIGHT VIDEO, UM, IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED LAST SUMMER, UH, WHICH IS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN EMPLOYEE AFFINITY GROUP, A SUPPORT GROUP. UM, THAT WAS, UM, A THOUGHT THAT I HAD, UH, LAST JUNE. AND I WORKED WITH DAVID MCCAREY, UM, UH, ANNA BRADSHAW, WHO YOU, WHO WAS AT THE PODIUM EARLIER, UM, TODAY AND BRIAN DILLARD TO KIND OF BETTER ORGANIZE, UH, US AND SUPPORT EMPLOYEES. SO LET'S RUN THE VIDEO AND THEN I'M GONNA ASK DAVID MCCAREY JUST TO SHARE A COUPLE OF WORDS WITH YOU. THE AFFINITY GROUP WAS SPUN OUT OF OUR LOSS OF UNFORTUNATELY, GEORGE FLOYD, WHO WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED LAST YEAR. AND IT NOT ONLY SPARKED SO MUCH IN OUR AMERICAN HISTORY, BUT IT ALSO SPARKED SOME THINGS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, IN FACT, OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH, UH, REACHED OUT TO ME, ANNA BRADSHAW AND BRIAN DILLARD TO DO A WELLNESS CHECK ON OUR COWORKERS, OUR BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN COWORKERS. I REMEMBER WHEN THEY WERE DOING LITTLE FOCUS GROUP TO, TO SEE WHAT SHOULD THIS LOOK LIKE? AND I, AND I REMEMBER SAYING THAT IN GRADUATE SCHOOL, THERE WAS THIS QUOTE, RACISM IS LIKE AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. IT'S KNOCKING DOWN FURNITURE, IT'S PUTTING HOLES IN THE WALLS, AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO SIT POLITELY AS IF IT'S NOT EVEN HAPPENING. WE HAVE OUTLINED WHAT OUR GOALS ARE, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND ONE OF THE KEY PURPOSES OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO HELP AND EQUIP BLACK PEOPLE WHO ALREADY WORK IN THE CITY WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO GROW AND DEVELOP AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST GROW IN THE CITY AND ASCEND PROFESSIONALLY. TRADITIONALLY, YOUNG LADIES WERE, WERE HELD TO DOING CERTAIN TYPES OF JOBS. NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF WITH US TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO THIS. IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST A MAN'S JOB. IT IT'S, IT'S A JOB, PERIOD. A JOB THAT IF YOU'RE FIT TO DO IT, YOU CAN DO IT. OR IT, IT SHOULDN'T MATTER ABOUT THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN OR ANYTHING. YOU'RE HERE AS A PERSON, AS A FIREFIGHTER, AND IT'S WHAT YOU CAN OFFER TO HELP YOUR COMMUNITY. ARE YOU NOT APPLYING FOR JOBS THAT YOU'RE QUALIFIED FOR BECAUSE YOU THINK SOMEONE ELSE THINKS SOMETHING ELSE OF YOU? SO YOU DON'T EVEN PUT YOUR HAT IN THE RING BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY COUNTED YOURSELF OUT BECAUSE OF PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS AND PERPETUATION OF STEREOTYPES THAT YOU ARE INTERNALIZING. AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THE AFFINITY GROUP IS WE'RE THERE TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE AND ASK QUESTIONS. WE WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT AS A RESULT, THE ORGANIZATION, UH, NOT ONLY PROVIDED EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYBODY BUT TO LOOK BEYOND JUST COLOR, RACE, OR ETHNICITY. UH, THE IDEA WAS TO ACTUALLY REACH OUT AND BE A PART OF A SOLUTION THAT IS NEEDED RIGHT HERE IN OUR CITY. THOSE TRAGIC EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN IN 2020, I THINK, UH, BROUGHT THE NECESSARY LIGHT AND VISION TO A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN DO? SO TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT I AM PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS WILLING TO DO THAT, HAVE THE EARS TO LISTEN, NOT TO RESPOND, BUT TO LISTEN AND TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND COME UP WITH SOLUTION. I THINK IT'S EXCITING, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COMMEMORATING AND ACKNOWLEDGING JUNETEENTH AND, AND CELEBRATING, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS REALLY SPEAK TO A CITY AND A CITY THAT DESIRES TO BE INCLUSIVE. I KNOW FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, JUST THANK YOU. IT TAKES TRUE LEADERSHIP TO DO THINGS THAT MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE IN ORDER TO MOVE A SYSTEM FORWARD. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA GROW GREATER AND MAKE GREATER IMPACT AS IT CONTINUES TO TO MOVE FORWARD. HELLO? YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M DAVID MCCA. AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, YOU CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH SYNERGY HAS JUST BEEN CREATED BEHIND OUR BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN EMPLOYEES AFFINITY GROUP. NOT ONLY ARE WE LOOKING TO CREATE ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SERVED [03:10:01] THEIR CAREERS, SOMETIMES THEIR CHILDREN'S HAVE GONE THROUGH. AND AT THE SAME TIME, WITH THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE HAVING MENTORING, WE'RE HAVING SHADOWING. WE HAVE 12 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY STRUCTURE, AND THOSE 12 INDIVIDUALS HAVE STARTED THE STEERING COMMITTEE AS A PART OF THAT. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR THOSE PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AS YOU HEARD IN THE VIDEO. HOW DO WE HELP NAVIGATE THROUGH THE MAZE? HOW DO YOU TAKE TRANSFERABLE SKILLS FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE COLLECTIVELY GROW AS A CITY? THIS IS SO IMPERATIVE THAT WHEN TALENT INTERSECTS WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVANCEMENT, WE WANNA MAKE CERTAIN THAT EVERYBODY IS READY. THESE BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS, WE HAVE OUR OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE HAVE THESE SAFE SPACES FOR CONVERSATIONS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP YOU ADVANCE? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES? ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL TELL YOU THAT IS VERY CRITICAL IS THAT WHEN YOU INTERVIEW WITH THE CITY AND YOU LOOK AT A PANEL OF THOSE PEERS THAT WILL BE DOING THE SELECTIONS AND PROMOTIONS, AND YOU SEE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS LOOK LIKE YOU, THAT'S BIG. THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO OUR CITY. IT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO WHERE WE'RE HEADED AS AN ORGANIZATION. JUNETEENTH WAS A MAJOR STEP THAT ALL OF US ARE PROUD OF AND GREATLY APPRECIATE. YOUR LEADERSHIP CONTINUES. IT ALLOWS OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH, AND THE SUPPORTING STAFF TO CONTINUE TO DO AND TO HAVE THAT COLLABORATION, TO HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION. I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM OF THIS CITY. I'VE BEEN HERE 14 YEARS, HAVE BEEN IN FOUR MAJOR CITIES AROUND THE NATION, AND I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE OBSERVATIONS. AND I WILL TELL YOU, SAN ANTONIO IS BY FAR NOT ONLY HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT WE ARE THE DIRECTION AND WE'RE THE COMPASS THAT WE WANT OTHER CITIES TO FOLLOW. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT WAS ON THE VIDEO. AND EVERYBODY THAT'S A PART OF THE AFFINITY GROUP, THERE ARE OVER 750 BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR 13,000. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. YEP. SO, MAYOR, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I WANT, WANT TO THANK DAVID BECAUSE, UM, SORRY. DA DAVID HAS HUGGED THIS THING FOR THE LAST 13 MONTHS, ALONG WITH ANA AND BRIAN DILLARD, CHIEF HOOD AND OTHERS, UM, WHO'VE REALLY KIND OF MENTORED EMPLOYEES AND, UH, BUT DAVID'S, DAVID'S LEADERSHIP HAS, HAS CONTINUED TO BUILD UPON US. SO THANK YOU, DAVID. YEP. UM, THE LAST ITEM OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM, WE HAVE, UH, TODAY, THE LAST DAY, UM, UH, FOR ONE OF OUR VALUED TEAM MEMBERS WHO ALL OF YOU KNOW, UM, SHE HAS, UH, WORKED FOR THE CITY 39 YEARS. AND I THINK IF WE, IF WE, IF WE REALLY CHEER REALLY LOUD, MAYBE SHE'LL, MAYBE SHE'LL EXTEND IT TO 40. UM, SHE'S WORKED IN, UH, THE LIBRARY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, AND THEN IN THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OFFICE FOR EIGHT DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS. BUT OUR OWN, UH, ANA GALINDO, WHO WE ALL KNOW, UM, AND LOVE, UM, IS TODAY'S HER LAST DAY. SO SHE'LL BE RETIREMENT 39 YEARS. AND I WANTED TO REC, SHE SERVED SO MANY INDIVIDUALS, UH, A LONG TIME AGO WHEN I WAS A MUCH YOUNGER EMPLOYEE. UM, I THINK SHE YELLED AT ME ONCE, AND, AND, OR MAYBE TWICE ACTUALLY. UM, AND, UM, UH, ANNA, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA MISS YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR WHOLE TEAM IS HERE. UM, AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 39 YEARS OF COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HELLO, . UM, I REALLY, I ALWAYS HAVE STUFF TO SAY AND TODAY I AM. UM, I JUST WANNA SAY IT'S BEEN GREAT. IT'S BEEN 39 GREAT YEARS. UM, I ALWAYS TELL EVERYONE I LOVE WORKING FOR [03:15:01] THE CITY AND, UM, THE PANDEMIC REALLY MADE A BIG DENT IN IT BECAUSE THE BIGGEST THING I LOVE ABOUT THIS JOB WAS EVERYBODY I GOT TO WORK WITH SAYING, UM, GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE OR CHITCHATTING OR SHARING HOW WE DID THINGS AND HOW WE COULD BETTER. UM, BUT, UH, IT WAS THE PEOPLE, EVERYTHING FROM THE FIRST FLOOR BASEMENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FOURTH FLOOR. UH, AND I WAS REALLY SCARED THAT I WOULD NOT GET TO BE BACK IN CITY HALL BEFORE I WOULD ACTUALLY LEAVE, BUT I DID THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, BUT, UH, I, COUNCIL, SERVING ON COUNCIL, THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT PRIVILEGE. UM, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MAYORS, UM, THAT I'VE WORKED WITH AND GOT TO, UH, SHARE, UM, SHARE THINGS WITH, UM, HAS BEEN GREAT OVER THE YEARS. I WILL TREASURE ALL OF THAT. UM, I, I HAVE SO MANY MEMORIES AND I HAVE SO MANY POTOS AND MY POTOS KNOW WHO THEY ARE, , UM, WHICH HAS BEEN ALL MY, UM, DISTRICT TEAMS, WHICH I CONSIDER MY FAMILIA, MY SECOND FAMILIA. UH, BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN GREAT. I TELL EVERYONE THIS IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION TO BE WITH AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY, BUT I, I CAN SAY I LOVED MY JOB. SO ANYWAY, UM, THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TODAY AND SAY GOODBYE . BUT, UM, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR MAYOR, UM, I WAS SO PROUD OF Y'ALL DURING THE PANDEMIC, SO PROUD. UM, Y'ALL LED US THROUGH SOME VERY, VERY DIFFICULT, HARD TIME, UM, ALONG WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT I, I, I WOULD ALWAYS WORRY BECAUSE I COULD SEE HOW MUCH TOLL IT WAS TAKING ON Y'ALL. UM, BUT I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE ARE AT THE END OF THAT AND, UM, AND WE'RE ALL COMING BACK WITH GREAT SPIRITS AND READY TO WORK. AND I WON'T BE HERE FOR BUDGET, BUT I'M SURE Y'ALL WILL DO A GREAT JOB, . SO THANK YOU. THAT'S LIKE HAVING THREE CRESCENDOS IN YOUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. ERIC, WE GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT HERE AND, AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES ANNA. SO I'M NOT GONNA, UH, I'M GONNA GET RIGHT TO IT. SO WE'LL START WITH COUNCILS MEMBER LIAS. HEY, EVERYBODY, BE MORE LIKE ANA G GALINDO, UH, AND YOUR CAREER WILL GO SWIMMINGLY. ANA, YOU ARE JUST A RAY OF SUNSHINE. EVERY TIME I WALK INTO CITY HALL AND YOU'RE THERE, I ALWAYS MAKE A STOP, UH, BECAUSE YOUR SMILE IS INFECTIOUS. AND, UM, YOU, YOU MAKE ME FEEL GOOD. UH, AND CAN I BE ONE OF YOUR POTOS? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, ALWAYS. YEAH. THANK YOU, UH, DAVE MCCAREY. HOLY SMOKES. YOU ARE A ROCKSTAR. UH, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LEADING ON THIS. I'M, UH, I'M PROUD TO CALL YOU A TEAM MEMBER, AND, UH, I, I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM WATCHING YOU, AND YOU JUST IMPRESSED THE SOCKS ON 'EM OFF OF ME. I'M, I'M LITERALLY WEARING NO SOCKS RIGHT NOW. UH, SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. AND THEN, SHANNON, CONGRATULATIONS OF ALL THE SHANNON'S. YOU'RE THE SMARTEST ONE I KNOW. SORRY, MIKE MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I'LL START OFF, UM, BY CONGRATULATING SHANNON, UM, OF COURSE FOR YOUR, UH, GREAT AWARD AND YOUR TEAM BECAUSE, UM, YOU'RE A GREAT LEADER OF YOUR TEAM AND THEY HELP SUPPORT YOU. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO, TO ALL OF THEM AS WELL. UM, ALSO, I JUST, UH, THANK YOU, MR. MCCAREY. SO WONDERFUL WORDS. I'M GLAD THAT ANNA AND BRIAN AND THE OTHERS ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND, UM, JUST CELEBRATE. AND SO I DO WANNA POINT OUT TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THAT WE RECEIVED THIS REALLY NICE, UM, OBSERVANCE OF JUNETEENTH HANDOUT, AND I WENT TO IT, AND THERE'S A READING ACTIVITY THAT I'M PRETTY SURE, UM, IS, UH, APPROVED BY TEAKS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S GOT SO MANY THINGS ON THERE, LIKE WRITING ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS AND THINGS THAT WE DON'T TYPICALLY TALK ABOUT WHEN IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WE, WE DO THIS. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO IF YOU ALL HELPED PUT THIS ON AS WELL, BUT I'D ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SHARE SOME OF THESE ONLINE ACTIVITIES WITH THE KIDS IN YOUR DISTRICT. AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, ANNA, UH, 39 YEARS, YOU COULDN'T WAIT ONE MORE, RIGHT? TO, TO GET THAT FOUR. OH, CONGRATULATIONS. UH, ANNA IS A, A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR, SO I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER, UH, AS A NEIGHBOR. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT HER SISTER OLGA IS HERE IN THE CROWD, UH, AND IS ALSO A PUBLIC SERVANT, WORKS AT SAS. SHE'S ALSO A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR. UM, I WANNA JUST THANK YOU AS WELL, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU ALL TALK TO EACH OTHER AND, AND HELP SUPPORT EACH OTHER. AND I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, WE, WE HAVE ENOUGH, UH, SUPPORT OUTSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION SOMETIMES, BUT YOU HAVE THIS GREAT SISTER THAT I KNOW YOU TALK TO EVERY SINGLE DAY AND COMMUNICATE WITH. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING [03:20:01] HERE, OLGA, BUT ANNA, CONGRATULATIONS. I'M GONNA MISS YOU. UM, I'M GONNA MISS A CHICAS DONUTS, UH, , BUT, BUT IT'S OKAY. WE WILL FIGURE OUT WHO ELSE, BECAUSE CHICAS, IT'S A BAKERY AND D FOUR, AND THEY MAKE THE, THE BEST DONUTS EVER. AND SO I, UM, HAD HALF A DONUT YESTERDAY, BUT TIMOTHY HAD A FULL DONUT. AND SO THANK YOU, ANNA. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR. UM, BECAUSE WHEN I CAME ON OFFICE, EVEN, EVEN, EVEN THOUGH COUNCILMAN , THE PREVIOUS STOLE YOU AWAY, , UM, I HAD SO MANY RESIDENTS UPSET BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT I HAD CHANGED, UM, A SECRETARY, AND I HAD TO EXPLAIN, NO, SHE WAS STOLEN. AND THERE'S THIS SENIORITY THING. AND SO THANK YOU ANNA, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, ANNA, YES, , I'M SORRY, . ANNA KNOWS THAT WHEN I HAD VACANCIES IN MY SECRETARY POSITION, I COURTED HER, UH, AT BEHIND THE BACKS OF THE VERY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SHE WORKED FOR, BECAUSE SHE IS JUST SO INSPIRING. AND, UH, I THOUGHT AS WE WERE MEANT TO WORK TOGETHER, IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE. UH, BUT YOU TRULY DEMONSTRATE THAT YOUR JOB IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT. AND IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME EVERY DAY THAT I SAW YOU AT CITY HALL OR P D A, THAT YOU LOVED YOUR JOB, AND IT MADE ME HAPPY TO COME IN TO DO MY WORK TOO. SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT INSPIRATION FOR ALL OF US. AND I WISH YOU THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT OR YOUR NEXT PHASE. WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING. , UM, OH, YOU'RE GONNA RUN FOR COUNCIL, ALL RIGHT, , IN A FEW YEARS, IN A FEW YEARS, IN A FEW YEARS, COUNCILWOMAN NOT, NOT RIGHT NOW. NOT RIGHT NOW. UM, UH, SHANNON, OH, THERE SHE IS. CONGRATULATIONS. SOMETIMES YOU'RE AT THE TOP OF YOUR GAME, BUT THEN THERE'S ALWAYS MORE TO LEARN, TO KEEP YOU MOTIVATED, AND, UH, I THINK YOU'VE PUT US ON THE MAP FOR, UH, FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING NEXT. UM, AND, UH, AND I HAVE TO SAY, DAVID, UH, TREMENDOUS WORK. I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ALREADY, UH, DAVID IS, DAVID MCCAREY IS MY LIAISON TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND I DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE FOUND A BETTER MATCH, UH, FOR ME AND FOR ME ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT, UH, I, I ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU, UH, TREMENDOUSLY, AND SO PROUD, UH, TO HAVE YOU, UH, BE MY, MY PARTNER IN THE WORK THAT WE DO FOR DISTRICT SEVEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, UH, SHANNON, CONGRATULATIONS. I USED TO BE A CITY EMPLOYEE, AND I, I REMEMBER YOU THEN. AND NOW I GET TO CONGRATULATE YOU FROM THE DIOCESE. SO I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR YOU, WELL DESERVED. AND, UH, DAVID, YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY. I REMEMBER YOU BACK WHEN I WAS A CITY EMPLOYEE, BUT TO TAKE ON THIS PROJECT AND TO DO THIS FOR THE EMPLOYEES IS, IS JUST SUCH A WELL NEEDED. AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THIS UNDERTAKING. I'M SURE THAT THEY DO TOO. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT GREAT VIDEO. AND THEN, ANNA, WHAT CAN I SAY? , THIS ISN'T GOODBYE. THIS IS, SEE YOU SOON. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FORMER COUNCILWOMAN, I WAS IN THE MIDST OF ELECTION RUNOFF TIME, AND SHE GAVE ME THAT NEWS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I ALMOST GAVE UP THEN. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING, . BUT, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE LAST FEW DAYS AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT YOU DID FOR MY SISTER. AND I KNOW SHE SAID SHE CAN'T BE HERE, BUT JUST INCREDIBLE WORK ETHIC, INCREDIBLE HEART, GOOD PEOPLE. I'M GONNA MISS YOU, UM, FOR THE TIME YOU'RE NOT IN THE OFFICE, BUT WE'LL SEE YOU SOON. AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S JUST GOING TO, YOU'RE GONNA REALLY ENJOY RETIREMENT FOR, FOR THE LITTLE TIME THAT YOU GET IT. SO , AND THEN SHE'LL BE BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRAND COUNCIL MEMBER KIO HDA. THANK YOU, MARY, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO SHANNON. WELL DESERVED. UM, I'M, UH, HAPPY FOR YOU, UH, DAVE. UM, I REALLY AM JUST IMPRESSED WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO DO. AND NOW KNOWING THAT, THAT YOU'RE HER ELT, , I'M KIDDING. UM, YOU HAVE A LOT, A LOT OF WORK TO DO EVERY DAY, AND YOU DO IT WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE. AND TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN ON THIS EXTRA PROJECT THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR, UM, OUR CITY, OUR COMMUNITY, AND OF COURSE OUR EMPLOYEES, I, I AM GRATEFUL TO YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT ON. UM, ANNA, YOU KNOW, I THINK I FIRST MET YOU WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL WORKING AS A COUNSEL AID, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST, UH, HOLDING THAT WALL UP BACK THERE. BUT, UM, AND I, I WILL SAY THAT I DON'T, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW YOU PUT UP WITH EIGHT DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS. IS THAT ACCURATE? EIGHT, YES. AND I'LL ASK YOU LATER WHO YOUR FAVORITE ONE WAS, BUT, UM, ERICA, I WILL SAY THAT IF, IF ANNA DIDN'T YELL AT YOU AT SOME POINT, LIKE, YOU AIN'T NOBODY, RIGHT? BECAUSE SHE HAS TO, SHE HAD TO TELL YOU, UM, SHE HAD TO TELL ME PLENTY OF TIMES AND, AND HELP ME KIND OF NAVIGATE [03:25:01] AROUND HERE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND COMING BACK AND SEEING A FAMILIAR FACE WAS, WAS VERY COMFORTING TO ME. BUT I, I WISH YOU WELL, AND GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS YOU ON YOUR NEXT JOURNEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KIO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, YOU KNOW, SHANNON AND ANNA AND DAVID AND, AND THE INFINITY TEAM THAT YOU INTRODUCED US TO, UH, YOU ALL JUST REALLY SHOW THE PROFESSIONALISM AND THE COMMITMENT THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO THIS CITY GOVERNMENT. IT'S, IT'S AMAZING. YOU KNOW, I HEAR SO MANY CRITICISMS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE OUTSIDE, SO TO SPEAK, WHO DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE NATURE AND THE COMPLEXITY OF CITY GOVERNMENT. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS THIS CRITICISM ABOUT THE BUREAUCRACY AND THE BUREAUCRATS AND SOMEBODY ELSE'S RUNNING. WHAT'S GOING ON OVER HERE. UH, THE PROFESSIONALISM THAT YOU SHOW, THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU MAKE TO THE CITY AND TO EACH OF US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TO THE DEPARTMENT PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH IS SO OUTSTANDING. AND IT, IT REALLY MAKES SAN ANTONIO THE, THE GREAT CITY THAT IT IS, THAT IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ABOUT IT. BUT I DO, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL THANKS FOR ALL THE YEARS YOU'VE GIVEN US, THE YEARS YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GIVE US, AND PROBABLY FOR THE LACK OF APPRECIATION THAT YOU GET FROM SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS CON THIS CITY. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE ANOTHER AGGIE ON THE STAFF, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, SHANNON, I, DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THE THUMBS UP NOW? ALL RIGHT, AWESOME. UH, NO, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. THAT'S A FANTASTIC SCHOOL OUT THERE. I HOPE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE, UM, THAT ENTIRE BUILDING. IT IS VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE OUT THERE. AND THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE AND THE THINGS YOU CAN LEARN FROM OVER THERE, IT'S FANTASTIC. BUT, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, DAVID, UH OH, IS A VERY PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUAL. I'M NOT SAYING NOBODY ELSE IS, BUT MAN, I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE SPOT. IF I EVER HAVE A QUESTION, YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THEN AND THERE. AND, UH, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND I APPRECIATE YOU PULLING THIS TOGETHER TO GIVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SIT AROUND, DISCUSS, LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES, AND WHAT YOU CAN DO AND OTHERS CAN DO TO HELP HELP THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS. UH, I WISH I WOULD'VE HAD THAT MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, BUT, UM, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. THAT'S, THAT'S AWESOME. THAT'S AWESOME. AND ANNA, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU, AGAIN, EVERYBODY SAID IT. YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT THAT SMILE ON. KEEP IT ON EVEN IN YOUR RETIREMENT AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING OUT THERE, BECAUSE THAT ATTRACTS AND EXUDES MORE SMILES FROM OTHER PEOPLE. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT COSTS YOU NOTHING, RIGHT? EXACTLY. IT COSTS YOU NOTHING TO SMILE. AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT LESSON FOR EVERYBODY, IS HEY, PUT A SMILE ON. IT MAKES YOU MORE RELAXED. IT ACTUALLY HELPS YOU PERFORM BETTER. AND, UH, PEOPLE, I THINK IT'S HEALTHY FOR YOU TO SMILE AND, UH, VERSUS NOT SMILING ALL DAY LONG. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT, IT, UH, IT REMINDS ME ABOUT THAT, AND, UH, UH, GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO FROM HERE ON OUT, EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT TO HANG AROUND AND DO NOTHING. BUT YEAH, GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE MEETING AND KNOWING YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. CONGRATULATIONS MS. SHANNON. UM, I KNOW THAT'S YOUR FIRST NAME. I SAY MISS FIRST NAME, BUT, UM, THAT'S SO AMAZING AND I HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO RECEIVE RECOGNITION THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER. THIS IS AMAZING, AND I'M SO PROUD OF YOU AND EXCITED, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. UM, MR. DAVID IS ALSO MY LIAISON, SO I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO STAKE OWNERSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP . UM, SO EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU AS WELL. UM, I WANTED TO, I WANT TO REITERATE HOW IMPORTANT AFFINITY GROUPS ARE AND HOW VALUABLE THEY ARE, BECAUSE SO OFTEN, UM, AND I KNOW MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM, WE CAN RELATE TO THE EXPERIENCES OF ENTERING A PROFESSIONAL SETTING AND SOMETIMES BEING THE ONLY PERSON WHO LOOKS LIKE YOU, OR THE ONLY PERSON, UH, THE ONLY WOMAN, THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE L G B T Q COMMUNITY, THE ONLY DISABLED PERSON. AND SO TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IN A SPACE WITH OTHER PEOPLE WITH SHARED EXPERIENCES, UM, ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES WHERE, UM, YOU'RE EXPERIENCING RACE-BASED TRAUMAS, UH, CURRENT EVENTS, MICROAGGRESSIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM OR SEXISM IN THE WORKPLACE. UM, THESE ARE VERY REAL AND A REAL STRUGGLE TO OVERCOME. AND I HOPE TO SEE MORE RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO FURTHER THIS GROUP AND TO EXPAND SO THAT MORE AFFINITY GROUPS CAN BE FORMED. UM, I'M SO EXCITED FOR THAT. AND MISS ANNA, UM, WHEN I WAS A COUNCIL AIDE FOR SIX MONTHS, SEVERAL [03:30:01] OF THOSE MONTHS WERE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY CHALLENGING MOMENTS OF MY LIFE. AND YOU WERE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, A, A SPARKLE IN THE DAY. AND I LOOKED FORWARD TO MEETING YOU IN THE BREAK ROOM EVERY, EVERY DAY FOR LUNCH OR A BREAK. AND I ENJOYED OUR CONVERSATIONS. I ENJOYED SEEING YOU SMILING, AND YOU JUST BROUGHT ME SO MUCH POSITIVE ENERGY, AND I KNOW YOU'VE DONE THAT FOR SO MANY OTHERS. IF YOU'VE GIVEN ME THAT IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT YOU'VE, WHO YOU'VE IMPACTED, UM, IN YOUR 39 YEARS HERE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND YOU'VE MADE A MARK. YOU'VE MADE A MARK ON THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER S ROUNDING IT OUT. MAYOR, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF US ARE AWARE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE MEETING FOR ANOTHER A SESSION UNTIL AUGUST 9TH. UM, AND PRIDE IS, UH, THE 26TH OF THIS MONTH, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'VE BEEN LIVING THROUGH PRIDE MONTH THIS ENTIRE MONTH, AND, UH, WISH YOU ALL A VERY, VERY HAPPY PRIDE. UH, ERIC, UM, AT SOME POINT, CAN YOU LET US KNOW WHAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS DOING TO CELEBRATE PRIDE? UM, AND, UH, ADDITIONALLY ALSO, UM, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO, UH, PUBLICIZE THAT, UH, JUNE 26TH IS THE VIRTUAL PRIDE PARADE, UM, FROM SIX TO 10:00 PM THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. UM, AND SHANNON, UH, CONGRATULATIONS. WELL DESERVED HONOR, UH, OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS I'VE GROWN TO REALLY RESPECT, UH, YOUR WORK, UH, AND THEN BE INSPIRED BY IT. I REALLY HAD NO, UM, FAMILIARITY WITH, UH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT IN OUR HERITAGE UNTIL I MET YOU. AND I APPRECIATE, UH, THAT THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, UH, AND, AND THE FACT THAT IT STANDS AT SUCH A DIFFICULT INTERSECTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW YOU'RE IN UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND I'M GLAD THAT, UH, TEXAS A AND M HAS CHOSE TO RECOGNIZE YOU IN THAT WAY. UM, I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH WHAT MANNY SAID, DAVID. UH, YOU KNOCKED ALL OF OUR SOCKS OFF OF HERE, AND I WISH WE COULD HAVE THAT VIDEO OF YOUR SPEECH PUT ON HEAVY ROTATION ON CHANNEL 21, OR PERHAPS EVEN THE NETWORKS. THAT WAS FANTASTIC. UH, AND IT EXUDES THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP THAT I THINK WE ALL ASPIRE, UH, TO BE AND TO, TO SEE IN OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THAT AND THE AFFINITY GROUP WORK. AND ANA, UM, YOU WERE, UM, SO BEFORE I BECAME A COUNCIL MEMBER, I KNEW WHO YOU WERE, UM, IN A GOOD WAY, IN A GOOD WAY. UM, AND SO I, I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T REALIZE THAT, UM, YOUR REPUTATION PRECEDES YOU IN A VERY, VERY POSITIVE WAY FOR THE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN, WHO WORK IN, IN THE CITY HALL. UH, ALL OF THE, MY PREDECESSORS FROM BONNIE TO REED AND EVEN TO NELSON, WOULD ALWAYS TALK ABOUT YOU AND THE PRESENCE THAT YOU HAD IN CITY HALL. AND I THINK IT SPEAKS VOLUMES, UH, WHENEVER AN EMPLOYEE IS READY TO STEP AWAY, UH, THAT ALL OF THEIR COWORKERS COME, AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. UM, WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AS WELL. UH, YOU HAVE EARNED A VERY HAPPY RETIREMENT. UM, BUT I DO WANNA LET YOU KNOW THERE IS ANOTHER PATH, UH, THAT ONE OF YOUR SISTERS HAS WALKED BEFORE. UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO CAME ON FIRST, IF IT WAS JACKIE BOLDS OR ANNA GALINDO, BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE SHARED MANY YEARS TOGETHER YES. IN THE SAME OFFICES, AND, AND KNOW THAT SHE SPEAKS VERY HIGHLY OF YOU ALWAYS. BUT IF YOU DO WANT TO COME BACK, UM, YOU CAN . BUT, BUT IF YOU DON'T, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UH, THE RIGHTS TO THE BOOK THAT YOU AND JACKIE WRITE TOGETHER, ABOUT THIS CITY. SO, CONGRATULATIONS, ANA. UM, I NEED TO SAY ONE MORE THING. I DIDN'T GET TO GIVE THANKS TO MY FAMILY, MY BFFS, UM, SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS, DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT I WOULD PARTICIPATED FROM OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, DISTRICT FOUR, AND I EVEN GOT SOME TO DISTRICT THREE, I WOULD RECRUIT. UM, SO THEY CAME WITH ME AT 6:00 AM OR 5:00 AM AND STAYED THERE IN THE HEAT, UH, OR IN THE COLD, WHATEVER WE WERE DOING. BUT MY FAMILY, UH, WAS ALWAYS VERY SUPPORTIVE. UM, MY SON'S MAYBE A LITTLE BIT, NOT SO MUCH, BUT BECAUSE, UH, AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE OFF, BUT, UM, BUT, UH, I THINK HAVING THEIR SUPPORT HAS ALWAYS MADE IT, UM, A LOT EASIER TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I, WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO AND BE HERE. I KNOW SOMETIMES IT WAS 24 7, BUT, UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S SO WORTH IT, SO WORTH IT. SO I, I REALLY, I LOVE Y'ALL AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. SO THANK ALL RIGHT, WELL, UM, [Executive Session] THE TIME IS NOW 12:54 PM ON THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2021. [03:35:01] THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND DELIBERATE THE DISCUSSED FOLLOWING ITEMS ON THE JUNE 16TH, 2021 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, BUT NOT REACHED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 REAL PROPERTY AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS AND LEGAL UPDATE AND ANALYSIS ON C P S LITIGATION AND INVESTIGATIONS RELATED TO THE WINTER STORM PURSUANT TO TEXAS CU CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY. ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THE TIME IS 2:31 PM ON THE 17TH DAY OF JUNE, 2021. CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. OUR MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. . * 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.