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          ANTONIO IN SAN ANTONIO, ESP. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. 
          THE TIME IS 9:13 AM ON THIS THURSDAY, AUGUST 12TH, 2021. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MAKI RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO HARA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR NUREMBERG. 
          HERE, SIR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          AGAIN, WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, UH, YOUR OBSERVANCE OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH PROTOCOLS AND WEARING MASKS WHILE YOU'RE IN THE FACILITY. 
          UH, DO WANT TO START 
          [1. Invocation]
TODAY WITH AN INVOCATION GUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          I WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO DR. 
          LESTER, JAY GILLESPIE, SR. 
          WHO IS HERE WITH US TODAY. 
          HE IS THE ORGANIZER AND PASTOR OF THE GREATER LOVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH AT 1534 PECK AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 
          PASTOR GILLESPIE IS A NATIVE OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 
          HE IS THE SON OF THE LATE REVEREND WG GILLESPIE AND THE LATE SISTER VERNE GILLESPIE JONES. 
          HE IS MARRIED TO KIMBERLY ES GILLESPIE AND IS THE PROUD FATHER TO TWO SONS AND FOUR DAUGHTERS. 
          HE'S ALSO THE GRANDFATHER OF 13. 
          PASTOR GILLESPIE IS THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF MINISTERS UNITED FOR MINISTERIAL DEVELOPMENT, VICE PRESIDENT OF BOARDS OF THE NATIONAL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CONVENTION OF AMERICA, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOME MISSION BOARD OF THE MISSIONARY BAPTIST GENERAL CONVENTION OF TEXAS, AND FOUNDER OF THE REVEREND W G GILLESPIE AND VERNELL GILLESPIE JONES MEMORIAL INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP FUND. 
          HE IS THE FORMER PASTOR OF THE MOUNT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH IN CRYSTAL CITY, TEXAS. 
          THE SECOND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MINISTER'S CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CONVENTION OF AMERICA, THE HOME MISSION BOARD CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CONVENTION OF AMERICA, MODERATOR OF UNITED FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, CARVER CULTURAL CENTER BOARD MEMBER CHAPLAIN OF THE TRIO COUNTY JAIL MINISTRY IN PEROL, TEXAS, AND KARN CITY DETENTION CENTER IN KARN CITY, TEXAS. 
          AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GANG INTERVENTION COMMITTEE OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 
          HE RECEIVED THE 1992 PULPIT LEADERSHIP AWARD FROM THE SAN ANTONIO REGISTER NEWS AND WAS THE OUTSTANDING PASTOR OF THE YEAR. 
          IN 1994, PASTOR GILLESPIE RECEIVED BOTH BACHELOR AND DOCTOR OF DIVINITY DEGREES FROM THE GUADALUPE BAP BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, A DOCTOR OF DIVINITY FROM AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL THEOLOGY THEOLOGICAL AND SEMINARY, AS WELL AS AN HONORARY DOCTOR OF LETTERS OF URBAN MINISTRIES DEGREE FROM AS ASPEN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE AND THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 
          I AM SO HONORED TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE AND GRATEFUL THAT YOU, UH, ARE HERE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN MCGEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          SHALL WE BOW LORD I GOD, OUR ETERNAL FATHER LORD, YOU'RE GOOD AND YOUR MERCY ENDURES FOREVER. 
          YOUR LOVE FOR US IS FAR BEYOND OUR COMPREHENSION, OUR DESIRE TO KNOW ABOUT 
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YOU, EVEN THE MORE LEADS US TO YOUR WRITTEN WORD AS YOU INSTRUCTED YOUR DISCIPLES AS TO HOW WE OUGHT TO PRAY. 
          ONE DELIBERATE MOVEMENT IN THAT MODEL SAYS, GIVE US THIS DAY. 
          YOUR PURPOSE THROUGH THIS STATEMENT IS FOR OUR PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS TO BECOME AFRESH. 
          SO WE THEN DEPEND ON YOU TO LEAD OUR NEW DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL PERSON, EVEN AS YOU ARE LEADING OUR ABLE MAYOR AND THE REST OF THESE GREAT COUNCIL PERSONS TO THE ENDEAVORS THAT BEST SUIT OUR CITY. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE AND ALL OF YOUR GLORY, EVEN AS YOU LEAD AND GUIDE THEM AND DIRECT THEM. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT COURAGEOUS STAND AND THE PROTECTION OF OUR CHILDREN AS IT RELATES EVEN TO OUR CODES OF MASK AND VACCINATION. 
          BLESS NOW THIS CITY. 
          COVER US AS ONLY WE CAN BE KEPT BY YOU. 
          FOR IT IS IN YOUR DARLING SON JESUS NAME WE PRAY. 
          AMEN. 
          [2. Pledge of Allegiance]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR GILLESPIE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY FOR ACTION 
          [3. Approval of minutes June 9, 2021, June 10, 2021, June 15, 2021, June 16, 2021, June 17, 2021 and June 24, 2021]
IS, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL, UH, JUNE 9TH, JUNE 10TH, JUNE 15TH, JUNE 16TH, JUNE 17TH, AND JUNE 24TH. 
          UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THOSE MINUTES. 
          SO MOVED. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION BY PERRY SECOND BY COVEO HDA. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS RELATED TO OUR F Y 22 BUDGET LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION, UH, IN ACTION. 
          UH, THE REST OF THE ITEMS THAT, THAT'S ITEMS FOUR THROUGH SIX. 
          I SHOULD NOTE ALSO THAT ITEM 22 HAS BEEN PULLED. 
          UM, ITEMS FOUR THROUGH SIX ARE IN LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          EVERYTHING ELSE IS ON CONSENT. 
          [CONSENT AGENDA
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SO, UM, I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 19. 
          OKAY. 
          ITEM 19. 
          ANY OTHERS? OKAY. 
          IF THERE AREN'T ANY, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE, THE CONSENT AGENDA AT WHICH TIME I'LL ASK COUNSEL IF THERE'S DISCUSSION ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          SO MOVE. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION BY COURAGE. 
          WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY ROCHA GARCIA. 
          UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? WE DO HAVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          SO I'LL CALL THEM FIRST. 
          UH, LET ME CALL UP ALBERT CAMPBELL. 
          MR. CAMPBELL, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JOE GONZALEZ. 
          MR. GONZALEZ, WHEN YOU COME UP, YOU'LL BE SPEAKING ON ITEMS EIGHT AND NINE. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, I JUST WANT TO, UH, HAVE A STATEMENT OF MAKING A, YOU KNOW THAT AS FOR THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT FIVE AND ONE, WE'LL BE RAISING TAXES ON THE PEOPLE TO GET THEM OUT FOR, FOR THE RICH AND THE DEVELOPERS TO MAKE UNAFFORDABLE APARTMENTS AND MAKE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE POOR. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS STATEMENT WAS MADE BY ERIC WALSH, THE CITY'S MANAGER, THAT THERE IS NO INCREASE IN THE CITY, UH, OF THE CITY'S TAX RATE, WHICH IS A LIE BECAUSE MY OWN PROPERTY, MY TAXES WENT UP. 
          YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE, THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS REALLY DON'T KNOW THE WORD OF A VALIUM, WHICH IS A LATIN TERM, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW HERE IN THIS MEETING. 
          THAT IT, IT'S ACCORDING TO THE VALUE OF SOMETHING USED TO A TAXATION TO DESIGNATE AND LIBYA AGAINST, UH, PEOPLE'S PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, BASED UPON OF VALUE, THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS IN THE LAST PHYSICAL YEAR, TWO HOUSED MORE WHITE 
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ANGLO-SAXONS THAN HISPANICS BY MORE OF 600 PEOPLE. 
          YOU KNOW, AMERICANS AND OTHER ETHNIC PEOPLE WERE A LOT LOWER THAN THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST STRAIGHT ACROSS, EVEN ON THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, AND IT IS, THERE'S ONLY $1.5 MILLION THAT'S GIVEN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION EFFORTS. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OP, UH, OLD CITIZENS THAT WILL NEED A LOT TO BE ABLE TO FIX THEIR HOMES, AND A LOT OF 'EM DIE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT EVEN INSULATED BECAUSE THEIR HOMES WERE BUILT BACK IN THE 1940S. 
          THERE WAS NOT EVEN INSULATION DURING THAT TIME. 
          YOU KNOW, THE 1.5 MILLION. 
          I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE THAN THAT TO BE ABLE TO HELP EVERYBODY WITHIN THIS DISTRICT'S FIVE AND ONE. 
          SO IN REALITY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LIVING IN A SITUATION WHERE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE SAY OR WE COME UP FORWARD AND SAY, BECAUSE IN THE COUNCIL WILL ALREADY HAVE THEIR MIND MADE UP AND THEY'RE GONNA DO WHATEVER THEY THINK IT IS RIGHT FOR THEM. 
          NOT THE PEOPLE, BUT WE ELECTED THE PEOPLE, ELECTED Y'ALL TO DO THE RIGHT THING ON BEHALF OF THEM. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR WOULD DO THAT BECAUSE HE ESPECIALLY SAID AND ONE TIME THAT IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG TO BLAME HIM. 
          AND I KNOW THAT HE WILL KEEP UP HIS WORD TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE POOR COMMUNITIES IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY FOR RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE EVEN WESTLAW SAID THAT EVEN A LAWSUIT CAN CHANGE HISTORY AND CULTURE WITHIN A BLINK OF A I THANK YOU MR. CAMPBELL. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO NOW TO JOE GONZALEZ. 
          HI. 
          HOW YOU ALL DOING? EVERYBODY? OKAY? UH, I TAKE, I TAKE YOU FOR THE TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE A WORD FOR YOU. 
          ARE THE PEOPLE PUT YOU IN THIS OFFICE. 
          PEOPLE COME FIRST. 
          YOU ALL COME LEFT THE MONEY, WHAT YOU GET, GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE. 
          DON'T GIVE FOR YOURSELF. 
          MAYOR, YOU THE LEADER IN THIS CITY. 
          YOU ONLY TO WAKE UP. 
          DON'T LIE TO THE PEOPLE MAN. 
          DON'T LIE TO, UH, DON'T LIE TO PEOPLE BEHIND ME. 
          PEOPLE NEED HELP OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. 
          I SEE A BLACK CHAIR IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. 
          YOU ARE LIED TO THE PEOPLE YOU BIG ENOUGH TO WORK FOR. 
          YOU ARE TO COME TO THE CITY THAT YOU LIKE TO US. 
          IF SOMEBODY COME AND PAY YOU UNDER THE POCKET, COME ON MAN. 
          WAKE UP. 
          WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 
          LOOK UP. 
          HE'S WATCHING WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 
          YOU HURTING THE PEOPLE. 
          REALLY HOPE YOU ARE ONLY NEED HELP. 
          PEOPLE NEED HELP FOR THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH, TO THE WEST, INTO THE EAST. 
          MAYOR, YOU ALL NEED TO REP PEN, MAN. 
          SOMETHING GOING HAPPEN THIS CITY. 
          YOU ARE NOT READY. 
          DON'T LIE TO THE PEOPLE, MAN. 
          PLEASE WAKE UP. 
          THEY REALLY HUMBLE PEOPLE. 
          YOU NEED TO REPENT WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME BECAUSE GOD CAN TELL YOU. 
          SO YOU ARE NOT READY WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 
          PEOPLE, WE SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 
          GOD, SEE, YOU ARE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          GOD GONNA BE SPEAK WITH YOU EVERY NIGHT AND EVERY DAY AS YOU WALK THAT DOOR, YOU BETTER GET READY, BE THE ENEMY READY FOR YOU ARE CITY MAYOR, PLEASE WAKE UP. 
          DON'T LIE TO THE PEOPLE, MAN. 
          PEOPLE COME FIRST. 
          GOD COME FIRST. 
          WE COME SECOND. 
          I LIKE MY COUNTRY. 
          I LIKE MY SAN ANTONIO. 
          I LIKE IT. 
          I LIKE MY CITY. 
          BUT YOU ARE NOT DOING THE JOB. 
          WHAT GOD WANT TO DO TO THE JOB, HE WHAT HE WANT TO DO. 
          PLEASE WAKE UP. 
          LISTEN TO WHAT WE NEED. 
          THIS A MESSY THE SPIRIT. 
          TELL ME TO TELL YOU ALL TO WAKE UP AND SURRENDER. 
          GET, BECAUSE THE DEVIL WILL SELL, IS READY TO SELL YOU MONEY. 
          GIVE YOUR MONEY UNDER THE TABLE. 
          I CAN SEE THAT. 
          I CAN SEE THAT YOU CAN HIKE, YOU CAN 
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RUN. 
          GOD CAN SEE YOU, AND GOD BLESS YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. GONZALEZ. 
          JACK FINGER SPEAKING ON ITEM 12. 
          WELL, MAYOR NURENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. 
          WELL, ONE PARTICULAR ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY REALLY NOTICED IT, BUT, UM, I MEAN, HE WAS PRETTY, PRETTY MUCH BURIED AND YOU WOULDN'T EVEN REALIZE WHAT IT WAS IF YOU EVEN READ IT IN, IN THE FIRST PLACE THERE. 
          BUT, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, ITEM NUMBER 12, TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THAT. 
          LET'S THE, UH, MR. DIVISION MAN, GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT UP ON THE PROJECTOR AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THE CIRCLE AREA, IF YOU CAN READ IT, IT'S A LITTLE BLEACHED OUT THERE. 
          IT SIMPLY SAYS, UH, BASICALLY AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A TASK ORDER WITH JAMAL AND SMITH'S CONSTRUCTION, THE AMOUNT OF $205,782 AND 87 CENTS TO INSTALL A PORTLAND LU AT THE INTERSECTION OF NAVARRO STREET AND CROCKETT STREET AND DISTRICT ONE FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE FROM THE CENTRAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 
          NOW, IT'S HARD TO READ IT THERE, BUT, UH, YEAH, WHAT EXACTLY IS A PORTLAND LIE? WHO WOULD KNOW THAT IT IS A PUBLIC TOILET? YEAH, A ONE OCCUPANT PUBLIC TOILET, MR. ION MAN. 
          GO TO THE SECOND PAGE, IF YOU WOULD THERE, SEE IF YOU CAN READ ANYTHING THERE. 
          UH, THE YEAH, IT SAYS, SIMPLY SAYS, UH, UNDERLINES, IT SAYS, UH, I CAN READ IT HERE. 
          THE KIOSK WILL CONSIST OF A SINGLE OCCUPANT PUBLIC TOILET. 
          NOW THAT'S JUST ONE, ONE OCCUPANT PUBLIC TOILET. 
          FOR HOW MUCH? $205,000. 
          YES. 
          NOW I THOUGHT IT WAS A, ISN'T THERE A BETTER ALTERNATIVES TO THAT? WELL GO TO THE THIRD PAGE, MR. AUDIO VISUAL MAN. 
          YEAH, IT SAYS, IF YOU CAN READ IT, IT SAYS, AN ALTERNATIVE TO THIS PROJECT COULD BE DELIVERED UTILIZING ANOTHER DELIVERY METHOD, HOWEVER, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 
          THIS WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE TIMELY COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, IT JUST HAS TO BE DONE RIGHT HERE AND NOW. 
          NOW, NOW, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME. 
          TALK ABOUT A THRONE . 
          YES, THIS IS A THRONE. 
          UH, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? WHY $200,000 FOR A SINGLE PUBLIC TOILET TO BE PLACED AT THE DOWNTOWN AREA? UH, EXCUSE ME. 
          UH, MAYBE WE, WE'D WANNA ASK A FEW QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE. 
          I MEAN, UH, I, I'M, WHY NOT JUST GET A SIMPLE PORTABLE PUBLIC TO TOILET THAT YOU CAN GET FROM ANY, ANY COMPANY HERE IN TOWN HERE, HUH? AND IN FACT, TO, UH, SHOW MY, UH, APPRECIATION TO HONOR YOU FOR, FOR YOUR WISDOM AND INTELLIGENCE AND AND SO FORTH REGARDING YOUR BRILLIANT DECISION. 
          I'M GOING TO AWARD YOU THE, UH, THE TROPHY CALLED THE LOAD OF CRAP AWARD TO THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR ITS $205,000 PUBLIC TOILET THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. FINGER. 
          YES. 
          PI, PICTURE OF IT RIDE HERE. 
          JAKE TUCKER, YOU SEE IT THERE? YES. 
          ITEM 20. 
          . 
          THANK YOU, JAKE TUCKER, ITEM 20. 
          MR. TUCKER HERE. 
          OKAY, THAT'S EVERYONE WHO'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          SO WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          ONE SECOND. 
          LET ME GET MY, OKAY. 
          WE'LL START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 21, UM, SPECIFICALLY $900,000 FOR 88 AFFORDABLE UNITS AT 50% A M I. 
          I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE THE KIND OF AFFORDABLE, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA MEET OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS. 
          AND SO, LOOKING FORWARD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LOT MORE OF THIS. 
          THIS IS WAY MORE LIKELY TO, UH, BE SEEN AS FEASIBLE AND DESIRABLE BY OUR CONSTITUENTS AND BY THE COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MAKI RODRIGUEZ. 
          I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE, SO, ALL RIGHT. 
          YOU GO AHEAD. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER 
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PERRY. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 10. 
          WE'VE GOT A FIRE STATION 39 UP IN DISTRICT 10, AND THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT I WENT AROUND VI VISITING FACILITIES, UH, ASKED FOR A GLASS OF WATER, AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE GOTTA GET YOU SOME, UH, UH, BOTTLED WATER. 
          WE, UH, CAN'T GET YOU ANY TAP WATER BECAUSE THE TAP WATER IS ACTUALLY BROWN. 
          IT WAS COMING OUT OF THE FAUCETS, UH, BROWN. 
          AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S OLD PIPING IN THE FACILITY, BOTH THE SUPPLY AND, UH, DRAINAGE. 
          AND THEY WERE DUE FOR REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THE, THE RUST AND CORROSION AND EVERYTHING INSIDE THE OLD PIPE. 
          SO WE'RE FINALLY, UH, GETTING THAT PIPING REPLACED. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT THAT'S A, UH, THAT'S A, A GREAT THING FOR THE FOLKS THAT LIVE AND WORK THERE EVERY DAY IN THAT FACILITY. 
          SO, UH, THANKS ERIC FOR GETTING THIS PULLED UP AND, UH, GETTING THAT WORK DONE. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THAT'S ALL, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          UM, WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A GLITCH UP HERE ON THE, UH, SPEAKER LIST, SO I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO THE VOTE? ALRIGHT, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY FOR 4 5, 6 19 AND 22, WHICH WAS WITHDRAWN. 
          WE DID, SO THE MOTION WAS FROM COURAGE, AND THE SECOND WAS FROM ROHA GARCIA. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'LL MOVE TO OUR BUDGET ITEMS TODAY. 
          WE'LL START WITH ITEM 
          [4. 
Presentation of the City of San Antonio 2022 Proposed Operating and Capital Budget for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2021, and approving the following related Ordinances: [Erik Walsh, City Manager]]
FOUR, FOUR RESERVES, ERIC. 
          OKAY, . 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, THIS MORNING. 
          I AM, UH, HAPPY TO PRESENT TO YOU, UH, THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS, UH, THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2022 PROPOSED OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          UM, AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER DO THIS, UH, IN THE CHAMBERS THAN IN A CONFERENCE ROOM BY MYSELF LAST SUMMER. 
          SO, UM, IT'S GOOD TO BE OUT. 
          UM, THIS IS THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS. 
          UM, LET ME WALK EVERYBODY BACK A LITTLE BIT. 
          IT STARTED IN THE SPRINGTIME WHEN WE DID OUR FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST. 
          IT CULMINATED WITH A TRIAL BUDGET THAT WE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN JUNE, THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION AT THE END OF JUNE, TO GIVE GUIDANCE TO THE STAFF AS WE PREPARED THE PROPOSED BUDGET DURING THE MONTH OF JULY. 
          UH, THIS MORNING, UH, WE WILL MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE OVER THE NEXT MONTH, A SERIES OF WORK SESSIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE SCHEDULED THAT START ACTUALLY NEXT TUESDAY. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY AND DISTRICT MEETINGS, BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON OVER THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF, UH, TO GATHER FEEDBACK, UH, AND ULTIMATELY BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR FINAL ADOPTION AT THE, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF, UH, SEPTEMBER. 
          SO LET ME TALK ABOUT, UM, FIVE KEY MESSAGES IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          UH, ONE IS THAT, UM, THE, UM, THE BUDGET AS, AS, UH, WE REPORTED IN THE FORECAST AND THEN THE TARGET, UH, WE SAW FASTER RECOVERY IN SOME OF OUR BUSINESS AREAS. 
          AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, UH, AS I MOVE THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, BUT CERTAINLY SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE LAST THREE WEEKS. 
          SECOND KEY MESSAGE IS THAT WE ARE RESTORING CUTS PLANNED FOR F Y 2022 THAT WE HAD PLANNED, UM, IN OUR TWO YEAR BALANCE BUDGET LAST YEAR. 
          WE ALSO RESTORED THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS RESTORING, UM, EXPENSES THAT WE CUT OUT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, AND, UM, INCREASES COMPENSATION FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, UH, WITH NO CHANGE 
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TO THE CITY PROPERTY TAX RATE. 
          THE THIRD KEY MESSAGE, UM, REALLY IS THAT THE BUD, THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS A FOCUS ON CRITICAL ISSUES THAT I THINK WE LEARNED, UH, OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS. 
          AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DURING THE PRESENTATION. 
          THERE ARE AREAS LIKE HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC, PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, AND, AND THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES. 
          FOURTH, UH, RESPONDING DIFFERENTLY TO CALLS FOR SERVICE. 
          AND PRIMARILY THIS KEY MESSAGE IS REALLY BORNE OUT OF THE WORK THAT WE DID DURING THE YEAR, UH, ON THE POLICE SERVICES REVIEW, WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT HERE SHORTLY. 
          AND THEN FIFTH, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, MAJOR KEY MESSAGE OF THE BUDGET IS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE INVESTMENTS TO, UM, HELP THE CITY BECOME MORE RESILIENT. 
          UH, REALLY AS A TAKEAWAY OF SOME OF THE LESSONS WE LEARNED, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE SAW IN THE, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEE'S REPORT, UM, JUST TO BETTER PREPARE OURSELVES AND PREPARE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I'LL, I'LL ALSO ADD THAT, THAT ALL OF THIS IS ENCOMPASSED WITHIN, UM, UH, THE FRAMEWORK OF BETTER POSITIONING THE CITY TO TAKE ON TRANSFORMATIONAL ISSUES AND BE BETTER, WHETHER IT'S POLICE SERVICES OR PUBLIC HEALTH OR RESILIENCY, THE IDEA IS TO TAKE THE LESSONS LEARNED AND, AND MOVE FORWARD, UH, FROM THIS POINT. 
          SO, UH, AS WE REPORTED AT THE BUDGET WORK SESSION, AND WE KEPT THIS SURVEY OPEN THROUGH THE, UH, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF JULY, WE HAVE OVER 12,000 SURVEYS. 
          WE RECEIVED, UH, THE COMMUNITY STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PRIORITIES REALLY CENTERED AROUND THOSE FIVE TOPICS, STREETS AND SIDEWALK AND INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SENIOR SERVICES, PARKS AND RECREATION, AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. 
          AND AS WE TALKED YESTERDAY, UH, WITH THE C D B G AND HOME BUDGET, LOOKING TO REDO HOW WE DO THIS NEXT YEAR, WE SHOULD DO THAT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE ANYWAY. 
          UM, BECAUSE, BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE, UM, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEASURING, UH, AND GETTING THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AS BEST WE CAN. 
          OUR ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR SAN ANTONIO, AS I MENTIONED, IT IS RECOVERING, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE NUMBERS HERE SHORTLY. 
          CERTAINLY, CONSUMER CONFIDENCE HAS BEEN STRONG. 
          UH, THE DRIVE TOURISM MARKET HAS BEEN EXTREMELY, UM, UM, HIGH OVER THE SUMMER. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UH, HAD A RETURN OF BUSINESS TRAVEL AND CONVENTION BUSINESS. 
          UM, BUT I, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING NOW AND CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR FINGER ON THAT PULSE JUST LIKE WE HAVE OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          OUR BUDGET IS BALANCED WITH BETTER REVENUE COLLECTION IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS. 
          UM, AND, AND AS WE REPORTED, UH, IN THE TARGET BUDGET, WE ARE ASSUMING, UH, ARPA FUNDS, UH, THAT MATCH OUR 2020 AUDITED FINANCIAL REVENUE LOSSES FOR JUST THE GENERAL FUND AND THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND. 
          AND I THINK WE WERE VERY CONSERVATIVE. 
          UM, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT SHORTLY. 
          THE BALANCE, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO BEFORE YOU TODAY, IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES BALANCED OVER F Y 22 AND 23. 
          AS WE WORK THAT OUT. 
          I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME HERE, BUT IT IS, UH, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT, UM, THE IMPACT OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT. 
          AND, AND WE'VE ALL LIVED THROUGH THAT. 
          WE MADE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET REDUCTIONS BOTH LAST YEAR, MID-YEAR, AND IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          WE, WE FROZE, UH, CIVILIAN COMPENSATION FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          UM, AND THE COUNCIL IMPLEMENTED THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, WHICH REALLY SET THE FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE WERE GONNA UTILIZE NOT ONLY OUR LOCAL DOLLARS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CARESS ACT DOLLARS. 
          THOSE FOUR PILLARS, AS YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, UH, HAVE REALLY HELPED TO STRENGTHEN, UM, THE NEED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UM, IN THE AREAS OF HOUSING SECURITY, WHICH HAS CONTINUED TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR THROUGH ARPA DOLLARS. 
          UH, WE'VE ASSISTED 43,000 HOMES, HOUSEHOLDS, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE HAVE, UH, 2,500 INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED RIGHT NOW IN TRAINING WITH 6,000 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A APPLIED OUR SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, WHICH AS THE COUNCIL WILL REMEMBER, EVERY TIME WE HAD MONEY AVAILABLE, THE COUNCIL REALLOCATED THAT MONEY INTO SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT. 
          UH, OVER ALMOST 1900 SMALL BUSINESSES WERE ASSISTED WITH THOSE GRANTS TO THE TUNE OF $45.5 MILLION. 
          AND WE HAVE CONNECTED 16 OF THE 32 NEIGHBORHOODS AS PART OF OUR DIGITAL CONNECTION PROGRAM. 
          SO I MENTIONED EARLIER, ARPA IS INCLUDED. 
          A PORTION OF ARPA IS INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          AND REALLY, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE TRIAL BUDGET, UM, THE FOCUS OF ARPA WAS FINANCIAL STABILITY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS REVENUE, RECOVERY, LOSS, AND IMMEDIATE NEEDS. 
          UM, AND WE ARE DEALING WITH PHASE ONE RIGHT NOW, AND I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF, UH, INTEREST TO MOVE TO PHASE TWO. 
          I WILL SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT, AS WE REPORTED TO YOU IN JUNE, WE DID TAKE THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS WE GOT FROM COUNCIL, IN ADDITION FROM STAFF, AND SUBMITTED THEM TO THE TREASURY IN JULY, UM, 
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UH, AS REQUESTED, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING FINAL GUIDANCE FROM THE TREASURY EITHER AT THE END OF THIS MONTH OR IN SEPTEMBER, SO WE CAN MOVE INTO PHASE TWO ARPA DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, THE KEY MESSAGE HERE ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT AS, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, UM, EVERY JULY, WE ISSUE DEBT, UH, UH, FOR THE YEAR. 
          UM, JULY IS ALSO OUR TIME WHERE WE VISIT AND PRESENT BEFORE THE THREE RATING AGENCIES. 
          WE DID THAT, UH, THIS PAST JULY. 
          AND ALL THREE RATING AGENCIES HAVE, UH, REAFFIRMED, UH, THE CITY S AND P AND MOODY'S AT AAA AND FITCH AT AA PLUS, UM, WHICH ARE, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT, UH, WHICH IS THE CITY'S CREDIT SCORE. 
          UM, AND, AND, UH, AS WE TALK ABOUT, UH, WITH THE RATING AGENCIES, NOT ONLY OUR OWN FINANCIAL PICTURE, BUT REALLY WHAT IS OUR FINANCIAL PLAN IN TERMS OF THE USE OF ARPA AND FEDERAL DOLLARS, UH, A LOT OF CREDIT GIVEN TO, UH, THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR, UH, HOW WE ACTED WITH THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          MANY CITIES HAVE STRUGGLED WITH SPENDING THAT MONEY, BUT WE PUT THAT MONEY IN PRODUCTION COUNCIL APPROVED IT, AND, AND THAT'S THE TYPE OF STRONG FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES THAT THE RATING AGENCIES CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR. 
          SO, UM, 97 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN ARPA DOLLARS, UM, UH, PRIMARILY IN THE GENERAL FUND, 46 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND $51 MILLION INTO THE HOTEL OCCU OCCUPANCY TAX FUND. 
          AND WE SPREAD IT OVER THREE YEARS. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST IN OUR PLAN. 
          IT'S NOT JUST PUTTING 97 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AT ONCE. 
          UM, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE USING THOSE FUNDS AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE, THE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS, WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW WE'RE USING THOSE FUNDS OVER THREE YEARS. 
          YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS REALLY ADDRESSES THE ISSUE THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY BROUGHT UP AT OUR TRIAL BUDGET CONVERSATIONS, WHICH IS, WE, WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF THE USE OF THE ARPA FUNDS FEDERAL FUNDS AND NOT CREATE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR OWN FINANCIAL SITUATION. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE A FINANCIAL CLIFF, AND I THINK WE'VE BALANCED THE USE OF THIS MONEY APPROPRIATELY, AND WE WILL BE WALKING THE COUNCIL THROUGH THAT. 
          SO HOW HAVE OUR REVENUES, OUR MAIN REVENUES, UH, RECOVERED? UM, AND HERE ARE, UH, THE THREE MAIN REVENUE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE SEEN THE MOST IMPACT. 
          UM, OUR SALES TAX, UM, FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS 14% HIGHER THAN THE 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          WELL, FISCAL YEAR 21 WAS HOPEFULLY AN ANOMALY. 
          SO HOW DO WE COMPARE TO F Y 2019? IT'S 11% ABOVE THE F Y 19 ACTUALS. 
          NOW, OUR AVERAGE ANNUAL SALES TAX GROWTH THE LAST 10 YEARS IS ABOUT 4.5%. 
          SO WE'VE SEEN VERY STRONG, UM, RETURNS IN TERMS OF SALES TAX ACTIVITY PRIMARILY, UH, DUE TO A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT THE DRIVE MARKET, UH, CONSUMER SPENDING, CONSUMER CONFIDENCE, FRANKLY, I THINK HIGHER WAGES IN SOME CASES HAVE AIDED TO THAT. 
          UM, BUT THAT HAS PUT US IN A BETTER POSITION FROM A, A LOCAL REVENUE SOURCE. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, UM, AND YOU'LL SEE A SLIDE, UH, LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          OUR HOT TAX F Y 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET IS 15% HIGHER THAN F Y 21 A ADOPTED BUDGET, BUT WE'RE STILL 24% BELOW THE 2019 ACTUAL, AND WE'VE KNOWN IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER IN OUR VISITOR INDUSTRY. 
          AND THOSE TRENDS ARE CONTINUING. 
          AND IN THE THIRD AREA, UH, IN THE AIRPORT, UH, THE AIRPORT IS REBOUNDED. 
          UH, WELL, UM, OUR REVENUES IN F Y 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET ARE, ARE ALMOST 2% BETTER THAN THEY WERE IN THE F Y 19 ACTUALS. 
          SO WHILE IN EMPLOYMENTS MAY NOT GET TO WHERE WE WERE AT AN EMPLOYMENT LEVEL IN 2019, UH, WE ARE SEEING INCREASES IN NON-AIR AIRLINE REVENUE CONCESSIONS, PARKING, AND WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THAT WHEN WE DO THE AIRPORT DETAILED BUDGET WORK SESSION. 
          SO THE OVERALL STRATEGY IN ADDITION TO THE KEY BUDGET MESSAGES WAS REALLY, UM, LOOKING AT THE PRE PANDEMIC LEVEL OF SERVICE AND THE RESTORATION OF CUTS THAT WE'VE MADE. 
          REMEMBER, ONE OF THE GUIDING POSTS WE USED LAST YEAR IS WE MADE CUTS TO OUR BUDGET WAS NOT TO IMPACT COMMUNITY SERVICES, BECAUSE IF ANYBODY NEEDED COMMUNITY SERVICES LAST YEAR, IT WAS THE PUBLIC. 
          AND SO WE WERE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT. 
          UM, IT ALSO, UH, ADDS SPENDING TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL PRIORITIES, AND WE'LL WALK THROUGH THAT AND, AND, AND WE REALLY BALANCED, UH, THE NEW SPENDING BETWEEN ONE TIME RECURRING LOCAL REVENUE AND ARPA DOLLARS IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY SORT OF, UH, LONG-TERM BUDGET IMPACTS. 
          OUR OVERALL FFY 22 PROPOSED BUDGET IS $3.1 BILLION, UH, MADE UP OF THE LARGEST PORTION OF OUR GENERAL FUND OF 1.36 BILLION OR 44% OF OUR BUDGET. 
          OF COURSE, THE GENERAL FUND IS WHERE WE PR WHERE WE FUND MOST OF OUR BASIC SERVICES. 
          OUR RESTRICTED FUND 
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IS $1.12 BILLION OR 32%. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR LINES OF BUSINESS, SUCH AS THE AIRPORT, SOLID WASTE, OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, UH, FUND AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          AND THEN OUR CAPITAL, UH, PROGRAM IS BUDGETED, PROPOSED TO BE BUDGETED AT $592 MILLION OR 24%. 
          REALLY, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS THE FINAL YEAR OF OUR 2017 BOND PROGRAM AND A NUMBER OF OTHER LARGE PROJECTS, UM, EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. 
          AND, AND, AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 27 YEARS. 
          AND EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION IS, UH, GENERALLY ONE OF THE LAST SLIDES IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, AND, AND WE MOVED IT UP BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE RESTORATION. 
          UH, EMPLOYEES IN PARTICULAR, ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, UM, BUT OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, UM, HAVE, UM, CHANGED JOBS, PIVOTED, UH, DONE THINGS THAT THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY HIRED TO DO. 
          THEY'VE REACTED. 
          UM, THEY HAVE, UM, UM, THEY HAVE CARRIED THE BRUNT OF MANY OF THE SERVICES WE DO, UM, IN THE TRIAL BUDGET AND IN THE FORECAST, I SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL THAT WE SET ASIDE A 3%, UH, WAGE INCREASE FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AS WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET THIS SUMMER. 
          UM, UM, I WORKED TO, UM, ADJUST THIS, AND THIS IS PART OF THE GUIDANCE. 
          I THINK I, I HEARD FROM SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THE WORK SESSION THAT THEY WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF SOMETHING MORE THAN 3%. 
          UM, AND SO WE WORKED TO INCLUDE A 5% PAY INCREASE FOR ALL CIVILIANS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, A 4% RECURRING AND A 1% LUMP SUM THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE IN OCTOBER. 
          IT'S AN ACROSS THE BOARD WAGE FOR ALL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
          UM, LAST YEAR, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FROM AN A COMPENSATION STANDPOINT, WE REDUCED OUR INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR CIVILIANS BY 10% ONE TIME. 
          UM, WE'VE WORKED TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT GOING FORWARD INTO 2022. 
          AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO IN THE SPRING OF 2020 IS, UM, THIS YEAR REDO OUR PAY PLAN FOR OUR CIVILIANS. 
          UM, THIS, UH, IN THE FISCAL, IN FISCAL YEAR 2022, THAT WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AS WE GO THROUGH. 
          BUT IT IS A MAJOR EFFORT THAT, UM, THAT WE NOT WE NEED TO GET BACK TO, UH, GOING FORWARD. 
          OUR PAYING HEALTHCARE FOR OUR FIRE AND POLICE, UH, UNIFORM EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE EQUALLY DONE AN AWESOME JOB OVER THE LAST YEAR, UM, HAVE BEEN CRITICAL TO THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE. 
          UH, THEIR COLLECTIVE, THEIR, THEIR BARGAINING, UH, AGREEMENTS, UH, DICTATE THEIR HEALTHCARE AND WAGES. 
          UH, FIREFIGHTERS WILL RECEIVE A 3% PAY RAISE IN JANUARY, AND AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, WE ARE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, THE CITY WILL, UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, THE, UM, THE IMPORTANT LABOR LEADER AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, ACTIVIST CAESAR CHAVEZ, ON LABOR DAY, LABOR DAY. 
          UH, OUR LABOR DAY HOLIDAY, UH, WILL BE KNOWN AS CAESAR CHAVEZ DAY AND LABOR DAY. 
          THAT WAS AN ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE WITH A, WITH THE PRIOR COUNSEL, WITH THE C C R, AND I KNOW IT'S STILL CRITICAL, UH, CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE, UM, UH, TO THE COUNCIL. 
          WE'VE ALSO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS COUPLES NICELY WITH WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR WITH JUNETEENTH AND CERTAINLY RECOGNIZING, UM, THE, UH, IMPORTANCE OF, UM, UM, UH, MR. CHAVEZ OVERALL, OUR AUTHORIZED BUDGET, UH, UH, POSITIONS, PROPOSED BUDGET POSITIONS, UM, IS INCREASING 24 UNIFORM POSITIONS, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT SHORTLY. 
          AND 124 CIVILIAN POSITIONS. 
          THE 124 POSITIONS ARE IN A VARIETY OF AREAS. 
          OUR BIG AREAS ARE IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND KEEPING UP WITH, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING OUR TURNAROUND TIMES AND SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S PLAN REVIEWS OR INSPECTIONS. 
          THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HUMAN SERVICES ANIMAL CARE SERVICES HAS AN INCREASE IN POSITIONS OUR 3 1 1 CENTER, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE TRIAL BUDGET, AND THEN A NUMBER OF OTHER, UM, AREAS. 
          SO OUR, UH, GENERAL FUND, UM, UH, BUDGET IS, UH, $1.36 BILLION I WANNA CALL TO, UH, THE, UH, THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PORTION OF OUR BUDGET OF COURTS WITHIN OUR, UH, FINANCIAL POLICIES. 
          UH, REMAINING BELOW 66% IS OUR FINANCIAL POLICY, AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS OUR BUDGET AT 63.2% DEDICATED TOWARDS PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          SO THE YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH IN THE GENERAL FUND, UM, OUR, OUR LAST YEAR'S ADOPTED BUDGET WAS 1.287 BILLION, UH, IN F Y 22 PROPOSED, IT'S 1.359 BILLION. 
          THAT'S A 3.2% INCREASE, NOT INCLUDING ARPA INFUSION, BUT INCLUDING ARPA. 
          IT'S 5.6%. 
          IT'S CRITICAL, THOUGH, TO ALSO, AS I GO INTO THE NEXT SLIDE, WITHOUT 
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ARPA, OUR BUDGET IS INCREASING 3.2%. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR REVENUE GROWTH FROM F Y 21 TO 22, NOT INCLUDING ARPA, OUR REVENUE GROWTH IS 4.8%. 
          THAT'S AN IMPORTANT BAROMETER AS WE LOOK FORWARD, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL ATTITUDE, BUT OUR EXPENDITURES, UM, ARE NOT OUTPACING OUR OWN LOCAL REVENUE. 
          UM, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, GROWTH OVER THE 21 BUDGET IN TERMS OF PROPERTY TAX, UM, UH, $12.4 MILLION OR 3.1% SALES TAX AS, AS WE POINTED OUT IN THE TRIAL BUDGET. 
          UM, AND AS WE'VE SEEN AS THE SUMMER'S GONE ON, CONTINUES TO COME BACK STRONGLY. 
          WE'RE AT 14% ABOVE OUR 21 BUDGET, C P S REVENUE, 2.8%. 
          UM, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A SLIDE HERE SHORTLY THAT SHOWS THE, THE, UM, UH, WHERE WE SCALE IN TERMS OF A YEAR TO YEAR GROWTH. 
          BLESS YOU. 
          SO LET'S TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. 
          SO OUR TAXABLE VALUES ARE INCREASING AT 3.7% TO THE FAR RIGHT. 
          UM, AND, AND SO CERTAINLY BELOW THE 3.5% REVENUE CAP PLACED BY THE LEGISLATURE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 
          UM, OUR TAXABLE REVENUE, OUR TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH FOR, UH, CURRENT IMPROVEMENTS IS AT 2.1%. 
          AND FOR NEW GROWTH, UH, 1.5%. 
          SO OVERALL, THREE PER 3.7% INCREASE IN TAXABLE VALUE. 
          SO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RECEIVES, UH, 22.6% OF, OF, OF AN INDIVIDUAL AN AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL'S PROPERTY TAX BILL. 
          UH, A LITTLE OVER ALMOST 46%, UH, GOES TOWARDS THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS. UH, 31, ALMOST 32% GOES TOWARDS THE COUNTY, UH, ALAMO COLLEGES, THE RIVER AUTHORITY AND U H SS, UH, AND THE SAN ANTONIO RECEIVES THE BALANCE, UH, AT 22.6% WITHIN THE, UH, UH, UPDATED, UH, APPRAISALS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UM, IN TERMS OF TAX RELIEF, GIVEN OUR SENIORS AND OUR DISABLED HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, AS WELL AS OUR, UM, UM, UM, UH, TAX FREEZE, UM, 106, ALMOST A LITTLE OVER 106,000 SENIORS AND DISABLED HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, UH, UH, AND FROZEN CITY TAX PAYMENTS. 
          AND THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT 45% OF OUR, UH, HOMESTEADS, UH, HERE IN THE CITY, UH, 28,412, SENIOR AND DISABLED. 
          UM, HOMEOWNERS, UH, DON'T PAY ANY CITY PROPERTY TAX BECAUSE OF THOSE EXEMPTIONS AND FROZENS AND, UH, UH, FREEZES AS WE TALKED IN THE BUDGET WORK SESSION, UH, IN JUNE, CERTAINLY, UM, THE, UH, THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAMS THEY HAVE WILL BE A FOCUS IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR. 
          AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN ONE WAY, UH, HERE SHORTLY. 
          SO HERE'S OUR SALES TAX, A YEAR OVER YEAR PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE. 
          UH, OUR, OUR, OUR F Y 22 PROPOSED BUDGET IS, UH, FOR SALES TAXES, $336.5 MILLION. 
          AND YOU SEE THE, THE LARGE SWING THERE. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS SLIDE IS, IS MEASURING THE YEAR OVER YEAR PERCENTAGE CHANGE. 
          BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE WERE AT OVER F Y 19, WE'RE 11% OVER OUR ACTUAL. 
          UM, AND SO THAT SPIKE THAT WE SAW THAT YOU SEE IN 21 IS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN RECOVER VERY STRONGLY THIS YEAR. 
          AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT TO CONTINUE, CERTAINLY NOT AT THAT SAME PACE, BUT CONTINUE TO GROW OUR C P S PAYMENT, UH, TO THE CITY. 
          UM, WE HAVE SEEN, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, GENERALLY ONE OF OUR MORE ERRATIC, UM, AND, AND HARDER TO PREDICT REVENUE SOURCES. 
          UH, BUT GIVEN FE FISCAL YEAR 21, UH, NOT SO MUCH. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE SEEN A, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN, IN, UM, IN REVENUE THIS YEAR THROUGH C P S. 
          UM, WE ARE EXPECTING THAT TO BE STABLE. 
          I DO WANNA REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT, UM, NONE OF THIS REVENUE AS A RESULT OF ANY OF THE STORM EXPENSES THAT CAME FROM JO, FROM UH, FEBRUARY. 
          UM, IF YOU'LL RECALL, AS WE HAD THOSE PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL THEREAFTER, UM, WHAT C P S IS LITIGATING AND, AND WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS GONNA PUT THEMSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE TAKING ANY SORT OF ADVANTAGE OF THAT. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT WE PUBLICLY SAID THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE GONNA STEP BACK FROM, UM, AND, AND, AND, UM, HELP THEM RESOLVE OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL PRIORITIES. 
          UM, I'LL START WITH PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          UM, AND, AND YOU'LL RECALL FROM THE, UM, THE 
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BUDGET WORK SESSION IN JUNE, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AND THE CONVERSATION THAT, UM, EACH OF YOU HAD, UM, INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, AND NOT COVID, RIGHT? THERE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE DEALING WITH COVID, BUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY PRE COVID. 
          WE HAD A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HAD RECENTLY BEEN ADOPTED. 
          WE HAD A ROADMAP. 
          UM, AND, AND I'LL REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT IN THE SPRINGTIME WE WENT BACK AND VISITED THAT, TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE ACTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL TOOK LAST YEAR, LIKE THE RESOLUTION, CALLING RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, TAKING THE LESSONS WE LEARNED FROM COVID AND REDOING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, REALLY MAKING A STRATEGIC PUSH OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO IMPROVE HOW PUBLIC HEALTH IS INVOLVED IN HEALTH, JUSTICE, ACCESS TO CARE, UH, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, UM, INTEGRATED WITHIN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS, A STRONGER TIE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH, UH, STRENGTHENING OUR WORK WITH OUR HUMAN SERVICES AND SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCIES. 
          PUBLIC HEALTH IS INGRAINED IN EVERYTHING WE DO. 
          UM, AND, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, INCLUDES, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, A 16.3% OR $16.3 MILLION INCREASE IN FUNDING. 
          NOW, NOT ALL OF THAT IS LOCAL FUNDING. 
          IF YOU'LL RECALL, UH, SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF THAT COMES FROM THE HEALTH DISPARITY GRANTS WE RECEIVED, UH, LATE IN THE SPRING AND AN ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION FROM OUR HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          OUR NEXT TUESDAY IS OUR, UH, BUDGET WORK SESSION ON HEALTH. 
          AND SO WE WILL BE WALKING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE AREAS WITH YOU. 
          IT'S CERTAINLY EXCITING BECAUSE I, I THINK WE'VE ALL REALIZED THAT THERE ARE ASPECTS AND NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY AT THE STREET LEVEL IN CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AT THE STREET LEVEL THAT NEED TO BE INVESTED IN, UM, THAT WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME. 
          AND THIS IS A REAL COMMITMENT THAT I'M PROUD TO RECOMMEND TO YOU, UM, $4 MILLION IN COORDINATED RESPONSE TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH. 
          AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE POLICE SLIDES. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE RESOURCES THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AVAILABLE, UH, TO ADDRESS, UH, UH, C OVID 19 THROUGH THE GRANTS WE, WE SPECIFICALLY RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OUR HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION, UH, FUNDS, AS WELL AS ARPA. 
          SO ONE OF THE LESSONS WE LEARNED DURING THE PANDEMIC IS, UM, UM, TELEMEDICINE FOR 9 1 1, UH, A PILOT THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STARTED IN THE HEIGHT OF THE WINTER SURGE IN ORDER TO MITIGATE AND MANAGE OUR OWN RESOURCES. 
          UM, IT IS ESSENTIALLY TELE TELEMEDICINE THROUGH MOBILE, MOBILE PHONES. 
          UM, AND WHAT IT'S, WHAT IT'S, UH, PROVIDED US IS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH A, A PARAMEDIC WHO IS A CLINICAL DISPATCHER, UM, QUICKER THAN WE CAN ARRIVE. 
          AND THERE ARE A LOT OF, THERE ARE COUNTLESS SUCCESS STORIES, UH, OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS. 
          THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES ADDITIONAL CLINICAL DISPATCHERS TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT FULL-TIME, UM, AND CONTINUE TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF THAT THAT KEEPS E M SS UNITS IN SERVICE FOR CRITICAL EMERGENCIES, UM, LIKE WHAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, UM, OR FOR THE CAR ACCIDENT OR THE HEART ATTACK THAT MAY BE OCCURRING. 
          SO, POLICE SERVICES, UM, AND THIS IS A FAMILIAR SLIDE TO US ALL. 
          UM, THIS SLIDE WAS CREATED AND INCLUDED IN LAST YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET PRESENTATION. 
          THE VISION OF THE VISION THAT I HAVE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TO HAVE THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY, WHETHER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE HOLD OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE, WHETHER IT IS HOW WE TRAIN THEM, HOW WE PREPARE THEM, HOW WE COMPENSATE THEM AND REWARD THEM, AND WANT TO KEEP THEM FOR 30 YEARS AS A CAREER, HOW WE ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, OUR, OUR POLICIES CONSTANTLY REVIEWING. 
          THERE'S NO FINISH LINE. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO BE THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY, AND THAT MEANS WE'RE GONNA LOOK DIFFERENTLY. 
          THAT MEANS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE VERY DELIBERATE IN HOW WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE LOOK AT OURSELVES. 
          AND THAT WAS THE REAL INTENT OF THIS. 
          A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION LAST SUMMER WE'RE ABOUT THOSE ELEMENTS, AND WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST YEAR REALLY BEING DELIBERATE AND FOCUSED. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS JUST A HURDLE. 
          THE RACE IS NOT OVER. 
          I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THESE AREAS, AND I'LL SHARE WITH YOU CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT WE WANNA SHIFT AND ENCOUNTERS THAT 
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WE WANT TO TAKE POLICE OFFICERS OUT OF. 
          BUT I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUOUSLY LOOK TO DO THAT. 
          WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THROUGH 27 COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS POLICE. 
          WE HEARD IT LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          THEY WANT TO BE, THEY WANT THE ENGAGEMENT OF POLICE. 
          NO ONE WILL TOLERATE INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR OR LACK OF ATTENTION OR RUDENESS. 
          I WON'T TOLERATE THAT. 
          AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU EXPECT, AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING THE PUBLIC EXPECTS. 
          SO I THINK WE, THIS IS GONNA BE A CONTINUING EFFORT. 
          IF WE'RE GONNA BE THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THIS COUNTRY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THE EDGES. 
          THAT'S WHAT THIS SLIDE IS ABOUT, RIGHT? IT'S SET THE FRAMEWORK FOR OUR WORK OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WHO HAS BEEN DILIGENTLY BEEN OUR GUIDEPOST AS WE'VE MOVED FORWARD. 
          THEIR LAST PRESENTATION WAS LAST MONDAY, AND THE LAST THING THAT THE CHAIR SAID WAS, WE'RE GONNA KEEP, WE, I WANTED TO SEE ANOTHER UPDATE IN A QUARTER. 
          WE'RE GONNA NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          WE'RE GONNA NEED TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THOSE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES AS WE WORK WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION TO REBALANCE THE DISCIPLINARY PROCESS. 
          I THINK WE ALL HAVE THE SAME GOAL. 
          WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          IT MEANS DIFFERENT TO EVERYBODY. 
          OUR ROLE IS TO RESPOND TO 2 MILLION CALLS FOR SERVICE A YEAR. 
          MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE NOT GOOD SITUATIONS, AND THE PUBLIC HAS GOTTA HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF RESPECT AND TRUST IN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          THE LAST THING WE WANT IS FOR AN OCCURRENCE THAT HAPPENED WHEN SOMEONE WAS 15 TO JADE THAT EXPERIENCE AND THOUGHT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. 
          CHIEF MCMANUS DOESN'T WANT THAT. 
          I GUARANTEE YOU THAT 2,400 OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS DON'T WANT IT. 
          YOU DON'T WANT IT, AND I DON'T WANT IT. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY GONNA NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAMMER THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO THE MAJOR ISSUE THAT'S COMING OUT OF, UH, THE MEADOWS REPORT, UH, THAT WE CONTRACTED WAS REALLY TO MAKING A DELIBERATE PERMANENT CHANGE IN HOW WE RESPOND TO MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. 
          AND THE MEADOWS INSTITUTE, AS THEY PRESENTED THE PUBLIC SAFETY, REALLY LAID OUT A FRAMEWORK. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND REALLY IT'S A TEAM APPROACH, AND WE'VE DONE PIECES OF THIS OVER TIME, BUT, BUT THIS HAS TAKEN A PERMANENT APPROACH IN THE CENTRAL SUBSTATION AREA THIS YEAR. 
          THE CENTRAL SUBSTATION AREA IS WHERE WE HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THESE TYPES OF CALLS. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA START HERE. 
          AND REALLY WHAT IT DOES IS IT TAKES, UM, A POLICE OFFICER, A TRAINED POLICE OFFICER, A PARAMEDIC FROM OUR M I H UNIT, AND A CLINICIAN TO, TO RESPOND AS A TEAM, NOT IN THREE DIFFERENT CARS, BUT AS A TEAM, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONNECTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO THE HELP THEY NEED. 
          THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS THE, THE INVESTMENT IN OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES. 
          Y'ALL WILL REMEMBER THAT WE MOVED OUR CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM STAFF OUT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND INTO OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION DIVISION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR. 
          UM, THIS ADDS RESOURCES AND INDIVIDUALS, UM, TO IMPROVE OUR LEVEL OF, OF ADVOCACY, UM, TO EXPAND OUR HOURS TO 24 7 IN THOSE AREAS OF TOWN WHERE THE, WHERE IT'S NEEDED, UH, BUT ALSO, UM, EXPAND WEEKENDS AND NIGHTS IN OTHER AREAS. 
          IT'S ALSO CHANGING OUR CUSTOMER FOCUS RATHER THAN WALKING THE VICTIM THROUGH OUR PROCESS. 
          IT'S TAKING, UH, MAYBE A DIFFERENT, IT'S TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH AND ADVOCATING FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE KIDS. 
          UM, AND, AND SO WE WILL BE RETRAINING OUR, ALL OF OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, ADVOCATES AND TEAM MEMBERS, UH, TO TAKE THAT APPROACH. 
          ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UH, WAS STREET LIGHTING. 
          IT WAS ALSO A MAJOR THEME FROM A NUMBER OF YOU, UH, IN THE WORK SESSION LAST YEAR. 
          SO WE ARE SETTING ASIDE PROBABLY THE LARGEST INCREMENT WE'VE EVER SET ASIDE FOR NEW STREETLIGHTS, $5.8 MILLION. 
          UH, THERE CERTAINLY IS A NEED. 
          UM, AND WE'VE INCLUDED FUNDS, UH, TO DO A STREETLIGHT INDEX AS PROPOSED BY COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, AS WELL AS, UH, TWO INDIVIDUALS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO HELP WITH THAT PROCESS. 
          WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL RIGHT NOW, AND SO WE'RE GONNA BEEF THAT UP. 
          UM, STREET LIGHTING, DEPENDING ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND, AND, AND, AND I HAVE BEEN AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL IS CLAMORING FOR A STREETLIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE AND THE NEIGHBOR'S SAYING, I DON'T WANT A STREETLIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BY 
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NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND, AND THE STREETLIGHT INDEX MAY GIVE US A GOOD GUIDE. 
          I'LL ALSO REMIND YOU THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE U D C PROCESS LATER ON IN THE YEAR, THAT'S ANOTHER POTENTIAL TOUCH POINT FOR US. 
          UM, BUT $5.8 MILLION IS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED . 
          WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AT 15 U OFFICER POSITIONS, UH, 12 OF THOSE FOR OUR SAFE UNITS. 
          AND THAT GETS BACK TO WHAT WE HEARD IN THE 27 COMMUNITY MEETINGS ABOUT WANTING MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE POLICE. 
          AND SO, UH, WE'RE INCREASING OUR SAFE CO OUR SAFE OFFICER COMPLIMENT, UH, CITYWIDE. 
          WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO INCLUDE OR INCREASE OUR DOWNTOWN FOOT AND BIKE PATROL, UH, UH, UNIT BY THREE OFFICERS. 
          THE POLICE SERVICES REVIEW LOOKED AT AT, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE. 
          AND WE PRIMARILY UTILIZED THE SERVICES OF U T S A AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE, UH, DEPARTMENT TO REALLY ANALYZE TWO YEARS WORTH OF 9 1 1 CALLS. 
          UH, WE WILL BE MOVING ANIMAL RELATED CALLS, UH, TO ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          WE'RE ADDING RESOURCES TO A C S TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          UM, CERTAINLY THERE MAY BE CALLS DEALING WITH A VICIOUS DOG WHERE THE POLICE WILL NEED TO RESPOND, BUT REMOVING THAT FROM THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM AND LETTING A C S RESPOND, AND WE'RE ADDING RESOURCES SO THEY CAN DO THAT IN THE EVENINGS. 
          OUR FIREWORK CALLS, UH, WHICH PRIMARILY PEAK AROUND THE 10 DAYS AROUND 4TH OF JULY AND THE, AND, AND, UH, NEW YEAR'S EVE, WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE POLICE OFFICERS RESPOND TO THOSE. 
          UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE THE ARSON DIVISION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPOND TO THOSE. 
          NOW, UH, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, UM, AS MARIA SHARED WITH ME, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, WE ACTUALLY GET FIREWORK CALLS 12 MONTHS OUTTA THE YEAR. 
          WE'RE FOCUSED ON 4TH OF JULY AND NEW YEAR'S EVE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY THE HEAVY LOAD THAT WILL KEEP OFFICERS OUT OF THOSE ENCOUNTERS. 
          UM, AND I KNOW IT'S AGAINST CITY CODE TO FIRE FIREWORKS, BUT KEEP THOSE OFFICERS OUT OF THOSE ENCOUNTERS UNNECESSARILY, AND WE'LL HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HANDLE THOSE. 
          THE LAST AREA IS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GONNA KICK OFF THIS, THIS FALL, REALLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ONGOING TASK WORK THAT, UM, THAT THE COUNCIL'S APPOINTED TO LOOK AT OUR NOISE ABATEMENT ORDINANCE. 
          UM, WE DO NOT WRITE A LOT. 
          WE GET A LOT OF, UM, LOUD MUSIC CALLS EITHER FROM COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS OR THE HOUSE PARTY. 
          UM, WE DO NOT WRITE A LOT OF CITATIONS, UH, BUT WE SEND POLICE OFFICERS TO THEM IN THE, IN THE FALL THIS YEAR. 
          WE ARE, WE'VE ADDED, UH, SOME RESOURCES, UH, IN OVERTIME TO CODE COMPLIANCE. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE KOCH OFFICERS RESPOND TO THOSE CALLS FIRST. 
          UM, MOST TIMES I THINK THE HYPOTHESIS IS THAT WHEN THE OFFICER SHOWS UP TO THE HOUSE PARTY, IT'S USUALLY RESOLVED, RIGHT? UH, THERE MAY, BUT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT FOR A FACT. 
          AND WE'VE ASKED POLICE OFFICERS ABOUT THIS. 
          THE IDEA IS THAT IF WE CAN CARVE THESE CALLS OUT, WE'LL DO THAT. 
          AND I THINK IT'D BE CRITICAL TO LINE THIS WORK IN THE FALL UP WITH THE WORK THAT THE TASK FORCE IS DOING, UH, RIGHT NOW, UM, AND BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL AS ONE IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND YOU TALKED ABOUT A PORTION OF THIS YESTERDAY, OR A GOOD CHUNK OF IT YESTERDAY WITH THE C D B G AND HOME, BUT CERTAINLY IN VETO WAS UP HERE YESTERDAY. 
          AND SHE TALKED ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE HEARD AT THE BUDGET WORK SESSION, WHAT THE PRIORITIES WERE FROM OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTMENT. 
          UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET AS A TOTAL OF $32.8 MILLION. 
          UH, 14.1 MILLION OF THAT IS COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THAT'S A FOUR AND A HALF, UH, MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE FROM 2021. 
          THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, THE MAJORITY OF ALL THAT INCREASE IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE INVESTED IN MINOR REPAIR, OWNER OCCUPIED IN THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, AND REALLY TELLS NICELY WHAT THE CONVERSATION WAS YESTERDAY. 
          WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THO THERE'S, THERE CERTAINLY IS A NEED. 
          AND WE HAVE DIRECTED THOSE ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND DOLLARS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IN THOSE AREAS. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED DURING THE PANDEMIC WAS THAT WE CAN HAVE A REALLY GOOD, UM, WEBSITES AND AN EASY NUMBER LIKE 3 1 1 AND GREAT BROCHURES AND ENGLISH AND SPANISH, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE NEED, UM, TO BE, UM, HELPED AND WALKED THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          UM, WE LEARNED THAT FIRSTHAND THROUGH THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHERE WE HAVE NAVIGATORS HELPING FOLKS. 
          UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS A CADRE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND, AND IT, IT'S IMPORTANT THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE, UM, AS WE TALKED YESTERDAY, USING GRANT FUNDS, DEPENDING ON THE GRANT LIMITS, HOW WE CAN APPLY THOSE SERVICES. 
          AND SO IN THREE MAIN AREAS OF FAMILY SUPPORT, UH, AND HOUSING FINANCIAL COUNSELORS FOR SENIORS, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASED NEED FOR OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS. 
          AND HOMELESS PREVENTION 
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NAVIGATORS FOR THOSE THAT ARE RIGHT ON THE BORDER OF BECOMING HOMELESS OR ARE AT THE POINT WHERE THEY WANT TO COME INTO A PERMANENT SHELTER. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS A, THIS IS A REALLY A SHIFT IN HOW WE ADDRESS AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT I THINK WE'VE REALIZED IS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL OR A FAMILY THAT COMES TO US LOOKING FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE MAY ALSO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE OR UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND NOT KNOW IT. 
          SO THESE NAVIGATORS ARE GONNA BE CROSS-TRAINED. 
          THIS IS ANOTHER TOUCH POINT WHERE WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR THAT TAX FREEZE. 
          SO IT'S REALLY TAKEN A DIFFERENT APPROACH, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          SO OUR, OUR FIFTH KEY BUDGET MESSAGE IN THE AREA OF RESILIENCY, UM, ADDRESSES, UH, BOTH THE REVIEW THAT THE CITY DID INTERNALLY AND THE WORK WE PROVIDED TO THE, THE COMMITTEE, THE, UH, THE, UH, COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AS WELL AS INCORPORATES, UH, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO COUNCIL. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, DURING THE SPRING REVIEWED OUR CRITICAL BUILDINGS AND PRIORITIZED THEM, UH, SETTING ASIDE EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, GENERATORS AT OUR FIRE STATIONS AND PUBLIC POLICE SUBSTATIONS. 
          WE'VE ALSO SET ASIDE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO, UH, WHAT WE'RE CALLING RESILIENCY HUBS FOR RESILIENCY HUBS, UM, IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          UM, AND THOSE WOULD BE FACILITIES WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN GO TO. 
          UM, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE CITY FACILITIES. 
          THEY COULD BE A SCHOOL. 
          I HAVE HAD ONE CONVERSATION WITH ONE AREA SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT A SIMILAR PROGRAM WHERE WE WOULD COME AND DO THE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND HAVE A SHARED AGREEMENT. 
          ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE FOUND IN FEBRUARY WAS THAT OUR OWN FACILITIES WERE, UH, UH, WITH AND WITHOUT POWER, UH, WITH THE SAME, UM, WITH THE SAME INCONSISTENCY, UM, AS EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          UM, AND SO THE IDEA IS TO HAVE FOUR AREAS WHERE WE KNOW WE CAN SEND PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S IN THE DEAD OF SUMMER OR IN THE COLD OF NIGHT OR IN THE WINTERTIME. 
          WHERE CAN WE GO AND, AND SEND FOLKS? AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING, UH, TO DO THE ANALYSIS AND HAVE THESE AREAS GEOGRAPHICALLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UH, WE COULD HAVE MORE, BUT WE SET ASIDE MONEY FOR FOUR TO START WITH, ANOTHER BIG TOPIC THAT COUNCILMAN PLYS TALKED ABOUT AT THE BUDGET WORK SESSION WAS, UH, A RESILIENCY ANALYSIS, A RESILIENCY STUDY. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE STU TYPE OF STUDIES THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE, THEY ALL LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. 
          AND SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE NEEDING TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH A COUNCIL ABOUT THE SCOPE OF RESILIENCY, BECAUSE IT CAN MEAN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED TO SCOPE THIS, HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN, REALLY, UH, ATTACK OUR VULNERABLE, UH, AREAS, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUSIVE OF THE UTILITIES C P S AND SAWS, UM, AND REALLY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT, AT WHERE THOSE AREAS ARE AT. 
          UM, PART OF THIS IS MAKING SURE THAT WE DO TWO THINGS IS, AND WE'VE GOT FUNDS SET ASIDE TO DO THIS BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          ONE IS HOW DO WE BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC AND HOW DO WE IDENTIFY, UH, PUB, COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC AND HELP THEM TO BECOME PREPARED? AND NUMBER TWO IS WHO ARE OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS? RIGHT? THAT WAS A BIG TOPIC OF THE, OF THE DISCUSSION THAT THE COUNCIL HAD IN, IN, UH, IN FEBRUARY. 
          IT WAS A BIG TOPIC OF DISCUSSION THAT, THAT, UH, THAT YOU ALL HAD, THAT WE HAD IN JUNE WHEN THE REPORT CAME BACK. 
          BUT WE'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO HAVE A KNITTED NETWORK OF, OF WHO OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ARE. 
          ALRIGHT? SO STREET MAINTENANCE PART OF THE RESTORATION, UH, ALTHOUGH, UM, INCLUDED IN THE 22, UH, PROJECTED CUTS, AND AS WE SHARED DURING THE SPRINGTIME, THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE FULLY, UH, FUNDED BACK TO OUR PREVIOUS PRE COVID LEVELS OF $110 MILLION. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, 4,121 CENTER LINE MILES THAT WE MAINTAIN AND A 76.7% AVERAGE STREET CONDITION, UM, THAT WILL ACHIEVE IN 2022. 
          THAT'S CONTINUED TO INCREASE INCREMENTALLY EVERY YEAR. 
          UH, WE WERE AT 71.5% IN 2017, UM, WITH A, UH, ANTICIPATED 1,286 STREET PROJECTS AS WE GO INTO NEXT YEAR. 
          AND RAZZI IS EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL AS OUR INVESTMENT IN SIDEWALKS, WHICH WAS A, UH, KEY AREA THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL AT THE WORK SESSION. 
          THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE HAD $18 MILLION FOR SIDEWALKS. 
          NEXT YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          WE HAVE ALMOST $21 MILLION. 
          SO WE'VE INCREASED IT BY, UM, UH, SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS. 
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UM, THE IDEA IS THAT THESE FUNDS WOULD BE UTILIZED TO DO, PUT 61 MILES BACK INTO OUR USABLE SIDEWALK NETWORK, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEED, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          THE IDEA IS THE MAJORITY OF THIS WOULD BE GEARED TOWARDS FILLING THOSE GAPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR PRIORITY SETTING, UH, TRANSIT CENTERS, UH, BUS STATIONS, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AND THEN CONTINUING OUR, OUR, UH, OUR REPAIR PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN REPAIR SEGMENTS AND PUT WHOLE, UM, STREETS OR BLOCKS BACK INTO OUR USABLE, UH, NETWORK. 
          OUR VISION ZERO PROGRAM, WHICH WAS A, UH, UH, ANOTHER BIG TOPIC THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, IN, UH, IN JUNE, UH, $6.2 MILLION IN, UH, 10 MIDBLOCK INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND REALLY MAKING A TRUE INVESTMENT IN VISION ZERO PROJECTS. 
          UM, THIS IS MORE THAN WE'VE, UH, SET ASIDE FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT THAN IN THE PAST. 
          UM, UM, AND AS TAMIKA PRESENTED AT THE BUDGET WORK SESSION IN JUNE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THOSE AREAS THAT WE'VE BASED IT OFF OF ACTUAL DATA, PEDESTRIAN VEHICULAR INJURIES, DEATHS, AND TRY TO START TO MAKE A DENT IN, IN THOSE AREAS, UM, AND BE VERY DELIBERATE. 
          REMEMBER WE DO A TWO YEAR BALANCE BUDGET AND, AND PART OF THE CONVERSATION WE TALKED ABOUT IN JUNE WAS, UM, THAT AS WE MOVE INTO THE BOND CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL, UM, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE SHORTLY, UM, IS REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE TREATING OUR STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT OVER TIME HAVE BECOME MORE AND MORE OF OUR $110 MILLION ANNUAL STREET MAINTENANCE AND POTENTIALLY DOING SOMETHING AS THE COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS AS PART OF THE BOND POTENTIALLY USING THE BOND PROGRAM TO DO THOSE STREET RECONSTRUCTIONS, KINDA LIKE WE DID WITH, UH, THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM AND SIDEWALK PROGRAMS. AND IF WE DO THAT AND WE SET ASIDE A DEDICATED AMOUNT, 'CAUSE WE'RE SPENDING BETWEEN 20 AND $25 MILLION A YEAR OUT OF OUR $110 MILLION ON STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT REALLY ARE BOND PROGRAMS, AND THEY TAKE US TWO YEARS TO DO, THEN THAT MIGHT ALLOW US TO UTILIZE A POOR, UH, UP TO $20 MILLION OF OUR $110 MILLION. 
          WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR ADDITIONAL VISION ZERO PROJECTS, ADDITIONAL STREET MAINTENANCE. 
          UM, AND, AND I WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT IN HERE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          IT'S NOT IMPACTING THE 2022 BUDGET BECAUSE IT IS REALLY HINGED IN THE BOND CONVERSATIONS THE COUNCIL HAS. 
          UM, BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY A TOPIC THAT YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT IN JUNE. 
          THE OTHER AREA THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS $2.7 MILLION FOR OUR UPDATED BIKE MASTER PLAN. 
          UM, AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM YOU IN JUNE, BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT FUNDING THIS OVER TWO YEARS, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF ANTICIPATION. 
          WE HAVEN'T UPDATED THAT BIKE MASTER PLAN IN A VERY LONG TIME. 
          UM, OUR NETWORK IS DIFFERENT. 
          IT LOOKS DIFFERENTLY. 
          AND AS YOU HEARD TAMIKA TALK IN JUNE, WE NEED TO SET THOSE STANDARDS AS WE MOVE INTO THE BOND PROGRAM, OUR ANNUAL STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. 
          SO WE'RE FUNDING THAT PROGRAM, UH, ALL IN 2022. 
          WE HAVE INTEGRATED THE ENTIRE CREEKWAY SYSTEM INTO THAT PROGRAM, WHICH WE HAD NEVER DONE AS A CITY, AND IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF OUR CONNECTIVITY. 
          THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES, UH, $4.9 MILLION THAT RESTORES OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUR HOUSING INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. UM, AND ALSO INCLUDES $550 MILLION IN A BONDING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. 
          UM, MANY SMALL CONTRACTORS, UM, UH, ARE CHALLENGED SOMETIMES TO MEET OUR BONDING REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND, AND THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS WE CAN DO ADMINISTRATIVELY. 
          THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS WE HAVE TO DO IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW. 
          SO THE CONCEPT HERE WOULD BE, AS WE'VE WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY, IS TO SET ASIDE $500,000 AS A CORPUS, GET SOME PRIVATE FUNDING TO MATCH IT, AND THAT WOULD BE AN INSURANCE POLICY THAT SMALL CONTRACTORS CAN UTILIZE TO BID ON OUR WORK. 
          AND AS WE MOVE, AS YOU HEARD LAST YEAR, LAST WEEK IN THE B SESSION, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR SMALL MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS, VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESS PROGRAMS. THIS IS ANOTHER ELEMENT FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE INTO OUR PROCUREMENT PHASES FOR EITHER OUR ANNUAL BUDGET OR THE PROCUREMENT OF, UH, OF, UH, OF THE BOND PROGRAM PROJECTS AND, AND CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. 
          SO I AM, UH, ESPECIALLY EXCITED THAT WE CAN DO THIS AND CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY, 
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YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATIONALLY, AND THIS DOES NOT HAVE, UH, REALLY A BUDGET IMPACT, BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SHARE WITH YOU ORGANIZATIONALLY. 
          UM, UM, I'M GONNA BE PROPOSING THAT, UH, UH, AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE COLLAPSE OUR DIVERSITY, OUR EQUITY, AND OUR INCLUSION EFFORTS AND ACCESS ISSUES, ACCESS EFFORTS AS A CITY. 
          UH, WE HAVE A GREAT EQUITY OFFICE THAT FOCUSES ON RACE-BASED ISSUES. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UM, HR, UH, THAT HANDLE OUR DIVERSITY, UM, AND E E O EFFORTS. 
          WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS THAT HANDLES OUR A D A COMPLIANCE. 
          WE HAVE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS THAT HANDLES LANGUAGE ACCESS. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE ORGANIZATIONALLY. 
          AND WE LOOKED AT HOW OTHER CITIES ARE ORGANIZED. 
          UM, AND I'M PROPOSING THAT WE COLLAPSE THESE INTO A COMBINED FUNCTION THAT REALLY CONSOLIDATES NOT ONLY FOR THE ORGANIZATION, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE ISSUES OF, UH, RACE EQUITY, GENDER DIVERSITY, INCLUSION FOR ALL, ALL OF OUR E E O EFFORTS, ALL OF OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS AND DISABLED ACCESS ISSUES. 
          AND CONSOLIDATES ONE PLACE WHERE OUR NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE COMPLAINTS CAN COME TO. 
          SO WE'RE TAKING EXISTING POSITIONS AND CREATING THIS UNIT. 
          UM, AND, AND I THINK IT'LL BE IMPORTANT, UM, FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, FOR A DEPARTMENT, FOR AN EMPLOYEE, FOR AN EXECUTIVE, FOR A CITY MANAGER, FOR A COUNCIL TO KNOW, WE HAVE ONE TOUCH POINT WITHIN THIS ORGANIZATION OF 12 AND A HALF THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT IS CONSOLIDATED AND WORKING ON ALL THESE ISSUES. 
          NOW, THE ONE AREA WHERE WE ARE ADDING, UH, RESOURCES IS TO BEEF UP OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS, WHICH WE FOUND DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          UM, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF, UM, AND WE TAKE EVERYBODY BACK. 
          BEFORE C CVID 19, WE DID SPANISH TRANSLATION FOR THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND B SESSION. 
          AS WE MOVED INTO C OVID 19, WE ADDED A S L AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 
          WE'VE INCLUDED RESOURCES IN THE BUDGET TO DO SPANISH TRANSLATION AND A SS L FOR ALL COUNCIL MEETINGS, ALL COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 
          UM, WE'VE ALL BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO THAT. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE IN THAT AREA. 
          THE OTHER AREA THAT THAT, UM, THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT AND, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE SET ASIDE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IS TO DO A LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN, UH, FOR US, UM, AND CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, INTUITIVELY, UH, WE KNOW WE NEED TO TRANSLATE INTO SPANISH, BUT ARE THERE OTHER LANGUAGES WE SHOULD BE COMMUNICATING TO? PART OF THAT IS ALSO HOW WE MARKET. 
          AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA, UM, KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M GONNA DESCRIBE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENED A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR WHERE WE'RE MARKETING THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OR WE'RE TRYING TO GET A WORD OUT ABOUT VACCINES OR TESTING. 
          AND WE MARKET IN ENGLISH AND WE TRANSLATE IN SPANISH. 
          AND SOMETIMES THINGS GET LOST IN TRANSLATION. 
          AND SO PART OF THIS LANGUAGE ACCESS IS BEGINNING THAT MARKETING IN OTHER LANGUAGES. 
          WE'RE TOO BIG OF A CITY NOT TO DO THAT. 
          IT'S TOO COMPLICATED AND NOT AS EASY AS JUST HITTING GOOGLE TRANSLATE. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MAKE SOME MOVEMENT IN THOSE AREAS AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY OR OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND. 
          UM, AND I'LL JUST REMIND COUNSEL THAT OUR SIX, OUR, OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX RATE IS 16.75%. 
          6% OF THAT GOES TO THE STATE, SEVEN TO THE CITY, TWO TOWARDS OUR CONVENTION CENTER DEBT. 
          AND 1.75% GOES TO BEAR COUNTY FOR THEIR FACILITY PROGRAM. 
          OUR ALLOCATION ON OUR, OUR EXPENDITURE SIDE, 35% OF THAT GOES TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, 35% TO VISIT SAN ANTONIO, 15% FOR ARTS, AND 15% FOR HISTORIC AND PRES HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU'LL SEE ON THE CHART, UM, ALTHOUGH WE ARE, UM, A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WE ESTIMATED IN, UH, 21, UM, AND COMPARED, UH, FISCAL YEAR 22 TO FISCAL YEAR, UM, 21, I'M SORRY, TO 21, UM, INCREASING OUR $97 MILLION THAT WE'RE PROJECTING, UM, IN THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND IS STILL LESS THAN WHAT WE SAW ACTUAL IN F Y 19. 
          SO THE RECOVERY IS STILL OCCURRING. 
          UM, AND THAT, UM, JUST SPECIFICALLY IN OUR HOT TAX PORTION OF THAT $97 MILLION IS $71.1 MILLION. 
          THAT'S 24% BELOW OUR F Y 19 ACTUALS. 
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SO THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX ALLOCATIONS THAT WE WILL HAVE A WORK SESSION TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE DETAILS RESTORES OUR FUNDING IN A, UM, IN A WAVE APPROACH AT THE CONVENTION CENTER IN THE ALAMO DOME TO SUPPORT UPCOMING CONVENTIONS AND, AND, UH, EVENTS. 
          UH, KIND OF LIKE LAST YEAR, AS WE, AS WE PEELED THOSE EXPENSES BACK, WE'VE BUILT THEM IN, IN A, UH, MEASURED STAIR STEP WAY BACK. 
          WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO NEED TO WATCH THIS AND MEASURE IT, UH, AND MONITOR IT. 
          AND IF WE NEED TO SLOW THOSE SPENDING DOWN. 
          UM, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE TRIAL BUDGET CONVERSATIONS AND THE WORK SESSION OF THE COUNCIL WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE RESTORE ARTS TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS. 
          AND THE FUNDING FOR ARTS AGENCIES IS AT THE F Y 19 LEVELS, UM, IN, UM, F Y 22 PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          AND WE'RE MAINTAINING OUR CONTRIBUTION TO VISIT SAN ANTONIO TO 35% OF OUR NET HOT TAX COLLECTIONS. 
          THEY ARE NOT AT THE POINT WHERE THEY WERE AT, UH, PRE PANDEMIC, UM, BUT THEY ARE STILL AT THE 35% MARK IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          OUR AIRPORT OPERATIONS, I TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPH, OUR EMPLOYMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR IN THE F Y 22, WE DON'T BELIEVE WILL MATCH WHERE WE WERE AT IN 2019. 
          BUT FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT, WE BELIEVE WE'LL BE 2% BETTER THAN OUR 2019, UM, LEVELS. 
          AND WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE DETAILS AS WE GO THROUGH THE AIRPORT BUDGET, UH, AT YOUR WORK SESSION. 
          SO OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, UH, OF $592 MILLION, UM, 383 TOTAL PROJECTS IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          UM, MANY OF THESE ARE THE LAST FINAL INSTALLMENTS OF OUR 2017 BOND PROGRAM. 
          UM, THE MAJORITY OF 'EM ARE STREETS, UH, AND PARKS, UH, AND, UM, UM, MAJOR EFFORTS AT OUR AIRPORT, UM, FACILITIES, UH, NEW CAPITAL PRO, PRO NEW CAPITAL BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS IN THE PRO IN THE, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDE $26 MILLION IN NEIGHBORHOOD DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH OUR STORM WATER AND OUR, UH, REGIONAL FACILITIES, UH, FUNDS, UH, $10 MILLION ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WE WILL BE WORKING WITH YOUR OFFICES TO ALLOCATE AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE INCLUDED IN, UH, UH, AND, UH, DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THE ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          UH, FOUR AND A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS IN CITY FACILITIES, AND THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN, UH, MUCH NEEDED LIBRARY REPAIRS. 
          SOME OF THAT WERE IN OUR LIBRARIES THAT WERE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE, UH, OF THE STORM EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE WORK SESSION, UM, WAS HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THE USE OF TURS, UM, IN OUR SPENDING? AND SO AS WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET THIS JULY, WE LOOKED VERY DELIBERATELY AT HOW WE COULD TAKE, UM, UM, OPERATING EXPENSES OR FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND REALLY LEVERAGE THE TURS. 
          NOW THESE ARE CITY INITIATED TOURS, AND WE HAVE TO GO TO THEIR BOARDS AND, AND, UM, SOME OF YOU ARE ON THE BOARDS. 
          UM, BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEVERAGE AND BEEF UP THE INVESTMENT FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU WANNA DO, THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO, THAT WE NEED STANDPOINT THAT. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE SLIDE, UH, THERE ARE THINGS LIKE, UH, AS THE COUNTY, UH, FINISHES THE SAN PEDRO CREEK, MAKING SURE WE HAVE PARK POLICE THAT OPERATE AN EXPENSE, NOT OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND, BUT TAKING IT OUT OF THE HOUSTON STREET TURS AND THE WEST SIDE TURS, UH, AFFORDABLE, ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLOCATIONS, UH, OF ONE OF $2 MILLION TOTAL OUT OF MIDTOWN AND INNER CITY, UM, SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED, UH, AT MARKET SQUARE AND LATA AND MISSION DRIVE-IN AND LEVERAGING THOSE, THOSE TOURS. 
          AND THEN THE ALAMEDA THEATER, WHICH WILL BE, WHICH WE WILL COVER IN DETAIL IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET PRESENTATION TO YOU OF SOUTHERN $0.4 MILLION TO MATCH A COUNTY CONTRIBUTION OUT OF THEIR TURS TO FINISH THAT PROJECT. 
          SO WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE TURS AND LEVERAGING THOSE DOLLARS RATHER THAN OUT OF OUR OWN BUDGET. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CAPITAL NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAVE, UH, BEEN WORKING TO UPDATE OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN, UM, AS WE WENT THROUGH THE PRESENT, THE PRESENTATIONS IN THE FALL ON OUR BOND PROGRAM, WE HAVE, UM, OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN IS A FIVE YEAR VOTER APPROVED GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM. 
          OUR 2017 BOND PROGRAM WAS $850 MILLION. 
          AND THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AS WE'VE UPDATED OUR FINANCIAL MODELS, UM, UM, WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION, UM, WE ARE PROPOSING A $1.2 BILLION BOND PROGRAM WITH NO CHANGE TO THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. 
          UM, THAT WILL BE A, 
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A CONVERSATION AS WE GO THROUGH THE DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN IN THE WORK SESSION WITH YOU AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          OBVIOUSLY THE SCHEDULE, AS WE'VE SHOWN YOU BEFORE, MANY OF YOU IN YOUR OFFICES HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THESE PROJECTS WITH, UM, UH, THE STAFF. 
          WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF ENGAGEMENTS WITH, UH, FOLKS WHO ARE AGENCIES THAT ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR FUNDING AS WE GO THROUGH THE FALL. 
          UM, THE COUNCIL PROBABLY THROUGH A SERIES OF B SESSIONS, WILL DO A NUMBER OF REVIEW AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THOSE PROPOSITIONS. 
          CERTAINLY, YOU WILL WANT TO, WE WILL WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE SAME TREND WHERE YOU APPOINT CITIZEN, YOU APPOINT CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVES ON BOND COMMITTEE REVIEWS TO REALLY DIG INTO THE DETAILS AND PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK TO THE COUNCIL WHERE YOU'LL ACCEPT THOSE PROJECTS. 
          UM, UH, AND THE PLAN CALL AN ELECTION BY, UH, THE DEADLINE IS GENERALLY THE SECOND WEEK IN FEBRUARY FOR A MAY, 2022 BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, UM, BUT THIS IS A QUESTION THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ASKED ME NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE APRIL. 
          AND THE ANSWER I'VE ALWAYS GIVEN YOU IS WE'VE GOTTA GO THROUGH, SEE WHERE WE STAND IN THE SUMMER, GET THE LATEST FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UNDERSTAND WHAT WE THINK IS GONNA HAPPEN, AND UPDATE OUR FINANCIAL MODELS. 
          AND I COMMITTED TO YOU THAT I WOULD DO THAT AS PART OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          AND HERE'S THE NUMBER, AND THIS WILL BEGIN THE CONVERSATION. 
          SO OUR SCHEDULE GOING FORWARD, UM, WE, WE SENT, UH, OUT TO THE COUNCIL LAST WEEK, AND IT'S OUT, OUT ON, UH, ON ONLINE WITH THE PUBLIC TO SEE A WHOLE HOST OF COMMUNITY BUDGET WORK SESSIONS. 
          THEY BEGIN NEXT MON UH, NEXT TUESDAY. 
          WE ALSO HAVE, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY INPUT SESSIONS SCHEDULED. 
          UM, SOME OF 'EM ARE VIRTUAL, SOME OF 'EM ARE IN PERSON. 
          IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES OR MEETINGS THAT YOU MIGHT BE HAVING WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ENGAGE US, BECAUSE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET ADDITIONAL INPUT. 
          WE DO HAVE PUB TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED, AND YOU'LL BE ADOPTING, UH, THOSE DATES, UH, HERE SHORTLY SO THAT WE CAN PUBLISH THEM AND MAKE THE PUBLIC NOTICE AND PUBLIC ADOPTION, I'M SORRY, CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION IS SCHEDULED RIGHT NOW AT SEPTEMBER 16TH. 
          UM, ALL OF THESE RESOURCES WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE. 
          THE DETAIL OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AND THE PUBLIC THAT WANNA GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT IT, LINE ITEM BY LINE, ITEM BY DEPARTMENT, ALL OF OUR REVENUES WILL ALL BE AVAILABLE, UM, THIS AFTERNOON ONLINE. 
          UM, AND WE ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. 
          UM, I WANNA THANK, I WANNA THANK, UM, THE CITY TEAM. 
          UH, SO LAST YEAR, IN ADDITION TO ME DOING THIS PRESENTATION IN A ROOM BY MYSELF TO YOU, I ALSO ALL HAD MY BUDGET MEETINGS BY WEBEX, UM, WHICH WAS NO FUN. 
          UM, BUT I WANNA THANK THE ENTIRE CITY TEAM, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT REALLY KNUCKLED DOWN, UM, REALLY GOING BACK TO APRIL. 
          'CAUSE REMEMBER WE DID A TRIAL BUDGET AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THE C D B G AND HOME EFFORT NEXT YEAR AND THAT, UM, BUT ALL THE WORK THAT WAS DONE TO PREPARE AND KIND OF THINK THROUGH WHAT ARE THE LESSONS WE LEARNED? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PUT THIS CITY IN THE BEST FINANCIAL FOOTING? UM, SO SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE EXECUTIVES WHO, WHO LED THEIR TEAMS, SCOTT AND THE BUDGET TEAM. 
          UM, UH, IT'S, THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST HURDLE, AS I SAID, SCOTT, WE'RE NOT DONE YET. 
          WE HAVE ANOTHER MONTH AND A HALF. 
          BUT SCOTT AND HIS TEAM DID A GREAT JOB. 
          AND LET ME THANK, UH, OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, UM, MY EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND IN PARTICULAR, MARIA AND BEN. 
          UM, BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT THAT HAS BEEN FOREVER AND CERTAINLY WAS DURING THE MONTH OF JULY. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, I WILL, UH, HAND IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, AND, UM, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, ERIC. 
          WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          TAYLOR ROWE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, MA'AM. 
          HELLO, GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS TAYLOR ROWE, AND I AM FROM THE SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE, WHICH IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT SEVEN, WHICH IS COUNCILWOMAN SAND FALLS DISTRICT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL, AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS. 
          THE SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING ALONG WITH OUR FOUNTAIN HOUSE, WHICH IS OUR NATIONAL PARTNER OF NEW YORK, AND OUR COMMUNITY RESPONSE CAMPAIGN, SEEKING ADEQUATE SOLUTIONS TO HOW WE RESPOND TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CALLS, AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT CONTINUAL CARE FOR THOSE 
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INDIVIDUALS. 
          THEREAFTER, WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH MANY OF YOU HERE, AND WE WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY DISCUSS, UM, THE BUDGET THAT WILL BE REFERRING TO ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE. 
          SAN ANTONIO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A FIRST OF HIS KIND TRAINING WITH CAHOOT OUT OF EUGENE ORIGIN. 
          AND FROM THAT OPPORTUNITY, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE SPECIFIC DISCUSSIONS ON HOW DO WE DO THIS WORK AND IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTING ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES, WHO DOES THE WORK, UM, COME FROM, AND ALSO FIGURING OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT IT WITHIN OUR RESPECTIVE CITIES. 
          FROM THAT OPPORTUNITY, WE'VE GAINED NATIONAL CONNECTIONS AND RESOURCES. 
          WE JUST SEEN THE PRESENTATION WHERE THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM RECOMMENDATION FROM THE MEADOWS INSTITUTE WAS RECOMMENDED. 
          AND AS SERVICE PROVIDERS HERE, WE WANT TO RECOMMEND TWO, UM, OPTIONS ALONG WITH THAT MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM. 
          SO, MENTAL HEALTH ROUTINE CALLS THAT ARE CATEGORIZED AS LOWER PRIORITY CALLS AT LEVEL SIX SHOULD BE RESPONDED TO BY A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN, A PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST IN LIEU OF A POLICE OFFICER. 
          MENTAL HEALTH RELATED CALLS THAT ARE CATEGORIZED AS LEVEL FOUR AT A HIGH PRIORITY SHOULD BE RESPONDED TO WITH THE RECOMMENDED MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM, AUGMENTED WITH A PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST WHO WILL SUPPORT THE NEED TO CONTINUAL CARE. 
          WE KNOW THAT IS IMPORTANT TO CRISIS BECAUSE CRISIS DOES NOT STOP WHEN THE CALL IS MADE AND RESPONDED TO. 
          THERE NEEDS TO BE CONTINUAL SUPPORT AND, UM, COMMUNICATION WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL TO ENSURE RECOVERY IS ENACTED. 
          WE KNOW THAT PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO DO THIS WORK. 
          UM, AND WE PERFECTLY SEEK THE INCLUSION OF PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS IN THIS SOLUTION-BASED RESPONSE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A UNIQUE ROLE OF CONNECTING THE INDIVIDUALS AT A PERSONAL LEVEL THROUGH SHARED LIVE EXPERIENCES, ESTABLISHING LONG-LASTING SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS SIMILAR TO THAT OF A, A RECOVERY COACH, AND NAVIGATING THE BEST RESOURCES FOR THOSE IN THE CITY. 
          SO IF YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS A MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGE OR ARE IN CRISIS, IF YOU ARE PAIRED WITH A PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST, THEY WILL BE UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THE HELP THAT IS IN THE CITY TO ENSURE YOU HAVE ADEQUATE HELP TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH. 
          SO WE, SPECIFICALLY AS THE CLUBHOUSE, WANT TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING LONG-TERM SUPPORT AND ENSURING THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS DO HAVE ADEQUATE HELP AND THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROACTIVELY SUPPORTING CRISIS AND ITS RESPONSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. UM, I JUST WANNA QUICKLY THANK YOU, ERIC, THANK YOU, UH, TO YOUR STAFF FOR YOUR DILIGENT WORK. 
          THANK YOU TO ALL CITY EMPLOYEES THAT, THAT SUPPORT OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM, OUR CITY EMPLOYEES ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF, OF OUR CITY. 
          SO I'M GRATEFUL, ESPECIALLY AS WE ENDURE ANOTHER COVID SURGE. 
          GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS BUDGET. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU RESPONDING TO THIS. 
          COUNCIL'S FOCUSES AND OBJECTIVES OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY, COVID RESPONSIVENESS ON TOP OF JUST THE DAY-TO-DAY NEEDS OF, OF EACH OF OUR UNIQUE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, UM, WHAT I CALL STREET LEVEL SERVICES, THE THINGS THAT, THAT PEOPLE SEE EVERY DAY WHEN THEY LOOK OUT THEIR FRONT DOOR. 
          DISTRICT SIX'S NEEDS. 
          UH, WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, STREETS, DRAINAGE, ANIMAL CARE CODE COMPLIANCE. 
          ALSO, THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE WITH MY OFFICE ON LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          DISTRICT SIX IS GROWING RAPIDLY, WHICH CREATES ISSUES EVERY DAY FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND I BRING THESE, THESE ISSUES TO CITY STAFF ON BEHALF OF THE GOOD PEOPLE OF DISTRICT SIX. 
          AND YOU ALWAYS STEP UP, YOU ALWAYS RESPOND. 
          SO WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE AND SOMETIMES CREATIVITY AND DEDICATION TO ADDRESSING THESE PROBLEMS. I SPECIFICALLY WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UM, SOME OF MY BUDGET ASKS, WHICH WERE ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, OUR POLICE. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF GREEN SPACE STILL IN DISTRICT SIX, WHICH IS FORTUNATE FOR US, BUT IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO, TO, UM, TO NAVIGATE. 
          AND SO, UH, UM, LOOKING FOR THREE ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES FOR SUBSTATION WEST, INCREASING FIRE DEPARTMENT SUPPORT AND FIRE STATIONS, 35, 41, 44 AND 45. 
          I'M JUST GONNA TAKE THIS OFF FOR A SECOND, INCLUDING, UM, IN SOME CASES, PLUMBING AND UPGRADES, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, COUNCILMAN A MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE, UH, HAVE A FUNDING REQUEST THAT, OF COURSE, I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT PRELIMINARY FINANCIAL COMMITMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DESTINATION PARK DISTRICT SIX, WHICH I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT. 
          AND, UM, THEN A HEALTHY CORNER STORE FOR THE EDGEWOOD AREA. 
          AGAIN, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU VERY, VERY FROM, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, UM, FOR WORKING WITH US ON ALL OF THESE BUDGET ASKS. 
          AND YOU GUYS, I'M TALKING HERE, , UM, FOR, UM, FOR YOUR, YOUR HARD WORK AND, AND DILIGENCE ON, ON RESPONDING TO THE REQUEST OF, NOT, NOT ME, BUT OF THE PEOPLE THAT I REPRESENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WITH THAT, I'LL GO TO COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU ERIC FOR 
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THE GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          AND THANK YOU MARIA AND SCOTT AND THE ENTIRE TEAM OVER THERE. 
          AND, UM, I'M NOT GONNA LIE, I COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT. 
          AND SO I GOT HERE AND I, I SENT TO MARIA A NICE PICTURE WITH MY NOTEBOOK ALREADY THAT SHE DELIVERED EARLIER TODAY, AND I HAVE LOTS OF NOTES. 
          SO I THINK I'LL RUN OUT OF MY 10 MINUTES BEFORE I GET THROUGH HALF OF MY QUESTIONS. 
          SO I'LL FOCUS ON, ON THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE TODAY. 
          BUT I WANTED TO START OFF BY, UM, LETTING YOU KNOW THAT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MARIA DIDN'T MENTION TO ME IN MY BUDGET UPDATE MEETING, UM, SHE CAME AND BRIEFED ME. 
          SO THANK YOU, MARIA, FOR THAT. 
          I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THINGS. 
          ONE OF THE MOST THINGS, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS ACTUALLY ON PAGE 1 25 OF OUR NEW BUDGET BOOK, AND IT'S THE ILLEGAL DUMPING, UM, TEAM. 
          AND SO Y'ALL ARE ADDING THREE NEW POSITIONS TO HELP IMPROVE CITYWIDE SANITATION AND OVERALL HEALTH AND APPEARANCE. 
          AND SO WE HAVE HAD A TREMENDOUS, UM, JUST, JUST A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TIME LATELY. 
          AND SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, THE, UH, COVAL GARDENS IS, UH, LOCATED RIGHT THERE AT THE EDGE OF DISTRICT FOUR. 
          AND SO A LOT OF MY RESIDENTS HAVE TOLD ME, LITERALLY ALL OF THE DUMPING FROM SAN ANTONIO PASSES THROUGH DISTRICT FOUR, BECAUSE IT GETS OVER THERE. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU ARGUE THAT THERE'S MAYBE OTHER ROUTES TO GET THERE, HOWEVER, THERE'S ALWAYS TRASH. 
          AND SO RECENTLY YOU ALL HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY ACTIVE. 
          AND SO LET ME TELL YOU THAT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT UNTIL I READ THROUGH THAT BUDGET BOOK RIGHT NOW, AND I'M SO PSYCHED ABOUT THAT. 
          SO CAN'T WAIT TO LEARN, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT, UM, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. 
          SO, UM, FIRST, WELL ACTUALLY I'LL START WITH THE, WITH THE THANK YOUS AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE ADDITIONAL TWO POSITIONS THAT ARE ON, UH, BUDGET BOOK, PAGE 1 21 FOR THE DEDICATED STREETLIGHT TEAM WITH THE STREETLIGHT PROGRAM. 
          I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE, UH, AN IMPROVEMENT. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          I KNOW, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT, UH, SINCE, UH, I FIRST GOT HERE. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THE DIGITAL INCLUSION ADMINISTRATOR POSITION THAT WE'VE ADDED TO ADDRESS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND INNOVATION. 
          SO THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE MY HEART HAPPY THIS MORNING. 
          WE KNOW THAT DIGITAL DIVIDE IS, UM, STILL ALIVE AND WELL AND, UH, WORSE THAN EVER RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED WAS MISSING UNDER THE D H SS, SPECIFICALLY IN THE SENIOR PART, AND I HAVE IT BOOKMARKED OVER HERE, I CAN'T TELL YOU THE PAGE NUMBER RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE IS NO, UM, INFORMATION IN THERE FOR TECHNOLOGY FOR SENIORS. 
          UM, SO I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER ALSO WORKING WITH OATS OR SOMEBODY ELSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCESS FOR TECHNOLOGY FOR SENIORS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, UH, THEY NEED, THEY CAN CONTINUE TO BE LEFT BEHIND. 
          SO MAYBE WITH THIS NEW DIGITAL INCLUSION ADMINISTRATOR, WE CAN, UM, HELP ACCOMPLISH THAT. 
          THANK YOU ALSO FOR RESTORING THE MANAGEMENT FELLOWS PROGRAM. 
          I BELIEVE IN THE NEED TO MENTOR AND PROVIDE MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES TO OUR STUDENTS, AND, UM, THEY DO A GREAT JOB. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, I FEEL COMPELLED TO POINT OUT THAT LAST WEEK I MET WITH SOME OF THE INTERNS, EVEN FROM THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, AND THEY'RE DOING GREAT JOBS. 
          THEY, UH, ONE OF THEM WAS WORKING ON THE TOP FIVE LANGUAGES THAT ARE USED IN SAN ANTONIO OR THAT ARE SPOKEN IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I WAS SO PROUD OF THAT WORK. 
          AND SO TO LEARN TODAY THAT WE HAVE THE LAB, NOW, THE LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN, AND THAT THERE'S SPECIFIC, UM, WORK THAT'S GOING INTO THIS IS JUST, UH, SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF. 
          AND BY THE WAY, I THINK WE NEED TO GET THAT, THAT AMBASSADOR TO SHARE THAT ONE PAGER OF THE INFORMATION THAT SHE FOUND BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          UM, I'M ALSO HAPPY THAT WE'RE ADDING SEVEN ADDITIONAL 3 1 1 REPS. 
          UM, I'M HOPING THAT, UM, AT LEAST A PART OF THEM ARE BILINGUAL. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TOTAL ARE BILINGUAL IN 3 1 1, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO GET THAT INFORMATION. 
          I SEE PAULA SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE, SO THANK YOU PAULA AND MR. MCCAREY AS WELL. 
          UM, ON PAGE 1 0 2 OF THE BUDGET, THERE'S FIVE EXTRA A C S POSITIONS, UH, FOR THE, UM, CARE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
          I'M WONDERING ALSO IF THAT INCLUDES, UH, PART OF THE FUNDING FOR A, THE, THE VET FOR SPAY AND NEUTERING. 
          SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN BEHIND IN THAT BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN, UM, SOME, SOME SHORTAGE THERE. 
          SO I JUST WANNA, UH, ASK THAT QUESTION. 
          AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANS ANSWER NOW. 
          I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. 
          ON PAGE 1 0 3, AND THIS IS FOR ANDY. 
          THERE'S A NEW POSITION IN THERE, UH, IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE C P S INTERFACE PROGRAM. 
          I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS, UM, BUT I'D LOVE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT. 
          THERE'S TWO NEW ADDITIONAL CITY ATTORNEY POSITIONS, OR NOT CITY ATTORNEY POSITIONS IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BUT THAT'S THE ONE THAT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT. 
          I'D LOVE TO, UH, LEARN SOME MORE. 
          UM, THE REDISTRICTING EDUCATION, UH, WE HAVE $200,000 BUDGETED ALSO ON PAGE 1 0 3. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE ENOUGH TO INFORM OUR RESIDENTS ONCE THE REDISTRICTING HAPPENS. 
          SO FROM A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, BUDGETING FOR THAT ITEM BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE NEED TO INFORM OUR RESIDENTS. 
          UM, ERIC, ON SLIDE 37, YOU, UH, GAVE SOME EXAMPLES, UH, OR YOU MENTIONED 
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17 POSITIONS THAT WILL BE, UM, ADDED. 
          AND SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD GIVE ME SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, IT'S THE EQUITY ONE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, IF YOU CAN GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE POSITIONS THAT YOU WILL BE TRANSFERRING INTO THIS, AND ALSO WONDERING AND IF CIVIL RIGHTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY WILL BE FOCUSING ON. 
          UM, SO THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          UH, YOU MENTIONED RESILIENCY HUBS. 
          THERE'S A RESILIENCY HUB AGREEMENT THAT I MENTIONED TO MARIA THE OTHER DAY THAT TEXAS A AND M CORPUS CHRISTI HAS WITH PALO ALTO. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IF WE CAN, AND SEE IF WE CAN LEVERAGE THAT SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY DESIGNATED A, A RESILIENCY HUB, IF YOU WILL, FOR CORPUS CHRISTI, IF WE COULD DO IT FOR OUR OWN CITY. 
          AND IT'S IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT, OBVIOUSLY, UM, FOR, UH, THE CESAR CHAVEZ. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I THINK THAT WE ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER INVESTING ADDITIONALLY IN THE CESAR CHAVEZ MARCH AFSCME, AND I SEE AFSCME HERE, SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS, UM, ADVOCATING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE WILL BE A 5% INCREASE. 
          UM, THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS STRAIGHT FOR STREET SIDEWALKS, PARK DRAINAGE, AND LIBRARIES. 
          I'M, UH, VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 
          WE HAVE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, TO STILL WORK ON SOME ADDITIONAL FUTURE, UM, PROJECTS, UH, THAT THAT, THAT, THAT I WOULD LOVE TO, TO SEE HAPPEN WITH, UM, PARTICULARLY THE CLUBHOUSE. 
          AND TAYLOR ROWE CAME UP HERE AND MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HER FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, AND I'M HAPPY TO, UH, TO KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME, UM, SOME DELIBERATE ACTION BEING TAKEN IN THIS BUDGET. 
          I WAS WONDERING IF YOU ALL HAVE CONSIDERED CLINICIAN VERSUS ADVOCATE, THE, UM, THE, THE RATIO, IF YOU WILL, OF HOW MANY POSITIONS WILL BE FUNDED IN THAT M D R. 
          HOW MANY SPECIFIC ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? I THINK I SAW A NUMBER, I THINK ON PAGE 1 0 7, I SAW 34, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE CLINICIAN AND THE ADVOCATE. 
          UM, AND THEN I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAM IS DEFINITELY NEEDED. 
          AND SO TAYLOR, UH, REFERENCED SOME OF THE POINTS ALREADY, BUT THE SS A P D AND ME POLL, UM, TALKED ABOUT HOW OUR RESIDENTS, 40.2% OF THE RESPONSES INDICATED THAT THE RESPONSE CALLS RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH, UM, NEEDED TO BE MORE LOOKED AT. 
          AND THEN IN ADDITION, UH, 55% OF OUR OFFICERS IN S A P D AGREED THAT, UH, THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE A PRIMARY ROLE. 
          SO ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE, UH, KNOWLEDGE THAT WE GAINED FROM THE CLUBHOUSE AND FROM PARTICIPATING, UH, WITH FOLKS FROM ACROSS THE NATION. 
          UM, ON, ON PHONE CALLS, WE LOOKED AT THE PORTLAND STREET RESPONSE TEAM HEALTH ONE FROM SEATTLE, THE STREET CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM FROM SAN FRANCISCO, FAMILIAR FACES PROGRAM FROM OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON, THE RAPID INTEGRATED GROWTH, UH, GROUP HEALTHCARE TEAM, OR WRIGHT IN DALLAS, TEXAS, THE STAR PROGRAM IN DENVER, COLORADO. 
          SO THESE ARE PROVEN PROGRAMS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THAT WE CAN GIVE, UH, THE CLUBHOUSE, EVEN, EVEN AS IT RELATES TO PERHAPS MEETING WITH SOME OF OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          UH, I'M NOT ON THE PUBLIC, UH, COMMITTEE, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, BUT I'D LOVE TO, UM, CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM ON THIS. 
          I MENTIONED, UM, ALREADY THAT I SAW THAT TECHNOLOGY IS STILL MISSING, SPECIFICALLY AS IT REGARDS TO OUR SENIORS. 
          AND I FOUND THE PAGE, ERIC, IT WAS PAGE 57. 
          THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE TRAFFIC, UH, CALMING PROGRAM. 
          THE PROPOSED BUDGET MAINTAINS THE FUNDING LEVEL AT A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          WE KNOW THAT OUR RESIDENTS CALL A LOT FOR TRAFFIC CALMING. 
          UM, AND THIS IS ACROSS THE CITY, NOT JUST IN, IN, IN, IN PARTICULAR DISTRICTS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THAT. 
          UM, AS WELL AS, AS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT'S ON THERE. 
          UM, IN THE RECYCLING PLAN ON PAGE 80, YOU HAVE IMPROVED RECYCLING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES AND IN GENERAL ALSO TO IMPROVE IT FOR, UM, MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTS. 
          I'M WONDERING WHAT THE METRICS ARE THERE. 
          HOW DO WE MEASURE PROGRESS? HOW HAVE WE MEASURED PROGRESS? I HAVEN'T GOTTEN MAYBE TO THAT PART OF THE BUDGET. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE, UM, INCREASES OR YOU ALL HAVE NUMBERS AND METRICS THAT SHOW FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 
          I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT JUST YET. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE THAT ON THERE, MY APOLOGIES. 
          BUT IF YOU CAN SEND THAT TO ME, I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          ALSO, ON THE MONTHLY PREMIUMS FOR RETIRED EMPLOYEES, I DON'T SEE IF THEIR PREMIUMS ARE INCREASING. 
          I KNOW THAT FOR CURRENT STAFF MEMBERS, THEY'RE STAYING THE SAME, BUT I'M WONDERING IF IT'S INCREASING FOR RETIREES. 
          SO THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          AND THEN, UM, IN THE CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM BACK TO, UM, A C S, YOU ALL ADDED ONE SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER AND FOUR LEAD LIVE RELEASE PROGRAM COORDINATORS TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND SO THAT WAS A TOTAL OF FIVE POSITIONS. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THOSE POSITIONS ARE GOING TO BE DOING, WHAT SPECIFIC, YOU, YOU ALL SAID THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          I'D LOVE TO SEE IF DISTRICT FOUR IS INCLUDED IN THERE. 
          UM, AND, UH, IF, IF WE HAVE AN ABILITY STILL TO, TO, TO LEVERAGE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING, ESPECIALLY RECENTLY. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, 
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LET'S SEE ON THE, OH, WAIT, I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, SO I WILL CHIME BACK IN, MAYOR WITH MY FINAL QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          ERIC, CAN WE PULL UP, UH, SLIDE NUMBER SIX. 
          UH, SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, UH, RESILIENCY AND RECOVERY HERE. 
          MY QUESTIONS OR MY CONCERNS. 
          UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THE, UM, WE ARE, THE HOT TAX IS 24%. 
          THAT IS A LOT OF OUR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, OUR BARS, OUR RESTAURANTS, OUR VENUES. 
          AND SO I, WE NEED TO BE STRATEGIC WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GRANTS AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO HELP THEM BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UM, IMPACTED. 
          UM, SO IF WE COULD WORK ON THAT. 
          THE OTHER THING IS THE D DIGITAL INCLUSION. 
          ALL I SEE IS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, WHICH IS A VERY TARGETED GROUP, OR THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR IS SIGNIFICANT. 
          AND THIS DOESN'T CONSIDER, UM, SENIORS, IT DOESN'T CONSIDER THE WORKING CLASS. 
          THOSE THAT DID NOT COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL, HOW ARE WE CONNECTING THEM? UM, AND THEN IF, AND WE DON'T NEED TO MOVE ON TO THESE SLIDES, BUT IF I LOOK AT SLIDE 10, 31, 25, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS GOING DIGITAL. 
          IF MY SENIORS DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THEIR SMARTPHONE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE TELEMEDICINE. 
          SO ANYTHING WE DO DIGITALLY NEEDS TO INCLUDE DIGITAL LITERACY AND, AND THE AS. 
          AND THE THING IS, AND I NEED A TIMELINE THAT IS, IT IS 18, SIX TO 18 MONTHS. 
          I CANNOT WAIT YEARS FOR THIS, THIS TO UN UNFOLD, UM, WITH MY SENIORS. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING ABOUT, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS, MY CONCERN IS ARE THERE DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT ARE DOING THIS WORK ALREADY THAT WE CAN'T REACH OUT TO, TO HELP WITH THIS PROCESS? HAVE WE EXHAUSTED THAT AND CAN MAYBE HELP THEM WITH FUNDING? UH, WHEN, UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, SLIDE 13, PLEASE. 
          UH, THIS I LOVE. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          IT WAS ONE OF MY ASKS AND YOU ADDRESSED IT. 
          UM, AS WE LOOK AT THE CIVILIAN PAY PLAN TO BE REDESIGNED IN 2022, I WOULD LIKE US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH OUT TO OUR UNIONS, UH, ASME AND OTHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT THE GROWING NEEDS OF OUR, OUR, UH, OUR, OUR WORKFORCE IS. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          UM, AND THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE AFTER THIS, THIS PANDEMIC COMING THROUGH THAT PANDEMIC. 
          UM, SO THAT, AND I REALLY, AND I DID ASK BECAUSE I WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT OUR DIRECTORS AND OUR MANAGERS AND HOW WE, UH, HELP THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES WORKING FOR THE CITY, AND HOW WE, UM, HOW WE MOVE THEM UP IN THE PROCESS. 
          AND IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE NOT WANTING TO MOVE UP, THEY DON'T WANNA MANAGE YOUR POSITION, THEY, THEY LIKE THE JOB THAT THEY HAVE, BUT THEY'RE JUST EXPECTING AN INCREASE IN PAY EVERY YEAR, HOW DO WE HELP THEM WITH THAT? UM, ON SLIDE 20, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TAXES, WHOEVER GETS APPOINTED TO THE B C A D, UM, AND THOSE THAT, THAT ARE WORKING ON THAT, THERE IS A DESIGNATION THAT THEY'RE GIVING, WHICH IS DESIRABLE LOCATIONS, WHICH IMPACTS A LOT OF MY RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT THREE THAT ARE LIVING IN OLD HOMES THAT HAVEN'T DONE ANY IMPROVEMENT, BUT THEIR PROPERTY TAXES CONTINUE TO GO UP BECAUSE THEY GET THIS, UM, DESIGNATION. 
          THE OTHER ASPECT IS WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS PROGRAM, THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE OUR SENIORS AND THOSE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES ARE AWARE OF THE, THE ABILITY FOR AN EXEMPTIONS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS, THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF OUR POPULATION, I THINK IT COULD BE HIGHER WITH SENIORS AND THE DISABLED. 
          UM, AND SLIDE NUMBER 32, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RESILIENCY, UM, I HAVE, UH, MY QUESTION TO ASK, AND YOU CAN ANSWER IT A AS IS HOW ARE THE CHURCHES, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE MANY CHURCHES WITH, WITH HUGE, UM, MEETING SPACES, HOW ARE THEY BEING INTEGRATED INTO THIS PROCESS? AND, UH, SLIDE 35 FOR BIKE LANES. 
          I, I THINK IT'S KEY THAT WE LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND WE DO ALSO, IF WE'RE GOING TO CONNECT THESE BIKE LANES AND CONNECT THIS BIKE MASTER PLAN AND USE BIKE LANES THAT WE LOOK AT, UM, THE FACT THAT, AND I KNOW THIS SPECIFICALLY IN MY DISTRICT, PEOPLE ARE PARKING IN THE BIKE LANES, AND THEN WE NEED TO LOOK AT TICKETING THEM, UM, 
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PUTTING UP SIGNS AND HOW THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE BIKE MASTER PLAN AS, AS PART OF THE, THE, THE COST FOR THAT. 
          UM, SLIDE NUMBER 37. 
          UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THIS NEW COMMITTEE, I WANT US TO LOOK AT ULTRA ACCESSIBILITY WITH THOSE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, ESPECIALLY IN OUR PARKS AND OUR NEW BUILDINGS BUILT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS WE LOOK AT OUR CURRENT, UM, COMMITTEE, UH, THAT WE HAVE AND, AND GIVE THEM A LITTLE MORE, UH, SAY IN THE DECISIONS WE MAKE WITH THOSE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES. 
          AND THEN THE, UH, THE LAST ISSUE I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS SLIDE 27 AND OUR, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUE. 
          UH, I WAS THERE, I'M PART OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          I DID HEAR THE MEADOWS PRESENTATION. 
          MY CONCERN IS THAT EVERYTHING WE DO NEEDS TO BE LOOKING AT THAT ISSUE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, MENTAL HEALTH, HAVING ADVOCATES TO HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH CALLS IS KEY AND CRITICAL. 
          BUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS BEEN, I, I FEEL PUT ON PAUSE OR A BACK BURNER FOR US TO ADDRESS ISSUES. 
          AND WE NEED, AND, AND IT HAS RESULTED IN TWO VERY HIGH PROFILE SIGNIFICANT DEATHS THAT WE'VE SEEN ON THE NEWS AND ONE HAPPENING IN, YOU KNOW, ONE HAP ONE INCIDENT HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THIS. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE, THAT MEADOWS HAS THEIR, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I UNDERSTAND THEY CHOSE CERTAIN, UM, SUBSTATIONS IN AREAS, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE AREAS IMPACTED BY FAMILY VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE HOMICIDE RATES OF THE, OF THESE HAPPENING WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS. 
          SO I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT ANY NEW OFFICERS AND INCLUDING, UH, BIKE PATROL AND, AND PARK POLICE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, ADDRESSING THOSE AREAS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE, UM, THIS ISSUE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          UM, AND THAT IS, OH, IF WE COULD GO TO SLIDE 41. 
          UH, UH, NO, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, SO IF WE COULD JUST, THOSE ARE JUST MY CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS, AND I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE MORE AS WE, AS I GO THROUGH THE BUDGET AND WE CAN DISCUSS THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER IRAN, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO IS HERE TODAY, UM, TO ONE, RECEIVE THIS PRESENTATION, AND THEN TWO, THOSE WHO SPOKE, UM, AND GAVE FEEDBACK AND SPOKE ON ITEMS OF INTEREST TO YOU. 
          UM, I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO ASK PEOPLE TO COME DURING THE WORK DAY, UM, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 
          UM, I'LL START OFF WITH MAYBE LESS CONTENTIOUS TOPICS, UH, WITH EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, I WANT TO, UM, I AM EX I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE 5% WAGE INCREASE FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
          I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE WILL BE NO RISE IN COST FOR HEALTHCARE. 
          UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO, I KNOW THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF SHOUT OUTS TODAY, BUT I WANT TO THANK AFSCME FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          UM, THEY REPRESENT 1.5 MILLION, UH, EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST THOSE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS WE, UM, AS WE LOOK AT COMPENSATION AND THE WAY THAT WE TREAT OUR EMPLOYEES, I WANT TO BE KNOWN THAT SAN ANTONIO IS SETTING A PRECEDENT. 
          AND SO AF SME ADVOCATES FOR THAT PRECEDENT TO BE AS SOLID AND STRONG AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE WERE EARLIER ANIMAL RIGHTS, UM, ADVOCATES HERE. 
          UM, I WANT TO STATE MY SUPPORT FOR, UM, AND THIS WILL BE SOME PART OF THE AMENDMENT PROCESS, I'M SURE, BUT, UM, FUNDING FOR, UH, RESCUE, UM, RESCUE GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS. 
          I DO ALSO WANT TO, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO SLIDE 37, I THINK IT WAS. 
          YES. 
          SO THE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. 
          SO THIS IS, UM, IT FEELS LIKE A NOD TO A PROPOSAL THAT I HAD, WHICH WAS AN OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS WHOSE GOALS WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR. 
          HOWEVER, WHEN I BROUGHT UP THIS OFFICE AND ITS PURPOSE OF, UM, PROTECTING AND IMPLEMENT, UH, STRENGTHENING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE, THE KEY COMPONENT WAS A CIVIL RIGHTS COORDINATOR. 
          AND SO I ASK WHO WOULD BE, UM, WHO WOULD HAVE THIS ROLE OF, OF CIVIL RIGHTS COORDINATOR OR WHO WOULD FULFILL THOSE DUTIES SINCE IT'S JUST 17 AND MOVED AROUND POSITIONS? WELL, 
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COUNCILMAN ULTIMATELY, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS OUR CIVIL RIGHTS COORDINATOR. 
          UM, AND, UM, I ANTICIPATE ORGANIZATIONALLY THIS GROUP REPORTING DIRECTLY TO ANDY, UM, THAT WAY WE CAN CONSOLIDATE AND, UH, MAINTAIN SOME CONSISTENCY. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR IDEA FOR THE CIVIL RIGHT OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS BECAUSE IT'S AN ISSUE THAT I THINK WE'VE STRUGGLED WITH IN THE PAST. 
          AND IT IS THE, UM, THE DEFINITION OF, OF, OF WHAT DOES OUR EQUITY OFFICE DO AND HOW DO WE INCORPORATE, UM, UH, GENDER DIVERSITY IN THOSE ASPECTS. 
          SO I WOULD SAY THAT, THAT ANDY IS GONNA BE OUR COORDINATOR AT THAT POINT, AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OR THE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE. 
          BUT, UM, BUT, UH, THE IDEA IS TO PUT US IN A BETTER POSITION ORGANIZATIONALLY AND FROM THE COMMUNITY STANDPOINT. 
          SO I THINK WE HAVE THE SAME GOAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I JUST, I CAN'T HELP THIS FEELING THAT ANDY MIGHT HAVE ENOUGH ALREADY ON HIS PLATE. 
          AND THIS IS A POSITION THAT I THINK, UH, DESERVES THE RESPECT OF AN ACTUAL POSITION. 
          UM, AND THAT IS ALSO A, UM, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MAYOR'S L G B T Q ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS IN THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS OR, OR A CIVIL RIGHTS COORDINATOR. 
          UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO CALL THAT TO ATTENTION. 
          I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THE STREET LIGHTING INDEX. 
          UM, MY GOAL, UH, WHEN I PROPOSED THIS IDEA WAS TO EVENTUALLY APPLY GRADES TO STREETS, UM, BASED ON HOW WELL LIT THEY ARE, AND ALLOW US TO MORE EASILY AND EFFECTIVELY APPLY A LENS OF EQUITY TO HOW WE'RE DISTRIBUTING STREETLIGHTS. 
          AND I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE SO MUCH FUNDING BEING ALLOCATED FOR STREET LIGHTING IN THE TUNE OF IT WAS 5.8 MILLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UM, INQUIRE ABOUT THE 15 POLICE OFFICERS WHO WILL BE, UM, ADDED. 
          UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HOUSE BILL 1900, WHICH IS LAW NOW, SAYS IN THE FUTURE, ANY CITY THAT DID NOT MEET THE PREVIOUS YEARS, PUBLIC SA OR UH, PD BUDGET WOULD FACE PENALTY. 
          UM, AND SO I WANT US TO BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT AS WE ARE INCREASING THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET BY $33 MILLION, AND WE'RE RECEIVING SO MUCH MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE CONTINUALLY GETTING THOSE, UH, THAT MUCH MONEY. 
          AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SETTING US UP TO FAIL LATER ON DOWN THE LINE, AND THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY INCREASING THE BUDGET AND EATING AWAY AT WHAT OUR OTHER NECESSARY, UM, NECESSARY TOOLS. 
          I ALSO KNOW, I HEARD THIS EARLIER, THAT DURING THE HEARINGS AND COMMENTS FROM COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND TOWN HALLS, IT WAS SAID THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANNA SEE MORE POLICE OFFICERS. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S NOT THE TAKEAWAY THAT I GOT, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WAS SAID. 
          WHAT WAS SAID IS THAT PEOPLE WANT MORE VISIBILITY OF OFFICERS AND THEY ALSO WANT TO WANT BETTER COMMUNITY POLICE RELATIONS. 
          AND SO I ALSO WANT TO INQUIRE WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF, UM, UH, WHAT WAS IT, THE PUBLIC, WE RECEIVED THIS SLIDESHOW LIKE ONCE A WEEK, I SWEAR, ABOUT, UM, THE REALLOCATION OR THE RE THE FIXING OF DISPATCH AND, UH, THOSE CALLS. 
          WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THAT? SO ADJUSTING WHO, WHO'S GETTING CALLS WHERE, WHAT SLIDE ARE YOU REFERRING TO THAT YOU SEE ALL THE TIME? OH MY GOSH, IT'S ON THE POLICE SERVICES REVIEW. 
          SO CALL, SO BASICALLY MAKING IT SO THAT CALLS AS THEY RELATE TO MENTAL HEALTH, UM, AS THEY RELATE TO FIREWORKS. 
          THOSE CALL SLIDE 26, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? MAYBE POSSIBLY THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. 
          UH, MAYBE THE NEXT ONE. 
          GO, GO FORWARD ONE. 
          HMM, NEXT ONE. 
          NOPE, NOT THAT. 
          ANYWAY, SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CALLS BEING ADJUSTED, WHO'S BEING SENT OUT ON EACH CALL? OKAY, SO THAT, WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THAT? UH, REALIGNMENT? WELL, PART OF, GO BACK TO SLIDE 26. 
          PART PART OF WHAT WE LAID OUT AS A POLICE SERVICES REVIEW WAS REALLY, YOU SEE THERE IN THE SECOND PILLAR IS WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS? AND, AND, AND THAT WAS REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE 27 COMMUNITY MEETINGS DURING THE, DURING THE SPRING. 
          EVERYBODY'S GOT DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS. 
          UM, AND SO WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY IN ALL THOSE MEETINGS TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK. 
          UM, AND SO THE THINGS, INCLUDING OFFICERS, WE HAD, WE HAD, WE HAD MEETINGS WITH OFFICERS. 
          THE IDEA WAS, UM, HOW 
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DO WE LOOK AT THE ENCOUNTERS THAT POLICE OFFICERS ARE, ARE IN BECAUSE POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BECOME, POLICE OFFICERS, BEEN, HAVE BECOME A LITTLE LIKE TEACHERS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY CALLS 9 1 1. 
          UM, AND AS WE WENT THROUGH THOSE MEETINGS, UH, WE ASKED THE PUBLIC, WE SHARED WITH THEM THE U T S A ANALYSIS ON OUR DISPATCHES AND ASKED THEIR FEEDBACK ON, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT YOU, THAT THAT WE ASKED THE PUBLIC THAT'S, THAT'S NOT PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION, WAS ON GRAFFITI CALLS, WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          NO, NO, WE WANT THE POLICE TO GO TO GRAFFITI CALLS. 
          SO ANIMALS, FIREWORKS, LOUD MUSIC, UM, THOSE TYPES OF CALLS, UH, UH, LOST PROPERTY FOUND, UM, WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU FIND A, FIND A BIKE IN YOUR FRONT YARD, YOU CALL 9 1 1 AND THE POLICE COME PICK IT UP. 
          UM, UM, THOSE TYPES OF CALLS, THE PUBLIC, WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK A POLICE OFFICER NEEDED TO. 
          THOSE ARE THINGS WE CHECKED WITH THE OFFICERS, AND THAT'S HOW WE TARGETED THEM. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS ALLUDING TO IN THE PRESENTATION THAT I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUOUSLY CHECK THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY ALWAYS CALLS THAT MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO SEND POLICE OFFICERS TO AND SOMEBODY ELSE SHOULD HANDLE. 
          BUT TO START WITH, THAT'S HOW WE GOT THOSE, THOSE CALLS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING NOW IS THAT, UM, IF OFFICERS AREN'T RESPONDING TO, UM, I, I WON'T SAY FRIVOLOUS CALLS, BUT, UH, CALLS THAT MAYBE TAKE UP UNNECESSARY TIME ON THEIR END, THEY'RE THEN ABLE TO SPEND MORE TIME PATROLLING OR RESPONDING TO MORE PRESSING NEEDS, RIGHT? OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A TIME MANAGEMENT ISSUE, RIGHT? IF THERE'S, IF THERE AREN'T CALLS PENDING OR THEY'RE NOT ON CALLS, THEN THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, PROACTIVELY BEING VISIBLE OR, OR THAT TYPE OF THING. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THEN I JUST, I'M STRUGGLING TO SEE THE NEED FOR AN INCREASE IN 15 OFFICERS, AND THAT'LL BE A LARGER CONVERSATION, I THINK LATER. 
          SURE. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT'S WHERE MY LINE OF THINKING IS. 
          UM, I THINK THAT IS IT. 
          OH, ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO STATE MY DISAPPOINTMENT, UM, TO SEE, TO NOT SEE THE OFFICE OF CRIME PREVENTION AND RECIDIVISM, UM, WITH THE INTENTION TO WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST, HOW THE POLICIES AND BUDGET PRIORITIES THAT WE SET AS A CITY ARE IMPACTING CRIME, RECIDIVISM, AND WILL HELP ADDRESS GANG VIOLENCE, UH, RESEARCH, CRIME, DETERRENCE, AND WORK WITH, UH, RESEARCH DEPARTMENTS THAT WE'LL BE, UH, HEARING ABOUT LATER. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT'S SOMETHING I'M STILL GONNA CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MARIN. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE BUDGET TEAM PUTTING TO PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND HAVING IT FOR US THIS MORNING. 
          I ALSO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO AME, UM, FOR COMING OUT AND DOING THE ORGANIZING TO ENSURE THAT Y'ALL RECEIVE Y'ALLS FAIR INCREASE, UM, AND TO ERIC, UH, FOR PRIORITIZING TO ENSURE THAT THAT INCREASE WAS ALWAYS A PRIORITY FROM THE START OF THE BUDGET CONVERSATION. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT PREMIUM PAY TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN, HAD BEEN SHIFTED TO THE FOOD BANK TO TAKE CARE OF FAMILIES. 
          AND AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE INCREASE OF COVID CASES THAT WE CONSIDER PERIAN PAY FOR OUR CITY WORKERS, UM, AGAIN, ASME HAS OVER 1.5 MILLION, UH, IN, IN MEMBERSHIP, AND IT'S A GROWING MEMBERSHIP. 
          AND I HAVE OVER 1000 CITY EMPLOYEES IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          SO CERTAINLY ENSURING THAT, UH, MY CONSTITUENCY AND OUR WORKERS ARE RECEIVING, UM, THEIR HAZARD PAY IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE AN INCREASE OF C OVID 19 NUMBERS. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, SEEING, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE MEXICAN AMERICAN, UH, MUSEUM IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          UH, I KNOW WE HIGHLIGHTED CESAR CHAVEZ, BUT I LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT NEXT YEAR FOR LABOR DAY, WE HONOR EMMA TAN YUCA, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE HONORING THE WOMAN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO WHO HAVE DONE THE ORGANIZING WORK, WHO WERE CLUBBED, GASSED AND ARRESTED TO ENSURE THAT THEY RECEIVED LIVABLE WAGES AND SAFE WORK CONDITIONS. 
          IF WE LOOK TO THE, THE AFME MEMBERSHIP, IT'S WOMEN, RIGHT? . 
          SO LET'S ENSURE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HISTORY, WE'RE TELLING THE FULL HISTORY, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE IN THAT TIME WHERE WE WANNA TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TELLING THE FULL STORY. 
          UM, SO WHEN WE'RE HONORING INDIVIDUALS, WE NEED TO ENSURE WE'RE TELLING THAT FULL STORY ABOUT WHAT THEIR WORK ENTAILED. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, I SAW THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT RECEIVED AN INCREASE IN EMPLOYEES, SO THANK YOU ERIC FOR THAT. 
          UM, N H S D IS SEVERELY, UM, UNDERSTAFFED, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING MORE SUPPORT IN THAT DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, A COUPLE OF, UH, I GUESS SOME DIRECTION IS, UM, RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THAT, UM, THE FUNDING FOR UNDER ONE ROOF IS THERE. 
          HOWEVER, THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATION 
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ABOUT USING SOME OF THAT FUNDING TO ADDRESS FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES. 
          UM, I BELIEVE WE RECEIVED THAT ONLY THREE HOMES HAVE BEEN DENIED, UM, SUPPORT FOR THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM DUE TO, UH, FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES. 
          SO IF WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE USE HOMEOWNER REHAB TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES, UH, ISSUES, RATHER THAN CHIPPING AWAY AT THE OVERALL UNDER ONE ROOF FUNDING. 
          UM, AND IF WE CAN ALSO EXPLORE, I APPRECIATE THE SLIDE ON USING T FUNDS TO MEET IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY NEEDS OR CITY NEEDS. 
          UM, AND IF WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT THAT FUNDING, THE TOURIST FUNDING IN PARTICULAR TO ADDRESS, UM, HOMEOWNER REHAB PROGRAMS, THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SEVERAL SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, SO IF I COULD LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW WE INTEND TO SUPPORT OUR MICRO BUSINESSES. 
          I'VE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF, UH, CAUSE AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE UPTICK OF C OVID 19 AND WHAT KIND OF SERVICES AND SUPPORT THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THEM, WHETHER THAT BE US DISTRIBUTING MORE SANITIZER, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, IF I COULD GET SOME DIRECTION ON, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE BUDGET. 
          LET'S, UM, I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS, UH, SIMILAR SENTIMENTS REGARDING THE INCREASE OF SS A P D OFFICERS. 
          WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT IF WE ARE PROPOSING A PLAN, THAT IT'S DELEGATING CALLS TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, THAT WE ARE BEING INTENTIONAL, RIGHT? UM, MY, MY INTERPRETATION WAS THAT WE'RE DELEGATING THESE CALLS, SO SSS A P D HAS MORE OPPORTUNITY TO PATROL AND BE PRESENT. 
          UM, SO IF, IF THEY HAVE MORE FREE TIME TO RESPOND TO CALLS, 'CAUSE CALLS ARE BEING DELEGATED TO, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CODE, CODE, I, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE INCREASE. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN IF THERE'S ANYTHING FOR ADDRESSING FOOD DESERTS, IF THERE'S ANY FUNDING FOR A POPUP, UH, FOOD, FOOD STUFF WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE OR WITHIN THE BORDER OF ANY OF THE NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS THAT HAVE, UH, FOOD DESERTS. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          YEAH, SO I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING IN THE MEXICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. 
          UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE CIVIL RIGHTS COORDINATOR, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, SOMEONE THERE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. 
          SO I ECHO COUNCILMAN MCC RODRIGUEZ AND THE NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE THERE, UM, TO FACILITATE THOSE IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS, BUT ALSO HIGHLIGHT, RIGHT, THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH SENATE BILL 14, IT WOULD MAKE IT HARDER TO STRENGTHEN NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE. 
          SO WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE SENDING OUR CITY LOBBYISTS TO AUSTIN, THAT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT PLAYING THE ARSONIST AND THE FIREFIGHTER AT THE SAME TIME, AND WE'RE SUPPORTING POLICY THAT PROTECTS OUR WORKERS AND THE, THE, THE POTENTIAL TO STRENGTHEN, UH, NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE. 
          UM, THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS I HAVE FOR NOW. 
          UM, BUT I'LL CHIME IN IF ANYTHING COMES UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, ERIC, THANK YOU. 
          UH, I THINK THAT WAS A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION. 
          I KNOW THAT YOUR STAFF AND, UH, EVERYBODY IN THE BUDGET OFFICE WORKED VERY HARD TO PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR US. 
          I ALSO WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT A HARD COPY THAT'LL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UH, LOOK AT IT, MAKE OUR NOTES, AND BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND, AND TALK A LOT ABOUT SOME OF THE KEY ISSUES IN HERE THAT MANY OF US MAY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, RECOMMEND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANY KIND OF ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PROPOSAL. 
          AND THIS IS JUST A PROPOSAL, AND IT, SO IT IS OPEN FOR COMMUNITY INPUT, UH, AS WELL AS COUNCIL INPUT. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM PEOPLE AND THROUGHOUT MY DISTRICT AND PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY ON HOW THEY FEEL WE ARE PROJECTING TO SPEND, UH, THE MONEY IN THIS NEXT BUDGET. 
          UH, I THINK SOME OF THE CONCERNS I'VE HAD, AND I KNOW THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT EVERYBODY HAVE HAD, AND, AND WE'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS, AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALWAYS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, I THINK, AND THAT'S NO DIFFERENT IN MY DISTRICT. 
          I WAS, UH, GLAD TO SEE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A REALLOCATION OF, UH, THE POLICE OFFICER'S RESPONSE TO THE, UH, VARIOUS KINDS OF CALLS THAT COME IN SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND COUNT ON, ON OTHER PROFESSIONALS WHO CAN HANDLE SO MANY OF THESE, UH, PARTICULAR CALLS. 
          AND THAT WOULD LEAVE OUR POLICE OFFICERS MORE TIME FOR ACTUALLY PROTECTING THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SO I FEEL THAT'S A, A REAL POSITIVE, UH, ADDITION TO THIS BUDGET. 
          I'M ALSO GLAD TO SEE THE ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS AND SAFE OFFICERS. 
          UH, I BELIEVE MANY PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY IN, IN MY COMMUNITY, BELIEVE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE, UH, MORE POLICE AVAILABLE FOR RESPONSE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS I THINK WE HAVE ALL OVER 
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THE COMMUNITY IS, IS TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE SPEEDING, PEOPLE DRIVING DANGEROUSLY. 
          AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE POLICE OUT THERE PATROLLING FOR THAT. 
          SO WE NEED MORE POLICE OFFICERS TO HELP DO THAT. 
          I'M PARTICULARLY GLAD THOUGH, TO SEE THE ADDITIONAL SAFE OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE REALLY ENGAGED IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY AND CAN BE SO RESPONSIVE TO IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT MAY POP UP IN, IN NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, AND I'M ALSO GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES OVERALL, UH, FOR OUR POLICE. 
          I THINK ANOTHER MAJOR ISSUE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          AND I THINK THE BASIC RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE SEE HERE OFFER IMPROVEMENTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          PUTTING, UH, I THINK IT'S AN ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION, OR NO, EXCUSE ME, AN ADDITIONAL WHAT? UH, 14, $15 MILLION INTO PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT PUBLIC HEALTH WAS NOT PREPARED. 
          UH, METRO HEALTH ITSELF WAS NOT PREPARED FOR WHAT WE, UH, HAVE HAD TO TACKLE. 
          BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE BETTER PREPARED IN THE FUTURE. 
          UH, AND I'M WONDERING, ONE THING WE DIDN'T HEAR, AND I'LL ASK ERIC, WHAT ABOUT USING ADDITIONAL ARPA FUNDING TO EXPAND OUR PUBLIC HEALTH? I DIDN'T SEE THAT, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN, I DIDN'T, UH, WE DID NOT WANNA MAKE THE ASSUMPTION OF, OF THE BALANCE OF THE ARPA FUNDS THROUGH THE BUDGET. 
          'CAUSE WE HAD ONLY TALKED TO YOU AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL ABOUT THAT 97 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          UM, AND DELIBERATELY SAID THAT WE'LL DO THAT PHASE TWO. 
          SO THAT, THAT FRANKLY IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, CAN CERTAINLY BE PART OF THE COUNCIL CONVERSATION AS WE GO INTO THAT PHASE. 
          BUT WE DIDN'T WANNA, WE DIDN'T WANNA CROSS LIGHTSABERS. 
          'CAUSE I, I TOLD YOU WE WOULDN'T. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, CAN YOU TELL US WHEN WE WILL DISCUSS THAT ADDITIONAL, WHAT, ALMOST $67 MILLION AND ARPA FUNDING THAT WE HAVE THIS, THIS BUDGET YEAR? WHEN WILL WE BE TALKING ABOUT THAT? ARE YOU GONNA WAIT TILL AFTER THIS BUDGET OR SOMETIME SOON? WE'RE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE TREASURY GUIDELINES STILL EITHER AT THE END OF THIS MONTH OR IN SEPTEMBER, IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD. 
          UM, SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO HAVE THOSE FINAL GUIDELINES SO THAT THEY CAN ACT AS, AS THE RULES OF THE ROAD FOR THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, SO I, I THINK BEST CASE SCENARIO, WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT, THAT COULD START AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER, I THINK. 
          I THINK WE'LL NEED TO TALK, UM, THE COUNCIL WILL NEED TO TALK AS A GROUP BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND SO WE MAY WANNA STAGE THIS STRATEGICALLY SO THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN, IN PIECES THAT, UH, WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
          I KNOW THAT MANY OF US MAY HAVE SOME PARTICULAR, UH, PROJECTS, INVESTMENTS NEEDS IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE THINK NEED MORE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION THAN A FIVE YEAR PLAN. 
          AND HOPEFULLY, UH, THESE, A RPA FUNDS COULD HELP FILL SOME OF THOSE GAPS AND MEET THOSE MORE IMMEDIATE NEEDS. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO WANT US TO BE CONSIDERING THAT AS PART OF OUR OVERALL, UH, EFFORT TO MEET THE NEEDS AND, AND, UH, THE CONCERNS OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I RECALL LEARNING ABOUT WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE COUNCIL WAS, UM, SOMETHING CALLED COMPLETE STREETS. 
          AND I BELIEVE IT WAS A POLICY THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL. 
          AND YOU KNOW, TODAY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS BUDGET, MONEY FOR STREETS, SIDEWALKS, VISION, ZERO BICYCLE LANES. 
          HOW DOES ALL THIS WORK WITH COMPLETE STREETS AS, AS SOME KIND OF A CITY POLICY? 'CAUSE I REALLY DON'T RECALL ANYONE COMING UP RECENTLY AND SAYING, WE'RE GONNA BUILD A COMPLETE STREET SOMEWHERE THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THESE. 
          SO, UH, WHILE I, I'LL ASK ROD AND RAZZI TO COME UP, UM, THERE COMES RAZZI, UM, THAT, THAT POLICY COUNCILMAN IS INCORPORATED WITHIN THE DESIGN OF ALL OUR CURRENT PROJECTS. 
          AND SO MAYBE ZI, YOU CAN, YOU CAN KIND OF BRIDGE THAT, UH, QUESTION FOR THE MAYOR OR FOR THE COUNCIL. 
          GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMAN. 
          ANYTIME WE HAVE A PROJECT, WE LOOK TO MAKE SURE, CAN WE INCLUDE ALL OF THE USE ON THAT ROADWAY, BUT THAT MEANS SIDEWALK, BIKE LANE, LANDSCAPING, AND ON EVERY PROJECT WE DO CHECK OUT THOSE. 
          SOME PROJECT WE CAN DO AND SOME WE COULDN'T BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY. 
          AS PART OF 2017 BOND PROGRAM, WE HAVE NUMBER OF THE PROJECT WE ARE BUILDING BIKE LANE, WIDER SIDEWALK AND LANDSCAPING WE DID ON HOUSEMAN ROAD FEW 
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YEARS AGO. 
          WE ARE DOING ON PART OF THE BROADWAY, WE ARE DOING ON PER ROAD IN COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT ON EVERY PROJECT WE DO. 
          WE CHECK FOR, SEE, CAN WE DO ALL OF THESE? WE NEED TO DO, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE CALL CAMPUS STREET FOR EVERY TYPE OF THE USE, BIKE, PEDESTRIAN, AND OF COURSE VEHICLE. 
          IS IT, IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF DOING IT IN, IN NEWER AREAS THAT ARE, ARE BEING DEVELOPED AS OPPOSED TO OLDER AREAS THAT HAVE LESS, UH, RIGHT OF WAY? THAT'S PRETTY ACCURATE STATEMENT. 
          ALSO, WE HAVE GOOD ABILITY TO USE SOME OF THE OLD TECHSTARS RIGHT OF WAY WE TAKE OVER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE USED TO BE ONE TIME A HIGHWAY. 
          THERE WAS NO HIGHWAY LIKE SAN PEDRO CREEK, BROADWAY, KBRA. 
          WE ARE LOOKING TO DO A SIDEWALK AND BIKE LANE. 
          AND YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE OLDER AREA WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN AREA, WE HAVE TIGHTER RIGHT WAY IS MORE DIFFICULT. 
          BUT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING SOME OF TIME TO MAKE THIS ROADWAY ONE WAY, IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO ADD BIKE LANE ON AVENUE B B IS GOOD EXAMPLE IS A TWO-WAY EXISTING. 
          WE ARE CHANGING FROM TWO-WAY TO ONE WAY TO ADD PROTECTED BIKE LANE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE UP BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION PROBABLY RELATED TO YOUR DEPARTMENT. 
          I HAD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR I M P PLANS, A FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR IMPROVING STREETS, SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE, UH, PAINTING LINES, UH, ON ROADWAYS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 
          UM, AND HOW ARE THOSE FUNDING SOURCES INCORPORATED INTO THOSE FIVE-YEAR PLANS FOR EACH OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS? I MEAN, WE'RE SAYING THERE'S $110 MILLION ON ROADS FOR THIS YEAR. 
          UH, HOW DO WE, UH, HOW DO WE DECIDE, UH, WHAT IS THE COST FOR THE ROADS THAT ARE GONNA BE ON THE FIVE YEAR PLAN AND ANY ONE OF THESE COUNCIL DISTRICTS? OR DOES THAT DICTATE HOW MANY ROADS ARE GONNA BE IMPROVED EACH YEAR GOING FORWARD? ON, ON, YOU KNOW, IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, FIRST OF ALL, FOR LAST TWO YEARS, COUNCILMAN, WE ARE DECIDING HOW WE DISTRIBUTE THAT OVERALL BUDGET. 
          FOR SS M P FOR 2022, WHICH I'M PRESENTING ON AUGUST 24TH, WE HAVE 110 MILLION. 
          WE ARE GOING TO DISTRIBUTE TESTS THAT 110 MILLION BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT AND CONDITION OF THE SIZE OF DISTRICT, 50% OF THE MONEY, OR 55 MILLION WILL GO BASED ON THE CONDITION ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS. 
          A P C I LOWER NEEDS SOME HELP. 
          WE ARE GIVING, WE ARE ALLOCATING MORE MONEY TO GO THAT THE REMAINING 50%, WHICH ANOTHER 55 MILLION WILL GO BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE CONSERV DISTRICT. 
          CONSERV DISTRICT 10 HAS A LOT PAVEMENT, A LOT AREA, LIKE A ROOF AREA, A LOT AREA TO MAINTAIN. 
          THEY'RE GETTING MORE MONEY. 
          AND ALSO WE HAVE P C I FOR THE ENTIRETY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE KNOW WHAT TYPE OF THE ROAD AND WHAT TYPE OF APPLICATION THEY NEED. 
          WE MEET WITH EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT WITH ANTHONY FROM MY OFFICE, MEET WITH EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          WE SHOW WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING AND GET INPUT FROM COUNCIL'S OFFICE. 
          AND WE DEVELOPED OUR FIVE YEARS, MOST OF THE TIME, 90% OF THOSE PER PROJECT STAY AS IS SOMETIME THE CONDITION CHANGE WE WORKING WITH COUNCIL DISTRICT, WE MAY END UP CHANGING FEW OF THOSE PROJECT. 
          OKAY. 
          RAZZI, ONE OTHER THING, AND I GUESS YOU'RE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S YOUR DEPARTMENT WHO DOES THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, OUR STREETS IN THIS CITY ARE PRETTY TRASHY. 
          AND I THINK I, I DIDN'T SEE US, UH, TALK ABOUT IN OUR BUDGET INCREASING THE ABILITY FOR US TO GO OUT AND CLEAN THE STREETS ALL OVER THE CITY. 
          NOW I RECOGNIZE TXDOT HAS A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE, THE MAJOR ARTERIES. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE 2 81 OR 1604 OR FOUR 10. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I HEAR A LOT FROM PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY ABOUT HOW TRASHY OUR STREETS ARE. 
          WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING THOSE STREETS AND WHAT KIND OF PROCESS DO WE HAVE, UH, TO DO THAT RA RAZZI LET ME JUMP IN REAL QUICK AND YOU, AND CAN FOLLOW UP ABOUT STREET SWEEPING. 
          UH, THAT, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. 
          COUNCILMAN AND I, I THINK COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA BROUGHT IT UP. 
          YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S 3 1 1 CALLS OR, UH, OR NEIGHBORHOOD CALLS. 
          UH, WE, WE USE A VARIETY OF CREWS. 
          UH, WE, WE USE STORMWATER CREWS. 
          UH, THAT SHOULD BE DR UH, MOWING. 
          UH, WE USE STREET CREWS. 
          WE USE SOLID WASTE CREWS. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA INCLUDE IN THE, WE'VE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, A DEDICATED CREW TO DO NOTHING BUT CLEAN UP, FUND THAT OUT OF THE SOLID WASTE FUND. 
          THE IDEA IS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE A 
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CREW WITH THE EQUIPMENT TO, WHETHER IT'S, UH, UH, REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION, IT COULD BE SOMETHING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 
          UM, IT COULD BE SOMETHING NEIGHBORHOOD BASED, BUT THEIR WORK SCHEDULE AND IT'S, IT'S A SIMPLE ISSUE. 
          THEIR WORK SCHEDULE'S GONNA BE PICKING STUFF UP OR TRASH UP AROUND THE CITY. 
          I'M, I'M EQUALLY AS, UH, BOTHERED BY IT 'CAUSE I SEE IT ALL THE TIME. 
          AND, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'LL KEEP THE, THE STORM WATER, THE SOLID WASTE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS CREWS DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. 
          UM, AND NOT GOING BACK AND FORTH AND TRYING TO ADJUST THE MOWING SCHEDULE. 
          'CAUSE WE GOTTA GO PICK STUFF UP. 
          SO WE'RE MAKING, WE'RE MAKING A, IT'S NOT A HUGE INVESTMENT, BUT IT IS A DEDICATED CREW WITH THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT THAT COULD DO JUST THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UH, WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TO LET YOU KNOW, I, I CHECKED WITH ND AND IT'S JUST ONE POSITION AND IT'S TIED INTO THE DIGITAL, UM, UH, ADMINISTRATOR THAT WE WILL BE ALSO, UH, LOOKING AT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UM, COUNCILMAN, UH, COURAGE, I'LL, I'LL SHARE THE PAGE WITH YOU LATER. 
          BUT THAT'S THE ONE THAT I WAS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT, UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DEDICATED CREW TEAM TO, TO CLEAN UP, IF YOU WILL, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AREAS. 
          BUT I ALSO, UM, WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME ITEMS OVER IN OUR SPENDING PLAN FOR THE 20 22, 20 27 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM. 
          AND SO, RAZZI, IT MIGHT BE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, BUT ON PAGE 3 84, I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT, UM, WHICH A O WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON. 
          UM, IT'S PART OF THE CITYWIDE, UH, IT'S AN ISSUE, TEXT NOTES. 
          AND THEN ALSO ON THE ALAMEDA ANNEX, I'D LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO, UM, UH, RENOVATION. 
          SO THE INVESTMENT IN THAT, I MAYBE I, I MAYBE I WASN'T ON COUNCIL WHEN THAT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED, BUT I'D JUST LOVE TO LEARN HOW THE CITY IS CONTRIBUTING OR, OR WHAT OUR SHARE IS. 
          UM, ON PAGE 3 86, WE ALSO HAVE A PROJECT WITH CITYWIDE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE FOR FACILITY NEEDS. 
          I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF FACILITIES AND WHERE SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW IT'S CITYWIDE, BUT WONDERING SPECIFICALLY HOW IT RELATES TO DISTRICT FOUR. 
          UM, ALSO ON PAGE 3 87, IT'S A FUNDING FOR AN ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY GENERATORS. 
          AND I'M WONDERING HOW MANY PUBLIC SAFETY GENERATORS. 
          GENERATORS. 
          I ALSO SAW SOMEWHERE IN THE BUDGET, UM, THAT THERE WAS $5 MILLION ALLOCATED SPECIFICALLY FOR GENERATORS ALREADY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS IN ADDITION TO, SO WHAT'S THE GRAND TOTAL? IS IT FIVE? IT'S NOT, OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          GO AHEAD, RAY. 
          IT'S, IT'S THE AMOUNT THAT I HAD IN THE FLAG. 
          IT'S, IT'S A PART OF THAT, ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN ALSO ON PAGE, UM, 400, WE HAVE A GO PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENT BOND. 
          AND, AND MAYBE I JUST HAD MISSED THIS BEFORE, BUT IT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR PUBLIC ART, UH, WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, BUT IS IT PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED? I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS USED THERE. 
          SO IF I COULD JUST GET SOME ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          AND THEN ALSO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE LEON CREEK BLACKLAND CORRIDOR, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE ON PAGE 4 0 9. 
          UM, I'M WONDERING ALSO IF WE WILL BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE SOME FEDERAL FUND IF WE, IF WE COULD THEN REALLOCATE SOME OF THAT FUNDING IF WE DO GET FEDERAL FUNDS TO SOME OTHER AREAS THAT NEED SOME, UM, PARTICULAR ATTENTION. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          AND THEN ALSO I THINK THE FINAL ONE IS, OH, UM, THERE WAS 98 ON PAGE 75, THERE WAS 98 ACTIONS IDENTIFIED IN OUR HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN. 
          IN THE FLOOD CATEGORY, IT SAYS THAT OF THOSE ACTIONS, 10 CAPITAL PROJECTS WERE ALREADY RECEIVED, HAD RECEIVED FUNDING, AND ARE COMPLETED OR IN THE PROCESS. 
          UM, BUT IT ALSO RECOMMENDS FOR THE NEXT BOND, THE 2227 BOND TO MAYBE HELP SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THESE STORMWATER REGIONAL FAC AND, AND FROM THE STORMWATER REGIONAL FACILITIES FUNDS. 
          HOWEVER, I'M, I'M NERVOUS BECAUSE THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE LAST BOND AND IT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE BOND. 
          IF IT DOESN'T MAKE IT INTO THE BOND AGAIN FOR 20 22, 20 27, WHAT DO WE DO? BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN, IN MY DISTRICT AND IN THE NORTHERN PART OF DISTRICT, AND I'VE TELLING COUNCILMAN PERRY'S OFFICE, WE CAN'T WAIT. 
          WELL, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PRIORITIZE. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PRIORITIZE. 
          AND IF SOME OF THOSE ITEMS DON'T MAKE IT ON THE BOND LIST, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME UP WITH A ANOTHER PLAN. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT WITH, WITH THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE HAZARD, THE HAZARDOUS MITIGATION PLAN, WE HAVE TO KEEP THEM IN FRONT OF US. 
          AND WHETHER IT'S BOND OR STORM WATER OR REGIONAL FACILITIES OR FEDERAL FUNDING, WHAT HAVE YOU, THEY SHOULD BE A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN ANYTHING ELSE WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          I APPRECIATE, AND, AND MAYBE I CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THAT CONVERSATION LATER. 
          UM, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ADDING HOUSING OR 
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BENEFIT NAVIGATORS TO CONTINUE THE NAVIGATION PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO CARE FUNDS. 
          WHAT HAPPENS, I LIKE THAT PROGRAM, AND I THINK WE MENTIONED THAT THE NAVIGATORS CAN CONNECT TO A LOT OF OTHER AREAS. 
          WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE EXHAUST OUR CARES FUNDING? AND SO ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THESE PERMANENTLY? HOW ARE WE MEASURING THEIR IMPACT? YES. 
          WELL, THE IDEA WOULD BE, WELL, NOTHING'S EVER PERMANENT, I GUESS. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE, THE, THAT SMALL CADRE OF OF EMPLOYEES BE FUNDED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND NOT TIED TO A GRANT FUND OR A, AN ARPA OR CARES FUND, THAT GOES AWAY AT SOME POINT. 
          UM, FRANKLY, I THINK PROBABLY EVEN PRE PANDEMIC, UM, KNOWING WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, THERE WAS PROBABLY A NEED THAT WE WEREN'T FULFILLING AT THAT POINT. 
          SO, BUT IT WOULD BE A GENERAL FUND EXPENSE, UM, AND SUBJECT TO, YOU KNOW, THE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          AH, THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, GREAT TO HAVE THE BIG THICK BOOK AGAIN, ERIC, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND, UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR PUTTING THIS THING TOGETHER. 
          A LOT OF DATA INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS HERE. 
          UM, BUT I, I WANNA MAKE SURE MY COLLEAGUES TURN THE VERY FIRST PAGE, I MEAN, THE VERY FIRST PAGE, IT TALKS ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES, AND WE ARE RAISING AN ADDITIONAL $20 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAXES FOR 2022. 
          THAT'S OVER A 3% INCREASE. 
          UM, THIS INCLUDED WITH DO WE HAVE A, AT THE TRIAL BUDGET? ERIC, YOU TALKED ABOUT A $42 MILLION CARRYOVER. 
          ARE WE STILL PROJECTING A $42 MILLION CARRYOVER FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT? SO, COUNCILMAN, I'LL LET MARIA WALK UP THERE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, BECAUSE WE SAW AN INCREASE IN SALES TAX, UH, DURING THE SUMMER. 
          UH, WE MISSED A PART OF OUR C P S REVENUE. 
          IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY SLIGHTLY HIGHER RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, TO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, OUR ESTIMATED ENDING BALANCE AS A PERCENTAGE OF OPERATING REVENUES IS ABOUT 20%. 
          20%. 
          AND WHAT'S THE NUMBER I LIKE TO DEAL IN NUMBERS, BUT $250 MILLION A CARRYOVER, THAT IS OUR TOTAL RESERVE. 
          SO THE 10% THAT WE RESERVE EVERY YEAR IS $126 MILLION. 
          AND THEN WE ARE, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, CARRYING ANOTHER $130 MILLION. 
          SO THAT'S A TWO 50. 
          SO AS A TOTAL IN BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021. 
          ALL RIGHT, WELL, THAT'S EVEN MORE THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BIG CARRYOVER INTO NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, THAT AND THE  $20 MILLION ADDITIONAL MONEY INTO OUR REVENUE STREAM ON PROPERTY TAXES ONLY STRENGTHENS MY ARGUMENT. 
          WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD WE NOT SUPPORT, UH, A HIGHER HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION HERE FOR, FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS HERE IN TOWN? AND THAT, I'M GONNA KEEP SAYING THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          WE ARE, UM, NOT LOOKING AT HOMEOWNERS, WHICH MEANS EVERY EVERY PERSON OUT THERE THAT OWNS A HOME, THEY'RE LOOKING AT PROPERTY TAX REDUCTIONS. 
          AND WE HAVE FAILED THEM IN THIS BUDGET. 
          WE FAILED THEM TO PASS A, A LARGER HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO KEEP UP WITH RISING RATES AND FEES, NOT ONLY FOR PROPERTY TAX VALUES, BUT RATES AND FEES THAT WE PASS ON THROUGH VARIOUS BILLS THAT WE SEND OUT. 
          AND IT, IT, IT, I, IT'S JUST AMAZES ME THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO CARVE OUT, WHAT WAS IT, ANOTHER SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF THIS OUT OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET FOR INCREASING IT TO A 5% FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          I THINK THAT THOSE WERE THE NUMBERS THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH BACK THEN. 
          BUT YEAH, I'M JUST, UH, UM, I'M, I'M AMAZED ABOUT THIS, THAT WE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SUPPORTING THAT. 
          AND WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT SOME MORE WHEN WE GET TO APPROVING THIS BUDGET. 
          BECAUSE THIS IS A TWO YEAR BUDGET, RIGHT? YES, SIR. 
          YOU ADOPT THE COUNCIL ADOPTS THE ANNUAL BUDGET, AND WITH THAT, YOU ADOPT THE PLAN FOR 2023. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
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WELL, THAT, THAT, OKAY, WE'LL, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT WHEN WE COME UP TO ADOPTING THIS BUDGET FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, UH, BECAUSE IT'S TOO LATE TO ADOPT OR NOTIFY THE STATE FOR 22 ABOUT RAISING OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          BUT IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR THE SECOND YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA BE LOOKING AT, AND I HOPE THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES REALIZE THAT ON WHERE WE NEED TO HELP OUR HOMEOWNERS ACROSS THE CITY, UH, WITH A, AN ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD TAX EXEMPTION. 
          SO, HAVING SAID THAT, UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT TAX RATES ALSO. 
          AND TAKING A LOOK AT OUR TAX RATES, UM, FROM 2011 TO 2015, WE HAD ABOUT A A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE IN OUR ANNUAL BUDGET FROM 2011 TO 2015, 2016, UH, WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN 15. 
          BUT WE ALSO LOWERED OUR TAX RATE FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          OUR TAX RATE GOT LOWERED BECAUSE WE SAW WE WERE GETTING IN MORE REVENUE THAN WE NEEDED. 
          WELL, WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE, SINCE 2017, WE'VE HAD OVER $520 MILLION ADDED TO OUR ANNUAL BUDGETS. 
          AND WHAT HAVE WE DONE? HAVE WE LOOKED AT LOWERING OUR TAX RATE? NO, BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE SAY, HEY, WE'RE NOT RAISING OUR TAX RATE, WE'RE KEEPING IT THE SAME. 
          WELL, GUESS WHAT? OUR PROPERTY TAXES CONTINUE TO GO UP EVERY, EVERY YEAR. 
          BUT YET WE KEEP BRINGING IN THAT MONEY TO THE CITY AND NOT GIVING ANYTHING BACK TO THE CITIZENS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WE CONTINUE TO COLLECT THAT EXTRA MONEY, AND, AND WE'RE DRUNK ON MONEY. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE SPENDING IT, WE'RE SPENDING EVERY PENNY THAT WE GET HERE. 
          AND THEN ON TOP OF IT, WE HAVE EXCESS MONEY AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND WE CARRY IT OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR. 
          SO I'M, I'M LOOKING AT, UH, UH, DUAL APPROACH HERE, LOOKING AT, UH, UH, UPPING OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR THE SECOND YEAR OF THIS BUDGET. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT LOWERING OUR TAX RATE FOR THE CITY TODAY. 
          AND WE CAN DO THAT AND STILL LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS. 
          AND SO I'D REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS HERE, ERIC, BUT I REALLY WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE. 
          I HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS HERE, BUT I GUESS WE WILL GET TO A LOT OF THOSE WHEN WE GET INTO THE INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSIONS. 
          BUT, UH, I GOT A COUPLE OF 'EM HERE. 
          I WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT SLIDE 10. 
          YOU KNOW, WE GOT SALES TAX, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, AND AIRPORT REVENUE RECOVERY. 
          WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD PUT ON THERE, JUST LIKE THIS FIRST PAGE SAYS IN HERE ABOUT OUR PROPERTY TAXES, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT UP HERE UP FRONT TOO. 
          UH, THE RECOVERY, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE COLLECTING MORE ON PROPERTY TAXES. 
          THAT IS A PART OF THE RECOVERY HERE FOR THE CITY. 
          SO THAT WAS LEFT OFF OF THIS CHART. 
          I WISH IT WOULD'VE BEEN THERE. 
          UM, SLIDE 12. 
          SO LAST YEAR'S TOTAL BUDGET WAS ABOUT 2.9 BILLION. 
          WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE WENT OVER $3 BILLION. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          BUT WHERE'S THIS, WHERE'S THIS MONEY GOING AND WHERE'S IT COMING FROM? WHERE, WHERE WAS, WHERE WAS OUR BIG REVENUE GENERATOR FOR THE 22 BUDGET? DOES ANYBODY KNOW OFFHAND WHAT'S OUR BIGGEST GENERA? YOU KNOW WHAT BUMPED IT UP TO 3.1 BILLION? COUNCILMAN? UH, JUST TO CLARIFY ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED, THE ADDITIONAL, YOU ASKED YOUR QUESTION IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THE ENDING BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT REPRESENTS OUR RESERVES TO BE ABLE TO BALANCE FISCAL YEAR 22 AS PROPOSED AND FISCAL YEAR 2023? SO OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES CALL FOR A MINIMUM GENERAL FUND ENDING BALANCE OF 15%. 
          SO WHEN YOU GET TO FISCAL YEAR 2023, WE ARE AT 15%. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT I, I WAS CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT ADDITIONAL MONEY OR A CARRYOVER, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY OUR GROSS ENDING BALANCE AND THE BUDGET IS BALANCED. 
          SO WE WERE TO TAKE ANY OF THAT MONEY, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO CUT OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY BALANCED IN THE PLAN. 
          YES. 
          AND THAT'S A POLICY THAT CAN BE CHANGED. 
          IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE 15%. 
          THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE, THE MAYOR. 
          EXACTLY. 
          EXACTLY. 
          AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IN TERMS OF THE GROWTH IN OUR, UH, TOTAL CITY BUDGET, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE GROWTH IS ABOUT 72. 
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I'M SORRY, THE GROWTH IS $142 MILLION YEAR OVER YEAR, OR 4.9%. 
          ABOUT $30 MILLION OF THAT IN THE GENERAL FUND, FOR EXAMPLE, IS ARPA. 
          SO THERE IS A, A, UH, GROWTH IN OUR GRANTS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          THERE'S ALSO THE INCLUSION IN THIS BUDGET OF OUR, UH, READY TO WORK, UH, PLAN. 
          SO THAT IS INCREASING OUR TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND THEN GROWTH THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE AIRPORT, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, AND OUR SALES TAX. 
          SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF SEVERAL, UH, RESOURCES. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THE GROWTH HAS TO DO WITH OUR FEDERAL GRANTS. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT YOU MENTIONED A GOOD ONE, SALES TAX. 
          WHAT WAS THE GROWTH IN THAT IN SALES TAX? SO OUR GROWTH, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR IS, UM, WHAT WE MENTIONED ABOUT 14%, UH, FROM WHERE WE WERE IN FISCAL YEAR 2021 ADOPTED. 
          YEP. 
          14%. 
          THAT'S A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY, UH, FROM SALES TAX. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, SLIDE, UH, I'VE GOT SEVERAL OF 'EM HERE. 
          WHY WE'RE PROJECTING SUCH LOW NUMBERS, LIKE IN SLIDE 18 AND SLOW SLIDE 18, PLEASE. 
          YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE PROJECTING 3.7 FOR 2022. 
          WHY? WHY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING OUT ACROSS THE YEARS, I MEAN, IT'S MUCH HIGHER THAN THE 3.7, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GETTING BETTER POSITIVE RESULTS THAN WE EXPECTED AND EVERYTHING, BUT I'M LOOKING AT THAT NUMBER. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE LOWEST NUMBERS ON THERE, EXCEPT FOR WAY BACK WHEN IN, UH, 2013. 
          SO WHY SUCH A LOW PROJECTION ON THAT? UH, GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          SO COUNCILMAN, THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT A PROJECTION. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT IS BASED ON OUR CERTIFIED TAX RULE THAT WE GOT FROM THE BEAR APPRAISAL DISTRICT IN JULY. 
          SO THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOTTA REACH A 95% CERTIFICATION LEVEL. 
          UM, SO THEY GAVE US THAT AT THE END OF JULY. 
          SO THAT NUMBER IS NOT A PROJECTION. 
          THAT IS WHAT WE EXPECT. 
          THAT IS WHAT WE WILL ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE AT F Y 22. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S BASED ON THE BEARER COUNTY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER PERRY, GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, CAN YOU PULL UP SLIDE TWO PLEASE? SO ERIC, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HIS PRESENTATION AS SOON AS YOU GOT TO THE SECOND SLIDE. 
          AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHO, WHO HELPED YOU WITH THIS ON YOUR TEAM OR WHAT KIND OF, JUST FROM A MESSAGING STANDPOINT. 
          I THINK THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING SLIDE. 
          I THINK IT REALLY CAPTURES WELL, UH, A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION FROM OUR GOAL SETTING, UH, SESSION. 
          UM, AND I, I THINK IT, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY NEARLY A PERFECT SLIDE, BUT THERE'S ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO GET YOU TO ADD TO THAT. 
          AND THAT IS, HOW ARE WE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. 
          WE'RE NOT COMING OUT OF A PANDEMIC NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING BACK INTO IT. 
          BUT WHEN WE DO, AND WE, BECAUSE WE SEE FROM BULLET ONE, THERE WERE, UH, REF REFLECTS THAT FASTER FISCAL RECOVERY AS WE CONTINUE A FISCAL RECOVERY. 
          AND WITH WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THIS PANDEMIC, HOW DO WE PIVOT SO THAT WHEN WE PROSPER AS A CITY, THAT WE DON'T LEAVE OUR MOST VULNERABLE BEHIND? HOW ARE WE DEALING WITH OUR ECONOMIC SEGREGATION? HOW ARE WE, UM, ADDRESSING, HOW ARE WE SUPPORTING OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE ABUELOS AND ABUELOS WHO HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN LE SYSTEMATICALLY LEFT BEHIND THROUGH REDLINING OR OTHER MEASURES. 
          AND SO HOW DO WE ALL PROSPER TOGETHER? AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT AS HIGHLIGHTED AS A THEME IN OUR BUDGET. 
          YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE THAT, UH, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION OFFICE, BUT I WANT TO SEE, I WANNA SEE THAT WE ARE PURPOSEFULLY PUTTING RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET IN A WAY BEHIND, UM, MAKE SUPPORTING PEOPLE IN A MEANINGFUL WAYS TO ADDRESS OUR ECONOMIC DISPARITY IN OUR CITY. 
          I THEN, THEN THE BOTTOM BULLET SAYS, MAKE INVESTMENTS TO BECOME A MORE RESILIENT CITY. 
          UH, BUT THEN WHEN, IF YOU GO TO, UH, I FORGET WHICH SLIDE IT WAS, WHERE WE, WE ACTUALLY ADDRESS THAT RESILIENCY. 
          THERE'S $8.5 MILLION THAT'S PUT IN THERE. 
          AND I LOOK AT THE RECENT WINTER STORM THAT WE HAD. 
          AND, UH, 
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I LOOK AT THE LACK OF REFORM FROM THE STATE WITH THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION WITH ERCOT, UH, YOU KNOW, ERCOT STANDS FOR ELECTRICITY RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS. 
          AND THEY'VE HAVE PROVEN THAT, THAT WE CANNOT RELY ON THEM. 
          AND, AND I THANK THE MAYOR FOR CREATING A MUNICIPAL U UTILITIES COMMITTEE. 
          UH, BUT I'VE BEEN SURPRISED TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, AT HOW MANY TEXT MESSAGES WE'VE RECEIVED FROM C P SS ENERGY SINCE THAT WINTER STORM ASKING US TO REDUCE OUR ENERGY USAGE AND, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO STABILIZE THE GRID. 
          SO WE KNOW THAT WE CANNOT DEPEND ON THE STATE. 
          SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RESILIENT? AND I SAW THAT $1.2 BILLION BEING PROPOSED FOR THE 2022 BOND, AND THEN I ONLY SAW 8.5 MILLION HERE IN INVESTMENTS TO BECOME A MORE RE RESILIENT CITY. 
          SO I WANT TO PROPOSE THAT WE MAKE, THAT WE SET ASIDE A SIZABLE PORTION OF THAT BOND FOR RESILIENCY, THAT WE CARVE OUT A FULL SECTION FOR THAT IN ADDITION TO PARKS, IN ADDITION TO A SECTION ON STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IN ADDITION TO A SECTION THAT IS ON, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, DRAINAGE. 
          I WANT A SECTION ON RESILIENCY, AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE A SIZABLE PROPORTION. 
          I WANT TO, I WANNA PROPOSE THAT WE MAKE 20% OF OUR NEXT, OF OUR 2022 TO 2027 BOND DEDICATE DEDICATED TO RESILIENCY, UH, PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND SO I'M NOT GONNA DO ANY DEEP DIVE INTO A LOT OF THIS. 
          IT'S A BIG BOOK, UH, BUT I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT OVERVIEW AND SOME LARGE THEMES. 
          AND THEN, AND THEN, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING A DEEPER DIVE INTO THIS BUDGET AND TALKING ABOUT MORE OF THE ISSUES LATER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          UH, WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          CAN STAFF STATE WHAT THE PROCESS WILL BE FOR THE SELECTION OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE? AND WHAT ROLE, UH, WILL, UH, WILL THE COMMITTEE PLAY IN THE DECISION MAKING FOR THE BOND PROJECT? SO, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, UM, HOW, HOW, UH, WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST AND IT'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY THE COUNCIL NOW. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND THE STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS, UH, TO RECOMMEND, UM, DISTRICTS, UM, HERE AND, AND UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY NEED. 
          UH, THE STAFF, UM, ARE, ARE LOOKING AT WHAT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND IS THERE ANOTHER PHASE THAT'S REQUIRED THAT COMPILATION. 
          SO WE'LL COME TO COUNCIL AND I THINK PROBABLY WE, WE OUGHT TO BREAK IT UP INTO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT B SESSIONS TO HAVE THE PUBLIC CONVERSATION. 
          WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED, I THINK EVERYBODY'S PROBABLY RECEIVED, UM, SUGGESTIONS FROM, UM, UH, OUTSIDE AGENCIES OR PARTNERS, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE FUNDING. 
          UM, THOSE NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL. 
          UM, AND, AND, UH, PART OF, PART OF THE EVALUATION MATRIX OF THOSE PROJECTS REALLY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT WHETHER OR NOT IT, THEY MEET OUR, UH, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN GOALS. 
          UH, OUR ESSAY TOMORROW, THEY CONSISTENT WITH ESSAY TOMORROW. 
          DO THEY, UH, WHAT, UH, THREE THINGS THAT THE MAYOR THREW OUT IN THE SPRINGTIME THAT WERE, UH, THAT THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT. 
          DO THEY IMPROVE OUR CONNECTIVITY? DO THEY IMPROVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY? UM, AND, UM, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT FACTORS AS WELL. 
          SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT. 
          THE COUNCIL WILL REVIEW, MAKE, DO THAT INITIAL REVIEW OF PROJECTS. 
          UM, I I SUSPECT THAT THERE'LL BE A CONVERSATION WITH THE BODY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THERE ARE OTHER PROPOSITIONS ADDED, LIKE COUNCILMAN BRAVO JUST SUGGESTED. 
          UM, THE, THE BODY HAS NOT HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT A HOUSING BOND. 
          AND GIVEN THE CHARTER CHANGE, I SUSPECT THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WOULD WANT TO TALK ABOUT. 
          ONCE THOSE PROPOSITIONS ARE DIVIDED OUT, UH, INTO STREETS OR PARKS OR HOUSING OR WHATEVER THE PROPOSITIONS ARE, THEN, THEN YOU WILL APPOINT, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          UM, AND LAST TIME WHAT WE DID, UH, EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT APPOINTED THREE CITIZENS ON EACH COMMITTEE. 
          AND THE MAYOR APPOINTED THE CHAIRS OF EACH, EACH OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          AND THOSE COMMITTEES HAD A WHOLE SERIES OF MEETINGS TO REALLY GET INTO THE WEEDS AND RECOMMEND BACK TO THE COUNCIL THE FINAL PROJECT LIST. 
          SO WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF THAT. 
          AND, AND IN OUR, UH, COME ON UP RAZZI, WHEN WE GET TO THE, UH, THE CAPITAL BUDGET WORK SESSION WITH THE COUNCIL, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THAT SCHEDULE IN PRETTY, UH, A PRETTY GOOD DETAIL FOR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WITH THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BE, UM, PRO, UH, PROPOSED TO CITY COUNCIL, WAS THAT PRESENTED, UM, TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION FOR, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT? THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, THE ONE FROM YESTERDAY? YES. 
          YES. 
          I BELIEVE 
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VERO SAID THAT THEY HAD GONE TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION, UH, IN, IN APRIL. 
          I THOUGHT SHE SAID YESTERDAY. 
          MM-HMM. 
           NOW. 
          BUT TO YOUR POINT, IF THERE'S ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT A HOUSING PROPOSITION THAT THE COUNCIL HAS, WE'LL NEED TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE GROUPS LIKE THE HOUSING COMMISSION TO THAT CONVERSATION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I ALSO WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS ARE FEELING THE PRESSURES, THE ECONOMIC PRESSURES OF INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES. 
          SO IF WE COULD, UM, EXPLORE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION TOOLS. 
          'CAUSE WE ARE RECEIVING A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE RECEIVING TAX ABATEMENTS AT THE COST OF THE ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, SO IF WE CAN PRIORITIZE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION TOOLS, WHICH WE HAVE, RIGHT, WITH THE UNDER ONE ROOF MINOR REHAB PROGRAM. 
          UM, BUT TAXES ARE DEFINITELY AN INCREASING PRESSURE FOR DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS. 
          UM, I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE MEXICAN AMERICAN, UH, MUSEUM, UM, I NOTICED THAT IT ONLY HAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT IT'S BEING ALLOCATED. 
          UM, WHY IS THAT? AND IS THERE ROOM TO POTENTIALLY INCREASE IT TO MEET THE NEEDS? YES, MA'AM. 
          THERE'S, UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO 50, IT'S A HUNDRED IN THE, IN THE, IN OUR ARTS PROGRAM, ARTS BUDGET, AND 150 IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO A COMBINED TWO 50. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU C COUNCILWOMAN REGARDING THE PROJECT. 
          WE ARE LOOKING, WE ARE LOOKING, THIS PROJECT WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND FOR YOUR COUNCIL TO ADDRESS EQUITY CONNECTIVITY, HEALTH AND SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL, AND OF COURSE, INFRASTRUCTURE NEED OF THE ROADWAY, DRAINAGE, PARKS, AND OTHER, AS WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY WITH YOU, WE ARE, AND MY OFFICE IS SCHEDULING TO COME MEET, MEET ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER INDIVIDUALLY WEEK AFTER NEXT TO KIND OF SHOW WHAT THE IDEA WE HAVE FOR THAT COUNCIL DISTRICT AND GET INPUT LA LATE LAST YEAR I MET WITH YOU ALL OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT, NOT THE NEW ONE, OF COURSE, THEY WERE NOT IN THE OFFICE, AND WE HAVE GOTTEN GOOD AMOUNT INPUT FROM THEM, BUT WE ARE REFINING THOSE PROJECT AND COMING BACK TO MEET WITH EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, SHOW THEM WHAT WE ARE, KIND OF HAVE IDEA TO BE PART OF THE BOND AND GET INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          YEAH, JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, FOLLOW UP COMMENTS ON SLIDE 28. 
          UM, I THINK IT WAS SHOWING 24. 
          NO, THAT, THAT'S THE 15, UH, ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS. 
          BUT WHAT ON SLIDE 28? UH, I MEAN, 14, SLIDE 14, COUNCILMAN, THAT'S THE, UH, THE NINE, UH, CLINICAL DISPATCHERS AND FIRE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NINE PLUS THE 15. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT SCIENTIFIC SURVEYS SAID THAT PEOPLE WANNA SEE MORE POLICE OFFICERS OUT IN THE FIELD, UM, PATROLLING, STOPPING THE BAD GUYS, THAT KIND OF THING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S JUST RESTRICTED TO DISTRICT 10. 
          I HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME. 
          THEY WANT MORE PROTECTION, MORE, MORE SERVICES FROM THE POLICE. 
          UM, I, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS PER CAPITA, PER 1000 PEOPLE, WE'RE NEXT TO THE LOWEST HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS COMPARED TO OTHER LARGE CITIES HERE IN TEXAS, UH, LESS THAN TWO, WAY LESS THAN TWO PER 1000. 
          WE GOT SOME, A COUPLE OF CITIES THAT ARE OVER TWO PER 1000. 
          SO I, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE MECHANISM TO REALLY DETERMINE HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS WE HAVE. 
          SO, OR NEED, AND I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE, UH, A PROPOSAL PUT TOGETHER FOR SOME KIND OF A STUDY, UH, GATHERING THE STATISTICS FROM SAN ANTONIO WAS CRIME STATISTICS, INPUT, UH, WHAT PEOPLE WANNA SEE, THAT KIND OF THING, AND COME UP WITH THE PARAMETERS OR WHAT WE NEED TO USE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE RIGHT NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS FOR SAN ANTONIO IS. 
          AND IF THERE'S ANY DISTRICTS OUT THERE THAT DON'T WANT THOSE NUMBERS, I'LL CERTAINLY TAKE 'EM UP IN, IN DISTRICT 10. 
          SO, UH, UM, YEAH, I, I JUST DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT METRICS AND DATA TO PULL TOGETHER TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT RIGHT NUMBER IS FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT ERIC, UM, SOMETHING PUT, PULLED TOGETHER FOR THAT. 
          UM, THEN THE, UM, THE BOND, YOU REALLY THREW ME FOR A LOOP, ERIC, BECAUSE OUR EXPECTATION OR WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING WAS AROUND $650 MILLION FOR THE NEXT BOND BASED ON PROJECTIONS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN KIND OF TELLING PEOPLE. 
          AND HERE WE'RE TALKING DOUBLE THAT NUMBER $1.2 BILLION. 
          WHAT, WHAT'S THAT BASED ON? I, I, I WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED. 
          YEAH, BEN, COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM. 
          UM, SO COUNCILMAN REMEMBER, UH, PRE PANDEMIC, UH, WE WERE AT ESTIMATING 980 MILLION LAST SUMMER, UH, 
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WHEN WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN WHEN WE REDID OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE FRANKLY WERE PROJECTING THAT PROPERTY VALUES WERE GONNA DECREASE. 
          WE WERE GONNA HAVE A MUCH LONGER IMPACT. 
          UM, BUT AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE YEAR, SOME OF THAT HASN'T PANNED OUT. 
          A LOT OF THAT HASN'T PANNED OUT. 
          BUT I, I, I WON'T MAKE ANY EXCUSES. 
          I MEAN, A LOT OF WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH LAST SUMMER WAS ESTIMATING BASED ON NINE 11 OR THE LAST RECESSION AND NOT A PANDEMIC. 
          SO, UM, I HAVE, I HAVE INDICATED AT THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD ABOUT THE BOND PROGRAM THAT I WAS CONFIDENT WE WERE GONNA BE BETTER. 
          BUT, UM, UH, IT WASN'T UNTIL WE HAD, WE DID THAT FINANCIAL MODELING WITH OUR ADVISORS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN AFFORD. 
          UM, AND I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOOD FOR CITY MANAGERS TO CATCH CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE OFF GUARD, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN LOOKING FOR AND, UH, FELT LIKE I NEEDED THE REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          WELL, I, YEAH, I, I WAS JUST REALLY SURPRISED AT THAT. 
          NOW, I, AND I'M NOT SAYING I'M AGAINST A $1.2 BILLION BOND, YOU KNOW, BUT BEN, I'VE ASKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW ON WHAT OUR TOTAL DEBT IS FOR PEOPLE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE'VE GOT THE CITY BONDS, WE'VE GOT THE COUNTY BONDS, WE'VE GOT SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL PASS THESE HUGE BONDS OUT THERE. 
          AND THAT CREATES DEBT, THAT CREATES DEBT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL THAT LIVES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF A WAY TO SHOW THAT IN SOME KIND OF METRIC THAT SHOWS WHAT OUR TOTAL DEBT IS FOR INDIVIDUALS LIVING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          NOT JUST, NOT JUST THE CITY, NOT JUST THE COUNTY, BUT THE COMBINED DEBT BASED ON REGIONS OR BY SCHOOL DISTRICT OR WHATEVER, TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE APPROVING IN THESE BONDS. 
          IT'S DEBT, IT'S GOTTA BE PAID BACK AT SOME POINT IN TIME. 
          YOU GOTTA WITH INTEREST. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT BEING TRANSPARENT TO CITIZENS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR TOTAL DEBT LOAD IS. 
          MAYBE FOR THE CITY, MAYBE FOR THE COUNTY AND EACH INDIVIDUAL. 
          BUT YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SHOWING THE WHOLE STORY AND ONE PACKAGE AND ONE MORE THING ON THE, UH, $3 BILLION, UM, UH, OUR DEBT, OUR BACKLOG INFRASTRUCTURE BACKLOG, IF WE GOT $1.2 BILLION ON THIS BOND, THAT WOULD MAKE A GREAT DENT INTO OUR $3 BILLION PRICE TAG THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF HERE IN THE CITY, INCLUDING 400 MILES OF F STREETS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          UH, BEN, DO YOU WANNA RESPOND TO ANY OF THAT? COUNCILMAN? I'LL JUST RESPOND VERY QUICKLY. 
          UM, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER SUMMED UP WELL, THE CHANGE IN WHAT YOU SAW LAST SUMMER TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING THIS SUMMER. 
          A LOT OF IT IS AROUND THE PROJECTION PROJECTIONS ON THE ASSESSED VALUE OR TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, UH, DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC IS NOT REALLY HAVING ANYTHING THAT WE COULD GO BACK AND LOOK AT IN TERMS OF HOW THINGS WERE GOING TO BEHAVE OR REACT. 
          SO THE THOUGHT LAST SUMMER WAS THAT WE WOULD SEE MUCH LIKE WE WERE SEEING IN OTHER REVENUE STREAMS, A DECLINE IN OUR TAXABLE VALUE THAT DIDN'T OCCUR. 
          YOU SAW THAT WE'VE GOT THE CERTIFIED ROLE FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE UP. 
          WE EXPECT THAT GROWTH TO BE MODERATE AND CONTINUE TO, TO TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. 
          THAT HAS A BIG IMPACT ON, ON WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          UM, THE SECOND POINT ABOUT THE, THE, UH, DEBT QUESTION, UH, WE DO HAVE, AND WE DO LOOK AT WHAT WE CALL OVERLAPPING DEBT. 
          AND WE WILL PRESENT THAT INFORMATION WHEN WE GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE DEBT PLAN. 
          SO THAT WILL LOOK AT ALL OF THE ENTITIES WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY THAT ARE ISSUING PROPERTY TAX SUPPORTED DEBT. 
          IT WILL GIVE YOU A SYN SNAPSHOT OF WHAT, UH, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE'LL PRESENT THAT TO YOU. 
          'CAUSE IT'S A LOT OF DATA, BUT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT SUMMARIZING THAT FOR YOU. 
          SO WE'VE GOT THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, AND IN TERMS OF OUR 2022 BOND PROGRAM PROPOSAL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT 1.2 BILLION, UH, WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH WHY WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS, UM, AND ALSO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF VERY LOW INTEREST RATE, UH, MARKET ENVIRONMENT. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILS MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, BEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I JUST WANT TO NOTE QUICKLY FOR THE RECORD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS HAS NOW JOINED THE MEETING. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, CAN YOU HEAR US? I CAN HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR HERE. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UH, YOU ONLY MISSED THE, THE MINUTES, SO YOU'RE GOOD . 
          UM, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANNA SET THE STAGE REAL QUICK, IS THAT OFTEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, MONEY SPENT ON HOUSELESSNESS, AND IT'LL BE THE SAME DISTRICTS, UM, SAYING THAT WE'RE THROWING MONEY AT A PROBLEM THAT CONTINUES TO INCREASE. 
          UM, WE'LL ALSO 
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SAY, LET'S SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SO THAT HOMEOWNERS CAN SAVE $28 A YEAR. 
          WE SEE THIS, BUT THEN WE WANT TO BE . 
          WE WANNA SAY WE NEED MORE OFFICERS. 
          AND IT'S THE DISTRICTS WHO ARE NOT OVERPOLICED ASKING FOR MORE OFFICERS. 
          AND I ASK THE QUESTION, DO WE WANT TO SEE A DECREASE IN CRIME OR DO WE WANT TO SEE AN INCREASE IN OFFICERS? AND IF WE WANNA SEE A DECREASE IN CRIME, WE SHOULD START STRATEGICALLY, STRATEGICALLY ADDRESSING CRIME. 
          AND THAT MEANS WITH DATA, AND THAT MEANS WITH POLICY AND WITH BUDGETING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO REDUCE A SENSE OF HOPELESSNESS, THAT'S GOING TO REDUCE A SENSE OF, UH, POVERTY AND IS GOING TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SO I THINK IT IS A WASTE TO CONTINUE TO ADD MORE AND MORE OFFICERS TO POLICE PROBLEMS THAT ARE NOT GOING AWAY. 
          THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE SIMPLY NOT. 
          AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE, AND THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I ASK OF YOU, IS AS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY SEEN INCREASES IN OFFICERS, HAVE WE SEEN A DECREASE IN CRIME? AND I THINK I HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT, AND I'LL WAIT FOR THAT TO BE, UH, DISCUSSED AT A LATER, UH, LATER MEETING. 
          BUT THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAND . 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS 'CAUSE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE SPOKE IN TERMS OF THE NAVIGATORS. 
          WHEN WE DO TALK ABOUT THAT PROGRAM, ERIC AND THE TEAM, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DO DELEGATE AGENCIES OR WE DO A HIRE, THAT THEY ARE TRAINED SPECIFICALLY ON HOW TO WORK WITH SENIORS AND EDUCATE SENIORS. 
          UM, BECAUSE I DO THAT, AND I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF PATIENCE IN SOME SPECIAL TRAINING. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT THAT. 
          THE OTHER THING IS I WANNA THANK, UH, SARAH GOULD FROM THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE FOR REACHING OUT. 
          UH, AND I AGREE WITH MY, UH, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO ABOUT EMMA TAMIKA AND TELLING HER STORY AND MAKING SURE SHE'S HONORED ALSO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ROZY, CAN YOU COME UP? I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I HAD A, UM, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING WITH MY COMMUNITY AND THE, HIS STAFF, THE PUBLIC WORKS PRESENTED, THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, AND THEY WERE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE IN UNDERSTANDING THAT. 
          AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT F STREETS, THAT IS A LOT OF DISTRICT THREE, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF OUR MAIN CONCERNS. 
          SO I KNOW WE HAVE OUR BUDGET SET FOR STREETS, BUT, AND YOU KNOW, MY IDEAL IS DIG ONCE. 
          DO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN OR WORK WITH OUR BRO BROADBAND AND FIBER SUPPLIERS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DOING THE SIDEWALKS, THAT THEY, THEY CAN GO IN AND PUT THE SERVICES THIS BUDGET CYCLE? OR ARE WE GONNA NEED TO WAIT UNTIL WE SEE WHAT FEDERAL FUNDS WE GET? YEAH, COUNCILWOMAN, ANYTIME WE HAVE A PROJECT, WE WORK WITH THE C P S AND SARS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE DOING TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION TO MAKE SURE WE GO FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ONE TIME AND ONLY ONE TIME. 
          IF THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE ANY SERVICES, WE ASK THEM TO DO IT. 
          AND AFTER WE BUILD IT, MOST OF THE TIME FOR FIVE YEARS, WE DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO CUT THAT STREET UNLESS IT'S EMERGENCY CUT. 
          WHAT ABOUT AT AND T GOOGLE FIBER SPECTRUM? ARE THEY PART OF THAT CONVERSATION? IF THEY'RE UNDERGROUND, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          BECAUSE I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, ESPECIALLY IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO GET FEDERALLY, THAT WE LOOK AT THAT, UH, DIGITAL DIVIDE AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S PART OF OUR FUTURE PLANS. 
          I KNOW FOR THIS BUDGET, IT MIGHT BE, IT, IT IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAPPEN, BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT. 
          UM, BECAUSE I THINK FOR THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, ITS LITERACY, ITS ACCESSIBILITY, AND ITS AFFORDABILITY. 
          AND IF WE CAN, UH, LEVERAGE THAT WITH FIXING OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, IT WOULD BE A, A GOOD THING TO DO. 
          YEAH, COUNCILMAN, WE ARE ALREADY PREPARED TO APPLY FOR ANY FEDERAL MONEY WE GET. 
          EVEN I AM VERY HAPPY TO HEAR OUR BOND IS GOING TO BE 1.2 BILLION, BUT OUR NEED IS MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN THAT. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE A PRETTY CLOSE $2 BILLION PROJECT LIST. 
          ANY PROJECT IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE BOND. 
          WE ARE ALSO PREPARING THOSE TO SUBMIT FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALS. 
          UH, THANK THANKS MAYOR ERIC, TWO THINGS. 
          UH, ONE, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, RESILIENCE, UM, ELEMENT TO THIS BUDGET. 
          I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE LONG RUN, WE'RE GONNA END UP MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S FEWER FUNERALS IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, BY PREPARING FOR FUTURE CATASTROPHIC EVENTS. 
          AND, UM, I I ALSO 
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KNOW THAT, UH, EVEN IF THOSE EVENTS AREN'T CATASTROPHIC, UH, AND THEY JUST RESULT IN THE NEED FOR COOLING STATIONS OR WARMING CENTERS, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ALSO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, UH, FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE IN EVERY DISTRICT. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, PEOPLE MAY NOT SEE THE IMPACT OF THOSE IN, OF THIS INVESTMENT IN RESILIENCE, UM, UNTIL YOU NEED IT. 
          IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO INSURANCE. 
          BUT, UM, I DO KNOW THAT WHEN THEY FINALLY GET TO ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF THESE ADDED, UH, PROTECTIONS AND THE BENEFITS OF SYSTEM HARDENING, UH, THEY'LL, THEY'LL CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, THE, THE SECOND THING I I NEED TO ADDRESS IS I THINK THAT THE INVESTMENT IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS VERY SMART. 
          UH, I THINK THAT IT'S NEVER ENOUGH. 
          THE, THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE GETTING AWAY FROM US, UH, NO MATTER HOW HARD WE TRY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, JUST LAST NIGHT WE HAD ANOTHER MURDER, UM, AND, UH, WE, UH, ARE, UH, PROBABLY GONNA HAVE ANOTHER ONE NEXT WEEK. 
          AND IT'S, UH, IT, IT BREAKS MY HEART. 
          BUT, UM, I, I DO KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IS LEANING INTO THIS PROBLEM AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO SOLVE FOR IT. 
          THIS BUDGET SPEAKS TO THAT EFFORT TO LEAN INTO IT. 
          WE KEEP TELLING FOLKS THAT A BUDGET IS A MORAL DOCUMENT, AND I THINK THAT WE'RE RISING UP TO THE, UH, EXPECTATIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE OF US. 
          UM, AND I FEEL, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. 
          THE WHERE I'M WORRIED IS IN, UM, THE LACK OF, UH, OF, UH, HA SHELTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS. YOU AND I HAD A CONVERSATION LAST NIGHT ABOUT A SENSITIVE SHELTER ISSUE. 
          UH, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT CONVERSATION I THINK IS, UM, AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, THE, UH, THE CRISIS THAT IS GOING TO DEVELOP, UH, WHEN WE RUN OUT OF BEDS AND ROOMS AND SPACE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND EVEN MEN, UH, WHO, UH, WHO NEED TO BE, UH, SEEKING ASYLUM FROM ABUSIVE SITUATIONS AT HOME. 
          AND SO, UH, MAYBE NOT THIS BUDGET, RIGHT? UH, OR MAYBE THIS BUDGET, WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, TO INCREASE SHELTER FOR, FOR SOME OF THESE FOLKS, UH, FOR WHOM HAVEN FOR HOPE IS JUST NOT APPROPRIATE, RIGHT? UM, FOR WHOM ONE OF THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER FACILITIES THAT WE GOT IS NOT APPROPRIATE. 
          UM, AND, OR MAYBE IT'S PART OF OUR, OUR LARGER BOND CONVERSATION. 
          AND SO, UH, FAIR WARNING TO, TO EVERYBODY OUT THERE, I'LL, I'LL BE, UH, HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH EVERYBODY AND HOPING THAT YOU'LL JOIN, UM, A LOT OF OTHER VOICES WHO, WHO FEEL THIS WAY. 
          AND THAT IS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE A VERY LARGE INVESTMENT IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERING WITH THE SAME ZEAL THAT WE'RE MAKING, UH, INVESTMENTS IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES THAT ARE NOT BRICK AND MORTAR. 
          UM, THIRDLY, YOU KNOW, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT DOESN'T WANT MORE POLICE OFFICERS IN THEIR DISTRICT, SEND THEM MY WAY. 
          UH, HAPPY TO HOST THOSE IN, IN, UM, DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          UM, WE HEARD MY CONSTITUENTS LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          THEY WANT MORE VISIBILITY, MORE VISIBILITY. 
          THEY ALSO WANT MORE POLICE OFFICERS. 
          UM, IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THESE CRISES THAT WE'RE ALREADY FACING, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, HOSTAGE STANDOFFS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MURDERS, UM, I TOTALLY AGREE WE NEED TO GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF THESE PROBLEMS. UM, DATA AND RESEARCH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. 
          ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, BUT BOOTS ON THE GROUND IS, UH, EQUALLY IMPORTANT. 
          WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS WHAT METHODOLOGY, UH, IS USED BY. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THE REST OF SOMEBODY ELSE KNOWS WHAT METHODOLOGY WE USE TO, UH, DETERMINE WHAT IS THE RIGHT NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS AND WHAT IS THE WRONG NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS. 
          I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE TO DELVE INTO THAT QUESTION AND JOIN ANYBODY IN THAT CONVERSATION. 
          UH, BUT, UH, IT DOVETAILS QUITE NICELY INTO THE ISSUE OF, UM, INTO THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ON AGENDA NINE, AGENDA ITEM 19 LATER TODAY. 
          UH, WHICH IS RESEARCH AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT DATA AND HOW WE NEED TO HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY IN MAKING SURE WE COLLECT MORE DATA THAN LESS, UM, AND THAT WE USE OUR LOCAL THINK TANKS, UH, TO HELP US ARRIVE AT THAT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, EITHER WE CAN MAKE A THINK TANK OR WE CAN CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE ONES THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, WITH AN ENDLESS NUMBER OF SUBJECT MATTER, UH, EXPERTS ON THEIR TALENT BENCH. 
          UH, WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, UM, MOMENTARILY. 
          BUT, UM, I, I DO THINK THAT MAYBE THAT'S ONE OF THE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT WE GIVE TO U T SS A OR ANY OTHER UNIVERSITY THAT WE BRING ON BOARD AT A LATER DATE. 
          BUT, UM, YOU GOT MY SUPPORT ON THIS BUDGET, ERIC. 
          UM, IT'S AN IMPERFECT BUDGET, LIKE EVERY OTHER DOCUMENT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, COMES OUT OF GOVERNMENT. 
          BUT I THINK THAT IT GETS REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO VERY, VERY GOOD. 
          UM, AND THERE'S SOME TWEAKING THAT WE'RE GONNA DO AS A COUNCIL. 
          AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING ON 
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IT. 
          AND, UH, I DO CELEBRATE ALSO THIS EMPHASIS ON LIGHTING, UM, THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE INVESTING IN. 
          UM, I'M NO PRIDE IN, UH, IN OWNERSHIP OF THE, UH, OF THE LIGHTING PLAN OR THE, YOU KNOW, THE INNOVATION, UH, DEPARTMENT'S WORK ON SMART, INTELLIGENT LIGHTING DEVICES. 
          UM, LORI AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LIGHTING PLAN, UH, CAN BE USED AS A STARTING OFF POINT FOR INSTALLATION OF FUTURE LIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          THAT WAS THE POINT OF CREATING INNOVATION DISTRICTS DOWNTOWN, UM, AND BROOKS IN THE MEDICAL CENTER. 
          UH, WE HAVE PROVED OFF, UM, WE, WE HAVE PROVED OUT THAT THESE LIGHTS WORK NOT ONLY IN CREATING, UM, ADDITIONAL SAFETY AND MAKING IT SAFER FOR FOLKS TO WALK THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ALSO DRIVE THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT IT ALLOWS US TO CREATE MESH NETWORKS FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT INTERNET. 
          UH, IT CR ALLOWS US TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, DO AIR QUALITY STUDIES, UH, PEOPLE COUNTING, UM, AND REALLY GATHER A LOT OF DATA AS FAR AS HOW PEOPLE MOVE THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THESE LIGHTS, UH, THE NEW ONES ARE AMAZING. 
          UM, I VISITED WITH, UM, HEMISPHERE YESTERDAY AND THEY'VE GOT A VERY ROBUST LIGHTING PLAN, UH, THAT I THINK IS WORTH LOOKING AT AS WELL. 
          UM, AND ANYWAY, UH, I, I DO, UH, I MEAN, I'M BEATING A DEAD HORSE AND I, I CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW, ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHTS ANYWHERE IN SAN ANTONIO, PARTICULARLY THOSE PLACES THAT NEED IT THE MOST. 
          UM, AND, UH, I, I ALSO, UH, DO THINK THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, WE NEED TO USE THAT LIGHTING PLAN THAT WE ALL INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME INTO, UM, TO HELP, UH, GUIDE AND INFORM THAT CONVERSATION. 
          UH, ERIC, I ALWAYS END, UM, BUDGET COMMENTS BY CONGRATULATING YOU AND MARIA AND THE REST OF YOUR TEAM ON STAYING LATE AT WORK, UM, AND NOT TAKING VACATIONS WITH YOUR FAMILY, UH, AND PUTTING, UM, ALL OF YOURSELF AND POURING ALL OF YOUR ENERGY INTO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A DOCUMENT THAT ALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN GO OUT AND TAKE CREDIT FOR, UH, EVEN THOUGH THE WORK IS ALL YOURS. 
          AND, UH, I KNOW THAT WE SOMETIMES SHAMELESSLY TAKE CREDIT FOR EVERY SINGLE PAGE. 
          UH, ALL WE REALLY DO IS VOTE AND MAKE A FEW SUGGESTIONS. 
          BUT YOU GUYS WRITE, UH, THIS LONESOME DOVE LONG, UH, NOVEL OF A, OF A DOCUMENT, AND, UH, I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED. 
          AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, AFTER MANY, MANY YEARS OF WATCHING PRESENTATIONS, UH, FROM THE GALLERY, UH, AND THEN NOW ON THE DAIS, THE, UH, THIS IS THE SMOOTHEST AND MOST, UH, COMPLETE AND THOROUGH PRESENTATION THAT I'VE EVER SEEN. 
          AND SO YOU GUYS, UH, YOU GUYS DESERVE, UH, A DAY OFF AT THE VERY LEAST. 
          UH, AND, UM, IF IT REQUIRES A C C R MAYOR, I'M HAPPY TO GO AROUND COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO GIVE ERIC AT LEAST ONE DAY TO GO HANG OUT WITH HIS FAMILY THIS SUMMER. 
          THANKS GUYS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          UM, I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS, UH, TO WRAP UP. 
          AND, AND FIRST, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, ERIC, IF YOU GUYS WOULD WRITE THIS MORE LIKE A LARRY MCMURTRY, IT'D BE EASIER FOR SOME OF SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO EN AND, UH, TO ENJOY IT. 
          BUT, UH, YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. 
          AND I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, THE BUDGET TEAM. 
          FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS IS A LONG PROCESS. 
          AND, AND IF THE BUDGET CYCLE WAS A HOCKEY GAME, WE'RE ONLY ENTERING THE SECOND PERIOD BECAUSE NOW IS THE PROCESS WHERE WE GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, WE LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL WITH OUR, WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS, WE MAKE CHANGES, WE DEBATE IT AT COUNCIL, WE GO INTO THE DEPARTMENTS AND REALLY DIG IN. 
          BUT THIS IS A VERY GOOD FIRST MEASURE. 
          UH, AND SO MARIA, BEN SCOTT, UH, THE WHOLE BUDGET TEAM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. 
          UM, I WANNA START BY, UH, THANKING THE EMPLOYEES, ALL OF THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, MANAGEMENT ALL THE WAY TO OUR FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN BEARING AN EXTREME BURDEN OVER THE LAST, UH, YEAR, UH, YEAR PLUS. 
          UH, VERY GOOD WORK. 
          UH, WHEN WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET, WE'RE REALLY JUST PUTTING RESOURCES INTO YOUR OPERATIONS SO WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, AND THAT HAS BEEN, UH, TRIPLE TIME, UH, FOR A LOT OF FOLKS FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF AS THIS PANDEMIC HAS UNFOLDED. 
          I DO, OF COURSE, WANT TO SINGLE OUT ALL OF THE WORKERS, UH, AND LEADERS OF OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH I THINK HAS DONE YEOMAN'S WORK AND CONTINUES TO DO SO, UH, ALONG WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF THIS, UH, FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. 
          UM, YOU DON'T GET THE PRAISE YOU DESERVE. 
          NEITHER DO OUR TEACHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND GROCERY WORKERS AND ALL THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN TOILING, UH, BUT AT LEAST WITHIN THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, WE KNOW, UH, HOW HARD YOU'VE BEEN WORKING. 
          AND, AND YOU'RE RIGHT BACK INTO THE JAWS OF COVID AGAIN, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT. 
          BUT KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. 
          UM, I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, AND I JUST WANTED, AGAIN, TO, TO PAUSE AND JUST, UM, TAKE A MINUTE BECAUSE THE BOND CAME UP. 
          AND AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FROM, YOU KNOW, EARLY THE SPRING, THE BOND IS GONNA BE ONE ELEMENT OF, UH, REVENUE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE, UH, TO TAKE, UH, FULL ADVANTAGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UH, IN A VERY PER PIVOTAL MOMENT, UH, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR, BUT FOR OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY. 
          WHEN THIS PANDEMIC BEGAN, AND, AND I DON'T 
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THINK WE CAN SAY THIS ENOUGH, WE PROMISED OURSELVES THAT WE WOULDN'T GO BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE, UH, THAT FAR TOO MANY FAMILIES, WORKING FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY WERE STRUGGLING. 
          WE SAW THAT, UH, IN THE PICTURES. 
          WE SAW THAT PLAY OUT IN THE PAPERS. 
          WE SAW THAT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          SO WE MADE A PROMISE TO OURSELVES. 
          NUMBER ONE, WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE NO ONE IS GET, GETS LEFT BEHIND. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA FUND OUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY'RE NEEDED. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SHIFT TO RECOVERY. 
          AND IN RECOVERY, WE'RE GONNA SENSE SOME BENCHMARKS, UH, IN PARTICULAR THAT WE'RE GONNA IMPROVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE GONNA IMPROVE THE RESILIENCE, UH, OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, BOTH HUMAN AND PHYSICAL. 
          AND THEN WE ARE ALSO GOING TO WORK TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED. 
          THAT WORK'S, BEEN PLAYING OUT, UH, NOW FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS AS WE'VE BEEN PREPARING, REALLY FOR THIS MOMENT. 
          UH, BECAUSE AS WE'RE NOW DRAFTING AND HOPEFULLY RATIFYING OUR F Y 22 BUDGET, THAT IS ONE ELEMENT OF A, A LARGER, UH, EFFORT. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES A, A VERY SIGNIFICANTLY SIZED BOND PROGRAM TO COME UP IN 22. 
          IT ALSO INCLUDES HOW WE, UH, HOW WE ALLOCATE THE ARPA FUNDS, AS WELL AS THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL THAT IS NOW MOVING THROUGH CONGRESS. 
          UH, AND THAT WILL ALSO LIKELY INCLUDE IN HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ON THE PART OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL. 
          WE SHOULD LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE THAT. 
          WE SHOULD LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET THOSE NEEDS THAT MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THOSE THREE PILLARS, RESILIENCE, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND CONNECTIVITY. 
          AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, I SAW THE PAGE ON RESILIENCE, ERIC, I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD INVESTMENTS. 
          UM, I ALSO AM VERY GLAD TO SEE, UH, THE INVESTMENT IN, IN NOW THE BEGINNING OF A ONGOING CYCLICAL EVERY YEAR BUDGET, UH, FOR VISION ZERO, WHICH I, UH, AM ASKING AND HOPING THAT IT WILL BE SUPPORTED AT $20 MILLION PER YEAR, UH, AS A PORTION OF OUR T C I OR TRANSPORTATION BUDGET. 
          WE'RE GETTING STARTED THIS YEAR. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE, UH, ADJUSTMENTS AND TRANSITIONS. 
          AND I THINK THAT THIS IS, UH, THE MOMENT WE BEGIN TO DO THAT. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES. 
          AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME PRETTY, UM, STIRRING DEBATE ON A LOT OF THESE ISSUES, UH, OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS AND MONTHS. 
          UM, BUT FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS THE FIFTH BUDGET IN THE, IN A ROW THAT WE ARE PASSING USING EQUITY FRAMEWORK. 
          THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR A MAJOR AMERICAN CITY. 
          AND IT'S BEGINNING TO SET, UH, OR CORRECT THE COURSE THAT TOO MANY CITIES HAVE BEEN ON FOR, FOR GENERATIONS THAT HAVE RESULTED IN THE DISINVESTMENT OF COMMUNITIES AND, AND, AND THE, THE REAPING OF WHAT WE SOW, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ WAS POINTING OUT. 
          IF WE DON'T INVEST IN COMMUNITY, THEN WE END UP HAVING THE POLICE COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T WANT. 
          THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE A BALANCE TO THAT. 
          SO, UM, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK, UH, STAFF. 
          UH, I ALSO WANT TO JUST MAKE ONE OTHER STATEMENT, AND, AND THAT IS WE HAVE TO BE DELIBERATE. 
          WE HAVE TO BE THOUGHTFUL, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DECISIONS WE MAKE, UM, ARE CONSEQUENTIAL AND THEY'RE THE RIGHT DECISIONS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IS NOT A VERY LONG, UH, NOR DISTINGUISHED LIST OF OF CITIES IN AMERICA THAT HAVE GONE BANKRUPT. 
          AND WHAT IS, UH, COMMON AMONG THEM IS THEY HAVE MADE SOME POOR DECISIONS IN THE COURSE OF THAT, UM, PROGRESS OR, OR LACK OF, ONE OF THEM IS TAKING ON TOO MUCH LIABILITY, UH, THAT THEY CANNOT COVER FROM AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          AND TWO, UH, IT'S, UH, RATING RESERVES. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING NOW ARE STRATEGIC, THAT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON LONG-TERM, AND THAT THEY MOVE THE NEEDLE, UH, FOR US ON THOSE THREE PILLARS. 
          SO, UM, AGAIN, I, I THINK WE'RE JUST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS. 
          I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A, A PRETTY VIGOROUS DEBATE. 
          UH, BUT I THINK WE'VE DONE, UH, A GOOD JOB IN GETTING THIS STARTED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, WITH THAT, ERIC, UH, THAT IS, UH, ITEM FOUR. 
          IT'S JUST FOR BRIEFING. 
          THERE'S NO ACTION. 
          UH, SO WITHOUT FURTHER COMMENT, LET'S, UH, MOVE ON TO ITEM 
          [5. 
Ordinance setting the City’s proposed maintenance and operations tax rate at 34.677 cents per $100 of taxable valuation and the City’s proposed debt service tax rate at 21.150 cents per $100 of taxable valuation as recommended in the FY 2022 Proposed Budget. There is no increase in the city’s property tax rate. [Erik Walsh, City Manager]]
NUMBER FIVE. 
          ITEM FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE SITTING THE CITY'S PROPOSED MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE AT 3 34 0.68 CENTS PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUATION. 
          AND THE CITY'S PROPOSED DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE AT 21.15 CENTS PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUATION. 
          AS RECOMMENDED IN THE FY 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET, THERE IS NO INCREASE IN THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX RATE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, IS THERE, THERE'S NO PRES ERIC CASE YOU WANT TO SUMMARIZE. 
          MAYOR, THERE'S NO, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS THE, 
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UH, UH, REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. 
          THIS IS THE PROPOSED TAX RATE. 
          YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT SETTING THE TAX RATE RIGHT NOW. 
          YOU'LL DO THAT IN SEPTEMBER. 
          IT'S THE PROPOSED RATE THAT LINES UP WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND WE NEED THIS FOR PUBLICATION PURPOSES. 
          THE NEXT ITEM, YOU WILL, UH, ADOPT THE, UH, TIME AND PLACE AND DATE OF THE TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          SO THAT'S THE TWO ITEMS YOU'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LET ME, UM, SEE IF THERE ARE ANY, UH, ANY FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE. 
          I DON'T SEE ANY, UH, AT THIS TIME THAT ARE PRESENT. 
          UH, LET ME JUST CALL AGAIN, ALBERT CAMPBELL OR JOE GONZALEZ. 
          UM, MR. GONZALEZ, MR. CAMPBELL, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? IF NOT, WE'LL GET TO COUNSEL DISCUSSION. 
          UH OH. 
          OKAY. 
          JACK, YOU'RE SIGNED UP ON NINE FIVE COMING UP. 
          GO. 
          WELL, MAYOR NURNBERG, ANOTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD. 
          MY NAME IS JACK M. 
          FINGER. 
          YES. 
          UM, I WAS LOOKING AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENT FOR, FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, MR. AUDIO VISUAL MAN, GO AHEAD AND, UH, UH, OH GOD, IT'S ALWAYS BLEACHED OUT. 
          IT'S HARD TO SEE IT ANYWAY, IF YOU CAN BARELY READ IT, I CAN BARELY READ IT. 
          IT SAYS THAT, UH, BASICALLY THERE IS NO TAX INCREASE IN THIS, NO INCREASE IN THE CITY PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR YEAR 2022. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE RETURN THE CAMERA TO THE PODIUM, IF YOU WOULD. 
          YES. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND EVERYONE WITH THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT. 
          HOW YOU CAN SAY THAT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE. 
          HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT OUR TAXES HAVE NOT GONE UP OVER THE LAST ONE YEAR, TWO YEAR, THREE YEARS, LAST FIVE OR 10 YEARS? WELL, YOU SAY, JACK, WE HAVE NOT RAISED THE RATES. 
          WELL, OF COURSE YOU HAVEN'T RAISED THE RATES. 
          YOU HAVEN'T HAD TO RAISE THE RATES BECAUSE IT'S ALL BASED ON THE VALUATIONS. 
          YEAH, THE VALUATIONS. 
          UH, I, WE HAD, AT LEAST IN THIS RECESSIONARY YEAR THAT WE HAD, WE STILL HAD A 3% INCREASE IN OUR VALUATIONS. 
          AND THEREBY ARE, ARE INCREASE IN OUR TAX BILLS THAT WE, PROPERTY TAX BILLS THAT WE PAY TO YOU, THE OR, OR THE CITY. 
          MR. PERRY HIT, HIT IT RIGHT ON THE NAIL. 
          WE, WE DIDN'T SEE A VERY MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THE THIS IN THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS MADE EARLIER THIS MORNING. 
          AND YES, QUITE FRANKLY, WE, THE TAXPAYERS, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE STARTING WITH THAT VERY MODEST 10% DECREASE IN OUR PROPERTY TAX RATES. 
          YEAH. 
          WHY NOT? I MEAN, THE, THE RATES, LOOK, HOW MUCH HAVE THE RATES GONE UP OVER THE LAST 5, 10, 15 YEARS? 20%, 50%, MAYBE CLOSE TO A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          YOU, YOU SAY YOU WANT TO HELP US WITH THESE THINGS? WELL, WE'RE WAITING, YOU KNOW, MR. BRAVO, UH, IN THE FORUM CANDIDATE FORMS YOU HAVE MR. TREVINO AND WITH THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, YOU, YOU PRETTY MUCH DANCED AROUND AT THIS SUBJECT. 
          YOU SAY YOU WANT TO HELP OUT WITH THE, THE, THE, UH, THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          WELL, THAT'S ONLY FOR A SMALL PORTION OF THE POPULATION. 
          WE THE REGULAR GUYS WHO PAY THE TAXES. 
          WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR SOME RELIEF, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, UM, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, MY COLLEAGUES FOR A MOTION ON BOTH ITEM FIVE AND ITEM SIX. 
          SINCE THERE'S NOT A PRESENTATION ON THE CALENDAR, WE ALREADY HEARD THAT. 
          UH, SO THAT'S JUST, AGAIN, SETTING THE DATE, TIME, PLACE FOR THE TWO BUDGET HEARINGS AND THE REST OF THE PROCESS. 
          SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION NOW FOR ITEMS FIVE AND ITEM 
          [6. 
Ordinance setting the date, time, and place for two Budget Public Hearings and two Ad Valorem Tax Rate Public Hearings. [Erik Walsh, City Manager]]
SIX. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MOTION BY CAB VARDA. 
          SECOND BY ROCIA GARCIA. 
          OKAY. 
          HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. 
          THANK, I RAISED, I RAISED, OKAY. 
          I, WE'LL HOLD THE VOTE. 
          UM, WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE VOTING SYSTEM UP HERE, SO I'M, OUR MACHINE 
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IS NOT RECOGNIZING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, WHEN HE RAISES HIS HAND TO TO SPEAK. 
          SO LET ME, UM, PULL THAT DOWN AND, UH, GIVE COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, THE FLOOR. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, LET ME UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS AGAIN. 
          UM, BEN, ARE YOU OR ERIC, UH, EXACTLY WHAT THIS VOTE IS GOING TO BE? UH, BECAUSE AS, AS I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER DURING THE DISCUSSION, LOOKING AT, UH, THE TAX RATES AND ALSO HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I SAW THAT WE'RE COLLECTING MORE AND MORE EVERY YEAR. 
          AND I HAD THAT CHART THAT SAID HOW MUCH WE HAD COLLECTED OVER THE LAST, UH, FIVE YEARS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS. 
          AND THEN WE, UM, THEN WE LOWERED THE TAX RATE IN 2016, AND THAT WAS BASED ON A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, UH, IN AN INCREASED BUDGET. 
          AND NOW WE'VE HAD OVER 500, $520 MILLION INCREASE IN BUDGET SINCE 2016. 
          WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO OFFER A REDUCED TAX RATE? WHAT, I MEAN, WHAT MILESTONES DO, I MEAN, LAST TIME IT WAS ONLY A HUNDRED AND WE'RE UP TO 520 THIS TIME. 
          WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST THAT WE GET TO BEFORE WE LOOK AT LOWERING OUR TAX RATE? SO COUNCILMAN, I'LL OFFER A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          ONE, UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHEN IT SAYS SETTING THE TAX RATE, WE'RE FOLLOWING A STATUTORY PROCESS HERE. 
          YOU'RE SIMPLY SETTING THE TAX RATE, UM, BY SAYING THIS IS WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          AND THEN YOU, WE HAVE ONE REQUIRED STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING TWO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BUDGET. 
          UH, BUT YOU'RE NOT ADOPTING THE TAX RATE TODAY. 
          YOU'RE SIMPLY SAYING, I'M SETTING IT FOR PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          YOU'RE GONNA GET INPUT AND THEN YOU WILL ACTUALLY VOTE ON THE TAX RATE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. UH, FOR THE COUNSELORS THAT'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. YOU'LL ACTUALLY VOTE ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE, WHICH IS WHAT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND, UH, AS ONE ITEM. 
          AND THEN YOU WILL, UH, YOU WILL, UM, UH, VOTE ON THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, WHICH IS THE RATE THAT WE USE TO SUPPORT OUR BOND PROGRAM. 
          YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, IN TERMS OF YOUR QUESTION, IN TERMS OF WHAT WOULD TRIGGER THE REDUCTION, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A POLICY CONVERSATION MM-HMM. 
          , WE CAN CERTAINLY PRESENT YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN TERMS OF WHAT HAS CHANGED. 
          SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE HISTORICAL NUMBERS, YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN 2019, THE ROLLBACK RATE WAS REDUCED FROM 8% DOWN TO 3.5%. 
          SO THE SLIDE, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE SLIDE NUMBER, BUT WHEN WE SHOWED THE TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH AND NEW IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE PAST, I THINK IT WAS 10 YEARS, MAYBE A LITTLE LONGER, AND YOU SAW THAT 3.5% BAR GOING ACROSS THERE, ANY OF THAT BASE VALUE GROWTH ABOVE, ABOVE THAT 3.5%, WE WILL NO LONGER GET THAT CHANGE IN 2019. 
          THAT'S A HUGE CHANGE FOR US GOING FORWARD. 
          WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IN THE FUTURE, ANYTIME OUR BASE VALUE GROWTH GOES OVER 3.5%, WE'RE GOING TO LOWER THE TAX RATE. 
          WE, YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF HAVING AN ELECTION TO ASK VOTERS TO APPROVE GOING ABOVE. 
          BUT THAT CHANGE IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FOR US GOING FORWARD. 
          YOU KNOW, FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, HAPPY TO HAVE AND PRESENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE TOOLS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE UNDER STATE LAW, WHICH FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, OR A LITTLE, LITTLE, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? NOT VERY STRATEGIC IN TERMS OF HOW YOU WOULD USE THEM TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES. 
          I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE'VE GOT 45% OF OUR HOMESTEADS THAT ARE FROZEN, THAT ARE FROZEN. 
          SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH, THERE ARE A NUMBER, THERE ARE 45% OF THOSE HOMESTEADS THAT AREN'T GONNA PAY ANY ADDITIONAL TAX BECAUSE IT'S FROZEN. 
          UM, CLEARLY WE HAVE THE OTHER 55% THAT ARE DEALING WITH THE INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES. 
          UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT AS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WE MAY WANT TO PURSUE LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATIVELY IN THE NEXT SESSION THAT MIGHT GIVE US BETTER TOOLS TO TRY TO STRATEGICALLY ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, WITH THE, WITH THE RISING PROPERTY VALUES. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I, I HEAR ALL THAT, BEN, BUT AGAIN, WHEN I LOOK AT THAT REQUIRED PAGE THAT WE HAVE TO PUT IN, IN THE FIRST PAGE IN THIS BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL INCREASING OUR, INCREASING IT BY OVER 3%, OVER $20 MILLION IN ONE YEAR'S TIME. 
          SO I I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          AND WE'RE BE BELOW THAT 3.5%, THAT'S LEGISLATIVELY DRIVEN, BUT WE'RE STILL COLLECTING THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, OR THAT'S WHAT THE PROJECTION IS. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I I'M NOT EVEN LOOKING AT 
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THAT 3.5%. 
          I'M LOOKING AT THE COLD CASH THAT'S LISTED ON HERE AS A PROJECTION. 
          AND I THINK JUST LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS, WHY CAN'T I, I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER A TAX RATE REDUCTION TO HELP BALANCE THIS OUT. 
          I MEAN, THIS, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE'S MONEY. 
          THIS IS THEIR TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING PAID. 
          THE CITY. 
          WE SHOULDN'T BE HOLDING ONTO THAT MONEY IF WE DON'T, AND I KNOW IF WE GET IT, WE'RE GONNA SPEND IT. 
          BUT WHEN WE'RE SHOWING THOSE KIND OF INCREASES YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND SOME HAVE BEEN UP TO 10%, I I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE STAFF DOESN'T COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION. 
          HEY, YEAH, IT'S TIME TO, UH, LOWER OUR TAX RATE AND IT'S BEEN SINCE 2016. 
          WHY ISN'T IT NOW NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO START LOOKING AT A TAX RATE REDUCTION? AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT, SEE SOME KIND OF EVALUATION OR SOMETHING SHOWING THE NUMBERS TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL DURING THIS BUDGET PROCESS BEFORE WE GET TO VOTING ON THIS SAYING, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE. 
          YOU, YOU DID THIS BIG GRAPH ON HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OR SLIDE. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ALSO AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AND SEE IF WE CAN AFFORD A ROLLBACK IN OUR TAX RATE. 
          SO COUNCIL COUNCILMAN. 
          SO WE, WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, BUT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THAT 3.5% CAP, THAT OLD CHART, THAT CHART WE SHOWED THAT SHOWED THE HISTORICAL GONE ARE THE DAYS WHERE THERE'S ANYTHING OVER 3.5%. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU'LL NEVER, WE'LL NEVER GET IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT'S, GO ON. 
          I GET IT. 
          AND, AND WHAT'S HAPPENED, WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, REMEMBER THERE WERE A LOT OF COUNCIL CONVERSATIONS AT THE TIME THAT ON THAT CHART IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, WE HAD NEGATIVE GROWTH IN, IN PROPERTY VALUES. 
          AND, AND, AND THE CITY HAD TO TIGHTEN THEIR BELT. 
          RIGHT? WE HAD TO MAKE CUTS. 
          AND YOU HOLD ON AND THEN YOU HAVE UPSWINGS. 
          SO IT WAS, IT, YOU YOU HAD PEAKS AND VALLEYS. 
          THERE ARE NO MORE PEAKS AND VALLEYS THAN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. 
          GIVEN WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS DONE TO MUNICIPALITIES. 
          WE ARE NOT GONNA GO OVER 3.5%. 
          SO I I, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, I DON'T WANT 'EM, I, I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO EXPLAIN THAT, THAT THOSE DAYS ARE OVER HAD, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GO BACK AND DO THE ANALYSIS. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE WERE, THERE WERE TIMES IN THE PAST WHERE THE INCREMENT FOR PROPERTY TAX WAS PROPOSED TO BE DECREASED BY THE, BY THE STAFF IN THOSE YEARS WHERE THERE WAS A 10% INCREASE. 
          'CAUSE WE DIDN'T WANNA TRIGGER THE 8% ROLLBACK. 
          RIGHT? SO THAT WAS, BUT OUR WHOLE DYNAMIC HAS CHANGED. 
          BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO ALL KINDS OF SCENARIOS FOR YOU. 
          ALL OF THEM WILL RESULT IN CHANGES TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET MM-HMM. 
          , WHICH WE ARE BEGINNING AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND, AND MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          BUT THE DYNAMICS HAVE CHANGED AND, AND, AND I THINK WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO ADJUST FOR THAT. 
          THAT'S WHY THE STAFF DID NOT RECOMMEND ANY CHANGE TO PROPERTY TAX IN ADDITION TO THE CONVERSATION THAT CAME OUT OF THE WORK SESSION IN JUNE. 
          YEP. 
          AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE 3.5% IN THE HISTORY, AND YEAH, THERE, THERE'S BEEN MORE PEAKS THAN VALLEYS. 
          UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT CHART, UM, IN THE PAST, OKAY, PAST HAS PASSED, BUT I'M STILL LOOKING AT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR 2022. 
          AND TO ME, UH, I, I THINK THAT MORE THAN JUSTIFIES US TAKING A LOOK AT ROLLING BACK THE TAX RATE AND WHERE WE NEED TO BE GOING IN THE FUTURE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THOSE TYPES OF EVALUATIONS PUT OUT THERE SO WE CAN MAKE A POLICY DECISION ONE WAY OR THE ANO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER FOR THE PEOPLE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT'S PAYING THIS, THIS MONEY, UH, AND TAXATION INSTEAD OF ROLLING UP THESE BIG NUMBERS FOR US TO SPEND. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S MY, MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          WE, WE WILL BE PREPARED TO DO THAT AT THE, UH, AT THE WORK SESSION AND LOOK AT ALL KINDS OF SCENARIOS. 
          COUNCIL, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERIC. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          HELLO. 
          UM, SO I'LL MAKE THIS VERY SHORT. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO, AND I THINK IT'S IN LINE WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN PERRY IS ASKING. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE FISCAL IMPACT WOULD BE OF A 10% PROPERTY TAX RATE DECREASE. 
          I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE 5% AND 15%. 
          UM, AND I WANNA SEE WHAT BENEFITS THAT WOULD PROVIDE RESIDENTS AT A NUMBER OF INCOME LEVELS AND, UH, PROPERTY APPRAISAL LEVELS, UM, IN ADDITION TO WHAT IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE ON OUR BUDGET. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S PART OF THE ANALYSIS CONCERN. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
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THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          HEY BEN, CAN I GET YOU TO COME UP AGAIN PLEASE? THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO I'M LOOKING AT THE, UH, I'M LOOKING AT THIS, UH, PAGE THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY REFERENCED, UH, WHERE THERE'S A 3.12% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          AND, UH, IT SAYS THAT IT'LL RAISE MORE TO PRO MORE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY AN AMOUNT OF 20 MILLION. 
          THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL IS 11 MILLION. 
          SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT, UM, OVER HALF OF THAT, UH, INCREASE IS COMING FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE RULES? THE 11 OUT OF 20 MILLION L L LET ME LOOK AT THAT LANGUAGE AGAIN, BECAUSE THAT IS STATUTORY LANGUAGE THAT WE DROP INTO THE BUDGET AND I JUST, IT, IT LOOKS AT IT AGAINST OUR, UM, WHAT THEY CALL THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE. 
          SO IT'S LOOKING AT WHAT WAS YOUR, WHAT WOULD YOUR RATE BE IF YOU DIDN'T COLLECT ANYTHING IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND COMPARING AGAINST THAT, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY OUR BUDGET. 
          SO GIMME JUST A SECOND. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT. 
          LEMME JUST JUMP, LEMME DOUBLE CHECK. 
          TAX ROLL, GIMME JUST A SECOND. 
          I LIKE THE SUSPENSE , THIS COUNCILMAN THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE LISTED THERE ARE PART OF THE $20 MILLION INCREASE. 
          SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT THAT 11 MILLION IS MORE THAN HALF A 20 MILLION? SO THAT MEANS IF THAT, OF THAT 3.12% INCREASE FROM LA OVER LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, DOES THAT MEAN OVER HALF OF THAT IS FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE ROLL? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER MY OTHER POINT. 
          SO, UH, SO PROPERTY TAX, IF OUR TOTAL PROPERTY TAX, I GUESS OUR TOTAL BUDGET'S GOING UP BY 3.12%. 
          I DID A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH AND I WANTED TO SEE, WELL, WHAT WAS THE RATE OF INFLATION OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS AND I BELIEVE IT WAS 5.4%. 
          AND SO IN OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO GET SOME UNDERSTANDING OF, OF, UH, WHAT THAT MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR, UH, WHEN OUR BUDGET'S GOING UP BY LESS THAN THE RATE OF INFLATION AND, AND GET SOME PERSPECTIVE AROUND THAT. 
          SURE. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, MCKEE RODRIGUEZ HAD HAD ASKED ABOUT, UH, WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT OF A 10% PROPERTY TAX, UH, CUT. 
          AND I'M JUST GUESSING OVER HERE BY LOOKING AT SLIDE 19, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RECEIVES 22.6% OF THE TOTAL TAXPAYER'S PROPERTY TAX BILL. 
          AND SO IF WE CUT OUR PROPERTY TAXES BY 10%, THEN WOULD THAT CUT THE PROPERTY TAXPAYER'S BILL BY 2.26% ROUGHLY? UM, SO, SO WHAT I UNDERSTOOD THE COUNCILMAN TO ASK FOR WAS A, A REDUCTION IN THE RATE, I THINK IS WHAT I HEARD. 
          UM, SO WE'RE GONNA GO BACK, WE HAVE IT, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU OPTIONS THAT TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES A QUARTER CENT REDUCTION LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES A HALF CENT REDUCTION LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES A THREE QUARTER CENT REDUCTION LOOK LIKE? WHAT THE IMPACT IS TO US FROM A REVENUE PERSPECTIVE? AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO THE SAME THING. 
          WE'LL SHOW YOU THE SAME THING THAT WE DID LAST TIME. 
          IF YOU HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS HOME OR $500,000 HOME, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THE ONE CAVEAT I'LL GIVE YOU ON THE TAX RATE VERSUS THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THE TAX RATE WILL APPLY TO EVERYBODY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. 
          SO THE SAME DOLLAR WILL HAVE LESS IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTIAL REDUCTION THAN A HOMESTEAD. 
          SO, UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL DO ALL OF THAT ANALYSIS AND WE'LL, WE'LL PRESENT THAT AS PART OF ONE OF THE WORK SESSIONS. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 
          THANKS A LOT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND BY THE WAY, COUNCILMAN, I, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY IN RESPONDING. 
          I TRY TO BE BORING, NOT DISPEN, NOT, NOT DIS SUSPENSEFUL. 
          THAT'S MY GOAL. 
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ALRIGHT. 
          WE MIGHT NEED A HALF DAY ON THE PUBLIC FINANCE PORTION OF THE BUDGET, UH, THIS YEAR, BEN, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE QUICK ONE THERE. 
          UH, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? I WANNA MAKE SURE I DON'T LOSE ANYBODY 'CAUSE WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUE WITH THE, OKAY. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          UM, FOR ITEMS FIVE AND SIX, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, JUST, JUST PULLING UP THE VOTE. 
          NO MORE SUSPENSE ANSWER, PLEASE VOTE. 
          JUST MARKING MY, YEAH, MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO 
          [19. 
Ordinance approving the execution of a master interlocal agreement with the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to provide research and technical assistance on individual projects for up to five years for a total amount not to exceed $7,000,000.  [John Peterek, Assistant to the City Manager; Brian Dillard, Chief Innovation Officer, Office of Innovation].]
ITEM NUMBER 19. 
          ITEM 19 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE EXECUTION OF A MASTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO U T S A TO PROVIDE RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $7 MILLION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRANT? YES, I WOULD LIKE, UH, THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM, AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION. 
          SORRY, SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY. 
          UM, SO AS SOME OF THE VETERAN COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL RECALL, I WAS STANDING BEFORE YOU ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WERE GONNA BE ESTABLISHING IN THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION, A NEW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR RESEARCH GIANTS MOVING FORWARD TO ANSWER SOME OF THE HUGEST QUESTIONS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THIS WAS PRE PANDEMIC. 
          THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED. 
          WE'VE SEEN WHETHER IT'S EQUITY, WHETHER PANDEMIC, WE NEED RESEARCH AND WE NEED THAT COLLABORATION TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE HUGE CHALLENGES. 
          SO WHAT I'M TALKING TO YOU ABOUT TODAY IS A FOUNDATION FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP, NOT JUST WITH U T S A. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT PARTNERSHIPS WITH A AND M AND OTHER LOCAL RESEARCH ENTITIES UNDER THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ACT. 
          BUT THIS IS A CULTURE SHIFT FOR THE CITY DATA, DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING. 
          AND IT'S A CULTURE SHIFT ALSO FOR U T SS A WHO IS DOING MORE AND MORE APPLIED RESEARCH. 
          THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF THE HOLLOWS OF ACADEMIA AND COMING INTO GOVERNMENT AND TEACHING US WHAT THEY KNOW AND WHAT THEY'RE STUDYING. 
          SO FIRST, WHY DO WE NEED THIS MASTER RESEARCH AGREEMENT? PROBABLY THE BIGGEST REASON IS HOW IT INCREASES EFFICIENCY BY ESTABLISHING UPFRONT UMBRELLA TERMS. WE NO LONGER HAVE TO NEGOTIATE INDIVIDUAL AGREEMENTS EVERY TIME WE WANNA STUDY OR EVALUATE A PROGRAM. 
          THUS, IT REDUCES COSTS LESS ATTORNEYS, LESS FINANCE STAFF, LESS DEPARTMENT STAFF INVOLVED, AS WELL AS ON THE U T S A SIDE. 
          AND THEN, AS I JUST EX DISCUSSED, IT BUILDS RESILIENCY. 
          IT GETS US READY TO MOVE QUICK WHEN WE DO HAVE TO RESPOND TO A CRISIS AND RESEARCH IS A PART OF THAT RESPONSE. 
          SECOND, TRACKING, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND COLLECTIVE IMPACT. 
          AND WHEN I MET WITH A LOT OF YOU, THIS CAME UP, RIGHT NOW IT'S DECENTRALIZED. 
          SO WITH OVER 40 DEPARTMENTS, IT'S HARD FOR MYSELF AND BRIA A TEAM OF TWO TO KEEP TRACK OF THE RESEARCH THAT IS OCCURRING. 
          THIS IS THIS MASTER RESEARCH AGREEMENT. 
          THE UMBRELLA AGREEMENT ALLOWS US TO KEEP BETTER TRACK OF THAT, STICK WITH BASIC TERMS, AND FOCUS MORE ON THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW THEY TIE TOGETHER THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT. 
          AND THIRD, IT INCREASES OUR DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON DATA AND EVIDENCE. 
          SO THAT WHAT, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE KNOW THAT IT WORKS. 
          WE'VE TESTED IT, WE'VE STUDIED IT, WE'RE NOT, THERE'S NO GUESSWORK OR SIMPLY EXECUTION INVOLVED. 
          IT'S THOUGHT OUT. 
          SO APPLIED RESEARCH IS DIFFERENT THAN RESEARCH RESEARCHERS IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS. 
          APPLIED RESEARCH IS ABOUT CLOSE COLLABORATION AND A PRACTICAL SENSE. 
          IT GIVES US SOLUTIONS AT THE CITY THAT ALLOWS US TO TEST OUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT WORKS. 
          AND IT INFORMS THE POLICIES THAT YOU ALL MAKE WITH EVIDENCE AND DATA TO ENSURE WE'RE STRETCHING THE TAXPAYER DOLLAR AND DOING 
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WHAT'S PROVEN. 
          SECOND, WE HAVE 40,000 SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AT U T S A AND EVEN MORE AT OUR OTHER RESEARCH INSTITUTES. 
          WE CAN TAP INTO THESE BRIGHT FOLKS WHO ARE STUDYING IN-DEPTH ISSUES THAT CAN HELP US FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADDRESS THINGS LIKE HOUSING AND THE CONSTANT CHANGE IN TECHNOLOGY. 
          SO, APPLIED RESEARCH, IT'S A BROAD TERM, BUT IT REALLY CAN BE DISTILLED DOWN TO THREE BASIC THINGS. 
          HOW WELL DO WE UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGE WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE? DO WE HAVE THE DEMOGRAPHICS ON THE FOLKS WE'RE TRYING TO HELP? DO WE UNDERSTAND HISTORICALLY WHAT THEY'VE BEEN UP AGAINST? NUMBER TWO, HOW DO WE KNOW SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE PURSUING ARE WORKING? AND THIRD, ONCE WE'VE ANSWERED ONE AND TWO, IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO DO IT? AND IF SO, CAN WE TEST THAT AT A SMALL SCALE BEFORE EXPANDING AND DOING LARGER SCALE PURCHASES? SO THE TYPES OF PROJECTS WE WOULD BE PURSUING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE DRIVEN BY THE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM. 
          THEY WILL BE DRIVEN BY OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY WILL BE DRIVEN BY OUR DEPARTMENTS. 
          THIS IS A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT. 
          WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT PROJECTS WE'LL BE PURSUING AT THIS TIME. 
          WE HAVE AN IDEA BASED ON PAST AND FUTURE PROJECTS, BUT THEY WILL BE DRIVEN BY THE ISSUES THAT COME UP IN THE INTERESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO SOME PAST PROJECTS, WE DID SOME ANALYSIS INTO THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND WE FOUND THAT THE PROJECTS, THE RESEARCH PROJECTS FROM U T S A FELL INTO THREE CATEGORIES, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, CITYWIDE EFFORTS, AND TECHNICAL. 
          SO ON VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, JUST TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE EXAMPLES, THIS WOULD BE THINGS LIKE THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVEY. 
          IT WOULD BE THINGS LIKE THE DIGITAL INCLUSION SURVEY AND ASSESSMENT THAT CAME OUT OF OUR OFFICE. 
          AND IT WOULD BE THINGS LIKE STUDYING PRE-K FOR SA AND HEAD HEADSTART IMPACT ON THE, ON THE CITYWIDE, IT WOULD BE THINGS LIKE THE CITYWIDE BUDGET SURVEY. 
          AND ON THE TECHNICAL END, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A BIG CHUNK OF THIS, UM, ABOUT 40% FALLS INTO THIS CATEGORY. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEYS BEFORE WE'RE GOING INTO, UH, RA'S GOING INTO AN AREA AND PULLING UP STREETS. 
          WE HAVE TO DO ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDIES. 
          SO A LOT OF THOSE FELL INTO THIS CATEGORY AS WELL. 
          AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THINGS LIKE TESTING RECLAIMED ASPHALT PAVEMENT THAT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH U T S A ON. 
          ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE ABOUT PAST PROJECTS IS THAT THEY'RE SMALL. 
          THE VAST MAJORITY ARE FALLING UNDER THE 150 K MARK. 
          THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IMPLEMENTING AT SCALE, WE'RE TESTING AND EVALUATING ON A SMALL SCALE. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT SMALL PURCHASES OR SMALL, UH, DOLLAR AMOUNTS WITH U T SS A. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT INNOVATION IS EXPLORING RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD DO UNDER SOMETHING LIKE A MASTER RESEARCH AGREEMENT IS NUMBER ONE, WE FOUND THAT IT'S VERY HARD FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS TO FIND RESEARCHERS AND FOR RESEARCHERS TO, TO FIND OUR 40 PLUS DEPARTMENT STAFF. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON A MATCH.COM TYPE PLATFORM TO HELP THEM FIND EACH OTHER AND START SCOPING THESE CHALLENGES TOGETHER. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE OPENED UP TO YOU ALL TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          A TRAFFIC SAFETY STUDY. 
          I HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM TODAY. 
          THIS IS A COLLABORATION WITH THEM. 
          IT IS POSSIBLE TO USE OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR CAMERAS. 
          THERE'S OVER 200 OF THEM AT INTERSECTIONS AND APPLY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO GATHER DATA ABOUT WHY ACCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING. 
          THIS IS NOT A RESOURCE VISION ZERO CURRENTLY HAS, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EXPLORING RIGHT NOW AT A SMALL SCALE IN A VERY AFFORDABLE WAY. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS. 
          WE LAUNCHED THREE THIS LAST YEAR. 
          UM, THEY'VE HELPED US FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUR HARD TO REACH RESIDENTS. 
          UM, AND THESE ARE SCIENTIFIC TRIALS, SO WE KNOW WITH A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE WHAT DOES AND DOESN'T WORK. 
          WE HOPE TO DO MORE OF THESE IN THE FUTURE. 
          OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE FINALLY TO THE MEET THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 
          UH, IT'S AT A HIGH LEVEL. 
          IT'S AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER 7 91 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE INTERLOCAL COOPERATION ACT. 
          AND IN THIS CODE, THE STATE OF PUR PURPOSE IS TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY AUTHORIZING THEM TO CONTRACT TO THE GREATEST POSSIBLE EXTENT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH AGENCIES OF THE STATE, PROBABLY NUMBER BULLET. 
          NUMBER TWO IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE. 
          WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING HERE IS CREATING EFFICIENCIES BY SETTING GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 
          WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING THESE TERMS OVER THREE TO SIX MONTHS. 
          WE DON'T WANNA HAVE TO DO THAT EVERY TIME WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH U T S A TO DO RESEARCH. 
          SO WE'RE CUTTING THAT TIME DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          IT'S A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT. 
          THERE'S A CEILING. 
          IT CAN'T GO IN THAT FIVE YEARS OVER 7 MILLION. 
          AND IT PRE AUTHORIZES ASSISTANCE IN FIVE CATEGORIES, PROGRAM EVALUATIONS, COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH, 
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DATA ANALYSIS, BEST PRACTICES AND SURVEYS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, IT SITS VERY FIRM TERMS REGARDING PRIVACY AND SECURITY. 
          SO JUST TO RECAP, SOME OF THE BENEFITS ARE EFFICIENCY, RESILIENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          THAT'S THE CENTRALIZATION WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. 
          A FOURTH ONE I DIDN'T GET INTO IS EXTERNAL FUNDING. 
          INSTITUTES LIKE U T S A RELY ON A LOT OF EXTERNAL GRANT FUNDING. 
          THOSE FUNDERS NOW ARE LOOKING FOR CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH CITIES. 
          THEY WANNA SEE APPLIED RESEARCH. 
          IT'S NOT OKAY ANYMORE TO JUST DO RESEARCH AND SHARE IT WITH OTHER RESEARCHERS. 
          IT'S IT'S TIME TO MAKE AN IMPACT WITH THAT RESEARCH. 
          AND SO THEY NEED, THEY NEED US AS MUCH AS WE NEED THEM. 
          AND FIVE IS SMARTER DECISIONS. 
          IT'S THAT DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING. 
          IT'S USING EVIDENCE TO MAKE SURE SOMETHING WORKS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO FINALLY, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE WITH YOUR APPROVAL TODAY? WE CAN EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT WITH U T S A, WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON. 
          UH, WITH AN, A SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE'LL THEN ONBOARD AND TRAIN THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE NEW PROCESS, WHICH IS SIMPLE, BUT WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW IT EXISTS, IT'S THERE FOR THEM AND HOW IT WORKS. 
          UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT PLATFORM THAT WILL ALLOW US TO THE MATCH.COM OF THE RESEARCH WORLD THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MATCH DEPARTMENTS WITH CITY STAFF. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, WE WILL REPORT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT WE'RE SEEING THE, THE WAY THAT THE RESULTS WERE USED, AND JUST KEEP YOU ALL INFORMED ON HOW THIS IS PROGRESSING. 
          WITH THAT, I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING. 
          SO I WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND IF WE COULD PULL UP THE SLIDE ON THE PROJECT OVERVIEW. 
          I, AND I, I'M SURE, I'M NOT SURE IF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE SEEN IT, BUT THEY DID GIVE ME A LIST OF THE U T S A AWARDED, UH, CONTRACTS. 
          AND WHAT I NOTICED IS THAT THE SPONSORS WERE ALL CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROJECTS BEING DRIVEN BY COUNCIL AND DEPARTMENTS, I'VE HEARD ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON AND, AND BEEN FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL, IS THAT PLANS ARE DONE AND THEY SIT ON THE SHELF. 
          SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE START TO TRACK WHICH CITY DEPARTMENTS AND WHICH COUNCIL OFFICES ARE, UM, MAKING THESE REQUESTS, WANTING TO SEE THESE, THESE STUDIES. 
          BECAUSE IF THERE'S A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THAT'S MAKING ALL THESE REQUESTS, BUT IT JUST SITS THERE, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT. 
          UH, I WOULD, I WOULD RATHER SEE THAT A PROJECT THAT'S IMPLEMENTED. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF MY THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE. 
          AND IF YOU CAN DO JUST A SAMPLE OF WHAT WE DID THE LAST 72 PROJECTS, AND THEN IF WE COULD TRACK WHO'S MAKING THOSE REQUESTS AND WHAT DEPARTMENTS, UH, OF THE STUDIES AND DATA. 
          I HAVE A FEELING I HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER NEXT TO ME THAT'S GOING TO ASK FOR A LOT . 
          SO, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE. 
          UM, AND THE OTHER THING IS, CAN COSA DEPARTMENTS ENGAGE IN INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS WITH OTHER ENTITIES WITHOUT HAVING TO NEGOTIATE, UH, INDIVIDUAL TERMS OR SEEK COUNCIL APPROVAL OR, UM, FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT? OR IS THIS GOING TO, DO WE HAVE TO GO TO THE COUNCIL? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MOVING FORWARD? YES. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, DEPARTMENTS DO NOT HAVE TO USE THE MASTER RESEARCH AGREEMENT. 
          WE HOPE THAT THEY DO SO THAT WE CAN CENTRALLY TRACK, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO. 
          UM, BUT IF THEY DO, UM, THE WAY THE AGREEMENT IS WRITTEN IS THEY DO, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL. 
          THERE WILL BE INSTANCES WHERE WE'LL WANT TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL. 
          AND I DO NOT IMAGINE THAT A DEPARTMENT WHO HAS A HIGH PROFILE ITEM, A LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNT, SOMETHING THAT GAINS A LOT OF COMMUNITY INTEREST WOULD WANNA USE THE MASTER RESEARCH AGREEMENT. 
          BUT FOR SMALLER STUDIES, THE TYPES OF THINGS WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IN INNOVATION, UM, THAT MOVE QUICKLY, WE WOULD, WE WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, OH, IS THE DATA STORED SOMEWHERE WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN GET AHOLD OF THIS EASILY? OR IS IT SOMEWHERE WHERE WE HAVE TO KIND OF GIVE THEM THE EXACT LINK IF THEY WANTED TO SEE THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVEY, WOULD I HAVE TO GO SEARCHING FOR A LINK? OR IS IT ON THE, UH, MAYBE THE PD WEBSITE? SO, UM, THAT'S NOT A STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWER FOR YOU BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE DATA. 
          OBVIOUSLY, IF IT'S PRIVATE DATA, THE ANSWER IS NO. 
          UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DATA THAT'S ALREADY PUBLIC AND OUT THERE. 
          OUR OFFICE IS ACTUALLY WORKING ON A DATA PLATFORM THAT WILL HOST A LOT OF DATA. 
          SO OVER TIME, YES. 
          THE GOAL OF THIS IS TRANSPARENCY. 
          WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PUT OUT THERE HOW THE NEEDLE IS MOVING, WHAT WE'RE LEARNING, AND SHARE THAT DATA WITH OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND YOU MENTIONED THAT WE GET, THEY GET EXTERNAL FUNDING. 
          SO WHO DO DOES THE RESEARCH STUDIES BELONG TO? DOES IT BELONG TO US, TO U T S A, MAYBE 
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TO THAT THIRD PARTY THAT MIGHT COME INTO THE RESEARCH PROJECT? SO, AND I SEE OUR CITY ATTORNEY HERE, SO SHE CAN HELP ME IF I GET THIS WRONG. 
          BUT WHO OWNS IT? IT'S NOT ACTUALLY BASED ON WHO PAYS FOR IT, IT'S BASED ON WHO CREATED IT. 
          SO IF WE JOINTLY CREATE IT, WE JOINTLY OWN IT. 
          IF U T S A CREATES THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, THEY OWN IT. 
          AND IF WE CREATE IT THE IP, THEN THE CITY OWNS IT. 
          AND FRANKLY, COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING WITH U T S A. 
          OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE WOULD WANT IS TO THE EXTENT WE DO FUND A STUDY, WE WANNA HAVE THE UNFETTERED RIGHT TO USE THAT FOR OUR OWN PURPOSES, RIGHT? NOT NECESSARILY COMMERCIALIZATION, BUT TO USE IT FOR WHAT THE CITY'S ASKING U T S A TO STUDY FOR. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE STILL WORKING THOSE DETAILS OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I THINK IF YOU COULD JUST KEEP US UPDATED ON THAT, ANDY. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND AS, AS THIS, AS THIS GOES FORWARD. 
          NOW, MY OTHER QUESTIONS IS, AND I DID LOOK AT THE, THE DATA YOU SENT ME, THERE WERE A FEW OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UH, PROJECTS. 
          AND DOES THAT COME AND I'M LOOKING AT, AND I, AND I HAVE A FEELING I KNOW WHAT IT IT WAS, BUT, UM, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CULTURAL RESOURCES CONSULTING SERVICES FOR OUR, AND IT WAS WITH THE CENTER OF ARCHE ARCHEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, WHICH WAS 600, UH, 600,000. 
          WHAT WAS THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR? AND DID, DID, DID THAT COME TO COUNCIL FOR, UH, APPROVAL? SO MY UNDERSTANDING WITH A LOT OF THE CENTER FOR ARCHEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IS THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED BY LAW IN CERTAIN CASES. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS ON THAT STUDY. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I CAN COME BACK TO YOU , AND IF, IF WE COULD JUST KEEP TRACK OF SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE THIS IS $7 MILLION AND I'M, I'M ALL FOR, UH, THE, THIS AGREEMENT IN, IN THAT ASPECT. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF KEEPING TRACK OF WHERE OUR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS CAN KIND OF COME IN AND HELP WITH THE EXPENSES. 
          AND I'M THINKING IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE ALAMO, UH, THE STATE AND THE COUNTY IN THAT ASPECT. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, CAN, WE ARE, WE ARE HOLDING OUR, OUR, UH, DATA SOMEPLACE WHERE WE CAN EASILY SEE WHICH ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          AND THAT IT'S KIND OF EASY FOR US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GO TO, BECAUSE I THINK WITH, WITH THE CURRENT COUNCIL THAT I SEE HERE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS AND IDEAS SPECIFIC TO OUR DISTRICT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE INITIATED. 
          BUT WE WANT, WE DON'T WANNA JUST GO WITH, YOU KNOW, THIS PLAN. 
          WE WANNA HAVE, HAVE IT DONE WITH RESEARCH. 
          SO THERE'S LONGEVITY IN IT, BUT WE JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AND EQUITABLE. 
          THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, SO THEY ARE USING THE EQUITY LENS, THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, UH, U T S A WHEN THEY DO THIS RESEARCH. 
          YEAH, THEY HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME EQUITY STANDARDS AS WE DO THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING. 
          AND I THINK GETTING BETTER AT YEAR AFTER YEAR AND WILL, IT'LL BE, CONTINUE TO BE A BIG PART OF THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION. 
          SO WHEN WE CENTRALIZE THIS, ANY STUDIES THAT COME THROUGH US, THE EQUITY QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED FOR SURE. 
          WELL, I THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 
          I THINK YOU AND I ARE BOTH ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH OF WHAT WE WANNA SEE IN A DASHBOARD. 
          SO WITH THAT, I MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          UM, SECOND WAS FROM ROCHA GARCIA. 
          SO LET'S MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER S. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, I, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S SOME U T S A FOLKS HERE. 
          AND SO AFTER MY COMMENTS, I'M, I'M GONNA CALL YOU UP, UH, SO THAT YOU CAN, UH, RESPOND TO, TO WHAT YOU'RE HEARING TODAY. 
          UH, I THINK THE ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDIES ARE REQUIRED BY LAW WHEN WE DO CERTAIN, UH, PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS, UM, SO THAT WE'RE NOT BUILDING, YOU KNOW, STREETS AND PARKS ON TOP OF, UH, NATIVE AMERICAN BURIAL GROUNDS, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          UM, I, I THINK U T S A ALSO HELPED US OUT WITH A LOT OF STUDIES AROUND TOWN ON, UH, ASPHALT RECLAMATION. 
          THEY DID THE DIGITAL DIVIDE HEAT MAP. 
          THEY DID THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HEAT MAP. 
          THEY, UM, COUNCILWOMAN VEER H YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT HOW UTSAS UNDER THE EXISTING CONTRACT, UH, HAS BEEN HELPING MARIA VILLA GOMEZ AND YOU, UM, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO GET YOUR ARMS AROUND, UH, ALL OF THE TOPICS, UH, REGARDING CRIME. 
          UM, AND THEN THEY DID THE STUDY FOR PRE-K FOR SA, UM, WHICH I THINK EVERY DISTRICT BENEFITS FROM. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE, UH, BECAUSE, UH, EVERY SINGLE, UM, LARGE VERTICALLY INTEGRATED ENTERPRISE 
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ON THE PLANET HAS AN R AND D DEPARTMENT, OR THEY FARM THAT WORK OUT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, R AND D FIRMS. UM, AND THAT'S INCLUDES GOVERNMENT. 
          AND, UM, BECAUSE, AND, AND DIFFERENT THAN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, OUR NEEDS ARE MORE, UH, OUR NEEDS EXCEED, UH, THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. 
          AND SO THE MORE GRANULAR AND OBJECTIVE DATA THAT WE GET, UM, IS, UH, HELPS INFORM HOW IT IS THAT WE INVEST OUR MONEY MOST, UH, MOST INTELLIGENTLY. 
          AND SO, UH, I, I DO THINK BRIAN AND KATE, UM, THAT WE NEED TO NOT JUST INCLUDE TEXAS A AND M IN THIS ONE. 
          UM, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY IT IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH, UH, I KNOW IT WOULDN'T BE AN INTERLOCAL, BUT A SIMILAR AGREEMENT, UM, NONETHELESS WITH THE SAME KINDS OF EXPECTATIONS WITH OUR LADY OF THE LAKE OR TRINITY, OR ST. 
          MARY'S OR INCARNATE WORD. 
          AND SO, UM, MY REQUEST TO YOU TWO IS TO PLEASE BRING, UM, A, A DISCUSSION TO MY COMMITTEE ON, AND MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS AT ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BRING US A THOUGHTFUL PLAN ON HOW WE CAN, UM, ENGAGE THOSE OTHER UNIVERSITIES AND RELY ON, ON THEIR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE TO HELP US SOLVE OLD PROBLEMS AND FIND NEW SOLUTIONS TO THEM. 
          AND, UM, I I, I SPECIFICALLY THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT HERE THAT, UM, THIS IS NOT A DISTRICT EIGHT ISSUE. 
          UM, AND IT'S NOT A DISTRICT FIVE ISSUE EITHER, CONSIDERING, UH, A LOT OF THIS RESEARCH IS GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEW, UH, DOWNTOWN CAMPUS. 
          BUT, UH, I, I WANNA REMIND YOU ALL THAT THIS IS A BIG WIN FOR ALL OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, BECAUSE THESE ARE PROFESSORS AND THESE ARE STUDENTS, UH, WHO HELP CONDUCT AND COMPILE, UH, ALL THIS, UM, THIS DATA ANALYSIS AND PROVIDE US THIS REALLY IMPORTANT TOOL TO BE ABLE TO, UH, EFFECTIVELY SERVE, UH, THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND IT'S THOSE STUDENTS. 
          WHEN YOU GO TO U T S A AND YOU TALK TO THESE STUDENTS, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF 'EM DON'T LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          THEY LIVE, THEY LIVE IN ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS. 
          AND SO, UM, I, UH, I AM EXPECTING BRIAN, FOR YOU TO BRING THAT TO ME, UM, AND, UH, FOR US TO START TALKING ABOUT HOW IT IS THAT WE CAN ROPE IN THE OTHER UNIVERSITIES SO THAT THEIR STUDENTS, UM, AND THEIR PROFESSORS WHO LIVE IN ALL THE OTHER, UH, AREAS OF TOWN AS WELL, ARE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS IMPORTANT WORK. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST THE ONLY BENEFICIARY HERE, RIGHT? THERE'S ENLIGHTENED SELF-INTEREST ON THE PART OF U T S A, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING, UM, THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR PROFESSORS MEATY THINGS ON WHICH TO WORK. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, UH, ALBERT GREES, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE, CAN YOU COME UP AND TALK TO US AND, UM, ADDRESS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS CONTRACT MEANS TO Y'ALL. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          GOOD. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS ALBERT ZALES. 
          I WORK FOR UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO. 
          I'M GONNA DEFER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN BAZ TO MY COLLEAGUE JACQUELINE SHAW. 
          SHE'S OUR ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND RESEARCH. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU ALBERT. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. 
          UM, I AM REPRESENTING THE RESEARCH OFFICE AND THE BROADER U T SS A COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WE'RE VERY HONORED THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING THIS, UH, RESEARCH AGREEMENT. 
          WE KNOW THE BENEFIT TO THE CITY. 
          UM, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT BRIAN, KATE, THE INNOVATION OFFICE, THE LEGAL TEAM, HAS BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH. 
          UM, THESE NEGOTIATIONS TAKE TIME AND THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY'RE DONE RIGHT FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. 
          AND, AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO EXECUTING THAT AGREEMENT. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY WE ALSO HOPE THAT THIS SETS THE GROUNDWORK, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER, ARE OTHER RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY THAT I THINK HAVE A LOT TO OFFER. 
          WE'RE A VERY LARGE, COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY, BUT WE, WE DO NOT HAVE EXPERTISE IN EVERY ISSUE THAT THE CITY HAS TO ADDRESS. 
          SO WE HOPE THAT WE DO THAT, UH, TOUGH WORK IN CREATING AN AGREEMENT THAT EVERYONE AGREES TO. 
          AND, UH, TEXAS A AND M, SAN ANTONIO, UM, ALL OF THE UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER RESEARCH, RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS CAN ALSO BENEFIT FROM THAT. 
          UM, AND OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FACULTY, UH, THEY'RE AMAZING. 
          THEY REPRESENT ALL DISTRICTS, THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS AND MORE SO BEYOND. 
          AND SO CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CAN MAKE THIS A KIND OF A, UH, EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. 
          AND SO WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, AND THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PROAM, UH, THANK YOU TO T S A FOR BEING HERE. 
          I I DO WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT I WAS AT THE CHANGE OF COMMAND FOR THE N S A LAST WEEK, AND PRESIDENT AMY WAS THERE, AND THEY REFERENCED THEIR PARTNERSHIP WHEN I SPOKE WITH, UM, BOTH THE OUTGOING LEADERSHIP AND THE INCOMING LEADERSHIP ABOUT THE CRITICAL PARTNERSHIP WITH CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH 
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THAT YOU ALL ARE HELPING WITH. 
          SO, UM, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED, UH, THAT DR. 
          UH, UH, AMY WAS THERE. 
          AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK THERE. 
          UM, INITIALLY, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES AND WHAT THIS DOES IN TERMS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS, I'M AN EDUCATOR, SO I KNOW FIRSTHAND THAT RETENTION HAPPENS. 
          90% OF RETENTION HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO. 
          AND SO WHEN OUR STUDENTS ARE OUT THERE GOING DOOR TO DOOR, UH, KNOCKING ON DOORS, DOING THE RESEARCH, LITERALLY IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE AREAS, WHICH I HAVE BEEN PRESENTED INFORMATION FIRSTHAND, THAT SHOWS THAT OUR STUDENTS, YOUR STUDENTS AT U T SS A HAVE BEEN DOING THIS. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE PROFESSORS AND THE RESEARCHERS WHO ARE DOING THAT, THAT WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS. 
          UM, INITIALLY I HAD TALKED ABOUT, MAYBE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, DURING MY FIRST TERM, I HAD TALKED ABOUT A RESEARCH, UH, THINK TANK. 
          AND SO, YES, LEVERAGING THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, UM, ACROSS THE CITY, WE, UM, KNOW THAT THERE'S EXPERTS IN EVERYTHING. 
          LIKE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, ST. 
          MARY'S IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, U I W, NURSING AND EDUCATION, OUR LADY OF THE LAKE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE, TEXAS A AND M HAS DONE GREAT WORK IN EDUCATION, TRINITY WITH DEMOGRAPHY. 
          SO EVERYBODY HAS THESE KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND EXPERTS ON THEIR FACULTY. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT THAT U T S A IS AT THE FOREFRONT. 
          AND I, UH, UH, ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ALL ARE ON YOUR WAY TO BECOMING A TIER ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTION. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO RECEIVE GRANTS THAT WILL HELP ACHIEVE THAT DESIGNATION, WHICH WILL MOVE US FORWARD IN THE RESEARCH REALM ACROSS THE, THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. 
          SO WE BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE FOR ADDITIONAL GRANTS. 
          AND SO I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO APPROVE THIS TODAY. 
          UM, AND, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT BY LATE 2021, YOU ALL WILL KNOW IF YOU HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED. 
          UM, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 
          UH, I SEE THAT YOU ALL HAVE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE UNI, UM, THE, UM, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, THE US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AND SO THAT MAKES ME PROUD THAT U T S A IS, UH, A PART OF THAT. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THAT. 
          AND ALSO, I JUST WANT TO, UM, SHOUT OUT THAT WE ALWAYS DO A REFERENCE U T S A FOOTBALL, AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO START, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, COACH, COACH TRAILER DOES A GREAT JOB OF BRANDING. 
          I THINK THAT THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRAND U T S A AS, AS REACH RESEARCHER. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR ALLOWING ME TO, TO PLUG IN U T S A FOOTBALL. 
          BUT YES, I'M ALL ABOUT RESEARCH AS WELL. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN DOING SOME, UH, JUST CONVERSATIONS, HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ACROSS THE NATION. 
          AND, UH, OVERWHELMINGLY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS HAVE BENEFITED FROM MULTIPLE UNIVERSITIES IN THEIR AREAS. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S KUNI OR BOSTON OR WHOEVER I'VE BEEN TALKING TO, THEY LEVERAGE PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS MULTIPLE, UM, UNIVERSITIES. 
          AND SO I'M EXCITED THAT YOU ALL ARE OPEN TO THAT AND, AND YOU ALL ARE ALL ABOUT LEARNING. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT U T S A TODAY. 
          WE ARE, UM, UH, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS GRANT THAT WE KNOW WILL HELP WITH YOUR TIER ONE RESEARCH, UM, STATUS. 
          BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH PROGRAM, EVALS BEST PRACTICES, UM, DATA ANALYSIS SURVEYS THAT WE NEED TO PERFORM DATA-INFORMED METRICS. 
          I AM ESPECIALLY HAPPY THAT WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH FOLKS LIKE YOU ALL TO SAVE US MONEY, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THINGS DO SIT ON A SHELF, BUT THE REASON THAT THE IDEAS SIT ON THE SHELF IS BECAUSE MAYBE THEY JUST WERE NOT, UH, THE GREATEST OF IDEAS. 
          BUT WE HAD RESEARCH THAT ALLOWED US TO SEE THAT AND TO, TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YES, THIS WILL WORK, OR NO, THIS WILL NOT WORK. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, ALSO SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR WORK ON THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVEY, UM, THE PRE-K FOR SA IMPACT EVALUATION, THAT HAS BEEN HUGE. 
          I LOVE, I LOOK, LOOK LOVE LOOKING FORWARD, UM, TO SHARING THAT WITH, WITH FOLKS EVERY YEAR. 
          UM, S A P D CALLS FOR SERVICE ANALYSIS, THE R M S PROJECT, THE ASPHALT, UH, RECLAIMED ASPHALT PAYMENT PROJECT DID A DIGITAL INCLUSION, UM, WHICH I CONTINUE TO, UM, TO, TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO WORK AND COUNCILWOMAN VRAN HAS, UH, ALREADY MENTIONED, BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE, THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF, OF THE CITY AS WELL, RIGHT? SO ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO TO HELP WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT, THE TRAFFIC STUDY. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE ALREADY WORKING POTENTIALLY WITH TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO, WHICH I'VE REFERENCED ALREADY, AND ALSO WITH UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER. 
          UM, BUT, UH, AGAIN, I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE THE BEST OF OUR BEST IN OUR CITY AND REALLY BE, UM, SUCCESSFUL WITH A RESEARCH THINK TANK THAT I THINK HAS BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING AND THAT YOU ALL HAVE STARTED. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          NOW I'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          HELLO. 
          HELLO. 
          HELLO. 
          UM, I FIRST OFF WANNA START BY SAYING HOW PROUD I AM TO SEE MY ALMA MATER BEING UTILIZED. 
          I GRADUATED WITH MY BA FROM, UH, U T SS A I AM ONE CLASS AWAY FROM MY MASTER'S, UH, U T S A, AND 
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I AM GOING TO, WE'LL SEE. 
          I NEED, I MIGHT NEED A BREAK, BUT I, I DO HOPE TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION AT U T S A. 
          UM, AND I SAY ALL THIS TO SAY THAT I HAVE FULL FAITH IN U T S A, UM, TO FULFILL A NUMBER OF THE MISSION OR TO HELP US FULFILL A NUMBER OF OUR MISSIONS, UH, AS A CITY. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO COMMEND THE CITY AND THE MAYOR FOR TAKING A MORE DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO ISSUES, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE GOAL DATA-INFORMED DECISIONS AND EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY MAKING. 
          UM, I DID HAVE A, A BRIEFING WITH THE OFFICE AND, UM, MET WITH, UH, DIFFERENT RESEARCHERS, THE, THE GROUP. 
          UM, AND I WAS A BIT DISAPPOINTED, UH, AND THERE WAS A FEELING THAT MANY OF THE CRIMINOLOGISTS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UH, WEREN'T BEING FULLY UTILIZED. 
          AND, UM, THERE WAS LIMITED DIRECTION. 
          AND SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS A PATH TO CORRECT THAT ISSUE. 
          UM, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE AS IT RELATES TO A NUMBER OF ISSUES. 
          AND I AM GOING TO STATE MY OPTIMISM. 
          UM, AND I WILL ALSO BE A BROKEN RECORD AS, UH, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID THEY'RE GONNA BE A BROKEN RECORD ABOUT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS. 
          SOME ARE GONNA BE A BROKEN RECORD ABOUT POLICE SUBSTATIONS. 
          I AM EXCITED AT THE PROSPECT OF AN OFFICE OF CRIME AND RECIDIVISM PREVENTION. 
          UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS PARTNERSHIP IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLIMENT THE WORK, UM, OF OUR CITY WITH GUIDED RESEARCH. 
          UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GOALS THAT I HOPE THIS BUDGET CAN ADDRESS, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF ITEM 19, UH, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT CAN BE USED AS A TOOL TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER VEO . 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, USUALLY WHEN THESE RESULTS ARE PRESENTED, WE, WE GET THESE PRESENTATIONS AT B SESSION, AND, UM, A LOT OF US AND, AND OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY WE COMMISSIONED THIS STUDY. 
          WHY ARE YOU LOOKING INTO THIS? I'D, I'D LIKE TO SEE A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN, AT LEAST FOR US IN THE BEGINNING. 
          THIS MIGHT BE MORE FOR CITY STAFF, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE AN IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE FROM CITY STAFF BEFORE RESEARCH CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED. 
          UM, I MEAN, I'VE ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT WAS THE RESEARCH QUESTION? AND I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER SOMETIMES AT SOME OF THESE, SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW, UM, THE STUDY'S INTENT AND WHY ARE WE ASKING IT UPFRONT? I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE RESEARCH QUESTION IS, AS WELL AS THE, UM, ABSTRACT PRIOR TO THE AWARD AND, UM, AND ANY ORIGINAL DATA PROCUREMENT PRESCRIBED. 
          WE'VE, I'VE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, WHERE DID YOU GET THE DATA? AND IT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NATIONAL DATA. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE. 
          I MEAN, OF COURSE WE NEED TO USE NATIONAL DATA FOR SOME THINGS, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE LOCAL DATA AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, WE'RE STUDYING THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT THE POLICY WITHIN. 
          SO ANYWAY, I, I MEAN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK AND, UM, WE, WE DO NEED THESE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. 
          I LIKE THE IDEA OF, OF BRINGING IN OTHER, UH, HIGHER EDUCATION AS WELL, BUT TO CITY STAFF, I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, AGAIN, THE IMPLEMENTATIONS AN IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE, UM, THE RESEARCH QUESTION, AND THEN AN, UH, RESEARCH ABSTRACT. 
          ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS UPFRONT, I THINK WILL HELP US, AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR CONSTITUENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HAVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU, MA'AM, UM, ABOUT HAVING THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US UPFRONT TO SEE WHAT'S COMING AND BE, BE COGNIZANT OF WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING OUR RESOURCES. 
          UM, SO, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE, AND I UNDERSTAND THIS CONCEPT. 
          WE, WE BASICALLY HAVE A JOB ORDER CONTRACT THAT DOES THE SAME THING HERE FOR THE CITY IN PUBLIC WORKS. 
          UH, HAVING A LARGE CONTRACT WITH MULTIPLE AWARDS UNDERNEATH THEM THAT THEY CAN MAKE AWARDS TO WHOMEVER IS QUALIFIED AND DOING A GOOD JOB, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          UH, BUT EXPLAIN THE MECHANICS OF THIS. 
          WHO, WHO'S WHO, WHO'S GONNA BE PROVIDING THE QA QC ON THESE, THESE STUDIES? OKAY. 
          SO HOW IT WORKS IS IF A DEPARTMENT OR A COUNCIL MEMBER IS INTERESTED IN A STUDY, THEY WOULD CONTACT THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION. 
          UH, WE WOULD BEGIN A SCOPING PROCESS. 
          UM, IF IT'S WITH U T S A, WITH A AND M, WE WOULD PUT OUT WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN STUDYING. 
          SO, UH, TO COUNCILWOMAN KEO, H'S. 
          POINT, UM, THE RESEARCH QUESTION AND THE RESEARCH ABSTRACT WOULD BE IDENTIFIED EARLY ON, PUT OUT THERE INTO THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY. 
          NOW, ONCE IT'S SCOPED, UM, AND WE'RE READY TO, UM, SIGN A CONTRACT, A DOLLAR AMOUNT, THERE'S QUITE A FEW AUTHORITIES INVOLVED. 
          UM, THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT AND ENSURING IT, UH, IT ALIGNS WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET IN THE MASTER RESEARCH AGREEMENT, AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR SIGNS OFF ON IT AND THE FINANCE AND BUDGET OFFICE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THE FUNDING IS THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S, THAT DOESN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION. 
          WHO'S GONNA PROVIDE THE Q A Q C ON THAT PARTICULAR STUDY OR THAT CONTRACT? IT'S BASICALLY CONTRACT THAT YOU'RE SIGNING WITH WHATEVER UNIVERSITY YOU'RE TALKING WITH. 
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SORRY, I'M, CAN YOU DEFINE QA, QC, QUALITY CONTROL, THAT QUALITY WHAT I THOUGHT ASSURANCE? YEAH. 
          DEPARTMENT, THE DEPARTMENT'S. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, WELL, I MEAN, SO TWO WAYS. 
          I WOULD SAY TO JOHN'S POINT, THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE INVOLVED, THERE WILL BE A STANDARD METRICS, MOST OF THE TIME IS GONNA BE SPENT ON THE WORK ORDER. 
          SO WHAT I FOUND IN THE CONTRACTS WE'VE NEGOTIATED IN THE PAST IS WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS LIKE IP. 
          UM, THOSE WILL ALREADY BE NEGOTIATED. 
          SO YOU CAN SPEND MORE TIME ON THE WORK ITSELF. 
          THAT'S THE QUALITY CONTROL LIST. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE EXPECT FROM THE RESEARCH ON THESE DEADLINES, THESE GOALS. 
          THAT'S THE QUALITY CONTROL, BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE DEPARTMENT. 
          THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION WILL BE INVOLVED, AND ULTIMATELY YOU ALL WILL BE INVOLVED AND WE COME BACK AND REPORT TO YOU ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          WHAT WE DID, WHAT WE FOUND, WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO, UM, AND WHAT THE RESULTS WERE. 
          UH, I WAS LOOKING MORE IN LIKE IN PUBLIC WORKS. 
          THEY HAVE ASSIGNED PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH THE CONTRACTORS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE DOTTING THE I'S AND CROSSING THE T'S AND THEY'RE EXPERTS IN CONTRACT LANGUAGE. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY EXPERTS OUT THERE TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THESE CONTRACTS? OKAY, COUNCILMAN? YES. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          YES. 
          SO THAT'LL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT IN THE JOB AUDIT CONTRACTING, UH, THAT WE HAVE WITH PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC WORKS HAS THE EXPERTS AND ENGINEERS TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT, UH, BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT SERVICES WHEN THEY'RE, UH, PROJECTS RELATED TO BUILDINGS, THEY PROVIDE A Q A Q C IN THIS CASE, EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, UH, WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, DOING THAT IN COORDINATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WITHIN THE CONTRACT, THAT THE DELIVERABLES ARE BEING MET. 
          UH, AND THEN INDEED THE RESEARCH IS MEETING, UH, THE, THE ORIGINAL EXPECTATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THE, THE DEPARTMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, BUT HELP REASSURE ME THAT WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT CONTRACTS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE AND DO THAT QUALITY CONTROL. 
          UH, WE DO COUNCILMEN. 
          UM, MOST OF OUR CONTRACTS, I'M SORRY, MOST OF OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE CONTRACT, UH, COORDINATORS AND EXPERTS FOR SMALLER DEPARTMENTS, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, OFFICE OF INNOVATION, WE RELY ON WORKING WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CLOSELY AND OUR, UH, PROCUREMENT OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT OVERSIGHT. 
          BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THAT EXPERTISE. 
          AND IF I COULD ADD, ADD TO THAT, MARIA, ABSOLUTELY. 
          THE DEPARTMENTS WILL WORK WITH OUR OFFICE COUNCILMEN TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE, THE, UH, THE ORDERS ARE CONSISTENT WITH NOT ONLY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, BUT IF THERE'S SUPPLEMENTAL OR ADDITIONAL TERMS WE NEED TO ADD, WE'LL CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENTS ON DOING THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I'M STILL NOT TOTALLY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, BUT, UH, LET'S SEE WHERE WE GO, WHERE WE GO WITH THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, I SAW THE TEXAS A, WHY ARE WE ADDING TEXAS A AND M ON THIS? DO THEY HAVE RESEARCH CAPABILITIES AND, AND, UH, ARE THEY, UM, UH, WILLING TO DO THIS AND WANNA DO THIS? AND, AND DO THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO RESEARCH ON THESE TYPES OF ISSUES? SO WE'RE NOT ADDING THEM ONTO THIS CONTRACT, WE'RE PURSUING AN ADDITIONAL CONTRACT THAT WOULD LOOK QUITE SIMILAR TO THIS ONE. 
          AND THE ANSWER TO YOUR OTHER TWO QUESTIONS ARE, YES, THEY ARE INTERESTED. 
          WE'VE STARTED DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, AND THEY DO HAVE RESEARCH CAPABILITIES AS, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCILWOMEN POINTED OUT. 
          UM, IN SOME AREAS THEY ARE STRONGER THAN U T S A, JUST AS U T S A IS STRONGER IN OTHERS. 
          SO WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST ROLL THEM ALONG WITH ANY OTHER UNIVERSITY THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM ON THIS CONTRACT? SO THAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLY ON. 
          UM, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CITY WHO'S DONE THIS. 
          UH, WE'VE TALKED TO OTHER CITIES ABOUT BEST PRACTICES, AND IT'S SIMPLER TO DO A ONE-ON-ONE CONTRACT WITH EACH THAN TO DO A MASTER AGREEMENT AMONG EVERY, THERE'S SOME NUANCES BETWEEN THE INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE RECOGNIZED. 
          BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A LEGAL ANSWER THAT'S MORE YEAH, BECAUSE I, I, YOU KNOW, A JOB ORDER CONTRACT IS EQUIVALENT TO THIS, BUT HERE, WE'RE NOT USING THAT EXAMPLE OF USING MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS UNDER ONE CONTRACT. 
          YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE DOING SEPARATE CONTRACTS? WHY CAN'T WE ROLL 'EM UNDER ONE CONTRACT? I THINK SOME OF IT IS A TIMING ISSUE IN TERMS OF WE WANNA GET, YOU KNOW, WE ARE FURTHER ALONG, FRANKLY, WITH U T S A THAN WE ARE WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS, UH, COUNCILMAN. 
          BUT CERTAINLY WE WOULD, OUR AIM WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER TERMS AND CONDITIONS WE DO ENTER INTO WITH U T SS A, UH, ARE THE SAME, IF NOT SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ENTER WITH OTHER, UH, INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WOULD WE, UH, REDUCE THAT $7 MILLION APPROPRIATELY TO GIVE A PORTION OF THAT TO TEXAS A AND M? SO THE WHERE, THE, WHERE THE $7 MILLION COME FROM IS FROM LOOKING AT THE LAST FIVE YEARS 
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OF RESEARCH CONTRACTS WITH U T S A, UM, AND THEN ALSO KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GROWING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. 
          SO THE LAST FIVE YEARS ACCOUNTED FOR 6.4 MILLION. 
          UH, PLUS KNOWING THAT IN THE FUTURE WE'RE GONNA BE STRENGTHENING THAT RELATIONSHIP, WE TOOK THE CAP AND IT'S A CAP, IT'S AN UP TO 7 MILLION, SO IT WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED, THAT NUMBER WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS WITH TEXAS A AND M CITY. 
          SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COUNCILMAN, LET ME JUMP IN THAT BECAUSE I, I, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S KINDA LIKE A JOCK CONTRACT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO WE HAVE THREE MORE UNIVERSITIES THAT JOIN, OR TWO OR WHATEVER. 
          THAT POT DOESN'T GET ANY BIGGER, IT DOESN'T GROW BY SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS EVERY TIME, UNLESS WE START PUTTING A LOT MORE MONEY IN THIS AREA. 
          SO, WELL THAT SHARE THAT, MY CONCERN IS WE GOT $7 MILLION HERE, BUT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MULTIPLE AWARDS TO DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES. 
          IS THAT $7 MILLION GONNA GROW? NO, IT'S NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, IT'S NOT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA DECREASE THIS CONTRACT. 
          THESE ARE GONNA BE PROB THESE ARE GONNA BE UP TO CONTRACTS, RIGHT. 
          AND SO, UM, WE'LL MANAGE THAT. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T GO OVER THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT THE, THE SIZE OF THE PIE WON'T GET ANY BIGGER. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          TO YOUR POINT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          IT'S JUST LIKE A JOCK CONTRACT, KINDA. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, APPROVAL AUTHORITIES, UH, I SAW THAT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE WAS OVER A HUNDRED OR UNDER A HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          CER CERTAIN PERCENTAGE WAS UNDER 50,000. 
          WHO'S GONNA SIGN THE CONTRACTS? BECAUSE I, I KNOW, ERIC, I THINK YOUR APPROVAL AUTHORITY IS $50,000. 
          SO WHO'S GONNA SIGN ALL OF THESE CONTRACTS? IS IT GONNA BE THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION OR THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT SIGNING? THESE MANAGER'S OFFICE WILL SIGN OFF ON 'EM. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND ANYTHING OVER $50,000, WE'LL COME TO COUNCIL. 
          'CAUSE WE'LL NEED TO, WE MAY EITHER, IF IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          IF I MAY. 
          NO, UH, THE, THE COUNCIL IS VOTING ON THE CONTRACT NOW, ERIC, SO THAT OH, OKAY. 
          YOU KNOW, WHATEVER'S LED UNDER THIS CONTRACT DOES NOT COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR IT'S THE TASK. 
          IT'S A TASK ORDER. 
          YEAH, BUT I, I GUESS I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, ANDY, BUT THE APPROVAL AUTHORITIES, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM. 
          WHO CAN SIGN THE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS THAT MIGHT BE ABOVE $50,000? AND THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THIS CONTRACT THAT SAYS UP TO 7 MILLION IS BEING VOTED ON BY COUNCIL TODAY. 
          SO YOU ARE THE APPROVAL FOR THIS CONTRACT, WHATEVER'S LED UNDER IT. 
          YES. 
          BUT THERE'S APPROVAL AUTHORITIES UP, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD JUST SAY THE CITY MANAGER CAN SIGN A $6 MILLION TASK ORDER FOR THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT AND NOT HAVE TO COME TO COUNCIL IF, IF THE COUNCIL HAD APPROVED AN AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWED FOR THAT TASK ORDER. 
          THE ANSWER IS YES. 
          COUNCILMAN AGAIN, THE, THE COUNCIL TODAY IS VOTING ON A CONTRACT UNDER WHICH WE CAN LET UP TO $7 MILLION, UH, UNDER THE CONTRACT. 
          SO, UH, IN ESSENCE, AGAIN, THIS BODY IS THE APPROVAL FOR THAT. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING TODAY? WELL, UP TO $7 MILLION, YES. 
          BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE CITY MANAGER CAN SIGN A $6 MILLION TASK ORDER WITHOUT COMING BACK BECAUSE HE ONLY GOES UP TO $50,000. 
          NO, UH, UH, AGAIN, I MEAN, YOU'RE USING AN EXTREME, UH, EXAMPLE, BUT WELL, THAT'S POSSIBLE. 
          COURT IS CORRECT. 
          HE CAN, ONCE COUNCIL APPROVES THIS CONTRACT FOR UP TO 7 MILLION, THE ANSWER IS YES, THEORETICALLY HE CAN SIGN SOMETHING FOR 6 MILLION. 
          UH, AND I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PILATES. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, , I'LL CALL EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO COINCIDENTALLY, UH, WE LEFT ON CONSENT ITEM 18, WHICH WAS ANOTHER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH U T S A, WHERE, UH, WE AUTHORIZED THE CREATION OF SOME COVID VACCINATION CENTER, U T S A CAMPUSES. 
          AND, UM, UH, SAME AS BEFORE. 
          GUYS, I'D LOVE TO SEE US DO SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH THE OTHER UNIVERSITIES. 
          UH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA. 
          UM, AND I DO HAVE A SORT OF AN OUT OF THE GATE FIRST RESEARCH, UH, REQUEST FOR, UM, METRO HEALTH AND FOR U T S A. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH THIS, UH, COVID CRISIS, WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL ISOLATION AND LONELINESS AS IT RELATES TO VULNERABLE SENIOR CITIZENS IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, IS A VERY REAL PROBLEM. 
          AND YET WE DON'T HAVE A HEAT MAP TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF THAT PROBLEM AND, UH, WHERE THAT PROBLEM LIVES. 
          UM, AND I, I THINK THAT, UH, THIS COULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST ASSIGNMENTS WE GIVE TO THE U T SS A, UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT LONELINESS, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, AMONG SENIORS RESULTS IN HIGHER RATES OF DEMENTIA AND A HIGHER RISK OF SUICIDE. 
          AND THERE'S REALLY NOT ANY EXCUSE FOR US TO NOT KNOW, UH, HOW THIS PROBLEM IMPACTS US, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS HEADED IN THE DIRECTION OF OUR GOLDEN YEARS. 
          AND SO, UM, I THINK MY COLLEAGUES WILL AGREE THAT THAT ONE MERITS, 
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UH, MAYBE BEING THE FIRST ONE, UH, THAT WE GET DONE, UM, UNDER THIS CONTRACT. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, AND, AND MAYOR, WE CAN GET TO VOTING IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          UH, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, UH, THANK THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE. 
          AND ONE PERSON I WANT TO THANK 'CAUSE KATE AND BRIAN AND JOHN PIER GET THANKED ALL THE TIME. 
          UH, BUT I WANT TO THANK, UM, ATTORNEY, UH, JENNIFER GUERRERO, UM, ON ANDY'S STAFF. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, SHE DID SOME VERY HEAVY LIFTING AND SOME BRAINY, BRAINY WORK. 
          AND, UH, I REVIEWED YOUR AGREEMENT. 
          UM, IT LOOKS GREAT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE AND MORE, UH, EXCELLENT WORK FROM YOU, JENNIFER, UM, CALLING YOU OUT IN FRONT OF ALL CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, DON'T SCREW THIS UP. 
          UH, YOU, YOU, YOU DID FANTASTIC. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, I, I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT ON MY PARTICULAR EXAMPLE, AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE, UH, AN AMENDMENT A MOTION TO, UM, BASICALLY SAY THAT ANY TASK ORDER OVER $50,000 SHOULD, WILL GO TO COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL. 
          AND THAT'S MY MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE WAS A MOTION, UH, TO, UH, REQUEST THAT, UH, VERSUS IS THAT A VALID MOTION, ANNIE? GO AHEAD. 
          MAYOR'S MY, IT'S NOT THAT, THAT IS ESSENTIALLY A VOTE ON NO, ON THIS CONTRACT THEN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO WE WILL INTERPRET, UM, OKAY, SO IT'S BECAUSE OF, CAN YOU GIVE US A RATIONALE ON THAT? YEAH. 
          THE, THE RATIONALE, UH, MAYOR IS AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO VOTE TO APPROVE A UP TO, AGAIN, UP TO $7 MILLION CONTRACT WITH U T S A, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY'S AMENDMENT ESSENTIALLY PUTS US BACK AT SQUARE ONE AS IF THIS WASN'T EVEN BEFORE THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE AGAIN, GOING BACK TO AUTHORITY, HE'S CORRECT. 
          UH, THE CITY MANAGER CAN'T SIGN ANYTHING OVER 50. 
          SO, SO ESSENTIALLY, AGAIN, THIS IS A VOTE NO ON THIS CONTRACT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, AGAIN, UH, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HAS MADE HIS FEELINGS KNOWN ON THE STRUCTURE OF THIS CONTRACT IN TERMS OF THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY OF UP TO $7 MILLION. 
          SO IF THIS FAILS, I'LL ASK. 
          YEAH. 
          IF, IF I COULD ADD THOUGH, UH, AGAIN, HE'S CORRECT IN IS CONCEPTUALLY RIGHT. 
          ERIC COULD SIGN SOMETHING UP TO SIX IF, IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THIS, BUT I DON'T THINK HE WOULD BE HERE THAT LONG IF HE DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
           AGAIN, THE, THE VIEW IS THIS WOULD BE FUNDING THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD, UH, GENERATE QUITE A FEW STUDIES, NOT ONLY WITH U T S A, BUT OTHER UNIVERSITIES. 
          WELL, LET, LET ME LEVEL SET FOR A SECOND. 
          UM, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THIS, UH, AND NOT THE FIRST TIME, FRANKLY, WE'VE DONE THIS WITH U T S A, UH, I'M REMINDED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, WE HAD A $50 MILLION RESEARCH CONTRACT THAT ESTABLISHED THE, THE SUSTAINABILITY ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, IN WHICH UNDERNEATH THAT $50 MILLION APPROVAL, U T S A WOULD PERFORM RESEARCH ON INNOVATIVE ENERGY PROJECTS FOR U FOR C P S. 
          UM, SO IN ESSENCE, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS SAYING WE WANT THIS WITHIN THE HOUSE OF INNOVATION. 
          WE ARE GIVING THE BROAD AUTHORITY NOW TO THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT TO BRING US PROJECTS. 
          NOW, IT'S NOT DONE BLINDLY REPORTS BACK TO COUNCIL ON NEW PROJECTS, PROGRESS OF, UH, UH, UH, EXISTING PROJECTS AND ALSO COURSE CORRECTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GIVE AUTHORITY, POLICYMAKERS UP HERE ARE STILL GONNA STEER THE DIRECTION OF THE PROGRAM. 
          UH, AND I AGREE IF, IF, UH, IT GOES, IF, IF IT GOES OFF OFFLINE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE DO THIS AGAIN. 
          SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH, WITH THE CONTRACT AS IT'S WRITTEN, I THINK IT DOES PROVIDE US SOME FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE ON PROJECTS WITHOUT, UH, ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE HURDLES. 
          I, I DO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, UH, ARRANGE SIMILARLY WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THEY ALL HAVE UNIQUE EXPERTISE, BUT CLEARLY, UH, AS IT RELATES TO U T S A, THEY HAVE PERFORMED FOR THIS COMMUNITY OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          AND FRANKLY, WE ARE, UH, WE DO HAVE THOSE COMMUNITY GOALS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SEEING THEIR RESEARCH BODY GROW. 
          THAT'S PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, COMMUNITY STRATEGY AS WELL. 
          SO, WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEY RODRIGUEZ, DID YOU WANNA JUMP BACK IN? OKAY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT YOU WERE SIGNALING ME. 
          THAT IS EVERYONE WHO'S SIGNED UP. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO I'M GONNA BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS CONTRACT, BUT I, I DID WANT TO ASK, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, IF YOU WILL GO AND CREATE SIMILAR CONTRACTS WITH THE LYNDON B JOHNSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND WITH THE TEXAS A AND M BUSH SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, AND THOSE ARE GONNA BE, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN HOW, HOW WE CAN, UH, WORK WITH THEM TO DO STUDIES TO SHOW US HOW WE CAN MAKE GOVERNMENT 
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MORE EFFICIENT. 
          HOW WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAY POSSIBLY RESTRUCTURE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR PROGRAMS SO THAT WAY WE CAN, UM, UH, ENGAGE THE CITIZENS MORE. 
          AND THOSE ARE GONNA BE MUCH LOWER DOLLAR CONTRACTS PROBABLY. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA TAKE AWAY TOO MUCH FROM THIS $7 MILLION. 
          I THINK WE COULD BE LOOKING AT, UH, PRICE RANGES OF A HUNDRED TO $250,000 FOR, FOR SOME OF THOSE. 
          BUT I, I, I THINK WE CAN GET A HUGE RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT THERE IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES IN, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW WE DELIVER GOVERNMENT AND JUST QUALITY OF LIFE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO GO AND, UH, TRY AND DEVELOP SOME CONTRACTS WITH THOSE SCHOOLS. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, UM, UM, IT'LL BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL, AND THE COUNCIL CAN DIRECT ME, UH, OTHERWISE, UH, TO ESTABLISH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE UNIVERSITIES IN TOWN FIRST. 
          UM, THAT BEING SAID, WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, UM, PROBABLY GOES BEYOND THIS RESEARCH TYPE OF ELEMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC 'CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS AND POTHOLES AND DATA AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING MAY BE A DIFFERENT INITIATIVE THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT. 
          UM, I THINK, I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, BUT I'M NOT SURE, AND I'M, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE A LONGER CONVERSATION WITH YOU. 
          UM, AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL, THEN WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT DURING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND SET ASIDE FUNDS. 
          GREAT. 
          YEAH, AND IT IS DIFFERENT, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO, IF I CAN JUST INTERJECT REALLY QUICKLY, WE'RE, WE'RE USING, WE'RE MIXING SOME TERMINOLOGY HERE. 
          LET'S JUST BE REALLY CLEAR THAT THIS IS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO CONTRACTS. 
          IT'S NOT NECESSARILY PINPOINTING ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT YET. 
          SO, UH, AGAIN, UNDER THAT UMBRELLA, WE'LL DEVELOP PROJECTS. 
          SO I HEAR US, UH, DISCUSSING POTENTIAL PROJECTS, SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN THE AREAS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND POLICY. 
          UH, WE'LL, WE'LL NEED TO FIGURE OUT RELATIONSHIPS BEFORE WE FIGURE OUT CONTRACTS, AND THAT WOULD BE MY HOPE THAT WE DO THAT WITH THE INSTITUTIONS HERE AS WELL. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VRAN. 
          YES, THANK YOU ERIC. 
          UH, YOU, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HEARD, BUT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN KEO HDA HAD A GREAT IDEA IN TERMS OF ASKING FOR AN IMPLEMENTATION, IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE, A RESEARCH QUESTION, AND A RESEARCH ABSTRACT. 
          UM, SO MY QUESTION, AND IT'S NOT TO YOU, ERIC, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HEARD IT. 
          IT'S FOR ANDY. 
          ANDY, DOES THAT CHANGE THE CONTRACT IF WE, WE ASK THAT FROM THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY COUNCIL OFFICES? NO, NO, IT DOESN'T. 
          COUNCILMAN 'CAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S, UH, US, THE CITY STAFF INFORMING COUNCIL OF WHAT PROJECTS ARE ON ARE, UH, ON TAP AND WHAT THE, UH, WHAT WE HOPE TO, UH, ENTER IN TERMS OF THE STUDY. 
          SO YES, PREVIOUS NOTIFICATION IS, IS PERFECTLY WITHIN THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT OH, TO COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO, TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I AM, I AM OKAY WITH, BASED ON WHAT THE DATA THAT, UH, KATE AND BRIAN GOT FROM ME, THERE WEREN'T A WHOLE LOT OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND THAT I, I LOOKED AT AND WENT LIKE, OH MY GOSH. 
          I MEAN, THERE WERE A FEW, BUT I KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THOSE WERE. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND COUNCILMAN PERRY'S CONCERN, BUT I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF THAT. 
          SO I, I'M OKAY WITH IT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, BUT I DID WANNA MAKE SURE IF WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT THAT IT DIDN'T AFFECT THE CONTRACT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT WAS IT FOR ME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, I, I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN BRAVO FOR HIS SUGGESTION. 
          AND, UH, HE AND I ARE GRADUATES AS A UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, AND I HAVE MY PHD FROM THERE. 
          I TOTALLY GET IT. 
          UM, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IT LOCAL. 
          UM, AND, UM, I, I, SO THAT'S JUST HOW I FEEL, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA DISCUSS IT TODAY. 
          I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO DISCUSS LATER, BUT MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A REPORT OUT TO THE ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S QUARTERLY, JUST KIND OF LIKE, HERE'S A GLANCE AND I'M LOOKING AT THE SCREEN SO IT FEELS REALLY WEIRD. 
          THEN I'M LOOKING AT COUNCILMAN S ON THE SCREEN, BUT I'M TALKING TO YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          S MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, OR NO, NOT A SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMITTEES ALREADY, BUT MAYBE WE COULD JUST AT LEAST HAVE A QUARTERLY REPORT OF KIND OF LIKE, THIS IS WHAT'S COMING, THIS IS WHAT THE RESEARCH QUESTION IS GOING TO BE. 
          I WOULD PROBABLY JUST MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION SO THAT WAY THERE'S STILL SOME OVERSIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT. 
          I THINK THAT'S EVERYONE. 
          WHO'S ERIC? WERE, WERE YOU WANTING TO RESPOND? NO, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, SO MANY HEAD FAKES TODAY. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          . 
          UM, ALRIGHT, THAT, UH, THAT IS THE DURATION OF OUR DISCUSSION. 
          THEN THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 19. 
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I'M SORRY, ROCHE GARCIA WAS THE SECOND, AND I THINK GRO WAS THE, WAS THE MOTION. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THAT'S ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR, UH, CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS ARE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. 
          NO, SIR. 
          YOU'VE HEARD FROM ME PLENTY TODAY, . 
          IT'S ONLY ONE 30. 
          WE CAN STAY ON A LITTLE BIT LONGER, CAN'T WE? ALRIGHT. 
          UM, IN THAT CASE, THE TIME IS 1:37 PM ON THIS THURSDAY, AUGUST 12TH, 2021. 
          OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. 
          THERE IS NO EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          HAVE A GREAT DAY.
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