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          ANTONIO IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 
          THE TIME IS 2:15 PM ON THIS 15TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2021. 
          AND IF YOU HAD THAT BRIGHT RED CIRCLE AROUND TOMORROW, THAT MEANS TOMORROW'S BUDGET DAY. 
          AND TODAY IS OUR LAST, UH, BRIEFING BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. 
          SO, UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, LET MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MAKI RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRAND HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAO RA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          MAYOR NUREMBERG HERE. 
          SURE. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, WE, AGAIN, THIS IS 
          [1. Staff presentation on potential amendments to the FY 2022 Proposed Operating and Capital Budget [Erik Walsh, City Manager, Scott Huizenga, Director, Management & Budget]]
OUR FINAL BRIEFING, UH, BEFORE THE COUNCIL RATIFIES THE 2022, UH, BUDGET FOR TOMORROW. 
          AND SO TO KICK US OFF AND GET US STARTED, UH, LEMME TURN IT OVER TO THE PODIUM. 
          UH, AND OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          SO, YES. 
          UM, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COUNCIL. 
          WE MADE IT THROUGH OUR BUDGET WORK SESSION, SCH SCHEDULE, UM, AND FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, UH, WE STAYED ON SCHEDULE. 
          SO THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS A, IS A HUGE FEAT. 
          UH, TODAY'S WORK SESSION IS TO GO THROUGH POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS. 
          UM, I'VE SHARED WITH YOU AN UPDATED COPY OF AN AMENDMENT LIST THAT YOU HAVE, UH, IN PAPER IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          AND I'LL RUN THROUGH A QUICK PRESENTATION AND A COUPLE OF, UH, UH, FIVE, ACTUALLY FIVE DIFFERENT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED, UH, TODAY. 
          SO, AS YOU SAW IN THE MEMO, I EMAILED OUT ON MONDAY NIGHT, UM, WE'RE, UH, OUR FINANCIAL UPDATE, UM, FOR, UH, THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND I'M FOCUSED ON THE GENERAL FUND RIGHT NOW, UM, WITH REVENUE WE COLLECTED IN JULY, I'M SORRY, IN AUGUST AFTER I PRESENTED THE BUDGET FROM OUR JULY RECEIPTS AND REVENUE WE COLLECTED AS OF LAST FRIDAY, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. 
          UH, SO FAR THIS MONTH, WE'VE UPDATED ALL OF OUR REVENUES. 
          I, I WANNA POINT, UH, POINT, UH, PRIMARILY AT SALES TAX AND C P S, WHERE WE WERE ONLY $700,000 ABOVE OUR ESTIMATE FOR, UH, THE SEPTEMBER PAYMENT. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE WERE BELOW $5.5 MILLION IN OUR C P S PAYMENT, UH, FOR, UH, AUGUST, UH, THAT WE RECEIVED IN SEPTEMBER. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, UH, WE SAW WE WERE UP BY 2.1 MILLION, UH, THROUGH AUGUST DOWN 4.1. 
          SO, UM, WE ARE AT A DEFICIT OF $2 MILLION AS WE GO INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          SO VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION THAT WE HAVE FOUND OURSELVES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          UM, AND, UM, BUT NEVERTHELESS, SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DEALT WITH AS WE MOVE, MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE BUDGET, UH, PROCESS. 
          UM, THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE MAKING TODAY IS TO REBALANCE THE BUDGET, THE PROPOSED BUDGET BY RECOMMENDING $2 MILLION IN CUTS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          THOSE WOULD COME FROM TWO AREAS THAT WE RESTORED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          ONE IS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND OF $1.3 MILLION, AND THEN 700,000 OF OUR $1.1 MILLION IN OUR INNER CITY INCENTIVE FUND. 
          UM, THIS GETS US 
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BACK WITH CUTS, UM, UH, WITH, WITH THE LOSS IN REVENUE IN 2021 THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          UM, THIS ADJUSTMENT, UH, REBALANCES OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          UH, AS I LAID OUT, UH, TO YOU IN AUGUST. 
          YOU'LL SEE, UH, UH, ON THE, THE MEMO THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE UPDATED THAT, UM, LIST FOR THE LATEST, UH, INFORMATION WE'VE RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, IN TOTAL, UH, THERE'S $57.6 MILLION IN REQUESTS, UH, ALMOST $51 MILLION IN OPERATING BUDGETS AND $6.7 MILLION OR 10 REQUESTS UNDER OUR CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          SO OUR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU TODAY TO BEGIN WITH, UM, IS, UM, AND I'LL, I'LL GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES HERE IN A SECOND, IS TO DO A NUMBER OF THINGS FIRST TO, UM, INCLUDE THE ZERO COST BUDGET AMENDMENTS, AND THERE ARE THREE OF 'EM. 
          AND I'LL WALK, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THOSE. 
          UM, NUMBER TWO, THERE ARE, UH, TWO AMENDMENTS, IF NOT MORE DEPENDING ON THE COUNCIL CONVERSATION, WHERE WE WOULD PURSUE TOURS FUNDING THROUGH TWO CITY INITIATED TOURS, MIDTOWN AND INNER CITY, AND UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS, UM, AS, AS WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO THIS TODAY FOR A DEMOLITION DIVERSION PROGRAM AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR UNDER ONE ROOF. 
          UM, JUST A REMINDER, WE HAVE UTILIZED CITY INITIATED TURS DOLLARS FOR HOUSING PROGRAMS BEFORE IN THE PAST. 
          UM, AND IT IS CERTAINLY AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE AND SOMETHING THAT, UM, AS WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET, UH, WORK SESSIONS, UH, WAS A PRIORITY OF THE COUNCILS. 
          UH, NUMBER THREE IS, UH, WE ARE LOOKING FOR COUNCIL DIRECTION TODAY. 
          WE HAVE A $4 MILLION CONTINGENCY IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION TODAY FROM THE COUNCIL, UM, ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET CONTINGENCY OR UTILIZING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FOR THE SIX, A LITTLE OVER $6 MILLION IN CAPITAL REQUESTS. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO GET FROM THE COUNCIL TODAY IS WHERE DO WE, WHERE WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO BE AT ON THAT ISSUE? AGAIN, WE HAVE $4 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY AVAILABLE. 
          UM, IT'S OKAY TO HAVE A CONTINGENCY ON THE CAPITAL SITE IN CASE WE SEE HAVE UNFORESEEN ISSUES DURING THE YEAR, BUT CERTAINLY IT IS AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION FOR THOSE CAPITAL REQUESTS. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, AND WE'VE SPENT, UM, A LOT OF TIME OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS TRYING TO MATCH UP. 
          UM, I THINK IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT, UM, A MAJORITY OF THE AMENDMENTS, UM, ARE PROBABLY ELIGIBLE, UH, ARPA, UM, UH, GRANT ELIGIBLE. 
          UM, AND, UM, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND, BUT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE DEFER ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS FOR THAT LARGER, UH, MORE COMPREHENSIVE ARPA CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN OUR STRATEGY, UH, AROUND PHASE TWO. 
          LASTLY, AND NOT ON THE SLIDE, OF COURSE, ANYTHING ELSE THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO, UM, IN TERMS OF AMENDMENTS WILL REQUIRE SERVICE ADJUSTMENTS DOWNWARD AND ADJUSTMENTS DOWN OF OUR BUDGET. 
          AND WE'RE PREPARED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S VERY CLEAR. 
          WE WERE IN THE HOLE, WE'RE MAKING A PROPOSAL TO CUT OUR BUDGET TO GET BACK BALANCED. 
          UM, AND WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS REMAIN BALANCED. 
          SO THE THREE ZERO BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE, UM, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, YOU'LL RECALL THAT WE HAD A OF A JOINT HOLIDAY RECOGNITION OF LABOR DAY AND CAESAR CHAVEZ. 
          UM, WE HAVE 13 CITY HOLIDAYS AND THE HOLIDAY SCHEDULE IS APPROVED AS PART OF THE BUDGET ORDINANCE. 
          UH, WE ARE, UM, UH, AS A RESULT OF SOME CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING WE MOVE ONE OF OUR WINTER HOLIDAYS, UM, TO MARCH 31ST TO RECOGNIZE CESAR CHAVEZ. 
          UM, THAT WILL NOT COST ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY 'CAUSE WE'RE UTILIZING AN EXISTING HOLIDAY. 
          THE CITY WILL STILL BE CLOSED BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S, AND WE'LL JUST ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. 
          EMPLOYEES WILL NEED TO MAKE, UM, WILL, WILL NEED TO TAKE THEIR TIME. 
          THE SECOND IS A RELATIVELY SMALL ITEM THAT, UH, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON THE LIST ON MONDAY. 
          UM, AND AFTER FURTHER CONVERSATION WITH COUNCILWOMAN, UM, SANDOVAL IS A PILOT PROGRAM REALLY TO ACTIVATE, UM, SMALL, VERY SMALL GREEN SPACE ITEMS. UM, AFTER CONVERSATION WITH COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT'S SOMETHING, OBVIOUSLY IT'S VERY, IT'S VERY SMALL, BUT PROBABLY VERY MEANINGFUL. 
          AND WE THINK WE CAN DO THAT WITHIN OUR OPERATING BUDGET AND POSSIBLY EXPAND IT. 
          UM, AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH DISTRICT SEVEN TO LOOK HOW WE CAN, UM, TO DO THAT. 
          IT'LL, IT WILL REQUIRE US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP UP ON MAYBE AN EXTRA LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE IN THAT, IN THOSE SMALL AREAS. 
          UM, THE THIRD IS, UM, IF THE COUNCIL WILL RECALL IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE HAD $300,000 SET ASIDE IN THE ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS. AND WE'VE DONE THAT AT THE TUNE AT THE LEVEL OF $150,000 THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCREASED AT THE $300,000. 
          AND THERE WERE TWO GROUPS THAT IN PARTICULAR, AND COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ WILL RECALL BECAUSE THEY HAPPENED AT 
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HIS, UM, TOWN HALL MEETING. 
          UM, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE REDUCE THAT $300,000 DOWN TO TWO 50, AND THAT WE MAKE A DIRECT ALLOCATION TO TWO AGENCIES THAT CAME FORWARD THAT NIGHT AND HAVE HAD SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH METRO HEALTH AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THERE ARE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. UH, ONE IS BIG MAMA'S SAFE HOUSE, AND I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER FORGET THE NAME OF THAT ORGANIZATION BASED ON THAT NIGHT, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, AND THE SECOND IS, UH, RISING STAR SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, TWO VERY, VERY COMMUNITY DRIVEN, UM, UM, EFFORTS. 
          UM, UH, BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE IS, UH, INGRAINED SORT OF WITH OUR STANDUP SA PROGRAM. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER LEARNING MORE, UM, INITIALLY AFTER THAT MEETING, UM, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE JUST ALLOW THAT ALLOCATION OUT OF THE ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS FOR THOSE TWO AGENCIES. 
          UM, TAX INCREMENT, REFINANCE OR REINVESTMENT ZONES. 
          UH, WE HAVE SIX CITY INITIATED TURS IN THE CITY. 
          UM, AND, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE GO TO THE MIDTOWN TURS FOR 1,000,002 MILLION AT INNER CITY. 
          NOW, PART OF THIS CALCULATION IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE SURE TO, TO, TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS THE CAPACITY FOR AN ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO, UH, A CITY EFFORT. 
          UM, THE MIDTOWN TOURS BOARD HAS ALREADY APPROVED THIS ALLOCATION AND THE INNER CITY TOURS BOARD, UH, WILL, WOULD NEED TO CONSIDER THAT LATER ON THIS MONTH. 
          ONCE THOSE ALLOCATIONS ARE MADE, THEY'RE BROUGHT TO THIS COUNCIL FOR ACCEPTANCE. 
          WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT, UH, OUTTA THE $3 MILLION, THAT $2 MILLION BE ADDED TO THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM TO INCREASE THAT TO 5.25 MILLION. 
          WE HAVE $3.25 MILLION IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          AND THEN SECONDLY, A RESIDENTIAL DEMOLITION DIVERSION PROGRAM, UM, THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THAT WE, UM, WE TRY THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND PILOT THAT PROGRAM OUR CAPITAL. 
          BUT PROJECT ITEMS, UM, AS I MENTIONED, $6.7 MILLION. 
          UM, THEY, UM, UM, INVOLVE SOME WORK AT, UH, PARKS, UM, OUR A C S FACILITY, A TEMPORARY A C S FACILITY, UM, A NUMBER OF DRAINAGE PROJECTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED PROJECTS, UM, IN DISTRICT 10. 
          UH, AND THIS IS THE AREA WHERE I'M LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TODAY. 
          AGAIN, WE HAVE A $4 MILLION CONTINGENCY. 
          SO ARPA, YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER AND DURING THE SUMMER. 
          UM, WE HAVE APPROACHED THIS IN A, UM, A TWO STEP PROCESS. 
          ONE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADHERING TO THE, UH, PURPOSE OF THE, UH, THE, UH, ARPA FUNDS, WHICH IS FINANCIAL STABILITY OF THE ORGANIZATION, REVENUE, UH, LOST RECOVERY, AND, UH, IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY NEEDS. 
          AND WE'VE DONE THAT TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          UM, UM, UH, PHASE ONE WE INCLUDED WITHIN OUR BUDGET, WE INCLUDE WITHIN OUR BUDGET, UH, 97 POINT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, 46 POINT A HALF OF THAT INTO THE GENERAL FUND, AND $51 MILLION IN OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND. 
          AND WE'RE UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD, 21, 22, AND 23. 
          AGAIN, THIS GOES BACK TO THE SMOOTHING CONVERSATION WE HAD AT THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN AFFORD WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE THINK WE'VE DONE THAT. 
          WE'VE STRUCK THAT BALANCE HERE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          PHASE TWO THAT, UM, IS, UH, MUCH ANTICIPATED. 
          UM, WE EXPECT TO BEGIN IN OCTOBER, 2021. 
          UM, IT WILL BEGIN IN OCTOBER 21. 
          UM, PART OF THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE COUNCIL AND AS AN EXPECTATION OF THE TREASURY IS THERE'D BE A ROBUST COMMUNITY INPUT AND LOTS OF PUBLIC CONVERSATION ABOUT, ABOUT THOSE TRANSFORMATIVE OR IMPACTFUL STRATEGIC PROJECTS THAT THE COUNCIL WILL CHOOSE TO INVEST IN. 
          UM, WE ALSO, UM, AS WE LAID OUT THIS STRATEGY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE LAY OUT A THREE TO FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN SO THAT WE GROW INTO AND NOT BECOME RELIANT ON THIS. 
          THESE ARE ONE-TIME FUNDS. 
          AGAIN, WE HAVE TO PROGRAM THIS MONEY BY 2024 AND SPEND BY 2026. 
          THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF NEED IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, IT HAS REMINDED US OF WHAT THAT NEED IS. 
          UM, AND, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THAT WILL BE A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION THAT THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE, UH, WITH US. 
          I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT AND REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT ONE OF OUR ORIGINAL STRATEGIES WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LEVERAGE WHERE POSSIBLE, UH, ARPA DOLLARS WITH OTHER ENTITIES THAT MAY BE RECEIVING THEM TO INCLUDE THE COUNTY OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          UM, AND THEN LASTLY, WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IS, UM, ALTHOUGH FROM A COVID RESPONSE STANDPOINT RIGHT NOW, UM, WE HAVE, UH, COVID RELATED GRANTS. 
          UM, PART OF WHAT MY TE MY ASK HAS BEEN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND METRO HEALTH AND OUR DEPARTMENTS IS TO THINK THROUGH FOR THE NEXT YEAR IN QUARTER 
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INCREMENTS IMPACTS OF COVID. 
          IF WE KEEP GOING UP AND DOWN AND WE'VE SEEN, UM, UH, A BIG INCREASE IN POTENTIAL COSTS AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OVER THE LAST MONTH. 
          AND IF WE SEE THAT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, HOW ARE WE FINANCIALLY PLANNING FOR THAT? SO THAT OBVIOUSLY WILL BE PART OF THAT AS WELL. 
          SO MAYOR, THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. 
          THERE'S ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO, UH, KIND OF HIT HEAD ON. 
          UM, I HEARD THERE, THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL RESERVES AND OUR FUND BALANCE AND, UM, UM, I HEARD THAT FROM A, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SOURCES. 
          SO I WANT BEN TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES, WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, AND, UH, WHAT IT MEANS TO US. 
          SO LEMME TURN IT OVER TO BEN, AND THEN WE ARE, UH, OPEN FOR CONVERSATION AND, AND, UH, QUESTIONS MAYOR. 
          SO, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          AGAIN, BEN GOEL, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. 
          UH, AS ERIC SAID, I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGETED RESERVES OR FINANCIAL RESERVES AND OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES AND DESCRIBE WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO THOSE, UM, AND WHY THEY'RE IMPORTANT. 
          SO, UM, STARTING HERE, I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY WE HAVE FINANCIAL POLICIES. 
          JUST AS AN OVERVIEW, AGAIN, THERE ARE GUIDE FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. 
          THEY'RE REALLY KEY TO US BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN A STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION AS WELL AS TO BE ABLE TO ADAPT TO CON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AS THEY CHANGE. 
          WE KNOW WHEN WE DO PROJECTIONS THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HAVE TO THAT. 
          AND WE'RE VERY LARGE COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONS, SO RESERVES PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THAT. 
          UM, THE OTHER PART I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT THEM AS A COLLECTIVE SET OF POLICIES, NOT AS INDIVIDUAL POLICIES. 
          'CAUSE THEY DO WORK TOGETHER. 
          AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ON ONE OF THE SUBSEQUENT SLIDES. 
          SO AS WE PUT THIS TOGETHER, IT IS REALLY A COHESIVE SET OF POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT HAVE ALLOWED US TO PERFORM VERY WELL, UH, EVEN THROUGH THE LAST LARGE, UH, LAST BIG RECESSION. 
          OOPS. 
          SO I'M NOT GONNA GO BACK THROUGH ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES. 
          I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE RELATED TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SPECIFICALLY TO OUR GENERAL FUND RESERVES. 
          WE TALK ABOUT MAINTAINING OR MANAGING OUR STRUCTURAL BALANCE WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THAT MEANS WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW OUR OPERATING REVENUES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS COMPARED TO OUR OPERATING EXPENSES. 
          ARE WE RELYING A LOT OF FUND BALANCE TO HELP CARRY US FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 
          WE LOOK AT MAINTAINING A MINIMUM ENDING BALANCE OF 15% OF THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND THEN, UH, FOR YEARS NOW, WE HAVE BEEN MAINTAINING A TWO YEAR BUDGET PLAN, WHICH REALLY MEANS WE COME TO YOU WITH A PLAN THAT SAYS WE WANNA ADOPT THE BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO SET A PLAN FOR THE SECOND YEAR WHERE WE'RE BALANCED. 
          AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THOSE POLICIES INTERRELATE AND HOW THEY HELP US MANAGE THAT CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 
          SO AT A HIGH LEVEL, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN A MINIMUM GENERAL FUND ENDING BALANCE OF 15% OF REVENUES. 
          IT'S COMPRISED OF TWO COMPONENTS. 
          WE'VE GOT 10%, UH, THAT WE CALL IN OUR BUDGETED FINANCIAL RESERVE. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A RESERVE FOR A TWO YEAR BALANCE BUDGET PLAN. 
          HOW MUCH ARE WE SETTING ASIDE FOR THAT SECOND YEAR SO THAT WE CAN BE BALANCED AND THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN A RESERVE OF AT LEAST 15%. 
          UM, THOSE TWO COMBINED IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, THIS MINIMUM ENDING BALANCE OF 15%. 
          THIS SLIDE A LITTLE BIT BUSY, BUT THIS COMES RIGHT OUT OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY ON PAGE 46, I BELIEVE, OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          AND THIS IS OUR TWO YEAR PROPOSED BUDGET PLAN. 
          AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          IF WE TALK ABOUT THE F Y 22 PROPOSED BUDGET, YOU CAN SEE OUR TOTAL REVENUE THERE AT JUST UNDER $1.5 BILLION. 
          WE HAVE EXPENDITURES OF $1.359 BILLION. 
          AND THEN IF WE GO TO THE FAR BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE OUR 10% BUDGETED RESERVE AT $130 MILLION. 
          AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR RESERVE FOR OUR TWO YEAR BALANCE BUDGET. 
          AND THAT $119 MILLION COMBINED WITH OUR BUDGETED RESERVE ACTUALLY IN 22 WOULD PUT US AT 19%. 
          THAT 9% OR THAT $119 MILLION THAT WE'RE HOLDING TO BALANCE THE SECOND YEAR IS ROLLING INTO 
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FY 2023. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR TOP, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT ROLLS RIGHT INTO OUR CASH FLOW AND OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE SECOND YEAR, WE'RE PLANNING ON SPENDING IT. 
          WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF THE SECOND YEAR, ALL THE WAY TO THE FAR BOTTOM OF THAT SCHEDULE, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE BACK DOWN TO 5%. 
          SO AGAIN, THAT COMBINED 15% ENDING BALANCE MINIMUM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET. 
          IF EVERYTHING WORKS AS PLANNED, AND WE'RE DOING THIS BASED ON OUR MODERATELY CONSERVATIVE PROJECTIONS, UH, ON THE REVENUE SIDE, ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME EXPENDITURE SAVINGS THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE THAT 15% WILL GROW AND WE'LL GET CLOSER TO A TWO MONTH OPERATING RESERVE, OR IN SOME CASES EXCEED THAT TWO MONTH OPERATING RESERVE AS IT EXCEEDS THE 15%, THAT AMOUNT THAT GOES OVER, YOU'LL THEN SPEND IN 2024. 
          SO THAT IS HOW WE'RE ACHIEVING THE MINIMUM BALANCE. 
          THAT IS ALSO, UM, I'LL SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A FISCALLY DISCIPLINED APPROACH TO MANAGING OUR BUDGET FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 
          BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING OUT A LITTLE BIT OF THE VOLATILITY IN SOME OF OUR REVENUE STREAMS. WE'RE NOT SPENDING IT UNLESS WE HAVE IT. 
          SO IT'S ONE WAY THAT WE CAN REALLY HOLD LOWER RESERVES, BUT ALSO MANAGE THAT VOLATILITY THAT WE SEE, UM, SOMETIMES IN SOME OF OUR REVENUE STREAMS. SO I WANNA PIVOT JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT, AS WE GOT SOME, UM, PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENTS THIS WEEK. 
          WE DID GET ONE THAT WAS REQUESTING USE OF OUR FINANCIAL RESERVES. 
          AND IT TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH HERE, UH, AND A STATEMENT FROM A MOODY'S ANALYST THAT TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT HOW YOU'RE MANAGING YOUR FINANCES, BUT THAT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY, UH, IT'S NOT AS IMPORTANT AS MAYBE THE LEVEL OF RESERVE. 
          AND A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH THIS, UH, PARTICULAR RESEARCH IS THIS COMES FROM A, UH, 2002 CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH. 
          IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SMALL CITIES THAT WERE ASKING THE LEGISLATURE AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WHAT'S AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF RESERVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD SHOULD, WHAT SHOULD WE BE BANKING OR LOOKING AT? AND THIS MOODY'S ANALYST WAS RESPONDING AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES IN PLACE AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, IT COULD VARY AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT NECESSARILY DIDN'T HAVE TO, UH, BE IN EXCESS OF 10%. 
          NOW, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WITH THIS RESEARCH IS, UM, THESE ARE SMALLER CITIES IN CONNECTICUT. 
          UH, ONE OF THESE HERE IS THIS TOWN OF AVON, CONNECTICUT THAT'S REFERENCED IN THIS RESEARCH TODAY. 
          THEY'VE GOT A POPULATION OF JUST OVER 18,000 AND REVENUES ABOUT 114 MILLION. 
          SO THEY'RE NOT A GOOD COMPARABLE PEER CITY FOR US TO LOOK AT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RATING METHODOLOGIES OR RATING MEDIANS. 
          EVEN THE RATING AGENCIES WILL GROUP US TOGETHER WITH PEERS. 
          SO SMALLER CITIES THAT MAY HAVE BE EXPERIENCING HIGH GROWTH WILL FUNCTION VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN, LET'S SAY LARGE CITIES. 
          WE HAVE VERY DIFFERENT CHALLENGES. 
          SO THEY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE FINANCIAL METRICS OR MEDIANS OR, UM, HOW THEY'RE APPLYING THEIR METHODOLOGY. 
          SO THIS ISN'T A GOOD COMPARISON FROM THAT STANDPOINT, BUT PROBABLY MORE SIGNIFICANT IS THAT IT'S FROM 2002. 
          AND SO IT'S DATED, IT'S ALMOST 20 YEARS OLD. 
          UM, THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT UPDATES TO RATING AGENCY MO UH, METHODOLOGIES AND CRITERIA FOLLOWING THE LAST GREAT RECESSION. 
          AND I'M GONNA TOUCH ON THAT IN JUST A SECOND. 
          THE OTHER ITEM THAT WAS CITED WAS A, UH, PEW TRUST ARTICLE FROM 2022 TALKING ABOUT STATE GOVERNMENT. 
          AND IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO DRAW FROM RESERVES TO BE ABLE TO, UH, ADDRESS ISSUES LIKE THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND YOU KNOW, HERE AGAIN, UM, THIS, UM, UH, RESEARCH IS TALKING ABOUT A STATE GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENTS, OUR, OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, OUR BUDGETS, THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT THAN A STATE BUDGET. 
          AND THE RATING AGENCIES RECOGNIZE THAT AS WELL. 
          SO THEY ACTUALLY PUBLISH DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY AND CRITERIA IN TERMS OF HOW THEY ASSESS STATE GOVERNMENTS VERSUS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CITIES, COUNTIES. 
          SO, UM, THE CRITERIA THEY LOOK AT IS DIFFERENT WHEN, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A STATE BUDGET VERSUS A CITY BUDGET. 
          SO LEMME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH THE THREE MAJOR RATING AGENCIES. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE LAST RECESSION, WHICH WAS THE GREATEST DOWNTURN SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION, UM, MANY OF YOU WERE CALLED, THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL UPHEAVAL IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS. 
          UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT DIDN'T SURVIVE THAT PERIOD OF TIME. 
          AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND WHAT HAPPENED, HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? AND THEN IT LOOKED AT ALSO HOW DID THESE ENTITIES GET ASSESSED FROM A CREDIT PERSPECTIVE. 
          AND SO WHAT THAT LED TO WAS THE THREE MAJOR RATING AGENCIES PUBLISHED, PRETTY EXTENSIVE AND SIGNIFICANT METHODOLOGIES AND 
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CRITERIA OUTLINING HOW THEY DO CREDIT ASSESSMENTS, AND AGAIN, SPECIFIC TO SECTORS. 
          SO IN OUR CASE, IT WOULD BE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 
          SO THEY'VE PUBLISHED, HERE'S OUR SCORECARD, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA EVALUATE IT. 
          SO THAT ONE WE CAN SEE IT, BUT TWO, THE FINANCIAL MARKETS CAN SEE IT. 
          THEY CAN UNDERSTAND IF I'M A BOND INVESTOR, I NOW, I I KNOW HOW THESE THREE RATING AGENCIES ARE EVALUATING SAN ANTONIO VERSUS CHICAGO VERSUS AUSTIN. 
          IT'S CLEAR IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT METHODOLOGY LOOKS LIKE. 
          UM, THEY WERE PRETTY EXTENSIVE. 
          AGAIN, UH, MOODY'S UPDATED THEIRS IN 2015 FOLLOWING, UH, THAT MAJOR RECESSION, STANDARD PORES IN 2013 AND THEN FITCH IN 2016. 
          AND THEN THOSE HAVE BEEN PERIODICALLY UPDATED SINCE THEN AS WELL. 
          UH, IN TERMS OF THE METHODOLOGIES THEMSELVES, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH A WHOLE BUNCH OF DETAIL HERE. 
          WE TRIED TO SUMMARIZE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT IS IN EACH OF THEIR CRITERIA AND METHODOLOGIES. 
          AGAIN, THEY'RE PRETTY EXTENSIVE. 
          SO THIS IS A SUMMARY. 
          YOU CAN SEE MOODY'S AND STANDARD PORS HAS A BIT OF A SCORECARD. 
          THEY'RE PLACING WEIGHTINGS ON DIFFERENT, UH, AREAS OR CATEGORIES. 
          EVERYTHING FROM FINANCES TO MAN MANAGEMENT TO DEBT AND PENSIONS. 
          UH, FITCH DOES NOT ASSIGN NUMERICAL VALUES NECESSARILY, BUT THEY OUTLINE THEIR METHODOLOGY AND HOW THEY'RE GONNA ASSESS ALL OF THE SAME AREAS. 
          THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR IN TERMS OF THE, THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. 
          UM, I WILL HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER MOODY'S, IF YOU LOOK AT THE METHODOLOGY FOR MOODY'S, FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, YOU'LL SEE THAT WHEN THEY SAY AN ENTITY IS TRIPLE A, THEY WOULD EXPECT TO SEE RESERVES EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 30%. 
          BUT WE'RE NOT AT 30%. 
          SO HOW ARE WE GETTING THERE? THEY HAVE IN THEIR SCORECARDS THE ABILITY TO ADJUST, NOT THEY CALL THEM NOTCHES, BUT ESSENTIALLY HOW THEY'RE EVALUATING THESE CATEGORIES BASED ON OTHER FACTORS THEY'RE SEEING. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW REALLY PLAY INTO OUR ABILITY TO GET THE AAA WITH MOODY'S IS OUR STRONG FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES ALONG WITH OUR STRONG FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. 
          THEY VIEW THAT THAT IS HELPING GET US TO THAT AAA RATING. 
          MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU ACTUALLY TOOK THE SCORECARD AND YOU TOOK ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND YOU RAN IT THROUGH THE SCORECARD FOLLOWING THEIR, THEIR ME METRICS, WE DON'T COME OUT AAA. 
          WE ACTUALLY COME OUT MUCH LESS THAN AAA. 
          IT IS REALLY BY VIRTUE OF THE POLICIES, PRACTICES AND MANAGEMENT, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT HAVE ALLOWED US TO ACHIEVE THAT AND MAINTAIN IT, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          NOW, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR RATING REPORTS, WHICH CAN ALSO KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME INDICATION OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY VIEW. 
          AND AGAIN, WE ARE AAA WITH MOODY'S, WE'RE AAA WITH STANDARD AND PORES AND WE'RE AA PLUS WITH FITCH. 
          UM, I WON'T READ ALL OF THESE, BUT I THOUGHT SS AND P'S ONES KIND OF TELLING, UM, THEY QUOTE HERE UNDER OUTLOOK AS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, THEY DON'T BELIEVE OUR IS GONNA CHANGE 'CAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN OUR STRONG FINANCIAL PROFILE. 
          THEN THEY GO ON TO SAY, HOWEVER, A MATERIAL DETERIORATION OF THE CITY'S BUDGETARY PERFORMANCE RESULTING IN A REDUCTION OF AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE TO A LEVEL THAT IS NO LONGER COMPARABLE WITHOUT A PEERS. 
          AND BELOW ITS FORMAL TARGET, MEANING OUR FORMAL TARGET COULD PRESSURE ON THE RATING. 
          AND AGAIN, THEY USED THE WORD COULD BECAUSE AGAIN, IF THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL, UM, THAT'S IMPACTING US, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HOPE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION TO SAY, LOOK, WE'RE WORKING ON IT, WE'RE WORKING TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN A, THAN A DEFINITIVE ACT OF SAYING, I'M GONNA CHANGE MY POLICY AND MOVE AWAY FROM THAT RESERVE. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S A DIFFERENT AND WOULD BE VIEWED I THINK MUCH MORE NEGATIVELY. 
          UM, I WON'T READ THE OTHER TWO THERE, BUT WE'VE GOT THOSE THERE FOR YOU. 
          UM, THE RATING REPORTS THEMSELVES MENTIONED A LOT, AGAIN ABOUT STRONG FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICE ADHERENCE TO THOSE FINANCIAL POLICIES AS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE ARE HIGHLY RATED. 
          UM, I'M GONNA SWITCH GEARS AGAIN JUST FOR A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE. 
          AND I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, MOVING AWAY FROM RATINGS AND JUST TALKING ABOUT RESERVES. 
          SO, UM, THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION IS A LARGE ORGANIZATION. 
          IT'S GOT OVER 20,000 MEMBERS. 
          THESE ARE FINANCE PROFESSIONALS IN THE GOVERNMENT FIELD IN THE US AND CANADA. 
          UM, THE GOAL OF THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO, IS TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC FINANCE. 
          AND AS PART OF THAT, THEY'LL ISSUE, UH, BEST PRACTICE, UM, GUIDANCE TO TO ENTITIES. 
          AND IN 2015, THE G F O A, UH, BOARD DID APPROVE A BEST PRACTICE THAT SAID, UM, AND IT'S IN THE MIDDLE THERE THAT AT A MINIMUM THAT THEY RECOMMEND THAT AT A MINIMUM, GOVERNMENTS REGARDLESS OF SIZE, MAINTAIN AN AVAILABLE BUDGETARY FUND BALANCE IN THEIR GENERAL FUND OF NO LESS, NO LESS THAN TWO MONTHS OF REGULAR GENERAL FUND OPERATING REVENUES OR EXPENDITURES. 
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WELL, TWO MONTHS IS EQUAL TO 16.7%. 
          I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE TARGETING A MINIMUM OF 15. 
          IT FITS IN WITH OUR TWO YEAR BUDGET STRATEGY. 
          AND THEN THE GOAL IS THAT WE'RE GONNA GET TO A TWO MONTH RESERVE, HOPEFULLY A LITTLE BIT OVER A TWO MONTH RESERVE BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE CLOSING OUR BOOKS AND MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE, UM, THE RESERVE ITSELF OUTSIDE A A AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I SAY THAT. 
          SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CREDIT RATINGS, OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT. 
          I MEAN, AS A C F O, I WOULDN'T SIT HERE AND TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE NOT IMPORTANT. 
          BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGETED RESERVES, THIS IS OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND IN THE EVENT SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC AND UNFORESEEN IS HAPPENING. 
          IT'S OUR, IF YOU WILL, LAST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR THE ORGANIZATION. 
          WE'VE GOT TO, IF SOME EVENT IS HAPPENING, WE CAN'T ASSUME THAT REVENUES ARE GONNA KEEP COMING IN LIKE THEY ARE UNDER NORMAL TIMES, BUT YET WE'RE STILL GONNA BE OUT THERE RESPONDING TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THAT MEANS WE'VE GOTTA, WE'VE GOTTA PAY OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE GONNA BE OUT THERE WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, I KNOW THE NUMBERS LOOK KIND OF BIG AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR RESERVE, BUT IT'S LESS THAN TWO MONTHS, IT'S, IT'S, WE GOT A $1.4 BILLION GENERAL FUND BUDGET. 
          PAYROLL ALONE IS PROBABLY GONNA BE 65 TO $70 MILLION MONTHLY GOING OUT THE DOOR JUST TO KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES PAID. 
          THAT DOESN'T COUNT ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF CONTRACTS AND OTHER SERVICES THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          UM, ANOTHER EXAMPLE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LARGE PROPERTY TAX DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS THAT BECOME DUE IN FEBRUARY AND AUGUST OF EVERY YEAR. 
          WON'T WE ONLY USE PROPERTY TAXES TO PAY THAT IF THERE WAS SOME DISRUPTION THAT OCCURRED? THE RESERVE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PROPERTY TAX, UH, UH, UH, DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUND IS ABOUT $37 MILLION AGAINST $135 MILLION PAYMENT. 
          SO WE WOULD BE UTILIZING OUR RESERVES TO HELP US MANAGE OUR WAY THROUGH THAT. 
          SO I SAY ALL OF THAT TO SAY THAT RATINGS ARE ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT, THEY KEEP OUR COST OF BORROWING DOWN, BUT JUST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT IT'S JUST PRUDENT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TO LEAST BE TRYING TO GET A TWO MONTH RESERVE IN PLACE. 
          AND I WOULD BE MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATION TO YOU WHETHER WE WERE TRIPLE A OR SINGLE A, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT TOOL THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE WHEN THAT UNFORESEEN EVENT HAPPENS. 
          UM, I THINK THE WINTER STORM THAT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY IS A GREAT REMINDER OF WE CAN'T PLAN FOR EVERYTHING. 
          WE CAN'T SEE EVERYTHING COMING, WE CAN'T EVEN ANTICIPATE EVERYTHING COMING. 
          WHAT WE'VE GOTTA DO IS WE'VE GOTTA HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESPOND, AND THIS IS PART OF THAT RESPONSE. 
          SO, UM, IN JUST CONCLUSION HERE, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE NOT DRAW ON OUR BUDGETED RESERVES THAT WE RECOMMEND, UH, ADHERENCE TO OUR, UH, ESTABLISHED FINANCIAL POLICIES THAT WE HAVE HAD IN PLACE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          AGAIN, WE HAVE BUILT A CREDIT PROFILE THAT, UM, HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE THREE RATING AGENCIES, I THINK HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY. 
          IT HAS FUNCTIONED VERY WELL FOR US AND ALLOWED US TO WEATHER SOME DIFFICULT TIMES. 
          UM, AND THAT WE CERTAINLY WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO OUR TWO YEAR BUDGET PLAN BECAUSE I THINK THAT HAS REALLY SERVED US WELL AS, UH, UH, UH, GOING FORWARD AS WELL. 
          UM, IF WE WERE TO DO A DECREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGETED RESERVES, I I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY GONNA NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND WHEN THAT ISSUE HAPPENS. 
          UM, THAT SIGNIFICANT UNANTICIPATED THING, WE WOULD NOT BE IN A BETTER POSITION OR ANY GOOD POSITION TO RESPOND. 
          UH, AND THEN I THINK IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT YOU WOULD SEE A DOWNGRADE IN THE CITY'S BOND RATING, WHICH WOULD INCREASE OUR COST OF BORROWING AND ULTIMATELY DECREASE OUR BONDING CAPACITY. 
          SO WITH THAT, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, BEN AND ERIC FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          BEN, IF YOU COULD JUST STAY UP THERE FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE, UH, YOU STOPPED ON SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANT TO, UH, PAUSE ON FOR A MINUTE. 
          UM, WE, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT FINANCIAL POLICIES AND MI AND YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS. 
          UH, AND A LOT OF FOLKS MIGHT GET THE IMPRESSION THAT WE ARE BUDGETING TO HIT FINANCIAL RATINGS AS OPPOSED TO SERVICE LEVELS. 
          UM, AND IN MY VIEW, IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY. 
          IF WE ARE, UH, BUDGETING IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE AAA, WE'RE KIND OF MISSING THE POINT. 
          WE WANT AAA SO WE CAN DELIVER GREAT SERVICE. 
          UM, WHEN YOU SAID, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A RESERVE AND THE 16.7%, THE TWO MONTH RESERVE IS A BEST PRACTICE, ITS GUIDANCE. 
          UH, IN THE EVENT OF A CAT CATASTROPHE, A LOT OF FOLKS WILL RESPOND BY SAYING, WELL, WHAT DID WE JUST EXPERIENCE? IT'S A PANDEMIC, THIS IS CATASTROPHIC. 
          UM, A RESPONSE TO THAT WOULD BE, WE'VE HAD REVENUE COMING IN, WE'VE HAD ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE'VE HAD REVENUES COMING IN OF OUR OWN. 
          IN YOUR MIND, HOW DO YOU DEFINE A FINANCIAL CATASTROPHE AND WHAT IS THAT, HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED, UH, FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF? SO YEAH, MAYOR, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT 
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QUESTION. 
          SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE IMPACT, UH, FINANCIALLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT US IN TERMS OF THE REVENUES THAT WE HAVE COMING IN. 
          IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS STORM RELATED THAT EVOLVES INTO SOMETHING ELSE. 
          IT COULD BE A CYBER ATTACK, IT COULD BE A CYBER ATTACK TO ONE OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES. 
          IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WOULD HAPPEN THAT START TO IMPACT OUR INCOME AND OUR REVENUE COMING IN. 
          AS THAT STARTS TO HAPPEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, AS WE'RE RESPONDING TO THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUING TO PROVIDE SERVICES, DOLLARS ARE STILL GOING OUT THE DOOR. 
          I MENTIONED THAT ON, ON A, ON AN ANNUAL, I MEAN, SORRY, ON A MONTHLY BASIS IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE'LL BE SPENDING ABOUT 70 MILLION JUST TO KEEP OUR WORKFORCE PAID AND WORKING. 
          UM, THAT DOESN'T COUNT ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO DEPLOY OR DO. 
          SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS BEING OUR LAST LINE OF DEFENSE, IT'S THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR THE ORGANIZATION, FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO FUNCTION TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE HERE AND THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I'VE ASKED YOU THAT BEFORE AND, AND ONE EXAMPLE THAT YOU GAVE ME IS IF WE LACK THE ABILITY TO KEEP OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS EMPLOYED, WE WOULD BE USING RESERVE. 
          IF THAT GOT TO THAT CASE, TO THAT POINT, IS THAT, IS THAT STILL AN APPROPRIATE YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          EXAMPLE IN, IN THE CASE OF REVENUES, COMP NOT COMING IN, AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING TO KEEP OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES PAID, UH, AND CONTINUE TO BE TRYING TO RUN PAYROLL ON A MONTHLY BASIS. 
          AND IF THE REVENUES ARE NOT COME COMING IN, SORRY, THAT'S, OH, UH, IF THE REVENUES WERE NOT COMING IN BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, UH, IF THE REVENUES WERE NOT COMING IN, THEN YEAH, THAT RESERVE WOULD BE, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE LEANING ON SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THE ORGANIZATION FUNCTIONING. 
          AGAIN, A A TWO MONTH RESERVE. 
          KIND OF PUT THAT IN CONTEXT. 
          WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS YOU GOT TWO MONTHS OF OPERATING EXPENSE AS CUSHION. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          MAYOR, I, YOU KNOW, ONE THING, ONE, ONE OTHER THING RELATED TO YOUR SCENARIO. 
          OKAY. 
          ONE THING RELATED TO YOUR SCENARIO IS THAT BEN SAID THAT THE RESERVES ARE OUR LAST LINE OF DEFENSE. 
          IN YOUR SCENARIO, THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE WOULD BE WE CUT OUR BUDGET JUST LIKE WE DID IN THE LATE SPRING OF 2020. 
          YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GO TO RESERVES, WE CUT EVERYTHING UNNECESSARY OR ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DEFER, THAT WOULD BE WHERE WE GO FIRST. 
          BECAUSE, BECAUSE THAT SCENARIO THAT BEN'S ANSWERING, THAT'S ONE TIME MONEY THAT ONCE IT'S SPENT, IT'S GONE. 
          AND SO IN THAT TYPE OF SCENARIO, NUMBER ONE WOULD BE WE WOULD REDUCE OUR BUDGET SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          YOU JUST ANSWERED THE, THE NEXT QUESTION I HAD, ERIC, WHICH WAS DURING THE LAST 18 MONTHS WHERE WE WERE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS ON THE FLY ALMOST IN A PAY AS YOU GO SCENARIO. 
          DID WE DIP INTO RESERVES DURING THE LAST 18 MONTHS? NO, WE REDUCED OUR BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO LAST QUESTION ON THIS LINE IS AGAIN, WE'RE WE'RE BUDGETING IN SERVICE OF OUTCOMES FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          UM, ONE WAS THE LA I I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN THE LAST TIME WAS. 
          WE GOT THE REPORT ABOUT SERVICE LEVEL SATISFACTION OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS A CITY BASIC SERVICES. 
          I THINK WE DO IT EVERY SIX YEARS OR SOMETHING. 
          WHEN, WHEN IS THE NEXT TIME WE'RE GONNA DO THAT? WE, UH, WE DO IT EVERY TWO YEARS AND WE'RE SCHEDULED TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, WELL I'M NOT GONNA BELABOR THE CONVERSATION 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION TODAY. 
          I JUST WANT TO OFFER SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND, AND NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY BUDGETING PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH. 
          WE'RE WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN A PARALLEL BUDGETING PROCESS FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES HOW WE'VE SPENT, UH, THE, THE RELIEF FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO US, UH, WHICH IS AN ONGOING EFFORT. 
          AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT OUT OF C O D YET. 
          UH, WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDST OF BATTLING A PANDEMIC, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS ARE STILL EXPERIENCING THE IMPACTS OF A PANDEMIC, BOTH IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, BUT ALSO BASIC SERVICES. 
          SO TO THAT EXTENT, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE OUR BASIC NEEDS TAKEN CARE OF. 
          AND, AND SPECIFICALLY I WANNA POINT OUT THE EMERGENCY HOUSING, UH, ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          UH, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION, BUT, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'VE ALLOCATED ROUGHLY $190 MILLION TO EMERGENCY HOUSING RELIEF IN THE CITY SO FAR. 
          HOW MUCH OF THAT IS STILL AVAILABLE AND WHAT IS OUR NOW PROJECTED, UM, END DATE FOR ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE? AND I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S A PARALLEL BUDGETING, UH, PROCESS WE'RE ONGOING. 
          IF THERE IS STILL 
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EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE NEEDED FROM OUR COMMUNITY AS A FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ADDING TO THAT PROGRAM BETTER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, WE HAVE BUDGETED 189.3 MILLION SO FAR. 
          THERE IS AN ITEM TOMORROW ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, ADDS HALF A MILLION DOLLARS MORE. 
          AND WHAT REMAINS OF THE 189.3 IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 42 MILLION. 
          SOME OF IT IS FOR ADMIN. 
          SO FOR DIRECT WELFARE, WE HAVE JUST UNDER 40 MILLION STILL AVAILABLE. 
          WE ARE PROJECTED TO EXPAND THAT, UM, THE 40 MILLION OR SO, UM, END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. 
          SO DECEMBER'S WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, BUT WE DO EXPECT ADDITIONAL ARPA FUNDING BECAUSE WE'RE SO EFFICIENT. 
          WE JUST GOT NOTICE OF THAT TODAY. 
          YEAH, I DID WANNA ADD THAT THE TREASURY JUST ANNOUNCED THERE'S 13 POINT, UM, $2 BILLION THAT THEY'LL BE RELEASING TO HIGH PERFORMING CITIES AND STATES. 
          AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED NATIONALLY FOR OUR PROGRAM. 
          SO I'M 99% CONFIDENT WE'LL BE GETTING ANOTHER ROUND OF EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND TO, AGAIN, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE NEED FUNDS AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE THAT ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA NOTE THAT, UH, ALSO PART OF THAT PARALLEL EFFORT ARE GRANTS TO, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, ASSISTANCE IN WORKFORCE, UH, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE OUR BASIC FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE NEEDS TAKEN CARE OF. 
          THAT IS A PARALLEL EFFORT THAT'S DIFFERENT AND APART FROM THE F Y 22 EFFORT. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF THE F Y 22 BUDGET, UH, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION MADE TODAY, UH, KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER SET OF DISCUSSIONS REGARDING USE OF ARPA, WHICH IS INTENDED TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE FOR THIS COMMUNITY AS WE GET BACK TO AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY. 
          BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO BE PROUD OF IN THE F Y 22 BUDGET EFFORT AND MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE STAFF AND TO THE COUNCIL IN, IN PARTICULAR, GETTING OUR HOUSING FRAMEWORK BACK ON TRACK, UH, TO THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, UH, PLAN THAT WAS CREATED BY HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS IN THIS COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER ON A COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPASSIONATE HOUSING FRAMEWORK FOR OUR CITY. 
          ALSO, VERY HAPPY WITH THE FACT THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION BUDGET IS NOW BACK ON TRACK AT LEVELS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, WHICH INCLUDES AN ALLOCATION FOR VISION ZERO. 
          UH, I'M GLAD THAT, UH, BY AND LARGE WITH A FEW, UH, EXCEPTIONS, WE ARE BACK TO PRE PANDEMIC SERVICE LEVELS IN OUR F Y 22 BUDGET. 
          THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND THESE ARE PART OF THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET THAT DOES NOT GET US TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY THOUGH. 
          SO LET'S NOT GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES. 
          THERE IS A PHASE TWO OF THIS DISCUSSION, UH, WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UH, DOLLARS THAT ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS OUR, UH, PLANNING FOR THE BOND, UH, 22 BOND, WHICH IS ANTICIPATED IN MAY 22, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL ALLOCATIONS FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, THE JOBS PLAN, UH, SO FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR TRANSFORMATION AND A CHANGE OF DIRECTION MAKING US COME BACK BIGGER, OR EXCUSE ME, BETTER, UH, MORE RESILIENT, MORE EQUITABLE AS A CITY, UH, THAT IS ALL UNDERWAY, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOW GETTING OUR F Y 22 SERVICE LEVELS BACK TO PAR. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, TO THE STAFF, TO THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN THE F Y 22 BUDGET, KNOWING THAT WE DID HAVE TO MAKE SOME TRIMMING, UH, BECAUSE OF REVENUE. 
          UH, IN THE LAST MONTH, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF, UH, POSTPONING ANY AMENDMENTS EXCEPT FOR THOSE THAT HAVE ZERO BUDGET IMPACT. 
          I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE FACT THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW RECOGNIZE, OFFICIALLY ASSESS OUR CHAVEZ HOLIDAY, UH, AND SOME OTHER, UH, OF THOSE, UH, AMENDMENTS THAT ARE AGAIN, HAVE ZERO IMPACT. 
          BUT, UH, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS FOR NOW. 
          LEMME TURN IT NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I WANNA START OFF BY, UH, SAYING THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OF THE CITY, THE EXECUTIVE TEAM THAT'S WORKED SO HARD ON PUTTING TOGETHER THIS BUDGET AS THEY DO EVERY YEAR. 
          AND I THINK ALL OF US ON THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN WATCHING AND PARTICIPATING AND ASKING THE KIND OF QUESTIONS WE NEEDED TO ASK, UH, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT GOES INTO A CITY BUDGET. 
          I I HAVE TO SAY THOUGH, I WAS A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK, UH, WHEN I FOUND AT THE END OF LAST WEEK AND REALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK, THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF ASKS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PROJECTS AND PROPOSALS THAT THE COUNCIL REALLY HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IN DEPTH. 
          UH, I HAVE TO SAY, I'M, I MADE A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS AND AS I THINK NOW ABOUT THOSE, I REALIZE THOSE SUGGESTIONS COULD EASILY WAIT UNTIL WE LOOK AT, UH, THE REST OF THE FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THIS CITY. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE, I BELIEVE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UH, ERIC, OVER $60 MILLION 
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OF UNALLOCATED, UH, ARPA FUNDS FROM THIS FIRST BATCH THAT WE RECEIVED. 
          AND THAT IS MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE AFT AT OCTOBER 1ST TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE COULD ALLOCATE THAT. 
          AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT, UH, YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN LOOKING AT A LOT OF THESE PROPOSALS THAT WERE PUT FORWARD. 
          UH, WOULD YOU SAY A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF THEM WOULD QUALIFY UNDER APA FUNDING? COUNCILMAN? WE FEEL LIKE THAT A MAJORITY OF THEM WOULD. 
          UM, BUT, BUT THAT'S ALSO WHY WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT, THAT THAT, UH, ENTIRE CONVERSATION AND TOTALITY HAPPENED WITH THE ENTIRE COUNCIL IN THAT PHASE TWO. 
          AND TO ANSWER YOUR EARLIER QUESTION, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 64 60 $5 MILLION. 
          THE BALANCE OF THAT WE WILL RECEIVE IN MAY OF 2022, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL $160 MILLION. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? ROUGHLY, YES, SIR. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I, I RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF EVERY ONE OF THOSE SUGGESTIONS THAT WAS PUT FORWARD, AND I THINK THEY'RE SIGNIFICANT TO EVERY COMMUNITY. 
          BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GIVE A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF THOUGHT AND CONSIDERATION INTO WHAT ARE THE BEST WAYS OF IMPLEMENTING MANY OF THOSE SUGGESTIONS AND THE BEST WAY OF FUNDING THOSE. 
          I, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY STAFF ON THE ZERO COST BUDGET AMENDMENTS, AND EVEN ON THE TOURS ELIGIBLE AMENDMENTS. 
          I THINK USING TURS MONEY, WHICH REALLY IS CITY TAX MONEY, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT THOSE, UH, PARTICULAR ITEMS ARE WELL WORTHWHILE. 
          AND I'D EVEN BE SUPPORTIVE OF TAKING A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THAT CAPITAL BUDGET, UH, EXTRA FUNDING THAT WE HAVE IN THERE, UH, TO COVER SOME OF THOSE, UH, MOST IMMEDIATE ISSUES THAT ARE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS UP TO ABOUT THE 4 MILLION THAT'S IN THERE. 
          UH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THAT WE REALLY OUGHT TO GO AHEAD AND, AND HAVE A DEEP DIVE ON ALL OF THESE OTHER SUGGESTIONS IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. 
          AND NOT TO KILL 'EM, BUT TO APPROVE THEM, BUT APPROVE THEM PRUDENTLY AND FITTING 'EM IN, FIT THEM INTO THE KIND OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, UH, WITHOUT HAVING TO REBALANCE OUR BUDGET BY MAKING CUTS OUT OF, UH, WHAT WE NOW HAVE, I THINK IN A REASONABLY BALANCED BUDGET. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $51 MILLION WORTH OF EXTRA REQUESTS. 
          THAT'S A BIG CUT, UH, TO MAKE TODAY, TO PUT THOSE INTO EFFECT NOW. 
          SO I, I STAND WITH THE MAYOR AND WHAT HE'S RECOMMENDED AND WITH THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION OF OUR, UH, OUR CITY EXECUTIVE STAFF. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU, UH, ERIC AND BEN AND MARIA AND THE ENTIRE TEAM, UH, FOR BRINGING US HERE TODAY. 
          UM, IT'S NOT SYMBOLIC THAT THE BELLS ARE RINGING WHILE I'M TALKING. 
          TRUST ME, IT'S ENTIRELY UNRELATED. 
          UH, I ALSO WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR THOUGHTFUL AMENDMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS. 
          I THINK SOME OF US PUT FORWARD THINGS THAT WE HOPE ARE GOING TO BE POSSIBLE OR THAT WE THINK ARE GOING TO BE POSSIBLE THIS YEAR, BUT I THINK WE ALSO PUT FORWARD, UM, WHAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND WE KIND OF PLANT A GRANT A FLAG IN THE GROUND ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US AND WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS WANT TO SEE. 
          SO EVEN IF NOT ALL OF THESE IDEAS GO FORWARD OR SUGGESTIONS GO FORWARD THIS, UH, FISCAL YEAR, I THINK IT BEGINS THE CONVERSATION FOR WHAT WE CAN SEE IN IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, I WANNA THANK ERIC FOR, UM, FOR SUPPORTING AND FINDING A WAY TO WORK THE, UH, PARKLET PILOT PROGRAM INTO THIS, UH, THIS COMING YEAR BUDGET. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HOMER AND, AND TEAM ON THAT. 
          UM, JUST TO, TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT, WHAT I MEANT BY THAT IS, I THINK SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE HAVE LITTLE PIECES OF RIGHT OF WAY. 
          MAYBE IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, 600 SQUARE FEET, UH, WITH GRASS THAT IS NEGLECTED. 
          AND, UH, AND I THINK WE CAN TURN THAT INTO SOMETHING ALIVE FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, I, I WILL HOPE THAT THERE IS SOME WAY WE CAN MAKE ROOM IN OUR $3 BILLION BUDGET FOR $10,000 AS A STIPEND FOR CHILDCARE AT BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETINGS. 
          I THINK THAT IS, UM, THAT IS A WAY TO ENSURE THAT WE TAKE WOMEN AND FAMILY PARTICIPATION SERIOUSLY IN OUR CIVIC GOVERNANCE PROCESSES. 
          IT'S A MODEST AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT CAN GO A LONG WAY IN REMOVING AN OBSTACLE TO SERVICE FOR PARENTS AND ESPECIALLY MOTHERS. 
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I'VE MADE SOME REQUESTS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH HOUSING AND I, UH, I AM DEFINITELY OPEN TO SEEING IF THAT CAN BE FUNDED, UH, THROUGH THE A R P A. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO TELL US RIGHT NOW? I KNOW THE FINAL GUIDANCE HASN'T COME OUT, BUT, UM, COULD, COULD YOU SPEAK TO WHICH OF THESE AMENDMENTS MIGHT BE FUNDED THAT WAY? UH, HOUSING RELATED? NO. 
          'CAUSE WE'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT, WE'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT REVENUE STREAMS. WE'VE GOT ARPA, WE'VE GOT THE HOME ALLOCATION THAT WE RECEIVED EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT WE EXPECT THE RULES TO BE SET IN THE, IN THE IN LATER IN THE FALL. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT LORI AND VETO JUST SHARED WITH YOU OUR NOTIFICATION WE RECEIVED BY EMAIL TODAY THAT THERE'S ANOTHER ROUND OF HOUS EMERGENCY HOUSING DOLLARS. 
          AND SO I, I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE ALL THREE OF THOSE AND DEPENDING ON WHAT THE, THE ACTUAL HOUSING, UH, INITIATIVE IS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU ERIC. 
          UM, I'LL, I'LL SAVE THE REST OF MY COMMENTS FOR AFTER COUNCIL, UM, DISCUSSION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, CITY STAFF, EVERYONE FOR THEIR HARD WORK, UM, AS THIS BUDGET SITS NOW. 
          HOWEVER, UM, THE ZERO COST AMENDMENTS, I AM, I AM FOR TURS. 
          UH, I AM ALSO FOR WHEN WE GET TO THE CAPITAL I, THIS IS WHERE MY CONFUSING COMES IN IN TERMS OF THE USE OF THE CAP CAPITAL BUDGET CONTINGENCY IS YOU ASKED US, AND I DID HAVE A ALMOST A MILLION DOLLAR ASK AND, AND WE HAD $4 MILLION. 
          AND I, I WANTED, BUT I WANTED TO LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE EQUITY LENS. 
          AND WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING THAT WE APPROVE IS NOT LOOKING THROUGH THE EQUITY LENS, UH, WITH ALL THESE DISTRICTS. 
          UM, WITH ALL BUT TWO IN DISTRICT 10. 
          I AM DEFINITELY FOR, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGES FACILITY FOR THE NEW ADDITIONAL DOGS. 
          AND IF WE COULD MAKE THAT LARGER BY GIVING HI HIM, IF WE'RE GIVING OUT A MILLION DOLLARS, LET'S GIVE HIM A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE KENNELS. 
          'CAUSE THAT IT MAKES A CITYWIDE IMPACT. 
          UM, THE MCALLISTER UPPER B REFORESTATION, UM, AND PARKING, UH, I'M FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND IF I, I, MY OFFICERS PARK POLICE OR SS A P D FOR SAFETY ALONG THE MISSION REACH ARE NOT THERE. 
          AND I, WHILE I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY COULD BE PART OF OPERA DOLLARS, UM, I'M NOT SURE THEY CAN. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN EXPEND ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR PARKS, UH, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THAT FOR DISTRICT FIVE, IF WE CAN DO THAT AND THEN JUST HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF ALONG THE MISSION REACH AT, AT THE BATHROOMS ALONG THE MISSION REACH. 
          UM, 'CAUSE MAYBE MORE OF A PRESENCE THERE WOULD DETER THE CRIME THAT WE'VE HAD. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, OUR CRIME HAS BEEN, UM, MURDERS AND, AND, AND ASSAULT, SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR PARK POLICE OR SS A P D, BUT MAYBE MORE OF A STAFF PRESENCE WOULD HELP ALSO. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT BECAUSE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN USE CAPITAL B BUDGET CONTINGENCY FOR, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, UH, MORE EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICTS. 
          I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT AFTER THE NUMBER OF CALLS AND OUTREACH AND CITIZENS THAT CAME TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE, THE PET POPULATION, THAT THERE ARE NO DOLLARS IN THIS AMENDMENT FOR SPAY AND NEUTER, WHICH WAS, UH, MY ITEM AMENDMENT. 
          AND I, I, I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT WE CANNOT CONVERT AND, AND THAT'S MY WHOLE CONCERN IS THAT YOU, YOU'RE SAYING THESE PROPOSED COULD BE ARPA ELIGIBLE, BUT HOW DO WE KNOW FOR SURE? AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ARPA DOLLAR ASKS REGARDING HEALTH, AND I KNOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THAT CONVERSATION, BUT MY, IF, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY GUARANTEES, THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN. 
          AND I THINK A C S SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF OUR BUDGET, UM, MOST DEFINITELY. 
          AND THAT THE WORLD HERITAGE POSITIONS SHOULD BE PART OF THE BUDGET AND, AND, AND I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL THAT WE NEED TO FIND THAT $10,000 FOR OUR, IT'S $10,000. 
          WE CAN FIND THAT AND, AND I CAN GO OFFLINE AND GIVE DEPARTMENTS THAT I THINK WE COULD TAKE FROM TO, TO DO THAT FROM. 
          YEP. 
          SO, UM, I, THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF THIS, THIS BUDGET THAT I SUPPORT. 
          THERE, THERE ARE OTHERS THAT IN TERMS IN THE USE OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET CONTINGENCY, I DO NOT SUPPORT BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE 
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ANY DRAINAGE ISSUES WE DO, IT STARTS AT THE, IT STARTS IN THE NORTH AND IT FLOWS SOUTH. 
          SO ANY DRAINAGE WORK WE DO IN THE NORTH, I NEED TO MAKE SURE AND THAT HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE SOUTH, BECAUSE THEN THAT CHANGES MY ASKS FOR, FOR THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AND MY PROJECTS ALSO. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH WHAT'S ON THIS CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THINKING. 
          SO COUNCILWOMAN, JUST TO RESPOND ON A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, ONE, I'M LOOKING FOR DIRECTION TODAY ON THE CAPITAL CONTINGENCY. 
          THE LIST BEFORE YOU ARE THE LIST ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO US. 
          UM, IF WE DON'T SPEND ANY OF THAT OR DON'T DO ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS, THEN WE'LL KEEP THE $4 MILLION CONTINGENCY AND WE'LL CERTAINLY POTENTIALLY NEED IT DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE CAPITAL BUDGET THIS YEAR. 
          UM, THAT'S NOT A STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT LIST. 
          THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED. 
          SO THERE'S, IF YOU'VE GOT PROJECTS THAT YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT LIST, THAT'S WHAT THIS WORK SESSION IS FOR. 
          UM, NUMBER TWO, IF YOU WANNA MAKE A CUT, THEN I JUST ASSUME HEAR ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN DEAL WITH IT NOT OFFLINE. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTA BALANCE THE BUDGET IN, IN ADDITION, UH, FOR TOMORROW. 
          WELL, AND THEN, AND THEN LASTLY, EXCUSE ME, UH, LASTLY, UM, THE, WE HAVE $900,000 IN OUR BASE BUDGET, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR SPAY NEUTER, SO THE ADDITIONAL 150,000, WHICH WOULD GO TOWARDS SPAYING AND NEUTERING 3000, ROUGHLY, ROUGHLY MORE ANIMALS, THREE TO 5,000, UM, MORE ANIMALS. 
          UM, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE DO HAVE ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS IN OUR BUDGET FOR SPAY NEUTER. 
          AND, AND SO IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO CONSIDER, THEN, THEN NOW'S THE TIME TO TALK THROUGH THAT. 
          WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK, THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME, UH, TO GET $10,000, THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING IN THE STAFFING BUDGET WITH SOME OF THESE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE CAN CUT AND, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION IS, IS, I'M NOT SURE, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF, GO THROUGH THE LIST OF WHO'S GETTING MORE STAFF, BUT CUT A STAFFING POSITION FROM ONE OF THE, UH, THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE CAN AND GET THOSE $10,000 TO OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PALLIA. 
          THANKS. 
          UH, I, I AGREE WITH, UH, THIS, UH, NEED FOR CHILDCARE AT THESE MEETINGS AND COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL IS RIGHT. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS. 
          IT, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE EASIEST WAY TO GET THAT MONEY IS THROUGH C C P F FUNDS, AND I INVITE COUNSEL TO, TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S MONEY THAT IS VERY LOW HANGING FRUIT. 
          UM, THE, THE OTHER THING TOO IS WITH ERIC, YOU ASKED A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION AND I THINK IT MERITS A, A, A, A CLEAR ANSWER. 
          AND THAT IS WHETHER OR NOT WE USE THE $4 MILLION OF CONTINGENCY MONEY FOR UNFORESEEN EXPENSES IN 2022, BASED ON WHAT I JUST HEARD, UH, BEN GOEL TALK ABOUT. 
          AND BASED ON PRIOR, UH, BEST PRACTICES THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED IN OTHER BUDGETS, I THINK THAT KEEPING THAT MONEY IN, UM, IN CONTINGENCY FOR UNFORESEEN EXPENSES FOR NEXT YEAR IS, IS THE, UM, THE RIGHT WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          ADDITIONALLY, AS WE EMBARK ON THE PROCESS OF SELECTING BOND PROJECTS FOR 2022, AND I, I'VE ALREADY STARTED FOR DISTRICT EIGHT, AND I KNOW THAT MY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY, UH, EMPANELED, UH, BOND COMMISSIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALL THAT, RIGHT? UM, I THINK OUR ABILITY TO DO WELL, NO, I DON'T THINK, I KNOW THAT OUR ABILITY TO DO THESE PROJECTS MOST AFFORDABLY IS DEPENDENT UPON OUR CREDIT RATING, UM, FROM THOSE THREE AGENCIES. 
          I'M NOT PREPARED TO PUT THOSE, THOSE PROJECTS AT RISK OR OUR FLEXIBILITY TO DO MORE PROJECTS THAN LESS, UM, BY DIPPING INTO RESERVES. 
          I THINK THAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE GONNA BE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. 
          AND, AND I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY THOSE INCLUDE, UH, PROJECTS FOR PREPAREDNESS FOR FUTURE CATASTROPHES LIKE THE HURRICANE THAT DID NOT HIT US THIS PAST WEEK THAT EASILY COULD HAVE. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY, I, I THINK, UH, REVIEWING HISTORY, UH, ON WHAT THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE IN THE PAST IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE, WE, WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A CONVERSATION AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE. 
          UM, OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING IN THIS SEAT, I'VE SEEN THE CITY COUNCIL MAKE HISTORIC NEVER BEFORE, SEEN INVESTMENTS IN SOCIAL SAFETY NETS AT LEVELS THAT WERE EYE-POPPING. 
          UM, AND REALLY IMPRESSIVE. 
          I FEEL, I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THE CLO, I MEAN CLOSE TO A BILLION DOLLARS IN INVESTMENT, UH, THAT WE'VE MADE, UH, WITH, UH, PANDEMIC, UH, RELIEF FUNDS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LEVERAGING ALL OF THE MONEY THAT JEFF COYLE AND, UM, HIS TEAM WERE ABLE TO BRING BACK FROM WASHINGTON D C AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH SOME REALLY, REALLY BASIC BEST PRACTICES WITH REGARDS TO 
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BUDGET ALLOCATION. 
          I, UM, LET NOBODY TELL YOU THAT WE HAVEN'T MADE THESE INVESTMENTS IN PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS NOT TAKEN EQUITY SERIOUSLY. 
          WE HAVE, UM, AND I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD BE PROUD OF WHAT SAN ANTONIO HAS DONE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT OTHER CITIES WHO HAVE NOT HAD THE COURAGE AND NOT STEPPED UP THE WAY THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND SO, CITY STAFF, SOMETIMES YOU GUYS DON'T, DON'T GET THANKED FOR THE WORK OF, UM, THE, THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO ON BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY, YOU KNOW, WHO ALSO LIVES IN THE CITY. 
          AND ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE 39 MILLION VISITORS WHO COME HERE EVERY SINGLE YEAR, UM, YOU GUYS ARE, YOU GUYS ARE THE SPARK THAT MAKES THIS ENGINE RUN. 
          AND, UH, I'M PROUD TO BE ON YOUR TEAM. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER PAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM, THE BUDGET TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE PUT INTO DRAFTING THIS BUDGET, UM, FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          OUR TEAM IN PARKS ALONGSIDE HOMER HAVE WORKED TOWARDS A SOLUTION TO FUNDING THE CASTANO PARK. 
          UM, SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED IT ON THAT LIST ANYMORE. 
          UM, BUT DAVID, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND, UH, PLAY THE VIDEO PLEASE? THANK YOU. 
          I LOVE MY CUSTOMERS. 
          MY CUSTOMERS COME IN HERE. 
          THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, SOMETHING. 
          I NEED TO DO THIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 
          I GOT YOU RIGHT HERE. 
          WE'RE GONNA GO OVER HERE. 
          WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS HERE. 
          WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS HERE, AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT. 
          THIS IS OLD LONGLEAF PINE FOR THE MOST PART. 
          UM, THIS IS NOT NEW LUMBER, AND THIS WOULD ALL BE IN A LANDFILL IF WE WOULDN'T BE SAVING THIS STUFF. 
          WE ARE SAVING EVERY BOARD, EVERY SINGLE BOARD. 
          SO THIS IS A 1950S HOME THAT'S GONNA BE TORN DOWN. 
          WHAT WE DO BEFORE THEY DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY IS WE COME IN, WE TAKE ALL THE FLOORING OUT, ALL THE KITCHEN CABINETS, ALL THE BATHROOM VANITIES. 
          SO THERE WAS A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF SOLID OAK FLOORING, AND IT WENT LIKE THREE BLOCKS AWAY TO ANOTHER HOUSE THAT'S BEING REMODELED. 
          THE FLOOR JOIST ARE GOING TO A HOUSE IN B'S HEIGHTS, AND THE SUBFLOOR IS ACTUALLY GOING TO A HOUSE ON ELIZABETH A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY, TOO. 
          THE NEW LUMBER, THEY LIKE FLY OVER THEIR FARMS WITH, UH, FERTILIZER. 
          AND THE STUFF GROWS SO FAST THAT IT'S SOFT MINE, IT'S OLD LONGLEAF ROUGHS ON. 
          YOU GET THE PATINA PLUS YOU GET, UH, A MUCH BETTER QUALITY LUMBER. 
          ANYTHING YOU NEED FOR AN OLD HOUSE OR A NEW HOUSE, YOU WANNA MAKE IT LOOK OLD. 
          WE HAVE IT, OR YOU CAN GO BUY IT REPRODUCTION, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A REPRODUCTION. 
          IT'S GONNA BE MADE IN CHINA. 
          OUR STUFF WAS HERE, MADE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND IT'S THE OLD ORIGINAL STUFF. 
          WINDOWS, UH, PEOPLE LOVE THE OLD WINDOWS, AND YOU CAN REPURPOSE ANY OF THIS, UH, THE DOORS INTO WINDOWS. 
          HOW MANY PEOPLE BUY DOORS AND THEY TURN 'EM SIDEWAYS AND THEY MAKE 'EM INTO HEADBOARDS. 
          WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE HERE TO HELP ALL THESE WONDERFUL CUSTOMERS TO, TO HELP CLEAN THE STUFF UP. 
          I MEAN, WHEN YOU GET IT HERE, IT STILL NEEDS TO BE DENA AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SO THAT'S CREATING MORE JOBS AS WELL. 
          THE PROCESS OF DECONSTRUCTION IS ESSENTIALLY REVERSE ENGINEERING. 
          UNBUILDING A BUILDING, UH, DECONSTRUCTION OF ONE BUILDING, UH, CREATES SIX JOBS FOR EVERY ONE STRUCTURE THAT'S DECONSTRUCTED. 
          SO THIS CAN HAVE A VERY POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN A SKILLS GAP THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN AN INDUSTRY THAT IS IN HIGH DEMAND. 
          IT'S HUGE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT I'M TRYING TO SAVE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GROW AS MANY TREES. 
          I'M TRYING TO, UH, SAVE, UH, FROM PUTTING ALL THE LANDFILL. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A LEADER IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          BEING ABLE TO CREATE MORE SPACES FOR CONSTRUCTION, TRADE DECONSTRUCTION AND REUSE JOBS WILL HELP US EXPAND OUR TRAINING SPACES, BUT ALSO ALLOW US TO TRAIN MORE INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER THAN WHAT YOU CAN BUY NOW. 
          SO IF WE CAN RECYCLE IT, IT'S GONNA BUILD STRONGER HOMES THAT LAST LONGER. 
          GREAT. 
          AND I THINK THAT VIDEO DEMONSTRATES THE GREAT WORK THAT THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS DOING AND CONTINUES TO DO. 
          UM, BUT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING A DEMOLITION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION PILOT PROGRAM. 
          AS WE KNOW, THIS INTERSECTS AND WORKS TO REMEDY A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS FACING FROM THE HOUSING CRISIS TO EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ENVIRONMENTALISM TO RECOVERY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND OVERALL ENSURING THAT OUR ECONOMY CONTINUES TO THRIVE. 
          UM, HOUSING, UM, THIS PILOT PROGRAM WOULD WORK TO PRESERVE AND REPAIR OUR EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK AND CONNECTS DISADVANTAGED HOMEOWNERS TO REPAIR PROGRAMS. WHEN WE LOOK AT ENVIRONMENTALISM, IT MINIMIZES THE HARMFUL DEMOLITIONS AND REDUCES, REDUCES CONSTRUCTION WASTE IN LANDFILLS. 
          UM, WHEN WE HAVE DEMOLITIONS, OFTENTIMES WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR OLDER HOW HOUSING STOCK, THERE'S, THERE CAN BE ASBESTOS OR LEAD. 
          SO BY DECONSTRUCTING YOU 
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MINIMIZE, YOU KNOW, THOSE PARTICLES IN THE AIR AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND HEALTH IMPACT ON OUR FAMILIES. 
          UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, SAN ANTONIO AND DISTRICT FIVE HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN, UH, SUCCESSFULLY FACILITATE A PROGRAM LIKE A DEMOLITION, UH, PILOT PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND I'M SURE THE AMERICAN ARTICULATE BETTER THAN I CAN ABOUT THE BENEFITS THAT THIS PROGRAM CAN PROVIDE. 
          UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF WASTE THAT WE HAVE IN THE LANDFILL, WE CAN MINIMIZE OUR CARBON EMISSION FOOTPRINT AND MINIMIZE THE OVERALL WASTE IN THE LANDFILLS. 
          UM, BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IF, OH, P'S HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IN 2020 8.67 MILLION OF USABLE MATERIALS FROM LOCAL RESIDENTIAL DEMOLITIONS WENT INTO THE LANDFILL. 
          IS, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT THAT SOUNDS CORRECT. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER THAT EXACT, UM, STATISTIC, BUT IT IS, IT, IT IS, UM, SOMETHING CLOSE TO THAT. 
          UM, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, OF LIKE BOARD FEET OF LUMBER GOES INTO THE LANDFILL EACH YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, HAS OUR CONTRACTED DEMOLITION COMPANY, UM, EXPRESSED INTEREST IN A DECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, JR RAMON, WHO HANDLES CITY ORDER DEMOLITION CONTRACTS, AND THEY'VE, UM, BEGUN EXPLORING, UM, DECONSTRUCTION ON THEIR OWN. 
          AND THEY, THEY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN OUR DECONSTRUCTION TASK FORCE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SURE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BUILDING STANDARDS, UH, BOARD AND DEMOLITIONS, 87% OF THOSE DEMOLITIONS FROM 2014 TO 2021 OCCURRED IN DISTRICTS 1, 2, 3, AND FIVE. 
          AND THE PERCENTAGE OF THESE, UH, DEMOLITIONS WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS ARE STAR. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IN DISTRICT FIVE, WE'VE RECEIVED 31% OF THE BODE AND STANDARDS BOARDS DEMOLITION, UH, DISTRICT TWO, 27%, DISTRICT ONE 17, AND DISTRICT THREE 12%. 
          SO A AGAIN, RIGHT. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE MAINTAINING OUR EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK. 
          UM, THERE'S ANOTHER CITY COMMISSION STUDY, UM, TITLED OPPORTUNITY AT RISK, I BELIEVE IT WAS COMMISSIONED IN 2019. 
          AND IT ARGUES THAT OUR EXISTING HOUSING STOCK IS OUR MORE, MOST AFFORDABLE. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT PROGRAMS LIKE THIS. 
          AND AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, THE STUDIES THAT OUR CITY HAS COMMISSIONED FROM THE CLIMATE ATION ACTION PLAN TO THE SHIP PROGRAM, UM, OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATIONS, OPPORTUNITY AT RISK, UM, THIS PROGRAM ISN'T ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT MY IDEA, IT'S THE RECOMMENDATION OF SEVERAL STAFF STUDIES. 
          UM, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE LOOK AT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND ENSURE THAT WE PRIORITIZE FUNDING TO CARRY THOSE SOLUTIONS OUT. 
          UM, BECAUSE THE CRISES THAT WE'RE IN, WHETHER IT'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND HOUSING, THE SOLUTIONS LINE POLICY LIKE THIS DEMOLITION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION PILOT PROGRAM. 
          SO THIS IS A, A SEGUE TO, UH, THE HOMEOWNER REPAIR PROGRAM. 
          I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT THERE'S 2 MILLION, UH, DOLLARS THAT STAFF IDENTIFIED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE KNOW, LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, WE ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE MORE EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS LIKE THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM THAT NOT ONLY ADDRESS, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, BUT THE HOUSING CRISIS AS WELL. 
          SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PACKAGE THESE THINGS TO ADDRESS A MULTITUDE OF ISSUES AND NOT JUST ONE COMPONENT. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO, UM, THE RISK MITIGATION FUND. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE RISK MITIGATION TO, UH, THE PRE TO FISCAL YEAR 2021. 
          HOW MUCH MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE DO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AVAILABLE? LIKE NOW? RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE ON TOMORROW'S COUNCIL AGENDA. 
          THERE'S A GRANT FOR $500,000 THAT WILL PROVIDE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          RIGHT NOW THERE'S ABOUT 3.6 MILLION FOR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE A TOTAL OF 4.1 MILLION FOR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE IN 2022. 
          AND HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN OUT OF MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE? UM, I BELIEVE SEVERAL MONTHS. 
          SEVERAL MONTHS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT, UM, THE RISK MITIGATION FUND IS VERY INSTRUMENTAL. 
          AS WE KNOW THROUGHOUT THE CITY, NOT JUST IN DISTRICT FIVE, WE'VE BEEN SEEING AN INCREASE, A DRASTIC INCREASE IN THE MARKET VALUE OF OUR PROPERTIES. 
          UM, RIGHT HERE I HAVE THE MARKET VALUE CHANGE FROM 2017. 
          IT'S IN GREEN, IT'S PRETTY FAIR, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT 2021, IT'S ALL IN RED, RIGHT? AND IT'S PRIMARILY IN THE INNER CITIES THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM A DEMOLITION PILOT PROGRAM. 
          THE MIS MIST LITIGATION FUND, THE UNDER ONE ROOF AND MINOR REHAB PROGRAMS ARE, IS THAT URBAN CORE. 
          BUT NO DOUBT ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE, ARE FEELING THE HEAT OF INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES. 
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SO I WANNA MOVE ON TO CODE COMPLIANCE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TEAM. 
          I KNOW WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT ENSURING THAT WE USE, UH, EXISTING POSITIONS TO FUND TWO CASE, NOT TO FUND, RATHER TO RELOCATE TWO POSITIONS, EXISTING POSITIONS TO DO CASE MANAGEMENT FOR CODE COMPLIANCE, UM, USING THE MODEL OF THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICE. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MINIMIZE, UH, CODE CITATIONS AND ENSURE THAT WE DO HAVE, LIKE THE EDUCATIONAL APPROACH TO ENSURE THAT WE ADDRESS WE'RE WE'RE BEING EQUITABLE, RIGHT? IN OUR APPROACH TO ADDRESSING OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS WITH CODE COMPLIANCE VIOLATIONS. 
          ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA THAT 8.3% OF MINIMUM HOUSING CODE VIOLATIONS DO HAPPEN IN HISTORICALLY RED LINE NEIGHBORHOODS AND 43% OF ALL CODE VIOLATIONS. 
          AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY OCCUR IN THOSE IN THE URBAN CORE, UM, WITH, WITHIN DISTRICT ONE, THREE AND FIVE IN PARTICULAR, WHO ARE HIT WITH THE HARDEST CODE COMPLIANCE VIOLATIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT PRE 1960S HOUSING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR CASTILLO. 
          MAYOR, JUST ONE THING REAL QUICK. 
          GO. 
          UM, THE, THE TWO PROGRAMS THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, THE, THE DEMOLITION PILOT AND THE UNDER ONE ROOF, UM, I WANNA, I WANT LORI TO JUST, UM, 'CAUSE IT'S ON THE SHEET, BUT I THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT'S TURS DOLLARS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR. 
          WE CAN CERTAINLY USE THE, THE DOLLARS. 
          UM, BUT THERE ARE TWO CONDITIONS, UH, OR TWO OPTIONS UNDER WHICH WE CAN USE IT. 
          SO FOR US TO USE THET DOLLARS FOR THESE TWO PROGRAMS, THE PROJECTS EITHER HAVE TO RESIDE WITHIN THE TOURS OR THEY CAN BE, UM, FUNDED FOR PROJECTS OUTSIDE THE TOURS PROVIDED IT'S FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO IF THE PROJECT IS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT FOR SOMEONE AT 80% A M I OR BELOW, AND IT'S OUTSIDE THE TOURS, THAT IS AN ELIGIBLE USE FOR THIS TOURS FUNDING. 
          AND, AND I THINK THAT HITS THE MARK THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DESCRIBE COUNCILWOMAN. 
          BUT, UM, I WANTED, I WANTED FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR, FOR LORI TO TALK ABOUT THE TWO QUALIFYING FACTORS THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UTILIZING THE TURS DOLLARS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, OFTEN WHEN WE START THESE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, NOT AS BIG OF MEETINGS AS TODAY. 
          TODAY'S KIND OF A BIG AND EXCITING MEETING FOR ME FOR SURE. 
          BUT OFTEN WHEN WE START THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS, THE MAYOR WILL SAY, I WANT A LEVEL SET. 
          AND, UM, TODAY I WANT LEVEL SET. 
          UH, AND I, I'M GONNA START WITH THE FACT, BEN, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I SUPPORT A BALANCED BUDGET. 
          I'M NOT LOOKING FOR US TO GO OUTSIDE OF THAT. 
          UM, BUT I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT NOTHING IS SET IN STONE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN, YEAH, WE'VE GOT SOME CONTRACTS WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS, THE FIREFIGHTERS, THOSE ARE NOT ADJUSTABLE, BUT THIS BUDGET IS NOT SET. 
          WE ARE HERE WHERE WE CAN STILL TAKE, HAVE CONVERSATIONS WHERE WE CAN TAKE THINGS OUT OF ONE PILE AND PUT 'EM IN ANOTHER. 
          AND I'M A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THERE'S FOUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF TIME WHILE WE'RE STAFFING UP, WHILE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO GET STARTED TO GO AND HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT SPECIFIC PROJECTS ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY'VE HA THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR, THEY DON'T EVEN NEED TO DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANTED TO DO, THEY COULD, THEY HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO GO AND TALK PREVIOUSLY TO, TO THE MAYOR, TO THE CITY MANAGER TO TRY AND GET STUFF IN THIS FIRST DRAFT OF THE BUDGET THAT WE SAW. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT. 
          AND, AND I REFUSE TO SIT HERE AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WON AN ELECTION, CAME HERE AND WAS ASKED TO DO THINGS, TO SIT HERE AND TO SHOW UP TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT FOR CRUMBS. 
          YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE ALL THE PIECES OF PIE HAVE BEEN DEC IN PEOPLE'S MINDS HAVE BEEN DECIDED ON. 
          AND TO COME AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU TODAY, YOU'RE GONNA GET TO GO FIGHT FOR YOUR CRUMBS. 
          AND THEN TO SHOW UP, TO BE TOLD, NO, THERE'S NO CRUMBS TO FIGHT OVER. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET YOU NEXT TIME. 
          MAYBE WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS NEXT TIME. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY, WELL, REQUESTS CAN WAIT. 
          LET'S PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO IMPLEMENTATION. 
          SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE POLICY ISSUES. 
          THEY'RE NOT BUDGET ISSUES. 
          YOU KNOW, BUDGET ISSUES ARE POLICY ISSUES. 
          WE CAN, WE CAN HASH OUT THE DETAILS LATER. 
          WE CAN GO, YOU KNOW, ON, WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AND SAY, HOW DO WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT IT? WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE GUIDEPOSTS OR THE GUIDELINES FOR THIS? AND WE CAN NEGO, WE CAN, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE SOME OF THESE PROPOSALS TO COMMITTEE AND HASH OUT THE DETAILS, BUT IF WE DO THAT OVER THE NEXT THREE TO SIX MONTHS, I WANT THAT MONEY IN THE BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN FUND IT. 
          ONCE WE'VE ALL COME TO AGREEMENT ON WHAT THAT PROJECT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT IT TO, YOU KNOW, SPEND THREE TO SIX MONTHS ON IT AND SAY, OKAY, WELL COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND, AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT FUNDING THAT, UM, SOME OF THESE THINGS CAN'T WAIT PROPERTY TAX FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE. 
          WE NEED TO STOP TAXING PEOPLE OUTTA THEIR 
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HOMES. 
          WE CANNOT WAIT ON THAT. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO EXPLORE FINDING PLACES TO TAKE MONEY OUTTA THE BUDGET. 
          AND SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT I'M PROPOSING, AND I'M SURE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MY, MY COLLEAGUES ARE PROPOSING, SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE COST SAVING MEASURES. 
          THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA FREE UP MONEY, RIGHT? I MEAN, A CO UH, A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PROCURE PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING STUDY, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT HOW CAN WE INCREASE COMPETITION AND CUT, CUT COSTS OF FUTURE PROCUREMENT THAT'S GONNA SAVE US MONEY. 
          AND I'M ONLY ASKING FOR $200,000 TO DO IT. 
          AND LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE WEEK HOW MUCH WE APPROVE ON CONSENT, ON CONSENT AGENDA FOR WHO KNOWS WHAT CONTRACTS THAT I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. 
          YOU KNOW? AND, AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION, UH, JUST A WEEK OR TWO AGO WHERE, YOU KNOW, I, I SLOWED DOWN AND I SAID, HEY, WAIT, I'M NOT READY TO APPROVE THESE SIX APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T INTERVIEW EVERY APPOINTEE FOR EVERY POSITION IN THE CITY. 
          I GET IT. 
          I GET IT, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW MORE. 
          AND I, I, I CAN'T SIT HERE GOING FORWARD AND APPROVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY WEEK ON CONSENT AGENDA ON CONTRACTS THAT I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HOW THEY WERE VETTED. 
          AND JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING TAXPAYERS' INVESTMENTS, THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST PROCUREMENT PROCESS POSSIBLE, AND HAVE AN OUTSIDE ENTITY COME IN AND LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON BEST PRACTICES THAT IS GONNA SAVE US MONEY. 
          SO I, I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT. 
          NO, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY FIGHTING OVER CRUMBS TODAY. 
          UM, AND, UH, I WANNA MAKE, HAVE THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOW WE CAN FIND SOME MONEY HERE AND THERE. 
          WHERE CAN WE PULL FROM IN ORDER TO, UM, INVEST IN SOME OF THESE VERY THOUGHTFUL IDEAS THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY? THESE AREN'T THINGS THAT I JUST, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T JUST GOOGLE SOMETHING AND SAY, HEY, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? YOU KNOW, THESE ARE, WE'RE HERE TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM, THEM, AND, AND WE'RE BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD TODAY. 
          AND SO I WANT TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN MOVE, HOW WE CAN FUND SOME OF THESE ISSUES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, OUR UNDER STREETS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SPENDING $110 MILLION ON STREETS. 
          AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY WANTS STREETS. 
          I HAVE NO INTENTION OF DEFUNDING STREETS, BUT $34.5 MILLION OF THAT $110 MILLION IS IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          WE COULD TAP INTO SOME OF THAT. 
          LIKE, LET'S SAY WE DECIDE 10 MILLION, LET'S REMOVE, LET'S KNOCK IT DOWN FROM 110 MILLION TO A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, RIGHT? WE HAVE WHERE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER IS THE 2022 BOND, AND WE CAN ADD INTO STREETS THERE AND PAY FOR IT OUTTA THERE. 
          AND WE WON'T MISS A BEAT ON STREETS. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA DEFUND STREETS. 
          WE KNOW STREETS ARE PRIORITY. 
          WE'LL GET YOU THERE. 
          BUT THERE'S SOME MONEY THERE THAT COULD BE MOVED AROUND TO FUND SOME OF THESE BUDGET PROPOSALS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT ALL OF THIS IN THE BUDGET AHEAD OF TIME. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, RIGHT NOW I'M NOT COMFORTABLE. 
          WE WE'RE IN THE, WE'RE STILL NEGOTIATING A POLICE CONTRACT. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE ADDING POLICE OFFICERS RIGHT NOW, SAFE OFFICERS. 
          I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE INCREASING THAT BUDGET MORE THAN WHAT THE CONTRACT REQUIRES US TO UNTIL WE HAVE SETTLED ON A CONTRACT. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN AT LEAST HOLD THAT MONEY FOR NOW. 
          WE CAN REVISIT IT AFTERWARDS. 
          YOU KNOW, ONCE WE'VE SETTLED ON A CONTRACT, WE CAN REVISIT AND DECIDE IF WE WANT TO DO SOME OF THAT. 
          UM, BUT THERE, I JUST, I WANT TO HAVE A THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE WE CAN MOVE MONEY AROUND. 
          I'M HAPPY. 
          I APPRECIATE ERIC AND STAFF. 
          I APPRECIATE THE IDEA OF HOW SOME OF THESE THINGS CAN BE FUNDED THROUGH THROUGHTS. 
          I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO'S PROPOSAL ON, UH, THE DECONSTRUCTION. 
          AND I SIT ON ONE OF THOSE TOURS AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT SOME OF IT THERE. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CUT IT SHORT IN ANY WAY. 
          IF, IF THERE'S WAYS TO FUND, IF WE NEED TO PARTIALLY FUND IT HERE AND PARTIALLY FUND IT THROUGH TOURS, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. 
          BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET THERE. 
          UM, SO I JUST INVITE EVERYBODY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, JUST TO BE MINDFUL THAT THIS BUDGET IS NOT SET AND WE CAN MOVE MONEY AROUND. 
          AND, AND I'M NOT COMFORTABLE SAYING, HEY, THERE'S NO CRUMBS FOR YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN BRAVO AS WELL. 
          I TOO WOULD LIKE TO LEVEL SET AND I WOULD LIKE TO WAKE IT UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          UH, I'M GONNA START OFF WITH THE $4 MILLION, UH, IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT, THAT FUNDING ALLOTMENT. 
          UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE US TO, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND I THINK COUNCILMAN COURAGE HAD MADE THIS ONE OF HIS AMENDMENTS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD EVENLY, UH, UH, DIS DISTRIBUTE 
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THIS ACROSS ALL DISTRICTS FOR NAMP PROJECTS. 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE US TO CONSIDER THE EIGHTH. 
          UM, SO GOING FROM SEVEN AND A HALF TO EIGHT FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS, UM, AT NO COST. 
          I KNOW THAT IN THE AMENDMENT IT INCLUDES A COST. 
          BUT LIKE I'M SAID, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WITH THE NEW CON CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPEN WITH HR, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING, UH, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY IN OUR BUDGET. 
          AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AT NO COST IF WE CAN MAKE THAT A $0 AMENDMENT. 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO FUND THE YOUTH CONTENT CREATOR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, THROUGHTS, UM, IN COLLABORATION WITH ALAMO CITY STUDIOS. 
          UM, SO IF WE COULD MOVE THAT FROM ARPA INTO TURS AS WELL, UM, THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO, YESTERDAY WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS COORDINATOR. 
          AND WHAT I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, AND I HEARD THIS, UH, ECHOED, WAS IF WE COULD MOVE TWO OF THOSE RECYCLED POSITIONS, THE VACANT ONES, AND WE CAN ESTABLISH A CON, A COMPETITIVELY COMPENSATED CIVIL RIGHTS COORDINATOR, UM, I THINK WE CAN FULFILL THAT NEED. 
          AND I ALSO WANT IT TO BE CLEAR TO ALL OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND EVERYONE HERE, THAT ARPA IS NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE A PART OF OUR BUDGET. 
          WE CAN'T RELY ON ARPA. 
          AND SO AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          AND IN THIS CASE, WE'RE DOING IT FISCALLY. 
          WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE THINKING 10 YEARS DOWN THE LINE. 
          AND SO I HAD A CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY WHERE SOMEONE ASKED MY THOUGHTS ON SAP'S BUDGET AND, UH, COMMENTED THAT IT'S JUST A 3% INCREASE, BUT I WANNA SHOW THAT THAT 3%, OR I WANT IT TO BE CLEAR, THAT THAT 3% IS REALLY A $15 MILLION INCREASE. 
          AND IF WE CONTINUED EVERY YEAR TO INCREASE SAP'S BUDGET BY 3%, THEN 10 YEARS FROM NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ADDITIONAL 172,000,400, $3,497 SPENT ANNUALLY. 
          SO TODAY WE'RE PROPOSING A $501,294,814 S A P D BUDGET. 
          BUT 10 YEARS FROM NOW, STAFF IS GOING TO PROPOSE A $673,698,311 SS A P D BUDGET. 
          AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE FISCALLY? ARE WE PREPARED TO DO THAT? ARE WE BEING RESPONSIBLE AND ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN? AND SO I'M NOT SPEAKING OUT OF NOWHERE. 
          I WANT THAT TO BE CLEAR. 
          WOULD YOU MIND FLIPPING THE BOARD? I'M NOT SPEAKING OUTTA NOWHERE. 
          UM, WE ALL HAD BUDGET TOWN HALLS, AND I WANTED, I WANNA SHARE A MOMENT THAT A COUPLE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS CAME UP AND THEY SAID, HEY, WE'RE HAVING ALL THESE PROBLEMS WITH OUR SAFE OFFICERS. 
          WE THINK WE NEED MORE. 
          AND I ANSWERED THAT I AM HONESTLY NOT SUPPORTIVE OF IN ANY INCREASE TO SAP'S BUDGET. 
          AND I RECEIVED APPLAUSE. 
          THAT IS NOT ME MAKING IT UP. 
          THAT IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING. 
          WE RECEIVED RESULT, WE ALSO RECEIVED RESULTS OF THE ESSAY SPEAKUP SURVEY. 
          AND THE COMMUNITY WAS ASKED, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SEE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT? WHERE DO YOU WANNA SEE AN INCREASE IN SPENDING AND CITYWIDE, NOT JUST IN DISTRICT TWO CITYWIDE, IT WAS SAID, WE WANT INVESTMENT IN STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC HEALTH, SENIOR SERVICES, PARKS AND REC, HOUSING, AFFORDABILITY, YOUTH SERVICES. 
          AND NUMBER SEVEN OUT OF 12 WAS POLICE. 
          SO LET'S BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CUTTING SAP'S BUDGET AT ALL. 
          WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE. 
          WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH OF AN INCREASE WILL WE BE GIVING THIS DEPARTMENT AND IS IT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO DO SO? AND QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK IT IS COWARD ISH TO AVOID THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GIANT ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM THAT IS SAP'S BUDGET. 
          SO MY SUGGESTION IS THAT WE INCREASE SAP'S BUDGET ONLY TO THE LEGALLY REQUIRED AMOUNT, AND THAT WE SUPPORT CITY EFFORTS THAT WON'T BE SUSTAINABLE WITH ARPA. 
          BECAUSE AS I SAID EARLIER, THOSE ARPA DOLLARS WILL NOT SUSTAIN US. 
          THANK YOU, APA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. 
          I SAYING OF COURSE, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE ZERO COST BUDGET AMENDMENTS. 
          I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PILOT PROGRAM TO ACTIVATE CITY OWNED GREEN SPACES. 
          ARE YOU ALLOCATING A PERCENTAGE TO EACH DISTRICT? ARE YOU, HOW IS THAT GONNA WORK? WELL, UM, AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME. 
          THERE ARE, THERE ARE THESE, UM, SMALL, UM, UH, RIGHTS OF WAY THAT THE CITY HAS, UM, PROBABLY IN, IN MORE OF THE OLDER PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          UM, THEY ARE, UH, LARGE MEDIANS OR AT A, AT A TRIANGLE INTERSECTION. 
          AND, UM, AND INITIALLY WHEN 
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THE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SENT US THE INFORMATION, WE THOUGHT, UH, I THINK WE THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS, HER DESIRE WAS TO DEVELOP PARKS. 
          AND, AND I THINK THE CONCEPT IS TO, UM, MAYBE INCORPORATE THE PLANTING OF ADDITIONAL FLOWERS. 
          UM, MAYBE A, UM, A DOGGY POOP BAG. 
          HOLD HER THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, A BENCH. 
          SO, UH, WE THINK THAT, THAT WITH THE PILOT AND THE AREAS THAT THE COUNCILMAN'S IDENTIFIED, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN HANDLE WITHIN THE OPERATING BUDGET. 
          UM, AND, AND SO, UM, AND I THINK THAT PROBABLY, PROBABLY MORE EXISTS WITHIN THE OLDER PARTS OF, OF TOWN WITHIN FOUR 10. 
          ARE YOU TURNING THEM? ARE, WOULD YOU BE TURNING THEM INTO PARKS OR NO, WE WOULDN'T. 
          WE WOULD. 
          IT WOULD NOT BE PART OF A PARK. 
          BUT AS CITY OWNED PROPERTY, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING AND CUTTING THE GRASS. 
          UM, BUT THERE, THERE, UM, THERE ARE AREAS WHERE, UH, THE PUBLIC IS GOING. 
          NOW, THERE MAY BE A BUS STOP THERE, SO IT'S BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE DELIBERATE IN THE CARE AND MAYBE, UH, MAYBE AN AMENITY OR TWO. 
          UM, BUT IT'S NOT A PARK SYSTEM EDITION. 
          BUT NOT, AM I DOING A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING THIS COUNCIL ONCE THE ONE ? WOULD YOU MIND IF I PLEASE? NO, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO I'LL GIVE YOU A, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          FAIR. 
          UH, BEING A, BEING A PILOT PROGRAM, I'LL GIVE YOU A AN EXAMPLE. 
          UH, NOT FAR FROM AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. 
          THERE'S A BUS STOP AND THERE'S A TRIANGLE. 
          'CAUSE IT'S A HUGE INTERSECTION. 
          THERE'S A, A PLOT OF LAND THERE, AND IT IS BIG ENOUGH TO HAVE MAYBE A PARK BENCH, MAYBE A PICNIC TABLE, OKAY. 
          AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO TAKE THEIR DOGS THERE REGULARLY AND THERE'S POOP ALL OVER IT. 
          SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY TURNING THAT INTO SOMETHING MORE USEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, I, I, I STILL SUPPORT IT. 
          I JUST WANTED SOME, UH, UH, CLARIFICATION. 
          UM, I'M ALSO IN SUPPORT AT THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS REMAINING IN THE CAPITAL, UH, IN CAPITAL CONTINGENCY FUNDS. 
          BUT I AM INTERESTED IN FUNDING THE SUPPORT FOR CHILDCARE FOR PARENTS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO, TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ALTHOUGH I'M ALSO WILLING TO DONATE MY C C P F FUNDS, IF THAT'S A WAY TO DO THAT. 
          UM, IT'S NOT A HUGE AMOUNT. 
          SO I MEAN, I'M WILLING TO DONATE TO THAT AS WELL. 
          BUT I DO THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONCEPT SUPPORTING OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEMBERS. 
          UM, I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A BENEFIT. 
          I TALKED ABOUT IT SOMEWHAT YESTERDAY TO OUR CIVIL RIGHTS COORDINATOR POSITION. 
          I THINK THERE ARE SOME NUANCES THAT ARE NOT BEING FILLED, UM, IN, IN THE CURRENT, UM, THE WAY THE CITY EXPLAINED THAT, THE STRUCTURE THAT THAT IS FILLING, THAT, THOSE, THOSE NEEDS, I THINK THERE IS A BENEFIT TO THAT. 
          I ALSO WANNA SUPPORT OATS, UM, CONNECTING OUR SENIORS TO BROADBAND ACCESS AND DIGITAL DIGITAL LITERACY. 
          I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT, UM, AN IMPORTANT ASK. 
          UH, AND SO I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THAT AS WELL. 
          AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          HAVE IT. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          UM, YEAH, A LOT TO UNPACK HERE FOR TODAY, BUT, UM, LET ME START RIGHT AWAY BY ASKING ANDY IF YOU COULD PROVIDE ME SOME LANGUAGE TOMORROW FOR A MOTION TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE. 
          I CAN, I CAN DO THAT, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, BUT PREVIOUS TO THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO IDENTIFY, UH, WHAT PART OF THE BUDGET YOU WOULD WANT TO CUT TO. 
          SURE. 
          TO DO THAT, BUT ABSOLUTELY. 
          BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN DO THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          'CAUSE I'M CERTAINLY GONNA DO THAT. 
          AND, AND THE REASON, AGAIN, I, I'VE GOT HIS CHART AND I, I THOUGHT WE COULD GET IT UP TODAY, BUT NOT, I DON'T HAVE IT. 
          I DON'T THINK THEY'VE SENT IT OVER TO YOU YET. 
          MAYBE WHILE I'M TALKING, THEY'LL, THEY'LL SEND IT OVER, BUT, UM, OTHERWISE WE'LL SHOW IT TOMORROW RIGHT AWAY. 
          ON THE FIRST PAGE OF OUR BUDGET, AGAIN, IT TALKED ABOUT PROPERTY TAX INCREASES AND DID WE DO ANYTHING TO, UH, PROMOTE A HOME STATE EXEMPTION? NO, WE DIDN'T. 
          WE PASSED ON THAT. 
          UM, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND COMPARE IT TO F Y 21, F Y 20, AND FY 19, THIS CHART WILL SHOW YOU HOW MUCH OUR REVENUES HAVE GONE UP OVER THOSE YEARS IN ALL THE DIFFERENT REVENUE CATEGORIES. 
          AND YET WE'RE, WE TAKE NO INCENTIVE TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE CITIZENS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, EITHER REDUCING THE TAX RATE OR A, A LARGER HOME STATE EXEMPTION. 
          AND IT'S NOT THAT EXPENSIVE COMPARED TO THE OVERALL BUDGET. 
          I KNOW THERE'S A LOT UP HERE OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT TALKED ABOUT, WELL, IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT, WELL, I CAN COUNTER THAT ALSO, BUT, WELL, THOSE LITTLE BITS ADD UP TO A LOT, UH, ACROSS, ACROSS THE BUDGET. 
          YOU 
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KNOW, AND LOOK AT BAYER COUNTY, THEY JUST, THEY JUST REDUCE THEIR TAX RATE. 
          YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT. 
          BUT IF YOU TAKE THESE LITTLE BITS, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT EVERY TAXING AUTHORITY, INCLUDING US, IF WE TAKE THOSE LITTLE BITS ACROSS EVERYBODY, WOW, THAT WOULD MEAN SOMETHING MEANINGFUL TAX RELIEF FOR PEOPLE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO OR FOR HOMEOWNERS, THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY AND TODAY'S ECONOMY. 
          SO I'M GONNA KEEP PRESSING FOR THAT. 
          I, I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO THINK ABOUT THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN. 
          I GOT THIS CHART THAT I'LL SHOW YOU HOW MUCH OUR, OUR PROGRAMS AND BUDGET HAS GROWN, BUT YET WE'VE LEFT OUT THE CITIZENS HERE, WE'VE LEFT OUT HOMEOWNERS, AND WE NEVER GIVE ANYTHING BACK. 
          YES, WE DID REDUCE THE TAX RATE BACK IN 2016. 
          I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY WE DID THAT. 
          UH, THAT WAS BC OR BEFORE CLAYTON. 
          UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THAT, AND THEN WE DID PASS A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION A COUPLE YEARS AGO, BUT WE NEED TO BUILD ON THAT. 
          AND NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON THAT SO WE CAN AFFORD IT. 
          AND I'M GONNA KEEP PRESSING FOR THAT FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND YES, I DO HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS WHERE WE CAN MAKE SOME REDUCTIONS, ANDY, AND I'LL, I'LL INCLUDE THAT IN THE, IN THE MOTIONS, WHATEVER YOU TELL. 
          GIVE ME THE RIGHT WORDS TO PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR TOMORROW. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN I PUT MY REQUIREMENTS TOGETHER FOR OUR LIST IN DISTRICT 10, I WAS FOCUSING ON ONE-TIME CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT LIST, THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. 
          THOSE ARE HARD REQUIREMENTS ACROSS DISTRICT 10. 
          I PUT 'EM DOWN THERE TO LET THE CITY STAFF KNOW WHAT WE NEEDED IN DISTRICT 10. 
          I, I CAN TELL YOU NOW, ERIC, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH KEEPING OUR CONTINGENCY FUNDS AT $4 MILLION. 
          'CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW. 
          AND, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, COSTS NORMALLY GO UP VERSUS DOWN, UH, DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE WEATHER, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SO I I, I TOTALLY SUPPORT KEEPING THAT CONTINGENCY IN THERE. 
          SO HAVING SAID THAT, I'LL, I'LL VOLUNTEER TO TAKE OFF MY ENTIRE LIST FROM DISTRICT 10 FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION, WHETHER IT'S IN THE BOND OR ARPA FUNDING, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO KEEP THAT CONTINGENCY FUND IN THERE. 
          UM, SO YEAH, TAKE, TAKE ALL THE DISTRICT TENS OFF OF THERE. 
          AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND OUR, OUR, UH, NEED TO HAVE OUR RESERVE. 
          UH, BEN, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE REALLY TALKING ABOUT? WE TALK ABOUT PERCENTAGES, 15%, BUT TELL US IN DOLLARS AND CENTS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR TWO MONTHS OF OPERATION PRESENTATION SLIDE FIVE. 
          SO COUNCILMAN, WE WENT OVER THAT ON SLIDE FIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          LEMME PULL THAT UP REAL QUICK. 
          SO OUR TOTAL, UH, GENERAL FUND, UM, RESERVES AT THE 19% LEVEL WOULD BE THE 149 MILLION OR $249 MILLION AT THE END OF 22. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT DROP DOWN TO JUST THAT ABOUT 200 MILLION OR 15% IN 2023. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONTHS, BUT I MEAN MONEY, BUT REALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY SHORT TIME. 
          TIME. 
          AND I, I GUESS I WOULD ASK IF SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC WERE TO HAPPEN, OR EVEN LESS CATASTROPHIC, DO WE HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN WHAT WE WOULD DO FIRST, UH, TO GET US THROUGH, LIKE LET'S SAY WE DISCONTINUE ALL CON CANCEL ALL CONTRACTS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. 
          DO WE HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN BUILT ON WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO GET DOWN TO, UH, BEFORE WE, OR EVEN USING THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS? UM, I THINK WE DO COUNCILMAN, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE UTILIZED LAST YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND, AND IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE SHEDDING THE EXPENSES OF ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DELAY OR THAT IS UNNECESSARY. 
          UM, AND WE'D BRING TO THE COUNCIL, UM, UH, AN OPTION TO, TO REDUCE THAT BUDGET, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY IF NEEDED. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, UM, LEMME GO BACK. 
          UM, SLIDE SLIDE NUMBER TWO. 
          AND THIS WAS ON YOURS, ERIC. 
          UM, UM, WERE, 
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ARE THESE CUMULATIVE OR JUST OF AUGUST? JULY AND AUGUST? YEAH. 
          COUNCILMAN, THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE, UM, THE INCREMENTS ONLY, AND OKAY, MAYBE I DIDN'T SAY THIS. 
          THOSE AREN'T THE, THAT'S NOT LIKE THE ACTUAL AMOUNT, THAT'S THE, THAT'S HOW MUCH OVER HOW MUCH OR BELOW WE WERE FOR THOSE MONTHLY PROJECTIONS. 
          YEAH, I, IT WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT TO SEE WHAT THE TOTAL IS ON THE LAST COLUMN. 
          NOT, WE'LL, WE'LL SEND THAT TO YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          I'D, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT. 
          UM, AGAIN, I TALKED ABOUT THE CONTINGENCY TAKE THE DISTRICT 10 LIST OFF OF THERE, UM, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, UM, LATER. 
          UM, I LIKE THE DEAL ABOUT, ON SLIDE 11, ABOUT LEVERAGING, THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. 
          UM, I GUESS, UM, LET'S SEE. 
          I DO NOT AGREE WITH ONE OF YOUR ITEMS ON THE TURS. 
          I MEAN, WHAT IS, WHAT, WHY WERE THE TURS SET UP? WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO WITH TURS MONEY? YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY A TURS IS SET UP TO HELP SPUR ON DEVELOPMENT IN AN AREA. 
          AND THE RULE OF THUMB IS THE PROJECT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. 
          BUT FOR CREATING THAT TOURS AND PROVIDING THAT INCREMENT TO SUPPORT THOSE PROJECTS, HISTORICALLY, THEIR FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          HOWEVER, IN PER STATE LAW, THERE IS A MENTION THAT IF YOU NEED TO USE TOURIST FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEY SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT THAT IS A, AN ELIGIBLE USE. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT TYPICALLY WHAT WE HAVE NORMALLY DONE WAS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO SPUR ADDITIONAL GROWTH AND INCOME INTO THAT TS YES. 
          AND THEN ARE, ARE YOU GONNA GET THAT INCOME WITH RE REDOING HOUSING AND REHABBING HOUSING? YOU'LL GET INCOME WITH PROVIDING MORE HOUSING? DEFINITELY. 
          UM, BUT ALSO I OUGHT TO MENTION THAT YOU CAN ALSO USE TS FUNDING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          WELL, OKAY. 
          BECAUSE YOU REAP THE INCREASE IN TAXES FROM THE BASELINE MM-HMM. 
           TO WHAT THE NEW TAX RATE WOULD BE, OR TAX INCOME. 
          YOU, YOU PULL THAT OFF THE TOP MM-HMM. 
          FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO THE WAY ITTS WORKS, AS YOU'VE, UM, THE TAX BASE IS FROZEN AT A CERTAIN YEAR. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THE INCREMENTAL GOES INTO A FUND TO SUPPORT PROJECTS WITHIN A SPECIFIC ZONE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT. 
          UM, I, I DON'T AGREE WITH PULLING TURS OUT FOR, FOR HOUSING, UM, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE YOU GETTING A, A RETURN THAT YOU WOULD ON BUSINESSES AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE TRYING, THAT'S WHAT THE WAS SET UP FOR, IS TO SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH WITHIN THAT, WHEN THAT, THAT SECTION THAT'S IDENTIFIED FOR THAT. 
          UH, SO, UH, THAT AND THE EAP, SINCE YOU'RE THERE MM-HMM. 
          , UH, WHAT, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE STATE'S EAP FUNDS? MM-HMM. 
          , THE, THE STATE PROGRAM CONTINUES AND WE CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THAT. 
          AND AS, UM, PEOPLE WHO APPLY FOR FUNDING, IF THEY'VE, IF THEY'VE REACHED THEIR LIMIT ON THE MONTHS, WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO TO THE STATE. 
          BUT THAT PROGRAM IS STILL UP AND RUNNING. 
          AND WE HAVE SEVERAL BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS OKAY. 
          HAVE RECEIVED FROM, I'LL CHIME BACK IN. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MAYOR, THANK YOU TEAM, EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU, YOU ALL BEING HERE READY FOR QUESTIONS. 
          UM, CAN YOU ANSWER ME, ERIC, REALLY FAST? WHAT IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEFT AT? IF WE'RE TAKING AWAY THE INCENTIVES, THE $2 MILLION, WAS IT 5 MILLION ORIGINALLY OR 5.1 MILLION? NO, MA'AM, IT WASN'T THAT HIGH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THEY, THEY WILL HAVE SOME BALANCE, UM, UH, FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT THEY WILL NOT HAVE ANY, WITH, WITH MY, WITH THE PROPOSED TO REBALANCE, THEY WON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IN 21. 
          OKAY. 
          SUCH AS, AND THEN, AND THEN ON, JUST ON THE INNER CITY DEVELOPMENT FEE, UM, OR WAIVERS, UM, THAT WAS BUDGETED AT 1.1, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO REMOVE 700,000 AND THAT LEAVES 400,000. 
          REMEMBER, THAT IS REALLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ERIC. 
          SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT. 
          UM, IN, SO, AND I, I WANNA ALSO STATE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GONNA BE HAVING AN ARPA CONVERSATION, AND I ACTUALLY FEEL QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE IT WASN'T POSTED, UM, WITH RESPECT TO ARPA FUNDING. 
          SO I DIDN'T SUBMIT ANY OF MY PROJECTS YET AS ARPA FUNDING, BUT I HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND SO DO I JUST SEND THEM YOUR WAY? WHAT DO I DO? HOW DO I HANDLE THIS? I WAS TRYING TO BE MINDFUL ABOUT THE BUDGET SPECIFICALLY. 
          WELL, I THINK THIS KIND OF DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK THE COUNT, I DON'T THINK ANY DISTRICT INTENDED ON HAVING AN ARPA CONVERSATION. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THE 
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FACT THAT, THAT WE WERE, UH, WE NEEDED TO MAKE UP A SMALL DEFICIT, GET BACK BALANCED, AND THAT WE HAVE A $60 MILLION REQUEST, THAT WE THINK THAT A LOT OF THAT MAY BE PART OF A LARGER CONVERSATION WITH ARPA. 
          SO I WOULD SAY, I WOULD SAY YOU HOLD ONTO YOUR LIST. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YOU SAVE IT FOR THE PUBLIC CONVERSATION THAT THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE IN OCTOBER. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT ANDY LIKE, THIS IS AN AGENDA, SHOULD WE BE TALKING ABOUT IT? BUT, OKAY. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          UM, SO MY OTHER QUESTION, UM, IS THE, ON THE ZERO COST AMENDMENTS, UM, I HAD ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SOME, UM, SOME MONEY BEING ALLOCATED FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AIR FORCE. 
          UH, IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A ZERO COST AMENDMENT. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. 
          WOULD, WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED THE SAME THING, KINDA LIKE TO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL'S POINT ON HER THINGS? WELL, THAT, THAT ONE COUNCILWOMAN IS, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF MILITARY AFFAIRS ARE THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ENGAGED RIGHT NOW ON LICENSING DISCUSSIONS, UH, FOR COMMERCIAL USES OF MILITARY CITY S A GOT IT. 
          WHICH IS A SOURCE OF INCOME. 
          AND, AND AFTER WE TALKED, I THINK IT'S A NATURAL THING TO TIE THOSE TWO TOGETHER, UM, AND, UM, AND, AND RECOGNIZE THE AIR FORCE'S BIRTHDAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTIONS ARE FOR BEN. 
          GO. 
          AND SO WHILE YOU COME UP HERE, I'LL ASK THE QUESTION AND CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN THE LAST TIME IT WAS THAT WE USED, UH, THE RESERVE COUNSEL? WE HAVE NOT USED THE RESERVE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE RESERVE, UM, STARTING IN, AND MARIA MAY HAVE TO HELP ME IN OH SIX, UM, WAS PROBABLY AROUND TWO OR 3% OUR FORMAL RESERVE TARGET. 
          WE BUILT THAT OVER TIME, UM, TO BUILD INTO THE POLICY THAT WE HAVE TODAY. 
          I MENTIONED THE METHODOLOGIES FOR THE RATING AGENCIES CHANGED, UM, BUT IT KIND OF GOES BACK AGAIN TO THE INTENT OF WHAT THEY'RE FOR. 
          AND THEY'RE REALLY THERE IN THE EVENT OF A CATASTROPHIC IMPACT OF SOME KIND, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN OUR OPERATIONS. 
          AND, AND WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE AT, AGAIN, REMIND ME, IS IT 16? SO OUR, OUR, OUR TARGET IS TO MAINTAIN A MINIMUM ENDING BALANCE OF 15%. 
          OKAY. 
          MODERATELY CONSERVATIVE REVENUE PROJECTIONS. 
          COMBINED WITH THAT, WE HOPE TO GET TO SLIGHTLY OVER A TWO MONTH RESERVE. 
          A TWO MONTH RESERVE WOULD BE 16.7%. 
          GOT IT. 
          SO IF WE'RE IN THAT 17 TO 19 RANGE IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO LAND AT. 
          SURE. 
          AND I, I GUESS THAT'S WHY I, AND MY NEXT QUESTION IS SPECIFICALLY LIKE, HOW, UM, DO OTHER LARGE CITIES, SO WHEN YOU SAID TWO MONTHS, THAT TO ME IS SCARY, RIGHT? LIKE MAYBE THREE MONTHS. 
          I'M COMFORTABLE. 
          SO TELL ME HOW WE COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES, LARGE CITIES. 
          IT, IT, IT, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT RECENTLY, BUT I, I'D SAY IT PROBABLY VARIES QUITE A BIT. 
          UM, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE, THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE CREATED A, UM, CREDIT PROFILE THAT LOOKS AT, I MENTIONED HOW THINGS KINDA LINK TOGETHER. 
          SO WE HAVE OUR MODERATELY CONSERVATIVE PROJECTIONS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT CARRYING LARGE RESERVES, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE AGGRESSIVE PROJECTIONS. 
          UH, OUR TWO YEAR BUDGET STRATEGY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          SO WHILE WE ASK YOU TO FORMALLY ADOPT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 2022 BUDGET, WE'RE ADOPTING A PLAN FOR THE SECOND YEAR AS WELL. 
          AND THAT REALLY DOES HAVE A, A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN TERMS OF HOW WE MANAGE OUR FINANCES FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 
          IT DOES SMOOTH THINGS OUT A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT A PART OF OUR, UH, RATING. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT SETTING OR TARGETING THAT 16.7% OR TWO MONTH RESERVE, WE'RE GETTING THERE THROUGH A COMBINATION OF, UM, UH, POLICIES THAT ALLOW US TO ACHIEVE THAT. 
          AND THEN CERTAINLY ONE THAT I THINK THE RATING AGENCIES HAVE BEEN COMFORTABLE WITH, WHAT IS IT, AT LEAST TO DATE? IS IT THE G F O A, THE THE, UM, THAT, UH, WHAT'S THE BEST PRACTICE FOR, FOR RESERVE? WHAT DO THEY HAVE IT AT? SO THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION PUT OUT A BEST PRACTICE IN 2015 THAT SAID THAT, UM, PER GOVERNMENTS FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THEY SHOULD SET A, UH, AVAILABLE RESERVE OF NOT LESS THAN TWO MONTHS. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE 16.7%. 
          SO WE MEET IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN, UM, SO BACK TO, TO THE CONVERSATION. 
          UH, AND I, YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK. 
          THANK YOU, BEN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, MY STREETS CAN'T WAIT. 
          AND SO IF, AND I HEAR THAT THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT, THAT THINK THAT MAYBE THEIR STREETS CAN WAIT, BUT MINE CAN'T. 
          AND SO, UM, MAYBE I'LL TAKE SOME OF COUNCILMAN PERRY'S, UH, UH, GENEROUS OFFER, UH, UP HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. 
          BUT, SO I'D LOVE TO ALSO SUBMIT THAT, UM, ERIC, SO THERE'S SEVERAL STREETS THAT I, I, I THINK THAT WE CAN, UH, BENEFIT FROM, BUT I'M SURE THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER PROCESS, AND I'M SURE WE WILL ALL HAVE STREETS TO SUBMIT. 
          UM, I'M ALSO IN SUPPORT OF FUNDING FOR OATS, FOR THE TECHNOLOGY FOR SENIORS. 
          I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, AND IN FAVOR OF THE CHILDCARE, UH, AT MEETINGS, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, I THINK AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND BEFORE I EVEN GOT ON COUNCIL. 
          UM, I'M ALSO, UH, INTERESTED IN LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS COORDINATOR SPECIFICALLY, WHERE, UM, IT WOULD BE HOUSED IF THERE ISN'T AN ENTIRE DEPARTMENT THAT'S CREATED. 
          SO I'M, I'M ASSUMING IT WOULD BE UNDER THE NEW OR 
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THE PROPOSED DEPARTMENT, UM, WITH EQUITY AND INCLUSION. 
          UM, BUT THEN I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ASK SPECIFICALLY IF WE CAN CONSIDER, AND MAYBE THIS IS, UM, MAYBE IT IS IN THE ARPA NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THE, UM, REUSE INNOVATION CENTER WITH THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          AND THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF LOVE TODAY, AND I THINK RIGHTFULLY SO FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. 
          I THINK THAT THEY'VE BEEN OVERLOOKED. 
          AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, REDUCE, UH, AND, AND HELP WITH THE, THE DEMOLITION AND THAT COUNCILWOMAN, UH, CASTILLO MADE AN EXCELLENT, UH, PRESENTATION TODAY, AND SHE BROUGHT UP THE, THE VIDEO FROM MOIC HP WELL DONE. 
          UM, AND SO I'D BE IN SUPPORT OF ANYTHING THAT HELPS ADVANCE ANY TYPE OF WORK THAT, UH, WOULD, UM, HELP WITH THE REUSE. 
          BUT THAT'S IT. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS AND MY QUESTIONS FOR TODAY. 
          MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THE TEAM HERE. 
          AGAIN, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT AND EMPHASIZE THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE HOUSING TEAM WITH CODE COMPLIANCE ARE ZERO COST BUDGET AMENDMENTS. 
          UM, AND I WANNA ENSURE THAT I EMPHASIZE THAT WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH ON SCENE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM. 
          UM, AGAIN, A A A ZERO COST AMENDMENT, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT TWO OF THOSE POSITIONS BE PSYCHIATRISTS AND THAT THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY MEET THE NEEDS OF, UH, OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION. 
          UM, WHEN WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR CALLS, THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. 
          UM, SO IF WE HAVE PSYCHIATRISTS ON STAFF, WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE COULD CONNECT OUR UNHOUSED, UH, FOLKS WHO MAY HAVE LOST HEALTH INSURANCE, DON'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE TO GET THAT PRESCRIPTION FOR THEIR MEDICATION. 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE MY ZERO COST AMENDMENTS. 
          UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO, TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUES AND ASK THAT WE NOT INCREASE SAP'S BUDGET AND LIMIT SAP'S BUDGET INCREASE TO ONLY THE AMOUNT CSA IS LEGALLY REQUIRED TO UNDER THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. 
          AGAIN, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED AND EMPHASIZED THAT HOUSE BILL 1 9 0 0 WILL PUNISH A CITY IF WE CONTINUE TO, IF, IF WE WOULD TRY TO DECREASE THE FUNDING. 
          AND IT'S IMPORTANT, RIGHT, THAT THAT RESILIENCY, RESILIENT CITY U S A DOESN'T TURN INTO AUSTERITY CITY. 
          UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET CREATIVE ON HOW TO FUND BASIC THINGS LIKE HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH, AND, AND, AND THIS SPEAKS VOLUMES. 
          UM, AND I THINK IF WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THE SS A P D BUDGET, WE COULD HELP REMEDY MANY OF THESE ISSUES THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE FACING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST, UH, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          GO AHEAD, ERIC. 
          JUST, UH, REAL QUICK, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, THE CODE COMPLIANCE MANAGERS OUTTA THE HOUSING TEAM WOULD NOT BE ZERO COST. 
          THE HOUSING TEAM IS BEING FUNDED OUTTA THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO CODE COMPLIANCE IS NOT FUNDED OUTTA THAT. 
          UM, SO THAT WOULD BE A COST, AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE, UH, INCLUDED IT AS SUCH. 
          UM, SECONDLY, UM, I, THE, THE, THE ZERO COST FOR, UH, TWO PSYCHIATRISTS, UM, THAT'S NOT CONCURRENTLY WITHIN OUR PROPOSAL. 
          SO, UM, I THINK YOU, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IS, IS REDUCING WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO YOU IN TERMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ADDING TO PSYCHIATRISTS, BECAUSE I SUSPECT THAT THE, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'LL NEED TO RELY UPON METRO HEALTH TO, TO HELP. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A ZERO COST EITHER. 
          WE CAN FIGURE THAT THAT COST. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, CAN WE HAVE A CONVERSATION? I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT IT'S JUST REALIGNING THE POSITIONS, NOT ADDING THAT, THAT WASN'T MY AMENDMENT TO ADD ADDITIONAL CODE OFFICERS. 
          IT WAS JUST TO, UM, USE EXISTING CODE OFFICERS TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS. 
          SO, SO YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TAKING TWO POSITIONS FROM THE HOUSING TEAM THAT'S IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          THE HOUSING TEAM IS GOING TO BE COMPOSED OF CODE OFFICERS, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, IT'S NOT. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          MIKE, COME ON UP AND TALK ABOUT THAT ONE REAL QUICK. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TEAM THAT WE PRESENTED AS PART OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND AS ERIC MENTIONED, UH, WE HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND, WHICH HANDLES ALL PERMITTING, UH, AND, AND, UH, AND WORK ASSOCIATED WITH REHABBING HOUSES OR BUILDING NEW HOUSES. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUNDING AND CODES, BUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TEAM IS A DEVELOPMENT SERVICE FUND, AND THOSE WILL BE, UH, TEAM MEMBERS THAT ARE REVIEWING AND INSPECTING THE ACTUAL REHAB WORK, UH, FOR THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT CODE OFFICERS. 
          UH, CERTAINLY THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR CODE OFFICERS ON THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES. 
          BUT, UM, THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, JUST A, A FEW COMMENTS NOW THAT I'VE, I'VE HEARD THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CHIME IN. 
          I AM ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THE NO COST AMENDMENTS, UH, ALS, INCLUDING THE 
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C CHAVEZ HOLIDAY. 
          I DO THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO MOVE IT TO, TO THE TIME AROUND, UH, CESAR CHAVEZ  DAY. 
          UH, IN, UH, IN ADDITION THERE'S A FEW OTHER NO COST, UH, AMENDMENTS THAT I HAD REQUESTED, AND I, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THOSE MIGHT AS MIGHT ALSO BE CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL. 
          ONE OF THEM HAS TO DO WITH THE ADDITIONAL HOUSING NAVIGATORS THAT WE WILL BE FUNDING THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          I BELIEVE THERE ARE OVER 10 OF THEM. 
          MY REQUEST IS TO ASSIGN ONE, AT LEAST ONE TO EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICES. 
          OUR TEAM AT THE FIELD OFFICES DO FIELD A LOT, A LOT OF REQUESTS AROUND, UH, A HOUSING. 
          AND I, I THINK THAT COULD MAKE FOR SOME IMPROVEMENT IN EFFICIENCY. 
          SO COUNCILWOMAN, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, UM, I'M, I'M GONNA RECOMMEND THAT WE, THE, THE PURPOSE OF, OF HAVING THOSE NAVIGATORS TOGETHER, WHETHER THEY'RE HOUSING OR SOCIAL SERVICES, IS IT THAT THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER? I THINK THE POINT YOU'RE BRINGING UP IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A CONNECT WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICES, BUT I DON'T, I'M NOT RECOMMENDING WE DISTRIBUTE THOSE NAVIGATORS AROUND THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEN WE LOSE THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT ONE CENTRAL PLACE, WHETHER IT'S HOUSING OR SOCIAL SERVICES OR SENIOR SERVICES WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND THERE'S A LOT OF CROSS, UH, POLLINATION. 
          UH, MUCH LIKE WHAT HAPPENED AT THE ST. 
          MARY'S GYM THE OTHER DAY WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF HANDING OFF OF PEOPLE. 
          UM, I DON'T WANNA LOSE THAT SYNERGY, BUT I THINK AS WE IMPLEMENT THE NAVIGATOR PROGRAM, WE NEED TO, TO YOUR POINT, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TIE IN THE COUNCIL DISTRICT OFFICES WHO MAY BE GETTING CALLS FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR. 
          SO THERE'S A GOOD ENTRY POINT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UH, MY OTHER REQUEST WAS TO CREATE A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY GROUP TO IMPROVE UNSAFE STREETS, AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, PD AS WELL AS TRAFFIC AND PUBLIC WORKS. 
          WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO PILOT SOMETHING LIKE THAT IF, UH, YEAH, AND I'LL RELY UPON TAMIKA AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT. 
          UM, THAT WILL LIKELY, AND, AND YOU GUYS WILL REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION THAT TAMIKA HAD WHEN SHE GAVE HER PRE BUDGET PRESENTATION. 
          WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE TO STOP DOING OTHER THINGS, BUT I THINK WE LET THE, THE, THE, THE DEPARTMENTS WORK ON WHAT THAT PROCESS IS. 
          UM, THE TRADE OFF IS THAT THAT'LL BETTER INFORM US LIKELY OF POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS FROM A VISION ZERO STANDPOINT. 
          BUT, UM, I'M GONNA RELY UPON, UM, CHIEF MCMANUS AND HIS TEAM AND TAMIKA AND POTENTIALLY EVEN RAZZIE TO, UM, DO THAT ANALYSIS. 
          AND, AND WE CAN DO THAT. 
          BUT IT, IT, IT, UM, BUT I, MY MY PREFERENCE IS TO LET THEM FIGURE OUT THE DETAILS ON HOW TO DO THAT AND MANAGE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN THERE ARE, THERE ARE TWO AMENDMENTS THAT, UM, ARE LISTED AS REQUIRING MONEY, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY TO WORK THEM INTO SOMETHING WE ALREADY HAVE. 
          SO ONE OF THEM WAS MENTIONED BY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN TERRY CASTILLO, THE, THE CIVIL RIGHTS COORDINATOR. 
          AND ANDY, YOU SAID MAYBE SOME OF THAT WORK IS, IS DONE IN FROM YOUR OFFICE, AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE THE OFFICE OF THE NEW OFFICE OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. 
          I, IS IT, IS IT POSSIBLE SOMEHOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THAT AND CREATE ONE POSITION? I, I, I THINK SO. 
          LET ME, LET ME JUMP IN HERE. 
          UM, UM, SO THERE'S ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS IS AN EQUITY CAPACITY BUILDER. 
          UM, AND, AND I THINK, UM, JUST BASED ON THE CONVERSATION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, UM, WITHIN THAT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, THAT'LL BE OUR CIVIL RIGHTS COORDINATOR. 
          SO THAT, THAT, THAT COULD BE THE, THE POSITION THAT TAKES ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY. 
          THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH ANDY. 
          WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY WHO HANDLES THOSE THINGS FROM, UH, A PRI, A PRIMARY POINT ATTORNEY THAT HANDLES THAT. 
          UM, AND THAT PROBABLY WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE. 
          THAT WOULD BE A ZERO COST THAT WE COULD DO. 
          UM, AND THEN WE WOULD JUST, UM, NOT DO THAT EQUITY CAPACITY, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE GOOD TRADE OFF, GIVEN THE COUNCIL CONVERSATION. 
          AND, AND TO UNDERSCORE THAT COUNCILWOMAN, UH, IF WE DO DESIGNATE, UH, AS ERIC SAID, SOMEBODY IN THAT GROUP, I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT THE CURRENT PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED, UH, FROM A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVITY STANDPOINT, COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, TITLE VI, TITLE VII, UH, INVESTIGATION OF, UH, OUR N D O INVESTIGATION OF INTERNAL COMPLAINTS, ALL THAT WILL CONTINUE. 
          AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THOSE EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS SO THAT, I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT IF WE DO DESIGNATE SOMEBODY, ALL THAT ACTIVITY WILL THEN FALL ON THEIR SHOULDERS. 
          IT'LL BE STILL A TEAM EFFORT, BUT IF WE WANNA DESIGNATE SOMEBODY, CERTAINLY WE CAN DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I REALIZE MY, MY TIME IS FINISHING. 
          WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO CHIME BACK IN OR TO RECAP, REQUEST THE MINUTES THAT I DID NOT USE EARLIER? UM, WE USUALLY ONLY HAVE TWO ROUNDS, BUT, UH, LET'S 
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GET TO THE END, UH, OF THE DISCUSSION AND WE CAN SEE WHAT ELSE IS HANGING OUT THERE. 
          MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN CHIME IN ON YOUR BEHALF. 
          ALRIGHT, SO LET'S, UH, LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS, THAT'S A NO  MAYOR. 
          I, UM, AND ERIC, I, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, OURS IS A, A CITY OF INFINITE NEEDS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, AND THE BUDGET NEVER SATISFIES EVERY NEED. 
          ONE OF ONE, UM, HIGHLIGHT LIKE COUNCILWOMAN KA HODA DID, UH, THE, UM, THE REQUEST FOR THE FUNDING FOR OATS SENIOR PLANET, UM, I, I SAW THE MEMO AND IT, IT SAID THAT THE REQUEST HAD COME FROM COUNCILMAN PERRY AND MYSELF. 
          BUT I SAT THROUGH A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WHERE THAT REQUEST WAS ARTICULATED BY ALMOST EVERY CITY COUNCIL PERSON UP HERE. 
          HOW DOES IT, THAT, THAT DROPPED OFF? UH, WELL, COUNCILMAN, THAT GOES BACK TO, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION TODAY, WHICH WAS TO CUT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET $2 MILLION, AND, UM, PUSH EVERYTHING THAT'S NOT ZERO COST ORTS FUNDED FORWARD FOR THE, THE OVERALL COUNCIL DISCUSSION IN ARPA. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IF, IF, IF THAT IS A, A PRIORITY OF THE COUNCIL, UH, TODAY, THEN UM, THEN WE SHOULD ENTERTAIN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UM, HOW TO PAY FOR IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THE, THE SECOND QUESTION TO THAT IS, WOULD THE OATS ITEM THEN BE ELIGIBLE FOR ARPA FUNDING, UM, FROM THE FEDERAL MONIES THAT WE'VE GOT OUT THERE? I SAW, YES. 
          SORRY, COUNCILMAN. 
          I WAS, I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? YOU WERE PHONING A FRIEND. 
          I WAS PHONING A FRIEND. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I, UM, I WAS ASKING IF, AND I UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE FOR, FOR DENYING, UM, OR, OR FOR THE RECOMMENDATION TODAY. 
          MY QUESTION IS, IS WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE CASE FOR THAT, UM, WHEN WE DISCUSS ARPA AGAIN? YES, WE BELIEVE SO. 
          WHEN, WHEN IS THAT DISCUSSION GONNA BE HAPPENING? OCTOBER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR THE INPUT AND YES, I WILL BE SENDING OVER POTENTIAL CAPITAL BUDGET PROJECTS ALSO LIKE COUNCILMAN, UH, ROCHE GARCIA. 
          BUT MY, MY FIRST POINT IS, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE $10,000 FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS COME FROM THE CITY. 
          I'D LIKE THAT TO BE SOMETHING RECURRING IN THE BUDGET, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD COMMUNICATE THAT THE CITY IS APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DO. 
          IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, I AM ALL FOR THE C C P F FUNDS. 
          UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO CALL UP, UH, SHANNON SIMS ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET, AND IT WAS PROPOSED BY, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, BUT THAT NEW KENNEL UNIT TELL ME HOW MANY LIVES OF DOGS OR HOW MANY RESCUES WE COULD PROBABLY DO IF WE HAD THAT EXTRA SPACE. 
          YES, COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UM, AS WE DID THE INITIAL STUDIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, LOOKING AT UTILIZING THAT, NOT SO MUCH AS A BUILDING THREE OR BUILDING FOUR, WHERE IT'S A LARGE SCALE KENNEL THAT'S JUST HOLDING, BUT STANDING IT UP AS A LARGE SCALE TRANSPORT FACILITY WHERE WE COULD WAREHOUSE DOGS. 
          UH, OUR INITIAL ESTIMATES WERE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SAVE THE LIVES OF ABOUT 700 ADDITIONAL DOGS. 
          SO BASICALLY KINDA SPLITTING WHAT WE'VE HAD TO EUTHANIZE THIS YEAR IN HALF. 
          UH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT WOULD GIVE US ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL 2% ON OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE, BRINGING US JUST BELOW 94%. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHY I WANNA STRESS THAT. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP THAT ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          I KNOW, AND I, I'LL, I'LL APOLO I'LL APOLOGIZE AGAIN, BUT WE HAD A, A ANIMAL HOARDER IN DISTRICT THREE, AND I KNOW SHE TOOK UP BECAUSE SHE WOULDN'T RELEASE HER RIGHTS FOR 10 DAYS. 
          SHE, HER ANIMALS WERE IN THE SHELTER. 
          SO I, I WANNA ENCOURAGE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THAT. 
          I KNOW, UH, 4 MILLION IN RESERVE IS OKAY, BUT I'D MUCH RATHER SEE 750 ANIMALS, UH, LIVE. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT TEMPORARY FACILITY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR THAT TEMPORARY HOLDING FACILITY WOULD ALLOW US TO BRING THOSE CRUELTY SEIZURES IN THERE AND NOT AFFECT OUR, OUR, OUR ADOPTABLE SPACE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, SHANNON. 
          THANK YOU, SHANNON. 
          UH, SO THAT WAS, UH, THAT LEADS ME TO ONE OF MY ASKS, WHICH WAS THE INCREASE IN SURGERIES. 
          AND I'M GLAD THAT THERE IS A MILLION DOLLARS OUT THERE FOR SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES, BUT I AM ALWAYS GOING TO LOOK FOR MORE BECAUSE I THINK IT HELPS WITH THE, UM, WITH MAKING PEOPLE MORE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS. 
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I DO WANT TO, UH, CHAMPION THAT WE TURN THOSE TEMPORARY WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE POSITIONS INTO FULL-TIME BECAUSE WE CAN ACTIVATE THAT SITE VERY WELL. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT IS CONTRIBUTES TO OUR TOURISM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I'D LIKE TO BRING UP CHIEF MCMANUS, CHIEF, YOU WERE AT MY BUDGET TOWN HALL, I BELIEVE WHEN WE, UH, OR JOE FRANK WAS WHEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PARK POLICE AND THE OFFICERS REACHING OUT TO, UM, TO ONE OF THE CALLS ON THE RIVERWALK, UH, THAT 10 MILE STRETCH OF MISSION REACH. 
          AND, AND THERE IS SOME CONFUSION AMONG THE RESIDENTS ABOUT WHO THEY CALL AND, AND WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY CALL. 
          IS THERE ANY WAY, AND, AND I'M STILL GOING TO CHAMPION FOR MORE PUBLIC SAFETY, WHETHER IT'S PARK POLICE OR POLICE OFFICERS ON THAT 10 MILE STRETCH OF, UH, MISSION REACH. 
          BUT THERE IS, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN COORDINATE THOSE CALLS BETTER, MAYBE FROM CONFLUENCE AND MISSION CO CONCEPTION ALL THE WAY TO SAN JUAN AND ESPADA ABOUT WHO MAKES WHAT CALLS? UM, WOULD THAT BE YOUR CALL OR, UM, HOW WOULD WE DO THAT? IT, IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THE CALL IS MADE FROM MM-HMM. 
           AND, AND WHERE THE, UH, THE EVENT IS HAPPENING, WHETHER THEY SEND DISPATCH SENDS PARK OR SS A P D, UM, IF EITHER ONE IS AVAILABLE OR, OR CLOSER THAN SS A P WOULD RESPOND OR PARK WOULD RESPOND. 
          AND MY, AS WE FREE UP, UM, AS WE HOPEFULLY FREE UP, UH, WITH THESE NO NOISE CALLS GOING TO CODE AND, AND SOME OF THESE AGGRESSIVE DOG NOT VERY AGGRESSIVE, BUT DOG CALLS GOING TO, TO A C S WOULD, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN FOCUS ON THE MISSION REACH IN TERMS OF HAVING EITHER SOUTH OR EAST MAKE THAT PART OF THEIR PATROL OR POSSIBLY GETTING ON A BIKE? YOU KNOW? OKAY. 
          AND WILL WE, WOULD THAT COST ANYMORE? HOW MUCH MORE WOULD THAT COST? ? I, I WILL GO BACK AND, AND, AND I MEAN THOSE, THOSE SMALL DETAILS, ONCE THIS ALL GOES INTO EFFECT AS FAR AS CODE, UH, AND A C S PICKING UP SOME OF THOSE CALLS THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO, UH, WE'LL SIT DOWN AND, AND WORK THROUGH THOSE FINER DETAILS AS TO HOW WE CAN INCREASE COVERAGE IN THOSE AREAS THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT AND, AND EVERYWHERE ELSE. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, UM, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS TOO. 
          AND, AND AS WE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET, I THINK WE, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE BIG PICTURE ABOUT HOW'S THIS CITY GROWS AND HOW WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY IS FULLY STAFFED WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND NEEDS ALSO IN, IN THAT BUDGET. 
          SO, TH THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRIND, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO FINISH UP ON A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. 
          UH, UM, LORI, WE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE STATE WHILE AGO AND JUST REALLY RAN OUTTA TIME. 
          UM, DO WE KNOW WHAT THEIR BALANCE IS AND HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE AVAILABLE OR HOW CAN WE ACCESS THAT MORE READILY FOR THE EAP? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU. 
          WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT, AND THE STATE AND OUR CITY STAFF COORDINATE QUITE A BIT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT DUPLICATING PAYMENTS TO RESIDENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MS. MILLER, SHANNON MILLER GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          WE SAW A GREAT VIDEO WHILE AGO ABOUT THIS, UM, RECYCLE PROGRAM AND ALL THAT, BUT DIDN'T THAT COME BEFORE THE CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE? THAT PROGRAM, THE DECONSTRUCTION ORDINANCE DID COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE. 
          UM, BUT WE DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH ACTUAL ORDINANCE ADOPTION BECAUSE OF COVID ISSUES. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU KNOW, A LOT OF U D C AMENDMENTS AND OTHER CODE, UH, NEW ORDINANCES LIKE THAT WERE PUT ON HOLD, BUT THE INTENT IS TO, IS TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH THE DECONSTRUCTION ORDINANCE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BECAUSE IT WASN'T, NOT EVERYBODY WAS AGREEING WITH THAT PROGRAM. 
          RIGHT. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS OUT THERE ABOUT COST RETURN ON INVESTMENTS, SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          UH, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAD PRETTY BROAD SUPPORT FOR A DECONSTRUCTION ORDINANCE, BUT, UM, THERE WERE SOME, UH, REMAINING QUESTIONS SUCH AS TRAINING FOR DECONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS AND DEVELOPMENT OF A, UH, OF A MARKETPLACE AS, UM, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY. 
          SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE STILL BEING ADDRESSED, UM, WHEN, WHEN COVID HIT, AND THEN IT JUST SORT OF PUT THAT, THAT ORDINANCE DISCUSSION ON HOLD. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I, I KNOW I HAD SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT CONTRACTORS AND ARE THEY BUYING OFF ON THIS PROGRAM, THE COST, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF THAT PROGRAM, AND IT WILL WE END UP LOSING MONEY, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SO, UH, YEAH, JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU THAT. 
          SO THAT'S 
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GONNA BE COMING BACK AGAIN? YES, IT WILL BE. 
          TO WHICH COMMITTEE? UM, I'M ACTUALLY NOT POSITIVE, UM, BECAUSE WITH THE NEW COMMITTEE STRUCTURE THERE, IT MAY FALL IN ONE, ONE OF TWO OPTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, PLEASE DO. 
          THANK YOU, SHANNON. 
          SURE. 
          COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN? IT'S PROBABLY LIKELY COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA'S COMMITTEE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE WHERE WOULD GO THROUGH. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          GREAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, AND, UH, CHIEF, I STILL, I SAW THE CHIEF AROUND, OH, YOU'RE, YOU DON'T NEED TO COME UP HERE, CHIEF. 
          I TOTALLY SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL SS A P D OFFICERS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DO, MARIA, YOU MIGHT HAVE THE, THE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS HERE ON THAT, THAT SCIENTIFIC SURVEY. 
          UH, DO YOU HAVE THE RESULTS OF THAT SCIENTIFIC SURVEY? YOU KNOW, THE PERCENTAGES OF SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, WHERE, UH, WHERE THAT WAS? DO YOU HAVE ANY, DO YOU RECALL ANY OF THAT? I RECALL SOME OF THE STATISTICS. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, FOR INSTANCE, THE OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH THE WORK OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS OVER 70%. 
          UM, OVER 60, 60 TO 70% OF OUR, UH, RESIDENTS INDICATED THAT THEY FELT SAFE, UH, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS DURING THE DAY. 
          UH, LESS PERCENTAGE, A LITTLE BIT, JUST OVER 50%, AND INDICATED THAT THEY FELT SAFE AT NIGHT. 
          AND THERE WERE SOME AREAS OF OUR CITY, SPECIFICALLY IN, IN THE SOUTH, UH, WEST AND THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY THAT INDICATED THEY DID NOT FEEL AS SAFE AS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          UM, THE, ALSO THE SURVEY INDICATED THAT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY WANTED TO SEE MORE, UH, VISIBILITY OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS, SPECIFICALLY MORE ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY, UH, MEETINGS, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ON THE ESSAY SPEAK UP AND I, I, I SAW A CHART WHILE AGO THAT SHOWED THE, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT POSITIONS ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS WE'RE IN. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE CONTROLS OVER THAT SURVEY? LIKE, UM, IS THIS JUST LIKE A SURVEY MONKEY OR SOMETHING THAT ANYBODY CAN GO ON AND, AND VOTE MULTIPLE TIMES ON THAT? DO WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN? UM, SO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENCES, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, THE, THE SURVEY THAT WE UTILIZED FOR THE POLICE PROJECT WAS A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY, MEANING THAT THERE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF OUR SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS TAKEN ACROSS THE CITY. 
          UM, THE S A SPEAK AT A SPEAK AT, I'M SORRY, SA SPEAKUP SURVEY IS MORE WHAT WE CALL A CONVENIENCE, UH, SURVEY THAT ANYBODY CAN TAKE. 
          UM, I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC STATISTICS IN TERMS OF, UH, TO YOUR QUESTION EITHER INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN TAKE IT MORE THAN ONCE. 
          I'M GOING TO ASK LAURA MAYS TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UM, THERE ARE SETTINGS, IT IS HOSTED ON SURVEYMONKEY, BUT IT DOES PREVENT USERS FROM TAKING THE SURVEY MORE THAN ONCE IT TRACKS BY IP ADDRESS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I GOT, OKAY, I'M DONE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU'ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CUR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          YOU KNOW, MAYOR, I THINK YOU WOULD RECALL MOST OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD RECALL OUR FIRST YEAR ON THE COUNCIL AND OUR FIRST BUDGET AND TRYING TO SIT DOWN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON AND HOW WE FELT WE COULD BEST REPRESENT, UH, OUR CONSTITUENTS IN THAT FIRST EFFORT. 
          AND IT IS VERY CHALLENGING, BUT WHAT I, WHAT I LEARNED AFTER THAT FIRST BUDGET WAS THAT THERE ARE CERTAINLY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING FORWARD A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE KIND OF IN THE BACK OF MY MIND THAT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BRING FORWARD AT THAT FIRST TIME OR THAT, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT'VE MENTIONED THAT JUST DIDN'T GET THE KIND OF SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING. 
          UH, AND SO I WANTED TO ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY, ANDY, DOES THIS CITY COUNCIL HAVE THE AUTHORITY AT ALMOST ANY TIME TO AMEND OUR CITY BUDGET? UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, AGAIN, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE, THE, THE, UH, FIRST THE CONCEPTUAL ANSWER IN THE PRACTICAL ANSWER. 
          YES. 
          UH, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN AMEND THE CITY BUDGET, BUT THE PRACTICAL ANSWER TO THAT IS THERE ARE CERTAIN CONSTRAINTS, OBVIOUSLY COUNCILMEN, IN TERMS OF WHAT REVENUES ARE AVAILABLE AND COMING IN. 
          BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES YOU CAN. 
          OKAY. 
          AND LET ME ASK ERIC, UH, HAS THERE BEEN A HISTORICAL PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE CITY HAS MADE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS? UH, THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW? SURE. 
          AND JUST A REMINDER, WE HAVE A MID-YEAR BUDGET ORDINANCE THAT WE DO EVERY, UH, SIX MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR TO RESET 
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AND, UH, POTENTIALLY REALLOCATE BASED ON THE NEED OR CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          AND THAT HAPPENS, UH, ONCE A YEAR IN THE SPRINGTIME. 
          SO WE'VE REALLY GOT MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE US RIGHT NOW. 
          THERE'S OUR GENERAL BUDGET THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WE MAY MAKE A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS TO, BUT CERTAINLY THERE'S THE ARPA FUNDING, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY INDICATED CAN PROBABLY MEET THE NEEDS OF MANY OF THESE REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TODAY. 
          AND THEN THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A SIX MONTH ADJUSTMENT IF WE FIND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL INCOME, UH, AVAILABLE, OR IF THE COUNCIL BELIEVES THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO APPROVE A PROJECT OR, OR AN EFFORT THAT'S BEEN PUT FORWARD BY THE COUNCIL. 
          SO I JU I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW AS WELL AS ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THE PROCESS OF MANAGING THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF THE CITY. 
          BUT THERE ARE OTHER STEPS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE. 
          AND I THINK ALL OF US AS A COUNCIL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE SO THAT EVERY COUNCIL PERSON IN REPRESENTING EVERY DISTRICT FEELS LIKE THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY REPRESENT THE BEST INTEREST OF THEIR DISTRICT. 
          AND IT DOESN'T ALL HAPPEN TO HAVE, ALL HAPPEN TO HAVE, HAVE NOW, IT CAN HAPPEN OVER THE FUTURE. 
          SO, UH, I'M, AGAIN, IN SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE COME FROM THE CITY MANAGER. 
          I DO WANNA REMIND PEOPLE THAT, UH, I SUPPORTED AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN PERRY, A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          UH, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR THE SECOND YEAR OF THIS TWO YEAR BUDGET THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE HAVE ALLOCATED 9%, UH, FOR RESERVES FOR THIS FIRST YEAR TO CARRY OVER INTO THE NEXT YEAR. 
          AND I THINK THAT IS HIGHER THAN WE NEED TO BECAUSE WE LOOK AT A 15%, 5% CARRY OVER 10% FOR THE INITIAL YEAR, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT 19%. 
          SO I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO PUT A PLACE MARKER IN THE 2023 BUDGET, AND I ASK ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THINK ABOUT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY CARRYING OVER A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE NEED TO, WHICH COULD GIVE US A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, UH, TAX, UH, BREAK IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR OR IN THE 2023 BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          SO, UM, UH, ON MONDAY NIGHT'S, UM, UH, MEMO, I DID, UH, MENTION AND REITERATE THE REQUEST THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY MADE DURING THE DEBT MANAGEMENT PRESENTATION THAT HIS REQUEST WAS FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE A CONVERSATION IN FEBRUARY OF 2022. 
          ONCE, UH, WE SEE HOW WE CLOSE THE FISCAL YEAR AND WE GET OUR FIRST QUARTER REPORT. 
          AND SO MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND WE'LL FACILITATE THAT IN FEBRUARY IN ADVANCE OF, OF, UM, THE FINANCIAL FORECAST AND THE BEGINNING PARTS OF FISCAL YEAR 23. 
          THAT'S MY ASSUMPTION, UM, THAT I AM OPERATING UNDER. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          AND THEN, UH, SECONDLY, UM, YES, IT, IT, THE, UH, THE TWO YEAR BALANCE BUDGET IS 19%, BUT HAS BEEN LAID OUT IN HIS SLIDE, UM, THAT IS CARRYING AND KEEPING US BALANCED IN YEAR TWO. 
          THAT'S THE, THAT'S HOW WE SMOOTH OUT. 
          AND, AND I THINK, UM, WHEN FEBRUARY COMES AROUND, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, AT LEAST SHARE WITH YOU OUR FIRST QUARTER REPORTS AND WHERE WE THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GOING. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE COUNCIL'S FOUND THEMSELVES HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AT THE END OF JUNE IN WORK SESSION TIMES. 
          AND SO DOING THAT EARLIER IN THE YEAR, UH, GIVES, UH, THE COUNCIL A LITTLE BIT MORE ELBOW ROOM, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'LL START OFF BY SAYING THAT I DID WANT TO EXPLICITLY STATE MY SUPPORT FOR THE, UM, DEMOLITION DIVERSION PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND THAT I WOULD AT SOME POINT, LIKE TO SEE US MOVE AWAY FROM TURS DOLLARS AND MOVE AWAY FROM ARPA INTO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          IS MY MIC HAVING ISSUES? THEY DON'T WANT ME TO SPEAK . 
          UM, I ALSO WANT TO REEMPHASIZE, UM, I WOULD LIKE THAT SEVEN AND A HALF, UH, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS TO BE RAISED EIGHT AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. 
          I HAVE THE MONEY WITHIN MY BUDGET, IT EXISTS. 
          UM, AND SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT POSSIBLE TO BE CONSIDERED NO COST. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN, I'M LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. 
          UM, WE DID INCLUDE A COST ON THERE. 
          UM, WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST WHERE WE'VE ADDED FTES AT ZERO COST AND THEN, UH, A YEAR LATER, UH, BEEN TOLD, 
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UM, IN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE ADDED FTES AND NOT ADDED MONEY. 
          SO IN THE EFFORT OF BEING TRANSPARENT, UH, WE HAD, WE ASSIGNED A COST TO IT. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND YOUR SITUATION, BUT I'M LOOKING FOR REST OF THE COUNCIL TO WEIGH IN ON THAT SO THAT WE WALK OUTTA HERE WITH SOME SORT OF, UH, DIRECTION. 
          WELL, I GUESS IT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE NOW THAT WE'RE ABOUT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION. 
          UM, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO ANOTHER ROUND. 
          I KNOW A FEW OF US HAVE ASKED, HAVE NOW MADE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, I THINK. 
          UM, BUT I DO HAVE TWO FIELD OFFICES. 
          I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. 
          UM, AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE MADE CLEAR THAT THE BUDGET EXISTS, BUT THE TECHNICAL ABILITY DOES NOT EXIST. 
          UM, I ALSO WANTED TO AGREE, UM, WITH THAT $10,000 FOR CHILDCARE, UM, FOR INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, I DON'T AGREE WITH IT BEING A, UM, A C C P F ASK AND IT SEEMS VERY LITTLE. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA KNOW MARIA ILLA GOMEZ. 
          UM, DOES VIS, I ASKED THIS BEFORE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE FORGET. 
          UM, DOES VISIBILITY ALWAYS MEAN AN INCREASE IN OFFICERS COUNCILMAN? THE WAY THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION WAS TO SEE OFFICERS AT COMMUNITY EVENTS. 
          UM, THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC QUESTION ON THE SURVEY AS WE HAD THE MEETINGS, UM, ADDING ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS, BUT WAS TO SEE MORE OFFICERS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, MORE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UM, SOME, UM, RESIDENTS INDICATED THAT THEY WANTED TO GET TO KNOW THEIR OFFICERS MORE. 
          UM, LIKE THEY GET TO KNOW THEIR MALE PERSON, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          SO, SO THO THOSE WERE THE COMMENTS AND THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WITH, WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK WE COULD DO A LITTLE BIT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS CHALLENGE CHIEF, UM, IS THAT NOW WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE INSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE COME TO CITIZEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEY'VE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY SEE GROUPS OF OFFICERS JUST STANDING AROUND AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS EXPECTING TO SEE. 
          SO IF WE CAN THERE, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS IN ORDER TO INCREASE VISIBILITY. 
          UM, I ALSO DO JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE FOUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, WE DO FOR THE MOST PART, VERY MUCH KNOW CLEARLY WHAT IS GOING ON DURING THIS BUDGET. 
          UM, AND THERE ARE A FEW WAYS THAT WE CAN GET THINGS DONE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          WE CAN MAKE POLITE REQUESTS TO STAFF. 
          WE COULD DO CCRS, WHICH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THEY DON'T REALLY LIKE TO DO BECAUSE THEN THEY GO TO COMMITTEE TO DIE. 
          UM, YOU COULD ALSO DO A THREE PERSON MEMO, BUT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS INDICATED THEY DON'T REALLY LIKE THAT. 
          AND SO JUST CORDIALLY, WE TRY NOT TO DO THAT. 
          AND SO ANYTIME YOU WANNA SEE MAJOR CHANGE OR THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE MAJOR CHANGE, IT HAPPENS THROUGH THE BUDGET OR IT HAPPENS THROUGH ELECTION DAY. 
          AND I THINK IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT SOME MAJOR CHANGES HAPPEN ON ELECTION DAY. 
          AND SO BUSINESS AS USUAL IS NOT WORKING. 
          SO, CAN WE PLEASE ? I JUST DON'T WANNA BE, UH, CONDESCENDED TO THANK YOU. 
          UH, MAYOR JU, TWO TWO THINGS. 
          ONE COUNCILMAN, JUST A CLARIFICATION ON YOUR EARLIER COMMENT. 
          YOU MADE, YOU MADE REFERENCE TO A PROGRAM FUNDED OUT OF TURS. 
          WHAT WAS THAT PROGRAM? THE DEMOLITION DIVERSION PROGRAM? NO, NO. 
          UH, IT WAS YOUR FIRST TIME AROUND. 
          YOU ASKED. 
          IT WAS AN L WAS IT AN L AUSTIN PROGRAM? OH, YES. 
          NO, NO, NO. 
          IT WASN'T THE L AUSTIN PROGRAM. 
          IT WAS, IT WAS THE, UM, THE YOUTH CONTENT CREATOR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM WITH ALAMO CITY STUDIOS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT, THAT WAS YOUR, YOUR, YOUR REQUEST WAS THAT, THAT, UM, COME OUT OF THE TOUR. 
          SO WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT'S POSSIBLE WHILE THIS MEETING'S STILL GOING ON. 
          SECONDLY, AND I'LL JUST ADD TO YOUR LIST OF HOW THINGS CHANGE. 
          UM, I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE AS WELL TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH, UM, THOSE ISSUES AND, AND PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK. 
          AND, UM, YEAH, I THINK NOT ONLY ME BUT THE STAFF WE'RE HERE FOR THAT AS PURPOSE AS WELL. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S, UM, AN APPROPRIATE AVENUE AS WELL. 
          FOR SURE. 
          FOR SURE. 
          I THINK THAT FALLS UNDER MY POLITE REQUEST TO STAFF. 
          UM, I JUST WANT TO ADD, I AM GRATEFUL FOR CITY STAFF AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          RIGHT NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR ME TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE. 
          I'M FIGHTING FOR MY CONSTITUENTS. 
          FOR MY CONSTITUENTS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          WE, WE THINK WE CAN DO THAT, UM, THAT PROGRAM THROUGH THE TURS. 
          UM, IT WILL REQUIRE US TO EITHER A, SEE IF THERE'S ANY CAPACITY IN THE TURS OR WE'LL NEED TO REDUCE THAT $3 MILLION. 
          'CAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT, WHAT THAT YOUTH CONTACT PROGRAM IS. 
          BUT WE'LL DO THAT WORK AND MAKE SURE WE COMMUNICATE WITH BOTH WELL YOU AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. 
          AND, AND IF I MAY, ERIC, UH, COUNCILMAN ON THE, YOUR REQUEST FOR MOVING FROM 7.5 TO EIGHT FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS, UH, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL AS A COUNCIL, UH, MANAGES YOUR 
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STAFF EMPLOYEES UNDER AN L G C, UM, I'M SURE THERE'LL BE A PROCESS TO BRING THAT UP AGAIN AS WELL. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED WAY MORE THAN 15 MINUTES 'CAUSE I HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT STILL. 
          BUT, UM, YOU, I, I APPRECIATE THE IDEA THAT WE CAN, UM, POSSIBLY FUND SOME OF THIS THROUGH ARPA IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE PROPOSED $10 MILLION ON, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS. 
          AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE LARGEST BUDGET AMENDMENT, UM, THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED. 
          AND, UM, IT'S, AND I REAL, I REALIZED THAT I KNEW THAT PUTTING IT ON THERE, UH, BUT I THINK IT'S FULLY WARRANTED. 
          I THINK IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. 
          MAYBE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE, UM, IN THE 2022 BUDGET, BUT IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN POSSIBLY THROUGH ARPA FUNDS. 
          AND THERE'S JUST TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS. 
          WE HAVE A STUDY THAT SHOWS THIS IS GAP FUNDING, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WILL MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR US ON HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO REDUCE THE WORKLOAD ON OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, ON OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES. 
          IT'S GONNA REDUCE THE, THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF CALLS GOING IN TO OUR NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER SO WE CAN IMPROVE RESPONSE TIME. 
          AND, UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING I FULLY SUPPORT. 
          I HOPE YOU ALL WILL TOO GOING FORWARD. 
          UM, I'M ALSO REALLY INTERESTED IN, IN, UM, VISITING, REVISITING SOME OF THESE, UH, PROPOSALS THAT ARE GONNA ACTUALLY SAVE US MONEY. 
          SOME OF THESE AMENDMENTS, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT THREE, COUNCILWOMAN , YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR PROPOSING INCREASING FUNDING FOR SPAYING AND NEUTERING. 
          YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE SPAY AND NEUTER ANOTHER TWO TO 3000 ANIMALS THAT IS GOING TO SAVE US MONEY IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, I'VE PROPOSED EXTERNAL STUDIES OF PROGRAM DEPARTMENT, OR UTILITY GOVERNANCE, UM, INCLUDING NUMBER ONE, UH, A, A PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING STUDY. 
          WE NEED TO REVIEW CURRENT PROCUREMENT PRACTICES AND MAKE, RECOMMEND AND HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO INCREASE COMPETITION AND CUT COSTS OF FUTURE PROCUREMENTS. 
          WE ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH. 
          WE ARE NOT PROVIDING, AS COUNSEL, WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME OFTEN TO PROVIDE ENOUGH SCRUTINY OF ALL THOSE CONTRACTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH ON CON UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT NOW BEFORE WE KEEP, UM, APPROVING SO MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T PROPERLY SCRUTINIZED TO PROTECT OUR, OUR TAXPAYERS, UM, OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING STUDY, A REVIEW OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS TO DETERMINE WHICH INCENTIVES AND PROGRAMS BEST ACHIEVE THEIR INTENDED RESULTS AND WHICH WERE MOST COST EFFECTIVE. 
          UH, LIKE THAT STUDY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO BEST INCENTIVIZE FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR HAS PROPOSED THAT THE NEXT $1.2 BILLION, UH, 2022 BOND THAT IT HAS UP TO $250 MILLION IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND I'M NOT GONNA APPROVE THE SPENDING OF ONE PENNY OF THAT UNTIL WE HAVE A STUDY THAT DUR THAT TELL, INFORMS US AS TO HOW WE CAN DO SO EFFECTIVELY. 
          UM, A, A STUDY ON C P S ENERGY, REVIEWING THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND CORPORATE CULTURE, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BEST PRACTICES TO IMPLEMENT IN ORDER TO IMPROVE PUBLIC INPUT, TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF C P S ENERGY. 
          WE, YOU KNOW, WE CLEARLY HAVE PROBLEMS AT C P S ENERGY RIGHT NOW, AND WE NEED TO START REVIEWING THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, AND I, I DON'T, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH A RATE HIGH RATE INCREASE. 
          I'M NOT COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH APPOINTING A NEW BOARD MEMBER UNTIL I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A STUDIES THERE AND SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THERE. 
          UM, SO A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE GONNA SAVE US MONEY. 
          A LOT OF THESE THINGS, UM, ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE, UH, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN SIX MONTHS TO, TO ADJUST THE BUDGET AGAIN, BUT WE NEED TO GET MOVING ON SOME OF THESE THINGS. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TIME PROPERTY TAX REALLY FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE. 
          WE NEED TO STOP TAXING PEOPLE OUTTA THEIR HOMES. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, SINCE I'VE GOTTEN INTO OFFICE, I'VE MET WITH MICHAEL AMESQUITA, THE CHIEF APPRAISER FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AND HE'S INFORMED ME THAT THERE ARE ABOUT, THERE ARE ABOUT 90,000 RESIDENTS IN BEXAR COUNTY WHO THEY BELIEVE LIVE IN THE HOME THAT THEY OWN, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, RIGHT? AND SO HE TRIED TO MAIL ALL OF THEM, AND THEY ONLY HAD ABOUT 4,600 RESPOND AND GET THEIR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          SO HE STILL BELIEVES THAT THERE ARE OVER 80,000 IN BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENT, TIM BEAR COUNTY, WHO OWN THEIR OWN HOME, UH, THAT THEY LIVE IN AND DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          AND SO I WANT US TO BE MORE PROACTIVE, NOT JUST TO MAIL THEM, BUT I WANT US TO BE PROACTIVE, TO CONTRACT WITH, WITH TRUSTED MESSENGERS WHO CAN GO OUT THERE AND KNOCK THOSE DOORS AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER SHOULDERING A, A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF OUR COMMUNITY'S TAX BURDEN AND, AND THAT THEY'RE RE RECEIVING THE, THE, UM, I GUESS THAT THEY'RE PAYING A, A FAIR RATE 
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JUST LIKE THE REST OF US. 
          UM, SO I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT I'M ABOUT OUTTA TIME. 
          UM, AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN WAIT ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          OKAY, THAT'S THE END OF OUR DISCUSSION, BUT I KNOW THERE'S, UH, STILL A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS, SO WHY DON'T WE, UM, DO, UH, WE'LL GO AROUND AGAIN. 
          ANYBODY ELSE HAS ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THREE MINUTES EACH? UM, SO LEMME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR ACCOMMODATING THE, THE REQUEST. 
          UH, TRULY APPRECIATED, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THESE VERY, UH, DIFFICULT QUESTIONS. 
          UM, SO I, I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS LEFT. 
          ONE OF THESE, ERIC, WE, WE SPOKE BRIEFLY REGARDING THE LANGUAGE, UH, PAY INCENTIVE. 
          UH, CLEARLY IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT GONNA BE FUNDED OUTRIGHT. 
          IS THERE A WAY TO FUND THAT? UH, BY, BY REWORKING SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY IN THE BUDGET? UM, IT'S NOT ALREADY IN THE BUDGET, BUT, UM, THERE, WE, WE DO HAVE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES THAT RECEIVE SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL DEPENDING ON THE, ON THE SCHEDULE THEY WORK OR, UH, WE HAVE GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES THAT GET A CERTIFICATION PAID BASED ON ACHIEVING CERTAIN CERTIFICATIONS. 
          UM, SO AS WE GO THROUGH, UH, THE PAY PLAN WORK THIS YEAR, UM, WE COULD, UM, WE SHOULD, WE COULD INCLUDE THE LITTLE LANGUAGE SKILL PAY AS PART OF THAT CONSIDERATION AND THE TYPES OF JOBS, AND THEN MAKE, UH, THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS ON, ON WAGE, UM, AMOUNTS. 
          UM, SO WE COULD INCORPORATE IT THAT WAY. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT WORK IS IN THE BUDGET. 
          UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL WITH IN 23, PROBABLY OVER MULTIPLE YEARS TO, TO ROLL IN. 
          BUT, BUT I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD PLACE TO, TO START. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF US WERE HOPING THAT THE C P S REVENUES WOULD COME IN, UH, ABOVE EXPECTED, OR THAT SALES TAX WOULD COME IN ABOVE EXPECTED, AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY WE SUBMITTED THOSE, UH, THOSE REQUESTS. 
          UH, SO I, I'M GOING TO VOLUNTEER TO MOVE. 
          UM, I DO HAVE ONE CAPITAL REQUEST. 
          I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS GOING TO BE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THAT IT COULD BE CAPITALIZED. 
          BUT TO MOVE THAT TO MY, UH, MILLION DOLLAR CAPITAL ALLOCATION, UM, WHICH PROJECT DOES THAT COUNCIL FOR? UH, THERE WERE TWO MID CROSS, UH, MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS, UH, THAT WERE, THAT ARE IN THE TOP EIGHT FOR, UH, SAFETY PEDESTRIAN, UH, SAFETY ACCORDING TO VISION ZERO. 
          AND YOU'RE ONLY FUNDING, THE BUDGET ONLY PROPOSES TO FUND SIX MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS IN MINOR, MINOR UP THERE TOO. 
          SO YOU'D LIKE TO PUT THAT ON YOUR MILLION DOLLAR LIST? YES, SIR. 
          I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL. 
          OKAY. 
          SUMMARIZING IT. 
          NO, I WILL, I WILL. 
          SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          YEAH, AND WE'LL MAKE THE, WE'LL MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT, UH, THANK YOU. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR CAPITAL MONEY IS FOR, TO PRIORITIZE WHAT, WHAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO US. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, ERIC, UM, JUST TO, TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ CALLED THE, CALLED THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. 
          AND I, I DO APPRECIATE THAT . 
          UM, I KNOW THAT WE ARE MAKING A, AFTER THE, THE REVIEW OF POLICE SERVICES THAT YOU LED, THERE WERE A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DIVERSION OF, OF CALLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY GOING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND I THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR IF, IF WE JUST UNDERSTOOD, UM, ARE THERE SAVINGS WHEN WE DO THAT, AND WHERE ARE THOSE SAVINGS, UH, BEING REALIZED OR BEING USED? THANK YOU. 
          YES, COUNCILMAN. 
          SO AS PART OF THE POLICE SERVICES REVIEW, THE SPECIFIC CALLS THAT WE LOOKED AT INCLUDED THOSE THAT WERE PROPOSING TO GO TO ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, THE STUDY THAT WE ARE GONNA GO DO WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, THE FIREWORKS CALL THAT ARE GOING TO THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE ALSO, UM, LOOKED AT, UM, EMERGENCY DETENTIONS, THOSE SPECIFICALLY DETENTIONS THAT WE DO AT THE HOSPITALS WHEN THE OFFICERS HAVE TO GO AND, AND DO THAT. 
          AND ALSO, IF WE WERE TO HANDLE A PROPERTY THAT WE FIND DIFFERENTLY, RATHER THAN HAVING THE POLICE OFFICER PICK THAT UP AND BRING IT DOWNTOWN, UM, TO BE ABLE JUST TO TAKE IT TO A SUBSTATION INSTEAD. 
          ALL THAT COMBINED, ALL THAT STUDY THAT, THAT WE DID EQUATES TO ABOUT FREEING UP THE EQUIVALENT OF 11, UH, POLICE OFFICERS. 
          WHAT WE RECOMMENDED IN THE BUDGET, SINCE WE, UH, WE STILL HAVE TO WORK WITH THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM ON EMERGENCY DETENTIONS. 
          UH, THE, THE LOUD MUSIC, UH, STUDY THAT WE ARE GONNA DO WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE STILL NEED TO, TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT IS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS FIVE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS. 
          SO THOSE POSITIONS, UH, WILL STAY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND, UH, CHIEF AS CHIEF MCMAHON HAS MENTIONED, AS WE REFINE THE 
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE, UM, CHANGES THAT WE ARE GONNA MAKE, THEN HE'LL MAKE THOSE, UM, UH, ASSIGNMENTS AND CHANGES WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND I THINK COUNCILMAN, WE ALSO SHOULD PROBABLY ANNUALLY REVIEW THE WORK THAT U T S A STARTED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RESPONDING TO 9 1 1 CALLS WITH POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE, RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK OVER TIME, IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT EITHER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LEVEL OR AT OUR LEVEL, THEN I THINK I, I THINK THERE'S A, I'M CONCERNED THAT OVER TIME IT'LL JUST GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AGO. 
          SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I THINK WE HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY REVIEW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ENGAGED WITH THE, WITH THE COMMUNITY AND MEETING THEIR EXPECTATIONS, BUT, BUT BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE ENCOUNTERS WE'RE PUTTING OUR POLICE OFFICERS IN AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES WE'RE GIVING THEM. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVER A FINISH LINE FOR THAT TYPE OF WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA QUICKLY RUN THROUGH MY, WHERE I SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUES ON THEIR AMENDMENTS. 
          UM, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THE SUPPORT FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR FOLKS WHO DO NOT HAVE IT, UM, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE FUNDING. 
          SO, UM, I DO SUPPORT DISTRICT ONES ASK FOR MORE PROPERTY TAX EDUCATION ABOUT EXEMPTIONS. 
          UM, THE MAPS THAT I SHOWED EARLIER SHOW THAT IT'S THE URBAN CORE THAT ARE FEELING, UH, THE MOST PRESSURE WHEN IT COMES FOR INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES. 
          AND THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THAT WORK. 
          UM, AND WE JUST NEED TO, AS A CITY, ENGAGE THEM, UM, AND CONNECT THEM TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          UM, I ALSO SUPPORT DISTRICT TWO'S ASK FOR A CIVIL RIGHTS COORDINATOR. 
          I THINK AS A CITY THAT TALKS ABOUT EQUITY AND RESILIENCY, IT'S MUCH NEEDED. 
          UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, MY COLLEAGUE IN THREE D THREE HAS MENTIONED SENIOR SERVICES AND THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FUND OATS. 
          UM, AND THAT'S AN ASK THAT I SUPPORT AS WELL. 
          UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN ONE OF THE EARLY ON BUDGET MEETINGS, UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY BROUGHT UP INCREASING THE NAMP FUNDING, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS AND MOBILITY PROGRAM BUDGET. 
          UM, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT EQUITY, THAT WAS AN EXPRESS NEWS ARTICLE THAT TALKED ABOUT ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE USE AN EQUITY LENS AND IT LISTED ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT WERE GOING TO GET THEIR FAIR SHARE. 
          AND AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OF A DISTRICT THAT HAS THE MOST ECONOMICALLY POOR CENSUS TRACKS AND MULTIPLE ZIP CODES THAT ARE THE MOST ECONOMICALLY POOR, I'M DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT OUR DISTRICT'S NOT RECEIVING ITS FAIR SHARE USING THIS, THIS EQUITY LENS. 
          UM, SO I WANNA JUST ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MEET THAT NEED BY INCREASING THE NAMP FUNDING, UM, AND ALSO SUPPORT DISTRICT EIGHT AND HIS, UH, GROW CANINES FOR VETERANS PROGRAM. 
          UM, BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU'ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I WANTED TO CHIME BACK IN BECAUSE I WANT TO ECHO THE SUPPORT FOR IF THERE IS A POSSIBLE WAY TO GET, UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ'S AMENDMENT FOR THE, TO MOVE FROM SEVEN AND A HALF TO EIGHT, UH, ON THIS BUDGET. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE IT. 
          IF NOT, I'M WILLING TO GO INTO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS. 
          UH, BUT I FEEL LIKE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, OUR OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICES ARE AT THE FIELD OFFICE, ARE GETTING A LOT OF WORK. 
          THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF COORDINATION BETWEEN C P S SAWS RIGHT NOW, UM, WITH THE HOUSING NAVIGATORS, WITH THE HOMELESS. 
          SO IF WE CAN INCREASE THAT BUDGET AND WE HAVE THE FUNDS, 'CAUSE I KNOW SIMILAR TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, I HAVE THE FUNDS, I JUST CAN'T GO PAST THAT, UM, THAT SEVEN AND AND A HALF MARK. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR ME RIGHT NOW. 
          SO I, I'D BE IN SUPPORT OF AN INCREASING THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT TO A FULL-TIME OF EIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN, UH, THAT IS EVERYONE. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD MY ENDORSEMENT TO WHAT WAS JUST DISCUSSED ABOUT, UH, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF FTES FROM SEVEN AND A HALF TO EIGHT DIFFERENT, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICTS PROBABLY HAVE GREATER NEEDS FOR MORE PEOPLE WORKING IN THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          AND I, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          ALSO, I WANT TO ADD MY SUPPORT TO THE, UH, OATS PROGRAM. 
          I THINK THEY DO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS FOR OUR SENIORS, AND I'D LIKE TO FIND IF THERE'S A WAY FOR OUR ADMINISTRATION, UH, OUR CITY STAFF TO, UH, FIND A WAY OF ALLOCATING ENOUGH MONEY TO GO AHEAD AND COVER THAT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          A, A AGAIN, MAYOR, IF, IF I MAY INTERJECT ONCE MORE, UM, ON THE ITEM IN TERMS OF THE RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FROM SOME 0.5 TO EIGHT, UH, AGAIN, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL MANAGES THE EMPLOYEES AS THE L G C, THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE ITEM FOR THE L G C TO CONSIDER AND NOT IN THE BUDGET. 
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OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR RECOGNIZING OUR REQUEST TO HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME IN THIS DISCUSSION. 
          I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA TIME. 
          UH, I WILL DEFINITELY WANT THE L G C TO REVISIT THIS ISSUE AND WOULD LOVE IT TO BE PUT ON AN AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MONEY IN MY BUDGET FOR MORE STAFF, BUT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO BECAUSE OF THAT ARBITRARY 7.5 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE NUMBER. 
          UH, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UH, 20, UM, LESS THAN 30 MINUTES AGO, CASAP BROKE A STORY ABOUT, UH, HOW THEY GOT, UH, A, THEY GOT DOCUMENTS FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ABOUT C P S ENERGY, SENIOR STAFF BEING DEJECTED, DESPONDENT, AND DOWNTRODDEN. 
          AND SO I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THESE STUDIES, INCLUDING THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE OF C P S ENERGY, THE CORPORATE CULTURE OF C P S ENERGY, WE CAN'T WAIT SIX MONTHS TO BEGIN THOSE STUDIES. 
          AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M ASKING AGAIN, MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOON. 
          UM, ERIC, I WANTED TO ASK, UM, WHEN IS IT IN MAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE 2022 BOND? UH, YES, SIR. 
          SO IF WE WERE TO MOVE PROJECTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2022, LIKE ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE FISCAL THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET TO THE 2022 BOND, WOULD WE STILL BE ABLE TO, IF THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THAT BOND, WOULD WE STILL BE ABLE TO DO THOSE IN THAT SAME TIMEFRAME? NO, THERE'D BE A SLIGHT DELAY. 
          'CAUSE WE'VE GOT A, THE, THE FIVE YEAR AS WE GO THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM, UH, WE'RE GONNA, AS THE COUNCIL GOES THROUGH THE, OUT THE, THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ALLOCATION BY PROPOSITIONS, WE'RE ALSO GONNA SIZE THE BOND AND THE WORK OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. 
          UM, WE SELL THE DEBT OVER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD. 
          YOU HAVE TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ON THE FRONT END OF THE SCHEDULE FOR DESIGN FOR THOSE, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO THE LA THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR AND THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM HAVE BEEN HEAVY CONSTRUCTION YEARS FOR US. 
          UM, SO I, I THINK THERE WOULD BE SOME ADJUSTMENT ON TIME. 
          SO THERE ARE, WE'RE HEAVY ON CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. 
          YES, SIR. 
          SO THEN WE COULD USE SOME OF THIS BUDGET ON DESIGN AND THEN DO SOME BUILDS WITH THE 2022 BOND THEN OUT OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET. 
          YEAH. 
          SO POSSIBLY MAKE, MAKE SOME OF THIS ANNUAL BUDGET GO A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER ON DESIGN AND THEN A LITTLE HEAVIER ON BUILD. 
          WELL, AS SOON AS WE CLEAR THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT AT THE EXPENSE OF STREET MAINTENANCE. 
          RIGHT. 
          UNLESS WE ADDED MONEY FOR DESIGN. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT IF THE BOND PASSES IN MAY, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE SPENT ALL THAT DONE ALL THAT TREATMENT. 
          IT'S BY MAY. 
          RIGHT? NO, YOU'LL, THE, THE IDEA IS TO HAVE THAT DONE OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, RIGHT. 
          BEGINNING OF OCTOBER. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF, IF WE PLANNED AHEAD, I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD START SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS, RIGHT, YOU KNOW, SHORTLY AFTERWARD AND AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THAT BOND, IF WE, IF WE WERE TO BE DESIGNING THEM NOW THAT THAT PRESUMES THAT THE, THE, WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO KNOW WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE. 
          THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN SELECTED. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THEY'VE DETERMINED, THEY'VE BEEN DETERMINED BY THE COUNCIL OR THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY PANEL AND THE COUNCIL, AND WE CAN START DESIGN. 
          UM, THERE MIGHT BE SOME HORIZONTAL, I'M SORRY, VERTICAL PROJECTS RIGHT WHERE WE CAN DO THAT. 
          I'M NOT CER I'M NOT CERTAIN ABOUT THE STREETS. 
          SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD PROPOSE ANY IDEAS OF THINGS THAT WE COULD MOVE FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET TO THE BOND IN ORDER TO FREE UP A LITTLE BIT OF, OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FUND SOME OF THESE SMALLER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          UM, LOOK, CAN I, CAN I RESPOND TO THAT? BECAUSE I, I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT. 
          UM, WE CAN DO THAT AS PART OF THE BOND CONVERSATIONS, BUT IT'S AT THE EXPENSE OF STREET MAINTENANCE AND THE ALLOCATIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING. 
          SO IF YOU WANT US TO DO THAT AT THE EXPENSE OF STREET MAINTENANCE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT'S GONNA COME FROM. 
          THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION IS IF YOU, THAT'S WHY I WANNA BE CLEAR, IF YOU COULD RECOMMEND ANY, I'M NOT SAYING JUST GOT IT ISOLATED TO STREET MAINTENANCE. 
          YOU KNOW, I WAS THROWING THAT OUT AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'M JUST SAYING IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT YOU COULD RECOMMEND, THANK YOU. 
          IF, IF WE DON'T, UH, JUST THINK IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, IF WE DON'T USE CONTINGENCY $4 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SOME PRE PRE-DESIGN WORK. 
          BUT, UM, WE'D NEED TO BE, UM, MINDFUL THAT WE'D BE USING OUR CONTINGENCY, BUT THAT WOULD BE ONE SOURCE OF THAT, AND WE'LL GIVE IT SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHT. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          UM, ERIC, THEIR COMMENT WAS MADE, UM, I THINK BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, AYAS, UH, OF FUNDING THE CHILDCARE ASKS OR, UH, FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, THROUGH C C P F. 
          I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. 
          IF THE COUNCIL, UH, WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN ON THAT. 
          UH, BUT BEFORE WE CLOSE THE DISCUSSION, I WANTED TO VERIFY WITH YOU, YOU'VE HEARD, UH, WHAT YOU NEED TO TODAY BEFORE PRESENTATION. 
          YEAH, AND I'M GONNA, LET ME RUN THROUGH THE LIST, MAYOR, THAT I, 
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AND I KNOW I'M, I'M, I'M TRYING TO GET CONSENSUS AND, AND, UM, UM, WE MAY NOT HIT EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID, BUT I'M TRYING TO GET DIRECTION FROM THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA PREPARE, UH, FURTHER CUTS TO FUND OATS, THE CHILDCARE PROGRAM. 
          SO, AND WE'LL DO, AND WE'LL SEND THAT TO THE COUNCIL TONIGHT. 
          THAT WAY YOU HAVE THAT IN ADVANCE OF TOMORROW'S, UH, CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, WE'VE DONE A DOUBLE CHECK. 
          WE WILL, UM, MAKE AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST OF THE INNER CITY FUND TOURS FUND FOR THE TWO 50 FOR THE YOUTH CONTENT. 
          UM, IT, IT WOULD ONLY COME OUT OF THAT TOURS BECAUSE OF WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE, OF THE PROGRAM'S AT. 
          UM, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, UH, MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT ON, UH, ONE OF THE EQUITY POSITIONS TO, UH, TITLE IT A CIVIL RIGHTS COORDINATOR WITHIN THE D THE DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION OFFICE. 
          UM, AND, AND AS PART OF THAT PORTFOLIO, UM, AND I DON'T HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION OR MAYBE I DO ON THE CAPITAL AND THE 4 MILLION I, AS OF RIGHT NOW, I AM GONNA HOLD THAT AS CONTINGENCY. 
          I THINK YOU HEARD THAT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, WHO COMPRISED MOST OF THAT LIST. 
          SO IF THAT'S COMFORTABLE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, UM, I THINK I HEARD CONSENSUS FROM THE COUNCIL ON THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, WELL IT'S BEEN A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION AND A LONG BUDGET SEASON FOR EVERYBODY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, UH, FOR, UH, THE DISCUSSION OF THE WORK FROM THE STAFF, THE COUNCIL, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO BUDGET RATIFICATION TOMORROW. 
          THE TIME IS 4:55 PM ON THIS 15TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2021, AND OUR COUNCIL MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
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