* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:59] OH, NOW ANTONIO, ANTONIO, AND SAN ANTONIO. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IF YOU CAN PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS AND QUIET THE CHAMBER. THE CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO BEGIN ITS SESSION TODAY. IF EVERYONE COULD KEEP THEIR CONVERSATIONS TO A MINIMUM AT THIS POINT, THE TIME IS 9:25 AM AND I'M GONNA CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION TO ORDER. UM, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU START WITH A ROLL? YES, SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MAKI RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRAND. HERE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO HRA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PRAYER PERRY. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. I'M SORRY. MAYOR NURENBERG. HERE. WE HAVE A QUORUM, SIR. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. TIME IS 9:26 AM WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AND TO THE CHAMBERS, WELCOME TO OUR PUBLIC WHO IS WITH US TODAY. UH, TO GET STARTED, [1. Invocation] LEMME TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER TERRY CASTILLO FOR, UH, WELCOMING OF OUR INDICATOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YEARS FROM NOW WHEN HISTORIANS EXAMINE THE FIGHT FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE IN SAN ANTONIO, THEY WILL FIND A WEALTH OF SOURCES FROM UTSA'S COPS, METRO'S, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ARCHIVE TO CITY ARCHIVES, TO LOCAL PAPERS, FREQUENTLY MENTIONED. OUR ESTEEMED GUESTS, LINDA ORTEGA. LINDA HILL IS FROM SOUTH TEXAS AND HAS CALLED DISTRICT FIVE HER HOME SINCE 1970. DISTRICT FIVE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE PLACE WHERE SHE FOUND LOVE, LOVE WITH HER HUSBAND JOE, WHO HAS SINCE PASSED ON. SHE IS A FIERCE AND PROUD INNER WEST SIDE RESIDENT WHOSE LIFE IS COMMITTED TO EQUITY AND JUSTICE, AND WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE HER STRENGTH AND HER COURAGE ON OUR SIDE. LINDA IS A MEMBER OF THE SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SERVES HER PARISH IN MANY MINISTRIES. SHE CONTINUES TO SERVE HER COMMUNITY AS A COPS, METRO LEADER AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, AND HAS DONE SO FOR OVER, OVER 40 YEARS. SHE HAS AN EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF NOT JUST WEST SIDE RESIDENTS, BUT FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO. SHE CONSIDERS HERSELF A, A TRUE BUREAUCRAT AS SHE HAS WORKED FOR COSA, THE STATE OF TEXAS AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND RETIRED AFTER 34 YEARS OF SERVICE FROM FORT SAM HOUSTON. ORTEGA HOLDS THE COPS METRO EDGE OF NO PERMANENT FRIENDS AND NO PERMANENT ENEMIES WHEN ORGANIZING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF A BETTER SAN ANTONIO. AND SHE IS UNAFRAID TO CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO. IN ADDITION TO HER ROLE AS A COPS METRO LEADER, SHE SERVES ON THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION BOARD. THIS ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ORGANIZING FOR BOTH CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND HOUSING DISPLACEMENT MITIGATION IN SAN ANTONIO'S MOST CULTURALLY RICH, BUT ECONOMICALLY POOR DISTRICT. PLEASE JOIN ME IN EXTENDING A WARM WELCOME TO WITH THE UTMOST GRATITUDE TO LINDA ORTEGA. LORD, I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY GIVEN TO ME THIS MORNING. AS I STAND BEFORE THIS COUNCIL OF OUR BELOVED CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, I ASK THAT YOU BLESS MAYOR BERG AND COUNCIL MEMBERS BRAVO MAKI RODRIGUEZ VIA GRAND ROCHA GARCIA CASTILLO, HERDA SANDOVAL COURAGE, AND PERRY [00:05:01] LORD, I ASK THAT YOU REMIND THEM THAT THEY'RE ELECTED AT THE WILL AND NOT AT THE WHIM OF THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO. THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE GREAT AND MAY THEY ENJOY THE GRATITUDE OF THE CITIZENS OF OUR GREAT CITY. MAY THEY VALUE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THOSE WHO LIVE IN THEM WHERE THEY'RE RICH OR POOR, OR IN THE SOUTH SIDE, NORTH SIDE, WEST SIDE, OR EAST SIDE. MAY THEY ESTEEM EDUCATION FOR ALL. MAY THEY ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES, BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR CITIZENS. MAY THEY PROMOTE JUSTICE AND COMPASSIONATE LORD, MAY THEY ALWAYS HOLD DEAR TO THEIR HEARTS, THE LEAST OF THOSE AMONG US, OUR CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY THAT WORKING POOR, THE HOMELESS, THE SICK OF BODY, MIND OR SPIRIT, THE STRANGER OR THE IMMIGRANT. AND THOSE WHO HAVE NO ONE TO ADVOC. MAY THEY ALWAYS BE PRODUCTIVE. MAY THEY ALWAYS HAVE PRODUCTIVE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER'S OPINION. MAY THOSE WHO COME BEFORE THEM, EVEN THOSE WITH DIFFERENT VIEWS, BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY. AND MAY WE WHO COME BEFORE THEM, TREAT THESE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR CITY WITH RESPECT. MAY WE BE GRANTED WISDOM AND COURAGE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR JUSTICE, FOR A LIVING WAGE, FOR A CITY WHERE ALL WILL ENJOY THE BOUNTIES THAT IT OFFERS, AND BE GUIDED BY A SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AND LOVE AND ALL OF THIS. I ASKED IN YOUR HOLY NAME, AMEN [2. Pledge of Allegiance] NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD. LIBERTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. ORTEGA. ALRIGHT, OUR FIRST ITEM, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION [3. Approval of Minutes from City Council Meetings of August 17, 2021 and August 18, 2021] TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF AUGUST 17TH AND 18TH, 2021. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. SECOND. OKAY, I, I DIDN'T GET THE, THE MOTION. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA SECOND BY VERAN. ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. UM, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO ARE HERE TODAY, UH, AND WHO HAVE NOT BEEN TO A BUDGET, UH, RATIFICATION SESSION BEFORE, UH, THIS IS A VERY CHOREOGRAPHED DAY. SO, AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF RECALS THAT NEED TO, UH, BE PERFORMED DURING THE DAY. SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE DURING THAT. UM, TO, UH, MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA. WE DO HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA [CONSENT AGENDA] AS WELL AS A ZONING AGENDA AT TIME, CERTAIN TWO O'CLOCK. UH, BUT I AM NOW GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. UH, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN EXCLUDE ANY ZONING ITEMS. THAT WILL BE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. COUNCIL, MAYOR, WE HAVE ONE CORRECTION. SURE. UH, YEAH. AND, AND, UH, A COUPLE NOTES FOR THE RECORD. UH, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND NOTE THOSE. ITEM 19 E, UH, WILL BE REAPPOINTED TO THE, TO THE COMMISSION, CITY COMMISSION ON VETERAN AFFAIRS AND NOT THE SPAC COMMITTEE, WHICH SHE'S ALREADY BEEN APPOINTED TO ON, UH, JUNE 17TH. AND THEN ALSO, UM, THE, I BELIEVE IT WAS ITEM 16. YES, SIR. ITEM SIX. OH, ITEM 15. TERRY POTTS IS FROM DISTRICT EIGHT. OKAY, GREAT. ALRIGHT, UM, AGAIN, UM, THERE IS A CONSENT AGENDA THAT'S ITEMS 10, UH, THROUGH ITEM 30, EXCUSE ME, ITEM 29. SO ITEMS 10 THROUGH 29 ARE LISTED ON CONSENT. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM THAT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? WE WILL HEAR ITEMS FOUR THROUGH NINE, INDIVIDUALLY AT THE TOP. ITEM 22, ITEM 22. ANY OTHERS? OKAY. [00:10:01] OKAY. IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION BY SANDOVAL, SECOND BY KEO HDA. UH, ARE THERE ANY CITIZEN SIGNED, WHICH SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 10 THROUGH 29. ITEM 26. OKAY. ITEM 26. OKAY. A COUPLE, UM, FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 26. I'LL CALL YOU NOW, UH, SINCE THAT IS REMAINING ON CONSENT. SO LET ME CALL UP FIRST. PATRICK CHRISTENSEN. UM, AND MR. CHRISTENSEN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ROSE HILL COUNSEL PATRICK CHRISTENSEN, THREE 10 SOUTH ST. MARY'S, SUITE 2,700. I JUST WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS ITEM. IT'S A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 2 6 SEGUIN. THIS IS A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF A PROPERTY OWNER PURCHASING A PROPERTY THAT HAS AN OLDER BUILDING. HE APPLIES FOR DEMOLITION. HISTORIC STAFF STATE THAT IT'S NOT HISTORIC, IT DOESN'T MEET OUT OF 16 CRITERIA. IT ONLY MET TWO. AND ONE OF THOSE, I'LL EXPLAIN IN A SECOND, UH, IS, IS NOT EVEN ACCURATE, BUT THEN IT STILL GOES TO H D R C. AND H D R C DETERMINES THAT THE PROPERTY IS MERITS HISTORIC DESIGNATION. SO NOW COUNCIL'S DE DECIDING TODAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RESOLUTION TO START A REZONING OF THE PROPERTY TO HISTORIC. AND IT'S, IT'S BAFFLING THAT A, A PROPERTY THAT'S OLDER GETS PUT THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IT'S NOT HISTORIC, IT'S JUST AN OLD CONSTRUCTION BUILDING. UM, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS PLANS TO REDEVELOP THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY HAS A HISTORY OF HAVING PROBLEMS. HE'S TRYING TO REDEVELOP IT, BUT YET HE'S STUCK IN THIS PROCESS WHERE A PROPERTY GETS DESIGNATED HISTORIC AGAINST HIS WILL. AND, UM, THAT SEEMS LIKE A TAKING TO ME. BUT THAT'S THE PROCESS WE HAVE. SO I WANNA MAKE YOU AWARE OF THIS 'CAUSE IT WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS ON A, ON A ZONING DESIGNATION FOR HISTORIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. CHRISTENSEN, ROSE HILL. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMAN, UH, RODRIGUEZ AND MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ROSE HILL, PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE LABOR ASSOCIATION. AND TODAY I AM HERE BECAUSE, UH, I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT WE HAD SOMEBODY THAT TRIED TO APPLY FOR A LANDMARK DESIGNATION. I WOULD LIKE TO PUT UP THESE, UM, UH, PHOTOS AND LET YOU KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WE SHUT DOWN A RECYCLE PLANT IN GOVERNMENT HILL, A RECYCLE PLANT THAT WAS CAUSING PEOPLE TO GET SICK INFESTED INFESTATION OF RATS, AND A TRUE, BIG PROBLEM. AND WE WORKED HARD. AS YOU CAN SEE, PEOPLE COULDN'T EVEN GET OUT OF THEIR, OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES. IT WAS, IT WAS A DISASTER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. YOU SAW 1200 RATS CROSSING THE STREET IN, IN, IN OUR SENIORS. AND SO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO A LOT OF COMMUNITY PEOPLE. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE GOT THEM OUT OF THERE, WE WORKED WITH THE CITY TO GET 'EM OUT, AND WE FINALLY GOT 'EM OUT, THANK GOODNESS. AND NOW WE HAVE A NEW PARTNER IN THERE, A NEW OWNER THAT HAS COME IN AND BEEN A FRIENDLY PERSON THAT'S TREATED THOSE PEOPLE WITH RESPECT, THAT MAINTAINS HIS LAWNS. AND NOW I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE DEMOLITION OF THAT BUILDING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DEMOLISH IS NOT IN A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S NOT A HISTORIC BUILDING. AND IT'S SET FAR BACK FROM, UM, THE ACTUAL PROPERTY. AND IT'S AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE ON THIS SIDE OF THE, UH, OF SINE ROAD, ALL OF THOSE ARE PREDOMINANTLY ALL, UM, BUSINESS BUSINESSES. CAN YOU PUT THE OTHER ONE, PLEASE? THIS IS WHAT THE NEIGHBORS HAD TO, UM, ENDURE. THIS IS WHAT THEY LIVED WITH FOR TWO YEARS. WE FOUGHT, FOUGHT UNTIL THE, BUT THE, THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE'S VOICES WERE HEARD. AND THANKS TO MR. SHANNON, AND WE WORKED TOGETHER AND WE GOT IT CLEANED UP. BUT I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE WHEN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS WERE APPROACHED BY THE, BY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, THEY FELT THAT THEY HAD A GOOD PARTNER AND A GOOD OWNER THERE THAT'S WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM. AND THIS CREATING A HISTORIC LANDMARK ON, ON A BUILDING THAT IS FULL OF AVESTA, FULL OF RATS, STILL, THEY'RE TRYING TO, IT'S FALLING APART. AND I DON'T JUSTIFY THE FACT IS THAT WHEN THE PERSON WHO DESIGNATED OR TRY TO PUT IN FOR THE LANDMARK SHOULD HAVE COME TO THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THESE PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S VERY NEAR AND DEAR THEIR HEARTS. SO THEY'RE APPRECIATIVE AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH, UH, THE BUSINESS OWNER ACROSS THE STREET. SO TODAY I AM ASKING YOU FOR US COUNCILMAN NOT TO APPROVE OR NOT TO GO, GO FORWARD WITH THIS LANDMARK UNTIL YOU, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE HEARD, FOR YOU TO HEAR THEIR STORIES. AND LET LET THEM BE ABLE TO HAVE, BE THE VOICE OF THAT COMMUNITY, AS YOU SAID YOU WOULD, WOULD, UH, WOULD ALLOW THEM TO DO. AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THIS SHOULD BE. IN THIS INSTANCE, WE [00:15:01] ARE ALL ABOUT PRESERVING OUR, OUR HISTORICAL HOMES IN GOVERNMENT HILL. WE WANNA KEEP THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT THERE ARE SOME BUILDINGS THAT THAT WILL SOMETIME HAVE TO BE COME DOWN. AND THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE ONE OF THEM. IT'S FAR BACK IN. IT'S, UH, IT CANNOT BE, IT CANNOT BE TURNED INTO A HOME BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S FALLING APART INSIDE. AND SO THEREFORE, I JUST WANT, JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. HILL. OKAY. UM, ALSO TO NOTE, UM, ITEM 22, UH, WHICH WAS, UH, INITIALLY PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL IS REQUESTED TO BE PUT BACK ON CONSENT. I, UM, TAKE THAT. THAT'S OKAY WITH, UH, MOTION AND, UH, SECOND. OKAY, GREAT. SO ALL ITEMS 10 THROUGH 29 ARE ON CONSENT. UH, AND THAT IS THE MOTION. SO, UH, IF THERE, I'LL TURN IT NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON CONSENT AGENDA. LET ME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT ITEM 14. AND YVETTE AND LORI ARE IN, UM, THE COUNCIL. IF YOU COULD GUIDE, IF YOU BOTH COULD COME UP. UH, I JUST WANNA TAKE, THIS IS THE TEXAS EMERGENCY MORTGAGE ASSISTANT PROGRAM. AND WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS THEY TOOK OUR EAP BUDGET AND GOT, UH, 500 OVER A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS MORE FOR IT. I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. UM, THAT BRINGS OUR BUDGET TO 190.2 MILLION. AND AS WE HEAR PEOPLE COME AND TALK ABOUT TAKING CARE OF, UM, THE HOUSING ISSUE AND HELPING THOSE THAT, UH, NEED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, NEED MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, YOU GUYS ARE WORKING HARD BEHIND THE SCENES DOING IT SOMETIMES TO KNOW WITH NO APPRECIATION AND ACCOLADE. SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU BECAUSE THAT'S 51 HOUSEHOLDS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS ITEM 19. I AM APPOINTING NORLAND PAGE RIPS TO THE CITY COUNTY JOINT COMMISSION ON ELDER AFFAIRS. I GOT TO VISIT WITH THEM LAST WEEK. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THEIR EXCITEMENT TO GET BACK TO WORK. AND NORLAND HAS SERVED ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BEFORE, AND NOW SHE'S RETIRED AND SHE'S READY TO WORK AGAIN. SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 22. I, I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF A GREAT DISCUSSION 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S GOOD NEWS. UH, BUT IT TODAY IS BUDGET DAY, SO I'LL SAVE IT FOR, FOR A HIGHLIGHT. UH, THIS ORDINANCE IS ADOPTING A POLICY, UH, FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S AMBULANCE TRANSPORT FEES. UH, CURRENTLY WE BILL AROUND $17 MILLION FOR UNINSURED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE. THAT'S A A THOUSAND DOLLARS FEE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE. HOPEFULLY NOT. BUT THAT'S WHAT, WHAT THE FEE IS. SO, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT $17 MILLION IN UNCOLLECTED FEES FROM THAT. BUT THANKS TO THIS POLICY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY, UH, FOR REIMBURSEMENT, UH, FROM THE STATE. UH, SO THAT WILL HELP CLOSE THAT, THAT SHORTFALL THERE. SO THANKS TO STAFF FOR, UH, PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. AND, UH, I HOPE THAT MAKES US, UH, UH, I THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR OUR BUDGET. I'LL JUST SAY THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SAND SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE REAPPOINTMENT OF SUSAN SUNBURG BELDEN TO THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD. UH, MS. BELDEN HAS BEEN A, A STAUNCH ADVOCATE FOR THE PETS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, FOR A C SS AND HAS CERTAINLY REPRESENTED THE PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY VERY WELL. AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT SHE'S GONNA CONTINUE SERVING ON THE A C S BOARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANTED TO POINT OUT ITEM 26, WHICH WAS JUST SPOKEN ON, UM, THE RESOLUTION TO INITIATE HISTORIC DESIGNATION FOR 3 26 SEGUIN STREET. UM, I WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS THE INITIATION OF THAT PROCESS, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR THE PUBLIC PROCESS AND THE DISCUSSION AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, ME PULLING IT, UM, AND VOTING NO ON IT WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. AND SO I CANNOT, I CANNOT, I HAVE TO LEAVE IT ON CONSENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, ACTUALLY, UH, HAVE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE HERE, OR PROBABLY RIGHT AFTER CONSENT. OKAY. UH, RIGHT AFTER, WELL, LET ME POINT OUT, HIGHLIGHT ONE THING. UH, MCALLISTER PARK. WE, UH, GOT SOME REALLY GOOD COMPETITIVE BIDS ON THAT PROJECT. AND THIS IS FROM THE, UM, THE LAST BOND PROGRAM WHERE, [00:20:01] UH, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY BECAUSE OF THE GOOD BIDDING BIDDING THAT CAME IN ON THE ORIGINAL PROJECT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO GET AN ADDITIONAL PROJECT IN THERE. AND, UH, REALLY GLAD THAT THAT HAPPENED. THAT'S DUE TO THE HARD WORK OF PUBLIC WORKS. AND, UH, I REALLY THANK Y'ALL FOR PUTTING IN THE HARD WORK ON THIS ONE TO BE ABLE TO FUND AN ADDITIONAL PROJECT THERE AT MCALLISTER PARK. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. ALL RIGHT. UH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR, EXCUSE ME, ALL ITEMS 10 THROUGH 29. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL GO, UH, LET ME, UH, FIRST BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, LEMME TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL [POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE] MEMBER PERRY FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. GREAT, THANK YOU, SIR. NOW IT'S MY TURN FOR THE POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. UH, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT, UH, THE AIR FORCE ON SEPTEMBER 18TH IS HAVING THEIR 74TH BIRTHDAY. AND, UH, IT GOES BACK TO 1947 THAT PRESIDENT TRUMAN, UH, SEPARATED THE AIR FORCE FROM THE ARMY. NOTHING AGAINST THE ARMY, BUT, UH, WE WANTED OUR OWN SERVICE BACK THEN. AND IT HAPPENED. AND, UH, THIS SEPTEMBER 18TH IS THE 74TH BIRTHDAY. AND, UH, JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND THANK COUNCILMAN COURAGE, UH, FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE AIR FORCE. UH, I WAS, I WAS PRIVILEGED TO DO THE SAME. AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THAT BIRTHDAY AND ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR WHERE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY IS. AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA WORK REALLY CLOSELY TOGETHER HERE ON COUNCIL TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING REALLY COOL TO CELEBRATE THAT ANNIVERSARY AND, UH, RECOGNIZE THE AIR FORCE FOR 75 YEARS NEXT YEAR. SO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AIR FORCE. AIR FORCE. THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, AND MY THANKS TO YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE AND ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE AND CONTINUE TO SERVE. ALRIGHT. UM, NOW TO GET [4. Ordinance adopting the Annual Consolidated Operating and Capital Budgets for the City of San Antonio Fiscal Year 2022 that begins October 1; approving projects included in the FY 2022 to FY 2026 FiveYear Infrastructure Management Plan; approving the FY 2022 to FY 2027 SixYear Capital Improvements Program for the City of San Antonio; approving certain contracts; providing for a onetime annuity increase for retirees and their beneficiaries and a revision to the City’s contribution rate in connection with the Texas Municipal Retirement System; authorizing personnel complements; appropriating funds; and amending related ordinances. [Erik Walsh, City Manager Scott Huizenga, Director, Management and Budget]] ONTO THE BUSINESS OF THE DAY, WHICH IS THE RATIFICATION OF THE F Y 22 BUDGET. UH, AGAIN, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING, THIS IS GOING TO BE A SOMEWHAT CHOREOGRAPHED, UH, PORTION OF THE COUNCIL. SO LET ME, UH, TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH, TO GET US STARTED. THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO, I'LL RUN THROUGH A COUPLE OF SLIDES. WE, UH, DISTRIBUTED A MEMO LAST NIGHT BY EMAIL, AND THEN, UH, YOU HAVE PAPER COPIES THERE IN FRONT OF YOU. UM, WE HAVE INCORPORATED, UM, A NUMBER OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY. UM, NEXT SLIDE. SO, UH, TODAY, AS, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE COUNCIL WILL APPROVE THE 2022 CITY BUDGET. UM, IT DOES INCORPORATE ALL THE FINAL AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED, UH, BY THE COUNCIL YESTERDAY, AND I'LL WALK THROUGH THEM NEXT SLIDE. SO, UH, THE, THE, UM, THE, UM, WE DID REDUCE THE F Y 22 BUDGET BY, UH, $2 MILLION TO OFFSET THE LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED C P SS, UH, ENERGY REVENUES. UM, WE HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF, A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS, THREE ADJUSTMENTS UNDER THE TURS. WE HAVE THREE ZERO BUDGET AMENDMENTS, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME BUDGET REALLOCATION THAT CAME OUT OF YESTERDAY'S CONVERSATION. SO, UM, AS I, AS I LAID OUT YESTERDAY, UH, WITH THE LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED C P S REVENUES, WE DID MAKE, UH, WE DID PROPOSE, AND IT IS INCLUDED IN TODAY'S, UM, UM, ITEM BEFORE YOU THAT WE ELIMINATE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND, UH, AND TUNED A LITTLE OVER $1.3 MILLION AND REDUCE THE INNER CITY INCENTIVE, UH, FUND, UH, BY A LITTLE OVER $635,000. IT LEAVES ABOUT $400,000 LEFT. AND THAT FUND THAT WOULD REBALANCE, UH, FOR THAT LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED REVENUES. OUR TOURS AMENDMENTS, UH, WE STARTED, UH, YESTERDAY'S CONVERSATION WITH TWO, WE ENDED WITH THREE. UM, THESE ARE, UH, COMING FROM THE, UM, TWO CITY INITIATED TOURS THAT HAD IDENTIFIED, HAD THAT HAD BALANCES THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT WERE, UH, UNASSIGNED, UH, $1 MILLION FROM THE MIDTOWN TURS, AND $2 MILLION FROM THE INNER CITY TOURS. UM, THE MIDTOWN TOURS BOARD HAS ALREADY TAKEN ACTION, AND THE, UH, INNER CITY TOURS BOARD WILL NEED TO TAKE ACTION LATER ON IN THE MONTH. BOTH THOSE ITEMS, AS I STATED YESTERDAY. UM, WELL, ANYTIME A TOURS BOARD MAKES AN ALLOCATION, UH, ONE OF OUR CITY INITIATED TOURS, IT COMES TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE. UM, THAT $3 MILLION, UM, THAT ACTUALLY $3.25 MILLION [00:25:02] IS GOING INTO THREE AREAS. ONE UNDER ONE ROOF, A $2 MILLION INCREASE, UH, THE SECOND, UH, A RESIDENTIAL DEMOLITION DIVERSION PILOT PROGRAM FOR A MILLION DOLLARS. AND THEN WHAT WAS ADDED YESTERDAY FROM THE INNER CITY TURS, UM, BASKET IS A, UH, THE YOUTH CONTENT CREATOR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM THAT WAS, UH, INITIATED BY DISTRICT TWO, OUR ZERO COST, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY, AND THAT ARE INCORPORATED, UH, INTO, UH, THE ITEMS TODAY, UH, ARE MOVING OUR CAESAR CHAVEZ, UM, HOLIDAY THAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET TO MARCH 31ST AT ZERO COST BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING ONE OF OUR EXISTING HOLIDAYS, UH, FOR EMPLOYEES. AND THEN SECONDLY, A PILOT PROGRAM TO ACTIVATE, UH, SOME CITY OWNED, UM, GREEN SPACE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. UM, THE GENERAL FUND ALLOCATIONS THAT, UH, THAT CAME OUT OF YESTERDAY'S CONVERSATION, UM, THERE WAS, UH, UM, UM, DIRECTION I RECEIVED YESTERDAY WAS THAT, UH, THE OATS, THE OLDER ADULT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PROGRAM, NOT OAKS THERE, BUT OATS, UM, IS, UH, UH, FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM. THEIR GRANT FUNDING IS, UH, RUNNING OUT, UM, HERE SOON. SO THAT PROGRAM WOULD CONTINUE INTO NEXT YEAR. AND THEN, UH, AN ALLOCATION FOR CHILDCARE FOR, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS, UM, THAT HAD BEEN A POLICY ISSUE THAT THE COUNCIL HAD DISCUSSED PRIOR TO C O D AND, UH, WE'RE SETTING ASIDE FUNDS, UH, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THAT. THOSE TWO, THOSE TWO WOULD BE, UM, UH, FUNDED BY A REDUCTION IN OUR CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM, WHICH IS, UH, WHICH WAS PROPOSED TO BE TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, SO A REDUCTION OF $510,000 IN THAT AREA. AND THEN LASTLY, HERE'S THE, UH, THE LAST ZERO BUDGET, UM, AMENDMENT. UM, WE, UH, BUDGET $300,000 IN OUR ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS. UM, AND, UH, WE ARE RE PROPOSING AND WHAT'S INCLUDED IN BEFORE YOU TODAY IS REDUCING THAT $300,000 TO $250,000. AND IN MAKING A DIRECT ALLOCATION TO, UH, TWO COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS THAT METRO HEALTH AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UH, SINCE THE D TWO, UH, TOWN HALL MEETING, UM, BIG MAMA'S SAFE HOUSE AT $25,000 AND RISING STAR SAN ANTONIO FOR $25,000. THESE WILL BE, UH, NEW AGREEMENTS, UM, AND OUR FIRST AGREEMENTS WITH THESE TWO AGENCIES. SO, UH, I SUSPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE TO KINDA WALK THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW, UH, THAT PARTNERSHIP WILL BE STRUCTURED BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION EFFORTS AT METRO HEALTH. SO, UH, ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ARE INCLUDED IN THE ITEM, IN THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY, MAYOR, UM, AS, UM, AS DIRECTED BY THE COUNCIL, UH, YESTERDAY'S SESSION. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERIC. UM, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS FOUR THROUGH NINE, WHICH ARE THE BUDGET ITEMS. SO I'LL CALL FOLKS, UH, NOW IN ORDER OF, UM, APPEARANCE. SO LET ME CALL FIRST AND AGAIN, UH, INDIVIDUALS RECEIVE THREE MINUTES. UH, IF YOU'VE SIGNED UP AS A GROUP, UH, YOU CAN RECEIVE UP TO NINE MINUTES. UH, WE'LL START WITH ANANDA THOMAS AND MS. THOMAS. YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ERIC ESTRADA. MAYOR, UH, DON'T, DON'T START ANANDA AS TIME YET. 'CAUSE AS SHE'S COMING UP, ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION THAT'S NOT ON THE SLIDES THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY, UH, I SENT LAST NIGHT, UM, AND CONVERTED, UH, ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY TO A CIVIL RIGHTS COORDINATOR. SO I HAVE ADMINISTRATIVELY DONE THAT AS OF LAST NIGHT. SO IT'S NOT A BUDGET ISSUE, BUT I NEEDED TO CLOSE THE LOOP WITH THE COUNCIL. GREAT. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, MS. THOMAS AND, UH, ERIC ESTRADA, YOU'LL BE NEXT. OKAY. TODAY I AM HERE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO VOTE WITH THEIR HEARTS, THEIR CONSCIENCE. AND FROM A FRAME OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, I'M ASKING THAT YOU USE YOUR HEART TO THINK ABOUT YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS, AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS WITH YOUR VOTE. THINK ABOUT THE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO REPAIR THEIR HOMES, STRUGGLING TO KEEP THEIR HOMES. THINK ABOUT THE MANY PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH GRIEF, DEPRESSION, AND MENTAL INSTABILITY AFTER AN ONGOING PANDEMIC AND WINTER STORM THAT HAS LEFT OUR COMMUNITY DEVASTATED. WE SHOULD FUND THE COMMUNITY. WE SHOULD BE FUNDING HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND PROGRAMS THAT HELP FOLKS GROW OUT OF POVERTY, FIND JOB AND HOUSING SECURITY FUND VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION PROGRAMS, AND ACTUALLY TRULY ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE OF CRIME INSTEAD OF OVER-POLICING OUR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. FROM A MINDSET OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THE FACT THAT WHILE THREE POINT A HALF PERCENT INCREASE TO SAP'S BUDGET SOUNDS LIKE A SMALL PERCENTAGE, [00:30:01] THAT'S 3% OF A HALF BILLION DOLLARS. THAT'S MORE THAN MORE AR OTHER AREAS OF OUR BUDGET ARE FUNDED EVER MORE THAN THIS. IT IS, IS IT REALLY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO INCREASE THE POLICE BUDGET AS WE WORK TO REIMAGINE THE ROLE OF POLICE WHEN STATE LEGISLATION PREVENTS US FROM EVER LOWERING THAT AGAIN WITHOUT SERIOUS PENALTIES, WHEN COUNCIL HAS ALREADY BEEN ASKED TO MAKE $2 MILLION OF CUTS BECAUSE WE ARE DOWN IN OUR REVENUES ALREADY, IT'S FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, NOT ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS COUNCIL. I ASK THAT YOU FINALLY THINK FROM A FRAMEWORK OF COMPROMISE, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FOUNDATIONS OF OUR COUNTRY AND OUR POLITICAL S SYSTEM. WE HAVE CONSTITUENTS ASKING FOR MORE SAFE OFFICERS. WE ALSO HAVE CONSTITUENTS ASKING NOT TO EXPAND THE POLICE BUDGET AND TO FUND OTHER IMPORTANT AREAS THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS IN A TIME OF SUCH FINANCIAL UNCERTAIN UNCERTAINTY. DOES IT MAKE NOT MAKE SENSE TO COMPROMISE TO MOVE THIS ADDITION OF 15 OFFICERS TO SOMETHING CLOSER TO SIX OR SEVEN IN ORDER TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOST REVENUE WE'RE ALREADY SEEING? DOES IT NOT MAKE SENSE TO HALT THE C P SS TAX RATE HIKE, OR MOVE SOME OF THESE STREETS AND T C I PROJECTS TO THE UPCOMING BOND TO FREE UP OTHER FUNDS IN OUR BUDGET TO ALLOW MORE BUDGET AMENDMENTS INTO THIS BUDGET THAT MAY NOT QUALIFY FOR ARPA FUNDS, FOR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, FOR ROBUST MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS PROGRAM, FOR AN OFFICE OF CRIME PREVENTION AND RECIDIVISM TO GIVE CHILDCARE TO OUR MEMBERS OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, TO FUND THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, TO PROTECT AND EXPAND SENIOR AND YOUTH SERVICES. IF YOU BELIEVE IN COMPASSION AND COMPROMISE AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, I ASK THAT YOU DO NOT PASS THIS BUDGET TODAY AS IS AND TAKE MORE TIME TO CREATE THE MORAL DOCUMENT WE DESERVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. THOMAS. ERIC ESTRADA. MR. ESTRADA, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY BENNY PRICE. MY NAME IS ERIC ESTRADA, I'M WITH THE SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE. WE JUST WANNA TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH OUR TEAM OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR INTERESTS WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH. THE CLUBHOUSE REPRESENTS ABOUT 3000 ADULTS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED MENTAL ILLNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, IT'S A HOT TOPIC, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S IN A LOT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK Y'ALL HAVE DONE IN LISTENING TO US. COUNCILMAN PERRY, I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE HOW DO WE BALANCE THE SAFETY OF THE INDIVIDUALS LOOKING FOR HELP AND THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE OFFERING THAT HELP, AND HOW DO WE DO THAT FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLY? YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE BALANCE ALL THESE DIFFICULT THINGS? UH, MAYOR D SEVEN, YOUR OFFICES HAVE BEEN REALLY GRACIOUS IN, IN PARTICIPATING IN LEARNING, UH, ABOUT HOW PROGRAMS ARE BEING DONE IN OTHER CITIES SO THAT WE CAN BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK HERE. AND COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA AND ROSANA ON YOUR TEAM DONE SUCH A TREMENDOUS JOB OF SPENDING TIME GETTING TO KNOW THE NUANCES OF OTHER PROGRAMS AND OTHER PLACES AND SEEING HOW THAT MIGHT APPLY TO OUR CITY. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE A DIFFERENT PLACE. WE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE CAN LEARN FROM OTHER FOLKS. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT. YOU KNOW, AS WE, UM, AS WE GET READY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME OF THESE POTENTIAL PROGRAMS, ALL WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS FOR YOU GUYS TO CONTINUE TO CENTER THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE WITH LIVE EXPERIENCE IN ALL OF THIS. WE TALK ABOUT THAT. WE SAY THAT, WE SAY WE WANT THAT. IT'S HARD TO DO SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH A GREAT TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT ARE MENTAL HEALTH PEER SPECIALISTS, HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AND TRAINED TO USE THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH SUICIDE, WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED OR ATTEMPTED OR, OR GONE THROUGH TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS. YOU KNOW, IT'S A REAL GREAT EQUITY OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT PEOPLE, UM, WITHOUT A HUGE, UH, NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. SO AS YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT THAT, WE JUST WANNA REMIND Y'ALL THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, ADVOCATING FOR TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO DO THESE MULTIPLY MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAMS, WE'D LOVE TO SEE PEER SPECIALISTS BE PART OF THOSE RESPONSES. YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY SPACE THERE AS WE LEARN TO FIGURE OUT HOW PEERS MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE EXISTING TEAMS THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE. UM, AND THEN AS WE LEARN MORE, AND IF WE FIND PLACES WHERE THE, THE PEERS AND MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS CAN, UM, BE SUBSTITUTED FOR TRADITIONAL RESPONSE FORCES, WE'D LOVE TO SEE THAT AS WELL. AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO NEED TO RUSH INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY AND, YOU KNOW, GO AIR FORCE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ESTRADA. BENNY PRICE, FOLLOWED BY KAREN MUNOZ. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY. UM, I WANNA START OFF BY, UM, THANKING, UH, THE MAYOR FIRST. UM, I WANT TO THANK, UM, DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL. UM, AND I WANNA THANK, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH AND HIS STAFF FOR FINDING FUNDING, UM, UH, FOR BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE. UM, AND ALSO I WANNA START OFF BY TELLING A, A SHORT 32ND STORY. [00:35:03] GOD PUT IT ON MY HEART TO, TO BUILD A WALL IN DISTRICT TWO, AND THAT'S WHERE HE WANTED ME TO START AT. BUT I'M FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND SO HE WANTED TO HELP THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT WE HAD TO HAVE A STARTING PLACE. AND SO WE STARTED IN DISTRICT TWO WITH BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE, AND WE STEPPED OUT ON FAITH. THE LORD SAYS THAT HE DOESN'T DESPISE SMALL BEGINNINGS. HE LOVES TO SEE THE WORK BEGIN. AND SO WE STEPPED OUT ON FAITH AND TOOK OUR OWN RESOURCES TO GET BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE. NOT A WEEK OR TWO LATER, THE MAYOR CAME AVAILABLE, HEARD ABOUT BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE, AND ASKED, WHERE WAS IT AT? I SAID, IT WAS DOWN THE STREET. THE MAYOR SAID HE WANTED TO SEE BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE, AND WHEN HE CAME BY, IT WAS AN EMPTY HOUSE. SO WILL, YOU WOULD SEE. BUT THE LORD SAYS THAT IT'S FILLED WITH MY GLORY. AND SO, BECAUSE THAT INITIAL MOMENT WHERE THE MAYOR SAYS SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY IS DOING GOOD WORK AND HE WANTS TO SEE, THEN YOU HAD THE COUNCILMAN IN DISTRICT TWO RODRIGUEZ. HE MADE IT HIS PRIORITY. THAT BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE WAS DOING WORK IN HIS DISTRICT. HE MADE IT HIS PRIORITY TO FIND OUT ABOUT BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE. AND ALSO, I WANNA MENTION ANNA SANDOVAL, SHE FOUND OUT ABOUT BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE, AND SHE MADE IT HER PRIORITY TO BE ONE OF OUR CHAMPIONS. AND SO I DON'T JUST STAND HERE BY MYSELF, I STAND HERE WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SAYING THAT WE ARE GIVING YOU A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE. WE STAND BEHIND YOU, WE STAND WITH YOU, AND WE STAND WITH THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, THE NEXT IMPORTANT THING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW IS THE EAP. I HAVE, UM, HELPED OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE JUST IN MY LITTLE BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE LOCATION. AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS MORE THAT NEEDS THIS ASSISTANCE. AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT, UM, THAT THIS EAP CONTINUE TO GET FUNDING BECAUSE, UM, COVID IS STILL GOING UP NEW VARIANTS PEOPLE, AND THEY REALLY NEED THIS. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRICE. KAREN MUNOZ. MS. MUNOZ, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY RICK TINO. AM I GOOD TO START? YEAH. OKAY. UM, MANY OF US IN THE COMMUNITY CAME OUT LAST YEAR TOO, AND SAID THE SAME THING WILL BE SAYING HERE THAT WE NEED HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH PARKS, A BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, AND WE CAN'T FUND ANY OF THOSE THINGS AS LONG AS THIS COUNCIL REMAINS UNWILLING TO TAKE FROM SAP'S BUDGET. I SPOKE TWO DAYS AGO AND I MENTIONED HOUSE BILL 1900. SO I WANNA SAY UPFRONT THAT WHILE THE LAW MAY BE PREVENTING YOU FROM CUTTING FROM THE BUDGET, THE LAW IS NOT PREVENTING YOU FROM FREEZING SAP'S BUDGET. INSTEAD OF EVEN JUST STICKING TO THE 3% INCREASE, THIS COUNCIL IS CHOOSING TO INCREASE SAP'S BUDGET BY 3.6%. IT'S BEEN SAID TO YOU TIME AND TIME AGAIN, BUT BY DEFINITION, POLICE DO NOT PREVENT CRIME. THEY RESPOND TO IT. INVESTMENTS IN POLICE DO NOT REDUCE CRIME. THEY JUST ALLOW POLICE TO MOVE THE PROBLEM AROUND TO INCARCERATE THE PROBLEM, TO GIVE A CITATION TO THE PROBLEM. IT'S AN ABUSE OF POWER AND ABUSE OF TRUST THE COMMUNITY PLACED IN YOU BY ELECTING YOU AND FRANKLY, COWARDLY TO CONTINUE PRETENDING THAT THESE MASSIVE INVESTMENTS IN POLICE WILL EVER LEAD TO PUBLIC SAFETY. WHAT WILL LEAD TO PUBLIC SAFETY IS INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH, GENERALLY EDUCATION AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, STREET LIGHTING, AND IN OFFICE OF CRIME PREVENTION AND RECIDIVISM. NEXT, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS IN PARTICULAR. UM, I WATCHED YESTERDAY'S WORK SESSION AND IT WAS REFRESHING TO SEE COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE WITH BOLD, INNOVATIVE, AND LOGICAL IDEAS. UM, IT WAS ALSO EYEOPENING TO WATCH SOME OF THE MORE SENIOR MEMBERS IN TENURE, NOT IN AGE, UM, UP HERE, CONDESCENDING TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR DARING TO BRING UP NEW, AGAIN, LOGICAL, INNOVATIVE, BOLD IDEAS. UM, COUNCILMAN PALAIS COMMENTS YESTERDAY SEEM TO IMPLY THAT THIS COUNCIL'S ALREADY DOING ENOUGH. NEVERMIND OUR CURRENT HOUSING CRISIS. UM, THERE SEEM TO BE AN IMPLICATION THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS BRINGING ANY NEW AMENDMENTS ARE NOT BEING DEFERENTIAL TO CITY STAFF AND ARE THEREFORE BEING DISRESPECTFUL. ONE, THE REALITY IS THAT THIS COUNCIL IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN OVERSIGHT BODY AND IS TASKED WITH BRINGING FORWARD WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND ASKS FOR. WE ALL SUPPORT CITY STAFF, CITY STAFF, BUT TO IMPLY THAT PEOPLE AREN'T ALLOWED TO ASK FOR MORE [00:40:01] IS JUST REALLY SUCH A LIMITED VIEW OF WHAT THIS GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO DO. I URGE YOU TO FUND A DEMOLITION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION PILOT PROGRAM THROUGH THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AT 1.5 MILLION TO INCREASE UNDER ONE ROOF FUNDING BY TWO 2 MILLION TO INCREASE THE GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION TO THE MINOR REPAIR AND OWNER-OCCUPIED REPAIR PROGRAMS BY 5 MILLION TO INCREASE RISK MITIGATION FUNDING BY 9 MILLION TO RESTORE IT TO THE FISCAL SCHOOL YEAR 2021 AMOUNT, UM, TO DESIGNATE TWO POSITIONS IN DSDS PROPOSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING TEAM FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE MANAGERS TO FUND AN OFFICE OF CRIME PREVENTION AND RECIDIVISM TO FUND COUNCILMAN BRAVO'S $200,000 PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT STUDY IDEA. I APOLOGIZE IF THE NAMING'S WRONG OF THAT. UM, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT COUNCILWOMAN SVAS $10,000 IDEA FOR INVESTMENT AND CHILDCARE WILL BE FUNDED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. MUNOZ. RICK TREVINO, FOLLOWED BY REBECCA FLORES. HELLO FOLKS. I HAVE TO ADMIT, YESTERDAY I CAME AND SPOKE AND I WAS PRE, I WAS KIND OF BUMMED OUT. YOU KNOW, I CAME UP HERE, I WAS ALREADY KIND OF DEFLATED 'CAUSE I GOT KINDA WORRIED THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY COULDN'T DO MUCH WITH THE BUDGET. BUT THEN I WENT HOME LIKE KAREN, I, I WATCHED WHAT WAS SAID AND I DON'T KNOW, ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING. I, I, I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE. I, I, I PERSONALLY HELPED OUT MARIO, UH, JALEN TERRY, AND, UM, AND THEIR ELECTIONS AND WHAT YOU GUYS SAID YESTERDAY, SIGNAL TO ME THAT CHANGE IS POSSIBLE IN SAN ANTONIO. NOT TO SAY ANY, EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING MEANINGFUL, BUT I DO THINK THAT THEY WERE BRINGING UP TOTALLY REASONABLE CRITICISMS ABOUT THE PROCESS. I MEAN, AND ERIC AS WELL, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO YOU BRIEFLY AT ST. MARY'S. YOU'RE, YOU'RE A REAL SMART GUY. YOU RUN A BIG OFFICE. I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOUR ANSWERS, I DON'T KNOW, LET ME REPHRASE THIS. YOUR EXPLANATION AS TO WHY WE CAN'T CHANGE A BUDGET. I JUST DON'T BUY THAT. WE GOT A HUGE BUDGET. YOU GOT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE BACK THERE, YOU CAN MOVE MONEY AROUND A FUND, THESE THINGS. WE GOT 4,000 PEOPLE THAT DIED 'CAUSE OF COVID, COVID MESSED UP THE ECONOMY. IT WAS ALREADY MESSED UP AS IT IS. WE GOT A LOW WAGE CITY, GOT RENTS GOING UP, AND THEN TO SEE A CITY JUST COMMIT ALL ITS MONEY TO COPS, YOU KNOW, MCMANUS, I'VE SEEN YOU OUTTA MY COMMUNITY A LOT ON THE EAST SIDE, SAM HOUSTON, AND YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE A, YOU COMPORT YOURSELF THE HONESTY. D BUT I THINK, AND I'VE HEARD IT IN YOUR VOICE, THAT COPS CAN'T SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. YOU GUYS CAN'T STOP HOMELESSNESS. THAT'S WHY I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATED TO HEAR MARIO'S BOLD IDEA, 10 MILLION BUCKS TO HELP OUT WITH HOMELESSNESS AND, AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. AND, AND THEN TO HEAR THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, WE DON'T HAVE REAL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO CONFRONT THE MORTGAGE PROBLEM, MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, RENTAL ASSISTANCE. I MEAN, COME ON GUYS. LIKE RIGHT NOW, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS GETTING PREYED ON BY RETIREMENT TRUST FUNDS, BLACKROCK, VANGUARD, THESE BIG INVESTMENT FUNDS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SCOOPING UP OUR HOUSES. PEOPLE CAN'T BUY HOUSES ANYMORE. OUR RENTS ARE GOING UP. AND WHY DON'T WE BET ALL THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE CITY? WE LOOK AT THE STORIES THAT COME OUT IN THE PAPER, HOW THE TRUST WAS MANIPULATED BY THE DEVELOPERS, THE INSIDERS. THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU GUYS SIGNED UP FOR. AND NO OFFENSE TO ERIC, BUT I THINK WE GOTTA MOVE AWAY FROM A CITY MANAGER, FORMER GOVERNMENT. LET'S TRY OUT SOMETHING ELSE 'CAUSE THIS IS NOT WORKING. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. UH, THANK YOU, UH, MR. TREVINO, REBECCA FLORES. MS. FLORES, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ERNEST MARTINEZ. YES. THANK YOU TO THE ESSENTIAL WORKER WHO IS CLEANING UP AFTER EVERY SPEAKER. UM, I COME TO SPEAK ABOUT THE HOLIDAY FOR CESAR CHAVEZ, THAT YOU ALL HAVE MOVED AROUND AND, UM, ARE NOW GOING TO RECOGNIZE AND OBSERVE ON MARCH THE 31ST, WHICH IS THE DAY OF HIS BIRTH. AND I WANT TO, UH, SAY THIS THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL, EACH ONE OF YOU. AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU EACH A BUTTON, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW TO GET 'EM TO YOU. IS THIS FOR YOU TO REMEMBER THAT OUR BUTTON WAS REALLY BASIS [00:45:01] OF SACRIFICE FOR MANY, MANY WORKERS WHO FOUGHT FOR UNION CONTRACTS, UM, IN CALIFORNIA PRIMARILY, BUT ALL OVER THE STATE. AND LET ME SAY THIS, EXCEPT FOR THE WEALTHY 1% WHO ARE IDLE IN THIS COUNTRY, THE REST OF US ARE ALL LABORERS. SOME OF US WORK IN MORE DIFFICULT JOBS THAN OTHERS. FARM WORK IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY. IT IS, RIGHT? AND JUST TO HONOR A MAN, SO LOVED AND RESPECTED BY SO MANY OF US, CESAR CHAVEZ HAD A REMARKABLE LIFE, A LIFE OF HEARING NOE, AND YET HE PERSISTED. AND IN HIS 31 YEARS AS LEADER OF THE FARM WORKERS UNION, HE CHANGED EACH OF US. MANY OF US WHO WORKED IN THE FIELDS BELIEVED THAT WE DESERVED OUR LOT IN LIFE, AND THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULD DO TO CHANGE THAT. I KNOW THAT I DID. MY FATHER AND MOTHER DID ALSO, WE NEVER THOUGHT, NEVER DREAMED THAT WE COULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE GROWERS OWES WE WOULD WORK FOR WHATEVER THEY PAID US. THIS WAS BACKBREAKING STOOP LABOR BY WOMEN, MEN AND CHILDREN WHO BROUGHT FOOD TO YOU THREE TIMES A DAY. BUT IRONICALLY, WHO COULD NOT FEED THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF POVERTY LEVEL WAGES, WAGES LOW ENOUGH NOT TO KILL US, BUT TO KEEP US BEGGING FOR WORK TO FEED OUR FAMILIES IN TEXAS. OF COURSE, WE NEVER LEARNED OR HEARD ABOUT LABOR UNIONS. REMEMBER, THIS IS A RIGHT TO WORK FOR LOW WAGES STATE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LABOR LAW HISTORY OF TEXAS, YOU WILL LEARN HOW OUR ELECTED LEADERSHIP HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO KEEP WORKERS FROM ORGANIZING LABOR UNIONS NATIONALLY. FARM WORKERS DID NOT GET THE RIGHT TO FORM LABOR UNIONS AS OTHER TRADES DID UNDER THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT PASSED DURING THE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENCY. WE ALL LOVE F D R, BUT HE REALLY DIDN'T DO RIGHT BY FARM WORKERS AND DOMESTIC WORKERS BY CAVING INTO THE SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS FOR THEIR VOTES, THEREBY CONTINUING THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF POVERTY FOR MILLIONS OF MARGINALIZED PEOPLE SINCE 1935. YES, THANK YOU FOR THIS HOLIDAY THAT HONORS THE MOTHER, THE MEMORY OF BROTHER CESAR, AND ALSO RAISES UP AND HONORS THOSE MILLIONS OF FARM WORKERS WHO BRING FOOD TO YOUR DINING TABLE THREE TIMES A DAY. I PRAY THAT IT WILL LEAD PEOPLE TO EMULATE A LIFE DEDICATED TO RAISING UP THOSE WHO ARE LEFT BEHIND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MS. FLORES. ERNEST MARTINEZ. WELL, GOOD MORNING, FIRST AND FOREMOST. THANK YOU MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY MANAGER ERIC, THANK YOU FOR, FOR SUPPORTING US. I WANT TO SHARE THAT I KNOW MY FATHER IS SMILING FROM ABOVE THE LATE JAIME P MARTINEZ, ALONG WITH CESAR AND ALL THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR, FOR THE SPIRIT OF LAA. AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE TIMING, I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER TIME TO DO THIS. UH, SECOND DAY OF NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. UH, THIS YEAR WE CELEBRATED OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CESAR CHAVEZ, MARCH FOR JUSTICE. THOUSANDS COME TOGETHER. AND WHILE COUNCILMAN CASTILE, THIS HAS A LONG HISTORY IN DISTRICT FIVE, I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW HERE ON THE DAAS THAT CELEBRATING CESAR CHAVEZ IS CITYWIDE FROM EVERY DISTRICT COUNCIL, NORTHEAST, SOUTHWEST. WE SHOULD ALL BE CELEBRATING CESA CHAVEZ. SO THIS HELPS. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, STANDING WITH STANDING, UH, HERE TODAY IS A GROUP OF LEADERS THAT HAVE HELPED PUSH THIS EFFORT. UH, THE MARCH IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT TO US. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS CESAR WAS, UH, NO DOUBT A HERO. HE ONCE SAID, WE CANNOT SEEK ACHIEVEMENT FOR OURSELVES AND FORGET ABOUT PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. OUR AMBITIONS MUST BE BROUGHT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE THE ASPIRATIONS AND NEEDS OF OTHERS FOR THEIR SAKES, AS WELL AS FOR OUR OWN. UH, LAST NIGHT I SHARED THE GOOD NEWS WITH PAUL CHAVEZ, THE SON OF CESA WHO RUNS THE CESA CHAVEZ FOUNDATION AND HIS GRANDSON, WHO SERVED AS A GRAND MARSHALL A FEW YEARS AGO. THEY'RE VERY HAPPY. UH, ARTURO RODRIGUEZ LAST NIGHT, HE'S IN LOS ANGELES, UH, THIS WEEK HE'S HAPPY. AND WE JUST HEARD FROM REBECCA, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU JUST HEARD FROM A LIVING LEGEND WHO IN 1975, WAS THE FIRST WOMAN DIRECTOR FOR THE UNITED FARM WORKERS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. THANK YOU, REBECCA, FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO, YOU KNOW, AS AS WE [00:50:01] CONTINUE, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T MARCHED IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THIS IS A, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ELEVATE ESAD OUR CITY. THERE'S NO OTHER CITY IN THE COUNTRY THAT DOES A BETTER JOB IN CELEBRATING ITS HEROES. WE DO IT FOR THE VETERANS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE DO IT FOR DR. KING, AND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ESAD CHAVEZ. SO THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE HOLIDAY. I'D LIKE TO, UH, GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OUR VICE PRESIDENT ESMAN ALDO BRUNE TO SAY A FEW FEW WORDS. HE WAS MY DAD'S RIGHT HAND MAN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN. UH, UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, THE RECOGNITION TO GIVE TO THE, UH, GREAT LEADER AND THE, UH, FOR THE FARM WORKERS. AND, UH, ONE OF OUR GREAT LEADER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR HYMAN MARTINEZ, WHICH WAS A VERY MAJOR, UH, PLAYER IN, IN, IN, IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT WITH, IN BRINGING CESAR CHAVEZ HERE TO SAN ANTONIO. UH, THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE, MY, MY FATHER'S RADIO. UH, WE HAVE DR. RUIZ AND HIS WIFE WITH US TODAY. UH, THEY, THEY GO BACK MANY, MANY YEARS OUTTA THE WEST SIDE AND FOR HIS WORK, THIS IS A CELEBRATION FOR ALL OF US, RIGHT? FOR , FOR CESA CHAVEZ FOUNDATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, ERNESTS. THANK YOU ALL. VIVA, JAIME MARTINEZ. VIVA MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ITEM FOUR CAPTION PLEASE? ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ANNUAL CONSOLIDATED OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGETS FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FISCAL YEAR 2022. THAT BEGINS OCTOBER ONE, APPROVING PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 22 TO FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 5 YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PLAN APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO FISCAL YEAR 20 27, 6 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, APPROVING CERTAIN CONTRACTS, PROVIDING FOR A ONE-TIME ANNUITY INCREASE FOR RETIREES AND THEIR BENEFICIARIES. AND A REVISION TO THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION RATE IN CONNECTION WITH THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM, AUTHORIZING PERSONNEL COMPLIMENTS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS, AND AMENDING RELATED ORDINANCES. THANK YOU . UM, HAVING HEARD ALL OF THE, UH, PRESENTATION AND CITIZENS TO BE HEARD ON ITEMS FOUR THROUGH NINE AT THIS POINT, UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP DISCUSSION ON, ON ON OUR BUDGET ITEMS. UH, AND LET ME FIRST START BY SAYING IT HAS BEEN A MOMENTOUS YEAR AND A HALF, UH, GOING ON TWO YEARS NOW, UH, BETWEEN A CHALLENGING PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND A DEVASTATING WINTER STORM. TOO MUCH OF WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED AS A COMMUNITY HAS BEEN UNPRECEDENTED. SO FIRST, LET ME RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF THIS COUNCIL. UM, THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL, OUR CITY STAFF, AND THE COMMUNITY FOR FORGING AHEAD, UH, AND ASSEMBLING WHAT HAS NOW BEEN RECOGNIZED ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AS A CRITICAL, UH, PANDEMIC RESPONSE PLAN FROM OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO OUR HOUSING WORKERS. UH, OUR E H PROGRAM THAT WAS MENTIONED, UH, HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS AN ABSOLUTELY VITAL, UH, LIFELINE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE CONTINUE TO BUDGET, UH, AND ADD RESOURCES TO THAT PROGRAM AS IT IS A PARALLEL PROCESS KNOWING THAT WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS. THIS TIME. LAST YEAR, MANY OF US PROBABLY IMAGINED THAT WE WOULD BE DONE WITH THE PANDEMIC, BUT COVID IS CERTAINLY NOT DONE WITH US THROUGH IT ALL. I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR. OUR COMMUNITY HAS RISEN TO THE CHALLENGE. THESE EXPERIENCES HAVE REQUIRED US TO COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER, TO PRIORITIZE HOW WE CAN RECOVER AND EMERGE STRONGER THAN WE WERE BEFORE. OUR PREVIOUS YEAR'S INVESTMENTS HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE. I'M PROUD OF HOW WE'VE STEWARDED THE RESOURCES ENTRUSTED TO US AND OF THE NATIONAL RECOGNITION WE'VE RECEIVED FOR OUR DUE DILIGENCE. YET IN MANY WAYS, AS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED, WE STILL HAVE MUCH TO DO THROUGH THESE CHANGES. SAN ANTONIO'S RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN CRYSTAL CLEAR IN THEIR PRIORITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY, GOOD HEALTH AND EVOLVED PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM. FINANCIAL SECURITY ROOFS OVER ALL OF OUR HEADS, WELL PLAYING JOBS, RELIABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE GREAT OUTDOORS, ARTS AND CULTURE, SOCIAL SUPPORTS, ALL PRIORITIES THAT FOCUS ON ENABLING EVERY SAN ANTONIO TO THRIVE. SO BEFORE US, AFTER MUCH WORK IS A BUDGET THAT HAS RESTORED PRE PANDEMIC SERVICE LEVELS. NUMBER ONE, DELIVERING THE HIGHEST INVESTMENTS IN PARKS, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION, SENIOR SERVICES, HOUSING, AND PUBLIC HEALTH THAT WE'VE SEEN IN YEARS PERHAPS EVER. I'M THRILLED THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PRIORITIZE OVER $32 MILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVES IN LINE WITH THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, $4 MILLION [00:55:01] TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR ENHANCED DIRECT RESILIENCY MEASURES TO BETTER PREPARE OUR CRITICAL SERVICES FOR EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS TO CONTINUING SOME KEY WORK THAT BEGAN LAST YEAR, WE NOW HAVE A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, PROGRAM TO TEST AND REFINE. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PILOT THAT ESTABLISHES A MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TO FAMILY VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY CALLS, WHICH WILL NOW INCLUDE A PARAMEDIC AND A CLINICIAN. I ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO VIEW THIS PILOT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, BUT WHAT MODEL BEST FITS OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE PILOT'S IMPLEMENTATION ALONGSIDE THE COUNCIL AND OUR COMMUNITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING THE PROGRESS AND FINDINGS FROM THIS PILOT IN ADDITION TO THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING. AND I ANTICIPATE THAT ANY SUBSEQUENT RECOMMENDATIONS WITH BUDGET IMPLICATIONS WILL BE IDENTIFIED AND DISCUSSED BY THE COUNCIL AHEAD OF OUR NEXT BUDGET. SO I'M GRATEFUL, UH, VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK BEING PUT IN TODAY AND AND BEYOND I, IN MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR PUSHING US TO REVIEW AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO DIRECT FUNDS TO ADDRESS THESE CRITICAL ISSUES. AND AS WE'VE HAD TO TIGHTEN OUR BELTS. NOT ALL OF OUR CONCERNS AND DESIRES CAN BE ADDRESSED TODAY. BUT WITH FEDERAL SUPPORT IN AN UPCOMING BOND CYCLE, I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE THE TIME AND RESOURCES TO PROPERLY SCRUTINIZE AND ADDRESS MANY OF THE AMENDMENTS REQUESTED BY THE COUNCIL. I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING MY COLLEAGUES IN OUR COMMUNITY IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW TO LEVERAGE ARPA DOLLARS AND SHAPING THE BOND 22 PROCESS FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPACT FOR OUR COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD. SO MY THANKS TO CITY STAFF, ERIC, MARIA, BEN SCOTT, ALL OF THE BUDGET FOLKS AND ALL OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS FOR TAKING ON YET A DIFFICULT BUDGET, YET ANOTHER DIFFICULT BUDGET PROCESS WITH A COOLER SUMMER AND LOWER THAN EXPECTED TEMPERATURES, UH, AND LOWER THAN EXPECTED C P S REVENUES. AS A RESULT, WE WEREN'T LEFT MUCH WHEEL ROOM AS WE'VE HAD IN OTHER YEARS. SO THANK YOU TO OUR CITY EMPLOYEES FOR WORKING DAY AND NIGHT TO PROVIDE COMFORT FOR THIS CITY AND FOR ALWAYS PRIORITIZING RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF SAN ANTONIO'S TAX DOLLARS. IN CLOSING, UH, I WANT TO REFLECT ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS JUST A MINUTE AGO REMINDED OF A QUOTE FROM CESAR CHAVEZ, WHO WE ARE NOW HONORING WITH A CITY HOLIDAY AT THE END OF EVERY MARCH. AT LONG LAST, THE END OF ALL KNOWLEDGE SHOULD SURELY BE SERVICE TO OTHERS. SO WITH ALL THE KNOWLEDGE WE CONTINUE TO GAIN THROUGH PROCESSES LIKE THE PROCESSES LIKE THESE, LET'S ENSURE IT'S ALWAYS USED IN SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. I'M EXCITED THAT SAN ANTONIO WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFICIALLY CELEBRATE CHAVEZ'S LIFE AND LEGACY IN THE YEARS TO COME. AND I'M CASTING MY VOTE TODAY ON BEHALF OF ERICA PROSPER, MY WIFE, WHO GREW UP UNDER THE BACKBREAKING WORK OF FARM, WORKING IN MIGRANT CONDITION WITH MIGRANT FAMILY MEMBERS, TRAVELING TO PUT FOOD ON OUR TABLES SO THAT MY SON DOESN'T HAVE TO. SO HERE'S SUCCESSFUL HERE'S TO ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR THE RESIDENTS WE SERVE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK AHEAD. LEMME GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, FIRST I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF, UH, FOR ALL THE LONG HOURS THAT Y'ALL PUT TOGETHER AND, AND THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE GIVEN ACROSS THIS LAST MONTH. UH, REALLY GOOD WORK. UM, AND I KNOW Y'ALL TAKE DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL FOR POLICY. UM, I, I WANT TO DIRECT EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION AGAIN TO THE VERY FIRST PAGE OF THE, OF THE BUDGET WORKBOOK, THE BIG THICK BOOK WHERE WE HAD AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES OF OVER $20 MILLION INCREASES, AND WE DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY SORT OF TAX RELIEF FOR OUR CITIZENS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WHETHER IT'S, UM, PROPER, UH, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, EXPANDING THAT TO OFFER THAT RELIEF OR LOOKING AND DISCUSSING ABOUT OUR TAX RATE, MAYBE REDUCING THAT AND WE'LL, I'LL GET TO THAT HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. UM, WE, WE INCLUDED A PLACEHOLDER IN THIS BUDGET FOR DISCUSSIONS ON THE HOME STAY EXEMPTION THIS COMING FEBRUARY. AND I, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. BUT, UH, UH, CAN YOU PUT UP THE FIRST SLIDE SINCE WE'RE AT THIS POINT, AND WE'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON THIS TAX RATE, UH, WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY WHAT, UH, UH, REDUCING THE TAX RATE WOULD ACTUALLY SHOW. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE HALF CENT AVERAGE, [01:00:01] $10 AND 87 CENTS WOULD COST ABOUT $5 MILLION HERE FOR IN THIS BUDGET. UM, THE COUNTY JUST LOWERED THEIR TAX RATE AND YET IT WAS SMALL. BUT THINK OF THE LEADERSHIP THEY PROVIDED IN REDUCING SOMETHING, GIVING BACK TO THE CITIZENS. WE SHOULD BE LEADING THAT EFFORT. THE COUNTY SHOULDN'T, WE SHOULD. BUT LOOK, IF WE ADD ALL THESE THINGS UP TOGETHER, IF WE PROVIDE A HALF CENT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S 11 BUCKS THERE. THE COUNTY HAD ABOUT FOUR BUCKS THERE. WHAT IF WE GOT WITH THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES AND THEY PROVIDED SOME TAX RELIEF? THEN IT STARTS BUILDING FOR THE AVERAGE CITIZEN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, YOU KNOW, YEAR AFTER YEAR, OUR PROPERTY TAXES HAVE GONE UP. AND, UH, LET ME, UH, LET ME CHANGE SLIDES HERE. THIS, THIS, AGAIN, $5 MILLION HERE TO LOWER OUR TAX RATE BY HALF CENT. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, THERE'S GROWTH YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR IN EACH ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES. AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S A $700 MILLION INCREASE JUST FROM LAST YEAR. THIS IS OUR GENERAL FUND, AND WHY CAN'T WE SQUEEZE IN REDUCING OUR TAX RATE OR PROVIDING A LARGER HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT ALL COMBINES TO HELP OUT WITH OUR, UM, PROPERTY VALUES, REDUCING OUR PROPERTY TAXES TO PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TOOL, BUT YET OUR, OUR GROWTH HAPPENS YEAR AFTER YEAR AND WE'RE UNWILLING TO TAKE A SMALL PORTION AND HELP OUT OUR CITIZENS HERE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER TAXING ENTITIES AS WELL. UM, I, I'M, I'M, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A FLURRY OF EMAILS THIS MORNING TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT WHAT I'M GONNA SAY NEXT VIA EVERY YEAR WE GIVE $10 MILLION TO VIA FOR THEIR OPERATION, BUT ONLY, I'M LOOKING AT JUST THE PORTION THAT'S COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, NOT THE A T D. BASICALLY IT'S ABOUT $5.7 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND THAT WE GIVE TO VIA. AND I'M LOOKING TO REDUCE THAT BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, VIA HAS RECEIVED 93 MILLION IN CARES ACT FUNDING AND APPROXIMATELY 118 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDS. SHOULDN'T WE REDUCE VIA, SINCE THEY'RE GETTING ALL THIS EXTRA MONEY, SHOULDN'T WE REDUCE THAT SMALL PORTION, THE 5.7 MILLION FROM THEIR BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD A TAX REDUCTION HERE FOR SAN ANTONIO? SO I'M LOOKING AT THAT AND THAT'LL BE A, UH, LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. BUT I'M GONNA BE MAKING THAT MOTION TODAY. AND I KNOW VIA IS SENDING OUT A BUNCH OF EMAILS SAYING, HEY, DON'T SUPPORT PERRY. MAN. WE NEED THAT $5.7 MILLION. EVERYBODY NEEDS MONEY, RIGHT? AND THIS BUDGET SHOWS THAT WE'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY AGAIN IN F Y 22 THAN WE DID IN 2120 ALL THE WAY BACK TO 19. WHY CAN'T WE AFFORD A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THAT BUDGET TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF TO OUR HOMEOWNERS AND TAXPAYERS ACROSS THIS CITY? THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL. THREE ISSUES. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WE NEED TO SPEND MORE THERE. SAFETY AND SECURITY. WE NEED TO STAY UP WITH THE GROWTH OF THIS CITY. AND PROPERTY TAXES, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT EVERY YEAR, THAT THEIR PROPERTY TAXES CONTINUE TO INCREASE. AND YET OUR BUDGET INCREASES EVERY YEAR. A LOT OF IT DUE TO PROPERTY TAXES. BUT AS YOU SAW ON THAT SLIDE, IT'S NOT ONLY PROPERTY TAXES, C P S REVENUE, SALES TAX, AND OTHER REVENUE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL INCREASING YEAR AFTER YEAR. AGAIN, WHY CAN'T WE CONSIDER SAN ANTONIO'S PEOPLE THAT STRUGGLE EVERY YEAR WITH PROPERTY TAXES? AND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR. IT'S NOT A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. YES, I SINGLED OUT VIA, BECAUSE I THINK THEY CAN AFFORD THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY COMMENSURATE WITH THE MONEY THAT THEY RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE CARES ACT AND ARPA FUNDING. AND BY THE WAY, IN [01:05:01] 2026, THEY'RE ALSO GONNA GET, UM, UM, THE ONE EIGHTH CENTS SALES TAX, WHICH, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY AVERAGES AROUND $40 MILLION A YEAR. SO THEIR BUDGET IS GONNA BE INCREASED BY THAT NATURALLY BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY PASSED HERE IN THIS CITY. SO AGAIN, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS BY THE CITY STAFF, BUT THIS IS ALL ABOUT LIVING WITHIN OUR MEANS AND TRYING TO HELP THE TAXPAYER. ALSO, SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY SEES EVERY YEAR AND EVERYBODY LISTENS TO EVERY YEAR. WE, WE LISTEN TO IT, BUT DO WE ACT? NO, WE DID A COUPLE YEARS AGO WITH INITIATING THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. FIRST TIME EVER FOR SAN ANTONIO. BUT WE SHOULD BUILD ON THAT JUST LIKE OTHER CITIES HAVE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. I MOVE TO AMEND THE ANNUAL CONSOLIDATED AND OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGETS BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT BY $5.7 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTS THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND PORTION OF THE ALLOCATION. I MAKE THIS MOTION IN ADVANCE OF A FUTURE MOTION TO REDUCE THE CITY'S MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX RATE AS PROVIDED IN ITEM SIX BY ONE HALF OF 1%. SO THAT'S MY MOTION AND, UH, WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE A SECOND ON THAT. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF HESITATION. SECOND, BUT SECOND. THAT'S IT. SECOND. SECOND. ALRIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION BY PERRY, A SECOND BY MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. UH, SO WE WILL TAKE UP THE DISCUSSION ON REDUCTION OF THE F Y 22, UH, BUDGET WITH REGARD TO THE VIA, UM, ALLOCATION. SO AGAIN, ALL DISCUSSION IS GONNA BE ON THAT AMENDMENT. SO LET ME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU FOR, UM, BRINGING UP THE RELIEF THAT WE COULD PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UM, I DO SUPPORT, UH, I DO SUPPORT THIS, UM, BUT AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND COUNCILMAN PERRY'S MOTION TO SUPPORT A 1 CENT DECREASE, BUT INSTEAD TO DECREASE THE EQUAL AMOUNT FROM SAP'S BUDGET. UM, SO AS TO STILL INCREASE SAP'S BUDGET BY NEARLY $10 MILLION, BUT TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. OKAY. UM, THERE WAS A MOTION MADE IN A SECOND. I'M GONNA NEED TO, UH, CHECK WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY. THOSE ARE TWO MATERIALLY DIFFERENT, UH, REDUCTIONS THOUGH. ANDY, TELL ME HOW TO WORK THAT. UM, COUNCILMAN, I, I, I WOULD SUGGEST, BECAUSE YOU'RE, IT IS A MATERIALLY DIFFERENT, UH, MOTION THAT FRANKLY IS INCONSISTENT IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU'RE CUTTING FROM. COUNCILMAN PERRY'S. THEREFORE, I SUGGEST THAT COUNCIL CONSIDER COUNCILMAN PERRY'S MOTION TO REDUCE THE VIA. SEE WHERE THAT GOES. AND THEN CONSIDER YOUR MOTION. THANK YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE TWO CHANCES. COUNCILMAN BARRY. OKAY, SO, UM, BOTH ITEMS ARE ON THE FLOOR. UH, WE'LL TAKE, WE'LL TAKE NO, UH, MAYOR, I, I WAS ASKING THAT, UH, THE COUNCILMAN, IF HE CAN TAKE HIS OFF THE TABLE. WE CONSIDER COUNCILMAN PERRY'S, THEN WE CONSIDER FURTHER AMENDMENTS. I CIN MY MOTION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YES. UM, BUT THE SECOND, UH, TO PERRY'S MOTION STILL STANDS. OKAY. SO THE DISCUSSION REMAINS ON PERRY'S AMENDMENT TO REDUCE THE VIA BUDGET. UH, WOULD THERE, UH, BE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT AMENDMENT? COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU. UH, I REALLY RESPECT COUNCILMAN PERRY'S, UH, EFFORT TO GO AHEAD AND HELP REDUCE TAXES. AND I KNOW THERE'S MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE BURDENED BY, UH, THE GROWING TAX RATE THAT, UH, THAT IT'S AFFECTING THEM. UH, WE, WE DISCUSSED EARLY ON, UH, THE IDEA OF EXTENDING, UH, AND EXPANDING THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE DOING, WHICH WOULD GIVE EVEN MUCH GREATER AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL RELIEF TO A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING THAN, THAN THIS ONE WILL. UH, THIS PARTICULAR SUGGESTION IS GONNA SAVE 10 OR $11 A MONTH ON AVERAGE. AND, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE EVERY DOLLAR SAVED IS VALUABLE TO EVERYBODY, BUT WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT IS THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WITH WHICH THREATENS THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES AND AFFORD TO PAY THEIR TAXES. AND SO I THINK, UM, THIS PARTICULAR TAX BREAK, WHICH, UH, WILL BENEFIT ALL THE RICHEST BUSINESSES IN THE CITY, UH, AT THE EXPENSE, I THINK OF WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR HOMEOWNERS [01:10:01] IS, IS ILL PLANNED AT THIS TIME. AND SO I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK EVERYBODY TO, UH, FOREGO SUPPORTING THIS PARTICULAR TAX INCENTIVE. AND LET'S TALK ABOUT REALLY HELPING PEOPLE TRYING TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES IN OUR 2023 BUDGET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER VERON. UH, THANK YOU. I AM, UM, I AM NOT FOR TAKING MONEY FOR V FROM VIA BECAUSE VIA PROVIDES AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE TO MY RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT THREE. I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY, UM, I, I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE THEIR ARPA FUNDS ARE GOING AND THEIR CARES ACT FUNDS ARE GOING, UH, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN EAST, WEST CORRIDOR, BUT SAYING ALL THAT, YES, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE WE HAVE WITH PROPERTY TAXES, BUT I WILL STATE FROM THE DS UNTIL WE TALK TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND GET MOTION THERE. WE ARE JUST GOING TO BE PUTTING BAND-AIDS ON THE THIS PROBLEM. AND THE OTHER THING IS, WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD ON THESE ISSUES, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE RENTERS OUT THERE THAT NEED RELIEF AND NEED HELP. AND WE ARE STARTING TO CREATE AN US AND THEM BETWEEN HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS THAT I DO NOT LIKE COMING FROM THIS DIOCESE. SO I AM NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS, AND I ENCOURAGE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO, UH, TO NOT SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS, THANKS FOR FOUR YEARS. UH, I'VE SAT UP HERE AND FOR FOUR YEARS, UM, AT THIS TIME, UH, DURING BUDGET, WE, UM, WE, WE PAY VIA A LOT OF MONEY, UM, TO HELP THEIR MA HELP THEM MAKE ENDS MEET. VIA IS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE. I USED TO BE ON THE BOARD OF VIA. UM, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT VIA IS AND, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT FOR VIA, PEOPLE DON'T GET TO WORK. THEY DON'T GET TO THEIR DOCTOR'S OFFICE. THEY DON'T GET TO SCHOOL. UM, BLIND PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, CAN'T MOVE AROUND, UH, WITHOUT VIA. SO WE HAVE, UM, A LOT OF MARGINALIZED PEOPLE WHO USE IT. MY HOPE VIA IS THAT YOU GUYS BECOME MORE RELEVANT TO THE NON MARGINALIZED AS WELL, UM, SO THAT YOU NEVER HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR THESE $10 MILLION AGAIN. UM, I'M, I'M FRUSTRATED THAT WE CONTINUE TO POUR THIS MONEY INTO VIA, UM, AND THAT WE DON'T SEEM TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD, UM, AT LEAST FROM MY CONSTITUENTS POINT OF VIEW. UM, SO I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, INVESTMENT IN VIA AGAIN, BUT MY RELUCTANCE TO DO SO, UM, HAS IT HAS REACHED ITS LIMITS. UM, AND I DON'T THINK I'LL DO THAT NEXT YEAR UNLESS, YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY SEE SOME FORWARD MOVEMENT ON MAKING VIA MORE RELEVANT TO EVERYBODY. UM, THAT SAID, I DO THINK THAT THE WORK YOU GUYS DO FOR SAN ANTONIO IS FANTASTIC, BUT THERE, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY I LEFT HERE A LITTLE EARLY, UH, TO GO HAVE DINNER WITH, UH, BOARD MEMBERS FROM BROOK CITY BASE. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE SUCCESS THAT BROOK CITY BASE HAS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST, YOU KNOW, ALMOST 20 YEARS. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WHEN WE BEGAN THAT PROJECT, WE, UM, PROMISED OURSELVES THAT WE WOULD CREATE A BUSINESS MODEL TO WHERE EVENTUALLY THE GOAL WAS FOR BROOKS TO NOT HAVE TO COME AND ASK FOR MONEY FROM CITY COUNCIL, UNLIKE A LOT OF OTHER SISTER AGENCIES AROUND SAN ANTONIO. MY CHALLENGE FOR VIA IS BE MORE LIKE BROOKS, UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, INNOVATE TO, SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME HERE AND I KNOW WHY YOU HAVE, WHY YOU'RE ASKING FOR THIS MONEY, AND THE THE MONEY IS IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA INVEST IT AND YOU'RE GONNA USE IT WISELY, AND IT'S GONNA END UP HELPING A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHICH I WANT YOU TO DO WITH THIS MONEY. BUT THERE COMES A POINT WHERE I THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO ASK YOU GUYS TO STOP COMING TO THE TROUGH, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, AND CHALLENGE YOURSELVES TO FIND WAYS TO DO THIS WITHOUT HAVING TO DIP INTO, YOU KNOW, UH, THE CITY'S BUDGET. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS, UH, JUST A, A BRIEF REMINDER. AS I'M SURE MANY OF YOU KNOW, THAT IN THE CITIES OF AUSTIN, DALLAS, AND HOUSTON, THEIR TRANSIT AUTHORITIES RUN ON A FULL CENT SALES TAX. THAT'S RIGHT. EVERY TIME YOU BUY A HUNDRED DOLLARS PAIR OF SHOES, UH, EACH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, IF YOU BUY A HUNDRED DOLLARS PAIR OF SHOES IN AUSTIN, UM, $1 WILL GO TO CAPITAL METRO. IF YOU BOUGHT A HUNDRED DOLLARS PAIR OF SHOES IN SAN ANTONIO, 50 CENTS OF THAT WILL GO TO VIA. THAT IS WHAT THIS CITY AND ITS VOTERS DECIDED TO DO WHEN THEY WERE GONNA FUND A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. NUMBER TWO, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE MARGINALIZED TO USE VIA, IN FACT, VIA TRANS TRANSPORTS. PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES, [01:15:01] WHO CANNOT MOVE ON THEIR OWN, WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE POOR TO BE PARALYZED TO HAVE HAD A STROKE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, NOT GONE TO COLLEGE TO GO THROUGH THAT MEDICAL ISSUE. SO ANYWAY, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S OUT THERE. AND THIRDLY, IN 2003 VIA WENT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND THEY SAID, WE KNOW THERE'S A HALF CENT SALES TAX. WE ARE NOT COLLECTING, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ARE GOING TO BE GENEROUS AND WE ARE GOING TO SPLIT PART OF THAT SALES TAX WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. SO THEY GOT THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO APPROVE THAT. AND AN ELECTION WAS HELD IN 2004, AND THE VOTERS APPROVED IT WITH OVER FI OF COURSE, OVER 50%. I THINK IT, IT WAS 58% AT THE TIME. AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT ONE EIGHTH OF A CENT SALES TAX, HALF OF IT WENT TO VIA A QUARTER OF IT WENT TO THE CITY AND A QUARTER OF IT WENT TO THE COUNTY. SO WE ARE COLLECTING AS A CITY PART OF THE MONEY THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE ORIGINALLY INTENDED THAT HAVE SENT FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT. CAN SOMEONE ON STAFF PLEASE TELL ME HOW MUCH WE COLLECT IN A T D FUNDING EVERY YEAR? GOOD MORNING. HI, SCOTT HERE AT THE BUDGET OFFICE. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMAN. UM, HOPE I HEARD THE, ALL THE QUESTION CORRECTLY, BUT THE, THE AT T D SALES TAX GENERATES ABOUT $20.8 MILLION ANNUALLY. THANK YOU. AND HOW MUCH, I'M SORRY. HOW MUCH ARE WE AWARDING, TOVE OR PROPOSING TO AWARD TOVE IN THIS BUDGET? THE, UH, THE GENERAL FUND INCLUDES A, A TOTAL OF, OF $10 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND. MM-HMM. FOR THAT. AND I BELIEVE THE 5.7 IS A NET OF THE, THE STREETS PORTION OF THE A T D, WHICH IS 4.3 MILLION. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SCOTT. THEREFORE, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTIGO. THANK YOU. UM, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE FOR HIS END GOAL OF WHAT HE'S PROPOSING. UH, ABSOLUTELY. CONSTITUENTS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE EXPERIENCING INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE OUTPACING STAGNANT WAGES TO. SO TO ENSURE THAT WE ADDRESS THAT BURDEN THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE FACING ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHAT WE MUST DO IS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR LABOR UNIONS IN FIGHTING FOR A LIVABLE WAGE. WHAT WE MUST DO IS LOOK AT EXPANDING HOMEOWNER REHAB PROGRAMS TO SMALL MOM AND POP LANDLORDS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN KEEP RENTS LOW. SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, DECREASE THE BURDEN OF INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH AND ENSURING THAT WE SUPPORT OUR WORKERS AND LABOR UNIONS SO THAT WAY THEY HAVE WAGES WHERE THEY CAN KEEP UP WITH THE INCREASING, UM, COST OF LIVING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. COUNCILMAN BARO, A QUICK, QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION. 'CAUSE I, I WANT TO DISCUSS THIS AMENDMENT, BUT, UH, I ALSO HAVE SIX AMENDMENTS OF MY OWN, AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW FROM THE CITY MANAGER OR THE MAYOR'S NOT HERE. SO CITY MANAGER OR CITY ATTORNEY IS THIS, IS THIS TIME, AM I GONNA GET MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE? IS THIS TIME GONNA TAKE AWAY FROM MY TIME TO DO MY AMENDMENTS LATER? THE DIS DISCUSS, THE AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR IS COUNCILMAN PERRY'S PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW, SO YOU WILL HAVE TIME LATER, COUNCILMAN. GREAT. OKAY. I, I THINK THERE'S TWO ISSUES AT HAND RIGHT HERE. AND ONE IS, HOW DO WE PROVIDE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF? AND, AND HOW DO WE DO IT THOUGHTFULLY? HOW DO WE DO IT EQUITABLY? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT ONE GROUP OF OUR CITIZENS IS NOT BURDENED MORE SO THAN THE OTHERS ON TAXES? AND THEN THE OTHER ISSUE IS, WHERE ARE WE TAKING THAT MONEY FROM AND OR WHERE ARE WE CUTTING THAT FUNDING? AND, AND ONE THING I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IS WHAT CAN WE DO TO REALLY PUT SAN ANTONIO ON THE MAP TO REALLY SHOW OTHER PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHAT A GREAT CITY SAN ANTONIO IS. AND YOU KNOW, I, I HAD SOMEBODY WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR OFFICE, SAY, YOU KNOW, MARIA, THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE, THE THING YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT SAN ANTONIO IS THAT SAN ANTONIO'S THE WORLD'S LARGEST VILLAGE. AND I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT AND I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT. AND I WANT US TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. AND ONE THING THAT GREAT CITIES HAVE IS ROBUST PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. AND WE HAVE TO INVEST IN HAVING A ROBUST PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. SO I'M NOT WILLING TO TAKE AWAY FUNDING FROM OUR ALREADY UNDERFUNDED PUBLIC [01:20:01] TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY FINDING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. I'M TRYING TO FIND AGAIN, HOW DO WE DO THIS SO THAT PE SO NONE OF OUR, OUR, OUR CITIZENS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY BURDENED WITH TAXES. AND THAT'S WHY I'VE PROPOSED, UM, IN THIS BUDGET A WAY OF GOING PROACTIVELY AND, AND HELPING MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAS THEIR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. SO THIS, IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, COUNCILMAN PERRY WOULD GIVE A LARGER BREAK HOME TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT ACCORDING TO MICHAEL AMESQUITA, OUR CHIEF APPRAISAL FOR THE BEAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THERE ARE OVER 80,000 PEOPLE HE BELIEVES, WHO LIVE IN THEIR OWN HOME THAT THEY OWN, WHO DON'T EVEN HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION YET. AND SO BEFORE WE GO OFFERING FURTHER TAX BREAKS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY GETTING THEIR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TAX BREAK, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY HAS ONE. SO I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. YEAH, I I'M NOT GETTING, OR NOBODY'S SAYING TO GET RID OF VIA OR, UM, SHUT 'EM DOWN OR SLOW 'EM DOWN OR ANYTHING OUTTA THAT $10 MILLION THAT WE GIVE THEM EVERY YEAR IS THE A T D KEEP THE A T D. THIS IS ONLY A PORTION THAT'S COMING OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND, THE $5.7 MILLION. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR TOTAL BUDGET, WHICH I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND, BUT IF YOU JUST TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE GETTING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ARPA FUNDS AND THE CARES ACT FUNDING $5 MILLION, GIMME A BREAK. I MEAN, I THINK WE COULD GO BACK THROUGH OUR BUDGET AND SCRUB $5 MILLION. IN FACT, WE HAVE A CONTINGENCY THAT WE TAPPED INTO AS WELL, BUT WE DIDN'T. AND THAT'S FINE. BUT THERE, THERE'S MONEY AVAILABLE OUT THERE TO HELP OUR TAXPAYERS. AND I SHOWED YOU A CHART THAT SHOWED THE GROWTH OF THIS GENERAL FUND FOR THE CITY. IT'S MULTIPLIED TIME AND TIME AGAIN OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. IT'S, IT'S JUST BEYOND ME THAT WE CAN'T SAY, LET'S GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK. LET'S ADD TO, UH, THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT WE'VE ALREADY PASSED. LET'S GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IS PAYING $20 MILLION MORE IN PROPERTY TAXES THIS NEXT YEAR. IT'S ON THE FIRST PAGE. AND WE CAN'T CARVE OUT $5 MILLION TO REDUCE A TAX RATE. THIS IS JUST BEYOND ME. I, I, I'M SORRY. UM, THIS IS, THIS IS JUST NOT RIGHT. I KNOW EVERYBODY HAS THEIR, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO FUND IN THIS BUDGET. AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THEM. THE CITY STAFF DID A GREAT JOB IN PRESENTED PRESENTING ALL THE OPTIONS. BUT AGAIN, WE'VE NEVER, I'VE TRIED TO PUT IT ON THE TABLE, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, AND I TRIED TO GET THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION INCREASED FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, AND THAT DIDN'T GO THROUGH. I, I'M, I'M JUST, UH, IT, IT AGAIN, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT THAT WE'RE GONNA TURN OUR BACKS AGAIN ON THE TAXPAYER WHO'S PAYING MORE AND MORE TAXES, PROPERTY TAXES EVERY YEAR. AND WE CAN'T HELP 'EM OUT. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE CITY SHOULD DO IT ALL ON OUR OWN. I MEAN, YOU GOT THE COUNTY OUT THERE, YOU GOT SARAH, YOU GOT THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT, YOU GOT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TAXING ENTITIES THAT WE SHOULD TAKE THE LEADERSHIP ROLE AND GO OUT TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, WHY DON'T Y'ALL OFFER A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION? WHY DON'T Y'ALL ROLL BACK YOUR TAX INSTEAD OF SPENDING EVERY PENNY THAT YOU GET YEAR AND YEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH THEY GET MORE MONEY EVERY YEAR, IT SEEMS TO ALWAYS GET SPENT. AND I THINK I MADE A COMMENT WHEN, UM, THIS BUDGET WAS FIRST ROLLED OUT THAT WE'RE UP TO $3.1 BILLION. I SAID, THIS CITY IS DRUNK ON MONEY. WE KEEP SPENDING AND SPENDING AND SPENDING, BUT WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THOSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY PAYING THOSE TAXES, PAYING FOR THAT EXCESS. BUT YEP, WE'RE GONNA SPEND IT. ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE GONNA COME UP WITH NEW PROGRAMS. EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT THAT MADE A PRESENTATION, EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT WAS INCREASED FOR THIS NEXT BUDGET YEAR. AND YEAH, SOME OF IT WAS DUE TO PAY INCREASES AND ALL THAT, BUT THERE'S OTHER [01:25:01] AREAS THAT WERE INCREASING AS WELL. SO AGAIN, , I'M JUST ASKING EVERYBODY SAYING, GOSH, CAN'T WE GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO OUR HOMEOWNERS, OUR TAXPAYERS THAT ARE COMPLAINING YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR PROPERTY TAXES, THEY'RE GOING UP AGAIN. MINE DID ALSO. I WENT AND PROTESTED MINE AND YEAH, I GOT SOME KNOCKED OFF MINE. BUT THAT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE GOING BACK TO THE TAX OFFICE YEAR AND YEAR AND YEAR AFTER YEARS TO PROTEST OUR PROPERTY TAXES. LET'S HELP SAN ANTONIANS WITH THIS ROLLBACK JUST A LITTLE BIT. IT ADDS TO THE COUNTY, ADDS TO US A DEBT. YES, AROUND $5 MILLION OUT OF A $3.1 BILLION BUDGET. $5 MILLION. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. UH, HAVING HEARD ALL THE DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY TO REDUCE COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. UH, MY CARDS ARE ON THE TABLE. WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, UH, WHAT MY PLAN IS, BUT, UM, I DO WANT TO STATE THAT I WILL NOT BE, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS. UM, I, BUT I DID WANT TO, UM, PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS DISCUSSION. UM, I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS VOTE ON THE RECORD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. OKAY. UH, THAT IS THE DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT. TAP BACK IN. OKAY. MAKE SURE YOU'RE, UM, IF YOU WANT TO TAP IN ON THIS HIGHLIGHT ITEM FOUR. SO COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. THANK YOU. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING SINCE I GOT IN OFFICE WITH, UM, MICHAEL AM MESQUITA WITH THE BEAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT TWICE. AND I PLAN TO MEET WITH HIM MORE SO I CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN TRY AND IMPROVE OUR, OUR PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM. AND SO IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVEN'T MET WITH AM AMESQUITA, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO. HE'S FANTASTIC. HE'S, HE'S VERY INFORMATIVE AND, AND ACCOMMODATING. UM, YOU KNOW, AND, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE DEALING WITH IS THAT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAX COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS ARE NOT PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE COUNCIL MEMBER. WE'RE, WE'RE DISCUSSING REDUCTION OF THE VIA BUDGET. OKAY. SO THE TAX RATE, UH, DISCUSSION WILL COME ON ITEM SIX. GOT IT. RIGHT. THANKS FOR BRINGING ME BACK. OKAY. WELL, UM, I THINK THAT, I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE COUNCILMAN PERRY, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THIS GOES OUT OF BOUNDS AGAIN, IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE CONFINED BY THE STATE AND I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE COUNCILMAN PERRY TO TALK TO HIS FRIENDS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO SEE IF THEY CAN IMPROVE THIS PROCESS. 'CAUSE WE'RE KIND OF PAINTED IN THE CORNER ON PROPERTY TAXES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. AND ANYBODY ELSE ON THE AMENDMENT? OKAY, THE AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR, UH, THERE IS A MOTION IS SECOND TO REDUCE THE VIA BUDGET, UM, BY $5.7 MILLION THIS YEAR. SO THAT IS THE ITEM WE ARE VOTING ON. I'LL CALL THE QUESTION, UM, AGAIN, A A YES VOTE IS TO REDUCE THE VIA BUDGET, UM, IN FY 22. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION FAILS. OKAY. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR DISCUSSION ON ITEM FOUR. UM, SO AGAIN, WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM FOUR IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, DISCUSS THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET ORDINANCE. UH, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND QUEUE IN NOW. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, WE HAVE A SECOND OPPORTUNITY. UM, I MOVE TO AMEND THE ANNUAL CONSOLIDATED AND OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGETS BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT AL ALLOCATED TO SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT BY $5.7 MILLION. I MAKE THIS MOTION IN ADVANCE OF A FUTURE MOTION TO REDUCE THE CITY'S MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX RATE AS PROVIDED IN ITEM SIX BY ONE HALF OF 1%. OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, UM, FOR A REDUCTION OF THE SS A P D BUDGET AND F Y 22 BY $5.7 MILLION. UH, THAT IS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. SO WE WILL, UH, TAKE UP DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION. UH, SO ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT MOTION, PLEASE TAP IN NOW. COUNCIL MEMBER, I GET, I DON'T GET TO KEEP GOING. UM, GO AHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER . THANK YOU. UM, YESTERDAY I BROUGHT OUT THE, MY WHITEBOARD, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE DRAMATICS TODAY, BUT I DO WANT IT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A REDUCTION TO SAP'S BUDGET. WE ARE TALKING [01:30:01] ABOUT HOW MUCH WE ARE GOING TO BE INCREASING THE BUDGET BUY THESE ARE INCREASES THAT BECAUSE OF HOUSE BILL 1900, WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO UNDO. AND SO IN THE FUTURE, AS WE'RE PREPARING, UM, FOR THE SAFETY AND THE WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO FUND PROGRAMS THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR, BEGGING FOR. IF WE CONTINUE EVERY YEAR TO INCREASE THE S A P D BUDGET BY WHAT MAY SEEM TO BE JUST 3%, BUT IS NEARLY $15 MILLION AND CONTINUES TO INCREASE TO 15 AND 16 MILLION AND 17 MILLION, THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS. AND I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THIS VOTE ON THE RECORD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER S THANKS. UH, I WANTED TO TAKE THIS ADVANTAGE, UH, ADVANTAGE OF THIS MOMENT TO, UH, THANK THE MEN AND WOMEN, UM, IN BLUE WHO SERVE EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT, ALL NIGHT, UH, TO KEEP MY NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE. UM, OFFICER SAM ESPARZA IN PARTICULAR, WHO JUST GOT BACK TO WORK AFTER, UM, A PRETTY LONG BOUT, UH, AND, UM, SOME MEDICAL ISSUES, AND NOW HE'S BACK OUT THERE. UH, THE MAN IS, UM, I, I THINK COMMENDABLE AND, AND AMAZING. HE COULD STILL BE HOME, BUT HE CHOOSES TO COME TO WORK. UH, AND HE CHOOSES, UM, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH THE OTHER SAFE OFFICERS THERE TO, UM, PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE AND THEIR LIVES LITERALLY ARE ON THE LINE. UM, YOU KNOW, WE, I I GET CALLS FROM CHIEF MCMANUS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE TELLING ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A, UH, A PERSON WITH A GUN WHO TRIED TO ASSASSINATE OUR OFFICERS. UM, THAT IS NOT AN UNCOMMON OCCURRENCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND SADLY, WE'VE HAD, UM, PEOPLE SUCCESSFULLY ASSASSINATE OFFICERS. UM, AND YET OUR OFFICERS CONTINUE TO GO TO WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY AND PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND, UH, PUT THEIR BEST EFFORT OUT THERE IN, IN ALL HONESTY. UM, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, CHIEF, YOU KNOW THIS, YOU GOT A KNUCKLEHEAD WHO DOES SOMETHING INCREDIBLY STUPID, UH, AND YOU TRY YOUR BEST TO, UH, YOU KNOW, BRING 'EM, TO BRING 'EM DOWN TO THE CARPET AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINE IS HANDED OUT. BUT THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER, THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT I'VE INTERACTED WITH AND THAT I'VE SEEN OUT THERE ARE, ARE DOING EXCELLENT WORK. UM, YOUR DEPARTMENT CHIEF IS NOT PERFECT. THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT DEPARTMENT. EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT HAS PROBLEMS. EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT HAS PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY ROWING IN SYNC, UH, WITH THE REST OF THE TEAM. BUT I THINK, I THINK YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB, UH, CHIEF. AND, UM, I, I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, UM, THESE ARE MEN AND WOMEN WHO LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO WHO ARE INTERESTED IN JUST IN, IN MAKING SURE THAT THEIR CITY IS SAFE. THE SAME WAY THAT, UM, THE EMPLOYEES IN MY WHO WORK UNDER MIKE SHANNON ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT THEIR CITY IS SAFE. THE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK UNDER DAVE MCCARRY, WHO ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THEIR CITY IS CLEAN AND SAFE, THE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK UNDER LORI HOUSTON, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE JUST AS INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT SAN ANTONIO'S DOWNTOWN IS THRIVING, UM, AND ET CETERA, ET CETERA. AND SO NOT JUST YOU CHIEF, BUT THANKS TO, UM, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WORK UNDER YOU, BUT ALSO THANKS TO ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK FOR THE CITY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE A CITY THAT CONTINUES TO THRIVE AND GET BETTER WITH EVERY SINGLE YEAR. THAT PASSES NOT PERFECT, UH, BUT WE'RE STRIVING TOWARDS EXCELLENCE AND, UM, AND THAT, THAT STRUGGLE TOWARDS EXCELLENCE IS, UM, IS WORTH IT. AND I THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO BE MENTIONED EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION IT, THAT, UM, DESPITE THE CHALLENGES IN FRONT OF US, WE HAVE FORWARD MOVEMENT AND WE'RE BECOMING A BETTER CITY WITH EACH OF THE PASSES. AND SO, UM, THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER AYAS. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. THANK YOU. UH, I ALSO WANT TO, UH, THANK ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO GO OUT AND WORK HARD FOR US EVERY DAY TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. UM, AND, UH, BECAUSE I APPRECIATE THE ONES WHO DO THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT OUR BUDGET, THEIR BUDGET HAS TO GO UP YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND IT ALSO, EVEN IF THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE WORKING TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE EVERY DAY, UM, THEY CAN'T SOLVE ALL THE ILLS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE CAN'T ASK THEM TO DO EVERYTHING, AND WE CAN'T JUST INCREASE THEIR BUDGET AND THINK, OKAY, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SOLVE EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY. UM, AND SO I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTING, AND THROUGHOUT MY TIME HERE ON COUNCIL, I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTING THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HOPEFULLY HELP RELIEVE THE WORK BURDEN ON POLICE OFFICERS IN CERTAIN WAYS, UM, TO ALLOW THEM TO FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO BEST. UM, BUT I DO, I HAVE SOME, UH, POINT OF CLARIFICATION, [01:35:01] UH, QUESTIONS. I GUESS FOR, I'M NOT SURE WHO, WHO I SHOULD BE ASKING THIS OF ON CITY STAFF, BUT IF, UH, IF WE APPROVE THIS, UM, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN GOING FORWARD ON PROPERTY TAXES? IS THIS, ARE WE, WOULD WE BE PRO APPROVING A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR, UH, AN INCREASE IN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR JUST ONE YEAR? AND HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT HOW WE CAN COLLECT PROPERTY TAXES GOING FORWARD? COUNCILMAN? I THINK THE MOTION IS TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE, SO NOT, UH, MAKE A HOME HOMESTEAD CHANGE. WELL, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW IS TO REDUCE THE POLICE BUDGET. IT DOES NOT REDUCE THE TAX RATE. WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT AFTER. THAT'S CORRECT. PROCEDURALLY, IF I MAY, MAYOR, I'M SORRY, PROCEDURALLY, THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT NOW, WHAT, UH, WE'RE VOTING OR WHAT THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERING IS A CUT TO THE POLICE BUDGET OF 5.7 MILLION, BUT IN ANTICIPATION THAT IF THAT PASSES COUNCILMAN, UH, THAT WOULD BE FOLLOWED UP BY A MOTION TO REDUCE THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE BY ONE HALF PERCENT. SO IT'S A TWO STEP PROCESS, AND THIS IS STEP ONE. SO, SO WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR PROPERTY TAXES GOING FORWARD? IF WE REDUCE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE TODAY, THAT WOULD APPLY FOR THE FOLLOWING TAX YEAR ONLY 'CAUSE AGAIN, NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THE TAX RATE AGAIN. SO IT WOULD APPLY FOR THE ONE YEAR, THE REDUCTION OF ONE HALF PERCENT. AND, AND WE WILL, WE WILL RECALCULATE, UM, OUR PROJECTIONS FOR, UM, ANY BOND PROGRAM OR CAPITAL WITH THAT ASSUMPTION OR WITH THAT CHANGE. OKAY. AND SO, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ACCURATE WITH OUR LANGUAGE THOUGH, ANDY, IT WOULDN'T BE A CUT TO THE POLICE BUDGET AS YOU STATED, IT WOULD BE A REDUCTION IN THE PROPOSED INCREASE TO THE POLICE BUDGET. IS THAT RIGHT? LET LET, WELL, UH, UH, CORRECT IT, IT WOULD BE A, IT WOULD BE REDUCING WHAT'S CURRENTLY PROPOSED TO COUNCIL. YES. IT WOULD BE A, A REDUCTION WHAT'S CURRENTLY PROPOSED AT 5.7 MILLION. RIGHT. SO IT'D BE A REDUCTION IN THE PROPOSED INCREASE. OKAY. IT IT'D BE A REDUCTION IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW. GOT IT. YEAH. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS PROPOSED AND EXPRESSED BY MY COLLEAGUE OF D TWO AND D ONE. WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF MULTIPLE CRISES AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC AND IN HOUSING CRISIS. WE MUST ENSURE THAT IN ORDER TO ADJUST THESE ISSUES, WE ARE TAKING SYSTEMIC APPROACHES. UM, I'VE PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL IN A WEALTH OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS AS MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE HAVE, AND OUR SAFE OFFICERS ARE OFTEN BOMBARDED WITH QUESTIONS REGARDING THE UNHOUSED POPULATION AND THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS WE ARE SEEING OUT ON OUR STREETS. AND WE KNOW THAT THE SOLUTION LIES WITH INVESTING IN THOSE RIGHT, IN HOUSING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. AND THEREFORE, I WILL BE SUPPORTING MY COLLEAGUE IN HIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS REDUCING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PROJECTED INCREASE IN THEIR BUDGET, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, FOLLOWED BY, UH, A REQUEST TO GO AHEAD AND REDUCE OUR TAXES. NOW, NONE OF THIS IS MEETING THE NEEDS THAT YOU ALL HAVE JUST TALKED ABOUT, SAYING THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE MORE SERVICES. ALL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN A POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THAT DOESN'T GET YOU ANY OF THE THINGS YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT FOR IMPROVING SERVICES. AND SO I I THINK THAT WHAT YOU, UH, WHAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AS FAR AS PROVIDING MORE SERVICES IS NOTEWORTHY. AND I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. AND I BELIEVE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNDS AVAILABLE THROUGH OTHER ALTERNATIVE SOURCES THAT CAN HELP US DO THAT. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MY DISTRICT, THE RESIDENTS OF MY DISTRICT WANT TO SEE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SERVICES AT LEAST MAINTAINED, IF NOT RAISED. AND THERE'S DEFINITELY A DIFFERENCE IN WHERE PEOPLE LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE SAFE IN THEIR HOME, ON THE STREETS, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDINGS OF HOW THAT SAFETY CAN BE ACHIEVED IN MY DISTRICT. PEOPLE WANT TO SEE, AND IT WAS, IT CAME OUT VERY CLEARLY IN THE SURVEY THAT WAS DONE, THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE POLICE OFFICERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND I EVEN BELIEVE IN ALMOST EVERY PART OF THE COMMUNITY, WE HEARD [01:40:01] A LOT OF THAT MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE POLICE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP PROVIDE MORE PUBLIC SAFETY. UH, WE ARE FACING A VERY DIFFICULT NEGOTIATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW, OR WITH THE, EXCUSE ME, THE POLICE UNION. AND THERE ARE MANY MEMBERS OF THAT POLICE UNION THAT ARE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING RETIRING. THERE ARE HUNDREDS, EXCUSE ME, HUNDREDS OF CURRENT POLICE OFFICERS WHO WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO RETIRE. AND SO I, I BELIEVE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND LIMIT THE INCREASES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW, IT WILL NOT SERVE US WELL, UH, IN SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR FROM NOW IF WE END UP HAVING A LOT OF PEOPLE RETIRE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY FUTURE CONTRACT, THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE. UH, I THINK WE SHOULD HOLD STEADY WITH THE PLANS THAT THE CHIEF AND THE CITY STAFF HAVE MOVED FORWARD. I TOTALLY SUPPORT THE, UH, CONCEPT OF INCREASING SAFE OFFICERS. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY BELIEVES WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT. I THINK THAT YOUR GOALS ARE LAUDABLE. I SUPPORT THE IDEA OF INCREASING A LOT OF SERVICES. WE'RE SPENDING $70 MILLION A YEAR IN THIS COMMUNITY ON HOMELESS ISSUES. WE HAVE SPENT $140 MILLION OVER THE LAST YEAR ON HELPING PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES. UH, YOU KNOW, THE MISCONCEPTION THAT THIS CITY IS NOT COVERING THOSE THINGS, I THINK IS, IS, IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE WE ARE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN ORDER IN THE CHAMBER. OKAY? I NEED Y'ALL TO KEEP YOUR VOICES DOWN OR ELSE YOU WILL BE ESCORTED OUT. THE COUNCIL HAS BUSINESS TO DO. AND SO WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN ORDER IN THE CHAMBER. I WILL JUST FINISH BY SAYING, UH, I WILL NOT SUPPORT, UH, REDUCING FUNDING FOR THE POLICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU, MARIA. WOULD THIS ELIMINATE THE 12 NEW SAFE OFFICERS, COUNCILMAN OR COUNCILWOMAN? I'LL, I'LL JUMP IN. UM, JUST LOOKING AT, UM, WHAT THE REDUC OR WHAT THE, UM, MOTION IS, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO KEEP THE BALLOT, THE, THE BUDGET BALANCED. WE WOULD NOT ADD THOSE 15 OFFICERS. UM, AND, UH, WE WOULD, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE WE WOULD ELIMINATE THE BALANCE ABOUT $3.9 MILLION OUT OF OVERTIME. AND THAT WOULD PRIMARILY COME FROM DISTRICT FILL AND HOLDOVER. AND, UH, WE'VE GOT A $14 MILLION OVERTIME BUDGET IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE WOULD REDUCE THAT DOWN TO $10.4 MILLION. THAT THREE POINT, THAT 3.9 PLUS THE 1.8 GETS US TO THE $5.7 MILLION THAT THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW. THAT'D BE MY RECOMMENDATION. SO THE ME THE MENTAL HEALTH, WE OPERATIONALIZE THAT. SO THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD EITHER WITH THE OFFICERS? NO, WE WOULD NOT BE ADDING THE 15 OFFICERS, AND WE WOULD CUT OVERTIME IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. AND REDUCE HOLDOVER AND DISTRICT FILL IN THE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS 20,000 CALLS FOR DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE. I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU WITH THAT. 20,000 CALLS, AN EXTREMELY TRAGIC HIGH PROFILE MURDER WHERE HE WENT IN AND SHOT A MOTHER WHILE SHE WAS PUTTING HER CHILDREN IN HER CAR. I DO NOT HAVE A SUBSTATION IN DISTRICT THREE, WHICH MEANS I DO NOT HAVE A C R T UNIT. I DO NOT HAVE A PROPERTY CRIMES UNIT. I WANT TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD, UH, THE, UM, THE PETITION OF ONE OF MY NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET A SUBSTATION IN DISTRICT THREE. I UNDERSTAND THE PASSION. I KNOW WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT POLICY AND PROGRAM, BUT AS LONG AS WE HAVE 20,000 CALLS FOR DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE, AS LONG AS WE HAVE TRAGIC MURDERS THAT MAKE THE NEWS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, IN MY DISTRICT, I CANNOT SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT THREATENS THE SAFETY OF MY RESIDENTS AND OF THE WOMEN OF SAN ANTONIO. SO, AS MUCH AS I UNDERSTAND THIS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DIALOGUE, BELIEVE ME, I LOOK FORWARD TO DIALOGUE, BUT I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT AS IT MOVES FORWARD TODAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA ASK Y'ALL TO, TO STEP OUT IF YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH THE SHOUTING. ARE WE CLEAR? WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN AN ORDER UP HERE AND OUT THERE SO WE CAN CONTINUE OUR BUSINESS. OTHERWISE, WE'RE GONNA RECESS AND Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE ESCORTED OUT. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH THE DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. [01:45:04] THANK YOU, SIR. AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO MY COLLEAGUES', UM, RECOLLECTION ON WHAT THIS WAS LEADING TO. IT WAS, IT WASN'T TO INCREASE SERVICES, IT'S TO PROVIDE TAX RELIEF. THAT'S WHERE THIS WAS GOING, UH, TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE TO HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND COMBINING WITH OTHER AGENCIES THAT THEY ARE DOING, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROVIDING THE LEADERSHIP TO DO THIS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT. SO THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION WAS STARTED WITH THE ENDPOINT OF REDUCING OUR TAX RATE TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AND TO HELP THEM OUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER TAXING AGENCIES HERE. SO, UH, WANT TO REALLY APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES SECOND TO MY MOTION, AND I'M GLAD HE GOT A SECOND TO HIS TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS IN THIS OPEN FORUM AND MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, I AM, UM, A STRONG SUPPORTER OF OUR POLICE. AND AGAIN, MY DISTRICT, WHICH I'VE BEEN SAYING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IS THEIR TOP THREE PRIORITIES, SAFETY AND SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROPERTY TAXES. THOSE ARE THE TOP THREE PRIORITIES IN MY DISTRICT. AND THAT'S WHY I'M FIGHTING SO HARD FOR THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF SUPPORTING THE POLICE, BECAUSE, AGAIN, NOT ONLY IN MY DISTRICT, BUT THAT SCIENTIFIC SURVEY THAT WAS SENT OUT THAT WE DID THIS LAST YEAR, SAID THEY WANT TO SEE MORE OF A POLICE PRESENCE. THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THE, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY WAS HAPPY WITH THE, THE POLICE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, NOT IN ALL AREAS, BUT STILL, UH, THEY WANNA FEEL SAFE. THEY WANNA SEE THE POLICE OUT THERE IN ORDER TO SEE THE POLICE MORE. YOU NEED MORE POLICEMEN TO, UH, FILL THAT NEED. AND AGAIN, WE ARE SO FAR BEHIND OTHER LARGE CITIES AS FAR AS POLICEMEN PER CAPITA. IF, IF WE WERE TO CATCH UP TO 'EM, THAT'S OVER 300 POLICE AUTHORIZATIONS THAT WERE BEHIND OTHER METRO CENTERS. AND THAT'S THE NUMBER OF POLICEMEN PER 1000 PEOPLE, 300. THAT'S HOW MANY WE WOULD NEED TO CATCH UP TO THAT. BUT AGAIN, I CALL ON THE CITY STAFF, LET'S, UH, GET A STUDY TOGETHER AND USING ALL THE DATA FROM ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY. WHAT IS THE RIGHT NUMBER THAT WE NEED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR OUR POLICEMEN? BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RAW DATA THAT WE HAVE TODAY, YEAH, WE'RE SHORT, WE'RE SHORT A LOT MORE THAN THE 15 THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THIS, THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET. SO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, I, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS MOTION. AND, UH, I'LL, I'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR POLICEMEN OUT THERE THAT ARE SERVING DAY IN AND DAY OUT, PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR RIGHT NOW THAT THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK ON OFFICERS, NOR IS IT AN ATTACK ON SS A P D. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT DEFUNDING, WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT DECREASING FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING BY A SLIGHTLY LESS AMOUNT THAN WE WERE GOING TO INCREASE BY TO IMPLY OTHERWISE IS EITHER OBTUSE OR INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST. WE DO NOT BAT AN EYE WHEN WE DECREASE PARKS, A, C S HEALTH, HOUSING, AND NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE DO NOT BAT AN EYE AT WHEN WE ARE REQUESTING THAT FUNDING BE MOVED FROM THEM TO OTHER PROGRAMS. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MARIA REAL QUICK. UM, WITH CALLS BEING MOVED FROM S AND THIS WAS FROM YESTERDAY AS WELL, I THINK YOU ANSWERED THIS, WITH CALLS BEING MOVED FROM S A P D TO CODE AC C S AND FIRE, HOW MANY FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS DOES THAT FREE UP IN SS AD'S BUDGET? GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM, COUNCILMAN TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE CALLS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO TRANSFER TO OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WITHIN SS A P D, UH, BEING MORE EFFICIENT ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE HANDLE PROPERTY, FOUND THE EQUIVALENT. THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT WILL FREE UP IS EQUIVALENT TO FIVE FTES. THANK YOU. NOW, THAT IS NOT FIVE POLICE OFFICERS, BUT THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF THOSE HOURS THAT THOSE CALLS WOULD WOULD'VE TAKEN. THANK YOU. UM, AND IN RESPONSE TO THE MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE TEAM, UM, HOW MANY FTES ARE WE EXPECTING WILL BE SAVED, UM, IN S A P SAP'S BUDGET? DO WE KNOW THAT ANSWER? [01:50:03] I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN, COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE QUESTION? SO WITH THE NEW MENTAL HEALTH, UH, RESPONSE TEAM, DO WE EXPECT ANY FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS WILL BE SAVED FROM S A P D OR NO? WE HAVE NOT CALCULATED THAT COUNCILMAN. OKAY. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE MAY BE SOME EFFICIENCIES BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE TWO TEAM MEMBERS THAT WILL ACCOMPANY THE POLICE OFFICER TO ADDRESS THOSE CALLS. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD STUDY WITH THE PILOT PROGRAM BECAUSE FRANKLY, I MEAN, INTUITIVELY RIGHT NOW, IF, IF WE GET A NINE ONE ONE CALL THIS AFTERNOON FOR ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF CALLS, EITHER TWO OR THREE OFFICERS ARE RESPONDING. AND IN THE PILOT IT'S ONE OFFICER, ONE PARAMEDIC, AND ONE MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE DATA POINTS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO TRACK. IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO THE CITY OF DALLAS ABOUT, BECAUSE THEY'RE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AHEAD OF US. THANK YOU. AND ARE THERE ANY VACANCIES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? THERE ARE A FEW VACANCIES, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NUMBER. WE'RE ABOUT TO START A CLASS IN OCTOBER, SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD BE OVER HIGHER, BUT I THINK WE MAY HAVE ABOUT 20 VACANCIES TODAY, CHIEF? ABOUT 20 VACANCIES. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVERTIME, BUT WE STILL HAVE VACANCIES. WE STILL HAVE YET TO SEE THE RESULTS OF MOVING THOSE CALLS TO AC TO A C S FIRE AND CODE. AND SO WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THAT IMPACT IF WE JUST CONTINUE TO ADD OFFICERS. AND IF WE CONTINUE TO JUST INCREASE THE BUDGET WITHOUT LOOKING AT THAT, THAT'S, THIS IS THE POINT THAT I'M MAKING. AND I WANT US TO AGAIN, BE VERY CLEAR, THIS IS HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING TO INCREASE THE BUDGET BY, BECAUSE HOUSE BILL 1900 MAKES IT SO WE CAN NEVER COME BACK FROM THIS NUMBER. WE WILL, THE CONTRACT WILL CONTINUE TO LIKELY SAY WE'RE GONNA INCREASE THE BUDGET OR WE'RE GONNA INCREASE PAY AND COMP A NUMBER OF THINGS. SO THE BUDGET IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE IT EXTRA ON TOP OF THAT BECAUSE WE CAN'T COME BACK FROM THAT. AND I DON'T WANT US TO GET TO THAT POINT WHERE PUBLIC SAFETY IS MAKING UP 70% OF OUR BUDGET, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ON TRACK FOR THAT, DESPITE THE CITY'S GOAL TO KEEP IT AT 66. AND SO, ONCE AGAIN, I ALSO WANT TO STATE, UM, THE RESULTS OF THE ESSAY SPEAKUP SURVEY, WHICH HAD MORE RESULTS THAN THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY. THE SCIENTIFIC SURVEY, UM, NUMBER ONE WAS STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. TWO WAS PUBLIC HEALTH, THREE WAS SENIOR SERVICES, FOUR WAS PARKS AND RECREATION, FIVE WAS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, SIX WAS YOUTH SERVICES, AND SEVEN OUT OF 12 WAS POLICE. NOBODY IS DOUBTING THE IMPORTANCE OF S A P D. NO ONE IS SAYING THAT WE DON'T VALUE THE OFFICERS WHO EXIST. WE'RE SAYING THAT BEFORE WE GET THERE. WE DO, WE FUND THOSE NECESSARY SERVICES. AND ALSO, I WANT TO STATE THAT THIS IS A COMPROMISE BECAUSE BEFORE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OTHER SERVICES, IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. AND SO THIS, RIGHT NOW, THIS MOVEMENT AND THE FOLLOW UP ON ITEM SIX, IF THIS PASSES AND A COMPROMISE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR, LEMME, LEMME JUST MAKE ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION. UM, THE, OUR FINANCIAL POLICY IS TO HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, LOWER THAN 66%, NOT AT 66%, UH, LOWER AT 66%. AND IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IT'S AT 63.5%. UM, THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN, UH, SINCE WE STARTED THAT POLICY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, ERIC, SO I THINK THIS ANSWERS A LITTLE BIT OF MY QUESTION, BUT SO THE POLICE, DO WE HAVE, UH, SOME STATS ON THE TOTAL SHARE OF THE POLICE BUDGET OVER TIME? I KNOW WE DON'T GO OVER THE 66%, BUT DO WE HAVE THAT AND GO AHEAD, MYA. SORRY. UM, COUNCILWOMAN, I DON'T HAVE, UM, THE HISTORY OF THE PERCENTAGE. AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, THIS IS THE LOWEST WE HAVE BEEN. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT MAKE 63% OF THE, OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. THEY'RE, IN FACT, THEY'RE ROUGHLY ABOUT 33, 30 4%. THE OTHER COMPONENT OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET INCLUDES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO PARKS POLICE. SO I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT CLARIFICATION. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN ALSO, CAN YOU OFFER CLARIFICATION ON THE HOUSE BILL? UM, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I, I, I UNDERSTOOD IT AS BEING THAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE TO DECREASE. AND I'M LOOKING FOR JEFF COYLE. HE'S COMING. DEACONS HE'S COMING. [01:55:01] BUT IN THE INTERIM, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, I, I THINK IN THE, AND JEFF CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IN THE BILL YOU CAN REDUCE THE POLICE BUDGET HIT AS LONG AS THERE'S A COMMENSURATE REDUCTION ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER, UH, UH, SAFETY VALVE WE HAVE IN THAT BILL. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD FOR NOW. THANK YOU, JEFF. UM, ANOTHER QUESTION. DO WE KNOW WHERE THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE SERVING OVER TIME? WHAT, WHAT PATROL STATION IS MOST USES OVER TIME? I THINK IT'S ALL OVER THE CITY. UH, COUNCILWOMAN, WE HAVE, UH, LIKE THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED DISTRICT FILL, AND THAT IS WHEN THEIR VACANCIES OR, UM, OFFICER OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT, OFFICERS ARE TAKING YEAH, ON TRAINING OR TAKING TIME OFF. SO WE DO THAT. THE HOLDOVER OVER TIME IS WHEN AN OFFICER IS ON A CALL AND THEY'RE ABOUT TO FINISH THEIR TIME, THEY'RE NOT GONNA DROP THE CALL. THEY'RE GONNA FINISH THAT CALL AND THEN COME BACK TO THE SUBSTATION. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO CATEGORIES THAT, UH, THE MANAGER MENTIONED. OKAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, UM, SO MUCH. AND, AND THANK YOU CHIEF, BECAUSE YOU'RE, UM, ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER. I GET A LOT OF CALLS FROM YOU PAST MIDNIGHT, AND SOMETIMES I RESPOND TO THEM AND SOMETIMES I DON'T. SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS KEEPING ME INVOLVED. I DO WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK, UH, OUR SAFE OFFICERS. I WORK VERY WELL WITH MY SAFE OFFICERS. MY NEIGHBORS DO TOO. THEY, THEY LOVE THEIR SAFE OFFICERS. AND SO I WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THEM. AND THAT WOULD BE SERGEANT TOVAR. SERGEANT AO. THIS IS SOUTH, SOUTH SUBSTATION OFFICER MENDEZ, HERMES, WHO ALSO HELPS WITH THE SOUTH. UM, UH, POLICE CORPS, VI, GIEN, PRATT, PRYOR BREWER, ARDO ORTIZ, MORENO ARROYO AND GONZALEZ. THAT'S FROM THE SOUTH STATION FROM THE WEST STATION. SERGEANT ROSS, SERGEANT HE, HEY, MAILER, UH, OFFICER VALDEZ, HYEN, SAVAGE, PEREZ, BRYANT MARTINEZ, GARCIA, KANO, MEDINA, LOPEZ, ALAZAR HATCHER, ER, VA GARCIA. AND RECENTLY RETIRED. UM, OFFICER VINCENT GONZALEZ, WHO, UM, DID A LOT TO HELP, UH, IN OUR AREA. AND SO, UM, I, I HAVE HEARD FROM THE, THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR AND, AND MY RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE POLICE AND THEY FEEL SAFE. SO, SO THANK YOU, UM, CHIEF FOR THAT. AND, UM, MAYOR, I MOVE TO CALL THE QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. UM, THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION, WHICH WOULD SUSPEND ANY FURTHER DEBATE. UH, IT HAS BEEN SECONDED PROPERLY. UM, THERE ARE FOLKS THAT STILL WANT TO CHIME IN. UM, BUT THE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE DEBATE REQUIRES TWO THIRDS. IS THAT CORRECT? HOLD ON, MAYOR, WE'RE CHECKING. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A VOTE, THOUGH. THIS IS TO, RIGHT. I THINK IT'S TWO THIRDS, CORRECT? YEAH. RIGHT. OKAY. SO, SO THE OPTION IS TO LET THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANT TO SPEAK CONTINUE THAT IN THE QUA OR TAKE A VOTE ON THE CALL TO THE QUESTION, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION DISTRICT SIX. RIGHT. WHICH WAS PUT ON THE FLOOR. SO I'LL, I'LL ASK, UM, IF, IF THAT IS THE PREFERENCE, UH, THE MOTION WAS MADE. GO AHEAD AND CALL THE QUESTION. OKAY, SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO THERE IS A VOTE. NOW WE NEED TO HAVE A VOTE PULLED UP. WE HAVE A SECOND. WE GOT A SECOND. BUT THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE WHOLE, RIGHT? NO, THE, THE VOTE ON THE FLOOR NOW IS TO SUSPEND DEBATE. CORRECT. SO WE NEED TO HAVE A TWO THIRDS VOTE AND THEN WE WOULD GO TO THE QUESTION ON, ON THE AMENDMENT. THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR. RIGHT. MAYOR, JUST REAL QUICK BEFORE WE TAKE THIS VOTE, IT'S ME, THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS IN THE QUEUE, SO I, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING TO CALL THE QUESTION. I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM HER. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER RTI? YES. COUNCIL, I, I'M SO SORRY. I THOUGHT, COUNCILMAN, YOU HAD GONE ALREADY. I RESIGN MY MOTION THEN. OKAY. THE MOTION'S BEEN PULLED DOWN. UM, OKAY. AND, UM, NOW I FORGOT WHO WE'RE SPEAKING EARLIER. DID THEY YIELD THE FLOOR? UM, IT WAS ME, MAYOR. I YIELD THE FLOOR. OKAY. ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. HAVERTY. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THIS IS, THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT CON CONVERSATION, I WILL SAY, AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND AS A, JUST A RESIDENT OF THIS CITY, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST YEAR SINCE GEORGE FLOYD WAS KILLED. I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LISTENING TO EVERY ORGANIZATION THAT WILL TALK WITH ME, UM, IN PERSON ON VIDEO SEVERAL TIMES. THE FIRST THING I DID WAS, UH, HAVE JUST OPEN LISTENING SESSIONS AT THE END OF THE DAY. UM, AND ACTUALLY I WONDER IF YOU CAN PULL UP THE SET, THE SPEAK UP SURVEY, UM, [02:00:01] BECAUSE I DO RECALL IN OUR INITIAL BUDGET SESSIONS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I REPRESENT MY CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT I REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT SIX. AND IN THEIR SURVEY, PUBLIC SAFETY WAS MUCH HIGHER. AND SO I TALK TO THEM, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DOES PUBLIC SAFETY MEAN TO YOU? AND IT'S NOT, UH, NECESSARILY MORE POLICE OFFICERS ON THE STREET, AND IT'S NOT, UH, NECESSARILY FUNDING OR DEFUNDING. AND, AND I UNDERSTAND, I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR, AND I THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DEFUNDING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT REDUCING, I'M SORRY. UH, NOT, NOT INCREASING, UM, THE SAME AMOUNT AND WE'RE REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF INCREASE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT WHAT I HEAR OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT OUR OFFICERS PROVIDE SAFE OFFICERS SPECIFICALLY. UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY BUDGET AMENDMENTS WAS POLICE ATHLETICALLY. THE, THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT, THAT OUR OFFICERS PROVIDE IS, IS, IS CRUCIAL IN MY DISTRICT. IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I CONTINUE TO LISTEN. AND WHAT I WILL SAY TO THOSE OF YOU THAT SUPPORT THE, THE, THE, UM, THE MOTION IS THAT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO GET THIS DONE. WE'VE ALREADY MADE A LOT OF POLICY CHANGES THAT, THAT HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT, UM, THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, TEAM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I'VE HEARD YOU OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT REMOVING A POLICE OFFICER FROM THAT MENTAL HEALTH TEAM. THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO DO THIS. WE'VE REDUCED, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY, WE GOT RID OF THE PROPERTY TAX AMOUNT. THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THIS. THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO FUND THE THINGS THAT WE NEED. AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT MY DISTRICT REALLY HAS BEEN LONG BEFORE I GOT ELECTED, HAS BEEN ASKING FOR MORE SAFE OFFICERS. OUR SAFE OFFICERS ARE AMBASSADORS, SO I SUPPORT THE, UM, I'M SORRY, DO NOT, I CANNOT SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KIO, HDA, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO, LIKE COUNCILMAN PERRY. I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE'RE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN HAVE THESE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS IN PUBLIC. I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THESE CONVERSATIONS LEADING UP TO THE PASSAGE OF THIS BUDGET TODAY. UM, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE MAY TELL US AT TIMES, I WANNA SEE MORE POLICE OFFICERS. AND I THINK IF YOU WERE TO REALLY DRILL DOWN, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS, I WANT MY FAMILY TO BE SAFE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I WANT MY FAMILY TO BE SAFE IN OUR PARKS. I WANT MY FAMILY TO BE SAFE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF ACHIEVING THAT SAFETY. AND I WOULD LIKE US TO FOLLOW BEST PRACTICES AND DATA AND LOOK AT HOW CAN WE ACTUALLY MAKE OUR COMMUNITY AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. SOMETIMES THAT'S GONNA BE WITH MORE POLICE OFFICERS. SOMETIMES THERE ARE GONNA BE OTHER SOLUTIONS OUT THERE THAT THE DATA'S GONNA SHOW US ARE GONNA MAKE US MORE SAFE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND COUN, COUNCILWOMAN VIGRAN MENTIONED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND, AND I HEAR YOU ABSOLUTELY. I WANNA SUPPORT YOU IN EVERY WAY. I WANNA SUPPORT EVERYBODY. I WANNA SUPPORT EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY IN REDUCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND, AND THAT IS A ROLE THAT I DON'T WANT TO REDUCE POLICE OFFICERS, UM, RESPONSES TO. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S A PRIORITY THAT WE'RE RESPONDING TO, TO THOSE, THOSE ISSUES. AND, AND WHEN THEY DO, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE PROPERLY TRAINED IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS TAKING THOSE ISSUES SERIOUSLY AND THAT THEY'RE DOCUMENTING THEM WELL AND ADDRESSING THEM WELL. UM, AND SO IF, IF A, IF THE, IF THERE'S A PROPOSED BUDGET REDUCTION IN A PROPOSED INCREASE, SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT AN INCREASE WHAT OUR CITY MANAGER IS PROPOSING EARLIER TODAY, THAT'S JUST WHAT HE'S THROWING OUT RIGHT NOW, QUICK OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE CAN MAKE, WE CAN HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHERE DO WE REDUCE THOSE INCREASES. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT. WE CAN LOOK AT ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES AND WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT MORE EFFICIENCIES, RIGHT? ONE, ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS I WENT TO BEFORE I WAS EVEN SWORN IN AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I WON THE ELECTION, HADN'T EVEN BEEN SWORN IN. AND SOMEBODY SAID, HEY, YOU BETTER GET OVER TO THIS MEETING THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE AT SMOKE BARBECUE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG DEAL ABOUT THIS WHOLE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NOISE ORDINANCE AND THE, THE NOISE VIOLATIONS. AND I SHOWED UP AND FOR A MEETING ABOUT NOISE VIOLATIONS OR ALLEGED NOISE VIOLATIONS, THERE WERE SEVEN POLICE OFFICERS THERE AT THAT MEETING. AND I'M JUST THINKING TO MYSELF, HOW MANY AGGIES DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A LIGHT BULB, YOU KNOW, SEVEN POLICE OFFICERS PLUS OTHER CITY STAFF HERE [02:05:01] TO TALK ABOUT AN ALLEGED NOISE VIOLATION. AND SO WHEN CAN WE LOOK, HOW CAN WE LOOK AT WHERE ARE, WHAT ARE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES AND HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE THERE? AND SO IT DOESN'T MEAN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE, THE CITY MANAGER WAS PUT ON THE SPOT RIGHT NOW. HE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO LOOK AND TO ENGAGE IN A ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE WANTED TO, UM, ADDRESS A POTENTIAL REDUCTION IN AN INCREASE. AND SO I DON'T THINK WE CAN JUST PICK OUT ANY ONE THING, SAY, OH, NO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TERRIBLE'S GONNA HAPPEN IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARILY THE CASE. UM, SO I AM GONNA BE SUPPORTING COUNCILMAN MCKEY RODRIGUEZ ON THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, CHIEF AND ERIC, I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, WILL ANY CURRENT OFFICERS BE FIRED IF WE ONLY INCREASE BY THE PROPOSED 10 MILLION RATHER THAN THE NEARLY 15 MILLION? UH, COUNCILMAN WHAT THE COUNCIL DOES TODAY? UM, I AM NOT GONNA LAY OFF POLICE OFFICERS AND I'M NOT GONNA HOLD POSITIONS VACANT. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO FILL. UM, THOSE HAVE BEEN POLICY ISSUES THAT THIS CITY HAS DEALT WITH IN THE PAST AND HAVE BECOME VERY SLIPPERY SLOPES. SO, UM, BUT WE WILL DO SOMETHING LESS. WE'LL EITHER NOT ADD THOSE POSITIONS OR WE WILL NOT, OR WE WILL CUT OUR OVERTIME OR WE WILL DO SOMETHING LESS. AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE, THE POINT OF THAT. OKAY. SO NO, NO OFFICERS, I'M SORRY. SO NO OFFICERS WILL BE LET GO. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. NOT, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M GONNA DO. OKAY. NO. OKAY. YEAH. UM, WITH THE EXISTING POOL OF PD OFFICERS, IS THERE OPPORTUNITY FROM WITHIN THAT POOL OF THOSE EXISTING OFFICERS WHO ARE ALREADY ON THE PAYROLL TO BECOME SAFE OFFICERS? GO AHEAD. WHILE YOU'RE GOING UP THERE, I'LL ANSWER IT. SO, UM, WE WOULD JUST PULL FROM OTHER UNITS IF YOU WANT TO ADD, IF, IF, IF THERE'S A DESIRE, UM, OR IF THE CHIEF DECIDES TO REDEPLOY, WE WILL PULL THEM FROM PATROL, WE'LL PULL THEM FROM OTHER UNITS. UM, BUT THEY WOULD COME FROM SOMEWHERE AND WE WOULD DO SOMETHING LESS SOMEWHERE ELSE. IS THAT THE CORRECT ANSWER? YES. YEAH. I, I, I, FORGIVE ME, I'M HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING YES, WHAT'S BEING SAID BEHIND THE MASKS, BUT IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, IF WE DON'T INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SAFE OFFICERS, CAN WE INCREASE THEM SOME OTHER WAY BY PULLING OFFICERS FROM SOMEWHERE YES. UM, IF THE EXISTING POOL OF PD OFFICE, POOL OF PD OFFICERS, IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FROM OFFICERS WHO ARE ALREADY ON THE PAYROLL TO BECOME SAFE OFFICERS. IF, IF WE MOVE PEOPLE AROUND, UM, TO OTHER POSITIONS WE'RE TAKING FROM PETER TO GIVE TO PAUL, AND, AND WE WILL WIND UP SHORT SOMEWHERE, WHEREVER WE PULL THOSE OFFICERS FROM, WE'LL WIND UP SHORT. AND, AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, FOR ME, IT BECOMES A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. MM-HMM. AND AN OFFICER SAFETY ISSUE WHEN WE DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. UM, YESTERDAY, UH, AT AND THE PARK, UM, WE MOURNED AND CELEBRATED THE LIFE OF DARREL ZAMAL. UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A ONE MINUTE OF MY TIME TO HONOR DARREL AND HIS FAMILY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR. UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THAT VOTE. NOW, THE AMENDMENT OFFERED, AND THE MOTION WAS A REDUCTION OF THE PROPOSED F Y 22 S A [02:10:01] P D BUDGET BY $5.7 MILLION. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION FAILS. OKAY. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH ITEM FOUR. UM, SO AGAIN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ANNUAL CONSOLIDATED BUDGET, UH, PLEASE QUEUE IN NOW. COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS. THANKS, MAYOR. I HAD A BUNCH OF NOTES I WAS GONNA GO THROUGH, UH, WITH MARIA AND, UM, MARIA, I WAS, I DECIDED THAT AFTER THIS LONG CONVERSATION, I'M GONNA SPARE YOU, UM, IN, INSTEAD, I, UM, I, I'M SCRAPPING THAT JUST TO MENTION TO EARNEST MARTHA, THE MARTINEZ, THAT I THINK THE THING ABOUT THIS BUDGET ABOUT, THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF IS GONNA BE THE CONTINUED, UH, INVESTMENT THAT WE MAKE IN YOUR ORGANIZATION AND IN THIS EVENT, THE, YOUR FATHER. UM, EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT HIM, MY HEART BREAKS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. UM, I LOVED HIM VERY MUCH, AND HE WAS ONE OF THE ANGELS AMONG US. AND THE WORK THAT HE DID IN THE CESAR CHAVEZ FOUNDATION AND THE WORK THAT HE DID TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER FOR THAT MARCH WAS VERY IMPORTANT. UM, I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE MOST POWERFUL MOMENTS, UM, THAT I'VE HAD AS, AS A FATHER OF TWO, OF TWO KIDS, MAX AND SOPHIA, WHO YOU'VE MET, UM, WERE, UH, ALL THE TIMES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MARCH, UH, IN THAT. BUT THE MOST POWERFUL MOMENT THAT I'VE HAD WITH THOSE KIDS IS PARTICIPATING IN JAIME'S BIKE GIVEAWAY EVENT. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU READ THE STORY OF HOW, UH, JESUS, YOU KNOW, UH, MADE FISHES AND LOAVES OUT OF JUST A FEW FISHES AND LOAVES, RIGHT? AND FED HUGE CROWDS. THAT WAS YOUR DAD. UM, AND HE MANAGED TO TAKE JUST A FEW BICYCLES AND SOMEHOW MAKE THEM INTO THOUSANDS OF BICYCLES, UH, YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND, UM, I DON'T THINK ENOUGH IS SAID ABOUT THE HEROES, UH, WHO CAME BEFORE US AND ON WHO SHOULDERS WE STAND. UM, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VOTES THAT I EVER TOOK HERE WAS NAMING A STREET, I THINK IN DISTRICT TWO AFTER YOUR DAD. UM, AND I WAS PROUD TO DO SO. THE THE ONLY THING THAT I REGRET IS NOT TELLING YOUR DAD HOW MUCH I LOVED HIM, UH, BEFORE HE PASSED, BUT, UH, I'M, I FEEL LIKE HE'S HERE TODAY AND TODAY'S VOTE I DEDICATE TO HIM. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I, I HAVE, UH, SEVERAL AMENDMENTS AND I'M GONNA START WITH ONE. AND IT'S, UH, I WANT, I WANT TO, UM, PROPOSE A MOTION TO AMEND THE, THE BUDGET AND BY ADDING A PURCHASING AND CONTRACTING PROCUREMENT STUDY, UH, IN AN AMOUNT UP TO $200,000 TO REVIEW ALL OF OUR PURCHASING AND PROCUREMENT OR PURCHASING AND CONTRACT PROCUREMENT PROCESS, AND MAKE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ON BEST PRACTICES ON HOW WE CAN INCREASE COMPETITION AND, UH, REDUCE COSTS. SECOND. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR AMENDING THE BUDGET, AS NOTED BY COUNCILMAN BRAVO. UM, CAN SOMEONE, UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ OR ATTORNEY, COULD YOU READ THE AMENDMENT? YOU GONNA CUT SO HE'S CAN DO IT AT TIME? OKAY. UH, LET ME, UH, LET ME ASK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO TO CLARIFY HIS MOTION SO WE, UH, WE COULD TAKE IT OUTTA THE RESERVE FUNDS. AND, UH, I'M GONNA ACTUALLY PROPOSE THIS AS A NO-COST AMENDMENT, BECAUSE ACTUALLY I CAN'T BELIEVE, I MEAN, WE TAKE THE BIG LARGEST FAILURE OF IMAGINATION, UM, TO NOT BELIEVE THAT SPENDING $200,000 ON A STUDY RECOMMENDING HOW WE CAN INCREASE COMPETITION, REDUCE COSTS, UM, BASED ON IMPROVING OUR PROCUREMENT CO, UH, PROCESS THAT WE WOULDN'T SAVE AT LEAST $200,000 OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. UM, LET ME ASK, UH, CLARIFICATION FROM THE ATTORNEY, UH, JUST AS A MATTER OF ORDER, IS THIS APPROPRIATE, UH, ON THE BUDGET ALLOCATION ORDINANCE? WELL, I, I, I, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND CO THE COUNCILMAN'S MOTION THEN. ARE YOU MO ARE YOU MOTIONING TO ADD 200,000 FOR A STUDY IN [02:15:01] PURCHASING PROCUREMENT ARE, OR HOW CAN IT, I GUESS I'M STRUGGLING. HOW CAN IT BE A NO COST AMENDMENT? WELL, WE CAN TAKE IT OUTTA THE RESERVE FOR NOW, RIGHT? AND OKAY. BUT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT I BELIEVE ANY RATIONAL HUMAN BEING WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT WE WOULD SAVE MORE THAN $200,000 OVER THE COURSE. YEAH. WE COULD DO IN THE SAME ONE ALL THE PROCUREMENTS, ONCE WE IMPLEMENT ANY BEST PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME OUT OF IT. SO, UH, MY SUGGESTION, UM, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS NOT TO TAKE IT OUTTA RESERVES. UM, AND WE WILL REDUCE PROCUREMENT ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION. LET'S JUST FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND BY $200,000 IN THE HOPES THAT IF WE, IF WE, IF THERE'S ANY RETURN ON INVESTMENT, THEN WE SEE THAT IN BETTER TERMS OF BETTER PRICING. THAT WAY WE KEEP, KEEP BALANCED. UH, THAT'S A FANTASTIC RECOMMENDATION. I ACCEPT IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERIC. ALL RIGHT. I, I NEED TO HAVE SOME EXPLANATION ABOUT WHAT WAS JUST TALKED ABOUT HERE. THE, UH, AS I UNDERSTAND THE INTERCHANGE BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMAN BRAVO, UH, I BELIEVE THE MOTION WILL BE TO REALLOCATE 200,000 FROM THE CURRENT PROCUREMENT BUDGET AND REALLOCATE THAT TO A PURCHASING PROCUREMENT STUDY. AND, UH, TO GET A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC, IT WOULD BE UP TO 200,000 UP, NOT TO AN R F P, UP TO, SO IF WE GET SOMETHING FOR LESS, THEN, THEN I'M GOOD WITH THAT. WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE FULL 200. OKAY. IF I MAY, UM, THERE HASN'T BEEN A SECOND YET, AND I'LL, I'LL GIVE SOME TIME FOR A SECOND ON THAT IF IT'S THAT. OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. UM, ALRIGHT, SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE REALLOCATION OF $200,000 FROM THE PROCUREMENT BUDGET. IS THERE A SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT ON THE RECORD FOR THAT? IS I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS THE DEPART. WHAT'S THE DEPARTMENT, ERIC, THAT WE WERE, WE WERE REALLOCATING. SO, UM, LET, LET ME OFFER MY SUGGESTION. YEAH, YEAH. 'CAUSE WE'RE OVER HERE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. MAYOR, GIMME, GIMME ONE SEC. UM, THIS IS DOMAIN, AND THIS IS GERMANE TO THE DISCUSSIONS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. I WOULD RECOMMEND, UM, THE COUNCILMAN TALK TO THE CHAIR OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AS A POTENTIAL ITEM TO BE ADDED TO THE NEXT AUDIT AGENDA. WOULD THE COUNCILMAN ACCEPT THAT? SO MY CONCERN IS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THE FUNDING. SO I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO THE CHAIR OF THE AUDIT AGENDA ABOUT HASHING OUT THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT THIS STUDY LOOKS LIKE. AND, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THERE'S A SECURE FUNDING SOURCE. OKAY. WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I WANNA ENDORSE THE SUGGESTION THAT YOU MADE. UH, I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR FOUR YEARS. I BELIEVE THAT THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THIS CITY IS EXCELLENT. IT IS VERY THOROUGH. I THINK IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH MYSELF OR WITH, UH, THE NEW CURRENT CHAIRMAN, UH, OR IF HE HAD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH PUBLIC WORKS, HE MIGHT BE MORE REASSURED THAT WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT PROJECT, UH, THAT USES BEST PRACTICES. SO I WOULD SAY RATHER THAN TRYING TO SPEND $200,000 ON SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY, IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE MUCH MORE PRUDENT TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, LEARN WHAT THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURES ARE, AND THEN DETERMINE IN YOUR, IN ANYONE'S OPINION, IF, UH, THEY'RE NOT ADEQUATE FOR PROCEEDING FORWARD WITH THE PROCESSES WE USE. BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S PREMATURE TO JUST ASK FOR MONEY BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE SHOULD TAKE A BETTER LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. MAYOR, CAN I, CAN I JUST YEAH, GO AHEAD. ADD TO THAT. UM, WE'RE HERE THINKING THROUGH HOW WE DO THIS. UM, IF WE DO WHAT COUNCILMAN COURAGE IS DESCRIBING, THEN THAT CONVERSATION, IF WE IDENTIFY THE TYPES OF PROCUREMENTS, THEN WE CAN IDENTIFY A REDUCTION IN THAT PROCUREMENT IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO FOLLOW THAT. AND THAT WAY WE CENTER IT IN. 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUYING GOODS, SUPPLIES, CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. AND IF, IF, IF AFTER THAT CONVERSATION, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CONVERS, THE, THE, THE, THE TARGET IS GOODS, THEN WE CAN MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT IN OUR BUDGET TO REDUCE OUR BUYING IN ORDER TO FREE UP MONEY. BUT IT, IT ALLOWS THAT, THAT CONVERSATION [02:20:01] THAT COUNCILMAN COURAGE IS TALKING ABOUT ALLOWS US TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, TARGETED. OKAY. THANK YOU CO. THANK YOU ERIC. UH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. AND I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE AS THE CURRENT CHAIR OF THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, COMMITTEE. I, AND I'VE BEEN ON IT SEVERAL YEARS ALSO. UH, WE HAVE WORKED OVER THE YEARS TO REFINE THAT PROCESS, OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO MAKE IT BETTER. AND WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS OVER THE YEARS TO IMPROVE THAT PROCESS. AND I'M, I'M HAPPY WITH OUR PROCESS RIGHT NOW, BUT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY MORE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE TO THAT PROCESS. SO I TOTALLY INVITE, UH, MY COLLEAGUE TO OUR MEETINGS TO SEE WHAT WE DO, HOW WE DO IT, AND IF THERE'S ANY PARTICULAR SUGGESTIONS OR IF WE NEED TO SEE ABOUT DOING ANOTHER STUDY TO IMPROVE THAT PROCESS. LET'S DISCUSS IT AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL AND THEN, UH, TAKE IT FROM THERE. SO, YEAH, I, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE, UH, UH, I FEEL THAT WE DO HAVE A GOOD PROCESS. BUT IF WE NEED TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROCESS, WE CAN DO THAT. BUT LET'S NOT DO THAT HERE ON THE DAIS TODAY. LET'S, UH, LOOK AT THAT AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL FIRST. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE CUES AND THERE'S ONLY ONE SCREEN HERE, SO I'M GONNA ASK TO SEE A HAND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE, ON THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. SO LEMME GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, AND I'LL GO TO ROCHA, GARCIA GRO AND BACK TO BRAVO. I LOVE THIS IDEA. I REALLY DO. UM, YOU KNOW, UM, COUNCILMAN BRAVO AND I HAVE TALKED IN THE PAST, AND, AND SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY THAT I STARTED MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER AT, AT TOYOTA. AND THIS IS THE ONLY THING THEY TALK ABOUT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, IS KAIZEN, RIGHT? THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. UM, AND THE, THE SIX SIGMA, IF YOU WILL, P D C A, WHICH IS PLAN, DO, CHECK, AND ACT, RIGHT? UM, AND THEN KEEP DOING THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND IT'S THE CHECK THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, RIGHT? SO, UH, WE PLAN, WE EXECUTE, THEN WE CHECK TO SEE IF IT'S WORKING, THEN WE ADJUST AND ACT, AND THEN WE START ALL OVER AGAIN. I LOVE IT. UM, I THINK THAT, UH, TO DO SOMETHING THAT SOPHISTICATED IS GONNA REQUIRE, UM, EXPERTS, UH, TO, TO DO THIS. I WILL REMIND YOU ALL, WE VOTED RECENTLY ON AN ITEM WHERE, UM, WE CHOSE TEXAS, UH, THE, OUR, ONE OF THE BEST UNIVERSITIES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. U T S A, UH, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON, UH, SOON, HOPEFULLY ON INVITING A AND M AND SOME OF THE OTHER UNIVERSITIES LOCALLY TO CONDUCT THIS KIND OF RESEARCH FOR US. UM, I THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE FOR, FOR THOSE ENTITIES TO DO THIS FOR US. AND, UM, BEFORE I VOTE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, OFFLINE LATER, MAYBE WE HAVE A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE TASK U T S A TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR US. 'CAUSE SO FAR THE PRODUCT THEY CHURN OUT FROM THEIR RESEARCH DEPARTMENTS IS, IS EXCELLENT. BUT I SUPPORT THIS MAN. I WANNA SEE A STUDY LIKE THAT TOO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND, AND COUNCILMAN B BRAVO. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING FORTH THIS, UH, MOTION. I APPRECIATE IT. I SAT ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, UH, FOR A FEW MONTHS AND I LEARNED A LOT. UM, WE DO GET HIGH PROFILE, UH, BRIEFINGS. UM, I I, I, THE LAST ONE THAT I SAW WAS IN APRIL, SO NO, NO. SO, YEAH, SO I'M SURE THAT IT'S COMING UP NEXT. AND SO, UM, I ENCOURAGE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO CHECK THEM OUT. THEY'RE VERY LIGHTENING. I ALWAYS HAVE TONS OF QUESTIONS FOR TROY ELLIOT WHEN HE SENDS THOSE OUT. SO, THANK YOU, TROY, FOR ALWAYS ANSWERING THE, THE QUESTIONS. I DO STILL THINK THAT THIS IS A, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. AND SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE FINANCE BUDGET TO JUST TAKE IT SOMEWHERE INTO THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES BUDGET. I, I, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE IF THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION. NO, WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT. OKAY. SO IF WE, SO TO SATISFY COUNCILMAN BEVO, LIKE IF, IF WE HAD U T S A AND, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PAL FOR REMINDING US ABOUT THAT. I, I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THAT. WHERE DO WE PAY U T SS A OUT OF THE CONTRACT THAT THE COUNCIL, OR THE AGREEMENT THAT THE COUNCIL AGREE, UH, APPROVED THE OTHER DAY IS JUST CAPACITY. SO, UM, IF WE DO SOMETHING, WE HAVE TO FIND FUNDS FOR THAT. UM, JUST LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, IF WE DO SOMETHING ON PROCUREMENT, THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD REDUCE PROCUREMENT SOMEWHERE ELSE IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THAT SPECIFIC REVIEW. WOULD WE BE ABLE TO SOMEHOW SEE A LIST OF THE STUDIES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AND, AND PRIORITIZE 'EM TO DO WORK WITH U T S A AND, AND THE OTHER ENTITIES THAT WE ADDED? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T, U T SS A MAY [02:25:01] BE A GOOD OPTION HERE. WE MAY, THERE MAY BE, UH, THERE MAY BE OTHER ASSOCIATIONS THAT, UH, LOOK, UM, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CO-OPS BY BOARDS, OUR OWN BID PROCESSES. UM, AND, AND, UM, UM, SO IT COULD, THERE WE COULD, WE COULD SEE IF WE COULD FIND A CONSULTANT AS WELL. OKAY, WONDERFUL. BECAUSE I THINK THAT SATISFIES COUNCILMAN, UM, BAR BRAVOS, UH, REQUEST AND SPECIFICALLY TO LOOK FOR OUTSIDE HELP. UM, AND NOT NECESSARILY INTERNAL. I COMPLETELY BELIEVE IN CITY STAFF. UM, BUT I THINK FOR THIS, IT'S AN AUDIT PURPOSE. AND SO IT MIGHT BE BEST IF WE DO EXTERNAL. SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVOS, UM, MOTION TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA GRANT. UH, THANK YOU. I THINK THIS, UH, PROPOSAL HAS MERIT, HOWEVER, IT'S, IT'S LAYERED VERY MUCH. I LOVE, UH, COUNCILMAN PALAIS IDEA ABOUT TAKING IT TO U T S A. I THINK THAT WOULD BE KEY. HOWEVER, I THINK WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT SOME INPUT FROM THE REST OF THE DAIS. AND I'LL BE CONTACTING YOU, COUNCILMAN PERRY, BECAUSE I DO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE BEST VALUE IN LOCAL WHEN WE PUT OUT RFPS, BECAUSE THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO HAVE TO GO TO AUSTIN OR BOSTON OR OTHER AREAS TO, TO GET THIS DONE. SO, I, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS. 'CAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO LOOK AT THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE PART OF THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. THANK YOU. AND I, UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, YEAH, I, I TRUST THAT CITY STAFF ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. I, THIS IS NOT, UH, A CRITICISM OF THEM IN ANY WAY OR, OR ANYBODY WHO SAT ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE PREVIOUSLY OR SITS ON IT. NOW, I WANNA GIVE CONTEXT ON WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM, AND IT'S THAT EVERY THURSDAY WE VOTE ON CONSENT TO APPROVE CONTRACTS THAT ARE MILLIONS, IF NOT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND I KNOW LITTLE TO NOTHING ABOUT ANY OF THOSE, AND I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING UP HERE APPROVING ALL OF THESE SPENDS WITHOUT HAVING A THIRD PARTY OUTSIDE ENTITY THAT IS REVIEWING OUR PROCESS AND, UM, ENDORSING IT OR SO THAT WAY WE ALL HAVE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY CAN HAVE FAITH IN WHAT WE'RE DOING OR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY DO BETTER. MAYBE WE'RE DOING REALLY A GOOD JOB, BUT MAYBE WE COULD DO A BETTER. AND, UH, THAT'S WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM. UM, SO I, I, UH, ACCEPT, UH, ERIC'S RECOMMENDATION OF, UH, PULL, CAN YOU RE REPEAT THAT RECOMMENDATION AGAIN TO REDUCE THE PROCUREMENT BY 200,000? AND I'M HAPPY TO SEND IT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR THEM TO, TO HASH OUT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. UH, WITH THE ONLY ASK, BEING THAT IT IS AN OUTSIDE ENTITY THAT WE USE. SO, UM, I'LL SUMMARIZE WHAT I SAID AND WHAT I THINK I HEARD. UM, IT, IT WOULD NOT RESULT IN A REDUCTION IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW THAT WE WILL SCHEDULE A CONVERSATION AT THE, TO BEGIN AT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, UM, ABOUT PROCUREMENT AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF WHAT TYPE OF PROCUREMENTS, WHAT HAVE WE DONE, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO, WHERE DO WE NEED TO, TO LOOK BY TYPE. UM, IF WE DECIDE IF WE, IF WE HIRE SOMEONE FROM THE OUTSIDE AND IT COMES TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THAT CONTRACT, WE WILL USE PROCUREMENT FUNDS FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE ORGANIZATION. WE'LL REDUCE PROCUREMENT FUNDS TO REALLOCATE FOR THE CONTRACT FOR THE REVIEW. SO WE'LL TAKE THAT ACTION WHEN, WE'LL, WHEN THAT COMES TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, WE'LL REALLOCATE MONEY AND, AND MY, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE'RE GONNA REVIEW HOW WE DO SERVICES, HOW WE CONTRACT FOR SERVICES, THEN WE WILL REDUCE OUR SERVICES CON UH, UH, CONTRACTS, UH, ORGANIZATION WIDE TO BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE THAT MONEY. AND, AND, AND FRANKLY, COUNCILMAN , I THINK THAT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY IF WE DO THAT. THAT'S THE, THE WHOLE COUNCIL'S OPPORTUNITY, NOT JUST THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO HAVE INPUT IN THAT PROCESS. FRANKLY, IT COULD BE A B SESSION BEFORE WE COME TO, TO ACTION. I YIELD THE FLOOR. SO I'M TAKING THAT AS DI THAT'S ONE OF THE, THAT'S, THAT'S A TAKEAWAY DIRECTION FOR STAFF THAT I'M HEARING ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. UM, ANYONE ELSE ON, ON THIS MOTION? I, I GUESS I, SO I'M GONNA ASK A FEW QUESTIONS 'CAUSE I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT CLOUDY ON WHAT THE MOTION IS, ANDY. UH, WELL, I, IF I UNDERSTOOD THE, AGAIN, THE CONVERSATION, I, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO. ARE YOU WITHDRAWING YOUR MOTION WITH, WITH THAT DIRECTION [02:30:01] THAT YOU'RE GIVING ME THAT I JUST REPEATED? YES. I MEAN, IF WE HAVE CONSENSUS FROM COUNSEL TO GIVE THAT DIRECTION, I'M HEARING CONSENSUS. THANK YOU. I WITHDRAW THE MOTION. YEAH. AND SO WE DO HAVE A RECORD AND IN THE ORDINANCE, I WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT PROCUREMENT POLICY THAT IS NOW GONNA BE TAKEN UP BY COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, WHO CHAIRS THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. THEY'LL DISCUSS THE SCOPE AND THE FINANCING OF A POTENTIAL PROCUREMENT STUDY THAT COULD BE WORKED OUT THROUGH THE COMMITTEE AND BROUGHT TO THE FULL COUNSEL. RIGHT. WE CLEAR ON THAT? OKAY. THERE IS AN MOTION NOW. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE ITEM FOUR DISCUSSION. UH, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AS Y'ALL KNOW, I CHAIR THE WEST SIDE TOURS, AND I WAS BRIEFED THAT THERE WILL BE, UH, 1 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR THE BOARD TO DIRECT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONCE THE BOARD MEETS ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, UM, WHICH COULD INCLUDE, UH, CITY FEE WAIVERS. UM, SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES PROPOSED SOME AMENDMENTS YESTERDAY AND TODAY, UM, AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FIND AVAILABLE FUNDING. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVING MONEY OUT OF THE FEE WAIVER LINE ITEM, UM, TO DECONSTRUCTION STAFF, A PSYCHIATRIST FOR THE ON THE SCENE CRISIS RESPONSES, TEAM CODE, CASE MANAGER, PROPERTY, UH, PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION, PILOT CHILDCARE FOR BOARD MEETINGS, AND SENIOR TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS. UM, I'M WILLING TO MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS FROM THE WEST SIDE TOURS AS THEY ARE THE RESULT OF THE COMMUNITY REQUEST OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I HEAR, AND, AND WHAT I HEARD WHILE KNOCKING OUT ON THE DOORS TO, TO EARN THIS SEAT. UM, AS WELL AS THE SPEAK UP SURVEYS. SO ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, THE WEST SIDE TURS WILL MEET TO CONSIDER MOVING UNUSED FUNDING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS. SO THESE FEE WAIVERS WILL NOT BE GONE FOR TOO LONG. UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MARIA, UM, BRIEFLY, IF THERE'S, IF THERE IS FUNDING OF APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION WITHIN THE WEST SIDE TURS, UM, OF UNUSED REIMBURSEMENTS, COUNCILWOMAN, THERE IS NOT FUNDING IN THE WEST SIDE TOURIST FUND BALANCE. THE CURRENT FUND BALANCE IS $30,000. UM, THAT INCLUDES THE RECENT ACTION BY THE WEST SIDE TOURIST TO FUND BASILLAS AT 945,000, AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL $500,000 THAT'S IN THE FISCAL YEAR 22 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR MARKET SQUARE IMPROVEMENTS. THAT LEAVES A BALANCE IN THE WEST SIDE TOURS OF $30,000. I WAS BRIEF THAT NO REIMBURSEMENTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, IS THAT CORRECT? I'M SORRY, FOR, FOR WHAT? WHAT, WHAT PROJECT ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT? UM, ANY OF THE WEST SIDE TOURS, HAVE REIMBURSEMENTS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR EACH OF 'EM, WHETHER IT'S PRISCILLA FOX OR STACY? THEY HAVE NOT, BUT THOSE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND THAT CONTRACT IS OFTENTIMES BANKABLE, SO THOSE PROJECTS CAN GET THEIR FUNDING. OKAY. I WAS BRIEF THAT IF REIMBURSEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN SUBMITTED, THAT UM, IF WE USE THE $1 MILLION THAT THAT CAN BE, UM, CONTINUED IN FISCAL YEAR 2023. IS THAT CORRECT? THERE IS NOT MONEY IF YOU WERE TO USE THAT MONEY FOR SOMETHING ELSE, THERE IS NOT MONEY TO REIMBURSE TO, TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS IN 2023. COUNCILMAN LIKELY THAT WHAT THE TOURS BOARD WOULD NEED TO DO IS CHANGE WHATEVER, UH, AGREEMENTS THEY HAVE IN ORDER TO FREE UP MONEY THAT WOULD, THAT THAT WOULD BE AN ACTION THAT WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN AT THE TOURS BOARD FOR THE INNER CITY BOARDS AMENDMENTS THAT WERE MADE. AND THE MIDTOWN TOURS BOARD HAS THE BOARD ALREADY APPROVED, UH, THE ALLOCATION OF THOSE FUNDS. THE MIDTOWN TOURS BOARD HAS, AND THE INNER CITY TOURIST BOARD WILL AT A FUTURE MEETING, BUT THOSE FUNDS ARE AN AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE. OKAY. I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, TO MAKE THE MOTION, UH, TO MOVE, TO REDUCE THE CITY FEE WAIVER BY AN, AN ADDITIONAL $8,005 AND 73 TO CREATE A DE DECONSTRUCTION POSITION WITHIN THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THE AMOUNT OF 200,000, UM, COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN, COUNCILWOMAN? YES. I MOVED TO CREATE A DECONSTRUCTION POSITION WITHIN THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THE AMOUNT OF 200,000 FUNDED OUT OF THE WEST SIDE TOUR. OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION, WAS THERE A SECOND FOR CREATION OF AND A SECOND BY MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. UM, GO AHEAD, ERIC. UM, FROM THE WEST SIDE TOURS, UM, IS THERE, THERE'S NOT AN AVAILABLE BALANCE THAT'S AN ACTION THAT THE BOARD, THAT THE TOURS BOARD WOULD NEED TO TAKE. THERE IS NO FUNDING TO DO THAT. UM, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS YOU HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE ENTIRE TOURIST BOARD DEFUND PROJECTS, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK. OKAY. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY ARE REIMBURSEMENTS. SO IF, IF NO REIMBURSEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT WHO HAS RECEIVED, UH, A FUNDING OR PROOF FUNDING, THAT THERE'S STILL THE AVAIL THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR US TO USE CHURCH FUNDS. AND THEN WITHIN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THE PROJECT WILL STILL CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED. WAS [02:35:01] THAT INCORRECT? INCORRECT BRIEFING? THAT IS INCORRECT. AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDING IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO BE ABLE TO FUND THOSE COMMITMENTS. OKAY. SO WITH THE EXISTING, CAN WE GET A NUMBER OF HOW MANY, HOW MUCH FUNDING HAS BEEN APPROVED FROM THE WEST SIDE TOURS THAT REIMBURSEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR? DO WE HAVE THAT? WE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT THE, THE CHALLENGE IS YOU HAVE PROJECTS AND YOU HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THESE, THESE, THESE PROJECTS. AND SO THEY DO SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT. SO THEY HAVE A TIME PERIOD TO DO THAT. BUT IF YOU TAKE THAT COMMITMENT AWAY, YOU STILL HAVE TO FUND THAT COMMITMENT LATER ON. AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS COMING ON IN FUTURE YEARS TO FUND THOSE COMMITMENTS. OKAY. I I, I UNDERSTAND. UM, HOWEVER, DURING THE BRIEFING, I WAS TOLD THAT THE, THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED CAN BE RE CONTINUE TO BE REIMBURSED WITHIN THE FISCAL 2023 YEAR. THAT'S INCORRECT. THAT, THAT IS INCORRECT. AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE TOURIST BOARD AND AMEND THE CONTRACT WITH THAT ENTITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. LORI, I WITHDRAW THE AMENDMENT. UM, CAN, CAN I, CAN I JUST PROVIDE MAYBE A SUGGESTION? UM, UM, I, I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO COUNCILWOMAN AND, AND, UM, MAYBE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO LAY OUT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, THE NEXT TWO TO THREE, FOUR YEARS, WHAT COMMITMENTS HAVE BEEN AGREED TO BY THE TURS BOARD? UM, UH, FRANKLY, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE BROUGHT THE $3 MILLION TO THE COUNCIL WAS BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THOSE TWO, THOSE TWO TURS HAD AVAILABLE BALANCE THAT WAS NOT COMMITTED. SO WE CAN SIT DOWN AND WALK THROUGH AND SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THE, THE BOARD HAS PREVIOUSLY DONE AND WHAT DECISIONS COULD BE MADE BY THE BOARD IN ORDER TO CHANGE THOSE COMMITMENTS OR REALIGN TIMING, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE, WHO THE AGREEMENTS WITH, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, UM, WE CAN WORK WITH YOU IF, IF, IF THE BOARD DOES THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE IS AVAILABLE BALANCE, THAT IT'S UTILIZED FOR ELIGIBLE EXPENSES, ANYTIME ONE OF THOSE CITY INITIATED TURS IS MAKES A CHANGE, IT COMES TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR THE ACCEPTANCE. SO, UM, YOU CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN WALK THROUGH THAT ISSUE AND, AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE, FRANKLY, IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR US TO DO THAT WITH ALL THE COUNCIL BECAUSE, UM, UH, WE, WE FORGET THAT WE HAVE THOSE SIX TURS AND, UM, THEY ARE CRITICAL IN THOSE AREAS. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I LOVE IT WHEN THE BELLS RING WHEN I'M ABOUT TO TALK, SO LISTEN UP EVERYBODY. UM, FIRST OF ALL, UH, I, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT MOTIONS GOING ON THE FLOOR, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO GET OUR, OUR RHYTHM ABOUT THE WORDS THAT WE REALLY WANNA SHARE ABOUT TODAY'S BUDGET AND HOW IMPORTANT THIS, THIS ADOPTION IS AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE. SO, UM, LET ME LEVEL SET AND, UH, SAY THAT THAT'S WHAT WHAT I'M GOING TO, TO DO. FIRST OF ALL, UH, MY THANKS AND, UM, AND MY COMMENDATION TO ERIC, MARIA SCOTT, AND THE ENTIRE BUDGET TEAM. AND I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST THE BUDGET TEAM THAT WORKS ON THIS, BUT ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND PEOPLE WHO WORK IN, IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS WHO PUT THIS HUGE DOCUMENT TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR INGENUITY IN GETTING US TO, TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO SINCERELY THANK ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CONTACTED MY OFFICE, THOSE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO FILL OUT THE ESSAY SPEAK UP SURVEY, THOSE WHO CAME HERE TODAY, UH, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CLUBHOUSE IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND BIG MAMA'S HOUSE ON THE EAST SIDE, WHO CAME TO SHARE REMARKS ON TODAY'S BUDGET. WE CANNOT CRAFT A BUDGET THAT REFLECTS COMMUNITY PRIORITIES WITHOUT YOU PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROCESS. THIS BUDGET MOVES FORWARD A NUMBER OF CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES, INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH, EQUITY, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ARTS AND CULTURE. AND IT'S A BUDGET THAT DOES RIGHT BY THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT SEVEN. I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BE GLAD TO SEE THE FOREST HILLS LIBRARY REPAIRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND TO SEE THOSE VISION ZERO CROSSWALKS IMPLEMENTED IN SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, I DO WANNA MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ON THE, ON THE AMENDMENTS THAT, UH, WE WILL BE HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD WITH TODAY. AND, AND TO THANK STAFF FOR, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO FIT THOSE IN. UM, THAT INCLUDES, UH, A CHILDCARE STIPEND FOR BOARDING COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, ACTIVATING OUR UNDERUSED GREEN SPACES AND A SUPPORT AND SUPPORT FOR, UM, ACTUALLY THIS IS AN AMENDMENT, SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND SUPPORT FOR OUR UNDERUSED, UH, GREEN SPACES AND THE CREATION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING ALL OF [02:40:01] THAT HAPPENED. I MENTIONED TO, UH, ERIC JUST A MINUTE AGO THAT I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW SERIOUSLY, UM, HE, HE REALLY TRIED TO FIT IN ALL OF OUR, UH, AMENDMENTS AND WORKED WITH US, UH, AFTER HOURS TO TRY TO MAKE, UM, MAKE ROOM FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S PRIORITIES. UH, I DO WANNA SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS ON THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE THAT WE ARE, THAT WE WILL BE FUNDING. I AM ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO, WHO HELPED, UH, CREATE THAT AT THE BEGINNING. AND WE ARE, WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE THEIR, THEIR NEWLY APPOINTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH US, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. AND THAT'S DR. SARAH ZAIDA GOLD. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. AND I WANNA SAY THAT MAKATI WAS FORMED RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC STARTED, BUT DESPITE THAT, THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY PROLIFIC. SARAH AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR, WAS ABSOLUTELY PROLIFIC IN ESTABLISHING, UH, MACE'S FLAG IN THE GROUND AND ALL OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT, THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO EXECUTE DURING THE PANDEMIC. SO I'M SO PROUD TO SUPPORT THEM AGAIN IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UH, THEY RECENTLY HAD THEIR FIRST ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM. IT WAS DONE VIRTUALLY OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, AND THEY HAD, UH, THE NEW CALIFORNIA SENATOR ALEX PADILLA IS ONE OF THEIR SPEAKERS THERE. AND JUST THIS PAST WEEK, IF YOU MISSED IT, I HOPE YOU CAN STILL SEE IT ONLINE, RI HELD A WEBINAR PRESENTING CHAR MILLER'S NEW BOOK, UH, WEST SIDE RISING, WHICH CHRONICLES THE 1921 FLOOD AND ITS DEVASTATION OF OUR WEST SIDE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THEN, THE LIST GOES ON. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO, UH, RI BUT THE REAL GEM IN TODAY'S BUDGET IS THE HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS. WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT THAT, UH, WHEN YOU PRESENTED THE, THE DRAFT BUDGET. AND I THINK WITH ALL THE TALK ABOUT AMENDMENTS, WE'VE, WE'VE FORGOTTEN SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF FUNDING, UH, WITH TODAY'S VOTE, TODAY'S PROPOSED BUDGET INCREASES OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO $81 MILLION. THIS ALLOWS US TO IMMEDIATELY BEGIN GROWING OUR INVESTMENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND HEALTH EQUITY, AND INCREASING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. THE STRATEGIC BRO GROWTH PLAN HAS DOZENS OF INITIATIVES THAT ARE JUST READY TO BE LAUNCHED THAT WILL BRING, UH, LONGER, MORE FLOURISHING LIVES TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN SAN ANTONIO, AND ACTUALLY IN THE COUNTY AS WELL, BECAUSE, UH, OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOES SERVE ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS. UM, SO I AM ABSOLUTELY, UM, DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT HAPPENING. AND, UH, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE THE MOTION YET? NO, NO. IT'S, UH, BECAUSE OF ALL THE RECUSALS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH. OH, LITTLE BY LITTLE. OKAY. WELL, UM, I'M, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER KIO HDA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO I KEEP FORGETTING. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ANNUAL CITY BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN DISTRICT SIX, WHO TOOK TIME TO FILL OUT MY SURVEY AND CALL MY OFFICE TO TELL ME WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO YOU. THIS BUDGET PROCESS, RESTORING PLAN CUTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND INCREASING COMPENSATION FOR OUR VALUED CITY EMPLOYEES WHILE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN PUBLIC HEALTH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE, WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING THE CITY IN A STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT AND TRUE TESTAMENT OF OUR CITY MANAGER AND HARDWORKING CITY STAFF WITH THIS COUNCIL. AND IN MY CASE, LISTENING AND RESPONDING TO THE WILL OF THE GOOD PEOPLE OF DISTRICT SIX, BECAUSE WE LISTENED AND ACTED FOR DISTRICT SIX IN MY BELOVED HOME IN TOWN SAN ANTONIO. I'M CONFIDENT IN MY VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED ECONOMIC ECONOMIC RECOVERY TO COME TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE REQUESTS THAT WILL BE FUNDED, UM, UH, UH, FOR DISTRICT SIX. UM, WE'RE INCREASING FIRE DEPARTMENT SUPPORT THROUGH ENHANCEMENTS LIKE CUTTING TOOLS AND GENERATORS TO HELP OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO HELP US. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT ESTABLISHING A DISTRICT SIX CONSTITUENT SERVICES WALK-IN FIELD OFFICE AT THE RONNER FACILITY ON OLD HIGHWAY 90 ENRIQUE BETA PARKWAY. THE EDGEWOOD COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT SIX HAS BEEN ASKING FOR A FIELD OFFICE PHYSICALLY IN THEIR COMMUNITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I'M HAPPY WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT FOR THEM, THIS BUDGET, AND I KNOW MY STAFF AND I ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING MORE CLOSELY IN THE EDGEWOOD COMMUNITY FUNDS TO MITIGATE PIN ROAD FLOODING, UH, MAYBE THE AREA IN DISTRICT SIX THAT FLOOD THE FLOODS THE MOST, THE M AND MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE, WHICH I WAS HAPPY TO SUPPORT A PARK REDUCTION ADJUSTMENT FOR OUR VETERANS GROUP. THIS WAS A REQUEST FROM V F W POST 9 1 7 4 ON PIN ROAD, AND I'M HAPPY TO DELIVER THIS REQUEST TO HELP THEM GATHER, UM, AS VETERANS AT A REDUCED COST IN OUR SAN ANTONIO PARKS. [02:45:01] THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT SIX HAVE REPORTED FLOOD WATER ENCROACHMENT ON THEIR PROPERTIES THAT THEY'VE NEVER OBSERVED IN YEARS PRIOR. SO WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE STORM WATER BUDGET DOLLARS TO MITIGATE EROSION, CAUSING SOME OF THESE FLOODING ISSUES, SPECIFICALLY NEAR THE GREAT NORTHWEST AREA AND UPT ROAD. WE'VE ALSO CREATED A RESOURCE FUND FOR FLOOD VICTIMS THAT EITHER DO, DON'T QUALIFY FOR FEMA ASSISTANCE, OR DON'T HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE, BUT HAS STILL HAVE, UM, STORMWATER IN THEIR HOMES. WE'VE INCREASED SINGLE LOT DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE EDGEWOOD AREA THAT WILL AID FAMILIES WITH LEGACY PROPERTIES WHO OWE BACK TAXES OR LIENS, THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE FOR MORE PROGRAMMING ACTIVITIES, OPPORTUNITIES IN DISTRICT SIX TO ENGAGE AT-RISK YOUTH. AND FINALLY, A MUCH NEEDED HEALTHY CORNER STORE IN THE EDGEWOOD AREA, WHICH IS, UH, HISTORICALLY A FOOD DESERT. AND IT'S VERY SORELY NEEDED. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT SIX WHO CONTACTED OUR OFFICES, WHO PARTICIPATED, AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WANTED TO SEE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER K HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SHOW, UM, I HAVE A PROP FOR ALL MY RESIDENTS. THIS WAS THE BOOK THAT WE WENT OVER. MANY OF US GOT HERE IN, UH, JUNE AND STARTED WITH THIS, AND WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TODAY. MARKS THE CULMINATION OF MONTHS OF HARDWORKING BY THE COUNCIL, THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE AND STAFF ACROSS THE CITY AS WE LOOK TO ADOPT A 3.1 BILLION BALANCED BUDGET WITH A FOCUS ON COMMUNITY PRO PRIORITIES. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO MET WITH MY STAFF OR MYSELF, VIRTUALLY IN PERSON. AND I WANT TO SEE THE CITY'S BUDGET GROW. AND I'M LOOKING AT VISIT SAN ANTONIO AND GETTING THE HOSPITALITY AND THE TOURISM INDUSTRY BACK ON TRACK SO WE CAN INCREASE THAT BUDGET. THIS YEAR'S BUDGET INCLUDES SEVERAL MEASURES THAT WILL ADDRESS CITY INEQUITIES THROUGH NEW INVESTMENTS. WE ARE ON THE PRECIPICE OF MOVING THIS CITY FORWARD IN A WAY WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE. AND THE VOICES YOU HAVE ON THE DAAS ARE DIVERSE AND PASSIONATE AS WE WORK TO GET THIS CITY OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC AND MOVE IT IN THE DI DIRECTION. I ASK ALL OF YOU TO JOIN US IN THIS PROCESS. WE HAD NO INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES. THAT'S 29 CONSECUTIVE YEARS, AND WE, THAT MEANS WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THIS COUNCIL TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE STRUGGLES THAT THIS CITY FACED DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND THEY, THEY MOVED THOUGHTFULLY. SO I WANNA THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, FOR WORKING TO MOVE US TO THIS POINT. I WANT TO THANK, UH, MARIA VILLA GOMEZ. THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FAMILY VIOLENCE. IT WAS EMBEDDED IN THE BUDGET. I DIDN'T HAVE TO S TO SIT HERE AND RALLY MY COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY ON TRACK AND YOU WERE ALREADY DOING WHAT WAS NECESSARY. I WANT TO THANK THE NUMEROUS DIRECTORS THAT MET WITH ME AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER AND SHARED THEIR VISION, WHETHER IT WAS THE CITY STAFF OR COMMUNITY LEADERS, I LISTENED FOR HOPE, COMPASSION, ENTHUSIASM, AND INCLUSION. AND I WAS SO HAPPY TO HEAR IT FROM SO MANY. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS FROM THE BUDGET. THE, UM, CIVILIAN COMPENSATION, THE 5% THAT AFSCME AND OTHERS HAD WORKED FOR THE 4% ACROSS THE BOARD, AND THE 1% LUMP SUM PAYMENT FOR EMPLOYEES. I BELIEVE THIS IS KEY IN MAKING SURE WE GET THINGS DONE AT THE CITY, AND WE LET OUR CITY EMPLOYEES KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THEM. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATIONS TO COME ABOUT, UH, THE PAY PLANS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I WANNA THANK FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER TOMMY ATKINSON FOR ALWAYS BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND FOR REACHING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT WAS MADE A PRIORITY AND ALWAYS ON DECK TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE CODE. I WANNA THANK GEORGE GARCIA, UH, WHO'S APPOINTED TO MY BOARD FOR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. AND SHANNON, WE HAVE STILL WORK TO DO. WE DIDN'T GET OUR MONEY, BUT WE WILL, UH, BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT AFTER THIS PANDEMIC WE TAKE, WE TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMALS ON THE STREET. AND I WANNA THANK, UH, DR. SARAH GOULD AND ERY AND THE CESAR CHAVEZ FOUNDATION. YOU ARE MAKING THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS STORY TOLD YOU ARE BRINGING IT FORWARD, AND I'M SO EXCITED. AND AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTER INTO RECORD, UH, LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR MACRI. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ENTITY MOVING FORWARD. AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE AN ADDITIONAL $250,000 FOR A SUBSTATION [02:50:01] IN DISTRICT THREE, WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED AND LONG AWAITED, WHICH WOULD BRING A CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THAT SOUTHERN SECTOR. I'M VOTING FOR THIS BUDGET BECAUSE I HAVE LIVED IN THIS CITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND THIS BUDGET MOVES US FORWARD. I HAVE HOPE, COMPASSION, AND ENTHUSIASM AND INCLUSION NOW BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THIS BUDGET REPRESENTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING MORE FUNDING TO A C S ADDRESSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND TAKING CARE OF OUR SENIORS BY GETTING THEM ONLINE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERON. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. THANK YOU. UM, ERIC, I'M GONNA LOOK FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HELP FROM YOU ON THIS. MAYBE. UM, SO THE PROGRAM, THE DECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM THAT COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO WAS PROPOSING, UM, IF WE'RE DECONSTRUCTING HOUSES AND REUSING THOSE MATERIALS, THEN WE'RE NOT SENDING THOSE MATERIALS TO THE LANDFILL. SO I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD TAKE A PORTION OF THE SOLID WASTE BUDGET AND DEDICATE IT TO A DECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. AND, YOU KNOW, IN DOING SO, I WOULD PROPO AT NO COST TO THIS BUDGET. I WOULD PROPOSE A, UM, LET ME JUST DOUBLE CHECK, A 0.64%. IF WE COULD DEDICATE 0.64% OF THE SOLID WAGE BUDGET TOWARDS A DECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM, IT WOULDN'T CHANGE THE BUDGET. WE COULD CREATE THIS DECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND 0.64% OF THE $156,223,338 WOULD REPRESENT ABOUT $1 MILLION TO BE ABLE TO FUND THIS DECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. THE, UH, THE ONLY, WELL, THE ISSUE WITH THAT, UH, PROPOSAL IS THAT, UH, SOLID WASTE IS A FEE-BASED STRUCTURE. CONSEQUENTLY, THE REVENUE THAT WE COLLECT IN TERMS OF SOLID WASTE HAS TO BE, UH, USED TO SPEND FOR SOLID WASTE PURPOSES. RIGHT? AND SO THIS IS DIVERTING LANDFILL WASTE, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA, INSTEAD OF DESTROYING A HOUSE AND HAULING IT OFF TO THE LANDFILL, YOU WOULD DECONSTRUCT IT AND DIVERT THOSE MATERIALS TO BE ABLE TO REMODEL OR BUILD OTHER HOUSES IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I BELIEVE THAT WOULD FA FALL WITHIN THE SCOPE OF SOLID WASTE AND THEIR ENTERPRISE FUND. SO, COUNCILMAN, UM, SOLID, WHEN A HOME IS DEMOLISHED, SOLID WASTE DOES NOT TAKE THAT MATERIAL. THAT'S NOT ONE OF OUR SERVICES. I, I, I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I, I THINK MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK THROUGH HOW, WHERE THAT FUNDING COMES FROM. UM, IT MAY NOT BE THE SOLID WASTE, BUT, UM, IF WE HIRE A CONTRACTOR TO DEMOLISH A HOME, THAT'S PART OF THEIR EXPENSE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE TRANSPORTING THE LANDFILL WITH THE, UH, DAVID NEWMAN'S TRUCKS AREN'T DOING THAT. UM, SO IT'S NOT AN EXPENSE WE HAVE IN OUR SOLID WASTE, UH, DEPARTMENT. AND, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT SUGGESTING WHEN THE CITY DEMOLISHES A HOME, I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN ANY INDIVIDUAL IN THE COMMUNITY WERE TO DECIDE TO DO THIS, IF THERE WAS A, SOME KIND OF A DECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM TO DIVERT THAT, THOSE MATERIALS, THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD, WE DON'T, WE DON'T TAKE THAT MATERIAL TO THE, TO THE, TO THE DUMP EITHER. WELL, THAT, BUT THAT INDIVIDUAL COULD, RIGHT? THEY COULD, BUT THAT'S NOT A COST OF, OF THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE BORNING THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE BEARING OUT OF OUR OPERATIONS. MY, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING. I, I THINK GIVE US A CHANCE TO, BETWEEN MIKE SHANNON, UM, SHANNON MILLER, DAVID NEWMAN, THE STAFF, UH, UH, AND THINK THROUGH HOW IT WRAPS AROUND A DECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. RIGHT? UM, AND, AND, UH, HOW WE COULD DO THAT. SO IS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, UM, MAYBE COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT TAKE THROUGH THE, THE COMMITTEE THAT YOU CHAIR ON NEIGHBORHOODS AND PLANNING? WOULD THAT MAKE SENSE? WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU BE ACCEPTING OF US TAKING IT THROUGH THAT COMMITTEE TO, TO SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS AND WORK WITH CITY STAFF ON THAT? OKAY. UM, IN THAT CASE, UH, I WON'T PUSH THAT. DID I START A MOTION? I SHOULD HAVE, I APOLOGIZE. I DISCUSSED THE ISSUE WITHOUT CREATING A MOTION, SO I DON'T HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, SO I'M GONNA KEEP TALKING. UM, IN THAT CASE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS BONDING ASSISTANCE. I KNOW THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ HAD BROUGHT UP BONDING ASSISTANCE, UM, FOR SMALL CONTRACTORS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO PURSUE CONTRACTS, UM, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT BONDING. UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET, $550,000. [02:55:01] COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ HAD HAD, UH, PROPOSED INCREASING IT TO $3 MILLION. AND, UH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO, I BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SAVE THE CITY MONEY BECAUSE THE MORE PEOPLE THAT WE, MORE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE EMPOWER TO BE ABLE TO BID ON CONTRACTS, THE MORE COMPETITION WE WILL HAVE, AND THE MORE COST SAVINGS WE CAN UTILIZE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THE MORE WE CAN ACHIEVE PER, PER TAX DOLLAR HERE IN OUR INVESTMENTS IN THE CITY. AND, UH, SO I WANT TO, I WANT TO PROPOSE A MOTION TO, UM, INCREASE THAT BONDING ASSISTANCE TO $3 MILLION AND TAKE THAT MONEY FROM THE RESERVE FUND UN, UNLESS ERIC HAS A BETTER SUGGESTION OF WHERE TO TAKE THAT FUNDING FROM. OKAY, LET ME, LET ME MAKE TIME FOR FOR A SECOND ON THE MOTION, UH, THERE WAS A MOTION TO REDUCE OR TO, UM, INCREASE THE BONDING ASSISTANCE CAPACITY TO 3 MILLION, BUY $3 MILLION, AND REMOVE THAT MONEY FROM THE RESERVE BUDGET. F Y 22 PROPOSED. IS THAT CORRECT? UH, IT'S TO TAKE IT FROM 550,000 TO 3 MILLION, SO WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF 2.45 MILLION. OKAY. UH, REDUCTION OF THE RESERVE BY 2.45 MILLION, AN INCREASE IN THE BONDING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CATEGORY BY THE SAME AMOUNT. UM, LET ME REMIND THE COUNCILMAN THAT ONCE HE YIELDS THE FLOOR, HE YIELDS FOR GOOD ON ITEM FOUR. SO IF HE HAS ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS TO OFFER, HE SHOULD DO SO AT THIS TIME. WOO. I DON'T SEE MY TIME ON THE CLOCK THERE. UH, I HAVE, I HAVE SEVERAL OTHER MOTIONS TO, UH, PROPOSE. SO I GUESS I'M GONNA PUT SEVERAL MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR AT THE SAME TIME. LET, LET ME, UM, LET ME CLARIFY. YOU CAN MAKE ONE MOTION, UM, BUT YOU SHOULD OFFER ALL AMENDMENTS WITHIN THE SAME MOTION THAT YOU INTEND ON ITEM FOUR. OKAY. UM, I WILL ADD TO THAT A MOTION FOR A STUDY ON, UH, AT THE COST OF $200,000 TO STUDY CURRENT, UH, MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND PRACTICES AT C P S ENERGY, INCLUDING CORPORATE CULTURE. I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE CURRENT SITUATION WARRANTS THAT. I BELIEVE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WILL TELL ME THAT, UH, C P S ENERGY IS THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG. IT'S THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG. WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THEM. AND I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT C P S ENERGY RECENTLY LAID A BILLION DOLLAR ROTTEN EGG AND WE'RE STUCK WITH THAT. AND SO I THINK THAT IT'S HIGH TIME THAT WE DO AN OUTSIDE STUDY AND REVIEW THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE. SO I WANT A $200,000 INDEPENDENT STUDY OF THEIR MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND THE CORPORATE CULTURE. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO DO ANOTHER $200,000 ON, UH, I'M SORRY, $500,000 FOR, UH, TO CONTRACT WITH OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS TO PROACTIVELY REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUALS ON A LIST THAT, UH, WE BELIEVE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE HOME, UH, PEOPLE, I GUESS A TARGETED LIST OF PEOPLE WHO WE BELIEVE LIVE IN THE HOME THEY OWN, BUT DO NOT HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND ASSIST THEM IN, IN, UH, APPLYING FOR THEIR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, OUTREACH, FIND EVERYBODY WHO'S 64 YEARS OLD AND HAS A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND OFFER THEM ASSISTANCE IN PROTESTING THEIR PROPERTY VALUATION WITH THE INTENT OF THAT WHEN THEY TURN 65, A PORTION OF THEIR PROPERTY TAXES WILL BE FROZEN. AND SO I WOULD LIKE US TO ASSIST THEM TO SEE IF WE CAN KNOCK THAT VALUATION DOWN BY 10, 15, 20% BECAUSE THAT'S THE VALUE THAT IT WAS, WILL BE FROZEN AT AS THEY AGE OUT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, AND LIVE ON A FIXED INCOME TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT PROPERTY TAX BURDEN FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. AND START OFF BY DOING THAT IN, UH, LOW INCOME ZIP CODES. LET ME SEE IF I'VE GOT EVERYTHING HERE. OH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD AN AMENDMENT. UM, I GUESS I, I WOULD, AND YOU KNOW, I MAYOR, I HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND AMENDMENT. IT'S GOTTA BE SEPARATE FROM THIS. 'CAUSE THIS ONE IS NO COST WELL AFFORD. I WANNA DO AN AMENDMENT ON, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND, UH, THIS IS TO TAKE $200,000 THAT'S IN THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND REASSIGN IT TO A STUDY TO SEE, TO EVALUATE HOW EFFECTIVE OUR PREVIOUS INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS HAVE BEEN. AND, UM, I'D LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TO CON CONTINUING TO INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHOUT KNOWING IF WE'RE ACHIEVING THE INTENDED EFFECT, AND WITHOUT KNOWING WHICH INCENTIVES HAVE BEEN MORE COST EFFECTIVE IN ACHIEVING THAT RESULT. MAYOR, IF I MAY, UH, A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT [03:00:01] COUNCILMAN BRAVO BROUGHT UP, UM, DO REQUIRE AT LEAST THE COORDINATION WITH IF, IF NOT THE APPROVAL OF OTHER ENTITIES. THE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, UH, COUNCILMAN WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX, THAT WILL REQUIRE, I THINK, UH, THE COOPERATION COORDINATION OF B C A ON THAT ONE. UH, IN TERMS OF THE STUDY OF THE C P S MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE, UH, BECAUSE THEY ARE, UH, GOVERNED BY A SEPARATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, UM, THAT WOULD REQUIRE, UH, THEIR COOPERATION COORDINATION IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, IMPLEMENTED THERE AT C P SS. SO THOSE TWO WILL PROBABLY REQUIRE, UH, SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS, COORDINATION WITH THOSE TWO ENTITIES BEFORE WE CAN EMBARK ON TWOS. I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THE, UH, C P S ENERGY STUDY TO THE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES COMMITTEE IF, UH, THE CHAIR WILL AGREE. AND, UH, SO THEN I'LL JUST, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. I'M GONNA ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I WOULD ARGUE, UH, UH, ANDY, UM, THE MOTION DOES NOT PRECLUDE FEASIBILITY. I MEAN, THE COUNCILMAN COULD ARGUE TO PULL $200 MILLION OUT OF THE RESERVE AND SET IT ON FIRE IF HE'D LIKE TO. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE FEASIBILITY OF THE ASK DOES NOT PRECLUDE HIM FROM REMOVING THOSE ITEMS FROM THE BUDGET, DOES IT? UH, NO. MAYOR, IT DOESN'T. OKAY. SO LET ME ASK, UM, THE COUNCILMAN TO RESTATE HIS MOTION FOR ALL THE ITEMS. I'LL LEAVE TIME FOR A SECOND TO SEE, UH, IF IT, IF IT'S SECONDED, THEN, THEN WE CAN ACT ON THAT. SO IF YOU CAN JUST SUCCINCTLY LIST OUT, UH, YOUR AMENDMENT, BOTH IN TERMS OF, UM, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING TO BE REMOVED FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING TO ADD TO. AND IF YOU WOULD STATE THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION, PLEASE. I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE A MOTION, UM, TO MOVE $200,000 OF THE CURRENT EXISTING FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVER TO A STUDY TO LOOK AT PREVIOUS AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTMENTS, UM, AND SEE, UM, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON, ON HOW WE CAN BEST ACHIEVE OUR INTENDED RESULT. UM, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, OFFER A 500,000 UP TO $500,000 IN CONTRACTS FOR OUTREACH TO LOW INCOME AREAS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS ACHIEVING THE, THE PROPERTY HAVE, HAS THEIR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THAT THAT IS QUALIFIES FOR IT AND HAS ASSISTANCE IN PROTESTING THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, UM, THAT COMING FROM THE RESERVE BUDGET. AND, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT $2.45 MILLION IN ASSIST IN ADDITIONAL BONDING ASSISTANCE FROM THE RESERVE BUDGET. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCILMAN HAS STATED HIS MOTION, UH, IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. THERE IS A SECOND. UM, FOR THE COUNCILMAN'S MOTION, I, I WON'T REPEAT IT, BUT I KNOW THE CLERK HAS BEEN TAKING THE RECORD ON THAT. UM, SO WE'LL TAKE UP DISCUSSION ON THE COUNCILMAN'S MOTION, UM, AGAIN, TO REMOVE FUNDING FROM CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL AS THE RESERVE FUND AND, UH, EXPENSE THEM AS NOTED. CAN, UH, MAYOR, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO. UH, DID YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE 2.45 MILLION FROM, FOR RE FROM RESERVES, THE 500,000 FROM RESERVES. UH, WHAT ABOUT THE 200,000 C P S? OH, I PULLED, I'M NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE C P SS. OKAY. SO WITH, UH, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT WE WOULD, UH, TAKE THAT UP TO THE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES COMMITTEE. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, AT THIS TIME I'LL TAKE UP DISCUSSION ON COUNCILMAN BRAVO'S MOTION. UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE MULTIPLE CUES GOING, SO IF YOU, IF I CAN GET A HAND FOR SOMEONE, UH, FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DISCUSS THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN BRAVO. AND I KNOW EARLIER, UM, YOU, YOU WERE ASKING IF MY AGREEMENT AND I JUST KIND OF DID A THUMBS UP. UM, I KEEP THINKING OF ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER AND WE CAN'T JUST CHIME IN. THE CHAIR'S THE ONLY ONE THAT RECOGNIZES US TO SPEAK, AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE ME KEEP RUNNING OVER TO ANDY AND ASKING HIM QUESTIONS BECAUSE HE'S THE OTHER PERSON THAT COULD STEP IN. HE'S KIND OF OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN. SO MY APOLOGIES TO YOU, BUT GREAT IDEAS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP. I APPRECIATE, UM, THE FACT THAT YOU ARE, ARE THINKING OF SOME ADDITIONAL STUDIES. UM, THANK YOU FOR WITHDRAWING EMOTION ABOUT THE, THE C P S. I DO THINK THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN, UH, GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND, AND WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL. I DO THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT. SO THANK YOU COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR AGREEING TO TAKE IT UP AT THE UTILITIES COMMITTEE. I, UM, I, I SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE, SO I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN AGAIN. UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, ON THE $200,000 FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING STUDY, UM, A ABSOLUTELY YES. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT AT, AT OUR COMMITTEE, AT THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, [03:05:01] PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, UM, COMMITTEE. BUT I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ERIC SPECIFICALLY. UM, SO THE COUNCILMAN IS PROPOSING TO MOVE UP TO $500,000. UH, AND, AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S FOR A STUDY TO CONTACT FOLKS IN LOW INCOME AREAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE HELP IN LOWERING, LOWERING THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. IS THERE ALREADY SOME, UH, OR I THOUGHT THERE WAS ALREADY A PROGRAM WITHIN ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT DOES THAT. UM, CAN YOU HELP ME OR, OR, OR AM I MISUNDERSTANDING? DO OR I DON'T, IS IT CITY FUNDED? THE PROGRAM THAT DOES THAT? IS THAT, WOULD THAT BE AN EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM? UM, YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD. AND, AND I'LL ASK BEN TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM BECAUSE HE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE JUNE WORK SESSION WHERE PRE C O V I, WE INCORPORATED THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION AND A LOT OF THINGS THE CITY DID. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN JUNE WAS, UM, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE GET BACK TO THAT. WE HAVE NAVIGATORS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET MAILERS IN, UM, C P S AND SAWS BILLS. IT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS AND WE'VE GOTTA GET BACK TO THAT AND THAT WOULD BE ALL WITHIN OUR RESPONSIBILITY. UM, AND SO BEN, IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF RECAP WHAT THAT CONVERSATION WAS IN JUNE? UH, SURE. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, COUNCILWOMAN. SO WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING IS, UM, WE HAVE THE DATA FROM THE BARE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. SO WE WILL ANALYZE THAT DATA, CONTINUE TO ANALYZE THAT DATA, BREAK IT DOWN FURTHER. WE WANNA DO IT BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL WHICH PROPERTIES DON'T HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. UH, WE THEN CAN DO ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS IF WE SEE, YOU KNOW, OWNERS GOT MULTIPLE PROPERTIES, THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE RENTAL PROPERTIES. I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO NARROW THE LIST OF PROPERTIES DOWN, HOPEFULLY QUITE A BIT. UH, AND THEN AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, WE'LL DO OUTREACH OURSELVES. WE'LL SEND LETTERS TO THOSE RESIDENTS TO TRY TO GET RESIDENTS TO TRY TO GET THEM TO CONTACT US. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE BAY APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THIS AREA. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW, GETTING A MAILER FROM THE BAY APPRAISAL DISTRICT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN GETTING A MAILER FROM US. SO WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN WE'LL CERTAINLY, UH, COORDINATE WHICH EACH OF YOUR DISTRICT OFFICES TO HELP AS WELL. UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE EVEN CREATE MAILERS THAT YOU SEND DIRECTLY TO THE RESIDENT, UM, ASKING THEM TO CONTACT US AND THEN WE'LL LEVERAGE THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO HELP THEM GET THAT EXEMPTION AND GET THAT SIGNED UP WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. SO DO WE ALREADY HAVE THAT BUDGETED THEN? SO IS THERE, UM, LIKE A POSTAGE BUDGET, IS THERE A PRINTING BUDGET? AND WHERE WOULD THAT FALL THEN? HOW, HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS ALREADY? SO WE'LL WORK WITHIN OUR, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO, TO, UM, AND THE HOUSING BUDGET TO WORK ON, UH, UH, GETTING THAT DONE. SO I GUESS THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING IS, SO DO WE NEED THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT OR CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH IS ALREADY BUDGETED? UH, I CAN'T TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY HOW MUCH IS BUDGETED. I THINK THE AMENDMENT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IT'S TALKING ABOUT, UM, CONTRACTING WITH THIRD PARTIES TO ACTUALLY DO A LOT OF THAT WORK. SO I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WE WOULD BE LEVERAGING OUR RESOURCES INTERNALLY TO, TO PICK UP THIS ADDITIONAL WORK. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU BEN. AND THEN, UH, WELL ACTUALLY I WERE, WERE YOU GONNA ADD SOMETHING ERIC? SORRY. NO MA'AM. I WAS JUST GETTING ADJUSTED . OKAY, NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER ILLA GRIME. THANK YOU. I AM HAPPY WITH THE BUDGET AS IT SITS NOW WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT THE CITY, SO I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS. UH, ERIC, IS THERE SOME DIRECTION WE CAN UH, HAVE AFTER THIS SESSION TO KIND OF LOOK AT BEST PRACTICES FOR BUDGET. SO WE'RE NOT IN THIS SITUATION FOR THE ARPA DISCUSSIONS. UM, SURE. UH, I, YOU KNOW, THE ARPA CONVERSATION IS GONNA BE, UM, OF MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS IN THIS SETTING WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC ON PRIORITIES AND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE, THAT THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL COME TO AGREEMENT AS A GROUP. UM, AND, UM, SOMETIMES THAT TAKES A LONG TIME. AND SO, UM, BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT IT'S GONNA BE EASY EITHER. NO, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE EASY. BUT THE, THE FORMER DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MADE A LOT OF AMENDMENTS FROM THE DAIS, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT PATTERN CONTINUE. SO LET'S, LET'S TRY AND WORK FOR, LET'S TRY AND WORK AND GET THINGS DONE IN COMMITTEE. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, UM, ON THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL? UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT HOW I WILL BE VOTING AND, UH, CLARIFY WHY THAT WILL BE. UH, AT THIS POINT, I, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THE, THE AMENDMENT, BUT I JUST WANNA CLARIFY WHY NOT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK [03:10:01] THAT THEY ARE REASONABLE AND GOOD IDEAS THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH. UM, I JUST, UH, I GUESS I, I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW THE COST ESTIMATES WERE DEVELOPED AND ALSO WHAT WE WILL BE, UH, SACRIFICING. UH, AND THAT'S A, THAT'S SOMETHING I WANNA UNDERSTAND BEFORE I, I TAKE A VOTE ON THIS. SO I, BEFORE I TAKE AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE ON, ON AN AMENDMENT LIKE THAT, I DON'T THINK THIS PRECLUDES THE POSSIBILITY OF THESE AMENDMENTS OCCURRING IN THE MID-YEAR BUDGET, OR FOR US FINDING ANOTHER WAY TO WORK THESE IN. IN FACT, UM, TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COUNCILWOMAN ROCHE GARCIA WAS SAYING, IF, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AT OUR BUDGET RETREAT, THE COUNCILMAN DID BRING UP THE SUGGESTION ABOUT REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS. AND THAT WAS MET WITH OVERALL SUPPORT FROM ALL OF OUR COUNCIL. AND EVERYONE THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA. AND I BELIEVE, UM, CITY STAFF EVEN SAID, WE WILL FIND A WAY TO WORK THAT INTO THE BUDGET. UM, JUST, JUST LIKE YOU MENTIONED. SO I, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A BAD IDEA AT ALL. I THINK IT'S A TREMENDOUS IDEA. UM, AGAIN, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THE COST ESTIMATES COME FROM. I ALSO SUBMITTED A NUMBER OF BUDGET REQUESTS WITH MY OWN COST ESTIMATES, AND, UH, AND I DIDN'T GET THEM FULLY FUNDED AT, YOU KNOW, $300,000 OR $200,000. UM, SO I, I THINK IF I, I JUST THINK THOSE HAVE TO BE, UH, SCRUTINIZED A LITTLE BIT MORE BEFORE I'M WILLING TO, TO SAY, OH, YEAH, GO, GO AHEAD AND, AND DO THIS. SO, UM, AGAIN, UH, WON'T BE SUPPORTING, BUT, UM, I THINK THEY'RE GOOD IDEAS IN THAT WE CAN STILL MAKE THIS WORK OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANT TO HAVE CLARIFIED, 'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A BUNCH OF NUMBERS AND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. UH, I ASKED THE CITY MANAGER, I KNOW HE'S BEEN PENCILING THIS AS HE'S GOING ALONG. WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM FOR THIS PROPOSED, UH, THE SET OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS? SO, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, COUNCILMAN, UH, 2.95 MILLION, UH, WOULD BE COMING FROM RESERVES AND 200,000, UH, WOULD BE COMING FROM OUR EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET. UM, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR THAT 200,000 THAT WE WOULD REDUCE MINOR REPAIR, WHICH HAS THE MOST AMOUNT OF MONEY TO DO THAT $200,000 REVIEW ON, ON, UM, ON, UH, OUR INVESTMENTS. UH, AND I AM NOT RECOMMENDING WE DEVIATE FROM OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES, UH, FOR THE $2.95 MILLION IN REMOVING FROM THE RESERVES. YEAH. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT CONCERNS ME. UM, CAN YOU RECALL ANY TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN THE, UH, UPPER ECHELON OF OUR, OUR CITY'S OPERATIONS THAT WE'VE EVER TAKEN MONEY OUT OF OUR CITY RESERVES? NO, SIR. AND SO WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 2007 AND EIGHT AND NINE CRISIS THAT THE CITY WAS IN, WHERE WE HAD TO REALLY CUT BACK ON A LOT OF OUR SERVICES. YES, WE CUT. AND, UH, JUST LAST YEAR, OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE CUT BACK A LOT OF SERVICES, BUT, UH, WE DIDN'T TAKE ANY MONEY OUT OF OUR RESERVES. THAT'S CORRECT. AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT TAKING MONEY OUT OF RESERVES FOR SOME THINGS THAT ARE NOT CRITICAL TO THE CONTINUING DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO THE CITY. UH, AND THAT JUST, I, I THINK, IS REALLY OUT OF LINE WITH WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. AND, AND MAYOR, I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN ASKED FOR CAN BE DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNCIL, WORKING TOGETHER AND LOOKING FORWARD ON WAYS OF DOING THIS INSTEAD OF BRINGING IT UP ON THE DAAS ON BUDGET DAY. I THINK IT, IT'S BEEN VERY SHORTSIGHTED THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD MORE COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THESE, UH, COLLECTIVELY. SO I WILL BE, UH, OPPOSING, UH, THIS AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WENT THROUGH MONTHS OF GOING THROUGH THIS BUDGET AND I, I, AND I REALIZED THAT THIS BUDGET ISN'T DONE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY PUSHED THIS BUTTON RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. YES OR NO. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU TRY TO BRING UP THESE TYPES OF ISSUES DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND WE DO A LONG LENGTHY BUDGET PROCESS. AND IF YOU'RE PREPARED, YOU'RE PREPARED. IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT. AND, UM, I, I ALWAYS GRIT MY TEETH WHEN WE COME UP TO [03:15:01] THIS POINT OF ANYTHING HERE ON, ON THIS STAGE TO VOTE YES OR NO. AND THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES. NOW, GRANTED, I MADE A CHANGE OR I REQUESTED A CHANGE, BUT THAT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS FULLY SENT OUT TO EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY ON THIS STAGE UP HERE KNEW WHAT WAS COMING AND WHAT THE IMPACTS WERE AND WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM. AND I'M NOT, AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE CAN'T MAKE THESE KIND OF CHANGES UP HERE AT THIS, THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT, UM, GOSH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS BUDGET FOR MONTHS AND, UM, UH, TO LET THIS GO TO THE LAST MINUTE, I, I, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH, AND, AND, UH, I, ERIC, I, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO QUICKLY COME UP WITH SOME, UM, WAYS TO FUND THESE AND PUT THAT IN FRONT OF US. BUT, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A WAY TO DO BUSINESS. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PROCESS, A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS, AND I THINK WE NEED TO STICK WITH THAT. UM, HAVING SAID THAT, ALSO, WE KEEP BRINGING UP THE WORD RESERVES. WE'VE ALREADY HAD THIS LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR RESERVES AND WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE TO REDUCE THOSE RESERVES. AND I THINK EVERYBODY ON UP HERE SAID, NO, LET'S KEEP IT WHERE WE'RE AT. THE RESERVES IS NOT A PIGGY BANK JUST TO GO REACHING INTO, WELL, LET'S FUND THIS AND LET'S FUND THAT. THERE'S AN IMPACT ON THAT ALSO. AND BEN WAS VERY, VERY DETAILED ON WHAT THE IMPACTS WOULD BE IF WE REDUCED OUR RESERVES. AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FINANCIALLY SECURE, FINANCIALLY SECURE WITH, UM, POSSIBLE MASSIVE FAILURES, UH, ACROSS THIS CITY. AND ALSO, YEAH, TO KEEP OUR BOND RATINGS HIGH, WHICH AFFECTS US IN WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO HERE IN THE CITY AS FAR AS CAPITAL PROGRAMS OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO. SO, UM, NO, I, I DON'T SUPPORT THIS. I I WOULD LOVE TO SUPPORT THIS ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO GO BACK AND Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME SAFE SINCE 2017. WHAT'S OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT? I THINK THAT'S A SOLID THING, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS AGAIN, AND VET THOSE THINGS AND LAY THOSE THINGS OUT, WHETHER, UH, THIS IS A GOOD THING TO DO OR NOT, OR DO A STUDY, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ALLOCATE THE RESOURCES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO, UM, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT THAT PORTION OF IT AGAIN, BUT NOT, NOT NOW. LET'S, LET'S RUN IT THROUGH THE ESTABLISH PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THIS CITY. I THINK IT'S WORKED WELL OVER THE PAST, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY UP HERE IN THE FUTURE THROUGH OUR PROCESSES THAT WE NORMALLY FOLLOW HERE. SO, UH, YEAH, I CAN'T, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS AT THIS TIME EITHER. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. ANYONE ELSE ON THE MOTION? OKAY, LET ME JUST, UM, AGAIN, UNDERSCORE SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AND, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, UH, STATED JUST EARLIER, WHICH IS THE DISCUSSION OF THE RESERVES, UH, WHICH IS A EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES THAT, UM, THIS COUNCIL AND PREVIOUS 15 COUNCILS HAVE SAID, WE WILL NOT, UM, SHOULD NOT AND CANNOT, UM, PULL FROM THE RESERVES ON THE FLY. UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, IS THERE FOR CATASTROPHIC CIRCUMSTANCES AS WAS DESCRIBED, UH, FROM, UM, BEN, GO EARLIER. SO, UH, AGAIN, UM, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE AMENDMENT, UM, FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. LEMME GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THAT MOTION. UM, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION FAILS. OKAY. WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH ITEM FOUR. UM, WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I'D JUST LIKE, UH, CLARIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION REGARDING THE WEST SIDE TOURS. UM, AND ON OUR SEPTEMBER THAT, ON OUR SEPTEMBER 29TH MEETING, THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, USING A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, $101 MILLION FROM, I WISH RIGHT , UM, $1 MILLION FROM THE [03:20:01] WEST SIDE TOURS TO ADDRESS SEVERAL PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. UM, WHILE I'M NOT MAKING THE MOTION RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANNA BRIEFLY RUN THROUGH THE MOTIONS THAT, UM, I HOPE TO ADDRESS, UM, WITH THE WEST SIDE TOURS, IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE. AND JUST CLARIFICATION, I'M NOT MAKING THE MOTION, I'M JUST RUNNING THROUGH, UM, WHAT, WHAT I INTEND TO PROPOSE. UM, SO ONE, UM, MOVE TO REDUCE THE CITY WE FAVOR, WE FEE WAIVER BY AN ADDITIONAL 85 THOU, $85,000. I MOVED TO CREATE THE D THE DECONSTRUCTION POSITION WITHIN THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000. UM, AGAIN, TO ADD A PSYCHIATRIST TO THE ONE SCENE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $233, UM, TO CREATE A CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE MANAGER WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES TO SERVE ON THE NEWLY CREATED AFFORDABLE HOUSING TEAM, UM, TO CREATE A DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT FIVE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM. UM, AND AS WELL AS TO FUND AN AN AND ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING, RATHER FOR MORE CHILDCARE STIPENDS FOR THE BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE OATS PROGRAM. SO THESE WERE THE MOTIONS THAT I WAS GOING TO PUT FORWARD, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN OUR BOARD MEETS ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, UM, AND AS MORE FUNDS CONTINUE TO GO TOWARDS THE WEST SIDE TOUR, THAT WE CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH BOARD APPROVAL TO MEET THESE, THESE NEEDS. UH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE, A COUPLE CAVEATS. ONE IS, UH, CORRECT, THE, THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW, UH, AND APPROVE THOSE. AND SECOND, UH, SOME OF THE, THE ITEMS, UH, THAT YOU MENTIONED, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT WHETHER THEY'RE EVEN ELIGIBLE FOR T FUNDING. OKAY. BUT, UH, WITH THOSE TWO CAVEATS THAT'S CORRECT. IT'LL BE A CONSIDERATION BY THE TOURS BOARD. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE, WE CAN, UH, ADDRESS THOSE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS JUST ONE MORE TIME FOR CLARIFICATION. YES. DEPENDING ON THE STIPULATIONS, CORRECT? YES. AGAIN, WITH THE TWO CAVEATS, THEY HAVE TO PROVE IT AND IT HAS TO BE ELIGIBLE. OKAY. THANK YOU, ANDY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, REALITY TV SHOW MICROPHONES, , . I'LL START OFF BY SAYING THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET AND AS IT RELATES TO A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'LL BE DOING HERE ON COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO DISAGREE ON A NUMBER OF THINGS. BUT ONE THING THAT WE AGREE ON IS THAT WE WANT A BEAUTIFUL, SAFE, VIBRANT, PROSPEROUS CITY FOR ALL. AND HOW WE GET THERE LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT TO MANY OF US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE REPRESENT DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INVESTMENT AND HAVE DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS OF ALL OF US AT ANY POINT IN TIME. WE, AS INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATIVES, OURSELVES, REPRESENT TWO CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON, BUT A ZIP CODE AND WANT US TO RESPOND TO ONE THING IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO FEEL THAT WE MAY NOT ALWAYS VOTE OR ACT THE WAY THAT YOU HOPE, PLEASE KNOW THAT WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS DO TAKE GREAT THOUGHT AND CARE TO FIND BALANCE, TO FILL THOSE NEEDS AND TO GET TO THAT PROSPEROUS, BEAUTIFUL, SAFE CITY THAT WE ALL WANT. FOR DISTRICT TWO, IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO SERVE YOU AS MY CONSTITUENTS. AND WHEN I WAS KNOCKING ON THOUSANDS OF DOORS, WE HAD HEARTFELT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR HOUSING NEEDS, AND HOW WE'VE BEEN HURT BY, AND HOW WE CAN HEAL FROM THIS PANDEMIC. THE RESULTS OF OUR CONVERSATIONS AND YOUR INPUT HAVE INFORMED MY FIGHT FOR THESE PAST FEW MONTHS, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO INFORM MY FIGHT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. WHAT I SAW FROM YOU AND WHAT I HEARD IS A RANKING OF PRIORITIES THAT INCLUDED NUMBER ONE, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, TWO, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, THREE, PARKS AND RECREATION, FOUR, PUBLIC HEALTH, FIVE SENIOR SERVICES, SIX, YOUTH SERVICES, SEVEN A C S, EIGHT LIBRARIES, NINE POLICE, 10 FIRE, AND 11 CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND WHILE I RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE YOU MAY HAVE WANTED TO SEE INCREASED FUNDING FOR, UH, IN THAT ORDER, IT DOESN'T NEGATE THE SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPORTANCE OF ALL OF THE OTHERS. AND SO, WHILE WE MAY HAVE DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT THIS BUDGET, I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE I DO FEEL THAT IN AWE THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT EFFORT MADE TO ENSURE THAT THIS BUDGET IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR NEEDS. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW WINS, UM, ONE OF WHICH WILL BE A STREET LIGHTING INDEX, WHICH IS GOING TO ALLOW US AS A CITY TO APPLY A LENS OF E LENS OF EQUITY, AND TO BE PROACTIVE IN HOW WE ARE DISTRIBUTING SEAT DISTRIBUTING STREETLIGHTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. WE'RE ALSO GONNA SEE MORE STREETLIGHT FLOODING THAN EVER BEFORE. OVER THESE NEXT TWO YEARS, DISTRICT TWO, WE'VE GOT, I WANNA SAY, THE MOST STREET MAINTENANCE AND SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE FUNDING IN [03:25:01] THE CITY COMBINED. UM, AND THAT IS PROOF THAT THE CITY IS GOING THROUGH GREAT LENGTHS TO UNDO A LOT OF THE WRONGS THAT HAD BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY. I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'LL RECEIVE A CIVIL RIGHTS COORDINATOR HOUSED WITHIN AN OFFICE OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION. WE'RE GOING TO SEE INCREASED ACCESS TO HOME REHABILITATION. MY DISTRICT WILL SEE A YOUTH PROGRAM THAT WILL EMPOWER OUR YOUTH AND MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE. WE'RE GOING TO SEE FUNDING FOR ELLA AUSTIN'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA SEE SUPPORT FOR BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE AND RISING STARS. AND I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT A FIRST OF ITS KIND MODEL WITHIN A C S, WHICH WILL USE CASE MANAGEMENT AND WILL HELP ADDRESS, UH, BEHAVIOR AND THE ROOT CAUSES OF OUR ANIMAL CRISIS IN OUR CITY. AND IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT ALL OF THESE ISSUES PUBLICLY. AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IT FEELS THAT FROM THE OUTSIDE WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. AND REALLY WHAT THE SAD FACT IS, IS THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT HAPPENING ENOUGH. UM, AND THIS IS THE PUBLIC, THIS IS THE PUBLIC CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING, AND MANY OF US ARE HEARING THOUGHTS FOR THE FIRST TIME. I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MY STAFF. THAT INCLUDES MARIE LORITA, FRANKIE JOLENE, JOY SDEL, DENISE IGAR, AND JORDY. I WANNA THANK CITY STAFF WHO I KNOW EVERY TIME YOU DID A BUDGET PRESENTATION, IT WAS LIKE, FINALLY, THAT'S OVER TODAY, IT'S GOING TO BE OVER. UM, I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO, AND I KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH DISTRICT TWO HAS SEEN A HIGH TURNOVER OVER THE, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, CITY STAFF HAS MADE SURE THAT THERE IS A CONTINUATION OF SERVICE AND THAT WE ARE BEING REPRESENTED BY CITY STAFF. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES, AND THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE NOW. UM, AND I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU, AND I LOVE ALL OF YOU. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS AND THE LEADERS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND THE REGULAR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP EVERY DAY TO LET US KNOW THEIR THOUGHTS. AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IT FEEL AS THOUGH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING FALLS ON DEAF EARS, BUT I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THEY ARE NOT, AND THAT IF NO ONE ELSE, I HEAR YOU. AND I THANK YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. I THINK THIS IS KIND OF A WRAP UP ON, UH, THIS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET HERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO RECONFIRM THAT, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS, UH, ERIC, MARIA AND THE WHOLE TEAM ON WHAT Y'ALL DID IN PUTTING THIS DOCUMENT TOGETHER. AND, YOU KNOW, THE WAY IT SOUNDS, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THIS DOCUMENT, BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PRESS THAT YES OR NO VOTE AND, UH, UH, IN THIS DISCUSSION AND MOVE FORWARD THIS NEXT YEAR AND INTO THE FUTURE AS WELL. THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD IN THIS BUDGET AS IT IS WITH ANY BUDGET, WHETHER IT'S LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN HERE. UH, A LOT OF IT IS GREAT WORK. I'M DISAPPOINTED, AND Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY HEARD MY DISAPPOINTMENTS IN THIS, AND I FEEL THAT WE COULD HAVE OFFERED MORE HELP FOR OUR TAXPAYERS, PREDOMINANTLY OUR HOMEOWNERS, TO HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND TO OFFER A, A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THEIR TAX BREAKS. I THINK WE HAD PLENTY OF MONEY THERE FOR, IT WASN'T NECESSARILY JUST TRYING TO PICK ON VIA, BUT THAT WAS A POT OF MONEY, VERY SMALL POT OF MONEY THAT WE COULD HAVE SAID, HEY, VIA, CAN YOU, CAN YOU WORK WITH US TO, UM, SET THAT ASIDE AND HAVE AVAILABLE FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS HERE TO, UM, GET A LITTLE BIT MORE IN COMBINATION WITH OUR ALREADY ESTABLISHED HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION? AND WHAT THE COUNTY JUST RECENTLY DID, AGAIN, I WE'RE THE, WE'RE THE, UH, LARGEST PORTION WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY. I THINK WE SHOULD BE TAKING THE LEAD ON A LOT OF THESE ISSUES AND WORKING WITH OTHER, THESE OTHER TAXING AUTHORITIES TO SEE ABOUT OFFERING MORE RELIEF. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, THAT'S NOT MEANINGFUL RELIEF. WELL, WHAT IS MEANINGFUL RELIEF? I, I KEEP ASKING THAT. AND NOBODY REALLY HAS AN ANSWER FOR IT. THEY JUST SAY, WELL, THAT'S JUST TOO SMALL. WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO GIVE PEOPLE, WELL, [03:30:01] HOW DO YOU GET TO SOMETHING MORE MEANINGFUL? WELL, YOU INCREASE THAT AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GIVE BACK, AND IT'S A BALANCING ACT. BUT JUST TO SAY EVERY TIME, AND THIS IS THE ANSWER, EVERY TIME WHEN WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHETHER IT'S RAISING THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OR LOWERING OUR TAX RATE, OH, THAT'S NOT MEANINGFUL, , I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT. WELL, WHAT IS MEANINGFUL? WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO PUT FORWARD OUT THERE TO MAKE IT MEANINGFUL? AND WHAT ARE THESE OTHER TAXING AUTHORITIES? WHAT ARE THEY THINKING ABOUT WHEN THEY WANNA MAKE IT MEANINGFUL? WELL, I SAY, WE ALL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AND LET'S, LET'S MAKE IT MEANINGFUL. BUT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TAKE THAT LEAD. WHO SHOULD THAT BE? I SAY, IT SHOULD BE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO TAKE THAT LEAD AND SHOW THE WAY TO EVERYBODY ELSE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT MORE MEANINGFUL. I, I'VE, I KEEP BEATING THIS DRUM EVERY YEAR, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT MY COLLEAGUES A COUPLE YEARS AGO SAW FIT TO SAY, YES, LET'S START A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, BUT LET'S NOT JUST START IT. LET'S CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT $6 MILLION IS WHAT IT WOULD'VE COST US TO RAISE IT UP TO A 5% HOMESTEAD. THAT'S THE NEXT STEP UP. AND WE COULDN'T FIND $6 MILLION OUT OF A $3.1 BILLION PROGRAM. LIKE I SAID, EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT WENT UP A LOT OF NEW PROGRAMS, MORE MONEY IN EXISTING PROGRAMS, BUT WE COULD NOT FIND THAT $6 MILLION FOR A HOME STATE EXEMPTION OR WHAT WE, WHAT I TRIED TODAY TO LOWER OUR TAX RATE A LITTLE BIT TO ADD TO WHAT THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY DONE. I, I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I WOULD JUST URGE EVERYBODY OUT THERE THAT'S INTERESTED, GET WITH YOUR COUNSEL PERSON AND SAY, HEY, YES, WE WANT MEANINGFUL TAX RELIEF, BUT LET'S TIE THAT DOWN. WHAT IS MEANINGFUL BIGGER HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, LOWERING THE TAX RATE AND WORKING WITH THE OTHER TAXING AUTHORITIES HERE IN TOWN TO DO THE SAME? AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD STILL ASK FOR, BUT GET WITH YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND TELL 'EM THAT, TELL 'EM WHAT YOU WANT IN MEANINGFUL TAX RELIEF HERE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. UH, AND BEFORE I WRAP UP, UM, I'M GOING TO, UM, OFFER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO A BRIEF MOMENT TO CLOSE HIS COMMENTS, AND THEN I'LL WRAP UP. THANK YOU. I KNOW, UH, MAYBE A FEW OF YOU ARE FRUSTRATED UP HERE WITH MY LAST MINUTE, UH, PROPOSALS. I WANNA EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE PROCESS. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE SPENT THE LAST TWO MONTHS WITH COUNTLESS PRESENTATIONS FROM STAFF ON PROPOSED BUDGETS, BUT JUST MINUTES FROM US DISCUSSING WHETHER OR NOT WE AGREED. AND I EXPECT A ROBUST PUBLIC CON DISCUSSION OVER WHETHER THIS PROPOSED BUDGET ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY'S PRIORITIES AND WHETHER IT'S A RESPONSIBLE USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. AND WE CAN'T DO THAT IN JUST 15 MINUTES. UM, I WAS PREPARED TO STAY ALL NIGHT LAST NIGHT. UM, WE'RE GONNA REPEAT THIS PRO BUDGET PROCESS AGAIN, UH, WITH ARPA FUNDS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW ONE OF, ONE OF MY PROPOSALS ON HERE WAS FOR $10 MILLION. UM, AND, UH, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY EXPECT IT TO BE IN THIS BUDGET NECESSARILY, BUT I WANTED TO START THE CONVERSATION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FUND IT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN THROUGH, THROUGH ARPA. BUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT HERE, IT'S THIS BUDGET'S 452 PAGES AND NOT ONE OF MY PROPOSALS IS IN IT. RIGHT? UM, AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO THANK CITY STAFF. YOU DID PUT TOGETHER GREAT PRESENTATIONS. I KNOW YOU PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO, UM, GOOD, GOOD PROPOSALS, UM, FOR OUR CITY. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS IN THERE. THERE DEFINITELY ARE. UH, IT'S NOT THAT MY PROPOSALS HAVE TO BE IN THIS, UM, BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR CONVERSATIONS, UH, PRIOR TO THE VOTE WHERE WE CAN HASH OUT SOME OF THIS STUFF. A LOT OF IT PUBLICLY TOO, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR. AND, UH, WE CAN DISCUSS WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE. AND A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT I WAS ASKING FOR, I WASN'T ASKING FOR, HEY, LET'S, LET'S PUT SOME GREAT STUFF IN THERE. IT WASN'T LIKE, I'M TRYING TO BRING HOME PORK FOR DISTRICT ONE. LET'S PUT SOME GREAT STUFF IN THERE FOR THE DISTRICT ONE PARKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I, I WAS ASKING FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE. I WAS ASKING US FOR US TO INVEST IN COST SAVING MEASURES. AND SO I AM DISAPPOINTED, UH, THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THAT, THAT IN THERE. UM, I FEEL LIKE [03:35:01] THE PROCESS FAVORS BUSINESS, A BUSINESS AS USUAL BUDGET, AND THAT'S WHAT WE GOT. UM, I HOPE THAT THE REST OF THAT, YOU ALL WILL WORK WITH ME ON A BETTER PROCESS GOING FORWARD. TOMORROW'S A NEW DAY. UM, I'M NOT GONNA BE VOTING FOR THIS BUDGET. I'M GONNA ABSTAIN, BUT TOMORROW'S A NEW DAY, AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL WORK WITH ME ON HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS PROCESS BETTER GOING FORWARD, INCLUDING WHEN WE WORK ON THE ARPA FUNDS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. BRAVO. THANK YOU. UH, I'M, I'M GONNA OFFER THE SAME COURTESY TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO ENCOURAGED TO OFFER A BRIEF, UH, CLOSING STATEMENT. UM, AND THEN I DO WANNA TURN OVER ANDY FOR A COUPLE COMMENTS AS WELL. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK CITY STAFF FOR ENSURING THAT THEY'RE WALKING ME THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WE HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FUNCTIONS AND THE FACETS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT, AND BEING UP LATE, MARIA AND ERIC ANSWERING MY CALLS REALLY LATE INTO THE EVENING. SO THANK Y'ALL FOR, UM, BEING QUICK TO ANSWER. AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS WITH ME ON HOW TO HELP CURATE AMENDMENTS, ON HOW TO SUPPORT DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS. I WANNA THANK EVERY CITY STAFF MEMBER WHO'S PARTICIPATED IN A DISTRICT FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING OR BUDGET TOWN HALL. UM, HEARING THE, THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF MY CONSTITUENTS, AND UNDERSTANDING MY POSITION ON THE DICE BASED OFF OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AT THOSE MEETINGS. UM, I WANNA THANK MY TEAM WHO HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL HITTING, PHENOMENAL, HITTING THE GROUND, RUNNING, FACILITATING SEVERAL TOWN HALLS, A BUDGET TEACHING AND A BUDGET WATCH PARTY TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE COME HERE AND SIT ON THIS DAIS THAT I'M ECHOING THE NEEDS OF MY COMMUNITY AND ENSURING THAT I'M FIGHTING FOR WHAT DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR DECADES. UM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE, UH, WHAT COMES WITH THE, THE FUTURE BUDGET, THE FUTURE BOND PROJECT, UH, RATHER TO SEE AND ENSURE THAT DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS GET THE, THE LONG NEEDED, UH, INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOUSING THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, FOR DECADES, UM, IF NOT GENERATIONS. UM, BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE BUDGET. I WANNA, AGAIN, THANK THE CITY STAFF. I WANT TO THANK MY OWN STAFF FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE ON THIS. UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY GROWS EVERY YEAR. WE GOT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO COME HERE, AND EXPECTATIONS GROW EVERY YEAR. WE ALL GET HUNDREDS OF CALLS EVERY YEAR FROM PEOPLE ASKING FOR SERVICES OR HELP. UH, AND, AND I TELL PEOPLE I'M JUST ONE VOTE, BUT I'VE ALSO TOLD PEOPLE, A COUNCILMAN FOR ONE DISTRICT IS REALLY A COUNCILMAN FOR THE WHOLE CITY. AND THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE INFORMATION, COOPERATION, AND COLLABORATION IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH A MAJORITY DECISION ON WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING FOR THIS CITY. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I HOPE, UH, ALL OF US TAKE AWAY FROM THIS SESSION TODAY. INFORMATION COOPERATION, COLLABORATION, SO THAT WE CAN FORM A SOLID MAJORITY FOR WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN THE CITY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. AND BRIEFLY, COUNCIL MEMBER PLI. THAT WAS A VERY SMARMY, BRIEFLY , UH, . UH, I, UM, I, I DIDN'T HAVE TOO MANY COMMENTS TODAY, BUT I, I'LL SAVE THE, THE LAST FEW SECONDS TO THANK TWO PEOPLE WHO, WHO DON'T GET THANKED DURING THIS PROCESS ENOUGH. UM, ONE OF THEM IS ANDY SEGOVIA AND HIS TEAM, ANDY, YOU HAVE TO SIT THERE, YOU KNOW, AND ACTUALLY PAY ATTENTION TO EVERY SINGLE WORD THAT'S SET UP HERE AND DECIPHER THE INDECIPHERABLE, AND THEN TRANSLATE IT BACK TO ALL OF US SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND AND FEED IT TO US IN VERY SMALL PIECES. UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND YOU, YOU, YOU'RE ONE OF THE, UH, UNSUNG ESSENTIAL, UH, PEOPLE, UH, DURING THIS PROCESS. AND, AND TWO, UM, I, I DO THINK THAT, UH, MARIA VILLAGOMEZ, YOU HAVE AN ARMY OF INTERNS, UH, YOU KNOW, AND SCOTT, YOU HAVE AN ARMY OF INTERNS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS BUDGET. AND BEN, YOU HAVE AN ARMY OF INTERNS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS BUDGET, UM, WHO ALSO DON'T GET THANKED. UM, AND THOSE ARE FOLKS WHO I THINK ARE ALL THE BETTER FOR HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS EXCRUCIATING EXPERIENCE OF PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET AND BALANCING IT. UM, AND HOPEFULLY ONE OF THEM WILL ONE DAY BE SITTING UP HERE ON THIS DAIS, EITHER AS A CITY ATTORNEY OR AS A CITY MANAGER, OR AS, UH, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. AND, UH, WE OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THEM, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE THE, THE ANONYMOUS, UM, WORKER BEES IN THE BACK ROOM. UH, WE CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THEM. SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. UM, AND BEFORE WE GET TO THE MOTIONS, UM, LEMME TURN OVER TO ANDY, UM, FOR A COUPLE POINTS OF CLARIFICATION. YES. UH, ONE, ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION, BUT BEFORE I GET TO THAT, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PIUS, AND I DO HAVE A WHOLE TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT HELP ME, UH, AS YOU SAID, DECIPHER THE INDECIPHERABLE, AND THEY CAN PROBABLY BREAK ANY CODE YOU PUT [03:40:01] IN FRONT OF 'EM. UM, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO CLARIFY, MARY, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION REFERENCES TO, UM, UH, PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND DISCUSSION BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. I DO WANNA STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT WHATEVER DISCUSSIONS ARE HELD WITH THE MAJORITY OF OUR COUNCIL ARE HELD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ANDY. UH, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF. I'M GONNA GIVE ERIC THE LAST WORD, BUT THAT'S GONNA COME AFTER THE CLOSING ORDINANCE. UM, SO LET'S GET ON WITH OUR, UM, MOTIONS TODAY. AND WE'VE GOT SEVERAL BECAUSE OF RECUSALS. UH, SO LET'S GO FIRST TO, UM, OUR FIRST MOTION. UH, I'M GONNA TURN THE FLOOR TO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE, THE FIRST MOTION IS REGARDING THE SAN ANTONIO MOBILITY COALITION AND SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN BRAVO, COUNCILWOMAN COVEA HDA, AND MAYOR NUREMBERG WILL BE RECUSING THEMSELVES. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR THE SAN ANTONIO MOBILITY COALITION. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. WOULD YOU PLEASE VOTE NUMBER? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. UH, WE'LL GO NOW TO THE SECOND MOTION. LEMME TURN THE FLOOR AGAIN TO COUNCIL MEMBER K SECOND MOTION, WHICH, UH, COUNCILMAN GRO WILL BE RECUSING HERSELF, OLDER ADULTS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR THE OLDER ADULTS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES OATS. I'M PROUD TO SECOND THAT ONE, MAYOR. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE OATS BUDGET. OLDER ADULTS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN RECUSES, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES NOW TO, UH, THE ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU. RECUSING HERSELF WILL BE COUNCILMAN COVEA HDA. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR THE ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND. LET ME, LET ME CLARIFY. UH, RECUSING IS ALSO RE ONLY KIO. BERDA IS RECUSED. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND MAYOR, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALRIGHT, LET ME CLARIFY THE, FOR THE RECORD, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. BUDGET. RECUSING IS CAVEO HDA AS WELL AS SANDOVAL. NO, I THOUGHT YOU SAID NO. I JUST WANTED TO, TO CLARIFY. I SEE SOME CONFUSION. UH, HERE IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE FOUR OF US ON THAT BOARD. HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO BE EXCUSED. YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO RECUSE CORRECT. COUNCILWOMAN. SO IT'S A, IT'S A VOTE OF THE FULL COUNCIL. YES. OKAY. THIS IS ALL 11 MEMBERS. UM, RIGHT, ANDY. OKAY. SO, UH, THIS IS THE ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION BUDGET. IT HAS BEEN MOVED. UM, AND SECONDED. WHO WAS THE SECOND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER REPLIES WAS THE SECOND. YES. OKAY. AND COURAGE WAS THE MOTION. PLEASE VOTE. YEAH. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL GO TO THE COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS. BUDGET COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE AGAIN. COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA WILL RECUSE HERSELF. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND [03:45:01] FOR APPROVAL OF THE COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS BUDGET. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA IS RECUSED, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER, OR EXCUSE ME, UH, THE NORTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. UH, SAN ANTONIO FIRE AND POLICE, RETIREE HEALTHCARE FUND, SAN ANTONIO FIRE AND POLICE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITY'S BUDGET. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. YES. RECUSING HERSELF WILL BE COUNCILWOMAN COVEA HARADA. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL LAW AND MEDICAL MAGNET, SAN ANTONIO FIRE AND POLICE, RETIREE HEALTHCARE FUND, SAN ANTONIO FIRE AND POLICE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE AND NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KEEO HDA IS RECUSED, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION SERVICES, INC. AND CHILD ADVOCATES OF SAN ANTONIO. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. YES. COUNCILMAN PIAS IS RECUSING HIMSELF. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION SERVICES, INC. AND CHILD ADVOCATES OF SAN ANTONIO. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION SERVICES AND CHILD ADVOCATES OF SAN ANTONIO. BUDGET. COUNCIL MEMBER PAPA IS RECUSED, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. BUDGET COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. UH, COUNCILMAN ELIAS AND COUNCILMAN CAB HDA AND THE MAYOR ARE RECUSING THEMSELVES. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. UM, INITIALLY WE DID HAVE A, UH, TENTATIVE RECUSAL FOR PROSPER WEST. THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE. SO WE'RE GONNA GO NOW TO THE ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY IS RECUSING HIMSELF. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR THE ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE ACOG BUDGET. MAYOR, I'M SORRY. I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF. OKAY. UH, NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AND ROCHA GARCIA, BOTH RECUSED FROM THE ACOG BUDGET VOTE. PLEASE VOTE NO. PAZ IS NOT RECUSED. NO. OH, SORRY. MOTION CARRIES TO THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENT MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. COUNCIL MEMBER K I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FUNDING AND THE BUDGET FOR THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENT MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR PROGRAM, BUDGET COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. EXCUSE ME. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY [03:50:01] IS RECUSED, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCILWOMAN KIBERA HDA, MAYOR NUREMBERG WILL BE RECUSING THEMSELVES. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FUNDING AND THE BUDGET FOR THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. SORRY. THE NEXT ONE IS FOR, UH, BIOMED A COUNCILMAN COURAGE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ELIAS. AND MAYOR NUREMBERG WILL RECUSE THEMSELVES. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR BIOMED SA. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 13 IS, UH, THE MAYOR WILL RECUSE HIMSELF. THAT'S AN ITEM WITH H E B C P S ENERGY, SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, PROJECT QUEST, THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, ANU SAN ANTONIO MUSICAL BRIDGES AROUND THE WORLD. MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE, ALMO PROMISE GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS, THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FOUNDATION, AND SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL. COUNCILMAN COURAGE. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR H E B C P S ENERGY, SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, PROJECT QUEST, US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS ANJA SAN ANTONIO MUSICAL BRIDGES AROUND THE WORLD. MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE, ALAMO PROMISE, GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC FOUNDATION, AND SISTERS CITIES INTERNATIONAL. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. YOU KEEP TRYING TO RECUSE YOURSELF. . MOTION CARRIES NOW TO THE MAIN MOTION, UH, FOR ALL OTHER ITEMS, THE BALANCE OF THE BUDGET AS AMENDED. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE BUDGET AS AMENDED TODAY. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE F Y 22 CONSOLIDATED BUDGET AS AMENDED TODAY. SECONDED BY ELAS, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL [5. Ordinance ratifying the adoption of the FY2022 Budget that will require raising more revenue from property taxes than in the FY2021 Budget. [Erik Walsh, City Manager Scott Huizenga, Director, Management and Budget]] RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, ORDINANCE WRAP. THANKS. 22. BUDGET THAT WILL REQUIRE RAISING MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAN IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021. BUDGET. OKAY, THERE ARE NO CITIZENS SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE. SECOND. THERE [03:55:01] IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. F Y 22. BUDGET IS RATIFIED. ITEM SIX. [6. Ordinance setting the Ad Valorem Tax Rate for Maintenance and Operation of the City of San Antonio at 34.677 cents per $100 of taxable valuation for the Tax Year beginning on January 1, 2021 and ending on December 31, 2021. [Erik Walsh, City Manager Scott Huizenga, Director, Management and Budget]] ITEM SIX IS AN ORDINANCE SETTING THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AT 34.68 CENTS PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUATION FOR THE TAX YEAR, BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1ST, 2021, AND ENDING ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2021. COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, I MOVE THE PROPERTY TAXES BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF AND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX RATE OF $34 AND, EXCUSE ME, 34.68 CENTS PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUATION, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 0.89% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE ORDINANCE REGARDING THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM SEVEN. [7. Ordinance setting the Ad Valorem City Property Tax Rate to pay the principal and interest on the funded debt of the City of San Antonio at 21.150 cents per $100 of taxable valuation for the tax year beginning on January 1, 2021 and ending on December 31, 2021. [Erik Walsh, City Manager Scott Huizenga, Director, Management and Budget]] ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS AN ORDINANCE SETTING THE AD VALOREM CITY PROPERTY TAX RATE TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THE FUNDED DEBT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AT 21.15 CENTS PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUATION FOR THE TAX YEAR, BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1ST, 2021, AND ENDING ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2021. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, I MOVE THAT TAXES BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE OF 21.15 CENTS PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUATION, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 0.89% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM EIGHT, [8. Ordinance amending fees as included within the fiscal year 2022 budget within the General Fund and Development Services Fund and amending the City Code of San Antonio, Texas to reflect such changes. [Erik Walsh, City Manager Scott Huizenga, Director, Management and Budget]] AN ORDINANCE AMENDING FEES AS INCLUDED WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND AND AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGES. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FEE ORDINANCE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, THE FEE ORDINANCE. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER NINE, [9. Ordinance carrying forward certain FY 2021 Funds; amending prior appropriations; appropriating funds for requirements in City projects and departments; and appropriating funds. [Erik Walsh, City Manager Scott Huizenga, Director, Management and Budget]] ORDINANCE CARRYING FORWARD CERTAIN F Y 2021 FUNDS AMENDING PRIOR APPROPRIATIONS APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR REQUIREMENTS IN CITY PROJECTS AND DEPARTMENTS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CLOSING ORDINANCE. ITEM NINE SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CLOSING ORDINANCE FOR THE F Y 22 BUDGET. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. WE HAVE A BUDGET. ERIC. THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WANT TO, UH, THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSENSUS POLICY, DIRECTION AND TIME AND COMMITMENT. UM, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO AND SETS THE TONE AND, AND, UM, UH, WORK FOR THE NEXT YEAR. BUT AS THE COUNCIL HAS DISCUSSED, WE HAVE OTHER MATTERS THAT'LL CONTINUE TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL. AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING ON TO THOSE GATES. UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET [04:00:01] HAS A LARGE INCREASES IN OUR INVESTMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC HEALTH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, OUR NAVIGATORS THAT WE'RE GONNA START, UH, INVESTING, UH, MORE INVESTMENT INTO OUR 3 1 1 SYSTEM, WHICH HASN'T BEEN DONE IN QUITE A WHILE. UH, STREETLIGHTS AND, UH, VISION ZERO. SO A LOT OF POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET OR THE ADOPTED BUDGET NOW. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. UM, I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, MAYOR AND SEVERAL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TALKED ABOUT IT, UM, THAT THE, THE, UH, THE BUDGET PROVIDED FOR CITY EMPLOYEES, WHICH WAS, UH, ONE OF MY, THAT WAS MY TOP PRIORITY AS WE WENT INTO THE BUDGET. UM, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UH, ALL 12 AND A HALF THOUSAND THAT WORK FOR THE CITY ARE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY GET THE JOB DONE EVERY DAY REGARDLESS OF THE JOB. UM, I WANT TO THANK, UH, MARIA AND BEN AND SCOTT AND TROY AND THE ENTIRE BUDGET AND FINANCE TEAMS, UM, ALL OF THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAMS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TO EACH OF YOU, AS YOU LOOK OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THE EXECUTIVES THAT ARE SITTING IN HERE ARE THE ONES THAT LEAD TEAMS EVERY DAY TO GET THE JOB DONE RIGHT. I, I'M NOT SUCCESSFUL AT MY JOB UNLESS THEY'VE GOT THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB. AND SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND COMMITMENT, UM, ATTENDING, UH, BUDGET WATCH PARTIES, WHICH IS SO COOL. WE OUGHT TO HAVE MORE OF THOSE. UM, AND, AND ALL THE DILIGENCE THAT YOU PUT INTO, UH, THE WORK, UH, BEGINNING IN THE SPRING, UM, AND THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU, ERIC. I DON'T KNOW WHAT A BUDGET WATCH PARTY IS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF FUN. UH, SO WE'LL WAIT, WAIT FOR OUR INVITATIONS FOR F FO Y 23. UM, ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? WE DO HAVE A 2:00 PM TIME CERTAIN ZONING AGENDA. UM, IF THERE ARE NONE, I WANNA THANK AGAIN ALL OF OUR CITY STAFF. THEY'VE BEEN TOILING AWAY FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS, UH, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITIES COME OUT TO BE PART OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL AS THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WITH US. SO, UH, WITH THAT, THE TIME IS 1:26 PM AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. WE'LL BE BACK AT TWO. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. JUST GONNA ASK EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER TO, TO BEGIN TO TAKE THEIR SEATS. PLEASE. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET OUR MEETING STARTED. THE TIME IS 2:09 PM ON THE 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2021. UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL ZONING SESSION TO ORDER. UM, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MAKI RODRIGUEZ. ZA. COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. HERE. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO HDA. I'M SORRY, I'M DOING THIS. COMMENS. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO HDA. COUNCIL MEMBER SAN COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. HERE. MAYOR NURNBERG HERE, SIR. WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALRIGHT, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR ZONING AGENDA. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. [Items 29 - 33, 36 - 39, 40, 42 - 45, 47, 49, 51 & 52] WE DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION TODAY IN ADDITION TO A CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. UM, THE ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OR ITEMS 41 46, 48 AND 50, UH, PULLED FROM THE AGENDA AND NOT TO BE HEARD TODAY ARE ITEMS 34 AND 35. ALL THE REMAINING ITEMS ARE FOR, UH, LISTED ON CONSENT AND WILL BE HEARD TOGETHER. UH, AT THIS POINT I'M GONNA ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT , ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL, ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA, SAY FOR THOSE FOUR THAT I MENTIONED? OKAY. IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A BALANCE OF THE, OR EXCUSE ME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. SO MOVE. ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE MAYOR. I MAY, I NEED TO MAKE A CORRECTION. SURE. FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 30, THIS WHERE THERE WAS A TYPO ON THE BRIEFING MEMO AND THAT INSTEAD OF S A I S D, IT SHOULD HAVE REFERENCED HARLANDALE I S D, BUT THEY WERE PROPERLY NOTIFIED, HARLANDALE WAS PROPERLY NOTIFIED. [04:05:01] AND THAT'S WHICH ITEM AGAIN? ITEM 30, WHICH IS ON CONSENT ITEM. OKAY. AND THEN ONE, ONE ADDITIONAL, I'M SORRY, FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 32 AND 33, THERE IS A APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT. GOT IT. WE HAVE THOSE NOTED FOR THE RECORD. UH, ITEMS 30 THROUGH 32, UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 41 46, 48 50, UH, AND 34 AND 35, WHICH WERE PULLED FROM THE AGENDA. I DO HAVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT, AND I'M GONNA TALK, I'LL CALL FOLKS UP IN ORDER. I'LL CALL THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE IF YOU CAN BE PREPARED TO COME FORWARD. WE'LL START WITH ROBERT BRUCE, WHO'S SPEAKING ON ITEM 53. IS, UH, MR. ROBERT BRUCE HERE? UH, NANCY'S ONLY JIM, SHE'S GONNA GO FIRST. OKAY. OKAY. MR. BRUCE, ARE YOU YIELDING YOUR TIME TO NANCY? UH, NO, WE'RE, WE'RE BOTH SIGNED UP. OKAY. UM, GO AHEAD NANCY. AND THEN, UM, I'LL, MR. BRUCE, YOU'LL BE RIGHT AFTER THAT. UM, HELLO, I'M NANCY BRUCE, OWNER WITH MY HUSBAND OF THE BERNIE STAGE AIRFIELD, AND I AM A NATIVE SAN ANTONIAN, RECENTLY RETIRED SOUTHWEST AIRLINE CAPTAIN OF 33 YEARS. BEFORE THAT, I FLEW FOR AMERICA WEST AIRLINES. BEFORE THAT I FLEW FOR VALERO. AND PRIOR TO THAT I OWNED AND OPERATED MY OWN FLIGHT SCHOOL. SO WHAT I'M GONNA TRY TO DO FOR YOU TO RENDER A SAFE AND REASONABLE DECISION IS TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF EDUCATION. I'LL BE QUOTING FROM AIRPORT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY THE F A A. SO ONE OF THE PRIMARY CHALLENGES WITH COMPATIBLE LAND USE IS ESTABLISHING A SPECIFIC DEFINITION OF WHAT IS CONSIDERED EITHER COMPATIBLE OR INCOMPATIBLE IN TERMS OF AIRPORT AND AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS. USING A BLEND OF S A A CRITERIA EXAMPLES OF LAND USE IS TYPICALLY CONSIDERED COMPATIBLE WITH AIRPORT OPERATIONS INCLUDE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND AGRICULTURAL. THE LAND IN QUESTION RIGHT NOW IS AGRICULTURAL LAND USES SUCH AS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS ARE CONSIDERED INCOMPATIBLE WITH AIRPORT OPERATIONS. SO NOW WHO IS THIS IMPORTANT TO? WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE AIRPORT, WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE F A A, BUT DO YOU KNOW IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO THE N T S B? THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY INVESTIGATE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS? ACCORDING TO THE N T SS B, THEIR RECORDS INDICATE THAT OVER 61% OF ACCIDENTS OCCUR IN THE VICINITY OF AN AIRPORT. THEIR DATA CLEARLY SHOWS THAT MOST OF THE RISK INVOLVED WITH AIR TRANSPORTATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS WITH ARRIVAL ACCIDENTS EXCEEDING DEPARTURE INCIDENTS BY ALMOST THREE TO ONE. INTERESTINGLY, GENERAL AVIATION FLYING HAS MORE ACCIDENTS PER OPERATION BY A FACTOR OF APPROXIMATELY FIVE WHEN COMPARED TO COMMERCIAL SCHEDULE FLIGHTS. POPULATION DENSITY, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS CLOSEST TO A RUNWAY, AS WELL AS THE APPROACH AND DEPARTURE PATH IS A MAJOR FACTOR IN ESTABLISHING CRASH CONSEQUENCES IN AN EMERGENCY DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION. A PILOT WHO HAS SOME CONTROL CAPABILITY OF A SMALL AIRCRAFT CAN USUALLY AVOID, UH, HUMAN HABITATION ON THE GROUND IF HE HAS OPTIONS. WHEN YOU REMOVE THOSE OPTIONS, THEN YOU'RE INTRODUCING DANGER WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF 200 PLUS HOMES AND A BUSY ROAD BUDDING OUR AIRFIELD, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS GREATLY INCREASES THE RISK FOR A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT INVOLVING PEOPLE ON THE GROUND. I THINK IN LEGAL TERMS IT'S CALLED CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE. SO THERE ARE CRITICAL AREAS AT AN AIRPORT THAT NEED TO BE SECURED AND PROTECTED FROM A LAND USE COMPATIBILITY STANDPOINT, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE N T SS B STATS THAT I JUST READ YOU. THAT'S WHY THE F A A DEVELOPED THE RUNWAY PROTECTION ZONE. SO THE N T S B SAYS TO ENHANCE AIRPORT SAFETY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN OBSTRUCTION, FREE AIRPORT AIRSPACE AND A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF VACANT LAND NEAR THE AIRPORT. YOU ARE AT THIS MOMENT, THE PRIMARY TOOL IN PERMITTING, INCOMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH YOUR ZONING AND LAND USE CONTROL. THERE ARE MANY TIMES AS A SOUTHWEST AIRLINE CAPTAIN, I MADE DECISIONS THAT WERE NOT POPULAR WITH THE PASSENGERS. THE DECISION NOT TO TAKE OFF TO GROUND THE AIRPORT OR WHATEVER, AIRPLANE OR WHATEVER. THANK YOU. THE HEAT WAS ON. THANK YOU CAPTAIN BRUCE. OH, I'M SORRY. AM I FINISHED? YEAH, INDIVIDUALS HAVE THREE MINUTES. I DIDN'T CLARIFY THE BEGINNING. UH, GROUPS HAVE, UH, POTENTIALLY UP TO NINE, BUT, UH, MR. BRUCE, YOU'RE NEXT. DO YOU WANT TO THANK YOU? SEED YOUR TIME TO CAPTAIN BRUCE. I'LL TAKE IT. . ALRIGHT. OKAY, GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. ONCE A CAPTAIN, ALWAYS A CAPTAIN. OKAY. SO THERE [04:10:01] ARE MANY TIMES THE AIRLINE CAPTAIN MADE DECISIONS WHO WERE NOT POPULAR WITH THE PASSENGERS. THE DECISION TO NOT TAKE OFF THE DECISION NOT TO LAND OR TO GROUND AN AIRPLANE, THE HEAT WAS ON. BUT BECAUSE I WAS TAUGHT TO ANTICIPATE DANGER AND APPLY MOST CONSERVATIVE AND SAFEST PROTOCOL I DID, MY CHIEF PILOT ALWAYS TOLD US, MAKE THE SAFEST AND MOST CONSERVATIVE DECISION. YOU ON THIS COMMITTEE MAKE DECISIONS IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND PROTECTION FOR YOUR FAMILY EVERY DAY. AND SO IN CLOSING, I WANT YOU TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE ASPECT OF SAFETY AND REALIZE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT AND LOCATION OF THIS ROAD AND THESE HOMES ARE TRULY AN INCOMPATIBLE LAND USE. AND FINALLY, QUOTING JOHN ADAMS ALWAYS STAND FOR PRINCIPLE EVEN IF YOU STAND ALONE. THANK YOU. CAN WE, UH, ROLL THE VIDEO WITH THE TIME WE HAVE LEFT? YEAH, SURE. GO AHEAD. UM, DID YOU ALREADY SUBMIT THAT TO THE CLERK? HE'S CUBED INTO, YEAH. OKAY, GO AHEAD. WHEN THE CLAIMANT HE WAS ON WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AT THE ANGELINA COUNTY AIRPORT IN LUFKIN, THE PILOT SAID THE BRAKES FAILED WHEN HE WAS LANDING, CAUSING THE PLANE TO VEER OFF ONTO A SMALL ROAD ROAD AND THEN COMING TO A STOP IN A NEARBY FIELD. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE ONLY THREE PEOPLE ON BOARD, INCLUDING THE PILOT, AND NONE OF THEM WERE HURT. TEXAS STATE SENATOR SARAH ECKHART TWEETED OUT THIS AFTERNOON THAT SHE WAS RELIEVED THAT PHELAN WAS OKAY AFTER THE ROUGH LANDING. THIS OVERHEAD SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP OF 2 51 A TO THE RUNWAY END WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED THE ROAD AND CAME TO REST IN THE RUNWAY PROTECTION ZONES OPEN FIELD. THIS TRAGIC EVENT OCCURRED AT THE GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT IN SOUTH CAROLINA. FOUR, TWO. ARE YOU ANYWHERE? LISTEN, ANYBODY ON GROUND FREQUENCY, LISTEN. PLEASE RESPOND. SAY IT AGAIN. HAVE I GOT ANY, UH, PERSONNEL IN VEHICLES ON THE RADIO? NOT THAT I HEAR. MORNING ADELPHIA. GOOD DAY. GROUND 5 2 6 2. TAXI, 5 2 6 2. GROUND MAP. I GOT A FCON THAT JUST WENT OFF THE END. RUNWAY ONE NINE OR YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT, SIR. UH, NO WORRIES, SIR. UH, ANY EXPECTATIONS SIR? SHOULD WE SHUT DOWN OR SHOULD WE WAIT UNDER 5 2 6 2? I WOULD SAY SHUT DOWN. OKAY. WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAVE OUR CLEARANCE OPEN, SIR? NO. WE'LL SHUT DOWN. I'LL COME. THE ROADWAY OFF THE END OF THIS RUNWAY IS HEAVILY TRAVELED, BUT ONLY THE CREW DIED AS RARE AS A PILOT ERROR AND GROSS EQUIPMENT FAILURE. INSTANT OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS, IT DOES HAPPEN. THERE WERE NO VEHICLES TRANSITIONING THE CRASH AREA AT THE MOMENT OF THE INCURSION. HERE'S A MORE FITTING EXAMPLE OF THE PROPOSED ROAD HERE THAT HAPPENED IN ANGOLA COUNTY, TEXAS JUST RELEASED NINE ONE ONE CALL REVEALS WHAT OOH, REALLY HAPPENED IN THOSE HARROWING FEW SECONDS. ABC'S ROB NELSON HAS THE STORY. THANK YOU MR. BRUCE. THANK YOU CAPTAIN BRUCE. ALL RIGHT. UM, ALSO ON ITEM 53, LEMME CALL PATRICK CHRISTENSEN. PATRICK CHRISTIANSEN, THREE 10 SOUTH ST. MARY'S, SUITE 2,700. I'M ALSO HERE WITH PAXON WIENER WITH, UH, MERITAGE HOMES. I CAN ASSURE ALL, ALL THE COUNSEL THAT THIS PROPERTY THAT WE'RE WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY, WHICH IS A LAND PLAN AMENDMENT PART OF THE MILITARY, UM, SAVING THE MILITARY MISSION LAND PLAN IN THE E T J. OUR PROPERTY IS, IS NOT IN THE, THE, THE FLIGHT PATH. IT'S NOT IN THE RUNWAY PATH. AND IF THIS AIRPORT HAD A ROME PROTECTION ZONE, WE'RE NOT BUILDING ANY HOMES IN THAT RUNWAY PROTECTION ZONE. THE PROPERTY NORTH OF THE, OF THE AIRPORT, MR. BRUCE IS HERE REPRESENTING, IS OWNED BY THE ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT. IT'S NOT THE PROPERTY. I'M, I'M ASKING FOR A LAND PLAN AMENDMENT HERE TODAY. THE IMPORTANT PART ABOUT MY LAND PLAN AMENDMENT IS IT'S TO PROTECT THE MILITARY MISSION AND JOINT BASE. SAN ANTONIO DID GIVE A LETTER OF NON OPPOSITION TO OUR, OUR CHANGE. I HAVE LOTS OF EXHIBITS, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF. THANK YOU. PLEASE SUPPORT THE LAND PLAN AMENDMENT. THANK YOU MR. CHRISTENSEN. ON ITEMS 32 AND 33, VICKI PERKINS. MS. PERKINS, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY FRANK BERNIE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR NUREMBERG AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. I AM VICKI PERKINS. I LIVE AT 5 2 7 LEE STREET, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE IN COUNCILMAN BRAVO'S DISTRICT. OUR GROUP, UH, HAS REACHED AND AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY RELATED, UH, TO THEIR PROJECT AT THE VICTORIA COMMONS. THUS, THE GROUP I AM REPRESENTING, WHICH IS A GROUP OF HOMEOWNERS WHO LIVE ON THE LEE STREET IN [04:15:01] NEIGHBORING AREAS. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW OUR OPPOSITION TO THE VICTORIA COMMONS ZONING AND PLANNING AMENDMENTS THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING TODAY. AND WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF COUNCILMAN BRAVO HELPING US GET TO THIS POINT AND REACH THIS AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY. UH, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US DO THAT. NAME. IT'S FRANK BERNIE, ONE 12 EAST PECAN. UH, I'M THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTATIVE LEE STREET OWNERS ASSOCIATION. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT AN M O U HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE LEE STREET, UH, OWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND SAHA THAT HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES, UH, WHEN APPROVAL OF THIS, UH, TO HAVE CERTAIN CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADJOINING TRACKS. WE DO APPRECIATE, MARIO, YOUR HELP. UH, YOU MAY NOT HAVE WON ANY THIS MORNING, BUT THIS PROJECT, THIS WHOLE ZONING CASE WOULD'VE DIED WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT AND, AND THE SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. RIGHT, THANK YOU BOTH. UM, AND, UH, IF WE HAVE THAT LETTER, WE'LL PLACE THAT INTO THE RECORD ON ITEMS 32 AND 33 ON ITEM 39. UH, JOANNE ROGERS, HOWARD, UH, MS. ROGERS. HOWARD. YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY BISHOP PROSO WILSON. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE THIS DISTINGUISHED BODY. I COME BEFORE YOU BECAUSE I AM OPPOSING THE REZONING OF 35 0 2, 35 0 6 MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE PROPERTIES. THAT CASE NUMBER IS Z TWENTY TWENTY ONE, ONE OH SEVEN ZERO ONE EIGHT FIVE. I WAS BORN AND RAISED, RAISED MY CHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD. MY FAMILY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FOUNDERS OF THIS AREA. OUR COMMUNITY WAS ONCE A COMMUNITY OF PRIDE, FAMILIES, CHURCHES, STORES, AND TOGETHERNESS. OUR COMMUNITY WAS A COMMUNITY OF ESTABLISHED FAMILIES, BUILT WITH LOVE FOR OUR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN FOR ONE ANOTHER, FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS A COMMUNITY OF HISTORY, A COMMUNITY OF PRIDE. IN 19 80, 87, THE COMMUNITY WAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AND WAS THE FOUNDATION AND THE HOME OF THE BEGINNING OF THE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, MARTIN LUTHER KING MARCH, ONE OF IF NOT THE LARGEST MARCHES FOR THE FREEDOM FOR FREEDOM IN THIS NATION, MAYBE EVEN THE WORLD. AS WE KNOW, REVEREND CALLIS BEGAN HIS JOURNEY BRINGING AWARENESS TO THIS ISSUE, UH, THIS DREAM BACK IN 1968. HE KNEW HE NEEDED HELP. AND I REMEMBER THE DAY THAT HE WALKED INTO U C P P O C, HE SPOKE WITH THE OFFICERS THERE AND ASKED FOR HELP, WHICH THEY GREATLY AND GLADLY EAGERLY CONSIDERED, AND SAID, YES, WE WILL HELP YOU. ALONGSIDE THEM WAS MAYOR SNE, DISTRICT COUNCILMAN OF DISTRICT TWO. COUNCILMAN JOEL. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I WAS THERE AND I WAS ONE OF THE FOOT SOLDIERS. I WAS HONORED TO BE ONE OF THE FOOT SOLDIERS IN THE BEGINNING. MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE, FORMERLY NEBRASKA STREET, BECAME MORE THAN A STREET WITHIN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. IT WAS A PORTION OF A DREAM FULFILLED, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT WAS FILLED WITH OUR COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH PRIDE FOR ITS RESIDENTS TO SEE THEIR DREAM WAS OWNERSHIP. IT WAS OWNERSHIP. THAT'S JUST WHAT THEIR DREAM WAS. A FUTURE, A FUTURE FOR THEIR FAMILY. NOW, TIME HAS PASSED AND NOW WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE STRUGGLE AGAIN. THE CURRENT DEVELOPER, CITYVIEW GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, HAS COME AND BUILT PROPERTIES, NOT HOMES. THIS DOES NOT REFLECT THE DREAMS OF OUR COMMUNITY, NOT WORTHY OF THE BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS THAT THESE DREAMS WERE MADE OF. MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE, IN MY OPINION, HAS BEEN CHEAPENED. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE HOMES ARE RENTAL PROPERTIES. RENTALS BRING ABOUT REVOLVING DOORS. AS YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW HOMEOWNERS COME CARE MORE FOR THEIR PROPERTIES AND THEY ESTABLISH, ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. ROGERS. WELL, HOWARD, IF YOU HAVE A WRITTEN STATEMENT, WE CAN GET THAT FROM YOU AND, UH, YES SIR. DISTRIBUTE TO THE COUNCIL. YES, SIR. WE CAN PLACE THAT IN THE RECORD AS WELL. YES, SIR. WE, WE, WE WANT MR. STOCK. THANK YOU, MR. ROGERS. BISHOP ROSA [04:20:01] WILSON FOR MEN AND WOMEN. I'M HERE ALSO ON 39. I JUST, UM, RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE REZONING. I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. UM, UH, MY STAND HERE IS I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF WE CAN GET IT POSTPONED SO I CAN HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING TO SEE WHO'S FOR AND WHO'S NOT FOR TURNING THAT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY INTO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY STAND. IF WE CAN JUST GET IT POSTPONED FOR 30 60 DAYS SO I CAN CALL THE COMMUNITY IN. I AM THE PRESIDENT OVER, UH, THAT AREA, UH, ASSOCIATION. I DO A LOT IN THE CITY, BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THIS TO, TO SAY YAY OR NAY ABOUT IT. NOW, I KNOW THERE'S SOME, SOME NEW HOMES WENT UP, UH, ON MARTIN LUTHER KING REYNOLDS, FOUR $1,400 A MONTH. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT AREA, THOSE FOLKS CAN AFFORD IT. I WANNA MEET WITH THE DEVELOPERS. I WANT TO KNOW WHO DID THEY MEET WITH, WHEN DID THEY HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS? WHAT WAS THE CENSUS OF THE PEOPLE? SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY JUST TO ASK IF WE CAN PUSH IT BACK SO WE CAN TALK TO THE PEOPLE AND THE DEVELOPERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BISHOP WILSON. UH, ADRIAN LOPEZ. OKAY. UM, THAT WAS FOR ITEM 31 AND 32. UM, ALRIGHT, THAT IS EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT REMAIN ON CONSENT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP, UH, COUNSEL DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME. UH, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON CONSENT, PLEASE. Q IN. LET ME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEMS 32 AND 33. I WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO OFFERED COMMENTS AND INPUT ON THIS CASE. OUR OFFICE BEGAN WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND APPLICANTS ON THIS CASE IN JUNE, BUT THE LATEST RENDITION OF THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE EARLY 2020. MY STAFF AND I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH THE LAVACCA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE ARTISAN PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, AND THE RESIDENTS OF LEE STREET. I WANT TO THANK SAHA AND KATES FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ATTEND MANY OF THESE MEETINGS AND ADDRESS AS MANY RESIDENT CONCERNS AS POSSIBLE. THE LOCATION IS THE SITE OF THE HISTORIC VICTORIA COURTS, WHICH PROVIDED 660 UNITS OF PUBLIC HOUSING FOR THOSE MAKING 30% OR MORE OR BELOW OUR MEDIAN INCOME IN THE LAVACCA NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 60 YEARS UNTIL IT WAS TORN DOWN. THE PROPOSED PROJECT HAS BEEN REVISED NUMEROUS TIMES TO REFLECT NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS. THE SITE PLAN PRESENTED TODAY REFLECTS A DOWN ZONING FROM I D Z, WHICH HAD NO HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS OR PARKING REQUIREMENTS TO ONE THAT IS MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. I'M PLEASED THAT A COMPROMISE WAS REACHED ABOUT CONNECTING MC MCMONAGLE TO LABOR STREET. THE NEW SITE PLAN SPECIFIES HEIGHTS THAT WILL BE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS LOCATION. AND THIS REZONING IS IN LINE WITH THE SAN ANTONIO TOMORROW PLAN AND OUR HOUSING POLICY. THE AREA IS HIGHLY WALKABLE BEING STEPS FROM DOWNTOWN AND THERE ARE TRANSIT LINES ALONG LABOR STREET. WHILE NOT DEEPLY AFFORDABLE, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED WORKFORCE HOUSING, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY NEAR DOWNTOWN. OUR CITY IS IN A HOUSING CRISIS AND IT'S INCUMBENT TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING AFFORD AFFORDABILITY ARE PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES. MORE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NEEDED IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I URGED SAHA TO ACHIEVE THE DEEPEST AFFORDABILITY POSSIBLE HERE. WHEN THE VICTORIA COURTS WERE DEMOLISHED, WE LOST SEVERAL HUNDRED PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS FOR OUR LOWEST INCOME FAMILIES. WE HAVE NOT EVEN COME CLOSE TO REPLACING THEM, BUT THIS MAY BE A GOOD START. I WANNA THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR ATTENDING SO MANY MEETINGS AND HEARINGS AND FOR SHARING THEIR CONCERNS. AND I WANNA THANK MY TEAM FOR EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE TO TRY TO BALANCE THESE CONCERNS WITH THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS LOCATION. I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OH, SORRY. REALIZE I HAVE THE OTHER MICROPHONE. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 39 NOW IF 5 39 NOW IF POSSIBLE. UM, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 36 ON TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA. THIS ITEM FEATURES A REZONING TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF THE SA HEALS ORGANIZATION. SA HEALS IS A NONPROFIT WITH A MISSION TO PROVIDE EQUALITY AND EQUITY THROUGH OPPORTUNITY ON SAN ANTONIO'S EAST SIDE. I COMMAND THEIR GIVING SPIRIT AND I THANK THEM WITH ALL MY HEART FOR THEIR CONTINUED SERVICE BENEFIT BENEFITING COUNTLESS EAST SIDE RESIDENTS. OKAY, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THERE WAS, UM, A REQUEST TO PULL ITEM 39 FROM THE CONSENT, UM, AGENDA. SO LET ME JUST CHECK WITH, UH, THE MOTION SECONDER AND I THAT'S OKAY. GOOD. SO, OKAY. 39 WILL BE HEARD ON INDIVIDUAL, UH, WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY, NOT ON, AND WE WILL NOT BE VOTING ON 39 THROUGH THE CONSENT MOTION OR WE GIVING YOU MOTION. SAME MOTION? YEAH. [04:25:02] ALRIGHT. UH, I DON'T SEE A QUEUE FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, MOTION. SO IF YOU CAN SIGNAL ME IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON CONSENT. NO. M L K DRIVE. WHICH NUMBER WAS THAT? 39. 39. 39. OKAY. 39 WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY ALONG WITH THE OTHER FOUR PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT MOTION. UM, TAKE THAT VOTE NOW. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 39 41, 46, 48 AND 50. AND AGAIN, NOTING 34 AND 35 HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA. MOTION CARRIES. OH, I'M SORRY. NO . I WAS JUST LOOKING AT MINE. SORRY. LONG DAY. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, UM, WE'LL GO DOWN TO THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL [39. ZONING CASE Z202110700187 (Council District 2): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from “C3 MLOD3 MLR1 AHOD” General Commercial Martindale Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay District and “I1 MLOD3 MLR1 AHOD” General Industrial Martindale Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay District to “I1 MLOD3 MLR1 AHOD” General Industrial Martindale Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 24, NCB 16095 and 12.594 acres out of NCB 12191, located at 4803 Rittiman Road. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] CONSIDERATION. WE'LL START WITH ITEM 39. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 39 IS A REZONING FROM C TWO NA AND C THREE NA TO R FOUR LOCATED AT 35 0 2 AND 35 0 6. MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 24 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND TWO OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. I MOVE TO CONTINUE ITEM 39 TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE ZONING MEETING. THAT WOULD BE OCTOBER 7TH. OKAY. YES, I MOVE TO CONTINUE. ITEM 39 TO, UM, OCTOBER 7TH. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 39 TO OCTOBER 7TH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM 41, AGENDA [41. ZONING CASE Z202110700183 (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C2 AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District to "R4 AHOD" Residential SingleFamily Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 11 and the west 10 feet of Lot 12, Block 10, NCB 2948, located at 242 Channing Avenue. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] ITEM NUMBER 41 IS A REZONING TO AMEND THE CONDITIONS LOCATED AT ONE 18 DAVIS COURT STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. THERE SHALL BE NO EXTERIOR DISPLAY OR SIGNS WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT A NAMEPLATE NOT EXCEEDING THREE SQUARE FEET IN AREA MAY BE PERMITTED WHEN ATTACHED TO THE FRONT OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE. NO CONSTRUCTION FEATURES SHALL BE PERMITTED, WHICH WOULD PLACE THE STRUCTURE OUT OF CHARACTER WITHIN THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL, NEIGHBORHOOD, BUSINESS, OR OFFICE. HOURS OF OPERATIONS SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED BEFORE 7:00 AM OR 6:00 PM ON MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED BEFORE 8:00 AM OR AFTER 4:00 PM ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. OUTSIDE SPEAKERS SHALL BE PROHIBITED. THERE SHALL BE STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF LIGHT POLLUTION FROM SIGNAGE AND LANDSCAPING LIGHTS. 22 NOTICES MAILED FIVE IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS NOT OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. ALL WITH CONDITIONS AS READ. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, VIA GRAND, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 41 WITH CONDITIONS AS READ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 46, [46. ZONING CASE Z202110700197 (Council District 6): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary "C2 NA CD S MLOD2 MLR1 AHOD" Commercial Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use and a Specific Use Authorization for a ministorage facility exceeding 2.5 acres to “PUD MF18 MLOD2 MLR1 AHOD" Planned Unit Development MultiFamily Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay District with a decreased perimeter setback of 10 feet, on the northeast 256.48 feet of Lot 10, Block 2, NCB 17417, located at 1403 Horal Drive. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 46 IS A REZONING FROM NC I D Z TO R FOUR CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR RESIDENTIAL UNITS LOCATED AT 1 6 4 LER STREET. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 43 NOTICES MAILED TWO IN FAVOR? ONE OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OH, I'M SORRY. UM, THIS IS ITEM 46. YES, WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON, UH, OSCAR GUVERA. UH, CAN YOU HANDLE THESE? YEAH. ONE FOUR YEAH. DIRECTION. OKAY. ON, UH, ON THIS CASE, UH, ON, UH, 1 46 ACRES, UH, [04:30:01] WHICH I MYSELF SEND, UH, THE REQUEST SAYING DENIED. WE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO, TO CHANGE THE ZONING. I KNOW THREE MORE OF THE RESIDENTS, THEY SEND IT. THEY, THEY SAY THEY NEVER RECEIVE IT. SOME OF THE RESIDENT, THEY SAY THEY DON'T RECEIVE THE LETTER. THEY, THEY DON'T EVEN DO ANY MOVEMENT. BUT I, MYSELF GOING ALL AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU CAN GET THE PAGE NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS, UH, OUR CONCERN. WE SAY THE FOLLOWING SENIOR SURROUNDING RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT IN FAVOR, REZONING 1 64, UH, FOR USING CONDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNIT TO IT TO THE DENSITY PROPERTY TO MAINTAIN FOUR RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND ACCOMMODATE PARKING. IT'S A LITTLE BITTY LOT. YOU, I DON'T KNOW. YOU HAD THE, UH, MAP THE PAGE, PAGE TWO AND PAGE THREE. YOU GOT ALL THE SIGNATURE THAT RESIDENTS AROUND THE PROPERTY ON PAGE FOUR. UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE HOUSES, WHERE THEY, WHATEVER IS HIGHLIGHTED AS THE RESIDENTS WHO SIGNED THE PETITION, NOT IN FAVOR TO DO THE, THE, I CHANGED THE ZONING. AND NUMBER FIVE IS HOW OUR NEIGHBOR IS. WE JUST GOT ONE EXIT TO PROVIDE ONE EXIT, TWO EXIT TO PROVIDE. THE REST OF IT HAD TO BE TO FLORIDA. WE HAD TO GO TO BANK. THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T COLLECT ANY SIGNATURES FROM BANK STREET BECAUSE, UH, TO ME THEY, THEY'D BE, THEY DON'T RANGE 200 FEET, BUT THEY, THEY, THEY ARE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE EXIT TO FLORES AND EXIT TO PROVINCE. SO THEY DON'T GONNA, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE DEAL WITH, UH, ALL THIS. AND LIKE I SAY, IT'S TOO DENSITY FOR FOUR, FOUR, UH, FAMILIES FOR A LITTLE BIT LOT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GONNA PARK. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE KIDS ARE GONNA PLAY WITH, WITH HUGE, I MEAN THE, THE LOT IS ALMOST THE SIZE OF MY HOUSE. I DO A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, PLAYGROUND IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE AND I GOT NO MORE YARD. SO MY CONCERN IS WHERE THE KIDS THEY'RE GONNA PLAY, WHERE THEY GONNA PARK THE VEHICLES AND THEN ALL THE TRAFFIC IN AROUND OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ALL, UH, SIGN AGAINST, UH, CHANGE THE ZONING. THE ONLY WAY WE CAN, UH, SIGN TO CHANGE IT TO RESIDENTIAL IS IF THEY BUILT JUST ONE HOUSE FOR ONE FAMILY. WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T WANT, UH, FOUR UNITS OVER THERE FOR FOUR FAMILIES IS WAY TO DENSITY. UH, LIKE I SAY, WHERE THE KIDS, THAT'S, THEY DIDN'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLAY AROUND, AROUND. YOU HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY TO, UH, THE CLOSEST PARK IS CONFLICT PARK ON, UH, ON MICHEL STREET. THANK YOU MR. GUDA. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU MARIN. THANK YOU OSCAR. UM, OSCAR HAS PROVIDED OVER. I BE, I COUNTED 37 SIGNATURES AND WITH THAT I MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE UNTIL OCTOBER 7TH. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 46 TO OCTOBER 7TH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER [48. ZONING CASE Z202110700196 (Council District 8): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from “C3 MLOD1 MLR1 AHOD” General Commercial Camp Bullis Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay District to “MF33 MLOD1 MLR1 AHOD” MultiFamily Camp Bullis Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay District on 13.949 acres out of NCB 15825, generally located in the 5400 Block of Presidio Parkway. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] 48, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 48 IS A REZONING FROM R SIX TO POD R FOUR. GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 11,000 BLOCK OF BANDERA ROAD. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 62 NOTICES MAILED TO IN FAVOR. 13 OPPOSED STONEFIELD HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR. BRAUN OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION. COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL ASKED ME TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO OCTOBER 7TH. ALRIGHT, UH, THERE IS, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 48 TO OCTOBER 7TH. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM 50, [50. PLAN AMENDMENT CASE PA202111600054 (Council District 9): Ordinance amending the San Antonio International Airport Vicinity Community Plan, a component of the Comprehensive Master Plan of the City, by changing the land use classification from “Neighborhood Commercial” to “Community Commercial” on 1.1938 out of NCB 17444, generally located at 13002 Jones Maltsberger Road. Staff and Planning Commission recommend Approval. (Associated Zoning Case Z202110700180)] AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 50 IS A REZONING FROM C THREE TO MF 40. LOCATED AT 69 19 NORTH LOOP 1604 WEST STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. SIX NOTICES MAILED. ZERO IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER MOTION TO, UH, RESCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 7TH CONTINUANCE. YEAH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 50 TO OCTOBER 7TH. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT [04:35:01] IS THE END OF OUR AGENDA TODAY. MAYOR. MAYOR. UM, UM, SORRY. BEFORE THE MEETING'S OVER, I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS PETITION INTO THE RECORD FOR ITEM 46. OKAY. UM, SURE. THANK YOU. YEAH. GOT IT. OKAY. ITEM 46 HAS PETITIONS IN THE RECORD. UH, FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, UH, ANY OTHER, UH, FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER FOR THEIR BUSINESS? FOR WE ADJOURN? UM, NO SIR. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. WE ARE GOOD. ALRIGHT. THE TIME IS, UH, 2:42 PM ON THE 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2021. OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.