* 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.
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          LET'S MAKE ANTONIO. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 
          UH, WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, AND THE TIME IS 9:20 AM ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2021. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER BEFORE WE GET UNDERWAY, UH, I DO WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SOME NEW INTRO MUSIC THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CONTINUES OUR COMMITMENT TO SHOWCASE LOCAL MUSICIANS AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND ONT V S A TODAY. 
          OUR INTRODUCTIONS WERE COMPLIMENTED BY COLD AFTERNOON, PERFORMED BY SAN ANTONIO GUITAR PLAYER AND SINGER CLAUDINE MEINHARDT. 
          IN ADDITION TO BEING A MUSICIAN, SHE IS ALSO A PROFESSIONAL CHEMIST WHO HAS RECENTLY BEGUN GRAD SCHOOL. 
          AT U T S A CLAUDINE SAYS SHE'S INSPIRED BY THE MANY DIVERSE MUSICAL AND CULTURAL INFLUENCES THAT SAN ANTONIO'S KNOWN FOR FROM ROCK AND ROLL, TEJANO PUNK, AMERICANA, FOLK CHICANO SOUL TO COUNTRY MUSIC. 
          TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CLAUDINE MEINHARDT AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S LOCAL MUSIC SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM, YOU CAN VISIT OUR DEPARTMENT OF ART AND CULTURES WEBSITE@SANANTONIO.GOV SLASH ARTS. 
          SO THAT WAS CLAUDINE MEINHART WITH COLD AFTERNOON, AND I CAN'T WAIT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, BEFORE TO GET US STARTED, LET ME TURN IT OVER NOW TO, UH, OUR COLLEAGUE IN DISTRICT SIX, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. 
          OH, BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET ME, UH, ASK THE CLERK TO CALL ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAND. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TABO BERDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BEIS HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          MAYOR NIERENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THANK YOU VERY 
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MUCH. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VEO HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'D LIKE TO WELCOME PASTOR MARIO NAVA TODAY TO COUNCIL PASTOR MARIO AND IMAN NAVA ARE THE FOUNDERS OF LIVING FAITH CHURCH AND HAVE HAD A PASSION FOR SEEING LIVES TRANSFORMED, RESTORED, AND REDEEMED BY THE POWER OF JESUS. 
          SINCE LIVING FAITH'S BIRTH IN 1998, THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, REBECCA AND ANDREW, WHO BOTH SERVE IN THE CHURCH IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES AS WELL. 
          PASTOR MARIO IS OUTREACH MINDED AND BELIEVES IN BEING THE CHURCH OUTSIDE OF THE FOUR WALLS. 
          HIS MESSAGES ARE INSPIRING AND UPLIFTING, YET CHALLENGING AND THOUGHT PROVOKING. 
          THE WORD OF GOD IS BROUGHT OUT EACH WEEK IN A CASUAL, EASY TO UNDERSTAND WAY WITHOUT EVER COMPROMISING BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES. 
          EDMA IS THE PERFECT COMPLIMENT TO PASTOR MARIO. 
          SHE'S FULL OF GRACE AND WISDOM AND BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN HIM. 
          SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL, SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF A GODLY WOMAN. 
          I I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO KNOW PASTORS, UM, MARIO NAVA. 
          THEY HAVE, UM, THE THINGS THAT I JUST SAID I HAVE EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY. 
          THEY'RE VERY, UH, PERSONABLE AND, UM, UM, PASTORS THAT, THAT SPEAK TO YOU IN, IN TERMS THAT WE ALL CAN UNDERSTAND IN EVERYDAY LIFE. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, SO TAKE IT AWAY. 
          PASTOR NAVA, LET US PRAY. 
          OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE ABUNDANT BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US THIS DAY. 
          WE THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE A GOD OF A JUSTICE AND MERCY. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY AND HELP US TO ACT WITH CHARACTER AND CONVICTION. 
          HELP US TO LISTEN, UH, WITH UNDERSTANDING AND GOODWILL. 
          HELP US TO SPEAK CLARITY AND RESTRAINT. 
          GIVE US A SPIRIT OF SERVICE. 
          REMIND US THAT WE'RE STEWARDS OF YOUR AUTHORITY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US ON THIS EARTH. 
          GIVE US THE LEADERS, UH, TO LEAD THE PEOPLE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. 
          AND FATHER, RENEW OUR STRENGTH RIGHT NOW, UH, IN YOUR 
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PRESENCE AS WE BUILD THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WE THANK YOU, GOD, THIS HOUR THAT YOU WOULD BRING US THE BLESSINGS AS WE GATHER TOGETHER. 
          AGAIN, BLESS THE CITY AND BLESS OUR LEADERSHIP. 
          LORD, THANK YOU THAT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE THAT SIT BEFORE US AND ALL AROUND US. 
          THANK YOU FOR THEIR COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP, THEIR VISION, THEIR HOPE, THEIR FAITH, THEIR LOVE, AND THEIR SACRIFICE DURING THIS TIME, UH, FOR OUR MAYOR, LORD RON NUREMBERG. 
          I PRAY FOR HIM. 
          I BLESS HIM, OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH. 
          WOULD YOU BLESS THEM? WOULD YOU BLESS OUR CITY'S AGENDA, LORD, TO BE FRUITFUL FOR THE COMMON GOOD AND GRANT OUR CITY COUNCIL COURAGE AND WISDOM AS WE COMMIT TO YOU, THAT THEY'LL BE HUMBLE TO SERVE AND BLESS AND PROTECT EACH MEMBER OF THEIR SPOUSES, LORD AND THEIR, THEIR FAMILY, THEIR CHILDREN, AND ALL WHOM THEY LOVE. 
          FOR MARIO BRAVO, JAYLEN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, PHYLLIS GERON, DR. 
          ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA, TERRY COSTELLO, MELISSA VERO. 
          VERA, WE THANK YOU FOR ANNA SANDOVAL LORD AND BLESS MANNY PEREZ, JOHN COURAGE AND CLAYTON PERRY, THE CITY LEADERSHIP, THE STAFF, OUR CHIEFS, CHARLES HOOD AND WILLIAM MCMANUS. 
          LORD, I PRAY GUIDANCE AND LORD IN THE MATTERS AT HAND, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AND THEY WOULD CLEARLY, UM, SHOW US THEIR CONDUCT AND THEIR WORK AND HAVE A SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING AND ENTHUSIASM. 
          GIVE US WAYS TO EXCEL IN OUR WORK, LORD, THIS DAY AND THIS SEASON, HELP US TO HAVE ENCOURAGEMENT WITH EXCELLENCE. 
          WE THANK YOU THAT WE CHALLENGE EACH OTHER TO A HIGHER LEVEL FURTHER THAN WE CAN EVER GO, LORD, BY YOUR SPIRIT, WE PRAY THAT WE WOULD REMEMBER RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT WE WOULD GRIEVE THOSE, UH, THAT HAVE LOST, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS TO A VIRUS, LORD. 
          AND WE ASK THAT THEY STRENGTHEN RIGHT NOW THEIR THEIR FAITH, LORD, AS THEY WALK THROUGH A VALLEY. 
          AND THANK YOU, GOD, WE PRAY HEALING UPON THOSE THAT ARE SICK IN THEIR BODY, IN THEIR AREA, HOSPITALS, AND THEY WOULD RECOVER THEIR HEALTH. 
          LORD BLESS OUR FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS, AS ALWAYS, LORD, THIS DAY. 
          AND WE ASK THAT WE ASK THIS LORD AS YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, AND WE'RE CONFIDENT IN YOUR GOODNESS AND LOVE. 
          AND I SPEAK THE WORDS OF OUR SAVIOR, KING JESUS OVER THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          YOU ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH. 
          YOU ARE A LIGHT TO THE WORLD AND A CITY ON A HILLTOP THAT CANNOT BE HIDDEN. 
          NO LIGHT IS PUT UNDER A LAMPSTAND. 
          INSTEAD, THE LIGHT IS PLACED ON A STAND WHERE IT GIVES LIGHT TO EVERYONE. 
          MATTHEW FIVE 13, WE PRAY THIS ALL IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THE SON OF GOD. 
          AMEN AND AMEN. 
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THE UNITED STATES AMERICA, WELCOME RICHARD STANDS NATION, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, JUSTICE. 
          THANK YOU PASTOR NAVA. 
          ALRIGHT, 
          [3. Approval of minutes from City Council Meetings of August 25, 2021, August 31, 2021 and September 2, 2021.]
OUR FIRST ITEM, UH, FOR ACTION TODAY ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF AUGUST 25TH, AUGUST 31ST AND SEPTEMBER 2ND. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. 
          SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR THE MINUTES IS READ. 
          UH, ANY DISCUSSION, CLARIFICATION, HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          ALRIGHT, MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WE HAVE 
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A LOT OF HONORED GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, UH, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR YOUNGEST LEADERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE SO PROUD TO HAVE ALL OF YOU HERE. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 
          AND ALSO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR OBSERVING OUR CONTINUED HEALTH PROTOCOLS AS YOU'RE HERE. 
          UH, SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL START OFF, UH, TODAY AND THIS WEEK, UM, AND THIS MONTH WE ARE RECOGNIZING, UH, NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. 
          UM, AND SO FOR THAT, UH, YOU SEE A LOT OF PURPLE IN OUR BUILDING, UH, AND OUTSIDE AND, AND LIT UP ON OUR SKYLINE. 
          YOU SEE COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, WHO IS A CHAMPION OF THE INITIATIVE, UH, WITH THE CITY HALL LIT UP BEHIND HIM. 
          HE'S ACTUALLY REMOTE. 
          SO THAT'S JUST A PICTURE. 
          IT'S NOT NIGHTTIME RIGHT NOW, . 
          UM, BUT I DO WANT TO ISSUE, UH, AND RECOGNIZE, UH, TODAY IN THIS MONTH WITH A PROCLAMATION. 
          WHEREAS DURING 
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THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2021, THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WILL OBSERVE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS, SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF SERVICE PROVIDERS AND HONOR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AND WHEREAS FOR MANY AMERICANS, HOME IS A PLACE OF WARMTH, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, TRANQUILITY, AND SECURITY. 
          TRAGICALLY, FOR MILLIONS OF OTHERS, HOME LIFE IS ANYTHING BUT A SANCTUARY. 
          IT'S TARNISHED BY VIOLENCE AND FEAR. 
          AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS THE USE OF POWER AND CONTROL BY ONE PARTNER OVER ANOTHER AND CAN INCLUDE PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL, FINANCIAL, AS WELL AS PHYSICAL VIOLENCE. 
          AND ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTIONS VIOLENCE PREVENTION DIVISION, AN ESTIMATED ONE IN FOUR WOMEN AND ONE IN 10 MEN ARE VICTIM AT PARTNER EVERY YEAR. 
          AND WHEREAS ANYONE CAN BE A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REGARDLESS OF GENDER, AGE, SEXUALITY, RACE, RELIGION, OR IGRA IMMIGRATION STATUS, THE ELDERLY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, CHILDREN AND FAMILY MEMBERS ARE ALSO AMONG THOSE COUNTED AS VICTIMS THAT ARE SCARRED WITH THE HEAVIEST BURDEN FALLING ON PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THE L G B T Q I A COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHEREAS CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO JOIN THE COUNTYWIDE CAMPAIGN, PURPLE PORCH SA BY TURNING THEIR PORCH PURPLE WITH A PURPLE LIGHT BULB, OR ADDING PURPLE DECOR TO THEIR ENTRYWAY, SNAPPING A PHOTO AND POSTING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT HASHTAG PURPLE PORCH SA. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER, 2021 TO BE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 
          AND WE APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF THE VOLUNTEERS AND PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE DEDICATED TO IDENTIFYING SOLUTIONS, REDUCING THE IMPACT, AND WORKING TOWARD ENDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, WHO ARE SHOWING UP AND REPRESENTING THIS VERY IMPORTANT, UH, INITIATIVE AND ACTION THAT WE'RE TAKING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          I DO WANNA RECORD COMMUNITY. 
          I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF OUR, UH, COLLABORATIVE COALITION. 
          AND, AND I DON'T KNOW, UM, JUDGE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND, AND MAKE A FEW REMARKS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS PART OF THE AGENDA TODAY, BUT, UM, I KNOW CHIEF, UH, WE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LEADERSHIP HERE WHO ARE DEDICATED TO, UH, ENDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THEM. 
          UH, JUDGE DIAZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME, BUT I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THIS ENTIRE THANK YOU TO THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL, TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, TO MY CO-CHAIR, MARIA VIA GOMEZ TO YOUR AMAZING TEAM AT METRO HEALTH, LED BY CLAUDE JACOB, UH, AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, THE CHIEF. 
          WE HAVE SO MANY FOLKS AT THE TABLE, UH, THAT ARE FIGHTING TO REDUCE AND END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AND THE CITY, UH, PARTNERED UP WITH THE COUNTY ARE LEADING THAT WAY. 
          AND I JUST WANNA EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANKS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP, THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT, THANKS TO YOUR FUNDING OF THESE IMPORTANT EFFORTS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO LEAN ON YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO PROVIDE US YOUR INPUT. 
          BECAUSE THIS IS A TRUE COLLABORATION. 
          WE CANNOT DO THIS, UH, ALONE. 
          WE NEED TO DO THIS AS A TEAM, AND THIS IS A GENERATIONS LONG EFFORT. 
          SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR RECOGNIZING OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MARIA VILLA GOMEZ. 
          AS ONE OF YOUR CO-CHAIRS, I KNOW WE'VE HAD GREAT CITY LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THIS INITIATIVE. 
          UH, DO WANNA RECOGNIZE ALSO THE WORK OF DR. 
          COLLEEN BRIDGER, WHO WAS THERE FROM THE, THE START OF THE INITIATIVE AND NOW HAS MOVED ON. 
          UH, BUT, UH, DR. 
          CLAUDE JACOB FILLING IN, UH, QUITE WELL, UH, IN HER STEAD, UH, AND THROUGHOUT THE INITIATIVE WITH OUR METRO HEALTH TEAM. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          I DO WANT TO NOW RECOGNIZE, UH, OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA FOR ANOTHER PROCLAMATION THAT WE'LL BE ISSUING. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I'M HONORED TO TAKE PART ONCE AGAIN AND DAY OF THE GIRLS CELEBRATION THIS YEAR. 
          I'M ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO THE GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS GIRLS INC. 
          GIRLS ON THE RUN PEARL COURT, SIGNIFICANT U Y W C A OF SAN ANTONIO, THE MARTINEZ STREET WOMEN'S CENTER, THE YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, WHERE THE KICKOFF CELEBRATION TOOK PLACE EARLIER THIS WEEK, BY THE WAY. 
          AND THESE ARE ONLY A FEW OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO EMPOWER GIRLS BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES, RESOURCES, AND MENTORSHIPS. 
          I'M PROUD TO HAVE FORMED A PART OF THE FIRST ELECTED WOMEN MAJORITY IN THE COUNCIL IN SAN ANTONIO DURING MY FIRST TERM. 
          AND I LOVE SEEING MORE WOMEN DEFY EXPECTATIONS AND OCCUPY POSITIONS THAT ONLY A FEW GENERATIONS AGO SEEMED UNATTAINABLE, EVEN UNIMAGINABLE, AND PROUD TO SERVE WITH FIVE STRONG WOMEN. 
          NOW, LAST YEAR, WE WERE UNABLE TO CELEBRATE DAY OF THE THE GIRL IN PERSON BECAUSE OF COVID. 
          SO I'M SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ECSTATIC TO BE FACE-TO-FACE ON THIS JOYOUS OCCASION. 
          FOR THOSE YOUNG GIRLS JOINING US TODAY, I WANT YOU TO TAKE 
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A VERY CLOSE LOOK AT HOW MANY WOMEN FORMED PART OF YOUR CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND IMAGINE A TIME WHERE PERHAPS EVERY SINGLE SEAT, INCLUDING THE MAYOR SEAT, IS FILLED BY A WOMAN. 
          IT MAY SEEM UNTHINKABLE AND MOST UNATTAINABLE, BUT I'M CERTAIN THAT ONE DAY WHAT WE MAY SEEM, IT MIGHT SEEM FAR AWAY, UH, LIKE A WOMAN MAJORITY CITY COUNCIL OR WOMAN MAYOR OF A MAJOR CITY WILL SEEM SO ORDINARY OR HEAD COACH OF THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS, RIGHT. 
          THERE ARE COUNTLESS WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS TODAY BECAUSE OF THE SACRIFICES OF GENERATIONS OF WOMEN WHO PAVED THE WAY AND DEMANDED EQUAL TREATMENT AND OPPORTUNITY. 
          THESE WOMEN WERE ONCE GIRLS WITH BIG DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS AND A WHOLE SET OF CHALLENGES TO OVERCOME. 
          IF THEY COULD DO IT, SO CAN YOU. 
          I'M ALWAYS THRILLED TO SEE A ROOM FULL OF WOMEN WHO LEAD THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS, ESPECIALLY IN MALE DOMINATED AREAS LIKE STEM. 
          IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF IN A SPACE WHERE WOMEN ARE NOT PRESENT OR LARGELY UNDERREPRESENTED, I URGE YOU TO USE YOUR VOICE AND DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS AND COMMIT TO CHANGING THE FALSE NARRATIVE. 
          WE HAVE BEEN INGRAINED TO BELIEVE THAT WOMEN CAN ONLY LEAD IN CERTAIN SPACES. 
          WE DO EACH OTHER A DISSERVICE WHEN WE LIMIT OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES BY NOT INCLUDING PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT GENDERS, RACE, ETHNICITY, AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, ABILITIES, OR OTHER FACTORS THAT MAKE EACH ONE OF US UNIQUE. 
          ALTHOUGH IT'S DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE A TIME WHEN WOMEN DID NOT HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS MEN, AND WERE DENIED THE RIGHT TO VOTE, SOME PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, AND WE STILL HAVE A LONG JOURNEY AHEAD. 
          WHETHER IT'S WORKING TOWARDS THE RIGHT TO EARN A FAIR AND EQUAL WAGE OR EXPANDING REPRESENTATION IN MALE-DOMINATED INDUSTRIES, WE OWE IT TO FUTURE GENERATIONS AND OUR PAST GENERATIONS. 
          TO CONTINUE THESE ADVANCEMENTS, I AM HONORED AND SO FORTUNATE TO BE SURROUNDED BY SO MANY FEARLESS AND STRONG WOMEN WHO MAKE OUR CITY GREAT AND A MORE EQUITABLE PLACE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          LEADERS LIKE OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MARIA VIA GOMEZ, THE HIGHEST RANKING WOMAN IN OUR CITY'S ORGANIZATION, ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING A CITY A MORE INCLUSIVE, ACCESSIBLE, AND WELCOMING CITY. 
          OUR CITY IS FULL OF EMERGING YOUNG LEADERS WHO SHARE A PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND DREAM OF A WORLD WHERE THERE ARE AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE. 
          I HOPE YOUNG GIRLS IN OUR CITY AND AROUND THE WORLD RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ARE NEVER TOO YOUNG TO BE A LEADER, AND IT'S NEVER THE WRONG TIME TO STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          THE DAY OF THE GIRLS CELEBRATION IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION OF NUMEROUS WOMEN WHO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF ROLE MODELS AND TEACHING GIRLS TO BE CONFIDENT, BOLD, AND EMBRACE AMBITION. 
          IT'S ALSO MADE POSSIBLE BY FELLOW COLLEAGUES, FELLOW PEOPLE LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, OUR MALE COLLEAGUES WHO ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE WOMEN WHO ARE IN THEIR LIVES. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FIRST SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR BEING CHAMPIONS IN THE WORKPLACE. 
          I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO THEIR DIVERSITY AND EQUITY TEAM A FEW MONTHS AGO DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND I WANNA THANK BOBBY PEREZ AND R C BEAUFORT FOR INVITING ME TO PRESENT A FEW MONTHS AGO TO YOUR ORGANIZATION. 
          THE WOMEN WHO ARE WITH YOU TODAY ARE REMINDERS OF WHAT CHALLENGES YOU CAN OVERCOME AND THE ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES BEFORE YOU. 
          ONE DAY. 
          GIRLS, YOU TOO WILL GROW UP TO BE LIKE THESE WOMEN WITH AMAZING CAREERS AND FASCINATING STORIES TO TELL ABOUT YOUR LIVES. 
          MY HOPE IS THAT YOU WILL SERVE AS EXEMPLARY ROLE MODELS TO THE YOUNGER GIRLS WITH BIG DREAMS, THAT YOU CAN ENCOURAGE THEM AND STAND A LITTLE TALLER AND PROUDER AS THEY TAKE ON THE WORLD AND LEAD LIKE A GIRL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          AND I DO WANT TO ISSUE THIS PROCLAMATION THAT'S RECORDED UNDER THE RECORD, WHEREAS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL WILL BE OBSERVED ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2021 TO CELEBRATE AWARENESS AND POWER GIRLS AND AMPLIFY THEIR VOICE. 
          AND THIS YEAR'S THEME IS EMPOWERED GIRLS GROW UP TO BE THE EMPOWERED WOMEN. 
          AND WHEREAS OUR WORLD HAS MORE THAN 1.1 BILLION GIRLS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 WHO ARE PRIMED TO BECOME THE LARGEST GENERATION OF FEMALE LEADERS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND CHANGE MAKERS. 
          AND WHEREAS THE MISSION OF THE OBSERVANCE IS TO PROMOTE GIRLS EMPOWERMENT AND FULFILL THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS, WHILE ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THE CHALLENGES THAT GIRLS ALL OVER THE WORLD FACE. 
          AND WHEREAS DAY OF THE GIRL ACKNOWLEDGES THE IMPORTANCE, POWER AND POTENTIAL OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS ENCOURAGES THE, ENCOURAGES THE OPENING UP OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM, AND EMPOWER GIRLS TO BE WHO THEY WANT TO BE. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND RECOGNITION THEREOF DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 11TH, 2021 TO BE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, AND EXTEND TORE APPRECIATION TO THESE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS WHO I'D ASKED TO COME UP. 
          SO WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU, THE GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWE, TEXAS 
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GIRLS INC. 
          GIRLS INC. 
          GIRLS ON THE RUN, PEARL COURT, SIGNIFICANT YOU, YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, MARTINEZ STREET WOMEN'S CENTER, AND THE Y W C A OF SAN ANTONIO ON THEIR EFFORTS LEADING THIS CITYWIDE INITIATIVE IN, AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH INTERNAL SPACE TO HOLD ALL THE WOMEN LEADERSHIP IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THAT'S A GOOD THING. 
          I AGREE. 
          I HOPE THEY WERE SAYING THAT. 
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UM, IF I CAN HAVE EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          WE DO HAVE THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION STILL HERE, SO IF I COULD HAVE THEM COME FORWARD. 
          WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FEW PICTURES WITH THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION. 
          WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN A WHILE EITHER, SO 
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YOU COPIES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE, UH, FOR THE BUSINESS AGENDA FOR YOUR PATIENCE, UM, WE DO APPRECIATE IT. 
          WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER ANNA SANDOVAL FOR TWO POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          TODAY I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TWO ITEMS, UH, THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, UH, AND I BELIEVE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL. 
          UH, FIRST TODAY IS NATIONAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY DAY. 
          IT IS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY IN OCTOBER, AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNEW THAT AND PROBABLY SET YOUR THERMOSTAT HIGHER AT HOME IN, IN HONOR OF THAT, UM, ENERGY EFFICIENCY DAY REMINDS US TO CELEBRATE THE BENEFITS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND TO PRACTICE SMARTER ENERGY USE IN OUR DAILY LIVES. 
          BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT MEANS LOWER UTILITY BILLS, LESS POLLUTION, IMPROVED HEALTH, AND A STRONGER ECONOMY. 
          I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT IS CALLED THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND, AND IT IS A ROTATING LOAN, UH, WHICH ALLOWS US TO MAKE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO, TO PRESERVE ENERGY. 
          THE FUND IS UNIQUE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BECAUSE IT FUNDS PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES. 
          SINCE IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2011, OVER 400 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND OVER $1.6 MILLION IN UTILITY COSTS HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY OUR CITY ANNUALLY. 
          TO DATE PROJECTS FUNDED THROUGH THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY COSTS THROUGH THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND HAVE RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF 13.2 IN A 13.2% REDUCTION IN ENERGY USE IN CITY BUILDINGS. 
          UM, IN THE NEXT WEEK, WE'RE GOING TO THE COMMITTEE ON, UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT IS GOING TO BE MEETING, AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY'S SOLAR STRATEGY AND HOW CAN WE GET TO A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, RENEWABLE, UH, AS A MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF SOLAR, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO TAKE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
          SO TO MY COLLEAGUES AND CITY STAFF, LET'S CONTINUE BUILDING ON THE ACCE ON THE SUCCESS OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND AND TO THE PUBLIC. 
          I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US IN LOWERING OUR ENERGY USE ONWARD THE NEXT . 
          THE NEXT POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          UH, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS YEAR'S WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY, WHICH WILL BE ON OCTOBER 10TH IN THE US. 
          ONE IN FIVE ADULTS AND ONE IN SIX CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES IS DIAGNOSED WITH A MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER. 
          SINCE THE PANDEMIC, ONE IN THREE PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED SIGNS OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY. 
          THIS IS ALSO A VERY PERSONAL, PERSONAL ISSUE FOR ME. 
          UM, WHEN I WAS ABOUT 25 YEARS OLD, ONE OF MY VERY, VERY CLOSE FRIENDS LEFT ME A SUICIDE NOTE IN A BOOK THAT WAS IN MY BOOK SHELF. 
          THE TITLE OF THE BOOK WAS ACTUALLY HOW WE DIE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL THAT BOOK THAT TALKS ABOUT THE LAST CHAPTER IN LIFE BY SHERWIN NEWLAND. 
          AND, UH, HE HAD DECIDED TO GO TO LAS VEGAS, RENT A ROOM, AND, UH, PUT A BULLET THROUGH HIS HEAD. 
          UH, AND ALL I WAS LEFT WITH WAS A NOTE IN, IN A BOOK. 
          UM, FORTUNATELY, UH, I WAS ABLE TO GET HELP AND INTERVENE IN TIME, BUT I THINK WHAT I REALLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS THAT IF WE CONTINUE TO STIGMATIZE MENTAL 
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HEALTH, WE DON'T SEEK HELP AND WE CAN LOSE OUR FRIENDS AND WE CAN LOSE MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILY. 
          SO I WOULD, UM, IN ADDITION TO RECOGNIZING WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND ABOUT WHETHER YOU NEED HELP OR ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS MIGHT, MIGHT NEED HELP TOO. 
          UH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK NAMI, THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS FOR SERVING OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY MENTAL ILLNESS. 
          AND THERE ARE MORE THAN 600 LOCAL AFFILIATES THROUGHOUT THE US IN 48 DIFFERENT STATE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, AND ON OCTOBER 9TH, NAMI WILL BE HOSTING A NATIONAL DAY OF HOPE. 
          UH, IT'S CALLED NAMI WALKS YOUR WAY, UM, I'M SORRY, A NATIONAL DAY OF HOPE ON OCTOBER 9TH. 
          AND NAMI WALKS YOUR WAY ON OCTOBER 10TH TO ENCOURAGE MENTAL HEALTH FOR ALL. 
          AND TOGETHER WE CAN PROMOTE AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH, ILLNESS AND DE-STIGMATIZE GETTING HELP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THOSE HIGHLIGHTS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UM, AND I NOW WANT TO TURN OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          UH, LAST BUT CERTAINLY LOT NOT LEAST, AND WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE WHO'S HERE FOR THE BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. 
          UH, SO MANNY, UH, GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT AWAY. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          TODAY WE RECOGNIZE, UH, UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO AND SPECIFICALLY UT HEALTH'S SCHOOL OF NURSING FOR THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT IN GROUNDBREAKING WORK IN THE SPACE OF DEMENTIA CARE. 
          UH, JOINING US TODAY, WE'VE GOT JENNIFER BRACKET, THE HEALTH EDUCATOR, UH, OVER AT UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE'VE GOT CINDY PIERCE, CAREGIVER SERVICES COORDINATOR FOR ERCO, UM, ACOG. 
          WE HAVE, UH, PRESENT MEGAN LABIS FROM, UH, UNIVERSITY HEALTH AND DIANE, UH, TURAN FROM THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION, AND JOANNE TOBIAS MOLINA FROM ACOG AND OUR VERY OWN DEBORAH, COLORADO FROM COSA, PLEASE STAND. 
          FRIENDS SAN ANTONIO WAS RECENTLY NAMED A DEMENTIA FRIENDLY COM, UH, COMMUNITY BY THE DEMENTIA FRIENDLY AMERICA MOVEMENT. 
          DEMENTIA FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES FOSTER THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA TO REMAIN IN THE COMMUNITY AND ENGAGE AND THRIVE IN, UH, DAY-TO-DAY LIVING. 
          UH, AND ADDITIONALLY, THIS GROUP HAS DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO WRAP THEIR ARMS AROUND AND CARE FOR THE CAREGIVER, UH, WHO ALSO SUFFERS, UH, FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF DEMENTIA. 
          AND IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM IN HEARTBREAKING. 
          AND MANY OF THEM LIVE IN LONELINESS AND ISOLATION. 
          SO, UM, THIS HONOR, UH, THAT IS BESTOWED UPON UT HEALTH, UM, THE ADVISORY BOARD OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE CARING FOR CAREGIVER PROGRAM IS, UH, A REALLY BIG DEAL, UH, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING AN INCLUSIVE AND COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY, AND THIS RECOGNITION PROVES THAT WE ARE HITTING THE MARK. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY, FOLKS, I'LL REMIND YOU THAT ONE IN FIVE OF US, ONE IN FIVE OF US, WILL BE BURDENED WITH ALL, UH, WITH DEMENTIA AT SOME POINT. 
          AND THAT'S A VERY SERIOUS THING. 
          UH, AND WE NEED TO BE CONVERSANT AND FLUENT, UH, IN TERMS OF DEMENTIA, THE CARE REQUIRED AND THE PAIN FELT BY THESE FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO AND CAN DO AND SHOULD DO, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, CARE FOR THE CAREGIVER AS WELL. 
          THEREFORE, IT'S MY HONOR TO EXTEND APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. 
          MAYOR, I'M PASSING THE BATON TO YOU. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS. 
          AND, AND WITH THAT, I DO WANT TO HEREBY PRESENT THIS CITATION TO THE UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL OF NURSING IN RECOGNITION OF THE COMMUNITY-WIDE GRASSROOTS INITIATIVE LED BY AN ADVISORY BOARD OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN COLLABORATION WITH ITS CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER PROGRAM, BEING DESIGNATED, DESIGNATED AS A DEMENTIA FRIENDLY SAN ANTONIO. 
          THIS HONOR IS A TESTAMENT OF YOUR DEDICATION TO THE MISSION OF BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE TOUCHED BY DEMENTIA IS RESPECTED, ENGAGED, AND SUPPORTED, AND IS TRULY WORTHY OF COMMENDATION. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE SAN ANTONIO, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, PROUDLY EXTEND SINCERE APPRECIATION ON THIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND OFFER BEST WISHES FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, ALL OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
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 ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR, UH, YOUR PATIENCE. 
          WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE THIS MANY HONORED GUESTS, UH, ALL AT THE SAME TIME IN THE CHAMBER, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT TODAY. 
          BUT IT IS NOW TIME TO GET ON WITH OUR BUSINESS AGENDA. 
          UH, TODAY WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS. 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
ALL OF THEM ARE LISTED FOR CONSENT CONSIDERATION. 
          SO, UH, I'M GONNA ASK MY COLLEAGUES NOW, IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          I DO HAVE ITEM 11 PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, PEZ, ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? UH, IF THERE ARE NONE, NUMBER SEVEN. 
          ITEM SEVEN. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE ITEMS 11 AND ITEM SEVEN. 
          ANY OTHERS? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEMS. UH, FOR THE ITEMS, UH, FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, ALL ITEMS SAY FOR SEVEN AND 11, UM, ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT? OKAY. 
          UM, THERE ARE NO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          IS THERE COUNSEL DISCUSSION? I DON'T SEE A QUEUE, SO IF YOU CAN JUST SIGNAL WITH YOUR HAND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS. IF NOT, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA TO HIGHLIGHT. 
          IS IT? YEAH, IT IS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT ITEM NINE. 
          IT'S SEVERAL APPOINTEE, UH, DISTRICT SIX APPOINTEES. 
          BRAD CARSON IS, UM, WELL KNOWN TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR HIS DEEP EXPERIENCE IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS LAW. 
          HE'S BEEN A VALUABLE ASSET TO THE PORT, AND I'M HAPPY AND GRATEFUL THAT HE'S AGREED TO CONTINUE SERVING DISTRICT SIX IN THAT CAPACITY. 
          KEN HUI HAS HAD A STELLAR CAREER AS AN AIR FORCE ENGINEER, AND NOW THAT HE'S RETIRED, WE'VE BENEFITED GREATLY FROM HIS IDEAS AND INSIGHTS IN THE ZONING COMMISSION. 
          HE ALSO HEADS THE LOCAL CHINESE AMERICAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE DISTRICT SIX AND THE CITY ARE BETTER, ARE BETTER FOR HIS GENEROSITY. 
          DR. 
          SONYA HASSEL'S INSIGHTS AND EXPERIENCE WITH REGARDS TO CULTURE, EDUCATION, ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS AND EMPOWERMENT HAVE BEEN VALUABLE TO THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ADVISORY COMMISSION. 
          I'M GRATEFUL SHE MAKES TIME IN HER SCHEDULE TO BE OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          DAN ROSSITER BRINGS A UNIQUE SKILLSET TO THE BROOKS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. 
          HE'S A COMPUTER SCIENTIST AT SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND USES THAT LENS TO HELP DEFINE TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES AND GOALS. 
          I'M GRATEFUL FOR HIS WILLINGNESS TO CONTRIBUTE AS WELL. 
          AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, MR. JESSE ZUNIGA JR. 
          IS A LONGSTANDING MEMBER OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARDS BOARD. 
          HE KNOWS HIS COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTANDS THE NUANCES OF BUILDING STANDARDS. 
          I'M GRATEFUL HE AGREED TO CONTINUE IN HIS ROLE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KIO HDA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'M HIGHLIGHTING ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          UH, I THINK HOMER'S STILL HERE FOR THAT HOMER. 
          THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM VERY MUCH FOR ADVOCATING FOR A NEW SPLASH PAD AT JOE WARD PARK. 
          UH, THIS IS WHERE MYSELF AND, UH, MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FRIENDS WOULD, AND CLASSMATES WOULD GO SWIM, UH, OVER THE SUMMER. 
          SO THIS HAS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. 
          BACK THEN, WE DID NOT HAVE SPLASH PADS, BUT WE DID HAVE THE POOL. 
          SO IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE TWO SHADE CANOPIES, WHICH ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS OUR, AS OUR PLANET HEATS UP REALLY. 
          AND , UH, 24 SPRAY FEATURES. 
          UM, SO THIS WILL ALSO GIVE THE COMMUNITY MORE ACCESS TO THE SPLASH PAD BECAUSE THE ONE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS REALLY POPULAR. 
          UM, SO THE CONSTRUCTION IS STARTING THIS MONTH, AND WE'LL FINISH EARLY NEXT SPRING. 
          SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU HOMER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM EIGHT, UM, A FEW OF MY BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTEES, MS. EVELYN, MS. DONNA, DR. 
          KEELEY, MS. MARGARET, AND MR. ANDREW WHO WILL PROVIDE A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          AND I'M SO EXCITED TO ALMOST BE COMPLETE IN FILLING ALL OF MY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT DISTRICT TWO, PLEASE CONTINUE TO APPLY. 
          UM, I'M TRYING TO GET 'EM ALL FILLED BY NEXT MONTH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          UM, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, WE'LL TAKE UP A MOTION ON ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR ITEM SEVEN AND 11, PLEASE VOTE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAEZ, COULD YOU SIGNAL, UH, VISUALLY WE'RE HAVING SOME TROUBLE HERE 
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ON THE MACHINE? YEAH. 
          AYE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. I'M GONNA USE MY DISCRETION TO CALL UP ITEM 11 FIRST. 
          SO, 
          [11. Ordinance approving a Chapter 380 Economic Development Grant Agreement with San Antonio Spurs LLC d/b/a Spurs, Sports & Entertainment in an amount not to exceed $17,000,000.00 for the construction of a multipurpose development that will include a practice facility, Human Performance Research Center, Office and Medical Buildings with a total capital investment of at least $246,000,000. [Alejandra Lopez, Assistant City Manager; Brenda HicksSorensen, Director, Economic Development]]
UM, IF WE CAN PULL UP ITEM 11. 
          ITEM NUMBER 11 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A CHAPTER THREE 80 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH SAN ANTONIO SPURS, L L C D B A, SPURS SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $17 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUR MULTI-PURPOSE DEVELOPMENT. 
          THAT WILL INCLUDE A PRACTICE FACILITY, HUMAN PERFORMANCE RESEARCH CENTER, OFFICE, AND MEDICAL BUILDINGS WITH A TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF AT LEAST $246 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ERIC, IS THERE PRESENTATION? YEAH, LET ME INTRO WITH, UH, MAYOR, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL THIS MORNING, UH, WILL BE PRESENTING A PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT, UH, AGREEMENT FOR A MULTI-USE DEVELOPMENT, UH, LOCATED IN DISTRICT EIGHT ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 1604 AND I 10. 
          UH, THE PROJECT IS BEING LED BY, UH, SPORTS OR SPURS SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, AND IS ANCHORED AS THE CLERK READ BY A NEW PRACTICE FACILITY, NEW PUBLIC SPACES, UM, AND A AND A LEADING HUMAN PERFORMANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE. 
          AND WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT TO YOU TODAY. 
          AND, AND I WANNA WELCOME AND ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP FROM SPURS SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT THAT ARE WITH US TODAY, INCLUDING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER RC BUFORD, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUN COUNCIL, AND FORMER COUNCILMAN, UM, BOBBY BEEZ, UH, DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS AND INNOVATION, PHIL CULLEN, UH, AND JOE DONNELLY, ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, UH, WITH US TODAY. 
          UH, AND WITH THAT, I'LL INVITE, UH, RC UP TO THE PODIUM FOR A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND OVERVIEW, AND THEN WE'LL ROLL INTO THE STAFF PRESENTATION, UH, ON THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT. 
          AND, AND, UM, I DO WANT TO THANK THE SPURS, UH, AND THEIR ORGANIZATION, UM, SPECIFICALLY BOBBY, PHIL, AND JOE FOR THEIR WORK WITH THE STAFF, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY, UH, AND ADDRESS THE, THE CITY'S KEY ISSUES. 
          AND, UM, I HOPEFULLY THAT AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS, WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS YOUR KEY ISSUES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          R C THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER. 
          YOUR TEAMS HAVE PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO THIS. 
          APOLOGIZE IF I GET EMOTIONAL, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY, UM, IMPORTANT PROJECT, I BELIEVE FOR OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTY AND OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WE'VE ALL WORKED HARD TO PROBLEM SOLVE. 
          AND I THINK, UM, AS WE LOOKED AT THE FUTURE OF, OF OUR ORGANIZATION, OF OUR, OF OUR TEAMS, UH, AS OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WE LOOKED AROUND THE WORLD. 
          WE VISITED OVER 200 LOCA LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD FROM FC BARCELONA, THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF OF SPORT, LEADING PROFESSIONAL, UH, MEDICAL, AND, UM, UH, PERFORMANCE INSTITUTES. 
          AND WHAT I HEARD EVERYWHERE FROM THESE LEADERS WAS THERE NEEDED TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD GET TOGETHER AND COME TOGETHER, UH, BOTH VIRTUALLY AND PHYSICALLY, TO, TO, TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS AROUND HUMAN PERFORMANCE, AROUND COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE, AROUND PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE, AROUND SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE, CREATIVE ARTS. 
          AND AS WE LOOKED AT THE FUTURE OF OUR PROGRAMMING, I SAID, WHY NOT IN SAN ANTONIO? WHY NOT HERE IN A REGION THAT IS AS FASTER GROWING REGION AS THERE IS IN THE WORLD, IN A PLACE THAT ALREADY HAS GREAT, UH, RESOURCES FROM MILITARY, FROM ACADEMIA, FROM MEDICAL, UH, FROM RESEARCH AND THIS VISION COMING TOGETHER NOW, COMING ALIVE, BRINGING TOGETHER THE PARTNERS LIKE THE CITY, LIKE THE BEXAR COUNTY, LIKE UT HU LIKE SWRI, UM, LIKE ALL THE MILITARY, UH, AS ASSETS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHO KNOWS WHERE WE'RE GONNA GATHER PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. 
          UH, WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED TO PRESENT A PRO PROJECT THAT WILL HAVE SUCH, NOT ONLY AN IMPACT, UH, ON OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT WE BELIEVE ON THE COM, ON THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND TO SCALE. 
          UH, A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE, ANNIE WALSCH, WHO WILL BE A LEADER IN THEIR CONSORTIUM, IS ONE OF THE LEADING PERFORMANCE DIRECTORS AROUND THE WORLD. 
          HE'S BEEN WITH US SKI AND SNOWBOARD. 
          HE'S BEEN WITH AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT. 
          HE'S BEEN WITH THE US OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. 
          AND ANDY HAS A 
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VISION OF HUMAN, THE INDIVIDUAL HUMANS, THE TEAMS, AND THEN HUMANITY. 
          AND WE BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE CAN DEVELOP AND DESIGN AND RESEARCH AND, AND, AND, AND, UH, AGGREGATE BY THE PEOPLE WE CAN BRING TOGETHER THROUGH THIS CAMPUS, UH, WILL HAVE THE IMPACT ON HUMAN, HUMANS, AND HUMANITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR CONSIDERING THIS AND FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO, TO BUILD THIS VISION TO FRUITION. 
          THANK YOU, BOBBY. 
          IT'S ALWAYS TOUGH TO FOLLOW THE SIX, SIX GUY. 
          UM, BUT MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. 
          WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION. 
          YOU'VE GIVEN US THE TIME WITH YOUR TEAMS, UH, CITY MANAGER, ALEX, EVERYBODY THAT SPENT THE EXTRA TIME, IF YOU CAN PULL UP THIS FIRST SLIDE. 
          UH, I, I THINK THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          TODAY WE WANNA FOCUS A LITTLE BIT ON THE HUMAN PERFORMANCE COMPONENT O OF THIS PROJECT. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR TEAMS IN, IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          I THINK WE FIRST APPROACHED THE CITY PRE PANDEMIC MARCH 20TH. 
          UH, AS WE STARTED HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS, AND, AND YOU, SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL, WE, WE KIND OF QUEUED IT UP BACK THEN. 
          OF COURSE, OUR, OUR WORLD CHANGED TO, WE HAD TO DO SOME DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          THIS IS A 50 ACRE SITE, AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS MAP, 25 ACRE PARK, UH, TO, TO THE RIGHT SIDE, THAT IS PART OF THE $15 MILLION COMPONENT THAT WE WORKED WITH, WITH BEXAR COUNTY. 
          THE LEFT SIDE IS, IS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY IN ITEM NUMBER 11. 
          YOU SEE THE PERFORMANCE CENTER THAT'S, UH, INDICATED THERE IN GRAY, IMMEDIATELY SOUTH ARE THE M O B ONE AND THE H P I FACILITIES, THE HUMAN PERFORMANCE, UH, FACILITIES IN INSTITUTE. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION ON AS YOU HEARD ABOUT RCS VISION. 
          GO AHEAD AND SWITCH TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RCS VISION, THE HUMANS AND HUMANITY, UH, WE THINK THAT THE PARTNERSHIP HERE THAT WE ARE HOPEFULLY FORGING TODAY WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY, THE REST OF OUR COMMUNITY, IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THE FUTURE. 
          WE PUT THOSE BRANDS TOGETHER, WE LINK IT UP WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'D HAVE TO MENTION OUR CURRENT PARTNERS, U S A REAL CO. 
          BRUCE PETERSON'S HERE TODAY, ALEX CHILDERS ARE HERE TODAY. 
          THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US ON THIS PROJECT FOR JUST AS LONG, IF NOT LONGER, AND, AND THE CITY HAVE. 
          BUT WITH THEIR HELP, WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THIS SITE. 
          NOW, AS YOU LOOK AT THIS PICTURE, OUR PERFORMANCE CENTER IS IN THE MIDDLE. 
          TO THE LEFT OF THIS SLIDE IS THE HUMAN PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE AND THE MEDICAL OFFICE. 
          BUT AS WE TALK ABOUT LEVERAGING, WE'D ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE FIRST RESPONDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE'VE, COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL TALKED ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, BRAIN HEALTH. 
          WE THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS, THOSE INDUSTRIAL ATHLETES, TOYOTA MOTOR COMPANY, NAVISTAR, THE FUTURE INDUSTRIAL ATHLETES THAT COME TO OUR CITY. 
          THOSE OPPORTUNITIES HAVE YET TO BE SOLVED FOR. 
          AND THEN THE SOLDIER ATHLETE. 
          AND AS RC TALKED ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL DURING THE PROBLEM SOLVING AND THE IDEATION OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF A CONGRESSIONAL ALLOCATION OF $5 MILLION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN WORKING WITH CONGRESSMAN QUAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UT HEALTH CITY COUNTY, OUR BRAND. 
          SO WE THINK THAT THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE JUST MERELY CUTTING THE EDGE, THOSE ARE THE INTANGIBLES. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME OF THE TANGIBLE MEASUREMENTS. 
          UH, WE THINK LONG TERM IT CREATES 1700 JOBS, $510 MILLION IN INVESTMENT. 
          THE $32 MILLION PUBLIC INVESTMENT LEVERAGES ANOTHER $470 MILLION, OVER 500,000 SQUARE FEET IN PUBLIC SPACE, COMMERCIAL SPACE, AND FUTURE HUMAN PERFORMANCE SPACE. 
          AND, AND I THINK I COULD PROBABLY SWITCH TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          I HAD IT ALL IN FRONT OF ME THE WHOLE TIME. 
          MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE HIT ME UP ON THAT. 
          UH, WHEN WE VISITED WITH YOUR TEAMS AND STAFF, THE MESSAGE WAS CLEAR. 
          UH, THIS COUNCIL WOULD NOT CONSIDER THIS PROJECT UNLESS WE HIT SOME MILESTONES. 
          AND, AND, AND IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR THAT. 
          UH, WE'RE, WE'RE CELEBRATING SOLAR AWARENESS MONTH BECAUSE THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE SOLAR. 
          UH, THIS FACILITY, THIS SHOT RIGHT HERE IS A CONCEPT OF THE PERFORMANCE CENTER, THE PUBLIC PLAZA. 
          AND BEHIND THAT, YOU SEE THE OFFICE SPACE. 
          IT WILL HAVE SOLAR, IT'LL HAVE RAINWATER RECAPTURE. 
          THE PERFORMANCE CENTER CONSTRUCTION IS MASS TIMBER. 
          UH, THERE'S ONLY TWO OF THOSE SITES IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          ONE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED ON, ON, UH, LOWER BROADWAY. 
          AND TRINITY UNIVERSITY IS DEVELOPING ONE RIGHT NOW. 
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AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT WE DO NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THE WATER QUALITY ORDINANCE, WHICH THIS SITE, AT THAT 27 ACRE SITE, WILL HAVE 65% IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          IT'S UNHEARD OF IN THIS SECTION. 
          AND, AND IT'S UNIQUE, AND I THINK IT DOES SET A BAR FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE, IN THIS SITE. 
          AND LOCATION NOT WORTH MENTIONING. 
          ALSO WORTH MENTIONING IS A TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, WHICH WE'LL ALSO COMPLY WITH THE CURRENT TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. 
          THIS SITE IS VESTED AND HAS HISTORIC RIGHTS, BUT WE HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH THE CURRENT WATER QUALITY ORDINANCE, THE CURRENT TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE WITHOUT VARIANCE. 
          AND, AND SO WE WILL BE APPLYING THOSE AS WELL. 
          FINALLY, WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE, THE JOBS PROGRAM. 
          YOU KNOW, THE, WE, WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF PRESS THIS WEEK. 
          IT, UH, THAT TALKS ABOUT THE JOB CREATION COMPONENT WORTH MENTIONING THAT THIS SITE CAN CREATE THOSE LONG-TERM JOBS. 
          TOTALLY. 
          THAT'S THE 1700 FIGURE. 
          YOU SAW WHAT'S IN THE AGREEMENT. 
          YOU'LL HEAR SOME OF THE DETAILS FROM ALEX TALKS ABOUT THE JOB CREATION AT THE SITE. 
          BUT WE ARE ALSO PARTNERING WITH OUR COMMUNITY ON READY TO WORK. 
          SA THIS COUNCIL RECENTLY APPOINTED OUR CHAIRMAN, PETER HOLT, AS A MEMBER OF THAT ADVISORY BOARD, BE STRATEGIZING WITH YOU, CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU ON HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS. 
          WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AS WELL. 
          UH, WITH INTERNSHIPS, JOB SHADOWING, IT'S ALSO WORTH MENTIONING SOME OF THE LEADERS THAT ARE NOT HERE TODAY. 
          SHAMIKA HUDSON, WHO'S A REGULAR HERE AT CITY HALL, CONSTANTLY WORKING ON THIS EFFORT AND HOW WE'RE INTEGRATING CITY INITIATIVES WITH SOME OF OUR JOB SHADOWING PROGRAMS. AND TWO MEMBERS OF A NEW, NEW TO OUR COMPANY, ANAD METTA AND ANNEMARIE BURKE, UH, JUST JOINED US RECENTLY FROM SAN DIEGO AND NEW YORK RESPECTIVELY. 
          AND IT'S ATTRACTING TALENT, COMPETING FOR TALENT. 
          NOT ONLY HERE LOCALLY. 
          SOME OF THE NEW, NEW LEADERS HERE THAT YOU GUYS JUST INTRODUCED. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THOSE FOLKS AND HAVING UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN THE FUTURE. 
          WE BELIEVE THIS SITE DOES THAT. 
          SO AS YOU CONSIDER THE REST OF, UH, THE PRESENTATION FROM ALEX, SHE'LL BE UP NEXT. 
          WE, WE'D ASK FOR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 11. 
          WE THINK THAT THIS IS AN INFLECTION POINT, NOT ONLY FOR OUR COMPANY AS OUR CS TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE TIME AND SPENT FROM MANY PEOPLE. 
          THIS, THIS REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR COMPANY IS, IS JUST A SMALL SNAPSHOT OF THE 420. 
          SO FULL-TIME FOLKS THAT WORK EVERY DAY, NOT JUST ON THE SPORTS SIDE, BUT ON THE BUSINESS OPERATIONS SIDE OF WHAT OUR FUTURE IS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, WITH THE COUNTY, AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE'D RESPECTFULLY REQUEST PASSAGE OF ITEM NUMBER 11. 
          UH, AND I THINK I'M GONNA FLIP IT OVER TO ALEX. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT THIS CATALYTIC, UH, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND, UM, THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF IT. 
          I'M GONNA TAKE A FEW MINUTES JUST TO FURTHER ELABORATE ON THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PARTNERSHIP, WHICH INCLUDE, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A PRESENTATION WITH A COUPLE OF SLIDES. 
          IT REALLY STARTS WITH, UM, THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE U T SS, A REGIONAL CENTER PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2019. 
          UM, THERE'S $37.9 MILLION IN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THAT'S ALSO IN, THAT INCLUDES ROADWAYS AND, UH, PUBLIC SPACES. 
          THERE'S ALSO THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC PRIORITIES SUCH AS LAND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT ALREADY. 
          UH, SUSTAINABILITY, MEDICAL INNOVATION, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          YOU'VE SEEN, UH, THIS, ACTUALLY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SKIP TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          'CAUSE YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS. 
          YOU'VE SEEN, UH, A, A SITE PLAN BEFORE. 
          AND, AND WE'VE GIVEN SOME GENERAL ORIENTATION ABOUT WHERE THE PROJECT WILL BE LOCATED. 
          BUT I WANTED TO USE THIS SLIDE BECAUSE IT SPECIFICALLY REFERENCES AND, AND USES THE U T S A REGIONAL CENTER PLAN. 
          SO RIGHT UNDER THE, THE BLACK STAR. 
          UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF KEY INDICATORS. 
          THERE'S SOME GREEN SPACES, UM, GREEN HASHED SPACES THAT THE PLAN HAD ACTUALLY INDICATED SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR OPEN SPACES, UM, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS PARK IS DOING OR WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE DOING. 
          THERE'S ALSO A GREEN LINE, WHICH IS, UM, INDICATIVE OF A PRIORITY TRAIL THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THIS IN AS PART OF THIS PLAN AS WELL, WHICH WILL ALSO BE COMPLETED THROUGH THIS PLAN. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HOW MUCH THIS DEVELOPMENT IS ACTUALLY ALIGNED WITH THE PLAN THAT COUNCIL HAS APPROVED FOR THIS PARTICULAR FAC, UM, FOR THIS PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHY. 
          AS FAR AS THE AGREEMENT ITSELF, ITSELF, TO SUPPORT THIS, THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A 25 YEAR, UM, CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENT WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $17 MILLION. 
          UM, THE GRANT WILL BE PAID AS A PERFORMANCE BASED REBATE OF 60% OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAXES 
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PAID ON THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PROJECT SITE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          ONCE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CONTRACT, UM, RE REQUIREMENTS IS CONFIRMED, THESE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE A MINIMUM INVESTMENT OF $246 MILLION AND THE CREATION OF AT LEAST 15 JOBS, PAYING NO LESS THAN $50,000 ANNUALLY. 
          BUT THIS INCLU THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, SOME OF WHICH YOU'VE HEARD ALREADY, UH, SUCH AS THE MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT'S GONNA BE ALLOWED, UM, AND THE ADHERENCE TO THE, TO THE CURRENT TREE ORDINANCE. 
          BUT THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE A TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AT THIS SITE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE THOUSANDS OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS WORKING AND VISITING THIS LOCATION. 
          THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE THE STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH SA READY TO WORK, UM, BOTH TO MARKET THE PROGRAM AND TO HIRE FROM THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE'S, UM, INTERNSHIPS AND JOB SHADOW OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE A PART OF THE, UM, REWORKS ESSAY PROGRAM, WHICH IS ALSO ONE OF OUR KEY CLIMATE INITIATIVES. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, THERE'S A COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC ART $1.3 MILLION FOR PUBLIC ART AT THIS SITE. 
          AS FAR AS THE FISCAL IMPACT, OUR ESTIMATES INDICATE THE CITY WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $39 MILLION OVER THE 25 YEARS AS A RESULT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT WILL BE MADE AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. 
          THE INCREMENTAL CITY SERVICE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ARE PROJECTED TO BE $700,000. 
          UM, AND WHEN YOU ADD THE MAXIMUM VALUE OF THE GRANT ASSOCIATED WITH THE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS $17 MILLION, THE CITY WILL STILL EXPERIENCE A $21.5 MILLION NET FISCAL BENEFIT AS A RESULT, BASED ON THIS FISCAL BENEFIT AND THE STRONG ALIGNMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS INDICATED, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS AGREEMENT. 
          AND JUST BEFORE I CONCLUDE, I WANNA, UM, SHARE MY APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT ACTUALLY HELPED US WITH THIS PROJECT. 
          IT WAS DEFINITELY A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH THAT WE TOOK TO THIS AGREEMENT. 
          UM, SPECIFICALLY MIKE SHANNON WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND THEN THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, THOMAS DAVIS, UM, JUSTINA TATE AND BRENDA HICKS SORENSON, UM, HAVE ALL BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD TO MAKE THIS COME TO REALITY. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALEX. 
          UH, AND RC AND BOBBY FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 11. 
          UH, JACK FINGER. 
          WELL, MAYOR NUREMBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. 
          FINGER. 
          WELL, TODAY, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS ARE ASKING ALL OF US TAXPAYERS TO SHELL OUT ABOUT 17 MILLION SMACKERS FOR A PRACTICE FACILITY AMONG OTHER THINGS THERE. 
          WELL, I JUST WANT TO ASK, UM, I I'M JUST GONNA REVIEW A FEW THINGS IN HISTORY, IF YOU DON'T MIND. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          MR. ORIGINAL MAN, PUT THIS UP THERE, IF YOU WOULD. 
          SEE WHERE EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT THERE? YEAH. 
          IN 1993, THE SPURS SAID, TAXPAYERS, THE HEMISPHERE ARENA IS TOO SMALL FOR US. 
          GIVE US AN ALAMODOME. 
          WE DID IN 2000, THE SPURS SAID TAXPAYERS, THE ALMO DOME. 
          JUST SEVEN YEARS LATER, THE ALMO DOME IS NOW TOO SMALL FOR US. 
          GIVE US AN AT AND T CENTER. 
          WE DID. 
          NOW HERE'S THE NEXT ONE, MR. AUTO. 
          VISUAL MAN. 
          YEAH. 
          TODAY, IN 2021, THE SPURS NOW SAY, TAXPAYERS, WE NEED A NEW PRACTICE FACILITY. 
          AMONG OTHER THINGS, GIVE US 17 MILLION BUCKS IN TAX REBATES. 
          WHEN DO WE FINALLY SAY BUY IT YOURSELF? THANK YOU. 
          NOW YOU'RE GONNA SAY, JACK, AREN'T YOU BEING A LITTLE HARD ON YOUR HOMETOWN TEAM HERE? I MEAN, UH, DON'T YOU HAVE ANY PRIDE IN THEM? I'D SAY I WOULD HAVE MORE PRIDE IF OUR HOMETOWN TEAM GAVE A MILLION PLUS JOBS TO ALL OF US HERE. 
          BUT AS THE PROPOSAL ONLY AS MENTIONED, THEY'RE ONLY GONNA GIVE ME, GIVE US 15 FOR THIS PROPOSAL HERE. 
          THAT'S ABOUT OVER A MILLION BUCKS A JOB. 
          BESIDES, LET'S LOOK AT THEIR RECORD, UH, THIS YEAR, HAVE THE WHAT, UH, WHAT DID THEY DO FOR US LATELY? WHAT, WHAT WAS OUR 2021 WIN LOSS RECORD? 33 WINS. 
          39 LOSSES ARE 45% PRETTY, UH, MEDIOCRE IF YOU ASK ME OUT OF 30 N B A TEAMS, HOW DID THEY RANK? 19 OUT OF 30, ABOUT ONE THIRD FROM THE BOTTOM. 
          YEP. 
          PRETTY CLOSE TO THE DUMPER THERE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. VIS, MAN. 
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NOW, NOW I'M, I WAS GONNA ASK, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IF JUST BY CHANCE WE ACTUALLY GET SOME BACKBONE HERE AND FINALLY SAY, NO, SPURS, WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE YOU ANYTHING. 
          WILL, WILL THE SPURS LEAVE SAN ANTONIO? UH, I REALLY DOUBT THAT. 
          UH, THEY MAY CRY A LOT IN WHICH I WOULD SAY, GO SPURS, GO FAR, FAR AWAY. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE, SAY, A SMALL BUSINESSMAN, MAYBE 1000TH THE SM SIZE OF THE SPURS, AND MAYBE YOU HAD A ME MEDIOCRE YEAR LAST YEAR AND, AND YOU BOUGHT, BUT YOU SAY YOU WANT TELL THE CITY COUNCIL, I WANT A PER PROJECT OUT HERE FOR ONLY 17,000 IN REBATES. 
          CAN YOU GET IT? HUH? THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I FIND IT CURIOUS. 
          MANY, MANY FOLKS, UH, AROUND DISTRICT EIGHT HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING THE NEWS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, RC AND, AND BOBBY, YOUR ORGANIZATION IS, IS FINALLY COMING TO THE NORTH SIDE. 
          AND WHAT I REMIND THEM IS THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN THE MEDICAL CENTER. 
          UH, BOBBY, YOU, UH, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, UM, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT EIGHT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME WITH YOUR FACILITIES OUT THERE. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE REASONS YOU GUYS CHOSE TO BE IN THE MEDICAL CENTER IS BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PROFESSIONALS THERE, UH, BECAUSE HUMAN PERFORMANCE IS, UH, SO TIED TO, UM, DOCTORS AND NURSES AND THE MEDICAL SCHOOL AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MEDICAL, UH, STUDENTS AND THE RESEARCH BEING DONE OUT THERE. 
          SO, UM, I'M, I'M HAPPY, UH, THAT YOU DECIDED TO, TO STAY UP THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I, I, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE PROXIMITY TO THE MEDICAL CENTER AND THE PROXIMITY TO THE U T S A AND THE PROXIMITY TO CAMP BULLIS IS IN THIS INSTANCE, UH, CLUTCH. 
          IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT, UM, AND NEEDS TO BE EMPHASIZED THAT THIS COULD HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOLKS ASK, WELL, WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THIS IN OTHER SIDES OF TOWN? UM, BECAUSE, UH, AND I THINK THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SWEET SPOT WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE THREE AGENCIES, MED, I'M SORRY, THOSE THREE NODES OF ACTIVITY, THE MED CENTER, U T S A AND CAMP BULLIS, UH, REALLY MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU GUYS TO DELIVER, UH, THE SERVICES THAT YOU'RE TELLING US ABOUT. 
          UM, I'LL ALSO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE RESEARCHERS, THE STUDENTS, THE PROFESSORS, AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE GONNA BE WORKING HERE WILL COME FROM EVERY SINGLE CORNER OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THIS IS A, THIS IS NOT A DISTRICT EIGHT PROJECT. 
          THIS IS A, IS A VERY IMPORTANT IT CATALYTIC PROJECT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          UH, IT ALSO GOES WITHOUT MENTIONING THAT THIS IS A BIG REPUTATIONAL SLAM DUNK, UH, FOR US AND SHOULDN'T BE DISCOUNTED. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, TOUCHSTONE PROJECTS LIKE THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, WILL DO SERVE AS YARDSTICKS, UM, BY WHICH ALL FUTURE PROJECTS IN THE SPACE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE, AND NOW, YOU KNOW, BOBBY, IN THE SPACE OF ACTUALLY BUILDING MATERIALS AND, UM, UH, AND SUSTAINABILITY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA SERVE AS A YARDSTICK BY WHICH ALL OF THEIR SIMILAR ENDEAVORS ARE GONNA BE JUDGED. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY, UH, ALREADY IN THE ROOM UNDERSTANDS THAT, YOU KNOW, JOHN COURAGE AND CLAYTON PERRY AND MYSELF ARE ADMIRED, UM, THROUGHOUT ALL OF SAN ANTONIO FOR OUR SKILLS ON AND OFF THE FIELD AS TACTICAL ATHLETES. 
          UM, BUT IT'S THE OTHER TACTICAL ATHLETES IN SAN ANTONIO THAT WILL ALSO BENEFIT FROM THIS. 
          UM, IT'S NOT JUST THE SPURS, GUYS. 
          THIS IS GONNA BE, UM, SERVING OTHER SPORTS TEAMS FROM AROUND THE PLANET, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM AROUND THE PLANET, INDUSTRIAL ATHLETES LIKE THOSE AT TOYOTA, UM, AND THE MILITARY. 
          I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TO, UH, CONTINUE INOCULATING OURSELVES FROM FUTURE BACKGROUNDS. 
          UM, AND THEN LASTLY, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU, THIS HAS BEEN, UM, ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT COMES UP OFTEN, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WILL, WILL THE SPURS LEAVE OR WILL THE, THE SPURS NOT LEAVE? THAT DOES NOT CALCULATE INTO, UM, THE, UH, THE DECISION THAT I MADE TODAY TO SUPPORT THIS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, TO SUPPORT THIS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 
          UM, THE SPURS ARE, SAN ANTONIO WILL BE SAN ANTONIO, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOVED AND EMBRACED IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT I, I THINK IT'S, AND BOBBY, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, SUPER IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE SPURS IS JUST A PART OF THIS. 
          UM, THERE ARE GONNA BE A LOT OF OTHER COMPANIES AND PLAYERS INVOLVED HERE, UH, WHO ARE GONNA CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT, AND THAT SHOULDN'T BE DISCOUNTED EITHER. 
          LASTLY, UH, I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, UM, WE HAVE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES AROUND THE AREA WHO I THINK WILL ALSO BENEFIT FROM 
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HAVING A PROJECT LIKE THIS. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THE RETAIL RIPPLE EFFECTS OF EVERYBODY LEAVING CAMPUS, UH, TO GO, YOU KNOW, HAVE LUNCH AT OUR DISTRICT EIGHT RESTAURANTS, UM, IS ALSO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 
          SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, UM, I, I MOVE TO APPROVE AND, UH, VERY, UM, EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 
          THANKS. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION, UH, BY ELAS AND A SECOND BY ROJA GARCIA, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 11. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KIO VARDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, MANNY SAID IT WELL, BUT IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THE SPURS ORGANIZATION IS A HUGE PART OF THE CULTURE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE A COMMUNITY ASSET OPEN AND AVAILABLE TO ALL WE SHOULD TO ITS CAMPUS AND EMULATE IT ACROSS THE CITY IN OUR PARKS AND OUR OPEN SHARED SPACES. 
          OUR, OUR CITY LOOKS UP TO THE SPURS, AND I'LL USE THIS CAMPUS AS A STANDARD OF WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER. 
          THIS IS ALL TOWARDS SAN ANTONIO'S HEALTH AND WELL WELLBEING. 
          ALL OF THIS WILL BENEFIT TO SPUR SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. 
          MR. BUFORD, BOBBY, YOUR TEAM, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR INNOVATION, AND THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR COMMUNITY WAY, THE WAY THIS MAYOR AND COUNCIL DOES. 
          AND OF COURSE, I HAVE TO SAY IT. 
          GO SPURS. 
          GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING HOW, UM, CONFLICTED I AM ABOUT THIS ITEM. 
          ON ONE HAND, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL OF THE EFFORTS THAT WENT INTO ENSURING THE BEST DEAL POSSIBLE. 
          AND ON THE OTHER HAND, I AM, I'M PRETTY OPPOSED TO INCENTIVIZING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVER THE RECHARGE ZONE. 
          I HAVE TO STATE THAT THE SPURS HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING, AMAZING COMMUNITY PARTNER ON THE EAST SIDE AND IN THE CITY, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE INCENTIVES OR NOT. 
          UM, BUT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF MY TERM, COUNCILMAN PERRY GAVE ME SOME ADVICE, AND HE SAID THAT BEFORE I PUSH ANY OF THE BUTTONS OVER HERE, BEFORE I SAY I OR NAYYY, THAT I ABLE TO STAND FIRMLY IN, IN THAT CHOICE. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE THAT RIGHT NOW, THAT MEANS VOTING. 
          YES. 
          UM, ONE OF THE SPECIFIC INCENTIVES, THE, UM, THE US HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PLACES OUR AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME AT 51,900. 
          AND I'M NOT NECESSARILY IMPRESSED AT 15 NEW JOBS AT LESS THAN A HUNDRED PERCENT A M I. 
          UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS. 
          AND THEN ALSO, I HAD A CONVERSATION, OF COURSE, WITH THE GREATER EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY, UM, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 
          AND WHILE THEY DID REITERATE THAT CONSIDERING THE PROPERTY'S GRANDFATHER STATUS, THEY'RE HAPPY TO SEE THEM DOING THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING FOR IMPERVIOUS COVER AND FOR THE TREE ORDINANCE. 
          UM, THEY KNOW AND THEY UNDERSTAND AND MENTION IT COULD BE WORSE IF IT WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE AND WHAT IT'S ALREADY GRANDFATHERED IN FOR. 
          UM, BUT THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY, THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE OPPOSED OR OBJECT TO IT, BUT THEY'RE NOT FOR IT EITHER. 
          AND I DON'T THINK I AM EITHER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          COUNCILMAN, I, I SHARE YOUR CONFLICTED FEELINGS ABOUT THIS. 
          UH, I TOO BELIEVE THAT, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SHOULD PAY FOR ITSELF, GROWTH PAYS FOR GROWTH. 
          UH, AND I REALIZE THAT, UH, THERE ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE EXCEPTIONS THAT COME TO THIS COUNCIL. 
          UH, I HAVE TO SAY THAT WHEN I ANALYZE THIS, AND, AND ALEX YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M MISTAKEN ON ANY OF THIS, WHAT WE'RE REALLY SAYING HERE IS THAT GROWTH WILL PAY FOR GROWTH BECAUSE IT WILL BE THE, UH, THE ORGANIZATION THAT ACTUALLY DOES THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT THE CITY MIGHT ORDINARILY DO IF, UH, WE WOULD JUST EXPANDING THE, THE CITY ITSELF. 
          BUT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT THIS GROUP IS GOING TO PUT IN STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND NECESSARY DRAINAGE AND, AND INFRASTRUCTURE AT THEIR EXPENSE OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS. 
          AND THE CITY IS SIMPLY GOING TO REIMBURSE THEM OUT OF THE TAXES. 
          THEY PAY TO US. 
          SO THEY'RE GONNA PAY US THE FULL TAX, AND THE NEXT YEAR WE'LL REIMBURSE THEM THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT TAX THAT WENT TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND THAT'LL BE SPREAD OUT OVER AS MANY AS 25 YEARS. 
          IS THAT PRETTY CORRECT? YES, SIR. 
          THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT PER YEAR IS 60% AND MAXIMUM VALUE IS THE 17 MILLION. 
          NOW, IF THAT PROJECT GROWS AND BECOMES EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN MAYBE THEY ANTICIPATE, COULD THAT PROJECT BE PAID OFF IN LESS THAN 25 YEARS SO THAT THE CITY STARTS GETTING 100% OF THOSE TAXES EVEN SOONER THAN 20 SOMETHING YEARS DOWN 
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THE LINE? YES, SIR. 
          BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT MAXIMUM VALUE ATTACHED TO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY PAYS FOR STREETS AND PAYS FOR SIDEWALKS AND PAYS FOR LIGHTING AND SIGNING. 
          AND I ALSO KNOW THAT WE ARE GONNA BE GETTING AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE WAY OF A NEW PARK THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT. 
          THAT'LL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 
          THAT, UH, ALSO, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'LL BE CONNECTING STREETS BETWEEN 1604 AND, UH, I 10, UH, PROVIDING MORE, UH, TRANSPORTATION ACCESS. 
          SO I THINK A LOT OF THAT, UH, TO ME, OVERCOMES MY HESITANCY ABOUT SUPPORTING, UH, PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. 
          THIS REALLY IS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND GROWTH IS GONNA PAY FOR GROWTH. 
          SO I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTING THIS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WASN'T EXPECTING TO GO SO QUICKLY AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO, I HAVE SEEN, UM, REDLINING. 
          I HAVE SEEN USAA'S GROWTH, THAT AREA USED TO BE, UH, WILDERNESS AND BASICALLY JUST WOODS. 
          SO I AM EXCITED TO SEE DEVELOPMENT COME. 
          WE HAVE BUILT A LONGSTANDING TRADITION HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT IS NEAR 50 YEARS. 
          FIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND SIX AND A SIX RING THAT WE'RE PURSUING. 
          AND WHAT WE DO IS WE BACK THE SILVER IN THE BLACK AND THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS IN ENTERTAINMENT. 
          THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS, LIKE IT OR NOT, IS PART OF WHO SAN ANTONIO IS. 
          IT'S JUST OUR PRIORITY. 
          WHEN THEY THINK OF THE SAN ANTONIO, THEY DO THINK OF THE SPURS. 
          AND THAT'S AT A REGIONAL, UH, NATIONAL AND EVIL. 
          AND A GLOBAL LEVEL. 
          SO AS WE LOOK TO AUTHORIZE A CHAPTER THREE 80 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT AGREEMENT WITH SPURS SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, I AM CON ENCOURAGED BECAUSE WHEN ALEX USES THE TERM CATALYTIC, I BELIEVE HER. 
          IT'S GOT POTENTIAL. 
          IT'S THERE. 
          AND YOU, YOU SAN ANTONIO SPURS AND ENTERTAINMENT, YOU BELIEVE IT TOO. 
          SO, UM, THESE, THESE YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP, THIS ISN'T JUST GOING TO BE A PRACTICE FACILITY FOR THE SPURS. 
          IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A HUMAN PERFORMANCE RESEARCH CENTER THAT'S NOT ONLY GOING TO IMPACT ATHLETES AND MAKE ATHLETES BETTER ATHLETES, BUT HELP US IN THE AGING PROCESS. 
          AND AS I SIT HERE AND I TALK ABOUT SENIORS AND AGING IN PLACE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED. 
          AND RC I THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AROUND AND BELIEVING THAT SAN ANTONIO COULD DO THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE CAN AND WHAT WE NEED, I ALWAYS SAY WE NEED SOUTH SIDE BELIEVERS, BUT WE NEED SAN ANTONIO BELIEVERS TOO. 
          UH, THIS PROJECT PROVIDES A FISCAL BENEFIT. 
          THERE'S, THE NUMBERS ARE THERE. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX, FOR THE WORK ON THAT. 
          THE POTENTIAL FOR JOBS IS THERE. 
          UM, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE TYPE OF INVESTMENTS. 
          WE MEET, NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S EQUITY. 
          AND I AM FOR, I AM FOR CREATING AND BUILDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND I AM AWARE THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO DO THEIR PART AND, AND DO THEIR EFFORT. 
          AND I'M LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          AND WHEN WE LOOK THROUGH THE EQUITY LENS, WE NEED TO LOOK THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, THE EAST SIDE, THE WEST SIDE, AND THE NORTH SIDE. 
          AND THIS FIT IN DISTRICT EIGHT ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND THAT, THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK SOMETIMES. 
          BUT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE MOVEMENT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. 
          UM, SO I AM, I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE SPORT SPURS SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT ORGANIZATION AND THE CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR ENSURING THAT THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS OUR STRATEGIC COMMUNITY PARTNERS PRIORITIES THAT INCLUDE WATER QUALITY, TREE PERS, PRESERVATION, AND WILL MOST IMPORTANTLY COLLABORATE WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ESSAY READY TO WORK. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING ITEM 11. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UH, TWO MORE POINTS. 
          ONE, UH, JOHN, COURAGE. 
          YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          THIS IS, UH, VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS PARK, UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE. 
          UH, FOR THOSE THAT, UM, WEREN'T KEEPING TRACK, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE INVEST IN SPACE FOR, UH, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND PUBLIC ART, UM, AND CULTURE, UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE, UH, CONCERTS AND PLAYS ON THE NORTH SIDE 
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THAT'S NEVER EXISTED BEFORE. 
          AND THAT THIS PARK, I THINK IS ALSO, UH, GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO OUR OFFERINGS FOR FOLKS TO ENGAGE IN OUTDOOR HEALTH, HIKING, BIKING, AND, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, GATHERING, UH, OUTDOORS AS A COMMUNITY. 
          THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THEY WANT US TO INVEST IN MORE OF THAT. 
          UH, THE SECOND POINT I WANNA MAKE IS THAT WE ARE NOT NEW AT, UM, INCENTIVIZING, YOU KNOW, BIG SPLASH PROJECTS LIKE THIS. 
          UM, I, I HAVE THE, UM, I'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE START, STARTED MY CAREER, UH, WORKING ON THE TOYOTA PROJECT. 
          THAT WAS ENORMOUS AS FAR AS INCENTIVES IN COMPARISON TO THIS ONE. 
          UH, BUT IT PAID OFF NONETHELESS. 
          NOBODY CAN DEBATE THAT THAT HAS PAID OFF DIVIDENDS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          AND OUR FRIEND CLAYTON PERRY, ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT R O I, UH, THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT R O I WIN FOR US. 
          AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT AT THIS POINT IN MY CAREER, UM, THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO DELIVER DIVIDENDS FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. 
          UM, AND SO LET NOBODY SAY THAT THIS IS SOME SOMETHING CRAZY THAT WE'RE TRYING, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME WE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS. 
          AND WE'VE DONE IT RIGHT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          AND THIS IS JUST ONE OTHER EXAMPLE OF, UH, OF A PROJECT THAT WE'RE ENDEAVORING ON THAT WILL RESULT IN A BIG SUCCESS. 
          AND ALL OF US ON COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK ON THIS AND SAY, WE WERE THERE WHEN WE CREATED THIS ENORMOUS SUCCESS FOR, FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND MY APOLOGIES, I HAD PUNCHED IN UNDER THE WRONG ITEM TO SPEAK. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          I, I JUST WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE IN RESEARCH, AND I BELIEVE THAT WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING BY BRINGING FORTH THIS, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN SAN ANTONIO IS GOING TO DO WONDERS FOR THE CITY, UH, BY WAY OF INCREASING OUR ACCESS TO RESEARCH DOLLARS BY WAY OF BRINGING RESEARCHERS TO SAN ANTONIO AS WELL. 
          AND JUST, UM, BEING ABLE TO LEARN FROM OUR OWN RESIDENTS. 
          AND SO, I KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T DISTRICT EIGHT, BUT IT BENEFITS MY RESIDENTS AS WELL. 
          UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT SOME OF MY RESIDENTS WOULD BE PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF THE TRIALS THAT WOULD BE TAKING PLACE ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AT, AT YOUR LOCATION. 
          SO WE NEED MORE LOCATIONS LIKE THIS SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UM, THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES. 
          THEY'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB, BUT WE NEED EVERY BIT OF, UH, OF A CHAMPION TO CONTINUE DOING THIS. 
          AND I THINK THAT SPURS, SPURS AND ENTERTAINMENT IS A GREAT OPTION. 
          UM, I, I DO WANNA, UH, SAY THAT, UM, I, I HEARD SOME, UH, FEEDBACK EARLIER AND THE SILVER AND BACK, UH, BLACK GIVE BACK, UH, INCREDIBLE PARTNERS TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          I KNOW THAT MY RESIDENTS BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU ALL HAVE. 
          A $37.9 MILLION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT IN THE AREA IS CRITICAL. 
          IT'S HUGE WITH THE GROWTH OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, THE WAY THAT IT IS GROWING, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE TO SEE THIS TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, UH, ALLOTMENT. 
          AND I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 
          THE ESSAY TOMORROW PLAN, THE REGIONAL PLAN THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING, UM, AS CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY AND PLANNING DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, I'M HAPPY THAT YOU ALL ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THAT PLAN FOR ESSAY TOMORROW. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO THINK OF. 
          WE HAVE TO THINK OF THE TOMORROW. 
          UM, ALSO WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS, I THOUGHT LIKE, UH, OH, THIS SOUNDS VERY AVENGERS ISH OR, OR SOMETHING, RIGHT? AND SO THE NEXT CAPTAIN AMERICA WILL COME OUT OF HERE OR SOMETHING EVEN. 
          UM, BUT THAT WAS JUST THE NERD IN ME. 
          SORRY, UH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY EFFORT. 
          SO, UH, OCTOBER THE 18TH, THERE'S UH, A NEW, UH, TEAM THAT'S KICKING OFF AT AN ARENA CALLED CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA, AND THAT'S THE SEATTLE KRAKEN. 
          UH, SO HOCKEY, I KNOW IT'S WEIRD, RIGHT? I WATCH THAT TOO. 
          SO, UM, SO THEY'RE ALSO, THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, THEY HAVE PLEDGED, UH, AND SO, SO MUCH SO THAT THEY DIDN'T NAME THEIR ARENA AFTER A CORPORATION. 
          THEY LITERALLY NAMED IT CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA. 
          AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GO AND SEE IT. 
          UM, BUT IT'S THE MOST PROGRESSIVE, RESPONSIBLE, AND SUSTAINABLE ARENA IN THE WORLD. 
          AND IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE VIDEOS, AND I'M SURE YOU PROBABLY HAVE, THAT'S WHAT I ENVISION FOR SAN ANTONIO, THE NEXT GO AROUND. 
          AND SO, I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE TAKING STEPS IN SUSTAINABILITY IN THIS FACILITY IN PARTICULAR, UH, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IN RESEARCH SPECIFICALLY, THAT WILL HELP OUR RESIDENTS, UH, WITH ACCESS. 
          WE KNOW HOW COVID HAS HIT US, UM, UN UNFORTUNATELY SO HARD IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO OVERCOME ALL OF THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL. 
          I THINK THAT TODAY BY VOTING FOR THIS, WE ALL WIN. 
          SO, GHOST FIRST GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, LIKE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE, I'M, I'M ALSO CONFLICTED ABOUT THIS ISSUE. 
          AND, UM, I, I DO SUPPORT THE PROJECT. 
          I, BUT I, UM, I FELT LIKE I WOULD'VE LIKED MORE TIME TO REVIEW AND SCRUTINIZE THE, 
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THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT AGREEMENT. 
          UH, I'M LEFT ASKING MYSELF IF WE GOT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT RIGHT. 
          AND, UM, WHAT DOES GIVE ME REASSURANCE IS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE $38 MILLION IN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, AND THERE'S $17 MILLION HERE IN TAX REBATES. 
          AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, ALEX, UM, WILL, WILL WE BE, IF WE APPROVE THIS ITEM, ARE WE GONNA BE WRITING A CHECK FOR $17 MILLION TO THE SPURS? NO, SIR. 
          SO, UM, AND ARE THEY GOING TO CONTINUE TO PAY SOME TAXES? ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO ONCE THEY, ONCE THEY INVEST THIS AND BUILD OUT A $510 MILLION, UH, RESEARCH INSTITUTE, WILL THEIR TAXES GO UP AFTER THEY'VE BUILT THAT, AFTER EVEN AFTER THEY'RE GIVEN A REBATE, WILL THEIR TAXES GO UP? IT WILL CONTINUE TO, TO IMPROVE AS THE IMPROVEMENTS, AS THE INVESTMENTS ARE MADE THAT, THAT, THAT FIGURE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          SURE. 
          SO THAT, THAT HELPS REASSURE ME. 
          I I JUST LEAVE LEFT WITH THE QUESTION, DID WE GET THE DOLLAR AMOUNT RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT, THAT MAYBE I'D BE REASSURED IN THE FUTURE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT AGREEMENTS, UH, IF WE HAVE MORE TIME TO GO OVER THESE ISSUES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I GREW UP REALLY CLOSE, PROBABLY CLOSER THAN ANYBODY HERE ON THIS COUNCIL TO THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. 
          AND, UH, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT, THAT THE SPURS ARE GOING TO, UM, HONOR THE 2010 TREE AGREEMENT. 
          EVEN THOUGH YOU COULD GO IN THERE AND CLEAR CUT ALL THE TREES, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE GONNA LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER THERE OVER THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. 
          UM, AND I THEN, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, YESTERDAY WAS MY DAD'S BIRTHDAY, SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA. 
          UH, HE TURNED, HE TURNED 73 YEARS OLD. 
          MY MOM'S GONNA TURN 73, UH, A YEAR FROM NOW. 
          AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT THIS PROJECT, UM, IN THE FUTURE, MY PARENTS ARE VERY ACTIVE, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN LEARN THINGS THROUGH THIS HUMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE, AND THAT MAYBE PEOPLE MY PARENTS' AGE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE SO THAT THEY CAN STAY HEALTHIER LONGER SO THEY CAN STAY ABLE-BODIED LONGER. 
          AND THAT WE COULD END UP IN A SITUATION SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE GET CANCER, UM, MAYBE THEY GO TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL, WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THE UNITED STATES, THEY COULD GO TO THEIR LOCAL HOSPITAL. 
          AND IF THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE ANSWERS THEY WANT, IF THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE RESULTS THEY WANT, WHAT DO THEY SAY? THEY SAY, I WANT TO GO TO MD ANDERSON IN HOUSTON. 
          RIGHT? AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT IN THE FUTURE, WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE HAVE OTHER HEALTH ISSUES, UM, MAYBE BODY PERFORMANCE ISSUES, UH, TRYING TO STAY ABLE BODIED, THAT PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL BE ABLE TO SAY, I WANT TO GO TO THIS HUMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT NOT ONLY, UM, HELP GENERATE MORE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN OUR COMMUNITY, GENERATE MORE JOBS, BUT THINGS THAT PUT SAN ANTONIO ON THE MAP. 
          AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A CATALYTIC PROJECT THAT COULD PUT SAN ANTONIO ON THE MAP. 
          AND SO I AM SUPPORTIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND LIKE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, VIA, I WAS SURPRISED TO BE CALLED ON SO QUICKLY. 
          YOU GUYS ARE EXTREMELY QUIET TODAY, . 
          I DUNNO IF EVERYONE WANTS TO GET OUTTA HERE FAST OR WHAT. 
          SO, UM, WELCOME TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          NO, IT'S NOT YOUR, UH, FIRST TIME HERE, BUT IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE, THE WHOLE TEAM AND THE FORMER COUNCILMAN HERE BEFORE THE SAGA OF C. 
          UM, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH A NUMBER OF YOU AT MY FIELD OFFICE, AND, UH, IT'S A VERY HUMBLE FIELD OFFICE. 
          NOTHING LIKE, LIKE CITY HALL. 
          UH, BUT NONETHELESS, YOU WERE, YOU WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO, TO MEET ME THERE AT A TIME THAT WAS CONVENIENT FOR ME. 
          AND YOU PROBABLY THOUGHT ON YOUR WAY OVER THERE, SHE'S INTO HEALTH. 
          SHE'S GONNA BE SO ALL OVER THIS PROJECT. 
          IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE GREAT. 
          AND, UH, YOU WILL RECALL, I WAS NOT VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT IN PARTICULAR, THE PART ABOUT THE TAX INCENTIVE, UH, PART OF, OF THE PROJECT. 
          AND I ASKED YOU THAT DAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE MOST URGENT PROBLEMS FACING SAN ANTONIO? AND IF THIS PROJECT ISN'T HELPING WITH THEM, WHY SHOULD I SUPPORT IT? AND, UH, I WENT IN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I THOUGHT WERE THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS. AND I MENTIONED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WHICH WE, UM, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY. 
          UM, THE THREATS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND PRESERVING OUR ENVIRONMENT, UH, THE HEALTH DISPARITIES IN OUR POPULATION, AND LOW WAGES, POVERTY AND INCOME SEGREGATION. 
          UH, AND ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERNS I HAD, UH, HAD TO DO WITH THE LOCATION, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I SAID WAS, YOU KNOW, OR I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID IT ALOUD, BUT I THOUGHT IT, THIS, THIS AREA'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED ANYWAY, LIKE WITH OR WITHOUT INCENTIVES. 
          SOMETHING IS GOING 
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TO HAPPEN ON, ON THAT LOCATION. 
          BUT WE'VE GOT THE EAST SIDE, WE'VE GOT THE WEST SIDE, WE'VE GOT THE SOUTH SIDE DYING FOR, UH, INVESTMENT. 
          NOT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT , I KNOW, EAGER, I'LL JUST SAY EAGER, EAGER FOR INVESTMENT. 
          AND, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE SPACE THAT YOU NEEDED AND HOW IT WASN'T REALLY, UM, EASY GONNA BE EASY TO DO THAT IN, IN THOSE AREAS. 
          UM, SO DON'T WORRY, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE PROJECT. 
          I'M JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW , HOW I CAME TO THIS DECISION. 
          UM, SO I'VE LIVED IN, IN SAN FRANCISCO, I'VE LIVED IN BOSTON, I HAVE LIVED IN MEXICO CITY. 
          UH, ALL OF THOSE AREAS HAVE MADE PROJECTS LIKE THIS WORK WITH THE SPACE THAT'S, THAT'S AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO OTHER, NO OTHER OPTIONS. 
          SO I WILL TELL YOU, I'M NOT CONVINCED IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE IN OTHER PARTS OF, OF THE CITY. 
          UM, BUT NONETHELESS, UH, YOU DID AGREE TO WORK WITH ME ON A FEW ITEMS. UM, AND SO I AM, I'M GOING TO COME AROUND AND, AND SUPPORT THE, THE PROJECT FOR, FOR THOSE REASONS. 
          UM, AND FOR THE INTANGIBLE REASON OF LETTING OUR RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PART OWNERS IN SOMETHING THAT IS THE SPURS, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS. 
          I DON'T THINK THERE IS A DOLLAR VALUE ON THAT FOR, FOR MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          IN FACT, I, I TEACH A CLASS CALLED URBAN POLITICS. 
          IT'S IN A, IT'S IN A MASTER'S PROGRAM. 
          IT'S MY FIRST TIME. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S NOT PERFECT. 
          UH, I'M, I'M TEACHING THIS CLASS, AND, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY. 
          AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE ALL DECIDED TOGETHER, , THAT THERE WAS, UM, THERE IS NO WAY YOU COULD PUT A DOLLAR VALUE ON THAT, AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE THAT, THAT INVESTMENT. 
          UM, SO I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE ON THIS AND THEN ASK YOU FOR A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL ON, ON ONE OF THEM. 
          UM, SO IMPERVIOUS COVER, WE KNOW THAT WITHOUT SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER OF THIS PROPERTY, UH, WE WOULD NOT SEE ANY, UM, WE WOULD NOT SEE ANY BENEFIT IN, IN THAT ASPECT OF IT. 
          SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THE 65% COMMITMENT, UH, FROM YOU. 
          UH, ALSO AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THE TREE ORDINANCE, UH, BEYOND COMPLYING WITH THE 2010 TREE ORDINANCE, YOU ARE ACTUALLY EXCEEDING IT BY COMMITTING NOT TO, UH, REQUEST ANY VARIANCES OF THAT ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, UH, TO ME. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU WILL ALSO BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN OUR ENERGY BENCHMARKING PROGRAM AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          BUT HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME ALL IS SAID AND DONE, WE WILL HAVE AN ORDINANCE ON THAT . 
          BUT NONETHELESS, WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU AS LEADERS. 
          UM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, IF SOMEBODY COULD SPEAK ON THIS, IS THAT ONE OF YOUR BUILDERS ALSO WORKED ON THE CREDIT HUMAN BUILDING COUNCIL. 
          I'M FOR YOUR RECORD, BOBBY PEREZ. 
          UH, YES. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRIOR DISCUSSIONS. 
          WE'VE SELECTED TWO, UH, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FIRMS. JURIS WILL BE OUR LEAD, SAAL CONSTRUCTION, WE'LL BE OUR SWIM BEE PARTNER. 
          AND JORIS, AS, AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, UH, WAS THE LEAD ON THE CREDIT HUMAN FACILITY. 
          AS MANY OF YOU I KNOW HAVE VISITED WITH STEVE HENIGAN AND HIS GROUP AND, YOU KNOW, TALKED ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE DONE THERE. 
          WE THINK THERE'S SOME GOOD LESSONS TO BE LEARNED. 
          HENRY SAUVIGNON IS THE LEAD FOR JORIS. 
          PHIL CULLEN AND HENRY HAVE BEEN WORKING, YOU KNOW, DAILY PROBLEM SOLVING. 
          AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES COULD BE AS WE CAN NOT ONLY DEVELOP THE PERFORMANCE CENTER SITE, BUT ALL THE ADJACENT PARCELS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALSO BE VERY, UH, ENCOURAGED TO, TO HEAR. 
          AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, IT WON'T JUST BE TWO FACILITIES THAT HAVE THOSE TYPES OF, UM, OF INNOVATION. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY AT ONE DAY, ALL NEW BUILDINGS IN SAN ANTONIO WILL WILL FOLLOW THAT TREND. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING I HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS, UH, TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS, THE BIGGEST EMISSIONS THAT WE HAVE IN, IN SAN ANTONIO, AND FRANKLY, IN THE, IN THE COUNTRY. 
          HOW, UH, TELL ME ABOUT THIS TRANSPORTATION, UH, OR TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN AND HOW YOU WILL REDUCE SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE. 
          AND, AND SO WE DO APPRECIATE THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT ALEX'S TEAM, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHTED I AM CERTAIN IN DISCUSSION WITH, WITH YOU ALL. 
          AND SO OUR DEVELOPER LINCOLN PROPERTIES, UH, MET WITH TAMIKA, HER GROUP LAID OUT SOME OF THE CONCEPTS AT THE D N A OF THIS PROJECT. 
          IT, IT IS A WALKABLE, MULTI-LEVEL TRANSIT-ORIENTED PROJECT. 
          AND, AND SO THAT IS AT ITS CORE. 
          AND SO IN THE AGREEMENT, WE'VE MEMORIALIZED THAT ON HOW WE WILL DEVELOP WORK WITH THE CITY, NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT OUR PLAN IS TO WORK WITH OUR OTHER PROVIDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY VIA T DOT RIDE SHARE. 
          AND, AND HOW ARE WE TRYING TO BE 
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THOUGHTFUL ON HOW WE'RE PARTNERING WITH EVERYBODY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME INCREASING QUALITY OF LIVES BY REDUCING TRANSIT TRIPS? YEAH, SO THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, I, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE YOU CAN OFFER THOSE THINGS, AND IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE THAT PEOPLE WILL USE THEM, OF COURSE, BUT YOU CAN BUILD SOMETHING AS GREAT AS WHAT YOU HAVE, AND THERE'S PRACTICALLY A GUARANTEE THAT PEOPLE WILL COME  AND THAT THEY WILL DRIVE THERE. 
          SO I, IT'S, UH, CERTAINLY MAKING THOSE OFFERINGS AVAILABLE IS PART OF IT, BUT FINDING A WAY SO THAT PEOPLE USE THEM WILL BE YOUR OTHER CHALLENGE. 
          AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE THAT CHALLENGE, UH, VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          YES, WE ARE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          I, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARN AT OUR CURRENT FACILITIES IS MAYBE THE LACK OF RIGHT PLANNING. 
          IF WE TAKE RIDESHARE, FOR EXAMPLE, AT OUR CURRENT SITE, AT THE AT AND T CENTER, NOT SET UP FOR RIDESHARE. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEM SOLVING THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT NOW, LESSONS LEARNED THERE ALONG WITH TRANSIT PROFESSIONALS. 
          WE THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS AND APPLICATIONS HERE. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU COUNCIL ONE. 
          AS WE'RE GIVING YOU INCENTIVES, YOU MAY END UP HAVING TO GIVE THE WORKERS THEIR INCENTIVES TO USE THE, THE BUS. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, UH, AND ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO ME, IT'S NOT WRITTEN INTO THE AGREEMENT, BUT WE DID HAVE THIS DISCUSSION EARLIER THIS WEEK. 
          IT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, WITH OUR WORKERS AND THE WORKERS THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ON SITE AND COME ON UP. 
          SO, UH, BECAUSE I WILL ASK YOU ABOUT IT. 
          SO, UM, CONSTRUCTION IS, UH, THE MOST DANGEROUS TRADE IN THE NATION. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE SEE, UH, THE GREATEST NUMBER OF DEATHS, UH, THE HIGHEST DEATH RATE AMONG OUR WORKERS. 
          UM, IN PARTICULAR, UH, WITH THE CLIMATE HEATING UP. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK OUTDOORS, UH, ESPECIALLY AT, IN A, IN A TRADE THAT DOESN'T PAY, UH, VERY, VERY MUCH SOMETIMES. 
          MY FATHER WAS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER. 
          HE HAD A, BEFORE HE RETIRED FROM THE CITY BEFORE HE CAME HERE, HE HAD A, HE HAD A VERY IMPACTFUL FALL, UH, AT ONE POINT IN MY LIFE THAT PUT OUR WHOLE FAMILY IN, IN AN ECONOMIC CRISIS FOR, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          AND, UH, YOU'VE AGREED TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM IN AUSTIN. 
          THAT IS, THAT APPLIES TO ALL ECONOMIC INCENTIVE PACKAGES IN, IN AUSTIN, AND THAT INCLUDES WATER BREAKS, UH, OSHA 10 CERTIFICATION, AND I BELIEVE IT'S OSHA 30 CERTIFICATION. 
          SO CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW, HOW YOU ENVISION THAT WORKING? I, I, I THINK, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE ALIGNED ON THAT AS WELL. 
          I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          UH, OUT OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, 400 FULL-TIME FOLKS, WE, WE HAVE A TEAM OF ABOUT 110 OR 120 THAT FOCUS ON OUR ARENA OPERATIONS. 
          THAT'S AN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE. 
          WHEN A ONE EVENT ENDS, AND ANOTHER EVENT STARTS THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE HAD PEPE AGUILAR ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WE HAD PRO BOWL RIDING ON SATURDAY, AND PRO BOWL RIDING ON SUNDAY, AND BASKETBALL ON MONDAY. 
          THAT ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE STARTS TO SET UP, TEAR DOWN, RESET FOR EVERY SINGLE CONFIGURATION. 
          I, I, IT, IT'S ONE OF MY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY. 
          I'M, I'M, WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF ALL OUR TEAMS CONTRACTORS ON AND ALL. 
          WE ARE A SUBSCRIBER TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. 
          THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE WORKERS' COMP ON THAT SITE. 
          SO THAT'S THAT EXTRA LAYER TO PROTECT PEOPLE IN THE EVENT OF AN INJURY. 
          UH, WE'RE, AGAIN, I I SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE GREAT TEAMS WE HAVE ON OUR SITE AND ON OUR TEAM, WE HAVE NOT HAD A, HAD A DEATH. 
          UH, WE HAD A VERY LARGE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM IN 2015, IN A VERY SHORT TIMEFRAME. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT INJURIES. 
          AND I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO OUR LEADERS THAT WE HAVE IN-HOUSE THAT MAKE JOB SAFETY A PRIORITY. 
          AND SO THIS SITE WILL BE NO DIFFERENT. 
          UH, AND AS WE WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE AWARE OF, WE TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR. 
          AND I THINK THAT INCLUDES SOME OF THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM OBJECTIVES IN THERE. 
          SO WE WANNA CONTINUE WORKING WITH THAT, AS IS JORIS. 
          UH, JORIS AND SAAL HAVE GREAT, UH, SAFETY RECORDS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU ALEX AND BOBBY FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, IN CONVERSATION WITH BOBBY ON THIS PROJECT. 
          YOU KNOW, A QUESTION THAT CAME TO MIND WAS, ARE THE JOBS THAT GOING TO ARE GOING TO BE PRODUCED? ARE THEY GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO MY CONSTITUENCY? UM, ARE THEY GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS IN THE ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGES? UM, AND IN CONVERSATION, WE WALKED THROUGH THAT, AND THESE JOBS WILL BE ACCESSIBLE. 
          UH, I WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN ANAS SANDOVAL FOR ENSURING THAT OUR WORKERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROTECTED WHEN WORKING IN THIS SPACE. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US WAS ENSURING THAT THERE WERE INTERNSHIPS. 
          UM, SO I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT THROUGH THE NEGOTIATION WITH CITY STAFF AND, UM, AND THE SPURS THAT WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN INTERNSHIPS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDED TO OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND NOT ONLY THAT, PAID INTERNSHIPS, WHICH IS VERY UNIQUE. 
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UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS THAT I THINK SHOULD SERVE AS A MODEL FOR FUTURE PARTNERSHIPS IN THESE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT GOING TO SEE IN THE FUTURE WITH THE CITY. 
          UM, I THINK THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE THE STANDARD THAT WE APPLY TO ALL FUTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE RECEIVING ANY INCENTIVE FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE, THE IMPERVIOUS COVER AND THE TREE PRESERVATION SHOULD BE THE STANDARD FOR ANY FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WE WORK TOWARDS. 
          UH, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THERE'S A TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PLAN, UH, AGAIN, RIGHT? WE ARE ONLY GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING MORE EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS. 
          SO WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT ANY FUTURE PROJECT INCLUDES THIS, UH, COMMUNITY BENEFIT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE, UH, PUTTING THE ENVIRONMENT FIRST AND ENSURING THAT IT IS PRODUCING JOBS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO OUR CONSTITUENCIES. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, I, I'M, I'M, AGAIN, I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDED PAID INTERNSHIPS. 
          WHAT I THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE OVER $37 MILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT'S UNIQUE, RIGHT? OFTENTIMES WE SEE THE FOLKS COME ASK FOR INCENTIVES AND ASK FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS AS WELL. 
          UM, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT THIS PROJECT IS PROVIDING, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, TO THE CITY. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, UH, AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT MODEL OF A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY IN THIS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. 
          UM, HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OFF THIS MODEL, UM, AND ENSURE THAT WHEN WE SEE A PROJECT OF THIS SCOPE COME ACROSS US AT CITY HALL, THAT WE ENSURE THAT SOMETHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE PROVIDES BENEFITS TO EVERY DISTRICT. 
          UM, AND THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT I'VE HAD WITH BOBBY. 
          UM, I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE SOME ARTS FUNDING. 
          UM, AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION THAT POTENTIALLY THESE ARTS FUNDING, IF NOT USED, CAN GO TOWARDS DISTRICTS. 
          UM, SO I THINK THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE REPLICATE WITH FUTURE PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND JUST SOME QUICK CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS, ALEX, FOR MY CONSTITUENTS, UM, WILL THIS PROJECT BE PAYING PROPERTY TAXES? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WILL WE BE GIVING $17 MILLION TODAY TO THE SAN ANTONIO FIRST? UM, IT, IT'S GONNA BE PAID BASED ON WHAT THEY INVEST IN, THE TAXES THAT THEY PAID. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE NOT JUST HANDING OVER $17 MILLION? NO, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, BOBBY. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, I, WE KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING. 
          I THINK, UM, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT WHERE IT'S GOING. 
          UM, I JUST WANT TO RESPOND TO SOMETHING, AND YES, WE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE. 
          WE'VE DONE INSANE PACKAGES BEFORE, BUT JUST BECAUSE WE'VE DONE SOMETHING BEFORE DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT. 
          OR JUST LET'S MAKE THAT CLEAR. 
          JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING HAS BEEN DONE AS BUSINESS AND HAS BEEN TREATED AS BUSINESS BEFORE, DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT IS RIGHT. 
          EVERY ACTION AND DECISION THAT WE MAKE HAS CONSEQUENCES. 
          EVEN SOME OF THE OTHER INCENTIVE, INCENTIVE, UH, PACKAGES THAT WE'VE HAD, AND THEY HAVE IMPACTS ON OUR CLIMATE, ON WATER ACCESSIBILITY, ON ECONOMIC SEGREGATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THINKING ABOUT THE 18 WHEELERS THAT DRIVE THROUGH MY DISTRICT AND MESS UP MY ROADS, THEIR EVERY DECISION IS GONNA COME WITH CONSEQUENCES. 
          I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT I DON'T DOUBT THAT WHEN THIS PASSES AND WHEN THIS FACILITY IS BUILT, THAT IT'S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL. 
          I DON'T DOUBT THAT GREAT THINGS ARE GONNA HAPPEN THERE. 
          I DON'T DOUBT THAT WE'LL BE PROUD OF THE FACILITY WHEN WE TAKE TOURS. 
          AND I DON'T DOUBT THAT. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYBODY BETTER THAT I WOULD SAY, YES, I FEEL A HUNDRED PERCENT CONFIDENT IN THIS, AND I WANNA SUPPORT THIS DEVELOPMENT. 
          I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I WOULD GET THERE. 
          I DO THINK THE SPURS IS THE BEST, UM, FOR THIS. 
          AND THAT BEING SAID, I STILL HAVE TO SAY NO. 
          I JUST WANT IT TO BE CLEAR. 
          IT IS NOT AGAINST THE SPURS. 
          UM, AND IT'S NOT FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE. 
          AND I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES WHOSE HABITAT OVERLAPS WITH THE EDWARDS AQUIFER SYSTEM. 
          HAVE WE COMPLETED AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF BOTH RECHARGE FEATURES AND POTENTIAL ENDANGERED HABITAT THAT MAY OVERLAP ON THIS PROPERTY? HI, COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, MIKE SHANNON, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          SO, UH, THE ENDANGERED SPECIES, UH, REQUIREMENTS, UH, THOSE ALL HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE WE ISSUE ANY PERMIT. 
          UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVERSEES THAT WITH THE E P A, UH, BUT OUR, UH, LOCAL PROCESS IS THAT I CANNOT ACCEPT A PROJECT UNLESS THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THOSE SURVEYS AND COMMUNICATED OUT. 
          AND ACTUALLY, WE COMMUNICATE OUT, UH, TO THE, TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, THAT THOSE STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE. 
          SO, UM, THEY, THEY WILL HAVE TO BE DONE. 
          UH, THAT'S FEDERAL LAW AND OUR PROCESS REQUIRES IT. 
          AND, AND IN THAT AREA, YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT, ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS IN THAT AREA HAVE TO HAVE THOSE STUDIES, IDENTIFY ANY POTENTIAL, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, EN ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS OR, OR CAVES OR, UM, HABITAT. 
          AND THEY HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE OWNER. 
          SO THEIR, THEIR DESIGN TEAM IS WORKING ON THAT. 
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THANK YOU. 
          THAT'LL BE MY FINAL QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          YOU'RE IN, YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, ERIC, I, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          DOES THE CITY HAVE AN OFFICIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT AGREEMENT POLICY THAT COUNCIL HAS WEIGHED IN ON? COUNCIL MEMBER, I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN HERE. 
          SURE. 
          WE DO. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A, UM, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, IT'S OUR CHAPTER THREE 80 POLICY. 
          WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE IN PLACE IN ORDER FOR US TO DO ANY KIND OF CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENT. 
          AND IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE ABLE, OR COULD WE HAVE A, A MEETING IN THE FUTURE WHERE THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT AND, AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INPUT ON IT? YES, SIR. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND COUNCILMAN THERE? THERE'S, UM, THAT POLICY IS ACTUALLY COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL IN DECEMBER UNDER STATE LAW. 
          IT HAS TO BE UPDATED EVERY TWO YEARS. 
          UM, AND, UM, IT'S ON ITS WAY BACK THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS AND, AND TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR, FOR DISCUSSION, NOT APPROVAL FOR DISCUSSION FIRST ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL, AND THEN WE NEED TO ADOPT IT. 
          GREAT. 
          YEAH, I WOULD LIKE JUST TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT JUST CONSIDERING THESE PROJECTS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, BUT THAT WE HAVE A CONSISTENT POLICY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          UH, ERIC, UM, ALSO IF YOU COULD CLARIFY, 'CAUSE I, I THINK WE KICKED OFF THAT, IN FACT, I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST MEETING WE EVER HAD IN THE NEW CITY HALL WAS KICKING OFF THAT POLICY PROCESS. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? CAN YOU IT WAS, IT WAS MAYOR. 
          UM, BUT, UM, IT WAS PRIOR TO THE ELECTION. 
          IT WAS RIGHT PRIOR TO THE ELECTION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THE, THE, I DON'T THINK THE, THE FOUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE PART OF THAT, BUT THAT WAS OUR FIRST B SESSION IN CITY HALL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, POINT BEING THOUGH, NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OTHER, OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANT CLARIFIED IN THE POLICY, BUT YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, TWO THINGS, MAYOR. 
          UM, ONE, UM, UH, JUST TO, FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AND FOR THE PUBLIC AND, AND, AND, UM, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, UM, THIS IS UNLIKE, UH, ANYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE IN THAT WE HAVE, UM, INTRODUCED AND BEEN ABLE TO NEGOTIATE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WITHIN AN INCENTIVE AGREEMENT. 
          UM, WHETHER IT'S A, A TAX INCENTIVE OR A TAX REBATE, OR ANY SORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 
          SO, UM, WE DID TAKE A, A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT APPROACH THIS TIME AROUND BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS CRITICAL. 
          I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT, UM, THE REGIONAL PLAN THAT THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED FOR U T S A AND THAT WE ARE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT OTHER REGIONAL PLANS AS PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM, UM, ALL THOSE PLANS OF THOSE 13 REGIONAL AREAS. 
          AND WE'RE SPENDING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO, UH, DEVELOP THOSE PLANS SO THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING. 
          UM, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS NEXT WEEK AS PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          HOW WE MAKE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND CREATE THE VISION FROM THOSE REGIONAL PLANS ARE, UH, THROUGH INVESTMENT, WHETHER IT IS INVESTMENT LIKE, UH, THIS PROGRAM OR THIS PROJECT, OR THE BOND PROGRAM OR FUTURE, UH, PROGRAMS. THAT'S HOW THOSE THINGS COME TOGETHER. 
          SO I WOULD SAY BECAUSE OF THE REGIONAL PLAN, THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, UM, AND, UM, THE, THE FACT THAT THAT, UM, THERE WERE, UH, I WOULD CONSIDER SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT RELATED ISSUES THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          THIS IS COMPLETELY NOT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE WE'VE DONE BEFORE. 
          LAST THING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE THANKED A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT THERE'S BEEN A BIG GROUP THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED. 
          MAYOR, UH, I, I, I FAILED TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, RAY RODRIGUEZ FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CARRIED A LOT OF WEIGHT. 
          AND, AND ANDY HIMSELF WAS, UH, WITH ME AND ALEX, AND JUSTINA AND BRENDA, AND I WANNA THANK BOTH OF THEM FOR THEIR CREATIVITY AND KEEPING US ON TASK. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UM, AND I SEE THAT AS THE END OF OUR DISCUSSION. 
          I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE AT THIS POINT, SO, UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND CLOSE WITH SOME COMMENTS. 
          UH, FIRST, UM, THANK YOU TO, UH, OUR TEAM, ALEX, UM, JORDAN, UH, , UM, RAY, UH, EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, UH, JUSTINA. 
          UM, THE WHOLE TEAM HAS DONE A, A REALLY FANTASTIC JOB WITH CONDENSING AND, AND INTERPRETING ALL THE COMMENTS BY THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY TO, TO REALLY HONE IN ON AN AGREEMENT THAT WORKS TO THE SPURS, UH, TEAM AS WELL. 
          BEING OPEN TO THAT TYPE OF COLLABORATION, I THINK IS WHY WE'RE HERE AT THE FINISH LINE. 
          UH, BUT THE, BUT THAT LINE TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET TO, AND I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS CONVERSATION INFORMALLY, AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THIS WAS REALLY ABOUT A RESEARCH CAMPUS, ABOUT A HUMAN PERFORMANCE RESEARCH CAMPUS, COLLABORATING WITH THE MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS, BRINGING IN SOME PRIVATE SECTOR 
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NEW ENTITIES TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND EVEN WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL MILITARY TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE AND RECOVERY OF OUR, OF OUR ATHLETES. 
          NOT JUST THOSE THAT YOU SEE AND, AND CHEER FOR, UH, BUT OUR SOLDIERS OUT IN THE FIELD, AND HOW WE CAN GET FIRST RESPONDERS BACK IN, INTO ACTION FASTER. 
          UH, THAT KIND OF WORK IS GROUNDBREAKING. 
          IT'S CATALYTIC. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED ALL ACROSS THE WORLD. 
          AND TO HAVE SAN ANTONIO, WHICH HAS ITS OWN GROWING, UM, UH, PREMIER PLACE IN THE WORLD IN THAT RESEARCH, IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO LEAN INTO. 
          AND I'M, I APPRECIATE THE SPURS APPROACH TO, UH, FORMING THIS CONCEPTUAL CAMPUS AROUND THAT IDEA FIRST. 
          AND HE DIDN'T HAVE A SPACE, HE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A SPACE AT THAT POINT. 
          IT WAS SOME, I THINK, UH, PROPOSED PLACES. 
          UH, SO I TOO, I, I WILL JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN SAYING, WHEN I SAW THE POINT ON THE MAP, I ASKED WHY. 
          UM, NOT JUST BECAUSE, UM, AT SOME PLACE THAT, UH, IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER REMOVED FROM THEN PERHAPS YOUR OTHER, UH, FACILITIES, BUT, UH, BECAUSE IT'S, UM, ON THE NORTH SIDE WHERE IT'S CHALLENGING TO DEVELOP, IT'S CHALLENGING. 
          UM, BUT VERY QUICKLY, UH, AS COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS WAS POINTED OUT, THE SYNERGIES THAT ARE CREATED WITH THE MEDICAL CENTER IN SAN ANTONIO, ALONG WITH CAMP BULLIS AND THE OTHER AREAS, UH, THAT WE'LL BE COLLABORATING DIRECTLY WITH THIS CAMPUS ARE, ARE, ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT, UH, WHEN YOU PRESENT IT, AND WE'RE OPEN TO THE KINDS OF, UM, CHALLENGING, UH, OR, OR THE KINDS OF WORK THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES, THEN IT BECAME AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          AND WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS IS THAT WE'VE TAKEN A TEAM APPROACH. 
          EVERYBODY, EVERYONE HAS BEEN AT THE TABLE. 
          AND SO WHEN I, AND I PUT MY FORMER DISTRICT EIGHT HAT ON AND LOOKED AT IT THROUGH THAT LENS OF HOW I WOULD LOOK AT THIS PROJECT JUST AS A DEVELOPMENT STANDARD, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IN THAT DISTRICT, KNOWING THE AQUIFER CHALLENGES, KNOWING THE, UH, HABITAT CHALLENGES THAT ARE FACED WHEN YOU BRING A NEW DEVELOPMENT OVER THE AQUIFER. 
          AND WHEN WE THREW OUT THE, UM, THE, THE REQUIREMENTS OR, OR THE STANDARDS WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET, UH, IF WE WERE TO BE ENGAGED, TO ME, THIS IS, UM, ALL POSITIVE. 
          AND LET ME, LET ME POINT OUT WHY. 
          ONE OF THE GREAT CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY IN THIS COMMUNITY TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY IS THE FACT THAT A HUGE SWATH OF OUR LAND OVER THE MOST SENSITIVE AREAS OF THE RECHARGE ZONE AND CONTRIBUTING ZONE NUMBER ONE, ARE EITHER DEVELOPED OR TWO, HAVE VESTED RIGHTS, MEANING THAT WHOEVER OWNS IT IS ABLE TO COVER IT UP AND KNOCK IT DOWN. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH THE CLEAR CUTTING IN THE IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, THIS IS A CATEGORY ONE PROPERTY, WHICH COULD BE THE SAME FATE, UH, THAT WE HAVE SEEN MANY TIMES OVER ON THE NORTH SIDE. 
          BUT WITH A PARTNER THAT IS INTERESTED IN COMMUNITY BENEFIT, WE NOW INTRODUCE THE OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY TO HAVE A CATALYTIC RESEARCH CAMPUS THAT CREATES JOBS THAT COLLABORATES WITH OUR SA READY TO WORK PROGRAM THAT DOES INVESTMENTS, THAT WILL CREATE NEW COLLABORATIONS WITH LEADING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WITH ACADEMIA, WITH MILITARY, WITH TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES, UM, THAT CREATES PLAZA SPACES, OPEN SPACES FOR OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS TO ENJOY. 
          WE ASK THEM TO MEET A GREATER STANDARD TO MOVE THIS DOWN TO WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT WITH CATEGORY TWO PROPERTIES, NO MORE THAN 65% IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          AND THEY AGREED TO THAT. 
          IN ADDITION, MEETING THE 2010, UH, TREE ORDINANCE IS SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO GET WITH, UH, PROJECTS OF THIS SIZE. 
          AND DOING THAT WITHOUT VARIANCES, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT. 
          SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS PROJECT FROM, UH, THAT PERSPECTIVE, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT, EVEN IF IT WASN'T ABOUT THE SPURS AND ABOUT RESEARCH CAMPUS AND ABOUT PRACTICE FACILITIES, ET CETERA. 
          SO ON EVERY POINT THAT WE HAVE THROWN AT OUR TEAM OVER HERE, THEY'VE ADDRESSED IT AND, AND DONE VERY WELL. 
          AND TO, UH, MY COLLEAGUES' POINTS, I APPRECIATE THEM BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAS RESULTED IN THE QUALITY AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY THAT ONLY CONTINUES TO SOLIDIFY, UH, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ONE OF THE MOST GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED BRANDS. 
          UH, AND A, AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BECOME, AS PART OF OUR CULTURE AND IDENTITY, UH, AS ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I'M PROUD TO CALL, UH, THE SPURS, THE GOLD FRAN, UH, THE GOLD STANDARD, UH, PROFESSIONAL SPORTS FRANCHISES. 
          BUT THE REASON THEY'VE BECOME THAT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO VISIONARY. 
          AND SO LEADING INTO A RESEARCH CAMPUS IN THIS MANNER IN OUR CITY, 
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HELPS US ACCOMPLISH SO MANY THINGS FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO HAVING A PLACE, UH, ON THE MANTLE IN THE WORLD'S, UH, MEDICAL RESEARCH ARENA. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS. 
          UM, ANDY, YOUR TEAM HAS DONE FABULOUS. 
          UH, AGAIN, ALEX, YOUR TEAM, GREAT JOB. 
          AND TO THE SPURS SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ORGANIZATION, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO BE A PARTNER, UH, TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO WITH THAT, UH, THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          UM, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE VOTE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, WE HAVE, AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR, FOR, UH, YOUR PATIENCE TODAY. 
          WE DO HAVE ONE MORE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, AND 
          [7. Resolution nominating Dr. Adriana Rocha Garcia to serve on the Bexar Appraisal District Boardof Directors for a term of office to begin on January 1, 2022 and expire on December 31, 2023. [Debbie Racca­Sittre, Interim City Clerk]]
THAT IS ITEM SEVEN. 
          SO LET ME PULL THAT UP. 
          ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A RESOLUTION NOMINATING DR. 
          ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA TO SERVE ON THE BAYER APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A TERM OF OFFICE TO BEGIN JANUARY 1ST, 2022, AND EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2023. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I DIDN'T MEAN TO ALARM ANYBODY BY PULLING THIS ITEM, I JUST WANTED TO CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION TO IT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, UH, BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER IS A, IS A LOT OF WORK. 
          AND COUNCILWOMAN ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA HAS SIGNED UP TO DO ADDITIONAL WORK ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL THE WORK SHE'S ALREADY DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, TO SERVE ON THE BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S A CHA THAT'S A BIG CHALLENGE TO TAKE ON. 
          AND SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, AND WE ARE SO LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN DO HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. 
          UM, BUT I CAN'T THINK OF SOMEBODY BETTER TO TAKE ON THIS CHALLENGE BECAUSE COUNCILWOMAN, ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA, YOU KNOW, HAS SUCH A STRONG ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND IS, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GONNA DO A GREAT JOB OF, YOU KNOW, SCRUTINIZING THE, THE PROCESS AND, UM, JUST WEIGHING IN ON IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THINGS BETTER, HOW THEY CAN DO THAT. 
          AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU, UH, FOR TAKING ON THAT, THAT ROLE. 
          AND, UH, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO SEEING WHAT BECOMES OF IT. 
          SO, I'M, I'M EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF YOU TAKING ON THIS ROLE. 
          I'M GRATEFUL. 
          UM, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM SEVEN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, YEAH, TO, UM, TO GREAT EXTENT I CONCUR WITH, UH, WITH COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          THERE IS SO LITTLE WE CAN DO AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IN TERMS OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES. 
          UH, IN FACT, UM, WE ARE JUST A SMALL, NOT A SMALL PART, 25% OF, OF THE RESIDENCE'S PROPERTY TAXES HERE IN, IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THAT IS A COMMUNICATION ISSUE ON ITS OWN RIGHT, THAT WE FIND OURSELVES EXPLAINING. 
          UM, A FEW YEARS AGO, UH, IN OUR DISTRICT, WE STARTED THESE, UM, THESE WORKSHOPS ABOUT HOW TO PROTEST YOUR PROPERTY TAXES. 
          AND, UM, I THINK IT WAS, UH, IN JUNE OF 2019, IN FACT, THE MAYOR CAME BY AND STOPPED AT OUR FIRST ONE WHERE WE WERE PRACTICALLY EATEN ALIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE SO ANGRY ABOUT THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. 
          AND YOU HAVE TO CONVEY THAT MESSAGE OF, WELL, ACTUALLY, LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW PROPERTY TAXES WORK. 
          SO, UM, I'D JUST, UH, LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE COUNCILWOMAN SORT OF SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT, UM, HOW YOU'LL BE TAKING THIS ON, HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU, UH, AND HOW YOU CAN, UH, HELP OUR RESIDENTS UNDER, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND AND, AND DO THE BEST BY THEIR, BY THEIR TAX BILLS. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UM, LET ME TURN IT FIRST TO COUNCIL MEMBER REPLIES, THEN I'LL, THEN I'LL, UH, I'LL PUT YOU IN THE QUEUE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER REPLIES. 
          OH, ACTUALLY, WELL, IN THAT CASE, COULD I ALSO ASK YOU, UM, BEFORE TURNING IT OVER, JUST TO WALK US THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HOW, BECAUSE IT'S SO CONFUSING. 
          THERE'S LIKE VOTES AND BILLS AND NOMINATIONS. 
          IT'S NOT, UH, LIKE A STRAIGHT UP APPOINTMENT. 
          SO FOR, JUST SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND, HOW DOES THIS APPOINTMENT PROCESS ACTUALLY WORK? DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM UH, D S D THAT COULD DO THAT? I AM SORRY, MAYOR. 
          I WAS ENGAGED INTO THE CONVERSATION. 
          WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COULD YOU, SO, UH, THE PROCESS OF VOTING AT B C A C, COULD YOU EXPLAIN YOUR QUESTION? UM, RIGHT. 
          WE'RE NOT, IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE JUST PUTTING ONE PERSON ON B C A. 
          THERE'S, UH, SOMETHING ABOUT NOMINATIONS AND THEN THERE'S A VOTE. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE PUTTING US ON THE 
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M P O, RIGHT? I, I CAN TACKLE THAT COUNCILWOMAN. 
          IT'S, UH, FIRST THE COUNCIL NOMINATES SOMEONE TO BE ON THE B C AD BOARD, THEN THE B C A BOARD HAS TO VOTE TO APPROVE THAT. 
          THEN I, I DO BELIEVE IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL THEN. 
          SO, YES, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAN WHAT WE USUALLY USE FOR APPOINTING COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BOARDS. 
          AND THE MEMO SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THAT WE PUT ALL OUR VOTES. 
          IS THAT 11 VOTES OR, WELL, AGAIN, WHAT WAS THE, THE, THE, THE MEMO SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THAT THE SAN, THAT SAN ANTONIO WOULD PUT ALL ITS VOTES, UH, BEHIND OUR NOMINEE. 
          BUT WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT REFER TO? LIKE, DO WE GET 11, DO WE GET, OR IS THAT REFLECTIVE OF WHAT POPULATION? NO, I, I THINK, I THINK, UH, AND I'LL CONFIRM IT, COUNCILMAN, BUT I THINK WHAT THAT MEANS IS SIMPLY THAT, UH, THE COUNCILMAN WILL REF WILL BE THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, UH, ON THE B C A. 
          SO IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT TO DO WITH THE POPULATION SIZE. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL CONFIRM THAT, BUT IT, I THINK IT ALSO HAS TO DO COUNCILWOMAN WITH THE PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF TAXPAYERS. 
          BUT WE'LL, UH, WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU BEFORE WE VOTE, RIGHT? NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. 
          , IT, IT WOULD BE, UM, JUST IN THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY, I THINK, UM, THAT SHOULD BE VA MADE VERY CLEAR AS WE'RE TAKING THESE VOTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. 
          UM, I, I ADMIRE YOU VERY MUCH FOR VOLUNTEERING FOR THIS. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, YOU AND I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT IT IN THE PAST. 
          YOU HAVE MY FULL CONFIDENCE AND MY SUPPORT IN THIS. 
          AND, UH, MAYOR, I, I THINK THAT, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA IS, IS GONNA DO A GREAT JOB. 
          UH, THE, UM, I I, I DO THINK, HOWEVER, AND, AND IT'S NO SECRET FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN MENTIONING IT, I, I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS MORE DESERVING AND MORE RIPE FOR REFORM THAN B C A. 
          UM, I THINK THEIR LEADERSHIP IS SMUG. 
          I THINK THAT THEY'RE DISMISSIVE OF MY CONSTITUENTS. 
          UM, I THINK THAT THEY'RE DISMISSIVE OF LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          I'VE, I AM DISGUSTED EVERY SINGLE TIME, UH, THAT THEY COME AND PRESENT TO US. 
          UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S SO MUCH ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT THERE. 
          I THINK THERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT, UM, AND OTHER, UH, APPRAISAL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT TEXAS THAT OUTPERFORM OURS, UM, AND THAT, UM, ARE LESS LOATHED THAN THIS ONE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          COUNCILMAN ROCHE GARCIA, YOU'RE WALKING INTO A HOT MESS OVER THERE. 
          AND MY HOPE IS, IS THAT YOU'LL, UH, BRING, UM, SOME ADULT CONVERSATION TO THE TABLE AND, UH, OP FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO REFORM THE DISASTER. 
          THAT IS BCA. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND I DO WANT TO HEAR FROM COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA, BUT I WANNA REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT WE, UM, HAD ASKED FOR A CONSULTANT'S REVIEW OF THE PROCESS THAT BEAR APPRAISAL DISTRICT USES COMPARED TO OTHER APPRAISAL DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE. 
          UH, THAT WAS ASKED FOR OVER TWO YEARS AGO. 
          I BELIEVE WE, IT WAS COMPLETED, BUT I DON'T THINK THE CITY COUNCIL EVER DISCUSSED THE RESULTS OF THAT REVIEW. 
          AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD COMMEND COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA TO FAMILIARIZE HERSELF COMPLETELY WITH THAT CONSULTANT'S RECOMMENDATIONS OR FINDINGS THAT, THAT WE ASKED FOR. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR THE COUNCIL ALSO TO, UH, AT LEAST HAVE THAT FINAL REPORT SENT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT CAME OUT OF, UH, ALL THAT RESEARCH TOO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BRAVO FOR PULLING THIS ITEM BECAUSE I, I GET VERY FEW OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK, UH, ABOUT MY, UH, COUNCIL COLLEAGUE AND JUST THE GREAT WORK SHE DOES. 
          I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THESE MEETINGS SINCE I WAS AN EMPLOYEE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS SINCE, UM, 2009. 
          UH, AND I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, UM, FOR THE MAYORS AS THEY MAKE THE DECISION, WHETHER IT'S MAYOR CASTRO, MAYOR TAYLOR, OR NOW, UH, MAYOR NURNBERG, TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE GO WITH THIS BCA AND HOW WE SERVE. 
          SO I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'VE STEPPED UP TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY. 
          I AGREE WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO SAY THAT THIS IS, THIS IS A HOT MESS, AND, UH, WE ARE ENTRUSTING YOU WITH THESE VO VOTES, AND WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE WELL REPRESENTED, AND THIS DIOCESE IS WELL REPRESENTED. 
          SO YOU HAVE MY VOTE. 
          I'M, I'M VERY ENCOURAGED ABOUT THE DIRECTION IT CAN POSSIBLY GO IN, BUT AS, UH, COUNCILMAN PALIS, UH, EXPLAINED, 
          [02:05:01]
WE MAY NEED TO SEE REFORM AT BCA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER . 
          UH, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR, IF I MAY, WE DO HAVE AN ANSWER TO COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL'S, UH, QUESTION. 
          I, WE HOPE WE HAVE AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN, BUT LIZ CAN PROBABLY EXPLAIN IT A LOT BETTER THAN I CAN. 
          . 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          WE NOMINATE, AS IN, UH, THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO NOMINATE ITS PERSON UNDER THE PROPERTY TAX CODE. 
          UM, THAT SLATES THEN PUT TOGETHER FOR B C A D, UM, THAT'S LATE THEN IS SENT TO, UM, ALL THE PARTICIPANTS FOR VOTE. 
          AND SO THEN WE GET SEVERAL HUNDRED VOTES, UM, THAT WE CAST FOR, UH, PRESUMABLY THE PERSON WE'VE NOMINATED TO SERVE AS DIRECTOR ON THE BOARD BASED ON THE TAX BASE. 
          IT'S BASED ON THE, THE NUMBER OF VOTES IS BASED ON THE TAX BASE IN TERMS OF DOLLAR AMOUNT OR, OR HOUSEHOLDS OR, OR  DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
          OH, INTERESTING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE PARTICIPANTS THAT YOU REFER TO, IS THAT THE CURRENT BOARD OR WHO, WHO ARE THE PARTICIPANTS THAT END UP VOTING? THE, ALL OF THE ENTITIES THAT MAKE UP BCA. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND SO WHEN THEY GOT IT. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LIZ. 
          YES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, LIZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN, BUT FOR, FOR PULLING IT AND, AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE QUESTION ABOUT SOME IDEAS. 
          UM, AND SO I'LL START OFF BY SAYING THAT ACTUALLY MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, UH, MANNY PELAS, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, OH GOSH, WHO'S GONNA GET THE, UM, APPOINTMENT NEXT, SAID, OH, WELL, WHOEVER GETS IT, IT'S A TOTAL SUICIDE MISSION, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, FAST FORWARD A FEW MONTHS AND SO, UH, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR AND IT WAS DURING OUR ONE-ON-ONE, AND I WAS ASKING HIM ALL THIS STUFF BECAUSE I HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, MR. AMESQUITA, THE CHIEF, CHIEF APPRAISER, AND, UM, HE BROUGHT ME THE TAX CODE AND HE BROUGHT ME BOXES OF INFORMATION AND I HAD READ THROUGH THE BUDGET THAT THEY WERE PROPOSING FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, NOT BEING ON THE BOARD YET, NOT KNOWING THAT I WAS GONNA BE, UH, THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB ON THIS OR ANYTHING, BUT I WAS PREPPING AND I TOLD THE MAYOR, I HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR WHOEVER YOU APPOINT OR YOU DECIDE TO, TO TALK ABOUT APPOINTMENT TO THE BECA. 
          SO I NEED TO KNOW WHO IT IS BECAUSE I'VE STARTED READING THROUGH THE TAX CODE AND I HAVE SEVERAL IDEAS THAT PEOPLE I DON'T THINK HAVE BROUGHT UP YET. 
          WELL, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT WAS GONNA, UM, LEAD, LEAD TO, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? YEAH, , THAT WAS MY FIRST MISTAKE, UH, RIGHT. 
          COUNCILMAN? OH, NO, BUT, BUT IT'S OKAY. 
          SO, UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD TALKED ABOUT IS THE BOARD HASN'T GROWN FROM FIVE IN YEARS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN A STUDY OF WHY OR WHY NOT. 
          IT HASN'T GROWN, BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO INCREASE THAT TWO 13 REPRESENTATIVES. 
          AND SO I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHY. 
          SO THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS THAT I'D, I'D LIKE TO ASK. 
          RIGHT? SO THAT'S ONE OF THE IDEAS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GROW REPRESENTATION. 
          UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO, UH, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UM, MY STAFF, WE, UH, INCREASED MY STAFF BY, UH, A PERSON, 1, 1, 1 PERSON WHO WILL HELP WITH BCA SPECIFICALLY. 
          AND SO, UH, IS VERY WELL, UM, UH, HOW SHOULD I SAY, JUST WELL VERSED ON, ON DIFFERENT THINGS AROUND THE CITY. 
          AND SO, UM, I HIRED A PART-TIME PERSON TO HELP ME WITH THAT AS WELL, UM, SO THAT I CAN REACH OUT TO YOUR OFFICES AND SEE IF YOU ALL HAVE IDEAS. 
          I WILL CONFESS, I HAVE NOT FINISHED READING THE, THE PROPERTY TAX CODE BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS NEW RISK MITIGATION PLAN THAT KIND OF STOLE ME AWAY FROM THAT. 
          AND SO I'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR THAT. 
          UM, BUT THEN ALSO, UH, THE JOB OF, OF THE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO HIRE THE CHIEF APPRAISER AND TO, TO SET THE BUDGET. 
          AND SO I THINK I ALREADY HAD MANY QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET AND THAT'S WHY I MET WITH THE APPRAISER ORIGINALLY. 
          UM, THERE ARE SOME ITEMS ON THERE THAT INVOLVE LITIGATION THAT I WAS QUESTIONING IN PARTICULAR, LIKE, WHY DO WE SPEND SO MUCH MONEY ON THIS? AND SO, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT THIS DOES IS IF I DID SECURE THE APPOINTMENT, UM, IT WOULD GIVE THE B C A BOARD A FEMALE MAJORITY. 
          AND SO I REALLY THINK THAT IT'S HIGH TIME FOR THAT AS WELL. 
          AND SO I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS EVEN WITH, UH, COUNTY COMMISSIONER TRISH DEBERRY, WHO REPRESENTS THE COUNTY AS WELL. 
          UM, I HAVE, UH, KNOWN, UH, SHERRY BYRAM WHO REPRESENTS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON BCA. 
          AND SO TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN, WHEN YOU WERE ASKING, AND I DON'T WANNA STEP IN FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BUT THE SAME THING HAPPENS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          THEY PUT ALL OF THEIR VOTES TOWARD ONE NOMINEE. 
          AND SO THAT HAPPENS TO BE, UM, SHERRY BYRAM WHO REPRESENTS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          AND SO, UM, WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER ENTITIES, TRYING TO SEE WHO ELSE CAN COME TO THE TABLE, WORKING WITH THE COLLEGE DISTRICTS WITH, UM, SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, ET CETERA. 
          I THINK THAT WE CAN REALLY DO THIS, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE TO YOUR POINT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, I WANT TO SEE THE, THE 
          [02:10:01]
COMPARISON. 
          I WANT TO SEE WHAT WAS LEARNED BEFORE, MAYBE WHY SOMETHING WASN'T APPLIED, ET CETERA. 
          UM, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALSO WITH BEN AND TROY, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'RE THE LIAISONS AND THERE'S A CITY ATTORNEY THAT IS SPECIFICALLY THE DESIGNEE AS WELL. 
          SO I'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM A WHOLE LOT AND BRINGING ANY OF YOUR ISSUES FORWARD. 
          I LOVE THE FACT THAT COUNCILMAN BRAVO, I THINK ON THE VERY FIRST MEETING THAT WE HAD, UM, TALKED ABOUT PROPERTY TEXAS AND TRYING TO INFORM OUR PEOPLE. 
          SO DEFINITELY ONE OF THESE THINGS. 
          AND SO I'D LOVE TO LEARN FROM YOU COUNCILMAN AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT I HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH AS I WOULD HOPEFULLY GAIN YOUR VOTE, VOTE AND REPRESENT. 
          I DO WANNA SAY THAT ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES TODAY SAID, WELL, YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR MY VOTE. 
          WELL, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT CONSTITUTE A WALKING QUORUM, RIGHT? SO, UH, SO DON'T FEEL BAD THAT I DIDN'T ASK FOR YOUR VOTES TODAY. 
          I DIDN'T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT. 
          HAVE, UH, ANDY, GET, GET ME IN TROUBLE OR ANYTHING. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR SUPPORT THOUGH. 
          I CAN ASK FOR IT NOW PUBLICLY OR IT LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT ANDY? MAYBE. 
          SO THAT'S IT. 
          OH WAIT, I CAN'T ASK FOR THAT PUBLICLY NOW, SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 
          BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR ANDY. 
          DO I HAVE TO ABSTAIN OBVIOUSLY FROM THIS VOTE? NO. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO ABSTAIN IT, BUT IT IS UP TO YOU, COUNCILMAN, BUT NO, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE TO. 
          I PREFER TO ABSTAIN. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          ANDY DOESN'T GET YOU IN TROUBLE. 
          ANDY GETS YOU OUT OF TROUBLE. 
          OH, GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          SO, AND, AND COUNCILMAN, YOU CAN STEP IN FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ANYTIME, . 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, UM, SEE, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          UH, SO, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PULL UP THE VOTE ON ITEM SEVEN. 
          AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA FOR, UM, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO PLAY THE ROLE. 
          GOOD LUCK. 
          MAYOR. 
          ONE THING THAT, UM, MOTION CARRIES. 
          SORRY, UH, GO AHEAD, ERIC. 
          ONE THING, UH, THE, THE REPORT THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, UH, REFERRED TO, UH, WAS COMPLETED LAST SUMMER. 
          UH, WE DID SHARE IT WITH COUNCIL AT THE TIME. 
          WE WILL, WE WILL REDISTRIBUTE THAT REPORT AND THEN, UH, MAYBE WORK WITH COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ROCHA GARCIA ABOUT SCHEDULING AND A BRIEFING, UH, IN THE FUTURE. 
          BUT THAT REPORT WAS, UH, COMPLETED. 
          SO OF THE, THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT AS WELL. 
          AND I'M SURE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION TO WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO READ, READ IT AS WELL. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE A TIME, CERTAIN 1:00 PM UH, U D C PRESENTATION AND A 2:00 PM UM, ZONING AGENDA. 
          UH, BEFORE WE GO BREAK, UH, BETWEEN THAT, ERIC, DO YOU HAVE 
          [14. City Manager’s Report]
A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK, MAYOR. 
          THREE ITEMS. UH, ONE, UH, JUST RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE CLOSING OUT, UH, NATIONAL HISPANIC, UH, HERITAGE MONTH, WHICH RUNS FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, OBVIOUSLY, RECOGNIZING THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANIC AMERICANS, AND, AND IT'S TIME TO COINCIDE WITH THE CELEBRATION OF MEXICO'S DAY OF INDEPENDENCE. 
          UM, THE, UM, THERE ARE STILL EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON. 
          UH, THE FIESTA, UH, PADILLAS CONTINUES THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, SO IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE. 
          UM, THERE ARE POETRY EVENTS, ART DISPLAYS, VIRTUAL EVENTS, UH, THAT ARE COMING UP. 
          AND THE CALENDAR EVENTS ARE ON. 
          GET CREATIVE SAN ANTONIO.COM. 
          UH, SECONDLY, UM, IT'S A NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK THAT RUNS, UH, THROUGH OCTOBER 11TH. 
          UH, THIS WEEK WE TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE TEAM MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT, UM, SERVE AND SUPPORT OUR CUSTOMERS, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY. 
          EXTERNALLY. 
          UM, AND OBVIOUSLY CUSTOMER SERVICE IS A HUGE PART OF WHAT WE DO, UH, THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION. 
          ON MONDAY, I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEND SOME TIME AT THE, UH, 3 1 1 CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER AND, AND REALLY THANK, UM, THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, AS I WAS THERE, JUST WERE RECEIVING ALL KINDS OF CALLS. 
          I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE CITY REALLY WELL. 
          AND, UM, AND, AND MY HAT OFF TO, UM, UH, OUR 3 1 1 CUSTOMER SERVICE EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY ARE, UH, THE JACK OF ALL TRADES, FROM COVID HOTLINE TO TRASH PICKUP, TO WHAT TIME DOES THE ZOO OPEN UP? UM, IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S AMAZING TO, TO SIT THERE AND WATCH THEM. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, MAYOR. 
          UM, SECONDLY, YOU KNOW, LAST MONTH, I, I, UH, DECIDED THAT WE WERE GONNA TRY TO INCORPORATE, UM, SOME SUCCESS STORIES FROM OUR TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM, UH, INTO OUR WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS. 
          UM, AND SO TODAY'S VIDEO, UM, IS REALLY ABOUT A, A, A WOMAN, EMMA MARTINEZ, WHO IS GOING THROUGH THE PROGRAM. 
          SHE IS, UM, COMPLETED HER TRAINING COURSES AND IS WORKING, UH, WITH HER CASE MANAGER ON JOB READINESS AND JOB PLACEMENT. 
          I THINK IT'S A GREAT REMINDER. 
          WE HAVE HAD, UH, TO DATE MORE THAN 11,000 RESIDENTS, UH, THAT HAVE INQUIRED ABOUT THE PROGRAM, 7,500, UH, THROUGH THE INTAKE. 
          WE HAVE 3,500 THAT ARE ENROLLED. 
          UM, AND SO IT'S CONTINUING TO MOVE, UM, THROUGH THE TRAINING, BOTH LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM. 
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AND, UM, I, I WANNA THANK, UM, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS THROUGH THAT EFFORT, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT JUST THE CITY. 
          IT'S, IT'S ALL OF US TOGETHER. 
          SO LET'S ROLL THE VIDEO. 
          WELL, MY NAME IS EMMA MARTINEZ. 
          I WENT OUT FOR MATERNITY LEAVE, BUT WHILE I WAS OUT, THIS PANDEMIC STARTED AND IT GOT WORSE AND WORSE. 
          SO, WHERE I USED TO WORK CLOSED, AND THEN I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GO BACK. 
          I SIGNED UP FOR, UM, PHLEBOTOMIST. 
          IT'S JUST NOT, NOT ONLY THE TRAINING, IT'S, I'M GETTING PAID FOR COMING TO SCHOOL. 
          THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY HELPED ON EVERYTHING. 
          IF I NEED TRANSPORTATION, THEY GET ME TRANSPORTATION, UM, DAYCARE FOR MY KIDS, THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT, A LOT, A LOT OF HELP FOR ME. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, LIKE, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO, TO START YOUR CAREER OR TO START WORKING ON YOUR FUTURE, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR FAMILY, YOUR KIDS. 
          SO TWO THINGS WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON, ON MS. MARTINEZ. 
          UM, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT, UM, WE WILL, UM, GET HER PLACED. 
          AND I DID WANNA RECOGNIZE AND COUNCILMAN BRAVO, THAT WAS ANN INGLE HURT FROM, UH, DELL VIEW, WHO WAS TEACHING THAT COURSE. 
          . 
          THANKS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, TIME IS 11:36 AM ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2021. 
          OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION, UM, IS NOW RECESSED UNTIL OUR 1:00 PM UH, PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          UH, CONTINUED PATIENCE. 
          THE TIME IS 1:08 PM COUNSEL IS GOING TO RECONVENE NOW, UM, FOR OUR U D C PRESENTATION. 
          UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN, LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND GET A ROLL. 
          MADAM CLERK, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BELI. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          MAYOR NIERENBERG HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY. 
          TIME IS 1:09 PM AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RESUME OUR COUNCIL MEETING. 
          [15. Briefing on the 5-year UDC amendment process, procedures, and timeline. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Michael Shannon, Director, Development Services Department]]
UH, I THINK I'M TURNING IT OVER TO ROD SANCHEZ TO GET US STARTED. 
          YEAH, THIS IS JUST THE BRIEFING ON, UH, OUR U D C PROCESS. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE DO EVERY FIVE YEARS, UH, PER THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AFTERNOON, IS JUST KINDA WALK YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THE SUBMITTAL PROCESS, UH, HOW THESE AMENDMENTS ARE VETTED AND, AND CONSIDERED, UH, BY THE VARIOUS COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES, UH, BEFORE THEY'RE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL. 
          SO, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MIKE SHANNON. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANKS ROD. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, SO, UH, I'M GLAD TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AT THIS TIME JUST TO KINDA WALK YOU THROUGH. 
          AGAIN. 
          UM, I'VE TALKED TO MANY OF YOU ALREADY. 
          UH, WE, WE, WE TALKED TO THE, UM, UH, PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO IN PREPARATION FOR THIS. 
          BUT THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, ONE OF OUR, UM, UM, IMPORTANT CODES THAT DRIVES, UH, OUR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. 
          UH, AS ROD MENTIONED, EVERY FIVE YEARS, UH, WE DO THIS UPDATE. 
          THE CODE TELLS US TO DO THIS UPDATE, AND I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THAT TODAY AND, UH, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH IT. 
          SO, UH, SEE IF I CAN GET THE POWERPOINT ON THE SCREEN. 
          I'LL KIND OF WAIT FOR THAT. 
          I DON'T SEE ANYBODY DO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          DO YOU ALL SEE THE POWERPOINT ON YOUR COMPUTERS? NO. 
          NO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AV SUPPORT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          . 
          ALL RIGHT, THANKS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO, UM, LEMME JUST WALK THROUGH AGAIN, OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. 
          UH, AGAIN, WE DO THIS EVERY FIVE YEARS. 
          IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE ZEROS AND FIVES. 
          OF COURSE, WE HAD, UH, WE PAUSED IT LAST YEAR, I THINK, RIGHTFULLY SO, UH, DUE TO THE PRIORITIES OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS A, THIS IS A YEAR LONG PROCESS. 
          UH, BUT LEMME STEP BACK AGAIN. 
          UH, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IS CHAPTER 35 OF OUR CITY CODE. 
          AND I THINK YOU ALL KNOW WE HAVE THE CITY CHARTER. 
          WE HAVE, UH, ABOUT 40 CHAPTERS OF OUR CITY CODE AND WIDE VARIETY OF THINGS. 
          THIS IS ONE SPECIFIC CHAPTER, CHAPTER 35, 20 YEARS AGO. 
          IN, IN 2001 WAS THE MAJOR UPDATE THAT CREATED THE CURRENT, UH, VERSION AND STRUCTURE OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. 
          WE HAD SOME DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, OF COURSE, UH, BEFORE THAT. 
          BUT THE CURRENT VERSION OF IT, THE FORMAT, UH, STRUCTURE, 
          [02:20:01]
UH, UH, WAS, UH, 20 YEARS AGO IN 2001. 
          THE PURPOSE IS REALLY TO IMPLEMENT, UH, THE CITY'S POLICIES AND CREATE REGULATIONS THAT MATCH UP WITH OUR PLANS. 
          YOU KNOW, THE COMP PLAN, MASTER PLAN, ESSAY TOMORROW, CLIMATE PLAN, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN, ET CETERA. 
          UH, AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE GONNA BE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT, UH, THAT WE REVIEW PROJECTS FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENT-WISE. 
          AND I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE NOW, THIS UPCOMING YEAR, BASICALLY OCTOBER THROUGH OCTOBER, UH, OCTOBER WHEN IT STARTED. 
          UH, SO WE'RE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS. 
          WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR OTHER DEVELOPMENT RELATED CODES. 
          SO THE OTHER CODES THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO WHEN YOU BUILD A BUILDING, BUILD A HOUSE, BUILD A NEW RETAIL SHOPPING CENTER, UM, APARTMENT COMPLEX, YOU RENOVATE YOUR HOME. 
          WE HAVE, UH, 11 OTHER RELATED CODES THAT ARE IN MOSTLY CHAPTER 10. 
          BUT, UM, UH, WE HAVE OUR BUILDING CODE, OUR FIRE CODE, ELECTRICAL CODE, PLUMBING ENERGY CODE. 
          UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OUR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, WHICH IS OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, UH, CODE THAT DEALS WITH MOST OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
          UH, WE ARE ALSO GONNA BE LOOKING AT THE SIGN AND BILLBOARD CODE, WHICH IS CHAPTER 28. 
          SO IT'S GONNA BE A BUSY YEAR, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          WE HAVE TEAMS, UH, THAT ARE GONNA BE FACILITATING THIS PROCESS THROUGH MANY COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS. 
          UH, BUT IT, IT'S GOOD. 
          WE'VE NEVER DONE IT ALL TOGETHER AT ONCE. 
          IT JUST SO HAPPENS, IT, IT, IT, UH, LINED UP THIS WAY. 
          BUT THAT'S A GOOD THING. 
          EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LOT OF WORK, IT'S GOOD BECAUSE WE DEVELOP THE LAND, WE GET IT SUBDIVIDED. 
          WE HAVE ALL THESE HORIZONTAL REGULATIONS, IF YOU WILL. 
          WELL, WE ALSO GONNA BE LOOKING AT THE VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR SAFE STRUCTURES IN OUR, UH, OUR CITY. 
          UH, SO THAT'LL BE HAPPENING AS WELL. 
          BUT I'M GONNA FOCUS THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION ON, UH, THE U D C. 
          SO, REMEMBER, UH, MANY OF YOU KNOW THIS, UH, BUT JUST TO GO OVER, UH, FOR EVERYONE, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE HAS, UH, SUBDIVISION PLATTING REGULATIONS. 
          WE HAVE THE ZONING, OF COURSE, IN AN HOUR. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE ZONING, UH, UH, CASES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          SO YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT. 
          UH, BUT ALL THOSE RULES ARE IN THERE. 
          WE HAVE SPECIFIC RULES. 
          REMEMBER, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE, UH, WE CREATED AN ORDINANCE FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS, RIGHT? UH, STILL A BIG ISSUE WAS, UH, SOMETHING WE, WE PASSED, UH, A COUPLE YEARS BACK. 
          UH, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING REGULATIONS OR INCENTIVES ARE ALREADY IN THE CODE. 
          WE KNOW AND EXPECT THERE'LL BE MORE, UH, UH, THAT WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          UH, BUT EVERYTHING, UH, ON THE LIST THERE, STREET AND STORMWATER DESIGN STANDARDS, OF COURSE, HISTORIC PRESERVATION REGULATIONS, UH, THAT OUR OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UH, UTILIZES IN THIS CODE AS WELL IN THIS CHAPTER. 
          UH, 35 U D C. 
          AND THEN, UH, TREE TREE ORDINANCE. 
          THE TREE ORDINANCE IS, THIS IS WHERE, UH, WHERE IT LANDS. 
          SO, A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER. 
          SO, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK IN FRONT OF US. 
          NOW, THE PROCESS, WE HAVE TO HAVE A DEFINED PROCESS. 
          THE CODE ITSELF DEFINES IT. 
          AND, UH, AS I MENTIONED, EVERY FIVE YEARS, WE'RE JUST A YEAR OFF BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          BUT THE CODE REALLY TELLS US WE NEED TO, EVERY FIVE YEARS LOOK AT THIS DOCUMENT AND THE REGULATIONS, BECAUSE, UH, THINGS HAPPEN. 
          THE WORKABILITY, UH, EFFICIENCY OF CODES AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          WE NEED TO ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY DEVELOPMENT COSTS. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          WE KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR THEMES IN OUR, IN OUR CITY, UH, MAJOR CHALLENGES IN OUR CITY. 
          UH, NOT JUST OUR CITY, BUT NATIONWIDE. 
          BUT, UM, THAT'LL BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION, I'M SURE. 
          AND, UH, WHAT IF THERE ARE STATE LAW CHANGES? WE HAVE TO, UH, RE REACT TO ANY STATE LAW CHANGES OVER THE LAST, UH, LEGISLATIVE CYCLE. 
          UH, AND THE, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS SLIDE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME, WHO CAN, UH, SUBMIT A CODE CHANGE PROPOSAL? THE SHORT ANSWER IS, ANYONE REALLY, IT'S ANYONE CAN SUBMIT. 
          UH, I HAVE A TEAM LED BY MELISSA RAMIREZ, WHO'S WITH ME. 
          UH, WE HAVE A TEAM DEDICATED THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO ASSIST GROUPS, UH, WHETHER IT BE CITY STAFF, OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WHETHER IT BE ZONING, PLANNING, B O A, ET CETERA, H D R C, EXTERNAL PARTIES, NEIGHBORHOODS, BUSINESSES, UH, INDIVIDUALS, UH, CERTAINLY CITY COUNCIL. 
          WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU ON SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. 
          I'M SURE THERE'LL BE MORE. 
          UH, BUT REALLY IT CAN BE INITIATED BY ANYBODY. 
          AND WHAT OUR JOB IS TO HELP YOU, UH, IDENTIFY WHOEVER IT IS, UH, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT CODE CHANGE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, HELP YOU, UH, IDENTIFY AND WHERE THAT WOULD BE LOCATED IN THE CODE. 
          AND EVEN IF YOU NEED TO HELP WRITE THAT CODE SECTION, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WRITING CODES AND MODIFYING CODES AND THAT STUFF. 
          SO WE'LL HELP YOU WITH THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT? UH, WE MAY NOT EVEN AGREE WITH YOUR CODE CHANGE PROPOSAL, BUT WE'LL HELP YOU AT LEAST GET IT INTO THE PROCESS. 
          SO YOU'LL HAVE, YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF DEFENDING IT, UH, THROUGHOUT, UH, THE, THE, THE PROCESS, UM, KIND OF TELLS US HOW WE, YOU KNOW, WHAT BUCKET WE PUT THESE IN. 
          SOME, SOME CODE CHANGES ARE REALLY JUST EDITS OR CLARIFICATIONS. 
          SOME OF THOSE GRAY AREA, THE AREAS OF THE CODES THAT WE DEBATE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, MY TEAM AND I, WE MAY BE LOOKING AT A REGULATION, UH, AND WE'RE REVIEWING A PROJECT FOR IT. 
          UH, WE HAVE TO INTERPRET ITEMS. SO WE'VE ISSUED SOME, WHAT WE CALL RULE INTERPRETATION, UH, DECISIONS. 
          SO THOSE HAVE TO BE, UH, BROUGHT UPFRONT. 
          NOW, ANYTHING ELSE, THERE MAY BE A BIGGER CHANGE, MAYBE MORE POLICY CHANGE. 
          THOSE CAN ALSO BE CONSIDERED, THERE'S AN EXTRA STEP IN THE PROCESS. 
          THE PLANNING COMMISSION ITSELF WOULD REVIEW 
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THAT AND HAVE TO TAKE UP AND APPROVE AND SPONSOR THAT TYPE OF AMENDMENT, UH, TO HAVE IT GO, UH, TO THE FOLLOWING STEPS. 
          OKAY? AND THAT'S ALL BUILT INTO THE PROCESS. 
          IT HAPPENS, UH, EVERY FIVE YEARS. 
          UM, UH, SO WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF ALL THESE. 
          SO JUST TO KIND OF REFLECT, UH, SIX YEARS AGO, WE HAD JUST UNDER 300, UH, AMENDMENTS THAT WE, THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO US, UH, FOR US TO HELP FACILITATE THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          UH, ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 200 WERE ACTUALLY APPROVED IN ONE, IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, UH, AND PUT INTO THE UPDATED CODE. 
          AND, AND WE, WE, WE THINK THIS YEAR, BASED ON TALKING WITH, UH, A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS, A LOT OF GROUPS, UH, THAT THEY'LL LIKELY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, MAYBE A LOT MORE, I'M NOT SURE. 
          UH, BUT WE KNOW THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT, UH, THIS GO AROUND IS PROBABLY HIGHER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN. 
          AND THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING. 
          UH, SO AGAIN, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE AS THEY COME IN AND, UH, AND WORK THOSE THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          HERE'S THE PROCESS. 
          IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TIMELINE. 
          WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THAT FIRST, UH, BUBBLE WHERE WE, WE CAN START ACCEPTING, UH, AMENDMENTS. 
          WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED THAT PROCESS BASICALLY BETWEEN NOW OCTOBER ONE AND FEBRUARY ONE. 
          WE, THE CITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, MY TEAM, WE ARE OUT EDUCATING, OUTREACHING, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE TIME, IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA OR A RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND THE CODE. 
          UH, FEBRUARY ONE IS THE DEADLINE. 
          WE, WE HOPE, UH, NOT EVERYBODY WAITS TILL, UH, THE END OF JANUARY OR FEBRUARY ONE. 
          UH, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE, UH, SUBMITTED INTERNALLY WHERE WE'RE VIEWING, UH, AND WE'LL START POSTING THOSE ON OUR WEBSITE AS THEY COME IN, UH, ALONG WITH THE JUSTIFICATIONS, UH, THAT ARE SUBMITTED WITH THOSE. 
          SO, RIGHT NOW, OCTOBER TO FEBRUARY ONE, THAT'S A BIG KEY, UM, UH, TIMELINE. 
          SO IF ANYONE HAS THEM, UH, GET 'EM IN BEFORE THE DEADLINE. 
          AFTER THAT, WE JUST START GOING THROUGH FEBRUARY, MARCH, UH, THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND START REVIEWING EACH AND EVERY ONE THROUGH THOSE COMMITTEES, UH, TO SEE, UM, IF IT'S ACTUALLY AN EDIT OR CLARIFYING OR A MAJOR POLICY ISSUE. 
          AND THEN DEBATING THE ISSUE AND, AND GOING THROUGH, UH, THE PROCESS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO, UH, MAKE OUR CODE BETTER. 
          UH, AGAIN, THROUGH, UH, THE SPRING AND SUMMER TIMES, A LOT MORE MEETINGS. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, HALF DAY AND DAY LONG MEETINGS, AT LEAST EVERY WEEK. 
          UH, UM, IT'LL, IT'LL LIKELY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. 
          UH, THOSE MEETINGS WILL ALL BE LIVE STREAMED. 
          UH, AND, AND FROM OUR BUILDING, WE'LL HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS OUTREACH. 
          I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT THE GOAL HERE IS THAT ABOUT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE BRINGING THIS TO THE APPROPRIATE, UH, COUNCIL COMMITTEES. 
          AND, AND MY GOAL IS TO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO AN UPDATED U D C TO THIS BODY, UH, UH, ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW. 
          SO, UH, WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW? UM, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED WITH ALL OF YOU IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM ABOUT THE PROCESS. 
          SO YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN KIND OF TALKING, UH, CERTAINLY TO YOU OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          WE'VE MET WITH ALL OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WHETHER IT BE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, ET CETERA. 
          UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY'LL BE VERY INVOLVED WITH THIS PROCESS. 
          UH, WE'VE ALSO PRESENTED, STARTED PRESENTING TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. 
          UH, WE DID MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, I BELIEVE IT WAS A WEEK OR TWO AGO. 
          UH, AND WE'RE WILLING AND ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          UH, ANYBODY THAT ASKED. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE MEETINGS WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TASK FORCE. 
          WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED, UH, IN A COUPLE WEEKS WITH OUR TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION, UH, TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. 
          UH, WE HAVE SOME, SOME D S D ACADEMIES. 
          THOSE ARE, UH, ACTUALLY SATURDAY MORNING SESSIONS IN OUR BUILDING, UH, FREE OF CHARGE, OF COURSE, BUT WE'LL GO OVER, UH, SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS, UH, BUT BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND HELP PEOPLE THROUGH. 
          WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AND THERE'S THREE UP THERE RIGHT NOW. 
          WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE, UH, THAT'S NOT FINALIZED YET. 
          UH, THAT'LL HAPPEN, UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE FEBRUARY ONE AS WELL. 
          BUT THESE ARE NIGHTTIME COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE WE'LL GET OUT AND TALK ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AND HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, UH, AND, AND, AND TAKE ANYTHING THAT THEY HAVE IN TERMS OF, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. 
          SO, A LITTLE BIT MORE ON OUR OUTREACH. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CALL IT FOUR PHASED OUTREACH, BUT YOU KNOW, REALLY RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT THE PROCESS. 
          EDUCATING PEOPLE, JUST LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          UH, A LOT OF EMAIL BLASTS, A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS, LIKE I SAID. 
          AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, A LOT, A LOT MORE OF THE SAME. 
          WE'LL BE USING THE ESSAY SPEAK UP, UH, PROCESS, WORKING WITH G P A AND, AND MY INTERNAL TEAM, UH, ALL THROUGHOUT IT, KEEPING EVERYBODY INFORMED OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          AND CERTAINLY YOU AND YOUR STAFF AS WELL ARE, ARE, WILL BE PART OF THAT PROCESS, UH, WITH MONTHLY BRIEFINGS, ET CETERA. 
          UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, PHASE FOUR IS THE LAST ONE. 
          ONCE WE GET A NEW CODE, WE GET A TRAIN UP ON IT TO MAKE SURE, UH, THE PROJECTS FOLLOW THE NEW UPDATED CODE. 
          WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED WEBSITE. 
          I'M, I'M FINISHING UP HERE. 
          WE HAVE A DEDICATED WEBSITE, UH, ON, ON, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PAGE, WHERE WE'RE GONNA TRACK EVERYTHING. 
          IT'S ALREADY UP, IT HAS A CALENDAR OF EVENTS. 
          IT ALREADY HAS A COUPLE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN LOOK WHO SUBMITTED WHAT, WHAT THEIR REASONING WAS. 
          AND WE'LL BE TRACKING THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR LONG PROCESS. 
          UM, SO A LOT OF RESOURCES THERE, A LOT OF INFORMATION, CONTACTS, ET CETERA. 
          UM, WE ALSO, BECAUSE THIS IS DIGITAL, WE ALSO HAVE SUBMITTED 
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A LOT OF INFORMATION, NON-DIGITAL, UH, TO LIBRARIES, SENIOR CENTERS. 
          UH, I THINK WE'VE, UH, SHARED IT WITH YOUR, UM, UH, YOUR OFFICES, YOUR FIELD OFFICES. 
          IF WE'VE MISSED ONE OF YOUR FIELD OFFICES. 
          I DON'T THINK WE HAVE. 
          BUT IF WE DID, WE WILL GET YOU SOME OF THOSE, UH, HAND, UH, HAND PRINTED OUT ITEMS AND MATERIALS, UH, 'CAUSE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP EVERYBODY, UH, ENGAGED, WHETHER YOU'RE, UH, CAN, YOU KNOW, GET THE, GET ON THE WEBSITE OR NOT. 
          SO THAT'S A VERY, UH, QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS. 
          IT'S GONNA BE A LONG YEAR, UH, WITH A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, BUT IT'S WELL WORTH IT. 
          WE ALWAYS END UP WITH, UH, WHAT I CONSIDER A MUCH BETTER CODE, UH, USABLE CODE, AND IT REALLY GIVES US A CHANCE TO CONTINUE TO TIE INTO THE CITY'S, UH, MAIN POLICIES. 
          SO WITH THAT, UH, MY TEAM AND I ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THE U D C OR THE PROCESS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, MIKE, UM, AND THIS IS OUR LONG AWAITED, UH, MUCH ANTICIPATED TIME OF, UH, THE CODE MAKING SEASON. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR UNFOLDING AND HEARING THE GREAT INPUT FROM NOT ONLY CITY STAFF, BUT OUR COMMUNITY ON IMPROVING OUR CODE, WHICH, UH, GENERALLY IS THE SOURCE OF ALL COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET IN THE CITY, UH, TO OUR COUNCIL OFFICES AND, AND OTHERS, UH, DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 
          SO, IMPROVING, CLARIFYING, REINTERPRETING, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THE NEW WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE. 
          SO, UH, FIRST THING I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE IS THIS, UH, ROSTER THAT I THINK WE JUST GOT. 
          UM, IS THIS THE FINAL ROSTER, MIKE? UH, FOR THE, FOR THE P TAC? THAT'S THE CURRENT, UH, P TTAC MEMBERSHIP ROSTER. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ONE THAT WILL BE, UM, WILL BE USED. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S THE PTAC. 
          THEY DO A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING OF THE LIFTING OF THE TECHNICAL DEBATES. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND RESEARCH. 
          YES. 
          UM, AND THEN I, I, DID WE GIVE THEM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL? OKAY. 
          PLANNING COMMISSION ROSTER, CURRENT ROSTER. 
          YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THAT. 
          THOSE HAVE SOME TERMS, UH, THAT ARE EXPIRING. 
          SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR SOME NEW MEMBERS OF THE PTAC, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, UH, I KNOW THAT THIS COMMITTEE'S CRITICAL, UH, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF THEIR TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO, UH, THEIR GENERAL, UM, WILLINGNESS TO SERVE BECAUSE IT'S INTENSIVE WORK. 
          SO IF, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS FROM FOLKS, WHERE SHOULD THEY DIRECT THAT SUGGESTIONS WOULD COME TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, FIRST AND FOREMOST. 
          OKAY. 
          SO MYSELF OR, OR, OR MELISSA OR RAMIREZ. 
          UH, THE WEBSITE THAT I HAVE AND THE HANDOFFS HAVE SOME DIRECT LINK CONTACTS, PHONE NUMBERS. 
          UH, BUT THAT'S OUR JOB RIGHT NOW AS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF, IS TO COLLECT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, WHETHER IT BE QUESTIONS, PROPOSED IDEAS FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, OR ACTUAL AMENDMENTS. 
          WHAT ABOUT, UH, POTENTIAL VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE SA? SAME THING. 
          SAME THING. 
          YOU CAN EITHER WORK WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND OR THE CITY CLERK IF IT'S ON ACTUAL PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          UH, SO, UH, WE'RE REALLY JUST TRYING TO DIRECT EVERYBODY TO US, AND WE'LL FILTER THEM INTO GOT IT. 
          GET 'EM IN THE PROCESS. 
          AND, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ASSIGNED THE PTAC AND OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO BE INVOLVED. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS, ABILITY TO COMMENT, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS, AND THEN LIVE, LIVE STREAMING OF THE MEETINGS AS WELL. 
          WELL, I, I, I DO WANT TO JUST SAY THAT THIS LIST OF FOLKS THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT US THIS TIME IS VASTLY IMPROVED FROM THE FIRST DRAFT, UH, IN TERMS OF DIVERS DIVERSITY OF GEOGRAPHY, OF ETHNICITY AND, AND, AND, UH, OF GENDER. 
          SO, UH, A GREAT LIST TO START, AT LEAST. 
          UH, AND, AND FOLKS THAT MANY OF WHOM I RECOGNIZE WHO ARE GONNA DO GREAT WORK, SO GOOD JOB ON WHOEVER WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LEAD ON PUTTING TOGETHER THE ROSTER FOR THE PTAC. 
          UH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD, UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO DISCUSSION IS THAT, UH, ERIC AND I HAD A INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, UH, WHO IS, UH, TOOK A LOT OF TIME TO, TO, UH, RENOVATE, REDEVELOP, RECONSTRUCT A RESTAURANT. 
          AND THROUGH HIS EXPERIENCES WITH OUR CODE AND HOW IT'S INTERPRETED AND HOW IT'S PERMITTED AND ULTIMATELY INSPECTED AND APPROVED, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF LEARNING, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THINGS ON OUR END. 
          SO, UM, ARE THERE'S, ARE THERE GONNA BE COMMITTEES FORMED, UH, THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN INDUSTRIES OR TO PARTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WHERE WE CAN KIND OF GET THAT FEEDBACK? 'CAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE, THOSE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, THOSE, UM, RESTAURANT OWNERS, FOR INSTANCE, THAT MIGHT HAVE THOSE EXPERIENCES TO SHARE THAT HELP US IDENTIFY WHERE WE CAN MAKE CODE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO YEAH, THE, THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE LOOK FOR THE FEEDBACK OF OUR CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH IT BIG AND SMALL TO HELP, UH, ADDRESS, WHETHER IT BE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS, EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, BUT, OR THINGS THAT THEY, FROM THEIR, THEIR POINT OF VIEW OR THEIR EXPERIENCE, MAYBE THINGS IN THE CODE THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UH, WE, WE ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE THROUGH EVERY CUSTOMER THAT COMES THROUGH OUR BUILDING. 
          UH, WE ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE OUT, THEY'RE ON OUR EMAIL BLAST LIST, OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE COMMUNICATE WITH THEM SO WE'LL, WE'LL WELCOME ANY OF THOSE, ESPECIALLY EXPERIENCED USERS. 
          UH, WE MEET WITH ALL DIFFERENT BUSINESS COMMUNITY GROUPS, WHETHER IT'S SMALL BUSINESS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND LARGE. 
          SO I HOPE THAT ONE PERSON THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS, IS, IS PLUGGED INTO ONE OF THOSE, OR AT LEAST ON 
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OUR LIST, IF NOT, MAYBE, UH, YOU AND ERIC CAN GIVE ME THAT PERSON, UH, AND I'LL REACH OUT AND MAKE SURE WE WILL. 
          I THINK YOU KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS. 
          UM, AND, AND I WANTED TO PASS ALONG THE COMPLIMENTS THAT HE GAVE US ON, ON YOU AND YOUR TEAM COMING OUT, UH, MELISSA CAT, UH, YOU, MIKE, AND, AND HOW YOU WERE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THE PROBLEMS. BUT IF WE CAN USE THOSE EXPERIENCES TO PREVENT YOU FROM HAVING TO GO OUT THERE. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GOOD INTENTIONS THAT WE HAVE AS POLICY MAKERS SOMETIMES DIE ON THE WAY TO BEING, UH, PERMITTED DEVELOPMENTS. 
          AND, AND THAT'S THE BREAKDOWN WE WANT TO, WE WANNA SOLVE FOR. 
          AND, AND I THINK THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT IN THIS NEXT REVISION. 
          SO, UM, ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER 15 ON OUR AGENDA. 
          SO IF YOU'VE TAPPED INTO A DIFFERENT ITEM, I DON'T SEE YOU, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN A QUEUE AT THIS POINT, AND I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF COMMENTS, UH, FOR THIS ITEM. 
          SO LET ME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR RESPONDING TO SO MANY OF THE, UH, QUESTIONS THAT I SENT YOU IN ADVANCE. 
          I, I WILL SHARE SOME OF THOSE WITH, UH, WITH MY COLLEAGUES AT THIS TIME. 
          ONE OF THEM IS THAT YOU ARE EXPANDING THE LIST OF, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETINGS THAT YOU'RE HAVING, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. 
          I THINK ON THE E UH, ON THE PRESENTATION THAT I SHOW, THOSE ARE CONFIRMED DATES. 
          UM, I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE THAT'S ALMOST CONFIRMED. 
          I THINK WE SENT THAT TO YOU. 
          AND, UH, AS SOON AS THAT IS, WE'LL HAVE THAT UP ON OUR CALENDAR. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, OUT OUTREACH AND ADVERTISE FOR IT. 
          AND THOSE WON'T BE THE ONLY FOUR THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 
          THAT'S JUST MORE THE FOUR FOR THIS FIRST PHASE. 
          UH, WE FULLY EXPECT, UH, AND WILL NEED MORE COMMUNITY, UH, UH, OUTREACH COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THE EVENINGS IN PERSON AND OR VIRTUAL, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO KIND OF KEEP EVERYBODY, UH, CONNECTED. 
          THE, THE OTHER ONE IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, SOMETHING THE, THE MAYOR MENTIONED. 
          UM, I, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT IF WE DO HAVE AN AUDIENCE THAT ALREADY HAS ENGAGED WITH, REACHED OUT TO US, UH, REGARDING CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CODE, UM, THEY MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, RIGHT? IS THERE A WAY TO CONNECT THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A DATABASE OF, OR YOU CERTAINLY HAVE A DATABASE OF PERMIT APPLICANTS, BUT A DATABASE OF, OF CERTAIN ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP. 
          BECAUSE, BECAUSE I SEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF OUTREACH, UM, IT'S, IT LOOKS LIKE A SCATTERSHOT APPROACH, AND I DEFINITELY THINK YOU WANT TO PUBLICIZE IT WIDELY. 
          BUT I WOULD ALSO ADVISE THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT AUDIENCES FOR DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS, AND THAT WE WILL NEED TO HAVE A TAILORED APPROACH. 
          SO MAYBE IF YOU END UP HAVING, THEY'RE ALL NODDING, YES, WE KNOW THIS, WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. 
          IF YOU NEED TO HAVE MAYBE THREE WORKSHOPS FOR RESTAURANT OWNERS, OR FOUR WORKSHOPS FOR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE INDUSTRIES ARE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, GREATLY APPRECIATED BY ME AND CERTAINLY MORE, MORE HELPFUL TO THE DEVELOPMENT, THE CODE. 
          AND THEN, UM, THIRDLY, I WILL GO TO THE LIST OF, UM, OF THE P TAC MEMBERS. 
          IS IT PC TAC OR P TAC PC TECH? RIGHT. 
          UH, IT'S TECHNICALLY PLANNING COMMISSION'S TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BUT, UH, I THINK FOR SURE PEOPLE JUST REFER TO IT AS P TAC. 
          P TAC. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THAT IN SLIDE THREE OF THE, THE LIST WHERE YOU SAY INCLUDES DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR WAY AT THE BOTTOM, THE LAST BULLET SAYS TREES, AQUIFER, ET CETERA. 
          UM, SO IT SORT OF FEELS LIKE ANYTHING THAT'S ENVIRONMENTAL GETS THROWN INTO THIS LAST BUCKET, AND WE COULDN'T EVEN COME UP WITH THREE OF THEM BEFORE WE PUT ET CETERA. 
          AND THEN I LOOK AT THE LIST OF THE PTAC MEMBERSHIP, AND I SEE THAT THERE IS REALLY ONLY ONE PLACE FOR IT. 
          'CAUSE THERE IS A PRIMARY AND AN ALTERNATE. 
          UM, AND IN FACT, THAT PLACE IS SPLIT WITH HISTORIC, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE GONNA FIND THAT'S AN EXPERT IN TREE REGULATION, UH, WATER CONSERVATION, AQUIFER PROTECTION, UM, GREEN TRANSPORTATION, SUSTAINABILITY IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WHO DESIGNED THIS COMPOSITION, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS REPRESENTATION OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES WILL NOT HELP US MEET THE GOALS OF IMPLEMENTING THIS, THE CLIMATE PLAN IN THIS U D C UPDATE. 
          I SIMPLY DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          UM, WHAT ELSE WAS I GONNA SAY ABOUT, OH, AND CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH HOW THESE MEMBERS ARE SELECTED, PLEASE? SURE. 
          WELL, LET ME, LET ME, UH, I'LL, I'LL HIT THE SECOND QUESTION FIRST, AND MAYBE IF I ADDRESS YOUR FIRST COMMENT. 
          IS THAT OKAY? ALL RIGHT. 
          SO, UH, THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION ITSELF, SO YOU ALL, UM, UH, WE GET PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICANTS, WE ASSIGN, UH, THE NINE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. 
          THE PLANNING COMMISSION ITSELF, UH, CREATED THE PLANNING COMMISSION TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, YEARS AGO. 
          IT'S CODIFIED IN THEIR, BY BYLAWS, UH, TO WORK ON ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF ISSUES. 
          U 
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D C EVERY FIVE YEARS IS THE BIGGEST THING THEY DO. 
          UH, BUT WHETHER IT BE CONSIDERING, UM, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AMENDMENTS OR OTHER TECHNICAL THINGS THEY WANT CONSIDERED BY A DIVERSE GROUP, UH, THEY CREATED THIS, THEY CREATED THIS, AND THE P AND WE GET APPLICATIONS FOR THAT. 
          WE HELP, UH, WE HELP GET APPLICANTS FOR THAT. 
          AND THE, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTUALLY DECIDES ON THESE, THEY VOTE ON IT AND APPROVE IT AS A BODY. 
          SO THAT'S HOW THE P, THE PC TAC OR THE P TTAC IS CREATED. 
          UH, SO AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, THIS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT ONES, INCLUDING MEMBERS FROM THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, WAS DEVELOPED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ITSELF. 
          OKAY? UH, AND, AND, AND I THINK IT, THAT'S, THEY'VE BEEN CODIFIED AND THEIR BYLAWS, AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO ALL THAT. 
          NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T ADD MORE, UH, EXPERTS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 
          AND, AND, AND TO GET TO THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION, UM, WE ARE NOT RELYING, AND I DON'T THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND OF COURSE I KNOW YOU, YOU ALL WOULDN'T, THE, THE, THE FINAL DECISION MAKERS ON, ON AN UPDATED CODE. 
          WE'RE NOT ONLY RELYING ON ONE PARTICULAR PERSON WITH EXPERTISE ON THE P PTECH TO HELP US CREATE SOMETHING. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, MY TEAM AND I, WE GAVE A PRESENTATION TO, UH, SOME OF, UH, THE, THE COMMITTEES AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN COMMITTEES THIS WEEK, RIGHT? THERE ARE BODIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE CODE, RIGHT? WHETHER IT BE, UH, THOSE THAT ARE ADDRESSING CLIMATE ACTION RELATED ISSUES, NATURAL RESOURCES, ENERGY, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, UH, WHICH IS A, THAT'S A BIG BROAD  CATEGORY. 
          UH, SO THEY, WORKING WITH DOUG MELNICK, OUR OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, THEY WILL BE ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT HELPS ONE, BRING AND DISCUSS AND HELP GET APPROPRIATE AMENDMENTS INTO AND THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. 
          THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRE PRESERVATION IS WORKING WITH THE H D R C AND OTHER SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY, ET CETERA, UH, ON VERY SPECIFIC HISTORIC RELATED ONES THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE. 
          UH, SO MY EXAMPLE THERE IS JUST THAT THERE ARE OTHER EXPERTS, UH, THAT WILL BE DEFINITELY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, UH, TO HELP MAKE THIS, UH, MAKE THOSE TYPE OF AMENDMENTS GO THROUGH. 
          SO, BUT TO YOUR POINT, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, AND AGAIN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT EXPERTISE IN EACH AREA, FOCUSED ON THE CITY'S POLICIES THROUGH, YOU KNOW, AS IDENTIFIED BY THE PLANS. 
          LONG ANSWER TO YOUR SHORT COMMENT, SORRY. 
          NO, MIKE, AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          I KNOW THERE WILL BE OTHER BODIES INVOLVED, AND THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT, BUT I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DOUBT THAT THE PC T IS GOING TO PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE BECAUSE THEY WILL. 
          OH, RIGHT. 
          CORRECT. 
          NO, I, I DON'T MEAN TO DIMINISH. 
          I'M NOT GONNA SAY, WELL, YOU DON'T NEED TO PUT A REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL ON HERE, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PUBLIC INPUT FROM THEM, OR YOU DON'T NEED TO PUT A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER ON HERE, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE INPUT FROM THEM OUTSIDE. 
          NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS, THAT THAT WASN'T MY INTENT OF MY, I DON'T WANT TO DOWNPLAY THEIR ROLE. 
          THEY'RE VERY, THEY'RE CRITICAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE ISN'T ANOTHER POINT I, I WANNA MAKE, I WAS SPEAKING TO ONE OF THE MEMBERS ON HERE, AND I SAID, WELL, HOW DO YOU MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS THEY GO FORWARD? ARE THEY, DO YOU COME TO A CONSENSUS OR DO YOU VOTE? AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY VOTE, THEY VOTE A YAY OR NAY. 
          UM, SO WHEN, WHEN YOU VOTE, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS MAJORITY RULES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE REPRESENTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD AND THE HISTORIC FIELD, IT'S ONE OF THEM. 
          WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY IN THIS CITY, MAYBE NOT RECENTLY, OF, OF ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES NOT WINNING THE DAY. 
          AND WHEN WE LINE THIS UP AND WE STACK IT THIS WAY, I HAVE A FEELING THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE. 
          SO AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ROSTER. 
          I KNOW IT'S, WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION. 
          WE DON'T VOTE ON IT. 
          WE DON'T GET TO A POINT THEM, BUT I'M ABSOLUTELY NOT SUPPORTIVE OF A, OF A PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TYPE OF ROSTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, WE, WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOUR CONCERNS, BUT I, I WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT, THAT THE TAC IS A, A RECOMMENDING BODY ONLY TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY, UH, TO REMOVE AN AMENDMENT. 
          UH, SO WE'RE SIMPLY WORKING THE AMENDMENTS THROUGH THEM. 
          THEY GIVE US THEIR INPUT, WE TAKE THAT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          WE TELL THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHAT THEY SAID, BUT WE STILL PROCEED WITH THE AMENDMENTS. 
          UH, AND SAME WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE TAC, NO ONE HAS THE ABILITY OR AUTHORITY TO REMOVE AN AMENDMENT, UH, FROM CONSIDERATION. 
          UH, THEY SIMPLY PROVIDE, ULTIMATELY, COUNSEL WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION. 
          SO IT STILL COMES TO YOU AS A BODY TO DECIDE WHETHER THAT AMENDMENTS A GOOD IDEA OR NOT, OR IF THAT AMENDMENT NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED. 
          SO, UH, YEAH, THE TAC IS, IS A VERY IMPORTANT GROUP. 
          WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE RELY ON THEIR FEEDBACK, UH, BUT, BUT I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO KILL AN AMENDMENT. 
          UH, THEY CAN GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK, BUT IF WE THINK IT'S A IMPORTANT AMENDMENT, WE THINK, 
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YOU KNOW, IT'S ESSENTIAL TO IMPLEMENTING THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, THEN WE'RE GONNA BRING IT FORWARD AND WE'LL TELL YOU HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          MY QUESTION'S BEEN ANSWERED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANT TO ECHO SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS THAT I HAVE ABOUT THE INDUSTRY, UM, GOALS THAT SANDAL SANDOVAL HAS. 
          UM, AS WELL AS I HAVE SOME GENERAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE MAKEUP. 
          UH, CURRENTLY I WAS, YOU GIVE JAYLEN SOME NUMBERS, AND HE'S DOING MATH UP HERE, BUT ABOUT 65% OF THESE MEMBERS COME FROM THE NORTH SIDE. 
          THAT'S 13 OUTTA 20 OF THE PRIMARY MEMBERS, UM, COME FROM DISTRICTS EIGHT, NINE, AND 10. 
          MEANWHILE, I'M LOOKING AT THIS IN DISTRICT. 
          IF WHAT I'M, IF I, IF WHAT I HEARD IS CORRECT, AND MS. CONNIE GONZALEZ ACTUALLY LIVES IN DISTRICT TWO, THEN DISTRICT THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE HAVE NO PRIMARY MEMBERS ON HERE. 
          UM, AND SO CAN YOU PLEASE GO, I KNOW YOU ALREADY ANSWERED THE QUESTION OF HOW MEMBERS WERE SELECTED, BUT CAN YOU GO IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH ABOUT HOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID DECIDE? YEAH, CERTAINLY. 
          UM, SO ANYTIME WE LOOK AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO OUR OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, WE DO A WIDE OUTREACH, UH, THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND OR THE CITY CLERK, NO MATTER, WHICHEVER IT'S GOING FROM. 
          UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE, WE BLAST OUT, UH, INFORMATION ON. 
          WE, WE, WE, WE RECRUIT, TRY TO GET APPLICANTS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S, IT IS, WE NEED APPLICATIONS, RIGHT? I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE APPLIED, AND, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE MOST DIVERSE GROUP OF APPLICANTS, BOTH, UH, GEOGRAPHICALLY EXPERIENCED. 
          I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME CATEGORIES. 
          CERTAINLY, YOU, YOU GOTTA FIT IF YOU'RE A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, YOU HAVE TO BE A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, RIGHT? UM, BUT WE, WE, WE AS A CITY ARE REACHING OUT TO HUNDREDS OF ORGANIZATIONS, UM, UH, THAT WE ARE AWARE OF TO TRY TO GET A BROAD, UH, MAKEUP OF THE GROUP. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT LEADS TO HERE NOW. 
          UM, AND THEN THROUGH THAT, THERE ARE, UH, REVIEWS OF THOSE APPLICATIONS, UH, SIMILAR TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU ALL, UH, I THINK LOOK AT WHEN YOU GET MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS FOR A BOARD OF COMMISSION, UH, THAT RUNS WITH THAT, UH, YOU TRY TO PICK THE BEST THAT MIGHT MEET THE NEEDS OF THIS PARTICULAR GROUP, UH, WHETHER IT BE CATEGORY, UH, WITH SOME DIVERSITY. 
          AND I THINK TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, BUT ALSO TO YOUR POINT, IS, IS IT PERFECTLY GEOGRAPHICALLY REPRESENTED, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, YOU KNOW, 10% IN EACH EACH DISTRICT? NO, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT. 
          BUT I THINK WE'VE MADE A LOT OF STRIDES, UH, TO INCREASE THAT LEVEL OF GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY ALONG WITH, UM, OTHER DIVERSITY MEASURES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, MAKE SURE WE HIT. 
          I'LL SAY IT'S, I, I AGREE IT'S NOT PERFECTLY, UH, GEOGRAPHICALLY REPRESENTATIONAL, BUT IT'S ALSO, I DON'T THINK POSITIVELY GEOGRAPHICALLY REPRESENTATIONAL LIKE I THREE DISTRICTS TO HAVE NO REPRESENTATION, ALL OF WHICH ARE INNER CITY OR SOUTH SIDE. 
          THAT'S A, THAT'S A GLARING PROBLEM. 
          UM, AND I WANNA KNOW WHEN WERE, SO I KNOW THE APPLICATIONS HAD TO HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. 
          WHEN WAS THAT? UH, THE LAST PC, UH, THE LAST PC T UM, APPLICATIONS CAME IN HOW LONG AGO? UM, WE COULD GET YOU THAT, I DON'T HAVE IT ON TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IT WAS LAST YEAR, A YEAR AGO. 
          SEE, THERE WAS A LOT OF CHANGES IN A YEAR, AND WE COULD, I, I REALLY DO THINK THAT IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, WE COULD GET, UM, SOME MORE REPRESENTATION, AND I'M WONDERING, SURE. 
          UM, I AGREE WITH SANDOVAL THAT I, I DON'T THINK I'M ENTIRELY OKAY WITH THIS, UH, ROSTER, AND THERE MAY NOT BE MUCH WE CAN DO. 
          IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO? WELL, WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK AT IT. 
          THE, UH, THE, THE CHALLENGE IN MY HEAD RIGHT NOW IS THEY'RE GIVEN, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GIVEN A TERM, RIGHT? THEY'RE GIVEN A TERM WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE. 
          UM, SOME OF THEM ARE GONNA EXPIRE IN 22, SOME IN 23. 
          UH, I COULD CERTAINLY TAKE THAT BACK, LOOK, LOOK WITH OUR TEAM AND SEE WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE AVAILABLE. 
          UM, I JUST DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN AND GIVE YOU THE WRONG ANSWER, JUST, YOU KNOW, RIGHT HERE. 
          BUT I'LL FOR SURE, I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT FOR SURE. 
          AND THERE MAY NOT, IT MAY NOT BE A, UM, THERE MAY NOT BE AN OBVIOUS OPTION, OR THERE MAY NOT BE AN, AN OPTION THAT SEEMS LIKE THE MOST FAIR THING TO DO. 
          BUT IF THERE IS A WAY TO, IF THERE IS A WAY TO ADJUST, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THAT. 
          EVEN IF IT DOES MEAN REMOVING SOME OF THE APPOINTEES OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER WE CAN DO ON THAT, I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THIS IS NOT, UH, IT'S NOT LIKE LAW. 
          THIS IS NOT A LAW OR ORDINANCE CREATED BY COUNCIL. 
          THESE ARE BYLAWS THAT ARE CREATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          SO THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S FLEXIBILITY. 
          WE CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          WE CAN WORK WITH THEM TO EXPAND THE LIST, UH, ADJUST THE CATEGORIES. 
          SO, SO THERE'S, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. 
          UH, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO IMPEDE THE TIME. 
          WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DELAYED A YEAR, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF AMENDMENTS THAT PEOPLE 
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ARE DYING TO GET THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          UH, BUT, BUT WE CERTAINLY WOULD GO BACK AND WE'LL LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF WE CAN, AND I'M, AND I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE, AND I'M SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT IT HAS BEEN DELAYED ALREADY. 
          BUT THIS IS ALSO, THIS IS A HUGE, THIS IS HUGE, THE U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS. 
          UM, AND I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE MEMBERS OF OUR DISTRICTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO, WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTAKE. 
          AND EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN COME AND THEY CAN GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT'S NOT THE SAME AS BEING A PART OF A, A COMMITTEE LIKE THIS OR THE DISCUSSION AS A VOTING OR VOCAL MEMBER. 
          UM, SO YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER OF GRO, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          THIS IS LIKE A, A YACHTY YEAR FOR US. 
          U D C REDISTRICTING FEDERAL STIMULUS BOND. 
          I'M SO EXCITED. 
          UM, THANK YOU ERIC FOR THAT. 
          UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PLANNING COMMISSION GROW BY FIVE MEMBERS, UH, AND THEN 15 ALTERNATES. 
          I'M JUST GONNA PUT THAT OUT THERE IF YOU CAN DO IT, IF YOU CAN'T. 
          BUT THAT, THAT'S WHERE I'D LIKE TO SEE. 
          DID YOU SAY, UH, DID YOU SAY PLANNING COMMISSION OR THE TECHNICAL ADVISOR? OH, I'M SORRY. 
          THE P THE, THE PLANNING COMM. 
          THE, THE T THET. 
          THE TAC, YEP. 
          THE TAC. 
          OKAY. 
          I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          ALL THESE THINGS AND THEN ALL THESE ACRONYMS. UM, BUT I DO WANNA ADDRESS SOMETHING. 
          UH, PART OF THIS IS AS WE GO OUT AND DO PUBLIC OUTREACH, UM, AND YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE, FOR ME, IS THE FOOD DESERTS AND THE WALKABILITY IS THAT'S GOING TO BE HUGE IN MY DISTRICT AND I THINK CITYWIDE. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          ALSO, THE HOUSING OPTIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE, UM, TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS WE LOOK AT THESE PLANS. 
          AND WE, THEY WANT HOUSING OPTIONS FROM, FOR SALE RENTALS, CONDOS, THINGS LIKE THAT IN MY DISTRICT. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET MORE INPUT FROM, AND THAT'S WHY AS I LOOKED AT THIS, NO, NO DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE, BUT ALSO SOMEONE THAT HAS A LITTLE MORE EXPERTISE ON THAT SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. 
          THAT IS, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COMES UP A LOT AND I THINK HAS INCREASED SINCE THE PANDEMIC, IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THAT MAYBE THEIR, THEIR MOTHER-IN-LAW SUITE CAN, CAN BE A SEN A, A, A THING OF INCOME, AND HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT, UM, AS WE LOOK AT AFFORDABILITY. 
          SO I THINK THAT THIS IS GONNA BE, UM, A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR US. 
          I'M, AND WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE D S D ACADEMIES. 
          I AM READY TO HOST ONE IN THE DISTRICT AFTER YOU GET THROUGH THE FALL TO MAKE SURE THAT MY RESIDENTS ARE, UM, KIND OF INFORMED. 
          BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS WHEN YOU HAVE THESE EVENTS, IF YOU COULD MAYBE TO THE WHOLE DISTRICT, LET, LET US KNOW WHO'S ATTENDING FROM WHAT DISTRICTS, IF IT WAS A POSITIVE INPUT OR IF WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP, IF WE, IF OUR DISTRICT STAFFS OR, OR WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE. 
          BUT MY TEAM WILL BE, WILL BE PUSHING OUT THE D S D ACADEMIES. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THAT IS THE FIRST STEP. 
          AND, UM, YES, IF YOU CAN GET BACK ON THE, UH, TALK AND SEE IF WE CAN EXPAND THAT MEMBERSHIP, I'D BE OPEN FOR THAT. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE A EASY SOLUTION FOR WHAT WE, WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MIKE. 
          WILL DO. 
          COUNCIL OWEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE. 
          UM, A QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOLLOWING UP, COUNCILWOMAN , DO YOU HAVE PROBLEMS MEETING QUORUM WITH THE PC TAC? MM-HMM. 
          ? NO, WE DO NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS JUST WONDERING. 
          SO HOW MANY, AND, AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THERE IS EVERY SPOT HAS AN ALTERNATE. 
          YES. 
          SO THAT'S THE, HAVING AS MANY ALTERNATES IS VERY HELPFUL. 
          SO OF YOUR PRIMARY PARTICIPANTS, HOW MANY TIMES WOULD YOU SAY THAT ALTERNATES HAVE TO BE PRESENT? OH, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS, BUT I, I THINK, I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS AT LEAST AN ALTERNA OR TWO, IF YOU WILL. 
          AND IT, AND IT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE DO TRACK THAT. 
          SO I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME TODAY, BUT, OKAY. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          I THINK THE PRI THE PRIMARY, THE PRIMARY SHOWS UP QUITE A BIT, UH, ON THE PTAC. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I FIGURED, AND SO, UM, I, TO ECHO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES', UM, CONCERNS, SO D FOUR HAS ZERO, BUT I TOLD YOU THIS ALREADY, RIGHT? SO THE PRIMARY OR SECONDARY, UM, SO I'D, I'D BE, I'D COMMIT TO WORK WITH YOU TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMEBODY REPRESENTED. 
          I, I KNOW A RETIRED ENGINEER WHO JUST GIVES US A LOT OF FEEDBACK ALL OF THE TIME. 
          SO, UM, I THINK ERIC WALSH KNOWS WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND SO , UM, I, AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET YOU ON THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THEN I WAS WONDERING THE COST ESTIMATES ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, WHO'S GONNA BE, UH, PUTTING THOSE FORTH, THE COST ESTIMATES ON THE PROPOSED? THANK YOU. 
          YOU, BECAUSE I WAS LISTENING TO MY BOSS , AND IT'S OKAY. 
          HE HAD A GREAT COMMENT. 
          THAT'S A REALLY GOOD ONE. 
          BUT YEAH, YOUR QUESTION IS MORE IMPORTANT. 
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SO THE COST ESTIMATES, ALL RIGHT, ROD, DID YOU HEAR THAT? I'M JUST, ALL RIGHT. 
          COST ESTIMATE. 
          SO, UH, IF YOU, I'LL JUST KINDA GO BACK A LITTLE BIT. 
          THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION A COUPLE YEARS AGO BEFORE WE PAUSED ABOUT, UH, THE REQUIREMENT OR HOW, HOW BIG OF IS COST ESTIMATES OR COST IMPACT ANALYSIS, UH, SHOULD THEY BE REQUIRED ALL THE TIME? OF COURSE, THAT, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN NOW NECESSARILY, BUT, BUT MANY OF THESE WILL, WILL, YOU WILL NOT HAVE A DEBATE ON A, ON A CODE ITEM. 
          SOME, SOME WILL BE OBVIOUS. 
          EVERYBODY WILL LOVE IT, BUT MANY, THERE'LL BE A DEBATE ON WHAT COST VERSUS BENEFIT AND THE COST ESTIMATES. 
          WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE THE PERSON OR GROUP THAT'S MOST EXPERIENCED AND HAS THE EXPERTISE PRESENTING THAT TO US. 
          UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE ASK THEM TO BRING A COST ESTIMATE TO THE DISCUSSION. 
          IF NOT, SOME CITY STAFF WILL DO SOME RESEARCH AND TRY TO PULL THAT TOGETHER WITH OUR EXPERTISE AND CONTACTS. 
          CERTAINLY IF IT'S, IF IT'S CONSTRUCTION RELATED, WE KNOW CONSTRUCTION GROUPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WE CAN HELP ESTIMATE. 
          SO IT'S REALLY, EVERYBODY CAN KIND OF BRING THAT TO THE TABLE. 
          BUT OUR EXPERIENCE, I WILL JUST SHARE THIS WITH YOU, OUR EXPERIENCE, YOU ALL HAVE HEARD THIS IS, UH, THERE MAY BE A DEBATE WHERE, SO ONE GROUP SAYS, REALLY, IT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS COST, AND THE OTHER ONE SAYS IT'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS COST. 
          AND WE TRY TO, CITY STAFF WILL TRY TO, UM, OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT IS REAL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE FORMS AND YOU COULD SUBMIT YOUR OWN COST ESTIMATE MM-HMM. 
          , AND I GUESS DEPENDING ON HOW YOU ARE SOURCING CERTAIN THINGS OR, UM, APPLYING CERTAIN, UH, PRINCIPLES, RIGHT? YOU MIGHT GET A DIFFERENT COST ESTIMATE. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTUALLY GOING AND, AND DOUBLE CHECKING SOMEBODY'S MATH BECAUSE WE SAW THAT EVEN, YOU KNOW, OUR EXPERTS GET THEIR MATH WRONG. 
          LIKE, COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ POINTED OUT YESTERDAY. 
          I DIDN'T, I, OKAY. 
          , YOU MISSED THAT. 
          AND THAT'S MIKE. 
          MIKE, YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION, MAN. 
          I, I THINK THE, UH, I THINK THE PROCESS HAS, HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT IT. 
          AND, AND, AND REALLY MY GOAL IS WHEN, WHEN I BRING A RECOMMENDED UPDATED CODE OR SET OF CODE AMENDMENTS TO THIS GROUP, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AS MUCH INFORMATION. 
          HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY, UH, ON COST ESTIMATES AS WELL. 
          UH, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW, UH, IF THERE'S ANY INCREASE AND OR DECREASE IN COST, AND IF SO, HOW MUCH? UH, SO THAT'LL BE PART OF THE PROCESS. 
          THERE'LL BE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT THAT CITY STAFF. 
          UH, WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN, UH, TO, TO BRING THAT, AND WE WILL RUN IT AGAINST EVERYBODY ALONG THE WAY. 
          UM, SO THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR PLAN. 
          THAT'S HOW WE'VE DONE IT. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THAT'LL BE OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, CAN YOU TELL ME WHO'S ON THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROCESS? TASK FORCE? SO, DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, TASK FORCE IS A GROUP, UM, OF BUSINESS RELATED ENTITIES. 
          THINGS LIKE THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, UM, GREATER SAN ANTONIO BUILDERS ASSOCIATION. 
          SO IT'S A DEVELOPMENT RELATED GROUP THAT, UH, WE ACTUALLY MEET WITH MONTHLY TO GO OVER OUR, UH, TIMELINESS, UH, RESULTS OR ANY BIG TOPIC. 
          SO IT'S A DEVELOPMENT RELATED GROUP. 
          UH, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY LED MOSTLY BY THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE INDUSTRIES. 
          AND HOW FREQUENTLY ARE YOU GONNA BE MEETING WITH OTHER GROUPS IN, IN THE COMMUNITY, LIKE TIER ONE? WELL, TIER ONE, WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH THEM, UH, DIRECTLY, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE U D C AMENDMENTS, SOME PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT WE MAY HAVE AS, AS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF. 
          AND THAT MAY, THEY MAY HAVE, UH, WE, WE'VE ACTUALLY RECENTLY HAD DISCUSSION WITH TIER ONE ABOUT MEETING REGULARLY, MONTHLY, OR EVERY OTHER MONTH. 
          UH, THEY RIGHT NOW ARE WEIGHING THAT OUT ON THEIR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
          SO, UH, I EXPECT THAT MONTHLY OR EVERY OTHER MONTH MEETING TO START HERE, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. 
          SO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I SHARE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES' CONCERNS FOR THE MAKEUP OF THE, THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          RIGHT NOW. 
          THERE'S 30 SEATS. 
          DISTRICT ONE HAS TWO SEATS RIGHT NOW. 
          AND, UM, I, I GET A LOT OF INPUT. 
          I, I HEAR A LOT OF CONCERNS, A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM DISTRICT ONE. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN DISTRICT ONE, AND SO THIS IS GONNA AFFECT DISTRICT ONE IN A BIG WAY. 
          I, I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT THERE ISN'T A LOT OF INTEREST FROM SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS IN BEING ABLE TO SERVE IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES HERE. 
          SO I'M, YEAH, I THINK, AND, AND AGAIN, I THINK TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS, WE'LL LOOK BACK TO SEE WHAT, AND TALK WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEIR BYLAWS. 
          I THINK ROD HAD MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, I'LL JUST SHARE, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE PTAC IS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE U D C PROCESS, IS GONNA BE THE HOURS, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE AT LEAST WEEKLY MEETINGS OF SEVERAL HOURS. 
          THERE'S GONNA BE PROBABLY SOME, SOME DAYS THAT, UH, SOME WEEKS IT'S, IT'S A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THE TIME TO, TO SERVE. 
          SO, UH, YEAH, IF YOU HAVE ANYONE, AS WE LOOK TO SEE IF WE CAN EXPAND IT, UM, THAT'S, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOUR OFFICE. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE PROCESS WAS LIKE TO, TO, FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY AND HOW WE 
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ANNOUNCED IT? HOW WE GOT THE WORD OUT? UH, IT WAS, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A LIST OF, IT'S, I THINK IT'S OVER 500, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, SOME SMALL, SOME BIG, THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMUNICATES ELECTRONIC THROUGH OUR NEWSLETTERS, ET CETERA, THAT THERE'S AN OPEN PERIOD. 
          UH, WE DO A LOT OF TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR P TTAC DOES. 
          UH, SO WE'RE OUT, YOU KNOW, WORKING TO GET PEOPLE TO APPLY, UH, TO ABOUT 500 ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UH, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THOSE APPLICATIONS, UH, SUBMITTED TO THE CITY, UH, OR BRING THEM TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEY WORK THROUGH THEM, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, INTERVIEW AND THEN VOTE. 
          SO, UH, IT'S MOSTLY, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THE NORMAL WAY WE'LL USE CITY CLERKS AND THE, UH, ESSAY SPEAKUP KIND OF GLOBAL, UM, GLOBAL, UH, SHOUTOUT, IF YOU WILL. 
          UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO. 
          GREAT. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AS YOU KNOW, UH, DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THIS PROCESS. 
          MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING IN DISTRICT FIVE, UH, CAN BE AMENDED THROUGH THE U D C PROCESS, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THIS. 
          UM, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, RIGHT? I, I ECHO THE SAME SENTIMENTS REGARDING THE P TAC MEMBERSHIP. 
          THERE'S ONLY ONE DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE P TAC, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS DISTRICT FIVE IS GOING TO EXPERIENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND AN INCREASE OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, THAT THIS IS GOING TO DRASTICALLY IMPACT MY NEIGHBORS IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION WHEN IT COMES TO THIS BOARD THAT'S GOING TO BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ON POLICY AND U D C AMENDMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO WE DO NEED THAT REPRESENTATION. 
          UM, AND I'D ECHO THAT WE DO NEED AN ENVIRONMENTAL CATEGORY, AND WE NEED TO SEE THAT INCREASED, UM, AGAIN, RIGHT? ALL OF THIS INTERSECTS AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE TAKING A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH, UM, TO ENSURE THAT AS WE GROW AS A CITY, WE'RE DOING IT EQUITABLY. 
          UH, WE'RE DOING IT ENVIRONMENTALLY. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS WHEN WE'RE DOING THESE THINGS. 
          UM, BUT A QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY EQUIVALENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TASK FORCE? SO WE HAVE ONE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. 
          WHAT DOES THAT TASK FORCE LOOK LIKE FOR COMMUNITY? SO THE, THE TASK FORCE THAT WE MEET WITH, IT'S CALLED DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TASK FORCE, ALONG WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THEIR MEETINGS THAT THEY'VE ASKED US, AND WE, WE'VE MET WITH THEM FOR, UH, OVER A DECADE, UH, IN A MONTHLY FORMAT. 
          UH, SO WE BRING DEVELOPMENT RELATED, UH, PROCESS REGULATION TO THEM. 
          UH, WHAT I WOULD SAY THE ONLY, UH, THE, THE THING THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO THAT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS, IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OUTREACH THAT WE ATTEND FROM EITHER THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OR DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, SO THERE'S NOTHING EXACTLY LIKE IT. 
          I THINK, UH, AS I MENTIONED TO COUNCILMAN BRAVO, UH, WE'VE RECENTLY HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, COALITION, UH, STARTING UP SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR ONCE WE START THAT UP. 
          AND I THINK I'M MEETING WITH THEM AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, NOW THAT I REMEMBER, UM, UH, TO, TO, TO FORMALIZE THAT, UH, THAT'LL LIKELY BE THE, UH, THE CLOSEST COUNTERPART TO THE, UH, THE, THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND OR HOME BUILDER MEETINGS THAT I HAVE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND AS YOU KNOW, WHAT DISTRICT FIVE IS EXPERIENCING IS AN INCREASE IN DEMOLITIONS. 
          AND WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION PRIOR TO BEING ME, BEING ELECTED, AND WE KNOW THAT THE SOLUTION TO MITIGATING, UM, THE LARGE DEMOLITIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE, RIGHT, THE SOLUTION LIES WITHIN THE U D C AMENDMENT. 
          UM, POTENTIALLY, UH, WHAT IS THE FEE FOR A DEMOLITION FOR A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY? WELL, THE, THE AVERAGE COST OF A RESIDENTIAL DEMOLITION THAT WE PAY THROUGH THE CITY CONTRACTOR, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? THE, THE, THE PERMIT. 
          THE FEE FOR A DEMOLITION. 
          OH, THE, THE PERMIT FEE. 
          IT'S, I'D HAVE TO GET THAT FOR YOU. 
          IT'S, UH, IT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS PLUS OR MINUS. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          AND, AND I JUST WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO BE CONSCIOUS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT $75 FEE IS THE REMOVAL OF POTENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK. 
          SO THESE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THAT WE WANNA SEE AN INCREASE OF, IT'S ONLY 75 BUCKS TO REMOVE THAT. 
          UM, SO I, I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT POTENTIALLY INCREASING THAT FEE. 
          UM, BUT MY QUESTION, MIKE, I GUESS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO THROUGH THE U D C PROCESS, OR WOULD THAT BE, UH, COUNCIL ACTION IN SOME OTHER AVENUE? WELL, IT WOULD BE DONE, UH, THROUGH MORE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          UM, IT'S ALL GONNA HAPPEN ABOUT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT. 
          UH, AND THE, THE DEMOLITION PROGRAM IS PART OF MY BUILDING CODE IN CHAPTER 10 AND CHAPTER SIX, THE, THE, THE, UH, DANGEROUS PREMISE SECTION. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S ALL IN THERE. 
          IT CAN BE DONE BY ORDINANCE, EITHER THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, UH, AND OR THESE CODES. 
          SO WHATEVER COUNCIL ACTION WE CHOOSE, UH, LIKELY THEY'LL BE ALL KIND OF CLOSE TO ABOUT THE SAME TIME. 
          WE KNOW YOU'LL ALL ADOPT A BUDGET APPROXIMATELY MID-SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS ABOUT THE TIME WE'RE GETTING THE END OF THIS. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          DO WE, I MEAN, THESE ARE PARALLEL PROCESSES, SO AS THIS DEVELOPS, IF THAT ISSUE DEVELOPS MM-HMM. 
          , THEN IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE UP, UH, IN CONSIDERATION NEXT SUMMER AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          LIKE WE DID SOME OF THE OTHER REVENUE CHANGES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          [03:05:01]
OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, UH, AGAIN, DISTRICT FIVE'S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROCESS. 
          UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE DISTRICT FIVE CODE VIOLATIONS ARE FOR OVERGROWN YARDS. 
          AND WHILE MANY RESIDENTS DO COME INTO COMPLIANCE, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW WHO DUE TO AGE OR LACK OF RESOURCES, ARE UNABLE TO COMPLY. 
          SO THIS CAN LEAD TO MORE FINES AND EVEN A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. 
          SO, EVEN OUTSIDE OF THOSE ACTIONS, IT'S CLEAR THAT WHILE OUR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE PROMOTES HEALTH AND SAFETY, IT CAN SOMETIMES BE WEAPONIZED AGAINST OUR VULNERABLE PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE HAS ALSO IDENTIFIED. 
          UH, SO WE HAVE ALL THIS DATA TO IDENTIFY WHERE VULNERABLE HOMEOWNERS LIVE FROM B C A D TO EXEMPTION DATA TO UTILITY AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE DATA. 
          AND OUR CODE OFFICERS HAVE INSIGHT ON THIS TOO. 
          AND THROUGH CONVERSATION WITH OUR CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS, UM, MANY OF THEM DON'T WANT TO ISSUE THE CITATIONS, RIGHT? THEY, THEY, THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND HELP PROPERTY OWNERS BRING THEIR HOMES UP TO CODE. 
          RIGHT? UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S COMMENDABLE AND ADMIRABLE, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO USE THE U D C PROCESS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE IF ITEMS LIKE OUR LANDSCAPING CONTRACTS WITH GOODWILL CAN BE EXPANDED TO HELP VULNERABLE PROPERTY OWNERS LIKE SENIORS WITH CODE VIOLATIONS LIKE DEBRIS AND OVERGROWN YARDS. 
          IF WE WANT TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE WRITTEN AND NOTICES AND TICKETS, RESIDENTS RECEIVE FROM CODE COMPLIANCE TO OFFER RESOURCES, LIKE LETTING THEM KNOW THAT HAVEN FOR HOPE CAN HELP THEM, UH, BRING THEIR PROPERTY UP TO CODE, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THERE IS A COMMUNITY TOOL SHARE THAT'S ACCESSIBLE. 
          UM, SO I, I JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT CERTAIN CODE VIOLATIONS THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS AND A CULTURAL COMPETENCY COMPETENCY LENS. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, ISSUES LIKE THE PLACEMENT OF A BASKETBALL COURT ON THE STREET IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. 
          UM, SOMETIMES HAVING BASKETBALL COURTS ON OUR SIDEWALKS AND STREETS, UM, RESULT TO VIOLATIONS THAT CAN BE THE RESULT OF LACK OF ACCESS TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. 
          AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS ARE TRYING TO BE HEALTHY, UH, BE PRODUCTIVE AND PLAY BASKETBALL IN THE STREET. 
          THAT SHOULDN'T BE A CODE COMPLIANCE VIOLATION. 
          UM, AND I ALSO KNOW THAT WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE, MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS RECEIVE CODE COMPLIANCE VIOLATIONS, NOT ALWAYS CITATIONS VIOLATIONS FOR, UH, HAVING ECLECTIC PROPERTY FURNITURE. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE SHOULDN'T PENALIZE OUR NEIGHBORS FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD A MATCHING SET FROM HOME DEPOT. 
          UM, SO I THINK THESE ARE MINOR THINGS THAT WE CAN AMEND THROUGH THE CODE PROCESS. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES TO ENSURE THAT WE ADDRESS THIS AND MOVE AWAY FROM THE WEAPONIZATION OF CODE COMPLIANCE, WHICH, AGAIN, STUDIES HAVE IDENTIFIED OUR CODE OFFICERS ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, BUT WE TO MAKE SURE IT'S CODIFIED WITHIN THE, THE CODE. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          CAN I JUST HAVE ONE THING? SURE. 
          I KNOW. 
          UM, CONGRESSWOMAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE, UH, AND I THINK THAT HIGHLIGHTS ONE OF THE REASONS I, I THINK I SAID WE'VE NEVER DONE ALL OF THE CODES AT ONCE. 
          WE HAVE THE U D C, WHICH IS THE BIG LIFT, AND WE HAVE THE OTHER RELATED CODES, INCLUDING THE, THE SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE. 
          WE'RE DOING 'EM ALL AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO A LOT OF WHAT YOU SAID IT OVERLAPS, RIGHT? AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE, WE, WE ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND THEN WE PUT IT IN THE RIGHT CODE THAT WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO, UH, BUT IT'S STILL CITY CODE. 
          AND, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE DEFINITELY S A P M C STUFF. 
          UH, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, I'M SURE. 
          BUT, UH, BUT I'M EXCITED AS ABOUT THAT AS WELL, SO WE CAN ADDRESS IT KIND OF MORE HOLISTICALLY, UM, TOGETHER. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          COUNCILMAN, UH, MAKI RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DID JUST WANT TO, UM, I'M GLAD THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ALSO SHARED THE SAME CONCERNS THAT I DID ABOUT REPRESENTATION. 
          UM, I WANTED TO BE CLEAR, UM, ONE OF MY ASKS OF YOU WHEN YOU TALK TO THE, UM, COMMITTEE ABOUT THIS IS THAT I WOULD LIKE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A NEW APPLICATION PERIOD IF POSSIBLE, EVEN IF IT'S TWO WEEKS. 
          WE HAD TWO WEEKS JUST NOW TO GET APPLICATIONS FOR THE BOND. 
          AND IT'S BEEN A FEW DAYS, AND I'VE ALREADY GOTTEN 30 APPLICATIONS. 
          SO I'M PRETTY POSITIVE THAT WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE CAN, WE CAN GET SOMETHING TOGETHER. 
          WELL, WE'LL, UH, CERTAINLY BASED ON THE COMMENTS, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS IS A GOOD DISCUSSION. 
          BUT BASED ON THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED, WE'LL HUDDLE UP, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS EVERY TWO WEEKS ANYWAY, SO THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION QUICKLY WITH THEM, UH, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND, AND THEN WHAT WE CAN OPEN UP AND HOW WE CAN DO IT. 
          SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE SOME FEEDBACK VERY QUICKLY FOR, FOR YOU ALL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SHANNON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LEMME MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON MY OWN MIND. 
          WHEN THE, WHEN THE P TAC MEETS, DOES IT BREAK DOWN INTO SUBGROUPS TO LOOK AT CERTAIN, UH, U D C CODES? THEY CAN IF, IF THEY NEED TO, RIGHT? THEY CAN CREATE EVEN FURTHER SUBCOMMITTEES. 
          THE P TAC IS A SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          UH, GENERALLY THEY, THEY HAVE, UM, THEY GROUP THEM AND OR GO BY THE AMENDMENTS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN GROUPINGS IN THE, THE COMMITTEE MEETING ITSELF. 
          BUT, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF 2015. 
          WE HAD SOME SUBCOMMITTEES CREATED, RIGHT? OH, UH, LOW IMPACT DESIGN WAS ONE EXAMPLE. 
          UH, UH, LID, LID DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, 
          [03:10:01]
UH, WAS AN ISSUE FIVE YEARS AGO, UH, THAT THEY CREATED A, A SUBCOMMITTEE TO HELP WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          SO THE ANSWER IS YES, UH, THEY HAVE THAT ABILITY. 
          THEY HAVE, AND, UM, THEY MAY, BUT THEY, THEY MAY NOT REGULARLY DO THAT. 
          THEY MAY, THEY MAY ACT AS A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, MOST OF THE TIME. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT EACH OF THESE PEOPLE WHO WERE RECOMMENDED WERE RECOMMENDED BY A SPECIFIC GROUP. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE ZONING COMMISSION ITSELF MET AND DECIDED WHICH MEMBERS OF THE ZONING COMMISSION WOULD SERVE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, YEAH, ZONING COMMISSION WOULD VOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          ON, THEY WOULD TRY TO GET , LOOK AT THE ZONING COMMISSION. 
          THEY RIGHT. 
          AND THEY'D TRY TO GET ANYBODY INTERESTED. 
          THEY'D ALL SAY YES. 
          AND THEN THEY WOULD VOTE ON A ZONING COMMISSION. 
          SO DO YOU THINK THEY LOOKED AT WHAT PRECINCT THEY, OR WHAT, WHAT DISTRICT THEY WERE FROM WHEN THEY MADE THOSE DECISIONS? WELL, THEY, THEY ALL LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          CERTAINLY ONE THAT CAN BEST REPRESENT ZONING COMMISSION AND WHO'S INTERESTED, WILLING, AND ABLE. 
          BUT, UH, AGAIN, I THINK THAT HELPS WITH THE DIVERSITY CONVERSATION. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, IT, YOU KNOW, IT LANDED WHERE IT'S LANDED. 
          SO WOULD WE, IF WE WANTED TO EXPAND THE REPRESENTATION OR RECOMMEND, UH, CHANGING THE REPRESENTATION, WILL WE GO BACK TO EACH OF THESE GROUPS, THE ZONING COMMISSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, PARK BOARD, UH, ET CETERA, AND ASK THEM TO RECONSIDER WHO THEY WERE APPOINTING AND TRY TO MEET SOME OF THE GOALS THAT WE'RE HEARING AT THIS MEETING? LIKE HAVING MORE PEOPLE FROM, UH, DISTRICTS 1, 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE SERVE AS OPPOSED TO 6, 7, 8, 9, AND 10? YEAH, I THINK THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE BACK AND, AND CONSIDER. 
          BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WE TAKE BACK TO THE OTHER BOARDS. 
          AND, UH, I THINK WE, I THINK WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA SHARE WITH THEM THE UPDATE FROM TODAY, UH, AND, AND THEIR NEXT WORK SESSION BEFORE THEIR NEXT MEETING, UH, AND, AND BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. 
          SO THAT'LL PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE OPTIONS WE LOOK AT. 
          SO BASICALLY, ALL OF THESE BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS THAT ARE PARTNERED TO PUT THIS P TAC TOGETHER, SUBMITTED THE NAMES THAT THEY RECOMMENDED FROM THEIR GROUP TO, UH, UH, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED OR REJECTED, WHOEVER THEY SUBMITTED. 
          WELL, ACTUALLY THEY DID, THEY DIDN'T. 
          THE ZONING COMMISSION, UM, JUST VOTES ON THEIRS. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE MEMBERS, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION WOULDN'T REJECT, UH, THE ZONING COMMISSION'S VOTED ON RECOMMENDATION, IF YOU WILL. 
          DOES THAT MAKE OKAY. 
          CLARIFY IT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THEY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT WHO THOSE SUBGROUPS SENT. 
          THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT. 
          I THAT'S, YEAH, THEY RELY ON THE ZONING COMMISSION, UH, AND OR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO HAVE THAT INTERNAL PROCESS AND BRING THEIR, THEIR, UH, THEIR MEMBERS PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE TO THE TABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN C COUNCILMAN? UM, JUST ONE THING TO THAT, TO THAT POINT, THERE IS A COMMUNITY CATEGORY THAT, UM, THAT WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT AS WE GO BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          UM, THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE, THE ZONING COMMISSION, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, THE PARKS BOARD THAT ALL WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS YOU JUST DESCRIBED. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT MIGHT BE, THAT MIGHT BE THE EASIEST PATH, BUT THAT'LL BE THE CONVERSATION WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KURD. 
          SO, WELL, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A, A HEALTHY DISCUSSION AND REMINDS ME OF SO MANY, UH, CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD UP HERE BEFORE RELATED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TO CODE AMENDMENTS AND EVEN ESSAY TOMORROW. 
          AND JUST AS A REMINDER TO EVERYBODY, UM, WATCHING OR OR PARTICIPATING, THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY LIES WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S THE P TAC OR IT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAKING CHANGES TO THE ULTIMATE CODE AMENDMENTS THAT COME BEFORE THIS BODY, WE WILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO OVERSEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE ADHERING TO THE INTENT OF OUR POLICY. 
          THAT'S THE SAFETY VALVE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS. 
          AND, AND IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE WAY THE AMENDMENT PROCESS IS WORKING AND THE, UH, OUTCOMES THAT IT'S, IT'S ACHIEVING, UH, YOUR ULTIMATE CALL IS TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          WE'VE HAD DEBATES BEFORE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD GO TO A PLANNING COMMISSION THAT'S REPRESENTED BY EACH AND EVERY DISTRICT, OR IT'S AN AT LARGE, WHERE WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE EXPERTISE AND THE CERTAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCES THAT MEMBERS HAVE AND JUST, UH, APPOINT THEM AT LARGE. 
          UH, WE'VE EVEN DISCUSSED HOW THE CHARTER WOULD BE, WOULD NEED TO BE AMENDED IF WE WERE TO CHANGE THAT. 
          AND IT'S ALL COME BACK TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO WILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THE CODE THAT WE PUT INTO LAW ACTUALLY PERFORMS IN THE WAY, UH, OUR POLICIES ARE INTENDING. 
          SO AGAIN, GREAT DISCUSSION. 
          WE'LL TRY TO IMPROVE A LITTLE BIT, UH, FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, HERE TODAY. 
          BUT, UH, AGAIN, GREAT START. 
          MIKE, UH, ROD KATT. 
          MELISSA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, 
          [03:15:01]
FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR TWO O'CLOCK ZONING AGENDA? OH, I WAS IN THE QUEUE. 
          MAYOR, ARE YOU ON ITEM 15? OKAY. 
          I'M, I'M ON, I'M ITEM 15 TOO, BUT, ALRIGHT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          SORRY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UM, REGARDING, UH, COUNCILMAN MKI RODRIGUEZ'S SUGGESTION FOR, UM, PERHAPS EXTENDING AN APPLICATION DATE. 
          THAT'S OF COURSE IF NEW CATEGORIES ARE CREATED OR IF, UH, THERE NEED TO BE REAPPOINTMENT, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WHEN WE DO THAT, WE ALSO ANNOUNCE THAT CHILDCARE IS AVAILABLE FOR, UM, FOR ESPECIALLY, THIS IS JUST GONNA BE SUCH A INTENSE PROCESS. 
          ARE THE MEETINGS HELD DURING THE DAY OR IN THE EVENING? UH, GENERALLY SCHEDULED DURING THE DAY DAY, ALTHOUGH, UM, UH, MELISSA AND I JOKE SOMETIMES, UH, WE, WE PROVIDE BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER BECAUSE, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH IT, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY AND HOW THEY COULD, THEY COULD GO INTO THE EVENING AS WELL. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND THEN, UH, SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE, UH, 30 MEMBERS. 
          I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THERE'S 20 MEMBERS AND THERE'S 10 ALTERNATES. 
          UM, AND THEN WHEN DO YOU THINK WE'LL GET AN UPDATE ON ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE COMPOSITION? UH, WE, I WOULD SAY WE'D NEED AT LEAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO TALK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION INTERNALLY AND, AND BRING BACK, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          I'LL WORK WITH ERIC AND ROD ON HOW WE BRING THAT UP. 
          BUT IT WON'T TAKE, IT WON'T TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS FOR OPTIONS, BUT I PROBABLY NEED AT LEAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO SIT DOWN WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BRING, UH, EITHER A RECOMMENDATION AND OR OPTIONS, UH, FOR YOU ALL. 
          DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          UM, AND JUST TO COUNCILMAN CURTIS'S POINT, HE'S, UM, ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING COMMISSION SENT ONE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS SENT SOMEBODY, PLANNING COMMISSION SENT ONE, BUT THAT'S ONLY PART OF THE COMPOSITION. 
          THE, THE REST OF THEM ARE DIRECTLY APPOINTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, INCLUDING THIS NEW CATEGORY THAT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH EXPERIENCE. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT EXPERIENCE IS, UM, NOT REQUIRED IN THE OTHER, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S NOT REQUIRED IN THE OTHER CATEGORY, SO, WELL, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOME, SOME FOLKS TO MAYBE MELISSA COULD HELP ME BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYONE. 
          , THEY'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE, RIGHT? THEY, THEY, THEY REMEMBER WHEN THE U D C WAS DEVELOPED IN 2001, THEY WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THAT. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IF ANY DISCUSSIONS COME UP, THEY HAVE SOME HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE, UH, OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODES AND, AND SUCH. 
          SO, UH, MAYBE I HOPE I DIDN'T OFFEND MIKE AND JOE ON MY ANSWER. 
           DOES THAT, MELISSA, YOU WANNA HELP? YES. 
          THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE THING. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, THEY'RE NON-VOTING MEMBERS, SO THEY PROVIDE THEIR SUPPORT OR THEIR RECOMMENDATION ON THE HISTORY OF THE U D C, BUT THEY'RE NON-VOTING MEMBERS. 
          THEY'RE LIKE CONSULTANTS. 
          LIKE, OKAY, ALRIGHT, SO THEN THERE'S 18 MEMBERS AND 10 ALTERNATES. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? SORRY, TWO EX OFFICIALS OR ONE EX OFFICIO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, THEY ARE STILL, EXCUSE ME, THEY'RE STILL MEMBERS OF TAC, THEY PROVIDE FEEDBACK, THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE CONVERSATION, THEY JUST ABSTAIN FROM VOTING. 
          SO THERE'S 18 VOTING MEMBERS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I, I WOULD SAY MY, UH, I CONCUR WITH A LOT OF THE SUGGESTIONS, UH, THAT WERE MADE. 
          UM, MY STRONGEST ASK WOULD BE TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL SEATS AND TO ALSO SEPARATE THAT FROM THE HISTORIC CATEGORY. 
          I THINK EACH OF THOSE HAVE A LOT TO, TO BRING TO THE TABLE AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE, UM, SORRY TO HELP ACHIEVE WHAT OUR GOALS ARE IN OUR, IN OUR PLANS. 
          AND I THINK THE WORD HISTORIC IS EVEN IN THE CITY'S MISSION STATEMENT. 
          SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR DISCUSSION ON THE U D C AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS AD NAUSEUM FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR INTO 2022. 
          SO WE LOOK FORWARD AGAIN TO THOSE DECISIONS ULTIMATELY COMING TO THE COUNCIL. 
          BUT PLEASE STAY TUNED. 
          AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, NOW IS YOUR TIME TO, UH, PAY ATTENTION AND, UH, PARTICIPATE. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO NOW TO OUR, UH, TWO O'CLOCK ZONING AGENDA. 
          SO I'LL GIVE, UH, JUST A MOMENT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE NOT HERE FOR THE TWO O'CLOCK ZONING, UH, TO FILTER OUT AND THEN WE'LL GET UNDERWAY. 
          UM, BUT LET ME START. 
          UH, WE DO ALREADY HAVE OUR QUORUM, SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE FOR THE RECORD, I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, UH, IS PRESENT AT THE MEETING. 
          UM, I HAVE FOR, 
          [Items 17, 22 - 29, 31- 32, & 36 - 41]
FROM THE ZONING AGENDA ITEMS 18, 19, 21, AND 30 ARE POLLED AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. 
          I ALSO HAVE LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEM 16, 20, 33, 34, 35, AND 43. 
          ALL OTHER ITEMS RIGHT NOW ARE LISTED FOR CONSENT CONSIDERATIONS. 
          SO, 
          [03:20:01]
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA? COUNCILMAN? COURAGE ITEM 42. 
          42. 
          ANY OTHERS? IF THERE ARE NO MORE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEM SAY FOR THOSE I JUST READ IN 42 AS WELL. 
          SO MOVED. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. 
          UM, THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 16, 20, 33, 34, 35, 43, AS WELL AS, UH, AND 42 AS WELL AS THOSE PULLED FROM THE AGENDA. 
          THAT'S 18, 19, 21 AND 30. 
          UM, GIMME A MOMENT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IF THERE ANYBODY, IF THERE'S ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR CONSENT ZONING, AGENDA ITEMS, THEY'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK. 
          ONE MOMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, ON ITEM 30, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          OSCAR GUEVARA. 
          MR. GUEVARA, IF YOU'RE HERE, THAT ITEM'S NOT GONNA BE DECIDED TODAY. 
          DO YOU STILL WANNA SPEAK? UH, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TO VOTE ON THAT TODAY. 
          IT'S GONNA BE CONTINUED TO A FUTURE MEETING. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ITEM 30 SINCE YOU'RE HERE? OR WOULD YOU LIKE ? OKAY, IF, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THAT TO THE COUNCIL, WE CAN DISTRIBUTE IT, UH, TO THE FOLKS UP HERE. 
          THANK YOU MR. GUEVARA. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE ON ITEM 17, WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED TODAY, UH, CHERYL DOZIER, MS. DOZIER, UM, YOU CAN HAVE THREE MINUTES IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL ON ITEM 17. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS. 
          MY NAME IS CHERYL DOZIER, LIVE AT 4 2 4 FULTON AVENUE, AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE ALTAVISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT AV AND A DOES NOT OPPOSE THIS ZONING REQUEST. 
          OUR RESIDENTS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF A BUSINESS LIKE FLORIS STATION IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WE ARE PARTICULARLY EXCITED THAT IT WILL REJUVENATE A HISTORIC STRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR SO LONG. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE MR. PEREZ BEING WILLING TO WORK WITH US TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS. 
          WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF COUNCILMAN BRAVO AND THE D S D STAFF, WE WERE ABLE TO GET ONE OF OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS ADDRESSED. 
          EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM OUTDOOR SPEAKERS OR NOISE AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM SYSTEMS. THIS RESULTED IN A NOISE RESTRICTION BEING ADDED TO THE SITE PLAN WITH A CODE OF NR. 
          HOWEVER, WE WERE UNAWARE THIS RESTRICTION WOULD ONLY BE VISIBLE ON THE SITE PLAN. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THE SITE PLAN FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE MAINTAINED IN THE D S D RECORDS, BUT ARE CONCERN THAT IT WILL NOT BE PART OF THE ACTUAL ZONING DESIGNATION. 
          THIS BUSINESS IS LOCATED ON A CORNER BETWEEN TWO RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES AND NOISE WILL ALWAYS BE A CONCERN. 
          THE PROPERTY WILL INEVITABLY CHANGE HANDS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL CHANGE AS TIME MOVES ON. 
          THERE WILL BE NO MEMORY OF THE NOISE RESTRICTION OR WHERE TO FIND IT. 
          THIS WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR FUTURE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP TO CHALLENGE FUTURE ZONING 
          [03:25:01]
CHANGE REQUESTS. 
          I ASK THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER A BETTER WAY FOR THESE DECISIONS TO BE MADE MORE TRANSPARENT AND EASIER TO LOCATE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU MS. DOZER. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, THERE ARE NO OTHER CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OUR COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, ITEM 22 ON TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA. 
          NO, IT'S PLAYING. 
          UM, SO ITEM 22, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IT. 
          UM, IT FEATURES A MAJOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR EAST SIDE'S, VERY OWN DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHO HAS EXPRESSED SUPPORT. 
          UM, THE PROJECT INTENDS TO DEVELOP A RESTAURANT WITH OUTDOOR SEATING AND A LARGE AMPHITHEATER FOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. 
          AND I FORESEE THIS BECOMING A GEM IN THE COMMUNITY FOR NEIGHBORS AND FOR SAN ANTONIO AS A WHOLE. 
          UM, AND WHILE I DID SEE THAT INITIALLY, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF NOTICES OF CONCERN WITH THE PROJECT, UM, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S CONSENT. 
          UM, THIS, THIS COMMERCIAL USE FITS BETTER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL TYPE USE IN THIS AREA. 
          AND THIS PROJECT NOTE WILL STILL BE SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S NOISE AND PARKING CODES AS WELL. 
          UM, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM AND THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WE'LL PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON CONSENT ZONING ITEMS? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          THIS IS ALL ITEMS SAY FOR THOSE I I READ EARLIER. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. UH, 
          [16. ZONING CASE Z202110700104 (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C3NA AHOD" General Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales Airport Hazard Overlay District, "L AHOD" Light Industrial Airport Hazard Overlay District and "I1 AHOD" General Industrial Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C3 AHOD" General Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 18 and Lot 19, Block 3, NCB 11954, located at 8320 Airport Boulevard and 8434 Airport Boulevard. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from August 5, 2021)]
WE'LL START WITH ITEM 16. 
          AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A REZONING FROM C THREE NA, L AND I ONE TO C THREE, LOCATED AT 83 20 AIRPORT AIRPORT BOULEVARD, AND 84 34 AIRPORT BOULEVARD. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          30 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          I'D LIKE TO A MOTION TO CONTINUE FOR 30 DAYS. 
          THAT WOULD BE NOVEMBER 4TH. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION, UH, AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE. 
          ITEM 16 TO NOVEMBER 4TH. 
          HEARING. 
          NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES 
          [20. ZONING CASE Z202110700185 (Council District 2): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C2NA MLOD3 MLR1" Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales Martindale Army Air Field Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 District and "C3NA MLOD3 MLR1" General Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales Martindale Army Air Field Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 District to "R4 MLOD3 MLR1" Residential SingleFamily Martindale Army Air Field Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 District on the South 115.5’ of Lots 7 and 8, Block 35, NCB 10716, located at 3502 and 3506 Martin Luther King Drive. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from September 16, 2021) (Part 1 of 2)]
ITEM 20, AGENDA. 
          ITEM NUMBER 20 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. 
          SEVEN OPPOSED. 
          THIS WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO APPROVE DUE TO OPPOSITION EXCEEDING 20%. 
          OKAY, WE HAVE FOUR CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 20. 
          UH, WE'LL START WITH JOE A. ROGERS, HOWARD. 
          MS. ROGERS. 
          HOWARD. 
          YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY BISHOP ROSA WILSON. 
          THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ASK FOR THE ASSISTANCE IN DENYING THE BUILDER'S REQUEST TO CHANGE THE CURRENT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 35 0 2 35 0 6 MARTIN LUTHER KING INTO RESIDENTIAL ZONING. 
          THERE'S AN HISTORICAL HISTORY IN THESE PROPERTIES ALONG MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE. 
          IT WAS OWNED AS COMMERCIAL BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAD NO OTHER BUSINESS, UH, PROPERTIES WITHIN IT. 
          WE HAD NO OTHER PLACE TO GO AND WE WERE LIMITED IN RESOURCES WITHIN DISTANCE. 
          ALTHOUGH THINGS HAVE IMPROVED, THESE AREAS HAVE MEANING AND MEANING FOR A STRUGGLE OF THE WHEELIES COMMUNITY AND IT'S SELF-WORTH. 
          I'M SURE THE BUILDER DEVELOPERS ARE UNAWARE WHY THESE PROPERTIES ARE ZONED AS THEY ARE. 
          BUT IF ANYONE WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO ASK, WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO EXPLAIN THE MEANING. 
          IN ADDITION, WE ARE REQUESTING THE CITY TO CEASE AND ALLOWING ANY ADDITIONAL RENTAL PROPERTIES BUILT ON MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE AS WELL. 
          WE FEEL THAT WE ARE BEING ROBBED OF OUR VALUE. 
          WE APPRECIATE ANYONE COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY TO ASSIST IN REDEVELOPMENT, BUT NOT TO INSULT US BY MAKING OUR COMMUNITY IN MAIN STREET INTO A PROJECT AFFORDABLE, DECENT HOMES FOR SALE IS WHAT WE NEEDED. 
          WE NEED BUSINESSES. 
          WE ARE ALSO REQUESTING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS TO BE HIRED OR EVEN APPLY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE REDEVELOPMENT OF ANY NEW PROJECTS TO COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE ASK FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH BUILDERS, DEVELOPERS, AND DISCUSS PLANS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE ASK THIS BODY TO ASSIST US BY INSISTING THEY DO. 
          PLEASE DON'T LET THEM PUSH US OUT. 
          PLEASE HELP 
          [03:30:01]
US TO STAND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MS. ROGERS. 
          HOWARD BISHOP ROSA WILSON, FOLLOWED BY LINDA RICHARDSON. 
          WILL NOT BE HERE TODAY. 
          SHE WILL NOT BE HERE TODAY. 
          ALRIGHT, FIRST OF ALL, UM, GOOD EVENING OR AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, MEN AND WOMEN. 
          UH, I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ. 
          ON THE LAST SESSION THAT I WAS HERE AND, UH, I ASKED FOR A CONTINUANCE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT THE DEVELOPERS WERE DOING. 
          UH, YOU ALLOWED US TWO TO HAVE TWO EFFECTIVE MEETINGS. 
          WE HAD TWO GREAT MEETINGS. 
          AND IN THOSE MEETINGS, THE COMMUNITY CAME OUT AND EXPRESSED THAT WE DID NOT WANT OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY REZONED TO RESIDENTIAL. 
          ONE THING IS REALLY BAD. 
          THE HOMES ARE THERE, THE RENTAL PROPERTY IS THERE, BUT WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE HIGH PRICE, OVERPRICED RENTAL PROPERTY. 
          IT'S NOT OWNERSHIP RENTAL. 
          THEY GONNA MOVE IN AND OUT. 
          IT'S STILL NOT ADDING TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I'M ASKING FOR YOU ALL, NOW THAT I HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS, I'M ASKING FOR A FLAT OUT DENIAL OF WHAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE ASKING FOR. 
          YOUR, UH, COUNCILMAN YOUR, YOUR, YOUR TEAM CAME OUT, MR. BROOKS, UH, MRS. LTA AND M G A. 
          SO I THANK GOD FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS COMING OUT AND TRULY LISTENING TO US. 
          CODE COMPLIANCE CAME OUT AND ZONING CAME OUT, AND THEY WERE BETTER ABLE TO HEAR OUR HEARTS BECAUSE WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED, NOR DID THEY EVEN KNOW WHAT WE FELT OR WHAT WE WANTED IN THAT COMMUNITY. 
          SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE CONTINUES YOU GAVE US, WHICH GAVE US THAT TIME TO HAVE TWO EFFECTIVE MEETINGS. 
          BUT I'M ASKING THAT YOU DENY THAT PROPOSAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BISHOP WILSON, ANTHONY SECURA. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. 
          AFTER, UM, LOOKING INTO THIS SITUATION AND DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S IN OUR COMMUNITY'S BEST INTEREST FOR THIS REZONING TO TAKE PLACE. 
          WE ARE, IF, IF WE CAN'T GET A DENIAL, WE ARE ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE SO THAT WE CAN FURTHER EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND THE IMPACT THAT IT WOULD HAVE. 
          IT'S TAKEN OPPORTUNITIES AWAY FROM POSSIBLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BECOME BUSINESS OWNERS IN THAT COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE JOBS FOR PEOPLE. 
          WE DON'T NEED MORE RENTAL PROPERTIES. 
          UM, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RATES THAT THEY'LL BE CHARGING, IT'S OVERPRICED FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT A GOOD FIT EITHER WAY AROUND. 
          SO I'M JUST GONNA KEEP IT SHORT AND JUST ASK THAT YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO AND MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ, YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE A GOOD HAND. 
          YOU, YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE. 
          YOU UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLE. 
          YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO OVERCOME OVER THERE. 
          SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IF YOU CAN SPEAK ON OUR BEHALF AND GET THIS DENIED FOR US. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SHAKIRA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I WANNA START BY SAYING THAT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY, UH, ROUGH FEW WEEKS AS IT RELATES TO ZONING. 
          AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT A NUMBER OF ITEMS ARE WITHDRAWN BY APPLICANTS, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS. 
          AND MY, UH, DIRECTOR OF ZONING HAS VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH APPLICANTS. 
          AND THEY KNOW WHERE WE'RE, THEY KNOW WHAT'S GONNA END UP HAPPENING WHEN THEY GET HERE. 
          UM, AND SO THANK YOU SDEL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING ON MY TEAM. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK MEMBERS OF THE WHEEL LE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY, UM, FOR YOUR ADVOCACY ON THIS CASE. 
          UM, AND FOR BRINGING MY ATTENTION TO THIS ITEM AT THE LAST ZONING MEETING, YOUR VOICES WERE HEARD AND THEY ABSOLUTELY MATTER. 
          THE PROJECT IN QUESTION IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE GENTRIFICATION EFFORTS THAT ARE PLAGUING THE EAST SIDE. 
          AND IF WE LOOK AT M L K, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY INCONGRUENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE DON'T WANNA SEE THAT. 
          AND THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T WANNA SEE THAT. 
          UM, EAST SIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ACTIVISTS HAVE, HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD TO FIGHT FOR COMMERCIAL ZONING DESIGNATIONS TO CREATE THEIR OWN BUSINESSES WHEN ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND OTHER PARTS OF TOWN WAS LIMITED OR EVEN PROHIBITED. 
          THE COMMUNITY HAS CLEARLY EXPRESSED WITH A PETITION OF OVER A HUNDRED RESIDENTS THAT THEY'RE OPPOSED THIS DEVELOPMENT AND OVERPRICED HOUSING IN THIS AREA. 
          I'LL 
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BE SUPPORTING THE WHEELIE HEIGHT HEIGHTS NEIGHBORS ON THIS CASE. 
          I MOVE FOR DENIAL OF THIS PROJECT. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM 20. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM 
          [33. ZONING CASE Z202110700089 (Council District 7): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R6" Residential SingleFamily District to "PUD R4" Planned Unit Development Residential SingleFamily District on Lot P88, NCB 15664, generally located in the 11000 block of Bandera Road. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from September 16, 2021)]
33, AGENDA ITEM 33 IS A REZONING FROM R SIX TO PUT R FOUR. 
          GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 1100 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 SANDOVAL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, I WANNA THANK, UH, THE STAFF FOR BEING SO PATIENT WITH US. 
          WE HAVE POSTPONED THIS ITEM MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES AND WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO TAKE A VOTE TODAY. 
          BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR YOUR PATIENCE ON THIS ITEM. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, THE PROJECT ADVOCATES FOR, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE HERE, BUT FOR THEIR, THEIR PATIENTS ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL. 
          AND OF COURSE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANNA THANK EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT IN DISTRICT SEVEN THAT CONTACTED THE DISTRICT SEVEN OFFICE OVER THE LAST YEAR PLUS, UH, ABOUT THIS CASE, UM, ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL LAST NIGHT. 
          THIS WAS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, UM, BUT I THINK LAST NIGHT WAS ONE OF THE BEST CONVERSATIONS WE HAD BECAUSE NEIGHBORS WERE ABLE, NEIGHBORS OF DIFFERENT SIDES WERE ABLE TO, TO HEAR AND LEARN FROM, FROM ONE ANOTHER. 
          SO, UM, WITH THAT, I AM, UH, COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS ITEM. 
          UH, HEREBY I MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION IN THE EVENT, A TREE CURRENTLY WITHIN THE 30, WITHIN THE PROPOSED 30 FOOT BUFFER AREA AS ILLUSTRATED ON THE PUT PLAN, DIES OR IS REMOVED A TREE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE REMOVE TREE, WILL BE PLANTED IN THE AREA OF THE REMOVE TREE BY THE CONTROLLER OF THE DEVELOPMENT AT THE TIME OF REMOVAL. 
          THAT IS THE DEVELOPER OR THE H O A SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          LEMME GET ON THE RIGHT NUMBER HERE. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 33 WITH CONDITIONS AS READ. 
          WE DO HAVE ONE. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          I, I RARELY EVER GET INVOLVED IN, IN A ZONING CASE IN ANOTHER DISTRICT, BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN AND COMMEND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL FOR ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING. 
          SHE AND HER TEAM AND ANDREW, UH, SOLANO HAVE PUT THIS ONE. 
          I'VE WATCHED YOU GUYS AGONIZE OVER THIS ONE, COUNCILWOMAN, AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, UM, YOU REALLY DO SET THE EXAMPLE FOR CONVENING EVERYBODY AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS AND, UM, I'M PROUD TO SERVE WITH YOU. 
          I KNOW THAT THIS ONE WAS A TOUGH ONE, UH, BUT YOU'VE NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM A TOUGH FIGHT. 
          AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU ON THIS ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIA. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          IS A MOTION AND A SECOND MAY MAYOR, IF I MAY? YES. 
          I JUST WANNA GO ON THE RECORD AND JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. 
          THE CONDITION THAT IS READ IS A CONDITION BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND IS NOT PART OF THE ORDINANCE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE CONCUR WITH THAT. 
          UH, WHAT WE AGREED TO LAST NIGHT WAS THAT IT WOULD BE PART OF THE ORDINANCE. 
          IS THAT NOT POSSIBLE? SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE AGREEMENTS, THESE ARE LIKE DEEDED RESTRICTIONS THAT YOU TYPICALLY AG AGREE TO BETWEEN PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          SO THE M O U IS ESTABLISHING OWNERS, AND IN THIS CASE, WHO ARE THE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS, WHOEVER OWNS THE PROPERTY NOW, AND THEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO IT WOULD BE A DEEDED RESTRICTION. 
          THAT'S TYPICALLY HOW THIS WORKS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IS THE A IS THE APPLICANT HERE? MM-HMM. 
          ? I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THEM IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          MAYOR, CAN WE TAKE UP THE NEXT I, OH, COME ON UP. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , YOU WANNA CLARIFY? SORRY. 
          YEAH. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, YES, IF IT'S NOT GONNA BE A, A CONDITION, UH, ON THE PUD PLAN ITSELF, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW CERTAIN CONDITIONS CAN BE INCLUDED ON THE PUD PLAN, UH, IT'D BE A, A DEEDED RESTRICTION OR RESTRICTION RESTRICTIVE COVENANT WITH, UH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO WHAT RECOURSE DOES THE ABUTTING, OR DO THE ABUTTING HOAS HAVE TO EN TO ENFORCE 
          [03:40:01]
IT? UH, THEY, THEY'D BE ABLE TO FILE SUIT TO ENFORCE IT IF IT WAS VIOLATED. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LAST NIGHT, YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TOLD THEM THAT CODE COMPLIANCE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THAT. 
          IF, IF IT'S A CONDITION ON THE PUD PLAN, IT WOULD BE, UM, ENFORCED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT? YES, MA'AM. 
          WE HAVE A CONFLICT WITH WHAT WAS TOLD TO THE PUBLIC LAST NIGHT OR WHAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTOOD FROM THAT CONVERSATION. 
          I, I, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 
          UM, YEAH, IF, IF IT SHOULD BE, UM, ABLE TO BE ADDED AS A CONDITION TO THE PUD PLAN IN THE ORDINANCE, UH, IF NOT, WE CAN CERTAINLY FIND A WAY TO HAVE IT ENFORCEABLE, UH, FULLY ENFORCEABLE AND NOT, NOT SOMETHING THAT'S A BURDEN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UH, ALTHOUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY KEEPING AN EYE ON IT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD A TREE BE REMOVED, DIE DECAY. 
          SO I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY WANTED TO, IF SOMETHING DID OCCUR AND WE BROUGHT AND THEY WANTED TO BRING IT FORWARD, THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A FINANCIAL INVESTMENT IN ORDER TO DO THAT. 
          SO THAT'S PLACING A BURDEN ON THE ABUTTING PROPERTIES. 
          AND THIS, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT, THAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A, A CONCESSION. 
          SO TELL ME, WHAT CAN YOU DO SO THAT THE H O A DOES NOT HAVE TO INCUR A FINANCIAL BURDEN IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN? UH, YES MA'AM. 
          GOOD, GOOD QUESTION. 
          AND SO THE, UH, THE DEEDED RESTRICTIONS OR RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, UH, THE WAY THEY ARE, UH, DRAFT AND PREPARED, AND THEN STATE LAW, UH, PROVIDES FOR THIS AS WELL, THAT, UH, ANY ATTORNEY'S FEES ARE COVERED BY THE, THE LOSING PARTY. 
          UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IF A TREE WAS REMOVED AND NOT REPLACED, IT'D, IT'D BE PRETTY CUT AND DRY. 
          UM, WE CAN ALSO WORK WITH THEM ON SETTING UP A MECHANISM WHERE, WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO INCUR ANYTHING OUT OF POCKET. 
          SO WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY BUTTON ALL THAT UP WITH THEM. 
          HOW CAN YOU DO THAT? I MEAN, IT SOUNDS GOOD. 
          HOW, HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT ? THERE CAN BE MONEY PUT IN ESCROW OR PROVIDED TO, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, SO TO SPEAK, UM, SHOULD IT EVER BE NECESSARY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I HAVE TWO HOAS THAT ARE ABUTTING THIS DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO, UM, HOW CAN, HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT? UH, THEY, THEY CAN BOTH BE, UH, INCLUDED AS PARTIES, UH, TO THE COVENANTS, UH, OR JUST ONE OF THEM. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S UP TO THEM. 
          UH, BRA OAKS MAY DEFER TO STONEFIELD, BUT, UH, IF THEY ARE BOTH, UH, WILLING AND INTERESTED IN BEING PARTIES TO THE COVENANTS, YOU CAN CERTAINLY HAVE TWO OF THEM. 
          AND THEN IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, TWO EYES ON THE DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF JUST ONE. 
          AND HOW MUCH WOULD YOU, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PUT THIS ON, ON THE RECORD, WHETHER IT'S NOT IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT IF IT IS IN THE, WILL THIS BE IN THE MINUTES? COULD YOU CAPTURE THIS IN THE, IN THE MINUTES? UM, UH, HOW MUCH WOULD BE SATISFIED IN THE ESCROW? UM, UH, WE, WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS, UM, I, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO PICK A NUMBER, 2,505 GRAND WOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO, UH, HIRE AN ATTORNEY AND FILE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COURT TO ENFORCE THIS PROVISION SHOULD IT EVER COME UP. 
          UM, AGAIN, IT, IT'S SUCH A KIND OF CUT AND DRY, UH, CONDITION OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TREES ARE EITHER THERE OR, OR THEY'RE NOT. 
          UM, AND I KNOW I'M SPECULATING A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE, SHOULD THAT SITUATION EVER COME UP, WOULD BE PRETTY CUT AND DRY THAT, UH, A TREE HAS BEEN REMOVED, TREE HAS DIED, AND IT HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED, UH, WITH A, WITH A REPLACEMENT FEE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO I'D BE WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS IF YOU COULD COMMIT TO $5,000 IN TODAY'S DOLLARS. 
          BUT REMEMBER, THIS AGREEMENT WOULD LAST THROUGH THE LIFETIME OF THE PROPERTY, SO THERE'D HAVE TO BE SOME KIND OF, UM, ACCOMMODATION FOR, FOR INFLATION AS WELL. 
          WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO THAT? UH, YES MA'AM. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE, SO THERE IS A MOTION TO SECOND. 
          WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 33. 
          JACK FINGER. 
          WELL, MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. 
          FINGER. 
          YES. 
          UM, THIS, UH, THE SANDOVAL, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, DESPITE WHATEVER AGREEMENTS YOU HAVE HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH OPPOSITION THERE REALLY HAS BEEN TO THIS WHOLE THING IN THE FIRST PLACE HERE. 
          UM, YOU HAVE, JUST LOOKING AT THE, AT THE RECORDS, YOU, YOU HAD TO 
          [03:45:01]
OF THE, IN THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY OUTSIDE OF THE, THIS PROPOSAL HERE, YOU HAD AS MUCH AS ONE OUT OF FIVE. 
          ONE OUT OF FIVE PEOPLE SAY THEY DIDN'T WANT IT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          63 NOTICES, 13 OPPOSED IT THERE. 
          YES. 
          OUTSIDE OF THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY, YOU HAD 25 PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY DID NOT WANT IT. 
          WHY? WELL, MAYBE THEY DON'T LIKE THE FACT, THE FACT THAT THE STREETS ARE, ARE SUPPOSEDLY PRIVATE STREETS. 
          PERHAPS THEY, THEY REALLY DON'T LIKE THE IDEA THAT OF, OF DEVELOPMENT JUST BEING PUSHED UPON THEM AND JUST IN, IN RIGHT IN BACK OF THEIR BACKYARDS THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, THERE'S A, A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ORIGINALLY, IN FACT, ORIGINALLY SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AT LEAST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSED IT AS WELL. 
          NOW, I DON'T KNOW, UH, WHAT YOU AND OTHERS ARE, ARE, ARE PLANNING ON REMEDYING THIS THING, BUT, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU HAVEN'T, UH, UH, PERSUADED, UH, QUITE A FEW OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T WANT, WANT THIS THING IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          THEY, THEY, THEY RELISH THE, UH, THE OUTDOORS, UH, THE, THE NATURE AND SO FORTH. 
          THEY DON'T REALLY LIKE DEVELOPMENTS BUT BEING, UH, PLACED UPON 'EM. 
          YES, I KNOW. 
          I, I, I'VE TRAVELED OVER IN THAT AREA AND I, I KNOW HOW, HOW PRISTINE IT STILL LOOKS THERE. 
          SO MAYBE JUST MAYBE YOU'D WANT TO RECONSIDER THINGS HERE AT THE LAST MINUTE THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. FINGER. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BUG HERE IN THE QUEUE, SO I'M JUST GONNA CHECK VISUALLY IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK OR WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM ON THE DAIS. 
          UM, HEARING NONE THERE, THAT IS THE, THAT DURATION OF OUR DISCUSSION. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 33 WITH CONDITIONS AS RES RED COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL MAYOR, I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SHARE THEM WITH YOU NOW THAT JACK HAS, HAS POINTED OUT SOMETHING. 
          UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ OUT ALL OF THEM, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THEM IS WE DO GET TO CREATE A 30 FOOT BUFFER THAT WILL BE ENTIRELY UNDISTURBED FROM WHAT IS THERE TODAY. 
          SOME PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS THAT A TREE MIGHT DIE THERE, . 
          UH, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT WON'T HAPPEN. 
          AND IF IT DOES, WE HAVE RECOURSE. 
          UH, SO A 30 FOOT BUFFER IS ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS. 
          IT'S A WOODED AREA, SO THE RESIDENTS WHOSE BACKYARDS THIS WILL PRACTICALLY BE IN WILL LIKE, BE UNLIKELY TO ACTUALLY SEE, UH, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE, UM, BASICALLY A BUDDING, UH, A GREEN BELT THAT WILL BE MAINTAINED AND IT MIGHT NOT EVEN NEED TO BE BEING MAINTAINED, RIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE NATURAL. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER EXCITING COMPONENT IN THIS, UM, IN THIS DEVELOPMENT IS I BELIEVE IT IS THE FIRST, UM, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL HAVE ALL EV READY GARAGES. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? ALL RIGHT. 
          SO, AND MIKE, THAT'S, THERE'S NOBODY ELSE THAT'S DONE THAT BEFORE. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST GUYS DISTRICT SEVEN, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, YOU HEARD THE MOTION AND CONDITIONS AS READ, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE'LL GO TO ITEM 35. 
          AGENDA ITEM, I'M SORRY. 
          ITEM 
          [34. ZONING CASE Z202110700189 CD (Council District 7): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R6“ Residential SingleFamily District to "R6 CD" Residential SingleFamily District with Conditional Use for a Nursing Facility on Lot P331A, NCB 15479, located in the 9100 block of Old Tezel Road. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.]
34. 
          YES SIR. 
          AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 34 IS A REZONING FROM R SIX TO R SIX CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A NURSING FACILITY LOCATED IN THE 9,100 BLOCK OF OLD TEZO ROAD STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          53 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR. 
          THREE OPPOSED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL ALL MOVE TO APPROVE AND EXCLUDE THE AUTOMATIC CONDITIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 34 WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE AUTOMATIC CONDITIONS. 
          HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES 
          [35. ZONING CASE Z202110700202 CD (Council District 7): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C2 CD AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Motor Vehicle Sales to "C2 CD AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Motor Vehicle Sales (Full Service) on Lot 2, Block 2, NCB 14159, located at 5131 Northwest Loop 410. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval, with Conditions.]
ITEM 35, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 35 IS A REZONING FROM C TWO C D TO C TWO C D WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES. 
          FULL SERVICE LOCATED AT 51 31 NORTHWEST LOOP FOUR 10. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS, NO OUTDOOR AMPLIFICATION SPEAKERS SYSTEMS TO INCLUDE SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEMS. EXCUSE 
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ME, NOT TO INCLUDE SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEMS. SIX NOTICES WERE MAILED ONE IN FAVOR AND ZERO POSED. 
          WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 35. 
          JACK FINGER. 
          THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS JACK FIN VICE SANDOVAL USE CAR LOTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE ARE PRACTICALLY OVERRUN WITH THEM. 
          AND HAVE YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED HOW MANY THERE ARE JUST OUTLYING ALONG, UH, LOOP FOUR 10, BUT, UH, ESPECIALLY IN YOUR AREA THERE, BUT, UH, DOGGONE IT. 
          UH, WHY, WHY DO WE HAVE TO ALWAYS ALLOW A USE JUST AUTOMATICALLY A USED CAR LOT WHENEVER SOMEONE WANTS TO PROPOSE IT? YEAH, I MEAN, YES, I KNOW PEOPLES DO NEED TO BUY AND SELL CARS, EVEN USED ONES AT TIMES, BUT, UH, DO YOU REALIZE HOW, QUITE FRANKLY, HOW TACKY IT? SOMETIMES IT LOOKS AS A, JUST, JUST THE VISITORS TRAVELING A LOT ALONG THE, THE INTERSTATE, SEEING ALL THESE WELL USED CAR LOTS AROUND JUST MAYBE YOU OR SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH AN, AN INITIATIVE TO, UH, UH, REGULATE THE, THE, UH, DENSITY OF USED CAR LOTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, SAN PEDRO AVENUE COULD SURE USE IT TO MR. BRAVO, BUT YEAH. 
          UH, WHY, WHY SHOULD, UH, LUKE FOUR 10 BECOME ANOTHER SAN PEDRO? HMM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. FINGER. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU JACK. 
          YOU ONLY SEE THE CASES THAT MAKE IT HERE. 
          YOU DON'T SEE THE CASES THAT DON'T MAKE IT HERE. 
          SO IN TERMS OF AUTOMATICALLY APPROVING EVERYBODY WHO WANTS, UH, USED CAR LOT OR A ZONING CHANGE FOR THAT, IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE. 
          AS SOMEONE WHO FORMERLY WORKED AT A REGULATORY AGENCY, I JUST HAVE TO MAKE THAT POINT. 
          UM, SECONDLY, WHEN THE SPURS DECIDES TO COME OPEN A HUMAN PERFORMANCE CENTER IN DISTRICT SEVEN, I WON'T HAVE TO APPROVE CAR LOTS, , THERE'LL BE MANY OTHER BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THERE. 
          UM, BUT FOR NOW, I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS STATED. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 35 WITH CONDITIONS AS STATED. 
          HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          UM, I THINK IT WAS CAB HDA ON THE SECOND. 
          YEAH, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          I KNOW, BUT I'M, I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AT THREE, SO I'M MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE'LL GO TO ITEM 
          [42. ZONING CASE Z202110700129 ERZD (Council District 10): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C3R AHOD ERZD" General Commercial Restrictive Alcoholic Sales Airport Hazard Overlay Edwards Recharge Zone District and "C3R AHOD" General Commercial Restrictive Alcoholic Sales Airport Hazard Overlay District to "MF18 AHOD" Limited Density MultiFamily Airport Hazard Overlay Edwards Recharge Zone District and "MF18 AHOD ERZD" Limited Density MultiFamily Airport Hazard Overlay District on 4.73 acres out of NCB 17726, generally located in the 5000 Block of North Loop 1604 East. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.]
42. 
          AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 42 IS A REZONING FROM C THREE R TO MF 18, GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 5,000 BLOCK OF NORTH LOOP 1604 EAST STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          41 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          ON BEHALF OF MY FRIEND COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          I MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS AT LEAST TWO WEEKS TO OCTOBER 21ST. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 42 TO OCTOBER 21ST, 21ST. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM 43, 
          [43. ZONING CASE Z202110700172 CD (Council District 10): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C2 AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District and “C3R AHOD” General Commercial Restrictive Alcohol Sales Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C2 CD AHOD" Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Auto, Boat, and Recreational Vehicle Storage (Outdoor/Covered) on 6.96 acres out of NCB 15831, located in the 14000 Block of Nacogdoches Road. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval with Conditions.]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 43 IS A REZONING FROM C TWO AND C THREE R TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO, BOAT AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE STORAGE. 
          OUTDOOR COVERAGE LOCATED IN THE 1400 BLOCK OF NACODOCHES ROAD STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND WITH CONDITIONS, LIGHTING SHALL BE DIRECTED ONTO THE SITE AND POINT AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING OR USES TYPE B MINIMUM WITH 15 FEET LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE ABUTTING R SIX ZONING 62 NOTICES MAILED TWO IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED. 
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COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AGAIN ON BEHALF OF MY FRIEND COUNCILMAN PERRY, MY MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS STATED, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INCLUDE INTO THE RECORD THIS EX EXECUTED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SECOND, DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KURDS, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 43. 
          43. 
          YES SIR. 
          UH, WITH THE MEMORANDUM PLACED INTO THE RECORD WITH CONDITIONS. 
          UM, ALRIGHT, I GOT THAT RIGHT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          , IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY, AND THOSE BELLS MEAN IT'S 15 MINUTES TO THE WITCHING HOUR. 
          YOU GOT SOMETHING ELSE? 
          [20. ZONING CASE Z202110700185 (Council District 2): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C2NA MLOD3 MLR1" Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales Martindale Army Air Field Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 District and "C3NA MLOD3 MLR1" General Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales Martindale Army Air Field Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 District to "R4 MLOD3 MLR1" Residential SingleFamily Martindale Army Air Field Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 District on the South 115.5’ of Lots 7 and 8, Block 35, NCB 10716, located at 3502 and 3506 Martin Luther King Drive. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from September 16, 2021) (Part 2 of 2)]
I DO, SIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UH, FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20, I JUST WANTED TO GO ON THE RECORD THAT STAFF DID RECEIVE THE 112 PETITION ITEMS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY THE COMMUNITY, SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MELISSA. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THAT IS THE DURATION OF OUR ZONING AGENDA TODAY. 
          UM, IF THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS, THE TIME IS 2:47 PM ON THIS SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2021 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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