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          GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, KICK OFF THE OCTOBER 12TH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE COMMITTEE. 
          THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. 
          UM, REAL QUICK, BEFORE WE GO INTO, UH, ROLL CALL, I WANTED TO ACTUALLY, WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND, AND START WITH ROLL CALL, AND THEN I'LL GIVE SOME, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MICKEY RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA GRAND HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          CHAIR SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          CHAIR. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND, UH, EVERYBODY, THIS IS OUR INTERIM CLERK WHO, UH, WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF HAVING WITH US TODAY. 
          DEBBIE ROCK SITTER IS WITH US ON LOAN FROM THE, UH, ARTS AND CULTURE, UH, DEPARTMENT. 
          SHE'S RUNNING THE, THE CLERK'S OFFICE NOW. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE HONORED THAT YOU ARE HERE TAKING MINUTES FOR US OR RUNNING THE MEETING. 
          UM, SOME QUICK UPDATES ON COMMITTEE BUSINESS, UH, GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS DID CONVENE THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER ON THE, UH, SA SPEAKUP PORTAL. 
          UH, THEY, IT WAS CALLED RESIDENT CONNECT, BUT NOW IT'S CALLED ESSAY SPEAKUP. 
          UH, THEY MET FOR THE FIRST TIME YESTERDAY AND GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS HAS INFORMED US THAT THE PORTAL WILL LAUNCH ON OCTOBER 30TH, BUT THAT THEY WILL BE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS, UH, MONTH TO MONTH. 
          SO THAT WON'T BE, YOU KNOW, THE END DATE FOR IMPROVEMENTS. 
          IN ADDITION, I WANNA THANK COUNCILWOMAN VIA AND COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ FOR SERVING ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO REVIEW CANDIDATES FOR THE MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE ASSOCIATION. 
          YOU MET LAST WEEK, AND I'M SURE YOU HAD A LOT OF CANDIDATES TO REVIEW. 
          THEY REVIEWED 27 CANDIDATES, AND OUR RECOMMENDING 11 FOR INTERVIEWS THAT WE WILL CONDUCT AT THE OCTOBER 28TH COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          SO, BE PREPARED. 
          UM, UH, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO REMIND YOU TO PLEASE SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONES. 
          AND, UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GIVE THE PRESENTERS ABOUT 10 MINUTES FOR, WE HAVE FOUR TOPICS TODAY, SO ABOUT 10 MINUTES, UH, EIGHT TO 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          AND EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES FOR, FOR QUESTIONS. 
          AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL, WE'LL GET THROUGH IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. 
          [1. Approval of minutes from the September 26, 2021, Community Health, Environment, and Culture Committee meeting.]
UM, FIRST ITEM WILL BE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 
          COULD I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          UM, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FIRST INTO THE ITEMS FROM THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE ACTUALLY A LOT OF SPECIAL GUESTS WITH US, UM, INCLUDING WE HAVE DR. 
          STEVE NIVAN WITH US. 
          AND I JUST WANNA GIVE HIM A SHOUT OUT FOR BEING HERE. 
          HE'S, HE'S HERE FOR THE CREATIVE CITY OF GASTRONOMY DESIGNATION, UH, BUT I HAVE ASKED HIM,  TO GIVE US FREE ADVICE ON EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY. 
          'CAUSE HE IS A BRILLIANT MIND. 
          AND I THINK, UH, EVERYTHING HERE HAS OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          [4. The City of San Antonio’s Energy Efficiency Fund and Municipal Building Energy Benchmarking Program. [David McCary, Assistant City Manager; Douglas Melnick, Chief Sustainability Officer]
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UM, SO WE'LL START WITH ITEM, THE CITY OF SAN ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND AND MUNICIPAL BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING PROGRAM. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, DOUG MELNICK, CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER. 
          UM, THANK YOU, UM, MADAM CHAIR AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          FIRST I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UM, A SPECIAL GUEST. 
          UH, WE HAD INVITED OUR, OUR CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS FROM BOTH OF OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO SHOW UP. 
          UH, TWO, WERE UNABLE. 
          ONE MIGHT BE STUCK IN TRAFFIC OR NAVIGATING DOWNTOWN, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, UH, MELISSA BRYANT, WHO'S, UM, UH, SERVING AS CHAIR OF THE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COMMITTEE. 
          AND, UH, WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY JUST INITIAL THOUGHTS OR ANY QUESTIONS FOR, FOR FOR HER. 
          SURE. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS MELISSA BRYANT. 
          I AM THE CHAIR FOR THE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY, UH, COMMITTEE FOR THE FOR THE CAP COMMITTEES. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF PASSIONATE FOLKS. 
          WE ARE WORKING ON IDENTIFYING WHAT WE CAN DO TO, UH, HELP THE COMMUNITY BECOME MORE RESILIENT. 
          RIGHT NOW OUR FOCUS IS ON BENCHMARKING, UM, ENERGY EFFICIENCIES. 
          WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT RESILIENCE HUBS. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW THAT ARE INTERESTED IN REVIEWING THE U D C AND JUST IDENTIFYING IF THERE ARE ANY OPPORTUNITIES THERE. 
          SO OUR, OUR COMMITTEE IS REALLY MOVING FORWARD AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DELEGATED TO DO. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? WOULD IT BE OKAY? WILL YOU BE HERE THROUGH THE PRESENTATION? UH, MELISSA? SO I DO HAVE AN 11 O'CLOCK WITH NEFI MM-HMM. 
          , SO I'LL BE HERE FOR THE HOUR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WOULD IT BE OKAY IF WE TAKE QUESTIONS AFTER DOUG'S 
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PRESENTATION? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MELISSA. 
          SO, UM, THE TWO ITEMS THAT I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY ARE, ARE VERY MUCH INTERRELATED. 
          AND AS, UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL HAD MENTIONED LAST WEEK, THE, THE LINK BETWEEN ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLES AS WE DRIVE TOWARDS, UM, ZERO NET ENERGY MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, UH, IS, IS, IS, YOU KNOW, VERY MUCH LINKED. 
          SO, WHOA. 
          OH, LET'S NOT GO TO NEXT STEPS. 
          IT'S VERY SENSITIVE AND THANK YOU  QUESTIONS? WE UNPLUGGED IT. 
          OH, YOU UNPLUGGED IT ON MY HANDS. 
          , DO YOU, DO YOU WANT THE SLIDE? THERE WE GO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO TODAY I, I'LL GO OVER, UM, DO I DARE PRESS THE BUTTON? TRY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, JUST GENERAL POLICY DIRECTION, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE HISTORY OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND AND, AND THE PROCESS, SOME OF OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS, UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN BEEN DOING AROUND MUNICIPAL BENCHMARKING AND DISCLOSURE AND NEXT STEPS. 
          SO FIRST, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, POLICY DIRECTION, THE SS I A CLIMATE READY PLAN HAS THREE VERY SPECIFIC MUNICIPAL STRATEGIES, UM, RELATED TO OUR BUILDINGS, UH, BENCHMARK AND PUBLICLY DISCLOSED BUILDING ENERGY AND WATER USE FOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. 
          UM, TO REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ADOPT AN ENERGY POLICY FOR CITY OWNED BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, AND ACHIEVE ZERO NET ENERGY FOR ALL MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS BY 20 40 0. 
          NET ENERGY IS, IS BASICALLY, UM, UH, WORKING TOWARDS BUILDINGS THAT LOWER THEIR, UM, ENERGY CONSUMPTION TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN BE OFFSET WITH EITHER ONSITE, UH, RENEWABLE OR THE PROCUREMENT OR RENEWABLE ENERGY. 
          UM, ON THE, ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE A, A PIE CHART THAT SHOWS THE 2019 MUNICIPAL GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY BY SECTOR. 
          UH, THE BLUE, THE BIGGEST BLUE IS, UH, CLOSE TO THE LANDFILLS. 
          UH, THOSE ARE CAPS, UM, WE'RE CAPTURING THE METHANE, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A SMALL AMOUNT THAT THAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE LEAKING. 
          AND METHANE IS A VERY POTENT GREENHOUSE GAS. 
          BUT YOU CAN SEE THE NEXT, UM, LARGEST WEDGE IS OUR BUILDINGS FACILITIES AT 30%. 
          BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE BETWEEN 2016 AND 2019, UM, OUR BUILDING, UH, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCED, UM, WERE REDUCED BY 19.5%. 
          SO THE TREND IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          YOU KNOW, THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND IS REALLY, UM, ACTUALLY IN TEXAS, IT'S ONE OF A KIND, WE'RE THE ONLY, UM, CITY IN TEXAS THAT, THAT HAS THIS. 
          UM, IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE BY COUNCIL IN 2011. 
          UH, IT WAS SEEDED WITH, UM, AMERICA, AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT FUNDS, AS WELL AS, UM, C P SS ENERGY EFFICIENCY REBATES. 
          AND BASICALLY THIS IS A, A REVOLVING FUND THAT ALLOWS US TO UNDERTAKE, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS IN CITY BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, AS WELL AS OFFSET SOME PERSONNEL COSTS, UM, TYPES OF PROJECTS, ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO, UM, PROVIDE A, UH, ENERGY SAVINGS AND A RETURN ON INVESTMENT. 
          SO THAT COULD BE, UH, LIGHTING, UM, HVAC, UM, RETROCOMMISSIONING, WHICH IS BASICALLY GOING BACK AND RETUNING BUILDINGS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE OPERATING EFFICIENTLY. 
          AND AGAIN, PROJECTS MUST, UM, PRODUCE A, A RETURN ON INVESTMENTS. 
          AND, AND THE WAY THE THE FUND WORKS IS, UM, WE, UM, BASICALLY GO UNDERGO AN, AN, UH, AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF OUR ALL OUR BUILDINGS. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS TRACKING THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE TO SEE WHERE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY, UH, IDENTIFY WHAT POTENTIAL PROJECTS ARE, HAVE AN ENGINEER CONDUCT SOME INITIAL, UH, UH, ESTIMATES, UM, UNDERTAKE THOSE PROJECTS. 
          UH, WE QUANTIFY WHAT THOSE SAVINGS ARE. 
          SO IF WE UNDERTAKE A LIGHTING PROJECT, WE KNOW THAT IT'LL REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY X, WE CAPTURE THOSE SAVINGS FOR THE LIFE OF THE IMPROVEMENT. 
          SO IF THE IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO LAST 10 YEARS, FOR 10 YEARS, WE'RE CAPTURING THAT WHATEVER THAT SAVINGS IS, AND WE TAKE THAT MONEY AND IT GOES BACK INTO THE FUND AND WE UNDERTAKE NEW IMPROVEMENTS, UM, GOING FORWARD. 
          SO IT'S REALLY UNIQUE. 
          WE, UM, EVERY FEW YEARS WE GET A CALL FROM AUSTIN WANTING TO KNOW HOW WE DID IT. 
          UH, AND IT, IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY, UM, PHENOMENAL MECHANISM. 
          UH, IN TERMS OF HOW PROJECTS ARE SELECTED. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS BENCHMARKING OUR BUILDINGS. 
          THAT'S THE KEY. 
          AND, AND YOU'LL HEAR WHAT WE DO, UH, AROUND BENCHMARKING IN THE, THE NEXT PRESENTATION. 
          BUT YOU, YOU CANNOT MANAGE WHAT YOU DON'T MEASURE. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE MANTRA. 
          AND SO WE USE E P A, UM, UH, ENERGY STAR PORTFOLIO MANAGER. 
          UH, IT'S A FREE ONLINE TOOL TOOL. 
          UM, WE GET ALL OF OUR C UH, OUR C P S, UM, ENERGY AND WATER, UM, UH, BILLS. 
          AND IT BASICALLY GETS UPLOADED INTO THE PORTFOLIO MANAGER. 
          AND BASICALLY WE CAN SEE A WEEK BY WEEK, MONTH BY MONTH ENERGY TREND. 
          AND USING THAT, WE CAN START IDENTIFYING WHERE THE HIGH ENERGY CONSUMPTION BUILDINGS ARE AND TARGET THOSE. 
          WE COULD ALSO IDENTIFY ANOMALIES, UM, THAT MAY COME UP THAT NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED. 
          BUT, UM, 
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AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS I HAD MENTIONED, WE MEASURE AND VERIFY THOSE UTILITY SAVINGS, UH, AND THOSE ARE REVOLVED BACK INTO THE FUND. 
          AND EVERY YEAR, UM, DURING BUDGET, UM, OUR ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS ARE APPROVED BY COUNCIL. 
          KEY TO THIS IS HOW DO WE DO THIS? UM, PRIOR TO 2018, THERE WASN'T A WRITTEN, UM, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. 
          AND SO EVERY TIME A NEW PERSON WOULD SORT OF COME INTO, UM, UH, BUDGET AND FINANCE, WE HAD TO SORT OF REINVENT THE WHEEL. 
          SO, UH, IN 2018, WE EXECUTED A, UH, BASICALLY AN S O P FOR THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND THAT DOCUMENTS ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          HOW DO WE ESTIMATE, UM, UH, WHAT SAVINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS AND HOW THE FUNDS ARE SPENT AND HOW THEY'RE REVOLVED BACK. 
          UM, SO IT'S, IT'S A REAL KEY DOCUMENT THAT FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL SAYS THIS IS HOW WE MANAGE, MANAGE AND IMPLEMENT THE FUND. 
          IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE METRICS, UH, THESE ARE PROJECTS SINCE 2011 AND 2020, UH, 418 PROJECTS THAT HAVE TOUCHED 190 FACILITIES. 
          UH, THE, UH, CUMULATIVE AVOIDED COSTS ARE ABOUT $1.6 MILLION PER YEAR. 
          WE'VE RECEIVED JUST OVER $3 MILLION IN ONE-TIME, C P S, ENERGY, REBATES, UH, ENERGY, UH, AND ELECTRICITY SAVINGS IS OVER 82 MILLION, UH, KILOWATT HOURS PER YEAR. 
          AND, UH, EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY, UM, 60,000, UM, UH, TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE A YEAR. 
          SO THESE HAVE BEEN VERY IMPACTFUL, UM, VERY EFFICIENT, UM, AND, AND HAS RESULTED IN CONSIDERABLE COST SAVINGS FOR THE CITY. 
          UH, HAD WE NOT TAKEN THESE, THESE PROJECTS, UM, UM, AND, AND COMPLETED THEM. 
          SO IN TERMS OF, UM, BENCHMARKING, UM, FOR THE FIRST TIME, UH, BACK IN, IN 2020, WE RELEASED A 2019 MUNICIPAL BENCHMARKING REPORT. 
          THIS REPORT, UM, COVERS 150 OF OUR HIGHEST, UM, UH, BUILDING HIGHEST ENERGY CONS CONSUMING BUILDINGS. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN 2011 AND 2019 AND THOSE BUILDINGS, WE'VE EXPERIENCED A 25% REDUCTION IN THE, IN THE USE OF ELECTRIC AND NATURAL GAS. 
          UM, ALL IN ALL, WE BENCHMARK 299 BUILDINGS IN, IN E P A PORTFOLIO MANAGER THAT'S OUT OF 600 TOTAL FACILITIES. 
          BUT, UM, MANY OF THOSE FACILITIES THAT WE DON'T BENCHMARK, UM, FALL BELOW A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LIMIT THERE. 
          WE, WE CAN'T BENCHMARK ALL THOSE BUILDINGS. 
          SO WE MAY NOT HAVE ALL OF THAT, UM, UH, THAT, THAT DATA. 
          UM, WHAT THE BENCHMARKING REPORT SHOWS, THIS IS REALLY SORT OF THE, THE, BASICALLY THE BIG TAKEAWAY, YOU CAN SEE THE TWO, UM, UH, CHARTS IN THE MIDDLE. 
          UH, ONE IS FOR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND ONE IS FOR THE POLICE STATION, BUT IT SHOWS THE ENERGY USE INTENSITY FOR THE FACILITIES, WHICH IS THE TOTAL ENERGY USE PER SQUARE FOOT. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE A DOTTED LINE, WHICH IS THE STATE AVERAGE, E U I ENERGY USE INTENSITY FOR THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE SOME BUILDINGS ARE, UM, MORE EFFICIENT. 
          SOME BUILDINGS, UM, ARE LESS EFFICIENT. 
          UH, THE KEY IS, IT'S NOT A, A BAD THING NECESSARILY. 
          IT'S WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THIS DATA? SO BASED UPON THIS DATA, WE CAN START DIVING DEEPER INTO THESE BUILDINGS TO SEE ARE THERE ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          OH, , WHEN YOU FINISH YOUR STATEMENT, WOULD YOU MIND READING OUT THE LABELS THERE? OH, I'M SORRY. 
          IT'S JUST THE LIGHTING. 
          SURE. 
          GO AHEAD AND FINISH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I FORGOT. 
          SO THE LABELS, UM, ARE THE, THE BLUE, UM, ARE THE SITE, UH, ENERGY USE INTENSITY. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE FOR, UM, THE TOP CHART, UH, BOB ROSS IS AT 70, AND FRANK GARRETT IS AT 1 25. 
          THAT'S THE LARGER, UM, UH, COLUMN ON THE TOP. 
          AND THEN THE, UH, ENERGY USE, UM, INTENSITY AVERAGE FOR THE STATE IS THAT RED CHART. 
          UM, AND THEN, LET'S SEE. 
          SO BASICALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S WHERE DO YOU TARGET, UH, YOUR RESOURCES? AND AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS OR ARE THERE OPERATIONAL ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, WORKING WITH BUILDING EQUIPMENT SERVICES AND, UM, UH, UH, BUILDING STAFF. 
          UM, ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR FACILITIES, UM, BY, BY SQUARE FOOTAGE AND CATEGORY. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE LARGEST, UH, BY FAR IS, IS AVIATION. 
          SO THE KEY, THE KEY TO THIS IS IT, IT'S JUST A, A METRIC, UM, THAT WE CAN CONTINUALLY TRACK. 
          UM, AND THE REAL KEY THING IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS REPORT, WE CAN ONLY COMPARE BUILDINGS OF SIMILAR TYPE. 
          WE CAN'T COMPARE THE ENERGY USE INTENSITY OF AN OFFICE TO, UM, SOMETHING LIKE A 24 HOUR FACILITY LIKE, UH, THE AIRPORT. 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPARING SIMILAR BUILDINGS. 
          WERE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN READ ON, UM, THAT, OR IS THAT OKAY? OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          SO THAT'S A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. 
          NOW, THE, THE REALLY SORT OF THE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO NEXT? UM, THERE'S STILL, WE'VE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS, UM, IN THE BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE TOUCHED. 
          UH, BETWEEN 2011 AND 2020 THROUGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS, WE'VE EXPERIENCED AN 18% REDUCTION IN ENERGY CONSUMPTION. 
          SO CLEARLY THERE'S A, A 
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CORRELATION BETWEEN INVESTING IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND, AND SAVINGS. 
          BUT NEXT, UM, WE WILL BE RE RELEASING OUR NEXT, UM, BENCHMARKING REPORT, UH, IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS, UM, ON, UM, 2022 BOND DESIGN CRITERIA FOR, FOR VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL PROJECTS. 
          WHAT ARE THOSE DESIGN EXPECTATIONS? UH, AND UM, FROM THAT, ONCE I THINK WE, WE HAVE THAT, I THINK THAT'LL BE A GOOD FOUNDATION TO DEVELOP, UM, UH, UPDATE OUR 2007 MUNICIPAL GREEN BUILDING POLICY. 
          THAT'S A POLICY THAT WAS ADOPTED BACK IN TWO, 2007 THAT BASICALLY SAYS THAT WE SHOULD BE BUILDING TO LEAD SILVER. 
          UM, A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE 2007. 
          SO I THINK ONCE WE, UM, GET THROUGH IDENTIFYING THESE BOND CRITERIA, UH, WE HOPE TO CONVENE AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL GROUP TO START LOOKING AT WHAT SHOULD, UH, OUR NEW GREEN BUILDING POLICY LOOK LIKE. 
          UM, WE ARE ALSO BEEN TALKING TO DAVID. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF NEED AROUND ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UH, IN OUR BUILDINGS. 
          WE, WE HAVE JUST UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND FOR PROJECTS. 
          WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT HAS A NEED OF ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO $12 MILLION. 
          SO, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF INCORPORATING SOME, UM, FUNDING IN THE, THE BOND TO, UM, UNDERTAKE SOME MORE PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AS WE, AS WE KNOW, THEY ALL HAVE A, A REALLY SOLID RETURN ON INVESTMENT. 
          AND FINALLY, THE THING THAT WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN IS, IS HOW DO WE INCORPORATE EQUITY INTO THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND? UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE'RE INVESTING IN CITY FACILITIES, UM, AND SO WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND IS THERE ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN PRIORITIZE PROJECTS LOOKING AT WHETHER IT'S THE EQUITY ATLAS OR OTHER, OTHER EQUITY INDICATORS. 
          AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION, UM, WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE WITH JONATHAN'S OFFICE. 
          IT'S BEEN THE ONE NUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CRACK, UM, BUT I KNOW THERE'S GOTTA BE A, A, A LINK THERE, AND WE JUST NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT IS. 
          AND WITH THAT, THAT'S THE BRIEFING ON THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND. 
          AND HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DOUG, FOR, UH, THE PRESENTATION. 
          I, I SEE QUESTIONS ALREADY ARISING. 
          SO, UM, JUST REAL QUICK, THE LAST SLIDE THAT YOU SHOWED ABOUT, UH, WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING DESIGN CRITERIA, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU COULD, UH, EMAIL US OR BRIEF US ON INDIVIDUALLY? WHEN WOULD WE BE ABLE TO SEE THAT? I MEAN, DAVID, WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS IT STILL A WORK IN, IN PROGRESS WITH PUBLIC WORKS? YES. 
          NOT ONLY IS IT A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD, UH, VISIT WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO OKAY, MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY UNDERSTAND YOUR ROLE, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. 
          LET'S TAKE THE DEPARTMENT OF EQUITY WITH YOU SO THAT THEY ALSO WILL HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING. 
          I THINK THAT'S ADVISABLE, MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          WE JUST, UH, MET WITH PUBLIC WORKS, I GUESS THIS, THIS WEEK. 
          WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM REGARDING OUR BOND PROJECTS, AND I JUST, I DIDN'T SEE THIS INTEGRATED YET. 
          SO I, I THINK THE, THE SOONER WE, WE CAN LEARN ABOUT IT, THE BETTER SO THAT WE CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ON WHAT ENDS UP GOING OUT TO THE, TO THE, AND IF I COULD JUST ADD, SO THE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS PROBABLY FOR THE PAST FIVE MONTHS. 
          SO WE'VE PROVIDED THEM WITH, UM, SORT OF HIGH LEVEL FRAMING OF, OF, OF THE BOND AND THE CLIMATE PLAN. 
          WE HAD A REALLY GREAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM, UM, A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT, WHERE, WHERE WE'RE REALLY GONNA DIG IN IS THAT NEXT PHASE WHEN PROJECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND WHAT ARE THEY ACTUALLY GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          SO WHEN WE START LOOKING AT, UM, DEVELOPING RFPS, SELECTING CONSULTANTS AND, AND, UM, DEVELOPING WHAT THOSE DESIGN CRITERIA, I THINK THAT'S WHEN WE CAN ALSO REALLY LEAN IN. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE THE UPDATED MUNICIPAL GREEN BUILDING POLICY? SO I'M THINKING THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, UM, UH, TRY TO HAVE COMPLETED BY, UM, SOMETIME IN THIS, THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          I THINK WE WANNA GET THROUGH SORT OF THE BONDS PROGRAM FIRST THAT MIGHT SERVE AS A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR WHAT THAT CRITERIA COULD LOOK LIKE. 
          UM, AND THEN, SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT, HOW DO WE TRANSLATE THAT INTO AN ACTUAL UPDATE OF THAT GREEN BUILDING POLICY? SO THE FI F Y 22, THE ONE THAT WE'RE IN THAT, WHAT I'M THINKING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WITHIN THIS, THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE IN IT ALREADY THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SORRY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          I'M GOING TO START WITH DISTRICT TWO, THEN WE'LL GO TO FIVE, UH, THREE AND, UH, COME BACK TO ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MASTERS. 
          SUCH A STRUGGLE WITH GLASSES. 
          UM, I THINK, UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, CAN YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE THE PROCESS SO FAR, UM, FOR THE BOND DESIGN CRITERIA, UM, WHAT THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN LIKE FOR, FOR WHAT WE'RE, SO FOR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OR, UM, WELL, I MEAN, I GUESS, UH, INITIALLY SEEING THIS KIND OF STRESSES ME OUT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE ARE, UH, LIKE REALLY CLOSE INTO THE BOND. 
          UM, AND I IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW BONDS ARE COMING FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, AND SO THE CRITERIA, I JUST FEEL LIKE IT, YEAH. 
          SO THERE'S TWO. 
          SO I GUESS THERE'S TWO SEPARATE THINGS. 
          WE'VE PROVIDED, UM, CRITERIA TO PUBLIC WORKS, AND I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THEIR, UM, UM, THEIR, UM, REVIEW MATRIX WHERE IT'S, 
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IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL. 
          YOU KNOW, IS THIS, IS THIS PROJECT GOING TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS? IS IS IT GONNA IMPROVE WALKABILITY? SO THEY ALREADY HAVE THOSE, UM, UM, THOSE OBJECTIVES IN THE CLIMATE PLAN IN THEIR WHEELHOUSE. 
          SO I THINK I'M CONFIDENT THAT THEY'RE REVIEWING PROJECTS BASED UPON WHAT OUR, OUR PRIORITIES ARE. 
          WHAT THIS IS, UM, ON THE SCREEN IS REALLY MORE DETAILED. 
          SO FOR INSTANCE, IF WE ARE GOING TO, UM, BUILD A NEW BUILDING, WHAT EXPLICITLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN? HOW ENERGY EFFICIENT DOES IT NEED TO BE? UM, DOES IT HAVE THE CAPABILITIES TO EASILY ACCEPT, UM, RENEWABLE ENERGIES, UH, RENEWABLE ENERGY OR CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE? WHAT KIND OF, UM, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE? SO IT, IT REALLY STARTS GETTING INTO THE, THE, THE MORE OF THE, THE MINUTIAE OF WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          THAT'S SORT OF THE NEXT PHASE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S, SO WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY BEHIND, WE'RE ACTUALLY SORT OF ON, ON TARGET WITH BEING ABLE TO GET THAT TO THEM. 
          BUT THE, THE OVERALL ARCHING OBJECTIVES AND CRITERIA CRITERIA AROUND THE CLIMATE PLAN, THEY, THEY HAVE AND, AND THAT IS INTEGRATED INTO THEIR PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN THE MUNICIPAL GREEN BUILDING POLICY, UM, WHAT ARE GONNA BE SOME OF THE PRIORITIES IN THE UPDATE? SO THE CURRENT ONE, UM, REALLY DOESN'T SAY MUCH MORE THAN BUILD TO LEAD SILVER. 
          UM, I THINK WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC. 
          COMMUNITIES HAVE MOVED BEYOND LEAD. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN EVALUATING IS, UM, WE DO HAVE A LOCAL GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM HERE, UH, BUILD SAN ANTONIO GREEN THAT HAS A PRETTY SOPHISTICATED CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING WITH THEM THAT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO BUILD INTO IT, BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE ENERGY USE OF THE BUILDING AND THE PERFORMANCE, IT'S ABOUT RESILIENCE FACTORS. 
          YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE BUILDING A BUILDING THAT MIGHT BE IN A LOCATION THAT MIGHT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS A QUOTE UNQUOTE RESILIENCE HUB, WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THERE? SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE FAIRLY MORE EXPLICIT AS FAR AS WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR HOW WE'RE DESIGNING THE BUILDINGS, NOT JUST A CERTIFICATION. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M ALSO, I DON'T MEAN TO GET INTO ITEM FIVE IF THAT'S, I MEAN, IT FEELS VERY CL YEAH. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS HOW MANY, HOW MANY MUNICIPAL FACILITIES DO WE HAVE? SO WE HAVE OVER, AND, UH, LET'S SEE, THERE'S RUBEN OVER THERE FROM B S D, WE HAVE OVER 600, CORRECT. 
          600 FACILITIES AND STRUCTURES. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT'S THE 600, UM, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. 
          BUT THE KEY IS THE STRUCTURES THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY TRACK. 
          WOW. 
          UM, SO I GUESS MY, MY HOPE IS THAT, WELL, ONE, I THINK FOR THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, I THINK WE NEED TO USE THE BOND AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE CARBON NEUTRALITY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GETTING TOO CLOSE INTO ITEM FIVE, BUT, UM, I REALLY HOPE THAT AS A PART OF THE CRITERIA AND MOVING INTO WHEN WE AT SOME POINT START PREPARING FOR THE NEXT BOND, THAT CARBON NEUTRALITY ISN'T THE GOAL BY MAYBE NOT 2040, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT FASTER AS SOON AS WE CAN GET, UM, FACILITIES TO THAT POINT. 
          UM, AND MY HOPE IS THAT WITH THE MUNICIPAL GREEN BUILDING POLICY, THAT WE'RE AS AMBITIOUS AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND SO THAT'S MY HOPE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND I THINK WE'RE CONTINUALLY TRACKING TO SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AND, 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME CITIES THAT ARE PUSHING THE ENVELOPE. 
          SOUNDS GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANKS, CHAIR. 
          UH, THANK YOU, DOUG, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE NINE WITH THE POLICE STATION AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION. 
          AND WE, AND THE WEST SIDE POLICE STATION HAS SIDE POLICE STATION HAS THE HIGHEST CONSUMPTION. 
          UM, WHAT TYPE OF, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENCIES CAN BE INTEGRATED TO, TO REDUCE THAT TO BE AT THE LEVEL OF NORTHWEST, AND WHY DID WE FIND THAT IT HAD A HIGHER CONSUMPTION? YEAH, I, I THINK, UH, A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, OPERATIONS OF THE FACILITIES. 
          AND SO, UM, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK TO CONFIRM AND WE CAN CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU TO SEE ONE, WHAT THOSE SPECIFICS ARE, AND THEN WHAT OTHER INTER INTERVENTIONS WE MAY BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS DOUG. 
          AND MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT THE CHAMBERS IS ALWAYS SOLE COLD. 
          WHAT, WHERE DOES THAT RANK  IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY? UM, I DON'T HAVE THAT ONE HANDY. 
          , ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS ON, ON THE CITY MANAGER'S DESK IS AN ENERGY POLICY, UM, FOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES THAT DOES SET THERMOSTAT SET POINTS. 
          I THINK FOR FACILITIES LIKE THIS, SOMETIMES IT'S, IT IS AN OPERATION ISSUE, UM, UH, AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, COOLING IS OCCURRING EQUALLY ACROSS DIFFERENT ZONES. 
          BUT I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A WORK IN PROGRESS TO FIGURE OUT, FIGURE OUT HOW WE FINE TUNE THIS, THIS FACILITY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, DOUG. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, DOUG, FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          SO A COUPLE OF MY QUESTIONS. 
          UM, THE U D C CHANGES 
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ARE COMING, IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT OUR, UH, GREEN BUILDING POLICIES? CAN, AND WITH THE U D C, CAN WE IMPACT OUR GREEN BUILDING POLICIES? I'M NOT SURE IF THE U D C APPLIES TO OUR OWN MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS OR NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          IT DOES, CAN I INTERJECT ON THAT? YES, DOUG, UH, YOU ALSO HAVE LIKE YOUR ENERGY CODES. 
          THERE'S CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE CODE THAT WOULD BE FAVORABLE, UH, IF THEY WERE ADDED. 
          THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH NOW, SO WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO THAT PROCESS AS WELL. 
          ALONG WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, YOUR CHECK, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YEAH, THAT'S COMING UP. 
          YEAH. 
          BECAUSE WITH 600 FACILITIES AND STRUCTURES, AND THEN WE'RE ASKING OUR NEIGHBORS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO DO THINGS. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING WHAT D S D WHAT APPLIES TO US FOR D S D AND THE U D C CODE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, I AM LIKE EVERYONE HERE, THE PUBLIC WORKS FINALIZING THE 2022 BOND, BECAUSE I DID SEE THAT LIKE MOST OF YOU, AND 19 MILLION FOR A NEW SUBSTATION. 
          IF IT GETS ME AN EAST SUBSTATION OR A SOUTH SUBSTATION, THAT'S NOT AN ENERGY EFFICIENT SUBSTATION. 
          I REALLY WANTED TO SEE, AND THAT'S WHERE I NEED YOU ALL TO TELL THEM WE'RE GONNA NEED THIS MUCH MONEY TO DO THE BUILD AND TO MAKE IT GREEN AND TO MAKE IT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, FIT IN WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR FUTURE. 
          BECAUSE WE HAVE, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW AS WE LOOK AT UPGRADING THESE OTHER SUBSTATIONS TO, TO DO A MODEL WITH A NEW BUILD. 
          THAT THIS IS WHAT A SUBSTATION, A GREEN SUBSTATION LOOKS LIKE. 
          THIS IS WHAT AN ULTRA ACCESSIBLE SUBSTATION LOOKS LIKE FOR THOSE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES. 
          SO I'D REALLY, I'D REALLY LIKE, AS YOU TALK, AS YOU TALK ABOUT THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU LET THEM KNOW IF 19 MILLION ISN'T ENOUGH, LET THEM KNOW. 
          UM, BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, STATE OF THE ART, YOU KNOW, SOLAR PANEL, I, I WAS DREAMING BIG. 
          SO, UM, FOR THAT, UH, THE OTHER, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF OLD BUILDINGS THAT ARE COLLECTED, CONNECTED TO OUR ARTS, WHICH IS THE CARVER GUADALUPE MAGIC, THE SAN ANTONIO PLAYHOUSE. 
          UM, ARE WE, DO WE HAVE A SEPARATE CATEGORY FOR THEM? ARE THOSE ALL MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS? THEY'RE ALL BEAUTIFUL, BUT THEY'RE ALL OLDER AND IT, WE DON'T HAVE THEM BROKEN OUT BY, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE ART FOCUSED. 
          USUALLY THEY'RE BROKEN DOWN BY OFFICE COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE COULD EASILY BREAK OUT AND SEE WHAT IT, WHAT IT SHOWS. 
          I, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY OFFER SO MANY, UH, PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN AND SENIORS ALSO. 
          BUT, UH, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, UM, THEY, THEY ARE GETTING THAT UPGRADE AND, AND GETTING, UM, FOLLOWING THE RULES FOR SUSTAINABILITY ALSO. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR ABOUT, UH, HOW THE CRITERIA, THE DESIGN CRITERIA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          WELL, I THINK WE'VE HEARD THAT A FEW TIMES. 
          REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          YEAH. 
          I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE. 
          I WAS IN A MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER ATTENDING SOME ISSUES THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO MY DISTRICT, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO END THAT MEETING. 
          UM, I'M SORRY THAT I MISSED, UH, I THINK IT WAS AGENDA ITEM. 
          WELL, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTE, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T HAVE APPROVED THEM. 
          UM, AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHERE CLAUDE JACOB IS, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WAS HE WAS GONNA COME PRESENT TO US EVERY, EVERY MONTH, COUNCILMAN? WE DO HAVE HIM SCHEDULED EVERY MONTH, BUT IT IS YOUR 22ND IS WHEN HE'LL BE PRESENTING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS IS A SPECIAL SESSION CALLED OUT OF ORDER TODAY. 
          NO, AND WE, SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE MEETINGS TWICE A MONTH, DEPENDING ON THE, UH, WORKLOAD OR REVIEW LOAD FOR YOU. 
          BUT HE IS STILL COMING EVERY MONTH FOR YOUR UPDATES. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE QUAL THE CLARIFICATION. 
          YES. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN KEY RODRIGUEZ BROUGHT UP, UH, INTEREST IN, UM, BOND PROJECTS, HELPING US, UH, ACHIEVE ZERO EMISSIONS. 
          AND, UM, I'VE STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH THAT WITH THE CITY MANAGER. 
          I, I RECENTLY TOURED THE CREDIT HUMAN BUILDING AND THAT, WHICH IS ACROSS 2 81 FROM THE PEARL. 
          AND, UM, THE C E O OF CREDIT HUMAN DESCRIBED THE BUILDING AS BEING LIKE A YETI COOLER OF BUILDING STRUCTURES, UM, IN THAT IT'S SO WELL INSULATED, IT CAN REALLY, UM, 
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STAY COOL FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME WITHOUT ANY ENERGY USE OR STAY WARM OR WHICHEVER YOU DESIRE. 
          AND THEY, WHAT THEY DID WAS, UM, WHEN THEY BUILT THIS NEW, NEW HEADQUARTERS, THEY INCREASED THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. 
          IT'S A 12 STORY BUILDING. 
          THEY INCREASED THEIR SQUARE FOOTAGE, AND THEY ONLY USED 9% OF THE ENERGY THAT THEIR PREVIOUS BUILDING STRUCTURE USED. 
          AND THEY SAID THAT THE COST FOR THE BUILDING WAS ONLY 5% MORE THAN WHAT IT WOULD COST TO BUILD A TRADITIONAL BUILDING STRUCTURE. 
          AND SO I'VE ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO GO AND TOUR THE BUILDING WITH ME, AND WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING ROD SANCHEZ WITH US AS WELL AS, UM, UH, JORGE AND RAZZI, SO WE CAN GO AND LOOK AT THAT. 
          AND, UM, SOMETHING THAT I'LL BE BRINGING TO THE COUNCIL IS, UM, SOME KIND OF POLICY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE BUILD STRUCTURES LIKE THAT GOING FORWARD WHEN WE BUILD MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, INCLUDING WITH THE 2022 BOND DOLLARS. 
          SO I THINK WE'RE ALIGNED ON THAT. 
          COUNCILMAN MCKEY RODRIGUEZ. 
          UM, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S A STACKED BENEFIT ISSUE. 
          IT'S NOT JUST, UM, THAT THOSE BUILDINGS WILL BE ENERGY EFFICIENT. 
          IT'S NOT JUST THAT THOSE BUILDINGS WILL SAVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON, ON THEIR ENERGY BILLS. 
          IT'S THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACTORS IN SAN ANTONIO WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH SUSTAINABLE BUILDING PRACTICES. 
          MY DAD'S A CONTRACTOR I GREW UP WORKING WITH, DOING CONSTRUCTION, WORKING WITH OTHER CONTRACTORS. 
          THE, THE, THE CONTRACTOR THAT BUILT THE CREDIT HUMAN BUILDING DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN SUSTAINABLE BUILDING. 
          AND AFTER BUILDING THAT BUILDING THERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME THEY'RE ONE OF THE PREMIER GREEN BUILDING CONTRACTORS IN THE CITY. 
          AND SO IF IN ORDER TO BUILD A CITY STRUCTURE THAT WAY GOING FORWARD, ALL THESE DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS THAT WANT TO BUILD, THAT WANT CITY CONTRACTS, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO LEARN AND ADAPT TO BUILD IN THAT WAY. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA HELP DEVELOP THAT WORKFORCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND IT'LL HELP SHIFT THE INDUSTRY IN OUR CITY. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP, UM, WITH SAN ANTONIO'S BRAND TO SHOW A REAL COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE LEADING ON A COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY. 
          SO I HOPE MY OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT US IN THAT. 
          AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          I DO HAVE A CORRECTION ON THE DATE. 
          THE NEXT MEETING IS 10 28, UH, 21 AT TWO O'CLOCK. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS A LOT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          I THINK, UH, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, CERTAINLY AGREE WITH THE POINTS YOU'VE, YOU'VE BROUGHT UP DURING THE READY TO WORK DISCUSSION. 
          THAT WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF MY POINTS OF ADVOCACY FOR WHERE WE COULD HAVE TAKEN THAT PROGRAM. 
          I THINK THAT IS AN UNTAPPED OPPORTUNITY FOR US, BECAUSE WE WILL ALWAYS NEED TO REPAIR HOMES. 
          WE WILL ALWAYS NEED TO BUILD HOMES. 
          SO AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THAT IS A, WHAT DO WE CALL IT, A PRIORITY SECTOR FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          UM, DOUG, ARE YOU READY TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC? I AM, YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO LET'S SEE. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          LET ME, UH, COULD THE 
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CLERK READ OUT THE ITEM, PLEASE? THAT WOULD BE, UH, ITEM FIVE. 
          BEFORE WE DO THAT, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT ITEM FIVE IS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S MUNICIPAL SOLAR STRATEGY TO REACH 100% RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY FOR MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES. 
          ONE MOMENT. 
          UH, MCKEE UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEE HAS A COMMENT, SO IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE MINUTES, COULD WE MOVE TO RECONSIDER THEM? AND THEN, UM, YES, WE CAN RECONSIDER THEM ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE ITEMS. THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AGAIN, DOUG MELNICK, CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER. 
          UH, SO AS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, SOLAR IS KEY TO ZERO NINE ENERGY. 
          UM, IT, IT'S DRIVING EFFICIENCY DOWN, UM, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, BUT THEN YOU NEED TO PRODUCE OR, OR PROCURE. 
          SO, UH, THIS BRIEFING WILL JUST, UH, PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, ADDRESSING SOLAR FOR OUR FACILITIES. 
          SO AGAIN, IN TERMS OF POLICY DIRECTION, UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S, UM, IN, IN THE, THE CLIMATE PLAN, UH, IDENTIFIES ZEINA AND ENERGY FOR, UM, ALL, UH, MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS BY 2040. 
          AGAIN, IF WE CAN ACCELERATE THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S FANTASTIC. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, KEY TO THIS IS, IS, UH, AGAIN, FIGURING OUT HOW EFFICIENT WE CAN GET OUR BUILDINGS, AND THEN FIGURING OUT, OKAY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT ARE THAT? IS THAT RENEWABLE NUMBER THAT, THAT WE NEED TO HIT? SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT A HUNDRED PERCENT RENEWABLE FOR COSA, UH, LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR, OUR DEMANDS FOR ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, UM, WE WOULD NEED APPROXIMATELY 110 MEGAWATTS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY. 
          AND THAT'S EITHER PRODUCED ON SITE, UH, IT COULD BE PRODUCED AT, UM, LARGE, 
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UM, UH, TRACKS OF LAND, UM, SOMEWHERE, OR IT CAN BE, UM, PROCURED. 
          UM, THAT'S A BIG NUMBER. 
          UH, I THINK THE OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP THAT PATHWAY TO, TO BEGIN CHIPPING AWAY AT THAT. 
          UM, LOTS OF BENEFITS AS, AS WAS ALREADY DISCUSSED AROUND ENERGY EFFICIENCY JOBS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THE APPROACH THAT WE WANT TO TAKE REALLY, UH, IS ABOUT HELPING SCALE UP OUR, OUR MUNICIPAL PROCUREMENT. 
          UH, THERE'S A LOT OF ECONOMIC BENEFITS, WHETHER IT'S LOCAL JOBS, UH, WHETHER IT'S SAVING DOLLARS, WHETHER IT'S IMPROVING RESILIENCE IN OUR FACILITIES, AS WELL AS REDUCING DEMANDS, UM, UH, FOR C P SS POWER, UH, CREATING MORE CAPACITY INTO THE SYSTEM. 
          UM, IT SHOWS THAT WE'RE LEADING BY EXAMPLE, AS AS, UM, AS I'VE HEARD HERE, THAT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE GO OUT AND START ASKING OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO DO IT, ARE WE DOING IT? UH, AND THEN PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE KNOW THAT THE, THE COMBUSTION OF FOSSIL FUELS, UH, RELEASES, UM, UH, UH, REDUCES OUR AIR QUALITY. 
          AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO, UM, REDUCE CONSUMPTION IS GONNA BE A GOOD THING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, PARTICULARLY AS WE'RE HEADING INTO, UM, UH, UH, BEING BUMPED UP IN NON-ATTAINMENT. 
          AND WE KNOW WHAT THOSE IMPACTS ARE AND, AND WHO IS IMPACTED THE MOST IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, UM, SO YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVES. 
          SO, SO FAR, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO HAVE THE, THE CLIMATE PLAN THAT DOES OUTLINE VERY CLEARLY WHERE WE NEED TO GO. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW, C P S IS, UM, UM, UM, RENEWABLE MIX IS AROUND 15%. 
          SO THAT 110 MEGAWATT NUMBER THAT I CITED AS C P S BRINGS MORE RENEWABLES ON. 
          WE, WE, WE, AS A END USER, GET CREDIT FOR THAT. 
          SO THAT 110 MEGAWATT NUMBER WILL GO DOWN. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE, UM, UH, WE HAVE NINE, UM, CURRENT, UM, FACILITIES WITH, WITH SOLAR RIGHT NOW, AND I CAN TOUCH BASE WITH THAT IN THE, IN THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, SAN ANTONIO RANKED FIFTH IN THE NATION, AND FIRST IN TEXAS FOR, UM, SOLAR AND ENVIRONMENT, TEXAS, TEXAS' RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER, SHINING CITIES REPORT. 
          SO C P S AND, AND SAN ANTONIO IS STILL LEADING. 
          I THINK THERE'S, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING, UM, AND WE DON'T GET LAPPED, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE STILL IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN EXCEL. 
          SO IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE, UM, NINE FACILITIES. 
          IT AMOUNTS TO 632 KILOWATTS. 
          SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT 632 KILOWATTS OUT OF THAT 102 MEGAWATT GOAL, IT'S LESS THAN 1%. 
          UM, YOU'LL SEE ON SOME OF THESE, UH, THE TERM SOLAR HOST, UH, THAT WAS A, UH, AN AGREEMENT THAT COUNCIL APPROVED BACK IN 2017 WHERE WE'RE BASICALLY LEASING OUR ROOFTOPS, UM, UH, TO A, A CONTRACTOR PROCURED BY C P S TO PRODUCE SOLAR ON OUR FACILITIES. 
          UM, WITH THAT, WE GET A, A SMALL CREDIT PER KILOWATT HOUR. 
          IT'S ONLY, IT'S ONLY 3 CENTS, BUT WE HAVE NO MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT, WHAT'S WHATSOEVER. 
          AND THAT'S A 20 YEAR, A 20 YEAR LEASE. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER FACILITIES WERE BASICALLY INSTALLED USING A FUNDS, UM, BACK IN, UM, 20, 20 11. 
          AND THOSE ARE BEHIND THE METER, UM, FEEDING INTO THE BUILDING. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE WE DO HAVE OUR FOOT, UM, OR DIPPING OUR TOE IN SOLAR, BUT THERE'S REALLY A, A LONG WAY TO GO. 
          UM, SO HERE'S OUR, OUR CURRENT PLAN. 
          UM, KEY IS ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S THE CHEAPEST THING THAT WE CAN DO, CONTINUING TO IMPROVE, UH, THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR BUILDINGS. 
          REMO REDUCING THAT DEMANDS AND UPDATING THAT TWO, 2007 GREEN BUILDING POLICY. 
          UM, WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, WE WANT TO RE RELEASE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR ONSITE SOLAR, UM, AT CITY FACILITIES. 
          UM, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S KEY. 
          THESE ARE CITY FACILITIES WHERE, UM, SOLAR CAN BE INSTALLED, HOOKED UP TO THE BUILDING AND FEED DIRECTLY INTO, INTO OUR BUILDINGS. 
          UM, IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE BUILDINGS. 
          IT COULD BE COVERING PARKING LOTS. 
          IT COULD BE COVERING PLAYGROUNDS. 
          UM, BUT THE KEY IS THAT THE POWER NEEDS TO GO BACK INTO A, A CITY BUILDING OR FACILITY. 
          UM, WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, UM, HAVING MULTIPLE BALLS IN THE AIR, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH C P S AND OTHER PROCUREMENT OPTIONS. 
          UM, OTHER, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING TO SOME SOLAR, UM, LOCAL SOLAR COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY FROM A PROCUREMENT LIKE THIS, WE COULD HIT 20 MEGAWATTS, WE COULD HIT 30 MEGAWATTS, IF, IF THERE'S THAT ECONOMIES OF SCALE, SCALE, BUT THAT STILL LEAVES A GAP. 
          AND SO HOW ARE WE GONNA ADDRESS THAT, THAT LARGER GAP? AND THEN FINALLY, ONCE WE GET, UM, OUR BUILDINGS AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE, WE'RE PRODUCING SOLAR, UM, WE'RE PROCURING, UM, RENEWABLES, UM, THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY OF HOW DO YOU GET TO THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT? AND IT CAN EITHER BE THROUGH THE PURCHASING OF A RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATE, UM, WHICH IS BASICALLY SOMEBODY, UM, IN THE REGION IS PRODUCING ONE MEGA MEGAWATT OF POWER, GREEN POWER, AND YOU PURCHASE THAT AND, AND RETIRE IT. 
          SO YOU ACTUALLY GET CREDIT FOR THAT. 
          OR, UM, AS AUSTIN DOES, THEY, THEY PURCHASE OFFSETS FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY, UM, UH, SEQUESTERING CARBON. 
          UM, SO THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS TO TRY TO, TO GET TO THAT A 
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HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          BUT THIS IS JUST THE CURRENT PATHWAY. 
          SO THE KEY TO THIS R F P REALLY IS ABOUT, UM, GETTING VISIBLE SOLAR PROJECTS AT CITY FACILITIES. 
          UM, IT NEEDS TO BE MARKET DRIVEN. 
          UH, KEY IS, UM, COST NEUTRAL OPTIONS. 
          THAT THAT REALLY IS. 
          THE, THE IDEAL IS, IS THAT, UM, WE GET PROPOSALS THAT ARE GOING TO, UM, NOT COST US ANYTHING. 
          IDEALLY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY MIGHT EVEN SAVE US MONEY. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S REALLY THE OBJECTIVE IS TO SEE WHAT THE MARKET CAN BEAR AT THIS POINT, UM, FOR WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING OUT. 
          UM, THE GOAL IS A, AGAIN, UH, A THIRD PARTY DEVELOPED PROJECT WHERE THE CITY NOR C P S IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE. 
          UM, BUT HAVING THAT THIRD PARTY ENSURE OVER THE LIFE OF THE CONTRACT AND THE LIFE OF THOSE FACILITIES THAT THEY'RE PERFORMING. 
          AND THEN, UM, REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, FIGURING OUT WHICH OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WE PUT OUT ARE GONNA BE FEASIBLE FOR RENEWABLE PROJECTS. 
          SO HE, WELL, SO HERE'S THE, THE PROCESS. 
          WE JUST CONVENED A, A, A GROUP THAT, UM, THIS MONTH YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT, THAT WE'VE ENGAGED, UM, TO START DEVELOPING WHAT THIS R F P COULD LOOK LIKE. 
          UM, YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT WE, WE HAVE R M I LISTED THERE, CONTINUING TO PROVIDE A SUPPORT THROUGH THE R F P DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROCUREMENT, UH, THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. 
          AND ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE IN VERY SMALL FONT, A, UM, WHAT'S PROJECTED TO BE AN EIGHT TO 11 MONTH PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE R F P. 
          UM, THE GOAL WOULD ALSO INCLUDE, ONCE WE HAVE A, A DRAFT SCOPE FOR THE R F P, TO, UM, ENTER INTO A, A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THIS, WE'RE HOPING THIS IS A LARGE PROCUREMENT, BUT TO SEE IF OUR, UM, OBJECTIVES, OUR IDEALS ARE OUR VISION FOR WHAT THE BENEFITS, UH, OF THIS, UH, R F P ARE, ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY, UM, IS LOOKING FOR. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, THE GOAL IS TO RELEASE THE, UH, R F P AT, AT Q ONE, UH, OF 2022. 
          UM, AND THEN IDEALLY, UM, WITHIN THAT EIGHT TO 11 MONTH PERIOD, UM, IDENTIFY, UM, SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS, UH, AND, UM, BRING THAT TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, DOUG. 
          UH, VERY MUCH. 
          UM, ARE YOUR OTHER CHAIRS HERE BY ANY CHANCE? DID, NO, I'M SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL GO INTO, UM, QUESTIONS. 
          JUST SOME, SOME QUICK QUESTIONS ON SLIDE. 
          WELL, ACTUALLY, FIRST LET ME INTRODUCE THIS TOPIC, THE DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC BY SAYING, UM, MR. MCCARRY AND I RECENTLY MET WITH COUNCILMAN BRAVO, I THINK IT WAS LAST MONTH, WHO, UM, INQUIRED HOW, HOW WE WERE PROGRESSING IN THIS, IN THIS AREA. 
          SO I WANNA THANK HIM FOR, UM, FOR PUSHING US ON THIS. 
          AND, UH, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA IN RESPONSE TO THAT REQUEST. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF SLIDE SEVEN, THE R F P OBJECTIVES, WHAT TYPE OF CONTRACT WOULD THIS BE AND WHAT SORT OF LIMITATIONS DO WE HAVE ON THE PROCUREMENT OF IT? I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE BASED UPON BEST PRACTICES, UM, BE A 20 YEAR CONTRACT. 
          UM, I THINK WE NEED TO, I MEAN, IN TERMS OF LIMITATIONS, IF YOU COULD, I'LL, I'LL JUST BE CLEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN WE LIMIT IT TO LOCAL VENDORS OR WHAT, I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE FUNDING SOURCE IS. 
          UM, WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF LIMITATIONS WHEN WE DO CERTAIN BOND PROJECTS. 
          IF WE DO AN R F P, UH, WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY ON THE QUALIFICATIONS AND NOT GO WITH LOW BID. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF REQUESTING THAT THE, THAT THE CONTRACTORS MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA, LIKE, UH, WAGE CRITERIA, YEAH. 
          OR, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT THEY'RE ALL TRAINED TO OSHA 10 OR OSHA 20 OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          I, I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT FLEXIBILITY WE HAVE WITH THIS. 
          YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. 
          AND DAVID, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT WE CAN, I, I THINK KEY TO THE R F P WILL BE, UM, BUILDING IN WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I THINK IF IT'S, IF IT'S, IF WE REALLY WANT LOCAL, UM, I WONDER IF WE CAN BUILD THAT IN AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          LET ME ADD TO THAT, DOUG. 
          SO QUITE NATURALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EXPERIENCE, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE PROPOSAL TO SEE WHAT IT IS. 
          IT WOULD BE, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING TO AUTOMATICALLY SAY LOCAL. 
          THE IDEAL IS TO PUT IT OUT THERE, AND THEN AS A PART OF THE LOCAL WE'LL VISIT WITH FINANCE TO SEE WHAT ADDED CRITERIA COULD GO TO HELP SPARK OR INFLUENCE ACTUAL WORK HERE LOCALLY FOR THAT. 
          SO THEY'LL, THAT'S WHERE THE DIFFERENCE IN POINT SETS IN ON THAT PIECE THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT DOES THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          SO WE'LL INCLUDE 'EM ON THAT. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE THAT WE KEEP THIS LOCAL, AS LONG AS THAT'S NOT ILLEGAL. 
          AND IF THERE 
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IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S SORT OF AT THE CUSP, THEY'RE LOCAL AND THEY'RE AT THE CUSP OF BEING ABLE TO DO THIS, BUT PERHAPS AREN'T AS COMPETITIVE AS SOMEONE, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE AREA, I'D LIKE FOR US TO RECONSIDER THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO LOCALLY TO ENCOURAGE THIS. 
          'CAUSE THIS IS A, UM, AS, UH, THE COUNCILMAN WAS SAYING EARLIER, A FIELD THAT WE REALLY WANNA NURTURE. 
          WELL, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT REHAB, BUT I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT SOLAR AND POSSIBLY ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
          THIS IS A FIELD THAT WE WANNA NURTURE AND GROW. 
          AND AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PURCHASERS, UH, ON THE GRID, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHAPE THAT, THAT MARKET. 
          UM, SO I, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LET THAT OPPORTUNITY GO TO WASTE AND TREAT OURSELVES LIKE ANY OTHER, UH, LIKE ANY OTHER CONSUMER IN THIS FIELD BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT. 
          UM, SO THAT WAS MY, MY FIRST QUESTION. 
          MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UH, THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR GROUP, UM, THIS WHOLE PROCESS WILL BE FOR ALL CITY FACILITIES, RIGHT? WHETHER OR NOT A DEPARTMENT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS LIST IS YOUR LAST SLIDE. 
          YES, CORRECT. 
          UH, THIS, UM, YOU'LL SEE ABSENCE, UM, THIS, WE WANTED TO BRING TOGETHER THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE EITHER EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE PAST OR HAVE LARGE FACILITIES THAT WE KNOW, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO A WHOLE ASSESSMENT OF ALL OUR FACILITIES AND TALK TO ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND LASTLY, WHAT ROLE WILL CPS PLAY? SO AT THIS POINT, FOR THIS PROCESS, I THINK, UM, AND I'VE ALREADY, WE'VE ALREADY LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING DOWN THIS PATH. 
          I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE THEM AS A KEY PARTNER TO ONE, HELP REVIEW THE R F P, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE MISSING. 
          I COULD SEE THEM, UM, HELPING US SCORE, UM, THESE BASED UPON, BASED UPON THEIR EXPERIENCE. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS IT'S BEHIND THE METER CONNECTED INTO OUR BUILDINGS, THEY HAVE A SMALLER ROLE THAN IF WE WERE PROCURING SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO GO BACK INTO THE GRID. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH WITH DISTRICT FIVE THIS TIME, COUNCILMAN. 
          SURE. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE MORE OF A COMMENT. 
          I KNOW THIS IS PRIMARILY FOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. 
          UM, BUT WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONSTITUENTS COME INTO OUR OPEN OFFICE HOURS TO SHARE THAT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD SOMEONE COMING TO THEIR HOUSE SELLING SOLAR PANELS, TELLING THEM, UH, THAT THEY DON'T ONLY PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION FEE, UM, AND THEN THERE'S A LIEN ON THEIR HOUSE. 
          UM, SO I WONDER IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO LET FOLKS KNOW, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH THE C P S BILL, UH, TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT, HEY, BE CAUTIOUS OF THESE FOLKS. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT MAY, THEY MAY, THE CONTRACT MAY INCLUDE A LIEN ON YOUR HOME. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS MORE THAN JUST THE INSULATION FEE IF THERE'S THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INCLUDE THAT. 
          UM, BECAUSE THESE ARE FOLKS THAT COME IN, THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED, THEY'RE EXCITED TO BE GREEN, RIGHT? HAVE A SOLAR PANEL, AND, AND THEN THEY LEARN THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LIEN ON THEIR HOME AND IT'S MORE THAN THIS INSTALLATION FEE. 
          UM, BUT NO OTHER COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND COUNCILMAN, THAT'S DEFINITELY, WE CAN CIRCLE BACK WITH C P S. 
          WE ALSO, UM, WORK WITH, UM, BUILD SAN ANTONIO GREEN THAT, UM, OFFERS AN ENTRYWAY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND THEY HELP SORT OF STEER PEOPLE TO REPUTABLE INSTALLERS. 
          SO WITH SOMETHING WE CAN, WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCILWOMAN VRAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          SO, UH, JUST TO CIRCLE BACK, I SEE THE CURRENT COSA SOLAR ASSETS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY STATION AS PART OF OUR, AS ONE OF THOSE ALSO I DO, UH, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A COMPANY IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, AND I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER SOLAR COMPANIES. 
          SO I DO WANNA SEE HOW WE CAN GIVE, UM, POINTS TO THOSE THAT ARE LOCAL, BECAUSE THEY ARE HERE. 
          THEY, THEY PROVIDE JOBS TO PEOPLE, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, THAT HAPPEN. 
          ALSO, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE POSSIBLY AS WE LOOK WHEN, WHEN WE LOOK FOR JUST GREEN SPACE OR SPACE TO PUT THESE PANELS THAT WE WE'RE MINDFUL OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN 15, 20 YEARS. 
          BECAUSE, UM, AS DEVELOPMENT COMES, ESPECIALLY, I'VE GOT TONS OF LAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT I'M WILLING TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS. 
          BUT, UH, THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT DEVELOPMENT IS COMING ALSO. 
          AND WE MAY NEED TO, THAT'S WHERE, LET'S GO BACK TO THE U D C CODES AND SEE HOW DO WE DO THIS. 
          SO THE SOONER WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION OF WHERE YOU'VE IDENTIFIED, UH, LAND SPOTS FOR THE SOLAR, LET'S GET THAT OUT THERE SO WE CAN BE THOUGHTFUL WITH OUR U D C CODE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          I, I ALSO SUPPORT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN VIA GROUND'S, UH, REQUEST TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THESE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UM, DESIGNS INTO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES. 
          I 
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KNOW THAT, I KNOW THAT THE, UM, THE SS A P D SUBSTATION ON NORTH ST. 
          MARY'S HAS ALREADY BEEN DESIGNED, UM, BUT CONSTRUCTION HAS NOT BEEN, HAS NOT STARTED YET. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO LATE TO GO IN AND SAY, HEY, CAN WE DO, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO DO, UM, GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMPS HERE, OR A FEW OTHER THINGS TO THAT EFFECT. 
          UM, DOUG, I SEE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO PUT THIS R F P OUT IN Q ONE OF 2022. 
          UM, I'VE ALSO SEEN GREENHOUSE GAS, UM, OR I'VE, I'VE SEEN THE, UM, GRAPHS THAT SHOW HOW SOON WE NEED TO MM-HMM. 
           START REDUCING EMISSIONS AND IT'S LIKE GOING OFF A CLIFF. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, YOU KNOW, THE MORE WE WAIT, THE MORE THE STEEPER THAT CLIFF IS. 
          SO IS THERE, WHAT'S PREVENTING US FROM GETTING THIS R F P OUT NEXT MONTH AND LETTING THE MARKET COMPETE AND JUST BRING US THEIR IDEAS? YEAH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S DOING THE SITE ASSESSMENT. 
          I THINK IT'S, I THINK FIGURING OUT WHAT, WHAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHEN WE, WE HEARD WE HAVE OVER 600 FACILITIES, UM, WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE, UM, THE FOUNDATION FOR THE CRITERIA, AND I ACTUALLY HAD THAT SAME QUESTION TO R M I, UM, AND I, I PITCHED SOMETHING MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THEIR RESPONSE WAS, YOU MIGHT NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME TO, TO GET IT THROUGH. 
          I THINK IF WE CAN ACCELERATE IT, I THINK WE, WE WILL. 
          THAT'S JUST A, A BEST GUESS. 
          I, I'D LIKE TO ACCELERATE IT AND, AND I, ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS, IS, IS ONE WAY OF ACCELERATING IT, WOULD IT BE DOING THIS IN PHASES? SO IT'S LIKE, MAYBE WE'VE GOT, WE'VE ASSESSED THE FIRST 200 SITES, UM, SO WE CAN DO PHASE ONE AND THEN WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO, TO RESPOND TO THAT R F P, WE COULD CONTINUE TO ASSESS OTHER SITES. 
          I THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE. 
          I THINK THE, I THINK MY GOAL IS TO COME UP WITH THAT RIGHT FIRST COHORT THAT'S GONNA BE ATTRACTIVE FOR THE MARKET. 
          AND IT'S NOT, I I, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT EVERYTHING OUT. 
          SO I DEFINITELY DO AGREE IT'S GOING TO BE A, A COUPLE PHASES. 
          YES. 
          MR. MCCARRICK, DOUG, CAN I RECOMMEND SOMETHING? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO DO MORE OF IS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DOUG HAS CITED THAT AS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO THIS. 
          SO I DON'T WANT TO SHORT CHANGE THE COMMUNITY'S INVOLVEMENT IN SOME OF THE SURVEYS OR QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE. 
          I'M SURE THERE'S WAYS TO SPEED IT UP, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO IT AT THE COST OF COMPROMISE AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          SO WHY CAN WE GET BACK WITH YOU AND TRY TO LAY OUT A TIMELINE FOR YOU? SURE. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE ADVISABLE. 
          I, I DON'T, AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO I WANNA SHORTCHANGE THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. 
          SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO LIGHT. 
          UM, I WONDER WHAT, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO DO THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT? WOULD IT BE AFTER WE GET THE R F P RESULTS SO WE CAN GO AND SHOP THOSE IDEAS AROUND AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT THE MARKET HAS PROPOSED. 
          WHICH OF THESE IDEAS DO YOU LIKE? OR WOULD IT BE BEFORE THAT R F P GOES OUT? I ACTUALLY THINK IT SHOULD BE BEFORE THE R F P GOES OUT. 
          THAT WAY WE CAN SEE HOW DOES THIS BENEFIT THE PUBLIC. 
          WE ALWAYS STILL HAVE TO KEEP OUR EQUITY HAT ON SO THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, WE DON'T WANT TO DO, HAVE THE OPPOSITE EFFECT. 
          SO EVEN IF IT MAY NOT TAKE AS LONG TO SURVEY OR TO HAVE THAT ENGAGEMENT, IT SHOULD GO BEFORE THE R F P GOES OUT. 
          AND IF I, I CAN SEE BOTH. 
          I THINK THE, I, I SEE ON THE FRONT END, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING SORT OF LIKE THE VALUES OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS PROCUREMENT. 
          AND THEN I WOULD POSSIBLY, ONCE WE GET THE SOLICITATIONS, ONCE WE GO THROUGH OUR, UM, PRIORITIZATION AND SCORING, IF WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMMUNITY'S COMFORTABLE WITH WHATEVER THOSE FINAL SELECTIONS ARE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO I, I THINK WE'RE OPEN TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. 
          GOT IT. 
          UM, THOUGHT I HAD ONE OTHER THING, BUT I CAN'T THINK OF IT RIGHT NOW, SO, GREAT. 
          UH, WE CAN FOLLOW UP AND, AND TALK MORE OFF OFFLINE AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS A LOT. 
          THANK YOU, DOUG. 
          UM, THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM, UH, WELL, FOR SUGGESTING THAT WE BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD AND GET AN UPDATE ON IT. 
          I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE THE PROGRESS THAT YOU'VE MAKING, THAT YOU'VE PULLED THIS GROUP TOGETHER. 
          UM, I ALSO DO AN, A CAUTIONS, UH, AGAINST RUSHING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UH, ON PRIMARILY BECAUSE OUR PRIORITY FOR, OR WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMITTEE TODAY IS THAT THE BOND CRITERIA ARE, IS, IS HIGH PRIORITY AND WE WANT YOU TO FOCUS, UH MM-HMM. 
           ON, WELL, I MEAN, WE DIDN'T TAKE A VOTE OR ANYTHING, BUT, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT'S PARTICULARLY URGENT. 
          WE DON'T WANNA MISS THAT VOTE. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          SO I THINK AS, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA MOVE THIS AS, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, BUT ALSO NOT AT THE COST OF, OF THE BOND WORK. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT WON'T COME AGAIN FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS, SO, ALRIGHT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
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WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE ITEMS TO GO THROUGH, SO THANK YOU. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT I, I ALSO, UM, SUPPORT THE, UM, REQUEST THAT WE PRIORITIZE LOCAL AND I, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LIKE WHEN WE DO MAJOR, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT BID, SOMETIMES THERE'S A SCORING CRITERIA THERE. 
          AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IF POSSIBLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK, THANK YOU, DOUG FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOUR FIVE PERSON TEAM IS, IS, DO YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE NOW? WE'RE NINE. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          TWICE AS BIG. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM. 
          I THINK THIS IS ITEM TH YES. 
          HOLD ON. 
          I WANNA INVITE DR. 
          NIVEN TO SAY WHATEVER HE WANTS TO SAY. 
           ON THOSE TWO ITEMS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE US ANY COMMENTS, PLEASE. 
          I, I, UH, COULD YOU, COULD YOU GO TO THE MIC AND, AND WE'LL GIVE THE GENTLEMAN MAYBE THREE TO FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UH, JUST A COUPLE OF OF QUICK ITEMS. IT'S, UM, ONE IS, IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL THE, THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE, THE GREEN BUILDING AND ALL THAT. 
          I, I'M ONE WHO THINKS THAT THAT'S GONNA HAVE A BIG ECONOMIC IMPACT, NOT JUST DIRECT FROM ALL THE, THE BUILDING AND THAT, BUT THE, THE QUALITY OF LIFE IMPACTS AND OUR ABILITY TO ATTRACT LABOR AND, AND, AND KEEP OUR POPULATION AND LABOR FORCE GROWING. 
          UM, AND, AND THE, THE, THE HEALTH EFFECTS WILL BE, BE, I THINK BIG AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF, UM, AND THE INNOVATION, I, I LOVE COUNCILMAN'S IDEA ABOUT, AND YOUR IDEA OF USING THE, THE PURCHASING POWER OF THE CITY TO, TO DEVELOP OUR, OUR CONSTRUCTION IN THAT AREA. 
          SO I, THIS IS, I THINK, GONNA BE A BIG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, IMPACT. 
          UM, I ALSO, UH, APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN BRAVO BRINGING UP, UH, CREDIT HUMAN, JUST AS FULL DISCLOSURE, I'M ON THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          AND SO ONE, ONE ITEM I WOULD ADD TO, TO YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE BUILDING IS THAT IT'S ALSO A GREAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT. 
          SO, UM, AND JUST THOSE, THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          NIVAN. 
          SORRY. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          DEBBIE. 
          ITEM NUMBER 
          [2. The City of San Antonio’s United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Creative Cities Network Gastronomy program. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Colleen Swain, Director, World Heritage Office]
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TWO IS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S, UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION. 
          UNESCO CREATIVE CITIES NETWORK, GASTRONOMY PROGRAM. 
          SORRY, WE WERE GOING TO TAKE IT IN THE IT'S OKAY. 
          EITHER WAY FOR, FOR US RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, THAT'S FINE. 
          WE'LL JUST GO FORWARD WITH IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, GLAD TO BE HERE THIS MORNING. 
          AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO, I AM COLLEEN SWAIN. 
          I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE. 
          IN ADDITION TO OVERSEEING THE UNESCO CREATIVE CITY OF GASTRONOMY DESIGNATION, UH, WE OVERSEE THE WORLD HERITAGE WORK PLANS, SPANISH GOVERNOR'S PALACE, AND MISSION MARQUEE PLAZA, AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER, ARISA LARIOS, WHO'S HERE. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, DR. 
          NIVAN, WHO WORKS WITH US ON OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT. 
          AND WE HAVE OUR US ECMO EXCHANGE PARTICIPANT, , I PROBABLY BUTCHERED YOUR LAST NAME, BUT SHE'S VISITING US FROM THAILAND. 
          UM, SHE'S GOING TO BE WORKING WITH US FOR 10 WEEKS. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WE PARTNER WITH THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WE HAVE JENNIFER HARRIET HERE, AND, UH, YOU'VE MET DOUGLAS. 
          UM, SO REAL QUICK, I'M GONNA FLY THROUGH THIS. 
          I BRIEFED ALL OF YOU ON THIS. 
          WE, IN 2017 BECAME A MEMBER OF THIS NETWORK, AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT CITIES. 
          UM, AND THE REASON THEY FOCUS ON CITIES IS BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY THE PRINCIPLE GROUNDS. 
          THEY'RE THE AREA WHERE ALL THE NEW STRATEGIES, INITIATIVES, THOSE POLICIES, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO CULTURE AND CREATIVITY, ARE A DRIVING FORCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY. 
          SO WE ARE ONE OF NINE IN THE US, ONE OF TWO IN THE CATEGORY OF GASTRONOMY, JUST, UH, QUICK ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 
          WE HAVE A WEBSITE. 
          UM, WE ASK THAT YOU, UH, LIST YOUR EVENTS ON THAT CALENDAR. 
          UM, WE, DESPITE COVID HAVE TRAVELED VIRTUALLY, UH, TO MANY PLACES. 
          AND SO PART OF THAT, UH, COLLABORATIVE EFFORT SHARING BEST PRACTICES EXCHANGED WITH OTHER CITIES IS PART OF BEING IN THE UNESCO CREATIVE CITIES NETWORK. 
          UM, WE ALSO FOCUSED ON CULINARY HERITAGE. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID, UM, LAST YEAR DURING COVID, THE TAMAL INSTITUTE. 
          [01:00:02]
AND THEN WE ALSO WORKED ON WITH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND METRO HEALTH. 
          THE UN LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM SUMMIT WAS A BIG PROJECT THAT WE DID IN MAY OF 2022, I MEAN, OF 2021. 
          UH, WE HAVE A ROSTER, CHEF AMBASSADORS WHO YOU WILL MEET ON OCTOBER 14TH. 
          THEY WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL. 
          UM, THESE ARE OUR CHEF AMBASSADORS, AND TWO OF THEM WILL BE TRAVELING TO ALBA, ITALY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WHITE TRUFFLE, UH, FESTIVAL IN NOVEMBER. 
          THEY'RE JOHN BRAND AND KELLY, AND THE RECIPE THAT SHE HAS IS EXPIRED FROM THE MISSION SAN JUAN FARM USING MUSTANG GRAPES AND, UH, INDIGENOUS INGREDIENTS. 
          THIS WAS A PILOT THAT WE DID, UM, UH, TO EXPAND THE OUTDOOR DINING FOR RESTAURANTS DURING C AND THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME OUT DURING BUDGET ABOUT, UM, UH, AWARENESS OF GASTRONOMY. 
          SO WE PARTNER EVERY YEAR WITH VISIT SA, UM, AND THEY GIVE US, UH, THE RESULTS OF THE MEDIA VALUE. 
          UM, AND WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT, UH, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE MEMBERSHIP MONITORING REPORT. 
          UM, EXACTLY WHAT, UM, THAT, THAT WAS ABOUT THE, THE AWARENESS PIECE. 
          THE MEMBERSHIP MONITORING REPORT IS THE KEY ITEM THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO, UH, BRIEF YOU ON TODAY. 
          UM, WE BECAME A MEMBER IN 2017, AND EVERY FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A UPDATE TO UNESCO. 
          THAT IS A REPORT THAT LISTS WHAT ARE THE KEY THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE DURING THESE FOUR YEARS, AND THEN WHAT IS OUR ACTION PLAN MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO THIS IS DUE NOVEMBER 30TH. 
          UH, WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH A DRAFT OF THIS, AND THIS WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          AND WE DID SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER CITIES DO, AND THAT THEY A LOT OF TIMES HAVE SOMEONE THAT SITS BEHIND A DESK, LOGS ALL THE ACTIVITIES, AND THEN DEVELOPS THE PLAN WITHOUT ANY COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          SO WE DID A SURVEY, WHICH THE COUNCIL OFFICES HELPED US WITH. 
          WE RECEIVED 900 RESPONSES, UH, TO THAT SURVEY. 
          THE SURVEY WAS IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. 
          WE DID IT IN PAPER FORMAT, WE DID IT IN VIRTUAL. 
          WE SENT IT OUT TO OUR SENIORS AND ALSO DISTRIBUTED IT THROUGH THE LIBRARY. 
          AND WE WANTED TO KNOW, FIRST WERE THEY AWARE OF THE GASTRONOMY DESIGNATION, AND THEN WHAT WERE THEIR PRIORITIES MOVING FORWARD? AND SO WHAT WE LEARNED WAS 30% OF THE COMMUNITY KNOWS ABOUT THE DESIGNATION. 
          SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE FOCUSED ON THAT COMMUNITY AWARENESS. 
          WE ALSO DID FOCUS GROUPS IN THESE FOUR CATEGORIES AND HAD 72 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THOSE FOCUS GROUPS. 
          SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE TOP PRIORITIES FROM THE COMMUNITY FROM THESE TWO, UH, EFFORTS WAS FOOD SECURITY AND FOOD JUSTICE. 
          SO WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING WITH OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, AS THEY, UH, HAVE GOTTEN A GRANT FOR FOOD, FOOD POLICY, UH, PERSON. 
          AND IT'S ALSO LISTED ON THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND PLANNING HAS IT, UM, ON THEIR PLAN TOO, AS A PRIORITY. 
          AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND WITH ALL OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS ON ISSUES RELATED TO FOOD SECURITY AND FOOD JUSTICE. 
          TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC. 
          SO THE TAMAL INSTITUTE WILL CONTINUE. 
          THERE IS A PROJECT THAT IS HAPPENING AT LATA, THE MAVERICK PLAZA. 
          THEY WILL BE COMING BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE TO BRIEF YOU ON STATUS. 
          BUT THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS LISTED IN THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION, AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, LIST THAT AS SOMETHING THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE COMPLETED, BECAUSE THEY WILL, UM, SHARE CULINARY BEST PRACTICES, HAVE COOKING CLASSES, ARTISAN MARKETS, UM, AND WE CAN HAVE CHEF EXCHANGES THERE. 
          UH, SUSTAINABILITY WAS THE THIRD ITEM. 
          SO POOR VITA IS A PROGRAM THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING FOR 10 YEARS. 
          AND, UH, ARISA ACTUALLY CAME FROM, UH, METRO HEALTH WORKING ON THE PUR VITA, UH, THE PUR VITA PROGRAM. 
          AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO RELAUNCH THE PROGRAM, BUT WE'VE ADDED THE ELEMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY OR METRO HEALTH HAS WHERE, UM, YOU GET POINTS, UM, IF YOU ARE, UM, IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH REWORKS FOR COMMUNITY GIVE BACK, AND THEN THE LAST LEVEL, YOU'LL HAVE LIKE A, UM, BRONZE, SILVER, AND GOLD LEVEL. 
          THE LAST LEVEL. 
          IF YOU ARE A LOCAL, UH, FROM SCRATCH KITCHEN AND YOU MEET THE SUSTAINABILITY AND THE COMMUNITY, UH, GIVE BACK REQUIREMENTS, YOU'VE BECOME A CREATIVE CITY OF GASTRONOMY DESIGNATED RESTAURANT. 
          AND SO THAT'S A WAY TO GET THE DESIGNATION OUT TO OUR LOCAL RESTAURATEURS AND TO THE COMMUNITY, WHILE ALSO, UH, HOPEFULLY REINFORCING HEALTHY EATING AND SUSTAINABILITY. 
          UM, JUST TO MENTION EVERYTHING, WORLD HERITAGE AND GASTRONOMY POINTS TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. 
          UM, DOUG, UH, IS A MEMBER OF THIS ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A COHORT. 
          AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH HIM AND THE, UH, OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION ON SOME PROJECT THAT, UH, WHERE WE CAN, UM, 
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DO SOME SORT OF LOCAL VOLUNTARY REVIEW. 
          AND THIS IS A WAY FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE WORKING ON ALL OF THESE ISSUES TO BE ABLE TO CATALOG THINGS AND TO REPORT ABOUT IT INTERNATIONALLY. 
          UM, SO THIS IS WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US. 
          WE DO AN ANNUAL ECONOMIC, UH, UH, IMPACT REPORT. 
          SO DR. 
          NIVAN IS HERE. 
          UM, WE DID SEE, OF COURSE, A DECLINE IN, UM, THE EMPLOYMENT IN THE CULINARY INDUSTRY. 
          UM, HOWEVER, THERE WAS SOME GROWTH IN OTHER SECTORS. 
          UM, AND SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH HIM, AND HE DOES THAT REPORT EVERY YEAR. 
          AND YOU'LL RECEIVE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THIS YEAR'S THEN MOVING FORWARD FOR PROGRAMMING, WE'LL CONTINUE THAT COLLABORATION WITH OTHER CREATIVE CITIES AND OUR SISTER CITIES. 
          WE ALSO, UH, WE'VE BEEN ASKED BY, UH, TUCSON, MERIDA, AND PUEBLA TO WORK ON A PROJECT CALLED PUEBLO DE MAIS. 
          SO WE'LL WORK ON, WE'LL DO SOMETHING IN MAY. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH U T S A LIBRARY. 
          UM, THEY HAVE THE , BUT THEY HAVE THE LARGEST MEXICAN, UH, COOKBOOK COLLECTION IN NORTH AMERICA. 
          SO, UM, THERE'LL BE A CHEF BROUGHT IN AND THERE'LL BE COMMUNITY, UH, EDUCATION CLASSES AS WELL. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE THE EDUCATION. 
          WE ARE VERY SMALL DEPARTMENT. 
          WE HAVE, UH, ONE PERSON, UH, DEVOTED TO GAS ASTRONOMY. 
          UM, OF COURSE, I, UH, TOUCH ALL ASPECTS OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND SO DOES OUR MARKETING MANAGER. 
          BUT, UM, WE REALLY RELY ON OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS AND OUR NONPROFITS TO, UH, GET THE WORD OUT THERE AND TO DO THAT WORK. 
          UM, SO AISA HAS BEEN TALKING TO, UH, HUMAN SERVICES ABOUT DOING SOMETHING WITH SENIOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND OUR CHEF AMBASSADORS. 
          AND THEN WE, OF COURSE, PARTNER WITH GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT. 
          UH, WE JUST DID AN EVENT WITH GUANG JU OUR SISTER CITY, WHERE, UM, THEY BROADCAST, THEY'RE HAVING THEIR INTERNATIONAL KIMCHI FESTIVAL, AND THEY BROADCAST, UM, THE COOKING DEMO FROM KOREA AT MIDNIGHT. 
          AND WE WORKED WITH ST. 
          PHILLIPS COLLEGE, UH, TO HAVE THAT MASTER KIMCHI CHEF TEACH THE STUDENTS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAD A CHEF AMBASSADOR INVOLVED. 
          BUT, UM, THAT'S REALLY IT. 
          WE REALLY WANTED TO COME TO, WE HAVE A NEW GROUP OF COUNCIL MEMBERS CREATE SOME AWARENESS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, AND ACTUALLY, HOW CAN WE PARTNER WITH YOU IN YOUR DISTRICT? I KNOW IN BRIEFING, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME GREAT IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN DO THAT AND REALLY SPREAD THAT COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT THIS DESIGNATION. 
          AND, UM, ALSO SOME UNDERSTANDING. 
          'CAUSE GASTRONOMY IS A HARD WORD. 
          UM, IT'S BASICALLY FOOD AND CULTURE, BUT IT'S A LOT, IT'S A LOT MORE THAN THAT. 
          AND THERE'S A LOT MORE. 
          THERE ARE, UH, LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TO SHARE OUR FOOD AND CULTURE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD. 
          AND THAT'S IT. 
          I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I'M REALLY GLAD, UH, ABOUT THE INTEGRATION WITH, UM, WITH METRO HEALTH. 
          UM, ARE THERE ANY WORDS REGARDING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AT THIS POINT? DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC? UM, UM, SO I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY SURPRISE THAT THERE WAS A DECLINE IN, IN THE CULINARY INDUSTRY FROM 2019 TO 2020. 
          MOST OF THAT IS IN THE, THE RESTAURANT SECTOR OF, OF THE, UM, CULINARY INDUSTRY, UH, THE GROWTH SECTORS BEING THE, THE FOOD MANUFACTURERS AND THE, THE, UH, FOOD RETAILERS. 
          AND THAT, UM, MAKES SENSE AS WELL. 
          IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S AN, IT'S AN INDUSTRY THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH A, A, A LOT OF CHANGE, I THINK, GOING FORWARD AS, AS PEOPLE ASSESS THEIR, THEIR VALUATION OF THEIR TIME AND HOW THEY WANNA SPEND THEIR TIME AND, AND WORK IN THAT. 
          AND I THINK THAT AFFECTS THAT INDUSTRY. 
          AND SO WE'VE SEEN SOME CONTINUED SHORTAGES IN THERE, BUT, BUT IT'S, IT'S WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THAT. 
          UM, ALONG THOSE LINES, WE ARE, WE ARE PART OF THE RESEARCH PROGRAM WITHIN THIS, WITHIN THE, THE CITY OF GASTRONOMY EFFORT IS, UH, THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, UM, RESEARCH TO ASSESS WHERE THE RESTAURANTS LOCALLY, INDEPENDENT, LOCAL INDEPENDENTLY OWNED RESTAURANTS, WHERE THEY'RE AT RIGHT NOW, HOW THEY ADAPTED TO THE, TO THE PANDEMIC, WHAT CHANGES MIGHT BE PERMANENT. 
          AND THEN WHAT WE WANNA DO IS LOOK FORWARD AND THEN, OKAY, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS, HOW DO WE HELP YOU GROW? WHAT DO WE, WHAT DO WE AS A COMMUNITY NEED TO DO TO, TO HELP THIS INDUSTRY GROW? UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE DOING THAT. 
          AND THE FIRST SURVEY WILL HOPEFULLY BE GOING OUT HERE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, SO THANK YOU. 
          OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS WITH COUNCILWOMAN VRAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, COLLEEN. 
          SO, YES, CITY OF 
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GASTRONOMY IS A WHOLE LOT TO SAY FOR SOME PEOPLE , BUT I DO, I I DO WANNA ENCOURAGE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AS A COMMITTEE TO REALLY SET THE AGENDA OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE UP AND TAKE FORWARD TO A FULL COUNCIL. 
          AND SO I THINK THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH COLLEEN, HAVE HER COME BACK WITH REALLY CREATIVE IDEAS, UM, RESTAURANTS THAT WE THINK CAN, CAN GET THAT DESIGNATION. 
          I KNOW FISH LOHA JUST MADE THE NEW YORK TIMES LIST, AND I'M NOMINATING THEM. 
          THEY'LL BE FINE WITH IT. 
          UH, BUT YOU EACH HAVE A RESTAURANT. 
          AND THEN THE ONE THING I'M GOING TO DO IN MY DISTRICT, WHICH I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, IS CITY OF GASTRONOMY, BUT THEN I WANT THEM TO PICK A FOOD OR PICK A DESCRIPTION OF A FOOD FOR, FOR MY RESIDENTS, SO SPICE OR CHEESE OR WHATEVER THEY LIKE, BECAUSE IT'S, IT IS ABOUT THE FOOD AND THE CULTURE. 
          AND I KNOW IN DISTRICT THREE, WE LIKE THE SPICY, WE LIKE THE, WE LIKE THE CHEESY, AND IT MIGHT BE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT FOR YOUR DISTRICT. 
          SO I THINK WE, IT'S ABOUT GET GETTING THEM OUT THERE AND GETTING THEM TO IDENTIFY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK. 
          I DO SIT ON THE VISIT SAN ANTONIO BOARD VISIT SAN ANTONIO IS DOING A LOT OF WORK. 
          WE JUST DON'T GET TO SEE THAT BECAUSE THEY TAKE IT OUT. 
          BUT IF EVER YOU WANT AN UPDATE ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING, LIST THAT THEY'RE MAKING, LET MYSELF OR, OR MARK ANDERSON KNOW, AND THEY CAN SEND THAT TO YOU. 
          BUT I THINK WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS REALLY SPECIFIC TO SAN ANTONIO AND TO YOUR RESIDENTS IN PARTICULAR, OF HOW THEY USE FOOD AND HOW THEY, UM, USE IT TO, TO CREATE COMMUNITY, TO SHOW LOVE. 
          UM, AND JUST TO, TO, TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE, ARE FED. 
          AND I DO WANT TO APPLAUD THE PRIORITIES OF FOOD SECURITY AND FOOD JUSTICE, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT IS A HUGE ISSUE IN, IN MY AREA. 
          AND I THINK THAT IF WE, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL SEE. 
          WE'LL SEE IT DECREASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. 
          CONGRATULATIONS ON, AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE YOU GOT THAT, UH, UNESCO, UM, DESIGNATION, BUT, UH, I JUST WANT TO WORK WITH YOU. 
          UM, AND I'M ACTUALLY EAGER TO HEAR IN THE FUTURE MORE ABOUT THAT COLLABORATION WITH PUEBLA. 
          I ONCE MADE A SIDE TRIP WHEN I WAS IN MEXICO, UH, FROM SAN MIGUEL TO, TO PUEBLA, AND I BOUGHT ABOUT 15 KILOS OF DIFFERENT MOLES AND PEONS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT ONES IN THE MARKET. 
          AND THAT THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T BUY MORE IS 'CAUSE THAT'S ALL I COULD CARRY. 
          UM, AND MY BAGS WERE DIGGING INTO MY SHOULDERS AT THAT TIME. 
          UM, BUT I'M, I, UH, AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU IN ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SHOWCASE, UH, SAN ANTONIO AS A CITY OF GASTRONOMY. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN GUILLO? YES. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I APPRECIATED THE BRIEFING. 
          I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND THE SUSTAINABILITY COMPONENT, UM, BUT WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF SURVEYS, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB WITH OUTREACH WITH THE PAPER AND DIGITAL SURVEYS, ENGLISH AND SPANISH. 
          UM, BUT WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF SURVEY, I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ASK THE QUESTIONS TO OUR MICRO BUSINESSES IF THEY'VE RECEIVED GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, LIKE HOSPITALITY GRANTS, AND IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THEM TO RECEIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF THAT. 
          UM, BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THAT IS A PROPOSED QUESTION ON DR. 
          NIVEN'S SURVEY THAT WE SHARED THAT SURVEY WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, TREMENDOUS WORK. 
          THANKS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND, UM, IF ANYBODY CAME HERE FOR THE PARKS PRESENTATION, THE TIME HAS COME. 
          UM, HOMER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          UM, VERY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS. 
          I'M GONNA HAVE LOTS OF COMMENTS, UH, WHEN YOU'RE DONE. 
          BUT, UM, THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          MM-HMM. 
          I NINE NUMBER THREE 
          [3. The Trust for Public Land ParkScore and 10­Minute Walk to a Park Initiative. [David W. McCary, Assistant City Manager; Homer Garcia III, Director, Parks and Recreation]]
IS A TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND PARK SCORE AND 10 MINUTE WALK TO A PARK INITIATIVE. 
          . 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON THE TRUST REPUBLIC LAND PARK SCORE, AND 10 MINUTE WALK TO A PARK. 
          MY NAME IS HOMER GARCIA, DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF KEY MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM SPECIFIC TO THIS EFFORT. 
          UM, MELINDA SERTA, SHE IS ONE OF TWO ASSISTANT DIRECTORS. 
          AND, UH, TONY FORAGE, HE IS ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT MANAGERS, BOTH OF THEM AND SOME OTHERS. 
          WORKED VERY CLOSELY ON COMPLETING THE 2021 
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SURVEY, WHICH IS, UH, I, WHAT I WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING HERE THIS MORNING. 
          SO, TO PROVIDE A BIT OF BACKGROUND ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND PUBLISHES AN ANNUAL PARK SCORE INDEX, AND IT LOOKS AT AND RANKS THE 100 LARGEST US CITIES IN AMERICA AND SCORES THEM UPON FIVE CATEGORIES. 
          NOW, THIS YEAR, IN 2021, THERE WAS A NEW CATEGORY, UH, HIGHLIGHTED AROUND EQUITY. 
          BUT WE SEE THE OTHER CATEGORIES ARE ACREAGE, INVESTMENT AMENITIES, PARK ACCESS. 
          AND ACROSS THESE FIVE CATEGORIES, THERE ARE 14 MEASURES THAT FEED EACH, OR FEED INTO EACH ONE OF THESE. 
          SO FOR 2021, OUR UH, PARK SCORE WAS 60 OUT OF 100. 
          AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE SURVEY CAPTURES NOT ONLY, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S INVESTMENT IN OUR GREEN SPACE, BUT REALLY LOOKS AT ALL AVAILABLE PUBLIC LANDS. 
          SO OUR PARTNERS BEING TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE, BEXAR COUNTY, SAN ANTONIO, UH, RIVER AUTHORITY, THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. 
          SO ANYTIME LOCALLY HERE IN THE COUNTY, WE SEE INVESTMENT BY ANY ONE OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES. 
          WE ARE ALL BENEFITING FROM THAT PARK SCORE, AND THAT FEEDS INTO, UM, WHAT THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND LOOKS FOR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          SO, WHILE, UH, 60, UH, IS REALLY IN THE BACK HALF OR THIRD QUARTILE OF THE INDEX, UH, YOU KNOW, I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT IT IS, UH, UP FROM WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO IN 2020, WE WERE AT 75. 
          SO, UM, FOR US, WE LOOK AT THAT AS OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND GROW AS WE, UH, STRIVE TO INCREASE OUR, OUR RANKING ACROSS THE 100 US LARGEST CITIES. 
          THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A SNAPSHOT. 
          I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO THAT ACROSS THE FIVE CATEGORIES, THERE ARE 14 MEASURES THAT FEED INTO IT. 
          SO, UM, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, PARK, EXCUSE ME, IT'S A LITTLE SMALL ON THE SCREEN, I APOLOGIZE. 
          SO I'M GONNA LOOK DOWN AND READ THIS TO YOU. 
          UH, SO LOOKING AT PARK ACCESS, IT'S THE PERCENT OF POPULATION LIVING WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK TO A PARK. 
          I HAVE SOME DETAIL SPECIFIC TO THAT HERE MOMENTARILY. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY AROUND ACREAGE, IT'S CAPTURES TWO THINGS. 
          MEDIAN PARK SIZE AND PARKLAND AS A PERCENT OF, UH, THE CITY AREA AROUND INVESTMENT. 
          IT'S LOOKING AT PUBLIC SPENDING, NONPROFIT SPENDING, AND VOLUNTEER HOURS. 
          SO AGAIN, WHEN WE COLLECTIVELY LOOK AT OUR PUBLIC PARTNER AGENCIES, THIS REALLY HELPS, UH, FEED INTO THAT NUMBER AS WELL. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, AMENITIES. 
          THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE MEASURED THAT DRIVES THIS SCORE. 
          IT'S, UH, LOOKS AT BASKETBALL GOALS, DOG PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, SPLASH PADS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND RESTROOMS. AND THEN LASTLY, UH, EQUITY. 
          AND IT'S LOOKING AT TWO PRIMARY THINGS. 
          PEOPLE OF COLOR WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK TO A PARK, AND LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK TO A PARK. 
          NOW, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT WE RANKED 60 OUT OF 100. 
          IN THIS INSTANCE, THESE SCALES ARE ALSO ON, UH, 100. 
          SO THE GREEN REPRESENTS THE HIGHER THE SCORE, THEN THAT'S A GOOD THING, RIGHT? SO THE WHITE SPACE REALLY IS AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS ON AND CONTINUE TO TRY TO STRATEGIZE TO INCREASE, UM, OUR SCORE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          THE, UH, 2021 PARK SCORE. 
          WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          UM, FOR 2021, THERE IS 33% MORE PARK SPACE PER PERSON IN LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAN THE CITY MEDIAN. 
          SO WHEN YOU TAKE THAT SAME MEASURE AND COMPARE IT TO, UM, HIGH INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS, WE GO FROM 33% TO 40%. 
          SO, AGAIN, SOMETHING VERY CRITICAL TO NOTE. 
          UH, AND WHEN THESE SURVEY FINDINGS WERE RELEASED, THOSE WERE BOTH THINGS THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE REPORT, 10 MINUTE WALK TO A PARK. 
          UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SIGNED ON TO IN DECEMBER OF 2018. 
          AND YOU'LL NOTICE SINCE THEN, WE HAVE SEEN SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THIS REGARD. 
          FOR 2021, UH, 48% OF OUR RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK TO A PARK. 
          AND IT IS, WE WERE IDENTIFIED AS A TOP THREE FASTEST RISER, UH, AMONG CITIES WITH THE GREATEST INCREASE OF RESIDENTS TO, OR WITHIN A GREATEST INCREASE OF RESIDENTS WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK OF A PARK. 
          AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT AS WELL. 
          SO 
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PART OF THAT, UH, CAMPAIGN OF 10 MINUTE WALK TO A PARK CALLS THAT ALL RESIDENTS WOULD LIVE WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK TO A PARK BY 2050. 
          WE HAVE ADOPTED THAT, AND THAT IS PART OF OUR VISION STATEMENT FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. 
          NOW, THERE ARE STRATEGIES THAT WE LOOK AT TO INCREASE PARK ACCESS. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONTINUES TO BE A STRATEGY AS WE MOVE FORWARD HAS BEEN THROUGH OUR SCHOOL PARK PROGRAM. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN EXISTING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAN ANTONIO SPORTS AND THE SAN TICOS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM TO CONNECT RESIDENTS TO PLAYGROUNDS, PARK AMENITIES, EXERCISE AMENITIES WITHIN THOSE GREEN SPACES. 
          AND, UH, CURRENTLY THERE ARE 36 COMPLETED SCHOOL PARKS ACROSS EIGHT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DO HAVE A SCHOOL PARK IN, IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT AS WELL. 
          NOW, KIND OF A VERSION OF THAT, RIGHT? OUR SCHOOL PARKS, UM, STRATEGY THAT IS A FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ANY SCHOOL THAT WILL PARTICIPATE, THEY PROVIDE MATCHING DOLLARS. 
          BUT SEPARATE FROM THAT, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, WHAT WE REALLY JUST BEGAN THIS, UM, FISCAL YEAR ENDED, IS OUR RECREATIONAL SCHOOL YARD AGREEMENTS. 
          SO UNDER THAT TYPE OF AGREEMENT, UH, AND ANY E I S D SOLVE ANY FUNDING, WHAT IT DOES IS ANY E I S D ENTERED INTO AN M O U THAT MAKES AVAILABLE THEIR CAMPUSES AND RECREATIONAL AMENITIES TO THE PUBLIC WHEN NOT IN USE BY THE SCHOOL. 
          VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO OUR SCHOOL PARK PROGRAM. 
          SAME THING. 
          THE SCHOOL PARKS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS WHEN NOT IN USE BY THE SCHOOL THAT'S FUNDING. 
          THIS RECREATIONAL SCHOOL YARD IS NOT. 
          SO IT DOESN'T COST US ANYTHING. 
          AND REALLY, IN A LOT OF INSTANCES, WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE DISCOVERED WE'RE JUST CAPTURING THE PRACTICE THAT'S IN PLACE ALREADY. 
          WE KNOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO THEIR, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, WHATEVER, WALK ON THEIR TRACK. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF CHEWING UP AND CAPTURING THE PR UH, PRACTICE THAT'S IN PLACE. 
          WE CURRENTLY ARE IN, UH, DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, S C I S D TO DO THE SAME, UH, AS WELL AS THE DALE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SO AGAIN, REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN EXTEND THE REACH OF OUR PARTNERS IN PUBLIC PARK LAND TO THE RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN CITY ASSETS. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT EXISTING STORMWATER PROPERTY, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS, UM, BUDGET WORK SESSION, UH, THAT JUST CONCLUDED HERE, UH, JUST SEEMS LIKE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I GUESS WE TALKED ABOUT THE IDEAS OF LOOKING AT MAYBE THERE ARE TRAFFIC ISLANDS OR OTHER, UH, RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE COULD UTILIZE AS POTENTIAL GREEN SPACE, LOOKING AT CONNECTING COMMUNITIES THROUGH UTILITIES, EASEMENTS. 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES WHERE WE'VE DONE SO IN DISTRICTS, UH, WORKING ON, UH, WORKING ON IN DISTRICTS 10, SAME WITH DISTRICT NINE. 
          SO REALLY JUST LOOKING AT OUR, UH, CURRENT ASSETS, REALLY NOT DEALING WITH ACQUISITION, UM, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXTEND PEOPLE TO OUR, UM, PARK PROPERTIES, UM, THROUGH THOSE, UH, UTIL EVENTS AS WELL. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ACQUISITION, UH, REALLY IT IS ON A EVERY FIVE YEARS WE HAVE OUR BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO STRATEGICALLY LOOKING AT WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO ACQUIRE PARKLAND AND GROW OUR GREEN SPACE. 
          UM, OUR HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL SYSTEM, GREENWAY TRAILS IS ALSO CONTINUES TO BE VERY, VERY POPULAR. 
          AND THEN WE DO HAVE PARTNERS THAT WILL STEP UP AND MAKE DONATIONS TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THAT ALLOWS US TO CAPTURE AND GROW OUR GREEN SPACE. 
          MOST NOTABLY COMES TO MIND. 
          WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT A DONATION IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND NANNY FALCON. 
          AND SO WE'RE ACTIVELY TRYING TO PLAN HOW WE CAN EXPAND THAT GREEN SPACE AND DEVELOP IT AS WELL. 
          SO REALLY, IT'S NOT JUST ONE STRATEGY THAT DRIVES THIS FORWARD, BUT IT'S MANY LAYERS. 
          UH, AND SO, UM, WITH THAT, THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. 
          UH, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL AS MELINDA AND TONY, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          UH, AND WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN AND RECORD NOTES. 
          THANK YOU HOMER, UH, VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          I SEE FACES ALREADY LOOKING AT ME. 
          UH, THE COUNCIL IS READY TO, OR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE READY TO JUMP INTO, INTO THEIR COMMENTS. 
          UH, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK REQUESTS. 
          REALLY GLAD TO SEE THE, THE MOST IMPROVED. 
          I, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT YOU, THE FASTEST RISER TOP THREE. 
          FASTEST RISER. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
           MOST IMPROVED. 
          UM, I THINK, UM, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR, FOR US IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN EMAIL TO US REGARDING HOW SOME OF THE SCORES ARE, ARE COMPUTED, UM, WHAT, WHAT THEY REPRESENT, BASICALLY. 
          YEAH, THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES. 
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UM, THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND SURVEY, UH, IT'S REALLY EASY TO USE. 
          WE WILL SEND IT TO EVERYONE GIVES YOU A DIRECT LINK SO THAT YOU CLICK ON IT, UH, AND SOME OF THE IMAGES YOU SAW ARE DIRECTLY, UM, EXTRACTED FROM THAT REPORT. 
          SO IT GIVES YOU A BIT OF A DEEP DIVE, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT INFORMATION TO EVERYBODY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, ONE THING I NOTICED WHEN, WHEN I CAME ON COUNCIL IS THAT WE HAD, I CAME ON IN IN 2017 WITH A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES, AND THE BOND HAD JUST BEEN APPROVED, AND A LOT OF WORK HAD, AL WORK IS ALWAYS HAPPENING ON, ON PARKS, FORTUNATELY, UH, BUT THE SIDEWALKS OR THE ACCESS TO THE PARKS WASN'T ALWAYS THERE PART OF THE PROJECT, RIGHT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU FOCUS ON WHAT'S THE, THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY. 
          SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PERCENT OF THE POPULATION LIVING WITHIN A 10 MILE WALK TO A PARK, UM, DOES THAT BY ANY CHANCE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, WHETHER IT'S SAFE TO WALK THERE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO IN THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, WE STARTED A DIALOGUE WITH ANTHONY AND HIS TEAM IN PUBLIC WORKS TO LOOK AT THOSE AREAS, UH, WHERE, SO THINK OF IT THIS WAY, RIGHT? EVERYONE, UM, 48% MAY LIVE WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK TO A PARK, BUT IF THEY DON'T HAVE A, A WHAT'S THE EXPERIENCE BETWEEN THEIR DOORSTEP AND GETTING TO THE GREEN SPACE? SO WE HAVE STARTED THAT DIALOGUE. 
          UH, ACTUALLY TONY IS WORKING WITH SOMEONE ON ANTHONY'S TEAM, AND I'LL TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER. 
          UM, MADAM CHAIR. 
          SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST MAYBE THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS, BUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. 
          SO I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT DOUG, RIGHT? AND I ALWAYS TELL DOUG, HE HAS A, A SMALL TEAM. 
          HIS SUCCESS REALLY RELIES ON PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND A LOT OF OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL IS NOT ONLY THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS, BUT EVEN IF THE, THE WALKWAY IS SAFE. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, IN A NORMAL SUMMER, IT'S REALLY, REALLY HOT. 
          WE CAN LOOK AT HOW WE CAN THEN MAYBE STRATEGICALLY PLANT TREES AS WELL, SO THAT THAT EXPERIENCE FROM YOUR DOORSTEP TO THE PARK IS, UH, HOPEFULLY A PLEASANT ONE YOU CAN GET THERE SAFELY. 
          UH, AND SO WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO DO THAT, AND THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF OUR STRATEGIES THAT WILL BE WORKING METHODICALLY TO START PLANNING FOR AND THEN IMPLEMENTING THAT SOUNDS, UH, FANTASTIC. 
          REALLY GLAD THAT'S TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, MY OFFICE AND I JUST WENT THROUGH THE EXERCISE WITH THE SELECTION OF BOND OR PROPOSAL OF BOND PROJECTS. 
          AND, UH, DISTRICT SEVEN HAS SOME OF THE BIGGEST, UH, SIDEWALK GAPS. 
          SO TO PRIORITIZE THEM, WE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, BUS ROUTES, UM, UH, MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT PARKS IN ALL OF THE DISTRICT AND IDENTIFIED WHERE THE SIDEWALK GAPS WERE GETTING TO THEM. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PROPOSING THAT AS ONE OF OUR, OUR BOND ITEMS FOR DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          BUT I'D LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU AND POSSIBLY COMPLIMENT THAT WITH SOME TREE MITIGATION FUNDING FOR, UH, POTENTIAL SHADE STRUCTURES OR NOT STRUCTURES, TREES, . 
          YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          THAT, THAT THING, IT'S A GREAT, UH, OPPORTUNITY AND LOVE TO BE PART OF THAT PROCESS AND DIALOGUE. 
          YAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, GO FOR IT. 
          COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ? MM-HMM. 
          . 
          HI, HOMER. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UM, SO NUMBER, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, WHAT DEFINES A PARK, UM, IN THE CON IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS PRESENTATION AND WHAT T P L S SURVEYS? IT'S ANYTHING. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I MEANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS, UM, IT IS ABOUT ACCESS TO PUBLIC GREEN SPACE, WHETHER IT'S CITY OWNED, THE KEONE, WHAT HAVE YOU. 
          SO IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS PUBLIC ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE, WE KNOW THAT, UM, REALLY WHILE 48% HAVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC GREEN SPACE, THERE'S ALSO A LARGE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE ARE COMMUNITIES OR POCKETS, UH, AND NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE ACCESS TO PRIVATE GREEN SPACE THAT IS NOT COUNTED HERE, THAT IS NOT REFLECTED HERE. 
          AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THOSE RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE. 
          SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION BECAUSE I, I KNOW, I THINK I HIGHLIGHTED THAT WHEN WE HAD OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION IN SEPTEMBER, BUT THAT IS A CRITICAL THING TO KNOW. 
          UM, THERE IS PRIVATE GREEN SPACE. 
          THIS DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THAT. 
          THERE'S NOT A MECHANISM AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS CONSIDERED. 
          SO, UM, DOES THAT GIVE YOU ENOUGH INSIGHTS OR CONTEXT? YES. 
          I'M ALWAYS JUST WORRIED THAT, UH, YES SIR, RANDOM VACANT LOTS ARE GONNA COUNT AS A PARK IN DISTRICT TWO . 
          RIGHT? AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HIGHLIGHTED ON HERE, UH, WAS STORMWATER PROPERTY. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME PIECES THAT DO PROVIDE GOOD CONNECTIVITY TO A PARK OR CAN BE DEVELOPED AS A PARK. 
          AND SO WE HAVE EXAMPLES WHERE OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE INVESTED FUNDS TO LOOK AT STORMWATER PROPERTY FOR THAT PURPOSE, THE MOST CURRENT ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS IN DISTRICT SIX AT SUZETTE. 
          NO. 
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AND WE WORK WITH, UH, RAZZIE NEFF AND HIS TEAM. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST LOOKING AT A STORMWATER FEATURE AND SAYING, I'M GONNA COUNT IT IN MY INVENTORY. 
          THAT'S DISINGENUOUS. 
          OKAY. 
          WHERE, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO TOO, LIKE OUR PARK SCORE, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GIVE YOU FURTHER PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT, SAY, A BASKETBALL COURT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S GETTING LITTLE USE AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO EVALUATE MM-HMM. 
          , WELL, SHOULD THERE BE, WOULD THAT SPACE BE BETTER SERVED DOING SOMETHING ELSE FULL, FULL? WELL, KNOWING IF IT'S NO LONGER A BASKETBALL COURT, IF MEANS IT'S ADVERSELY GONNA IMPACT OUR PARK SCORE MM-HMM. 
          , BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULDN'T CONSIDER IT. 
          AND IT ALSO DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GONNA JUST GO THROW BASKETBALL HOOPS UP EVERYWHERE. 
          'CAUSE AGAIN, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR GREEN SPACE IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND HOW THEY'RE GONNA USE IT. 
          'CAUSE IN OTHERWISE, IT STAYS NOT USED OR BECOMES MISUSED. 
          SO IT IS NOT JUST ANY PUBLIC PROPERTY OR STORMWATERS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S PUBLIC PROPERTY, BUT REALLY SERVING A, A PARKS PARK PURPOSE AND CONNECTION TO A PARK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THIS NEXT, IT MIGHT SOUND SILLY, BUT MY TEAM AND I DEBATE ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT. 
          DO CEMETERIES COUNT AS PARKS? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          TONY, I'M GONNA LOOK, HE'S ASKING CEMETERY PARKLAND IF THIS IS PICKED UP IN THERE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT IT IS. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO EVERYTHING, THE HISTORIC CEMETERIES RIGHT THERE BY PITTMAN SULLIVAN. 
          UH, WE HAVE SAN JOSE BURIAL PARK, UH, IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          SO THE ANSWER IS YES. 
          INTERESTING. 
          I THINK THAT'S WORTH, UH, ANOTHER CONVERSA, UH, MORE CONVERSATION. 
          UM, I GUESS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, SO BECAUSE WE MOVED UP FROM 75TH TO 60TH, I'M WONDERING WHY ARE THE NUMBER OF PARKS INCREASING OR DO WE THINK THE, OR IS IT POSSIBLE THAT, YOU KNOW, APARTMENTS OR HOUSING ARE BEING BUILT CLOSER TO PARKS THAT EXIST? AND SO, SO, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR TONY COME UP AND SPEAK BECAUSE I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT HE HAS DONE SUCH A REALLY, HE AND MELINDA BOTH REALLY PEELED BACK ALL THE LAYERS OF WHAT THIS MEANS. 
          SO TONY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS? HOW, HOW WE WERE ABLE TO JUMP FROM 75 TO 60? SURE. 
          WELL, AND AS HOMER ALLUDED, WE RELY ON OUR PARTNERS. 
          SO ONE WAY WE DID IT WAS COUNTY AC ACQUISITIONS, NEW PARKLAND, UH, PURCHASED BY THE COUNTY IN ADDITION TO THE CITY. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER REALLY BIG, UM, PIECE FOR US WAS WE, UM, WE WORKED, SORRY, WE WORKED WITH OUR CONTRACTS DIVISION, UM, IN ORDER TO BRING ON A NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          AND SO WE BROUGHT ON A LOT OF NEW SCHOOL PARKS, AND THAT BOTH IMPROVED OUR 10 MINUTE WALK, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT BY THE WAY TO A HALF A MILE WALK. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, AND IT ALSO IMPROVED OUR AMENITY SCORE DRAMATICALLY BECAUSE IF, IF THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTIES WE HAD BASKETBALL COURTS OR PLAYGROUNDS, WE, WE GOT AN INCREASED SCORE FOR THAT. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE TWO PRIMARY WAYS BY WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO IMPROVE SO DRAMATICALLY. 
          UM, RIGHT. 
          SO WE DO BELIEVE IT'S A SINGLE YEAR, SO WE BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN PARKS AND ACQUISITION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, RATHER THAN PEOPLE MOVING OR BUILDING PROPERTY CLOSER TO PARKS. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, AND, AND I CAN GIVE YOU A KIND OF REAL, UH, CONCRETE EXAMPLE HERE. 
          SO WE TALKED ABOUT A RECREATIONAL SCHOOL YARD THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IS NOT SOMETHING WHERE WE HAVE TO SUBMIT LIKE UNDER OUR, UM, SCHOOL PARK WHERE WE WOULD SAY, HERE'S FUNDING, LET'S BUILD A PLAYGROUND, OR WHATEVER THAT CASE MAY BE. 
          YOU KNOW, UNDER OUR RECREATIONAL SCHOOLYARD MODEL. 
          UM, WITH ANY I S D, WE WERE ABLE TO PICK UP MORE THAN 40 CAMPUSES THAT PREVIOUSLY WERE NOT IN OUR INVENTORY. 
          WE WEREN'T HIGHLIGHTING THAT. 
          THE REALITY IS THOUGH, VERY LIKELY THE COMMUNITY HAD BEEN USING ALL OF THOSE CAMPUSES FOR YEARS, WE JUST, AGAIN, THROUGH REALLY PEELING BACK THE LAYERS OF DATA, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THEY GETTING AT. 
          AND SO BACK TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ACCOUNTS LIKE BASKETBALL GOALS, FOR EXAMPLE, OR BATHROOMS. NOW THINK ABOUT STEPPING ONTO A MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS. 
          YOU HAVE BASKETBALL COURTS, YOU HAVE BATHROOMS. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FEED INTO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE. 
          AND SO AGAIN, EXTENDING THAT TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT YOU KNOW, TO, SO THAT'S KIND OF MORE BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE DATA. 
          I DON'T THINK IT WAS SO MUCH ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH NEXT TO GREEN SPACES. 
          IT WAS ABOUT WHAT DRIVES NUMBERS AND THEN UTILIZING OUR PARTNERS TO EXTEND OUR REACH. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THEN MY LAST QUESTION, I KNOW I'M GOING A LITTLE, UM, SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO COMPARE DISTRICT BY DISTRICT, UM, SPECIFICALLY I KNOW DISTRICT TWO HAS A LARGER LAND AREA THAN SOME OTHER DISTRICTS, AND THIS MIGHT MEAN THAT A 10 MINUTE WALK IS LESS ACHIEVABLE, SO I WOULD JUST BE INTERESTED IN SAYING THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO WE'LL DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          UM, IN THAT T P L SCORE, THERE IS A VERY EASY TO USE MAP. 
          IT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS, I THINK THEY USE THE COLOR 
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TWO SHADES OF PURPLE, YOU KNOW, UH, AND PURPLE WOULD GENERALLY MEAN THAT COMMUNITY IS BELOW THE 10 MINUTE WALK. 
          AND SO IT'S LIKE A HEAT MAP AND WE CAN SEE IT. 
          SO WE USE THAT TO STRATEGIZE, KIND OF ARE IN, BASED ON SOME OF THE THEMES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE USE TO TRY TO DRIVE FORWARD AND START TO FILL SOME OF THESE GAPS. 
          SO, UH, WE WILL POPULATE THAT LINK SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN BE ABLE TO KIND OF DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND SEE. 
          BUT IT IS VERY EASY TO USE. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          AND SO, YEAH, WE LOOK AT THAT TOO. 
          , THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          HOLMAN. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M, I'M GONNA SKIP OVER TO COUNCILWOMAN VRAN, UH, FOR A SECOND. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, HOMER. 
          UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY I, I'M GLAD YOU'RE TAKING IT INTO THE HEAT INDEX BECAUSE I AM 10 MINUTES FROM MISSION REACH, BUT IT, TO GET THERE, IT'S ALL STREETS AND PAVEMENTS. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S A REALLY, IT'S A HOT WALK. 
          SO I RIDE MY BIKE  , BUT I, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          THE ONE THING THAT'S COMING UP WHEN WE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARKLAND AND THIS TRUST IS THE RESTROOMS. AND, UH, I HEAR IT FROM MY CONSTITUENTS, UH, THEY DON'T WANT THE PORTA POTTIES. 
          THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT THE, UM, FULL ON BATHROOMS. MAYBE A PORT LOU OR, OR SOMETHING THAT THEY DO. 
          I KNOW THEY HAVE 'EM IN AUSTIN WHERE IT JUST LOOKS LIKE THIS BIG MONSTER CONFIGURATION. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS, AS WE MOVE THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL CAN DO 10 MINUTE WALKS AND THEN LET THEM KNOW WHERE THE NEAREST BATHROOM IS. 
          LIKE HERE'S YOUR 10 MINUTE WALK AND THERE'S YOUR THREE MINUTE WALK TO YOUR BATHROOM. 
          UH, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE LAND ACQUISITION, UH, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, FLOOD, FLOOD WHEN WE ACQUIRE IT, IF IT'S IN A FLOODPLAIN THAT WE'RE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT BUILD, BUT WE KNOW THAT NOTHING ELSE CAN GO THERE. 
          ALSO, WHEN, UM, WHEN WE LOOK INTO OUR CREEK WAYS WHERE THE WATER FLOWS FROM OUR CREEKWAY, BECAUSE WHEN WE DO HAVE THESE PARKS, IF, IF THEY'RE LEAVING A LOT OF TRASH BEHIND, THEN THAT ENDS UP IN, IN THE RIVER. 
          AND, UM, ALSO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S THERE, BECAUSE I HAVE RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT THREE THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING OVERGROWN, THEY AUTOMATICALLY WANT IT TO STAY GREEN SPACE. 
          BUT THERE'S, THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE THERE AND IT BELONGS TO SOMEBODY. 
          SO IF THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE THERE AND THERE'S A BUILD THAT WE CAN HAVE, I, I DON'T WANT THEM, I WANT US TO BE VERY CLEAR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LAND ACQUISITION FOR, UH, PUBLIC, PUBLIC PARKS, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          SO THEY, THEY THAT OUR RESIDENTS DON'T THINK IT'S FOR WHATEVER EMPTY SPACE WE HAVE OUT THERE. 
          SO I JUST, I WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE WORK. 
          I, I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. 
          UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU GETTING HARLANDALE IN THE MIX. 
          AND IF YOU NEED ANY HELP WITH THEM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, SUPPORT, UM, ALL GOOD STUFF. 
          AND WE'LL USE THAT IN OUR PLANNING EFFORTS, AND IF I NEED AN INSIST, I'LL, I'LL REACH OUT. 
          BUT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE GOOD WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          THANKS, HOMER. 
          UM, I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT SIDEWALK GAPS. 
          UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE 10 MINUTE WALK TO A PARK. 
          UM, BUT I HAD CONCERNS ABOUT SIDEWALK GAPS AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SAFETY GETTING TO THAT PARK. 
          UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS CAN PROVIDE EACH DISTRICT WITH GAPS NEAR PARKS WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS, SO THAT WAY MOVING FORWARD, WE KNOW WHERE TO PRIORITIZE WAY WHETHER, WHETHER RATHER, UM, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, NON A D A COMPLIANT OR A SIDEWALK GAP THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THAT SIDEWALK GAP. 
          UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, ON SLIDE FIVE, UM, I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL THAT RATHER THAN IDENTIFYING BY, UH, JUST RACE, UM, THAT IF WE CAN ALSO HAVE A BREAKDOWN, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, UH, LOW INCOME HISPANIC NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THE, THE PARK SPACE, LIKE THE GAP AND THEN THE PARK SPACE GAP BETWEEN LOW-INCOME WHITE COMMUNITIES. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD ALSO BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UM, MY LAST QUESTION IS WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ACTIVATE OUR PARKS RIGHT NOW AND SUPPORTING, UH, COMMUNITY-LED ACTIVITIES? UH, OKAY. 
          UM, AND SO THE, THE LAST PIECE MM-HMM. 
          , UH, AND I'M GONNA ASK TONY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. 
          SO BACK TO, UM, THE T P L SURVEY, IT, IT ALLOWS US OR ANYBODY TO KIND OF DO A DEEP DIVE MM-HMM. 
           TO SEE SOME OF THAT GRANULAR DATA AS IT RELATES TO, UH, RACE ETHNICITY. 
          UM, IS THAT CORRECT, TONY? ON ON? YES. 
          IN FACT, I JUST QUICKLY COMMENT THAT, UH, HOMER MENTIONED THAT WE'RE, WE ARE HOVERING AT ABOUT 51% AND OR 50, YEAH, 51, UH, FOR OUR EQUITY SCORE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MODEST. 
          BUT ON THE OTHER 
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HAND, UM, SOME OF THE, UH, THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WERE PORT WERE THE TAKE HOME MESSAGES IN THE REPORT INDICATED THAT, UM, WHILE 40% OF HIGH INCOME, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS ARE WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK, THAT 54% OF LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS ARE WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK. 
          UM, AND, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS OF OF COLOR ARE, UM, APPROXIMATELY 30 PER, HAVE APPROXIMATELY 30% MORE PARK SPACE, UH, PER PERSON THAN THE CITY MEDIAN. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UH, LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, HAVE 33% MORE PARK SPACE THAN THE CITY MEDIAN. 
          UM, AND 40% MORE THAN HIGH INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE OVERALL 50% OR 51% SCORE. 
          UM, AND, UH, SAN ANTONIO RANKS SORT OF UNIQUE IN THAT REGARD COMPARED TO A LOT OF THE, UH MM-HMM , A LOT OF THE CITIES IN THE TOP A HUNDRED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK, THANK YOU TONY. 
          AND TO YOUR LAST QUESTION, UH, REGARDING, UM, HOW WE'RE ACTIVATING SPACE, UH, ONE PRIMARY WAY IS THROUGH OUR FITNESS IN THE PARK PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR, UH, AS PART OF OUR WORK PLAN IS LOOKING AT, UM, UTILIZING OUR FITNESS PROGRAMMING IN OPEN GREEN SPACE, UH, REALLY BASED ON THE AREAS OF NEED. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY, IF WE'RE ABLE TO EXTEND THOSE BEYOND THE PARK, UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE THERE'S A LOCAL CIVIC GROUP THAT, UM, CAN'T MAKE IT OUT TO THE PARK, BUT THEY HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, A QUARTERLY MEETING AT A CHURCH OR SOMETHING. 
          MAYBE WE CAN GO THERE AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO THAT'S ONE WAY WE'RE ACTIVATING OUR GREEN SPACES. 
          THIS IS, THIS STRATEGY THOUGH, AGAIN, WOULD BE CITYWIDE, BUT WE ARE DOING THIS IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE ALL OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS, THEY ARE OPEN. 
          UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, WHEN WE ARE NOT THERE, HAVING IT STAFFED AND OPEN AND RECEIVE THE KIDS WHEN THEY GET OUTTA SCHOOL. 
          THAT MEANS THE FACILITY'S STILL AN ASSET THERE. 
          IF THERE'S A, A, UH, PARTNER GROUP OR CIVIC GROUP THAT MAY WANT TO COME IN AND UTILIZE THE SPACE IN THE MORNING WHEN WE'RE NOT THERE, THAT'D BE ANOTHER WAY TO EXTEND OUR REACH, ACTIVATE THE ASSET BY OPENING UP OUR DOORS TO A GROUP THAT WANTS TO COME IN AND MAYBE DO PROGRAMMING AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD. 
          WE JUST STARTED THAT DISCUSSION. 
          IF THERE'S ANYONE PARTICULAR IN MIND THAT WE THINK, YOU KNOW, WOULD WANNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING, UH, THAT WE COULD ENTERTAIN AS WELL. 
          UH, SO THOSE ARE TWO PRIMARY WAYS WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, ACTIVATING OUR, OUR SPACES. 
          AND THEN PROBABLY THE LAST ONE IS MORE, UM, SPECIAL EVENT DRIVEN YOU MM-HMM. 
          , YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMMING IN OUR NATURAL AREAS. 
          WE, UH, TAKE KIND OF, I CALL, THEY CALL IT OUR DISCOVER NATURE SERIES. 
          IT'S LIKE OUR NATURE ROAD SHOW, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO FOR THOSE SPACES THAT ARE IN URBAN PARKS, MAYBE THE RESIDENTS CAN'T GET TO NATURAL AREA, UH, 'CAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED. 
          WE BRING THE NATURE TO THEM. 
          AND UH, SO WE TRY TO, UH, BE REALLY CAREFUL IN PLANNING THAT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF REALLY MAKING SURE WE'RE IN A SWEET SPOT TO HAVE THE BIGGEST DRAW. 
          SO THAT'S JUST ANOTHER, UH, EXAMPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO ACTIVATE OUR GREEN SPACES, UH, REALLY A MULTITUDE OF WAYS, BUT WE'RE ALSO OPEN TO FEEDBACK AND, AND NEW IDEAS AS WELL. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU HOMER. 
          YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND JUST A QUICK CLARIFYING QUESTION. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ACCESS TO PARKS, ONLY PUBLIC PARKS THAT ARE OPERATED BY THE CITY OR ARE IN SOME PARTNERSHIP, ANY YES. 
          ANY OF THOSE OTHERS? SO THE COUNTY RIVER AUTHORITY, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, TEXAS PARKS, WILDLIFE, PUBLIC ACCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO FOR THOSE OF US WHO MAY HAVE HOAS IN OUR, UH, DISTRICTS THAT HAVE PRIVATE PARKS OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE PRIVATE PARKS JUST FOR THOSE RESIDENTS, THIS DOES NOT TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? THANKS FOR THIS PRESENT. 
          THANKS FOR THIS PRESENTATION, HOMER. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UM, I'M WONDERING, SO THIS IS THEIR PARK SCORE. 
          DO WE HAVE OUR OWN PARK SCORE THAT, THAT THE CITY USES BASED ON OTHER CRITERIA THAT MIGHT BE MORE IMPORTANT TO US? YOU MENTIONED THAT WE MAY NOT WANT TO ADD MORE BASKETBALL COURTS WHERE THEY'RE NOT NEEDED BECAUSE THAT'S NOT JUST TO INCREASE OUR SCORE THERE. 
          WHAT, HOW DO WE SCORE OURSELVES AND WHAT ARE WE, HOW ARE WE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION MAYBE THAT, UM, OKAY, WE'RE DOING BETTER NOW BY HAVING PARKS THAT ARE WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK WITHIN LOW INCOME AREAS, BUT PRIORITIZING THAT AND SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, A LOT OF LOW, LOW-INCOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION, SO LET'S INCREASE THAT. 
          LET'S FOCUS ON THAT EVEN MORE. 
          OR HOW ARE WE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION CLIMATE CHANGE, UM, FLOODING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, EXTREME HEAT AND, AND 
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HOW WE ADDRESS THAT OR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE UNIQUE TO SAN ANTONIO? HOW DO WE HAVE OUR OWN GUIDELINES AND SCORING MATRIX CURRENTLY WE DO NOT. 
          UM, WHAT WE LOOK AT THESE OTHER THINGS, AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE ANECDOTAL PIECES, IT'S MORE ANECDOTAL. 
          UM, BUT FOR WHAT WE GO BY, WE LOOK AT THIS PARK SCORE. 
          I THINK THOUGH, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT US BEING A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE OR TONY MENTIONED UNIQUE, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT WORKS FOR SAN ANTONIO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE LOOK AT IS, WELL, WHENEVER THERE'S A COMMUNITY-WIDE SURVEY, KIND OF USING THAT AS AN INDICATION OF WHAT THE SENSE IS BY THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE'RE DOING AND MEETING THEIR NEEDS. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS, BUT I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND DOUG AND SUSTAINABILITY AND WHAT ROLE PARKS PLAYS. 
          YOU KNOW, THE CITY MANAGER TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO BE A DATA DATA-DRIVEN AGENCY. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CARRYING THAT FORWARD. 
          WE'RE IN PARKS RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO ORGANIZE AROUND THAT. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US? AND I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A STORY THERE TO TELL. 
          WE'RE NOT ORGANIZED THAT WAY JUST YET. 
          THINK ONCE WE GET THAT TABLE SET, THAT'S THE NEXT ITERATION OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE GOOD PIECES OF INFORMATION TO KNOW THAT MAYBE IS NOT PICKED UP IN THE T P L SCORE. 
          SO, UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S MORE OF A PLANNING PROCESS AND BEING ABLE FOR US TO TELL OUR OWN STORY WHERE WE THINK THERE, THIS ISN'T REALLY GOOD DOING JUST THAT, BUT CURRENTLY WE'RE NOT AT THAT POINT. 
          WE REALLY JUST LOOK TO THESE OTHER ANECDOTAL PIECES OF, UH, INFORMATION. 
          SO WOULD IT, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO MAYBE COME FORWARD TO THIS COMMITTEE WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE DATA THAT YOU LOOK AT AND MAYBE WE START WORKING TOGETHER ON HOW WE SCORE PARKS AND HAVE A, YOU KNOW, AND I GUESS HAVE A PLAN FOR HOW WE DECIDE HOW WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING MONEY ON, ON PARKS GOING FORWARD? YES. 
          I, I DO THINK THAT, UH, IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE FIGURE OUT A METHODOLOGY THAT WE CAN THEN SHARE AND A LITTLE BIT DOES TIE BACK TO THAT, YOU KNOW, PARK EXPERIENCE BEFORE YOU GET TO THE PARK, RIGHT? OR BEYOND THE PARK AS I WOULD REFER TO IT, THINKING ABOUT YOU STEP OUT YOUR FRONT DOOR, WHAT IS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE? SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ALL THAT IS TIED TOGETHER AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES. 
          UM, WE'RE JUST NOT QUITE THERE YET, BUT I, I DO THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF SHARE, CREATE THAT, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND SHARE THAT. 
          OR IF THERE'S PIECES THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT, WE ABSOLUTELY WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL. 
          GREAT. 
          YOU KNOW, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU MENTIONED HOW SOMETIMES YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE'S PATHS TO THE PARKS AND SOMETIMES SEEING, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE PLANT SOME TREES THERE TO GIVE PEOPLE MORE SHADE? UM, IT'S HOT HERE. 
          IT'S GONNA GET HOTTER. 
          UM, I USED TO HAVE A DOG NAMED MOUSE WHO LIKED TO CHASE CATS AND MOUSE LOVED TO CHASE TENNIS BALLS. 
          AND, BUT IF I TOOK HER OUT DURING THE DAY, IT WAS SO HOT THAT SHE COULD ONLY TASTE CHASE THE TENNIS BALL FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. 
          IF I TOOK HER OUT AT NIGHTTIME AFTER THE SUN WENT DOWN, SHE WOULD COULD CHASE THE TENNIS BALL UNTIL MY ARM ARM GOT TIRED. 
          AND, UM, I LIVED NEAR DOWNTOWN IN AUSTIN, UM, AND THERE WAS A GOLF COURSE THERE, AND AFTER THE BARS CLOSED, ALL THE NEIGHBORS WOULD GO TO THE GOLF COURSE AND IT TURNED INTO LIKE A, AN AFTER HOURS DOG PARK. 
          AND SO I KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN BEING ABLE TO USE PARKS THAT TOLD ME THAT PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN USING PARKS HERE IN THE EVENINGS. 
          AND I'M, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S NOT SO HOT OUT AND I'M WONDERING WHAT IS YOUR SENSE HERE? AND THEN DO WE HAVE ENOUGH, I MEAN, DO WE HAVE PARKS THAT CLOSE AT 10:00 PM OR DO WE HAVE PARKS THAT ARE WELL LIT AT NIGHT AND ARE THEY SAFE AT NIGHT FOR PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND USE THEM? YEAH, I, I THINK IT'S EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN. 
          GENERAL PARK CURFEW IS 11:00 PM SO IN THEORY, PARKS ARE OPEN FROM 5:00 AM TO 11:00 PM IN MOST OF OUR PARKS. 
          WE DO HAVE A FEW ONE-OFFS, UM, LIKE WOODLAWN FOR EXAMPLE, THAT USED TO BE, I BELIEVE 24 HOURS AND A, IT'S AT MIDNIGHT, MAYBE IT WAS 2013, I FEEL. 
          UH, WE DID SOME FIELD STUDIES OVER SEVERAL MONTHS AND WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ENDED UP, UH, WITH A PARK CURFEW THERE THAT BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT. 
          SO THERE THE PARK'S CLOSE FROM MIDNIGHT AT 5:00 PM SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ODDBALLS GENERALLY THOUGH IS A BRUSH BROAD STROKE, UH, PARK CURFEW'S AT 11. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE LIGHTS IN A LOT OF OUR URBAN PARKS IN OUR, OUR NATURAL AREAS. 
          THAT'S NOT THE CASE. 
          THOSE ARE SUN UP TO SUNDOWN. 
          SO IT'S KIND OF EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH PARK POLICE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, FOR US AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE PARK USAGE, I THINK THEY MAKE THEM SAFER SPACES. 
          IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA BE DOING SOMETHING, THEY DON'T WANNA GET CAUGHT. 
          UM, AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT DRIVE FORWARD OUR WORK AND PLANNING. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, WE'RE OPEN TO THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AS 
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WE LOOK TO EXPAND OUR PARK SYSTEM. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS A LOT, HOMER. 
          YES, SIR. 
          WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HOMER. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE ABOUT ONE MINUTE LEFT FOR OUR MEETING AND I KNOW SOMEONE WANTED TO, UH, HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE MINUTES. 
          UM, WE WILL HAVE TO STAY LATE IF WE DO THAT. 
          SO, UM, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE TO, TO DECIDE IF THEY WANNA, I WOULD NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE MINUTES. 
          A MOTION FROM SOMEONE WHO VOTED I MOVE, I MOVE TO RECONSIDER THE MINUTES. 
          ITEM ONE, IS THERE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT, WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND, SO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THE MEETING IS CONCLUDED.
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