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          LET'S MAKE SAN ANTONIO. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          THE TIME IS 2:15 PM ON THIS 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2021. 
          WE'LL CALL OUR B SESSION TO ORDER. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SALVAD SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR NIERENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALL 
          [1. Staff briefing regarding 2022 2027 Bond Program, to include proposed 2022 Bond program allocations and update on Community Bond Committee meetings. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager, Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works]]
RIGHT, WELCOME EVERYONE. 
          UH, AND WE HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION TODAY, SO LET ME TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH TO GET US STARTED. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          WE CAN PULL THE SLIDE PRESENTATION UP. 
          SO, UH, THIS AFTERNOON, OUR ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS, UM, ANOTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR 2022 BOND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
          AND WE'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE GOING FORWARD. 
          UH, THAT WILL RUN THROUGH FEBRUARY, UH, OF 2022. 
          SO, UM, THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM YOU TWO WEEKS AGO, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK, UH, TO BRING YOU TO TODAY. 
          IT'S JUST, IT IS STILL THE OPENING STAGES OF OUR BOND PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BOND PROPOSITIONS, UH, FROM THE STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, AT LEAST FROM A STARTING POINT. 
          AND WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL, WHICH WE'VE GOT THE SAME GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND THE ACTUAL, UH, BOND COMMITTEE PROCESS. 
          THOSE NAMES THAT WE ASKED FOR YOU TO SUBMIT, UH, WE ASKED TO BE SUBMITTED BY TODAY. 
          SO WE'LL BE GIVING YOU AN UPDATE, UH, LATER THIS WEEK AS WE RECEIVE ALL OF THOSE, UM, NAMES. 
          I THINK THE KEY POINTS OF THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU'LL SEE BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE A TOPIC OF THE CONVERSATION, UNDOUBTEDLY WILL BE, UM, THESE THINGS ON THIS SLIDE, AND WE'LL WALK THROUGH EACH OF THESE PROPOSITIONS FOR YOU, UH, THIS AFTERNOON. 
          ONE IS, THERE'S A FOCUS ON NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, UM, THAT WAS CLEARLY HEARD, UM, AND SAID BY THE COUNCIL TWO WEEKS AGO, ALL TOLD THERE'S $600 MILLION IN STREETS, SIDEWALKS, BRIDGE, AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT THE CITY THAT THE STAFF IS PROPOSING $300 MILLION IN PARKS, RECREATION, AND OPEN SPACES. 
          $126 MILLION OF THAT PROGRAM WOULD BE, UM, TO CONTINUE OUR LINEAR CREEKWAY TRAIL PROGRAM. 
          WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS HERE IN A SECOND. 
          $150 MILLION IN HOUSING BOND FOR OUR FIRST EVER, UM, EFFORT IN THIS, UM, IN THIS AREA, UH, TO THE VOTERS. 
          UM, WE, UH, HAVE A FOCUSED EFFORT IN OUR REGIONAL CENTERS, THE REGIONAL AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN THE, UH, SUBJECT OF OUR, UH, MASTER PLANNING EFFORTS THROUGH THE SA TOMORROW PLAN. 
          THIS IS A NEW EFFORT THAT WE'VE TRIED TO INCORPORATE WITHIN THE BOND PROGRAM, UM, AND GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE, AND IDEALLY SHOULD BE OUR EMPLOYMENT, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UM, HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION HUBS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UH, WE'VE SPENT A A LOT OF TIME FROM THE FOLLOW UP FROM THE COUNCIL, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO WORKING TO LEVERAGE FUNDING THROUGH AT LEAST FOUR OF OUR CITY INITIATED TURS, AS 
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WELL AS OUR STORMWATER FACILITIES FUND, WITH THE IDEA THAT, UM, TRYING TO LINE UP AS MANY RESOURCES AS WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US, UH, IN ORDER TO MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT AND STRATEGIC IMPROVEMENTS FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT FOR THE, FOR THE CITY OVER THE NEXT, UH, FIVE YEARS. 
          UM, WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THROUGH CITY INITIATED TURS OR STORMWATER FACILITIES FUNDS, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS, THESE SEVEN PROJECTS LATER ON, UM, THAT REMOVES THEM FROM THE BOND PROCESS, UM, AND, UM, UM, AND, AND IT ALLOWS US TO UTILIZE THOSE SOURCES, UH, MORE EFFICIENTLY. 
          AND THEN, UH, ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT WE GOT FROM THE, UH, CONVERSATION TWO WEEKS AGO WAS AN INCREASE IN PUBLIC ART FUNDING TO ONE AND A HALF PERCENT FROM 1%. 
          AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT IMPACT IS. 
          SO, UM, FOR THIS AFTERNOON, UH, THE STAFF IS PROPOSING A BOND PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES $450 MILLION IN STREETS, BRIDGES, AND SIDEWALKS, 300 MILLION IN PARKS AND RECREATION AND OPEN SPACES, 150 MILLION IN DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL, $150 MILLION IN HOUSING, AND $150 MILLION IN FACILITIES. 
          BOTH A COMBINATION OF NEW FACILITIES, BUT ALSO, UH, MUCH NEEDED WORK, UH, AT OUR EXISTING FACILITIES. 
          SO, UM, SHOWN A DIFFERENT WAY THROUGH, UH, THIS PIE CHART, YOU SEE THAT 38% OF THE FUNDS ARE PROPOSED TO BE UTILIZED FOR STREETS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS, AND 25% AT THE SECOND HIGHEST CATEGORY FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          WE WANTED TO KIND OF DIVVY IT UP A DIFFERENT WAY SO YOU CAN SEE HOW WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CATEGORIZE THESE PROJECTS. 
          UM, WE'RE SEEING THAT 58% OR A LITTLE OVER $691 MILLION IS DEDICATED TOWARDS DISTRICT PROJECTS. 
          150 THOU 150 MILLION IN HOUSING OR, OR, UH, 13%, $129 MILLION IN CITYWIDE CATEGORIES. 
          A HUNDRED, UH, AND 25, ALMOST $126 MILLION IN LINEAR GREENWAY TRAILS. 
          UM, REGIONAL PROJECTS AT A LITTLE OVER 87 MILLION. 
          AND OUR PUBLIC ART COMPONENT AT $15.7 MILLION. 
          THIS IS THE CATEGORIES THAT WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO CLASSIFY THESE IN, AND I KNOW THERE'S GONNA PROBABLY BE A LOT OF CONVERSATION, PROBABLY NOT ONLY HERE, BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS IN HOW WE CATEGORIZE. 
          UM, AND, AND, UH, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THIS, UH, TO YOU AS WE INITIATE THIS CONVERSATION. 
          SO OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN PLYS, WE HAVE UPDATED OUR RESILIENCY DEFINITION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, UH, NOT ONLY THE CLIMATE AND NATURAL HAZARDS, BUT ALSO MANMADE HAZARDS. 
          UM, BUT THIS CONTINUES TO BE THE GUIDE POST THAT WE UTILIZE. 
          AND WE ADDED A FIFTH CATEGORY ON HERE BECAUSE, UM, WE ARE, AS WE'VE WORKED WITH EACH OF YOUR OFFICES, UH, THE COUNCIL INPUT HAS BEEN VERY CRITICAL, UH, IN THE, IN THE DETERMINATION OF A BEGINNING POINT. 
          UM, I'LL REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT, UM, THIS IS, THERE WILL LIKELY BE CHANGES AS WE GO THROUGH, UH, MAYBE THIS AFTERNOON. 
          THERE COULD BE CHANGES AS WE GO THROUGH THE BOND COMMITTEE PROCESS. 
          UM, AND THERE, UH, WHEN THOSE BOND COMMITTEES FINISH THEIR WORK, THEY COME BACK TO COUNCIL IN EARLY JANUARY FOR YOUR REVIEW, UM, AND POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENT AT THAT POINT. 
          THERE IS ONE AREA THAT, UH, PROACTIVELY I WANT TO HIT, UM, AND IT REALLY KIND OF FALLS UNDER THE COUNCIL INPUT PHASE. 
          UM, THERE IS, UM, UM, WHEN WE GAVE YOU THE, THE WORKSHEETS, WE DO NEED TO, THE STAFF NEEDS TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TIME LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY AT PORT SAN ANTONIO, WHICH HAD MADE A REQUEST. 
          IT IS NOT ON THE LIST YOU SEE TODAY. 
          AND, UM, I COMMUNICATE, I SPOKE TO, UH, JIM LAST NIGHT, AND WE'LL NEED TO SPEND SOME EXTRA TIME UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT THEIR ASKS WERE. 
          THEIR ASKS WERE FOR ABOUT $30 MILLION IN STREET WORK, AND WE'LL NEED TO WORK WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT WE CAN INCLUDE OR PROPOSE TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO ROD. 
          ROD'S GONNA WALK THROUGH THE PROPOSITIONS, AND WE'RE GONNA, UH, LORI WILL COVER, UH, THE HOUSING PROPOSITION AND SOME OF OUR ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCE, UH, STRATEGIES. 
          AND THEN I'LL CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION WITH A DISCUSSION ON THE BOND COMMITTEES AND OUR SCHEDULE GOING FORWARD. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          ALRIGHT, SO THE FIRST PROPOSITION IS, IS STREETS AND BRIDGES AND, AND SIDEWALKS. 
          AS ERIC MENTIONED, THERE'S $450 MILLION TOWARDS, UH, TOWARDS THIS PROPOSITION. 
          THIS IS 
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THE BIGGEST ONE, UH, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. 
          UH, IT CONTAINS 58 PROJECTS. 
          UH, WE, WE HEARD YOU, UH, WHEN WE VISITED WITH YOU ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO, SIX WEEKS AGO, UH, YOU TOLD US THAT YOUR CITYWIDE, UH, STREETS AND BRIDGES WERE, WERE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR YOU. 
          SO WE PUT, OF THE 450000381.7 MILLION IS GOING TOWARDS, TOWARDS THOSE PROJECTS. 
          AND WE'VE PROVIDED YOU A DETAILED LIST. 
          UH, WE SHARED IT, UH, WITH YOU IN PERSON OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, AND WE'VE PROVIDED YOU A DETAILED LIST, UH, THIS MORNING. 
          OF THOSE PROJECTS, WE'RE, UH, ONLY SPENDING 15 MILLION ON CITYWIDE, UH, STREETS, UH, PROJECTS. 
          AND 10 MILLION OF THAT IS GOING TO THE BIKE MASTER PLAN. 
          UH, IT'S A HUGE PRIORITY FOR THIS COUNCIL. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, IMPLEMENTING, OR WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING TOGETHER THE BIKE MASTER PLAN THIS YEAR. 
          UH, SO WE WANTED TO SET ASIDE SOME, SOME DOLLARS SO THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN. 
          SO 10 MILLION OF THE 15 MILLION IS GOING TOWARDS THE BIKE MASTER PLAN, AND WE'RE SETTING ASIDE 5 MILLION FOR OUR CITYWIDE, UH, BRIDGE REHABILITATION PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE'RE AN OLDER CITY, UH, WITH, WITH BRIDGES THAT, THAT NEED SOME, UH, SOME ATTENTION. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, DEDICATING 5 MILLION TOWARDS, UH, TOWARDS THOSE BRIDGES. 
          UH, WE'VE INCLUDED A FEW PROJECTS, 46 MILLION, UH, THAT ARE REGIONAL PROJECTS. 
          UH, THERE'S 15 MILLION TOWARDS THE SYDNEY BROOKS ROAD. 
          UH, DOWN IN CITY BASE. 
          WE HAVE 9 MILLION GOING TOWARDS HEMISPHERE BOULEVARD AT HEMISPHERE PARK IN THE MEDICAL CENTER. 
          THERE'S $12 MILLION GOING TOWARDS FLOYD CURL. 
          AND THEN, UH, 10.6 MILLION FOR THE, UH, TEXAS, UH, A AND M ROAD, UH, THAT THEY'VE TOLD US IS A PRIORITY FOR THEM. 
          UH, AND ABOUT $6.7 MILLION OF THIS PROPOSITION IS A GOING TOWARDS PUBLIC ART. 
          THE NEXT PROPOSITION, UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IS PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          THIS IS ANOTHER LARGE, UH, PROPOSITION. 
          THE SECOND LARGEST AT 300 MILLION, UH, 67 PROJECTS ARE, ARE WITHIN THAT 101.7 MILLION IS GOING TOWARDS YOUR DISTRICT PARKS. 
          AND ONCE AGAIN, UH, THESE ARE THE ONES YOU TOLD US WERE PRIORITY. 
          UH, WE WORKED WITH YOU, UH, TO PUT THOSE, UH, IN THIS PROPOSITION. 
          SO, 101 MILLION, ALMOST 102 MILLION GOING TOWARDS, UH, THOSE PARKS. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT 28 MILLION GOING TOWARDS REGIONAL PARKS. 
          AND THEN ON THE CITYWIDE, THIS IS A BIG CHUNK OF THIS, UH, WE HAVE 165, ALMOST 166 MILLION GOING TOWARDS CITYWIDE PARKS. 
          UH, ON THAT LIST WE HAVE, UH, BRACKENRIDGE PARK, UH, AT 5 MILLION. 
          WE HAVE SUNKEN GARDENS. 
          WE'RE RECOMMENDING AT 20 MILLION, WE'RE RECOMMENDING 10 MILLION GO TO THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO, 5 MILLION TO THE BOTANICAL CENTER. 
          WE'RE RECOMMENDING 18 MILLION, UH, FOR THE HEMISPHERE CIVIC PARK. 
          AND THEN THE BULK OF, OF, OF THE REMAINING CITYWIDE IS FOR OUR GREENWAY TRAILS. 
          UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING $126 MILLION GO TOWARDS THE COMPLETION OF THE GREENWAY TRAILS. 
          WE RECALL WHEN WE, UH, WE PASSED THE SALES TAX WHERE PORTION WAS GOING TOWARDS VIA PORTION GOING TOWARDS WORKFORCE, WE COMMITTED THAT WE WOULD SPEND BOND DOLLARS TO COMPLETE THESE GREENWAY TRAILS. 
          THE CITY HAS ABOUT 45 MILES AT ABOUT $200 MILLION WORTH OF TRAILS THAT, THAT WE'VE SAID THAT, THAT ARE ON US TO COMPLETE. 
          THE COUNTY HAS ABOUT $83 MILLION, $83.4 MILLION, AND ABOUT 24.6 MILES OF TRAILS THAT ARE ON THEM TO COMPLETE. 
          SO WITH THIS BOND, UH, AND ALSO I MENTIONED ACTIVATE SA HAS COME TO US, UH, WITH A PROJECT THAT'S ABOUT $91 MILLION TO CONNECT, UH, THESE TRAILS. 
          SO WE ARE PROPOSING PUTTING $126 MILLION TOWARDS COMPLETE, YOU KNOW, COMPLETING THE GREENWAY TRAILS ALONG WITH THE ACTIVATE SA PLAN. 
          SO, UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, MEETING WITH ACTIVATE SA SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH GOES TOWARDS COMPLETING OUR TRAILS AND HOW MUCH GOES TOWARDS ACTIVATE SA. 
          UH, A GOOD PORTION OF ACTIVATE SAS TRAILS, UH, CAN PROBABLY BE ADDRESSED THROUGH, THROUGH OUR STREETS PROJECTS. 
          UH, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE TIE THAT DOWN WITH THEM AND, UH, WORK THAT OUT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS. 
          UH, THE REMAINDER OF THIS PROCESS. 
          NEXT PROPOSITION IS, IS DRAINAGE. 
          UH, SO PROPOSING 150 MILLION AND, UH, EIGHT $150 MILLION IN 18 PROJECTS TO, TO GO TOWARDS THIS. 
          UH, AND, AND THE THING ABOUT THIS ONE, WE ARE ADDING 38 MILLION FROM THE REGIONAL STORMWATER FUND. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY PUTTING $188 MILLION TOWARDS, TOWARDS THESE DRAINAGE PROJECTS. 
          UH, THERE ARE NO REGIONAL OR CITYWIDE PROJECTS, UH, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS OR, OR COUNCIL DISTRICT PROJECTS, UH, WHERE WE'VE WORKED WITH ALL OF YOU. 
          UH, A LOT OF THESE, UH, ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE CONTINUATION FROM A PREVIOUS BOND. 
          UH, SEVEN OF THESE PROJECTS FOR ABOUT $80 MILLION ARE IN THE HAZARD MITIGATION, UH, PLAN THAT WE'LL BE SHARING WITH YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
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AND AS I MENTIONED, THE 38 MILLION FROM THE REGIONAL STORM ARTS TO HELP US HELP US DO MORE, UH, WITH THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE SIX PROJECTS THAT WERE PARTIALLY FUNDING WITH THE REGIONAL STORMWATER FUND. 
          AND FINALLY, FACILITIES, UH, THIS COVERS TWO PROPOSITIONS. 
          IT, IT COVERS THE, UH, MUNICIPAL AND CULTURAL FACILITIES, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES. 
          ABOUT 81 MILLION OF THE 150, UH, THE 150 MILLION IS GOING TOWARDS, UH, THE RENOVATION OF FACILITIES. 
          AND 67 MILLION IS GOING TOWARDS, UH, NEW FACILITIES. 
          ABOUT 60, 60.8 MILLION OF THESE PROJECTS ARE WITHIN YOUR DISTRICTS, UH, AS, AS WE SHARED WITH YOU AND, AND ARE IN THOSE HANDOUTS THAT WE WE SENT OUT TO YOU. 
          SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE. 
          UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 12.8 MILLION IN REGIONAL FACILITIES, WHICH INCLUDES $6 MILLION GOING TOWARDS THE CENTRAL LIBRARY RENOVATION. 
          UH, WE HAVE $10 MILLION GOING TO THE, UH, TOWER OF AMERICAS. 
          AS WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU. 
          THERE ARE SOME, SOME ISSUES THAT, THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          UH, SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING 10 MILLION GO TOWARDS THEM. 
          UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING 2.7, UH, MILLION GO TOWARDS THE MAGIC THEATER ON THE CITYWIDE. 
          UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING 74.2 MILLION, UH, IN CITYWIDE PROJECTS. 
          UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING 6 MILLION FOR SOME RESILIENCY OF, OF SOME BUILDINGS SUCH AS A SPANISH GOVERNOR'S PALACE. 
          UH, OUR MUNICIPAL RECORDS FACILITIES AND THE INTERNATIONALS BUILDINGS HAVE SOME MUCH NEEDED REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. 
          SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING WE INCLUDE 'EM IN THIS FIGURE. 
          UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING $11 MILLION TO GO TOWARDS THE TEXAS, UH, BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE. 
          WE'RE RECOMMENDING EIGHT $11.8 MILLION GO TOWARDS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RESILIENCY, UH, FACILITIES. 
          SO THIS INCLUDES GENERATORS AND, AND SOME MUCH NEEDED WORK AT POLICE SUBSTATIONS AND FIRE STATIONS. 
          WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING 3.7 MILLION GO TOWARDS PUBLIC HEALTH RESILIENCY FACILITIES. 
          THIS INCLUDES THREE CLINICS. 
          ONE IS THE EAST SIDE BRANCH, ANOTHER'S A NORTHEAST BRANCH, AND THEN THE, THE BUENA VISTA BRANCH AS WELL. 
          WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING $15 MILLION GO FOR THE VETERINARY HOSPITAL. 
          UH, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THIS COUNCIL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. 
          SO THIS INCLUDES $15 MILLION TOWARDS THAT HOSPITAL. 
          AND THEN ALSO WE'RE RECOMMENDING $10 MILLION GO TOWARDS THE RELOCATION OF OUR IMPOUND LOT. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO LORI HOUSTON SO SHE CAN COVER THE HOUSING PORTION OF THIS BOND. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          AND THE LAST PROPOSITION WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IS THE HOUSING PROPOSITION. 
          AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING $150 MILLION. 
          THIS FUNDING WILL BE USED FOR PERMIT, BE USED FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, RENTAL, HOUSING PRODUCTION, AND PRESERVATION FOR HOUSEHOLDS MAKING LESS THAN 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, WHICH IS LESS THAN 22,000 ANNUALLY. 
          SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING PRESERVATION FOR HOUSEHOLDS MAKING LESS THAN 50% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, WHICH IS ANYWHERE FROM 22,000 TO 37,000 ANNUALLY, DEPENDING ON THE HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION FOR HOUSEHOLDS MAKING BETWEEN 60 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, WHICH IS 44,000 TO 74,000 ANNUALLY DEPENDING ON THE HOUSEHOLD SIZE. 
          THIS STRATEGY IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. 
          THIS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 28TH, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO CITY COUNCIL ON A B SESSION ON NOVEMBER 3RD. 
          AND FINALLY, WE'LL PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 2ND FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          THIS PLAN USES THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK AS ITS FOUNDATION AND RECALIBRATES THE TARGETS AS WELL AS THE FUNDING STRATEGY BASED ON THE LATEST CENSUS DATA, THE HOUSING PRODUCTION HISTORY OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND THE AVAILABILITY OF OTHER FUNDING RESOURCES. 
          THE REVISED TARGETS FOR HOUSING PRESERVATION AND PRODUCTION TOTAL ABOUT 28,000 AND APPROXIMATELY 13,000 ARE FOR HOME OWNERSHIP AND 15,000 FOR RENTAL. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE CHART, THE GREATEST SEED IS FOR HOUSING IN THE CATEGORY OF ZERO TO 30% A M I, WHICH IS LESS THAN 22,000 A YEAR. 
          WE NEED TO HELP FACILITATE ABOUT 7,000 RENTAL UNITS AT 30% A M I OR BELOW, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES 1000 UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          WE ALSO NEED TO FOCUS ON PRESERVATION OF EXISTING RENTAL UNITS IN THE MARKET WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON PRESERVING UNITS. 
          FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS MAKING LESS THAN 50% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, WE NEED TO FACILITATE HOUSING PRESERVATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 6,000 HOUSEHOLDS THAT OWN THEIR HOME AND MAKE LESS THAN 22,000 A YEAR. 
          AND THIS PRESERVATION CAN BE IN THE FORM OF OUR UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM, 
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AND ALSO OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAMS. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP EXISTING RENTAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AFFORDABLE. 
          SO WE HAVE A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON PRESERVING AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS AT THE 50% AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW. 
          AND FINALLY, AS WE'VE HEARD OF THE LAST PRESENTATION, HOME OWNERSHIP NEEDS TO REMAIN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE HAVE SPECIFIC FOCUS ON CONSTRUCTING NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES FOR THOSE BETWEEN 60 TO 120% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          NOW WE'VE IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY $1.6 BILLION IN RESOURCES TO HELP US MEET OUR GOAL. 
          AFTER OUR LAST PRESENTATION AND WITH THE REVISED FROM THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, STAFF HAS MAPPED OUT THE TARGETS, REVIEWED OUR PROJECT PIPELINE, AND DEVELOPED A FIVE-YEAR FUNDING STRATEGY. 
          THE STRATEGY ASSUMES OUR ANNUAL AFFORDING HOUSING BUDGET REMAINS THE SAME, WHICH IS ABOUT $28 MILLION A YEAR. 
          AND THIS INCLUDES OUR C D B G ALLOCATION OR HOME ALLOCATION, AND ANY PROCEEDS WE GET FROM T PROJECTS. 
          IT ALSO LEVERAGES RESOURCES FROM OUR HOUSING PARTNERS, SUCH AS THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, HUD, AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HOUSING AFFAIRS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, SA HA'S FIVE YEAR CAPITAL BUDGET, INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY $57 MILLION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST ALSO DISTRIBUTES ABOUT THREE TO $4 MILLION ANNUALLY TO HELP SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          THE CITY RECENTLY RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL $20 MILLION IN CARESS FUNDING THAT WILL HELP US FACILITATE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION THAT PROVIDES TAX EXEMPTIONS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, AND THAT TOTALS ABOUT 15 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR A TOTAL OF 75 MILLION. 
          SO THOSE LOCAL RESOURCES TOTAL ABOUT $550 MILLION. 
          THAT COMBINED WITH THE FEDERAL LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT EQUITY OF A BILLION DOLLARS BRINGS US TO $1.6 BILLION AND FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          THIS ALIGNS WITH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          WE HAVE MAPPED THIS OUT AND WE ARE CONFIDENT WE'LL REACH 50% OF OUR GOAL AT THIS FIVE YEAR MARK, AND THAT $150 MILLION FROM THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM AND THE 2027 BOND PROGRAM IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE TO HELP US MEET THESE GOALS. 
          I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES LIKE THE HISTORIC TAX CREDIT. 
          SO IF A PROJECT IS HISTORIC, IT COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE TAX CREDITS AS WELL AS THE PACE PROGRAM. 
          SO AS THESE PROJECTS COME TO THE CITY FOR ASSISTANCE, WE'LL BE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING THOSE DEVELOPERS AVAILABLE, UM, AWARE OF THESE OTHER, UM, RESOURCES THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. 
          NOW, AS WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT AT THE LAST PROJECT, WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THESE PROJECTS. 
          SO THE NEXT PART OF MY PRESENTATION HAS TO DO WITH THE USE OF TS FUNDING TO HELP US FUND SOME OF THESE LARGE CATALYTIC PROJECTS THAT WERE ON THE INITIAL PROPOSED BOND PROJECT LIST. 
          AND STAFF WOULD'VE RECOMMENDED THESE PROJECTS. 
          STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED SEVEN PROJECTS OF WHICH THREE ARE REGIONAL CENTER PROJECTS, AND THE OTHER FOUR ARE CITYWIDE. 
          THE PROJECTS TOTAL 77 MILLION AND CAN BE FUNDED THROUGH FOUR CITY INITIATED TOURS WITHOUT DEPLETING ALL OF THEIR CAPACITY. 
          SO THEY HAVE FUNDING TO DO MORE PROJECTS. 
          THE FUNDING FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH HOW TOURS SHOULD REALLY BE USED. 
          STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE FUND DOLE ROSA STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND FLORA STREET IMPROVEMENTS. 
          OUT OF THE HOUSTON STREET TOURS, WE'D LIKE TO FUND BROADWAY OUT OF THE MIDTOWN TOURS MARKET SQUARE AND GUADALUPE OUT OF THE WEST SIDE TOURS AND LATA AND ELLA AUSTIN, WHICH HAS AT 11 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BOND PROGRAM AND ANOTHER 11 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO LEVERAGE T FUNDING FOR, FOR A TOTAL OF 23 MILLION. 
          WE'D LIKE TO FUND THAT OUTTA THE INNER CITY TOURS. 
          THESE PROJECTS WILL REQUIRE T BOARD APPROVAL AND THEN WOULD COME TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. 
          AND I HAVE TALKED TO THE MIDTOWN TOURS LEADERSHIP, AND THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF FUNDING BROADWAY OUT OF THAT TOURS. 
          AND THIS STRATEGY ALLOWS US TO GET SOME OF THESE LARGE CATALYTIC PROJECTS COMPLETE USING TOUR FUNDS INSTEAD OF USING OUR BOND CAPACITY. 
          FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC ART STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE INCREASE THE PERCENT FOR ART FROM 1% TO 1.5%. 
          THIS WILL FACILITATE ABOUT 15.7 MILLION FOR PUBLIC ART PROJECTS, AND IT WILL SUPPORT ABOUT 35 PROJECTS, WHICH MEANS ABOUT TWO TO THREE PROJECTS PER COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT THIS ART ALLOCATION WOULD NOT APPLY TO THE HOUSING BOND THAT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID IN THE 2017 
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PROGRAM. 
          SO IT ONLY APPLIES TO THE OTHER FIVE BOND PROPOSITIONS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT BACK OVER TO ERIC WALSH, WHO WILL TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS IN THE PROCESS. 
          NO, IT'S FINE. 
          WANNA DO IT? YEAH, DO. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST JOKING. 
          I WANTED TO ADD THAT THE, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE ONE AND A HALF PERCENT FOR ART, WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL OTHER ART PROJECTS IN THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND SO WE HAVE ABOUT $18 MILLION FOR FIVE PROJECTS SUCH AS THE CARVER COMMUNITY CULTURE CENTER, GUADALUPE THEATER, LAVATA, MARKET SQUARE, AND MAGIC THEATER. 
          SO THERE IS A LARGE COMPONENT OF THIS PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO SUPPORT PUBLIC ART. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS, LORI. 
          SO THE BOND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS, UH, WE ASKED THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL OFFICES, UH, SUBMIT, UM, THEIR, UM, APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOND COMMITTEE PROCESS. 
          UH, BY TODAY WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME OF THEM FROM YOUR OFFICES. 
          UM, AS WE COLLECT ALL OF THOSE, WE WILL BE PUSHING BACK OUT TO THE FULL COUNCIL AS WELL AS REACHING OUT TO ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          WE HAVE, UM, UM, ALREADY PULLED TOGETHER A CALENDAR OF EVENTS BETWEEN NOW AND THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER. 
          THE BOND COMMITTEES WILL SERVE AS ADVISORY. 
          UM, THEY'RE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, PEOPLE, THE PUBLIC AGENCIES TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY INPUT AND THEY'LL, UM, THE, THE COMMITTEES WILL, UH, CONSIDER AND ULTIMATELY RECOMMEND BACK TO THE COUNCIL IN JANUARY THE, UH, POTENTIAL PROJECTS FOR THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          UM, AS A REMINDER, EACH COMMITTEE THERE'LL BE FIVE COMMITTEES, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, UM, AND BRIDGES, DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL PARKS, FACILITIES AND HOUSING, UM, WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, HAVING THREE CITIZEN APPOINTMENTS AND THE MAYOR APPOINTING THE CO-CHAIRS. 
          THERE'LL BE 32 INDIVIDUALS ON EACH COMMITTEE. 
          SO LARGE COMMITTEES, THEY'LL BE STAFFED, UM, CERTAINLY BY THE CITY STAFF. 
          AND I WILL ASSIGN A, UM, E L T MEMBER TO EACH OF THE COMMITTEES. 
          ROD WILL, UM, A LIAISON WITH THE STREETS AND DRAINAGE, DAVID MCCAREY WITH PARKS MARIA WITH FACILITIES AND LORI WITH HOUSING. 
          AND, UM, THIS WILL BE A LARGE GROUP EFFORT. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, ONE LOCATION WHERE WE CAN HAVE ALL THE MEETINGS WITH PLENTY OF PARKING, UM, AND SHOULD HAVE THAT FINAL, UM, HERE BY THE END OF THE WEEK. 
          SO, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO BEGIN THESE MEETINGS THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 25TH. 
          WE CERTAINLY NEED TO HAVE SOME ORIENTATION MEETINGS, UH, AN ORIENTATION, UH, PORTION OF THE FIRST MEETING. 
          THE MEETINGS WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WE WILL ADVERTISE AND WE'LL ENSURE THAT PARKING WILL BE MADE FREE AT THE FACILITY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. 
          THE, UM, THE PRO THE PROCESS THAT THE COMMITTEES WILL GO THROUGH, UM, IS REALLY, AS I MENTIONED, AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE, UH, AND RECEIVE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          UH, GO THROUGH THE DETAILED, UM, ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS MAY HAVE OR THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE ABOUT THE PROJECTS. 
          UH, THE BOND COMMITTEES WILL RECOMMEND THE LIST OF PROJECTS BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR JANUARY. 
          AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, COUNCIL WILL, UH, WE ENVISION A PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL IN A B SESSION FORMAT ON, UH, JANUARY 12TH, 2022. 
          AND THEN THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY, THE COUNCIL APPROVING THE PROGRAM, UH, SO THAT YOU CAN, UH, CALL THE ELECTION IN FEBRUARY. 
          AND HERE'S THE TIMELINE. 
          UH, WE'RE, WE'RE READY TO START THESE MEETINGS AT THE END OF OCTOBER, UH, WITH THE JANUARY 12TH B SESSION WHERE WE COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY NEED TO BUILD IN A, UH, AN INFORMATION, UH, REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UH, PROBABLY IN EARLY DECEMBER TIMEFRAME. 
          I'M SURE THAT ALL OF YOU WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOUR APPOINTEES, BUT FROM A PUBLIC STANDPOINT, UH, BUILDING IN AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THE COUNCIL AN UPDATE IN DECEMBER BEFORE THE JANUARY 12TH, UM, WE'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE. 
          AND THEN THE COUNCIL WILL CALL THE ELECTION BY FEBRUARY 3RD FOR THE MAY 7TH VOTE. 
          NEXT MAY, SO LONG ROAD AHEAD OF US, UM, AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, THAT'S PLANNED. 
          AND, UH, WITH THAT, WE WERE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          UM, AND LORI AND ROD FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION TODAY. 
          I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THE OBVIOUS THAT, UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES EVEN IN A $1.2 BILLION BOND TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THE, UH, PRIORITIES OF THE CITY. 
          UH, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US, AGAIN, TO CONSIDER THE BOND ONE PART OF A GREATER WHOLE IN TERMS OF OUR OVERALL ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND INFRASTRUCTURE AGENDA. 
          THAT INCLUDES, UH, THE ARPA DISCUSSION THAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT WEEK, AS WELL AS OUR SIX YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS THAT 
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HAPPEN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AS WELL AS ALL THE LEVERAGED FUNDS THAT WE HAVE IN, IN VARIOUS PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT'S THE WORK THAT WE DO IN OUR, OUR, UM, UH, FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS, UH, OUR, UH, ANNUAL STREET MAINTENANCE BUDGET, OR, UM, POTENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT FUNDING THAT WE'LL RECEIVE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ASSUMING THAT A, AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM HAS FINALLY PASSED, WHICH I EXPECT IT WILL. 
          UH, SO AGAIN, UH, THE BOND PROGRAM IS ONE ELEMENT OF A GREATER WHOLE THAT WE HOPE TO LEVERAGE IN A SMART WAY. 
          AND I THINK THAT THE WAY WE'VE APPROACHED THIS SO FAR HAS BEEN, UH, SPOT ON. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT STRATEGIC OUTCOMES. 
          UH, AND SO I APPLAUD, UH, THE STAFF AND THE COUNCIL'S WORK TO FOCUS ON PUBLIC HEALTH RESILIENCE CONNECTIVITY AS WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS. 
          SO LEMME START, UM, FIRST, UM, AND, AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOUSING AND LAURET, YOU MIGHT NEED TO COME UP HERE JUST TO CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS. 
          UH, FIRST, UM, WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT HOUSING AS IT RELATES TO THE POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED IN 2019, UH, MY HOPE WAS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO STAY ON TRACK WITH THE GOALS OF THE HOUSING FRAMEWORK. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THE TARGETS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HAVE BEEN INCREASED BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING BETTER THAN, THAN THE POLICY FRAMEWORK INITIALLY LAID OUT. 
          AND THAT'S THE WORK THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON IN THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO THAT IS GOING TO GIVE US A UNIT BY UNIT GOAL, DEPENDING ON WHICH A M I STRATA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHETHER THAT'S ZERO TO 30% A M I, 30 TO 50, UH, ET CETERA. 
          UM, WITH THE FUNDING PROGRAM THAT YOU'VE LAID OUT, WHICH INCLUDES NOW $150 MILLION FROM THE BOND, ARE WE ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS? YES, WE WILL ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS. 
          AND IF YOU CAN GO TO SLIDE 14, PLEASE. 
          WE HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED OUR NEW TARGETS THROUGH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          THESE ARE OUR 10 YEAR TARGETS, AND WITH $150 MILLION IN THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT IDEN HIGHLIGHTED ON THIS SLIDE, WE WILL BE AT 50% IN YEAR FIVE. 
          AND THEN WE WOULD EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL $150 MILLION IN THE 2027 BOND PROGRAM WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES I'VE IDENTIFIED HERE. 
          AND WE WILL BE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR GOAL IN YEAR 10. 
          WE HAVE MAPPED THIS OUT, WE'VE LOOKED AT OUR PRODUCTION HISTORY OF THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND WE FEEL CONFIDENT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE GOALS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S A TAKEAWAY AND THAT WE'RE ALL UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER WHEN WE WALK OUTTA HERE, UM, THAT THE GOAL, UH, THAT WE HAVE WITH REGARD TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THAT'S ARTICULATED AGAIN IN THE SHIP AS WELL AS THE HOUSING FRAMEWORK, THAT THE GOAL NOR THE RESOURCES THAT WE WILL BE ALLOCATING TOWARDS IT IN TERMS OF A HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHAT WE NEED, UH, WILL CHANGE, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE BOND LEVEL THAT WE'RE SETTING TODAY. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          UM, AND SO AGAIN, I THINK THAT IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE FUNDING STRATEGY THAT WE'RE LAYING OUT, WHICH IS $150 MILLION OF THE BOND AND INCLUDES THESE OTHER ELEMENTS, THE LEVERAGED FUNDS, UM, WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMMITTED TO. 
          SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION OF WHAT THAT MEANS GOING FORWARD. 
          MAYBE IT'S NOT TODAY, BUT IN THE, UM, IN THE ENSUING WEEKS, UH, I, I DO RECOGNIZE THAT IN THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL, WE TALKED ABOUT WE WANNA LEVERAGE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE GOT. 
          WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT MOMENT HERE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY. 
          THE TURS FUNDS ARE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS THAT WE WANNA LEVERAGE. 
          I HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE COUNCIL, SO I'M GLAD WE LAID THAT OUT. 
          NEXT. 
          EXPLAIN TO ME JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH OF HOW THAT WILL WORK. 
          AND SO, UM, ONE OF THE FUNDING SOURCES WE IDENTIFIED WAS THE USE OF DEVELOPER INITIATED TOURISTS. 
          AND SO, UM, WE'VE DONE ABOUT FIVE DEVELOPER INITIATED TOUR IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND THOSE TOURISTS TYPICALLY PROVIDE SINGLE FAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. 
          AND WE NEGOTIATE WITH A DEVELOPER TO MAKE SURE THOSE UNITS ARE BETWEEN 60 TO 120% A M I. 
          AND SO OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE 500 NEW CONSTRUCTION UNITS MEETING THOSE A M I LEVELS USING THOSE DEVELOPER INITIATED TURS. 
          AND THAT WAS A FUNDING SOURCE THAT WASN'T IDENTIFIED PREVIOUSLY. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR PARTNER ON THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, THEY RECEIVE FUNDING ANNUALLY FOR REHAB. 
          AND SO THEY HAVE 57 MILLION IN THEIR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL BUDGET RIGHT NOW FOR REHAB, WHICH IS A GOAL WITHIN THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          SO THAT MONEY OFFSETS WHAT WE WOULD'VE NEEDED TO SPEND ON REHAB. 
          AND THEN OUR PARTNER IN THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST WITH THEIR ADDITIONAL 17 MILLION IN THEIR FIVE YEAR PLAN, THAT WILL HELP FUND ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS PLUS THEIR P F C TAX EXEMPTIONS, WHICH TOTAL ABOUT 75 MILLION, 
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UM, IF YOU ASSUME FIVE PROJECTS A YEAR, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING, UM, ANNUALLY FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE SHIP THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WAS, UH, DISCUSSED BY THE, I THINK THE PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND WILL BE DISCUSSED BY THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , HOW WILL THAT PLAY INTO WHAT'S ULTIMATELY PUT IN FRONT OF, UH, VOTERS AND ULTIMATELY TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN TERMS OF HOW THAT $150 MILLION WILL BE USED? SO THE $150 MILLION FROM THE BOND, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT GOES TO THE MOST VULNERABLE. 
          AND SO ON THAT FIRST SLIDE WE IDENTIFIED, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MONEY GOES TO SUPPORT RENTAL UNITS FOR INDIVIDUALS AT THE ZERO TO 30% A M I, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MONEY GOES TOWARDS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FUNDING IS DEDICATED TOWARDS PRESERVATION OF RENTAL HOUSING TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS AFFORDABLE, AND THEN ALSO WORK ON THAT SINGLE FAMILY CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICALLY FOR THE A M I LEVELS, BETWEEN 60 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT A M I. 
          THOSE GOALS ARE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IN THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          WHEN YOU, UH, SAY PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, ARE YOU ALSO INCLUDING HOUSING RELATED TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN BLI, WE'LL, WE'LL LIKELY BRING THAT UP, BUT THAT IS AN AREA OF NEED THAT WE HAVE PRESENTLY AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE EXPECT THAT FORECAST TO GO GO FORWARD. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE ALSO GONNA DISCUSS THE HOME FUNDS IN THE ARPA ALSO, UH, AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THAT EARMARK TOWARDS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          VERY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LORI. 
          UM, I'LL JUST CLOSE MY, MY BRIEF STATEMENTS BY, UH, SAYING I WISH SOMETIMES WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CITY RELATED TO SA TOMORROW, WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REGIONAL CENTERS AND WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT LOOKING AT HOW NEIGHBORHOODS RELATE TO, UH, CENTERS OF EMPLOYMENT AND SCHOOLS AND, AND ACTIVITY. 
          AND IT'S LESS ABOUT TRYING TO CHOP UP EVERYTHING BY 10, WHICH WAS HOW BONDS WERE DONE YEARS PRIOR. 
          UM, BUT I DO APPRECIATE, UH, ERIC, THE WORK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ON THE REGIONAL CENTERS, PARTICULARLY WITH PORT SAN ANTONIO. 
          I'LL BE INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW THAT, UH, CONVERSATION RESOLVES. 
          BUT THERE ARE PROGRAMS HERE THAT I THINK ARE CATALYTIC AND ACKNOWLEDGING ONE THAT'S BEEN APPROVED MANY TIMES BY VOTERS, THAT'S THE LINEAR CREEKWAY TRAILS PROGRAM. 
          SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THOSE AND PERHAPS EVEN ACCELERATE THE COMPLETION OF THE GREENWAY TRAILS. 
          UH, I AM, UH, EXCITED TO SEE, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE CATALYTIC IMPACT AND, AND ALSO RELATED TO OUR PARK SYSTEM, UM, SUCH AS THE SECOND GARDEN THEATER. 
          SO, UM, PROJECTS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT BEYOND JUST THE SIMPLE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ARE ONES THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE, UM, UH, GREAT BENEFIT FROM. 
          AND I, I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL SEE A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP AND, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND ULTIMATELY HOW OUR COMMITTEES HANDLE THE PRIORITY LIST. 
          SO LET ME MOVE, UH, TO CONVERSATION NOW, STARTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU ERIC, FOR ACKNOWLEDGING UPFRONT THE PORT SAN ANTONIO, UM, WAS, WAS LEFT OFF OF THE LIST. 
          AND SO I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THAT THE CURRENT STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR PROJECTS UNDER THE PROGRAM DID NOT INCLUDE PORT SAN ANTONIO'S REQUEST FOR FUNDING OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS. 
          BUT I WAS PARTICULARLY SURPRISED ABOUT THE PORT'S TOTAL EXCLUSION FROM THIS PROJECT LIST, GIVEN THAT THE, THE PROJECT WAS IN FACT INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS LIST PRESENTED ON SEPTEMBER THE 29TH. 
          SO MY FIRST QUESTION, UM, IS GOING TO BE HOW DO YOU DETERMINE HOW YOU REDUCE OR HOW MUCH YOU DECIDE TO FUND A PROJECT? SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE POLICY, UH, REGARDING THAT. 
          AND DO YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PAST, UH, AWARDS? SURE, WE DO. 
          I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, YOU LOOK AT THE, YOU LOOK AT THE SCOPE, YOU LOOK HOW MUCH IT IS, UM, IS, IS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, FEES FEASIBLE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, UH, 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE NOT FEASIBLE, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF COST, BUT MAYBE THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, THERE'S PERMITTING ISSUES, WHAT HAVE YOU. 
          UH, SO, SO WE WEIGH ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE FACTORS. 
          UM, IT, IT'S NEVER AN EASY DECISION 'CAUSE WE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, $6.5 BILLION WORTH OF NEEDS. 
          UH, SO, SO WE LOOK AT THOSE FACTORS. 
          WE, WE, YOU KNOW, ALSO WEIGHED WHAT WE HEARD FROM FROM COUNCIL. 
          UM, WE LOOKED AT PAST PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT THINGS THAT ABSOLUTELY HAD TO BE DONE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S HOW WE ARRIVED AT OUR LIST. 
          SO PORT LEADERSHIP WORKED TO PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THAT I THINK THAT IS, UM, EQUAL TO THE ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT PORT HAS BECOME FOR OUR CITY AND ALIGNS WITH THEM AS A REGIONAL CENTER UNDER THE ESSAY TOMORROW PLAN. 
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BUT IT'S THE ONLY REGIONAL CENTER THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSAL. 
          UM, WHICH IS A POINT THAT WAS REFERENCED ON SLIDE THREE OF ERIC'S PRESENTATION, THAT WE WOULD FOCUS ON REGIONAL CENTERS. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S WHY, WHY, WHY THE REASON THAT IT WAS KIND OF SHOCKING. 
          RIGHT? SO WE ASSUME THAT THE REGIONAL CENTERS ARE GOING TO BE FUNDED UNDER, UNDER THE CURRENT. 
          SO, SO AGAIN, I'M, I'M ADVOCATING FOR THIS, UH, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE ESSAY TOMORROW PLAN. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO, UH, TO ARRIVING, IS IT, UH, AT, AT THE RECOMMENDATION I'D, I'D LOVE TO MAYBE OFFLINE, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE, THE PAST, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE PORT STAFF GAVE TO YOU ALL. 
          AND MAYBE YOU MENTIONED THAT SOME ARE NOT FEASIBLE OR MAYBE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, JUST IN DIDN'T GEL. 
          I WANNA KNOW WHAT, WHAT IT IS, RIGHT. 
          THAT DIDN'T FIT IN. 
          SO I'D LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS, I GUESS ABSOLUTELY. 
          IS WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          I'D LOVE TO LEARN. 
          UM, I, I THINK I'VE HEARD ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES BEFORE SAY IT'S THE SAUSAGE MAKING AND NOT THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET INTO THAT, BUT I WANNA LEARN SO THAT I COULD BE BETTER PREPARED, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST IN CASE. 
          AND THEN, UM, ALSO JUST WANNA SAY, SO, UM, WE HAVE SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES I STILL TO THINK CORRECT, BUT FOR MY COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANNA, UM, REFERENCE THAT, UH, THE PORT EMPLOYS PEOPLE IN EVERY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          UH, DISTRICT SIX HAS THE MOST EMPLOYEES AT THE PORT 2,250. 
          UM, MY DISTRICT HAS 1,390. 
          DISTRICT FIVE HAS 830 EMPLOYEES. 
          DISTRICT 10 HAS 820 EMPLOYEES. 
          DISTRICT EIGHT HAS 740 D 7, 790, AND D THREE AND TWO SHARE 700 EQUALLY. 
          AND SO, UM, I I JUST, AGAIN, SO IT'S, IT'S EMPLOYING PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY. 
          AND SO JUST LAST YEAR, PORT SAN ANTONIO WAS ONE OF SIX NATIONAL FINALISTS FOR THE US SPACE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS. 
          THE ONLY SITE THAT WAS CONSIDERED THAT WAS NOT AN ACTIVE MILITARY INSTALLATION. 
          AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE STILL MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE AT IT. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S, UH, IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO, TO FOCUS ON THIS. 
          BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CITY'S INVESTMENT, UH, SINCE 1997, SINCE THE CLOSURE OF KELLEY AIR FORCE BASE HAS BEEN 60, $76 MILLION INTO THE PORT. 
          HOWEVER, THAT HAS, UH, LEVERAGED $859 MILLION IN INVESTMENT FROM OTHER SOURCES. 
          SO CLEARLY, UM, THE PORT ISN'T JUST ASKING FOR A HANDOUT. 
          THESE PROJECTS ARE TRULY LEVERAGED. 
          PROJECTS. 
          425 OF THE PORT'S OWN RESOURCES HAVE BEEN INVESTED. 
          FOUR 25 MILLION 153 MILLION HAS BEEN INVESTED BY THE US AIR FORCE, UH, WHICH CONTINUES TO HAVE A MAJOR PRESENCE AT THE PORT 213 MILLION BY PRIVATE BUSINESSES HOUSED AT THE PORT. 
          AND THE BALANCE, UM, WAS ACHIEVED FROM FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS THAT THE PORT ACTIVELY PURSUES. 
          AND SO WE DON'T, UM, NEED TO, NEED TO BE REMINDED, BUT WE HAVE THE R S O COMING UP, WE HAVE THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, THE TECHNOLOGY, ET CETERA. 
          SO I WANTED TO MAKE A CASE FOR, FOR THE RE THE, THE, THE FACT THAT IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A REGIONAL PROJECT BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT PROPOSITION NUMBER THREE FOR PARKS, REC, AND OPEN SPACES, I SEE THAT SEVEN PROJECTS, THAT SEVEN PROJECTS OUTTA THE 69 PROJECTS, THAT MEANS 64% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS BEING SPENT ON CITYWIDE AND REGIONAL PROJECTS. 
          AND SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED TO MY COLLEAGUES AND MY COLLEAGUES IN PARTICULAR ON THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE WERE THE FIRST ONES THAT I ADDRESSED ABOUT THIS, WAS THAT THIS BOND SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AS, UM, THE, THE DECADE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT? AND THINK IN TERMS TERM TERMS OF PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO. 
          AND I THINK THAT THE HOUSING PROPOSAL, UM, HAS, HAS DONE SOME, SOME, SOME WONDERFUL, UH, JOB THERE. 
          AND THEN THE TOURS WAS VERY CREATIVE IN HOW WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO LEVERAGE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 
          BUT I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE 64% BEING ALLOCATED TO CITYWIDE OR REGIONAL PROJECTS AND THE PARKS AND REC OPEN SPACES WHEN IN STREETS AND BRIDGES, IT'S 13%, SIX PROJECTS, AND THEN THE MUNICIPAL AND CULTURAL PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, IT'S 49%, WHICH I TOTALLY GET. 
          BUT HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT DETERMINES REGIONAL. 
          SO PEARSALL PARK FOR THE LAST TWO BONDS HAS BEEN A REGIONAL PARK. 
          NOW IT'S UNDER THE DISTRICT SPECIFIC, BUT MAGIC THEATER IS CONSIDERED REGIONAL IN THIS BOND. 
          AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WASN'T THAT REDIRECTED TO, UM, TO DISTRICT ONE, FOR INSTANCE, NOT TO PICK ON YOU COUNCILMAN BRAVO, BUT KIND OF PICKING ON YOU, WE, WE LOOKED AT THE REGIONAL CENTERS, 13 REGIONAL CENTERS, AND IT FELL WITHIN THERE. 
          THAT'S HOW IT GOT INCLUDED INTO THAT REGIONAL CATEGORY. 
          SO DOWNTOWN BEING ONE OF THOSE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, THAT'S BEEN LISTED A COUPLE OF TIMES, SO THERE'S NO POLICY BASICALLY THAT SAYS ONCE SOMETHING IS DESIGNATED REGIONAL, THEN IT CAN'T BE MOVED FOR A NEXT PHASE BOND. 
          SO THERE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT THAT KIND OF GUIDES US. 
          NO, WE, WE, I MEAN, REGIONAL'S WAS KIND OF BRAND NEW. 
          WE, WE NEVER HAD A REGIONAL CATEGORY BEFORE, SO WE JUST INTRODUCED THAT, UH, WE KIND OF, WE TOOK A, ANOTHER LOOK AT HOW WE ADDRESS CITYWIDE PROJECTS, UH, IN PREVIOUS BOND. 
          A LOT OF THINGS GOT INCLUDED IN THE CITYWIDE BUCKET, UH, THIS TIME AROUND. 
          WE, 
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WE WANTED, IF IT WAS A PROJECT THAT WITHIN A COUNCIL DISTRICT, WE TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, INCLUDED WITH THOSE, THOSE COUNTS OF DISTRICT PROJECTS. 
          UH, UNLESS IT'S TRULY A CITYWIDE PROJECT THAT EVERYBODY USES, SUCH AS THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S ONE ZOO IN THE CITY, SO EVERYBODY GOES THERE. 
          SO WE CLASSIFIED THAT AS, AS CITYWIDE. 
          SO, UH, THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO. 
          TRY TO, YOU KNOW, IF THE PROJECT IS PHYSICALLY LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT, PUT IT THERE UNLESS THERE'S SOME CITYWIDE REGION OR REASON, YOU KNOW, THAT EVERYONE COMES FROM THE CITY TO IT, THEN WE CLASSIFY IT AS A CITYWIDE PROJECT. 
          SURE. 
          AND I THINK THAT THE SAME IS THE CASE FOR A C S, WHICH I WOULD TOTALLY AGREE THAT IT'S A CITYWIDE PROJECT. 
          UM, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS LIKE A RUBRIC, RIGHT? SO THE NEXT ROD SANCHEZ DOESN'T CHANGE IT. 
          THE NEXT LORI HOUSTON, THE NEXT ERIC WALSH DOESN'T CHANGE IT. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. 
          LIKE SHOULD WE HAVE, OR SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT IT? IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE THE BOND COMMITTEE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. 
          UM, I'M A PROFESSOR, SO I USE RUBRICS, RIGHT? AND SO YOU GET 10% FOR THIS. 
          IF YOU DON'T MEET THIS, YOU GET 8%. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO, TRYING TO JUSTIFY, UM, BECAUSE ONE OF THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT I, UH, HAD MENTIONED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WAS, EVERYBODY'S TRASH ENDS UP IN D FOUR. 
          TO ME, THAT'S CITYWIDE. 
          SO IF EVERYONE'S TRASH ENDS UP IN D FOUR, HOW IS IS THAT NOT CONSIDERED REGIONAL? RIGHT? AND SO THE, THE ACCESS TO, UM, THE LANDFILL BASICALLY IS ONE OF THESE, UM, THESE AREAS THAT WAS LEFT OFF, UH, AS, AS MAYBE A, A CITYWIDE RIGHT EFFECT, BUT I WOULD CONSIDER IT TO HAVE A CITYWIDE EFFECT. 
          SO AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE VERY, UM, CAREFUL RIGHT. 
          IN THE CONSIDERATION AND WHO GETS TO DETERMINE, LIKE, I DON'T WANT IT TO ALL I'LL BE ROSIE'S FAULT OR ROD'S FAULT OR SOMETHING. 
          SO, UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR, LIKE HOW DO WE MAKE THAT, UH, CASE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          SO LET, LET ME ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          SURE. 
          IN TERMS OF THE REGIONAL, THE WELL, AS WE DEFINED REGIONAL, THEY WERE, UH, THE SUB AREAS THAT HAD A COMPLETED COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, REGIONAL PLAN AND THE PORT, AND THIS IS, I MEAN, THE PORT IS ASIDE. 
          I MEAN, I ADDRESSED THAT IN MY PRESENTATION, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA NEED TO RECONCILE THAT, BUT, BUT THE PORT'S REGIONAL MASTER PLAN ISN'T COMING TO COUNCIL. 
          IT'S NOT DONE YET. 
          SO TEXAS A AND M IS MEDICAL CENTER, U T S A MM-HMM. 
           DOWN DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, SO FROM A RUBRIC STANDPOINT, THAT'S THE BASIS BY WHICH WE CATEGORIZE THOSE THINGS. 
          YOUR, YOUR, YOUR STATEMENTS ARE, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE PORT SA AS A REGIONAL ECONOMIC GENERATOR, AND NOBODY'S GONNA DISPUTE THAT, BUT MM-HMM. 
           AS IT FIT INTO OUR RUBRIC, IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT REGIONAL PLAN COMPLETED. 
          THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S ANY LESS IMPORTANT OR MORE IMPORTANT, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY WE CAN CATEGORIZE IT THAT WAY. 
          THAT WILL BE THE ONLY ONE WHERE IT'S DIFFERENT. 
          AND I THINK AS LONG AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT PUBLICLY, YOU KNOW, REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, THE COUNT, THE, THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL'S NOT GONNA APPROVE A PROGRAM THAT GOES TO THE VOTERS THAT SAYS CITYWIDE OR DISTRICT OR REGIONAL. 
          IT'S GONNA BE STREETS, PARKS, DRAINAGE, HOUSING, AND THE PROPOSITIONS. 
          AND SO THIS FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT TO US, UH, AND I THINK IS WILL BE HELP US AS WE GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS. 
          SURE. 
          AND SO, ERIC, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE COVE, UH, ROAD. 
          UM, WELL, I, NOT ALL THE TRASH IN THE CITY GOES TO COVELL. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          WELL, SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S THREE PLACES THAT TRASH GOES. 
          UM, THERE'S, UM, WE HAVE THE TRANSFER SITE BY THE AIRPORT, AND WE HAVE THE TWO, UH, LANDFILLS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CITY. 
          SO, UM, FROM, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, COVE ROAD GOT IT, IS NOT A CITYWIDE ROAD THAT IS A, THAT IS A DISTRICT ISSUE. 
          UM, IF, IF YOU WANT TO CATEGORIZE IT, IF YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO CATEGORIZE IT AS CITYWIDE, WE'LL MOVE IT OVER THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THE GRAPH THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY SHOWED TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY DELIBERATE IN OUR CATEGORIZATION OF CITYWIDE STREETS OR CITYWIDE PROJECTS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A, A, A FUTURE, UH, BOND COMMITTEE INDIVIDUAL THAT ONE OF YOU APPOINT, LIKE COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, CREATING HIS OWN SLIDES. 
          RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO HAVE THAT TO DO A REALLY GOOD JOB, COUNCILMAN. 
          RIGHT. 
          AGAIN, I KNOW, I, I KNOW I'M, IT'S, IT'S BURNED INTO MY MIND. 
          UM, BUT, BUT, BUT THIS TYPE OF CONVERSATION IS WHERE THAT SHOULD BE DECIDED. 
          OKAY. 
          NOT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S UP TO US. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE WERE TRYING TO BE VERY DELIBERATE SURE. 
          IN OUR CATEGORIZATION OF A CITYWIDE PROJECT BECAUSE THERE, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, THERE WAS A LOT OF, THERE WAS A LOT OF ANGST ABOUT THE CITYWIDE CATEGORY LAST TIME. 
          AND WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT AND BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT ON THE FRONT END. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAND. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SO I WANNA START WITH WHAT EQUITY MEANS TO ME. 
          IS THE PROJECT BUILDING RESILIENCY AND INCLUSIVITY, IS IT ADDRESSING HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL, AND DIGITAL NEEDS AND INEQUITIES? DOES IT PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH, HEALTH AND SAFETY FOR THE ENTIRE 
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CITY? THIS FIRST DRAFT OF THE 20 22, 20 27 GIVES ME GREAT PAUSE. 
          I'M CONCERN IF WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS. 
          I'M AFRAID THAT I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS LENS HAS RED LINES ON IT AND EMERGING RED LINES. 
          THE SECOND IS, WE ARE PRIORITIZING ITEMS AS WITH AS IF WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY LIVING IN A PANDEMIC AND UNDER A THREAT OF FUTURE OUTBREAKS. 
          I AM CONCERNED PORT WAS LEFT OFF COMPLETELY AND BROOKS' REQUEST WAS SO SIGNIFICANTLY CUT. 
          THESE TWO AREAS ARE JOB CREATORS. 
          THEY ARE ASKING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, NOT AN EVENT CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. 
          THEY ARE TRYING TO MEET THAT TRANSPORTATION BOX THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT RESIDENTIAL AND EMPLOYMENT WITH THESE ASKS. 
          THE OTHER IS MITCHELL LAKE AND FIVE DIAMONDS WERE LEFT OFF COMPLETELY. 
          THIS BRINGS ME TO MY FIRST EXAMPLE OF A LENS THAT IS EMERGING. 
          RED SA BOTANICAL GARDENS AND MITCHELL LAKE BOTH HAVE MEMBERSHIPS, BUT THIS IS A REGIONAL PROJECT. 
          AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY, BECAUSE I DID NOT HEAR FROM THE BOTANICAL GARDENS ABOUT THEIR REQUEST FOR THE BOND, WHICH TELLS ME THEY DON'T CARE IF SOUTHSIDERS GO TO THE BOTANICAL GARDENS. 
          IT IS A MEMBERSHIP THAT SITS ON THE HIGHER END AND, AND IT'S NOT ACCEPTING OF ALL RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO IT DOES NOT MEET MY CITYWIDE LENS. 
          SUNKEN GARDENS IS NOT A PARK, IT IS A VENUE. 
          AND IF WE ARE GOING TO START GIVING MONEY TO VENUES, WE NEED A SEPARATE CATEGORY FOR THAT. 
          IT SHOULD BE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. 
          WE SHOULD BE, WE SHOULD DO A STUDY TO SEE IF MARKET TRENDS, IF TICKET PRICES AND TRAFFIC WOULD SUSTAIN THIS. 
          BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY. 
          IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT, DON'T GET ME WRONG. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A THEATER LIKE THAT, BUT THIS IS NOT THE TIME. 
          WE ARE COMING FROM A PANDEMIC. 
          I AM TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO GET BACK TO WORK. 
          AND WE ARE LOOKING AT SPENDING $20 MILLION FOR NO GUARANTEES FOR WHAT? MINIMUM WAGE JOBS. 
          THE U T S A PRACTICE FACILITY IN AN EQUITY LENS, 10 MILLION WOULD BE GOING TO TEXAS A AND M FOR A PRACTICE FACILITY. 
          THAT'S WHAT EQUITY LOOKS LIKE. 
          AND THE GREENWAY TRAILS. 
          WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR WHAT FEELS LIKE DECADES. 
          AND WE HAVE TIME, WE HAVE MONEY, WE CAN GET RESOURCES. 
          WE DO NOT NEED TO DO OVER A HUNDRED MILLION AT THIS TIME. 
          WHAT WOULD BE CATALYTIC IS IF WE HAD AN EAST WEST CORRIDOR IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR THAT WASN'T A, A BIKE TRAIL. 
          I SUPPORT, I WANT TO KNOW, OUT OF PARKS, OUT OF ITEM 60 TO 64, I ONLY SUPPORT 60 AND 64. 
          THE OTHER THING ABOUT PUBLIC ART, AND I'M PUBLIC ART IS CENSORED ART. 
          AND I WANT TO LEAVE IT A 1%. 
          AND I WANT THIS ART COMMUNITY AND OUR ARTS DEPARTMENT TO GET CREATIVE BECAUSE PUBLIC ART LEAVES OUT THEATER SPOKEN WORD OIL PAINTERS. 
          SO I, I WANT TO SEE THE 1% CONTINUE. 
          AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS, UH, US INCREASE OUR ARTS BUDGET TO CREATE THIS ART COMMUNITY WHERE WE HAVE MORE PATRONAGE. 
          UH, I HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT BEFORE I HAVE QUESTIONS IN ORDER OF, IN, IN ANTICIPATION OF ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MY BIG ASK, I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT FOR THE RECORD THE CALLS, THE 9 1 1 CALLS FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS FROM THE EAST AND WEST, UH, SUBSTATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I WANT TO, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, HOW DOES THE SUNKEN GARDEN MEET THE EMPLOYMENT, RESIDENTIAL AND TRANSPORTATION, UH, MERITS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT? WHEN WE, WHEN WE DESIGNATE SOMETHING, A CITYWIDE PROJECT 
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COUNCILWOMAN, UH, MY COMMENT WAS ABOUT HOW WE CATEGORIZE THE REGIONAL, UH, CITYWIDE IS HOW WE'RE CATEGORIZING, UH, BOTH THE ZOO, BRECKENRIDGE PARK AND SUNKEN GARDENS. 
          SUNKEN GARDENS IS A CITY YOUNG FACILITY, UM, THAT, UM, IF YOU'RE FROM SAN ANTONIO, YOU, YOU KNOW ABOUT SUNKEN GARDENS. 
          SO, SO IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE OWN IT. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S A CITY ASSET. 
          OKAY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND THE CITY AND THE CITY JOINTLY FUNDED A MARKETING PLAN FOR, WITH THE CONSERVANCY TWO YEARS AGO TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO REINVIGORATE THAT FACILITY PRE PRE PANDEMIC, CORRECT? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, WHY WAS THE BUDGET FOR BOTANICAL GARDENS NOT CUT? THEY ASKED FOR 5 MILLION. 
          THEY WERE GIVEN 5 MILLION. 
          I THINK THEY ASKED FOR MORE. 
          WE'LL VERIFY THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH OH. 
          THEY ASKED FOR, THEY ASKED FOR $7.5 MILLION. 
          WHY WAS THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO'S BUDGET CUT? THEY ASKED FOR 30 MILLION. 
          THEY GOT 10. 
          WHY, WHY DID THEY GET 10 INSTEAD OF WHY WAS IT CUT BY 20 MILLION AND WHY WAS IT CUT? SO I, I THINK, I THINK RATHER THAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, IF YOU GIVE ME THE FEEDBACK, I MEAN, THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT HERE THIS AFTERNOON, IF, IF YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN, IN, IN FUNDING SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS, THAT'S THE FEEDBACK THAT I NEED TO HEAR FROM THE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON. 
          SO YES, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN FUNDING SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. OKAY. 
          I DON'T THINK MY RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN FUNDING THESE PROGRAMS. I DON'T THINK A CITY COMING OUT OF A PANDEMIC THAT HAS STRUGGLED TO WORK IS GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN FUNDING, UH, SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE CONSIDERED CITYWIDE UNDER PARKS. 
          SO, UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS A FIRST DRAFT. 
          A I I AM I AM CONCERNED. 
          I DON'T THINK I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THIS DIOCESE THAT IS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WE'RE GONNA GET PORT, UH, ON THIS BOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VARDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I AM CURIOUS IF THERE WAS A FORMULA THAT WAS USED, IT'S SIMILAR TO I THINK, UM, COUNCILWOMAN RICHARD GARCIA'S, UM, QUESTION. 
          BUT IF THERE, WAS THERE A FORMULA THAT WAS USED TO DETERMINE DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR OUR CITYWIDE PROJECTS LIST RELATIVE TO THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH, UM, RESIDENTIAL NEEDS OR REQUESTS, WHAT I CONSIDER NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS COUNCILWOMAN? THERE WAS, THERE WAS NO FORMULA THAT WAS USED. 
          UH, WE BASICALLY LOOKED AT THE FACILITIES, WE LOOKED AT THE NEED OF FACILITIES, THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT HAD TO BE DONE. 
          UH, WE, WE TRIED TO PRIORITIZE BASED ON NEED AND, AND THAT'S HOW WE ARRIVED AT OUR LIST. 
          SO I THINK PART OF THE ISSUE IS, IS, UM, MAYBE THIS COUNCIL WOULD'VE LIKED TO, I SHOULDN'T PRESUME, BUT I THINK I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE CRITERIA BUILDING FOR THE CITYWIDE PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I HEAR A LOT FROM MY RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY WANT THIS BOND TO CREATE MORE, UM, OF WHAT THEY SEE WHEN THEY LOOK OUT THEIR FRONT DOOR PARKS OPPORTUNITIES, UH, STREETS, DRAINAGE ISSUES, FIXING THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, GETTING HOUSES OUTTA THE FLOODPLAIN, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THE CITY BOND IS THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE STRENGTH OF ECONOMIES, OF SCALES FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          THE EVERY TIME WE AWARD PROJECTS TO ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT HAVE THEIR OWN WAY OF RAISING CAPITAL, I, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THING IS, IS THAT A LOT OF THESE CITYWIDE PROJECTS, THEY CAN RAISE PRIVATE FUNDING. 
          IT'S A LOT MORE DIFFICULT FOR ME TO RAISE MONEY TO FIX A STREET OR, YOU KNOW, UM, AND I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          I'M HAVING TO FOREGO 500,000 OR SO IN PARK IMPROVEMENTS TO TOM SLICK PARK. 
          UM, BUT I THINK IT'S 15 MILLION IS BEING ALLOCATED TO CITYWIDE PROJECTS. 
          AM I RIGHT IN, IN AS FAR IN THAT PART OF THE BOND? THAT'S, I BELIEVE SO COUNCILMAN, YES. 
          FOR THE STREETS THERE'S 15 MILLION, I THINK 15, RIGHT? SO I'M NOT AGAINST CITYWIDE PROJECTS. 
          I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. 
          AND IN ANY WAY, IN FACT, I SUPPORT THE INCLUSION OF THE PORT TO THE BOND AS COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA MENTIONED. 
          UM, 22% OF THE PORT'S WORKFORCE LIVES IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED. 
          BUT MY CONCERN IS FOR THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED FOR CITYWIDE PROJECTS AS OPPOSED TO DISTRICT SPECIFIC PROJECTS. 
          AND, AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THE, WHAT I SAID EARLIER ABOUT, UM, BEING, HAVING THE COUNCIL BEING MORE INVOLVED IN THE, THE CRITERIA, UM, AND IN SELECTING THESE CITYWIDE PROJECTS WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL. 
          CAN WE PULL UP SLIDE 30 IN THE BACKUP AND IT'LL SHOW THE COUNCIL THE LIST OF CITYWIDE PROJECTS, UM, AS A REFERENCE? 
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SO THEY'RE ON THE, ON THE LOWER RIGHT HAND SIDE, AND I'LL, UH, IT'S KIND OF SMALL. 
          HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE IT. 
          UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'VE CATEGORIZED AS CITYWIDE PROJECTS. 
          AND SO, UM, SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY. 
          UM, A NUMBER OF THEM ARE FACILITY RELATED TO THE, TO, TO OUR OWN FACILITIES. 
          UM, BUT THOSE ARE OUR CITYWIDE PROJECTS AS, AS DEFINED AS OF THE TODAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I THINK SOME OF THE ONES ON THIS LIST HAVE BEEN, UM, THE, THEY'RE MORE HOT BUTTON THAN OTHERS. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I'M NOT GONNA ARGUE AGAINST A LINEAR GREENWAY TRAIL, YOU KNOW, SPENDING CITYWIDE MONEY ON THAT. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING ALSO THAT WE, WE NEED PUBLIC FUNDING FOR. 
          BUT I MEAN, THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER PROJECTS ON THIS LIST THAT, UH, I MEAN, I HAVE A HARD TIME FITTING INTO THE CITYWIDE CATEGORY, BUT HAVING SAID THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT CATEGORY WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, DEFINED. 
          I MEAN, IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, THERE WASN'T REALLY, UM, IT WAS A LOT OF FACTORS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. 
          IT WASN'T ANY SET FORMULA, RIGHT? IT, IT WAS, THESE ARE TRULY, AS WE SAID, THERE'S CITYWIDE PROJECTS. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S ONE ZOO, THERE'S ONE SUNKEN GARDEN, THERE'S ONE CENTRAL LIBRARY. 
          UH, SO THAT'S HOW WE DEFINE IT. 
          THE, THE RELOCATING THE IMPOUND LOT. 
          UH, ONCE AGAIN, CITYWIDE USE, THERE'S ONE, YOU KNOW, AN ANIMAL, UH, CARE VETERINARY HOSPITAL. 
          IT'D BE ONE FOR ONE FOR THE CITY. 
          UH, SO IT'S A CITYWIDE USE. 
          UH, IF IT, IF IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE CITY COULD ENJOY, IT'S MORE, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT LEVEL. 
          WE PUT THAT IN THE DISTRICT, IN THE DISTRICT CATEGORY. 
          SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT, UH, IN THIS BOND THAT SAYS DESIGNATED CITYWIDE. 
          YEAH. 
          I DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING RAZZI? YEAH, COUNCILWOMAN ON STREETS AND BRIDGES. 
          WE HAVE 50 MILLION FOR CITYWIDE 10 MILLION OF THE FORCE FOR THE CITYWIDE BIKE PROGRAM, BECAUSE WHY WE CALL THAT ONE CITYWIDE, BECAUSE WE REALLY HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BUILD THOSE BIKE PROGRAM. 
          OUR ASSUMPTION IS EACH CONCERT INDUSTRY IS GOING TO GET PART OF THAT $10 MILLION. 
          THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER 5 MILLION FOR BRIDGE REHABILITATION. 
          AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T REALLY IDENTIFIED WHAT BRIDGE WE ARE GOING TO REHABILITATE. 
          WE HAVE NO CITYWIDE ON THE DRAINAGE PROJECT. 
          EVERYTHING IS RELATED, REALLY GOES TO THE COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          SPECIFIC. 
          SPECIFIC. 
          IT REALLY IS MY POINT. 
          I, I JUST WANNA VERY FIERCELY DEFEND, UM, THE, THE DISTRICT SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT WE ALL NEED. 
          UH, AND THEN, AND REALLY TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE ALLOCATION FOR THE CITYWIDE, SOME OF THE CITYWIDE PROJECTS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THINGS, YOU KNOW, LIKE OUR PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND STREETS AND, AND DRAINAGE ISSUES. 
          THE, THEN I, I, I WOULD, WHAT I'D LIKE TO GET FROM COUNCIL THEN IS SOME FEEDBACK ON THOSE PROJECTS ON THAT LIST, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT AN ALLOCATION. 
          I MEAN, WE, THERE ALLOCATION WAS, UM, THE EXECUTIVE STAFF GOING THROUGH ALL 398 PROJECTS AND DEFINING THEM AS A GROUP. 
          UM, AND, AND IF THE COUNCIL, UH, CHOOSE WOULD LIKE TO NOT DO THE, UM, UH, THE IMPOUND LOT RELOCATION, WHICH HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR CONVERSATION WITH J B SS A, THEN I THEN NOW'S THE TIME FOR ME TO HEAR THAT. 
          FOR US TO HEAR THAT. 
          'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE MOVE INTO THE BOND PRO, THE BOND COMMITTEE PROCESS, THAT THAT'S SET. 
          WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T, THIS WAS THE EXACT REASON WHY WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON CITYWIDE, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO WALK INTO THAT SAME HORNET'S NEST THAT I THINK THE CITY RAN INTO IN 2017. 
          CAN YOU PULL THAT, UH, SLIDE BACK UP? THE, THAT'S THE COMPLETE LIST OF CITYWIDE PROJECTS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          CAN, OKAY. 
          SO, UM, TO ANSWER YOUR, UM, QUESTION ABOUT FEEDBACK, I, I'M, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CUTTING THESE THESE FROM THE LIST, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE MONEY ALLOCATED, UM, FOR MORE SPECIFIC DISTRICT PROJECTS, BUT TAKEN FROM, UM, SUNKEN GARDENS, UH, THE BOTANICAL CENTER, WHAT'S THE WORLD HERITAGE CENTER? THAT'S, UH, THE, UH, 2017 BOND PROGRAM THAT, UH, WE NEED TO COMPLETE. 
          UM, AND IT'S, UM, WE'RE RECOMMENDING AN ADDITIONAL THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO FINISH TO, TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AND FINISH THAT BUILDING. 
          WHERE IS THAT? UM, IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          OH, IT'S RELATED TO THE MISSIONS, BUT IT'S BEING CATEGORIZED AS, AS A CITYWIDE CATEGORY BECAUSE IT'S A COMMUNITY FACILITY. 
          I GET THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          IT, BUT IT'S THE MISSIONS, IT'S RELATED TO THE MISSIONS, RIGHT. 
          MISSION, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN, WELL, I MEAN, I GUESS THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I WOULD, I WOULD REDUCE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANKS, ROD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          I, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, SO ONCE THE COMMITTEE PROCESS STARTS, HOW WILL A LENS OF EQUITY BE APPLIED TO THE FINAL LIST SO THAT MAYBE IF THERE'S NINE COMMITTEE 
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MEMBER OR NINE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND A COMMITTEE, AND THEY'RE REALLY PUSHING FOR, I'LL, I'LL PICK ON THE NORTH SIDE, SAY THEY'RE REALLY PUSHING FOR NORTH SIDE PROJECTS AND THEY END UP, YOU KNOW, THEY GET PEOPLE TO AGREE WITH IT. 
          HOW DO WE PREVENT THE ENTIRE LIST FROM BEING CONSUMED? MM-HMM. 
          , YOU'LL APPRECIATE THIS MATHEMATICAL ANSWER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          . 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, SO EACH, EACH PROPOSITION WILL HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT, AND IF A COMMITTEE OR A A A FACTION OF THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO MOVE A PROJECT IN ONTO THE LIST, THEN THE WHOLE GROUP HAS TO VOTE TO REMOVE SOMETHING FROM THE LIST. 
          UM, OTHERWISE, UH, WITHOUT THAT DISCIPLINE, UH, I'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN JANUARY, BACK WE'LL BACK, WE'LL BE BACK AT THE $3 BILLION LIST. 
          SO THE DISCIPLINE OF THE MATH HELPS DRIVE SOME OF THAT. 
          UM, I THINK NUMBER TWO, UM, WHO YOU SELECT AND WHAT MARCHING ORDERS YOU GIVE YOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL BE CRITICAL. 
          I SUSPECT THAT MOST OF YOU WILL GIVE THEM A LIST OF THINGS TO DEFEND AND A THI AND A LIST OF THINGS TO ACHIEVE. 
          UM, AND, AND WITH 32 PEOPLE ON A, ON A COMMITTEE, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION. 
          THERE'S A VOTE THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN TO MOVE ISSUES. 
          UM, AND SO IT BECOMES A LARGE GROUP CONVERSATION THAT WILL, THOSE TWO THINGS. 
          IN MY MIND, LOOKING AT PAST BOND COMMITTEES HELPS KIND OF CURB SOME OF THE, UM, UNPREDICTABLE. 
          IT DOES NOT, IT DOES NOT, UH, PRECLUDE CHANGES THOUGH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I GUESS WHERE I WAS, WHERE I DON'T THINK I GOT AN ANSWER NECESSARILY IS SAY, SO THEY'RE GONNA GET A PROPOSED LIST, RIGHT? AND THAT'S GONNA HAVE, UH, IT'S ALREADY BROKEN DOWN THROUGH A LENS OF EQUITY. 
          FROM THERE, MEMBERS CAN VOTE TO REMOVE THINGS AND RE BUT THEN, OR TO ADD THINGS, BUT THEN REMOVE THINGS. 
          HOW DO WE PREVENT THEM FROM TAKING TOO MUCH FROM ONE DISTRICT OR ANOTHER? WELL, YOU GOTTA REMEMBER, THE, THE COMMITTEES ARE A RECOMMENDING BODY, RIGHT? MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO THEY, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU IS A RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND THEN WE COME UP HERE AND WE FIGHT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY,  AT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, COME JANUARY, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA COME TO YOU IN A B SESSION. 
          WE'RE GONNA SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THEY RECOMMEND, BUT IT'S COUNCIL THAT'S GONNA ACTUALLY VOTE ON WHAT THOSE FINAL PROJECTS ARE. 
          SO, I MEAN, YOU'RE KIND OF THE FINAL CHECK, UH, FOR THE PROCESS AS, AS A BODY. 
          SO AS IMPORTANT AS THEIR WORK IS, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU, AND YOU HAVE THE FINAL SAY AS A BODY. 
          AND WILL CITY STAFF MAKE AN ADDITIONAL COMMEND RECOMMENDATION ALONG WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION? OR WILL YOU SAY, WE AS A STAFF RECOMMEND THEIR YOU, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY, BEST CASE SCENARIO, WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME LANE, RIGHT? IN JANUARY? I SURE HOPE SO, BUT, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S THE GOAL. 
          I, I THINK, AND I THINK THAT WAS, THAT THAT HAPPENED LAST TIME IN 2017. 
          I, I, I'LL SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOUR, YOUR QUESTION IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT EQUITY, BUT THERE COULD BE AN ISSUE OF CONNECTIVITY. 
          UH, FRANKLY, THE BOND COMMITTEES COULD BE GOING AGAINST WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU INDIVIDUALLY THAT ARE PRIORITIES. 
          AND IF THOSE HAPPEN, THEN THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY MARIA IS AT THE FACILITIES, AND DAVID MCCARRY IS AT PARKS AND ROD STREETS AND DRAINAGE. 
          SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT PERSPECTIVE THAT WE GOT FROM THE COUNCIL ON THE FRONT END. 
          AGAIN, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE A LOT OF COMMUNICATION, BOTH FROM YOUR BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO YOU, BUT ALSO US TO YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I ALSO, I WANNA TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THE DECADE OF NEIGHBORHOODS VERSUS DECADE OF DOWNTOWN AND SOME OF WHAT THE CITYWIDE PROJECT ISSUES ARE. 
          UM, PEOPLE MAY BE SURPRISED, BUT I'M NOT GONNA COME UP HERE AND DEFEND ALL OF THE CITYWIDE PROJECTS JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          UM, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE A HOST OF THEM, BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS, IS THERE SOME SORT OF WAY THAT WE DETERMINE HOW CITY PROJECTS IMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS? SO SOUND, UH, TRAFFIC, GENTRIFICATION. 
          HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS ON THE BOND THAT ARE CITYWIDE, THAT MAY BE ENTERTAINMENT FOCUSED, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON NEIGHBORHOODS? WELL, THOSE, THOSE PROJECTS ARE, ARE LIKE ANY OTHER PROJECT THAT, THAT WE CONSIDER HERE AT THE CITY. 
          SO IT'S GONNA GO THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH, OBVIOUSLY, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, DESIGN COMMUNITY TO DESIGN THE PROJECT SO THAT, THAT IT DOESN'T DO THAT. 
          UH, IT'LL ALSO GO THROUGH REVIEW THROUGH, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR FACILITIES LIKE THAT. 
          IT'LL GO THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR REVIEW, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ADHERING TO ALL OF OUR ADOPTED PLANS AND, AND ALL OF THE CODES THAT WE'VE ADOPTED. 
          UH, SO IT'LL, THERE'LL BE AN EXTENSIVE DEVELOPING PROCESS AND THEN AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW PROCESS FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, MAN, I HAD A FOLLOW 
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UP QUESTION TO THAT, BUT I'LL MOVE ON TO MY NEXT ONE. 
          UM, HOW WILL PUBLIC ART PROJECTS BE DETERMINED? WILL THAT HAPPEN WITHIN COMMITTEES? OR WILL IT SAY, HEY, EACH DISTRICT GETS THIS MANY AND IT, PUBLIC ART PROJECTS ARE DETERMINED BY THE COMMUNITY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO ONCE THE 1.5%, IF IT'S APPROVED AND THE BOND'S APPROVED, THEN WE WORK WITHIN EACH PROPOSITION AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITIES DEPENDING ON WHERE THAT ART IS. 
          BUT THERE IS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS TO HELP US DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE OF ARTWORK AND THE ARTISTS. 
          SO WE WOULD DETERMINE WHAT THE PROJECT LIST IS, AND THEN BEFORE THE BOND ELECTION, OR AFTER THE BOND. 
          HMM. 
          AFTER. 
          SO IT'S, THE ONLY THING THE BOND ELECTION'S GONNA DO IS DETERMINE THE PERCENT FOR ART. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND THEN THE ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT HAS AN ENTIRE PROCESS DEDICATED TO GOING TO THE COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF ART GOES INTO THESE PROJECTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO, LIKE A, I, I SAW THAT ARPA AND TURS ARE BEING CONSIDERED AS ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES. 
          AND I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE FUNDING SOURCES AS OPPORTUNITIES, BUT NOT NECESSARILY HOLISTICALLY AS IN WHAT ARE ALL OF THE NEEDS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE AS COUNCIL. 
          WHAT ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA WANNA SEE FOR ARPA? WHAT ARE ALL THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING WITH THE TOURS BOARD? MM-HMM. 
          , UH, WHAT ARE ALL THE PROJECTS EXISTING AND, UH, THE EXISTING AND PROJECTED BUDGETS OF TOURS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I THINK ALL OF THESE THINGS NEED TO BE, ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS NEED TO HAPPEN TOGETHER OR SEPARATE MM-HMM. 
           SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN EDUCATED CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. 
          I, I PERSONALLY FEEL, UM, I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOUSING. 
          SO HOW WILL, OKAY. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE A BREAKDOWN OF EXISTING AND PROJECTED TURS FUND FUND AMOUNTS FOR EVERY SINGLETS. 
          WE HAVE THAT, AND WE ALSO KNOW WHICH PROJECTS ARE IN THE PIPELINE. 
          PERFECT. 
          AND SO THAT'S BEEN CONSIDERED AS WE'VE DEVELOPED THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW WILL SPECIFIC PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS BE DETERMINED? WILL THOSE BE THROUGH THE COMMITTEE? NO. 
          NO. 
          AND SO WHAT THE COMMITTEE WILL DO IS WE, WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO WILL THE, THE SHIP WILL HELP DRIVE THOSE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND THEN WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE IDENTIFY HOW THE FUNDING WILL BE USED. 
          AND SO IT MAY BE SPECIFIC TO AN A M I AND SPECIFIC, UM, PROJECT CATEGORIES LIKE FOCUSED ON RENTAL PRODUCTION. 
          MM-HMM. 
           FOR 30% A M I OR BELOW THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS OR P S H UNITS THAT, THAT WILL GO TO, THAT WILL GO AFTER THE BOND IS APPROVED. 
          AND WE'LL GO THROUGH PROCESSES FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY LAST QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING WOULD BE THAT I SAW A DEVELOPER INITIATED HERS, UM, LISTED AS A POTENTIAL FUNDING AS A FUNDING SOURCE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO MEET OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS. 
          BUT I WANNA KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED, IS WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT TS IS BEING USED TO FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING? 'CAUSE CURRENTLY MM-HMM. 
          , LET'S SAY SOMEBODY HAS A PROJECT AND THEY'RE GONNA DO SOME STREET IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. 
          THEY'RE JUST GONNA CONTRIBUTE A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , HOW DO WE MEASURE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY MEETING THE GOALS THAT WE'VE SET? SO FOR DEVELOPER INITIATED TOUR, I THINK THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS IN DISTRICT FOUR, AND WE NEGOTIATED DIRECTLY WITH A DEVELOPER. 
          WE HAD ACTUAL METRICS FOR HOW MANY? 60 TO 80% UNITS. 
          80 TO A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED OR 20 WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THAT COUNCIL OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S THE TYPE OF UNIT AND UNIT MIX THEY NEEDED. 
          AND IT WAS IN THEIR CONTRACT. 
          AND SO, AS THEY ARE REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENTS FROM THE TS, WE ARE CONFIRMING THAT THEY MET THE, THE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M GONNA TRY TO GET THIS LAST BIT LESS LET DOWN IN A MINUTE. 
          MM-HMM. 
           AND I WILL NOT RING IN AGAIN. 
          UM, SO WHAT I NEED, I WOULD LIKE A LIST OF EVERY PARK IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          ITS LIST OF AMENITIES AND ITS HISTORY AS FAR AS RENOVATION AND REPAIR GOES SPECIFICALLY. 
          SO THAT MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE, UH, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING FAIR TO THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. 
          'CAUSE IT'S LARGE. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE SAME PARKS ARE GETTING RENOVATIONS YEAR AFTER YEAR. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA LIST A MUNICIPAL UNI MUNICIPAL FACILITIES BY TYPE, BY SERVICE, AND BY NEED. 
          SO, UH, WHAT KIND OF REPAIRS WOULD THEY NEED, IF THEY NEED ANY, AND WHAT THEIR, UH, MAINTENANCE HISTORY IS. 
          I WOULD ALSO LIKE A MAP AND A LIST OF STREETS THAT EXPERIENCE FLOODING, RECEIVE HIGH HEAVY TRAFFIC, SPECIFICALLY FROM 18 WHEELERS. 
          AND OVERALL DRAINAGE. 
          NEED THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY FOR DRAINAGE, BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY TRACKING DRAINAGE PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND THEN MY LAST CONCERN, I'LL WAIT. 
          I'LL WAIT. 
          I'LL, I'LL, I'LL CHIME IN AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER REVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN SAN ANTONIO, AND, UH, SPECIFICALLY I GREW UP IN DISTRICT EIGHT IN WHAT WAS MAYOR NUREMBERG DISTRICT PREVIOUSLY, WHICH IS NOW MANNY 
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PLAZA'S DISTRICT. 
          UM, BUT WHEN I GREW UP THERE IN DISTRICT EIGHT, I DIDN'T THINK OF MYSELF AS A DISTRICT 80. 
          AND NOW THAT I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, I DON'T THINK OF MYSELF AS A DISTRICT ONE. 
          AND I THINK OF MYSELF AS A SAN ANTONIAN. 
          UM, THIS IS MY HOMETOWN, AND I CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          I, AND DOWNTOWN IS A CORE PART OF ALL OF OUR CITY. 
          DOWNTOWN BELONGS TO EVERYBODY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ALAMO, I, I TRY TO REMIND PEOPLE DOWNTOWN, I MEAN, THE ALAMO DOESN'T BELONG TO DISTRICT ONE. 
          IT'S IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT THE ALAMO BELONGS TO EVERYBODY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          ALAMO PLAZA BELONGS TO EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, EVEN THOUGH IT'S DOWNTOWN. 
          AND EVEN THOUGH I GREW UP IN DISTRICT EIGHT, I GREW UP SPENDING TIME DOWNTOWN, PLAYING THERE, WORKING THERE. 
          MY DAD HAD A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. 
          AND BACK WHEN THIS WAS A TWO NEWSPAPER TOWN, WE BUILT THE SECOND FLOOR OF SAN ANTONIO LIGHT DOWNTOWN. 
          UH, WE BUILT THE FUD RUCKERS THAT'S HERE DOWNTOWN IN THE HISTORIC BUILDING. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO COME TO SPURS GAMES AT THE HEM SPARE FAIR ARENA. 
          WE USED TO COME WHEN FAMILY, WHEN PEOPLE FAMILY CAME TO VISIT US, WE WOULD TAKE THEM DOWN TO THE RIVER WALK DOWNTOWN, AND WE WOULD GO DOWN TO, WE WOULD GO TO FIESTA DOWNTOWN. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO REMOVE THAT AND TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A, A A, AN APPROACH THAT THIS IS EVERYBODY'S DOWNTOWN. 
          AND EVEN IF IT'S THE DIS THE, THE, IF IT'S THE DECADE OF DISTRICTS OR THE DECADE OF NEIGHBORHOODS, WE'VE ALREADY MOVED DRASTICALLY IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, CLAYTON PERRY MADE A, A, A GRAPH THE OTHER DAY. 
          I WANT HIM TO UPDATE THAT GRAPH, THAT BAR GRAPH, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE 2017 BOND, THE CITYWIDE PROJECTS THAT WERE IN DOWNTOWN OR IN DISTRICT ONE THERE, IT WAS $199 MILLION MILLION DOLLARS. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THIS NEW PROPOSAL, WE ADDED $350 MILLION TO THIS BOND. 
          AND IF YOU TAKE CITYWIDE PROJECTS AND REGIONAL PROJECTS, AND YOU PUT THEM TOGETHER IN DISTRICT ONE, IT'S GONE FROM TWO $199 MILLION TO $56 MILLION. 
          MEANWHILE, DISTRICT PROJECTS HAVE DOUBLED, OR DISTRICT FUNDING FOR YOUR DISTRICTS HAS DOUBLED ALREADY. 
          AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE, THERE'S BEEN A BIG SHIFT THERE ALREADY. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY AS THEY LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, TO, TO JUST REMEMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S WELCOME DOWNTOWN. 
          I DON'T THINK OF IT AS JUST MY DOWNTOWN. 
          I DON'T THINK OF IT AS JUST DISTRICT ONE'S DOWNTOWN. 
          AND THERE'S A FANTASTIC RETURN ON INVESTMENT DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, OF THE 13 REGIONAL CENTERS WITHIN THE SAN ANTONIO TOMORROW PLAN, THE DOWNTOWN REGIONAL CENTER GENERATES THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RETURN. 
          IT'S A SEVEN TO ONE RETURN ON INVESTMENT OF PUBLIC DOLLARS FOR DOWNTOWN. 
          NOBODY CAN MATCH THAT. 
          EVEN THE REST OF DISTRICT ONE CAN'T MATCH THAT. 
          AND SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT. 
          AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT THAT AND NOT LOOK AT WHAT'S IN MY PILE AND LOOKING AT I AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S PILES, BUT LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S GREAT FOR OUR CITY AND HOW CAN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          UM, TO THE STAFF, TO ERIC. 
          UH, I KNOW YOU, YOU, UH, AND ALL OF YOUR TEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          YOU WERE WORKING VERY, VERY HARD, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN WE GOT THE, THE DRAFT, UH, LIST BEFORE THE COMPILATION. 
          LET'S CALL IT A, A COMPILATION. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT WORK. 
          UM, I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU HAVE COMBED THROUGH ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES FOR MANY OF THESE PROJECTS. 
          YOU, YOU KNEW, OR I SHARED WITH YOU, THAT I HAD A LOT OF ANGST ABOUT PUTTING BOND DOLLARS WHERE WE HAD TSS COLLECTING, YOU KNOW, TAX REVENUES THAT WEREN'T COMING INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO SHARE WITH THE FULL COMMUNITY. 
          UH, SO I BELIEVE THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR, FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. 
          UM, BUT I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK , ON THE, ON THE PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. 
          UM, SO YOU'RE HEARING SOME CONCERNS OR YOU'VE, YOU'VE HEARD SOME CONCERNS FROM, FROM THE COLLEAGUES AND, AND I, AND, UH, UH, I THINK I, I SPEAK FOR US, WHEN I SAY THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE 
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ALL CAME HERE TO FIGHT FOR, UM, EVERY TIME WE'RE ON THE DAIS, AND THAT'S MAKING SURE THAT OUR DISTRICT RESIDENTS GET THEIR DUE, RIGHT. 
          THEY, THEY PUT IN THEIR TIME, THEY PAY THEIR TAXES. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEIR STREETS ARE, ARE DECENT AND THEY HAVE SIDEWALKS, AND THAT THEIR HOMES AREN'T FLOODING, AND THAT THEY HAVE A PARK TO GO TO  AS WELL. 
          UM, THAT'S, THAT'S NUMBER ONE. 
          UM, FOR ME, IT'S NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO FOR ALL OF US, I THINK IT'S, WHAT'S THE INVESTMENT WE WANT TO MAKE IN THE FUTURE? SAN ANTONIO, WHETHER IT'S AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER, UH, A MUSEUM, A ZOO, UH, ALL OF THAT IS IMPORTANT, UH, TO US AS WELL. 
          THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL STRUGGLING WITH, UH, RIGHT NOW. 
          SOME PEOPLE MAY WANNA LEAN MORE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WAY, BUT, BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, WHETHER IT'S A RUBRIC, WHETHER IT'S THE CRITERIA, IS WE WANT MORE TRANSPARENCY IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. 
          SO I, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE GREAT GUT FEELINGS ABOUT A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS. 
          UM, WE HAVEN'T BEEN HERE AS LONG AS YOU GUYS HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS IN AND OUT THE WAY, THE WAY NEPHI AND HIS TEAM DOES. 
          SO WHAT I NEED, UH, AS I LOOK AT THIS WHOLE SLATE OF PROJECTS, IS THAT TRANSPARENCY. 
          SO WE ARE A CITY OF OVER, ACTUALLY, LEMME GO ON. 
          SO IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY, UM, THIS IS WHAT I MEAN. 
          SO I ASKED FOR THIS LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, THIS WAS TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          I HAD REQUESTED THAT WE NEED TO BE ABSOLUTELY CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE CRITERIA FOR THE PROJECTS. 
          AND MAYBE YOU GUYS ARE CRYSTAL CLEAR, BUT I'M STILL NOT. 
          SO, AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IN WRITING. 
          SO, NUMBER ONE, WHAT QUALIFIES A PROJECT TO BE IN THE BOND? IF IT IS AS SIMPLE AS COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS, THAT'S FINE. 
          JUST LET ME KNOW THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE BAR IS, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA KNOW. 
          IF IT, IF IT HAS TO BE OWNED BY THE CITY, IF IT HAS TO BE A PUBLIC OR NONPROFIT, JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT THAT IS. 
          NUMBER TWO, WHAT QUALIFIES A PROJECT TO BE CITYWIDE? AND I KNOW ERIC IS VERY SENSITIVE TO THIS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MODIFICATIONS SINCE LAST TIME. 
          I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT IS THAT DEFINITION IN WRITING AND WHAT QUALIFIES A PROJECT FOR THE REGIONAL CATEGORY, AGAIN, IN WRITING. 
          AND NUMBER FOUR TO, UM, TO THE POINT OF THE OTHER TWO COUNCILWOMAN, IS HOW DOES EACH RECOMMENDED PROJECT COMPARE IN EACH OF THOSE RUBRIC AREAS? YOU HAD FIVE, FIVE CRITERIA THAT YOU'RE USING, HOW DO THEY SCORE? AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S OKAY IF YOU DIDN'T RECOMMEND THE HIGH, THE HIGHEST SCORING ONE, RIGHT? YOU MAY HAVE HAD ANOTHER REASON FOR DOING THAT, BUT I WANT TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EQUITY OR RESILIENCY IS IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          SO I WANNA KNOW WHICH ONE SCORE WELL ON THAT. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS IS MY SECOND REQUEST. 
          I'M ASKING FOR THAT IN WRITING TO HELP ME MAKE MY DECISION. 
          UM, WE ARE A CITY OF OVER A MILLION PEOPLE. 
          WE HAVE A $1.25 BILLION BUDGET. 
          WE HAVE EXCELLENT PROFESSIONAL STAFF. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YOU GUYS I HAVE, AND WE HAVE REALLY, REALLY SOPHISTICATED SYSTEMS HERE, RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT ACELA, YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE OTHER DATABASES. 
          I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT THAT IF THE COUNCIL REQUESTS THIS, THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE IT. 
          SO I AM REQUESTING THIS. 
          I BELIEVE A COUPLE OTHER OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS REQUESTED THIS. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANNA PUT THAT, UM, ON, ON THE RECORD. 
          I, I THINK IN ADDITION TO MAKING SURE WE REVIEW THE PROJECTS, OUR JOB IS ALSO TO LOOK AT THE CRITERIA. 
          IS THIS REALLY THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO BE GOING WITH THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING? OKAY. 
          SOME GUYS THINK CRITERIA ARE FUNNY, . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SECONDLY, UM, I JUST WANNA, UH, PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE FOR, FOR, UH, ANY RESIDENTS WHO, WHO MAY BE WATCHING, UH, IN TERMS OF THE PROJECTS THAT I'M HOPING TO BRING HOME TO DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          AND I WILL BE TELLING THIS TO THE BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, DRAINAGE, HUGE ISSUE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          A LOT OF STRUCTURES IN THE FLOODPLAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, TONS OF THE DISTRICT BUILT BEFORE FEMA, AS NEFE POINTED OUT TO ME ONE, ONE DAY. 
          AND I THOUGHT, OH MY GOD, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. 
          NO WONDER WE HAVE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS HERE WHEN IT COMES TO DRAINAGE PRIORITIES FOR DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          I'M ALWAYS GOING TO PUT FLOODING OF HOMES, OVERSTANDING WATER. 
          I KNOW THAT STANDING WATER IS REALLY, REALLY ANNOYING. 
          UH, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO OUR HOMEOWNERS, OUR RENTERS, TO MAKE SURE THEIR, THEIR INVESTMENTS ARE PROTECTED. 
          THAT IS HOW WE BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          NUMBER TWO, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, I'M GOING TO PRIORITIZE SAFETY WHEN IT COMES TO SIDEWALKS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE COUNTLESS 
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REQUESTS FOR SIDE FOR SIDEWALKS ON PEOPLE'S STREETS, RESIDENTIAL STREETS, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT A MAP OF OUR SIDEWALK GAPS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN. 
          INSIDE LOOP FOUR 10 IS ALL GREEN. 
          , PRETTY MUCH GREEN OUTSIDE LOOP FOR 10. 
          VERY, VERY FEW GAPS. 
          SO WHAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND DONE AS, AS A TEAM IS LOOK AT THE SIDEWALK GAPS. 
          AND I KNOW I'M SORT OF GETTING INTO THE WEEDS HERE. 
          WE'VE LOOKED AT THE SIDEWALK GAPS THAT FALL, UH, WHERE PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS LIVE. 
          'CAUSE IF NOBODY LIVES THERE, NOBODY'S REQUESTING A SIDEWALK THERE. 
          BUT WHERE OUR BUSES RUN AND THE STREETS THAT CONNECT TO PARKS, WE THINK THAT THOSE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BE SAFE FOR OUR PEDESTRIANS. 
          SO, UM, I'LL TELL YOU NOW, RESIDENTS, IF YOU COME TO ME AND YOU SAY, I REALLY, REALLY WANT ONE ON MY STREET, I JUST NEED TO GET THROUGH THOSE OTHER ONES FIRST, BECAUSE THOSE ARE A HIGHER, HIGHER, UM, SAFETY HAZARD. 
          UM, AND LASTLY, I, UM, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE COMMITTEES TOGETHER. 
          UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO SEEING THEM DO THEIR, THEIR DO THEIR WORK. 
          I DID HAVE A QUESTION FROM SOMEONE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THOSE MEETINGS WOULD BE TRANSMITTED ONLINE. 
          YES, THEY WILL. 
          COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, LASTLY, I, I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT, UM, RESILIENCY. 
          UH, I WAS VERY GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU YESTERDAY, ERIC, ABOUT THE INTEGRATION OF, OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE WHEN IT COMES TO THE FACILITIES, UH, THE FACILITIES PROPOSITION. 
          COULD YOU SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL WHAT YOU SHARED WITH ME YESTERDAY,  ON THE, UH, BUILDINGS? YES, SIR. 
          UM, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THAT, UH, PART OF MY DIRECTION TO THE STAFF, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER AS WE WERE DEVELOPING, UM, THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS, WAS THAT ANY NEW BUILDING WE, WE, UH, MIGHT CONSTRUCT IN THE BOND PROGRAM THAT, UH, I WANTED, UM, NOT ONLY PUBLIC WORKS AND RAZZIE AND, AND JORGE FROM BUILDING EQUIPMENT SERVICES TO BE ENGAGED IN THE COST ESTIMATION OF THE PROJECTS, BUT ALSO DUG FROM THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY SO THAT ALL THREE OF THEM CERTIFIED THOSE EXPENSES OR THE, THE PROJECTED COST. 
          SO WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES THREE YEARS INTO THE BOND PROGRAM, UM, NEEDING TO ELIMINATE ASPECTS OF OUR OWN BUILDINGS THAT ARE PART OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND PART OF SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS. 
          SO THAT HAS BEEN DONE, UM, IN THE COST PROJECTIONS YOU SEE IN THE, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE NEW BUILDINGS ON THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UM, TO MANAGE THROUGH THAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERIC. 
          UH, I'M, I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE HEARD SOME OF IT AT OUR COMMITTEE MEETING YESTERDAY. 
          AND, UH, LASTLY, I'LL SAY THIS AGAIN AND I'LL PROBABLY CHIME IN AND SAY IT YET ANOTHER TIME. 
          UH, WE ARE, OR SOME OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS FOR, UM, FOR STREETS AT EMPLOYMENT CENTERS OR AT BIG, UM, I GUESS WHAT I CALL A TRIP GENERATOR, WHICH WOULD BE, WHETHER IT'S THE MEDICAL CENTER OR WHETHER IT'S THE, UM, HEMISPHERE PARK OR, UM, OR EVEN PORT SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY THOSE, THOSE LOCATIONS NEED, UH, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT. 
          AND, AND THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, I ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS, THAT THOSE PARTNERS ARE ALSO JOINING US ON OUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENTS. 
          I WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF A 9 MILLION, 10 MILLION OR $20 MILLION STREET PROJECT AT AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER OR A TRIP GENERATOR IF THAT ORGANIZATION IS NOT GOING TO HELP US DO SOMETHING ABOUT REDUCING SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE USE OR MANAGING STORM WATER, OR A SERIES OF BEST PRACTICES THAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE PUTTING TOGETHER AS PART OF THAT. 
          BECAUSE IF ALL WE'RE DOING IS CREATING MORE PROBLEMS FOR OURSELVES IN THE FUTURE, WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, IS IT WORTH THE INVESTMENT? SO, FOR INSTANCE, DON'T TAKE THIS VERY PERSONALLY, MANNY, BUT WE'VE GOT THE MEDICAL CENTER. 
          WE ALL KNOW THAT WE PAID A PARK THERE WHEN WE GO. 
          RIGHT? AND IT'S, IT'S A WAY THAT THEY, UM, RAISE MONEY TO MANAGE THEIR, THEIR PARKING. 
          AND THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, THAT'S ALSO A REVENUE SOURCE, UH, IF THEY ARE, AND THIS, THIS TYPE OF ORDINANCE EXISTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, IF YOU ARE CREATING ALL THOSE TRIPS, YOU NEED TO CONTRIBUTE TO MAINTAINING THE STREETS AS WELL. 
          NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          WHEN I LOOK AT THE GDI GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND TODAY, IT GIVES ME PAUSE 
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WHEN I LOOK AT THIS DRAFT PRESENTATION, I HAVE DEEP CONCERNS THAT WE ARE NOT INVESTING ENOUGH OF THIS BOND AND BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY DRAINAGE. 
          I HAD A GREAT DRAINAGE BRIEFING WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THANK YOU NEMI FOR WALKING ME THROUGH THE HISTORY OF, YOU KNOW, HOW THE TERRAIN IMPACTS, UM, DRAINAGE ISSUES, PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UH, THE HUNDRED YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1921 FLOOD, WHICH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 50 DEATHS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PROPERTY DAMAGE, ILLUSTRATES THE LONGSTANDING NEED FOR BETTER DRAINAGE ON THE WEST SIDE. 
          MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE IS A 6.6 BILLION INFRASTRUCTURE NEED CITYWIDE. 
          ALMOST HALF OF IT IS FOR DRAINAGE. 
          AND ON THE LAST PRESENTATION, WE SEE THAT THERE WAS A $3.1 BILLION NEED FOR DRAINAGE FLOOD CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          YET ONLY 13% OF THE BOND IS GOING TOWARDS DRAINAGE PROJECTS. 
          DISTRICT VIVE IS APPROACHING A QUARTER BILLION IN UNDER AN UNFUNDED RATHER DRAINAGE PROJECTS. 
          YET DISTRICT VIVE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY DRAINAGE FUNDING AND THE 2017 BOND AND ONLY 1.5 MILLION IN THE 2012 BOND IN 2017, DISTRICT FIVE DOES NOT HAVE A DRAINAGE PROJECT ON THIS LIST. 
          IN THE 2020 BOND, THERE IS ONLY ONE PROPOSED DRAINAGE PROJECT IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AND I, IN GOOD FAITH, CANNOT SUPPORT A BOND PACKAGE THAT ONLY HAS ONE DRAINAGE PROJECT FOR DISTRICT FIVE. 
          WHEN ALL I HEAR FROM MY CONSTITUENTS IS THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT DRAINAGE, FLOODING AND HOW IT IMPACTS THEIR FOUNDATION, AND IT'S CAUSING THEIR HOMES AND THEIR RENTAL PROPERTIES TO SHIFT, I HEAR FROM MY RESIDENTS, AGAIN, THAT WALKING TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS OR TRAVELING TO WORK ARE MADE EXPONENTIALLY MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF FLOODING OR NON, NON, NON, UH, A D A COMPLAINT, COMPLIANT RATHER SIDEWALKS. 
          SO AGAIN, I WANNA EMPHASIZE DISTRICT FIVE. 
          WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR DRAINAGE. 
          WE HAVEN'T BEEN INCLUDED IN THE 2017 BOND FOR, UH, DRAINAGE, UH, SUPPORT. 
          AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WITH THIS UPCOMING BOND, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY, WE USE IT AS A GUIDING PRINCIPLE THAT WE ARE IN FACT, YOU KNOW, REFLECTING THAT IN THE DRAFT. 
          SO I WANNA ENSURE, YOU KNOW, THAT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRUE EQUITY, THEN IT NEEDS TO BE NOTED THAT DISTRICT FIVE'S POPULATION IS 91% HISPANIC. 
          THE MEDIAN HOUSE COM MEDIUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS LESS THAN 30%, 30,000 RATHER A YEAR. 
          34% OF INDIVIDUALS LIVE IN POVERTY, AND ABOUT ONE IN FIVE RESIDENTS ARE OVER THE AGE OF 60. 
          43% OF HOUSEHOLDS HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE RESIDENT WHO LIVES WITH A DISABILITY. 
          SO IF YOU COMBINE FUNDING FOR CITYWIDE PROJECTS WITH INDIVIDUAL FUNDING, DISTRICT FIVE'S ALLOCATION IS A THIRD TO LAST IN THE BOND FUNDING JUST AHEAD OF DISTRICT NINE AND 10. 
          AND THAT'S A SHAME, THAT IS A SHAME. 
          WHEN WE, WHEN WE SAY WE'RE USING AN EQUITY LENS, AND THE MOST ECONOMICALLY POOR DISTRICT HAS ONE DRAINAGE PROJECT AND THE 2017 BOND DID NOT INCLUDE ONE, THAT IS A SHAME. 
          SO I WANNA ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MEET THE NEEDS OF THIS BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN EACH DISTRICT, NOT JUST DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UM, BUT I WANNA KNOW THAT IF WE GET THERE, THAT WE CAN GET THERE BY REALLOCATING CITYWIDE FUNDING. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S 255 MILLION FOR CITYWIDE PROJECTS CURRENTLY. 
          MY REQUEST IS RE-DESIGNATE APPROXIMATELY 128 MILLION OF THAT FUNDING AND DIVIDED AMONG THE 10 DISTRICTS USING THE EQUITY LENS. 
          A STARTING POINT, I THINK WE COULD GET THERE BY EQUITY QU REALLOCATING RATHER, THE $125 MILLION FOR THE LINEAR CREEKWAY TRAIL FUNDING AMONG THE 10 DISTRICTS. 
          WHEN I TALK TO MY CONSTITUENTS WHEN THEY'RE CALLING MY OFFICE, THE DRAINAGE ISSUES ARE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT ALONG THE CREEKWAY. 
          AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DECADE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THOSE DRAINAGE NEEDS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          I, I ALSO FEEL THAT WE NEED TO REEXAMINE USING BOND FUNDING FOR UNIVERSITIES LIKE U T S A, I'M AN ALUMNI BIRDS UP, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, $10 MILLION IN BOND FUNDING THAT THEY ALSO RECEIVED IN 2017 WHILE DISTRICT RECEIVED DISTRICT FIVE RATHER RECEIVED NO FUNDING FOR DRAINAGE. 
          IT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE TO MY CONSTITUENTS TO SAY THAT WE WILL FUND $10 MILLION TOWARDS AN ATHLETIC FACILITY, BUT NOT IN DRAINAGE. 
          SO, CER, I'M, I'M CERTAIN YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER PROPOSED CITYWIDE PROJECTS, AGAIN, LIKE THE SUNKEN GARDENS, UH, AND HEMISPHERE, I FEEL LIKE THAT FUNDING CAN BE REDUCED. 
          UM, AGAIN, RIGHT WITH THE SUNKEN GARDEN, OFTENTIMES THOSE TICKETS ARE GOING TO BE INACCESSIBLE TO MY CONSTITUENCY. 
          SO WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE SUPPORT, IT IS HALF, WE LOWER THAT SUPPORT FUNDING AND THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE. 
          UM, 
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I ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UH, MAKE AN ASK OF EACH OF THESE PROJECTS TO HAVE, UH, DISPLACEMENT MITIGATION STUDIES, SO THAT WAY WE CAN SEE HOW IT'S GOING TO, UH, IMPACT RATHER THE ESTABLISH COMMUNITIES. 
          WHETHER IT'S INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF. 
          SO THAT WAY WITH THE NEXT, UH, CITY BUDGET, WE CAN PREPARE AND PRIORITIZE. 
          SO TO REITERATE, MY DIRECTION IS TO USE ABOUT HALF OF THE CURRENT PROPOSED CITY-WISE PROJECT FUNDS AND DISPERSE THEM EQUITABLY AMONG THE 10 DISTRICTS. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS CAN COME, UM, JUST TO REITERATE, THIS COULD COME FROM THE REALLOCATION OF THE CITYWIDE FUNDING PROPOSED FOR THE LINEAR GREENWAY TRAILS, PLUS OTHER PROJECTS LIKE THE U T S A ATHLETIC FACILITY AND SUNKEN GARDENS. 
          EACH DISTRICT AND THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEES COULD THEN DECIDE THEMSELVES IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE THESE DOLLARS FOR INVESTMENTS IN THE GREENWAYS OR OTHER ISSUES LIKE DRAINAGE AND SIDEWALKS. 
          SO, UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS RATHER AROUND THE, THE HOUSING BOND COMPONENT. 
          UM, I SEE THAT WE'RE USING THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO SHAPE THIS. 
          HOWEVER, UM, BASED OFF OF THE, THE PRESENTATION ON OCTOBER 28TH, WE'LL BE BRIEFED ON IT. 
          UM, AND THEN ON NOVEMBER 3RD IT COMES TO FULL COUNSEL. 
          SO I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE USING, YOU KNOW, THE SHIP AS A GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR THE HOUSING BOND IF WE HAVEN'T BEEN BRIEFED ON IT. 
          IF WE HAVEN'T, AND IF IT'S STILL IN THE VETTING PROCESS, UM, THE TARGETS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED AND THOSE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE. 
          SO WE ARE MEETING, WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE DEVELOPING OUR FUNDING STRATEGY BASED ON THAT. 
          NOW, ONCE THE SHIP'S ADOPTED, AND THAT'LL COME TO COUNCIL FOR FINAL ADOPTION IN DECEMBER. 
          UM, HOW WE IMPLEMENT THOSE FUNDS AND THE STRATEGIES WE USE, THAT'LL BE DECIDED ONCE THE BOND'S APPROVED. 
          SO IF THE BOND IS APPROVED, WE'LL USE THOSE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, UM, TOWARDS THOSE DIFFERENT A M I CATEGORIES. 
          BUT THE TARGETS ARE NOT GONNA CHANGE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED FUNDING TO LEVERAGE, BUT I DO HAVE A CONCERN, UM, LEVERAGING THE HOUSING BOND INVESTMENTS WITH SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST DOLLARS. 
          UM, BECAUSE THESE BILLS TYPICALLY CONTAIN TAX ABATEMENTS, WHICH REDUCES THE PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND THE CITY AS WELL. 
          UM, SO I DO HAVE A CONCERN THAT WE ARE LOOKING, UH, AT THOSE ABATEMENTS TO POTENTIALLY FUND THESE PROJECTS. 
          'CAUSE IT'S GONNA COME AT THE COST OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, I I I HAVE A QUESTION FOR PUBLIC WORKS. 
          THANK YOU, LAURIE. 
          UM, CAN WE REPAIR SIDEWALKS WITH A BOND DOLLARS AT THIS TIME? OR CAN WE ONLY BUILD NEW SIDEWALKS? COUNCILMAN, WE CAN BUILD THE REPAIR OF THE SIDEWALK. 
          HER QUESTION IS, CAN WE REPAIR SIDEWALKS WITH THE BOND PROGRAM? YES, WE CAN. 
          WE CAN. 
          WE, WE DID IN PART OF 2017 ALSO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND CAN WE BUILD AND REPAIR SIDEWALKS WITH THE CITY BIKE PROGRAM DOLLARS? YEAH, I, I, I GUESS THAT FUNDING IS DESIGNATED FOR, FOR THE BIKE, UH, MASTER PLAN. 
          UH, OFTENTIMES I'VE SEEN THE, THE USE OF THOSE MULTI-USE TRAILS YOU, WHERE YOU, IT'S LIKE A MULTI-USE SIDEWALK. 
          IT'S LIKE A 10 FOOT SIDEWALK WHERE IT'S USED AS A SIDEWALK AND IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR BIKE LANES AND WHAT HAVE YOU. 
          SO, UH, I MEAN, THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ENVISION. 
          I, I CAN SEE WITH THE BIKE MASTER PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, ROD. 
          COUNCILMAN, IF THE IDEA IS WE ARE GOING TO GET 20 MILLION FOR VISION ZERO MM-HMM. 
          , WE CAN BUILD SIDEWALK PART OF THAT ALSO. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, RAZZI. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CURD. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I THINK THAT I WANNA REITERATE A LOT OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID BY MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GET INTO THE MINUTIAE WITH CITY STAFF TO TRY AND GIVE THEM ANY KIND OF DIRECTION ON HOW THEY SHOULD DO THEIR JOB. 
          HOWEVER, I THINK THAT AS POLICYMAKERS TO MAKE POLICY, WE NEED TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAN WE WERE GIVEN, UH, IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS. 
          UM, AND I, I'LL, I'LL DO SOME EXAMPLES. 
          UH, WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, AND ADD STREETS AROUND TEXAS A AND M. 
          WELL, WE KNOW THE WHO AND WE KNOW, UH, THE WHAT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN OR WHY, OR DO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THIS THEMSELVES. 
          I'LL SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT BROOKS. 
          THEY WANT 15 MILLION. 
          WELL, I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THEIR BUDGET AND SEE WHAT PRESENTS THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO DO THIS MORE THEMSELVES, BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN GROWING FOR YEARS. 
          THEY HAVE A LOT OF NEW BUSINESSES. 
          THEY HAVE 
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INDUSTRY, THEY HAVE RESOURCES. 
          THE SAME THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THE PORT. 
          I LOVE THE PORT. 
          I THINK IT'S GREAT, BUT THEY'VE GOT SOME TREMENDOUS BUSINESSES THERE. 
          SO WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE, OR WHAT LIMITS THEM FROM DOING SOME OF THIS THEMSELVES? HOW LONG DOES THE CITY SPONSOR THE GROWTH AT, AT THOSE PARTICULAR LOCATIONS? UH, I'LL LOOK AT, UH, WHAT I JUST HEARD MY FELLOW COUNCILWOMAN SAY ABOUT U T S A. 
          HEY, I'M A GRAD FROM U T S A, I ENJOY THE FOOTBALL GAMES, BUT I'M NOT WILLING TO SPEND ANOTHER $10 MILLION ON ANOTHER ATHLETIC FACILITY WHEN I'VE GOT $11 MILLION WORTH OF DRAINAGE IN MY DISTRICT THAT'S GOING INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE HANDLED. 
          UH, WE, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HOUSING AND A FEW WEEKS AGO WE WERE HEARING TWO, $250 MILLION OF SOLID DOLLARS GOING TOWARD HOUSING. 
          NOW WE'RE HEARING 150 MILLION. 
          AND THESE ARE THE, THERE ARE THESE OTHER PROGRAMS GOING DOWN THE LINE THAT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO GIVE US EVEN MORE. 
          I SIT ON THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, NO ONE HAS COME TO ME AND ASKED ME HOW I'M GONNA ALLOCATE ANY OF OUR MONEY TO THESE THINGS. 
          UH, AND A LOT OF THESE ARE, ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT COME IN. 
          THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THEY'RE GONNA COME IN ALL THE TIME. 
          AT LEAST I WOULD'VE APPRECIATED HAVING THIS BROKEN DOWN AND IDENTIFIED MORE THOROUGHLY HOW I KNOW WE CAN COUNT ON THE FUNDING. 
          WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET OURSELVES OUT OF THE HOUSING DILEMMA THAT WE'RE IN, BUT THAT WAS NEVER EXPLAINED TO ME. 
          THE SAME THING WITH THE CREEKWAY TRAILS. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT WE HEARD WE WERE GONNA ASK THE COUNTY TO COME IN AND HELP US WITH THE CREEKWAY TRAILS, AND THEY SAID THEY'RE GONNA DEVOTE $82 MILLION TO THAT. 
          ALL OF A SUDDEN, I SEE $126 MILLION BEING TAKEN OUT OF OUR, OUR BONDS TO GO INTO THE CREEK CREEK CREEKWAY TRAILS. 
          NO ONE CAME TO ME AND SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT $126 MILLION. 
          SO THAT I UNDERSTAND. 
          UM, NOW I HEAR, WELL, WE WANNA GO AHEAD AND BUILD MORE SPOKES INTO THE WHEEL AROUND THE CITY. 
          SO MORE PEOPLE HAVE, HAVE, UH, ENTRY TO IT. 
          WELL, THAT'S GOOD, BUT LET'S, LET'S SEE THE DETAILS. 
          LET'S SEE THE UNDERLYING PROCESS THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE PRIORITIZING ONE THING OVER ANOTHER. 
          I SAW LITTLE OF THAT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I HEAR THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS OR THE LAST, YOU KNOW, THREE WEEKS THAT NO ONE WAS TALKING ABOUT A MONTH AGO OR TWO MONTHS AGO. 
          AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW THEY'RE PLAYING MAJOR ROLES IN THIS PLAN. 
          I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN IT. 
          I DON'T THINK WE HAVE GOTTEN ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR, AT LEAST FOR ME TO SAY, I'M GONNA RECOMMEND THIS TO ALL OF THE CITIZENS WHO WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, AND HELP WORK ON THIS. 
          FURTHERMORE, THERE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT I RECOMMENDED. 
          I WAS ASKED, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR PRIORITIES? I NAMED FIVE PRIORITIES. 
          NOT ONE OF 'EM GOT PUT IN THERE. 
          SO I'VE TOLD THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SERVING WITH ME ON ISSUES FOR DISTRICT NINE, I WANT YOU TO GO FIGHT FOR THOSE ISSUES. 
          WHEN WE, WHEN WE COME TOGETHER, I'LL BET EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAVE ISSUES THAT WE WANT TO ASK OUR APPOINTEES TO FIGHT FOR. 
          SO WE'RE TOLD, WELL, IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT SOMETHING IN, YOU NEED TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT. 
          WELL, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO EVALUATE WHAT'S IN THERE VERY THOROUGHLY TO DECIDE THAT WHAT WE MIGHT RECOMMEND COMES OUT WHEN WE START RECOMMENDING MORE THINGS TO, TO GO IN. 
          I WISH THAT THIS PLAN HAD COME UP WITH MAYBE A HUNDRED, UH, UH, A BILLION DOLLARS OR 1 BILLION, 100 THOU $100 MILLION, AND LEFT A HUNDRED MILLION UNASSIGNED, OR 50 MILLION UNASSIGNED. 
          SO THAT AS WE COME TOGETHER WITH ALL OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND WORK OUT WHAT OTHER PRIORITIES ARE IN OUR DISTRICTS THAT WE COULD ADD INTO THIS. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE SAYING, WELL, COUNSEL, THIS IS WHAT WE, WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING. 
          YES, YOU'RE ASKING US TO LOOK AT IT, AND IT'S ONLY A PROPOSAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME THESE PROPOSALS COME FORWARD, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY END UP PUTTING US IN ADVERSARIAL POSITIONS WITH EITHER ONE ANOTHER OR, OR WITH MAYBE THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. 
          BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN PEOPLE START HEARING, OH, THERE'S $300 MILLION IN PARKS IN THIS, IN THIS PROJECT. 
          WELL, I KNOW PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT ARE GONNA TELL ME, OH, COUNCILMAN DON'T CUT OUT ANY OF THAT 300 MILLION. 
          SO ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GET KIND OF TIED INTO WHAT'S HERE, BECAUSE WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 
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TO WORK ON IT AHEAD OF TIME AND PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDER AS A LITTLE MORE PRACTICAL OR A LITTLE MORE, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL REPRESENTS OUR DISTRICTS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          SO I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THIS. 
          IF WE WERE VOTING ON IT TODAY, I'D VOTE NO. 
          I THINK IT NEEDS A LOT MORE WORK. 
          I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE PRESENTING IT TO THE PUBLIC ANYTIME SOON UNTIL WE WORK THROUGH THIS MORE. 
          AND, AND I, FOR ONE, HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR THIS MONEY AND WHY WE THINK WE NEED TO GIVE IT TO 'EM. 
          AND WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          WOW, EVERYTHING'S BEEN SAID. 
          I DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING. 
          NO, UH, YEAH, THIS BOND PROCESS IS DIFFICULT, ERIC. 
          I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IT. 
          I WAS PART OF THAT ON THE STREETS, UH, COMMITTEE LAST TIME. 
          AND, UH, I TOLD YOU YOU'D SEE THESE SLIDES AGAIN. 
          UH, I, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AGAIN, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $1.2 BILLION FOR THIS BOND. 
          OUR OUTSTANDING BILLS RIGHT NOW ON THINGS THAT WE NEED TO REPAIR, FIX, MAINTAIN IS $6.6 BILLION. 
          BUT HERE WE COME UP WITH A LIST OF, UH, UH, CITYWIDE PROJECTS OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL THOSE. 
          AND, UM, WE ACTUALLY PUT 20% OF THIS BOND. 
          20%. 
          THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          20% OF THIS BOND IS SET ASIDE FOR THAT GROUP. 
          I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THAT ENTIRE LIST AND PUT MY COMMENTS ON IT. 
          I THINK, I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT TODAY IN THIS FORUM TO GO THROUGH THAT ENTIRE LIST AND EVERYBODY FINALLY COME UP WITH AN AGREED UPON LIST WHAT WE'RE GONNA SUPPORT. 
          UM, AND I'VE GOT SOME PROPOSALS ON THAT, BUT LET'S GO BACK, UH, SLIDE NUMBER ONE, AND THIS IS SLIDE FROM THE 2017 BOND. 
          AND A COLLEAGUE SAID, HEY, LET'S, LET'S UPDATE THESE SLIDES. 
          WELL, HERE, HERE'S WHAT WE HAD FOR THE 2017 BOND. 
          YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE UPS AND DOWNS AND SEE THE ONES THAT DIDN'T GET HARDLY ANYTHING. 
          SOME THAT GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          AND THEN DOWNTOWN, I, I THINK WE CALLED IT THE DECADE OF DOWNTOWN, IS WHAT WE WERE CALLING THAT. 
          AND YEAH, DOWNTOWN GOT A BIG PART. 
          UM, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THIS IS THE ALLOCATION OF THE 2022 BOND RIGHT NOW. 
          AND IF YOU OVERLAY THIS SLIDE TO THE LAST SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE SAME KIND OF TREND. 
          WHO'S THE, UH, YOU KNOW, IS THERE EQUITY OUT THERE OR WHO'S, WHO'S THE WINNERS AND WHO'S THE LOSERS? IT'S KIND OF THE WAY YOU CAN LOOK AT IT ALSO, UM, AND I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT EQUITY HERE. 
          AGAIN, 21% OF THE TOTAL BOND, $255 MILLION IS GOING TO THIS CITYWIDE PROJECT LIST. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. 
          I DON'T THINK WE ARE GIVING DUE COURSE TO WHAT EVERYBODY AROUND THE CITY HAS BEEN SAYING. 
          WE NEED BETTER STREETS, WE NEED BETTER DRAINAGE. 
          I'LL GET TO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. 
          I GOT AN EASY SOLUTION. 
          CUT HALF OF THAT OUT OF, I THINK COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO HAD THE SAME THING, CUT OUT HALF OF THE CITYWIDE PROJECTS INSTEAD OF 20%. 
          LET'S KNOCK IT DOWN TO 10% OF OUR TOTAL BOND GOING, GOING TO, UH, ALL OF THESE SPECIAL PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY. 
          AND THEN WE CAN MOVE THAT 127 MILLION BACK INTO THE DISTRICTS WHERE IT SHOULD BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          BETTER DRAINAGE, BETTER ROADS. 
          THIS, WE, WE ALREADY TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LINEAR CREEKS. 
          WHERE IN THE HECK DID THAT COME FROM? I, I DON'T, I DON'T RECALL EVER HEARING THAT SITTING UP HERE ON THIS STAGE. 
          ANYBODY SAYING, HEY, WE NEED TO PUT $125 MILLION TO OUR LINEAR PARK PROGRAM. 
          NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. 
          AND I DON'T SUPPORT IT AT ALL. 
          THE COUNTY SAID THEY'RE GONNA PUT IN $80 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS. 
          WELL, MAYBE WE COULD MATCH THAT 80 MILLION, UH, 40 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND MATCH THE, MATCH THE, UH, COUNTY, WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING INTO IT, BUT 125 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS. 
          NO WAY. 
          NO WAY. 
          SO AGAIN, I'M APPEALING TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS STAGE SAYING, LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, SINCE THE LAST BOND STREETS, BETTER STREETS, BETTER DRAINAGE. 
          UH, WE 
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REALLY NEED TO DO THAT. 
          AND I, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SOME BIG, BIG CHANGES WITH THAT. 
          AND I, I ALSO WANNA SAY THE HOUSING. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE, THE INITIAL PROPOSAL AT A HUNDRED MILLION. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK DOWN TO THAT A HUNDRED MILLION INSTEAD OF KICKING IT UP TO 150 MILLION. 
          UH, AT ONE TIME WE WERE LOOKING AT 250 MILLION. 
          UH, I THINK WE NEED TO PUT IT BACK DOWN TO THE, I LOST SOME REALLY GOOD PROJECTS IN DISTRICT 10 BECAUSE THE HOUSING PORTION GOT INCREASED. 
          I MEAN, GREAT CRITICAL PROJECTS. 
          AND IF WE DON'T PUT THAT MONEY BACK INTO THE DISTRICTS, WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET 'EM, WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET 'EM. 
          THE BOND IS THE ONLY TIME THAT WE CAN RELY ON BIG PROJECTS THAT WE ALL NEED AROUND THIS CITY TO HELP PEOPLE LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY ACROSS THIS CITY. 
          NOW, LET'S GO TO THE LAST CHART HERE, HERE WE GO. 
          LOOK AT THOSE FIRST TWO CATEGORIES. 
          THE FIRST 2017 BOND WAS 445 MILLION FOR STREETS. 
          THIS BOND, 450 MILLION. 
          WOW. 
          WE'RE GETTING AN EXTRA $5 MILLION IN THE 2022 BOND OUT OF $1.2 BILLION. 
          WE'RE ONLY GIVING $5 MILLION EXTRA TO THE STREETS. 
          GIVE ME A BREAK. 
          WHAT ABOUT DRAINAGE? EVERYBODY'S UP HERE TALKING ABOUT DRAINAGE. 
          SAME ISSUE. 
          UH, IT'S INCREDIBLE PARKS. 
          HEY, WE'RE GETTING PARKS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD THERE. 
          I CAN TELL YOU IN THAT FIRST CATEGORY, WE GOT A REQUIREMENT OF TWO, $2.4 BILLION IN STREETS. 
          AND WE'RE ONLY GIVING 450 MILLION DRAINAGE, 3.1 BILLION REQUIREMENT 150 MILLION. 
          OUR TWO BIGGEST REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CITY IS STREETS AND DRAINAGE. 
          AND WE'RE GIVING THEM ONE OF THE LOWEST NUMBERS IN THIS BOND. 
          I, I I, I DON'T LIKE THIS. 
          I'VE BEEN PREACHING THIS EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS GOING OUT TO THIS CITY. 
          AGAIN, I THINK, UH, ERIC, YOUR SLIDE SAID, WE'RE GONNA GIVE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO F STREETS ACROSS THE CITY, 400 MILES OF SS STREETS. 
          THE REQUIREMENT IS $900 MILLION. 
          THAT'S STREETS THAT PEOPLE CAN HARDLY GO DOWN. 
          I'VE GOT STREETS OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN RELEGATED TO GRAVEL, NOT EVEN, NOT EVEN PAVEMENT ANYMORE. 
          IT'S GRAVEL STREETS. 
          UH, EACH ONE OF THE, YOU CAN SEE THE REST OF THOSE NUMBERS OUT THERE. 
          BUT, UH, AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO CUT BACK THE CITYWIDE PROJECTS, CUT IT IN HALF, UH, CUT THAT HOUSING BACK DOWN TO THE A HUNDRED MILLION RAZZI AS YOU SHOWED INITIALLY, YOU KNOW, STILL MAKING A BIG IMPACT, BUT GIVE THAT MONEY ALONG WITH THAT CITYWIDE PROJECTS AND THE LINEAR TRAILS, OR FUND A PORTION OF THAT INSTEAD OF THE WHOLE BIG, BIG TAMALE HERE TO GET THE DOLLAR BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY ASKING FOR. 
          AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. 
          THEY'RE PAYING FOR THIS. 
          THEY EXPECT THE CITY TO BE PROVIDING THEM THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR. 
          AND A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING WHAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR. 
          I GUARANTEE YOU THAT. 
          I SEE THAT EVERY DAY GOING OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WANTING. 
          SO I, I REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT. 
          I WOULD, I, I WOULD TALK WITH ANY, ABOUT ANYBODY ABOUT WHERE WE'RE ALLOCATING OUR RESOURCES TO. 
          AND I THINK WE'RE SKEWED. 
          WE'VE SKEWED 'EM IN TO SOME AREAS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO REFOCUS ON THOSE. 
          AGAIN, WE CAN'T DO THAT UP HERE TODAY, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO REEVALUATE WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO GO TO. 
          UH, FOR SAN ANTONIO, I LOVE THIS CITY. 
          I HAVE DID, I WASN'T BORN AND GREW UP HERE, BUT THIS IS MY CITY. 
          I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 91. 
          HEY, I LOVE IT. 
          THIS IS HOME JUST AS MUCH AS ANYBODY ELSE, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MY NEIGHBORS IN DISTRICT 10 ARE SATISFIED WITH THE JOB THAT WE'RE DOING UP HERE ON THIS STAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT, NEED AND ARE PAYING FOR. 
          THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILS 
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MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER PALAIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, BE BEFORE WE, BEFORE I, I GIVE YOU SOME SUBSTANTIVE COMMENTS. 
          I, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THAT STAFF, IF, IF YOU GUYS ARE PICKING UP ON IT, UM, THE, THE ANGER ON THIS DIET IS SOMETIMES PALPABLE, RIGHT? AND SOME OF US LAY IT ON THICK, UM, AND WE FORGET SOMETIMES. 
          OR WE ACT LIKE WE FORGET THAT YOU GUYS AREN'T SAN ANTONIO OR THAT YOU GUYS ARE SAN ANTONIANS TOO. 
          I'M LOOKING ACROSS THE ROOM. 
          I SEE D ONE REPRESENTED, UH, IN, IN YOU, LORI, JEFF, I KNOW YOU'RE D ONE, UH, ROD, YOU'RE D EIGHT. 
          ERIC, YOU'RE D NINE. 
          I SEE D FIVE, I SEE D THREE, I SEE D TWO OVER THERE REPRESENTED IN CITY STAFF. 
          THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE OUR STREETS, WHO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO THE SAME SCHOOL. 
          OUR MY CHILDREN GO TO. 
          AND WE ALL WORSHIP AT THE SAME CHURCHES. 
          WE ALL PLAY IN THE SAME PARKS. 
          WE ALL DRINK THE SAME WATER. 
          WE ALL WANT A SAFER, BETTER SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WANT SAN ANTONIO TO THRIVE THE SAME WAY. 
          AND ALL MY CONSTITUENTS WANT IT TO THRIVE IN THE WAY, THE SAME WAY THAT THE CONSTITUENTS REPRESENTED BY EVERY PERSON UP HERE WANTS, UH, SAN ANTONIO TO THRIVE. 
          SO, UM, I RESPECT THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS PUT INTO IT. 
          I HAVE SEEN YOU GUYS IGNORE PROJECTS THAT WOULD PERSONALLY BENEFIT YOU. 
          UH, LORI, I'VE BEEN BEATING YOU UP FOR YEARS OVER WHY IT IS THAT WE DON'T FIX THE POTHOLES ON YOUR STREET. 
          AND YOU KEEP TELLING ME, NO, NO, NO COUNSELING . 
          THAT WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE. 
          UM, AND YOU'RE AN HONEST OPERATOR AND, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND YOU GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING TOO IS, UH, HAVING SAID THAT, I HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE, UM, DRAINAGE COMMITTEE UNDER PHIL, HARD BERGER'S, UM, TIME WHEN HE OVERSAW THE BOND PACKAGE. 
          AND THEY ASSIGNED US $150 MILLION TO PLAY WITH, UH, AND REALLY KIND OF WORK, WORK AND, AND TINKER WITH THE, THE PROJECTS AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, UH, HOW TO PRODUCE A RESULT. 
          THAT WAS FAIR. 
          WHAT STAFF DID, AND I KNOW THAT STAFF IS GONNA DO THIS TIME, BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY YOU ALWAYS DO IT, IS YOU TAKE THESE COMMITTEES ON A TOUR OF THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          YOU LOAD 'EM UP ON BUSES AND YOU HAVE THEM WALK THE STREETS AND LOOK AT THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS AND LOOK AT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE WHEEL GRINDS SLOW, BUT IT GRINDS FINE. 
          AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT PROJECT SPREAD THE DRAINAGE MONEY ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A BILLION DOLLARS IN DRAINAGE BACK THEN, BUT WE DIDN'T. 
          WE HAD $150 MILLION. 
          AND WE, AND WE TRIED TO MAKE, UM, AS BIG AN IMPACT AS WE POSSIBLY COULD. 
          AND EVERY SINGLE BOND COMMITTEE MEMBER GOING FORWARD, INCLUDING THE LAST BOND, RIGHT, CITIZENS FROM ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS GOT TOGETHER AND THEY TRY THEIR BEST TO DO WHAT THEY CAN WITH A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY. 
          THIS MONEY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S HUGE SUM RIGHT, A BILLION PLUS IS STILL LIMITED COMPARED TO THE NEEDS THAT THE CITY, UM, FACES. 
          AND THIS PROCESS IS ALWAYS GONNA BE IMPERFECT. 
          THE FINAL BOND PACKAGE WILL BE IMPERFECT. 
          THIS BEGINNING PROPOSAL, ERIC, IS IMPERFECT. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S PUT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, BY IMPERFECT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN AN IMPERFECT TOWN, RIGHT? WITH LIMITED RESOURCES. 
          AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT EXPECTING YOU GUYS TO NAIL IT THE FIRST TIME OUT, UM, IS, IS UNFAIR. 
          AND I DON'T EXPECT THAT, LORI, THE TURS PROGRAM THAT YOU GUYS PUT IN FRONT OF US, THIS PLAN THAT YOU SET OUT, I THINK IT'S, UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY SOUND AND IT, IT LIVES UP TO THE REASONS FOR WHICH WE ESTABLISHED TURS TO BEGIN WITH. 
          AND, UH, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT. 
          AND I, I THINK YOU GUYS DID A GOOD JOB THERE, ERIC, AND I KNOW YOU KEEP GETTING ASKED, YOU KNOW, HOW IS IT THIS PROJECT ENDED UP ON THE LIST? HOW IS IT ENDED UP ON THE LIST? I MEAN, AS FAR AS I REMEMBER, THE WAY THAT WE'VE DONE PRO UH, BOND PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THESE PROJECTS COME FROM US. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE SUGGEST THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. 
          I MEAN, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, FOUR YEARS, I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU, HEY ERIC, LET'S DO THIS STREET. 
          LET'S DO THAT SIDEWALK. 
          LET'S DO THIS. 
          AND I KNOW THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE AND THE ONES THAT WERE BEFORE HERE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SUGGEST OVER THE YEARS WHAT IT IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          AND YOU GUYS THEN USE THAT AND THAT INFORMATION AND SYNTHESIZE IT INTO THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU'VE PUT IN FRONT OF US. 
          I HAVE A FEELING THAT ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE SEEN ON THIS LIST HAVE COME FROM CURRENT OR FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO'VE ASKED YOU TO PUT IT ON THIS LIST. 
          AM I WRONG? EXCEPT FOR THE FACILITY PROJECTS? YEAH. 
          WHICH WERE STAFF GENERATED. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A HANDFUL OF PROJECTS THAT ARE CONTINUATION OF 2017 BOND PROGRAMS. OKAY. 
          AND THEN FOR THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS DAIS WHO WAS AROUND SITTING ON THIS DAIS WHEN, UM, WE HAD OUR LAST BIG, YOU KNOW, OUR LAST BOND, UH, INITIATIVE IS, IS THE MAYOR. 
          AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE PUBLIC ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTED INVESTMENT IN TRAILS, INVESTMENT IN PARKS, INVESTMENT IN VENUES, AND IN PUBLIC FACILITIES. 
          THERE WASN'T ONE SIDE OF TOWN WHO SUPPORTED IT MORE, IF I REMEMBER, IT WAS LIKE BY 73% THAT BOND PACKAGE PASSED, RIGHT? AND IT'S IN A, THAT'S A HUGE MARGIN. 
          THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON ON THIS DIOCESE WHO GETS ELECTED BY THOSE MARGINS. 
          BY THE WAY, IT'S UNSENDABLE . 
          BUT THAT'S HUGE. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT SHOULDN'T 
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BE DISCOUNTED. 
          UH OH, YOU TOO. 
          YOU TOO. 
          OKAY, CONGRATS. 
          UM, AND SO ALONG THOSE LINES, I'LL REMIND YOU THAT THE LAST BOND INITIATIVE, IT DID INCLUDE U T S A AND THE PUBLIC ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTED IT. 
          UM, I, I WOULD CAUTION ANY LOCAL POLITICIAN TO TURN THEIR NOSE UP AT UTSA'S FUNDING OF BOND PROJECTS, CONSIDERING THAT THAT FOOTBALL TEAM, THOSE KIDS WHO PLAY ON THERE, THAT UNDEFEATED FOOTBALL TEAM, THOSE AREN'T KIDS WHO COME FROM YOUR HIGH SCHOOLS, JOHN OR MY HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          THOSE ARE KIDS WHO COME FROM HIGH SCHOOLS IN EVERY ONE OF THE DISTRICTS OTHER THAN OURS, RIGHT? UM, AND THEY COME FROM MCCULLUM, FROM EDGEWOOD, FROM SOUTH SAN, UM, THEY COME FROM HOMES. 
          AND SO THOSE KIDS ARE WALKING, TALKING EQUITY LENS SUCCESS STORIES, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THEM DOWNTOWN AND WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THEM AT THEIR U T S A CAMPUS SHOULD NEVER BE DISCOUNTED AND TREATED, UM, SO CASUALLY. 
          AND, AND, AND SOMETIMES WE PAY, WE PLAY FAST AND LOOSE AND DISMISSIVE OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. 
          BUT I'LL REMIND YOU THAT EVERY ONE OF THOSE KIDS OVER THERE SUCCEEDS AND TAKES THEIR SUCCESS BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, AND THEY DRIVE FAR TO BE ABLE, YOU KNOW, THEY DRIVE FROM ALL THESE DISTRICTS TO GET UP TO U T S A. 
          UM, I SUPPORT THIS IMPERFECT PRO, YOU KNOW, THIS IMPERFECT DOCUMENT. 
          GUYS, THERE'S A LOT OF MY PROJECTS THAT I ALSO DIDN'T SEE, UH, ON THIS LIST, AND I COULD, BUT I WON'T THROW HISSY FIT OVER IT RIGHT NOW. 
          I'LL JUST CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON MAKING SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT HOW TO SCRUB THIS BETTER TO MEET EVERYBODY'S NEEDS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          LET ME JUMP IN HERE TOO, SINCE WE'RE DONE WITH THE FIRST ROUND. 
          UM, SO CLEARLY, UH, THERE IS NOT UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT ON WHICH PROJECTS SHOULD BE ON THE BOND BALLOT. 
          LET ME REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE NEXT STEP OF THIS PROCESS IS THAT IT GOES TO CITIZENS COMMITTEES THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY EVERY DISTRICT IN THE CITY TO COME UP WITH OUR PRIORITY LISTS, WHETHER IT'S DRAINAGE PROJECTS OR PARK PROJECTS, OR FACILITY PROJECTS. 
          I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT WE REMEMBER THAT THE REASON WHY WE HAVE AN EQUITY OFFICE, THE REASON WHY WE HAVE AN EQUITY ISSUE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IS THAT FOR A LONG TIME, WE DID THINGS PURELY BY ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY, WHERE WE WOULD TAKE A $400 MILLION BOND OR A, A $90 MILLION BOND, AND WE DIVIDE EVERYTHING UP BY 10. 
          WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT HOW YOU BUDGET A HOUSEHOLD, AND THAT CERTAINLY ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HOW YOU BUDGET A CITY. 
          YOU ALLOCATE THE RESOURCES TO WHERE THE NEEDS ARE. 
          AND IT, AS WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE MORE NEEDS AND WE HAVE RESOURCES. 
          AND SO UNLESS WE'RE READY TO DECLARE EVERYTHING ELSE BESIDES STREETS TO BE A PRIORITY, UH, WE BETTER BE PREPARED TO SPEND $1.2 BILLION ON STREETS ALONE AND WATCH ALL OF OUR FACILITIES, OUR PARKS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE DECAY INTO A STATE OF DISREPAIR. 
          I'M NOT READY TO DO THAT. 
          AND IN FACT, I DON'T THINK SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS WANT US TO DO THAT. 
          WE GOTTA THINK BIGGER THAN THAT. 
          UH, IF WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THE CITY AS A, UH, LIVING, BREATHING ORGANISM THAT IT IS, AND INVEST ACCORDINGLY, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SEE OURSELVES SET BACK, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS, BUT OUR OWN QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO INVEST IN PARK PROJECTS. 
          THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO INVEST IN A BICYCLE PLAN, WHICH WE'VE NEVER REALLY INVESTED IN, IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO MOVE THESE THINGS FORWARD, EVEN WHILE WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THE BASICS. 
          I AGREE. 
          I THINK THERE, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME WORK ON THE PROJECT LIST. 
          I EXPECT OUR CITIZEN COMMITTEE TO POINT THOSE OUT AND REPRIORITIZE SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS. 
          I DO EXPECT THERE TO BE SOME MORE DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, SUPPORTED IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          I, I EXPECT THAT TO BE ONE OF THE OUTCOMES, BUT TO WHOLE, BUT TO WHOLLY, UM, REJECT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY BALANCED OUT OVER THE YEARS IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES, WHETHER IT'S THE CREEKWAY TRAILS OR IT'S VENUE PROJECTS THAT ARE PUBLIC ASSETS. 
          UH, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THE INTENT OF THIS IS. 
          I THINK, UH, COUNCILS MEMBER PLY, AS YOU MAKE VERY GOOD POINTS ABOUT WHAT OUR CITIZEN COMMITTEES AND WHAT OUR VOTERS HAVE APPROVED IN THE PAST, AND WE JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THAT'S THE BALANCE THAT WE'RE SEEKING TO STRIKE. 
          WE DON'T WANNA REPEAT THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS OF THE FUTURE. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S, IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE IF WE JUST LOOK AT ALL THESE RESOURCES, THE $1.2 BILLION OR THE 255 IN, IN CITYWIDE AND SAY, THAT'S TOO MUCH FOR THE CITY. 
          I WANT IT FOR MYSELF AND MY DISTRICT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE GOT IN THESE PROBLEMS IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD OURSELVES OUT OF. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, I I, AND, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE GONNA TAKE PLACE, UH, MOVING FORWARD IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. 
          MANY OF THOSE ARE GONNA BE DONE BY THE CITIZENS WHO WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON THINGS LIKE THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, ALLOCATIONS, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, ET CETERA. 
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UM, BUT I, I WANTED TO INTERJECT THAT POINT BECAUSE IT, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAINTAIN PERSPECTIVE AS WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH THIS $1.2 BILLION. 
          AND AGAIN, WE ARE WORKING WITHIN OUR CAPACITY. 
          UH, THIS IS A BOND PROGRAM WHOSE LEVELS ARE SET SO THAT WE ARE NOT ADDING TO ADDITIONAL, UH, TAX RATE THAT WE'RE LIVING WITHIN OUR MEANS. 
          BUT KEEP IN MIND, JUST LAST YEAR WHEN WE, WHEN WE WERE PROJECTING SEVERE REVENUE LOSS AS A RESULT OF PROPERTY VALUES DECLINING, WE WERE PLANNING ON $650 MILLION ROUGHLY, UH, FOR A BOND PROGRAM. 
          IN SOME WAYS THAT'S EASIER BECAUSE YOU CUT OUT EVERYTHING YOU MIGHT LIKE TO HAVE AND YOU FOCUS ON JUST THOSE ESSENTIALS. 
          UH, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENT, UH, ABILITY NOW THAT IS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR CITY NEEDS, AND WE SHOULD MAINTAIN THAT PERSPECTIVE. 
          LET ME, UM, CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION NOW. 
          WE'LL GO IN A SECOND ROUND START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO, TO AGREE WITH, WITH SOME OF THE POINTS THAT MY COLLEAGUES MADE. 
          UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT AS WE FIGURE OUT WHICH PROJECTS TO FUND, I DO THINK THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS IMPORTANT, RIGHT? COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          AND SO, UH, TO COUNCILMAN CURTIS'S POINT, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD. 
          AND SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT COSA INVEST IN THE PORT, THEY GET $88 IN LEVERAGED FUNDING FROM ANOTHER PROJECT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'D LOVE TO SEE FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS, RIGHT? LIKE, WHERE ARE THESE DETAILS? I ASK THE PORT FOR THIS INFORMATION AND THEY GIVE IT TO ME. 
          SO I'M SURE THAT OTHERS TRACK THE SAME INFORMATION. 
          UM, BUT THE OTHER POINT THAT WAS MADE BY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL WAS THE SUSTAINABILITY, RIGHT? AND SO, I'LL, I'LL KEEP REFERENCING THE PORT BECAUSE THEY SEND ME A LOT OF INFORMATION ALL THE TIME, BUT THERE'S STREET SCAPE IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, RIGHT? SO THAT IS HELPING TO ADD TO THE SUSTAINABILITY, UH, AND LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY HOW TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE ROADS AS WELL. 
          AND SO WITH THE, UM, PROTECTED BIKE LANE, UH, IT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO START THINKING ABOUT THESE PROJECTS AND HOW THEY IMPACT OUR ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, SO WHEN THIS BEAUTIFUL RUBRIC THAT I'M SURE SOMEONE WILL COME UP WITH NOW, I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING TO, TO CONSIDER. 
          UM, WE, WE, AND, AND THE REASON THAT, AND TO MY COLLEAGUES, THE REASON THAT I, I THINK YOU SAW, UH, THE COUNCILWOMEN ON THIS SIDE OF THE DIOCESE GET SO EMOTIONAL AND PASSIONATE ABOUT SUPPORTING, UM, THE, OUR, OUR AREAS OF TOWN IS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN BEHIND FOR SO LONG THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE FOREVER TO CATCH UP, RIGHT? AND SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, UH, AND SUPPORT AND U T S A, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS IN D 10 ARE GONNA AFFECT OUR AREAS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE, IT FLOODS DOWNSTREAM. 
          I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'LL HAVE TO WORK ON PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICTS SO THAT WE COULD LEVERAGE THE SPENDING JUST LIKE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, CAB HDA AND AND I ARE DOING ON THE MARBACH ROAD, WHICH WE CALL MARBACH RIVER. 
          UH, IF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN OUT THERE AND COUNCILWOMAN, UH, VI GRA AND I, SO COUNCILMAN PERRY SHOWED THIS BEAUTIFUL CHART, BUT I THINK IT WAS WRONG. 
          UM, AND SO IT WAS A 2022 BOND PROJECT. 
          AND SO DON'T WORRY, I'VE ALREADY ASKED PAUL IF HE COULD FIX IT. 
          UM, BUT SO THERE WAS, UH, SOME SORT OF AN INVESTMENT THAT, THAT THAT KIND OF SHOWED THAT IT WAS JUST IN D FOUR. 
          AND WE'VE GOTTA REMEMBER ALSO, UM, THAT WE SPLIT TEXAS A AND M, FOR INSTANCE, SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I THINK IT'S GONNA CONTINUE, UH, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE CONTINUED, UH, PARTNERSHIPS, BUT WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND. 
          AND THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF FLESH THIS OUT. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT I'VE ALWAYS HELD THIS IN, UM, BUT I THINK I CAN'T HOLD IT IN ANYMORE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW MANY EXECUTIVES ON THE CITY STAFF LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR. 
          UH, ACTUALLY A BREAKDOWN. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAST TIME WAS. 
          AND THEN ERIC WALSH DRIVING AROUND, OR, OR THE FOLKS LIKE ROZY COMING OUT TO OUR DISTRICT, RIGHT? LIKE, SO WHEN MANNY WAS SAYING, AND I SEE REPRESENTATION FROM D ONE AND D TWO, AND YOU KNOW, I WAS LIKE, WELL, THAT'S A GREAT POINT, COUNCILMAN PALS, LIKE WHO'S REPRESENTING, UH, DISTRICT FOUR OR DISTRICT FIVE, LIKE, WHO, WHO LIVES THERE? I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT. 
          SO I'M SO GLAD THAT COUNCILMAN PALS POINTED THAT OUT BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET THAT, THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK. 
          'CAUSE THEY LIVE IN OUR DISTRICT, AND SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE WAY THAT IT WORKS. 
          AND THEN, UM, TO MY, UH, COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCILMAN RAVO, I WAS DOWNTOWN A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO. 
          I I COME DOWNTOWN A WHOLE LOT. 
          YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          THIS IS ALL OF OUR DOWNTOWN, THIS IS OUR SAN ANTONIO, THIS IS OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, BUT I DO BELIEVE, AGAIN, THAT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, NEED TO BE RESIDUALLY IMPACTED, RIGHT? BY, BY THE, THE CHOICES THAT WE MAKE. 
          AND SO MAYBE IN THE NEXT FUND RIGHT, WE CONTINUE. 
          BUT, SO I THINK THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE A, A GIVE AND TAKE. 
          AND THEN TO MY, UM, COUNCIL COLLEAGUE IN, IN DISTRICT TWO, UM, COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ. 
          I LOVE THE ZOO. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY PLACE THAT A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS THAT I COULD REPRESENT CAN AFFORD TO TAKE THEIR KIDS TO. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT MY PARENTS COULD AFFORD TO TAKE ME TO, RIGHT? I COULDN'T 
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GO TO FIESTA, TEXAS. 
          THAT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE PRICE TAG. 
          I COULDN'T GO TO SEAWORLD. 
          THE RESIDENTS IN OUR AREAS, THEY CAN GO TO PARKS THAT ARE FREE. 
          BUT THE ONE THING THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO PAY FOR AND POSSIBLY AFFORD IS, IS, UM, ATTENDING, UH, THE ZOO. 
          AND THEN THEY STAY OVER AT BRACKEN RIDGE PARK. 
          AND WE ALL SEE HOW THE CAMPS, UM, SET UP BEFORE EASTER. 
          AND THAT'S A PART OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THAT'S ALL A PART OF OUR SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON. 
          AND I DO WANNA THANK CITY STAFF BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE THE HARDEST JOB EVER. 
          AND I'M LOOKING AT RODNEY AND RODNEY, I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND HE'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY HONEST. 
          HE'S LIKE, COUNCILMAN, THIS IS WHY THIS CAN'T HAPPEN. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH THAT LEVEL OF TECHNICAL ABILITY TO SAY, THIS IS WRONG AND THIS IS WHY IT CAN'T HAPPEN. 
          BUT I APPRECIATE PEOPLE LIKE OZZIE AND JESSICA THAT SAY, BUT LET'S WORK TOGETHER. 
          HOMER ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT WORK. 
          IT'S GONNA TAKE ALL OF US TO WORK, UM, COLLABORATIVELY. 
          AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I JUST, I, I WANNA, I WANNA GO BACK AND I DO WANNA THANK THE, THE, THE STAFF. 
          I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK I'M NOT THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU DID. 
          'CAUSE I'M EXTREMELY THANKFUL, AND I KNOW LORI AND ZY AND ROD AND HOMER, AND A LOT OF YOU DO VISIT MY DISTRICT. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHY I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES WE HAVE THE POTHOLES, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT I DEAL WITH WHEN WE TALK POVERTY EVERY DAY. 
          UH, SO I I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I, I WANNA GO BACK AND, AND ERIC, I I THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION THAT SAYS, WHAT? TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT OR YOU DON'T WANT. 
          AND I THINK I WAS CLEAR ON WHAT I DON'T WANT. 
          I DO WANNA COMMEND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          I DO LIKE THAT IDEA BECAUSE, AND I'M GONNA SAY THE WORD WHEN REDLINING WAS THE TREND HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, THAT'S WHEN WE WERE A, UM, AT LARGE DISTRICT, YOU ARE SITTING IN A DAIS WITH, UH, 10, UM, 10 MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT AND COME FROM THEIR DISTRICT. 
          SO, OKAY, WITH ERIC CUTTING THAT CITYWIDE BUDGET AND TRUSTING THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GO OUT AND MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT WITH OUR DISTRICT, THIS BOND, AND I KNOW IT'S DIFFERENT, AND IT ISN'T SOMETHING WE'VE DONE BEFORE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 48 YEARS. 
          SO I'VE SEEN HOW THIS CITY WORKS FOR A LONG TIME, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WE'VE DONE BEFORE, BUT I THINK WE CAN GET IT RIGHT. 
          UM, SO I, I WANT TO TO, TO ECHO WHAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE SAID, AND I AM OKAY WITH MOVING FORWARD, IS THAT I WILL, IF YOU CUT MY WORLD HERITAGE BUDGET IN HALF, I WILL FIND, YOU KNOW, I WILL FIND THE REST OF THE MONEY TO GET THAT DONE. 
          SO, UM, THAT IS, THAT IS ONE THING I AM FOR, BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD, UH, I WILL FIND THE MONEY THAT WOULD GIVE ME THE MONEY FOR MITCHELL LAKE THAT WOULD GIVE ME THE MONEY FOR FIVE DIAMONDS. 
          UH, AND SO I, I'M FOR THAT IDEA THAT WAS PUT FORWARD. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING I'M GONNA TAKE THE MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT, UM, IT, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO IS, UM, PORT TEXAS A AND M AND BROOKS, AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHY THEY NEED MONEY, BECAUSE THIS IS INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY. 
          I DO NOT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE NORTH SIDE HAS. 
          AND MY, I KNOW MY CITY STAFF KNOWS IT. 
          AND IF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WANNA COME OUT AND DO A TOUR, I CAN PUT YOU IN A, IN A CAR AND HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T HIT A POTHOLE AND LOSE YOUR RIM, BECAUSE THAT'S MY DISTRICT RIGHT NOW. 
          SO THIS IS WHY THEY NEED IT. 
          THIS IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THEIR JOB CREATORS, THEY'RE, THEY ARE DOING A RETURN IN INVESTMENT. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS BOND, HAVE PORT ON IT, AND, AND DO A LITTLE TWEAKING BEFORE WE TAKE THIS TO THE COMMITTEE. 
          'CAUSE TO SPEAK TO THE POINT OF, UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, I AM, I AM CALLING TO GET MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO SAY YES BECAUSE THEY HAVE KIDS AT HOME. 
          AND SO, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL FOR YOUR, UH, BABYSITTER IDEA, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE GONNA BE UTILIZING IT. 
          I HAVE, I HAVE RESIDENTS THAT WORK A THREE, I AM SORRY, A 4:00 PM TO 3:00 AM H E B JOB. 
          BUT BECAUSE I CALLED AND ASKED, THEY'RE GONNA SAY YES TO SERVING ON A BOND COMMITTEE. 
          SO THIS IS WHO MY RESIDENTS ARE, THIS IS HOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE SERVING. 
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I DON'T WANT THEM TO GO IN AND HAVE TO DEBATE AND HAVE TO FEEL LIKE IT'S HUNGER GAMES AT, AT, AT THE MEETINGS. 
          SO I WANT US TO GET IT RIGHT AND, AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE SOMETHING FORWARD. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA BE OVER HERE ARGUING FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS ON THIS ISSUE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA BE A GAME CHANGER, I FEEL. 
          AND WE ARE GONNA GET THIS CITY OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC. 
          AND IT, IT'S, IT'S GONNA WORK OUT WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          I HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          NUMBER ONE, HOW DARE YOU, . 
          I CAN'T, IT'S JUST, IT'S UH, IT'S GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE DRAMATIC THAN I THINK IT NEEDED TO BE, AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU AS WELL. 
          UM, I AM ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF CUTTING THE CITYWIDE PROJECTS. 
          UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF HALF IS THE NUMBER, IF IT IS, I'M FINE WITH THAT. 
          UM, AND I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT GOING OF, UH, FUNDING GOING TO STREETS AND TO DRAINAGE. 
          UM, BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, 17% OF THE FAILING STREETS ARE IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          I'M ALSO, I DID, I DID LAST TIME, FORGET TO SAY THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE ANIMAL CARE HOSPITAL. 
          UM, THERE ARE VERY FEW PROJECTS ON THIS LIST THAT I'M LIKE, THAT I'LL FIGHT SOMEBODY FOR. 
          BUT IF THIS GETS REMOVED FROM THE LIST, I WILL PERSONALLY BRING 20 PEOPLE INTO CHAMBERS EVERY SESSION, , . 
          SO I REALLY HOPE WE CAN SEE THAT THROUGH TO FRUITION. 
          UM, I'M ALSO CONCERNED, AND THIS HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP ENOUGH, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD, IS THAT, AND Y'ALL AREN'T GONNA BE, Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE SO SURPRISED TO HEAR ME SAY THIS, BUT WE SPENT $859.9 MILLION ON PUBLIC SAFETY EVERY YEAR. 
          AND WE ARE GOING TO SPEND ANOTHER 17 MILLION TO HUNDRED 50,000 ON A HAZARD MITIGATION EQUIPMENT WAREHOUSE AND SAP P D LOT RELOCATION, AN IMPOUND LOT. 
          THAT'S ONLY 2% OF THEIR BUDGET. 
          I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO RAISE SAP'S BUDGET, THEY NEED TO START ABSORBING SOME OF THIS COST. 
          'CAUSE IT WOULD BE NOTHING TO THEM. 
          BUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO OUR DISTRICTS, 17 AND A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS IS A LOT. 
          I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE, AND I'LL, AND I'LL SAY THIS, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF DISTRICT THREE'S SUBSTATION BECAUSE THE PAST TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THAT. 
          AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER IS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEIR COMMUNITY IS SAYING AND THEY ARE ADVOCATING FOR IT, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          BUT DO WE, AND THAT'S, BUT BECAUSE THAT'S THE CREATION OF A BRAND NEW FACILITY, DO WE NEED TO PUT 17 AND A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS INTO AN IMPOUND LOT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DRAINAGE NEED AND THE STREET NEED? I ALSO WANTED TO ASK FOR SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE CITYWIDE PROJECTS SUCH AS THE ZOO, THE SUNKEN GARDEN THEATER. 
          IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO ESTABLISH CONDITIONS SUCH AS MAYBE ONE 10TH OF PERFORMANCES OR SHOWS OR TICKETS BE FREE OR REDUCE PRICE AND TARGETED IN, UH, CERTAIN DISTRICTS? IS THERE A WAY TO CONDITION THAT? ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, IF, IF THIS BOND GOES FORWARD AND, AND, AND PASSES, UH, WE WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO BUILD AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS, THIS FUNDING, WE WOULD GET THESE THINGS IN RETURN. 
          SO, ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU. 
          AND THAT'D BE ONE OF THE REA THAT'D BE ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH I THINK WE COULD SEE A LOT OF THESE CITYWIDE PROJECTS COME TO FRUITION AND BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO HAVE A CITY THAT HAS THE BEST ZOO IN THE STATE OR IN THE COUNTRY. 
          WE WANNA HAVE THE BEST PERFORMANCE VENUES. 
          WE WANT PEOPLE FROM AUSTIN AND DALLAS TO HAVE TO TRAVEL TO SAN ANTONIO FOR SHOWS RATHER THAN US HAVE TO LEAVE. 
          SO I DO SEE THE VALUE IN THAT, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE FUNDING THEM, THEN WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS, YOU KNOW, REQUIRING THAT CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TICKETS BE FREE OR REDUCED AND SPECIFIC TO TARGETED ZIP CODES. 
          UM, AND ALSO THE LAST BIT OF MY LAST ASK, BECAUSE I WAS RUSHED THROUGH, I'LL REPEAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT MY GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH SOMETHING OF A DATA-DRIVEN, EDUCATED MASTER PLAN. 
          SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS HAS AND THAT THEY WORK WITH. 
          AND THAT'S HOW WE HAVE THE I M P. 
          THAT'S HOW WE HAVE A LIST. 
          THAT'S HOW THEY IDENTIFY PROJECTS. 
          I WANT THAT TO BE COMMUNICATED TO MY CONSTITUENTS SO THEY KNOW THAT IN THE NEXT FIVE TO THE NEXT FIVE, 10 YEARS, MAYBE WE'LL BE WORKING ON THIS LIST. 
          AND THIS IS THE NEED THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT SHOULD, THAT SHOULD TRANSFER TO STREET, BRIDGES, PARKS, DRAINAGE, FACILITIES, AND ALL OF THE, LIKE, SO TO CLARIFY, FOR PARKS, FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE REASON I WOULD LIKE A LIST OF EVERY SINGLE PARK IS THAT I WANT TO KNOW, UM, WHAT ARE ALL OF THE AMENITIES AT EACH ONE OF THOSE PARKS? BECAUSE WE WANT TO ESTABLISH, UH, THIS TREND, OR WE WANT THE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM A PARK WALKING DISTANCE. 
          AND I WANT 
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THEM TO HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO THE SAME AMENITIES SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO A PARK WITH A BASKETBALL HOOP WITH NO NET AND A  A UH, AND A SWING SET. 
          I WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR MY DISTRICT, AND I WANT US TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP SOME OF THE PARKS THAT HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A WHILE. 
          UM, I ALSO WANTED THE LIST OF STREETS THAT EX EXPERIENCE, THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF FLOODS, FLOODING, UM, AS WELL AS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THE 18 WHEELER, WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF THOSE, UH, ROOTS. 
          BECAUSE I HAVE A, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FEELING IN MY HEART THAT DISTRICT TWO SEES THE MOST DAMAGE TO OUR ROADS BECAUSE OF 18 WHEELERS. 
          JUST IN MY HEART, I HAVE THAT GUT FEELING. 
          AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UM, I WOULD LIKE US TO BE BETTER PREPARED FOR THAT. 
          AND I ALSO WANT AN IDEA OF WHAT THE OVERALL DRAINAGE NEEDS. 
          SO ALL OF THAT I THINK WOULD PROBABLY COME THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS. 
          ASIDE FROM THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE HEALTHY, UH, BOND DISCUSSION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          LET ME, LET ME INTERJECT ONE MORE THING. 
          UM, OR JUST TO CLARIFY NEXT STEPS. 
          THE NEXT ACTION BEYOND PULLING TOGETHER THE COUNCIL C PULLING TOGETHER THE BOND COMMITTEES THAT THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE IS IN FEBRUARY, WHEN WE CALL THE ELECTION WITH THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE VETTED BY THE PUBLIC, UM, THERE IS NOT A CITYWIDE BOND PROPOSITION. 
          WE HAVE SIX PROPOSITIONS STREETS. 
          WE HAVE, EXCUSE ME, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          WE HAVE DRAINAGE, WE HAVE HOUSING, WE HAVE PARKS, WE HAVE FACILITIES, AND WE HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          THE CITY STAFF RIGHT NOW IS LISTENING TO ALL OF OUR FEEDBACK AND INPUT AND WILL MAKE, UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, MAKE SOME TWEAKS. 
          BUT THE TWEAKS THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE BEFORE THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES GET TO WORK IS THE LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR EACH OF THOSE PROPOSITIONS. 
          THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE WORK. 
          THEY'RE GONNA MAKE THEIR PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON OUR FEEDBACK ON THE LIST OF PRIORITIES THAT WILL INITIALLY GO TO THOSE COUNCIL OR THOSE BOND COMMITTEES. 
          UH, BUT THERE IS NOT A CITYWIDE PROPOSITION. 
          SO, AGAIN, UH, PLEASE, UH, CONTINUE WITH THE FEEDBACK, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT THE, WHAT MIGHT CHANGE IF IT CHANGES, IS THE LEVEL OF FUNDING IN THE PROPOSITIONS THAT GO TOWARDS THOSE BOND COMMITTEES. 
          UH, SO WE'LL CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK CITY STAFF, UM, WHO'S COME OUT TO SEVERAL WALK-IN TALKS, UH, THROUGHOUT DISTRICT FIVE. 
          I THINK THERE IS LIKELY A HUGE CONTRAST BETWEEN, UM, ELECTED LEADERSHIP OF DISTRICT FIVE, BORN AND RAISED IN THE SEVEN EIGHT TWO OH SEVEN, THE MOST ECONOMICALLY POOR DISTRICT OF SAN ANTONIO AND LEADERSHIP THAT, YOU KNOW, MOVED IN TWO YEARS BEFORE RUNNING FOR OFFICE. 
          SO THERE IS A CONTRACT, AND I'M PROUD TO FIGHT FOR MY CONSTITUENTS. 
          AND, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING PROCESS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE LAST CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD AROUND THE BOND, IT WAS AT $250 MILLION FOR HOUSING. 
          I HEARD CONSENSUS, UM, A COUPLE OF FOLKS, MYSELF INCLUDED, I HAD PAUSE AND HESITATION. 
          UM, BUT THEN WE GET THE DRAFT AND IT'S AT, YOU KNOW, 150 MILLION. 
          WHAT, WHAT CHANGED? HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? SO, COUNCILMAN, A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENED AS WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, UM, OF REDUCING THE PROJECT LIST. 
          UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UM, PARKS TOOK A PRETTY HEAVY CUT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, MANY OF THE PROJECTS FROM THE ORIGINAL LIST, UH, NOT JUST PARKS, BUT MANY OF THE PROJECTS FROM THE ORIGINAL LIST WERE GENERATED FROM THE COUNCIL OFFICES. 
          AND I FELT LIKE THE CUT WAS TOO DEEP. 
          UM, SO MY RECOMMENDATION AFTER TALKING ABOUT OTHER HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE, UM, WAS TO, WAS TO PROPOSE 150 TO THE COUNCIL AND NOT REDUCE MANY OF THE PARK PROGRAMS YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT'S HOW WE CAME TO TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL KIND OF BLASTED AWAY AT THE FIRST TIME AROUND. 
          NOW EVERYBODY'S SAYING, HEY, LISTEN, Y'ALL DO SUCH A GREAT JOB. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, . 
          AND IT'S TRUE. 
          SO MIA CULPA FROM ME. 
          BUT, UH, I, I DO THINK IT'S, IT'S STILL IMPORTANT, UH, FOR ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS COME FROM. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT BROOKS AND I HEAR THE CONVERSATIONS. 
          I'VE BEEN THERE. 
          I'VE DRIVEN THE STREETS, I KNOW THE PROGRESS THEY'VE MADE. 
          UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WHY IS WHATEVER THEY'RE ASKING FOR NEEDED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN IS IT NEEDED AND WHY CAN'T THEY PAY FOR IT THEMSELVES? I 
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THINK THOSE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD ASK. 
          I WOULD WANT TO KNOW BEFORE I WOULD ASK TO SUPPORT IT. 
          IF IT CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR AN INDIVIDUAL VOTE, YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE TIMES WHEN WE'VE HAD BUSINESSES THAT HAVE COME TO SAN ANTONIO AND SAY, WE WANNA DO BUSINESS WITH YOU. 
          AND SO WE ASK AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WELL, WHY? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? WHAT'S IN IT FOR THE CITY? WHAT ARE ALL OF THE DOS AND DON'TS AND THE COSTS, ET CETERA? BUT ON ALL OF THESE THINGS HERE, WE DON'T GET ANY OF THAT, WHICH IS PART OF WHAT, UH, MADE ME BE REAL CONCERNED ABOUT THESE THINGS. 
          YOU KNOW? UH, LOOK, THE NEXT ONE, TEXAS A AND M. 
          HECK, THEY'VE GOT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEHIND THAT UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. 
          I'LL SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT U T S A AND THE GYM. 
          THEY HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEHIND THAT UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. 
          UH, LET'S LOOK AT HEMISPHERE CIVIC PARK. 
          THEY WANT $18 MILLION. 
          WELL, THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BIG COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION AROUND THERE. 
          OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, NOTHING'S HAPPENED. 
          AND WE WANNA PUT 18 MORE MILLION DOLLARS INTO A PARK THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA TURN OUT. 
          WHERE IS ALL THE DETAIL? UM, LOOK AT BRACKENRIDGE PARK, SUNKEN GARDENS. 
          I'VE BEEN THERE OVER THE YEARS AND I REALIZED IT NEEDS WORK. 
          AND I SAW THIS BIG, WONDERFUL DISPLAY ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, BUT I SAW NO DETAILS. 
          I DIDN'T SEE WHAT'S THE REAL COST GONNA BE FOR CONSTRUCTION? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE THERE? WHAT ARE GONNA BE THE COSTS OF THE SEATS? WHEN ARE THEY GONNA OPEN? ARE THEY GONNA HAVE FREE EVENTS? YOU KNOW, NO DETAILS OTHER THAN GIVE US 10 AND WE'RE GONNA RAISE 22 MORE, AND WE'RE GONNA SPEND 32 MILLION. 
          AND I, I USE THE ZOO. 
          I LOVE THE ZOO. 
          WE GO THERE ALL THE TIME. 
          BUT WHAT ARE THE DETAILS? WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO? THEY SAY, WE WANT TO BUILD A NEW ENTRANCE. 
          WELL, IS THAT GONNA BE $10 MILLION OR COULD THEY DO THAT FOR THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE? AND WHAT DO THEY WANT TO DO WITH THE REST OF THE 10? AND YES, THEY WANT 20 MORE. 
          AND I KNOW THEY WANNA BUILD A NICE BIG AREA FOR A GORILLA ENCLOSURE. 
          WELL, THAT'S GREAT, BUT IS THAT GONNA BE NOW, IS IT GONNA BE TWO YEARS FROM NOW? IS IT GONNA BE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW? UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS. 
          SAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL GARDEN, SAME THING. 
          I LOVE IT. 
          BEEN OUT THERE MANY TIMES. 
          UH, AND I'VE ENJOYED GOING OUT THERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE THEY'RE GONNA DO WITH, UH, ANOTHER $5 MILLION. 
          'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T, THEY HAVEN'T TOLD US. 
          MAYBE THEY'VE TOLD THE CITY STAFF, BUT THEY, THEY HAVEN'T TOLD US THE, THE DECISION MAKERS. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW. 
          THERE'S, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO IMPOUND LOT. 
          WE WANNA RE RELOCATE THAT. 
          WELL, THE, THE IMPOUND LOT IS A MONEY GENERATOR. 
          WE MAKE MONEY OUT OF THAT. 
          WHY AREN'T WE GOING TO FUND THAT, UH, THROUGH REVENUE BONDS INSTEAD OF THESE BONDS? SINCE IT PAYS FOR ITSELF, WHY CAN'T WE LET IT PAY FOR ITSELF USING REVENUE BONDS INSTEAD OF CITY BONDS? UH, I DON'T KNOW. 
          YOU CAN TELL ME THE ANSWER. 
          TEXAS BIOMED RESEARCH, THEY WANT $11 MILLION. 
          THEY'RE A BIG ORGANIZATION. 
          THEY DO GREAT THINGS, BUT DO THEY NEED THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO FUND THEM WITH $11 MILLION? OR CAN THEY GET THE FEDERAL MONEY THAT THEY GET FOR THEIR RESEARCH TO PAY FOR MORE OF THIS? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR EXPANSION IS. 
          THEY HAVEN'T SHOWN ME THE PLAN. 
          UM, AND THE LAST THING I'LL TALK ABOUT IS PUBLIC ART. 
          I LOVE ART. 
          I THINK WE ALL DO, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER ART WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING, AND WE CAN'T THROUGH THE BOND, LIKE PERFORMANCE ART, WHICH I THINK IS A REAL PROBLEM. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE DOUBLING WHAT WE HAD INTO ART IN THE LAST BOND. 
          NOW, WHY DO WE HAVE TO DOUBLE IT? IF WE JUST LEFT IT AT 1%, THAT WOULD STILL BE A 50% INCREASE ALMOST IN WHAT WAS SPENT ON PUBLIC ART LAST TIME AROUND. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT MORE OF THIS SHOULD BE CLARIFIED TO THE COUNCIL, AND ABSOLUTELY ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED TO ALL OF THOSE COMMITTEES. 
          THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT KIND OF DETAIL SO THAT THEY CAN WEIGH WHAT DO WE SUPPORT AND WHAT DON'T WE SUPPORT, AND WHY SHOULD WE SUPPORT IT, AND WHY SHOULDN'T WE? AND, UH, I, I SHOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE HAD MORE OF THAT BEFORE TODAY, BUT I THINK Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, WILL YOU STOP FOLLOWING ME? ? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND. 
          NO, NO, I'M KIDDING. 
          BUT, UH, YES, AMIA CULPA FOR ME, ALSO. 
          I, LISTEN, I I WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS BEFORE. 
          I KNOW WHAT Y'ALL ARE GOING THROUGH IN THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE PUTTING INTO THIS, AND I KNOW Y'ALL ARE GETTING A LOT OF DIFFERENT DIRECTION FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE UP HERE TODAY. 
          UM, BUT I LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS IMPORTANT, AND WE DO NEED TO SPEND THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TIME, WHETHER IT'S HERE IN COUNCIL AT B SESSIONS OR WHATEVER, OR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS. 
          BUT WE NEED TO THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND THIS. 
          I, I, I'VE ALREADY PICKED OUT MY COMMITTEES, THEY'RE ROARING TO GO, UH, 
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HAD A MEETING WITH THEM THIS MORNING AND THEY GOT THEIR DIRECTION SO THEY KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS GONNA BE. 
          AND LEMME TELL YOU THIS PROCESS, I, I SAT THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND, UM, THE, THE LIST THAT IS GIVEN TO THESE COMMITTEES ARE BASICALLY THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY. 
          AND TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THAT LIST. 
          ROZY, REMEMBER HOW I TRIED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES? NO WAY. 
          NEVER GOT OFF THE GROUND ON ANY CHANGES, MOVING, UH, MONEY FROM ONE DISTRICT TO ANOTHER WITHIN THAT COMMITTEE, OR EVEN GOING AFTER MONEY FROM ANOTHER COMMITTEE. 
          IT DOESN'T WORK. 
          SO BASICALLY, THE COMMITTEES ARE THERE JUST TO VALIDATE WHAT THE LIST THAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT TOGETHER. 
          AND I GUARANTEE YOU, YOU WILL NOT SEE HARDLY ANY CHANGES AT ALL, UH, OUTTA THESE COMMITTEES. 
          SO BASICALLY, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, WHAT THE CITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, RUBBER STAMP IT GOES. 
          SO IT'S, THERE ARE SOME TWEAKS IN THAT, BUT GENERALLY THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 
          'CAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GO UP FROM ONE DISTRICT TO ANOTHER SAYING, HEY, I NEED THIS PROJECT MORE THAN YOU NEED YOUR PROJECT. 
          IT, IT JUST DOESN'T, DOESN'T WORK IN THAT, THAT, UH, THAT COMMITTEE LEVEL OPPOR OPERATION. 
          BUT I, UM, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON THIS STAGE UP HERE IS SAYING TO ZERO EVERYTHING OUT IN THE, IN THE, UH, UH, CITYWIDE PROJECTS OR THE LINEAR TRAILS. 
          YOU HAVE TO HAVE BALANCE. 
          YOU GOT REQUIREMENTS OUT THERE IN FACILITIES. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING MY CHART UP THERE. 
          AGAIN, YOU GOTTA HAVE BALANCE. 
          UH, THIS IS THE LAST ONE. 
          I JUST LOVE, LOVE THIS CHART BECAUSE I WANNA REEMPHASIZE TO YOU ON THOSE FIRST TWO COLUMNS, THE REQUIREMENT IS $2.4 BILLION FOR STREETS. 
          THE REQUIREMENTS $3.1 BILLION IN DRAINAGE. 
          AND WE'RE ONLY GOING UP $5 MILLION FROM THE LAST BOND ON STREETS. 
          AND THAT 12, $13 MILLION FOR DRAINAGE. 
          I, I JUST CANNOT GO BACK TO MY DISTRICT SAYING, WE'RE CUTTING ALL OF THIS STUFF OUT. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE INCREASING THE BUDGET. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT IT'S MINUSCULE COMPARED TO WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IS. 
          AND LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE PLUSING EVERYBODY ELSE UP BY LARGER MARGINS. 
          AND THAT'S NOT EVEN COUNTING CITYWIDE IN THERE. 
          SO I DON'T THINK, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY UP HERE IS SAYING, ZERO EVERYTHING OUT. 
          LET'S REDUCE SOME AREAS AND PLUS OTHER AREAS UP. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY UP HERE IS SAYING. 
          AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD. 
          UM, SO YES, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS COME BACK FROM THE CITY STAFF BASED ON THAT. 
          UM, I, I DO WANT TO APOLOGIZE. 
          I DID MAKE A, A SLIGHT ERROR ON THE CHART BETWEEN TEXAS A AND M, BETWEEN DISTRICT THREE AND DISTRICT FOUR. 
          SO ME A CULPA THERE. 
          UM, BUT I DO WANNA SUPPORT, UH, LORI, ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON THE TOURS. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE KIND OF IDEAS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE UP HERE ON HOW WE CAN SPREAD THE DOLLARS ACROSS THE CITY MORE EQUITABLY. 
          AND WHEN I SAID TAKE OUT HALF OF THE CITYWIDE PROJECTS AND GIVE THAT TO EACH DISTRICT AND REDUCE, REDUCE THE LINEAR TRAILS TO A MORE REASONABLE NUMBER SOMEWHERE IN THE LINES OF WHAT THE, WHAT THE COUNTY IS DOING, THEN TAKE THAT, TAKE THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY AND GIVE THAT TO EACH DISTRICT. 
          BUT FOLLOW THAT EQUITY LENS THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PUT OUT THERE. 
          I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. 
          I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE HAVE TO GO. 
          BUT AGAIN, WE NEED TO MOVE MORE MONEY INTO THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE POTS THAN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
          I, THAT, THAT'S MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THIS THING. 
          BUT AGAIN, I WANNA THANK YOU STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE, AND, UH, I KNOW THIS IS A LONG DRAWN OUT PROCESS, AND WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. 
          AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AGAIN AS A COUNCIL AND GO INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AND REALLOCATE THIS FUNDING. 
          I, I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT DURING THIS PROCESS. 
          BUT HEY, IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT, I'M WILLING TO STAY HERE ALL NIGHT LONG AND ALL DAY LONG TO GET THROUGH THIS. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAIA. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, I, I WANT ALL THE PROJECTS LISTED IN THIS DOCUMENT TO BE FUNDED. 
          ALL OF THEM. 
          I, I WANT, UM, IF, IF DISTRICT TWO HAS MORE STREETS PROJECTS LISTED THERE THAN ANY OTHER DISTRICT, I, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT INVESTMENT. 
          UM, AND THAT IS DESPITE THE FACT THAT NOBODY IN DISTRICT EIGHT EVER REQUESTED THAT, UM, AND I WANT TO 
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SEE THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES PROJECT THAT MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, IT NEEDS TO BE FUNDED. 
          AND IF HE'S GONNA BRING 20, I'M GONNA BRING 40 PEOPLE, UH, TO, TO ADVOCATE FOR IT. 
          THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT. 
          DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE STRAY DOGS IN DISTRICT EIGHT, NOBODY EVER IN DISTRICT EIGHT EVER, EVER ASKED FOR IT. 
          BUT IT'S IMPORTANT, RIGHT? IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 
          UM, I WANT COUNCILMAN VIA GRAND'S SUBSTATION FUNDED. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE FUNDED. 
          IT. 
          THE TIME HAS COME. 
          GOD KNOWS THAT HER AND HER SISTER HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR WAY TOO LONG. 
          AND I'M SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT IT, . 
          AND I WANT IT OFF THE LIST, BUT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, EVEN THOUGH NONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE EVER ASKED FOR IT. 
          AND THE REASON IS, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS BECAUSE DISTRICT EIGHT HOSTS PEOPLE FROM DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT TWO, DISTRICT FIVE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE DISTRICTS, THEY COME AND STUDY THERE. 
          THEY GO TO THE HOSPITAL THERE, THEY WORK THERE, RIGHT? AND I, THE BETTER THEY ARE, THE BETTER WE ARE. 
          AND SO, COUNCILMAN BRAVO, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          THIS IS ONE CITY AND WE ARE ALL SYMBIOTIC. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, YOUR SUCCESS IS MY SUCCESS AND VICE VERSA. 
          UM, I SUPPORT ALL OF THESE, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A TIDE THAT FLOATS ALL BOATS IS A TIDE. 
          THAT'S, IT'S A GOOD ONE, RIGHT? AND ANDY, YOU AND I HAVE BEEN, AND, AND MELISSA, YOU AND I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING LAW FOR A LONG TIME. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT A CONSENSUS DOCUMENT, ESPECIALLY A MEDIATED SETTLED DOCUMENT, LIKE THE ONE THAT WE'RE GONNA PRODUCE HERE IS THE BEST VERSION OF IT, IS THE ONE THAT MAKES EVERYBODY UNHAPPY. 
          UH, AND I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, HAVE AN EXCELLENT DOCUMENT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA MAKE EVERY ONE OF US UNHAPPY . 
          UH, AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. 
          AND THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. 
          THAT'S THE WAY, UH, DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY WORKS. 
          AND SO IT IS ABSOLUTELY NO SECRET, UH, THAT COUNCILMAN, UH, MCGEE RODRIGUEZ AND I DISAGREE A LOT, UH, ON A LOT OF THINGS. 
          UH, BUT HE SAID SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REPEATED, AND I HOPE THAT NONE OF US, THAT NONE OF US EVER LET PASS, UH, BY THE WAYSIDE, HE SAID THAT SAN ANTONIO NEEDS TO BE ONE OF THE GREAT CITIES THAT FEATURES A GREAT ZOO, RIGHT? AND HE ALSO WENT ON TO SAY THAT FEATURES OTHER IMPORTANT ASSETS THAT DRAW PEOPLE FROM OTHER CITIES TO COME VISIT US. 
          WE NEED TO, WE ARE THE SEVENTH LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          WE NEED TO START ACTING LIKE IT. 
          UM, AND THOSE CITIES THAT ARE THE GREAT CITIES OF THE WORLD, THEY KNOW THE DEFINITION OF A CITY IS, IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY, RIGHT? LIVE, WORK, LEARN, AND PLAY. 
          UM, AND DRAINAGE, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          I DON'T WANNA DISCOUNT THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE, BUT THOSE GREAT CITIES ALSO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO INVEST, RIGHT? AND THE PLAY COMPONENT OF THIS AND THE RECREATION AND THE PARKS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LINEAR TRAILS. 
          AND, UM, AND I, I SHARED A BOOK WITH ALL OF YOU AND I SENT IT TO YOUR OFFICE. 
          IT'S CALLED METRO GREEN. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT HOW CITIES WHO HAVE MADE THOSE INVESTMENTS IN OUTDOOR, UH, ASSETS AND VENUES AND LINEAR TRAILS ARE CITIES THAT HAVE BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES, THAT HAVE LESS PROBLEMS WITH MENTAL HEALTH, UM, HAVE HIGHER PAYING JOBS, MORE LITERATE AND, UH, HEALTHIER, AND, UH, AND POPULATIONS THAT THRIVE MORE. 
          UH, THAT'S WHAT I WANT FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, A A A GREAT CITY IS A CITY THAT INVESTS IN AESTHETIC BEAUTY AND A GREAT CITY IS THAT INVESTS IN PUBLIC ART AND A GREAT CITY IS ONE THAT INVESTS IN PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN TAKE THEIR CHIL CHILDREN AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES OUTDOORS AND WHERE PEOPLE CAN GATHER TOGETHER AND DO COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO NONE OF THAT SHOULD BE DISCOUNTED. 
          THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO AT ALL. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, UM, AND THE WAY THAT WE'VE DONE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH PRIOR, UH, BOND PROJECTS, AND I, I HAVE FAITH IN THIS COUNCIL. 
          WE'RE GONNA GET IT RIGHT. 
          UM, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL FINISH BY, YOU KNOW, ROD, I THINK YOU'VE BEEN WORKING AT THE CITY FOR SOMETHING LIKE 48 YEARS, AND ERIC'S, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, 20 PLUS. 
          UH, THE, UH, AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE SAT THROUGH MORE BOND DISCUSSIONS LIKE THIS THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS ROOM. 
          UM, AND I, AM I WRONG WHEN I SAY THAT THE DISCUSSION YOU HEARD TODAY IS ALMOST EXACTLY THE WAY THE DISCUSSION GOES EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU GUYS UNVEIL THE FIRST ITERATION OF THE BOND LIST. 
          AM I RIGHT? YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND YET, SOMEHOW WE ALWAYS MANAGE TO GET IT DONE. 
          AND THE, AND THE PUBLIC ALWAYS VOTES FOR IT. 
          AND WE DELIVER AS PROMISED ON A ROBUST PROJECT THAT HELPS AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          AND YES, SOME PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF HAVING LESS MONEY THAN, YOU KNOW, THE NEEDS THAT, UM, THAT ARE FACING US. 
          AND SO, UH, I'M PROUD OF YOU GUYS. 
          I REALLY AM. 
          AND, AND I'M PROUD OF THIS COUNCIL FOR HAVING A DISCUSSION THIS IMPORTANT IN A WAY THAT WE DID AND, UH, AND BEING VULNERABLE ENOUGH TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER. 
          AND MAYOR, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, IF ANYBODY WAS, WAS NERVOUS OR FULL OF ENERGY WHEN THEY CAME TO THIS DISCUSSION, WHETHER IT WAS STAFF, ERIC, PROBABLY A LITTLE NERVOUS, UH, OR, OR US. 
          I, I THINK THAT'S TOTALLY OKAY, , BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          SO I, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN SO NERVOUS 
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AS PREPARING FOR MY MEETING WITH ROD YESTERDAY, OR THE ONE WITH ZY, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, AGO, OR JUST MAYBE NERVOUS ISN'T THE RIGHT WORD. 
          ANXIOUS  ABOUT MAKING SURE I HAD ALL THE PIECES OF INFORMATION I NEEDED TO GIVE YOU. 
          UM, BECAUSE MY RESIDENTS, UM, ARE ONLY GONNA GET THIS ONE SHOT WITH ME IN, IN OFFICE. 
          UM, SO, UH, AFTER HEARING THE, THE DIALOGUE, I'M, I'M GONNA GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, FEEDBACK. 
          SO, UH, FIRST AN AGREEMENT, UH, I'M GONNA BE IN AGREEMENT WITH A LOT OF WHAT THE COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, UM, WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE, UH, REGARDING WHAT SOME OF THESE NON-CITY ENTITIES ARE REQUESTING AND WHAT THEY WILL BE, I GUESS DOING IN AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT, HOW THAT AGREEMENT'S GONNA WORK OUT. 
          IS THERE SOME SORT OF LIKE TEMPLATE THAT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS USE TO SUBMIT THESE PROJECTS FOR US? NO, THERE ISN'T. 
          UM, BUT THERE IS A TEMPLATE BY WHICH WE, UM, UH, COME TO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT GETS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL, AND THOSE AGREEMENTS HAVE TO BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL ADOPTING THEM ON THE FINAL LIST. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UH, SO I, WELL, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, I MEAN, I MIGHT JUST ASK SOME OF THESE ENTITIES FOR THAT, BASICALLY IS HOW DO YOU THINK YOU SCORE WHEN IT COMES TO EQUITY? SUSTAINABILITY? NO, I, RESILIENCY, I, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T DO THAT. 
          I, I WOULD, I WOULD ALLOW THEM TO RUN THROUGH THE STAFF. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA BE CONTACTED, WE'RE GONNA BE CONTACTED BY A MULTITUDE OF AGENCIES. 
          I GOT TWO, I GOT TWO LETTERS YESTERDAY FOR PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE LIST THAT, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO I, I WOULD, I WOULD LET THE STAFF DEAL WITH THAT, UM, AND THAT WAY WE CAN HANDLE IT FROM A CONSISTENT STANDPOINT. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WOULD YOU PLEASE BE ABLE TO GIVE US SOME SORT OF, I GUESS, A STANDARD WAY OF REVIEWING THESE PROJECTS FROM THE OUTSIDE, SOME, SOME KIND OF TEMPLATE? SURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, UM, I'LL MAKE ANOTHER PLUG FOR REQUESTING THE CRITERIA. 
          I THINK WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T REALLY SAY WE HAVE THIS CRITERIA IF WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT, HOW WE USE IT. 
          SO, UM, I'LL REQUEST THAT AGAIN. 
          UM, UH, I WANNA GO BACK TO, UH, SOMETHING THE MAYOR SAID ABOUT IN INVESTMENTS IN, IN QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          AND THOSE ARE ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, FOUR YEARS AGO, JUST OVER FOUR YEARS AGO, MAYOR, ON YOUR, ON YOUR FIRST DAY, UH, YOU BROUGHT US A CHARTER OF COMPASSION AND YOU BROUGHT US THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD, AND I SUPPORTED BOTH OF THOSE VEHEMENTLY. 
          UM, AND WHEN WE TOOK UP OUR FIRST EQUITY BUDGET LED BY COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, I ALSO DEFENDED IT TO MY, TO MY RESIDENTS AND, AND RESIDENTS, EVEN FROM OTHER DISTRICTS WHO CAME TO TALK TO ME. 
          AND, AND THE WAY I EXPLAINED IT WAS, I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A BARE MINIMUM TO WHAT EVERY RESIDENT IN SAN ANTONIO SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPECT FROM THEIR CITY, A A BARE MINIMUM. 
          AND IT'S OUR OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE THAT. 
          UM, AND IN MY OPINION, THAT IS A DECENT STREET, A SAFE SIDEWALK, A NICE PARK NEARBY, AND A HOME THAT DOESN'T FLOOD. 
          SO IN, TO ME, THAT TELLS OUR RESIDENT THAT THEY ARE VALUED BY THEIR, BY THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
          SO I ALSO SUPPORT PRIORITIZING THOSE BASIC NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OVER SOME OF THE REGIONAL, UM, CITYWIDE, UH, I PUT ECONOMIC ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATIONAL CENTERS. 
          I'M NOT SAYING ELIMINATE ALL OF THEM, BUT, BUT FOR ME, THOSE BASICS THAT PEOPLE EXPECT FROM US ARE, ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE A PRIORITY. 
          UM, ONE OF MY FAVORITE DAYS AS A COUNCIL PERSON WAS WHEN WE CUT A RIBBON ON A PARK IN THE 7 8 2, 2 8 ZIP CODE. 
          IT'S THREE ACRES THAT YOU GUYS HELPED ME, UH, ACQUIRE IN THE, IN THE WOODLAWN HILLS, NOT WOODLAWN LAKE AREA, THE WOODLAWN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD, VERY, VERY DIFFERENT . 
          OKAY? UM, AND I GOT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THANK YOU LETTERS FROM SOME KIDS WHO LIVED NEARBY. 
          LIKE IT MEANT THE WORLD TO THEM TO HAVE A PARK. 
          UM, SO THOSE LITTLE THINGS REALLY, REALLY, UM, MATTER. 
          UM, I WANNA GO BACK TO, TO DRAINAGE NEPHEW. 
          YOU'VE OFTEN TOLD US HOW, HOW PEOPLE STOP REPORTING DRAINAGE ISSUES TO THE CITY BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY DON'T, THE CITY DOESN'T CARE. 
          THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THAT WE CARE. 
          UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, YOU ALL GOT A COPY OF CHAR MILLER'S BOOK. 
          MAYBE YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO READ, UH, SOME OF IT. 
          UM, IT'LL TELL YOU HOW IN THE, OH, MY TIME'S GONNA RUN OUT. 
          DAMMIT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, , YOU HAVEN'T COMPLETED YOUR SENTENCE. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          SO YOU, UH, THANK YOU. 
          YOU HAVE THAT COMMA. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          IT'LL, IT WILL TELL 
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YOU HOW WHEN THE FLOOD OCCURRED IN, UH, SOME OF THE RICHER PARTS OF TOWN, THERE WERE DEFINITELY LOTS OF POSSESSIONS THAT WERE LOST. 
          BUT IN THE WEST SIDE, IT WAS LIVES THAT WERE LOST. 
          AND WHEN IT CAME TIME TO REBUILD, THE LEADERS OF THE CITY AT THE TIME DECIDED THAT THE WEST SIDE LAND JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE VALUE, AND IT WASN'T GOING TO GET THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT YOU WOULD GET IN OTHER PARTS OF TOWN. 
          HENCE, WE HAVE THE ALMOST AM AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING, UH, WITH DISTRICT FIVE SEMICOLON. 
          I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THE COMMENTS I MADE ABOUT, UH, BEXAR COUNTY FLOOD AND TAX. 
          AND I DO THINK WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO CONTINUE STRIVING TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO HELP MAKE THIS A SAFE PLACE FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHERE PEOPLE'S HOMES DON'T FLOOD AND THEY CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ON, I, WELL, I WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I WANT TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL'S REQUEST THAT WE DO A BETTER JOB OF DEFINING, UM, HOW WE SELECT PROJECTS AND ALSO HOW WE'RE GOING TO, UH, SCORE THEM GOING FORWARD. 
          AND, UH, I WILL BE SUBMITTING WRITTEN COMMENTS TO EVERYONE ON, UM, WHAT I THINK SHOULD BE SOME PRIORITIES AND, AND HOW WE LOOK AT THEM AND HOW WE SCORE THEM. 
          SPECIFICALLY, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN STACKED BENEFITS, YOU KNOW, WHERE CAN WE GET ADDITIONAL BENEFITS BEYOND, YOU KNOW, JUST A STREET, BUT A STREET THAT, THAT HAS A PROTECTED BIKE LANE, A A STREET THAT HAS, UM, MORE TREES PLANTED ALONGSIDE IT OR, OR, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF STACKED BENEFITS THAT COULD COME IN TERMS OF, UM, ANY KIND OF, UM, CAN WE DO, DO ANY GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT, THAT ARE GONNA, UM, HELP IN, IN VARIOUS WAYS. 
          UM, AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ON SLIDE 15 FOR THE FIVE YEAR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING STRATEGY, SPECIFICALLY ON THE, THE P F C TAX EXEMPTION. 
          AND I'M, I'M WONDERING ABOUT THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD CONVERSATIONS AROUND PFCS AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BECOME CONTROVERSIAL AND THERE ARE QUESTIONS AROUND THAT, SO I JUST DON'T KNOW, UH, HOW, HOW CONFIDENT WE ARE, UM, IN THAT, THAT CATEGORY OF A FUNDING STRATEGY. 
          UM, AND I'M ALSO CURIOUS, IS IT, ARE THOSE FOR 75 YEAR TAX BREAKS TRADITIONALLY? IT'S TYPICALLY FOR THE, THE LIFE AFFORDABILITY IS REQUIRED. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND, UM, AND WE BOUGHT, WE HAVE SEVERAL PFCS, WE DON'T JUST HAVE THE HOUSING TRUST, P F C, YOU ALSO HAVE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, P F C, AND YOU HAVE THE BEXAR COUNTY P F C MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO JUST THE HOUSING TRUST, P F C ALONE DID FIVE PROJECTS. 
          SO THIS ISN'T ASSUMING ANY OTHER P F C DEALS ARE DONE, WHICH MOST LIKELY THEY WOULD BE. 
          AND THAT, THAT AMOUNT COULD BE GREATER. 
          GOTCHA. 
          WELL, I WOULD LOVE TO GET A, A, UM, I GUESS A BRIEFING SPECIFICALLY ON THAT ISSUE SO WE CAN HAVE A DEEPER CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. 
          THANKS A LOT. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          AND I'LL WRAP UP, UM, JUST BY THANKING STAFF AGAIN FOR THE GREAT WORK, UH, MY COLLEAGUES FOR A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION. 
          UH, AND I, AND I WILL SAY THERE HAS BEEN A HEALTHY CONVERSATION ABOUT EQUITY AND OUR EXPECTATIONS. 
          AND I, I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO SET EXPECTATIONS. 
          WHEN WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF BUDGETING INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH AN A LENS OF EQUITY, IT WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CORRECT 40 YEARS, 50 YEARS, 75 YEARS OF INEQUITY, UH, IN ONE BUDGET CYCLE. 
          THE SAME IS TRUE WITH A BOND. 
          UH, SO WE CAN REORIENT OUR ENTIRE LIST OF PRIORITIES WITH THE FOCUS ON JUST IMPROVING THE EQUITY IN OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          AND WE'LL STILL BE 20, 30 YEARS OFF IF WE PUT ALL $1.2 BILLION TOWARDS IT. 
          THAT'S NOT THE GOAL. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO MOVE, UH, DELIBERATELY TOWARDS EQUITY IN THIS COMMUNITY EVERY TIME WE ALLOCATE ANY RESOURCE. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE, UH, THE, THE CONVERSATION UP HERE THAT SOLIDIFIES THAT WORK. 
          UM, SO THERE HAS BEEN A VERY HEALTHY DISCUSSION. 
          UM, OUR CITY STAFF HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO, TO COALESCE ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY'VE GOT THAT THEY'VE HEARD. 
          UM, AND I CAN 
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TELL YOU IT'S ALL OVER, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS. 
          THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE CONSENSUS THAT WE HAVE TO REACH ULTIMATELY IS NOT REACHED UNTIL FEBRUARY WHEN WE HAVE OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS BACK AND THE ULTIMATE LIST OF PROJECT, UH, PRIORITIES FROM THOSE BOND COMMITTEES, ALL FIVE OF THEM. 
          UH, SO THE NEXT STEPS IS, I SEE IT, ERIC, I DIDN'T HEAR, UH, ANY DRAMATIC CHANGES TO THE LEVEL OF FUNDING WITHIN EACH OF THE SIX PROPOSITIONS. 
          OBVIOUSLY TWEAKS WITHIN, UH, THE PRIORITY LISTS IN THOSE PROPOSITIONS. 
          AND THAT'S THE WORK I THINK NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED IN THE NEXT ROUND OF ONE-ON-ONES BEFORE THE LIST, UH, THAT YOU RECOMMEND AS OUR PROFESSIONALS GOALS TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES, THE BOND COMMITTEES. 
          YEAH. 
          MAYOR, I, UM, LET ME, I THANK YOU FOR RECAPPING THAT. 
          IT'S KIND OF WHAT I HAD KIND OF WRITTEN HERE. 
          UM, I, I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S CONVERSATION THIS AFTERNOON. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE NEEDED TO HEAR. 
          AND, AND PLEASE DON'T EVER FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO TELL US YOU'RE SORRY BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING HARD QUESTIONS. 
          IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE JOB AND, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL COMMITMENT OF THE LARGEST BOND PROGRAM THIS CITY'S EVER DONE. 
          SO IT IS CRITICAL AND IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          AND WHAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT IS THAT THE NEEDS OUTWEIGH THE RESOURCES, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS EVEN HARDER. 
          UM, AND, AND I DO, I DO AGREE WITH SEVERAL OF YOU THAT THIS IS ULTIMATELY A BALANCE, BUT IT'S ALSO A FOLLOW THROUGH IN COMMITMENTS THAT PRIOR COUNCILS HAVE TALKED ABOUT. 
          UM, AND IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT, UM, I'M GONNA REMIND ALL OF YOU AND THE PUBLIC THAT THE FOUNDATION AND THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS ON THAT LIST ARE BEING DRIVEN BY THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 
          I KNOW WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CITYWIDE, UH, UH, MAYBE ONE OR TWO PROJECTS FOR 30 OR 40 OR $50 MILLION. 
          BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS PROGRAM IS BEING DRIVEN BY YOUR OFFICES. 
          AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE DRIVEN BY YOUR OFFICES. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE SHARING WITH THE BOND COMMITTEES. 
          AND WE WILL PROVIDE IN WRITING THE CRITERIA, UM, AND THE SCORING SO THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW ALL OF THE PROJECTS SCORED. 
          UM, AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, I APPRECIATE THE, THE NOTION THAT UNLIKE, UNLIKE AN R F P PROCESS, RIGHT, WHERE WE SCORE SOMETHING AND BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL AND SUGGEST NUMBER ONE BE AWARDED A CONTRACT, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING THE ELEMENT OF COUNCIL INPUT AND YOUR OFFICES. 
          UM, SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE PROPOSED LIST. 
          UM, I THINK, UM, YOU'RE RIGHT, MAYOR, I DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING REGARDING THE PROPOSITION DOLLAR AMOUNTS, WHICH IS A CRITICAL PIECE THAT WE NEEDED TODAY. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, UM, AND LOOK TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE SOME TWEAKS THAT WE OBVIOUSLY EITHER WORK WITH PORT SAN ANTONIO, BUT, BUT I HEARD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT OUTSIDE ENTITIES, PERIOD. 
          SO WE'LL EITHER DO SOME WORK. 
          UM, I, I, I, I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I SAY OUT IN THE OPEN THAT WE ARE NOT GONNA GO BACK TO THE WAY WE DID BOND PROGRAMS IN THE PAST. 
          WE'RE NOT DIVVYING UP DOLLARS. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR DISTRICTS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND I GOT RELATIVES IN AT LEAST SIX OF YOUR DISTRICTS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND WHAT WE THINK IS THE BEST, OBVIOUSLY THE COMMITTEES, AND YOU WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY, BUT I DO, I AM NOT GONNA BE PART OF A PROCESS, AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU WANNA BE PART OF THAT. 
          THE WAY WE DID BOND PROCESSES IN THE PAST WHERE WE DIVVIED UP BY 10, IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. 
          UM, AND I DO APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S CONSENSUS, I THINK TODAY ABOUT THE FACILITIES, THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR FACILITIES. 
          WE'VE NOT DONE A GOOD JOB OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS. 
          WE HAVE FORGOTTEN IT. 
          AND WE HAVE FORGOTTEN IT BECAUSE OF CONVERSATIONS, HARD CONVERSATIONS THAT RESOURCES DON'T MATCH NEEDS AND BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          BUT I CONSIDER A COMMUNITY CENTER AND ELLA, AUSTIN AND FIRE STATIONS THAT HAVE COLLAPSING FLOORS, A BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IF WE CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THOSE THINGS, THEN WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THE THINGS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. 
          AND I DO APPRECIATE THE COUNCILS, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THE HARD TIME, UM, GOING THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THE, THE COMMITTEES UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE NEED OF THE FACILITIES. 
          SO WE DO APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION. 
          WE DO HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, AND THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE'LL GET THERE BECAUSE IT'S TOO IMPORTANT. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          AND, AND ONE LAST THING. 
          WE, WE DID, UM, KIND OF GLOSS OVER A, A BIT. 
          UM, THE IDEA OF LEVERAGING FUNDS, SO PARTICULARLY AS WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT THE PROJECTS, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY THOSE, THOSE REGIONAL CENTER PROJECTS, UH, IF THERE'S AN OUTSIDE ENTITY, I WOULD EXPECT THERE TO BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LEVERAGING ON THE PART OF THE AGENCY COMING TO THE TABLE WITH A REQUEST. 
          IF THERE ISN'T, THAT DROPS WAY DOWN ON THE LIST OF PRIORITIES IN MY VIEW. 
          UM, WE DO NOT HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. 
          WE DO HAVE, UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP THE DISCUSSION NOW. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WILL CONTINUE TO TOMORROW. 
          EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          ITEMS THAT WILL WERE 
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POSTED FOR TODAY WILL BE CARRIED OVER TO THE CITY, CITY COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, 2021, AND MAY BE CONSIDERED AT ANY TIME DURING TOMORROW'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          WE HAVE A 5:00 PM CITIZENS TO BE HEARD MEETING. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 5:09 PM ON TODAY, AND TODAY'S MEETING IS NOW IN RECESS. 
          I DO WANT TO, UM, SUGGEST, UH, TO THE FOLKS, UH, WHO HAD JUST ARRIVED FOR DECISIONS TO BE HEARD. 
          PLEASE, UM, BE PATIENT. 
          WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS TO THE COUNCIL JUST TO GO, UH, UH, TAKE A BIO BREAK AND WE'LL COME BACK, UH, FOR AT FIVE 15 FOR OUR DECISIONS TO BE HEARD, PUBLIC, PUBLIC HEARING. 
          THANK YOU.
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