* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] LET'S MAKE S SAN ANTONIO. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THE TIME IS 9:27 AM ON THIS 14TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2021. I'LL CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKAY RODRIGUEZ. PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VEO VARDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELA COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. HERE. MAYOR NIERENBERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. UH, [1. Invocation] TO GET US STARTED TODAY. LET ME TURN IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I PUT AWAY MY WELCOMING REMARKS. LET ME GET 'EM OUT HERE. ONE JOB. I KNOW I HAVE ONE JOB THIS MORNING AND I BLEW IT. . GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. AND TODAY WE WANNA WELCOME, UH, FROM COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH SEAN METCALF. HE'S CURRENTLY SERVING AS AN ASSOCIATE PASTOR AT C B C. SEAN GRADUATED FROM TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY IN 1997 AND EARNED HIS MASTER'S IN PASTORAL COUNSELING IN 2011 FROM LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. SEAN JOINED THE STAFF AT C B C IN 2001. HE VOLUNTEERS WITH SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA, INCLUDING THE SILVER SABBATH COMMITTEE AND THE STUDENT HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL OF NORTHEAST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE'S BEEN MARRIED TO HIS WIFE, JULIE FOR 23 YEARS AND HAS TWO AMAZING CHILDREN. A DAUGHTER WHO IS A SOPHOMORE AT TEXAS A AND M, AND A SON WHO IS A SENIOR AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT TOO THAT C B C DOES SUCH, UH, SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY FROM FEEDING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS EVERY MONTH, UH, TO HONORING FIRST RESPONDERS FALLEN, UH, TO CREATING A PUBLIC PARK IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY IN DISTRICT NINE. UH, SEAN REPRESENTS A GREAT FAITH COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY, SEAN. MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN CURD, THE CITY COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO, MAYOR RON NUREMBERG. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH HERE. UH, WE HAVE WALKED THROUGH A LONG SEASON OF DIFFICULTY IN OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND HOW YOU HAVE LED OUR CITY SO VERY WELL. WE AT COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO, PRAY FOR YOU AND SUPPORT YOU ALL 100%. SO LET'S PRAY. GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY. WHAT I'M HONORED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND PRAY OVER OUR CITY COUNCIL, LORD, AS THEY SIT IN THESE CHAIRS, AS THEY SIT IN THIS HALLOWED HALL TODAY. AND LORD, AS THEY DISCUSS THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT ARE IN FRONT OF THEM, LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD FILL THEM WITH YOUR WISDOM, WITH YOUR COURAGE, WITH YOUR LOVE, WITH YOUR INSIGHT. LORD, THEY HAVE A LOT ON THEIR PLATE, LOT OF DECISIONS TO MAKE. AND LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU'D GO BEFORE THEM IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE DECISIONS AS THEY DO WHAT IS BEST, WHAT IS RIGHT, AND WHAT IS NEEDED FOR OUR CITY AND FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. BEEN HERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND DON'T WANT TO BE ANYWHERE ELSE. LORD, LOVE THAT WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR CITY. AND SO FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL, FOR OUR MEDICAL PERSONNEL FIGHTING COVID EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, ALMOST GOD, WE LIFT ALL OF THEM UP. LORD, THEY SERVE SO UNCONDITIONALLY, SO FAITHFULLY, SO SACRIFICIALLY, THE SAME WAY THAT THIS CITY COUNSELED THAT. SO I PRAY FOR ALL OF THEM THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM AND KEEP THEM. MAKE YOUR FACE TO SHINE UPON 'EM AND BE GRACIOUS TO THEM. LORD, TURN YOUR FACE TOWARDS THEM AND GIVE THEM PEACE, LORD. ALL THIS WE ASK THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR. AMEN. [2. Pledge of Allegiance] [00:05:03] UNITED STATES OF THANK YOU PASTOR SEAN. PLEASE GIVE OUR BEST TO ED AND THE CONGREGATION. ALL RIGHT, THE FIRST [3. Approval of minutes from City Council Meetings of September 7, 2021, September 8, 2021, September 14, 2021, and September 30, 2021.] ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, UH, IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 7TH, EIGHTH, 14TH AND 30TH, 2021. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THAT RIGHT. SO MOVED SECOND. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MINUTES IS READ. SEVENTH, EIGHTH, 14TH, AND 30TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2021. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE TO REFRESH. AYE. ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, [Additional Item] UH, LET ME WELCOME SOME GUESTS TO OUR CHAMBERS. WE HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL GUESTS IN OUR CHAMBERS AGAIN THIS MORNING. I DO WANNA SAY HELLO, UH, TO OUR LEADERSHIP CLASS OF THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, IF YOU GUYS CAN WAVE YOUR HANDS. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. UM, I ALSO WANNA START WITH A RECOGNITION OF OUR A BIRTHDAY, AND THAT IS THE, UH, 246TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. TODAY, THE CITY COUNCIL AND I ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE UNITED STATES NAVY'S 246TH BIRTHDAY AND RECOGNIZE THEIR SERVICE TO OUR NATION. WANNA RECOGNIZE THE, AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE NAVY VETERANS WHO ARE PART OF THE CITY FAMILY TO INCLUDE THOSE WHO ARE WITH US HERE TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR OWN CITY ATTORNEY, ANDY SEGOVIA, MAKING IT VERY OBVIOUS. HE IS A NAVY MAN, UH, WHO SERVED FROM 1981 TO 1987 AS A SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER ON THE GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER U SS S BERKELEY. ANDY'S SON AND DAUGHTER ARE ALSO ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE NAVY SINCE THE NAVY'S ESTABLISHMENT IN 1775. DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, AMERICAN SAILORS HAVE SKILLFULLY AND SUCCESSFULLY FACED OUR NATION'S FOES, BOTH ON THE SHORES AND ABROAD. THE NAVY'S CELEBRATED HISTORY INCLUDES ACTION DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE CIVIL WAR, AND NUMEROUS OTHER CONFLICTS IN BETWEEN. DURING WORLD WAR I AND THE INTERWAR YEARS, THE NAVY SPENT MUCH OF ITS TIME PROTECTING AND SHIPPING THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS AND MARINES TO THE WESTERN FRONT OVER U-BOAT AND FESTED WATERS. AND DURING WORLD WAR II, THE NAVY GREW INTO FORMIDABLE FORCE THAT FACED A TWO FRONT WAR ON THE SEAS. THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE NATION'S ISLANDS HOP HOPPING CAMPAIGN AND PARTICIPATED IN MANY LEGENDARY BATTLES OPERATING FROM COMBATANT SHIPS, SUBMARINES, AND AIRCRAFT. THE NAVY CONTINUED TO DISTINGUISH ITSELF DURING THE COLD WAR AND DURING MORE RECENT CONFLICTS TO INCLUDE KOREA, VIETNAM, DESERT STORM, AND THE WAR ON TERROR, THE NAVY'S HONORABLE SERVICE CONTINUES TODAY, THE US NAVY IS THE LARGEST AND MOST CAPABLE IN THE WORLD. IT'S LARGER THAN THE NEXT 13 NAVYS COMBINED AND HAS THE THIRD LARGEST AIR FORCE IN THE WORLD. IN RECENT YEARS, OUR NAVY HAS ALSO BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR NATION'S DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS AT HOME AND ABROAD. FROM JAPAN, THE BAHAMAS, AND HAITI TO FLORIDA AND PUERTO RICO. THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR NAVY HAVE ALWAYS STEPPED FORWARD WHEN CALLED TO SERVE FOR US IN SAN ANTONIO, THE NAVY HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HISTORY AND IN THE DEFENSE OF OUR NATION. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE NAVY IS NAMED A SHIP AFTER OUR GREAT CITY, THE U SS S SAN ANTONIO AND AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT COMMISSIONED IN 2006 CARRYING A CREW OF 700 TO INCLUDE US MARINES. THE SHIP HAS SEEN ACTION OFF SOMALIA, THE RED AND MEDITERRANEAN SEAS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NAVY COMMANDS THAT CALL SAN ANTONIO HOME TO INCLUDE THE NAVY MEDICINE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND LOGISTICS COMMAND, NAVY MEDICINE TRAINING SUPPORT CENTER, NAVY TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER, NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND, AND NAVY OPERATIONS SUPPORT CENTER AMONGST OTHERS. THESE COMMANDS MISSIONS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE WELLBEING OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM AND TO OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE. EVERY NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN IS TRAINED AT THE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING CAMPUS AT JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, FORT SAM HOUSTON, AND CAMP BULLIS, NAVY TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER, OR N T T C IS LOCATED AT LACKLAND AND TRAINS THE NAVY'S SECOND LARGEST CAREER FIELD. THE MASTER OF IT ARMS, WHO ARE THE NAVY'S MILITARY POLICE FORCE. N T T C TRAINS OVER 2000 STUDENTS ANNUALLY AND IN A JOINT EFFORT WITH THE AIR FORCE, N T T C ALSO TRAINS MILITARY WORKING DOG HANDLERS. NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND, OR N I O C IS LOCATED ON A COMPOUND NORTHWEST OF J B S A LACHLAN. THIS TEAM OF MORE THAN 600 SAILORS IS [00:10:01] RESPONSIBLE FOR INTELLIGENCE AND COMPUTER NETWORK OPERATIONS AT AIR, IN THE AIR, EXCUSE ME, AT SEA, IN THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND IN SUPPORT OF FLEET THEATER AND NATIONAL MARITIME REQUIREMENTS. NAVY OPERATIONAL SUPPORT CENTER, OR N O S C, IS ONE OF THE LARGEST NAVY RESERVE CENTERS IN THE SOUTHEAST. IT IS ON BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER CAMPUS, AND A CORE STAFF OF APPROXIMATELY 30 SUPPORT MORE THAN 700 NAVY RESERVE SAILORS, MOST OF WHOM LIVE IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA. SO IT'S NOT ONLY A PRIVILEGE TO HOST OUR MILITARY, IT'S ALSO A UNIQUE PRIVILEGE TO CELEBRATE THE 246TH BIRTHDAY OF THE WORLD'S PREMIER NAVY HERE AT MILITARY CITY U SS A TO SAILORS EVERYWHERE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. ALRIGHT, THE NEXT UM, ITEM I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR NEW SAN ANTONIO CHEF AMBASSADORS WHO WILL REPRESENT THE CITY AS PART OF OUR UNESCO CREATIVE CITY OF ASTRONOMY. THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY OUR CITY IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED CULTURAL DESTINATION. OUR PRESENCE ON THE GLOBAL STAGE CONTINUES TO GROW, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CULINARY AND ASTRONOMY SCENE. THIS IS BECAUSE OUR LOCAL CHEFS, COOKS, BARTENDERS, RESTAURANT, AND BUSINESS OWNERS AND OTHERS IN THE INDUSTRY WHO HAVE FOUND WAYS TO CELEBRATE OUR CITY'S HERITAGE THROUGH THE CULINARY ARTS. AFTER ALL, THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF GASTRONOMY, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FOOD AND CULTURE. AND IN SAN ANTONIO, WE KNOW BOTH VERY WELL. SO MUCH SO THAT. FOUR YEARS AGO IN OCTOBER, 2017, SAN ANTONIO WAS NAMED A CREATIVE GST CITY OF GASTRONOMY BY UNESCO, THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATION BY UNESCO AS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE INSCRIPTION FOR OUR BELOVED AND HISTORIC MISSIONS. SAN ANTONIO IS PART OF A DISTINCT GROUP OF CITIES AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE BOTH A WORLD HERITAGE SITE AND A CREATIVE CITY'S DESIGNATION. IN THE UNITED STATES, THERE ARE ONLY NINE CREATIVE CITIES WITH TUCSON ALSO BEING A CRI CREATIVE CITY OF GASTRONOMY. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE, WHICH OVERSEES A WORK PLAN FOR THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE DESIGNATION, ALSO MANAGES OUR CREATIVE CITY GASTRONOMY DESIGNATION. AND SINCE 2018, SAN ANTONIO CHEFS HAVE REPRESENTED OUR CITY LOCALLY, NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY BY PARTICIPATING IN EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THAT SHOWCASE OUR UNIQUE CULINARY TRADITIONS, COOKING TECHNIQUES, RECIPES, AND INGREDIENTS. NATIVE TO THIS AREA, THIS SUMMER THROUGH AN OPEN CALL APPLICATION PROCESS, SIX SAN ANTONIO CHEFS WERE SELECTED TO SERVE AS OUR NEXT CHEF AMBASSADORS FOR TWO YEARS. AND WE'RE PROUD TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE THESE SIX INDIVIDUALS THIS MORNING. SAN ANTONIO'S 2021. 2023. CHEF AMBASSADORS ARE LILA BERNAL WITH THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, JOHN BRAND WITH HOTEL EMMA DAVID CA FROM LA PANIA, KELLY DOTTY FROM THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK. JESSE CHEF KIRK KUNDAL FROM THE HOTEL HAVANA AND MILPA AND STEVEN PEP, ROCKY WITH GUN SLINGERS RESTAURANT AND CHEF COOPERATIVES. CONGRATULATIONS, Y'ALL. THESE CHEFS HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUSY MEETING, WORKING ON INTERNATIONAL VIDEOS AND PARTICIPATING IN VIRTUAL EVENTS WITH OTHER CREATIVE CITIES AROUND THE WORLD. NEXT MONTH, JOHN AND KELLY WILL TRAVEL TO ALBA, ITALY TO REPRESENT SAN ANTONIO AT THE INTERNATIONAL ALBA WHITE TRUFFLE FAIR. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. WITH THEIR SALUTE TO OUR CITY'S CULTURAL HERITAGE AND INDIGENOUS ROOTS WITH A DISH SO SOURCED AND INSPIRED BY NATIVE INGREDIENTS FROM THE SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS CHEFS. WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AND THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING SAN ANTONIO. WELL, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO GO DINE WITH YOU AND CELEBRATE YOUR SUCCESS. CONGRATULATIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A, A DESIGNEE, YOU WANT TO MAKE A FEW WORDS, BUT WE'RE GONNA COME DOWN AND, AND TAKE A FEW PHOTOS SO WE WILL. OKAY, . [00:15:20] OKAY. THANKS Y'ALL VERY MUCH. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, ANDY. SORRY GUYS. IT'S ALL GOOD. HOW YOU DOING? GOOD. HOW YOU DOING? MAYBE FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS, GO AND TAKE THAT OFF. MAYBE HIDE THAT IN YOUR POCKET. DO MAYBE MAYOR IN THE CENTER RIGHT THERE. SO JUST SWITCH WITH THE MAYOR AND MORE COMING. OKAY, COOL. TWO MORE. TIM. TWO. TIM, DO YOU WANNA BE ON THIS SIDE? YEAH, MAYBE JUST TAKE THE LANYARD OFF. OKAY. 3 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3. AND THEN HOLD THE POSITION. THANKS Y'ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOUR SERVICE GUYS. OKAY. UM, NOW I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN WITH A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE WHITE CANE DAY. WHITE CANE AWARENESS DAY IS RECOGNIZED EVERY YEAR ON OCTOBER 15TH. I WANNA RECOGNIZE THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE INCLUSIVITY AND ULTRA ACCESSIBILITY THAT THIS CITY IS MOVING TOWARDS. FOR BLIND PEOPLE, THE WHITE CANE IS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL THAT GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO ACHIEVE A FULL AND INDEPENDENT LIFE. IT ALLOWS THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED TO MOVE FREELY AND SAFELY FROM PLACE TO PLACE, WHETHER IT'S AT WORK, AT SCHOOL, OR AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I ENCOURAGE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, CITY LEADERS, AND THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO RECOGNIZE THIS HOLIDAY AND DO THE WORK TO SUPPORT THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. I'M PROUD TO SHARE THAT DISTRICT THREE IS HOME OF THE LEADING ORGANIZATION IN EMPOWERING PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND IN TEXAS. LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND. THE 120 MILLION MANUFACTURING PLANT WAS FOUNDED IN 1933. THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHTHOUSE BEGAN AS A SMALL SEWING PLANT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, AND HAS SINCE GROWN INTO AN AGENCY THAT PROVIDES EMPLOYMENT FOR OVER 500 EMPLOYEES AS A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND WAS ONE OF MY FIELD TRIPS, AND I REMEMBER GOING AND THEM SHOWING ME WHAT A BRAILLE BOOK LOOKED LIKE AND HOW EXCITING IT WAS TO KNOW THAT THIS WAS HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AS AN ADULT, I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A, UM, VIRTUAL, UH, ZOOM CONFERENCE WITH THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND LAST YEAR. THEIR MANUFACTURING OPERATION SUPPORTS OUR NATIONAL MILITARY E EFFORTS BY MANUFACTURING OFFICE SUPPLIES, MILITARY HELMET, CHIN STRAPS, AND TEXTILE APPAREL, SPILL KITS AND ABSORBENT PRODUCTS AND FLOORBOARDS FOR KC 1 35 CARGO PLANES, WHICH SPEAKS TO HOW THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND SUPPORTS MILITARY CITY U S A. THEY ALSO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING AND INDEPENDENT LIVING REHABILITATION SERVICES THAT INCREASE THE INDEPENDENCE FOR BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS. AND THOSE WITH OTHER CHALLENGES, WHILE THEIR PRODUCTS AND EMPLOYMENTS OPPORTUNITIES HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME, THEIR FOCUS IS IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THE BLIND AND VISION IMPAIRED HAS REMAINED STEADFAST. SO, AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB DURING THE COVID TO MOVE TO, TO, UH, PROVIDING P P E FOR OUR MILITARY. ALSO TODAY WE ARE JOINED BY THE LIGHTHOUSE REPRESENTATIVES, AMY LANE, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MICHAEL GUDO. MICHAEL GUDO IS A TRAINER AT THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND SPECIALIZES IN MOBILITY AND BLINDNESS SENSITIVITY TRAINING. THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING. AND MICHAEL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? SURE. [00:20:02] MICROPHONE RIGHT HERE. OH, OKAY. YEP. YOU'RE ALL GOOD THERE. IT'S OKAY. UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. AND, UH, IT'S A GREAT DAY TO CELEBRATE THE, UH, WHITE KING DAY EVENT. UM, IT'S IT DAY THAT REPRESENTS THE ACTIVITIES AND THE GOALS AND CHALLENGES OF PEOPLE ALL, ALL HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND REALLY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN REGARDS TO INDEPENDENCE, LIVING A LIFE OF, OF INDEPENDENCE, AND, UM, AND SUCCESS. AND, UH, HERE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MANY PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT I, I GREW UP, UM, FEELING VERY ALONE AND ISOLATED, DEALING WITH MY OWN VISION LOSS. AND, UM, I WAS BORN HERE IN TEXAS, PART OF A MILITARY FAMILY, SO I GOT TO TRAVEL ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, COUNTRY AND MEET ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE. AND, AND THROUGHOUT THAT TIME, I DEALT WITH THE, THAT THOSE SAME CHALLENGES AND ISOLATION OF DEALING WITH, WITH VISION LOSS. AND THEN I'D COME BACK HERE TO SAN ANTONIO AND I FOUND OUT, FIND OUT ABOUT THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION HERE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE AND, UH, AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ALSO DEAL WITH, UH, VISION LOSS. AND SO IT GRATIFIED ME BEING ABLE TO WORK, WORK IN A PLACE WHERE I CAN OFFER MY, MY SKILLS, MY KNOWLEDGE, MY EXPERIENCE IN HELPING OTHER PEOPLE, AND, UH, AND REALLY BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR THE BLIND VISION IMPAIRED COMMUNITY. AND I'M, I'M REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT RESOURCES. UM, THE, UH, THE CITY HAS REALLY BAND TOGETHER AND HELPED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY IS, IS CAPABLE OF SO MUCH. UM, AND SO THIS, THIS DAY HERE WITH, UH, WHITE CANE DAY IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT AND US GATHERING HERE TODAY. I FEEL, UM, ALSO IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT. AND I, I APPLAUD EVERYONE HERE AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, UM, AT LARGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MIKE. UH, THANK YOU, MR. GERARDO. SO THE, THE OTHER GOOD THING ABOUT THIS WHITE CANE DAY IS THAT THEY, THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND WILL RECEIVE OVER $90,000 IN DONATIONS FROM H E B CLEAN LOGIC VALERO, AND THE BROOKS GIVES BACK FOUNDATION. THANK YOU TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT 'EM. THANK YOU LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND, FOR THE, UH, GOOD WORK THAT YOU DO. TOMORROW THERE WILL BE AN OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION AT THE STEPS OF CITY HALL AT 11:00 AM I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WATCHING RIGHT NOW TO TUNE IN THEN TODAY. AND I INVITE ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO COME AND VISIT THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND. I'M GONNA, YOU CAN COME WITH ME OR YOU CAN SCHEDULE YOUR OWN TOUR, BUT PLEASE COME AND SEE THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. AND THIS JUST GEM OF, UM, ORGANIZATION WE HAVE THERE THAT'S MOVING THE NEEDLE ABOUT INCLUSIVITY AND, UH, MAKING THE CITY. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, AND THANK YOU MICHAEL AND AND AMY FOR, UH, BRINGING US, UM, UH, THIS RECOGNITION TODAY. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF LIGHTHOUSE AND, UH, THE WORK THAT YOU DO THERE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, LET ME NOW RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ FOR A POINT OF PERSON PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MY DISTRICT LOST A VERY WISE, KIND, BEAUTIFUL, CARING COMMUNITY AND FAITH LEADER, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR HER AND TELL A LITTLE PIECE OF HER STORY. COBRA RECTOR, BORN ON AUGUST 21ST, 1955, WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THE ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, HAVING JOINED IN 1970 UNDER THE PASTORATE OF HER HUSBAND, HER LATE HUSBAND. AS A YOUNG GIRL, SHE ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HER LORD, LORD AND SAVIOR, AND WAS BAPTIZED BY PASTOR RECTOR. SHE SERVED IN MANY CAPACITIES OF THE CHURCH GROWING UP SUNDAY SCHOOL YOUTH CHOIR, AND SHE WAS A YOUTH LEADER. UPON GRADUATING FROM SAM HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL IN SAN ANTONIO, SHE WENT TO FASHION DESIGN SCHOOL IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS, AND LATER RETURNED TO SAN ANTONIO TO PURSUE HER HIGHER EDUCATION AT THE INCARNATE WORD COLLEGE, NOW KNOWN AS THE UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD. SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE MINISTER'S DEACON WIVES AND WIDOWS MINISTRY, THE GREETER'S MINISTRY, AND THE SLEDGE SMITH'S CHURCH SCHOOL CLASS AT THE ANTIOCH CHURCH. SHE WAS CROWNED THE EIGHTH QUEEN OF SOUL IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO REPRESENT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY WHILE TAKING PART IN THE LOCAL FIESTA CIVIC AND OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. MRS. RECTOR LOVED HER FAMILY DEARLY AND MARRIED REVEREND DR. JOHN J RECTOR, SR. ON MARCH 14TH, 1980, SHE SERVED AS THE FIRST LADY OF ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH UNTIL HIS PASSING ON MARCH 25TH, 1993. SHE WAS A DEDICATED HOMEMAKER FOR HER FAMILY AND WAS A CARING AND FAITHFUL WIFE TO HER HUSBAND TO THIS UNION. ONE SON, JOHN JOSEPH RECTOR III, WAS BORN. SHE LEAVES TO HONOR AND CHERISH HER VICTORY. ONE SON, ONE SON IN LOVE, AND ONE SISTER AS WELL AS THREE BROTHERS, THREE GRANDSONS, FIVE GRANDDAUGHTERS, AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS, ALONG WITH A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES, FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS LOSS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY [00:25:01] TO HAVE MET HER AND TO HONOR HER LIFE FROM THE DIOCESE TODAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. ALRIGHT, UM, I ALSO, UH, WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO RECOGNIZE WE, WE DID ALSO LOSE AN ICON IN OUR COMMUNITY. UH, SOMEONE WHOSE NAME WE MAY HAVE KNOWN, UH, FOR A LONG TIME, BUT, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, THEIR LEADERSHIP WAS CRITICAL TO OUR IMPORT MORE TO OUR CITY FOR A NUMBER OF DECADES. AND THAT IS THE PASSING OF JOE LONG. UM, PLEASE DO, UH, KEEP THE LONG FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS, UH, AS YOU ALSO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE AND ENJOY THE LEGACY THERE AT THE CARVER. UM, CARVER THEATER AND THE CARVER COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER. UM, JOE LONG'S LEGACY IN SAN ANTONIO IS, UM, ONE THAT WILL BE PERMANENT AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT EVERY TIME WE STEP FOOT INTO THE CARVER. SO, UH, AGAIN, OUR BLESSINGS TO THE JOE LONG FAMILY. OKAY. UM, WE HAVE [CONSENT AGENDA] OUR BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY, AND IT IS ENTIRELY ON CONSENT, SO I'M GONNA ASK MY COLLEAGUES. NOW, I DO HAVE ITEMS, UH, THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE HIGHLIGHTED, BUT ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? 22. OKAY. ITEM 22. ALRIGHT. UM, ANY OTHERS? ALRIGHT, SO ITEM 22 WILL BE ON FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION BY KEO HDA, SECOND BY COURAGE. UM, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. JACK FINGER ON ITEM SEVEN AND 23. WELL, UH, GOOD MORNING. UH, MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, UH, YOU HAD ON THE AGENDA, YOU'RE THEN THE, THE LATEST BOONDOGGLE THAT YOU WERE GOING TO VOTE UPON AND JUST SAIL RIGHT ON THROUGH. IT WAS A, UM, UH, OH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PLUS PUBLIC TOILET, JUST A SINGLE OCCUPANT PUBLIC TOILET THERE. AND I, I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THAT, UH, THAT BIG BOONDOGGLE THAT I, I AWARDED YOU, I HONORED YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL WITH THE COVETED AWARD KNOWN AS THE LOAD OF CRAP AWARD. YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST HELD UP JUST, JUST FOR EVERYBODY. JUST SEE THERE. WELL, IT SEEMS THAT, UH, Y'ALL ARE THE, THE HITS. JUST KEEP ON COMING OVER HERE, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, IN, UM, MR. DY, WHAT YOU MAY TO PUT THIS ONE ON, I HIGHLIGHT THE ONE TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, NUMBER SEVEN THERE, IF YOU WOULD. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN READ THAT THERE, BLOW IT UP A LITTLE BIT THERE. YEAH. BASICALLY AN ORDINANCE, UH, OFFERING A, UH, SOME, GOD, IT'S SO HARD TO READ. CAN YOU BLOW IT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THERE? SO, YEAH, TWO PRE-MANUFACTURED, UH, RESTROOMS THERE FOR BASICALLY, WHAT IS IT, UH, $280,000 THERE THAT YOU GET, YOU GET THE IDEA OF WHAT THAT ALL IS ABOUT THERE. AND THEY'RE ALSO LOCATED IN, UH, UH, DISTRICT NINE, I THINK NEAR BLOSSOM PARK THERE. YES. YOU, YOU, MR. KER THERE? YES. THANK YOU MR. BUMAN TO BRING THE CAMERA BACK, BACK TO THE PODIUM, IF YOU WOULD. YEAH. YOU KNOW, MR. MR. PODIUM, MR. KER, THAT BREAKS DOWN TO ABOUT, UH, $140,000 PER TWO UNITS A RESTROOM, $70,000 PER TOILET. MY GOODNESS. TALK ABOUT A THRONE. YES. I, I, I'M, I'M JUST REALLY IMPRESSED. I THINK, UH, ONCE AGAIN, THIS, YOU GUYS ARE, ARE DESERVING OF WHAT I CALL THE LO LOAD OF CRAP AWARD. THERE. IT'S A LITTLE MAKESHIFT, DOESN'T LOOK VERY, VERY MUCH. BUT THEN, UH, THE, THESE THINGS REALLY DON'T LOOK THAT THAT MUCH. ANYWAY, THERE YOU SEE, YES, YOU GUYS, ONCE AGAIN, RESERVE THE LOAD OF CRAP AWARD. THEREFORE, THIS $70,000 TRUCK, 140,000 HOUSES, SOME HOUSES COULD COST 140,000 . UM, NOW NUMBER, UM, 23, UH, UH, YES. UH, AND, UH, MS. ROCHA GARCIA, YOU'RE GONNA APPOINT A LADY BY THE NAME OF SUSANNA S TO THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE. UH, THAT ONE, THAT'S THE ONE THAT DEALS WITH THE ALL KINDS OF MINORITIES, INCLUDING THE HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY. WELL, THE LADY LADY YOU'RE APPOINTING, THERE IS A LADY BY THE NAME IS SUSANNA SEGURA. [00:30:01] AND IF YOU WOULD, UH, MR. MAN PUT THIS UP THERE. WHAT, WHAT IS IT? SHE, UH, SAID SHE BATTLED, BATTLED THE US DURING THE, UH, UH, NON-DISCRIMINATION PERIOD, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. YES. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WE'LL GO NOW TO, UH, DON'T APPRECIATE THAT DISCUSSION. WE'LL START, PLEASE QUEUE IN ON, UM, THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, ITEM, UH, SO I CAN SEE YOUR, SO I CAN SEE THE QUEUE. SO, UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. MAYOR, I WAS GONNA HIGHLIGHT 22, SO I'LL JUST DEFER SINCE IT'S BEEN PULLED. OKAY, THANKS. ALRIGHT. UH, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. UH, WHO'S HERE TODAY, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 26. UH, IT IS THE APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS WITH FOUR DIFFERENT TEMP STAFFING AGENCIES. YOU MIGHT THINK THIS IS A VERY BORING ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACT, BUT I AM ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. UM, THE REASON IT'S SO IMPORTANT IS THAT RECENTLY CITY STAFF TOOK ON THE TASK OF CHANGING HOW MUCH WE RELY ON TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES. AND I AM SO PROUD TO SAY THAT TODAY MANY OF THOSE TEMPS ARE NOW PERMANENT EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. WITH ALL THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AND BENEFITS PROVIDED TO CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EMPLOYEES. SO, UH, UNDER THE NEW DIRECTION, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF OUR NEW DIRECTOR, UH, RENEE FRIDA, CONGRATULATIONS, UH, RENEE, UH, HR WILL NOW BE MORE INVOLVED IN THE HIRING OF TEMPS, IN ENSURING THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY COMPENSATED AND PLACED IN ADDITION. NOW, THIS IS THE REALLY EXCITING PART. ALL THE TEMPS THAT ARE PLACED THROUGH THIS CONTRACT WILL BE OFFERED HEALTH INSURANCE AND SOME FORM OF PAID LEAVE. SO I WANNA THANK ERIC, BEN AND RENEE FOR WORKING TO MAKE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, THE EMPLOYER OF CHOICE THAT IT IS EVEN FOR OUR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M VERY PROUD TO HIGHLIGHT THREE ITEMS ON, ON THIS CONSENT AGENDA. AND THE FIRST ONE IS SOME WONDERFUL NEW BATHROOMS THAT ARE GOING INTO TWO PARKS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BLOSSOM PARK AND WAKA RANCH PARK. UH, FOR YEARS AND YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USING PORTA-POTTIES IN THOSE LOCATIONS. UH, AND I THINK PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DESERVE TO HAVE DECENT, SAFE, HEALTHY, UH, SANITATION FACILITIES. AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE COST AND THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE UNITS THAT ARE GONNA GO INTO BOTH OF THOSE PARKS. AND I KNOW THE PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, WORK GOING ON AT CLASS AND STUBING PARK, ONE OF THE PARKS THAT WE'RE, UH, NEWLY DEVELOPING. UH, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE THREE NEW, UH, WATER QUALITY PONDS PUT IN FOR, UH, FLOODING CONTROL. UH, THAT PARK IS REALLY PROGRESSING WELL, AND I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE OPENING, UH, IN THE LATE SPRING NEXT YEAR. FINALLY, I WANNA HONOR AN APPOINTEE TO THE, UH, CITY'S VETERANS COMMITTEE, BURT NIA. UH, HE'S A, A VETERAN OF THE, UH, ARMY AND SERVE MOST RECENTLY AS THE, UH, HEAD OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 10. AND I KNOW HE'LL REPRESENT VETERANS IN THIS CITY. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 19, UM, AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING GRANT FUNDS FROM THE MOTOR VEHICLE CRIME PREVENTION AUTHORITY, UH, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. UM, THE GOAL OF THIS GRANT IS TO FUND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES TO PREVENT AUTO THEFT PREVENTION, UH, TECHNIQUES. AND WITH THIS GRANT, S A P D, WE'LL BE ABLE TO FUND SEVEN POLICE DETECTIVE INVESTIGATORS INTO ADMINISTRATIVE CIVILIANS, UM, OR CONTINUE TO FUND THEM. UM, ALL GREAT. MY CONCERN IS THAT ACCORDING TO THE US CENSUS BUREAU AND THE FBI'S UNIFORM CRIME REPORT, SAN ANTONIO CONSISTENTLY RANKS AMONG THE CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST VEHICLE THEFT RATES IN THE COUNTRY. AND SO MY CONCERN IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SPEND MONEY, UM, AND RESOURCES WITHOUT CONSULTING CRIMINOLOGISTS, AND WE'RE NOT ESTABLISHING CLEAR METRICS FOR SUCCESS. SO THIS IS, ONCE AGAIN, A CLEAR EXAMPLE AND OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR ME TO ADVOCATE FOR AN OFFICE OF CRIME AND RECIDIVISM PREVENTION. UM, I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS OFFICE BECAUSE IT WILL BRING MUCH NEEDED EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO PREVENT, TO PREVENT CRIME, AND TO UTILIZE THESE OPPORTUNITIES RATHER THAN JUST RESPOND TO CRIME AFTER IT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED, WHICH IS WHAT WE CONTINUE TO DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. AND I ALSO, UH, JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, [00:35:01] UM, A COUPLE OF APPOINTMENTS THAT I'M MAKING, UM, ITEMS 20 AND 23. UH, I WANT TO THANK, UH, FIRST OF ALL JAY MAURICE GIBBS, UH, FOR HIS WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP ON, UH, THE, UH, HISTORIC DESIGN, EXCUSE ME, HISTORIC AND DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION, ALONG WITH, UM, UH, RICHARD DELGADO FOR HIS CONTINUED SERVICE ON THE VETERAN, UH, AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR, UH, YOUR WORK AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. I HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS. OH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, UH, HIS MACHINE FROZE. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE ITEMS MYSELF. ONE OF 'EM IS, UH, DID YOU KNOW THAT WE STILL HAVE AN, AN OLD FARMHOUSE? UH, ONE OF THE VERY LAST LEFT UP ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE, IT'S CALLED PAREN HOMESTEAD. AND THIS WAS PUT IN THE 2017 BOND TO GO IN THERE AND ACTUALLY RENOVATE THIS AND PUT IT BACK TO WHERE IT, WHAT, WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AND HOW IT WAS BACK IN 1875. AND, UM, WE'RE BREAKING GROUND ON THAT TO GET THAT JOB STARTED. NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY ABOUT OUTFITTING IT WITH FURNITURE, PERIOD, THAT PERIOD TYPE OF FURNITURE THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. AND ALSO WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, UH, BAYLOR TO GET A BUNCH OF BOXES OF ARCHIVES FROM THAT FAMILY AND DISPLAY THAT IN THE FACILITY, AND HOPEFULLY TURN THIS INTO, UH, UH, AN OPEN FACILITY FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN TO COME AND VISIT. AND WHAT REALLY MAKES IT NEAT IS IT'S GOT AN OLD CISTERN RIGHT BEHIND THE HOUSE, AND THAT THING IS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, 15 FEET DEEP, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. RAZZIE ABOUT EIGHT, 10 FEET WIDE. AND IT'S, UH, REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THIS OLD HOUSE, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT'S FINISHED AND OPEN IT UP TO SCHOOLCHILDREN TO SEE HOW THEY ACTUALLY, UH, LIVED BACK IN 1875. SO THAT'S ONE OF 'EM I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, TWO INDIVIDUALS. UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING REAL HARD TO FILL OUR, UH, COMMITTEES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO ON THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION. UH, I'VE GOT TWO OUTSTANDING YOUNG FOLKS THAT HAVE STEPPED UP TO VOLUNTEER TO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE. AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT 'EM OUT AND SAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR VOLUNTEERING, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM. IT'S MICHAEL FREYER AND, UH, KOS ROBBINS. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THAT, UH, GETTING THEM INVOLVED AND, UH, HELPING US TO LOOK TO SEE HOW WE COULD BETTER SERVE OUR YOUTH IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER PALS. THANKS ERIC. UH, WITH REGARDS TO THE, UH, TEMP, UH, AGENCY AGREEMENT, THE $20 MILLION THAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE BROUGHT UP IN COUNCILMAN PERRY'S AUDIT COMMITTEE WAS THAT, UM, AND IT WAS, I MEAN, IT WAS UNANIMOUS CONSENSUS THERE THAT, UH, THESE AGENCIES BE INSTRUCTED TO PULL FROM CANDIDATES FROM THE READY TO WORK PROGRAMS, UH, BEFORE THEY LOOK ANYWHERE ELSE. AND I, I SEE OUR, UH, SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE ALLIED FORCES OF HR OVER THERE, UH, TELLING US THAT THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE. RIGHT. OKAY. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN SECOND CHIEF, WITH REGARDS TO THIS, UH, UM, AUTO THEFT PREVENTION, UH, AND THESE GRANTS THAT WE GET, SOMETIMES WE GET IT FROM THE, THE GOVERNMENT, SOMETIMES WE GET IT FROM THE INSURANCE INSTITUTES, UH, RIGHT. YEAH. AND WE HAVE, UH, I THINK IN THE PAST, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, AND THIS CAME UP THE LAST TIME AND COUNCILMAN PERRY HAD RAISED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE PUTTING A DENT IN THESE NUMBERS. AND I THINK WHAT YOU TOLD US WAS THAT, UM, IT'S A, UH, WHEN WE DO CATCH THESE GUYS, IT'S NOT JUST ONE CAR THAT WE'RE PREVENTING BEING STOLEN, BUT IT'S MANY CARS. 'CAUSE IT'S A RING OF CAR THIEVES. RIGHT. UM, AND THAT WE HAVE, UM, AND YOU AND I HAVE TALKED, UH, AND, AND YOU AND I ARE GONNA SET UP A MEETING, I HOPE WITH MARIA. UH, THE CHIEF OF POLICE OF NOUE LEON IN MEXICO HAS IDENTIFIED A LOT OF VEHICLES COMING FROM SAN ANTONIO, YOU BEING USED BY CARTELS AND, AND DRIVE-BYS AND EMBALMINGS, AND, UH, A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER HORRIBLE CRIMES. IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE SENDING THESE STOLEN VEHICLES, UH, DOWN THERE. AND THEY'VE IDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. THEY'VE MANAGED TO TRACK WHO IN SAN ANTONIO IS CONTINUOUSLY FILING INSURANCE CLAIMS FOR STOLEN VEHICLES THAT END UP IN THE HANDS OF THESE CARTELS. AND SO I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA. THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, 18 ITEM 18, WHICH IS TO DO WITH THE STENSON REVOLVING FUND FOR IMPROVEMENTS. I JUST WANNA THANK THE AVIATION TEAM AND THE TEAM DOWN, AND STENSON JESUS IS DOING A GREAT JOB MAKING [00:40:01] SURE THAT THIS IS NOT FORGOTTEN. AND I, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IF YOU WANNA COME AND DO A FLIGHT WITH ME ON ALL YELLER, UH, WE CAN ARRANGE THAT TOO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE. I MADE A BIG MISTAKE WHEN I SAID BERT CANTINA HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY. I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYBODY IN THE NAVY WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR BIRTHDAY TODAY. MR. CANTINA SERVED VERY PROUDLY IN THE NAVY. AND, UH, I HOPE HE'S WATCHING AND HE SAW MY CORRECTION. I APOLOGIZE. . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. OKAY. UM, THAT IS, UH, THE DURATION OF OUR DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY FOR 22, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. GO [22. Approving the appointment of the following members of the community to the Citizen Advisory Action Board for a twoyear term to expire on October 14, 2023. The Citizen Advisory Action Board (CAAB) is also commonly referred to as the Complaint and Administrative Review Board (CARB) [Debbie RaccaSittre, Interim City Clerk]] NOW TO ITEM 22 IS APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, OF THE COMMUNITY TO THE CITIZEN ADVISORY ACTION BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE ON OCTOBER 14TH, 2023. THE CITIZEN ADVISORY ACTION BOARD CAB IS ALSO COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE COMPLAINT AND ADVISORY REVIEW. BOARD. CARB PARDON? ALRIGHT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. UM, DO WE HAVE A, UH, PRESENTATION CHIEF? YES, SIR. OKAY. WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND THEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HAS THE FLOOR. OKAY. MORNING EVERYBODY. SO LET ME START WITH THE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBER PART OF THE 14 MEMBER PANEL. UH, WE HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE ON THE 14 MEMBER PANEL. THE OTHER SEVEN MEMBERS ARE SWORN MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT. UH, THERE ARE INTERVIEWS THAT ARE CONDUCTED, UH, ONCE THE INTERVIEWS ARE CONDUCTED AND THE SELECTIONS ARE MADE, THAT INFORMATION IS FORWARDED TO THE S A P O A FOR ANY COMMENT. UH, ONCE THAT'S DONE, THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FORWARDED TO THE CITY MANAGER, UM, AND THEN EVENTUALLY TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THE CIVILIAN MEMBERS ARE ROTATED THROUGH THAT PROCESS. EVERY 180 DAYS, THEY HAVE A TWO YEAR APPOINTMENT, UH, BUT THEY ONLY SERVE AGAIN FOR SIX MONTHS AT A TIME. UH, WE DO THAT SO THEY DON'T BURN OUT BECAUSE IT IS QUITE A BIT OF WORK. UH, SITTING ON THAT COMMITTEE, UH, WE, WE TOOK THE, UH, UH, MEMBERS THAT WERE RECOMMENDING TODAY. WE TOOK THAT BEFORE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, UH, BACK IN SEPTEMBER. SO THE AUTHORITY TO, UM, THE AUTHORITY OF THE BO OF THE, OF THE CARB WITH THE CITIZENS COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD, UM, COMES FROM ARTICLE 29 OF THE C B A AND IT AUTHORIZES, AGAIN, THE SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THE BOARD, THE CARB, HEARS THE, UH, INVESTIGATION FROM INTERNAL AFFAIRS. ONCE THEY, ONCE THEY FINISH THEIR INVESTIGATION, UM, THEY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE POLICE CHIEF TO MYSELF, UH, ON CORRECTIVE ACTION. AND ONCE THAT CORRECTIVE ACTION IS RECOMMENDED, UH, IT'S REVIEWED BY MYSELF AND MY COMMAND STAFF. AND THEN WE ISSUE A CONTEMPLATED NOTICE OF CORRECTIVE ACTION TO THE RESPONDENT OFFICER. THE, UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE BOARD GIVES ME ON CORRECTIVE ACTION, UH, I USE THAT AS A BASELINE FOR ANY ACTION THAT I TAKE. IN RESPONSE TO THAT, APPLICATIONS ARE MADE TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. THERE'S TWO MAIN REQUIREMENTS. ONE, THAT YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. AND TWO, YOU CANNOT HAVE BEEN FORMALLY CHARGED WITH ANYTHING ABOVE A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR. AND THE, AGAIN, THE APPOINTMENT, UH, COMES AFTER AN INTERVIEW, UH, OF THE POTENTIAL CANDIDATE. THAT INTERVIEW PANEL IS COMPRISED OF, OF ME, THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, UH, PRIOR TO APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, ONCE THEY'RE APPOINTED, THEY GO THROUGH INTERNAL AFFAIRS TRAINING [00:45:01] AS WELL AS A RIDE ALONG. UH, AS FAR AS THE POLICE SIDE OF THE BA OF THE, UH, OF THE, UH, CARB GOES, WE HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS, UH, AT ALL RANKS. ONE, ONE PERSON FROM ALL RANKS EXCEPT FOR PATROL, WHERE WE HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES AND THEY'RE APPOINTED FOR A TOTAL TERM OF 180 CALENDAR DAYS. BACK IN 2002, WE ONLY HAD TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COMMUNITY. 2006, WE NEGOTIATED THAT UP TO FOUR. AND IN 2009, WE EVENED IT OUT WITH SEVEN, UH, DURING THAT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, UM, NEGOTIATIONS. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE FIVE CIVILIAN VACANCIES, UH, EXISTING. WE INTERVIEWED SEVEN ON JUNE, OR I'M SORRY, BETWEEN JUNE ONE AND JUNE EIGHT. WE INTERVIEWED SEVEN CANDIDATES. UH, AGAIN, THAT, THAT PANEL CONSISTED OF THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, UH, THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, AND ME AND I WENT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AS I MENTIONED ON THE 21ST OF SEPTEMBER. THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE, UH, CURRENT OF THE 10 CURRENT MEMBERS ON THE BOARD, MINUS THE FIVE EXISTING VACANCIES. UH, IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY GENDER, UH, RACE AND ETHNICITY. UH, THIS, UH, SLIDE HERE SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN, AGAIN, OF GENDER AND ETHNICITY AND RACE OF THE CURRENT 10 MEMBERS. AND THESE ARE THE, UH, THE, UH, NAMES THAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE. OF THE ONES THAT ARE, UH, WE HOPE TO GET APPROVED HERE TODAY. I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, MS. CINDY KNOWLES, WHO'S SEATED TO MY RIGHT BACK HERE. SHE'S A, A, UH, ON THE LIST OF POTENTIAL CANDIDATES THAT WE HOPE TO GET APPROVED HERE TODAY. AND SHE CAME HERE TODAY TO, UH, WATCH THE PROCESS. THE GENDER, RACE AND ETHNIC BREAKDOWN OF THE 14 MEMBERS, UH, IS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT, UH, COUNCIL, UH, APPROVES THIS RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR THE TWO YEAR TERM EXPIRING ON OCTOBER 14 IN 2023. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANKS, CHIEF. GO AHEAD. MONEY. THANK YOU, CHIEF. I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED. I SAW MEMBERS ARE ROTATED EVERY 180 DAYS, AND THEN THESE ARE TWO YEAR TERMS. WHAT AM I MISSING? I'M SORRY. SLIDE. SLIDE TWO SAYS THAT THE MEMBERS ARE ROTATED EVERY 180 DAYS. CORRECT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, ROTATED? IT MEANS THAT THEY, THEY, THEY SIT AS ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HEARING CASES FOR 180 DAYS. AND WHEN THAT 180 DAYS PASSES, THERE ARE SEVEN IN THE WINGS THAT ARE WAITING TO COME ON. AND THE OTHER FOLKS GO INTO THE BULLPEN IF YOU, IF YOU WILL. SO ONLY SEVEN MEMBERS SIT AT A TIME. WE HAVE 14 MEMBERS APPOINTED. ONLY SEVEN MEMBERS SIT AT A TIME. FOUR 14 CIVILIAN MEMBERS APPOINTED? YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, ARE THOSE CARD MEETINGS PUBLIC? I'M SORRY? ARE THE, ARE THESE, UM, COMPLAINANT ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD MEETINGS, PUBLIC? YES, THEY ARE. AND WHAT ABOUT THE INTERVIEWS FOR THE CIVILIAN APPLICANTS? ARE THOSE PUBLIC? WHAT ABOUT THE, WHAT THE INTERVIEWS FOR THE, FOR THE CIVILIAN APPLICANTS, ARE THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS? I AM SORRY, COUNCILMAN. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. JUST WANTED TO, UH, CLARIFY WHAT THE CHIEF MENTIONED. THE CAR MEETINGS ARE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. OKAY. AND, UH, THE, THE INTERVIEWS ARE, UM, NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TODAY. THEY'RE CONDUCTED BY THE CHIEF, UM, FIRST ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, LIZIO AND MYSELF. GOT IT. I'M SORRY, MY THOUGHT I'M GONNA TAKE, I'LL TAKE MY MASK OFF IF IT HELPS YOU A LITTLE BIT. SO I'M, I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU, I THOUGHT YOU SAID OF THE NAMES PUBLIC. NOT THE HEARINGS THOUGH. I'M SORRY. GOT IT. NO PROBLEM. UM, CAN YOU, IN 2002 AND PRIOR, THERE WERE ONLY TWO CIVILIANS ON A 14 MEMBER BOARD COR, CORRECT? NO, THERE WERE TWO CIVILIANS ON A AND SEVEN SWORN. OH. SO THERE WERE, SO NINE, SO THERE WERE NINE ON A NINE MEMBER BOARD. SO THE, SO THE SIZE OF THE BOARD HAS GROWN THEN SINCE THEN, SO, I'M SORRY. SO THE SIZE OF THE BOARD HAS GROWN SINCE THEN. YES. AND WE, WE PUSHED FOR, UH, AN EVEN NUMBER OF SWORN AND AN EVEN NUMBER OF CIVILIAN. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE IT WAS TWO CIVILIANS TO NOW BEING SEVEN CIVILIANS OVER THE, WELL, I, I, I THINK WHAT'S CHANGED IS AT LEAST THE COMMUNITY'S PER PERSPECTIVE, THAT IT'S MORE FAIR. OKAY. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT [00:50:01] YOUR SELECTION CRITERIA IS? AND WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING, WHEN YOU'RE SEEKING APPLICANTS, WHEN YOU INTERVIEW APPLICANTS, WHAT IS YOUR, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? SURE. WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, UH, NEUTRAL IN THEIR VIEW OF, OF, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT. UH, WE DON'T WANT TO GET ANYONE TOO FAR TO THE RIGHT OR TOO FAR TO THE LEFT. UH, WE TRY TO HAVE, UH, AN EVEN BALANCE OF FOLKS WHO ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. OKAY. AND THEN SPO HAS INPUT ON, ON THESE APPLICANTS AS WELL, IS THAT RIGHT? THEY USED TO HAVE INPUT. NOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE SIMPLY NOTIFIED AND IF THEY HAVE COMMENT, THEN THEY CAN COMMENT, BUT THEY, THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE INPUT AS FAR AS WHO IS SELECTED. GREAT. OKAY. AND SO WHEN WILL THERE BE MORE, UM, WHEN WILL THE, THE APPLICATION PERIOD OPEN UP AGAIN AS SOON AS THERE'S A VACANCY? YEAH. SO HOW, HOW DO YOU FIND SOMEBODY WHO'S NEUTRAL? RIGHT? BECAUSE LIKE, IF YOU'RE NEUTRAL, ARE YOU THAT DRIVEN TO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE, UM, UH, A BLUE LIVES MATTER ACTIVIST, OR YOU'RE JUST PRO COP, YOU HAVE COPS IN YOUR FAMILY, YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY TAKING CARE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS HERE. YOU MIGHT BE DRIVEN TO APPLY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE WE NEED MORE ACCOUNTABILITY OUT OF OUR POLICE FORCE HERE IN, IN, IN, UH, OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY BAD OFFICERS ARE BEING TAKEN OFF THE FORCE, THEN YOU MIGHT BE DRIVEN TO APPLY. BUT IF YOU'RE JUST PRETTY NEUTRAL, DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY STRONG FEELINGS, LIKE HOW DOES THAT PERSON END UP APPLYING? HOW DO YOU GET, HOW DO YOU GET ENOUGH APPLICANTS? HOW DO THAT, HOW DO WE GET ENOUGH APPLICANTS? APPLICANTS, RIGHT? LIKE, HOW IS SOMEBODY DRIVEN TO APPLY? HOW DO THEY FIND OUT AND, AND END UP APPLYING IF THIS IS, IF THEY'RE JUST KIND OF NEUTRAL AND NOT, WELL, DON'T HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. LET ME JUMP IN BECAUSE I THINK THE, THE, THE DESCRIPTION OF NEUTRAL IS THAT THE CHIEF'S USING, IS THAT, IS THAT THERE AREN'T PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS EITHER THAT THE OFFICERS ALWAYS ARE RIGHT? OR THAT THE OFFICERS ARE ALWAYS WRONG. UM, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT, UH, WITH VARIED BACKGROUNDS MM-HMM. , UM, AND FROM, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A GOOD MIX OF GENDER AND RACE, UM, UH, BALANCE. UH, WHICH HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE IN THE CITY'S HISTORY. UM, BUT THE, BUT THE WORD NEUTRAL IS, IS NOT THAT THEY DON'T CARE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY CARE 'CAUSE THEY APPLIED, BUT IT'S THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS. AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO BEING CITY MANAGER, AS A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, I SAT ON THOSE PANELS TOO. AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WILLING TO SPEND THE TIME TO LISTEN, UM, TO BE INQUISITIVE, UM, AND ASK QUESTIONS, UH, TO CHALLENGE INTERNAL AFFAIRS, UH, AND THE OFFICERS. BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CHIEF MEANT BY NEUTRAL. GOT IT. UM, I GUESS THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE AT THE MOMENT. THANK YOU. OH, WAIT, I HAD ONE MORE. UM, ARE THE, ARE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASK IN THE APPLICATIONS, ARE THOSE PUBLIC? LIKE, ARE WE ABLE TO SEE THEIR QUESTIONS OR ANSWERS FOR THE INTERVIEWS? YES, WE CAN SHARE THOSE. COUNCILMAN. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, BEFORE THE, UH, CONVERSATION CONTINUES, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 22. SO WE'LL CONTINUE DISCUSSION. I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 22. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. ALRIGHT. THE CONVERSATION WILL RESUME NOW WITH, UM, SORRY, MY SCREEN WENT AWAY. COUNT COUNCILS MEMBER, KEO. HDA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WANNA, UH, WELCOME SYDNEY KNOWLES. UM, YOU GONNA STAND UP FOR JUST A SECOND? SYDNEY. THIS, SHE'S THE DISTRICT SIX ON THE AGENDA FOR APPOINTMENT TODAY TO THE CARB. AND THIS IS A HARDWORKING BOARD THAT MEETS EVERY TWO WEEKS WITH A PACKED AGENDA, AND THEY TAKE THEIR WORK VERY SERIOUSLY. IT'S A BOARD THAT REQUIRES A SPECIFIC SET OF SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES THAT ADVISES ON SENSITIVE ISSUES, SYDNEY'S EXPERIENCE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND HER KNOWLEDGE OF THE NEEDS OF UNDERSERVED AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, SPECIFICALLY THE FOSTER CARE COMMUNITY, GIVES HER A UNIQUE AND NEEDED POINT OF VIEW. HER BACKGROUND IS IN SOCIAL WORK. SHE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT HER COMMUNITY. THERE'S SOME TALK TODAY OF NEUTRALITY, OF, OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. BUT, UM, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED NEUTRAL, THEY'RE DRIVEN TO APPLY BY THEIR LOVE OF COMMUNITY, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, ABOUT HER COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHY SHE'S HERE. I ALSO WANNA THANK RAQUEL SA ZAPATA, ANOTHER DISTRICT SIX RESIDENT FOR SERVING ON THE CARB. I'M SURE THAT THE CARB WILL BE BOTH, UM, WELL SERVED BY BOTH SYDNEY AND RAQUEL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY, SYDNEY. UM, AND JUST BRIEFLY, YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH, UM, GOOD QUESTIONS AT, AT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND, AND I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT DIVERSITY. I HAD QUE QUESTIONS ABOUT ADDING ANOTHER ROUND OF, UM, SEVEN THAT WE COULD, WE COULD MOVE IN AND OUT. AND SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WORKING ON. WE HAVE SOME IMPEDIMENTS, I THINK, BECAUSE OF STATE LAW, BUT, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. BUT I'M, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE, UM, THE CITIZENS THAT SERVE [00:55:01] ON THIS BOARD BECAUSE THEY WORK REALLY HARD. IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KIO. HDA. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. GOOD. IS IT? MORNING. GOOD MORNING. I WANTED TO START OFF BY ASKING A QUESTION OF, UM, SORT OF ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT COUNCILMAN BRAVO WAS ASKING. WHAT IS THE MARKETING PROCESS TO GET APPLICANTS FOR, FOR CARB? UM, COUNCILMAN THE, THE PROCESS TO ADVERTISE A POSITION IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE REST OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. WE WORK WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, AND THAT IS INCLUDED ON THEIR WEBSITE WHEN THEIR VACANCIES ARE OPEN. UM, THERE'S ALSO THE, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WILL DO ADVERTISEMENTS ON THE, UM, THE HEARTBEAT, UM, AND, AND FOR SOME, UM, BOARDS, UH, NOT ALL THE TIME, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER PROCESS. BUT THAT IS AN AREA THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FOR US TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON, UH, TO, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR, FOR THIS, UH, PARTICULAR BOARD TO DO MORE MARKETING, WORKING WITH OUR, WITH OUR, UM, GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. SO THAT IS SOMETHING ON OUR TO-DO LIST FOR THE NEXT ROUND THAT WE, UM, DO ADDITIONAL MARKETING. THANK YOU. AND I, I WILL SAY THAT I'M, I'M IMPRESSED BY WHAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, SIGNIFICANT DIVERSITY. IT DOES FEEL, UM, LIKE THERE WERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF GREAT EFFORTS FOR THAT. UM, I'M INTERESTED IN KNOWING BEFORE WE SEE A LIST OF POTENTIAL APPOINTEES, WHAT'S THE FULL VETTING PROCESS LIKE? WHEN DO CUTS HAPPEN OR WHEN ARE PEOPLE REMOVED AS CONTENDERS? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THE FULL VETTING PROCESS? YES. WELL, WE DO THE BACKGROUND CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THEY MEET THAT QUALIFICATION AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RESIDENTS OF THE, UH, OF THE CITY AND HAVE BEEN SO FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. I MEAN, WE LOOK AT, WE LOOK AT, WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING. UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE KEY QUESTIONS WE ASK DURING THE INTERVIEW IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, RELATIVES OR FRIENDS THAT ARE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT? AND THAT'S A CONSIDERATION THAT WE TAKE, UH, THAT WE LOOK AT VERY CAREFULLY. IF THEY DO, COUNCILMAN ULTIMATELY, WHEN THE, AS THEY GO THROUGH THE INTERVIEWS, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE TO ME, MARIA AND I WILL REVIEW THOSE, UM, FROM THE PANEL OF, UH, OF THE INTERVIEWS. AND THEN, UH, I'LL CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION UP TO YOU, UH, THE COUNCIL. SO I, I THINK WE'RE GETTING FROM LIKE THE YES. DO ARE YOU GONNA, I, I JUST WANTED TO ADD COUNCILMAN. I I, WE LOOK AT ALL THE APPLICATIONS AND ONCE THEY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS, WE INTERVIEW THEM ALL. AND THEN FROM THERE WE MADE MAKE A SELECTION BASED ON THE QUESTIONS AND HOW THE INDIVIDUAL ANSWER QUESTIONS. SO FOR INSTANCE, SOME MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THE TIME COMMITMENT, AND THEY WOULD TELL US, THIS IS NOT FOR US. UH, WE CANNOT COMMIT TO, TO THE TIME THAT IS REQUIRED. UH, OR SOME OF THEM AS WE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK. IF YOU HAD AN ACQUAINTANCE, UM, IN, UM, THAT WAS BEING INVESTIGATED, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SOME OF THEM SAY RIGHT AWAY? WE WOULD RECUSE OURSELVES, UH, NOT TO HAVE A, A A, A BIAS, UM, RECOMMENDATION. SO BASED ON THOSE ANSWERS THAT HOW WE, HOW WE MAKE THE SELECTION THAT WE BRING TO, UM, THE CITY MANAGER FOR FINAL REVIEW AND ACHIEVE BEFORE WE COME TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR MORE DETAILS. UM, THERE WAS, I GET QUESTIONS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEY EXPECT ME TO BE THE, THE ADVOCATE AND THE ONE ASKING QUESTION TOUGH QUESTIONS. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE EXPLICIT ROLE THAT SPO A PLAYS IN THIS PROCESS? THEY, THEY DON'T REALLY PLAY A ROLE. THE ONLY THEY, THEY, THEY USED TO HAVE, UH, VETO AUTHORITY, UH, IN THIS PROCESS, AND THEY DON'T ANYMORE. UH, WE SIMPLY ADVISE THEM OF WHO WE'RE SELECTING. IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL, THEY CAN ASK AND WE WOULD RESPOND. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY AS FAR AS THE SELECTION, PRO SELECTION PROCESS GOES. SO THEY WON'T REMOVE ANY, ANY POTENTIAL MEMBERS FROM A, FROM ANY CANDIDATE LIST? NO. NO, SIR. THEY WON'T. NO. AND SPECIFICALLY, UH, COUNCILMAN, AFTER WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT I DESCRIBED, WE SEND A LETTER TO THE ASSOCIATION, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE INTERVIEWS AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING. SO THAT'S THEIR INVOLVEMENT. AND, UM, IF WE, UH, IT'S A NOTIFICATION, SO IF WE DON'T HEAR FROM THEM, UH, WE COME FORWARD TO YOU. SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE, WE HAVE NOT HAD, UH, ANY OPPOSITION TO ANY OF THE MEMBERS OR ANY QUESTIONS TO ANY OF THE MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE RECOMMENDED. BUT, BUT, UH, JUST TO REINFORCE THAT, SO THIS IS, THIS WAS A BIG CHANGE BECAUSE AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED BACK IN 2009, PRIOR TO 2009, THE UNION HAD THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THE LIST AND STRIKE INDIVIDUALS FROM EVEN US CONSIDERING THEM. AND THAT WAS REMOVED. UM, AS MARIA MENTIONED, OUR, OUR ONLY OBLIGATION UNDER THE CONTRACT IS TO NOTIFY THEM, AND THAT'S ALL WE DO. [01:00:01] UM, UH, WHETHER THEY RESPOND OR NOT, IT'S STILL ULTIMATELY, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION AND THE POLICE CHIEF'S RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL. THEY HAVE NO SAY UNDER THE CONTRACT, UM, UH, UNDER THE, UNDER THOSE PROVISIONS. THANK YOU. UH, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR, FOR US AND FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO HEAR. I WOULD LIKE, UH, REAL QUICK QUESTION IS SOCIAL, DOES SOCIAL MEDIA PLAY ANY KIND OF ROLE IN THE BACKGROUND CHECK AND VETTING PROCESS? DOES IT PLAY ANY ROLE IN THE VETTING PROCESS? YEAH, LIKE, WOULD WE CHECK TO SEE WHAT KIND OF FACEBOOK GROUPS THEY'RE IN? OR MAYBE WHAT KIND OF POSTS THEY'VE MADE IN RELATION TO POLICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND THOSE KINDS OF, I I, I, I THINK THAT IT COULD, WE HAVEN'T, I DON'T THINK WE REALLY REVIEWED THE SOCIAL MEDIA. OH, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY MISSED OPPOR, UH, PRETTY BIG MISSED OPPORTUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT PLAY A ROLE IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN I WOULD ALSO, THIS IS GONNA BE MY LAST QUESTION, IS I WOULD LIKE SPECIFIC, UM, LIKE WHAT QUALIFIES AS AN EXTREME EXTREME VIEW AS EITHER BEING FOR POLICE, POLICE DO NO WRONG, OR ANTI-POLICE ABOLISH, OR WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. UM, AND WHAT WOULD BE, I THINK WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD NEUTRAL BE, BUT WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS WOULD YOU ASK TO GET TO THAT POINT, TO DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS WOULD YOU ASK? WHAT KINDS OF QUESTIONS WOULD WE ASK TO DETERMINE WHAT, WHAT QUALIFIES AS VERY EXTREME? 'CAUSE I HEAR, I HEAR, OH, DO YOU HAVE A, UH, FRIEND OR RELATIVE IN THE THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LIZ PROVENCIO, UM, FIRST ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, AND BEAR IN MIND THE, I THINK WE'VE BEEN USING THE WORD NEUTRAL, BUT IT'S EFFECTIVELY OBJECTIVE. MM-HMM. . IT'S, IT'S AN OBJECTIVE PERSPECTIVE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. SO, UM, PEOPLE CAN COME WITH PARTICULAR, OBVIOUSLY VIEWPOINTS ABOUT, UM, THE ROLE OF POLICE AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING. BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IN OUR INTERVIEWS WITH THEM IS WHETHER THEY CAN BE OBJECTIVE. AND SO WHAT YOU HEARD EARLIER FROM MARIA AND CHIEF WERE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS IS INVOLVED WHETHER THEY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH POLICE OFFICERS, FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT WOULD PREDISPOSE THEM SO THAT THEY COULD NOT BE OBJECTIVE. UM, IT'S VERY INTERESTING, UM, AS WE SIT THROUGH THE INTERVIEWS, BECAUSE YOU DO GET A SENSE OF, OF WHEN A PERSON IS, UM, SORT OF, THERE CAN BE NO WRONG DONE, PERHAPS. AND SO FOR OUR PURPOSES, THAT'S INDICATIVE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO BE OBJECTIVE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A MATTER OF BEING TO TAKE THE CONTEXT, THE FULL SET OF FACTS, UM, AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. AND TO THAT END, YOU ALSO HEARD MARIA SAY THAT WE WILL ASK, UM, IF THEY HAD SOMEONE THAT THEY KNEW THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A COMPLAINT, UM, THAT POTENTIALLY WOULD COME BEFORE THE CARB, WHAT WOULD THEY DO? UM, AND SO IT'S A JUDGMENT QUESTION, RIGHT? AND SO MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WE HEAR PEOPLE SAY, UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, WHICH IS THAT THEY WOULD RECUSE THEMSELVES OR THEY WOULD STEP AWAY. THEY WOULD ASK NOT TO BE INVOLVED AGAIN, INDICATIVE OF THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO EXERCISE GOOD JUDGMENT AND BE OBJECTIVE. AND SO FOR PURPOSES OF BEING ABLE TO GET TO WHAT YOU ARE ASKING, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF, OF QUESTIONS THAT GIVE US THE SENSE OF IRRESPECTIVE OF, OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU MAY COME WITH, WHATEVER EXPERIENCES YOU MAY COME CAN JUDGMENT, AND CAN YOU BE OBJECTIVE, WHICH IS A NECESSARY COMPONENT FOR ANY PANEL THAT'S GONNA REVIEW THESE? ABSOLUTELY. AND WOULD SAY, BECAUSE WE'RE COMING OFF OF A ELECTION WHERE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY WAS ON THE, WAS ON THE BALLOT, WOULD, WOULD YOU POTENTIALLY ASK, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS ON PROPOSITION B? AND WE WOULDN'T ONLY BECAUSE THAT NECESSARILY REQUIRES SOMEBODY TO TAKE A POSITION MM-HMM. , AND WE, I MEAN, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE SOMEBODY'S THOUGHT PROCESS MM-HMM. , UM, AND HOW IT, IT WORKS OUT, UM, IN RESPONSE TO, TO QUESTIONS, UM, THAT ARE GONNA REQUIRE MORE DELIBERATION. THEY'RE GONNA REQUIRE MORE CONSIDERATION, NOT A PREDISPOSITION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. MM-HMM. , THANK YOU. MM-HMM. , THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA GRANT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. UM, I, I SAW THE PRESENTATION IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, UH, AND I FELT LIKE WE HAD HIT ALL THE MARKS IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY, UH, REACHING OUT, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS REPRESENTED. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT AS COUNCILMAN CABE HAVER HAS SAID, I THINK WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT EXPANDING IT, EVEN IF IT'S BY TWO MEMBERS AS ALTERNATES TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE. BECAUSE I DID WORK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I KNOW, UH, THAT THE, THIS, THIS, THE CARB WORKS VERY HARD AND THEY, THEY TRY [01:05:01] TO BE AS FAIR AS POSSIBLE. AND I THINK THE, THE REMOVAL OF SPOA WITH THAT VETO POWER WAS THE RIGHT MOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY GOT INCLUDED AND, AND WE HAD GREATER DIVERSITY. UM, AND THE, AND THE, AND THE ONE THING THAT I'VE HEARD MEETING WITH THE ACTIVISTS IS THEY'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING THE CARB ALSO. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHERE WE KIND OF TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. I DO WANNA ECHO, UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ'S, UH, CONCERN ABOUT OUTREACH AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET G P A ON TRACK WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE COMMITTEE'S, UM, PRIORITIES. AND I DO INVITE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO, UH, TUNE INTO THE MEETINGS, UH, COME TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING OR SEND STAFF SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE MORE OF AN IDEA. AND, UH, MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN TO COME AND ASK QUESTIONS, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY. SO I JUST WANT, I WANNA THANK YOU, UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. UH, YEAH. SO, SO TALKING TO THE LAWYERS IN THE ROOM WHO MAY HAVE PICKED JURIES IN THE PAST, AND ANDY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER HAD THE, THE HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING TO DO THAT, BUT I KNOW I HAVEN'T MELISSA, YOU MAY, YOU MAY HAVE. BUT, UM, THE ONE THING THAT WE KNOW, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE TAUGHT IN LAW SCHOOL IS THAT THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A NEUTRAL HUMAN BEING. AMOEBAS ARE NEUTRAL, ROBOTS ARE NEUTRAL, BUT YOU KNOW, HUMANS ARE NOT, UM, WHAT YOU CAN HOWEVER, STRIVE TO FIND OBJECTIVE HUMANS. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, OBJECTIVITY IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT YOU, YOU HAVE TO ASK THEM WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN BE NEUTRAL. AND IF THEY'RE WILLING TO BE NEUTRAL, AND YOU ASK AND YOU ASK THEM TO PROMISE TO BE NEUTRAL. RIGHT. AND NEUTRALITY IS, UM, MEANS THAT DESPITE WHATEVER BIASES YOU MAY HAVE THAT YOU PROMISE TO, I'M SORRY, OBJECTIVITY MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, DESPITE WHATEVER BIASES YOU HAVE, YOU PROMISE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SEEK TRUTH WHEREVER THAT TRUTH MAY LEAD YOU. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I REMEMBER THERE WAS A, A LAW PROFESSOR WHO TAUGHT US THAT, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL SCIENTISTS ARE ALWAYS BIASED IN FAVOR OF PEOPLE BEING HEALTHIER, RIGHT. BUT, UM, THAT DOESN'T MAKE THEM ANY LESS OBJECTIVE, UH, WHEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING THEIR RESEARCH. AND SO, UH, I THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING IN ASKING THEM, YOU KNOW, POINTED QUESTIONS AND, AND SEEKING OUT PEOPLE WHO, BY, BY THE WAY, I MEAN, THE, THE DESCRIPTIONS OF, OF WHAT THEY DO FOR A LIVING, I THINK ARE ALSO TELLING OF THEIR ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, BE OBJECTIVE. YOU'VE GOT SOCIAL WORKERS, YOU'VE GOT LAWYERS IN THERE, AND THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAINED, UM, YOU KNOW, TO BE OBJECTIVE IN THEIR CAREERS. AND SO, UH, I'M IMPRESSED BY THE LIST AND, UH, I'LL, I'LL SUPPORT THIS ONE. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, MARIA, YOU MADE REFERENCE TO THIS, BUT CHIEF CAN ADDRESS IT TOO. CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE TOTAL TIME COMMITMENT IS FOR THESE FOLKS? SO THEY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION. MM-HMM. , SO THEY SERVE 180 DAYS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ACTIVE IN REVIEWING CASES. UM, THEY HAVE TO COME IN TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE FILE OF THE CASE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UH, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON AND CHIEF, THAT TYPICALLY TAKES A COUPLE OF HOURS OUT OF THEIR DAY, UM, TO DO THAT OR, OR MORE TO REVIEW THE CASE. UH, THERE'S NO LIMIT TO THAT. AND THEN THE MEETINGS TAKE ABOUT TWO HOURS. SURE. AND IN THE CASE REVIEW, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO COME IN INDIVIDUALLY, AND I ASSUME IT WOULD BE ON THEIR OWN TIME, WHAT HOURS ARE THEY ABLE TO COME IN? IS IT LIKE A STEADY NINE TO FIVE? WHENEVER WE'RE OPEN, THEY CAN COME IN AT ANY TIME. IT'S, IT'S UP TO THEIR DISCRETION. THEY, THEY GO DOWN TO THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICE, UH, WHERE THEY'RE PUT IN A ROOM WITH THE FILES, AND THEY CAN TAKE AS LONG AS THEY WANT, UH, AS MANY DAYS AS THEY WANT. THE HEARINGS ARE HELD EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY, AND SO THEY JUST HAVE, THEY HAVE TWO WEEKS TO, TO LOOK AT ALL THE CASES. SOME DAYS THERE MIGHT BE FIVE CASES, SOME DAYS THERE MIGHT BE 10 CASES. SURE. SO, UM, SO WEDNESDAY IS AT TIME CERTAIN EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY? YES. AND WHAT TIME IS THAT? IT STARTS AT NINE. OKAY. BUT EVERY, UH, THERE'S AN AVAILABILITY TO, IF I HAVE SOMEONE WHO WORKS AND ENDS, UH, ENDS UP BEING OUTTA WORK AT 3:00 AM THEY COULD COME OVER AT 3:30 AM AND SOMEONE WOULD BE ABLE TO ALLOW THEM TO SEE THE FILES TO PREPARE FOR THE HEARING ON WEDNESDAY. NO, THERE, THERE'S NOT ANYONE THERE OVER THE, THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. OKAY. SO I WAS JUST DOUBLE CHECKING. SO I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO. AND, AND THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING THIS IS BECAUSE MY NEXT QUESTION WAS GONNA BE, UM, WHAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICANTS [01:10:01] WAS FOR THIS GO AROUND. I KNOW IT SAID WE INTERVIEWED SEVEN, BUT HOW MANY TOTAL APPLICANTS? SEVEN. RIGHT, THERE'S SEVEN. SO WE INTERVIEW ALL OF THE APPLICANTS. UM, THERE WERE MORE APPLICANTS COUNSEL. OKAY. AND I'M GOING OFF OF MEMORY, JOE. FRANK, DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MANY APPLICATIONS WE GOT? 25. 25 APPLICATIONS. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. AND SO THE, THE REASON THAT I WAS ASKING IS BECAUSE, AND, AND I SAY IT ALL THIS TIME, RIGHT? BUT THE RESIDENTS AND, AND A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT ARE WORKING TWO JOBS, OR THEY CAN'T, RIGHT? SO EVEN IF THEY WANT TO BE, UM, SERVING, UH, THE COMMUNITY IN THIS CAPACITY, RIGHT? THERE'S, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LIMITATION. SO I WAS TRYING TO SEE ALSO IF YOU ALL HAD A DISTRICT BREAKDOWN TO SEE HOW MANY FOLKS HAVE SERVED FROM OUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS AND, AND MAYBE IN THE LAST DECADE OR SO. AND I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S REPRESENTATION FROM MY DISTRICT. SURE. UH, WE CAN GO AS FAR AS WE HAVE INFORMATION COUNCILWOMAN, AND WE ARE, UM, COGNIZANT THAT TODAY WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT ARE NOT REPRESENTED WITHIN THE BOARD. AND, UH, AND WE PLAN TO, UM, DO SOME TARGETED OUTREACH TO TRY TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL DISTRICT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. AND I'D LOVE TO HELP YOU WITH THAT. SO THAT'S HOW I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE, WELL, WHEN THEY CAN, CAN THEY COME IN? IS IT AVAILABLE? IS IT, YOU KNOW, ANY, CAN THEY TAKE THAT TO A SUBSTATION AND REVIEW WHERE IT'S CLOSER? DO THEY HAVE TO COME DOWNTOWN? SO A WHOLE LOT OF, UH, OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL ASK OFFLINE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS LIST VERY QUICKLY. UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP REAL QUICK A POINT THAT ONE, THREE AND FOUR HAVE NO REPRESENTATION. AND THEN I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, D TWO, WE ONLY HAVE ONE REPRESENTATIVE, AND D FIVE HAS TWO. UM, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE INNER CITY HAS, INNER CITY AS A WHOLE, HAS VERY LITTLE REPRESENTATION, AND I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S ALSO A DISPARITY THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED. UM, MOVING FORWARD. I WOULD LIKE TARGETED, UM, TARGETED MARKETING TARGETING, UH, TARGETING THESE ZIP CODES IN THESE AREAS AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OH, ALSO, REAL QUICK, JUST AS ONE LAST POINT, THE REASON I WAS ASKING ABOUT, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THE REASON WHY I WOULD URGE IT TO URGE YOU GUYS TO, UM, USE THAT AS A POINT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DO, PEOPLE MAY BE ABLE TO SAY AND BE WHO THEY NEED TO BE IN AN INTERVIEW, BUT THEY ALSO REVEAL THEMSELVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND THERE'S, YOU MIGHT, YOU MAY MISS SOME THINGS, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 22, HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, THAT'S THE, UH, DURATION OF OUR A SESSION AGENDA. IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? [City Manager's Report] NEXT? MAYOR. UM, TWO, TWO ITEMS, MAYOR. UM, AND ONE, THE FIRST ONE, I'M GONNA DELAY A SECOND. UM, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE VIDEO, THE EMPLOYEE VIDEO. UM, TODAY'S, UH, HIGHLIGHT, UH, IS OF OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY EMPLOYEES, UM, AND SPECIFICALLY OUR CHILDREN'S LIBRARIANS. UM, UH, THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, KIND OF HIGHLIGHT, UM, THAT EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC, OUR LIBRARIANS WERE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENGAGE, UH, CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, AND BECAUSE OF THEIR EFFORTS, MORE CHILDREN AND MORE RESIDENTS, UH, WERE EXPOSED TO THE GREAT BENEFITS OF THE DIGITAL, OF THE, UH, PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM THROUGH OUR DIGITAL WORK. SO LET'S RUN THE VIDEO AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO, UH, THE SECOND ITEM. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. IT'S SO NICE TO SEE ALL OF YOU TODAY FOR TODDLER TIME. THE LIBRARY IS VERY BIG ON USING EVERY CHILD READY TO READ. SO I WOULD TRY TO HAVE ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD HAVE READING, TALKING, SINGING, WRITING, AND PLAYING. ONE THING THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME WAS TO TRY TO GET THE PARENTS TO BE INTERACTIVE WITH THE KIDS AS FAR AS DOING THE RHYMES AND SONGS TOGETHER, AND THEN PLAYING TOGETHER. WE'RE ALL LEARNING TOGETHER. WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS AND PROFESSIONALS, UM, STRIVING TO DO OUR BEST FOR THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO WE GET EXCITED AND SHARE OUR EXCITEMENT WITH EACH OTHER AND LEARN NEW THINGS ALL THE TIME TOGETHER. WE'RE CONSTANTLY DEVELOPING HOW WE ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHAT THE BEST WAY TO ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY IS. WE'RE LEARNING BEST PRACTICES, HOW TO BECOME, UH, BETTER LIBRARIANS, AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING ON THAT. I LIKE THE TEAM THAT I WORK WITH, AND THE PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH IS AMAZING. AND I'VE LEARNED FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME TO GROW AS A PROFESSIONAL JUST WITHIN ALL OF THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIANS, I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THEM. WELCOME TO [01:15:01] READ TO THE DOG. UM, WE HAVE SOME DOGS READY TO LISTEN. THE MOST GRATIFYING ASPECT OF MY JOB IS THAT I MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF SAN ANTONIO. SO THE EARLY LITERACY TIPS AND ALL THE LITERACY THINGS THAT THE LIBRARY PROVIDES TO THE COMMUNITY IMPACT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY. THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE TO ANYONE, AND THE AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE AND ACCESS TO MATERIALS THAT YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR LIBRARY CARD IS ASTOUNDING. I CAN SEE HOW SOMEONE MIGHT WALK INTO A LIBRARY AND THINK THIS IS JUST A BUILDING OF BORING OLD BOOKS, BUT THE MORE YOU, YOU LOOK RIGHT, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, UM, THERE ARE TREASURES IN EVERY LIBRARY FOR EVERY PERSON. YOU CAN'T BEAT THIS GIG. YOU KNOW, I'M FROM SAN ANTONIO. UM, I PLAN TO STAY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. MY CHILDREN ARE BEING RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO, SO IT FEELS GOOD THAT I HAVE A VERY BEAUTIFUL JOB AND THAT I HA I'M ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT I LIVE IN. THANKS. UM, THE, UH, THE SECOND ITEM, UM, AND, AND, UH, HE, HE GOT CAUGHT OFF GUARD. THAT'S WHY HE'S REALLY RED RIGHT NOW. UM, IS, UH, I WANNA START BY RECOGNIZING, UM, JERRY, UH, MUS, UH, UH, WHO WILL RETIRE, UH, ON OCTOBER 31ST, UH, AFTER SERVING 25 YEARS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM, JERRY GRADUATED IN APRIL, 1996. UM, HE SPENT, UH, FOUR YEARS IN THE COAST GUARD, SORRY, ANDY. UM, AND, UM, AND HAS BEEN, UH, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HAS WORKED PATROL IN THE NORTH, UH, SUBSTATION AREA, THE WEST SUBSTATION AREA, THE CENTRAL AND THE PROOF SUBSTATIONS. UH, JERRY HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE PROTECTION DETAIL, AND, UM, BEGAN HIS CURRENT ASSIGNMENT IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, UM, IN 2008. AND SO FOR, SINCE THAT TIME PERIOD, AND SINCE 2000, UM, SINCE THAT TIME PERIOD, UM, HE'S BEEN PERMANENTLY ASSIGNED TO CITY HALL. AND SO WE ALL, UH, SEE JERRY EVERY DAY. UM, AND, UM, HE HAS BEEN THE, UM, UM, ALTHOUGH CINDY IS THE FRONT DOOR, JERRY'S LIKE THE, THE SCREEN DOOR, RIGHT? AND SO JERRY HAS, UM, I'VE SEEN JERRY DEAL WITH AS MANY MUNICIPAL ISSUES THAT ARE NOT CITY RELATED OR THAT POLICE RELATED, UM, AS ANYTHING ELSE. UM, HIS TEMPERAMENT, UM, HIS, UM, FRIENDLINESS, UM, HIS QUIET RESOLVE. UM, FRANKLY, THE FACT THAT HE IS CONSTANTLY WATCHING, UH, FOR EVERYTHING. HE'S HAD A NUMBER OF RECOGNITIONS THROUGHOUT HIS, UH, CAREER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BEFORE HE CAME TO CITY HALL, UM, IN DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC, UM, AND, UM, UM, UH, TERRIBLE CRIMES, UM, OUTSIDE OF WORK. UH, JERRY IS, UM, UM, A BLACK BELT IN BRAZILIAN JUUJITSU AND TEACHES THAT TO CHILDREN AT THE Y M C A. UM, AND NEXT, UH, NEXT, UH, TUESDAY WILL BE JERRY'S LAST DAY IN THE OFFICE, SO TO SPEAK. SO I WANTED TO ASK, I I WANTED JERRY TO COME OVER HERE TO THANK HIM FOR, UM, HIS SERVICE AND, UM, YOUR FRIENDSHIP, UM, AND TAKING CARE OF CITY HALL, UM, AND ALL OF US, AND KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR EVERYBODY. AND, UM, UH, WE'LL MISS YOU, JERRY, AND GOOD LUCK. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. I APPRECIATE IT. UM, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL MY TIME THERE AT CITY HALL. UM, OH, UM, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY'S BEEN VERY NICE TO ME. UM, I HAVE MY SECOND TEAM, MY JUUJITSU TEAM THAT I'M GONNA GO PUT MY A HUNDRED PERCENT EFFORT INTO IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JERRY. I, I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN YOU AS A MAN OF FEW WORDS, SO THAT, THAT WAS A PRETTY LONG SPEECH. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT CAREER. I WOULD DISAGREE WITH ONE THING, ERIC, IF CINDY'S A FRONT DOOR, THEN JERRY WAS THE DEADBOLT. UM, HE, HE IS, UH, A, A, A VERY FINE SERVICEMAN. UH, AND, AND WE FEEL SAFE IN CITY HALL WITH YOU THERE, JERRY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER APPLI. YEAH, JERRY, UH, YOU AND I DON'T GET MUCH OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK, BUT I HAVE ACTUALLY TOLD PEOPLE IN THE PAST THAT ONE OF THE PLEASURES OF WORKING AT CITY HALL IS KNOWING THAT EVERY MORNING WHEN I GET IN HERE, UM, THERE'S A RAY OF SUNSHINE WAITING FOR ME WITH YOUR WARM SMILE AND YOUR END, YOUR HELLO. UH, AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED ABOUT YOU IS THAT I, TO ME, IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE WE'VE GOT OUR OWN RESIDENT SHEEP DOG, UH, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US AROUND HERE. AND, UH, YOU'VE DONE A [01:20:01] GREAT JOB, MAN. AND, AND I'LL MISS SEEING YOUR SMILE. AND, UM, AND NOW I KNOW WHY THE KIDS AT THE W UH, THE Y W C A ARE SO DEADLY. THANKS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PAEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UH, JERRY, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. UM, MY FIRST GO AROUND WHEN I WORKED, UH, IN THE BASEMENT OF CITY HALL, UH, IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, I THINK I, I FINALLY OPENED UP TO SOME OF Y'ALL AND I SAID THAT I HAD BEEN MUGGED DOWNTOWN, AND SO I WAS ALWAYS SCARED TO WALK TO MY VEHICLE ON MY OWN. AND SO, WHEN, AS A MATTER OF FACT, A LOT OF MY, MY, UH, COLLEAGUES WALK ME TO MY CAR IF IT GETS DARK. UM, BUT JERRY AND, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM WOULD ALWAYS WATCH OUT FOR ME AND MAKE SURE THAT I GOT TO MY CAR SAFELY. SO I WAS ALWAYS EXTRA APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. UM, BUT ALSO I WANNA TELL YOU THAT THERE'S BIG SHOES TO FILL, UH, FOR YOU. AND SO I ALWAYS FEEL SAFE AT CITY HALL WHEN I WALK TO MY OFFICE. AND, UM, I'VE GOTTA TELL YOU THIS STORY. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY TOLD YOU THIS STORY, BUT, UM, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, UM, I WAS IN MY OFFICE AND I HAD, UM, THE TEAM IN MY OFFICE AND THERE WAS SOMEONE OUTSIDE MY DOOR. AND SO I WAS TRYING TO LET THEM IN. SO I KEPT HITTING THE BUTTON TO OPEN. AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS, BUT APPARENTLY THAT WAS A PANIC BUTTON. AND WHOEVER WAS AT YOUR, UM, AT YOUR, I GUESS, WAS SUBBING IN FOR YOU, OR THEY WERE TRAINING HAD STEPPED OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT. AND SO, UM, I THINK CHIEF MCMANUS AND EVERYBODY WAS GETTING READY, HAD TO SHIFT TO, UH, TO CITY HALL. AND, UH, THEY WERE ABOUT TO SHUT CITY HALL DOWN BECAUSE I HAD PRESSED THE PANIC BUTTON THREE TIMES THINKING I WAS OPENING THE DOOR ACCIDENTALLY. SO PLEASE, WHOEVER YOU TRAIN, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET SOMEONE, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, TO LEARN. UH, THAT IF SOMEBODY PRESSES A PANIC BUTTON THREE TIMES, IT MIGHT BE THAT THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN TRAINED ON IT. SO, F Y I, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO AND FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW THAT YOU MAKE A BIG IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF, UH, OF YOUTH EVERYWHERE. AND SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND TO YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY FOR YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. HDA. THANK YOU, JERRY. I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING, I THINK EVERYBODY HASN'T ALREADY SAID, BUT I HAVE TO JUST PERSONALLY THANK YOU. EVERY TIME I WALK INTO CITY HALL AND I'M FUMBLING WITH MY STUFF AND CAN'T GET THE LITTLE GATES TO WORK, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE LAUGHING AT ME, AND IT FEELS REALLY NICE, YOU KNOW, , UM, YOU'RE ALWAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, A BRIGHT SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND, AND HELP ME OUT. AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE EVEN GONE SO FAR AS TO HELP ME GET INTO THE ELEVATOR 'CAUSE MY CAR DOESN'T WORK. AND SO I, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, YOUR LONG SERVICE, UM, WITH OUR, OUR CITY AND THE LAST FEW YEARS. UM, GETTING TO KNOW YOU HAS BEEN WONDERFUL, SO I APPRECIATE IT. GOOD LUCK TO YOU IN YOUR NEW ENDEAVOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KWA HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, NUMBER ONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND I ALSO WANT TO, I'LL KEEP IT SHORT, BUT IT, IT IS VERY HARD TO WALK INTO CITY HALL IN A BAD MOOD AND THEN ENTER AND SAY HI TO YOU, AND THEN CONTINUE ON IN A BAD MOOD. AND IT'S EVEN HARDER TO LEAVE CITY HALL IN A BAD MOOD AND THEN SEE YOUR SMILE AND CONTINUE. SO YOU ALWAYS BRIGHTEN, YOU ALWAYS BRIGHTEN EVERYONE'S DAY. I THINK THAT'S CONSENSUS. UM, AND I'M GONNA, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE RETIRING. I'M GONNA MISS, I'M GONNA MISS YOU A LOT. I'M GONNA MISS THE SMILES AND THE HELLOS AND THE BANTER. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS A WONDERFUL, UH, FIRST FEW MONTHS. YES, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. JERRY. WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE, UH, GETTING READY TO RETIRE. YOU KNOW, I SIT ON THE POLICE FIRE AND PENSION FUND, UM, AND I CAN REDLINE YOU OFF OF THAT, THAT LIST. COUNCILMAN, DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID? HE'S A BLACK BELT IN JUJITSU. WELL, I'M GETTING TO THAT, I'M GETTING TO THAT. YOU KNOW, IT WAS THROUGH A MUTUAL FUND, A MUTUAL FRIEND THAT I FOUND OUT THAT HE IS, UM, UH, IN THAT POSITION, BLACK BELT. SO I DON'T MESS WITH JERRY , LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. BUT YES, JERRY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR ME PERSONALLY AND FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AND FOR EVERYBODY IN, IN THAT BUILDING. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, UH, YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE. AND I TELL YOU WHAT, I, I GOTTA GET OUT THERE AND WATCH ONE OF YOUR CLASSES JUST TO SEE WHAT GOES ON THERE. BUT, UH, YEAH, I'LL NEVER MESS WITH YOU , BUT YEAH, THANK YOU JERRY. APPRECIATE IT. YES, SIR. YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MEREDITH. JERRY, I, I JUST WANT TO ADD MY HEART, HEARTFELT THANKS, UH, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND HOW FRIENDLY YOU ARE AND HOW DEVOTED YOU ARE. AND GOOD LUCK WITH ALL THOSE KIDS. YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU JERRY, SO MUCH. UH, I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU. THIS IS HOW WE WANT OUR OFFICERS TO END THEIR CAREERS. THIS IS HOW WE WANT OUR, UH, CITY EMPLOYEES TO END OUR CAREERS AFTER, UH, 20 LONG YEARS AND, UH, HEALTHY ENOUGH AND READY ENOUGH TO GO ON AND DO SOMETHING ELSE. [01:25:01] SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR BEING THAT LIGHT WHEN I WALK IN IN THE MORNING. AND, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND, AND ENJOY YOUR SEMI-RETIREMENT. YES, THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, JERRY, GOOD LUCK WITH THE KIDS. UH, AND DON'T BE A STRANGER. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING. YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, THE TIME IS NOW 10:52 AM ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, PERRY'S BIRTHDAY. OH, OH, AGAIN, AGAIN, EVERY YEAR. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. THANK YOU. 75 YEARS. ALRIGHT, THE TIME [EXECUTIVE SESSION] IS NOW 10:52 AM ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, 2021. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW RECONVENE, EXCUSE ME, WILL NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR TWO INTO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 OR DELIBERATE, OR DISCUSS THE ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED ON THE OCTOBER 13TH, 2021 AT CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TO INCLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTIES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 AND CONSTELLATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON. THE TIME IS NOW 12:48 PM ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, 2021. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS NOW RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. OUR MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.