Oct 27, 2021 City Council Special Session on 2021-10-27 2:00 PM

PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.

COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO HDA.

COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER PALIS.

MAYOR NIERENBERG.

CITY MANAGER, LORI HOUSTON AND MYSELF, UH, MET WITH EVERY ONE OF YOU, UH, WENT OVER YOUR COMMENTS.

MAYOR, WE HAVE QUORUM.

ALL GOOD

[1. Briefing on City Staff’s revised 2022 2027 Bond Proposition allocation recommendations and possible action to provide the Bond Committees preliminary guidance on proposition allocations. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager, Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works]]

AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

THAT IS THE DISCUSSION OF THE REVISED 20 22, 20 27 BOND PROPOSITION ALLOCATION RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR CITY STAFF.

SO GET US STARTED.

LEMME TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH.

AFTERNOON ARIAN COUNCIL.

UM, THIS AFTERNOON OUR SPECIAL, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.

UH, WE'VE GOT A QUICK, UH, PRESENTATION FROM THE STAFF THAT, UH, OUTLINES THE, UM, REVISED STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 21ST LAST YEAR.

WE'LL WALK THROUGH THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, UM, AND WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, UPDATE YOU ON THE BOND COMMITTEE PROCESS, WHICH BEGINS TONIGHT.

UM, SO LET ME HAND IT OFF TO ROD TO GET US THROUGH THAT PRESENTATION.

ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO, AS THE MANAGER SAID TODAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TODAY.

WE'RE GONNA UPDATE YOU ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE BOND PROCESS.

WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR REVISED RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH WE SHARED WITH YOU IN A MEMO, UH, JUST ON THE 21ST.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, STARTING OFF THE BOND COMMITTEE PROCESS AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT, UH, THREE MONTHS AND, AND GO OVER THE NEXT STEPS.

SO HERE WE GO.

SO WE MET WITH COUNCIL FIRST ON, UH, WE MET WITH COUNCIL ACTUALLY SIX MONTHS AGO, BUT THEN ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, WE HAD A B SESSION WHERE WE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE BOND PROCESS AND, AND IT WAS REALLY DESIGNED TO BE A LISTENING SESSION.

WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU, WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT THIS BOND TO BE? UH, WE SHARED WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, CITYWIDE MULTIPLE CATEGORIES, MULTIPLE PROPOSITIONS.

WE GOT YOUR FEEDBACK BASED ON THAT.

WE CAME BACK TO YOU ON OCTOBER 13TH WITH A, WITH THE PROPOSITION OF WHAT, WHAT THIS BOND COULD BE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S IN THE, THE FAR LEFT HAND CORNER.

UH, WE HAD 450 MILLION IN STREETS.

WE GOT 3 MILLION IN PARKS, WHICH INCLUDED 126 MILLION FOR THE LINEAR CREEK WAYS.

AND THEN WE HAD 150 MILLION, UH, IN THE REST OF THE PROPOSITIONS.

UH, WE HAD THE ONE AND A HALF PERCENT FOR ARTS, UH, EXCEPT THAT APPLIED TO EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR HOUSING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKOUT.

WE HAD 129 MILLION IN CITYWIDE PROJECTS AND 87 MILLION IN REGIONAL PROJECTS.

AND KEEP IN MIND, CITYWIDE OR TRULY CITYWIDE LIKE THE ZOO, THE, UH, THE ANIMAL HOSPITAL, UH, BRACKENRIDGE PARK, UH, AND REGIONAL THAT, THAT GOES WITH OUR ESSAY TOMORROW, THE REGIONAL PLAN.

THESE ARE 13 REGIONAL CENTERS.

PEOPLE SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THESE PLANS.

AND, AND THE BOND IS ONE OF THE, UH, COMPONENTS THAT WE USE TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.

SO WE HAD $87 MILLION.

SO BASED ON THE CONVERSATION, WE, WE HEARD A LOT FROM COUNCIL, UH, THAT DAY.

UH, FOLLOWING THAT, UH, THE, THE

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WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FULLY UNDERSTOOD, UH, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, WHAT YOU WANTED.

AND, AND OVERALL, I THINK WHAT WE HEARD WAS THERE WAS, THERE WAS A NEED TO HAVE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING GO UP.

UH, WE HEARD THAT THEY, YOU WANTED TO SEE A DECREASE IN CITYWIDE FUNDING, A DECREASE TO THE GREENWAY TRAILS AND A DECREASE TO WHAT WE WERE, UH, FUNDING OUTSIDE AGENCIES.

SO BASED ON THAT, UH, WE SENT THE MEMO, AS I MENTIONED, ON OCTOBER 21ST, UH, WITH THE PROPOSAL, UH, THAT WE THINK MEETS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HEARD FROM YOU ON THE 13TH AND, AND IN THOSE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS.

SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING NOW TO BEEF UP STREETS TO 480 MILLION PARKS.

WE DROPPED TO 2 74, UH, AND WE DROPPED THE LINEAR CREEKS 110 MILLION FROM THE 1 26, UH, DRAINAGE, UH, IS ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WANTED TO SEE INCREASE.

SO WE INCREASED THAT TO A HUNDRED AND AND 62 MILLION.

WE KEPT HOUSING THE SAME, UH, FACILITIES DECREASED, UH, BY TO 134 MILLION.

PUBLIC ART DIDN'T CHANGE.

CITYWIDE, AS YOU CAN SEE, DROPPED FROM 1 29 TO 99 MILLION.

AND REGIONAL WENT UP.

AND, AND THE REASON REGIONAL WENT UP IS ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, WE, WE HEARD FROM SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE WANTED TO FUND PORT SA.

SO WE ADDED 15 MILLION FOR PORT SA.

SO THAT'S WHY REGIONAL WENT UP.

SO THIS SLIDE REALLY BREAKS DOWN THE MEMO IN, IN DETAIL.

YOU CAN SEE THE SPECIFIC ADDITIONS.

UH, WE THAT WE MADE.

WE, WE BASICALLY ADDED ALMOST ABOUT $58 MILLION IN PROJECTS.

AND, AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS, A LOT OF THIS CAME FROM JUST TALKING TO YOU, UH, ONE-ON-ONE.

AND, AND FROM WHAT WE HEARD, UH, ON THE 13TH.

SO THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL CENTER, WE ADDED 5 MILLION TO THAT, UH, CUMBERLAND, THAT WAS A BRAND NEW PROJECT IN DISTRICT FIVE AT DRAINAGE PROJECT 11 MILLION.

WE ADDED TOM SLICK PARK FOR 500,000, UH, INCREASE THE TWO DRAINAGE PROJECTS IN DISTRICT SEVEN BY A MILLION AT 700,000.

WE ADDED THE KENTWOOD, UH, MANOR.

UH, THAT WAS A DRAINAGE PROJECT IN DISTRICT NINE FOR 7.4 MILLION.

UH, TOPPER TOPPER ONE WORKED WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY ON THAT.

WE REDUCED THE PROJECT AND WE ADDED THAT STREET PROJECT THAT WASN'T INCLUDED FOR 14.5 MILLION.

WE ADDED CANINE FOR WARRIORS.

AND THEN THERE'S THE PORT SAN ANTONIO, WE ADDED IT FOR $15 MILLION.

AND THEN ON THE, ON THE, THE FAR RIGHT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE REDUCTIONS.

HERE'S WHERE WE TOOK IT OUT OF.

WE REDUCED THAT NEW BRAUNFELS DRAINAGE PROJECT, UH, BRACKEN RIDGE.

WE CUT IT IN HALF, UH, CITYWIDE WAREHOUSE.

WE REMOVED, UH, WE CUT BACK ON SOME OF THE RESILIENCY FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES.

THE TRAILS TOOK A ALMOST $16 MILLION CUT.

THE BOTANICAL CENTER, UH, WAS CUT IN HALF.

THE SS A P D LOT WAS THE I IMPO LOT WAS REMOVED COMPLETELY, AND SUN GARDENS WAS ALSO CUT IN HALF.

SO GREENWAY TRAILS JUST, YOU KNOW, A REMINDER ON, ON THE GREENWAY TRAILS, UH, WE, WE MADE, WHEN THE SALES TAX PASSED AND WE ALLOCATED MONEY TO, TO VIA AND, AND THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WE MADE A COMMITMENT THAT WE WOULD COMPLETE THE TRAILS OVER TWO BOND CYCLES.

WE SAID WE'D DO OVER TWO BOND CYCLES.

THERE IS ABOUT 45 MILES OF TRAILS THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS TO COMPLETE.

THE COUNTY HAS ABOUT 25 MILES.

THE COST OF OURS IS ABOUT $200 MILLION.

SO, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR RATIONALE IS PUT HALF, PUT HALF OF THAT THIS BOND, AND THEN DO THE OTHER HALF, UH, IN THE NEXT BOND.

SO WE'RE PROPOSING AS AT $110 MILLION TOWARDS THIS, THAT WOULD, UH, WE'D COMPLETE 20.3 MILES OF TRAILS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS LIST, YOU WILL SEE EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL DISTRICT IS INCLUDED.

EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL DISTRICT WILL GET A PROJECT.

UH, SOME OF YOU GET MULTIPLE PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST SIDE.

UM, SO EVERYONE'S INCLUDED THERE.

THERE'S A, THERE'S A COOL LIGHT PROJECT PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE WANNA DO ON THE WEST SIDE TRAILS.

'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, WHEN, WHEN IT GETS DARK, YOU CAN'T USE THE TRAILS.

WE'RE PROPOSING TO, TO LIGHT UP THE, THE TRAILS, UH, FOR THIS AREA.

SO PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY USE THE TRAILS AT NIGHT.

SO HERE'S OUR PROPOSAL FOR, FOR THE TRAILS.

AND AS, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE ARE LEVERAGING TOURS DOLLARS, UH, TO HELP, YOU KNOW, SPREAD THIS.

UH, THIS, THE FUNDING FOR THE, FOR THE BOND.

UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE LEVERAGE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, FOR OUR CITY OWNED CULTURAL ASSETS BY EXTENDING THE MIDTOWN TOURS TO 2041.

UH, SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE WITTY, WITH THE ZOO, WITH THE BRACKENRIDGE CONSERVANCY, THE SAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL GARDENS, TO HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS.

WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THEM TO COME UP WITH A JOINT, UH, FUNDING STRATEGY SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE THESE BOND AND TUR DOLLARS MORE BY HOPEFULLY, UH, ASKING THEM TO IDENTIFY SOME OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDING SOURCES SO WE CAN, UH, MEET THOSE CAPITAL NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE.

SO, AS YOU CAN SEE THIS, BY DOING THIS,

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THIS ALLOWS US TO REDUCE OUR INITIAL BOND ALLOCATION FROM $40 MILLION TO 25 MILLION, UH, FOR THESE AREAS BY EXTENDING THE MIDTOWN TOURS.

UH, AND THIS WILL ALLOW US, LIKE I SAID, TO MEET THEIR FUNDING REQUESTS.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDE, THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU WHAT THEY REQUESTED OF US, WHAT WE HAD PROPOSED IN THE BOND ON THE 13TH.

WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MEET ALL THEIR NEEDS, BUT BY ACTUALLY GOING THIS ROUTE, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GET CLOSE, UH, TO WHAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY REQUESTED, UH, BY USING THE TERRORIST FUNDING.

SO IT'S A GOOD, UH, IT, IT'S GOOD FOR THEM AND IT'S GOOD FOR US.

'CAUSE IT FREED UP $15 MILLION FOR US TO ALLOCATE TO OUR BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND HERE IS THE BOND PROPOSAL, UH, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

UH, THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES THAT THE VOTERS WOULD SEE.

AND, AND KEEP IN MIND, WE'VE, WE'VE COMBINED THE FACILITIES AT 134 MILLION, BUT WHEN WE TAKE IT TO THE VOTERS, WE NEED TO SEPARATE THOSE.

SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES AT 61 AND PUBLIC SAFETY AT 73 MILLION.

I ALSO WANNA MENTION THERE ARE TWO COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THAT, UH, CAME TO US LAST, LAST WEEK OR SO WITH WANTING TO SWAP SOME OF THEIR DISTRICT MONIES.

SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM.

THO THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T REFLECTED IN THESE SLIDES.

SO AFTER WE MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, THESE NUMBERS MAY GO UP OR GO DOWN A TADD BIT.

UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE BOND COMMITTEES, WE'RE GONNA WORK THAT OUT.

SO THESE NUMBERS MAY, MAY CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU JUST A DIFFERENT VIEW OF, OF THE, THE PROPOSITION.

SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE LAID OUT.

YOU LOOK AT THE STREETS AND, AND BRIDGES, 40% IS PROPOSED TOWARDS, GO TOWARDS THAT PARKS IS AT 23%.

THAT INCLUDES THE LINEAR CREEK TRAILS DRAINAGE AT 13 AND FACILITIES 11 AND HOUSING AT 13.

AND ANOTHER WAY, UH, TO LOOK AT IT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD FROM YOU, YOU KNOW, YOUR DISTRICT PROJECTS ARE IMPORTANT.

SO YOU CAN SEE 60% OF THE BOND IS COINED TOWARDS YOUR DISTRICT PROJECTS, WHETHER IT BE STREETS, DRAINAGE, OR PARKS 13 FOR HOUSING.

THE TRAILS ARE 9%, REGIONALS 9%, AND CITYWIDE IS ONLY 8%.

SO NOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR SENDING US YOUR, YOUR APPOINTEES.

UH, WE'VE, WE'VE MET A LOT OF THEM.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING STARTED, UH, TONIGHT.

SO WITH THAT, WE WANTED TO ANNOUNCE, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THE MAYOR HAS APPOINTED HIS TRACKCHAIRS.

WE'VE GOT BERTEL, GARRA, BRANDON LOGAN, AND JAMIE KOWALSKI.

I MET WITH THEM YESTERDAY.

THEY'RE EXCITED, THEY'RE EAGER TO GET WORKING AND, AND WE'RE ANXIOUS TO START WORKING WITH THEM.

YOU SEE THE CO-CHAIRS FOR THE COMMITTEES.

UH, WE HAVE JOHN BAILEY AND PAULA FERNANDEZ FOR STREETS, CHRIS GARCIA AND SUZANNE SCOTT FOR DRAINAGE.

JEANETTE ERMAN AND JIM BAILEY FOR PARKS.

UH, CHRIS MARTINEZ AND DWAYNE ROBINSON FOR FACILITIES.

AND KATIE VELA AND SHIRLEY GONZALEZ FOR HOUSING.

AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE TO THE LEFT, WE'VE ASSIGNED AN E L T MEMBER TO WORK WITH EACH OF THESE COMMITTEES TO KEEP, UH, TO KEEP THE, YOU KNOW, THE BALL ROLLING.

KEEP, KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING.

UH, WHAT WE'VE TALKED TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABOUT IS ABOUT THEIR ROLE.

YOU KNOW, THEIR ROLE IS TO ACTIVELY LISTEN, TO ACTIVELY LISTEN, UH, TO THE CONSTITUENTS, UH, TO THE OUTSIDE AGENCIES, TO EVERYBODY WHO WANTS A BOND PROJECT, TO LISTEN, TO VET THOSE PROJECTS, TO DECIDE WHAT'S FEASIBLE, WHAT'S NOT, UH, WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THOSE PROJECTS WILL BRING.

UH, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO THEM TO ULTIMATELY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA PROVIDE 'EM WITH THE BUCKETS, AND IT'S THEIR JOB TO WORK WITHIN THOSE BUCKETS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU.

WE'RE ALSO GONNA WORK WITH THEM TO SAY, THERE'S SOME PROJECTS THAT MAY NOT QUITE MAKE THE FUNDING LIST.

WE'RE GONNA ASK THEM TO RANK THOSE PROJECTS SO THAT IF COUNCIL, WHEN WE BRING THIS BACK TO YOU IN FEBRUARY, IF YOU MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE BUCKETS, WE WILL HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT, THAT WE CAN INCLUDE, OR MAYBE EVEN THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE DROP OFF, IF THE BUCKET SHRINKS.

SO WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THE BOND COMMITTEE TO DO THAT.

HERE'S THE SCHEDULE THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE START OUT TODAY WITH STREETS.

THEN WE DO DRAINAGE TOMORROW.

UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, NUMEROUS MEETINGS.

IT'S FOUR MEETINGS WITH EACH OF THE COMMITTEES EXCEPT FOR HOUSING.

UH, WE WILL HAVE THREE MEETINGS WITH THE HOUSING COMMITTEE.

AND HERE'S JUST KIND OF A LAYOUT, IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA COVER WITH EACH OF THESE COMMITTEES.

YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST MEETING, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A BASIC ORIENTATION.

WE'RE GONNA GO OVER, YOU KNOW, THEIR ETH ETHICS THAT, THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW AND GIVE 'EM A STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT THE BOND LOOKS LIKE.

AFTER THAT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO MEETINGS OF, OF REALLY GOOD CITIZENS TO BE HEARD AND, AND DELIBERATION.

AND THE LAST MEETING, THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, DELIBERATE AND, AND THEY'RE GONNA VOTE AND, AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO, TO COUNCIL TRANSPARENCY.

WE HAVE, UH, CREATED A WEBSITE THAT, UH, BASICALLY HAS ALL THE INFORMATION FOR THE BOND PROGRAM.

EVERYTHING FROM THE COMMITTEE ROSTERS, UH, TO THE CALENDARS, TO EVERY DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA SHARE WITH THEM WILL BE ON THERE FOR,

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FOR FOLKS TO LOOK AT AND, UH, GET THEIR HANDS ON THE TIMELINE.

YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA MEET FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH THE BOND COMMITTEES.

UH, IN JANUARY, THE BOND COMMITTEES ARE GONNA COME BACK TO YOU, AND THEY'RE GONNA MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU IN A B SESSION, JANUARY THE 12TH.

AND THEN ON FEBRUARY THE 10TH, THAT'S WHEN YOU AS COUNSEL ARE GONNA GONNA ACTUALLY VOTE ON THIS PACKAGE.

YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT YOU WANNA PUT BEFORE THE VOTERS, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA CALL THE ELECTION.

AND THE ELECTION WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR MAY THE SEVENTH.

SO THAT, THAT, UH, CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

NO ACTION IS, IS REQUIRED TODAY.

IF, UH, IF COUNCIL IS SATISFIED WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THERE'S NO ACTION REQUIRED.

OBVIOUSLY, IF, IF COUNCIL WISHES TO CHANGE THE OVERALL PROPOSITIONS, OVERALL PROPS, UH, THEN A MOTION WOULD BE REQUIRED.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE MANAGER TO CLOSE.

THANK YOU, ROD.

UM, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT.

UM, OUR STREETS COMMITTEE IS MEETING TONIGHT AND DRAINAGE TOMORROW NIGHT.

UM, AND AS WE MET WITH THE, UM, CO-CHAIRS LAST WEEK, UM, WE ADVISED THEM THAT WE WERE HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING.

CERTAINLY THINGS WOULD CHANGE AND WE WOULD KEEP THE ENTIRE GROUP UPDATED.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ONE THING THAT, THAT ROD, UM, AND SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE SERVED ON COMMITTEES IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK THE COMMITTEES, AND WE'VE SHARED THIS WITH THE, WITH THE CO-CHAIRS, IS THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LIST TO THE COUNCIL OF MAYBE THOSE PROJECTS IN A PRIORITY ORDER.

SO THAT, UM, IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN FEBRUARY, WHEN YOU SEE THE LIST, OR YOU'LL SEE IT IN JANUARY, YOU'LL APPROVE IT IN FEBRUARY.

UM, IF YOU DECIDE TO MAKE CHANGES AS A GROUP, THEN YOU HAVE A LIST OF READY TO GO PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN VETTED BY THE COMMUNITY OR THESE PANELS.

AND, AND WE THINK THAT ARMS THE COUNCIL, UM, BETTER.

UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT AS, UH, THERE, THERE CERTAINLY NEEDS TO BE SOME DISCIPLINE TO THE PROCESS AND OTHERWISE, UM, YOU, YOU'D PROBABLY GET A $6 BILLION LIST BACK.

BUT WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN OUR MEANS.

UM, BUT PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO THOSE GROUPS BECAUSE THERE WILL BE LIKELY A LOT OF CONVERSATION AND DELIBERATION.

UM, EVERY PROJECT WILL BE IMPORTANT, UM, REGARDLESS OF THE CATEGORY.

SO, UH, WE THINK WITH THAT ADDITION, UM, THAT THAT'LL BE HELPFUL.

UM, AND ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS WILL BE LIVE STREAMED, THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS WELL.

AND, UM, UM, AS ROD MENTIONED, I'LL HAVE AN E L T MEMBER ASSIGNED TO EACH COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH THE CO-CHAIRS TO HELP, UM, FACILITATE AND PROVIDE THIS, THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, UH, TO GO THROUGH THIS, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.

SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU.

GREAT.

THANK YOU ERIC.

AND THANK YOU ROD, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH, WE DO HAVE THREE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TODAY.

SO I WILL CALL THEM IN ORDER.

I'LL CALL THE NEXT NAME ON THE LIST IF YOU'LL BE PREPARED TO COME FORWARD.

WE'LL START WITH JAKE TUCKER.

JAKE TUCKER.

GINA KRAMER.

GINA KRAMER, MITSUKO RAMOS.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS MITSUKO RAMOS FOR THE RECORD WITH GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP OF TEXAS.

I DO REPRESENT THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE FORMER REPUBLIC GOLF COURSE, UM, LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.

I DO HAVE SOME, UH, PRESENTATION MATERIAL THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE TO THE STAFF TO HAND OUT TO THE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TO THE, UM, CITY MANAGER.

CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL WITH TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH THE, THE CITY, UH, TRAILS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING THROUGH THE PARK TO COORDINATE THAT WITH THE EXISTING, UM, PAVED PATHWAYS THAT THE GOLF CARTS USED TO USE TO MAKE THOSE ACCESSIBLE TRAILS FOR, FOR THE WHEELCHAIRS.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK THE PARK STAFF, UH, AND THE, UM, THE COUNCILWOMAN GRO FOR WORKING WITH US ON, UH, A PROPOSED, UH, BOND PROJECTS LOTTO CREEK LINEAR PARK THAT IS, UH, PROPOSED FOR THE, UH, FORMER REPUBLIC GOLF COURSE THAT'S LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.

IT'S THE ONLY ALL INCLUSIVE, ACCESSIBLE PARK THAT IS PROPOSED FOR THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM.

UM, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 140 ACRES, AND THE DESIGN, UM, WAS FINALIZED WITH INPUT FROM, UH, THE CONSTITUENTS WITHIN DISTRICT THREE.

UH, COUNTY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, THE VETERAN SPORTS ORGANIZATION, SAN ANTONIO SPORTER WELLS CLARK.

UH, COUNCILMAN GRO DID HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE IT AN ACCESSIBLE PARK, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.

SO WE THANK HER FOR THAT.

UM, AND THE

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UM, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PARK.

WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING, UM, ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, UM, WORKOUT EQUIPMENT, UH, ALONG THE ACCESSIBLE TRAILS, UM, AS WELL AS AN ACCESSIBLE SPORTS FIELD THAT WHEELCHAIRS CAN ACCESS FOR, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN PLAY SPORTS.

SO IT'S, UM, I KNOW THAT IT'S A PRIORITY FOR CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE ACCESSIBLE, UM, FACILITIES.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE ONLY ALL-INCLUSIVE, ACCESSIBLE PARK, ACCESSIBLE PARK, UH, LINEAR PARK THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED FOR THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM.

SO WE WOULD BE VERY APPRECIATIVE IF SOMEHOW THIS COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST SO THAT WE ARE PLANNING ON HAVING CONSTITUENTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS, UM, ATTEND THE BOND COMMITTEE MEETING SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE INPUT.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

THANK YOU, MS. RAMOS.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START OUR CONVERSATION NOW.

AND I FIRST JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK, UH, OF THE STAFF AND THE COUNCIL TO HONE IN ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY.

UH, WHICH I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH.

UH, IT'S BEEN, UM, A BIT OF A LONG PROCESS TO START, BUT THIS IS STILL THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS.

AND AS THE CITIZEN COMMITTEES BEGIN TO MEET TONIGHT, WE'RE GONNA HEAR MORE ABOUT INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS AND HOW THEY, UH, ARE GOING TO FUNCTION WITHIN THE CITY.

UH, I WILL TAKE A STEP BACK THOUGH.

AND WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND THE RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO US, UH, IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AVENUES, NOT JUST, UH, THROUGH OUR BOND PROGRAM, BUT THROUGH OUR SIX YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OUR AMERICAN RECOVERY PROGRAM, UH, AND A POTENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOBS BILL.

UH, THIS IS BUT ONE AVENUE OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO ALIGN, UH, TO OUR CITY'S PRIORITIES.

UH, AND I'LL FIRST SAY, UH, I AM, UH, VERY GRATEFUL, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, PAST AND PRESENT, UH, FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO RESTORING EQUITY IN OUR CITY.

UH, WE KNOW WE'RE ONLY FIVE YEARS REALLY INTO THE PROCESS, BUT WE HAVE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, USED A EQUITY FRAMEWORK, WHICH WE'VE REFINED AND HONED IN ON OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS EXTRAORDINARY AND WELL NEEDED.

UH, TO THAT NOTE THOUGH, UH, WE ARE BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF A BOND, WHICH IS GOING TO, UH, DEVELOP AND, AND INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN WE'VE EVER DONE BEFORE.

UH, SO WHILE THE 1.2 BILL BILLION DOLLAR, UH, TOTAL, UH, THAT PEOPLE WILL SEE ON THEIR BALLOT SEPARATED INTO THE SIX PROPOSITIONS IS HIGH, UH, KNOW THAT WE ALSO, UH, ARE, UM, FACING ALMOST UNLIMITED NEED.

SO THE PROCESS OF BALANCING THESE RESOURCES, EXTREMELY TIME CONSUMING, UH, BUT I THINK YOU'VE FOUND IT, ERIC, ROD, UH, STAFF, UH, ON, ON THE WAY TO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, IF WE THINK ABOUT ALSO, UH, THE FRAME FOR WHICH WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH THIS BOND AND ALL THE OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE ARE APPROACHING, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THREE PILLARS, UH, BEYOND THE FOUNDATION OF EQUITY.

AND THAT IS, ARE WE MOVING THE NEEDLE ON RESILIENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY? ARE WE CHANGING, UH, FOR THE BETTER PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY? AND THIRD, ARE WE CONNECTING PEOPLE NOT TO EACH, NOT JUST TO EACH OTHER, BUT TO OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO THEIR JOBS, TO THEIR SCHOOLS, TO THEIR RESIDENTIAL AREAS, IF WE ARE, UM, MOVING THE NEEDLE ON THOSE THREE MEASURES, IN MY OPINION, IT'S A GOOD PROJECT.

AND SO, UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

THAT SAID, UM, YOU'VE DONE, UH, SOME GOOD CREATIVE WORK HERE.

I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE TOURS, UM, CONCEPT.

I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THOSE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS ALREADY, AND THE IDEA THAT THEY WOULD, UH, WORK TOGETHER ON A STRATEGIC COLLECTIVE VISION FOR THE CULTURAL CORRIDOR ON BROADWAY IS EXTRAORDINARY.

UH, CLEARLY THESE, UH, CITY FACILITIES NEED INVESTMENT, UH, AND WE NEED TO ALSO THINK TRANSFORMATIVELY.

SO, UH, THAT'S GOOD NEWS THERE.

SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TURN THIS OVER NOW TO, UH, MY COLLEAGUES FOR A COMMENT.

BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY, TO OUR STAFF, AND TO OUR COUNCIL FOR REFINING WHAT, WHAT I THINK ARE VERY STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO, LEMME TURN IT OVER FIRST TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ELIAS.

PROPOSITIONS AS PRESENTED BY, UH, MANAGER PRO, UH, SANCHEZ.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LIST OF PRIORITIES AND PROJECTS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING FUNDING LEVELS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MEMO WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY MANAGER LAST WEEK AND AS SET OUT AND RECOMMENDED TODAY BY ROD SANCHEZ.

I SECOND.

ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE 20 22 20 27 BOND

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WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED INTO DISCUSSION.

COUNCIL MEMBER PAZ.

YEAH, AND, AND I'LL HAVE MORE COMMENTS LATER AS, AS THE CONVERSATION DEVELOPS.

BUT, UM, MY, I BELIEVE IN THE VOTERS OF SAN ANTONIO.

I BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU GIVE THEM MORE CHOICES THAN FEWER CHOICES, THEY, UM, WILL DO A BETTER JOB OF SCRUBBING AND VETTING.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE LARGEST PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING EXERCISE THAT WE ENGAGE IN.

UM, AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT GIVING OUR VOTERS FEWER CHOICES, TREATS THEM LIKE CHILDREN, UM, AND THEY'VE SENT US UP HERE TO PRESENT THEM WITH MORE OPTIONS THAN LESS.

I, I WILL NOT EVER SUPPORT, UM, GIVING MY VOTERS, UM, OR ANY OTHER SAN ANTONIO, FEWER OPTIONS TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEIR LIVES.

AND THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT THIS.

COUNCIL MEMBER APPLAUSE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ILLA GRANT.

THE CITY NOT ONLY IN THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM, BUT THE 2027 AND THE 2020, UH, THE 2030, UM, TWO, BECAUSE THOSE CITY FACILITIES WILL ALWAYS COME THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN, ROD, I KNOW WE DIDN'T NEED TO TAKE ACTION, BUT I WANTED TO SUPPORT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE IN THIS MOVE.

UM, ERIC AND, AND THE TEAM.

I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND HEARING ME WHEN I ASK THAT YOU, UH, CUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND GET CREATIVE.

SO I'M VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT AND I'M PLEASED TO SUPPORT IT AS IT STANDS BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE MOVED SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WITH STREETS AND DRAINAGE, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THE ONLY WAY I WOULD MOVE ANY MONEY AT THIS POINT IS IF IT WENT BACK INTO HOUSING.

SO UNLESS WE'RE HAVING THAT MOTION, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE ARE, I DO NOT WANNA TAKE ANY MORE FROM THE PARKS.

MASUKO CAME UP, SHE GAVE A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

THERE WERE THREE PARKS OF MINE THAT MISSED THIS BOND BOAT.

UM, SO LOTTO CREEK WAS ONE OF 'EM.

AND I, AND I, I UNDERSTAND THE REASONS WHY, AND I'M GOING BACK TO LOOK FOR THE MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ALL-INCLUSIVE PARK GETS PUT IN TO DISTRICT THREE.

BUT BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S DISTRICT THREE, WHICH OF COURSE I THINK IT SHOULD BE REGIONAL OR CITYWIDE, IF IT'S GONNA BE ALL INCLUSIVE, THAT'S, THAT'S MY JOB AND MY WORK TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND SEE HOW WE FIX THIS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO.

IF I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY, IF WE HAVE PARKS DOLLARS AND OUR COMMITTEE DECIDES, LET'S GO LOOK AT OTHER PARKS, UM, THAT SATO CREEK IS NOT ON THERE.

SO I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE REDUCING THE, UM, PARKS BUDGET ANYMORE THAN WE HAVE.

AND, UH, AND I THINK WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS REALLY GOOD TO GO TO OUR VOTERS AND OUR COM COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THEY'LL HAVE LIVELY DISCUSSION AND GET THIS DONE.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

AGAIN, I'M GONNA TAKE THE TIME TO SAY, THIS IS WHEN THE HARD WORK BEGINS.

UM, THE STAFF HEARD US, I FELT LIKE THEY WENT BACK AND MADE CHANGES TO WHAT WE NEEDED AND CUT THE CITYWIDE PROJECTS.

IT, I THINK IT'S NOW THE COMMITTEE'S OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN AND TO ELIMINATE ANY RED LINING THEY MAY SEE AND ANY EMERGING RED LINES.

AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT THIS COMMITTEE CAN DO THAT, ARE, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PROACTIVE, BUT IN ORDER TO BE PROACTIVE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARKS ARE FUNDED AND, UM, TO, TO THE FULLEST.

AND, AND I FEEL LIKE WHERE WE SIT NOW, THEY'RE EQUITABLY FUNDED BECAUSE I KNOW ALL OF US HAVE PARK PROJECTS THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT THIS YEAR.

UM, SO MANY THANKS TO THE DISTRICT THREE APPOINTEES FOR ACCEPTING THE COMMITMENT TO, UH, SERVE ON THE COMMITTEES.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE AND SHARE THEIR VOICE.

AND THE ONLY REAL QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, SO ERIC, WHEN YOU WENT BACK AND MADE THE ADJUSTMENTS, UM, WAS THERE ANY, ANY CHANGES, UM, THAT YOU MADE IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS GOING TO BE PRIORITIZED AS CITYWIDE? OR DID YOU JUST LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY COULD GET OTHER FUNDING? WELL, I THINK WE NEED, WE KNEW, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE, THE ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS AND THE FOLLOW-UP, WE KNEW THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE A CHANGE.

UM, AND, UM, THE ALTERNATIVE REGARD REGARDING MIDTOWN, WE HAD CONSIDERED, UM, UH, PROBABLY SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.

BUT, UM, WE HAD A MOMENT OF CLARITY AND I'LL, AND I'LL THANK, UH, LORI HOUSTON BECAUSE SHE REALLY DID THE WORK TO, WITH BEN TO REALLY SCRUB DOWN WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS POSSIBLE.

AND THAT REALLY GAVE US, I THINK, A BETTER OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THAT, FRANKLY, I THINK THAT HELPS US,

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AND IF WE CAN RELIEVE THEM BECAUSE THE, THE, THE COUNCIL KNOWS THAT THE NEED IS ALWAYS GONNA BE THERE FOR SO MANY OTHER THINGS IN THIS GREAT CITY.

UM, AND SO WE, WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A BETTER OPTION LONG TERM.

AND I JUST WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THERE.

I WANNA START WITH THE DISTRICT THREE PROJECTS, OF COURSE, TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY, THE D THREE POLICE SUBSTATION, WHICH WOULD BE A NEW BUILD AND I THINK MAKE A CITYWIDE PROJECT BROOKS, THE CITYWIDE WORLD HERITAGE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GOING TO BRING, UM, TRAVELERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND THEN HELP US TELL OUR STORY.

UM, UH, AND THEN THE OTHER ONES ANIMAL CARE, VETERINARY HOSPITAL, AND THE, UH, CANINE FOR WARRIORS FACILITY.

I, I SEE AMAZING THINGS COMING FROM THAT.

THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO ALWAYS A RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, U T S A GIVE A PRACTICE FACILITY FOR THE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM AND VOLLEYBALL TEAM, JUST I AM EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE IT GIVES WOMEN, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY AND TO SERVE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE THEATER'S MAGIC THEATER, WHICH DID MADDIE'S FRIDGE AND, UM, AND JUST TAKES THAT MESSAGE OUT CITYWIDE AND THE CARVER, UH, CULTURAL CENTER, WHICH ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO TELLING OUR STORY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION, BUT I REALLY DO FEEL AND ENCOURAGE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE BOND AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW.

COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA.

UM, I DIDN'T KNOW PUBLIC COMMENT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA.

PUBLIC COMMENT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA, ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

UM, BUT, UM, THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, THANK YOU CITY STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO CURATING THIS BOND.

UM, I WANNA ENSURE THAT FOLKS KNOW THAT SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS AND WEST SIDE RESIDENTS DESERVE A CITY THAT MEETS THEIR BASIC NEEDS.

TAKE A TRIP DOWN ANY OF OUR DISTRICT ARTERIAL STREETS, QUINTANA, SOUTH CROSS TRINITY, AND YOU WILL SEE THE RESULTS OF REDLINING AND GENERATIONAL UNDER INVESTMENT IN BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE NEEDS OF TAX PAYING RESIDENTS IN THE INNER CITY AND DISTRICT FIVE ARE NOWHERE BEING MET, NOWHERE NEAR RATHER BEING MET.

AND THE LONGER WE WAIT, THE MORE EXPENSIVE IT BE TO FINALLY REPAIR MY RESIDENTS.

EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES RANGE FROM VEHICLE DAMAGE, FROM DRIVING DOWN FAILED STREETS, TO BEING FORCED TO WALK IN STREETS BECAUSE THERE ARE SIDEWALK GAPS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, POORLY MAINTAINED INFRASTRUCTURE CAUSES SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WHILE TOTAL LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE HAS CAUSED DEATH.

I HAVE STUDENTS TELLING ME ON THEIR WAY TO ROBERT B. GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT H E B BAGS AROUND THEIR SHOES TO ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T GET SHOW UP TO SCHOOL COVERED IN MUD.

MY CONSTITUENTS ARE BEING TAUGHT, UH, ARE BEING, ARE, ARE TIRED, RATHER OF BEING TOE TO WEIGHT FOR DECENT STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND DRAINAGE.

THEY, THEY MIGHT AS WELL BE TOLD TO WAIT FOR A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE.

THE UNDERFUNDED NEED FOR BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS SAN ANTONIO TOTAL 6.6 BILLION.

OVER 80% OF THIS NEED IS JUST FOR STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND DRAINAGE.

AS OF 26 16 PUBLIC WORKS, PROJECT STUDIES SHOWED A $167 MILLION GAP IN UNFUNDED DISTRICT FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

DRAINAGE PROJECTS ARE SOME OF THE CITY'S MOST EXPENSIVE PROJECTS TO COMPLETE, WHICH IS WHY THE UPCOMING BOND MUST CHIP AWAY AT THE CITY'S $3.1 BILLION.

UH, FLOOD AND DRAINAGE NEEDS.

INVESTING IN NEIGHBORHOOD DRAINAGE CONCERNS WOULD MITIGATE FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES AMONGST OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR BUSINESSES.

POOR DRAINAGE DETERIORATES STREET CONDITIONS, WHICH CAUSES FAILING STREETS.

RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD TAKE OVER 102 MILLION JUST TO REPAIR 51 MILES OF DISTRICT FIVE STREETS THAT ARE IN FAILING CONDITION.

SO AN INVESTMENT IN BETTER DRAINAGE IS AN INVESTMENT IN BETTER ROADWAYS.

FURTHER, IN ONE OF THE OLDEST PARTS OF THE CITY, WE STILL HAVE TOO MANY RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE A STREET, WHO DO NOT HAVE A SIDEWALK, RATHER.

AND SOME PARTS, UH, NEAR THE GRASS BRIDGE DO NOT NOT HAVE STREETS, IT'S GRAVEL.

SO RIGHT NOW IN DISTRICT FIVE, THERE ARE 122 MILES OF SIDEWALK GAPS.

AT THIS CURRENT RATE, IT WOULD TAKE OVER $45 MILLION TO FILL.

THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE BROKEN AND INACCESSIBLE SIDEWALKS, JUST GAPS.

AND WHEN I ECHO THESE PRIORITIES OF MY DISTRICT FIVE NEIGHBORS, I MET WITH CONDESCENDING, DISCONNECTED, AND DISMISSIVE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW A SUCH A HISTORICALLY AND UNDERSERVED DISTRICT NEEDS TO WAIT ITS TURN YET AGAIN.

AND JUST REJOICE IN THE FACT THAT WE'RE GETTING A CREEKWAY THAT'S HEADED

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OUR WAY.

NEVERMIND THE FACT THAT MANY DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS SUSPICIOUSLY REGARD THIS PROJECT AS A POTENTIAL LEAD IN THEIR OWN DISPLACEMENT, DRAINAGE, SIDEWALKS, AND SAFE STREETS, SORRY, WEST SIDE RESIDENTS.

WE KEEP GETTING TOLD TO KEEP WAITING MAYBE NEXT TIME, BUT, BUT NOT THIS BOND CYCLE.

JUST WAIT IS WHAT WE HEAR.

DISTRICT FIVE ABSOLUTELY DESERVES CREEK WAYS THAT MIRROR THOSE OF THE MISSION, REACH AND SAN PEDRO CREEK, BUT WE MUST LEARN FROM THE COMPLETED EXTENSIONS SO THAT WE PREVENT THE KIND OF DISPLACEMENT THAT FAMILIES ALONG THE MISSION TRAIL AND SOAP WORKS FACED.

IT IS RECKLESS AND SHORTSIGHTED TO OVERLOOK THE CONCERNS THAT RESIDENTS WHO LIVE AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO OPERATE NEAR THE CREEKWAY HAVE SKYROCKETING PROPERTY TAXES, PREDATORY REAL ESTATE PRACTICES, AND INCREASED RISK OF DEMOLITION, WORRY MY RESIDENTS TREMENDOUSLY.

THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF A SAFE CREEK WALKWAY ARE MOOT IF THEY COME AT THE COST OF HOMES, BUSINESSES, AND THE WELLBEING OF DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS.

OUR DISTRICT FIVE NEIGHBORS DESERVE TO AGE IN PLACE AND ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF A COMPLETED CREEKWAY.

AND THAT IS WHY PHASING OUT FUNDING IN THE 2022 BOND FROM 110 MILLION TO 50 MILLION WILL NOT ONLY ALLOW US TO MEET MORE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS, BUT ALLOW CITY LEADERSHIP TO COLLABORATE AND WORK TO IMPLEMENT NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT WE MITIGATE COMMUNITY DISPLACEMENT, SKYROCKETING PROPERTY TAXES, DISPLACEMENT, AND DANGEROUS CROSSWALK TO ACCESS THE CREEKWAY ARE CONCERNING.

GO TO LATUNA, GO TO CLAY STREETS OF IOWAS.

IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHETHER YOU CROSS BY FOOT, BIKE OR VEHICLE TO GET TO THAT CREEKWAY.

AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE LEARNING FROM THESE COMPLETED PROJECTS TO KNOW AND PRIORITIZE INVESTING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THEY, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS, HAVE SAFE, SAFE ACCESS TO THAT CREEKWAY.

SO WE SEE A PATTERN, WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO BETTER, AND THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE LEADING UP TO THE CREEK WAYS.

SO I WANNA ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION TO RECALIBRATE TO ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

AND IF THE POWERS THAT BE WANT TO TURN A BLIND EYE AND THERE, UH, I, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO LOOK AT THE CASE STUDIES THAT EXIST.

THERE'S THE ATLANTA BELTLINE, THERE'S THE 6 0 6 TRAIL IN CHICAGO THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS A HISTORIAN, WE, WE STUDY THE HISTORIES OF PATTERNS, CYCLES, HISTORY OF POLICY, AND HOW IT IMPACTS SPACE AND COMMUNITY.

THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR US NOT TO LOOK AT THE PATTERNS AND THE CASE STUDIES THAT ALREADY EXIST TO ENSURE THAT WE BUILD A SAN ANTONIO.

THAT ONE BENEFITS EVERYONE IN ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I MOVED TO REDUCE THE FUNDING OF THE PARKS PROPOSITION, SPECIFICALLY THE GREENWAY TRAILS PROJECT FROM THE PROPOSED 110 MILLION DOWN TO 50 MILLION, AND PUT THE DIFFERENCE BACK INTO COUNCIL DISTRICTS EQUITABLY WITH 40 MILLION PLACED INTO STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND BRIDGES, AND 20 MILLION INTO THE DRAINAGE PROPOSITION.

SECOND.

ALRIGHT, UH, THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND.

COULD YOU RESTATE YOUR MOTION AGAIN SO WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF, OF WHERE THIS IS, UM, PROPOSED TO BE GOING? YES, I MOVE TO REDUCE THE FUNDING FOR THE PARKS PROPOSITION, SPECIFICALLY THE GREENWAY TRAILS PROJECT FROM THE PROPOSED 110 MILLION DOWN TO 50 MILLION, AND PUT THE DIFFERENCE BACK INTO COUNCIL DISTRICTS EQUITABLY WITH 4 MILLION PLACED INTO THE STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND DRAINAGE PROPOSITION, AND 20 MILLION INTO THE DRAINAGE PROPOSITION.

TERRY, I THINK YOU SAID 4 MILLION THIS TIME.

IS THAT WHAT YOU 40 MILLION DO I RESTATE THE WHOLE MOTION? NO, I THINK WE GOT IT.

YOU SAID, UH, FOUR 60 OUT OF PARKS WITH 40 GOING INTO THE STREETS AND 20 INTO DRAINAGE.

1 MILLION DOWN TO 50 MILLION AND PUT THE DIFFERENCE PACKED INTO, INTO THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS EQUITABLY WITH 40 MILLION PLACED INTO THE STREET SIDEWALKS AND BRIDGES PROPOSITION AND 20 MILLION INTO THE DRAINAGE PROPOSITION.

OKAY, I THINK I GOT THAT.

AND THAT WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

UM, FOR, UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, UM, TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

UM, WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR AT THIS POINT.

UH, SO WE CAN'T TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL MOTIONS UNLESS THEY'RE AMENDING OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

NOW MY QUESTION IS, WHICH MOTION WOULD BE TAKEN FIRST AFTER DISCUSSION ENDS? THE MOTION THAT WOULD BE TAKEN FIRST? SO REAL QUICK, COUNCILWOMAN IS THE, UM, MOTION TO AMEND THE APPROVAL, UM, THAT WE HAVE SET FORWARD.

SO IT COULD BE STATED AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION THAT'S ALREADY ON, UM, TO REDUCE BY 60 MILLION, THE PARKS PROPOSITION THAT THEN WOULD TAKE THE 40 AND THE 20 AS YOU PROPOSED IT BE REALLOCATED.

IS, IS THAT THE PURPOSE OF YOUR MOTION? TO REDUCE THE, THE FIGHTING FROM THE PROPOSITION.

ON THE FLOOR, UH, IN WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

SO, SO THAT IS TO AMEND THE MAIN MOTION IN THAT MANNER? YES.

OKAY, I GOT IT.

OKAY, SO WE WOULD TAKE THE AMENDMENT FIRST.

YES, SIR.

SIR.

ALRIGHT, SO THERE IS NOW, UM, THERE'S NOW A DISCUSSION

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SO THAT'S THE DISCUSSION THAT'S TAKEN PLACE RIGHT NOW.

SO PLEASE CONTAIN YOUR COMMENTS TO THE AMENDMENT THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.

UM, SO, UH, WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL QUEUE.

I'LL READ THE NAMES FROM THAT ORIGINAL QUEUE.

IF, IF YOU WANT TO GO, UH, ON THIS DISCUSSION.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ A SECOND.

UM, SURE.

UM, WHY DON'T I TAKE HANDS? I'LL KEEP THIS ORIGINAL CUE.

SO, UH, COULD I SEE A HAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE AMENDMENT COUNCILS MEMBER KEO HDA.

TODAY I SAY UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT I SUPPORT KEEPING THE ALLOTMENT FOR THE GREENWAY TRAIL SYSTEM AT THE APPRO AT THE PROPOSED AMOUNT OF 110 MILLION THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AMENDMENT RIGHT.

JUST MAKING SURE I'M SPEAKING ON THAT.

WELL, UM, , IT'S WITHIN THE PARKS PROPOSITION.

SO IF YOU CAN DISCUSS THE, THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE PARKS PROPOSITION.

UH, I THINK THAT'S GERMANE.

UM, I'M JUST GONNA KEEP GOING IF IT'S INAPPROPRIATE.

WHATCHA GONNA DO ? OKAY.

I GOT, I WON'T LOOK, I MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH LIZ THEN.

I'LL START WITH TRANSPORTATION.

UM, I WANNA SAY AGAIN TODAY, I SAY UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT I SUPPORT KEEPING THE ALLOTMENT FOR THE GREENWAY TRAIL SYSTEM AT THE PROPOSED AMOUNT OF 110 MILLION.

DISTRICT SIX.

TOP THREE PRIORITIES ARE TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND PARKS.

ALL THREE OF THESE ITEMS DOVETAIL INTO ONE ANOTHER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GREENWAY TRAIL TRAILS.

DISTRICT SIX NOT ONLY LOVES THE TRAIL SYSTEMS, BUT LIKE RESIDENTS IN OTHER DISTRICTS, IT IS A MEANS OF GETTING TO SCHOOL AND GETTING TO WORK.

IT'S A WAY TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE BY PROVIDING A SAFE MEANS OF TRAVELING TO WORK, VISITING FAMILY, AND GETTING AROUND THE CITY.

ASIDE FROM MY DISTRICT'S STRONG SUPPORT FOR TRAILS AS CHAIR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE, I'VE BEEN GIVEN THE CHARGE TO LOOK AT ALL PROGRESS.

FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, TRAIL SYSTEMS ARE NOT MERELY RECREATIONAL.

THEY ARE MODE FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION FOR THOSE THAT CANNOT AFFORD CARS.

A FULLY CONNECTED CITY WITH MULTIPLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION IS IMPORTANT TO ALL SAN ANTONIOS.

AND THIS BOND MONEY IS MOVING US IN THIS DIRECTION.

IF WE'RE TRULY COMMITTED TO VISION ZERO AND ELIMINATING PEDESTRIAN CYCLIST DEATHS, THEN INVESTMENT IN OUR TRAIL SYSTEM CANNOT BE A HAPHAZARD COMMITMENT.

THE GREENWAY TRAILS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART TO ACHIEVING OUR VISION ZERO GOALS.

NOT ONLY IS OUR TRAIL SYSTEM AN ALTERNATE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO AND FROM WORK, IT GENERATES INCOME BY WAY OF OUR TOUR.

TOURISM DOLLARS ALLEVIATES THE BURDEN PLACED ON OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM BY BEING A RESOURCE FOR EXERCISE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM.

WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT FAIR HOUSING AND ELIMINATING, ELIMINATING POVERTY.

BUT THE TRUTH IS, IF PEOPLE CANNOT GET TO THEIR JOBS OR GET TO HIGHER PAYING JOBS BY DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING BIKING TO WORK, WE WILL NOT GET WHERE WE NEED TO TO CLOSE THIS GAP.

WE CANNOT SIMPLY ALLOW IT TO KEEP, UH, TO STOP IT FROM GROWING.

IN REGARDS TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND MY ROLE IS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE CONCERNS ABOUT TRAILS, UM, THAT ARE NOT COMPLETED HAVE CONSTANTLY COME UP.

I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

THERE'S A GREEN SPACE BEHIND THE SILVER CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT SIX.

IT'S PART OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST H O A.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL GREEN SPACE, AND IT'S INUNDATED WITH CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, INCLUDING ROBBERY TO THE HOMES ON THE PERIMETER OF, OF THE GREEN SPACE.

THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS COMMUNICATED TO ME THAT THEY CANNOT WAIT FOR THE GREENWAY TRAILS TO BE BUILT THERE.

SO THERE WILL BE MORE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY AND MORE ACTIVITY TO DETER CRIME AND, AND LIGHTING THAT WE ALL KNOW IS A, A HEAVY DETERRENT TO CRIME.

WE KNOW HOW LIGHTING INCREASES OUR SAFETY AND THEN OF COURSE REDUCES CRIMES OF OPPORTUNITY.

LIGHTING, ACCESSIBILITY, TRAIL USAGE HAVE ALL BEEN ITEMS THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO BE PUSHED IN OUR LOCAL MEETINGS AT THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

WITH REGARDS TO PARKS, BEXAR COUNTY HAS COMMITTED $83.4 MILLION TOWARDS IMPROVING OUR TRAIL SYSTEM.

OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION, CONGRESSMAN, UH, GASTRO AND GUAR HAVE FOUGHT TO INCREASE OUR TRAIL FUNDING.

SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TO HAVE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE, THE DESIRE AND THE NEED FOR CONNECTING AND LIGHTING TRAILS TO ULTIMATELY IMPROVE THEIR LIVES AND THE SAFETY OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.

WE MUST SHOW THAT THE CITY IS JUST AS INVESTED AND IN UNDERSTANDS WHAT A FULLY ACCESSIBLE SAN ANTONIO LOOKS LIKE.

LINEAR CREEK WASTES ARE AS MUCH TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AS THEY ARE AN AMENITY BY DEFINITION, EQUITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

EQUAL INFRASTRUCTURE OUTCOMES INCLUDES FINISHING THE CREEKWAY IN PLACES WHERE IT'S BEEN LEFT BEHIND.

DISTRICT SIX RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE EQUITY.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR SAFETY.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR PRESERVATION OF THEIR BELOVED GREEN SPACES, AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN IMPROVEMENT TO THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND WITH MY VOTE TODAY, I COMMIT TO DELIVERING INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY GREEN SPACES AND IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

THANK YOU TO THE DISTRICT SIX BOND COMMITTEE APPOINTEES FOR THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHALLENGE AND WILLINGNESS TO REPRESENT OUR BEAUTIFUL CORNER OF SAN ANTONIO.

COUNCIL MEMBER KIO HDA.

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INFRASTRUCTURE AGAIN, $6.6 BILLION BACKLOG.

AND, UM, LEMME TELL YOU, I WAS, UH, I WAS ONE OF 'EM THAT SIGNED THIS, UH, THREE SIGNATURE MEMO TO GET THIS MEETING UP HERE.

AND, UM, UH, I'M PROUD TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE NEED TO BRING THIS OUT IN THE OPEN.

WHO'S VOTING FOR WHAT IN MOVING MONEY FROM ONE BUCKET TO ANOTHER.

AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS GREENWAY TRAIL THING.

UH, CAN I, FIRST OF ALL, LET'S PULL THAT, UH, SLIDE UP THAT FIRST SLIDE, THE GOOD OLD BAR CHART HERE.

JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UH, IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THAT SLIDE, LOOK AT THE INCREASES THAT WE'RE GOING FROM THE 17 TO 22 BOND.

UH OH.

NOT, NOT THAT ONE.

BACK AT THE BAR CHART.

THERE YOU GO.

IF YOU CAN JUST KEEP THAT UP.

UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, THE PLUS UPS, LOOK AT THE TWO THAT REQUIRE THE MOST DRAINAGE.

AND STREETS GOT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF PLUS UPS HERE FOR THE CITY IN THE REVISED, UM, DOCUMENT.

AND I CAN SAY THAT, UH, IN 17 OUR, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY OUT OF THE TOTAL BOND OF $850 MILLION, 68% OF THAT MONEY WENT TO STREETS AND DRAINAGE, 68%, GUESS WHAT IT IS IN THIS REVISED PROPOSAL TODAY FOR THE 22, IT'S ONLY 53% OF THE TOTAL BOND THAT IS GOING TO STREETS AND DRAINAGE FOLKS, THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

AND PART OF THAT IS, UH, THIS LINEAR PARKS, UH, TRAILWAY SYSTEM.

UM, THERE'S BEEN BEEN A LOT OF CHATTER THAT, AND TODAY WE HEARD THAT WE'RE TAKING, UH, WE'RE TAKING CHOICES AWAY FROM OUR NEIGHBORS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY CHOICES AWAY.

WE'RE JUST BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING.

PEOPLE WANT BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE FLAT OUT.

WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY CHOICES AWAY.

WE'RE JUST MOVING SOME MONEY FROM ONE BUCKET TO ANOTHER.

THE CHOICES ARE STILL THERE.

IT GIVES A, IT GIVES GUIDANCE TO THE COMMITTEES WHERE WE THINK THE PRIORITIES ARE FOR THIS CITY.

AND LET ME JUST GO OVER THAT, AND I TOTALLY SUPPORT THIS, THIS, UM, MOTION BECAUSE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE FUNDED BY THE CITY OUTTA THAT ONE 8 CENTS SALES TAX, ABOUT $80 MILLION OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS PER YEAR.

THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY STEPPED UP SAYING WE'RE GONNA FUND $80 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS.

SO ABOUT $40 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, $40 MILLION, THEY'RE GONNA KICK INTO THE TRAILWAY SYSTEM.

OUR INITIAL PROPOSAL ON THIS WAS THE CITY WAS GONNA KICK IN $50 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

SO ADD THOSE NUMBERS UP.

40 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY, 50 MILLION FROM THE CITY.

AND THAT'S MORE THAN WE, WE WERE DOING WHEN THE CITY WAS FUNDING.

THAT'S $90 MILLION, $10 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT THE CITY WAS FUNDING BEFORE ON THE TRAILWAYS.

WHY IN THE WORLD ARE WE KICKING IT UP UP TO 125 MILLION? I, I I QUESTION WHETHER WE CAN EVEN EXECUTE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY OVER FIVE YEARS IN THE TRAILWAY SYSTEM ITSELF.

LOOK, WE'RE COVERING THE COST PLUS 10 MILLION ON KEEPING IT AT 50 MILLION OVER WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY FUNDING ON THE TRAILWAY SYSTEM.

WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? WHY DON'T WE TAKE THAT, THAT ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT ABOVE 50 MILLION AND GIVE THAT TO OUR STREETS AND DRAINAGE, WHAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR AND WANTING THE CITY TO PROVIDE.

UM, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE, UH, SEEN THIS ARTI ARTICLE FROM GILBERT GARCIA, EXCELLENT ARTICLE.

GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO.

WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE IS LET'S MATCH WHAT THE COUNTY IS DOING.

LET'S EVEN GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE $50 MILLION, WHICH WOULD AGAIN BE MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN FUNDING OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

THE WE'RE TOLD THAT IT'S ABOUT $200 MILLION TO FINISH THIS WHOLE THING.

YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO START THIS UNTIL 2027, THE NEXT BOND.

BUT YET WE'RE MOVING ALL OF THAT FORWARD INTO THIS BOND TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH ARE THE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND DRAINAGE.

AND I, I, I LOOK ACROSS THIS STAGE UP HERE AND I'M SAYING, WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? WHY ARE WE ACCELERATING THE TRAILWAY SYSTEM TO GET IT DONE A LOT SOONER AND WE'RE NOT FOCUSING MORE ON OUR

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I'VE, I'VE BEEN TO THREE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THIS WEEK AND I, I I SAID, WHAT WOULD Y'ALL RATHER HAVE MORE TRAILWAY SYSTEMS. EVERYBODY LOVES A TRAILWAY SYSTEMS AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE THAT OR WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE BETTER STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND DRAINAGE? I'LL GIVE YOU ONE GUESS AS TO WHAT THEIR ANSWER WAS.

AND IT WASN'T THE TRAILWAY SYSTEM.

I I'M FAILING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T RECOGNIZE THE NEED OUT THERE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT FOCUS MORE ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAN WHAT WE ARE IN THIS BOND PROPOSAL.

SURE.

THIS, THE COMMITTEE PROCESS HAS A LONG WAY TO GO.

ARE THEY GONNA MOVE MONEY BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE BUCKETS? I DON'T THINK SO.

ARE THEY GONNA EVEN MOVE MONEY AROUND WITHIN THE COMMITTEES? I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK THE LAST, UH, BOND WE SAW, PROBABLY 95%, 96% OF WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEES GOT PASSED WITH VERY FEW MODIFICATIONS OR CHANGES.

SO WHATEVER IS PRESENTED TO THESE COMMITTEES PROBABLY GONNA GO THROUGH.

AND I'M JUST SAYING WE NEED TO GIVE GUIDANCE AS THE COUNCIL, AS LEADERS, LEADERS IN YOUR COMMUNITIES THAT WE NEED TO LISTEN WHERE THEY WANT THEIR TAX DOLLARS TO GO TO.

AND IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE, FOLKS INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT'S WHERE THE REAL NEED IS.

AND I'M GONNA KEEP, KEEP THE PRESSURE ON TO DO THAT.

I HOPE THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT WITH $50 MILLION ADDED TO THE COUNTY, $90 MILLION A YEAR IS 10 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN FUNDING ON THE TRAILWAY SYSTEM.

LET'S COMMIT TO THAT AND MOVE THAT OTHER MONEY TO INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AS IN ROADS AND DRAINAGE.

AND I DON'T NEED TO REMIND ANYBODY THAT WE HAVE OVER 400 MILES OF F STREETS.

THAT MEANS TOTAL FAILED F STREETS.

THE TOTAL COST ON THAT IS OVER $900 MILLION.

YES, WE'RE PUTTING A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO IT.

BUT WHAT DO WE TELL THOSE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT AREN'T GONNA MAKE THAT CUT BECAUSE THE MONEY'S NOT THERE.

OH, SORRY.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT TO THE NEXT BOND TO GET TO YOUR F STREETS, WHICH COULD BE FIVE UP TO FIVE TO, TO 10, 10 YEARS FROM NOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE TO LIVE ON THAT.

THOSE F STREETS.

I, I'M SORRY, I JUST CANNOT GO ALONG WITH THAT.

AND WILL THIS BOND, IF WE PUT EVERY DOLLAR INTO STREETS, WILL THAT CLEAR IT UP? NO, IT WON'T.

BUT WE NEED TO PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON THE STREET SITUATION AND DRAINAGE HERE IN TOWN.

LET'S CHIP AWAY AT THAT.

LET'S DON'T JUST LET THAT NUMBER.

I GUARANTEE YOU, IN FIVE YEARS THAT 6 BILLION, $6.6 BILLION IS GONNA BE A LOT HIGHER THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? ARE WE JUST GONNA KEEP KICKING THAT FOOTBALL OR THAT CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND KEEP PROMISING OUT THERE TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS? YEP.

WE'LL GET IT ON THE NEXT BOND.

THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I TOLD MY DISTRICT AFTER THE LAST BOND.

SORRY, WE COULDN'T GET TO THESE THIS TIME ON THE STREETS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TRY AGAIN HARDER THIS NEXT TIME.

AND YES, THERE ARE MORE DOLLARS COMING INTO STREETS, BUT IN RELATION TO ALL OF THESE OTHERS ON THAT BAR CHART, IT'S GETTING ONE OF THE LEAST AMOUNTS OF PLUS UPS FROM THE LAST BOND.

IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO? MY DISTRICT IS SAYING, NO, IT IS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

THEY WANT MORE SUPPORT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND IT'S GONNA COME OUT WHEN YOU PUSH THAT, WHEN YOU PUSH THAT BUTTON, WHETHER YOU'RE GONNA SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS OR YOU'RE GONNA SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALREADY SUPPORTING AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THROUGH THE YEARS ON THE LINEAR PARKS TRAILS.

I KNOW I, I'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT STILL WANT THE TRAILWAY SYSTEM AND WE'RE NOT DISAPPOINTING.

WE ARE EXPANDING THAT, BUT WE CERTAINLY DON'T NEED TO EXPAND IT AT THIS RATE TO GET IT ALL DONE OUT OVER TWO BONDS.

WE'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME FOR A LOT OF STREETS OVER SEVERAL BONDS NOW THAT STILL DON'T GET DONE.

SO I'M, I'M PLEADING WITH MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE.

PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

LET'S MOVE THAT MONEY OVER

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INTO STREETS AND DRAINAGE TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS OUT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR HOW HARD THEY'VE WORKED.

I KNOW WE'VE PUT, UH, A LOT OF PRESSURE ON YOU TO KIND OF, UH, MEET WITH US INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY AND LOOK AT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

UH, AND I, I KNOW WE'VE ASKED YOU TO WORK HARD AND TO REALLY DELIBERATE ON THESE ISSUES AND, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FOUR OF YOU TODAY HAVE PROVIDED TWO VIEWS OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.

UH, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S VERY WORTHY.

I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO BELIEVE WHAT THE STAFF HAS DONE IS PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYBE MORE THAN THE COUPLE WHO RECOGNIZE THERE'S MORE TO THIS THAN, UH, MEETS THE EYE.

UH, WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT THESE THINGS AND I THINK THAT'S VERY VALUABLE.

BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THE CONVERSATION WAS A MONTH AGO OR SIX WEEKS AGO.

I'LL REFRESH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO MAY NOT REMEMBER.

BUT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BOND ISSUE AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO BE ON IT, I, FOR ONE, NEVER HEARD A SINGLE WORD ABOUT, UH, THE GREENWAY TRAIL SYSTEM BEING ON THE BOND.

I DID HEAR FROM THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER, LORI HOUSTON, OTHER PEOPLE, THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE 250 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR HOUSING.

AND WHEN I WAS PRESENTED WITH A MEETING TWO OR THREE DAYS BEFORE THE OFFICIAL COUNCIL MEETING TO PRESENT THIS, THE HOUSING WAS CUT FROM 250 MILLION TO 150 MILLION AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S $126 MILLION FOR TRAILS.

UH, SO WHERE WAS THE DISCUSSION AHEAD OF TIME TO ALL OF US? I THINK THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY STAFF? NO, I'VE BEEN A REAL ADVOCATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND WHEN I'M HEARING FROM SOME OF THE LEADERS THAT, OH YES, 250 MILLION, IT'S GONNA BE THERE, BUT NO OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT ANYTHING LESS.

AND THEN NO DISCUSSION AT ALL ABOUT THE SECOND LARGEST INDIVIDUAL PROJECT BESIDES HOUSING AT 150, 126 MILLION FOR TRAILS.

NO DISCUSSION.

ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S THERE.

AND YOU HEARD FROM THIS COUNCIL, UH, WHEN WE MET ABOUT THIS, THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THAT DOESN'T SEEM APPROPRIATE.

UH, AND SO MANY OF US SAID, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS SOME MORE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.

YOU KNOW, I, I WANNA ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT MY FRIEND, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, MELISSA, SAID THAT THESE TRAILS ARE GONNA OFFER MORE MOBILITY.

YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S ACCURATE AT ALL.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO LIGHT THE TRAILS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HEARD THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR OBJECTIONS WHENEVER WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING TRAILS BY NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE DON'T WANNA HAVE A LOT OF LIGHTS ON THOSE TRAILS.

WE DON'T WANT IT OPEN AT NIGHT.

AND THOSE TRAILS AREN'T OPEN AT NIGHT.

AND SO HOW CAN THEY ASSIST MOBILITY? BECAUSE WE KNOW RIGHT NOW IF PEOPLE WORK TO SIX OR SIX 30 AT NIGHT, THEY CAN'T RIDE HOME IN THE TRAILS.

'CAUSE THE TRAILS ARE GONNA BE CLOSED FOR MONTHS.

AND IF THEY GO TO WORK EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEY CAN'T GO AHEAD AND GET ON THOSE TRAILS FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AT SIX 30 OR SEVEN TO GO TO WORK BECAUSE THE TRAILS ARE CLOSED.

SO I THINK IT'S A FALSE ARGUMENT TO SAY THIS IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO MOBILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH WHAT MY, MY FRIEND COUNCILMAN PERRY SAID ABOUT THE COMMITMENT WE HAVE TO THESE TRAILS.

I AM TOTALLY COMMITTED.

I USE THE TRAILS, I LOVE THEM.

I KNOW EVERYBODY WHO USES THEM, LOVES THEM.

WE ARE NOT SAYING NO TRAILS.

WE'RE NOT SAYING THERE SHOULDN'T BE MONEY IN HERE.

I WILL SAY THAT IT WAS PUT HERE, BUT IT WAS PUT HERE WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUNCIL.

THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE UNDERSTANDING I HAVE WAS BASED ON A DISCUSSION ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2020 WHEN OUR, UH, OUR DEPUTY, UH, UM, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TOLD US AT THE MEETING THAT THE COUNTY WAS GONNA BE ASKED TO PAY FOR 83.7 MILLION.

AND THAT IF THEY DID GREAT, THEY'D HANDLE 26 MILES.

AND AFTER THAT, IF THERE WAS MORE THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, WE WOULD THEN

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LOOK AT OPTIONS.

THOSE WERE HERE, LOOK AT OPTIONS WE COULD USE TO DO MORE OF THE TRAILS.

AND THAT IF WE HAD TO GO TO THE BONDS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING, IT WOULD BE IN 2027, NOT 2022.

AND THAT WAS SAID TWICE IN HER DISCUSSION ON THAT ISSUE.

AND SO WHY AT LEAST IT WASN'T BROUGHT TO US AHEAD OF TIME THIS TIME FOR DISCUSSION.

I, I CANNOT UNDERSTAND.

UM, I, I SUPPORT THE TRAILS.

I THINK 50 MILLION ON TOP OF, UH, THE, THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE STILL HAVE UNASSIGNED, WHICH I BELIEVE IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND 10 MILLION OF UNEXPENDED MONEY FROM THE LAST TAXES.

AND YOU HEARD A DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR CONGRESS PEOPLE GETTING ADDITIONAL MONEY.

IT WAS TOLD TO ME THAT WE'VE GOT ANOTHER 25 MILLION IN THE PIPELINE FOR TRAILS.

AND THEN, AND THEN OUR MAYOR HAS SAID THAT, WELL, AND THERE'S GONNA BE INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SO IF WE'VE GOT 25 MILLION COMING AND WE'VE GOT FIVE OR 10 MILLION LEFT OVER AND WE PUT 50 MILLION WITH THAT, THAT'S 85 MILLION.

AND THEN IF WE ADD THAT TO THE 83 MILLION THAT THE COUNTY'S COMMITTED, THAT'S $165 MILLION TO SPEND ON TRAILS OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS.

AND THEN THERE'LL BE ANOTHER BOND ELECTION IN 2027 WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY SAID, WE'D ASK FOR MORE MONEY, AND IF WE NEED MORE, WE CAN ASK THEN, BUT TO GO AHEAD AND ALLOCATE AS MUCH AS WE ARE TO DEVELOPING THE TRAILS.

AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS OTHER PROJECTS THAT CAME UP ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT WERE NEVER TALKED ABOUT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

INSTEAD OF ENSURING THAT EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY, NOT JUST DISTRICT NINE OR DISTRICT 10 OR DISTRICT FIVE, THAT EVERY OTHER AREA IN THE CITY HAS MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE SAFER STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND SAFER DRAINAGE AND FLOODING.

THAT IS WHERE OUR EMPHASIS SHOULD BE RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT'S WHAT I SUPPORT.

THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SOME TIME.

ERIC, YOU WANTED TO RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF ASSERTIONS? YEAH.

JUST, UM, TO COUNCILMAN COURAGE, YOU SAID NOVEMBER, I THINK YOU MEANT FEBRUARY.

THAT WAS THE REFERENCE IN THE ARTICLE IN THE PAPER TODAY.

YOU SAID NOVEMBER, BUT I THINK YOU MEANT FEB, FEBRUARY WHEN YOU WERE REFERRING TO MARIA.

FEBRUARY 19TH, 2020.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I THINK, UM, ACTUALLY IT WAS GOOD THAT THAT ARTICLE CAME OUT BECAUSE I WENT AND PULLED THAT PRESENTATION LAST NIGHT AND ON SLIDE 14 OF THAT PRESENTATION, AND LET ME, LET ME DIAL BACK TIME TO PRE COVID DAYS WHEN, WHEN THINGS WERE DIFFERENT.

UM, THAT PRESENTATION WAS, UH, A STAFF REPORT AND STATUS UPDATE ON CONNECT SA, UH, THE OTHER PART OF THAT PRESENTATION, WHICH ASSUMED AT THAT TIME, A $950 MILLION BOND PROGRAM ALSO ASSUMED, UM, AT THAT POINT, THAT $665 MILLION OF THAT $950 MILLION WAS GONNA BE DEDICATED TOWARDS, UH, THE CONNECT SA PROGRAM, WHICH FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE HERE AT THAT TIME, WAS A, UM, UM, WAS A THORNY ISSUE.

AND, AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE WERE COMING TO B SESSION TO HAVE THE POLICY CONVERSATION.

UM, ON SLIDE 14 OF THAT PRESENTATION WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE GREENWAY TRAILS, UM, IT SAYS ON HERE THAT THERE'S 71 MILES THAT ARE UNFUNDED AND 109 MILES OF THE GREENWAY TRAIL SYSTEM THAT ARE COMPLETED OR FUNDED, BUT 71 MILES THAT ARE UNFUNDED AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $279 MILLION.

NOW, IF WE ASSUMED AT THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE'D STARTED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY THAT THEY WERE GONNA FUND A LITTLE NORTH OF $80 MILLION THAT'S STILL LEFT $200 MILLION TO, UM, COMPLETE THAT PROGRAM.

SO THAT WAS PRE COVID, UM, DURING COVID.

UM, ALTHOUGH THE TRAIL SYSTEMS WERE, UM, EXTREMELY POPULAR AND, UM, USEFUL PRIOR TO C I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THEY TOOK ON A, A DIFFERENT ROLE, UM, OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS.

I'LL ALSO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL, REMIND THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE WE DO DEAL WITH A LOT OF ISSUES.

WE HAVE SINCE CREATED A TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND HIRED A TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR WHO HAS TAKEN THE CO THE COUNCIL POLICY DISCUSSIONS OF, UM, BIKE MOBILITY, VISION ZERO, UM, LOOKING AT OUR TRAILWAY SYSTEM NOT AS A RECREATIONAL ASSET, BUT ALSO AS A ELEMENT OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

AND THOSE ARE ALL COUNCIL POLICY CONVERSATIONS

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UM, THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN FEBRUARY OF 2020 AND TODAY IS THAT THE COUNCIL HAD A CONVERSATION, UH, LAST SUMMER ABOUT DEDICATING SALES TAX, UH, THE SALES TAX INCREMENT THAT HAD BEEN, UM, UTILIZED FOR AQUIFER PROTECTION AND GREENWAY TRAIL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZING THAT FOR READY TO WORK AND VIA AND TRANSIT.

AND THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS, UM, ABOUT WHAT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, WE DEVELOPED IN CONCERT WITH THE COUNCIL AND, UM, COUNCILMAN COURAGE TOOK THE LEAD ON THIS WITH THE MAYOR, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, TO UTILIZE AN INCREMENT OF SAS REVENUE TO CONTINUE OUR AQUIFER PROGRAM.

AND THAT WAS A BIG PRIORITY OF THE COUNCILS.

THE ONLY OPTION AT THE TIME WAS, UH, ON, FOR TRAIL SYSTEMS WAS BOND PROGRAMS, AND WITH $200 MILLION LEFT, UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THE PACE OF WHICH WE HAVE BEEN DOING SALES TAX INCREMENTS IN THE PAST THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE PRIOR PROGRAM WAS, UH, NORTH OF $80 MILLION AT A TIME THAT WE COULD DO THAT OVER TWO BOND CYCLES.

YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PART OF OUR, THAT PRESENTATION IN FEBRUARY, THE REALITY AT THE TIME WAS THAT IF THE COUNCIL CHOSE TO DO $665 MILLION OF OUR $950 MILLION PROGRAM TO CONNECT SA, WHICH IS 70% OF OUR BOND PROGRAM, THAT LEFT VERY LITTLE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE AND WAS COMPLETELY REASONABLE AT THAT TIME IN FEBRUARY TO SAY THAT CREEK WAVES, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT.

UM, BUT CONDITIONS CHANGED, UM, AND, UM, CONDITIONS CHANGED BECAUSE OF COVID, BECAUSE OF THE SALES TAX CONVERSATION READY TO WORK.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES TODAY.

AND I, I THINK I JUST, I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO FILL IN, UM, SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE SPACES.

UM, I, I, I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO HANG IT ON, UH, ONE BULLET ON A PRESENTATION, UM, BECAUSE THAT PRESENTATION WAS VERY TELLING.

AND FRANKLY, I WAS THANKFUL THAT THAT ARTICLE PRINTED LAST NIGHT.

'CAUSE THAT GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND REFRESH ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THAT TIME AND, UH, WHAT WE SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME.

THANK YOU, ERIC.

NEED AND WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY SAYING? NOT JUST WHAT ARE VOTERS SAYING, BUT WHAT IS THE NEED AND WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY HERE ON THIS DAIS? AND SO I THINK I, I THINK I KNOW WHERE THE VOTE IS GOING, BUT I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF, UM, THIS AMENDMENT.

I'VE BEEN ASKED A BIT ABOUT THIS WEEK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE YOU LEANING AS IT RELATES TO THE TRAILS? AND I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING AND WHAT THE CONVERSATION SHOULD BE IS THAT THIS IS ABOUT ONCE VERSUS NEED, AND A LOT OF FOCUS IS PLACED ON VOTERS.

AND SO I'LL START OFF WITH VOTERS.

WHEN WE WERE KNOCKING ON DOORS, PEOPLE WEREN'T SAYING, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THE TRAILS, PLEASE, UH, PUT MORE MONEY TOWARDS THE, UH, THE GREENWAY SYSTEM.

THEY SAID, WHY DOES IT MATTER WHAT I THINK THE CITY AND COUNCIL ARE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO? AND IT'S NOT FOR ME, IT'S FOR THE PEOPLE THEY WANNA BRING IN AGAIN.

SO THERE'S A FEELING AMONG VOTERS IN MY DISTRICT THAT NO MATTER WHAT CONVERSATION HAPPENS TODAY, AND NO MATTER WHAT'S ADVOCATED FOR, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR THE THINGS THEY THINK ARE POLITICALLY ADVANTAGEOUS.

AND DURING A PANDEMIC, DURING AND FOLLOWING A WINTER FREEZE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCY.

OUR COMMUNITY WAS SAYING, MY STREETS HAVE SO MUCH NEED.

MY DRAINAGE HAS SO MUCH NEED, AND WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY CITY SUPPORT IN TWO, IN NEARLY TWO DECADES, OR OVER TWO DECADES.

THEY WANT STREETS BROUGHT UP TO A LIVABLE STANDARD.

THEY'RE NOT EVEN ASKING FOR A STREETS, WHICH IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE GIVING.

THEY'RE SAYING, CAN WE GET SOMETHING DONE? THEY WANT DRAINAGE THAT ENSURES THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA FLOOD AND THAT THEY CAN WALK ALONG THEIR SIDEWALKS OR WALK ALONG THE STREETS.

THAT SHOULD BE SIDEWALKS.

AND I THINK, I DON'T KNOW, JUST IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS A WANT, I THINK WE DO WANT TO FUND THE, WE DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE LINEAR GREENWAY, UH, SYSTEM, BUT NEED, WHAT IS THE NEED OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT IS GONNA HELP US DURING, UM, THESE PERIODS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND DURING THIS TIME OF UNCERTAINTY? AND I REALLY DO THINK THAT MY CONSTITUENTS WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF STREETS AND DRAINAGE.

I ALSO THINK WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT VOTERS, AND WE DON'T SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE PRETTY LOW VOTER TURNOUT.

THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF NEED.

AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHO'S VOTING, WHO'S VOTING TO MOVE TAX, THE , THE TAX, WHO VOTED ON IT, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WERE FROM AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOODS, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WERE FROM MY DISTRICT, FROM DISTRICT FIVE, FROM DISTRICT ONE AND THREE? AND IF WE THINK ABOUT THAT, WE'LL THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE

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I, MY TIMER SAYS, OH, SORRY.

UM, I FEEL LIKE THE ROOM IS VERY HEAVY RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO I'D LIKE TO JUST LIGHTEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

UM, COUNCIL ENCOURAGE, YOU DO KNOW THAT IF THIS AMENDMENT PASSES AND THAT MONEY GETS DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY, YOU MIGHT NOT SEE ANY OF IT IN D NINE.

RIGHT.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

THAT WAS MY ATTEMPT TO LIGHTEN THE, THE MOOD HERE.

UM, THANK YOU.

THE COMMENT, YEAH.

, WHAT'S THAT? YES, I'M EATING UP MY TIME WITH THIS NONSENSE.

UM, UM, AT FIRST, I JUST, I WANNA ASK SOME BASIC QUESTIONS, UH, ABOUT THE TRAILS.

UM, AND, AND I DO WANNA THANK ERIC FOR GIVING ME THE, OR GIVING US THE CONTEXT OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING DURING THAT PRESENTATION.

I HAVE SPENT THE LAST FEW WEEKS, UM, A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE.

AND I KNOW, UH, RONA HAD A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT IT, AND YOU GAVE ME, UH, A RATIONALE.

AND I'M, I'M, AND I SPOKE WITH ERIC AND ROD ABOUT IT.

AND I'M JUST STILL TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND HOW, HOW WE GOT HERE.

UM, BUT I'LL, I'LL FIRST START WITH, UH, SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRAILS IS IF HOMER OR BRANDON ARE HERE.

HI, HOMER.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, SO I THINK THIS WAS SAID BEFORE, BUT COULD YOU CONFIRM WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT THAT WAS AUTHORIZED IN THE LAST PROPOSITION FOR THE TRAIL FOR THE TRAILWAYS? THE 2015 SALES TAX? MM-HMM.

AUTHORIZED $80 MILLION.

$80 MILLION.

AND THE ONE BEFORE THAT, DO YOU RECALL? 45.

, 20 10, 40 5 MILLION.

AND IT BEGAN WHEN, AGAIN, SOUTH TAX ELECTIONS BEGAN IN 2000.

ALRIGHT.

AND, UM, WHEN IT BEGAN IN 2000, I KNOW IT WAS DESCRIBED AS THIS, THE EMERALD NECKLACE AROUND THE CITY.

SO WAS THERE, UM, SORT OF A, A FRAMEWORK, UH, A LINE, LET'S SAY THAT WAS, THAT WAS COMMITTED TO IT? WELL, THE SALES TAX BY DESIGN BUILD OUT FOLLOWS OUR CREEK CREEKWAY AND TRIBUTARIES.

SO THAT SETS THE GEOGRAPHY OF WHERE THEY WOULD FO FLOW MM-HMM.

, AND THEN THE RING AROUND THE, THE CITY.

SO ANYTHING THAT IS, UH, NEXT TO A TRIBUTARY OR A CREEKWAY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE A PATH ON IT.

AND SO IF YOU ADD UP ALL THE MILEAGE OF THE CREEK WAVES AND THE TRIBUTARIES, IS THAT THE 271 PLUS WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE BUILT, THE 2 71? UH, WHAT I, SO LET ME ANSWER IT THIS WAY BECAUSE I'M NOT MM-HMM.

DIDN'T FOLLOW THE 2 71.

UM, I GUESS, WHAT'S THE TOTAL MILEAGE FOR THE CREEK WAVES WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE? UH, WE'RE, UH, THAT TARGET IS RIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 180 MILES.

WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, WE'LL HAVE 180, THE, THE, THE RING.

THE TRIBUTARIES, YES.

180 MILES.

AND THAT'S WHAT WAS AGREED TO IN 2000.

SO IT HASN'T CHANGED.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, BUT IF WE WERE TO GET THE RAISES GRANT IN THE, UM, WHICH WILL RUN IN DISTRICT SEVEN, UH, FOR THE TRAILS, UM, HOW MUCH MORE WILL THAT ADD? THE, THE RAISE GRANT IS PART, SO WHEN YOU SAY HOW MUCH MORE WILL THAT ADD? YOU TALKING ABOUT MILES? YEAH.

THAT'S ENCOMPASSED WITHIN THAT.

, IT'S PART OF THAT, IT'S PART OF THAT 180? YES.

OH, OKAY.

SO THEN THAT'S $25 MILLION THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE FOR? WELL, IT IS, THERE'S THAT ZAMO CREEK CONNECTION, SO THERE'S THAT, AND THEN WITH THE RAISE GRANT TIES INTO THE INGRAM TRANSIT CENTER, WHICH IS THE ROAD PROJECT.

AND COUNCILWOMAN, JUST, UM, IN 2000, WHEN IT WAS FIRST APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, IT WAS ONLY CONTEMPLATED ALONG THE SATO AND, AND LEON.

BUT AS, AS THE PROGRAM DEVELOPED, ADDITIONAL TRIBUTARIES WERE ADDED.

SO I'M NOT, I I DO NOT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT.

THAT, YEAH, IT GROWS, RIGHT? YEAH.

IT GREW OVER TIME.

BASIN, THEN, THEN IT GREW OVER TIME.

, IT WASN'T 180 MILES IN 2000 MM-HMM.

, BUT WHEN YOU ADDED THE WEST SIDE CREEKS, UM, AND MEDINA, THE MEDINA, UM,

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GREAT.

UM, AND THE $80 MILLION THAT WAS AUTHORIZED THIS TIME, THE 45 MILLION BEFORE, HOW, UH, WAS THAT ALL USED FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE? IT WAS USED TO BUILD THE TRAIL ITSELF.

ACQUISITION, PERMITTING, CONSTRUCTION, SO NOT FOR OPERATIONS OR MAINTENANCE OF THE TRAILS, THERE IS A TRANSFER TO OFFSET THE OPERATIONS.

ERIC, IT WAS A SMALL EXPLAIN TRANSFER AND MAINTENANCE, ERIC, AND, AND THAT ENDS, I MEAN, THAT WAS ONE OF THE POLICY ISSUES WE BROUGHT THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR BECAUSE THAT IS NOW ABSORBED INTO THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE THE SALES TAX PROPOSITION OVER IS OVER.

ERIC IS OVER.

SO IN THE PAST, WE FUNDED THAT THROUGH THE SALES TAX IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

THERE WAS A SMALL INCREMENT.

IT WAS A TRANSFER, YEAH, IT WAS AN OFFSET.

SO MORE OR LESS, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY OUT OF THE 80 MILLION, HOW MUCH OF THAT WERE WE OH, VERY SMALL.

LIKE A MILLION? NO, LESS THAN THAT.

THAT'S, UM, THAT HELPS.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE THANKS.

YOU'RE GOOD.

, FOR THE MATERIALS YOU PROVIDED US WITH THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING, UH, WITH THIS 110, UM, MILLION DOLLARS, UM, OH, ACTUALLY ONE MORE QUESTION OF THE, OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU GAVE US IN THAT LIST, OR THIS COULD BE FOR, FOR ERIC, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE THE CREEKWAY PROJECTS AND HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE PROPOSED BY, UM, ACTIVATE SA THE, UH, ON THAT LIST? I BELIEVE THERE WERE FOUR THAT, UM, WERE ACTIVATED SA I BELIEVE THOSE WERE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN ON THAT LIST.

SO WERE THOSE, SO I WOULD NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK, BUT I'M, DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I THINK IT WAS THE ONES HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN.

SO THE, THERE YOU GO.

ALRIGHT.

FOR, FOR, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

SO THE PACKAGE YOU'RE GIVING US IS NOT STRICTLY GREENWAY TRAILS, IT INCLUDES ADDITIONAL PROJECTS PROPOSED BY AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION AND WE'RE CALLING IT ALL LINEAR CREEKS.

BUT THERE, THERE'S A NUANCE AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THOSE ACTIVATED SA PROJECTS, THEY FOLLOW THOSE TRIBUTARIES THAT IF SALES TAX WEREN'T GOING AWAY, WE WOULD BE TARGETING THOSE ANYWAYS.

BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SO YES, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERLAP AND, AND THAT ACTIVATE SA PICKS UP THOSE, THOSE OTHER PIECES AND, AND TWO OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE DESIGNED ONLY COUNCILWOMAN.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, IN TERMS OF THE BLENDED APPROACH THAT PARKS DID AND A LITTLE BIT WITH PUBLIC WORKS, 'CAUSE SOME OF THIS IS ON POTENTIALLY ON SURFACE STREETS AND ACTIVATE SA IS MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, A COMPLETION OF OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM, UM, ADDITIONAL CONNECTIVITY AND, AND THE BAROMETER THAT PARKS USES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH COUNCIL IS HOW TO IMPROVE THE 10 MINUTE WALK MEASURE AND ACCESS TO, UH, FACILITIES.

SO THAT'S, THAT WAS THE KIND OF THE THREE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT THEY UTILIZED JOINTLY TO DEVELOP THAT PRIORITIZED LIST.

AND THAT WAS USED BY YOUR GROUP? THAT IS CORRECT.

UM, SO I THINK THIS SPEAKS TO THE POINT AGAIN, ABOUT HOW THE PROJECT CAN GROW AND THAT'S GREAT.

I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE ACTIVATE SA PROPOSALS.

UH, SOME OF THEM, I DON'T THINK THE ONES THAT MADE THIS LIST ARE IN, ARE IN MY DISTRICT.

AND I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO EVENTUALLY, UH, HAVE THEM.

UM, BUT I, SO THAT'S NOT, WE'RE WE'RE REALLY NOT GOING BACK TO THE, WHAT DID YOU TELL ME? 180 MILES NOW IT'S A DIFFERENT TOTAL, RIGHT.

IF YOU INCLUDE, UM, THE ADDITIONAL PROPOSALS.

KIDS WERE STILL WALKING TO SCHOOL IN THE SAME STREETS THAT DIDN'T HAVE SIDEWALKS, HAVE SIDEWALKS IN THE SAME STREETS THAT WERE CONTINUING TO FLOOD EVEN WORSE NOW, UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT OUR, UH, WEATHER EVENTS ARE MORE EXTREME.

AND IN, UH, ONE OF THE ONES IN GREEN, IT DOES STRETCH DISTRICT SEVEN AND EIGHT, THAT'S THE PROPOSED HENER CREEK.

ALRIGHT.

UM, OKAY.

UM, I HAVE A LOT MORE COMMENTS, SO I MAY HAVE TO, UH, CHIME IN AGAIN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE POSSIBLE.

UM, SO, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU, HOMER, TO HAVE A VISION LIKE THE, THE TRAILWAYS, UH, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL TO HAVE A SYSTEM OF TRANSPORTATION THAT IS NON-MOTORIZED AND THAT IS FREE FROM, FROM CARS.

I, AND I THINK IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A VISION.

I THINK IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE HAVE VISIONS, WE MAKE SURE WE DON'T LEAVE PEOPLE BEHIND WHEN WE CARRY THOSE VISIONS OUT.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I RAN FOR OFFICE.

IT, THIS IS PROBABLY VERY DIFFERENT IN SOME OTHER DISTRICTS, BUT I MOVED BACK TO SAN ANTONIO IN 2015.

I, UM, MY FRIENDS TOOK ME TO THE PEARL.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

UH, SOMEONE TOOK ME OUT TO THE RIM IN LA TERRA AND YOU GUYS KNOW, I DON'T LIKE ALL THOSE FREEWAY INTERCHANGES .

SO I WASN'T CRAZY ABOUT IT, BUT I COULD SEE LIKE, EXCEPT THERE WAS AN ON AND OFF BUS WITH PEOPLE TAKING TOURS.

I NEVER, WHEN I WAS A KID GROWING UP HERE, I NEVER THOUGHT WE'D SEE THAT.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS WONDERFUL.

AND AT MY HOUSE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD,

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AND SO I HAD A HARD TIME NOT, SORRY, I'VE BEEN REALLY EMOTIONALLY LATELY, NOT, UM, NOT FEELING LIKE I HAD TO DO SOMETHING SO THAT MY NEIGHBORS DIDN'T GET LEFT BEHIND WHILE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY CONTINUE TO PROGRESS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I, I HAVE A FEW MORE COMMENTS, BUT I'LL CHIME IN.

COUNCIL MEMBER KEO BERDA.

THANKS MAYOR.

UM, I JUST WANNA RESPOND TO THE GOOD COUNCILMAN IN DISTRICT NINE.

I HEAR YOU TALKING ABOUT MY UNCONVINCING ARGUMENTS, BUT I SUBMIT THAT THE UNCONVINCING ARGUMENT HERE IS THAT YOU WANNA CUT TRAIL FUNDING WHEN YOUR DISTRICT TRAILS ARE DONE.

MINE ARE NOT.

AND WHAT YOU DON'T GET TO DO IS TELL ME WHAT MY DISTRICT SIX RESIDENTS WANT.

THEY WANT TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON INTO THE NIGHT.

THEY HAVE SPECIFICALLY ASKED ME FOR THAT.

THEY HAVE, THEY WANT TO SEE THESE GREEN BELTS WHEN I KNOCK ON DOORS.

AND I CONTINUALLY DO SO BECAUSE I LOVE BLOCK WALKING INTO MY NEIGHBORHOODS.

MY RESIDENTS ASK FOR THESE TRAILS TO BE FUNDED.

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET STREETS, DRAINAGE SIDEWALKS FUNDED IN THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I FOCUS ON.

AND MY STAFF WORKS HARD.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT IN YOUR BUBBLE.

PEOPLE DON'T RIDE THEIR BIKES TO WORK ON THE TRAILWAYS OR OTHERWISE, BUT TAKE A DRIVE TO OLD HIGHWAY 90 IN MY DISTRICT AND WATCH THE MANY, MANY BIKE BICY BICYCLIST RIDING ON TO THE BUS STOP SO THEY CAN PUT THEIR BIKES ON THE BUS AND TAKE THE BUS WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GO TO GET TO WORK.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CON YOUR CONCERN FOR MY RESIDENTS, BUT IT'S MY JOB TO WATCH OUT FOR THEM AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

SO AGAIN, I EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE 110 MILLION.

COUNCIL MEMBER BUR CAB HARVARD.

LET ME REMIND, UH, ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE, UH, DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TOWARDS THE CHAIR.

UH, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO CONVERSATION WITH COUNCILS MEMBER PEL.

UH, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN CONTEXT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN OTHER, IN OTHER AREAS.

'CAUSE THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING IN A VACUUM OF ABSENT OTHER EFFORTS.

UH, JEFF, UH, COYLE, WHERE DID HE GO? UM, I, I THINK HE'LL, WHEN HE COMES BACK, HE'LL TELL US, AND, AND MAYBE ERIC, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER, I THINK 10 YEARS IS HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A D O T GRANT.

UM, IT USED TO BE CALLED TIGER, NOW IT'S CALLED RAISE.

AM I RIGHT? YES, SIR.

IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE.

WITH YOU, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THIS WHOLE THING.

AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THE AUTOPSY ON ALL THESE FAILED EFFORTS TO, TO GO UP AND GET THAT MONEY.

THAT'S OUR MONEY, UM, THAT OTHER CITIES ARE ENJOYING AT OUR EXPENSE.

AND EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE'VE LOST ON THIS.

AND WE FINALLY KNOW WHY WE LOST.

WE LOSE BECAUSE NONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE EVER SUBMITTED IN A WAY THAT INCLUDED OUR CASH, RIGHT? UM, OR CASH FROM OTHER LOCAL PARTNERS.

WE LOSE, UM, BECAUSE WE NEVER DEMONSTRATED THAT OTHER PARTNERS LIKE THE COUNTY, UM, YOU KNOW, WERE WILLING TO BACK IT UP WITH, YOU KNOW, THEIR BUDGET AS WELL.

UM, AND WE LOSE BECAUSE WE ALSO WERE UP THERE ASKING FOR THE EXACT SAME POT OF MONEY THAT OUR SISTER AGENCIES LIKE VIA AND THE COUNTY AND BROOKS, UM, AND OTHER AGENCIES WERE ASKING FOR.

AND SO WHAT WE DID IN RESPONSE TO THAT WAS WE HIRED TAMIKA MONVILLE, ONE OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE THAT I'VE EVER HAD A CHANCE TO, TO TALK TO.

AND I THINK ALL OF YOU WERE EQUALLY IMPRESSED WITH HER.

AND, UM, WE ASKED HER, PLEASE DIAGNOSE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WRONG AND HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND SHE WORKED WITH ALL OF US TO FASHION A PROPOSAL FOR THIS RAISE, GRANT REQUEST THAT WOULD CHECK REALLY IMPORTANT BOXES THAT WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.

ONE MOBILITY, TWO EQUITY, THREE DRAINAGE FOR SUSTAINABILITY, AND FIVE, A UNIQUENESS THAT WOULD GET OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDERS EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

UM, I'LL, I'LL STOP HERE AND NOTE THAT NOT ONCE DID ANYBODY ON THIS DAIS EVER SAY, WAIT A SECOND, LET'S NOT GO UP WITH THAT MOBILITY ARGUMENT.

'CAUSE I THINK IT'S DISHONEST OR MISLEADING.

AND, UM, WE COULD HAVE, BUT YOU CHOSE NOT TO.

INSTEAD, WE ALL UNANIMOUSLY SENT TAMIKA AND HER CREW UP TO DC TO KNOCK ON DOORS AND PUT TOGETHER THIS RAISE GRANT.

THEN WE WENT TO ALL OF OUR SISTER AGENCIES AND SAID, PLEASE STAND DOWN THIS TIME.

AND THEY DID.

AND THEY GOT BEHIND THIS RAISE GRANT.

AND THEN WE FINALLY, ONCE ALL THAT PACKAGED UP, BROUGHT IT BACK TO COUNCIL AND GOT ALL OF CITY COUNCIL AND ALL OF THE COUNTY'S BLESSING TO GO UP THERE AND ASK FOR THIS TOGETHER.

AND WE MADE SURE THAT EVERYBODY ON THIS DAIS KNEW THAT THE ASK WAS GOING TO BE, PLEASE GIVE US OUR TAX DOLLARS TO INVEST IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY AND WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING THIS MAJOR INVESTMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, VIA BOND AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER WAYS IN ORDER TO HELP PARTNER

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THESE TRAILS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO FUND WITH THIS PROJECT ARE IN DISTRICT FIVE AND IN DISTRICT SEVEN.

AND WHAT WE DID THEN IS WE WENT TO LEADERSHIP AT OUR DELEGATES IN CONGRESS AND SAID, WE NEED YOU TO FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL FOR US, RIGHT? AND WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY IN LINE.

WE'VE ALREADY GOT EVERYBODY'S COMMITMENT AND WE NEED YOU TO STAND UP FOR THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT NO OTHER CONGRESS PERSON FROM OTHER STATES OR CITIES STEALS OUR MONEY AGAIN.

AND THEY AGREED TO DO THAT.

SO A FEW WEEKS AGO WE TRAVELED UP TO DC AND WE MET WITH SPEAKER PELOSI'S TEAM.

WE MET WITH THE WHITE HOUSE, WE MET WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND WE MET WITH OUR CONGRESS MEMBERS AND TOLD THEM EXACTLY WHAT I JUST LAID OUT RIGHT NOW.

AND WHAT THEY TOLD US IS, THIS MEETS EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TELLING CITIES WE WANT.

YOU GUYS ARE IN LINE TO GET THIS.

WE'RE REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSED.

AND ON THE WAY HOME, I GET A THREE SIGNATURE MEMO AND THAT THREE SIGNATURE MEMO IS, AND PUT, PUT ALL THAT ASIDE, RIGHT? SO NOW REWIND ALL THE WAY BACK TO GOD KNOWS WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS SHIFT IN TAXES AND WE MADE THE, WE MADE A PROMISE.

WE MADE A PROMISE TO THE PUBLIC.

THEY WERE ANXIOUS WHEN WE TOLD THEM WE WERE GONNA SHIFT SALES TAXES AND ASKED THEM TO TRUST US.

AND THEY SAID, OKAY, WE TRUST YOU, BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU FUND THESE TRAILS IN THE NEXT TWO BOND CYCLES.

AND PLEASE DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO PROTECT THE AQUIFER.

AND WE SAID, WE PROMISE.

AND TODAY WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION IN PUBLIC ABOUT HOW MUCH WELCH OR BREACH OF CONTRACT WE CAN GET AWAY WITH, WITH THE PUBLIC.

THAT'S JUST BAD LEADERSHIP.

UM, AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I GOT SENT UP HERE TO FIGHT FOR MY CONSTITUENTS.

BUT ALSO, I MEAN, I KEEP MY WORD AND, UH, THIS IS A PROMISE THAT WE MADE.

IT'S A PROMISE I INTEND TO KEEP.

LASTLY, WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT HOW THESE TRAILS ARE NICE TO HAVES OR SHINY OBJECTS TO PLAY WITH, OR THEY'RE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS OTHER, YOU KNOW, THINGS 'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST SOLELY RECREATION.

THAT'S PATENTLY FALSE.

BY DEFINITION.

THESE TRAILS ALONG THE CREEKS ARE DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

THEY HELP MOVE WATER AWAY FROM HOMES.

ANYBODY WHO TELLS YOU THAT THEY'RE JUST FOR RECREATION AND THEY'RE SHINY OBJECTS TO PLAY WITH IS MISINFORMED OR TRYING TO MISINFORM YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS.

LIST, UM, WE HAVE, WE, WE, WE GAVE TO THE COUNCIL, UH, AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER AT THE FIRST B SESSION, A LIST OF ABOUT $3 BILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS.

AND I'LL KEEP IT TOWARDS THE AMENDMENT.

UM, AND I ABOUT A, WHAT IF THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, RIGHT? AND SO I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE WORK OF THE MOST RECENT BOND OF THE 2017 BOND AND THE PROPOSED WORK OF THIS BOND.

AND I HAVE TO SHARE SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS FRUSTRATION.

SO THE NORTHEAST SECTOR OF MY DISTRICT IS BEING LEFT OUT SIGNIFICANTLY AND CONSISTENTLY LOOKING AT THE NEED THAT EXISTS AND LOOKING AT THE PROJECTS.

I KNOW BECAUSE I LIVE IN D TWO AND I'VE WORKED IN D 10, UM, THAT THERE IS SOME SUBSTANTIAL DRAINAGE NEED IN BOTH DISTRICTS.

AND DISTRICT TWO IS RECEIVING THE LEAST AMOUNT OF STREETS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALK FUNDING DESPITE HAVING 55 MILES OF FAILING STREETS, 17% OF THE CITIES.

AND WE HAVE ONE DRAINAGE PROJECT, WHICH IS A GLARING PROBLEM.

AND I DON'T ACCEPT THAT.

AND I, UM, AND I SHARE THE FRUSTRATION WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE IN DISTRICT 10, THAT HE ALSO HAS ONE DRAINAGE PROJECT.

UM, AND IF WE LEFT FUNDING AS IS, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR STAFF TO RECOMMEND A NEW LIST FOR STREETS, UM, TO INCLUDE MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION IN THAT WAY? UM, ASK YOUR QUESTION AGAIN, COUNCILMAN.

IS IT POSSIBLE FOR STAFF TO RECOMMEND A NEW LIST, UM, THAT ADDRESSES THE PROBLEM OF DISTRICT TWO, HAVING THE LEAST STREETS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALK FUNDING, AS WELL AS ONLY ONE DRAINAGE PROJECT? SO, YOU KNOW, THESE LISTS WERE CREATED IN CONCERT WITH, UM, UM, WE'LL GET BACK TO DECEMBER WHEN WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION OF WITH YOUR PREDECESSOR.

WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ON PROJECT LIST.

THERE ARE A GREAT NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT COULD BE INCLUDED ON THE LIST.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, AND I SHARED WITH, WITH THE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 13TH, WE SCORED, BUT ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WE, UM, UTILIZE THE COUNCIL PRIORITY, THE COUNCIL OFFICE PRIORITY TO HELP GUIDE THE LIST.

UM, I I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, UM, WE SHOULD WORK WITH YOUR APPOINTEES ON THE COMMITTEE LIST, ON THE, UH, THE BOND COMMITTEE.

AND IF THERE ARE ADJUSTMENTS THAT, THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PURSUE.

I, I, I HESITATE TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT, ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE ON THE EVE OF PUBLIC CONSIDERATION.

AND I KNOW ROD MENTIONED THERE'S A, THERE'S TWO DISTRICTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE MAKING SOME SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS BETWEEN STREETS AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS WITHIN THEIR DISTRICTS.

AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT.

AND IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING THEN, THEN I THINK WE CAN WORK WITH YOU.

BUT, UH, A COMPLETE LIST OF NEW

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YOU COULD LOOK, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT 'CAUSE THOSE WERE ALL STAFF OR COMMUNITY OR COUNCIL DISTRICT GENERATED.

UM, BUT, BUT I WOULD HESITATE TO, UM, TO CREATE NEW PROJECTS RIGHT NOW FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE, UNLESS WE HAVE 'EM IN THE HOPPER AND THEY'RE NOT, I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY'RE ON THAT $3 BILLION LIST.

I'LL SAY THAT.

UM, AND SOME OF THIS FRUSTRATION COMES FROM WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE VERY, VERY FIRST DRAFT OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS.

DISTRICT TWO HAD THE MOST FUNDING AND THE BOND.

AND AS TIME HAS PROGRESSING AS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR FRUSTRATIONS, AND I'VE BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET, THE, YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE, WE'RE SLIPPING DOWN ON THAT.

AND I THINK THAT THERE'S THIS TENDENCY TO SAY THAT, OH, BECAUSE IN FACILITIES ATELLA AUSTIN'S GETTING FUNDING, THAT'S A, THAT'S A CENTER THAT HOSTS UNITED WAY FUNCTIONS, UM, STAND UP FOR KIDS CITYWIDE THINGS.

I WOULD SAY THAT'S CITYWIDE INTEREST.

AND THAT WAS ALSO, UM, NOT JUST MY PRIORITY, BUT I THINK IT WAS YOUR PRIORITY TOO, MR. WALSH.

AND SO I THINK THAT CITYWIDE, THAT'S, THAT'S SIGNIFICANT TO MENTION.

THEN THE CARVER LIBRARY, TURNING IT INTO A REGIONAL LIBRARY, THAT'S A REGIONAL TYPE PROJECT, RIGHT? JUST IN BY NAME, THE CARVER CULTURAL COMMUNITY CENTER, THAT IS, I WOULD CONSIDER CITYWIDE AND FUNCTION.

SO IF WE JUST LOOK AT STREETS, SIDEWALKS, UH, STREETS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE, FLOOD CONTROL AND PARKS, THE THINGS THAT THE CITY STRUGGLES TO FUND WITH A NORMAL, REGULAR, GENERAL BUDGET EVERY SINGLE YEAR, THE THINGS THAT A BOND IS SUPPOSED TO SUPPLEMENT DISTRICT TWO IS NOW LAST IN STREETS, BRIDGES, AND SIDEWALKS, AND LAST ON PARKS.

AND THAT IS A HUGE PROBLEM TO ME.

AND SO, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS AMENDMENT PASSES, IF IT DOESN'T, I SEE THE PATH.

UH, IF IT DOESN'T PASS, I SEE VERY LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM TO MOVE THINGS AROUND.

IF IT DOES PASS, I SEE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ADD PROJECTS FOR ALL OF US.

AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON I WOULD BE SUPPORTING IT.

BUT I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE PAY ATTENTION TO THE LOUD ONE IN THE ROOM.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER RRO GARCIA.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND, UH, THANK YOU STAFF FOR THE, THE REVISED RECOMMENDATIONS.

I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION IN REGARD TO THE GREENWAY TRAIL PROJECTS AND SPECIFICALLY THERE'S ONE AND, AND I'M ASKING MY QUESTIONS UP FRONT JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND.

UM, THERE'S ONE THAT IS IN DISTRICT THREE AND FOUR, AND IT SAYS THAT IT FINISHES THE HOWARD, UH, W PEAK CIRCLE MINUS THE LAST SECTION AROUND LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UM, AND THEN ALSO IT REQUIRES AN AMENDMENT TO THE TOYOTA DEEDED RESTRICTIONS.

ARE WE REALLY GONNA GET THOSE TOYOTA DEEDED RESTRICTIONS FIXED? LIKE, IS, IS THAT, UM, LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COMMIT TO? 'CAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND I, I, I'M JUST TRYING TO LIKE, SO IT'S THAT GONNA REQUIRE MORE MONEY AFTER THAT? NO, I DON'T ANTICIPATE IT COST REQUIRING MORE MONEY, BUT, UH, AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH TOYOTA ON THOSE DEEDED ISSUES.

UM, FRANKLY, WE SHOULD BE USING THAT GOING FORWARD TO GET SOME SORT OF SETTLEMENT.

IDEALLY, WE WANT TO BE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT BUILDING NEIGHBORHOODS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TRAIL.

SO, UH, WE, I WOULD EXPECT THAT THERE'S A WAY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH TOYOTA.

SO THAT ALREADY INCLUDES WHATEVER, LET'S SAY TOYOTA SAYS YES, THAT WOULD ALREADY BE INCLUDED IN THAT PRICE POINT OF $21.1 MILLION.

YES, MA'AM.

WONDERFUL.

AND THEN MINUS THE LAST SECTION AROUND LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHY, WHY THAT LAST SECTION? IS IT IN, ISN'T INCLUDED JUST YET? IS IT BECAUSE ALSO OF THE, THE THE BASE ACCESS, CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THAT? I DIDN'T, YES.

UM, ON IT TALKS ABOUT HOW THIS IS BASICALLY FINISHING THE H W E P H W P CIRCLE MINUS THE LAST SECTION AROUND LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE.

AND SO REMIND ME WHY THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN INCLUDED, OR IF IT IS EVENTUALLY INCLUDED, WHAT THAT ADDITIONAL COST WOULD BE.

SO, UH, IT WAS JUST THE LOGISTICAL ISSUES WORKING WITH THE MILITARY, BUT THAT, UH, ALTERNATIVE ROUTE, THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S DESIGNED ONLY, WHICH IS THE PORT SAN ANTONIO.

SO THE PORT SAN ANTONIO ONE, WHICH IS THE DESIGN ONLY.

SO OUR, SO IN ADDITION THEN TO THE 1.8 THERE, ALMOST 1.9, WE WOULD STILL NEED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING AFTER THAT BECAUSE THAT'S DESIGN ONLY.

WITH THE J B S A TO EXTEND THE FENCE, THEN, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO GO AROUND BECAUSE THE LEON CREEK RUNS ALONG THAT PROPERTY WHERE WE HAVE THE GRAB AND POUND.

SO THE IDEA BEING, SO, AND THIS IS PART OF THAT CIRCLE TO GET THROUGH AND CONNECT DOWN SOUTH, SO YOU'RE CORRECT.

DESIGN ONLY, AND THEN WE WOULD NEED TO FUND CONSTRUCTION AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

SO, SORRY.

AND COUNCILWOMAN, IT'S, IT'S EITHER, EITHER IT'S, IT'S ALSO KIND OF FURTHER COMPLICATED IN THAT IF WE WORK

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SO, UM, RIGHT.

AND THAT ONE'S OFF THE TABLE, THE $10 MILLION FOR THAT IS OFF THE TABLES.

RIGHT.

BUT, BUT, BUT THAT'S THE SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY.

'CAUSE THE CREEK RUNS THROUGH THERE.

AND SO IT, IT, AND WE'VE EXPERIENCED, AS WE'VE GOT SOME EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH FORT SAM ALONG THE SATO, IT'S, WE, WE MAY HAVE TO ROUTE AROUND BECAUSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE BASE.

SO RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THAT WE HAVE IT, UM, SCHEDULED, IT COULD POSSIBLY CHANGE.

NO, IT WILL CHANGE, RIGHT.

BASED ON WHATEVER THE BASE TELLS US.

AND BASED ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE IMPOUND LOT, WHICH MIGHT NOT HAPPEN UNTIL 2027 ANYWAY.

WELL, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A SOONER SOLUTION FOR THE IMPOUND LOT.

UM, BUT I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE PARK CONVER THE PARKS CONVERSATION OKAY.

WITH J B S A AND I, AND, AND I DON'T THINK HOMER KNOWS THE ANSWER TO THAT RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE PROPOSITION IS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS BEFORE WE START NAILING DOWN PATH AND, AND, AND THOSE ISSUES.

GOT IT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND SO, UM, SO I'M, I'M, SO NOW THAT I HAVE THAT CLARIFICATION, UH, I AM HESITANT, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, FOR DISTRICT FOUR, AND SIMILAR TO SOME OF MY NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, WE, WE HURRY UP AND WAIT.

UM, AND THEN WHEN WE FINALLY GET OUR TURN, EVERYTHING CHANGES, RIGHT? AND SO, AND WE NEED MORE MONEY AND WE NEED MORE MONEY AND WE NEED MORE MONEY.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE THE ASSURANCE RIGHT WITH, WITH WHAT'S PRESENTED IN HERE THAT IT'S GONNA BE OKAY, ALTHOUGH I DON'T, UM, AGREE WITH A $50 MILLION CUT CUTTING DOWN TO $50 MILLION.

I DON'T AGREE WITH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MAGIC IN BETWEEN NUMBER IS.

I DON'T KNOW WHO CAME UP WITH $50 MILLION IF IT WAS STRATEGIC, IF THERE WAS A REASON THAT THERE WAS 60 MILLION WORTH OF CUTS.

UM, BUT I'D LOVE TO MAYBE HEAR SOME, THE THOUGHT PROCESS ON THAT.

I DON'T KNOW.

I HAD PROPOSED A HUNDRED MILLION.

I THINK I HAD TOLD ROD AND LORI AND ERIC WHEN WE MET, I, OKAY, WELL IF Y'ALL ARE CUTTING, LIKE I THINK THAT MAYBE A HUNDRED MILLION AND HERE'S, HERE'S WHY.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE $50 MILLION, UM, CUT IS FOR, OR WHY THE $60 MILLION? CAN SOMEBODY, DOES ANYBODY KNOW THAT? OR WAS THAT JUST KIND OF A NUMBER THAT WAS THROWN, THROWN OUT? DO YOU, DO YOU ALL KNOW? DID YOU ALL HEAR THE LOGIC? OKAY, SO THEN THAT'S, THAT'S MY, MY, UM, QUESTION I GUESS.

AND, AND I JUST PROBABLY JUST NEED SOME MORE TIME TO LISTEN TO THE DISCUSSION.

BUT THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO.

WE, WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW MUCH, AND WE SAW SOME SLIDES ABOUT HOW MUCH CERTAIN PROJECTS, UH, WENT UP.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE TRUTH IS I'M HOPING THAT WE BRING A BOND TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS BALANCE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE WE CAN JUST FOCUS ON HOW CAN WE HAVE BALANCE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE IN-DISTRICT, THE TOTAL FUNDING FOR IN-DISTRICT PROJECTS HAS GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY.

IF YOU GO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FROM THE 2017 BOND TO NOW, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT TWO, UH, PROJECT FUNDING IN DISTRICT PROJECT FUNDING HAS GONE UP 68%.

DISTRICT FIVE HAS GONE UP 45%.

DISTRICT SEVENS HAS GONE UP 72%.

DISTRICT NINES HAS GONE UP ALMOST 47%.

AND DISTRICT TEN'S GONE UP ABOUT 39.5%.

AND SO I FEEL LIKE, LIKE CITY STAFF HAVE LISTENED QUITE A BIT.

UM, THEY'VE MADE CHANGES BASED ON A LOT OF INPUT.

WE JUST SAW ANOTHER ROUND OF CHANGES.

UM, AND I THINK THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

I THINK LIKE DRAINAGE SHOULD BE A, A PRIORITY WITHOUT A DOUBT.

UM, I DON'T WANT TO NOT FUND PRIORITY DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

UM, BUT I THINK THERE ARE ALSO OTHER WAYS TO FUND THEM.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE, UH, AND DIFFERENT WAYS TO, TO ADJUST ADDRESS DRAINAGE NEEDS GOING FORWARD.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT, LIKE, ARE WE CHARGING THE RIGHT AMOUNT FOR A FEE IN LIEU OF WHEN THERE'S DEVELOPMENT? AND, UM, I'M OPEN TO EXPLORING ALL THAT, BUT RIGHT NOW I FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE'VE CREATED A GROUP, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE APPOINTED CITIZENS TO THE BOND COMMITTEES AND I, I'M COMFORTABLE HANDING OFF WHAT WE HAVE TO THEM AND PUTTING THIS IN THEIR HANDS AND, UM, LETTING THEM WORK ON THIS AND SEE WHAT THEY BRING BACK TO US.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

BRAVO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

SO WE ARE PUTTING MORE TOWARDS THE TRAILWAY SYSTEM.

AGAIN, THIS BOND AT $50 MILLION PLUS THE 40 FROM THE COUNTY IS $10 MILLION MORE THAN WE'RE CURRENTLY FUNDING.

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WE DON'T, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE THAT WE SHOULD TRUST THE COMMUNITY.

I TOTALLY TRUST THE COMMUNITY.

THEY VOTED ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

THEY'RE GONNA VOTE ON THIS.

BUT IF YOU WANT TRUE COMMUNITY INPUT, MAYBE THE COUNCIL SHOULD JUST STEP BACK, GIVE OUR COMMITTEES A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER AND SAY, HERE YOU GO.

GIVE US YOUR INPUT AS THE COMMUNITY AND LET THEM DECIDE WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO THEM.

INSTEAD OF US GOING TO THEM SAYING, HERE'S OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, WHY DON'T WE TAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND TAKE IT FROM THERE? THAT'S HOW I WOULD TRUST THE COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'LL SEE AFTER THIS COMMITTEE PROCESS IS DONE, WHATEVER WE SEND TO 'EM, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES GONNA BE MADE? AND I'LL, I'LL TAKE BETTS ON THAT.

UM, THE 50 MILLION, UH, WAS IN THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS THAT WE GOT WAS 50 MILLION, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SHOT UP TO THIS 126 OR 127, WHATEVER IT WAS, AND NOW IT'S BACK DOWN TO 110.

SO THIS NUMBER HAS BEEN ALL OVER, ALL OVER THE PLACE.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS A, UH, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A RHYME OR REASON.

AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WITH THIS PROPOSAL BACK AT 50 IS $10 MILLION MORE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I CAN SAY IT, BUT MORE THAN WE HAVE FUNDED ANNUALLY IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO IT'S A GOOD NUMBER.

WE'RE EXPANDING THE TRAILWAY SYSTEM.

WE DON'T, UH, AND AGAIN, UM, DO WE EVEN HAVE THAT CAPABILITY TO EXECUTE NOT ONLY $110 MILLION OVER THE, UH, FIVE YEARS, BUT PLUS THE $40 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, OVER $160 MILLION IN THE TRAILWAY SYSTEM.

HOW MUCH DID WE FUND LAST TIME ON THE LAST BOND FROM, FOR THE TRAILWAY SYSTEM? I DON'T THINK WE FUNDED ANYTHING ON THE TRAILWAY SYSTEM.

WE DIDN'T.

IT WAS SALES.

IT WAS SALES TAX, SO IT'S ONLY SALES TAX.

AND THAT WAS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS WAS HOW MUCH TOTAL? A LITTLE MORE THAN $80 MILLION.

AND WE'RE STILL NOT FINISHED SPENDING THAT MONEY AT THIS POINT.

RIGHT? UH, ALL THAT MONEY IS, ALL THAT MONEY IS, UM, EITHER BEEN UTILIZED OR IS PROGRAMMED IN CURRENT CONTRACTS WHERE YOU HAVE CURRENTLY HAVE $160,000 THAT'S, UM, UN UNALLOCATED AT THIS POINT.

UH, SO, BUT WE HAVEN'T FINISHED THE CONSTRUCTION.

WE'VE JUST FIRST ALLOCATED SOME, WE'RE STILL IN DESIGN ON SOME, WE'RE, WE HAVEN'T EVEN FINISHED THIS $80 MILLION.

BUT, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S NOT A BASIS FOR, I THINK THE, THE ARGUMENT YOU'RE MAKING COUNCILMAN ONLY BECAUSE THE, SINCE 20, FOR INSTANCE, 2000, THE CREEKWAY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM HAS BEEN A PAY AS YOU GO PROCESS.

AS WE'VE COLLECTED CASH, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE, UM, WE'VE DONE CONSTRUCTION, UM, MOVING TO A BOND PROGRAM, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO OPERATE LIKE PUBLIC WORKS DOES.

AND FROM A STREET AND DRAINAGE STANDPOINT WHERE WE ARE DESIGNING, WE ARE ACQUIRING PROPERTY IN BIGGER CHUNKS, WE ARE DESIGNING LARGER CHUNKS, AND WE ARE CONSTRUCTING LARGER TRUCKS.

SO, SO THE DELIVERY PROCESS FROM OUR STANDPOINT, HA, IS GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE, UM, AND NOT LOOK LIKE, UH, THE SALES TAX DELIVERY.

OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH.

I, I UN I SEE THAT.

BUT AGAIN, LOOKING AT WHAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY PLACED OUT THERE ON OUR TRAILWAY SYSTEM, LOOKING AT THE 50 MILLION WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PUT OUT THERE, PLUS THE COUNTY IS MORE THAN WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND MORE TO WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT OTHERWISE IF WE STILL HAD THE SALES TAX.

SO THAT'S THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE.

WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO FORCE FEED MORE MONEY INTO A SYSTEM THAT YES, PEOPLE LIKE BRINGS A LOT OF, UH, UH, AMENITIES TO THE CITY, BUT AGAIN, WHAT ARE THE REAL NEEDS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS? AND IT'S THE STREETS AND DRAINAGE.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE THAT MONEY INTO THOSE AREAS SO THAT WE CAN HELP REDUCE THAT $6.6 BILLION TICKET OUT THERE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

LIST, UH, THE CREEK WAYS WERE ON THAT LIST FOR $200 MILLION.

ERIC, YOU WANTED TO, UH, MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS.

GO AHEAD.

WELL, J I JUST WANTED TO, TO PROVIDE, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT.

THE FIRST PRESENTATION WE HAVE WITH THE COUNCIL AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER ON THE BOND PROGRAM, AND THAT $3 BILLION

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WE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IT IN THE PRESENTATION.

AND SO, UM, UM, THERE WAS NOT A 50 MILLION IN AN ORIGINAL PRESENTATION FROM THE STAFF, AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, ERIC.

I, I TRUST THE VOTERS.

UM, I TRUST THE COMMUNITY.

I TRUST WHETHER YOU'RE A REGISTERED VOTER OR NOT.

UM, WHERE I HAVE PAUSE AND TRUST IS IN THIS PROCESS, RIGHT? WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD, THERE WAS $250 MILLION IN CONVERSATION FOR HOUSING.

THERE WAS CONSENSUS, THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO SPOKE OUT IN OPPOSITION, BUT THERE WAS CONSENSUS RIGHT OFF THE GATE.

SEVERAL FOLKS SAID YES TO $250 MILLION.

I HAD SOME PAUSE, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BEFORE I COULD COMMIT $250 MILLION, RIGHT? BUT THERE WAS CONSENSUS, THERE WAS CONVERSATION, AND THEN WE COME BACK AND WE MEET, AND HOUSING HAS BEEN REDUCED, AND THEN WE SEE $126 MILLION TO THE CREEKWAY.

GIVEN THAT PRIOR CONVERSATION, THERE WAS NO CONSENSUS, NO CONVERSATION ABOUT ALLOCATING $126 MILLION TO THE LINEAR CREEKWAY.

SO WHEN WE HAVE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT, IT'S PRIMARILY ABOUT ONE MEETING THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT PROCESS.

BECAUSE YES, I TRUST COMMUNITY TO GIVE INPUT DURING THEIR BOND COMMITMENTS.

HOWEVER, GOING OUT THE GATE WHERE IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW WE REDUCE THE HOUSING BOND, HOW WE SHIFTED THE 126 MILLION, WHICH IS NOW BEING PROPOSED AS 110 MILLION, UM, TO COMMUNITY, IS IT, IT GIVES ME LOTS OF PAUSE.

IT, IT'S VERY BLURRY HOW WE GOT HERE.

AND I, I I WANNA CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING IN DRAINAGE.

UM, RIGHT, I, I, I UNDERSTAND SOME FOLKS ARE TRYING TO PITCH THE CREEK WASTES AS, AS DRAINAGE PROJECTS, BUT WHEN YOU SPEAK TO MY MEMBERS OF DISTRICT FIVE WHO LIVE ALONG THE CREEKWAY, THERE'S ACTUALLY CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE CREEK WASTES AND THAT AS THEY GET BEAUTIFIED, WE'RE PACKING DIRT AND THEY'RE NOT AS STEEP AS THEY USED TO BE.

AND NOW WHEN IT RAINS THE WATER CRESSES, SO WE'RE CREATING A PROBLEM.

SO TO SELL THIS AS DRAINAGE TO MY DISTRICT FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS, IT IS, IT IS EXTREMELY OUT OF TOUCH, UH, WITH THE FOLKS OF DISTRICT FIVE ARE EXPERIENCING, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, RIGHT? IT'S, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE HEADING UP TO DC AND LOBBYING FOR PROJECTS THAT WON IMPACT DISTRICT FIVE AND SEVEN.

I THINK IT'S GREAT TO LOOP IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE DISTRICTS SO THAT WAY WE CAN SHOW AND DEMONSTRATE AND SHARE HOW THIS PROJECT WOULD IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY AND WHY WE DO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.

UM, BUT I THINK IT'S A COMPLETE DISCONNECT TO NOT INCLUDE THE, THE DISTRICTS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS FUNDING.

I THINK IT'S IN, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, INTERESTING, RIGHT? THAT WE TELL OUR VOTERS TO, TO WAIT FOR THIS INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, WAIT, WAIT ON MONEY, WE DON'T HAVE YET.

UM, BUT THIS CREEK WAY, LET, LET'S, LET'S FULLY GO HIT THE GAS ON IT.

UM, AND ABSOLUTELY, I THINK WE DO NEED TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE CREEK WAY, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PHASE IT OUT, ONE, TO ENSURE THAT WE MEET THE NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING, AGAIN FOR BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND I, I, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TAKE A WALK NEAR MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHERE OUR KIDS HAVE TO WALK WITH BAGS ON THEIR SHOES TO GET TO SCHOOL WITHOUT SHOWING UP WITH MUD WHERE OUR KIDS COME HOME CRYING BECAUSE THEIR CLOTHES GOT ALL DRENCHED IN RAIN BECAUSE SOMEONE SPLASHED WATER ON THEM BECAUSE OF POOR DRAINAGE.

YOU NEED TO KEEP IN MIND FOR MY COMMUNITY, WE ONLY HAVE ONE PAIR OF SHOES, ONE PAIR OF OF SCHOOL CLOTHING, AND WE CAN'T GET TO SCHOOL CLEAN BECAUSE OF BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO TO PITCH THIS TO MY COMMUNITY AS SOMETHING THAT TAKES PRECEDENT OVER DRAINAGE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IS EXTREMELY OUT OF TOUCH.

UH, AND, AND, UM, I, I ENCOURAGE THAT YOU ALL COME OUT OF YOUR GATED COMMUNITIES, UM, AND INTO, UM, DISTRICT FIVE TO SEE WHAT OUR, OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH ON THE DAY TO DAY, HOW WE'RE LIMITED ON FUNDING, AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE VEHICLE.

SO WHEN IT GOES OUT OF ALIGNMENT, WE'RE OUT OF LUCK.

WE'RE CATCHING THE BUS WAITING, , YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF IT RAINS, YOU GET SPLASHED.

UM, SO IT, IT'S ALL CONNECTED.

AND, AND AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, UH, MAKE THIS AMENDMENT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO, UM, HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PROCESS AND HOW WE GOT HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.

SHOULD FIND OUT, I BELIEVE, NEXT MONTH, WHETHER WE GET IT OR NOT.

YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY IS ABOUT PROCESS AND I THINK YOU'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF US TALK ABOUT HOW THIS PROCESS HAS WORKED FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.

I WAS ENCOURAGED TO HEAR SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE HAVE, WE HOPE RISE FUNDING, AND COULD SOMEBODY EXPLAIN HOW MUCH THAT IS PROJECTED TO BE AND WHAT THAT IS PROJECTED TO GO TO? WHAT IT IS, IT'S AN, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS.

SO WE, WE'VE APPLIED, UH, IT'S $25 MILLION THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS THE GREENWAY TRAILS IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL.

UH, IT'S A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS AS I UNDERSTAND IT.

UH, BUT WE DO FEEL THAT WE HAVE A VERY GOOD PROPOSAL AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE HOPEFUL WE

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SO WE WOULD KNOW EVEN BEFORE WE DECIDE ON THE BOND PRESENTATION TO THE VOTERS IF THAT MONEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE, RIGHT? I BELIEVE SO, YES.

YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET THAT, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO, UH, COUNCILMAN'S CALCULATIONS, THAT WOULDN'T JUST BE 90 MILLION MORE ON THE TRAIL SYSTEM, BUT IT WOULD BE ABOUT $115 MILLION MORE THAT WE COULD SPEND ON THE TRAIL SYSTEM.

THAT'S VERY ENCOURAGING TO ME.

UH, AND, AND THAT WOULD BE IF WE WERE AT 50, BUT I, I REALIZE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS, WE, WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS AND, AND MAYBE COMPROMISE.

AND WHAT WE, WHAT WE SEE PRESENTED TODAY IS $480 MILLION FOR STREETS AND $162 MILLION FOR DRAINAGE.

AND I'D SURE LIKE TO PROPOSE MAYBE A COMPROMISE THAT WE CAN WORK ON TO WHERE WE END UP WITH $500 MILLION FOR STREETS AND $200 MILLION FOR DRAINAGE, WHICH WOULD BE $58 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS INTO THOSE POOLS, WHICH I WOULD STILL SAY WOULD COME OUT OF THE $110 MILLION WE HAVE IN THE CREEK THAT WOULD STILL LEAVE $62 MILLION IN THE CREEK WAY.

PLUS WE HOPE $25 MILLION THAT'S COMING, WHICH WOULD BE MORE THAN MATCHING WHAT THE COUNTY'S GONNA BE PUTTING IN.

SO WE'D STILL BE, UH, SPENDING OVER $160 MILLION ON THE CREEKS OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS WITH ANOTHER FIVE YEAR OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ANOTHER 50 OR A HUNDRED IF NEEDED.

AND THIS WOULD DEFINITELY COMMIT MORE MONEY TO THE STREETS AND MORE MONEY TO DRAINAGE AND STILL LEAVE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE CREEKWAY, UH, EVEN MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

NOW, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU HAVE A MOTION, AND I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING YOU, IF, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO, UM, ACCEPT, UH, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION FOR AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD NOT JUST SIGNIFY CUTTING THE CREEKWAY DOWN TO 50 MILLION, BUT WOULD SPECIFICALLY SAY WE WOULD PUT 500 INTO STREETS 200 INTO DRAINAGE, THAT 58 MILLION WOULD BE DEDICATED OUT OF THE PARKS BUDGET COMING PREDOMINANTLY FROM THE, UH, THE MONEY FOR THE CREEK COUNCIL MEMBER.

THERE IS A MAIN MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND THERE'S AN AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR.

SO, UH, AND A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO AN AMENDMENT WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE.

SO WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MAIN AMENDMENT FIRST.

IF THAT FAILS, THEN YOU'RE FREE TO, UH, MOTION AGAIN WITH A NEW AMENDMENT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ONE ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, UH, COUNCILMAN, THE, THE, UH, THE RAISE GRANT, THAT PORTION OF THE ARTIS MOORE CREEK, UM, IS, UM, UM, THERE'S SOME OVERLAP WITH THE COUNTY'S 83 MILLION.

AND SO IF WE GET THAT, WE'LL NEED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE, UM, THAT MAY FREE UP, POTENTIALLY WE'D HAVE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY THAT MAY FREE UP MONEY THAT THEY'VE ALLOCATED.

IT'S MORE ON THEIR SIDE THAN IT IS.

THERE'S A SMALL PORTION THAT IMPACTS US, BUT, BUT IT IMPACTS THE COUNTY AS WELL.

AND, AND TO CLARIFY, UM, ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, IS A, UH, I KNOW THERE'S MORE THAN ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'D LIKE TO OFFER A DIFFERENT AMENDMENT.

THE ALTERNATIVE IS IF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO WITHDRAWS HER AMENDMENT, A DIFFERENT AMENDMENT COULD BE MOVED FORWARD ON THE MAIN MOTION, THAT'S ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE.

SO LET ME TURN NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.

UH, WHATEVER IT IS WE'RE GONNA DO.

UM, SO LET'S GO BACK IN TIME A FEW MINUTES AGO WHEN I WAS CRYING.

JUST KIDDING.

UH, WHEN , I WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, NEEDS, UH, IN THE, IN THE DISTRICT OR IN THE COMMUNITY? UH, I GUESS ONE, I WANNA GO BACK TO THIS IDEA OF HAVING A VISION, WHETHER IT'S FOR THE TRAILWAYS OR OTHER PARTS OF OUR CITY, AND THAT I SUPPORT BEING VISIONARY WHILE WE'RE NOT LEAVING PEOPLE BEHIND.

WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT WE HAVE AN EQUITY FRAMEWORK FOR STREETS, SORT OF A TARGET THAT WE WANNA HIT.

70, UH, WHAT IS IT? PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX SCORE ACROSS THE BOARD.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A FRAMEWORK FOR THE TRAILS, RIGHT? WE HAVE A, A NUMBER, A TARGET THAT WE WANNA HIT IN MY TIME ON THIS COUNCIL, I HAVE NEVER SEEN US, AND, AND MAYBE IT EXISTS, BUT I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN IT COME FORWARD WITH A VISION FOR DRAINAGE OR A GOAL FOR DRAINAGE.

YOU KNOW, HOW MANY HOMES WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUTTA THE FLOODPLAIN OR HOW MANY PROJECTS WE'RE GONNA DO, OR, OH, THERE COMES NEPHI, OR HOW MANY, UM,

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I, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

I WOULD, UH, LOVE TO SEE IT IF THERE IS ONE.

I, BUT I, I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN THIS TAKE AN EQUITY FRAMEWORK TO, TO DRAINAGE.

UM, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THIS VOTE AS WE GO FORWARD, THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS COUNCIL TAKE UP BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST BE THE CHAMPIONS OF GREENWAYS.

I THINK WE ALSO WANNA BE THE CHAMPIONS OF GIVING PEOPLE THE, THE BASIC OF NOT HAVING THEIR HOME FLOOD.

UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UM, ERIC.

UM, CAN YOU REMIND ME HOW MANY TIMES WE MET TO TALK ABOUT ALTERNATIVE FUNDING FOR THE EDWARDS AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM? WE BEING THE CITY COUNCIL? YES.

NO, I MEAN, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN, UH, TWO OR THREE PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS, UM, LAST YEAR, RIGHT? YEAH.

I, I THINK THAT THE TRAILWAYS, THE FUTURE OF THE TRAILWAYS AND UNDERSTANDING HOW WE'RE GONNA FUND IT, AND THE RESPONSIBILITY MERITS THAT SAME LEVEL OF DISCUSSION FOR THE VOTERS, FOR THE ADVOCATES OF THE TRAILWAYS AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE ELECTED TO BE STEWARDS OF PUBLIC FUNDS.

SO I WANNA THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO PUSHED FOR A MEETING AND, UM, AND THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR, UM, DOING ALL THE WORK TO, TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL MEETING.

UM, IF IT IS THE WILL OF THIS BODY TO PUT 110 MILLION, 150 MILLION INTO TRAILWAYS, THAT'S THE WILL OF THE BODY.

THAT'S THE WAY THE VOTE GOES.

THAT'S FINE.

UM, I AM STILL JUST CONFUSED ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE.

YOU GAVE US SOME CONTEXT, ERIC.

UH, AND I THINK MAYBE THESE WERE THINGS IN YOUR HEAD, , BUT I, I WASN'T AWARE OF THEM.

AND IN FACT, UM, I WAS TALKING TO, UH, SOMEONE ON THE CREEKWAY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THEY WERE ALSO SURPRISED WITH THE TOTAL PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY ALL MEANS, WITH THE TOTAL THAT CAME OUT.

SO EITHER I, I'VE BEEN ASLEEP FOR THE PAST, UH, TWO, TWO YEARS OR SO, AND, AND HERE IT IS.

I'M NOT, UM, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO CONTINUING FUNDING AT THE SAME LEVEL THAT WE HAVE THE CREEK WAYS.

IF IT WAS 83 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE.

IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC REASON WE WANT TO INCREASE THAT THIS TIME, THEN, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW.

I JUST, UM, I I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY WE MADE THE COMMITMENT, BECAUSE I KNOW WE DIDN'T, THE DAY WE TOOK THAT VOTE FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, I DON'T REMEMBER DOING THAT.

I REMEMBER ASKING, HEY, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE TRAILWAYS? AND WE HAD NO ANSWER AT THE TIME.

UM, BUT YOU OPENED WITH THAT ROD, AND, AND I KNOW THAT CURRENT COUNCILS CANNOT COMMIT FUTURE COUNCILS, UH, BUDGETING DECISIONS.

I KNOW WE COULD HAVE PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT SAID THAT, UM, I'M JUST THOROUGHLY CONVINCED WHY, LIKE JOSH BRODESKI IS SOMEONE PROMISED HIM THIS MUCH MONEY IN THE TRAILS.

SO CAN CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHEN THAT, WHO MADE THAT PROMISE TO JOSH BOESKY? AND, AND IF YOU DID, UM, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME, OR WHY DIDN'T YOU ASK ME FOR MY INPUT? BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER THAT.

AND, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THIS IS, THIS GIVES ME PAUSE ABOUT THE PROCESS.

I'M NOT A DUMB PERSON.

I'M NOT, BUT HOW DID I MISS THAT? SO, SO COUNCILMAN, I CAN'T ANSWER YOU.

THE, THE QUESTION ABOUT, UH, MR. MR. BRODESKI, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW ABOUT WHAT ROD SAID? WELL, I'LL, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.

OKAY, THANKS.

TRAILWAY SYSTEM WITH THE EVENTUAL GOAL OF COMPLETING IT, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN WE BOXED OURSELVES IN TO TWO BOND CYCLES.

BUT, UH, UM, THIS GOES BACK TO PRE COVID, UM, AND THE PRESENTATION THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAD $280 MILLION TO, TO FINISH.

UM, THERE WERE MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS, UH, LAST YEAR AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE COMMITMENT IS THE, IS A STRONG WORD.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

THERE WASN'T A COUNCIL ORDINANCE THAT SAID WE WERE GONNA DO THAT.

UM, I EXPRESSLY REMEMBER BEING PRESSED BY THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA SOLVE FOR THE, IT WAS AQUIFER.

AND THE TRAILWAY AND THE AQUIFER WAS EASIER TO, TO, TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE WE HAD THE TOOLS IN FRONT OF US THERE WAS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY.

UM, YOU'LL RECALL ABOUT WHAT OUR, OUR BOND PROGRAM WOULD BE LAST YEAR.

I MEAN, THE, THE DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WE SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL IN, UH, THE SUMMER OF 2020 WAS ALMOST $700 MILLION.

SO WE'RE IN A MUCH DIFFERENT PLACE.

UM, SO THE, THE, THE COMMITMENT HAS BEEN TO FINISH THE TRAIL SYSTEM AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WE GAVE THE COUNCIL AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER A LIST OF 3 BILLION THAT SAID WE NEEDED TWO, $200 MILLION FOR, I, I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING YOU.

WHAT I UNDERSTOOD WAS CONTINUING THE

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I DON'T RECALL THAT COUNCILWOMAN, YOU AND THE REST OF OF THE COUNCIL, COUNCIL HAVE THE COMPLETE LATITUDE TO DETERMINE THE PACE.

I'M ONLY HERE TO GIVE YOU A RECOMMENDATION, AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WITH $200 MILLION THAT WE DO THAT OVER TWO BOND CYCLES.

I DO NOT THINK THAT IF WE DID, I'LL MAKE UP A NUMBER, $40 MILLION WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE COUNCIL IN 2020 SEVEN'S GONNA WANT TO KNOW WHY.

WHY ARE THEY SADDLED WITH $160 MILLION? OR WHY DIDN'T WE DO MORE? I THINK FROM THE, FROM, FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WE THINK WE CAN DELIVER MORE THAN DELIVER THAT AMOUNT WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR TIMEFRAME, AND WE'RE POISED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

IT IS A CONNECTIVITY ISSUE FOR US.

IT IS A PRIORITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT, AND I THINK THE COUNCIL IN TERMS OF ELEMENTS, BUT ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE THE AMOUNT.

I MEAN, REALLY, THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.

IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH A FEBRUARY, 2020 PRESENTATION OR A SEPTEMBER, 2021 PRESENTATION OR TODAY'S PRESENTATION.

IT'S REALLY WHAT YOU GUYS DECIDE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GRO GRAND.

THAT IT'S NOT GONNA GET DONE ONE YEAR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY LIVELY, UH, DISCUSSION, AND I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS ME TO BRING UP SOME POINTS.

UH, AGAIN, SO OVER HALF OF THIS BOND, SIX OVER $640 MILLION IS ALREADY COMMITTED TO STREETS AND DRAINAGE.

WHY? AND I CAN TELL YOU WHY IN MY DISTRICT, WE NEED, THERE'S THAT NEED IS BECAUSE I'M STILL LOOKING FOR A STATE REP.

MY STATE REPRESENTATIVES, MY FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES ARE HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING MONEY FOR ISSUES THAT THEY NEED TO BUY INTO.

AND SO THEY'RE SITTING AROUND AND IF THE CITY'S GONNA PICK UP THE BILL, THEY'LL LET US PICK UP THE BILL.

SO, I AM, I I, WE HAVE THIS HUGE BOND WHERE WE CAN GIVE SO MUCH MONEY.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY NOBODY BROUGHT UP FACILITIES OR HOUSING, BUT I LOVE PARKS.

AND THIS, THIS, THIS IS WHAT WAS OTHER PEOPLE GAVE US AS ACTIVITIES.

THIS IS WHERE MAKOS, SALADO CREEK IS SITTING.

THIS IS WHERE FORMER MAYOR GARZA'S, ED GARZA, UH, URBAN ACADEMIES IS SITTING.

THIS IS WHERE MITCHELL LAKE AUDUBON IS SITTING.

SO IF WE ARE GOING TO, I DON'T WANNA MOVE MONEY AROUND FOR PARKS, I WANNA TAKE IT TO COMMITTEE, HAVE THEM HAVE A CONVERSATION, AND IF HALF OR MORE OF THAT COMMITTEE SAYS, I WANNA GIVE, I WANNA TAKE MONEY FROM THE CREEKS TO GIVE TO MITCHELL LAKE, TO GIVE TO SALADO CREEK PARK TO GIVE TO URBAN ACADEMY, THEN LET'S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND BRING IT BACK TO THE DAAS.

I DO NOT WANNA SPEND ANY MORE MONEY ON STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE NEED TO GET OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM TOGETHER, AND WE NEED TO GO TO THE STATE AND TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND GIVE THAT, MAKE THEM GIVE US WHAT IS DUE.

AND I'LL BRING UP ROOSEVELT IN 2 81.

THERE'S THERE.

SO I, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND AND I'M PASSIONATE, AND I HAVE JUST AS MANY F STREETS AND I HAVE JUST AS MANY FLOODING AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE COUNTY THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS THE CITY WITH A LOW WATER CROSSING.

BUT WE, WE ARE HERE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK EVERYONE SPOKE.

SO LET'S, LET'S VOTE ON THIS.

I CALL THIS THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, AND WE WILL, WE WILL MAKE THE MOTION.

LET ME JUST MAKE A FEW COMMENTS THOUGH.

UM, AND, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I BRING UP, UH, PREVIOUS COUNCILS IN THIS COUNCIL SO MUCH IN THE APPRECIATION THAT I HAVE FOR THE DECISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE.

UM, ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES, UH, FOR ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL, CERTAINLY ONE THAT'S ELECTED TO TWO YEAR TERMS, IS TO SET PROPER EXPECTATIONS FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO.

UM, ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, UH, WHEN I BECAME MAYOR IN 2017 WAS A DISCUSSION ON REDLINING IN THE HISTORIC INEQUITIES AND HOW THEY WERE PRODUCED IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO CHANGE THAT, THAT PRECIPITATED WHAT WE NOW KNOW AS THE EQUITY LENS, THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK FOR OUR CITY BUDGETING.

WHAT WAS CLEAR THEN, AND IS CLEAR NOW, AND AND CERTAINLY CLEAR AROUND THIS DIOCESE, IS THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO CHANGE MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF INEQUITY, THE THE CONSEQUENCES OF RED LINING POLICY AND, AND FRANKLY, THE CONSEQUENCES OF ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY, THAT THAT FOLLOWED IT, UH, WE HAVE TO BE COMMITTED TO EQUITY OVER THE COURSE OF ANOTHER GENERATION THAT'S GONNA FAR OUTLIVE ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS TENURE UP HERE.

UH, IT WILL, FOR ME, IT WILL FOR ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES.

AND SO I COMPLIMENT THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL AND THIS CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE WE'VE STUCK TO THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK.

WE'VE STUCK TO A COMMITMENT OF RESTORING EQUITY.

BUT WHAT WE ALSO HAVE TO DO IS REMIND FOLKS

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IT'S NOT GONNA GET DONE IN FOUR YEARS.

IT'S NOT GONNA GET DONE FIVE YEARS OR 10 YEARS.

THE REASON WHY WE HAVE A HOUSING FRAMEWORK THAT NOW HAS A 10 YEAR BUSINESS PLAN IS BECAUSE WE HOPE TO HAVE THE NEEDLE MOVED SIGNIFICANTLY AT THE END OF THE 10 YEARS.

BUT THE, TO, TO SUGGEST THAT IN ONE BOND CYCLE OR IN ONE BUDGET YEAR OR ONE HOUSING BUDGET, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE HISTORY OF THE CITY IS JUST FALSE EXPECTATIONS, AND WE SHOULD GET THAT OUT RIGHT NOW.

SO WITH REGARD TO THE BUDGET, UH, AND, AND THE BOND, UM, THIS IS A VERY INSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATION.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT IF WE PUT ALL OF OUR EGGS INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE BASKET, THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASKET, WE'RE GONNA BE CHASING THE INEQUITIES THAT WE'VE HAD FOR GENERATIONS.

AND WE, AT THE END OF THAT CHASE, WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE THERE.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE CAUGHT IT.

BECAUSE THE OTHER THING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE'VE ALSO GOTTA BE COMMITTED TO CHANGING, TO TRANSFORMING THE WAY THE CITY IS BUILT.

IF WE ONLY CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR STREET NETWORK AND MAINTAIN THE STREET NETWORK THAT WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON WITHOUT ALSO PROVIDING FOR OTHER ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE, WE'RE GONNA FIND OURSELVES IN AN EVEN WORSE SITUATION FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, AND MUCH MORE O AND M TO KEEP UP WITH THAN WE DO RIGHT NOW.

WHICH IS WHY I APPLAUD THE CITY STAFF AND MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE HAVING A VERY VIGOROUS DISCUSSION ABOUT TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE.

I THINK WE FOUND IT.

I DO REMEMBER THE CONVERSATIONS.

WE ALSO, THIS COUNCIL, THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL, IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO INVEST IN HUMAN BEINGS INTO PEOPLE IN THIS CITY AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO SHIFT OUR SOURCES OF FUNDING.

BUT WHAT IT ALSO MEANS, WE'VE GOTTA MAINTAIN AND, AND, AND INCREASE THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF A, A SMARTER, MORE SUSTAINABLE CITY.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE CREEKWAY TRAILS.

SO I DO THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT BALANCE AS A REFERENCE.

THE PROPOSAL THAT'S ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW WITH REGARD TO SHIFTING DRAINAGE FUNDING NEEDED, I WILL REMIND FOLKS THAT THE MORE DRAINAGE CULVERTS WE BUILD ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE MORE STORM WATER, FLOOD WATER ISSUES WE HAVE ON THE SOUTH AND THE EAST SIDES, WE'VE GOTTA CHANGE THE WAY WE BUILD.

AND THAT INCLUDES LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT.

NOT JUST MOVE WATER FAST OFF OF PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES, BUT REGARDLESS OF THAT POINT, IF WE MOVED $20 MILLION INTO DRAINAGE RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD BE INCREASING, OR, OR WE WOULD BE ADDRESSING 0.6% OF THAT NEED IN DRAINAGE, WHILE ALSO SHIFTING 50% AWAY FROM THE CREEKWAY TRAILS COMMITMENT AND NEED.

SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT.

I THINK WE NEED TO FIND THE BALANCE.

I THINK THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO.

BUT WHAT IS CLEAR TO ME IS THAT THIS COUNCIL IS COMMITTED TO DOING THAT CHANGING, TRANSFORMING US INTO A MORE SUSTAINABLE, HEALTHIER SAN ANTONIO.

I THINK THE COMMITMENT, UH, OR, OR THE, THE RECOMMENDATION DOES THAT.

SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP THE MOTION NOW, WHICH IS THE AMENDMENT TO REMOVE $50 MILLION, UM, FROM, OR $60 MILLION FROM THE, UH, PARKS PROPOSITION TO SHIFT TO, UH, 20 MILLION TO DRAINAGE AND 40 MILLION TO STREETS.

A YES VOTE IS TO REMOVE THAT MONEY FROM THE PARKS PROPOSITION.

A NO VOTE IS TO, UM, VOTE.

TO CONTINUE FORWARD WITH THE MAIN MOTION, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION FAILS.

ALRIGHT, WE WILL NOW TAKE UP DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN MOTION.

UM, PLEASE QUEUE UP.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.

I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE, UH, STAFF PRESENTATION.

I, I APOLOGIZE.

UM, IF I, I WOULD ASK YOUR COURTESY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ HAD HAD ASKED ME ABOUT MAKING A, AN AMENDMENT FIRST, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW HIM TO DO THAT, AND THEN WE CAN, OKAY.

UM, THE FIR AT FIRST, I WANNA START BY SAYING THAT A LOT OF THIS CONVERSATION IS ABOUT A PROMISE THAT, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL MADE AND CITY STAFF MADE TO VOTERS.

BUT WHEN WE STARTED THIS CONVERSATION, THE ORIGINAL BUDGET PROPOSAL WAS $50 MILLION OR 50, YEAH, $50 MILLION FOR THE LINEAR OF GREENWAY TRAILS.

WHY WASN'T THAT ORIGINALLY A PART OF THE CONVERSATION? I, I'M NOT GONNA ASK FOR AN ANSWER YET.

I THINK WE'RE BEYOND THAT NOW.

I THINK A PART OF OUR JOB AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IS TO LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER AND

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TO COMPROMISE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'M GUILTY OF THIS, BUT SOME OF, SOMETIMES THIS GETS VERY PERSONAL A LITTLE BIT, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL CALL EACH OTHER INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST, OBTUSE.

AND I'VE BEEN GUILTY OF, YOU KNOW, SAYING THE SAME THING BACK TO PEOPLE.

BUT TODAY, AND JUST NOW WITH THIS VOTE, FIVE OUT OF SIX OF US HAVE EXPRESSED A NEED.

AND IT WAS A TREMENDOUS ASK.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE HESITANCY ON BOTH SIDES.

I WANNA SAY THAT EVERY PERSON UP HERE IS RIGHTEOUS.

WE ARE UP HERE BECAUSE WE'RE DEFENDING OUR DISTRICTS, WE'RE DEFENDING OUR DISTRICT'S NEEDS.

WE'RE COMING UP HERE AND WE'RE FIGHTING.

BUT A PART OF GETTING WHAT WE WANT IS LISTENING TO OTHERS AND GIVING AND TAKING A LITTLE BIT.

SO FIVE OUTTA SIX PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.

AND SO I, I WANNA BRING UP THAT WHEN WE MOVED A A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FROM HOUSING, DESPITE NEARLY UNANIMOUS SUPPORT, NEARLY UNANIMOUS, 'CAUSE IT WAS, I MEAN, I I WOULD SAY EIGHT PEOPLE EXPLICITLY SAID THAT THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF 250 MILLION IN HOUSING.

WHEN THAT WAS MOVED, MANY OF US, WE SAT BACK AND WE ACCEPTED IT.

AND TODAY WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING IT.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MOVING IT BACK, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT.

WE'RE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GETTING EMAILS FROM HOUSING ADVOCATES SAYING, WHY, HOW DARE YOU, WHY WOULD YOU MOVE THIS? WE'RE STILL UP HERE AND WE'RE WILLING TO COMPROMISE.

AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR DRAINAGE AND STREETS.

I, MY ME, MY DISTRICT TWO NEIGHBORS, WE NEED MORE STREETS AND DRAINAGE FUNDING.

WE NEED MORE SIDEWALKS.

WE NEED THE, WE NEED THIS.

AND SO, BECAUSE I'M ASKING FOR THAT, I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE COMPROMISE WITH ME.

SO I KNOW THAT THE ORIGINAL ASK WAS 60 MILLION TO CUT.

I WILL BE, I MOVE TO AMEND, UM, COUNCILMAN PAL'S MOTION TO REDUCE FUNDING FOR THE LINEAR CREEKWAY SYSTEM BY 30 MILLION, HALF OF THE ORIGI, HALF OF THE AMENDMENT, ORIGINAL AMENDMENT, 30 MILLION WITH 20 MILLION GOING TO STREETS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS.

10 MILLION GOING TO, UH, DRAINAGE.

OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REMOVE $30 MILLION, UH, FROM THE, UH, TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO REMOVE $30 MILLION FROM THE PARK'S PROPOSITION.

UM, AND OKAY.

AND TO SHIFT, UM, PROPORTIONAL AMOUNTS INTO THE STREETS AND TO THE DRAINAGE.

DID I GET THAT RIGHT? OKAY.

MAYOR, 2020 TO THE STREETS AND 10 TO DRAINAGE, 20 TO STREETS, AND 10 TO DRAINAGE.

UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL ALL, UM, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

I DID NOT, UM, I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING.

I, I THINK THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL GESTURE AND, UM, I HOPE THAT OUR, OUR COLLEAGUES ARE, ARE WILLING TO, TO WORK WITH US ON THAT.

YOU'RE RIGHT, FIVE OUT OF SIX IS, IS NEARLY HALF.

UM, SO, UM, YEAH, I, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

UM, AMENDMENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.

I WILL SUPPORT THAT AMENDMENT.

ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, WE WILL TAKE UP THE MOTION.

UM, AGAIN, THERE IS A MOTION TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL, THE ORIGINAL MOTION, UH, AND THAT IS TO REMOVE $30 MILLION FROM THE PARKS PROPOSITION AND SHIFT PROPORTIONATELY TO STREETS AND DRAINAGE.

AND YES, MAYOR, CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? SURE.

JUST, UH, WOULD THAT BE LIKE THE PREVIOUS MOTION WHERE IT'S A REDUCTION OF THE PARKS THAT PRIMARILY COMES FROM, WELL, WE CAN'T, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE MOTIONING OR WHERE THE, THE DISCUSSION IS TO REMOVE FROM THE PARKS PROPOSITION.

BUT CITY STAFF WILL BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TOMORROW AS A PART OF THE FIRST MEETING, CORRECT.

WHERE THEY SAY THIS, THESE ARE THE PROPOSED PROJECTS.

WELL, THAT, THAT BEGINS TONIGHT.

UM, OKAY.

TONIGHT, YEAH, TONIGHT IS STREETS.

TOMORROW NIGHT IS DRAINAGE.

ALRIGHT, I'M CALLING SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO BE REFLECTED.

CALLING THE QUESTION NOW, I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, SO I, I, IT JUST TO, TO AGAIN, SUPPORT THIS MOTION.

I HOPE WE'RE NOT AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIG IN OUR HEELS, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GET EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED.

AND IT'S A MATTER OF, OF PRINCIPLE.

I, I HOPE WE DO SEE IT'S A MATTER OF, OF, UM, COMING TO SOME LEVEL OF, OF CONSENSUS.

OVER 10 YEARS FROM THE COUNTY THAT'S ALREADY, UH, COMMITTED.

UH, THE, THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS WHEN WE GO BACK TO THIS WOULD PUT THE FUNDING AT $80 MILLION, WHICH WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO WHAT WE, WHAT WAS AUTHORIZED IN THE PREVIOUS PRO BALLOT PROPOSITION.

SO NO REJECTION OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

IN ADDITION, NONE OF THIS COULD BE USED FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, UH, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE JUST A, A FRACTION MORE.

AND SECONDLY, IN ADDITION, WE WOULD HAVE THE, UH, 83 MILLION

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PLUS, UH, I THINK THE COUNTY IS SPENDING, UH, IN TOTAL 220 SOMETHING MILLION, UM, 83 AN HOUR CREEKWAY AND THE REST OF IT IN THEIR, UH, PARK SYSTEM.

SO I, I THINK, I THINK THIS IS GOOD.

SO THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, I'M GONNA CALL THE QUESTION.

I WILL NOTE, UH, THAT THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE PRESENT VALUE.

SO THE DOLLARS, UH, IN REALITY ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

BUT, OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR REMOVAL OF $30 MILLION FROM THE PARK'S PROPOSITION.

A YES VOTE IS TO REMOVE THAT MONEY AND SHIFT TO STREETS AND DRAINAGE PROPORTIONATELY, AND NO VOTE IS TO MOVE BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION SUBMITTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PELS, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION FAILS.

WE'LL MOVE NOW TO, UM, AGAIN, DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN MOTION.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, DO YOU STILL WANT THE FLOOR? OKAY.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL VOTE NOW ON THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE 2022 AND 2027 BOND PROPOSITIONS RECOMMENDATIONS.

UH, YOU HEARD TODAY, MAYOR, ARE WE TAKING COMMENT ON THE, ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION AT SOME POINT? WE, WE ALREADY HAVE .

EVERYBODY'S, UH, WE'VE GONE AROUND A A COUPLE TIMES.

I'M NOT SURE, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING LEFT TO SAY, UH, FOR ANYBODY, BUT GO AHEAD AND QUEUE IN IF YOU'D LIKE TO COMMENT AGAIN ON THE MAIN MOTION.

AGAIN, THIS IS, AND WE ARE MOVING TO THE, UM, MOTION SUBMITTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY STAFF COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR.

MY NO VOTE IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS PROCESS.

I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN UNWILLING TO COMPROMISE, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, ERIC, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE BOND GOES TO THE CITY FOR PROJECT ADMINISTRATION? GO AHEAD.

RACI, COUNCILMAN, USUALLY 9% GOES FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

UH, I, I ALSO WANNA EXPRESS, RIGHT, UM, THIS IS THE MED MEN'S PROPO PUT, BROUGHT FORWARD WAS A FIVE TO SIX VOTE.

UH, AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES OF THIS PROCESS AND HOW WE GOT HERE.

UM, SO I, I WANNA REITERATE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE, LEADING UP INTO THIS POINT, THERE HAS BEEN ISSUES WITH THE PROCESS AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE PUT FORTH.

UM, I, I AM NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS, UM, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE TRANSPARENCY AND PROCESS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TRUST IN THAT PROCESS IS, IS ERODING.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND SENTIMENTS EXPRESSED BY MY CONSTITUENCY WHEN IT COMES TO THE POLITICAL PROCESS.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.

I HAVE A, A QUESTION FOR STAFF.

IN THE 2017 BOND MAP, UM, THERE'S, IT, IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S LESS THAN 50% THAT ARE COMPLETE OR ABOUT 50 50, AND IT LOOKS LIKE JUST FROM A ROUGH LOOK THAT A MAJORITY HAVE BEEN ON THE NORTHERN PART OF TOWN.

CAN YOU HELP ME JUST EX JUST EXPLAIN TO ME HOW YOU ALL GO ABOUT WITH, UM, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MONEY THAT'S HELD UP? BECAUSE WE'RE IN 2021, THE BOND WAS FROM 2017 TO 2022.

CAN YOU JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND, ROSIE? I I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

COUNCILMAN, YOUR QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENED FOR THE REMAINING FUND? YES.

SO WE STILL HAVE, UH, 50% OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE BUDGETED FOR IN THE 2017 BUDGET THAT HAVEN'T BEEN COMPLETED.

I'M ASSUMING.

I I THINK THEY HAVE STARTED, MOST OF THEM HAVE STARTED, BUT SO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE MONEY? DOES IT GET TIED UP? JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND.

LIKE, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS.

ACTUALLY A GOOD NUMBER OF OUR PROJECT IS COMING OVER BUDGET, NOT REALLY UNDER BUDGET.

COUNCILWOMAN ON A PARKS PROJECT, MOST OF THOSE PARK PROJECT DOESN'T HAVE TOO MUCH FUNDING IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WE SPEND EVERY DOLLARS AVAILABLE BECAUSE THE NEED IS ALWAYS THERE ON DRAINAGE AND ROADWAY PROJECTS.

SOMETIME WE HAVE SOME SAVING, USUALLY AFTER ALL OF THE PROJECT EITHER IS DONE OR, UH, CONTRACTED WITH CONTRACTOR DEFICIT, THEN WE CAN WORK WITH CITY MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND BUDGET TELLING THERE IS A SURPASS AND GO COMES TO THE COUNCIL TO PICK UP A PROJECT ON FACILITY PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE COVID.

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I'M VERY DOUBTFUL WE WILL HAVE TOO MUCH SAVING FROM 2017 BOND WHEN COMES NEXT YEAR.

AND, AND, AND I WAS LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE DRAINAGE ONES, AND SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ABOUT 50% THAT ARE INCOMPLETE.

AND SO WHEN WE GET TO 2022, DO WE JUST TRY TO SPEND EVERYTHING BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022? IS, IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS OR, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT POT OF MONEY THAT STAYS IN.

WE ARE ANTICIPATING IT MAY OF NEXT YEAR, 97% OF THE PROJECT EITHER IS DONE COMPLETE OR SUBSTANTIALLY DONE OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

NUMBER OF OUR PROJECT IS LARGE PROJECT.

IT MAY GO AFTER SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR, BUT IT'LL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO, IN 2023, MAJORITY OF THEM, A HUNDRED PERCENT WILL BE DONE.

OKAY, GOT IT.

AND THEN, UM, MY FINAL QUESTION IS, I ALSO NOTICED THAT, UH, THE TRAILS SEEM TO GET COMPLETED A LOT FASTER AND SO IT, IT SEEMS TO BE JUST THE NATURE OF IT ALL RIGHT.

AND SO, UM, WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT IF, IF THIS GOES FORWARD TODAY, WHEN IS, UH, ANTICIPATED COMPLETION THAT, THAT YOU WOULD SEE? ONE OF THE CHALLENGE WE ARE HAVING ON, ESPECIALLY ON THE ROADWAY PROJECT, WE REALLY COULDN'T CLOSE THE ROADWAY TO BUILD IT.

THAT'S MUCH, MUCH FASTER AND LESS EXPENSIVE.

MANY TIME YOU HAVE REALIZED WE DO A SMALL PART, FINISH IT AND GO TO OTHER, BECAUSE WE CANNOT BLOCK THE DRIVEWAY.

WE CANNOT BLOCK FOR THE MAIL DELIVERY AND OTHER, BUT STILL WE ARE LOOKING, IF BOND PASSED IN 2022, WE WILL HAVE FIVE YEARS TO DELIVER.

AND WE MET WITH, I PERSONALLY MET WITH CITY MANAGER EVERY MONTH, PROVIDE THEM WHERE WE ARE ON THE PROJECT AND SOMETIME WE HAVE SOME PROJECT ISSUE, WE GET INVOLVED TO RESOLVE THOSE ISSUE.

AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IS ON ANY OF THE SAVINGS, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN SAY ON THESE, UM, WITH, WITH THIS COST SAVINGS, THAT WE COULD BUDGET ALL OF THOSE SAVINGS FOR, UM, MAYBE PARTS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERFUNDED OR, OR WOULD THAT TAKE SOME SORT OF A POLICY DISCUSSION? THAT'S REALLY A POLICY DISCUSSION IN 2000, IN 2017, BECAUSE OF, WE WERE GETTING VERY GOOD BIDS.

WE HAD SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE SAVING AND THERE WAS NUMBER OF OPTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL.

ONE IS PAY BACK THE BOND EARLIER.

THE SECOND ONE IS PICK ADDITIONAL PROJECT AND COUNCIL CHOOSE TO PICK ADDITIONAL PROJECT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY FOR DESIGN AND SOME OF THEM DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

BUT WE COULD HAVE CHOSEN, OR WE COULD STILL CHOOSE AS A COUNCIL TO PUT THOSE PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY INTO MAYBE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY UNDERFUNDED IF WE WANTED TO.

THAT'S REALLY COUNCIL DECISION.

AND, AND IT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY, IT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY THE BOND COMMITTEE WORK, THEY SHOULD BE DELIVERING, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, UH, STREETS IS 480, THEY SHOULD BE DELIVERING TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL 500 OR $510 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS BECAUSE THE COUNCIL MAY NOT MAKE, MAKE A CHANGE IN FEBRUARY.

BUT IF WE FIND OURSELVES A YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO YEARS INTO IT, WE'VE GOT A LIST THAT'S ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PUBLIC VETTING, THAT'S STILL GONNA BE A PRIORITY.

AND THEN THAT, AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE AT THAT POINT, DO WE WANT TO, DO, WE WANNA BUMP SOMETHING UP ON THE LIST AND IT SHOULD BE A KIND OF A TEMPLATE FOR US IN EACH OF THE MAJOR CATEGORIES, NOT JUST STREETS OR DRAINAGE.

OKAY, WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU ERIC.

I JUST THINK THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE THAT UP AS A POLICY DISCUSSION AT SOME POINT.

MAYOR, IF I MAY JUST CLARIFY, UM, COUNCILWOMAN AND TO ERIC'S POINT, UM, BUT JUST WANNA BE MORE EXPLICIT ABOUT IT.

IT'S WITHIN THE PROPOSITION CATEGORY THAT WE CAN DO THAT.

AFFORD TO LIVE IN THAT AREA AND BECOME PRICED OUT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROZI GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE HOUSING PROPOSITION.

I KNOW LAST TIME, UH, LORI WALKED US THROUGH HOW, UM, THROUGH 10 YEARS OF REVENUE FROM EXISTING FUNDING SOURCES AND THE BOND, THE BONDS, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO THE SAME GOALS, UM, AS, AS WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED WITH THE 250 MILLION.

UM, WHAT I, I BROUGHT THIS UP A FEW MEETINGS AGO.

I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY AT WHICH ONE IT WAS, BUT I WAS ASKING IF WE HAD YET ADOPTED THE POLICY, UH, TO MITIGATE DISPLACEMENT.

UM, SO WHEN WE, AND THIS WAS FROM THE MAYOR'S POLICY HOUSING TASK FORCE, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE MANY RECOMMENDATIONS THEY BROUGHT FORWARD WAS THAT WHEN WE MAKE A BIG INVESTMENT IN, UM, WHETHER IT'S A TRAILWAY OR, OR THE RIVER OR SOMETHING ELSE, THAT THE ADJOINING AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES, UH, EXPERIENCE, UH, GO UP IN, IN PROPERTY VALUE.

AND THEREFORE RENTERS CAN NO LONGER AFFORD,

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UM, SO THE RECOMMENDATION, I BELIEVE WAS, UM, THERE WAS A RATIO OF INVESTMENT, SOMETHING LIKE $1 TO 15, I'M SURE COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO REMEMBERS.

UM, SO WE'RE ABOUT TO PUT IN WITH THIS VOTE TODAY, UM, THE 150 MILLION IN HOUSING, WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN, UM, THIS AMOUNT IN TRAILWAYS AND, AND IMPROVEMENTS, BUT I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT WE HAVEN'T ADOPTED THAT POLICY YET.

AND IF WE WERE TO ADOPT IT, WHERE WOULD THAT FUNDING COME FROM? SO THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DOES ADDRESS SOME OF THAT.

AND SO IT ADDRESSES BOTH THE, THE HOUSING GOALS, BUT THEN WE HAVE THE FIT FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE THAT HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, AND THAT'LL ADDRESS THE DIRECT DISPLACEMENT RESULTING FROM SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

AND THAT'LL BE GOING TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE TOMORROW, AND THAT'LL BE COMING TO B SESSION TO CITY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK.

AND THEN IT WON'T COME TO COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION TILL DECEMBER.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME A LITTLE BIT OF HOW THAT WORKS? IS THERE A RATIO FOR INVESTMENT? LIKE, I, I THINK IT'S PARTICULARLY BRILLIANT TO TIE IT TO IN, TO THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE.

SO EVERY TIME A STRETCH OF, YOU KNOW, THE RIVER GETS IMPROVED OR SOMETHING HAPPENS, THERE IS AT LEAST SOMETHING SET ASIDE FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA.

IS THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD TO THE COMMITTEE THAT SPECIFIC? I I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER.

I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.

UM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW THAT.

SO AT THIS POINT, I'D JUST LIKE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS FOR, FOR THOSE INVESTMENTS WITHOUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE POSSIBLE, UM, DISPLACEMENT IMPACTS.

WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO TAKE A POLICY DECISION OR EVEN TO MAYBE WE CAN DISCUSS THAT WITH, WITH ARPA FUNDS.

I, I DON'T KNOW, BUT, UM, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.

AND, AND LET ME JUST, UM, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE THERE IS A VOTE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE END OF JANUARY, FEBRUARY TO CALL THE ELECTION.

SO WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY, THE MOTION IS TO SEND, UM, OR IS TO RESOLVE, RESOLVE THAT WE SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO THE COMMITTEES TONIGHT.

SO THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS ONLY, THEY'RE NOT ALLOCATING DOLLARS YET ON ANY KIND OF BALLOT.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

UM, OF COURSE YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED, BUT HEY, THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR DEMOCRACY HERE.

AND, AND YOU TAKE VOTES AND, UH, SOMETIMES YOU WIN, SOMETIMES YOU LOSE.

AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

OF COURSE.

LIKE I SAID, I'M DISAPPOINTED.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION AND IT'S CERTAINLY A DISCUSSION THAT HAD TO BE HAD BECAUSE I HEARD DIFFERENT THINGS ON THIS DAIS THE FIRST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE B SESSION.

AND THIS PROVED THAT WE, YES, THIS ALMOST PASSED FIVE TO SIX, IT'S CLOSE AND IT WARRANTED THIS DISCUSSION AND IT WARRANTED THIS DISCUSSION TO BE PUBLIC AS TO HOW THESE NUMBERS ARE DERIVED, WHERE THEY CAME FROM, WHAT WE'RE SUPPORTING AND WHAT WE'RE NOT SUPPORTING.

AND IF WE NEEDED TO CHANGE THOSE BUCKETS BEFORE IT GOES OUT TO, TO THE COMMITTEES, UM, WE WANTED, FIVE OF US WANTED TO SEE SOME CHANGES.

SIX DON'T.

AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

SO I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, BUT I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS MOVING IT TO THE COMMITTEES.

UH, THIS, I, I STILL THINK IS WAY SHORT OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE WERE, WE WERE JUST AS COVERED ON THE LINEAR TRAILS WITH OTHER FUNDING AND MATCHING WHAT THE COUNTY WAS PUTTING IN EVEN MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING ON THE LINEAR TRAILS.

SO, YEP, DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT.

AND WE'RE GONNA MISS OUT ON A LOT OF STREETS, A LOT OF DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THIS VOTE SHOWS THE RESULTS OF THAT AND WHO'S FOR THAT AND WHO'S AGAINST THAT.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE PLUSING UP ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT AREAS, AGAIN, THE TWO BIGGEST AREAS THAT PEOPLE CALL FOR ARE NOT BEING PLUSSED UP AS MUCH AS THE OTHER BUCKETS, WHICH TO ME IS, UH, A BIG SHAME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR ACROSS THIS CITY.

SO WE'LL SEE WHERE THIS GOES WITH THE COMMITTEES.

I'LL BE SURPRISED IF THERE'S ANY MAJOR CHANGES OR EVEN MINOR CHANGES, BUT WE'LL SEE.

BUT NO, I WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY AS, AS SHOWN.

I REALLY TRUST IN THE GOOD FAITH OF EVERYBODY WHO SITS UP HERE AND EXPRESSES THEIR IDEAS AND THEIR INTERESTS AND THEIR CONCERNS.

UH,

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AND I THINK ALL OF US DO IT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY.

I'VE ALWAYS SAID A COUNCILWOMAN OR A COUNCILMAN FOR ONE DISTRICT IS REALLY A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE ENTIRE CITY BECAUSE THE DECISIONS WE MAKE UP HERE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, AFFECT THE LIVES OF EVERYBODY.

UH, I, I ADVOCATED STRONGLY FOR WHAT I BELIEVED WAS A BETTER COURSE OF ACTION.

UH, I WAS, I WAS PLEASED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S OTHERS WHO, WHO WERE IN AGREEMENT.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND THERE WERE OTHERS WHO WEREN'T.

UH, BUT I'M NOT KIND OF GUY WHO, IF I, IF I'M LOSING AND WANTS TO TAKE MY FOOTBALL AND GO HOME, SO I'M GONNA BE VOTING TO SUPPORT THE FINAL DECISION, UH, THAT THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED.

UH, AND WE WILL ALL MOVE FORWARD AND TRY AND WORK TOGETHER AND WE'LL LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY ABOUT THESE ISSUES THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT.

AND THAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY IN EVERY PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

OKAY, UM, THERE IS A QUICK QUESTION.