* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:37] LET'S, GOOD [1. Invocation] MORNING EVERYONE. THE TIME IS 9:21 AM ON THIS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA GRANT. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VEO BERDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BELI. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. HERE. MAYOR NIRENBERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. AND, UH, TO START US OFF TODAY, LEMME TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. WELL, THANK YOU, SIR. UH, I WANNA INTRODUCE, UH, PASTOR WILL BONDS COME ON UP. WILL, UM, I'M, AND I'M REALLY HONORED TO HAVE HIM HERE TODAY AND INVITE HIM AS OUR DISTRICT 10 INDICATOR TODAY. UH, WILL'S CHURCH. THE VERTICAL CHURCH IS A NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH RIGHT IN THE HEART OF DISTRICT 10. AND I HAD THE PLEASURE THIS YEAR OF, UH, BEING INVITED AND ATTENDING TO, UH, BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT OVER THERE. AND LET ME TELL YOU, THAT IS ONE CHARGED UP CHURCH OVER THERE. THEY, THEY WERE HAVING FUN. THE KIDS HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. THE, THE CONGREGANTS WHO WERE HELPING PUT THAT TOGETHER AND RUNNING THAT EVENT, THEY WERE REALLY, REALLY INTO THAT EVENT. AND, UH, WONDERFUL TIME. I EVEN HAD THE POLICE AND SAFE OFFICERS OUT THERE DANCING AND DOING THE LINE DANCE. I TRIED TO JOIN THEM. I WAS A FAILURE AT IT, BUT, UH, THEY WERE HAVING A GREAT TIME. AND THE KIDS, THE SMILES, THE EXPECTATIONS OF GETTING HELP WITH, UH, BACKPACKS AND BOOK BAGS AND ALL THAT, THEY WERE, THEY WERE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE EVENT. I ENJOYED IT ALL, EXCEPT I WAS TALKING TO WILL JUST A MINUTE AGO. I ENJOYED IT ALL EXCEPT TO ONE SIDE OF THEIR FACILITY. THEY, THEY HAD THIS LIKE ANIMAL FARM THERE AND THEY HAD ALL KIND OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS, AND I WAS ALL REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SEEING THE ANIMALS, EXCEPT WHEN THEY BROUGHT OUT THIS ABOUT EIGHT FOOT LONG SNAKE. AND I SAID, NOPE, NOPE, THAT'S NOT FOR ME. BUT THE KIDS LOVE THAT SNAKE. AND THAT, THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT. BUT, UH, AGAIN, I, UM, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO INTRODUCE YOU HERE TODAY AND IT'S GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD HERE. UM, WILL IS ANOINTED PASTOR, TEACHER, AND NATIONAL RECORD ART RECORDING ARTIST. HE HAS A GREAT LOVE FOR GOD'S WORD, GOD'S PEOPLE, AND DESIRES TO MAKE A GREAT IMPACT IN THE CITY BY WAY OF WORSHIP SERVICES, VARIOUS COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS, LIKE THE BACK ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY, AND THE LAUNCH OF A NEW CHILD LEARNING CENTER TO OPEN IN 2022. AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I WAS TALKING TO 'EM ABOUT THAT. AND THEY'RE MAKING ROOM FOR ABOUT UP TO 75 CHILDREN THAT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE CHURCH THERE DURING, DURING THE DAY. AND, UH, REALLY EXCITED FOR YOU TO BE OFFERING THAT SERVICE AS WELL. SO, PASTOR BONDS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US AN INVOCATION HERE, WE REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SIR. WELL, IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY AND TO SERVE [00:05:01] MAYOR, ALL OF THE COUNCIL WOMEN AND MEN. I JUST WOULD LOVE TO PRAY OVER YOU, UH, BECAUSE I LOVE MY CITY AND I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAS DONE TO HELP US BUILD AN INCREDIBLE CITY. SO, IF I, IF Y'ALL WOULD, LET'S JUST JOIN ME IN PRAYER. FATHER, I THANK YOU THIS MORNING FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. I THANK YOU FOR THE MAYOR OF THE CITY. I THANK YOU FOR THESE COUNCIL WOMEN AND MEN THAT SERVE OUR CITY. I JUST SPEAK SUPERNATURAL BLESSING OVER THEIR LIVES, THEIR FAMILIES. FATHER, I THANK YOU TODAY FOR COURAGE TO STAND HERE AND SIT IN THESE SEATS AND BE ABLE TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY WITH A LEVEL OF INTEGRITY AND A LEVEL OF LOVE FOR COMMUNITY AND FAMILY. GOD, I THANK YOU FOR COURAGE AND A LEVEL OF, OF, OF, OF EDUCATION AND, AND, AND A MINDSET THAT WOULD PRO MOVE THIS CITY TO ANOTHER LEVEL. I THANK YOU FOR COURAGE THAT THEY HAVE TO WALK IN AND POSSESS TO LEAD THIS CITY INTO A BETTER PLACE. GOD, I THANK YOU FOR IT TO, TO FOR THEM TODAY. I THANK YOU FOR EVERY PERSON THAT IS HERE, BLESS OUR CITY, AND WE GIVE YOU PRAISE IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. AMEN. [2. Pledge of Allegiance] TO REPUBLIC NATION UNDER INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE. ALL THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR BONDS. [3. Approval of minutes from City Council Meetings of September 16, 2021, September 29, 2021, October 6, 2021, October 7, 2021, October 13, 2021, October 14, 2021, October 20, 2021, and October 21, 2021.] ALRIGHT, OUR FIRST, UH, ITEM FOR BUSINESS TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL, UH, THAT ARE ATTACHED TO, UH, YOUR AGENDA TODAY. UH, THESE ARE THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 16TH, 29TH, OCTOBER 6TH AND SEVENTH. OCTOBER 13TH AND 14TH, OCTOBER 20 AND 21. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THOSE MINUTES. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WITH SOME RECOMMENDED CHANGES THAT I GAVE TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. OKAY. UM, THOSE ARE NOTED FOR THE RECORD. UH, SOME CORRECTIONS IN THE MINUTES. UH, THERE IS A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ANY FURTHER CLARIFICATION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, [Additional Item] BEFORE WE, UH, GET STARTED INTO OUR, UH, CONSENT AGENDA TODAY, I DO WANT TO, UH, RECOGNIZE A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. LEMME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IN THE 1960S AND 1970S, SAN ANTONIO WAS A MAJOR CENTER OF CHICANO MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLES AND THE BIRTHPLACE OF SOME OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ORGANIZATIONS OF THE CHICANO MOVEMENT. AMONG THESE WERE THE MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL, DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND, SOUTHWEST VOTERS REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PROJECT, THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH ORGANIZATION AND TEXAS RASA UNIDA PARTY. COLLECTIVELY, THESE ORGANIZATIONS MOUNTED, UH, AN EFFORT TO OPEN THE TEXAS POLITICAL SYSTEM THAT HAD DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AN EXCLUDED MEXICAN-AMERICANS FOR GENERATIONS PASSED. THEY CONSTRUCTED, UH, AN ENDURING LEGACY THAT WILL FOREVER INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO WORK TO ENSURE THAT THE TEXAS POLITICAL SYSTEM REMAINS OPEN TO THE PARTICIPATION TO ALL TEXAS, REGARDLESS OF THE POLITICAL PERSUASION, RACE, SKIN, COLOR, GENDER, THEIR, THEIR STATION AND LIFE, OR WHO, WHO THEY LOVE. RECENTLY, OCTOBER 30TH MARKED THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE TEXAS RASA UNI PARTY IN SAN ANTONIO AT A LOCAL DISTRICT FIVE STAPLE CAFE ON THE SECOND OF THE SECOND FLOOR. AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS NO POLITICAL HOME FOR MEXICAN AMERICANS, BUT THESE ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZERS WERE BOLD. INSTEAD, THEY FORGED THEIR OWN PATH FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT MEXICAN AMERICANS ENGAGED IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS HERE IN TEXAS. THEIR MOVEMENT WAS A CATALYST FOR CHANGE IN THE NAME OF RACIAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE. THE TEXAS RAAA PARTY RAN CANDIDATES FOR SCHOOL BOARD, CITY COUNCIL COUNTY, AND STATE OFFICES ACROSS TEXAS. THOUGH NOT EVERY CAMPAIGN RESULTED IN RAA UNIDA CANDIDATE'S OCCUPYING POLITICAL OFFICE, IT LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS TO RUN FOR OFFICE. WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE THE PARTY TRANSFORMED TEXAS POLITICS FOREVER. THE SUCCESS OF MEXICAN AMERICANS IN GOVERNMENT OFFICE ACROSS THE STATE CAN BE TRACED BACK TO THE WORK OF THE TEXAS RAA UNIDA PARTY IN WHICH THEY ENGAGED IN FOR YEARS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR SIGNING THE PROCLAMATION. UM, AND, UH, THANK, UH, [00:10:01] MANUEL AND MARIO FOR, UM, TEACHING US THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIZING THE STREETS AND ORGANIZING TO TAKE THESE SEATS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. AND LET ME HERE, UH, UH, RECOGNIZE THE, UH, PROCLAMATION WITH A READING WITH OFFICIAL APPRECIATION. IT'S HEREBY PRESENTED IN RECOGNITION OF THE TEXAS RASA UNIDA PARTY LEGACY CELEBRATION DAY, WHEREAS FOUNDED ON OCTOBER 30TH, 1971 IN SAN ANTONIO, THE TEXAS RASA UNI, A PARTY WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS IN THIS STATE. AND WHEREAS RASSA, AS IT WAS USUALLY KNOWN, WAS CRITICAL IN BRINGING FORWARD MEXICAN AMERICAN CANDIDATES FOR LOCAL AND STATE OFFICE. AND WHEREAS RASSA SUCCEEDED IN MISSION TO OPEN UP THE TEXAS POLITICAL SYSTEM AND INCREASING REPRESENTATION OF MEXICAN AMERICAN IN GOVERNMENT. NOW, THEREFORE, IRAN NUREMBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY EXTEND SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THIS MILESTONE OCCASION AND OFFER BEST WISHES, UH, FOR A SUCCESSFUL CELEBRATION. AT THIS WAS PRESENTED ON THE 30TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2021. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THIS, UH, RECOGNITION OF THE, AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS, UH, EXERTED QUITE, UH, A FORCEFUL POLITICAL INFLUENCE THROUGH THE DECADES OF THE 1970S RA PARTY. FIRST ORGANIZED AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL IN FOUR SOUTH TEXAS COUNTIES IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ALGO AND, AND, UH, CRYSTAL CITY AREA, AND DIT, LASALLE AND SABALA. WE ELECTED SEVERAL CANDIDATES TO LOCAL OFFICES IN THOSE COUNTIES, WHILE IN TWO OF THEM, IN LAS SAL OF THEM IN LASAL AL. AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IN 1971, UH, ALMOST A DAY OCTOBER 30TH, 1971, WE FOUNDED A STATE PARTY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, JUST ABOUT 15 BLOCKS FROM WEST OF HERE AT A PLACE, A LOCATION CALLED, UH, AT THAT TIME, WELL, AT EARLIER TIMES IT WAS KNOWN AS . IS THE, THE STRUCTURE'S STILL THERE. UH, WE HAD A MEETING THERE, A CELEBRATION THIS PAST SATURDAY. UH, ON THAT DAY, 50 YEARS AGO, WE ORGANIZED THE PARTY FOR TWO, WITH TWO GOALS IN MIND. ONE IS TO OPEN UP THE POLITICAL SYSTEM TO MO TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE OF MEXICAN AMERICAN PARTICIPATION, INTELLECTUAL PROCESS. AND I THINK HISTORY HAS RECORDED THAT WE SUCCEEDED IN ACCOMPLISHING THAT GOAL. SECONDLY, UH, PROBABLY AS, AS, UH, EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE CHICANO COMMUNITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT. THAT MEANS THAT WE WERE OUT TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATED, BUT THAT WE WERE IN, AS THE SAYING GOES AT THE TABLE WHEN THE DECISIONS WERE MADE. AND I THINK AS WELL, THAT, THAT WE SUCCEEDED IN THAT GOAL, ACHIEVING THAT GOAL. BUT THERE IS A MORE IMPORTANT LEGACY OF NOT ONLY RAITA PARTY THAT IS PREDECESSOR OF THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN US ORGANIZATION AND THE CHICANO MOVEMENT, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. AND THAT LEGACY IS AS FOLLOWS, IS THAT IN, UH, ORGANIZING THE, ALL THE YOUTH THAT WE RECRUITED TO BE ACTIVISTS, ORGANIZERS, AND SO ON, THEY AHA ACQUIRED TRAINING THAT PROCESS, TRAINING THAT WAS VERY VALUABLE LATER ON IN THEIR CAREERS. THEY WENT ON TO VARIOUS PROFESSIONS, ATTORNEYS, MEDICAL DOCTORS, SCHOOL TEACHERS, UH, OTHER PROFESSIONALS, AND THEY WENT ON IN THEIR CHOSEN PROFESSIONS TO EXERCISE THE LEADERSHIP THAT THEY HAD LEARNED TO, TO, AND WHILE TRADING AND MEETING MEMBERS OF LA PARTY, I WANT TO BRING THAT LEGACY A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO HOME. IF WE LOOK AT THIS BODY RIGHT NOW, IT IS NOT A HISTORICAL ACCIDENT THAT EIGHT OF THE SEATS OF THIS CITY COUNCIL ARE HELD BY MEXICAN AMERICANS, LATINOS, AND AFRICAN AMERICAN. THAT IS NOT A HISTORICAL ACCIDENT. IT'S A RESULT OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE TO THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. I BACKTRACKED TO 1969. IN 1969, WE RAN A SLATE OF CANDIDATES UNDER THE BANNER OF THE COMMITTEE FOR BATTLE BETTERMENT. I PERSONALLY RAN AGAINST THEN INCUMBENT, UH, MAYOR WALTER MCCALL JR. THEN TWO LATER, THE, THE COMMITTEE FOR BATTLE ENVIRONMENT, AGAIN FILLED ANOTHER SLATE OF CANDIDATES THAT THAT INCLUDED AMONG OTHER ROSIE CASTRO, GLORIA CABRERA, WILLIAM BENAVIDEZ, [00:15:01] AND YOURS TRULY. NOW, THOSE TWO ELECTIONS LAID THE GROUND WORK FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, AND THAT IS WHY TODAY WE HAVE AS THE CITY COUNCIL, EIGHT SEATS HELD BY PEOPLE OF COLOR. SO, THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THIS RECOGNITION THAT I THINK, UH, WILL MEAN SOMETHING TO OUR, OUR GENERATIONS THAT ARE COMING BEHIND US. AND THAT IS ONE MORE GOAL THAT WE HAVE NOW AS, UH, I AND OTHERS OF MY GENERATION REACH THE, UH, BECOME ARIANS, I SHOULD SAY. UH, WE NEED TO PASS ON THE TORCH TO OTHER, UH, I SAY THAT BECAUSE I JUST TURNED 31, UH, I'M SORRY, 81 , 81 A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AGO. SO NOW IT'S TIME FOR US TO PASS THAT TORCH ONTO THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS. AND THAT IS THE NEXT GOAL THAT WE HAVE AT THIS TIME. I TURN IT OVER TO MR. MANUEL GARZA. THANK YOU, MARIO. UM, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, MAYOR EHRENBERG, AND THE COMPLETE COUNCIL, UH, SANDOVAL, UH, EVERYBODY. UH, I WANNA TAKE THE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU NOT ONLY FOR THIS, UH, RECOGNITION, BUT THE COOPERATION AND, AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, UH, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. I CAN, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOU EXAMPLES OF, OF WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THAT'S HELPED OUT THE CITY AND, UM, AND IN MANY WAYS, YOU KNOW, UH, I WAS ASKED BY A REPORTER THE OTHER DAY, WHAT HAPPENED AFTER, AFTER, UH, NITA PARTY AND MAYO STOPPED EXISTING. THEY SAID, WELL, WE DIDN'T. WE CONTINUED WORKING, WE CONTINUED NETWORKING, WE CONTINUED BUILDING, WE CONTINUED DOING MORE WORK. I SAID, ONE OF THE ONES THAT, UH, PROJECTS THAT I THINK THAT THAT STANDS OUT IN, IN RECOGNITION, NOT ONLY HERE IN IN SAN ANTONIO OR TEXAS, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IS DURING THE PANDEMIC. UH, I SAID, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE IN, IN NEED OF, OF, UH, OF SUPPORT FOOD. AND, AND, UM, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID BACK THEN WAS TO ORGANIZE, UH, STATEWIDE TO GET THE LEGISLATION PASSED FOR FOOD BANKS TO BE ESTABLISHED. AND SO I HAPPENED TO BE ALSO, UM, ONE OF THE ONES THAT WROTE THE FIRST PROPOSAL FOR THE FUNDING OF THE FOOD BANK. UH, MARIO ELLO ASKED ME, HOW COME YOU'RE NOT ON THE PICTURES? HOW COME YOUR PICTURES ON THE WALL SAID, WE'RE ORGANIZERS. WE DON'T GET TO HAVE OUR PICTURES ON THE, IN THE, OUT, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE WALLS. BUT IT TOOK AN EFFORT. IT WAS A NETWORK OF PANTRIES, UH, CHURCH PANTRIES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION PANTRIES THAT GOT TOGETHER THAT WERE THE, THE SAN ANTONIO CONTINGENCY, BUT WE'RE THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND SO, BUT WE WERE ONCE THE FIRST, UH, THE FIRST FOOD BANK. THEN FROM THERE WE WENT TO HOUSTON, DALLAS, LAREDO, EL PASO, UH, WICHITA FALLS, UH, I CAN GO ON AND ON, BUT IT WAS ABOUT BEING INCLUSIVE. AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO EX, UH, EXPRESS TO YOU THAT OUR WORK CONTINUES AND WE CONTINUE TO TRAIN, UH, YOUNGER PEOPLE. I STILL WORK WITH SOUTHWEST VOTER REGISTRATION EDUCATION PROJECT. UH, I'M THE CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY BOARD AT THE WEST SIDE EDUCATION TRAINING CENTER WITH ALAMO COLLEGES. SO, UH, A LOT OF SUPPORT THERE. AND OF COURSE, MOVING EVERYTHING FORWARD, BEING INCLUSIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR DEMOCRACY WORKS AND CONTINUES TO WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. YOU'VE GOT 9 CENTS NOW. [00:21:40] THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, UM, FOR ALLOWING US THAT SPECIAL HONOR. UM, LET ME NOW TURN IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. YOU KNOW, UH, THIS NEXT WEEK IS A SPECIAL WEEK, AND, UM, SINCE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE HAVING COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT TODAY. WE'VE GOT, UH, ON THE 11TH IS VETERANS DAY. AND, UM, HERE IN MILITARY CITY U S A, WE HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF VETERANS. YOU GOT TWO OF 'EM RIGHT HERE ON THE, UH, STAGE HERE, COUNCILMAN, COURAGE AND MYSELF. UM, VETERANS ARE SPECIAL. AND WHEN THEY SIGNED UP FOR THE SERVICE, THEY SIGNED UP TO SERVE AND PROTECT THE US. THAT HAS A SPECIAL MEANING BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST HAVING AN OFFICE DAY JOB, MAKING SURE THE MILITARY IS WORKING. THEY SIGN THAT DOCUMENT KNOWING FULL WELL THAT THEY COULD BE DEPLOYED AND FIGHT IN A WAR AND ACTUALLY LOSE THEIR LIFE OR LIMB. AND WE HAVE CERTAINLY HAD OUR SHARE OF THAT OVER THE YEARS. AND I WANTED TO GO THROUGH THIS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF VETERANS DAY AND WHERE IT STARTED, WHEN IT STARTED, AND, UH, WHAT IT, WHAT IT MEANS. SO BEAR WITH ME TO READ THROUGH THIS. VETERAN'S DAY IS A TIME FOR US TO PAY OUR RESPECTS TO THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR NATION'S MILITARY HERE IN MILITARY CITY U S A I KNOW WE ARE ALL GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED. AND I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE VETERANS AS WELL. PLEASE STAND UP IF YOU HAVE ANY, UH, SERVICE THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED TO THE MILITARY. ANY, ANY, ANYBODY OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE STAND UP TO BE RECOGNIZED. ALRIGHT, GREAT. THANK YOU. VETERAN'S DAY STARTED AS A DAY TO REFLECT UPON THE HEROISM OF THOSE WHO DIED IN OUR COUNTRY'S SERVICE, AND WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED ARMISTICE DAY. IT FELL ON NOVEMBER 11TH, BECAUSE THAT IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE THAT ENDED WORLD WAR I. HOWEVER, IN 1954, THE HOLIDAY WAS CHANGED TO VETERANS DAY IN ORDER TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL VETERANS IN ALL WARS ON VETERANS DAY, WE CELEBRATE AND HONOR AMERICA'S VETERANS FOR THEIR PATRIOTISM, LOVE OF COUNTRY, AND WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND SACRIFICE FOR THE COMMON GOOD. THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBERS CELEBRATE AMERICA'S MILITARY EVENTS ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, AND, UH, AS WELL AS OTHER EVENTS HAPPENING AROUND SAN ANTONIO, LEADING UP TO AND ON VETERANS DAY. THERE'S AN EVENT GOING ON AT HEMISPHERE PARK ON NOVEMBER 11TH AT SEVEN THAT THE WHOLE FAMILY CAN ENJOY. SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET OUT ON VETERAN'S DAY AND ATTEND SOME OF THESE EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON BETWEEN NOW AND VETERAN'S DAY, TO RECOGNIZE THOSE THAT HAVE STOOD UP, SIGNED THAT DOCUMENT, TOOK THAT OATH TO PROTECT [00:25:01] EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HERE. SO, WANTED TO PASS THAT ALONG AND HAPPY VETERANS DAY TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AND OUR, UH, GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO ALL THE VETERANS, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE A PART OF THE CITY FAMILY, UH, OUR CITY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE COME BACK TO SERVICE IN A DIFFERENT WAY. BUT, UH, ALSO APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. ALRIGHT. UM, NOW [4. Councilmember Clayton H. Perry will be swornin as Mayor ProTem, serving the term November 4, 2021, through January 13, 2022.] COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY'S GOING TO TAKE THE CENTER STAGE AS WE, UM, MOVE ON TO THE NEW TERM FOR OUR MAYOR PRO TEM. SO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, IF YOU COULD JOIN THE CITY CLERK AT THE PODIUM. UH, WE'LL GO TO ITEM FOUR IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE RIGHT HAND. ALRIGHT. IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, I CLAYTON PERRY. I CLAYTON PERRY, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR THE PERIOD OF, FOR THE PERIOD OF NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021, NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021, THROUGH JANUARY 13TH, 2022 THROUGH JANUARY 13TH, 2022. AND I WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, AND I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE. AND OF THIS STATE. AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT, UM, WE'LL NOW GO [CONSENT AGENDA] TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND, UM, AS, UH, NOTED PREVIOUSLY WE DID HAVE ITEM 20, UH, WITHDRAWN TODAY. SO ITEM 20 WILL NOT BE HEARD. ALL OTHER ITEMS REMAIN ON CONSENT, UM, OUTSIDE OF OUR 2:00 PM ZONING AGENDA. SO AT THIS TIME, LET ME ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 21. OKAY. ITEM 21. ANY OTHERS? OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO OTHERS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO MOVE. ALL RIGHT. THERE WAS A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. A MOTION AND, UH, MOTION BY COURAGE. SECOND BY ROCHA GARCIA, UH, FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR ITEM 21. UM, IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UH, HIGHLIGHT ON YOUR TABLETS, THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, AND THEN QUEUE UP IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND START IN THE DISCUSSION AS SOON AS WE HAVE OUR, UH, CITIZENS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. AND WE DO HAVE A FEW, UH, ON ITEMS 14 AND 16. SO LET ME CALL THEM IN ORDER. WE'LL START WITH AARON HENLEY ON ITEM 14. MR. HENLEY, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY TED WILLIAMS. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER STAFF, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT THIS MORNING. MY NAME IS AARON HENLEY. I'VE PRACTICED LAW HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR 12 AND A HALF YEARS, JUST OVER 12 YEARS NOW. AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ONE OF MY VALUED CLIENTS, GENESIS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, WHO IS, WHICH IS OWNED BY DR. TED WILLIAMS. HE'S A PSYCHIATRIST, AND HE HAS SERVED OUR COMMUNITY FOR 25 YEARS THIS MONTH IN THE MENTAL HEALTH WORLD. AS YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH IS A CRITICAL ISSUE TO OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. IT'S NECESSARY, UM, AND THEY HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB SERVING IT AS THEY'VE SEEN THE MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY DEMAND INCREASE. THEY FOUND IT NECESSARY IN 2018 TO BUILD A NEW BUILDING, WHICH THEY DID OUT ON STONEWALL HILL, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT EIGHT. UH, STONEWALL HILL STREET IS A RELATIVELY SHORT, UH, 1100 FOOT STREET THAT YOU'LL SEE IN ITEM ONE OF THE HANDOUTS THAT I GAVE EACH OF YOU [00:30:01] HERE JUST TO ORIENT YOU. I I PROVIDED THE MAPS IN ITEM ONE TO SHOW YOU WHERE THE PRACTICE IS LOCATED AND THE STREET THAT IS AT ISSUE HERE. UM, SO AS YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND PAGE IN ITEM ONE, YOU'LL SEE WHERE STONEWALL HILL IS LOCATED. IT'S BOUNDED BY I 10 FRONTAGE ROAD ON ONE SIDE AND STONEWALL HILL PARKWAY. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH STONEWALL HILL, UH, UH, STONEWALL HILL PARKWAY ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO THIS STREET IS UP ON ITEM 14. IT'S BEEN, IT'S PROPOSED TO BE A NO PARKING BOTH SIDES AT ANY TIME. UH, LANE, UH, SOME MAY SAY THAT THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT BIKE LANES WERE INSTALLED, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR. AS SOON AS THOSE BIKE LANES WERE INSTALLED AND THE NO PARKING LANE SIGNS WENT UP, UH, DR. WILLIAMS CALLED ME AND SAID, HEY, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN USING THIS PARKING, UH, FOR OUR PATIENTS AND FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AS OUR PRACTICE HAS GROWN. SO I SUBMITTED AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST TO SEE IF THERE WAS A REASON WHY THE BIKE LANES WERE INSTALLED, UH, IF THERE WAS A DANGER, IF THERE WAS A INJURY THAT HAD OCCURRED. AND AS WE PROGRESSED DOWN THAT PATH, THE CITY RESPONDED WITH MY MATERIALS THAT YOU'LL FIND IN ITEM FIVE, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE FOR THE NO PARKING ZONES TO BE ADOPTED. AND AS YOU'LL SEE, YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU THE, THE CLIFF NOTES. UH, A NEW CAR WASH WAS, UH, DEVELOPED CLOSE TO THE IT 10 FRONTAGE ROAD ON STONEWALL HILL. PART OF THEIR BUILDING REQUIREMENTS WAS ACTUALLY TO PUT A BIKE LANE ALONG THE AREA OF THEIR PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED, BUT IT WAS ONLY 300 FEET ALONG STONEWALL HILL. AND SO THEY, THEY SUBMITTED A VARIANCE TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO SAY, LOOK, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE FOR US TO ADOPT A OR TO INSTALL A BIKE LANE THAT'S 300 FEET WITH NO BEGINNING AND NO END. AND SO THEY REQUESTED DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO NOT BE REQUIRED TO DO SO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RESPONDED AND SAID, WELL, HOW ABOUT YOU JUST DO A BIKE LANE ALONG BOTH SIDES OF, OF STONEWALL HILL, THE WHOLE 1100 FEET. AND AT THAT POINT, UH, RAPID CAR WASH WENT AHEAD IN, IN THE INTEREST OF THEM DOING THAT, THEY COMPLIED WITH THE CITY'S REQUEST. THANK YOU, MR. HENLEY. UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE, IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE HERE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEIR TIME TO YOU, YOU COULD CONTINUE. I HAVE TED, MR. TED WILLIAMS NEXT WOULD LIKE TO GIMME ANOTHER MINUTE. YES. OKAY. OKAY. ARE, ARE YOU SEATING YOUR TIME TO, UH, MR. HENLEY? MR. WILLIAMS? CAN, CAN KELLY HENO CONCEDE A MINUTE TO ME? SHE'S THIRD IN LINE. WELL, YOU CAN EITHER TAKE YOUR TIME OR SEED YOUR TIME. UM, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEED YOUR TIME, MR. WILLIAMS, YOU CAN, OR MS. HINOJOSA? NO, I PREFER HIM TO SPEAK TO YOU DIRECTLY. OKAY. HE'LL TAKE HIS TIME. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. HENLEY, TED WILLIAMS. UH, MR. WILLIAMS. YOU'D BE FOLLOWED BY KELLY HINOJOSA. GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND, UH, COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN AND AND STAFF. YES. I'M DR. TED WILLIAMS. I'M A PSYCHIATRIST HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, WE HAVE, UM, A, A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC, GENESIS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN, IN NORTHWEST SAN ANTONIO. UH, AND AS YOU KNOW, UH, COVID HAS TAKEN QUITE A, A TOLL ON OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, TO MENTAL HEALTH. UH, ONE, ONE STA. I'M, I'M, I'M A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST AS WELL AS GENERAL PSYCHIATRIST. AND ONE STATISTIC, UH, THAT CAME OUT, UH, RECENTLY, JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IS THAT, UH, SINCE COVID HAS BEGUN, THERE HAS BEEN A 51% INCREASE IN SUICIDE ATTEMPTS BY TEENAGE GIRLS. UH, AND SO THIS IS JUST A, A PART OF THE LARGER PICTURE OF, OF, OF THE, UH, THE FALLOUT FROM, UH, COVID. SO WE HAVE A CLINIC. IT'S, UH, IT'S A BUSY CLINIC. WE SEE ABOUT A HUNDRED PATIENTS A DAY. UH, AND, UH, THE, THE BIKE LANES, UH, WERE, UH, PUT IN AND NO, NO PARKING SIGNS, UH, TO PROTECT THE CYCLISTS. THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT, UM, OUR PARKING LOT FILLS UP, UH, SO THAT WHEN PATIENTS COME AND THEY NEED A PLACE TO PARK, THERE IS NO PLACE TO PARK LEGALLY. THERE'S NO PARKING SIGN THERE, THEY'RE ON THE STREET. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE JUST HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR, FOR, UH, SOMEONE TO SEEK MENTAL HEALTH IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND THEN WHEN THEY SHOW UP AND THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO PARK THAT, THAT'S A PROBLEM. AND IN PARTICULAR, THE, THESE BIKE LANES LEAD FROM NO BIKE LANES TO, UH, A FEEDER STREET ON I 10. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY NOT CYCLISTS GOING THERE. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE BIKE LANES, BUT WE JUST DON'T WANT NO PARKING SIGNS SO THAT, UH, OUR PATIENTS WILL HAVE A PLACE [00:35:01] TO PARK WHEN THEY COME TO FOR TREATMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS. KELLY HINOJOSA. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. UM, AS MR. HENLEY AND DR. WILLIAMS MENTIONED, UH, I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE NO PARKING ON STONEWALL HILL. UM, I AM THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCE, AND I'VE BEEN WITH GENESIS FOR SIX YEARS AND HELP GET OUR NEW BUILDING, UH, GOING IN 2018. UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR HISTORY IS WHEN WE MOVED INTO THE BUILDING, UH, WE HAD 17 EMPLOYEES AND ABOUT 3000 ACTIVE PATIENTS. WE NOW HAVE 35 EMPLOYEES AND A LITTLE OVER 5,000 PATIENTS. UM, OUR CURRENT MIX OF PATIENTS, UM, SINCE C O V I D, WE HAVE ABOUT 40% OF OUR PATIENTS COMING INTO THE OFFICE RIGHT NOW AND 60% FOR TELEHEALTH. NOW, WHEN TELEHEALTH CHANGES, WHETHER IT'S INSURANCE, UH, THAT WILL CHANGE ALL THE VISITS. ONCE WE GET BACK TO THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT OR MAYBE 60 40 THE OTHER WAY, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH OUR PARKING SPACE. UM, I SOUGHT OUT VERY, AS SOON AS THIS HAPPENED, UH, WE WEREN'T NOTIFIED ABOUT THAT. WE, UM, SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES GOT TICKETS, SO I REACHED OUT TO THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT, UH, AND THEN I SPOKE TO THE COURTHOUSE. THE TICKETS WERE DISMISSED, BUT THEY COULDN'T HELP US WITH THE SOLUTION. UM, AND THEN I REACHED OUT TO OUR COUNCILMEN. UM, I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE DEVELOPERS IN THE AREA, UM, TO DETERMINE WHERE WE COULD PARK. THERE ARE SOME, UH, OVERFLOW PARKING, BUT WE HAVE AN, UH, NEXT TO US IS AN EMPTY LOT. AND THEN THERE'S A MEDICAL OFFICE WHERE THERE'S OVERFLOW PARKING. SO SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES PARK THERE AND HAVE TO WALK DOWN. FOR OUR PATIENTS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO WALK, UH, PARK AND WALK DOWN THE MAIN STREET, WHICH I DON'T FEEL IS SAFE, UH, FOR THEM TO DO. UM, SO NO MATTER WHAT TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS WE HAVE NOW, WE NEED THE STREET PARKING AS OUR VOLUME, LIKE I SAID, WILL SHIFT WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL STREET PARKING. OUR ABILITY TO PRIDE, THE CRITICAL AND NECESSARY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO WILL BE GREATLY LIMITED, WHICH GOES AGAINST OUR MISSION. OUR MISSION AT GENESIS IS TO MAKE GREAT MENTAL HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. MY FEAR IS THAT CURRENTLY IT'S BEEN OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN CITED BECAUSE WE ASKED THEM TO PARK AND OUR STUDENTS. 'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS COMING IN. DR. WILLIAMS IS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT U I W AND THE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER. WHEN A PATIENT THAT IS SEEKING THAT IS ANXIOUS OR DEPRESSED, OR IS SEEKING HELP WITH, UM, ANGER MANAGEMENT TO GO OUTSIDE AND NOW HAVE A TICKET WILL BE DEVASTATING TO THEM. AND THEN THEY WON'T, I FEEL THAT THEY WON'T TRUST US OR FEEL SAFE COMING TO OUR AREA. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME HELP HERE WITH, WITH THE PARKING, UH, GENESIS, DR. WILLIAMS AND I KNOW THAT YOU'LL MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TO SUPPORT ONE OF THE GREATEST NEEDS OF SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU MISS OSA. ALRIGHT, UH, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN ON ITEM 16. JACK FINGER. WELL, MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. YES. WELL, A FEW MINUTES AGO YOU HAD A POINT OF PER PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, UH, ITEM 16, JACK, OR I'LL CUT YOU OFF. GO AHEAD. OH, OKAY. SO, WELL, A LONG TIME AGO, MR. MAYOR, YOUR PREDECESSOR TOLD ME THAT I WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT A PREVIOUS THING. I SHOULD SPEAK ON THE, THE PRESENTATION CLOSEST TO THAT. THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT I'D CHOOSE THIS ONE TO OFFER MY COMMENTS ABOUT THE, UH, POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE THERE. SIR, YOU SIGNED UP FOR ITEM 16. JAG, GO AHEAD. DO YOU HAVE YOUR TIME? I DID. OKAY. WELL BE INNOCENT MAY, SIR. I GUESS SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS. HERE. THE ITEM 16, YOU ARE GOING TO OFFER A, UH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TAX ASSISTANCE FOR THE ART EVERYWHERE INITIATIVE IN TR IN, UH, I THINK IT, WHAT IS IT, TRAVIS PARK THERE? YEAH. UM, ANYWAY, YEAH, PUT THAT ON [00:40:01] YOUR SCREEN, MR. AUDIOVISUAL MAN, THERE. YEAH. YEAH, JUST BLOW THAT UP. THAT YELLOW AREA THERE. JUST LET THE VIEWERS SEE JUST EXACTLY WHAT YOUR, YOUR, UH, YOUR VOTING UPON TODAY. I, YEAH. CAN YOU, CAN YOU READ THAT YELLOW PART THERE? IT'S A LITTLE BLEACHED OUT THERE, BUT YEAH. A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A TAX INCREMENT REFINANCING ZONE. OKAY. ANYWAY, YOU GET THE PICTURE. THANK YOU. RETURN THE CAMERA IF YOU WOULD. YEAH, THE, UH, PLEASE, PLEASE UNDERSTAND A TAX INCREMENT REFINANCING ZONE. WHEN WE THINK OF THAT, WE THINK OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. WE DON'T THINK OF GIVING IT TO, UH, AN ARTISTRY PROGRAM. YEAH. AND, UH, COULD YOU HAND THAT TO ME AGAIN, SIR? YEAH. AND ALSO WE FIND OUT, AND IT'S, THIS IS IN JUST ANY TOP NOTCH ARTISTRY PROGRAM. IT'S ONE WHERE YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE OFFERING, YOU'RE CALLING OUT, YOU'RE AN OPEN CALL TO ENGAGE EMERGING ARTISTS WHO DO NOT, I REPEAT, NOT HAVE LARGE SCALE PUBLIC ART EXPERIENCE. I MEAN, I MEAN, COME ON. I MEAN, AT LEAST IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE AWAY OUR TAX DOLLARS ON SOMETHING, YOU GIVE IT AWAY ON SOMETHING WORTH, WORTH IT. AND NOT JUST TO SOME, SOME, UH, NEWBIE ARTISTS. HUH. ALSO, JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, ITEM 19 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA HERE, JUST SO I LET YOU KNOW, IS THE IDEA OF, UH, OFFERING, UH, OH, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE, WITH THE CENTRAL METROPOLITAN HEALTH DEPART HEALTHY STAR INITIATIVE FOR PRECONCEPTION PEER EDUCATION PROGRAMMING. I MEAN, NOW, SUPPOSEDLY ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN DOCUMENTS, IT WILL CONTINUE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRECONCEPTION IN SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION AT THE, AT THE CAMPUS WHERE IT'S GONNA BE AT, UH, BIRTH CONTROL. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. NO, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. UH, AND ONE MOMENT, LEMME PULL UP THE QUEUE. WE WILL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS I WANNA HIGHLIGHT. I'LL START WITH ITEM 22. EXCUSE ME. PARKS ARE CONSISTENTLY RATED AS A TOP PRIORITY IN MY DISTRICT, WHICH IS, WE KNOW IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING DISTRICTS IN OUR CITY. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARKS ARE KEEPING UP WITH OUR GROWTH. AND THIS EASEMENTS IN THIS ITEM WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE FUNDS FROM LENNAR HOMES. IT'S THE KIND OF CREATIVE THINKING AND PARTNERSHIP THAT WE NEED. TOM SLICK PARK HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT CENTER OF ACTIVITY IN DISTRICT SIX, FROM INDIVIDUALS EXERCISING TO COMMUNITIES ENGAGING WITH EACH OTHER IN THESE OPEN SPACES. THERE'S EVEN A CRICKET LEAGUE THAT MEETS AT TOM SLICK EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. IT'S REALLY FUN TO WATCH IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT. AND ANY TIME OF DAY YOU'LL FIND FOLKS WALKING OR JOGGING AROUND THE LAKE PATHS OR PLAYING WITH THEIR DOGS IN THE DOG PARK. I'M ENCOURAGED BY THIS AND WE'LL BE LOOKING TO FIND MORE WAYS TO PARTNER FOR BETTER PARKS. MY THANKS TO STAFF FOR ALL THEIR WORK ON THIS. I ALSO WANNA, UH, HIGHLIGHT ITEM FIVE, AND I'LL INVITE JUDGE ODO TO COME UP JUST FOR A SECOND. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING UP TO 10 CITYWIDE PAYMENT KIOSKS FOR THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURT. IT'S AN EXPANSION OF AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION TO A PANDEMIC PROBLEM. THIS ORDINANCE HELPS TO TAKE OUR MUNICIPAL COURT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. THE NEED FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING FORCED US TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE THE MUNICIPAL COURT'S PROCESSES ACCESSIBLE AND SAFE. THIS FUNDING TAKES THAT IDEA OF INNOVATIVE ACCESS, ACCESSIBILITY, AND SPREADS IT AROUND THE CITY. WITH JUDGE DECARLO BLAS LEADERSHIP, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, AND IT'S JUST THE START. SO THANK YOU JUDGE ODO FOR YOUR INNOVATION, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND YOUR FORESIGHT. UM, DO YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF WORDS YOU WANNA SAY ABOUT THE KIOSKS? NO, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO, TO LAUNCH THEM. UM, WE KNOW THAT, THAT, AS YOU SAID, THE CITY IS GROWING AND SO IT, IT WILL DEFINITELY, UH, MAKE THE COURT MORE ACCESSIBLE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR CITIZENS WHO FIND IT DIFFICULT TO, TO GET TO THE COURTHOUSE BECAUSE OF WORK COMMITMENTS OR CHILDCARE COMMITMENTS. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO LAUNCH THIS AND WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. SO, UM, IT, IT WILL BENEFIT OUR CITIZENS IN OTHER WAYS, JUST IN, UM, AND, AND NOT JUST ACCESSING THE COURT AS WELL. OTHER CITY SERVICES WILL BE ACCESSIBLE AS WELL. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT, I THINK. WONDERFUL. I THINK, I DON'T THINK, THINK THAT THERE'S ANOTHER COURT IN THE COUNTRY OR IN THE STATE THAT, THAT IS DOING THIS. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE BUILDING ON THAT WE USED TO HAVE BEFORE. AND, UH, BUT NOW WE'RE ADDING OTHER CITY SERVICES AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE AGAIN, YOUR, YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. AND I DO WANNA MENTION IT'S, UM, THE TWO, THE TWO OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS ON THESE KIOSKS ARE, UM, THE LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY, SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND I THINK IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES. RIGHT? YES. IT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [00:45:01] THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 23 AT AN OR AN ORDINANCE APPROVING, A MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION AND CERT, UH, SUPPORTING CERTIFICATION BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. OH, I WAS LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT SOUND? UM, SO NATURALLY WITH THIS ITEM, I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS. THIS WILL BE, UH, IT'S NEW FOR THE CITY. UH, BUT MY TEAM WORKED DILIGENTLY ALONGSIDE THE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS AT THE TEXAS SIERRA CLUB AND THE GREATER EDWARDS FOR EDWARDS AQUIFER ALLIANCE TO APPROVE THE MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION FOR THE SITE AT 4,200 NORTH PANAM EXPRESSWAY. THE SITE WAS PREV, PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE FREDERICK AIR CONDITIONER BUILDING AND THE K L N STEEL PROPERTY. AND SO THE SURROUNDING SOIL AND GROUNDWATER CONTAINS SOLVENTS FROM THE OPERATIONS OF THESE INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT HAS COMPLIED WITH TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CLEANUP OF THE SITE IN YEARS OF SOIL AND GROUNDWATER TESTING TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE SITE AND THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT. THE FUTURE OF THE SITE IS SLATED FOR A WAREHOUSE, AND THE USE IS CONSISTENT WITH ONGOING SAFETY STANDARDS. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT BOTH THE GREATER EDWARDS AQUIFER ALLIANCE AND THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE SIERRA CLUB HAVE NO OBJECTION, HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS DESIGNATION AND HAVE PROVIDED A LETTER TO THIS EFFECT. I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF IN PARTICULAR, NEFI GARCIA AND JOHN CANTU FOR BEING SO WILLING TO INCLUDE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY AND MY STAFF AS PART OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS. AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MY POLICY TEAM, JO GARCIA AND DENISE HERNANDEZ FOR THEIR WORK AND FOR THINKING OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I DON'T, AND REACHING OUT TO THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE OFTEN, UM, EXCLUDED FROM IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS LIKE THIS ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER GRA. THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO ITEMS I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. THE FIRST ONE IS ITEM NUMBER 16. I WANNA THANK CENTRO FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT MY OFFICE IN, UH, CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE IS WORKING TO CREATE AN ARTS COMMITTEE SO THAT WE HAVE EMERGING ARTISTS FROM DISTRICT THREE PART OF THIS PROGRAM. SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND TO SEE, UH, MORE ACTIVATION GOING ON. THE OTHER ITEM I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS ITEM 18. IN 2018, WE WERE, WE WERE AWARDED THE CDC D'S RACIAL AND ETHNIC APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY HEALTH OR REACH GRANT, A FIVE YEAR GRANT LEVERAGING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AS AGENTS OF CHANGE IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR REACH BRINGS A FRAMEWORK THAT EXAMINES AND ADDRESSES PEOPLE'S CONTACT CONTEXT TO REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. IN TEXAS, 32.4% OF CHILDREN AGE 10 TO 17 ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE. A A KEY STRATEGY STRATEGY OF REACH IS TO COLLABORATE WITH PARTNERS TO IMPROVE FOOD, FOOD SYSTEMS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS. IN 2019, OVER 271,000 PEOPLE FACE FOOD INSECURITY IN BEXAR COUNTY, ALMOST 132 OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE CHILDREN. SO TODAY WE VOTE FOR ITEM 18, WHICH IS AN AGREEMENT WITH BAPTIST TEMPLE CHURCH FOR THE SAN ANTONIO METRO HEALTH, UH, DISTRICT'S HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM FOR A TERM BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2021 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2022. UH, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE, UH, BAPTIST TEMPLE CHURCH IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT THREE AND SERVES AS A RESOURCE AND EDUCATION HUB FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND HAS A LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH RESIDENTS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. THROUGH THIS AGREEMENT, METRO HEALTH WILL PROVIDE A COMMERCIAL FRIDGE TO ENHANCE THE CHURCH'S ESTABLISHED FOOD PAN PANTRY, INCREASE ACCESS TO FRESH PRO PRODUCE, AND ULTIMATELY HELP TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITIES AND THE HEALTH CONCERNS IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS IMPORTANT TODAY BECAUSE A PROJECT LIKE THIS IS PART OF OUR CITY'S WORK ON RACISM AS A HEALTH CRISIS AND ALSO OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITIES AND FOOD DESERTS AND HEALTH AND THE HEALTH ISSUES. FOOD DESERTS CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A GEOGRAPHIC AREA WHERE RESIDENTS ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS, ESPECIALLY FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, IS RESTRICTED OR NON-EXISTENT DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF GROCERY STORES WITH A CONVENIENT TRAVELING DISTANCE. AND AGAIN, I WANNA MENTION THAT RIGHT NOW, DISTRICT THREE, WHICH IS THE LARGEST GEOGRAPHIC, UH, DISTRICT, HAS THREE, UM, BIG BRAND, BIG BO, BIG NAME, UH, GROCERY STORES, AND WE'RE IN THE NEED OF MORE. BUT I DO WANNA APPLAUD ALL MY, MY MEAT MARKETS AND MY FRUIT MARKETS AND THE HEALTHY CORNER STORES THAT WE HAVE. WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM, THERE WERE EIGHT STORES, BUT IT HAS GROWN. AND IN THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022, THE HEALTHY CORNER STORE PROJECT [00:50:01] RECEIVED $120,000 TO EXPAND TO ALMOST 15 NEW STORES IN DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH SEVEN. MY GOAL IS TO HAVE THE HEALTHY CORNER STORES PROJECT IN ALL 10 DISTRICTS BECAUSE POVERTY ISN'T LIMITED TO JUST ONE SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. AND, AND, AND THIS HIGH HEALTH CRISIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE IN BEXAR COUNTY, 1220 7% OF BLACK AND HISPANIC CHILDREN ARE OBESE. SO I THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR VOTING FOR THIS TODAY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS PROGRAM EXPAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, ANYONE ELSE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? UM, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR DISCUSSION, AND SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE VOTE. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR, UH, 20, WHICH WAS WITHDRAWN. AND ITEM 21, UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ALL RIGHT, ONE SECOND. WE'RE DEALING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY HERE. ALRIGHT. UH, PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY THERE. ALRIGHT. UM, WE [21. Ordinance amending the Funding & Development Agreement between the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, the Alameda Theater Conservancy, and Texas Public Radio to include an additional $7.4 million for construction of the final phase of the Alameda Theater Restoration project, to be funded by the Houston Street TIRZ; and amending the Chapter 380 Agreement to permit the use of previouslycommitted operational funding through FY2023; extending the deadline for City fee waivers previously approved for the Alameda Theater Restoration project, estimated at $70,000, until the conclusion of construction; and authorizing the City Manager or his designee to negotiate and execute an amendment to the Alameda Master Lease Agreement. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]] DO HAVE ONE ITEM REMAINING, UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ON OUR MORNING AGENDA. SO LET'S GO TO ITEM 21. ITEM NUMBER 21 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FUNDING AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY, THE ALAMEDA THEATER CONSERVANCY, AND TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO, TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL $7.1 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE FINAL PHASE OF THE ALAMEDA THEATER RESTORATION PROJECT TO BE FUNDED BY THE HOUSTON STREET TOURS AND AMENDING THE CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENT TO PERMIT THE USE OF PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED OPERATIONAL FUNDING THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2023, EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR CITY FEE WAIVERS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR THE ALAMEDA THEATER RESTORATION PROJECT, ESTIMATED AT $70,000 UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF CONSTRUCTION AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ALAMEDA MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO PULLED THE ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL HEARING. UH, WE DO HAVE A FEW CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. UH, WE DO HAVE A, WE DO HAVE A CITY PRESENTATION FIRST THOUGH, RIGHT? UM, SO WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND HEAR THE PRESENTATION, THEN WE'LL GO INTO OKAY. COMMENTS? YES, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. UH, I, I, YES, YES. . OKAY. MAYBE GIVE US THE, UH, SHORT VERSION SENTENCE SINCE I THINK EVERYONE'S BEEN BRIEFED. ABSOLUTELY. UH, BUT WE'LL JUST GET REFRESHED ON IT AND THEN WE'LL BRING UP, UM, THE FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M VERONICA GARCIA. I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. I'M EXCITED TO BRING TO YOU THIS MORNING AN ITEM THAT ASKED FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE ALDA THEATER REVITALIZATION PROJECT. THIS DID GO TO P C D C LAST MONTH, SO I WILL, I WILL MAKE IT QUICK. , UH, THE ALDA THEATER, UH, WAS, SORRY, CAN WE, OH, THANK YOU. THERE WE GO. THE ALMA THEATER WAS BUILT IN 1949 AND GREW TO BECOME THE LARGEST THEATER IN THE UNITED STATES DEDICATED TO THE SPANISH LANGUAGE ENTERTAINMENT. IT FEATURED ALL THE GREATS OF MEXICAN SONG AND FILM. IT ALSO ONCE HOUSED THE MEXICAN CONSULATE AND THE FIRST MEXICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE, UH, THEATER DID, UH, GO SILENT IN THE LATE 1980S, AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY IN 1994, AND WE OWN IT TO THIS DAY, THE AFTER DECADES OF INACTIVITY IN A COUPLE OF EFFORTS TO TRY AND REVITALIZE THE THEATER. UH, THE, IN [00:55:01] 2000, RIGHT BEFORE 2017, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ALONG WITH BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO AND LA FAMILIA CORTEZ CAME TOGETHER AND DEVELOPED A PLAN TO REVITALIZE AND RESTORE THE THEATER TO ONCE AGAIN BE THE MOST, UH, LARGEST THEATER WITH SPANISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING FOCUS. THE PROJECT IN IS PLANNED, IS BASED ON STAKEHOLDER INPUT AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE, AND IT INCLUDED A PLAN TO RELOCATE TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO'S HEADQUARTERS TO THE BACK OF THE THEATER AND TO REVITALIZE AND RESTORE THE THEATER ITSELF AS A PERFORMING ART CENTER FEATURING THE AMERICAN LATINO MULTICULTURAL STORY. THE PLAN, UH, TO BE SUCCESSFUL ENVISIONED A GOOD CREATION OF A NON-PROFIT ENTITY THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THE REVITALIZATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AS WELL AS OPERATING UNDER THE THEATER ONCE IT IS OPEN, WHEN COMPLETE, THE THEATER PROJECT WILL BE FULLY RESTORED AND PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY WITH A MULTIPURPOSE SPACE WITH FLEXIBLE SEATING FOR AUDIENCES UP TO 1400 PEOPLE. THIS CAPACITY WAS BASED ON A STUDY THAT WAS COMMISSIONED AND LOOKED AT ACTUAL OTHER THEATERS THAT ARE IN OUR CITY, AND IT MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO RIGHT SIZE THE THEATER, UH, WHEN BUILT, IT HELD, UH, 2000 SEATS. SO WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT WHAT WAS MISSING IN OUR CITY, WHAT THEATER SIZE WAS NEEDED, AND WE SCALED THAT BACK DOWN TO ABOUT 1400 SEATS, UM, SO THAT IT WOULD BE A UNIQUE VENUE FOR OUR CITY. WE ALSO CREATED A THRUST STAGE THAT WOULD GO INTO THE AUDIENCE TO CREATE MORE INTIMATE PERFORMANCES, AND WE ENSURED THAT THE REDESIGN HAD EVERY SINGLE LEVEL OF THE THEATER ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AUDIENCES. OTHER ICONIC DETAILS OF THE THEATER, INCLUDING THE FACADE OF HOUSTON STREET AND THE HISTORIC BLACKLIGHT MURALS. YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE THERE THAT WILL ALL BE FULLY RESTORED ONCE THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE. AND THE VENUE WILL BE A CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL CENTER TO ONCE AGAIN CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSE CULTURE IN SAN ANTONIO. O WHEN COMPLETED, WE WILL AGAIN FEATURE MANY OF OUR REGIONAL AND LOCAL ACTS WILL BE CELEBRATED HERE. AND THE PROGRAMMING PLAN FOR THE THEATER, IT'S NOT JUST CITY STAFF OR THE ALAMEDA THEATER CONS CONSERVANCY'S PLAN. THIS IS THE PLAN BASED ON EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY INPUT AND ENGAGEMENT. AND ON THE RIGHT THERE YOU CAN SEE ALL THE THEMES THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO IF WE WERE TO RESTORE THE AL MATA THEATER. HOW DO WE PAY TRIBUTE TO ITS MEMORY, AS WELL AS MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE AND RELEVANT TO FUTURE GENERATIONS? SO THOSE ARE THE IDEAS THAT WENT INTO CREATING THIS COMMUNITY AND PROGRAMMING PLANS. SO IT WILL FEATURE LOCAL ACTS, AND WE'LL ALSO BE SHOWCASING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL, UH, VOICES AS WELL. SO ALL PERFORMING ARTS COULD BE FEATURED AT THE THEATER AS WELL AS EVENTS. UM, IT CAN ACCOMMODATE TABLES AND CHAIRS FOR JUST A VARIETY OF PROGRAMMING. WE HEARD THAT THE SPACE SHOULD BE FLEXIBLE AND IT SHOULD ATTRACT DIVERSE TYPES OF EVENTS AND PEOPLE TO IT. THE, UH, THE PROGRAMMING WILL ALSO FOCUS ON COLLABORATING WITH OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE'LL BE SURE TO WORK WITH EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS. SO WE ENSURE THAT THE PROGRAMMING IS RELEVANT AND THERE IS A COMMITMENT FROM THE CONSERVANCY TO ENSURE THAT THE PROGRAMMING, UM, IN ADDITION TO MARKET RATE PRICES, THERE WILL ALSO BE AN ASPECT THAT INCLUDES FREE AND LOW COST PROGRAMMING. UM, WE ALSO HEARD AS WE SPOKE WITH OTHER THEATER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE IN TOWN THAT THE THEATER, THIS THEATER IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT CAN FOCUS ON FOSTERING ARTS EDUCATION IN OUR CITY. THAT IS A COMPONENT THAT'S MISSING. SO THIS THEATER WILL ALSO FOCUS ON WORKING WITH EDUCATORS AND CHILDREN TO FOSTER THAT. THIS IS A QUICK BACKGROUND, UH, TO CREATE THIS VISION AND SEE IT HAPPEN. OUR CITY COUNCIL MAYOR APPROVED IN 2017 AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ALAMEDA THEATER CONSERVANCY. AND AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS $9 MILLION CONTRIBUTED FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO THIS FIRST PHASE OF THE REVITALIZATION EFFORT. T P R ALSO HAD THEIR OWN CONTRIBUTION AND RAISED SOME PRIVATE FUNDING TO BUILD THEIR HEADQUARTERS BEHIND THE THEATER. AND OF COURSE, OPERATIONAL DOLLARS WERE ALSO COMMITTED TO THE NON-PROFIT CONSERVANCY AT THE TIME. THERE WAS ALSO A MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT, WHICH GIVES THE ALAM THEATER CONSERVANCY THE AUTHORITY TO UNDERTAKE THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AND THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING IN THE THEATER AND ONGOING FUNDRAISING ONCE IT IS OPEN, SINCE IT IS OWNED BY THE CITY. UM, THIS PROPERTY ALSO SITS ON A COAL GASIFICATION PLANT, WHICH MEANS IT HAS KNOWN ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES. SO AS OWNERS OF THE SITE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE AS WE WORK WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION AND CONTRACTORS, THAT THERE IS PROTECTIONS IN PLACE. SO WE MONITOR THAT VERY CLOSELY. WE MAKE SURE THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE PROTECTED AND THAT ANY CONTAMINATED CONTAMINANTS THAT WE COME IN CONTACT WITH ARE PROPERLY REMEDIATED. ALL THAT, OF COURSE, ADDS COSTS TO THE CONSTRUCTION. SO IN 2019, COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO APPROVED ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BOTH T P R AND THE THEATER SO THAT THOSE EXTRA COSTS COULD BE, UM, COULD BE ABSORBED. AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO APPROVED ADDITIONAL OPERATING [01:00:01] SUPPORT THAT WAS $550,000 TO THE NONPROFIT SO THEY COULD FINISH THIS CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. I'M HAPPY TO SAY, AND I THINK MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN IT, THE UH, TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO PROJECT IS COMPLETE. THEY MOVED IN LAST YEAR, AND YOU CAN SEE I LOVE THIS PICTURE BECAUSE IT SHOWS HOW BOTH PROJECTS ARE LITERALLY CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER. SO THE SUCCESS OF ONE CERTAINLY FUELS THE SUCCESS OF THE OTHER, WHICH IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE FINISH OUR WORK ON THE THEATER PROJECT. THEY ALSO BOTH SIT ALONG THE BANKS OF SAN PEDRO CREEK, WHICH OF COURSE IS UNDERGOING ITS OWN REVITALIZATION EFFORTS. SO WE CAN SEE ALL THIS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING. AND SO WE HAVE OUR EFFORT AS WELL TO FINISH THE, THE THEATER PROJECT. UH, PHASE ONE IS COM WAS COMPLETED THIS PAST SPRING AND WE DID ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK WHILE THE CREEK WAS CLOSED AND THE, THE HOUSTON STREET WAS CLOSED FOR THAT WORK. THE WHOLE THEATER BUDGET IS $37 MILLION AND AS I MENTIONED, THE CITY AND COUNTY HAVE CONTRIBUTED NEARLY $11 MILLION TO THAT FIRST PHASE OF, OF CONSTRUCTION. SO WE STILL HAVE $27 MILLION WORK WORTH OF WORK TO GO. UH, WE ARE CERTAIN THAT STATE AND FEDERAL TAX CREDITS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PROJECT, THE AMOUNT OF $12 MILLION. SO WE HAVE A FUNDING GAP OF $14 MILLION NEEDED. SO TODAY WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO APPROVE AN ADDITIONAL $7 MILLION IN FUNDS. FROM THE HOUSTON STREET TOURS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND AND FINAL PHASE OF THE RESTORATION PROJECT. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL BE CONSIDERING A MATCH OF $7 MILLION LATER THIS MONTH. UM, SO HELPING, AND THIS IS WHAT BEXAR COUNTY HAS DONE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. THEY'VE MATCHED OUR CITY INVESTMENT ALMOST DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR IN THIS LATEST PHASE. WE ARE ALSO ASKING FOR $400,000 FROM THE HOUSTON STREET TOURS TO COVER THE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND MONITORING, CO MONITORING COSTS. THOSE WILL STAY WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THEY'LL BE MANAGED BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION, AND THAT'LL COVER OUR CITY COSTS AS WE ARE ENROLLED IN THE T C E Q VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM. SO THAT WILL COVER OUR COSTS OF REPORTING AND MONITORING OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE AS OWNERS OF THE SITE. AS I ALSO MENTIONED THAT WE DID GIVE THE ALIMA THE THEATER CONSERVANCY AN ADDITIONAL $550,000 OF OPERATING COSTS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, THEIR WORK WAS DELAYED, SO THEY STILL HAVE A LITTLE OVER $300,000 OF THAT AS UNSPENT. IT ALSO COMES FROM THE HOUSTON STREET TOUR. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO APPROVE ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THEM TO CONTINUE THE WORK AND UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS FOR THEIR OPERATIONS. UH OH, OKAY. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THAT BACK ON THERE, BUT I WAS NEARLY DONE . OKAY, THANK YOU. THE, UH, ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY ALSO ASKS, UH, FOR APPROVAL FOR STAFF TO ENTER INTO AN AMENDMENT TO THE MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT. UH, WE DO HAVE HISTORIC TAX CREDITS AVAILABLE TO THE PROJECT, AND TO ACCESS THOSE, WE'LL REQUIRE ASSIGNING THE LEASE TO A TAX CREDIT ENTITY. SO IT'LL GIVE US STAFF AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT PAPERWORK IS DONE SO WE CAN GET THOSE TAX CREDITS FOR THE PROJECT. UM, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN COVERED EXTENSIVELY IN THE MEDIA. WE'VE GIVEN MANY TOURS OF THE SITE. WE'VE PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY ENTITIES LIKE CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO TO INSTALL A MURAL. SO THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AS WE GO INTO THIS FINAL PHASE TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION WITH YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT TODAY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO RESTART THE CONSTRUCTION THIS SPRING AND HOPEFULLY SEE THE THEATER REOPEN THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY FINISHED IN LATE 2023 AND THE FIRST SEASON IN EARLY 2024. SO, THANK YOU. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, VERONICA, WE DO HAVE A FEW CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 21, SO LET ME CALL THEM UP NOW. WE'LL START WITH PETE CORTEZ. MR. CORTEZ, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY EDDIE ROMERO. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT. FIRST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, UH, COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY. UM, LIKE I SAID, MY NAME IS PETE CORTES. I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR LA FAMI CORTES RESTAURANT. INDO, UM, HERE THIS MORNING ACTUALLY AS A BOARD OF DIRECTOR OF THE ALAMEDA THEATER CONSERVANCY TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, UH, FOR IN APPROVING THE $7 MILLION IN FUNDING FROM THE HOUSTON STREET TOURS. UM, AS VERONICA MENTIONED, UH, YOUR APPROVAL TODAY WILL LEVERAGE AN ADDITIONAL $7 MILLION FROM BEAR COUNTY, UH, TO ALLOW US TO FINISH THIS THEATER. AT LONG LAST, I KNOW MAYOR, YOU'VE BEEN, UH, ALONG THIS RIDE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS ALONG WITH US. UM, THE ELEMENT OF THEATER IS ONE OF SAN ANTONIO'S MOST HISTORIC AND CULTURAL ASSETS. UM, AND SO FOR MANY OF YOU WHO KNOW, THEATER WAS OPEN ORIGINALLY IN 1949 AS A WELCOMING HOME TO SPANISH LANGUAGE FILMS, ES AND PERFORMING ARTS AT [01:05:01] A TIME WHEN THE MEXICAN AMERICAN POPULATION WAS CONFINED TO SEGREGATED SEATING IN OTHER LOCAL THEATERS. MANY OF THE GREAT ACTORS AND SINGERS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF MEXICAN CINEMA PERFORMED AT THE ALAMEDA, INCLUDING PEDRO INFANTE CANLAS, JORGE NEGRETE, MARIA FELIX, VICENTE FERNANDEZ, AND ROSITA FERNANDEZ AMONGST OTHERS. ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN DARK FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS, IT REMAINS A SYMBOL OF COMMUNITY IN OUR CITY, A PLACE WHERE ACCESSIBILITY, INCLUSIVITY, AND INCLUSIVITY ARE AT THE HEART OF THE ALAMEDA AND IN OUR DRIVING FORCES IN ITS RESTORATION. ONCE FINISHED, THE ALAM WILL ONCE AGAIN BE THE LARGEST THEATER DEDICATED TO SHOWCASING THE LATINO AMERICAN MULTICULTURAL STORY. THE VISION FOR THE THEATER IS BASED ON A VENUE CAPACITY STUDY, AND THE ORIGINAL SEATING CONFIGURATION HAS BEEN REDESIGNED AND ADJUSTED BASED ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE KNOW THERE'S A DEMAND FOR THIS TYPE OF VENUE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WE ARE CONFIDENT IT WILL ONCE AGAIN GENERATE ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR OUR DOWNTOWN. THE ALAM THEATER IS A TREASURED PLACE IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO. AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT TODAY, I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING ITS GRAND REOPENING IN JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, MR. CORTEZ. EDDIE ROMERO, FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER. GOOD MORNING. UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO FOR HIGHLIGHTING, UM, OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS THIS MORNING. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN PERRY AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR THEIR SERVICE. UH, BESIDES OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, MY OWN AND, AND MY, MY WIFE'S FAMILY MEMBERS SERVING, UH, WE SEE MEMBERS OF OUR MILITARY COMMUNITY DOWNTOWN EVERY DAY. SO, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. UM, GOOD MORNING. UH, MY NAME IS EDDIE ROME. I'M CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR CENTRO SAN ANTONIO. UH, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE THIS MORNING WITH YOU AND VOICE CENTRO SUPPORT OF ITEM 21. UH, I'M SMILING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN USUAL BECAUSE I PRACTICED IN FRONT OF MY DAUGHTER THIS MORNING AND, UH, SHE SAID I COULD DO BETTER. UH, SHE'S, SHE, SHE SAID, UH, THAT I NEED TO BE MORE EXCITING. UM, SO I, I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE AND SUPPORT, UH, THIS INVESTMENT, UH, AMONG REGIONAL CENTERS. UH, THE DOWNTOWN REGIONAL CENTER YIELDS THE HIGHEST RATE ON RETURN OF PUBLIC DOLLARS INVESTED, UH, IN THE FUTURE OF THE ALAMEDA THEATER IS THAT IT WILL ONCE AGAIN BE AN ECONOMIC GENERATOR FOR THE ENTIRE CITY ATTRACTING BOTH LOCALS AND OUT OF TOWN VISITORS. UH, THE ALAMEDA IS A PRICELESS PIECE OF SAN ANTONIO HISTORY AND AN IRREPLACEABLE COMPONENT OF ZNO RAO. THE STATE DESIGNATION, RECOGNIZING ZNO RA AS A CERTIFIED CULTURAL DISTRICT, UNDERSCORES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS HISTORY OF THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY AND THE STATE OF TEXAS. THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS, MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS RECALLED MEMORIES OF THE THEATER AND MANY MORE HAVE HEARD THE STORIES FROM PRIOR GENERATIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS, THE CULTURAL BENEFITS SET THIS INVESTMENT APART FROM ANY THEATER IN SAN ANTONIO, ANY THEATER IN TEXAS AND IN ANY THEATER IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS WAS THE LARGEST MOVIE PALACE BUILT, DEDICATED TO SPANISH LANGUAGE FILMS AND THE PERFORMING ARTS. AT ITS PINNACLE, THE ALAMEDA SERVED A GENERATION OF ENTREPRENEURS, ENTERTAINERS, AND CIVIC LEADERS. AND UNLIKE MOST THEATERS AND PUBLIC VENUES OF ITS TIME, IT WAS NOT RACIALLY SEGREGATED AND WELCOMED. ALL CENTRAL IS READY TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER ON THIS CULTURAL ASSET AS WE DID THROUGH THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. AND MOST RECENTLY, HIRING LOCAL ARTISTS, ALAN COLVILLE, TO INSTALL A MAORI ETERNAL, THE MURAL ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AS PART OF OUR ART EVERYWHERE INITIATIVE. IN CLOSING, UH, MY DAUGHTER ALSO SAID THAT THIS BUILDING SOUNDS IMPORTANT BEC BECAUSE OF ITS STORIES AND, AND THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE R O I. SO ON BEHALF OF CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO, WE ASK THAT YOU VOTE TO APPROVE ITEM 21 TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. ROMEO. JACK FINGER. WELL, MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER, THE ALAMEDA THEATER HISTORIC VENUE FOR PRESENTING SPANISH MEXICAN FILMS HERE IN ALAMO CITY. NICE PLACE TO GO, AT LEAST BACK THEN IT WAS 1950S AND SIXTIES, BUT, UH, LATE RECENT DECADES, IT, UH, HAS NOT MADE ANY MONEY AT ALL. YEAH. UM, WHY, IN FACT, [01:10:01] UH, IN REVIEW OF SOME OF THE RECENT, UH, INITIATIVES FROM RECENT CITY COUNCILS, IT HAS BEEN HEMORRHAGING NOT ONLY MONEY, BUT OUR TAX DOLLARS. YEAH. UM, LET'S SEE. IN FACT, UH, MR PUT UP THIS RIGHT THERE, IF YOU WOULD, THERE. NOW, THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED AREA, WHAT DOES IT SAY THERE? JUST AS RECENTLY AS THIS, UH, THIS MARCH? WHAT DOES IT SAY THERE? IT SAYS THAT, UH, IN MARCH, 2021, IT, UH, WELL, COULD YOU BLOW IT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, SIR? YEAH. HAD A TEMP, TEMPORARY SUSPENSION DUE TO, UH, IT, IT COULDN'T SOME MONEY RIGHT THEN AND THERE AS WELL. YEAH. THANK YOU. REMOVE THAT IF YOU WOULD. YEAH. FROM YOUR VERY OWN BACKUP DOCUMENTS. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. IT SAYS, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL READ IT. ANNOUNCE THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF CONSTRUCTION DUE TO FUNDING SHORTFALLS. YEAH. UM, ALSO IN THE, UH, THE ITEM RIGHT HERE FOR THE AGENDA, IT SAYS, SAYS, UH, QUOTE UNQUOTE EXTENDING THE, THE DEADLINE FOR CITY FEE WAIVERS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR THE ALAMEDA THEATER RESTORATION PROJECT. THIS IS A BLACK HOLE FOR OUR TAX DOLLARS. MAYBE. WHY DON'T WE JUST, IF IT'S REALLY THAT GOOD, WHY DON'T YOU GO TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND ALLOW THEM TO SUPPORT IT. LET ALLOW THEM TO PROP IT UP INSTEAD OF US. HUH. I THOUGHT WAS ONE THING I THOUGHT WAS ALSO INTERESTING IS THAT THE, UH, WELL, HERE, IF YOU CAN READ IT, UH, WELL, SINCE WE HAVING PROBLEMS THERE, THE ALTERNATIVE FROM YOUR VERY OWN BACKUP DOCUMENTS SAY THAT, UH, THE ALTERNATIVES TO APPROVING THIS FUNDING WOULD BE TO SUSPEND THE RENOVATION PROJECT FOR AN UNDETERMINED LENGTH OF TIME TO PERMIT EXPLORATION OF OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. HMM. WHY NOT? BUT I THOUGHT, ONE THING I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING HERE. PUT UP THIS ONE RIGHT THERE. IF BLOW IT UP IF YOU COULD. THERE, YEAH. THE FIGURE THERE IS SEVEN, NOT 7 MILLION, BUT 7 BILLION . IT MIGHT AS WELL BE 7 BILLION. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER, WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON. RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 21. OKAY. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 20. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, START OUR DISCUSSION NOW. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU TO THE FAMI CORTES FOR THEIR ROLE IN THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU TO VERONICA GARCIA FOR YOUR LONG, UH, HARD WORK ON THIS AND YOUR, YOUR CLEAR DELIGHT IN THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. THAT MAKES IT SO MUCH NICER. UM, TO, TO, TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD TODAY. UM, WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED HERE IN THE 1970S, UM, WE, THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE FREQUENTED. IT WAS, UH, PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES WE COULD SEE A SPANISH LANGUAGE FILM THAT, AND WE OCCASIONALLY WENT TO THE DRIVE-IN AT 24TH AND NORTHWEST 24TH IN CULEBRA BEFORE THE ME HB, UH, WAS THERE. I THINK I SAW LIKE GODZILLA OR DRACULA THERE. UM, SO THIS HAS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN, IN MY HEART, AND VERONICA GAVE MY PARENTS A TOUR THERE, UH, LAST, I THINK IT WAS EARLY THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR. UM, AND I, I HAVE TO BE HONEST, WHEN I FIRST GOT INTO COUNCIL AND I HEARD ABOUT THIS PROJECT, I WAS CONCERNED THAT IT WAS SORT OF ANOTHER, UM, DOWNTOWN PROJECT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE CONDOS HERE THAT WAS GOING TO APPROPRIATE PART OF, UH, MY CULTURE AND THE LATINO CULTURE. UH, BUT AFTER WORKING CLOSELY WITH VERONICA AND UNDERSTANDING ALL THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE AND SPEAKING WITH THE FAMILIA CORTES, I AM, UM, I'M CONVINCED THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. THAT REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS AN INVESTMENT, UH, NOT JUST IN THE FUTURE AND ALL THIS ECONOMIC DRIVER THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE, BUT ALSO AN INVESTMENT IN SECURING OUR HERITAGE AND NOT LETTING THAT GO AWAY. UH, LIKE YOU SAID, UH, PETE, THIS WAS ONE OF THE VERY FEW, UH, THEATERS THAT WASN'T SEGREGATED. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY SURVIVING MARQUEE THEATERS FROM THE REVITALIZATION ERA IN THE, IN THE 1950S AND, UH, IN SIXTIES THAT OCCURRED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO TO ME, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO MAKE GOOD ON WHAT WE LOST, UH, IN THE MISTAKES THAT WE MADE IN THE, IN THE 1950S AND WHEN ALL [01:15:01] THOSE THEATERS WENT AWAY. UM, WHAT IT ALSO TOOK, WHAT THAT ALSO TOOK WITH IT WAS THE JOBS, THE ENTERTAINMENT, AND THE CULTURE THAT THE MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAD HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND DEPRIVED THEM OF THAT. SO I'M, UM, I'M REALLY THRILLED TO SEE HOW THIS WILL INTEGRATE, UM, AND GUARANTEE LATINO, LATINO ARTISTIC PRESENCE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND, LIKE YOU SAID, THE LARGEST THEATER IN THE US THAT WILL BE, UH, THAT WILL BE DEDICATED TO THIS TYPE OF, OF SERVICE OF, OF TYPE OF ART PRESENTATION. SO, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS. UH, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE PROJECT. IT IS, IT IS NOT WHAT A PRIVATE INVESTOR WOULD COME IN AND WORK ON AND SAY, GIVE ME THAT SITE WITH THE COAL GASIFICATION PLANT. THAT'S REALLY THE ONE THAT I WANT, DESPITE BEING ON THE BANKS OF THE SAN PEDRO CREEK. UM, BUT IF WE DO NOT INVEST IN IT, NOBODY ELSE WILL. AND I THINK WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION, AS YOU KNOW, THIS MAJORITY HISPANIC CITY IN THE US THAT SEEN SO, SO MANY TRAGIC THINGS HAPPEN TO MEXICAN AMERICANS HERE. BUT ALSO SO MANY BEAUTIFUL THINGS HAPPEN, LIKE WE HEARD THIS MORNING. I THINK, UM, IT IS A BURDEN I WILL TAKE ON WILLINGLY, UH, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S NOT MY TOURS . NO, JUST KIDDING. UM, IT IS A BURDEN I WILL TAKE ON WILLINGLY BECAUSE I THINK IT IS, UH, IT'S SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND, UM, AND FOR MY PARENTS. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. UM, LASTLY, UM, ONE THING THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO US WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS ITEM AT COMMITTEE, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO, WAS THAT, UH, GREAT, IT'S GONNA BE THIS LATINO FOCUSED THEATER, BUT ARE WE GOING TO, ARE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ENJOY IT, UH, AND PARTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, ATTEND SOME OF THE EVENTS? SO, UH, VERONICA I WAS HOPING YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW, HOW YOU WORKED ON THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION WE HAD WAS, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK THERE? WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT THIS WORKS FOR THEM TOO, THAT THEY WILL ALSO HAVE A LIVING WAGE. AND I, I WANNA THANK, UH, ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE, UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE COMMITTEE FOR, UH, FOR MAKING THOSE POINTS AND BRINGING THEM FORWARD. SO VERONICA, IF YOU COULD PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THAT. YES, YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, UH, THE, WE DID SPEAK WITH THE ALMAHA THEATER CONSERVANCY BOARD, AND IT IS A, IT'S A SMALL BOARD TO START. UH, SO THAT IS, I WANNA RECOGNIZE BOARD MEMBER LORI HOUSTON. SHE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. SHE REPRESENTS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. ON THE BOARD, WE HAVE TONY CANES FROM BEXAR COUNTY. WE HAVE MR. PETE CORTEZ REPRESENTING LA FAMI CORTEZ, AND WE HAVE JOYCE SLOCUM FROM TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO. SO WE IMMEDIATELY, UH, WENT TO THE BOARD AND ASKED THEM ABOUT, UH, BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES. ONE, IS THERE A LIVING WAGE THAT CAN BE, UH, HONORED AND A COMMITMENT THAT CAN BE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD SO THAT THE, UH, BOTH THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CONSERVANCY AND THEIR MAIN SUBCONTRACTORS COMMIT TO PAYING THAT TO, TO THEIR WORKERS. AND THEN TWO, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THE THEATER, UH, REALLY REMAINS, REMAINS, UM, A COMMITMENT TO THE CITY, WHICH WAS ANYONE COULD GO THERE. YOU, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE SOMEONE OF, OF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MEANS TO BE ABLE TO GO. SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY, ALL OF OUR CITIZENS, CAN CONTINUE TO GO TO THE, TO THE THEATER ONCE IT IS OPEN? SO, UH, THEY IMMEDIATELY CONSULTED WITH, UH, MICHAEL KAISER, WHO HAS BEEN, WHO WAS THE ONE THAT DID THE VENUE STUDY AND HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONSERVANCY ON THE REDESIGN AND THIS WHOLE PROJECT AND THE CITY, AND, UH, CAME UP WITH SOME BEST PRACTICES. SO WE TALKED ABOUT TWO THINGS. ONE, THEY DID ADOPT A LIVING WAGE COMMITMENT. SO IT IS A WRITTEN COMMITMENT FROM THE CONSERVANCY. IT IS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE FUNDING AGREEMENT THAT THEY WILL PAY. THERE'S THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR MAIN SUBCONTRACTORS, UH, A LIVING WAGE, WHICH WILL BE EQUAL TO WHATEVER THE CITY ADOPTS. SO IT IS FLEXIBLE. SO AS WE ADJUST THAT, THEY WILL TOO. AND THEN SECOND, THEY AGREED THAT THERE WOULD BE A COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE MANY DISCOUNTED TICKETS. SO NOT JUST GROUP SALES. I THINK A LOT OF THEATERS DO THAT, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS OF VETERANS AND OTHER WAYS SUCH AS RUSH TICKETS. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS, BUT COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, UH, INTRODUCED ME TO THAT. SO IT'S SOMETHING THEY DO AT BROADWAY WHERE YOU COULD SHOW UP THE DAY OF A PERFORMANCE, AND THERE'S A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS, BUT THEY'RE AVAILABLE DAY OF AT A VERY DISCOUNTED PRICE. SO YOU COULD GO TO THE BOX OFFICE, SOMETIMES IT'S ONLINE. SO THE CONSERVANCY'S COMMITTED TO EXPLORING THAT AND OFFERING THAT. UM, SO I WILL SAY THAT THEY TOOK THOSE QUESTIONS VERY SERIOUSLY AND THEY DIDN'T JUST SAY THEY WOULD DO IT, THEY WROTE IT. AND IT IS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE FUNDING AGREEMENT. THANK YOU, VERONICA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THAT. AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE CONSERVANCY, THANK [01:20:01] YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THAT, UH, VERY SERIOUSLY. SO THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. UM, WITH THAT, I'M, I'M DELIGHTED TO, TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM. AND I GUESS ONE LAST THING, UM, VERONICA, WE, WE STILL NEED $14 MILLION. YES. CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YES. SO THE FINAL BUDGET THAT'S NEEDED FOR THEATER IS $28 MILLION. WE DO HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE FROM STATE AND FEDERAL HISTORIC TAX CREDITS. SO THEY'VE BEEN APPLIED FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVALS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. SO WE WILL, WE DO KNOW THAT WE CAN ACCESS THOSE CREDITS. SO THAT REDUCES OUR FUNDING GAP TO 14 MILLION. UH, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE PLANNED TO VOTE ON THEIR $7 MILLION MATCH LATER THIS MONTH, AND THIS FUNDING, UH, WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE FINISH THE THEATER. AND IT DOES EVERYTHING FUN. IT DOES THE SEATS, THE FINISHES, IT FINISHES OUT THE CAFE SPACE NEXT TO IT. UM, IT REALLY, UH, RESTORES THE PUBLIC ART THAT'S IN THE THEATER, LIKE THE BLACKLIGHT, HISTORIC MURALS. UM, SO EVERYTHING THAT MAKES IT A FULLY FUNCTIONING SPACE, IF YOU'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO TOUR IT, AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVEN'T, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE YOU BY ANY TIME. UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S, IT'S IN DECENT CONDITION, BUT YOU CERTAINLY COULDN'T HOLD ANY KIND OF PERFORMANCES THERE IN ITS CURRENT STATE. SO THE FUNDING WILL ENSURE THAT THE THEATER CAN BE FINISHED, AND WE'VE HAD TO ADJUST THOSE NUMBERS, UM, DURING THE PANDEMIC. SO THE LONGER WE WAIT, THE MORE EXPENSIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GET. SO, UH, WE HAVE ADJUSTED AND ACCOUNTED FOR ALL THAT THE RISING MATERIALS COST. SO THIS IS THE FINAL PRICE, AND WE ALL FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THIS COMMITMENT WILL HELP US FINISH THE PROJECT. UH, BUT YOU WOULD STILL NEED TO RAISE THE 14 MILLION. NO, MA'AM. THE 7 MILLION FROM THE CITY MATCHED BY THE 7 MILLION. OH, I'M FROM THE COUNTY THAT CLOSES THE GAP, AND THAT'S IT. OH, ALRIGHT. WELL THEN LET'S DO IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER BILS. THANKS. UM, I'VE, I, A LOT OF US SPEND OUR TIME IN SENIOR CENTERS. UH, ACTUALLY ALL OF US SPEND OUR TIME IN, IN SENIOR CENTERS QUITE OFTEN. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE THE MOST ABOUT VISITING THE SENIORS IN, IN THE, AT THE BOB ROSS SENIOR CENTER, IS HEARING THEIR STORIES OF WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN. AND SO MANY OF THEM TELL THE STORIES OF HOW THEY WOULD DRESS UP IN THEIR BEST OUTFITS, RIGHT? AND THE LADIES WOULD SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON AND A LOT OF TIME MAKING UP THEIR HAIR AND THEIR PRETTY DRESSES. AND THEY WOULD ALL TAKE THEIR SHINY CAR THAT THEY WOULD WASH THE NIGHT BEFORE AND GO TO THE ALAMEDA THEATER, UM, TO SEE AND BE SEEN, RIGHT? AND IT WAS, UH, AND IT WAS FOR EVERYBODY. AND IT WASN'T FOR, IT WASN'T THE THEATER FOR RICH PEOPLE, IT WAS THE THEATER FOR IT, FOR THE COMMON MAN, RIGHT? UM, AND EVERYONE TELLS THAT STORY. UH, AND I'M DELIGHTED THAT WE'RE BRINGING BACK THAT ICON FOR THEM. UM, AND MY HOPE IS, AND MY EXPECTATION IS, IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ROPE IN, UM, THE SENIOR CENTERS, RIGHT? TO BRING THOSE FOLKS BACK TO THEIR THEATER. UH, I THINK THEY'LL BE, I THINK THEY'LL BE VERY PROUD OF, OF, OF SEEING THEIR THEATER WITH THE LIGHTS ON AGAIN AND SEEING THE MOVIES OF THEIR YOUTH. UH, I, I THINK THAT THIS IS, WELL, EVERYBODY USES THE WORD ICONIC, BUT THIS IS LITERALLY AN ICON. UH, AND WE, UM, AND I THINK THAT INVESTING IN THIS IS AS IMPORTANT AS INVESTING IN THE MISSIONS, UM, IN INVESTING IN THE MAJESTIC THEATER, INVESTING IN RESTORING, UH, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ASSETS AT HEMISPHERE, MAKING SURE THAT OUR TOWER, THE AMERICAS, UH, REMAINS, UH, BEAUTIFUL AND, UH, AND ALLURING AND, UM, DOING WHAT BROOKS DID TO BRING BACK, UM, THE GLORY OF THAT MED SCHOOL, RIGHT? MAKING SURE THAT WE PRESERVE HANGER NINE DOWN AT BROOKS, MAKING SURE THAT THE ALAMO IS PRESERVED AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THE SANT STAYS STANDING. THIS IS JUST AS IMPORTANT. UM, AND IT, IT RANKS VERY HIGH FOR ME, UM, AS, AS THOSE THINGS THAT GREAT CITIES DO. GREAT CITIES TAKE CARE OF THEIR ICONS, RIGHT? CITIES WITHOUT ICONS AIN'T THAT GREAT. SO, UH, ALONG THOSE LINES, UH, I WANNA TELL YOU, UM, COUNCILMAN ADRIANA ROCHE GARCIA AND MYSELF RECENTLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, UH, TONY PLANA, UH, UGLY BETTY'S DAD. UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE'S, UH, ALSO FROM HEFE FROM THE, UH, WHAT WAS IT FROM THE THREE AMIGOS, RIGHT? COUNCILMAN. AND, UH, HE AND OUR SENIOR CENTERS HAVE, UH, REALLY DEVELOPED A NEAT PROGRAM WHERE THEY PULL THE SENIORS INTO, UH, ACTING CLASSES. AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, EVERY SENIOR CENTER THEN PUTS ON, YOU KNOW, THEIR SHOW. UM, AND IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL PROGRAM, UH, THAT FEATURES THE VERY SENIORS I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. UM, MY HOPE IS ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT MY HOPE. MY REQUEST IS, AND MY EXPECTATION IS, IS THAT WE BAKE THAT PROGRAM, THE SENIORS AT PLAY PROGRAM, INTO THE ALAMEDA THEATER PROGRAMMING, UM, AND MAYBE EVEN HAVE THEIR, YOU KNOW, END OF YEAR AWARD SHOW THERE, UH, WHERE WE CAN FEATURE THESE SENIORS AT PLAY IN THEIR THEATER, WHERE THEY USED TO WATCH THEIR FAVORITE SUPERSTARS ON THE SCREEN. UM, I, I, MY REQUEST ALSO IS THAT, PETE, YOU HELP US DO THAT. UM, [01:25:01] I THINK THAT WHEN I TALK TO THESE FOLKS, THEY ALSO SAY THAT BEFORE THEIR, BEFORE THEIR THEATER DATE OR AFTER THEIR THEATER DATE, THEY'D GO TO EL MEDICO, UH, AND, UH, THEY'D GO SEE YOU GUYS. AND SO I THINK THERE'S A TIE THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST NATURAL, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR YOU TO, TO HELP US CELEBRATE. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, THIS IS PERSONAL FOR ME, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY GROWING UP IN BOGOTA, UM, THERE WAS ONLY MEXICAN THEATER IN COLUMBIA. THERE WAS NO, THERE WAS NO LATIN AMERICAN THEATER OTHER THAN MEXICAN THEATER, THEATER, UH, BACK THEN. AND, UH, I REMEMBER SEEING ALL THE MOVIES, ALL THE CANTEEN FLOW'S, MOVIES, ELTO AND EL AND, UH, AND TO THINK THAT THERE'S GONNA BE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE I GET TO TAKE MY KIDS TO AN OLD THEATER LIKE THE ONE I USED TO GO TO. UH, WELL, UH, I'LL INVEST IN THAT FOR SURE, EVERY TIME. THANKS, UH, TREY JACOBSON, THANKS TO THE TEAM OVER AT THE FOUNDATION FOR, UH, FOR FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU VERONICA, FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE TOUR THE OTHER DAY. IT WAS WONDERFUL. AND I, I TOO AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I THINK, UM, THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD ON A, ON A VERY SPECIAL DAY, AND WE JUST CELEBRATED, UM, THEY TALKED ABOUT INCLUSIVITY AND EMPOWERMENT THIS MORNING, AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS, UM, PERFECT TIE IN. AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO. SO, UM, THE EDA WAS THE ONLY THEATER WHERE MY PARENTS FELT WELCOME. THEY ONLY SPEAK SPANISH. AND SO, UM, I, UH, GOT TO GO THERE AND ACTUALLY IT WAS JUST THE EDA AND THE ZOO WHERE MY PARENTS FELT LIKE THEY COULD TAKE ME. AND, AND THEY, THEY FELT WELCOME. AND SO, UM, IT USED TO BE FOR, FOR MY PARENTS, THEY USED TO TALK ABOUT , RIGHT? AND SO, THE GLORY DAYS, AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE, THE INVESTMENT IN THIS TO REALLY CELEBRATE OUR CULTURE. AND SO YOU MENTIONED, UM, THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE MEXICAN CONSULATE WHO HAVE HAD OFFICES THERE. MY OFFICE WAS THERE, UM, WHEN I FIRST STARTED OFF, UH, AFTER COLLEGE. AND, UM, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO CONSIDER THAT THIS COULD BE A, A PACKAGE DEAL, RIGHT? AND SO COUNCILMAN BELAYS, UM, MENTIONED EARLIER HOW FOLKS WOULD GO TO MEET THERA, FOR INSTANCE, AFTERWARDS, AFTER THE MOVIES. AND SO I'VE HEARD THOSE STORIES MYSELF, AND EVERYBODY KIND OF THINKS ABOUT IT. I'M EXCITED BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT THE COMPLETION IS GONNA BE IN 2023. SO WE STILL HAVE AN ENTIRE YEAR OF PROGRAMMING TO THINK FOR THEIR 75TH ANNIVERSARY, WHICH WOULD HAPPEN IN 2024, UM, SINCE THE, THE, IF WE TAKE THE 1949 DATE, RIGHT? AND SO I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME PROGRAMMING, UM, THAT ALSO, LIKE COUNCILMAN HAS MENTIONED, ENCOMPASSES SOME OF OUR SENIORS. AND THAT AWARD CEREMONY TO, TO MAYBE KICK OFF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EL THEATER WITH OUR SENIORS, WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I, I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT. UM, AND BY THE WAY, CONGRATULATIONS. 'CAUSE I KNOW RA CELEBRATING THEIR 80TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, SO YOU ALL WERE THERE JUST BEFORE THE . UM, AND SO, UM, I, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FAMILY CELEBRATIONS THAT CAN CONTINUE TO, TO HAPPEN DOWNTOWN, UH, AND THE HISTORY THAT OUR, OUR KIDS AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN EVENTUALLY WOULD, WILL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE. UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON BRINGING LATINO FILM TO SAN ANTONIO AND THE MAYOR, AND ERIC AND I MET WITH JESSE BOREGO RECENTLY. WE'VE BEEN HAVING OTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS WHO WANT TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO THE, UM, THE PLACE FOR HISPANIC FILM. AND SO THE MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR RELEASED, UM, UH, UH, ANOTHER STUDY THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, BY THE WAY, PROVES THAT HISPANICS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO THE THEATER. AND SO THIS IS OUR MARKET. UM, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE STILL CAST IN A LOT OF STEREOTYPICAL ROLES, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK THAT THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REENGAGE AND TO PROVE THAT WE CAN, UM, DO THIS IN SAN ANTONIO THE WAY THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. UM, AND I THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO SHOWCASE. SO THE ART EVERYWHERE INITIATIVE, I GOT TO ATTEND THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH COUNCILMAN BAR BRAVO AND WITH, UM, ANDY RODRIGUEZ AND ANDRE JACOBSON. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S AN EXCELLENT WAY TO START GETTING PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THIS CONSTRUCTION. UM, WE, UH, CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE REMODELING IS COMPLETE. AND THEN THERE'S, BY THE WAY, I'VE ALSO DONE A, A GHOST TOUR AT THE ALAMEDA. HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT FOR ANYBODY TO TRY OUT. UM, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO INVEST IN THIS. UM, WE JUST, UH, OPENED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE, AND I THINK IT'S JUST A PERFECT TIMING TO INVEST IN OUR HERITAGE AND TO PRESERVE, UM, THE, THE CULTURAL HERITAGE THAT THE IS. SO, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK, AND I'LL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERONICA TEAM AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED AND THEIR CONTINUED WORK ON THIS PROJECT. IT'S A GEM, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE IT RESTORED. THIS THEATER HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ASSET, SO PLEASED TO SEE IT MAGNIFIED, UH, ADDING TO SAN ANTONIO'S CULTURAL, UH, CHARM. UH, WHEN THIS WAS IN COMMITTEE, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS. I WANNA THANK, UH, VERONICA FOR ENSURING THAT WE SECURED [01:30:01] COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND ENSURING THAT WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE, UH, ACCESSIBLE, UM, SERVICES FROM EDUCATIONAL, UM, TO ENTERTAINMENT AND ENSURING THAT OUR WORKERS WILL HAVE A LIVABLE WAGE. UM, I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND TO SEE IT COME INTO FRUITION IN 2023. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I, I'LL TRY NOT TO REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY ELSE JUST SAID, BUT I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. UM, I CHAIR THE INNER CITY TOURS, WHICH ISN'T THIS TOUR, BUT I CARE, ABSOLUTELY. I, I, UM, CARE ABOUT THE FOCUS OF TOURS. AND SO WHAT IT MEANS TO ME, UM, TO BE A TOURIST PROJECT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FOCUSED AND SPECIALIZED INVESTMENT IN AN AREA THAT HAS EXPERIENCED UNDER INVESTMENT, IT'S REVITALIZATION AND BEAUTIFICATION. UM, IT'S INCREASED ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND IT CREATES ACCESS TO AMENITIES THAT MAKE LIFE BEAUTIFUL. UM, IT CAN BE RESTORATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND CULTURAL STAPLES LIKE THIS ONE. AND I THINK MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S NON AID OR SIDE DISH TO, TO GENTRIFICATION. UM, AND SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR COMMITTING TO DISCOUNT TICKETING. UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A FOCUS IN TARGETED ZIP CODES, UM, AS ONE OF THE POTENTIAL OPTIONS WITHIN THAT. AND I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, UM, COMMITTING AND FIGHTING FOR A LIVABLE WAGE FOR EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS. AND I'M GLAD THAT IT'S TIED TO, UH, THE CITY'S MINIMUM WAGE. I THINK THAT, UH, CREATES A PUSH FOR US AS WELL TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEADING. UM, I'LL END BY SAYING THAT THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOUR PROJECTS TO DATE, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'VE TRIED TO PAY SOME SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THIS PROJECT BECAUSE, UH, I THINK ALL OF US WHO HAVE WORKED DOWNTOWN OVER THE LAST 20 OR 30 YEARS HAVE, HAVE SEEN THE ALAMEDA AND HAVE WONDERED, YOU KNOW, WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE REHABILITATED? WILL IT EVER, UH, RETURN TO ITS PAST GLORY? WILL, UH, WILL WE SEE, UH, UH, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE HISPANIC WORLD COME AND TRY AND FORM THERE? AND THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR ALMOST 27 YEARS. AND, UH, I KNOW THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER GREAT VENUES IN THE CITY. AND IT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAD TO THINK ABOUT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE TOBIN, WE'VE GOT THE MAJESTIC, WE'VE GOT THE CHARLENE MCCOMBS, WE'VE GOT THE AZTEC, THE COCKRELL THEATER, THE CARVER. UH, WE, WE EVEN PUT $10 MILLION INTO THE SUNKEN GARDENS THEATER, OF COURSE, AN OUTDOOR VENUE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE EDA, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT 7 MILLION INTO THAT. I RECOGNIZE THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, UH, OF THIS. AND I KNOW, UH, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THIS CITY RECOGNIZE THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL IMPORTANCE OF THE ALAMEDA. AND, UH, ITS CONTINUED REDEVELOPMENT AND OPENING. UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WAS THINKING OF, UH, ANOTHER ARTISTIC GEM IN THIS CITY THAT'S REALLY STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S THE SAN ANTONIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. WE'RE PUTTING 7 MILLION INTO THE ALAMEDA. WE'VE PUT MANY, MANY MILLIONS INTO THE ALAMEDA OVER THE LAST 27 YEARS. THERE PROBABLY HAVE NOT BEEN MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF PERFORMANCES THERE THAT HAVE DRAWN MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE OVER THAT 27 YEARS. BUT OUR ORCHESTRA HAS BROUGHT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO, UH, THEIR PERFORMANCES OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME. AND, UH, SO AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT 7 MILLION FOR THE ALAMEDA AND THE MATCH THAT THE, THE COUNTY'S GONNA PUT IN, I CAN'T HELP BUT THINKING, WHAT CAN WE ALSO DO AT THE SAME TIME TO SAVE OUR ORCHESTRA? WHAT KIND OF A COMMITMENT CAN WE MAKE, UH, IN THAT AREA? I'M WILLING TO, UM, SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT. UM, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR ORCHESTRA AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. AND AGAIN, THE, THE ITEM WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY IS ALAM MAUS. SO LET'S KEEP THE COMMENTS TO, UM, THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, UM, OUR CITY IN OUR COUNTY CAME TOGETHER AND THEY MADE THIS COMMITMENT OVER 27 YEARS AGO. AND SINCE THEN, UH, INVESTING IN THE ALAMEDA THEATER HAS BEEN REAFFIRMED BY ADDITIONAL COUNCILS AND SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY. AND NOT ONLY DOES IT HAVE A RICH HISTORY AND WILL BE A GREAT CENTER FOR CULTURE AND OFFER UNIQUE CULTURE HERE [01:35:01] IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT I, I LOOKED AT THE SEATING CAPACITY OF, UH, THIS THEATER AND COMPARED IT TO OTHER THEATERS. AND I ACTUALLY FOUND THAT THIS THEATER IS A BARGAIN COMPARED TO A LOT OF THEATERS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SEATING CAPACITY. UM, SO IT IS A, IT, IT IS A, A GOOD DEAL. AND I'M NOT GONNA PIT ONE ART PROJECT AGAINST ANOTHER, OR ONE THEATER AGAINST ANOTHER, OR INVESTMENTS, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT A LOT OF DIFFERENT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT THEATERS. AND, UM, SO I, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, GREAT PROJECT. FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PICTURES AND THE HISTORY OF THIS FACILITY, UM, UNFORTUNATELY I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE TOUR THE OTHER DAY, BUT MY STAFF DID, AND THEY REALLY ENJOYED IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE TAKE THE HISTORICAL, UH, SIGNIFICANCE OUT FOR JUST A MOMENT, LET'S, CAN YOU BRING UP THAT CHART THAT SHOWS THE SPENDING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST? I AM VERY SORRY, BUT I, WELL, CAN I JUMP BACK IN THE QUEUE? 'CAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. I, I FEEL LIKE YOU JUST SAID, TAKE THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OUT AND THAT'S LIKE ERASING MEXICAN AMERICAN COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL CULTURE, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDAL. APPRECIATE THAT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HAS A FLOOR, HE IS ADDRESSED TO QUESTIONS OF THE STAFF. IF YOU'D LIKE TO QUEUE BACK IN, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT. I THINK, I THINK WE'RE PULLING IT UP, BUT THE, UH, SLIDE SHOWS THAT, OKAY, THERE WE GO. UH, THAT THE BUDGET FOR THIS LAST REST, OR FOR THIS RESTORATION EFFORT IS $37 MILLION. AND THE CITY HAS CONTRIBUTED 5.7 MILLION OF THIS MOST RECENT REVITALIZATION EFFORT. AND THE COUNTY HAS ALMOST MATCHED THAT WITH $5.2 MILLION. OKAY. AND HOW MUCH DID WE ACTUALLY PURCHASE IT FOR? IT WAS JUST UNDER A MILLION, SO LIKE $900,000. OKAY. UM, AND I, I UNDERSTAND THIS LAST COMMENT. I UNDERSTAND, LIKE I SAID, THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, BUT LET'S LOOK AT THE COST OF THIS FACILITY. AND WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING IS, UM, YOU KNOW, A, A PRETTY SIZABLE CHUNK, ANOTHER $7 MILLION INTO IT. YES. SO WHAT DOES THAT ALL TOTAL UP ON? WHAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN THIS FACILITY OVER THE YEARS? SO IF WE GO BACK TO INCLUDE THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SURE, SURE. IF WE GO BACK TO WHEN WE PURCHASED THE BUILDING IN 1994, INCLUDING ALL THE FUNDS WE'VE PUT INTO REPAIRS OVER THE YEARS, EARLY FUNDS SPENT ON STABILIZATION, THE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPENSE, UH, BEFORE THIS 7 MILLION, 'CAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED YET, IT'S, UH, $20.8 MILLION FROM THE CITY. THE COUNTY HAS CONTRIBUTED 16 MILLION AS WELL TOWARDS THE EFFORT. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE T P R HEADQUARTERS PROJECT, WHICH IS PART OF THE LARGER COMPLEX, THEY PUT IN $5 MILLION INTO BUILDING THEIR, TO THEIR SPACE AS WELL. OKAY. AND LOOKING AT THIS TOTAL, TOTAL COST AND THE FUTURE OF THIS FACILITY, AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE BOARD, UH, PARTICULARLY THE CORTEZ FAMILY FOR TAKING THE LEAD IN THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS GREAT. MY CONCERN IS THE FUTURE IS, IS THIS THE END OF THE MONEY GOING INTO THE FACILITY? I GUESS THAT'S WHAT MY CONCERN IS AT THIS POINT. SURE. WE'RE, WE'RE USING TURS MONEY ON THIS MM-HMM. , AND IT, IT'S, IT'S GREAT THAT THE DOWNTOWN TUR CAN, CAN OF AFFORD THIS. THAT'S FANTASTIC. UM, BUT IS, IS THIS KIND OF LIKE THE END OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COMPLETE AND USABLE FACILITY, AND IS IT GONNA BE SELF-SUSTAINING MM-HMM. WITH THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE IN THE FUTURE? CAN SURE. IS THAT THE END GAME AFTER THIS AMOUNT? YES, THAT IS, THAT IS THE GOAL. THAT IS THE END GAME. AS I MENTIONED, THE COST OF COMPLETING THIS THEATER HAS GONE UP, ESPECIALLY WITH JUST EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH MATERIALS PRICES. SO, UH, WE HAVE HAD TO ADJUST THAT ASK TO, UH, TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. SO WE DO FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THIS 7 MILLION MATCHED WITH THE COUNTY'S INVESTMENT WILL COMPLETE THE PROJECT. TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN ABOUT ONGOING OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. AND THE, UH, CONSERVANCY UNDERSTANDS THAT AS WELL. THEY'VE COMMITTED TO FUNDRAISING. THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST RAISING OPERATIONAL SUPPORT DOLLARS THAT BY THROUGH THE AREA FOUNDATION. SO THEY WILL CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS. I WILL ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR EFFORTS, UM, TO DO FUNDRAISING FOR THIS PROJECT. THEY HAD A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN, AND THEY WERE SET TO RAISE BOTH CAPITAL DOLLARS FOR THE THEATER [01:40:01] AS WELL AS, UM, TRYING TO RAISE $3 MILLION IN OPERATIONAL FUNDS TO GET THEM THROUGH THESE FIRST YEARS OF OPERATING ONCE THE THEATER OPENS. UM, AND THEN THAT WAS ALL PUT ON HOLD BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, BECAUSE THE CONSERVANCY RECOGNIZED THAT WHILE YES, OUR SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY DOES GIVE TO THE ARTS AND PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THEY REALLY DIDN'T WANNA BE COMPETING WITH THAT. THERE WERE MUCH LARGER NEEDS AT THE TIME. SO THEY, UM, THEY DECIDED TO JUST PUT ALL THAT ON HOLD, BUT THEY OF COURSE, WILL BE RESUMING THOSE EFFORTS SO THAT THEY CAN RAISE THE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. UM, SO THE PLAN IS NOT TO HAVE ONGOING CITY OR COUNTY SUPPORT, ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE NEEDED AT SOME POINT, AND THEY CAN GO THROUGH THE CHANNELS TO APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDS. LIKE ANY OF THE OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR CITY, WE DO HAVE GRANTS TO SUPPORT MANY OF THEM. UM, BUT THE THOUGHT IS THAT THE THEATER ITSELF WITH TICKET SALES, UM, THERE IS A LOBBY AND THERE IS A CAFE SPACE BUILT IN. THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL, UH, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE THAT WILL ALSO COULD BE FINISHED OUT, NOT WITH THIS SUPPORT, BUT THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS OR OTHER EFFORTS. SO THAT COULD BE A FUTURE REVENUE SOURCE, UM, WITH A TENANT IN THERE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS FOR THEM TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SELF-SUSTAINING WITH THE OPERATIONS OF THIS THEATER SPACE. OKAY. UM, SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE ANY REASON THAT THE CITY SHOULD KEEP OWNING THIS FACILITY AND NOT SELL IT OR, UM, YES. MAKE SOME KIND OF TRANSFER TO THIS, TO THIS ORGANIZATION? I, I WOULD SAY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY TO OWN THE ALAMEDA THEATER. IT IS A CULTURAL ASSET. IT IS APPRECIATED BY THE COMMUNITY AS WE OWN IT. WE HAVE THAT, THAT OWNERSHIP CONTROL OF MAKING SURE THAT WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS WHAT WE WANNA SEE THERE. SO I WOULD SAY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE OWNING THE SITE, OPERATING THE SITE, AND WORKING WITH THE NONPROFIT ENTITY THAT WE SELECT TO ENSURE THAT THE VISION AND WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS WHAT WE WANT. OKAY. DO WE OWN ANY OTHER THEATERS HERE IN TOWN? WE OWN THE MAJESTIC THEATER. WE OWN THE LILA COCKRELL THEATER. I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULDN'T GET TO THE ALMO DOOMA THEATER, BUT THEY HAVE PERFORMING ARTS AND SURE. SHOWS THERE. MAGIC THEATER. UM, THE, THE MAGIC THEATER THEATER, THE, UH, YEAH. THE WHICH ONE? THE PUBLIC THEATER. OH, YES. YEAH. WE LIKE TO COLLECT THEM. . OKAY. WELL, AGAIN, I TOTALLY GET IT. I UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS FACILITY INTO THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, THE HERITAGE THAT'S THERE. UM, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE DEALING WITH TAXPAYER MONEY HERE, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, YES, THIS IS INDEED REQUIRED. UH, AGAIN, COMING OUT OF THE TURS, I'M, I'M NOT A MEMBER OF THAT TURS TO, UM, HELP MAKE THAT DECISION. WE DO VOTE ON THAT HERE MM-HMM. ON THE COUNCIL. MM-HMM. . YES. UM, BUT IF THAT TURS IS SAYING THIS IS, THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT THIS MONEY INTO THIS FACILITY, I'LL, I'LL SUPPORT THAT. UH, BUT I, I REALLY LIKE TO HEAR THAT THAT TONE OF THIS IS, THIS IS KIND OF IT, AND THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE TASKED OR LOOKING AT CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING OR, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OR WHATEVER, UH, FOR THIS FACILITY OUT THERE. SO, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE WORDS AND, UH, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON THIS. BUT, UH, YEAH, I'LL SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE SPECIFICALLY, UM, FOR A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT ALREADY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VERONICA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA, UH, THANK YOU, VERONICA, FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK YOU DID ON THIS, UM, THE INVITES TO GO SEE THE THEATER, EVEN THOUGH MY SCHEDULE WAS PACKED, BUT GETTING ME OUT THERE TO SEE IT REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE. AND YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB ON, UH, COMMUNICATING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT. I JUST WANNA STRESS THAT THIS IS AN INVESTMENT. IT'S THE INVESTMENT IN THE PRIORITIES OUR CITY HAS SET FORWARD, WHICH IS HISTORIC PRESERVATION. AND WE ARE HONORING A LEGACY STARTED BY OUR FORMER MAYOR, UH, LILA COCKRELL AND THE MCALLISTERS, AND JUST THE WOMEN THAT CAME BEFORE AND SAID PRESERVATION WAS A PRIORITY. SO THIS IS WHY, AND I WISH PRESERVATION WAS CHEAPER, BUT IT IS NOT CHEAP. NOT AT ALL. SO IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN OUR, UH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION. IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN GETTING SAN ANTONIO TO BE THE LEADER WHEN IT COMES TO MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS. AND I WANNA THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FOR, FOR BRINGING THE ATTENTION TODAY, UM, WITH, WITH THIS, UM, WITH THIS, WE ARE GETTING ON THE MAP THAT MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS IS [01:45:01] IMPORTANT, AND THAT YOU LOOK TO SAN ANTONIO TO TELL THAT STORY. SO I THINK THAT'S KEY. AND IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC ART, A BLACKLIGHT MURAL. I'M LIKE, COME ON, WHAT WERE, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? BUT IT'S THERE AND WE'LL RESTORE IT. AND IF THE BOND GIVES US ALL THOSE PUBLIC ART DOLLARS THAT WE ARE EXPECTING, I EXPECT SOME OF IT TO GO TOWARDS THE, UM, TO THE ELEMENT OF THE THEATER. UH, THE ONE THING I DO WANNA STRESS AND, AND IN AGREEMENT IS THAT MAYBE WE, THE CONSERVANCY EXPANDS THEIR BOARD BECAUSE I REALLY WANT, I FEEL IN, IN MY BONES THAT WITH TICKET SALES AND PROGRAMMING, THAT THIS THEATER COULD BE SELF, SELF-SUSTAINING, THAT WHEN PROJECTS COME UP AND CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS ARE NEEDED, THAT THEY CAN DO THIS THROUGH THE CONSERVANCY AND NOT HAVE TO COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR, FOR HELP WITH THE CITY, MAYBE IN UPKEEPING THAT PUBLIC ART. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THAT THIS THEATER CAN DO IT BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO SUCH A RICH HISTORY TO A COMMUNITY, AND IT HITS SO MUCH OF WHAT WE PRIORITIZE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING YES ON THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEY ARE COMMITTED TO EXPANDING THE BOARD. I THINK THEIR, THEIR BYLAWS STATE HAVING 10 TO 15 BOARD MEMBERS. UM, SO THEY WILL BE BRINGING MORE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PROGRAMMING AND ALL OF THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS. THANK YOU. NOT, NOT A A LONG COMMENT OR REBUTTAL, ANYTHING I HEARD. UH, I, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, THIS IS AN ART DECO, UH, TREASURE, RIGHT? AND WE'VE GOT A SISTER CITY MAYOR, UH, WHO JUST GOT RECOGNIZED BY UNESCO FOR ITS ART DECO VILLAGE. UM, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE OUGHT TO BE RUBBING IN THEIR FACE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TIME WE'RE TALKING TO 'EM. 'CAUSE WE ARE, WE ARE ALSO, UH, IMPORTANT IN THE WORLD OF ART DECO. BUT SERIOUSLY, UH, YOU KNOW, TREY AND, AND THE FOUNDATION, THIS IS A REALLY NEAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE WEBSITE TO GET BEEFED UP. I'M LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW, AND THERE'S NO MENTION OF WHO DESIGNED IT AND YOU KNOW, WHERE IT SITS IN CONTEXT OF OTHER ART, ART DECO BUILDINGS IN SAN ANTONIO AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IF WE'RE GONNA GET THE PUBLIC EXCITED ABOUT THIS, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO POINT TO SOMETHING. UM, ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S NO WIKIPEDIA MENTION OF THIS ALAMEDA THEATER, AND SO I, I THINK SOMEBODY NEEDS TREY JACOBSON GET ON THAT, WILL YOU? UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UH, THE, UM, AN IMMEDIATE REQUEST. I I, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY UP HERE ON THIS DIOCESE WOULD OBJECT TO YOU GUYS TAKING THIS AS A ROADSHOW TO OUR SENIOR CENTERS, UM, AND SHOWING OFF WHAT THE THEATER WAS, WHAT THE THEATER IS, AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. RIGHT. UM, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'LL, I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, BUT THAT'LL PUT A SMILE ON MY PEOPLE'S FACES. UM, AND SO, UM, PLEASE, UH, PLEASE DO THAT AND I'LL, I'LL ASK YOU ABOUT THAT SOON, UH, SO WE CAN CALENDAR IT. THANKS. OKAY. YOU CAN, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. UM, AND I'LL JUST WRAP UP, UH, JUST A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS. I MENTIONED A PETE OUT THERE. UM, I THINK I HAVEN'T BEEN MORE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY FOR PROBABLY 15 YEARS. AND IT'S BECAUSE I REMEMBER BEING IN THE AUDIENCE OF A, UH, SMALL, ACTUALLY NOT TOO SMALL FUNDRAISING EVENT THAT ERNEST BROMLEY PUT TOGETHER YEARS AGO. I THINK IT WAS IN THE MID TWO THOUSANDS, WHERE HE WAS ENVISIONING, UH, BRINGING THIS INCREDIBLE SPACE THAT HAD BEEN LYING DORMANT FOR MORE THAN A DECADE BACK TO LIFE, AND THE INSIG HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ALAMEDA THEATER AND WHERE IT IS AND WHAT LIFE IT COULD BREATHE INTO DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO. SO, UH, THE FACT THAT WE ARE HERE, UM, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, I BELIEVE TODAY WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THE ALAMEDA THEATER PROJECT IS ACTUALLY FULLY FUNDED WHEN THIS VOTE IS TAKEN. SO IT WILL GET DONE. I THINK IT'S A GREAT DAY TO CELEBRATE, BUT REMEMBER AGAIN, WHAT HAPPENS DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO REVERBERATES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT UNDERWAY THAT WE ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE TO ITS COMPLETION THAT IS HISTORIC, THAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL, THAT'S ECONOMIC, AND THAT'S THE SAN PEDRO CREEK PROJECT. UH, AND THIS WILL BE, UH, THE JEWEL AND THE CROWN OF THE SAN PEDRO CREEK. UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE SHOWS, UH, TO SEEING THE THRONGS OF PEOPLE, THE SEND BACK TO THE ALAMEDA, AND TRULY BRINGING ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SITES, UH, IN OUR ARTISTIC HERITAGE, UH, IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO BACK, UH, TO ITS, UM, FORMER GLORY. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS. I'M ANXIOUS TO PRESS THE VOTE BUTTON, UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING THERE, UH, WHEN WE WELCOME CROWDS AND, AND AUDIENCES FOR THE FIRST TIME AGAIN IN DECADES. SO, CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYBODY. UH, WITH THAT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF ITEM 21. PLEASE VOTE. [01:50:03] MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, THAT'S, THAT'S IT FOR OUR MORNING AGENDA. UH, I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A [City Manager's Report] CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, SO LEMME TURN OVER TO ERIC. THANKS, MAYOR. UH, TWO ITEMS. UH, ONE, I WANTED TO, UH, THE COUNCIL'S RECEIVED THE INVITATION, BUT THIS SUNDAY AT THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO, WE'LL BE, UH, HAVING OUR ANNUAL EMPLOYEE SERVICE APPRECIATION EVENT. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT LAST YEAR. UM, AND SO WE'VE INCLUDED EMPLOYEES, UH, THAT CELEBRATED, UH, MILESTONE ANNIVERSARIES WITH THE CITY FROM 2020, UH, AS WELL AS 2021, UH, AND ARE EXPECTING, UM, PROBABLY A LITTLE OVER 3000 FOLKS THERE THIS SUNDAY. SO A GREAT EVENT. UM, WE HAVE, UM, 12 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CELEBRATING A 35 YEARS OF SERVICE, THREE CELEBRATING 40 YEARS AND TWO, CELEBRATING 45 YEARS. SO, UH, WE'LL BE RECOGNIZING THEM THERE AND HOPE TO SEE THE COUNCIL OUT THERE ON SUNDAY. IT'S AN ALL DAY EVENT, UM, AND, UH, REALLY DESIGNED, UH, TO ALLOW, UM, THE, UH, EMPLOYEES TO SPEND TIME WITH EACH OTHER OFF WORK, UH, WITH THEIR FAMILIES. SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND THEN, UH, SECONDLY, UM, AND, AND HOPEFULLY I DON'T JINX IT, BUT, UM, I DO THINK IT'S WORTH, UM, NOTING THAT WE HAVE, UH, U T S A TRAVELING OUTTA TOWN TO UTEP ON E SS P N SATURDAY NIGHT, UH, COACH TRAY. AND THE, UH, THE TEAM, UH, RANKED NUMBER 16TH IN THE, UH, ASSOCIATED POLL AND ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL AND 18 IN THE U S A TODAY PRO, UH, UH, NOT IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS, BUT, UM, EVERYBODY GET ON TWITTER AND START PUSHING. UM, AND, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, UH, DETECTIVE RAINEY OVER HERE, UH, TO MY LEFT, UH, THE SUN IS ON THE TEAM, SO GOOD LUCK TO THE ROADRUNNERS THIS WEEKEND. AND THEN I'M, I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT WITHOUT MENTIONING, UH, THE, UM, NATIONALLY RANKED NUMBER 17TH, UH, TRINITY TIGERS WHO ARE TRAVELING TO BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN. SO GOOD LUCK TO COACH URBAN. THANKS. MAYOR WHO? EGG, AND WHAT ABOUT THE EGG, OR WHO ARE THE AGGIES PLAN? AUBURN. AUBURN. GOOD LUCK, . ALL RIGHT, THANKS ERIC. UM, ANYBODY ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL? IF NOT, UH, THE TIME IS [EXECUTIVE SESSION] NOW 11:11 AM ON THIS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021. THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 OR DELIBERATE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED ON THE NOVEMBER 3RD, 2021 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TO INCLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. THE TIME IS 12:11 PM ON THIS FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2021, CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. OUR MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. IF I CAN ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO COME BACK TO THE DAIS, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RESUME OUR MEETING. UH, WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA AT TIME, CERTAIN ONE O'CLOCK THE TIME IS 1:09 PM ON THIS FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2021. UH, WE'RE GONNA RECONVENE OUR COUNCIL MEETING TO HEAR ITEMS 24 AND 25, EXCUSE ME, 25 AND 26. UH, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON, ON THIS, UM, TIME, CERTAIN AGENDA. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE DO HAVE A 2:00 PM ZONING AGENDA. SO TO START US, UH, ON ITEM 25, LEMME TURN IT TO, UM, CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH. UH, ACTUALLY BEFORE WE DO THAT, ERIC, LEMME JUST GO AHEAD AND GET A, A ROLL AGAIN AS WE RECONVENE. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CABILLA BERDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALAZ. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. HERE. MAYOR NIERENBERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALRIGHT, WELCOME BACK [25. Briefing on Procurement Overview and Annual High Profile Forecast for Fiscal Year 2022 [Ben Gorzell, Chief Financial Officer; Troy Elliott, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Finance]] EVERYBODY. WE'LL START WITH ITEM 25. UM, CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH. THANK YOU MAYOR. COUNCIL, TWO ITEMS. UM, ONE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT. WE DO, UM, WE STARTED THIS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. UH, WE DO, UM, SEMI-ANNUAL AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE MOVE IT TO ANNUAL HIGH PROFILE SOLICITATION PRESENTATIONS TO THE COUNCIL FOR SOLICITATIONS THAT WE WILL BE GOING OUT INTO THE FUTURE. UM, AND IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO GIVE THE COUNCIL [01:55:01] AN EARLY PERSPECTIVE ON SOME OF THE MAJOR CONTRACTS. UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FROM YOU TODAY IS, UM, UM, FEEDBACK ON WHAT ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FROM OUR NORMAL CONTRACTING PROCESS, WHICH WE'LL RUN THROUGH COUNCILMAN, UM, PERRY'S, UM, AUDIT AND CONTRACT COMMITTEE. AND, AND RATHER HAVE THOSE GO THROUGH TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR PRES SOLICITATION AND POSTS SOLICITATION AT OUR B SESSIONS. AND WE'LL SCHEDULE THAT APPROPRIATELY OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. SO IT'S VERY HIGH LEVEL. TROY IS GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT WE ANTICIPATE FROM A HIGH PROFILE SOLICITATION FOR THE NEXT YEAR, AND, UH, AND WE'LL LOOK AT SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU. UH, THE SECOND ITEM IS A POST SOLICITATION, UH, PRESENTATION THAT RAZZI WILL GIVE ON, UM, UH, A 2017 BOND PROGRAM, UM, IN THE HEMISPHERE, CIVIL CIVIC PARK, UM, UH, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY PULLED OUT. AND SO TODAY YOU'LL HEAR THE POST SOLICITATION. WE'LL GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT TO, UH, TO COUNCIL QUICKLY. TROY, THANK YOU ERIC. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL. I THINK ERIC STOLE MY INTRO. UM, I KNOW WE HAVE TWO ITEMS TODAY, SO I'M GONNA TRY TO MOVE THROUGH FAIRLY QUICKLY. PRIOR TO STARTING THE PRESENTATION THOUGH, I WOULD LIKE TO PROBABLY JUST REEMPHASIZE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ERIC SAID. HISTORICALLY, I WOULD BE IN FRONT OF THIS BODY, UH, TWICE A YEAR, GIVING YOU A HIGH PROFILE FORECAST, GIVING YOU ALL A SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT IS TO BE COMING OVER THAT YEAR IN TERMS OF HIGH PROFILE. WE ARE LOOKING AT CHANGING THAT PROCESS TO BRING IT JUST TO BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME AND THE FULL CALENDARS COMING TO YOU IN THE ADVANCE OR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, PROVIDING THAT FORECAST, MAKING A RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT ITEMS OR WHAT PATH THOSE ITEMS SHOULD GO. SHOULD THEY BE GOING TO A B SESSION PRESENTATION OR SHOULD THEY BE GOING THROUGH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE? UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I THOUGHT THAT MAY BE OF VALUE IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH PROFILE, GIVEN SOME OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE, IS DOING A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. SOME OF THE THINGS, AND IF I COULD HAVE THE PRESENTATION COME UP AND MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE, GIVEN A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, TALKING ABOUT SOLICITATION TYPES THAT WE, UM, EMPLOY FOR PURCHASING OUR GOODS AND SERVICES. GETTING A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE PREFERENCE PROGRAMS, TALKING ABOUT THEN MOVING INTO THE HIGH PROFILE PROCESS FROM AN AUDIT ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE AND A CITY COUNCIL B SESSION. AND THEN GIVING Y'ALL A SNEAK PEEK AT THE HIGH PROFILE FORECAST AND GETTING Y'ALL'S INPUT BASED ON STAFF RECOMMENDATION GOING TO B SESSION AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, IF WE GOT THE, UM, IF WE GOT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS RIGHT OR IF Y'ALL LIKE TO MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND ON THAT FORECAST. UH, STARTING WITH SOLICITATION TYPES, THERE ARE FIVE PRIMARY SOLICITATION TYPES THAT WE USE. UM, YOU SEE THEM HERE WON'T GO, AND I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THEM IN DETAIL FROM AN INVITATION, UH, FOR BID THROUGH A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, STARTING WITH THE INVITATION FOR BID. THIS IS A STATUTE DRIVEN PROCUREMENT. YOU'RE GONNA COMMONLY HEAR IT TALKED ABOUT AS A LOW BID PROCUREMENT. UM, BASED ON THE STATUTE, THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT. UM, IT'S AN AWARD TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. WHAT IS A RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AND, UM, A RESPONSIBLE BIDDER? AND HOW DO WE DETERMINE A RESPONSIBLE BIDDER IS ON A LOW BID CONTRACT? DO THEY MEET BID SPECIFICATIONS? FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONDUCT SITE VISITS TO MAKE SURE THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, THEY CAN HAVE THE INVENTORY CAPACITY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM, WE DO REVIEW MEETINGS ON CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY AND THE CAPACITY TO ACTUALLY ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT. WE DO REFERENCE CHECKS AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT PAST PERFORMANCE. WE LOOK AT PAST PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF SCORECARDS ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE. AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT THE TYPE OF PERFORMANCE THEY'VE HAD IN THE PAST. AND IF WE'VE ISSUED THEM ANY TRUE LETTERS TO DETERMINE IF THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER ON THESE LOW BID CONTRACTS OR INVITATION FOR BIDS. CHANGE TO THE BID PRICE IS NOT PERMITTED. CITY COUNCIL HAS THE DISCRETION TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS, BUT YOU CANNOT PICK ONE BID OVER ANOTHER. LOW PRICE BASICALLY PREVAILS. THIS IS TYPICALLY GONNA BE USED FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES, VEHICLES, FURNITURE, AND AUTO PARTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THE NEXT ITEM IS A REQUEST FOR OFFER, OR WE COMMONLY REFER TO IF AN R F O. THIS IS ISSUED TO VENDORS TO BIND THEM TO CITY CONTRACTS. IT IS ALSO STATUTE DRIVEN. WE TYPICALLY USE THIS IN TWO INSTANCES FOR COOPERATIVES. UH, COOPERATIVES WE WILL TEND TO UTILIZE FOR SOMETHING THAT IS SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, SPECIALIZED FIRE TRUCKS OR BUNKER GEAR. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER, UM, AVENUE AT OUR DISPOSAL. ALSO A STATUTE DRIVEN IS WE USE IT FOR EXEMPT PURCHASES SUCH AS SOLE SOURCE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND UN UNFORESEEN DAMAGES. THIS IS A SMALL POPULATION OF THE EXEMPT PURCHASES OR EXEMPT ITEMS THAT WE USE. THERE'S ABOUT 22 IN TOTAL, WHERE THESE ARE PREDOMINANTLY THE ONES THAT WE USE. AND THE R F O BASICALLY IS BASICALLY NOT JUST TO BIND THEM TO THEIR PRICE, BUT ALSO BINDS THEM TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CONTRACTS. [02:00:02] THE REQUEST FOR COMPET COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSALS ALSO STATUTE DRIVEN. THIS IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A BEST VALUE UNDER STATUTE. IT ALLOWS US NOT ONLY TO CONSIDER PRICE, BUT OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND, AND THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AS WELL AS THEIR PROPOSED PLAN. THIS ONE IS DISCRETIONARY IN NATURE. SO WHEN WE BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL, THE DETERMINATION OF BEST VALUE IS DETERMINED BY CITY COUNCIL AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY OVERRIDE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IF THEY SO WISH AND MOVE TO A DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR BASED ON BEST VALUE. THIS IS TYPICALLY USED FOR JANITORIAL, LANDSCAPING, ELECTRICAL. TYPICALLY THEY'RE GONNA BE A ONE-TO-ONE RELATIONSHIP. COMMONLY YOU WILL SEE THESE ON A LOW BID AS WELL. THERE ARE SOME LOW BID ITEMS THOUGH THAT ACTUALLY LEND ITSELF TO A R F C S P 'CAUSE THERE MAY BE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED. REQUEST FOR, UH, QUALIFICATIONS. THIS IS ALSO, UM, GOVERNED BY STATUTE. THIS IS BASED ON WHERE THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO SELECT BASED ON COMPETENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS. WE LOOK AT THEIR COMPETENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS. AFTER WE MAKE THAT SELECTION, THEN WE MOVE TO, UM, NEGOTIATING PRICE AFTER THE SELECTION. THIS IS DISCRETIONARY IN NATURE AS WELL. TYPICALLY, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THESE ON A AND E TYPE CONTRACTS. UM, YOU ALSO SEE IT ON THE DESIGN BUILD PROCESS. FOR PHASE ONE, WE ISSUE AN R F Q. FOR THE SECOND PHASE, WE ISSUE AN R F P TO A SHORT LIST OF VENDORS. THIS IS ONE I THINK THAT Y'ALL ARE PROBABLY MOST FAMILIAR WITH, IS THE R F P OR REQUEST PROPOSAL. PURELY DISCRETIONARY IN NATURE, NOT COVERED BY STATUTE. UM, IF PART OF YOUR COUNCIL PACKAGES, YOU WILL SEE THE, THE EVALUATION MATRIX IN THERE. IT ALLOWS US TO CONSIDER MULTIPLE EVALUATION CRITERIA FROM, UH, EXPERIENCE, UM, QUALIFICATIONS TO PROPOSE PLAN TO OUR PREFERENCE PROGRAMS, UM, AS WELL AS PRICE. TYPICALLY, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THIS ON OUR FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING, UH, CONSULTING TYPE ENGAGEMENTS, MARKETING, MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, TRAINING SERVICES, AND CONCESSION AND LICENSE AGREEMENTS. WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN KIND OF AN OVERVIEW FOR OUR LAST FISCAL YEAR, 21 OF THE SOLICITATIONS AND WHERE WE INCUR THESE VOLUMES ON THESE SOLICITATION TYPES. THE INVITATION FOR BID IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST IN TERMS OF VOLUME AND DOLLAR AMOUNTS. YOU KNOW, ON THE SLIDE ITSELF, WE, WE DIVIDED THIS UP FOR BY CONSTRUCTION GOODS AND SERVICES. IN TOTAL, THE IMITATION FOR BID IS ABOUT 374 MILLION 161 TOTAL SOLICITATIONS AND EQUATES ABOUT 52 OR 53% OF THE THE VOLUME. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE ASSOCIATED VOLUMES THROUGH OUR REQUEST FOR OFFERS, RF, CSPS AND RF QS. UM, DOWN TO, WE'VE ONLY DONE ONE DESIGN BUILD, UM, FOR A TOTAL OF $688 MILLION. IN ADDITION TO THE SOLICITATION TYPES, ONE TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PREFERENCE PROGRAMS THAT WE ACTUALLY UTILIZE AND HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, WE HAVE FOUR, UH, PREFERENCE PROGRAMS, A LOCAL PREFERENCE PROGRAM, THE VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS PREFERENCE PROGRAM, SMALL BUSINESS OR SUB BETA, AND THE D B E OR THE DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. AND I'LL SPEND MOST OF MY TIME ON THE FIRST TWO, UM, ON THOSE PREFERENCE PROGRAMS. THE LOCAL PREFERENCE PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS APPROVED BACK IN MAY 1ST, OR EFFECTIVE IN MAY 1ST, 2013. WE'VE COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL TWICE SINCE THAT TIME AND MADE MODIFICATIONS. ONE OF THE KEY PROVISIONS OF THE LOCAL PREFERENCE PROGRAM IS THE BUSINESS MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO LIMITS. UM, IF IT'S IN ALMA HEIGHTS, THEN THE PREFERENCE PROGRAM IS NOT APPLICABLE. ALSO MUST BE ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO LIMITS. WE PUT THAT IN PLACE 'CAUSE IT PREVENTS A VENDOR OR A, UM, RESPONDENT FROM GAMING THE SYSTEM TO WHERE AS WE HAVE A SOLICITATION GO OUT, THEY'RE SETTING SOMETHING UP AND THEY CAN WIN THE POINTS. IT'S SELF-CERTIFIED WITH VALIDATION BY MY STAFF. UH, THE LOCAL PREFERENCE PROGRAM HAS MULTIPLE FACETS TO IT. ON THE LOW BID, WE HAVE A 3% PREFERENCE, WHICH MEANS THAT IN THE EVENT THAT A LOCAL VENDOR HAS A HIGHER PRICE, BUT IT'S WITHIN 3% OF A NON-LOCAL VENDOR, BY STATUTE, WE CAN AWARD THAT TO THE LOCAL VENDOR. IF THEY'RE WITHIN THAT 3% PREFERENCE, THE STATUTE GIVES US SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, ROOM, UM, UP TO 5% IN VERY LIMITED CASES. BUT AS COUNSEL, WE MOVE FORWARD FOR AN ORDINANCE WITH 3% ON THE DISCRETIONARY SOLICITATIONS THAT DO NOT HAVE OR THAT ARE NOT GOVERNED BY STATUTE. THIS IS GONNA BE PRIMARILY YOUR AREA OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, REVENUE CONCESSION CONTRACTS. WE HAVE A POINT STRUCTURE IN PLACE. YOU'RE GONNA GET 10 POINTS AND IF YOU'RE LOCAL, YOU'RE HEADQUARTERED IN SAN ANTONIO FOR ONE YEAR OR MORE. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT DO BUSINESS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT MAY NOT BE HEADQUARTERED, BUT THEY MAY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS PRESENCE. THEY HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES THAT WORK HERE, THEY PLAY HERE, THEY SPEND MONEY [02:05:01] HERE. THE LOCAL PREFERENCE PROGRAM IS AN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE PROGRAM. SO IF YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY IN SAN ANTONIO, WE'RE GONNA INCENTIVIZE THOSE LOCAL BUSINESSES. SO WE PROVIDE FIVE POINTS TO BIDDERS, WHICH AT LEAST 20% OF ITS FULL-TIME, PART-TIME AND CONTRACT EMPLOYEES ARE REGULARLY BASED IN THE CITY OR HAVE A MINIMUM OF A HUNDRED EMPLOYEES IN THE INCORPORATED CITY LIMITS FOR ONE YEAR OR MORE. ON CONSTRUCTION SOLICITATIONS, IT'S GOVERNED BY STATUTE. IT'S VERY LIMITED APPLICATION. UM, BY STATUTE YOU CAN ONLY PROVIDE THE PREFERENCE, UM, UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO VERY LIMITED, UM, AVAILABILITY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. BASED ON OUR CONSTRUCTION SIZE OF OUR CONTRACTS, UM, PUBLIC WORKS, HOWARD DOES EMPLOY UP TO 20 POINTS WHERE KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL CONDITIONS WERE RELEVANT. WE ALSO HAVE THE VETERAN KNOWN SMALL BUSINESS PREFERENCE PROGRAM. THIS IS ALSO ADMINISTERED BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 15TH, 2014. UNLIKE THE LOCAL PREFERENCE, THERE IS NO GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATION. IF YOU'RE A VETERAN DOING BUSINESS AND YOUR BUSINESS RESIDES IN THE UNITED STATES, THEN YOU CAN GET UP TO FIVE POINT PREFERENCE FOR DISCRETIONARY CONTRACTS. THIS IS CERTIFIED BY OUR SMALL, BY THE S B A OR ANOTHER ENTITY WITH THE SAME CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THE SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOP, DEVELOP ADVOCACY PROGRAM OR SUB BETA, THIS IS ADMINISTERED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THIS WAS EFFECTIVE IN 1992. SIMILAR TO THE LOCAL PREFERENCE, THE BUSINESS MUST BE HEADQUARTERED OR HAVE A SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS PRESENCE, NOT IN THE LOCAL, NOT IN THE, UM, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO LIMITS, BUT IN THE SAMHSA OR THE EIGHT COUNTY REGION. BUSINESSES ARE CERTIFIED BY AS A SMALL MINORITY WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESS BY THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL CERTIFICATION AGENCY. THERE'S A GOAL SETTING COMMITTEE THAT LOOKS AT ALL OF OUR LOW BID CONTRACTS AND OUR DISCRETIONARY SOLICITATIONS. AND THIS GOAL SETTING COMMITTEE LOOKS AT THE AVAILABILITY AND APPLIES TOOLS TO INCENTIVIZE SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION. ON LOW BID, YOU HAVE UP TO 40% SUBCONTRACTING REQUIREMENT. AND ON DISCRETIONARY SOLICITATIONS, YOU CAN DO UP TO 20 POINTS FOR A SMALL MINORITY WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESS OR A UP TO A 40% SUBCONTRACTOR REQUIREMENT. THE POINTS ARE FOR THE PRIME CONTRACTOR AND UNDER BOTH ITEMS, THERE'S ALSO MENTORSHIP REQUIREMENTS OR TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO, UM, APPLY THE DBES A FEDERAL PROGRAM. IT'S TYPICALLY GONNA BE USED FOR YOUR AVIATION CONTRACTS AND YOUR FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS. UM, AND IT'S ONLY APPLICABLE IN THOSE AREAS. IT'S BASICALLY APPLIED BY OR MANDATED BY THE, UM, BY FEDERAL STATUTE. UM, AND THESE DB GOALS ARE CALCULATED USING THE AVAILABILITY. SIMILAR TO OUR EDTA PROGRAM, WHEN TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT ARE GENERALLY WHERE THESE THINGS CAN BE APPLIED AND WHERE THEY CAN'T BE APPLIED. UM, ON THIS SOLICITATION TYPES, LOOKING AT THE LOCAL, IT GENERALLY CAN BE APPLIED FOR IMITATION, FOR BIDS, REQUESTS FOR OFFERS, REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSALS WITH EXCEPTIONS. UM, WHERE FEDERAL MONEY MAY BE INVOLVED OR OTHER FACTORS. WE, UM, LOOK AT ALL THOSE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. THE ONE AREA THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE, UM, ARE SPECIFICALLY, UM, AUTHORIZED BY STATUTE IS THE REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSALS. WE DID GO BACK SEVERAL LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AND AT THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL TRIED TO CLOSE THAT HOLE OR, UM, WHERE IT'S AVAILABLE. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING IT THROUGH BOTH CHAMBERS. HOWEVER, IT, WHEN IT WENT TO THE GOV GOVERNOR, UM, THE GOVERNOR VETOED THE, UM, VETOED THE PROPOSED LAW, UM, ON THE BASIS THAT, UM, CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO SHOULD RECEIVE THE BEST VALUE AND WE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE LOCAL PREFERENCES ON THE R F C S P. ON THE THEIR OWN SMALL BUSINESS SIDE, YOU, YOU SEE THE FIRST THREE AREAS RIGHT THERE. IMITATION FOR BIDS, REQUESTS FOR OFFERS, AND R C S P. IT'S NOT APPLICABLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALLOWED BY STATUTE. HOWARD IS ALLOWED, UM, BASED ON THE POINTS I JUST MENTIONED, FOR REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS, REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS, 'CAUSE IT'S DISCRETIONARY IN NATION, UH, NATURE AND NOT GOVERNED BY STATUTE. EDA BEING A REMEDIAL PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE IN ALL THE SOLICITATION TYPES. AND D B E IS AVAILABLE ON THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REQUEST FOR OFFER, WHICH WE TYPICALLY DO NOT USE, UM, ON D B E TYPE CONTRACTS. AS FAR AS THE HIGH PROFILE CONTRACT, UH, HIGH PROFILE PROCESS, WHAT IS A HIGH PROFILE CONTRACT? A HIGH PROFILE CONTRACT IS A DISCRETIONARY CONTRACT, NOT A LOW BID CONTRACT THAT'S VALUED OVER $1 MILLION OR MORE. IT HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF COMMUNITY INTEREST OR OTHER EXCEPTIONAL INTEREST, OR IT'S HIGHLY COMPLEX OR TECHNICAL IN NATURE OR CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT ARE NON-STANDARD ARE COMPLEX. IT CAN MEET ANY ONE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND IT'LL BE DETERMINED HIGH PROFILE, AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE IN THE LISTINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE YOU IN A LITTLE WHILE. AND THIS IS THE ONE OF THE KEY CRITERIA THAT DEFINES A HIGH PROFILE CONTRACT AND WHAT GOES THROUGH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND GOES THROUGH B [02:10:01] SESSION, THE HIGH PROFILE PROCESS, LOOKING AT THE LITTLE GRAPHIC ON THE LEFT, WE IDENTIFY THE HIGH PROFILE PROJECT. WE DO A PRES SOLICITATION BRIEFING, EITHER TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OR TO THE FULL COUNCIL AND B SESSION. AND I'LL GO THROUGH WHAT IS THAT DISTINGUISHING FACTOR HERE IN A SECOND. UM, AFTER THE PRES SOLICITATION BRIEFING, WE GO OUT AND WE DO THE EVALUATION WITH THE R F P OR THE SOLICITATION HITS THE STREETS, WE PUT A TEAM TOGETHER, THEY EVALUATE IT, AND THEN WE BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE OR TO COUNCIL IN A POSTS SOLICITATION BRIEFING, UM, AFTER WE HAVE RECEIVED INPUT FROM YOU ALL. AND THEN WE BRING IT TO FULL COUNSEL FOR CONSIDERATION. SIMILARLY, YOU'LL HEAR THE H PARK, AS ERIC MENTIONED EARLIER, IS COMING FORWARD, UH, PRESENTATION BY RAZZY IN A POST SOLICITATION FOR I H PARK TODAY. WHAT REALLY SETS THE TWO APART BEING WHAT PATH WE GO DOWN AS FAR AS THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OR THROUGH THE FULL B SESSION. UH, LOOKING BACK HISTORICALLY, WE IDENTIFIED THOSE AREAS THAT TYPICALLY COUNCIL IDENTIFIED AS BEING A B SESSION ITEM, UM, FOR HIGH PROFILE CONTRACTS WITH THE FINANCIAL VALUE OR 25 MILLION, DOES IT HAVE POLICY, PUBLIC SAFETY IMPLICATIONS, CONTRACT TERM IN EXCESS OF 10 YEARS, HIGH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER INTEREST? AND AT THE END, PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT, JUST BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE, WHAT COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE IN TERMS OF A B SESSION. IF IT GOES TO B SESSION, IT WILL NOT GO TO AUDIT COMMITTEE. SO WE DON'T DUPLICATE THE EFFORTS AS FAR AS THESE HIGH PROFILE BRIEFINGS. WHAT YOU WILL TYPICALLY SEE ON THAT ARE COMMON BOTH TO THE PRES SOLICITATION AND THE POST. UH, AN OVERVIEW OF THE SCOPE, WHAT TYPE OF SOLICITATION, WHAT TYPE IS IT THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, UH, WHAT TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE PREFERENCE SIDE, AND THEN, UM, SM A CONTRACT VALUE IN THE TERM AS WELL AS THE EVALUATION CRITERIA IN THE PRES SOLICITATION BRIEFINGS. WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT CONTRACT STATUS, GIVE, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND INPUT ON THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, WHAT TYPE OF VENDOR OUTREACH WE ARE DOING AND THE TIMELINE FOR THE ACTUAL PROCUREMENT. WE COME BACK TO YOU IN THE POST AND WE BASICALLY PROVIDE YOU THE RESULTS OF THE SOLICITATION. AND ANOTHER KEY ITEM IS THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE DOES AS TERMS OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND WHAT MY TEAM DOES AS FAR AS THE, UM, REVIEWS, INTERNET SEARCHES, UM, AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THIS FORECAST OR THIS PRESENTATION, WAS DELIVERED TO, UM, THE AUDIT ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE ON MONDAY. OF COURSE, WE'RE DOING THAT TODAY. AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE TWO HIGH PROFILE CATEGORIES, THOSE THAT WE AS STAFF WILL RECOMMEND TO BE SELECTED FOR OUR B SESSION PRESENTATION, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY AS FORM AN AGENDA PLACEMENT PLACEMENT EITHER AS AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM OR AS A CONSENT ITEM. WE WORKED WITH A VARIETY OF INDIVIDUALS TO COME UP WITH THIS FORECAST. WE IDENTIFIED 55 HIGH PROFILE PROJECTS OF WHICH SEVEN WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO BE HEARD BY THIS FULL BODY IN THE B SESSION. AND 48 WOULD BE GOING TO THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY 21 INDIVIDUAL FROM AN, UH, AN AGENDA PLACEMENT AND 27 ON CONSENT. ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT WHEN WE TALK THAT THERE ARE SEVEN SELECTED FOR B SESSION, THAT MEANS THAT THERE WOULD BE 14 PRESENTATIONS BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE THE PRES SOLICITATION FIRST, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN A POST SOLICITATION. NOW, GOING THROUGH THE FORECAST, AND THIS IS WHERE ERIC MENTIONED THAT THIS IS OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THOSE ITEMS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND BEING PRESENTED IN THE FULL B SESSION. FIRSTLY, THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. IF YOU HAVE FEEDBACK OR YOU THINK THAT WE MISSED THE MARK, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE'LL TAKE THAT AND RESTRUCTURE THE, UM, RESTRUCTURE THE FORECAST. AS FAR AS THE SEVEN, THE BIGGEST ITEMS ARE WITH AVIATION. THERE ARE FIVE ITEMS. UH, WE HAVE THE TERMINAL B AND TERMINAL A FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONCESSIONS. THAT'S ALSO THE TRAVEL A, UH, TERMINAL A AND B TRAVEL RETAIL PRIME CONCESSIONS. IT'S BASED ON THE SELECTIVE CRITERIA I JUST LAID OUT, IS THAT NONE OF THOSE CRITERIA FROM AN ESTIMATED VALUE HIT THAT $25 MILLION BENCHMARK. THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE THINK IS A POLICY CONSIDERATION BY COUNCIL AND BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE, THIS HAS BEEN AN AREA THAT COUNCIL HAS WANTED TO BRING BEFORE THE MINUTE B SESSION. WE ALSO HAVE THE TAXIWAY H RECONSTRUCTION, UM, AT A TUNE AT THE TUNE OF 24.8 MILLION. AND THEN WE HAVE THE EXPANSION OF THE BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM FOR 32.6 MILLION. THE TWO OTHER ITEMS IN ADDITION TO AVIATION ARE WITH THE I T S D. WE'LL BE DOING AN UPGRADE TO OUR, UM, FINANCIAL SYSTEM, S A P, WHICH IS OUR FOUNDATION. UM, INITIALLY IT'S A THREE YEAR WITH TWO ONE YEAR OPTIONS, AND ABOUT $40 MILLION REALISTICALLY EXTENDS MUCH LONGER THAN THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD BECAUSE OUR CURRENT S A P SYSTEM HAS BEEN IN PLACE CLOSE TO 20 YEARS. UH, SUSTAIN SUSTAINABILITY. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE THINK WOULD BE A POLICY CONSIDERATION BY THE COUNCIL. UM, IT'S FOR ONSITE SOLAR AND CITY OWNED BUILDING [02:15:01] AND FACILITIES. AND THIS WOULD BE A CONTRACT TO MEET THE MUNICIPAL OBJECTIVES OF THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN. UM, A 20 YEAR TERM, UH, ESTIMATED VALUE IS PROBABLY ZERO AND DEPEND ON THE ACTUAL, UH, SOLICITATIONS THAT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE. MOVING THAT CONCLUDES THE, UM, B SESSION ITEMS. MOVING TO THOSE THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR INDIVIDUAL AND CONSENT ITEMS WILL FOLLOW. THERE'S ALSO IN YOUR PACKAGE, THERE ARE SOME, THERE IS A MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION OF SOME OF THESE, BUT THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE'D BE RECOMMENDING FOR INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS THAT REMAIN AT THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE. AND I'LL GO THROUGH THESE VERY, VERY QUICKLY. WITH ANIMAL CARE, WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE PETCO SPAY AND NEUTER FACILITY AVIATION. WE HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL ITEMS WITH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR OUR OVERSIGHT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AIRPORT PROJECTS AND CAPITAL PLANNING. WE HAVE THE DUTY FREE SPECIALTY STORE AND THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING SERVICES FINANCE. THESE THREE ARE MINE. WE HAVE THE EXTERNAL AUDIT CONTRACT THAT'LL BE COMING TO THE, UM, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AS WELL AS OUR MERCHANT BANKING SERVICES, WHICH IS OUR CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FOR OUR MAJOR BRANDS OF VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR DEPOSITORY BANKING AND LOCKBOX SERVICES. UM, FOR I T S D, WE HAVE OUR SECURITY OFFICER SERVICES, UM, THAT WAS ACTUALLY JUST HEARD AT THE AUDIT ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, THIS MONDAY FOR N H S D, WE HAD THE HOUSING BOND, HAVE THE HOUSING BOND GAP FUNDING, HOME OWNERSHIP, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, GAP FUNDING AND RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GAP FUNDING. PUBLIC WORKS WILL FOCUS ON THE WORLD HERITAGE AND SOUTH ALAMO STREET IMPROVEMENTS. UH, FINALIZING PUBLIC WORKS. WE HAVE THE AONE 2025 NCAA FINAL FOUR IMPROVEMENTS. WE HAVE MASS SELECTION FOR THE BOND PROGRAM WITH SYL ENGINEERING SERVICES. THAT'S WHERE, AS WELL AS ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES WITH SS A P D, THE INCAR VIDEO SYSTEM, OUR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, THERE'S A HOUSEHOLD HAZARD WASTE COLLECTION. AND ON TRANSPORTATION OR BIKE MASTER PLAN UPDATE. THAT CONCLUDES THOSE ITEMS. THAT WOULD BE ON INDIVIDUAL PLACEMENT. UM, THESE ITEMS THAT ARE IN CONSENT WILL TYPICALLY BE MORE ROUTINE IN NATURE. UH, WILL BE REPLACED, UH, WILL BE PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE AUDIT ACCOUNTABILITY. UH, THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEMBERS HAVE A CHANCE TO PULL THESE FOR ADDITIONAL, UM, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF THEY WISH. I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THESE. UM, AS I MENTIONED, THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ATTACHED TO YOUR, UM, AS AN ATTACHMENT THAT PROVIDES SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ALL THESE ITEMS. UM, ON HERE WE'RE PROVIDING THOSE CONSENT ITEMS FOR ANIMAL CARE, AVIATION, BUILDING EQUIPMENT AND C C D O AND CEF, AS WELL AS FOR HR, I T S D, LIBRARY PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND SS A P D. AND THAT WRAPS UP MY PRESENTATION IN RECORD SPEED. I THINK NOW ROSIE'S GONNA COME UP AND DO THE PRESENTATION FOR THE POST SOLICITATION FOR UM, H PARK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TROY. [26. Post­Solicitation Briefing for Hemisfair Civic Park (2017 Bond Project) [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works]] YEP. LET'S MOVE RIGHT INTO THE OTHER PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. RAZZIE, TELL US WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I AM REZI YOI, DIRECTOR OF CITY ENGINEERING FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE TODAY THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF CIVIC PARK PROJECT, HEMISPHERE PARK AREA DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, OR COMMONLY KNOWN H PARK, ESTABLISHED IN 2009 AS A NON-PROFIT LOCAL GOVERNMENT COOPERATION. LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY OF SAN ANTONIO H PARK PLANS DEVELOPS, ACTIVATES AND MAINTAIN PROJECT WITHIN HEMISPHERE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM. SSA H PARK AND DESIGN CONSULTING FACILITATE THE GATHERING OF PUBLIC INPUT THROUGH FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS, PUBLIC WORKSHOP ONLINE SURVEYING AND DESIGN CRITERIA DEVELOPMENT EVENT, LEAVING TODAY'S FEBRUARY, 2012. MASTER PLAN APPROVED DECEMBER, 2019 IS SCHEMATIC DESIGN COMPLETED JUNE, 2017. EARLY WORK PACKAGE WAS DONE NOVEMBER, 2028. DESIGN WAS COMPLETED. 2012 BOMB PROGRAM [02:20:01] PROVIDE $30 MILLION FOR HEMISPHERE PARK DEVELOPMENT. YANA GUANA GARDEN WAS DONE IN SEPTEMBER, 2015. HISTORIC HOME STABILIZATION WAS DONE IN DECEMBER, 2016. AND HEMISPHERE AREA STREET WAS DONE MARCH, 2017 2017. BOUND PROGRAM PROVIDES 26 MILLION, WHICH IS 21 MILLION FOR HEMISPHERE, CIVIC PARK, PHASE ONE, AND 5 MILLION FOR HEMISPHERE STREET PHASE TWO. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP, THE LOWER PART, LOWER LEFT PART YANA GUANA GARDEN IS DONE. CIVIC PARK WILL BE DONE IN TWO PHASES. PHASE ONE IS GOING CONSTRUCTION START IN JANUARY. AND PHASE TWO IS WE ARE PROPOSING TO BE PART OF OUR 2022 BOND PROGRAM. AND TAVR OF AMERICA PARK, T TAVR PARK WILL BE FUTURE FUNDING. CIVIC PARK, PHASE ONE INCLUDES GARDENS, GREAT LANDS, ADES AND SHALLOWS, PEGGY MAS GARDEN. THE GARDEN WILL PROVIDE TRANQUIL AREA TO INCLUDE BENCHES, TABLES, BIKE AND TILE, WALKWAY, BIKE RACKS, LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING, AND OTHER PARK FURNITURE. GREAT LAWN WILL BE AN OPEN AREA AND WILL INCLUDE MULTI AREA AMATE, FREE PUBLIC WIFI, LANDSCAPING, LIMESTONE OVERLOOK, PUBLIC ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM, STONE WALKAWAY, AND SUSTAINABLE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. PROMENADE WILL OFFER COMFORTABLE SHADE PATHWAY AND WILL INCLUDE SHADED PARKWAY, SHADED PA PATHWAY, SITTING AREA, PAVE WALKWAY FOLLOWING WATER CHANNEL LIGHTING, CHARGING AND POWER STATION AND WAVE WINDING. THE SHALLOW AFTER IT'S CONSTRUCTED WILL BE UNIQUE AND SUSTAINABLE WATER POOLS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE FIVE ARTISTIC WATER POOL, SHADED AREA, VERY, VERY VARYING WATER LEVEL, LANDSCAPING, NEW TREES AND UNDERGROUND ANDS PROJECT TIMELINE DESIGN START MAY, 2017 COMPLETED NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. B SESSION. THE FIRST ONE WE HAD PRE-SALE STATION FEBRUARY THIS YEAR. AND OF COURSE TODAY'S THE POST-SALE STATION. CONS, ACTION ANTICIPATING NEXT MONTH CONSTRUCTION START JANUARY AND CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETE IN SEPTEMBER. AND 23. PROJECT FUNDING 10 MILLION FROM 2016 CEOS. 18 MILLION 2017, ONE PROGRAM TOGETHER, 28 MILLION . WHY COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL LOCATED ALONG A MAJOR CORRIDOR WITHIN TOURIST HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AND BUSINESS DISTRICT. HIGH IMPACT TO STAKEHOLDER, COMPLEX SCOPE CONSTRAINT, CONSTRUCTION, ESCAPE, CREATE URBAN GREEN SPACE IN HEART OF SAN ANTONIO. OPTIMIZE THE USE OF DEDICATED LAND IN A HEMISPHERE. DISTRICT PARK WILL OFFER AN ENRICHING AND CAPTIVATING EXPERIENCE. RESIDENT AND VISITOR ALLOW OPPORTUNITY TO HOST COMMUNITY-WIDE EVENT ATION TYPE IS R F C S P, ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST 28 MILLION. THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE DONE SEPTEMBER, 2023, AND OF COURSE IS A NEW CONTRACT. VOTING MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE WAS LORI HISTONE FROM CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. MYSELF, DIRECTOR JEFF KOPPEL, CAPITAL PROGRAM MANAGER. CINDY JENKINS FROM PARKS RECREATION. OMAR GONZALEZ FROM H PARK AND KARA DE AND FROM THE HEMISPHERE BOARD CHAIR. EVALUATION CRITERIA WAS EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND, QUALIFICATION OF PRIME FIRM, KEY, PERSONAL AND KEY SUBCONTRACTOR 30 POINTS UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT AND PROPOSED MANAGEMENT [02:25:01] OF PLAN. 25 POINT EXPERIENCE IN SAN ANTONIO REGION AND PAST PERFORMANCE. 2020 POINT PRICE WAS 15 POINT AVIDA PROGRAM, 10 POINT M W, B, FIVE AND S P E AND FIVE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT WERE SUBCONTRACTOR REQUIREMENT 21.4 M W B E SUBCONTRACTING AND 3.4 A A B E SUBCONTRACTING LOCAL PERFORMANCE, NOT APPLICABLE. VETERAN OWNED. SMALL BUSINESS PERFORMANCE, NOT APPLICABLE. ALSO, AUDIT FINANCE STATEMENT NOT REQUIRED. WE DID EVALUATE FOUR OF THE SUBMITTAL PROPOSAL. WE SELECTED TWO OF THEM TO INTERVIEW DURING THE INITIAL EVALUATION. SANITA CAME NUMBER ONE AND SKASKA CAME NUMBER TWO AFTER WE DID INTERVIEW. SKA CAME NUMBER ONE AND SANTA G***O CAME. NUMBER TWO, DUE DILIGENT FINANCE AND AUDIT DEPARTMENT. DUE DILIGENCE RESULT. NUMBER OF THE VENDOR NOT FIVE 2,457. NUMBER OF THE VENDOR AT PRE SUBMITTAL CONFERENCE. 41. NUMBER OF THE PROPOSAL RECEIVED SIX OF THEM. RESULT OF MINIMUM REQUIREMENT REVIEW. TWO FIRMS DEEMED NON-RESPONSIBLE DUE TO FAILURE TO MEET EDDA REQUIREMENT. RESULT OF DUE DILIGENCE REVIEW, NO MATERIAL FUNDINGS, SOLICITATION, TIMELINE, GOAL SETTING JANUARY, 2021. CITY COUNCIL B SESSION. FEBRUARY 10TH, 2021. RELEASE DATE WAS MARCH 5TH, 2021. PRE-SUBMIT CONFERENCE. MARCH 22ND, 2021. DEADLINE FOR QUESTION. APRIL 9TH, 2021. DUE DATE WAS MAY 11TH, 2021. EVALUATION COMPLETED AUGUST 6TH, 2021. CONTRACT NEGOTIATION AUGUST, OCTOBER THIS YEAR. CITY COUNCIL POST SOLICITATION, WHICH IS TODAY CANCEL CONSIDERATION DECEMBER 9TH, 2021. AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING CONSTRUCTION TO START JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR. STAFF RECOMMEND TO PROCEED SCHEDULING THIS ITEM. STATE COUNCIL CONCENTRATION OF THE CONTRACT AWARD FOR HEMISPHERE CIVIC PARK PROJECT. I AM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE. RAJI. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT, UH, UH, ON THE, THE INITIAL EVALUATION AND THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION. THOSE TWO SLIDES. SLIDE 19. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO THESE TWO WERE SELECTED IN LOOKING AT THE TOTAL SCORE. UM, NO POINTS WERE AWARDED ON THE SUB BETA FOR EITHER ONE OF THOSE. UM, I I I SAW ON THE, UM, THE FOLLOWING SLIDE AFTER THAT, THAT TWO, UH, CONTRACTORS THAT SUBMITTED DIDN'T GET EVALUATED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SUBMIT FOR CE BETA IS. SO THOSE TWO CONTRACTORS WEREN'T EVEN SHOWN IN THIS, UH, EVALUATION MATRIX. HERE. LET ME MICHAEL TO ANSWER THAT. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. MICHAEL SENDEN ADMINISTRATOR AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. SO, UM, OFFENDERS DO NOT MEET THIS ABETA SUBCONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS. THEY WILL NOT MOVE ON TO THE EVALUATION PHASE. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH TWO OF THE BIDDERS WHO DID NOT MEET THE, UH, AFRICAN AMERICAN SUBCONTRACTING GOALS THAT WE SET ON THE PROJECT. OKAY. UM, BUT WE HAVE SOME HERE THAT SCORED ZERO POINTS. I I'M TRYING TO RECONCILE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. SO THE SUBCONTRACTING GOALS ARE ACTUALLY COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE PRIME EVALUATION POINTS FOR CE BETA. YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO MEET THOSE SUBCONTRACTING GOALS, BUT THEY DO NOT MEAN YOU GET THE POINTS. THE POINTS ARE ACTUALLY AWARDED TO PRIME RESPONDENTS WHO ARE CERTIFIED AS SMALL AND MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES. OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. UM, DID, YEAH, I'M, I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT CONTRACTORS AND, AND THIS WAS A FIVE YEAR PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER PROPOSALS AND GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS. AND THEN WHEN THEY SUBMITTED THEIR FINAL PRODUCT, THEY'RE NOT EVEN EVALUATED. I, I HAVE, I STILL HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THAT. AND SOMEHOW WE GOTTA BREAKTHROUGH AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO EITHER EXPLAIN THIS BETTER DURING THE [02:30:01] PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT SPENDING IT. THESE ARE NOT CHEAP TO PUT TOGETHER, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS WE'RE SP THEY'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT EVEN BEING EVALUATED BECAUSE OF THAT ONE CRI, AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST EXAMPLE OF THIS. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES OF THIS. HOW CAN WE DO THAT BETTER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T SPEND ALL THIS MONEY AND PUTTING A PROPOSAL TOGETHER AND THEN THEY GET THROWN OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET A CRITERIA COUNCILMAN ON EVERY PROJECT. WE HAVE A PRE-SUBMIT ALL MEETING, AND SOMETIME WE END UP HAVING TO, WE VERY STRONGLY EXPLAIN FOR THE CONTRACTOR ATTENDING THOSE MEETING, IF THEY COULDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENT, THEY GOT TO GET VARIANCE. UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THEM FOLLOWS VERY WELL AND SOME DOESN'T. OKAY. I, I GUESS YOU CAN'T SPOONFEED 'EM. BUT, UM, I THINK THAT WARRANTS A, A BIGGER DISCUSSION. UH, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEETING. ALL RIGHT. WELL, UM, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS ON THAT. THIS IS JUST A BRIEFING. BOTH OF THESE ARE BRIEFINGS ONLY. AND, UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIGURE OUT, UH, LET'S SEE. WE HAVE, UH, UH, YES, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GRO, I'M SORRY, THIS A LITTLE BIT SMALL ON HERE TO READ THE WRITING, BUT, UH, YES MA'AM. THAT'S OKAY. UM, RAZZIE ON THE HEMISPHERE PROJECT, I'M GONNA BRING UP THE TILES ON THE STREETS BECAUSE I CAN, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE HOW MUCH THOSE COST. I, I WANNA SEE HEMISPHERE MOVE FORWARD, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BRICK AND TILES, AND I'M AT HEMISPHERE A LOT, UM, I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S BEST VALUE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE CONSTANTLY REPLACING THEM. SO IF YOU CAN GIVE ME THE INFORMATION ON HOW MUCH THAT COST, IF YOU CAN GIVE ME, UH, THE INFORMATION ON WHY THAT'S A BETTER VALUE THAN MAYBE JUST, YOU KNOW, PAVING SOMETHING OR, OR DOING IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, UH, LIKE MAKING IT LIKE A STREET, UH, I'D APPRECIATE THAT. SO THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE FOR THE HEMISPHERE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ON ITEM 25. SO IS TROY HERE? YEAH, SO MY, EVERYTHING THAT YOU PUT FORWARD, THE SEVEN ITEMS FORWARD, I, I UNDERSTAND. BUT WHEN I FIRST GOT IN OFFICE, WE HAD THE U T S A CONTRACT, WHICH WAS 10 MILLION, WHICH WAS PUT ON CONSENT, WHICH I FELT WAS LIKE A, A LOT OF MONEY FOR A HIGH PROFILE CASE. SO IS IT POSSIBLE FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO EITHER GET AN INDIVIDUAL OR MAKE A REQUEST TO BRING SOME OF THESE HIGH PROFILE ITEMS, UH, THAT DON'T MEET THAT 25,000,010 YEARS TO, UH, B SESSION? UH, YES MA'AM. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE PRESENT THIS TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK. IF THERE'S THINGS THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE PRESENTED B SESSION AND WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL OR CONSENSUS FROM THE COUNCIL, WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THOSE CHANGES BECAUSE I HAVE, UM, ON THE BOND CURRENTLY, WHICH I'M HOPING TO MOVE FORWARD IS 19 MILLION FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, NEW SUBSTATION, WHICH WOULD NOT BE THE 25 MILLION. AND I'M, I'M SURE IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE 10 YEARS TO BUILD, SO THAT I WOULDN'T, AND IT WOULD BE IN DISTRICT THREE THAT WE WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T SEE BECAUSE IT, IT WOULD GO TO AUDIT 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T MEET THOSE RE REQUIREMENTS. AND, AND THE OTHER IS THE WORLD HERITAGE, E E EVEN THOUGH IT'S THAT 3.5 MILLION, BECAUSE THAT'S A CITYWIDE, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A CITYWIDE THAT MAYBE THAT SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO B SESSION OR AS A COUNCIL AS A WHOLE ON THOSE PROJECTS. UH, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GIVING FUNDING TO DON'T MEET THAT 25,000,010 YEARS, UM, TO GET, GET ITS OWN, OWN B SESSION. UM, AND THE OTHER ASPECT IS THE, THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO MY COMMUNITY, AND MY COMMUNITY IS VERY, UM, CONSCIOUS OF WHO GOES IN AND DEVELOPS IN THEIR AREAS AND WHICH CONTRACTORS THEY LIKE AND WHICH CONTRACTORS THEY DON'T LIKE. SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GIVE COMMUNITY INPUT ON THAT, THAT PROCESS ALSO, UH, AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO ON THE, ON THE PROJECTS THAT WE SAID, SO THIS OVER 25 MILLION, OVER 25 YEARS, POLICY, PUBLIC SAFETY IMPLICATIONS, DO THEY HAVE TO MEET ALL OF THE FOUR CRITERIA OR DO THEY JUST HAVE TO MEET ONE OF THE CRITERIA TO, TO COME TO A B SESSION? NO, MA'AM. THEY CAN, THEY CAN MEET ANY ONE OF THOSE CRITERIA. AND AS I SAID, THESE WERE CRITERIA THAT WHEN WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED HISTORICALLY AT THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY PEAKED COUNSEL'S INTEREST. THESE [02:35:01] ARE THE CRITERIA THEY MET, BUT IT CAN MEET ANY ONE OF THOSE. YEAH. WELL, AND, AND I, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS BRIEFING, AND THAT'S MY INPUT SO FAR. AND I, I DO LIKE ALL I, I SEE THAT Y'ALL HAVE LEARNED FROM PAST INCIDENCES, AND SO I DO LIKE EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE, UH, AGENDA, THE SEVEN ITEMS THAT YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN GRO. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP HERE, BUT, UH, OKAY. UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM. THANK YOU TROY, FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION. UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UH, FOR YOU. UH, DOES TODAY'S PRESENTATION REPRESENT THE FULL SCOPE OF ALL PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS ISSUED BY THE CITY OR ENTERED INTO BY THE CITY? IT WILL, IT, UM, REPRESENTS ALL THOSE THAT IN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE ANTICIPATE COMING FORWARD OVER THE NEXT YEAR. I APOLOGIZE, UM, TO CLARIFY THE, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROCUREMENT PROCESSES THAT YOU WENT THROUGH AT THE BEGINNING, UM, UP THROUGH SLIDES NINE, IT IS F Y 21 AWARDED SOLICITATIONS BY TYPE. DOES THAT, WOULD THAT REPRESENT THE FULL SCOPE OF ALL PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE CITY IN THAT YEAR? THIS, THIS IS GONNA REPRESENT ALL THOSE IN EXCESS OF $50,000 THAT COME TO CITY COUNCIL. THERE IS A POPULATION BELOW THAT, UNDER 50,000 THAT WE DO, FOR EXAMPLE, PURCHASE ORDERS, UM, LOW BID, UM, THAT IS NOT REFLECTED HERE. AND THAT IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 20 MILLION. HOW MUCH? YEAH, 18. ABOUT 18 TO 20 MILLION IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S HERE. OKAY, THANK YOU. COULD YOU EXPLAIN PLEASE, UH, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, AGAIN, R F P AND R F C SS P? IT, I GET THE UNDERSTANDING THAT A COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL HAS TO DO WITH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OR LIMITATION BY STATE STATUTE. IT, I GUESS THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE, AND THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME CAVEATS TO THAT, BUT THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE IN R F P IS DISCRETIONARY NATURE. IT REALLY DOES NOT HAVE ANY, THE BULK OF THEM ARE NOT INFLUENCED BY STATE STATUTE. THE R F C S P IS STATUTE DRIVEN AND IT CAN BE FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS OR IT CAN BE FOR ITEMS LIKE JANITORIAL, JANITORIAL, NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. SO THE R F C S P IS DRIVEN BY STATUTE, UM, PRIMARILY LOOKS AT PRICE, BUT THE STATUTE ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT OTHER FACTORS ABOVE AND BEYOND. THERE ARE STILL STATUTE, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY, LIKE PUBLIC OPENINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM, IN THE, I I THINK WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE, BUT IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REMIND ME WHERE WE LEFT IT IN THE R F C S P. UH, WHEN IT ALLOWS YOU TO CONSIDER MULTIPLE EVALUATION CRITERIA IN ADDITION TO THE PRICE, ARE THERE LIMITATIONS ON THE MULTIPLE EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED? THERE'S, IT'S LIMITED TO BASICALLY GONNA BE YOUR EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATION AND PROPOSED PLAN. WE HAVE MADE SOME, BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS, WE HAVE EXPANDED THAT PROPOSED PLAN IN PLACES TO GET INFORMATION ON WAGES AND BENEFITS, UM, SO THAT THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE COULD CONSIDER THOSE. WOULD THAT ALSO BE A PLACE WHERE WE CAN INCLUDE THINGS LIKE PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY'S REWORKS PROGRAM OR OTHER, OTHER THINGS, OTHER PRIORITIES THAT THE CITY HAS AT THE TIME? IF THERE ARE FACTORS THAT ARE PERTINENT TO THE SOLICITATION THAT IMPACT THE PROPOSED PLAN, WE CAN CONSIDER THOSE FACTORS IN THE EVALUATION. OKAY. YOU SAY PERTINENT TO THE SOLICITATION , THEY'RE PERTINENT TO ME, BUT, UH, I GUESS HOW DO YOU DRAW THAT LINE? UM, I MEAN IT'S, SOME OF IT'S GONNA BE PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING THE CRITERIA, BASICALLY WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT, WE GO THROUGH AND WE GENERATE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THEIR EXPERIENCE, WHAT'S THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, AND THEN DESCRIBING THEIR PROPOSED PLAN TO PUT THAT SCOPE OF SERVICES IN PLACE. ALRIGHT. IT'S A LITTLE LIMITED. SO. AND THEN, UH, I NOTICED THAT IN THE R F P LIST LIST YOU HAD CONSTRUCTION ONE CON OR 6.75 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN ONE OF THE, UM, TYPES OF CONTRACTS THAT'S ALLOWED IS DESIGN BUILD PHASE TWO. UM, SO TO IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD FALL UNDER R F C S P. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT FALLS UNDER R F P? YEAH, THE DESIGN BUILD REALLY IS, UH, BIFURCATED INTO TWO DIFFERENT PROCESSES. IT STARTS WITH THE R F Q PROCESS. SO WE SOLICIT QUALIFICATIONS. UM, ONCE WE GET THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, WE TAKE THAT LIST AND WE NARROW IT DOWN TO A SHORT LIST. AND THEN TO THAT SHORTLISTED POPULATION, WE PROVIDE THEM AN R F P. SO THEY PROVIDE A FULL PROPOSAL TO US. SO IT'S THAT SHORTLISTED PIECE THEY ACTUALLY GET, UM, OBTAIN THE R F P. AND, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, I, I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE UPCOMING, UH, SOLICITATIONS FOR THE BOND, UH, THE CIVIL ENGINEERING AND THE, UH, ARCHITECTURAL [02:40:01] DESIGN. UM, I BROUGHT THIS UP AT A, AT A PREVIOUS, UM, COMMITTEE, SORRY, AUDIT COMMITTEE. AND, UM, MY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, UM, THAT I WAS KIND OF TOO LATE IN THE PROCESS TO BRING THIS UP, THAT IT HAD TO BE IN THE SOLICITATION. SO I JUST WANT YOUR ADVICE ON HOW I CAN, UM, SORT OF STEP IN AT THAT POINT. SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, UH, GOING FORWARD WHEN WE ISSUE THIS, UH, AFTER THE, THE SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF THE, OF THE BOND PROPOSITIONS HOPEFULLY, IS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HIRE ARCHITECTS AND CIVIL ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH GREEN BUILDING PRACTICES AND STANDARDS AND WILL, UH, WILL BRING THOSE SKILLS, UH, FORWARD WHEN THEY DESIGN THE, THE PROJECTS. SO CAN YOU ADVISE ME ON WHAT POINT IN THE PROCESS WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION? ACTUALLY, COUNCILWOMAN TODAY, WHENEVER WE ISSUE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION, WE INCLUDE NOT FROM THE DESIGNER, ALSO FROM CONTRACTOR, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE ON A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. SHORTLY AFTER MAY, WHEN BOND PASSES, WE WILL ISSUE NUMBER OF THE PROPOSAL FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ARCHITECT. THAT WILL BE ONE OF OUR REQUIREMENT AND WE WILL GIVE, GIVE A POINT FOR ANY FIRM HAS ON THEIR TEAM. THEY HAVE DONE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH SAN ANTONIO RIVER DIRECTOR TO ACTUALLY, WE PROVIDE THEM LIST OF OUR PROJECT NOW IS PROJECT IS OFFICIAL WORK DISCUSSION WITH THE PUBLIC FOR THEM TO HELP US WHICH OF THOSE PROJECT IT MAKES MORE SENSE AND EFFECTIVE FOR US TO USE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. FOR, FOR L I D, UM, I, I'D LOVE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT WHAT'S CONTAINED IN THE RFPS RIGHT NOW. AND I GUESS, CAN WE PUT THAT IN, WE CAN PUT IT IN CSPS I THINK, BUT ARE YOU GOING TO BE, CAN YOU PUT THAT RIGHT NOW IN THE, WHAT'S THE OTHER KIND? SORRY. THE LOW, THE LOW BID TYPE OF SOLICITATION? LOW BID. IT MAY BE LITTLE CHALLENGING, BUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN LOW BID WE CAN INCLUDE. SO, SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? LIKE IF THE LOW BID FOR CONSTRUCTION, BUT LOW BID FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR IT WOULD FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, YOU'RE GOING TO DO, YOU'RE NOT DOING LOW BID, YOU'RE DOING R F C S P OR R F P PROFESSIONAL SERVICE? WE CANNOT BID THE PROJECT. WE HIRE THEM BASED ON QUALIFICATION, THEN WE NEGOTIATE THE FEE. ORIGINALLY FEE'S NOT INVOLVED FOR THE PROFESSIONAL FOR THE DESIGNS, CORRECT. FOR THE DESIGN? CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S THE STATE LAW. WE CANNOT NEGOTIATE, WE CANNOT HIRE THE LOWER CO CONSULTING ENGINEER OR ARCHITECT TO DESIGN OUR PROJECT. WE HIRE THEM BASED ON QUALIFICATION, THEN WE NEGOTIATE THE FEE. IF WE COULDN'T NEGOTIATE FEE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL, WE HAVE SELECT, WE GO TO SECOND ONE AND THIRD ONE. OKAY. SO THEN THAT WILL BE PART OF THE QUALIFICATIONS CORRECT. OF WHOMEVER YOU, YOU HIRE. AND ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THAT WILL WILL BE ACROSS THE BOARD? CORRECT. OKAY. AND WE DO TODAY MM-HMM. RECENTLY, AFTER TALKING WITH YOU LAST TIME, WE ARE INCLUDING THAT ONE AS A, ONE OF THE CRITERIA TO RATE THEM IF THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE ON GREEN STRUCTURE. THANK YOU, RAZZI. YOU'RE MAKING ME FEEL VERY POWERFUL. SO LET'S HAVE ANOTHER ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION LATER AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME MORE IDEAS. UM, I'LL, I'LL JUST PUT IT OUT THERE THOUGH. I THINK RIGHT NOW I, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY FIRMS WE HAVE WITH THOSE QUALIFICATIONS IN TOWN. UM, SO MAYBE LET'S TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CONFLICT WITH LOCAL, UH, VERSUS THAT PARTICULAR QUALIFICATION. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO A FUTURE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. COUNCILMAN BRAVO. THANK YOU. UM, TROY, ON THE, ON THE FIRST PRESENTATION, I WAS WONDERING WHY THERE'S NO GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATION FOR VETERAN OWNED, UM, FOR THE VETERAN OWNED CATEGORY, THAT'S TYPICALLY WHEN WE GOT COUNCIL INPUT IN THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOCAL AND VETERAN. WHAT THE GEOGRAPHIC IS THAT IF YOU'RE A VETERAN AND WE'RE MILITARY, U S A BY TRADEMARK, THEN WE'D REPRESENT ALL VETERANS. SO EVERY VETERAN, REGARDLESS OF GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATION, WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO BID ON OUR CONTRACTS AND BE, AND PROVIDE, BE PROVIDED A PREFERENCE. GOTCHA. SO, UM, IF WE'VE GOT A LOCAL BIDDER AND A VETERAN BIDDER, CAN THEY BOTH GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF POINTS IN THOSE CATEGORIES? IT, YEAH, ON YOUR EVALUATION YOU GET, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 10 POINTS DEDICATED TO LOCAL AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FIVE POINTS DEDICATED TO VETERAN. GOT IT. IF YOU'RE A LOCAL VETERAN, THEN THE POINT STACK AND YOU WOULD GET A TOTAL OF 15 POINTS. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, ON, SO [02:45:01] IF WE LOOK AT THE INITIAL EVALUATION SCORES FOR HEMISPHERE PARK, UH, SOMETHING THAT REALLY JUMPED OUT TO ME IS ON EXPERIENCED BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PRIME FIRM, THE POINT SPREAD THERE WAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. ARE THESE, ARE THESE THE ONLY FOUR THAT, UH, CONTRACTORS THAT BID ON THIS OR ARE THESE THE TOP FOUR? WE HAD SIX OF THEM SUBMIT THE PROPOSAL. TWO OF THEM WAS DIDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENT BECAUSE OF NOT COMPLIANT. WE EVALUATE FOUR PROPOSAL ONE FOR EACH. AFTER WE LIST, WE INTERVIEWED TWO OF THEM, WHICH IS YOU SEE ON THE RECOMMENDED LIST. GOT IT. THE HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW WAS IN SELECTED TO INTERVIEW. GOT IT. ON THE SLIDE NUMBER 19. RIGHT. SO I GUESS WHAT THROWS ME OFF IS LIKE, I'M LOOKING AT G***O CONSTRUCTION THERE, THEY GOT 19 POINTS IN THIS CATEGORY VERSUS SAN, UH, DAVILA GOT 25 POINTS. AND LIKE, SO I'M WONDERING BECAUSE LIKE WHEN I GO TO GUIDO'S WEBSITE, I SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'VE DONE PROJECTS AT SEAWORLD, AT THE MCNAY, UH, THEY BUILT THE MUSEUM, THEY REMODELED CITY HALL. AND THEN WHEN I LOOK AT 19 POINTS, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, LIKE WE DON'T THINK THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS, UH, OR THEY JUST, THEY'RE NOT COMPETITIVE. AND SO MAYBE THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR OUTSIDE OF THIS, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR G***O OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I DON'T REALLY KNOW THOSE PEOPLE OR ANYTHING. IT'S JUST THAT THAT POINT SPREAD WAS SURPRISING TO ME, I GUESS, UH, GIVEN A LOT OF THE HIGH PROFILE PROJECTS THEY'VE DONE. AND THEN THE OTHER THING WAS, I WAS WONDERING HERE ON, UM, THE SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVOCACY, HOW, OUT OF THOSE FOUR THAT ARE LISTED HERE, ONLY ONE HAD POINTS AT ALL IN THAT CATEGORY. IS THAT JUST BECAUSE IT'S MOSTLY JUST BIG BUSINESSES THAT ARE, THAT HAVE THE CAPABILITY OR, OR THE, THE EXPERTISE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS KIND OF WORK? SO TO RECEIVE THOSE POINTS FOR THE C BETA PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO IN FACT BE CERTIFIED AS A SMALL BUSINESS TO GET FIVE POINTS AND IN ADDITION TO MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS TO GET THE OTHER FIVE AND HAVE THAT LOCAL REQUIREMENT. SO OF THOSE FOUR BIDDERS ONLY THAT FIRM MET THAT CRITERIA TO GET THOSE FIVE POINTS. I GET THAT, BUT I'M, SO I'M THE, SO IT MAKES IT FEEL LIKE THE, THE SMALL BUSINESS, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVOCACY CATEGORY IS KIND OF IRRELEVANT. LOOKING AT THE, IF THAT TOP FOUR OF ONLY ONE OF 'EM HAD HALF THE POINTS AND THE OTHERS HAD NO POINTS, SURE THING. SO THE, THE INTENT OF THOSE POINTS IS TO INCENTIVIZE OUR LOCAL SMALL MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES WHO DO SUBMIT A BID TO MAKE THEM MORE COMPETITIVE ON THE PROJECT BECAUSE THOSE WHO WOULD QUALIFY FOR THOSE POINTS WOULD OBVIOUSLY RECEIVE THEM AND POTENTIALLY GAIN MORE POINTS OVERALL YEAH. THAN THOSE LARGE BUSINESSES OR OUT OF TOWN FOLKS. RIGHT. SO LOOKING AT THIS MATRIX, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT INCENTIVE ISN'T WORKING RIGHT NOW. SO FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT, THE RESULT DIDN'T GO TO A SMALL MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS, BUT IT'S A TOOL THAT WE APPLY CONSISTENTLY TO MOST ALL OF OUR DISCRETIONARY TYPE OF SOLICITATIONS. AND WE DO SEE A LOT OF FAVORABLE OUTCOMES WHEN WE DO APPLY THAT TOOL TO WHERE THOSE SMALL MINORITY WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES DO WIN AS A RESULT OF RECEIVING THOSE POINTS. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BRAVO. NOW WE GO TO COUNCILWOMAN GARCIA. THANK YOU. UM, MAYOR PROMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, I, I, I KNOW WE RECEIVE QUARTERLY UPDATES AND THEY KIND OF GIVE US A HEADS UP FOR THE HIGH PROFILE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP. UM, AND WE ARE ABLE AT THAT POINT ALSO TO ASK IF WE WANT ANY OF THOSE THAT WE SEE UPCOMING POTENTIALLY GO TO A B SESSION, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN WE ALSO GET, UM, THE AGENDA PACKAGES FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. AND SO, UM, EVEN IF WE CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN THE AUDIT, LIKE IF I STILL, I, I MEAN I EMAIL YOU QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME, TROY, AND YOU ANSWER ME. UM, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF, OF MY NEWER COLLEAGUES THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE AWARE THAT WE CAN DO THAT. AND IT'S OKAY TO QUESTION. AND I PROBABLY MARK UP ALL OF THAT PAPER AND I THINK TIM SCANS IT OVER TO YOU WITH LOTS OF QUESTIONS. AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE, ARE AWARE THAT WE CAN DO THIS AT ANY TIME. IT'S NOT JUST DURING THIS PROCESS. UM, BUT WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. THERE IS AN ITEM ON CONSENT AGENDA THAT SAID, UH, AVIATION NOVEMBER 21 WAS AT AIRPORT TERMINAL PLANNING SERVICES. IT'S, I THINK, RELATED. AND SO I, I DON'T WANNA MAKE THE ASSUMPTION IT'S AN IN, I THINK THAT IT'S RELATED TO ALSO THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES THAT'S COMING UP FOR AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM IN JULY, 2022. AM I CORRECT? UM, I'LL ASK JESUS TO STEP UP AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. SORRY. THANK YOU, JESUS. [02:50:01] AND IT, AND IF IT'S NOT, I JUST, UM, WANTED, WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT WE ARE USING WHAT WE LEARNED IN THAT OTHER ONE. THAT IS CORRECT. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. SO THEN I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL PROBABLY HAVE QUESTIONS AT THAT POINT. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ALSO, AND THIS ONE IS PD, BUT IT'S LISTED AS I T S D AND IT WAS E TICKETING SOLUTION. AND THE E TICKETING SOLUTION WAS SPECIFICALLY, I THOUGHT FOR LIKE THE CONVENTION CENTER OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR PATROL UNITS AND THAT'S ON CONSENT. BUT I'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES FEEL THIS WAY TO KIND OF DISCUSS THAT ONE A LITTLE FURTHER BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S, UM, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO ADD SOME REQUESTS ON THERE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DISCUSS IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THAT TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM. YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. AND WE BRING IT UP FOR PRES SOLICITATION. UM, CERTAINLY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE HAS CONFIDE INPUT INTO THE SCOPE AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE AS WELL. GREAT. AND THEN TROY, THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE HOUSING BOND GAP FUNDING, THE HOME OWNERSHIP, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GAP FUNDING AND THE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GAP FUNDING, FUNDING ALL FOR INDIVIDUAL. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT'S CRITICAL THAT WE TAKE THOSE UP INDIVIDUALLY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN MY, UH, FINAL QUESTION ON THAT MATTER IS THE ONSITE SOLAR AT CITY OWNED, UH, BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, THAT'S A 20 YEAR PROPOSED TERM CONTRACT, BUT IT'S NOT LISTED AS INDIVIDUAL, IT'S LISTED AS SELECT. TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT. I THINK IN WORKING WITH DOUG AND BASED ON THE, UM, BASED ON KIND THE POLICY CONSIDERATION, THE INTEREST COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED ON SOLAR AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE PAST, WE FELT THAT THIS ONE WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WOULD WANT TO SEE AS AN INDIVIDUAL. UM, IF THAT RECOMMENDATION'S INCORRECT, WE CAN CERTAINLY CHANGE THAT. NO, THAT'S GOOD. SO IT SAYS SELECT, SO I WASN'T SURE. SO THAT IS OUR OPTION TO SELECT AN INDIVIDUAL OR CONSENT? NO, NO. SELECT MEANS WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT GO TO B SESSION. GOT IT. YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. IT'S LIKE SELECT, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL ONES THAT GO TO COMMITTEE, THEN THE CONSENT, BUT TO SELECT THE SELECT CATEGORIES ARE THE ONES WE DEFINITELY THE STAFF BELIEVE. GOT IT. SHOULD BE COMING TO B SESSION. SO, UH, SS A P IS THE ONLY OTHER SELECT ONE ON HERE. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S INTO THE AVIATION. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THERE'S A, YEAH, THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE AVIATION ONES. THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL CONCESSION AGREEMENTS OUT AT THE AIRPORT. THOSE ARE COMING TO B SESSION. OKAY, WONDERFUL. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, I GUESS, SELECT AND INDIVIDUAL AND, AND CONSENT. I, I, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. AND THEN I'LL GO ON TO H PARK AND IT'S, IT'S JUST, UM, THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING, I KNOW THAT OMAR AND KARA HAVE BEEN ON THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE. I SEE OMAR AND THE ANTHEA HERE. AND, AND ANDREAS HAS BEEN WORKING, UM, ON THIS, UH, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT HEMISPHERE THE LAST SIX WEEKENDS. I HAVE TWO MORE WEEKENDS COMING UP. I SEE THUMBS UP THERE. SO, UM, I BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND IT, IT WAS SO VARIED. IT WAS DAY OF THE GIRL SANDBOX EVENT, MUTOS FEST, ZOMBIE FEST. AND THEN WE HAVE DALI THIS WEEKEND. AND, UM, I THINK WE HAVE LUMI NAIA OTHER WEEKEND AFTER. SO I BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I, I WANTED TO ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT IT'S SO CLEAN. UH, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT, EVEN THE, THE RESTROOMS. AND SO JUST, UH, WANTED TO, TO EXPRESS, UM, UH, THE, THE SUPPORT FOR, FOR THE PLAN THAT YOU ALL HAVE HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR PRAM. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN GARCIA, WE'VE GOT, UH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GRO AGAIN? NO, NO. HOW ABOUT, OKAY, I'VE GOT CHECK MARKS ON. OKAY. THAT MEANS YOU'RE DONE. THAT'S GREAT. I'M STILL TRYING TO GET USED TO THIS SYSTEM, BUT ANYWAY, UM, WAS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN BRAVO? OH, I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT, UH, THAT, THAT SOLICITATION FROM, UH, OR PROPOSALS FOR THE, UH, THE SOLAR. UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT, IF WHAT IT WAS EXACTLY, I CAN'T, I DON'T HAVE IT UP ON MY SCREEN, BUT THE, THERE WAS SOLICITATION FOR SOLAR POWER ON COMMUNITY OWNED PROPERTIES, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT SOONER THAN LATER. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GET OUT AN R F P FOR THAT. UM, I'LL HAVE TO TALK TO DOUG ON THAT, SEE WHAT HIS TIMING IS. OKAY. AND WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL? YES. UH, THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN CIA GARCIA REMINDED ME TO BE SPECIFIC, UM, WITH HER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE, UM, THE SELECTIONS FOR THE RFPS, FOR THE BOND MASS SELECTIONS FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A B SESSION ON THOSE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM, THANK YOU MA'AM. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT THIS POINT. UM, I, I JUST WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS. AS BEING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, ANYONE IS WELCOME TO COME TO OUR MEETINGS AND PARTICIPATE [02:55:01] AND, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS DECIDED IN THERE AND THE PROCESSES THAT WE GO THROUGH. THIS FIRST PRESENTATION GIVEN BY TROY AND TROY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WAS, UH, KIND OF A GUIDE FOR ALL OF YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND, AND HOW WE, UH, DEVELOP THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND MOVING ON TO THE COUNCIL OR MAKING DECISIONS IN-HOUSE, IF YOU WILL, AT THAT COMMITTEE. SO, UM, PLEASE AGAIN, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT LIST OF, UM, THIS NEXT YEAR'S PROGRAM. AND TROY, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE FINAL ANSWERS ON THAT TODAY? OR CAN WHEN DO, WHEN DO FOLKS HAVE TO COME IN SAYING, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THIS. NO, I'LL TAKE THE FEEDBACK I'VE I RECEIVED TODAY AND WE'LL MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS OKAY. AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. UM, IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT Y'ALL SEE AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS, UH, GIVE ME A CALL AND, AND WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE THINGS MOVING FORWARD AND, AND, AND COUNCILMAN THINGS, THINGS ALWAYS CHANGE. I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO FORECAST THAT FOR THE NEXT YEAR. SO IF, IF THINGS CHANGE AND SOMETHING BECOMES, UM, CRITICAL OR HIGH PROFILE, THEN WE'LL PIVOT AND, AND UH, AND, AND BOUNCE IT THROUGH B SESSION AND THINGS WILL HAPPEN AND WE JUST STAY FLEXIBLE. SURE, ABSOLUTELY. FLEXIBILITY IS KEY. ALRIGHT, GREAT. ALRIGHT, THAT ENDS THIS, UH, UH, DISCUSSION ON THESE TWO BRIEFING ITEMS. AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE RIGHT ON INTO ZONING. THANK Y'ALL FOR HANGING AROUND HERE, WAITING ON THIS PORTION. IT'S ONLY 10 MINUTES, SO, UH, LET'S MOVE RIGHT ON INTO THAT. OH, THANK YOU. GOOD JOB THERE, SIR. OH, THANKS. OKAY. AND IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED HERE FOR OUR ZONING AGENDA. THIS IS ALWAYS A LOT OF FUN IN THE ZONING. UH, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. UM, [Items 27, 34 - 36, 38 - 45, 47, 50 & 51] WE HAVE SOME CONSENT ITEMS HERE AND I'LL READ THROUGH THOSE. 27, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 50 AND 51. UM, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO PULL ANY OF THOSE CONSENT ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? HEARING NONE. ALRIGHT, WELL LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED ON THE CONSENT. UM, LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION ON THAT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE CONSENT ZONING ITEMS. ALRIGHT, I SECOND, OKAY, IF I MAY, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, ITEMS 29 AND 30 HAVE BEEN POSTPONED BY THE APPLICANT. I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. 29 AND 30. OKAY. YEP. GOT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, WELL WE DO HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP FOR CONSENT ITEMS, SO I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THAT ON, UM, UH, ITEM NUMBER 27, MR. JACK FINGER. ALL RIGHT. [03:00:01] UH, ITEM. OH, HERE, HERE WE GO. YES, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM, ANOTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM, I JUST NEED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION ON SOME OF THESE, UH, THE ONES YOU PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THOSE FOR INDIVIDUAL? SURE. UH, 28, 31, 32, 33, 37, 46, 48, AND 49. OKAY, THAT'S, THAT IS 28, 31, 36, 32, 33, 32, 33, 37, AND 37, 46, ET CETERA. OKAY. 48 AND 49. THANK YOU. THAT, THAT HELPS ME THEN. SO, OKAY. UM, ANYWAY, ON THE CONSENT PORTION HERE, UM, ONE ACTUALLY IN YOUR VERY DISTRICT, UH, MR. PERRY, UH, IS THE ALCOHOL VARIANCE, AND I WISH YOU WOULD HAVE, UH, PULLED THAT ONE FOR CONSIDERATION. IT'S ABOUT, ABOUT A SCHOOL THAT'S, UM, UM, GOING TO HAVE SOME ALCOHOL SOLD RIGHT NEXT TO IT. YEAH. WITHIN 300 FEET THERE. THE, UH, IGNACIO FELIX CRNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. YEAH. THE LAP PERLA SPORTS BAR IS GOING TO BE SELLING ALCOHOL THERE, SIR. AND, UH, AS IS YOUR Y'ALL'S PREROGATIVE, I WISH YOU WOULD SAY NO TO THAT ONE, SIR. UM, ALSO, UM, THE, UM, MI MR. RODRIGUEZ, IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU HAVE A CONTROVERSIAL WHAT'S ABOUT A, SOME TRAILER PARK HOMES BEING ESTABLISHED THERE, SIR, RIGHT NEXT TO THE RESIDENCES THERE? YEAH, THE, UH, THIS IS, UH, THERE ARE AS MANY AS OVER 20% OF THE, UM, OF THE PEOPLE RESPONDING TO THE NOTICES THAT SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT IT. YEAH. I BELIEVE, UH, THIS IS, YEAH, I, ITEM 31, SIR. YEAH. THE, UH, AND ANOTHER 23 ALSO SIGNED PETITIONS AGAINST THAT TRAILER PARK, UH, AS WELL THERE. SO YOU MAY WANT TO SAY NO TO THAT, SIR. IT SAYS MANUFACTURED HOUSING. WELL THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE CODE WORD FOR A TRAILER PARK HOME THERE. WELL, GOOD. I'M GLAD, GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE. YES. UM, ALSO THE, UH, I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO GET USED TO THIS HERE, UH, IN, UM, IN MS. ROCHA GARCIA, YOUR, YOUR DISTRICT. YES. THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS THAT I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AS WELL. YOU'VE ALSO GOT A TRAILER PARK HOME THAT'S BEING ADDED TO, TO THE MIX HERE. YEAH, IT'S, UH, RIGHT, RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENCES AS WELL AS I UNDERSTAND THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 36. UH, ALSO IN YOUR DISTRICT YOU HAVE, THAT'S ITEM 37 IS, UM, A WAREHOUSE ONCE AGAIN, RIGHT NEXT TO, TO THE, UH, THE ADJACENT RESIDENCES. NOT MUCH OF A BUFFER THERE, MADAM. I THINK YOU NEED TO SAY, SAY NO TO THAT ONE AS WELL. AND THEN THE VERY NEXT ONE AFTER THAT, ITEM 38, ANOTHER USED CAR LOT OVER ON, UH, MILITARY DRIVE. I, I REALLY WISH YOU, SOME OF YOU WOULD SAY NO TO ANOTHER USED CAR, LOT ALONG MILITARY DRIVE AND ALL THE OTHER MAJOR ARTERIES HERE. WE, WE HAVE HERE IN TOWN. YES. SO ANYWAY, UH, PLEASE, UM, TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND PULL THOSE FOR INDIVIDUAL FOR DENIAL AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. FINGER, WE HAVE, UH, MR. FERNANDO CORTEZ ON WISHING TO SPEAK. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WANTED TO QUICKLY COMPLIMENT THE, UH, RENOVATION WORK YOU GUYS DID TO CITY HALL. IT'S QUITE STUNNING AND BEAUTIFUL TO WALK UP TO. THE AESTHETICS OF IT IS STUNNING. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, I'M HERE ON A REZONING REQUEST FOR, UH, A PROPERTY ON COLLAB 1 0 2 2 9 IS ADJACENT TO MY CLIENT'S PROPERTY. HE'S GOT A, JUST FOR DISCLOSURE, HE HAS A, UM, PAINT SHOP THERE. WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IS A REPAIR AUTO SHOP NOW, AND THAT'S ON RIGHT NEAR 1604. AND SOMETHING, THE GENTLEMAN [03:05:01] BEFORE ME MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, A CAR LOT, USED CAR LOT, I'M ASSUMING HE'S REFERENCING SOMETHING TO DO WITH AESTHETICS. LIKE WE, WE HAVE HERE, UM, A REPAIR SHOP RIGHT OFF OF GUDA. ON THAT TURN WHERE IT'S AT IS IT'S, IT'S A POINT OF SIGHT THAT YOU CAN'T IGNORE. UH, TO HAVE THAT THERE I THINK WOULD CERTAINLY RUIN THE AESTHETICS OF THAT COMMUNITY IN HAVING, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU INDIVIDUALS KNOW OF A CAR REPAIR SHOP THAT IS NOT FLOODED WITH BROKEN DOWN VEHICLES, FLOODED WITH THEM. THE LAST THING I THINK WE WOULD NEED IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THAT AREA. MY CLIENT HAD BEEN THERE SINCE 2008 AND ONLY DOES PAINT AND DOESN'T HAVE VERY MANY VEHICLES THERE. AND I'M JUST RELAYING THAT TO FOR DISCLOSURE. BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT A REPAIR SHOP WOULD DO TO THAT AREA RIGHT THERE ON VEDA? THAT'S A NICE AREA THERE. THE AESTHETICS IS STILL VERY WELL MAINTAINED. I CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT BY DOING SOMETHING AND ALLOWING THIS REZONING TO GO THROUGH THAT IT WOULD DESTROY THAT. MY OTHER CONCERN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS ADVISED THIS MORNING THAT IT WOULD BE TAKEN OFF OF THIS CONSENT AGENDA AND ONLY TOLD THAT IT WAS PUT BACK ON AT ONE O'CLOCK. SO I RUSHED OVER HERE AND I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE ANY DECISION YOU MAKE RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT PERMANENT. I'M ASKING YOU TO AT LEAST DELAY THIS FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO GIMME A LITTLE TIME TO GET MORE INFORMATION TO YOU ON THIS. I HAVEN'T EVEN DISCUSSED THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WHAT THESE CAR LOTS OR REPAIR SHOPS DO WHEN THEY DISPOSE OF, UH, LIQUIDS, OIL PARTS. UH, I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO GET INTO THAT. AND I'M ASKING YOU TO DELAY THIS AND TAKE IT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA. GIVE US A COUPLE OF WEEKS AT LEAST, UH, THE COURTESY AND ONLY TO STRESS TO YOU THAT THAT DECISION IS NOT PERMANENT. UH, EVEN IF YOU DENY THIS REQUEST AT THIS TIME, IT'S NOT PERMANENT. THEY CAN REQUEST IT AGAIN IF YOU DELAY IT. IT IS NOT A PERMANENT DECISION. IT JUST GETS RECONSIDERED IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR WHENEVER YOU HAVE TIME, IF YOU APPROVE IT NOW, THAT IS PERMANENT AND WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. I WAS TOLD BY MR. RAMIREZ THAT THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ISSUES WOULD BE CONSIDERED AFTER THE FACT. EVERYTHING WOULD BE DONE AFTER THE FACT. I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME INFORMATION TO THE HONORABLE COUNSEL BEFORE THE FACT. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. CORTEZ. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, PLEASE VOTE. EVERYTHING'S GONE DOWN ON THIS. ALL RIGHT, SOMETHING'S COMING UP HERE. ALRIGHT, . ALL RIGHT, I THINK IT'S READY. ALL. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU'ALL. THANK YOU FOR, UH, IT NEVER CAME UP ON HIS SCREEN NUMBER AND I WAS TRYING TO TELL Y'ALL . OKAY, I CAN. OKAY, WE'LL DO THAT MANUALLY. THANK YOU SIR, FOR POINTING THAT OUT. ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE [28. ZONING CASE Z­2021­10700104 (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C­3NA AHOD" General Commercial Nonalcoholic Sales Airport Hazard Overlay District, "L AHOD" Light Industrial Airport Hazard Overlay District and "I­1 AHOD" General Industrial Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C­3 AHOD" General Commercial Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 18 and Lot 19, Block 3, NCB 11954, located at 8320 Airport Boulevard and 8434 Airport Boulevard. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from October 21, 2021)] ON TO THE NEXT, UH, ITEM HERE FOR INDIVIDUAL ZONING ITEMS. AND I SEE NUMBER 28. THAT'S CORRECT. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 28. IT IS, IS A REZONING FROM C THREE, NA, L AND I ONE TO C THREE LOCATED AT 83 20 AND 84. 34 AIRPORT BOULEVARD STAFF [03:10:01] AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 30 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. OKAY, LET'S SEE. THAT'S DISTRICT ONE. MOTION TO CONTINUE FOR 30 DAYS TO DECEMBER 2ND. 2021. OKAY, SECOND 28. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE VOTE. IS EVERYBODY THIS ONE? OKAY. LOOKS LIKE UH, IT CARRIES. [31. ZONING CASE Z­2021­10700114 (Council District 2): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "RM­4 MLOD­3 MLR­2 AHOD" Residential Mixed Martindale Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District and "R­5 MLOD­3 MLR­2 AHOD" Residential Single Family Martindale Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District and "RM­4 AHOD" Residential Mixed Airport Hazard Overlay District and "R­5 AHOD" Residential Single Family Airport Hazard Overlay District to "MHC MLOD­3 MLR­2 AHOD" Manufactured Housing Conventional Martindale Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District and "MHC AHOD" Manufactured Housing Conventional Airport Hazard Overlay District on 2.9479 acres out of NCB 12180, located at 4618 Webbles Street. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval.] OKAY, LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM AND WE HAVE SOMEONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. AND THAT'S MR. JACK FINGER. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL READ IT INTO THE RECORD. YES. OKAY, PLEASE. THIS IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 31. IT'S A REZONING FROM R M FOUR AND R FIVE TO M H C LOCATED AT 46 18 WEELL STREET. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 28 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, 11 OPPOSED. WE HAVE A PETITION OF 23 SIGNATURES IN OPPOSITION. ALL RIGHT, MR. FINGER, MR. MAYOR PRO TIM ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. YES, MR. RODRIGUEZ. UH, TO REVIEW WHAT I MENTIONED JUST A MOMENT EARLIER, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AS MUCH AS 1818 TRAILER PARK HOMES IN THIS LOCATION. LOOKING AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS, I NOTICED THAT, UH, THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT PRETTY, PRETTY CLOSE IF NOT ACTUALLY ADJACENT TO HOME RESIDENCES IN THAT AREA. THE REASON YOU, AND PERHAPS BECAUSE OF THAT VERY FACT, PERHAPS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT MANUFACTURED HOMES, WHICH IS ANOTHER NAME FOR TRAILER PARK HOMES, IS, IS THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A VERY BAD REPUTATION. UH, SADLY, UH, THEY ARE NOT THE LOCATION WHERE RESIDENTS TRULY GROW UP TO BE. WELL, IT'S NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP. I'M SORRY. THEY JUST HAVE THAT REPUTATION. AND CONSEQUENTLY, THAT'S PROBABLY WHY YOU HAVE SO MUCH OPPOSITION TO THIS. YOU HAVE 20, UH, 28 NOTICES, SIX, SIX OPPOSED. THAT'S OVER 20%. IF YOU GET ANYTHING OVER FIVE OR 10%, THAT'S A CONTROVERSY. SEE, 23 PEOPLE SIGNED A PETITION AGAINST IT IN AND AROUND THAT AREA. UH, SIR, I THINK, UM, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HA WHO HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO IT. IT'S WHY THEY GOT INVOLVED. IT'S WHY THEY, THEY STATED THEIR OPINION ON THIS. THEY WOULD, I'M SURE THEY WOULD APPRECIATE IT. IT WOULD IF YOU JUST SAY, SAY NO TO THIS, THIS WHOLE IDEA HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, UH, SPEAKERS, NO OTHER SPEAKERS. OKAY. UM, I WANNA START OFF, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE ZONING PROCESS JUST A LITTLE BIT AND THE APPLICANTS THAT WE HAVE. UM, I DO HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WHEN, UM, APPLICANTS WITHDRAW AND THEN THEY PUT THEMSELVES BACK ON THE AGENDA JUST TO FIND OUT THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DENIED AND THEN THEY PUT THEM. SO THIS IS ME TALKING TO THE APPLICANTS. DON'T DO THAT. IF YOU'RE GONNA NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES, BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE SETTING YOURSELF UP TO CONTINUE TO BE DENIED. YOU'RE SETTING THE COMMUNITY UP TO BE FATIGUED AND THAT IS A REAL PROBLEM. UM, AND THAT'S NOT FOR THIS ITEM. THAT'S GENERALLY THE PROCESS. FOR THIS ITEM SPECIFICALLY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS SORT OF, UM, NOT IN MY BACKYARD LANGUAGE THAT WE GET QUITE A BIT. AND I LIVE IN, UH, I LIVE IN NORTHEAST CROSSING AND RIGHT ACROSS FROM ME, I HAVE MANUFACTURED HOMES. ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES LIVES IN MANUFACTURED HOUSING. AND I FIND IT VERY DISRESPECTFUL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MANUFACTURED HOUSING AS TRAILER HOMES OR WE CALL THEM, UM, ALL THESE NAMES. AND WE TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT YOUR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL WITH. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU'RE SHOPPING NEXT TO H AT H E B, WHEN AT THE SAME TIME WE'LL HAVE COMPLAINTS WHERE PEOPLE SAY, OH, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS HOMELESS POPULATION. [03:15:02] HOW WE DO THAT IS WE CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND IF WE KEEP SAYING, NOT IN MY BACKYARD, AND EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD SAYS, NOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT IN MY BACKYARD, WHERE DO YOU EXPECT THEM TO GO? WHERE DO YOU EXPECT THEM TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD HOUSING? AND SO THAT'S THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE OPPOSITION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN AND IN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE OVER THE NEXT, HOWEVER LONG THIS HAS CONTINUED, I EXPECT THAT NOT TO BE THE REASON THAT THIS IS DENIED. SO STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONS ALL BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR INTRODUCING NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS TO DISTRICT TWO. THE APPLICANT REPORTED, UM, HAVING SPOKE WITH SOME SUPPORTERS OF THE PROJECT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ON THE CITY RECORD. ADDITIONALLY, IT IS PARAMOUNT FOR THE CREATION OF THIS PLAN FOR ONSITE MANAGEMENT IF ANY OF THESE UNITS, IF ANY OF THESE UNITS ARE TO BE RENTED OUT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL BE LOOKING, UH, FOR FROM THE APPLICANT. I MOTION TO CONTINUE THE CASE FOR ONE MONTH. OKAY. UH, DO WE HAVE A DATE CERTAIN ON THAT DECEMBER 2ND? THAT WILL BE DECEMBER 2ND. DECEMBER 2ND. YES, SIR. A SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DELAY TO DECEMBER 2ND. PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. [32. ZONING CASE Z­2021­10700217 (Council District 2): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R­4 MLOD­3 MLR­2 AHOD" Residential Single­Family Martindale Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District to "R­3 MLOD­3 MLR­2 AHOD" Residential Single­Family Martindale Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 9, Block 3, NCB 3393, located at 1431 East Crockett Street. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from October 21, 2021)] LET'S MOVE NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 32. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 32 IS A REZONING FROM R FOUR TO R THREE LOCATED AT 1431 EAST CROCKETT STREET. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 33 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED, COUNCILMAN. SO THIS APPLICANT FACED, UM, SOME CONSTRUCTION ISSUES AND DELAYS THAT PREVENTED HIM FROM COMPLETING COMMUNITY OUTREACH. SO AS I UNDERSTAND HE'S IN COMMUNICATION WITH COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, BUT HE NEEDS SOME ADDITIONAL TIME. UM, I MOVED TO CONTINUE THE CASE FOR ONE MONTH PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. THAT WOULD BE DECEMBER 2ND, DECEMBER 2ND. GREAT. I'LL SAY THE DATE NEXT TIME. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION. DO I HEAR? SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE. ALRIGHT, MOTION CARRIES. LET'S [33. ZONING CASE Z­2021­10700226 (Council District 2): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R­6 CD EP­1 MLOD­3 MLR­2 AHOD" Residential Single­Family Facility Parking/Traffic Control Martindale Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for a Learning Center to "RM­4 EP­1 MLOD­3 MLR­2 AHOD" Residential Mixed Facility Parking/Traffic Control Martindale Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 10, Block 6, NCB 1307, located at 1711 Burleson Street. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. ] MOVE NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 33. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 33 IS A REZONING FROM R SIX CD TO RMM FOUR LOCATED AT 1711 BURLESON STREET. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. SEVEN NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. UM, SO THIS ONE IS INTERESTING TO ME. UM, IT FEATURES THREE OR FOUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR TEACHERS. UM, AND SO I'M WAITING FOR SOME ANSWERS ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY AND HOW THE PLAN IS TO TARGET TEACHERS, UM, AND WHAT THEIR COMMUNITY OUTREACH WILL LOOK LIKE. UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF ONCE I HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL DETAILS. UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME DOCUMENTED OUTREACH EFFORTS AND SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD. SO I MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS CASE FOR ONE MONTH, UH, DECEMBER 2ND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO DECEMBER 2ND, SECOND, SECOND. AND WE GOT A SECOND HERE. ALL RIGHT, GREAT. UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT . OH, SURE. SO I DON'T, . ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU VOTE FOR ME THERE, ? YEAH. I'LL GIVE YOU A THUMBS UP OR A THUMBS DOWN. HOW ABOUT THAT? ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. PLEASE VOTE. YOU BETTER. DO I HAVE TO GO OVER HERE? YOU DO. OKAY. YES. THUMBS UP. OKAY. THESE SYSTEMS, UH, ITEM [37. ZONING CASE Z­2021­10700223 CD (Council District 4): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "R­6 MLOD­2 MLR­1 AHOD" Residential Single­Family Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C­2 CD MLOD­2 MLR­1 AHOD" Commercial Lackland Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 1 Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional Use for Office/Warehouse on Lot P37, NCB 16001, generally located at 5800 Ray Ellison Boulevard. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval, with Conditions.] NUMBER 37, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 37 IS A REZONING FROM R SIX TWO C TWO C CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR OFFICE WAREHOUSE, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 5,800 RAY ELLISON BOULEVARD. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. AN EIGHT FOOT SOLID SCREEN FENCE, A BUDDING RESIDENTIAL DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING, 15 FOOT TYPE B LANDSCAPE BUFFER IN THE REAR. 34 NOTICES MAILED TWO IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE SOMEONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK MR. JACK FINGER? [03:20:05] YEAH, MR. MAYOR, PRO TEM, MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK FINGER. MS. ROHA GARCIA, THIS IS ONCE AGAIN IN YOUR DISTRICT. I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO I MENTIONED ABOUT HOW THIS IS A WAREHOUSE, A WAREHOUSE BEING ESTABLISHED RIGHT NEXT TO RESIDENCES. NOW THEY MENTIONED, ACCORDING TO THE STAFF, THERE'S, THEY'RE RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. OKAY? THE QUESTION IS, IS THOSE, ARE THOSE CONDITIONS ENOUGH? ENOUGH OF SAY, A BUFFER THAT WOULD BECOME BETWEEN THAT BOAT, THAT PROPERTY LINE OF THE WAREHOUSE, WE AND THE PROPERTY LINE OF THE RESIDENTIAL HOME, WHICH ARE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER? I MEAN, RIGHT, RIGHT NEXT TO YES, TO THE BACKYARD OF THE PERSON WHO, THE FAMILY THAT LIVES THERE WHOSE KIDS PLAY IN THE BACKYARD THERE, RIGHT NEXT TO A WAREHOUSE THERE. THE IDEA IS THAT I THOUGHT THE IDEA WAS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO OFFER REAL BUFFERS, YOU KNOW, REAL SEPARATIONS IN LAND, NOT JUST A BOUNDARY LINE, BUT I MEAN, YOU HAVE, HOW MANY RESIDENCES ARE THERE? I I, I THOUGHT I COUNTED ONE, TWO, OR THREE THERE AT LEAST. UH, NO, I THINK, UH, WHEN DO WE GET SERIOUS ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO THESE COMMERCIAL LOCATIONS? THEY WOULD LIKE, THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PEACE AND QUIET AND NO EXTE, EXTRA TRAFFIC, NOISE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. SO YES, WHY NOT SAY NO TO ONE OF THESE THINGS ONCE AND FOR ALL AND, AND, AND THAT, AND THOSE COMMENTS CAN GO TO EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF YOU HERE ON THE COUNCIL. YOU CAN SAY NO TO THIS AS WELL. OF COURSE, MR. MR. GARCIA, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO TAKES THE LEAD ON THIS, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. UH, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU. UH, MAYOR PRO TEM. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS STATED. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE. SHE'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF IT, BUT I VOTED FOR THE MAYOR AGAIN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. [46. ZONING CASE Z­2021­10700129 ERZD (Council District 10): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "C­3R AHOD ERZD" General Commercial Restrictive Alcoholic Sales Airport Hazard Overlay Edwards Recharge Zone District and "C­3R AHOD" General Commercial Restrictive Alcoholic Sales Airport Hazard Overlay District to "MF­18 AHOD" Limited Density Multi­Family Airport Hazard Overlay Edwards Recharge Zone District and "MF18 AHOD ERZD" Limited Density Multi­Family Airport Hazard Overlay District on 4.73 acres out of NCB 17726, generally located in the 5000 Block of North Loop 1604 East. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from October 21, 2021)] LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 46. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 46 IS A REZONING FROM C THREE R TO MF 18, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 5,000 BLOCK OF NORTH LOOP 1604 EAST STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 41 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. AND I'LL MAKE A COMMENT FOR THIS CASE. THIS CASE WAS CONTINUED FROM THE LAST CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, UH, DUE TO CONCERNS RAISED BY COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR, UH, REGARDING TRAFFIC. SINCE THEN, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS MET WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER, UH, FOR THE APPLICANT AND THE APPLICANT. AND BASED OFF OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED, THE EVALUATION WE PROVIDE OR WE LOOKED AT, 95% OF THE TRAFFIC WAS GONNA BE ENTERING AND EXITING OFF OF THE 1604 ACCESS ROAD. THERE WOULD BE MINIMAL TRAFFIC IMPACT FOR THIS PROJECT OFF OF O'CONNOR. GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, ALRIGHT THERE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION OR SO OH, OKAY. UM, COUNCILWOMAN HAVER DAY. SORRY, DID YOU HAVE ANY ADD? SORRY, YOU'RE GONNA CALL ON ME? I'M SORRY. YES. UH, I MOVED TO APPROVE WITH THE ATTACHED LETTER. MADAM CLERK, YOU RECEIVED THE, THE LETTER. OKAY. I MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE ATTACHED LETTER AND STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? GREAT. MOTION CARRIES. LET'S MOVE [Items 48 & 49] ON TO THE NEXT ONE. ITEM 48, AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 48 AND 49 IS AN AMENDING THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN FROM GENERAL URBAN TIER AND SUBURBAN TIER TO GENERAL URBAN TIER FROM AND A REZONING FROM C TWO AND A C THREE AND MF 33 TO MF 33. GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 1700 BLOCK OF GREEN MOUNTAIN ROAD. STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 11. NOTICES MAILED ZERO AND FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED. [03:25:01] OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN HAVER DAY, I MOVE TO CONTINUE ITEMS 48 AND 49 TO THE NOVEMBER 18TH MEETING. ALRIGHT, GOT IT. I READ THEM IN TOGETHER. I CAN'T HEAR YOU, AURORA. I READ THEM IN TOGETHER. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE VOTE WHEN IT SHOWS UP HERE. EXCEPT I CAN'T VOTE ON THIS MACHINE. . ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE UH, MOTION CARRIES. UM, ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT'S THE BALANCE OF THE AGENDA HERE TODAY. UM, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE ON HERE. WAS THAT, IT'S IT, MELISSA? THAT'S IT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. WELL, WITH THAT IN MIND, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING TODAY FOR ZONING AND WE'LL SEE Y'ALL NEXT TIME IN TWO WEEKS. TWO WEEKS. OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR PUSHING MY BUTTONS, COUNCILMAN. COURAGE. . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.