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           COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MAKI RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HERE. 
          CHAIR SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          MA'AM, I AM TO REMIND YOU TO SPEAK TO YOUR MICROPHONES AND TURN THEM ON . 
          AND, UM, WE'LL HAVE, UH, FIVE MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS AND WE WILL TRY TO WRAP UP AROUND, UH, BY NOON, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. 
          UM, WE WILL TAKE ONE ITEM OUT OF ORDER, AND THAT WILL BE THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE CAP TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AS WE DO HAVE THE NOMINEE HERE WITH US TODAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 
          AND THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL TAKE THE AIR QUALITY ITEM LAST, BUT IT'S ONLY 'CAUSE WE'RE SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST, KYLE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          UM, ALL RIGHTY. 
          UH, SO WE'LL START WITH ITEM NUMBER 
          [1. Approval of minutes from the October 28, 2021, Community Health, Environment, and Culture Committee meeting.]
ONE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 28TH MEETING. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? I AM, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          IT'S UNANIMOUS TODAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          UM, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 
          [2. The SASpeakUp Portal Project Update. [Jeff Coyle, Assistant City Manager; Laura Mayes, Assistant Director, Government, and Public Affairs]]
TWO, THE ESSAY SPEAKUP PORTAL PROJECT UPDATE. 
          AND WE HAVE, UH, MR. COYLE, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND MS. LAURA MAYS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. 
          UM, ANY COMMENTS? GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, UM, LAURA MAYS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 
          ALSO JOINING ME IS MATT LEWELLEN, OUR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP MANAGER FOR I T S D. 
          AND OF COURSE, JEFF, AS YOU MENTIONED. 
          UM, I'M VERY EXCITED TO BRING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE ESSAY SPEAKUP PORTAL. 
          WE'VE COME TO YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH SOME UPDATES ON THIS PROJECT, UM, AND IT IS COMING TO FRUITION. 
          SO, UH, IT'S HERE. 
          THE ESSAY SPEAKUP PORTAL LAUNCHED LAST WEEK ON NOVEMBER 1ST. 
          WE'RE TREATING THIS AS A SOFT LAUNCH, AS WE HAVE CONTINUED TO GET SOME RESIDENT FEEDBACK, UM, ABOUT THE PORTAL AND ITS FEATURES. 
          BUT THIS IS WHAT THAT HOMEPAGE LOOKS LIKE. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A ONE STOP RESOURCE FOR EVERYTHING TO CONNECT WITH THE CITY. 
          THERE'S OPTIONS TO SIGN UP FOR A PROFILE AND, UH, MANAGE YOUR NOTIFICATIONS OF WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE FROM THE CITY. 
          AND ONE THING I WANNA POINT OUT IS BECAUSE WE'RE APPROACHING THIS WEBSITE AS A RESIDENT CENTRIC DESIGN, IT MEANS IT'S A LIVING WEBSITE. 
          THERE WILL BE CHANGES AND UPDATES ROLLED OUT AS WE CONTINUE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT OUR RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE IN THIS WEBSITE. 
          SO THINK OF IT AS THIS LIVING WEBSITE THAT WILL CONTINUE EVOLVING. 
          SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, BUT JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS I WANTED TO RECAP OF WHAT ABOUT WHAT'S LIVE AND WHAT THE PORTAL DOES INCLUDE CONSTITUENT MANAGEMENT. 
          MANY OF YOUR OFFICES HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE NEW CONSTITUENT MANAGEMENT, UM, PLATFORM THAT YOU HAVE. 
          UM, BUT FOR US, IT'S CONSTITUENT MANAGEMENT ON WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SUBSCRIBE FOR, FOR NOTIFICATIONS. 
          I WANNA USE AN EXAMPLE OF THIS THAT'S PRETTY CURRENT. 
          OUR ARPA MEETINGS. 
          UM, THOSE ARPA MEETINGS LIVE ON THE ESSAY SPEAKUP PORTAL. 
          THEY'RE POSTED ONLINE AND PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SUBSCRIBE TO UPDATES ABOUT THAT PROCESS. 
          SO WHEN WE ULTIMATELY DO BRING THAT BACK TO YOU FOR A B SESSION OR FOR A COUNCIL VOTE, WE CAN NOTIFY THOSE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE WANTED TO STAY INVOLVED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP FOR THAT ARPA PROCESS. 
          BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS RIGHT NOW, THAT IS, UM, A CENTRAL HUB OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ON THE WEBSITE. 
          AGENDA MANAGEMENT, AS YOU'VE SEEN SOME UPDATES TO IT THIS WEEK, WERE, UH, THIS PAST WEEK WITH THE PORTAL'S LAUNCH, IS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE USER FRIENDLY. 
          UM, IT'S MOBILE RESPONSIVE. 
          YOU CAN SIGN UP TO SPEAK, YOU CAN VIEW AGENDA ITEMS ALL WITHOUT LEAVING THAT ESSAY SPEAKUP.COM PORTAL. 
          SO IT'S A VERY COHESIVE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SURVEY MANAGEMENT, ALL OF THE CITY SURVEYS WILL LIVE ON THIS WEBSITE. 
          UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE, UM, THAT ARE PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR THE BOND, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEN PAST SURVEY RESULTS AS WELL. 
          WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MIGRATING ALL OF THE DATA FROM PREVIOUS SURVEYS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHERE THOSE ARE IN THE PROCESS. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, CALENDAR MANAGEMENT. 
          THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS THAT YOU HAVE ONE RESOURCE TO FIND EVERY SINGLE MEETING OR EVENT COMING UP FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ON A SINGLE CALENDAR THAT'S FED IN ONE PLACE. 
          UM, I'LL USE THE ARPA EXAMPLE AGAIN. 
          YOU CAN ACTUALLY FILTER THAT AND LOOK FOR, UM, COVID RELIEF FUNDS OR ARPA TOWN HALLS AND FIND THOSE. 
          IF YOU WANNA FIND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, YOU CAN TYPE IN CITY COUNCIL AND VIEW THOSE PRETTY QUICKLY. 
          I WILL NOTE WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS TO MIGRATE THEIR EVENTS OVER TO THIS PLATFORM. 
          SO AS YOU, 
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UM, VISIT THE WEBSITE, YOU'LL SEE PLENTY ARE ON THERE, BUT WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS TO, TO TRANSITION OVER TO THE NEW CALENDAR. 
          UM, WITH THAT, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO MATT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE. 
          THANK YOU, LAURA. 
          UH, SO AS WE WENT THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF THE PORTAL, THERE ARE KIND OF FOUR CORE AREAS THAT AS WE APPROACHED THE HOME STRETCH OF THIS PROJECT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE REALLY FOCUSED A LOT ON COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION ACROSS, UH, KEY DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE VERY CLOSE TO THE PROJECT. 
          WE DID FOUR ROUNDS OF USER TESTING WITH INTERNAL STAFF, UM, INCLUDING STAFF THAT HAD NEVER, UH, SEEN THE PORTAL OR BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT IN ANY WAY TO PROVIDE, UH, A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AND DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN THE PROJECT TEAM HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO THROUGHOUT. 
          WE DID INTERNAL TRAINING AND TESTING WITH CSA COMMUNICATION STAFF, SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PIOS ACROSS COASTAL DEPARTMENTS. 
          UM, I THINK WE HAD REPRESENTATION FROM MOST, IF NOT ALL DEPARTMENTS ABLE TO KIND OF TOUCH IT IN SOME WAY AS WE DEVELOPED. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAD AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WAS BROUGHT INTO CITY HALL HERE, UH, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO TO PROVIDE US HANDS-ON FEEDBACK AND PLAY WITH THE PORTAL IN PERSON IN A TESTING ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND WE SPENT, UH, I BELIEVE, TWO HOURS GOING BACK AND FORTH AND PLAYING AND RECEIVING THEIR FEEDBACK. 
          I WILL LET LAURA KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME MORE SPECIFICS ON WHAT WAS OFFERED DURING THAT SESSION. 
          UM, BUT ALL OF THESE REALLY COMBINED TO GIVE US, UM, A VERY COMFORTABLE GRASP ON WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO WITH THIS PORTAL AS WE FINISHED IT, AND THEN STEP FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE WITH ITERATIONS ON IT. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU, MATT. 
          UM, ONE THING I WANTED TO SHARE TOO ABOUT THE SANDBOX ENVIRONMENT. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A CITY WEBSITE HAS EVER OFFERED THAT TO OUR RESIDENTS TO DO THE SANDBOX TREATMENT, WHICH IS BASICALLY, THEY GO IN, THEY SEE A LIVE DEMO OF THE PORTAL, THEY PLAY WITH THE FEATURES IN THERE. 
          WE GAVE THEM A FEW TASKS TO ACCOMPLISH. 
          UM, BUT LET ME SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMMITTEE THAT YOU APPOINTED. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR APPOINTING SUCH WONDERFUL RESIDENTS TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE. 
          THEY HAD REALLY INSIGHTFUL FEEDBACK. 
          UH, WERE WILLING TO TEST THINGS OUT AND, UH, AND BE FRANK WITH US ABOUT WHAT THEY LIKED OR DIDN'T LIKE. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THEM BRIEFLY. 
          BIANCA MALDONADO, WHO SERVED AS THE CHAIR WAS, UM, MADAM CHAIR YOUR APPOINTEE. 
          JORDAN GOEY SERVED AS THE MAYORAL APPOINTEE, CYNTHIA SPIELMAN FOR DISTRICT ONE, THEA SETTER BO FOR DISTRICT TWO, TERRY IBANEZ FOR D THREE AND VELMA PENYA FOR DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UH, THE COMMITTEE MET TWICE AHEAD OF THE PORTAL'S LAUNCH ON OCTOBER 11TH, AND THIS WAS AN ORIENTATION MEETING, UM, TO SHARE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH THE PORTAL. 
          AND THEN, AS MATT MENTIONED, THEY MET ON OCTOBER 26TH FOR THE SANDBOX TESTING ENVIRONMENT, UM, TO SHARE SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK. 
          WE DO PLAN TO RECONVENE THEM THIS MONTH, UM, TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY LIKE RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE PORTAL, WHAT THINGS THEY'D LIKE TO CHANGE, WHAT OTHER FEEDBACK THEY HAVE FOR US. 
          AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE UNTIL WE FEEL LIKE THE PORTAL IS IN A VERY STABLE PLACE. 
          UM, BUT AS I MENTIONED, IT'S A LIVING WEBSITE, SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA ENCOURAGE THEM TOO, TO CONTINUE SHARING THAT FEEDBACK WITH US. 
          UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY'VE BEEN SO INSIGHTFUL. 
          I WANNA SHOW YOU HOW SOME OF THEIR FEEDBACK HAS BEEN USED SO FAR. 
          UM, SO ON THE SLIDES BEFORE YOU, YOU'LL SEE SOME LITTLE SPEECH BUBBLES HERE THAT TELL US WHAT THEIR FEEDBACK WAS, AND THOSE SCREENSHOTS OF THE PORTAL ACTUALLY LIVE NOW SHOW HOW WE USE THE FEEDBACK IN ACTION. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE BIT HARD TO READ, BUT AS AN EXAMPLE, ON THE TOP CORNER THERE, YOU'LL SEE THERE WAS A TAB THAT ORIGINALLY JUST SAID ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          UM, THE COMMITTEE SHARED WITH US THAT THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO BROAD. 
          AND IF YOU CLICKED ON THAT, YOU MIGHT ASSUME THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, UM, YOUR, UM, SENATE MEMBERS, YOUR LOCAL DELEGATION. 
          AND SO WE DID ADJUST THAT TO JUST BE ELECTED, UM, WHO REPRESENTS ME. 
          AND THAT PAGE ACTUALLY FEATURES THE LINKS AND INFORMATION TO YOUR COUNCIL OFFICE PAGES. 
          UM, UNDERNEATH THAT, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE WAS A BUTTON THAT ORIGINALLY, UM, HAD A REGISTER, AND THAT'S ALL IT SAID. 
          UM, IT WASN'T CLEAR ENOUGH FOR, FOR OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT YOU WERE REGISTERING TO SPEAK. 
          AND SO THAT'S A BUTTON THAT DID GET SWITCHED OUT INSTEAD TO JUST SAY, REQUEST TO SPEAK TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE USER TO DO. 
          IN THE MIDDLE SECTION THERE, YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT THE, UH, AGENDA ORIGINALLY SAID AGENDA, H T M L VIEW, WHICH I THINK FOR, FOR THOSE OF US THAT DO A LOT OF TECH WORK, WE KNOW WHAT H T M L IS. 
          BUT THE COMMITTEE SHARED, AGAIN, SOME REALLY INSIGHTFUL, UM, COMMENTS THAT NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT IS. 
          SO JUST SIMPLIFY IT. 
          AND NOW IT JUST SAYS WEB VIEW. 
          UM, AND I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THESE ARE ALL MOBILE FRIENDLY. 
          SO IF YOU DO ACCESS THIS ON A MOBILE DEVICE, AS WE ASK THE COMMITTEE TO DO BOTH ON A TABLET AND ON A REGULAR DESKTOP, UM, YOU'LL SEE THE, THAT THEY'RE ALSO MOBILE FRIENDLY. 
          ON THE TOP CORNER, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, THE ORIGINAL HOMEPAGE FOR THE ESSAY SPEAKUP SITE HAD, UM, A A LITTLE PROMPT TO ASK PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR AN ACCOUNT. 
          UM, ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHARED THAT IF THEY WERE VISITING THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHY THEY SHOULD REGISTER FOR AN ACCOUNT. 
          SO WE ADJUST THAT, ADJUSTED THAT LANGUAGE TO GIVE MORE OF A REASON FOR WHY PEOPLE SHOULD SIGN UP FOR ACCOUNTS. 
          IN THE ESSAY SPEAKUP PORTAL. 
          I DO WANNA POINT OUT, IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT TO, 
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UM, TO INTERACT WITH CALENDARS OR SURVEYS OR ANY AGENDA ITEMS, BUT IF RESIDENTS DO DECIDE TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT, IT GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO MANAGE NOTIFICATIONS. 
          IF THEY TAKE MORE SURVEYS, THEIR INFORMATION IS STORED SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO KEEP, UM, COMING BACK WITH FILLING OUT THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          SO WE ENCOURAGE IT, BUT IT'S NOT A REQUIRED ITEM. 
          AND FINALLY, ONE COMMENT WAS, UM, TO SET THE DEFAULT TO MAKE ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS PROVIDED PUBLIC. 
          AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DID. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE HERE THERE'S A SCREEN GRAB OF OUR NOVEMBER 3RD COUNCIL MEETING, UM, WITH A COMMENT THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY JOHN BACHMAN REGARDING ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          SO THOSE ARE ALL PUBLIC AND, UH, AVAILABLE FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE. 
          LET ME TURN IT BACK OVER TO MATT NOW TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR ONGOING WORK. 
          SO AS WE GO BEYOND GO LIVE NOW, THERE ARE GONNA BE, UH, A FEW THINGS THAT WE LOOK TO CONTINUE DOING. 
          SO, DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPLICATION SYSTEM IS A, UH, A LARGE PENDING ITEM. 
          WE HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF AND TRAINING AND DATA MIGRATION. 
          SO AS WE CONTINUE TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THE SYSTEM AND EXPOSE IT TO COSA DEPARTMENTS, WE WILL BRING IN THROUGH LAURA, UM, OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN AND INCREASE THAT USER BASE INTERNALLY. 
          UM, AND THEN AS WE, AS WE DO THAT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE USER EXPERIENCE FIXES AND UPDATES FROM ALL ASPECTS AND CHANNELS OF FEEDBACK. 
          THAT'S NOT JUST THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, IT'S NOT JUST THROUGH COUNCIL. 
          BUT, UM, IF SOMEONE CALLS THE CLERK'S OFFICE OR G P A AND SAYS THEY HAVE AN ISSUE OR A CONCERN, WE WILL TAKE THAT AND ASSESS THE, THE FEASIBILITY OF MAKING FIXES, UM, AD HOC AS THEY COME IN. 
          UM, AND THEN THAT KIND OF TIES INTO THE LAST PIECE, WHICH IS WE'RE COMMITTED TO CONTINUOUS REVIEW AND PERFORMANCE, UM, UPDATES AND UPGRADES THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THIS PORTAL. 
          SO WHAT YOU SEE TODAY WILL VERY LIKELY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SEE NEXT YEAR, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MOLD ALL THAT TOGETHER. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          UM, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO DO IS HIGHLIGHT THE PROJECT TEAM THAT WORKED ON THIS EFFORT. 
          UM, YOU'LL SEE HERE A COMPLETE LIST OF THE STAFF, INCLUDING THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER THE SCOPE OF WORK. 
          AND THEN THE CORE TEAM, THEY'RE LIKE THE WIZARD OF OZ, THE WIZARD BEHIND THE CURTAIN THAT ACTUALLY MADE ALL OF THIS HAPPEN. 
          UM, I ESPECIALLY WANNA THANK MATT MADISON. 
          UM, MADISON MAI IS THE, UH, PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS IN I T S D. 
          AND I'VE NEVER MET SOMEONE SO ORGANIZED AND PUT TOGETHER WHO MADE SURE DEADLINES WERE MET AND, UH, ENSURED THAT EVERYTHING ON THAT PUNCH LIST OF FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED WAS TAKEN CARE OF OR IS GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. 
          UM, THE I T SS D TEAM, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF G P A CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ALSO ALL WORK TOGETHER ON THIS PROJECT TO BRING IT TO FRUITION. 
          UM, AND WITH THAT, WE WILL PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LAURA, MATT, AND, UH, AND JEFF. 
          I KNOW THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND, UH, AND YOU'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS ON IT. 
          UH, I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE INCORPORATION OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. 
          UM, I THINK THE, THE END USER SHOULD BE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, SO WE CAN BE, UH, SURE THAT IT WORKS AT THE, AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, FOR BRINGING THAT GROUP TOGETHER AND, AND TAKING THEIR INPUT. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A, A COUPLE OF, UH, OF QUESTIONS. 
          IT'S, THIS IS A VERY BIG PROJECT, RIGHT? THERE ARE FIVE DIFFERENT ASPECTS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD AT THE VERY SAME TIME. 
          UM, SO I DON'T ENVY YOU THAT, THAT CHALLENGE. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DOING FIVE THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. 
          , UH, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON THE, THE WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT ARE FILED. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE MAKING THEM PUBLIC. 
          UH, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT A RESPONSE PROCESS FOR ANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED AT THIS POINT? UM, I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT. 
          AS RESIDENTS DO SHARE, UM, THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION, WE CAN EXPLORE WHAT THAT PROCESS MIGHT LOOK LIKE. 
          UM, SO I THINK WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT FOR PHASE TWO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE HAVING THAT RESPONSE PROCESS BE PUBLIC AS WELL IN THE EVENT THAT OTHERS MAY HAVE THE SAME QUESTION OR MAY WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT, WITH THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT'S THE BEST WAY AND, AND THE, MY COMMITTEE MEMBER'S THOUGHTS ON WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO ENSURE THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, HAVE CONVENIENT ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION AT THE TIME IT'S NECESSARY. 
          UM, I'VE, I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED BEFORE, AND I, I DON'T ALWAYS KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO THEY APPLY? WHEN'S THE BEST TIME TO READ THEM? UM, SO COULD YOU JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? UM, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA ASK AURORA HERE TO JUMP IN FROM THE CLERK'S PERSPECTIVE AS WELL ABOUT SHARING THOSE COMMENTS. 
          AND I'M SORRY, MA'AM, I WAS, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTION? NO PROBLEM. 
          CAN YOU TELL 
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ME HOW THE WRITTEN COMMENTS PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK IN, IN YOUR OPINION? UH, FOR EACH, FOR EACH COUNCIL MEETING OR COMMITTEE MEETING? SO WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WHAT WE ARE AIMING TO DO IS TO RE GET THE COMMENTS IN, WE'LL BE NOTIFYING PRIOR TO THE MEETING OR AT THE MEETING. 
          AND THEN FROM THERE, WE WILL SEND THOSE OUT VIA EMAIL TO THE, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, TO EACH OF THE DISTRICTS. 
          'CAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT IT MAY NOT BE YOUR DISTRICT, BUT YOU'RE STILL INTERESTED ON THE TOPIC. 
          AND IT MAY ALSO IMPACT THAT, THAT, UM, THAT COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          SO THEN WE WILL DO A, A FULL RELEASE TO THE COUNCIL DISTRICT AND MAYOR AND THE DE THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENT ON, ON THAT. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE INCORPORATING. 
          JEFF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, THANK, UH, AURORA'S, UH, COMMENT SORT OF WAS MAKING A POINT THAT I WANTED TO SHARE, WHICH IS I, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THOSE RESPONSES ARE IN WHAT CASES THEY'RE APPROPRIATE IN, IN MANY, IN MANY CASES, THESE ARE RESIDENT COMMENTS ON POLICY ITEMS FACING EITHER THE ENTIRE COUNCIL OR COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON AN ISSUE. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE THAT PUTTING THE STAFF IN A RESPONSE POSITION ON THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WHEN YOU ALL ARE ULTIMATELY VOTING ON THOSE ITEMS, IS, IS THE RIGHT THING. 
          UH, CERTAINLY FOLKS ARE GONNA ASK QUESTIONS, AND AS WE DO ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHEN PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT TOPICS, WE DO OUR BEST TO RESPOND AND EDUCATE. 
          UM, BUT I, I THINK THAT AREA MIGHT WARRANT A LITTLE FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING, JEFF. 
          I, I THINK WHAT I HAD IN MIND WAS THE TYPE OF COMMENTS THAT WE HEAR AT OUR WEDNESDAY EVENING, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, MY STREET, MY NEIGHBOR, UH, VERY SPECIFIC, UH, COMMENTS, OR, I DON'T HAVE A PERMIT TO SELL ON THE RIVER WALK. 
          UH, AND WE HEAR THESE QUESTIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND WE DON'T RESPOND BECAUSE IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO, AND IT, IT'S ANTI CLIMACTIC. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT PROVIDING A SERVICE TO THE, TO THE PERSON WHO'S MADE THE EFFORT TO COME DOWNTOWN. 
          SO, UH, PERHAPS ON A SEPARATE THREAD, UH, WE CAN, OR NOT BY TEXT  AND A SEPARATE CONVERSATION, WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S A GOOD WAY TO RESPOND TO THAT. 
          UM, I, I WOULD NEED TO BECOME MORE FAMILIAR WITH THESE COMMENTS THAT, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 
          SO CAN YOU, I APOLOGIZE FOR BELABORING THE POINT HERE, BUT I REALLY, UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CL WE'RE CLEAR. 
          SO FOR INSTANCE, FOR THIS COMMITTEE, THE AGENDA WOULD HAVE BEEN UP, YOU, UH, A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC COULD HAVE SUBMITTED COMMENTS, AND THEN WHEN WOULD I, OR WHEN WOULD WE SEE THOSE? SO FOR, FOR THESE MEETINGS, WE WOULD ANNOUNCE IT AT THIS MEETING. 
          SO WE WOULD STAY, IN FACT, THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO. 
          I'LL REVIEW IT AND SAY THERE IS PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THERE IS NOT PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE IS WRITTEN COMMENT. 
          THERE IS NOT WRITTEN COMMENT FOR B SESSION. 
          UM, WELL, FOR, FOR, WE DON'T ACCEPT FOR B SESSION, BUT FOR A SESSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, WE WILL THEN FORWARD YOU ON ANY WRITTEN COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVE FOR YOUR REVIEW. 
          AND THEN ANY, ANYONE WHO'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK WILL SPEAK AT THAT, AT THAT MEETING. 
          SO, AND AURORA, WOULD IT BE UP TO EACH CHAIR TO DETERMINE IF THEY HEAR THAT PUBLIC COMMENT ALOUD? YES. 
          I MEAN, WE, WE, WE ALWAYS HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO READ, UH, FOR THAT. 
          BUT WE WILL AT THE MINIMUM DISPERSE THAT TO, TO THE COMMITTEE OR THE COUNCIL CHAIR. 
          THE COUNCIL, WE USUALLY DON'T READ THOSE AT, UH, AT B SESSION BECAUSE THEY HAVE UNTIL, I'M SORRY, B SESSION, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE UP UNTIL THAT MEETING AND THEN JUST GETTING THOSE ALL DONE. 
          BUT OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO GET THOSE OUT AS WE RECEIVE THEM BY THE END OF THAT MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          MATT, SO IN ADDITION TO A STRUCTURED REPORT THAT YOU WOULD RECEIVE FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE, THE COMMENTS CAN BE, UM, OBSERVED AND SEEN BY ANYONE AT ANY TIME. 
          UM, AS SOON AS THAT AGENDA IS POSTED, THEY'RE JUST KIND OF AS THEY COME IN AND NOT IN LIKE A SOCIAL MEDIA FEED, ESSENTIALLY. 
          SO YOU CAN GO AND SEE THEM AND, AND GET AHEAD OF IT. 
          AND THEN AT THE TIME OF THE MEETING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE WINDOW TO COMMENT CUTS OFF, UM, CLERK WILL CONSOLIDATE AND SEND OUT AN ACTUAL FORMATTED REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MATT. 
          UM, AT THIS POINT, WE'VE ALSO BUILT THAT THROUGH THE SA PORTALS, WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH, PRIME GOV TOO. 
          SO THOSE, ANYTHING THAT'S SUBMITTED WILL COME INTO THE PRIME GOV SYSTEM. 
          SO LIKE PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, I'M ABLE TO LOOK AT THE PRIME IN PRIME GOV TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY COMMENT OR ANYTHING SITUATED. 
          SO THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER, UM, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN UPDATED REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHEN WILL THAT PART BE FUNCTIONAL? THE FUNCTION, THE FUNCTION OF THE REPORT? RIGHT, RIGHT NOW? RIGHT 
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NOW IT'S NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE ARE RECEIVING THOSE NOW. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY, UM, SO LIKE TODAY, I, I DID LOOK FOR WRITTEN COMMENT OR ANYTHING, BUT IF THERE IS NO, THERE'S NO NOTIFICATION, WE, WE DON'T PRINT OUT A REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BUT WE'LL, BUT WE DO NOTE THAT IN THE MINUTES STATING THERE WAS NO WRITTEN OR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AT THIS POINT, I'LL GO AROUND THE ROOM. 
          UM, WE'LL GO THIS WAY, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW MUCH I VALUE Y'ALL AS A STAFF, AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF, UM, THINKLESS WORK, AND IT TAKES A LOT OF SKILL THAT, UM, MOST OF US CANNOT FATHOM. 
          UM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT GOES INTO THIS, INTO THE PRESENTATION AND INTO TRYING TO CREATE A MORE, UM, ENGAGING PUBLIC INPUT AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. 
          UM, MY FIRST QUESTION IS GONNA BE, UM, WE'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS THAT THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY FINDING PUBLIC COMMENT FEATURES, LIKE, SAY THE HOUSING COMMISSION, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          UM, AND THAT OFTEN FOLKS SIGN UP, BUT THEY'RE NOT COMING UP ON THE LIST OF SPEAKERS. 
          SO WHAT CAN WE DO OR WHAT'S BEING DONE TO IMPROVE THE RELIABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          I THINK THIS SPEAKS TO THIS BEING A LIVING WEBSITE FOR SURE. 
          UM, GETTING THAT FEEDBACK IS CRITICAL FOR US TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ABOUT, UM, WE HAVE STABILIZED THE REQUEST TO SPEAK OR WRITTEN COMMENT, UM, ITEMS. SO THOSE ARE FUNCTIONAL. 
          UM, WE'VE DONE TESTING, BUT IF YOU KNOW OF A RESIDENT THAT MAYBE HAD AN ADVERSE EXPERIENCE, WE'D LOVE TO KNOW ABOUT THAT SO WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND ASSIST THEM WITH THAT. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, IS THIS ALSO A PORT OF WORLD WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH THE LIVE STREAMS AND WHATNOT? IT IS. 
          ONE OF THE FAVORITE FEATURES OF MINE, NERD ALERT , IS THAT, UM, ON ANY MEETING, IF IT'S LIVE RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN CLICK A LITTLE BUTTON THAT SAYS, VIEW THE LIVE STREAM. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, WHEREAS BEFORE YOU KIND OF HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT WAS, BUT THAT'S A FUNCTIONAL NOW. 
          AND ARE PEOPLE ABLE TO LEAVE COMMENTS ON THE LIVE STREAM, OR IS THAT NOT A FEATURE YET? NOT ON THIS ONE. 
          UM, THE LIVE STREAM IS POWERED BY T V S A, SO IT'S JUST THE STANDARD FEED, UM, FOR A SESSIONS AND B SESSIONS, WE DO STREAM THOSE ON THE CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , AND THOSE DO ALLOW FOR COMMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I KIND OF, I HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE ANSWER FOR THIS IS GONNA BE, UM, BUT I, WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE EVENTUALLY IS FOR US TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVES PRESENTATIONS MAYBE TWO DAYS IN ADVANCE. 
          I KNOW THAT, UM, OFTEN PEOPLE ARE STILL FINALIZING A MAJOR, YOU KNOW, SOME REALLY PERTINENT ONES UP UNTIL THE MINUTE BEFORE. 
          BUT IF POSSIBLE FOR SOME OF THOSE ONES THAT ARE UPDATES, IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR RESIDENTS TO GET AN IDEA OF, UM, GET ACCESS TO PRESENTATIONS MAYBE A DAY BEFORE, UM, EVEN IF IT'S DRAFTS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. 
          DO YOU THINK THAT'S A POSSIBILITY? UM, I'D HAVE TO DEFER PROBABLY TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ON, ON THAT QUESTION, BUT, OKAY. 
          . 
          UM, AND THEN FOR SURVEYS, HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT THE QUESTIONS ARE NON-BIASED AND SCIENTIFICALLY BASED FOR ACCURATE ATTITUDES AND DATA? A GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. 
          WE ARE DOING A FEW THINGS IN LINE WITH THE, UH, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION STRATEGIC PLAN THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT IT, UM, THE LAST CHECK MEETING. 
          UM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE WAY WE CRAFT SURVEYS, WHAT INSTRUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE, WHAT RESOURCES DO WE HAVE A STAFFER WRITING THESE QUESTIONS. 
          AND ALSO TO CLARIFY, WHEN WE DO A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY, OUTREACH VERSUS, UM, WHAT WE CALL KIND OF A CONVENIENCE SURVEY MM-HMM. 
          , BUT EITHER WAY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT QUESTIONS ARE WRITTEN IN WAYS THAT ARE UNBIASED. 
          SO WE COLLECT GOOD INFORMATION FOR YOU TO INFORM, TO INFORM YOUR POLICY DECISIONS. 
          UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE APPROACHING WITH THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I KNOW, UM, THIS HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP AT ONE OF THE CHECK MEETING, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST ONES ABOUT, UM, US RECEIVING THE SURVEYS IN ADVANCE AS COUNCIL, UM, COUNCIL. 
          UM, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? ABSOLUTELY. 
          I THINK A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT IS ARPA, UM, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MARIA VILLAGOMEZ, SHARED WITH YOU SOME QUESTIONS, UM, THAT WE ARE USING FOR THE LIVE POLLING FOR THOSE MEETINGS. 
          UM, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY SHARE WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          ? UM, I ALSO WANTED TO CHIME IN ON THE CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, RESPONSES TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          AND I THINK ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BARRIERS WE HAVE IS THAT, UM, PEOPLE FEEL AS THOUGH THEY'RE TALKING INTO A VOID. 
          UM, SURE, THEY'LL LEAVE A COMMENT, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH IT. 
          UM, SO MAYBE IF FOR THE, AND I'M THINKING FOR THE WRITTEN COMMENT, UM, WELL FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENS WITH THE WRITTEN COMMENT. 
          SURE. 
          SO A WRITTEN, SO YOU SAID WHAT IT MAY, WHAT IT MAY BE, BUT WHAT HAPPENS NOW? UM, SURE. 
          LET ME PULL UP ONE OF THE SLIDES HERE JUST TO, WHOOPS. 
          UM, SHOW YOU, AND I APOLOGIZE, IT'S SUCH A SMALL WINDOW, BUT IN THAT BOTTOM CORNER OVER HERE WHERE IT SAYS PUBLIC COMMENT MM-HMM. 
          , UM, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT'S LIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, JOHN BACHMAN SHARED HIS FEEDBACK ON AN AGENDA ITEM. 
          HE'S TALKING ABOUT A C SS, AND THAT WAS AVAILABLE PUBLICLY, UM, ON THAT MEETING AGENDA. 
          SO OTHERS CAN COMMENT ON THAT AS WELL. 
          THEY CAN SEE WHAT HE WROTE, BUT THAT'S THE FIRST STEP, IS IT IS AVAILABLE PUBLICLY. 
          AND AS WE CAN SEE, HE SHARED 
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HIS NAME, WE'D HAVE TO GO AND SEE IF HE SHARED ANY OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT WHO HE MIGHT BE SO THAT WE CAN CONTACT HIM IF, IF THERE IS A, A WARRANTED FOLLOW-UP RESPONSE. 
          BUT MM-HMM. 
           FIRST STEP IS THEY ARE MADE PUBLIC AND PART OF THE RECORD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I THINK I WOULD REQUEST A FORMALIZED RESPONSE PROCESS. 
          UM, I THINK EVERY, EVERY TIME SOMEBODY TAKES THE TIME TO LEAVE A COMMENT, UM, IT WARRANTS A RESPONSE. 
          SO EVEN IF IT WAS SAYING LIKE, THANK YOU, YOUR FEEDBACK'S BEEN RECEIVED, UM, IT'LL BE PUT ON THE RECORD, IT'LL BE SENT TO THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THIS CITY STAFF. 
          I THINK PEOPLE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THAT WAY THEY KNOW WHERE IT GOES. 
          MAYBE A TIMELINE AND SEMI  SEMICOLON, I'LL TAKE YOUR THING. 
          UM, AND SOMETIMES I THINK EVEN IF IT, IF THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE, I THINK PEOPLE WOULD RESPECT AN HONEST ANSWER. 
          I INHERITED A LOT OF VERY ANGRY CONS, CONSTITUENTS WHO, UM, JUST NEED TO BE EXPLAINED THAT SOME THINGS ARE WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY AND SOME THINGS AREN'T. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          IF I MAY ADD ONE ITEM. 
          I THINK ONE THING THAT ADDRESSES, UM, SOME CONCERNS THAT YOU BOTH SHARED ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS IS IF THAT IS YOUR FIRST INTERACTION WITH CITY COUNCIL, IT CAN BE A LITTLE INTIMIDATING. 
          AND, AND AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU KIND OF WALK AWAY, NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED. 
          UM, SO ONE THING THAT G P A HAS TAKEN ON IS WE'RE CREATING SOME VIDEOS OR INTRODUCTORY TYPE THINGS SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME INTO PUBLIC COMMENT, THEY KNOW WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS GOING TO BE, THEY KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE. 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, BUT I THINK IT WILL HELP A LITTLE BIT WITH THE, JUST INFORMING THEM ABOUT WHAT THAT PROCESS IS AS THEY WALK IN, ADD LANGUAGE TO THE SIGNUP. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          YEAH, AND THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE, TOO IN THE SIGNUP EMAIL THAT YOU RECEIVE AS WELL. 
          ONCE YOU, UM, SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, GIVES YOU SOME INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU GET THERE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LAURA. 
          I, I THINK SOME, AND COUNCILMAN FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR COMMENTS, I THINK SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING IN THIS DISCUSSION, NOT CHALLENGES, BUT WHAT'S COMING UP IN THIS DISCUSSION TODAY IS THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON A TECHNICAL PROJECT, ON A SOFTWARE PROJECT WITH FIVE PIECES. 
          AND ONE OF THOSE PIECES IS TO HELP US WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT PUBLIC COMMENT ITSELF, WHETHER YOU COME IN PERSON OR COME, YOU KNOW, COME ON WEDNESDAY OR DO IT ONLINE, THAT'S ITS OWN PROCESS. 
          SO, UH, PERHAPS WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, UH, IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND I, WE CAN PULL THIS PART OVER THERE AS WELL, BUT I UNDERSTAND TODAY YOU'RE GIVING US AN UPDATE ON THE PLATFORM, UM, BUT THESE ARE, THIS IS A WORTHY CONVERSATION FOR, FOR THE FUTURE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU, LAUREN. 
          MATT, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOTTEN SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THE PORTAL AND HOW IT WORKS SO FAR. 
          UM, BUT ONE WAY I THINK WE CAN IMPROVE IN THE PROCESS IS WE CREATED THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE TO GIVE FEEDBACK, TO TEST IT OUT AND GIVE FEEDBACK AFTERWARD. 
          AND I THINK WHAT WE COULD DO IN THE FUTURE IS, UH, IN, IN ANYTHING WE DO WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC INPUT, IS TAKE THE END USERS IN THE VERY BEGINNING AND INCLUDE THEM FROM THE BEGINNING, CREATE THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE IN THE BEGINNING AND SAY, WHAT, WHAT COULD THIS LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? AND THEN INCLUDE THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY AS OPPOSED TO BRINGING THEM IN ON THE BACK END TO GET INPUT. 
          I THINK. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR THAT COMMENT. 
          UM, I DO WANNA SHARE TOO, AS PART OF THE SCOPING PROCESS FOR THIS, WE DID HAVE TWO RESIDENTS WHO SERVED ON, UM, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT USUALLY DONE AS WELL FOR PURCHASING PROCESSES FOR THE CITY. 
          UM, BUT THEY SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCES FROM BEING A NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER IN CYNTHIA'S CASE, AND IN MARGARET'S CASE, FROM APPLYING FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND BEING REALLY INVOLVED IN THE CITY AND THE STRUGGLES THAT SHE FACED, UM, IN GETTING INVOLVED. 
          SO THAT'S HELPFUL FOR SURE. 
          AND I, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT AS WELL, THAT WE DID DELAY THE START, THE LAUNCH DATE FOR THIS AS WELL TO ALLOW FOR SOME MORE TIME TO MEET WITH THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE. 
          UM, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK IF WE HAD CONVENED THEM A LITTLE BIT SOONER, WE MIGHT'VE GOTTEN SOME MORE INPUT. 
          UM, BUT WE DID LOOK AT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TOO ON THE STAFF SIDE FOR THOSE THAT HAD NEVER INTERACTED WITH THIS, DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE PORTAL, HAD HEARD OF IT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE TESTING THOSE FEATURES TOO, WITH THE RESIDENT LENS. 
          BUT, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN, SO I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          SO RIGHT NOW OUR BOND COMMITTEES ARE MEETING, AND SO THIS QUESTION'S ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          YOU CAN SHOW UP TO A BOND COMMITTEE MEETING AND YOU CAN SPEAK THERE AND EVERYONE GETS TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          IF YOU SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS, WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE? UM, SO WE ALSO HAVE A FORM AVAILABLE ON THE ESSAY SPEAKUP SITE THAT IS OUR BOND PUBLIC COMMENT FORM. 
          UM, SO IF YOU SUBMIT A WRITTEN COMMENT THERE, AND IT'S CURRENTLY OPEN AND WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE MEETINGS THAT ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, IT REMAINS PUBLIC AND ALSO PART OF THE RECORD AS WELL, THAT'LL BE PROVIDED TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          SO ARE THOSE EMAILED TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, OR, UM, THEY ULTIMATELY CAN BE, BUT IT IS PUBLIC AS WELL. 
          AND SO ONCE THAT PROCESS IS COMPLETE, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, AND MR. MCCAREY, 
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I MIGHT DEFER TO YOU ON THE PROCESS HERE, . 
          NOW COUNCILMAN, WE ACTUALLY RESPOND BACK WITHIN TWO DAYS WITH THOSE ANSWERS. 
          THE WHOLE IDEAL IS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IT'S TOTALLY TRANSPARENT. 
          SO FOR THE QUESTION TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED DURING THE BOND PROCESS, THE RESPONSE IS ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED. 
          IF IT DOESN'T COME WITHIN 48 HOURS MM-HMM. 
          , THEN THE NEXT TIME THEY MEET, THEY WILL SHARE THAT ONLINE AS WELL, THOSE ANSWERS, SO THEY WILL GET A RESPONSE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I GUESS, UH, MY CONCERN HERE IS NOT THAT CITY STAFF ARE NOT RESPONDING TO THEM, BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF I HAD A PROJECT THAT I WANTED THE COMMITTEE BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO SUPPORT, AND I WANTED TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR THAT, THEN IF I, I'M UNABLE TO SHOW UP AT THE BOND COMMITTEE IN PERSON, THEN THE BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS MAY NOT HEAR MY COMMENTS OR MAY MAY NOT SEE THEM. 
          NO. 
          IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING ALSO THAT WE CAN RECEIVE THOSE COMMENTS ONLINE SO THEM NOT SHOWING UP IN PERSON DOESN'T LIMIT THEIR ABILITY TO STILL SHARE THEIR CONCERN. 
          IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. 
          I, I, SORRY. 
          I THINK WHAT THE COUNCILMAN IS SAYING IS WE CANNOT FORCE THE BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO READ THOSE DOCUMENTS. 
          YEAH, I MEAN, SO I WAS LISTENING LAST NIGHT ONTO THE BOND COMMITTEE MEETING ONLINE, AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SPOKE, SHOWED UP AND SPOKE THERE, BUT THEN OTHERWISE THERE WERE, I GUESS IF, IF YOU HAD SUBMITTED COMMENTS, NOBODY GOT, NOBODY HEARD THEM IN THAT MEETING, I GUESS IS MY POINT, RIGHT? YOU MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY HEAR IT IF YOU'VE SUBMITTED IT, BUT IT IS ONLINE THAT THERE WAS THAT QUESTION ASKED THAT YOU CAN GO BACK TO. 
          SO ACTUALLY TO ADD TO DAVID'S POINT, SO, UM, WHEN THE CO THE COMMENTS ARE ALL BEING COLLECTED RIGHT NOW, SO THOSE WHO DON'T SHOW UP AT THE MEETING CAN SUBMIT THEM BY GOING ESSAY SPEAK UP OR CALLING 3 1 1. 
          THEY'RE BEING COLLECTED, THEY'RE GONNA BE SHARED WITH THE CO-CHAIRS AND WITH ALL THE BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          UH, AND THEN THEY'RE, ONCE WE'VE COLLECTED ALL OF THEM, WE'RE GONNA POST IT FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF THEM BY DECEMBER 9TH. 
          BUT, BUT THEY ARE, THE INTENT IS TO COLLECT THOSE, SHARE THEM WITH THE COMMITTEE. 
          IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN IN REAL TIME LAST NIGHT, I'M SURE IT WASN'T IN REAL TIME AS THE COMMENTS WERE COMING IN, BUT THEY WILL BE IN THE HANDS OF THE FOLKS MAKING DECISIONS ON THOSE BOND COMMITTEES. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU. 
          AND I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TRY AND STICK WITH THE PORTAL. 
          UM, SO I'D LIKE TO GET THE COST OF WHAT, WHAT WE'VE SPENT SO FAR ON THIS WEBSITE. 
          UM, I, I LIKE WHAT I SEE. 
          UH, DON'T BE MAD AT ME, MATT, BUT THE INTERNET HERE IS KIND OF SLOW ON MY TABLET, BUT THE MEETINGS AND EVENTS DID COME OUT. 
          I LOVE THAT. 
          I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. 
          NOW FOR OUR LOCAL, UM, DISTRICT MEETINGS, THOSE DON'T APPEAR, EH, ON THE, UM, THE MEETING. 
          IT'S, IT'S MOSTLY G P A IF WE WANTED THEM TO APPEAR, WOULD WE NOTIFY YOU TO DO THAT? UM, FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE A WORLD HERITAGE MEETING. 
          GRANTED, IT'S FOR A SPECIFIC TARGETED GROUP IN DISTRICT THREE, BUT IF I WANTED IT OUT THERE ON SA SPEAKUP, BECAUSE TERRY, WHO DID A GREAT JOB IS ON THERE, UH, WOULD I JUST NOTIFY YOU TO PUT, PUT IT ON THE CALENDAR? SO WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, TRAINING YOUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO USE THE PORTAL AS WELL. 
          THEY'LL HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE RIGHTS TO, UM, YOUR DISTRICT SO THEY CAN POST THOSE EVENTS FOR YOU. 
          WE'LL DO THE SAME TRAININGS THAT WE DID WITH PIOS AS WELL. 
          AND I DID WANNA NOTE TOO, THAT, UM, THE EVENTS ARE ALL DEPARTMENTS, SO THERE'S A LOT OF G P A ONES RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE VERY, UM, DEEP INTO THE ARPA PROCESS. 
          BUT WE ARE INCLUDING OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. 
          GREAT. 
          BECAUSE, BUT I KNOW SOME OF 'EM, LIKE MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, THEY WOULDN'T WANNA BE ON THIS CALENDAR BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A SPECIFIC THING. 
          SO I LIKE, I LIKE THE CALENDAR, BUT I DON'T SEE THE SURVEYS. 
          I, I HAVE THE, UH, WHAT MARIA'S USING FOR ARPA, BUT I DON'T SEE IT ANYWHERE ONLINE. 
          UH, IS IT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T CLICKED ENOUGH, OR IS IT JUST NOT THERE RIGHT NOW? SURE. 
          SO ON THAT PROCESS, SINCE WE'RE DOING LIVE AUDIENCE POLLING FOR THAT, UM, THERE'S NOT A LINK THAT'S FEATURED ONLINE. 
          HOWEVER, IF RESIDENTS COULDN'T ATTEND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY CAN CALL 3 1 1 AND THE OPERATORS WILL WALK THEM THROUGH THE SAME CONTEXT AND QUESTIONS TO TAKE THAT SURVEY. 
          GREAT. 
          AND SO THE, THE OTHER THING IS, UH, IF THERE COULD BE A TAB SOMEWHERE, UM, MAYBE IN WHO REPRESENTS ME OR SOMETHING, BUT A TAB OR ON THE TOP FOR 3 1 1, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, UH, I THINK THEY'D HAVE, WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO TO SAN ANTONIO.GOV TO GET TO 3 1 1? HOW WOULD THEY GET TO 3 1 1? SURE. 
          UM, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WEBSITE, WE HAVE A FOOTER THAT INCLUDES SOME USEFUL LINKS, UM, OKAY. 
          TO CITY WEBSITES. 
          AND 3 1 1 IS ONE OF THOSE. 
          ALL RIGHT, MAYBE WE SHOULD MOVE 3 1 1 UP, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TRYING TO, TO, TO PUSH THEM TOWARDS 3 1 1. 
          AND COUNCILMAN, 
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I COULDN'T LET THE OPPORTUNITY PASS. 
          YOU'RE MAKING A FANTASTIC POINT THAT I HOPE ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE HEARING, ALL OF OUR COUNCIL OFFICES ARE HEARING FOR THIS TO WORK, PARTICULARLY THE CALENDAR ITEM, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          EVERYBODY'S GOTTA INPUT THEIR INFORMATION THERE. 
          SO I'M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO RIGHT NOW, GET PEOPLE USED TO THE CHANGE. 
          I JUST TEXTED OUR MILITARY AFFAIRS OFFICE, SAID, GET TOMORROW'S VETERANS DAY PRESS CONFERENCE ON, UH, THE CALENDARS BECAUSE WE NEED EVERYBODY'S HELP TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BECOMES THE CENTRAL PLACE WHERE ALL THAT STUFF LIVES. 
          YEAH, I, I REALLY LIKE THE CALENDAR FEATURE WHERE I CAN, I CAN JUST CLICK ON T T THE LIVE STREAM AND IT TAKES ME RIGHT TO T V S A. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          BUT I DO WANNA HAVE A LINK THAT CAN GET US TO ALSO PRINTED SURVEYS TOO, BECAUSE I HAVE SOME NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY'LL HAVE THAT ONE NEIGHBOR THAT PRINTS OUT ALL THE SURVEYS AND TAKES THEM TO THE HOUSEHOLDS. 
          AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, AND IF YOU NEED HELP FROM DIFFERENT STAFF TO ENTER THOSE, IF YOU KNOW SURVEYS, I'M PRETTY SURE I CAN GET VOLUNTEERS TO DO THAT TOO. 
          UH, AND, AND YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU WORKED WITH TERRY, SO SHE'D BE RIGHT THERE HELPING YOU ENTER IN SURVEY INFORMATION. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GET A P D F AND, UM, EITHER PRINT THAT OUT OR BE ABLE TO FILL THAT OUT FROM THEIR, UM, THEIR THING AND THEY CAN EMAIL US OR YOU SO WE CAN GET THEIR RESULTS. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, WE'LL CERTAINLY TAKE YOU UP ON THE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS AND TERRY WAS A WONDERFUL COMMITTEE MEMBER. 
          UM, I DID WANNA SHARE IF YOU ARE ABLE TO NAVIGATE IT, NAVIGATE TO IT ON YOUR TABLET. 
          UM, THE ARPA WEBSITE THAT WE'VE CREATED WITHIN THE PORTAL, I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS. 
          UM, WE'LL UPDATE IT WITH PRESENTATIONS AND LINKS TO PAST MEETINGS. 
          UM, BUT RATHER THAN HAVING THIS SERIES OF DIFFERENT WEBSITES FOR MEETINGS AND EACH TOWN HALL GETS ITS OWN, IT LIVES ON A SINGLE PAGE. 
          IT INCLUDES CONTEXT ABOUT WHY WE'RE ASKING THEM TO PARTICIPATE, IT SHARES WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT, AND THEY CAN SELECT ANY MEETING TO PARTICIPATE IN. 
          SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A PERFECT RESOURCE TO HOUSE DOCUMENTS THAT THEY COULD PRINT AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN ALSO IN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SURVEYS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE IT TO SOME OF THE COMMITTEES BECAUSE READING THE SURVEY, UH, READING THE QUESTIONS THAT MARIA IS TAKING TO 'EM, THEY DO SEEM LIKE THEY'RE MOVING PEOPLE IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, UM, THERE'S AN IMAGE I KNOW THAT COMES INTO MY RESIDENTS MINDS OF THOSE ISSUES. 
          BUT IF WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE FROM THE STREETS WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE, THEN WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR WORDING. 
          AND I THINK IT'S BEST THAT WE TAKE IT TO THE COMMITTEES THAT WORK WITH GROUPS, UM, TO, TO KIND OF GET THAT WORDING. 
          SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT PUSHING PEOPLE INTO TO ONE ANSWER OR THE OTHER. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU MADDEN. 
          NOR FOR THE PRESENTATION, I REALLY APPRECIATED THE A SURVEYING THAT WE HAD THIS WEEKEND. 
          IT REMINDED ME A LOT OF, IN THE CLASSROOM AND WE WOULD USE KAHOOT. 
          AND WITH THIS MODEL, WHEN WE WOULD QUIZ STUDENTS, WE HAD MORE PARTICIPATION BECAUSE STUDENTS WEREN'T HESITANT, UH, WITH THEIR ANSWER. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATED, UH, THE USE OF THAT SOFTWARE. 
          UM, AND I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT USE. 
          UM, I WANNA THANK, UH, VEMA PENA FOR SERVING ON THE AD HOC AND THE CHAIR AS WELL FOR ENSURING THAT COMMUNITY HAD INPUT, UM, TO TEASE OUT ANY KINKS WITH THIS SOFTWARE. 
          UM, I HAVE ONE QUESTION REGARDING THE AGENDA MANAGEMENT. 
          WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO ADD A TIMESTAMP OR A DATE POSTED WITH EACH AGENDA THAT WE UPLOAD? I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, BUT THAT'S, THE DETAILS OF HOW THAT WORKS ON THE BACK END ARE CURRENTLY BEING WORKED OUT IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR VENDOR, BUT ALSO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER FOR YOU, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO, UM, ECHO COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ AND, UH, THE ASK FOR A RECEIPT FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THE WRITTEN COMMENT. 
          UM, AND WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO RECEIVE A, UH, LIST IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE GET ISSUED THE LIST OF FOLKS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ACROSS AT CITY HALL TO RECEIVE A LIST OF THE COMMENTS SUBMITTED? CAN WE GET A REPORT LIKE THAT? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, AND GOING BACK TO THE SURVEYS, UM, DO WE COLLECT DATA ON THE AGE THAT OF FOLKS WHO ARE TAKING THE SURVEY? WE DO. 
          UM, GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN, AS PART OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, UM, WE MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT TO COLLECT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. 
          IT IS OPTIONAL, SO SOME FOLKS CHOOSE NOT TO SHARE THAT. 
          UM, BUT AS THIS RELATES TO THE PORTAL, WITH ALL OF IT LIVING IN ONE PLACE, OUR INTENT IS TO BETTER USE THAT DATA IN A HOLISTIC WAY SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHO WE'RE REACHING, WHAT AREAS THEY'RE INTERESTED IN. 
          AND IF WE DO NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS THROUGHOUT CERTAIN CAMPAIGNS, WE DO THAT. 
          UM, I THINK THE BUDGET ONE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS. 
          WHEN WE LOOKED AT NUMBERS AND SAW THAT WE NEEDED TO 
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DO MORE OUTREACH IN CERTAIN AREAS, WE IMMEDIATELY ADJUSTED OUR CAMPAIGN TO DO SOME MORE TARGETED OR GRASSROOTS OUTREACH. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, AND WITH THE SURVEY QUESTIONS THAT WE, UH, ISSUE WITH THE ESSAY SPEAK UP, UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR THESE SURVEYS TO GO THROUGH COMMITTEE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, SO COMMITTEE MEMBERS CAN SHAPE WHAT THAT SURVEY LOOKS LIKE? UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS HAD SURVEYS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S LEADING QUESTIONS WHERE YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, SELECT A SPECIFIC THING. 
          UM, AND, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT COUNCIL GIVES INPUT ON WHAT THESE SURVEYS LOOK LIKE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          'CAUSE WE KNOW OUR CONSTITUENTS BEST. 
          UM, WOULD THAT BE A POSSIBILITY? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD PROBABLY EXPLORE WITH THIS STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          UM, SINCE SURVEYS IS ONE OF THOSE ELEMENTS, I THINK WE'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN FROM A, A HIGHER LEVEL PERSPECTIVE AND SEE WHAT WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE THAT PROCESS. 
          UM, WHAT SERVICES OR TRAININGS WE CAN OFFER TO STAFF AS WELL. 
          BUT I'D, I'D SEE IF WE COULD INCLUDE THAT IN, IN THAT PROCESS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, LAURA. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TODAY'S, UH, VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION ON THIS HUGE, UH, PLATFORM SYSTEM, UH, TREMENDOUS FEAT, UH, BRINGING THIS ONLINE. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS, UH, TO YOU. 
          I KNOW WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY DONE, BUT WE WILL BE GETTING THERE. 
          UM, SO JUST SOME, SOME TAKEAWAYS FROM TODAY'S DISCUSSION IS, I THINK THIS COMMITTEE LOVES THE IDEA OF PUBLIC COM, PUBLIC COMMENT AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, AND THEY HAVE A REAL, UH, THEY REALLY CARE THAT, THAT WE DO IT IN A WAY THAT'S MEANINGFUL TO THE PUBLIC, AND THAT'S ALSO HELPFUL TO US AS WE DO OUR WORK. 
          SO I, I WOULD SUGGEST IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE OKAY WITH THIS, UH, THAT IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE IN THE SPRING, WE TAKE UP THESE TOPICS SEPARATELY. 
          SO MAYBE, UM, YOU KNOW, A DISCUSSION ON SURVEYS, A DISCUSSION ON PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND, AND WE GET SEPARATE UPDATES. 
          SO IF, IF THAT WORKS WITH YOU AND WITH THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT THAT'S, THAT'S NEEDED FOR THAT, WE CAN, WE CAN BEGIN TO AGENDIZE THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 
          MOVING ON TO, UH, ITEM THREE, THE SALES TAX VENUE PROPOSITION NUMBER TWO, GREENWAY TRAILS. 
          UH, LET ME GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT FOR THIS, UH, DISCUSSION. 
          IT'S NO SECRET THAT, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE HAD A HEATED DEBATE ON THE GREENWAY TRAILS AND THEIR ROLE IN, UH, IN THE, IN THE BOND PROCESS. 
          SO IN NO WAY ARE WE REPEATING THAT DISCUSSION HERE, HERE TODAY. 
          I, I WANNA BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE GOT AN PRE PANDEMIC, WE GOT AN ANNUAL UPDATE ON, ON THIS PROPOSITION, WHAT HAD BEEN DONE WITH THE MONEY THAT WAS COLLECTED. 
          SO WHAT I WAS REQUESTING FOR, FOR THIS PARTICULAR DISCUSSION IS ALSO TO GET THAT UPDATE. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T DO IT DURING, DURING C O V I D AND ALSO THAT WE KNOW KIND OF THE, THE STATUS OF THE GREENWAY TRAILS, UM, 
          [3. The Sales Tax Venue Proposition 2 – Greenway Trails. [David W. McCary, Assistant City Manager; Homer Garcia III, Director, Parks and Recreation]]
AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO HOMER AND BRENDAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          HOMER, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA BE A FIXTURE HERE. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GIVE YOU A, A REGULAR SLOT THE WAY CLAUDE HAS ONE . 
          ALRIGHT, THANKS. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROPOSITION TWO, UH, SALES TAX VENUE PROJECT. 
          UH, MADAM CHAIR, AS YOU POINTED OUT, IN DECEMBER OF 2019, WE ACTUALLY DID COME BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT AND UPDATE ON BOTH THE EDWARDS, UH, PROPOSITION ONE SALES TAX. 
          AND IN THE SAME PRESENTATION, UH, PROPOSITION TWO. 
          SO TODAY WE'LL BE FOCUSED SOLELY ON, UH, PROPOSITION TWO SALES TAX, UH, MOMENTARILY. 
          BRANDON ROSS WILL COME UP AND PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION. 
          HE IS ON OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND HE'S A PARKS MANAGER THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD LAURA KIND OF REFERENCE EARLIER, WIZARD OF OZ, UH, UH, TEAM. 
          WE HAVE, UH, THE SAME KIND OF IN PARKS AND RECREATION AS IT COMES TO DRIVING FORWARD THE VISION OF THE HOWARD WP GREENWAY TRAIL SYSTEM. 
          SO I'D LIKE BRANDON ROSS TO COME UP, UH, AND PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU HOMER FOR THE INTRODUCTION. 
          AND, UH, UH, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I'M GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY. 
          UM, BRANDON ROSS WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND JUST KIND OF START WITH SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION. 
          UM, THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF A VOTER APPROVED SALES TAX THAT'S BEEN, UH, APPROVED, UH, NOW FOUR TIMES SINCE 2000. 
          THE FIRST ONE WAS IN 2000. 
          THIS WAS AFTER, UH, MAYOR PEAK BEGAN KIND OF DOING SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP WITH HIS FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, BACK IN THE LATE NINETIES. 
          AND THE VOTERS APPROVED IT IN 2000 FOR $45 MILLION, UH, SALES TAX INITIATIVE, UH, WHICH WAS THEN AND, AND STILL IS A PORTION OF THE EIGHTH OF A CENT SALES TAX COLLECTED. 
          THAT'S SPLIT BETWEEN THE PROPOSITION ONE INITIATIVE, THAT'S FOR THE EDWARDS AQUIFER PROGRAM AND THE PROPOSITION TWO INITIATIVE, WHICH IS FOR THE CREEKWAY. 
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SO THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS REALLY ABOUT, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, QUALITY LIFE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. 
          UM, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE IS KIND OF SEVERAL THINGS, BUT UH, OUTDOOR RECREATION IS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS. 
          UH, MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY TO NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH DESTINATIONS, CONNECTING PEOPLE, UH, FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD INTO PARKS, CREATING PARK ACCESS FOR PEOPLE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO AND FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER IS AN ALTERNATIVE TRANSIT OPTION. 
          UM, WE'RE TRYING TO REACH INTO DENSELY POPULATED NEIGHBORHOODS IN MANY CASES WHERE THAT ACCESS CAN PROVIDE 10 MINUTE WALK OUR, OUR 10 MINUTE WALK GOAL TO THE RESIDENTS OF THOSE COMMUNITIES SO THAT THEY CAN GET INTO A PARK, UH, WITHIN 10 MINUTES. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO PRESERVING LAND AS PART OF THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE'VE PRESERVED, UM, HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF PROPERTY AND, UH, WHEN WHAT WE DO IS TYPICALLY WHEN WE BUY OR, OR RECEIVE AN ACQUISITION OF SOME SORT, UM, OF, OF REAL ESTATE ALONG THE CREEKWAY, WE TRY TO BLOCK THOSE AREAS OFF FROM DUMPING FROM FOUR WHEEL DRIVES AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THAT LAND AND LET IT BASICALLY, UM, RENEW ITSELF. 
          WE ALSO DO SOME INVASIVES REMOVAL AND THAT KIND OF THING TO SUPPORT THE NATURAL ECOSYSTEM THAT WE HAVE ALONG OUR CREEKS. 
          UM, OUR, UH, PROGRAM IS OVERSEEN ALSO BY OUR LINEAR CREEKWAY PARKS ADVISORY BOARD IN ADDITION TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          THESE ARE 11 COUNCIL APPOINTED MEMBERS. 
          AND THANKFULLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A FULL BOARD. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANY VACANCIES. 
          AND SO, UH, WE MEET WITH THEM MONTHLY AND THEY PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO US. 
          WE GIVE THEM REPORTS AND THAT KIND OF A THING. 
          SO GOING BACK TO THE SALES TAX FOR JUST A MINUTE, UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY ON THE LAST VERSION OF THE SALES TAX WAS PASSED IN 2015. 
          SO AS I SAID, WE STARTED IN 2000 WITH THE FIRST INITIATIVE. 
          IT WAS PASSED AGAIN IN 2005, AGAIN IN 2010. 
          AND THEN THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS IN 2015. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, ON THE LEFT, YOU'VE GOT THE INITIATIVE THAT WAS FIRST PASSED AT 20 MILLION AND THEN IT WAS RAISED TO 45 MILLION FOR 2005, 2010. 
          THE LAST ONE IN 2015 WAS 80 MILLION. 
          UM, WE COMMITTED AT, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE $81.7 MILLION, WHICH IS OF COURSE OVER THE $80 MILLION. 
          THAT'S BECAUSE WE COLLECT INTEREST ALONG THE WAY. 
          IT'S A PAY AS YOU GO PROGRAM, AS MANY OF YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER. 
          UM, AS THE SALES TAX COME IN AND REVENUE IS COLLECTED, WE, UH, IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM AND THE, UH, PROGRAM COLLECTIONS JUST ACTUALLY STOPPED, UH, THIS PAST MARCH. 
          SO LOOKING AT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO DATE, UH, WE'VE COMPLETED 80, 86 MILES OF GREENWAY TRAIL. 
          AND ON THE MAP HERE, THAT'S ALL OF THE TRAILS THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE IN DARK GREEN. 
          WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER 24 MILES THAT ARE IN PROCESS, SO THAT'LL GET US TO APPROXIMATELY 110 MILES, UH, THAT WE CAN DO WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE TO DATE UNDER THE SALES TAX PROGRAM. 
          HOW THAT'S BROKEN DOWN IS WE HAVE 13.7 MILES THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND ANOTHER 10.5 MILES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER, UM, UNDER DESIGN AND VARIOUS PHASES OF DESIGN AND, UH, LAND ACQUISITIONS AND THAT KIND OF THING. 
          UH, AS I MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, WE'VE HAD OVER 1600 ACRES OF PROPERTY THAT WE'VE PRESERVED UNDER THE GREENWAY PROGRAM. 
          AND SO WE'RE PROUD TO JUST BE ABLE TO SET THOSE LANDS ASIDE FOR, UH, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT PRESERVATION. 
          SO SOME OF THE RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, TO REALIZE RECENTLY HAVE BEEN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN LEON CREEK AND SATO CREEK GREENWAYS. 
          WE CELEBRATED WITH A RIBBON CUTTING, THANKFULLY THIS, UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND. 
          IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND, UM, WE'RE REALLY THANKFUL, UM, TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, REALIZE THIS GOAL TO GET THE LEON CREEK AND SATO CREEK GREENWAYS TIED TOGETHER LIKE THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO. 
          IT'S ABOUT 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, SINCE 2000, SINCE IT FIRST BEGAN. 
          SO WE'RE PROUD OF THAT. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE CONNECTED NOW THE MEDINA RIVER GREENWAY, ALL THE WAY FROM THE MEDINA RIVER NATURAL AREA ON HIGHWAY 16 OVER TO MISSION ESP BAABA. 
          SO THAT'S 17.5 MILES THAT'S CONNECTED THERE. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL, UH, SMALLER CONNECTIONS THAT GO INTO TRIBUTARIES AND INTO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          ONE THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED HERE IS THE WILSHIRE TERRACE TRAILHEAD CONNECTION. 
          THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST RIBBON CUTTING THAT WE HAD, UM, AFTER C OVID 19, UM, HAD ALLOWED US TO BEGIN YOU TRYING TO DO SOME EVENTS AND SO FORTH IN PARKS. 
          AND, UH, THANKFUL COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ WAS AT THIS EVENT. 
          THIS WAS A GOOD EVENT. 
          UM, WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT 
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THE SEVERAL NEIGHBORS, OR I SHOULD SAY SEVERAL. 
          THERE'S HUNDREDS OF NEIGHBORS IN THE WILSHIRE TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WERE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CREEK FROM THE GREENWAY TRAIL. 
          AND SO IT SEEMED AN EASY WIN TO TRY TO BUILD A BRIDGE FROM THE PARK PARKLAND THAT WE HAD WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OVER TO THE GREENWAY TO ALLOW THEM DIRECT ACCESS. 
          THEY, SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO GET IN THEIR CAR AND BASICALLY DRIVE AROUND AND, AND GO TO JOHN JAMES PARK OR ANOTHER TRAILHEAD LIKE THIS. 
          UM, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS IN, IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. 
          WE'VE DONE THE EAST COMMERCE TRAIL HOOD ON THE EAST SIDE. 
          WE'VE DONE A, A DEFROST, UH, PARK TRAIL CONNECTION, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE WILSHIRE CONNECTION. 
          IT WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS BASICALLY JUST DISCONNECTED. 
          IT WAS VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THE GREENWAY, BUT JUST DIDN'T HAVE A TRAIL CONNECTION. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REALIZE QUITE A LOT OF THOSE ALONG WITH THE TRIBUTARIES THAT WE'VE BUILT WITHIN TO CONNECT NEIGHBORS TO THE TRAIL SYSTEM. 
          SO THIS IS, UH, THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PROCESS. 
          I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE 86 MILES DONE. 
          WE ALSO HAVE 24 MILES THAT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED YET. 
          WE'RE IN PROCESS ON THESE. 
          SO YOU SEE UNDER THE STATUS COLUMN THERE, WE'VE GOT, UH, EIGHT PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT MAKES UP 13.7 MILES, UM, THAT I MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY. 
          AND THEN THE REST OF THEM FROM THEM FROM THERE DOWN ARE IN DESIGN AND PLANNING PHASES. 
          UH, THAT'S THE OTHER 10.5 MILES THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO THE, THE 13.7 TO 10.5 IS WHAT MAKES UP THAT 24. 
          AND THIS IS A MAP THAT BASICALLY EXPLAINS, UM, WHAT WE HAVE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WHAT WE HAVE UNDER DESIGN. 
          UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALL TO SEE HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE AGAIN ALL OF THE TRAILS THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE IN DARK GREEN. 
          UM, SOLID LINE THERE ARE COMPLETED. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE IN THE, THE DASH DARK GREEN LINE. 
          UH, I'LL, I'LL JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE WEST SIDE CREEKS FOR A SECOND. 
          SO OVER HERE, UM, YOU CAN SEE ALICE LINE CREEK COMES OUT OF DOWNTOWN AND COMES INTO THE WEST SIDE CREEKS AND, AND PROVIDES THAT CONNECTIVITY FOR PEOPLE ON THE WEST SIDE. 
          ZZA MORE IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT. 
          UH, AND THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WILL BE FINISHED, UH, BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          WE HOPE TO HAVE IT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC REAL SOON, ALONG WITH ESON CREEK, WHICH IS ANOTHER ONE, UH, THAT'S ON THE WEST SIDE HERE. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE, THE GREEN DASH LINE THAT COMES FROM APPROXIMATELY WHERE WOODLAWN LAKE PARK IS THAT WE'LL BE TYING IN WITH APACHE CREEK AND ALL THE WEST SIDE CREEKS ARE TRIBUTARIES TO THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER. 
          SO THANKFULLY WE'RE GONNA BE TYING IN WITH THE TRAILS THAT ARE THERE ON THE MISSION REACH, WHICH LEAD INTO DOWNTOWN, UP TO BRACKEN RIDGE PARK, DOWN TO THE MISSIONS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF NEAT PLACES THAT YOU CAN GO JUST BY GETTING ON THOSE WEST SIDE CREEK TRAILS AND, AND, UH, GOING INTO THE, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER SYSTEM. 
          SO, UH, LOOKING ALSO AT THE COMMITMENT NOW THAT WE HAVE FROM BEXAR COUNTY, UM, 10 YEAR PROGRAM THAT WAS COMMITTED TO BY BEXAR COUNTY TO DO EIGHT PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE HOWARD WP GREENWAY TRAIL SYSTEM. 
          THAT MAKES UP 87, OR EXCUSE ME, $83.7 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF 24.6 MILES. 
          THOSE PROJECTS ARE LISTED HERE. 
          WE'VE GOT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST SIDE CREEKS ON SARZA MOORE AND MARTINEZ. 
          UH, BY THE WAY, THERE ARE PROJECTS HERE THAT THE COUNTY'S COMMITTED TO THAT ARE NOT LISTED, UH, THAT INCLUDE SOME RESTORATION ALSO OF THE WEST SIDE CREEKS. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE GREENWAY TRAILS. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT CONTINUATION OF COLLIBRA CREEK, LEON CREEK MUD CREEK, WHICH COMES OFF OF SATO. 
          IT'S A TRIBUTARY OF SATO CREEK GREENWAY, UH, THE SATO GREENWAY FROM E FROM SOUTHEAST MILITARY TO THE MISSION REACH. 
          UM, THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE A GREAT CONNECTION THAT WILL CONNECT SATO WITH SAN ANTONIO RIVER SYSTEM AND THEN MORE ON LEON CREEK. 
          THAT WILL WORK ITS WAY SOUTH TO TRY TO COMPLETE THAT CIRCLE. 
          SO THE CITYWIDE CIRCLE IS OBVIOUSLY A GOAL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REALIZE, UM, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE TRIBUTARIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. 
          SO THAT'S MY PRESENTATION. 
          THESE ARE SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH. 
          OF COURSE, WE HAVE A LOT OF COLLABORATION WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF, OF, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU, BRENDAN, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU HOMER. 
          UH, QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE A MAP OF THE BEXAR COUNTY SARAH PROGRAM OF WHERE THOSE, WHERE THOSE LAND COMPARED TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IT, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT I CAN, I I CAN ABSOLUTELY GIVE THAT TO YOU AND, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS SUBSEQUENT TO THE MEETING. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR PRIORITIZING OR SELECTING WHICH PROJECTS COME, COME NEXT? I'M NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE HAVE SOME VALUES THAT HAVE BEEN BASICALLY, 
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UM, UH, ENDORSED PATHS SUPPORTED BY THE LINEAR CREEKWAY PARKS ADVISORY BOARD. 
          UM, A LOT OF IT, OF COURSE, HAS TO DO WITH EQUITY. 
          IT HAS TO DO WITH BUILDING TRAILS ALONG THE CREEKS. 
          THIS WAS INITIALLY A CREEK BASED PROGRAM, AND SO BUILDING THE, THE TRAILS ALONG THE CREEKS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. 
          UM, THOSE ARE OBVIOUSLY, UM, IMPORTANT IN CON CONNECTING THAT CITYWIDE CIRCLE. 
          I'LL JUST GO BACK TO THE MAP REAL QUICK TO KIND OF SHOW YOU, YOU KNOW, JUST SO EVERYBODY CAN KINDA KIND OF HAVE THIS IN YOUR HEADS, HOW THE, UH, THE TRAILS WILL CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER. 
          UM, LEON CREEK HERE FLOWS INTO MEDINA, FOR INSTANCE, AND THAT WILL CONNECT THE SOUTHWEST PART OF TOWN THAT, YOU KNOW, STARTS WAY UP AT EISENHOWER PARK THROUGH LEON, DOWN THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST PART OF TOWN INTO THE MEDINA RIVER GREENWAY. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE ALL CREEK BASED, UH, UH, TRAILS. 
          UH, NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIVITY IS ANOTHER ONE. 
          UM, PROVIDING SERVICE TO RESIDENTS. 
          OBVIOUSLY THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED THIS PROGRAM ARE OUR VOTERS, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO AS MANY, UH, NEIGHBORS AS POSSIBLE. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO GET THE BIGGEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK. 
          AND SO IN CHOOSING ONE PROJECT OVER THE OTHER, IT MAY HAVE TO DO WITH THE COST AND THE NUMBER OF LAND ACQUISITIONS THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED. 
          WE TRY TO BUILD UPON CITY PROPERTY THAT WE ALREADY OWN, TRY TO BUILD WITHIN THE FLOODPLAINS BECAUSE THE LAND VALUE IS LOWER AND WE CAN GET MORE DONE WITH THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW THE CRITERIA. 
          I GUESS THAT DOESN'T REALLY HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE MAPPED OUT? MAYBE YOU HAVE A FLOW CHART OF WHERE THE DECISION MAKING POINTS ARE. 
          UM, I DON'T HAVE THAT MAPPED OUT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE COULD PROBABLY PROVIDE FOR YOU. 
          UM, MUCH OF THE INPUT COMES FROM OUR CITIZENS, OUR, OUR LINEAR CREEKWAY PARKS, ADVISORY BOARD IDEAS THAT COME FROM CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, I GENERATE SOME OF THE IDEAS JUST BY LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES USING G I S AND OTHER METHODS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND LARGELY IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT IT'S JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT POINTS OF INPUT THAT WE TRY TO PUT TOGETHER AND THEN ANALYZE AND TRY TO COME UP WITH THE BEST PROJECTS FOR THE MONEY THAT WE'RE ALLOCATED. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THERE MAY NOT, IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE THE SAME EVERY TIME, BUT IT'S JUST, UH, I'D LIKE TO BE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THOSE INPUT POINTS ARE AND WHAT THE DECISION POINTS ARE. 
          UM, BY THE TIME IT, IT COMES TO COUNCIL, WE'RE APPROVING, UH, A PROJECT AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WORK HAS ALREADY DONE, BEEN DONE, UH, FOR IT. 
          SO I, I DO FEEL LIKE COUNCIL IS A LITTLE BIT SEPARATED FROM IT, LIKE IT'S ITS OWN, UH, PROGRAM AND THAT'S FINE. 
          UH, I THINK WE JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND HOW, OR I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS. 
          UM, THE, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO, UM, YOU MENTIONED EQUITY AS ONE OF YOUR FIRST CONSIDERATIONS. 
          HOW, HOW IS THAT FOLDED INTO THE PROCESS? SO, THANKFULLY THE CREEKS ARE KINDA LAID OUT IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT TOUCHES ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          UM, WE HAVE HAD IMPROVEMENTS IN AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM IN EVERY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE TRIED TO LOOK AT UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE WEST SIDE CREEKS TO, UM, UH, PROVIDE, UH, BASICALLY IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA THAT WOULD BENEFIT RESIDENTS. 
          AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW THEY'RE USED A LITTLE BIT AS WELL IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIVITY I THINK IS, IS, IT'S, IT, THE WEST SIDE IS SOMETHING THAT'S RIPE FOR CONNECTIVITY BECAUSE OF THE STREET NETWORK. 
          IT'S A GRID STREET NETWORK. 
          AND SO FOR THAT REASON, WE'RE ABLE TO CONNECT A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE BY CONNECTING TO THE STREETS AND MAKING SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS AND THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SO THAT, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE WEST SIDE, THERE MAY BE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THOSE TO COMMUTE THAN OTHER PARTS OF TOWN BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY DESTINATIONS WITHIN A DENSELY POPULATED AREA. 
          AND SO WE INVEST HEAVILY IN THE WEST SIDE CREEKS. 
          UM, WE HAVE ALSO, UM, ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THE EAST SIDE. 
          SO ON IN DISTRICT TWO, UM, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN THE FIRST TRAILS WERE BUILT BY PUBLIC WORKS BACK IN 2010, 2011, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT. 
          THEY WERE FUNDED BY STATE FUNDS. 
          THEY WEREN'T BUILT BY PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          THEY WERE BUILT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THOSE DOLLARS WERE SPECIFICALLY FOR TRAIL CONSTRUCTION, BIKE FACILITY. 
          THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF AMENITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE TRAILS. 
          AND SO WITH, UM, THE SALES TAX THAT WE SUBSEQUENTLY GOT IN 20 10, 20 15, WE TRIED TO GO BACK AND BACKFILL WITH SOME THINGS LIKE DRINKING FOUNTAINS AND RESTROOMS AND BIKE REPAIR STATIONS AND, AND, UH, TRAIL HEADS AND ACCESS POINTS. 
          KIND KINDA LIKE SOME OF THE ONES WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT TO TRY TO MAKE THOSE AS ROBUST AS ANY OTHER PART OF THE CITY, IF NOT MORE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I MEAN, LOOKING AT THE TRAILS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THE ONES THAT AREN'T THERE, LIKE THAT MAP IS STRIKING, UH, 
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GEOGRAPHICALLY. 
          SO, UM, IT DOES THE EQUITY OFFICE, DID THEY WORK WITH, I KNOW THAT THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH PARKS AND THAT YOU GUYS HAVE MADE A LOT OF, OF GREAT MOVES, UM, LIKE AN ACCESS TO, TO PARKS, BUT, UH, WERE THEY INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM? LIKE DID YOU HAVE AN EQUITY IMPACT ANALYSIS CONDUCTED? SO CAN I ADD TO THAT? SURE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR IS THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AS WELL AS PARKS AND REC. 
          UH, THEY'RE PRODUCING AN EQUITY ACTION PLAN FOR PARKS, AND IT'LL GIVE 'EM A CHANCE TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHERE THEY'VE GONE AND WHERE THEY NEED TO GO IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO IT'LL BE KIND OF A COMBINATION OF LESSONS LEARNED, BUT WE STILL BELIEVE THAT THE OFFICE OF EQUITY HAS SO MUCH MORE TO GIVE. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LOVE TO DO IS ONCE THEY COMPLETE THEIR EQUITY ACTION PLAN TO ACTUALLY BRING IT BACK TO YOU TO LOOK AT, WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT. 
          THAT'S GREAT NEWS. 
          SO, ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO AROUND THE, THE, UH, ROOM AND, UH, WE'LL GO IN THIS DIRECTION NOW. 
          COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UH, THANK YOU HOL AND BRENDA FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, I WAS HOPING TO SEE SOME DATA ON USAGE. 
          DO WE TRACK, UM, HOW MANY FOLKS USE IT TO BIKE, UH, TO WORK, UM, FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES? DO WE TRACK THAT DATA? UM, WE DO, AND WE'VE, I COULD JUST SAY, UH, WITHOUT QUALIFICATION THAT WE'VE GOT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT USE IT EACH MONTH. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, THERE ARE, UH, SOME COUNTERS THAT WE HAVE AROUND THE CITY, UM, THAT BASICALLY TELL US LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USING IT. 
          UM, THEY, IT ALSO BREAKS IT DOWN BY BICYCLES VERSUS PEDESTRIANS. 
          UM, I CAN JUST TELL YOU SOME BRIEF OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THOSE IS THAT, UM, WE HAVE MORE USERS, UH, ON LEON CREEK, FOR INSTANCE, BETWEEN OP SCHNABEL PARK MM-HMM. 
           AND THE VALERO TRAILHEAD. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, THAN WE DO ALMOST ANY OTHER PART OF TOWN. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , EXCEPT THERE IS ALSO A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF USERS UP NEAR SATO AND LOOP 1604 DOWN TO HARDBERGER PARK IN THAT AREA. 
          UM, THERE ARE COUNTERS IN OTHER PARTS OF TOWN TOO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MEINA RIVER GREENWAY, FOR INSTANCE, DOESN'T HAVE QUITE AS MANY USERS ON IT. 
          I THINK PROBABLY BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT, UM, MORE REMOTE. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          AND HOW IS THAT DATA GATHERED? THAT WE HAVE COUNTERS, SO, OKAY. 
          SIMILAR TO TRAFFIC STUDIES? YES, MA'AM. 
          THERE'S, IT'S A, IT'S AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM THAT IS WITHIN THE PAVEMENT, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, LIKE, THERE'S AN INFRARED, UM, UH, EYE, SO TO SPEAK THAT THE BICYCLES AND PEDE, IT CAN, BETWEEN THE, THE INFRARED PIECE AND THE PIECE IN THE CONCRETE, IT CAN BASICALLY TELL, OKAY, THIS IS A PEDESTRIAN OR THIS IS A BIKE MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND WE HAVE 10 OF THOSE LOCATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          CAN YOU SHARE THAT DATA WITH THIS COMMITTEE? YEAH. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT DO CONVERSATIONS LOOK LIKE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND OR THE BEXAR COUNTY TAX APPRAISAL DISTRICT? WELL, SO WE DON'T HAVE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT OTHER THAN WHEN WE RECORD, UH, EASEMENTS OR DEEDS OR THAT KIND OF A THING. 
          UM, WE USE THE BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AS A GUIDE, UH, FOR PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AND FOR VALUES OF PROPERTY, WHICH ARE USUALLY MUCH LESS ALONG THE FLOODPLAINS AND THAT KIND OF A THING. 
          BUT, UM, AND THE OTHER ORGANIZATION YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES. 
          UM, WE HAVE TALKED WITH THEM JUST RECENTLY ABOUT LIKE, UM, THE LONE STAR STUDY MM-HMM. 
           THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING. 
          UM, THERE'S LIKE A DISPARITY STUDY THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON SO THAT WE CAN JUST KIND OF UNDERSTAND, UM, THE IMPACT TO HOUSING PRICES AND THAT KIND OF THING. 
          MM-HMM. 
           OF THE LONE STAR DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, IT'S NOT EXACTLY APPLES TO APPLES MM-HMM. 
          , BUT, UM, THAT'S A RELATIONSHIP THERE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF HAVE WITH THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, I, I LIKE THAT Y'ALL POINTED OUT, UH, CREATING THAT BRIDGE, UH, TO HAVE MORE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE TRAILWAY TRAILWAY SYSTEM. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, A CONCERN THAT I HAVE IN MY DISTRICT, AND I ALWAYS POINT TO THE LONE STAR AREA ON CLAY AND AVIOS, IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO CROSS, TO ACCESS THE TRAILWAY. 
          UM, SO MOVING FORWARD, OR WHAT DO THOSE CONVERSATIONS LOOK LIKE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO MITIGATE, UH, THOSE DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS TO GET TO THE TRAILWAY? EVERY DESIGN THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT GOES TO LIKE A CROSSING LIKE THIS MM-HMM. 
          , YOU KNOW, WE TRY THE BEST WE CAN TO PUT ALL OF THOSE CROSSINGS UNDER THE BRIDGE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , IF THERE'S ROOM TO PUT IT UNDER THE BRIDGE, WE'LL PUT IT UNDER THE BRIDGE. 
          THAT WAY THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, TO THE GOALS OF VISION ZERO, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, UM, OF CONTACT OR POTENTIAL CONTACT BETWEEN VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS. 
          IF WE HAVE TO GO ACROSS, THEN WE WORK WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT PUBLIC WORKS, WHO GIVES 
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US, UH, ADVICE AND BASICALLY APPROVES, YES, THIS WILL WORK, NO, THIS WON'T, SO THAT WE'VE GOT SAFE CROSSINGS. 
          RIGHT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, BRENDAN. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VRAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL SAY WHAT, UH, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE ONLY ALLUDED TO IS, UM, THE NORTHSIDE TRAILS WERE DONE FIRST, AND NOW WE ARE SITTING AT THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, AND I'M LOOKING AT A BOND PROPOSAL, WHICH I NEED DONE TO GET MY, UM, MY TRAILS DONE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR. 
          AND HOWARD PEAK WAS A GREAT MAYOR, AN ENVIRONMENTALIST, AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS VISION OF, OF WHAT HE HAS. 
          UH, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS THAT, AND I'VE SEEN A RESULT OF IT IN, AS THIS WAS, AS THE TRAILS WERE ACTIVATED DURING THE PANDEMIC, IS THAT A LOT OF THE TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM THE TRAILWAYS IN THE NORTH THEN CAME SOUTH TO THE RIVER. 
          SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT BUILDING THESE TRAILWAYS AND BUILDING THE AMENITIES, I NEED MORE TRASH RECEPTACLES, I NEED MORE, UM, I NEED MORE PEOPLE GOING OUT EMPTYING THOSE TRASH RESP RECEPTACLES BECAUSE WE, WE ARE SEEING THAT COME, UH, EVERY RAIN IN, IN THE MISSION REACH AREA. 
          UM, SO IF I, I MEAN, I, I UNDERSTAND THE PRESENTATION. 
          I AM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF THE SATO GREENWAY AND THE, THE, THE PROJECTS I HAVE PENDING IN DISTRICT THREE ALONG SOUTH SIDE LIONS AND SOUTHEAST MILITARY DRIVE, UM, THAT ARE IN DESIGN, IF I COULD JUST GET AN UPDATE ON THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE DESIGN WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND PEOPLE. 
          LIKE I HAVE WALKERS AND BIKE RIDERS AND, AND THEY DO BRING LITTER AND I KNOW, UH, SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY IS TRYING TO MAKE A PUSH THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT LITTERING INTO THE RIVER. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE REMINDERS THROUGHOUT OUR TRAILWAYS. 
          UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING ABOUT THE, THE G I S DO YOU THAT, IS THERE A DASHBOARD ONLINE WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO CHECK AND SEE THE PROGRESS OF THE TRAILWAYS AND WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE OPEN? UH, YES MA'AM. 
          WE HAVE, UM, OUR MAP, UM, THE, THE MAP I SHOWED YOU HERE A COUPLE SLIDES AGO ONLINE. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THE DATES THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          'CAUSE I, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MY RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS THIS, BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE GREEN RAIL TRUST. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT THEY USE FOR THEIR EXERCISE, UH, AND, AND THEY, AND THEY WALK AND THEY RIDE. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I CAN KEEP THEM UPDATED ON THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM TO MISS OUT ON THIS, THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY AND PROJECT. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THE DETAILS OF THE DESIGN FOR THE PROJECTS IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ? NO QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, SUPER. 
          JUST ONE LAST QUESTION FROM ME, BRANDON. 
          THOSE, OH, I'M GLAD YOU HAVE THAT SLIDE UP. 
          UH, THE UNDER DESIGN PLANNING, UH, 10 AND A HALF MILES. 
          SO WE HAVE THE FUNDING FOR DESIGN AND PLANNING, BUT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THOSE, OR WE DO, WE DO HAVE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR ALL, BUT TWO OF THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO MARTINEZ AND MUD CREEK ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT WE'RE DESIGNING, BUT DON'T HAVE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR. 
          UM, LET'S JUST GO BACK TO THE, UH, WHERE IS IT? THE LIST? SO ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED FOR UNDER DESIGN AND PLANNING, WE DO HAVE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS FOR, LIKE I SAID, THE ONLY TWO THAT DON'T HAVE IT ARE MUD CREEK AND MARTINEZ CREEK, WHICH WILL BE FUNDED BY THE COUNTY. 
          OKAY. 
          SUPER. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THE PRESENTATION. 
          APPRECIATED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ALRIGHT. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF ITEMS OUT OF ORDER. 
          WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, 
          [5. The SA Climate Ready Technical Advisory Committee Energy Industry Vacancy. [David McCary, Assistant City Manager; Douglas Melnick, Chief Sustainability Officer]]
THE ESSAY CLIMATE READY TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, APPOINTMENT. 
          AND, UH, BEFORE, UH, DOUG BEGINS HIS PRESENTATION, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, TODAY WE HAVE WITH US IN THE AUDIENCE, THE CHAIR OF THE EQUITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE CAP. 
          AND THAT IS DR. 
          A CANTU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SHE'S THE, OH, VICE CHAIR. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          VICE CHAIR. 
          SHE'S ALSO THE FIRST PERSON VACCINATED FOR COVID IN SAN ANTONIO AND A DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENT. 
          SO THAT, AND THAT'S NOT WHY SHE WAS THE FIRST PERSON VACCINATED. 
          SHE HAS, SHE CAN PULL A LOT MORE STRINGS THAN I CAN, SO, THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          THANK 
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YOU. 
          THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, JUST HAVE A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION, UM, ABOUT THIS, THIS ITEM. 
          UH, LET'S SEE. 
          I GOTTA REMEMBER HOW TO USE, OH MAN. 
          WHATCHA LOOKING FOR? WHERE'S MY LITTLE BOOK? THERE WE GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO HERE'S JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UM, ON THE SA CLIMATE READY, UM, PLAN. 
          UH, BACK IN 2017, COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENTS. 
          THAT'S LED TO, UH, COUNCIL, UH, ADOPTING THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN, UM, OCTOBER 17TH, 2019. 
          UH, KEY TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PLAN IS, UM, UH, STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY, UM, INVOLVEMENT. 
          AND, AND SO COUNCIL, UH, APPROVED THE CREATION OF TWO, UH, UH, TWO COMMITTEES. 
          ONE IS THE, THE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          UH, THE OTHER IS A CLIMATE EQUITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          UM, AND, UM, THAT SLATE WAS APPROVED OCTOBER 8TH, 2020. 
          AND, UM, UH, THIS LATE THIS SUMMER, UH, OUR ENERGY INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COMMITTEE RESIGNED. 
          UM, SO WHAT WE'LL BE, UM, DISCUSSING BRIEFLY AND, AND MAKING A RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, A PROPOSED CANDIDATE TO FILL THAT VACANCY. 
          SO A LOT OF TEXT ON IT. 
          UM, JUST BACKGROUND ON THE TWO COMMITTEES, THE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BIG GROUP, UH, 2024 TOTAL, UH, 17 AT LARGE. 
          MEMBERS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL. 
          FIVE, UM, ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS. 
          THOSE ARE C P SS, JOINT BASED SAN ANTONIO, THE RIVER AUTHORITY SAWS AND VIA, THERE'S ONE RESEARCH PARTNER, WHICH IS, WHICH IS, UH, SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE. 
          AND THE, UH, CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR OF THE EQUITY COMMITTEE SERVES, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR CHARGE REALLY IS TO, UM, UH, PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND, AND, AND SUPPORTS, UM, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLIMATE PLAN STAFF PROVIDES SUPPORT TO THEM. 
          UM, BUT THEY'RE REALLY SORT OF CHARTING, UM, THE, THE DIRECTION FOR IMPLEMENTATION. 
          UH, THE CLIMATE EQUITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, YOU STILL SEE 10 MEMBERS AND AS WELL AS THE, UM, CHAIR, UH, OR CO-CHAIR OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE. 
          YOU KNOW, THEIR CHARGE IS, IT'S, IT'S SIMILAR, BUT IT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. 
          UH, THESE MEMBERS ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, UM, TECHNICAL EXPERTS, UM, STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE REALLY, UM, IN THE BUSINESS OF LOOKING AT, UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR, UH, POPULATIONS THAT HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION. 
          AND WHO ARE, UM, GOING TO BE IMPACTED THE MOST BY CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          THESE ARE OUR FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES AND, AND OUR, OUR, OUR BIPO NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THEIR FOR FOCUS. 
          THE KEY IS THESE TWO COMMITTEES NEED TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          UH, AND, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION BETWEEN THEM. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF THIS ONE, UM, VACANCY FOR THE ENERGY INDUSTRY, AND THAT'S BASICALLY CALLED OUT IN, IN THE ORDINANCE THAT THIS SLOT IS FOR, UH, AN ENERGY INDUSTRY REPRESENT REPRESENTATIVE. 
          UM, WE, UH, STAFF ISSUED A CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, UH, MID-SEPTEMBER. 
          WE REALLY BROADCASTED THAT THROUGH SORT OF THE ENERGY, UM, SECTORS AND THE PROFESSIONAL, UH, UM, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE, WE ARE AWARE OF, UM, AS WELL AS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          AND THEN, AND JUST THROUGH, THROUGH PRESS RELEASES, WE ONLY RECEIVED TWO APPLICATIONS BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT'S A RELATIVELY NARROW, UM, SCOPE, UM, UH, CHECK, CHECK SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, CONSISTING OF, UM, CHAIR COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND COUNCILMAN BRAVO, ALONG WITH SUPPORT FROM THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND THE OFFICE OF OF DIVER EQUITY DIVERSITY INCLUSION, INTERVIEWED THOSE TWO CANDIDATES, UM, ON OCTOBER 29TH. 
          AND, UM, BASED UPON THOSE INTERVIEWS, BASED UPON THE, UH, THE EXPERIENCE, UM, UH, THE RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATION WAS TO, UM, SELECT MR. DAVID WALTER, WHO IS VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR NEUSTAR ENERGY AS THE PREFERRED CANDIDATE. 
          SO OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, UM, UH, THE COMMITTEE CONSIDER APPROVING MR. DAVID WALTER, UH, AS THE ENERGY INTE INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, AND FOR THE COMMITTEE TO REFER MR. WALTER TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          UH, THAT IS THE PRESENTATION. 
          I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          AND WE ALSO DO HAVE MR. WALTER HERE, UM, IF, UH, YOU'D ALL LIKE TO, TO ASK HIM ANY QUESTIONS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          F FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO, UH, THANK MR. WALTER AND THE OTHER CANDIDATE WHO, WHO APPLIED, I THINK THEY BOTH HAD A LOT TO OFFER. 
          AND, UH, DOUG, IF YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OTHER CANDIDATE AND, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          YEP. 
          UM, IT'S, UH, NICK, NICK JONES, UM, IS A, UM, AN EXPERT IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
          HE WORKS FOR CLEAR RESULTS, UM, WHICH, UH, IS A, A A, A FIRM THAT, UM, CURRENTLY 
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HAS A CONTRACT WITH C P S PROVIDING, UM, ENERGY EFFICIENCY SUPPORT TO, TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, HE'S A REALLY STRONG CANDIDATE, BUT HE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE ENERGY INDUSTRY, IT'S, IT'S AROUND THE PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION. 
          UM, AND SO WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, UM, AS WELL AS FROM, FROM THE, THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT'S SOMEBODY WITH THE BACKGROUND, UM, IN THAT BROADER ENERGY SECTOR, UH, IS, IS REALLY A KEY COMPONENT. 
          AND I, I WOULD ALSO MENTION, I'M SORRY, COUNCILWOMAN, THAT I DID SPEAK TO MR. JONES, UH, AND OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF OUR OTHER, UM, INITIATIVES. 
          AND HE WAS INTERESTED IN, IN DOING SO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WANTED. 
          . 
          UH, I'LL BE MORE EXPLICIT NEXT TIME. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WANTED EVERYBODY TO, TO KNOW. 
          UM, I ALSO, UH, WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMAN BRAVO FOR GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH ME AS WELL AS THE OFFICE OF EQUITY. 
          UH, IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE PIONEERED THAT, THAT PROCESS FOR, FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE AND THE EQUITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          IT WAS ALL THE BRAINCHILD OF DAVID MCCAREY RIGHT HERE. 
          AND, AND IT'S BEEN WORKING OUT VERY WELL AT THIS TIME. 
          I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UM, OH MY GOD, I DREW A BLANK, MR. WALTER . 
          MR. WALTERS, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND COME UP AND, UH, SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT YOURSELF. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMITTEE. 
          I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO COMMITTEE, UH, CONSIDER ME FOR THIS ROLE. 
          UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. 
          I'M A SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT FOR 25 YEARS. 
          I, UM, GOT A DEGREE FROM MECHA, UH, FROM IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FROM TEXAS A AND M. 
          I WENT TO WORK HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR, UH, SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS. 
          AND THEN NOW I'VE BEEN AT, UM, UM, NEUSTAR FOR THE REST OF MY CAREER. 
          SO I'VE GOT A PRETTY WIDE RANGE OF BACKGROUND AND ENERGY. 
          UM, ONE OF THE ROLES, SPECIFICALLY AT NEUSTAR THAT I INITIATED WAS I, I, UM, HANDLED ALL OF OUR OPTIMIZATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY INITIATIVES, UH, FOR OUR PIPELINE AND ALL OUR FACILITY, UM, FACILITY OPERATIONS FOR NEUSTAR. 
          I MANAGED ALL THE PROCUREMENT AND, UM, UM, OPTIMIZATION OF ALL OF OUR, UM, UH, PROCUREMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR NATURAL GAS, UH, ELECTRICITY. 
          SO I GOT TO SEE A WIDE RANGE OF, UM, UTILITIES AND HOW THEY RESPOND, UH, RATE STRUCTURES, UM, DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS. I INITIATED ALL THOSE WITHIN NEUSTAR. 
          AND SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH INCENTIVES AND HOW THOSE THINGS IMPACT COMPANIES. 
          UM, AND SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THOSE THINGS. 
          OVER THE LAST SIX TO SEVEN YEARS, I'VE WORKED WITH C P S ON THEIR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          UM, SO I GOT FIRSTHAND, UH, EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THEM. 
          UM, I, FOR THE LAST YEAR, UH, DURING C O V I WAS THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S A WIDE, UM, CITIZENS GROUP THAT HAS VARIED DIVERGENT VIEWS THAT PROVIDES INPUT INTO, UM, C P S. 
          SO, UM, I, I MANAGE THROUGH ALL THOSE, UH, DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND PROVIDED INPUT BACK TO C P SS. 
          SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF MY BACKGROUND. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, UH, IF YOU COULD JUST STAND BY IN CASE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          AND, AND DOUG, UM, I FAILED TO ASK YOU THIS. 
          I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU MENTIONED IT, BUT THE COMPOSITION OF THE, OF THE CURRENT BOARD. 
          UM, IT'S, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE, UH, I WAS ASKED EARLIER ABOUT I, WHAT ABOUT SOLAR, UH, OR OTHER TYPES OF ENERGY? YES. 
          DID WE HAVE ANY CANDIDATES IN THAT FIELD? SO PER PERHAPS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT SOUTHWEST RESEARCH, UM, HAS A SEAT AT, AT THE TABLE, UH, IS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE. 
          YES. 
          IF YOU COULD WALK US THROUGH THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          AND SO, UM, HERE'S, HERE'S THE ENORMOUS LIST NOW THAT I LOOK AT IT, OF THE, UM, ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          UM, BUT IN, IN TERMS OF THAT, OTHER THAN, UM, THE, THE OIL AND GAS, UM, EXPERIENCE THAT, THAT, THAT MR. WALTER BRINGS OR ENERGY, RIGHT. 
          OR, UM, AND BROAD, BROADER ENERGY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU, YOU LOOK AT, UM, DE DE BAMA, YOU KNOW, SHE IS A, A, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVOCATE, BUT SHE IS WELL, WELL VERSED IN, IN RENEWABLES. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UM, DR. 
          NEIL DEBA, UH, WITH, WITH U T S A, HE'S A CLIMATES SCIENTIST, BUT ALSO VERY WELL AWARE OF WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THAT TRANSITION, UM, TO A CLEANER ECONOMY. 
          FRANCISCO, UH, MANAN, UM, IS WAS BASICALLY ONE OF THE KEY, UM, UH, ARCHITECTS OF THE CREDIT HUMAN BUILDING, UH, WHICH 
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IS BASICALLY AS CLOSE TO NET ZERO WE HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO HE UNDERSTANDS RENEWABLES. 
          SO WHILE WE DON'T HAVE THAT ACTUAL, UH, A RENEWABLE DEVELOPER, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF EXPERTISE, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          UM, AS WELL AS, ANOTHER ONE I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT IS, I THINK, UM, IS RYAN WEBER, WHO'S, UM, WITH THE WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE. 
          AND SO THEY, SO THERE'S A LOT OF EXPERTISE, UH, THAT CAN ALSO SPEAK TO RENEWABLES AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, WHEN WE CREATED THE COMMITTEE, WE ALSO, UH, SET ASIDE SOME SPOTS FOR WHAT WE CALLED ORGAN ORGANIZATIONAL, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UH, SO IF YOU COULD JUST, UH, WALK THROUGH WHO THOSE ARE, PLEASE. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE, UH, RIGHT SIDE OF THE, THE, THE SLIDE IN THE MIDDLE, UM, WE'VE GOT, UM, MELISSA BRYANT, WHO'S ACTUALLY THE CHAIR OF THE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COMMITTEE, DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT SHE'S WITH THE RIVER AUTHORITY, UH, KAREN GOOSE, AGAIN, DYNAMO, UM, EX EXPERT IN, IN, UM, WATER CONSERVATION, AS WELL AS WORKING ACROSS, UM, STAKEHOLDERS, UM, TO, TO TRY TO BUILD COLLABORATION. 
          BUT SHE'S WITH, UM, THE WATER SYSTEM. 
          WE'VE GOT, UM, KAMI HORN WITH VIA MARVIN P FROM JOINT BASE, SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS A KEY PARTNER. 
          UH, THEY, BECAUSE THEY, UM, I THINK WE SEE THE MILITARY GETTING MORE AND MORE ON BOARD WITH THEM AS A KEY PARTNER. 
          AND FINAL, FINALLY, UM, C P S ENERGY, UH, IS REALLY A, A KEY PARTNER FOR MAKING THESE INITIATIVES MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND JUST, UM, FOR THE, THE COMMITTEE'S INFORMATION NEXT MONTH, OUR, AT OUR DECEMBER MEETING, THERE'S, UH, BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST TO DO, TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO WHERE C P S IS AT. 
          UH, AND SO, UM, THEY'LL BE PRESENTING, UH, WE'LL ALSO BE HAVING SOME OTHER EXPERTS PRESENT TO THE COMMITTEE, JUST TO, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BEST PRACTICES, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GOING ON NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AROUND, UH, UTILITY, UM, GENERATION PLANNING. 
          THANK YOU, DOUG. 
          UM, I'LL START WITH, UH, WITH COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM MR. BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I MOVE TO RECOMMEND DAVID WALTERS FORWARD TO FULL COUNSEL FOR CONSIDERATION TO FILL THE VACANCY TO THE CLIMATE SAN ANTONIO CLIMATE READY TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, YEAH, SO I, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF, UH, BEING ON, I GUESS, THE INTERVIEW PANEL. 
          AND, UM, BOTH CANDIDATES WERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WELL-VERSED. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE KNOWN NICK JONES FOR PROBABLY FIVE YEARS. 
          I'VE WORKED ALONGSIDE HIM IN A LOT OF THINGS. 
          UH, HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THE ISSUES. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, I, I THINK MR. WALTERS IS THE MORE APPROPRIATE CHOICE, UH, FOR THIS POSITION, UH, GIVEN HIS ENERGY INDUSTRY BACKGROUND. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED PEOPLE IN THE, WITH THAT KIND OF EXPERTISE TO HELP US FIND REAL WORLD SOLUTIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. 
          AND SO I THINK HIS GUIDANCE COULD BE, UH, VERY USEFUL IN THAT REGARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SUPER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN . 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, DAVID, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          WELL, SO, AND I'M SURE YOU ANSWERED IT THERE. 
          WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO APPLY FOR THIS COMMITTEE? BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE WINTER STORM, AND ANY COMMITTEE THAT HAS TO DO WITH CLIMATE IS, IS, UM, IS, I WANNA SAY UNDER SCRUTINY, BUT ALSO REALLY HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 
          SO WHAT KIND OF MOTIVATED YOU TO, TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD TO REPRESENT THE ENERGY INDUSTRY LIKE THIS? WELL, I MEAN, THIS IS MY INDUSTRY. 
          I, I RECOGNIZE THE IMPACT IT HAS ON ALL PEOPLE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE ENERGY, CLEAN ENERGY HAS THE IMPACT. 
          UM, AND, AND POLICIES RELATED TO THAT CAN HAVE DRASTIC IMPACTS ON ALL, YOU KNOW, MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, EVERYBODY. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY MY MOTIVATION IS TO STAY INVOLVED IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS, TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, POLICIES ARE, ARE DONE IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO, UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL AND, UH, THE COMMITTEE FOR GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING YOU FORWARD TO THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          UM, I TRUST THE EXPERTISE OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, YOU KNOW, I DON'T GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT ASKING QUESTIONS. 
          UH, I'LL START OFF BY SAYING THIS, AND, UM, I'M REPRESENTING MY CONSTITUENTS WHEN I SAY THIS, IS THAT SOMETIMES, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, UM, WHO ARE APPOINTED TO, UH, COMMITTEES RELATING TO EQUITY OR, 
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UH, CLIMATE AND JUSTICE, UM, THERE'S THIS FEELING THAT IT'S DONE JUST TO PLACATE THAT INDUSTRY AND THERE'S A DRAGGING A FEET OF SORTS, OR TO PULL IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN ONE DIRECTION. 
          AND SO, UM, I DON'T WANT THIS APPOINTMENT TO BE THAT. 
          I WANT IT, I WANT YOU TO FEEL, UM, INCLUDED AND COLLABORATIVE, AND I WANT YOU TO, UM, REPRESENT YOUR INDUSTRY, OF COURSE. 
          UM, BUT ALSO BE WILLING TO LISTEN TO THAT OF OTHERS. 
          AND WHEN YOU WERE SPOKEN, I HEARD THAT, UM, I'LL ASK YOU FIRST, WHAT ARE YOUR BELIEFS ABOUT THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT AND THE CITY'S ROLE IN MEETING THE OBJECTIVES? SO, SO, I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS HUMAN CAUSED, IT'S A PROBLEM THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. 
          UM, I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING IN THAT MANNER. 
          UM, I THINK PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD IS ONE WAY TO DO THAT. 
          I THINK IT'S, IT'S A STEP MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO'S CHOSEN, AND I THINK IT'S WISE TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT DISCUSSION, UM, PARTICULARLY IN, IN, IN THE CASE OF SAN ANTONIO, BECAUSE YOU OWN, UH, C P SS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR EMITTER, UM, IN, IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND IT PROVIDES THE ENERGY THAT DRIVES THE ECONOMY. 
          SO I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR SAN ANTONIO TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT DISCUSSION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'M ALSO WONDERING, AS AN INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL, WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE WILL BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO, UM, MEET THE GOAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION? WELL, I THINK EVENTUALLY IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, RENEWABLE, UM, ENERGY. 
          AND I THINK NUCLEAR IS GONNA HAVE TO PLAY A PART IN THAT. 
          UM, THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE GET THERE AND OVER WHAT TIME PERIOD? AND HOW DO WE DO THAT IN A WAY THAT THAT IS EQUITABLE FOR EVERYBODY? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST DO IT ALL OVERNIGHT, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE, IN MY VIEW, DISASTROUS FOR OUR ECONOMY AND WOULD IMPACT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES MORE THAN ANYBODY. 
          SO WE HAVE TO DO THIS IN A THOUGHTFUL MANNER AND DO IT IN A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I I LOOK AT SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE FINITE RESOURCES. 
          WE HAVE TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WITH HOW WE USE THOSE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. 
          SO YOU SAID IT, UM, WOULD AFFECT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES THE MOST. 
          AND I WANT TO HEAR, UH, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT? I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE ANSWER IS, BUT, WELL, I THINK FOR ONE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, CLIMATE CHANGE IS GONNA AFFECT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES THE MOST. 
          'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE RESOURCES TO ADAPT TO THE CHANGE THAT'S COMING FOR ONE AND TWO, THE POLICIES THAT WE CAN HAVE IF THEY DRIVE UP ENERGY COSTS, WILL AFFECT THOSE COMMUNITIES MORE THAN NON MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I GUESS THIS WILL BE MY LAST QUESTION. 
          UM, SO CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE GREATEST THREAT TO OUR PLANET AND MY PERSPECTIVE, HOW URGENT IS IT TO YOU? AND THEN ALSO, WHAT ROLE CAN YOUR INDUSTRY PLAY IN ADDRESSING IT? AS I MENTIONED, I I BELIEVE IT IS URGENT. 
          UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. 
          I THINK THE QUESTION IS ON THE, ON HOW DO WE DO THAT WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE NOW IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THIS IN A WAY THAT, UM, THAT MINIMIZES THE IMPACT TO ALL PEOPLE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          AT THIS POINT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE ON THE MOTION. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          YOU JUST HAVE ONE MORE STEP BEFORE FULL APPOINTMENT, AND I FORESEE THAT GOING. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE 
          [4. The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District on air quality and groundlevel Ozone. [Erik Walsh, City Manager; Claude A. Jacob, Director, Health]]
GONNA MOVE TO, NO OFFENSE TO MR. WALTERS, BUT TO THE BEST ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT SOMEONE HAS A HARD STOP AT 1215, SO WE WILL DEFINITELY TRY TO, UM, TO KEEP IT WAY BEFORE THEN. 
          UM, WE'LL HAVE, IT SAYS HERE, ERIC WALSH AND CLAUDE JACOB, GIVING US THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN HEALTH DISTRICT ON AIR QUALITY AND GROUND LEVEL OZONE. 
          BUT I SEE MARIO MARTINEZ GETTING READY TO GO TO THE PODIUM. 
          SO YOU SHOCKED. 
          ORIGINALLY, , I WAS LIKE, ERIC WALSH ISN'T HERE. 
          GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS MARIO MARTINEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT METRO HEALTH. 
          UH, THIS MORNING I WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW ON THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
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IMPACTS OF POOR AIR QUALITY. 
          UH, BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE AIR QUALITY MONITORING CONDUCTED BY METRO HEALTH, AND PROVIDE THE CURRENT STATUS OF AIR QUALITY IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I WILL ALSO PROVIDE A BRIEF SUMMARY ON THE OZONE ATTAINMENT MASTER PLAN, AND SHARE AN UPDATE ON THE EPAS MOST LIKELY RECLASSIFICATION FOR BEXAR COUNTY TO MOVE US FROM OZONE MARGINAL TO MOVE US FROM MARGINAL NON-ATTAINMENT TO MODERATE NON ATTAINMENT SOMETIME EARLY NEXT YEAR. 
          SO BRIEFLY, UH, POOR AIR QUALITY CAN AGGRAVATE ASTHMA AMONG CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH INDI INDIVIDUALS WITH, UH, CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES. 
          ACCORDING TO A 2017 STUDY, UH, COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY'S OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, AN ESTIMATED 24 DEATHS COULD BE AVOIDED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IF SAN ANTONIO'S AIR QUALITY IMPROVES TO A STANDARD BELOW THE E P A, UH, OZONE STANDARD OF 70 PARTS PER BILLION, THE AVOIDED COST OF ALL THOSE DEATHS AND HEALTHCARE IS ESTIMATED AT $220 MILLION. 
          SO, MAKING GAINS AND REDUCING, REDUCING GROUND LEVEL OZONE WILL MAKE AN IMPACT IF COMMUNITIES, UH, COME TOGETHER ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL FRONT. 
          SO AIR POLLUTION, ESPECIALLY GROUND LEVEL OZONE IS A GROWING, UH, THREAT TO ENVIRONMENTAL BIODIVERSITY. 
          ACCORDING TO A 2021 YALE SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT STUDY, PLANT LEAVES EXPOSED TO OZONE SHOW A LOWER LEVEL OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY. 
          AND THAT PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY IS IMPORTANT FOR HEALTHY PLANT GROWTH. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE IMAGE AND DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LEAVES ON THE RIGHT. 
          SO HERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT LEAVES THAT WERE EXPOSED TO HIGHER LEVELS OF OZONE, AND THEREFORE THERE'S ALMOST NO INDICATION OF ANY, UH, PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROCESS OCCURRING IN THOSE LEAVES. 
          AND AS WARMER WEATHER PATTERNS CONTINUE ACROSS OUR NATION AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO WILL THE LEVELS OF OZONE. 
          METRO HEALTH OPERATES AND MAINTAINS 34 MONITORS AT 20 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ACROSS BEXAR COUNTY, WILSON AND ES COUNTIES. 
          METRO HEALTH MONITORS, FIVE AIR POLLUTANTS, ALL ARE CURRENTLY ENTERTAINMENT EXCEPT FOR OZONE. 
          AND SO BRIEFLY, I JUST WANNA TOUCH ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OZONE AND HOW IS IT FORMED? UH, OZONE THAT'S FORMED WHEN NITROGEN OXIDES KNOWN AS NOX AND VOLATILE, UH, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OR VOCS COMBINE AND ARE EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT. 
          SO EMISSIONS FOR NOX AND VOCS, UH, COME FROM INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, ELECTRIC UTILITIES, MOTOR VEHICLE EXHAUST, GASOLINE VAPORS, AND CHEMICAL SOLVENTS. 
          SO THESE ARE TYPICALLY YOUR MAJOR SOURCES OF NOX AND VOCS AS PART OF THE CITY'S AIR QUALITY EFFORTS. 
          METRO HEALTH ESTABLISHED AN AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM BACK IN 2015 PER CITY ORDINANCE. 
          AND THIS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO IDENTIFY AND REGISTER BUSINESSES THAT EMIT POLLUTION WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND TO HELP FIND, UH, STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING EMISSIONS, AND ALSO TO HELP AIR QUALITY IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          IN 2015, THE E P A LOWERED THE OZONE STANDARD FROM 70 PARTS PER BILLION, TO SE 75 PARTS PER BILLION TO 70 PARTS PER BILLION. 
          AND THIS WAS BASED ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT SHOWED THE IMPACT OF OZONE ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2018. 
          THE E P A OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED BEAR COUNTY IN MARGINAL NON-ATTAINMENT FOR OZONE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MARGINAL NON-ATTAINMENT ARE THOSE THAT ARE CLOSEST TO REACHING THE E P A STANDARD OF 70 PARTS PER BILLION. 
          IN RESPONSE TO THE E P A DESIGNATION, THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN OZONE ATTAINMENT MASTER PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY METRO HEALTH STAKEHOLDERS AND SUPPORTED BY LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          THIS PLAN WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 13, 20, UH, 19 TO GET BEXAR COUNTY BACK INTO OZONE ATTAINMENT. 
          UH, TO A LARGE EXTENT, THE PLAN FOCUSED ON EDUCATING, UH, BUSINESSES AND THE PUBLIC ON STRATEGIES TO REDUCE GROUND LEVEL OZONE. 
          UM, THE MAIN CHALLENGE IN IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN WAS THE REDEPLOYMENT OF METRO HEALTH STAFF TO ASSIST WITH 
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THE DEPARTMENT'S, UH, C OVID 19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE. 
          BUT DESPITE THE CHALLENGES, UH, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE OZONE AWARENESS AND COMMUNICATION EFFORTS, ESPECIALLY ON OZONE ACTION DAYS BY METRO HEALTH AND THE CITY'S GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE. 
          ALSO, THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM REGISTERED JUST OVER 1000 BUSINESSES IN FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
          AND IN ADDITION, MORE THAN $27 MILLION IN VOLKSWAGEN MITIGATION, SETTLEMENT GRANTS WERE AWARDED TO SAN ANTONIO AREA BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS, AGAIN, TO HELP IMPROVE AIR QUALITY IN THIS REGION. 
          PART OF THE OZONE ATTAINMENT PLAN INCLUDED THE IDENTIFICATION OF OZONE POINT SOURCES AND DEVELOPING MITIGATION STRATEGIES. 
          IN JUNE, 2019, METRO HEALTH CONTRACTED WITH SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO HELP IN IDENTIFYING POINT SOURCES IN BEXAR COUNTY, AND ALSO TO HELP DEVELOP, UH, CONTROL AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES. 
          DUE TO C OVID 19. 
          THE CONTRACT WAS EXTENDED TO THE END OF THIS YEAR, I'M SORRY, THE END OF AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. 
          THIS WORK INCLUDED COMBINATION OF GROUND AND AERIAL SURVEILLANCE USING INFRARED CAMERA TECHNOLOGY AND DIRECT SAMPLING TECHNIQUES. 
          ALSO, BEXAR COUNTY STAFF WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING A HELICOPTER, AND THIS WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE, UM, IN THEIR SURVEILLANCE. 
          AND THEY COORDINATED WITH METRO HEALTH AND ALSO WITH SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THAT WORK. 
          BUT OVERALL, SOUTHWEST RESEARCH AND THEIR SCIENTIFIC TEAMS FOUND NO SPECIFIC SOURCES FOR OZONE PRECURSORS IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, UH, THE TEAM AT SOUTHWEST RESEARCH, UM, ALSO DEVELOPED AND SHARED FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MITIGATION AND CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          IN APRIL OF 2020, METRO HEALTH EXECUTED A CONTRACT WITH ENTANGLEMENT TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, AND THIS WAS TO IDENTIFY POINT SOURCES AND, AND EMISSIONS IN COUNTY SURROUNDING BEXAR COUNTY. 
          AND DUE TO C OVID 19, THIS CONTRACT WAS ALSO EXTENDED. 
          UM, THIS ONE WAS EXTENDED THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER, I'M SORRY, END OF OCTOBER, 2020. 
          THIS WORK INCLUDED DATA COLLECTION OVER A 10 DAY PERIOD USING A MOBILE LAB THAT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 3000 MILES WITHIN. 
          AND ALSO OUTSIDE OF BEX COUNTY, UH, ENTANGLEMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOUND THAT THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS OF EMISSIONS WERE DETECTED WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          A PREDOMINANCE OF OIL AND GAS RELATED EMISSIONS WERE DETECTED WITHIN THE EAGLE FORD REGION, AND ELEVATED NOX CONCENTRATIONS WERE FOUND IN AREAS OF HIGH VEHICLE TRAFFIC BASED ON THE DESIGN VALUE OF 72 PARTS PER BILLION. 
          AT THE END OF THE 2020 ATTAINMENT YEAR, BEAR COUNTY DID NOT MEET OZONE ATTAINMENT. 
          E P A WILL MOST LIKELY RECLASSIFY BEAR COUNTY INTO MODERATE NON-ATTAINMENT. 
          WE BELIEVE MARCH OF 2022, BEXAR COUNTY WILL BE REQUIRED TO ATTAIN THE STANDARD OF 70 PARTS PER BILLION BY THE END OF THE ATTAINMENT YEAR, DECEMBER 31ST, 2023. 
          THE MODERATE NON-ATTAINMENT PERIOD IS A TOTAL OF SIX YEARS. 
          SO THIS IS GOING BACK TO 2018 TO THE END OF 2023. 
          IF BEXAR COUNTY DOES NOT MEET THAT STANDARD OF 70 PARTS PER BILLION, THE E P A AT THAT TIME WILL RECLASSIFY BEXAR COUNTY INTO A SERIOUS NON-ATTAINMENT FOR OZONE. 
          SO, LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME PROGRESS ON REDUCING GROUND LEVEL OZONE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          HOWEVER, THAT PROGRESS HAS REMAINED SOMEWHAT CONSTANT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          AND AGAIN, THE ATTAINMENT YEAR FOR MARGINAL, FOR MARGINAL NON-ATTAINMENT WAS AT THE END OF DECEMBER, 2020. 
          EPAS, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR MODERATE NON-ATTAINMENT INCLUDE, SO NEW SOURCES OF EMISSIONS THAT WILL GENERATE 100 TONS PER YEAR OF NOX AND VOCS WILL REQUIRE NEW SOURCE REVIEW PERMITTING. 
          THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OR T C E Q WILL NEED TO CREATE AN ATTAINMENT DEMONSTRATION, REASONABLE FURTHER PROGRESS STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN REVISION, SHOWING THAT EFFORTS WILL RESULT IN ATTAINMENT OF THE STANDARD WITHIN SIX YEARS. 
          IN ADDITION, T C E Q WILL ALSO INCLUDE UNDER STATE IMPLEMENT STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, ALL EFFORTS TO REDUCE VOCS BY 15% WITHIN SIX YEARS. 
          AND ONCE BEXAR COUNTY IS RECLASSIFIED TO MODERATE NON-ATTAINMENT, T C E Q WILL HAVE 
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FOUR YEARS OR MARCH, 2026 TO IMPLEMENT THE VEHICLE EMISSIONS INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PRO MAINTENANCE PROGRAM HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          SO OUR CHARGE AND METRO HEALTH WILL BE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AS WE HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST, UH, TWO, THREE YEARS. 
          WE WILL LEAD THE OZONE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, FOR SUGGESTING THIS, UH, DURING THE PLANNING PROCESS. 
          UM, SO THAT'S BEEN A TEAM THAT'S BEEN MEETING WITH, UH, WITH US FOR A WHILE. 
          WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE AND EDUCATE LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP LOWER EMISSIONS AND IMPLEMENT A GAS CAP, UH, REPLACEMENT INITIATIVE FUNDED BY A FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION GRANT AND SUPPORT THAT INITIATIVE. 
          METRO HEALTH, UH, JUST RECENTLY APPLIED FOR A PUBLIC HEALTH AMERICORPS MEMBER, UH, TO SUPPORT THOSE EDUCATION EFFORTS. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE PROGRAM STAFF AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO HELP ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, MARIO, AND FOR BRINGING THIS, UH, FORWARD AND KYLE, FOR YOUR ONGOING EFFORTS IN, IN THIS. 
          I THINK I, I'VE KNOWN KYLE SINCE, UM, EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, UH, AND SHE WAS, UH, DOING THIS WORK AND SHE HASN'T STOPPED. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE AND DEDICATION. 
          UM, A COUPLE OF, UH, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          SO THIS IS A REALLY BIG TOPIC, AND TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS OZONE POLLUTION. 
          IT'S, IT'S NOT ONE, YOU KNOW, SILVER BULLET. 
          THERE, THERE ARE MANY, MANY THINGS TO DO, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SAN ANTONIO WHO'S DESIGNATED, UH, AS, YOU KNOW, NOT MEETING THE HEALTH-BASED STANDARDS, BUT THE COUNTY. 
          AND, UH, I JUST WANNA POSE SOMETHING FOR, FOR MY COLLEAGUES. 
          UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU PROBABLY HEAR ABOUT NOX AND VOCS AND, AND OZONE. 
          SO IF IT DIDN'T ALL SINK IN, DON'T WORRY. 
          UH, IT'LL, WE'LL HAVE MANY MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT. 
          BUT IF, BUT MAYBE IT DID. 
          AND, UH, IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO, TO UNDERSTAND IT. 
          SO, SO ONE THING I I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE WITH, WITH YOU ALL IS THAT OZONE OR AIR POLLUTION DOESN'T FOLLOW GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OR POLITICAL BOUNDARIES. 
          AND WHAT WE REALLY HAVE IS AN AIR SHED THAT WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT, EVEN THOUGH NOT ALL OF THAT AIRSHED IS GOING TO BE DESIGNATED IN THIS, UM, IN THIS WAY. 
          SO FOR US, THAT'S A CHALLENGE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, EMISSIONS MAY BE COMING FROM, LIKE YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE EAGLE FORD SHALE OR FURTHER NORTH, BUT THE ONLY THING WE HAVE CONTROL OVER IS, IS IN BEAR COUNTY. 
          SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO ELIMINATE IT ALL TOGETHER. 
          BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS MAKE AN EFFORT TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT SEE THIS IN THE PAPER, BUT WHENEVER THEY TALK ABOUT THE E P A AND OZONE, YOU, YOU HEAR ABOUT REGULATORY BURDEN AND OVERREACH. 
          AND WHAT I, WHAT I HOPE THAT WE REALLY TAKE AWAY WHEN WE SEE OZONE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAPER IS THAT THAT'S A HEALTH HAZARD TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT AGGRAVATES ASTHMA. 
          AND WE ALSO, WE THINK ABOUT IT A LOT IN TERMS OF RESPIRATORY ILLNESS, BUT THE TRUTH IS IT DOES AFFECT PEOPLE WITH CARDIOVASCULAR ILLNESS AND IS KNOWN TO CONTRIBUTE TO SEVERITY IN CARDIOVASCULAR ILLNESS. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR MENTIONING THAT. 
          SO I JUST WANNA LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE REGULATORY CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE, AS WELL AS THE HEALTH BURDEN THAT WE'RE CARRYING WITH THIS. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT, WHAT, TO ME, WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HELP PROTECT THE HEALTH OF OUR, OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          UM, THAT SAID, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, ACTUALLY, ONE QUESTION. 
          YOU DEVELOPED THE OZONE ATTAINMENT PLAN IN 2019. 
          UM, IS THAT A DOCUMENT THAT YOU COULD SHARE WITH THIS, UH, COMMITTEE AND AT SOME POINT LET US KNOW WHAT THE STATUS IS OF THAT? YES. 
          UM,  HAVE ALREADY PUT TOGETHER SORT OF UPDATES TO THE PLAN, UM, IN REGARDS TO WHAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. 
          SO WE WILL CERTAINLY SHARE THAT WITH THE, UH, COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WHEN IT WAS FIRST DEVELOPED, UH, WE WERE RECEIVING REGULAR UPDATES. 
          THIS IS WAY PRE COVID. 
          WE WERE GETTING A MONTHLY UPDATE ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU, YOU WERE DOING. 
          PERHAPS THAT'S A LITTLE EXCESSIVE. 
          UH, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF REGULAR UPDATE, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AT COMMITTEE, BUT SOMETHING THAT YOU, THAT YOU SEND OUT TO THE COUNCIL? YES. 
          WE CAN RESTART, UM, SORT OF THOSE UPDATES ON WHAT'S HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY IN LIEU OF, UH, E P A RECLASSIFICATION EXPECTED EARLY NEXT YEAR. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WE CAN INFORM THE COUNCIL ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THAT LEVEL AND ALSO WHAT, UM, THE OZONE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON. 
          AND CAN YOU REMIND US WHO FORMS PART OF THAT COMMITTEE? SO IT'S METRO HEALTH, BEXAR COUNTY, U T S A JOINT BASE, SAN ANTONIO, UH, SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, AND AGGREGATE 
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CAPITAL, I BELIEVE. 
          IS THAT THE, WHO WAS THE LAST ONE? WHAT WAS THE LAST, THE CAPITAL AGGREGATES. 
          CAPITAL AGGREGATES, CCPS, AND C P S. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE ONE INDUSTRY MEMBER CORRECT ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, MY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW. 
          I, I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR MY COLLEAGUES' QUESTIONS, UH, ON THESE. 
          AND, UM, I'LL START ACTUALLY WITH, UH, . 
          SOMEONE'S DYING TO ASK QUESTIONS. 
          AND THAT'S, UH, DISTRICT ONE, COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS. 
          I HAVEN'T KNOWN KYLE AS LONG AS COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL HAS. 
          I'VE KNOWN YOU A FEW YEARS. 
          I USED TO SERVE ON THE ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT'S AIR IMPROVEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHERE WE ADDRESSED OZONE. 
          AND, UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS I WANNA POINT OUT. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL TALKED ABOUT HOW BEAR COUNTY IS DESIGNATED AS NOT MEETING THE FEDERAL AIR QUALITY STANDARD. 
          SO THAT IS VERY UNIQUE IN THAT IN OTHER AREAS FOR THEIR AIR SHED, THEY'RE ALSO INCLUDING SURROUNDING COUNTIES, RIGHT? BECAUSE AIR POLLUTION DOESN'T STOP AND START AT ANY KIND OF POLITICAL BOUNDARY. 
          UM, AND IT PUTS US IN A TOUGH POSITION BECAUSE, UM, FOR, FOR SEVERAL REASONS. 
          ONE IS, UM, IT'S THE WHOLE REGION THAT NEEDS TO BE CONTRIBUTING TO REDUCING YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, UH, AIR POLLUTION, RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE HAVING TO GO IT ALONE. 
          THE OTHER CHALLENGE IS THAT THERE'S A, I GUESS A CULTURAL ISSUE HERE MAYBE IN WHEN YOU, IN, IN THESE OTHER AREAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE DALLAS AND HOUSTON AND, UH, THE AUSTIN AREA, UH, WHEN THEY WERE FACED WITH THESE CHALLENGES, THEY STARTED SAYING, HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER TO REDUCE OUR EMISSIONS IN BEXAR COUNTY? WE SAID, OKAY, HOW DO WE FIGHT THE E P A? LET'S SUE THEM. 
          AND SO I WENT WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO, UH, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ONE DAY WHERE WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD IT ON AN AGENDA ITEM. 
          THEY WANTED TO SUE THE E P A OVER THIS DESIGNATION. 
          AND WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT A BUNCH OF US SIGNED UP FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT, THEY PULLED THAT AGENDA ITEM AND, AND, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T PURSUE THAT PATH. 
          UM, BUT WE NEED TO GET TO A POINT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE TAKING THESE, THESE HEALTH, UH, ISSUES SERIOUSLY, AND WE'RE GET COMING TOGETHER AND SAYING, HOW DO WE REDUCE OUR EMISSIONS? AND SO THERE ARE HEALTH IMPACTS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO ENVIRONMENT. 
          I MEAN, THERE ARE ALSO ECONOMIC IMPACTS. 
          AND, UH, CAN YOU TELL US, UH, WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS ARE FOR BEING IN MARGINAL NON-ATTAINMENT VERSUS MODERATE MONETTA, UH, MODERATE NON-ATTAINMENT FOR, FOR A BUSINESS IF THEY WANT TO EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS OR BUILD A NEW BUSINESS HERE IN A, IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          SO FOR MARGINAL NON-ATTAINMENT, THERE'S NO REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN MARGINAL NON-ATTAINMENT. 
          UM, WHEN THE E P A RECLASSIFIES OR MOVES US TO MODERATE NON-ATTAINMENT, THEN THERE WILL BE THOSE, UH, ADDITIONAL PERMITTING REVIEWS. 
          UH, T C E Q WILL GET INVOLVED AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT TO SPECIFIC TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA STILL NEED TO GET MORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WHAT THOSE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR BUSINESSES. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I THINK IT IS, IF YOU WANT TO EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU WANT TO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, IF TOYOTA WANTS TO HAVE A LARGER FACTORY MM-HMM. 
          , I THINK IT'S THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REDUCE THEIR EMISSIONS ONCE THEY EXPAND BY 15% OF WHAT THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY PURCHASE OFFSETS OR PURCHASE OFFSETS FROM SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          THANK YOU, DOUG. 
          UM, SO THERE ARE GONNA BE ECONOMIC IMPACTS. 
          IT'S GONNA MAKE IT MORE CHALLENGING TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES TO BEAR COUNTY. 
          UM, AND I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH SOMEBODY WHO IS A LEADER IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO TOLD ME THAT WE RECENTLY LOST THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BRING A BUSINESS HERE BECAUSE OF THAT ISSUE. 
          UM, SO IT IS HAPPENING, UM, AND, AND A CHALLENGE ALSO IN THAT IT'S ONLY BEXAR COUNTY, IS THAT IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS, YOU CAN JUST STEP RIGHT OUTSIDE THE COUNTY LINE AND YOU CAN EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS THERE. 
          AND SO YOU'RE STILL GONNA BE CONTRIBUTING POLLUTION TO OUR AIR SHED, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA GET YOUR PROPERTY TAXES ANYMORE. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA GET, WE'RE NOT GONNA BENEFIT FROM TAXES FROM THAT, FROM THAT BUSINESS ANYMORE. 
          SO PEOP IT'S GONNA DRIVE BUSINESS TO, YOU KNOW, JUST OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE RIGHT THERE. 
          UH, I WANTED TO, ANOTHER THING THAT I SAW IS, UH, ONE OF THE, UM, ONE IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU LOOKED AT SOME OF THE AIR QUALITY MONITORS. 
          I WANTED TO POINT OUT ALSO TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. 
          WE HAVE 12 AIR QUALITY MONITORS HERE THAT WE COLLECT DATA AT IN BEAR COUNTY OR IN THE BEAR COUNTY AREA. 
          HOWEVER, UH, OR PART OF OUR AIRSHED, HOWEVER, ONLY THREE OF THEM CAN BE USED TO, UH, DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE OR NOT. 
          SO WE CAN HAVE, UH, HIGH READINGS THAT EXCEED, UH, THAT THE 
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RECOMMENDED HEALTH STANDARDS AT THE OTHER AIR QUALITY MONITORS. 
          BUT IF IT'S NOT AT THOSE THREE THAT ARE DESIGNATED, THEN IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S MEANINGLESS. 
          UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US IF WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE CAN REDUCE EMISSIONS IF WE DID HAVE MORE AIR QUALITY MONITORING IN OUR REGION. 
          UM, AND SO ONE OF THE APPROACHES WE TOOK IS WE SAID, WELL, LET'S GO FIND SOME POINT SOURCES HERE IN OUR REGION. 
          AND WE SPECIFICALLY WERE LOOKING FOR, AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS WE WERE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR POINT SOURCES OF POLLUTION NEAR THOSE THREE AIR QUALITY MONITORS, WHICH I VIEW AS GAMING THE AIR QUALITY MONITORS, RIGHT? LET'S, INSTEAD OF REDUCING OUR EMISSIONS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY AND IMPROVE OUR AIR QUALITY HERE, CAN WE FIND SOME SOURCES THAT ARE JUST, UH, UPSTREAM OF THESE AIR QUALITY MONITORS AND REDUCE THOSE, AND THEN WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE. 
          VOILA. 
          UM, AND, UH, I DON'T SUPPORT THAT APPROACH. 
          UH, AND I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT DIDN'T WORK ANYWAY. 
          UM, BUT I AM INTERESTED IN, IN HEARING MORE BECAUSE WE, WE ALSO, WE'D LOVE TO POINT TO OUTSIDE SOURCES. 
          OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF EMISSIONS THAT ARE COMING OUT FROM OUTSIDE OF BEXAR COUNTY, AND THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. 
          UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER OUTSIDE SOURCES. 
          WE ONLY HAVE CONTROL OVER WHAT WE CAN DO HERE, AND WE NEED TO DO OUR PART. 
          UH, SO I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO OUR PART. 
          AND THIS IS, I, I HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK, A LOT OF OF, UH, CRITICAL ANALYSIS. 
          NONE OF THIS IS DIRECTED AT METRO HEALTH. 
          NONE OF THIS IS DIRECTED AT OUR OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY. 
          I THINK PART OF MY POINT IS, AND I'LL WRAP THIS UP, IS THAT YOU ALL NEED MORE SUPPORT AND MORE RESOURCES AND MORE COOPERATION, UH, IF WE'RE GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VRAN, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, WHILE IT'S NOT THE NEWS WE WANNA HEAR, I, I APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE AND THE EFFORTS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD ON THE SLIDE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT HEALTH IMPACTS. 
          I THINK, UM, THAT IS THE ONE PORTION WHERE WE NEED TO STRESS. 
          I FEEL IF WE, IF WE DID A PROGRAM WHICH TOOK THIS OUT TO THE RESIDENTS AND SAID, IF YOU LIMIT YOUR TRIPS, IF YOU WALK OR RIDE YOUR BIKE INSTEAD OF GETTING TO YOUR CAR, IF YOU MAKE IT A ONE TRIP THING AND THEN STAY AT ONE OF OUR CITY CENTERS OR REGIONAL CENTERS FOR THE WHOLE DAY, THIS IS HOW YOU'RE HELPING PEOPLE. 
          YOU'RE HELPING PEOPLE WHO HAVE ASTHMA, WHO HAVE BRONCHITIS, WHO HAVE EMPHYSEMA. 
          I THINK THAT IS THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE IT. 
          'CAUSE IF YOU TALK TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE TECHNICAL TERMS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          BUT IF YOU TALK ABOUT LIMITING YOUR TRIPS, HELPING ON THESE, THESE, THESE DAYS WHERE, AND I KNOW SOMETIMES OUR, OUR NEWS SOURCES DO THIS, THAT WE, WE DO, THE CITY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND MOVE THE NEEDLE. 
          I THINK WE ARE REALLY GOOD AT OUR, OUR WATER KNOWLEDGE AND OUR WATER CONSERVATION KNOWLEDGE. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO BE JUST AS GOOD IN OUR REDUCING OUR TRIPS AND, AND REDUCING KIND OF THE ENERGY WE USE. 
          AND I THINK IF, IF WE GIVE THEM, UM, PRACTICAL THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE CAN HELP THE SITUATION, I KNOW THAT WE'RE LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN DO BECAUSE IT'S COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE COUNTY, BUT I THINK IF WE, IF WE, IF WE DO MAYBE A CAMPAIGN TO FOCUS ON THE HEALTH IMPACTS, WHICH I KNOW IMPACT A LOT OF THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, UM, THAT WE CAN, WE CAN KIND OF MOVE THE NEEDLE AND AT LEAST KEEP US IN THAT MODERATE NON-ATTAINMENT, UH, UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT BIGGER AND BETTER WAYS TO GET US TO, TO THE ATTAINMENT PROCESS. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I, I WAS SURPRISED. 
          I THOUGHT BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE STAYING AT HOME, WE'D BE A LITTLE LOWER IN 2020, BUT LIKE, I GUESS NOT. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, AND WHAT OCCURRED IN, IN 2020 IS THAT IN OCTOBER IS REALLY WHERE WE SAW EXCEEDANCES THAT PUT US OVER ATTAINMENT. 
          AND WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THAT IS THAT, AND THIS HAPPENED IN 2020, WE ALSO SAW IT HAPPEN THIS YEAR. 
          SO WHEN WE START SEEING THESE, UM, COLD FRONTS COMING THROUGH OUR REGION IN LATE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, IT'S CAUSING THESE BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY DAYS, BUT THEN NO WIND. 
          AND YOU HAVE YOUR KNOCKS AND VOCS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SUNLIGHT. 
          YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE HIGH OZONE DAYS AND WE SAW DAYS BACK TO BACK THAT WERE LIKE THAT. 
          UH, BUT THAT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING NOW, A PATTERN, AT LEAST THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR, THAT THAT'S HAPPENING IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. 
          UH, AND, AND THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SEE, BECAUSE 
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I WANNA PUSH GREEN SPACES. 
          I HAVE MITCHELL LAKE, UH, AUDUBON CENTER THAT I, I WANT, I WANNA SEE HOW IT CAN HELP ENVIRONMENTALLY, BUT IF THIS IS US HAVING TO STAY AT HOME, NOT USE OUR VEHICLES, THEN WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TOO. 
          BECAUSE WE, I, I CAN LOOK FOR MONIES AND SPEND TON OF MONEY ON GREEN SPACES, BUT IF IT'S, IF IT'S A CAMPAIGN THAT NEEDS TO KEEP PEOPLE AT HOME OR, UM, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER LITTLE WE CAN DO TO, TO KEEP US AT MODERATE NON-ATTAINMENT. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          UM, THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR ALL THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING. 
          UM, UM, WHAT, WHAT IT MAKES ME THINK OF, LIKE RIGHT, WHAT I'M SEEING IN MY DISTRICT, AND WE'RE SEEING IN A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS ARE THE INCREASE OF DEMOLITIONS. 
          AND WITH THIS WASTE, RIGHT, WITH THE DEMOLITIONS, IT'S UP TO 180 MILLION POUNDS OF WASTE IN THE LANDFILL OF REUSABLE SALVAGEABLE MATERIAL. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT THIS CAN EARN UP TO 800, UH, NOT 800, 8 MILLION RATHER, UM, IN FUNDING FOR THE CITY, RIGHT? IF WE RESELL WITHIN A CIRCULAR ECONOMY, UM, AND AGAIN, RIGHT WHEN WE LOOK AT WHERE THESE DEMOLITIONS ARE TAKING PLACE, IT'S WITHIN LOWER INCOME AREAS OF COLOR. 
          UM, AND I, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO START BUILDING, UM, TOWARDS MITIGATING THE DEMOLITION. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE MECHANICAL DEMOLITIONS, IT'S ASBESTOS, IT'S POLLUTANTS THAT ARE GOING INTO THE AIR. 
          UH, WHEREAS IF YOU DECONSTRUCT BY HAND, YOU MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF THOSE POLLUTANTS THAT GO OUT UP TO, I BELIEVE, 600 FEET, AND THEN WHEN IT FALLS, IT SEEPS INTO THE SOIL, RIGHT? SO NOW YOU HAVE THAT, THAT, THAT CONTAMINANT IN THE SOIL. 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT THIS CONVERSATION HAS ME THINKING OF. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE SOUTH SIDE OF DISTRICT FIVE HAS A LOT OF, UM, RECYCLE PLANTS. 
          AND WHEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH NEIGHBORS THERE, THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT CANCER AND ASTHMA. 
          UM, AND I THINK THROUGH THE U D C PROCESS, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES. 
          UM, OF COURSE, RIGHT? IT'S NOT A, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ON, BUT I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE U D C TO MITIGATE, UM, OUR CARBON EMISSION FOOTPRINT. 
          UH, DEFINITELY GOOGLING WORDS WHEN MARIO COUNCILMAN BRAVO WAS TALKING, I'M LIKE, OKAY, . 
          UM, UM, BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION. 
          UM, GOING BACK TOWARDS THE RECYCLE PLANTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT, WE FOUND, UH, OUR ZONING DIRECTOR, DEREK, FOUND THAT WE HAVE A SUPER FUN SITE. 
          UM, WHICH I ALSO HAD A LOOKUP, 'CAUSE I THOUGHT HE CALLED IT A SUPER FUN. 
          I'M LIKE, HOW IS THAT FUN?  A SUPER FUN SITE, . 
          UM, BUT DO WE KNOW HOW MANY SUPER FUN SITES WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY? KYLE, DO YOU KNOW THAT ANSWER? I DON'T DUNNO AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT THEY WERE, YOU CAN LOOK THEM UP HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND DEFINITELY THERE'S SEVERAL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          WE'LL, UH, WE'LL PUT THAT INTO RESPONSE TO THE COMMITTEE. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND WITH THOSE SITES, DO WE HAVE PLANS FOR REMEDIATION? UM, WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR THOSE SITES? SO, MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY'RE UNDER E P A. 
          COULD I E P A? IT'S AN EPA PROGRAM COMMITTEE. 
          KYLE, COULD YOU PLEASE GO TO THE MICROPHONE? THANK YOU. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          NO, I JUST LEARNED THAT TRICK, BY THE WAY. 
          ACTUALLY, IT'S IN LEON VALLEY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, THAT'S A SUPERFUND SITE THAT OCCURRED THERE. 
          AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT GOT INVOLVED BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY, THERE WAS A JUDGE'S CHAMBERS COUNTY JUDGE THAT, UH, THERE WAS A V O C SPILL. 
          BUT WITH THAT ONE, IT, IT, THEY GO ON FOR YEARS. 
          BUT THEY'VE INVESTED A LOT OF, UH, AND LOOKED AT, UM, VAPOR INTRUSION, WHICH IS ONE THING. 
          THIS WAS IN A, UH, YOU KNOW, A SMALL STRIP CENTER. 
          IT WAS A DRY CLEANERS SPILLED INTO THE JUDGE'S OFFICE. 
          WE RESPONDED. 
          UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHERS THAT RESPONDED. 
          AND THEN THAT STARTED WHEN IT ACTUALLY CAME TO SUPERFUND, IT WAS LIKE, OH, THAT'S BEEN 15 YEARS AGO. 
          WHO REMEMBERS? WELL, I JUST HAPPENED TO BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT RESPONDED. 
          SO I DID REMEMBER SOMETHING ALONG WITH THE COUNTY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          THEY ALSO FOUND ANOTHER DRY CLEANERS, BUT IT'S ALL UNDER E P A. 
          OKAY. 
          E P A COMES IN, THEY WORK WITH THE CITIZENS. 
          THEY USUALLY HAVE A CITIZEN COMMITTEE. 
          AND, UH, THAT COMMITTEE THEN, YOU KNOW, WORKS ALONG AS THEY, UH, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO CLEAN IT UP, OR AT LEAST TO MITIGATE IT. 
          I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, MANY OF THOSE HAVE BEEN DONE. 
          UM, AND WHEN 
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I SAY SEVERAL, IT'S NOT A HUGE NUMBER. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING LESS THAN 10, I'M SURE. 
          BUT THROUGH THE YEARS, AND, AND LIKE I SAID, IT DOES TAKE YEARS, BUT IT'S ALL HANDLED BY E P A, UM, INCLUDING THE MITIGATION PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ? I WAS GONNA SAY, SHE SAID SUPER FUN. 
          AND I WAS LIKE, WE HAVE SIX FLAGS. 
          THE MUSEUM,  . 
          UM, MAN, THERE'S A LOT OF WONDERFUL QUESTIONS HERE. 
          UM, I GUESS A, A SIMPLE ONE ON MY END IS, UM, WHAT IM, OR HOW MUCH IMPACT DOES THE, UM, SPRUCE COAL POWER PLANT HAVE ON AIR QUALITY? AND IF WE WERE, COULD IS, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, PROJECTIONS. 
          LET'S START OFF WITH MY FIRST QUESTION. 
          . 
          SO, WHICH POWERPOINT? SO THE QUESTION WAS, UM, HOW MUCH IMPACT WOULD, DOES SPRUCE, UM, HAVE ON AIR QUALITY? OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE, OR INDIVIDUALLY, I REALLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE RIGHT. 
          WE CAN GET, MS. CUNNINGHAM, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, COULD YOU PLEASE GO TO THE, BECAUSE WHEN WE GO BACK AND WE SCRUTINIZE EVERY WORD YOU SAID, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GOT IT RIGHT. 
          , I'M SORRY. 
          I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN THE POWER PLANTS, HOW MUCH, UM, THEY, EACH ONE CONTRIBUTE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THAT INFORMATION WE CAN GET FROM C P SS, I'M SURE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT FOR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          OH, WANT THIS? HERE WE GO. 
          EXPERT. 
          WELL, NOT EXPERT. 
          SO THERE'S A ACTUAL, UM, WE CAN GET, YEAH, WE CAN GET IT. 
          THERE'S AN E P A FLIGHT PROGRAM THAT LISTS ALL THE TOP, UM, UH, EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRY. 
          AND SPRUCE IS, IS IN THAT TOP LIST, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, INDUSTRIAL, UM, OPERATIONS AS WELL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I GUESS MY, UM, MY LINE OF THINKING IS THAT ONE, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US DOES PLAY A ROLE IN, UM, YOU KNOW, AND PROTECTING OUR AIR AND PROTECTING OUR CLIMATE. 
          UM, BUT I THINK OF THESE BIG, THESE HUGE FACTORS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS THE PRIMARY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. 
          UM, IS THERE A WAY TO PROJECT, SO SAY, UM, WITH THE, UM, DECONSTRUCTION RATHER THAN DEMOLITION. 
          IF WE WERE TO CUT DOWN 50% OF DEMOLITIONS IN FIVE YEARS, IS THERE A WAY TO PROJECT WHAT THE IMPACTS ON AIR QUALITY MIGHT BE? YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK OF DEMOLITIONS, I THINK MORE PARTICULATE MATTER RATHER THAN OZONE. 
          UH, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME CONTRIBUTORS THERE, AND THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT OCCUR WITH DEMOLITION. 
          DEMOLITION. 
          UM, I, I DON'T KNOW A GOOD ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION TO BE HONEST. 
          UH, AT THIS POINT, I GUESS WE COULD TRY AND LOOK INTO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND MAYBE IF WE WERE TO, UM, 'CAUSE WHEN IS BRUCE SUPPOSED TO SHUT DOWN? 2050? RIGHT NOW? 2040. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON THAT . 
          IF WE DID 20, IF IT WAS TO BE MOVED TO SAY 2030, CAN WE GET A PROJECTION ON AIR QUALITY AT THAT POINT? WHAT, I'M SORRY. 
          HOW MR. IF WE WERE TO, UM, SAY SHUT DOWN THE SPRUCE COAL POWER PLANTS BY 2030, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET A PROJECTION OF WHAT THE IMPACTS ON AIR QUALITY WOULD BE? THAT COULD PROBABLY BE FIGURED. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, IT, THERE ARE MANY THINGS, ONE LARGE INDUSTRY GOING DOWN, YOU KNOW MM-HMM. 
          , THERE, THERE WOULD, IT WOULD HELP. 
          BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO LOOK INTO JUST AS WE'RE GOING BACK TO DEMOLITIONS. 
          IS IT A LARGE DEMOLITION, A SMALL DEMOLITION? YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT FIGURE INTO THAT. 
          THERE'S SO MANY FACTORS. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I THINK THERE MAY BE PLANNED C P S I'M SURE HAS LOOKED AT THAT, UH, AND INTO THE CLOSING, HOW, WHAT WOULD WE BE SAVING? MM-HMM. 
          , DO WE KNOW WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING NOW IF THEY WERE TO CLOSE? THANK YOU. 
          UM, I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION IS GONNA BE, UM, UH, JUST TO THINK FOR RECOMMENDATIONS, MAYBE POLICY ORDINANCES, WHATEVER IT IS, WHAT CAN WE DO, UM, TO MITIGATE THOSE INDUS INDUSTRY, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS, UM, LIKE SPRUCE AND LIKE THE OTHER LARGE, UH, CONTRIBUTORS. 
          I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING PRETTY HARD TO LOWER THEIR EMISSIONS. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, UH, AND THEN ALSO I THINK IT'S A, EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS. 
          AND AGAIN, GOING BACK TO ANOTHER COMMENT, UH, THAT WAS MADE SMALL THINGS. 
          SO IT'S GONNA BE EVERY, YOU KNOW, EVERY INDIVIDUAL CAN DO LITTLE THINGS AND LITTLE THINGS ADD UP TO BIG THINGS WITH INDUSTRY. 
          THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE, THEY'LL BE WORKING WITH E P A AND WITH T C E Q, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOWER THEIR, UH, V O C PRODUCTION OR EMISSIONS. 
          THEY, THINGS ARE, ARE GONNA HAVE TO HAPPEN. 
          UM, SO I THINK TO BE POSITIVE ABOUT IT, AND I TRY TO BE POSITIVE, 
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UH, IT'S GONNA GET BETTER. 
          WE HAVE, WE'VE CONTINUED TO IMPROVE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I WANTED TO CHIME IN FOR A SECOND. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO, COUNCILMAN, IS ONCE WE GIVE YOU THAT LIST, PROBABLY THE NEXT THING WOULD BE IS TO CHECK EVERYONE'S BASELINE, SEE WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS THEY'VE MADE OR HAVEN'T MADE OVER TIME, JUST TO SEE WHERE EVERYBODY MEASURES UP AT THIS POINT. 
          SO, AS DOUG HAD POINTED OUT, THERE IS A LIST, SO WE'LL PROBABLY NEED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU FIRST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR TREMENDOUS INTEREST, UH, IN THIS, IN THIS TOPIC. 
          AND I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY WAY, ONE PRESENTATION THAT'S 10 MINUTES LONG COULD DO JUSTICE TO THE WORK, UH, THAT OUR, THAT OUR STAFF DOES, AND TO THE IMPACT THAT AIR POLLUTION HAS ON OUR, ON OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE THE LAST TIME THAT, THAT WE SEE YOU. 
          AND I CAN SEE A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER BRIEFINGS, UH, HAPPENING IN THE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          I DO WANNA MENTION JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE WE WRAP UP. 
          UH, THE OZONE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, IT'S SORT OF A WORKING GROUP. 
          UM, MAY I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU, I KNOW IT'S RUN BY OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO ALSO INCLUDE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO FOCUSES ON THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF AIR POLLUTION ON THAT, ON THAT COMMITTEE? AND I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS LOOK FOR SYNERGIES WHERE, WHERE YOU HAVE A STRATEGY TO REDUCE OZONE PRECURSORS, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THAT STRATEGY THAT GIVES THE BIGGEST, UH, HEALTH BENEFIT, UH, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU, YOU GO ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, SO IF THAT WOULD, IS IF YOU COULD CONSIDER THAT. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER IS A MEMBER FROM, UH, FROM THE EQUITY TEAM OR SOME, SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN TRAINED IN THAT BACKGROUND ALSO, TO TRY TO GET THE BEST BENEFITS THAT WE CAN FROM OUR, OUR OZONE REDUCTION STRATEGIES. 
          UM, MY MY OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU IS, WHERE IS YOUR BUDGET COMING FROM RIGHT NOW? IS THAT A GENERAL FUND ITEM, OR IS THE COUNTY PITCHING IN, UH, TO THIS? SO MADAM CHAIR, SO THERE'S, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY SPECIFICALLY FOR OZONE IS GENERAL FUND. 
          UM, IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR EXAMPLE, THE WORK THAT KYLE DOES, UH, THOSE ARE MOSTLY GRANT FUNDED EXCEPT FOR THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM. 
          THAT'S THE GENERAL FUND PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT. 
          I JUST THINK IT SHOULD ALSO BE  SUPPORTED THROUGH, THROUGH OTHER REVENUE STREAMS. UH, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, I WANTED TO, OH, THERE'LL NEVER BE A LASTLY FOR ME, BUT THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN , UM, ADVOCACY, UH, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU MENTIONED. 
          THE E P A UNDER THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION IS GOING THROUGH, UH, A LOT OF REGULATORY, UH, REVIEW RIGHT NOW AND UPDATES. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOUR TEAM KEEPS ABREAST OF AND PROVIDES COMMENTS ON? YES. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          SO JUST RECENTLY WE PROVIDED COMMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY ON ONE OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING AT. 
          SO OUR TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THOSE, UH, PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, WRITE UP THAT COMMENT AND SHARE IT THROUGH TO YOUR OFFICE, AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN POST THAT. 
          UH, MR. JACOB. 
          THANK YOU, MARIO. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          JUST WANTED TO ADD, UH, CLAUDE JACOB, DIRECTOR AT METRO HEALTH. 
          REALLY, I DO WANT TO THANK MARIO AND KYLE AND RICARDO FOR REPRESENTING THE STRONG NATIONALLY ACCREDITED TEAM AT THE, UH, IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION. 
          UM, JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE FACTOID THAT ALSO AUGMENTS THIS WORK. 
          UM, UH, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THE, UH, CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ESTABLISHED THE FIRST OF ITS KIND OFFICE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH EQUITY ANCHORED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 
          AND SO I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS A RESOURCE FEDERALLY, WE CLEARLY ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE HUMAN IMPACT TIED TO THESE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. 
          SO JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RESOURCE THAT UP UNTIL THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS HAD NOT EXISTED. 
          SO I DO WANNA AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THE TIMING. 
          IT'S BEEN ALL COVID ALL THE TIME, THE LAST 20 MONTHS. 
          SO, UH, JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PIECE AND THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK AND PROVIDE MORE REGULAR UPDATES. 
          AND I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, A TEAM THAT, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY. 
          SO THANKS DOUG, FOR AT LEAST YOUR EFFORTS. 
          AND REALLY JUST WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTARY. 
          IT'S GIVEN ME SOME THOUGHTS, SOME IDEAS ABOUT WHAT WE COULD MESSAGE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, JUST SAYING THANK YOU, AND I WANTED TO MENTION THAT ONE RESOURCE NOW AVAILABLE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CLAUDE. 
          UH, WELL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, CONCLUDE TODAY'S MEETING. 
          AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PRESENTERS TODAY. 
          I THINK WE HAD A, A WONDERFUL DISCUSSION. 
          AND, UH, 
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WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 
          THANK YOU.
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