* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
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          I BELIEVE LET'S, LET'S ANTONIO AND SAN ANTONIO. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          SEEMS LIKE WE'VE GOT A FULL CHAMBER AND WELCOME EVERY, EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION. 
          THE TIME IS 9:24 AM ON THIS 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2021. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB VARDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAZ HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          MAYOR BERG HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          AND GOOD MORNING 
          [1. Invocation]
EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          I HAVE THE HONOR OF OPENING UP TODAY, UH, BY, IN INTRODUCING OUR GUEST INDICATOR, AND THAT IS PASTOR COURTNEY EVANS SR. 
          WHO SERVES AS THE SENIOR PASTOR AT GOD'S PROPERTY BAPTIST CHURCH LOCATED AT PIEDMONT STREET BEHIND PITTMAN SULLIVAN PARK ON THE EAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 
          PASTOR EVANS IS A NATIVE OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, BUT HE GREW UP AND ATTENDED PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS IN SAN ANTONIO, GRADUATING FROM FOX TECH HIGH SCHOOL. 
          HE WENT ON TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION AT BISHOP'S COLLEGE AND COMPLETED A THEOLOGICAL DEGREE AT S SLIDELL BAPTIST SEMINARY. 
          EVANS WAS ORDAINED AND LICENSED AT THE AGE OF 27. 
          HIS EARLY YEARS IN THE MINISTRY INCLUDE YOUTH PASTOR AT PROGRESSIVE BAPTIST CHURCH ASSISTANT PAP PASTOR AT NEW DAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, AS WELL AS CHAPLAIN FOR THE CARVER ACADEMY. 
          HE WAS CALLED TO LEAD THE CONGREGATION OF GOD'S PROPERTY ON OCTOBER 4TH, 24, 2004. 
          PASTOR EVANS HAS A CHARISMATIC STYLE OF PREACHING AND A HUMOROUS PERSONALITY THAT FILTERS OVER INTO HIS SERMONS. 
          HE OFTEN USES PRACTICAL ANECDOTES AND CAPTURE THE ATTENTION, CAPTURES THE ATTENTION OF THE ENTIRE CONGREGATION, OF WHICH WE HAVE MANY NOTABLE SAN ANTONIANS FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNAWARE. 
          PASTOR EVANS AS PART OF OUR FAMILY AND CURRENTLY WORKS IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR, UH, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          AMEN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          LET US GO TO THE THRONE OF GRACE. 
          EVERY EYE CLOSE, EVERY HEAD BOW, ETERNAL GOD. 
          OUR FATHER, ONCE AGAIN, WE COME BEFORE YOU AS A EMPTY PICTURE BEFORE A FULL FOUNTAIN. 
          GOD, WE COME TO YOU, FIRST OF ALL TO SAY THANK YOU, GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THINGS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE AND GOD, WE ASK RIGHT NOW, SPECIAL BLESSING UPON, UH, THIS LEADERSHIP, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          AND GOD, AS WE PREPARE FOR THIS SESSION, GOD, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THEM. 
          AND WE ASK RIGHT NOW IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT YOU BUILD A FENCE AROUND THEM PROTECTING THEM. 
          TODAY. 
          GOD ASKED THAT MINISTER AND ANGELS, MICHAEL AND GABRIEL WORD AND WARFARE ANGELS CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER THIS CITY. 
          AND GOD, AS WE PREPARE OURSELVES, NOT ONLY FOR THIS MEETING, BUT WE PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON, WE ARE MINDFUL THAT WE, WHEN THANKSGIVING, WE HAVE SO MANY BLESSINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY. 
          WE THANK YOU, UH, FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH. 
          GOD, I PRAY THAT THIS MEETING BE DONE IN THE RIGHT, RIGHT 
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WAY, DECENT AND IN ORDER, GOD, WE KNOW, DEAR MASTER, THAT YOU BLESS WHAT'S RIGHT NOW. 
          GOD, YOU TAKE ALL THE GLORY. 
          JUST GIVE US THE BLESSING. 
          IT'S IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. 
          AMEN. 
          [2. Pledge of Allegiance]
JUSTICE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH PASTOR EVANS, UH, FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          ALL RIGHT TO START TODAY. 
          UH, LEMME SEE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE, UH, 
          [3. Approval of minutes for City Council meetings of October 27, 2021, November 3, 2021, and
November 4, 2021.]
ON ITEM THREE, WE HAVE, UH, FIRST OUR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 27TH, NOVEMBER 3RD, AND NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021. 
          THOSE ARE IN YOUR PACKET. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION BY CAB HTO, SECOND BY SANDOVAL. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. 
          OUR VOTING SYSTEM IS A LITTLE SLOW, SO WE'RE PULLING IT UP. 
          OKAY. 
          LEMME TAKE A VOICE VOTE ON THE MINUTES. 
          UH, I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          NO DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          BEFORE WE GET 
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INTO OUR BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO START. 
          WE HAVE MANY MEMBERS OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE, AND WE KNOW THAT THE HOLIDAYS ARE A BUSY TIME FOR MOST AND USUALLY MOVE QUICKLY AMID THE BUSTLE OF PREPARATION FOR CELEBRATIONS, MEALS, AND GIFT GIVING. 
          IT IS A TIME OF YEAR WHEN HISTORICALLY MORE DOLLARS ARE SPENT AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE FACED WITH CHOICES AND DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE TO OBTAIN THEIR GOODS. 
          THIS MORNING, WE'RE HONORING OUR COMMITMENT TO THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO BY RECOGNIZING BY LOCAL SEASON AND ITS IMPORTANCE. 
          THE HOLIDAYS ARE OFTEN A TIME WHEN BUYING LOCAL IS MOST RECOGNIZED. 
          HOWEVER, BUYING LOCAL IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO YEAR ROUND. 
          SHIFTING EVEN 10% OF PURCHASING TO LOCAL INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO THE LIVES OF OUR BUSINESS OWNERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND EMPLOYEES, AND TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. 
          SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND THEIR STAFF HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC TO KEEP SERVICES AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS IN A SAFE WAY. 
          E 20. 
          AS PART OF OUR RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED FUNDING TO ADMINISTER DIRECT CASH GRANTS TO THE AMOUNT OF $45.5 MILLION DIRECTLY TO LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LIFT FUND. 
          THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN ALSO INCLUDED THE PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION OF $2 MILLION WORTH OF P P E SUPPLIES TO HELP THEM SAFELY OPEN THEIR DOORS. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND IS LAUNCHING A BUY LOCAL CAMPAIGN THAT WILL BE AN ONGOING EFFORT TO INFORM OUR COMMUNITY AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BUYING LOCAL. 
          TODAY WE HAVE SEVERAL SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, WHO HAVE JOINED US. 
          SO, UH, IF YOU CAN STAND UP WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, WE HAVE SELENA GSET. 
          ON BEHALF OF CASA GSET, WE HAVE TIFFANY GALVAN ON BEHALF OF THE MANCHILD GOODS AND SORTS. 
          ERIC BENAVIDEZ ON BEHALF OF KLAU PLAZA. 
          ROBERT AND LILY GARCIA ON BEHALF OF I HAVE A C P A GUY, A C P A GUY, MELISSA ORTIZ, ON BEHALF OF ME, METANOIA PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING SERVICES, GINGER DIAZ ON BEHALF OF FELIZ MODERN, CATHERINE CONTRERAS ON BEHALF OF BARBACOA APPEL APPAREL, CHRISTINA MARTINEZ ON BEHALF OF VERY THAT. 
          ANDREA LE ON BEHALF OF OYA EXPRESS CAFE MONTE CLEVELAND ON BEHALF OF MANA RAIN CHOCOLATES. 
          AND WE HAVE RAUL DELGADO ON BEHALF OF AA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY FI. 
          AND IF YOU WEREN'T ON THE LIST, I APOLOGIZE, PLEASE STAND. 
          UH, WE WELCOME YOU. 
          WE'RE SO GLAD YOU JOINED US THIS MORNING AS WE HONOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BUYING LOCAL, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR CHAMBERS 
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OF COMMERCE HERE AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE MAESTRO ENTREPRENEUR CENTER THAT PARTNERS WITH THE CITY TO OFFER THE BUY LOCAL GROW SA INITIATIVE. 
          AND THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS OUR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS BY PROVIDING RESOURCES, INCLUDING A SMALL BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. 
          UH, AND I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE WE HAVE, UH, AT AT LEAST, UH, THE SA CHAMBER AS WELL AS THE HISPANIC CHAMBER, UH, HERE AS WELL. 
          UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION THAT'S BEEN OFFERED TODAY, AND WE HAVE OUR NORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          WHEREAS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL CELEBRATE BUY LOCAL SEASON NOVEMBER 27TH, 2021 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2021, TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND CREATE AWARENESS TO BUYING LOCAL THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          AND WHEREAS A SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS A KEY CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR CITY'S CULTURE, ECONOMY, AND CHARACTER, AS WELL AS ITS SENSE OF PLACE. 
          AND WHEREAS SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC ARE AN IMPOR AND ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS. 
          AND WHEREAS THE OBSERVANCE WILL KICK OFF ON SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY, THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, WHICH MARKS THE UNOFFICIAL START OF THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON, AND ENSURE THAT CONSUMERS KEEP LOCAL BUSINESSES IN MIND AS THEY BUY GIFTS. 
          AND WHEREAS THE GOAL OF THIS INITIATIVE OF THE, OF THE INITIATIVE ARE TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO SHIP AT LEAST 10% OF SPENDING TO LOCAL INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES, TO KEEP A LARGER SHARE OF DOLLARS IN OUR COMMUNITY, STIMULATE A MULTIPLIER EFFECT, AND CREATE NEW JOBS. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NUREMBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2021, TO BE BY LOCAL SEASON HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, AND URGE RESIDENTS TO BUY LOCAL FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. 
          AND NOW, UM, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA TO, UH, RECOGNIZE SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS WE HAVE IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, THIS MORNING WE'VE ASKED MEMBERS OF THE BEXAR COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION TO JOIN US BECAUSE I WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK THEM REALLY FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE IN THIS VERY, UH, UH, TUMULTUOUS YEAR AT, AT THE LEDGE. 
          IT MERITS A SPECIAL THANKS BECAUSE IT WAS HI HISTORIC IN TERMS OF LENGTH, THE STATE LEGISLATURE COME ON UP. 
          SORRY,  ALL OUR, OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATOR, UH, THE STATE LEGISLATURE WAS IN SESSION FOR ALMOST 10 MONTHS THIS YEAR WHEN THE AVERAGE IS FIVE EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          AND I KNOW THERE IS TALK OF YET ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 
          WE'LL SEE. 
          I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATIVES INA MENEZ, LIZ CAMPOS, PHILIP CORTEZ, AND SENATOR JOSE MENENDEZ, WHO ARE WITH US THIS MORNING. 
          THANK YOU AND ALL OF YOUR STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          THE TIRELESS DAYS THAT YOU'VE SPENT, UM, WORKING FOR US AT, AT AS AT BEXAR COUNTY AS YOUR BEXAR COUNTY CONSTITUENTS. 
          I WANNA MAKE A SPECIAL POINT TO MENTION THE STRONG FIGHT OVER VOTERS' RIGHTS. 
          WE, WE THANK YOU. 
          THIS PAST MAY, WE HAD WHAT MANY PEOPLE CALLED A RECORD BREAKING LOCAL ELECTION TURNOUT. 
          17% OF VOTERS WENT TO THE POLLS IN MAY 17%. 
          IT'S RECORD RE BREAKING, BUT IT'S ALSO SOMEWHAT DISMAL. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A GREAT NUMBER. 
          WE SHOULD BE WORKING TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER. 
          WE SHOULD BE FIGHTING FOR MORE ACCESS, FOR BETTER IDEAS, FOR REMOVING OBSTACLES TO VOTING. 
          OUR BEXAR COUNTY DELEGATION FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT IN DEFENSIVE VOTERS, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          THE LAWS THAT WENT INTO EFFECT THIS YEAR MAKE VOTING HARDER FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR ACROSS THE STATE. 
          THEY TARGETED INNOVATIVE VOTING INITIATIVES LIKE DRIVE-THROUGH VOTING AND OVERNIGHT VOTING. 
          THEY MADE VOTING BY MAIL MORE DIFFICULT. 
          THEY CRIMINALIZED VOTER ASSISTANCE AND GAVE POLL WATCHERS MORE AUTONOMY. 
          SAN ANTONIO'S POPULATION IS ALMOST 74% PERSONS OF COLOR. 
          THAT INCLUDES LATINOS, AFRICAN AMERICANS, NATIVE AMERICANS, AND ASIAN AMERICANS. 
          SO THE VOTING LAWS THAT CAME OUT OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED SAN ANTONIO VOTERS. 
          I KNOW YOU HAD BEAIRD COUNTY VOTERS IN MIND THIS SESSION, AND I WANNA URGE YOU TO KEEP UP THAT FIGHT NOW MORE THAN EVER. 
          I, I'VE ALSO ASKED, UH, MY STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND GOOD FRIEND IN, I MEAN, HOW TO SAY A FEW WORDS, UH, FOR THE DELEGATION, PLEASE. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL, UH, TODAY. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION OF OUR HARD WORK. 
          YOU KNOW, WE, WE SERVE AT THE CAPITOL WITH GREAT DISTINCTION, WITH INCREDIBLE INTEGRITY. 
          WE ARE HUMBLED AND WE'RE PROUD THAT THE VOTERS CHOOSE US AND ENTRUST US WITH THE HARD ISSUES THAT WE'VE GOT A WE'VE GOT A DEBATE THAT WE'VE GOTTA VOTE ON. 
          I'M SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE DELEGATION THAT I SERVE WITH THAT. 
          WE MAY BE FROM DIFFERENT PARTIES THOUGH, THOUGH, THE WAY WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS. 
          WE PUT SAN ANTONIO BEXAR COUNTY FRONT AND CENTER EACH AND EVERY TIME WE GET TO OUR HOUSE 
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DESKS OR THE SENATE DESKS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING ALONG WITH US. 
          WE ENJOY WORKING WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE ARE, KNOW THAT WE HAVE ALL OF YOUR BACKS ON THE CAPITOL. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU, UM, COUNCILWOMAN FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND THANK YOU FOR HONORING US, UH, TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA, AND, AND TO ALL OF YOU, ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE CITY, OUR BEXAR COUNTY, UH, M S A AND FRANKLY, ON BEHALF OF EVERY TEXAN, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS. 
          I CAN'T IMAGINE THE STRESS LEVEL THAT WAS IN AUSTIN OVER THE LAST, UH, MANY MONTHS. 
          UH, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT WE WERE, UH, WATCHING EVERY HOUR, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS SO DEEPLY IMPACTFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, NOT ALL POSITIVE, AS YOU'VE HEARD, UM, AND I KNOW, UM, UH, REPRESENTATIVE CAMPOS, YOU HAVE BEEN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY NOW, UH, VERY, VERY WELL. 
          UH, WE'VE APPRECIATED YOUR SERVICE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE CORTEZ, UH, AND SENATOR MENENDEZ, ALSO, YOUR, YOUR LONGTIME SERVICE, NOT JUST AS REPRESENTATIVES AND AND SENATORS, BUT ALSO MEMBERS OF THIS DAIS. 
          UH, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND, AND I WOULD LOVE TO OFFER YOU THE FLOOR, UH, TO SEE IF YOU'D MAKE ANY, ANY MARKS ON BEHALF OF, UH, OF OUR DELEGATION. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHERE I SPENT MANY, MANY DAYS, MANY HOURS, UM, DEBATING THE ISSUES OF THE DAY. 
          AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION. 
          I HAVE A LONG-TERM FRIENDSHIP, UH, WITH MELISSA CAVEO, HARVARD. 
          SHE AND I WORKED TOGETHER BACK IN 2001 AS COUNCIL ASSISTANCE HERE FOR THEN, UH, MAYOR GARZA. 
          AND SO IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU AGAIN, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          AND I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE MY COUNCILWOMAN, DR. 
          ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR GREAT COMMUNITY. 
          ALL OF OUR WORK THAT WE DID, THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, YES, IT, IT WAS A LONG SESSION, BUT A MAJORITY OF OUR, UH, PLATFORM COMES FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE WERE MANY OF YOU THAT CAME BY THE CAPITOL AND THAT, THAT I MET WITH PERSONALLY IN MY OFFICE. 
          MANY OF YOU THAT REACHED OUT TO ME VIA TEXT MESSAGE OR PHONE CALLS, AND YOU MET WITH MANY OF US HERE THAT ARE HERE TODAY. 
          SO OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS BUILT BY YOU AND THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE DIRECTION OF WHAT YOU FELT WAS BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE DID OUR BEST. 
          WE FOUGHT WHERE WE COULD. 
          EACH MEMBER UP HERE, UH, GAVE EVERYTHING THEY HAD. 
          WE'VE NEVER HAD A LEGISLATIVE SESSION LIKE THIS WITH MULTIPLE SPECIAL SESSIONS OVER AND OVER AND OVER. 
          UM, AND SO THIS WAS A VERY DIFFICULT SESSION, ESPECIALLY LEAVING OUR FAMILIES TO GO TO WASHINGTON D C UM, IN JULY WAS, IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT THING. 
          BUT WE DO IT BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE LOVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND WE WILL ALWAYS PROTECT, UH, THE RESIDENTS OF THIS GREAT STATE OF TEXAS. 
          AND SO I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE GREAT COLLEAGUES THAT I SERVE WITH, WITH EACH OF THEM HERE. 
          UH, WE ARE TOGETHER A TEAM. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THIS COMMUNITY, FIGHT FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND FIGHT FOR THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION. 
          GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS MORNING. 
          UM, I WILL TELL YOU, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT SESSION FOR ALL OF US. 
          AND ME BEING A FRESHMAN GOING IN, I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE DIFFICULT, AND THEN WE HAD THE PANDEMIC AND THE STORM, AND THEN THESE HORRIBLE BILLS. 
          BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS AN HONOR TO SERVE TEXAS AND TO FIGHT FOR OUR DEMOCRACY. 
          AND I, I'M GRATEFUL TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR SERVING US AND FOR COLLABORATING THANK YOU TO MY COUNCILWOMAN VRAN. 
          WE HAVE COLLABORATED WITH MANY THINGS IN THE, UH, DISTRICT. 
          AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          AND I'M TRULY GRATEFUL FOR MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM. 
          AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT, I'M SO PROUD TO BE SERVING BECAUSE OUR DELEGATION IS STRONG REGARDLESS OF OUR, UH, BELIEFS. 
          AND WHETHER WE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE AGREE ON THE SAME THING AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T, BUT WE COME TOGETHER, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES US STRONG. 
          SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE BACK HERE IN THIS WONDERFUL CHAMBER THAT REALLY STARTED IT ALL. 
          AND COUNCILWOMAN HARVARD, YOU'RE DOING A TERRIFIC JOB IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. 
          BUT, UH, NOW THAT I, I'VE MOVED INTO THE TEXAS SENATE AND HAVE APPROXIMATELY 940,000 CONSTITUENTS, I GET TO WORK WITH A LOT OF YOU. 
          AND, UH, IT'S BEEN GOOD. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          I APPRECIATED YOUR CALL. 
          AND I WAS JUST TALKING TO MY TEAM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE BALL WITH, UH, TDOT AND THE CROWN HILL ISSUES. 
          AND, UH, 2 81 AND, UH, FOUR 10. 
          AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU AT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING THE OTHER DAY. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE WHY Y'ALL PUT COUNCILMAN PALS IN TIMEOUT, BUT, UH, . 
          BUT, UH, HE'S DOING A TERRIFIC JOB. 
          AND, UH, I WAS AT A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING THE OTHER DAY AND, AND, UH, THE SAFE OFFICER THERE WAS DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB IN SPEAKING SO HIGHLY OF THE COUNCILMEN, AND WE WERE ABLE TO BACK 
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ALL THAT UP. 
          AND THE FOLKS WHO HAD COME IN THERE ARE A LITTLE WORRIED AND CONCERNED, UH, LEFT, UH, KNOWING THAT THEY COULD HAVE SOME RESULTS. 
          AND THE NEXT DAY I SAW SOMEONE FROM HIS OFFICE THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO, LOOK, IT ALL STARTS HERE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
          THIS IS WHERE IT ALL STARTS. 
          THIS IS WHERE EVERYTHING, UH, THAT MATTERS. 
          THE POTHOLES, THE SIDEWALKS, POLICE RESPONSE, FIRE, POLICE, EVERYTHING. 
          YOU WERE ON THE FRONT LINES. 
          AND, UH, AND I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT, AND I WOULD TELL EVERYBODY THAT I, THAT I KNOW, AS I WAS YESTERDAY, I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH COUNCILMAN GRIGGS KASSAR IN AUSTIN, UH, ABOUT HIS INTENTIONS TO MOVE, TRY TO MOVE TO WASHINGTON. 
          BUT WHERE IT ALL STARTS IS RIGHT HERE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING, AND, UH, EVERYTHING THAT'S GONE ON HERE, AS HAS BEEN SAID PRIOR, OUR BEST IDEAS DON'T COME FROM ANY ONE OF OUR HEADS. 
          OUR BEST IDEAS FOR LEGISLATION, FOR ORDINANCES, FOR POLICIES COME FROM THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT. 
          UH, AND WHETHER YOU REPRESENT WHATEVER NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON A COUNCIL DISTRICT, A STATE REP SEAT, OR 940,000 PEOPLE IN THE SENATE, THE PEOPLE ARE WHO GIVE US THE POLICY AND WE REPRESENT THEM. 
          AND SO, COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHEN Y'ALL COME UP TO VISIT US, TO TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND WHAT THE IMPACT OF LEGISLATION'S GONNA HAVE, YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          AND SO, WHILE YOU THANK US AND THE TEAM THAT, THAT, THAT I HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH THE TERRIFIC TEAM THAT MAKE UP THE BEXAR COUNTY DELEGATION, UH, PLEASE KNOW THAT YOUR PRESENCE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 
          AND, UH, WE TALK TILL THE COWS COME HOME ABOUT HOW, UH, LOCAL CONTROL IS WHERE THINGS SHOULD BE, UH, BUT YOU BEING THERE AND MAKING THAT IMPACT AND REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE REPRESENT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          AND SOMETIMES, I KNOW IT FEELS LIKE IT'S FALLING ON DEAF EARS, PLEASE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT. 
          UH, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL IN ANY POLICY, WHETHER IT'S EDUCATION, WHETHER IT'S TRANSPORTATION, WHETHER IT'S THE ECONOMY, WHETHER IT'S COVID RELIEF, UH, WINTERIZATION, AND MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER WINTER STORM URI TRAGEDY, WHERE 700 LIVES ARE NEEDLESSLY LOST. 
          UH, WE WILL BE THERE HAND IN HAND, ARM IN ARM. 
          THIS DELEGATION IS THERE BECAUSE YOU ARE AS STRONG AS YOU ARE, AND IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. 
          SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, BUT WE'RE JUST DOING OUR JOBS AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SENATOR, UH, REPRESENTATIVES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING TIME OUT, UH, TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT WORK. 
          UH, WE ALL HAVE THE SAME MISSION, AND WE'RE GLAD TO BE IN THE FIGHT WITH YOU GUYS. 
          HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. 
          THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NOW LET ME TURN TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OUR GUESTS WHO'VE BEEN, UH, RECOGNIZED TODAY. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE TO, TO HAVE YOU HERE. 
          UM, AS, AS THE SENATOR SAID, UH, IT ALL BEGINS LOCALLY AND I, I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE, BUT SOMETIMES, UH, WE ALSO NEED INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP. 
          SO, MY POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TODAY BE, UH, HIGHLIGHTING THE UN CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES CONFERENCE THAT WAS HELD, UH, LAST OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IN GLASGOW. 
          THE COP 26 OR CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES IS THE DECISION-MAKING BODY THAT REVIEWS THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          IT BRINGS TOGETHER ALL NATIONS 197 THAT HAVE SIGNED THE CONVENTION, AND THEY MEET ANNUALLY AND HAVE MET SINCE 1995. 
          THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE ABOUT THE COP WAS AFTER THE PARIS ACCORDS. 
          AND THIS COUNCIL, UM, APPROVED A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THAT AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WE APPROVE THAT. 
          I THINK YOU'VE HEARD ME OFTEN SAY THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE GREATEST THREAT TO THE WELFARE AND LONGEVITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AS GLOBAL TEMPERATURES RISE, AND AS WEATHER BECOMES MORE IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT AND PREPARE FOR, SAN ANTONIO IS EXPECTED TO FACE CHALLENGES SUCH AS WATER SHORTAGES, INCREASED ENERGY COSTS, AND OF COURSE, INTENSE FLOODING EVENTS. 
          THE COMMITMENTS MADE DURING THE COP 26 ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXISTING VULNERABILITIES IN OUR CITY AND HELP IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE OUR RESILIENCE. 
          ONE NOTABLE OUTCOME OF THE SUMMIT IS THE ADOPTION OF THE GLASGOW CLIMATE PACT. 
          THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDES PROVISIONS TO REDUCE GLOBAL CARBON EMISSIONS AND INCREASED TRANSPARENCY IN ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          OVER A HUNDRED NATIONS PLEDGED TO CURB METHANE EMISSIONS BY 30%, AND MORE THAN 130 NATIONS AGREED TO HALT AND THEN REVERSE DEFORESTATION BY 2030. 
          THESE COMMITMENTS ARE IMPORTANT STEPS TOWARD A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, AND REACHING THE GOALS OUTLINED IN THE PARIS 
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CLIMATE AGREEMENT. 
          AS MEMBERS OF BOTH THE SAN ANTONIO AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO TAKE ACTION AND SUPPORT THOSE MOST VULNERABLE TO THE IMPACTS OF OUR CHANGING CLIMATE. 
          TO HELP US RECOGNIZE COP 26, I'VE INVITED RYAN WEBER, A MEMBER OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND HE IS STAFF AT THE WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE. 
          HE'LL BE HERE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS, AND WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT RYAN WAS ALSO ABLE TO HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF THE W R I CONTRIBUTE A VIDEO SUMMARY OF THE CONFERENCE. 
          BUT PLEASE GO AHEAD, RYAN. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND COUNSEL. 
          UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS WAS A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT CONFERENCE WITH THE PARTIES. 
          THE PARIS AGREEMENT REQUIRES US NOT ONLY TO MAKE A ONE-TIME COMMITMENT, BUT IN FACT TO REVISIT THOSE COMMITMENTS ON A FIVE-YEAR CYCLE. 
          THIS WAS THE FIRST SUCH OPPORTUNITY AS SUCH, AND AS A RESULT, THERE WAS A LOT OF WEIGHT PLACED ON THIS COP DELAYED A YEAR BY C OVID 19. 
          I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY AND SHARE WITH YOU THE COMMENTS FROM OUR US DIRECTOR, DAN LASHOF. 
          THE WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE IS A GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED, RESPECTED ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFIT. 
          WE'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN THIS SPACE WORKING ON COUGH AND INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THESE LAST 26 YEARS IN WHICH THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN UNDERWAY. 
          WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT THE COP ADVANCED IN A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT WAYS, BUT ALSO LEFT MANY THINGS STILL LACKING. 
          AND WE HOPE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TAKES THE MESSAGE THAT WE TAKE, WHICH IS THAT IT IS NOW THE OBLIGATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY OF ALL OF US TO ADDRESS SERIOUSLY THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          NOT EVERY FIVE YEARS, NOT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT WITH EVERY ACTION AND DECISION THAT'S BEFORE US, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE. 
          AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE'LL TURN TO A SHORT VIDEO MESSAGE. 
          I'M DAN LASHOF, US DIRECTOR FOR THE WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE, A GLOBAL NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO PROMOTING PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CRISIS THAT ADVANCE EQUITY AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL. 
          I JUST RETURNED FROM THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CONFERENCE IN GLASGOW, ALSO KNOWN AS COP 26. 
          THE CONFERENCE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO AVOID THE WORST CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          IT KEPT THE GLOBAL GOAL OF LIMITING WARMING TO 1.5 DEGREES CELSIUS, OR 2.7 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT WITHIN REACH, BUT JUST BARELY. 
          THIS SHOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE. 
          NO CONFERENCE, NO MATTER HOW SUCCESSFUL CAN SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS. 
          REAL SOLUTIONS REQUIRE MAKING CHANGE ON THE GROUND THROUGH ACTIONS BY CITIES, STATES, NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          BUT COP 26 FOCUSED GLOBAL ATTENTION ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND SPURRED SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. 
          HERE ARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS. 
          FIRST, BY THE END OF COP 26, MORE THAN 150 COUNTRIES MADE NEW COMMITMENTS TO CUT THEIR EMISSIONS BY 2030, INCLUDING THE US COMMITMENT TO SLASH EMISSIONS. 
          BY MORE THAN HALF. 
          COLLECTIVELY, THESE COMMITMENTS AREN'T YET STRONG ENOUGH, BUT COUNTRIES ALSO AGREED TO RATCHET THEM UP ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          SECOND, MANY COUNTRIES MADE IMPORTANT COMMITMENTS TO SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT REPRESENT REAL PROGRESS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES COMMITTED TO CUT METHANE EMISSIONS 30% BY 2030, MORE THAN 140 COUNTRIES PLEDGED TO HALT AND REVERSE DEFORESTATION. 
          AND 46 COUNTRIES COMMITTED TO PHASE OUT THEIR USE OF COAL. 
          THIRD, OVER 2000 COMPANIES HAVE COMMITTED TO SCIENCE-BASED TARGETS TO REDUCE THEIR EMISSIONS. 
          AND FINANCIAL FIRMS THAT CONTROL OVER $130 TRILLION IN ASSETS PLEDGED TO ALIGN THEIR PORTFOLIOS WITH NET ZERO TARGETS. 
          FINALLY, COP 26 FEATURED A CITIES DAY, AND OVER 1000 CITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD JOIN THE CITY'S RACE TO ZERO, ALIGNING THEIR POLICIES WITH THE GOALS OF THE PARISH CLIMATE AGREEMENT, AS WELL AS TO REDUCING AIR POLLUTION AND ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. 
          CITIES HAVE A CRITICAL ROLE TO PLAY IN ENABLING POLLUTION FREE MOBILITY, UPGRADING THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE MORE RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF EXTREME WEATHER, AND AMPED UP BY CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENSURING THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO PARKS AND OTHER GREEN SPACES THAT BOTH HELP KEEP CITIES COOL AND REDUCE FLOODING RISKS. 
          WE CAN STILL AVOID THE WORST IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT ONLY IF WE WORK TOGETHER ACROSS CITIES, STATES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          . 
          THANK YOU, RYAN, SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY AND FOR YOUR PASSIONATE SUPPORT OF, I DON'T EVEN WANNA CALL IT AN ISSUE OF, I MEAN, WHAT WE, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO, TO SAVE OURSELVES AND, UH, AND OUR PLANET. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE, ON THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD. 
          YOU WERE VERY PASSIONATE ON THE PHONE THE OTHER DAY, , AND YOU SAID A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. 
          I I WOULD 
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ADD ONLY, UM, THAT CLIMATE CHANGE FOR THE LAST 20, AND EVEN IN FACT, 50 YEARS SINCE IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE OF DISCUSSION, HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, EXPERTS HAVE DISCUSSED. 
          AND IT'S NOW VERY MUCH A, A COMMONLY KNOWN ISSUE. 
          IT'S ADDRESSED IN A LOT OF WAYS. 
          BUT AS WE GO TO THESE CONFERENCES AND AS WE TALK ABOUT THE EXPERTS THAT WE HAVE, IT'S ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY, BY THINK TANKS OR EXPERTS OR, OR POLICY WONKS. 
          IT'S ONLY GONNA BE ADDRESSED IF ALL OF US START LOOKING FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO START REDUCING OUR EMISSIONS AND ADJUSTING OUR SOCIETY TO LIVE IN A WAY THAT DRIVES TOWARDS A ZERO CARBON FUTURE. 
          IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT. 
          IT'S GONNA REQUIRE EVERYONE IN THIS COUNCIL AND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM TO BE THINKING CRITICALLY AND SERIOUSLY ABOUT HOW WE ADVANCE THE PRIORITIES WE ALREADY HAVE, WHILE ALSO ADDRESSING CLIMATE, WHILE NOT CREATING A LARGER CRISIS AND LARGER INEQUITIES THAT GET IN THE WAY OF ALL THESE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND NEEDS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS. 
          SO, AS COUNCIL CONSIDERS A WIDE VARIETY OF TASKS, SOME SHORT TERM AND SOME LONG, WE HOPE THAT THROUGH THE ADVISEMENT OF THIS COUNCIL, AND OF COURSE, THE, UH, TECHNICAL ADVISORY CAPACITY, UH, THAT WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS IN LINE WITH THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN. 
          AND JUST LIKE IN THESE ACCORDS, THE GLASGOW PACT AND OTHERS, THAT WE ARE THINKING CRITICALLY NOT ONLY ABOUT ACHIEVING THE COMMITMENTS WE'VE MADE, BUT ABOUT WHAT MORE AMBITIOUS COMMITMENTS WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE TO HELP MOVE THE WORLD TOWARDS A SAFER, MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          AND THANK YOU, UH, RYAN, GREAT TO SEE YOU. 
          UM, THE CITY HAS A REAL TREASURE WITH YOUR PRESENCE AND THE WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, LET ME, UH, CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I JUST FOUND OUT THIS WEEK, AND IT'S FROM A, A PLACE OF PRIVILEGE THAT I MAYBE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, AND THAT A LOT OF US DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          BUT, UH, TRANSGENDER AWARENESS WEEK TAKES PLACE EVERY YEAR BETWEEN NOVEMBER 13TH THROUGH 19TH, LEADING UP TO TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, MEMORIALIZING THE VICTIMS OF TRANSPHOBIC VIOLENCE. 
          IN HONOR OF TOMORROW BEING TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, I WOULD LIKE US TO REFLECT ON THOSE LIVES LOST WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME ON THAT. 
          UM, THIS SATURDAY AT 5:00 PM THE SAN ANTONIO GENDER ASSOCIATION WILL BE HOSTING, UM, AN EVENT IN HONOR OF TRANSGENDER, UH, DAY OF REMEMBRANCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          OKAY, UM, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO OUR BUSINESS ITEMS, AND WE HAVE A, A FULL AGENDA TODAY. 
          WE ALSO, UH, WANNA MAKE NOTE WE HAVE A 2:00 PM TIME CERTAIN ZONING AGENDA AS WELL. 
          UH, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, I WILL 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
ASK MY COLLEAGUES, UH, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THEY'D LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          RIGHT NOW, IT'S ITEMS FOUR AND ITEM FIVE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          I'M, I'M GONNA DOUBLE CHECK. 
          I HAVE IN MY NOTES THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, IS PULLING 29, 31 AND 35 AS WELL. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBER MAKI RODRIGUEZ IS POLLING ITEM 36. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? I'LL TAKE 29. 
          OKAY, WE'VE GOT TWO NOW. 
           ON 29. 
          WE'VE GOT THAT ONE PULLED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, ANY OTHERS? OKAY, I'LL, IF, UH, THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 4, 5 29, 31, 35, AND 36. 
          SO MOVED. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION, UM, BY COURAGE, UH, WHO IS THE SECOND CAVEO HDA, UH, FOR, UH, THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UM, LET ME CALL UP FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          UH, THERE ARE NONE, UH, NO CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          SO, UH, I'LL TAKE UP COUNCIL DISCUSSION NOW, UH, FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          AND IF YOU CAN PLEASE HIGHLIGHT CONSENT AGENDA IN YOUR TABLET, UH, AND QUEUE UP THAT WAY. 
          I'LL CALL ON YOU. 
          START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KE HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANNA QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ITEMS. HIGHLIGHT, UM, ITEM SEVEN, THE SIX LIVE ANIMAL TRANSPORT TRUCKS. 
          THE CITY IS PURCHASING FROM RED MCCOMBS 
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FORD. 
          THESE VEHICLES ARE ANOTHER TOOL NEEDED BY OUR OFFICERS TO HELP KEEP OUR, UH, OUR OFFICES TO HELP KEEP OUR A C S OFFICERS PREPARED. 
          THESE TRUCKS WILL ALLOW FOR EASIER AND MORE HUMANE TRANSPORT, WHICH IS WHAT WE ALL WANT FOR OUR ANIMALS. 
          I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT FROM ANIMAL RESCUE ACTIVISTS AND THEIR CONCERNS, AND I HOPE THIS PURCHASE HIGHLIGHTS THE CITY'S COMMIT COMMITMENT TO ALL SAN ANTONIO PETS. 
          I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT ITEM 26, AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING GRANT FUNDS, UH, FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES AS CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO TO HELP PROMOTE OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND HOW THEY'RE EVOLVING IS, IS TERRIBLY IMPORTANT. 
          I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE GRANT. 
          SS A P D WILL BE ACCEPTING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES. 
          THE INNOVATION AND WORK THAT S A P D IS DOING WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UNIT AND THE SAFE OFFICERS IS EXCITING AND INNOVATIVE. 
          ONE THING WE KNOW IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY LOVES THEIR SAFE OFFICERS. 
          THEY LOVE SEEING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE HERE TO HELP THEM. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST, UM, WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE APPOINTMENT OF ELLA DANICA ARISPE FROM DISTRICT FOUR. 
          AND, UM, SHE WILL BE SERVING ON, UM, THE YOUTH COMMISSION. 
          AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF HER BECAUSE SHE IS, UM, A GIRL SCOUT WHO THEY CALL THE LITTLE C E O. 
          AND SHE HAS SOLD THE MOST GIRL SCOUT COOKIES IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I'M JUST SUPER PROUD TO BE ABLE TO APPOINT THE LITTLE C E O, UH, AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT FOUR. 
          SO, CONGRATULATIONS, UH, TO ELLA DANICA AT EAST SMITH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY C P S ENERGY AND THE SAN ANTONIO WATER, UH, SYSTEM TO PROVIDE 20 MILLION IN UTILITY ASSISTANCE. 
          I WANNA THANK CITY STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS ITEM TOGETHER AND TO THE UTILITIES COMMITTEE FOR VETTING IT. 
          UH, IF APPROVED, THIS ITEM WILL ASSIST OVER A QUARTER OF THE LOCAL FAMILIES WITH PAST DUE UTILITY ACCOUNTS. 
          AND I WANNA THANK OUR DISTRICT FIVE CONSTITUENT SERVICES TEAM, WHO HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ENSURING THAT OUR FAMILIES GET CONNECTED TO THOSE SERVICES AND THAT EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE APPLICATION. 
          UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT EVERY RESIDENT WILL BE ENROLLED IN AN AFFORDABILITY OR PAYMENT PLAN AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          UM, I THINK THIS COOL WEATHER'S A REMINDER THAT NO ONE SHOULD GO WITHOUT HEAT OR WATER. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, I, I, I WANNA, UH, THANK, UH, CITY STAFF FOR THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          I THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 28. 
          I HAVE A, A YOUNG LADY WHO'S GONNA BE SERVING ON THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION, OLIVIA LOPEZ FROM DISTRICT NINE. 
          AND I WANT TO COMMEND HER FOR BEING ONE OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO STEP FORWARD, LET THEIR IDEAS, UH, BE HEARD AND SHARED WITH ALL OF US IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT THAT SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF, UH, HAVING CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, AND YOUNG IDEAS INVOLVED IN CITY GOVERNMENT. 
          SO, OLIVIA LOPEZ, THANKS FOR STEPPING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, AND I, I WILL, UM, OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, I DID WANT TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT ITEM 38, UH, AND JUST AGAIN, UM, THANK ALL MY BOARD, COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS FOR, UH, RE UM, FOR SERVING AND WHAT THEY DO, AND THE REAPPOINTMENT OF, UH, GUADALUPE, UH, GEORGE GARCIA, DISTRICT THREE AS THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER. 
          SO I JUST WANNA TAKE THAT TIME TO THANK YOU AND I WILL BE CHIMING IN ON ITEM FOUR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          AGAIN, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          AND, UM, I'LL JUST CLOSE THE CONSENT DISCUSSION BY RECOGNIZING THE GREAT WORK THAT THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO DO. 
          THE, GOT A COUPLE OF SIGNIFICANT ITEMS ON THIS RELATED TO RENT RELIEF AND HOW WE HELP, UH, SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL WORK, UH, TRIPLE TIME WORK DURING THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC THAT CONTINUES, EVEN AS WE EMERGE OUT OF IT. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 4 5 29, 31, 35, AND 36. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
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MOTION PASSES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          MOVE NOW TO 
          [4. Ordinance approving interlocal agreements between the City, CPS Energy and the San Antonio
Water System to provide $20 million in utility assistance to CPS Energy customers and $10 million
in assistance to SAWS customers who were financially impacted by the COVID19
crisis.
Funding is available from the American Rescue Plan Act Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal
Recovery Funds [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Melody Woosley, Director, Human
Services]]
ITEM FOUR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAIN MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MELODY WOOSLEY, HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, DO. 
          AND SO WE KNOW THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS FINANCIALLY IMPACTED SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. 
          MANY ARE UNABLE TO PAY FOR BASIC NEEDS AND HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST 19 MONTHS, AND SUCH AS RENT, MORTGAGE, AND UTILITIES, THE CITY AND, UM, THE CITY'S COVID RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN. 
          COORDINATED UNPRECEDENTED FEDERAL AND GENERAL FUND, UM, FEDERAL GRANTS AND GENERAL FUNDS TO HELP MEET THESE IMMEDIATE NEEDS. 
          HOWEVER, MANY RESIDENTS ARE STILL CARRYING LARGE UTILITY BILL BALANCES AND ARE IN DANGER OF DISCONNECTION, AS IS USUALLY THE CASE IN DISASTERS. 
          THOSE, UM, LOWEST INCOME AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE, UH, HAVE BEEN HIT THE HARDEST. 
          THIS ACTION TODAY WOULD ALLOCATE $30 MILLION FROM THE CITY'S AMERICAN RESCUE ACT PLAN FUNDING TOWARDS UTILITY BILL ASSISTANCE, AND PROVIDES THE GREATEST RELIEF TO RATE PAYERS MOST IN NEED. 
          WE ARE REQUESTING THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH C P S FOR $20 MILLION AND WITH SAWS FOR $10 MILLION TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS. 
          FOR CONTEXT, C P S ENERGY REPORTS THAT THEY HAVE OVER 130 MILLION IN PAST DUE BILLS WITH 67,000 CUSTOMERS IN DANGER OF BEING DISCONNECTED. 
          SAS REPORTS 43 MILLION IN PAST DUE BILLS WITH NEARLY 62,000 RATE PAYERS OVER 60 DAYS PAST DUE. 
          BOTH UTILITIES ARE ACTIVELY MARKETING THEIR OWN PROGRAMS. UM, THEY HAVE AFFORDABILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS PAYMENT PILL PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE, AND THEY ALSO MARKET THE PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND NONPROFIT AGENCIES TO PREVENT DISCONNECTION. 
          BOTH HAVE AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS THAT RE ACTUALLY REDUCE THE MONTHLY BILL OF LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND OFFER PAYMENT PLANS TO MANAGE THOSE LARGE BALANCES. 
          SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, THE CITY HAS PROVIDED A TOTAL OF $23 MILLION IN UTILITY ASSISTANCE, UH, FOR, UH, C P S AND SAWS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND HUMAN SERVICES EMERGENCY BILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. WE ARE ALSO COORDINATING WITH BEXAR COUNTY WHO HAS, UH, MORE THAN $18 MILLION THIS YEAR IN ANNUAL, UH, FEDERAL LIHEAP FUNDS AND LIHEAP AR RPA FUNDS THIS YEAR TO HELP CITY AND COUNTY RESIDENTS PAY DOWN THEIR BILLS. 
          SO BOTH C P SS AND SASS WILL ADMINISTER THESE FUNDS TO ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING SCREENING FOR ELIGIBILITY AND PROCESSING APPLICATIONS. 
          A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE $30 MILLION WILL GO TO PAYING DOWN BILLS. 
          UM, C P S WILL TAKE CARE OF, UM, ALL OF THE, THE SCREENING, THE PROCESSING AND HUMAN SERVICES WILL REIMBURSE TAKE CARE OF THE REIMBURSEMENTS TO THE AGENCIES FOR THOSE BILLS. 
          AND SO THE ASSISTANCE IS STRUCTURED BASED ON INCOME HOUSEHOLDS EARNING UNDER 125% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, WHICH IS 33,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE UP TO THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE BILLS INCURRED OVER THE 19 MONTH TIME PERIOD FROM MARCH 1ST, 2020 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2021. 
          THIS PLAN ALSO ADDRESSES THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF COVID ON LOWER TO MIDDLE INCOME RESIDENTS HOUSEHOLDS WITH INCOMES OVER 125,000, UH, 25% OF POVERTY CAN RECEIVE BILL CREDIT OF UP TO 1000 FOR C P S BILLS AND $700 FOR SAS BILLS. 
          THERE IS NO UPPER INCOME LIMIT FOR THIS ASSISTANCE OR FOR THE C P S AND SASS PAYMENT PLANS. 
          AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR RESIDENTS SEEKING ASSISTANCE THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING IN, THEY MUST BE ENROLLED IN AN AFFORDABILITY PLAN OR A PAYMENT PLAN WITH THE RESPECTIVE UTILITY TO ENSURE THAT, UM, REMAINING BALANCES ARE MANAGEABLE AND MAINTAINED AND FUTURE BALANCES ARE AS LOW 
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AS UH, POSSIBLE. 
          THOSE SEEKING ASSISTANCE MUST CERTIFY THAT THEY WERE FINANCIALLY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC DUE TO THINGS LIKE LOST INCOME OR INCREASED MEDICAL EXPENSES. 
          AND HOUSEHOLDS UNDER 125% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL MUST PROVIDE INCOME DOCUMENTATION THROUGH A PAY STUB, A TAX RETURN, OR OTHER DOCUMENTS TO RECEIVE THE ASSISTANCE WITH THEIR FULL BALANCE. 
          UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE APPROVAL, AND SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF TWO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS, ONE WITH C P S ENERGY FOR $20 MILLION, AND ONE WITH SAWS FOR $10 MILLION FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. 
          UM, ALLOCATION TO PROVIDE UTILITY BILL ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC AS DESCRIBED THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, BOTH C P S AND SAS WILL BEGIN PROCESSING BILL CREDITS THIS WEEK, AND C P S WILL POST THEIR ONLINE APPLICATION AS EARLY AS TOMORROW. 
          HOWEVER, THE CITY C P S AND SAWS ENCOURAGE HOUSEHOLDS WITH PAST DUE BALANCES TO GET ON AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS AND PAYMENT PLANS NOW WHILE THEY ARE, UM, WAITING PROCESSING TO AVOID DISCONNECTION. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M GLAD TO TAKE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I ALSO HAVE, UH, KJ FEDERER FROM C P S AND MARY BAILEY FROM SAS, UH, AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MELODY. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, UM, WE DO HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT WANT TO, UH, ASK SOME QUESTIONS HERE. 
          I'LL START WITH, UH, OH ONE ONE, UH, SPEAKER PETER FRENCH. 
          IS PETER FRENCH HERE? COME ON UP. 
          36. 
          OKAY. 
          ITEM 36. 
          PETER, WE HAVE YOU LISTED AS ITEM FOUR, SO WE'LL JUST MOVE YOU THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, ALRIGHT. 
          THERE ARE NO OTHER CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR. 
          SO LET ME MOVE TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
           THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, MELODY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS AND YOU'VE ASKED, I I, I HEARD THE REVIEW OF, OF HOW THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE USED, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WE ARE NOT GIVING MONEY TO INDIVIDUALS WHO OWE BILLS. 
          THE, UH, UTILITIES ARE GOING TO DETERMINE WHO IS QUALIFIED AND THEN WILL CREDIT THEIR BILLS FOR THE MONEY THAT WE'VE, UH, PROVIDED THEM, AND THAT WILL HELP CLEAR THE BILLS THAT MANY OF THESE PEOPLE MAY OWE SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE RECEIVING SERVICES AND NOT GET CUT OFF. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          ANYONE ELSE ON ITEM FOUR? COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK, UH, I, I AM, I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT WE CAN HELP THIS WAY, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S TALKS ABOUT A C P SS RATE INCREASE. 
          SO KJ, THIS MAY BE FOR YOU, UH, IN TERMS OF, BECAUSE WE ARE GIVING THESE DOLLARS, UM, WILL, WILL C P S B FACTOR IN THIS IN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RATE INCREASE AND WHAT THAT RATE INCREASE MAY LOOK LIKE? UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UM, SO RIGHT NOW, UM, OUR TEAM IS WORKING WITH THE CITY TEAM TO WORK OUT ALL THE DETAILS FOR THE RATE INCREASE. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, BUT I CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND GET YOU AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, AND, AND THE TEAM UNDERSTANDS THAT I WANT, I WANT US TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN THIS PROCESS WITH THE RATE INCREASE, USE OUR, OUR RATE ADVISORY BOARD, USE OUR NEW, UH, C P S BOARD TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, BECAUSE WHILE WE KNOW IT'S COMING, BECAUSE THIS IS ECONOMICS AND, AND THE WAY IT IS, THAT, THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW HELPS WITH THAT, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS. 
          I THINK THIS WILL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY THE C OVID 19. 
          COUNCILMAN, JUST TO JUMP IN AND, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE REVIEW THAT PUBLIC UTILITIES IS DOING, UH, ALONG WITH C P SS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRIND, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          MELODY, I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS AS WELL. 
          SO WHERE IS THIS MONEY COMING FROM? SO THIS IS $30 MILLION, RIGHT? IT'S FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ALLOCATION TO THE CITY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS IS WAS SPECIFIC IN THAT YES. 
          UM, DESIGNATION. 
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SO IT, WE COULDN'T USE MORE OF ARPA OR MAYBE MARIA. 
          SORRY. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THIS $30 MILLION IS COMING FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, SPECIFICALLY THE LOCAL, UH, RECOVERY FUNDS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT. 
          SO IT IS, IT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED, BUT IT'S AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE OF THE, OF THE ARPA PLAN. 
          SO SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE COULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT $30 MILLION ISN'T ENOUGH, WE SHOULD MAKE IT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. 
          SO WE DID AN ANALYSIS WORKING WITH OUR UTILITY SECTION C P S AND SAUCE TO RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL, $30 MILLION TO ASSIST THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE, UM, OUTSTANDING BILLS, UH, GOING BACK TO MARCH OF 2020. 
          UH, AND THE QUALIFIED BASED ON THE INCOME GUIDELINES THAT, UM, WAS MENTIONED BY MELODY WOOSLEY, THERE ARE MORE OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS OUT THERE. 
          SO, TO YOUR POINT, SHOULD THE COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO ALLOCATE MORE DOLLARS TO THE PROGRAM, THAT IS POSSIBLE. 
          HOWEVER, OUR RECOMMENDATION TODAY IS INFORMED BY THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH SAUCE AND C P S AND WITH THE GOAL OF ADDRESSING THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE MOST IMPACTED, UM, BY THE PANDEMIC. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL HELP RECONCILE THE $30 MILLION, AND WE GOT, YOU SAID IT WAS OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AT C P S AND I THINK OVER $40 MILLION AT SAWS. 
          WHERE, WHERE DO WE MAKE THAT BREAK? I MEAN, UM, I'M HEARING ONE SET OF NUMBERS AND THEN ANOTHER SET OF NUMBERS HERE. 
          SURE. 
          I'M GONNA ASK BEN TO, UM, ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. 
          HE'S MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE OUTSTANDING BALANCES. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          SO, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AS WE CONTINUED TO LOOK AT MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON THE USE OF ARPA FUNDS, THE 130 MILLION FOR C P S IS, UM, THE TOTAL AMOUNT, UH, PAST DUE. 
          WE LOOKED AT WHAT IS THE AMOUNT SUBJECT TO DISCONNECT. 
          SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE ONCE YOU HIT ON THE C P SS SIDE, YOUR PAST DUE, YOU GET PAST 30 DAYS, YOU'RE GONNA FALL INTO THAT SLOT. 
          WE WERE LOOKING AT THOSE ACCOUNTS THAT HAD MOVED, UH, FAR ENOUGH ALONG THAT THEY WERE IN THE SUBJECT, UH, TO DISCONNECT, UH, FOR THEIR ACCOUNT. 
          THAT NUMBER'S ABOUT $72 MILLION. 
          UH, I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 40 PLUS MILLION, UH, FOR SAWS. 
          UM, AND THIS IS SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE BRIEFED TO THE UTILITIES COMMITTEE, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO. 
          BUT LOOKING AT THAT, LOOKING AT AS SAWS AND C P S STARTED MOVING BACK INTO THE DISCONNECTION PROCESS, LOOKING AT THE OTHER TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UH, PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE SAS PROGRAM THAT THEY'VE SET UP IN TERMS OF, OF HOW THEY'RE HANDLING IT, HOW C P SS IS HANDLING IT AS THEY MOVE INTO THE DISCONNECTION PROCESS. 
          THIS IS ONE TOOL TO ADD TO THOSE OTHER TOOLS, PAYMENT PLANS, UH, THE PROCESS THAT SAS HAS IN PLACE. 
          SO WE TOOK ALL OF THOSE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT TO DEVELOP THIS RECOMMENDATION. 
          I'LL SAY WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH BOTH UTILITIES AND MONITOR WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THOSE BALANCES. 
          SO, UH, TO MARIA'S POINT, IT WE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD COME BACK IN THE FUTURE AND, AND BE LOOKING AT SOMETHING ADDITIONAL. 
          SO, UH, AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL MONEY THOUGH, ARPA, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF DETERMINING WHERE TO PUT THAT MONEY THROUGH A COMMUNITY INPUTS PROCESS RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT ONCE THAT IS DECIDED AND ABOUT WHEN ARE WE GONNA VOTE ON THE ARPA FUNDS, ERIC, MID-JANUARY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IN MID-JANUARY, WE'RE GONNA OBLIGATE THOSE FUNDS FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DETERMINE SHOULD BE ON THAT LIST. 
          LET'S, SHOULDN'T WE BE, UH, ADDING MORE TO THIS ON THE UTILITY SIDE? BECAUSE YOU, YOU JUST SAID, YEAH, IT'S UP TO 70, $70 MILLION A REQUIREMENT FOR C P S, BUT WE'RE ONLY ALLOCATING 30 COUNCILMAN, YOU KNOW, THE, THAT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND GIVE YOU THE COUNCIL AN UPDATE IN, IN MID-DECEMBER ON ARPA. 
          UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT THE COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER SETTING ASIDE AN ADDITIONAL ALLOTMENT OR CONTINGENCY FOR ADDITIONAL UTILITIES. 
          UM, AND THAT, THAT POSSIBLY AS A COUNCIL, YOU DISCUSS AS A GROUP, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE IN DECEMBER IS A, IS SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE HEARD TO DATE, GET SOME ADDITIONAL COUNCIL INPUT BEFORE WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL TO PRESENT A PLAN IN JANUARY. 
          SO THAT CERTAINLY COULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD SUGGEST THERE IN DECEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          I ADD ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M GETTING AT. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S GONNA CO COVER THE WHOLE REQUIREMENT AND WE HAVE THIS ONETIME FUND THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY USE FOR, FOR THIS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND I'LL LET BEN FINISH, BUT, BUT THIS IS, UH, WORKING CLOSELY WITH BOTH UTILITIES, MAKING SURE THAT, 
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THAT THE MONEY, UM, THAT FUNDS ARE BEING ALLOCATED TO THOSE THAT NEED HELP, THAT ARE, THAT QUALIFY FOR, UM, UM, THOSE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND THAT IT'S VERY TARGETED TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, UM, UM, UH, ELIMINATING BALANCES, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S GOTTA BE A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC THAT I KNOW THE UTILITIES ARE WORKING HARD ON. 
          SO, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          WE THINK THAT BASED ON THE ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE UTILITIES AND WHAT EFFORTS THEY'RE, THEY'VE UNDERTAKEN WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS, THAT THIS WILL SOLVE THE ISSUE. 
          BUT CERTAINLY WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED, LIKE, LIKE BEN SAID. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND YES, I WILL BE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT FOR ANY UPDATES IN DECEMBER OR WHENEVER BEFORE WE ACTUALLY VOTE ON THESE ARPA FUNDS. 
          SO, UM, I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT COVERING WHAT THAT REQUIREMENT IS, BUT, UH, WE'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE GET TO IT. 
          AND I'M, I'M, UM, IT, IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THIS RATE INCREASE FROM C P SS. 
          LEMME TELL YOU, I'VE GOT A LOT OF FOLKS UP THERE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE THAT ARE PAYING THEIR BILLS EVERY MONTH, AND FOR THEM TO THEN GET A RATE INCREASE ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON, UH, THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG PROBLEM. 
          SO, UH, THIS IS JUST A MARKER OUT THERE FOR C P S. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LOT OF FUNDS THAT ARE COMING IN THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP, BUT LET'S NOT COMPOUND THE PROBLEM OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE STRUGGLING, BUT THEY'RE STILL GETTING THEIR BILLS PAID OUT THERE TO COME IN WITH A RATE INCREASE AFTER COVID AFTER THE SNOWSTORM. 
          IT, IT, I, I, I CAN SEE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ALREADY, BUT, UM, I GUESS WE'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE GET TO IT. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND COUNCILMAN, I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE, ONE THING IN HERE AND CLARIFY ONE THING. 
          WHEN I GAVE YOU THE $72 MILLION NUMBER, THAT WAS FROM ABOUT, PROBABLY TWO MONTHS AGO. 
          SO AS ERIC MENTIONED, WE'LL COME IN AND DO AN UPDATE. 
          UH, WHAT WE FOCUSED ON IN TERMS OF THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS THOSE, THOSE, UM, HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THOSE WERE CUSTOMERS THAT WERE ON AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS. SO THAT IS WHERE PART OF THAT RECOMMENDATION CAME FROM, LARGELY AROUND THAT. 
          BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY PROVIDE AN UPDATE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW WHEN C P S CAME TO THE UTILITIES COMMITTEE ABOUT A MONTH AGO, THEY MENTIONED THAT, UM, PROBABLY AROUND 20 OR 25 MILLION OF THAT 72 MILLION WERE CUSTOMERS THAT JUST SIMPLY HADN'T CONTACTED C P S C P S HAS BEEN, UH, WORKING TO REACH OUT TO THOSE CUSTOMERS. 
          AND THEY REPORTED THAT MEETING THAT THEY HAD BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL IN, IN MAKING CONTACT WITH A LOT OF THOSE CUSTOMERS, GETTING THEM SIGNED UP ON PAYMENT PLANS. 
          SO AGAIN, I THINK AN EVOLVING ISSUE THAT WE'RE GONNA, TO YOUR POINT TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING THAT UPDATE BACK TO YOU IN DECEMBER AND, AND I THINK IT'LL LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AT THAT POINT. 
          THAT'D BE GREAT, BEN. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UM, UH, THE ONLY REASON I I, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS IS BECAUSE THIS IS FEDERAL MONEY COMING DOWN TO HELP THOSE THAT NEED THE HELP THE MOST, AND I'M SUPPORTING THAT. 
          UH, IF THIS WERE COMING OUT OF CITY FUNDS HERE, THEN I WOULD HAVE A, HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT. 
          BUT THIS IS FEDERAL FUNDS COMING DOWN SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS OPTION FOR US TO, UH, ALLOCATE TOWARDS THE UTILITY PAYMENTS. 
          SO I FULLY SUPPORT THAT. 
          BUT, UM, WE BETTER GET THIS RIGHT NOW, UH, OR WHENEVER WE VOTE ON THIS, BECAUSE AGAIN, IF WE SEE A FOLLOW ON COMING ON FOR A RATE INCREASE, BOY, HOWDY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UH, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR, IF I MAY, UH, BEFORE WE CONTINUE THE DELIBERATION, WE COULD, IS THERE A MOTION TO YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE FOR THE MOTION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I, I NEGLECTED TO MAKE THAT MOTION WHEN I FIRST SPOKE, AND I WOULD MOVE THAT WE, UH, APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA, THE PAYMENTS TO C P S AND SAWS. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          UH, WE'LL RESUME OUR CONVERSATION NOW WITH COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WHO DO WE HAVE HERE REPRESENTING SAAS? HI, I AM MARY BAILEY. 
          I'M WITH, UM, SAS. 
          I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. 
          HI, MARY. 
          UH, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOUR PROCESS IS TO PREVENT DISCONNECTIONS AT SAS OR TO TRY TO AVOID DISCONNECTIONS? SURE. 
          SO, UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WAS AUTOMATICALLY ENROLL, UM, ABOUT 45,000 CUSTOMERS IN A PAYMENT PLAN. 
          THESE WERE CUSTOMERS THAT HAD NOT CONTACTED US. 
          SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS WE TOOK. 
          UM, THEN IF THEY, UM, WERE NOT IN A PAYMENT PLAN BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T, THEY WEREN'T ELIGIBLE, MAYBE THEY OWED TOO MUCH OR THEY WEREN'T DELINQUENT AT AUGUST 1ST WAS, WAS WAS 
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OUR CUTOFF FOR ENROLLING PEOPLE. 
          THEY WOULD GET AN INITIAL FINAL NOTICE, UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, ABOUT A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR DISCONNECT. 
          WE THEN, UM, DO A CALL TO THEM A WEEK BEFORE THEY'RE GONNA BE TURNED OFF TO WARN THEM AGAIN THAT THEY NEED TO GET AHOLD OF US. 
          WE WILL PUT ANYBODY IN A PAYMENT ARRANGEMENT TO AVOID DISCONNECTION. 
          THEN IF WE, IF WE STILL DO NOT GET ANY KIND OF, UM, UH, COMMUNICATION FROM THE CUSTOMER AND WE ACTUALLY DO WIND UP TURNING THEM OFF, THEY, THEY ONLY HAVE TO CALL US, GET INTO A PAYMENT ARRANGEMENT AND WE'LL TURN THEM RIGHT BACK ON. 
          UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN PUTTING NOTICES IN OUR, UM, UH, OUR, OUR BILL INSERTS. 
          WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING TO THE CUSTOMER FOR MONTHS THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE COMING, SO, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MM-HMM. 
          ? SURE. 
          KJ, CAN I GET YOU TO PLEASE, UH, COME TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROCESS TO AVOID DISCONNECTIONS? YEAH, SO, UM, OUR PROCESS IS ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR TO SAWS OTHER THAN THE AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENTS AND PAYMENT PLANS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE ENCOURAGING ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS TO REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO US SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SET THEM UP, UM, ON ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO THAT, UM, CALL IN TO PREVENT THE DISCONNECT WE SET UP ON A PAYMENT PLAN, GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND ENROLL THEM IN, UM, OUR AFFORDABILITY DISCOUNT PLAN IF THEY QUALIFY IN, IN ANY OF OUR OTHER NUMEROUS PLANS. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE, WE'VE HOSTED UTILITY ASSISTANCE FAIRS IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR DISTRICTS AT THIS POINT. 
          AND SO THOSE FAIRS, UM, SEE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 150 TO 300, 400 PEOPLE, UM, WHO COME IN AND ARE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE D H S PROGRAM, THE N H SS PROGRAM. 
          WE INVITE OUR FRIENDS AT SAS AND AT THE FOOD BANK TO COME IN AS WELL. 
          AND A LOT OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, PEOPLE THAT ARE LOCAL TO THOSE DISTRICTS, NONPROFITS THAT CAN COME IN AND HELP THOSE CUSTOMERS. 
          SO WE KIND OF LOOK AT IT FROM A HOLISTIC POINT OF VIEW, SO TRYING TO PREVENT THE DISCONNECT, TRYING TO GET THEM CAUGHT UP ON THEIR BILL, BUT THEN ALSO HOW ELSE CAN WE HELP THEM, UM, FIND THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN, UH, RUDY GARZA CAME AND PRESENTED TO THE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES COMMITTEE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A WEEK AGO OR TWO, I HEARD FROM MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IN THAT COMMITTEE, I HEARD A LOT OF INTEREST IN C P S ENERGY ADOPTING THE MODEL OF AUTOMATICALLY, UM, ENROLLING YOUR CUSTOMERS IN A, IN A, IN A PAYMENT PLAN SO THAT THEY CAN AVOID A DISCONNECTION. 
          DO YOU KNOW, HAVE, SINCE THEN, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS AT C P S ENERGY AMONG SENIOR STAFF, OR HAVE YOU ALL PRESENTED THAT, THOSE IDEAS TO YOUR BOARD MEMBERS? UM, SO NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, BUT I'M HAPPY TO VISIT WITH, UM, RUDY GARZA AND WITH, UH, DEANNA HARDWICK AND FIND OUT IF THEY'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          AND THEN, SO HOW ONCE YOU RECEIVE THESE FUNDS, IF WE, IF WE APPROVE THESE, THESE ARPA FUNDS TO GO OVER, UH, FOR C P S ENERGY, HOW WILL THAT CHANGE ANYTHING FOR YOU ALL? SO WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY CREATED, UM, A VERY ROBUST OUTREACH PLAN TO INCLUDE POPUPS, UM, IN, IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE, UM, FROM BETWEEN NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          AND THEN EVERY SINGLE DAY IN JANUARY, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT EVENT, UM, TO GO TO THE ZIP CODES THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST BALANCES AND ALSO THE MOST NUMBER OF BALANCES OF PAST DUE. 
          AND THOSE EVENTS WILL INCLUDE, UM, DOOR HANGERS TO ENCOURAGE CUSTOMERS TO PARTICIPATE. 
          WE'LL HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH, MEDIA OUTREACH. 
          WE'LL REACH OUT TO EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER SO THAT YOU CAN PUT THAT INFORMATION IN YOUR NEWSLETTERS. 
          AND THEN WE'LL ALSO DO BLOCK WALKING. 
          SO WE WILL IDENTIFY THE CUSTOMERS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT TOP 25 TO 30 CUSTOMERS, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WE CAN HAVE AT EACH EVENT TO GO KNOCK DOOR TO DOOR AND ENCOURAGE THOSE CUSTOMERS TO APPLY. 
          WE'LL ALSO HAVE, UM, OUR MOBILE SUPPORT CENTER AND SOME TENTS SET UP IN A, UM, AN AREA IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S VERY VISIBLE AND INVITE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO COME. 
          WE JUST VISITED WITH SASS AND INVITED THEM TO COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THOSE SO THEY, THEY CAN OUTREACH TO THEIR CUSTOMERS AT THE SAME TIME. 
          UM, WE ALREADY HAVE AN APPLICATION THAT'S READY TO GO. 
          WE PROBABLY WILL MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THAT APPLICATION, UM, BASED ON THE RESULTS OF TODAY'S MEETING. 
          BUT WE CAN START TAKING APPLICATIONS THIS AFTERNOON OR TOMORROW, JUST KIND OF DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY WE GET THE UPDATES MADE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UHHUH, . 
          YOU KNOW, UM, I GUESS I'D LIKE FOR, UH, YOUR OFFICE TO COME AND MEET THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE TO COME AND MEET WITH, UH, WITH ME AND MY STAFF SOON SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALSO TARGETING PEOPLE IN LOW-INCOME AREAS WHO MAYBE ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR BILLS AND SEE IF THEY ARE OUTLIERS IN THEIR ENERGY USAGE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, ARE ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING TO HELP THEM, UH, TO WEATHERIZE THEIR HOUSE BECOME MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE SUCH AN ENERGY COST BURDEN IN THE FUTURE? SO, I'D LIKE TO SIT DOWN AND, AND STRATEGIZE ON THAT WITH YOU ALL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE HAVE A, UM, ROBUST WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE HAPPY TO COME AND VISIT WITH YOU, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF IT AND HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO YOUR, UM, AREA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UHHUH . 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KIO. 
          BERAU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          MY QUESTIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT THE KIND OF TARGETED OUTREACH THAT BEING THAT, OR TARGETED OUTREACH THAT'S BEING PLANNED, BUT I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK VERY SERIOUSLY ABOUT, UH, MAKING IT AN AUTOMATIC, UH, ENROLLMENT. 
          UM, MAINLY BECAUSE 
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YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THE OUTREACH. 
          I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY AND, AND, AND MONEY. 
          IF IT'S AN AUTOMATIC, UH, ENROLLMENT, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ALL OF THAT. 
          THERE'S IN, IN DISTRICT SIX RIGHT NOW, THERE'S ABOUT 17,000 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PAST DUE ON THEIR C P SS ACCOUNTS. 
          SO OF COURSE I'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, COMPREHENSIVE TARGETED OUTREACH PLANS. 
          BUT, BUT MORE THAN THAT, IF, IF IT'S AN AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT, IT, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD, UM, YOU WOULDN'T NEED TO DO ALL OF THAT WORK. 
          AND, AND, AND ALSO, I MEAN, THIS IS OF COURSE, IN SERVICE OF OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITY, THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE PAST DUE THAT, UM, THAT DON'T HEAR ABOUT IT OR, UH, FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER ARE SKEPTICAL ABOUT WHETHER IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ELIGIBLE FOR OR THEY WANNA APPLY FOR. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, MORE MOVEMENT ON, ON, IF THAT'S FEASIBLE FOR C P S. 
          HI, MARY, COME ON UP. 
          SO WE ARE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF TO ONE, GET A LIST OF, UH, CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE, THE COVID PANDEMIC THAT THAT MAKES THEM AUTOMATICALLY ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ASSISTANCE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO WE WILL USE THOSE LISTS TO PROVIDE AUTOMATIC BENEFIT TO CUSTOMERS. 
          UM, THERE IS A, UH, A REQUIREMENT THAT THE CUSTOMER MUST INDICATE SELF-CERTIFY THAT THEY HAD A COVID FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. 
          SO IF THEY'RE NOT ON ONE OF THOSE LISTS, WE DO NEED TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION, UH, A CONVERSATION, AN APPLICATION, SOMETHING FROM THOSE CUSTOMERS. 
          BUT WE DO WANNA MAKE IT AS, AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS THAT, THAT WE CAN'T AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY BY, UM, BY WHAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT, THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          SO I, IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY, THE CITY IS PROVIDING, UH, C P SS WITH LISTS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE, WERE IMPACTED BY THE, BY THE STORM THAT WELL, THEY GOT NO, THEY GOT ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE, UH, EAP PROGRAM, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT THEY PROVIDE LIHEAP, UH, ASSISTANCE, ET CETERA. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE UTILIZING THOSE LISTS TO TRY TO AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY BY VIRTUE OF THEM QUALIFYING FOR THAT PROGRAM THEY'RE GONNA QUALIFY FOR, FOR THIS. 
          THAT'S AS I UNDERSTAND. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THAT'S A GOOD START. 
          I THINK. 
          COME ON UP, BEN . 
          SAY, IF EVER ADD, UM, SO HUMAN SERVICES HAS, WE'VE OVER THE LAST YEAR SERVED PROBABLY 13,000 HOUSEHOLDS WITH UTILITY ASSISTANCE. 
          WE'LL TAKE THAT. 
          WE HAVE, UM, DOCUMENTATION OF THEIR INCOME AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT LIST. 
          AND ALL OF THEM ARE UNDER 125% OF POVERTY. 
          WE'RE CAPPED AT $400, UH, WITH C P S ASSISTANCE, UM, A YEAR FOR INDIVIDUALS IF WE'RE USING C P SS CREDITS. 
          AND SO WE KNOW THAT THEY STILL HAVE LARGE BALANCES. 
          SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT LIST, PROVIDE IT TO C P S, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DATA MATCH AND AUDITOR THEIR CLEAR THE BILLS, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE INCOME VERIFICATION. 
          SO THE QUALIFYING FACTOR IS WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED NEGATIVELY BY THE PANDEMIC YES. 
          FINANCIALLY BY THE PANDEMIC. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          AND SOME, WE HAVE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION, NOT FOR ALL OF THEM. 
          AND SO THAT'LL BE THE, THE PIECE THAT WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND OKAY. 
          VERIFY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A, IT'S NOT, THERE IS A, IT'S NOT, UM, OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD START. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT THE CITY'S WORKING WITH C P S TO DO THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND WE WILL ALSO, UM, FROM D H SS DO OUTREACH TO OUR CLIENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN PROGRAMS LIKE HEAD START CHILDCARE SERVICES, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THEIR INCOME INFORMATION AND KNOW IF THEY QUALIFY FOR, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE PASSED DUE ON THEIR ACCOUNTS WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR IT? I'M CURIOUS WHO WASN'T IMPACTED NEGATIVELY FINANCIALLY BY THE PANDEMIC? I, NO, I DON'T THINK WE KNOW THAT YET, BUT BEN, MAYBE I'LL ASK C P S OR SA TO CORRECT ME, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE THAT KIND OF INFORMATION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FOR THE ARPA FUNDING, WE WILL NEED SOME KIND OF DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT THE FACT THAT THEY WERE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY COVID. 
          YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY LOST THEIR JOB. 
          UM, THEY WERE ON UNEMPLOYMENT. 
          UM, SOME OTHER FACTOR, SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL BILLS, OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN POINT BACK TO COVID. 
          WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE DOCUMENTATION IN PLACE TO SUBSTANTIATE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE ARPA FUNDING. 
          BUT AS MELODY SAID, TRYING TO WORK WITH BOTH UTILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT IS AN EASY, AS EASY A PROCESS AS WE CAN LEVERAGING, UH, PROGRAMS WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE WHERE WE KNOW THAT HAS HAPPENED. 
          LIKE EAP, WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE ALREADY QUALIFIED THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR ALL OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THAT AS EASY AS WE CAN FOR CUSTOMERS. 
          OKAY. 
          DID, DID YOU SAY IT WAS A SELF-CERTIFICATION THOUGH? THEY DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION, DO THEY? THERE ARE, I BELIEVE, DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOCUMENTATION YOU CAN PROVIDE. 
          ONE OF THEM IS, IT CAN BE SELFER CERTIFICATION. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, COO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
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UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, SOME OF MY COMMENTS HAVE, HAVE ALREADY BEEN, UH, SHARED. 
          UH, BUT YES, WHEN WE MET WITH THE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES, UH, COMMITTEE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE THERE. 
          I I, I'M SORRY. 
          I KNOW YOU DIDN'T SPEAK KJ, THAT IT WAS RUDY WHO, WHO TOOK ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS. 
          UM, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM LISTENING TO THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS IS THAT THERE WAS, UH, UM, INTEREST IN, UM, AN AUTOMATIC EN ENROLLMENT SO THAT WE COULD REDUCE THE, THE NUMBER OF UNNECESSARY DISCONNECTS. 
          SO, UM, I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE WILL BE THIS, THIS CONNECTION WITH THE, WITH THE CITY, UH, ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO OUR COME TO, COME OUT TO US. 
          UM, BUT DO WE, WE DON'T HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MANY THAT'S GOING TO BE RELATIVE TO HOW MANY ARE PAST DUE RIGHT NOW. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, SO IF WE HAVE 16,000, UH, HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE, UH, PAST DUE IN DISTRICT SEVEN, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT'S ANYWHERE NEAR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR N H SS D IN A GIVEN DISTRICT. 
          VERONICA, THAT MEANS YES. 
          OR THAT MEANS, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS THE MAGNITUDE OF THE GAP THAT WE'LL STILL HAVE. 
          AFTER YOU GO THROUGH THAT, IF, IF YOU COULD, THANK YOU, VERONICA. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION, MA'AM? SO I CAN ADDRESS IT CORRECTLY? OH, APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR ASSISTANCE THAT SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS AND HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR ASSISTANCE. 
          FOR EAP. 
          FOR EAP, WE HAVE OVER 90,000 FAMILIES THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR ASSISTANCE. 
          NOW, OUR PROGRAM IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          UH, WE HAVE CHANGED OUR ALLOWANCES. 
          SO AT THE BEGINNING, WE HELPED FAMILIES THAT WERE UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT A M I. 
          AND SO OURS IS NOT LIKE, UH, THE D H S PROGRAM, WHICH WE KNOW EVERYONE IN THAT D H SS PROGRAM FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE QUALIFIES. 
          BUT FOR THOSE WE DID APPROVE, WE DO HAVE DATA. 
          WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET THE POVERTY GUIDELINES AS WELL. 
          THE ALLOWANCES NOW ARE UP TO 80% A M I, BUT, UH, WE TOO WILL SHARE THE INFORMATION OF WHO APPLIED IN OUR PROGRAM. 
          WE DO UTILITY ASSISTANCE IF THEY QUALIFY FOR RENT OR MORTGAGE. 
          AND SO WHAT WE TRY AND DO IS WE MAKE PEOPLE WHOLE. 
          SO FOR CLIENTS THAT WE HELP, THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BALANCES ANYMORE. 
          'CAUSE WE TAKE CARE OF THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SO, UM, SO YEAH, THAT STILL LEAVES A, UH, SOME LEVEL OF GAP. 
          SO YOU HAVE 17,000, I HAVE 16,000, AND ON AVERAGE WE WOULD'VE HAD 9,000 APPLY. 
          SO I, I GUESS KJ, COULD YOU, COULD YOU TELL ME AGAIN THE, THE LIMITATION, IS IT A TECHNICAL LIMITATION THAT C P S FACES IN THE AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT? UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NECESSARILY A TECHNICAL LIMITATION. 
          UM, I WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, VISIT WITH THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA TO HAVE A FIRM ANSWER FOR YOU. 
          BUT I, FROM WHAT I RECALL, FROM THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A PREFERENCE TRYING TO GET OUR CUSTOMERS TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH US SO THAT WE CAN HELP THEM IN MORE THAN JUST THEIR BILL. 
          RIGHT? SO IF YOU AUTOMATICALLY SIGN UP SOMEONE FOR A PAYMENT PLAN, THEY MAY NEVER CONTACT YOU, AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THEM APPLY FOR THE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND CONNECT THEM WITH ALL THE VARIOUS SORTS OF, OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO WE STARTED A, A BRAND NEW TEAM DURING COVID, OUR CORE OUTREACH TEAM, WHICH I'M, I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD OF WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY CALLING EVERY SINGLE CUSTOMER THAT'S PAST DUE AND JUST DOING A WELLNESS CHECK ON THEM. 
          SO WE'RE NOT JUST SAYING, HEY, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU OWE US MONEY, BECAUSE WE DON'T DO THAT. 
          WE'RE SAYING, HEY, WE NOTICED YOU HAVEN'T PAID YOUR BILL. 
          WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU? HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? HOW CAN WE CONNECT YOU? AND WE'VE CONNECTED PEOPLE WITH, UM, WITH THE FOOD BANK. 
          WE'VE CONNECTED, WE'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH CANCER TREATMENTS AND JUST BEEN IN, YOU KNOW, A SOURCE FOR, OF INFORMATION FOR THEM AND HELPED CONNECT THEM TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY FEEL THE VALUE OF THAT, UM, THE IMPACT AND THE VALUE OF THAT PROGRAM, AND WANT TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM. 
          AND WE DON'T WANNA MISS ANYBODY BY JUST AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLING PEOPLE IN A PAYMENT PLAN THAT THEY MAY NEVER CONTACT US. 
          WE MAY NEVER GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THEM. 
          COUNCIL AND I, AND, AND ONE THING, I I CAN ALSO FOLLOW UP, UM, WITH, UH, C P SS LEADERSHIP ON THAT ISSUE AS WELL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          I'M, UH, VERY GLAD TO, TO HEAR THAT. 
          UM, WHAT SORT OF CALLBACK DO YOU GET ON THAT OUTREACH? UM, SO WE CAN GET NUMBERS, UM, FOR YOU. 
          WE ACTUALLY REPORT THOSE NUMBERS OUT. 
          UM, EVERY MONDAY ON OUR OPERATIONS CALL, WE GET REPORTS ON THEM. 
          SO WE HAVE, UM, NUMBERS THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'VE CONTACTED, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED ASSISTANCE, AND THEN HOW MANY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HAVEN'T CALLED US BACK. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S, THAT'S A PREFERENCE. 
          UM, I'LL JUST, UM, I THINK THAT'S GREAT THAT PEOPLE GET ALL THIS ADDITIONAL, UH, ASSISTANCE. 
          I JUST, I JUST FEEL LIKE ISN'T THE C P S PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LIGHTS WELL, THAT WAS INTERESTING, . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          IT IS THAT, THAT THE, THAT 
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THE LIGHTS STAY ON. 
          SO I JUST, UH, ANYWAY, I'M, I'M THANK YOU ERIC FOR TAKING THAT ON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE AUTO ENROLLMENT, BUT, UH, PERSONAL STORY, MY MOTHER WAS IN THE AUTO ENROLLMENT. 
          SHE'S IN HER SEVENTIES, SO IF SHE HADN'T, IF THE WINTER STORM HADN'T COME, SHE WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE RESOURCES SHE HAS AVAILABLE. 
          SO I ACTUALLY HAD MY MOTHER COME TO THE DISTRICT THREE FIELD OFFICE BECAUSE WE HAVE C P S AND SAW US NOW MEETING WITH INDIVIDUALS THERE. 
          AND SHE MET WITH RANDY AND HAD A GREAT OLD TIME. 
          AND NOW IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, UM, THE TEAM ON THE GROUND IS ACTUALLY MEETING THE SENIORS. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING HOW I CAN, WHEN WE DISTRIBUTE THIS, AND I WANT MY VIEWERS IN DISTRICT THREE WATCHING THAT. 
          I'M READY TO ALSO GET TEAMS OUT TO YOU IF YOU'RE HOME BOUND AND YOU CAN'T ACCESS THE INTERNET TO MAKE SURE WE GET YOU ENROLLED, AND WE, WE HELP YOU START THE PROCESS. 
          THIS IS GONNA BE A TEAM EFFORT. 
          AND I LOVE AUTO ENROLLMENT, BUT I LOVE THE PHONE CALLS TOO. 
          SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE, WE KNOW OUR DISTRICT AND WE KNOW OUR DISTRICT BEST, SO I APPRECIATE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES' INPUT, BUT I, I JUST REALLY WANT TO APPLAUD THAT THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN DO OUT THERE. 
          AND YOUR TEAM ON THE GROUND FOR C P S AND SAWS ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB TRYING TO REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND SO I ALSO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS THAT LOOK AT THEIR CREDENTIALS, BUT THEY CAN COME AND THEY MAY BE KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR TO TRY AND HELP AND GET YOU ASSISTANCE. 
          SO OPEN THAT DOOR AND LET THEM COME IN AND HELP YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING ON THIS ITEM. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, AND I'LL, I'LL CLOSE THE DISCUSSION BY, UH, JUST SAYING THAT I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. 
          UM, IF THERE IS, UH, AN EXPERIENCE THAT THE EAP, THE SAWS, AND THE C P S ENROLLMENT PROCESSES HAVE TOLD US OVER THE PAST YEAR IS THAT EVERY FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCE IS DIFFERENT. 
          UM, I WILL SPEAK, UH, ON MY OWN BEHALF, UH, AND SAY THAT THE SAS AUTO-ENROLLMENT PROCESS LOOKS GREAT ON PAPER, BUT IT'S NOT A CURE ALL. 
          IN FACT, SOME OF THE RESULTS FROM THE AUTO-ENROLLMENT ARE VERY DISAPPOINTING IN TERMS OF WHO ACTUALLY FOLLOWS UP. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE OUR OFFICERS, UH, PLAY A HUGE ROLE, THE ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS TO REALLY DIG INTO EACH FAMILY'S CIRCUMSTANCE, TO HELP THEM KNOW WHAT ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE, UH, WHICH MAKES THESE PROGRAMS AND THE ARPA FUNDS THAT WE'RE SUPPLYING TO IT, UH, THAT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THOSE PROGRAMS EXIST TO REACH EACH INDIVIDUAL, UH, UH, FAMILY'S NEEDS. 
          SO, UH, IT'S GREAT INPUT. 
          UH, AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S REFINEMENT OF THOSE ENROLLMENT PROCESSES THAT CAN BE DONE. 
          UH, BUT I THINK WE, UH, ARE ARE SEARCHING FOR, UH, AN UNFEASIBLE GOAL IF WE THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES ALL OF THE NEED FOR ALL THE CUSTOMERS FOR BOTH AGENCIES. 
          WE'VE GOTTA LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL WAYS THAT WE CAN GET TO THE ISSUES. 
          AND I THINK THAT THIS GOES BACK TO ULTIMATELY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE GOING DOOR TO DOOR FOR FOLKS IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH I APPLAUD BOTH OF THE UTILITIES FOR STARTING TO DO, UH, IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          SO, AGAIN, GREAT DISCUSSION. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR, UH, THEIR SUPPORT OF, OF THESE ARPA FUNDS AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR OUR UTILITIES. 
          SO, UH, WITH THAT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          YEP. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE'LL 
          [5. Ordinance approving the Strategic Development Plan for the San Antonio International Airport
and recommending its submittal to the Federal Aviation Administration. The recommendations
within the Strategic Development Plan will guide future development of the airfield, terminal
facilities and supporting infrastructure over the next 20 years. [Jeff Coyle, Assistant City Manager;
Jesus Saenz, Director, Aviation]]
GO TO ITEM FIVE. 
          ITEM FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND RECOMMENDING ITS SUBMITTAL TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. 
          THE RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN WILL GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRFIELD TERMINAL FACILITIES AND SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY ON BEHALF. 
          UH, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY ON THE SPIRIT OF THANKSGIVING. 
          I'D LIKE TO START BY FIRST SAYING THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT, FOR ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH PUTTING THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER. 
          UH, THIS STARTED BACK IN 2018, 
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A VERY STRATEGIC EFFORT THAT WAS STARTED ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR IN ESTABLISHING AN AIRPORT SERVICE, UH, AIRPORT STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, GROUP TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          SO, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST THE TEAM MEMBERS BACK AT THE AIRPORT AND THE TEAM MEMBERS HERE WITH ME TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT SYSTEM, WHO I'VE WORKED SO HARD, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, MARK FESSLER. 
          HE LEADS THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO HELP US SUPPORT. 
          AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO THANK AS WELL, JOHN DIXON AS HE LEADS THE A S D C AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THAT TEAM HAS DONE OVER THESE YEARS TO ENSURE THAT WE GET TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. 
          UM, WE COME TO YOU TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PLAN, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. 
          IT'S BEGINNING WITH THE END IN MIND AND ENSURING THAT WE KNOW THE GO FORWARD PLAN AS WE CONTINUE TO EMBARK ON THE GROWTH IN THE FUTURE OF OUR AIRPORT. 
          SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 
          AS I MENTIONED, THE A S D C WAS VERY MUCH INVOLVED. 
          IT WAS AN ESTABLISHED COMMITTEE, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND THAT WE ESTABLISHED A PLAN THAT WAS COMPREHENSIVE. 
          TO DATE, I'LL SHARE WITH YOU, WE'VE HAD OVER 90 THOU, 97,000 DIRECT ENGAGEMENTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE CITY AND THE REGION, OVER 80 DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HELD IN 10 DISTRICTS OF YOUR DISTRICTS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE LISTENING TO EVERYONE AND WHAT IS NEEDED AND WHAT IS NECESSARY IN THIS CITY FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR AIRPORT. 
          THE A S D C, AND I'LL LET THEM SPEAK SHORTLY, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED. 
          THEY WANT US TO OPTIMIZE OUR USER EXPERIENCE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE FACILITIES THAT OUR PASSENGERS WISH FOR. 
          THEY WANT IT TO REFLECT AND HAVE A SENSE OF PLACE OF OUR GREAT AND RICH HISTORY AND OUR CULTURE, AND WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE FUTURE ENSURING THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATIONS AS WE GO FORWARD. 
          I'LL START BY TELLING YOU WHY, WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND FOR THE AIRPORT SYSTEM? IT PROVIDES THE FIRST AND LAST IMPRESSION TO THE CITY AND IN THE REGION HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT ENABLES BUSINESS TRAVEL AND ENSURES THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET FROM THEIR ORIGIN TO THEIR DESTINATION. 
          WITH THE NONSTOPS THAT WE PROVIDE DAILY, IT HAS AN ENORMOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE TUNE OF $5.2 BILLION. 
          IT SUPPORTS OVER 45,000 JOBS ACROSS THIS ENTIRE REGION, AND THOSE ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE AIRPORT. 
          AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS AS TO WHY WE MUST DO THIS IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO REDUCE CONGESTION. 
          AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ASSET. 
          AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS WE LOOK AT THE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE TODAY, THAT WE UPGRADE THOSE ASSETS AND WE PUT OURSELVES IN A VERY COMPETITIVE AND AN ATTRACTIVE FORMAT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE READY FOR THE FUTURE AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CONTINUES TO GROW. 
          IN ADDITION, ANOTHER IMPORTANT REASON AS TO WHY WE CONTINUE TO, THE REGION CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE GROWTH, GROWTH IN POPULATION GROWTH IN BO GROWTH IN JOBS AND GROWTH IN THE HOUSEHOLDS. 
          AS WE SEE TODAY, WE'RE WELL OVER 2 MILLION IN, IN, IN OUR OVERALL POPULATION, AND THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          AS YOU SEE IN THE CHART ON THE LEFT, ON THE CHART IN THE RIGHT, IT REFLECTS THE GROWTH AND THE PLANNING ACTIVITY LEVELS THAT WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE AIRPORT IN 2000 15, 16, 17, AND 18. 
          AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH 19, WE WERE EXPERIENCING, AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT LINE WAS CONTINUOUSLY MOVING FORWARD. 
          YES, DURING THIS COVID DIFFICULT TIME, IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE TEAM HAS STOOD STEADFAST AND STRONG TO ENSURE 24 7 365 DAYS A YEAR THAT AIRPORT HAS REMAINED OPENED AND READY TO PROVIDE SERVICE, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, A VERY SAFE SERVICE TO OUR PASSENGERS AS THEY COME IN AND OUT. 
          IN 2021, CLOSE TO A LITTLE OVER 6 MILLION PASSENGERS WENT THROUGH OUR AIRPORT, BUT WE FULLY ANTICIPATE, AND AS WE PREPARE FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON, THAT IN 2022, WE WILL AGAIN EMBARK ON APPROACHING CLOSE TO 10 MILLION PASSENGERS WITH HOPES OF THAT CONTINUOUS REBOUND AND WHAT THAT NEW NORMAL'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          IT IS FOR THAT REASON, AS WE SEE AND LOOK FORWARD, NOT IN A MASTER PLANNING EFFORT, BUT IN A STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING EFFORT, THAT WE LOOK TOWARDS 20 YEARS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ENSURE THAT THE AIRPORT IS READY FOR THE FUTURE WITH THE ANTICIPATION OF 50% PASSENGER GROWTH ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE YEAR OF 2040. 
          WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PREPARE FOR THAT? NOW? WE START WITH 
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THE INSTALLATION OF THREE GATES, ONE ADDITIONAL GATE AT TERMINAL A TO ADD CAPACITY, AND TWO ADDITIONAL GATES. 
          IN TERMINAL B, WE INCREASED THE THROUGHPUT OF PASSENGER CHECKPOINTS. 
          JUST YESTERDAY, THE TRAINING EXERCISES HAD COMMENCED ON A RECENT M O A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT THAT WE SIGNED WITH THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN MOVE THROUGH OUR SECURITY CHECKPOINTS EVEN FASTER. 
          WE HAVE NEW LANES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL BE INSTALLED BEGINNING IN THE EARLY SPRING OF 2022. 
          WE WANT TO EXTEND OUR AIRFIELD PAVEMENT LIFE. 
          JUST YESTERDAY, WE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL, A LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION IN GRANTS TO HELP US ON KEEL WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA DO ON THE CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY 13, RIGHT? IN ADDITION, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT'S HAPPENING ON OUR TAXIWAYS TO ENSURE THAT THE OVERALL INTEGRITY AND LONGEVITY AND THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR AIRFIELD IS INTACT. 
          WE WANNA PROVIDE YOU MORE AND NEW CONCESSIONS. 
          WE'VE STARTED WITH SOME, YOU'VE SEEN SMOKE SHACK AND SOME OTHERS THAT HAVE OPENED UP, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T, WE WERE THE FIRST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD TO PUT IN A PIZZA VENDING MACHINE. 
          SO IN CASE THERE'S NO ONE AVAILABLE, THERE'S PIZZA AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, IN THE SPRING, WE, EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE ANNOUNCED THAT IN THE SPRING WE WILL HAVE A WHATABURGER. 
          OUR LOCAL HOMETOWN FAVORITE WILL BE IN OUR AIRPORT, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AS I TELL YOU ABOUT THE GROWTH AND THE EXPANSION AS WE ADD ADDITIONAL GATES, THE M E P, THE MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL PLUMBING IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT. 
          SO WE HAVE TO PREPARE OUR ELECTRICAL GRIDS TO ADD ADDITIONAL GATES INTO THOSE AREAS AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THAT. 
          SO WE'RE ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THE REDUNDANCY TO HAVE COVERAGE ON OUR ELECTRICAL GRID. 
          WE WANT TO UPGRADE AND EXPAND OUR BAGGAGE AND HANDLING SYSTEMS. WE'LL START WITH UPPER CONTROLS. 
          BUT AS WE START IN ON THIS ENDEAVOR WITH YOUR SUPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK OF THE LONG TERMS AND THE IMPACTS OF THE BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR AIRPORT TO ENSURE THAT THAT TOO IS READY TO SUPPORT, SO THAT WHEN PASSENGERS DEPART OR ARRIVE OUR AIRPORT, THEIR BAGS ARE WITH THEM. 
          I'LL FOCUS ON THREE DIFFERENT AREAS, THE ROADWAYS, THE AIRFIELD, AND THE TERMINAL IN A VERY HIGH LEVEL. 
          AS WE DRAW OUT THIS PLAN IN THE FUTURE OF WHAT THE AIRPORT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WE HAVE OFTEN DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF WANTING TO REACH LONGER HALL DESTINATIONS TO REACH FURTHER LOCATIONS. 
          THE EXPANSION OF THAT AIRPORT 13, RIGHT WHERE YOU SEE THE YELLOW CIRCLE UP ON THAT NORTHERN PORTION, TAKES US TO 10,000 FEET. 
          AND I STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT 10,000 FEET IS WITHIN ITS EXISTING SQUARE FOOTAGE. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES THAT WE HAVE TODAY. 
          WHAT DOES THAT ENABLE US? IT ENABLES US TO REACH SOUTHEAST ASIA. 
          IT ENABLES US TO REACH NOT ONLY THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF EUROPE, BUT DEEP INTO THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF EUROPE. 
          IT GETS US ALL THE WAY INTO CANADA. 
          AND IF WE WANT TO GO AS FAR AS ANTARCTICA, THOSE THAT WISH TO GO, WE CAN TAKE AIRCRAFT THAT FAR SOUTH. 
          IN ADDITION, WE REPAIR AND FINALIZE THE SAFETY ENHANCEMENT. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING A NUMBER OF THINGS AND HAVE BEEN MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS WE HAVE PERPENDICULAR RUNWAYS THERE AT 4, 2, 2, AND 13, RIGHT? WE HAVE CURRENTLY A PILOTED PROGRAM THAT WE'RE UNDERGOING WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, A RUNWAY IN, IN, IN INCURSION PROTECTION THROUGH SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, A ORSA THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH AS WELL. 
          SO IF NEEDED BE, WE WILL DECOUPLE THAT RUNWAY. 
          IF NOT BE, WE'LL LEAVE IT AS IT IS AS WE CONTINUE TO BE SAFE IN ALL OF OUR OPERATIONS. 
          THIS SHOWS YOU THE FRAMEWORK. 
          THERE WERE 91 DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES FOR THE AIRFIELD THAT WE'RE LOOKED AT, AND THIS IS THE FINAL ONE THAT WE'LL BE SUBMITTING IN AN AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN, AN A L P TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AS THEY TOO HAVE ENDORSED THIS PLAN MOVING FORWARD THAT WE, THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY ON THE ROADWAY. 
          I LIKE TO KEEP IT SIMPLE. 
          AS PEOPLE INGRESS AND EGRESS OUR AIRPORT TODAY, THEY CONFLICT, THEY CROSS EACH OTHER. 
          WE WANT TO DECONFLICT THOSE INTERCHANGES. 
          WE WANT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF 90 DEGREE TURNS THAT ARE THERE. 
          WE WANT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SIGNALS. 
          WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE SIGNAGE, AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE YOU FOR AN EASY INGRESS INTO OUR AIRPORT AND AN EASY EGRESS. 
          THIS IS THE PLAN THAT WE PROVIDE FORWARD TO YOU. 
          YES, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDIES TO BE PERFORMED AS WE GET FURTHER IN THE PLAN, BUT THIS IS THE WAY WE SEE GOING FORWARD AS WE LOOKED AT THREE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES, THIS IS THE ONE WE FINALIZED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. 
          THIS SIMPLIFIES THE USE OF INBOUND ON 2 81, THE ACCESS OF THE WAY FINDING AND PROVIDES CONTINUOUS FLOW IN AND AROUND THE AIRPORT COMPLEX ON THE TERMINAL COMPLEX. 
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TODAY, WE HAVE 24 GATES. 
          WE KNOW THROUGH OUR PLANNING ACTIVITY LEVELS THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED AT LEAST 37 GATES BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT 20 YEARS. 
          AS WE LOOK AT THE EXPANSION AND GROWTH, WE TELL YOU WE'RE ADDING THREE TODAY. 
          HOW DO WE DO THAT? FIRST AND FOREMOST, BY A NEW CONCOURSE C THAT WE ADD. 
          WITH THAT, YOU SEE A NEW PARKING AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION CENTER THAT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES FOR OUR PASSENGERS FOR EASE OF COMING IN AND OUT OF THE COMPLEX AS THEY UTILIZE CONCOURSE C A NEW CENTRAL PROCESSOR FOR A UNIFIED PASSENGER EXPERIENCE WITH ONE SINGULAR SECURITY CHECKPOINT. 
          ONE SINGULAR TICKETING AREA FOR ALL THE PASSENGERS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FREELY ABOUT THE CABIN ONCE THEY GO PAST THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, OUR 1984 BUILT, UH, CONCOURSE A IS ENTIRELY REBUILT WITH THE BRAND NEW CONCOURSE TO BE WIDE ENOUGH TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE READY FOR ALL THE FUTURE PASSENGERS THAT WANT TO VISIT, THAT THAT PROVIDES US FUTURE, UH, CAPACITY FOR ALL THE DEMAND THAT THAT WE KNOW IS COMING. 
          IN ADDITION, WE EXPAND OUR CONCESSION SQUARE FOOTAGE SPACES AND PROVIDE WALKWAYS CONNECTING DIRECTLY FROM EACH OF THE GARAGES INTO EACH OF THOSE TURMOIL CONCOURSE. 
          THE QUESTION IS ALWAYS, HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO COST? WELL, THESE ARE ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. 
          IT'S A PLAN. 
          OUR REQUEST TO YOU TODAY IS TO PLEASE SUPPORT US ON THIS PLAN, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND I'LL COVER THAT IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE SHORTLY, AS TO WHY THE STARS HAVE ALIGNED PERFECTLY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD IN ALL THAT WE'RE DOING, TERMINAL C ESTIMATED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 790 AND 840 MILLION. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE INSTALLATION OF 17 GATES. 
          IF WE GO LESS THAN 17 GATES, THAT NUMBER COULD DECREASE ROADWAY 19 TO 20 MILLION PARKING AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION CENTER, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 65 TO 70, ENABLING PROJECTS, 10 TO 15. 
          THAT GIVES US AN ESTIMATION ON THE TERMINAL COMPLEX, SOMEWHERE AROUND 880 TO 950 MILLION. 
          HOW IS THIS PAID? IT'S GONNA BE PAID THROUGH THE FUNDING SOURCES, INCLUDED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, THROUGH THE A I P FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THEM. 
          PFCS PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES, THE RENTS AND FEES, AND THE REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVE BETWEEN OUR AIRLINES AND THE AIRPORT. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, ANY AIRPORT BONDS THAT NEED TO BE ISSUED IS HOW ALL THIS WOULD BE PAID. 
          THE POTENTIAL USE OF INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS. 
          EVERYONE IS FULLY AWARE OF THE TRILLION DOLLAR PACKAGE BY THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN LET, IT'S VERY ATTRACTIVE. 
          A TOTAL OF $25 BILLION ARE GONNA BE AVAILABLE TO AIRPORTS, OF WHICH 15 OF THE BILLION OF THAT IS GONNA BE LET IN BETWEEN LARGE, MEDIUM, AND SMALL AIRPORTS. 
          ANOTHER 5 BILLION OF THAT IS GOING TO GO TOWARDS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AND TOWERS AND CABLES ACROSS THE AIRFIELD AND THE FRAMEWORK. 
          AND THE LAST 5 BILLION IS GONNA BE LET TO BE COMPETITIVE FOR TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          HOW PERFECT FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION WITH TRYING TO COMPETE FOR SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO HELP US BUILD THE AIRPORT THAT WE LONG FOR. 
          WE WANT TO BUILD A PROGRAM. 
          WE DON'T WANNA SPEND MORE THAN WE NEED TO. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE BUILD A PROGRAM THAT IS WARRANTED AND THAT IS BUILT ON DEMAND. 
          WHEN I TALK ABOUT P A L PLANNING ACTIVITY LEVELS, THAT'S DEPENDENT ON HOW MANY PASSENGERS ARE GOING THROUGH THE AIRPORT. 
          AS WE SEE THE GROWTH, WE WILL BE PREPARED. 
          VERSUS TODAY, WE'VE REACHED CAPACITY AND WE HAVE NO OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE OR ASSET TO GO TOWARDS TO ADD ADDITIONAL GATES. 
          THIS IS WHY THIS TOO IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PLAN, THE IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS ON THE TERMINAL PLANNING SERVICES, AND WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED WITH THAT. 
          AS I MENTIONED TO YOU, THERE'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLY HARDWORKING GROUP TO FINALIZE THIS EFFORT, BUT THE S D P ENABLES INITIALIZATION OF ADVANCED PROGRAMMING. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE START LOOKING AT PHASING. 
          WE WILL CONTINUOUSLY AND ALWAYS LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT IF WE NEED TO PERFORM AN EA, AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OR AN E I S, AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY, THOSE WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES. 
          THE DELIVERY METHODS. 
          HOW ARE WE GOING TO DELIVER THIS PROGRAM AS WE MOVE FORWARD? WHAT ARE THE COSTS GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? AND THEN INCORPORATING ANY ADDITIONAL ENABLING PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED AS WE BEGIN TO MOVE FORWARD TO BUILD THE FUTURE OF OUR AIRPORT. 
          THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION 
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STARTS NOW. 
          TODAY, WE COME TO YOU IN HOPES OF YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS MASTER PLANNING EFFORT, THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WE PROVIDE TO YOU IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER. 
          WE'LL START PROGRAM DEFINITION, THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK THAT I JUST REFERENCED, THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. 
          AND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, TRY AND GET A SHOVEL INTO THE GROUND SO WE CAN START THE GROWTH AND EXPANSION THAT THIS CITY AND THIS AIRPORT NEEDS, ALL WHILST TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, THE CONSTANT CONSIDERATION OF FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY. 
          WE WILL NOT SPEND A NICKEL OR A DIME THAT WE SHOULD NOT SPEND. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, AS WE LOOK FORWARD INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING, THAT WE'RE VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE ON ALL OF OUR EFFORTS. 
          AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, 97,000 DIRECT ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE COMMUNITY CHAMBERS ARE HERE TODAY AS WELL, IN SUPPORT OF ALL THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          AND WE COULDN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH. 
          THIS HASN'T BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DONE IN A VACUUM. 
          QUITE THE CONTRARY, WE HAVE ENSURED THAT WE HAVE LISTENED, AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH EVERYONE. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY AND OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JESUS, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, AND I'M SURE COUNSEL DISCUSSION AS WELL. 
          UH, BEFORE WE GO INTO ANY OF THAT, LET ME ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, FOR ITEM FIVE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          LET ME JUST START BY SAYING THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS INTO SAN ANTONIO. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TAKE I 35, OR YOU CAN TAKE I 10, OR YOU CAN TAKE HIGHWAY 90, OR YOU CAN COME IN THROUGH 2 81. 
          UH, THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO GET HERE, BUT ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WAYS IS THE AIRPORT. 
          50 YEARS AGO IN APRIL, I LANDED AT THAT AIRPORT, AND THAT WAS MY GATEWAY TO THIS CITY. 
          AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 50 YEARS. 
          UH, MANY PEOPLE COME FOR BUSINESS FOR PLEASURE. 
          THE AIRPORT IS TRULY A GATEWAY TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UH, FOR THE AIRPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED TODAY. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO INTO THE TAPE TO SEE WHO GOT, UH, GOT THAT ONE . 
          UM, BUT, UH, THE MOTION WAS BY COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          SO THE CLERK WILL, UH, BE OUR TIMEKEEPER ON THE OTHER ONE. 
          UM, WE'LL GO FIRST TO, UH, UH, CITIZEN DISCUSSION. 
          FIRST, UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE COUNCIL CONVERSATION, LEMME CALL UP FOLKS. 
          UM, I KNOW WE HAVE A, A COUPLE OF MEMBERS FROM THE AIR SERVICES DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HERE. 
          UH, AND I'LL ASK COURTESY OF EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          LEMME CALL THEM UP FIRST. 
          SO LET ME START WITH, UH, CHAIR JOHN DIXON, UH, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON A, A TOPIC THAT'S BEEN PASSIONATE FOR ME FOR FOUR AND A HALF YEARS. 
          UH, NOT KEEPING TRACK. 
          UH, I WILL JUST SAY LAST WEEK'S SESSION WAS REALLY OUTSTANDING. 
          WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK, A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM. 
          I'LL SAY I CAME OUT OF IT, UH, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF, OF US. 
          I THOUGHT ANSWERING THAT FIRST QUESTION OF WILL IT FIT WAS A LOT OF WORK. 
          GETTING TO THIS POINT WITH THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS A LOT OF WORK. 
          AND I THINK, CANDIDLY, THE NEXT SET OF THINGS TO DO IS EVEN A BIGGER SET OF WORK IN FRONT OF US, IF I THOUGHT IT WAS THAT HIGH LEVEL AND IMPORTANT. 
          I DID GET PULLED DOWN TO EARTH WHEN I GOT, UH, BACK TO WORK, AND SOMEBODY ASKED ME ABOUT THE GREEN AND RED PARKING LIGHTS IN THE PARKING GARAGE. 
          SO, UH, THERE'S NOW COMMUNITY INTEREST ON A VARIETY OF FRONTS. 
          I'LL JUST SAY THIS ON BEHALF OF THE A S D C AND ITS MEMBERS. 
          I THINK WE HAVE SEVERAL IN, UH, IN ATTENDANCE, INCLUDING MARK FESSLER. 
          UH, WE SHOULD DO THIS, SO WE SHOULD DO THIS. 
          NOW, AS I SAID LAST WEEK, THIS IS WHEN OTHER COUNCILS AND OTHER, UH, COMMUNITY GROUPS FELL DOWN. 
          THEY STOPPED DOING IT. 
          YOU GO BACK AND READ THAT THOSE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN PLANS, IT'S THERE. 
          THEY JUST DIDN'T DO IT. 
          SO I THINK REALLY THE HARD WORK IS IN FRONT OF US WHEN THE NUMBERS COME OUT. 
          UH, BUT IF I HAD A, AN ABILITY, A REALLY COOL THING TO DO, BE BE ABLE TO FLY ALL OF Y'ALL AROUND TO SEE THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THESE OTHER AIRPORTS WHERE THEY'RE IN FACT DOING IT. 
          SO THERE'S RISK. 
          THERE'S RISK IN EVERYTHING WE DO. 
          THERE'S RISK IN SPENDING MONEY, THERE'S RISK IN EVERYTHING WE DO, BUT THERE'S ALSO RISK IN NOT DOING ANYTHING. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST. 
          SO, REPEAT WHAT WE SAID LAST WEEK. 
          THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF FINANCE AND WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF, OF DEMAND. 
          AND WE SHOULD DO IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          UH, I'LL JUST REITERATE THAT. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY, Y'ALL ARE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          I DIRECT THE TECHNICAL AND DIFFICULT ONES TO JESUS, AND I'LL ANSWER THE STRAIGHTFORWARD ONES AFTER THAT. 
          UH, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE, THE VOTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          UH, MR. DIXON. 
          UH, WE'LL GO NOW TO, UH, MARK FESSLER. 
          HE'S THE CHAIR OF OUR AIR SER AIR ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
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I, MR. MAYOR AND FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING. 
          UH, I REMEMBER WHEN JOHN CALLED, UH, FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO, AND HE SAID, HEY, COULD YOU GIVE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO JOIN THE, THE A S T C TO, TO COME UP WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE AIRPORT? AND OF COURSE, I AND MANY OTHERS SAID, YOU KNOW, WHOLEHEARTEDLY, YES. 
          AND THEN I REMEMBER THAT FIRST PHONE CALL, HEY, COULD YOU DO ANOTHER 12 MONTHS? WE NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME. 
          UH, A MENTOR OF MINE A LONG TIME AGO SAID, IN THE MULTITUDE OF COUNSEL SAFETY, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TAKE WITH ME, UH, THROUGHOUT LIFE AND BUSINESS. 
          AND ONE THING I THINK WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF IS THE PROCESS THAT WAS TAKEN. 
          YES, IT DID TAKE LONGER THAN ANY OF US ESTIMATED. 
          UM, I, COMING FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, I WAS, UH, VERY SURPRISED AT HOW THIS PROJECT, UM, DEVELOPED AT THE AMOUNT OF INPUT, UM, COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          I REMEMBER ONE MEETING WHERE WE, WE HAD A COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETING, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WERE ACTUALLY ASKED TO DO, UH, RUNWAY LAYOUTS, YOU KNOW, AND HERE'S NON-AVIATION PEOPLE, UM, BEING ALLOWED TO COME TO THE TABLE AND ACTUALLY DO A LITTLE DRAWING ON A NAPKIN OR A PIECE OF PAPER. 
          AND SO, OF COURSE, NOT ALL THOSE IDEAS THAT CAME FORWARD WERE GREAT, BUT I LOVED THAT WE, WE DUG DOWN THAT DEEPLY AND STARTED THAT ORGANICALLY AND LET PEOPLE AROUND THE COMMUNITY, UM, EVEN SUBMIT IDEAS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, I, MOST OF, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO TALK, SO I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON, BUT I KNOW YOU'VE ALL HAD THOROUGH, VERY THOROUGH BRIEFINGS OF THE PLAN. 
          UM, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, WHICH IS A GROUP THAT EACH OF YOU HAVE A PART IN APPOINTING, UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, EVEN THOUGH JOHN AND THE A S D C TOOK THE LEAD ON THIS PROJECT. 
          AND THEN WANNA RECOGNIZE TOO, JOHN VAN WESSEL AND THE FIRM THAT WE'VE HAD DOING THE CONSULTING ON THIS, AGAIN, ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE, UM, PROCESSES THAT I'VE EVER SEEN. 
          AND, AND THAT'S REALLY A LOT OF THE REASON WHY IT TOOK SO LONG, IS THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE BEGAN TO IDENTIFY, OKAY, WE, WE NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND COME UP WITH THE RIGHT ANSWER TO THIS. 
          NOT JUST THE FIRST OBVIOUS ONE, BUT LET'S, LET'S TALK, LET'S DO MORE RESEARCH AND LET'S COME UP WITH A BETTER PLAN. 
          BUT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION GOT REGULAR BRIEFINGS ON THE PLAN AND ON ITS PROGRESS. 
          UH, IT ALMOST BECAME, UH, A JOKE WHEN WE WOULD SEE IT ON THE AGENDA AGAIN, BECAUSE IT DID TAKE SO LONG. 
          BUT, UM, I'M A NATIVE SAN ANTONIO, AND I WAS BORN IN METHODIST HOSPITAL IN 1971. 
          I'M PROUD TO CALL SAN ANTONIO HOME. 
          UM, THE AIRPORT HISTORICALLY HAS NOT BEEN SOMETHING THAT I COULD SAY THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF. 
          UM, A GOOD WAY TO DESCRIBE OUR AIRPORT IS IN OUR AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION. 
          THEY DO THE BEST JOB THAT I'VE EVER SEEN OF MANAGING THE RESOURCES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE. 
          WHAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT NOW IS THE POSSIBILITY, IF THIS IS APPROVED, IF THIS VISION IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, THAT WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY NOW TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL BE EXTREMELY PROUD OF. 
          UM, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT GONNA BE AN EXCESSIVE AIRPORT, BUT IT'LL BE A PLACE THAT PEOPLE, WHEN THEY LAND, THEY'LL BE SO, UH, BLESSED TO BE IN SAN ANTONIO, THE SMOOTHNESS IN WHICH THEY'LL GET IN AND OUT OF THE AIRPORT, THE AMENITIES AND ALL THAT. 
          I THINK THAT TIMER MAY HAVE BEEN FOR ME, BUT THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK BEFORE YOU AND, AND JUST KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. FESSLER, FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL. 
          GO NOW TO RICHARD PEREZ. 
          MR. PEREZ, YOU'D BE FOLLOWED BY MARK MARTIN GUTIERREZ. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS RICHARD PEREZ. 
          I AM THE PRESIDENT AND C E O OF THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          AND I STAND TODAY TO SUPPORT THIS AIRPORT STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. 
          UH, THE PRESENTATION YOU JUST SAW, I SAW LAST WEEK, AND I SAW IT AGAIN IN PUBLIC MEETINGS AND ALL THE ELEMENTS FOR SUCCESS ARE THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE VOTED WHEN I WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL BACK, UH, MANY YEARS AGO, UH, TO DEVELOP THAT NEWEST TERMINAL THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS THE END ALL THAT WAS THE BEST. 
          BUT WE NOW KNOW THROUGH TRIAL AND ERROR AND THROUGH OUR OWN TRAVELS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, THAT WE FELL SHORT. 
          BUT YOU HAVE A TEAM AT THE AIRPORT TODAY THAT HAS THE VISION AND HAS BROUGHT IT TO YOU ALL FOR APPROVAL THAT IS GONNA TAKE US TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO AND PROVIDE US THE RESOURCES, THE FLEXIBILITY, THE UH, THE BEAUTY, THE SENSE OF PLACE THAT WE ALL KNOW WE DESERVE AS A COMMUNITY. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THE SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY 
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AND UTTERLY FEELING THE NEED TO TAKE THAT AIRPORT TO ANOTHER LEVEL. 
          YOU KNOW, THE ROADWAY EXPANSIONS, THE NEW OFFERINGS FOR RESTAURANTS, THE CONNECTIONS, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE GONNA PUT US IN A PLACE FOR SUCCESS. 
          AND THE TIMING IS PERFECT WITH THE SIGNING OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WITH THE ARPA, UH, RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITH THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO GET IT DONE, AND YOU ALL ARE THE COUNCIL TO GET IT DONE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, AND PLEASE KNOW THAT THE SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS A HUNDRED PERCENT BEHIND MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ. 
          MARTIN GUTIERREZ. 
          GOOD MORNING, MA. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MAYOR BERGER, MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS MARTIN GUTES, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY AND BUSINESS ADVOCACY FOR THE SAN ANTONIO HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          WE ARE COMPRISED OF MORE THAN 900 MEMBERS, MOSTLY SMALL, LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES. 
          WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON FIVE PILLARS OF SUCCESS, SMALL BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL TRADE EDUCATION, AND LEADERSHIP. 
          ON BEHALF OF OUR MORE THAN 900 MEMBERS, I'M HERE TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. 
          WE BELIEVE THIS IS A MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT OUR CITY NEEDS TO MAKE AND WILL BE A SERIOUS GAME CHANGER FOR SAN ANTONIO IN REGARDS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THIS PLAN WILL TRANSFORM OUR AIRPORT INTO A WORLD-CLASS FACILITY THAT WILL MAKE SAN ANTONIO MORE ECONOMICALLY, ECONOMICALLY COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. 
          BUILDING A WORLD-CLASS AIRPORT WITHIN THE FUNDING FRAMEWORK AND FUNDING LIMITS OF THE PROPOSED PLAN WILL PROVIDE US WITH AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSET, AN ASSET THAT WILL HELP SAN ANTONIO ATTRACT BUSINESSES, TOURISTS, AND NEW RE RESIDENTS. 
          WITH NEW BUSINESSES COMES JOBS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, AND NEW INVESTMENTS. 
          NOW IS THE TIME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BOLD PLAN AND BUILD THE AIRPORT. 
          SAN ANTONIO DESERVES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. GUTIERREZ. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          JESUS, I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          UM, LET'S JUST, UH, DO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. 
          UM, AND I DON'T THINK YOU WEREN'T HERE THE FIRST TIME THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS PUT OUT THERE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT HAD A NEW PARALLEL RUNWAY, YOU KNOW, EXTENDING OVER 2 81. 
          A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT REALLY CONCERNED A LOT OF PEOPLE BOTH IN DISTRICT NINE AND 10 ABOUT THAT KIND OF EXPANSION. 
          AND I'M VERY GLAD YOU CAME INTO TOWN. 
          UH, WE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT THE REAL REQUIREMENT IS, YOU KNOW, IS IT THE, THE NUMBER OF GATES OR IS IT ADDITIONAL RUNWAYS? THAT KIND OF THING. 
          IT, 'CAUSE I'VE FLOWN OUT, OUT AND INTO THIS AIRPORT MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES. 
          AND, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER ANY TARMAC TIMES. 
          AND I, I'VE STRESSED THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. 
          IT'S NOT THE TARMAC OUT THERE, IT'S THE GATE SITUATION. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO NEED TO EXPAND THE GATES. 
          AND YOU HAVE, UM, YOU HAD A PRESENTATION THAT SHOWED ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT PHASES ALONG THAT WAY. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED IN SEVERAL, UH, PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME UP HERE AND TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OKAY, LET'S DO THE BEST WE CAN HERE FOR THIS AIRPORT, UPGRADE IT, YOU KNOW, MAKE, MAKE US PROUD OF THIS AIRPORT WITHIN OUR RESOURCES. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE I'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH THIS WHOLE PLAN. 
          WE, WE SAY THERE'S FIVE PHASES. 
          WE GOT ONE IDENTIFIED THAT'S UP TO 900 AND SOMETHING, UH, MILLION. 
          UM, AND THEN IT HAS A LIST ON THE SIDE THAT SAYS, HERE'S HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT. 
          AND YOU'RE SAYING, YES, WE'RE GOING TO BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE, ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          BUT THERE'S NO MEAT ON THE BONE AS TO WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE PHASES? HOW MUCH IS THAT GONNA COST? WHERE'S THE MEAT ON THE BONE TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE THE FEES HIGH ENOUGH TO WHERE AIRLINES ARE NOT GONNA FLY IN HERE TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          I'M, UH, YOU KNOW ME, I DON'T LIKE TO SIGN BLANK CHECKS. 
          AND I KNOW THIS IS A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT REACHES OUT MANY YEARS FROM NOW. 
          I MEAN, IT, I, I TOOK OUT A LOAN FOR MY HOUSE FOR 30 YEARS AND I LOOKED AT MY BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WHERE, HOW I COULD AFFORD THAT IN THE OUT YEARS AND STILL AFFORD A CAR. 
          UM, OKAY, I GOT A MOTORCYCLE TOO, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SO, UH, BUT IT'S ABOUT IDENTIFYING THE REQUIREMENT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IDENTIFYING THOSE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THAT REQUIREMENT. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE I HAVE THE PROBLEM ON THIS PLAN. 
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I'VE ASKED FOR IT SEVERAL TIMES, I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT, AND I HAVE A REAL RESERVATION ABOUT SUPPORTING THIS PLAN RIGHT NOW. 
          THE WAY IT SITS LOOKS WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, A GREAT LOOKING STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          BUT TO ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART ABOUT THIS PLAN, THERE'S NO RESOURCES ATTACHED TO IT ON HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS OVER TIME. 
          YOU MENTIONED BONDS, YOU MENTIONED FEES AND ALL THAT. 
          I, I WANNA SEE THAT LAID OUT. 
          WHAT'S THE PROJECTIONS TO ACTUALLY AFFORD THIS? BECAUSE I WANT TO PROTECT YOUR BOND RATING, HEAVEN FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENS LIKE IN INFLATION AND THAT KIND OF THING, THAT, THAT AFFECTS HOW YOU CAN PAY BACK BONDS. 
          UM, SO I KNOW YOU'RE A BUSINESS, YOU'RE AN ENTERPRISE FUND. 
          THERE'S NO CITY FUNDS GOING INTO THIS, BUT STILL WE'RE RESPONSIBLE, BUT OWN THE AIRPORT, THE CITY DOES. 
          SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT STEP FORWARD WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE TOTAL COST IS AND HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT. 
          I MEAN, TO ME, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY BASIC, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET. 
          THAT'S THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THIS COUNTERBALANCED WITH THAT IS OKAY. 
          YES. 
          AGAIN, IT'S YOUR ENTERPRISE FUND. 
          YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AND ALL THIS STUFF IS GONNA BE PAID FOR. 
          THAT SOUNDS GREAT. 
          I WANNA SEE IT ON PAPER ON HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THIS FOR THE FUTURE. 
          SO, UM, JUST MY COMMENTS ON THIS OVERALL PLAN, AGAIN, IT LOOKS GREAT. 
          I, I, I WANNA SUPPORT IT, BUT I ALSO WANNA SEE HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS SAKE. 
          UM, JUST A COUPLE OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS. 
          THE ROADWAY, HAVEN'T WE RE REDONE THE ROADWAY BEFORE ALREADY? THE ENTRANCE, THE 2 81 ENTRANCE? 'CAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU'RE SAYING LANDS IS TOO CLOSE TO THE, THE PARKING AREA. 
          DIDN'T WE REDO THAT ALREADY? WELL, THERE'S A FLYOVER YEAH. 
          THAT COMES IN ON 2 81 THAT IS NOT HEAVILY UTILIZED OKAY. 
          FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. 
          AND THAT'S SPECIFIC WITH REGARDS TO THE UTILIZATION OF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SIGNAGE THAT IMMEDIATELY PROPELS PEOPLE TO WANT TO GO INTO THE AIRPORT OFF OF WHAT'S CALLED AIRPORT BOULEVARD. 
          YES. 
          SO PEOPLE EXIT VERSUS THE UTILIZATION OF THAT FLYOVER. 
          RIGHT. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CANYON EFFECT THAT YOU FEEL WHEN YOU TAKE THE 2 81 FLYOVER WHEN YOU FALL, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LAND AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT CANYON AND YOU'RE THERE, YOUR DECISION MAKING TIME FOR RENTAL CAR PARKING DEPARTURES OR ARRIVALS AT THE TERMINAL IS A LITTLE TOO LATE. 
          SO OUR EFFORTS ARE TO TRY, AS I MENTIONED IN THE SLIDE, IS TO DECONFLICT THAT AND ALLOW INGRESS MOVEMENTS TO FLOW FREELY INTO THE AIRPORT. 
          AN EGRESS TO COME OUT FREELY INTO THE AIRPORT, WHETHER YOU'RE UTILIZING 2 81 OR FOUR 10 AS YOU'RE ENTER AND EXIT OUT OF THE AIRPORT. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE SOME MORE ANALYSIS. 
          UM, AS YOU REFERENCED WITH REGARDS TO EVERYTHING, UH, BEFORE THAT, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          THIS IS A PLAN FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          UM, AND WE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT AS WE GO FORWARD AND START TO LOOK AT THE OUT YEARS, AND WHETHER IT'S IN THE FIRST PHASE, SECOND PHASE, THIRD PHASE, OR FOURTH PHASE. 
          FOURTH PHASE, WE'RE GONNA MAKE CERTAIN WE'RE GONNA COME TO YOU AS WE HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT IN EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PLAN. 
          OKAY? YEAH. 
          EVEN THE FIRST PHASE, IT'S, YOU GOT THE COST, WHAT IT'S GONNA COST 900 AND SOMETHING MILLION, CORRECT. 
          BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY FOR IT? YOU'VE GOT IT LISTED THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, BUT HOW MUCH IS GONNA COME AT OUT ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES TO PAY FOR THIS? SO THAT, THAT'S MY POINT ON THAT. 
          THE OTHER QUESTION WAS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, IF, IF THERE WAS A QUESTION, IF THERE WAS A POINT, I UNDERSTAND. 
          IF THERE'S A QUESTION I THINK ERIC WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER. 
          I I'LL WAIT TILL YOU, I'LL WAIT TILL YOU WRAP UP, COUNCILMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          WE, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE YOUR TIME. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, ON THE, THE, THE COMMITTEE ITSELF, HOW, HOW HAVE WE BEEN WORKING WITH THE MILITARY? UH, DO WE HAVE A REP FROM THE MILITARY? ARE THEY ACTIVELY ENGAGED? AND I, UM, I REALLY HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING IN THE PLAN THAT DEALS WITH THE MILITARY. 
          YEAH, EXCELLENT QUESTION. 
          UH, WE RECENTLY BROUGHT IN ALL THE MILITARY BASES TO TALK ABOUT THE PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING FORWARD AND SHOW THEM ALL THE PLANS GOING, UH, AS WE DEMONSTRATE THE FUTURE OF THE AIRPORT. 
          MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE WILL BE ASKING THEM TO COME FORWARD AS WE GET INTO THE ADVANCE PLANNING, THE PROGRAM DEFINITION, DOCUMENTS AND MANUALS THAT WILL BE PREPARED SO THAT AS WE START TO PROGRAM EACH ONE OF 
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THE PARCELS THAT WE SHOW YOU IN THE FUTURE OF WHAT THE AIRPORT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, UM, WE'VE GOT HOLIDAY BLOCK LEAVE COMING UP AND WE'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF ESTABLISHING A BRAND NEW PLAN FOR THIS YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT HERE SHORTLY, SO THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR AIR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN AS THEY, YOU KNOW, GO AND SEE THEIR LOVED ONES FOR THE, FOR THE HOLIDAYS. 
          AND, AND THAT'S GREAT. 
          AND I ENJOY COMING OUT THERE ALSO, BUT I WAS, I WAS, UM, KIND OF ALLUDING MORE TOWARDS AIRSPACE AND HOW THEY, HOW THEY'VE BEEN COORDINATED WITH ON THIS WHOLE PLAN. 
          ALSO THROUGHOUT, ALL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS, RANDOLPH BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, AS WE LOOK AT THE TAKEOFF AND LANDES THAT COME OFF OF THE RUNWAY, 4, 2, 2, ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN COORDINATED WITH THEM. 
          AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WITH OUR FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, THE TOWER HAS ALSO BEEN INVOLVED WITH ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS OF THIS PLAN. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AGAIN, I REALLY WANNA SUPPORT THIS PLAN. 
          AND I, I ASSUME AT THIS POINT IT'S GONNA BE PASSED ALONG AT, UH, WITH THIS STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          BUT AGAIN, I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS THING OVER TIME AND, UH, NOT AFFECTING OUR AIRPORT. 
          'CAUSE I'VE SAID BEFORE, UM, AIRLINES DETERMINE THE ROUTES WE DON'T AND HOW THEY'RE GONNA SUPPORT THIS. 
          SO ANYWAY, THAT'S IT FOR NOW, SIR. 
          OH, MR. WALSH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          UM, ERIC, GO AHEAD AND, UH, RESPOND TO WHAT, WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO COUNCILMAN. 
          I HAD TO LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER. 
          I THOUGHT MY DAD WAS SITTING NEXT TO ME. 
          YOU CALLED ME MR. WALSH. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I, YOU RAISE, YOU RAISE A LOT OF GOOD POINTS, COUNCILMAN AND, AND, UM, WE HAVE STARTED WITH A VISION. 
          UM, I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN THAT, UM, THEIR ESTIMATES. 
          UM, AND IT, IT IS JUST A PLAN. 
          AND, AND AS JESUS MENTIONED, UH, IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD, AND JOHN MENTIONED THIS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE FOLLOWING STEPS OF PHASING, DETERMINING DELIVERY METHODS. 
          UH, FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY IS GONNA BE A HUGE PART OF THIS. 
          AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          UM, THE, THE AIRLINES AND DEMAND DRIVE THE NEED, RIGHT? AND SO BALANCING THAT WITH THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY WILL BE CRITICAL. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND I'LL ECHO WHAT, WHAT, UM, UH, JESUS SAID, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS. 
          UM, CERTAINLY, UM, BUT THE DIFFERENCE HERE, AND I MENTIONED THIS LAST WEEK, IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS REQUIRED F A A MASTER PLAN HAS BEEN DONE EVERY 10 YEARS BY THE CITY. 
          AND THERE HAS BEEN, UM, A LACK OF FOLLOW THROUGH. 
          AND, AND, UH, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU DO IT AT ALL COSTS. 
          THAT DOES, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU DO IT WITHOUT THE DEMAND. 
          IT MEANS YOU LINK THOSE THINGS UP AND YOU EXECUTE. 
          AND, AND I THINK WE'RE PREPARED TO DO THAT, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR, OUR, UM, OUR MEANS. 
          UM, AND I, BUT I, I DON'T WANT, AND I KNOW YOU'VE ASKED FOR THE INFORMATION, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT, UH, THE PUBLIC OR THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THINK THAT WE HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU SOMETHING. 
          IT DOESN'T EXIST YET. 
          THAT'S THE NEXT STEP. 
          AND WE'LL WORK VERY DILIGENTLY. 
          WE'RE GONNA CERTAINLY MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AS WE TAKE THOSE NEXT STEPS, UM, BECAUSE IT WILL BE, UH, THE LARGEST CAPITAL PROJECT THE CITY'S EVER UNDERTAKEN. 
          SO IT'S GONNA BE, UH, BACK BEFORE THIS BODY PLENTY OF TIMES. 
          SO WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT, AND I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW THAT, UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I, I AGREE WITH MAKING SURE WE'RE WATCHING THE NUMBERS AND MATCHING IT UP WITH DEMAND. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR WORKING. 
          I'VE ONLY BEEN ON SIX MONTHS AND I TOTALLY FEEL FOR, WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD 'CAUSE I FELT LIKE I'VE HEARD THIS PRESENTATION LIKE 20 TIMES, BUT I HAVEN'T, I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY TIMES YOU HAVE HEARD IT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR GETTING US TO THIS POINT. 
          UM, SAN ANTONIO, BORN AND RAISED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, I KNOW HOW CRITICAL AN AIRPORT IS IF WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW, IF WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING BUSINESSES HERE, IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO, UM, BE A DESTINATION SITE FOR VISITORS, NOT JUST WITHIN TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES, BUT AROUND THE WORLD. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO APPROVING THIS PROJECT. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED IN OUR B SESSION PRESENTATION, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BROADBAND AND THE DIGITAL IS THERE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT HELPS PEOPLE ENJOY THEIR STAY WITHIN OUR AIRPORT. 
          AND I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, ABOUT THE CONCESSIONS AND THE AMENITIES THAT'LL BE IN OUR AIRPORT, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH, UH, LIVING WITH DISABILITIES. 
          AND I THINK Y'ALL TAKEN A GREAT FIRST STEP WITH, UM, WITH THE BATHROOMS AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO JUST SEEING THE, THE, UH, 
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SEEING THAT GROW. 
          I THINK FINANCIALLY, UH, THE, THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK THE RESPONSIBILITY DOES LIE WITH US ALSO AT CITY HALL AND OUR STATE LEADERS, THAT WE'RE ALL HERE TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADVOCATE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, UH, ABOUT WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE AND HOW WE, WE NEED TO KIND OF HELP THIS PROCESS ALONG. 
          I THINK IT'S KEY IN TERMS OF BEING MILITARY CITY U S A, THAT WE HAVE A QUALITY AIRPORT THAT PEOPLE WANT TO COME INTO. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS PASS. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO THE YEARS OF GETTING UPDATES FROM YOU ON THIS PROCESS. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE AND ALL YOU'VE BEEN DOING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I HOPE Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME OKAY. 
          WE HEAR YOU WELL. 
          UH, OKAY, GREAT. 
          UH, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU, THIS PAST WEEK, I, UH, WAS IN MEXICO CITY. 
          I FLEW, UM, THROUGH THAT AMAZING AIRPORT. 
          UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, I FLEW THROUGH D F W I FLEW THROUGH ATLANTA ON MY WAY BACK, UM, EARLIER THIS SUMMER. 
          I SPENT, YOU KNOW, THE SUMMER IN, UH, PORTLAND, UM, AND THEN IN SEATTLE. 
          GOT TO SEE THEIR AIRPORTS IN EUGENE, OREGON. 
          IT SPENT A, A COUPLE WEEKS THERE. 
          AND, UM, I GOTTA TELL YOU, THE AIRPORTS THAT I'M, I'M SEEING AROUND THE UNITED STATES ARE, UM, SPECTACULAR. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN TELL, AND I WENT TO THE ONE IN DENVER TOO. 
          UH, YOU CAN TELL THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITIES HAVE REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING, UM, IN THESE AIRPORTS IN A WAY THAT, UM, IS, IS MEANINGFUL NOT JUST TO THE PASSENGERS, BUT ALSO TO THE AIRLINES AND TO THE LOCAL, UH, ECONOMY AND TO THE, UM, AND TO THE WORKERS WHO WORK, YOU KNOW, AT THESE AIRPORTS. 
          I, I COMPARE THOSE, I CAN'T HELP IT. 
          I COMPARE THOSE TO WHAT THE AIRPORT THAT WE'VE GOT, JOSE, WITH THE CARDS YOU'VE BEEN DEALT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS AIRPORT, YOU'VE DONE SOME AMAZING THINGS. 
          BUT QUANTI, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I THINK YOU'LL AGREE THAT THE AIRPORT WE GOT IS NOT THE AIRPORT WE DESERVE. 
          UM, IT'S THE AIRPORT WE'VE BOUGHT. 
          UM, BUT IT, IT, IT NEEDS TO BE BETTER. 
          AND WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THE, THEY AGREE THAT THE AIRPORT IS, IS TOO SMALL NOW FOR, UH, FOR US, UH, JESUS. 
          AND IT'S TOO, UM, IT'S TOO LIMITED, UM, FOR, UH, WHAT WE NEED. 
          AND I THINK I CALLED YOU JOSE, JESUS, BUT, UM, I, I, I'M SORRY FOR DOING THAT. 
          THE, UH, AND SO I SUPPORT THIS PLAN. 
          IT'S NOT PERFECT. 
          UM, AND I, I, I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE GET SO CAUGHT UP IN THE DEBATE OF, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE LETTING PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD IN THIS ONE, BUT THIS IS GREAT, IS WHAT IT IS. 
          AND SO, UH, YOU GOT MY FULL SUPPORT. 
          I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THOUGH, THAT, UM, THE AIRPORT IS, UH, WITH, WITH EQUITY IN MIND IS NOT JUST A D A ACCESSIBLE, BUT THAT IT'S ULTRA ACCESSIBLE TO, TO ALL PASSENGERS WHO HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF GETTING AROUND AND DIFFERENT NEEDS. 
          AND SO THERE IS A CONVERSATION THAT I WANNA HAVE WITH YOU GUYS LATER ON ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT, THAT IT'S A SMART AIRPORT IN THAT REGARD, UH, AND THEN THAT IT'S A SMART RIGHT AIRPORT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, HOW IT, HOW IT RELATES TO SMART CITY AND INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. 
          AND, AND I, I REALLY WANT TO GET, UM, OUR ARMS AROUND THAT TOPIC SOONER THAN LATER. 
          UH, I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES WHEN YOU HAVE A BLANK CANVAS AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A BLANK CANVAS RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, SO THANKS GUYS. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          ALL THE HARD WORK. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN VI GERRAN AS WELL, TO YOURS WITH REGARDS TO ACCESSIBILITY. 
          I WANT EVERYONE, UH, TO KNOW THAT, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE TEAM AS WELL, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THE COMPLETION OF WHAT'S THE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABSENT. 
          SO EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE SURFACING AS IT RELATES TO HOW THE PASSENGER FACILITATES IN AND OUT OF THE COMPLEX, UH, THE SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS AND THE LONG-TERM VISION THAT WE WANT TO HAVE, WHETHER IT BE INNOVATIVE OR TECHNOLOGICAL, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE INCORPORATE THOSE INTO OUR DESIGN STANDARDS THAT ULTIMATELY GIVES US A FULL SENSE OF PLACE IN THE AIRPORT THAT WE WANNA LOOK AT AS, AS WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE GONNA LOOK WHEN WE, WHEN WE GROW OLDER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          UM, AND, UH, JESUS, UH, LET ME CLOSE UP. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          COUNCILMEMBER BRAVO. 
          SORRY, I PUNCHED IN LATE. 
          THERE'S A GENTLEMAN FROM THE, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT THE AIRPORT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT, WHO MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT CAUGHT MY EAR WAS THE, THE SMOOTHNESS OF GETTING IN AND OUT OF AN AIRPORT. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JESUS AND JOHN, I'VE TOLD YOU GUYS LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT AIRPORTS. 
          UM, I THINK ABOUT HOW DO I MINIMIZE MY TIME THERE, RIGHT? I'M THINKING ABOUT MY DESTINATION. 
          I'M THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW LITTLE TIME CAN I, CAN I SPEND IN THE AIRPORT BEFORE I GET ON MY PLANE? AND WHEN I LAND, 
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HOW QUICKLY CAN I GET OUTTA THERE TO GET TO THE MOUNTAINS, TO GET TO THE BEACH TO GO SEE FAMILY OR FRIENDS OR WHOEVER IT WAS THAT I'M TRYING TO SEE? UM, AND, UH, THE ONLY TIME I DO THINK ABOUT AN AIRPORT IS WHEN I'M STUCK IN ONE FOR A LAYOVER, RIGHT? AND I THINK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF RESTAURANTS DO YOU ALL OFFER HERE? WELL, YOU KNOW, WHILE I'M STUCK HERE, UM, BUT I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO DESIGN AN AIRPORT FOR ME OR PEOPLE LIKE ME NECESSARILY. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN I TALK TO MY CONSTITUENTS, A LOT OF WHAT I HEAR IS WE WANT MORE DIRECT FLIGHTS, AND I CAN IDENTIFY WITH THAT. 
          UM, THEY ALSO ASK, CAN WE, CAN WE MAKE OUR AIRPORT SO THAT IT'S MORE COMPETITIVE? AND SO THEY CAN ATTRACT MORE BUSINESSES THAT PROVIDE GOOD JOBS HERE? AND I SUPPORT THAT, AND I TRUST YOU ALL AS EXPERTS IN, IN WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND HOW TO DESIGN THAT. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE ENTERPRISE FUND, JESUS, IS THAT WE, I'VE HEARD CONVERSATIONS UP HERE ABOUT ENTERPRISE FUNDS, AND I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE EVERYBODY AT HOME KNOWS WHAT AN ENTERPRISE FUND IS. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK, WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW, WHEN WE'RE APPROVING SPENDING FOR THIS AND HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME, UM, IS ANY MONEY OUT OF MY CONSTITUENTS PROPERTY TAXES GONNA GO TOWARDS PAYING FOR THIS? NO, SIR. 
          THE BEST WAY I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU IN A VERY SIMPLE SENTENCE IS IF YOU USE THE AIRPORT, YOU PAY FOR THE AIRPORT, RIGHT? SO IF I DON'T FLY, I DON'T PAY. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S IT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT. 
          SO I DID SAY THAT I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO DESIGN AN AIRPORT FOR ME, BUT I'M GONNA WALK THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND, UH, I JUST ACTUALLY READ AN ARTICLE TODAY, UH, FROM NOVA. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK THE, THE PEOPLE AT ECO CENTRO WHO ALWAYS ARE THINKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND COMING UP WITH GREAT, INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO, AND PROMOTING INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AROUND SUSTAINABILITY. 
          AND THE ARTICLE'S ABOUT DAYTON INTERNATIONAL. 
          AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE PLANTING NATIVE PRAIRIE GRASS, UH, AROUND THEIR AIRPORT, RIGHT? AND IT'S, IT'S GONNA REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT, BUT IT'S ALSO GONNA REDUCE EXPENSES BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE TO MOW THOSE NATIVE PRAIRIE GRASSES ONCE A YEAR. 
          AND THE FIRST THING THAT JUMPED INTO MY MIND IS, OKAY, WELL WHAT IS THIS GONNA DO THOUGH? THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GONNA ATTRACT A LOT OF BIRDS, AND THAT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE AROUND AN AIRPORT, RIGHT? BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT THAT PLANTING THESE NATIVE PRAIRIE GRASSES ACTUALLY KEEPS THE LARGE WATERFALL AND FLOCKING BIRDS AWAY, IS WHAT THEY'RE FINDING. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT, THOSE ARE THOSE, THOSE BIRD STRIKES THAT PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THAT DAMAGE AIRCRAFT. 
          UM, THEY ALSO ARE FINDING THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY ON PYROTECHNICS OR LIGHTING OR RADAR, OR ANY LETHAL REMOVAL OF BIRDS. 
          SO THIS IS SAFER FOR THE BIRDS AS WELL. 
          IT'S ABLE, THEY'RE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY ON MAINTENANCE. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE ABLE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE MOWING, THEY'RE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY ON, YOU KNOW, BIRD DETERRENCE AND WHATNOT. 
          UM, AND I ALSO LEARNED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS NOW STARTING TO STUDY THIS AND SEE HOW THEY CAN REDUCE, UH, BIRD STRIKES. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF YOU ALL HAVE LOOKED INTO THE COMMIT TO HAVING YOUR TEAM TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT THIS AND EXPLORING IF THIS WOULD WORK. 
          AND I KNOW JUST 'CAUSE IT WORKS IN DAYTON DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT WORKS HERE, BUT I'D LIKE FOR US TO BE EXPLORING THIS AND SEEING IF, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A WIN-WIN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UNDER THE CODE OF FEDERAL RE REGULATIONS NUMBER 49, UH, WE HAVE SPECIFIC FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATORY EFFORTS THAT WE SHOULD COMPLY TO. 
          WE JUST RECEIVED WHAT'S CALLED OUR 1 39 CERTIFICATION AND RECEIVED THE LETTERS BACK FROM F A A THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE. 
          THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, TO KEEP IT SIMPLE, IS YES, SIR, WE DO, WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTALISTS. 
          WE JUST RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR MOVING FORWARD AND BEGINNING TO MOVE FORWARD ON OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING THAT WE DO FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT AS WELL. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, CAN I COMMIT, CAN I GET A COMMITMENT FROM YOU THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR TEAM LOOK AT, UH, PLANTING NATIVE GRASSES? WE WILL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT, SIR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          UM, AND MY THANKS AGAIN TO THE AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN HARD AT WORK FOR THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS, . 
          UH, IT'S BEEN LONG DELAYED FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS, A LOT OF REASONS. 
          BUT, UH, THIS IS REALLY QUALITY WORK. 
          UM, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, JOHN, IF HE'S GOT ANY CLOSING, UM, STATEMENTS HE'D LIKE TO MAKE, AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE MOTION. 
          JUST WANNA MENTION ONE THING, UH, IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, USER EXPERIENCE AS A DRIVING FACTOR. 
          THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES. 
          EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION. 
          LIKE I SAID, I SEEM TO GET ALL THOSE, GIVEN THE ROLE, EVEN THOUGH I MENTIONED THOSE ARE JESUS AND TEAM ISSUES, RIGHT? BUT, UH, THERE WAS ONE BULLET ON ONE SLIDE THAT MENTIONED THE ELECTRICAL PART. 
          YOU KNOW, LIKE OF ALL THE THINGS ELECTRICAL PART, I JUST WANNA TELL A STORY IN DEC. 
          I WANNA SAY PROBABLY TWO MONTHS AGO, IT WAS IN DENVER, LOST TRACK OF ALL THE TIMES I'VE FLOWN TO DENVER. 
          AND AFTER TRYING TO GET AN UBER FOR AN HOUR, WE TRIED TO GET A LYFT, TOOK US ABOUT AN HOUR TO GET ANY RIDE SHARE 
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TO GET TO THE AIRPORT. 
          BY THE WAY, THAT AIRPORT IS WAY, WAY AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN. 
          FOR STARTERS, WE ARE ON THE WAY THERE, AND WE GET THESE TEXTS. 
          THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR THE AIRPORT WAS DOWN FOR TWO HOURS. 
          THE WHOLE THING WAS DOWN, AND WE GOT THERE. 
          IT WAS MISERY, PURE MISERY. 
          WE WERE THERE TILL ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. 
          WE GOT OUT 10 OR 30 OR 11, GOT HOME LATE. 
          ALL THE SPOUSES WERE MAD AT US FOR BEING, YOU KNOW, HANGING OUT AT THE AIRPORT AND DOING WHATEVER. 
          AND THAT WAS JUST PURE MISERY. 
          SO, SO AGAIN, PART OF THIS IS TO STAY AHEAD OF THOSE THINGS, EVEN IF WE'RE NOT ALL EXPERTS AT AIRPORTS. 
          THE A S D C HAS BECOME EXPERTS AT EXPERTS AT AIRPORTS, JUST THROUGH OSMOSIS. 
          AND THE STRONG RECOMMENDATION FROM THEM, AGAIN, WAS TO DO MORE QUICKLY. 
          AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, WE HAVE, WE'VE ACCRUED WHAT I CALL TECHNICAL DEBT. 
          WE DIDN'T DO STUFF 10 YEARS OR 20 YEARS AGO THAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE. 
          AND HERE WE ARE. 
          SO WE'VE GOTTA CATCH UP TO SOME DEGREE. 
          UH, I'LL MENTION THIS BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT NUMBERS. 
          AGAIN, THE SCRUTINY THAT WE GET FROM AIRLINES AND SCRUTINY GET FROM THE BOND ISSUERS FAR OUT, OUT PAST IS THAT I WOULD ARGUE OF, OF THIS BODY. 
          AND WITH THE APOLOGIES TO ERIC AND TEAM, I MEAN, THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY GOOD AT SCRUTINIZING THOSE NUMBERS. 
          SO YOU CAN TAKE SOME FAITH INTO THAT. 
          SO, AGAIN, JUST REPEATING, WE HAVE TO GO FAST, UH, AND I LIKE TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITHIN THE PRACTICAL SENSE OF BUDGETS, AND WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT TEAM IN THE RIGHT TIME. 
          SO, UH, WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, YOUR CONFIDENCE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY. 
          UM, AND I, I CAN'T HELP BUT MENTION WHEN, WHEN YOU SAY WE SHOULDN'T SPEND UNNECESSARY MONEY ON THIS PROJECT, UH, THAT'S ALL I THINK ABOUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE CURRENT TERMINAL. 
          A UM, MY GRANDFATHER USED TO SAY, YOU SHOULD ONLY BUY SOMETHING ONCE. 
          AND HERE WE ARE WITH A PLAN TO GIVE US AN ACTUAL TERMINAL BECAUSE WE, UH, PUT MONEY AT A PROJECT THAT UNDER, UNDER, UH, SHOT THE VISION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE AIRPORT. 
          SO THIS WILL RECTIFY THAT. 
          UH, I'M VERY EXCITED. 
          UH, SO BUCKLE UP. 
          UM, PUT YOUR SEATS IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. 
          SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL IS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, WE'LL GO NOW TO THE VOTE. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE'LL GO NOW TO ITEM 29. 
          ITEM NUMBER 29 
          [29. Approving the following Board appointments to the Municipal Golf Association San
Antonio
Board of Directors for the remainder of an unexpired term of office to expire on May 2, 2023
[Debbie RaccaSittre,
Interim City Clerk]
A. Demonte Alexander
B. Jenny Carnes
C. Gretchen GarceauKragh
D. Geronimo Guerra
E. Javier Paredes
F. Heather Wedige]
IS AN ITEM APPROVING THE FOLLOWING BOARD APPOINTMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL GOLF ASSOCIATION, SAN ANTONIO BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE REMAINDER OF AN UNEXPIRED TERM OF OFFICE TO EXPIRE ON MAY 2ND, 2023. 
          THE LIST IS DIANTE ALEXANDER, JENNY CARNES, GRETCHEN GARRA, ANIMO GURA, JAVIER PEREZ, AND HEATHER WHEAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THIS ONE ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          OH, I, I THINK COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL THAT TOO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK SOME OF THE APPOINTEES WHO ARE HERE AND HAVE, UH, WAITED, UH, DURING TODAY'S PRESENTATIONS. 
          JAVIER, THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATION, UH, TO, UM, TO BE REAPPOINTED. 
          UM, SO I THINK WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, DEBBIE WILL GIVE US THE PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK HOMER AND MR. MCCAREY ARE HERE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SO, THE, UH, MUNICIPAL GOLF ASSOCIATION BOARD APPOINTMENTS ARE PRESENTED BY MYSELF, AND WE HAVE HOMER GARCIA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL. 
          UH, A LITTLE BACKGROUND, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTS OF 15 MEMBERS, SEVEN AT LARGE. 
          MEMBERS ARE SELECTED BY THE M G A ESSAY BOARD, AND SIX AT LARGE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR TWO YEAR TERMS. TWO EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE CITY MANAGER INCLUDE THE PARKS DIRECTOR AND FINANCE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. 
          AND THOSE CURRENT TERMS FOR CITY APPOINTEES WILL EXPIRE IN MAY OF EXPIRED IN MAY OF 2021. 
          UH, SO THEY'RE IN HOLDOVER STATUS. 
          UH, THERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS, THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF, OF THOSE BOARD MEMBERS. 
          AND I WILL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AS WE TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS. 
          SO WE OPENED THE CALL FOR APPLICATIONS ON 
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APRIL 8TH, 2021, AND RECEIVE 27 TOTAL APPLICATIONS ON MAY 2ND, 2021 WAS WHEN THOSE APPOINTEES EXPIRED ON AUGUST 26TH. 
          THE COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNITY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE COMMITTEE OF CITY COUNCIL CREATED AN AD HOC REVIEW COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF TWO MEMBERS OF THEIR, UH, OF THAT COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY, UH, STAFF. 
          AND THOSE, THOSE, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEE MEMBERS REVIEWED ALL 27 APPLICATIONS. 
          AND THEY LOOKED AT THINGS SUCH AS THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE CITY TO TRY TO GET BETTER REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN, BETTER REPRESENTATION OF PERSONS OF COLOR, AND BETTER REPRESENTATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 
          THE AD HOC REVIEW COMMITTEE, UH, CREATED A SHORT LIST OF 11 APPLICANTS, AND THOSE APPLICANTS WERE INTERVIEWED ON OCTOBER 28TH. 
          AT THE CHECK MEETING. 
          THERE WERE, UH, EIGHT PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED, AND THREE PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT. 
          AND ULTIMATELY, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED SIX APPLICANTS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY, IS THOSE APPLICANTS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE. 
          AND AGAIN, THESE APPLICANTS WOULD SERVE A TWO YEAR TERM THAT EXPIRE MAY 2ND, 2023. 
          UH, AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS IN THE CAPTION THAT I HAD READ EARLIER. 
          AND HOMER AND I ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEM. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'LL COME BACK IN. 
          I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN ROCHE GARCIA HAS SOME QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR PROAM. 
          UH, I, I WANTED TO PULL THE ITEM JUST BECAUSE THERE'S, UH, SEVERAL ITEMS ALREADY THAT HAVE COME UP AND IT, IT'S IN GENERAL, AND IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN ALL OF THE TIME, UM, THAT THERE'S LITTLE REPRESENTATION FROM THE, THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WE TRY, BUT DEBBIE, I KNOW THAT THIS IS, YOU'RE IN YOUR NEW ROLE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE COULD DO, RIGHT? TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET SOME ADDITIONAL APPLICANTS. 
          AND I DO WANNA TAKE, UH, THE TIME TO THANK KAVIT PEREZ WHO IS HERE, UM, AND WHO HAS TAKEN, UH, SO MUCH OF HIS TIME TO, TO BE HERE AND, AND FOR SUPPORTING EVERYTHING, UM, THAT WE DO AT THE CITY, AT THE MUNICIPAL GOLF ASSOCIATION. 
          BUT IN PARTICULAR, I WAS ALSO WORRIED BECAUSE OF THE FIVE CANDIDATES. 
          UM, FOUR OF THEM WERE WITHIN ALSO THE SAME AGE RANGE. 
          AND SO THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHEN WE LOOK IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS MAYBE GOING FUTURE. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR THIS, IT'S FOR JUST IN GENERAL TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL FOLKS TO QUALIFY, UM, AND, UH, AND, AND TRY TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATION. 
          IN PARTICULAR FOR THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY GOLF COURSES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO ONLY. 
          YEAH, SO, UH, TWO TECHNICALLY. 
          BUT, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW WE COULD GET SOME ADDITIONAL INVOLVEMENT. 
          AND SO REALLY THAT WAS THE REASON FOR POOLING, JUST TO KIND OF MAKE A, UM, PUBLIC STATEMENT THAT I'D, UM, LOVE TO MAYBE PICK OTHER GOLFERS' BRAINS AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO WE GET PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE SOUTH SIDE AND THE WEST SIDE INVOLVED AS WELL. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE MY ONLY, ONLY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          ONE SECOND. 
          SORRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR PULLING THIS ITEM. 
          THIS WAS A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS. 
          AND IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT LOOKS AT HOW THIS MUNICIPAL GOLF, UH, THE SEVEN AND THE SIX, THE SEVEN AT LARGE THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE I GOT ONTO CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND THIS COMMITTEE IS THE IMPORTANCE AND THE POPULARITY OF THIS. 
          UM, THIS BOARD IN PARTICULAR, WE HAD 27 PEOPLE APPLY. 
          UH, I DON'T EVEN THINK WE HAD THAT MANY PEOPLE APPLY FOR C P S AND SAWS, BUT THE, THESE WERE THE APPLICATIONS AND THIS SHOULD TELL US AS A CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO THAT THIS BOARD IS, UH, IS LOOKED AT AS AN IMPORTANT BOARD AND AS, AS A PRESTIGIOUS BOARD. 
          SO IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE ONE THAT SAYS SEVEN AT LARGE. 
          UH, SO SEVEN AT LARGE MEMBERS SELECTED BY THE M G S A BOARD, AND THEN SIX VICE CITY COUNCIL. 
          BUT THESE ARE MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES. 
          AND I THINK WE IN THE FUTURE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAKEUP OF THIS BOARD AND THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE FOR OUR GOLF COURSES. 
          I HAVE TWO IN THE DISTRICT, RIVERSIDE AND MISSION DE LAGO THAT ARE 
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IN NOT THE BEST CONDITION THAT STRUGGLE. 
          AND IF I, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE MAKEUP OF WHAT THIS BOARD LOOKED LIKE, THAT IS WHY, AND I AM DISAPPOINTED, UM, THAT MR. L LUNA DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD IN THIS PROCESS, BUT IT THEN, I'M DOUBLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE ART AT LARGE MEMBERS, WHEN WE DECIDED WHO WAS GONNA MOVE FORWARD, HE WASN'T ONE OF THE CHOICES THAT THEY DECIDED TO KEEP ON. 
          SO, UM, I THINK WE NEED WORK. 
          I THINK THE COMMITTEE DID THE BEST THEY COULD WITH WHAT WE HAD. 
          UH, I AM LOOKING TO MY LATINA GOLFERS OUT THERE TO APPLY FOR THE NEXT SET OF TERMS BECAUSE WE DO, WE DO NEED TO KIND OF CHANGE THIS DYNAMIC. 
          MY FATHER WAS A GOLFER. 
          I TOOK GOLF, UH, IN COLLEGE. 
          UM, IT, IT'S A GREAT OUTDOOR SPORT THAT I THINK WE NEED TO GET MORE PEOPLE AHEAD OF. 
          SO, UH, IF I COULD HAVE HOMEWORK COME UP AND ANSWER, WHAT WILL WE NEED TO DO TO CHANGE KIND OF THE MAKEUP OF THIS, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS? GOOD MORNING. 
          SO REGARDING THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HAD DIALOGUE VERY RECENTLY WITH ANDREW PETERSON. 
          HE'S THE C E O AND PRESIDENT OF THE GOLF TRAIL. 
          UH, THOMAS GUILLON IS ONE OF THE SEVEN, UH, TALKING VERY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT LOOKING AT REALLY UPDATING THE BYLAWS. 
          SO WE KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT, WE HAD 27 APPLICANTS. 
          THERE WAS EXTENSIVE OUTREACH BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ON OUR EFFORTS TO CAST A WIDE NET ALSO TALKING AND ENGAGING THE ALAMO GOLF TRAIL TO DO THE SAME ON THEIR END. 
          SO THAT WOULD REALLY, WOULD BE, UH, COME THROUGH A REVISION OF THEIR BYLAWS AND LOOKING AT THAT NOMINATING PROCESS. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE, AGAIN, HAD DIALOGUE WITH BOTH OF THEM ABOUT AND THEY'RE COMMITTED TO DOING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          SO I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          AND I KNOW, UH, MYSELF AND, UH, MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA WILL PROBABLY BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ALSO, BECAUSE AS WE SIT ON THE VISIT SAN ANTONIO BOARD, WE WANT PEOPLE THAT COME TO GOLF IN SAN ANTONIO TO VISIT ALL OUR MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES, WHICH INCLUDE RIVERSIDE AND MISSION DE LAGO. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, HOMER AND THE TEAM, THANK YOU, MY CHECK COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          YOU'VE WORKED VERY HARD, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THE, UH, TO VOTING ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, TO, TO MY COLLEAGUES', MESSAGE RECEIVED, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO APPOINT LESS THAN HALF OF THE MEMBERS TO THIS, TO THIS FULL BOARD. 
          AND IN THAT PROCESS, WE WANT TO, UM, WE WANT TO ACCOUNT FOR A LOT OF TYPES OF, OF DIVERSITY. 
          AND, UH, THAT WAS DEFINITELY PART OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD WITH, UM, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, AND OF COURSE COUNCILMAN VO. 
          BUT I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO, EVEN THOUGH MAYBE THE SLATE ISN'T PERFECT, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE MANY IMPROVEMENTS OR I GUESS HOW MUCH BETTER THIS IS THAN IT COULD HAVE BEEN. 
          SO I, I'D REALLY LIKE, UH, MR. MCCAREY TO COME AND SHARE WITH US, UH, SOME OF THAT PROCESS THAT THEY WENT THROUGH, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY WAS INVOLVED IN, IN THE SCREENING, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD A BROAD, A VERY DIVERSE SLATE TO EVEN INTERVIEW. 
          UM, BUT, BUT TELL US WHAT YOU THINK THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN THE PROCESS AND IN THE FINAL SELECTION. 
          YEAH. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNSEL. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN VERY CLEAR IS THERE IS A DESIRE BY THE COMMUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS. 
          AND BECAUSE WE HAVE, AS HOMER INDICATED, A WIDER NET, WE'VE LOOKED TO THE OFFICE OF EQUITY TO BE A PART OF THE INITIAL INTERVIEWING PROCESS ALONG WITH THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          SO AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, NOT ONLY ARE WE LOOKING AT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE, BUT REACHING OUT, ASKING COLLEAGUES, OTHERS OF SOMEONE THAT MAKE OFF THAT ALSO MAY TAKE AN INTEREST AND SERVING ON THE BOARD. 
          YOU KNOW, AS WE GO FORWARD, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, NOT ONLY FOR THOSE THAT ARE SERVING ON THESE BOARDS, BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENS FOR PARKING, WHAT HAPPENS FOR CHILDCARE. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY ANY BARRIERS THAT CURRENTLY MAY EXIST THAT MIGHT PREVENT SOMEONE FROM SERVING. 
          SO AS WE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'RE ASKING AND LOOKING FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS, WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE TO, UH, HIT THE PAVEMENT AND ACTUALLY GO DOOR TO DOOR FROM TIME TO TIME. 
          WHAT I DO THINK THAT THE MUNICIPAL GOLF ASSOCIATION COULD DO BETTER OF 
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IS TO ACTUALLY INVITE FOLKS FOR A FREE DAY OF GOLF, MAYBE EVEN A FREE DAY, JUST TO SWING THE CLUBS. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A GOLFER MYSELF BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE EXTENDED GOLFING CLUBS, BUT I HOPE TO TAKE IT UP THIS SUMMER. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT I HAVE A ROTATION THAT CAN ACTUALLY DO WELL ON A, ON A GOLF COURSE, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE FOLKS TO PARTICIPATE. 
          MOST PEOPLE THAT DON'T GOLF IS JUST, HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          I SEE IT BEING A LOT OF FUN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I GUESS I WAS WONDERING IF EITHER YOU OR DEBBIE COULD SPECIFICALLY TELL US, UH, YOU SHOWED US THE CURRENT SLATE, UH, IN TERMS OF NUMBERS OF WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR, BUT THE RECOMMENDED SLATE, COULD YOU TELL US HOW THAT CHANGES THE, I BELIEVE WE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THE NUMBER OF WOMEN IN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UH, I'M GONNA BE LOOKING OFF ON MY NOTES HERE 'CAUSE I DID, UM, SCRIBBLE IT OUT. 
          SO WITH TODAY'S ACTION, IF APPROVED, UM, WE, SO RIGHT NOW ON THE SEVEN THAT M G A HAS, UM, THERE ARE FIVE MALE, TWO FEMALE. 
          AND, UH, THEN WITH THE SIX TODAY, WE WOULD HAVE THREE FEMALE AND THREE MALE. 
          AND THEN MELANIE, WHO REPRESENTS FINANCE AND THEN MYSELF, RIGHT. 
          BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE HAVE LIKE THE FIRST TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN SERVING ON THIS BOARD THEN, BUT ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I, SO WE HAVE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN, WE DID NOT HAVE THAT BEFORE, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THAT IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOARD, SO THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND IN MY LAST 40 SECONDS, I, UH, WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ASK, UH, MEMBER PEREZ TO COME UP. 
          AND HE TALKED TO US ABOUT SOMETHING DURING HIS INTERVIEW THAT I WAS, UH, REALLY IMPRESSED WITH, AND ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE REASONS WE, UH, SELECTED TO, TO MOVE HIM FORWARD REGARDING SOME OF THE INITIATIVES. 
          YOU UNDERTOOK YOUR DIVERSITY SUBCOMMITTEE, IF YOU COULD TELL US ABOUT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL, COUNCIL FOR, UH, HAVING ME. 
          UH, I WAS NOT PREPARED TO TALK TODAY. 
          I WAS JUST ACTUALLY VERY INTERESTED ABOUT THE AIRPORT, BUT, UM, I ENDED UP STAYING HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT ANYWAYS, UH, I THINK ONE OF THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH THE GOLF COURT, UH, GOLF, UH, BOARD SINCE MY, SINCE I CAME IN AND STARTED SERVING, WAS REALLY THERE WAS NOT, UM, THERE WASN'T A, UH, AN EQUITY COMMITTEE AND INCLUSIVITY AND DIVERSITY. 
          AND SO GRETCHEN AND MYSELF AND A COUPLE OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS GOT TOGETHER AND REALLY STARTED DISCUSSING THESE ISSUES IN A MORE STRUCTURED WAY. 
          I KNOW THE GOLF BOARD HAD REALLY TALKED ABOUT THESE, UH, THESE IDEAS, AND WE, AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, BUT THERE WAS NOT A COMMITTEE THAT WAS HYPER-FOCUSED ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES. 
          SO THAT WAS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR US TO ESTABLISH THAT COMMITTEE. 
          AND NOW, UH, HAVING THAT COMMITTEE, I THINK SOME OF THOSE FURTHER APPOINTMENTS AND SOME OF THAT INTEGRATION INTO THE BOARD WILL BE, WILL TAKE THAT INTO MORE CONSIDERATION ALSO, UH, I THINK ONCE WE START, UH, HAVING THAT INFLUENCE AT BOARD, THOSE SEVEN SEATS THAT ARE AT LARGE ARE PROBABLY START GONNA BE INFLUENCED, BEING INFLUENCED BY, BY THAT COMMITTEE APPOINTS, UH, THOSE POSITIONS TO, UM, SO JUST VERY HAPPY TO SERVE. 
          AND I AGREE WITH ALL THE COMMENTS IN TERMS OF INCLUSIVITY AND DIVERSITY, AND ALSO REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THE DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE AS MUCH REPRESENTATION, MAKING THE BOARD MORE WHOLE. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANTED TO, UM, CHIME IN BECAUSE I WAS A MEMBER OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT SIFTED THROUGH 27 APPLICATIONS. 
          AND WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EACH AND EVERY APPLICANT AND REVIEWING THEIR, UM, REVIEWING THEIR APPLICATION, YOU KNOW, WE WERE WRITING DOWN HOW MANY, HOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE LIKE, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE BLACK SPECIFICALLY, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE WOMEN, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE SENIORS? AND WHAT WAS THEIR REASON THAT THEY WANTED TO SERVE AND WHAT IS THEIR EXPERIENCE LIKE? AND WE WERE REALLY, UH, BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY APPLICANTS, WE, I FEEL LIKE WE REALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT DIVERSITY AND TO CREATE THIS. 
          AND SO WHEN WE NARROWED IT DOWN, WE GOT TO A POINT WHERE, AND I'M GONNA GET TO THE POINT THAT AT THE END OF THE LAST MEETING, I, YOU KNOW, WE AGREED WE NEED MORE WOMEN OF COLOR TO APPLY. 
          AND SO THE OUTREACH FOR TO WOMEN OF COLOR NEEDS TO BE MUCH STRONGER NEXT GO AROUND BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE HAD MORE PEOPLE OF COLOR, BUT WE WOULD'VE HAD LESS 
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WOMEN BECAUSE ALL OF THE WOMEN APPLICANTS WERE WHITE WOMEN. 
          WE COULD HAVE HAD MORE SENIORS. 
          AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN, UM, EITHER, YOU KNOW, ONE LESS L G B T Q PERSON. 
          IT WOULD'VE BEEN ONE LESS WOMAN, IT WOULD'VE BEEN ONE LESS PERSON OF COLOR. 
          AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF THOUGHT AND, YOU KNOW, UM, SOCIAL MATHEMATICS AROUND IT ALL. 
          UM, BUT THERE WAS SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT. 
          AND SO I I, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT WITH MORE OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND OUR APPOINTEES. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE A, I WANNA MAKE IT A POINT TO ADDRESS A PRESSURE THAT I FEEL, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE BOND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND YESTERDAY I NOTICED THAT THERE'S ONE COMMITTEE I HAVE IN WHICH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A BLACK MEMBER, I DON'T HAVE A BLACK MEMBER APPOINTEE THAT I PUT ON THE BOARD. 
          AND SO WHEN I GO IN THERE, THERE IS NOT A SINGLE BLACK PERSON TALKING ABOUT HOUSING WHO'S APPOINTED TO A, THE HOUSING, UH, BOND COMMITTEE. 
          AND IT'S LIKE THAT IN SO MANY PLACES WHERE THE IMPETUS IS ON DISTRICT TWO TO APPOINT A BLACK PERSON. 
          MY COMMUNITY PUTS, PUTS THAT PRESSURE ON ME. 
          BUT DISTRICT TWO IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE WHERE BLACK PEOPLE LIVE. 
          IT'S NOT THE ONLY PLACE WHERE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES LIVE. 
          AND SO THIS OUTREACH THAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR WOMEN OF COLOR, I WANT EVERYONE TO PLEASE FEEL THAT SAME PRESSURE TO DO OUTREACH FOR ALL KINDS OF COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING, UH, THE BLACK COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 29. 
          HEARING. 
          NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          MOVE TO 
          [31. Resolution allocating the City's 914 Votes for the City's Nominee, Dr. Adriana Rocha Garcia, for
Election to the Bexar Appraisal District Board of Directors for a term of office to begin January 1,
2022 and expire December 31, 2023. [Debbie RaccaSittre,
Interim City Clerk]]
ITEM 31. 
          ITEM NUMBER 31 IS A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING THE CITY'S 914 VOTES FOR THE CITY'S NOMINEE, DR. 
          ARIANA ROCHA GARCIA FOR ELECTION TO THE BEAR COUNT BEAR APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A TERM OF OFFICE TO BEGIN JANUARY 1ST, 2022, AND EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2023. 
          ALL RIGHT, THIS ITEM WAS PULLED FOR RECUSAL, UH, DR. 
          ADRIANO ROCHA GARCIA'S, UH, RECUSED FROM THIS VOTE. 
          SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. 
          SO MOVED. 
          I SECOND. 
          THERE'S A MOTION BY MICKI RODRIGUEZ, A SECOND BY VERAN. 
          UM, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE ON ITEM 31. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          GO TO ITEM 35. 
          [35. Ordinance amending a policy for the issuance of Resolutions of Support and Resolutions of No
Objection for applicants seeking Housing Tax Credits from the Texas Department of Housing and
Community Affairs. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director,
Neighborhood and Housing Services]]
ITEM NUMBER 35 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING A POLICY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT AND RESOLUTIONS OF NO OBJECTION FOR APPLICANTS SEEKING HOUSING TAX CREDITS FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I BELIEVE THAT VERO IS GONNA HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION GO. 
          YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS AN UPDATE TO OUR HOUSING TAX CREDIT POLICY AND JUST, UH, IN TERMS OF BACKGROUND, UM, HOUSING TAX CREDITS ARE ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND CERTAINLY IN SAN ANTONIO IS BUILT IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          IT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST, UH, FUNDING SOURCE TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE NATION. 
          THIS IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE I R S AND PART OF THAT REGULATION STATES THAT, UH, EVERY STATE HAS TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM. 
          SO THE REAL AWARD AND COMPETITION COMES THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, AND THAT AGENCY, T D H C A IS WHO SETS THE RULES AND OVERSEES 
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COMPLIANCE WITH VERY HIGH DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, ANNUAL INSPECTIONS, ET CETERA. 
          AND THEY DEVELOPED THE PROCESS TO SCORE AND AWARD THEIR, UH, AWARDS OF THE TAX CREDITS. 
          PROJECTS ARE A REHAB AND NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY. 
          AND THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF TAX CREDIT THAT WE WORK WITH. 
          THERE'S A VERY COMPETITIVE 9% TAX CREDIT AND A NON-COMPETITIVE 4% TAX CREDIT. 
          ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAS COME UP IN THE EXTENSIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE HAD HAS TO DO WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TAX CREDITS AND OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          SO I'M GONNA TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          AGAIN, I MENTIONED HOW HOUSING TAX CREDITS ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST FINANCING SOURCES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DOES TALK ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO ALIGN OUR POLICIES AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE AND HOW WE UTILIZE TAX CREDITS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT. 
          UH, IT DOES SUPPORT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION AND REHAB OF AFFORDABLE UNITS. 
          AGAIN, WE HAVE, UH, ABOUT A HUNDRED TO 350 UNITS CREATED BY EVERY 4% DEVELOPMENT AROUND 40 TO A HUNDRED UNITS WITH 9%. 
          LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 2000 UNITS THAT CAME TO SAN ANTONIO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT PERHAPS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE DO PRIORITIZE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY, AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS IN OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          IN OUR, UH, IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WE TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, HOUSING TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENTS, FOR THE MOST PART, DO INCLUDE RESIDENT SERVICES. 
          AND SO THAT'S ONE THING IN ALIGNMENT. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, OF COURSE THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT AND HAVING TENANT PROTECTIONS. 
          AND WHEN WE DO, UH, OUR PROCESS, THERE IS AGREEMENT THAT THOSE WHO RECEIVE RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT OR NO OBJECTION, WILL ABIDE BY WHAT THE CITY HAS ADOPTED ALRE ALREADY. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES ACCEPTING HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS FOR TENANTS. 
          THEY CERTIFY, THEY WILL FOLLOW OUR NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE AND OUR NOTICE OF TENANTS RIGHTS, WHICH THIS COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED OVER THE YEARS. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE DO LOOK AT THE LOCATION OF THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH POINTS FOR, UM, BEING ALONG KEY TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS AND ACCESS TO JOBS. 
          SO, WANTED TO MENTION THAT ALIGNMENT. 
          AND IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME, UH, WE DID EXTEND OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, PERIOD FOR THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          IT'S OUR HALLMARK TO DO THAT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TWO MEETINGS SCHEDULED. 
          SO I'LL SHARE THAT, THAT ON DECEMBER 4TH IN THE MORNING, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC MEETING AROUND THE SHIP AND, UH, UH, AT LAS PALMAS LIBRARY, UH, DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AND THAT'LL BE, UM, SVAD CUMBRE. 
          SO WHAT I MENTIONED IS THAT WE ADDED THAT ADDITIONAL PUBLIC MEETING IN THE SOUTH SIDE DISTRICT, UM, THREE FOR THE MORNING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT, AND IN SPANISH THAT SAME DAY IN THE AFTERNOON SESSION, WHOLLY IN SPANISH TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME IN THAT, AND WE'LL ADVERTISE AND GET ALL THAT INFORMATION OUT TODAY. 
          WITH REGARDS TO THE HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROCESS, WE FOLLOW THE STATE BECAUSE THE STATE IS WHO SETS THE, THE TIMELINE AND THE AWARDS. 
          AND SO WHAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE PROCESS FOR THE, UH, AWARDING OF THE COMPETITIVE APPLICATIONS. 
          AND SO WHAT WE DO IS REALLY A SCREENING TOOL. 
          OUR POLICIES ADOPTED EVERY TWO YEARS. 
          IT'S A NECESSARY STEP FOR DEVELOPMENTS TO GET UP TO THE STATE FOR THE TRUE COMPETITION. 
          BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE DO ALIGNS WITH THIS TIMELINE AND THAT WHAT WE DO PRIORITIZES AT A HIGH LEVEL WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITHOUT, UH, JEOPARDIZING THEIR ABILITY TO COMPETE AT THE STATE. 
          'CAUSE WE WANT THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE DEVELOPED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE TIMELINE WHERE WE COLLECT INFORMATION AND THAT BECOMES THE BASIS FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION SO THAT PROJECTS CAN MOVE FORWARD AT THE STATE. 
          WE DO BRING 'EM TO CITY COUNCIL FAIRLY QUICKLY. 
          SO YOU'LL HEAR FROM US BACK, UH, IN, IN JANUARY AND ACTION IN FEBRUARY, SO THAT A FULL APPLICATION BY OUR LOCAL DEVELOPERS, BE THEY FOR-PROFIT OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT, CAN BE SUBMITTED BY THE MARCH 1ST DEADLINE. 
          PRE-APP APPLICATIONS THAT THE STATE ARE DUE JANUARY FULL APPLICATION, INCLUDING THOSE RESOLUTIONS ARE DUE IN MARCH. 
          AND T D H C A MAKES THEIR AWARD IN JULY FOR THE NINE PERCENTS. 
          FOR THE FOUR PERCENTS. 
          IT'S A ROLLING APPLICATION, BUT WE ALWAYS WORK WITH THAT VERY TIGHT TIMELINE. 
          AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE, UH, MORE VISUALLY ORIENTED, HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF, OF THAT SAME TIMELINE WHERE WE MIRROR THE STATE PROCESS. 
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STATE, UH, APPLICATIONS AGAIN, ARE DUE AT THE STATE THAT FIRST WE CAN GENERATE THE FOLLOWING. 
          MONDAY IS WHEN WE ACCEPT THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT. 
          AND EVERY TWO YEARS WE UPDATE THIS POLICY AND WE ACTUALLY START THINKING ABOUT THIS AS SOON AS ONE APPLICATION IS DONE. 
          BUT THE FORMAL PROCESS FOR US THIS YEAR KICKED OFF IN JULY. 
          WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE HEAR FROM THOSE IMPACTED, WE HEAR FROM EACH OF YOU ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES. 
          SO WE START WITH A PRACTITIONER SURVEY. 
          WE HAVE, UM, VERY FOCUSED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE USERS OF THE TAX CREDITS. 
          THEN WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY THROUGH AN ESSAY SPEAKUP SURVEY. 
          WE HAVE THOSE PRACTITIONER MEETINGS. 
          WE WANNA HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT MATTERS FOR THEM WHEN IT COMES TO THESE DEVELOPMENTS, WHAT AMENITIES THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WE BRIEF THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          I THINK WE'VE GONE FOR THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UH, EVERY MONTH SINCE AUGUST, JUST TO UPDATE. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HEARING. 
          WE WE'RE NOT GONNA ASK FOR FEEDBACK. 
          AND SO I WANNA THANK EACH OF YOU WHO HAVE GIVEN US YOUR FEEDBACK. 
          WE'VE INCORPORATED AS MUCH AS WE CAN FROM WHAT WE HEARD FROM YOU, AS WELL AS WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO WE HAVE DONE ALL OF THIS, UM, BRIEFED EVEN OUR COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, WENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE, UH, MADE SURE THAT COMMISSION, UH, THE HOUSING COMMISSION WAS AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND THEN HAD FOLLOW UP BRIEFINGS WITH MANY OF YOU OR YOUR STAFF TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION WAS GONNA BE. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE'VE HAD, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS AS WELL BEFORE, UH, COMING TO YOU TODAY. 
          SO HERE WE ARE AFTER ALMOST SIX MONTHS OF THIS PROCESS AND JUST RECAPPING WHAT WE HEARD. 
          WE DID HEAR FROM PRACTITIONERS ABOUT OUR PROCESS, HOW WE COULD MAKE IT BETTER IF IT'S ON PAR WITH WHAT THEY SEE ELSEWHERE, IF OUR SCALE WAS RIGHT, UH, IF WE HAD A GOOD AND FAIR PROCESS. 
          SO YOU HEAR SOME OF THAT HERE AND HEAR SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED. 
          WE ALSO START TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE THINGS WE HAVE HEARD THAT WE SHOULD PERHAPS CHANGE IN OUR POLICY. 
          SO NOT GONNA READ EVERYTHING, BUT YOU SEE SOME OF THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH PRACTITIONERS WITH THE COMMUNITY SURVEY. 
          WE HAD THIS SURVEY OPEN IN SEPTEMBER. 
          UH, GOOD PARTICIPATION, UM, AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO SEE, WHAT KIND OF SERVICES THEY VALUED. 
          BIG NEED TO HAVE MORE, UM, SIGNIFICANT SERVICES LIKE, UM, HAVING FINANCIAL COUNSELING BEING OF MORE VALUE THAN JUST HAVING NOTARY SERVICES, UH, HAVING AFTERSCHOOL, UM, TUTORING AVAILABLE ONSITE, BEING VERY VALUABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS. 
          AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH THAT SURVEY. 
          AND OF COURSE, PUBLIC MEETING AS WELL, SEPTEMBER 30TH, NOW THAT WE DO IN PERSON AND HYBRID OPTIONS, WE DID THAT AS WELL. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD AT THAT MEETING WHERE OUR STAFF WAS ABLE TO RUN A MEETING IN PERSON WHILE HAVING THE WEBEX OPTION AS WELL. 
          AND THEN HERE'S A SUMMARY OF A LOT OF THE COUNCIL FEEDBACK. 
          IT LEADS OFF WITH ENCOURAGING MORE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS UNITS WITH DEEPER AFFORDABILITY SERVING FAMILIES AT OR BELOW 30% A M I. 
          BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT YOUR FEEDBACK WAS, UH, A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DID TO INCORPORATE THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND SO OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UM, DOES CHANGE THE SCORING FROM THE CURRENT POLICY. 
          SO WHAT YOU SEE IS THE POINTS AWARDED UNDER 2020. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS OUR SCREENING TO AWARD RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT OR RESOLUTIONS OF NO OBJECTION TO DEVELOPMENT SEEKING TAX CREDITS AT THE STATE. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT SHOWS, UM, WE ADDED A FEW CATEGORIES TO SOME POINTS AWAY FROM A COUPLE OTHERS SO THAT WE COULD, UM, STILL HAVE A VERY EASY A HUNDRED POINT SCALE, WHICH A LOT OF FOLKS LIKE, INCLUDING OUR STAFF. 
          AND WHEN I THANK OUR STAFF FOR ALL THEIR DILIGENCE OVER THE LAST ALMOST SIX MONTHS TO GET US HERE. 
          UM, AND I DO WANNA POINT OUT ON THE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY, UH, WHAT WE ARE DOING. 
          THE POINT SYSTEM IS STILL THE SAME, BUT I WANNA SHOW HOW WE'RE GONNA SCORE APPLICATIONS. 
          UM, THERE WAS A DESIRE TO HAVE MORE POINTS AWARDED FOR THOSE THAT DID MORE THAN WHAT THE MINIMUM AT THE STATE IS WHEN IT COMES TO 30% UNITS. 
          SO WHAT WE HAVE IS A GRADUATED WAY IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN GET POINTS. 
          AND THE MOST POINTS THAT WE AWARD UNDER THAT CATEGORY ARE INDEED RESERVED FOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE 20% OF THEIR UNITS AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES AT OR BELOW 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN AREA THAT NEEDS HELP. 
          WE KNOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON FAMILIES AT OR BELOW AROUND 50% OF THE AREA MEETING INCOME. 
          BUT THIS SCALE AND HOW WE, UH, USE IT TO SCORE APPLICATIONS IS GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAXIMIZE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY, TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE 
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OF THAT WHILE NOT PENALIZING THOSE THAT ARE TRYING TO STRIVE FOR THE MOST POINTS AT THE STATE. 
          AND AGAIN, AT THE STATE, UM, THE STATE HAS A SCALE THAT HAS 450 POINTS. 
          THEY DO A LOT OF DILIGENCE AROUND THAT. 
          BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HOW THE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY CATEGORY IS UTILIZED BY OUR STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND THAT, UH, CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. 
          HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE, WE, WE HAVE, UM, A FEW CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          LET LET ME TAKE THEM AND I'LL, I'LL, UH, GIVE YOU THE FLOOR BACK. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROSO GARCIA, WE'LL START WITH, UM, TOBY WILLIAMS. MR. WILLIAMS. OKAY, MR. WILLIAMS, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL SHACKLEFORD. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL. 
          UH, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP AND SPEAK. 
          UH, MY NAME'S TOBY WILLIAMS. I'M WITH MATT HOUSE DEVELOPMENT, AND, UH, I'M HERE TO LEND MY SUPPORT TO STAFF AND, UH, JUST SAY, I THINK THEY'VE REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB IN THEIR RECOMMENDATION, UH, THAT THEY'RE BRINGING FORWARD HERE. 
          UH, TRYING TO MEET THE COUNCIL'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AS WELL AS GIVE DEVELOPERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE DEAL, UH, THAT WILL ALSO BE COMPETITIVE AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, AT, AT MADHOUSE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ACROSS THE STATE. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT GOT DEALS GOING ALL THE WAY FROM THE PANHANDLE AND AMARILLO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, TO BROWNSVILLE AND CORPUS CHRISTI. 
          AND, UH, SO WE, WE WORK IN A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES, AND I JUST WANNA COMMEND STAFF. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK YOU GUYS BETWEEN ALLISON AND, AND VERONICA AND, AND Y'ALL, Y'ALL REALLY HAVE THE CREAM OF THE CROP AND, AND THEY'VE REALLY DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB HERE. 
          SO, UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE IF, IF, UH, COUNSEL HAS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU KNOW, I CAN ANSWER. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          THANK YOU MR. WILLIAMS. MICHAEL SHACKLEFORD. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS MICHAEL SHACKLEFORD. 
          UH, FOR THE RECORD, A DIRECTOR OF POLICY, UH, FOR CHOTO, UH, AND NONPROFIT, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER FOR THE ALAMO COMMUNITY GROUP. 
          UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UH, CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER MARK KIMONA, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LAURA USIN, VERO SOTO, VERONICA GARCIA IN BENES, AND LAST, NOT LEAST, UH, ALLISON BEAVER, WHO I, I DON'T ENVY HER POSITION BECAUSE IT'S TOUGH, UH, UM, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND MANY HOURS IN CONVERSATIONS, EMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES, AND ZOOM MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, RELATED TO THIS AMENDMENT. 
          UM, WITH THAT SAID, I, I'LL TELL YOU THAT IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT PROCESS AND RIGHTFULLY SO. 
          UH, WE SAY THIS BECAUSE WE'RE FIGHTING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND POLICIES IN WHICH WE'LL DETERMINE THE ROUTE AND AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR CITY. 
          AT THIS MOMENT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE LEADER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN, IN OUR NATION, AND, UH, BE SEEN AS THE SAME AS LEADER AS WE APPROACH IN THE WAY WE TREAT OUR HOMELESSNESS WITH HAVEN FOR HOPE. 
          THIS IS OUR TIME TO SHINE AND SET FORTH THE BEST POLICIES THAT'LL HELP PRODUCE AFFORDABLE UNITS IN THE NORTH, SOUTHEAST, AND WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE SUPPORT TERRY, UH, COUNCILING TERRY CASTILLO'S MOTION AT THE P C D C MEETING TO INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE AMOUNT OF 30% AI A M I UNITS, BUT WE ALSO SUPPORT CITY STAFF ORIGINALLY NEW RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THE REASON, REASON FOR SUPPORTING, UH, BOTH IS WE FEEL WHATEVER THE OUTCOMES ARE IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, WE CAN MAKE IT WORK. 
          WE CAN MAKE IT WORK BECAUSE WE HAVE THE EXPERTISE CONSULTANTS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE WILL. 
          AND WE HAVE THE WILL BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF FOLKS LIKE MS. WALTERS, WHO'S A DISABLED VETERAN AND LIVES AT ONE OF OUR PROPERTIES WHO, UH, WHO USED TO LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN AND LIVED TOO FAR FROM THE MEDICAL CENTER IN THE VA, AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE A PUBLIC ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND SHE WAS ALSO IN THE FOOD DESERT, AND SHE MOVED TO ONE OF OUR PROPERTIES BECAUSE SHE HAD ACCESS TO CHOICES. 
          BUT I, I, I WANTED TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND WE FULLY SUPPORT, UH, STAFF'S, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU MR. ERFORD, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU, UM, BEVEL FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AND, AND YES, YOU'VE BEEN TO P C T C MULTIPLE TIMES, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING ABLE AND WILLING TO BRIEF US ALWAYS AND ANY N AND THE TEAM HAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ADDING THE SESSION IN SPANISH THAT, THAT WE DISCUSSED ON A SATURDAY, THAT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL. 
          AND THEN, UM, ALSO WANNA THANK MR. WILLIAMS AND MR. SHACKLEFORD FOR, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR PICKING UP THE PHONE WHEN, WHEN WE CALL, RIGHT? AND, AND ASK FOR YOUR HELP. 
          SO THAT, THAT MEANS A LOT THAT WE HAVE 
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THE ABILITY TO LISTEN TO, UM, WHAT ARE DEVELOPERS OUT THERE LISTENING TO AND ADHERING AND PASSING THAT ON TO US. 
          AND THEN I ALSO WANNA THANK, UM, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, UH, FOR, FOR HER AMENDMENT AND FOR WORKING WITH OUR STAFF MEMBERS TO FIND, UM, WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A HAPPY MEDIUM, RIGHT? AND SO, AND WE'RE ALL TAKING INCREMENTAL STEPS AND THIS, WE'RE ALL LEARNING AS WE GO. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I, I, I SAID THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN CASTILLO FOR THAT, AS WELL AS TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE P C D C, COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          AND COUNCILWOMAN , UM, WHO, UH, TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN AND QUESTION AND ASK ON BEHALF OF THEIR RESIDENTS. 
          SO I REALLY, UH, JUST CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH HOW I LOVE THAT YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS AND, AND DISCUSS AND PREPARE AND, UH, THEN COME BACK AND, AND RESOLVE SOMETHING, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS WHO JUST COMPLAIN ABOUT THINGS AND THEN THEY DON'T WORK, UH, ON FIXING THINGS. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE, WE'VE WORKED VERY WELL TOGETHER ON, ON FIXING SOME OF THESE THINGS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          BUT WITH THAT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING A POLICY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT AND RESOLUTIONS OF NO OBJECTION FOR APPLICANT SEEKING HOUSING TRACKS CREDITS FOR THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 35. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I, I WANT TO CONCUR WITH OUR, UH, COMMITTEE CHAIR, UH, DR. 
          OCHE GARCIA ON THE WORK THAT WE DID AS A COMMITTEE AND EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTING TO THAT. 
          AND PARTICULARLY, I WANT TO, UH, THANK CITY STAFF. 
          UH, I THINK THEY REALLY DID LISTEN TO US. 
          THIS IS, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROCESS, REALLY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, TRYING TO COME UP WITH, UH, A WAY OF DEVELOPING MORE AFFORDABILITY INTO THE PROCESS. 
          AND, UH, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS. 
          I THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP US TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, OUR PARTNERS TO, UH, FIND MORE COMMON GROUND FOR DEVELOPING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY. 
          SO I'M VERY PLEASED TO, UH, BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, VERO, UH, LET'S JUST START WITH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          HOW MANY MEETINGS DID YOU, DID Y'ALL HAVE WITH THE PUBLIC? AND I, I SAW COMMENTS THAT CAME FROM THE PUBLIC, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY ATTENDED TO MAKE THESE TYPES OF COMMENTS? WHEN WE GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE, UM, WE HAD THE PUBLIC MEETING, BUT WE HAD PRACTITIONER MEETINGS. 
          AND THEN WITH THE, UM, AFTER THE FIRST P C D C, WE HAD ADDITIONAL MEETINGS WHERE WE HAD, UH, OVER 23 FOLKS. 
          THIS WAS, UH, LAST WEEK, FRIDAY, UM, I'LL GET YOU THE EXACT COUNT. 
          UH, AT THE PUBLIC MEETING, WE HAD MORE VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION. 
          UH, YOU SAW IN, IN THE SLIDE THAT WE HAD ALMOST A HUNDRED COMMENTS IN THE SURVEY. 
          UM, I'LL, I'LL GET THE COUNT FOR THE PUBLIC MEETING, BUT THE PRACTITIONER MEETINGS, OUR ATTENDANCE, UH, WAS TYPICALLY AROUND 30 TO 40, UH, INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND THEN, UM, HOUSING COMMISSION, WE GET A LOT OF VIRTUAL ATTENDEES SINCE WE STREAMLINE THOSE. 
          SO WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET YOU ACCOUNT OF THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, YEAH, AND THAT'S GREAT. 
          I, I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY PARTICIPATED IN THIS, BECAUSE SURE. 
          ONE PERSON CAN MAKE ALL A HUNDRED COMMENTS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY WERE ATTENDING THESE AND HOW, HOW WERE THOSE COMMENTS DISTRIBUTED, THAT KIND OF THING ACROSS THE RESPONDENTS ON THAT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH SINCE I REALLY STARTED DIGGING INTO THIS WAS THE TIMELINES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND MEETING WHAT THE STATE CRITERIA IS, AND GETTING THINGS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE AND THE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          UH, WE HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME UP FRONT UNTIL WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT TO THE STATE, RIGHT? WELL, HOW MUCH TIME DO WE ACTUALLY GET IN THAT? UM, IT'S APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS THAT WE HAVE, SIR. 
          AND, UM, IT'S AN ISSUE WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH EVERY YEAR. 
          WE HAVE TRIED, BECAUSE YOU'VE RAISED THIS BEFORE, UM, THROUGH OUR GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO SEE IF WE COULD IMPACT THAT TIMELINE. 
          SO NOT THIS SESSION, BUT THE PREVIOUS ONE WE DID, UH, SUBMIT A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT TO IMPACT THAT TIMELINE. 
          I, I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS VERY HAPPY WITH HOW QUICKLY WE HAVE TO GET THINGS GOING. 
          UM, STAFF INCLUDED, AND WE HAVE TRIED TO CHANGE IT AT THE STATE, BUT WE ARE AT THE MERCY OF THE STATE WHO SETS THE RULES PER THE I R S REGULATIONS. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I, I THINK WE, UM, IF YOU COULD HELP BRING THIS UP TO THE I G R, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO START PREPARING FOR, AGAIN, FOR THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN TWO YEARS TO, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S HIT THIS REAL HARD AND, AND WORK WITH OTHER CITIES AS WELL, BECAUSE I, I DON'T THINK WE'RE THE ONLY ONES OUT THERE THAT 
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HAS TO REALLY RESPOND DURING THIS CRUNCH TIME TO GET EVERYTHING TO THE STATE, AND THEN THEY TAKE JUST AS LONG, IF NOT LONGER, ON THEIR EVALUATION. 
          SO, UM, I, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO DIG INTO THAT AND LET'S, LET'S GET A COORDINATED EFFORT OUT THERE WITH OTHER CITIES AS WELL. 
          UM, SO THE, THESE CHANGES, IS THAT GOING TO CREATE MORE OR LESS BUREAUCRACY ON OUR SIDE? UM, IT DOESN'T CREATE ADDITIONAL BUREAUCRACY. 
          UM, THE PROCESS, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS IS VERY CLEAR, VERY TRANSPARENT, VERY SMOOTH. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE GREAT STAFF AND I TOO WANNA THANK ALLISON BEAVER, WHO DOES A FANTASTIC JOB THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH ALL OF THESE, GETTING THEM QUICKLY TO COMMITTEES AND TO COUNCIL. 
          UM, SO IT WILL NOT CREATE ADDITIONAL TIME, UH, FOR US. 
          OKAY. 
          SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, IF YOU CAN BRING THAT ONE UP. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          JUST SOME WORDS ON HERE THAT KIND OF CONCERNED ME A LITTLE BIT ON THE FEEDBACK. 
          IT SAYS THE, THE PROCESS IS LARGELY FAIR AND TRANSPARENT. 
          I MEAN, WHAT WERE SOME OF THE CONCERNS ON THERE? BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S TELLING ME THAT THERE WAS SOME NEGATIVE COMMENTS ON THAT ALSO ABOUT BEING, WHEN YOU SAY LARGELY FAIR, I, I SAY, OKAY, WELL WHAT'S THE OTHER PORTION ON THAT? WHERE, WHAT'S THE DOWNSIDE ON THAT? WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO WHAT THE COMMENTS WERE. 
          UM, WE HAVE SOME USERS WHO ARE NEW TO THE SYSTEM. 
          IT COULD BE THAT IT'S SOMEONE WHO WAS NEW TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE'LL GET BACK AND GIVE YOU THE ACTUAL RESPONSES SO YOU GET THE VERBATIM RESPONSE FOR THAT. 
          YEAH, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS ANOTHER COMMENT THAT WAS KIND OF THE SAME THING. 
          UH, OH, YEAH, THE CITY'S TIMELINE IS ADEQUATE. 
          I, I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE AREN'T GLOWING, THOSE AREN'T GLOWING COMMENTS IN MY OPINION ON THAT, AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          UM, THE, UH, POINT CHANGES ON SLIDE 12, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONCERNS ME IS RIGHT UP THERE AT THE TOP, WE'RE, WE'RE SHAVING OFF A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF POINTS OUT OF THE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE. 
          AND, UH, I LOOK AT, UH, BEING CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL OF OUR CITY RFPS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE HEAVIEST WEIGHTED AREAS LIKE IN PUBLIC WORKS, YOU KNOW, THE EXPERIENCE, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE BEFORE AND, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY CAPABLE OF DOING THAT PROJECT? AND HERE WE'RE DOING JUST THE OPPOSITE. 
          WE'RE TAKING IT AWAY FROM THAT, THAT CATEGORY. 
          WHAT WAS DRIVING THAT? GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THIS BEING A SCREENING TOOL. 
          UH, THIS IS NOT LIKE OUR, OUR BIDDING PROCESS BECAUSE THE CITY'S NOT ACTUALLY AWARDING ANY FUNDING TO THIS. 
          SO THIS IS A SCREENING TOOL FOR SOMEONE TO GET UP TO THE STATE LEVEL. 
          AND AT THE STATE LEVEL, THAT CATEGORY IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ONE THAT HAS THE MOST POINTS. 
          AND THE DUE DILIGENCE IS REALLY COMING FROM THE STATE. 
          SO THE STATE WHO ACTUALLY AWARDS THE CREDITS DOES SPEND A LOT OF TIME MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THE OWNER DEVELOPERS HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD, AND CAN DELIVER ON THIS. 
          AND SO WE LOCALLY, WERE NOT AS WORRIED ON THAT POINT SCALE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH COMPLIANCE AND SCRUTINY AT THE STATE LEVEL WHO ARE PUTTING THEIR MONEY ON THE DEVELOPMENTS AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT EXPERIENCE IS THERE. 
          SO FOR US, UH, IT IS IMPORTANT, BUT AT THE STATE LEVEL WHERE THE TRUE COMPETITION IS, THERE'S A LOT OF SCRUTINY AND COMPLIANCE AROUND THAT. 
          UM, AND SO IT IS THE STATE THAT DOES THAT. 
          SO WE FREE TO FOCUS ON POINTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT LOCALLY SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THOSE POLICY PRIORITIES REFLECTED. 
          BUT AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE CITY AWARDING, UH, FUNDING FOR THIS. 
          THIS IS THE SCREENING TOOL SO THAT SOMEONE CAN GET INTO THAT, UH, COMPETITION AT THE STATE LEVEL, ESPECIALLY FOR THE 9%, UH, AWARDS. 
          AND THE STATE DOES A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE IN THIS CATEGORY, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I GUESS I LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. 
          I, I, I WOULD BE JUST AS I, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS OUR, THIS COMES, THIS IS OUR CITY RECOMMENDATION GOING TO THE STATE, AND I, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I, I WOULD THINK WE WOULD HAVE JUST AS MUCH EMPHASIS ON SENDING UP A QUALITY, UH, CONTRACTOR 
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OR DEVELOPER TO PERFORM THIS WORK FOR US. 
          UM, AND NOT RELYING ON THE STATE TO DO ALL THAT BACKGROUND. 
          'CAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, APPARENT, MOST LIKELY THEY WOULD HAVE DONE WORK FOR US HERE BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KNOW THE CONTRACTOR AND DEVELOPER, UH, JUST AS MUCH, IF NOT BETTER. 
          AND, UH, IT, THAT JUST LOOKS ODD TO ME THAT WE DON'T PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON, ON THAT PARTICULAR LINE ITEM AS WE DO WITH OTHER SOLICITATIONS. 
          AND TO ME, YEAH, WE'RE NOT AWARDING ANYTHING, BUT WE ARE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE STATE ON THAT. 
          I DON'T, THAT'S, THAT'S MY COMMENTS. 
          I, I'M, I'M A LITTLE LEERY OF THAT BACKING OFF ON, ON THOSE MANY POINTS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, YEAH, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND AS WELL AS TO THE FOLKS WHO GAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, THE P C D C AND OUR DISTRICT FIVE OFFICE HAS WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE THE CRITERIA FOR PO FOR POINTS UNDER AFFORDABILITY. 
          NOW, PROJECTS WHO ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE 20% UNITS AT 30% A M I WILL BE AWARDED THE MAXIMUM 20 POINTS. 
          THAT IS TWICE THE NUMBER OF DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS AS BEFORE, UH, THE GOAL OF THE AMENDMENTS WAS TO BETTER ADDRESS THE GROWING NEED AT THE 30% A M I LEVEL. 
          GIVEN THE DATA AND THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, THE SHIP INDICATES THAT 65% OF 10,611 RENTAL UNITS THAT NEED TO BE RE PRODUCED RATHER ARE AT THE ZERO TO 30% A M I LEVEL. 
          UH, THIS IS A SMALL BUT IMPORTANT STEP TO GET THE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO NEEDS. 
          UM, AND SPEAKING WITH, UH, NON-PROFIT DEVELOPERS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING AND FOR-PROFIT AS WE LEARN TODAY, ARE SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, THIS AMENDMENT. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I WANNA THANK THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, LORI AND OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE, UH, IN, IN THIS COMPONENT IN MOVING IT FORWARD. 
          UM, AND I ALSO WANNA THANK, UH, JUSTIN AND DEREK ON OUR STAFF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, ALLISON, IAN VERO, YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN. 
          UH, EVERY TIME WE GO THROUGH THIS, I THINK, WELL, AT LEAST SINCE I'VE STARTED ON COUNCIL, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND, UH, TALK ABOUT LIVING UP TO THE VALUE OF, UM, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FOR, FOR THE CITY. 
          SO I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR WORK, UH, AND THE, AND THE POLICY YOU'VE BROUGHT FORWARD TODAY. 
          UM, I ALSO, UH, WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF, OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, INCLUDING, UH, COUNCILWOMAN  FOR HOW WE FURTHER INCENTIVIZE, UH, ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD. 
          AND I CERTAINLY WANNA COMMEND COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO FOR, UM, BRINGING FORWARD THE ISSUE OF INCENTIVIZING DEEPER AFFORDABILITY. 
          UM, YOU'VE CERTAINLY DONE A LOT IN YOUR FIRST FEW MONTHS HERE ON, ON COUNCIL. 
          I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES, UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU. 
          SO I, I COMMEND YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD IN THIS POLICY. 
          UM, WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UH, THE, THE NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA WHERE THESE DEVELOPMENTS MAY END UP GOING, UH, WERE NOT SHOCKED THAT, THAT IT WAS COMING IN. 
          AND, UH, WHEN I, WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, I THINK THERE WERE SOMETHING LIKE SIX PROPOSED, SIX LITECH APPLICATIONS IN ONE PARTICULAR SECTION OF MY DISTRICT. 
          THEY WERE ALL, OF COURSE, COMPETING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER, ONE MILE RADIUS, ALL THAT STUFF. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S WHEN I CAME TO YOU WITH A, WITH A REQUEST FOR SOME LEVEL OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UM, WHICH WE DEBATED BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF BIAS AGAINST MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING AND CERTAINLY MUCH MORE BIAS AGAINST, UM, WORKFORCE OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO, UH, THE IDEA OF GETTING POINTS FOR GETTING A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR AN H O A, I THINK, UH, ABSOLUTELY, UH, BEGINS TO CHIP AWAY AT THAT ISSUE. 
          AND IT REALLY PUTS THE DEVELOPER IN A POSITION OF THEY, THEY'RE SELLING THEIR OWN PROJECT, NOT, UH, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES TRYING TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, FOR BRINGING THAT IDEA FORWARD, AND I'M, I'M JUST THRILLED TO SUPPORT IT IN HERE. 
          THAT SAID, I MEAN, I THINK WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, UM, ON CHIPPING AWAY, CONTINUING TO CHIP AWAY AT THAT BIAS. 
          SO I DO HOPE AT SOME POINT THE, THE COMMITTEE WILL, WILL LOOK AT THAT, AT THAT ISSUE. 
          IT IS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO BUILD A MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING, UH, IN, MOSTLY IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE DISTRICT WHERE THERE ARE HOAS. 
          THAT'S AT LEAST THAT'S, THAT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE. 
          I'M NOT SURE, UH, WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE IN, IN YOUR DISTRICTS, UH, BUT ANY, ANY ASSISTANCE ON THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED BECAUSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS 
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NEEDED EVERYWHERE. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A, UH, COUPLE OF OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I'M GLAD TO SEE THE TRANSPORTATION POINTS CATEGORY ADDED. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A SCALE FOR THOSE POINTS BASED ON THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT'S BEING PROVIDED BY THE BUS ROUTE? SO FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU ARE ESTABLISHING A DEVELOPMENT NEAR A ONCE AN HOUR ROUTE VERSUS THE PRIMO ROUTE COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. 
          UM, FIRST WE WANNA TAKE, THINK, UH, VIA, BECAUSE OF THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP THEY GAVE US, WE DID NOT TALK ABOUT LEVEL OF SERVICE, BUT WE DID LOOK AT THE FREQUENCY OF SOME SERVICES. 
          SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY SCALE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, BUT WE DID CONSIDER, UH, IF THEY HAVE SERVICE, I'M USING THE TERM INTERCHANGEABLY, I APOLOGIZE. 
          YES, GOT IT. 
          BUT, BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, HOW OFTEN THEY SERVE AN AREA AS A BASIS FOR ADDITIONAL POINTS. 
          UM, AND THEY HELPED US A LOT WITH THEIR INFORMATION AND MAPPING. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 
          UH, I SAW A COMMENT FROM, UH, I'M GLAD YOU DID, UH, FOCUS GROUPS. 
          I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. 
          YOU GET A LOT RICHER INFORMATION THAT WAY. 
          THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT ENSURING THAT REHAB PROJECTS ARE EFFECTIVE AS WELL AND, AND COMPETITIVE. 
          SO I'M WONDERING, IS THAT A COMMENT THAT CAME FROM A REHAB DEVELOPER? AND IF, I GUESS, WHAT WAS THEIR PARTICIPATION IN PROVIDING FEEDBACK AS WELL AS, AS SOME COMPARED TO, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPERS THAT BUILD FROM SCRATCH? WELL, MOST DEVELOPERS, IF THEY HAVE PROJECTS AND THEY'RE THE OWNER MANAGERS, UH, EVENTUALLY THEY DO NEED REHAB. 
          AND SO, UM, SOMEONE COULD DO A NEW CONSTRUCTION ONE YEAR AND THE NEXT YEAR APPLY FOR REHAB. 
          AND SO, UH, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN MAINTAINING THE PROPERTIES THAT THEY OWN AND MANAGE. 
          AND MANY OF THE DEVELOPERS OF THESE PROJECTS DO INDEED, UM, KEEP THOSE PROPERTIES IN THEIR PORTFOLIO. 
          SO OF COURSE, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THE REHAB. 
          SO I THINK THE COMMENT CAME FROM PRACTITIONERS WHO DO THAT. 
          UH, AND NOT EVERYONE DOES THAT, BUT MANY DO. 
          SO OF COURSE THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THEIR REHAB OPPORTUNITY AND, AND THIS FUNDING CAN BE USED FOR REHAB AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I ALSO WANTED TO ASK ABOUT, UM, YOU GOT 95 SURVEYS BACK FROM, UH, SA SPEAK UP. 
          WERE YOU ABLE TO DISTINGUISH WHICH OF THOSE CAME FROM RENTERS VERSUS OWNERS? GOSH, I, I DON'T, I THINK, OKAY. 
          WE DID ASK THAT, THAT QUESTION. 
          SO, UM, WE DID DO A PUSH TO ENSURE RENTERS WERE GIVING US FEEDBACK BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ULTIMATE CLIENTS OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS. 
          SO YES, WE, WE DID THAT VERY COGNIZANT TO GET RENTERS IN THAT SURVEY. 
          SO ABOUT HOW MANY WOULD YOU, DO YOU THINK? WE'RE LENDERS? I MEAN, RENTERS NUMBERS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, WHILE, WHILE HE'S, UH, WHILE THEY'RE GETTING THAT, UM, COULD I ASK YOU ABOUT, THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE THE NUMBERS. 
          THANK YOU , UH, OF THIS TOO FAST? YEAH, TOO FAST. 
          THEY'RE REALLY GOOD. 
          UH, 65, 60 8%. 
          UM, WERE RENTERS, 29%, UM, HOMEOWNERS. 
          SO NEARLY 70% OF THOSE, UM, 95 RESPONDENTS WERE RENTERS. 
          SO BIG FOCUS ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. 
          UM, I, I DID WANT TO ASK, COULD YOU REMIND ME THE STATUS OF THE, YOU TALKED ABOUT TENANT PROTECTIONS AS WELL. 
          I THINK THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE GREAT TO INCLUDE. 
          I KNOW THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE A DOCUMENT THAT WE DEVELOP AS A CITY, AND I WOULD CERTAINLY BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 
          WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE NOTICE OF TENANTS RIGHTS THAT, UH, ORDINANCE THAT WE ADOPTED. 
          SO CERTAINLY I THINK THAT'S ONE OF OUR VALUES, SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA SEE IN, IN HOUSING. 
          UH, BUT COULD YOU REMIND ME THE STATUS OF THE RENTERS, UH, GROUP? SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA BE FOLDED IN THE HOUSING COMMISSION, UH, AT THE NEXT HOUSING COMMISSION MEETING. 
          WE ARE GONNA CONSIDER THAT ITEM SO THAT THEY CAN APPOINT THE COMMITTEE. 
          HOUSING COMMISSION IS VERY BUSY. 
          THEY HAVE, UH, THREE SUBCOMMITTEES ALREADY. 
          AND SO THIS WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          SO WE WORKED ON THE OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES, AND THIS ONE IS NEXT FOR THEIR, UH, NEXT AGENDA. 
          GREAT. 
          THAT'S, UH, THAT'S GREAT NEWS. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU REACHED OUT, YOU DID REACH OUT TO THE FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL, BUT THAT FOR SOME REASON YOU DIDN'T HEAR BACK FROM THEM. 
          THEY'RE LITERALLY UPSTAIRS FROM ME IN MY FIELD OFFICE. 
          SO I, UM, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE AN EFFORT TO GO VISIT THEM IN, IN PERSON, UH, ONE OF THESE DAYS. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM BE ONE OF OUR PARTNERS. 
          THAT'D BE GREAT ON THIS. 
          AND THEN I JUST, JUST A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, A WHILE BACK, WE ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, THE VACATION RENTAL ORDINANCE, THE ON AIRBNBS AND SUCH LIKE THAT. 
          SO REMIND ME, FOR THE UNITS THAT ARE MARKET RATE, THEY ARE RATE, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE RENT OUT FULL-TIME AS, AS, UH, VACATION RENTALS, RIGHT? I BELIEVE SO. 
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THAT, THAT'S NOT, I MEAN, THAT COMES LATER IN THE PHASE, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          I GUESS IN THE CONTRACTING PHASE, RIGHT. 
          AND I, I'M NOT SURE WHO THE BEST PERSON TO ADDRESS THAT IS, SO, OKAY, I SEE PEOPLE NODDING. 
          YEAH, I WOULD HAVE TO, UM, HI, COUNCILWOMAN IAN BENAVIDES, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES. 
          I HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH D S D, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO THE LITECH PROJECTS THEMSELVES. 
          THE LITECH DO NOT ALLOW YOU TO RENT OUT THE UNIT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CONFIRM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND, UM, ALSO, UH, IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY THAT SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT, THAT YOU RECEIVED, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING VERY INNOVATIVE ON THAT, SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT, WE JUST HAD THIS GUY COME AND TELL US EARLIER, Y'ALL NEED TO DO CLIMATE CHANGE AND EVERYTHING, THINK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND EVERYTHING YOU DO. 
          SO I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING THAT. 
          UM, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE ANY BLACK ROOFS ON ANY OF THESE LITECH PROJECTS. 
          RIGHT. 
          EVENTUALLY  THAT, THAT'S THE GOAL. 
          AND, AND I WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN BRAVO FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN THAT CONVERSATION. 
          'CAUSE HE REALLY GAVE US A LOT OF FEEDBACK IN THAT AREA. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, I'M NOT GONNA STEAL HIS THUNDER. 
          I'LL LET HIM, UH, COVER THOSE, THOSE TOPICS. 
          UH, AGAIN, ALLISON, UH, IAN AND VERO, I AM SO, I'M, I'M JUST REALLY PLEASED WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT, THAT YOU MADE ON THIS. 
          SO TREMENDOUS WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK, UM, ALL OF THE, UH, P C D C COMMITTEE THAT, THAT PUT IN WORK ON THIS AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO FOR YOUR, UH, FOR YOUR AMENDMENT, WHICH I SUPPORTED AND FOR CITY STAFF WHO WORKED ON IT AND CAME UP WITH SOME KIND OF A COMPROMISE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE COULD SPEND SO MUCH TIME LOOKING AT THESE DIFFERENT POINTS, CATEGORIES, AND JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY POINTS DOES IT TAKE IN EACH CATEGORY TO, TO GET THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER TO, TO INCLUDE THAT, THAT AMENITY OR TO THAT, THAT CHARACTERISTIC THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          WHAT WILL HELP MOVE THE NEEDLE THERE IN THAT BEHAVIOR. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE WE'RE TOTALLY THERE, BUT I THINK IT'S A HUGE IMPROVEMENT OVER WHERE WE WERE BEFORE. 
          AND, AND YOU ALL SHARED WITH US, IF WE USE THIS SCORING MATRIX BASED ON THE LAST FEW YEARS OF PROJECTS, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD'VE, YOU KNOW, ACH WOULD'VE, UH, BEEN ABLE TO GET THOSE LETTERS OF SUPPORT OR, UH, LETTERS OF NON OPPOSITION AND, AND THERE WEREN'T A LOT, UM, THAT GOT, I GUESS, WHAT WAS THE 9%, RIGHT? BUT WE ALSO DIDN'T HAVE THIS THERE TO, TO INCENTIVIZE THAT. 
          AND SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT THIS AGAIN IN A YEAR AND SEE WHAT, WHAT WERE THE RESULTS THAT WE GOT. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THE POINTS, CATEGORIES, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH POINTS AWARDED FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATION. 
          AND THEN I'M NOT SURE WE AWARD ENOUGH POINTS FOR THAT 20% UNITS, UH, AT LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 30% A M I BECAUSE WE ONLY JUMPED TWO POINTS FROM GOING FROM 15 UNITS TO, UH, OR I MEAN 15% OF UNITS AT, AT LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 30% A M I TO 20 TO 20% OF UNITS AT LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 30% A M I. 
          IT'S ONLY A TWO POINT JUMP. 
          AND I'M JUST, I DON'T FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THAT'S ENOUGH TO INCENTIVIZE THAT. 
          AND SO, UM, I AM INTERESTED IN, IN, UH, TAKING A LOOK AT THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE HAVE A YEAR OF DATA AND DEFINITELY WITH COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRANT'S INPUT OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CIRCLING BACK WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE THEIR INPUT AS WELL. 
          WHEN I LOOK AT THE POINTS CATEGORY FOR, UH, PROJECT AMENITIES AND RESIDENT SERVICES, YOU KNOW, ONE CONCERN I HAD THERE WAS, UM, WELL FIRST I, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD OUR OWN POINTS CATEGORY FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY, RIGHT? BECAUSE PART OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS HAVING LOW ENERGY BILLS. 
          YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE, WE JUST HAD A C P SS ENERGY UP HERE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DISCONNECT BECAUSE OF THEIR ENERGY BILLS. 
          AND SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ENERGY EFFICIENT DWELLING, THEN, THEN THAT'S, THAT MAY NOT BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND, UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I POINTED OUT, 'CAUSE I GUESS IT WAS ORIG, IT WAS PUT INTO, UH, PROJECT AMENITIES AND RESIDENT SERVICES, AND I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, A BARBECUE PIT'S AN AMENITY, RIGHT? AND SO I DON'T WANT TO HAVE PUTTING SOLAR PANELS ON YOUR ROOF OR, OR BEING ENERGY EFFICIENT IN THE SAME CATEGORY, GETTING POINTS FOR EITHER PUTTING UP BARBECUE PITS OR, YOU KNOW, HAVING AN ENERGY EFFICIENT STRUCTURE. 
          AND THEN ALLISON BEAVER CAME UP WITH A GREAT, UH, I GUESS A, A GREAT, UM, A BETTER IDEA THAN I DID. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU, WHERE WE'RE, WHERE, WHERE WE, WHERE WE LANDED. 
          SURE. 
          SO, ALLISON BEAVER NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AS BRA, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO WAS POINTING OUT WAS THAT WE HAVE THESE 20 POINTS FOR RESIDENT 
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SERVICES AND AMENITIES. 
          AND WHAT I RECOMMENDED WAS, INSTEAD OF JUST KEEPING OUR MENU THAT THE DEVELOPERS GET TO PICK FROM, AND THERE'S ABOUT 30 AMENITIES THAT THEY CAN PICK FROM, WHY DON'T WE PULL OUT THE ONES THAT SPEAK TO ANY KIND OF SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES. 
          AND IN ORDER TO GAIN ANY OF THE POINTS IN THAT CATEGORY, YOU HAVE TO SIGN ON FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THESE OTHERS AS A WAY TO MOVE THE NEEDLE AND INTRODUCE THAT. 
          SO NOW, IF, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET ANY OF THOSE 20 POINTS, YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE SUSTAINABILITY FEATURE INCLUDED. 
          GREAT. 
          I THOUGHT THAT WAS A FANTASTIC IDEA. 
          MY, MY, SO MY ONLY ASK IS FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLARITY, IT, THAT CATEGORY IS PROJECT AMENITIES AND RESIDENT SERVICES. 
          COULD YOU MAKE IT PROJECT AMENITIES, RESIDENT SERVICES, AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OR SUSTAINABILITY JUST TO, TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR AND UPFRONT? SURE. 
          AND WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE APPLICATION AS WELL. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          WELL, THIS, UM, THIS HAS MY SUPPORT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BRAVO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRANT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO AS Y'ALL KNOW, I, I REPRESENT DISTRICT THREE. 
          DISTRICT THREE HAS SEEN A TREMENDOUS GROWTH. 
          AND WHEN WE TALK AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I KNOW VERO AND IAN AND ALLISON AND SARAH, WE, WE, WE ARE TALKING DISTRICT THREE ALSO. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING VERO ONLINE WATCHING HER DO THESE HOUSING MEETINGS WAY BEFORE I GOT HERE. 
          AND YOU, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROFESSIONAL AND IMPECCABLE, AND YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE THE BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND YOU'VE UNDERSTOOD, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT THREE, THAT WE NEED TO GO TO THE NEIGHBORS. 
          AND THIS IS ONE PIECE OF A VERY LARGE HOUSING CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AND A LARGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE. 
          IAN AND I WERE AT A TOWN HALL ON TUESDAY, AND ONE OF MY RESIDENTS SAID, AFFORDABLE AFFORDABILITY, LIKE IT WAS A FOUR LETTER WORD, THIS IS MY DISTRICT, THIS IS WHAT I GO INTO. 
          SO I WANT TO GO INTO WITH THE MOST OPTIONS THAT I CAN FOR MIXED USE AND TO BRING THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT THREE, WHAT THEY NEED IN TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY, UH, LIVABILITY SO THEY CAN LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY IN THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A LONG, SOBERING CONVERSATION ABOUT HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PUBLIC HOUSING, WHAT THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING INTO SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THIS IS ONE PIECE, AND YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THIS RIGHT AND TAKE IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND TAKE IT OUT TO ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS. 
          I TRULY DO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SO LET'S GET THIS PIECE DONE SO WE CAN GET ALL THE REST OF THE PIECES DONE SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THE CITY FORWARD. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND, UH, LET, I'M, I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, UH, IT'S A GOOD DISCUSSION. 
          UH, I'LL JUST, UH, CONTINUE TO REMIND US THAT THERE ARE TWO SIDES OF THE LEISURE OF AFFORDABILITY. 
          ONE OF THEM IS THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT ALL LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY. 
          BUT THE OTHER IS LIFTING, UH, THE EDUCATIONAL ECONOMIC ATTAINMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH CONTINUES TO PUT PRESSURE ON AFFORDABILITY AT THOSE LEVELS. 
          SO, UH, WE'VE GOTTA WORK ON BOTH. 
          I'M GLAD WE ARE. 
          AND SO HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE ITEM TODAY. 
          WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 35. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          I'LL GO TO ITEM 36. 
          ITEM NUMBER 
          [36. Ordinance approving a Development Agreement between the Midtown TIRZ Board of Directors,
Encore MultiFamily,
LLC, and the City in an amount not to exceed $7,000,000 for the
Broadway East by Encore Project located at 1203 Austin Street. [Lori Houston, Assistant City
Manager; Verónica R. Soto, FAICP, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]]
36 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MIDTOWN TOURS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ENCORE MULTIFAMILY, L L C, AND THE CITY, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $7 MILLION FOR THE BROADWAY EAST BY ENCORE PROJECT LOCATED AT 1203 AUSTIN STREET. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 36. 
          UH, WAS THERE A PRESENTATION OR ARE WE GOING, OKAY, WHY DON'T WE DO THE PRESENTATION THAT I'LL CALL DECISIONS. 
          NOW I GET TO SAY GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, EVEN THOUGH HOUSING IS A LOT OF WHAT WE DO, IT'S NOT THE ONLY BUSINESS LINE WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, AS WE DO HAVE OUR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE WORK, WHICH IS MORE OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL THAT WE HAVE TO UTILIZE, UH, AT THE CITY. 
          AND SO WHAT I'M GONNA PRESENT IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. 
          THIS IS THE BROADWAY EAST PROJECT BY ENCORE, WITHIN THE MIDTOWN 
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T T NUMBER 31. 
          AND WHAT THIS ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION IS TODAY IS APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE MIDTOWN TOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ENCORE MULTIFAMILY, L L C IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR ELIGIBLE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT, NOT TO EXCEED $7 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT LOCATED AT 1203 AUSTIN AUSTIN STREET. 
          THIS IS WITHIN THE MIDTOWN TOURS. 
          JUST FOR BACKGROUND, THIS IS WITHIN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO, UH, TWO, WE HAVE ENCORE MULTI-FAMILY L L C, THAT HAS DONE, UM, MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS, NOT JUST IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT IN OTHER PLACES AS WELL. 
          THEY HAVE TWO PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ALREADY. 
          THEY'VE DONE THOSE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. 
          AND THIS PROJECTS, UH, STRICTLY IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT CONSISTS OF REDEVELOPMENT OF AN UNDERUTILIZED VACANT PROPERTY THAT IS LOCATED GENERALLY EAST OF NORTH ALAMO BETWEEN CARSON AND GRAYSON STREETS. 
          AGAIN, IT'S WITHIN THE MIDTOWN TURS. 
          AND IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MIDTOWN TURS DID APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH ENCORE. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THAT ACTION, WE ARE HERE BEFORE YOU ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS NOT TO EXCEED $7 MILLION. 
          SO LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND WHERE THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN A COUPLE OF PICTURES. 
          AGAIN, THE ADDRESS IS 1203 AUSTIN STREET. 
          YOU CAN SEE IN THE MAP IN FRONT OF YOU THE GENERAL LOCATION ZOOMED IN A LITTLE BIT CORNER OF AUSTIN AND CARSON STREET. 
          AND HERE'S WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE. 
          UM, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, THIS WAS A FORMER BUS DEPOT COMPLEX WITH, UH, THAT WAS UNDER THE SAN ANTONIO I S D. 
          AND SO IT WAS UTILIZED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 
          AND, UM, THERE ARE, UM, SOME UNDERUTILIZED, UM, IN DETERIORATED FACILITIES. 
          I THINK THE SIDEWALKS MAY NOT BE UP TO PAR BECAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS USE OF THE SITE. 
          SO AGAIN, MOSTLY VACANT LAND PREVIOUSLY UTILIZED AS A BUS DEPOT. 
          NOW, IN THIS AREA, ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A MASTER PLAN APPROVED THAT CALLED FOR REDEVELOPMENT, UM, OF THIS AREA BEYOND THE, THE, THE FOUR ACRES THAT ARE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          SO THIS MASTER PLAN ADOPTED, APPROVED BACK IN AUGUST OF 2017, HAD A MASTER REZONING THAT IMPACTED ABOUT 23 ACRES. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE BLOCKS THAT ARE IMPACTED AS PART OF THAT REZONING. 
          AND OVERALL, THIS PROJECT WAS CALLED BROADWAY EAST. 
          AND THE ONE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS PART OF THIS LARGER REDEVELOPMENT. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS MASTER REZONING, UH, WAS APPROVED ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO AND IT IMPACTED, UH, 23 ACRES. 
          BUT THE SITE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ONLY 4.2 ACRES. 
          AND WHAT THE PROJECT IS, IS A FIVE STORY MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT'S GONNA HAVE 386 UNITS. 
          AND THIS IS, AGAIN, FIRST PHASE OF THAT OVERALL 23 ACRE MASTER PLAN FOR THE BROADWAY EAST, UH, PLAN COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHAT IS GONNA BE FUNDED OUT OF THE TUR FALLS WITHIN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES, OUT OF TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES. 
          AND THAT IS THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE ARE UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, STREET RECONSTRUCTION, ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, IF THERE'S ANY, THE DEMOLITION OF VACANT BUILDINGS. 
          AND YOU SAW SOME OF THOSE ON THE SIDE HAVING LANDSCAPING, NEW SIDEWALKS, RAMPS, COVERED WALKWAYS. 
          UM, AND SO YOU SEE THESE ARE ALL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS PART OF HOW CHURCHES ARE USED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST FOR THIS MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEX IS GONNA BE ABOUT $90 MILLION. 
          THE ASK, THE FUNDING REQUEST IS $7 MILLION, AND IT'S UP TO $7 MILLION. 
          THAT REPRESENTS ONLY ABOUT 8% OF THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST. 
          WELL, WITHIN THE LIMITS WE SET IN THE TTS AND WHAT THE STRUCTURE, WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS, HOW IT'S STRUCTURED IS THAT THIS WOULD BE A REIMBURSEMENT PAID OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. 
          IN FISCAL YEAR 22, THERE WILL BE 1 MILLION MADE AVAILABLE FISCAL YEAR 23, AGAIN, 1 MILLION MADE AVAILABLE OUT OF THE MIDTOWN TURS FUND. 
          AND THEN BEGINNING IN CALENDAR YEAR 2024 AND CONTINUING FOR EIGHT YEARS OR UNTIL THE MAXIMUM UP TO SEVEN MILLIONS IS AVAILABLE, IT IS, UH, REIMBURSED OUT OF THE TAX PROCEEDS THAT COME FROM THE SITE. 
          SO THE TAX GENERATED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT IS WHAT'S BEING REIMBURSED IN THOSE BACK TO THE DEVELOPER. 
          BUT NOT ALL OF IT IS BEING REIMBURSED. 
          IT'S ONLY 75% OF THAT TAXABLE INCOME GENERATED THAT WOULD BE REIMBURSED BECAUSE WE HAVE THE REMAINING 25% DEPOSITED INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE 
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OF YEARS. 
          SO WE HAVE SOME FUNDING COMING INTO OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, UH, I MENTIONED THAT TAX INCREMENT IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS. 
          CITIES HAVE TO, UH, INVEST IN UNDERUTILIZED, VACANT BLIGHTED PROPERTIES, AND WE CAN USE IT FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU THE CHAPTER THAT GOVERNS THIS SECTION OF THE LOCAL CODE, VERY MUCH AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE ELIGIBLE EXPENSES UNDER TEXAS CODE, AND GIVEN THE APPROVAL AND THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE GENERATED FUTURE, UM, TAXES FROM THIS, THIS IS THE DETAILS OF THAT, AGAIN, ALREADY WENT OVER THAT THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST IS GONNA BE AROUND 90 MILLION. 
          THE ASK IS UP TO $7 MILLION. 
          IT'S ONLY 8% AND ALREADY WENT THROUGH WHAT THE STRUCTURE IS, AND THIS IS COMING OUT OF THAT T FUND. 
          UM, AND ANOTHER THING WE ADDED, WE DID AS A DEVELOPER TO CONTRIBUTE TO A DISPLACEMENT IMPACT STUDY. 
          SO THEY'RE GONNA CONTRIBUTE $20,000 TOWARD THAT STUDY. 
          THERE HAS BEEN CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE DISPLACEMENT IMPACTS. 
          SO WE'RE ASKING THEM TO ANALYZE THAT AND TO MONITOR THE CHANGE OVER TIME AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND INTERVENTIONS SO WE CAN UTILIZE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          HERE'S A COUPLE RENDERINGS OF THE PROJECT, LOOKING AT THE CURRENT CONDITION AND A RENDERING OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE, SOME OF THE AMENITIES THAT THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS FIVE, UM, FIVE STORY DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. 
          AND THEN SOME OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS. 
          AGAIN, THE PROJECT ITSELF IS GONNA TURN A VACANT UNDERUTILIZED LOT INTO SOMETHING THAT CONTRIBUTES IN THE LONG TERM TO OUR TAX BASE. 
          THERE IS COORDINATION WITH THE DISTRICT TWO OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR THAT. 
          IN TRYING TO ENSURE THAT AS THE JOBS FOR CONSTRUCTION ARE CREATED, THAT WE TRY AND HAVE, UH, LOCAL RESIDENTS BE PART OF THAT, AND TO HAVE A FOCUS ON HIRING, UH, RESIDENTS FROM THE IMMEDIATE AREA TO WORK AT THE SITE. 
          AND AGAIN, WITH TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES, WE DO HAVE THAT SET ASIDE FOR VARIOUS TS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THIS IS FUNDING COMING FROM THE MIDTOWN TSS FUND. 
          NO IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND THE RECOMMENDATION, BECAUSE THIS IS COMING FORWARD WITH APPROVAL FROM THE MIDTOWN TOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO DID RECOMMEND THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IS TO HAVE COUNSEL APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT WITH A DEVELOPER FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION. 
          UH, I WANNA THANK AVIVE, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS, AND HE'LL HELP ME ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, VERA. 
          UH, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS RIGHT AWAY. 
          UM, OH, TWO PUBLIC SPEAKERS. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T SEE A NAME HERE. 
          OH, HERE WE GO. 
          ROSE HILL. 
          COME ON UP. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ. 
          MY NAME IS ROSE HILL AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE. 
          G H A HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE BROADWAY EAST PROJECT SINCE ITS EARLY INCEPTION, EVEN BEFORE THE LARGER AREA REZONING EFFORTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2017. 
          PROJECT REPRESENTATIVES HAVE MAINTAINED COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, LONG EFFORTS TO BRING THE 23 ACRE DEVELOPMENT TO ATION. 
          AND MANY PRESENTATIONS ON THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT AND VARIOUS RELATED EFFORTS WITHIN THE BROADWAY EAST HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE G H A BOARD AND ITS MEMBERSHIP AND ITS COMMUNITY. 
          THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROPO PROPOSED IS A MONUMENTAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE FULLY SUPPORT THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED, WHICH IS FOR THE 7 MILLION. 
          UM, AS I BELIEVE, UH, MS. SOTO SAID, 90 MILLION. 
          UH, BUT WHEN I HEAR THAT 10 MILLION ARE GOING TO BE INVESTED BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY FOR STREETS, SIDEWALKS, LANDSCAPING, UH, BICYCLE TRAILS, THAT IS JUST SO AWESOME TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT HELPS NOT ONLY THE FEW HOUSES THAT ARE, UH, AROUND FROM AUSTIN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ALAMO, UP TO GRAYSON BACK AROUND, UH, BUT FOR THE FEW, MANY, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AS YOU MET, AS MANY OF Y'ALL KNOW, UH, PANDEMIC HAS HIT OUR BUSINESSES, UH, TREMENDOUSLY. 
          AND THOSE LITTLE BUSINESSES ARE ALONG. 
          UH, THE NEW BUSINESSES ARE COMING ALONG. 
          AUSTIN STREET AND GRAYSON STREET ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF THOSE BROKEN SIDEWALKS. 
          AND SO I WANTED TO JUST EMPHASIZE, UH, THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN A DEVELOPMENT COMES INTO OUR AREA, THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY GIVE BACK. 
          SO IT'S GRACIOUSLY THAT THEY'RE GIVING US 10 MILLION INTO OUR, INTO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND IT'S ALSO GREAT TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE GIVING 1 MILLION BACK TO THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO WHEN WE HAVE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE TRYING TO MEET THE COMMUNITY HALFWAY, 
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WE AT THE, JUST TO GO BACK, UH, GIVE A LITTLE, UH, SCENARIO BACK IN 2016 WHEN THIS PROJECT STARTED, WE HAD 200, UH, RESIDENTS FROM GOVERNMENT HILL AT THE ST. 
          PATRICK'S, UM, UH, CHURCH HALL THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST PRESENTATION. 
          AND THIS PROJECT, AND THIS DEVELOPER HAS BEEN, UH, WITH US SINCE 2016, ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL 2019, THEY'VE BEEN ATTENDING OUR MEETINGS TO COME CONSTANTLY COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING, KEEPING US UPDATED. 
          SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL, UM, APPROVE, UH, THIS TOURS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GREAT INVESTMENT. 
          UH, THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT, IT'S AN INVESTMENT ON EVERY LEVEL. 
          THE GOVERNMENT HILL, AND IT'S IN SAN ANTONIO, IS TO PROVIDING COMMUNITY AMENITIES AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THE GOVERNMENT HILL IS SO DESPERATELY NEEDING, AND IT WILL BE ONE FOUR STREETS, ONE OFF MY LIST THAT I HAVE TO GIVE TO OUR COUNCILMEN FOR, TO, TO PRESENT TO THE BOND. 
          AND I DO WANNA COMMAND, UH, OTTO FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU, MS. HILL. 
          PETER FRENCH MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          HI PETER FRENCH, UM, REPRESENTING THE ADJACENT, UH, PROPERTY OWNER. 
          AND HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 36. 
          UM, UH, MS. SOTO, I, I, I'D MAKE ONE CLARIFICATION TO THE PRESENTATION, AND THAT IS THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THAT IT'S A POSITIVE IMPACT. 
          SO YOU ALL PREVIOUSLY ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA, UH, AUTHORIZED THE SPENDING OF ABOUT $150 MILLION, UH, IN, UH, IN TAXES, UH, ALL FOR GOOD STUFF, INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, THINGS THAT MAKE THE LIFE THAT WE LEAD HERE IN SAN ANTONIO POSSIBLE. 
          UM, THIS PROJECT WILL, UNLIKE EVERY ONE OF THOSE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS, CAUSE A THIRD PARTY TO INVEST ABOUT $90 MILLION INTO SAN ANTONIO INTO DISTRICT TWO. 
          SO THIS HAS A NET POSITIVE IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND, TO THE COMMUNITY, AS ROSE HILL SAID, UH, AND TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT ALL OF US LEAD. 
          UM, SO WE, UH, ARE VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF IT. 
          YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PICTURES OF THE SITE THAT YOU ALL SAW, UH, THIS WAS THE SS A I S D, AUSTIN STREET BUS BARN. 
          UM, SO YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, A DYNAMIC AREA OF SAN ANTONIO, THE KIND OF QUALITY OF LIFE THAT PEOPLE WANNA LEAD, AND THE LITERAL BUILDINGS, UH, WHERE THESE APARTMENTS ARE HELD TEXTBOOKS, IT WAS TEXTBOOK STORAGE, SO NOT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE. 
          THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF QUALITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, IT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT WILL TRANSFORM THIS AREA. 
          AND I THINK IT'S JUST GOOD POLICY, UH, TO LET OTHER PEOPLE DO THE HEAVY LIFTING ON INFRASTRUCTURE FOR YOU ALL. 
          IT WILL BE DONE, YOU KNOW, QUICKER, IT'LL BE DONE, UH, LESS EXPENSIVELY, AND YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT OR ADMINISTER THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, OF THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE HERE. 
          SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. 
          IT WILL ALSO CATALYZE, UH, ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FRENCH. 
          OKAY, WE'LL START DISCUSSION. 
          LET ME ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UM, AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN DISCUSSION. 
          I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEM. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION. 
          WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 36. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODE. 
          GAVE, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO PULL THIS ITEM BECAUSE THE LAST TIME THIS WAS GONNA BE ON THE AGENDA, UM, I HAD VERY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT IT AND VERY STRONG OPPOSITION, AND I THINK A LOT OF CONVERSATION NEEDS TO BE HAD ABOUT TOURS AND PROJECTS LIKE THIS. 
          AND, UM, I'VE SAID A NUMBER OF TIMES THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDS AND THE, AND THE TOOLS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY ARE NOT USED AS A TOOL FOR EXPLOITATION AND GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT. 
          UM, AND SO WHEN PROJECTS LIKE THIS COME, COME BEFORE US, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THEM. 
          AND I TALK WITH MY TEAM, AND I WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND I HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT. 
          AND NO ONE TAKES DEVELOPMENT AT THIS SCALE LIGHTLY. 
          UM, AND I DO MAINTAIN THE BELIEF THAT IF AN APPLICANT FOR PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS CAN'T MEET OUR COMMUNITY'S NEED, THEN WE DON'T NEED TO GRANT THEM COMMUNITY DOLLARS. 
          AND I'M GLAD THAT I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT AND THEY'VE BEEN, UM, A VERY OPEN EAR. 
          UM, AND THE GOAL IS TO PAINT A LARGER PICTURE OF NOT JUST THIS SPECIFIC PROPERTY, BUT PLANS FOR OVER 20 ACRES OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IN BROADWAY EAST. 
          SO AT THIS PROPERTY, THERE WILL BE OPEN MEETING, MEETING SPACE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HAVE BEEN WANTING AND WAITING FOR, AND THERE'S GONNA BE JOB OPPORTUNITIES WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE IN THE AREA, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY IS ALSO LOOKING FOR AND WANTING TO BE A 
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PRIORITY TO THOSE WHO ARE INVESTING IN THE DISTRICT. 
          THE LARGER CONVERSATION INCLUDES PLANNING OF THE REST OF THE AREA, UM, TO INCLUDE OTHER POTENTIAL PUBLIC SPACES, LIKE A POTENTIAL SPLASH PAD, WHICH OUR NEIGHBORS WOULD LOVE AND I WOULD HAPPILY SUPPORT . 
          SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR CON, UH, CONVERSATION CONTINUE ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, THERE'S SUPPORT HERE, OBVIOUSLY WE HEARD FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS. 
          AND THE MAIN CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE, UM, ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THIS ITEM AND ABOUT TURS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT TO IT. 
          AND SO MOVING FORWARD, THERE'S GONNA BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT A NEW SET OF STANDARDS FORTS APPLICANTS, SO THAT IT'S CLEAR FOR ALL PARTIES, AND THERE'S NO SURPRISES ON ANY END WHEN DECISIONS ARE MADE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY IS WATCHING. 
          BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT COMMUNITY NEED IS BEING MET THROUGH THIS PROPERTY AND THROUGH THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAD. 
          AND SO IT IS WITH GREAT CAUTION AND IN GOOD FAITH THAT I'M SUPPORTING THIS ITEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, I, UH, OR I GUESS I ALWAYS ADDRESS, UH, FELLOW COUNCILMAN THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE MAYOR. 
          SO MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND, UH, OUR, OUR LAST COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE POINTS THEY WERE MAKING, WHICH I SHARE TO A GREAT EXTENT. 
          UH, WE JUST FINISHED THE DECADE OF DOWNTOWN, AT LEAST WE THOUGHT WE FINISHED THE DECADE OF DOWNTOWN, AND I THINK PART OF THAT DECADE OF DOWNTOWN WAS PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT OF A LOT OF MARKET RATE, UH, PROJECTS THAT, UH, CERTAINLY WERE, WERE WONDERFUL PROJECTS AND DID CREATE, UH, SOME BENEFIT TO THE CITY, BUT DIDN'T SEEM TO REALLY HIT THE TARGET FOR WHAT WE NEED FOR TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND SO I'VE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT WE CONTINUE TO DO WITH T R'S FUNDING, UH, BUT I'M ALSO IMPRESSED TO HEAR ON THE DELIBERATION THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER WENT THROUGH, AND TO HEAR FROM THE TWO COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES WHO CAME FORWARD TODAY. 
          I'VE ALWAYS SAID, I'M A, I'M A NEIGHBORHOOD KIND OF GUY, AND I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE TO SAY, AND THAT MEANS A LOT. 
          UH, I HOPE THAT, THAT THE COUNCILMAN IS RIGHT WHEN HE SAYS WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT HOW WE USE TURS FUNDING IN THE FUTURE. 
          THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT ANY DEVELOPER WHO WANTED TO BUILD THIS PROJECT COULD COME IN AND BUILD IT ALL AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE AND PUT IN ALL OF THOSE GREAT AMENITIES. 
          UH, AND I HOPE THAT THAT'S WHAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN GOING FORWARD. 
          AND WE WON'T ALWAYS BE COMING BACK TO THE CITY TO HELP SUBSIDIZE ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT IF IT'S AFFORDABLE, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE HELPING PEOPLE MOVE INTO HOMES, UH, APARTMENTS THAT THEY OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT AFFORD, UH, THEN I SAY WE SHOULD BE A PARTNER IN THAT INVESTMENT. 
          UH, AND ON THIS ISSUE TODAY, UH, I'M, I'M LIKELY TO GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT IT, UH, KIND OF RELUCTANTLY, BUT WE'LL SEE HOW WE MOVE FORWARD ON FUTURE ISSUES LIKE THIS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, JUST REAL QUICKLY, VERO, WHO, WHO OWNS THIS PROPERTY RIGHT NOW? THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN ACQUIRED BY ENCORE, THE DEVELOPER. 
          OKAY, SIR. 
          IT'S ALREADY OWNED BY NOW. 
          IT'S ALREADY BEEN PURCHASED, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND, UH, NONE OF THIS TURS MONEY OR ANY CITY MONEY WENT TO THE PROPERTY ITSELF? OKAY. 
          NO. 
          SO ALL OF THE TURS MONEY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GOING FOR UTILITIES AND ALL THAT OTHER, OTHER GOOD STUFF. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, UM, YEAH, I, I SHARE SOME CONCERNS ALSO ABOUT THE TURS, BUT, UH, I, I WOULD HOPE THAT ANY FUTURE DISCUSSIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S REALLY UP TO EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT ON HOW THEY WANT TO USE THOSE TURS AND WHERE THEY WANT TO SEE THAT DEVELOPMENT AND MOVE TOWARDS. 
          SO, UM, YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY TO BE ON IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL, AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TAKING THAT AUTHORITY OR THAT, UH, UM, DECISION MAKING PROCESS AWAY FROM EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO, I THINK EVERYBODY ON THIS, UH, ON THIS DAIS HERE. 
          SO ANYWAY, UM, NO COMMENTS ON THAT. 
          I'LL SUPPORT IT AND IN DEFERENCE TO YOU, SIR, AND, UH, WE'LL GO, GO WITH IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK THE, THE BEAUTY OF TOURS IS THAT WE APPOINT AURS BOARD AND THEY GET TO 
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MAKE DECISIONS AND EVALUATE IT. 
          UH, THANK YOU MR. FRENCH FOR COMING. 
          UM, AND, AND FOR ENCORE, FOR BELIEVING IN, IN THE DEVELOPMENT AS REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT THREE, WHEN SOMEONE MENTIONS INFRASTRUCTURE, I, I TRY AND PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT THERE IN SOME OF THE PARTS OF TOWN. 
          IT'S NOT THERE IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          AND WHEN I SAY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES SAY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, WE'RE THINKING ON TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS AND THE EXPENSE IN INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND IF, IF THE DEVELOPERS DIDN'T COME IN AND MEET THESE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS SAWS AND C P SS, WHICH IS EVENTUALLY US WOULD HAVE TO GO IN AND DO THIS TO MAKE IT MORE VIABLE. 
          SO I APPRECIATE DEVELOPERS THAT WANNA COME IN AND DO THAT. 
          INFRASTRUCTURE PARTS, BUSINESSES, I'VE GOT NAVISTAR ON THE SOUTH SIDE LOOKING AT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TOO. 
          THERE ARE PARTS OF OUR CITY THAT HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED SINCE THE SIXTIES. 
          SOME, SOME DEVELOPERS WILL TELL ME SINCE THE FORTIES WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WITH THE PLUMBING, WITH THE, UH, ELECTRICAL, THEY'RE STILL ON WOODEN POLES THAT ARE GOING FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT UNDERNEATH. 
          AND WE NEED TO, IF WE WANNA BRING THE BROADBAND, IF WE WANT TO MOVE THIS CITY INTO A SMART CITY, WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO, UM, I, UH, I APPLAUD MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FOR HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OTHER CONVERSATIONS SPECIFICALLY IN DISTRICT THREE, BUT ALL OVER THE AREAS OF TOWN THAT HAVE, HAVE LONG BEEN NEGLECTED AND ARE STILL DEALING WITH 1960 PIPES AND 1950, UH, WIRES IN THEIR AREAS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR COMING UP AND SHARING, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRA AND COUNCIL MEMBER B BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, I SIT ON THREE DIFFERENT TOURS BOARDS, AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT TOURS. 
          AND ERIC, I, YOU AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT NEW FOUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A COUNCIL WIDE DISCUSSION ON WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE TOURS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE THE SAME GOALS FOR ALL THE TOURS OR DIFFERENT GOALS FOR DIFFERENT TOURS AREAS? AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE MEASURING SUCCESS AND HOW ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE TOURISTS ALIGNED WITH OUR DIFFERENT, UH, OUR CITY'S VISION OR ANY MASTER PLANS, ANY REGIONAL PROJECTS? AND, UM, I, I BELIEVE WE INTEND TO HAVE A MEETING, UH, WITH THE FULL COUNSEL FOR A BRIEFING ON THE TOURS AND, AND JUST MAKE SURE WE ALL HAVE CONSENSUS ON HOW WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THESE. 
          DO DO WE HAVE, UH, A TENTATIVE PLAN FOR SCHEDULING THAT? IT'S, IT'S TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR THE, UH, COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA'S COMMITTEE IN JANUARY, AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT TO THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, SO ON, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR IN, IN SOME OF THE PROJECTS IS ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
          LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, AFFORDABLE HOU PART OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE THESE STRUCTURES ENERGY EFFICIENT BECAUSE THAT'S A PART OF YOUR BILLS, YOUR MONTHLY BILLS. 
          UM, I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T RELY ON THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO REGULATE WELL ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR POWER ON DURING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE A RESILIENT COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO ANYTIME SOMEBODY COMES TO ME, UH, THROUGH ONE OF OUR TOURS OR COMES, BRINGS, ANYBODY, BRINGS ANOTHER TOURIST PROJECT THROUGH TO THE FULL COUNCIL, THAT'S A QUESTION THAT I'M GONNA BE ASKING OF THE APPLICANTS. 
          AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, NOT JUST FOR THIS APPLICANT, BUT FOR ANYBODY GOING FORWARD, THOSE ARE GONNA BE QUESTIONS I'M GONNA BE ASKING, AND I'M GONNA BE LOOKING FOR WHERE YOU CAN GO WELL ABOVE AND BEYOND, UH, STANDARD BUILDING CODES. 
          AND, UH, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA HURT YOUR FINANCIAL MODEL. 
          YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO AND LOOK AT THE, UH, CREDIT HUMAN BUILDING, THE NEW CREDIT HUMAN HEADQUARTERS USES 9% OF THE ENERGY OF WHAT THEIR PREVIOUS HEADQUARTERS USED, AND IT'S A LARGER, THEY HAVE MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE, AND THEY USE 9% OF WHAT THEIR PREVIOUS, UH, HEADQUARTERS USED. 
          NOW THEY EXPECT TO GET PAYBACK OR RETURN ON INVESTMENT WITHIN SEVEN YEARS. 
          SO I'M NOT ASKING PEOPLE TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BREAK THEIR BANK. 
          I'M NOT ASKING FOR PEOPLE THAT THAT'S TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, UM, MAKE THEM BLEED CASH. 
          I'M ASKING, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT MAKES FINANCIAL SENSE, BUT WE NEED TO START BE THINKING LONG TERM ABOUT THESE THINGS AND THINKING HOLISTICALLY ABOUT THESE THINGS. 
          SO I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT, UM, BUT I WANNA RESPECT THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBER IN DISTRICT TWOS, UM, SUPPORT FOR IT. 
          I KNOW HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME VETTING IT, AND, UH, SO I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS ONE AT THIS TIME. 
          BUT GOING FORWARD, I JUST WANT EVERY APPLICANT TO KNOW I'M GONNA BE ASKING A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS. 
          AND, UH, IF I DON'T GET THE ANSWERS I THAT I WANT, THEN I'M NOT GONNA BE APPROVING THESE PROJECTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMEMBER BRAVO. 
          UM, I THINK THAT IS THE 
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RIGHT, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE YOU IN HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SANDOVAL, CAN YOU, CAN YOU TAP THAT BUTTON AGAIN ON THE, OKAY. 
          I SEE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WHERE'S, WHERE'S THAT VENDOR? WASN'T HE HERE LAST WEEK? UNDERSTAND. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IT, SO LIKE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, I ALSO HAVE SOME, SOME HESITATION, BUT AM WILLING TO SUPPORT, UH, WHAT THE COUNCILMAN THINKS IS BEST FOR, FOR HIS DISTRICT. 
          AND I, I TRUST THAT HE'S GIVEN IT A LOT OF, OF THOUGHT AND PROBABLY HAS HAD A LOT OF INNER TURMOIL, UH, ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, SO FIRST I'D, I'D LIKE TO ASK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPACT STUDY, OR MAYBE I'LL MAKE A FEW COMMENTS, UH, FIRST. 
          SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT STUDY AND A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL, WILL DEFINITELY HAVE CONSEQUENCES ON THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF OTHER PUBLIC INVESTMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS MADE, UH, AND THAT PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT HAS MADE, UH, OVER THE PAST, LET'S SAY 10 YEARS THAT I, I THINK ARE, ARE AT THE MOMENT STILL HAVING IMPACTS ON, ON THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO I, I GUESS I'M, I'M CONFUSED ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TEASE THOSE OUT AND ACTUALLY, DO YOU WANT TO TEASE THEM AND SEPARATE THEM OUT? BECAUSE I THINK RELIEF WILL BE NEEDED TO AVOID GENTRIFICATION, UH, NONETHELESS, WHETHER YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT ONE PROJECT OR ALL THE PROJECTS. 
          SO CAN YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR, OF YOUR THEORY ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO APPROACH THIS? IT'S A, IT'S A DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER. 
          UM, GENTRIFICATION DISPLACEMENT, UM, HAS SEVERAL CAUSES. 
          AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHICH PROJECTS MAY CAUSE DISPLACEMENT, WE FIRST NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S CAUSED DISPLACEMENT IN THE PAST. 
          SO YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          THERE'S MANY PROJECTS, UM, THAT WE'VE HEARD OF, UM, EVERYTHING FROM SAN PEDRO CREEK TO THE PEARL, TO OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THROUGH THESE STUDIES TO ESTABLISH A BASELINE. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE ALSO GONNA BE DOING ANOTHER DIS, UH, DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR, UH, THE LONE STAR, UM, WHICH RECENTLY ALSO RECEIVED HERS. 
          UM, AND SO WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON, UM, BUT WITH DIFFERENT, UH, VARIABLES AROUND THEM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET EVEN MORE DATA, BUT THE GOAL OF THESE STUDIES ARE TO, UH, ANALYZE OTHER AREAS IN THE CITIES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED CHANGE, AND THEN USE THAT AS A PREDICTOR FOR WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT MAY DO OR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS MAY DO BASED ON THE SIMILARITY TO OTHER PROJECTS. 
          SO IT'S NOT A STRAIGHTFORWARD, UH, ANSWER AT THIS POINT, UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE STUDY WILL HELP US DO, IS TO START THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, AND THAT WILL, THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY WILL BE PRESENTED TO, OR I, I GUESS WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP ONCE IT'S COMPLETED? YEAH, WE WILL, UM, GREAT QUESTION. 
          WE WILL WORK WITH OUR HOUSING COMMISSION AND MOST LIKELY COUNCIL COMMITTEE, UM, TO WORK WITH THOSE, UM, WORK ON THOSE STUDIES AND THOSE PRESENTATIONS AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UM, SEE IF WE CAN SCALE THOSE TO A LARGER SCALE FOR OTHER PROJECTS, UM, THAT MAY HAVE SIMILAR IMPACTS IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO THAT, THAT'LL BE THE PLAN FOR THOSE. 
          SO, SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS MIGHT BE SOME SORT OF MITIGATING FACTORS TO ASSIST FAMILIES THAT ARE AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT, OR HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT? YES. 
          ULTIMATELY, THAT WOULD BE THE END RESULT OF THE STUDY, IS HOW CAN WE HELP THEM MITIGATE IN THE FIRST PLACE, OR IF, UH, INDIVIDUALS ARE, UM, DISPLACED, UM, WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM NOT FALL INTO A WORSE SITUATION. 
          SO IT'LL BE BOTH. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I JUST WANNA PUT IT OUT THERE THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH NEW TOOLS THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW MM-HMM. 
           TO MITIGATE DISPLACEMENT, UM, MOVING PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIVED IN FOR, FOR GENERATIONS. 
          THAT'S, I DON'T THINK THAT'S IDEAL, AND THAT'S NOT WHERE WE WANNA GO. 
          AND, AND WHEREVER WE SEND THEM, THEY'RE NEVER GONNA GET BACK THE FULL RICHNESS THAT, THAT THEY HAD, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY WERE, OR I DON'T BELIEVE IT WOULD HAPPEN. 
          SO, UM, I JUST LIKE TO PUT THAT OUT AS, AS FOOD FOR THOUGHT AS AS YOU GO THROUGH THE STUDY. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, THE WORKERS, THERE'S, UH, GOING TO BE 250 CONSTRUCTION JOBS. 
          UM, I, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, AND THAT IS, WE ARE NOT HIRING THEM. 
          IT IS THE DEVELOPER WHO IS, IS THAT RIGHT? UM, UH, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ENCORE IS HERE, MR. I SAW HIM EARLIER. 
          JAMES GRIFFIN, UH, HE CAN ADDRESS THAT QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          JAMES, IF YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT AND SORT OF, UM, HOW YOU CARE FOR THE WORKERS. 
          I'M PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT CONSTRUCTION IN THE, IN THE HEAT, UH, THAT WILL BE HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS STILL ONGOING DURING THE, THE SUMMER SEASONS, AND HOW WE, HOW WILL YOU CARE FOR THEIR HEALTH? YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, OSHA STANDARDS AND ALL THAT, BUT YEAH, GOING BACK TO THE, THE BEGINNING PART OF IT, AND I, I THINK YOUR QUESTION WAS, YOU KNOW, WHO WAS HIRING 'EM AND THAT, THAT IS ENCORE AND THEIR CONTRACTORS, 
          [03:50:01]
UH, WILL BE HIRING, UM, THE, THE CONTRACTORS AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, UH, AS WELL AS SOME FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, UM, ONCE, ONCE IT'S BUILT, UM, THE FOCUS ON THE COMMUNITY, UH, SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, TRYING TO GET AS MANY LOCAL FOLKS AND, YOU KNOW, THE CLOSER, CLOSER THEY LIVE TO THE SITE, THE, THE BETTER FOR, FOR MANY, MANY REASONS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, HOW TO AVOID THE, THE TEXAS HEAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S USUALLY, UH, STARTING EARLY, UM, AND, UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TAKING, TAKING CARE OF THEIR, THEIR FOLKS, WHICH I'VE, UH, SEEN FIRSTHAND THAT, UH, ENCORE CERTAINLY TAKES CARE OF EVERYBODY FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM THERE. 
          SO, THANK YOU, JAMES. 
          AND, AND JUST TO COMMENT, SO, UM, O OSHA, I DON'T THINK WE'RE, UM, WE HAVE OUR OWN STATE, UM, UH, REGULATIONS, RIGHT? WE'RE KIND OF OPTED OUT OF, OF OSHA TO SOME EXTENT IN TEXAS, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          SO, UM, NONETHELESS, UH, THE OSHA STANDARDS, UH, HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UH, THE CHANGES IN HEAT THAT WE EXPERIENCE HERE IN TEXAS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          WHILE WATER BREAKS ARE REQUIRED, WATER BREAKS ARE, SORRY, WATER IS REQUIRED, THE BREAKS AT WHICH TO DRINK THAT WATER ARE NOT. 
          SO JUST SOMETHING TO, TO KEEP IN MIND. 
          HYDRATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO, TO HELP OUR WORKERS OR OUR OUTDOOR WORKERS FROM, FROM SUFFERING, FROM, FROM HEAT STROKE, WHICH IS APPARENTLY WE, WE LOSE MANY, MANY PEOPLE TO THAT HERE IN THE, IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS. 
          SO, UM, I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE THAT MESSAGE BACK TO ENCORE. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          GREAT, GREAT POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, I OF COURSE, UH, SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN BRAVO WHEN IT COMES TO THE GREEN CHARACTERISTICS. 
          UM, AND IS THERE ANY, SO THE AREA IS BEING REDEVELOPED, BUT ARE ANY OF THE BUILDINGS BEING REDEVELOPED, OR IS IT LIKE A CLEAR CUT? UH, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT ITSELF? THE, THE BUILDINGS WERE CERTAINLY NOT HISTORIC, AND THEY WERE PRETTY RUNDOWN, UH, INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDINGS. 
          SO, SO THE BUILDING'S, UM, NOT GOING TO BE REUSED, UM, ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE PROJECT. 
          AS FAR AS THE LARGER 23 ACRES, UH, I'M NOT SURE, AND PETER MIGHT ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO, TO ANSWER THAT, NOT TO PUT HIM ON THE SPOT, BUT, UM, ON THIS SITE ITSELF, NO, THE, THE BUILDINGS WERE NOT, UH, WORTH, WORTH KEEPING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S, THE PROJECT'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PACE, UH, FUNDING SINCE THERE'S NO, UH, REDEVELOPMENT OF, OF BUILDINGS. 
          UM, NONETHELESS, WE DO HOPE TO SEE, UH, SOME LOTS OF GREAT GREEN FEATURES. 
          AND REMIND ME AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE. 
          WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS PROJECT MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES. 
          I KNOW. 
          UM, SO A LUXURY DEVELOPMENT, SO THERE IS NO AFFORDABILITY IN THIS PROJECT, UH, CORRECT. 
          NONE OF THE UNITS THEMSELVES ARE AFFORDABLE, UH, AS YOU HEARD FROM, FROM VERO, UM, BE A MILLION DOLLARS GOING INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND. 
          UM, AND, AND PROBABLY EVEN MORE OF AN IMPACT TO, YOU KNOW, HELP COVER, COVER THE, UM, IMPRESSIVE GOALS THAT, UH, UH, COUNCIL HAS SET AS FAR AS AFFORDABILITY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. 
          A SIGNIFICANT BOOST TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND AS, AS WELL AS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OTHER TAXING ENTITIES. 
          SO, UH, A HUGE INDIRECT, UH, IMPACT, BUT, BUT NO AFFORDABLE UNITS WITHIN THIS PROJECT ITSELF. 
          SO I'M, I'M GONNA ASK A VERY BASIC QUESTION, AND I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY RUN THROUGH THIS, BUT, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF, OF SOME OF THOSE FOLKS WATCHING, IF THIS IS A LUXURY DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL HAVE NO ELEMENTS OF AFFORDABILITY IN AN AREA THAT HAS RECEIVED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, UH, FROM PUBLIC FUNDS IN TERMS OF, WE'VE ALL SEEN WHAT'S GOING TO HA THE EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN ON, ON BROADWAY AND THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED ON BROADWAY, UM, WHY, WHAT WOULD I TELL MY RESIDENTS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY TAXPAYERS WHO DO NOT HAVE A TS IN THEIR DISTRICT, OKAY. 
          ABOUT WHY WE SHOULD SPEND PROPERTY TAX REVENUE ON A LUXURY PROJECT IN AN AREA THAT ALREADY HAS A LOT OF PUBLIC, UH, IMPROVEMENTS? YEAH, THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION. 
          AND YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT A BLOCK OFF OF BROADWAY, IT'S, IT, IT'S NOT BROADWAY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PEARL ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THE PEARL, AND IT'S ITS OWN SUCCESS STORY. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE, UH, A LOT OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT ON BROADWAY, AND, AND THAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND THEN STARTING, UM, KIND OF RIGHT HERE AT THIS PROJECT AS, AS THE GATEWAY, UH, HEADING EAST INTO GOVERNMENT HILL, UM, THAT THERE, THERE REALLY HASN'T BEEN THE INVESTMENT. 
          UM, AND THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE, AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOR A FOUR ACRE PROJECT, YOU HAVE 10 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF, OF JUST INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED. 
          SO, UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S CLOSE TO BROADWAY, BUT IT'S, IT'S A WORLD AWAY AS FAR AS THE INVESTMENT AND THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND WHAT'S NEEDED TO, TO HAVE ANY SORT OF INVESTMENT THERE 
          [03:55:01]
AND, AND FUTURE, FUTURE GROWTH, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DE TOURS IS A, A NECESSARY TOOL AND OPPORTUNITY. 
          I THINK THIS PROJECT REALLY FITS THE, THE GOAL OF THE TOURS, UH, REALLY TO A T, UM, BECAUSE IT IS, UH, MONEY THAT IS COMING BACK THROUGH THE INCREASED, YOU KNOW, TAX REVENUE GENERATED BY THIS PROJECT BEING BUILT, UM, AND, AND SPURRING OTHER FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, SLIGHTLY OFFSETTING WHAT ARE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UM, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND PRIVATE IMPROVEMENT INVESTMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 36. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR AGENDA. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE AN, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WELL AS A 2:00 PM ZONING. 
          UH, LEMME TURN 
          [City Manager's Report]
IT OVER TO ERIC. 
          IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YEAH, LET ME JUST GIVE YOU ONE ITEM. 
          UH, I'LL HOLD THE REST, UH, FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL, UH, MEETING, UH, MAYOR. 
          SO, UH, ONE IS, UH, OUR, UH, EMPLOYEE VIDEO, AND IT'S FRANKLY HIGHLIGHTING, UM, FIVE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          UH, A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, UH, SUNDAY, WE HAD, UH, OUR ANNUAL EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION EVENT AT THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN RICHARD GARCIA FOR GOING OUT. 
          IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 
          UM, IT'S AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT WE DID NOT DO LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID. 
          SO WE HAD TWICE THE HONOREES, AND THESE ARE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE, UH, CELEBRATING FIVE YEAR INCREMENT, UM, ANNIVERSARIES WITH THE CITY. 
          UM, YOU'LL MEET FIVE OF THEM IN THE VIDEO. 
          UM, IT'S, UH, IT WAS A GOOD DAY AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRIED TO CHANGE UP THAT EVENT PERIODICALLY, AND THE ZOO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND. 
          UM, AGAIN, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 
          FAMILY MEMBERS WERE OUT THERE, AND, UM, I WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THAT WITH THE, WITH THE COUNCIL. 
          THE, THE EMPLOYEES WERE EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE. 
          UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO, UH, GET OUTDOORS AND MAKE A CONNECTION WITH ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, AND YOU'LL SEE A WIDE VARIETY OF EMPLOYEES IN OUR, UH, IN OUR VIDEOS. 
          LET'S ROLL THE VIDEO. 
          I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY 35 YEARS. 
          I MEAN, I WASN'T THINKING THE YEARS WAS GOING BY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT QUICK , BECAUSE I SAID I'M GONNA DO 25 AND THAT'S OUT. 
          AND THEN I WENT, LOOK AROUND. 
          I SAID, OH, MAN. 
          HUH. 
          I DIDN'T MAKE 35 ALREADY. 
          I CAME, UH, TO BE WITH THE CITY IN MARCH OF 1996. 
          AND FOR ME, THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THE FAMILY BUSINESS. 
          UH, MY FATHER, ALL MY UNCLES, UH, WERE FIREFIGHTERS. 
          UH, IN FACT, THERE'S BEEN 10 OF US THAT HAVE BEEN ON CONSISTENTLY SINCE THE 1950S. 
          I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY 45 YEARS. 
          I STAYED HOME SIX MONTHS AFTER I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I APPLIED ON A FRIDAY. 
          THEY ASKED IF I COULD START WORKING ON MONDAY, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING EVER SINCE. 
          THE THING I'M MOST PROUD OF, AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, UH, IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS, BUT GETTING TO KNOW MYSELF AS A PROFESSIONAL. 
          SO, MY QUESTION ACTUALLY FOR ALL OF YOU IS SO NOT YOUR FIRST DAY IN THE CITY, BUT THE FIRST DAY OF YOUR FIFTH YEAR, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL YOURSELF? ? I'D TELL YOU, I WOULDN'T BELIEVE I MADE IT THAT FUN. 
           , YOU KNOW, YOU STICK IT OUT BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. 
          10 DIDN'T POPPED UP, YOU KNOW, AND FOR ME, I ENJOYED EVERY BIT OF THE YEARS I WAS, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN HERE. 
          AND SO I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU AS YOU, UH, MOVE ON FORWARD TO ALWAYS KEEP THAT LIFE WORK, BALANCE, TIME FLIES, ENJOY YOUR JOB, BE HAPPY AT YOUR JOB. 
          AND, UH, I WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THIS IS MY 45TH YEAR PIN AND I ALMOST WORE ALL MY PINS, BUT I DIDN'T WANNA WALK IN LIKE THIS  . 
          SO I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET LUPE AT THE, AT THE ZOO WITH, UH, WITH THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY. 
          AND, UH, 45 YEARS WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ONE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS UNUSUAL FOR AN EMPLOYEE THAT, THAT, UH, THAT'S BEEN WITH US THAT LONG. 
          AND I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SANDOVAL AND COUNCILWOMAN GRO CAN APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMITMENT THAT A FAMILY MAKES. 
          BUT THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, ERIC. 
          UH, 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION]
WE DO HAVE AN EXEC SESSION, SO LET'S GO STRAIGHT INTO THAT. 
          UM, IF YOU WANT THE TWO MINUTES TO GRAB A BITE, UH, IT'S IN THE C ROOM. 
          UH, THE TOWN IS NOW 1:22 PM ON 
          [04:00:01]
THIS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2021. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 5 5 1, AND TO DELIBERATE TO DISCUSS THE ITEMS POSTED ON THE NOVEMBER 17TH, 2021 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, BUT NOT REACHED OR FINISHED. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          YES, WE GOT OUR, WE GOT OUR QUORUM HERE SEATED TODAY. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ A STATEMENT HERE, OKAY? YES, MA'AM. 
          LET'S CALL ROLL. 
          GOOD IDEA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKAY RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEY. 
          HARA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAZ. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR NUREMBERG. 
          MAYOR PRO TIMM. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 1552, UM, ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2021, THE SAN ANTONIO, UH, EIGHT NOVEMBER 18TH, 2021. 
          AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          TODAY'S MEETING, UH, IS NOW IN SESSION. 
          SO, UM, 
          [Items 41 - 44, 47 - 52, 54 & 55]
WE HAVE A CONSENT LIST RIGHT NOW. 
          THE CONSENT ITEMS ARE 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, AND 55. 
          AND AS I UNDERSTAND, THERE'S NO SPEAKERS ON THAT, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY OF THESE THAT NEED TO BE PULLED FROM ANYONE? NO. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          WE WILL MOVE ON THEN. 
          UH, WE MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN. 
          DO WE HAVE A VOTING THING HERE? OKAY. 
          YOU KNOW, LET'S WAIT ON TECHNOLOGY. 
          DON'T GET AHEAD YOURSELF. 
          HOW ABOUT, LET'S DO IN THE OLD FASHIONED WAY, LET'S DO IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? AYE. 
          NONE. 
          LET'S CARRY ON. 
          AND WE DO HAVE SOME INDIVIDUAL ZONING CASES TODAY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I'LL START OFF 
          [45. ZONING CASE Z202110700241
CD (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning
District Boundary from "R4
AHOD" Residential SingleFamily
Airport Hazard Overlay District to
"R4
CD AHOD" Residential SingleFamily
Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional
Use for three (3) dwelling units on the north 137.5 feet of Lot 112, Block 2, NCB 2977, located
at 863 Steves Avenue. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Denial, with Alternate
Recommendation.]
WITH AGENDA NUMBER 45. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS IS A REZONING FROM R FORD R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 8 63 STEVES AVENUE, STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION. 
          RECOMMENDED DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION FOR TWO UNITS. 
          35 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, YES. 
          COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA, I MOVE THAT WE CONTINUE FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW FOR MORE DIALOGUE WITH THE APPLICANT AND SPECIFICALLY TO CONTINUE TO DECEMBER 2ND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OH, WHERE? OKAY. 
          TECHNOLOGY IS CAUGHT UP. 
          LET'S, UH, USE THE MACHINE HERE. 
          I CAN SECOND THIS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          GREAT. 
          LET'S 
          [46. ZONING CASE Z202110700242
CD (Council District 3): Ordinance amending the Zoning
District Boundary from "R5
AHOD" Residential SingleFamily
Airport Hazard Overlay District to
"R5
CD AHOD" Residential SingleFamily
Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Conditional
Use for two (2) dwelling units on Lot 26, Block 1, NCB 9522, located at 503 Mebane Street.
Staff recommends Denial. Zoning Commission recommends Approval.]
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. 
          AGENDA. 
          ITEM NUMBER 46 IS A REZONING FROM R FIVE TO R FIVE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 5 0 3 MAMBA STREET. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL 40 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR FOR OPPOSED COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA, I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SPECIFICALLY IN TWO WEEKS TO THE DECEMBER 2ND ZONING MEETING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? GOT A SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ARE WE DOING THIS ON THE MACHINE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I KEEP HITTING THE WRONG MACHINE HERE. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR. 
          ALL RIGHT, MELISSA, LET'S MOVE ON TO 
          [04:05:01]
THE NEXT ONE. 
          YES SIR. 
          [53. ZONING CASE Z202110700145
ERZD (Council District 8): Ordinance amending the Zoning
District Boundary from "R6
MLOD1
MLR2
AHOD ERZD" Residential SingleFamily
Camp
Bullis Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay Edwards
Recharge Zone District to "R4
MLOD1
MLR2
AHOD ERZD" Residential SingleFamily
Camp Bullis Military Lighting Overlay Military Lighting Region 2 Airport Hazard Overlay Edwards
Recharge Zone District on Lot 15, Block 18, NCB 14728, located at 12103 Pebble Street. Staff
and Zoning Commission recommend Denial.]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 53. 
          THIS IS A REZONING FROM R SIX TO R FOUR LOCATED AT 12 1 0 3 PEBBLE STREET. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL. 
          14. 
          NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. 
          WE DO HAVE TWO MEMBERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          UH, THE FIRST IS LINDSAY, CAN YOU DO DECEMBER 2ND SINCE THIS IS IN MY DISTRICT SECOND. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU SIR. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          HE ASKED FOR CONTINUANCE. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, BUT WE IS LINDSEY THORN HERE. 
          LINDSEY THORN. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          HOW ABOUT MANNY GARZA? HE, HE IS HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          MORNING COUNSEL, OR GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL. 
          I'VE BEEN SITTING THERE A LONG TIME. 
          SORRY. 
          UM, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          . 
          OH, THEY HAVE? OKAY. 
          WELL, YEAH, WE'LL BE HERE FOR NEXT TIME FOR THE CON FOR THE CONTINUANCE. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. GARZA. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          UH OH. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, SOME GUESTS HERE FROM SAS AND THEY TOOK THE TIME TO BE, UH, HERE PRESENT TODAY ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF MAYBE WE CAN INVITE, UH, THEIR DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE UP TO SPEAK AND SHARE WITH US SOME OF THE CONCERNS REGARDING THE CASE. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          SIR, IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TALK TO US. 
          I'M SCOTT HALTE, I'M DIRECTOR OF RESOURCE PROTECTION COMPLIANCE AT SAS. 
          UM, AND THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT CONCERNS WITH THE CASE. 
          UM, THE AQUIFER QUALITY ORDINANCE USES A MIXTURE OF IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITS WITH B M P TREATMENT METHODS AND THE IMPER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. 
          YES. 
          THIS IS A DIFFERENT CROWD FROM WHEREVER YOU'VE BEEN BEFORE. 
          , OKAY. 
          NO, THAT'S, UM, SO, UH, USES BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO TREAT STORMWATER RUNOFF. 
          UM, THE IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR ARE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY USE FOR A GUIDELINE IN THE ORDINANCE. 
          30% ASKING FOR HIGHER, BUT WE DON'T FEEL THAT THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT TREATMENT TO PROTECT THE AQUIFER, AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE RECOMMENDING DISAPPROVAL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS. 
          THINK IT WAS TO CONTINUE, CONTINUE. 
          DECEMBER 2ND. 
          COUNCILMAN PALAIS, COULD YOU RESTATE YOUR MOTION AGAIN? MOVE TO CONTINUE TO DECEMBER 2ND TO CONTINUE TO DECEMBER 2ND AND THERE WAS A SECOND ON THAT. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GARCIA. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, NO OTHER COMMENTS. 
          LET'S UH, VOTE ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          AND, UH, 
          [Items 56 & 57]
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 56 AND 57. 
          AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 56 AND 57 IS AN AMENDING THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN FROM GENERAL URBAN TIER AND SUBURBAN TIER TO GENERAL URBAN TIER FROM C TWO NA, C THREE AND MF 33 TO MF 33, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 17,000 BLOCK OF GREEN MOUNTAIN ROAD. 
          STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          11. 
          NOTICES MAILED, ZERO IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED. 
          COUNCILMAN KURT? YES, I BEHALF MY GOOD FRIEND. 
          YOU NEED A MICROPHONE? I MOTION TO CONTINUE UNTIL DECEMBER 2ND. 
          THIS IS FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX OFF GREEN MOUNTAIN ROAD. 
          MORE TIME IS NEEDED TO NEGOTIATE THE ACCESS POINT OFF GREEN MOUNTAIN. 
          OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE HERE. 
          AH, DANG. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, MOTION CARRIES. 
          LET'S 
          [Items 58 & 59]
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          AND NUMBER 58 AND 59. 
          YES SIR. 
          AGENDA NUMBER 58 AND 59 IS A REZONING AND AMENDING 
          [04:10:01]
THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN FROM SUBURBAN TIER TO SPECIALIZED CENTER FROM C THREE TO L LOCATED AT 17 0 9 7 NACODOCHES ROAD. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          10. 
          NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE ONCE AGAIN ON BEHALF. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THIS PROPOSED ZONING FITS IN WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA AND HAS NO OPPOSITION. 
          THEREFORE, HE MOVES TO APPROVE ITEM 58 AND 59 WITH THE ATTACHED LETTER FOR THE RECORD. 
          OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, IF WE CAN HAVE A VOTE HERE. 
          I GOT IT. 
          I GOT IT. 
          I, OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          UM, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE ON MY LIST. 
          UH, THIS SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED. 
          THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND SORRY AGAIN FOR THE DELAY.
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