* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] I LIKE AUSTIN, BUT I LOVE SANTO OF LOVE DANCING IN GROOVE BACK DOWN THE ROAD. SO I LIKE, BUT I LOVE SANTON AND IF WE'RE ONE PLACE TO GO. SO I, BUT I LOVE SAN ANTONIO. IN SAN ANTONIO, PONTO. [ PROCEDURAL  ] GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. UH, WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION. THE TIME IS 9:26 AM ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL, 2022. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEY RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COVEO HDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. MAYOR NIERENBERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED TODAY, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR INDICATOR THIS MORNING. A FRIEND OF ALL OF OURS, UH, REVEREND HERMAN PRICE JR. IS THE HIGHEST SPIRITED PASTOR OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH IN LEON VALLEY, TEXAS. PASTOR PRICE IS A NATIVE OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, AND HAS SERVED HIS COUNTRY PROUDLY AS A NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. HE RETIRED AS A TOP THREE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER AFTER 20 YEARS OF HONORABLE MILITARY SERVICE. PASTOR PRICE IS A GRADUATE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE AND WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY. HE EARNED HIS MASTER DIVINITY DEGREE FROM SOUTHWEST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. PASTOR PRICE BELIEVES IN THE GOSPEL MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST, AND IT HAS THE POWER TO RAISE UP BROKEN COMMUNITIES. HE'S A FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY OF CHURCHES FOR SOCIAL ACTION, A CITYWIDE GROUP OF DYNAMIC PASTORS USING THEIR VOICES TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER. UNDER PASTOR PRICE'S LEADERSHIP, C C S A CONTINUED ITS COLLABORATIVE WORK BY PARTNERING WITH CORPORATIONS IN SAN ANTONIO TO RAISE MORE THAN $2 MILLION IN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GRADUATING AFRICAN-AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. PRESSER PRICE'S, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT EARNED HIM THE HONOR TO SERVE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SAN ANTONIO MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMISSION. FROM 2006 TO 2007, HE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF PROJECT QUEST AND NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LONG-TERM JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. FOR 12 YEARS, HE WAS AN ADVISOR MEMBER OF THE NORTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT'S STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE FROM 2013 TO 2016. AND PASTOR PRICE WAS ONE OF THE LEADING ADVOCATES IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR PRE-K FOR SA. IN 2006, GOD DIRECTED THIS MAN OF GOD TO RELOCATE AN OLD TRADITIONAL CHURCH WITH LESS THAN 150 FAITHFUL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OF KENWOOD TO LEON VALLEY, TEXAS. TODAY, ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH HAS OVER 800 MEMBERS AND CONTINUES TO GROW AIDED BY THE POWER OF AIDED BY THE POWER OF GOD. REVEREND BRYCE IS THE PROUD HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE OF 45 YEARS. SISTER KATHLEEN KATHY PRICE, THEY HAVE THREE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, BESHEAR, AISHA, AND LATONYA, AND THREE GRANDDAUGHTERS, LAYLA, MAYA, AND MALIA. UH, IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU BACK IN, IN, UH, CHAMBERS, REVEREND PRICE, THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND, UH, TO ME AND TO ALL OF SAN ANTONIO. UH, WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET US PRAY THIS IS DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE, AND WE OUGHT TO REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT. OH LORD, OUR LORD, HOW EXCELLENT IS THY NAME AND ALL OF THE EARTH, LORD, I WILL EXALT YOU AT ALL TIMES AND YOUR PRAISE WILL ALWAYS BE ON OUR LIPS, OUR GLORY IN THE LORD SELF, OUR GLORY IN THE LORD, AND NOT MY THINGS. OH LORD, HOW I THANK YOU ON THIS MORNING FOR YOUR LOVE, BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE. YOU HAVE BEEN MERCIFUL. YOU'VE BLESSED US THIS MORNING WITH BRAND [00:05:01] NEW MERCY BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE. YOU'VE BEEN GRACIOUS TOWARD US. AND LORD, I THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU, GOD THIS MORNING THAT WE CAN FIND AND RECEIVE FORGIVENESS FOR OUR SINS. IN THE WORDS OF DR. CORN WEST, WE ALL HAVE TO LOVE OUR CROOKED NEIGHBORS WITH OUR CROOKED HEARTS. SO, LORD, FORGIVE US THIS MORNING, UH, MAKE US RIGHT, ENABLE US THIS MORNING TO STAND BEFORE YOUR HOLY PRESENCE AND TO PETITION YOUR THRONE OF GRACE. SO I THANK YOU, GOD THIS MORNING FOR CHRIST JESUS, THE ONE WHO SHOWED US HOW TO LOVE AND HOW TO SERVE. FATHER GOD, I PRAY YOUR BLESSINGS OVER OUR MAYOR AND OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WATCH OVER THEIR FAMILIES. UH, WE PRAY, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD LEAD GOD, YOU WOULD LEAD THEM IN THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE. LORD, GIVE US AS A CITY THE SPIRIT OF LOVE AND SERVICE WITHOUT PREJUDICE. LORD, GUIDE THIS CITY. GIVE US A HOPE, A REAL HOPE AND DESPAIR. FILL OUR STREETS WITH JOY, PEACE, AND GLADNESS. AND OH GOD, WE BE CAREFUL TO GIVE YOU THE PRAISE AND GIVE YOU THE GLORY FOR IT'S IN THAT MATCHLESS NAME. IT'S IN THAT POWERFUL NAME OF JESUS TO CHRIST, OUR PRAY MAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR PRICE. AND WE ARE ALSO KEEPING, UH, IN SPECIAL PRAYER TODAY. UH, OUR FORMER, UH, ESTEEMED STATE SENATOR LETICIA VAN DEPU IS RECOVERING FROM INJURIES SHE SUSTAINED IN FLORIDA IN AN ACCIDENT. SO PLEASE KEEP HER IN HER PRAYERS. UM, TODAY I'M GONNA BE CALLING ON MY COLLEAGUES BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THE OTHER PERSONAL, UH, POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO REMEMBER SOME DEAR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO WE'VE LOST OVER THE WEEK. UH, THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT WEEK FOR US IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY LEADERS, UH, FOLKS WHO, UH, HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO SERVICE OF OUR CITY, UH, NEED TO BE REMEMBERED. AND, AND TO DO THAT, I'M GONNA CALL ON, UH, A FEW OF OUR COLLEAGUES TO REMEMBER THEM IN WORDS. AND THEN WE'RE ALL GOING TO, UH, JOIN IN, IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO RECOGNIZE THE LOVED ONES THAT WE'VE LOST OVER THE COURSE OF THESE LAST WEEKS. SO LET ME FIRST START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, DISTRICT TWO, UM, HAS LOST A VERY GREAT MAN. UH, DR. DOUG HEATH WAS THE MANAGING EDITOR OF THE SAN ANTONIO OBSERVER AND A RADIO D G A K R O V F M. HE GENUINELY LOVED HIS COMMUNITY AND SELFLESS SELFLESSLY SERVED WITH ZEAL AND VALOR. DOUG MADE IT HIS MISSION TO INFORM, EDUCATE, AND ADVOCATE FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. AND WHEN I WAS ELECTED AS COUNCILMAN, HE WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO LISTEN, UM, AND PROVIDED A PLATFORM FOR MY OFFICE TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT WAYS. AND BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY DEATH, UM, DOUG SPOKE TO US ABOUT HIS VISION, UH, TO UNITE MEDIA IN OUR DISTRICT, IN OUR OFFICE, TO BUILD OUR COMMUNITY. HE WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE, HUMBLE, AND READY TO SERVE. AND AS A DISTRICT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HONOR HIS VISION AND LEGACY IN WHATEVER WAYS WE CAN. WE OFFER OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COLLEAGUES. AND MAY HE REST IN PEACE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. NOW LEMME TURN TO COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I'D LIKE FOR US TO TAKE SOME TIME THIS MORNING TO REMEMBER SOMEONE WHO PERSONIFIED WHAT WE CALL PDU SAN ANTONIO. IT'S HARD TO DE DESCRIBE BUDDO, BUT WE KNOW IT WHEN WE SEE IT. WE ALL KNEW JOHN ESQUIVEL WHEN WE SAW HIM, AND WE RECOGNIZED HIM AS BEING RO SAN ANTONIO. WE KNEW HIM AS HISPANIC ELVIS WHEN HE PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK. HE WAS 76 YEARS OLD. HE WAS A FIXTURE IN OUR DOWNTOWN. HE WAS A STREET PERFORMER. HE WAS UNIQUE, WHIMSICAL, AND WELCOMING. HE TOOK AN ICONIC IMAGE AND TRANSFORMED IT INTO SOMETHING THAT WAS ONE OF THE KIND OVER THE TOP SAN ANTONIO. HE ENTERTAINED TOURISTS AND POSED FOR COUNTLESS PICTURES. I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HERE HAVE A PHOTO WITH HIM. HE WAS AN ICONIC CHARACTER IN HIS OWN RIGHT, UH, WHO, WHO COULD HAVE ONLY EXISTED IN OUR GREAT CITY. HE WAS ALSO CONSISTENT IN HARDWORKING, DEPENDABLE, ALWAYS THERE LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE AND THINGS IN SAN ANTONIO THAT WE COUNT ON. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HE DIDN'T TAKE HIMSELF HIMSELF TOO SERIOUSLY. HE SHOWED UP EVERY DAY IN HIS OWN WAY, CELEBRATING [00:10:01] THE PEOPLE HE MET IN THE CITY THAT FRAMED HIS PLAYFUL HOSPITALITY. HE PERSONIFIED A UNIQUELY SAN ANTONIO ATTITUDE. HISPANIC ELVIS COULDN'T HAVE EXISTED ANYWHERE ELSE. HE WAS A BELOVED FIGURE IN THIS CITY THAT, THAT I LOVE. WE SENT OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND WE MISS HIM ALREADY BECAUSE HE WAS BURRO SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COBE HDA. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THE NAME OF PASTOR WARREN BEAMER, WHO WE LOST FROM HEALING PLACE CHURCH, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT IN LOUISIANA OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK. MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW PASTOR BEAMER AS A FORMER YOUTH PASTOR AT CORNERSTONE CHURCH, UH, ALSO BECAME THE LEAD PASTOR AT HEALING PLACE. UH, HE BECAME KNOWN, VERY WELL KNOWN, UH, TO MEMORY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. MANY MAYORS. HE HAD A VERY STRONG FRIENDSHIP WITH OUR FORMER MAYOR, IVY TAYLOR. UH, AND HE WILL BE DEARLY MISSED ALONG WITH THE, THE MINISTRY THAT HE SERVED. UH, WE ARE KEEPING THEM IN OUR PRAYERS. SO, UM, AGAIN, UH, THREE FRIENDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, AMONG MANY WHO WE'VE LOST OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THEM IN A COLLECTIVE MOMENT OF SILENCE. SO IF YOU WILL JOIN US, PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY, WE DO HAVE, UM, ACTUALLY, LET, LET ME, UM, ASK FOR A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 16TH AND 17TH. LET'S GET THOSE CLEARED, AND THEN WE'LL GO ON TO OUR, OUR POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. UH, SECOND MOTION BY ROCHE GARCIA. SECOND BY VIA GRAND. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. [POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE  ] UM, WE'RE GONNA START, UH, OUR POINTS OF PRIVILEGE HERE, UH, WITH, UH, SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS WHO ARE WEARING JERSEYS AND ONE THAT HAS COYOTE EARS. SO LET ME CALL UP THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS AND THE SPURS TEAM, UH, AND TIM HOLT, BOBBY PEREZ TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOOTBALL. THANKS, MAYOR. I, I THINK WE MAY HAVE LOST OUR COYOTE TO ANOTHER EVENT, BUT YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF, UH, SPUR SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT, SAN ANTONIO FC, WE WANTED TO COME WISH MAYOR AND COUNCIL, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, UH, AVIVA FIESTA, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT, WE'RE RETURNING BACK TO NORMAL. I WANT TO THANK MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP DURING THE LE THIS IS OUR THIRD SEASON IN A COVID ENVIRONMENT. AND FINALLY, THINGS ARE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL, UH, AS WE START PLAYOFFS FOR OUR N B A FRANCHISE, OUR CONCERT SEASONS IN FULL BLOOM. THE ROCKET LA CONTA IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND S AFCS JUST STARTED TWO WEEKS AGO. SO, W WITH THAT, WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TIM HOLT. AND WE DID WANNA SHARE OUR NEW KITS WITH YOU, WHICH WE PROVIDED TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US BE HERE TODAY. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. GOOD TO BE BACK WITH YOU AGAIN. EXCITING TIMES FOR SAN ANTONIO FC FOR CERTAIN, UH, LAST SEASON, 2021 WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN TEAM HISTORY. WE QUALIFIED FOR THE U SS L PLAYOFFS FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR. WE HOSTED TWO SOLD OUT PLAYOFF GAMES AT TOYOTA FIELD, AND WE'RE WITHIN ONE PENALTY KICK OF MAKING IT TO THE, TO THE LEAGUE NATIONAL FINAL. UH, EVEN MORE POSITIVELY. WE FOLLOWED THAT UP HERE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST MONTH WITH THE BEST START IN IN TEAM HISTORY, WINNING OUR FIRST THREE GAMES, UH, TWO OF THOSE GAMES AT TOYOTA FIELD, UH, WHERE WE'VE HAD, UH, AMAZING CROWDS. FANS ARE ENGAGED, THEY'RE EXCITED, THEY'RE INTO FOOTBALL, UM, AND IT'S JUST GREAT TO BE OUT AGAIN AND EN ENJOYING GAMES IN, IN FRONT OF THE FULL, UH, CROWD. AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THE PROSPECTS FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON AND BEYOND. ON A PARALLEL, UH, TRACK REAL QUICK, WE COMPETE IN SOMETHING CALLED THE LAMAR HUNT US OPEN CUP, WHICH IS A NATIONAL CUP, WHICH IS OPEN TO EVERY SOCCER TEAM, PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT'S AN OPEN TOURNAMENT. WE ADVANCED TO THE THIRD ROUND ON TUESDAY. AND I THINK WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT THAT FOR US IS HALF OF THE TEAM THAT WE PLAYED WITH THE STARTING TEAM, UH, WERE 16 AND 17 YEAR OLD PRODUCTS OF THE YOUTH ACADEMY THAT WE LAUNCHED IN 2016 FOR SAN ANTONIO PLAYERS, UH, TO HAVE A PRO PATHWAY THROUGH SAN ANTONIO FC. AND WE WON THE GAME THREE TO ONE, AND, AND WE'VE MOVED ON TO THE THIRD ROUND WHERE CROSSING OUR FINGERS TOMORROW WE GET A [00:15:01] DRAW AND POTENTIALLY ARE HOSTING, UH, AN M L S OPPONENT AT TOYOTA FIELD. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT, THE, THE WONDERFUL FACILITIES THAT WE ENJOY. AND, UH, LOVE HAVING, UH, YOU FOLKS OUT AT OUR GAMES WHENEVER YOU'RE ABLE TO DO SO. THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. UH, PLEASE COVER OUR REGARDS TO THE CODY COYOTE AND, UH, GHOST SPURS. GO. WE ARE OFFICIALLY IN THE PLAYOFFS. YAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. NOW LET ME CALL ON CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH, UH, TO RECOGNIZE OUR, OUR TEAM, OUR HOME TEAM, OUR METRO HEALTH TEAM, AND PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK IN SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, SO YES, THIS WEEK IS, UH, NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, AND, UH, WE'VE HAD A WHOLE WEEK LONG OF, UH, ACTIVITIES, UH, RECOGNIZING PUBLIC HEALTH, WHICH MEANS A LOT DIFFERENT, A LOT MORE, UH, TO US, UH, IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN THE CITY THAN IT DID, UH, TWO YEARS AGO. SO WE'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO CELEBRATE. I'M GONNA ASK CLAUDE TO COME UP TO THE, UH, PODIUM, UM, AND, AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE ACTIVITIES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR SA FORD PLAN, WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY THE COUNCIL, UH, LAST SUMMER AND IS OUR FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UH, THAT'S ALIGNED WITH THE NATIONAL EFFORT TO UPGRADE AND ENHANCE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS. BEFORE I TURNED IT OVER TO CLAUDE, I WANTED TO RUN A QUICK VIDEO THAT, UM, UH, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TWO WEEKS AGO TO CELEBRATE, UM, THE CLOSURE OF THE ALAMO DOME VACCINATION TESTING SITE THAT HAD BEEN IN AN OPERATION FOR OVER 15 MONTHS. IT WAS THE LONGEST, UM, UM, OPENED A FACILITY OF ITS TYPE IN THE STATE AND, UH, HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, CELEBRATE THE CLOSURE WITH, UH, THE TEXAS MILITARY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, THE STRONG TEAM AT METRO HEALTH AND THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO, LET'S ROLL THE QUICK VIDEO AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OVER TO CLAUDE. WE ARE OUT HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR EMPLOYEES DID SINCE JANUARY 11TH, 2021 OUT HERE IN THE ALMO DO PARKING LOT. WE ADMINISTERED OVER 226,000 VACCINES. OVER 1200 EMPLOYEES WORKED OR VOLUNTEERED. WE'LL ALL TAKE AWAY THE MEMORIES OF ALL THE WORK THAT WAS DONE OUT HERE, EVERYTHING WE DID TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY WE'LL ALL REMEMBER. BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT MOVING FORWARD. I THINK THAT PROBABLY BETWEEN METRO HEALTH AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, WE'VE DONE GREAT WORK OUT HERE THAT'LL LEAVE AN IMPACT ON THIS COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME. JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IT'S BEEN A LONG TWO YEARS FOR THE SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY COMMUNITY. WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS BY OURSELVES TO MY CREW. I JUST WANNA SAY, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT SEASONS AHEAD, BUT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, LET'S CELEBRATE AND LET'S CELEBRATE SAFETY. YOU KNOW, TODAY'S A WONDERFUL DAY OUT HERE. IT'S A DAY OF CELEBRATION, AND SO WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH OVER THESE LAST TWO YEARS. SO, ON BEHALF OF THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT, I'D LIKE TO THANK METRO HEALTH AND ALL OUR OTHER CITY PARTNERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS DURING COVID. UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU. BE SAFE, STAY HEALTHY. OBVIOUSLY, ONE OF OUR, UM, UH, CORE VALUES IS TEAMWORK HERE AT THE CITY, AND I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THAT EXEMPLIFIED AND CERTAINLY I'M PROUD TO BE CITY MANAGER OF THIS TEAM. CLAUDE, THANK YOU. UH, GOOD MORNING. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER AND THANK YOU, UH, CITY COUNSELORS. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION TO ALL OF OUR CITY AND COUNTY HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, ESPECIALLY TO OUR OWN METRO HEALTH STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND FOR WHAT THEY DO EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UH, THIS WEEK, AGAIN, EACH YEAR, THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION BRINGS COMMUNITIES TOGETHER ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO OBSERVE NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE 27TH YEAR THAT WE ARE DOING THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS IS A TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HIGHLIGHT ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO IMPROVING OUR NATION'S HEALTH. C OVID 19 HAS BEEN A CRITICAL REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THIS YEAR'S THEME NATIONALLY IS PUBLIC HEALTH IS WHERE YOU ARE, AND IT HIGHLIGHTS OUR INTERCONNECTEDNESS AND THE VARIOUS CONDITIONS THAT IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND SO, WHAT YOU'VE SEEN OVER THE COURSE OF THIS WEEK, WE TOOK, UH, ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AND ROLL OUT OUR ESSAY FORWARD PLAN. UH, AGAIN, THANKS TO THE CITY MANAGER, THANKS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THROUGH THE COVID EXPERIENCE, WE IDENTIFIED, UH, NEEDS. WE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES FROM FEDERAL GRANTS LEVERAGED WITH, UH, GENERAL FUND. AND SO THERE ARE [00:20:01] SIX PRIORITY AREAS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT ON THE DIFFERENT, UH, NEWS CHANNELS. AND SO WITH THAT, IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED THE LAST TWO YEARS. THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BROUGHT US EVEN CLOSER TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, DESPITE THE TREMENDOUS DISRUPTION TO OUR LIVES AND OUR ROUTINES. SO THIS WEEK, AS WE CELEBRATE NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, I DO WANT TO THANK OUR FANTASTIC COMMUNITY PARTNERS, OUR COSA STAFF, WHO HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE METRO HEALTH TEAM FOR YOUR STEADFAST CONTRIBUTIONS AND CONTINUED SERVICE, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE MOST TRYING OF TIMES. SO WE OWE YOU A TREMENDOUS DEBT OF GRATITUDE AS WE PREPARE FOR THE NEXT EXCITING CHAPTER AT OUR DEPARTMENT. AND SO, SA FORWARD IS BY DESIGN. IT DOVETAILS ON THE NATIONAL BLUEPRINT, WHICH IS PUBLIC HEALTH FORWARD, WHICH IS ABOUT MODERNIZING OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM. AND SO WE'RE DOING IT THE SAN ANTONIO WAY. I CAN'T SAY THANKS ENOUGH. THIS IS MY FOURTH STATE IN TERMS OF MY PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERIENCE. SO I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE IN SUNNY SAN ANTONIO, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER AHEAD. SO MORE TO COME, BE SAFE, BE WELL, AND THIS WEEK PLEASE CELEBRATE SAFELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CLAUDE. THANK YOU FOR, UH, UH, TO THE WHOLE METRO HEALTH TEAM FOR THE GREAT WORK THROUGHOUT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND, AND ALL THE OTHER YEARS BEFORE. AND AFTER THAT, WE'LL BE RELYING ON YOU FOUR. SO, AND GREAT VIDEO TOO. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. YES, UH, CLAUDE TEAM, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE INCREDIBLE JOB YOU'VE DONE. WE WILL BE CELEBRATING PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK TODAY AT MISSION MARQUEE AT THREE O'CLOCK. PLEASE COME BY AND JOIN. I WILL BE THERE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I WILL HAVE SOME MEDALS. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE FIESTA. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR TEAM OUT THERE THIS AFTERNOON. THEY ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB, AND I WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER, IT'S NOT JUST THE VACCINES, IT'S HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER STORES, IT'S DENTAL, IT'S, UM, NUTRITION. IT'S JUST SO MUCH THAT YOU ARE DOING TO HELP, TO HELP GET THIS CITY ON TRACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU CLAUDE, AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN FOR HOSTING THIS TREMENDOUS EVENT. I, I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD A BIG CELEBRATION LIKE THIS SINCE, UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK. SO THANK YOU CLAUDE, FOR, UH, FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS SO MANY OTHER THINGS. AND IF, UH, ANY OF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE ESSAY FORWARD FRAMEWORK, UM, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO. IN FACT, UM, I CAN MAKE COPIES OF THE ONE PAGERS THAT YOU HAVE AND, AND DISTRIBUTE THEM, BUT I KNOW OUR COMMITTEE WALKED THROUGH IT AND WE WERE JUST ABSOLUTELY ELATED WITH WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD. SO, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, I'LL STOP BY TONIGHT, UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS, THANK YOU. AND, AND EVERYTHING YOU SAID WAS, WAS POSITIVE. AND, UH, AND YOU ARE, YOU GUYS ARE A RAY OF SUNSHINE, UH, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE TWO YEARS OF, OF, OF DARK SKIES AND, UM, AND BAD NEWS. I, BUT I, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHERE WE WERE AND, AND WHY WE GOT HERE. UM, THOUSANDS OF SAN ANTONIANS DIED, AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF SAN ANTONIO HAD TO ATTEND FUNERALS. UM, TOTALLY PREVENTABLE. UM, MANY, MANY OF THEM EASILY PREVENTABLE. UM, I BELIEVE. UM, AND THERE'S NOBODY WHO CAN CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE THAT IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE EFFORTS OF, UM, OF, OF YOUR DEPARTMENT, UM, AND YOUR PREDECESSOR, UH, COLLEEN BRIDGER, UH, WE, UH, WOULD'VE SEEN MANY OTHER THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DIE, RIGHT? AND CHILDREN ORPHANED. UH, AND SO WITHOUT, I MEAN, IT'S, I'M LAYING IT ON THICK 'CAUSE I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE REMEMBERED. YOU GUYS SAVED THOUSANDS OF LIVES AND, UM, STEPPED UP, RIGHT? AND IF ANYBODY EVER WONDERS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER AND YOUR DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UM, UNDERSTAND THAT THE BASIC FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT IS TO PREVENT PREVENTABLE DEATHS, RIGHT? UM, LOOK AT WHAT WE DID HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, BY EDUCATING PEOPLE AND GIVING THEM, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION THAT, THAT I THINK WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF, OF WHAT YOU DID. UH, BUT ALSO OF, UM, BRINGING TRANSPARENCY AND CREDIBILITY, UH, AT A TIME WHERE THERE WAS PEOPLE WHO WERE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY AND, YOU KNOW, SCORING A LOT OF POLITICAL POINTS BY LYING TO FOLKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE VACCINE WAS, WHAT THE VIRUS IS AND ISN'T. SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, LEANING INTO THE STORM AND FOR MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND FOR MAKING SURE THAT YOU TELL YOUR TEAM, THOSE THAT AREN'T WATCHING THE VIDEO, UH, LIVE STREAMED RIGHT NOW, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE WHO ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL AND THEY OWE THEIR LIVES TO YOU GUYS. SO ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY, UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL MY NEIGHBORS, UM, WE LOVE YOU GUYS. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER EZ, AND ERIC WANTS THE LAST WORD. [00:25:02] THANKS, MAYOR. UM, I, I WOULD BE REMISS AND I, I WAS REMINDED THAT, UH, OUT OF THE 226,000 VACCINATION, UM, UH, DOSES THAT WE GAVE AT THE ALAMO DOME, UM, ALL OF THOSE, PRACTICALLY ALL OF THEM ARRIVED BY VEHICLE. AND THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT HANDLED THE TRAFFIC CONTROLS. SO THANK YOU TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR MANAGING THAT. OTHERWISE NOBODY WOULD'VE GOTTEN INTO THAT PARKING LOT. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ERIC. CLAUDE, THE WHOLE TEAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALWAYS PUTTING IT OUT THERE FOR US. SO APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU AGAIN. GOOD. LET NOW LET ME, UH, CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE FOR POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. EXCUSE ME. YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY THAT I'VE ALWAYS FOUND IS PUBLIC SAFETY. AND I THINK ALL OF US AGREE WITH THAT, AND WE THINK OF THE POLICE AND THE FIREFIGHTERS AND E M S AND AS YOU JUST HEARD, UH, ALSO PUBLIC HEALTH AND OUR METRO HEALTH, UH, TEAM ARE ALL PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT ANOTHER ASPECT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS TRAFFIC SAFETY. THIS MONTH IS NATIONAL DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH, AND WITH US TODAY, UH, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL SAFE DRIVING CLUB. WE ALSO HAVE WITH US, UH, SEAN MICAH, SUPERINTENDENT OF N E I S D, UH, AND MELINDA COX, WHO'S THE FACULTY SPONSOR FOR THE JOHNSON CLUB, PLUS THEIR PRESIDENT, JULIA VARGAS, VICE PRESIDENT ALEX EASLEY, AND SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CLUB. AND THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU ALL TO COME FORWARD AND UP BY THE PODIUM, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE. LET'S HAVE THE WHOLE CLUB COME ON UP THERE AND STAND BEHIND YOUR SPONSOR. AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS ASK THE MAYOR TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION, AND AFTER, UH, I'LL ASK FOR A FEW COMMENTS FROM THE GROUP. WHEREAS DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2022, THE JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL P T S A SMART DRIVING CLUB WILL OBSERVE NATIONAL DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH TO HELP MAKE OUR ROADWAYS AND OUR CITIZENS SAFER. AND WHEREAS ON A TYPICAL DAY, MORE THAN 700 PEOPLE ARE INJURED IN DISTRACTED DRIVING CRASHES AND TALKING ON A CELL PHONE, EVEN HANDS FREE OR TEXTING OR PROGRAMMING AN IN-VEHICLE IN INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM TORT YOUR ATTENTION AWAY FROM DRIVING. AND WHEREAS A SMART DRIVING CLUB HAS PARTNERED WITH T TRAFFIC JAM COALITION, MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING UNIVERSITY HEALTH, SAN ANTONIO, POLICE DEPARTMENT, UNION PACIFIC, AND OTHER LOCAL BUSINESSES TO HELP BREAK THE CULTURE OF DISTRACTED DRIVING. AND WHEREAS THE MONTH LONG OBSERVANCE AIMS TO PROMOTE SAFE DRIVING AND REMIND US OF THE DANGERS OF DISTRACTED DRIVING, CREATE AWARENESS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S CELL PHONE ORDINANCE, AND ENCOURAGE DRIVERS TO COMMIT TO ATTENTIVE DRIVING AND REACH THEIR DESTINATION SAFELY. HASHTAG JUST DRIVE. NOW. THEREFORE, I RON NUREMBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL, 2022 TO BE NATIONAL DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, THE PRESS CONFERENCE. MS. COX, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND KICK US OFF? OKAY, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MELINDA COX AND I'M THE FOUNDER AND SPONSOR OF THE JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, P T S A SMART CHARGING CLUB. THANK YOU TO DISTRICT NINE, OFFICE STAFF, AND MAYOR NUREMBERG AND ALL THOSE BEHIND ME IN ATTENDANCE TODAY TO SUPPORT A SAFE DRIVING MESSAGE. THANK YOU FOR AWARDING US WITH A SAFE DRIVING DAY PROCLAMATION. I WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO APPLAUD MY CLUB STUDENTS FOR THEIR CONSISTENT HARD WORK AND THANK MY N E SS, N E I SS D DISTRICT PRINCIPAL COMA LANDER AND OUR P T S A FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT. MY CLUB STUDENTS PARTNERED WITH DISTRICT NINE AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE IN DECEMBER TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO REMIND DRIVERS. WE DO HAVE A NO CELL PHONE USAGE ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH WAS PASSED IN 2014. WE WERE HERE AT THAT SESSION AS WELL, EVEN AT A STOPLIGHT, IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO BE ON YOUR PHONE. THE ORDINANCE IS VERY CLEAR, NO TEXTING, NO MESSAGING, NO SOCIAL MEDIA, NO OTHER HANDHELD COMMUNICATIONS. AGAIN, EVEN AT THE STOPLIGHT OR RISK A $200 FINE ESTIMATES STATE THAT AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, 700,000 DRIVERS ARE ON THEIR CELL PHONES NATION NATIONWIDE. THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL REPORTS THERE ARE CLOSE TO 1.6 MILLION CRASHES DUE TO DISTRACTED DRIVING EVERY YEAR WITH ALMOST 400,000 INJURIES. THEY ALSO REPORT THAT 39% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TEXT AND DRIVE AT ALMOST 44% OF THEIR FAMILY ENGAGE IN THE SAME DANGEROUS ACTIVITY. TEXTING IS THE MOST DANGEROUS DISTRACTION BECAUSE IT TAKES YOUR HANDS OFF THE WHEEL, YOUR EYES OFF THE ROAD, AND YOUR MINDS SOMEWHERE ELSE. YOU CAN'T TEXT WITHOUT YOUR EYES, HANDS, OR MINDS, AND YOU CANNOT DRIVE [00:30:02] DISTRACTED. DRIVING IS 24 7. ON AVERAGE, IT KILLS NINE PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THE US. ACCORDING TO TXDOT, IN 2020 1, 430 PEOPLE WERE KILLED STATEWIDE AS A RESULT OF DISTRACTED DRIVING. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 17% FROM 2020. PEDESTRIAN DEATHS ARE ALSO ON THE RISE DUE TO DISTRACTED DRIVING, WE ARE CLEARLY HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. IF YOU USE A CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING, YOU'LL SPEND 400% MORE TIME WITH YOUR EYES OFF THE ROAD. OUR CLUB HAS WORKED FOR A DECADE FOR 10 YEARS TO REMIND DRIVERS TO KEEP THEIR EYES ON THE ROAD. CLUB ADVOCATES, UH, CLUB STUDENT ADVOCATE YEAR ROUND TO REMIND DRIVERS TO MAKE SMART CHOICES AND TO BE GOOD EXAMPLE TO PASSENGERS. WE CREATE MESSAGING WORK WITH OUR WONDERFUL SAFETY PARTNERS AND REACH OUT TO CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE LEADERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO FURTHER SHARE A SAFE DRIVING MESSAGE. WE NEED YOUR HELP IN REACHING MORE PEOPLE WITH THIS MESSAGE. OUR MISSION STARTED AT JOHNSON, BUT DOES NOT END THERE. THIS IS A MESSAGE FOR ALL OF US, AND WE NEED YOUR HELP TO BRING THIS MESSAGE INTO YOUR COMMUNITIES. WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY AND END THE CULTURE OF DISTRACTED DRIVING. ACCIDENTS WILL ALWAYS BE PART OF THE HUMAN CONDITION, BUT CAR CRASHES ARE PREVENTABLE. THE DEATH OF NINE PEOPLE A DAY IS PREVENTABLE. WE ARE NOT TRYING TO CHANGE BELIEFS, JUST BEHAVIORS, POOR CHOICES BEHIND THE WHEEL, COST LIVES, AND CREATE TRAGEDIES. MRS. ALTMAN'S WILL SPEAK TO THIS NEXT. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS KAREN ZALTMAN. MY DAUGHTER EMILY WAS 13 YEARS OLD AND HAD JUST STARTED HER EIGHTH GRADE YEAR. EMILY WAS KIND, FUNNY, SWEET, THOUGHTFUL, ATHLETIC, LOVING, AND VERY SMART. SHE WAS AN EIGHT HONORABLE STUDENT. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2017, EMILY HAD HER FIRST VOLLEYBALL GAME. I WAS AT SCHOOL AND I SAID, GOOD LUCK EM, AND SHE RESPONDED, THANKS MOM. AND THESE WOULD BE FOREVER. MY LAST WORDS TO EMILY. WHILE COMING HOME FROM THE GAME WITH MY FATHER, EMILY WAS KILLED AND MY FATHER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. MY FATHER WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP ON THE EASTBOUND LANES OF 1604, RIGHT BEFORE THE I 10 INTERCHANGE. A 22 YEAR OLD MALE WAS DRIVING 60 MILES PER HOUR, BUT NEVER SAW THAT THE TRAFFIC WAS STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE HE NEVER LOOKED UP FROM HIS PHONE. SMASHING INTO MY FATHER'S CAR, EMILY WAS COMPLETELY CRUSHED IN THE BACKSEAT. MY FATHER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. BOTH WERE RUSHED TO UNIVERSITY. EMILY FOUGHT, THEY TOLD US, BUT IN THE END, THE HEAD TRAUMA SHE SUFFERED WAS TOO MUCH. EMILY DIED THAT EVENING. MY FATHER WAS IN THE I C U FOR TWO WEEKS. MY FATHER, WITH TIME PHYSICALLY RECOVERED, DOES NOT, DOES NOT EVER TALK ABOUT EMILY, THE MALE DRIVER. HE WALKED AWAY WITHOUT A SCRATCH. HE HAS BEEN INDICTED ON TWO COUNTS. SERIOUSLY, BODILY INJURY, USING A DEADLY WEAPON FOR MY FATHER AND SECOND DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER FOR EMILY. FOUR AND A HALF YEARS LATER, WE ARE STILL WAITING TO GO TO TRIAL. OUR LIVES FOREVER CHANGED THAT DAY. EVERYTHING SHATTERED TO PIECES AND LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME EVER. EMILY DID NOT DIE IN AN ACCIDENT OR BECAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT. EMILY DIED IN A CRASH THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. EMILY WAS KILLED BECAUSE OF ANOTHER PERSON. SELFISH AND THOUGHTLESS ACTIONS. A CAR ACCIDENT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER. WHEN DRIVING, FOR EXAMPLE, A BLOWN TIRE OR AN ANIMAL DARTING OUT IN THE ROAD, CRASHES DUE TO DISTRACTED DRIVING CAN BE PREVENTED. HAVING TO BE ON YOUR PHONE ALL THE TIME, EVEN IN THE CAR, IS AN ADDICTION. JUST LIKE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, THIS COULD BE ANYTHING FROM HOLDING YOUR PHONE AND TALKING, TEXTING, SCROLLING, SOCIAL MEDIA, TAKING PICTURES, SELFIES, FACETIMING, OR SETTING UP G P S WHILE ALREADY DRIVING. EVERYONE HAS TO LEARN THAT IT'S NOT OKAY TO BE DOING ANY OF THESE THINGS, EVEN WHEN AT A STOPLIGHT STOP SIGN OR SLOW MOVING OR STOPPED TRAFFIC ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS IF YOUR CAR IS NOT IN PARK, YOU ARE DRIVING. IF YOUR CAR IS NOT PULLED OVER TO THE SITE OF THE ROAD OR IN A PARKING SPOT, YOU ARE DRIVING. IT IS TIME TO CHANGE OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR ATTITUDES ABOUT OUR PHONES WHILE IN OUR CAR. I ADVOCATE NOW FOR EMILY AND OTHERS WHO CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. I WORK WITH SAFE TO SAVE AN APP THAT REWARDS YOU FOR DRIVING WITHOUT LOOKING OR TOUCHING YOUR PHONE. I WANT YOU TO THINK [00:35:01] ABOUT EMILY, THINK ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONES. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? IF THIS WAS YOU, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? FOR SOMETHING THAT CAN WAIT, IS IT REALLY WORTH IT? THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JULIA VARGAS AND I'M A CURRENT SENIOR AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL. I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE P T S A SMART DRIVING CLUB SINCE MY FRESHMAN YEAR, AND I'M CURRENTLY THE SITTING PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB. I JOINED SMART DRIVING CLUB BECAUSE I KNEW I WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MY COMMUNITY AND MAKE THE ROAD SAFER FOR EVERYONE. BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SO YOUNG AND ADVOCATE FOR SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE IN IS TRULY A BLESSING AS I HOPE TO IMPACT EVEN JUST ONE PERSON AND HELP THEM TO REMEMBER NOT TO USE THEIR PHONES WHILE DRIVING. FROM TALKING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO SHERIFF TO SPREADING AWARENESS THROUGH LOCAL NEWS STATIONS, OUR CLUB HAS TAKEN EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO IMPACT EACH MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE THE ROADS OF NOT JUST OUR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEYOND SAFE. OUR CAMPUS KNOWS FIRSTHAND THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU GET BEHIND THE WHEEL, YOU NEED TO MAKE SMART CHOICES. AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, JANUARY 8TH, WE LOST THE LIVES OF TWO OF OUR JUNIOR STUDENTS AT THE BACK ENTRANCE OF OUR CAMPUS. THIS DEVASTATED OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF, AND PARENTS AS WE HONORED THEIR LIVES AND MEMORY. THIS CLUB WAS ESTABLISHED 10 YEARS AGO, AND FOR 10 YEARS WE HAVE ADVOCATED FOR SAFETY AND RESPONSIBILITY, AND YET THIS TRAGEDY HAPPENED AT OUR DOORSTEP. CRASHES CAN HAPPEN IN A MINUTE AND THE POT AND CAN HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR A LIFETIME OF PAIN. AS MS. COX SAID EARLIER, ACCIDENTS DO HAPPEN, BUT CRASHES ARE PREVENTABLE. WE ARE ALL A COMMUNITY AND WE ASK YOU ALL TO FIND A WAY TO SHARE SAFE DRIVING CONVERSATION AND HELP US BREAK THE CULTURE OF DISTRACTED DRIVING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR STANDING WITH US TO MAKE A CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE IN THE LIVES OF THOSE AROUND US. HELLO. THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING US WITH A SAFE DRIVING DAY PROCLAMATION. MY NAME IS ALEX EASLEY AND I'M A JUNIOR AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE JOHNSON SMART DRIVING CLUB. I JOINED THIS CLUB MY FRESHMAN YEAR BEFORE I CAN EVEN DRIVE, BECAUSE I REALIZED THE DANGERS THAT EXISTED IN MY OWN HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT. AS I WALKED TO MY BUS, I SPOTTED DRIVERS LOOKING DOWN AT THEIR PHONES INSTEAD OF PAYING ATTENTION TO THE STUDENTS AROUND THEM. I BELIEVED I COULD HELP BRING AWARENESS TO THIS DANGER AND MAKE MY SCHOOL A SAFER PLACE FROM PUTTING UP YARD SIGNS AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO REMIND DRIVERS OF OUR DISTRACTED DRIVING ORDINANCE TO MEETING WITH OTHER STUDENTS AROUND N A I S D TO EXPLAIN THE DANGERS OF DISTRACTED DRIVING. OUR CLUB ALLOWS THE STUDENTS TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AND THINK OF SOLUTIONS TOGETHER. AS A TEENAGER, I SET THE EXAMPLE FOR SMART DRIVING TO MY PEERS, BUT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT UNIQUE TO JOHNSON. DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE 23 MORE? THERE YOU ARE 23 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO CRASH IF YOU DRIVE DISTRACTED. SENDING A TEXT AT 55 MILES AN HOUR IS LIKE DRIVING THE LENGTH OF A FOOTBALL FIELD WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED. MANY PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF THESE DANGERS, WHICH IS WHY I NEED YOUR HELP TO SPREAD THE SAFE DRIVING MESSAGE. OUR CLUB STUDENTS NEED EVERYONE ON BOARD. I WANT ALL DISTRICTS TO WORK TOGETHER TO REMIND CITIZENS OF OUR CELL PHONE USAGE ORDINANCE. WE ARE NOT ONLY HERE AS SOME OUR DRIVING CLUB MEMBERS, BUT AS YOUNG DRIVERS WHO CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, I WANT US TO ASK OURSELVES, WHY AREN'T DRIVERS FALLING AN ORDINANCE THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2014? AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET OUR DRIVERS TO FOLLOW THIS ORDINANCE AND FIGURE OUT WAYS TO ENFORCE IT? APRIL WAS DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH, AND MY PARTICIPATION IN THIS CLUB TASKED ME WITH ADVOCATING FOR ALL DRIVERS TO MAKE SMART CHOICES. WE SHOULD ALL BE GUARANTEED THE RIGHT TO SAFE ROADS YET DISTRACTED DRIVERS MAKE THAT IMPOSSIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THAT IT? THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR DEMONSTRATING YOUR COMMITMENT TO ALL OF YOUR OTHER FELLOW STUDENTS. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SEVERAL OF YOUR SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BANNERS RIGHT NOW REMINDING PEOPLE. YOU'LL SEE IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF TOWN, KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD. A REMINDER TO ALL OF US ABOUT DRIVING SAFELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER PAEZ. UH, TWO THINGS. ONE, I'M, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THAT IT'S TAKEN FOUR YEARS FOR THIS FAMILY TO GET SOME JUSTICE AND, YOU KNOW, JUSTICE DELAYED IS, IS JUSTICE DENIED. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF YOU NEED SOME HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATING FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AT THE, AT THE COURTHOUSE, LET ME KNOW. UM, AND I'M SURE COUNCILWOMAN HOVER, UH, WE, WE GOT LAW DEGREES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AT MAKING NOISE AND SO I'M, I'M, UH, I'M HAPPY TO, [00:40:01] TO LEND A HAND. THE SECOND THING IS MY SON IS GOING THROUGH DRIVER'S ED RIGHT NOW. UM, AND, AND I WORRY FOR HIM BECAUSE HE'S VERY CONSCIENTIOUS. HE DOESN'T TAKE HIS EYES OFF THE ROAD. HIS HANDS ARE TENDING TO ON THE DRIVER'S, YOU KNOW, ON THE STEERING WHEEL. AND WHEN I'M DRIVING NOW, UH, I'M LOOKING SIDE TO SIDE AND I'M LOOKING AT DRIVERS WHO WOULD BE DRIVING NEXT TO HIM AND THEY'RE ALL ON THEIR PHONES. UM, AND NOW YOU CAN BUY A TESLA WITH A SCREEN THAT'S TWICE THE SIZE OF, YOU KNOW, AN IPAD AND YOU CAN'T EVEN DRIVE THE CAR UNLESS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT. UM, AND SOME OF THESE NEW CARS, I MEAN, IT'S LIKE A CARNIVAL INSIDE WITH LIGHTS, FLASHING AND IMAGES. AND ANDY AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW, HOW FUN THESE CARS LOOK, BUT I MEAN, THEY'RE DEADLY. UM, AND SO I'M SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS FOR, FOR SPREADING THE WORD AND TELLING YOUR PEERS ABOUT HOW, HOW SERIOUS A RESPONSIBILITY DRIVING IS. AND, UM, I'M GONNA HAVE MY KIDS WATCH TODAY'S VIDEO, UM, SO THAT, SO THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN HEAR IT FROM NOT JUST THEIR DAD. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN, COURAGE FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PAZ. AND, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN. STUDENTS, UM, AND THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND PARENTS FROM JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTINUING TO HIGHLIGHT A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. ALRIGHT, LEMME TURN IT NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU, SIR. WELL, UH, WE JUST HEARD ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BAD NEWS AND WE HEAR BAD NEWS EVERY DAY ON THE NEWS AND, UM, AND I CALL IT AN EPIDEMIC, A CRIME EPI EPIDEMIC HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND, UH, UH, WE HEAR IT EVERY DAY. WE SEE IT EVERY DAY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE'S RAYS OF HOPE. THERE'S RAYS OF SUNSHINE, AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT EXEMPLIFY THAT, THAT OUR RAISE OF HOPE AND RAISE OF SUNSHINE WITHIN THIS CITY OF PEOPLE REACHING OUT AND SHOWING THEIR COMPASSION AND THEIR HELP TO TOTAL STRANGERS HERE, UH, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND, UM, BILLY ROBERT, WHY DON'T Y'ALL STAND UP. COME ON UP THERE TO THE FRONT. I WANNA TELL Y'ALL A STORY ABOUT THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS HERE. UM, THIS IS, UH, ROBERT GORDON AIR AND, UH, BILLY HILL. BILLY HILL IS THE PRESIDENT OF HILL ELECTRIC, AND ROBERT WORKS FOR HIM OVER THERE ON PAREN VITAL. AND, UM, UH, THEY STEPPED FORWARD IN A MANNER THAT I THINK THEY SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AND CALLED THOSE CITIZEN HEROES THAT THEY ARE. LEMME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED. UM, THE INCIDENT IN QUESTION IS AN AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, WHICH OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 8TH THIS YEAR AT APPROXIMATELY 2, 2 40 IN THE AFTERNOON. UM, THERE WAS A VICTIM AT VALERO GAS STATION RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HILL ELECTRIC, UM, RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE US POST OFFICE THERE ON PAREN, BY A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THAT'S AT. UM, THE VICTIM HAD JUST FINISHED PUMPING GAS WHEN THEY WERE APPROACHED BY TWO UNKNOWN MALE SU SUSPECTS WHO ASKED FOR MONEY WHILE SEARCHING FOR SOME DOLLAR BILLS. ONE OF THE MALES DEMANDED THEIR VEHICLE KEYS. THE VICTIM TOLD THE MALE THEY DIDN'T HAVE 'EM, AND THEY WERE IN THE CAR, AT WHICH POINT THE MALE SHOT THE VICTIM IN THE RIGHT LEG AND STOLE THE VEHICLE. THE BULLET TRAVELED THROUGH THE VICTIM'S LEG AND EXITED THROUGH THEIR THIGH AND WAS SUFFERING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BLOOD LOSS. HILL ELECTRIC, LIKE I SAID, IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THAT VALERO GAS STATION, MR. GORDON AIR, AND, AND MR. HILL HEARD THE GUNSHOT AND, UH, SAW THE VICTIM ON THE GROUND. THEY THEY IMMEDIATELY, UH, TOOK OFF, RUSHED OVER THERE AND STARTED, UH, UM, HELPING THE VICTIM WHILE THEIR STAFF CALLED 9 1 1. MR. GORDON AIR IS A VETERAN OF THE US MARINE CORPS, AND WHEN HE SAW THE GUNSHOT WOUND, UM, HE JUMPED RIGHT INTO ACTION. HE PROVIDED FIRST AID AND, UH, SAW THAT THE VICTIM WAS LOSING A LOT OF BLOOD. HE REMOVED HIS BELT, APPLIED A TOURNIQUET, AND, UH, REALLY STOPPED THE BLOOD BLOOD FLOW. UH, BOTH MR. GORDON AIR AND MR. HILL STAYED WITH THE VICTIM UNTIL E M S AND POLICE ARRIVED ALL WHILE PROVIDING EMERGENCY FIRST AID, AS WELL AS COMFORT, PRAYER AND ASSISTANCE. THE VICTIM WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SURGERY AND IS EXPECTED FOR A FULL RECOVERY. THE ACTED QUICKLY AND DECISIVELY SHOWING THE GREAT COMPASSION TO A STRANGER WHEN THEY NEEDED IT MOST, THEIR ACTIONS QUITE POSSIBLY SAVED THAT VICTIM'S LIFE. [00:45:02] YOU KNOW, I, YOU TWO TO ME ARE HEROES AND Y'ALL HEROES IN DISTRICT 10 AND FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, UH, FOR JUMPING UP AND PROVIDING THAT ASSISTANCE. AND, UM, UH, I PARTICULARLY MR. GORDON THERE FOR YOUR REMEMBERING YOUR MARINE TRAINING AND, UH, JUMPING INTO ACTION LIKE THAT, THAT AGAIN, PROBABLY SAVED THE VICTIM'S LIFE. UM, YOU TWO IN MY EYES ARE HEROES AND THANKS FOR HAVING THAT COMPASSION AND COURAGE TO TAKE CARE OF A TOTAL STRANGER IN NEED. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UH, DETECTIVE BEN DREW, WHERE'S BEN BEN'S OVER THERE AND, UM, HANDLING DETECTIVE CLAUDIA TORRES. YOU'RE OVER THERE ALSO. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO MY ATTENTION, UM, AND TAKING CARE OF ACTUALLY CATCHING THE PERPETRATORS OF THIS CRIME. SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR STEPPING IN AS WELL AND FOR LETTING ME KNOW. AND, AND THIS IS INDICATIVE OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO. THEY DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY, BILLY AND ROBERT DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY BUT WHAT THEY HAD DONE. BUT OFFICER DREW BROUGHT THAT TO OUR ATTENTION AND I SAID, THESE INDIVIDUALS NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT THEY DID FOR SAVING SOMEONE'S LIFE AND FOR SHOWING THAT COMPASSION TO A TOTAL STRANGER HERE. SO WE ALREADY PRESENTED THEM WITH A HEROISM, UM, CERTIFICATE AND TOOK SOME PICTURES WITH THE MAYOR. AND MAYOR, UH, JOINS ME IN, IN CELEBRATING THIS AND RECOGNIZING YOU TWO INDIVIDUALS FOR WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE. SO I ALSO WANT TO COME DOWN THERE AND PRESENT, AND MR. GORDON THERE, YOU'LL PROBABLY REMEMBER THESE CHALLENGE COINS. I HAVE TWO CHALLENGE COINS HERE FROM DISTRICT 10. WE DON'T GIVE THEM AWAY TO EVERYBODY. IT'S THOSE THAT STEP UP AND BEYOND, ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND, UH, PROVIDE SOME ACT OF HEROISM OR ACTS ABOVE NORMAL DAY ACTIVITY SUPPORTING THE CITY AND DISTRICT 10. SO EVERYBODY, PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS, ROBERT AND BILLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. ALRIGHT, LEMME TURN IT NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA FOR POINT OF PERSON PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. UH, IT'S BRING YOUR KID TO WORKDAY AND THAT MEANS YOUR CARDBOARD KIDS ACTUALLY. AND SO MEET GIGI. SHE'S, UM, VERY STYLISH AND SHE'S ACTUALLY WEARING A U T S A LAPEL PEN, SO IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S GONNA GO TO U T SS A IN THE FUTURE. UM, BUT I WENT TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY, CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH IS IN APRIL. AND I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE CHILD SAFE LED BY PRESIDENT AND C E O KIM ABERNATHY AND HER TEAM FOR WORKING TIRELESSLY IN SUPPORT OF CHILDREN WHO EXPERIENCE ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND ADVOCATING FOR THE RESOURCES THESE CHILDREN NEED TO COPE WITH THE TRAUMA THEY'VE EXPERIENCED. AND ALL OF US HAVE, UH, CHILD, UH, UH, CHILD AT OUR, UM, SEATS AND, AND THEY WERE WARMING UP OUR SEATS BEFORE WE GOT HERE. UM, BUT THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO IS VERY CRITICAL. AND WITH A RISING NUMBER OF CASES OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO CONTINUE RAISING AWARENESS AND INTERVENE IN THE SITUATIONS WHERE CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT IS SUSPECTED. WE KNOW THAT REMOTE LEARNING AND THE INTERRUPTION OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES MAY HAVE LIMITED THE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE CONCERNED ADULTS COULD HAVE INTERVENED AND DONE WELLNESS CHECKS FOR THEIR STUDENTS. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE HOW TRAUMATIC OR STRESSFUL SITUATIONS LIKE A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC TURMOIL CAN LEAVE VULNERABLE YOUTH AT RISK OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT. THANK YOU, KIM, FOR THE PASSION YOU EXHIBIT WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE WORK YOU DO AND REMINDING US HOW WE CAN ALL PLAY A ROLE IN PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AS WELL AS SUPPORTING SURVIVORS. UM, IN SPEAKING OF THE ROLE THAT YOU PLAY, CAN WE PLEASE ROLL THE VIDEO? TODAY WE SEE A CHILD'S BEAUTIFUL SMILE. DESPITE THE DIFFICULTIES HE HAS ENDURED, HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE VISITING CHILD SAFE, A NATURE INFUSED CAMPUS DESIGNED FOR YOUNG VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO RECEIVE THE SUPPORT AND CARE THEY NEED TO HEAL FROM THE TRAUMA OF CHILD ABUSE. [00:50:01] OUR MISSION AT CHILD SAFE IS TO RESTORE DIGNITY, HOPE, AND TRUST TO CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIZED BY ABUSE AND NEGLECT. SADLY, SAN ANTONIO RAKES HIGHEST IN CHILD ABUSE CASES PER CAPITA AMONG METRO AREAS IN TEXAS. IN BEXAR COUNTY, ONE IN 10 CHILDREN WILL BE SEXUALLY ABUSED BY THE TIME THEY TURN 18 MOST OFTEN BY PEOPLE THEY KNOW AND TRUST. WE BRING TOGETHER HEALTHCARE, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND BEXAR COUNTY'S DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE UNDER ONE ROOF TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROSECUTE ALLEGED PERPETRATORS AND PROVIDE THE FULL ARRAY OF SERVICES NEEDED FOR CHILDREN TO HEAL. NESTLED AMONG 15 ACRES OF WOODS TRAILS AND THE NEARBY. SO SATO CREEK ON THE CITY'S EAST SIDE. THIS CHILD-FRIENDLY CAMPUS EMPOWERS CHILDREN IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, PROVIDING A SENSE OF SAFETY, WHILE ENCOURAGING EXPLORATION AND EXPERIENCING THE THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS OF NATURE. USING THE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS AS A RESTORATIVE FEATURE. OUR CAMPUS REDUCES THE IMPACT OF TRAUMA EXPERIENCED BY CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL AS FRONTLINE STAFF MEMBERS. CHILD SAFE IS A LEADER AMONG CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS TO OFFER TRAUMA-BASED ADVENTURE THERAPY AND THE ONLY URBAN CENTER CONNECTED TO TWO PARKS, MARTIN LUTHER KING PARK, AND THE SATO CREEK TRAIL. SUCH ABUNDANT GREEN SPACE PROMPTS CREATIVITY, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT, AND ENCOURAGES SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS, ALL ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR THOSE HEALING FROM TRAUMA. CHILD SAFE'S, NEW CAMPUS AND EXPANDED AND ENHANCED PROGRAMS PROVIDE LIFE-CHANGING SERVICES TO CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY BY ENSURING THEY HAVE ACCESS TO A SAFE PLACE OF RECONCILIATION, RESTORATION, AND HOPE TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES. THANK YOU. ONE CASE OF CHILD ABUSE IS ONE TOO MANY. AND SO LONG AS CHILDREN ARE AT RISK, OUR WORK IS FAR FROM OVER AND WE WILL REQUIRE A COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. NOW IT'S MY HONOR TO TURN OVER THE MIC TO KIM, WHO WILL SHARE MORE ABOUT CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH AND THE CARDBOARD KIDS HERE WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. GOLLY, I WAS JUST HERE. IT SEEMED LIKE I WAS JUST HERE. SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANNA POINT OUT IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH, WE DO HAVE A CRISIS IN SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE RATED CASES OF CHILD ABUSE PER CAPITA. AND SO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO, THAT IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I REALLY JUST WANNA CELEBRATE THE CARDBOARD KIDS WE HAVE PUT OUT SINCE 2014 WHEN WE STARTED. OVER 600,000 KIDS HAVE BEEN SEEN AROUND THE CITY. JUST THIS YEAR, UH, WE, UM, UH, DISTRIBUTED 96, UH, HUNDRED 9600, 9600. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. AND IT, IT, IT, UM, IT GETS PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT I ALSO WANNA, I COULDN'T, I HAVE TO REALLY RECOGNIZE VALERO WHO HAS SPONSORED THIS, UH, PROJECT FOR US FROM THE BEGINNING. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING SUPPORTIVE OF IT AS WELL. AND CHILD, SAY THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO NOW WITH HER POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. APRIL'S FAIR HOUSING MONTH AND THIS YEAR IS THE 54TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSAGE OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT. THE LAW WAS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON ON APRIL 11TH, 1968 AS PART OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER DAR, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS ASSASSINATED AND THE PROCEEDING HOLY WEEK UPRISING. IT PROHIBITS THE DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING BECAUSE OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, DISABILITY, AND FAMILY STATUS. THE PASSAGE OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT HAS SERVED THE NATION WELL BY HELPING BREAK UP ESTABLISHED PATTERNS OF SEGREGATION. IT HAS CULTIVATED DIVERSE, PROSPEROUS COMMUNITIES WHILE CREATING AND PRESERVING HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE TO DIVERSE WORKING FAMILIES HERE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT HAS OFFERED TRUE ACCESS TO HOUSING, TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AS HAS AND HAS BEEN ONE OF THE FEW SUCCESSFUL TOOLS WITH ENFORCING EQUITABLE HOUSING PRACTICES. THE HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING PRACTICES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO CAN BE SEEN IN OLD HOUSING ADVERTISEMENTS, WHICH USED EXCLUSION OF MINORITIES AS A SAILING POINT, SELLING POINT. THE [00:55:01] RESIDUAL IMPACTS OF REDLINING CAN ALSO BE FELT IN LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE WEST SIDE, SOUTH SIDE, AND EAST SIDES. THAT IS WHY I'M GRATEFUL FOR COMMUNITY AND ALL THE ADVOCATES AND PARTNERS OVER THE YEARS WHO HAVE STOOD UP AND FOUGHT BACK AGAINST THESE THOUGHTLESS AND, AND UNNECESSARY BARRIERS. THANK YOU TO OUR N H S D TEAM AND CITY STAFF WHO WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES ARE BEING FOLLOWED RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. BECAUSE OF YOU ALL THE CITY HAS HELPED PUT FORTH POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT FOLLOW THE LEGACY OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT. WE ADOPTED A STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. WE FOCUS ON REPAIRING OLDER HOMES WITHIN OUR OLDER PARTS OF THE CITY WITH LOW EQUITY SCORES. WE NOW PROVIDE ACCESS TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR EVICTED TENANTS. THE HOUSING TRUST HAS EVEN ADOPTED A TENANT POLICY PROTECTION AND VOTERS WILL DECIDE ON A HOUSING BOND FOR THE FIRST TIME. BUT WE MUST NOT STOP HERE. UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO LOOK FORWARD AND WORKING TOWARDS, UM, ENSURING THAT WE MITIGATE THIS HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING. WE KNOW THAT THE RISING COST OF LIVING AND OTHER FACTORS ARE PUSHING LEGACY HOMEOWNERS OUT OF THEIR HOMES. AND SAN ANTONIO SHOULD CONSIDER, CONSIDER AND CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN EXISTING HOUSING RIGHTS. WE SHOULD ALSO FIND WAYS TO GUARANTEE ADDITIONAL HOUSING RIGHTS AND KEEP FAMILIES INFORMED ON THOSE RIGHTS. HOUSING IS INDEED HEALTHCARE, WHICH MAKES EVERY MONTH A FAIR HOUSING MONTH. THANK Y'ALL. THANKS MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCILS MEMBER CASTILLO, UH, FOR HIGHLIGHTING, UH, FAIR HOUSING MONTH. UH, OBVIOUSLY VERY CRITICAL FOR OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY, BUT EVEN MORE SO HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO WE WILL CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS. LET ME TURN IT NOW TO COUNCILS MEMBER CAB H FOR POINT OF PERSON PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU MAYOR DEPUTY MIGUEL GONZALEZ. A 29 YEAR VETERAN OF BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS SHOT THIS WEEK WHILE DUTY, WHILE ON DUTY SERVING A FELONY WARRANT. DEPUTY GONZALEZ'S DAUGHTER AMANDA GONZALEZ SERVES OUR COMMUNITY AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BLUE CARE'S AND SS A B SS A P D COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM. THANKFULLY DEPUTY GONZALEZ IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. I JUST ASK THAT WE ALL KEEP DEPUTY GONZALEZ AND HIS FAMILY IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR HEALING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. [CONSENT AGENDA  ] ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA NOW MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, A FULL AGENDA TODAY. AND JUST FOR, UM, FOR THE RECORD, WE DO HAVE A 2:00 PM UH, ZONING AGENDA AS WELL FOR THOSE WHO ARE, UH, WAITING FOR THAT. UM, WE HAVE ONE ITEM, EXCUSE ME, TWO ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AT THIS POINT. ITEMS FIVE AND SIX, I'M SORRY, ITEMS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX. AND SO AT THIS TIME, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, MOTION BY SANDOVAL. SECOND BY VIA GRAND. WE'LL TAKE UP, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THOSE ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT ALONG WITH ANY COUNSEL DISCUSSION. UH, AS A REMINDER, IF YOU CAN JUST HIGHLIGHT ON YOUR TABLET'S CONSENT AGENDA. THAT WAY I'M, I'M SEEING THE SAME QUEUE AS YOU ARE. LET ME CALL UP. UM, NOW SPEAKING ON ITEMS SIX, EXCUSE ME, ITEMS 25 27 30. JACK FINGER. WELL, MAYOR EHRENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. YEAH, A FEW ITEMS I WISH TO BRING UP TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS ONE THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BE SAILING RIGHT ON THROUGH. YES. UM, 25 25 ORDINANCE APPROVING THE, UM, A SETTLEMENT, A SETTLEMENT WITH THE, UH, STYLE KEN PAXTON. THAT'S RIGHT. THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN B PAXTON SUING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ESSENTIALLY, UH, SU SUING POLICE CHIEF WILLIAM MCMANUS IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF OF SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, AND ERIC WALSH AS THE CITY MANAGER. WHAT HAPPENED HERE? WELL, MANY OF US REMEMBER THIS BIG INCIDENT WE THAT OCCURRED A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN, UH, A LOT OF BIG TRUCKLOAD OF ILLEGAL ALIENS. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. ILLEGAL ALIENS HAS STOPPED, UH, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND UH, I THINK THEY WERE APPROACHED BY SOME POLICE OFFICERS, BUT, UH, THE, UH, SADLY, UH, ALL THE, UH, ILLEGAL ALIENS ESCAPED. YES, THEY ESCAPED. AND, [01:00:01] UM, YEAH, BUT THERE'S BIG NEWS REPORT UPON THAT AND A LOT OF US, UH, WONDERING, WELL, WHY DID THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALLOW THEM TO ESCAPE? WELL, IT'S A LONG STORY. UH, WE'RE, WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT THIS, MANY OF YOU SAY THAT WE ARE NOT A SANCTUARY CITY, BUT TOO MANY UNOFFICIAL ANECDOTAL INCIDENTS TO, TO TELL US THAT, UH, YES, WE ARE THE A DE FACTO SANCTUARY CITY. WE'VE EVEN HEARD REPORTS ABOUT HOW POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO INTERROGATE, UH, SUSPECTS REGARDING THEIR, UH, THEIR LEGAL, LEGAL STATUS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. YEAH. AND, UH, APPARENTLY THE, UM, THE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL GOT, GOT, GOT WIND OF THIS AND HE, UH, HE, HE LOOKED AT THE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO THE STATE'S LAW REGARDING SANCTUARY CITIES, AND HE, UH, SUED THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND, UH, IT'S GONE BACK AND FORTH IN THE COURTS AND I THINK, UH, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS CONFIDENT THAT HE WILL WIN IT. AND SO HE'S CONTINUED TO PRESS ON IT EVEN DESPITE SOME SETBACKS. NOW, SO, AND I BELIEVE YOU GUYS KNOW THAT, UH, HE'S GOING TO WIN ON THIS. AND SO APPARENTLY YOU, HE, YOU'RE SELLING TO JUST FOR A MERE $300,000 TO PAY TO THE, FOR THEIR ATTORNEY'S COST ON THIS. WELL, UH, I MEAN, $300,000 MAY SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT UH, IT'S PROBABLY JUST CHUMP CHANGE, CHUMP CHANGE TO, TO THOSE OF THOSE WHO ARE JUST GONNA BE, BE, UH, RE PATRONIZED FOR THEIR, UH, UH, THEIR FAVORS OVER, OVER TIME HERE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE AS CITIZENS ARE TIRED OF BEING, HAVING TO, TO, UH, SUFFER WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS. AND WE DON'T LIKE THE CITY DOING THIS. I THINK YOU MAY WANT TO DO SO. THANK YOU MR. FINGER. ALRIGHT, WELL THAT'S EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON REMAINING ON CONSENT. LET ME GO NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, MY BOARD APPOINTMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 24. UM, THIS IS FOR THE, UH, DISABILITY ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTIAN SANCHEZ BECAUSE WE REACHED OUT TO OUR PARTNERS, UH, LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND, MORGAN'S WONDERLAND, AND ASKED THEM TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIND, UM, HELP US FIND SOMEONE TO SERVE AND LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND, PUT FORWARD CHRISTIAN SANCHEZ. AND I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT, UM, ADDITION TO THIS BOARD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE DISABILITY ACCESS AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE PROJECTS WE MOVE FORWARD IN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER VOTING ON A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION FOR PATRIOTS POINT. UH, IT'S AN APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR THE NON-COMPETITIVE 4% HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAMS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT PATRIOTS POINT IS COMPROMISED OF 320 UNITS AFFORDABLE FAMILY RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, UH, LOCATED IN THE INTERSECTION OF JAGUAR PARK IN SOUTH ZAMORA. THIS AFFORDABLE VETERAN FOCUSED COMMUNITY NEAR TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO WILL INCLUDE A PARTNERSHIP WITH OPERATION. FINALLY HOME TO OFFER A RANGE OF ONSITE WRAPAROUND SERVICES. THESE SERVICES WILL FOCUS ON TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE, RETIREMENT TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT, CHILDCARE WITH ONSITE CASE MANAGERS AND SUPPORT STAFF. TO ENSURE EACH INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY RECEIVE THE CONTINUUM OF CARE THEY NEED TO, UH, BECOME FULLY RESTORED. PATRIOT'S POINT WILL BE DESIGNED TO BE 100% ADAPTABLE, ADVANCING FULL ACCESS AND INCLUSION FOR ALL WITH ARCHITECTURAL PLANS THAT DEMONSTRATE THE DEVELOPER'S COMMITMENT TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF RETURNING VETERANS IN THEIR TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN LIFE. AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO SIT ON THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND PUBLIC FINANCE CORPORATION FOR, FOR APPROVING THIS. AND SO, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, TERRY CASTILLO WHO MENTIONED EARLIER THE FAIR HOUSING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, MAKI, R COUNCILWOMAN, UH, PHYLLIS VRAN, AND THEN OF COURSE, COUNCILMAN, UH, COURAGE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT? ALL RIGHT, IF THERE'S NONE, THERE IS A MOTION. AND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY 4, 5, 6, AND SEVEN. PLEASE VOTE. [01:05:12] MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO NOW TO ITEMS FIVE AND FIVE AND SIX, WHICH WE'LL TAKE UP TOGETHER IN A SINGLE PRESENTATION. OH, UM, I'M SORRY, ONE SECOND. I'M SORRY. FOR THE RECORD, THE ITEMS THAT WERE IN ON CONSENT WERE ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX, UM, AT THIS TIME IN, IN, UH, [Purchase of Services, Supplies and Equipment  ] BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE HERE, UH, AND HAVE BEEN SITTING FOR ITEMS FIVE AND SIX. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP ITEMS FIVE AND SIX FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE ELECTIONS ITEM READY. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING STAFF TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AT HEMISPHERE PARK. A AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY AND PALACIO DEL RIO LIMITED FOR THE SCHULTZ HARDWARE STORE TO INCLUDE A REVISED TERMINATION DATE AND AMENDING THE MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HEMISPHERE PARK PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION, AND H PARK. AND THE MASTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN H PARK, H P F P S C P F C, AND THE CITY TO INCLUDE THE SHULZE HARDWARE STORE B AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT SUBLEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HEMISPHERE PARK AREA, REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, H PARK, AND ZH DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY L L C TO REFLECT THE REVISED PROJECT TIMELINE AND LEASE STRUCTURE C, TERMINATION OF THE PARKING GARAGE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND ASSOCIATED AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY H PARK AND ZH DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L L C D AMENDMENT TO THE FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN H PARK AND THE CITY TO ALLOW FOR DELAYED REIMBURSEMENT BY H PARK TO THE CITY FOR PHASE ONE OF THE CIVIC PARK TO LEGALLY DESIGNATE H PARK AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE REBATE OF THE STATE TAX FUNDS PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 51 0.156 OF THE TAX CODE. AND TO PROVIDE A WAIVER OF FEES FOR THE CLOSURE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY NECESSARY FOR THE P THREE AND CITY AND SAWS FEE WAIVERS FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR THE P THREE ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A RESOLUTION BY THE HEMISPHERE PARK PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION, H P P F C, AUTHORIZING STAFF TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AT A HEMISPHERE PARK. A AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND PALACIO DEL RIO. LIMITED FOR THE SCHUTZ HOUSE HARDWARE STORE TO INCLUDE A REVISED TERMINATION DATE AND AMENDING THE MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN HEMISPHERE PARK, PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION, AND H PARK. AND THE MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN H PARK, H P P F C, AND THE CITY TO INCLUDE THE SCHULTZE HOUSE HARDWARE STORE AND B AMENDING AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT SUBLEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN HEER PARK AREA REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, H PARK, AND ZH DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, L L C TO REFLECT THE REVISED PROJECT TIMELINE AND LEASE STRUCTURE. OKAY, GOOD MORNING. I WAS HERE AT COUNCIL ON APRIL, ACTUALLY MARCH IN BRIEFING COUNCIL ON THE HEMISPHERE PARK ITEM. THESE ARE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE AS A RESULT OF US RESETTING THE P THREE PROJECT AND BRINGING BACK A PROJECT THAT WE FEEL IS MUCH BETTER AND ACTUALLY, UM, IS AN IMPROVEMENT AND BENEFICIAL TO ALL PARTIES, UM, BASED ON HOW WE'VE RESTRUCTURED IT. UM, I DO WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT AT THAT MEETING WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WHY THIS PROJECT WAS DELAYED AND THE BIGGEST IMPACT HAD TO DO WITH C O V I D. COVID HAD A MAJOR IMPACT TO THE HOTEL INDUSTRY AS WELL AS THE OFFICE MARKET, AND OUR PARTNERS TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO A RESET, REVISIT THE PROJECT. AND WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE TODAY IS A PROJECT THAT'S REALLY GOING TO REFLECT THE MARKET POST PANDEMIC AND BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SUCCESSFUL MOVING FORWARD. SO I'M GONNA BRIEFLY GO OVER THE CHANGES IN THE PROJECT. IN 2017, WE HAD PROPOSED A 200 ROOM HOTEL. WE ARE STILL DOING A 200 ROOM HOTEL. THIS MEETS THE DEEDED RESTRICTION THAT WAS SET OUT BY COUNCIL. UM, WE ARE STILL DOING MULTI-FAMILY, BUT INSTEAD OF THE 385 UNITS, WE'VE INCREASED THAT TO 525 UNITS AND WE'VE INCREASED OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT FROM 38 TO 87 WORKFORCE UNITS. SO WE HAVE ABOUT 16% OF THE OVERALL HOUSING PROJECT IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. OUR RETAIL RESTAURANT SQUARE FOOTAGE, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME WITH 65,000 SQUARE FEET. AND WE DO NOT HAVE OFFICE AT THIS TIME. UM, ZACHARY WILL HAVE A PRESENCE, UM, AT THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS ZACHARY HOSPITALITY. BUT LEASEABLE OFFICE SPACE IS NOT GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT AT [01:10:01] THIS TIME. THAT COULD CHANGE IF THE MARKET CHANGES. UM, PARKING, WE HAVE 1100 SPACES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PROJECT AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. AND OUR TOTAL PRIVATE INVESTMENT HAS ALMOST DOUBLED FROM 200 MILLION TO 340 MILLION. AND IF APPROVED TODAY, THIS PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETE IN 2025 IN TIME. FOR THE FINAL FOUR. UM, I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE, THIS PROJECT IS CENTERED AROUND THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF THE CIVIC PARK, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR REDEVELOPMENT ON THE CORNER OF ALAMO AND MARKET STREET. UM, THE CIVIC PARK IS FUNDED IN THREE PHASES. PHASE ONE WAS $18 MILLION THAT WERE ISSUED IN CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION 2016. THAT WAS TO BE REIMBURSED THROUGH THE LEASES. THE LEASE PAYMENTS AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT, PHASE TWO IS $21 MILLION FROM THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM. AND THE REMAINING FUNDING IS 18 MILLION. AND THAT IS IN THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. UM, THE TOTAL PROJECT SUMMARY, YOU CAN SEE PARCELS A AND B, THAT IS GOING TO BE THE HOUSING PROJECT ALONG WITH, UM, AN 800 SPACE PARKING GARAGE AND SOME RETAIL. UM, PARCEL C IS THE HOTEL. IT'S A 200 ROOM HILTON CORIO BRAND AND PARCEL D IS AT 175 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT THAT WILL BE A P F C. IT'S UM, 300 SPACE PARKING GARAGE AND HAS 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL. UM, THE CITY COMMITMENTS, UM, PREVIOUSLY WE HAD COMMITTED TO BUILDING A PARKING GARAGE AND THAT WAS GONNA BE ABOUT $60 MILLION. UM, WE ARE NO LONGER GONNA BE BUILDING THAT PARKING GARAGE THAT WILL BE FUNDED PRIVATELY THROUGH THE CONTRACT. AND WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS WE'RE GONNA BE FUNDING THE UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY FOR THE SITE. THIS IS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY AND TO THE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE ALSO NEED THIS UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CIVIC PARK AND WE'RE GONNA FUND THAT THROUGH THE HEMISPHERE TURS. AND SO IT'S GONNA BE AN AMOUNT UP TO $8 MILLION AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ISSUE DEBT THROUGH THE TURS AND SERVICE THAT DEBT THROUGH THE TURS. WE ALSO ARE PROVIDING CITY AND SAWS FEE WAIVERS, BUT IN THE PREVIOUS DEAL THEY WERE GETTING $1.5 MILLION IN FEE WAIVERS. WE'VE NEGOTIATED THAT DOWN TO ONLY BE FEE WAIVERS FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND THE PROJECT. AND THEN WE ARE PROVIDING THE RIGHT OF WAY FEE CLOSURES. AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE WE BOTH ARE GONNA BE IN THE SPACE. WE ARE DOING THE CIVIC PARK AND THE SOUTH ALAMO STREETS PRO COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ANY CONFUSION ABOUT WHO'S USING THE STREET. AND SO WE ARE GONNA WAIVE THE FEE FOR THAT RIGHT OF WAY CLOSURE. AND THEN THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO HEMISPHERE IS, IS GREATER THAN IT WAS IN 2017. IT WAS $2.6 MILLION, WE'RE AT $2.95 MILLION, BUT WE RESTRUCTURED THE LEASE PAYMENTS. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A $1.15 MILLION LEASE PAYMENT. HOWEVER, THERE'S GONNA BE A HILTON REVENUE CREDIT. THERE'S GONNA BE A PAVILION ON THE HILTON PROPERTY THAT H PARK WILL HAVE ACCESS TO USE. THEY CAN SELL IT TO THIRD PARTY TO USE IT FOR MAJOR EVENTS, BUT IF THEY DON'T USE IT, THAT $150,000 IS AVAILABLE IN CASH. WE ALSO ARE GOING TO BE GETTING A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES FOR THE P F C HOUSING PROJECT. THEY'LL BE CONSTRUCTED ON ALAMO STREET. UM, THEY WOULD BE PAYING THE CITY APPROXIMATELY $200,000 FOR THE TOURS FOR THAT PROJECT. THAT MONEY WILL GO DIRECTLY TO H PARK. UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE DEVELOPING A PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION THAT WILL BE COMPRISED OF MEMBERS OF THAT PROPERTY OWNER'S ASSOCIATION. AND THAT WILL PRODUCE AT LEAST $125,000 THAT WILL BE USED TO OFFSET THE COST FOR MAINTENANCE. AND THEN THERE'S $150,000 VALUE IN THE, UM, RETENANTING OF THE SCHULTZE HARDWARE STORE. AND THEN THE HEMISPHERE TOURS INCREMENT DOUBLES TO 1.175 FOR TOTAL $2.95 MILLION IN FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO HEMISPHERE. ANOTHER PART OF THIS DEAL IS A FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND H PARK. BECAUSE THIS PROJECT IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE CONVENTION CENTER AND IT'S A HOTEL ON CITY OWNED LAND, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR A REBATE OF THE STATE HOT AND STATE SALES TAX. AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WHEN THAT MONEY COMES TO THE CITY, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THAT TO H PARK. AND H PARK IS GOING TO USE THAT MONEY TO REIMBURSE ZACHARY FOR THEIR IMPROVE REPUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, UM, TO THE SITE. AND THIS IS ONLY THE STATE TAXES. THIS IS NOT THE CITY TAXES. THE CITY WILL STILL GET THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX THAT WE GET AS WELL AS OUR SALES TAX. SO TODAY'S ACTION, WE'RE AMENDING THE DEVELOPMENT SUBLEASE AGREEMENT TO ADDRESS THE REVISED SCOPE FINANCIAL TERMS AND SCHEDULE. WE'RE GONNA TERMINATE THE PARKING AGREEMENT AND THE ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS WE'RE AMENDING THE MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE THE SCHULZE HARDWARE STORE AND AMEND THE LEASE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH HILTON TO INCLUDE THE EARLY TERMINATION DATE FOR THAT PROJECT. UM, THE AMENDMENT TO THE FUNDING AGREEMENT WILL PLEDGE THE STATE REBATE TAXES TO H PARK TO REIMBURSE ZACHARY FOR THEIR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. ALLOW US TO DEFER SOME OF THE, UM, REIMBURSEMENT TO THAT $18 MILLION IN DEBT WE ISSUED IN 2016. AS I MENTIONED, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE USING THE ZACHARY LEASE PAYMENTS TO DO THAT. UM, WE HAD PART OF THAT THAT WAS PART OF OUR CAPITAL BUDGET. WE ARE PAYING FOR THAT. WE'RE STILL GONNA GET REIMBURSED. [01:15:01] WE'RE JUST GONNA GET REIMBURSED IN 2029, BUT IT DOES NOT IMPACT OUR CAPITAL BUDGET. UM, AND THEN IT ALSO ADDRESSES THE RIGHT OF WAY FEE CLOSURES AND THE CITY INCENTIVES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, THIS PROJECT WILL BE REVIEWED BY H D R C AND UM, THE CITY IS GOING TO BRING BACK THE T FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR THE UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, IN MAY. SO OUR SCHEDULE, IF APPROVED TODAY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION IN MARCH OF 2023 ON THE HOTEL. THE REMAINING OF THE PROJECT IN SUMMER OF 2023. WE'LL BE COMPLETE WITH THE CIVIC PARK IN 2024, AND THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE COMPLETE IN MARCH OF 2025 IN TIME FOR THE FINAL FOUR, WHICH IS APRIL, I BELIEVE, SECOND THROUGH THE FIFTH OF 2025. I DO WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT ZACHARY HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER AT THE 2017. UM, AGREEMENT REFLECTS A, UM, 75TH PERCENTILE OF, UM, SALARY.COM WAGES FOR LAUNDERERS AND, UM, HOUSEKEEPERS, UM, THEY ARE PAYING ABOVE THAT ALREADY. UM, THEY'RE PAYING $15 AN HOUR AND ACTUALLY THEIR LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEE GETS 1574. SO THEY ARE MEETING THAT AND ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES GET MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION BENEFITS, UM, PAID TIME OFF, MATERNITY LEAVE, PATERNITY LEAVE, AND OTHER BENEFITS. AND OVER 90% OF THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE FULL-TIME. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MAYOR. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LORI. AND, AND LET ME EXPLAIN HOW THIS IS GONNA WORK PROCEDURALLY. UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE ONE DISCUSSION BECAUSE BOTH ITEMS ARE, UM, ON THE SAME SUBJECT. UH, WE DO HAVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON BOTH ITEMS, SO WE'LL TAKE ALL THAT UP TOGETHER. UH, I AM GOING TO TAKE UP A MOTION ON ITEM FIVE. UH, FIRST, UH, WE'LL HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND THEN, UH, WE WILL VOTE ON ITEM FIVE. I'LL IMMEDIATELY THEN THEREAFTER TAKE UP A VOTE ON ITEM SIX, WHICH WE WILL HAVE TO RECONVENE THE PART CORP BOARD FOR. SO IT'LL GO IN THAT SUCCESSION. SO JUST EVERYONE'S PREPARED THE SINGLE DISCUSSION ITEMS FIVE AND SIX, BUT THE TWO VOTES WILL BE, UH, SEPARATE BECAUSE OF THE, THE, UH, BOARD CONVENING. SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FIVE, AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION. MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE. AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND START OUR DISCUSSION NOW. WE DO HAVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS FIVE AND SIX. LET ME JUST LOCATE, UH, THE LIST HERE. UM, IT IS, UH, I'M JUST GONNA START WITH KARA DINDA, FOLLOWED BY MARK ANDERSON. LOOK AT THIS MESS. SORRY. YEAH. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. I SUBMITTED A LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE H PARK BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO SHARE OUR APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED CONTRACT WITH ZACHARY HOSPITALITY AND ACTION THAT WE TOOK LAST WEEK. IN PREPARATION OF TODAY'S COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, THE H PARK BOARD SUPPORTS THIS AMENDMENT AND IS EAGER TO SEE CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN THE HEMISPHERE'S NORTHWEST ZONE. I'M HERE TODAY, NOT ONLY TO REITERATE THE SUPPORT, BUT TO SHARE THE BOARD'S APPRECIATION FOR THE PARTNERSHIP INVOLVED TO BRINGING THIS TO ACTION. THE MASSIVE EFFORT WE GET TO THE MASSIVE EFFORT TO GET US TO THIS POINT REQUIRED COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, H PARK, AND EACH OF OUR ASSOCIATED ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTANTS. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAD A HAND IN CRAFTING THESE AMENDMENTS. THIS AGREEMENT CONSIDERS HEMISPHERE'S FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND ADJUSTS FOR FISCAL IMPACTS AND DELAYS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANDEMIC. MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT ALLOWS THE PROJECT PARTNERS TO CREATE AN EXCEPTIONAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT SUPPORTS CIVIC PARK AND EXECUTES ON HEMISPHERE'S VISION OF BECOMING ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST PUBLIC SPACES. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THIS UPDATED AGREEMENT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO CELEBRATE THE GRAND OPENING OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE ADJACENT CIVIC PARK. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, MS. DAN. UH, MR. MARK ANDERSON IS NEXT. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. THANK YOU. WELL, I'M NOT MARK ANDERSON, I'M SORRY. I'M RICHARD OLIVER. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PARTNER AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS FOR VISIT SAN ANTONIO. MARK GOT CALLED AWAY. UH, WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT CLIENT ADVISORY BOARD IN TOWN THIS WEEK, 10 OR 11 VERY IMPORTANT CLIENTS, SO HE HAD TO DUCK OUT FOR THAT. SO, BUT I WILL SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF. AND, UH, GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF YOU. IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE SO MANY FAMILIAR FACES. I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10 CLAYTON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. UM, ON BEHALF OF OUR OUR ORGANIZATION, I'D LIKE TO OFFER OUR SUPPORT FOR THE HEMISPHERE CIVIC PARK VISION AND IT'S SEISMIC BENEFITS TO VARIOUS INDUSTRIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. IN PARTICULAR, CIVIC PARK AND ITS [01:20:01] SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT WILL BE A BENEFIT TO THE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. IT ADDS NEEDED VALUE TO THOSE, THOSE VISITORS HERE FOR LEISURE OR BUSINESS. AS YOU KNOW, THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN VERY COMPLICATED FOR THE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. THE PANDEMIC PREDOMINANTLY AFFECTED OUR SECTOR, AND OF COURSE, WE ARE THE THIRD LARGEST INDUSTRY IN SAN ANTONIO. WHILE WE'VE SEEN SOME AREAS OF RECOVERY ON THE VISITOR LANDSCAPE, IT'S CRITICAL THAT SAN ANTONIO COULD TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THESE PROJECTS THAT ADD TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ITS RESIDENTS AND THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE. AND THE HEMISPHERE INITIATIVE CERTAINLY DOES THAT. SIMPLY PUT, COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT IS CRITICAL TO OUR DESTINATION'S ABILITY TO SECURE AND DELIVER MAJOR EVENTS AND CONFERENCES, SUCH AS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NCAA MEN'S FINAL FOUR IN 2025, THE LOCATION OF CIVIC PARK, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE HENRY B. GONZALEZ CONVICTION CENTER IN HOTELS, RETAIL, AND CULINARY OPTIONS, WILL OFFER AN INVALUABLE AND QUITE LOVELY COMPONENT TO SAN ANTONIO'S DOWNTOWN OFFERINGS. THE VISION OF HEMISPHERE TO BECOME ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT PUBLIC PARKS AND URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS WILL MAKE IT A CENTRAL PLACE WHERE SAN ANTONIO WILL MEET. AND THAT'S A PERFECT COMPLIMENT TO OUR MISSION RIGHT HERE AT VISIT SAN ANTONIO. AND THAT IS TO BRING THE WORLD TO SAN ANTONIO. PROJECTIONS ARE THAT THE, ONCE THE HEMISPHERE TRANSFORMATION IS COMPLETE, IT WILL BRING A RIPPLE EFFECT, A SEISMIC SEIC EFFECT, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. HAVING IT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE VISIT CENTER, THAT WILL BE A POWERFUL BONUS. SAN ANTONIO'S DOWNTOWN IS ALREADY ONE OF THE GREATEST SELLING POINTS FOR VISITORS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND IT'S ABOUT TO BECOME SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ALLURING. SO ON BEHALF OF VISIT SAN ANTONIO, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPROVE THE HEMISPHERE ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA. IT WILL REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT NEXT STEP AT SAN ANTONIO'S RECOVERY IN THE PRESENT AND GROWTH IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. OLIVER. UH, UH, IF YOU ARE, IF SOMEONE IS NOT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UM, BUT IS FILLING IN FOR SOMEONE ELSE, PLEASE COME IN AND TELL OUR CLERK YOUR, YOUR NAME SO THAT WE HAVE IT FOR THE RECORD. UH, I, WE, WE HAVE YOU. WE HEARD YOU CLEARLY THIS TIME, BUT THANK YOU. UM, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MR. DANIEL TREVINO. IS THAT REALLY YOU? ME, . ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DANIEL TREVINO. I'M THE REAL DANIEL TREVINO. UM, I'M, I'M ONE OF THE CO-OWNERS OF BOX STREET SOCIAL. IT'S AN ALL DAY BRUNCH RESTAURANT IN HEMISPHERE PARK THAT OPENED IN DECEMBER OF 21. I'M SPEAKING ON SUPPORT OF ITEM FIVE ON THE AGENDA. BOX STREET. STARTED OFF AS A FOOD TRUCK IN 2015 WHEN LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO EXPAND OUR BUSINESS INTO A BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANT. THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AT HEMISPHERE WAS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO CAPITALIZE ON THE AREA NEXT TO ONE OF THE COOLEST PARKS IN THE CITY. AS ONE OF THE BUSINESSES ON THE GROUND LEVEL OF THE, UH, 68 APARTMENTS, WE WORKED WITH AREA REAL ESTATE TO OPEN OUR RESTAURANT. DAVID EDELMAN HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE NAVIGATED THROUGH THE TOUGH PANDEMIC. I KNOW HE'LL BRING THAT SAME ENERGY AND THOUGHTFUL PLANNING TO THE NEW WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, THE COMPLETED CIVIC PARK AND SURROUNDING BU SURROUNDING BUILDINGS WILL BE A GAME CHANGER FOR BUCK STREET AND ALL OUR NEIGHBORS. IT WILL ALLOW US TO SHARE OUR FOOD AND HOMEGROWN SAN ANTONIO EXPERIENCE WITH MORE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND MORE PEOPLE THAT VISIT OUR CITY. WE CAN SEE THE BEAUTIFUL CIVIC PARK CONSTRUCTION FROM BOX SHEETS PATIO. IT'S VERY EXCITING PROGRESS FOR DOWNTOWN. THIS CONTRACT WILL UPDATE. THIS CONTRACT UPDATE WILL ROUND OUT THE MU MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS IN ACTIVATION FOR THIS CORNER OF HEMISPHERE AND BRING EVEN MORE ENERGY AND OPPORTUNITY TO BUSINESS BUSINESSES LIKE OURS AND FOR SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I HOPE YOU'LL VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. TREVINO. WE HAVE MR. VINCENT. MICHAEL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, MY NAME IS VINCENT MICHAEL. I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO. UH, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. OUR PRESIDENT, KATHY RHODES WOULD BE HERE, UH, BUT SHE'S BEING INVESTED WITH AN HONOR. AT THIS TIME, WE JUST, UH, LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY HAS A ROLE IN THE, UH, H PARK DEVELOPMENT IN THAT WE ARE WRITTEN INTO, UH, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE HOTEL, AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE. AND WE WILL, UNDER THIS AMENDMENT, WE SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. WE FEEL THAT THIS WILL CREATE A VARIETY OF USES THAT WILL ENHANCE THE DOWNTOWN AND SURROUNDING AREAS LIKE [01:25:01] LATA. UH, WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO THE REVITALIZATION OF THE SCHULTE HARDWARE BUILDING. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO, UH, VISIT THIS SITE BY ATTENDING NESA TONIGHT OR TOMORROW. AND I THINK I'M SUPPOSED TO ASK FOR OUR MEDALS AT THIS POINT. SIR , THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MICHAEL. WE HAVE MISS ANDY RODRIGUEZ AS WELL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M ANDY RODRIGUEZ AND I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR SENTO TEAM AND VOICE, OUR SUPPORT FOR THE CONTRACT UPDATE FOR HEMISPHERE AND ZACHARY HOSPITALITY. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ESSENTIAL UPDATE THAT WILL BRING THE HEMISPHERE PROJECT TO LIFE IN A TIME WHEN OUR DOWNTOWN IS STILL RECOVERING FROM THE IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC. WE OFTEN SPEAK OF OUR CITY AS A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS. THE ADDITION OF THESE RESIDENTIAL UNITS WILL HELP DELIVER ABOUT 50% OF THE OVERALL GOAL OF RESITING AND REESTABLISHING THE DENSITY OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT EXISTED IN THIS AREA BEFORE THE WORLD'S FAIR IN 1968. COMPLETING THIS PROJECT WILL BRING DESPERATELY NEEDED HOUSING UNITS TO THE DOWNTOWN CORE, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL, PROVIDING AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE OPTIONS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS. THIS ALLOWS MANY TO LIVE CLOSER TO THEIR JOBS, ALLOW ENGAGEMENT WITH OR URBAN CORE SMALL BUSINESSES, AND CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE HUMAN INTERACTION AND COMMUNITY. I SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF OUR CENTRAL TEAM AND OUR DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS, BUT ALSO AS THE FOUNDING CHAIR OF THE HEMISPHERE CONSERVANCY WAY BACK IN 2012, FULFILLING HEMISPHERE'S POTENTIAL AND BRINGING FOLKS BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TODAY OF ITEM SIX, AND THANK YOU FOR ITEM FIVE, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF OUR CENTER CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. RODRIGUEZ. AND THE LAST PERSON WE HAVE SIGNED UP ON THIS ITEM IS MR. FINGER. AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING. JUST KIDDING. JACK . OH, YES. UH, MA MADAM PRO, TIM MAYOR, ANOTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. YES. UH, BEFORE I BEGIN, I JUST WANT TO CHIME IN MY, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT THE NOTABLE PASSING OF THE PASTOR WARREN BEAMER. YES. HE WAS KNOWN AS A VERY STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THE FAMILY, AND I BELIEVE EVEN CAME DOWN HERE NINE YEARS AGO WHEN IN OPPOSITION TO THE PRO HOMOSEXUAL SEXUAL ORIENTATION REGULATION THAT WAS PASSED BY THE COUNCIL. SOMETHING THAT ON THE ITEM JACK NURENBERG SUPPORT ON THE ITEM JACK. OH, WELL, IF YOU SAY SO, UM, YES. YOU GUYS ARE KNOWN FOR YOUR SWEETHEART DEALS IN THIS CHAMBER. AND THIS IS NO EXCEPTION. I AM GOING TO BRING ATTENTION TO AN ARTICLE THAT WAS PUT OUT BY EXPRESS NEWS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO BY A LADY BY THE NAME OF MS. INSULAR. AND SO MR. AUDIO VISION MANAGER TO WHAT SAYS, HERE'S THE TITLE, AFTER FOUR YEARS OF INACTION, WHY IS SAN ANTONIO ACCOMMODATING HEMISPHERE PROJECT DEVELOPER ZACHARY? PAGE TWO. IF YOU WOULD SEE, FOUR YEARS AFTER ZACHARY HOSPITALITY WAS SUPPOSED TO START BUILDING A 200 MILLION MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AROUND A NINE ACRE PUBLIC PARK AT HEMIS, THE COMPANY HAS YET TO TURN A TEASPOON OF DIRT. NEITHER HAS IT FORKED OVER THE RENTS. UH, IT OWES HEMISPHERE PARK AREA REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. THOUGH THE AMOUNT THE SAN ANTONIO COMPANY AGREED TO PAY WAS AMONG THE REASONS THE REASONS BESTED TO IT BEST ATTEND OTHER BIDDERS FOR THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT IN 2017. YES. AS CITY COUNCIL BRIEFING THIS MONTH, THE, UH, PUBLIC GOT FIRST LOOK AT THE PROPOSED REVISIONS, WHICH INCLUDE REDUCED RENT AND, UH, NEW 2025 DEADLINE . YEAH. UM, GOOD, GOOD. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT. UH, BUT STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN MID 2018, IT, UH, IT WAS BAKED INTO A TIMELINE KNOWN TO COUNCIL MEMBERS IN 2017. THAT WAS ALSO NEARLY A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN LAST MONTH. SO YOU CAN'T BLAME THE PANDEMIC ON THIS ONE, FOLKS. YEAH. BUT THE COMPANY WILL GET HELP FROM THE TAXPAYERS. YES. TOO, [01:30:01] UNDER THE STATE LAW. HE QUALIFIES FOR A REBATE IN THE STATE HO HOTEL OCCUPANCY SALES TAXES. AND, UH, THAT MONEY WOULD BE USED TO REIMBURSE ZACHARY FOR PARKING COSTS AND, AND, UH, PROBABLY WITH IMPROVEMENTS FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. AND THE CITY WOULD PAY AS FOR $38 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH THE HEMISPHERE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. BUT BECAUSE ZACHARY WAS GOING TO TAKE ON UNDER THE ORIGINAL DEAL YEAH. WITH ALL THE CHANGES AND CONSIDERING HOW BUSINESS CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED AND, AND NOT GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND PERHAPS, UH, CHOOSE A DIFFERENT DEVELOPER, HUH? YEAH. HE, WHEN COUNCILMAN JOHN K WAS A ASKED HOUSTON ATHENS MONTH MEETING, WHY THE CITY DIDN'T START AFRESH WITH PROPOSALS AND THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT MUST BE FINISHED BEFORE THE TI. SHE SAID THIS HAD TO BE FINISHED BEFORE THE TIME LINE OF THE FINAL FLOOR WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE REVISED PROPOSAL. YES, IT . THANK YOU MR. FINGER. WE'LL GO INTO COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENT AT THIS TIME. OUR FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE QUEUE IS COUNCILMAN PERRY. I'M SORRY. WHAT'S THAT? OKAY. MY APOLOGIES. MY SCREEN IS, UM, NOT SCROLLING AND YOU ALWAYS WAIT. I APOLOGIZE. COUNCILMAN BRAVO, PLEASE. THANK YOU. SO FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY FOR DISTRICT ONE, FOR THE WHOLE CITY. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR PARTNERS FOR STICKING WITH US THESE LAST FEW YEARS TO EXECUTE THIS VISION TO MAKE HEMISPHERE ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST PUBLIC SPACES. AND THIS PROJECT IS A KEY PART OF THAT VISION. UM, IN TOTAL, THERE'S CLOSE TO HALF A BILLION IN INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA, UM, WHICH IS, IS THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN DECADES. AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED THAT, UH, AFTER SO, SO MANY DELAYS THAT WERE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL WITH THE CHALLENGES WE'VE EXPERIENCED, THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN BRAVO. WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCILWOMAN VIE. THANK YOU. UH, SO I AM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. MY PARENTS WERE AT HEMISPHERE IN 1968. MY DAD ACTUALLY WON A KARATE CONTEST. WE STILL HAVE THE TROPHY. SO, UM, I REMEMBER THEM TALKING ABOUT HEMISPHERE, HOW MUCH THEY ENJOYED IT. UM, AND THEN AS I GREW UP, I GREW UP AND WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL DOWNTOWN AT PROVIDENCE. IT JUST, IT WAS EMPTY. AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE WE ONLY BROUGHT, UH, OUR FAMILY THAT CAME TO VISIT SO WE COULD GO SEE THE TOWER. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED IS, UM, WE HAD SOME VERY INNOVATIVE PEOPLE COMING AND FINDING A WAY TO TRY AND ACTIVATE THE OUTDOORS. AND I'M GLAD ANDY WAS HERE 'CAUSE I REMEMBER, UH, 2012 AND, AND HER BEING PART OF THAT AND BEING DOWNTOWN. AND IN MY WORK WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO, I KNOW THAT PART OF THIS, UM, KIND OF HAS THIS DELAY THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UM, WAS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GET IT RIGHT. AND WE KEPT ON HAVING THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND GETTING PUBLIC INPUT. AND WE WERE AT THAT POINT WHERE WE WERE LIKE, WE ARE AT A GOOD SPOT AND THE PANDEMIC HITS. AND I WANNA APPLAUD LORI AND HER TEAM FOR GOING IN AND ADJUSTING BECAUSE THE FIRST WE ALL WERE AT HOME. SO I WAS LIKE, OFFICE SPACE JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY QUESTIONS ABOUT RETAIL SPACE TOO, BECAUSE RETAIL SPACE IS KIND OF HURTING. BUT I THINK HEMISPHERE IS DOING A GREAT JOB IN BEING, UM, IN BEING CREATIVE. AND VINCENT, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND, AND SPEAKING, AND DANIEL, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SPEAKING BECAUSE HAVING THE STAKEHOLDERS HERE, UH, SAYING THAT THEY'RE IN IT AND THEY'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD MEANS SO MUCH. UH, THE ONE THING AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND LORI, WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, IS I UNDERSTAND THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS THAT WE'RE PAYING, BUT WE NEED TO GO BACK AS A CITY COUNCIL AND WE NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE ARE KEEPING OUR PUBLIC UTILITIES ACCOUNTABLE IN DEVELOPING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR OLDER BUILDINGS. SO I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT AND, AND WHERE WE HAVE TO KIND OF PUT IN TO THIS BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETIMES VERY OLD INFRASTRUCTURE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO INFRASTRUCTURE. AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO ASK PEOPLE TO COME IN AND DEVELOP THESE AREAS WITHOUT, WITHOUT HAVING MAINTAINED IT. SO I WANNA THANK, UM, THANK YOU FOR NEGOTIATING THAT AND THE FEE WAIVERS. AND I KNOW THAT, UM, UH, ZACHARY HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER OVER THE YEARS AND I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING OUT THERE. THIS IS A PLACE I'M AT [01:35:01] LEAST THREE TIMES A MONTH. I'M DOWN THERE FOR THE MAGIC OR AN EVENT OR, OR JUST TO GO, UH, WALK THE TOWER AREA. SO AS THE GROWTH COMES AND AS THE DEVELOPMENT COMES, I THINK WE'RE JUST GONNA SEE MORE ACTIVATION, NOT JUST OF THE TOURISM. AND I THANK MARK FOR SENDING HIS TEAM, BUT ALSO OF THE LOCALS THAT ARE THERE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCILMAN ELIAS. THANK YOU, UH, LORI, GREAT JOB. UH, LIKE ALWAYS, UH, I'M NOT SURPRISED AT THE AMOUNT OF WORK YOU'VE POURED INTO THIS AND, UH, THE, THE, HOW OFTEN YOU'VE COMBED THIS WITH A VERY, VERY FINE TOOTH COMB, UH, FOR IMPROVEMENT. AND I THINK YOU, YOU BROUGHT US AN EXCELLENT PRODUCT HERE. I, I DO WANT TO, I, 'CAUSE I'VE, I'VE BEEN READING THE, THE CONTRACT WHILE WE'VE BEEN SITTING UP HERE AND IT SAYS THAT, UH, H PARK SHALL SUBMIT A REIMBURSEMENT PAYMENT TO THE CITY ANNUALLY, UM, FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, DEBT SERVICE AND ALL THAT. AND THEN IT LISTS OUT EACH YEAR, STARTING IN 2008, ENDING IN 2035 FOR THAT PAYMENT. UM, AND, AND, AND, AND I NOTICED THAT, WHERE IS IT? SECTION 3 0 4 D. UM, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE A PAYMENT IN 2029 FOR THE $8.8 MILLION RIGHT. BY SEPTEMBER 30TH. WHAT, WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THAT DATE OTHER THAN THAT'S THE DATE THAT WE GET THE MONEY. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH HEMISPHERE PARK TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD COME UP WHERE THEY PERFORM A, WHERE THEY COULD BE SELF-SUPPORTING. OKAY. SO IN 2028, THAT'S WHEN THEY CAN START MAKING THOSE PAYMENTS. AND WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM ENOUGH LEAD TIME TO BE ABLE TO FUNDRAISE FOR THAT $8 MILLION. AND SO THE PARK WILL HAVE BEEN OPEN BY, UM, FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS. OKAY. UM, AFTER, UM, SO IT'S 2025 AND 2028, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SELL NAMING RIGHTS AND COME UP WITH THAT $8.8 MILLION AND ALSO BE SELF-SUPPORTING AT THAT TIME. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, WHAT IT DOESN'T SAY THOUGH IS, AND IT'S OKAY, I MEAN, I'M JUST, I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS HAVE DISCUSSED, IS IT SAYS YOU GOTTA MAKE THE PAYMENT EVERY YEAR FROM 2028 TO 2035, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY WHEN. SO WE SPECIFIED SEPTEMBER 30TH FOR THE FIRST DATE AS THE EXPECTATION THAT IT BE SEPTEMBER 30TH EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER. YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, THE OTHER THING, UH, THAT I READ IN THE 2016 CONTRACT SECTION 4 0 2, UM, IT SAYS, UH, H PARKS HAS TO DEVELOP AN ACTIVATION PLAN FOR THE CIVIC PARK BY JUNE, 2018. I NEVER SAW IT, AND WELL, LEMME PUT IT ASIDE. I PROBABLY SAW IT, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER EVER. I JUST DON'T REMEMBER. DID DID ONE GET DEVELOPED? I MEAN, WAS THAT WE YES, WE DO HAVE ONE. AND I CAN ASK ANDRESS AND DHAR TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT IT. YEAH. ANDRESS A A AN ACTIVATION PLAN FOR THE CIVIC PARK. GOOD MORNING. UH, MAYOR PROAM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, I'M ANDRESS DUAR. I'M THE C E O OF, UH, H PARK. UH, WE DO HAVE AN ACTIVATION PLAN, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE GREAT FORTUNE OF HAVING OPENED YANA GUANA GARDEN IN 2015, WHICH WE HAVE ACTIVATED FOR THE LAST, UH, NOW ALMOST SEVEN YEARS. AND, UH, PRE PANDEMIC, WE'RE HITTING ABOUT 600,000 VISITORS AND MAKING THIS THE SECOND BUSIEST PARK PER ACRE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE, UM, CIVIC PARK HAS A EXTRAPOLATION OF THE YANA GUANA GARDEN ACTIVATION, AND WE EXPECT AT LEAST 7 MILLION, UH, SE SEVEN EVENTS THAT ARE GREATER THAN 10,000 PEOPLE AND SO ON. FROM THERE, DOWN TO A HUNDRED, UH, PERSON EVENTS LIKE BOOK READINGS AND THIS SORT OF ACTIVITY, WE DO THINK THAT THE ACTIVATION AT CIVIC PARK WILL, UH, ATTRACT ABOUT A MILLION PEOPLE PER YEAR. AND SO IT'S JUST AN ADDITION TO THE ACTIVATION THAT'S NATURALLY OCCURRING IN THE GENERAL AREA WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER, THE RIVERWALK, LATA, THE ALAMO, AND THE HEMISPHERE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO THE ACTIVATION PLAN, UM, HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM. AND WE DO THINK THAT THE ABILITY IN THE FUTURE TO PARTNER WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR FURTHER AT THIS AREA IS, UH, UM, IS PART OF THE PLAN. SO AN ANDREAS, UM, I, I, I JUST DON'T REMEMBER READING IT. AND SO IS, IS IT SOMETHING YOU GUYS CAN SEND TO US? YES. UH, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS SURE. WHEN THEY SAY WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE. AND WE CAN REFER TO THE ACTIVATION PLAN. RIGHT? YEAH. UM, THE, UH, THE, THE OTHER QUESTION I'VE GOT IS IF THE ACTIVATION PLAN WAS PUT TOGETHER IN JUNE [01:40:01] OF 2018, NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN OVER THE PANDEMIC HUMP, I I IMAGINE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE LESSONS LEARNED. MM-HMM. UH, YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE SHIFTED AND, YOU KNOW, AND REALIZE THAT THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. UM, ARE, ARE YOU GONNA BE UPDATING THIS PLAN? THE, THE PLAN HAS BEEN UPDATED. OKAY. IT, IT STAYS FAIRLY SOLID AS PROPOSED, UH, PRE PANDEMIC. WE DO HAVE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PANDEMIC. UM, BUT, UH, THE OVERALL PLAN, UM, IS, UH, IS SOLID AS, AS PROPOSED. AND I'M, I'M SURE IT'S PERFECT. UH, AND, UH, I, THE, I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE THAT, UH, ANDRE SANJA IS NOT PERFECT, BUT HE'S COLOMBIAN AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING. , UH, THE, UH, ANDRESS, WE, UH, ANYWAY, WHAT I THINK THE CHALLENGE THAT I'M GONNA PUT TO YOU GUYS IS MAYBE A 2023, YOU KNOW, UPDATED PLAN, RIGHT. UM, THAT WE CAN HELP DISSEMINATE TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT. BECAUSE IT'S, I MEAN, WE SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC BY WAY OF, OF THE PLANS THAT WE GET AND THAT WE THEN, YOU KNOW, SHOW OFF AT OUR H O A MEETINGS AND, YOU KNOW, HELP SPREAD THE, SPREAD THE GOOD WORD. AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT TOOL. CAN I IMPOSE UPON YOU TO, TO PUT YOUR HEADS TOGETHER WITH THEA AND THE REST OF YOUR TEAM TO YES. IT'S NOT AN IMPOSITION. OKAY. UH, YOU ARE OUR MOST CRITICAL CHAMPIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU ALL HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND LOOK FORWARD FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THAT PARTNERSHIP. OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, UM, ANOTHER DATE THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME ON THE CONTRACT WAS THAT BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30TH OF EACH YEAR, H PARK IS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION CONFIRMING FUNDRAISING DURING THE CONSERVANCIES FISCAL YEAR. UM, THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN DONE. YOU'VE, YOU'VE LOOKED AT THAT AND THAT'S, ARE THEY MEETING YOUR EXPECTATIONS AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS AND, YES. AND ACTUALLY MYSELF AND TROY ELLIOT SERVE ON THE HEMISPHERE PARK BOARD. OKAY. AND TROY ELLIOT IS PART OF THEIR FINANCE COMMITTEE. YEAH. SO HE REVIEWS THAT MONTHLY. ARE ARE LORI, I MEAN, YOU, YOU'VE PARTICIPATED IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF FUNDRAISING EFFORTS AND SEEN A LOT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DO THIS. UM, ARE ARE, ARE YOU SEEING THAT THEY'RE PULLING FROM EVERY LEVER AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT, THAT THEY'RE NOT LEAVING ANY OPPORTUNITY? NO, ABSOLUTELY. THE SUCCESS THEY'VE HAD WITH THE ON IGUANA AND THE NAMING RIGHTS, IT'S BEEN AMAZING. AND, UM, IF YOU WERE TO GO THERE, YOU WOULD SEE A LOT OF THAT ALREADY IN PLACE. OKAY. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ANDREAS OR LORI, YOU, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP ME WITH THIS. UM, I IMAGINE YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF TENANTS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE DOING GREAT BUSINESS THERE. HAVE THEY ALL SIGNED THE READY TO WORK OATH? THAT I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL, WE WILL NEED TO CHECK. I DO KNOW THAT ZACHARY HAS SIGNED THE RIGHT AWARD OATH. YES. YEAH, THEY HAVE. UM, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN CONFIRM WITH ATTENDANCE AS WELL. YEAH. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, UM, YOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR OTHER OPERATORS THERE, AND I MEAN, THEY ENJOY A VERY, VERY BIG ADVANTAGE OVER ALL OTHER BUSINESSES IN SAN ANTONIO BY BEING IN A PARK WHERE A MILLION VISITORS COME THROUGH. RIGHT. AND SO, UH, I THINK THAT COMES WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT, UM, THEY LEAD BY EXAMPLE. AND SO I, I'M, I'M, CAN YOU, CAN YOU GUYS FOLLOW UP WITH ME? AND IF THEY'RE NOT, UH, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE THE MAYOR OR ANY OF US COUNCIL MEMBERS CALL 'EM AND SAY, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL. RIGHT. WE NEED YOU GUYS TO STEP UP. CAN, CAN YOU DO THAT? YES. YES. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, LAST LASTLY, UM, I'LL, I STARTED BY TELLING YOU HOW IMPRESSED I AM. I'LL END BY TELLING YOU HOW IMPRESSED I AM. I'M, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED, LORI, AND, UH, YOU, UM, YOU ALWAYS SOLVE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE QUESTION IS ANSWERED, AND I'VE YET TO STUMP YOU. UH, WHEN YOU'RE UP ON THE, UP AT THE PODIUM, EVERYBODY WOULD BE MORE LIKE LORI. OKAY. SO, UH, THANKS LORI. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN ARD. THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I, UH, WANNA THANK LORI, THE ZACHARY GROUP AND H PARK FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK GETTING TO THIS PLACE. UM, THE AGREEMENT IS PLACED EVERYONE IN A SITUATION, I BELIEVE, WHERE WE'RE ALL GONNA SUCCEED. I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT THAT ZACHARY GROUP HAS MADE TO PROVIDING BENEFITS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR OVERALL COMMITMENT TO SEEING THE GROWTH OF DOWNTOWN AND HEMISPHERE PARK. I URGE, I DO URGE ZACHARY TO GET STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I CAN'T WAIT TO ENJOY THE AREA. UM, BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. LORI, I'M NOT, I'M SORRY IF YOU WENT OVER IT IN YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT HOW MANY AFFORDABLE UNITS WILL BE LOCATED AT HEMISPHERE PARK? IT WILL BE 85. WHEN THEY ISSUED THE SOLICITATION IN 2017, THE REQUIREMENT WAS 10%. SO THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT ONLY HAD THE 38. UM, BUT NOW THEY'RE AT 5 25 UNITS AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE 85 AFFORDABLE UNITS, AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WILL BE AT 60% A M I. GREAT. OKAY. AND, UM, IN THE PRESENTATION, IT WAS STATED THAT THE H PARK WILL PAY THE CITY BACK, BUT I JUST WANT A CLARIFYING POINT. WILL THE CITY BE, WILL THE PAYMENTS BEGIN IN 2029? NO. SO, UM, H PARK WILL REIMBURSE [01:45:01] THE CITY, UM, FOR THE AMOUNT THEY OWED US BETWEEN NOW AND 2029. AND SO THAT FIRST PAYMENT OF $8.8 MILLION, I BELIEVE, IS DUE IN 2029. AND THEN FROM THEN OUT THERE ON AFTER, IT'LL BE THE AMOUNT ANNUALLY BY THAT SEPTEMBER 30TH DATE. OKAY. OKAY. AND THAT'LL REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR THE DEBT THAT WE'VE BEEN SERVICING ON PHASE ONE OF THE CIVIC PARK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KEO, HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, EARLIER TODAY WE HAD THE COYOTE HERE, AND IT, IT REMINDED ME OF COACH POP AND A LOT OF WHAT HE HAS TO SAY AS HE COACHES, UH, HIS TEAM. AND HE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO STRIVE THE, GET THE PLAYERS TO STRIVE TO GO FROM GOOD TO BETTER TO BEST. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE HEAR EVERY TIME WE WATCH A GAME. AND EVERY TIME THEY'RE OUT THERE PLAYING, THEY'RE LOOKING TO FIND THE BEST. WE MAY, UH, HAVE A BETTER DEAL TODAY AS IT'S BEEN EXPLAINED TO US, BUT WE MAY NOT HAVE THE BEST DEAL. YOU KNOW, WE, WE REWORKED A FIVE YEAR OLD PLUS DEAL THAT WAS NEVER FULLY INITIATED. WE DID NOT INITIATE A NEW REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BETTER OR WHAT THE BEST DEAL COULD HAVE COME FROM, UH, AN UPDATED COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL. YOU KNOW, WE CITE THE 2025 N C A A FINAL FOUR AS THE KEY COMPLETION DATE. BUT WHAT IF THE DEVELOPER NOT MAINTAIN THAT SCHEDULE? ARE THERE LATE PENALTIES? UH, HOW MUCH MORE PER DAY MIGHT THEY HAVE TO PAY IN PENALTIES? WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE PENALTIES? IS IT THE DEVELOPER? IS IT H PARK? UH, ARE THERE SEPARATE PENALTIES FOR THE HOTEL DEVELOPER, FOR THE APARTMENT DEVELOPER, FOR THE RESTAURANT DEVELOPERS THAT ARE ALL PART OF THIS WHOLE PLAN? COULD I GET SOME ANSWERS ON A FEW OF THOSE QUESTIONS? FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE I SAID, UM, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DON'T MEET, IF THEY'RE NOT MEETING THE SCHEDULE, UH, WHO PAYS HOW MUCH PER DAY MIGHT BE THOSE, UH, DEVELOPMENT LATE FEES? WOULD H PARK PAY IT OR WOULD THE DEVELOPER INDIVIDUALLY FOR THE HOTEL OR THE APARTMENT OR THE RESTAURANTS PAY IT? SO WE GOT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THREE SEPARATE, SEPARATE CONTRACTS BASED ON EACH PARCEL. SO THERE'LL BE A DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH EACH OF THE DEVELOPERS DOING EACH PARCEL. ZACHARY IS THE, THE, THE PRIMARY DEVELOPER, AND THEN THEY ARE WORKING WITH INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPERS FOR HOUSING AND THE RETAIL MM-HMM. . UM, SO EACH DEVELOPER WILL HAVE THEIR OWN AGREEMENT. THERE'LL BE MILESTONES WITHIN THAT AGREEMENT. IF THEY DO NOT HIT THOSE MILESTONES, WE CAN DECLARE THEM A DEFAULT, AND WE CAN EITHER TERMINATE THE CONTRACT, WHICH WILL BE OPTIONS IN THE CONTRACT TO DO THAT, OR THEY CAN REMEDY THE SITUATION. SO JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PERFORMANCE CONTRACT, WE CAN DO THAT. AND SO THAT IS, THAT IS EMBEDDED IN THERE. UM, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE SEPARATE AGREEMENTS AND THERE ARE MILESTONES? IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE? WELL, SO H PARK ISN'T HELD FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR LATENESS OF ANY OF THIS. NO. IT'S, IT'S, THE AGREEMENTS ARE SEPARATELY WITH EACH OF THE DEVELOPERS. AND WILL THERE BE COST TO DEVELOPERS FOR BEING LATE? I MEAN, IF IT'S, IF IT'S NOT READY BY THE N C A A, WHAT HAPPENS? DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT? A COUPLE THINGS, COUNCILMAN, IS THAT, UH, ONE, UH, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT, UH, REBIDDING, I MEAN, WE ALREADY HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, WITH ZACHARY ON THE F AS YOU SAID, ON THE FIRST DEAL, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ISSUES IN TERMS OF WE WANTED TO TERMINATE THAT AND THEN REBID IT. UH, THE PREFERABLE OPTION WAS TO, TO RE REVAMP THE DEAL. AS YOU STATED, THERE ARE REMEDIES AS, AS LORI POINTED OUT, IN EACH OF THE AGREEMENTS WITH THE DEVELOPERS THAT DO CALL FOR TIMELINES AND DO CALL FOR REMEDIES. I MEAN, UNDER CONTRACT LAW, YOU CAN'T HAVE PENALTIES PER SE, BUT YOU CAN HAVE REMEDIES THAT COMPENSATE YOU FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, AS YOU POINTED OUT, DELAY, COST OR NOT MEETING THEIR OBLIGATIONS. SO WE HAVE THOSE OUT, UH, BAKED INTO THE AGREEMENTS. WELL, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT SOME OF THAT BE SHARED WITH COUNCIL AS THAT CONTRACT IS DEVELOPED, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE ADDRESSED THOSE KINDS OF CONCERNS IN THE PAST. MM-HMM. AND THE COUNCIL'S BEEN CALLED UPON TO MAKE A DECISION RELATED TO SIMILAR TYPES OF CONCERNS. SO I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR US TO KNOW, KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT SOME OF THOSE, UH, IMPORTANT POINTS ARE IN CONTRACTS THAT GO FORWARD. WE CAN PROVIDE AN OUTLINE, COUNCILMAN OF THE REMEDIES, THE MILESTONES, AND THE GUARANTEES WE HAVE. MM-HMM. . OKAY. UH, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE [01:50:01] SAID BEFORE, I, I'M RELUCTANT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GO OUT TO BID. I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT THE BEST DEAL, BUT I WON'T DISAGREE THAT THIS ONE MAY BE BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD A FEW YEARS AGO. BUT I THINK WE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO STRIVE FOR THE BEST. LIKE COACH POP SAYS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, SORRY, LET ME RECOMPOSE MYSELF ON THAT. BUT, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS. NUMBER ONE, THE DELAYS ON GETTING TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF REBIDDING AND THE TIME IT TAKES TO REBID THESE TYPES OF CONTRACTS. AND I, I'VE HAD, UH, SEVERAL MAJOR CONCERNS. ONE OF 'EM WAS, ARE WE STILL GONNA HAVE THE SAME AREA, UH, FOR LIKE, WE HAD FOR THE TRICENTENNIAL, WHAT WE HAD FOR THE LAST FINAL FOUR? AND I'VE, I'VE HAD SOME BRIEFINGS RES THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. UH, AND LORI, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT CAPACITY IN THAT AREA, SO I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. UM, I, I, I HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT FLOW OF PEDESTRIANS ACROSS ALAMO FROM LA TO, AND ALSO THE ALAMO AREA INTO THAT AREA, AND HOW THAT, HOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER TO ENJOY ALL OF THOSE AREAS. AND IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A GREAT PLAN AT THIS POINT, UH, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. UM, UM, COMPLETION DATE. THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING I ALSO HAVE A CONCERN WITH. I IF IT'S IN THE CONTRACT, THAT'S GREAT, WOULD LIKE TO, AS COUNCILMAN COURAGE SAID, SEE, SEE THOSE MILESTONES AND WHAT, WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE IF IT, IF THOSE MILESTONES ARE NOT MET. UM, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER AND, AND EVERYBODY'S ASSURING THAT THAT DATE WILL BE MET. SO I'M HAPPY WITH THAT AT THIS POINT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, THINGS CAN GO WRONG. SO I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. UM, UH, OVERALL THOUGH, I'M, I'M HAPPY WITH THIS. IT IS, UH, IT SEEMS TO BE A BETTER DEAL THAN WE GOT LAST TIME, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT FINANCIALLY. SO, UM, I, I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A PLUS AS WELL. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THOUGH THAT I THINK THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT INTO, UH, A B SESSION OR SOMETHING, AND I'M REQUESTING THIS THROUGH ERIC HERE, IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A STANDALONE PROJECT HERE. WE'VE GOT FOUR MAJOR PROJECTS ALL IN THIS VICINITY HERE. WE'VE GOT THE CURRENT, UH, PROJECT H PARK PROJECT THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. WE GOT A HUGE PROJECT GOING ON THERE IN LATA. WE GOT THE, UH, UH, ALAMO, YOU KNOW, RE-IMAGINATION. AND NOW THIS PROJECT, AND I THINK WE NEED, WE NEED TO BRING ALL THOSE TOGETHER AND HAVE A B SESSION AND GO STEP BY STEP THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE AT, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, THIS IS HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST. UH, ALL OF THAT PULLED TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN SEE HOW ALL OF THIS INTERACTS TOGETHER. RIGHT NOW, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THESE PIECE BY PIECE BY PIECE, BUT WE NEVER HAD A COMPLETE BRIEFING ON THIS ENTIRE AREA, WHICH IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR DOWNTOWN. SO THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND IT SHOULD BE TO ALL OF US, TO HOW THIS IS ALL GONNA INTERACT, CONSTRUCTION TIMELINES, HOW IT'S BEING PAID FOR, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. SO I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT AT A FUTURE B SESSION TO LAY ALL THIS STUFF OUT SO THAT WE HAVE A BETTER HANDLE HERE ON COUNCIL, ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ALL THESE PROJECTS BEING TIED TOGETHER. UM, BUT AT THIS POINT, I'M, I'M HAPPY WITH WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED. THERE'S STILL SOME CONCERNS OUT THERE, AND I GUESS THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE COMPLETION DATE, BUT, UH, AT THIS POINT, I'LL, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. OH, GO AHEAD, ERIC. I, I WAS JUST GONNA ALSO, UH, UH, ADD TO THE PROJECTS YOU LISTED. WE ALSO HAVE ALAMO STREET THAT'LL ALSO BE IN CONSTRICTED. SO WE WILL WORK TO, UH, KIND OF PULL THAT TOGETHER AND, AND, UM, AND SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE ALL THOSE PIECES AND HOW THEY'RE FITTING TOGETHER. THEY'RE ALL COORDINATING, BUT, BUT THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT POINT YOU MADE, COUNCILMAN. THANKS, ERIC. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND I'LL START OFF BY THANKING LORI, GREAT JOB. UH, I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED AT THE, UM, AMOUNT OF WORK THAT, THAT YOU DO, AND YOU REMAIN JUST SO COOL AND, AND CALM. SO THANK YOU, LORI. UM, I, I, IT'S FIESTA IN SAN [01:55:01] ANTONIO, SO I DO HAVE TO SAY, UM, HEMISPHERE, YOU ALL HAVE THE COOLEST MEDAL, THE MEDALS THIS YEAR, LIKE THE GONDOLA, THAT WAS SO AWESOME. SO WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THAT, UM, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALSO FOR BEING SO, UM, FLEXIBLE. AND I KNOW THAT THE FOOTPRINT OF NEOSA HAS, UH, EXPANDED OVER TO, TO HEMISPHERE. UM, BY THE WAY, DID Y'ALL KNOW THAT ERIC WALSH IS THE, WAS THE GRAND MARSHAL OF NEOSA? UM, I, I, I WAS IMPRESSED AND I WAS SAD THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE FIESTA MEDALS. SO I'M SHOPPING AROUND A C C R TO, UH, TO REQUEST THE CITY MANAGER TO HAVE FIESTA MEDALS. RIGHT, RIGHT. ERIC, IT'S LIKE, THERE'S NO MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT . ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. UM, BUT, UM, ANDY SAID SOMETHING EARLIER, AND SO YES, WE'RE DEFINITELY FOCUSED ON THE DECADE OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND HEMISPHERE IS, IS, UH, A NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY, UM, VALIDATES THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I ALSO SEE IT AS, AS A PARK THAT PEOPLE TAKE THEIR, UH, FOLKS TO, RIGHT? AND SO I KNOW COUNCILMAN PERRY TAKES HIS GRANDKIDS THERE REGULARLY WHEN THEY COME TO VISIT. AND SO WE ALL USE HEMISPHERE. I'M THERE, I FEEL LIKE ALL THE TIME. I THINK THEA SAID YOU SHOULD GET, UH, YOU SHOULD GET AN, UH, UH, AN A AN APARTMENT HERE TOO AS A BACKUP FOR 1968 FOR ALL OF YOUR WEEKEND EVENTS. UM, BUT, UM, AND ANDREAS, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AS WELL. SO YOUR LEADERSHIP IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS PROJECT. AND I WANT TO, UM, SPECIFICALLY THANK ALSO KARA. SO, UM, WHEN I, UH, GOT ON COUNCIL, SHE, SHE AND, AND ANDREAS GAVE ME A, A REALLY NICE TOUR. UM, AND I WAS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PLAN AND WHAT, HOW IT WAS COMING TOGETHER. UM, SO I, I DO ALSO WANNA FINALIZE JUST BY THANKING ZACHARY. AND SO YOU ALL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GREAT, UM, PARTNERS AND CIVIC LEADERS. THANK YOU FOR, UM, TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ENSURING THAT YOUR WORKERS ARE ALSO, UM, TAKEN CARE OF. SO THE FAMILIES THAT YOU SERVE, I, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. AND FINALLY, I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL 49 UNITS OF WORKFORCE, UH, SPECIFIC HOUSING. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET BACK TO RE REBOUND FROM THE PANDEMIC. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RSO GARCIA. AND LEMME JUST ADD A FEW COMMENTS. UM, YOU KNOW, THE EARLY EFFORTS OF, UH, HEMISPHERE IN THIS ITERATION CAN REALLY DATE BACK TO I THINK MAYOR HARDBERGER. UH, BUT IT'S BEEN A 10 PLUS YEAR EFFORT TO MAKE HEMISPHERE A NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN, WHICH IT IS BECOMING, AND IN MANY WAYS, IN DOING SO, I THINK HELPS TO CORRECT, UH, PERHAPS AN ORIGINAL SIN. UH, BACK IN THE SIXTIES WHEN A NEIGHBORHOOD WAS RAISED TO PUT IN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE THEN WORLD'S FAIR. SO THE EFFORT TO MAKE THIS PART OF THE PUBLIC SPACE AGAIN, WHICH I'VE SAID MANY TIMES, IS A HERCULEAN EFFORT, UH, IS AS IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF SAN ANTONIO AS IT IS, UH, TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE ON THAT CORNER. SO I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY. UM, THROUGHOUT MY TIME ON COUNCIL, I'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO SEE THE GREAT SUCCESS OF YANA GUANA GARDEN, THE JOY IT'S BROUGHT TO MANY THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, UH, AND HOUSEHOLDS WHO HAVE FREQUENTED THE PARK OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. UH, AND LIKE YANA GUANA GARDEN, THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF HEMISPHERE PARK WILL SIMILARLY BE TRANSFORMED INTO A MARQUEE DESTINATION FOR SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF CREATING EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC SPACES FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AND THIS PARTNERSHIP WILL FURTHER THAT MISSION BECAUSE IT WILL SUPPORT THE CONTINUED MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF HEMISPHERE PARK. DESPITE THE MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT, UH, WHICH I WOULD ARGUE ARE AN IMPROVEMENT ACTUALLY, UH, IN, IN EVERY RESPECT, I SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY AND VISION AND IMPROVED APPROVED DURING THE MASTER PLANNING SESSIONS. AND I'M PROUD TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THAT VISION FORWARD. UH, ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN LEANING INTO THIS WORK OVER THE LAST, UH, MANY YEARS. UH, MY THANKS TO CITY STAFF, LORI, I'VE DONE A REALLY INCREDIBLE JOB ON THIS, UH, AND HEMISPHERE PARK AREA OF REDEVELOPMENT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THEIR STAFF FOR THEIR DILIGENT WORK ON THE PROJECT. AND I JOINED, UH, EVERYONE ELSE AND, UH, ANTICIPATING THE 2025 FINAL FOUR, WHICH WILL BE SORT OF AN OFFICIAL UNVEILING, UH, IN SOME WAYS OF THIS PROJECT, NOTING THAT, UH, NEXT YEAR HOUSTON HAS THE FINAL FOUR. UH, SO WE WILL SHOW THEM REALLY WHERE THE FINAL FOUR BELONGS IN TEXAS, UH, AS THEY EXPERIENCE WHAT WILL BE THE MARQUEE DESTINATION OF DOWNTOWNS IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE, UH, DISCUSSION. WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. THANK YOU. SORRY, I'M JUST JUMPING BACK IN. I, I, I WANTED TO ACTUALLY THANK, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR BRINGING UP THE POINT OF ALL THOSE, ALL THAT CONCENTRATION OF INVESTMENTS AND, UH, FOR ASKING FOR A, A BRIEFING, UH, FOR THE FULL COUNCIL ON ALL OF THEM TOGETHER. I THINK IT'S NOT, IT'S IMPORTANT NOT JUST FOR OUR COUNCIL, BUT SO MANY OF THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE THERE DOWNTOWN THAT MAY BE AWARE OF THEIR PROJECT, BUT NOT ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON OR [02:00:01] OTHER DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES. SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC FLOW SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW WE CAN MAKE IT, UH, FRIENDLY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND WHATNOT. SO I JUST WANNA ADD THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. OKAY, LET'S TAKE THE VOTE ON ITEM FIVE. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL GO. UM, NOW I'M GOING TO, AGAIN, WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION ON ITEM SIX. SO WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM SIX, BUT THAT WILL REQUIRE US TO CONVENE, UM, THE, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SO THE TIME IS NOW 11:26 AM AND THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW IN RECESS. I WOULD LIKE TO CONVENE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE HEMISPHERE PARK PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION, UH, AND MADAME CLERK, COULD YOU AGAIN READ THE CAPTION ON ITEM SIX, RESOLUTION BY THE HEMISPHERE PARK PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION AUTHORIZING STAFF TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AT HEMISPHERE PARK. A AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND PALACIO DEL RIO LIMITED FOR THE SCHULTES HARDWARE STORE TO INCLUDE A REVISED TERMINATION DATE AND AMENDING THE MASTER LEASE BETWEEN THE HEMISPHERE PARK, PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION, AND H PARK. AND THE MASTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN H PARK, H P P F C, AND THE CITY TO INCLUDE THE SCHULZE HARDWARE STORE AND B AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT SUBLEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HEMISPHERE PARK AREA REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND ZH DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY L L C TO REFLECT THE REVISED PROJECT TIMELINE AND LEASE STRUCTURE. ALRIGHT, LET ME RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, BOARD MEMBER PALAIS FOR, UH, A MOTION THANK YOU. BOARD CHAIR. UH, MOTION TO APPROVE. ALRIGHT, SECOND BY COUNT, UH, BOARD MEMBER VRAN. UM, THERE IS A MOTION A SECOND. NOW LET'S PULL UP THAT VOTE, PLEASE VOTE MO. MOTION CARRIES. I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HEMISPHERE PARK PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION. MOTION TO ADJOURN. ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION BY BRAVO, SECOND BY, UH, KEO HDA. NO DISCUSSION. UM, I'LL TAKE THAT BY AFFIRMATION. THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, OF THE HEMISPHERE PARK FAC PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION, UH, AT 1128 IS NOW ADJOURNED. WE WILL RESUME AT 1128, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND WE'LL BRING UP ITEM NUMBER FOUR. [ACTION ITEMS FOR STAFF BRIEFING] ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A CONTRACT FOR ELECTION SERVICES WITH THE BEX COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE FOR THE MAY 7TH, 2022 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED OF $455,889 AND 3 CENTS. ALL RIGHT. UM, DO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS, DO WE, ERIC? OH, WE DO. OH, SORRY. DEBBIE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS ITEM IS THE ELECTION SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE MAY 7TH ELECTION ON THE 2022 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. IT'S A CONTRACT FOR ELECTION SERVICES WITH BEXAR COUNTY, THE CITY'S GONNA PAY TWO 28% OF ITS SHARE OF THE WHOLE JOINT ELECTION. IT'S AN ELECTION WITH ALL OF THE OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN BEXAR COUNTY. UH, ON THE BALLOT FIRST WILL BE TWO STATE TEXAS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. I'M SHOWING YOU A IMAGE OF THE SAMPLE BALLOT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM BEXAR COUNTY, AND WE WILL BE POSTING THIS SAMPLE BALLOT IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK FOR A REVIEW BY CITIZENS. THE 2022 GENERAL BOND, UH, GENERAL WILL BE MANAGED BY, UH, BEXAR COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR. THE CITY WILL PAY ITS SHARE OF THE COSTS FOR SUPPLIES, PERSONNEL, AND OPERATING FOR THE VOTE CENTERS. AND BEXAR COUNTY WILL HANDLE ALL ASPECTS [02:05:01] OF THE VOTING SITES, REGISTER VOTERS, HIRE ELECTION PERSONNEL AND HANDLE THE VOTING MACHINES, TABULATE THE RETURNS, AND PROVIDE 'EM TO THE CITY CLERK. THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CLERK ARE TO COORDINATE WITH THE BARRETT ELECTIONS OFFICE, ENSURE THAT THE THE STATE ELECTION CODE IS IN COMPLIANCE. WE PROVIDED THE BALLOT LANGUAGE AND NOTICE TO BEAR ELECTIONS. WE ARE GONNA BE PROVIDING TIMELY PAYMENT TO BARRETT ELECTIONS OFFICE SO THAT THEY CAN PAY THEIR ELECTIONS. EMPLOYEES. UH, WE ARE PREPARED AND PRO AND WILL POST THE NOTICE AND PUBLISH IT, UH, IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. THE POSTING WILL BE AT CITY HALL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT VIA MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE, AND THE CITY CLERK'S WEBPAGE. WE'RE GONNA POST TWICE IN THE EXPRESS NEWS AND LAA ON APRIL 17TH AND APRIL 24TH. A REQUIREMENT IS FOR THE CITY CLERK TO REMAIN OPEN FROM MARCH 18TH THROUGH JUNE 16TH DURING RES REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS. AND WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED THAT. UM, OPERATION. WE WILL VALIDATE THE ELECTION RESULTS. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE EARLY, EARLY VOTING SITES. WE HAVE 38 OF THEM SO FAR, UH, THAT BEXAR COUNTY HAS OFFERED. SOME OF THEM ARE ALSO, UH, CITY SITES. THEY'RE MOSTLY OPEN FROM 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM BUT THERE'S A FEW VARIATIONS IN THOSE SITES. BUT I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION SOME CHANGES IN STATE LAW REGARDING VOTING, PARTICULARLY SB ONE AND THE VOTE BY MAIL RECOMMENDATIONS. UH, SO THE REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT EACH VOTER MUST REQUEST THEIR OWN APPLICATION FOR VOTE BY MAIL. THOSE WILL BE REQUESTED TO THE BEAR ELECTIONS OFFICE. UH, YOU CANNOT ASK FOR A BALLOT FOR SOMEONE ELSE. SO YOU HAVE A HUSBAND AND WIFE THAT ARE, UH, OLDER AND USED TO GETTING A MAIL-IN BALLOT. ONE OF THEM CALLS, THEY CAN'T GET THE BALLOT FOR BOTH. THEY BOTH HAVE TO GET ON THE PHONE AND TALK TO THE BEAR ELECTIONS OFFICE TO GET THAT BALLOT. UH, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT THEY NEED TO ASK FOR THEIR OWN APPLICATION FOR VOTE BY MAIL. THERE'S SOME CHANGES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR VALIDATION OF WHO IS ACTUALLY VOTING ON THAT BALLOT. AND I'VE SHOWN YOU AN IMAGE OF THE ENVELOPE THAT THE BALLOT WILL GO IN FOR THE MAIL-IN BALLOT. AND THERE'S TWO SLOTS FOR TO PUT SOME INFORMATION IDENTIFIERS. UH, IT, THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR YOUR LAST FOUR OF YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ARE REQUIRED, EITHER ONE. HOWEVER, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU PUT BOTH BECAUSE A VOTER MIGHT NOT KNOW WHICH ONE IS ON FILE AT THE BARRETT ELECTIONS OFFICE. AND IF YOU PICK THE WRONG ONE, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VALIDATE YOUR VOTE. SO JUST PUT BOTH OF THEM AND THEN YOU'RE ASSURED THAT YOU'LL BE OKAY. AND ANY DEFICIENCIES IN THAT BALLOT, UH, ENVELOPE CAN BE CURED IN PERSON AT BARRY ELECTIONS OFFICE BY MAY 13TH. SO, AN OVERVIEW OF THE SCHEDULE YOU CALLED THE ELECTION AND ORDERED IT ON FEBRUARY THE 10TH. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR VOTERS TO REGISTER TO VOTE. IF THEY HAVE NOT REGISTERED ON A FROM APRIL 11TH THROUGH APRIL 7TH, WE'LL HAVE THAT NOTICE POSTED CONTINUOUSLY. WE'RE GONNA PUBLISH IN THE NEWSPAPERS ON FROM EARLY VOTING OPENS ON APRIL 25TH AND CLOSES MAY THE THIRD. ELECTION DAY IS MAY THE SEVENTH, AND ON MAY 18TH, YOU WILL CAN CANVAS THOSE RESULTS. SO A CONTRACT HAS BEEN COORDINATED WITH BEXAR COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND I ALSO WANNA THANK, UH, THE HARD WORK OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR HELPING WITH THIS, UH, FINANCE AND BUDGET. AND I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS CONTRACT. THANK YOU, DEBBIE. THERE IS A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GRO FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR. ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM FOUR WAR? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. I APOLOGIZE, MAYOR, I THOUGHT I HAD TAPPED IN ON, ON THIS ITEM. OH, UM, IF WE CAN PAUSE THE TALLY COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, DEBBIE FOR HER WORK. I KNOW I EMAILED HER SOME SPECIFIC, VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, VOTING LOCATIONS IN, IN DISTRICT SEVEN. AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE HIGHLIGHTS ON THE EARLY VOTING, UM, EARLY VOTING BALLOT REQUEST. SO THANKS, DEBBIE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. ALRIGHT, MOTION CARRIES. [City Manager's Report  ] THAT'S ALL THE ITEMS ON [02:10:01] OUR MORNING AGENDA. IS THERE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR. JUST ONE ITEM. UM, UH, SOME OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND ADVERTISING WE'VE DONE ON THIS TOPIC, BUT, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS KICKED OFF OUR POTHOLE BLITZ, UM, UM, UH, ON APRIL 4TH, UH, IN SAN PEDRO PARK. AND SO WE ANTICIPATE FILLING OVER 8,000 POTHOLES THIS MONTH. UM, AND IT'S A CONCERTED EFFORT. WE HAVE FOUR PATCH CREWS THAT ARE DEDICATED STRICTLY TO THE 3 1 1 CALLS THAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU OR YOUR RESIDENTS, AND I KNOW WE'VE SHARED SOME OF THIS WITH YOUR COUNCIL OFFICES TO MAKE SURE WE GET OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, THIS IS, UM, UH, THE THIRD OR FOURTH YEAR WE'VE DONE THIS, WHERE WE MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO REALLY GET OUT THERE IN ADVANCE OF, UH, SUMMER AND, UH, MAKE SURE OUR ROADWAYS ARE SAFE FOR, UH, BOTH PEDESTRIAN BICY BICYCLISTS AND, AND THE DRIVING PUBLIC. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ERIC. ALRIGHT, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER BUSINESS ON THE MORNING AGENDA, WE ARE GOING TO RECESS AT 11:36 AM WE'VE GOT 2:00 PM TIME, CERTAIN ZONING, SO WE'LL SAVE EVERYBODY BACK AT THAT TIME. THANKS Y'ALL. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. IF I CAN ASK YOU TO TAKE YOUR SEATS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OUR MEETING. I WANT TO INFORM EVERYBODY THAT, UM, TODAY IS NATIONAL BEER DAY, TODAY'S NATIONAL BEER DAY, AND IT IS FIESTA. SO I KNOW THERE'S PLACES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO GO TO. SO IF WE CAN GET SEATED, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET OUR MEETING STARTED AND WE'LL GET YOU OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UM, ALRIGHT, I THINK WE'RE BACK. UM, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO HDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALIS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY VIVA FIESTA. MAYOR. MAYOR NIERENBERG. HERE. MAYOR. WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS 2:12 PM ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL, 2022. UH, YOU HEARD THE ROLE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. UM, OR EXCUSE ME, WE'LL COME BACK FROM OUR RECESS FROM OUR AGENDA. UH, LET ME READ THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE THAT WILL BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ACTUALLY, I'M [2:00 P.M. (Time Certain) Public Hearing and Consideration of the following Adoption and Amendments of the Neighborhood, Community and Perimeter Plans as Components of the Master Plan and Zoning Cases. Plan amendments and Zoning cases presented by Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Michael Shannon, Director, Development Services.  ] SORRY, LET ME READ THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY TODAY. I'VE GOT ITEMS 33 40 AND 41, 44 AND 48. UM, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE CONTINUED TO APRIL 21ST, ITEMS 36 TO 37, 43, 45, 46, AND 47. OUTSIDE OF THOSE ITEMS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA OR THAT WILL BE CONTINUED AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE HANDLED APPROPRIATELY? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'M GONNA ASK COUNCILMAN COURAGE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THOSE ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MOVE THAT ITEMS 36, 37, ITEM 43, ITEM 45, ITEMS 46 AND 47 BE CONTINUED UNTIL APRIL 21ST. SECOND. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THOSE ITEMS. READ BY COUNCILMAN KURT TO APRIL 21ST. IF YOU GIMME JUST A SECOND, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I GET FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THOSE ITEMS AND ASK THEM IF THEY'D LIKE TO SPEAK. UM, LEMME SEE. I'VE GOT SHARAH. MATI, YES. ON ITEM 36. UH, SIR, THAT ITEM IS BEING MOVED TO APRIL 21ST. WOULD YOU STILL LIKE TO SPEAK ON IT TODAY OR JUST WOULD YOU WAIT UNTIL NEXT TIME? . OKAY. YOUR CHOICE. YOU I, OKAY, GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MY NAME IS SHADOW UDDI. I AM THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ON 9 1 7 NOLAN STREET. I PURCHASED, UH, LAST YEAR AND I LIKE TO REZONE IT FOR OPENING THE COFFEE SHOP INTERNET CAFE. AND, UH, I ALREADY APPROVED WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ZONING COMMISSION AND TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, EDDIE MARTINEZ AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, COMMISSION. AND, UH, THERE IS SOME OPPOSITION ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE A I D Z UH, UM, ZONING ON THAT PROPERTY. UM, AND THESE ARE BASICALLY, UH, ABOUT THEIR OWN, UM, THEY CONCERN [02:15:01] ABOUT THE PARKING IN THE BACK BECAUSE THEY, THEY LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH ONE OF THE REASON I WANTED TO BE HAVING A I D Z AND THAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY PARKING. IT'S JUST A COFFEE SHOP, INTERNET CAFE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD WALKING. AND, AND THIS HAS BEEN BASICALLY THE BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR LAST FIVE, SIX DECADE, I THINK AT LEAST. AND, UM, SO THAT'S THE, MY PLANNING FOR REZONING IT. AND THAT'S IT. GREAT. THANK YOU MR. UDDI. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, I'M GONNA CALL NAMES, UH, WHO ARE, UH, ALSO SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUED, WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CEDE YOUR TIME UNTIL NEXT TIME WHEN IT WILL BE HEARD, IF YOU COULD JUST SIGNAL ME WITH A HAND THAT YOU'RE PASSING YOUR TIME AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. UM, ON ITEM 43, JEANETTE CLAY. OKAY. KATHLEEN MANA. RANDOLPH GLICKMAN. PAULINE GLICKMAN. STEVEN CUSHMAN. JACK FINGER. ALL RIGHT, JACK, ONE SECOND. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO, UM, LET ME SEE HERE. OR ACTUALLY GO AHEAD. ITEM ITEM 43. RIGHT. VERY GOOD. MR. MAYOR, MAYOR BERG. NOW MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER, YES. ITEM 43. UM, THIS IS IN, UH, MS. SANDOVAL, YOUR DISTRICT THERE, AND YES, MS. SANDOVAL, THIS IS FOR THE IDEA OF PLACING AN A SO-CALLED ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IN THE AREA. THE, UH, THING IS THOUGH, MS. SANDOVAL, YOU HAVE QUITE A BIT OF OPPOSITION FROM THE, UH, FROM THE NEARBY RESIDENCE AND FROM THOSE, UH, NOT SO NEAR TO IT. YEAH, I APPRECIATE IF YOU JUST, JUST PUT DOWN THE FORK FOR, FOR A MOMENT ANYWAY, JACK, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR TIME. UH, YEAH. UM, THE, UH, ANYWAY, YES. NOW IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PERHAPS THE RESIDENTS ARE TRYING TO, UH, UH, NEGOTIATE WITH THE, UH, THE, THE PROPOSER ON THIS ONE. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT QUITE A FEW, THEY'VE GOT QUITE, QUITE A FEW HURDLES TO, TO, TO OVERCOME HERE. I MEAN, WHEN YOU HAVE, UH, AS MANY AS 60% OF THOSE INSIDE OF THE 200 FOOT RADIUS SAYING NO TO THIS THING, 60% WHEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING GOOD TO EVEN HAVE FIVE OR 10% RESPONDING WHEN YOU HAVE AS MUCH AS , WHAT IS IT? MY GOODNESS, 14 PEOPLE, 14 PEOPLE CAME DOWN TO THE ZONING SESSION HEARING TO, TO SAY NO TO IT. WHEN YOU'RE DOING GOOD TO HAVE ONE OR TWO 14, THAT'S 700% MORE. 12, 12 PEOPLE CALLED IN AGAINST IT. YEAH. AND, UH, THE, UH, AND YOU HAVE FOUR, NOT ONE, NOT TWO, BUT FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS SAY IT'S A BAD IDEA ALSO. MS. SANDOVAL. YES. ALAMO FARMSTEADS ON BABCOCK ROAD, FAIRWAY MO, FAIRWAY HILLS, OAKLAND HILLS, AND THE SCATTER OAKS. THAT'S NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. YEAH. AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE BIG RED FLAGS ON THIS ONE IS THAT BOTH THE STAFF AND THE ZONING COMMISSION SAID THESE WERE BAD IDEAS, MADAM. NOW PLEASE KNOW THAT. UH, AND WHY, WELL, BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS TOO DENSE, TOO DENSE FOR THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, YEAH. YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE RESIDENTS ARE THEIR TRUE REPRESENTATIVES ARE REALLY NEGOTIATING, WELL, THAT'S ONE THING. BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE MS. SANDOVAL, A CONTINUANCE IS A FAVORITE TACTIC BY MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS. I'LL SAY POLITELY SAY THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, IN ORDER TO WEAR DOWN THE OPPOSITION ON THIS, AND, UH, I, UH, I THINK, UH, TO NOT, [02:20:01] TO, UH, MY SUGGESTION IS PLEASE DO NOT BE DISINGENUOUS IF THAT IS YOUR DIRECTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. ALL RIGHT. THE, UH, FOLLOWING CITIZENS HAVE SIGNED UP IN A GROUP FOR ITEMS 46 AND 47. UM, SO LET ME KNOW IF, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND WAIT TILL THE ITEM IS HEARD. SANDRA ARCHIE, ALEX ARCHIE. ARE YOU SANDRA ARCHIE? YES, SIR, I AM. OKAY. WE, UM, WE'D LOVE FOR IT TO BE POSTPONED. I DID MY INFUSION YESTERDAY AND I'M NOT FEELING WELL FROM THE INFUSION. UM, BUT WE DID HAVE A QUESTION FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE WERE ALLOWED ONLY THREE PEOPLE TO COME SPEAK. SO IS THERE A LIMIT ON HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN COME SPEAK AT THE NEXT ONE WE'VE BEEN POSTPONED TO? NO, THERE'S NO LIMIT. OKAY. OKAY, PERFECT. SO WE JUST, THERE'S A, SO YOU CAN HAVE, UM, THREE MINUTES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER AND UP TO NINE MINUTES AS A GROUP. OKAY. BUT YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME SPEAK TO SUNDAY. THAT'S CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU ALL CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THAT'LL BE ON APRIL 21ST. THE ITEM WILL BE BACK. ALRIGHT. UM, HAVING HEARD EVERYONE WHO SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT WILL BE CONTINUED, UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. I'M NOT SEEING A QUEUE AT THIS POINT. UH, SO SH GIMME A HAND. UH, SHOW ME A HAND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON, ON THE ITEMS BEING CONTINUED. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE VOTE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE'LL GO TO THE ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. THOSE ARE ITEMS 34, 35, 38, 39, 42, AND 49. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE ITEMS I MAKE. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION BY VERAN, SECOND BY COURAGE. UH, AND I WILL CALL CITIZENS WHO'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT REMAIN ON CONSENT. JACK FINGER ON ITEMS 38 39. AND THAT'S IT. YES, MAYOR BERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL, ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS JACK A FINGER, UM, MR. JAYLENE RODRIGUEZ. JAYLEN RODRIGUEZ, UH, 38 39 ARE IN YOUR LITTLE BALLYWICK THERE. UH, AND THE BIG PROBLEM WITH ITEM NUMBER 39 IS THE FACT THAT, WELL, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. ADMITTEDLY, THEY LIVED JUST OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET SURROUNDING IT. BUT, UH, THEY, THE REASON THEY THOUGHT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS A BUSINESS PARK. A BUSINESS PARK THAT ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP ON THAT, SIR, IT, IT JUST PRACTICALLY ABUTS RIGHT NEXT UP TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T WANT IT THERE OR DON'T WANT THAT PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE BUSINESS PARK THERE. PERHAPS YOU COULD, UH, MAYBE JUST SAY, SAY NO TO THIS ONE, SIR. SO, SO THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LIVE THERE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH A BUSINESS PARK AND ALL THE, UH, NEGATIVE, UH, ASPECTS OF, OF DOING SO. RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. I BELIEVE THAT IS EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE REMAINING ON CONSENT. IS THERE ANY COUNSEL DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GRO A SECOND BY COURAGE MANUAL VOTE. MANUAL VOTE. OKAY. UM, EVERYONE'S ON THE DAAS. SO BY, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE, UH, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVE NOW TO ITEMS THAT ARE, WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY HEARD. WE'LL START WITH ITEM 33. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 33 IS A REZONING FROM R FOUR I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT FIVE 17 MARSHALL STREET. STAFF [02:25:01] RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF R FOUR CD FOR THREE UNITS. ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, 27 NOTICES MAILED FOR IN FAVOR, THREE OPPOSED FIVE POINTS. NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR. EIGHT NOTICES IN FAVOR OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT. AND A PETITION WITH SEVEN, SIX SIGNATURES WAS SUBMITTED IN OPPOSITION. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. JACK FINGER, MAYOR NURENBERG, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. ONCE AGAIN, I'M JACK M FINGER. THE, UH, IF, IF ANYONE WONDERS WHY I HAVE COME UP SO MANY TIMES, IT'S BECAUSE, WELL, THE, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF, UH, DEFICIENCIES WITH THE, UH, THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE ARE DEALING WITH TODAY. SOMEBODY HAS TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT 'EM. THE, UH, MR. BRAVO, THIS CASE IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. IT'S ABOUT WHAT I SAY, WHAT I CALL SHOEHORNING SHOEHORNING. THREE LITTLE U THREE MAYBE NOT SO LITTLE UNITS INTO A LITTLE LOT OVER ON MARSHALL STREET. YES, SIR. AND, UH, THIS IS WHERE PROFESSIONALS IN OUR CITY, PEOPLE WE HIRE TO GIVE US THEIR PROFESSIONAL OPINION ON THESE THINGS. THE ZONING STAFF, THEY SAID IT WAS A BAD IDEA. THEY RECOMMENDED YOU DENY THIS THING, SIR. AND NOT JUST THAT, BUT YOU HAD THESE THREE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE 200 FOOT, UH, RADIUS SAY, NO, WE, WE THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA ALSO. YEAH. AND, AND, AND OF COURSE YOU HAD AT LEAST A COUPLE PEOPLE SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT AT THE, UH, THE ZONING SESSION. SIR, MAYBE JUST, MAYBE, SIR, WHY NOT SAY NO TO SOMETHING THAT THE OUR PROFESSIONALS THOUGHT WAS A BAD IDEA? AND WELL, UM, OBVIOUSLY SOME PEOPLE THAT THINK IT, THEY DON'T LIKE IT EITHER. THEY, LIKE I SAY, THEY, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LIVE NOT VERY FAR AWAY FROM THERE. RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 33 AS A AMENDED HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEMS 40 AND 41 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 40 AND 41 IS AMENDING THE STENSON AIRPORT VICINITY LAND USE PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND PARKS AND OPEN SPACE TO MIXED USE FROM I ONE TO I D Z TWO WITH RESIDENTIAL USES NOT TO EXCEED 380 UNITS AND USES PERMITTED WITHIN C TWO. GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 9,400 BLOCK OF SOUTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10 STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 16 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, THREE OPPOSED. VILLA CORONADO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. 360 IN OPPOSITION OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY. A PETITION FOR 691 SIGNATURES WAS SUBMITTED IN OPPOSITION. MISSION SAN JOSE HOT WELLS AND MISSION REACH NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IN SUPPORT LIVE BROOKS AGENCY IS IN SUPPORT. WE HAVE, UH, TWO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 40 AND 41. WE'LL START WITH MICHELLE HOUSEMAN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. MAYOR PROS. I'M COUNCIL MEMBER. I'M MICHELLE HOUSEMAN WITH LAND USE SOLUTIONS, REPRESENTING AS CO-APPLICANT ON THIS ITEM 41 AND 40. AND, UH, MR. GALLEGOS IS ALSO HERE AS CO-APPLICANT REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNER. I REPRESENT SABO DEVELOPMENT AND MY ADDRESS IS 10,003 NORTHWEST MILITARY HIGHWAY, SUITE 2215, SAN ANTONIO AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN VIRON. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COORDINATING AND FACILITATING THE COMMUNITY INPUT ON THIS ITEM, AS WELL AS THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY TO MAKE THIS A BETTER PROJECT. IT WAS TRULY A TEAM EFFORT, AND WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE. AND, UH, WITH THAT, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MS. HOUSEMAN, JACK FINGER, MAYOR BERG, [02:30:02] OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER, THIS ZONING CASE IS IN DISTRICT THREE, THIS, UH, VIA GRANT N I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE THERE. YES. UM, UM, THE IDEA WITH THIS PARTICULAR CASE AND THE, ALL THE OPPOSITION THAT IT ENCOUNTERED IS BECAUSE I, LIKE I SAY, YOU'RE TRYING TO PLACE 380 UNITS OR UP TO 380 UNITS IN THIS LITTLE AREA, UH, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TO PASS BY ON OCCASION. AND, UH, THEY, UH, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO HAVE TO LIVE AGAINST NEXT TO THIS. THEY, AND, YOU KNOW, AND YOU NOTICE MS. VILLA GRANT, THE, UH, THESE ZONING SESSIONS ARE HELD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON WHEN MOST PEOPLE CANNOT COME HERE TO WORK BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING. THEY, THEY CANNOT GET OFF OF WORK TO SAY, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS. ALL THEY CAN DO IS MAYBE COME BY A HEARING OR TWO, OR SIGN UP A TWO OR SIGN A PETITION. AND AS MANY AS, UH, SHUCKS, YOU HAD TO THREE OUTTA THE 16 NOTICES THAT THAT WENT OUT IN THE 200 FOOT AREA. TH THREE OPPOSES THAT. THAT'S AS MUCH AS WELL, ALMOST TO 20% WHEN YOU'RE DOING GOOD TO GET FIVE OR 10% SAYING NO TO IT, 360 PERSONS OPPOSED IT OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET. APPARENTLY WRITTEN SOMEHOW A WRITTEN NOTICE THERE SAYING, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS. 360 OF 'EM 619 ONLINE SAID, DO NOT DO THIS. SO NOT TO MENTION THE, UH, THE FOUR. YEAH. WELL, VIA CORONADO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MISSION, SAN JOSE HOT WELLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MISSION REACH, THEY ALL THOUGHT THIS WAS A BAD IDEA. UH, WHY NOT, UH, MISS VIA GRANDE, UH, OBLIGE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WANT THIS, WELL, 380 UNITS, YOU MIGHT CALL THAT A MONSTROSITY THERE. YEAH. RIGHT. MRS. GROE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO PULL THIS CASE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TODAY, SINCE IT'S BEEN REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED AT ZONING COMMISSION EIGHT TIMES AND PLANNING COMMISSION FOUR TIMES. UH, AS MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES SIT UP HERE WITH ME, YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT RUBBER STAMP THINGS HERE. IT GOES THROUGH A PROCESS. AND THIS, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE TO EVERYONE BECAUSE THIS SHOWED THAT THE PROCESS WORKS, THAT THIS WAS A TEAM EFFORT ORIGINALLY FILED AS AN MF 33. IT WAS MY ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY STAFF THAT PRO PROPOSED THE CHANGE TO I I D Z TWO. SO IT WOULD CAP ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS. UM, SINCE LAST FALL, THE APPLICANT HAS CONDUCTED THEIR DUE DILIGENCE BY, UH, HOSTING NUMEROUS OUTREACH EFFORTS, UH, BRINGING THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, UM, INCLUDE TXDOT, NATIONAL PARKS, SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY BROOKS, SOUTH TEXAS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP, THE GEORGIAN PLACE, UH, VIA CORONADO AND, AND OTHERS. UM, THIS IS A VACANT, UNDER UNDERLYING, UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTY THAT WAS ZONED, UH, THAT HAD INDUSTRIAL ZONING. AND AS THE SOUTH SIDE GROWS, WE NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN THE PROCESS. AND WE WERE, AND THE APPLICANT HAS AMENDED THEIR ACREAGE TO REDUCE THE FOOTPRINT. UH, THIS FALL FALLS INTO THE BROOKS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN, UH, UNDER THE ESSAY TOMORROW, COMPREHENSIVE INITIATIVE BECAUSE IT'S GIVING US NOT JUST, UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS, BUT MARKET RATE HOUSING. I WANNA THANK THE WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE FOR FACILITATING THE DIALOGUE, UM, WITH THE ZONING STAFF, OUR ZONING COMMISSIONER CHARLES FUENTES, FOR HIS WORK. UM, AND JUST AT MY REQUEST THAT THE WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE ALSO STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN NOVEMBER WITH A TOWN HALL ABOUT HOW WE WERE MOVING IN THIS AREA, THIS IS, THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT. AND I DO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. JULIO GONZALEZ, WHO WAS A SOUTH SIDE CHAMBER FAM, UH, FOUNDER. HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE BEEN THE CARETAKERS AND STEWARDS OF THIS LAND, AND PROTECTED IT AGAINST ANY INTENSE INDUSTRIAL [02:35:01] USES THAT HAVE BEEN LEGALLY ALLOWED BY RIGHT UNTIL TODAY. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PATIENCE, UH, GONZALEZ FAMILY. I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM ITEMS 40 AND 41. HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. I RECORD AN AYE VOTE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ. MOTION CARRIES. MOVE TO ITEM 44. AGENDA ITEM MOVE 44 IS A REZONING FROM R FORD R FOUR CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 2 4 4 4 CINCINNATI AVENUE. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 32 NOTICES MAILED TWO IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 44. JACK FINGER. MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER AND, UH, UH, MS. SANDOVAL, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT HERE? YES. UM, GLAD YOU PUT DOWN THE FORK NEWS SANDAL DISTRICT SEVEN, THE, UH, 24 44 CINCINNATI AVENUE. YES. THE IDEA IS TO PLACE THREE DWELLING UNITS THERE. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS? WELL, THE RED FLAG HERE IS THAT THE STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. THEY, THEY SAID THIS THREE UNIT PROPOSAL IS, IT'S SURROUNDED, SURROUNDED BY, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. IT'S OUTTA CHARACTER OUTTA CARE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE. SO, YEAH, UH, UH, MAYBE, UM, I'D SAY, UM, JUST ON THAT ALONE, YOU SHOULD SAY NO TO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS SUBMITTED A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THIS ZONING CHANGE. DO YOU HAVE THAT LETTER? OKAY. YES. I'M LOOKING AT CAT AND SHE SAYS YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. EXCELLENT. UH, MOVE TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. SECOND. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 44. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM 48, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 48 IS A REZONING FROM R SIX TO M X D WITH A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 65 UNITS PER ACRE, LOCATED AT 11 3 0 6 EBNER ROAD. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 47. NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. AND THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED AN AMENDED SITE. PLAN. COUNCILS MEMBER SS MOVE TO APPROVE IS AMENDED. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 48. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THAT'S THE BALANCE OF OUR AFTERNOON AGENDA. THE TIME IS 2:39 PM ON THIS SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL, 2022. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.