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I LIKE AUSTIN, BUT I LOVE SANTO DANCING IN GROOVE, THEN BACK DOWN THE ROAD.
SO I LIKE, BUT I LOVE SAN AND WHAT PLACE TO GO, SO I, BUT I LOVE SAN ANTONIO.
[ PROCEDURAL ]
CITY COUNCIL A SESSION.THE TIME IS 9:30 AM ON THIS 14TH DAY OF APRIL, 2022.
WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKAY RODRIGUEZ.
PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELA COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
UM, AND IF, UH, IF I MAY ASK FOR YOUR, UM, PATIENCE HERE.
I'D LIKE FOR US TO OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF DOROTHY PRICE COLLINS, WHO THIS COMMUNITY LOST, LONGTIME EDUCATOR, LEGENDARY, UH, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST WHO WAS ON THE FRONT LINES OF OUR MARCH TO JUSTICE HERE IN OUR COUNTRY.
UH, A MEMBER OF THE NAACP AND A BELOVED TEACHERS TO SO MANY, UH, OUR COMMUNITY WAS ENRICHED BY HER PRESENCE.
OUR COUNTRY IS BETTER FOR IT, UH, AND WE ARE, UH, DEEPLY, UM, SADDENED BY HER LOSS, UH, WHICH IS FELT BY MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IF WE CAN OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF DOROTHY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO START OUR MEETING TODAY.
I'M GONNA TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER BROW TO COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO.
UM, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME RECTOR PATRICK GAHAN OF CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
PATRICK HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART CAVE FOR 46 YEARS.
THEY HAVE THREE GROWN CHILDREN, THREE GRANDCHILDREN, AND PRAY FOR MORE ON THE WAY PATRICK HAS SERVED AS AN INFANTRY OFFICER IN THE US ARMY AND AS A TEACHER AND COACH IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
MOST OF HIS 33 YEARS IN THE ORDAINED MINISTRY HAVE BEEN IN DIOCESE OF TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS, BUT HE HAS SERVED IN MARYLAND, SEWANEE, AND NEWFOUNDLAND AS WELL.
FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, PATRICK HAS BEEN RECTOR OF CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, WHICH HAS BROUGHT BOTH KAY AND HIM IMMEASURABLE JOY, INVITING PEOPLE TO SUBMIT TO THE LOVE OF GOD, AND THEN WITNESSING HOW THEIR LIVES ARE DRAMATICALLY CHANGED IS MY GREATEST DELIGHT.
WHEN AN ENTIRE PARISH COMMUNITY IS CAUGHT UP IN GOD'S LOVE, THEY BEGIN TO DO THINGS THEY ONCE THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE.
IN FACT, IN 2021 CHURCH, UH, CHRIST CHURCH EXTENDED ITS LOVE INTO THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING GROCERIES, CLOTHES, PET FOOD, AND TOILETRIES TO OVER 22,000 SAN ANTONIANS.
AND AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDING FOOD FOR THREE AREAS, SCHOOLS WITH LARGE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS SUFFERING FROM FOOD INSECURITY.
THAT'S REALLY VERY NICE OF YOU.
COUNCILMAN BRAVO TO INVITE ME TO BE HERE ON SUCH A RED LETTER DAY.
THIS IS MONDI THURSDAY, WHICH COMES FROM THE LATIN WORD MANAM, WHICH MEANS COMMAND.
AND, UH, ON MONDAY, THURSDAY, OUR LORD HAD HIS LAST DINNER PARTY, AND RIGHT BEFORE HE WAS ARRESTED, WHAT AN INTERESTING WAY TO END YOUR LIFE.
BUT YOU HAD A DINNER PARTY AND ABRUPTLY HE GOT UP AND, UH, TOOK OFF HIS MORE FORMAL TUNIC AND HE WASHED EVERY ONE OF THE DISCIPLES, DIRTY FEET, INCLUDING JUDASES FEET.
UH, THURSDAY, WHERE WE GET THE WORD MANDATE.
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AT CHRISTCHURCH, UH, THIS SATURDAY AS WE FEED, UH, I PRESUME HUNDREDS OF POOR AS WE ALWAYS DO EVERY SATURDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, UH, WE REALIZED THAT THIS WASN'T A SUGGESTION.AND SO OUR COMMUNITY WILL WASH THE FEET OF THE POOR WHOM, UH, WE SERVE.
ETERNAL GOD AND WHOSE PERFECT FREEDOM.
NO SWORD IS DRAWN, BUT THE SWORD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, NO STRENGTH KNOWN, BUT THE STRENGTH OF LOVE.
SO MIGHTILY SPREAD ABROAD YOUR SPIRIT, THAT ALL PEOPLES MAY BE GATHERED UNDER THE BANNER OF THE PRINCE OF PEACE, BRING THE LEADERS OF UKRAINE AND RUSSIA TO THE TABLE OF AFFILIATION.
AND MAY THIS TABLE, THIS TABLE IN THIS ROOM WHERE OUR LEADERS TAKE COUNSEL FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BE A PLACE WHERE YOUR PEOPLE ARE HONORED.
RIGHTEOUSNESS IS EXERCISED, JUSTICE IS EXTENDED LOVE PRESIDES, AND YOUR COMMANDS ARE TREASURED.
WE ASK THIS IN YOUR NAME, OH GOD.
AND WE PRAY WHAT IS DONE AROUND THIS TABLE THIS DAY MAY PLEASE YOU AND HONOR YOU.
ALRIGHT, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THE COUNCIL IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 22ND IN 24, 20 22.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES LISTED ON ITEM THREE.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
[POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE ]
OUR BUSINESS AGENDA, WE DO HAVE SOME FOLKS, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, AND SOME POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO ATTEND TO.FIRST TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
UM, I WAS HONORED WHEN OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, UM, REQUESTED THAT I SPEAK TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1986, TO RECOGNIZE MILITARY KIDS FOR THEIR SACRIFICE AND BRAVERY ON THE HOME FRONT.
AS A CHILD OF TWO VETERANS IN A MILITARY BRATT, I HAVE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED THE CHALLENGES MILITARY CHILDREN MUST CONTEND WITH THE FAMILY SEPARATIONS, THE FREQUENT MOVES, AND LEAVING FRIENDS BEHIND.
AND AS THE SAYING GOES, ONCE A MILITARY CHILD, ALWAYS A MILITARY CHILD, AND AS AN EDUCATOR AND ADVOCATE FOR OUR YOUTH, I HAVE WITNESSED THE CONTINUED CHALLENGES THAT MILITARY, UH, CHILDREN FACE.
UM, INCREASINGLY SO DURING THE PANDEMIC MILITARY CHILDREN DO NOT GET A DIRECT SAY IN THEIR PARENTS' NEXT DUTY ASSIGNMENT.
UH, BUT EVEN IF THEY DID THESE MOVES OFTEN, EVERY TWO TO THREE YEARS WOULD STILL HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON, UM, CHILDREN OF MILITARY FAMILIES.
THERE'S THE SEPARATION FROM YOUR LOCAL FRIENDS, A BREAK IN CONTINUITY IN EDUCATION, COMPETING FOR YOUTH SPORTS TEAMS. UH, THE CHALLENGES REALLY HAVE NO LIMIT, AND THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE CONSTANT RISK OF LOSING THEIR PARENTS PERMANENTLY AND EVEN TEMPORARILY DURING TRAINING EXERCISES AND DEPLOYMENTS TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES.
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HAS SCHOOL LIAISON OFFICERS, AND WE HAVE A FEW HERE JOINING US TODAY, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, UH, STANDING TO BE RECOGNIZED.
AND THEY'RE HERE TO SUPPORT EACH INSTALLATION, AND THEY ARE AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE TO PARENTS TO NAVIGATE CHALLENGES SUCH AS LOSS OF, UM, SCHOOL CREDITS BETWEEN SCHOOL TRANSFERS, IMPACTS ON GRADUATION TIMELINES, AND THE ABILITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN TO CONTINUE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SPORTS OR CLUBS.
THERE ARE NEARLY 400,000 MILITARY FAMILY MEMBERS SUPPORTED BY JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, AND THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL THE VETERAN FAMILY MEMBERS THAT LIVE IN THE GREATER BEXAR COUNTY AREA.
EVERY MILITARY FAMILY IS DIFFERENT.
THEY'RE VERY DIVERSE, AND THEY COME FROM EVERY STATE AND TERRITORY IN THE UNION.
THEY ARRIVE IN OUR GREAT CITY FROM DUTY STATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, AND AS A RESULT, MANY ARE THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM THEIR EXISTING SUPPORT NETWORKS.
WE AS NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS, ARE THEIR NEW LOCAL SUPPORT NETWORK AND SHOULD TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME AND RECOGNIZE THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES THESE FAMILIES HAVE AS ONLY SAN ANTONIANS CAN.
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AS A CITY, WE CONTINUOUSLY STRIVE TO FIND WAYS TO SHOW SUPPORT TO OUR MILITARY FAMILIES.
YOU'LL NOTE THAT I'M WEARING PURPLE TODAY.
UM, AND I DON'T WEAR A BUTTON UP FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I'LL WEAR A
BUT PURPLE IS THE OFFICIAL COLOR OF THE MILITARY CHILD.
AND THIS MONTH YOU'LL SEE PURPLE LIGHTS AT PLACES SUCH AS THE QUARRY, THE ALAMODOME HEMISPHERE, AND AROUND THE CITY.
THIS IS A SIMPLE WAY WE CAN ALL SHOW, UM, OUR SUPPORT.
THE CITY IS ALSO HOSTING A FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT ALONGSIDE PURPLE UP U S A AT THE HEMISPHERE THIS SATURDAY FROM 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AGAIN, THAT IS THIS SATURDAY AT HEMISPHERE FROM 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
AND, UH, FINALLY, LET'S ALL REMEMBER THAT OUR MILITARY CHILDREN SERVE TOO.
UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE LIZ LEE FROM PURPLE UP, WHO IS HELPING TO MAKE THESE, UH, THESE EVENTS HAPPEN.
HI, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT SO MUCH.
UM, ON BEHALF OF PURPLE UP AND PURPLE UP, U S A.
AS HE SAID, IT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE 1986.
UM, BUT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO MILITARY CITY, U SS A THERE'S A GROUP OF US THAT HAVE FORMED A NONPROFIT.
WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS TO CELEBRATE THE MILITARY CHILD TODAY AND EVERY DAY AND TO BRING IN THOSE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY.
WE'VE HAD LOTS OF HELP WITH YOUR CITY, UH, MILITARY AFFAIRS, BEAR COUNTY, UM, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE J B S A ALLIANCE.
WE'VE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO, TO DO THESE.
WE HAVE OVER 18, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT OUR MILITARY FAMILIES AND MILITARY THAT WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT ON SATURDAY, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO AS ASSO JUMPED ON THE WAGON AND ON APRIL 20TH, WHICH IS THE OFFICIAL DAY OF THE MILITARY CHILD, THEY'RE GONNA OFFER FREE ADMISSION FOR OUR MILITARY FAMILIES.
AND THEN AGAIN, AT THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FREE DAY FROM MILITARY FAMILIES.
AND WE, AGAIN, WE HAVE ASKED ORGANIZATIONS TO COME AND, AND WE'LL HAVE SOME NATURE ACTIVITIES AND DO, UH, WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 2020.
BUT AGAIN, THAT PURPLE UP MOVEMENT IS NATIONWIDE.
AND THEN I ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND THAT REACH FOR THOSE MILITARY CHILDREN THAT SERVE IN OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL.
AND THIS IS THEIR MONTH AS TOO, AND WE WANNA CELEBRATE THEM AND KEEP THOSE CHILDREN IN OUR THOUGHTS AS WELL.
UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, I AM MOTHER OF FOUR RAISED, MY HUSBAND SERVED FOR 32 YEARS, SO I'VE GOT IT.
BUT MILITARY CITY, U S A AND THE COMMUNITY BRINGING THIS ALL TOGETHER IS PHENOMENAL.
AND I DO WANT TO THANK MS. VIRON.
WE'VE GOT YOUR VIDEO UP AND GOING IS ON OUR SITE.
UM, AND IT'S GREAT AND WE JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE AND DO WHAT WE CAN AND TO BRING RECOGNITION TO.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY AND EVERYBODY THAT SUPPORTS AND PURPLE UP.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
AND THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS.
AND I TOO WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE MILITARY CHILD.
UM, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING IN THE AIR FORCE 21 YEARS, AND I DRUG MY THREE KIDS AROUND THE WORLD AS WELL.
AND, UH, UH, LOOKING BACK AT THAT, I DON'T SEE THAT AS, UH, AS A SETBACK FOR MY CHILDREN AND FOR OTHER MILITARY CHILDREN THAT GO ALONG WITH THEIR PARENTS.
AND, AND YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
AND, UM, UH, I LOOK AT THAT AS AN ADVANTAGE BECAUSE MY CHILDREN, UH, GOT TO EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD, SEEING HOW OTHER PEOPLE LIVE AROUND THIS WORLD AND, AND REALLY GET INTO THAT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T JUST IN A LITTLE ENCLAVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THEY'VE GOT TO, THEY GOT TO EXPERIENCE OTHER THINGS, WHICH I THINK ENRICHES PEOPLE'S LIVES, BEING ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM.
I'M VERY PROUD OF EVERY MILITARY CHILD THAT GOES AROUND FOLLOWING THEIR, THEIR PARENTS, UM, IN THEIR SERVICE TO OUR NATION.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
AND I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF THAT.
I DID GET A GET A LITTLE BOW ON HERE.
I'M SORRY I FORGOT TO PUT MY PURPLE ON TODAY, BUT I WILL BE WEARING PURPLE FROM HERE ON OUT FOR THE REST OF THIS TIME.
SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH AND GODSPEED TO Y'ALL, AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
UH, THE FIRST LADY WAS IN TOWN, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND I REMARK TO HER THAT AS MILITARY CITY U S A, UH, IT'S OUR MOST SACRED RESPONSIBILITY AS CITIZENS OF THIS CITY, UH, TO CARE FOR, UH, THE FAMILIES OF OUR MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS AND OUR VETERANS.
AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, I HOPE IN THIS MILITARY, UH, MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD, WE CAN CONSIDER IT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO CARE
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FOR THESE CHILDREN.SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ FOR HIGHLIGHTING.
LET ME PASS IT BACK OVER TO YOU FOR ANOTHER POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
UM, I, I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO MY FAIR SHARE OF MESS ABOUT EVERYONE HAVING 32 POINTS OF PER PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
UM, I HAVE 73 TODAY, UM, AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT GROUP, UM, WITH A PERFORMANCE.
IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME THE SAM HOUSTON MARCHING BAND.
UM,
SO LAST WEEK, UH, THE SAM HOUSTON BAND RETURNED TO FIESTA'S BATTLE OF BANDS AND WON FIRST PLACE IN THE FOUR A DIVISION AND THE CHAIRMAN'S BEST ENTERTAINMENT AWARD.
TWO, THE HURRICANES RETURNED TO THE BATTLE OF THE FLOWERS PARADE WOWED THE CROWDS AGAIN AND WON BEST MOVES.
THE SAM HOUSTON BAND IS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. ADAMS, UM, AND ASSISTANT BAND DIRECTOR MR. MAJORS.
MUSTAFA DIRECTS THE COLOR GUARD AND DR.
MUSTAFA DIRECTS THE COLOR GUARD.
I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING THE PRIDE OF THE EAST SIDE AND I, I HAVE TO EMBARRASS J EVER EVERY CHANCE I GET.
UM, ONE OF MY FIRST YEARS, UH, MY FIRST YEAR AS BEING TEACHER OF RECORD, UM, MY FIRST PERIOD CLASS TEACHING MATH, UH, ONE OF MY STUDENTS WAS JAVI.
AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME GETTING, BEING ABLE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
AND FOR MANY OF THE STUDENTS, I THINK THE REST OF THE STUDENTS, IT'S THEIR
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FIRST TIME.AND SO I'M SUPER PROUD OF Y'ALL, UM, AND EXCITED TO WELCOME ME ALL UP FOR A FEW WORDS.
AND, UM, WITH MY EXPERIENCE WITH BAND, IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE 'CAUSE THEY, THEY DON'T JUST TEACH YOU ABOUT MUSIC.
THEY TEACH YOU ABOUT BEING DISCIPLINED, RESILIENCE, LIKE LIFE LESSONS.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A LOT MORE THAN WHAT THEY PERCEIVE IT AS.
UM, IT'S MADE ME A REALLY GOOD IN, UH, MUSICIAN.
UM, I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR LIKE, WHAT THEY'VE TAUGHT ME.
I'LL, I'LL KEEP WHAT, WHAT THEY TAUGHT ME FOR PAST HIGH SCHOOL AND FOR THE REST OF MY JOURNEY FOR COLLEGE AND PAST THAT.
MY NAME IS BRYCESON ADAMS. I'M A SOPHOMORE AND I PLAYED SNARE.
AND MY EXPERIENCE IN THE BAND, IT'S BEEN REALLY EFFECTIVE TO ME BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THINGS I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO BEFORE.
AND MY DISCIPLINE HAS HELPED ME THROUGH A LOT IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND I'M ABLE TO MANAGE A HONOR ROLL THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'T DO BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE.
AND IT SHOWS A LOT OF CHARACTER BECAUSE I'VE BEEN CHOSEN TO DO A LOT OF THINGS TO SUPPORT MY SCHOOL AND BE ABLE TO SHOW MYSELF FOR MY SCHOOL BECAUSE OF HOW I ACT AND HOW I AM.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE BAND DIRECTOR AND HE'S DONE A LOT FOR US.
LIKE HE REALLY CARES GENUINELY FOR US AND WILL DO ANYTHING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
UH, MR. ADAMS, UM, STANDING IN GABS FOR MR. MAJORS AND DR.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE OVER THERE ONE OF MY FORMER STUDENTS, HIS NAME IS DANIEL GIANNIS.
HE'S COME BACK, HE'S BACK IN HELPING US DOING WHAT WE DO.
THIS YOUNG MAN HERE THAT JUST GAVE ME THOSE ACCOLADES HAPPENED TO BE MY SON,
SO HE'S FROM, FROM, FROM DAY ONE, FROM INCEPTION, HE'S BEEN ALL AROUND MUSIC.
AND SO, UH, THIS HAS BEEN A, A JOY.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING US OUT.
THANK YOU SAN ANTONIO FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE SAM HOUSTON BAND.
WE LOVE, UM, JUST REALLY GOING OUT AND BEING WHO WE ARE AND ENJOYING WHAT WE DO.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT I CAN TOUCH THE LIVES OF THESE STUDENTS, GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A SCHOLARSHIP TO GO TO COLLEGE.
AND THEN IF YOU WANNA GO TO MILITARY, GO THEN TOO.
BUT I PUSH COLLEGE FIRST, THEN GO MILITARY.
THAT'S PERSONAL PREFERENCE, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT THE THING IS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE PREPARED.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I WANNA ANNOUNCE YOU GAVE THE SAM HOUSTON BAND PROGRAM HAS A 3.0 G P A FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAM, MEANING EVERYBODY IN THIS BAND PROGRAM IS DOING THEIR THING.
SO WE'RE PUSHING REALLY, REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE READY AND BE READY TO GO TO THAT NEXT LEVEL.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US OUT.
THANK YOU MR. ADAMS. UH, MR. MAJORS, THE WHOLE TEAM.
UM, THIS WEEK IS BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT LIGHT BEING SHINED ON THIS ISSUE.
ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAFE AND RESPECTFUL HEALTHCARE, INCLUDING THAT WHICH SUPPORTS HEALTHY PREGNANCIES AND BIRTHS BEFORE, DURING, UM, AND AFTER PREGNANCY.
EVERY PERSON NEEDS ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH SERVICES AND INFORMATION AND THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP THEM BE AS HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE.
IN THE US TOO MANY ARE SUFFERING FROM PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS THAT LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURY AND DEATH.
THE US CURRENTLY RANKS LOWER THAN ALL OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WHEN IT COMES TO MATERNAL DEATH RATIOS.
AND SOME ARE MORE AT RISK THAN OTHERS.
BLACK WOMEN ARE THREE TO FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM PREGNANCY RELATED CAUSES THAN WHITE WOMEN.
AND WOMEN IN SOUTHERN STATES HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF PREGNANCY RELATED DEATH THAN WOMEN IN MOST OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
MANY OF THESE DEATHS AND ILLNESSES ARE PREVENTABLE, AND THE US COULD AVOID ABOUT 40% OF MATERNAL DEATHS IF ALL BIRTHING PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, AND ZIP CODE, HAD ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTHCARE.
IN ADDITION TO IMPROVING HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND QUALITY, UH, GOVERNMENT ACTORS NEED TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF BLACK MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY, INCLUDING SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND BEYOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
[CONSENT AGENDA ]
WE'RE GONNA GET INTO OUR BUSINESS AGENDA NOW.UM, YOU WILL NOTE THAT THERE ARE NO ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION,
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UH, FOR, UM, TODAY'S AGENDA.SO I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS.
I I'VE GOT, UH, NUMBERS 18, ITEM 18 AND 28, PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
ARE THERE ANY OTHERS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? OKAY, IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL ITEMS SAY FOR 18 AND 28, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION BY VIA GRANT, A SECOND BY ROCHE GARCIA FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY FOR 18 AND 28.
WE'LL TAKE, UH, FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT REMAIN ON CONSENT NOW.
UH, SO LET ME CALL UP JACK FINGER SPEAKING ON MULTIPLE ITEMS, ACTUALLY, JUST, UH, 17 AND 19, JACK.
I'LL SPEAK ON 19 AND COMPANION WITH NUMBER 18 THERE.
SO, BUT, UH, MR. MAYOR NUREMBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL CLERK, MY NAME IS JACK FIN.
ITEM NUMBER 17, SOMETHING I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
WHAT IS IT? WELL, IT'S ABOUT, UH, OUR SHELLING OUT.
OH, BETWEEN A QUARTER MILLION AND A HALF.
OH, NEARLY A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A CONFERENCE OF SORTS.
CONFERENCE, UH, TRYING TO HELP MINORITIES CAPITALIZE ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES AT, UH, WELL, AIRPORTS AND SO FORTH.
UH, SMALL WOMEN, MINORITY BUSINESS.
AND, UH, BUT OF COURSE IT BRINGS TO ME SOME QUESTIONS, THOUGH.
MINORITIES, THOSE ARE DEFINED AS WELL, HISPANIC, BLACK, ASIAN, AND SO FORTH.
UH, BUT IT'S HAPPENING HERE IN A CITY KNOWN AS SAN ANTONIO.
AND MY QUESTION IS, IS THE HISPANIC POPULATION THE MINORITY, OR IS IT THE MAJORITY? I I, LOOK, I NOTICED THAT HISPANIC POPULATION HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IS 60 SOME ODD PERCENT.
THE ANGLO POPULATION IS, UH, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 SOME ODD PERCENT.
AND SO THE MINORITY IS A MAJORITY, AND MAJORITY IS A MINORITY.
THIS GETS TO BE VERY CONFUSING HERE, YOU SEE.
UM, AND SO I ALSO, IN LOOKING AT THE IDEA OF IF I WANTED TO CAPITALIZE ON LEARNING HOW TO SAY AS A MINORITY, GET, UH, OPPORTUNITIES AT THE AIRPORT, UM, COULD I APPLY FOR THIS CONFERENCE? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY I'M ANGLO, BUT, BUT IF ANGLOS ARE A MINORITY, WHY, WHY WOULDN'T I BE ABLE TO, TO CAPITALIZE ON IT THERE I BECOME A MINORITY, RIGHT? BUT BETTER YET, UH, SINCE WE HAVE THAT OR THAT SEXUAL ORIENTATION REGULATION, IF I SO DESIRE TO ORIENT THE, UH, IDENTIFY AS SAY A ANY KIND OF OLD SEXUAL MINORITY, OR PERHAPS EVEN AS A WOMAN, PERHAPS, COULD I APPLY THAT WAY? SEE, ESPECIALLY IF I WANTED TO BE A APPLY AS A BLACK WOMAN, WHY NOT? AND THAT'D BE FUN.
AND YOU THINK I'VE REALLY OPENED UP A CAN OF WORMS THERE.
COULD THE COMPANY CHICK-FIL-A APPLY FOR THIS CONFERENCE THERE? AND THE ANSWER IS, YEAH, BUT ONLY IF THEY RENOUNCE THEIR CHRISTIAN IDEALS AND BELIEFS AND, AND ACTIONS THERE.
ESPECIALLY JUST, UH, TWO OR THREE DAYS BEFORE EASTER SUNDAY DAY.
LET'S SEE WHAT YOU DO WITH THIS ONE.
IS CELESTE RATCLIFFE HERE? IT'S BEING ON ITEM 21, CELESTE RATCLIFFE.
OKAY, UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO COUNSEL DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ASK MY COLLEAGUES, PLEASE HIGHLIGHT ON YOUR TABLET'S CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE YOU TRY TO TAP INTO THE QUEUE.
UM, LET ME FIRST START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ HIGHLIGHTING CONSENT ITEMS. YOU THOUGHT YOU'D GOTTEN RID OF ME? NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.
UH, FORMED BY THE AL I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, ITEM 22, UM, FORMED BY THE ALPHA TOWER OMEGA CHAPTER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED THE ROSEVILLE APARTMENTS PROJECTS SERVED SENIORS WITH 88 UNITS OF HOUSING AND
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RESOURCES ON SITE.UM, IT'S A MODEL OF WHAT AFFORDABLE ACCESS ACCESSIBLE HOUSING SHOULD BE FOR OUR ELDERS.
95% OF THE RESIDENTS WILL MAKE BELOW $10,000 A YEAR, AND THE REMAINING 5% WILL MAKE BETWEEN 10,000 AND 16,000.
THIS FUNDING WILL HELP REVIT THIS FUNDING.
UH, IN THIS TOURS AGREEMENT WILL HELP REVITALIZE THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH NEW AMENITIES SUCH AS ZERO ENTRY SHOWERS, NEW WATER HEATERS, AND ADDRESS ENERGY CONSERVATION WITH NEW WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF PROJECTS THAT I BELIEVE OURT FUNDS SHOULD BE GOING TO IN ORDER TO STABILIZE, UM, SOME OF OUR MOST IMPACTED POPULATIONS AND SPECIFICALLY LOWER INCOME SENIORS.
SUCH A PROJECT SERVES THE EAST SIDE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO WITH THIS FUNDING.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 15, UH, TO RECOGNIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF ANDREA GRAL TO THE SAN ANTONIO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCA EDUCATION, UH, DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
ANDREA SPENT 32 YEARS OF HER ACCOMPLISHED CAREER AS A BILINGUAL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR FOR SAN ANTONIO I S D, AS WELL AS EDGEWOOD I S D SCHOOLS OVER ON THE WEST SIDE.
OVER HER TENURE, ANDREA RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS AND RECOGNITION, INCLUDING ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS FROM S C I SS D AS WELL AS FROM REGION 20.
EVEN THOUGH MS. GRIMM'S NOW RETIRED, SHE STILL HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON WEST SIDE STUDENTS THROUGH THE CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM, WHICH BRINGS PROFESSIONAL AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS TO STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HER DEDICATION TO STUDENTS AND HER CONTINUED SERVICE TO COMMUNITY, AND WE KNOW SHE'LL MAKE AN IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS IMMEDIATELY.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS AGENDA THAT WE WON'T BE DISCUSSING IN DETAIL TODAY, BUT I CERTAINLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT THEM AND THANK STAFF FOR BRINGING THEM FORWARD.
NOW, THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 14 IS AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING $6.7 MILLION FROM T D H C A, UH, FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
AND, UH, SOME OF THAT MONEY WILL BE USED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, HOUSING STABILITY SERVICES, AND ALSO THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM.
SO THAT'LL BE A TREMENDOUS HELP TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THANK YOU TO LORI AND VEDO FOR, UH, WORKING ON THAT.
UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WE TALKED ABOUT OUR, OUR BUDGETARY GOALS.
AND ONE THING I HAD SUGGESTED WAS TO MAKE, OR I PLEADED
AND I SEE TWO ITEMS HERE TODAY THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THAT.
AND THAT IS, UH, UH, FUNDING THE ACCESS TO CARE, UH, SECTION IN THE SA FORWARD PLAN.
IT'S A CONTRACT WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH COLLABORATIVE.
AND THE OTHER ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE, UM, CURE WITH OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM AND TRAINING FOR OUR TEAM ON THAT.
THANK YOU CLAUDE, AND THE WHOLE METRO HEALTH TEAM FOR MOVING ALONG ON THAT AND, AND WE SUPPORT ALL THE WORK IN ON THAT PROGRAM.
I AGREE THAT THERE IS SO MUCH HERE TO HIGHLIGHT, BUT I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UH, NUMBER 17, THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE AIRPORT MINORITY ADVISORY COUNCIL TO HOST THE 2023 ANNUAL AIRPORT BUSINESS DIVERSITY CONFERENCE IN JUNE.
IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING CONFERENCES BACK AS A BOARD MEMBER AT VISIT SAN ANTONIO WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA.
AND JESUS, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS AND WE KNOW WE NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE, AND I JUST WANNA APPLAUD THE, UM, AIRPORT TEAM FOR LOOKING AT THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UM, FURTHER, UH, GETTING OUR TRAVEL AND TOURISM BACK ON TRACK AND ALSO FURTHER WHAT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AT OUR AIRPORT.
I, UM, AND GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA, I SHOULD HAVE PULLED NUMBER NINE.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, PULL NUMBER NINE FOR SOME QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.
UH, JUST LOOKING FOR, UH, ANY OBJECTION TO PULLING THAT OFF THE CONSENT VOTE.
ALRIGHT, SO MOVE NOT ITEM NINE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL BRIEFING.
UH, AND NINE 18 AND 28 WILL BE THOSE INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDERED.
THE REST WILL STAY ON CONSENT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEMS THAT REMAIN ON CONSENT? UH, I DID WANT TO NOTE, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE.
ON ITEM 16, WE ARE APPROVING, UH, THE READY TO WORK BOARD, ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS, NEW TERMS, UH, BRAD BELDEN, JENNIFER CANTU,
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AND AMANDA WRIGHT.I THINK I SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWED THESE APPLICANTS.
WE HAD A HUGE A JUST A, A TREMENDOUS AND QUALIFIED GROUP OF APPLICANTS.
SO, UM, THANK YOU TO JENNIFER, BRAD, AND, UM, AMANDA FOR STEPPING FORWARD.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR SERVICE AND WE ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO WERE NOT SELECTED THIS TIME TO STAY ENGAGED.
UM, AND THEN ON ITEM 14, ALSO, UH, JUST WANT TO SAY WE APPRECIATE ALL THE CONTINUED WORK OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, ESPECIALLY BY TD, UH, BY, UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UM, VETO AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.
THIS IS A $6.7 MILLION GRANT THAT CONTINUES, UH, THE EFFORTS OF OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS RIGHT TO COUNSEL, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN LAED NATIONALLY, UH, AND OBVIOUSLY IN THE STATE FOR, UH, MANY BY MANY ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, TEXAS HOUSERS, AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION.
SO THIS CONTINUES, UH, EFFORTS TO KEEP FOLKS HOUSED AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, DO OUR PART ON THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF OUR ECONOMY.
ALRIGHT, I SEE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON CONSENT AGENDA.
SO HEARING THAT, PLEASE VOTE ALL ITEMS SAY FOR EIGHT, EXCUSE ME, NINE, 18 AND 28.
I'M GONNA TAKE A COUPLE ITEMS OUT OF ORDER, UH, SO WE CAN GET FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR QUITE A WHILE ON THEIR WAY.
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ONE MOST IMPORTANT ONE THAT WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS ITEM 28.AND BEFORE I TURN THAT OVER, UM, TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA TO INTRODUCE, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A SPECIAL GUEST WHO IS WITH US TODAY, AND AS FOLKS ARE FILTERING OUT OF THE CHAMBERS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE KEEP, UM, KEEP THE VOLUME DOWN DURING THESE VERY TRYING TIMES FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE AS WELL AS OUR OWN RESIDENTS WITH LOVED ONES IN UKRAINE, WE WANT TO DEMONSTRATE OUR SUPPORT DURING WHAT WE KNOW WILL BE A VERY CHALLENGING TIME.
WE'RE JOINED THIS MORNING BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LOCAL UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY AS WELL AS BY CONSUL GENERAL UKRAINE AND HOUSTON.
MR. VITALI TARIK, WHO WOULD LIKE, WHO I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS MORNING.
ON DECEMBER, 2021, MR. TARIK WAS APPOINTED TO CONSUL GENERAL OF UKRAINE AND HOUSTON WITH A CONSULAR DISTRICT THAT COVERS THE TERRITORIES OF SEVEN US STATES, TEXAS, LOUISIANA, NEW MEXICO, ARKANSAS, COLORADO, MISSISSIPPI, AND OKLAHOMA.
PRIOR TO THAT, HE SERVED AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE AMERICA'S DEPARTMENT AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE.
IN THIS ROLE, HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BILATERAL COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND WITH CANADA.
HIS PRIOR ROLES INCLUDE SERVING AS FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR TO THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER FOR EUROPEAN AND EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION OF UKRAINE, AS WELL AS MINISTER COUNSELOR HEADING THE ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE, EMBASSY OF UKRAINE IN THE UNITED STATES.
HE ALSO SERVED AS THE EMBASSY OF UKRAINE AT THE EMBASSY OF UKRAINE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND IS VERY EXPERIENCED IN DEALING WITH GLOBAL MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS.
WE KNOW THAT HE HAS TRAVELED CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT THIS REGION, THESE PAST FEW WEEKS AS HE CONSULTS WITH LOCAL LEADERS AND CONNECTS WITH UKRAINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, MR. SIK FOR BEING HERE, FOR SPENDING SOME TIME WITH US.
UH, WE KNOW WE STAND WITH YOU AND THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS IN EUROPE, UH, DURING SOME VERY TRYING TIMES.
UH, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO, UH, A FEW REMARKS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER RO GARCIA.
THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR HAVING US HERE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING, UH, THE SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE WITH WEARING BLUE AND YELLOW COLORS ON YOUR JACKETS.
ON MY WAY TO SAN ANTONIO TODAY, WE SAW A LOT OF UKRAINIAN FLAGS JUST HANGING FROM THE PEOPLE'S BALCONIES.
AND YOU REALLY FEEL THE SUPPORT, UH, OF ORDINARY SAN ANTONIANS OF, UH, PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.
IT IS, UH, ALMOST 50 DAYS SINCE RUSSIA ATTACKED UKRAINE, UN PROVOKINGLY, UH, UH, AND, UH, THE WAR IS STILL ONGOING.
UKRAINIAN MEN AND WOMEN BRAVELY FIGHT AND DEFEND THE FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE OF UKRAINE, BUT NOT ONLY JUST UKRAINE, THEY DEFEND THE FREEDOM AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE FREE WORLD.
THEY FIGHT FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE THEY DEFEND THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES THAT RULE THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONS, THE, THE, THE, THE THE THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WITH WHOM TO ASSOCIATE AND HOW TO LIVE.
UKRAINIAN FORCES ARE BRAVELY FIGHTING, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF CASUALTIES ON THE GROUND.
A LOT OF CIVILIANS ARE BEING KILLED.
AND, UH, INCIDENTALLY, I'M WEARING PURPLE TODAY.
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ABOUT THIS, UH, UH, EXCELLENT TRADITION OF CELEBRATING THE CHILDREN OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVING IN THE MILITARY.UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, UH, KIDS WHOSE PARENTS ARE NOW SERVING IN THE MILITARY BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE MILITARY.
IT'S, UH, ORDINARY CIVILIANS ENROLLED IN TERRITORIAL DEFENSE UNITS AND THAT DEFENDING THE NATION RIGHT NOW, UM, WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HAVE MORE, UM, CONNECTIONS WITH THE CITY AND TO KNOW MORE OF HOW THIS, UH, TRADITION WORKS AND TO ESTABLISH THE SAME TRADITION ALSO IN UKRAINE, HOW TO SUPPORT KIDS WHOSE PARENTS ARE SERVING THE COUNTRY AND DEFENDING THE COUNTRY.
SO WE'D LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TODAY.
THE TOPIC OF A GREAT FAMINE IN UKRAINE, THE
IN THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE CELEBRATING THE NINETIES ANNIVERSARY, NOT THE ANNIVERSARY, BUT THE COMMEMORATING THE DATE, UH, WHEN THIS ARTIFICIAL FAMINE HAPPENED.
THAT WAS A GENOCIDE AGAINST UKRAINIAN NATION CONDUCTED BY THE, UH, SOVIET REGIME BY STALIN.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE FACING NEXT, AGAIN, ANOTHER GENOCIDE RIGHT NOW ON THE TERRITORY OF UKRAINE CONDUCTED BY THE PUTIN'S RUSSIA BECAUSE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PUTIN IS TO DESTROY THE WHOLE NATION, TO DESTROY THE NATION OF UKRAINE.
AND AS YOU ALL CAN SEE, UH, IN THE NEWS DAILY LIBERATED CITIES, UH, IN UKRAINE, THE RUSSIAN FORCES RETREATING.
THEY LEAVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF UKRAINIAN CIVILIANS, MEN, WOMEN, AND KIDS BEING KILLED, TORTURED WITH NO REASON.
THIS IS A GENOCIDE AGAINST UKRAINIAN NATION HAPPENING AGAIN IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
AND ALL OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONS ARE CONDEMNING THAT AND SUPPORTING UKRAINE.
WE FEEL THE SUPPORT IN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND IN TEXAS GENERALLY.
ALL OF THE PEOPLE SUPPORTING UKRAINIANS.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS AGAIN AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COUNCILWOMAN, UH, GARCIA FOR SUPPORTING, UH, THIS INITIATIVE AND, UH, RAISING AWARENESS OF, UH, SAN ANTONIOS AND PEOPLE HERE ABOUT THE GENOCIDE THAT HAPPENED, UH, IN THE PAST AND TRYING TO PREVENT FUTURE GENOCIDE AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.
UH, WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT COMMUNITY, UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND THEY FEEL THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE MAYOR IN THEIR ACTIVITIES IN TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE IN UKRAINE.
ON THE GROUND AFTER ME, UH, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY WILL BE SPEAKING MORE AND THEY WILL TELL YOU MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE FAMINE THAT HAPPENED 90 YEARS AGO.
BUT, UH, I WILL JUST SAY THIS, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT WE GET RIGHT NOW FROM REAL TRUE FRIENDS OF UKRAINE IN SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ARE AMONG THE BEST FRIENDS WE HAVE HERE IN TEXAS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO STANDS UNITED, UH, WITH CITIES AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD, UM, WITH THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE AND AGAINST THE ATROCITIES THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING US TIME, UH, AND ALLOWING US TO BE PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
LEMME TURN IT NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER OCHI GARCIA.
AND YES, THANK YOU, UM, COUNCIL AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE IN ATTENDANCE AND THANK YOU ALSO TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
AS A CITY COUNCIL LIAISON TO EUROPE, I HAD THE HONOR OF MEETING AND BEGAN TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE MEMBERS OF UKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO DURING MY FIRST TERM, AND THAT'S WHEN I FELL IN LOVE WITH THEIR CULTURE.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE PROUD OF THEIR UKRAINIAN HERITAGE AND HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO THEIR HOME.
LAST AUGUST, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE UKRAINIAN VINTAGE FASHION SHOW AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT, AND IT WAS MESMERIZING TO SEE HOW THE CREATIVITY AND INFLUENCE OF THE UKRAINIAN CULTURE HAS EVOLVED THROUGH SEVERAL CENTURIES.
AS A BIT OF A FASHION FOLLOWER, I WAS INQUISITIVE AND DID RESEARCH ONLY TO FIND THAT MANY OF THE 2014 HOLLYWOOD FASHION TRENDS WERE INSPIRED BY UKRAINIAN FASHION DESIGNERS WHO BROUGHT A BIT OF THEIR CULTURE TO THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THEIR DESIGNS.
AS YOU CAN SEE TODAY, I AM WEARING A UKRAINIAN VES IVANKA, AND IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT I OWN.
IN FACT, I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES IN THE UKRAINE AND I'VE ORDERED ANOTHER ONE NOT KNOWING WHEN I'LL GET IT, BUT SURE THAT I WILL IN PROUD NATIONAL COLORS OF UKRAINE IN YELLOW AND BLUE.
BUT CONSIDERING THE EVENTS THAT ARE UNFOLDING IN UKRAINE, I THINK IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT TO THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE AS A CITY, MANY WHO
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HAVE FLED THEIR HOMES AND OTHERS WHO STILL REMAIN IN THEIR COUNTRY.AMID CERTAINTY AND TURMOIL NEED THAT SUPPORT MANY WHO ARE RELATIVES OF OUR NEIGHBORS PRESENT WITH US TODAY, INCLUDING ELENA BRAVO, WHO HAS BEEN STEADFAST IN GAINING THE SUPPORT OF OUR CITY AND HAS NOT STOPPED.
SAN ANTONIO PRIDES ITSELF FOR BEING A COMPASSIONATE CITY, AND OUR HERITAGE IS WOVEN FROM A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT CULTURES AND PEOPLE FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.
WE ARE FORTUNATE TO BE THE PLACE PEOPLE CHOOSE AS THEIR HOME.
AND THE TIES THAT BIND US AS A COMMUNITY ARE ALSO WHAT KEEP US CONNECTED TO THE ROOTS THAT SPREAD ACROSS THE WORLD.
RESIDENTS WHO CAME FROM UKRAINE TO SAN ANTONIO AND THOSE WHO ARE PROUD OF THEIR HERITAGE ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER GROUP WHO KEEPS CLOSE CONNECTIONS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OR CULTURAL HERITAGE.
TODAY WE'VE HEARD FROM MR. VITAL ZU, THE CONSUL GENERAL OF UKRAINE AND HOUSTON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY AS WE VOTE ON A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE SINCE YOUR APPOINTMENT.
AS CONS GENERAL LAST DECEMBER.
I'M SURE YOUR JOB HAS PROVEN TO BE MORE CHALLENGING AS THE WAR IN UKRAINE INTENSIFIES, BUT WE THANK YOU FOR DOING THE JOB.
YOUR PEOPLE ARE INSPIRING YOUR PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR ZELINSKY, WHO IS IN HIS FIRST TERM, IS UKRAINE'S FIRST JEWISH PRESIDENT AND IS ONLY A FEW YEARS OLDER THAN NAAM, HAS SHOWN GREAT COURAGE BY STANDING UP TO THE RUSSIAN ARMY AND SMARTLY USING TECHNOLOGY THROUGH HIS PHONE AS A WEAPON TO UNITE HIS PEOPLE.
IN A RECENT INTERVIEW WITH SAN ANTONIO, BORN SCOTT PELLEY OF 60 MINUTES, PRESIDENT ZELENSKY SAID, WE ARE DEFENDING THE ABILITY OF A PERSON TO LIVE IN A MODERN WORLD.
WE ARE DEFENDING THE RIGHT TO LIVE.
HE WENT ON TO INSPIRE ME BY SAYING, STAND IN FRONT OF A MIRROR EVERY DAY AND ASK YOURSELF, WERE YOU ABLE TO DO SOMETHING OR WERE YOU UNABLE TO DO SOMETHING? YOU WILL FIND THE ANSWER IN THE MIRROR TO THIS QUESTION, WHO ARE YOU? THIS REMINDS ME WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT FORTH A RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE AS WE COME ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HALAL.
A FAMINE DELIBERATELY ORCHESTRATED BY THE STALIN RESUME, THE GENOCIDE AT THE START OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
THROUGH THIS MANMADE FAMINE LED TO THE LOSS OF MILLIONS OF LIVES WITH SOME ESTIMATES REPORTING 3.5 TO 5 MILLION LOSSES.
ALTHOUGH WE'LL NEVER KNOW FOR CERTAIN THE EXTENT OF THE SUFFERING MILLIONS OF UKRAINIANS ENDURED DURING THIS TIME.
WHAT IS BEING EXPERIENCED BY UKRAINIANS TODAY IS EERILY A NEW VERSION OF A LOT MORE CAUSED BY RUSSIA'S AGGRESSIVE ACTIONS WITH SOME 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE WHO NOW LACK ACCESS TO SAFE WATER.
4.6 MILLION PEOPLE WITH LIMITED WATER ACCESS UNDER THE THREAT OF BEING ENTIRELY CUT OFF.
AND MORE THAN 450,000 BABIES, AGED SIX TO 23 MONTHS NEEDING FOOD SUPPORT.
ON MARCH 24TH, 2022, THE UNICEF REPORTED THAT A MONTH SINCE RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE, 4.3 MILLION CHILDREN, MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR COUNTRIES ESTIMATED 7.5 CHILD POPULATION HAVE BEEN DISPLACED.
ONE OF THE FASTEST LARGE SCALE DISPLACEMENT OF CHILDREN SINCE WORLD WAR II.
UKRAINE IS ONCE AGAIN ON THE FRONT LINES OF A BATTLE FOR FREEDOM OF DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD AND THE FIGHT AGAINST THE EVILS OF DICTATORS.
AND THE PEOPLE AND LEADERS OF UKRAINE HAVE DEMONSTRATED INCREDIBLE RESOLVE, TENACITY AND BRAVERY IN THE FACE OF RUSSIAN INVASION.
TODAY WE PASS A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF OUR NEIGHBORS SHOWING THAT SAN ANTONIO'S DESIGNATION AS A CITY OF COMPASSION IS MORE THAN JUST A TAGLINE.
IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, YOU SAW CITY HALL LIGHT UP IN THE UKRAINIAN COLORS OF YELLOW AND BLUE, AND TODAY WE'RE ALL WEARING RIBBONS OF THE SAME COLORS PROVIDED BY OUR LADY LAKE UNIVERSITY, WHOSE FACULTY AND STUDENTS ARE ALSO WORKING ON VARIOUS PROJECTS TO SHED LIGHT ON THE ATROCITIES BEING COMMITTED IN UKRAINE.
THE MAYOR AND I WERE ALSO INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN UNCO UPCOMING ONLINE CONFERENCE WITH UKRAINIAN MAYORS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MASS MEDIA FROM THE US, MEXICO, CANADA, AND ISRAEL UNITING FOR WELFARE AND PEACE.
THIS PAST MARCH, THE MAYOR AND I JOINED MEMBERS OF UKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO AT ONE OF SEVERAL MEDICAL SUPPLY DRIVES THEY ORGANIZED THIS YEAR AND THEY CONTINUE TO STRESS THE NEED FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR THOSE WHO REMAIN IN UKRAINE, BUT THEY NEED MORE.
SO I CALLED ON A COLLEAGUE WHO HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE MEDICAL CENTER, MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN MANNY IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND HIS STAFF TO HELP ME WITH A LARGER SCALE PROJECT.
YOU SEE, THE UKRAINIANS NEED MEDICAL SUPPLIES LIKE TOURNIQUETS, CRUTCHES, HEAVY GAUZE, AND EVERYTHING NEEDED TO CARE FOR THOSE WOUNDED AT WAR.
I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF OUR MEDICAL COMMUNITY TO CONSIDER DONATING MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO UKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO AT AN UPCOMING MEDICAL SUPPLY DRIVE SCHEDULED FROM NINE 15 TO THREE 15 ON MONDAY, APRIL 25TH AT THE UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER.
THE EVENT IS A JOINT EFFORT WITH COUNCILMAN PELS DISTRICT DATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH AND THE UT HEALTH STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION AND UKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS CAN SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE,
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I URGE YOU TO VISIT UKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO'S WEBSITES INTERNATIONALLY.OUR SISTER CITY IN GERMANY, DHARM STUT IS COMPLETELY INVOLVED WITH COLLECTING FOOD AND SUPPLIES AND SHIPPING THEM TO UKRAINE.
GROUPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE HELPING THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS, INCLUDING A ROTARY CLUB, WHICH HAS RAISED $16,000 FOR UKRAINE AND WILL BE MEETING VIRTUALLY WITH THE POLISH ROTARY CLUB TO DISCUSS THEIR EFFORTS IN UKRAINE.
AND I'VE ALSO HEARD OF EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL.
ADDITIONALLY AND PARTICULARLY IMPRESSIVE IS A FUNDRAISING DONE BY ANNA EVA ORIGINALLY FROM ODESSA UKRAINE, WHO OPENED LEICA CHEESECAKES AND ESPRESSO SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
SHE AND HER SLOVAK VISIT PARTNER VICTOR SMA, DONATED MORE THAN $72,000 FROM SALES THAT FIRST WEEKEND OF THEIR FUNDRAISING DRIVE AND THEY CONTINUE TO ACCEPT DONATIONS.
THE LINE WRAPPED AROUND SEVERAL BLOCKS AND PEOPLE WAITED FOR HOURS, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE CHEESECAKE, BUT TO HELP UKRAINIANS TOGETHER.
AS SAN ANTONIOS, WE CAN SHOW THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE OUR SUPPORT EVEN IF WE ARE A THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY.
AND BEFORE I CONCLUDE MY REMARKS, I WANT TO THANK SHERRY DACHI FOR ALWAYS BEING SO HELPFUL IN ENSURING THAT WE GOT THIS RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT READY TODAY.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON AND YOU REMAIN AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE TO ALL OF US.
SHERRY SHERRI WAS ALSO ABLE TO CONNECT US WITH THE INCREDIBLE TEAM AT THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY, WHO IN RECORD SPEED WAS ABLE TO SET UP A PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT AT I GO LIBRARY ALSO IN DISTRICT EIGHT, FEATURING THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I HAD SEEN AT THE FASHION SHOW FROM UKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO.
I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO STOP BY AND LOOK AT THIS AMAZING EXHIBIT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK CHIEF HOOD FOR SHOWING HIS SUPPORT TO THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE AND CHOOSING TO INCORPORATE THE BLUE AND YELLOW COLORS INTO HIS FIESTA MEDAL THIS YEAR, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BY RAISING AWARENESS AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN UKRAINE, WE ARE ENSURING THAT THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE WILL NOT BE SILENCED OR IGNORED AS THEY FIGHT FOR THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THEIR CO COUNTRY.
100 YEARS AGO, THERE WASN'T SOCIAL MEDIA OR MASS COMMUNICATION METHODS AT THE SCALE THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
SO WE'LL NEVER KNOW THE FULL PICTURE OF A LOT MORE AND THE RIPPLING EFFECTS FELT DECADE LATER.
TODAY WE CAN AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE AND SHOW OUR SUPPORT.
IN CLOSING UKRAINIAN FRIENDS, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND FOR INSPIRING US TO HELP YOU TOGETHER.
LIKE PRESIDENT ZELENSKY SAYS, WE'RE PUNCHING WITH ONE FIST.
AND NOW MAYOR, IT'S MY HONOR TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND COMMEMORATION OF HAL LOTOR AND SUPPORT OF UKRAINE.
THERE IS A MOTION, UH, BY ROCHE GARCIA, SECOND BY PERRY FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 18, OR EXCUSE ME, 28.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR DISCUSSION, BUT I WANT TO FIRST INVITE, UM, OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM UKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO, FORWARD EL BRAVO, CHRIS SHOOK AND GARCIA, UH, TO MAKE COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
UKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY IS THANKFUL TO COUNCILWOMAN ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA FOR MAKING FOR HAPPENING, FOR MAKING THIS EVENT HAPPEN TODAY.
IT MELTS OUR HEART ON HOW, ON HOW YOU, DEAR COUNCILWOMAN MAYOR AND THE WHOLE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY SUPPORT US.
HOLIDAY MOORE WAS A MANMADE FAMINE THAT HAPPENED IN THE SOVIET REPUBLIC OF UKRAINE IN 19, FROM 1932 TO 1933.
THIS HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF STALIN'S REGIME AND STALIN'S POLICY CALLED COLLECTIVIZE AGRICULTURE.
IN 1929, SOVIET GOVERNMENT FORCED UKRAINIAN FARMERS TO GIVE UP ON EVERYTHING THEY HAD, THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS, THEIR PROPERTIES, THEIR HOMES.
COLLECTIVIZATION LED TO A BIG DROP IN PRODUCTION, DISORGANIZATION OF THE RURAL ECONOMY, A HUGE FOOD SHORTAGE, THE ATTEMPT, BUT SOVIET, UH, REGIME TO IMPOSE ITS POLITICAL VISION.
IT'S ECONOMICAL POLITICAL VISION ON UKRAINIANS LED TO A BIG DISAGREEMENT AND DISAPPOINTMENT BETWEEN UKRAINIAN FARMERS AND THE SOVIET REGIME.
STALIN WAS SO AFRAID TO LOSE HIS EMPIRE, TO LOSE HIS POWER.
ONE DAY HE SAID TO HIS COWORKER, IT WAS 1932.
IF WE DON'T MAKE AN EFFORT HOW TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE, WE MIGHT LOSE UKRAINE.
AFTER THAT FARM FARMS VILLAGES, THE WHOLE TOWNS WERE
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PLACED ON BLACKLIST.THE WHOLE TOWNS WERE PREVENT FROM RECEIVING FOOD FROM, AND EVEN WORSE, AFTER THE DATE, THE FOOD THEY HAD PRIOR, THE DATE IN THEIR POSSESSION, IT WAS TAKEN AWAY.
THE RESULT OF STALIN CAMPAIGN WAS A STRATEGY.
4 MILLION PEOPLE, 4 MILLION UKRAINIANS DIE.
THERE ARE MASS GRAVES KILLING, THEFT, CANNIBALISM.
ACCOMP AC COMBINED BY, UM, A BROADER ASSAULT ON UKRAINIAN CULTURE, LANGUAGE, RELIGION, TRADITION, CULTURE WERE DESTROYED.
STALIN TRIED TO PRETEND THAT UKRAINE HAVE NEVER EXISTED.
AND DOES IT SOUND FAMILIAR TO YOU GUYS WHAT WE'VE RECENTLY SEEN ON THE NEWS, WHAT IS GOING ON IN UKRAINE RIGHT NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, AND VERY SAD FOR US TO SAY THAT HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF AND THE GENOCIDE OF UKRAINIAN PEOPLE IS NOW AGAIN, PLEASE.
PLEASE HELP US TO STOP THE GENOCIDE OF UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.
MY NAME IS ELENA GARCIA, AND ONCE AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF ALL UKRAINIAN PEOPLE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TO GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK UP ON BEHALF OF OUR NATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION TODAY AN UNPRECEDENTED CASE THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF SOVIET UKRAINE.
SEVEN TO 10 MILLION PEOPLE STARVED TO DEATH IN UKRAINE IN 1932.
1933 UKRAINE, THE BREAD BASKET OF THE SOVIET UNION LITERALLY STARVE WHILE EXPORTING THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF GRAIN.
THEIR FOOD AND THEIR LIVES WERE TAKEN BY STALIN'S MEN.
BUT IN NOVEMBER, 1931, NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER WALTER DURANTE WROTE IN HIS STORY, THERE IS NO FAMINE OR ACTUAL STARVATION.
AND IN MARCH OF 1933, HE WROTE, THE CONDITIONS ARE BAD, BUT THERE IS NO FAMINE.
IN AUGUST, THAT SAME YEAR, HE WROTE ANY REPORT OF FAMINE IS TODAY AN EXAGGERATION, A MALIGNANT PROPAGANDA.
DURANTE IS EVEN ADMITTED THAT HIS OFFICIAL DISPATCH HAS ALWAYS REFLECTED THE OFFICIAL POSITION OF THE SOVIET REGIME.
THOUGH IN 1932, THIS ANGLO-AMERICAN PROPAGANDIST WAS AWARDED A PULITZER PRIZE FOR HIS WORK.
HOW DOES THIS JOURNALIST EVEN GET A PULITZER? THERE IS AN ONGOING CAMPAIGN BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SIGN A PETITION AND REVOKE DURANT'S PULITZER IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE UKRAINIANS, WHO STILL MOURN AND SUFFERING.
THE DEATHS OF BROUGHT BY STALIN NEED TO KNOW THAT THE HORRIFIC FAMINE OF 19 32, 19 33 IS RECOGNIZED AND HAS GOT AN INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION THAT IT REALLY DESERVES.
THIS WAS A MAJOR COVERUP FOR THE EVIL, AND IT'S A BRIGHT EXAMPLE.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE STAY SILENT? SILENT KILLS.
MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, HER NAME WAS ANNA, BORN IN 1908.
SHE WAS ONE OF THE FEW CHILDREN IN HER FAMILY WHO ACTUALLY SURVIVED THROUGH THE ODOR IN 1933.
GROWING UP, I COLLECTED HER STORIES.
I MYSELF WITNESSED THE DEPTHS OF EMOTIONAL TRAUMA.
SHE AND MANY OTHER UKRAINIANS HAVE TO BRING THROUGH THEIR ENTIRE LIFE.
SHE ALWAYS USED TO TELL US THAT WE SHOULD HIDE A LOT OF DRY BREAD SOMEWHERE IN
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THE HOUSEHOLD FOR THE DARK DAYS, DARK DAYS.EVERY TIME SHE WOULD SIT UP AT THE TABLE TO HAVE HER MEAL, SHE WOULD LITERALLY COVER HER FOOD WITH BOTH PUMPS SO NOBODY CAN TAKE IT AWAY FROM HER.
AND SO THAT NOBODY SEES THAT SHE ACTUALLY HAS FOOD ON HER TABLE.
SHE WOULD ALWAYS PICK UP A VERY SINGLE BREADCRUMB FROM THE FLOOR AND FROM THE TABLE TO EAT.
HALOR IS A GENOCIDE BY STARVATION, AND IT'S A GREAT TRAGEDY OF UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.
OUR SCHOOL'S TEACH US HISTORY SO WE AS A HUMANITY CAN LEARN FROM THE PAST, RECOGNIZE THE FULL WARNING SIGNS, AND HAVE THE COURAGE TO TAKE THE DECISIVE ACTION AND TIMELY ACTION TO PREVENT THE HORRIFIC PAST FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
JOE BIDEN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES RECENTLY ACCUSED RUSSIA OF CARRYING OUT GENOCIDE AGAINST UKRAINIAN PEOPLE, SAYING THAT VLADIMIR PUDDING IS TRYING TO WIPE OUT THE IDEA OF BEING UKRAINIAN.
THE 1948 CON GENOCIDE CONVENTION STATES THAT TO ESTABLISH GENOCIDE, YOU FIRST KNEW TO ESTABLISH INTENT THAT THE ACCUSED IS TRYING TO DESTROY IT IN WHOLE OR IN PART THE NATION, THE ETHNIC GROUP, THE RELIGIOUS GROUP.
AND VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS ESTABLISHED THAT INTENT TIME AND TIME AGAIN BACK IN 2008 WHEN HE PUBLISHED HIS FAMOUS ESSAY ABOUT THE UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN UNITY.
AND IS RECENT AS THREE DAYS BEFORE THE WAR, AFTER THE FAMOUS, UH, HIS SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE HE WENT OUT FOR AN HOUR RENT STATING THAT UKRAINE IS REALLY NOT A NATION.
THERE IS NO HISTORIC PREMISE FOR THE STATE OF UKRAINE.
AND UKRAINIANS ARE NOT DISTINCT ETHNIC GROUP, RUSSIAN ARMY.
WHAT IS DOING TODAY IN UKRAINE? THE TARGETING AND BOMBING CIVILIAN TARGETS, LEVELING UKRAINIAN CITIES TO THE GROUND, WHETHER IT'S MILITARY, IT'S MILITARY CIVILIANS, DOESN'T MATTER.
DISPLACING UKRAINIAN PEOPLE INTO SO-CALLED REFUGEE CAMPS IN RUSSIA AND COMMITTING HORRIFIC ATROCITIES AGAINST CIVILIANS IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES LIKE BUCHA, ESPECIALLY SEXUAL CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN AND AGAINST CHILDREN.
AND THAT INCLUDES GIRLS, BOYS, AND EVEN INFANTS.
ALL THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF MOUNTING EVIDENCE THAT RUSSIAN FEDERATION IS CARRYING OUT GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE.
WE WANT TO THANK OUR CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN RECOGNIZING GENOCIDE CALLED HOLLOW, THE MORTAR OF UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.
AND HIGHLIGHTING THIS GENOCIDE UNFORTUNATELY IS STILL GOING ON BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
KNOWING OUR HISTORY, REMEMBERING OUR PAST IS THE BEST THING THE SOCIETY CAN DO TO PREVENT FROM THE THE PAST REPEATING ITSELF.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
WE ARE GOING TO, UH, MOVE TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON RESOLUTION.
NOW WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER.
THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UM, ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO, I SAT IN A COLLEGE, UH, CLASS FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE.
UH, AND WE TAUGHT, WE CALLED IT EASTERN EUROPEAN POLITICS BECAUSE, UM, THE SOVIET UNION WAS FALLING, UKRAINE WAS MOVING, AND OTHER, UM, GROUPS WERE MOVING TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE.
IF YOU HAD ASKED ME 30 YEARS AGO, IF I WOULD BE SITTING HERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, TALKING ABOUT A PUTIN'S RUSSIA THAT IS LOOKING TO MEET OR PASS THE ATROCITIES OF STALIN WITH WAR CRIMES, I WOULD NOT BELIEVE IT.
BUT HERE WE ARE TODAY AND WE CANNOT IGNORE WHAT IS GOING ON.
AND I AM, UH, SO THANKFUL THAT YOU HAVE COME, UH, DOWN FROM HOUSTON AND TAKEN THIS TIME TO, UH, STRENGTHEN THIS RELATIONSHIP.
LADIES, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND.
UM, LADIES, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND.
THESE ARE WOMEN THAT ARE OUT AND TELLING TRUTH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT PARTISAN POLITICS.
AND THE TRUTH IS THANK YOU LADIES SO MUCH FOR SHARING.
THE TRUTH IS THAT, THAT WE CANNOT IGNORE WHAT IS GOING ON ANY LONGER
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AND WHAT WE CAN DO HERE TODAY.WHILE IT'S JUST A STEP, IT IS THE RIGHT STEP.
AND I, I LOOK FORWARD AND I LOOK FOR OUR LOCAL NEWS AND ALL THE NEWS SOURCES TO CONTINUE TO, TO PUT THE PICTURES OUT, TO TELL THE STORIES BECAUSE THERE ARE WAR CRIMES THERE, THERE ARE CHILDREN DYING, AND WE NEED TO TAKE A STRONG STAND ON THIS.
SO I, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING YES ON THIS TODAY, AND I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK AND YOU CAN COUNT ON ME FOR SUPPORT AND TO SIGN THAT PETITION.
COUNCIL MEMBER EZ THANK YOU COUNCIL.
AND, UH, THANK YOU LADIES FOR COMING AND, AND TALKING TO US.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS I'M SITTING HERE LISTENING TO THIS, I
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE OWN, RIGHT? AND WE, WE ALL SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER A LOT LESS THAN THE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER MOST, RIGHT? UM, AND YOU HEARD, UM, YOU HAD TO SIT THROUGH IT EARLIER THIS MORNING WHEN THE BIGGEST ATROCITY IMAGINED BY A GENTLEMAN AT THE MIC WAS THAT WE'RE HOSTING A CONFERENCE AT THE AIRPORT.
THAT WAS HIS ATROCITY, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT REAL ATROCITIES, AND THAT REALLY PUTS INTO SHARP FOCUS, UH, FOR ME TODAY.
UM, WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THE MOMENTS I SPEND IN MY DAY WORKING ARE BEING SPENT ON THE RIGHT THINGS, RIGHT? WHEN WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE DOING IS REALLY FOCUSING ON, ON ADDRESSING BARBARITIES LIKE THIS.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CALL OUT THESE BARBARITIES WHEN WE SEE 'EM.
AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WATCH ON TV IS, IS EMPIRICALLY AND UN DEBATABLY, DISTURBING AND HEARTBREAKING.
BUT IT, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT I'M HEARING AND WHAT I'M READING ALSO, THAT THAT ISN'T COVERED BY, BY TV AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE, WE AS HUMAN BEINGS LIKE TO SOFTEN THE NEWS SO THAT IT'S LESS DISTURBING, RIGHT? UH, BUT I I, I READ THE GROTESQUE DETAILS OF THESE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND, AND IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT TO TO NAME THEM, UM, AND, AND TO REALLY POINT OUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR BRINGING THAT TO ATTENTION AND SHOCKING US.
RIGHT? UM, I WAS READING THAT, UM, RIGHT NOW THE EXTENT OF THE DEPRAVITY THAT WE'RE SEEING IN, IN U THE UKRAINE IS, IS JUST BARELY STARTING TO COME TO LIGHT.
AND RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK, THERE'S UKRAINIAN POLICE, LOCAL OFFICIALS, LOCAL LEADERS, AND JUST REGULAR CITIZENS FACING THE GRIM TASK OF HAVING TO CLEAR OUT BHA OF THE HUNDREDS OF CORPSES DECOMPOSING IN THE STREETS AND IN PARKS AND IN APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
UM, AND, AND WE KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S IMAGES OUT THERE OF, OF TORTURE AND OF BEHEADINGS AND DISMEMBERMENT AND OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND OF THE INTENTIONAL BURNING OF CORPSES TO COVER UP THE EVIDENCE OF THESE THINGS.
AND SOME OF THE CRUELEST VIOLENCE IN BOHA OCCURRED IN A GLASS FACTORY, IS WHAT I, WHAT I WAS READING.
AND I'M, I'M JUST GONNA NAME JUST ONE INSTANCE, JUST ONE OF THE HUNDREDS.
UM, THERE'S A GRAVEL DOCK, UH, RIGHT OUTSIDE THIS, THIS GLASS FACTORY.
AND THEY FOUND THE BODY OF A YOUNG MAN NAMED DEMETRIO CHAPLIN, 21 YEAR OLD GUY WHOSE ABDOMEN WAS BRUISED BLACK AND BLUE, AND HIS HANDS MARKED WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE CIGARETTE BURNS AND ULTIMATELY KILLED AND PUT OUT OF THIS POOR MISERY, UM, WITH A SHOT TO THE CHEST.
BUT THESE MONSTERS DIDN'T STOP THERE.
HIS BODY WAS THEN TURNED INTO A WEAPON, TIED TO A TRIP WIRE, CONNECTED TO A LANDMINE.
AND THERE'S ONLY ONE REASON YOU WOULD DO THAT.
IT'S SO THAT THE POOR PERSON WHO HAS TO GO AND REMOVE DEMETRI'S BODY FROM THE STREET AND BURY HIM, WHICH IS JUST A HORRIBLE TASK TO BEGIN WITH.
AND SO THAT, THAT PERSON WOULD ALSO BE KILLED
AND, AND IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S JUST NOT GROTESQUE, RIGHT? IT'S JUST A COMPLETE, IT'S COMPLETELY ANATHEMA TO EVERYTHING THAT THE WORD HUMANITY MEANS, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, SO THERE, I MEAN, THERE'S A FEW THINGS WE CAN DO.
WE CAN WATCH TV AND SHAKE OUR HEAD AND HOPE FOR THE BEST, RIGHT? BUT I, I HOPE THAT YOU'RE PICKING UP CONSOLE THAT THAT'S NOT THE WAY SAN ANTONIO DOES THINGS.
WE ACTUALLY STEP UP AND COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA HAS FOUND A WAY FOR US TO STEP UP AND BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION, EVEN IF IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT RIGHT? AND IF SAN ANTONIANS ARE SHOCKED BY THE STORIES THAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY, AND IF SAN ANTONIOS
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ARE, ARE SHOCKED BY WHAT HAPPENED TO DMITRI CHAPLAIN AND THE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO WHOM THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK.UM, AND I THINK IT'S OUR MORAL OBLIGATION TO STEP UP AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS DRIVE THAT WE'RE HOSTING AT THE MEDICAL CENTER, UM, AND BRING MEDICAL, MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
BRING 'EM, AND WE'LL PUT 'EM TO GOOD USE AND, AND HELP FOLKS.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, AND TODAY WE'RE ALL UKRAINIANS AND WE LOVE YOU GUYS.
AND THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR COMING HERE TODAY.
UH, IT TOUCHES EVERYBODY'S HEART.
I I I'M GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CRITICAL HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS GENOCIDE GOING ON.
AND TO YOUR POINT, YEAH, HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
WHAT HAPPENED IN WORLD WAR II? WHAT HAPPENED TO POLAND? AND WE SEEM TO BE SCARED OF THIS THUG NAMED PUTIN.
EVERYBODY'S WORRIED ABOUT HIM.
I, I THINK WE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT HIM, AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
I, I LOOK AT THE UN, WHAT A WEAK NEED, SPINELESS ORGANIZATION AT THE UN.
WHAT GOOD ARE THEY? THEY WERE SU THEY'RE, THEY WERE FORMED TO KEEP THESE THINGS FROM HAPPENING.
AND IT KEEPS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
CRIMEA, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED THERE? EVERYBODY JUST KIND OF STOOD BACK AND WATCHED, AND WE GOT THE SAME THING HAPPENING HERE IN UKRAINE.
NOW, THE US HAS STEPPED UP AND, AND IS POURING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO UKRAINE FOR THE HELP.
WHAT'S THE REST OF THE WORLD DOING? WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS, HAPPENS.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S A SAD STATE OF THE WORLD, NOT JUST WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, BUT THE SAD STATE OF THE WORLD JUST WATCHING, AH, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, THINGS HAVE SETTLED DOWN.
YOU KNOW, UKRAINE WILL GET REBUILT BY SOMEBODY.
UH, WE'LL JUST, WE'LL JUST WAIT AND SEE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
HORRIBLE WITH THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE RIGHT NOW.
THE WORLD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.
WE DIDN'T DO IT IN WORLD WAR II, AS YOU KNOW, PAPERS WERE SIGNED BY CHAMBERLAIN AND HITLER PEACE FOREVER.
WELL, WHERE DID THAT GET US? DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.
AND WE FOUND OURSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WAR AND TO DEFEAT THAT TYRANNY AND GENOCIDE.
AND WE GOTTA KEEP REMEMBERING THAT THAT IS HAPPENING.
WHEN YOU, AND YOU SEE THAT ON TV WITH THE BODY STREWN EVERYWHERE THAT IS SICK.
THERE'S SOMETHING MENTAL WRONG WITH PEOPLE THAT CAN DO THAT KIND OF THING TO OTHER HUMAN BEINGS.
AND YES, YOU CAN CLAIM, WELL, THERE'S CIVILIAN CASUALTIES.
THAT'S, THAT'S AN OFFSHOOT OF WAR.
BUT WHEN YOU INTENTIONALLY TARGET CIVILIAN COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALLGAME.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE PUTTING THIS RESOLUTION TOGETHER.
UM, I, I, I'M, IT MAKES ME SICK.
I, I'VE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT TAKING MY AR 15 AND GOING OVER THERE MYSELF.
I'M PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT TOO OLD FOR THAT, BUT DARN IT, THAT'S WHAT I FEEL, FEEL IN MY HEART THAT I SHOULD BE DOING MORE FOR COMBATING THIS BLOOD THIRSTY DICTATOR OF PUTIN THAT'S DOING THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT, THEY GOT AIRCRAFT GOING, FLYING OVER, BOMBING PEOPLE IN VILLAGES AND CITIES, UNDETERRED, THEY'RE FLYING AT WILL.
SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING AT ALL.
AND AGAIN, THE UN AND EVEN I'LL, I'LL SAY IT, NATO IS SITTING BACK WATCHING THAT INSTEAD OF GETTING THE RIGHT RESOURCES OVER THERE FOR THEM TO HELP DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST THIS INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING ACROSS THAT COUNTRY, AS I SAID, THE US IS SENDING IN BILLIONS TO THE COUNTRY.
I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE CALLING ON THE REST OF THE WORLD
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THROUGH THE UN TO DO THE SAME THING.AGAIN, I SAY THE UN IS SPINELESS, WEAK NEED, AND THE THINGS THAT THEY DO ARE FECKLESS.
AND IT JUST MAKES ME DARN MAD THAT THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO STOP THIS KIND OF THING, AND THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING.
SO, SORRY FOR GETTING A LITTLE BIT ROUGH HERE, BUT I THINK MORE OF THIS NEEDS TO BE SAID AND DISPLAYED FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD TO SEE.
AND I DON'T CARE IF THIS IS PUT OUT, PUT OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE.
AND WE SHOULD BE DOING MORE AS A WORLD, WORLD TO DETER THIS AND STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING.
OH BOY, THIS STICKS IN MY CRAW BAD, AND I WANT TO DO MORE.
THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING HERE TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
UH, AND I APPRECIATE THE SINCERITY THAT WE HEAR FROM ALL OF OUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THIS ISSUE.
I THINK WE ALL, ALL OF US SHARE THE, THE HORROR AND THE FRUSTRATION AND, AND THE FEAR OF WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, I, IT MAKES ME THINK BACK, YOU KNOW, I SERVED IN THE MILITARY AS, AS COUNCILMAN PERRY DID.
I WAS IN, IN EUROPE AND, AND IN GERMANY IN 1971 AND 72.
AND I WENT TO DACHAU WHERE THOUSANDS OF JEWS WERE, UH, SLAUGHTERED.
AND I WENT AND SAW THE BERLIN WALL AND SAW HOW THE SOVIET UNION WAS SEPARATING THE GERMAN PEOPLE FROM ONE ANOTHER.
UH, AND, AND WE SAW WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS AN END TO ALL OF THAT IN THE, UH, 1980S.
AND WE THOUGHT WE WERE SEEING, UH, AN ERA OF, OF PEACE AND PEOPLE WILLING TO LIVE AND WORK TOGETHER.
AND NOW THIS HAS COME UP, UH, AND IT IS HORRIBLE, YOU KNOW, BUT ALSO, I'M, I'M PROUD THAT I'M AN AMERICAN, AND I'VE GROWN UP IN THIS COUNTRY, THIS COUNTRY, WHICH HAS PROVIDED OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND OUR CONSTITUTION, WHICH HAS REALLY LED TO MORE DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD AND OTHER COUNTRIES STRIVING FOR THE FREEDOM AND THE DEMOCRACY THAT WE LIVE IN.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON IN UKRAINE.
THIS COUNTRY IS FIGHTING FOR THEIR OWN DEMOCRACY AND THEIR OWN FREEDOM.
AND I THINK EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY UNDERSTANDS THAT AND STANDS WITH THE PEOPLE IN UKRAINE WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.
I TOO WISH THERE WAS MORE I COULD DO OR THAT WE COULD DO AS A COUNTRY.
I THINK WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO MORE.
AND I CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN UKRAINE WHO ARE FIGHTING AND DYING AND KNOW THAT ONE DAY THEY WILL COME THROUGH THIS AND BECOME A BETTER, STRONGER NATION.
AND THE REST OF THE WORLD WILL SEE THEM AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT REAL DEMOCRACY, WHAT REAL FREEDOM STANDS FOR.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN ROCHE GARCIA FOR, UM, BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD.
I WANNA THANK ALL OF OUR, UH, UKRAINIAN AND UKRAINIAN AMERICAN GUESTS FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES WITH US TODAY.
UM, AND, AND I GUESS MY ASK IS, UM, FOR US AND FOR, UH, ANYBODY WATCHING AT HOME, WHAT MORE CAN WE DO? AND, AND I WANT TO THROW OUT A FEW SUGGESTIONS.
AND ONE IS THAT, UM, A, A MILITARY SUPERIORITY THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS, THAT WHERE WE'RE UNIQUELY POSITIONED IS IN TERMS OF SUPPLY CHAINS AND SUPPLY CHAINS TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER, UM, GOODS TO SUPPORT A WAR EFFORT TO COUNTRIES AWAY THAT ARE NOT OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND SO WE ARE, WE ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER SUPPLIES TO ANY OTHER NATION IN THE WORLD, UM, FAR, FAR BEYOND ANY OTHER NATION.
AND, UM, SO I THINK ONE ASK THAT WE CAN HAVE IS IF YOU'RE SITTING AT HOME, UH, TO CONTACT YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS, TO CONTACT YOUR SENATOR AND ASK THEM TO DO MORE, TO SUPPORT, TO, TO SUPPORT UKRAINE.
AND MY ASK OF OUR GUESTS TODAY IS, UM, IF IF SOMEBODY'S SITTING AT HOME RIGHT NOW WATCHING, AND THEY DON'T HAVE MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO DONATE, WHERE
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CAN THEY GO TO TO CONTRIBUTE MONEY TO CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO THIS CAUSE? DO DO YOU MIND JUST, YES, IF YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE, UKRAINIAN SAN ANTONIO.COM.WE HAVE A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN DONATE MONEY.
WE ALSO HAVE AN AMAZON LIST WHERE YOU CAN BUY ITEMS ON AMAZON, AND THEY WILL BE SHIPPED TO US, AND WE WILL DELIVER THEM TO UKRAINE.
UH, BEFORE I CALL THE VOTE, UM, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA AGAIN FOR OUTSTANDING REPRESENTATION ON THIS COUNCIL FOR EUROPE, UH, BUT ALSO BRINGING FORWARD THE RESOLUTION AND ALSO, UH, TO HELP US WITH, UH, A VIDEO THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE.
AND MAYOR, MAY I, WELL, THE VIDEO'S PLAYING, THESE ARE IMAGES OF, UH, THE FASHION SHOW THAT I ATTENDED.
SO, UH, THE PHOTOGRAPHY WAS BY ME, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT THAT GREAT.
I DON'T WANNA GET IN EVERYBODY'S WAY.
SO THEY'RE ALL FROM THIS THING.
UH, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO SEE THE, UM, THE DIFFERENT OUTFITS THAT WERE PRESENTED THAT NIGHT.
I TRIED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF EVERY SINGLE OUTFIT AND THE DANCES AND, AND THERE'S OF COURSE, CITY HALL IT UP IN THE BLUE AND YELLOW.
AND THEN, UM, THIS IS A TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN SONG, AND I THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'LL, I'LL JUST CLOSE WITH A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS.
MR. SEK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
UH, AND SOMETHING THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING BEFORE THE COUNCIL, UH, MY GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER, UH, IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES FROM RUSSIA AND POLAND, WHICH IS WHAT IS NOW THE UKRAINIAN BORDER.
AND ONE THINGS THAT THEY ALWAYS RAISED ME TO BELIEVE IS THAT WE WERE VERY BLESSED TO BE IN THE UNITED STATES, UH, AND THINGS THAT WE OFTEN TAKE FOR GRANTED.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY TAUGHT ME WAS THAT, UM, THESE, WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING NOW IN UKRAINE, THESE ARE NOT NEW THREATS TO PEACE.
UH, IF WE THINK BACK ABOUT THE ATROCITIES THAT OCCURRED IN WORLD WAR II DURING THE HOLOCAUST, THAT WAS MODERN DAY EUROPE.
UH, AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IN UKRAINE IS MODERN DAY EUROPE.
THE, UH, THE DIFFICULTY PEOPLE HAVE, I THINK, IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON, IS THAT WE THINK ABOUT THOSE ATROCITIES AS OCCURRING IN, IN THE HISTORY BOOKS.
THEY, THEY COULDN'T POSSIBLY OCCUR IN CIVILIZED SOCIETY, BUT THEY DO.
AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A CITY COUNCIL IN THE MIDDLE OF SOUTH TEXAS TO SPEAK OUT IS IMPORTANT.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE CANNOT, AND THIS IS THE LESSON OF THE HOLOCAUST TO ME, IS THAT WE CANNOT, UM, AFFORD TO BE INDIFFERENT TO ATROCITIES.
UM, WHETHER THEY OCCUR SOUTH OF THE BORDER OR THEY OCCUR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING, SPEAKING OUT AND SUPPORTING THOSE WHO ARE FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THOSE ATROCITIES COULD NOT BE CLEAR IN OUR OWN HISTORY.
UM, AND SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, FOR CHOOSING, UM, TO SPEAK OUT.
UH, THERE IS MORE THAT WE CAN DO AND THERE IS MORE THAT WE WILL DO, UH, CONSUL GENERAL, I AM IN RECEIPT OF YOUR LETTER, AND WE WILL BE, UH, CONTINUING TO LOOK FORWARD TO WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT MATERIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING, UH, IN THE RELIEF EFFORTS.
UH, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY CLEAR DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT WE, UH, PURPORT
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OURSELVES TO BE IN A COMPASSIONATE CITY AND A COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE, UH, TO RECOGNIZE WHEN PEOPLE NEED RELIEF, UH, AND WHEN THINGS ARE OCCURRING THAT SHOULD NOT OCCUR IN A MODERN WORLD.SO, UM, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING YOUR CONTINUED ALLIES AND FRIENDS FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
LET ME ALSO SAY THAT, UM, WE HAVE A GREAT SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL OFFICE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT'S RUN BY SHERRY DELA.
SHAHI DOES TREMENDOUS WORK IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.
ONE OF THE IMPACTS AND THE DESTRUCTIVE, UH, PARTS OF THESE KINDS OF WARS, UM, IS THAT THEY ARE FELT GENERATIONS AFTER.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE THE WORK OF CITIES LIKE OURS REACHING OUT TO CITIES ACROSS THE, THE WORLD, WHICH WE DO IN, IN 11 OR 15, FRANKLY, DIFFERENT CITIES ACROSS THE WORLD.
AND IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT CITIES REACH A HAND OF FRIENDSHIP ACROSS THE WORLD TO REESTABLISH TIES OF ECONOMICS OF BUSINESS, UM, CULTURE, EDUCATION, ART, SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO BUILD BACK THOSE BRIDGES OF PEACE ONCE THE CONFLICT ENDS.
UH, BUT BEFORE THAT, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY, UH, TO CALL IT FOR WHAT IT IS, AND THAT IS AN ATROCITY OCCURRING IN UKRAINE.
SO, WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 28.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, Y'ALL.
[Capital Improvements ]
TAKE UP NOW, ITEM 18.ITEM NUMBER 18 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND GRANT AGREEMENT UP TO $562,500 WITH DELOREAN CONTINGENT UPON JOB CREATION MILESTONES WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DELOREAN HEADQUARTERS AT FORT SAN ANTONIO.
UH, YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA.
AND THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF YOU ON THE DELOREAN HEADQUARTERS PROJECT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AGAIN, I'M BRENDA HICKS SORENSON, I'M THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
DELOREAN IS A EARLY STAGE COMPANY WHICH PLANS TO REVIVE THE DELOREAN BRAND WITH THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONIC VEHICLES, ELECTRIC VEHICLE COOPS, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUVS.
THE COMPANY'S PLANNED HEADQUARTERS WILL BE AT SAN ANTONIO.
UH, THE PORT SAN ANTONIO, UH, DELOREAN DOES PLAN TO CONTRACT MANUFACTURING FOR THE VEHICLES, UH, BOTH THE COOP AND THE SS U V.
THE COOP MANUFACTURING WILL BE CONTRACTED OUT TO AN EXISTING FACILITY IN ONTARIO AND THE SS U V PRODUCTION, LIKELY IN SOUTH CAROLINA, DELOREAN WILL NOT DIRECTLY EMPLOY THE PRODUCTION EMPLOYEES ONLY PLAN.
MAJOR CAP X INVESTMENT, UM, FOR THE COMPANY IS IN THE RETO RETOOLING OF THE ONTARIO AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA FACILITIES.
TWO INTERIM LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AT PORT SA.
UM, HERE YOU'LL SEE THE MAP OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
ONE WILL BE AT 9 0 7 BILLY MITCHELL BOULEVARD AND THE OTHER AT 6 38 DAVEY CROCKETT ROAD.
DELOREAN'S PERMANENT LOCATION WILL BE A BUILD TO SUIT FACILITY THAT THE PORT WILL CONSTRUCT AND OWN OWN AT 3 0 0 7 GENERAL HUDDLE DRIVE HERE LOCALLY IN SAN ANTONIO, THE DELOREAN WILL INVEST $18.5 MILLION IN BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY.
THERE WILL BE 450 FULL-TIME JOBS ANTICIPATED BY THE END OF 2026.
MOST OF THOSE JOBS WILL BE ENGINEERING JOBS WITH ALSO THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTER TYPE POSITIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE FINANCE AND SO FORTH.
THE AVERAGE WAGE WILL BE 145,600 WITH A MINIMUM WAGE OF 50,000.
I KNOW THERE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN A QUESTION REGARDING, UM, MAINTENANCE WORKERS AND SO FORTH.
THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY SIX MAINTENANCE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY DELOREAN, PAYING BETWEEN 50 AND 70,000.
THE REST OF THE POSITIONS WILL ALL HAVE A MINIMUM OF $70,000.
DELOREAN HAS ALSO COMMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR ESSAY READY TO WORK PROGRAM BY INTERVIEWING AND HIRING IN DEMAND OCCUPATIONS FROM 2023 TO 2027, AS WELL AS PARTICIPATING IN A PAID STUDENT ENGINEERING CO-OP PROGRAM FROM 2025 TO 2032.
THESE CO-OP POSITIONS ARE A MORE STRUCTURED
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AND INTENSE THAN AN INTERNSHIP AND IS A KEY COMPONENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN AUTO ENGINEERING.WE ARE PROPOSING AN INCENTIVE PACKAGE OF $1,250 PER JOB THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND.
PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE AT 150 300 AND 450 JOBS.
UM, SO AGAIN, IF THE COMPANY DOESN'T CREATE THOSE POSITIONS, THERE'S NO FUNDING PAID AT THAT TIME.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING A CAP OF 562,500 FOR THE TOTAL AWARD.
AND AGAIN, THAT IS AVAILABLE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 22 E D I F ADOPTED BUDGET TODAY ON YOUR AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER 19 WAS A NOMINATION FOR THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROJECT, UH, THAT WAS APPROVED AND THANK YOU FOR THEM.
THE PROJECT BENEFITS FOR THIS STAFF ESTIMATES THAT THE PROJECT WILL HAVE A DIRECT NET FISCAL IMPACT TO THE CITY OF $507,280 OVER THE 10 YEARS.
AND THAT'S FROM THAT PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX, REAL PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX GENERATED FROM THE PROJECT.
THE ESTIMATED CITY REVENUE OVER THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT IS $2.7 MILLION.
AND THE ESTIMATED INCREASE IN CITY SERVICE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT OVER THAT TERM IS $1,641,000.
AGAIN, THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE E D I F PER JOB GRANT IS PROJECTED AT THAT 562,500.
AND OF COURSE, OTHER BENEFITS INCLUDE A HEADQUARTERS IN A TARGETED INDUSTRY.
AGAIN, WE ARE RECOMMENDING AN THE APPROVAL OF A $562,500 CHAPTER THREE 80 E D I F GRANT AND THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROJECT NOMINATION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
HERE TODAY IS ALSO YOSS REESE CHIEF, UM, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, EXCUSE ME, AND DEAN HULL, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FROM DELOREAN, AND THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.
AND THEN ALSO HERE IS JIM PERCH FROM PORT SAN ANTONIO.
UM, SHOULD THERE BE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AS FOR THEM? THANK YOU.
UH, BRENDAN, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, UH, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 18.
WELL, MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M.
FINGER, YOU KNOW, THE FAMOUS CIRCUS MAN, PT BARNUM ONCE SAID THAT A SUCKER IS BORN EVERY MINUTE.
WELL, YOU AND I WILL FIND OUT IF WE HAVE ANY HERE BEHIND THE CITY COUNCIL DIES.
THIS IS BY, WHAT IS THIS? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? TRYING TO GIVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY TO THE DELOREAN MOTOR COMPANY HERE? YEAH.
HERE'S AN ARTICLE I'VE FOUND IS DELOREAN MOTORS REIMAGINE A COMPANY WITH A BIG BRAND ARE JUST A BRAND.
BLOW IT UP A LITTLE BIT IF YOU CAN.
DELOREAN MOTORS REIMAGINE, WHICH ANNOUNCED PLANS FROM FEBRUARY 14TH, ESTABLISHES HEADQUARTERS IN SAN ANTONIO.
HIRE 450 ENGINEERS AND MEASURES IS CURRENTLY LITTLE MORE THAN A BRAND.
ANYTHING ON THAT PAGE? NO, NOTHING ON THAT PAGE.
I THINK BE SCROLL IT DOWN A BIT.
I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THERE.
SO, YEAH, POINTING UP, DESPITE HAVING NO TRACK RECORD IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, THE LAWYER AND MOTORS REIMAGINE SEEKING SUBSIDIES FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY.
NEXT PAGE, IF YOU WOULD THERE.
UH, YEAH, DELOREAN WOULD RECEIVE THE SUBSIDIES IN EXCHANGE FOR CREATING FOUR 50 JOBS HERE OVER FOUR YEARS.
IF RE SAID THE COMPANY LIKELY WE'LL HIRE JUST OVER 100 EMPLOYEES WITHIN A YEAR, THOUGH MANY OF THEM WILL BE BASED IN ITALY AND ELSEWHERE.
UHHUH
I WISH YOU AND I COULD GET A 10 YEAR TAX ABATEMENT.
LET'S SEE, WHERE ELSE? NOTHING THERE.
WHO'S FINANCIALLY BACKING THE COMPANY? WELL, IF RES DECLINED TO IDENTIFY ANY OF INVESTORS OR SAY HOW MUCH CAPITAL DELOREAN IS WORKING WITH IT.
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YEAH, ANYTHING THERE? NO, IT, IT FEELS MUCH MORE LIKE A BESPOKE ONE-OFF PRODUCER THAN A MASS MARKET PRODUCER.MR. BRULEY SAID THE REASON THAT DELOREAN'S BA BATTERY WILL HAVE A DRIVING RANGE OF MORE THAN 300 MILES.
300 MILES, WE EXPECT THAT TO DECLINE OVER THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE.
HE DECLINED TO SEE HOW MUCH THE CAR WILL COST THOUGH CAN BE LACKING TO THE PORSCHE TIGER OR THE LUCID AIR SEDAN.
THOSE VEHICLES START AT A MERE $82,077,000.
RESPECTIVE MERE CHUMP CHANGE FOR OUR TWO SEATER HERE.
BUT UNTIL WE'RE A PUBLIC COMPANY, QUOTE UNQUOTE, WE HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO SHARE ANY TYPE OF THE FINANCIALS, HE SAID.
THANK YOU MR. AUDIOVISUAL, MAN.
WELL, I THINK YOU GUYS GET THERE.
AND, UM, UH, MR. THANK YOU BRENDA ALSO FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO.
AND SO I KNOW YOU ALL FIT IN ALREADY.
I KNOW YOU MADE FIESTA METALS, UH, SO HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE DELIGHTED THAT DELOREAN AN INNOVATIVE COMPANY IN THE RAPIDLY GROWING EV INDUSTRY HAS CHOSEN TO ESTABLISH THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN DISTRICT FOUR.
THIS IS SAN ANTONIO, WHAT YOU SAW TODAY.
UM, IT MIGHT HAVE TAKEN US A LITTLE LONG TO GET TO THIS PART, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE DO AND WE UNITE AND WE REALLY ARE COMPASSIONATE CITY.
U S A, YOU SAW FROM THE VARIOUS POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND, AND THE ITEM THAT WE HAD JUST BEFORE WITH UKRAINE.
UM, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE COMING HOME TO.
SO, AGAIN, WELCOME AND I'M SURE THAT YOU'LL BE A, A PART OF MANY MORE EXCITING, UH, ITEMS AHEAD.
WE'RE ADVANCING GREATNESS IN SOUTHWEST SAN ANTONIO.
AND DELOREAN IS A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR EXPANDING DISTRICT FOUR COMMUNITY.
I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD TO SUPPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO PROVIDE AN E D I F GRANT OF UP TO $562,500 TO THE DELOREAN MOTOR COMPANY, WHICH PLANS TO STAND UP ITS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS AND ENGINEERING OPERATIONS IN THE HEART OF DISTRICT FOUR.
UH, THAT WHICH HAS PORT SAN ANTONIO.
WE HAVE SEEN THE GROWTH OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN SAN ANTONIO, AND PARTICULARLY AT PORT SAN ANTONIO, LED BY JIM SBA, WHO'S HERE TODAY.
WHERE MORE THAN 80 TENANT CUSTOMERS AND MORE THAN 15,000 EMPLOYEES ARE LOCATED FROM EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
PORT SAN ANTONIO'S 1900 ACRE COUNT.
UH, CAMPUS HAS STRENGTHS IN THE RANGE OF INDUSTRIES LIKE AERO CYBER DEFENSE AND MANUFACTURING.
DELOREAN'S HEADQUARTERS WILL ADD FURTHER PROGRESS TO THE PORT, TRULY BEING A HUB OF INNOVATION AND APPLY TECHNOLOGY.
I STARTED CALLING IT THE INNOVATION CAPITAL OF TEXAS.
WE ARE EXCITED TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH DELOREAN AS THIS PROJECT DEMONSTRATES THE DISTRICT'S POTENTIAL FOR ACCELERATION IN THE CREATION OF HIGH PAYING TARGET INDUSTRY JOBS.
SARAH KNOWS ALL ABOUT THIS, RIGHT, SARAH, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT DELOREAN KEEPS AND GROWS ITS HEADQUARTERS IN SAN ANTONIO, STAFF TODAY RECOMMENDS AND I SUPPORT APPROVAL OF THIS GRANT, WHICH AMOUNTS TO ABOUT $1,250 PER JOB CREATED.
AND THAT WILL BE DISPERSED ONLY AS THE COMPANY REACHES ITS JOB CREATION MILESTONE OF A HUNDRED FIFTY THREE HUNDRED, FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY JOBS.
IN ADDITION TO BEING CONTINGENT UPON JOB CREATION MILESTONES.
THE MONEY WILL ALSO BE CONTINGENT UPON DELOREAN PAYING AN AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY OF 140, UH, 45,600 WITH A MINIMUM SALARY OF 70,000 FOR ALL BUT SIX EMPLOYEES FOR WHOM A MINIMUM SALARY IS SET AT 50,000.
I KNOW ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAD A QUESTION IN PARTICULAR FOR THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THEM BEING, UH, ABLE TO, TO STEP UP FOR THAT.
THE COMPANY WILL ALSO PROVIDE A MINIMUM INVESTMENT OF THEIR OWN CAPITAL OF $18.485 MILLION.
DELOREAN HAS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL FOSTER SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE STUDENTS ENTRY INTO CAREERS IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY AS THESE ENGINEERING CO-OP POSITIONS RECEIVE IN-DEPTH EXPERIENCE IN THEIR CAREER FIELD.
I'M BEYOND THRILLED ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT IS A PERFECT FIT FOR THE INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS WE ARE BUILDING AT PORT SAN ANTONIO.
THE SELECTION OF THE PORT AS THE LOCATION FOR THIS PROJECT IS A STRONG VALIDATION OF THE VISION AND STRATEGY THAT THE BOARD AND THE LEADERSHIP AT PORT SAN ANTONIO HAVE FOR BUILDING AN ECOSYSTEM IN OF INNOVATION, NOT ONLY TO GROW HIGH PAYING QUALITY JOBS ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH I SHARE WITH COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, BUT TO GROW THE FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPING THE WORKFORCE THAT COMPANIES SUCH AS DELOREAN WILL REQUIRE INTO THE FUTURE.
DELOREAN CHOOSING SAN ANTONIO AND PORT SAN ANTONIO IS ALSO FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THE GROWING APPEAL OF SAN ANTONIO AS A HUB FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.
FOLLOWING ON NAVISTAR IN D THREE, ESTABLISHING A MANUFACTURING FACILITY HERE AND TOYOTA BEFORE THEM.
THIS PROJECT IS EVIDENCE OF THE APPEAL AND MOMENTUM WE HAVE IN A GROWING CLUSTER OF MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS IN SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROXIMITY THAT WE HAVE TO MEXICO.
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WE'RE IMPORTANT CLUSTERS OF SUPPLIERS EXIST.FINALLY, THIS PROJECT FITS SQUARELY WITHIN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND GUIDELINES, WHICH INCLUDE AN EMPHASIS ON PROJECTS THAT ARE HEADQUARTERS AND TARGETED INDUSTRIES AND SUPPORTIVE OF PLACED BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH ALSO TO MR. HU FOR SELECTING SAN ANTONIO AS A SITE OF THE DELOREAN HEADQUARTERS.
WE WISH THE COMPANY GREAT SUCCESS AS IT GETS SETTLED AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE TO COME.
BUT I ALSO CAN'T FORGET TO CREDIT THE WOMEN MAJORITY TEAM HERE AT THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND AT GREATER SA TEXAS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO MAKE THIS A REALITY.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE VALUABLE ASSETS WHO WE CAN ALSO COUNT ON TO DO THE VETTING AND ANALYSIS REQUIRED FOR EACH AND EVERY PROJECT.
AND, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I ASK JUST A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BEFORE I I MAKE THE MOTION.
WE HEARD TODAY, UH, THAT THE DELOREAN IS JUST A BRAND, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REFERENCED IN ONE OF THE ARTICLES.
I BELIEVE DELOREAN IS AN ICONIC BRAND RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY MORE THAN JUST A NAME.
IT'S FAMILIAR IN THE IMAGINATIONS HEARTS AND MEMORIES OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, INCLUDING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE EXCITEMENT THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND I HAD WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THE DELOREAN.
AND SO I THINK EVERYBODY, UH, STARTED LOOKING FOR THEIR RED PUFFER VESTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WORE IT IN SUPPORT.
AND SO I'M ENTHUSIASTIC AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
WE HAVE COLLEGE STUDENTS THAT ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND THEY'RE INSPIRED TO HELP YOU ALL ALSO BECOME SUCCESS BECAUSE YOUR SUCCESS IS SAN ANTONIO'S SUCCESS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR STEPPING UP.
UM, THE PROJECT IS WITHIN I D I F GUIDELINES.
UH, AGAIN, I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT THIS INCLUDES AN EMPHASIS ON HEADQUARTERS AND TARGETED INDUSTRIES.
THE MONEY, UH, IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND ADOPTED BUDGET.
AND THANK YOU FOR WILLING TO INVEST SO MUCH MONEY, UH, INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
I ESPECIALLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT, UM, WE ARE NOT, UH, GIVING ANY MONEY UPFRONT AND IT'S UNTIL COMMITMENTS ARE FULFILLED.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE ADDRESS THAT QUESTION AS WELL.
UM, BUT I'M GONNA GIVE MY COLLEAGUES THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE, UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND GRANT AGREEMENT WITH DELOREAN AND MOTOR MANUFACTURING.
SECOND, RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 18.
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER PIA, UM, I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME CONCERNS EXPRESSED ABOUT THIS DEAL.
UM, I THINK THE CONCERNS ARE, ARE NOT WARRANTED AND NOT MARRIED IN THIS INSTANCE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT WE'VE STRUCTURED THE DEAL.
SO, UM, YES, THERE IS A $562,000, UH, INCENTIVE THAT'S BEING PUT ON THE TABLE HERE AT THAT, HOWEVER, IS A CONTINGENT INCENTIVE, RIGHT, BRENDA? UM, AND WE'RE, UM, AND BY THAT I MEAN THAT DELOREAN HAS TO HIT TARGETS AND, AND MILESTONES, UM, OF, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF JOBS, UH, PAY.
UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU, YOU HAVE TO HIT THE SALARY GOALS.
YOU HAVE TO HIT THE HIRING GOALS.
UM, AND AS YOU HIT THESE GOALS, DELOREAN, THEN YOU RECEIVE THE TRANCHES OF THESE, OF, OF THESE INCENTIVES.
THAT'S NOT A GIVEAWAY,
UM, IT'S ALSO STRUCTURED TO MAXIMIZE, UM, AND, AND INSULATE WELL, IT'S MAXIMIZE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, BUT ALSO TO INSULATE THE CITY FROM POTENTIAL RISKS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BEING REALLY, REALLY GOOD STEWARDS OF, UH, PEOPLE'S MONEY.
AND WE, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE, AND YOU'VE AGREED TO SOME PRETTY AGGRESSIVE MONITORING, UM, FOR COMPLIANCE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL.
AND WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED IN THERE RECAPTURE PROVISIONS, UH, TO RECAPTURE THESE INCENTIVES IF, UM, IF DELOREAN DOESN'T HIT THESE, HIT THESE, UM, THESE MARKS.
I I WANNA POINT OUT, UM, I COULDN'T GO TO MED SCHOOL, SO I HAD TO BECOME AN AUTO EXECUTIVE.
UH, AND I WORKED AT ONE OF THE LARGEST AUTO EXECUTIVE, UM, COMPANIES ON THE PLANET.
AND I GOT TO WORK WITH A TEAM, UH, WHO PUT TOGETHER THESE KINDS OF DEALS WITH OTHER CITIES.
IT'S AN INVESTMENT OF 500,000 PLUS OVER 10 YEARS WITH AN R O I OF $2.7 MILLION IF ANYBODY'S GOT A CALCULATOR.
UH, I THINK THAT'S 482% R O I.
UM, THAT'S A PRETTY DARN GOOD DEAL.
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JOBS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT JOBS THAT PAY $70,000 PLUS IN, UM, IN SALARIES.AND THAT'S THE MINIMUM, RIGHT? I MEAN, I, HAVING WORKED IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY, $70,000 IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA END UP PAYING FOR R AND D AND ENGINEERING JOBS AND FINANCE AND HR AND IT.
UM, AND SO, UH, YOU GOT MY, MY FULL SUPPORT ON THIS ONE.
AND, UH, BRENDA CAN CAN, CAN YOU COME UP HERE REAL QUICK? UM, AND ANSWER A, A QUESTION FOR ME FOR THE MOST PART.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE NEW TO THIS JOB AND, AND, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOTTEN TO DO A, A PRETTY DEEP DIVE INTO THE WAY THAT WE DO DEALS LIKE THIS FOR THE MOST PART.
UM, WHAT'S OUR TRACK RECORD ON INCENTIVES AND HOW THEY END UP PAYING OFF FOR THE CITY AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, REVENUE, BUT ALSO JOB CREATION AND THE, UM, THE INDIRECT JOBS AND THE MUL, YOU KNOW, THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT, YOU KNOW, UM, OUR TRACK RECORD, NOT JUST OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, LET'S SAY THE PAST 20 YEARS.
WELL, WE DO REPORT ON THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UM, OVERALL THE CITY'S TRACK RECORD IS, IS PRETTY GOOD.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, THE JOBS ARE TYPICALLY CREATED.
THE CITY DOES HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE CLAWBACK, UM, BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE ACTIVITY.
SO IF SOMETHING, IF A COMPANY DOES NOT PERFORM, UH, WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT BEING ABLE TO TERMINATE THOSE AGREEMENTS AND CAPTURE THOSE FUNDS AS WELL.
PRETTY GOOD, TO ME MEANS IT HAS RESULTED IN PROFIT TO THE CITY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, AND BOTH MONETARILY, BUT ALSO IN THE NON-MONETARY DIVIDENDS, UH, THAT THIS PAYS OUT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CERTAINLY LOOK AT.
AGAIN, WE, WE DO DO THE ANALYSIS ON WHAT THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS IS, UH, AND THE, UH, BENEFIT TO THE CITIES HAVE FAR OUTWEIGHED THE COST THAT IT HAS BEEN TO DATE.
MY HOPE IS THAT YOU GUYS SUCCEED WILDLY AND THAT WE ARE HERE AGAIN SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, CONGRATULATING YOU ON THAT SUCCESS AND THEN HEARING ABOUT YOUR EXPANSION PLANS IN PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE, PHASE FOUR.
UH, BUT ALSO, UM, MY HOPE IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR FRIENDS FROM THE MEDIA WHO DO AN EXCELLENT JOB AT COVERING THESE STORIES, UM, WILL GET AN A PLUS FROM, UH, THE PUBLIC AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, TELLING A COMPLETE STORY ABOUT HOW, UM, CONSERVATIVE WE'RE BEING AND HOW AGGRE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS BEING INVESTED IN THIS, BUT ALSO HOW AGGRESSIVE WE'RE BEING WITH, UH, PROTECTING THE PEOPLE'S MONEY AND WITH THESE CLAWBACK PROVISIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW, THESE, THIS MONEY IS PAID OUT WHEN MILESTONES ARE HIT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED ON DELOREAN.
UM, I'M GONNA OPEN THE NEWSPAPER TOMORROW AND I FULLY EXPECT TO SEE THAT.
AND IF I DON'T, GOD, IT'LL BE A SAD DAY IN SAN ANTONIO.
BUT TODAY IS A HAPPY DAY IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, AS I THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL LASTLY, AND MAYBE THE CLERK WILL NOTE IT IN THE MINUTES OR NOT.
UM, AND I'M NOT KIDDING, IS, ARE YOU GUYS TAKING DEPOSITS FOR, UH, PRE-ORDERS? 'CAUSE IF YOU ARE, I GOT A CHECK, UH, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU I'D, I'D LOVE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE CARS.
UH, AND WHEN YOU DO START TAKING DEPOSITS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
UH, I WANNA BE FIRST ON THE LIST.
COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRIME.
UM, SO I JUST, I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, ADRIANA FOR PULLING THIS ITEM.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT.
UM, THIS IS A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY PLANS.
AS SHE MENTIONED, TOYOTA FROM 2003, NAVISTAR, I THINK FROM 2016.
I COULD BE WRONG, BUT NAVISTAR IS HERE.
AND NOW WITH THE ADDITION OF THE DELOREAN, I THINK THAT WE ARE, IT'S TELLING, UH, THE STATE, TELLING THE UNITED STATES THAT WE ARE IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
SO I'M GONNA TAKE THE REST OF MY TIME TO INVITE OUR GUEST UP, UH, JUICED AND DEAN, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE YOU TO SHARE WHY, WHY SAN ANTONIO? I MEAN, OTHER THAN TOYOTA AND NAVISTAR, WHY ELSE, UH, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
UM, WHY SAN ANTONIO? SAN ANTONIO BECAME THE PEARL THAT NOBODY KNEW EXISTED.
UM, WE, WE SHOPPED A LONG TIME, DIFFERENT STATES, EVEN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN THE BEGINNING.
UM, BUT WHEN WE LOOK OUTSIDE IN, FROM AN OUTSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE, YOU HAVE THINGS HERE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY THAT MAKE YOU A VERY COMPETITIVE, UH, UH, GIVE YOU COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES.
I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THREE GROUPS, UH, THE GREATER S A T X ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
PHENOMENAL PEOPLE, I THINK THE PEOPLE AT THE PORT OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, THAT SHOWED US A VISION OF WHAT THIS, THIS
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AREA WILL BE.UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY, UH, OUR COUNCILMAN, UH, ROCHA GARCIA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, YOU'VE MADE US WELCOME IT.
IT'S, IT'S NOT EASY TO PICK A HEADQUARTERS.
BUILDING A FACTORY IS ONE DISCUSSION.
HAVING A HEADQUARTERS IS ANOTHER, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOUR ACADEMIA IS WILLING TO DO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE WITH ALL THE SUPPLY BASE THAT IS HERE, CATERPILLAR IS ANOTHER AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY THAT'S LOCALLY AVAILABLE.
YOU HAVE SOME LOCAL SUPPLIERS LIKE RACE INTERIORS.
THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON HERE.
AND ULTIMATELY THIS WAS NOT A DECISION ABOUT MONEY.
THIS WAS BECAUSE OTHER STATES OFFER A LOT MORE ZEROS THAN YOU DO.
WHAT YOU OFFERED WAS PEOPLE, WHAT YOU OFFERED WAS THE WILLINGNESS TO SAY YES.
WHAT YOU OFFERED AS AN ORGANIZATION, AS A GROUP WAS MAKING US FEEL WELCOME AND SAY, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE IT, BUT WE HAVE A WAY HOW TO GET THERE.
AND, AND THAT IS REALLY THE POWER OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP POLK.
BUT I WANNA THANK YOU AND, AND ANYONE THAT YOU'RE HEARING THAT'S SAYING INCENTIVES, THIS, INCENTIVES THAT, THAT WAS THE SAME THING THEY TOLD US WHEN WE BROUGHT TOYOTA, AND THAT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.
SO WE'VE GOT HIGH HOPES FOR YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND SHARING TODAY.
UM, GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS UP HERE.
I ALWAYS HAVE QUESTIONS,
UM, SAYS THAT, UH, WE'RE TAKING 562 OUT OF YOUR BUDGET IN 22.
WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR TOTAL BUDGET YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN 22? SURE.
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A BALANCE OF 3 MILLION, JUST OVER $3 MILLION IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND.
THAT DOES INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL 2 MILLION THAT WAS, UM, REPAID FROM ONE OF OUR OTHER INCENTIVE CLIENTS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S GONNA BE A CARRYOVER INTO 22 IN YOUR FUND, SO, ALRIGHT, I, I'M, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING YOU WHY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOUR CURRENT, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT IN 22.
WHAT IS YOUR, WHAT ARE OUR BUDGET WAS JUST OVER $1 MILLION FOR 22 FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 OF AVAILABLE FUNDS.
SO BASICALLY YOU'RE TAKING HALF OF YOUR BUDGET FOR THIS ONE PROJECT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME? YES.
IF YOU LOOK, UM, YEAH, UM, THAT, THAT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT STEEP TO ME WHY WE'RE GIVING HALF OF OUR BUDGET FOR ONE PROJECT IN 22:00 AM AM I, AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE? WHAT I'M ASKING, YOU'RE TELLING ME ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'RE TAKING IT OUTTA YOUR 20 F Y 22 BUDGET, YOU'RE TELLING ME THERE'S $1 MILLION IN YOUR F Y 22 BUDGET, SO THAT'S TELLING ME WE'RE TAKING OUT HALF FOR ONE PROJECT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.
UM, AND AS WE RECAPTURE FUNDS TOO, THE BUDGET DOES IS INCREASED AND THAT IS WHY I WAS ALSO HIGHLIGHTING WHAT OUR CURRENT BALANCE WAS IN THE FUND.
OKAY, SO THAT'S ROLLING OVER INTO 22? YES.
WE'LL BE ADJUSTING AT MIDYEAR ADJUSTMENT.
THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT WHEN YOU WERE SAYING YEAH, WE'RE TAKING OUT HALF OF OUR BUDGET FOR 22, UH, FOR ONE PROJECT THAT CONCERNED ME.
UM, SO OUTTA YOUR TOTAL BUDGET, WHAT PERCENTAGE IS THIS PROJECT OUTTA YOUR TOTAL BUDGET? THE ROLLOVER AND, OKAY, SO I HAVE TO DO HEAD MATH 20 WHAT? 20%? YEP.
AND, AND YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THAT 20% OF YOUR BUDGET GOING TO ONE PROJECT FOR 22, THAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
UM, ALL RIGHT, SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT, NEXT SLIDE.
SO EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THIS ESTIMATED STEADY REVENUE IS 2.7 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS, AND THEN WHAT THE FISCAL NET FISCAL BENEFIT IS OVER 10 YEARS OF 500,000.
SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? SURE.
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WITH ALL OF THE TAXES THAT ARE ANTICIPATED FROM THE PROJECT, THAT IS THE NET BENEFIT OF $2.7 MILLION OVER THE, AGAIN, THAT 10 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.WE THEN DO A CALCULATION OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT THE ADDED JOBS AND, UM, ENERGY UTILITY, A VARIETY OF THINGS.
SO THE, THE NET IMPACT, UM, PARTICULARLY TO THE CITY.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, ANY INCENTIVES, SO THE 562,500 IS REDUCED, AND THAT IS WHAT GETS YOU THE NET FISCAL BENEFIT OF JUST OVER $507,000.
SO REALLY THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS THAT SECOND BULLET, THE 507,000 OVER 10 YEARS.
SO ABOUT $50,000 A YEAR, SIR, FOR 10 YEARS? YES, SIR.
AND YOU'RE STILL THINKING THAT'S A GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT? YES.
WHAT WE DO NOT CAPTURE IN OUR CALCULATIONS ARE ANY OF THE INDIRECT BENEFITS.
THESE ARE JUST THE DIRECT BENEFITS.
SO INDIRECT BENEFITS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE THE ADDITIONAL, UM, FUNDING AND EXPENSES THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE WORKERS SPEND AT THE GAS STATION, AT THE STORES, AT THE RESTAURANTS.
IT ALSO DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES THAT MAY LOCATE HERE AS A SUPPLIER OR AS A SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION.
SO WE DO RECOMMEND THIS PROJECT AS A HEADQUARTER PAYING THE, THE 450 POSITIONS, THE AVERAGE OF 147,000 PLUS.
SO WE SHOULD, WHICH THE NET FISCAL BENEFIT IS ONLY $50,000.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET BACK IN ADDITION TO WHAT OUR INVESTMENT IS.
BUT WHEN YOU CALCULATE ALL THAT OTHER STUFF THAT GOES IN, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING YOU DON'T, YOU DIDN'T FIGURE IN OTHER, OTHER INDUSTRIES, BUT REALLY THERE WOULDN'T BE OTHER INDUSTRIES SUPPORTING A HEADQUARTERS, WOULD IT? WELL, THERE'S, THERE COULD BE LEGAL, THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL OUTSIDE, UM, ACCOUNTING SERVICES.
AGAIN, WE, WE DON'T TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS PART OF THIS CALCULATION, BUT THERE ARE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WITH HEADQUARTERS.
UM, AND YOU MENTIONED AGGRESSIVE CLAWBACK MEASURES.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE IT'S, AGAIN, ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS ARE PERFORMANCE BASED.
UM, IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE NOT EARNING ANY FUNDS UNTIL THEY MEET THOSE, UH, PERFORMANCE METRICS.
SO WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE 150, THE 300 AND THE 450 POSITIONS.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, IT'S 1,250 PER POSITION.
UH, THEY WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY OF THAT UNTIL THOSE, THE INITIAL 150 POSITIONS ARE CONFIRMED.
AND AT THE WAGES THAT WERE INDICATED, AGAIN, THAT AVERAGE WAGE OF 146, THE MINIMUM WAGE OF 50,000.
AND THEN LIKEWISE, THEY ALSO HAVE TO SHOW THAT THEY MADE THE INVESTMENT OF THAT $18.5 MILLION.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, THEN ADDITIONAL TRANCHES WOULD BE MADE AT 300 AND 450.
IF AT ANY POINT IN TIME DURING THAT, IF AFTER, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FUNDS ARE PAID AT 150, BUT WE DON'T, THE COMPANY DOESN'T HIT ADDITIONAL BENCHMARKS, WE DO HAVE THOSE ROLLBACKS, THE CLAWBACKS INCLUDED AS WELL.
SO TO RECAPTURE TO MEET THOSE METRICS BEFORE THEY GET THE YES SIR.
UM, WELL, I, I SEEM TO REMEMBER A, A PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT WE DIDN'T CLAW BACK AND THAT WAS, UH, A PETCO EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE FORGAVE THEM, THEIR, UH, OBLIGATION OF THE CONTRACT.
AND, UM, I, I'M STILL UNEASY ABOUT THAT.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, IF THAT PARTICULAR CASE COULD REPEAT ITSELF IN THE FUTURE, AND, AND LET'S JUST SAY WORST CASE SCENARIO, THE COMPANY GOES AWAY, WHAT, WHAT WOULD WE DO THEN? SO IF THE COMPANY GOES AWAY PRIOR TO, UH, THE 150 POSITIONS BEING, WE WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED, BUT THERE WOULD, WE WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT ANY, WE WOULD NOT HAVE EXPENDED ANY OF THE E D I F RESOURCES.
UM, IF THEY GO AWAY AFTER WE HAVE STARTED PROVIDING THOSE FUNDS AGAIN AT THE 150, 300 AND 450 TRANCHES, THEN WE DO HAVE A RECAPTURE WHERE WE WOULD, UM, BE ABLE TO RECAPTURE A PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS OR ALL OF THE FUNDS, DEPENDING UPON HOW MANY POSITIONS AND THE SPECIFIC DETAILS AND TIMING OF THE, OF THAT CLOSURE.
SO IF THEY GET UP TO 300 BUT THEY DON'T MAKE IT TO THE, THE FOUR 50, UH, WE CAN CLAW BACK
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ACTUALLY WHAT WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN THEM? YES, SIR.AND THEN THE LAST, UH, SLIDE NINE.
UM, TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROJECT NOMINATION.
SO THE TEXAS, UH, ENTERPRISE NOMINATION IS, UM, SO IT'S, UH, PROVIDES FOR, AND I'M TOTALLY LOSING, UM, OH, A REBATE ON SALES TAXES AND, UM, SO ON SALES TAX THAT THE COMPANY EARNS.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING, UM, AT THE STATE LEVEL.
SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A NOMINATION, UM, FOR THAT WHICH WAS APPROVED ON COUNCIL ITEM NUMBER 19 TODAY.
UH, AND THEN, UH, THEN THE APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE AND THE STATE WILL REVIEW IT AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE THAT APPLICATION.
AND HOW MUCH IS THAT WORTH? DO WE HAVE THE ESTIMATE? 1 1, 2 5.
THE ESTIMATE IS 1.125 MILLION.
SO IN TOTAL, 1.2 PLUS FIVE, CLOSE TO $2 MILLION IN GRANTS IN, IN, IN MONEY COMING INTO THIS RELOCATE OR THIS ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HEADQUARTERS HERE, IF APPROVED.
AND THEN, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ASKED FOR BEFORE I, I, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS, IS WHAT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR OFFICE IS DOING, THE METRICS.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THE METRICS AT SOME THE METRICS AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
UM, BRENDA, I'M GONNA HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU, BUT ACTUALLY THE FIRST ONE I HAVE IS FOR JIM.
JIM, COULD YOU TELL ME, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF THIS IS THAT, UH, DELOREAN, UH, WILL SPEND 18.5 MILLION, UH, TO BE INVESTED IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I PRESUME PART OF THAT INVESTMENT, UH, WILL BE PROPERTY EITHER RENTAL OR OWNERSHIP AT THE PORT.
CAN YOU TELL ME, UH, HOW THAT LOOKS TO YOU? SURE.
I CAN GIVE YOU THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF WHAT IT WOULD BE.
IT'S GONNA START OUT WITH RENTING SOME SPACE THAT WE'RE CONVERTING, THAT EXISTS ON THE PROPERTY.
THEN WE ARE BUILDING A NEW FACILITY ON THE CAMPUS.
WE'LL BE TALKING SOME MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT, AND THEY'LL BE RENTING SPACE IN THAT FACILITY.
WHAT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER COMPANIES, THE OTHER SUPPLIERS? AS A HEADQUARTERS IN ENGINEERING, WHAT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IS THE COMBINATION THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE WITH THE EXISTING LABORATORIES AND RESEARCH ENTITIES, BOTH ON OUR CAMPUS AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
ONE EXAMPLE THAT I DON'T MIND SHARING IS WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH U T S A AND WITH THE LONG WORK THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
AND SO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THOSE FACILITIES, WHAT I CAN'T TELL YOU, UH, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S STILL IN NEGOTIATION, BUT FRANKLY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, IS WHERE THAT 18.25 FIGURE CAME FROM.
THIS IS GOING TO WIND UP BEING A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER INVESTMENT THAN 18.25 MILLION.
BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, JUST LIKE WITH THE WAGES, THAT IS THE COMMITMENT THAT THE COMPANY IS MAKING.
AT THE MINIMUM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS AND WE LOOK AT THE VALUE 450 HEADQUARTERS PEOPLE IS NOT JUST THE ADMINISTRATION, IT'S THE ENGINEERING AND IT'S THE DESIGN WORK IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT GO TO NEW FUEL SYSTEMS, THAT GO TO NEW POWER SYSTEMS THAT ARE GONNA INCORPORATE SENSOR SYSTEMS. WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST PROGRAM IN SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS AND EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS.
AND THE TYPE OF WORK THAT DELOREAN IS DOING WILL AUGMENT THAT PROGRAM.
IT WILL AUGMENT THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AT THE CYBER MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTE.
IT WILL AUGMENT THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING WITH THE RESEARCH.
AND THEN THE, UH, THE PART THAT I THINK GETS GLOSSED OVER IS THE INVESTMENT THAT THEY'RE MAKING IN THE EDUCATION AND THEY'RE MAKING IN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING AT THE PORT, AS HAS THE CITY INTO THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THOSE RELATED INSTITUTIONS.
WE HAVE HAD 60,000 STUDENTS COME THROUGH THOSE DOORS.
IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, WE EXPECT TO HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE.
AND OUR MEASUREMENT IS NOT JUST BRINGING THE STUDENTS IN TO SHOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITIES, IT'S TO MATCH THEM UP WITH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WITH THE COMMITMENT THAT DELOREAN IS MAKING TO BE AN ACTIVE PART OF THAT ECOSYSTEM, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IS STUDENTS, NOT JUST FROM DISTRICTS 4, 5, 3, BUT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY COMING THROUGH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN AUGMENTATION OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SYSTEM AND THE EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM THAT WE'RE BUILDING.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
WHAT WE SEE IS GONNA BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN $18 MILLION OF INVESTMENT INTO THIS CAMPUS.
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A MUCH LARGER PHASE THAT WE'RE GONNA DETAIL IN THE COMING MONTHS THAT WE SEE TO COME IN PORT SAN ANTONIO.AND MOST IMPORTANT, SOLIDIFYING OUR PLACE, NOT JUST IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, BUT IN EVERYTHING THAT IS RELATED TO THE NEW AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, ELECTRIC VEHICLES, INDUCTIVE CHARGING MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS. WHAT HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU ESTIMATED WHAT YOUR COSTS ARE GOING TO BE AS A COMMITMENT TO THIS WHOLE PROJECT? YES AND NO.
WE HAVE A BALLPARK FIGURE AS TO WHAT WE THINK THE VARIOUS FACILITIES ARE GOING TO COST.
SOME OF THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE THE CONTINUING DESIGN.
AND I'M NOT TRYING TO, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO KEEP THE NEGOTIATIONS PRIVATE.
BUT THERE ARE TWO PHASES TO THIS.
THEY HAVE ALREADY MOVED INTO A RELATIVELY SMALL FACILITY ON THE CAMPUS.
WE KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STAGE IS GONNA BE IN TERMS OF THE IMMEDIATE ENGINEERING FACILITY AND THE IMMEDIATE OFFICES.
THE PART THAT WE STILL NEED TO LOOK AT, AND THE PART THAT REALLY EXCITES ME MORE AT THE PORT IS WHAT THE ULTIMATE STAGE IS GOING TO BE.
THERE, THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT IT'S A BUILD TO SUIT AND IT'S NOT REALLY A BUILD TO SUIT.
WE ARE OUT OF SPACE ONCE AGAIN AT THE PORT.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LAUNCH ONE, TWO, OR THREE MORE BUILDINGS HERE BEFORE THIS YEAR IS OUT.
AND THE 450 PEOPLE WITH DELOREAN WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARD DECIDING WHETHER THIS IS A SINGLE BUILDING, THREE BUILDINGS, TWO BUILDINGS, HOW THAT WILL CONNECT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CAMPUSES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE PROPERTY.
AND FRANKLY, HOW WE'RE GONNA MAXIMIZE THE INVESTMENT THE CITY IS MAKING IN THE BOND PROGRAM.
WE HAVE $15 MILLION ON THE BOND ELECTION FOR THE STREETS AND CITYSCAPES, IRONICALLY, I CAN TELL YOU WE HAVE AT LEAST $15 MILLION THAT THE PORT IS GONNA HAVE TO INVEST BECAUSE THE $15 MILLION IN THE BOND, WHILE WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL, THE COMMITTEES, AND THE, AND THE VOTERS, THAT PROJECT IS GONNA COST $30 MILLION AND IT'S PROBABLY GONNA COST MORE WITH THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WE EXPECT TO HEADQUARTER ON THE PORT IN THE COMING YEARS.
WELL, I HOPE THAT, UH, WHEN YOU FINISH YOUR NEGOTIATIONS AND YOU COME TO FINAL TERMS, YOU'LL SHARE WITH US WHAT THE INVESTMENT IS ON THE PORT SIDE LY FOR THIS WHOLE THING.
I THINK PART OF WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FOR THE 18 AND A HALF MILLION INVESTMENT, UH, DID THAT HAVE THAT TO DO WITH, UH, SALES TAX, PROPERTY TAX, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THE 18, EXCUSE ME, THE 18 AND A HALF IS BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX THAT THEY'RE GOING, OR BUSINESS, PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT THEY'LL BE INVESTING INTO THE BUILDINGS.
SO WE'RE ASSUMING THAT THEIR 18 AND A HALF MILLION INVESTMENT IS GOING TO INCLUDE, THEY'RE GONNA BE PUTTING PERSONAL PROPERTY EQUIPMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT? YES, SIR.
SO IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ALL FOR A BUILDING OR SOME OF IT MAY BE FOR RENT.
SO IT'S A VARIETY OF COMPONENTS.
THE 18 AND A HALF IS ALL PERSONAL PROPERTY, WHICH WE WILL CONFIRM WITH, UM, BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT KIND OF, I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING.
'CAUSE IF YOU HAD 450 PEOPLE WORKING AND YOU SPENT $20,000 A PIECE ON PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR 'EM, THAT'S STILL ONLY $9 MILLION.
SO I, I WAS KIND OF WONDERING HOW THEY GOT TO 18 AND A HALF MILLION IN VALUE, BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT THEY'RE STILL NEGOTIATING.
PART OF IT MAY ACTUALLY BE IN THEIR MINDS THE COST FOR FACILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR TAKE ON, ON WHERE THAT WAS COMING FROM.
UH, I, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR THAT THERE ARE GONNA BE 450 JOBS CREATED AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT'S GONNA BE OVER TIME.
THEY'RE NOT ALL GONNA BE CREATED FIRST, SECOND OR EVEN THIRD OR FOURTH YEAR MAYBE.
UH, WILL ALL THOSE 450 JOBS THAT ARE CREATED BE BASED IN AND STAY IN SAN ANTONIO? YES.
THIS IS CONTINGENT UPON SPECIFICALLY BEING LOCATED IN PORT SA.
UH, I WAS A LITTLE, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PAY, UH, AMOUNTS THAT WERE MENTIONED.
UH, ONE WAS THEY'RE GONNA PAY AT LEAST 50,000.
THE MAJORITY'S GOING TO EARN AT LEAST 70,000 OR MAYBE EVEN SAW 80,000.
UH, BUT THE AVERAGE SALARY'S GONNA BE 145,600.
JUST AMAZING TO ME HOW THOSE KINDS OF NUMBERS ADD UP.
I'LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT HOW ALL OF THAT PLAYS OUT OVER TIME.
UH, ONE OTHER ISSUE WAS, UH, THE REVENUE OVER 10 YEARS WAS 2.7 MILLION.
UH, THE COST TO THE CITY IS 1.641 MILLION.
WHAT IS THAT COST? I THOUGHT WE WERE ONLY LOOKING AT 562,000 FROM E D F.
WHY IS THERE ANOTHER 1.6 MILLION COSTS TO THE CITY? WHAT'S THAT FOR? WHENEVER WE DO, UH, LOOK AT AN INCENTIVE PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO TAKE A LOOK AT
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THOSE ADDITIONAL COSTS SUCH AS POLICE SERVICE, FIRE SERVICE, UM, THERE'S ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT THE CITY PROVIDES TO ANY BUSINESS.AND WE WANT TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS PART OF OUR ANALYSIS FOR THAT NET FISCAL BENEFIT OVERALL TO THE CITY.
THAT SEEMS A LOT FOR ANOTHER FACILITY GOING TO AN EXISTING FACILITY THAT ALREADY HAS ALL THOSE SERVICES.
WELL, WE, WE DO HAVE A VERY, UM, CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE SO THAT AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO BE ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE WHEN WE'RE MAKING THESE ESTIMATES, SIR.
BUT REALLY WE GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE THAT, UH, MY FELLOW COUNCILMAN MENTIONED THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE AS A RETURN TO THE CITY OVER THE 10 YEARS, $507,000.
BUT E D F IS PUTTING UP OVER THAT 10 YEARS, IF NOT SOON, AT $562,000.
SO IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE PUTTING IN MORE THAN WE'RE GONNA GET OUT.
NOW, I RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE NOT INCLUDING ONCE PEOPLE GET THOSE JOBS AND START SPENDING THAT MONEY AND MAYBE BUYING HOMES OR GOING OUT IN THE ECONOMY AND SPENDING THEIR MONEY AND GENERATING SALES TAX AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT ALL OF THAT IS VERY IFFY GOING DOWN THE LINE.
BUT I GUESS PAYING THE 562,000 OUT IS IFFY TOO.
'CAUSE IF THEY DON'T HIRE OVER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, WE DON'T PAY IT OUT.
AND WOULD IT, IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THE CITY COSTS WOULDN'T BE SO HIGH IF IT DOESN'T DEVELOP THE WAY THEY WANT IT TO DEVELOP OR THE WAY IT'S PLANNED? ALSO, THAT COULD, I MEAN, AS YOU HEARD, UM, MR. PERCH MENTION THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING THE FACILITY.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S INHERENTLY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GROWTH AT HAPPENING AT PORT SA.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, BUT I WILL VOTE FOR IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO AN AVERAGE WAGE OF $145,600.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I HAVE A MINOR IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
I USED TO BE INVOLVED WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE.
I WAS INVOLVED IN SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.
UM, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, UM, ONE OF THE PORTS, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, BETO, ALTA MURANO CALLED ME A FEW MONTHS AGO AND HE SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME REALLY EXCITING THINGS AT THE PORT, WOULD LOVE FOR YOUR YOU TO, TO SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND I SAID, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT IN MY DISTRICT, BUT I BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
WOULD LOVE TO SUPPORT YOU ALL.
I CALLED UP COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA, AND, UH, AND I, I, I JUST SHARED THAT WITH HER AND SHE SAID, PLEASE, PLEASE JOIN THE TEAM AND COME HELP US.
UH, I CAN'T SAY THAT I CAN TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR, UM, LURING DELOREAN HERE TO SAN ANTONIO, BUT I, I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE PORT GOING FORWARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY CRITICIZED DELOREAN AS SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A, MAYBE IT'S JUST A BRAND.
AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THAT AND UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES A BRAND IS WORTH MORE THAN THE PRODUCT.
YOU CAN GO TO WALMART AND YOU CAN BUY THREE COTTON T-SHIRTS, WHITE COTTON T-SHIRTS FOR $10.
AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE PAY A LOT MORE THAN I EVER WOULD FOR A T-SHIRT.
AND I ACTUALLY GOOGLED IT AND I WAS, I GOOGLED EXPENSIVE T-SHIRTS.
AND SOME OF THESE BRANDS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW, D AND G I, MAYBE IT'S DOLCE AND GAANA
HOW DO I SEE IT? YES, I'M COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, IF YOU CAN STAY IN THE LANE OF THE SUBJECT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, SO, BUT ABSOLUTELY.
SO I MEAN, THESE T-SHIRTS THEY COST, OH, THEY STARTED OVER $500.
RIGHT? AND, AND SO I WOULD NEVER PAY THAT.
BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WOULD, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT, THAT YOU KNOW THESE DELORES WOULD, WOULD BE OVERPRICED, BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT MARKETS FOR DIFFERENT PRODUCTS, AND A BRAND CAN, CAN GO A LONG WAY IN, UH, GETTING A PRODUCT OUT THERE.
UM,
I WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT, UM, DELOREAN'S NOT, IS IF WE VOTE FOR THIS DELOREAN'S NOT WALKING OUT OUTTA HERE WITH A CHECK FROM CITY COUNCIL, AND THAT THEY WON'T GET A SINGLE PENNY UNTIL THEY HAVE 150 EMPLOYEES THERE MAKING AN AVERAGE OF THAT $145,600.
AND SO YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND EARN IT STILL, RIGHT? SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT NOTHING COMES OF THIS, BUT, UM, I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU ALL WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.
BUT THAT OPENS UP THE CONVERSATION OF WHAT IS GOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOO.
IS THIS, IS THIS THE WAY WE SHOULD BE DOING IT? AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I HAVE STARTED CONVERSATIONS PRIVATELY WITH DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS ABOUT WHAT IS, WHAT ARE SOME BEST FORMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
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RIGHT NOW WHERE I STAND IS THAT, UM, BUILDING, CONTINUING TO BUILD A CITY HERE, OUR CITY, SAN ANTONIO, CONTINUING TO BUILD A CITY THAT HAS SUCH A, AN AMAZING QUALITY OF LIFE, THAT WE ARE ATTRACTING PEOPLE WITH A SKILLSET THAT COULD WORK ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AND THEY CHOOSE TO WORK HERE, RIGHT? AND THAT'S GONNA ATTRACT MORE, MORE BUSINESSES.AND SO I WANT TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, I WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND, AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION PUBLICLY.
SO ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED, PLEASE CONTACT MY OFFICE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING, UM, THIS, THIS DEAL.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS ITEM PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE JUST LEARNED THAT THE LINEAR AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY MAGNET PROGRAM IN THE HEART OF DISTRICT FIVE WILL BE GRADUATING ITS FIRST COHORT OF AUTOMOTIVE VOGUES THROUGH THE ST.
PHILIPS COLLEGE WITH A LEVEL ONE CERTIFICATE IN BREAKS AND FRONT END.
AND I BELIEVE THAT HAVING THIS IN OUR BACKYARD AT THE PORT WILL PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY AND PATHWAY NOT ONLY TO INTERNSHIPS, BUT UH, A PATHWAY TO AUTO ENGINEERING.
AND WHEN OUR STUDENTS LEAVE OFF TO COLLEGE AND RETURN, THAT THEY'LL HAVE AN INDUSTRY AND WILL BE ABLE TO WORK IN THEIR HOMETOWN.
I JUST WANTED TO CHIME BACK IN BECAUSE I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE AND, UM, JU UH, DEAN, YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT YOU WERE GOING ON TO WHAT WAS A MILITARY BASE.
AND JIM HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF TURNING IT INTO WHAT IS NOW PORT SAN ANTONIO.
AND I THINK WHEN WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT RETURN ON INVESTMENTS AND HOW MUCH WE'RE GETTING BACK, WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN A COMMUNITY THAT WAS LONG NOT INVESTED IN.
SO I APPLAUD YOUR DECISIONS, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN CASTILLO FOR BRINGING UP THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GONNA HAVE.
AND BRENDA, I WISH YOU COULD PUT A DOLLAR VALUE, UH, ON WHAT THIS IS GOING TO MEAN TO THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMICALLY HOW IT IS GOING TO MOVE PEOPLE UP THE LADDER, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES HERE.
SO I THINK WHEN WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DOLLARS, WE NEED TO, TO REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE'S LIVES AND THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AN AREA THAT WAS LONG REDLINED BY THIS CITY THAT LONG TOOK IN THE DEBRIS OF THE NORTH SIDE.
AND NOW WE ARE THRIVING, WE ARE MAKING CHOICES, AND WE HAVE IN PEOPLE INVESTING AND BELIEVING IN IT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHOOSING PORT JIM.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS LIKE THIS.
ERIC, YOU WANTED TO JUMP IN ON A COUPLE POINTS? YEAH, JUST ONE POINT, UH, MAYORS BEFORE YOU GUYS VOTE, I WANTED TO KIND RE UH, SUMMARIZE WHAT BRENDA SAID ABOUT THE BENEFIT.
UM, AND, AND BASED ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL HAD, I I I WANTED TO, TO JUST REHASH THAT, THAT BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS, THERE'S A $2.7 MILLION GROSS BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND AS BRENDA WALKED THROUGH, WHEN WE ESTIMATE THE IMPACT OF SERVICES OR GROWTH OF $1.6 MILLION, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU GUYS DID FOR EIGHT HOURS YESTERDAY, WHICH IS, AS WE GROW AS A CITY, WHETHER IT'S BUSINESSES OR POPULATION, THERE'S AN IMPACT ON STREETS, ON POLICE, AND WE ADD TO OUR BUDGET.
SO WHAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DOES IS THEY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, AND IT IS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE THAT GETS US TO THE 500 LITTLE OVER $500,000 ESTIMATED NET BENEFIT.
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WITH THE GROSS BENEFIT OF $2.7 MILLION, WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS A, A, UM, A, A, A GOOD INVESTMENT IN A NEW COMPANY THAT'S EXPANDING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, THIS CONTRACT, THIS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BUILT A PERFORMANCE CONTRACT LIKE THIS BASED ON, UH, JOB GROWTH.
UM, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, UM, UM, THAT WAS REALLY PUT TOGETHER BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WITH PRIOR AGREEMENTS.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IT IS A, AS JIM AND THE, AND THE TEAM LAID OUT, UM, THE ADMINISTRATION, THE ENGINEERING, IT'S REALLY HEAVY ON, ON THOSE HIGH PAYING JOBS.
AND SO WE WANTED TO APPROACH IT FROM THAT ANGLE.
SO I'M, I'M CONFIDENT THAT, THAT THIS PUTS US IN A POSITION TO HIT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCILMAN PLYS TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY, WHICH IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE, NOT JUST WITH OTHER CITIES IN THIS COUNTRY.
UM, BUT I DID WANNA POINT OUT THAT, THAT THAT NET BENEFIT IS, UM, UH, OF 500, $6,000 IS NOT THE NUMBER YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IT.
IT'S REALLY THE $2.7 MILLION BECAUSE WE WILL BE ADDING TO OUR BUDGET.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT ALL DAY YESTERDAY, AND, UM, I THINK IT'S, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE STRONGLY
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RECOMMENDING THE, THE, UM, E D I F FUNDS TO MOVE THIS PROJECT DOWN THE ROAD.IT'LL, IT'LL HAVE AN UNTOLD AND, AND IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN OUR ANALYSIS, AN UNTOLD IMPACT TO THE PORT AND JIM'S, UH, ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUT THERE.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF DIRECT, UH, NET AND GROSS ECONOMIC, UH, BENEFIT, UM, IS DIRECT ECONOMIC BENEFIT.
YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC IMPACT AND MULTIPLIER EFFECTS OF, UH, CONTINUED COMPANY GROWTH IN, IN THAT SPACE.
NO, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, MAYOR.
THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST OUR IMPACT.
IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE IMPACT OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
E, ERIC, UM, OR, OR ALEX, I, I, ONE OF THE TWO, I I, I ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WINS LIKE THIS ARE REPUTATIONAL WINS, UH, FOR THE CITY, RIGHT? AND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS WATCHED BY OTHER SITE SELECTORS, UH, WHO ARE SEARCHING FOR HOMES FOR OTHER COMPANIES, FOR THEIR, FOR, FOR THEIR COMPANY CLIENTS, RIGHT? AS THEY, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL THE COUNTRY AND CONSIDER OTHER COMPETING CITIES.
SO THAT WHEN, UM, WELL, ALEX, YOU, I MEAN, YOU TELL US, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHEN, WHEN THESE SITE SELECTORS THAT YOU INTERFACE WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, UH, ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE LOOKING AT CITIES, DO WINS, DO WINS LIKE THIS, RIGHT? AND DO, DO US LANDING COMPANIES LIKE THIS AND HAVING THEM LOCALLY, DOES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE SELLING? AND MAYBE, ERIC, YOU'RE THE RIGHT GUY TO ANSWER IT.
IT, IT ABSOLUTELY DOES, COUNCILMAN, BECAUSE, UM, THESE GENTLEMEN HERE ON THE FRONT ROW, UM, ARE HERE TODAY IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF, BUT THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITH JIM AND HIS STAFF, GREATER SS A T X, THERE'S A WHOLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, AND THE REPUTATION OF THIS REGION AND THIS CITY, UH, RESTS IN ALL OF US AND JIM, JIM AND, AND AT PORT SAN ANTONIO, LEO AT BROOKS GREATER, S A T X.
WE ALL HAVE THAT SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.
AND SO, UM, IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE, UH, AN I, UH, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS AND EXECUTE IT, WHETHER IT'S ON THE FRONT END WITH GREATER SS A T X, UH, WHETHER IT'S WITH PORT SAN ANTONIO, WHETHER IT'S THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, THE COUNTY, UH, IT DOES, UH, MAKE THINGS EASIER.
AND, AND THOSE SITE SELECTORS, THEY, THEY KNOW CITIES AND THEY TALK AND THEY WATCH.
AND SO, UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, COUNCILMAN.
IT IS, IT IS PERTINENT TO OUR REPUTATION.
AND SO, AND JIM, I INVITE YOU TO THE MICROPHONE ONE MORE TIME.
UH, WALK US THROUGH THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE I, I'VE BEEN IN THE ROOM, UH, WHEN, WHEN YOU'VE DONE THE PITCH, UH, WITH, AND, AND YOU AND I WERE TALKING TO, UH, A, UH, WHO WAS IT AND, UM, AN, AN AIRPLANE MANUFACTURER, AND THEN I'LL STOP THERE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM, DO YOU THROW OUT THE NAMES OF THE OTHER COMPANIES AT THE PORT AND THEN EVEN AT THE, OF, OF THE NAMES OF THE OTHER COMPANIES OUTSIDE OF THE PORT, RIGHT, AS PART OF THE PITCH? AND WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? YEAH, WE ABSOLUTELY DO.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE COMPANIES AT THE PORT, IT'S THE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO.
IT'S THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO.
WE HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT VERY FEW COMMUNITIES HAVE, IS ONE, A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BRILLIANT PEOPLE, THAT ARE HIGHLY MOTIVATED PEOPLE AND CAN BE TRAINED TO DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
TWO, WE HAVE A MAJOR, MAJOR DEPTH IN CERTAIN INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURING, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AEROSPACE, A HOST OF THEM.
AND THEN MOST IMPORTANT, WE ALSO HAVE A DEPTH IN THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THESE EMERGING ASPECTS.
AND WHEN YOU BRING THOSE TOGETHER AND YOU SHOW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON CONNECTING, THAT, THAT BECOMES TREMENDOUSLY POWERFUL.
I, I'D LIKE TO SAY THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS THAT DELOREAN PICKS SAN ANTONIO.
YOU'D HAVE TO TALK TO YOSS, YOU'D HAVE TO TALK TO DEAN, BUT I'M FAIRLY CONFIDENT SAYING THERE'S A COUPLE.
NUMBER ONE, WHAT THEY'RE STANDING UP IS NOT A MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE.
IT'S AN ENGINEERING AND DESIGN ENTERPRISE.
AND IN DOING THAT, YOU'VE GOT TO BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE THAT NOBODY ELSE IS BRINGING.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADVANCING NOT JUST AUTOMOBILES, BUT ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES AND THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE GOING IN THAT.
AND THEIR ABILITY TO INTERSECT WITH WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO SUCCEED.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT THAT, I SAY, WE HAVE A CHANCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO TO DO SOMETHING TREMENDOUSLY SPECIAL.
AND, AND ONE THING, COUNCILMAN GRA, I REALLY THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT THAT WE'VE GOT PORTIONS OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN SIDELINED FOR DECADES, FOR CENTURIES.
AND WHEN YOU SEE COMPANIES COMING TO SAN ANTONIO THAT DON'T NEED TO BE IN SAN ANTONIO, I CAN TELL YOU DELOREAN WAS OFFERED A LOT MORE BY A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES.
THEY'RE PICKING THIS BECAUSE OF WHAT WE ARE BUILDING IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I'D LOVE TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND SAY, THIS IS ALL PORT SAN ANTONIO, BUT I'D BE LYING TO YOU.
WHAT THIS IS, IS WHAT WE HAVE BUILT IN SAN ANTONIO, IT HAS
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BEEN A FOCUS ON INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY, INVESTING IN THE BEST OF WHAT WE DO.AND WHEN I LOOK AT THIS COUNCIL PUTTING $562,000 TO GET A GLOBAL HOPE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS HERE, THAT IS A STEAL.
IF, IF WE WERE TO BRING YOU A COMPANY THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE ESTABLISHED, PEOPLE WOULD BE THROWING THEMSELVES ALL OVER THE PLACE TO BRING SOMETHING.
AND THERE'S ONE OTHER THING I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE.
A COUPLE YEARS AGO MET FOUR FOLKS, ONE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE, TWO OTHER GENTLEMEN FROM THE REST OF SAN ANTONIO, AND A WOMAN WHO HAD AN IDEA ABOUT PUTTING ARTIFICIAL SENSORS INTO ROBOTICS.
AND EVERYBODY WOULD'VE LAUGHED AT US FOR INVESTING IN THAT COMPANY.
AND TODAY, PLUS ONE ROBOTICS A FEW YEARS LATER IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ROBOTICS STARTUPS, NOT JUST IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT IN THE WORLD.
PITTSBURGH AND IRELAND HAVE JUST ISSUED PRESS RELEASES AS THEY'VE MANAGED TO GET SPINOFF.
SO THAT LITTLE COMPANY THAT A COUPLE YEARS AGO, EVERYBODY WOULD'VE LAUGHED AT US.
UH, YOU RAN DOWN THE SHOT CLOCK.
UH, SO A BUNCH OF OTHER I DID THAT.
YOU HAD A BUNCH OF OTHER QUESTIONS.
I HAD A BUNCH OF OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PORT.
COUNCIL MEMBER PIA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR ANOTHER EXTRA MINUTE OR TWO, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT, UM, I, I SAY I'M SKEPTICAL, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I DON'T WISH THAT COMPANY THE GREATEST SUCCESS.
UH, AND I HOPE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE OUT OF THIS.
UH, AND I, AS I SAID, I WILL SUPPORT IT PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COST US A THING IF IT DOESN'T WORK.
BUT IF IT DOES, THE RETURNS ARE GONNA BE GREAT, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT I, I STILL HAVE MY CONCERNS OVER A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN SHOWN AND TALKED ABOUT.
IF A COMPANY CAME HERE AND SAID THEY WERE GONNA BUILD A STRUCTURE AND THEY WERE GONNA INVEST $50 MILLION IN IT, I'D, I'D BE A LOT MORE CONFIDENT THAN, UH, WHAT I SEE TODAY.
BUT, UH, I WILL SUPPORT IT, AND I HOPE THERE'S GREAT SUCCESS IN IT, UH, FOR THE COMPANY AND FOR SAN ANTONIO.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
UM, I THINK WITH, UH, SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THERE'S, UH, VERY LITTLE ROOM FOR MISTAKE AND A TON OF SPACE FOR THIS TO BE A BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY AND INVESTMENT.
UM, AND I MEAN BY THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOESN'T WORK, YOU DON'T GET THE MONEY, NO LOSS TO US, BUT THERE'S, IF IT GOES RIGHT, THEN IT CAN GO VERY, VERY RIGHT.
AND I WANNA STRESS THIS, UM, AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITYWIDE OPPORT, UH, IMPACT AND OPPORTUNITY.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC TO DOLLARS, YOU'RE NOT JUST GETTING MONEY FROM THE WEST SIDE OR SOUTH SIDE, YOU'RE GETTING MONEY FROM THE EAST SIDE AND NORTH SIDE AS WELL.
UM, AND SO WHAT MY CONSTITUENTS WOULD EXPECT, AND WHAT I WOULD EXPECT IS THAT, ONE, THERE'S GONNA BE INNOVATION AND RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A GIVEN, RIGHT? UM, I ALSO EXPECT THAT THERE'S GONNA BE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN AND WORK AND HAVE GROWN UP IN SAN ANTONIO AND HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT FOLK IN OTHER CITIES OR OTHER PARTS OF TOWN EVEN, UM, HAVE.
UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE EMPOWERMENT OF EXISTING COMMUNITIES.
SO HOW DO WE, UM, HOW DO WE PREPARE FOLK WHO MAY NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY IN, UH, IN ENGINEERING OR IN CORPORATE OPERATIONS? UH, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE PREPARE THEM TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN, AND, UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE EDUCATIONAL PATH TO GET THERE? UM, THESE ARE GONNA BE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO ANSWER, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO THINK, HOW AM I GONNA CONTINUE BEYOND JUST THIS? HOW AM I GONNA CONTINUE TO ENGAGE COMMUNITIES AND HOW CAN I MAKE THIS BETTER FOR SAN ANTONIO EACH AND EVERY DAY? UM, I THINK THAT LOOKS LIKE ENGAGING SCHOOLS, UM, PRE-K THROUGH PRE-K THROUGH 12, UM, THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO.
UM, I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE HEAVY RECRUITMENT AND A PRIORITY FOR FOLK WHO LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, WE HAVE SO MANY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND I, I FILLED WITH SADNESS TO SAY THIS, BUT I'VE, SO MANY OF MY FRIENDS FROM U C S A HAVE MOVED.
WE HAVE A GREAT ENGINEERING PROGRAM, WE HAVE GREAT, UH, CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A GREAT, A LOT OF PROGRAMS, AND THEY'RE LEAVING BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO RATHER THAN PUTTING RECRUITMENT EFFORTS ELSEWHERE AND SAYING, CAN WE BRING THE, THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST MINDS FROM OUT OF THE CITY, I THINK WE HAVE THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST MINDS IN THE CITY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, HEAVY, HEAVY RECRUITMENT THERE.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND BUILDING THAT BRIDGE TO THE EAST SIDE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER RJA GARCIA.
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WANTED TO, UM, WRAP UP AND SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF THEIR, THEIR COMMENTS AND FOR, UH, THEIR SUPPORT AND JUST REACHING OUT WHEN WE CAME TO YOU ALL AND, AND, UH, OPENING THE DOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS.SO I THINK THAT THIS IS WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU, UH, ASK QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME.
YOU GET SOMETHING, UM, HIGH QUALITY.
I'M SO THRILLED THAT THIS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT IS THE MODEL THAT WE'RE USING.
AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO PROBABLY, LIKE COUNCILMAN, I THINK IT WAS MAKITA RODRIGUEZ HAD MENTIONED THIS, WE SHOULD PROBABLY DOING THIS MORE OFTEN, RIGHT? IT'S PERFORMANCE BASED.
AND SO, UM, CITY COUNCIL FOR YEARS HAD BEEN CRITICIZED ON INCENTIVIZING, UH, BUSINESSES.
AND I THINK THAT THIS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT IS A WAY TO SHOW, UH, FOLKS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, ON, ON THE FUTURE OF INCENTIVES.
I ALSO, UM, COUNCILMAN BRAVO MENTIONED, UH, THE BRAND ITSELF.
AND SO I DO THINK THAT THE BRAND EQUITY HELPS WITH THE FACT THAT THIS IS A STARTUP, AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE A STARTUP CULTURE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, BUT I, I DO THINK THAT, UH, WE ARE BEYOND A STARTUP.
SORRY, I SAID WE, BUT I THINK THAT DELOREAN IS, IS BEYOND A STARTUP, RIGHT? SO, UM, THINKING ABOUT THE BRAND EQUITY, THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED, COUNCILMAN.
SO, UM, BRAND EQUITY, UH, DEFINITELY COMES WITH IT.
UH, SO SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT MAYBE A STARTUP DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE, AND THE ELECTRIC CAR MARKET IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH.
UM, THERE'S SOARING FUEL PRICES.
WE SEE IT EVERY DAY, CLIMATE CHANGE CONCERNS.
SO DEFINITELY WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS, UM, THAT'S ALL DEMANDING, UH, OR THAT'S ALL DRIVING A DEMAND FOR THESE VEHICLES.
AND SO THIS WILL ALSO SUPPORT FUTURE GROWTH INDUSTRIES, UM, THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW, WE KNOW, KNOW THAT WE NEED TODAY.
SO YES, THE DIRECT, UH, BUT ALSO THE INDIRECT AND THE INDUCED EFFECTS, THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS WILL BE, I THINK, VERY IMPORTANT, NOT JUST FOR OUR PART OF THE CITY, FOR, FOR, FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND I JUST HAVE TO, UM, END BY LETTING YOU ALL KNOW THAT YOU WILL GET A FULL VIEW AUGUST THE 18TH, UH, IN PEBBLE BEACH OF THE FULL CAR.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, COUNTING DOWN.
AND, UH, YOST TO QUOTE YOU FROM A AUTOMOTIVE OR FROM AUTO NEWS, YOU SAID, WE HAVE AN AWESOME BRAND NOW.
WE NEED TO PUT OUT AN AWESOME PRODUCT, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BELIEVING IN SAN ANTONIO.
THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO AND DISTRICT FOUR AND PORT SAN ANTONIO.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, UH, I'LL CLOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
AND, UM, THEY WERE KIND OF REFLECTIVE OF WHAT YOU SAID, JIM, UH, THAT, THAT I ALSO HEARD AND, AND WHAT YOU SAID AS WELL.
UH, AND THAT IS, UM, THERE ARE REASONS PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO SAN ANTONIO, AND ONE OF THEM IS INCREASINGLY EVIDENT IS THE WORKFORCE, UH, WHICH WE HAVE, UH, TAKEN EXTRAORDINARILY MEASURES AS A COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP.
UM, SO WHAT WHAT IS NOTABLE THOUGH, JUSST IS, UM, WHAT YOU SET UP HERE ABOUT THOSE REASONS ARE THE SAME THINGS I HEARD FROM DAVID BROWN, WHO'S THE C E O OF VICTORY CAPITAL, WHO MOVED HIS COMPANY FROM OHIO.
THERE'S SAME REASONS WE HEARD FROM ERNST AND YOUNG WHO HAS EXPANDED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO INDUSTRY AFTER INDUSTRY ARE SAYING THE SAME THINGS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, RECOGNIZING THOSE BENEFITS IN THE WORKFORCE AND THE TALENT AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE WERE MAKING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.
SO, UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WITH, UH, AN INNOVATIVE, UH, TECHNOLOGY AND AN EMERGING INDUSTRY, UH, WITH SUCH KIND BRAND, UH, LORE, I WOULD SAY, UH, WOULD COME WITH A HEALTHY DEGREE OF SKEPTICISM.
BUT PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS SEPARATING THE WHEAT FROM THE SHAFT.
AND I DON'T THINK JIM HIRSCHBACH WOULD BE HERE, UH, OR BRENDA WOULD BE HERE, UH, IF THAT WEREN'T THE CASE.
SO, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS DEVELOP.
UH, THIS IS A PERFORMANCE BASED CONTRACT, SO THE INCENTIVE FUND GRANT AGREEMENT IS WHOLLY, UH, DEPENDENT UPON DELOREAN DELIVERING THE ACTUAL JOBS TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY PROJECT.
AND SO I THINK WE CAN, AGAIN, REST ASSURED AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO SEE AN EXCITING BRAND IN ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING INDUSTRIES IN OUR COMMUNITY THRIVE.
UH, SO WITH THAT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 18.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE ITEM, ITEM NUMBER NINE.
[Purchase of Services, Supplies and Equipment ]
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDMENT IN THE INCREASED AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $383,627 AND 71 CENTS, OF WHICH $23,616 AND 10 CENTS WILL BE REIMBURSED BY C P S ENERGY TO THE 19,500,000 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY FOR THE ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION NECESSARY[02:35:01]
TO COMPLETE THE STREET AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO THE CAMERON STREET, WEST HOUSTON STREET TO FOX TECH HIGH PROJECT IN CONNECTION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SAN SAN PEDRO CREEK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION AND AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2027, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $197,360 AND 77 CENTS FROM THE TREE PRESERVATION MITIGATION FUND TO THE CAMERON STREET, WEST HOUSTON STREET TO FOX TECH HIGH PROJECT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FROM PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED AND, AND 2017 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUNDS INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 20 27 7 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.RAZZIE, I, THE REASON I PULLED THIS IS 'CAUSE THE NUMBERS WEREN'T ADDING UP TO ME HERE AND, UH, HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TREE MITIGATION FUND AS WELL.
UM, IT'S AN INCREASED AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $383,000, AND IT, IT'S SHOWING A 23,000 FROM C P S AND ANOTHER 20,000 FROM, UH, UM, WITH SARAH.
WITH THOSE TWO REIMBURSEMENTS AND THE 1 97, IT STILL DIDN'T COME UP TO THE 3 83.
SO WHERE'S THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS COMING FROM? THE REST IS COMING FROM PROJECT FUND ITSELF.
THIS IS A ADDITIONAL WORK WE ORIGINALLY COULDN'T GET ADDITIONAL RIGHT AWAY FROM FROST BANK PRIVATE PROPERTY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL RIGHT AWAY.
WE ARE PLANNING TO PLANT 54 TREES LANDSCAPING AND ADDITIONAL, UH, IRRIGATION.
162,162,000 IS COMING FROM PROJECT SERVE FROM 2017, BOND 23, 20 3000 IS COMING FROM C P S AND THREE MITIGATION IS HAS 197,000.
I'M GIVING YOU ROUND NUMBER ALTOGETHER ADDS UP.
WELL, THAT, THAT, THAT SETTLES A TOTAL NUMBER, BUT, UH, THE A HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN, A HUNDRED AND NINETY $8,000 FROM THE TREE MITIGATION FUND, UH, AND WE'RE ONLY GETTING HOW MANY TREES ON THAT? WE ARE GETTING 54 TREES.
THAT WHEN YOU DIVIDE IT BY COMES 3,600, YOU ARE RIGHT.
IT SOUNDS HIGH, BUT WE ARE DOING LANDSCAPING AND WE ARE PROVIDING IRRIGATION.
SO WE'RE NOT USING THAT FUND AT ALL TO, FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SIDEWALK AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF? NO, SIR.
PROJECT IS PAYING FOR THE SIDEWALK.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WHAT, THIS KIND OF LOOKS STRANGE TO ME THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING IN MONEY OUT OF THE TREE MITIGATION FUND FOR CONSTRUCTION, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT FUND IS SET UP FOR.
O O ONLY FOR TREE PLANTING IRRIGATION.
STILL THAT, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY EX HOW TALL ARE THESE TREES FOR 3000 BUCKS A POP, BUT THERE IS IRRIGATION ALSO.
I, THIS JUST CAUGHT MY ATTENTION BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS TREE MITIGATION FUND FOR PLANTING TREES AROUND THE CITY, UM, FROM DEFERMENTS FROM OTHER PROJECTS.
AND I, THIS JUST, YEAH, THIS JUST SOUNDED LIKE A LOT OF MONEY COMING OUT OF THAT ACCOUNT FOR TREES.
I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO THE, OKAY.
IT INCLUDES IRRIGATION, BUT IT STILL SOUNDS LIKE A HECK OF A LOT OF MONEY.
$200,000 FOR 57 TREES OR WHATEVER THAT WAS.
THAT, THAT'S ALL I, I'M, I MOVED TO APPROVE THIS, UH, THIS ITEM SECOND.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER NINE.
UM, I'M GLAD MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE PULLED THIS, UM, BECAUSE I DO THINK WE NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE COUNTY'S INPUT ON THIS PROJECT.
'CAUSE IS THE COUNTY PART OF THIS PROJECT YET, OR NO? NO.
COUNTY IS BASICALLY DOING SAN PEDRO CREEK.
AND SARAH IS MANAGING THAT PROJECT FOR COUNTY.
OUR ROADWAY OR CAMERA IS NEXT TO SAN PEDRO CREEK.
IT WAS MORE PRACTICAL TO HAVE THE SAME CONTRACTOR TO DO OUR PROJECT ALSO.
THAT'S THE REASON WE ARE DOING FUNDING.
I REMEMBER SARAH, TO HAVE THEIR CONTRACTOR TO BUILD OUR PROJECT.
AND I, I WANT TO, AND I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY.
IRRIGATION IS GONNA BE THAT BIG COST WHEN IT COMES TO THE TREES.
AND I KNOW THIS 'CAUSE WE DID PADRE, UH, PARK WITH OUR TREE FOREST
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AND, AND THE IRRIGATION THERE.SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT IN THE FUTURE.
BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD AND I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE THIS FOR THIS PROJECT FORWARD IN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE DID IN, IN TERMS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
THE COUNTY DID TRY AND HOLD THIS PROJECT BACK DURING BOND GENERAL MEETINGS, UH, TRY TO PROPOSE OTHER IDEAS WITHOUT BEING PART OF THIS INITIAL CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD.
SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THIS FORWARD, MOVING THIS FORWARD AND GETTING THIS DONE.
AND LET'S LOOK AT BETTER WAYS TO IRRIGATE IF WE CAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER NINE, ALL HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
ALRIGHT, THAT IS THE, UH, LAST OF OUR AGENDA THIS MORNING.
BEFORE WE GO INTO EXEC SESSION, DO WE HAVE, UH, CITY
[City Manager's Report ]
MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR.UM, LET ME, UH, LET ME ASK, UH, THESE FOLKS TO COME FORWARD.
UM, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THEM AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR OUR, UH, ORGANIZATION.
UH, BEN GOEL, TROY ELLIOTT, UH, MELANIE KEATON, WHO'S OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
UH, VICKI RORO ROTER, UH, OUR CONTROLLER, ELIZABETH JULLIARD.
AND JAY BLACKWELL, OUR GENERAL LEDGER MAN MANAGER.
SO ON APRIL 6TH, WE SENT A NOTICE TO THE COUNCIL AND IT'LL BE COMING TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE NEXT MONTH.
UM, UM, BUT ON APRIL 6TH, WE SHARED THE RESULTS OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 2021 EXTERNAL, UH, FINANCIAL AUDIT, AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO AN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
UH, EVERY YEAR, UM, WE ENGAGE IN, UH, AN INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM TO CONDUCT THAT ANNUAL AUDIT OF OUR CITY FINANCIAL RECORDS AND, AND, UH, ACCOUNTS.
IT'S REQUIRED, IT REPORTS OUR FINANCIAL POSITION, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, LIQUIDITY OF OUR VARIOUS FUNDS.
UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S SUBMITTED TO OUR RATE.
THE BO THE BOND RATING AGENCIES, UM, ARE BOND HOLDERS.
AND, UM, I'M PLEASED TO RESTATE, UH, THE RESULTS THAT AS OF THIS YEAR, UH, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED A FINANCIAL AUDIT WITH NO FINDINGS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW.
UM, A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT GIVEN THE SIZE OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
UH, THIS WAS A BIG DEAL FOUR YEARS AGO.
UH, BUT THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED, UH, AND THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE'RE UTILIZING NOW OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
UM, THIS TEAM, UM, THE ENTIRE FINANCE TEAM LED BY THE INDIVIDUALS HERE, UH, COUNCIL TODAY, UM, HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF MANAGING THE FINANCIAL REPORTING, UM, UH, FOR OUR CITY.
THEY DID IT DESPITE, UM, MOST WE'RE DOING, UH, REMOTE WORK, UH, THROUGH COVID, UM, AND TRANSITIONING, UH, BACK INTO NEW OFFICE SPACES, CITY TOWER.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S A FULL PRESENTATION COMING TO, UH, COUNCILMAN, UM, UM, UH, TO THE COUNCILMAN, UM, TO THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE IN APRIL.
AND, UM, THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
I WANTED TO, I ASKED THEM TO BE HERE TODAY TO SHARE THIS NEWS WITH THE COUNCIL AND CONGRA CONGRATULATE THEM ON THE OUTSTANDING WORK.
UM, THIS IS THE BEHIND THE SCENES TEAM.
UM, NOTHING GETS DONE IF WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD, STRONG FINANCIAL, UM, SYSTEM, UM, THAT HAS ITS CHECKS AND BALANCES AND DOES NOT HAVE, UH, ISSUES FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT.
AND, UH, THEY KEEP US ON COURSE.
SO I WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND THEIR HARD WORK AND CONGRATULATE THEM AGAIN ON FOUR YEARS IN A ROW WITHOUT ANY MAJOR FINANCIAL, UH, FINDINGS, ANY FINANCIAL FINDINGS THAT YOU'LL BE HEARING AT COMMITTEE NEXT, UH, MONTH.
THANKS FOR, UH, HIGHLIGHTING THIS ALSO, UM, ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE FINANCE TEAM IS ONE OF THE STRENGTHS OF SAN ANTONIO AND REALLY THE BACKBONE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE AT THE CITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, THANK YOU, UH, BEN TROY FOR DUSTING THEM OFF AND, AND LETTING THEM COME OUT OF THEIR CUBICLES TO COME MEET WITH US.
I'M, I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU GUYS.
UH, THIS IS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT AND IT'S YET AN OTHER TESTAMENT THAT, UH, THAT THE MATH TEAM ALWAYS ENDS UP WINNING, UH, RIGHT.
YOU GUYS SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD.
AND, UH, BEN, I THINK, UH, THERE'S FIVE OF THEM.
UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF, UH, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH PARKING, WHICH IS BEN'S, BEN'S SPACE.
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APPLAUSE.AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS TO COME UP TO THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEETING.
THIS IS, UH, THIS IS GREAT NEWS AND THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE STRONG SUPPORT THAT Y'ALL GIVE TO THE CITY, AND THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF THE, OF YOUR WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT AND UH, AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS AT THE A N A COMMITTEE.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY APPRECIATION AS THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, I HAVE TOTAL CONFIDENCE IN THE WORK THAT'S PRESENTED BY YOUR DEPARTMENT, HELPING US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE FUNDING AND THE FINANCING IN THIS CITY.
UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, UH, THE GREAT WORK YOU DO SO THAT HOPEFULLY THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT GOOD, HONEST PEOPLE WORKING HARD ON, UH, REPRESENTING OUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO THANKS FOR THE WORK YOU DO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
[Executive Session At any time during the meeting, the City Council may recess into executive session in the B Room to consult with the City Attorney's Office (Texas Government Code Section 551.071) and deliberate or discuss any of the following: ]
UM, CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO THE TIME IS NOW 12:15 PM ON THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2022.THE CITY PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING CITY AND COVID 19 PREPAREDNESS UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1.
TIME IS 12:54 PM ON THIS 14TH DAY OF APRIL, 2022.
CITY COUNCIL IS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.