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          I LIKE AUSTIN, BUT I LOVE SANTO HEART, LOVE DANCING IN, AND I GROOVE THEN BACK DOWN THE ROAD. 
          SO I, BUT I LOVE SANTON AND IF WE'RE JUST PLACE TO GO. 
          SO I, BUT I LOVE SAN ANTONIO. 
          IN SAN ANTONIO, PONTO. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          THE TIME IS 2:19 PM ON THIS FIRST DAY OF JUNE, 2022. 
          WE'LL CALL OUR COUNCIL B SESSION TO ORDER. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO IS HERE VIRTUALLY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL IS HERE VIRTUALLY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELA COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR BERG. 
          HERE. 
          MARY. 
          HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT, 
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UH, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH OUR FIRST ONE, WHICH IS THE SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW MAYOR, PRO TEM. 
          UH, SO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE CAN APPROACH THE PODIUM. 
          UH, THIS IS FOR A TERM, BEGINNING TODAY AND THROUGH AUGUST 14TH. 
          COUNCILMAN, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          I, JOHN, COURAGE. 
          I, JOHN COURAGE. 
          DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY, UH, THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY NOR INDIRECTLY NOR INDIRECTLY. 
          PAID. 
          OFFERED, PAID, OFFERED. 
          PROMISE TO PAY, PROMISE TO PAY, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE. 
          OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE. 
          OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE. 
          OR EMPLOYMENT. 
          OR EMPLOYMENT FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING FOR THE GIVING. 
          OR WITHHOLDING OF A VOTE. 
          OF A VOTE AT THE ELECTION? AT THE ELECTION AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED, AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED. 
          OR AS A REWARD OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE MY APPOINTMENT. 
          TO SECURE MY APPOINTMENT. 
          OR CONFIRMATION. 
          OR CONFIRMATION, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE. 
          SO HELP ME GOD. 
          SO HELP ME GOD. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE HOPE YOUR RAIN IS PEACEFUL. 
          JOHN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE'RE GONNA GO NOW TO ITEM TWO, . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, ITEM TWO. 
          UM, TODAY'S PRESENTATION, UM, IS WE'RE GONNA SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT OUR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR THE VOTER APPROVED 2022 BOND PROGRAM. 
          UM, I DO WANNA, UH, THANK THE, UH, NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS AND CITIZENS, UH, OUR CO-CHAIRS, OUR CO-CHAIRS OF THE BOND COMMITTEE, OVER 170 RESIDENTS THAT HELPED US, UH, LAST FALL. 
          UM, I WANT TO THANK, UH, ON IN ADVANCE OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO ARE A BIG PART OF, OF THE BOND PROGRAM AS THE VOTERS APPROVED, UH, THE, THE BOND PROGRAM ON ON MAY 7TH. 
          UM, UH, OUR COMMUNITY'S CONFIDENCE, UH, IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS VERY CLEAR. 
          WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY IS THE IMPLEMENTATION. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY SINCE MAY 7TH, AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM, UH, RAZZY MIKE SENDEN FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND VERONICA GARCIA TO LAY OUT, UM, OUR PLAN GOING FORWARD. 
          UM, ONE ASPECT OF OUR PROJECT, OF OUR BOND PROGRAM THAT YOU'LL SEE AS PART OF THE AUGUST 
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PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE THE FINAL SCHEDULE OR PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF CAPITAL PROJECTS OVER THE FIVE YEAR, UH, PERIOD. 
          RAZZI WILL SHARE WITH YOU TODAY. 
          WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF PROJECTS, UM, THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DESIGNED. 
          UM, ZONA AND BYNUM STREET, PHASE TWO COUNCILWOMAN. 
          REMEMBER THAT ONE. 
          SO, UM, THOSE ARE OBVIOUSLY ON THE FRONT OF THE LIST BECAUSE THEY'RE DESIGNED AND READY. 
          WE'VE GOT ANOTHER CATEGORY OF PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, PR PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE MASS SELECTION OF ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY. 
          UM, THE, THE MASS SELECTION OF DESIGN CONSULTANTS HELPS US TO, UM, UM, QUICKLY START THE DELIVERY OF THE BOND PROJECT, BOND PROGRAM, UM, UH, FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECTS, IT SAVES TIME, IT SAVES MONEY. 
          IT'S ONE, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UM, WORK THROUGH ALL OF THESE ISSUES ON THE FRONT END THROUGH ONE MASS SOLICITATION. 
          WE'LL WALK THROUGH THE SCHEDULE AND OUR GOALS. 
          UM, MIKE WILL WILL TALK ABOUT THAT DURING HIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN VERONICA, UH, WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UM, HOUSING BOND ASPECT AND, UM, THE SENSE OF URGENCY THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN THAT AREA. 
          SHE'LL ALSO SHARE WITH YOU THE TIMELINE THAT WE EXPECT, UM, AND ALL OF THESE WILL BE BEGINNING, UM, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. 
          SO WITH THAT, WE'RE ALL EXCITED TO GET GOING, UH, AND GET MOVING ON THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ZI AND HE'LL KICK US OFF. 
          WE'LL TRANSITION TO MIKE AND THEN END WITH VERONICA OZZY. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M RAZZI JOSEE, E DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 
          TODAY WE WILL BE PROVIDING YOU A BRIEF ON THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, MASS SELECTION, AND OF COURSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          MAY 7TH AND THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED VOTER APPROVED $1.2 BILLION 2022 BOND PROGRAM, WHICH CONSISTS OF SIX PROPOSITION STREETS, BRIDGE AND SIDEWALK. 
          62 PROJECTS, 472 MILLION PARKS AND RECREATION, 82 PROJECTS, 272 MILLION DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL, 23 PROJECTS, 170 MILLION AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 150 MILLION PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY, SIX PROJECTS, 78 MILLION AND LIBRARY AND CULTURAL FACILITY, NINE PROJECT AT 50, 40, 40 8 MILLION, I'M SORRY, 58 MILLION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INTENDED TO USE COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING DELIVERY METHOD TO EXPEDITE COMPLETION OF PROJECT. 
          I WILL BE PROVIDING YOU MORE DETAIL ABOUT EACH OF THESE PROCESS IN FOLLOWING SLIDES. 
          AS CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THE PROJECT, THEY'RE CONSTRUCTION READY. 
          WE WILL START ISSU ADVERTISING THOSE PRETTY SOON. 
          WE HAVE NUMBER OF THE PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCT UNDER DESIGN. 
          WE WILL FINISH THOSE PROJECT AND ADVERTISE FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND TO EXPEDITE OUR PROGRAM, SINCE WE HAVE 183 PROJECT, WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING TO USE FEW OF THE PROJECT USE OUR EXISTING ON-CALL CONSULTING AND OF COURSE WE HAVE FUNDING AGREEMENT. 
          AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS THE MASS SELECTION. 
          AS CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS. 
          THEY ARE SHOVEL READY. 
          WE ARE GOING TO ADVERTISE NUM ROAD PHASE TWO, $5 MILLION IN NEXT MONTH, JULY, AND START CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME IN THE FALL. 
          AND OF COURSE GRAVER LOVE MULTI-GENERATION CENTER UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          ALSO. 
          NEXT GROUP OF PROJECT, PROJECT UNDER CON, UNDER CONSTRUCTION UNDER DESIGN 14 PROJECT AT VALUE OF 135 MILLION. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, NUMBER OF THE PROJECT GOING TO BE SECOND PHASE OF THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, HEMISPHERE CIVIC PARK. 
          PHASE ONE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          THIS WILL BE PHASE TWO, WHICH IS UNDER DESIGN AND $18 MILLION. 
          WE ALSO HAVE BUI ROAD, WHICH IS PHASE ONE UNDER CONSTRUCTION FROM FUNDED TO THROUGH 2017 BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND OF COURSE PHASE TWO IS PART OF 2022 BOND PROGRAM CENTER ROAD IN COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE. 
          THIS IS ALSO UNDER DESIGN. 
          SHORTLY AFTER DESIGN IS FINISHED, WE ADVERTISE FOR CONSTRUCTION, 
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PROBAND AND SOUTH. 
          BOTH OF THEM IS FUNDED WITH THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM. 
          SHORTLY AFTER THE DESIGN IS DONE, WE WILL ADVERTISE THOSE PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          ALSO, WE ARE ALSO USING NUMBER OF THE PROJECT TO USE OUR EXISTING ONCA CONSULTING TO DESIGN THIS PROJECT 19 PROJECT AT VALUE OF 134 MILLION. 
          WE HAVE SELECTED THIS PROJECT. 
          THIS PROJECT REQUIRES MINIMUM DESIGN AND ALSO THEY'RE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PROJECT ON MOST OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE IF STREET, WHICH 110 MILLION. 
          THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO DELIVER DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. 
          THIS PROJECT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WE ARE GOING TO USE EXISTING ON-CALL CONSULTING TO DESIGN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. 
          THIS IS THE PROJECT. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD DONE SOME STRUCTURAL EVALUATION. 
          WE HAVE ALREADY CONSULTING ON BOARD AND WE WILL BE DESIGNING, FINISHING THE DESIGN AND ADVERTISING FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          THE OTHER FACT, THE OTHER GROUPS IS A PARTNER AGREEMENT. 
          WE HAVE 11 PROJECT AT THE VALUE OF 282 MILLION. 
          WE WILL BE BRINGING THESE AGREEMENT CONSULT AS WE FINALIZE THOSE FOR CONSULTS APPROVAL, MASS SELECTION DESIGN CONSULTING, WE HAVE 127 PROJECT FROM 183 2022 BOND BECAUSE THE REMAINING IS, WE ARE GOING EITHER THEY ARE DESIGN OR UNDER DESIGN, OR WE ARE USING THE EXISTING ONCA CONSULT TO DESIGN. 
          WHY MASS SELECTION, TRADITIONAL DESIGN BID BUILT METHOD. 
          SELECT A CONSULTING ENGINEER, ARCHITECT, OR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT TO DESIGN EACH PROJECT. 
          ONCE DESIGN IS COMPLETED, EACH PROJECT WILL BE SOLICITATED FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          ALLOWS FOR QUICK STARTS, SAVE TIMES, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL DESIGN TEAMS FIRMS. WE ARE PLANNING TO ISSUE THREE, RF QS LATE NEXT WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8TH. 
          ONE OF THEM WILL BE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING 58 PROJECT AT VALUE ALMOST 60 MILLION, WHICH CONSISTS OF STREETS, BRIDGES, SIDEWALK, AND DRAINAGE PROJECT. 
          SECOND ONE WILL BE FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT 55 PROJECT AT VALUE OF 114 MILLION FOR PARKS AND LINEAR GREENWAY. 
          AND THIRD ONE WILL BE FOR FACILITY, WHICH IS 14 PROJECT AT VALUE OF 118 MILLION FOR LIBRARY AND CULTURAL CENTER. 
          NOW I'D LIKE TO PASS THROUGH MICHAEL SINDEN TO TALK ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          THANK YOU ZI, AND GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          AS RAZZI MENTIONED, MY NAME IS MICHAEL AND I'M AN ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, TODAY I'LL BE PROVIDING A BRIEFING ON HOW THE SUB BETA PROGRAM WILL APPLY TO THE 2022 BOND MASS SELECTION PROCESS. 
          UH, TO BEGIN THIS PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH HISTORICAL SMALL MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS UTILIZATION RATES ON PAST BOND MASS SELECTION PROJECTS. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS CHART, IN BOTH 2012 AND 2017, THE CITY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN UTILIZING THESE FIRMS ON THIS UNIQUE MASS SELECTION SOLICITATION PROCESS. 
          WHILE THE UTILIZATION RATES ON 2012 AND 2017 APPEAR, UH, ROUGHLY SIMILAR, I DO WANT TO DRAW YOUR FOCUS TO, UH, 2017 RATES. 
          AS THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE CITY APPLIED THE CURRENT ITERATION OF THE C BETA PROGRAM TO THE BOND MASS SELECTION PROCESS. 
          IN 2017, THERE WAS A FOCUS TO IMPROVE THE UTILIZATION RATES FOR MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES, UH, THROUGH TOOLS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING, UH, THOSE FIRMS. AND AS A RESULT, MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES DOCUMENTED IMPROVEMENTS IN UTILIZATION RATES ALMOST ENTIRELY ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          THOSE UTILIZATION RATES FOR SMALL MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES, UH, PROVIDES US CONFIDENCE THAT OUR HISTORICAL APPLICATION OF THE BETA PROGRAM ON THESE BOND MASS SELECTION SOLICITATIONS IS IN FACT EFFECTIVE. 
          AS FOR THE 2012 BOND MASS SELECTION, UH, SOLICITATIONS, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH THE GOAL SETTING COMMITTEE EVALUATED A VARIETY OF FACTORS TO ESTABLISH THE BETA TOOLS ON THIS PROJECT. 
          AS WITH ALL SOLICITATIONS UNDER S BETA REVIEW, WE LOOKED AT THE SCOPE OF WORK OPPORTUNITIES THAT SMALL MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES CAN PERFORM THEIR AVAILABILITY IN THE CITY'S CENTRAL VENDOR REGISTRY VENDOR REGISTRY. 
          UM, AS TIED TO THE SCOPE OF WORK AND THE HISTORICAL UTILIZATION ON PAST SIMILAR PROJECTS, AS YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SCREEN, UH, 
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ONE FACTOR WE DID HAVE TO CONSIDER FOR THE 2022 BOND MASS SELECTION PROCESS IS THAT THE BETA PRIME EVALUATION POINTS CANNOT BE APPLIED. 
          NOW THIS IS DUE TO TEXAS STATE STATUTE PROHIBITIONS, SPECIFICALLY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 2 2 5 4, THAT REQUIRE SOLICITATIONS SEEKING THE SERVICES OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING FIRMS, UH, TO BE STRICTLY EVALUATED BASED ON COMPETENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS. 
          AND WHILE SUB BETA PRIME EVALUATION POINTS HAVE HISTORICALLY APPLIED IN THE ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING INDUSTRY, THIS WAS DUE TO DOCUMENTED UNDER UTILIZATION OF MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES PARTICIPATING ON CITY CONTRACTS IN THIS SPECIFIED INDUSTRY. 
          HOWEVER, FOR OVER FIVE YEARS NOW, WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS THROUGH THE CTA PROGRAM IN THIS INDUSTRY, WHICH HAS LED TO THE UTILIZATION OF MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES AND THE ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING INDUSTRY THAT EXCEEDS THEIR AVAILABILITY. 
          SO AS A RESULT, THE S BETA PROGRAM MUST COMPLY WITH STATE LAW AND S BETA PRIME EVALUATION POINTS CANNOT BE APPLIED TO THE SOLICITATION. 
          TO CONCLUDE THIS SLIDE, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE C BETA PROGRAM APPLICATION DISCUSSED TODAY WILL ONLY APPLY TO THE 2022 BOND MASS SELECTION PROCESS. 
          ONCE THESE PROJECTS ARE READY FOR CONSTRUCTION, THEY WILL COME BACK TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE GOAL SETTING COMMITTEE AND FOR INDIVIDUAL REVIEW. 
          THE SAME PRACTICE WILL OCCUR FOR ANY FUNDING AGREEMENTS, DESIGN BUILD PROJECTS, PARTNER AGREEMENTS, AS RA RAZZI MENTIONED, UM, OR ANY OTHER 22 BOND PROJECT OUTSIDE OF THIS MASS SELECTION PROCESS. 
          THE CE BETA PROGRAM TOOLS, UH, THE FIRST C BETA PROGRAM TOOL APPLIED ON THE 2022 BOND MASS ELECTION SOLICITATIONS ARE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE. 
          FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES, AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESSES, THESE GOALS WILL BE APPLIED TO EACH OF THE THREE REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS THAT RAZZIE JUST DISCUSSED. 
          IN ADDITION, SELF-PERFORMANCE BY SMALL MINORITY WOMEN, AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESSES, WILL BE PERMITTED AT THE PRIME LEVEL TO ALLOW THEM FURTHER BUILD THE CAPACITY IF THEY ARE AWARDED A PROJECT. 
          NOTE THAT UTILIZATION PLANS WILL BE REQUIRED WITH EACH, UH, FIRM SUBMITTAL THAT WILL BE BASED OFF THE SAMPLE PROJECT THAT PUBLIC WORKS DESIGNATED IN THE SOLICITATION. 
          THESE UTILIZATION PLANS WILL LIST THE SPECIFIC FIRMS, UM, AS WELL AS THE RATES IN WHICH THEY WILL USE THOSE BUSINESSES TO PERFORM THAT WORK. 
          AND THEY WILL EVENTUALLY SUBMIT A CHANGE OF UTILIZATION PLAN ONCE ASSIGNED A FINAL PRO UH, PROJECT THAT WE WILL EVALUATE. 
          THE SECOND SUB BETA PROGRAM TOOL APPLIED IS THE MENTORSHIP REQUIREMENT. 
          IN TOTAL, SEVEN PROJECTS WILL REQUIRE THE AWARDED PRIME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY'S MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM, AND THEY WILL SERVE AS A MENTOR FOR A LOCAL SMALL MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS FOR A TERM TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES TO BUILD THAT PROTEGE'S CAPACITY. 
          THE MENTORSHIP REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO ALL THREE SOLICITATION CATEGORIES TO ENSURE MENTOR REPRESENTATION IN ALL FIELDS OF WORK COVERED THROUGH THE 2022 BOND MASS SELECTION PROCESS. 
          DO NOTE THAT THESE SEVEN PROJECTS WERE SPECIFICALLY SELECTED BY PUBLIC WORKS, AS THEY WILL LIKELY YIELD HIGHLY CAPABLE FIRMS WHO WILL BE EXCEPTIONAL MENTORS IN THE PROGRAM. 
          THIS CONCLUDES MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          LOOK FORWARD TO THE SUCCESSFUL UTILIZATION OF SMALL MINORITY WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES ON THIS PROJECT, AND I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO RAZZY. 
          THANK YOU MICHAEL. 
          MASS SELECTION, R F Q EVALUATION. 
          WE HAVE ASSEMBLED DIVERSE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCY TO ASSIST US ON THE SCORING OF THE PROPOSAL FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING, WHICH INCLUDE STREET AND DRAINAGE. 
          WE HAVE A PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERS OF SELF SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT, TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, UTILITY SOUTH AND C P S VR AND SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY FOR PARKS AND GREENWAY. 
          WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC WORKS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, PARKS DEPARTMENT, PARKS ADVISORY BOARD, LINEAR GREENWAY ADVISORY BOARD, AND SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY FOR FACILITY PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECTS LIBRARY 'CAUSE WE HAVE NUMBER OF THE LIBRARY, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT OF SOFT SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT, AND AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, MASS SELECTION, R F Q CRITERIA. 
          WE HAVE 35 POINT FOR EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND QUALIFICATION OF PRIME FIRM, KEY PERSONAL AND SUB CONSULTINGS. 
          THREE POINTS FOR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT AND PROPOSED MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          25 POINTS FOR EXPERIENCE WITH SAN ANTONIO REGION AND PAST PERFORMANCE AND 10 POINTS FOR EXPERIENCE WITH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICE. 
          MASS SELECTION. 
          ESTIMATED TIMELINE GOAL SETTING WAS DONE EARLY THIS 
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YEAR. 
          COUNCIL B SESSION TODAY, RELEASE OF THE RFQ NEXT WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8TH. 
          PRE-SUBMIT OUR CONFERENCE IN JUNE 22ND. 
          DEADLINE FOR QUESTION JULY 13TH, ARCHITECT AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS. 
          DUE DATE AUGUST 3RD AND CIVIL ENGINEERING IS AUGUST 10TH. 
          EVALUATION WILL BE COMPLETED. 
          WE ARE ANTICIPATING IN OCTOBER 28TH. 
          ANOTHER B SESSION FOR POST SOLICITATION IS NOVEMBER 9TH AND COUNCIL A SESSION IN NOVEMBER 17. 
          IN DURING THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT, WE WILL WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCY TO MAXIMIZE, TO MAXIMIZE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT OF EACH PROJECT. 
          THEREFORE, WE WILL BE PARTNERED WITH UTILITY BE COUNTY, M P O VIA SARAH TEXT AND OTHERS. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, PLANNING OF SELF SUSTAINABILITY AND OTHER. 
          AND OF COURSE WE WILL GET COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKING THROUGH EACH COUNCIL'S OFFICE. 
          CITIZEN BOND OVERSIGHT, COMMISSIONER C BOX SERVE AS AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO OVERSEE THE COMPLETION OF CTS 2022 BOND PROGRAM TO ENSURE EFFICIENCY, TIMELESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEETS ON QUARTERLY BASE TO REVIEW THE PRO PROGRESS OF 2022 BOND PROGRAM CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION FOR APPOINTMENT BY END OF FALL 2022. 
          AS YOU KNOW, SUCCESS OF ANY PROGRAM SIGNIFICANTLY DEPEND ON THE TRANSPARENCY OF IT. 
          THEREFORE, WE HAVE CREATED 2022 BOND PROGRAM WEBSITE. 
          WE HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETINGS CALENDAR, EVENTS, PROJECT STATUS, AND MAP. 
          ALL OF THEM LOCATED ON THAT SITE FOR COMMUNITY TO HAVE ACCESS. 
          NEXT STEP, AS I MENTIONED, WEDNESDAY, JUNE THE EIGHTH, 2022. 
          ALL OF THE THREE PROPOSAL WILL BE RELEASED. 
          SUMMER 2022, SPENDING PLAN AND PROJECT SCHEDULE PRESENTED AS PART OF FY 23 6 YEAR CAPITAL BUDGET, FALL 2022, CITY BOND OVERSIGHT COMMISSION APPOINTMENT RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL. 
          THIS IS IN THE MY PRESENTATION AND I PASS FORWARD NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M VERONICA GARCIA, INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          SO I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF TALKING ABOUT OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND. 
          THIS IS A VERY HISTORIC MOMENT FOR OUR CITY BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, AS YOU ALL LET US, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME OUR CITIZENS HAVE APPROVED FUNDING FOR CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON A LEVEL THAT WILL BE UNPRECEDENTED FOR OUR CITY. 
          SO, UM, I'M VERY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT WE TAKE THAT PRIORITY VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE HAVE A PLAN TO GET THESE FUNDS OUT THE DOOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO THE BOND FUNDS WERE APPROVED IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $150 MILLION IN FIVE DIFFERENT FUNDING CATEGORIES. 
          THE FIRST FUNDING CATEGORY IS FOR PRESERVATION AND REHABILITATION OF HOMEOWNER PROJECTS. 
          SO OWNERS THAT ARE OCCUPYING THEIR HOMES THAT ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF REPAIRS. 
          WE HAVE $45 MILLION SET ASIDE TO HELP THOSE HOMEOWNERS STAY IN THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS THE HOME THAT THEY LIVE IN. 
          SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE FAMILIES THAT ARE BETWEEN 30 TO 50% A M I AND HELP THEM STAY IN THEIR HOMES WITH THIS FUNDING. 
          AND WE WILL NOT JUST BE HELPING THEM THROUGH OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM, BUT WE'LL ALSO BE PARTNERING WITH OTHER ENTITIES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AND REALLY TRYING TO LEVERAGE OUR BOND FUNDING SO IT CAN BE STRETCHED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. 
          THE NEXT CATEGORY FOR FUNDING WILL BE OUR RENTAL HOUSING, REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION. 
          SO THIS IS RENTAL HOUSING THAT IS ON THE MARKET TODAY THAT IS IN PERHAPS NEED OF REPAIR OR ALSO COULD BE IN A JEOPARDY OF NOT BEING AFFORDABLE ANYMORE. 
          SO THIS BOND FUNDING $40 MILLION WILL BE SET ASIDE TO HELP THOSE PROJECTS BE REHABBED AND KEEP THEM AFFORDABLE FOR FOR CITIZENS. 
          THE NEXT CATEGORY IS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WITH ONSITE SERVICES TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO $25 MILLION WILL BE SET ASIDE, CREATE SOME OF THE FIRST P S H DEVELOPMENTS WITH ONSITE SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THE NEXT CATEGORY IS RENTAL HOUSING, NEW RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION. 
          SO THIS IS $35 SET ASIDE FOR THAT TO CREATE NEW DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH A PRIORITY OF UNITS THAT ARE FAMILIES AT 30% 
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          AND THEN OUR FINAL CATEGORY, $5 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR NEW HOME OWNERSHIP PRODUCTION TO HELP FAMILIES UP TO 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          SO THESE ARE THE FUNDING CATEGORIES AND I'LL ADD THAT THE BOND COMMITTEE, WHEN THEY MET AND APPROVED THESE CATEGORIES, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER WITH THIS FUNDS. 
          AND THAT IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING THE FUNDING FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, CONSIDERING FAMILIES THAT ARE, UM, ON FIXED INCOMES OR IN INCOME-BASED HOUSING AND THOSE THAT ARE ALSO IN AT-RISK SITUATIONS. 
          WE ALSO BE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION PRIORITIZING PROJECTS THAT MEET OUR DESIGN PRIORITIES, SUCH AS MAKING SURE ALL THE UNITS ARE HAVE UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND THEY HAVE SUSTAINABILITY IN MIND. 
          WE ALSO WILL MAKE SURE THAT ALL PROJECTS THAT RECEIVE THESE BOND FUNDS ARE GOING TO ADOPT OUR AND CONTINUE TO USE OUR CITIES, UH, HOUSING POLICIES, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY MUST ACCEPT ALL FORMS OF INCOME FOR THE PROJECT AND THAT THEY, UM, WILL BE SURE TO POST A NOTICE OF TENANTS RIGHTS IF NEEDED. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING PROJECTS THAT ARE BUILT WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES SO THAT FAMILIES AND THEM CAN REALLY BE STABILIZED AND HAVE THAT ONGOING SUPPORT. 
          SO WE KNOW THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS A NEED FOR HOUSING NOW. 
          WE HAVE A SHORTFALL NOW AND WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS IN EVERY SINGLE AREA OF OUR CITY. 
          THIS HOUSING FUNDING PROVIDES US WITH A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP US MEET THE GOALS OUTLINED IN OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          IN THE ADOPTED SHIP PLAN, WE OUTLINED THAT WE NEED OVER 28,000 AFFORDABLE UNITS IN OUR CITY. 
          SO THAT'S A COMBINATION OF BRAND NEW UNITS AS WELL AS PRESERVATION OF EXISTING UNITS. 
          AND THIS FUNDING WILL JUST GO A SIGNIFICANT WAY TO HELP US MEET THIS GOAL. 
          AND THE GREATEST NEED IS FOR FAMILIES AT 30% A M I AND THE COMMITTEE MADE SURE THAT WE ENSURE THAT THESE FUNDS WILL PRE PRIORITIZE FOR THOSE TYPES OF UNITS. 
          WE'VE HEARD, AND THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE NEWS TODAY ABOUT HOW MUCH HARDER ALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE, BUT ESPECIALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS ARE GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO BUILD. 
          SO PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY CHALLENGING. 
          WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A PROJECT THAT YOU AS THE DEVELOPER ARE COMMITTING THAT YOUR PROJECT WILL BE AFFORDABLE FOR UP TO THE NEXT 40 YEARS, YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU BUILD IT THAT YOU DON'T OVEREXTEND WHAT THAT PROJECT LOOKS LIKE. 
          AND INFLATION HAS NOT PEAKED. 
          IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO RISE. 
          CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE UP, INTEREST RATES ARE UP, AND THESE PROJECTS ARE JUST NOT GETTING ANY EASIER TO DONE. 
          SO WHAT WE HAVE IS THAT FUNDING GAPS FOR PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY READY TO GO. 
          AS, AS ERIC MENTIONED, THEY WERE DESIGNED AND READY TO BE BUILT, SHOVEL READY, AND NOW THEY HAVE NEW FUNDING GAPS BECAUSE OF, UH, THE REALITY THAT WE'RE IN. 
          SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN QUICKLY GET FUNDS TO PROJECTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY AWARDED SUBSIDIES AND HOW THEY MAY NEED ADDITIONAL SUBSIDY JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE BUILT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          WE DON'T WANNA DELAY AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WAS ALREADY COMING ONLINE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THE FIRST CATEGORY OF THE HOMEOWNER REHAB PROJECTS, WE ARE GOING TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS WITH OUR NORMAL OWNER UNOCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM THIS AUGUST. 
          WE'RE OPENING THE APPLICATION PERIOD UP EARLY. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE A ROLLING APPLICATION AND CONTINUE TO ACCEPT THEM UNTIL ALL THE FUNDS ARE EXHAUSTED. 
          THEN FOR OUR OTHER FOUR CATEGORIES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MASS SOLICITATION, UM, AGAIN, WITH A GOAL OF GETTING IT OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO WE'LL SPEND THE NEXT TWO MONTHS REACHING OUT TO OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS, TO ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AND IN HELPING GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT WHAT THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR AND ABOUT OUR SOLICITATION TIMELINE. 
          WE'LL BE MAKING PRESENTATIONS TO OUR HOUSING COMMISSION AND OUR AUDIT ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE PRES SOLICITATION EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A THOROUGH OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW OUR SCORING CRITERIA BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME NEW PARAMETERS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER BEFORE WE CAN AWARD THESE FUNDS. 
          WE EXPECT TO GET THESE CIVIL SOLICITATION OUT IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, UM, OF THIS SUMMER. 
          AND THEN WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION IN NOVEMBER WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT R F P. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, WE CAN EXPECT TO AWARD FUNDING TO FIRST ROUND OF PROJECTS IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER WITH A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. 
          SO IT IS OUR GOAL THAT WHATEVER IS NOT AWARDED IN THIS FIRST ROUND, WE CAN HAVE A SECOND ROUND OF APPLICATIONS MAYBE IN SIX MONTHS. 
          UM, BUT OUR GOAL WITH THIS VERY AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE IS TO, ONE, TAKE TIME AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THESE HOUSING BOND FUNDS AND HOW THEY CAN BE UTILIZED. 
          IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LEVERAGE OUR LOCAL FUNDS WITH PROJECTS THAT HAVE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THESE DOLLARS GO AS FAR AS POSSIBLE AND THAT WE CAN GET THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONLINE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER. 
          SO, UM, MAYOR, SO YOU, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, WE HAVE A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE IN TERMS OF SOLICITATIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, CULMINATING WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING BACK TO COUNCIL, UH, IN THE FALL. 
          SO WITH THAT, 
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WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU, UH, ERIC AND THANK YOU TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          AND I THINK YOU STARTED OFF RIGHT ERIC BY, UM, YOU KNOW, REMINDING US ALL THAT WE ARE HERE BECAUSE VOTERS ONCE AGAIN SHOWED CONFIDENCE IN OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM AND OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED ALL SIX PROPOSITIONS AT THE BOND ELECTION A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
          AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          UH, A COUPLE THINGS I JUST WANT TO GET STARTED WITH AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE COMMENTS, UM, AND DISCUSSION IS FIRST, UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION OBVIOUSLY ABOUT, UM, THE MACROECONOMIC, UH, CHANGES THAT ARE OCCURRING IN INTEREST RATES AND EVERYTHING AND HOW THEY MIGHT AFFECT OUR SCHEDULED PROJECTS. 
          UH, BEFORE I ASK ERIC, WHAT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF STATE HERE ON THE DAIS, HOW YOU SEE THAT MOVING, UM, I'LL JUST REMIND US ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS IN AN UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC CLIMATE AND WE'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO PIVOT AND ADJUST. 
          THE GOOD NEWS IS FOR US, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS JUST A MINUTE AGO, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEEN BUDGETING, UM, AGAINST HIGH PRIORITIES IN THE CITY, WHETHER IT WAS CARESS ACT, UH, OUR FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, OUR, UH, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ALLOCATIONS, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOBS ACT. 
          WE'VE BEEN RESOURCING AND ALLOCATING FUNDING FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS. 
          AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE, AND I VIEW THIS BOND PROGRAM AS BEING OUR PLAYBOOK. 
          UH, AND ERIC, WHAT I WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU IS, YOU KNOW, AS SOME OF THE PROJECTIONS MIGHT CHANGE AND IMPACT INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, I WOULD THINK OUR PRIORITIES WOULD NOT BE IMPACTED AND WE WOULD SEEK WAYS THAT WE COULD OFFSET SOME OF THOSE CHANGES, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH, UH, APPLICATIONS, THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOBS ACT OR OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE FUNDING TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THIS ON TRACK AND TIMELY AS WE CAN. 
          COULD YOU SPEAK TO WHAT OUR APPROACH WILL BE AS, AS WE SEE SOME OF THESE SHIFTS IN THE MARKET AND HOW MIGHT THEY AFFECT OUR, OUR SCOPE AND, AND FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS ON INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS? SURE. 
          UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GO THROUGH, UM, WE DON'T GO THROUGH ANY FIVE-YEAR BOND PROGRAM WITHOUT SHIFTS IN THE ECONOMY. 
          AND SO, UM, PLANNING FOR THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM, UM, WE'VE GOT A LEVEL OF CON OF, UH, CONTINGENCY BUILT IN AND GROWTH BUILT IN. 
          I DO THINK THAT THAT IT IS WHAT'S KEY. 
          UH, AND, AND RAZZI TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS, UH, IN CATEGORIES. 
          WE'VE GOT TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE READY TO GO, RIGHT? SO WE WILL BE CONTRACTING WITH THOSE VERY SOON AND WE'LL HAVE TO WEATHER ANY INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT. 
          EVERYTHING ELSE WILL COME WITH TIME. 
          AND I THINK, I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD MAYOR. 
          UM, UM, THE $1.2 BILLION BOND PROGRAM THAT NEEDS TO BE DELIVERED BY 2027 GIVES US THE ABILITY TO MANAGE THAT. 
          WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT SCHEDULE OF PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE TIMES WHERE, UH, WE MAY HAVE TO VALUE ENGINEER CERTAIN PROJECTS DEPENDING ON THE, ON THE SITUATION. 
          UM, BUT I THINK IT'S STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL. 
          I MEAN, I, I, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS IS, UM, WE, WE GO OUT FOR SOLICITATIONS. 
          SO THERE'S A LEVEL OF COMPETITION. 
          NOW, THE REALITY OF INFLATIONARY EXPENSES OR CEMENT OR WOOD OR WHAT HAVE YOU, UM, THOSE WILL CHANGE UNDOUBTEDLY, UM, AND THEY WILL CHANGE OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD. 
          SO BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ON HOW WE ADDRESS THIS, UM, AREN'T STATIC. 
          THEY NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE, TO YOUR POINT. 
          UM, CERTAINLY THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, THROUGH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL TO HELP LEVERAGE AND SHORE UP AND ADD SCOPE TO THESE PROJECTS. 
          UM, BUT I'M CONFIDENT THAT AS WE DO THIS, UM, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WITH OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MANAGE THROUGH THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE RECESSION IN 2009. 
          WE HAD PRICE FLUCTUATIONS, UH, EARLY ON ON THE 2012, UH, BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          WHAT WHAT WHAT'S GONNA BE KEY FOR US IS MAKING SURE THAT WE SET THAT SCHEDULE, UM, WE PLAN ACCORDINGLY, WE STAY ON SCHEDULE, AND WHEN WE START TO SEE AN ISSUE DEVELOP, WE ADDRESS IT QUICKLY. 
          UH, UM, IF WE DON'T, THEN THEY TEND TO MULTIPLY IN TERMS OF DOLLARS. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, THAT'S HELPFUL AND, AND I WOULD JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LEAN ON OUR STRENGTHS. 
          UH, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE LAW COORDINATION THAT'S HAPPENING. 
          UM, AND WE KNOW THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IN TERMS OF PROPOSALS THAT ARE BEING SUBMITTED AGAINST THAT LAW, UH, ARE GOING TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS THAT ARE SHOVEL READY, THAT HAVE LEVERAGED FUNDS, THAT HAVE LOCAL MATCHES, ET CETERA. 
          AND WE'RE IN AN ENVIABLE POSITION NOW THAT WE HAVE VOTER APPROVED DOLLARS AND A SPECIFIC LIST OF PROJECTS 
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READY TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE, THAT PRESENT THEMSELVES THROUGH THIS BOND PROGRAM TO LEVERAGE THOSE DOLLARS AND PULL DOWN EVEN RELIEF, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, TO, UM, CUSHION ANY BLOW FROM INFLATION OR OR OTHER CHANGES, WE SHOULD GO AFTER IT. 
          AND, AND I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY ALREADY DEALING WITH THAT, BUT IF THERE ARE NEW PROJECTS THAT COME TO THAT LIST ON, AT THE COORDINATION TABLE THROUGH THIS BOND, I WOULD, I WOULD URGE US TO, TO PURSUE THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND I, I WOULD SAY, I'LL ADD THAT, UH, I THINK, I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND FROM THE INFRAS FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, A HIGHER PRIORITY ON LEVERAGING PROJECTS THAN SHOVEL READY. 
          UM, AND, AND TO YOUR POINT, UH, WE HAPPEN TO BE IN A PRETTY GOOD POSITION WHERE THE VOTERS JUST APPROVED $1.2 BILLION WORTH OF WORTH OF CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THE NEXT PROJECT THAT, OR THE NEXT GRANT PROJECT THAT WE'LL BE PURSUING IS THE SAFE STREETS. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING ACTIVELY LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE SOME OF OUR EXISTING PROJECTS, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH OUR, WITH THE BOND PROGRAM OR THE BOND PROJECT, UH, AT BROOKS WITH, UH, THE RAISE GRANT. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, AND ERIC, TWO OTHER POINTS I WANNA MAKE, UH, BEFORE I PASS IT OFF. 
          UH, THE FIRST, UH, ONE IS, UH, THIS IS ALSO A JOBS PROGRAM AND, UH, THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, UH, WITH CE BETA AND WITH OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND MENTORSHIP, UH, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S GONNA BE PERFORMED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND, UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE BENEFITING FROM THAT. 
          SO AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, UH, AS WE GO INTO THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, ENSURING THAT OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, OUR, OUR CONTRACTORS, OUR WORKERS ARE PREPARED FOR WHAT'S COMING, UH, CERTIFIED IN THE VENDOR REGISTRY, UH, CREDENTIALED, UH, HELPING WITH WORKFORCE, AND WE HAVE READY TO WORK, UH, ALSO TRAINING FOLKS, THIS BECOMES A VIRTUOUS CYCLE NOW THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO IMPACT POSITIVELY FAMILIES IN OUR CITIES. 
          SO, UH, THIS IS A, AN EXCITING MOMENT WHERE WE HAVE, UH, NOW THE SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC AT A, AT A CRITICAL POINT IN TIME FOR US TO ADDRESS A LOT OF DIFFERENT LONGSTANDING ISSUES. 
          LAST POINT IS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, TRIPLE NET, BOTTOM LINE IMPACT, SOCIAL IMPACT, HOW WE CAN SPEND THESE DOLLARS AND, AND PERFORM THESE PROJECTS PROPERLY SO THAT THEY'RE GOING BEYOND JUST THE SIMPLE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEING LAID. 
          I SHOULD, UM, MENTION THAT IN SPEC SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD TO THE WORK THAT SARAH, UH, SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY HAS DONE, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY HAS DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S IMPACT, UH, POSITIVE IMPACT TO OUR PURSUIT OF RESILIENCY. 
          AND LET ME JUST, UH, NOTE SOME FIGURES FROM A 2018 U T SS A STUDY, UH, FUTURE CLIMATE PROJECTIONS FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT PROJECTS THAT OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, WE WILL EXPERIENCE THE FOLLOWING CLIMATE IMPACTS THROUGH THREE FEWER INCHES OF RAINFALL ANNUALLY, MEANING MORE FREQUENT AND LONGER DROUGHTS, ALONG WITH REDUCED WATER AND FLUID SECURITY, 24 ADDITIONAL DAYS OVER 100 DEGREES, MEANING INCREASED RE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES, AND A FOUR DEGREE INCREASE IN SUMMER MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE, MEANING INCREASED RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AND STORMS. SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM NOT AS JUST ONE THAT'S BUILDING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT JUST ONE THAT'S, UM, PROVIDING GOOD JOBS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND PAYCHECKS, BUT ALSO ONE THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE OUR RESILIENCY, UH, IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ENSURING THAT EACH BOND, EACH BOND PROPOSITION INCORPORATES SUSTAINABLE DESIGN PRACTICES. 
          UH, AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE USE, USE OF NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS, LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO SLOW DOWN STORM WATER AND, AND FLOOD WATER IMPACTS, UH, THAT CONTRIBUTE TO, UH, POLLUTION AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE DOWNSTREAM DRAINAGE, UH, CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE, THE USE OF MORE ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALKS, UH, WITH TREES AND SAGE STRUCTURES. 
          ALL THESE THINGS I WOULD, UH, URGE US TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT AS WE GO INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION, INTO THE PROPOSAL PROCESS OF THESE BOND PROJECTS. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD CONSIDER ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE WITH REGARD TO CLIMATE ACTION ADAPTATION TO BE PRESENT AND IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AND IMPLEMENTATION. 
          SO WE CAN THINK ABOUT NOT JUST THE CONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THE IMPACT SOCIALLY, UH, WELL THE IMPACT BROADLY ON OUR RESILIENCE, UH, AND ALL THE OTHER ASPECTS OF, OF BUILDING A HIGH QUALITY COMMUNITY IN ADDITION TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOBS, ET CETERA. 
          SO, UM, GREAT TO BE HERE. 
          I'M GLAD WE ARE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. 
          WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO, UM, RAZZIE AND TO MICHAEL AND, AND TO VERONICA. 
          UM, GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AND 
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ALSO THANK YOU ERIC, UH, FOR, UM, HELPING WITH THE NU PROJECT. 
          SO I KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME. 
          I FEEL LIKE IT'S, UH, CHRISTMAS IN, IN JUNE TODAY, SO THANK YOU . 
          UM, RAZZI, CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF VOTER APPROVED 2017 PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED? AND ARE WE ON TIME AND ON BUDGET? WE ARE COMP, WE HAVE 91% EITHER IS DONE OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY END OF THIS YEAR WILL BE 94%. 
          WE, WE ARE UNDER BUDGET OR AT THE BUDGET. 
          AND WE HAD FEW PROJECTS SLIP ON THAT ONE BECAUSE WE HAD FUNDING AGREEMENT BECAUSE OF THE COVID, OUR PARTNER WASN'T BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THEIR PART OF THE OVERALL, WE ARE REALLY DOING PRETTY GOOD CONSIDERING THE COVID WE HAVE GONE THROUGH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, RAZZI IN PROP A STREETS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS, MY DISTRICT HAS AN ALLOCATION OF $9.7 MILLION FOR F STREETS. 
          DO YOU HAVE A LIST FOR ALL OF THE DISTRICTS FOR THEIR F STREETS? WE HAVE LIST FOR ENTIRE ALL 10 CONSULT, DISTRICT F STREET ANTHONY, AND MYSELF. 
          WE ARE WORKING WITH YOU VERY CLOSELY. 
          WE WILL RECOMMEND YOU WHAT F STREET WE ARE RECOMMENDING. 
          YOU WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY. 
          SO ONE OF THE REASON WE WANNA DO THIS F STREET UNDER USING THE EXISTING ON CALL BECAUSE WE KNOW SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS HAS BEEN LIVING ON THOSE ROADWAYS SO LONG, WE REALLY DON'T WANNA WAIT THREE, FOUR YEARS TO HAVE THOSE PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          WE WANNA MOVE ON THOSE PROJECT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          THANK YOU ROSIE. 
          AND WILL EACH OF THEM BE A FULL RECONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING SIDEWALKS? OUR INTENTION IS TO DO SIDEWALK ON EVERY PLACE, IF DOESN'T EXIST, EITHER PAY FROM THE F STREET BUDGET ALSO, YOU KNOW, EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS A $1 MILLION FOR PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY AND WE HAVE PART OF A PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET, 30 MILLION FOR SIDEWALK. 
          WE HAVE GOOD AMOUNT FUNDING TO DO SIDEWALK ANY PLACE IT NEEDS IT. 
          THANK YOU, RAZZY. 
          AT THE LAST, UM, MUNICIPAL COMMITTEES MEETING, I ASKED SPECIFICALLY HOW WE COORDINATE WITH OUR PARTNERS. 
          UM, AND I ASKED THAT SPECIFICALLY OF SAWS, BUT CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WE GO ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT ALL STREETS ARE COMPLETE AND DONE ALL AT ONCE? SO, UM, SEWER, WATER, ELECTRICAL, CAN YOU HELP ME SEE HOW WE PARTNER WITH OUR, THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS? YEAH, SHORTLY AFTER WE DEVELOPED OUR PROPOSED 2022 BOND, WE SHARED OUR PROJECT LEAD WITH C P S AND SARS AND SOME OTHER AGENCY AFTER CONSULT PROOF IN EARLY THIS YEAR. 
          WE PROVIDE THEM UPDATED TO THE LIST AND EVERY PROJECT WE WILL MEET WITH THE SAWS AND C P S AND AT AND T AND OTHER AGENCY MAKE SURE THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROJECT. 
          IF THEY NEED TO UPGRADE THEIR EXISTING SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THE AGE THEY NEED TO DO EITHER BEFORE US OR WITH US, WE DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO CUT THE BRAND NEW STREET UNLESS UNFORTUNATELY EMERGENCY CUT CAN, CAN I, UM, ADD, UM, THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE CITY MANAGER? UM, I'M NOT SATISFIED WITH THE LEVEL OF COORDINATION. 
          UM, AND, AND, UM, THAT IS A CONSTANT ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO STAY ON TOP OF. 
          UM, AND AS WE WORK TO THE DO THE SCHEDULE, UH, THIS SUMMER, WE'LL BE SHARING THAT WITH BOTH C P S AND SAWS WHO HAVE THEIR OWN CAPITAL PLANS AND THOSE SHOULD BE LINED UP. 
          NOW, I GET IT THAT THERE MAY BE AN EMERGENCY AND, YOU KNOW, A, A PIPE MAY COLLAPSE AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, BUT WE HAVE GOTTA DO A BETTER JOB OF COORDINATING WITH THE UTILITIES AND WE WILL BE PUSHING TO DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I, UM, HAVE ONE STREET IN PARTICULAR MATA THAT HAS BEEN, AND AND THEY'RE WORKING ON IT, BUT YEAH, GIMME THE NAME OF THE STREET WE WE'RE GOING. 
          OKAY, WELL BECAUSE I, I I KEEP A LIST OF THEM. 
          GOT IT. 
          ERIC, WE'LL, JUST LIKE YOU EMAIL ME THE NAME OF THE STREET. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YES, A ABSOLUTELY, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THAT SENT OVER TO YOU, BUT, UM, I ASKED SAWS AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE ON TOP OF IT, BUT I ASKED THEM BECAUSE IF THEY'RE ON TOP OF OURS, GREAT. 
          BUT GUESS WHAT, THERE'S PROBABLY A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER STREETS AND SO I'M WONDERING HOW WE CAN, SO, SO TO YOUR POINT, ERIC, I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF, UM, OF FIGURING OUT BEFORE RIGHT. 
          AND, AND ALERTING THE RESIDENTS, ET CETERA. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY ON, ON THAT FRONT. 
          YEAH, I BE MORE THAN HAPPY IF THERE ARE ISSUES THEN REALLY, UM, UM, I I GUESS IT'S MY APPROACH THAT, THAT, UM, IS WE SHOULD BE THE ONES ON TOP OF IT. 
          SO IF THERE'S AN ISSUE THEN RAZZIE ROD, MYSELF NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT AND FOLLOWING UP WITH THE UTILITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO HOUSING. 
          SO THANK YOU RAZZI. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          UM, AND UH, VERONICA, JUST A QUICK QUESTION AND, AND WHILE YOU COME UP, I'LL GIVE THE EXAMPLE OF, UM, MY COLLEAGUES AND I, UM, APPROVED SOME HAD APPROVED, UM, A, UH, UH, PATRIOTS POINT PROJECT A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND NOW IT'S STALLED BECAUSE OF, UM, THE FINANCING. 
          IT JUST WASN'T PENCILING IN AND IT WAS A VETERAN 
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CENTRIC, UH, FOCUSED APARTMENT. 
          AND SO, UM, IT IT IT'S JUST SO FRUSTRATING, RIGHT? THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT THAT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY DO LAST WEEK. 
          UM, AND I WOULD THANK YOU IN FRONT OF MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE YOU ALL, MAYBE IT WAS THIS WEEK, I CAN'T REMEMBER , BUT DURING YOUR FINDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, YOU ALL PROPOSED SOME CREATIVE SOLUTIONS. 
          AND SO SWITCHING C DB TWO C, DDB C D B G FUNDS, FOR INSTANCE, WAS ONE OF THEM. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          UM, I AM WONDERING IF YOU'VE HEARD, OR IS THIS, UH, WHAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE? UM, WHAT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT OTHERS ARE WORKING ON? YES, I MEAN, SAME THING. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE THAT ARE HAVING INCREASED GAP ISSUES IN THEIR PROJECTS. 
          UM, SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO T D H C A AND ASKING FOR A WAIVER ON THE TIMELINE, MORE TIME TO LINE UP ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES. 
          THEY CAN GRANT IT ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS. 
          UM, SOME OF THE PROJECTS ARE HAVING TO GET CREATIVE, UH, WITH LIKE BRIDGE LOANS TO SEE IF THEY CAN BUY MORE TIME TO LINE UP ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES. 
          SO, UM, YEAH, IT, IT'S, IT'S A CHALLENGE EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST HERE. 
          WERE YOU GONNA ADD SOMETHING ERIC? YEAH, BUT I DON'T WANNA TAKE ANY OF YOUR TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, AND, AND WELL ACTUALLY YOU CAN BECAUSE I JUST HAVE A QUICK, QUICK QUESTION NOW. 
          WELL, I, THAT'S A, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POLICY ISSUE THAT, THAT I THINK THE COUNCIL WILL NEED TO WEIGH IN AS WE GO THROUGH THIS SOLICITATION PROCESS. 
          AND VERONICA HAD IT ON THE SLIDE. 
          THERE ARE POTENTIALLY SOME PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AND, AND SHOULD BE DELIVERING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT HAVE, THAT MAY BE DEALING WITH SOME INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE SOLICITATIONS, WE MAY SEE SOME OF THEM POP BACK UP. 
          NOW THEY WILL NEED TO APPLY THE RULES THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED UNDER SHIP AND THAT WERE DEVELOPED WITH THE BOND COMMITTEE. 
          SO THE PROJECTS COULD CHANGE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE IN OUR PIPELINE LIST WE'VE COUNTED THOSE PROJECT AS THOSE THOSE HOUSING UNITS IS COMING. 
          SO, UM, SHOULD WE BE PUTTING MORE MONEY BACK TO THEM? I KNOW THEY'RE DEALING WITH POTENTIALLY SOME FINANCING ISSUES, BUT THAT'LL UNDOUBTEDLY BE A POLICY ISSUE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL NEED TO WEIGH THIS FALL. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU ERIC. 
          I THINK THAT IT DEFINITELY SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER. 
          AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS FROM MICHAEL SINDEN AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY, UM, REGARDING OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND CONTRACTING WITH SMALL BUSINESSES, THEY NEED OUR HELP. 
          NOW, ARE YOU ALL, OR HOW OFTEN DO YOU HOST, UM, DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY? UM, SESSIONS AND SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          I WAS, UM, SPEAKING AT A HISPANIC CHAMBER EVENT LAST MONTH, OR I GUESS MAYBE IT WAS, IT WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH AGO. 
          UM, AND A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE THERE DID CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS, AND THEY WEREN'T AWARE WHAT THE BOND COULD DO FOR THEM. 
          SO LITERALLY AFTER I FINISHED SPEAKING AND I MENTIONED THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD RESULT IF THE BOND PASSED THERE, I COUNCILWOMAN, WHERE DO WE GO TO, TO SIGN UP? WHAT DO WE DO? AND SO, AND IT IT STRUCK ME THAT EVEN MEMBERS OF THE HISPANIC CHAMBER DIDN'T NECESSARILY REALIZE WHAT THE BOND MEANT IF, IF THE CITY PASSED IT. 
          AND SO I'M WONDERING WHAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAVE TO HELP, UH, SOME OF THE, THE SMALLER CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES OR, UM, MAYBE FOLKS WHO HAVE NEVER DONE BUSINESS WITH THE CITY. 
          AND HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HOST THEM BEFORE THE R F P? SO JUST IN GENERAL, HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY? ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF EVENTS THAT WE'LL EITHER HOST OURSELVES OR WE'LL PARTNER WITH ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OR EVEN A TRADE ORGANIZATION OR CHAMBER TO COME OUT AND PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY OF HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH US. 
          WE'LL PARTNER WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND FINANCE TO HAVE THEM COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT DEMYSTIFYING THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. 
          AND THEN WE'LL GET UP THERE OF COURSE, AND TALK ABOUT CERTIFICATIONS, UH, AND HOW THE C BETA PROGRAM CAN HELP YOU. 
          SO WHILE YES, AWARENESS IS ALWAYS HARD TO GET IN FRONT OF ALL BUSINESSES, IT IS OUR GOAL TO KEEP GETTING OUT THERE AND KEEP REMINDING 'EM THAT THERE ARE THESE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER THEM AND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WORK OUT THERE TO GET INVOLVED WITH. 
          HOW OFTEN DO WE HOST EVENTS LIKE THAT? SO IT'S HARD TO PUT LIKE A MONTHLY OR A WEEKLY OCCURRENCE ON THEM, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY SAY WE'D HAVE ABOUT THREE TO FOUR A MONTH THAT WE DEFINITELY GET OUT FOR. 
          UM, THEY CAN BE ON CALL, THEY CAN SAY, HEY, MY MEMBERSHIP AFTER THIS MEETING, MAYBE IT'S A ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING GROUP, COULD CALL US. 
          WE'LL COME OUT. 
          UM, BUT WE ALSO HOST OUR OWN AND TAG ONTO OTHER PEOPLE'S EVENTS AS WELL. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND SO I'D LOVE TO PARTICIPATE HOWEVER YOU, YOU NEED, NEED US TO, I'D LIKE TO GET THE WORD OUT TO DISTRICT FOUR. 
          WE HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, SO, UM, UH, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO SPREAD THE WORD I'D, I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP. 
          A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT, UM, DON'T SEE THE OPPORTUNITY, SO WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GO TO THEM. 
          BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, MICHAEL. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          OH, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, MAYOR. 
          SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROZI GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER KIO. 
          HDA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, RAZZI, DO YOU, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT CAN THE, OUR LOCAL CIVIL ENGINEER THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION BY THE WAY. 
          UM, WHAT MORE CAN OUR LOCAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURE 
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FIRMS DO TO PREPARE FOR THE MASS SELECTION PROCESS? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION ONE MORE TIME? OUR, OUR LOCAL FIRMS ENGINEERING, LANDSCAPING, UM, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, ARCHITECTS, WHAT CAN THEY DO TO PREPARE FOR THE MASS SELECTION? WE HAD A SEMINAR TWO MONTHS OR SO AGO. 
          WE TOLD THEM ABOUT THE PROJECT LIST AND WE TOLD THEM WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR THEM TO PROCEED AFTER WE ADVERTISE THE PROJECT NEXT WEDNESDAY, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A ALSO MEETING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW ABOUT PROJECT. 
          WE ARE ANTICIPATING 80 OR SO TO APPLY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING 25 OR SO FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND PROBABLY ANOTHER 30 OR SO FOR FACILITY FOR ARCHITECTURE. 
          ALL OF THEM KNOWS THE PROJECT, AND WE HAD NUMBER OF THE MEETING WITH THEM TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT. 
          WE JUST HAVE ONE THING. 
          HEY, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UH, ALSO, WE WILL BE HAVING A PRE-SUBMIT CONFERENCE ON JUNE 22ND. 
          SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SUBMITTING A, A QUALIFICATION FOR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS TO ATTEND THAT MEETING SO THEY CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS. 
          UH, WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON, ON THESE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, SCOPE AND WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR. 
          SO VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BE ENGAGED IN THAT MEETING. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, RAZIA, YOU SAID, UH, YOU HAD A, A MEETING AND A SEMINAR WITH THEM, BUT WHO, WHO SPECIFICALLY IS THEM? DID YOU WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 300 PEOPLE ATTENDED. 
          IT WAS FOR CONTINUED EDUCATION AND WE PRESENT OUR PROPOSED, AT THE TIME I WAS PROPOSED BOND PROGRAM AND THEY HAVE BEEN VISITING WITH ME AND MY STAFF ALMOST DAILY OR WEEKLY. 
          THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT IN VERY DETAIL. 
          AS ROD MENTIONED, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE PRE-SUBMIT ALL, WE ARE ENCOURAGING THEM TO ATTEND PRE-SUBMIT, ALL IN THE COMMISSION CENTER, BIG ROOM. 
          THERE IS PLENTY ROOM LAST TIME TO 300 PEOPLE ATTEND INTO FOURTH 2017. 
          WE ARE ANTICIPATING SAME NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE TO ATTEND. 
          OKAY. 
          I MEAN, YOU'RE REACHING OUT, I'M SURE TO ASSOCIATIONS AND, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT, THAT, UM, THESE FIRMS ARE MEMBERS OF NOT JUST THEM DIRECTLY WITH THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING PRIVATE PRACTICE. 
          WE CONTINUOUSLY MEET WITH THEM AND CIVIL ENGINEERING COUNCIL, WE ALSO MEET WITH THEM. 
          THEY KNOW VERY DETAIL ABOUT MOST OF OUR PROJECT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE HAVE A, UM, SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY IN OUR, IN OUR COMMITTEE, IN OUR DISTRICT, UM, IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          AND A LOT OF WHAT I HEARD WAS, UM, HOW DO WE HEAR ABOUT THESE OPPORTUNITIES? SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, UM, MY COLLEAGUE HERE MENTIONED IT, BUT, UH, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP PUSH OUT INFORMATION, UM, ON THESE SEMINARS AND THESE MEETINGS, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CAN, WE CAN HELP. 
          UM, RECENTLY I HEARD ABOUT A COUPLE PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAVE EXTENDED DEADLINES BECAUSE OF THE COST OF LABOR AND MATERIALS. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT'S A REALITY OF CONSTRUCTION, UH, UH, RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT HOW CAN DEPARTMENTS DEAL WITH THE, OR HOW ARE YOU ALL PLANNING ON DEALING WITH THE DIFFERENCES IN, IN COSTS OF MATERIALS AND LABOR GOING FORWARD? OKAY, LET ME ANSWER THE FIRST QUESTION FIRST. 
          WE ADVERTISE THIS PROJECT AND T V S H AND ONE CSA BID AN OPPORTUNITY, OUR OPPORTUNITY WEBSITE, EXPRESS NEWS AND HEARTBEATS. 
          WE'VE ADVERTISED FIVE DIFFERENT PLACES. 
          LAWYERS USE HEARTBEAT. 
          I'M, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED THERE REGARDING THE COST. 
          WE HAVE INCLUDED 5% INFLATION COMBINED FOR FIVE YEARS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE HAVE A 10% CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY FOR EVERY PROJECT. 
          WE DID A CUSTOM ESTIMATE. 
          MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECT WILL GO UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 2024 AND UP. 
          WE ARE HOPING INFLATION AT THAT TIME WILL BE BELOW SINGLE DIGIT, THEN REALLY DOUBLE DIGIT RIGHT NOW. 
          I THINK IF IT COMES SOME PROJECT AND PROBABLY WILL BE OVER BUDGET, WE HAVE TO VALUE ENGINEER TO BRING WITHIN THE BUDGET. 
          AND, AND I'LL JUST ADD THE OTHER, I THINK THE OTHER ELEMENT OF THIS IS THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, AND, AND I CAN THINK OF, UM, A HANDFUL THAT WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH HERE IN THE LAST YEAR. 
          NOT ALL OF THEM RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION, SOME OF 'EM RELATED TO VEHICLES. 
          UM, AND SO IF WE DO IT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, THEN THAT GIVES US THAT FLEXIBILITY. 
          I THINK WE NEED, YEAH, FUEL COST IS ANOTHER ONE. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          UM, GOING FORWARD. 
          UH, UM, SO YOU'RE BUILDING IT INTO EVERY, YOU'RE HAVING TO BUILD A PERCENTAGE INTO EVERY PROJECT AND TAKE IT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, SO, OKAY. 
          I, I UNDERSTAND, UM, UH, AT SEVERAL OF OUR DISTRICT SIX BOND TOWN HALL MEETINGS, WE HAD, UM, PEOPLE RESIDENT, UH, PEOPLE, UH, VOICE OUR CONCERNS THAT THE 2017 BOND, SOME OF THE DELIVERED PROJECTS WERE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN, UM, THE BOND IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. 
          THE, THE, THE BOND COMMITTEES. 
          IS THIS 
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SOMETHING THAT THE CITIZENS BOND COMMITTEE WILL OVERSEE? I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT, UM, GOING FORWARD, WILL THE CITIZENS BOND COMMISSION OVERSEE, UM, ADHERENCE TO THE ORIGINAL INTENT OR LANGUAGE? YEAH, LET ME COUNCILMAN ADDRESS THAT ONE. 
          FIRST OF ALL, WE, AFTER WE HIRE A CONSULTING, WE WORK FOR WITH THROUGH EACH COUNCIL'S OFFICE TO HAVE COMMUNITY MEETING AND WE EXPLAIN THE PROJECT WE THINK SHOULD BE AND GET REALLY INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR PROJECT, WE ARE JUST MANAGING FOR THEM AND INCORPORATE THAT ONE AND DESIGN 40%. 
          THEN WE GO BACK FOR A SECOND TIME AFTER WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THE PAPER TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY WERE REALLY ANTICIPATING TO THIS PROJECT TO BE. 
          AND ALSO, EVERY QUARTERLY WE MEET WITH THE C BOX COMMITTEE AND EXPLAIN THEM ABOUT THE PROJECT SCOPE, WE ARE HOPING SOME OF THOSE C BOX COMMITTEE TO BE SAME MEMBER FROM THE BOND COMMITTEE. 
          THEN THEY HAVE VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE PROJECT SHOULD BE. 
          OH, THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY NEXT QUESTION. 
          IF IT WOULD, UH, BENEFIT US, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD TO HAVE THE SAME COMMITTEE MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE INSIGHT INTO THE INTENT. 
          UM, RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ALSO CONTINUATION. 
          RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU ZY. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? WE HEAR YOU GREAT. 
          WE HEAR YOU GREAT. 
          SUPER. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, UM, I REALIZE THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE BID PROCESS, BUT ALSO ABOUT THE PLANS FOR EXECUTING ALL OF THIS. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THE THOROUGHNESS OF, OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          ERIC ROZI, UM, MICHAEL VERONICA, UH, FOR TAKING PART IN IT. 
          UM, A FEW COMMENTS. 
          UM, I DO WANNA ECHO THE MAYOR'S SUGGESTION FOR ENSURING THAT SARAH PLAYS A ROLE WITH US AS WE EXECUTE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, UM, FOR THEIR, UM, FOR THEIR EXPERTISE IN RESILIENCY AND HELPING US IDENTIFY MULTIPLE BENEFITS. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT A SLAM DUNK YET, UH, ERIC, BUT, UH, HAPPY TO HELP, UM, HOWEVER I CAN TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          UM, I WAS REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT THE EVALUATION FOR THE DESIGN WILL INCLUDE, UH, GREEN DESIGN QUALIFICATIONS AT 10 POINTS. 
          UM, I SAW THAT YOU HAVE THE A I A AS ONE OF THE POTENTIAL ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP EVALUATE. 
          I THINK THAT'S, UM, THAT'S GREAT. 
          I WOULD ALSO, UH, RECOMMEND, UH, PERHAPS THE US GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL. 
          UH, I'M SURE, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO WILL HAVE OTHER IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE CAN, UH, HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET THE, THE MOST, UH, QUALIFIED FOLKS IN, IN THAT AREA. 
          UM, I AL I WAS PLANNING TO, UH, ASK SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS AS COUNCILMAN ROCHE GARCIA REGARDING, UM, THE OUTREACH, UH, FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          UH, MICHAEL, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS ON THE ROAD, UH, TRYING TO HOW SMALL BUSINESSES OR SWIMMING BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AT THE CITY. 
          UM, AND THE AIRPORT RECENTLY TOLD US WHAT THEY WERE DOING, UH, AS WELL. 
          I'M WONDERING, UH, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO SEE AN OUTREACH PLAN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BOND PROJECTS AND HOW WE WILL TRY TO RECRUIT, UM, SMALL, UH, MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES FOR THE, UH, CONTRACTING PHASE, THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THAT, UH, OF THIS WHOLE PROGRAM? IT'S $1.2 BILLION. 
          THERE ARE TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD, UM, BE ALMOST TRANSFORMATIVE FOR THAT SECTOR, UM, AND FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES. 
          IS THAT A POSSIBILITY, ERIC? YEAH, LET ME LET MICHAEL, UH, ANSWER THE QUESTION. 
          HE UP AT THE PODIUM COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SO YEAH, WE COULD DEFINITELY SHARE A PLAN OF HOW WE PLAN ON ENGAGING WITH THESE BUSINESSES AND GETTING THEM INFORMED. 
          WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING LIKE A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS TYPE OF DOCUMENT TO GIVE, TO KIND OF HAND OUT TO PEOPLE TO HAVE TAKEAWAYS OF WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS TO DO, UH, IN THIS PROCESS. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN CAVEO HAVE I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE BEST WAY TO GET IN, IN, UH, READY IS TO GET CERTIFIED AND TO GET REGISTERED WITH THE CITY AND OUR CENTRAL VENDOR REGISTRY SO PEOPLE CAN FIND YOU AND BE AWARE OF YOU TO USE YOU. 
          SO WE CAN DEFINITELY SHARE THAT WITH YOU ON HOW WE PLAN TO ENGAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK IT'D ALSO BE GREAT TO SEE, UH, HOW MANY AGENCIES OR ORGANIZATIONS ARE REGISTERED NOW IN OUR DATABASE. 
          AND BY THE TIME YOU COMPLETE YOUR PLAN, UH, AND WE'RE 
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READY TO GO OUT FOR BID ON CONSTRUCTION, HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS ARE, ARE REGISTERED BY THEN AND THE, AND THE INCREASES IN, IN THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES? UH, I DIDN'T SEE, UNLESS I MISSED IT. 
          UH, YOU MENTIONED LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
          IS THAT A POSSIBILITY AS WELL? ARE, ARE THERE GOING TO BE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL POINTS FOR LOCAL COMPANIES? TROY, COMING UP TO COMING UP TO THE COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME'S TROY ELLIOTT. 
          UM, IN THE ACTUAL SOLICITATION, THERE IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL OR VETERANS. 
          AS MICHAEL EXPLAINED, SIMILAR TO THE SUB PROGRAM BASED ON STATE STATUTE. 
          IT DOES NOT, NOT ALLOW US TO PUT THOSE OR PRESENT THOSE POINTS IN THE SOLICITATION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE RESPONSE. 
          TROY. 
          UH, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT FLEXIBILITY OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ARE GOING TO HAVE WHEN THEY CONDUCT CONTRACTING? SO, UM, I THINK, I THINK YOU HAVE A SLIDE THAT LISTED THEM. 
          SO LIKE U T S A OR, UM, THE ZOO. 
          WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO THEY HAVE UH, IN THE DESIGN AND IN THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING PROCESS? SO, UH, SWIM BEE OR LOCAL OR VETERAN OWNED ORGANIZATION? COUNCILMAN, THIS IS REZI. 
          FIRST OF ALL, LET ME ANSWER THE QUESTION YOU WERE ASKING TROY. 
          REGARDING THE LOCAL PREFERENCE, WE HAVE ITEM C ON EVALUATION 25 POINT EXPERIENCE IN SAN ANTONIO REGION. 
          INDIRECTLY THAT MEANS THEY HAVE TO BE LOCAL TO HAVE EXPERIENCE AND PAST PERFORMANCE. 
          THAT MEANS THEY HAVE DONE JOB FOR US. 
          WE KNOW THEIR QUALITY OF THE WORK INDIRECTLY, WE GIVE THEM POINT. 
          IF THEY'RE LOCAL AND THEY HAVE DONE WORK FOR US REGARDING THE DESIGN SELECTION FOR THE PARTNER AGENCY, THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW SAME REQUIREMENT. 
          OUR MASS SELECTION IS FOLLOWING. 
          THIS IS MICHAEL AGAIN, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          ONE THING I WANTED TO ADD IS THAT EVEN WHEN THE CITY IS NOT THE SOLICITOR AND WE GIVE MONEY TO A PARTNER ORGANIZATION LIKE THE ZOO, THAT PROJECT STILL COMES BEFORE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE GOAL SETTING COMMITTEE. 
          AND WE WILL APPLY A SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL TAILORED SET OF TOOLS TO GET MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES ON THOSE PROJECTS. 
          YOU DID COUNCILWOMAN, YOU'RE MUTED. 
          YOU'RE MUTED. 
          MUTED. 
          COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, AS FAR AS THE SWIM B GOALS, THEY WOULD APPLY FOR THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS, CORRECT? HELLO? DID YOU HEAR ME? CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          CORRECT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY, SUPER. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE LEFT. 
          UH, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND I'LL, I'LL JUST TAKE ONE NOW AND THEN, UH, COME BACK IN LATER. 
          UM, UNLESS SOMEONE CAN GIMME A TIME CHECK. 
          THREE MINUTES AND 36 SECONDS. 
          THREE, SIX SECONDS. 
          ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO. 
          UM, SO, UH, WHEN WE DO GO ON TO THE NEXT PHASE OF, OF THE PROJECT, UM, I'D LIKE TO, UM, HAVE THE COUNCIL CONSIDER, OR, OR STAFF CONSIDER, UM, WELL, LEMME TAKE A STEP BACK. 
          UH, WE JUST COMPLETED MAY. 
          TODAY'S JUNE ONE IS THE HOTTEST MAY ON RECORD FOR OUR CITY. 
          UH, JUST OVER A MONTH AGO, UH, SOME OF US SUBMITTED A C C R REGARDING, UM, PROTECTION OF OUR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FROM, UH, FROM HEAT ILLNESS. 
          UH, WE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DOUBT THAT THAT WILL BE A RISK OR CONTINUE TO BE A RISK FOR ANY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON WHO ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET WORK ON THIS BOND. 
          UM, ANY OF THESE $1.2 BILLION. 
          UM, WE DON'T HAVE A DATE CERTAIN FOR WHEN THAT, UH, ITEM WILL BE HEARD YET. 
          OR, AND, AND OUR REQUEST WAS TO HAVE A WORK GROUP SORT OF WORK THROUGH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE IS THAT AS WE, UH, PUT OUT THESE SOLICITATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS SOME OF THEM, THE SHOVEL-READY ONE, THEY'RE GOING OUT NOW THAT AS PART OF THE SUBMISSION, WE GO AHEAD AND ASK, UH, THE BIDDING COMPANIES TO TELL US HOW THEY WILL MANAGE, UM, THE HEAT EXPOSURE TO EMPLOYEES. 
          I THINK THAT IS A COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE ASK WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE WORKING IN SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE SAN ANTONIO IS A HOT PLACE AND HOW YOU ACTUALLY MANAGE THE, THE PROJECT. 
          SO, UM, I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT INTEGRATED INTO, AGAIN, PART OF OUR BID ASK AS, UH, AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE JUST PART OF 
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THE DOCUMENTATION. 
          AND I THINK ONCE WE DO FORM OUR WORK GROUPS, THAT COULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, SO I, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THOSE, UH, COLLEAGUES WHO DID SIGN THE C C R WOULD, WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          AND I KNOW THERE ARE SOME OF YOU WHO ALMOST SIGNED IT. 
          UM, BUT WE, BUT WE'VE MANAGED TO GET ALL OUR SIGNATURES, UH, ALREADY AT THAT TIME. 
          SO I'D, I'D REALLY LOVE TO HEAR, UH, SUPPORT FOR, FOR THAT. 
          AND, UH, I'LL CHIME BACK IN LATER. 
          I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON THE, ON THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE PROCESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, VERONICA, COULD YOU TELL ME, UH, HOW IS, OR LEMME START OFF, HOW MUCH OF THE $150 MILLION THAT'S GONNA GO TO, UH, THE HOUSING BOND PROJECTS IS SLATED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COST OR, OR MANAGEMENT? WE HAVE A 10% SET ASIDE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, AND, UM, THAT'S JUST A SET ASIDE RIGHT NOW. 
          DOESN'T MEAN ALL 10% WILL BE USED. 
          WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A STAFFING COMPLIMENT. 
          AND RIGHT NOW I THINK OUR STAFFING COMPLIMENT RIGHT NOW IS AROUND 6%. 
          YEAH, I I GUESS THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          HOW MANY NEW PERSONNEL WILL THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN AS EXPLAINED, UH, REQUIRE YOUR DEPARTMENT TO HIRE? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A TEAM, UM, OF MAYBE NINE TO 10 POSITIONS TO START. 
          UM, AND A LOT OF THOSE WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HOME REHAB TEAM BECAUSE A LOT OF THE HOMES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HELPING WILL BE DONE DIRECTLY THROUGH OUR OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND RIGHT NOW OUR ANNUAL BUDGET FOR OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB IS ABOUT $20 MILLION FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. UM, MINOR REPAIR, OWNER OCCUPIED, AND UNDER ONE ROOF. 
          SO THE $45 MILLION IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN OUR ANNUAL BUDGET. 
          SO WE DO NEED MORE STAFF IN ORDER TO, TO MEET THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I'M JUST GONNA, UH, MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES CONTINUING TO OVERSEE THIS $150 MILLION BOND EFFORT. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS AN ACTIVE INCENTIVE AGREEMENT DEPARTMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY DEPARTMENT, BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, CSA FEE WAIVERS, DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, FAIR HOUSING, HOME REPAIR AND MEDIATION PROGRAMS, NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT, BOND TAX, INTER INCREMENT FINANCING, STAFF MEMBERS, AND, UH, HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
          YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS A LOT ON ITS PLATE, AND I PROBABLY MISSED A FEW THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT YOU, THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF SPEND A LOT OF TIME DOING. 
          UH, UNDER THIS BOND PROPOSAL, THERE ARE FIVE SECTIONS. 
          HOME OWNERSHIP, REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION, RENTAL, HOUSING ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION AND ACQUISITION, AND HOME OWNERSHIP PRODUCTION. 
          UH, I WANNA ADVOCATE VERY STRONGLY FOR THE CITY TO BE LOOKING TO THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AS A STRONG PARTNER IN CARRYING OUT ALMOST ALL OF THESE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED HERE OTHER THAN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          ALL, ALL THE OTHER FOUR ITEMS THAT I'VE MENTIONED, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST HAS HAD EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST ONGOING AND GOING FORWARD, UH, IN PROVIDING THOSE KINDS OF SERVICES. 
          NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY SAY THAT, WELL, THERE'VE BEEN A FEW, UH, HICCUPS ALONG THE WAY FOR THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST. 
          I THINK THAT'S FAIR. 
          BUT WE WENT THROUGH A MAJOR OVERHAUL WITH NCA COMING OUT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          WE'VE UNDERTAKEN ALL OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY. 
          THERE IS A UNIFIED MANAGEMENT TEAM. 
          THERE IS A UNIFIED OVERSIGHT OF 11 MEMBERS, FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SIX COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          THIS PROGRAM HAS HIRED BOND UNDERWRITER, BOND COUNSEL, FINANCIAL ADVISOR, LEGAL STAFF, COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKERS, AND OF COURSE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 
          AND I WOULD SAY THAT WE ARE WELL PREPARED AS AN ORGANIZATION TO ASSUME A LOT OF THE WORKLOAD THAT THESE ISSUES WILL ENCUMBER. 
          AND RATHER THAN HAVE THE CITY HIRE SIX PEOPLE OR NINE OR WHATEVER, AND THEN HAVE TO GO OUT AND SEEK BOND COUNCIL AND BOND UNDERWRITING AND FINANCE FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE SERVICES, WE'VE ALREADY UNDERTAKEN ALL OF THOSE. 
          AND I THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE 
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TO REALLY SIT DOWN AND EVALUATE HOW MUCH CAN WE RELY ON THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST TO DO THESE THINGS IN PLACE OF EXTENDING MORE ON THAT SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT IS, THAT REALLY HAS A HUGE, HUGE AMOUNT OF SERVICES. 
          IT ALREADY PROVIDES, I THINK, WITH FIVE SITTING COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THERE, YOU CAN RELY ON THE JOB BEING DONE AND DONE RIGHT AND DONE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT PITCH IN VERY STRONGLY. 
          UH, I DO WANT TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT SBE. 
          SO, MIKE, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, VERONICA. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN MANY CASES, UM, VETAS THAT ARE, ARE BOTH CONTINUING TO BE SUBCONTRACTORS THAT WE WANNA INCLUDE IN A LOT OF THESE AS WELL AS PRIME. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING HAS BEEN THAT PART OF THE EDTA PROGRAM HAS BEEN TO GROW AND DEVELOP A LOT OF THESE SUB BETA, UH, SUBCONTRACTORS TO BECOME PRIME CONTRACTORS. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF ONE OF THE THINGS WE COULD FIND OUT IS HOW MUCH SUCCESS HAS ABETA PROGRAM HAD IN DEVELOPING SUBS INTO PRIMES AND THOSE THAT HAVE MOVED INTO TAKING PRIME ROLES AND CONTRACTS, HOW SUCCESSFUL HAVE THEY BEEN? BECAUSE WE'VE JUST SAID THAT WE DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DO AS MUCH, UH, IN THE AREA OF EXCLUDING OR INCLUDING CERTAIN TYPES OF ENTITIES UNDER THE S BETA PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE'VE REACHED A LOT OF THE GOALS, WE'RE ALREADY GETTING A LOT OF S BETA INVOLVEMENT. 
          BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN IT COMES TO PRIME CONTRACTORS AND HOW ARE THEY DOING AND HOW DO WE DECIDE, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY WORKING AND WE DON'T NEED TO DO TOO MUCH MORE WITH IT. 
          UH, SO I'D LIKE A REPORT ON THAT, THAT WE CAN ALL LOOK AT AND EVALUATE, NOT JUST ON CONSTRUCTION, BUT ON THE OTHER SAB BETA TYPES OF CONTRACTS, UH, AND THE PRIME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE CITY. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THIS IS SUPER, SUPER EXCITING AND I, WE CAN, UM, CONTINUE THE WORK ON THE GREATER LOVE, MULTI-GENERATIONAL AND RECREATION CENTER. 
          UM, I'M ALSO GLAD TO SEE THE EAST SIDE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ON THE LIST FOR EXPEDITE EXPEDITED DESIGN AND DELIVERY YOUTH SERVICES IS SUCH A GREAT NEED THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, AND PARTICULARLY ON THE EAST SIDE. 
          AND I KNOW THIS IS GONNA HELP US BETTER SERVE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE KEPT ABREAST OF THE A C S FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, THE HOSPITAL. 
          UM, SPECIFICALLY I'M WONDERING, I KNOW IT SAID IN A LITTLE ASTERISK THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE, UM, A SEPARATE SOLICITATION PROCESS. 
          CAN SOMEONE DESCRIBE THAT TO ME AND WHY? YEAH, COUNCILMAN, WE MET WITH THE ANIMAL CARE DIRECTORS FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN WE WERE PREPARING FOR MASS SELECTION RECOMMENDATION FROM THEM. 
          TO US, IT REALLY REQUIRES SPECIAL DESIGN. 
          WE DON'T WANNA, WE WANNA GET BEST DESIGNERS POSSIBLE, POSSIBLE WITHIN SOME OF THEIR MEMBER, MAYBE EVEN OUT OF STATE. 
          THEY HAVE DONE WORK LIKE THIS. 
          THE DECISION AND RECOMMENDATION WAS WE SEPARATE THAT ONE AND ADVERTISE BY ITSELF SHORTLY AFTER WE ISSUE THE MASS SELECTION. 
          THEN WE GET REALLY BETTER ATTENTION AND BETTER TEAM FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          THAT'S OUR INTENTION FOR US TO GET THE BEST TEAM IS POSSIBLE. 
          SO THAT ONE WILL BE AFTER. 
          SO WE CAN EXPECT SHORTLY AFTER, NOT TOO FAR, NOT TOO FAR AFTER. 
          I AM A LITTLE SLIGHTLY CONCERNED TO SAY THAT WE WANT BETTER, WE WANT BETTER DESIGN AND BETTER TEAM AND A BETTER FOLK WORKING ON, I WANT THE BEST ON ALL OF THE PROJECTS. 
          BUT ROADWAY PROJECT IS ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN ANIMAL CARE HOSPITAL. 
          UM, AND SPEAKING OF WHICH, UM, UH, REGARDING F STREETS, YOU KNOW, I F STREETS, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN SUPER PASSIONATE ABOUT F STREETS AND I HAVE NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS WHO HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY VOCAL ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS ALMOST ENTIRELY COMPRISED OF F STREETS, FOR EXAMPLE, SUNRISE. 
          UM, AND SO I'M WONDERING WHAT WE CAN DO TO ADVANCE PROGRESS TOWARDS GETTING THESE FT STREETS REPAIRED. 
          AND ALMOST SIMILARLY TO, UH, COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA'S QUESTION. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A, MAYBE A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH YOU. 
          AND WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO IN WITH USING THE DISTRICT TWO ALLOCATION OF FT STREET FUNDING IS I WANT TO LOOK AT NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE SUNRISE AND DO TRANSFORMATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO RATHER THAN DOING F STREETS ALL THROUGHOUT, MAYBE WE CONCENTRATE, UM, SOME AMOUNT OF THAT. 
          AND THEN DO, ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME? YEAH, 
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COUNCILMAN, ACTUALLY, THAT'S ALSO OUR RECOMMENDATION. 
          RATHER THAN DOING LITTLE BIT EVERY PLACE JUST TO GO TO A NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY TO DO A HUNDRED PERCENT DO ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION, THE ENERGY IMPROVEMENT NEEDS SIDEWALK AND OTHER, WE WILL PROVIDE YOU SOME RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND AFTER WE GET APPROVAL FROM YOU, WE THEN PROCEED HAVING COMMUNITY MEETING. 
          BUT OUR INTENTION IS TO DO NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE, RATHER THAN DOING ONE ROADWAY HERE, MORE ROADWAY THEATER. 
          BEAUTIFUL. 
          LOOK AT US BEING ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          UM, THANK YOU ZI. 
          UH, THE NEXT BIT IS ABOUT THE HOUSING AND I JUST, I, I'VE RAISED THIS ISSUE BEFORE, BEFORE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET ADDITIONAL STAFF COMMUNICATION ON THIS. 
          WILL WE HAVE A SEPARATE OVERSIGHT? I KNOW WE WON'T HAVE A SEPARATE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR THE HOUSING PORTION OF THE BOND, BUT I DO REMEMBER WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CREATION OF THE R F P AND WHETHER MEMBERS OF MAYBE THE HOUSING, UH, BOND COMMITTEE COULD BE A PART OF THAT CREATION. 
          YEAH, WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT. 
          WE'RE, UM, LOOKING AT WHO CAN BE ON THE COMMITTEE, UH, TRYING TO MAKE IT A VERY DIVERSE COMMITTEE. 
          SO SINCE SUSTAINABILITY WAS ONE OF THE PARAMETERS THEY OUTLINED, DEFINITELY HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THAT TEAM, UM, SOMEBODY FROM OUR UNDERWRITING FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR THE GAP FINANCING, AT LEAST IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY. 
          UM, WE'RE DEFINITELY USING THE PARAMETERS THAT THE COMMITTEE DEVELOPED AS WE CREATE OUR SCORING CRITERIA AS WELL AS, UM, THE R F P DOCUMENT AND SCOPE ITSELF. 
          SO, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T HAVE THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE ON THE SELECTION PANEL, BUT THEIR FEEDBACK AS PROVIDED TO US IN THE PARAMETERS, UM, DEFINITELY WOULD BE PART OF HOW WE MAKE THE PROJECT SELECTIONS. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I WOULD LIKE A MORE FIRM COMMITMENT. 
          IS IT POSSIBLE THAT MAYBE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WE CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE CAN SEE A FEW OF THEM A APART PROCESS? SO THE WAY WE LOOK AT THESE COMMITTEES, FIRST, WE DON'T WANT TO CONFLICT ANYBODY OUT. 
          YOU HAD A LOT OF DEVELOPERS WHO WERE ON THOSE COMMITTEES, SO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING THOUGHTFUL. 
          WE, WE WILL, FOR EXAMPLE, P SS H WE WILL PLACE PEOPLE ON THE P S H R F P COMMITTEE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN WRAPAROUND SERVICES, WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN, IN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND SO IF THERE ARE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE, WE WILL DEFINITELY CONSIDER THEM WHEN WE CREATE THESE EVALUATION COMMITTEES. 
          IF YOU COUNCILMAN, IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS, IF YOU'LL FUNNEL THEM TO EITHER LORI OR MYSELF, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THOSE EVALUATION COMMITTEES. 
          SO IF THERE ARE IDEAS OR CATEGORIES THAT YOU WANNA MAKE SURE, WE OBVIOUSLY, AND YOU SAW THAT IN IN RA'S PART OF THE PRESENTATION, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING A DIVERSE REVIEW OF THE EVALUATIONS, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANNA AVOID ANY SORT OF CONFLICTS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND WILL, UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY YOU BROUGHT UP A GREAT EXAMPLE OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, POTENTIALLY ALSO AN ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBER OR, UH, I GUESS IT WOULD BE A COMMITTEE MEMBER, COULD BE SOMEONE WHO MAYBE HAS NEEDED THOSE SERVICES BEFORE IMPACT TO COMMUNITIES, OF COURSE. 
          UM, BY, WHEN SHOULD I GET YOU NAMES AND MAYBE ANY OF THOSE SUGGESTIONS, YOU CAN GET THEM TO US NOW. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          RIGHT NOW, NOT MEAN , UM, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK. 
          WE'RE NOT MAKING THESE COMMITTEES RIGHT NOW, BUT YES, WHENEVER YOU'RE AVAILABLE, WE'RE HAPPY TO MEET WE, OR SUGGESTIONS ON, ON CATEGORIES OF TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE CAN LOOK. 
          WE WANT TO, YOU, YOU JUST SAW IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WHOLE SLEW OF EVALUATION COMMITTEES, AND SO WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE POPULATING THEM AND, AND, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT TYPE OF REVIEW AS WE GO THROUGH THE SOLICITATIONS. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT A TON. 
          UM, I'LL ALSO ADD, JUST, UM, BEFORE I FORGET, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL HAD BROUGHT UP A GREAT POINT ABOUT, UM, THE WORKERS AND THE FOLK WHO WILL ACTUALLY BE CONSTRUCTING THESE PROJECTS AND BUILDING OUR CITY. 
          AND I KNOW I WASN'T ONE OF THE, I WASN'T ONE OF THE FOLK WHO SIGNED THE, UM, THE C C R, BUT I'M SUPPORTIVE AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN, WE CAN SEE THAT RECOMMENDATION THROUGH THAT WE'RE GETTING COMMITMENTS, UH, FOR FAIR TREATMENT OF WORKERS OUT OF THOSE WHO ARE APPLYING OR SUBMITTING PROPOSALS AND YADA, YADA, YADA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I SEE. 
          I HAD NOT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          MICHAEL GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU HERE. 
          THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          VERY, VERY GOOD. 
          UM, MICHAEL, ON CHART NUMBER 13, YOU SHOW THE 2012 BOND, THE 2017 BOND, WHAT WE ACTUALLY, UH, THE MASS SELECTIONS, WHAT THEY WERE UTILIZED AT. 
          BUT WHAT ARE OUR GOALS FOR 22 IN EACH ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES? I DIDN'T SEE THAT ANYWHERE FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES. 
          SURE. 
          SO WETA DID NOT APPLY DURING THE 2012 BOND MASS SELECTION PROCESS. 
          SO THERE WERE NO SABBA GOALS ON THAT ONE. 
          BUT 
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IN 2017, THE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS THAT WE APPLIED IN THAT CASE WERE 30% SMALL BUSINESS, 20% MINORITY WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS, AND 3% AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, UM, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS CHART EXPANDED. 
          WHAT ARE THE GOALS FOR EACH ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES? GOT IT. 
          AND WHAT IS OUR, I MEAN, JUST OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, ARE WE GONNA STAY ABOUT THE SAME? ARE WE GONNA INCREASE THESE ACROSS THE BOARD? AND WHAT, WHAT'S OUR FINAL GOAL OUT THERE? WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO GET TO, UH, ON THESE BONDS IN THE NEXT TWO, THREE BONDS? OR IS THIS GONNA BE UP TO 90% ACROSS HERE? OR WHAT, WHAT ARE OUR GOALS? SURE THING. 
          SO THE TOTAL ASPIRATIONAL GOAL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING FOR MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES COMBINED IS ABOUT 31%. 
          THAT'S THEIR AVAILABILITY RATE AT THIS TIME. 
          SO OUR GOAL IS TO TRY AND HIT THAT. 
          SO OVER THE YEARS WE'VE DONE REALLY WELL IN, IN, UM, SOLVING FOR DISPARITY IN THIS INDUSTRY, AND WE HAVE SEEN OUR UTILIZATION GO ABOVE THAT 31%. 
          THAT'S WHY YOU'VE SEEN US KIND OF TAKE BACK THE POINTS AND OTHER THINGS TO KIND OF DIAL THAT BACK DOWN. 
          AND WE HAVE SEEN THOSE GOALS KIND OF NORMALIZE. 
          SO THE GOAL IS TO HIT THAT AVAILABILITY MARKER AND RIDE THAT PATHWAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO SEE ANOTHER COLUMN ADDED ON THIS AND WHAT'S OUR 22 GOALS FOR EACH, EACH ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES. 
          SO IF YOU COULD ADD THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          UM, UH, OKAY. 
          THAT'S COMPARING, THAT'S GREAT. 
          UH, I HAD A QUESTION ON SLIDE NUMBER 15, UH, ABOUT THESE MENTORSHIP REQUIREMENTS. 
          HAVE WE HAD THAT, THOSE REQUIREMENTS IN THE PAST? MENTORSHIP REQUIREMENTS AND HOW SO? HOW MANY? YES, SIR. 
          SO WE DID APPLY, THIS WAS ON THE 20, UM, 17 BOND MASS SELECTION PROCESS AS WELL. 
          BUT WE APPLY THEM ON INDIVIDUAL SOLICITATIONS EVEN OUTSIDE OF THIS PROCESS. 
          BUT WE DO IT STRATEGICALLY. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AWARDED VENDOR CAN BE A USEFUL AND EFFECTIVE MENTOR IN THE PROGRAM. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO APPLY IT ON ANY CONTRACT TO WHERE THE AWARDEE THEMSELVES IS NOT YET READY TO BE A MENTOR AND IN FACT COULD USE THE MENTORING. 
          SO IT IS APPLIED PERIODICALLY, BUT STRATEGICALLY ON THOSE PROJECTS THAT'LL YIELD A CAPABLE VENDOR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT HOW MANY DID WE APPLY THIS TO IN THE 17, IN THE 2017? I BELIEVE IT WAS FOUR PROJECTS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE GOING FROM FOUR TO, WHAT IS THAT NOW? SEVEN. 
          SEVEN. 
          UM, AND YOU THINK THE COMPANIES CAN HANDLE THAT OUT THERE? YEAH, MANY OF THEM IN THE ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING SPACE ARE MENTORS TODAY WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENT. 
          THEY LIKE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND GROW THAT NEXT CROP OF BUSINESSES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          I, I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS ON THAT. 
          UH, RAZZI, UM, UH, SLIDE NUMBER 17. 
          I, I JUST SAW THIS EXPERIENCE WITH, UH, UH, THE LAST ONE 10 POINTS. 
          WHERE DID THE 10 POINTS COME FROM? I, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT THAT'S A LITTLE HIGH ON JUST SHOWING EXPERIENCE IN THAT. 
          UM, BUT WHAT IS THAT 10 POINTS BASED ON? I THINK COUNCILMAN IS THE IDEA IS WHEN WE ARE HIRING THE FIRM, THEY HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE ON GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THEY HAVE KNOWLEDGE, THEY HAVE DONE IT, THEY KNOW WHAT'S REALLY CITY REQUIREMENT. 
          AND WE THOUGHT 10 POINT IS A GOOD POINT. 
          ACTUALLY, THE IDEA WAS MAYBE GO LITTLE HIGHER THAN 10 POINT, BUT SINCE MOST OF OUR PROJECT IS A ROADWAY PROJECT AND RANGE PROJECT, WE THOUGHT 10 POINT IS GOOD. 
          GOOD, GOOD NUMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I THOUGHT THAT WAS A LITTLE HIGH MYSELF, BUT, OKAY. 
          UH, GOOD SUGGESTION ON, UM, UH, THE TIMELINE ON THE NEXT CHART. 
          18. 
          WHY IS THE LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURE A WEEK EARLIER THAN THE CIVIL ENGINEERING? I, I, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE OVERALL DATES, YOU KNOW, SITTING ON THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEETING. 
          WE WERE TRYING TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT LONGER PERIODS FOR THESE COMPANIES TO PUT TOGETHER GREAT TEAMS AND, UH, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          AND TO GIVE THEM MORE TIME TO DO THAT. 
          AND HERE I SEE WE'RE KIND OF SHORT-CHANGING, UH, THE ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE BY A WEEK. 
          I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT AT THE SAME DATE AS AUGUST 10TH AND I TO GO TILL AUGUST. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN THE REASON BEHIND MANY TIME THOSE FIRM ON BOTH OF THE SUBMITTAL ARE BECAUSE, UH, FACILITY HAS SOME SIDE WORK NEEDS, CIVIL ENGINEER ROADWAY HAS SOME LANDSCAPING NEEDS. 
          WE WANNA REALLY MAKE SURE THERE IS ENOUGH TIME RATHER THAN PUSHING THEM TO SUBMIT ALL OF THEM ON THE SAME DAY IS GOING TO BE VERY TIGHT REGARDING THE DURATION. 
          ACTUALLY CONSULTING THINK WE ARE GIVING THEM TOO MUCH TIME, THEY'RE READY TO START ON THE PROJECT. 
          I HAD GOT SOME TEXT THEY'RE ASKING, WHY ARE YOU GIVING TOO MUCH TIME? WE ARE READY TO GO, BUT WE WANNA GIVE THEM ENOUGH TIME TO PROVIDE A GOOD 
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SOLID SUBMITTAL FOR US. 
          WELL, AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONES ARE TELLING YOU THAT BECAUSE I HEAR THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STORY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THOSE MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO I'M JUST, UM, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT EVENED OUT. 
          I MEAN, YOU'RE JUST ACCEPTING THE PROPOSALS. 
          IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE GONNA SIT DOWN AND START EVALUATING THAT DAY. 
          SO, UM, WHY DON'T WE GIVE 'EM THAT EXTRA WEEK JUST LIKE WE ARE ON THE CIVIL ENGINEERS AND GET 'EM ALL SUBMITTED AT THE SAME TIME. 
          THAT'S MY RETAKE YOUR PART CONSEQUENCE. 
          THAT'S MY REQUEST. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UM, HOUSING, GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR HOUSING. 
          THANK YOU RAZZI. 
          UM, ON SLIDE NUMBER 25 MM-HMM. 
          , YOU SHOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS 28,000. 
          IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SHORT OR THAT IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING? THAT'S WHAT WE NEED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS AS OUTLINED IN OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WITH THIS BOND ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE SHOWS $150 MILLION AND IT'S SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , HOW MANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ARE WE GONNA GET? WHAT'S THE PROJECTION? SURE. 
          OUTTA THAT. 
          SO WE HAVEN'T PUT AN EXACT NUMBER ON IT YET. 
          UM, BUT WITH P S H, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE GONNA BE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS WITH ONSITE SERVICES. 
          SO WE'RE HOPING, YOU KNOW, 200 TO 400 NEW P S H UNITS CREATED WITH THIS FUNDING. 
          UM, ACCORDING TO OUR SHIP, WE NEED A THOUSAND OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS CREATED. 
          SO THIS'LL, THIS'LL HELP US GET THERE. 
          UM, AND THEN THE OTHER PROJECT, YOU KNOW, OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, IT'S, WE, WE DO, EACH HOME CAN BE A $25,000 REHAB TO $130,000 REHAB. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE PROPOSALS WE GET, ESPECIALLY FOR THE REHAB AND NEW CONSTRUCTION BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PUT ANY GOALS ON THESE. 
          WELL, BUT HAVEN'T WE ALREADY DONE SOME TO GET KIND OF A TRACK RECORD? YEAH, WE HAVE SOME HISTORICAL ESTIMATES THAT WE COULD USE TO KIND OF GAUGE, BUT I THINK, UM, OH, GO AHEAD. 
          WELL, I DO WANNA ADD THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT LOOK AT THIS. 
          $150 MILLION IS THE ONLY SOLUTION THAT WE'RE THROWING AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          OUR 10 YEAR PLAN IS $3.2 BILLION AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM OUR HOUSING TAX CREDIT. 
          SO WHEN WE EVALUATE THESE PROPOSALS, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE MONEY IT'S LEVERAGING. 
          SO WE'RE GETTING THE MOST UNITS, UM, BASED ON WHAT THEIR LEVERAGING AND THEIR AFFORDABILITY RATE. 
          SO $150 MILLION IS JUST A SMALL PART OF THE $3.2 BILLION BUDGET FOR THAT 10 YEAR GOAL. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I STILL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR $150 MILLION? IS IT A THOUSAND HOMES, 10,000 HOMES, OR, OR WHAT? I I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A GOOD ENOUGH TRACK RECORD AT THIS POINT. 
          WE CAN GET YOU THAT. 
          WE CAN GET YOU AN ESTIMATE, BUT IT'S A LOADED ANSWER BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LEVERAGING WHEN IT COMES TO THE TAX CREDITS AND THE OTHER RESOURCES OUR NONPROFITS ARE BRINGING TO THE TABLE. 
          YEAH, OKAY. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          BUT AGAIN, I, I THINK EVEN FOR THE TAXPAYER, WE, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF NUMBERS TO SHOW, HEY, THIS IS WHAT YOUR, YOUR TAXES ARE GOING TO THROUGH THIS BOND AT, UH, $150 MILLION. 
          SO YEAH, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF NUMBERS PUT TO THAT IN EACH ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES. 
          UH, THE FIVE CATEGORIES. 
          THANK YOU, LORD. 
          UM, JUST A COUPLE OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS AT THIS POINT. 
          UH, LIKE I SAID, REALLY GOOD BRIEFING, UM, RAZZIE, I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          OR ROD, UH, THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT THIS. 
          UH, HEAT RELATED, UH, THINGS, UH, OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AREN'T THERE ALREADY? OSHA REQUIREMENTS AND, AND, UH, REQUIREMENTS OUT THERE FOR PROTECTING THE WORKERS OUT THERE? YEAH. 
          I BELIEVE, COUNCILMAN YOU, CORRECT. 
          OSHA HAS REQUIREMENT REGARDING SAFETY WHERE AND WHAT CONDITION WORKER CAN WORK. 
          WE MET WITH COUNCILWOMAN MAYBE TWO MONTHS OR AGO. 
          MIKE MICHAEL SIN, I'M SORRY, MIKE. 
          SHANNON AND MYSELF. 
          AND WE DISCUSSED THIS ONE IN MORE DETAIL. 
          OKAY. 
          IS A, A GOOD CONCERN IS CHALLENGING ISSUE REALLY TO IMPLEMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT BY AND LARGE, HAVE WE EVER HAD ANY COMPLAINTS FROM WORKERS OUT THERE SAYING THAT THEIR EMPLOYERS ARE MAKING 'EM WORK TOO HARD OR NOT GIVING THEM WATER BREAKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WE, I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST HAD ONE MORE QUESTION, SIR. 
          ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          ONE MORE COMMENT. 
          I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE A GANTT CHART PUT TOGETHER. 
          I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL FOLKS, BUT FOR DISTRICT 10, I WANT A GANTT CHART TO SHOW DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR EACH PROJECT ON THE BOND. 
          WE WILL DO THAT, COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          AND COUNCILMAN THAT'LL, OR COUNCIL, I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN, NOT COUNCILWOMAN. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY, UH, WILL BE DOING THAT AS PART OF THE SCHEDULE THAT, THAT WE'LL WORK ON OVER THE SUMMER. 
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THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU, RAZZI. 
          MY FIRST QUESTION, ARE THESE BOND PROJECTS LOW BID OR BEST VALUE CRITERIA DESIGN IS, WE SELECT THEM BASED ON QUALIFICATION FOR THE DESIGN, EXCUSE ME, BOARD ROLE. 
          WE CANNOT SELECT THEM BECAUSE OF THE PRICE. 
          WE HAVE TO SELECT THEM BASED ON QUALIFICATION, THEN NEGOTIATE THE PRICE WHEN IT COME. 
          CONSTRUCTION MAJORITY WILL BE LO BID. 
          SOME FACILITY PROBABLY WILL BE COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL BASED ON EXPERIENCE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, IS POLICY SUBSTATION IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE PROBABLY WILL BE COMPETITIVE. 
          SEAL PROPOSAL FACILITY IS MORE IMPORTANT TO NOT BE A LOW BID THAN ROADWAY OR DRAINAGE PROJECT. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I JUST, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE. 
          SO I, I WANNA START WITH, UM, UH, SLIDE EIGHT. 
          I JUST WANNA TELL YOU, I'M GLAD TO SEE, UH, JUPI MANOR, NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND STINSON PARK, FIVE DIAMOND LITTLE LEAGUES. 
          I'M SURE WHOEVER ON CALL DESIGN CONSULTANTS GET THIS ARE GOING TO DO AN AMAZING JOB. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT ON SLIDE NINE. 
          UM, WHERE WE COME TO, UM, I THINK IT'S OUR PARTNERS, AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED THIS WITH, UM, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO WHAT WE WANT FOR SMALL BUSINESS, UH, FOR, FOR OUR, OUR REQUIREMENTS WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE DESIGN DURING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ONLY OUR PART OF THE PROJECT. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEIR PROJECT IS 20 MILLION AND WE ARE GIVING ONLY 10 MILLION, THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ONLY 10 MILLION, WHICH IS OUR PART OF THE PROJECT, NOT ENTIRE, THEIR PROJECT COST. 
          SO I AM, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE BIGGER PROJECTS, UH, ESPECIALLY THE SUNKEN GARDEN THEATER OVER IN BRACKENRIDGE PARK, BECAUSE I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE THIS NOT BE A LOCAL PROJECT WITH, WITH LOCALS TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE THE IDEA OF SOMEBODY FROM CALIFORNIA OR OUT OF STATE COMING IN TO DO THAT PROJECT. 
          EVEN THOUGH WE'RE JUST GIVING 20 MILLION ACCORDING TO THIS, IT, IT, IT GIVES ME GREAT PAUSE. 
          THE OTHER IS, I, I'D LIKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO MITCHELL LAKE AUDUBON'S CENTER. 
          I THOUGHT THEY PROVIDED THE DESIGN. 
          DID THEY PROVIDE THE DESIGN? NO, NO. 
          ACTUALLY I TALKED WITH SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM THAT THEY POUR YESTERDAY ONLY THEY'RE PROVIDING THE LAND. 
          THE LAND, THE DESIGN. 
          CORRECT. 
          THE LAND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I WASN'T SURE IF THEY WERE DOING THE DESIGN, BUT, BUT COUNCILWOMAN, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE REMEMBERING IS THAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR MORE ORIGINALLY. 
          SO WE DO NEED TO MAKE UP DIFFERENCE AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH SAWS TO DO THAT AND OTHERS BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S AN, THERE'S A LARGER AMOUNT THAT NEEDS TO BE RAISED. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO, TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          'CAUSE I, I THOUGHT THEY WANTED MORE AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR AVENUES TO DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ON, ON SLIDE NUMBER 11, SO IF WE CAN GET THE TIMELINES, UH, OF COURSE FOR PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT OF ONE, ONCE DESIGN IS COMPLETE, WHEN WE START SOLICITING FOR CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, UH, RAZZI TIMELINES ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT THE RESIDENTS KNOW WHEN, WHERE WE ARE IN DESIGN, WHERE WE ARE IN CONSTRUCTION. 
          I THINK I'D, I'D APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND THAT'S VERY MUCH TO SPEAK TO COUNCILMAN PERRY'S CHART. 
          AND THEN EXPLAIN TO ME SLIDES 13 THROUGH 15. 
          'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF SLIDES TO TELL ME THAT THE STATE IS NOT LETTING US USE CETA IN PRIME EVALUATION. 
          SO FOR, YEAH, FOR THE PRIME EVALUATION POINTS OF ZETA, THERE IS A STATE STATUTE PROHIBITION THAT WILL NOT ALLOW US TO USE CRITERIA OTHER THAN QUALIFICATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO BECAUSE OF THE STATE, UM, WE CANNOT USE CE BETA ON THE DESIGN PORTION. 
          WILL WE BE ABLE TO USE IT ON THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION? SO THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION DOESN'T HAVE THOSE STATE STATUTE PROHIBITIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO WE, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO INCLUDE OUR SMALL BUSINESS THROUGH THE MENTORSHIP REQUIREMENT IN THE SUB AS WELL AS THOSE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS YOU SAW ON THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ASPIRATIONAL GOALS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          JUST WANTED TO MAKE, UM, LOCAL CONTROL IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          I WISH OTHER PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE EVALUATION AND CRITERIA. 
          C. 
          IS THERE ANY WAY THAT OUR CITIZENS 
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CAN WEIGH IN ON THIS? BECAUSE I HAVE SOME PROJECTS AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT GOLIAD, THAT I KNOW MY, UM, IF THE SAME COMPANIES, I, I GUESS THIS IS CONSTRUCTION-WISE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE DESIGN THAT MADE GOLIAD SO HARD. 
          IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE SLOWED DOWN PROJECTS AND SEE IF IT WAS DESIGN OR IF IT WAS CONSTRUCTION BUILT? I THINK THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT COUNCILMAN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THIS WAS A DESIGN ISSUE. 
          WE HAD SOME UTILITY CONFLICT ON THAT ONE. 
          IT DELAYED THE PROJECT. 
          BUT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION, WE PREPARE SCORECARD, HOW THEY HAVE DONE ON PAST PROJECT. 
          AND ANYTIME WE HIRE A NEW CONTRACTOR, THEY HAVEN'T REALLY DONE WORK FOR US OR CONSULTING, WE CHECK THEIR REFERENCES. 
          THERE IS ALWAYS CHECKS AND BALANCES. 
          OF COURSE, SOMETIME THEIR STEP MAY CHANGE AND WE END UP HAVING TEL POOR PERFORMANCE DESIGNER OR CONTRACTOR THAT WE ANTICIPATED. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE I, I KNOW THERE'S, MY CITIZENS WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON SOME BOND PROJECTS, BUT DI DIVIDING THAT BETWEEN WHAT WAS DESIGNED AND WHAT WAS, UH, ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION, UM, IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT. 
          BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE ON CRITERIA. 
          C UM, THE OTHER THING I WANNA ECHO THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE MENTIONED IS I THINK WE NEED TO DO BETTER CON COORDINATION WITH, UM, SAW C P S AND TDOT AS WE DO THESE NEW BUILDS. 
          AND OF COURSE, MY ISSUE WITH BOTH THE SAWS AND C P SS IS THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING IN AND DOING STREET PROJECTS AND I HAVE VERY OLD, UH, DRAINAGE OR VERY OLD, UM, I OR I HAVE NO, I, I DON'T HAVE MY, UH, UTILITIES UNDERNEATH. 
          THEY'RE ALL SITTING ABOVE AND, AND WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          SO IF WE COULD JUST WORK ON THE COORDINATION AND ALSO WITH THE DIGITAL ALSO, IF THERE IS, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK DIGITAL NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD THIS BUDGET SEASON. 
          UH, BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT OUR, OUR I S P PROVIDERS ARE GOING TO DO WITH THAT AS WE, AS WE LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAVE. 
          SO ANDY, THIS IS FOR YOU ON SLIDE 18. 
          LOCKOUT PERIOD BEGINS WHEN COUNCIL, AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA COVER THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU, I MEAN, WE'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL THERE. 
          UH, BUT IT, UH, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNICATIONS, UH, PROHIBITION THAT STARTS THE DATE IT'S ISSUED, WHICH WOULD BE JUNE 8TH. 
          OKAY. 
          I, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN IN TROUBLE WITH THAT BEFORE, SO I CORRECT. 
          AND WE'LL, AND WE'LL, UH, AGAIN, WE'LL COVER IT IN MORE DETAIL THEN, BUT IT STARTS AGAIN, THE COM THERE'S TWO PROHIBITIONS. 
          THERE'S A COMMUNICATIONS PROHIBITION AND THERE'S A CONTRIBUTIONS ONE, THE COMMUNICATION ONE STARTS ON THE DAY IT'S ISSUED, WHICH IS JUNE 8TH, AND THEN THE PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS STARTS 10 BUSINESS DAYS LATER, WHICH IS JUNE 23RD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN, UH, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE, WITH THE CONTINUED TRANSPARENCY, THE WEBSITES, UM, IS IT POSSIBLE, ERIC, THAT WE DO SPECIFIC SURVEYS FOR SPECIFIC BOND PROJECTS? UM, CAN WE HAVE C AND E DO THAT LIKE A SURVEY ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WANNA SEE AT THE SUBSTATION OR SURE, YEAH. 
          THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          WE CAN, I MEAN, THE SUBSTATION ISS A GOOD EXAMPLE. 
          THERE WILL BE A LOT OF THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY, PARTICULARLY FOR THE PARK PROJECTS. 
          BUT, UH, YEAH, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. 
          GREAT. 
          AND THEN MY TIME IS RUNNING OUT, BUT, UH, VERONICA ON HOUSING AGAIN, UH, THIS IS MONUMENTAL. 
          WHAT WE'RE DOING IS I THINK GOING TO KIND OF REALLY HELP THOSE THAT NEED IT. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE DONE THIS IN OTHER PROJECTS, BUT WHAT I DO WANNA REMIND YOU IS THAT WE HAVE A 20% POVERTY RATE HERE. 
          'CAUSE OF THE 2018 STATS YOU GAVE ME OUT OF THAT 20%, AND IF WE WERE USING THE DATA, 50, 55% OF THAT IS WOMEN, WHICH IS OVER 165,000 WOMEN HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL. 
          SO I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, AND YOU HAVE YOUR COMMITTEES THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THE WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE HEAD OF WOMEN, HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE TRYING TO DO BETTER BY THEIR CHILDREN. 
          AND, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHEN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY CAME OUT AND BROUGHT THOSE WOMEN, UM, THAT, THAT SHARED ABOUT WHAT THEIR, THEIR EFFORTS WERE TO GET OUT OF HOUSING AND HOW THEY HAD TO GO BACK AND FINANCIALLY DO SOME FINANCIAL PLANNING. 
          AND THAT EVEN IF YOU'RE LIVING IN POVERTY, YOU CAN DO FINANCIAL PLANNING. 
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AND SO I I JUST WANT THAT TO BE TOP OF MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THESE PROGRAMS. YES, MA'AM. 
          AND ONE OF THE, UH, POSITIONS WE'RE CONSIDERING TO ADD EITHER TO THE TEAM OR HAVE SOME OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING RESERVED FOR IS FOR HOUSING COUNSELING SERVICES BECAUSE, UM, ONCE YOU'RE A NEW HOMEOWNER OR IF YOU'VE MOVED INTO A NEW UNIT, WHAT, OR YOU'VE RECENTLY HAD YOUR HOME REHABBED, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT BE USED TO BUDGETING FOR HOME MAINTENANCE SERVICES. 
          SO ENSURING THAT FAMILIES THAT WE'VE ASSISTED WITH OUR BOND FUNDS AND IT'S ALSO PRESERVING OUR INVESTMENT WHILE WE HELP THEM PRESERVE THEIR INVESTMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, TODAY IS REALLY EXCITING. 
          UM, WE'VE, UH, SECURED NEARLY DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF 2017 INVESTMENT IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          SO TODAY ABSOLUTELY FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO MEET A LOT OF THE NEEDS. 
          AND OF COURSE, RIGHT, THIS ISN'T THE ONLY, UH, AVENUE TO CHIP AWAY AT THOSE NEEDS. 
          WE HAVE THE BUDGET, UH, AND THEN ALL THOSE GRANTS THAT WE APPLY FOR TO CONTINUE TO TACKLE, UM, THE NEED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING. 
          I HAVE MY STEEL TOE, TIM'S READY, RO AND ROD. 
          SO WHEREVER Y'ALL NEED ME TO GO, , TACKLE STREETS OR DRAINAGE, I'M HERE FOR Y'ALL. 
          UM, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          UM, AS MENTIONED, I'M ALSO WOULD LIKE TO GET CONNECTED TO ANY SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES TO CONNECT FOLKS TO, UM, THE RF THE PROCESS AND WHAT THEY NEED, NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO, UH, SUCCESSFULLY APPLY, UM, TO BE CONSIDERED FOR BOND PROGRAMMING. 
          UM, I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, UM, FROM OUR MAYOR AS WELL AS COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AROUND, UH, LEADING WITH INTENTION AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE BRAIDING, UM, THE R F Q PROCESS WITH THE CAP PLAN, UH, AND OTHER PLANS THAT WE'VE, UM, HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY PAST COUNCILS. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE SHIP, RIGHT? USING THOSE, THOSE, UM, POLICIES AS GUIDES AND THE NORTH STAR WITH THESE FUTURE BOND PROJECTS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE TACKLING WITH INTENTION, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH THE LINEAR GREENWAY TRAILS, RIGHT? ENSURING THAT, UM, WE ARE MITIGATING THE HEAT ISLAND, UH, EFFECT BY PARTNERING WITH SARAH AND MAKING SURE THAT IT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING IT WITH INTENTION, RIGHT? NOT JUST LAYING CEMENT. 
          UM, BUT WITH THAT, I AM EXCITED, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DO HAVE THIS HISTORIC HOUSING BOND. 
          HOWEVER, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION AND CONCERN. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE IS GOING TO, UM, BE BRIEFED ON THE RFPS FOR HOUSING. 
          UM, BUT IS THERE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL OR, UH, AN ADDITIONAL, UH, COUNCIL COMMITTEE TO BE BRIEFED ON THE HOUSING, UH, RFPS? YEAH, OR, OR FRANKLY, COUNCILWOMAN, WE CAN TREAT THOSE AS HIGH, UH, PROFILE AND JUST BRING 'EM TO THE FULL COUNCIL DURING B SESSIONS. 
          GREAT. 
          I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, VERY, UH, BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS TO COUNCIL, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE OUR INPUT ON THAT PROCESS. 
          UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND OUR OFFICE HAD A BARBECUE AT FIRE STATION 33, UH, TO CELEBRATE, UM, BRINGING, YOU KNOW, THOSE GREAT WORKING CONDITIONS TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT THEY'VE BEEN RELYING ON. 
          SO I WANNA THANK CITY STAFF FOR, UM, PUTTING, UH, UH, MAKING SURE THAT FIRE STATION 33 WAS A PRIORITY AND THAT WE'RE MEETING THOSE NEEDS OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS. 
          UM, SO THAT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION. 
          WE ARE ALREADY PICKING OUT THE TILE, SO  I'M JOKING, BUT, UH, . 
          BUT YES, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. 
          UH, AS MENTIONED, RIGHT? UM, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THERE IS OPPORTUNITY WITH THE R F Q PROCESS, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR US TO INTEGRATE, UM, THE C C R, UM, PUT FORWARD BY COUNCILMAN SANDON, DR. 
          , RIGHT? UM, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT ANYONE UP HERE DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT OUR WORKERS, UM, DON'T DESERVE TO HAVE WATER BREAKS. 
          AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT MANY OF OUR EMPLOYERS ARE ALREADY PRACTICING THIS. 
          SO I THINK INTEGRATING THE LANGUAGE, UM, IS JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE THING AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR EMPLOYERS ALREADY DOING. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE A, AN ISSUE WITH INSERTING THAT LANGUAGE IN THE R F Q WHEN SELECTING CONTRACTORS. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, RIGHT, THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATION AROUND INFLATION. 
          UM, I KNOW DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022 AND 2023 BUDGET CONVERSATION, UH, I'VE BEEN REQUESTING THAT WE INCREASE THE C I P FUNDING. 
          I THINK THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR, WE SHOULD INCREASE THAT FUNDING TO NEARLY, UH, 2 MILLION BECAUSE IT GIVES US AN, GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY AND THAT CUSHION FOR INFLATION FOR ANY PARKS, PROJECTS, ANY PROJECTS, AGAIN, THAT AREN'T BOND CAPACITY OR BOND MAGNITUDE. 
          UM, BUT TO TACKLE THOSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE PARKS, THE LIBRARY PARKING LOTS, UH, THOSE DRAINAGE PROJECTS, AND AGAIN, THAT CUSHION TO TACKLE OR FILL THAT GAP, RIGHT WHERE INFLATION MAY BE AN ISSUE. 
          UM, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME SMALL BUSINESSES COME TO US EXPRESSING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A CONTRACT AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO POTENTIALLY LOSE MONEY. 
          UM, AND I THINK, AGAIN, IT WILL PROVIDE 
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THAT PROTECTION FOR US TO FILL THAT GAP. 
          AND SO WE WON'T HAVE THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THAT POSITION. 
          SO AGAIN, I HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING AS WE MOVE INTO THOSE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS THAT, UM, WE CAN ALL SUPPORT SO THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, UM, NO PROJECT, UH, HAS TO GET, YOU KNOW, KICKED BACK WHILE WE TRY AND IDENTIFY A GRANT OR FUNDING TO TACKLE IT. 
          UM, I WANNA CIRCLE BACK TO THE HOUSING BOND, RIGHT? I THINK THIS IS, AGAIN, UH, VERY HISTORIC AND I'M SUPER GRATEFUL FOR KATIE VELA WHO OFTEN WAS THE, THE TIEBREAKER AND MANY OF THESE DEEP AFFORDABILITY PARAMETERS. 
          UH, AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN COURAGE MADE A REALLY GREAT POINT ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVING THIS TOWARDS THE HOUSING TRUST AND THAT THERE ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND RIGHT. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT PIECE OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC AND AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE. 
          UM, AND I THINK WHEN, UM, TEASING OUT HOW THESE $150 MILLION ARE GOING TO BE DISPERSED, UM, I THINK THE INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY EXISTS WITHIN THE HOUSING TRUST. 
          UM, BUT WITH THAT, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UM, FOR THE HOMEOWNER REHAB IN PARTICULAR, IS THERE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UM, IDENTIFY THE APPLICANTS WHO HAVE APPLIED BUT DIDN'T, UM, GET ALLOCATED A SLOT? OR WOULD THEY HAVE TO REAPPLY? UM, WHAT DO Y'ALL ENVISION? YEAH, SO WE HAVE A, A PRETTY LONG LIST RIGHT NOW OF APPLICANTS THAT APPLIED FOR THIS YEAR'S OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB. 
          SO WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM KNOWING TO COME BACK AND APPLY FOR THIS COMING YEAR, AND WE'LL ACCEPT ALL THE APPLICATIONS FOR BOTH OUR STANDARD OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM, BUT WE'LL HAVE ADDED FUNDS WITH THESE BOND FUNDS TO HELP MORE HOMEOWNERS. 
          AND OUR PLAN IS TO KEEP THAT APPLICATION OPEN, UM, ON A ROLLING PERIOD AND CONTINUE TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS WHILE WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 
          THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE SOMETIMES FAMILIES, UM, THEY START ON THE PROCESS AND FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, THEY'RE NOT QUITE READY TO UNDERTAKE THE FULL PROGRAM. 
          SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE KEEP IT OPEN AND CONTINUE TO HAVE HOMEOWNERS WHO CAN, WHO CAN BE HELPED. 
          GREAT. 
          THAT'S A GREAT APPROACH. 
          DO WE KNOW IF THE 45 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR REHAB AND PRESERVATION WILL BE PHASED OUT OVER THE FIVE YEARS AND ARE WE LOOKING AT 9 MILLION OR HAVE WE NOT IDENTIFIED AN AMOUNT? WE'RE LOOKING TO SPEND, UM, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN THE FIRST AND SECOND YEAR. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND WITH THE MASS SELECTION PROCESS, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE HOUSING, UH, PIECE IS UNIQUE. 
          UM, HOWEVER, FOR EXAMPLE, ON PAGE 18 FOR THE MASS SELECTION PROCESS, RIGHT, WE HAVE EXACT DATES FOR PRES SOLICITATION, SOLICITATION, UM, HOWEVER, FOR THE HOUSING, WHEN WE DON'T, I DO BELIEVE IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IF WE CAN IDENTIFY THE EXACT DATE OF WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO? YES, WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          UH, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR, LET ME, CAN I JUST ADDRESS TWO ISSUES? UH, ONE, UM, COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          AND, AND I THINK WE MENTIONED THIS DURING THE TRIAL, BUDGET INFLATION AND PREPARING FOR NEXT YEAR WILL BE KEY NOT ONLY ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND STRUCTURE. 
          UM, UM, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, I THINK THE $2 MILLION YOU, YOU REFERRED TO WAS AN ANOTHER MILLION ON TOP OF THE MILLION THAT WE ALLOCATED BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          WE ARE NOT GONNA BE RECOMMENDING ALLOCATIONS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT TO DEAL WITH INFLATION, UH, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          NOW, WE HAVEN'T DONE THE PROPOSED BUDGET, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT. 
          WE WILL ADDRESS INFLATION THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM AND THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE ALLOCATED THIS YEAR'S BUDGET BY COUNCIL DISTRICT IS NOT SOMETHING WE'RE ABLE TO AFFORD TO DO EVERY YEAR. 
          NOW WE'LL GO THROUGH THE CAPITAL BUDGET, BUT PRIMARILY ON MY POINT, AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION INTERNALLY THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SET ASIDE LIKELY A LARGER CONTINGENCY IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE BINS OR PARK PROJECTS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, SO THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT LATITUDE WE TALKED ABOUT. 
          AND I WANT, SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT UPFRONT. 
          I KNOW, I KNOW THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU. 
          YOU BROUGHT IT UP IN THE, IN THE TRIAL BUDGET CONVERSATION AND THE FORECAST, BUT, UM, THAT'S NOT HOW WE WILL BE DEALING WITH INFLATION. 
          UM, SECONDLY, I DO WANT TO HIT, UM, UM, OR ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT ALSO COUNCILMAN COURAGE MENTIONED THAT WE WILL LOOK AT POSSIBLY, UM, UM, HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE THE HOUSING TRUST. 
          BUT, UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, THAT WE DO ANTICIPATE THE HOUSING TRUST MAY BE A CONTENDER FOR SOME OF THE PROJECTS. 
          AND SO WE'LL NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE AN OBLIGATION, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION AS THE CITY TO MAIN MAINTAIN AND IMPLEMENT THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND, UM, I WOULD NEED TO, UM, UM, HAVE A LOT MORE CONVERSATION WITH THE TRUST AND THE STAFF TO, TO, UH, THINK THROUGH THE DELEGATION OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY. 
          UM, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO LEVERAGE THE HOUSING TRUST AND, AND IT'S OUR INTENTION TO DO THAT. 
          BUT, UM, SINCE YOU BROUGHT THAT ISSUE UP AS WELL, COUNCILWOMAN, I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE ON BE, UH, THAT BOTH YOU AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE BROUGHT UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
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THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO FIRST ERIC, I WANTED TO, I SAW ON, UH, THE ALLOTMENT FOR BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          IT SAID IN PARENTHESES SUNKEN GARDEN THEATER, AND I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT, UM, ABOUT HOW THAT, HOW THAT FUNDING WILL BE USED. 
          SO I'LL, I'LL, UH, I'M GONNA USE A PARKS ANALOGY. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF DUCKS THAT NEED TO BE LINED UP IN A ROW BEFORE WE DO THAT. 
          AND SO WE DO KNOW, OH, THERE'S A WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED. 
          UM, AND, UM, BUT FOR PURPOSES OF THE FUNDING, REMEMBER THE, WHAT, WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE BOND PROGRAM WAS BRACKENRIDGE PARK OR AMENITIES. 
          AND, UM, IF, IF THE PLAN DOES NOT COME TO FRUITION, THEN WE'LL BE UTILIZING THAT IN THE PARK. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE ASKING. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS ASKING. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, ANYBODY WHO SAW THAT AND WAS CONCERNED DOESN'T THINK I'M GOING BACK ON ANY PROMISES I MADE. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          UM, THEN, UH, RAZZI, I SAW THAT THE EXPERIENCE WITH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES, YOU WERE ASSIGNING 10 POINTS AFTER SOME CONVERSATION. 
          YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU ALL HAD THOUGHT ABOUT GOING HIGHER WHEN I SAW THAT NUMBER, BUT MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, I THINK WE SHOULD BE AT A HIGHER NUMBER. 
          WE SHOULD BE ASSIGNING MORE POINTS, UH, IN THAT CATEGORY. 
          AND I THINK ABOUT THAT FOR SEVERAL, FOR SEVERAL REASONS. 
          I MEAN, ONE IS BECAUSE IF WE CAN BUILD A HIGHER ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARD, WE CAN SAVE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS IN THE LONG RUN. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD INVESTMENT. 
          UM, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS OUR COMMUNITY TO BE MORE RESILIENT DURING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS WHEN WE CAN'T RELY ON THE STATE TO KEEP OUR ELECTRICITY ON. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, THE, THE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT IS 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT LOOKING AT STACK BENEFITS AS A COMMUNITY. 
          AN ADDITIONAL BENEFIT THERE IS, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN GREEN IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES AND BUILDING TO, UH, A MUCH HIGHER ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARD. 
          AND SO IF WE ENCOURAGE THAT THROUGH THAT POINT SYSTEM, THAT WILL, THAT WILL ENCOURAGE LOCAL CONTRACTORS TO HIRE MORE STAFF WHO DO HAVE THAT EXPERTISE, RIGHT? AND THEN IF WE, IF THEY WANT TO SCORE HIGH ON THESE PROJECTS SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD, UH, YOU KNOW, MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS, THEY WILL HAVE TO, THEY WILL HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO DO THAT. 
          THEY WILL HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY CAN DO THAT. 
          AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A TRAINED WORKFORCE FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR HERE LOCALLY, SO THAT THEY START BUILDING TO THOSE STANDARDS, UH, MORE FREQUENTLY. 
          AND ALSO WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THOSE PROJECTS, UH, IN THE MEDIA TO BUILD MORE AWARENESS AROUND THE BENEFITS OF BUILDING IN THAT WAY. 
          AND FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS, I THINK WE SHOULD BE AT A, WE SHOULD BE ASSIGNING MORE THAN 10 POINTS. 
          AND I WANNA ENCOURAGE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IF THEY CHIME IN FOR A SECOND TIME TO SPEAK TO, TO, UH, UH, VOICE SOME SUPPORT FOR THAT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN TRYING, ERIC, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET YOU AND OZZIE AND, AND ROD SANCHEZ ALL OVER TO THE CREDIT HUMAN BUILDING, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD TO RESCHEDULE THAT MEETING FOUR TIMES. 
          UM, I'M HOPING WE FINALLY GET IT DONE BECAUSE I WANT YOU ALL TO SEE, UH, WHAT A GREAT PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN AND WHAT, HOW IT, IT CAN SERVE AS A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR THE DIRECTION WE CAN MOVE IN. 
          UM, AND, AND MY, MY ANOTHER ASK IS IF THERE ARE BUDGET SHORTFALLS BECAUSE OF, UM, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES BECAUSE OF WORKER SHORTAGE ISSUES OR ANYTHING TO THAT BECAUSE OF INFLATION? UM, MY ASK IS THAT IF WE DO CUT BACK ON THESE PROJECTS, THAT ENERGY EFFICIENCY IS NOT AN AREA IN WHICH WE DO CUT BACK. 
          UM,  ENDPOINT FOR STRUCTURE. 
          FIRST OF ALL, UH, WE, I MET WITH THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY AND OUR SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE NUMBER OF THE TIME. 
          OUR INTENTION IS TO PROVIDE REALLY STANDARD WHAT THEY ARE DESIGNER TO DESIGN FOR. 
          WE DON'T WANNA HAVE A REALLY A HUNDRED DIFFERENT DESIGN. 
          IT'LL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN OR EFFICIENCY TO MAINTAIN. 
          TODAY WE USE ON MOST OF OUR BUILDING LOW IMPACT DESIGN FEATURES, LOW WATER USE, LANDSCAPING, SALVAGING REUSE, EXISTING MATERIAL, HIGH EFFICIENCY HVAC, LOW WATER, PLUMBING FEATURE, L I D LIGHTING. 
          WE PRACTICE MANY OF THOSE TODAY. 
          AND OF, OF COURSE, WE ARE WORKING AGAIN WITH THE, OUR SUSTAINABLE OFFICE AND SAN ANTONIO ATORY TO IDENTIFY THOSE PROJECT AND PROVIDE REALLY GUIDELINE FOR OUR DESIGNER TO DESIGN SOMETHING FUNCTIONAL AND WE CAN MAINTAIN IT. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU, ZI. 
          UM, THEN WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, 
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UM, OUR DESIGN CONSULTANTS, UH, I'M HOPING THAT THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN CON COMMUNICATE TO THEM THAT WE WE'RE LOOKING FOR CONSULTANTS WHO ARE GONNA BE FORWARD THINKING AND THINK ABOUT HOW YOU BUILD A WORLD CLASS CITY THAT, THAT PRIOR PRIORITIZES MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION RATHER THAN CAR-CENTRIC DESIGNS. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST GOT IN COUNCIL, UH, THERE WAS GONNA BE A PROJECT DOWNTOWN THAT, UH, ENTAILED A BUNCH OF MULTI-LANE ONE-WAY STREETS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I, I VOICED THAT I WANTED TO PUT A PAUSE ON THAT PROJECT FOR A REDESIGN, AND THERE WAS PUSHBACK AND, UH, I DECIDED TO BE A GOOD SPORT AND LET IT MOVE FORWARD. 
          BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HIRING PEOPLE TO DESIGN, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE THINKING, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE THINKING AHEAD ON HOW WE'RE DESIGNING THINGS. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, I INTEND TO ASK FOR FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION BO IN, IN OUR NEXT IN, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET CONVERSATIONS. 
          I INTEND TO ASK FOR FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION BONDING FOR SMALL CONTRACTORS TO HELP THEM, UH, QUALIFY TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR CONTRACTS. 
          AND I'M WONDERING HOW WILL THAT TIMELINE FIT WITH PEOPLE, UM, BIDING ON WITH THE TIMELINE FOR, FOR CO SMALL CONTRACTORS TO BE ABLE TO BID ON, UH, THESE BOND PROJECTS? HI, COUNCILMAN, THIS IS ANNA BRADSHAW, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE BONDING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          SO COUNCIL, UM, AUTHORIZED WITH THIS BUDGET, THE CREATION OF THE PILOT, AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO BRING A FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO THE JUNE 23RD COUNCIL MEETING TO, UM, INITIATE THAT PROGRAM. 
          SO IT, IT ALIGNS WITH MOVING FORWARD IN THE BOND PROCESS. 
          YES, THANKS. 
          I GUESS, I, I GUESS MY POINT WAS I WAS HOPING TO, UH, START A CONVERSATION ABOUT INCREASING FUNDING THERE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          WE WILL LINE UP WITH THIS, WITH THIS TIMELINE. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I DID WANNA GO BACK TO THE, UH, TOPIC OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. 
          UH, BUT I, I DID JUST WANNA MAKE A CLARIFICATION REAL QUICK. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY HAD ASKED, UH, ROZI IF DID NOT, OSHA ALREADY REGULATE, UH, HEAT EXPOSURE FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, AND, UM, THEY, THEY DO REGULATE THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER. 
          UM, IT'S NOT ALWAYS ENFORCED, UH, BUT AS FAR AS ALL THE OTHER ASPECTS AND ENSURING THAT A WORKER HAS THE ACTUAL TIME TO GO GET A DRINK OF WATER, NONE OF THAT IS REGULATED. 
          UM, SO JUST WANTED TO, TO CLARIFY THAT AND, AND HENCE OUR PROPOSAL, UH, GOING FORWARD. 
          UM, THERE'S ALSO, UM, A GOOD REPORT THAT, UH, THAT SURVEYED A NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN OUR CITY AND MANY OTHERS, UH, HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU, THAT IDENTIFIES, UH, SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND REASON FOR CONCERN, UM, REGARDING THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. 
          I AM REALLY GLAD TO SEE, UH, THAT STAFF IS ALREADY, UH, THINKING ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, I KNOW IN THE PAST THESE HAVE BEEN CREATED VIA CCRS, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, ERIC AND TEAM FOR, UH, HAVING THIS ON THE HORIZON. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, BEFORE THE COMMITTEE GETS FORMED THAT I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER. 
          UH, ONE OF THEM IS, UH, COLLECTING INPUT FROM PARTICIPANTS IN, UH, THIS PAST BOND, UH, OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. 
          I DID TALK TO, TO MY, UH, APPOINTEE COUNCILWOMAN ELENA GUDO. 
          UH, SHE, UH, SHE DID MENTION THAT THINGS STARTED OFF REALLY GREAT. 
          I THINK COVID REALLY DID PUT A DAMPER ON IT, AND, UH, THINGS WEREN'T, DIDN'T FLOW AS SMOOTHLY AFTER THAT. 
          SO, UM, I, I THINK SHE HAD SOME VERY HELPFUL INSIGHT AND WOULD RECOMMEND, UH, ASKING SOME OF THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE WAS, WAS LIKE. 
          UM, DO YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW IF THAT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WOULD BE, UH, RUN OUT OF, UM, PUBLIC WORKS? OR ACTUALLY, HOLD ON THAT QUESTION 'CAUSE I HAVE ANOTHER, UH, RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE $1.2 BILLION, UH, AND IF YOU DON'T INCLUDE HOUSING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STILL OVER A BILLION DOLLARS AND 182 PROJECTS. 
          UH, I DO THINK THAT IS A LOT FOR A SINGLE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO, UH, TO WORK ON MEANINGFULLY. 
          UH, I THINK IT'S A LOT FOR ANY ONE SINGLE MEMBER. 
          SO I'M, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST, UH, THAT WE CONSIDER OTHER EXISTING COMMITTEES THAT COULD HELP US WITH THIS. 
          SO, FOR INSTANCE, THERE IS THE LINEAR, UM, THE LINEAR 
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PARKS, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, CHAIRED BY GREG HAMMER, PERHAPS THEY CAN BE INVOLVED IN, IN THAT PORTION. 
          UM, I KNOW THE HOUSING TRUST WAS BROUGHT UP, BUT I, I UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS WITH THAT. 
          UH, BUT EVEN IF WE, UH, BROKE THEM UP INTO GROUPS THAT HAD TO DO WITH, UH, THE DIFFERENT PROPOSITIONS, UH, PERHAPS THAT WOULD BE MORE MANAGEABLE FOR THE PARTICIPANTS, UH, THEMSELVES. 
          I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WOULD ADD THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR CONTINUITY BETWEEN WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT A BOND COMMITTEE, UH, MEETING OR A SERIES OF BOND COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND WHAT ACTUALLY COMES TO FRUITION IF WE ONLY HAVE ONE MEMBER, UM, I, I DON'T THINK WE GET THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THAT ONE MEMBER MAY HAVE SERVED ON ONE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, UH, SORRY, ON ONE, UH, CITIZEN COMMITTEE, BUT NOT ON, ON THE OTHERS. 
          AND HAVING MULTIPLE COMMITTEES GIVES US THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          AGAIN, I HATE TO CREATE, UH, MORE WORK, BUT PERHAPS WE CAN INTEGRATE THIS INTO SOME COMMITTEES THAT ALREADY, UH, EXIST. 
          UM, I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL FOR US BEFORE WE, UM, GO FORWARD WITH, WITH THE APPOINTMENTS IN THE CREATION TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE COMMITTEE? WHAT ARE GONNA BE THE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS? UH, HOW OFTEN WILL THEY MEET, UH, WILL THE PARTICIPANTS BE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS? WE DO KNOW THAT, UH, STAFF DOES WORK A LOT DIRECTLY WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE DISTRICT IN WHICH A PROJECT IS, AND SOMETIMES THEY ALSO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THOSE AREN'T, THOSE AREN'T BAD THINGS BY ANY MEANS. 
          UM, BUT I THINK WE JUST WANNA THINK ABOUT WHAT'S THE ROLE OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBER, UH, WHEN THESE OTHER TYPES OF ENGAGEMENT ARE, IS ALSO HAPPENING. 
          UM, SO, UH, REGARDING THE, UM, THE 10 POINTS FOR GREEN, UH, BUILDING, SORRY FOR, UH, QUALIFICATIONS IN GREEN BUILDING, UH, I THINK 10 IS GREAT. 
          UH, I, I DO THINK MORE WOULD BE BETTER, BUT I, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, UH, NOT JUST THAT THE CONSULTANT HAVE THOSE QUALIFICATIONS, BUT THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT KNOWLEDGE IS USED AND INTEGRATED INTO THE DESIGN. 
          SO, UH, CAN YOU TELL ME, UH, RAZZY, HOW, HOW YOU PLAN TO ENSURE THAT THE PROJECT IS AS SUSTAINABLE AS POSSIBLE AND DOES USE, UM, THAT KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE, EXPERTISE CONSULT WOMEN, NOT JUST DURING THE SELECTION OF THIS CONSULTING? WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE DEPARTMENT TO HELP US. 
          WE SELECT THE RIGHT CONSULTING AND ALSO THE SIMILAR DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS WILL BE HELPING US DURING THE DESIGN, MAKE SURE WE DESIGN AND BUILD THIS PROJECT. 
          WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED SO, UM, YOU JUST TOLD ME HOW, OH, SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          DID, UH, DID YOU, UH, RESPOND TO THE QUESTION? ROSIE DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? I THOUGHT I DID. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, WE CAN TAKE THE REST OF THAT OFFLINE. 
          LET ME MOVE DOWN TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND ROSIE, I JUST HAVE A, UM, QUICK QUESTION. 
          THE $3.25 MILLION IN CITYWIDE BICYCLE, UH, FOR THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, IS THAT GONNA BE DIVIDED EQUALLY BETWEEN, UM, OVAL, UH, EISENHOWER AND PAW C COUNCILMAN? LET ME CHECK ON THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, THAT IS, UM, EVERYONE WHO, WHO IS ASKED TO SPEAK ON THIS. 
          UM, LET ME JUST WRAP UP WITH ONE COMMENT. 
          UM, MAYBE I'LL MAKE MY COMMENT THEN YOU CAN WRAP US UP, ERIC. 
          AND THAT RELATES TO THE COORDINATION SPECIFICALLY OF HOUSING. 
          UM, WE HAVEN'T REALLY DISCUSSED THE ROLE, UH, OF THE CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER MARK CARMONA, WHICH I VIEW AS ONE OF THE EXPLICIT REASONS WHY WE HIRED OR CREATED THAT POSITION WAS TO COORDINATE THE SYSTEM. 
          SO AS WE MOVE INTO A BOND THAT IS MANAGING THIS, UM, $150 MILLION PROPOSITION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT IS ONE ELEMENT OF A GREATER HOLE IN THE ECOSYSTEM THAT IN MY VIEW, UH, SHOULD BE, UH, UNDER THE COORDINATION AT LEAST HIGH LEVEL BY OUR CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER. 
          SO, UM, AT ANY RATE, THAT WAS WHAT I WANTED TO STATE. 
          ERIC, GO AHEAD AND WRAP US UP. 
          NO, YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYOR, THAT'S A, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT AND I HAD, I HAD WRITTEN THAT DOWN. 
          UM, MARK IS, UM, MARK AND HIS ROLE IN BOTH THE SHIP, UM, AND THE HOUSING BOND, UM, IS REALLY THAT ADDITIONAL CONDUCTOR AND FACILITATOR AND CONNECTOR FORCE AND WILL BE. 
          AND, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT'S THE REASON WHY 
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WE BROUGHT HIM ON BOARD, UM, WAS TO HELP US IN THAT, IN THAT FASHION. 
          UM, I, UM, VERY GOOD CONVERSATION TODAY. 
          WE APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. 
          UM, UM, THERE IS ONE ITEM THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UM, SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS MENTIONED IT. 
          AND I WANT TO, I WANT TO KIND OF RESTATE WHAT, UM, WHAT, WHAT MY TAKEAWAYS ARE. 
          I KNOW THAT THE C C R THAT THE COUNCIL COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL MENTIONED, UM, IS IMPORTANT TO SEVERAL OF YOU 'CAUSE YOU MENTIONED IT, BUT IT HAS NOT GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND I AM, UH, A LITTLE RELUCTANT TO PLACE THAT AS A REQUEST IN A SOLICITATION. 
          NOW THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS WE'RE SOLICITING FOR ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS. 
          WE'RE NOT IN, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO MY HOPE IS THAT THE, THAT THE C C R PROCESS WILL MOVE. 
          UM, AND, AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN TAKE, UM, OR THE COUNCIL CAN HAVE THE APPROPRIATE CHANCE TO DISCUSS THAT BEFORE WE START PLOPPING THAT, PUTTING THAT INFORMATION INTO, UM, CONSTRUCTION BIDS. 
          BECAUSE FRANKLY WE'RE NOT EVALUATING ON THAT. 
          AND, UH, WITHOUT THE COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND POLICY CONVERSATION WE WON'T BE. 
          AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR. 
          BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WHAT RAZZI IS TALKING ABOUT TODAY ARE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS THAT ARE, ARE PRIMARILY WORKING INSIDE. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ERIC. 
          AND THANK YOU, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR A GOOD DISCUSSION TODAY. 
          UH, AND A BEGINNING DISCUSSION OF THE LONG IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO, UH, 
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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:
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WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM FOR EXEC. 
          THE TIME IS 4:24 PM ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1ST, 2022. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WHILE NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND DELIBERATED DISCUSS FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, THE 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 REVIS RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS UNDER SECTION 5 51 0.071. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          UH, THE TIME IS NOW 4 57 ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1ST, 2022, AND THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM NOT REACHED OR COMPLETED TODAY MAY BE CARRIED OVER TO THURSDAY, JUNE 2ND CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          SEEING THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS IN TODAY'S MEETING. 
          TODAY'S MEETING IS NOW IN RECESS AND APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES WE'LL BE BEGINNING PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, FOR OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.
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