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          I, BUT I LOVE SAN DANCING IN THEY BACK DOWN THE ROAD. 
          SO I LIKE, BUT I LOVE SAN TOWN AND WE'RE PLACE TO GO. 
          SO I, ANTONIO. 
          ANTONIO. 
          GOOD MORNING 
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EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION. 
          THE TIME IS 9:17 AM ON THE SECOND DAY OF JUNE, 2022. 
          WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ILLA GRAND. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HE'S HERE VIRTUALLY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          MAYOR NIERENBERG. 
          HERE MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          UM, THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING THAT WE HAVE CONVENED SINCE THE TRAGIC EVENTS IN UVALDE, TEXAS OF LAST WEEK. 
          UH, AND BECAUSE OF THAT AND ALSO IN RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT ACCORDING TO THE GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE, THERE HAVE BEEN AN ADDITIONAL 18 MASS SHOOTINGS IN THE UNITED STATES IN THAT WEEK'S PERIOD, UH, AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE KILLED. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO OFF ASK US ALL TO OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, UH, IN MEMORY OF THE CHILDREN THAT WERE LOST, UH, LOVED ONES NEIGHBORS, AND THE FACT THAT COLLECTIVELY WE ARE UNWILLING TO SEE MORE OF OUR CHILDREN AND LOVED ONES BE COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO CONTINUED ONION. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, TO BEGIN TODAY, UH, I'LL OFFER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER K HDA THE FLOOR TO WELCOME OUR IN VINDICATOR. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          WANNA WELCOME PASTOR JIM RYAN TODAY. 
          JIM RYAN IS THE FOUNDER AND LEAD PASTOR OF WESTOVER HILLS CHURCH, LOCATED ON THE FAR WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WESTOVER CHILLS, UH, I'M SORRY. 
          WESTOVER HILLS CHURCH IS A DIVERSE CONGREGATION OF MORE THAN 5,000 WHO COME TO THE CHURCH FROM ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PASTOR JIM, THE CHURCH HAS MADE OUTREACH MAGAZINE'S ANNUAL LIST OF THE FASTEST GROWING CHURCHES IN AMERICA FOR FIVE YEARS ON TRACK WITH THE GROWTH OF D SIX AND THAT SIDE OF OUR CITY. 
          ON ANY GIVEN EVENING, YOU CAN DRIVE BY THE CORNER OF COLLIBRA ROAD AND WESTOVER HILLS BOULEVARD AND SEE THE CHURCH'S SOCCER FIELDS FILLED WITH CHILDREN AND PARENTS AND THAT KIND OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AT WHAT'S IS WHAT MAKES THE DISTRICT SIX COMMUNITY SO MUCH STRONGER. 
          PASTOR JIM AND HIS WIFE DENISE, FOUNDED WESTOVER HILLS CHURCH IN APRIL, 1986. 
          THEY HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, DENE AND, AND STA STASIA AND SONS-IN-LAW, JONATHAN AND ALFRED. 
          THEY'RE ALSO THE PROUD GRANDPARENTS OF AIDEN, ALEXIS, JOSIAH AND CAMILLA. 
          GO AHEAD, PASTOR JIM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND IT WOULD BE REMISS OF ME NOT TO. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          LET US PRAY. 
          HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PAUSE AT THIS MOMENT, AND IN BEHALF OF OUR ESTEEM LEADERS, OUR MAYOR, WE DO EXTEND OUR HEARTS TO THE PEOPLE OF VALDI FOR THE LOSS, FOR THE PAIN, FOR THE GRIEF THAT THEY ARE SUFFERING. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD EXTEND YOUR PEACE 
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AND YOUR COMFORT TO THEM. 
          AND THIS CHALLENGING TIME OF LIFE, LET YOUR MERCIES BE UPON THEM. 
          I PRAY FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL PERSONS IN THIS MEETING TODAY, THAT YOU WILL GUIDE AND LORD IN THE DELIBERATIONS AND THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WISDOM AND CONSENSUS WILL PREVAIL. 
          MOREOVER, I ASK YOU TO BLESS OUR CITY COUNCIL PERSONS AND OUR MAYOR, THEIR FAMILIES, PROTECT THEM. 
          LET YOUR GOODNESS BE UPON THEM. 
          SHOWER THEM WITH YOUR FAVOR, AND LORD, MAY THEIR LIVES EXCEED THEIR DREAMS. I PRAY YOUR GOODNESS UPON THEM AND THE NAME OF CHRIST JESUS, AMEN TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER AN INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR. 
          I'D ALSO, UM, MENTION THAT IF THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT AGAIN IN OUR EFFORTS TO END GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA, UH, WE INVITE EVERYONE TO WEAR ORANGE, UH, FOR THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE AND GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION MONTH, WHICH IS HAPPENING NOW. 
          UH, YOU'LL SEE CITY BUILDINGS LIT UP IN ORANGE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND FROM JUNE 3RD THROUGH FIFTH. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, AN INVITATION TO WEAR ORANGE TO, UH, SHOW THAT WE ARE IN SOLIDARITY WITH EFFORTS TO PREVENT AND END GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MINUTES OF MAY 11TH, 2022, AND MAY 12TH, UH, 2022. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE MINUTES. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. 
          HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UH, BRAVOS AND AYE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
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BEFORE WE GET INTO, WE GET INTO THE REST OF OUR BUSINESS AGENDA. 
          WE HAVE MANY FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE. 
          AND I FIRST WANT TO, UH, MAKE NOTE OF THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE ALAMO COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL, AL ALAMO CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
          UH, ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES OF LAND IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. 
          AND THAT IS THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ALAMO GROUNDS. 
          UH, AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE ALAMO CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S WORK, UH, AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TODAY TO, UH, BE RECOGNIZED AFTER A YEAR HAS GONE BY OF THE, THE RESET AND THE COMMITMENT TO GET THIS DONE. 
          UH, FIRST LET ME, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALSO RECOGNIZE AND CALL UP TO THE PODIUM NOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER REBECCA VILLA GRAND, WHO IS ONE OF OUR TRI CHAIRS OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, AND, UH, TO SAY A FEW WORDS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CITY MANAGER WALSH CITY ATTORNEY, AND OUR FABULOUS CITY CLERK. 
          UM, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. 
          UH, MY NAME IS REBECCA VRAN. 
          I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR OF SERVING AS ONE OF THE TRI CHAIRS FOR THE ALAMO CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE ALAMO, UM, SIT THE ALAMO MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AS VICE CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE THIS MORNING. 
          IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE A C A C, THE ALAMO CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS EVER BEEN, BEEN RECOGNIZED. 
          HERE AT COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN 2014, THE ALAMO CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CREATED THE VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE ALAMO PLAN. 
          OUR CHARGE AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS TO ENSURE THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING ADHERES TO THE FIDELITY OF THE VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES, GIVE INPUTS AND FEEDBACK TO THE CITY'S ALAMO MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MYSELF AND ANDY SEGOVIA. 
          BUT JUST LIKE IN HISTORY, IT IS COMPLICATED, MESSY, DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES, AWE INSPIRING, HEART WRENCHING, NEW DISCOVERIES IN MANY VOICES. 
          I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OTHER TWO TRI CHAIRS, UH, THE INCOMPARABLE ANETTE PIERCE AND SUE ANN PEMBERTON, WHO HAS BEEN WITH THIS A C A C SINCE THE CREATION OF IT, BUT SHE'S UNABLE TO BE WITH US THIS MORNING. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING US TO MARK THIS PROGRESS. 
          IT IS APPROPRIATE TO THANK THIS GROUP WHO ARE ALL 
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INVESTED IN TELLING THE WHOLE STORY OF THIS SIGNIFICANT SITE THAT TELLS THE STORY OF THE AMERICAS. 
          LIKE THE MUSICAL HAMILTON SAYS, IT'S ABOUT WHO LIVES, WHO DIES, WHO TELLS YOUR STORIES. 
          THIS TIME IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE MANY OF US WHO WERE SHUT OUT IN THE PAST ARE NOW PART OF TELLING OUR STORY THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF HISTORY. 
          WE LEARN NEW INFORMATION EVERY DAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THIS RE RESET, MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR NOT STOPPING THIS VISION AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          I'M HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS, AND I BELIEVE MR. MAYOR, AN INTERPRETIVE PLAN AND STOR AS, AS THE INTERPRETIVE PLAN COMES INTO PLACE AND THE STORIES UNFOLD, I BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC IS READY AND ACCEPTING OF A LEXICON THAT IS NOT TRIUMPHANT OR COLONIZING. 
          I AM HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS, AND WE NEED TO BE, MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD ONE ANOTHER ACCOUNTABLE TO TELL ALL OF OUR STORIES FROM THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE ALWAYS HERE, AND THE LIVES THAT SUSTAIN THIS AREA TO THE SIX FLAGS THAT WERE REPRESENTED IN THIS ENTIRE AREA TO THE IMPACTS OF SLAVERY AND HOW IT TOUCHED SEVERAL MOMENTS IN THE ALAMO HISTORY, INCLUDING THE BATTLE OF 1836. 
          THESE STORIES PROVIDE CONTEXT THROUGH TIME FOR THE EVENTS IN ALAMO HISTORY. 
          THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS MARKING A NEW ERA OF SHARING STORIES IN AND AROUND THIS COMMUNITY THAT WERE ONCE LOST OR SILENCED. 
          BUT NO MORE. 
          I THANK YOU ALL AND NOW IT'S MY PLEASURE, MR. MAYOR, TO INVITE UP, UH, THE OTHER TRI CHAIR ERIN ETTA PIERCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AS I GET OLDER, I FIND THAT IT IS WISE TO HAVE NOTES. 
          MAYOR NUREMBERG, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, MY OWN DISTRICT NINE COUNCILMAN JOHN CUR, THE HONORABLE JOHN COURAGE AND THE COUNCILMAN OF MY FORMER DISTRICT, DISTRICT TWO, THE HONORABLE JAYLENE MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, AND TO THE VERY SPECIAL SAN ANTONIO MEMBERS SITTING BEHIND ME OF THE ALAMO CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR NUREMBERG, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, TO SERVE AND TO CORROBORATE WITH MANY VOICES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AS A TRI CHAIR OF THE ALAMO CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ALONGSIDE FORMER COUNCILWOMAN THE HONORABLE REBECCA VIRON AND SUE ANN PEMBERTON, WHO HAS BEEN A DEVOTED MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2014, I AM VERY PROUD TO SERVE ALONGSIDE ALL OF THESE DEVOTED CITIZENS. 
          WHILE LIKE ALL OF YOU ON CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE NOT ALWAYS OF ONE MIND, BUT WE ARE LEARNING TO RESPECT SOME OF OUR DIFFERENCES AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES HAVE BEEN VASTLY DIFFERENT. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE EARLY 18 HUNDREDS, SAN ANTONIO AND THE ALAMO WERE LOCATED IN A STATE IN MEXICO CALLED TEIA, AND THE SETTLERS WERE CALLED MEXICANS. 
          THE AMERICANS WHO HAD MIGRATED HERE LARGELY FROM THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES WERE FOREIGNERS WHO WERE CALLED TEXAN. 
          THE NATIVE AMERICANS HAD ALWAYS LIVED HERE, THOUGH THEY LIKELY DID NOT CALL THIS PLACE TEJAS. 
          THE MISSIONS WERE BUILT BY THE SPANIARDS AS A WAY TO PROSELYTIZE TO THE NATIVE AMERICANS CONCERNING THE PRINCIPLES AND THE VALUES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
          THEY WERE CALLED INDIANS OR NATIVES SINCE THEY HAD BEEN HERE SINCE THE BEGINNING. 
          FURTHERMORE, ALSO BEGINNING IN THE EARLY 18 HUNDREDS, MY ANCESTORS, BLACK AFI AMERICANS TO GROW COTTON, THEY WERE CALLED SLAVES, AND THEY AND THEIR SURVIVED COPIES OF THE NEWSPAPER, OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS OF SLAVE AUCTIONS AT THE ALAMO ADD IN A FEW SPANIARDS AND FRENCH PEOPLE. 
          AND YOU HAVE THE PREDOMINANT MIXTURE OF SAN ANTONIO CULTURES LEADING INTO THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO. 
          THE ALAMO IS A PRIZED TREASURE OF SAN ANTONIO AND ATTRACTS THOUSANDS OF VISITORS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE ALL OF THE FOUR MAIN CULTURES HAVE HISTORICAL TIES TO THE ALAMO BATTLE. 
          THERE ARE ALL, THERE ARE ALL OF THE STORIES TO TELL IN THE NEW WORLD CLASS MUSEUM, AS HAS BEEN A, HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. 
          THE MU THE NEW MUSEUM, WITH THE GUIDANCE OF MANY SCHOLARS AND OTHERS OF THE ALAMO MANAGEMENT HIERARCHIES WILL EXPAND 
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ON ALL OF THESE STORIES. 
          THAT BRINGS ME BACK TO THE ALAMO CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          SINCE 2014, THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN STUDYING THE HISTORY, LISTENING TO ERUDITE SCHOLARS, AND HAS PRODUCED A DOCUMENT TO SERVE AS A ROADMAP FOR THE MUSEUM. 
          THE DOCUMENT IS CALLED THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE INPUT INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS, BUT WE HAVE PASSED ON THE FORMULA TO THE OTHER COMMITTEES, AND WE REMAIN ATTENTIVE TO THE PROCESS. 
          HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE COMMITTEE FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THEY HAVE DONE AND TO ALL OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR WAKE WORK. 
          THANK YOU KINDLY. 
          THANK YOU BOTH. 
          UH, THANK YOU, DR. 
          PIERCE. 
          THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, UH, FOR YOUR WORDS AND YOUR SERVICE. 
          UH, THE WORK HAS BEEN TRULY, UH, PHENOMENAL AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE YEAR. 
          VERY DIFFICULT WORK, BUT IT'S BEING DONE AND DONE QUITE WELL. 
          I LIKE NOW TO PASS THE FLOOR TO, UH, ANDY SEGOVIA, OUR CITY ATTORNEY WHO SERVES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY ON THE ALAMO MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, EXPRESS MY, UH, THANK YOUS TO THIS GROUP, UH, AND ALSO TO MY FELLOW, FELLOW, UH, UH, MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, UH, COUNCILMAN REBECCA VRAN TO THE TRI CHAIRS WHO'VE DONE A LOT OF HARD WORK IN THIS EFFORT. 
          UH, I DO APPRECIATE THOUGH ALL THE WORK, THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE COMMITMENT THAT THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, HAS SHOWN TO MAKE THIS THE ALAMO SITE A TRULY MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ANYONE VISITING, WHETHER YOU'RE VISITING FROM MELBOURNE MARBLE FALLS OR FROM DIVINE STREET HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, THAT'S BEEN THE OBJECTIVE, AND THEY'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO TRY TO MEET THAT OBJECTIVE. 
          I ALWAYS MARVEL WHEN INDIVIDUALS OF THE COMMUNITY RAISE THEIR HAND AND VOLUNTEER, AND I UNDERSCORE VOLUNTEER. 
          THEY'RE HERE VOLUNTARILY. 
          THEY VOLUNTEER FOR A PROJECT THAT THEY KNOW WILL BE A LONG PROJECT, AN ARDUOUS PROJECT, AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT SPICE WITH SOME CONTROVERSY, JUST MAYBE. 
          UM, BUT THEY HAVE REMAINED STEADFAST. 
          UH, THEY'VE REMAINED VERY PRINCIPLED, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          AND, UH, WE CERTAINLY ARE SEEING THE FRUITS OF OUR COLLECTIVE LABORS NOW, IN MAKING THAT ALAMO SIDE SOMETHING WE, WE TRULY ALL CAN BE PROUD OF. 
          UH, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, AND I AM, ONE THING I'M VERY SURE ABOUT IS THIS GROUP HERE IS, IS UP TO THE CHALLENGE IN SEEING THAT WE SEE THE PROJECT THROUGH. 
          SO, ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. 
          WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANDY. 
          AND, UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO ANY COUNCIL COMMENT, UM, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE EACH OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE, UH, SO IF YOU CAN STAND WHEN PRESENT SO WE CAN PROPERLY RECOGNIZE YOU. 
          UH, THIS IS, THESE ARE THE TRI CHAIRS OF THE ALAMO CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL MEMBER REBECCA VRAN, DR. 
          ANETTE PIERCE, AND SUE ANN PEMBERTON. 
          ON THE 1994 ALAMO PLAZA STUDY COMMITTEE CATEGORY, WE HAVE ANN MAGONE. 
          IN OUR HISTORY AND ARCHEOLOGY GROUP, WE HAVE RAMON VASQUEZ, DR. 
          SHARON SSEC, AND DR. 
          CARRIE LATIMORE. 
          FROM OUR STATE OF TEXAS, WE HAVE FORT BIAS, AARON PENA, ERNESTO RODRIGUEZ, SENECA MCADAMS, AND ALAN HUFFINES. 
          FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE CHRISTINE JACOBS, PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS, FRANK RUTENBERG. 
          FROM OUR TOURISM CATEGORY, WE HAVE DAVIS PHILLIPS, AND TO OUR COUNCIL APPOINTEES FROM DISTRICT ONE, ROGER PEREZ, DISTRICT TWO, ANTHONY EDWARDS, DISTRICT THREE, PATRICIA MEJIA, DISTRICT FOUR, RUDY RODRIGUEZ, DISTRICT FIVE, GEORGE CISNEROS, DISTRICT EIGHT, MELISSA KILLEN, DISTRICT NINE, BILL BRINDELL AND DISTRICT 10 WENDELL HALL. 
          FINALLY, ALONG WITH OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WE HAVE A TECHNICAL ADVISORY TEAM THAT CONSISTS OF BYRON LEFLORE FROM THE FIESTA COMMISSION, MATT BROWN FROM CENTRO SAN ANTONIO, AND DAVE KAPINSKY FROM VISIT SAN ANTONIO. 
          LET'S GIVE ALL THESE FOLKS A GREAT ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          THEY'RE DOING REALLY IMPORTANT WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ANY COMMENTS, GUYS? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO DISCUSSION 
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NOW. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AS I LOOK OUT, I SEE SO MANY FAMILIAR FACES ON THIS COMMITTEE THAT HAVE SERVED TIRELESSLY, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          I WAS WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO WHEN THIS WAS FIRST BROUGHT FORWARD UNDER DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP UNDER A DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND I REMEMBER THINKING, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG HAUL, AND WHO IS GOING TO STAND UP AND SERVE ON THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE TELL THE STORY, AND 1836 IS AN AMAZING STORY, THAT'S WHERE MY DESCENDANT CAME FROM. 
          BUT WHEN WE TELL THAT STORY, IT LEADS TO TELLING ALL OF THE STORIES. 
          SO IT'S, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          RAMON, YOU AND YOUR AND A I T BRENDA HELPING YOU ALONG HAVE MADE SURE THAT WE'VE HEARD THE INDIGENOUS STORY, WHICH I, I SO APPRECIATE BECAUSE IT THEN TELLS THE STORY OF THE REST OF THE MISSIONS. 
          PATRICIA MEJIA HAS BROUGHT A SKILLSET AND A STRENGTH TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THIS COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO STAY ON TRACK AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING IN THE MIDST OF JUST SOME HARD TIMES, AS MANY OF YOU EXPERIENCED AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          BUT WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF YOUR EFFORTS, AND THIS SPEAKS TO TEAM SAN ANTONIO AND HOW WE HAVE TO DO THIS TOGETHER AND HOW WE CAN BRING A, A COMMUNITY TOGETHER WITH DIFFERING OPINIONS. 
          AND WHEN WE DISCUSS AND WHEN WE COMMUNICATE AND WE GIVE ROOM FOR VOICES, WE GET THINGS DONE. 
          SO TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND THOSE OUT THERE, GO BY THE ALAMO RIGHT NOW, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE IN A FEW YEARS IT IS GOING TO BE AWE INSPIRING. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS. 
          OF COURSE, I NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, ANETTA AND MY SISTER REBECCA, WHO HAVE TAKEN ON CHAMPIONING THIS, BUT THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING AND, UM, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SARAH. 
          I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF THE FORMER, UM, MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT 10. 
          UH, JACK JUDSON, HE SERVED FROM FOR, UH, 2014 TO 17. 
          AND, UH, SINCE SINCE THEN, HE'S PASSED AWAY AND WANNA, UH, REALLY THANK HIS FAMILY FOR HIM BEING A PART OF THIS. 
          AND THEN ALSO PHIL BACKY, HE WAS, UH, 18 TO 20 AND, UM, WAS, UH, RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE TURMOIL THAT WE WERE GOING THROUGH IN THAT, UH, DURING THAT TIME. 
          AND, UH, HE STUCK WITH IT. 
          SO REALLY, THANK PHIL FOR DOING THAT. 
          AND NOW, WENDELL, YOUR, YOUR, UH, DISTRICT 10 REPRESENTATIVE. 
          WANT TO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING IN AND, AND TAKING ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER KIO HAVADA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANKS TO OUR TRI CHAIRS AND ALL OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THIS PROCESS. 
          SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MATT DUNCAN, WHO WAS THE DISTRICT SIX APPOINTEE TO THE ALAMO ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          THIS HAS NOT BEEN EASY WORK. 
          I SAY THAT EVEN FROM HERE WATCHING YOU, IT SEEMS IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT, VERY STRESSFUL, BUT THE ALAMO IS MANY THINGS TO MANY PEOPLE. 
          THE ALAMO IS A MIXTURE OF HISTORY, CULTURE, IDENTITY, MYTH AND REALITY. 
          YOUR TASK HAS BEEN TO TAKE THOSE MANY DIFFERENT VARIED POINTS OF VIEW AND PERSPECTIVES AND BRING THEM TOGETHER IN A PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE TO TELL OUR STORY. 
          THAT TAKES PATIENCE, LISTENING, UNDERSTANDING, AND COMPROMISE. 
          THOSE FOUR VIRTUES WERE NEEDED TO WORK TOWARD A VISION THAT INCLUDES ALL OF US, THOSE WHO LIVED HERE BEFORE THERE WAS A MISSION. 
          AND THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BUILT A COMMUNITY IN THE YEARS AFTER THE ICONIC BATTLE. 
          I KNOW YOUR WORK IS DIFFICULT, AND I KNOW THAT OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY WANTED TO BE SEEN AND HEARD IN THE PROCESS. 
          I TRUST THAT WHEN THE LAST BRICK IS LAID ON THIS PROJECT, IT'LL BE SOMETHING WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF. 
          AGAIN, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. 
          UH, AND I ALSO FAILED TO RECOGNIZE KATE ROGERS WHO IS HERE, UH, WHO HAS BEEN A GREAT STEWARD OF THE PROCESS. 
          AND, AND WE ALL OWE YOU A GREAT DEBT OF THANKS, KATE, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          UH, THIS HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY PROCESS BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION AND HAS BEEN DECADES AND DECADES IN THE MAKING. 
          SO, UH, MY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM, UH, FOR THEIR PERSISTENCE AND EFFORT AND, AND BEING WILLING TO LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND. 
          UH, FOR ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS NOT ONLY TO PRAY PROPER REVERENCE AND RESPECT TO THE HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF HISTORY THAT ARE ON THE SITE, BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HUNDREDS MORE, UH, LEFT TO GO IN THE HISTORY THAT WILL BE MADE AT THE ALAMO AS PART OF A LIVING, BREATHING SPACE IN OUR PUBLIC SQUARE. 
          AND THAT BALANCE HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO FIND, BUT I THINK YOU HAVE DONE IT QUITE WELL, UH, WITH MORE WORK REMAINING. 
          BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, THE RESULTS AND THE OUTCOME AND, AND MORE RIBBON CUTTINGS ALONG THE WAY. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          I'D ASK MY COLLEAGUES NOW IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, 
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COME DOWN TO THE FRONT AND, AND ALL THE ALAMO TEAM MEMBERS, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD, WE'LL TAKE A REAL QUICK GROUP PICTURE AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH THE REST OF OUR SESSION. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          AND, UM, I ALSO FAILED TO RECOGNIZE FRANCISCO, WHO, GOMO WHO IS HERE, HAS BEEN DONE, WHO'S DONE IMPORTANT MODERATION WORK FOR US. 
          LORI HOUSTON FROM OUR CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM. 
          UH, SO MANY OTHER FOLKS TO THANK AND WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S PRESENCE AS FOLKS DEPART. 
          UH, LET ME ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS TODAY A, A MAYOR. 
          YEAH, DID YOU, GO AHEAD. 
          NO, AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO REINFORCE THAT, UH, YEAH, WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE LORI AND ALL THE WORK SHE'S DONE, UH, AND WORKING NOT ONLY WITH THE CAG, BUT WITH THE WHOLE PROJECT BEHIND THE SCENES. 
          SO THANKS LORI. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR LORI HOUSTON. 
          THANKS, ANNIE . 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          IT'S ALSO RIVER ART GROUP, 75TH ANNIVERSARY DAY IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE RIVER ART GROUP WILL OBSERVE THEIR 75TH ANNIVERSARY ON SATURDAY, JUNE 4TH, 2022, ESTABLISHED IN THE SUMMER OF 1947. 
          THE RIVER ART GROUP STANDS AS ONE OF THE LA'S OLDEST TENANTS AND IS ONE OF THE OLDEST ART ORGANIZATIONS IN TEXAS. 
          AND WHEREAS AS GOOD TENANTS OF FLORIAN HOUSE AND IRREPLACEABLE AND HISTORIC STRUCTURE DATING BACK TO 1870, 
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PART OF THE ORIGINAL LITTLE VILLAGE, THE RIVER ART GROUP HAS SOUGHT TO MAINTAIN THIS BEAUTIFUL GEM OF SAN ANTONIO'S, SAN ANTONIO'S FOUNDING RESIDENCIES PRESERVED FOR FUTURE DE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY. 
          AND WHEREAS HUNDREDS OF AREA ARTISTS, MEMBERS OF THE RIVER ART GROUP HAVE PROVIDED SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE WITH A VARIETY OF ART OFFERINGS RANGING FROM PAINTINGS AND RENDERINGS IN ALL MEDIUMS, FINE ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, POTTERY TO JEWELRY FROM TRADITIONAL ART TO MODERN ART, AND ALL ART FORMS IN BETWEEN. 
          AND WHEREAS VARIOUS SHOWS, COMPETITIONS AND OTHER PARK RELATED EVENTS WILL BE SHOWCASED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, CULMINATING WITH THE RIVER OCTOBER IN OCTOBER, TO CLOSE OUT THE COMMUNITY-WIDE SERIES OF PARK EVENTS. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, IRAN NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 4TH, 2022 TO BE RIVER ART GROUP, 75TH ANNIVERSARY DAY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL SAN ANTONIONS TO OBSERVE THIS DAY AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MANY CELEBRATORY ACTIVITIES OF ONE OF THE CITY'S PREMIER CULTURAL TREASURES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SO RIVER ART GROUP 75TH ANNIVERSARY TODAY. 
          AND FINALLY, UH, IT IS ALSO MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY TO KICK OFF PRIDE MONTH, ALONG WITH OUR LGBTQ PLUS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, STONEWALL DEMOCRATS PRIDE, SAN ANTONIO QUEER VOICES PRIDE CENTER, AND THE MANY ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO KEEP OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY SAFE AND THRIVING. 
          AND, UH, AS YOU MIGHT NOTE, WE HAVE A PRIDE FLAG FLYING ABOVE CITY HALL FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, AND TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE ACTIVITIES AND, UH, CELEBRATIONS THAT WILL OCCUR DURING THE MONTH. 
          LET ME TURN IT OVER NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANTED TO START OFF BY, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING THE GREAT SIGNIFICANCE OF JUNE. 
          FIRST OFF, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD. 
          UM, HE'S A GEMINI, BUT HE CAN'T HELP IT. 
          UM, HE'S A ROLE MODEL FOR ME AND STANDS AS AN EXAMPLE OF A STRONG BLACK MAN AND THE MAN I ASPIRE TO BE. 
          AND JUST AS HE HAS, I WILL RELY ON MY INTEGRITY TO BRING ME COMFORT AND IN ANY ROOM THAT I WALK IN. 
          SECONDLY, LATER THIS MONTH, WE'LL BE HONORING JUNETEENTH. 
          JUNE 19TH, 1865 IS THE DAY THAT THE LAST OF BLACK TEXANS WERE FREED FROM SLAVERY. 
          DESPITE EMANCIPATION BEING PROCLAIMED TWO AND A HALF YEARS EARLIER, PLEASE EXPECT A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE OR TWO ON THAT LATER THIS MONTH. 
          AND NOW IT'S PRIDE MONTH. 
          I WANT TO CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH IN A WAY THAT HONORS THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF THE LGBTQ PLUS BLACK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR COMMUNITY. 
          AND LAST MONTH, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK LEGISLATOR, JOLANDA JONES WAS ELECTED AT THE TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
          AND LAST JUNE 5TH, A LITTLE UNDER A YEAR AGO, I WAS ELECTED AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN ELECTED IN ALL OF TEXAS. 
          THESE ARE POINTS OF PRIDE AND MOMENTS IN TIME TO CELEBRATE. 
          HOWEVER, PRIDE IS A PROTEST AND NOTHING HAS BEEN WON BEFORE. 
          MUCH WAS LOST. 
          FEW KNOW THE PRESSURES OF WALKING INTO A ROOM AND BEING THE ONLY BLACK PERSON PRESENT WHERE YOU'RE, WHERE YOU'LL BE SEEN AS ANGRY, DEFENSIVE, NAIVE, OR UNDESERVING OF THE SPACE. 
          FEW KNOW THE PRESSURES OF BEING THE ONLY OPENLY LGBTQ PLUS PERSON TO SERVE ON A BODY WHERE YOU WILL PRESENT NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY ONLY TO HAVE A COLLEAGUE PRESENTED AS THE IRRATIONAL AND HARMFUL TO BUSINESS INTERESTS. 
          IF YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO PUSH YOUR PARTNER'S HAND AWAY IN PUBLIC WHEN THEY WANT YOU TO HOLD IT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THOSE AROUND YOU WILL REACT AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SUBJECT TO VIOLENCE, I AM AT ALL TIMES READY TO FIGHT. 
          AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING I WISH ON ANYONE. 
          FEW KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO CHANGE YOUR APPEARANCE OR TONE DOWN THE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU YOU, SO YOU'LL BE MORE ACCEPT ACCEPTABLE TO THE MASSES. 
          AND I WISH THAT WHEN I VISITED EVERY DOOR IN MY DISTRICT THAT I DID SO AS MY MOST AUTHENTIC SELF. 
          BUT LIKE OTHERS, I BUTCHED IT UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND I DON'T WISH THAT FOR ANYONE. 
          IF YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE STUDENTS CONFIDE IN YOU, THAT THEY'VE CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE BECAUSE THEY'RE QUEER, BUT THEIR PARENTS DON'T ACCEPT THEM. 
          AND IN THAT MOMENT OF TRUST, YOU HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO REPORT IT. 
          AND I DON'T WISH THAT FOR ANYONE. 
          AND IN MY MOST RECENT YEAR OF TEACHING, I HAD AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF STUDENTS ATTEMPT SUICIDE OR GO MISSING, AND ALL OF THEM WERE QUEER. 
          AND I WISH I COULD TAKE THEIR PAIN AWAY. 
          AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT MY EXPERIENCES IN AN OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN ARE OFTEN IGNORED OR BELITTLED OR SHRUGGED OFF, I AM ASKED TO SPEAK TO CORPORATIONS SCHEDULED TO HOST CONFERENCES IN SAN ANTONIO WITH THE HOPES THAT I CAN CONVINCE THEM THAT SAN ANTONIO IS A SAFE, WELCOMING PLACE FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS EMPLOYEES OF THAT COMPANY. 
          I'M EXPECTED TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY SHARING MY STORY WITH QUEER FOLK, KNOWING THAT MY EXPERIENCE IS NOT VALUED BY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE CITY. 
          NOT Y'ALL, NOT Y'ALL. 
           . 
          SO ACKNOWLEDGING PRIDE IS A PROTEST. 
          I'M PROTESTING GENDER NORMS, RACISM, THE PATRIARCHY AND WHITE SUPREMACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, TRANSPHOBIC, XENOPHOBIC STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONALISM. 
          BUT ACKNOWLEDGING PRIDE IS A CELEBRATION. 
          I AM CELEBRATING TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR PARTI, PARTICULARLY BLACK TRANS WOMEN, QUEER ART, THOSE LIVING WITH H I V AND AIDS, 
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THOSE WHO CANNOT GIVE BLOOD BECAUSE OF THE HOMOPHOBIC ASSUMPTION THAT THEY HAVE. 
          H I V AND AIDS THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE RUN FOR OFFICE AND FACED HOMOPHOBIC ATTACKS. 
          THOSE THAT HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO BE HERE TODAY. 
          LIKE ELENA GUDO, OMAR LAOS, AND ROSIE SPEEDLINE GONZALEZ. 
          I'M CELEB. 
          I'M CELEBRATING LGBTQ PLUS VETERANS, TEACHERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, HEALTHCARE WORKERS, AND MORE. 
          AND LASTLY, I MUST STATE THAT NO ONE GETS TO CALL THEMSELVES AN ALLY. 
          YOU DO NOT GET TO PERPETUATE HARM AGAINST THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AND CALL YOURSELF AN ALLY. 
          AND YOU DO NOT GET TO SKATE BY AND IGNORING INJUSTICES AND CALL YOURSELF AN ALLY. 
          YOU BECOME AN ALLY WHEN YOU SHIELD THE MARGINALIZED FROM ATTACKS, WHEN YOU ADVOCATE PROACTIVELY ON OUR BEHALF. 
          AND WHEN YOU REFUSE TO TOLERATE THE INJUSTICES THAT EXIST IN THE WORLD AROUND US, AND ACT ON THAT. 
          AND WHEN YOU CENTER OUR VOICES IN DECISION MAKING. 
          SO IF YOU ARE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH, DON'T ASK YOURSELF WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY. 
          ASK US. 
          AND WHEN WE TELL YOU WHAT IT IS, BELIEVE US. 
          HAPPY PRIDE MONTH EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          AND A NOTE TO EVERYONE, UH, OUR CONTINUED EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE SAN ANTONIO IS A CITY FOR ALL PEOPLE. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW INTO OUR COUNCIL AGENDA FOR TODAY TO NOTE WE DO HAVE, UH, TWO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          THAT IS ITEM FOUR AND ITEM FIVE. 
          UH, ALL OTHER 
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ITEMS ARE LISTED AT THIS TIME FOR INDIVIDUAL CON FOR, UH, ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SO I'LL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OTHER THAN ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE 11, PLEASE. 
          UM, ITEM 11 AND ITEM 10, MAYOR ITEM NINE FOR RECUSAL. 
          OH, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ITEM NINE FOR RECUSAL. 
          SO WE HAVE ITEMS 4, 5, 9, 10, AND 11. 
          ANY OTHERS? IF THERE AREN'T ANY, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR FOUR OR 5, 9, 10, AND 11. 
          SO MOVED SECOND. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR THOSE I JUST READ. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA GO NOW INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE CITIZENS SIGNED UP. 
          ACTUALLY ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          JACK FINGER BERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR RESCUE, SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. 
          FINGER. 
          YES. 
          UM, I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON ONE ITEM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. 
          AND, UH, YOU MAY WANT TO, UM, TAKE NOTE OF THIS. 
          IT'S A RARE OCCASION WHERE I'M ACT JACK FINGER IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN SUPPORT OF AN ITEM. 
          YES. 
          DON'T FALL OVER WITH HEART ATTACKS JUST YET. 
          IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT BIG A THING. 
          BUT, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS THE IDEA OF GET RIGHT HERE. 
          IT'S, UH, AN AGREEMENT WITH PERIMETER OF AIR FORCE TO TEXT HILL WING OF FOUR, HANGAR FOUR. 
          BASICALLY, IT'S JUST AN IDEA OF, UM, AG AN AGREEMENT FOR, FOR, UH, RENTING OUT THE HANGAR SPACE OVER THERE IN STINSON FIELD. 
          IT'S NAMED AFTER DAVID LEE TEX HILL. 
          AN AMERICAN, AN AMERICAN WORLD WAR II AVIATOR HERO. 
          TEX HILL, UM, GREW UP, UH, WELL, PART OF IT WAS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          HE, UH, UH, HE WAS A HERO IN THAT HE HELPED SAVE THE THEN FREE CHINA FROM THE JAPANESE IMPERIALISM BY FIGHTING AGAINST THE JAPANESE AIR FORCE UNDER, UH, GENERAL CLA SCHNAT BACK IN WORLD WAR II. 
          HE EARNED THE DISTINGUISHED, DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS FOR HIS HEROISM AND GALLANTRY IN FIGHTING THE, THE, THE, THE ENEMY OF THE JAPANESE. 
          YES, HE, UM, HE RE EVENTUALLY RETIRED AS A BRIGADIER GENERAL, AND HE WAS EVEN IN THESE CHAMBERS BACK AROUND 2005. 
          UH, THEN MAYOR, UH, UH, HARDBERGER, UH, HONORED TEX HILL THERE. 
          AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HE, HE MADE A BIG MISTAKE. 
          HE ALLOWED JACK FINGER TO ALSO HONOR TEX HILL AT THE TIME. 
          AND WE CELEBRATED TEX TEXAS BIG, UH, UM, ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN HIS FIGHT AGAINST THE ENEMY AT THE TIME. 
          YES. 
          UM, TEX HILL IS DEFINITELY, UH, DESERVING OF IT. 
          THAT'S HIS NAME UPON THIS, 
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THIS ORGANIZATION. 
          THEY, THIS ORGANIZATION ALSO, UH, RESTORES OLD VINTAGE AIRCRAFT AND EVEN BOOKS, FLIGHTS FOR THE PUBLIC IN SUCH AIRCRAFT. 
          SO I AM THANKFUL I WASN'T EVEN AWARE THAT IT ACTUALLY EXISTED. 
          I'M, I'M THANKFUL THAT IT DOES, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT, UH, WE WILL BE RENTING OUT SOME SPACE THERE. 
          UM, FINALLY, UM, ITEM NUMBER. 
          YES, ITEM NUMBER 15, THE IDEA THAT A PARK, PARK POLICE, UH, UH, C CAR HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH SOME CIVILIANS. 
          AND SO MY QUESTION IS, AS ALWAYS, WHY DON'T WE PUNISH THE, UH, OUR, THE, THAT EMPLOYEE WHO CAUSED THE ACCIDENT? I NEVER SEE THAT HAPPENING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. 
          WE'LL GO NOW TO OUR COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          JUST AS A REMINDER, IF YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT, UH, ACTIVE ITEM AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR TABLET AND THEN Q IN, I'LL CALL YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ILLA GRANT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE TEXTILE WINGS FOR HANGAR FOUR. 
          UH, I VISITED THEM EARLY ON WHEN I WAS ELECTED AND I INVITED Y'ALL THEN. 
          AND I'M INVITING GAL AGAIN TO COME OUT. 
          WE CAN GO UP ON THEIR, UH, RESTORED PLANE. 
          AND I'D LIKE SOME PEOPLE TO JOIN ME 'CAUSE IT SEEMS KIND OF SCARY, BUT, UM, THIS IS JUST, THIS HAS BEEN LONG IN THE WORK. 
          I, I THANK MR. FINGER FOR BRINGING IT UP AND HIGHLIGHTING IT, AND THAT WAY I COULD ECHO IT AND REMIND Y'ALL THAT WE'RE INVITED TO GO AND TO VISIT. 
          THEY'RE DOING GREAT WORK WITH THE YOUTH. 
          THEY'RE, UH, HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE, UM, IN THIS, IN THIS FIELD. 
          UH, AND IT'S JUST, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE PROUD OF. 
          AND, AND IT'S CITYWIDE TOO. 
          THIS ISN'T JUST FOR DISTRICT THREE RESIDENTS, EVEN THOUGH IT SITS IN IN DISTRICT THREE AT HANGER NINE. 
          THIS IS FOR STUDENTS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU SARAH. 
          I WANNA HIGHLIGHT 14 A. 
          IT'S, UM, UH, THE DISTRICT 10 VOLUNTEER FOR THE DISABILITY ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          IT'S, UH, CHANTELLE KELLER AND I INDIVIDUALLY INTERVIEWED HER AND SHE'S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING ON THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING SHE'S INVOLVED WITH, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          SHE'S A VERY ACTIVE MEMBER OUT AT MORGAN'S WONDERLAND HELPING OUT THERE. 
          UH, SHE ALSO IS A MEMBER OF THE SAN ANTONIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, A MEMBER OF THE PATIENT CARE COMMITTEE AT UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS AND A RONALD MCDONALD HOME VOLUNTEER. 
          SO SHE IS VERY, VERY ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I WANT TO THANK HER FOR STEP STEPPING UP INTO THIS ROLE AND LOOK FORWARD TO HER WORKING ON THIS COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 13 B APPOINTING MR. NIKKI ROBERSON TO THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD. 
          MR. ROBERSON IS A TEACHER OF OVER 31 YEARS SERVING AS A FINE ARTS COORDINATOR, A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL THEATER DIRECTOR, ALONG WITH VARIOUS OTHER ROLES THAT WE ALL KNOW TEACHERS PLAY. 
          HE IS ALSO AN UBER DRIVER WITH OVER 9,000 RIDES. 
          SO, UM, HAS DEMONSTRATED A LOT OF PATIENCE DRIVING IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THIS HAS GIVEN HIM . 
          THIS HAS GIVEN HIM A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ALL ACROSS SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS CONTRIBUTIONS ON THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 17, UM, APPROVING A FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE INNER CITY HERS BOARD, UM, FOR A SENIOR CENTER AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT. 
          FEASIBILITY STUDY. 
          I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OUR FIRST STEPS TO BUILDING A STANDALONE SENIOR CENTER WITH AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          THE CURRENT CENTER IS A LEASE SPACE AND IS LIMITED IN ITS CAPACITY. 
          AND WITH THIS ALLOCATION, $50,000, WE WILL SEARCH FOR SUITABLE LOCATION AND THEN WE WILL BE, BEGIN THE EFFORT, UM, TO PULL TOGETHER FUNDING TO MAKE THE DREAM OF A NEW DISTRICT TWO SENIOR CENTER, A REALITY WHILE ALSO ADDRESSING THE CITY'S NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR DISCUSSION. 
          ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS, SAY FOR 4, 5, 9, 10, AND 11. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          YOUR ALRIGHT. 
          I BELIEVE, UH, SANDOVAL AND BRAVO ARE, AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          UH, I'M GOING TO CLEAR OUT A COUPLE ITEMS THAT ARE GONNA BE QUICK BEFORE WE GO INTO THE BULK OF OUR DISCUSSION, WHICH IS GONNA BE ON ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE FIRST. 
          SO LET ME TAKE UP ITEM NINE, WHICH IS FOR RECUSAL. 
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ITEM NUMBER NINE 
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IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ACCEPTANCE UPON AWARD OF UP TO $2,088,000 ANNUALLY FROM THE ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR AN OLDER ADULTS NUTRITION PROGRAM. 
          THE, FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2022 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024, A TOTAL BUDGET OF $3,288,000 TO INCLUDE AN ANNUAL CASH MATCH OF $1,200,000 AND A PERSONNEL COMPLIMENT. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, THIS ITEM IS, IS, HAS BEEN PULLED FOR RECUSAL PURPOSES. 
          AND FOR THE RECORD COUNCIL MEMBERS, ROCHA, GARCIA, AND PERRY, WHO ARE APPOINTEES TO ACOG, UH, ARE RECUSED. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          THERE'S A MOTION. 
          AND SECOND FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE, APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER NINE. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          UH, I JUST WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM AND, AND SAY I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT BECAUSE NUTRITION AMONG OUR SENIORS IS VITALLY IMPORTANT AND WE HAVE, UM, THANK YOU MELODY FOR THE WORK. 
          AND, UM, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT A LOT OF MY, UH, RESIDENTS WILL BE BENEFITING FROM THIS AS, AS MOST IN THE CITY. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS, UM, JUST SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO, UM, BE APPRECIATIVE OF AS WE TRY AND GET OUR SENIORS HEALTHY AND ACTIVE AND ENJOYING THEIR LIFE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          UM, ALSO FOR THE RECORD, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL IS RECUSED, ALSO AN APPOINTEE TO ACOG. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE MAYOR, I, I HATE TO BE A HOME MONITOR, BUT WE DO HAVE TO HEAR COUNCILMAN BRAVO IF HE'S VOTING . 
          I SAID AYE. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          AYE. 
          YES. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          SEVEN. 
          UH, SEVEN. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I'M GONNA ASK NOW ITEM NUMBER 11, 'CAUSE WE KNOW FOLKS, UM, ARE HERE JUST FOR HIGHLIGHTING. 
          LET'S, UH, LET'S READ ON ITEM. 
          I'M SORRY, ONE SECOND. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT ITEM. 
          10 OR 11? IS IT 10? DAG? YEAH, 10. 
          OKAY. 
          LET'S TAKE ITEM 10. 
          SORRY. 
          ITEM NUMBER 10 IS AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING A DEFENSE ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE GRANT DAG FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR'S TEXAS MILITARY PREPAREDNESS COMMISSION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5 MILLION, AS WELL AS $5 MILLION IN MATCHING FUNDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SAWS AND C P S ENERGY IN SUPPORT OF MILITARY MISSIONS ESSENTIAL TO NATIONAL DEFENSE. 
          ALRIGHT, I'M, I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A BRIEF STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF OUR I G R CHAIR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AYAS, UH, WHO IS NOT HERE? I DON'T KNOW. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION. 
          UH, I HAVE ONE TEED UP, UH, MAYOR, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO. 
          I I CAN TALK THROUGH IT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, LEMME JUST MAKE NOTE. 
          I JUST, AGAIN, THIS IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF $5 MILLION FROM THE STATE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW, THIS GRANT PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE LEGISLATURE ROUGHLY 25 YEARS AGO IN 1997. 
          ITS MAIN PURPOSE AT THE TIME WAS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY BRACK. 
          AND I DON'T HAVE TO TELL ANY OF YOU THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS PROCESS IN THE PAST, BUT THE REASON WHY WE WANNA BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION TODAY IS THE COMMUNITY'S INCREDIBLE SUPPORT OF J B S A AND OUR MILITARY COMMUNITY. 
          THE CITY, AND MANY OF OUR LOCAL PARTNERS HAVE ALREADY STEPPED UP IN MANY WAYS, BOTH IN ADJUSTING TO THE LOSS OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND IN MAKING SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE JBS A'S MISSIONS DON'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE. 
          THE PROJECTS THAT WILL PARTIALLY BE FUNDED BY THIS GRANT ARE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE CITY SAWS AND C P S ENERGY AND INCLUDES THE INSTALLATION OF BACKUP GENERATORS, ENHANCING PERIMETER FENCING ALONG THE BASES, AND UNDERGROUNDING PER HOUR LINES, UH, I WANNA SAY PARTIALLY FUNDED BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING MON OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS. 
          EVERY GRANT DOLLAR WE'RE ACCEPTING TODAY IS GONNA BE MATCHED BY LOCAL FUNDS IN KIND CONTRIBUTIONS. 
          SO NOT ONLY ARE WE ADDING TO THE RESILIENCE OF OUR INSTALLATIONS, WE'RE ONCE AGAIN SHOWING OUR STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE MILITARY. 
          AND SO, FINALLY, LET'S THANK SAWS AND C P S FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS APPLICATION AND OUR OWN MILITARY AND VETERAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. 
          I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT GENERAL AYALA AND THE ENTIRE TEAM, UH, IS UP IN AUSTIN EVERY YEAR ADVOCATING FOR DAG AND MAKING SURE OUR STATE KEEPS SUPPORTING THE PROGRAM ALONG WITH THE I G R TEAM THEMSELVES. 
          AND WE'RE SEEING THE RESULTS OF THAT ADVOCACY TODAY. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          AND ALSO AN IMPORTANT 
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MEMBER OF THAT TEAM IS OUR MILITARY TRANSFORMATION TASK FORCE, AND THAT IS CO-CHAIRED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          WELL, LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT THIS DAG PROGRAM. 
          UM, AS WAS STATED, STARTED IN 1997 AND SINCE THAT TIME THEY'VE AWARDED OVER $91 MILLION IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY COMING FROM THE STATE TO MILITARY INSTALLATION. 
          I THINK THERE'S 14 OF THEM, SIR. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          14 DIFFERENT INSTALLATIONS. 
          BUT GUESS WHO'S GOT THE LION'S SHARE OF THIS PROGRAM RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? UH, WE'VE GOTTEN OVER $33 MILLION, UH, FROM THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE, THE GOVERNOR. 
          THIS IS RUN OUTTA HIS OFFICE. 
          AND, UM, SPECIAL THANKS TO JUAN, TIM AND DEBBIE FOR MANAGING THIS PROGRAM AND GETTING THE, GETTING THE RESOURCES TOGETHER AND MAKING THE APPLICATIONS AND, AND BEING PART OF THIS PROCESS TO BRING THAT, UM, BRING THAT HOME HERE TO SAN ANTONIO AND TO J B S A. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE SAME REASONS THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN PALS HAD IN HIS NOTES. 
          UH, IT'S, IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM AND I SUSPECT THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, UH, DO WELL IN THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE AS THE MAYOR SAID, UH, WE REALLY PUT OUR MONEY WORTH WHERE OUR MOUTH IS AND WE, WE REALLY STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND WE REALLY SUPPORT OUR MILITARY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, UH, SIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT THESE ARE COMMANDER PRIORITIES, UH, J JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO COMMANDER PRIORITIES. 
          UH, THEY COME TO US WITH A LIST AND WE ALWAYS PICK THE NUMBER ONE IF WE CAN. 
          AND, UH, THIS YEAR WAS NO, UH, NO DIFFERENT. 
          AND THE SECOND THING I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS THAT IF WE EVER HAVE CUTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, UH, TO OUR INSTALLATIONS, UH, THEY WILL LOOK AT VERY STRONGLY AT COMMUNITY SUPPORT. 
          AND THIS IS A TANGIBLE EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT. 
          IT'S NOT YELLOW RIBBONS. 
          AND, UH, I SUPPORT THE MILITARY. 
          THIS IS $5 MILLION THAT WE GOT FROM THE STATE, AND WE ALSO GET MONEY FROM THE CITY, UH, FOR MATCHING FUNDS. 
          SO I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT STRATEGICALLY, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN OUR MISSIONS HERE. 
          UH, WHAT I LIKE TO DO REAL QUICKLY IS HAVE MR. JOHN ANDERSON, WHO WE WORK WITH ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS FROM JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO. 
          HE'S A RETIRED AIR FORCE OFFICER, AND HE, UH, IS A COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, UH, DIRECTOR FOR THE FOR JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, JOHN, REAL QUICKLY, CAN YOU TELL THEM WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR MILITARY? THANK YOU, SIR. 
          MAYOR COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, BOTTOM LINE IS YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM. 
          IT TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF IT TO THE MILITARY AND HOW THE PROGRAM IS SET UP TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE FUNDING. 
          UM, IT DOES NOT GO FORWARD WITHOUT A LETTER OF ENDORSEMENT FROM OUR COMMANDER. 
          THESE ARE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITIES. 
          AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT ENERGY RESILIENCE, KEEPING OUR MISSIONS GOING AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, YOU START LOOKING AT THE SAFETY OF OUR INSTALLATIONS WITH OUR, UH, FENCE PERIMETER AND GUARDING OUR, UH, MILITARY MEMBERS AS WELL AS OUR EQUIPMENT. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT SAFETY, NOT ONLY FOR OUR PILOTS, BUT FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, UH, THIS IS NUMBER ONE FOR US AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JOHN. 
          LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TIM TO, HE, HE'S THE ONE THAT DID THE BULK OF THE WRITING, UH, HOW THIS, UH, WENT DOWN AND HOW WE RANKED WITH THE 14 OTHER INSTALLATIONS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO TIM MUL FROM, UH, MILITARY VETERAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. 
          SO I'VE GOTTA GIVE THANKS TO JOHN. 
          'CAUSE WE STARTED OUT WITH JUST THE CITY PORTION OF THIS PROJECT. 
          HE CAME TO US WITH THE TWO OTHER PORTIONS, THE SAWS AND C P SS. 
          CAN WE MAKE THIS HAPPEN? AND IN FACT, WE'RE ABLE TO PULL EVERYTHING TOGETHER IN ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE THE DEADLINE. 
          AND THANKS TO THE I G R FOR, UH, FOR SENDING THIS FORWARD, UH, ALL THAT AMOUNTED TO OUTTA NINE SCORING CRITERIA, UH, THAT THE AG PROGRAM USES. 
          THIS PROJECT RANKED NUMBER ONE OUT OF THOSE 14 FROM ACROSS THE, UH, THE SUBMITTED ACROSS THE STATE. 
          SO NUMBER ONE OF 14, AND IT MAXIMIZED THAT $5 MILLION, UH, GRANT AWARD. 
          SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND, UH, THAT JUST ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE MILITARY CITY U SS A AND, UH, IT'S A GREAT TESTAMENT TO HOW WE SUPPORT THE MILITARY HERE, UH, IN THIS AREA. 
          SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 10. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, MY, MY, UH, ILLUSTRIOUS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TO MY WRIGHT MADE ALL OF THE RIGHT STATEMENTS AND, AND SO I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD EXCEPT I WILL VOTE TO, UH, APPROVE THIS. 
          I THINK THE, THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN THIS COMMUNITY AND THE MILITARY IS STRONG AND I WANT TO SEE THAT CONTINUE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
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UM, ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE REMINDER OF JUST HOW GREAT THE CITY IS WITH REGARD TO TEAMWORK. 
          UH, AND ON THAT NOTE, LET ME PASS IT OFF TO COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. 
          SORRY, MY, MY TABLET WASN'T WORKING. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          UH, FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS GENERAL AYALA AND YOUR TEAM ON SECURING THESE GRANTS. 
          TIM, INCREDIBLE WORK. 
          AND JOHN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          I KNOW THAT THE DEFENSE ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE GRANT IS VERY COMPETITIVE WITH MANY PROJECTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, VYING FOR THE FUNDS AND THE FACT THAT OUR PROPOSAL WAS PLACED AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST. 
          IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOUR GREAT WORK AND ALSO SPEAKS HIGHLY OF OUR CITY AND OF OUR SUPPORT FOR J B S A MISSIONS. 
          THIS IS ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT SAN ANTONIO PLAYS IN OUR COUNTRY'S DEFENSE. 
          THE MILITARY MISSIONS ARE ALSO A KEY PART OF OUR CITY'S ECONOMIC RESILIENCE, OUR CITY'S ECONO ECONOMY. 
          WHETHER THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THE CONSISTENT FLOW OF SALARIES AND COMMERCE FROM THE BASES AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WORK AND DO BUSINESS THERE. 
          WE ALSO HAVE, OF COURSE HAVE N SS A HERE IN, UM, OR IN IN IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK SAS AND C P S ENERGY FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PARTNER IN THIS ENDEAVOR. 
          WE ALL BENEFIT WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS THE SAME GOALS. 
          I KNOW THAT MANY DISTRICT SIX BUSINESSES THRIVE ALONGSIDE THE BASE MISSIONS. 
          SO THESE GRANT AWARDS ARE GREAT NEWS. 
          AND AGAIN, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER K HDA. 
          AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR POOL OF, OF ITEM NUMBER 10, PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALL RIGHT, LET'S NOW MOVE TO ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE. 
          OH, SORRY, CHIEF, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER. 
           MAYOR. 
          UM, TODAY, UH, WE'RE GONNA PRESENT, I'M SORRY. 
          GO AHEAD, DEBBIE. 
          I JUMPED AHEAD HERE. 
          ITEMS NUMBER FOUR 
          [ACTION ITEMS FOR STAFF BRIEFING]
AND FIVE. 
          UH, ITEM FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. 
          ARPA FUNDS FOR NONPROFITS AND SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO IMMIGRATION SERVICES AND ESTABLISHING CRITERIA FOR SUCH FUNDING. 
          OR ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, ARPA FUNDS FOR THE ARTS AND ESTABLISHING CRITERIA FOR SUCH FUNDING. 
          OKAY, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, LET ME INTRO IT, UH, AS MEL COMES UP TO THE, UH, THE PODIUM. 
          SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON, UM, JUST, UH, FOR CONTEXT, ON MARCH 22ND, THE COUNCIL APPROVED OUR ARBA SPENDING FRAMEWORK. 
          UM, AND TODAY WE'RE PRESENTING THE RECOMMENDED IMPLEMENTATION PLANS TO ESTABLISH THE CRITERIA FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FUNDS FOR TWO OF THE CATEGORIES, ONE, ARTS AND TWO, THE IMMIGRATION SERVICE PORTION OF THE NONPROFIT AND SOCIAL SERVICES. 
          THESE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS THAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE, UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE STAFF. 
          UM, THE, UH, THE TOPICS, UH, THAT YOU'LL SEE TODAY, UH, PRESENTED BY THE STAFF DO REFLECT THE PRIORITIES OF OF THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, UM, THAT, UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, LAST FALL. 
          UM, ONCE THE STAFF PRESENTATIONS ARE COMPLETED, UM, IF THE COUNCIL, UH, CHOOSES TO APPROVE THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS TODAY, WE'LL BE PROCEEDING WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION. 
          UM, QUICKLY, UH, ARTS WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS TO OBTAIN APPLICATIONS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FUNDS IMMEDIATELY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES WILL BEGIN A COMPETITIVE R F P PROCESS. 
          JUST IN ADVANCE, I, I WANT TO, I WANT TO JUST POINT OUT TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, THE CHECK COMMUNITY, UH, CHECK COUNCIL, COMMUNITY MEMBER COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEMBERS KNOW, BUT THE IMMIGRATION SERVICE PORTION OF THE NON-PROFITS, UH, WAS THE FIRST PART THAT WAS DONE THAT YOU'LL BE PRESENTED TO TODAY. 
          THE COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE TO DO WORK DURING THE SUMMER FOR THE REMAINING TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UH, LIKELY IN AUGUST. 
          AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT PORTION TO THE COUNCIL AT THAT POINT. 
          SO, UM, WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MEL AND THEN SHE'LL TURN IT OVER TO DIANA TO GO OVER THE ARTS PORTION. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          SO, GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          I'M MELODY WOOSLEY, HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR. 
          AND SO TODAY I'M PRESENTING OUR PROPOSED PHASE ONE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR ARPA, NONPROFIT AND SOCIAL SERVICES INVESTMENTS. 
          FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, THE ITEM REQUESTS CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE PHASE ONE PLAN TO ALLOCATE $1.5 MILLION FROM NONPROFIT AND SOCIAL SERVICES FUNDING TO SUPPORT IMMIGRATION SERVICES. 
          THE PROPOSED 
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PLAN DOES INCLUDE IMMIGRATION SERVICES, FUNDING PRIORITIES, AND THE COMP COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND TIMELINE. 
          AND SO THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED WITH GUIDANCE FROM THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK. 
          AND SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING A TWO PHASED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, BEGINNING WITH CONSIDERATION OF THIS PHASE ONE PLAN TO ALLOCATE 1.5 MILLION FOR IMMIGRANT SERVING ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THE REMAINING 2.5 MILLION FROM THE NONPROFIT AND SOCIAL SERVICES BUCKET WOULD BE ALLOCATED IN PHASE TWO THROUGH A SEPARATE COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOCUSED ON AGENCY RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE. 
          AND I'LL BRING THAT FORWARD. 
          IN AUGUST, THE PHASE ONE PLAN WAS APPROVED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE CHECK COMMITTEE ON MAY THE 26TH. 
          AND SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS WILL DEMONSTRATE THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF C OVID 19 ON THE AGENCIES AND THOSE THEY SERVE. 
          AND SO, AS BACKGROUND, THE SAN ANTONIO WELCOMING PLAN WAS LAUNCHED IN JANUARY OF 2021 AND SERVES AS A ROADMAP FOR IMMIGRATION SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THE STRATEGIES AND THE SERVICES, UM, PROPOSED THROUGH THIS PHASE ONE PLAN ALIGN WITH THE WELCOMING PLAN. 
          IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN ARPA SPENDING FRAMEWORK, THE DIRECTED INVESTMENTS TO SPECIFIC SPENDING CATEGORIES AND INCLUDING NONPROFIT AND SOCIAL SERVICES FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $4 MILLION DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHECK COMMITTEE AND TARGETED STAKEHOLDERS HIGHLIGHTED THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF C OVID 19 ON OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS AND RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY, UM, OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEMS. AND SO, C OVID 19 AND RELATED RESPONSE STRATEGIES DISRUPTED THE US IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. 
          THE PANDEMIC EXACERBATED ALREADY EXISTING BARRIERS TO RESOURCES AND CREATED NEW CHALLENGES FOR THOSE SEEKING CITIZENSHIP, INCLUDING LAW, LAWFUL PERMANENT ASYLUM SEEKING AND REFUGEE RESIDENTS. 
          MANY WERE ELIGIBLE TO SEEK FINANCIAL SUPPORT THROUGH AVAILABLE PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES. 
          THE PROPOSED PHASE ONE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOCUSES ON ADDRESSING TWO PRIMARY IMPACTS, DECREASED ECONOMIC SECURITY, AND DECREASED ACCESS TO PATHWAYS FOR LEGAL CITIZENSHIP. 
          THE R F P SCOPE OF WORK WILL REQUEST APPLICATIONS FOR SERVICES AND STRATEGIES THAT ENHANCE THE SAFETY NET TO SUPPORT FAMILY STABILITY, IMPROVE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SECURITY, AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZENSHIP. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES RESOURCE NAVIGATION, CONNECTION TO TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT, IMMIGRATION RIGHTS, EDUCATION, AND LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR IMMIGRANTS. 
          AND SO THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN PROPOSES A COMPETITIVE FUNDING PROCESS WITH A TWO YEAR CONTRACT TERM. 
          OUR GOAL FOLLOWING TODAY'S SESSION IS TO RELEASE THE R F P ON MONDAY, JUNE 6TH THROUGH JUNE. 
          WE WILL OFFER TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS TO POTENTIAL APPLICANTS AND PROPOSALS WOULD BE DUE BY JULY 8TH. 
          AND THEN WE WILL EVALUATE AND DEVELOP FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH THE MONTH OF JULY FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IN EARLY AUGUST, AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE PROPOSING TWO SEPARATE PROCESSES, ONE FOR IMMIGRATION SERVICES AND A SEPARATE PROCESS FOR THE BALANCE OF FUNDING. 
          SIMILAR TO THE BIANNUAL CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING AN ABBREVIATED, NOT ABBREVIATED NON-COMMUNICATION PERIOD FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS WELL AS MAYOR AND COUNCIL STAFF. 
          A SIMPLIFIED ONLINE APPLICATION SYSTEM WILL BE USED AND WE WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AS NEEDED TO HELP THE AGENCIES SUBMIT THAT APPLICATION. 
          AND WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING A MINIMUM AWARD OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH A TWO YEAR CONTRACT TERM. 
          UM, REDUCED ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS SUCH AS INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS AND INCREASED FUNDING FLEXIBILITY FOR AWARDED AGENCIES. 
          AND THIS HELPS AGENCIES, UM, RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC. 
          IT'S THE ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDING WILL INCLUDE NON-PROFIT, FAITH-BASED AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO IMMIGRANTS, UM, AND HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE AT LEAST TWO YEARS WITH DEMONSTRATED SERVICES TO IMMIGRANTS THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. 
          SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS 
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WILL ALSO DEMONSTRATE THAT C OVID 19 HAD A SIGNIFICANT DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON THEIR AGENCIES AND THE POPULATIONS THEY SERVE. 
          AND THE PROPOSALS WILL BE SCORED ON A STANDARD 100 POINT SCALE WITH 30 POINTS FOR EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND, AND QUALIFICATIONS, INCLUDING THE HISTORY OF PROVIDING SERVICES TO IMMIGRANTS. 
          40 POINTS FOR PROPOSED SERVICE PLAN DEMONSTRATING THE IMPACT OF COVID AND HOW PROPOSED PROGRAMMING, UM, MITIGATES IT, UH, EVIDENCE OF COMMUNITY COLLABORATION, PAY PARITY AND EQUITABLE OUTCOMES AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES. 
          AND THEN 20 POINTS FOR BUDGET AND PRICING. 
          WE WANNA SEE A REASONABLE BUDGET THAT SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED PLAN, UM, DEMONSTRATES FINANCIAL CAPACITY, USE OF LEVERAGE, RESOURCES, AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. 
          AND SO THE PROPOSED EVALUATION PANEL INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND COMMUNITY FUNDER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS, UM, THE AREA FOUNDATION, UNITED WAY, AND BEXAR COUNTY ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, MEMBERS FROM THE CITY'S COMMISSION ON STRENGTHENING FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY ACTION ADVISORY BOARD. 
          AND THE PANEL WILL INCLUDE MEMBERS, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE IN NAVIGATING COMMUNITY, NONPROFIT AND REFUGEE SERVICES. 
          PROPOSED PERFORMANCE INDICATORS WILL FOCUS ON TARGETED MEASURES RELATED TO IMPROVED FINANCIAL SECURITY AND EXPANDED ACCESS TO CITIZENSHIP SERVICES. 
          AND THEY WILL BE TAILORED BASED ON THE SERVICES THAT AGENCIES ARE PROPOSING TO PROVIDE. 
          WE'LL WORK WITH SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS TO TRACK HOW PARTICIPANTS ARE BETTER OFF AND INCREASED ACCESS TO BENEFITS AND RESOURCES AND CONNECTION TO BETTER PAYING JOBS. 
          WE WILL ALSO TRACK INCREASED KNOWLEDGE OF LEGAL RIGHTS AND, UM, ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO APPLICATIONS FOR, UH, IMMIGRATION BENEFITS AS WELL AS CLIENTS CONNECTED TO LEGAL SERVICES. 
          AND IF APPROVED, TO SUMMARIZE, THE COMPETITIVE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WOULD BE RELEASED ON MONDAY, UM, FROM MID TO LATE JUNE. 
          WE WILL PROVIDE A PRE-SUBMIT CONFERENCE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS THAT WOULD INCLUDE GRANT WRITING, BUDGETING BOARD REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND HELP WITH APPLICATION SOFTWARE. 
          THE R F P WOULD CLOSE ON JULY 8TH, AND WE PLAN TO EVALUATE IN JULY AND REQUEST CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE PHASE ONE RECOMMENDED AWARDS IN AUGUST. 
          CONTRACTS WOULD BEGIN BY SEPTEMBER. 
          AND SO PHASE TWO OF THE ARPA NONPROFIT AND SOCIAL SERVICES IMPLEMENTATION PLAN PROPOSES A COMBINED PROCESS TO ALLOCATE THE REMAINING 2.5 MILLION IN NONPROFIT AND SOCIAL SERVICES FUNDING THAT WOULD FOCUS ON AGENCY RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY. 
          THE R F P WOULD ALSO INCLUDE ARPA SENIOR SERVICES, FUNDING AND YOUTH SERVICES FUNDING TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF COVID ON THOSE POPULATIONS. 
          THE COMBINED COMPETITIVE PROCESS WILL STREAMLINE THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR AGENCY AND ALSO IMPROVES TRANSPARENCY. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO RETURN TO THE RESPECTIVE CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES AND CITY COUNCIL, UM, FOR APPROVAL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS SO THAT WE CAN RELEASE THE COMBINED R F P DIRECTLY AFTER IN, UH, LATE AUGUST WITH CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATIONS OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY OCTOBER. 
          AND SO THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          UM, NEXT DIANA HILDAGO, INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE'LL PRESENT THE ARPA ARTS FUNDING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UM, I'M DIANA ALGO, THE INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          AND I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR ARTS. 
          UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK THE ARTS AGENCIES AND ARTISTS THAT PROVIDED FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AS WELL AS OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR CRYSTAL JONES AND OUR DEPARTMENT FISCAL ADMINISTRATOR, ERIN DE LA ROSA, FOR THEIR WORK ON THE PLAN. 
          THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER THE RECOVERY AND RELIEF SUPPORT FOR ARTS THROUGH AN ARPA FOR ARTS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AND INCLUDES AN IMP A PROPOSED TIMELINE. 
          TODAY'S ACTION RECOMMENDS AN IMPLE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR USE OF AR OF ARPA FUNDS ALLOCATED BY CITY COUNCIL. 
          THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WAS RECOMMENDED 
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BY THE COL COMMUNITY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE COMMITTEE, AND ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS MUST DEMONSTRATE A DISPROPORTIONATE C OVID 19 IMPACT. 
          ON FEBRUARY 3RD, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED $5 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDS TO THE ARTS TO HELP ROOT FOR RECOVERY AND RELIEF TO THE ART, TO ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AS A RESULT, OUR DEPARTMENT DEVELOPED AN ARPA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH REFLECTS CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. 
          SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED IS THAT THIS PLAN SHOULD MIRROR THE SA CARES FOR ARTS GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE, UH, LAUNCHED EARLY DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC, AND WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING FEDERAL GUIDELINES FOR IMPACTED INDUSTRIES AND HOUSEHOLDS. 
          AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IDENTIFIES AN IMPACTED INDUSTRY AS ONE THAT HAS AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE THAT'S INCREASED BY 8%, AND THE ARTS HAVE SEEN DRASTICALLY MORE THAN THAT. 
          THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION, AND AGAIN, THE PLAN IS RECOMMENDED BY COMMUNITY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE COMMITTEE. 
          SO THE, OUR PLAN COMPONENTS ARE THAT NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS THAT WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY C V I D HAVE SEEN A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FROM REVENUE LOSSES. 
          THE ARTS HAD AN 18% DECREASE IN EMPLOYMENT AND A 16% DECREASE IN THE CREATIVE ECONOMY. 
          WE HAVE CREATED A GRANT PROGRAM FOR ARTS NONPROFITS THAT WILL SUPPORT OPERATIONAL COSTS, STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND COVID MITIGATION. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A GRANT PROGRAM FOR ARTISTS AND THAT WOULD SUPPORT HOUSING AND LIVING EXPENSES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THEIR ARTISTIC CAREER. 
          OUR EQUITABLE OUTCOMES IS THAT THIS PROGRAM WOULD HELP DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES THROUGH A FUNDING, UH, POLICY, AND THAT THE ARTS AGENCIES AND ARTISTS WOULD BE ABLE TO THRIVE BEYOND THE PANDEMIC. 
          THIS WOULD INCREASE RES, UH, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS CONNECTING AND ENGAGING WITH THE ARTS AND WITH THROUGH LOCAL ARTS PROGRAMMING. 
          THEN IN TURN, HELP SAN ANTONIO'S REPUTATION AS A TOP ARTS AND CULTURE TOURIST DESTINATION. 
          OUR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ARE THAT AT LEAST 133 ARTISTS WILL RECEIVE GRANTS, AND OF THOSE 133, AT LEAST 50% WILL GO ON TO CREATE NEW WORKS AND PERFORMANCES. 
          AND THEN ON THE NONPROFIT SIDE, AT LEAST 40 NONPROFITS WOULD RECEIVE GRANTS, AND OF THOSE 75% OF THE NONPROFITS RECEIVING GRANTS WOULD BE MORE RES, FINANCIALLY RESILIENT AS A RESULT OF THE FUNDING. 
          AND OF THE $5 MILLION, $4 MILLION WOULD GO TO ARTS NONPROFITS AND $1 MILLION TO ARTISTS. 
          SO ON THE ARTIST GRANT SIDE, WE WOULD LOOK AT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. 
          AN ARTIST WOULD NEED TO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO LIMITS. 
          THEY WOULD NEED TO BE A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST THAT DERIVED A PORTION OF THEIR INCOME FROM THEIR ARTISTIC ACTIVITY. 
          THEY WOULD NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST THREE YEARS OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE OR A DEGREE OR CERTIFICATION IN THEIR ARTISTIC FIELD. 
          BECAUSE THIS IS FEDERAL FUNDING, THEY WILL HAVE TO HAVE FILED A 2021 TAX RETURN, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PORTFOLIO OF PUBLISHED OR PUBLICLY DISPLAYED WORK. 
          ONCE AN APPLICANT MEETS THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, THEY WILL BE SCORED BASED ON THE PERCENT OF INCOME THAT COMES FROM THEIR ARTISTIC ACTIVITY AS WELL AS THEIR ANNUAL INCOME RANGE. 
          WE WILL LOOK AT DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION, WHICH INCLUDES GENDER LGBTQIA PLUS AND RACE AND ETHNICITY. 
          WE'LL LOOK AT THE EQUITY ATLAS AND WHERE THEY LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE A VETERAN, IF THEY ARE DISABLED, AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY RECEIVED THE SA CARES FOR ART GRANT. 
          AND THIS GRANT WOULD BE FOR UP TO $7,500 FOR ARTISTS ON THE NON-PROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION SIDE. 
          ORGANIZATIONS, APPLICANTS WOULD NEED TO MEET GRANT ELIGIBILITY AS WELL. 
          THEY HAVE TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THEY ARREST RECOGNIZED 5 0 1 C THREE NONPROFIT, NONPROFIT. 
          THEY HAVE TO HAVE THREE YEARS ACTIVELY PRODUCING PROGRAMMING THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND AT LEAST ONE STAFF PAID PERSON, ONE PAID STAFF PERSON TO MANAGE THIS CONTRACT. 
          AND THEIR PRIMARY MISSION AND OPERATIONS MUST BE THE ACTUAL, UH, PRES PRESENTATION AND PRODUCTION OF ART AND CULTURE. 
          ONCE AN ORGANIZATION MEETS THE GRANT ELIGIBILITY, WE WOULD FUND THEM BASED ON THEIR BUDGET. 
          THEY WOULD RECEIVE A MAX AWARD PERCENTAGE WHERE THE PERCENTAGE IS DECREASED. 
          AS AN ORGANIZATION'S, UH, BUDGET IS INCREASED. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE FUNDING AN ADDITIONAL 20% OF FUNDING FOR NONPROFITS WHOSE MISSION AND ACTUAL, UH, PROGRAMMING IS TO PRESERVE OR PROMOTE SPECIFIC CULTURAL COMMUNITIES. 
          AND THIS IS IN LINE WITH OUR CORE GRANT FUNDING PROGRAM 
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GUIDELINES. 
          ONCE AWARDED ARTS NONPROFITS CAN USE THE FUNDING FOR OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR C OVID 19 MITIGATION AND INFECTION PREVENTION. 
          INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS CAN USE THE FUNDING FOR HOUSING AND LIVING EXPENSES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND TO SUPPORT THEIR ARTISTIC CAREER. 
          AGAIN, OUR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ARE THAT AT LEAST 133 ARTISTS WILL RECEIVE THE GRANT, AND OF THOSE 50% WILL GO ON TO PRESENT TO CREATE ARTWORKS AND PERFORMANCES, AND AT LEAST 40 NONPROFITS WILL RECEIVE GRANTS. 
          AND OF THOSE 75% WILL BE MORE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A PERFORMANCE INDICATOR THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF GRANT FUNDING WILL BE DISPERSED BY DECEMBER, 2024 AND SPENT BY DECEMBER, 2026. 
          AND THIS, UH, FUNDING WOULD GO OUT. 
          WELL BE BEFORE THAT. 
          IF THIS PROCESS IS APPROVED, WE WOULD BEGIN MARKETING WITH DIRECT OUTREACH TO THE MANY NONPROFITS AND ARTISTS THAT WE WORK WITH. 
          WE'LL SEND INFORMATION OUT TO THE COUNCIL OFFICES. 
          WE'LL ALSO, UM, USE MEDIA MEDIA OUTREACH AND POST ON OUR WEBSITE AND IN OUR E-NEWSLETTER. 
          WE'LL HAVE A SIMPLIFIED APPLICATION IN OUR GO MART APPLICATION SYSTEM, WHERE WE WILL LOOK AT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA TO SCREEN APPLICANTS, AND THE SCORES WOULD BE BASED ON THE EQUITY PREFERENCE POINTS THAT I WENT OVER. 
          THEN WE WILL ALSO, UH, DO DATA COLLECTION THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WHERE POST-AWARD SURVEYS WILL BE CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, AND THOSE WILL BE BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND THEN OUTCOMES. 
          AND THAT DATA WILL BE REPORTED BACK TO CITY COUNCIL IF THIS IS APPROVED. 
          IF THIS IS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, UH, LATE LATER IN JUNE, WE WOULD OPEN A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS AND THAT WOULD BE OPEN UNTIL LATE JULY. 
          WE WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO ANY APPLICANTS THAT NEED IT, UM, IN APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT. 
          AND THEN IN AUGUST, UH, AN APPLICATION REVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS WOULD OCCUR. 
          THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD GO TO THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION IN SEPTEMBER, AND THEN THOSE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER. 
          CONTRACT INITIATION AND DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS WOULD BEGIN IN EARLY OCTOBER. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND WE ARE AVAILABLE IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, FOR THE PRESENTATIONS WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP ONE DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS. UM, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, LET ME CALL UP FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE. 
          AND, UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL. 
          SO I'LL CALL, UH, THE FIRST, I'LL CALL AN ORDER OF SIGN UP, UH, BUT I'LL CALL THE NEXT NAME IN LINE IF YOU COULD BE PREPARED TO COME FORWARD. 
          ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE LAURA FLORES DIXON, FOLLOWED BY NADIA OF REIKI. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS LAURA FLORES DSET. 
          I'M A STAFF ATTORNEY AT AMERICAN GATEWAYS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE CITY'S CONSIDERATION OF USING A RPA FUNDING TO SUPPORT NONPROFITS WHO SERVE THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AS A COMMUNITY PARTNER PROVIDING IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW INCOME IMMIGRANTS, WE SEE THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          EVERY DAY AMERICAN GATEWAYS WOULD SEEK, UM, ARPA FUNDING IN ORDER TO EXPAND OUR CURRENT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND TO CONTINUE SERVING IMMIGRANTS OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR COMMUNITY BY EDUCATING COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS AND LAWS AS WELL AS THEIR ROLES IN THAT SYSTEM. 
          PROVIDING LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY ALLIES, EMPOWERING IMMIGRANTS TO, UH, ADVOCATE FOR THEIR FOR THEMSELVES IN IMMIGRATION PROCESS IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO SECURE REPRESENTATION. 
          AND BY PROVIDING FULL SCOPE, UM, DIRECT LEGAL REPRESENTATION WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO. 
          AMERICAN GATEWAY'S MISSION IS TO CHAMPION THE DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, AND SURVIVORS OF PERSECUTION, TORTURE CONFLICTS, AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES AT NO OR LOW COST. 
          WE PROVIDE EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY AND PROVIDE, UM, FREEDOM, UM, HOPE AND SAFETY THROUGH THE SERVICES THAT WE ENGAGE WITH IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AMERICAN GATEWAY SERVES LOW INCOME IMMIGRANTS SEEKING TO GAIN OR IMPROVE THEIR LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE FREE FROM DEPORTATION, KEEP THEIR FAMILIES TOGETHER, AND FIND GREATER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, NEARLY 279,000 IMMIGRANTS RESIDE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THAT'S ABOUT 12% OF OUR ENTIRE POPULATION. 
          OF THOSE 165,000 ARE NON-CITIZENS AT RISK OF DEPORTATION. 
          STRESS, FEAR, AND HEIGHTENED ANXIETY ARE CONSTANT COMPANIONS FOR MANY IN THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. 
          ANXIETY REGARDING DEPORTATION, FAMILY SEPARATION AND SECURING 
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GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT ARE WIDESPREAD CONCERNS THAT WERE ONLY EXACERBATED BY C OVID 19. 
          IN ADDITION TO THIS, NAVIGATING A COMPLEX AND OPAQUE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM TO SECURE IMMIGRATION STATUS IS COST PROHIBITIVE TO MANY, PARTICULARLY ONE UNDER, UM, ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS. 
          AMERICAN GATEWAYS FILLS THE GAP BY PROVIDING TRUSTWORTHY AND FREE OR LOW COST LEGAL SERVICES, WHICH ALLOWS IMMIGRANTS TO ACCESS JUSTICE. 
          FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE HAD A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO PROVIDE IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES. 
          UM, HOWEVER, AND WHILE WE APPRECIATE THIS PARTNERSHIP, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE STILL NOT ABLE TO MEET THE GAP AND THAT THERE IS GREATER NEED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          RECENTLY, AMERICAN GATEWAYS HAS SERVED OUR SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY THROUGH PARTNERING, UM, WITH THE MEXICAN CONSULATE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO OFFER A LARGE SCALE NATURALIZATION WORKSHOP. 
          UM, IN THAT ONE DAY, WE ASSISTED NEARLY A HUNDRED SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS, UM, IN APPLYING FOR US CITIZENSHIP, MANY OF WHOM HAVE BEEN SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS FOR DECADES, UM, AND WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD PRIVATE IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS. 
          UM, WE REGULARLY PROVIDE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATION, WITH OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, MEDICAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. 
          WE, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF OUR FUNDING AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MS. FLORES, DT NADIA MAKIS, FOLLOWED BY FREDENBERG. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS NADIA MAKIS. 
          I'M THE C E O OF UA, A NON-PROFIT IN SAN ANTONIO THAT ELEVATES THE PEOPLE AND HERITAGE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA AND SOUTH ASIA. 
          THROUGH THREE PROGRAM ARMS, EDUCATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          WITHIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WE FOCUS ON ENABLING THE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, IN AND AROUND THE MEDICAL CENTER NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA AND SOUTH ASIA LIVE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. 
          I SUPPORT THE PROPOSED ARPA SPENDING FRAMEWORK FOR INVESTMENTS FOR NONPROFITS AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR PHASE ONE IMMIGRATION ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICES. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          CITY STAFF, NOTABLY JESSICA DAVA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND TINO GALLEGOS, THE CITY'S IMMIGRATION LIAISON, ENGAGED IMMIGRANT SERVING NONPROFITS SUCH AS CULTURE INUA TO GATHER FEEDBACK AS THEY DEVELOP THE ARPA SPENDING FRAMEWORK. 
          I'LL SPEAK REGARDING THE FIRST SECTION, WHICH IS TO ADDRESS C OVID 19 IMPACTS ON ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR NON-CITIZENS. 
          AND I FULLY SUPPORT FUNDING FOR NAVIGATION SERVICES, BOTH THROUGH A MENTORSHIP MODEL AND THROUGH A COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR MODEL. 
          CULTURE. 
          INUA CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTS A MENTORSHIP MODEL PROGRAM KNOWN AS THE COMMUNITIES OF WELCOME FOR AFGHANS, WITH THE SUPPORT OF TINO GALLEGOS, THE CITY'S IMMIGRATION LIAISON, AND ANNE HELMKE, THE FAITH-BASED LIAISON THAT CONNECTS SAN ANTONIO CONGREGATIONS BUSINESSES AND UNIVERSITIES WITH NEW AFGHAN REFUGEE FAMILIES TO SUPPORT THEIR INTEGRATION INTO SAN ANTONIO AND BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO ACCESS THE RESOURCES WITHIN THE CITY. 
          WE ARE BUILDING OUR CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT A COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR MODEL PROGRAM THAT TRAINS PROXIMATE LEADERS IN ETHNIC COMMUNITIES, ON CITY RESOURCES, WHO THEN SHARE THAT KNOWLEDGE WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          WE ARE LEARNING FROM PEER ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE IMPLEMENTED SIMILAR PROGRAMS IN REDMOND, WASHINGTON, DAYTON, OHIO, PORTLAND, MAINE, AND OTHERS. 
          AS SAN ANTONIO WORKS TO BECOME A CERTIFIED WELCOMING CITY FOR IMMIGRANTS BY WELCOMING AMERICA, A NATIONAL NONPROFIT FOCUSED ON INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING OF NEW IMMIGRANTS. 
          IT BEHOOVES THE CITY TO INVEST IN PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROVEN TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANT INCLUSION AND SUPPORTS THE CITY TO MEET THE WELCOMING STANDARD, WHICH INCLUDES A REQUIREMENT THAT A PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM BE IN PLACE TO NURTURE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND RECEIVING COMMUNITY. 
          I ALSO FULLY SUPPORT FUNDING FOR CONNECTING NON-CITIZENS WHO ARE LEGALLY ELIGIBLE TO WORK TO TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          CULTURE INGO IS EXCITED TO BE FORMALLY PARTNERED WITH THE CITY'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND ESSAY READY TO WORK WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO AND THE ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY ALAMO CONSORTIUM AT E S C REGION 20 TO ENABLE OUR CITY'S NEWEST AFGHAN REFUGEE NEIGHBORS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE TRAINING AND OBTAIN JOBS THAT PROVIDE UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY. 
          HOWEVER, THIS WORKS NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED ACROSS THE ENTIRE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, NOTABLY AMONG OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICAN, AND SOUTH ASIAN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. 
          THESE PROGRAMS ALSO SUPPORT THE WELCOMING STANDARD, WHICH MEASURE HOW CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS ARE PREPARED TO LEVERAGE NEW AND EXISTING TALENT FROM IMMIGRANTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MR. MAKIS FREDENBERG. 
          MR. SHEINBERG, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JILL RIPS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'M 
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FRED SHEINBERG AND I'M ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE AMERICAN ORGANIZATION FOR IMMIGRANTS. 
          I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR SAN ANTONIO'S USE OF ARPA FUNDS FOR IMMIGRATION SERVICES. 
          AMERICAN ORGANIZATION FOR IMMIGRANTS IS LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED TODAY. 
          IT'S A NONPROFIT CORPORATION FOCUSED ON PROVIDING IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES AT NO OR ARE LOW COST. 
          WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS. 
          OUR OFFICES ACROSS THE STREET FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL IN COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL'S DISTRICT. 
          WELL, OUR FOCUS IS ON LEGAL SERVICES. 
          WE OFTEN RECEIVE QUESTIONS REGARDING HOW TO FIND EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING REGISTER CHILDREN IN SCHOOL TO REPORT TO THE IMMIGRATION CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OFFICE, AND NAVIGATE PROCESSES FOR IMMIGRATION COURT. 
          LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED MORE REQUESTS FOR PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES FOR ASYLUM OR PETITIONS FOR LAWFUL RESIDENTS OR CITIZENSHIP BECAUSE THE APPLICANT JUST WASN'T WORKING. 
          AND WE CORROBORATED WITH OTHER NONPROFITS WHO DO NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO OFFER LOW COST LEGAL SERVICES, UH, THE CENTER FOR REFUGEE SERVICES OR ACADEMIA AMERICA, OR TO THE FOLKS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH MOST CLOSELY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. 
          THESE ACTIVITIES, ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES REFLECT OUR VISION AND OUR VALUE TO IMPROVING THE LIVES WHO MERIT LEGAL, PERMANENT RESIDENCE AND CITIZENSHIP IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY. 
          THE PROPOSAL IN THE DISCUSSION IS REALLY A NATURAL FOLLOW ON TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S 2018 STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          THE CITY'S IMMIGRATION STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE ASSOCIATED RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF IMMIGRANTS IN AREAS OF EDUCATION, HEALTH SERVICES, LEGAL SERVICES, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          YOUR APPROVAL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED, BUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WRIT LARGE. 
          ACCORDING TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S IMMIGRATION NEWS LIAISON OFFICES, WE HAD OVER 90,000 IMMIGRANTS PASSED THROUGH SAN ANTONIO IN 2021. 
          THUS FAR, IT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE ABATED ENCOUNTERS ON THE SOUTHWEST BORDER FROM OCTOBER, 2021 THROUGH APRIL OF THIS YEAR, SHOW SOME 650,000 ENCOUNTERS AT THIS PACE. 
          WE COULD HAVE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION ENCOUNTERS, UH, IN THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          THAT'S ABOUT A 30% INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEARS. 
          AND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, AND THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, WORKING AT TRAVIS METHODIST AT NIGHT TO SERVE PEOPLE OR WORKING AT THE BUS STATION OR WORKING AT THE AIRPORT OR HANDLING THE LAW. 
          UH, LEGAL SUP, UH, SUPPORT THAT WE DO. 
          SAN ANTONIO IS A MAJOR DESTINATION FOR ARRIVING MIGRANTS AND OUR NON-CITIZEN BASE CONTINUES TO GROW. 
          IMMIGRATION ISSUES ARE COMPLEX. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BERG. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          JILL RIPS FOLLOWED BY JOHN HINOJOSA. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS JILL RIPS. 
          I'M REPRESENTING THE CENTER FOR REFUGEE SERVICES, ALSO KNOWN AS C R S. 
          WE WERE ESTABLISHED OVER 12 YEARS AGO IN THE HEART OF THE REFUGEE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS ON WBA ROAD. 
          UH, AND WE PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT TO LEGALLY RESETTLE REFUGEES FROM AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND ASIA. 
          UM, THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, C R S HAS REMAINED ALL OPEN PROVIDING SERVICES IN OUR COURTYARD, AND WE RELOCATED E S L SERVICES AROUND THE CORNER IN A LARGER FACILITY SO THAT WE COULD KEEP ALL OF OUR CLIENTS SAFE AND OUR STAFF SAFE THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC. 
          HISTORICALLY, WE'VE SERVED 900 TO A THOUSAND ACTIVE CLIENT FAMILIES PER YEAR WITH ONLY TWO PAID STAFF MEMBER AND A CADRE OF WELL-TRAINED VOLUNTEERS. 
          HOWEVER, FOLLOWING THE FALL OF COBBLE IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, THROUGH FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE HAVE WELCOMED OVER 2,600 AFGHAN HUMANITARIAN PAROLEES TO OUR OFFICE, UH, PROVIDING THEM WITH BEDDING, TOWELS, TOILETRIES, DIAPERS, FEMININE HYGIENE AND FOOD. 
          WE, UH, AFTER THE INITIAL WELCOME VISIT, WE'VE ASSISTED CLIENTS WITH SNAP, MEDICAID, CARELINK, ENROLLMENT, E S L, AND JOB PLACEMENT AMONG OTHER NEEDS THROUGH OUR VOLUNTEER NETWORK. 
          WE HAVE ALSO MIRACULOUSLY PROVIDED NEW ARRIVALS WITH BEDS, BASIC FURNITURE, AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS WITH AN IN-KIND VALUE OF 1.4 MILLION, LATE 2021, EARLY 2022, WE HIRED SEVERAL SHORT-TERM ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS FOR CASE MANAGEMENT, HEALTHCARE AND STAFF ENROLLMENT, AS WELL AS INTERPRETERS TO ADEQUATELY ASSIST US IN HELPING THE NEW ARRIVALS. 
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OUR ACTIVE CLIENTS INCREASED FOURFOLD OVER THE LAST YEAR FROM ABOUT A THOUSAND CLIENTS TO 3,600 CLIENTS FOR THE FIRST WAVE. 
          AND SINCE FEBRUARY, WE'VE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL 200 TO 300, AND WE'RE EXPECTING A THOUSAND MORE OF SECONDARY WAVE ARRIVALS. 
          AFGHANISTAN, UH, EVACUEES WHO WENT TO ANOTHER CITY. 
          AND BECAUSE SAN SAN ANTONIO HAS SUCH A HOSPITABLE, WELCOMING REPUTATION, THEY'VE DECIDED TO RELOCATE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          IF YOU WALK ALONG WBA ROAD LATELY, IT LOOKS LIKE LITTLE COBBLE AFGHAN HUMANITARIAN PAROLEES HAVE TO APPLY FOR ASYLUM WITHIN A YEAR OF THEIR ARRIVAL TO MAINTAIN THEIR LEGAL STATUS. 
          WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CHANGES IN QUOTAS, WE EXPECT ANOTHER THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS. 
          LARGER RESETTLEMENT AND IMMIGRATION NONPROFITS WHO ARE OFTEN PART OF STATEWIDE OR LARGER NETWORKS HAVE ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT GRANTS AND LARGER SOURCES OF FUNDING. 
          SMALLER NONPROFITS SUCH AS OURSELF WHO OFTEN DO THE LION'S SHARE OF SERVICES FOR REFUGEES, WE NEED THE LIMITED FUNDING OF THIS ARPA FUNDS. 
          AND SO I'M HOPING WE CAN RELY ON THE COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR ARPA FUNDING SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE UNMET NEEDS OF THE REFUGEE COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. RIPS. 
          JOHN HINOJOSA, FOLLOWED BY MARY HEATHCOTT. 
          MAYOR. 
          JUST A POINT OF REFERENCE, WE'D LIKE TO COMBINE OUR TIME AND NOT TAKE THE WHOLE TIME TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MAYOR RON NUREMBERG, CITY MANAGER WALSH ATTORNEY GENERAL. 
          UM, CITY ATTORNEY SEGOVIA. 
          UM, I'M MARY HEATHCOTT. 
          . 
          YEAH, EXACTLY. 
          I ELEVATED YOU. 
          UM, I'M MARY HEATHCOTT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BLUE STAR CONTEMPORARY SAN ANTONIO'S NONPROFIT HOME FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, CELEBRATING 36 YEARS IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AND I'M HERE, UH, WITH MY PEERS AND FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES FROM CULTURE AND ARTS UNITED FOR SAN ANTONIO SSA. 
          I ALSO SHARE THE DISTINCTION OF SERVING ON THE STEERING STEERING COMMITTEE OF THIS FINE GROUP OF PEOPLE. 
          AND I WILL BE SHARING MY TIME WITH JOHN AND OSA TODAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE ARPA DECISION THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU FOR ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD SINCE MARCH OF 2020. 
          OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PEERS OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, LITERARY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND CULTURALLY SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER AS CASA TO ADVOCATE AND APPEAL FOR SUPPORT TO SUSTAIN OUR CITY'S RICH ARTS AND CULTURE COMMUNITY. 
          THIS HAS BEEN NOT ONLY OUT OF COLLEGIALITY AND A MUTUAL ADMIRATION FOR EACH OTHER, BUT OUT OF NECESSITY. 
          MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS RELY ON PEOPLE ATTENDING OUR EXHIBITIONS, CONCERTS, AND PERFORMANCES, SCHOOL CHILDREN TOURING OUR COLLECTIONS AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS CONTRIBUTING THEIR RESOURCES TO SUSTAIN OUR NONPROFIT OPERATIONS. 
          BY NOW, IT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT THE PANDEMIC DISRUPTED AND UPSET ALL RELIABILITY ON TRADITIONAL WAYS OF WORKING AND OUR SUPPORT SYSTEMS. DESPITE THE TREMENDOUS ODDS WE RESHUFFLED, WE REENVISIONED AND WE RECOMMITTED TO OUR COMMUNITY IN NEW WAYS. 
          WE KNOW THAT IS IN TIMES OF TRAGEDY AND TRIBULATION THAT ART SHINES. 
          NEVER HAS THERE BEEN A MORE IMPORTANT TIME FOR HEALING OUR COLLECTIVE TRAUMA, FOR REFLECTING ON LOSS THROUGH HEALTHY SELF-EXPRESSION AND A NEED FOR INSPIRATION AS WE ENVISION OUR RENAISSANCE. 
          THIS IS THE HEALING POWER OF ART. 
          THE ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS IN SAN ANTONIO ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE SUFFERED MORE THAN $71 MILLION IN NEGATIVE IMPACT AS OF JANUARY, 2021. 
          THAT'S AS OF JANUARY, 2021. 
          MORE THAN A YEAR LATER, WE ARE STILL FEEL FEELING THE NEGATIVE REPERCUSSIONS AND THE LOSSES CONTINUE TO MOUNT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE $5 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDING FOR ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          THIS IS THE MINIMUM THAT IS NEEDED FOR OUR TREASURED ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE IN THE, AND THE INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS WITH WHO WE WORK. 
          THANKS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE AND THE SA CARES FOR ARTS EMERGENCY FUNDING CYCLE, WE HAVE A SOLID INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THESE RESCUE FUNDS GET IN THE HANDS OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS IN NEED OF THEM QUICKLY IN THE CURRENT CITY FISCAL YEAR. 
          I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO JOHN. 
          THANK YOU, MARY. 
          UM, I AM A RESIDENT OF, UH, DISTRICT SEVEN AND OUR ORGANIZATION IS IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UM, TODAY, THURSDAY, JUNE 2ND, 2022, 
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WE STAND BEFORE YOU REPRESENTING SAN ANTONIO'S ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMUNITY, CULTURE AND ARTS. 
          UNITED FOR SAN ANTONIO ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT CELEBRATE CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND EQUITY, ENRICH K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION, PROVIDE LIFELONG LEARNING IN THE ARTS, ENTERTAIN AND UPLIFT, AFFIRM AND NURTURE INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVERS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ADD BEAUTY AND MEANING TO OUR COMMUNITY AS PART OF THE RECOVERY PROCESS. 
          WE WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR THEIR WORK IN THE COUNCIL DISTRICT FORUMS AND B SESSIONS. 
          WE WANT TO THANK THE SAN ANTONIO ARTS COMMISSION FOR VOTING UNANIMOUSLY FOR THESE FUNDS, AND WE WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE COMMUNITY, OUR COMMITTEE, INCLUDING CHAIRPERSON, ANNA SANDOVAL, COUNCILPERSONS, MARIO BRAVO, JAYLENE, MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, PHYLLIS VRAN, AND TERRY CASTILE FOR ALSO VOTING UNANIMOUSLY FOR PROVIDING THIS ITEM AND MOVING IT FORWARD. 
          WE ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNERS, CRYSTAL JONES, HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRYSTAL, WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY, AND DIANA HIDALGO, HOPEFULLY SOON THEY WILL HAVE THE WORD INTERIM REMOVED FROM THEIR TITLES. 
          AND WE WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE FOR THEIR WORK. 
          WE ASK YOU, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR, TO VOTE UNANIMOUSLY FOR THIS ORDINANCE APPROVING AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF ARPA FUNDS FOR THE ARTS. 
          WE ALSO REMIND YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT ARTS AND CULTURE ARE THE REASONS FOR THE STRENGTH OF OUR CULTURAL TOURISM INDUSTRY AND ARE AT THE HEART OF A HUGE ECONOMIC GENERATOR FOR OUR CITY. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS EQUAL PARTNERS WHEN WE LOOK TO FUTURE CITY BUDGETS AND FUNDING SOURCES AND STRUCTURES FOR OUR WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          CARLOS GONZALEZ, MR. GONZALEZ HERE. 
          OH, UH, MR. GONZALEZ, YOU'D BE FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER. 
          I'M CARLOS GONZALEZ. 
          I'M REPRESENTING ACADEMIA AMERICA, A NONPROFIT WORKING FOR THE FULL CIVIC AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF CI OF IMMIGRANTS. 
          UM, WE SUPPORT THE ARPA FUNDING THAT IT'LL HELP INCREASE THE RATES OF NATURALIZATION HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND IT'LL HELP THE NONPROFITS THAT ARE WORKING WITH THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY THAT NOW THAT THE FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE THERE. 
          WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PEOPLE TO SEE GOVERNMENT WORK, AND WE THINK IT'S PRUDENT THAT WE, UH, WORK AS, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO GET THOSE SERVICES TO THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. 
          IMMIGRANTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A BASIC FABRIC OF THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY. 
          THEY WILL CONTINUE BEING SO, AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, AND THESE RESCUE FUNDS, UM, WILL HELP US SUPPORT THAT. 
          AND WE APPRECIATE THE, UH, LEADERSHIP AND THE, UM, THE DIRECTION COUNCILMAN, UH, TERRY CASTILLO AND THE HONORABLE COUNCILWOMAN ANNIKA SANDOVAL ARE PROVIDING ON THIS ISSUE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU MR. GONZALEZ. 
          JACK FINGER. 
          OKAY. 
          MAYOR NURENBERG, ANOTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD. 
          MY NAME IS JACK M. 
          FINGER. 
          YES, MR. MAYOR. 
          I THINK, UH, THERE'S A MAJOR MISUNDERSTANDING HERE. 
          UH, WHEN I THINK OF THE, WHAT IS IT? THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FOR A RESCUE TOWARDS OUR, THE EPIDEMIC THAT WE HAD. 
          I, I THINK OF MEDICINES, I THINK OF, OF, UH, VENTILATORS, I THINK OF MASKS, I THINK OF SOCIAL DISTANCING PROGRAMS. I, UH, APPARENTLY THERE'S BEEN A BIG MISUNDERSTANDING HERE. 
          I THINK LET'S, LET'S SEE WHAT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS SAY ABOUT THIS. 
          IF WE CAN, UH, SHOW THAT MR. AUDIO VISUAL MAN AND, UH, BLOW UP, UH, THE UNDERLINED AREAS THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          WHAT ARE THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS SAY HERE? WELL, THERE THEY ARE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          ADDRESS NEGATIVE C OVID 19 IMPACTS ON ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR WHAT NON-CITIZENS CONNECT NON-CITIZENS WITH ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE 
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FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR WHICH THEY MAY BE ELIGIBLE. 
          ELIGIBLE, CORRECT. 
          NON CONNECT NON-CITIZENS WHO ARE LEGALLY ELIGIBLE TO WORK FOR, TO TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SHOULD LEFT THERE. 
          ADDRESS DECREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZENSHIP THAT HAVE BEEN ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY C OVID 19, AND FUND LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR IMMIGRANTS AT RISK FOR DEPORTATION, INCLUDING PARENTS OF US CITIZEN CHILDREN, CRIME VICTIMS, VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAFFICKING, EIGHT VICTIMS, DACA ELIGIBLE AND, UH, ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, INCREASED ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVED IMMIGRATION STATUS. 
          UH, I THINK THERE'S A, I'M SORRY, MR. MAYOR, YOU, YOU CAN'T PLEASE RETURN THE CAMERA TO THE PODIUM, IF YOU WOULD. 
          THERE. 
          UH, YOU CAN'T FOOL ME, MR. MR. MAYOR. 
          WE'VE BEEN TOLD ALL ALONG, ALL ALONG THAT, UM, THE PEOPLE COMING FROM IN, FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER, THE THRONGS OF PEOPLE COMING ARE HONEST, HARDWORKING INDIVIDUALS THAT JUST MERELY WANT AN OPPORTUNITY, AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, UH, GET AHEAD HERE IN OUR COUNTRY. 
          YES, THEY HAVE, THEY ARE FULLY VACCINATED. 
          THEY'VE GOTTEN THEIR BOOSTERS. 
          THEY, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T NEED OUR TAX DOLLARS FOR OUR SCHOOLS, OUR HOSPITALS. 
          NO, SIR. 
          I THINK, UM, IT'S OBVIOUS YOU NEED TO JUST TELL THE FEDS THERE'S BEEN A BIG MISTAKE AND WE, THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE GONNA DO THE RIGHT THING AND SAY NO. 
          UH, WE, WE ARE WANT YOU TO RETURN, RETURN THE $4 MILLION YOU ARE GIVING US. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          BYE-BYE, GUY. 
          LET'S SEE IF YOU, THE, THE VIEWER WILL SEE THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FINGER DOES THAT VERY THING THERE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW. 
          . 
          SORRY. 
          WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE. 
          UH, LET ME FIRST THANK, UM, OUR CHECK COMMITTEE FOR MOVING THESE FORWARD EXPEDITIOUSLY, AS WE SAID, UH, AS WE, UH, PROVE THE FRAMEWORK FOR ARPA AS, UM, AS MONIES BECAME AVAILABLE AND AS THE FRAMEWORKS AND ALLOCATIONS BECAME MORE DEFINED WITHIN THE COMMITTEES, WE WOULD MOVE THEM FORWARD ON A ROLLING BASIS. 
          AND THIS IS THE FIRST OF THOSE TRANCHES OF RELIEF FUNDS THAT ARE GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, LET ME ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR TO BEGIN DISCUSSION. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, I SO MOVED. 
          ITEM FOUR, LEMME DO THE SAME. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          LET ME DO THE SAME AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FIVE AS WELL. 
          THAT'LL PUT BOTH ON THE FLOOR AND HAVE A DISCUSSION, UH, TOGETHER. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          MOTION FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          SECOND BY CASTILLO. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, WE'LL BEGIN DISCUSSION NOW. 
          WE HAVE APPROVAL FOR, UH, BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL MAYOR. 
          UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK, UM, MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL, THE FULL COUNCIL FOR SETTING ASIDE THE MONEY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES ORGANIZATION, UM, AND FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, IN SETTING ASIDE MONEY, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR IMMIGRATION SERVICES. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, C COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          AND, UH, I SIMPLY CAN'T THANK STAFF ENOUGH FOR ENSURING THAT THIS ITEM MOVES FORWARD. 
          UM, UH, QUICKLY. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT MANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE ARE GOING THROUGH AN EXTREMELY, UM, ROUGH TIME RIGHT NOW. 
          AND WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A FUTURE FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS IN, IN OUR CITY, IN OUR CITY. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, UH, THE EMPLOYEES OF ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT EMPLOYEES, BUT VOLUNTEERS LIKE, UH, MR. SHELLENBERGER SAID, UM, THERE'S JUST, UH, SO MUCH SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE AND WE THANK YOU FOR, FOR DOING THAT. 
          UM, ONE, A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS, MEL, UH, REGARDING, UH, THE PRESENTATION THERE WAS, UM, EARLY ON REGARDING THE GOALS, UM, THAT THE FUNDING SHOULD ACHIEVE IS, UM, OR THAT THE FUNDING SHOULD ADDRESS WAS THE DECREASED PATHWAYS FOR CITIZENSHIPS. 
          UM, LET, LEMME SEE IF I CAN FIND WHAT SLIDE THAT'S ON. 
          NO, OF COURSE I CAN'T. 
          UM, , BUT THAT'S PART THAT, THAT 
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WAS ONE OF THE GOALS IN THE 2018, UM, PLAN, UM, ADDRESSING PATHWAYS FOR CITIZENSHIP. 
          AND THEN, UH, WHEN YOU PRESENTED THE METRICS OF THE, HOW THE WORK WOULD BE ASSESSED, UM, THERE WERE, UH, TWO, TWO BOXES. 
          AND ONE OF THEM IS LABELED EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZENSHIP, BUT THE ITEMS IN THERE DON'T NECESSARILY ADDRESS THAT. 
          UM, SO WILL THAT BE SOMETHING THAT, UH, THE ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE EVALUATED ON, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE, UM, OFFERING SERVICES TO HELP PEOPLE BECOME CITIZENS? YES. 
          SO THAT'LL BE PART OF, UM, THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE R F P THAT THEY'LL RESPOND TO. 
          AND A LOT WHEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION, IT WILL INCLUDE THEIR PROPOSED, UM, METRICS, AND SO THEY'LL PROPOSE WHAT OUTCOMES THEY'LL BE TRACKING. 
          UM, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE FOR SOMEONE APPLYING FOR FUNDING FOR, UM, LEGAL PATH TO CITIZENSHIP, THAT WOULD INCLUDE MEASURES THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THAT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE THAT EXPLICITLY IN THERE. 
          AND THEN, UH, WE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION AT COMMITTEE REGARDING, UH, ENSURING THAT SMALLER, SMALLER NONPROFITS ALSO HAD ACCESS, UH, TO THIS MONEY. 
          IS THERE, UM, A WAY IN THE SCORING THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE ASSESSED OR IN THE OUTREACH THAT, THAT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED? WELL, DEFINITELY THROUGH, UM, THE AGENCIES THAT WE MET WITH DURING STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, THROUGH, UM, OUR LIST OF THAT WE CONTINUE TO GATHER, UM, OUR LIST OF AGENCIES, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE DO OUTREACH TO ALL OF THOSE GROUPS. 
          UM, WE'LL COLLECT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE AS WELL AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOTIFIED OF THE PROCESS. 
          UM, AS FAR AS SCORING, WE, UM, HAVEN'T COMPLETED PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND WE CAN LOOK AT HOW WE CAN, UM, ENSURE THAT THAT SMALL AGENCIES ARE ACCOUNTED FOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, AND, AND LASTLY, UH, YOU DID MENTION OFFERING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
          I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT ON THERE. 
          UM, BUT I THINK YOU MENTIONED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AS NEEDED. 
          UM, AND I JUST, UH, I HOPE THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO APPLY ARE, ARE COMFORTABLE SEEKING THAT, UH, ASSISTANCE. 
          IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE? SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS WE'LL DO THAT. 
          SO, WE'LL, WE WILL HAVE A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS THAT ALL AGENCIES CAN ATTEND, UM, PRIOR TO SUBMITTING THEIR APPLICATION. 
          AND ONE OF THOSE WILL BE ON HOW TO USE THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE AND THEN WE WILL ENSURE THAT AGENCIES ARE AWARE THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT FOR ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEL. 
          UM, LORI MARIA, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR WORK ON THIS AND TO THANK YOU ALSO TO THE AGENCIES, UH, AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO BROUGHT THIS CONCEPT FORWARD TO US, UH, LET US KNOW IT WAS A NEED. 
          UM, THE MOMENT THE ARPA FUNDS WERE, WERE ANNOUNCED FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, BRETT, I KNOW YOU AND MARIO HAVE BEEN, UH, STEADFAST IN, IN YOUR SUPPORT FOR, FOR THIS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR, AND THANKS AGAIN TO, UM, MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I NOTICED THAT, UH, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, AN ABBREVIATED BLACKOUT PERIOD. 
          AND I ASK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD A, A FEW CONCERNS WHERE MAYBE SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS OR DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, UH, APPROACH COUNCIL OR COUNCIL STAFF AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES. 
          AND SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK WHAT WAS CALLED AN ABBREVIATED SCHEDULE, UH, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENSURE THAT ANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO MAY WANNA PARTICIPATE IN THIS ARE NOT GONNA OVERSTEP THEMSELVES? CAN SOMEBODY SHARE THAT? SURE. 
          AND SO, LIKE THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS RATHER THAN, UH, BEGINNING THE BLACKOUT COMMUNICATION PERIOD, UM, WHEN PROPOSALS ARE RELEASED, WE WILL WAIT UNTIL THE PROPOSALS ARE SUBMITTED. 
          SO THAT GIVES THE NONPROFIT AGENCIES AN EXTRA MONTH TO, UM, HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNCIL STAFF. 
          UM, BUT THEY'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, WE WILL STILL IMPLEMENT, IMPLEMENT THE NON-COMMUNICATION 
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PERIOD. 
          ONCE THE APPLICATIONS ARE SUBMITTED, THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO COMMUNICATE WITH COUNCIL OFFICES REGARDING THEIR APPLICATION. 
          UM, THEY CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION REGARDING DAILY BUSINESS OR COMMUNITY, UM, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, BUT NOT REGARDING THEIR APPLICATION. 
          AND SO WHEN AN APPLICATION IS RECEIVED FROM YOU OR BY YOUR DEPARTMENT, YOU'LL INFORM THEM, YOU SHOULD NOT BE TALKING TO COUNCIL OFFICE STAFF, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, REGARDING THIS CONTRACT. 
          WE WILL, UM, IT'LL BE PART OF THE R F F P, THE FRONT PAGE. 
          IT'LL BE ON THERE. 
          WE INFORM THEM MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, I'VE GOT A COUPLE, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, ART. 
          AND SO LET ME BE BEGIN BY ASKING IF, IF YOU HAVE THESE FIGURES, HOW MUCH HAS THE CITY ALLOCATED TO THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS IN OUR 2021 AND 2022 BUDGETS? UM, OUR TOTAL AGE, OUR TOTAL DEPARTMENT BUDGET? YEAH. 
          FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS OR TWO YEAR BUDGETS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE, UH, AN INTERESTING PART OF THIS DISCUSSION SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING MORE INTO THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          WE DO HAVE THE AWARDS AMOUNTS FOR ARTS AGENCIES. 
          SO FOR 2022, THE AWARDS AMOUNTS THAT WENT TO NONPROFIT ARTS AGENCIES THROUGH OUR GRANT PROCESS WAS, UH, $6 MILLION. 
          AND IN 2021 IT WAS, UH, $5 MILLION. 
          THAT'S SPECIFICALLY TO ARTS TO GRANTING. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW, UM, DID THAT INCLUDE GRANTS WITH, UH, CARES FUNDING? NO, THE CARES FUNDING WAS SEPARATE. 
          SO IT WAS $3 MILLION TO NONPROFITS IN CARESS FUNDING AND $600,000 TO INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU CAN PROBABLY FIGURE OUT THAT I'M, I'M $2 MILLION TO, TO NONPROFITS. 
          IF YOU COULD FIGURE OUT THAT TOTAL WHILE YOU'RE SITTING THERE, I'D APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, AND WHAT ABOUT ANY OTHER FUNDING, EITHER FEDERAL OR STATE? IS, IS ALL OF THAT THAT MIGHT HAVE COME IN INCLUDED IN WHAT YOU'VE JUST YES. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S NO OTHER STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED OTHER THAN CARES AND OUR BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO, UH, WHAT, WHAT HAS BEEN THE, THE CUSTOMARY ALLOCATIONS THAT THE CITY HAS ALLOTTED, UH, PRIOR TO, YOU KNOW, THE PANDEMIC? UM, SO FOR NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, WE HAVE AN OPERATIONAL GRANT THAT IT'S AWARDED, UM, SIMILAR TO THE SCALE THAT I SHOWED, WHERE BASED ON THEIR BUDGET, AN AGENCY IS AWARDED A PERCENTAGE, A MAX PERCENTAGE, AND AS THEIR BUDGET INCREASES, THE PERCENTAGE THAT THEY'RE AWARDED DECREASES. 
          UH, SO THAT'S FOR OPERATIONAL FUNDING. 
          AND THEN WE JUST, UH, LAUNCHED AN INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT FOR PROJECTS, AND THAT'S $5,000 TO INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS TO CREATE A PROJECT. 
          NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          WHAT I'M SAYING IS HOW MUCH, UH, WAS USUALLY IN THE BUDGET FOR THE ARTS DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO, UH, THE PANDEMIC FOR, FOR ARTS AGENCIES. 
          UM, AND, AND DIANA JUST SHARED THAT NUMBER. 
          IN 2021, IT WAS $5 MILLION, AND IN 2022 IT'S 6 MILLION. 
          WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT GOING BACK TO, YEAH, 2019. 
          YEAH, IT, I, I, LET ME FINISH MENT I THINK RIGHT ABOUT $5 MILLION IS WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT, IT GROWS, IT'S GROWN OVER TIME BASED ON HOTEL MOTEL RECEIPTS. 
          THAT NUMBER'S INCREMENTALLY INCREASED EVERY YEAR. 
          SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A BALLPARK, I WOULD SAY IT GOES UP SLIGHTLY EVERY YEAR. 
          IT WAS 6.1, UH, IN 2019. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO WHAT WE SAID WE'VE GIVEN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WAS SOMETHING LIKE 13 MILLION. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? WITH THOSE THREE NUMBERS YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO, UM, NOW WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT ABOUT 4 MILLION, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, HOW ARE WE DEFINING ARTISTS? ARTISTS? UM, THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO ACTUALLY EARNS MONEY OFF OF THEIR ART, AND THEY HAVE FILED A TAX RETURN THAT SHOWS THAT THEY'RE EARNING MONEY OFF THEIR ART. 
          THEY HAVE THREE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THEIR ART FORM, OR THEY HAVE A DEGREE OR CERTIFICATION IN THEIR ART FORM. 
          UM, THEY ARE, THEY HAVE A PORTFOLIO OF PUBLISHED WORK OR PRESENTED WORK. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND ARE, IS THIS BASED ON WHETHER IT'S FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT OR PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT? NO, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, DOES THIS INCLUDE PERFORMING ARTISTS? YES, IT DOES. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE SYMPHONY MUSICIANS ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALLY TO GO AHEAD AND ASK? YES, SIR. 
          THEY'RE OKAY. 
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UH, DO WE CAP ARTISTS WHO'VE MADE A CERTAIN, UH, AMOUNT OF REVENUE? SO WE WILL LOOK AT THEIR INCOME AND WE WILL PRIORITIZE ARTISTS THAT ONE, MAKE MORE MONEY FROM THEIR ART. 
          THE PERCENTAGE OF INCOME THAT THEY MAKE COMES FROM THEIR ART. 
          THEY WILL BE PRIORITIZED, AND THEN WE WILL ALSO PRIORITIZE LOWER INCOME. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A RELATIVELY, UH, SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY OVERALL. 
          $4 MILLION. 
          I MEAN, I NEVER THINK MILLIONS ARE SMALL, BUT RELATIVELY SPEAKING TO THE NEEDS WE HAVE IN THE CITY. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          I'M, I'M SORRY TO SEE THAT WE AREN'T ABLE TO COMMIT MORE, PARTICULARLY TO HELP OUT THE SAN ANTONIO SYMPHONY. 
          IF 70 PERFORMERS ALL ASK FOR $7,500, UH, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT, UH, HALF OF THE MONEY YOU HAVE AVAILABLE. 
          UH, AND THAT WOULD ONLY LEAVE ABOUT ROOM FOR 63 OTHER ARTISTS. 
          SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PRIORITIZE? SO WE WILL PRIORITIZE, AGAIN, BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF THEIR, UH, ARTISTIC INCOME. 
          WE WILL PRIORITIZE ON, UH, LOW IN LOWER INCOME. 
          WE WILL ALSO AWARD POINTS FOR, UM, GENDER LGBTQIA PLUS ETHNICITY, WHETHER OR NOT THE INDIVIDUAL IS DISABLED, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE A VETERAN. 
          AND THEN, UM, IF THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE SA CARES FOR ARTS GRANT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL FOR, UM, FOR ITEM FOUR FOR LEADING THIS EFFORT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND ADDRESS THE STRUGGLES OF MIGRANT FAMILIES AND TO FIGHT FOR, UM, THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION TO SERVE THEM. 
          I DO HAVE A QUESTION, UM, REGARDING THE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOP, UM, FOR ORGANIZATIONS, CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THOSE WILL LOOK LIKE AND ALSO WHAT OUTREACH WILL LOOK LIKE? SO, OUTREACH, UM, WILL BE TO ALL OF THE NONPROFIT AGENCIES THAT ARE IN THE, WE HAVE A VENDOR SYSTEM. 
          UM, IT'LL BE, WE KEEP A LIST OF AGENCIES THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH. 
          UM, WE'LL ENSURE THAT ALL OF THE, UM, AGENCIES THAT WE TALK TO DURING OUR STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, WHICH IS QUITE AN EXTENSIVE LIST, ARE NOTIFIED. 
          AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ALSO, UH, TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS IF YOU KNOW OF AGENCIES THAT MAY NOT HIT OUR PURVIEW, WE, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOTIFIED. 
          UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S OUR GENERAL PROCESS AS FAR AS THE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, SOME OF THOSE TRAININGS WILL WORK THROUGH THE AREA FOUNDATION AND, UM, CONTRACT WITH THEM TO PROVIDE THE TRAININGS. 
          UH, IT'LL BE ON, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ONE THAT HELPS WITH GRANT WRITING, UM, SPECIFICALLY RESPONDING TO THIS R F P WALKING AGENCIES THROUGH THE STEPS REQUIRED. 
          UH, THERE'LL BE ONE ON HOW TO DEVELOP THE BUDGET. 
          UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS AT THE CITY AROUND BOARD REPRESENTATION AND, AND BOARD, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL PROVIDE THAT AS WELL. 
          AND THEN THERE'LL BE ONE ON, ON JUST HOW TO WORK THROUGH THE, UM, SOFTWARE, THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, SO WHEN I MADE THE ASK THAT WE HAVE, UM, WORK WORKSHOPS LIKE THESE YES. 
          FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY NOT BE USED TO SUBMITTING, UM, PROPOSALS. 
          THE INTENTION IS THAT IT'S ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE NEVER, NEVER SUBMITTED PROPOSAL. 
          SO I IMAGINE THAT THE LIST, UM, SO YOU JUST MENTIONED A LIST OF VENDORS. 
          THESE ARE FOLK WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY WORKED WITH THE CITY OR SOUGHT, UM, SOME SORT OF OPPORTUNITY. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GREAT EFFORT TO, UM, REACH OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE NOT WORKED WITH THE CITY BEFORE. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE CRITICAL HERE. 
          AND THEN ALSO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL NONPROFITS, UM, I WANT THAT TO BE A FOCUS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          AND THE NEXT BIT IS GONNA BE FOR ART. 
          I WANT TO, UM, FIRST OFF, SAY THANK YOU TO CRYSTAL AND THE WHOLE ARTS DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, DURING THIS PROCESS, MY FO MY COMMENTS HAVE FOCUSED ON ENSURING THAT WE AS A CITY PROVIDE LIFE SUSTAINING WAGES TO INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM, UM, AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE FOR DOING ALL THAT YOU CAN TO SUPPORT ARTISTS. 
          HOWEVER, WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO ENSURE WE PROPERLY BOTH FUND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AT A LEVEL CONSISTENT WITH THE AMOUNT ARTISTS CONTRIBUTE TO EACH OF OUR LIVES. 
          UM, ANYTIME WE ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE PROCESS ACCESSIBLE AND THAT WE'RE FUNDING INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY SO THAT THE WAGES THEY RECEIVE OUR LIFE SUSTAINING. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THERE WAS A SPECIFIC PIECE THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, AND IT WAS THAT THOSE WHO ARE WOULD BE CONSIDERED LOW INCOME 
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ARTISTS WOULD RECEIVE GREATER OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL FOR TAKING THAT IN AND MAKING IT A PART OF THIS, UH, RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, MAN, I WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING. 
          , WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT ARTISTS CAN AFFORD RENT, HEALTHCARE, NUTRITIOUS FOODS, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO REST AS WELL. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE THE, UM, DIVERSE ARRAY OF USES THAT THE ARTISTS CAN USE THESE GRANTS FOR. 
          AND I RECOGNIZE THAT WITH THESE ONE TIME FUNDING AMOUNTS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM ENTIRELY. 
          HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT LENS TO BE APPLIED AS WE PROCEED THROUGH THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS. 
          RECENTLY, I HAD, UM, SOME ARTISTS FROM THE, IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER GALLERY, THE ONLY BLACK OWNED STUDIO AND GALLERY IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, CAME AND INSTALLED ARTWORK IN MY FIELD OFFICE. 
          SO STOP BY CLO BLACK IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GO, COME CHECK OUT THE WORK. 
          BUT I SAY THAT TO SAY THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEE REPRESENTATION OF ARTISTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, AND I APPRECIATE THE EQUITY LENS THAT'S GONNA BE USED FOR SCORING, BUT I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IN OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS, WE REACH OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NOT NORMALLY HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THERE ARE GONNA BE A LOT OF FOLK WHO ARE IN THE KNOW AND WELL CONNECTED WHO WILL QUICKLY APPLY, BUT I WANNA ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT BE SO WELL CONNECTED, AND ALSO FIND A WAY TO CONNECT THEM TO THE, THE GREATER ARTIST COMMUNITY IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND DIVERSE. 
          UM, THE LAST BIT OF THAT IS THAT I ALSO WANT TO, WHAT I'M GONNA BE CHECKING FOR, WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE HAPPENS IS THAT WHEN WE THINK OF ARPA, IT'S MEANT FOR THOSE AREAS OF TOWN AND THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN MOST IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND SO THOSE GRANTS BOTH FOR ITEM FOUR AND ITEM FIVE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW THAT THE IMPACT IS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. 
          SO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVE FUNDING, I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE US TO TRACK, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUARANTEE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GUARANTEE THAT A MAJORITY OF FUNDS WILL BE FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE, ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE THESE COMMUNITIES. 
          SO I HOPE TO, I HOPE TO SEE THAT. 
          BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I KNOW I DIDN'T END WITH A QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO ANY OF THAT. 
          , THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WANT TO, UH, THANK MY, UH, OUR CHAIR, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL FOR, FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE ADDRESSED THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE, UM, IN OUR ARPA DOLLARS. 
          I THINK IT WAS ONE THING THAT WAS, UM, KIND OF GETTING FORGOTTEN AND IN THE PROCESS. 
          AND AS SHE HIGHLIGHTED, AND WE HAD THE COMMITTEE PRESENTATIONS, THANK YOU, MELODY. 
          WE COULD SEE HOW THESE GROUPS WERE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO SHUT DOWN THEIR DOORS. 
          AND IF WE ARE GOING TO BE A COMPASSIONATE CITY, WHICH WE ARE, WE NEEDED TO PLACE A FOCUS ON THIS. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I LOOK FORWARD, I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THIS, UM, THIS ITEM FORWARD. 
          I, I WANNA SAY THE CHECK COMMITTEE DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB WORKING TOGETHER, UNDERSTANDING THE PRIORITIES, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ARTS PORTION, UH, WE UNDERSTOOD THE NEED BECAUSE THE ARTS COMMUNITY CAME OUT AND SHARED WITH US ABOUT THE STRUGGLES THAT THEY WERE HEARING. 
          I WANNA THANK, UM, I WANNA THANK THE, THE ARTS DEPARTMENT, ALL OF YOU, ALL FOUR OF YOU, . 
          IS IT FOUR OF YOU NOW,  FOR, UM, FOR WORKING SO HARD AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WANTED TO PUSH THIS, UH, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS A NEED. 
          AGAIN, I'M GOING TO SAY THE ARTS IS CRITICAL TO THE HEALING PROCESS. 
          I THINK A PRIME EXAMPLE IS THE NEW STORIES LAST NIGHT OF CRUZ ORTIZ AND ANTHONY MADANO GOING OUT TO VALDI WITH THE  LOS ANGELES TO HELP WITH THAT PERS PROCESS. 
          AND I KNOW FROM THAT, AND FROM THE QUARANTINE OF TWO YEARS, THIS COLLECTIVE TRAUMA THAT WE HAD, WE ARE GOING TO NEED OUR ARTS COMMUNITY, ALL OF OUR ARTS COMMUNITIES TO HELP US GET THROUGH THIS AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'VE JUST EXPERIENCED AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO RECOVER. 
          UM, AS SOME OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS ECHO, AND I ALWAYS SAY, I DON'T WANT TO JUST GET OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC. 
          WE WANT TO LEAD OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC. 
          AND THAT MEANS HAVING CONVERSATIONS, AND THAT MEANS SUPPORTING OUR ARTS CON, UH, IN COMMUNITY. 
          I ALSO WANT TO REMIND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IS THIS IS AN INDUSTRY THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE CITY. 
          AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SAY THAT 
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WHAT THEY DO IS, IS VALUED. 
          GONE ARE THE DAYS OF CONTEST WHERE WE ASK PEOPLE TO SUBMIT, JUST TO GET THE EXPERIENCE. 
          WE ACTUALLY NEED TO PAY THESE ARTISTS, THESE CURATORS, THESE MUSICIANS, FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN ALL THE ARTS AND ENCOURAGE, UM, THE ART PATRONS OF THE CITY TO HELP CHAMPION THE PROCESS. 
          UM, WE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A CONVENING TO GET THIS DONE, BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY AND YOUR SUPPORT OF IT COUNCIL IS, UH, US SENDING A MESSAGE TO THE CITY THAT WE CARE ABOUT, ARTS THAT WE WANNA CONVENE, AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A, AN IMPORTANT PROCESS OF GETTING US OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR, FOR PRESENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND THANK YOU ALSO TO MY COLLEAGUES ON, ON THE CHECK TEAM, UH, FOR, FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          I, UM, THE, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON, ON IMMIGRANTS. 
          UM, MY, MY VERY FIRST FEW WEEKS ON COUNCIL, I, UM, NOTICED THAT WE HAD, INSTEAD OF PUBLIC COMMENT, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. 
          AND I, UM, APPROACHED, UH, ERIC AND ANDY AND THE MAYOR, AND I ASKED IF WE COULD CHANGE IT TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UM, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS THAT I REPRESENT ARE NOT CITIZENS, AND I'D LOVE TO HELP THEM GET ON THE PATHWAY TO, UH, CITIZENSHIP. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THEY WANT IT. 
          THEY JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THEY CAN SOMETIMES. 
          SO I DEFINITELY THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR, UH, RESIDENTS WHO, UM, WHO, WHO BELIEVE IN, IN THE PROMISE OF AMERICA, AND WHO CAN GIVE BACK EVENTUALLY BY HELPING US, UM, GUIDING US WITH POLICIES, ET CETERA. 
          AND SO I'VE ALWAYS BEEN, UM, A SUPPORTER OF, OF, UH, FOLKS WHO WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, ON MARCH 8TH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL AND I PARTICIPATED IN A NATURALIZATION CEREMONY. 
          UM, AND THE NATURALIZATION CEREMONY WAS ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, AND WE HAD 100 WOMEN BECOME CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THEY REPRESENTED 33 OR 34 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 
          AND THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM WAS JUST, JUST, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT. 
          IT WAS JUST ELECTRIFYING. 
          IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE. 
          UM, THEY WERE SO PROUD TO BECOME RESIDENTS AND OR TO, TO, TO BE, BECOME CITIZENS. 
          AND, UM, THAT IS AGAIN, THE, THE PROMISE OF OPPORTUNITY THEY SAW. 
          SO I, I APPRECIATE THAT MY COLLEAGUES PUT THIS EFFORT BECAUSE, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, WE, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT A CRISIS, A HEALTH CRISIS SPECIFICALLY, WE MIGHT IMMEDIATELY THINK ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS, BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY THINK ABOUT THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT STOPS WHEN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, UM, COMES FORTH. 
          AND SO I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU. 
          AGAIN, I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH TO, TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT SAME DAY. 
          WE, UM, LAUNCHED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW AMERICANS. 
          AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE 2 MILLION, UH, RESIDENTS BECOME US CITIZENS BY THE END OF 2022. 
          AND, UM, VERY PROUD DAY. 
          IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE, THE MOST SPECIAL DAYS, UM, THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO PARTICIPATE WITH OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS AND IN MY ROLE ON COUNCIL. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, TODAY WHAT WE PRESENT HERE IT IS, UM, OUR COMMITMENT TO BEING COMPASSIONATE CITY U S A AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. 
          WE'VE ADDRESSED IMMIGRANT NEEDS. 
          WE'VE ADDRESSED LGBTQIA PLUS ISSUES, VETERANS, DISABLED, AND YES, AGAIN, UH, IMMIGRANT. 
          SO I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS VERY CAREFULLY PUT TOGETHER. 
          WE'VE ALSO SUPPORTED OUR ARTS COMMUNITY TODAY WITH THIS, UM, OUR ARTS COMMUNITY HAS SUFFERED GREATLY, AND THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, TO ALL OF YOU ALL WHO ARE HERE AND WHO, UM, ARE IN SUPPORT OF OTHER ARTISTS WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE TODAY. 
          LIKE COUNCILMAN VRAN SAID, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT ART IS THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH WE HEAL. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO TO, TO EMPOWER OTHER ARTISTS TO BELIEVE IN THEIR DREAMS, ONE, BUT TO HELP HEAL THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO, SO MAY THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT I, I HAVE TODAY. 
          I DO HAVE A REALLY QUICK QUESTION, AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE, UM, MENTIONED THIS, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR THE ANSWER. 
          THE ABBREVIATED PEER PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE NON-COMMUNICATION, WHAT IS THAT PERIOD? SO THE NON-COMMUNICATION PERIOD WOULD BEGIN THE DAY THAT, UM, PROPOSALS ARE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY JULY 8TH, AND IT WOULD END THE DAY THAT THE, UM, AGENDA, THE ITEM IS POSTED TO THE COUNCIL AGENDA. 
          SO IT'S NOT THE 10 DAY, IT'S OH, NO, NO, IT'S, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE ABBREVIATE IT, IS SO THAT IT'S NOT MONTHS. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND GO AHEAD, ERIC. 
          NO, I, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY COUNCILWOMAN THAT YES, THAT TALKS ABOUT THE PROHIBITION ON COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH CHANGES 
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THE START DATE FROM THE DATE IT'S ISSUED TO THE DATE THERE, THERE, THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTAL, IT DOES NOT IMPACT AT ALL THE PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT IT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S THE 10 DAY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT IT. 
          I WAS CONFUSING IT. 
          THANK YOU, ANDY. 
          FURTHER THE CLARIFICATION. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU DIANA AND MELODY FOR THE PRESENTATIONS AND YA'S TEAM FOR THE CONTINUED WORK TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THESE MUCH NEEDED DOLLARS WILL GO TOWARDS IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THEM OUT. 
          UH, I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE ARTS COMMUNITY WHO, UM, HAS CONTINUED TO BE PART OF THIS PARTICIPATORY PROCESS TO GIVE THEIR INPUT AND LET US KNOW WHAT'S WORKED FOR THEM AND WHAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT. 
          I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT DISTRICT FIVE, WHILE ECONOMICALLY POOR, WE'RE CULTURALLY RICH, RIGHT? AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS ALL THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WHO SHOWED UP TODAY AND THE IMMIGRANT SERVICES, UM, ENTITIES AS WELL, RIGHT, THAT ARE WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE, WE'RE RICH IN THOSE, UM, ENTITIES TO HEAL COMMUNITY AND TO CONNECT OUR NEIGHBORS TO SERVICES. 
          AND, AND WITH THAT, RIGHT? I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE RICH IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. 
          UM, BUT WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF WORK AHEAD OF US, RIGHT? AND A LOT OF WORK TO GET DONE. 
          UM, BUT I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR, UM, THE CHECK COMMITTEE AS WELL AS, UH, MARIA AND THE TEAM FOR MOVING, UM, THIS FORWARD BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE RESCUE DOLLARS THAT WE NEED TO GET OUT IMMEDIATELY TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS, UM, BUT, UM, EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MY COLLEAGUES MOVING THIS, UH, TOWARDS APPROVAL. 
          AND I WANNA EMPHASIZE RIGHT, THAT ARTS AND CULTURE IS ECONOMIC INVESTMENT ARTS AND CULTURE IS SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT, RIGHT? AND WITH THAT, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO APPROVING THIS ITEM. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, I WANNA GO BACK A LITTLE BIT IN HISTORY HERE. 
          AND NUMBER ONE, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE ARPA FUNDING THAT WE ARE GETTING OVER $300 MILLION. 
          UM, AND REALLY THAT'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET COMPARED TO ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD IN, IN RECOVERING. 
          UM, BUT THIS MONEY IS INTENDED AS A ONE-TIME USE AND NOT FOR PROGRAMS THAT ARE GONNA REQUIRE FUNDING OVER TIME, UH, ONE-TIME USE FOR RECOVERY. 
          AND THAT'S, UH, THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS MONEY IS INTENDED FOR. 
          UM, I LET, LET ME LOOK AT WHAT THE OVERALL SITUATION IS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE'VE, LOOKING BACK, I, I'VE GOT A DOCUMENT HERE FROM THE HISPANIC CHAMBER THAT SAYS THAT SMALL BUSINESSES WAS DECREASED BY 45%, 45% IN THEIR REVENUE, AND OVER 35% OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES CLOSED THEIR DOORS. 
          AND, UM, WHEN WE GOT THE CARESS ACT FUNDING, THAT INITIAL TRANCHE, WE GOT $270 MILLION. 
          AND, UM, OUT OF THAT, WE FUNDED ALMOST $50 MILLION FOR SMALL BUSINESS RECOVERY. 
          THIS TRANCHE, NOW WE'RE GETTING $326 MILLION, AND THE AMOUNT GOING TO SMALL BUSINESS IS DOWN TO $30 MILLION. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GETTING MORE FOR RECOVERY, WE'RE GIVING LESS TO SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          AND I HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THAT MESSAGE THAT WE NEED TO HELP OUT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES MORE, UM, MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, I LOOK AT THIS, UH, THIS IMMIGRATION POLICY AND THE MONEY GOING TOWARDS IT, AND I'M SAYING THAT'S A FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY. 
          WHY AREN'T THEY FUNDING THIS, THIS WHOLE IMMIGRATION SERVICE? WHY ARE WE HAVING TO PUT OUR PRECIOUS ARPA DOLLARS TOWARDS IMMIGRATION? UM, SO I, I DON'T SUPPORT THAT. 
          I THINK THAT'S A FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND THEY NEED TO BE FUNDING THAT AND NOT US TAKING FEDERAL MONEY THAT WE'RE GETTING FOR RECOVERY TO TAKE CARE OF IMMIGRANTS HERE. 
          SO, YEAH, I, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT AT ALL. 
          THAT MONEY SHOULD BE GOING TO, AGAIN, RECOVERY OPERATIONS FROM COVID, FROM THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND I, I, I THINK WE SHOULD BE PUTTING THAT MONEY INTO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HERE. 
          SO YEAH, I, I THINK WE'RE MISUSING THESE FUNDS FOR WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR. 
          UM, AGAIN, IT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMMIGRATION SERVICES, NOT OURS. 
          AND YES, WE'RE BACKFILLING AND . 
          WE'RE USING THIS ONE-TIME FUNDING TO, UH, SUPPORT THE, THESE PROGRAMS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. 
          UH, TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, ARTS FUNDING, UH, AND I SAID THIS LAST TIME, THE ARTS COMMUNITY, EACH INDIVIDUAL 
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ARTIST OR GROUP OF ARTISTS OR SMALL BUSINESSES, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR SMALL BUSINESS, UH, CATEGORY IN HELPING OUT THE ARTISTS. 
          AGAIN, THE NUMBER OF 18% WAS USED THAT WAS IMPACTED TO THE ARTS COMMUNITY. 
          18% AGAIN FROM THE HISPANIC CHAMBER, 35% SMALL OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES CLOSED THEIR DOORS HAD 45% LESS REVENUE. 
          AND THIS IS AS OF JANUARY. 
          THIS ISN'T A LONG TIME AGO, THIS IS AS THIS PAST JANUARY. 
          SO I'M LOOKING AT THAT SAYING, WHY DIDN'T WE JUST INCLUDE THAT ALL TOGETHER WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS? THEY ARE SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          IN FACT, THE MAJORITY OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE HELPED OUT WERE MICRO BUSINESSES. 
          IF I REMEMBER. 
          UH, NOT EVEN IT WAS MICRO BUSINESSES, LESS THAN FOUR PEOPLE, I THINK. 
          AND WHY COULDN'T THE ARTS COMMUNITY COMPETE WITH THAT MONEY AS MUCH AS OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY? SO, UM, IN BOTH OF THESE, UM, PIECES, I'M HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME SUPPORTING THESE AND IN MY EYES, NOT SUPPORTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE STILL REELING AND HURTING FROM THIS PANDEMIC. 
          AND HOW WE CAN, AND HOW WE CAN GET MORE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND GIVE LESS MONEY TO SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, I THINK IS TURNING OUR BACK ON THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM TO DATE, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH. 
          THAT FIRST ROUND IN CARESS ACT, WHEN WE PUT IT OUT, WE IMMEDIATELY, WE HAD $125 MILLION WORTH OF REQUIREMENTS AND WE ONLY FUNDED, UH, 50 MILLION OF THAT. 
          BUT WE ACTUALLY SHUT OFF THE APPLICATION PROCESS BECAUSE IT WAS WAY MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD MONEY FOR. 
          THERE WERE STILL A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS OUT THERE FOR SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT. 
          SO AGAIN, I, I, I WANNA SEE MORE MONEY PUT TOWARDS SMALL BUSINESSES AND, UH, I, I CAN'T SUPPORT EITHER ONE OF THESE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KIO. 
          HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, THANKS TO CASA AMERICAN ORGANIZATION FOR IMMIGRANTS, ACADEMIA, MEDICA, AND THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FOR COMING TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY, AND THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          I, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE WHEN HE SAYS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE HELPING OUR MIGRANT COMMUNITY, BUT THIS COMMUNITY BELONGS TO US, TOO. 
          THEY'RE PART OF OUR CITY, OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY WENT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AS WELL. 
          THEY WORK FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          THEY HELP OUR ECONOMY. 
          AND JUST LIKE THE REST OF US, THEY NEED HELP THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC. 
          SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF OF QUICK QUESTIONS FOR MELODY. 
          UM, HOW WILL THE, I THINK THIS QUESTION WAS ALREADY ASKED ABOUT HOW THE, THE, UH, NONPROFITS WILL BE INFORMED. 
          UM, BUT CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE MAYBE ABOUT THE OUTREACH PLAN? RIGHT. 
          SO, UM, THE OUTREACH PLAN STARTS WITH, EXCUSE ME, OUR VENDOR LIST. 
          UM, THE LIST THAT'S IN THE SYSTEM OF AGENCIES, UH, NONPROFIT AGENCIES. 
          AND SO IT WILL GO OUT TO NOT JUST VERY SPECIFIC IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRANT PROVIDERS. 
          IT'LL GO OUT TO ALL OF THE NONPROFITS, BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL NONPROFITS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES WITHIN A BIGGER, UM, AGENCY. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO CONTINUE TO KEEP TRACK OF, UM, AGENCIES AS WE COME ACROSS THEM, UM, OR MEET WITH THEM OR, OR MEET THEM THROUGH STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS THAT, THAT MIGHT PROVIDE THOSE KIND OF SERVICES. 
          WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE LIST. 
          THEY MAY NOT BE IN OUR, OUR VENDOR, UM, DATABASE. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, TO ALL OF THE AGENCIES THAT WE CURRENTLY CONTRACT WITH, UM, THEY WILL RECEIVE NOTICE AS WELL. 
          AND WE WILL, UM, BE LOOKING FOR OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, FROM COUNCIL OFFICES, FROM OTHER PROVIDERS. 
          WE'LL WORK WITH THE NONPROFIT COUNCIL WHO HAS AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF NONPROFIT PROVIDERS IN THE AREA. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MELODY. 
          UM, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR THAT, UH, FOR ITEM FOUR ANYWAY. 
          BUT, UM, UH, GO MOVING ON TO FIVE. 
          ART IS, UM, OBVIOUSLY I THINK AN EXTREMELY PA IMPORTANT PART OF SAN ANTONIO, NOT JUST TO ANY CITY, BUT SPECIFICALLY IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY, TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          OUR LOCAL ARTISTS TALENT AND OUR CITY'S INVESTMENT IN THE ARTS HELP MAKE SAN ANTONIO A WELCOMING CITY, IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE KNOWN FOR. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S A BIG PART OF, UH, OUR IDENTITY, OUR ART COMMUNITY. 
          WHEN PEOPLE VISIT OUR CITY, THEY REMEMBER THE VIBRANCY OF OUR MURALS. 
          THEY REMEMBER THE BEAUTY OF OUR SCULPTURES, AND IT'S ALL LENDING TO THE BEAUTY OF OUR CITY. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING 
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HOW THESE FUNDS HELP OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY RECOVER. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE ARPA MONEY, ARE WE DOING ANYTHING ELSE TO HELP STIMULATE THE CREATIVE, UH, ECONOMY? THAT'S A PRETTY VAGUE QUESTION. 
          I KNOW, BUT I'M CURIOUS WHAT ELSE? UM, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING TO HELP STIMULATE, OTHER THAN OUR OPERATIONAL FUNDING THAT WE PROVIDE EVERY YEAR, UM, WHICH WE'VE DONE SINCE THE HOT TAXES HAS ALLOWED US TO DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, MAYBE HAVING KIND OF DISTRICT SPECIFIC, UM, AREAS THAT, UM, I WANNA MODEL. 
          I THINK DISTRICT TWO HAS A NICE MODEL, SO THAT'S MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON. 
          UM, AND WHILE YOU HAVE KIND OF THE ARTIST ATTENTION WHILE WE'RE GIVING AND, AND THE ARTIST COMMUNITY ATTENTION AND WE'RE GIVING ARPA MONEY, IS THERE, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO, TO KIND OF INFORM THEM AND EDUCATE THEM ON, ON OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE CITY HAS OR EVEN ACCESS TO? YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, WE RECENTLY LAUNCHED OUR INDIVIDUAL ARTIST PROJECT GRANTS, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH, UM, WE HAVE 60 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS THAT WERE FUNDED THROUGH THAT GRANT, AND THEY'RE PROVIDING PROGRAMMING ALL THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THOSE ARTISTS, WHAT PROJECTS THEY COME UP WITH FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE DID, UM, ATTEND A MEETING WITH DISTRICT THREE TO JUST LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT THAT WE'RE HERE AND THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. 
          SO WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT FOR ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          OKAY, WONDERFUL. 
          I'M GONNA TAKE YOU UP ON THAT. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, AND ALSO JUST A REMINDER THAT THESE FUNDS WERE ATTENDED INTENDED FOR RECOVERY AND RESIL RESILIENCY AFTER THE DIFFICULT COUPLE OF YEARS, OUR NONPROFITS AND ARTISTS, UH, INCLUDING OUR IMMIGRANTS, HAVE BEEN THROUGH AND TRYING TO MAKE THEM WHOLE OR AS CLOSE TO WHOLE AS POSSIBLE, IS REALLY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. 
          SO THANKS TO THE CHECK COMMITTEE FOR THEIR WORK AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND TO OUR NONPROFITS AND ARTISTS FOR NOT GIVING UP OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND, AND STAYING TRUE TO, TO THEIR MISSION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. 
          HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I JUST WANTED, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I SUPPORT BOTH OF THESE MEASURES. 
          AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, LIKE, LIKE OUR, UH, MATH TEACHER, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, I ALSO LOOK AT THE MATH AND LOOK AT THE NUMBERS QUITE A, QUITE A BIT. 
          AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, FOR THIS SECOND ROUND OF ARPA FUNDING, UM, IF YOU TAKE THE FUNDING THAT'S GOING TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH OUT, AND YOU ADD UP EVERY OTHER CATEGORY, THE CATEGORY FOR SUPPORTING OUR SENIORS, FOR SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH, FOR, UH, NONPROFITS, FOR THE ARTS, YOU PUT EVERYTHING ELSE TOGETHER, IT ADDS UP TO THE SAME AMOUNT THAT'S GOING TO JUST SMALL BUSINESSES AND MICRO BUSINESSES. 
          AND SO I JUST, I DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS MEETING WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE SHORT CHANGING SMALL AND MICRO, UH, MICRO BUSINESSES. 
          UM, AND SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, AND I'M EXCITED. 
          UH, BUT, AND, AND ALSO, UH, I KNOW COUNCILMAN, UH, MANNY PIZ IS NOT HERE TODAY, BUT, UH, HE AND I HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS, UH, ABOUT SOME IDEAS ON, UH, HOW THOSE ALLOCATIONS TO THE SMALL MICRO MICROBUSINESSES, UM, COULD BE DONE EFFECTIVELY. 
          AND, UH, SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT, UH, THAT HE'S RUNNING WITH SOME OF THOSE IDEAS. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THEM BEING ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THEIR COMMITTEE TO GET THESE FUNDS, UM, TO FULL COUNCIL SO WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THEM TO SMALL MICROBUSINESSES VERY SOON. 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF, OF BOTH OF THE ITEMS. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMITTEES THAT HAVE MOVED THIS FORWARD EXPEDITIOUSLY. 
          UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE ARTS COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE ARPA FUNDS, THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH, UH, TO MATCH THE NEED. 
          BUT, UH, THE DIFFICULTY IN THE WORK IS TRYING TO FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN ALL OF THE, THE DIFFERENT NEEDS THAT THERE ARE. 
          AND, UH, OF COURSE, THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMUNITY, AS WE'VE SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN, HAVE, UH, BEEN LEFT TO LAST IN A LOT OF THESE EFFORTS. 
          AND SO ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC TRANCHE OF DOLLARS TO PROVIDE FOR RELIEF FUNDS DESPERATELY NEEDED RELIEF FUNDS, WHICH IS THE SAME AS WHAT WE DID IN THE CARES ACT, IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          UH, I DON'T ARGUE THAT THE, THE NEEDS IN THE SMALL, SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY ARE NOT BEING MET ENTIRELY THROUGH THIS. 
          BUT I WILL SAY THAT SAN ANTONIO'S EFFORT TO SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, I WILL PUT UP AGAINST ANY CITY IN THE COUNTRY WITH RELA WITH REGARD TO RECOVERY FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          SO, UM, AGAIN, ACHIEVING A BALANCE SPECI, ESPECIALLY IN A CITY LIKE SAN ANTONIO, THAT HAS SUFFERED DISPROPORTIONATELY BECAUSE OF THE VULNERABILITY THAT EXISTED PRIOR, UH, IS A DIFFICULT TASK. 
          BUT I COMMEND MY COLLEAGUES FOR, FOR ACHIEVING IT IN THE BEST WAY WE CAN. 
          SO WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE, UH, MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM FOUR. 
          WE'LL TAKE THAT VOTE FIRST. 
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MOTION CARRIES. 
          LET ME ALSO ADD TO, TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          LET'S NOT FORGET THAT, THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE ALSO BUSINESS OWNERS. 
          UH, THEY'RE RESIDENTS, THEY'RE TAXPAYERS, AND ALSO DESERVE OUR SUPPORT. 
          UM, AND NOW LET'S ALSO GO TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 
          MOTION A SECOND, PLEASE. 
          VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN, MY COLLEAGUES AND FOLKS WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK ON, ON THOSE ITEMS. UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT, AND AGAIN, APOLOGIES, CHIEF, UH, IF I WAS FULLY ATTENTIVE, I WOULD'VE ALREADY TAKEN YOUR ITEM, BUT, UH, COME ON UP. 
          I THINK WE HAVE, UM, ITEM NUMBER 11, LEFT. 
          ITEM NUMBER 11 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS UPON AWARD AND THE AMOUNT OF UP TO $6,250,000 FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES FOR A THREE YEAR HIRING PROGRAM GRANT FOR 50 ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS. 
          THIS ACTION ALSO AUTHORIZES A GRANT MATCH FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF $13,814,555 OVER THE THREE YEAR PERIOD OF THE GRANT. 
          AND 7,000,005, $538,061 ON THE FOURTH YEAR, ESTABLISHES A BUDGET AND PERSONNEL COMPLIMENT FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2022 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM, UH, 11, AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION. 
          I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 11. 
          I SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION TO SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 11. 
          WE'LL GO NOW TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANTED TO PULL THIS ITEM SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE, UM, IT'S THE, IT'S TO START THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1ST, WHICH IS GONNA BE BUDGET. 
          SO THIS IS A BUDGET CONVERSATION, AND I WANTED TO CENSOR THAT. 
          I DIDN'T WANT IT TO PASS ON CONSENT AND LET THAT BE THE END OF IT. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED DURING THE DISCUSSION ON THE POLICE CONTRACT, I BELIEVE WE ARE COMMITTING OURSELVES TO FUTURE BUDGET INCREASES THAT WE DO NOT KNOW THAT WE CAN SUSTAIN. 
          AND WITH THE INCREASES IN POLICE PAY AND BENEFITS, AND NOW THE COMMITMENT TO ADD 50 OFFICERS AND TO KEEP AND MAINTAIN THESE FOLKS ON OUR PAYROLL, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE CAN AFFORD THE EXPENSES WHEN THIS GRANT RUNS OUT. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THIS MAKES FINANCIAL SENSE. 
          WE KEEP ADDING POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR CRIME STATISTICS CONTINUE TO RISE. 
          AND IT IS BEYOND TIME TO PURSUE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS TO PREVENTING CRIME. 
          WE CANNOT DO THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND EXPECT A DIFFERENT RESULT. 
          LOOKING AT THIS ITEM, THIS IS $20 MILLION OVER FOUR YEARS, $20 MILLION, AND THAT WILL NOT END AFTER THAT. 
          AND SO WE HAD A CONVERSATION LAST BUDGET ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS 15 TO 17 OFFICERS, OR IT WAS 15 TO $17 MILLION. 
          IT WAS A HUGE INCREASE. 
          AND THIS IS EGREGIOUS. 
          THIS IS 50 OFFICERS. 
          WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 15 OR 17 LAST YEAR. 
          LAST YEAR. 
          AND SO WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR THE BUDGET, ALL OF THOSE WHO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT WE, THAT THIS IS GOING TO APPROVE 50 NEW OFFICERS PLUS THE 25 THAT WAS IN CON THAT WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT DURING THE GOAL SETTING SESSION. 
          THAT IS A HUMONGOUS INCREASE. 
          AND IF WE DON'T SEE A DECREASE IN CRIME, BECAUSE FROM THAT, THAT IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST CALL TO ACTION TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE VIEW POLICING. 
          AND SO I NEED, I NEED EVERYONE TO REMEMBER THIS IS A BUDGET CONVERSATION THAT WE ARE HAVING RIGHT NOW. 
          THIS IS A VOTE THAT IS GOING TO IMPLICATE OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR AND YEARS FROM NOW, $20 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. 
          SO BE MINDFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'M, I, WELL, I JUST AM, CAN CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE MORE ABOUT, UM, THE BUDGET, UM, UM, PIECE COUNCIL MEMBER, I, I DUNNO IF YOU'D LIKE TO, BUT YOU DO HAVE A PRESENTATION AVAILABLE IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH THAT FIRST. 
          YEAH, PLEASE. 
          WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE ME JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE BUDGET SLIDE HERE? NO, CHIEF, GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PRESENTATION, PLEASE. 
          YEAH, WHOLE THING. 
          WHOLE PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THERE'S A COMPETITIVE, UM, GRANT PROGRAM OUT THERE RIGHT NOW BY, UH, OFFERED BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 
          IT'S, IT IS ACTUALLY A, A 
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THREE MONTH GRANT, UH, FOR COVERS OFFICERS SALARIES. 
          BUT THERE'S A, UH, A FIVE YEAR WINDOW TO ALLOW FOR, UH, TWO YEARS OF RECRUITMENT AND HIRING. 
          UM, THIS GRANT IS, IS SPECIFICALLY TO FOCUS ON COMMUNITY POLICING AND VIOLENT CRIME PREVENTION. 
          SO SINCE 2015, UH, WE'VE HIRED 54 OR ADDED 54 OFFICERS, UH, UNDER A COPS, COPS, COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES UNDER D O J GRANT AWARD. 
          AND 15 OFFICERS, I'M SORRY, FOUR OFFICERS. 
          IN 2015, UH, 2017 THERE WERE 25 FOR GUN VIOLENCE AND 20 21, 25 OFFICERS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AND THEN THE, THE, THE, THE BIG PICTURE OF THE COPS, UH, GRANT PROGRAM IS IT ALLOWS FOR HIRING UP TO 50 ADDITIONAL OFFICERS. 
          UM, WE HAVE DISCUSSED, UH, THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT WE MIGHT ADD WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AT U T SS A THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ON A VIOLENCE, UH, REDUCTION PLAN. 
          UM, THE, THE TOTAL GRAND AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTRY IS 6.25 MILLION, UH, 126 MILLION PER CITY, UH, MAXIMUM. 
          AND THEN IT REQUIRES A 25% CASH MATCH. 
          AND THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS, UH, THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH ON THE 16TH. 
          THE AWARD PROGRAM IS FOR FIVE YEARS. 
          AGAIN, THAT TWO YEAR CUSHION FOR HIRING AND RECRUITING AND HIRING. 
          SO ON THE MIDDLE LINE HERE, UH, THE GENERAL FUND COVERS 3.5 MILLION THE FIRST YEAR. 
          THE SECOND YEAR IS 4.4 MILLION, THIRD YEAR, FIVE POINT, UH, 7 MILLION. 
          THE GRANT, UH, FIRST COLUMN IS 2.5 MILLION, 2.1 MILLION, AND THEN 1,000,005 FOR THE THIRD YEAR. 
          UH, AT FISCAL YEAR 2026, THE GRANT ENDS. 
          THE TOTAL, UH, COST FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS 7.5 MILLION FOR TOTAL OF 21.3 MILLION. 
          THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO FUND THOSE POSITIONS FOR AT LEAST, OR FOR ONE YEAR AFTER THE THREE YEAR GRANT PERIOD IS OVER. 
          UM, THIS GRANT MATCH THAT THE CITY'S REQUIRED TO PAY WAS INCLUDED IN THE TRIAL BUDGET AND THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST PRESENTED TO COUNCIL ON MAY 11. 
          SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT APPLICATION BE APPROVED, UH, AND ACCEPTANCE, UH, IF AWARDED, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING HIRING GRANT. 
          SO THE, SO THE, THE, THE COST COVERS BASICALLY POLICE SALARIES FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AND THEN AFTER THAT, UM, THEN THE CITY IS YES, MA'AM. 
          PICKS UP THE, THE 50. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THE, THE GRANT WAS APPLIED, CAN IT BE RE-UPPED IN THREE YEARS? IT'S OFFERED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, HAVE WE, WE'VE DONE THIS, HAD THIS GRANT BEFORE, AM I CORRECT OR NO? WE'VE HAD A, A VARIETY OF COPS GRANTS SINCE 2015 THAT I READ ON THAT ONE SLIDE. 
          OH, RIGHT, OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THE, UM, THE ADDITIONAL 50 OFFICERS, ARE THOSE GOING TO BE, YOU MENTIONED THE U T S A STUDY, THEY WERE, THEY'RE GONNA BE TARGETED ON THE HOTSPOT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. 
          THE CRIME PREVENTION PLAN THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, SO DOES IT ASSIGN THEM TO A SPECIFIC DETAIL? LIKE IS THIS, ARE THESE SAFE OFFICERS? ARE THEY GENERAL PATROL? IT CAN BE ASSIGNED TO THE SUBSTATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT AS WE, AS WE WORK ON THIS CRIME PLAN, WHICH WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE CITY, THESE OFFICERS WOULD BE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO GOING BACK TO THE BUDGET ISSUE IN, IN THREE YEARS, WELL, YOU MENTIONED IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, I THINK THE LAST SLIDE YOU MENTIONED THAT IT WAS ADDED TO OUR TRIAL BUDGET. 
          YES. 
          SO ABOVE AND BEYOND THESE 50 OFFICERS IN THE, IN THE, THE TRIAL BUDGET ARE, ARE, IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION TO, TO INCREASE, UM, OUR, THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS ABOVE AND BEYOND THIS 50? YES. 
          THE, THAT THE 50 WOULD INCREASE OUR AUTHORIZED STRENGTH TO 2,553. 
          AND, AND, AND JUST AS AN ASIDE, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST READ AN ARTICLE TWO DAYS AGO THAT THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MOVED INTO SAN ANTONIO IN THE LAST YEAR THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THIS COUNTRY. 
          AND I THINK THAT IT'S, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, NOT INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE INCREASING POPULATION AS THE SIREN IS BEHIND US. 
          , GO AHEAD. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UM, JUST TO ADD TO, UH, THE CHIEF MENTIONED COUNCILWOMAN, UH, IN THE TRIAL BUDGET, IN ADDITION TO THE 50 OFFICERS THAT ARE, YOU'RE CONSIDERING TODAY, THERE'S ALSO 28 OFFICERS, UM, 
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THAT WILL COME AS A RESULT OF THE ST. 
          MARY'S, UH, POLICE STATION THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE TWO ALLOCATIONS THAT WE PRESENTED IN A TRIAL BUDGET. 
          AND THEN SINCE WE DO A TWO YEAR BUDGET IN 2024, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS AN ADDITIONAL 25 POLICE OFFICERS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THOSE, UH, AGAIN, THOSE 50, BUT ALSO THE 24 WAS, IT WILL BE, WELL, MAYBE THE 24 GO TO SPECIFICALLY TO THE ST. 
          MARY'S 28 20 SPECIFICALLY. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, BUT THE OTHER 50 WILL BE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, CORRECT? AT THE DIFFERENT SUBSTATIONS? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IS FOR UP TO 50, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY 50 OR NOTHING. 
          IT'S UP TO 50. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE OUR NUMBER WOULD BE? WE DON'T, I, I'D BE GUESSING. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          WOULD THAT NUMBER COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL AT SOME POINT? WOULD IT COME BACK WHERE YES, IT WOULD TO THE COUNCIL? YEAH, BECAUSE, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THE GRANT AWARD PROBABLY IN SEPTEMBER. 
          AND SO, UM, IF YOU SEE THAT SLIDE, THE, THE TRIAL BUDGET HAS SET ASIDE FOR THE FIRST YEAR, $3.5 MILLION, ALMOST $3.6 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND. 
          IF, IF WE WERE TO GET ZERO OFFICERS FROM THE GRANT, WE STILL HAVE ALMOST $3.6 MILLION. 
          WE WOULD COME TO THE COUNCIL AND AUTHOR HOW MANY WE WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CREATION OF 38 OFFICER POSITIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND USE THAT, TH THAT $3.6 MILLION. 
          SO THIS, AM I UNDERSTANDING IT'S, IT'S A REPLACEMENT. 
          I MEAN, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS GRANT MONEY, WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS WE WOULD AT LEAST BE LOOKING TO FUND 38 POSITIONS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, AND, AND WITH THIS GRANT MONEY, WE, WE, THIS GRANT MONEY IS FUNDING THE, AT LEAST 38 UP TO 50 FOR THREE YEARS. 
          YES. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE, WHAT'S THAT COST SAVINGS FOR THREE YEARS? DO WE KNOW? WELL, THE DIFFERENCE, THE DIFFERENCE, UM, OVER THE THREE YEARS IS THE $6.2 MILLION THAT YOU GET FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, OVER THE, OVER THE, UM, AND, AND COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ MENTIONED THIS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRANT FISCAL IMPACT SLIDE OVER THE FOUR YEARS, OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, 50 OFFICERS ARE GONNA COST 27.6 MILLION. 
          RIGHT? NOW, IF WE GET FULL FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY'LL COVER 6.2 OF THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO RELY ON, UM, MY, MY CONSTITUENCY, RIGHT? THAT WHAT, WHAT I HEAR VERY SPECIFICALLY IN, IN COMMUNITIES, UH, EDGEWOOD VISTA, UM, ALL UP AND DOWN PIN ROAD, THE JOHN JAY AREA IS, UH, LOOKING FOR MORE POLICE PRESENCE. 
          AND THIS, UM, IS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO DELIVER. 
          AND SO, I, I, I THINK THIS IS IN A WAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING NOT IN A WAY, WE ARE GETTING A BREAK, UM, A COST BREAK, YOU KNOW, IN ACCEPTING THIS GRANT. 
          AND I, I, I GET TEXTS AND EMAILS, UH, WELL, TEXTS AND PHONE CALLS FROM, FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS IF AN, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR NEAR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WANNA SEE MORE POLICE. 
          AND, AND MY RESPONSE IS, I, I DON'T HAVE MORE POLICE TO GIVE YOU. 
          WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE, AND THERE'S NO MM-HMM. 
          , THERE'S NO EXTRA. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS HELPS IN ALONG THOSE LINES AS WELL. 
          WELL, AND REMEMBER, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, REMINDER THAT THIS IS A FULL PACKAGE, RIGHT? WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT, UH, TYPES OF POLICING TOO, UH, UH, INCLUDING, UH, MENTAL HEALTH UNITS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS WANT MORE SAFE OFFICERS, MY COMMUNITY, ALL OUR COMMUNITIES LOVE OUR SAFE OFFICERS. 
          BUT, UM, I THINK THAT INCREASING THE VISIBILITY OF OFFICERS, UH, IS WHAT MY, MY CONSTITUENTS ARE ASKING FOR. 
          AND SO I THINK THIS IS IN SUPPORT OF THAT. 
          UH, BUT I, I WANT US TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A FULL PACKAGE. 
          MM-HMM. 
           NOT JUST THIS ONE ITEM. 
          AND WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR TRAINING AND, AND, UM, UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT THE OFFICERS ARE, ARE WORKING IN. 
          UM, I THINK THAT WAS IT FOR ME. 
          THE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ALSO, YOU ARE WORKING WITH U T S A AND THE U T S A TEAM AND THEIR STUDIES TO, TO IDENTIFY WHERE THESE OFFICERS WILL BE. 
          GOT A MEETING WITH 'EM NEXT MONDAY. 
          OKAY. 
          . 
          AND, AND TO BE CLEAR TOO, THESE ARE LIKE BRAND NEW HIRES GOING THROUGH THE ACADEMY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER EO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, CHIEF MCMANUS, UH, IN YOUR PRESENTATION, DID YOU SAY THAT, UM, WE'VE HIRED POLICE OFFICERS LIKE THIS IN THE PAST? YES. 
          YES. 
          UH, SINCE 2015, I, I READ OFF A NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS, POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE HIRED UNDER D O J GRANT. 
          AND, AND WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF POLICE OFFICER IS THIS SPECIFICALLY? IT'S A, IT IS A, THE, I MEAN, THEY'RE REGULAR POLICE OFFICERS, BUT D O J TYPICALLY HAS CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO IT AS TO WHAT THEY'LL BE USED FOR. 
          AND SO THE ONES THAT, BUT THE ONES THAT WE HIRED IN THE PAST, WERE THEY, WAS THEIR FOCUS TO, TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE? OR IS THAT HOSPITALIZED PART GOING 
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FORWARD? I'M SORRY, WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT? WHAT WERE THEY USED FOR CHIEF? WHAT WERE THEY USED FOR CHIEF? HIS QUESTION IS, HIS QUESTION IS, I'LL, I'VE GOT THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF ME. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          IN 20 15, 4 OFFICERS WERE AWARDED UNDER THE COPS GRANT SPECIFICALLY FOR MENTAL HEALTH. 
          IN 20 17, 25 OFFICERS WERE AWARDED SPECIFICALLY FOR GUN VIOLENCE. 
          AND IN 20 21, 25 OFFICERS WERE AWARDED TO, UH, BE ADDED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          SO THAT, THOSE ARE THE LAST THREE AWARDS WE'VE, WE'VE RECEIVED. 
          GOT IT. 
          SO, UM, WHAT, MY GUESS MY QUESTION IS, FOR THOSE 25 OFFICERS WHO WERE AWARDED FOR GUN VIOLENCE IN 2017, OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHAT HAS THE IMPACT OF THAT BEEN? IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, THE CRIME, UH, CRIME NUMBERS, UH, FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION. 
          I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN 2017, UH, THOSE OFFICERS WENT TO THE VIOLENT CRIME TASK FORCE, AND WE SAW A VERY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME. 
          UH, I THINK IT WAS 2018 COMPARED TO 27. 
          I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT YEAR, BUT THOSE, THOSE OFFICERS WENT TO THE VIOLENT CRIME TASK FORCE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, YOU MENTIONED, SO THE, THE GRANT, IF WE ACCEPT THIS GRANT, THEN ONCE IT'S OVER, WE'RE REQUIRED TO KEEP THOSE POLICE OFFICERS FOR HOW LONG, UH, THE, THE GRANT IS FOR THREE YEARS. 
          IN THE FOURTH YEAR, UH, THE, THE GRANT NO LONGER FUNDS THE SALARIES. 
          THE CITY WOULD PICK THAT UP, AND WE RE WE'RE REQUIRED BY THE GRANT TO DO THAT FOR A MINIMUM OF 12 MONTHS. 
          BUT, BUT COUNCILMAN, WE, WE, WE WILL KEEP THOSE OFFICERS FOR THE REST OF THEIR CAREER. 
          THEY'RE NOT, WE DON'T, WE DON'T, WE DON'T ELIMINATE, WE DON'T ELIMINATE, UM, WE HAVEN'T IN THE PAST, BUT, SO THEY, THEY WILL BE WITH US FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR CAREER. 
          CAREER. 
          RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I IMAGINED. 
          UM, AND SO IF WE DIDN'T GET THIS GRANT, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE HIRING ANOTHER 38 OFFICERS. 
          IS THAT, DID I UNDERSTAND THAT? 38. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO, AND IF WE GET THE GRANT, THEN WE MAY GO, WE MAY GO AS HIGH, WE'LL GO MAYBE AT A MINIMUM OF 38, BUT POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 50. 
          YES, I GUESS SO THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD THAT COST OUR BUDGET IF WE GO ABOVE BY ANOTHER 12 OFFICERS? WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? UH, ASK THAT QUESTION AGAIN. 
          I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HEAR THE END OF IT, COUNCILMAN. 
          SO IF, IF INSTEAD OF INCREASING, UH, BY 38 OFFICERS, IF WE WERE TO INCREASE BY 50, AN ADDITIONAL 12, UH, MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT WOULD THAT COST THE BUDGET COUNCILMAN, ROUGHLY THE COST OF A POLICE OFFICER IS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR BENEFIT, SALARY AND EQUIPMENT. 
          SO $1.2 MILLION. 
          THANK YOU, MARIA. 
          OKAY. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CURRY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          CHIEF, UM, YOU SAID THAT OUR AUTHORIZED STRENGTH TODAY IS 2,503 OFFICERS? CORRECT. 
          AND THEN THROUGH THIS COPS GRANT, WE WOULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL 50 IF IT'S APPROVED, AND, AND WE GET THAT FUNDING 50 IF WE GET THAT FROM D O J, UH, AND IT'S APPROVED. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE 25 50 THEREABOUTS. 
          UH, WHAT ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL 28? WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT ADDING ON, WOULDN'T THAT INCREASE THE STRENGTH THAT THAT WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO, SO THEN WE'D BE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY 25,000, I MEAN, 2,580 THEREABOUTS. 
          IS THAT PRETTY ACCURATE? YES, SIR. 
          THANKS, MARIA. 
          UM, WHAT ABOUT RETIREES? WHAT HAS BEEN THE CONSISTENT, AVERAGE NUMBER OF RETIREES WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST THREE TO FIVE YEARS? YES, COUNCILMAN. 
          MY NAME IS RICK RILEY. 
          I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR S A P D. 
          WE AVERAGE BETWEEN A HUNDRED AND 110 OVER THE LAST THREE TO FIVE YEARS OF RETIREES. 
          SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING OUR STRENGTH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GETTING A HUNDRED A YEAR RETIRING. 
          SO HOW DOES THAT REALLY INCREASE OUR STRENGTH? WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS NEXT SESSION, RAISING, UH, 50 THROUGH THE GRANT AND 28, BUT WE'RE GONNA LOSE A HUNDRED. 
          AND WE, WE, WE, WE TYPICALLY HAVE, SO I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, WE, WE TYPICALLY HAVE FOUR ACADEMY CLASSES A YEAR, TYPICALLY AVERAGE 60 ISH, UH, UH, INTO EACH CLASS WITH MAYBE A 15, 20% WASHOUT RATE. 
          SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO HIRE TO KEEP UP WITH THE ATTRITION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN WE'RE TALKING 
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NOT JUST ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS, UH, THROUGH THESE GRANTS. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT HIRING TO REPLACE ALL OF THE RETIRE, UH, RETIREES EVERY YEAR AS WELL. 
          YES. 
          AND THAT'S A CONSTANT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND COUNCILMAN? UM, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M, AND I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT I'M GONNA LOOK AT COUNCILMAN PERRY 'CAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT I'M GONNA SAY. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A HUNDRED, A LITTLE OVER 130 CADETS IN THE ACADEMY. 
          AND THAT COUPLED WITH THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS ON THE STREET, WE HAVE 16 VACANCIES. 
          SO AS LONG AS, AND, AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET THIS SUMMER, IT'S LIKELY THAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT CONTINUING TO DO FOUR, IF NOT FIVE CLASSES THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO KEEP THAT MACHINE ROLLING. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW, WHAT DOES THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING MEAN AS FAR AS MAINTAINING OUR 66% CAP ON PUBLIC SAFETY SPENDING? COUNCILMAN? SO WE MAINTAIN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, TOTAL FIRE AND POLICE BELOW 66%. 
          UM, THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE PRESENTED AT THE FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST. 
          SO THE FORECAST INCLUDED THIS ADDITIONAL POSITIONS, UM, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. 
          AND WE MAINTAIN, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY SPENDING BELOW 66% OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL MONEY DOESN'T COUNT IN THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          WE ONLY COUNT THE PORTION THAT THE CITY IS GONNA BE PAYING FOR THOSE POSITIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ONE OF THE, THE AREAS I THINK THAT WE'RE STILL NOT PAYING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO IS PUBLIC SAFETY ON THE STREETS, HAVING MORE OFFICERS ON PATROL, TRYING TO, UH, GET PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN, DRIVE SAFELY, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          UH, IS THERE, I, I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN MONEY FOR CERTAIN ASPECTS OF, OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          DOES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFER ANY KIND OF FUNDING, UH, TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY ON THE STREETS? MORE OFFICERS, GRANTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC PATROL? THE FUNDING THAT, UH, TXDOT TYPICALLY OFFERS IS OVERTIME MONEY FOR, UH, SPEED, AGGRESSIVE DRIVING, SEAT BELTS, THAT SORT OF THING, BUT NOT FOR HIRING. 
          SO IT'S ONLY OVERTIME, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF OFFICERS DEDICATED, JUST THAT THEY WORK EXTRA. 
          CORRECT. 
          BUT JUST, UH, WE ARE MOVING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR TRAFFIC UNIT. 
          UM, AND I, I DON'T WANNA GIVE YOU A TIMELINE, BUT I'M GONNA SAY THROUGH THE SUMMER INTO THE FALL, WE'LL BE INCREASING THOSE NUMBERS. 
          GOOD. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          CHIEF? YES, SIR. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO APPROVING THIS TODAY. 
          I THINK, UM, ANYTIME THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDERSTANDS THAT WE LOCALLY NEED HELP WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY IS A, IS A GOOD DAY, I THINK, AND A GOOD CAUSE. 
          AND, UM, THE ONE THING I, I WANT, AND ERIC, YOU MIGHT NEED TO CHIME IN, BUT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU ON FRIDAY SENDING OUT THE 22, UH, 2022 CRIME STATISTICS. 
          OF COURSE, I WAS NOT PLEASED SEEING A 13% INCREASE FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. 
          UH, I THINK FOR ME, THIS DECISION IS EASY. 
          AND CHIEF, YOU'VE BEEN OVER IN DISTRICT THREE, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT MORE PRESENCE. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY WANT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW FRUSTRATED THEY ARE. 
          THEY'D GO BACK TO THE, THE SHOT TECHNOLOGY IF THEY THOUGHT THAT WORKED. 
          SO, UM, BUT THE ONE THING WE DIDN'T SEE IT BROKEN DOWN, AND I KNOW YOU CAN PROBABLY GET IT, IS THAT WE HAD OVER 4,325 ASSAULT CASES. 
          AND I, I WORRY ABOUT HOW MANY OF THOSE WERE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND WE HAD 39 HOMICIDES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS, IS HARD EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THROUGH THE STATS THAT WERE GIVEN, WE KNOW ARE CAREER CRIMINALS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 29 AND 39. 
          BUT STILL, HOMICIDES ARE HARD FOR A CITY BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE SAFE. 
          WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL SAFE. 
          SO I THINK THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS TO ADDRESS THAT 66% IN THAT BUDGET ISSUE, BUT IT'S NOT A POPULAR CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF PROPERTY TAXES AND RELIEF THAT WE'RE GIVING TO PROPERTY TAXES. 
          AND THAT'LL BE A BUDGET CONVERSATION THAT I'LL CONTINUE TO ASK ABOUT. 
          BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, ACCEPT THIS TO, TO INCREASE OUR, UM, OUR POLICE OFFICERS ON THE STREET. 
          I ENCOURAGE ALL OF Y'ALL TO GO TO THE, UH, GRADUATION TOMORROW MORNING OF THE GRADUATES BECAUSE WE ARE CONTINUING TO PUT OFFICERS OUT THERE, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE A NEED, AND IT'S, IT'S EVIDENT THROUGH THESE 2022 CRIME STATISTICS. 
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SO, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS MOVE FORWARD TO SEEING US, UH, PUT THIS IMPLE, I IMPLE IMPLEMENT THIS IN, IN OUR, UH, IN, IN THE DEPARTMENT, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, MORE PATROL OUT IN DISTRICT IN THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE NEEDED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS CHIEF AND THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          UM, ANYTIME WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS TO HELP, UH, INCREASE OUR POLICE FORCE, I THINK WE SHOULD JUMP RIGHT ON IT. 
          UM, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THE SIZE OF OUR POLICE FORCE, AND, UH, WHEN I, WHEN I SAT DOWN LOOKING AT, UH, OTHER METRO AREAS HERE IN TEXAS AND WHAT WE COUNT TOWARDS, UH, OUR AUTHORIZATIONS, MY CALCULATIONS WERE COMING OUT THAT WE WERE ABOUT 300 AUTHORIZATIONS SHORT COMPARED TO OTHER METRO AREAS. 
          SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS STUDY. 
          DO WE, DO WE HAVE A DATE YET ON WHEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THIS STUDY DONE? RICK, RICK? WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE DATE YET, BUT, BUT THE R F P IS OUT AND, UH, WE SHOULD BE STARTING UP FAIRLY SOON. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT, MARIA, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          SO WE ARE GONNA BE BRINGING THE AWARD OF THE CONTRACT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS MONTH OF JUNE, AND THEN WE'LL BRING A TIMELINE AT THAT POINT WHEN THE STUDY WILL BE COMPLETED. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          WELL, I, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, TO SEE WHERE WE STAND AND WHAT SHOULD BE FIGURED IN, INTO THE REQUIREMENTS ON SETTING THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZATIONS THAT WE REALLY NEED FOR SAN ANTONIO, NOT THESE OTHER CITIES. 
          UH, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DATA THAT NEEDS TO BE GATHERED TO, TO COME UP WITH THAT FINAL ANALYSIS ON THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THIS CITY, JUST COMMON SENSE TELLS YOU THAT THIS CITY HAS GROWN, IT CONTINUES TO GROW, AND ALONG WITH THAT COMES CRIME. 
          AND WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN CRIME HERE. 
          AND HOW DO YOU COMBAT THAT? WELL, YOU NEED MORE PATROLS OUT THERE. 
          YOU NEED MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO GET OUT THERE AND KEEP THE BAD GUYS OFF THE STREETS. 
          UM, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. 
          UM, I KNOW IN MY DISTRICT, THEY'RE ALWAYS ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL POLICE, POLICE OFFICERS, NOT AUTHORIZATIONS, BUT ACTUAL BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITIES AND, UH, MAKE THOSE PATROLS BOTH DAY AND NIGHT, UH, TO, TO MAKE THEM FEEL SAFER BECAUSE IT, IT REALLY IS, UM, AN ISSUE OF PEOPLE FEELING SAFE JUST TO GET OUT THERE AND WALK DOWN THE STREET, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          AND WHEN YOU READ THESE ARTICLES ABOUT HOUSES BEING SHOT UP AND PEOPLE BEING WOUNDED, PEOPLE BEING KILLED, THAT KIND OF THING, THAT DOESN'T MAKE 'EM FEEL SAFE. 
          AND SO WE'VE GOT TO INCREASE OUR, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE ABLE TO COMBAT THAT AND, UH, SHOW THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PAYING THE TAXES TO SUPPORT THIS, THAT YES, WE'RE TAKING ACTION AND POSITIVE ACTION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFO CHIEF. 
          APPRECIATE IT, AND I'LL SUPPORT THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MARIN. 
          THANK YOU, UH, CHIEF FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, BETWEEN 2010 AND 2021, THE POLICE BUDGET HAS INCREASED BY $186 MILLION, AND UNIFORMED OFFICERS INCREASED BY OVER 220, YET VIOLENT CRIME HAS INCREASED BY 29%. 
          UM, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES RAISED THE QUESTION AROUND THE GRANT, UH, FROM 2017, THE 25 OFFICERS FOR GUN VIOLENCE. 
          HAVE WE SEEN A REDUCTION IN GUN VIOLENCE SINCE 2017? DO YOU HAVE THOSE NUMBERS YOU CAN SHARE WITH US? I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I CAN GET THEM FOR YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          UM, A COUPLE OF CONCERNS THAT I HAVE ARE MORE PROCEDURAL, RIGHT? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING BASED OFF OF OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS, THOSE TYPICALLY GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND OR THERE IS A BRIEFING, UM, RECENTLY, THIS WAS THE PROCESS FOR THE HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA GRANT, FOLLOWED BY THE FUNDING, UM, UH, WAS JUST A FRACTION OF WHAT THE, THE COPS GRANT IS. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT DURING THE BUDGET TRIAL BUDGET CONVERSATION, THIS GRANT WAS BROUGHT UP. 
          UM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC IF WE CAN HAVE A FULL BRIEFING TO WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO, HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT COMMUNITY, RIGHT? I UNDERSTAND THAT AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE CAN REQUEST THAT BRIEFING, BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ONE-ON-ONE BRIEFING AND A BRIEFING WHERE THE 
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GENERAL PUBLIC CAN LEARN THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF A GRANT OF THIS MAGNITUDE. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS GRANT WAS BROUGHT UP DURING THE TRIAL BUDGET PROCESS, UM, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS, IT WAS ONLY PRESENTED AS 10 MILLION, UH, OVER THE TWO YEARS INSTEAD OF THE ACTUAL 21 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. 
          SO TO ME, UH, A GRANT OF THIS LEVEL AND MAGNITUDE, UM, CALLS FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT? OF, OF INPUT AND CONVERSATION AROUND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT FUTURE BUDGETS. 
          SO THIS BRINGS ME TO THE, THE, MY CONCERN WITH THE FISCAL OF 2022 BUDGET PROCESS IS THAT THIS APPROVAL OF THIS GRANT WOULD APPROVE FUNDING UP TO 2026, RIGHT? AND I THINK WE'RE JUST NOW STARTING THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE TRIAL BUDGET. 
          WE HAVE YET TO HAVE THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS, UH, WITH THE CITY AROUND THE BUDGET, BUT WE'RE ALREADY SPENDING MONEY AND MAKING DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY. 
          AND AGAIN, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THOSE STATISTICS WITH THESE PAST GRANTS AND HOW IT'S IMPACTED GUN VIOLENCE, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT? IS THIS WORKING? UM, THERE'S ONE THING ABOUT FEELING SAFE AND THEN ACTUAL SAFETY, RIGHT? WE KNOW THERE'S A RESPONSE TO CRIME, IT'S NOT PREVENTING CRIME. 
          SO WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BEING INTENTIONAL WITH OUR DOLLARS. 
          AND I'LL CONTINUE TO SAY WE'RE HEADED TOWARDS AUSTERITY CITY, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT, UH, VITAL SERVICES TO COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THIS EVER INCREASING POLICE BUDGET. 
          'CAUSE IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE. 
          AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR OTHER SERVICES, RIGHT? AND, AND IF WE USE, UM, THE GROWTH ARGUMENT THAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD BE USING THAT AND APPLYING IT TOWARDS HOUSING, METRO HEALTH, UM, AND OTHER AREAS THAT COMMUNITY'S CALLING FOR. 
          UM, WITH DISTRICT FIVE, WE DID HAVE, UM, A BUDGET CONVERSATION AT CASTANO PARK WHERE WE ARE SERVING COMMUNITY, PRESENTED BOTH THE BUDGETS, RIGHT? AND THIS WASN'T AN ASK OF MY CONSTITUENTS. 
          UM, THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT CRIME, BUT THERE'S ALSO AN UNDERSTANDING, RIGHT? THAT POLICE RESPOND TO CRIME, RIGHT? UM, NOT NECESSARILY PREVENT IT. 
          SO AGAIN, I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THIS, THIS, UH, GRANT AND HOW IT'S COMMITTING FUTURE BUDGET DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE YET TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FULL CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS ABOUT. 
          UM, BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          UM, ONE LAST QUESTION. 
          CAN THIS GRANT BE USED TO FUND SAFE OFFICERS AND OR MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS, OR IS IT RESTRICTED TO ONE UNIT? COUNCILWOMAN? UM, REGARDING THE GRANT, WE DID NOT BRING THAT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE BROUGHT IT TWICE TO THE FULL COUNCIL ONCE IN APRIL WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT GOAL SETTING SESSION, AND THEN THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE, UH, PRESENTED THE FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST AND THE TRIAL BUDGET ON MAY 11. 
          SO WE SHOW, UH, BOTH THE IMPACT TO THE TWO YEAR BUDGET AND THE TRIAL BUDGET, AND THEN INCLUDED IN THE FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR THE ENTIRE FIVE YEARS. 
          UM, IN REGARDS TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE, THE UTILIZATION OF THE POLICE OFFICERS, THE GRANT IS VERY SPECIFIC ON HOW WE CAN USE THOSE SPECIFIC GRANTS. 
          CRIME PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY POLICING ARE THE TWO. 
          AND BASED ON THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH U T S A FOR THAT CRIME PREVENTION PLAN, UH, WE ARE APPLYING FOR THOSE 50 OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE U T S A CRIME PREVENTION PLAN. 
          THE U T S A CRIME PREVENTION PLAN, CAN THAT BE SHARED WITH COUNSEL? CAN THAT BE SENT OVER TO ME? OF COURSE. 
          YES. 
          WE ACTUALLY GONNA BE PRESENTING THAT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          UM, CHIEF IS MEETING WITH, UH, THE U T S A PROFESSORS ON MONDAY, AND WE'LL START GETTING A PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF THAT, AND WE'LL BRING THAT OVER TO THE FULL, UM, UH, TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WITH THIS GRANT, IS THE CITY REQUIRED TO CONTINUALLY FUND THESE POSITIONS ONCE THE GRANT EXPIRES? WE ARE REQUIRED TO FUND THEM FOR 12 MONTHS, AND AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, OUR INTENT IS TO MAINTAIN THOSE POSITIONS FOR THE CAREER OF THOSE OFFICERS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE U T S A PLAN, WE HAVEN'T BEEN BRIEFED ON IT, BUT WE'RE ACCEPTING FUNDING ON BEHALF OF THAT PLAN. 
          SO WE MENTIONED THE CRIME PREVENTION PLAN. 
          WHEN CHIEF PRESENTED AT THE APRIL GOAL SETTING SESSION, UH, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GONNA BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE, I ANTICIPATE MANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MAY HAVE A FINANCIAL IMPACT. 
          UM, BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THIS PARTICULAR GRANT, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION ON A, UM, JUNE 16. 
          WE WANT TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY, AND THERE'S OUR INTENT TO GO AHEAD AND USE THOSE 50 OFFICERS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MARIA. 
          I, I DO HAVE CONCERN, AGAIN, WITH US COMMITTING MONEY BEFORE HAVING THE FULL PUBLIC PROCESS AROUND WHERE OUR COMMUNITY'S PRIORITIES ARE. 
          UH, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WE WERE BRIEFED, RIGHT? BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS 10%, NOT 20%. 
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AND, UH, AGAIN, RIGHT? UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THE SPECIALTIES OF THESE UNITS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SAFE OFFICER PROGRAM AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO BE PROMOTED, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT MY CONSTITUENTS ASK FOR, AND THEY HAVE CONCERN THAT THEY DON'T GET TO KEEP THE SAME SAFE OFFICER, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO MOVE UP AND THEY GET PROMOTED AND THEN GO ELSEWHERE. 
          UH, THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT IS ONE THAT FOLKS HAVE BEEN HAVING QUESTIONS AND ASKING ABOUT AND HOW THAT'S IMPACTING COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SO THOSE SPECIALTY UNITS ARE WHERE MY COMMUNITY'S ASKING QUESTIONS AND NOT NECESSARILY THESE OTHERS. 
          UM, SO I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH US, YOU KNOW, SPENDING MONEY, MAKING DECISIONS BEFORE THE FULL PROCESS HAS ROLLED OUT. 
          UM, AND IT NOT GOING THROUGH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          UM, THOUGH I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE TWO OTHER, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS TO BE BROUGHT UP, BUT NOT FULL LIKE ON BRIEFINGS. 
          BUT THANK YOU, CHIEF, I APPRECIATE THE, I APPRECIATE IT, AND THANK YOU, MARIA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          ERIC, YOU WANTED TO JUMP IN ON SOMETHING? YEAH, LET ME JUST JUMP IN. 
          I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, I, I HEAR, I HEAR, UH, SOME OF THE, THE CONCERNS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, BUT, UM, IN THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD IN THE BUDGET WORK SESSION AND IN THE TRIAL BUDGET AND THE FORECAST, UM, IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT STAFFING, UH, AND POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFFING IN PARTICULAR, UH, WAS, UM, SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WAS SUPPORTIVE OF. 
          UM, I, I'D UNDERSTAND THE BALANCE OF MAINTAINING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, UM, AND, AND THE VALUE OF OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, UH, POLICY OF KEEPING PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENSES BELOW 66%. 
          EVERYTHING WE DO, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS, GRANTS, FINANCIAL FORECAST PROJECTIONS FOR THE ST. 
          MARY'S STREET PROJECTIONS FOR THE, FOR THE SOUTHEAST SUBSTATION. 
          UH, TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WE'RE BUILDING INTO OUR FINANCIAL MODELS SO WE CAN MAINTAIN THOSE POLICIES. 
          THOSE GIVE US THE BREADTH AND THE COUNCIL THE BREADTH TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ISSUES. 
          UM, AND, UM, SO WE ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDING THIS. 
          WE SHOULD BE TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF FEDERAL DOLLARS, UH, JUST LIKE WE SHOULD BE TAKING, UH, ADVANTAGE OF ANY FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS AVAILABLE TO US. 
          IT IS A BALANCE. 
          UM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT BALANCE, UM, AND RELY UPON THE POLICY DIRECTION OF THE FULL COUNSEL. 
          UM, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT SAFE OFFICERS, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. 
          WE'VE HEARD ABOUT CRIME. 
          UM, AND, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          WE, I, I WANNA REITERATE SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY ASKED AND THAT MARIA ANSWERED. 
          WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK TO COUNCIL, UM, A PROPOSAL, UH, PROPOSALS THAT WE'LL GET HERE SHORTLY, UH, TO DO A STAFFING ANALYSIS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THAT'LL BE COMING TO YOU IN JUNE OR LATER ON THIS MONTH. 
          WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THE U T SS A REPORT. 
          UM, THEY ARE GOING TO, IT'S GONNA LIKELY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO FOCUS. 
          WE CAN DO ONE OR TWO THINGS. 
          WE CAN PULL FROM EXISTING OFFICERS AND ADDRESS THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          OR WE CAN PURSUE FEDERAL DOLLARS AND SIX AND A HALF, ALMOST SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE. 
          I'M INTERESTED IN ALSO SEEING THE, THE, THE REPORT FROM U T SS A AND I THINK WE WILL BE, AS MARIA MENTIONED, WE THERE WILL LIKELY BE OTHER COST IMPACTS THAT'LL BE BUILT INTO MY PROPOSED BUDGET, AND WE'LL PRESENT THAT TO YOU IN AUGUST. 
          UM, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN FOR MENTIONING THE MEMO ON FRIDAY. 
          CRIME IS UP UNDER THE NEIGHBOR SYSTEM. 
          UM, BUT THERE WAS AN ALSO ANOTHER KEY PART OF THAT PRESENTATION THAT'LL ALSO BE GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          AND THAT'S SOME ANALYSIS THAT OUR, UM, I T S D, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY DATA TEAM HAS DONE THAT, UM, LOOKED AT 2021 ARRESTS. 
          60% OF THE PEOPLE THAT THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR SOMETHING, UH, WITHIN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING TO DIG IN, WE'VE SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH THE DA'S OFFICE. 
          WE'RE LOOKING TO DIG IN. 
          WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AND SEE IF SOMEBODY WAS ARRESTED FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE IN 2021. 
          WHAT, WHAT WERE THEY ARRESTED FOR OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS? WAS IT FAMILY VIOLENCE? WAS IT ASSAULT? WAS IT DRUGS? UM, REALLY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF 60% OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ARRESTING KEEP GETTING ARRESTED FOR THE SAME THING OR DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION FOR US TO KNOW. 
          AND PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD MATCH UP AGAINST WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IS DOING, UM, OVER AT THE, AT U T SS A. 
          SO THE BALANCE OF RESPONDING TO CRIME IN A GROWING CITY, MAKING SURE WE'RE BEING COST, UM, UM, UH, CONSCIOUS ON WHAT WE'RE SPENDING OUR DOLLARS ON, IT IS A DEFINITE BALANCE. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS. 
          I I TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY AS WELL. 
          LOOK, I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEED IN THIS CITY. 
          WE'RE A GROWING CITY. 
          UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO AND, AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, THE, THE LUXURY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO THEM IF WE'RE GONNA TRY TO 
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ADDRESS VIOLENCE, UM, AND ADDRESS PROPERTY CRIMES. 
          UM, THAT IS, TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILWOMAN, NOT ABOUT MAKING PEOPLE FEEL SAFE, IT'S ABOUT MAKING IT SAFE AND MAKING SURE WE'RE SOLVING CRIMES AND MAKING SURE WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE AND WE'RE HANDLING THOSE ISSUES LONG TERM. 
          SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANKS ERIC. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROSA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          CHIEF, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE COPS GRANT, AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT OTHER, UM, SOLICITATIONS YOU APPLIED FOR WITHIN THE COPS GRANT? SO I'LL GO ONE BY ONE. 
          DID YOU ALL APPLY TO THE COLLABORATIVE REFORM INITIATIVE? I DUNNO IF WE DID OR NOT. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          WHAT WE APPLIED FOR UNDER THE CUPS, UM, GRANT UMBRELLA WAS FOR MENTAL HEALTH. 
          SO WE DID NOT APPLY FOR THE GRANT THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY POLICING DEVELOPMENT, UM, MICRO GRANT? DID WE APPLY FOR ANY OF THAT FOR MAYBE INDIVIDUAL AREAS OF TOWN? I'M GONNA ASK RICK TO COME OVER TO THE PODIUM. 
          I I DON'T RECALL THE, IN ORDER TO BETTER ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, LET US GET BACK WITH THE GRANTS TEAM AND WE'LL GET YOU THE LIST OF GRANTS THAT WE HAVE APPLIED. 
          GREAT. 
          I HAVE A WHOLE LIST. 
          UH, IMPLEMENTING, IMPLEMENTING CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMS, DEESCALATION, TRAINING TOLERANCE, DIVERSITY AND ANTI-BIAS TRAINING. 
          AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EMERGING ISSUES FORUM IS, BUT I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE INNOVATIVE IF WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT A, AT A PILOT IN, IN SOME AREAS, AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PILOTS, BUT THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER AREAS OF THE COPS GRANT. 
          UM, AND, AND I'M JUST REALLY INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW WE PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT SPECIFICALLY WE, WE APPLY FOR. 
          SO THOSE ARE MY ONLY QUESTIONS TODAY. 
          SURE. 
          AND, AND I CAN ADDRESS THAT COUNCIL. 
          I MEAN, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THIS IS THE ONLY GRANT THAT ALLOWS TO ADD POLICE OFFICERS AS A HIRING GRANT. 
          AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES TO BE ABLE TO, UM, EXPAND OUR SERVICES AND BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT, UH, CRIME PREVENTION PLAN THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED. 
          UH, BUT WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THE OTHER GRANTS AS WELL. 
          AND YOU CAN ONLY PICK ONE IN THAT SUITE OF GRANT. 
          GOT IT. 
          SO, SO YOU CAN'T APPLY TO ALL OF THEM. 
          AND SO, AND I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I WAS, WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW DID, HOW DID WE CHOOSE, BUT, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RJA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER MICKEY RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WANTED TO, UM, MAKE REFERENCE TO THE STUDY THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY HAD BROUGHT UP. 
          I KNOW THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT IS AN APPROPRIATE SIZE OF A FOREST. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THOSE RESULTS. 
          NO, NO, WE HAVE NOT. 
          WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL? SO WE'RE LOOKING, THERE'S A STUDY THAT'S BEING CONDUCTED, CORRECT? THAT IS, UM, HASN'T DETERMINED YET, HAS NOT STARTED YET. 
          WE'VE GOT PROPOSALS. 
          WE'LL BE BRINGING THE, A CONTRACT AWARD TO YOU THIS MONTH. 
          SO IT HAS NOT STARTED YET, AND WE'RE ALREADY, THIS IS GONNA BE A HUGE INCREASE. 
          A HUGE INCREASE. 
          AND I THINK WHAT, UM, WHAT I WANT TO CONVEY IS THAT IT'S, IT'S SOMEWHAT POLITICALLY CONVENIENT FOR, IT WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE POLITICALLY CONVENIENT IF I SAID, LET'S ADD MORE OFFICERS. 
          MY COMMUNITY IS SAYING THAT CRIME IS UP. 
          THEY, WE SEE IT, LET'S ADD MORE OFFICERS. 
          BUT WHEN YOU TAKE, WHEN YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH CONSTITUENTS AND YOU TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER AND YOU SAY, BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT AND WE STILL SEE AN INCREASE IN CRIME. 
          HOW DO WE ALLEVIATE THAT BURDEN FROM THE OFFICERS? HOW DO WE, UM, HOW DO WE VIEW OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY? IF YOU HAD JUST MENTIONED, UM, SOLVING CRIMES AND RESPONDING TO CRIMES, REALLY AN OFFICER'S ROLE IS NOT CRIME PREVENTION. 
          IT'S NOT WHEN, AND I BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU REFERENCE CRIME PREVENTION, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN INCREASE IN PATROLS IN THE AREA. 
          SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT VISIBILITY IS THERE. 
          THEY'RE NOT AS LIKELY TO COMMIT A CRIME IF THEY SEE AN OFFICER. 
          THAT'S WHERE I SEE, UM, CRIME PREVENTION STARTING AND ENDING BASICALLY WITH AN OFFICER. 
          AND SO I THINK WE COULD LOOK AT WHAT I WANNA SEE AS AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE POLICIES AND THE PRACTICES THAT DO TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO I HAVE CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THERE ARE KNOWN DRUG HOUSES THAT THEY HAVE CONVEYED TO, UM, SS A P D, AND THEY'VE BEEN ASKED, OH, COLLECT THIS AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE, OR DO THIS. 
          AND THE BURDEN IS PLACED ON THE CONSTITUENT WHEN EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE, THEY COULD, EVERYTHING THEY COULD HAVE DONE, THEY DID. 
          AND THEY'RE NOT RECEIVING THE SUPPORT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE. 
          AND SO THEY'RE LIKE, AT WHAT PO WHOSE JOB IS IT? AND WHEN, LIKE, WHEN IS IT SAP D'S JOB TO STEP IN? AND IF WE KNOW THAT THERE'S, THIS IS A HOTSPOT OF CRIME, 
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WHY ARE WE NOT SEEING TARGETED AND CONCERTED EFFORTS? OR IF THERE ARE, WHY ARE THEY NOT BEING COMMUNICATED? AND I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A FEELING THAT MIGHT CONSTITUENT HAVE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FEELINGS OF SAFETY. 
          SO THAT'S A FEELING THAT MY COMMUNITY, MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE CONVEYED TO ME. 
          I ALSO WANNA SAY, UM, OPIA GARDEN. 
          SO THEY OPENED UP A FEW YEARS AGO ON, UH, NOLAN AND NEW BRAUN FOOLS, AND THAT WAS A CRIME HOTSPOT. 
          AND SINCE, SINCE THEY WERE ESTABLISHED, THAT WAS SEEN AS A DETERRENT CRIME MOVED FROM THAT LOCATION ELSEWHERE. 
          I HAVE A FEELING THAT WE'LL SEE THE SAME THING WITH THE HOTSPOT, UM, THE HOTSPOT, UM, TOOL THAT YOU'RE USING. 
          YOU'RE GONNA SEE A DECREASE IN THOSE AREAS, OF COURSE, BUT YOU'RE GONNA SEE A MOVE ELSEWHERE. 
          SO WHAT STRATEGIC, SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A 500, $1 MILLION BUDGET THIS PAST YEAR, AND WE WERE JUST VOTING ON $5 MILLION FOR ARTISTS, AND THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO, AND THERE'S FOLK WHO SAY, THAT'S TOO MUCH FOR ARTISTS. 
          THERE'S, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE APPROVING THIS. 
          I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE APPROVING ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR MIGRANT SERVICES. 
          THIS IS $500 MILLION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE BEING AS STRATEGIC AS WE SHOULD BE. 
          AND I THINK IT'S CONSISTENTLY LIKE US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT IS CONS, IT IS POLITICALLY CONVENIENT. 
          BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU, AND I IMPLORE YOU TO HAVE MORE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UM, POLICING AND ABOUT CRIME PREVENTION AND ABOUT WHAT ROLE WE PLAY IN THAT. 
          'CAUSE IT IS EASY TO SAY, PLEASE, LET'S ADD MORE OFFICERS. 
          AND I CAN MAKE MY CONSTITUENTS HAPPY WITH THAT. 
          BUT IF WE CONTINUE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN CRIME, I'M NOT SOLVING THE PROBLEM. 
          SO WHAT ELSE DO WE DO? AND THAT IS ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LET, LET ME, I, I, I THINK, GO AHEAD, CHIEF COUNCIL, IF I CAN RESPECTFULLY PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT. 
          WHEN WE RECEIVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT A DRUG HOUSE, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, WE ALWAYS CALL THAT INDIVIDUAL TO TRY TO GET MORE INFORMATION. 
          OR IF THE INDIVIDUAL DOESN'T WANNA TALK TO US, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND, AND INVESTIGATE WHAT THE COMPLAINT IS AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK WITH 'EM. 
          JOE FRANK TAKES CARE OF THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          UM, SO TO SAY THAT, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAKE THESE COMPLAINTS AND, AND THEY'RE NEVER CONTACTED OR THEY'RE NEVER, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ASKED TO DO THINGS. 
          WE DON'T ASK ANYBODY TO DO ANYTHING. 
          ALL WE ASK THEM FOR IS INFORMATION. 
          WE DON'T LET ANY COMPLAINT FALL OFF BY THE WAYSIDE. 
          WE INVESTIGATE EVERYTHING. 
          AND I WOULD ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS OF CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE COMPLAINTS SAYING THAT WE DIDN'T FOLLOW UP. 
          IF YOU COULD LET ME HAVE THEM, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO CALL THEM AND FOLLOW UP WITH THEM. 
          THAT SOUNDS WONDERFUL. 
          AND COUNCILMAN, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE. 
          THE, THE ELEMENTS OF CRIME PREVENTION, THERE'S A, BEYOND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THE CITY DOES THAT QUALIFY UNDER CRIME PREVENTION, READY TO WORK OUR CHILDCARE SYSTEM, UM, PARKS, I MEAN, ALL OF THAT IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, THAT I, I, I THINK IT IS DRAMATIC, UM, TO, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE 25,645 PEOPLE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED IN 2021, THAT 15,387 OF 'EM, 60% HAD BEEN ARRESTED IN THE PREVIOUS FOUR YEARS. 
          THAT HAS GOT TO BE AN ELEMENT OF CRIME PREVENTION. 
          THAT, AND THAT, AND FRANKLY, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE SAT DOWN AND WE'VE SHARED THIS INFORMATION WITH, WITH OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, BECAUSE IT REALLY, AT THAT POINT, IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, AND HOW WE COORDINATE AND HOW WE ADDRESS. 
          BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT WE'RE GETTING 2 MILLION 9 1 1 CALLS A YEAR, AND WE HAVE TO PROACTIVELY RESPOND TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS FOR WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE 15,387 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OVER AGAIN FOR MAYBE IN SOME CASES THE SAME THING, THAT NEEDS TO BE DUG INTO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER FROM A CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDPOINT, UM, CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH, WITH THE COUNTY AND THE DA'S OFFICE BECAUSE THE PUBLIC EXPECTS THAT. 
          AND, AND I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT. 
          I WAS TAKEN ABACK WHEN I GOT THAT ANALYSIS FROM OUR FOLKS, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR U T S A AND DR. 
          SMITH TO HAVE AS HE'S DEVELOPING HIS PLAN AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK WITH FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS LIKE HOMIES CAN VOTE ALL OF US OR NONE. 
          AND I'VE SPENT SOME TIME WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND SPEAKING TO FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MISTAKES THAT THEY'VE MADE AND WHAT LED THEM TO, TO THAT, THAT MISTAKE, IT'S OFTEN ECONOMIC, RIGHT? AND WHEN 
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I LOOK AT DISTRICT FIVE THAT I REPRESENT AND LEARN THAT MY DISTRICT HAS THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. 
          THIS IS TELLING ME SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING RIGHT. 
          AND WHEN YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS, YOU LEARN THAT THE INVESTMENT NEEDS TO BE MADE IN METRO HEALTH. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE MADE IN HOUSING. 
          OUR SAFE OFFICERS IN DISTRICT FIVE IN PARTICULAR ARE OFTEN BOMBARDED WITH QUESTIONS AROUND HOUSING, AROUND ENCAMPMENTS, AROUND FOLKS OUT ON THE STREET, AROUND WHAT FOLKS BELIEVE IS TRASH, BUT IT'S SOMEONE BEING EVICTED, AND THOSE ARE THEIR BELONGINGS. 
          SO THAT TELLS ME THAT THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO BE INVESTING. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I VALUE THE WORK OF OUR SAFE OFFICERS AND THEY ARE VERY RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS. 
          BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE CONCERNS THAT ARE VOICED BY MY CONSTITUENCY, IT GOES BEYOND NEEDING TO SEE A POLICE CAR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SEE A POLICE CAR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT? IT HAS TO DO WITH WAGES, HOUSING. 
          UM, AND IT COULD BE A MISTAKE THAT SOMEONE MADE AT 17 OR 18 YEARS OLD THAT LEADS THEM TOWARDS DECADES OF JUST, JUST DECADES OF JUST NOT BEING ABLE TO GET BACK ON TRACK BECAUSE THEY HAVE A MARK ON THEIR RECORD, RIGHT? SO IF YOU CAN'T GET HIRED AND YOU CAN'T FIND HOUSING, RIGHT? WHAT IS SOMEONE LEFT TO DO? SO, ABSOLUTELY, THERE ARE HORRENDOUS CRIMES, RIGHT? BUT TO SAY, UH, SEEING A POLICE CAR IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE SOCIAL, UH, INJUSTICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO PUSH BACK ON, RIGHT? BECAUSE AGAIN, I HAVE THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN MY DISTRICT, AND THAT'S SYSTEMIC AND THAT'S ONGOING. 
          AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND NOT JUST SAY YES, RIGHT? BECAUSE, JUST 'CAUSE IT IS POLITICALLY CONVENIENT JUST TO SAY, OH, WE NEED MORE OFFICERS, BUT IT'S NOT WORKING AND IT'S PUTTING MORE OF MY CONSTITUENCY, UH, IN POSITIONS THAT'S HARD TO GET OUT OF, RIGHT? AGAIN, YES, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CRIME DOES HAPPEN, UM, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STATISTICS IN MY COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT WORKING AND IT'S CREATING THIS CYCLE OF INJUSTICE AND IT'S PUTTING FOLKS IN POSITIONS IS THAT IT'S, IT IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET OUT OF. 
          UM, SO I, I WILL CONTINUE TO RAISE THESE CONCERNS TILL WE MOVE TOWARDS SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHERE WE HAVE A CARE ECONOMY, WHERE WE ARE UPLIFTING OUR COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORS AND ASKING FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT LED YOU DOWN THIS DIRECTION? AND YOU LEARN WHAT WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. 
          AGAIN, RIGHT? RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE SOME FOLKS THAT DO HORRENDOUS CRIMES AND THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 
          UM, BUT WHEN I SPEAK TO MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE PARENTS OF MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE HAVING TO SKIP, YOU KNOW, THEIR MEDICINE, HAVING TO SKIP THEIR UTILITY BILL 'CAUSE THEY NEED TO BAIL OUT THEIR KID, 'CAUSE THEIR KID'S THE MAIN BREADWINNER. 
          LIKE THESE ARE, THIS IS A HUGE CONCERN, UM, AND WE NEED TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. 
          UM, BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS AND THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          AND I KNOW THIS IS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF, OF YOU CHIEF. 
          UM, BUT, UM, I, I JUST, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT EVERY SINGLE MEMBER ON THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO REDUCE CRIME. 
          EVERY SINGLE MEMBER ON THIS COUNCIL, UM, YOU KNOW, HAS IT AS A PRI PERSONAL PRIORITY TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND THE, THE ONLY REASON WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IS BECAUSE SOME OF US ARE QUESTIONING WHETHER MORE HANDCUFFS IN JAILS IS GOING TO BEST ACHIEVE THAT OUTCOME. 
          AND WHAT ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND HOW CAN WE USE ALL THE TOOLS, UH, IN, IN AN, IN A MANNER THAT'S MOST EFFECTIVE. 
          AND SO I WANT TO ASK, UM, BECAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS U T S A STUDY, I WANT TO ASK, IS THIS STUDY, UH, A HOLISTIC STUDY ABOUT HOW TO, UM, IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY? OR IS IT A STUDY ON, UM, HOW TO USE POLICE RESOURCES MORE EFFECTIVELY? I WOULD SAY IT'S, IT'S A HOLISTIC STUDY ON, UH, HOW TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOW TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD MEAN USING POLICE RESOURCES EFFECTIVELY. 
          BUT IS IT, DOES IT GO BEYOND HOW TO USE POLICE RESOURCES EFFECTIVELY? DOES IT LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES AND DOES IT LOOK AT OTHER WAYS WHERE IN WHICH WE CAN REDUCE CRIME? IF, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, SYSTEMIC ISSUES BEING, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE NOT HAVING RESOURCES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE KIDS CAN GO AND PLAY OR, UH, UH, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, FOR EDUCATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT IT COVERS THAT IT, BUT IT DOES COVER, UH, APPROACHES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DEAL WITH, UM, UM, SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, UH, POSSIBLY THEIR, THEIR, UM, UM, THE WAY THOSE, UM, THE WAY THOSE LOCATIONS ARE, UM, I'M DRAWING A BLANK ON THE, THE 
          [03:20:01]
WORD I'M LOOKING FOR, UM, CRIME PREVENTION BY, BY, UH, REPLACING OR, OR REARRANGING THE, UH, LIGHTING OR THE, OR THE, THE BUSHES THAT ARE, UH, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO HIDE IN CERTAIN AREAS. 
          UH, IT, IT COVERS ALL OF THAT. 
          IT COVERS DEALING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT DEALS WITH C UH, WITH APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND THEIR OWNERS OR MANAGERS, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THEIR, THEIR TENANTS ARE ABIDING BY THE RULES AND THAT THEY'RE EVICTING PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE EVICTED. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T LIKE TO HEAR THAT, BUT, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE CONSTANTLY COMMITTING CRIME IN A, IN A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD OR CO OR I'M SORRY, IN A PARTICULAR APARTMENT COMPLEX, THEN THOSE, THOSE FOLKS ARE TYPICALLY EVICTED, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A SECTION EIGHT, UH, HOUSING COMPLEX. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO WOULD IT INCLUDE THINGS SUCH AS A, A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM? SAY AGAIN? WOULD IT INCLUDE, UM, CONCEPTS LIKE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS? WOULD IT INCLUDE CONCEPTS LIKE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS? UH, COUNCILMAN, I'M GONNA SAY NO. 
          THAT IT, IT WOULD NOT. 
          SO I THINK THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO BE COVERING AND THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS WE NEED TO BE HAVING HERE ON COUNCIL. 
          AND I KNOW THAT METRO HEALTH, UM, IS SUPPOSED TO BE PILOTING, UM, SOME RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS, AND I, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY UPDATES ON THAT RECENTLY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THAT STARTED. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YEAH, WE, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE DO THAT. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT THAT I WAS GONNA ADD COUNCIL COUNCILMAN THAT METRO HEALTH HAS THAT UNDERNEATH THEIR VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM, AND WE'LL GET TO, WE'LL GET THE COUNCIL AN UPDATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? UM, SO EDDIE'S CHIEF, I HAVE A FEW THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. 
          UM, THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY, UH, HELPFUL, I THINK CONVERSATION A LOT OF WAYS, UH, BUT IN SOME WAYS I DON'T THINK ABOUT THE POINT, UH, OF THE, OF THE ACTUAL ITEM. 
          SO FIRST OF ALL, UM, I'LL PUSH BACK ON THE IDEA THAT THIS ITEM IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS A CITY TO PREVENT CRIME. 
          THAT'S NOT THE CASE. 
          I DON'T THINK ANY OF US UP HERE AGREE, UH, WOULD AGREE WITH THE NOTION THAT SIMPLY BY ADDING POLICE OFFICERS, WE'RE GONNA REDUCE CRIME. 
          UM, AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE WORK THAT I THINK IS, HAS BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, SPECIFICALLY WITH COMMUNITY AND, AND TRYING TO REEVALUATE POLICING WRIT LARGE IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          BUT CERTAINLY HERE THAT EFFORT HAS, HAS BEEN LOCALIZED AND, AND WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK. 
          AND THE U T S A, UH, DATA ANALYSIS IS GONNA BE PART OF THAT. 
          UM, BUT THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE TO, TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS THE SIZE OF OUR FORCE IS IMPORTANT TOO, AS IT RELATES TO THIS CONVERSATION, BECAUSE THE TENSION THAT I, I'M FEELING, UH, ON OF DAAS WHERE IT EXISTS IS, IS REALLY ABOUT WHAT ARE WE COMMITTING OURSELVES TO FINANCIALLY? AND THE FACT THAT I KEEP SAYING THIS REALLY FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO RESONATE MUCH, BUT OUR FINANCIAL GOAL WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGETS WHEN WE BEGAN OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING EIGHT YEARS AGO, WAS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A STABLE, UH, BALANCED, UH, BUDGET AT THE TIME WE BEGAN PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THAT INCLUDES POLICE AND FIRE. 
          WERE RISING, WE'RE RISING TWO AND A HALF TIMES FASTER THAN THAN REVENUES. 
          SO IF WE CONTINUE TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T AGREE THAT A SAFE CITY IS, IS SIMPLY EQUATES TO A CITY WITH AS MANY POLICE AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY AFFORD, WE WERE RACING TOWARDS A PERIOD WHERE WE WERE GONNA CROWD OUT ALL ELEMENTS OF OUR CITY BUDGET. 
          I AGREE WITH THE, THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE UP HERE THAT, OR THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE UP HERE, THAT HOW ARE WE GONNA PREVENT CRIME IN THE CITY IS NOT A QUESTION THAT SOLELY BELONGS TO, OR, OR EVEN LARGELY BELONGS TO THE CHIEF. 
          IT BELONGS TO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, IT BELONGS TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, IT BELONGS TO OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT. 
          IT BELONGS TO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO UP HERE WITH REGARD TO POLICY. 
          WE CREATE SAFE QUALITY COMMUNITIES, NOT BY VIRTUE OF BIGGER POLICE DEPARTMENTS, BUT BY CREATING AND BUILDING COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO CROWD OUT OUR BUDGET. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES IN THERE TO SUPPORT WHAT BUILDS A CITY. 
          WHEN I LOOK AT THIS COPS GRANT, I ASKED ERIC TO ME THE $60,000 QUESTION, WHICH IS, IS THIS COPS GRANT, UH, BUILT INTO OUR TWO YEAR FY BUDGET AND IS IT BUILT INTO OUR FIVE YEAR FORECAST? HE SAID, 
          [03:25:02]
YES. 
          WHEN I LOOK AT OUR C B A THAT WE JUST RATIFIED, DOES THAT FIVE YEAR FORECAST KEEP OUR, OUR BUDGET STRUCTURALLY BALANCED SO THAT OUR POLICE OFF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET CAN GROW IN PROPORTION WITH THE CITY'S GROWTH, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE CONSTRAINTS AT THE STATE LEVEL? THE ANSWER WAS AND REMAINS, YES. 
          SO WE'RE IN, WE HAVE ACHIEVED OUR FINANCIAL GOAL WITH RESPECT TO POLICING AND BEING ABLE TO GROW THE DEPARTMENT SO THAT IT DOESN'T CROWD OUT OTHER ELEMENTS OF OUR, OF OUR CITY. 
          I HAVE NOT HEARD, AND MAYBE I'M NOT LISTENING TO EVERYBODY, BUT, OR, OR HEARING EVERYONE, BUT I'VE NOT HEARD ANYONE SAY WITHOUT DATA YET THAT OUR POLICE FORCE IS TOO LARGE. 
          I'VE NOT HEARD THAT ARGUMENT. 
          I'VE HEARD THE OTHER ARGUMENT WITHOUT DATA THAT IT'S TOO SMALL, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD THE AR THE OTHER ARGUMENT. 
          SO LOGIC TELLS US WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GROW TO THE DEPARTMENT. 
          BUT LET ME JUST WRAP UP HERE AND I'M, I KNOW I'M GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE. 
          UM, WE HAVE THE LOWEST PER CAPITA SPENDING OF ANY OF THE MAJOR CITIES IN TEXAS IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WHILE WE ARE FINANCIALLY CONSTRAINED IN MANY WAYS, UH, WE ARE NOT GROWING THIS IN IN A WAY THAT'S, THAT'S ABNORMAL OR UNUSUAL. 
          WHAT I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN DO IS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THE DATA, WE CAN LOOK AT THE STUDY, WE CAN CONTINUE TO, TO EVOLVE THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICING, BUT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE A RATIONAL APPROACH TO WAY WE NEED TO GROW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THE ANTIDOTE TO CRIME IS NOT SIMPLY ADDING MORE POLICE OFFICERS, IT'S MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A STRUCTURALLY BALANCED BUDGET SO WE CAN ENSURE THE RESOURCES WITHIN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND ALSO CONTINUE TO GROW THOSE AREAS. 
          AND I KNOW WE'RE COMPARING OURSELVES, UH, TO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD COMPARISON. 
          'CAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND MAYBE THIS IS ANOTHER CONVERSATION, ERIC, WHAT WERE WE DOING BUDGETARILY IN 22,000 OR 2010 WITH RESPECT TO HOUSING PARKS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? I AM MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE STATE OF THIS CITY AND WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW FOR THE FUTURE THAN I HAVE EVER BEEN AT ANY POINT IN TIME. 
          AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE UNITED AROUND THIS IDEA OF ENSURING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS AND BREAKING CYCLES, GENERATIONAL POVERTY. 
          TO ME, IF WE WANT LONG-TERM RELIEF FROM CRIME, WE ENSURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE. 
          EVERY FAMILY DOES. 
          AND THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A COUNCIL IN THE HISTORY OF SAN ANTONIO IN MY VIEW, THAT HAS DONE MORE FOR THAT ISSUE THAN THIS ONE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO IF WE CAN KEEP ON TRACK AND AGAIN, HAVE SOME RATIONAL, REASONABLE, DE REASONABLE DEBATES, WE CAN KEEP THE POLICING CONVERSATION WI WITHIN THE RIGHT CONTEXT. 
          SO, UH, ON THAT, UH, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE ITEM. 
          I HOPE WE GET THE FULL FUNDING FROM THE GRANT. 
          UH, BUT I'M, I'M CONFIDENT THAT IN ANY CASE, WE'RE BUDGETING IT RESPONSIBLY. 
          SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          LET'S VOTE. 
          AYE, MOTION CARRIES. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          AND THAT IS THE LAST ITEM ON OUR BUSINESS AGENDA. 
          [City Manager's Report
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ERIC, DO WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR. 
          UM, I, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MOMENT OF SILENCE THAT YOU HAD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, UH, MAYOR, I WANTED TO, AND I, I THINK MOST OF YOU SAW THE EMAIL LAST WEEK, BUT I DID WANT TO THANK, UM, THE 34 MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BOTH UNIFORM AND CIVILIAN, THAT, UM, HELPED, UH, IN UVALDE BOTH ON THE DAY OF THE, UM, TRAGEDY, BUT ALSO, UH, OVER THE FOLLOWING, UH, FEW DAYS. 
          UM, IN PARTICULAR THE SIX DISPATCHERS FROM, UH, OUR DISPATCH UNIT THAT WENT, UH, TO UVALDE TO HELP SPELL, UM, THEIR EMPLOYEES. 
          AND, UM, AND ALSO THE 54, UH, FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS THAT HAVE ALSO LENT THEIR SUPPORT, INCLUDING OUR, OUR, UM, UM, PEER SUPPORT TEAM, WHICH IS MADE UP OF THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, CLERGY, UM, AND ALSO EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED, UH, FIREFIGHTERS THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. 
          AND I WANTED TO, I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND THANK THEM FOR, FOR GOING OUT THERE AND HELPING, UM, PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SECONDLY, MAYOR, UM, IN THE, UH, IT'S NATIONAL SAFETY MONTH AND OUR RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT WHO DOES NOT, IS NOT ONE OF OUR HIGH PROFILE DEPARTMENTS, BUT DOES A GREAT JOB, UM, IN HONOR 
          [03:30:01]
OF, UH, NATIONAL SAFETY, UH, MONTH, UH, WE'LL BE LIGHTING CITY HALL GREEN TONIGHT. 
          UH, WE'VE ALSO COORDINATED WITH THE CITY TOWER AND I'M, I'M SORRY, FROST TOWER, THE, UM, CONVENTION CENTER IN THE TOWER OF AMERICA. 
          REALLY JUST TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON, UM, WORKPLACE SAFETY. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, THAT HAVE DONE VERY WELL IN TERMS OF WORKPLACE SAFETY. 
          THE CONVENTION, SPORTS AND FACILITIES WAS OUR OVERALL, UH, WINNER, UH, FOR THIS YEAR. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR CONTINUED WORK. 
          THAT'S AN INTERNAL FUNCTION THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UM, IN OUR WORKPLACE AND IT HELPS, UM, CONTROL OUR COSTS, UH, BOTH FROM A INSURANCE STANDPOINT, BUT ALSO A WORKERS' COMP STANDPOINT. 
          UH, THIRDLY, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS WITH THE, WITH THE COUNCIL RELATED TO FLOOD INSURANCE. 
          UM, WE ARE ENTERING THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM AS A CLASS SIX. 
          IT'S, UM, HIGHLY UNUSUAL TO RECEIVE SUCH A FAVORABLE SCOPE, UM, AS A CLASS SIX CITY. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR OUR RESIDENTS? UM, WITHIN A A, A FLOOD HAZARD ZONE, UM, IT MEANS THEY'LL GET A 20% DISCOUNT ON THEIR, UM, FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES. 
          AND SO, UH, THOSE OUTSIDE THE ZONES WILL RECEIVE A 10%, AND THAT'S EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2022. 
          UM, IT'S ONE OF THE, UH, TANGIBLE EFFECTS OF MAKING SURE THAT AS FEMA UPDATES, THAT A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD, THOSE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD MAPS AND OUR WORK WITH SARAH AND, UH, OUR INVESTMENT IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE THAT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE FROM THAT STANDPOINT. 
          AND THAT'S A, A DIRECT IMPACT TO OUR HOMEOWNERS, UM, POLICIES, UH, FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL PUBLIC WORKS FOR CONT AND SARAH TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, THAT GOOD WORK. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, OUR SPOTLIGHT VIDEO OR THE DAY, UH, IS REALLY REFLECTIVE OF PRIDE MONTH AND COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE BEGINNING. 
          WE RECENTLY STARTED, UH, AN AFFINITY, UM, GROUP FOR THE L G B T Q, UM, A UM, COMMUNITY WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          THEY HELD THEIR FIRST EVENT, UM, AND, UH, ANDY AND I AND DAVID MCCAREY AND A NUMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT STAFF WERE THERE. 
          SO, UM, LET'S ROLL THAT VIDEO, UM, IN, IN HONOR OF OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          THANKS. 
          MY NAME IS JAVIER AND I IDENTIFY AS HE, HIM. 
          MY NAME IS MARIANA SALCEDO AND MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE AND HER. 
          MY NAME IS ELIZABETH RE JUAREZ. 
          I IDENTIFY AS FEMALE. 
          SHE, HER PRIDE MONTH TO ME IS SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          I THINK IT'S, IT'S ABOUT AWARENESS, IT'S ABOUT VISIBILITY, IT'S ABOUT CELEBRATION. 
          UH, IT'S ALSO ABOUT HISTORY AND JUST REALLY A TIME TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE WHAT MAKES ALL OF US UNIQUE. 
          THIS IS A VERY BIG THING FOR ME IN THE SENSE THAT I THINK THROUGH THE YEARS IT'S BECOME MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE I REALIZE THAT I HAVE A VOICE. 
          I REALLY HOPE THAT MY ROLE AS A PUBLIC SERVANT AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE L G B T Q I A COMMUNITY CAN SHOW OTHER FOLKS IN MY COMMUNITY THAT SAN ANTONIO IS REALLY A PLACE THAT WE CAN GROW AND THAT WILL BE ACCEPTED. 
          AND I'VE SEEN HOW CITY LEADERS HAVE REALLY, UH, TAKEN A ROLE IN BEING ALLIES. 
          IN SETTING THAT EXAMPLE, IT COSTS $0. 
          IT DOES NOT COST ANY MONEY TO BE NICE TO SOMEONE, TREAT SOMEBODY WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. 
          I THINK THAT OF, OF ALL THE PLACES THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH AND WORKED IN PERSONALLY, THE CITY OF SAN IS BY FAR ONE OF THE MOST INCLUSIVE. 
          I DON'T FEEL, UH, IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY AND I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY SINCE 2006, I NEVER FELT FEAR THAT I WAS GOING TO BE FIRED 'CAUSE OF WHO I AM. 
          AND I, I REALLY DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S INGRAINED IN OUR CULTURE AND I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT I WORK FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS ME AND ACCEPTS ME AS I'M, THAT'S IT, MAYOR. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          UH, COUPLE POINTS, UH, BEFORE WE, WE BREAK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, BECAUSE YOU ALL PROBABLY HEARD THAT ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES GOT CERTIFIED AS A YOGA INSTRUCTOR. 
          YOU PROBABLY READ ALL ABOUT IT. 
          HOWEVER, UM, MY POINT, UH, AS AN EDUCATOR IS ACTUALLY TO RECOGNIZE THEM BECAUSE, UM, YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY NOT AWARE, BUT HE RECEIVED A MASTER'S DEGREE AS COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ RECEIVED A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM U T SS A FROM THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN EDUCATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY STUDIES. 
          SO, UM, AS A PROFESSOR ON THE COUNCIL, I DIDN'T WANNA GO THE MONTH WITHOUT RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING MY COLLEAGUES. 
          SO WE HAVE CAKE FOR YOU IN THE BACK. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          [03:35:02]
THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, AND CONGRATULATIONS, JAYLIN. 
          I DID HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON ITEM 11. 
          UH, I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE PREVIOUS ITEM NEEDED, I BELIEVE EIGHT VOTES IN ORDER TO BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. 
          AND IT RECEIVED FEWER THAN EIGHT VOTES, UM, WHICH MEANS THAT THE CITY'S NOT AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT THE GRANT, UH, UNTIL 10 DAYS FROM NOW, WHICH IS JUNE 12TH. 
          UH, THE DEADLINE FOR THE COPS GRANT IS JUNE 9TH AT 7:59 PM AND I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT, UM, THAT THAT'S THE CASE. 
          COUNCILMAN THE GRANTOR DOES NOT REQUIRE AN APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          THIS IS OUR INTERNAL POLICY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ARE COMMITTING DOLLARS, THAT THERE ARE SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL SO THAT WE DIDN'T INTERFERE WITH THE, WITH THE APPLICATION TO THE D O J. 
          I'M SORRY, CAN YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME ABOUT THE INTERNAL POLICY? SURE. 
          SO WE HAVE AN INTERNAL POLICY OR DIRECTIVE FROM THE CITY MANAGER THAT WHENEVER WE ARE GONNA APPLY FOR A GRANT THAT WILL COMMIT THE CITY TO HAVE A MATCH, UH, A CASH MATCH, THAT WE BRING THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL BEFORE WE SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. 
          IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH, THE D O J DOES NOT REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. 
          SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, WE CAN SUBMIT THAT APPLICATION TO D O J. 
          DID WE APPLY FOR ANY WAIVERS FOR THE GRANT MATCH? I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. 
          UM, THE, THE GRANT ALLOWS FOR THE CITY OR THE MUNICIPALITY TO APPLY FOR WAIVERS, UM, FOR THE MATCH OF THE CITY. 
          DID WE APPLY FOR ANY OF THOSE WAIVERS? NO, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WAIVERS FOR THIS GRANT. 
          I'M NOT, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANY WAIVERS FOR THIS GRANT. 
          THE GRANT REQUIRES A 25% GRANT MATCH AND SO, UM, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GRANT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          ALRIGHT, IS THERE AN EXEC SESSION? ANDY? WE'RE GOOD. 
          MAYOR. 
          WE COVERED ALL, WE HAD TO COVER FOR EXEC YESTERDAY, SO NO, NO EXACT SESSIONS. 
          AND WE HAVE A 2:00 PM ZONING AGENDA. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          HAVE A GREAT LUNCH. 
          SEE YOU BACK AT TWO. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED TIMES 12:53 PM ADJOURNED. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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