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I LIKE AUSTIN, BUT I LOVE SANTO OF LOVE DANCING IN, AND I CAN GROOVE THEN HEAD BACK DOWN THE ROAD.
SO I LIKE, BUT I LOVE SANTON AND IF WE'RE PLACE TO GO.
IN SAN ANTONIO, PONTO ESPANOL.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND TO OUR A SESSION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
WE'VE HAD, UH, COUPLE OF OUR MEMBERS HERE JUST ARRIVE FROM OUT OF TOWN.
IT'S 9:28 AM ON THIS NINTH DAY OF JUNE, 2022.
WE'LL CALL OUR A SESSION TO ORDER.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO IS HERE VIRTUALLY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO HALBERDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
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AND ONCE AGAIN, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.UM, TO START OFF TODAY, I'D LIKE TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER MANNY PIZ TO WELCOME OUR IN VINDICATOR.
UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO A FRIEND OF DISTRICT EIGHT, UM, REVEREND JOHN LEE.
JOHN, UH, YOUR PARENTS IMMIGRATED FROM CHINA AND, UM, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE A NATIVE OF SAN ANTONIO AND HE GRADUATED FROM SOUTH HOUSTON, SOUTH HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL AND RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE MAYOR FROM, UH, FROM TRINITY.
UH, AND HE COULDN'T GET INTO U T S A, APPARENTLY HE HAD TO GO TO TRINITY.
UM, I, I TEASE 'CAUSE WE HAVE OUR U T S A FRIENDS HERE.
UM, HE'S MARRIED, UH, HE WAS MARRIED TO, UM, LILY YANG FOR 35 YEARS UNTIL METASTATIC CANCER CAUSED HER TO GO HOME TO THE LORD.
IN AUGUST OF 21, THEIR TWO SONS GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND NOW RESIDE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND WHILE WORKING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, GOD CALLED JOHN TO FULL-TIME MINISTRY AND HE'S BEEN DOING THAT FOR 32 YEARS.
IN 2011, HE LEFT MIAMI, FLORIDA TO BECOME A SENIOR PASTOR AT DISTRICT EIGHT'S, FIRST CHINESE BAPTIST CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH APPROACHES IT'S 123.
AND THEN ON TOP OF ALL THESE GOOD THINGS, CONGRATULATIONS, I HEAR YOU'RE GONNA BECOME A GRANDFATHER IN OCTOBER.
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ASK AND SEEK YOUR BLESSINGS UPON OUR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
MAY YOUR LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE DRAW US TOWARD YOU THROUGH FAITH IN YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST.
MAY WE RENEW OUR LOVE FOR YOU AND REFLECT THE DEPTHS OF THAT LOVE AS WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO COMFORT OUR FRIENDS AND YOU VALDI AND THOSE WHO ARE HURT IN VARIOUS WAYS.
REMEMBER OUR VETERANS AND THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND ARE SERVING IN OUR MILITARY, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE GAVE THEIR LIVES, PROTECTING THE FREEDOMS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON THE CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTRY.
AND REMEMBER THEIR SPOUSES AND THE SACRIFICES OF THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.
BLESS OUR MAYOR, OUR 10 COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
MAY THEY USE THEIR TIME, TALENTS, AND TREASURES TO HONOR YOU AND HUMBLY SERVE OUR CITIZENS.
MAY THESE PUBLIC SERVANTS SEEK YOUR WISDOM.
A HEALTHY FEAR OF THE LORD IS A BEGINNING OF SUCH WISDOM AND HONOR THOSE WHO HONOR YOU.
PLEASE GIVE THESE ELECTED SERVANTS UNDERSTANDING HEARTS SO THEY MAY GOVERN YOUR PEOPLE WELL AND KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG.
FOR WHO ARE ABLE TO GOVERN THIS GREAT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
MAY THEIR WORKS NOT BURDEN, BUT BLESS ALL WHO LIVE IN THE ALAMO CITY.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, I PRAY ALL THESE THINGS.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH PASTOR LEE.ALL RIGHT, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TODAY.
UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 18TH AND 19TH 2022.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE AND WE'LL TAKE A VOICE VOTE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.
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OKAY, BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL GUESTS HERE IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY AND ONE SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE.I WANT TO WELCOME BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER'S CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, US ARMY COLONEL SEAN HIPP, AND THE SOLDIERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE US ARMY'S 247TH BIRTHDAY.
I ALSO WANNA ALL ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OUR ARMY VETERANS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE CITY EMPLOYEES, LET'S ALL RECOGNIZE THEIR PAST SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY AND THEIR PRESENT SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
WHILE THE ARMY HAS MORE THAN 150 INSTALLATIONS WORLDWIDE, WE ARE MOST PROUD OF THE ARMY'S PRESENCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES FROM THE ALAMO, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DONATED 92 ACRES OF LAND IN 1875 TO THE ARMY CREATING TODAY WHAT IS FORT SAM HOUSTON? SINCE THEN, SOLDIERS STATIONED IN OUR CITY HAVE BEEN AT THE TOP, AT THE TIP OF THE SPEAR IN THE FOCAL POINT FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS IN TEXAS, MOST OF THE SOUTHWEST.
AND IN THE LAST CENTURY AROUND THE WORLD GENERALS MACARTHUR, EISENHOWER PERSHING AND GRANT SERVED HERE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE LIEUTENANT EISENHOWER PROPOSED TO HIS WIFE MAMMIE AT A BUILDING THAT IS STILL STANDING AT FORT SAM INSIDE THE MENGER HOTEL.
A FEW BLOCKS FROM HERE, TEDDY ROOSEVELT ORGANIZED THE ROUGH RIDERS, THE VOLUNTEER CAVALRY IN THE US ARMY, WHICH DISTINGUISHED ITSELF DURING THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.
THE ARMY'S AIR CORPS WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED HERE AT FORT SAM HOUSTON IN 1910 AND 11, BRINGING ABOUT THE BIRTH OF MILITARY AVIATION.
THOUSANDS OF YOUNG AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE TRAINED AND MOBILIZED HERE BEFORE DEPLOYING TO COMBAT AND WORLD WAR II, UH, WORLD WAR I, KOREA, AND VIETNAM.
TODAY THE ARMY PRESENCE PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN THE OUR NATION'S DEFENSE BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER.
B A SS C IS THE MILITARY'S ONLY STATESIDE LEVEL ONE TRAUMA AND BURN CENTER SPECIALIZING IN THE CARE OF WOUNDED WARRIORS, VETERANS AND NON-MILITARY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, KNOWN AS THE ARMY BRAIN TRUST FOR THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
THE ARMY TRAINS MORE THAN 25,000 STUDENTS ATTENDING 170 OFFICER AND ENLISTED COURSES IN 14 MEDICAL SPECIALTIES.
THESE PROFESSIONALS DEPLOY AROUND THE GLOBE CARING FOR OUR WOUNDED ILL AND INJURED.
MILITARY MEDICAL TEAMS TRAINED AT B A M C AND THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT HAVE DEPLOYED TO IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND OTHER WORLD HOTSPOTS, TREATING AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN PARTICIPATING IN COMBAT OPERATIONS.
THESE TEAMS HAVE ENSURED THAT OUR SERVICE MEMBERS RECEIVE WORLD-CLASS MEDICAL CARE IN AUSTERE AND DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENTS.
STATIONED IN FORT SAM, US ARMY NORTH CONCENTRATES ON THE DEFENSE OF NORTH AMERICA THROUGH SECURITY OPERATION WITH MEXICO AND CANADA.
HERE IN THE US THEIR MISSION INCLUDES HOMELAND DEFENSE AND DISASTER RESPONSE.
DURING THE HEIGHT OF C OVID 19, ARMY NORTH DEPLOYED MORE THAN 9,000 SERVICE MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON CIVILIAN HOSPITALS.
US ARMY SOUTH, ALSO STATIONED AT FORT SAM, RETAINS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ARMY ENGAGEMENTS, PLANNING AND OPERATIONS IN 31 COUNTRIES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA TO INCLUDE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND PARTNER BUILDING MISSIONS THROUGHOUT ITS EXISTENCE, A CLOSE AND HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP HAS PREVAILED BETWEEN THE ARMY AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THIS CAN BEST BE EXEMPLIFIED BY THE PAST AND ONGOING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT AND PROTECT.
CAMP BULLIS, THE LARGEST TRAINING BASE LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF A LARGE CITY.
SO TODAY WE CONSIDER IT A PRIVILEGE TO HOST THE ARMY IN OUR CITY.
OUR CITY EMBRACES ITS SOLDIERS AS FAMILY, AND I KNOW THAT PARTNERSHIP WILL CONTINUE TO GROW FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
SO ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY COUNCIL AND MILITARY CITY, U S A HAPPY 247TH BIRTHDAY ARMY HOOAH.
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AND SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, COLONEL HIPP UP TO THE PODIUM NOW, UH, TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.IT'S HARD TO, UM, SAY ANYTHING AFTER THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT.
MAYOR NUREMBERG AND CITY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE ACTING COMMANDER OF BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, COLONEL KIMBERLY BEAVER AND THE ARMY NORTH COMMANDER LIEUTENANT, UH, GENERAL JOHN EVANS.
THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING THE ARM, THE US ARMY'S 247TH BIRTHDAY.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS ALWAYS BEEN WELCOMING TO THE ARMY AND THAT HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY EXPANDING THE FORT SAM HOUSTON FOOTPRINT OVER THE PAST 147 YEARS.
AND OUR ARMY VETERANS THAT CONTINUE TO FLOCK TO THIS REGION TO LIVE AS MAYOR NUREMBERG COMMON AND OUR HISTORY IS INTERTWINED GOING BACK TO 1875 AND THIS RELATIONSHIP HAS ONLY BECOME STRONGER WITH THE DECISION TO LOCATE US ARMY NORTH AND US ARMY SOUTH TO FORT SAM HOUSTON.
THE EXPANSION OF OUR MEDIC TRAINING PROGRAM AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AT BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER AND THE INTEGRATED LEVEL ONE TRAUMA AND BURN MISSION WITH SOUTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, RAC ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF THE INVESTMENT THE ARMY HAS MADE IN SAN ANTONIO.
IT IS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO WORK, INTEGRATE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND RAISE OUR FAMILIES IN SAN ANTONIO.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, D O D EMPLOYEES AND CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO WORKING SIDE BY SIDE TO UNWAVERINGLY SUPPORT THE ARMY MISSION.
I KNOW WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR RELATIONSHIP AND COULD NOT BE IN A BETTER PLACE TO CELEBRATE THE ARMY'S 247TH BIRTHDAY.
THEY NOW PREPARE TO CUT THE CAKE.
ESCORTED IN BY CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, EMPLOYEE ARMY VETERAN DEBBIE CLARK, FORMER ARMY OFFICER ARMY VETERANS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD AND FORM UP BEHIND THE MAYOR? WE HAVE SEVERAL CITY EMPLOYEES, ARMY VETERANS, AND IF YOU'RE JUST AN ARMY VETERAN IN GENERAL, PLEASE COME UP AND PARTICIPATE AS FOLKS MAKE THEIR WAY TO, UH, TO THE FRONT.
TRADITIONALLY, REGARDLESS OF LOCATION, SOLDIERS WILL PAUSE TO OBSERVE THE ARMY BIRTHDAY BY SHARING A CAKE.
A SWORD OR SABER IS USED TO CUT THE CAKE.
AS A REMINDER THAT THE US ARMY IS A BAND OF WARRIORS COMMITTED TO CARRYING THE SWORD SO THAT OUR NATION MAY LIVE IN PEACE WHEN PREPARED, MAYOR NUREMBERG AND COLONEL HIPP WILL CUT THE CAKE CARRYING ON WITH TRADITION, MS. CLARK FROM THE MILITARY AND VETERAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT WILL CUT THE FIRST PIECE OF CAKE.
IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE OLDEST SOLDIER IN THE COMMAND, SIGNIFYING THE HONOR AND RESPECT ACCORDING, ACCORDING TO EXPERIENCE AND SENIORITY.
REPRESENTING THE OLDEST SOLDIER TODAY IS MR. JOE BRAY, ARMY VETERAN, ALSO VIETNAM VETERAN, AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE CIVILIAN AID TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, TEXAS SOUTH OR CASA.
AS IS ALSO, UM, REFERRED TO SYMBOLICALLY, THE ELDEST SOLDIER PRESENTS AND OR PASSES A PIECE OF CAKE TO THE YOUNGEST SOLDIER PRESENT.
JUST AS FOR YEARS, OUR EXPERIENCED SOLDIERS HAVE NURTURED AND LED SOLDIERS THAT WILL FILL THE RANKS AND RENEW THE BRANCH.
THE YOUNGEST SOLDIER PRESIDENT TODAY IS SPECIALIST ANDREA KENT.
TODAY'S ARMY SOLDIERS HAVE PERFORMED ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THE FACE OF A PANDEMIC, NATURAL DISASTERS AND SUPPORTING CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS AROUND THE WORLD.
THE US ARMY AND ITS SOLDIERS, CIVILIANS AND FAMILIES ARE READY TO FIGHT AND WIN TODAY AND FIGHT AND WIN TOMORROW AS THEY DEFEND AMERICA.
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BIRTHDAY UNITED STATES ARMY.BEFORE, UH, BEFORE YOU ALL DEPART, UH, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WANNA MAKE REMARKS.
SO, UH, LEMME TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.
Y'ALL AREN'T DONE YET, BUT YEAH, A GREAT CEREMONY HERE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE MILITARY UNIFORMS IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE A FABRIC OF THIS, THIS CITY.
UM, AND I ALWAYS REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE HAD A CONSTANT MILITARY PRESENCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR OVER 300 YEARS.
AND, UH, Y'ALL ARE AN EXTENSION OF THAT FROM THE VERY FIRST SETTLERS THAT ARRIVED HERE AND, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
WELL, I DON'T SEE THAT PLACARD, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS OVER HERE WITH OUR TRADE.
IS IT STILL OVER THERE? IT'S GOT OUR TRADEMARK SYMBOL ON THERE AND THAT REPRESENTS SAN ANTONIO BEING MILITARY CITY U S A.
AND I THINK, UH, WELL, I KNOW THAT WE LIVE UP TO THAT MOTTO AND WE ARE A PART OF Y'ALL AS MUCH AS Y'ALL ARE A PART OF US, AND WE'RE JUST VERY HAPPY ON THIS, UH, BIRTHDAY FOR THE ARMY.
OKAY, I'M AIR FORCE, BUT ANYWAY, UH, UH, THE BABY, UH, UH, SERVICE.
BUT ANYWAY, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND HELPING US CELEBRATE, UH, THE ARMY'S BIRTHDAY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR FOR BEING HERE.
ENJOY THE CAKE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK.
ALRIGHT, UH, LET ME TURN IT OVER NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
AND I THINK THIS, UM, IS ALSO IN LINE AND I KNOW IF THERE'S STILL SOME OF THE WOMEN VETERANS.
UM, STATE REPRESENTATIVE VICTORIA NEV CARDO FROM DALLAS COUNTY, INTRODUCE STATE BILL CALLING FOR THE DESIGNATION OF JUNE THE 12TH AS WOMEN VETERANS DAY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IN JUNE OF 2017, THE BILL WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE GOVERNOR ESTABLISHING THE 12TH OF JUNE AS THE WOMEN VETERANS DAY IN THE STATE.
THE DAY IS SET ASIDE TO HONOR THE HISTORY OF WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE, BUT ALSO TO HIGHLIGHT THE BARRIERS THEY HAVE OVERCOME IN EFFORTS TO BECOME A FORCE OF PEERS WITHIN THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS WHILE WOMEN HAVE BEEN SERVING SINCE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
IT WAS NOT UNTIL JUNE 12TH, 1948 THAT PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN SIGNED INTO LAW THE WOMEN'S ARMED SERVICES INTEGRATION ACT, AND TRULY RECOGNIZED THE ROLE WOMEN PLAYED IN OUR ARMED FORCES.
IN 19 76, 28 YEARS AFTER THE LAW WAS SIGNED, WOMEN WERE FINALLY AUTHORIZED TO ATTEND THE SERVICE ACADEMIES OF WEST POINT AND THE NAVAL AIR FORCE, COAST GUARD AND MERCHANT MARINA ACADEMIES.
IT TOOK 70 ADDITIONAL YEARS AFTER THE INTEGRATION ACT BEFORE WOMEN WERE FINALLY AUTHORIZED TO ATTEND ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING MILITARY SCHOOLS IN THE WORLD, THE US ARMY'S RANGER SCHOOL.
AS OF MARCH, SORRY, AS OF MARCH OF THIS YEAR, 100 WOMEN HAVE GRADUATED FROM THIS SCHOOL SINCE 2015.
ONE OF THE FIRST 10 WOMEN TO GRADUATE RANGER SCHOOL, CAPTAIN SHAY KOSS, ALSO BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE INFANTRY OFFICER IN THE 75TH RANGER REGIMEN, THE ARMY'S PREMIER DIRECT ACTION FORCE AND THE FIRST FEMALE TO LEAD THE RANGERS IN COMBAT IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2019.
WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WOMEN HAVE EARNED THEIR PLACE IN MARINE COMBAT UNITS TOO, WITH MORE THAN 200 SERVING IN INFANTRY, AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE AND ARTILLERY UNITS DEPLOYING AS A TIP OF THE SPEAR TO HOTSPOTS AROUND THE WORLD REGARDING THE TRUE SACRIFICE OF WOMEN WEARING THE CLOTH OF OUR COUNTRY.
543 WOMEN DIED IN WORLD WAR II.
THE NAMES OF EIGHT WOMEN ARE ON THE VIETNAM WALL IN WASHINGTON, DC AND NEARLY 200 HAVE DIED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.
SO TODAY WE HONOR ALL WOMEN VETERANS, BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WORK FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ACROSS ALMOST EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE THOUSANDS OF WOMEN VETERANS IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.
TO THAT END, AND ON BEHALF OF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE WILL PRESENT A PROCLAMATION THIS COMING SATURDAY, JUNE THE 11TH AT THE WOMEN VETERANS DAY.
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WHICH WILL BE HOSTED BY THE NONPROFIT VETERANS ORGANIZATION, WOMEN VETERANS OF SAN ANTONIO.THE EVENT STARTS AT NOON AT THE SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE'S VICTORY CENTER.
YOU SEE A FLYER ON THE, UH, SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
BUT I ALSO WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ORGANIZE AND RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF DISTRICT FOUR APPOINTEE TO THE CITY'S VETERANS COMMISSION.
JUANITA PUDA, WHO IS AN EXEMPLARY LEADER DEDICATED TO HELPING AND CONNECTING OTHER VETERANS TO PROGRAMS, RESOURCES, AND SERVICES.
AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, SHE ALSO SERVES ON THE CITY'S SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMISSION.
MS. OUDA WAS JUST RECENTLY SELECTED ONE OF 50 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GEORGE W. BUSH INSTITUTE STAND TO VETERAN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
A FIRST OF ITS KIND INITIATIVE AIMED AT INDIVIDUAL SERER TRAINING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED AS VETERANS AND ARE MOTIVATED TO BROADEN THEIR SKILLSETS, KNOWLEDGE AND INFLUENCE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THROUGHOUT THE FIVE MONTH PROGRAM, PARTICIPANTS WILL MEET WITH A VARIETY OF NATIONALLY KNOWN AND DISTINGUISHED PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATORS, AND EXPERTS IN VETERAN TRANSITION AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
ALTHOUGH SHE'S NOT ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY, I WANNA RECOGNIZE HER FOR HER NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS AND VOLUNTEER WORK WITH THE PINK BERETS.
A FEW MONTHS AGO, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE PINK BERETS VOLUNTEERS, WE AND, AND SOME VOLUNTEERS, WE HELPED CLEAR OUT SOME BRUSH AND DEBRIS OF AN ELDERLY RESIDENCE HOME IN DISTRICT FOUR, WHO ALSO HAPPENED TO BE A VETERAN.
THE DISTRICT FOUR COMMUNITY IS MADE UP IN PART OF NUMEROUS VETERANS WHO CHOSE TO MAKE SOUTHWEST SAN ANTONIO THEIR HOME AND WE'RE IMMENSELY PROUD OF THEIR SERVICE AND CONTINUOUS POSITIVE IMPACT.
FROM CIVIC ENGAGEMENT TO VOLUNTEER SERVICE, OUR VETERANS ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING OUR COMMUNITY WELCOMING AND A PLACE THAT RESIDENTS CAN PROUDLY CALL HOME.
TODAY WE HONOR WOMEN VETERANS AND RECOGNIZE THEIR HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTIONS DESPITE THE OBSTACLES THEY HAVE HAD TO OVERCOME AND FUTURE CHALLENGES.
INDEED, WE AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, MILITARY CITY U S A, THANK YOU AND TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEFENSE OF OUR NATION AND THE LASTING POSITIVE IMPACT YOU HAVE ON OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT GENERAL ALA'S DAUGHTER IS A MEDICAL SERVICE, UH, CORPS OFFICER, AND HIS NIECE IS AN ARABIC LANGUAGE LINGUIST, BOTH IN THE NAVY.
SO THANK YOU, CONGRATULATIONS, UM, GENERAL ALA YOU MUST BE VERY PROUD OF THEIR SERVICE, BUT THANK YOU TO ALL THE WOMEN VETERANS HERE.
CAN WE GET YOU ALL TO STAND UP AND LET'S RECOGNIZE YOU ALL PLEASE? THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, AND IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION ON TEXAS WOMEN VETERANS DAY, WHEREAS THE WOMEN VETERANS OF SAN ANTONIO WILL HOST A TEXAS WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY EVENT AT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE VICTORY CENTER ON JUNE 11TH, 2022 TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE WOMEN'S ARMED FORCES INTEGRATION ACT.
AND WHEREAS WOMEN HAVE SERVED IN AMERICA'S WARS AND CONFLICTS THROUGHOUT AMERICA'S HISTORY AND PERFORMED MANY JOBS PLAYING VITAL ROLES IN THE REVOLUTION, SERVING AS SOLDIERS, RAISING MORALE AND SPYING ON THE ENEMY.
AND WHEREAS ON JUNE 12TH, 1948, PRESIDENT HARRY SS TRUMAN SIGNED INTO LAW THE WOMEN'S ARMED SERVICES INTEGRATION ACT, ALLOWING WOMEN TO SERVE AS REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY.
AND WHEREAS IN ON MAY 5TH, 2017, REPRESENTATIVE VICTORIA NEVE FILED HOUSE BILL 26 98 ESTABLISHING WOMEN VETERANS DAY IN HOUSE BILL 26 98 WAS LATER INCORPORATED INTO TEXAS SENATE BILL 8 0 5, AND ON JUNE 9TH, 2017, IT WAS SIGNED AT THE LAW BY GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT DESIGNATED DESIGNATING JUNE 12TH AS WOMEN VETERANS DAY.
AND WHEREAS THE GOAL OF THE OBSERVANCE IS TO HONOR THE WORK OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES AND RECOGNIZE THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE FACED NOW, THEREFORE, IRAN NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 12TH, EXCUSE ME, JUNE 11TH, 2022 TO BE TEXAS WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND LET ME, UH, GIVE THE FLOOR NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.
AND, UH, I HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING A BREAKFAST THIS MORNING OUT AT MAGNOLIA HOUSE OUT THERE IN HENA ROAD TO, UH, RECOGNIZE WOMEN VETERANS.
AND, UH, LEMME TELL YOU, THAT ROOM WAS FULL OF PEOPLE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WAS GREAT ABOUT IT.
YOU HAD EVERYBODY FROM ADMIRALS AND GENERALS DOWN TO AIRMEN, UH, ANYBODY ON, UH, WOMEN THAT HAD SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES AND ARE CURRENTLY SERVING.
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY, OKAY, UH, I GOT INTO THE AIR FORCE BACK IN 1979, WAY BACK, WAY BACK WHEN, AND, UH, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF WOMEN IN THE SERVICE, UH, AT THAT TIME.
AND I WAS STATIONED RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD HERE AT LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, AND AS A CIVIL ENGINEER, WE DID HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS AND, AND REPAIRING FACILITIES AND ROADS AND THINGS LIKE
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THAT.AND, AND I CAME, I WAS A PLUMBER SON, SO I OPERATED EQUIPMENT AND I ALWAYS LOVED TO GET OUT THERE AND OPERATE THIS HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
AND, UM, SO I WENT OUT THERE ONE DAY AND, AND THIS LITTLE TINY GIRL WAS OPERATING THIS BIG OLD, UH, FRONT END LOADER.
I MEAN, IT WAS A HUGE FRONT END LOADER.
AND, UM, AND I SAT THERE AND WATCHED HER OPERATE THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK SHE OPERATED THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT BETTER THAN I COULD HAVE.
AND, UH, THAT STRUCK ME AT THAT MOMENT SAYING, HEY, IT IS TIME.
I'M SEEING IT WITH MY OWN EYES THAT THEY CAN DO THE JOB JUST AS WELL AS, UH, UH, MEN IN, IN THE, IN THE AIR FORCE.
AND THAT HAS GROWN TO WHERE IT IS TODAY, AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT.
AND IT TRULY IS AN INTEGRATED, UH, ARMED SERVICES, UH, THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE DEFENDING OUR NATION.
AND I'M, I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT AND, AND TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THAT.
SO, UH, THANKS FOR THAT PROCLAMATION AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING NOW TO RECOGNIZE THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, THANK YOU.
AND I WANNA THANK THE INVITE FOR THE BREAKFAST ALSO, WHILE I COULDN'T MAKE IT 'CAUSE I WAS ON A PLANE, I DID SEND MY STAFF BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOW UP FOR OUR VETERANS.
I WANNA REMEMBER THE VETERANS THANK YOU LADIES WHO ARE, WHO SERVED IN, UM, IN THE MILITARY AND THEN COME TO SERVE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE COUNTLESS OTHER WOMEN VETERANS THAT DO SO, UH, LIKE GENERAL, UM, SALINAS, WHO HELPS WITH THE GIRL SCOUTS TOO.
IT'S JUST SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHO WE ARE, OF MAKING SURE THAT WOMEN'S VOICES ARE HEARD, THAT WE'RE AT THE TABLE, THAT WE'RE LEADING AND WE'RE FINDING SOLUTIONS.
AND I WANNA THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FOR, FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRA AND COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO.
RJA GARCIA FOR HONORING THE WOMEN IN THE MILITARY.
UH, MY DEAREST FRIEND NORMA TORRES IS CURRENTLY DEPLOYED RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND I KNOW HOW TOUGH THAT CAN BE FOR WHETHER, UM, LEAVING THE FAMILY AND HOW ALL THAT WORKS.
UM, I'M ALSO THE DAUGHTER OF A UNITED STATES NAVY VETERAN, SO I UNDERSTAND, UH, THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU ALL PUT FORWARD.
I'M PROUD TO HAVE RACHEL TUCKER ON OUR TEAM WHO IS A UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN, UM, WHO NOT ONLY HAS SERVED OUR COUNTRY, BUT WORKS SO HARD TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT FIVE AND ALWAYS EXTREMELY BLESSED TO HAVE RACHEL ON OUR TEAM.
UM, SO I WANNA THANK, UH, THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND ALL Y'ALL CONTINUE TO DO IN SERVING US.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION HERE AND APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA FOR BRINGING FORWARD.
UH, TURNING THE FLOOR NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY OUT TO OUR EAST SIDE WHERE ORANGE EVENT ENTITLED SURVIVING ADOLESCENCE IN THE GUN VIOLENCE WORLD.
IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH BIG MAMA SAFE HOUSE MOMS DEMAND ACTION STAND UP AS SAY IN EVERY TOWN FOR GUN SAFETY.
THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 11TH, FROM 12 TO 3:00 PM AT THE BARBARA JORDAN COMMUNITY CENTER AT 28 0 3 EAST COMMERCE.
PLEASE JOIN US AS WE WEAR ORANGE TO HONOR THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE AND WORK ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD A SAFE COMMUNITY FOR ALL SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER PIA FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, COLLEAGUES TODAY, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU, YOU'RE JOINING ME TO CELEBRATE, UH, THE LIFE AND CONTRIBUTION OF DR.
BERNARD AAM, UH, ONE OF OUR VERY OWN SAN ANTONIO ACADEMIC LUMINARIES AND, UH, UNIVERSITY LEADERS, UH, BERNARD, I THINK CAN BE CELEBRATED AS THE GUY WHO MADE IT HAPPEN, UM, AS IT RELATES TO OUR ACHIEVING TIER ONE STATUS HERE IN, UM, HERE AT U T S A, YOU KNOW, TIER ONE STATUS, UM, THE CARNEGIE R ONE RESEARCH DESIGNATION IS THE GOLD MEDAL, UM, OF, UM, OF ACADEMICS.
AND IT'S SYNONYMOUS WITH EXCELLENCE, RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND IMPACT.
UH, UNIVERSITIES KILL TO GET THESE DESIGNATIONS.
AND, UH, BECAUSE OF YOUR EFFORTS, DR.
UH, AND WE JOINED THIS VERY EXCLUSIVE GROUP OF CARNEGIE R ONE UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, ELEVATING SAN ANTONIO'S REPUTATION AND MAKING US, UM, AN INNOVATION DESTINATION FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AND, AND COMPANIES.
UH, ABA BECAME A, A PHD, UH, IN MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY AT THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO.
AND THEN HE WENT ON TO ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE FOR HIS POSTDOCTORAL
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F UH, HIS FELLOWSHIP.BUT HE GOT HIS M B A AT, UH, AT U T S A AND, UM, SINCE 2016, HE SERVED AS U UTSA'S VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH AND, UM, EXPANDED INTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK, UH, FOR THE UNIVERSITY IN, UH, IN 2018.
JUST A LITTLE TASTE, A SMALL TASTE 'CAUSE THEY GAVE ME YOUR BIO.
AND IT'S, UH, LONGER THAN LONESOME DOVE.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, DURING YOUR TIME AT, UH, AT U T S A, YOU LED THE EFFORT TO BRING HOME $111 MILLION FOR THE CYBERSECURITY MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTE GRANT.
UM, YOU LED THE FORMATION OF THE SAN ANTONIO PARTNERSHIP FOR THE PROTECTION, I'M SORRY, FOR PRECISION THERAPEUTICS, UM, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP FIRST OF ITS KIND WITH, UH, UT HEALTH WITH SWRI AND TEXAS BIOMED.
YOU LED THE WAY TO ESTABLISH UTSA'S NATIONAL SECURITY COLLABORATION CENTER.
UM, YOU LED THE EFFORT TO ACCELERATE FACULTY CLUSTER HIRING IN RESEARCH AREAS SUCH AS BRAIN HEALTH, DATA SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CLOUD, AND QUANTUM COMPUTING, WHICH LED TO THE FOUNDING OF, UH, NEW RESEARCH CENTERS AND INSTITUTES.
AND, UH, WHEN YOU WEREN'T DOING THAT, YOU WERE STILL AN IMMUNOLOGIST.
AND, UM, YOU CO-CHAIRED UTSA'S HEALTH TASK FORCE DURING COVID, AND YOU SERVED AS A DIRECTOR OF SOUTH TEXAS CENTER FOR EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
AND YOU'RE CURRENTLY ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM OF THE VACCINE DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND SOMEHOW YOU STILL MANAGE TO FIND THE TIME TO ATTEND FOOTBALL GAMES, UH, AND, UH, AND HANG OUT WITH STUDENTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BE A PRESENCE AMONG OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO THE REASON WE BROUGHT, UH, BERNARD OUT HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE HE'S LEAVING US.
ALBA, YOU'RE GOING TO BE VICE PROVOST OF RESEARCH AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY, AND I'M HEARTBROKEN THAT SAN ANTONIO WON'T BE SEEING YOUR SMILING FACE, UH, AS OFTEN AS WE DO.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M VERY EXCITED FOR OUR FRIENDS AT TUFTS, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE MOVING ON TO DO GREAT THINGS.
AND, UM, YOUR THUMBPRINT ON SAN ANTONIO IS INDELIBLE CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO CITY HALL AND, UH, MY BEST TO YOU.
COUNCILMAN PE UH, THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S, UH, IT'S A POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE WHEN WE ACTUALLY, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THE US ARMY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT U T S A DOES REALLY WELL IS THAT WE SERVE A LOT OF VETERANS ON CAMPUS.
UH, SO CLEARLY IN 53 YEARS OF OUR EXISTENCE, UH, WE COULDN'T HAVE ACHIEVED, UH, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE WITHOUT THE TRUE PARTNERSHIP OF THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, UH, FOR THROUGH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING, INCLUDING THE BRAND NEW BUILDING OF SCHOOL OF DATA SCIENCE AND A NATIONAL SECURITY COLLABORATION CENTER THAT'S JUST GONNA BE, UH, RIGHT CLOSE TO US.
SO, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF ALL THINGS STUDENT SUCCESS.
THAT'S WHAT AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IS FOR OUR GREAT CITY.
WE ARE THE LIVING LABORATORY, WE ARE THE RESEARCH INSTITUTION, UH, FOR ALL OF SAN ANTONIO.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THROUGH THE YEARS FOR MYSELF, U T S A AND MY FAMILY.
COUNCIL MEMBER PIA DOC, UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION FOR YOU.
UH, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HEREBY EXTENDS ITS OFFICIAL.
BURNER LANAM IN HONOR OF YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO.
AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND KNOWLEDGE ENTERPRISE, YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING THE ENORMOUS GROWTH IN UTSA'S RESEARCH EXPENDITURES AS A DISTINGUISHED IMMUNOLOGIST, YOU HELPED U T S A LEAD ON THE FRONT LINES OF RESEARCH REGARDING C OVID 19 DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.
YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE VISION OF U T S A BEING INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS A PREMIER INCLUSIVE PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED AND IS TRULY WORTHY OF COMMENDATION.
THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EXTEND THEIR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND MAY YOUR NEXT VENTURE OPEN UP NEW VISTAS WITH NEW CHALLENGES, NEW INTERESTS, AND ABOVE ALL, CONTINUED SUCCESS FOR YEARS TO COME.
AND THIS IS PRESENTED TODAY, THE 9TH OF JUNE, 2022.
YEAH, I'LL TURN THE FLOOR NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
UH, LAST WEEK FOR MANY SAN ANTONIO SCHOOLS WAS THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, SO NOW MANY FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AND KIDS ARE LOOKING FOR SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE THINGS TO DO.
SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE PROGRAMMING THEY HAVE GOING ON THIS SUMMER.
IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T VISITED THE PARKS WEBSITE TO LOOK AT ALL THE SO SUMMER PROGRAMMING, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THAT YOU ALL DO.
SO THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS TO STAY FIT AND GET MOVING
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AND ACTIVE THIS SUMMER.I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR HOMER AND VERONICA.
YESTERDAY I DID A SITE VISIT AT ESCOBAR PARK AS SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAD BEEN ASKING FOR SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT THE HANDBALL COURT, WHICH IS MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S THE ONLY HANDBALL COURT IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, SO THE KIDS WERE REALLY EXCITED THAT THERE WAS A SHADE STRUCTURE AND BLEACHERS.
SO, UM, WE'RE EXTREMELY, THE COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE DISTRICT FIVE ANO PARK POOL IS OPEN, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE NATATORIUM ACROSS FROM THE NEAR HIGH SCHOOL WITH WATER AEROBICS.
MY MOM AND TAZ LOVE GOING THERE FOR THOSE CLASSES, SO IT'S ALSO GREAT TO SEE FITNESS IN THE PARK AT NORM OIL.
AND I WANNA THANK A A R P AGAIN, UH, FOR DONATING THE FITLOT PAD AT NORM OIL.
AND WHO KNOWS, I MIGHT HOP INTO SOME OF THE CIRCUIT TRAINING CLASSES, AND I HOPE YOU CAN JOIN, UH, MAYOR FOR ONE OF THOSE COURSES SOMETIME WITH ME.
SO I WANNA EX AGAIN, UH, EXTEND MY THANKS TO HOMER AND HIS TEAM FOR BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT PARKS AND PROGRAMMING AND WORKING TO SCHEDULE FITNESS AND ACTIVITY CLASSES IN THE DISTRICT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ON GETTING MORE OF OUR RESIDENTS TO OUR DISTRICT FIVE PARKS.
UM, TO, A FEW DAYS AGO I DID A SITE VISIT AT MONTEREY PARK AND I DIDN'T KNOW THE SITE VISIT WAS FOR A PARK RIGHT UNTIL I SHOWED UP TO THE HOUSE AND I WAS TALKING TO THE FAMILY AND THEY HAD ALL THESE IDEAS ON IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT THEY WOULD HOPE TO SEE AT MONTE DAY PARK.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE, AND IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW MUCH DISTRICT FIVE, AND I'M, I'M SURE ALSO ANTONIO RESIDENTS LOVE OUR PARKS.
UH, IN MAY WE HAVE BTAS IN THE PARK AT FRANKIE HERA PARK AND GOT A VISIT WITH MANY DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS.
UH, WE PLAYED BALL, UH, JUSTIN HAD A FOOTBALL BASKETBALL
SO AGAIN, WE LOOK FORWARD TO ACTIVATING OUR PARKS IN SAN ANTONIO IN DISTRICT FIVE TO HOST, UH, BUDGET IKAS BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS, AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL IN ONE OF OUR LOCAL PUBLIC PARKS.
OKAY, AND NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN FOR POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE YIELDING HER POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL, UM, WE'LL GO NOW TO OUR AGENDA TODAY.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR, UH, YOUR, UH, PATIENCE AS WE RECOGNIZE OUR SPECIAL GUESTS TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO THE ACTION ITEMS FOR TODAY TO NOTE ITEM 19 HAS WITHDRAWN AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TODAY.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME.
[CONSENT AGENDA ]
SOME NOTES ON ITEMS THAT I THINK ARE GOING TO BE PULLED, BUT IF YOU CAN ARTICULATE THAT RIGHT NOW, UH, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.AND THEN WE CAN PULL THOSE OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 16, 17, AND 18.
OKAY, ITEMS 16, 17, AND 18 PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
I'M, I'M PULLING ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT ITEMS SEVEN AND EIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRO SIX AND 21.
SIX AND 21 BY COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.
ANY OTHERS? ALRIGHT, IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY FOR, UH, 6, 7, 8, 6, 16, 17, 18, AND 21.
MOVE THE, UH, BALANCE OF THE, UH, AGENDA, OUR MOTION, AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL ITEMS FOR THOSE SAVED, FOR THOSE I JUST READ, UH, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT ON ITEM NUMBER 13, JACK FINGER.
WELL, MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER, ONE ITEM I WISH TO BRING UP TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA HERE.
IT'S A BIG ONE HERE, BUT, UH, I GUESS MAYBE THAT'S WHY NO ONE WANTS TO BRING ANY ATTENTION TO IT.
AND, UH, THE IDEA IS THAT, WELL, WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? IT'S ABOUT A, UH, SETTLEMENT OF A LAWSUIT OF THE ESTATE OF THE, THE, THE AGIRI FAMILY VERSUS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, BASICALLY, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO, A PERSON WHOSE NAME IS MR. AGIRI, UH, RAN AFOUL OF THE LAW.
HE, UH, I THINK HE WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR CRASH, HAD ARGUMENTS WITH HIS, UH, WIFE, GIRLFRIEND, WHOEVER IT WAS, AND, UH, THE POLICE WERE CALLED UPON HIM.
AND, UH, THEY DID APPREHEND HIM AND, UH, UH, BUT THEN HE STARTED RESISTING ARREST.
AND SO THE POLICE HAD TO USE INCREASING AMOUNTS OF FORCE TO SUBDUE HIM.
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WHAT HAPPENED? WHY WAS HE DOING THIS? WELL, WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT, UH, WELL, WAS IT, SEE, WELL, MR. VIS MAY PUT THIS UP THERE, IF YOU WOULD, AND SEE, SEE WHAT THE UNDERLYING AREAS HAVE TO SAY THERE.THESE ARE FROM YOUR OWN BACKUP DOCUMENTS.
ONCE CUFFED, MR. AGUIRRE CONTINUED TO STRUGGLE AND WAS EVENTUALLY RESTRAINED ON THE GROUND ON HIS, ON HIS STOMACH.
IT'S HARD TO READ, BUT IT'S KIND OF BLEACHED OUT THERE.
MR. AJA, MAN, IF YOU WOULD TURN THE PAGE THERE AND SEE THE MORE OF IT THERE.
LET'S SEE, ONCE AGAIN, WE SEE AN AUTOPSY INDICATED THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS EXCITED DELIRIUM ASSOCIATED WITH COCAINE AND ETHANOL INTOXICATION, UNQUOTE.
MR. EVA, PLEASE, UH, RETURN TO CANBERRA.
NOW THE IDEA IS THAT THIS, IF, UNLESS IT'S APPROVED HERE TODAY, IT, IT GOES TO TRIAL, YOU WANT TO APPROVE IT, BUT DO YOU REALIZE WHAT A SLAP IN THE FACE THIS IS TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAD TO APPREHEND THIS GENTLEMAN? YES.
I MEAN, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? YOU SAY YOU DON'T WANT TO RISK THE, UH, WHAT A JURY WILL DO, BUT NO, I'M SORRY.
UH, THEY, THEY ARE THE ONES HAVING TO ENDURE THIS, AND YOU DO NOT WANT TO GIVE THEM THAT CHANCE.
OKAY, THERE ARE NO OTHER CITIZENS SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
UH, I SEE NOBODY IN THE QUEUE, SO IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON THE COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 11 A.
I AM SO PROUD TO APPOINT ZERIAH FORWARD TO THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION.
ZERIAH IS A SOPHOMORE AT SAM HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE SHE HAS EARNED THE DESIGNATION OF SUPERIOR CADET WITHIN THE JUNIOR R O T C.
SHE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF BOTH THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AND THE QUANTUM COMPUTER CLUB.
SHE STATES HER GOAL ON THE YOUTH COMMISSION IS TO INCREASE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR EAST SIDE YOUTH, BUT SPECIFICALLY SHE AIMS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BLACK MEN WHO APPLY AND GAIN ACCEPTANCE INTO COLLEGE.
ZARIA, YOU ARE ALREADY MAKING US PROUD, AND I WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR AGREEING TO SERVE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY, UM, THROUGH THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION.
UM, WHEN I WAS A CITY YEAR MEMBER AT DAVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, SHE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE STUDENTS WHO HAD COME TO OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.
AND SO IT'S ALSO EXCITING TO SEE HER GROW IN THIS CAPACITY AND TO BE A PART OF HER CONTINUED GROWTH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THAT OPPORTUNITY, ZARIA.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT 11 B TO RECOGNIZE JAN KIRBY.
JAN KIRBY HAS BEEN REAPPOINTED TO THE PRE-K FOR SA BOARD AND, UM, UH, SHE HAS BEEN IN EDUCATION HER ENTIRE LIFE AND HAS DONE A GREAT JOB UP, UH, ON THIS BOARD AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING HER AND HER SUPPORTING THAT BOARD, UH, IN, IN THE FUTURE HERE.
AND SHE'S VERY QUALIFIED FOR THE POSITION, UH, LIKE I SAID, SPENT HER WHOLE LIFE, UH, IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM AND SHE DOES AN AWESOME JOB.
HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
YEAH, PLEASE VOTE AND WE'LL TAKE A VOICE VOTE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.
[Acquisition, Sale or Lease of Real Property ]
WE'LL MOVE TO THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER SIX.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ACQUISITION ON BEHALF OF SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM THROUGH NEGOTIATION OR CONDEMNATION OF INTERESTS AND LAND SUFFICIENT FOR PROJECT PURPOSES INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY ONE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AND ONE TEMPORARY ACCESS EASEMENT IN N C B 1 2 1 6 0.
LOCATED AT 1320 AUSTIN HIGHWAY IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO AND TWO PERMANENT SEWER EASEMENTS, ONE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AND ONE TEMPORARY ACCESS EASEMENT IN N C B 86 96 LOCATED AT 1800 NORTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10 IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 RELATED
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TO THE B P C EAST SEWER SHED REMAINDER PARCEL PROJECT DECLARING THE PROJECT TO BE FOR PUBLIC USE AND A PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.UM, YES, I MOVED TO, UH, THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE POWER OF IMMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR THE PUBLIC USE PROJECT FOR THE SAWS B P C EAST SEWER SHIP, UH, SEWER SHED PROJECT BY ACQUIRING THE, THE PROPERTY AS DESCRIBED BY THE CITY CLERK AND INCORPORATED AS, UH, PART OF THIS MOTION, THE PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY FOR ONE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT, ONE, TEMPORARY ACCESS EASEMENT AND TWO PERMANENT SEWER EASEMENTS.
INTERESTS LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL.
DISTRICT 10 SAS, B P C EAST SEWER SHIP PROJECT N CCB 86 96, LOCATED AT 1800 NORTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10 AND ONE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AND ONE TEMPORARY ACCESS EASEMENT LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL.
DISTRICT TWO IN N CCB 1 2 1 60 LOCATED AT 1320 AUSTIN HIGHWAY.
THESE PROPERTIES ARE DEPICTED IN THE OVERALL PROJECT MAP AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY THE EXHIBITS ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS A PART OF THIS MOTION.
ALRIGHT, UH, YOU HEARD THE MOTION, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SIX AS STATED.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE AND WE'LL TAKE A VOICE VOTE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO, BRAVO AND FROM GRO AYE.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ACQUISITION THROUGH NEGOTIATION OR CONDEMNATION OF INTERESTS AND LAND SUFFICIENT FOR PROJECT PURPOSES OF FIVE PARCELS TOTALING 3,982 SQUARE FEET 0.092 OF AN ACRE OF PRIVATELY OWNED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN N C B A 20 31, 21, 30 57, 38 51 IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE AND FIVE FOR THE ROOSEVELT AVENUE I 10 TO SOUTH ST.
MARY'S STREET PROJECT, A 2017 BOND PROJECT DECLARING IT TO BE A PUBLIC PROJECT AND A PUBLIC NECESSITY.
THE FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE FIVE PARCELS IS $112,000 AS DETERMINED BY INDEPENDENT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE 20 17 20 22 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM AND ARE INCLUDED IN THE F Y 2022 THROUGH 2027 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
ALL RIGHT, UH, THIS IS, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAND.
I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AUTHORIZED THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR THE PUBLIC USE PROJECT FOR THE ROOSEVELT NORTH PROJECT.
MARY'S BY ACQUIRING THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY DESCRIBED BY THE CITY CLERK AND INCORPORATED AS PART OF THIS MOTION, THE PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY INTERESTS CONSISTING OF FIVE PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY TOTALING 3,982 SQUARE FEET 0.09, TWO ACRES LOCATED WITHIN CB'S, A 20 31, 21, 30 57, AND 38 51 IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS THREE AND FIVE, ALONG A ROUTE FROM I H 10 TO SOUTH ST.
THESE PROPERTIES ARE DEPICTED IN THE OVERALL PROJECT MAP AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY THE EXHIBITS ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS A PART OF THIS MOTION.
ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AS STATED.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
AND A VOICE VOTE AGAIN FROM BRAVO AND FROM VERAN AYE.
MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ACQUISITION THROUGH NEGOTIATION OR CONDEMNATION OF INTERESTS AND LAND SUFFICIENT FOR PROJECT PURPOSES OF THREE PARCELS, TOTALING 118 SQUARE FEET OR 0.003 OF AN ACRE OF PRIVATELY OWNED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN NCBS 30 61 32, 11 32 18 IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE FOR THE SOUTH PRESA SOUTHEAST MILITARY TO SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD PROJECT, A 2017 BOND PROJECT DECLARING IT TO BE A PUBLIC PROJECT AND A PUBLIC NECESSITY.
THE FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE THREE PARCELS IS $1,171 AND 10 CENTS AS DETERMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT APPRAISALS AND AN IN-HOUSE APPRAISAL.
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE 2017 THROUGH 2022 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM AND ARE INCLUDED IN THE F Y 2022 THROUGH 2027 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AUTHORIZED THE USE OF THE
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POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR THE PUBLIC USE PROJECT FOR THE SOUTH PRESA PROJECT BY ACQUIRING THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY DESCRIBED BY THE CITY CLERK AND INCORPORATED AS PART OF THIS MOTION.THE PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY INTERESTS CONSISTING OF THREE PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY, TOTALING 118 SQUARE FEET OR 0.003 ACRES LOCATED WITHIN CB'S 32 11 32 18 AND 30 61 IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, AND ALONG SOUTH PRESA BETWEEN SOUTHEAST MILITARY DRIVE AND SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD.
THESE PROPERTIES ARE DEPICTED IN THE OVERALL PROJECT MAP AND MORE, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY THE EXHIBITS ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS A PART OF THIS MOTION RIGHT THERE.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AS STATED.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE AGAIN.
VOICE VOTE FROM BRAVO AND FROM GRO AYE.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16, 17 AND 18.
UM, THESE ARE, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THESE IN A BLOCK, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND READ ALL THREE CAPTIONS.
[Miscellaneous ]
NUMBER 16 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ISSUANCE BY THE LAS VARAS PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION OF ITS TAX EXEMPT MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVENUE NOTES.AURORA APARTMENTS PROJECT SERIES 2022.
THE NOTES FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1 47 F OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ISSUANCE BY THE LAS VARAS PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION OF ITS TAX EXEMPT MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVENUE NOTES, SORENTO APARTMENTS PROJECT SERIES 2022.
THE NOTES FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1 47 F OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
AND ITEM NUMBER 18 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ISSUANCE BY LAS VARAS PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION OF ITS TAX EXEMPT MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVENUE NOTES ROSEMONT AT BETHEL PLACE APARTMENTS PROJECT SERIES 2022.
THE NOTES FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1 47 F OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 16, 17 AND 18.
JACK FINGER MAYOR NURNBERG, ANOTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD.
UH, 16 ITEM 16, 17, AND 18 ARE WHAT I REFER TO AS WELL WELFARE HOUSING? YES.
UH, WHY? WELL, IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY, YOU'RE GIVING YOUR BLESSING TO, UM, UH, INITIATIVE THAT ALLOWS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A, SOME OF, UH, COMPLEX THAT WILL HOUSE PEOPLE, UH, WITH WELL, I'LL LET THE, YOUR OWN BACKUP DOCUMENTS DISPLAY IT ALL HERE.
LOOK, LET'S READ THE, UH, THE UNDERLINED AREA THERE.
BASICALLY IT SAYS THAT BASICALLY THE CITY IS CONTRACTING WITH LAVAR FACILITY FOR 105 UNIT AFFORDABLE MULTIPLE HOUSING, UH, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 5 0 9 HOWARD STREET AND CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, UM, AND UNITS IN THE PROJECT WE MADE AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES WHOSE INCOME IS 60%, OR YOU FLIP THE PAGE, MR. AUTO VISUAL MAN, PERCENT OR LESS OF THE MEDIAN INCOME AND 50% OF THE UNITS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES WHOSE INCOME IS 50% OR LESS OF THE MEDIAN INCOME.
FURTHERMORE, THE UNDERLINES AREA SAYS THESE RESTRICTIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR 30 YEARS.
MR. BRAVO, THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT.
AND THIS IS, UM, ONCE AGAIN, MR. ELEVATION, BUT PUT THIS ON THERE.
I THINK THIS IS IN, UH, UM, DISTRICT SEVEN MS. UH, MS. SANDOVAL'S DISTRICT ONCE SAME ROUTINE.
THIS IS AT, UH, 28 0 3 FREDERICKSBURG ROAD.
THE INCOME IS 60% ARE LESS OF THE MEDIAN INCOME AND THE 15% OF THE UNITS WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES WHOSE INCOME.
FLIP THE PAGE AGAIN, IF YOU CAN.
YEAH, WHAT DOES IT SAY IS 30% ARE LESS OF THE MEDIAN INCOME AND ONCE AGAIN, THESE RESTRICTIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR 30 YEARS.
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AND FINALLY, UM, I'LL JUST READ THIS FOR THE SAKE OF TIME.THIS IS IN, UH, MR. COURAGE, YOU MIGHT TO TELL, UH, MS. SANDOVAL AND MS AND MS. VERDEN THAT, UH, IN THEIR VERY RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS, UH, THAT, UH, THIS, ONCE AGAIN WELFARE HOUSING IS TAKING PLACE.
SAME ROUTINE HERE FOR DISTRICT SIX.
SIR, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY ARE WE DOWNGRADING, DOWNGRADING OUR HABITAL A HABITABLE AREAS IN SAN ANTONIO? I MEAN, THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A, AN EFFECT UPON ALL THOSE WHO HAVE TO LIVE IN THAT AREA.
UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON ITEMS 16, 17, AND 18, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE ITEMS. I MOVE APPROVAL SECOND.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 16, 17, AND 18.
AND THESE, UH, WERE PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, SO TURN THE FLOW OVER TO HIM.
I MOVE THE APPROVAL, BUT ALSO I, I MAY WANT TO EVEN AMEND MY MOTION, BUT FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO, UH, SAY THAT I SUPPORT THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 60% OF AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME, RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 45 TO $48,000 A YEAR.
I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S NOT WELFARE.
AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR WORKING FAMILIES AROUND THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE BEING OFFERED BY LAS VARS PUBLIC FINANCE CORPORATION.
UH, YES, THEY'RE ALL TAX EXEMPT.
YES, THEY ALL PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I THINK THEY'RE ALL VERY WORTHWHILE.
THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS FOR CONSIDERATION IS IN EACH OF THESE, UM, PRESENTATIONS AND EACH OF THESE, UH, PROJECTS, THERE IS A CITY ASSESSED FEE THAT WILL COME TO THE CITY FOR, UH, ASSISTING THESE PROJECTS.
THAT FEE IS $10,000 FOR THE SORRENTO APARTMENTS.
THAT FEE IS $19,000 FOR THE ROSEMONT AT BETHEL APARTMENTS.
THAT'S $20,000 FOR A TOTAL OF $49,000.
THAT MONEY IS DEDICATED GO TO THE GENERAL FUND.
I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP FOR A DISCUSSION BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT KIND OF RETURN TO THE CITY RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
GO INTO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND TO ASSIST THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSINGS DOWN THE LINE RATHER THAN INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
NOW, IT MAY BE, UH, TRUE THAT THE CITY ANTICIPATES CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUPPORT AND THEY BUILD THAT INTO THEIR BUDGET.
BUT OFTENTIMES PROJECTS COME TO THE CITY, UH, OUTTA THE BLUE THAT THEY WEREN'T ANTICIPATING IN THEIR BUDGET.
AND WHEN A REVENUE COMES TO THE CITY FROM SITUATIONS LIKE THAT RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT MONEY REINVESTED BACK INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO THAT WAS THE ISSUE THAT I BROUGHT UP AT THIS TIME.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH I, UM, MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY AMEND MY MOTION TO WHERE THE WORDING CHANGES THAT THE FUNDS FROM THESE THREE PROJECTS, RATHER THAN GOING INTO THE GENERAL FUND WILL GO INTO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND.
SECOND, I MIGHT JUST, OH, THANK YOU.
SO, UH, THE SECOND APPROVE THAT I MIGHT JUST, UM, MENTION THAT THE, UH, THERE'S A PRECEDENT FOR THIS, UH, SITTER.
THE CENTER CITY HOUSING INFILL POLICY SAYS THAT 25% OF THE PROPERTY TAX REBATE THAT COMES TO THE CITY SHOULD GO INTO THE HOUSING FUND.
SO I THINK THIS IS A, A GOOD POLICY TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP.
I'M NOT SAYING THIS PREDICATES A POLICY, BUT I THINK THIS SHOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING WE ACT ON TODAY AND THEN HAVE US CONSIDER IT AS A FUTURE POLICY FOR SIMILAR PROJECTS TO COME FORWARD.
ALRIGHT, LET ME, UM, LET ME JUMP IN HERE.
JUST ON OUR PROCEDURAL NOTE OR A FEW NOTES.
UM, FIRST WE, WE DID, WE ARE DISCUSSING THESE AS ONE ITEM, BUT I THINK THE PREFERENCE FROM THE ATTORNEYS WOULD BE THAT WE HAVE THREE SEPARATE VOTES, ONE FOR EACH ITEM.
SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TO HAVE A, AN A, A MOTION FOR EACH ONE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBER MADE A MOTION, OR I GUESS WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA RESCIND THAT MOTION SO WE CAN MAKE THE THREE SEPARATE.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA RESCIND THE ORIGINAL MOTION SO WE CAN MAKE THREE SEPARATE MOTIONS FOR THE THREE SEPARATE
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ITEMS, UH, FOR ACTION.UH, MAYOR, I WOULD SAY AFTER THE DISCUSSION, I CERTAINLY WOULD BE WILLING TO REDO EACH OF THOSE INTO A SEPARATE MOTION.
UM, THE OTHER ISSUE IS GOING TO BE CAN THE COUNCIL MEMBER MAKE THE MOTION ON THE ITEM AND THEN MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND IT? THE, UM, AND I WAS GONNA WEIGH IN ON THAT.
I, UM, WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE AS, AS STATED HERE IN THE CAPTION.
AND THEN A SEPARATE MOTION TO AMEND FROM THE SAME COUNTS MEMBER.
IS THAT, UH, NO, WE NEED TO HAVE SEPARATE A SHOULD BE A SEPARATE, YES.
AND HERE, HERE'S WHAT I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND.
LET'S GET THOSE MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL OF THE ITEMS. LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, GENERALLY THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU OFFERED COUNCILS MEMBER COURAGE.
UH, 'CAUSE I, I DO THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
SO, UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR NUMBER 16.
MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
UH, ON NOW ITEM NUMBER 17, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MOTION BY VIA GRAND SECOND BY MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
ALRIGHT, MO MOTION BY MCKEE RODRIGUEZ AND A SECOND BY VERAN.
UH, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW ON THE FLOOR.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE DISCUSSION ABOUT THOSE, AND I'M GONNA TURN THE FLOOR OVER.
NOW TO YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE TO WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS ON THE THREE ITEMS. NO, I THINK I HAVE, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
HE AND I HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSION ABOUT IT EARLIER.
UM, LET ME, LET ME ALSO SUGGEST, UM, THAT, UM, UM, THAT, THAT POTENTIALLY YOUR MOTION IS FOR US TO, TO LOOK AT DOING THAT AS POTENTIALLY THE F Y 23 BUDGET, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A FUND THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED IN YOUR ORIGINAL MOTION.
BUT I THINK THE CONCEPT AND, AND LIKELY THE COMMITTEE, OR I'M SORRY, THE, THE COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS THE, THE AMENDMENTS, BUT IF A, IF A AMENABLE, UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT DOING THAT.
UH, WE SPEND NORTH OF $20 MILLION, UM, IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, THIS ITEM AND THE, THESE REL THESE SIMILAR, UH, FINANCINGS THAT WE DO THAT PERIODICALLY ARE COME TO FULL COUNSEL.
UM, WE DO ABOUT $200,000 IN FEES PER YEAR THAT GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO WE COULD LOOK AT IT COMPREHENSIVELY AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT, THAT WE, UH, DEPENDING ON THE COUNCIL, UH, DISCUSSION THAT WE DO THAT, UM, AS PART OF THE 23 BUDGET AND THEN SET THOSE ACCOUNTS ACCORDINGLY.
I THINK THAT, UH, AS I, AS I LOOK BACK AT THE POLICY ON CENTER CITY HOUSING INFILL POLICY, WHERE 25% OF THE PROPERTY TAX REBATE IS PROVIDED TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND IN 2019, HOW CAN THERE NOT BE A FUND? DO YOU, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MOVING THIS MONEY INTO THAT FUND? YES.
WELL THEN THAT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE THAT ALREADY EXISTS, RIGHT? RIGHT.
YEAH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY RECOMMENDATION.
MY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU WERE CREATING SOMETHING NEW THAT DID NOT EXIST.
SO THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED DOING IT THROUGH THE BUDGET.
UM, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS ISSUE.
WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS, I THINK THE MOTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WERE, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS, BUT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT AMENDING THIS TO PUT THAT YEAH.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE ISSUE THAT, THAT'S PART OF THE GREATER DISCUSSION.
BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONLY MOTIONS TO APPROVE THE ITEM.
SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HEAR FOR DISCUSSION, AND THEN IF THERE IS A MOTION TO AMEND, UH, WE'LL TAKE IT UP AT THAT TIME.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN A NEW MOTION.
IS THAT WHAT THE AMEND MAKERS OF THAT MOTION THOUGHT? THE, THE ITEM ON THE FLOOR AT THE MOMENT IS JUST APPROVAL OF EACH OF THE ITEMS
THEN IF THE MAKERS OF THE MOTION CAN'T MAKE AN AMENDMENT, WHICH I THINK THE, UH, CITY, UH, CITY ATTORNEY SAID, THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON 16 TO AMEND IT TO WHERE THE, UH, $10,000 DEDICATED TO THE CITY GENERAL FUND GO TO THE, UH, DESIGNATED FUND THAT EXISTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THERE'S A MOTION AND, AND A SECOND BY MCKEE RODRIGUEZ TO AMEND TO, TO AMEND ITEM NUMBER 16, TO HAVE THE $10,000, UH, DEPOSITED TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND.
AN IDENTIFIABLE FUND IN THE GENERAL FUND.
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YES.THE EXISTING FUND THAT THE COUNCILMAN MENTIONED IN THE CORRECT IN THAT, THAT'S TIED TO THE INNER CITY.
AM I ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? I HAVE THE FLOOR COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, SO THE, THE ITEM WILL NOW, OR THE, THE MOTION WILL BE TO AMEND THE ITEM SO THAT IT WILL GO, THE DEPOSIT WILL BE MADE TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS ONLY THAT AT THIS TIME.
THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO GET TO.
SO WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THE SHIFTING OF THOSE DOLLARS.
THAT'S WHAT THE DISCUSSION IS NOW.
AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT DISCUSSION, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL GO ON TO THE MAIN, MAIN MOTION YOU WOULD ASK COUNCIL MEMBER IF WE COULD TAKE THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
UH, AND I WOULD SAY NO BECAUSE THERE IS DEBATE ON THAT ISSUE.
SO, UM, NOW IF YOU CAN QUEUE UP, UM, ON THAT ISSUE OF THE AMENDMENT SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO SO AT THIS TIME, AND I HAVE NOBODY IN THE QUEUE.
I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT, UH, FOR A FEW REASONS.
ONE, UH, THE COUNCIL, UH, I, I BELIEVE ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ISN'T HERE IN PERSON AND THE OTHER ONE ISN'T HERE.
UM, THE OTHER IS, SO CENTER, TELL ME ABOUT THIS CENTER CITY.
UM, IN WHAT AREA OF TOWN IS THAT AND, AND THAT THIS MONEY WOULD GO TO JUST THE INNER CITY? NO, IT GOES TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND SO IT CAME ABOUT AS PART OF THE C CHIP PROJECTS.
AND THEN THERE ARE A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH GETTING TAX REBATES.
AND NOW BASICALLY ANY HOUSING PROJECT THAT WE INCENT THAT DOESN'T HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT, WE REQUIRE THAT 25% OF THAT PROJECT GO INTO THIS FUND.
AND THAT CAN BE USED CITYWIDE.
SO IT CAN BE, WE AND ANDY, THERE'S NO LEGAL PROBLEM WITH THIS BECAUSE THIS IS, WE'RE APPROVING A TAX EXEMPTION, THEN WE'RE TELLING THEM THEY HAVE TO PAY IN TO MULTIFAMILY.
WE CAN DO THAT FROM THE DAAS BE BECAUSE IT, WE'RE TALKING ONLY ABOUT CITY FUNDS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS ARE GONNA GO.
AND WHO COUNCILWOMAN THAT, THAT THAT FEE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FOR PROCESSING THAT REQUEST THROUGH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE UNDERWRITERS AND BRINGING IT TO COUNCIL.
SO THEN IT DOESN'T GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH MEANS HOW DO WE PAY OUR STAFF ADMINISTRATIVELY IF IT'S GOING TO AN AFFORDABLE, WELL, THAT FUND, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
'CAUSE THAT, THAT'S THE OTHER POINT THAT I WAS GONNA BRING UP.
I MEAN, UM, THERE, AND, AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS, UH, BEFORE THE MEETING.
THE, THE GENERAL FUND IS A BIG POT.
AND WE PAY FOR A LOT OF THINGS IN THE BIG POT.
AND IF WE START TO, UM, DIVVY UP SPECIFIC REVENUE SOURCES OUT OF THE BIG POT, THEN UM, WE'RE GONNA BECOME, UM, UNEQUAL.
AND THE EXAMPLE I'LL USE IS WE DON'T COLLECT FULL RECOVERY OF EXPENSES FOR PARKS REVENUE OR FEES WE'RE SUBSIDIZED BY THE GENERAL FUND.
YOU COULD ARGUE BY A PORTION OF THE $200,000 THAT WE COLLECT AN ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD.
SO MY, MY CAUTION AND THE REASON WHY I SUGGESTED THE BUDGET PROCESS IS, IS THAT IF WE DO THAT IN TOO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES, WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE A GENERAL FUND.
AND I KNOW THIS IS ONLY $50,000, AND BUT IN THE GRANDER SCHEME, TO YOUR POINT, UM, IF WE START TO DO THAT TOO MUCH, THEN, THEN WE START TO AFFECT OTHER THINGS.
I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT BECAUSE IT, IT, IT MAKES IT SEEM THAT WHAT THE CITY IS DOING ISN'T VALUED OR ISN'T WORKED, AND IT IS VALUED AND IT IS WORKED.
AND WE DO WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL WITH OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND I THINK WE HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD IN WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF TAKING, AND ESPECIALLY FROM THE DAIS TAKING FUNDS THAT ARE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS AND CAN RETAIN TALENT AND HAS A BUDGET THAT WORKS TO PUT INTO A, A CITY CENTER FUND THAT AT THIS POINT, I, I KNOW IT GOES TO THE WHOLE CITY, BUT MY QUESTIONS ARE JUST VAST IN TERMS OF WHO'S, WHO'S ADMINISTERING THESE FUNDS, WHAT PROJECTS ARE WE LOOKING AT? UM, SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY.
AND IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT IN THE BUDGET WISE AND SEE IF WE CAN DO A PORTION OF THIS, UM, WE CAN HAVE IT IN BUDGET TALK, UH, SESSIONS, BUT I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY.
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DOESN'T MEAN FOR ALL FUTURE ASSESSMENTS, RIGHT? THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION ON THESE THREE ITEMS RIGHT NOW? THAT'S CORRECT.JUST THAT WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, FEE FOR THESE THREE ITEMS. OKAY.
I, I WOULD PROBABLY, SINCE WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS AND DIFFERENT COMMENTS, I'D LOVE TO TAKE THIS UP AT THE PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEETING SO THAT WE CAN DO A THOROUGH, UM, EVALUATION.
I HAVE SEVERAL COLLEAGUES THAT SIT ON IT, OBVIOUSLY.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY, UM, MY REQUEST ALSO FOR FUTURE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ.
UM, I LIKE THE IDEA AND SINCE IT'S A ONE TIME ONLY, I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS OUT.
UM, I DON'T THINK THIS IS GONNA IMPERIL, IS IT 50,000? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA IMPERIL THE WAY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS OR OUR ABILITY TO RETAIN TALENT.
AND, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE, LIKE A GOOD IDEA.
AND I'D, I'D, I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT COMES OF IT.
AND SOMETIMES, UH, THESE EXPERIMENTS WORK AND, UH, YOU'LL NEVER KNOW UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY DO THE EXPERIMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
AND, UM, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM UP.
I, I AM INTERESTED IN THE GRANDER POLICY DISCUSSION OF WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DO THIS FOR THE FUTURE.
AND SO, UH, JUST LIKE COUNCILMAN R GARCIA, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS DISCUSSED AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL.
UM, AND POTENTIALLY FULL COUNCIL AT SOME POINT.
THIS IS ONLY 0.004% OF, UH, A $1.2 BILLION BUDGET.
AND SO I, UM, WHILE IT'S NOT NOTHING, I THINK IT'S A GOOD, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD INVESTMENT.
AND WE DO NEED SOME FUNDING IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND.
SO I, I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT TO REINVEST FUNDS INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, AND I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO MORE DISCUSSION AT THE P C D C COMMITTEE.
UM, BUT WOULD THIS AMENDMENT APPLY TO ITEM 16 THROUGH 19 OR JUST 16? JUST 16.
UM, NO, I, I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT THIS FOR REASONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN.
THIS HAS NOT BEEN VETTED THROUGH OUR COMMITTEE PRO.
WE GOT A PROCESS HERE IN THIS CITY, AND HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF, WELL, LET'S JUST DO THAT WITHOUT RUNNING IT THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THIS SHOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS FIRST, AND THEN I, I WANNA SEE IT ON, I WANNA SEE IT ON PAPER.
I WANNA SEE WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE, WHERE IT'S COMING FROM, WHERE IT'S GOING TO, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND, UM, YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE THIS WITH, UH, UH, JUST THROWING THINGS OUT HERE ON, ON THE, ON THE DAIS WITHOUT HAVING THE PROPER STAFFING DONE ON THIS AND, UH, RUN IT THROUGH OUR COMMITTEE.
SO OTHERWISE, WHY DON'T WE EVEN HAVE COMMITTEES? WHY DON'T WE JUST DO EVERYTHING FROM UP HERE AND, AND, UH, UH, DISCUSS EVERYTHING.
THESE MEETINGS WOULD PROBABLY GO ON FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS IF WE TRIED TO DO THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, NO, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS AT THIS TIME BECAUSE I, I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS ON THIS.
WELL, I, I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED BY THE MOTION.
I'LL, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
UM, BUT I'M HEARING THE DISCUSSION AND, AND LET ME CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE IS EACH OF THESE, UM, ITEMS HAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT THAT'S ROUGHLY $10,000.
AND CURRENTLY THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, THAT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FEE IS JUST GOING GENERALLY INTO THE BUDGET, WHICH WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOUSING BUDGET, UH, GOING FORWARD.
UH, WE DO HAVE, AND I DO REMEMBER, UH, AT TIMES, UM, A AFFORDABLE HOUSING LINE ITEM WITHIN THE HOUSING BUDGET.
AND, UH, I DO REMEMBER AT ONE POINT WE, WE DEDICATED SOME REVENUE IN FROM THE RISK MITIGATION FUND PROCESS INTO THAT FUND.
UH, SO THE PROPOSAL ON THE FLOOR FOR THE AMENDMENT IS TO SIMPLY MOVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, WHICH WOULD BE ROUGHLY $30,000 FOR THE THREE ITEMS INTO THAT, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING LINE ITEM.
THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
AM I, I'M CORRECT ON, ON ALL THAT.
SO, UH, A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I WOULD, I WOULD ARGUE IT'S NOT GONNA MAKE MUCH OF AN IMPACT, ALTHOUGH I AM COMPELLED BY, UM, THE COMMENTS AND THE DISCUSSION HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD DO WHAT WE CAN AND WE SHOULD EXPERIMENT WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO FIND DEDICATED REVENUE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO, UM, I WASN'T PREPARED TO AMEND ITEMS 16 THROUGH 18, BUT, UH, I DO SEE IT'S A FAIR, UH, THING TO DO AND, AND TO TRY.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS THIS BODY AS A WHOLE THAT WE'LL BE MAKING MOTIONS AND, AND ACTING
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ON ITEMS LIKE THIS.SO, UH, I'LL BE SUPPORTING, UH, THE AMENDMENTS ON 16, 17, AND 18.
I PRESUME THAT YOU'RE GONNA PROPOSE THOSE FOR THE NEXT TWO ITEMS AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP THE ACTION ON THE AMENDMENT, WHICH IS TO AMEND ITEM 16, ONLY HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THAT AMENDMENT.
ALRIGHT, UH, SO THE AMENDMENT TO MOTION 16 IS APPROVED, OR, OR ITEM 16 IS APPROVED.
SO NOW ON THE FLOOR IS THE ORIGINAL MOTION FOR ITEM 16, UH, ITEM 16 THROUGH 18.
SO, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE NOW WITH THE NO, NO, NO.
SO WE TOOK UP SEPARATE MOTIONS FOR THE THREE ITEMS, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE DISCUSSION ON ALL THREE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S INBOUNDS, CORRECT? WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE WE, WE HAVE TO VOTE MAYOR ON ALL THREE ITEMS. SO UNFORTUNATELY SEPARATELY, SO UNFORTUNATELY, I SAY ONLY BECAUSE OF THE, OH, BECAUSE THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THE, THE, THE SAME PROCEDURE.
YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEY.
WE HAD A, A MOTION AND THEN I AMENDED THAT MOTION AND WE JUST DIDN'T, WE JUST APPROVE THAT MOTION, WHICH MEANS ITEM 16 SHOULD BE RESOLVED.
NO, WE APPROVE, WE APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO RIGHT TO THE, THE MOTION.
SO WE HAVE TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT 16.
AND WHAT I'M SAYING, COUNCILMAN, IS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCEDURE FOR THE FOLLOWING TWO ITEMS. ALRIGHT, SO MOTION, THE ITEM NUMBER 16 IS ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE OF THE MOTION THAT'S NOW BEEN PLACED.
UH, SO IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 16 REMAINING? ALL RIGHT.
JUST TO CONFIRM, WE MADE THAT MOTION.
MCKEE RODRIGUEZ HAS MADE THE ORIGINAL MOTION, SO, AND NOW IT'S BEEN AMENDED.
I HOPE OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL IS VERY PROUD OF HOW WE'RE HANDLING THIS MEETING TODAY.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION, A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 16 AS AMENDED HEARING.
NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO, UH, THE REMAINDER OF THE DISCUSSION ON ITEM 17 AND 18.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN THE QUEUE, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM.
ACTUALLY, THERE'S ALREADY MOTIONS ON 17 AND 18.
SO LET'S TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 17 AND 18.
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR EITHER OF THOSE.
UM, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, I DON'T THINK WE'VE AMENDED THOSE.
COURAGE TO, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND ITEM 17 THAT WOULD DESIGNATE THE 19,000, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ON THE SOTO APARTMENTS.
GO TO THE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND INSTEAD OF, UH, THE GENERAL FUND.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR AMENDMENT TO ITEM NUMBER 17, JUST AS PREVIOUS, WHICH 16.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT AMENDMENT? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
ON, ON ITEM NUMBER 17 AS AMENDED HEARING.
NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 17 AS AMENDED MOTION.
EMAN ME EMAN 17 IS AMENDED THAT VOTE.
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BRAVO.ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 18.
ITEM NUMBER 18, UH, ON THE ROSEMONT AT BETHEL PLACE APARTMENTS BE AMENDED TO SHOW THE $20,000 ADMINISTRATION FEE.
GO TO THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND AND NOT TO THE GENERAL FUND.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR AMENDING ITEM 18 AS PREVIOUS WITH THE LAST TWO HEARING, NO DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT, PLEASE VOTE.
ITEM NUMBER 18 HAS BEEN AMEND OR THE MOTION ON ITEM TO 18 HAS BEEN AMENDED.
WE'LL TAKE UP THAT ORIGINAL MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 18 AS AMENDED? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
UH, BEFORE WE MOVE TO 21, JUST LET ME JUST, UH, WRAP WITH A FEW COMMENTS HERE.
UH, I, I DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, VERAN AND PERRY, THAT WE SHOULD, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UM, TRY TO HAMMER THESE KINDS OF ISSUES OUT IN COMMITTEE.
SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, UH, YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS TO TAKE THIS TO P C D C TO FURTHER VET, UH, USING DEDICATED REVENUE IN THAT WAY.
UM, IF WE CAN DO THAT, UH, ERIC AND TEAM, UH, KIND OF WORK THESE, UH, WORK THIS ISSUE OUT OF A DEDICATED STREAM OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND.
JUST DISCUSS THAT IN COMMITTEE SO WE CAN COME BACK WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE PREPARATION NEXT TIME.
ITEM NUMBER 21 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE INCREASED TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $865,500 TO THE $3,462,235 AND 26 CENTS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH DAVILA CONSTRUCTION INC.
FOR THE UNFORESEEN FIELD CONDITIONS AND ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND APPROVING A TASK ORDER TO A JOB ORDER CONTRACT WITH SAAL GROUP IN THE AMOUNT OF $349,574 AND 64 CENTS FOR THE LATA MAVERICK PLAZA IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AND INNER CITY TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE AND 2018 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FUNDED PROJECT LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE AND AUTHORIZING THE REALLOCATION OF FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 64 CENTS FROM THE RESERVE FOR FUTURE CAPITAL PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2027, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO THE LOBBY ETHAN MAVERICK PLAZA PROJECT.
OKAY, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR DISCUSSION, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 21.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 21.
UM, I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS AND, UM, I WAY BACK WHEN, WHEN THIS CAME UP, I, I SUPPORTED THIS PROJECT, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
IT'S PART OF THIS WHOLE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN DOWNTOWN HERE, BUT, UM, GOT SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU ABOUT THIS INCREASE MM-HMM.
UM, DID WE HAVE A CONTINGENCY SET WITHIN THAT ORIGINAL CONTRACT? WE DID.
WE HAD ABOUT $400,000 IN CONTINGENCY AND WE'VE USED THAT CONTINGENCY AND THERE'S A LOT OF UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE, WE'VE, WE'VE ENCOUNTERED ON THIS PROJECT.
UTILITIES THAT WERE NOT IDENTIFIED, ARCHEOLOGY THAT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED.
AND SO THIS ADDITIONAL 1.7 MILLION IS GOING TO COVER THOSE UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS.
IT'S ABOUT 1.3 MILLION AND UNFORESEEN.
AND THEN WE ARE INCLUDING ABOUT $400,000
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IN ADDITION FOR CONTINGENCY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT.AND THAT CONTINGENCY IS ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION.
SO WE NEED TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE IN 2023, ACTUALLY IN JANUARY OF 2023, SO WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR THE HUGE I P W CONFERENCE THAT'S GONNA BE COMING IN THAT SPRING.
UM, SO THAT'S ABOUT 10% CONTINGENCIES ON THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.
LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 10%, A LITTLE BIT LESS.
THE 400,000, A LITTLE BIT LESS.
AND, AND MAYBE THIS IS A RAZZY QUESTION HERE.
HOW MUCH DO WE NORMALLY PUT SET ASIDE FOR CONTINGENCIES ON DAY-TO-DAY CONTRACTS? 10%.
EVERYBODY KNOWS OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ON THIS CONTRACT UNFORESEEN, MORE UNFORESEEN.
ONE OF THE OLDEST, WELL, THE OLDEST AREA IN THE CITY, UH, ARCHEOLOGICAL ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IN, IN, IN THIS INCREASE.
WOULDN'T WE HAVE ADDED THOSE CONTINGENCIES IN ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCIES IN ORIGINALLY ON THIS CONTRACT? BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE RUNNING INTO STUFF AND I, I JUST SEE THAT WE PLANNED OUR REGULAR RUN OF THE MILL 10% MM-HMM.
I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD'VE HAD MORE CONTINGENCIES, UH, IN THIS CONTRACT FOR THOSE UNFORESEEN, UNFORESEEN AREAS THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM ON THIS.
UM, WE DID A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 10%, BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE, WE UNDERESTIMATED THE AMOUNT OF ARCHEOLOGY AND MAINLY THE UTILITIES THAT NEEDED TO, TO BE MOVED.
SO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE IN THE POSITION WE ARE IN, WE HAVE THE $1.7 MILLION INCREASE, AND WE DO NEED TO GET THAT FUNDED SO WE CAN HAVE THIS PROJECT COMPLETE ON TIME.
SO 1.7 MILLION IS WHAT PERCENTAGE INCREASE ON THE TOTAL PROJECT? IT'D BE A 50% INCREASE.
UH, UH, THAT I, I'M SORRY, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT BIG OF AN INCREASE ON ANY CONTRACTS HERE LATELY, UH, WITHIN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, I WOULD SAY.
BUT, UM, UM, WHERE'S THIS MONEY COMING FROM? IT'S COMING FROM THE CAPITAL RESERVE.
AND SO THE 1.7 MILLION WILL COME FROM THE CAPITAL RESERVE, AND WE FUNDED ABOUT 2.3 FROM THE CAPITAL RESERVE FOR THE ST.
SO WE'VE EXHAUSTED THE CAPITAL RESERVE.
SO WE'RE TOTALLY OUTTA MONEY IF, IF WE FUND THIS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WE'RE TOTALLY OUTTA MONEY THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
WE HAVE A CAPITAL RESERVE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND WE'VE USED IT FOR TWO PROJECTS.
THAT'S THE ISSUE THAT I, UH, ACTUALLY, I WAS, UH, ADDRESSING AN A QUESTION THE COUNCILMAN CASTILLO HAD, UH, LAST WEEK.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE DO THAT, UM, IN 23 TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CAPITAL RESERVE TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ANY POTENTIAL INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS.
UM, AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH SOME OUTSIDE FOLKS TO HELP GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT A, A POTENTIAL CUSHION.
I'M NOT, SO AS WE TALKED LAST WEEK, I'M NOT SO WORRIED ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE 2022 BOND PROGRAMS. 'CAUSE WE'VE GOTTA DO A LOT OF DESIGN WORK.
BUT, UH, IF WE'VE GOT PROJECTS IN THE QUEUE, IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR CONSTRUCTION, WE'LL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT GOING INTO 23.
WELL, I, I GUESS THE POINT OF THIS BEING, UH, I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT FOR THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND THIS HAS BEEN A CONTROVERSIAL PROJECT SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING ON, UH, YOU KNOW, ON HOW THIS IS GONNA AFFECT FIESTA AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND THIS AREA IS BEING RENOVATED AND PREP.
WHY, I MEAN, WHAT'S THE WHOLE REASON AGAIN, FOR THIS PROJECT? PROJECT? WE DID A LOBBY TO STUDY SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND FROM MAVERICK PLAZA, WHAT WAS LOOKED AT IS WE NEED A CULINARY EXPERIENCE AND CONCEPT.
SO WE DID AN R F I AND, UM, AS A RESULT OF THAT, R F I, WE DID A CONTRACT WITH LA GROUP OF LEGIA TO DO THREE RESTAURANT CONCEPTS.
AND THIS APPLICATION, OR ACTUALLY THIS PROJECT WAS PART OF THE APPLICATION TO UNESCO AS WE APPLIED FOR THE CITY OF GASTRONOMY CERTIFICATION.
AND SO THIS IS CONTINUATION IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS APPLICATION.
BUT THE PROJECT STARTED FROM THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, WE DID AN R F I IN 2017.
COUNCIL APPROVED THAT IN 2019, AND THEN THEY APPROVED THE CONTRACT IN 20, ACTUALLY THE FUNDING FROM THE TOURISM IN 2020 AND THE CONTRACT IN 2021.
SOMETHING THAT I FAILED TO MENTION IS WE HAD THREE YEARS OF, OF A PANDEMIC WHERE WE COULDN'T DO A LOT OF WORK, AND THERE WAS SOME INFLATION.
SO SOME OF THESE INCREASES ARE DUE TO THAT AS WELL.
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UM, AGAIN, I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DIDN'T ADD MORE TO BEGIN WITH ON THIS, KNOWING WHAT AREA THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE DEALING WITH MM-HMM.I, I, YOU KNOW, FOR FUTURE PROJECTS, IF WE START GETTING IN TROUBLE, UH, AND THIS ONE IS IN HUGE TROUBLE, IF THIS WOULDN'T GET APPROVED TODAY.
I, I DON'T THINK WE COULD MOVE FORWARD.
I'M, I'M, UM, YEAH, IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE, I WANT TO BE BROUGHT INTO IT EARLIER TO LOOK AT THIS MORE CLOSELY AS TO WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY, AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVES OUT THERE.
UM, SO YEAH, THIS IS, I, I'M PROUD OF WHAT WE DO ACROSS THIS CITY, BUT IN THIS PROJECT WHERE THERE'S A 50% INCREASE IN THE COST, UM, JUST DISAPPOINTED IN THAT.
BUT, UM, I, I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE ROTARY IS, THANK YOU.
I THINK, UM, QUITE A FEW OF MY QUESTIONS WERE JUST ANSWERED, AND SO I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE I HAVE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT.
SO THE AMOUNT TO INCREASE IS 865,500 FOR THIS CONTRACT, UM, WITH 400,000 EXTRA BEING, OR PLUS THE 349,574.
SO WE'RE DOING A $1.7 MILLION INCREASE.
AND IT IS COMING FROM THE CAPITAL RESERVE.
I'M GOING TO, UM, SUPPORT THIS, BUT I DO RECALL THERE WAS A POINT WHERE, BECAUSE THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE INNER CITY TOURS, AND I DO REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE APPROPRIATENESS OF PROJECTS LIKE THIS FALLING WITHIN THE INNER CITY TOURS, THERE WAS A QUESTION OF IS THERE ANYWHERE ELSE WHERE MONEY CAN COME FROM TO SUPPORT A PROJECT LIKE THIS? BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE CHUNK OF THE INNER CITY TOURS MONEY.
THERE IS, THERE WAS OTHER FUNDING MECHANISMS ACTUALLY THERE.
THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS 1.7 MILLION WAS THE INNER CITY TOURS.
SO UNDERSTANDING YOUR CONCERNS AND LISTENING TO YOUR BOARD DISCUSSIONS, UM, AND UNDERSTANDING THE DET BALANCE.
THE INNER CITY TOURS IS GOING DOWN BECAUSE THE PROJECT YOU'RE DOING, LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE TOOK THIS OUTTA THE CAPITAL RESERVE.
THE, THE REQUEST INITIALLY WAS TO COME TO THE INNER CITY TOURS, BUT WE LOOKED FOR OTHER FUNDING BECAUSE THAT FUNDING IS NOT AVAILABLE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER RACHE GARCIA.
UM, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN VRAN AND I JUST RETURNED LITERALLY AT 8 45.
WE LANDED THIS MORNING FROM THE I P W CONFERENCE IN ORLANDO.
WE'RE BOARD MEMBERS OF VISIT SAN ANTONIO.
AND, UM, LEMME TELL YOU, I WAS SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE STORY AND TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE WELCOME AND GET EXCITED FOR NEXT YEAR'S.
I P W WHAT I LEARNED, UM, WHILE I WAS THERE, AND IT, IT CAME AS A TOTAL SURPRISE.
UM, BUT THERE'S, UH, FOLKS FROM 60 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THAT ATTENDED THIS.
WHEN THIS OPENS UP NEXT YEAR HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES THAT ARE OPEN TO INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.
THERE'S 4,600, UM, FOLKS THAT ATTENDED THIS PAST CONFERENCE.
UM, NEXT YEAR, HOPEFULLY, AT LEAST BY 5,000.
UM, I WAS COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE FROM THE NETHERLANDS AND UK AND WE JUST KEPT TALKING TO PEOPLE.
AND THE ONE THING THAT THEY WERE MOST EXCITED ABOUT WAS WALKABILITY.
UM, THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF SAN ANTONIO.
UM, THE FACT THAT WE'RE CITY OF GASTRONOMY, WE, UM, SHOWCASED, UH, PROMINENTLY THE ALAMO, THE STORY OF THE ALAMO THAT'S BEING TOLD THAT IT'S BEING WORKED ON.
UM, AND I'M APPRECIATIVE, AND I, I KNOW AND I UNDERSTAND THAT CONSTRUCTION, UM, IS, IS INCREASING.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THE PAD FOUNDATION IS PART OF IT.
WE REALLY, UM, I I, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS THAT WE MAYBE SHOULD HAVE PAID A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, ATTENTION THE FACT THAT THIS IS A HISTORICAL SITE, BUT THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN AFFORD NOT TO INVEST IN THIS RIGHT NOW.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOR, FOR WORKING WITH COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ'S, UM, SUGGESTION.
SUGGESTION AND, AND MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION.
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HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE OUR CITY BY DOING THIS.AND, AND I DON'T THINK THAT THIS CAN WAIT.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS WOULD BE DONE OR THIS WOULD TAKE PLACE IN JANUARY, 2023.
SO IT'LL BE DONE BEFORE THE CONFERENCE IN MAY, YOU SAID? YES.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CE GROUP AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR I P W ON ALL OF THE EVENT OPPORTUNITIES IN DOWNTOWN.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LOCATION OF ONE OF THOSE MAJOR EVENTS SO WE CAN HIGHLIGHT FOOD AND THE CULTURE OF SAN ANTONIO.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WAS MOST IMPORTANT, AND THAT RESONATED WITH ME, AND I ALREADY TALKED TO COUNCILMAN CASTILLO ABOUT IT, IS THE EXCITEMENT OF BEING ABLE TO INVOLVE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
I SEE IT AS A CRITICAL SPACE WHERE WE CAN ACTIVATE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
WHEN WE WERE IN ORLANDO, UM, THIS, UH, THIS WEEK, EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, IT'S, IT'S MAD THE MAGIC OF DISNEY.
YOU CAN BUY ANYTHING AT ANY GIFT SHOP AT A PARK.
BUT IN SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO WEAVE IN OUR CULTURAL FABRIC AND BE ABLE TO BRING OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, SET UP SHOPS AROUND THIS AREA.
I GOT TO VISIT WITH THE ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UM, PERSON FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND SHE IS A RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO.
SHE WORKS FOR THE GOVERNOR ABBOTT.
SHE'S EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING THIS TO SAN ANTONIO, AND I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL ALSO BE INVESTING AND HELPING US BRING TOURISM NOT JUST HERE TO SAN ANTONIO, BUT TO, UH, ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.
SO I THINK THAT THE, THE WORLD IS READY TO HAVE A PARTY AND WHAT BETTER PLACE IN SAN ANTONIO TO DO IT, BUT WE DO NEED TO SUPPORT THAT AND HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO FOR THAT REASON, TODAY, I WILL BE SUPPORTING YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND I JUST WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ON THAT TEAM, UM, AND WE WERE JUST SO VERY PROUD TO, TO BE THERE REPRESENTING SAN ANTONIO.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
LORI, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS, SOMEBODY ELSE MAY, BUT I KNOW THAT IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET, WE HAVE, UH, $592 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, THINGS RELATED TO THE 2017 BOND AND AIRPORT PROJECTS.
AND ALSO IN OUR BUDGET, UH, GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE ANOTHER 104 MILLION.
SO ALTOGETHER THAT'S ABOUT $700 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
MY, MY QUESTION IS THIS, THE CITY MAGIC PROBABLY ANSWERED BETTER.
DO WE HAVE IN THAT TOTAL OF ABOUT 700 MILLION, 10% OF THAT SET ASIDE TO BE THE 10% BACKING UP WHATEVER PROJECTS COME FORWARD? OR DO WE GO ELSEWHERE TO FIND THAT 10% CONTINGENCY? NO COUNCILMAN, UH, THAT, THAT'S BUILT INTO THOSE PROJECTS? THE CAPITAL RESERVE THAT, UM, LORI MENTIONED, AND AS PART OF THIS ITEM, UM, IS USUALLY, UM, TWO TO $4 MILLION THAT WE'VE SET ASIDE IN A CONTINGENCY IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
IT'S A SPECIFIC, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CAPITAL BUDGET, IT'S A SEPARATE PROJECT.
AND SOMETIMES THOSE CONTRACT, THOSE, THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS GO OVER A TWO, THREE YEAR PROCESS.
IS IT, IS IT YOUR GUESSTIMATE, SO TO SPEAK, THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LARGER EXTRA RESERVE GOING FORWARD IN THIS NEXT BUDGET? YES, SIR.
THANK YOU LORI, UH, FOR, UH, THAT EXPLANATION.
SO I'M GONNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP THE UTILITIES AND THE, AND I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS, SAWS AND C P S DON'T GO IN UNLESS THERE'S A PROBLEM TO OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I COULD, I CAN TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU GUYS WERE, WERE FACED WITH SOMETHING, AND I, I JUST WANNA ECHO TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ON HERE, IS THIS IS WHAT WE RAN INTO IN REIS, AND, UH, RAZZIE CAN TALK IN LENGTH AT THAT, BUT I WON'T MAKE HIM DO THAT TODAY.
BUT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DO THAT.
SO THIS IS A CITY THAT IS OVER WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE CITY, NOT OUR, OUR NATIVE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, 300 YEARS OLD, AND WE LIKE TO SAVE THINGS.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT EVEN IF, IF SHANNON COULD GO IN AND HER TEAM COULD GO IN, 'CAUSE WE'D PROBABLY NEED MORE PEOPLE TO SAY, THESE ARE THINGS YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA RUN INTO WHEN YOU START MOVING AND START DEVELOPING.
UH, SO I CAN, I COMPLETELY SEE THIS.
I THINK AT THE AMOUNT WE ARE AT, AT THE, UH, MAYBE FIVE, $6 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT IS WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INITIALLY, BUT WE PROBABLY DIDN'T THINK THAT, UH, THAT WAY AT THE BEGINNING.
SO I'M, I'M GOING, I WANT TO APPROVE THIS.
THE OTHER THING IS, I THINK TIMING IS IMPERATIVE.
UH, CHEF JOHNNY HAS A CULINARY SCHOOL.
HE'S TRYING TO GET THESE STUDENTS EXPERIENCE, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
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WE HAVE THESE RESTAURANTS IN THESE LOCATIONS BUILT FOR THOSE STUDENTS.I THINK WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THIS ISN'T JUST A, THIS IS ABOUT COMMUNITY.
NOT ONLY DOES IT SERVICE THE TOURISM INDUSTRY, BUT IT, IT SERVICES THE COMMUNITY.
AND IF WE ARE GOING TO GET THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY BACK TO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, WE NEED TO HAVE OUR, UM, OUR BEAUTIFUL ASSETS, UH, WORKING AND FUNCTIONING AND RIGHT NOW, AND WE CAN HEAR IT AS THE STREETS ARE BEING WORKED ON, UH, DOWNTOWN, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THIS FORWARD.
I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OTHER HISTORIC PROJECTS OVER AT BRECKENRIDGE, SUNKEN, UH, OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, MAYBE WE DO NEED TO LOOK AGAIN AT WHAT WE MIGHT RUN INTO UTILITY WISE AND ARTIFACT WISE.
BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THIS FORWARD TODAY AND SEEING THIS DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UH, I WISH IT COULD GET DONE TOMORROW, BUT
COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 21? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 21, PLEASE VOTE.
[City Manager's Report ]
UH, NOW TO OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.WE'VE JUST GOT ONE ITEM, UH, TODAY AND IT'S, UH, OUR EMPLOYEE VIDEO THAT'S SPOTLIGHTING OUR HOMELESS AND HOMELESS PREVENTION TEAMS, UM, THAT MANY OF YOU, UM, KNOW, UM, OUT IN THE DISTRICTS.
UM, THESE TEAMS ARE TASKED WITH MAKING CONNECTIONS TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AND TO GET FOLKS, UM, UH, BACK INTO THOSE AREAS WHERE THEY NEED, UM, HELP.
AND, AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM, UH, A COUPLE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, KATHY LACEY, ONE OF THEM WHO I'VE MET SEVERAL TIMES, UM, AND IS EXTREMELY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HER JOB.
AND, UM, THE TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB FOR US.
WHEN YOU COME INTO A JOB WHERE YOU SEE YOU MAKING A CHANGE EVERY DAY AND YOU LOVE DOING THAT, YOU CAN GIVE MORE.
KRISTEN, KRISTEN, GOOD MORNING.
THE WORK OF MY TEAM IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
I THINK THEY'RE THE CONDUIT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEEDED HOMELESS SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COMMUNITY, CONSTITUENTS, STAKEHOLDERS AND THE CLIENTS, AND ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS, EQUAL ACCESS TO SERVICES.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE PIECE THAT'S IMPORTANT, IS THAT OUR FOLKS THAT WE WORK WITH WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO SERVICES NO MATTER WHERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THEY'RE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
YOU GUYS ARE STILL INTERESTED IN HOUSING? CORRECT? YEAH.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF I KNOW THAT I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I COULD DO TO HELP A CLIENT TO CHANGE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCE OR THEIR SITUATION, THEN THAT'S THE BEST REWARD FOR ME.
WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT MY JOB IS THAT I GET TO HELP PEOPLE ON A DAILY BASIS AND HELP TO IMPACT THEIR LIFE FOR A POSITIVE OUTCOME.
IT DOES FEEL GOOD TO GO HOME AND JUST KNOW THAT WE HELP PEOPLE SO THAT THEY COULD JUST CONTINUE THEIR DAILY LIFE.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE VOICE, THE DEEDED, THE ACTION, THE FINISH, THE SOLUTION FOR ALL OF THESE CLIENTS WHO HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. IT ALLOWS ME TO INVOKE CHANGE WHERE I SEE CHANGE IS NEEDED, IT ALLOWS ME TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BETTER SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE CLIENTS.
IT ALLOWS ME TO HAVE MY TEAM GO OUT THERE AND BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY SO WE DON'T FORGET WHO WE'RE WORKING FOR.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE MY REWARDS.
I TELL THE TEAM WE CAN'T SAVE EVERYBODY, BUT WE CAN SAVE ONE A DAY, JUST ONE A DAY.
AND WE WORK REALLY HARD TO DO THAT.
SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BUT WE, WE, THE STREET OUTREACH TEAM, UM, AND WHAT WASN'T ON THE VIDEO WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES HERE IN TOWN.
AND, AND, AND FRANKLY SINCE THE PANDEMIC, WE'VE DONE A BETTER JOB.
ALL OF US, THE CITY AND THE OTHER AGENCIES WORKING VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER ON THAT OUTREACH.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ROCHA GARCIA, YOUR DISTRICT IS THE ONLY DISTRICT WHERE WE HAVE A VACANCY IN OUR DISTRICT ASSIGNMENTS AND WE'RE ACTIVELY RECRUITING.
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AND I KNOW DISTRICTS THREE AND SIX ARE HELPING PROVIDE SOME COVERAGE, BUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE DISTRICTS DO A GREAT JOB AND, AND I WANNA THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK.UM, WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO GET TO, SO, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THAT.
THE TIME IS 11:12 AM ON THURSDAY, JUNE 9TH, 2022.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND DELIBERATE TO DISCUSS THE ITEMS POSTED ON THE JUNE 8TH CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, BUT NOT REACHED ECONOMIC DEVELOP NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.
THE TIME IS 12:10 PM ON THIS NINTH DAY OF JUNE, 2022.
CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
CITY COUNCIL IS NOW ADJOURNED.