* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] TO OUR CITY COUNCIL BUDGET SESSION. THE TIME IS 2:07 PM ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2022. WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VEDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER IZE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. HERE. MAYOR BERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE QUORUM. ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT, UH, THREE BUDGET ITEMS TODAY FOR BRIEFING, SO LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT. UH, CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. [ ITEMS  ] YES, THREE. TODAY WE'LL START OFF WITH, UH, D S D DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND CODE COMPLIANCE, TRANSITION TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND THEN WRAP UP, UH, WITH THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, MIKE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM, I'M MIKE SHANNON. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, UH, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. LET'S SEE. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA TALK TODAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE D S D BUDGET, A LITTLE BIT OF THE BUDGET HISTORY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME ENHANCEMENTS, SOME ADDITIONS, UH, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, AS WELL AS SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR ONE-STOP BUILDING DOWN THE STREET, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF. UH, KIND OF OUTLINE SOME OF THE PERMIT HISTORY, UH, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND OUR FUND IS REALLY TAILORED TO GROW WITH PERMITS AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. UH, ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME EFFORTS, UH, THAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR WITH OUR STREETLIGHT TEAM, UH, AS WELL AS TALK ABOUT THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS OF HOW WE, UH, START INSTALLING, UH, SOME OF THOSE STREET LIGHTS. UM, AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, WE WILL, UH, FINISH OFF WITH SOME OF THE GOALS, UH, FOR F Y 23. THERE WE GO. OH, I REALLY ONLY HIT IT ONCE. I SWEAR. LET'S SEE. ONE SECOND, SIR. ALL RIGHT, LET'S START IT. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, JUST TAKING A LOOK AT OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUDGET, WE'RE AT, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING A BUDGET OF 64.8 MILLION, AND, UH, WE'RE COMPRISED OF TWO MAIN, UH, FUNDS. WE HAVE OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH IS A RESTRICTED FUND. UH, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT TO BE 46, UH, A LITTLE OVER $46 MILLION THIS YEAR, UH, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE FROM THE 42 LAST YEAR. UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, WHICH REALLY IS OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND OUR GRAFFITI ABATEMENT TEAM. UH, THAT'S AT 16, UH, 0.2. UH, WE HAVE SET ASIDE TWO, UH, $0.2 MILLION, UH, IN CAPITAL PROJECTS. AGAIN, UH, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. UM, ON ONE OF THE FUTURE SLIDES, WE HAVE SOME DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, UH, FOR THE ONE-STOP BUILDING AT 1901 SOUTH ALAMO. AND, UH, ANOTHER CHANGE, THERE'S A CHANGE TO OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR. ACTUALLY, YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THIS CHANGE. UH, WE USED TO HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR, OR SO IN C D B G GRANT FUNDING, BUT THROUGH THE CHANGES THAT YOU APPROVED, UH, UH, LAST MONTH, UH, THAT HAS BEEN REALLOCATED TO SOME HOUSING NAVIGATORS RATHER THAN CODE OFFICERS. AND, UH, VERONICA GARCIA TOUCHED UPON THAT IN HER BUDGET LAST, UH, LAST WEEK. SO THAT'S A CHANGE. UH, AND, UM, WE'LL ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S 16 NEW POSITIONS ADDED, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE IN DETAIL. UH, BRINGING US TO JUST UNDER 500, UH, AUTHORIZED POSITIONS, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR. NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR, UH, BUDGET SINCE, UH, FY 2019, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S STEADILY GROWN. MOST OF THAT GROWTH, OF COURSE, IS IN THE RESTRICTED FUND. SO IT'S NO SECRET THAT DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, UH, THROUGH, UH, REALLY ALL OF, UH, SAN ANTONIO HAS CONTINUED TO GROW. AND IF YOU LOOK AT EVEN F Y 21, WHERE WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA SHRINK THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, IT DID NOT, IT ACTUALLY STEADILY INCREASED. SO THESE ARE WHAT THE APPROVED BUDGETS WERE. UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND HAS GROWN BECAUSE A NUMBER OF PERMITS, UH, HAS STEADILY INCREASED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. SO, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ENHANCEMENTS OR OUR PROPOSED ADDITIONS THIS YEAR. SO, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE FUNDS THAT WAS CREATED IN 2007 IS THAT ENTERPRISE FUND, WHERE THE PERMITS THAT COME IN THROUGH OUR DOORS, WHETHER IT BE ZONING APPLICATION, UH, RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL PERMITS, THEY PAY FOR SERVICES, UH, FOR US TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND. SO WE, WE NEED INSPECTORS, WE NEED PLANS, EXAMINERS, WE NEED CASE MANAGERS, ET CETERA. UH, WE ALSO NEED CUSTOMER SERVICE FOLKS. PEOPLE STILL COME AND WALK INTO OUR BUILDING BECAUSE, UH, THEY'D RATHER DO IT FACE TO FACE. UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF, WE HAVE OUR OWN CALL CENTER. SO WE'RE GONNA ADD SOME POSITIONS, UH, ON THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND SIDE OF THE HOUSE, [00:05:01] WHICH ARE LISTED THERE. SO, 13 NEW POSITIONS, UH, TWO CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS, ONE IN THE CALL CENTER AND ONE IN OUR FRONT COUNTER. AND REALLY, THAT'S TO JUST GET PEOPLE, UH, ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS ON THE PHONE. WE'VE HAD MORE PHONE CALLS COMING IN, UH, RECENTLY, UH, WITH ALL THE PERMIT ACTIVITY. WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF WALK-IN CUSTOMERS AND SOME OF THOSE SMALL ONLINE PERMITS THAT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE STAFF TAKES CARE, TOOK CARE OF. UH, WE ALSO ARE ADDING, UH, TWO, UH, TEAM MEMBERS TO OUR SHORT-TERM RENTAL TEAM. SO MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, WE LIKE MANY OTHER CITIES, UH, IN THE NATION AROUND THE WORLD. UH, WE ADOPTED A SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE. UH, A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID THAT, WE ADDED ONE POSITION IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES JUST TO, JUST TO HANDLE THOSE PERMITS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REVIEW THOSE, MAKE SURE THEY COMPLY WITH THE CODE, AND THEN ISSUE THOSE PERMITS TO THE OPERATORS. WELL, NOW WE HAVE OVER 4,000 SHORT TERM RENTAL PERMITS. WE STARTED WITH JUST A FEW HUNDRED. WE HAVE OVER 4,000 NOW. UH, AND THEY'RE STILL COMING IN, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY RENEWING EVERY THREE YEARS. SO WE NEED ADDITIONAL STAFF. SO WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, TWO SHORT-TERM RENTAL STAFF. THOSE POSITIONS ARE ACTUALLY PAID FOR BY THOSE SHORT-TERM RENTAL PERMITS. SO, UH, THAT MONEY IS IN THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND AS WELL. SO JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THAT DEMAND. IT'LL ALSO HELP US, UH, WITH COMPLIANCE. WE GET A LOT OF CALLS FOR MAYBE SOMEONE NOT REGISTERED YET OR, OR WORKING OUTSIDE THEIR PERMIT. SO THOSE, THOSE TWO TEAM MEMBERS WILL HELP WITH THAT. UH, WE ALSO HAVE A STRIKE TEAM. I THINK MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE, BUT WE HAVE A TEAM OF INSPECTORS, UH, THAT WE CREATED, UH, ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO. AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND WORKING, UH, AND FINDING THE ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, THAT WE FIND THAT ARE DOING WORK WITHOUT PERMIT. UH, AND AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE RENOVATING YOUR HOME, BUILDING SOMETHING NEW, ET CETERA, YOU NEED PERMITS SO YOU CAN GET INSPECTED. UH, FOR OUR SAFETY CODES, UH, WE STILL ARE FINDING, UH, QUITE A BIT OF ILLEGAL AND UNSAFE RENOVATIONS. SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD, UH, 2, 2, 2 ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO OUR STRIKE TEAM. AND LASTLY, IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SIDE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I THINK YOU MIGHT BE HEARING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT TOMORROW AS WELL. THE AIRPORT, UH, PROJECT IS A SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AND WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, UH, US TO ADD AN AIRPORT, UH, TEAM, UH, OF A COUPLE OF, UH, PLANS, EXAMINERS, INCLUDING AN ARCHITECT, UH, ALONG WITH SOME INSPECTORS. THE GOAL THERE IS TO ENSURE THAT THE AIRPORT PROJECT DOESN'T WAIT IN BEHIND, WAIT, BEHIND THOSE OTHER PROJECTS, UH, THAT ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE, THOSE SERVICE, BUT ALSO ALL OF OUR OTHER COMMERCIAL RE RESIDENTIAL, UH, CUSTOMERS. WE DON'T WANT THEM TO WAIT IN LINE BEHIND, UH, THE AIRPORT AS WELL. SO, UH, THAT'LL BE PAID FOR BY THE PERMIT FEES THAT THE AIRPORT, UH, PAYS US. SO, GOING ON TO THE GENERAL FUND, UH, THE THREE POSITIONS ARE TWO PROPOSED CODE OFFICERS. UH, REALLY TO ENHANCE OUR SWEEP TEAM. UH, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAVE A TEAM, UH, DEDICATED TO PROACTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD SWEEPS. UH, THAT WAS ACTUALLY MODIFIED ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. WE DO ABOUT TWO IN EACH DISTRICT, UH, COORDINATING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS YOURSELVES, YOUR STAFFS. IT, IT WAS PUT ON HOLD A LITTLE BIT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE REALLOCATED SOME STAFF TO HELP WITH OTHER MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES. UH, BUT NOW THAT THE SWEEPS PROGRAM IS STARTING UP AGAIN, UH, TWO ADDITIONAL CODE OFFICERS WILL HELP, UH, ADD A THIRD SWEEP IN EACH, UH, IN EACH DISTRICT. AND THEN LASTLY, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HEARD, UH, WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH, UH, THE TRIAL BUDGET PROPOSAL, UH, AND EVEN BEFORE, UH, WE'RE GONNA ADD ONE POSITION TO WORK CLOSELY WITH N H S D ACTING AS A, A LIAISON TO THOSE ADDITIONAL CODE, UM, UH, I'M SORRY, HOUSING NAVIGATORS, UH, THAT THEY'RE ADDING. AND THE GOAL THERE IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP, UH, TO THOSE SERVICES OR THOSE PROGRAMS OF OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB, ET CETERA. SO, AGAIN, UH, JUST WANT TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE ONE-STOP BUILDING DOWN THE STREET, UM, THE CLIFF MORTON DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS SERVICE CENTER. SO, UH, THAT BUILDING WAS, IT'S ACTUALLY 20 YEARS OLD, UH, NEXT YEAR. SO IT WAS OPENED IN MARCH OF 2023. AND, UH, WE HAVE SOME DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. SO WE HAVE ABOUT TWO, A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION. ONE OF THOSE IS ABOUT $1.5 MILLION TO REPLACE THE HVAC SYSTEM. I THINK YOU HEARD SEVERAL CITY, CITY FACILITIES, UH, THAT NEED SOME OF THAT WORK. OURS WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE, AND THAT'LL BE PAID FOR OUTTA THE ENTERPRISE FUND. WE HAVE A FEW OTHER PROJECTS, UM, LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK ON OUR ROOF, UH, PAVEMENT REPAIR IN THE PARKING LOT, ET CETERA. ALL OF THAT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IS GONNA ADD UP TO 2.2 MILLION. SO, JUST KIND OF WANNA WALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE HAVE SEEN. UH, THIS IS NO SECRET. I PRESENTED SOME OF THIS LAST YEAR, UH, BUT SINCE 2017, WE WERE WORKING ON A PRETTY REGULAR STEADY CLIP OF PERMITS. YOU SEE THE, BOTH THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL COMING THROUGH THERE. BUT WHAT WAS SURPRISING WAS IN 2020 AND 2021, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE RESIDENTIAL PERMITTING THAT WAS COMING THROUGH. AND THAT WAS, WE THOUGHT IF WE, WE ACTUALLY PLANNED FOR IT TO BE GOING DOWN. UH, BUT THE SURPRISE, WE ALL KNOW THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, THAT CONSTRUCTION CONTINUED AT A PRETTY GOOD PACE. UH, AND THEN, UH, EVEN THIS PAST YEAR IN 21 TO 22, WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN, IN [00:10:01] COMMERCIAL PROJECTS COME THROUGH OUR DOORS. SO WE'RE MONITORING THAT, MONITORING THAT. BUT WE ARE PROJECTING PRETTY STEADY, UH, PERMIT ACTIVITY, ALTHOUGH WE'RE CONTINUING TO WATCH ALL THE STUFF THAT WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT THE INFLATION, THE INTEREST RATES, ET CETERA. UH, WE ACTUALLY MEET MONTHLY WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT, UH, PARTNERS, UH, BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL TO TRY TO GET A, UH, AN E R AS TO WHAT'S COMING DOWN. UH, THEY STILL SAY THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, BUT WE'LL MONITOR THAT. AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE ENTERPRISE FUND. WE EXPAND AND CONTRACT, UH, WITH, WITH STAFF AS NEEDED TO MEET THE DEMAND. SO ONE ITEM I WANT TO JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT IS, SO LAST YEAR, YOU ALL, UH, APPROVED TWO ADDITIONAL STAFF AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO CREATE AND LOOK AT, UH, STREETLIGHTS ALL AROUND OUR CITY. NOW, WHAT WE NORMALLY DO IS WE GET 3 1 1 CALLS, OR WE MAY GET SOME CALLS FROM YOUR OFFICE, FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD, HEY, THERE'S SOME GAPS IN, IN LIGHTING. UM, AND IT WAS A VERY REACTIVE PROCESS. SO THIS YEAR, WE ACTUALLY HAVE CREATED A, UH, CALL IT GAP ANALYSIS FOR STREETLIGHTS. SO IF YOU GO ON DSDS WEBSITE, NOW, YOU CAN SEE A MAP THAT'S A MAP RIGHT UP THERE OF, UH, ONE AREA, I THINK THAT'S IN DISTRICT TWO. AND IT HAS A BUNCH OF DOTS ON IT. IT HAS DOTS OF EXISTING LIGHTS. IT HAS SOME BLUE DOTS AND GREEN DOTS THAT SHOW WHERE LIGHTS ARE NEEDED. SO WE ACTUALLY EXAMINED 73,000 LIGHTS IN, UH, IN OUR CITY, OKAY? AND THAT'S, UH, 3,200 MILES OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS. SO WE HAVE ABOUT 73,000 STREETLIGHTS. IF YOU TAKE TODAY'S CODE REQUIREMENTS AND THE SPACING REQUIREMENTS OF TODAY'S DEVELOPMENT CODE, WE COULD USE ABOUT 4,300 MORE. OKAY? SO WE, AND WE HAVE THEM ALL SHOWN UP AND, AND NOW WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, AND NOW WE CAN PROACTIVELY, UH, LOOK AT AND, AND REALLY PRIORITIZE WHERE WE CAN PUT THOSE. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE $5.8 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED IN F Y 22 TO NOW START INSTALLING THOSE LIGHTS WORKING CLOSELY WITH C P S. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY UNDERWAY, THE FIRST ALMOST 200 LIGHTS. THOSE WORK ORDERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN TO, UH, C P S. THOSE ARE KIND OF SOME OF THE EASIER ONES WITH SOME EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE PRIORITIZING, UH, CRIME AREAS, SCHOOL AREAS, OR AREAS AROUND SCHOOLS OR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, HELPING WITH VISION ZERO DATA AND VIA BUS ROUTE. SO WE'LL BE WORKING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS UTILIZING THAT $5.8 MILLION TO INSTALL THOSE LIGHTS. UH, EACH OF THOSE LIGHTS ACTUALLY COST ABOUT $5,000 TO INSTALL. UH, AND WE WORK CLOSELY. WE ACTUALLY MEET WITH C P S EACH MONTH NOW TO GO OVER THAT WORK ORDER LIST, UM, UH, TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL INSTALLED AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. SO, COMING UP, UH, IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR, UH, 2023 FISCAL YEAR, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON FINISHING UP THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE PROCESS. UH, THIS PAST YEAR WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON UPDATING ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENT CODES. SO THE U D C IS THE ONE THAT'S CLOSEST. WE JUST, UH, PRESENTED TO THE P C D, UH, COMMITTEE PLANNING, COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UH, LAST MONTH, A FEW WEEKS AGO. UH, WE'LL BE PRESENTING AT A B SESSION FOR YOU ALL TO LOOK AT THE 193 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. I THINK WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER, AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT, HOPEFULLY, UH, A SESSION IN EARLY NOVEMBER. UH, SO WE CAN IMPLEMENT ON JANUARY ONE. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR BUILDING AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES. SO THERE'S 10 CODES THERE, YOU KNOW, BUILDING MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, ET CETERA. UH, OUR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES, SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, AND OUR SIGN CODE, THOSE ARE ALL, UH, GONNA BE COMING TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION IN THAT FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 23. WE'RE STILL WORKING, TRYING TO FINISH UP OUR WORK WITH THE NOISE ORDINANCE TASK FORCE. UH, THAT WAS, UH, CREATED THROUGH A C C R ACTUALLY ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF AGO NOW. UH, SO, UH, IN FACT, WE HAVE A MEETING TONIGHT, UH, WITH THE TASK FORCE GOING OVER SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A CONSULTANT. SO, UH, WE THINK IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONSIDER THERE. UH, WE HAVE SOME LARGE AREA REZONINGS AND, UH, A COUPLE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN INITIATED THROUGH COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUESTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. SO WE HAVE FIVE OR SIX OF THOSE THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE MONITOR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION PRETTY CLOSELY. THERE'S ALWAYS SOME PROPOSALS, UH, , UH, FOR DEVELOPMENT RELATED STUFF, WHETHER IT BE TREES, E T J, SHORT-TERM RENTALS, ET CETERA. SO THAT'S A VERY QUICK PRESENTATION OF, UH, OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUDGET. UH, I'M GONNA HAND IT OFF, UH, NOW TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, BRENDA HICKS SORENSON. THANK YOU, MIKE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M BRENDA HICKS SORENSON, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET. OUR PRESENTATION TO YOU DURING LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS WAS ABOUT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES AS WE CONTINUED PANDEMIC RECOVERY. THIS YEAR, WE ARE IN A WHOLE NEW PLAYING FIELD, LOOKING AHEAD TO BRIGHTER AND STRONGER ECONOMY FOR ALL SAN ANTONIANS. [00:15:02] THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING OUR PRIORITIES. THIS PAST YEAR. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WHY WE'VE BEEN DOING IT, AND HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING IT. THIS EFFORT INTERNALLY, AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS HAS DRIVEN THE ITEMS I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY, THE DEPARTMENT IS ORGANIZED INTO THREE MAJOR FUNCTIONAL AREAS. OUR SMALL BUSINESS DIVISION OVERSEES PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO BUSINESS OWNERS AND THE CTA PROGRAM. THE PHOTO FEATURES UR HIL, OWNER OF ALIBABA INTERNATIONAL FOOD MARKET IN DISTRICT EIGHT, WHO IS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND HAS PROVIDED HIS INPUT TO OUR BY LOCAL INITIATIVE. GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT FOCUSES ON BUSINESS DIPLOMACY, CULTURE AND EDUCATION. ONE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO ORGANIZE DELEGATIONS LIKE THIS ONE, TO MONTEREY, MEXICO WITH GREATER S A T X TO PROMOTE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN SAN ANTONIO. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HIGH QUALITY JOBS IN SAN ANTONIO. THEY ALSO LEAD EVENT OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS MILITARY MEDICAL INNOVATION, INDUSTRY DAY WITH THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHERE HUNDREDS OF MILITARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS GATHERED TO COLLABORATE AND EXCHANGE IDEAS. FEATURED HERE IS PRONE THERAPY SYSTEM BY TURN MEDICAL THAT REPOSITIONS CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS UNDER MEDICAL CARE. LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, I SPECIFICALLY WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THE POSITIONS. THREE OF THE 43 POSITIONS ARE ASSIGNED TO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER OFFICE. EXCUSE ME. THE TOTAL, A TOTAL OF THREE POSITIONS ARE PROPOSED TO BE ADDED IN FISCAL YEAR 2023. TWO ARE BEING ADDED TO THE C BETA TEAM TO STREAMLINE THE CONTRACTING PROCESS AND SHORTEN TIMELINES FOR PROJECTS RESULTING FROM IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2022 CAPITAL PROGRAM. THEY'RE INCLUDED AMONG THE 38 POSITIONS BEING ADDED ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, WHICH WAS HIGHLIGHTED DURING THE PUBLIC WORKS PRESENTATION. THE REMAINING ADDED POSITION WILL FOCUS ON DATA RESEARCH WITHIN E D D. THE DATA RESEARCH TEAM WILL BE TWO POSITIONS, ONE OF WHICH IS A REPURPOSED POSITION ALREADY BELONGING TO THE DEPARTMENT. THIS TEAM WILL BOLSTER OUR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC INDICATORS AND ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO TRACK ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE METRICS AND GROWTH TARGETS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT TWO POSITIONS FUNDED BY ARPA WERE ADDED IN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. THESE ARE REFLECTED IN THE FORTIES SHOWN ON THE SLIDE. WE ARE CURRENTLY RECRUITING FOR THESE POSITIONS AS THEY WILL SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ARPA SMALL BUSINESS PLAN, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN JUNE. BRIEFLY LOOKING AT THE ADOPTED BUDGET HISTORY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A PROPOSED FUNDING INCREASE OF 4.6% WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, AND A $5.4 MILLION INCREASE IN RESTRICTED FUNDS WITH MOST OF THOSE FUNDS INCLUDED IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS INVESTED OR APPROPRIATED OVER $80 MILLION TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES. THE MAJORITY OF THAT OVER $63 MILLION, HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET. THERE IS A, IS $32.5 MILLION IN ARUP GRANT FUNDS. THIS IS COMPRISED OF $10 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, AS WELL AS 22.45 MILLION FROM THE ARPA SMALL BUSINESS FUNDING, WHICH I WILL ADDRESS IN MORE DETAIL SHORTLY. OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH T I P STRATEGIES IS NEARING COMPLETION. THE PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT IS HIGHLY INFORMED BY QUALITATIVE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND QUANTITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS, AND WILL BE AN EXCITING AND SIGNIFICANT TURNING POINT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SAN ANTONIO. THE PLAN WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL LATER THIS MONTH, AND AGAIN IN OCTOBER, T I P STRATEGIES PRESENTED TO E W S D C ON THIS ITEM. DURING THE COMMITTEE'S MONTHLY MEETING LAST WEEK, WE'LL BE INCORPORATING THEIR FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS INTO PREPARATION FOR THE FORTHCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING. OVERALL, THE STRATEGIES AND TACTICS ARE WITHIN FOUR MAJOR GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THE INNOVATION AND INDUSTRY GOAL WILL FOCUS ON RETAINING, EXPANDING, AND ATTRACTING BUSINESSES WITHIN EACH STRATEGIC INDUSTRY CLUSTER, PROVIDE MORE EFFECTIVE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AND FACILITATE INNOVATION CENTRIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THE PLACEMAKING AND REAL ESTATE GOAL WILL ACCELERATE PLACE-BASED REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT CREATE QUALITY SPACES FOR NEW JOBS AND INVESTMENT IN SAN ANTONIO'S REGIONAL CENTERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMIC NODES. THE TALENT AND WORKFORCE GOAL WILL ENSURE SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS TO WELL-PAYING JOBS AND EMPLOYERS HAVE ACCESS TO A ROBUST PIPELINE OF TALENT. READY TO WORK IS A MAJOR EFFORT IN THIS AREA, [00:20:01] AND THE FINAL GOAL, CAPACITY AND RESOURCES WILL ALIGN THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS AROUND STRATEGIC GROWTH AND COORDINATE WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ON SHARED GOALS AND ACTIONS THAT BENEFIT SAN ANTONIO AS A WHOLE, OBSERVING WHAT WAS DEVELOPING AS THEMES THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO ALIGN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND WORK PLAN WITH THE GOALS OF THE PLAN. THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS CONFIRMED WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND EXPANDED ON THE DEPTH OF OPPORTUNITY AND IMPORTANCE OF ALIGNMENT WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. AS THE CITY CONTINUES ITS INVESTMENT IN KEY PARTNERS, THOSE CONTRACTS WILL BE ALIGNED WITH GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO LEVERAGE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER MORE EFFECTIVELY. WHILE GREATER S A T X, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND BIOMED SS A ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH US ON ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESSES AND STRATEGIC INDUSTRY CLUSTERS, OUR GEOGRAPHIC PARTNERS PROSPER. WEST SAGE AND SOUTH SIDE FIRST ARE SUPPORTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN PLACEMAKING WITHIN OUR CITY. S A E D C WILL ALSO LIKELY PLAY A ROLE IN PLACEMAKING WITH A REVISED WORK PLAN TO BE PRESENTED IN EARLY CALENDAR YEAR 2023. THESE PARTNERS FOCUSED ON THEIR OWN MISSIONS ARE ALL A PART OF THE SAN ANTONIO'S LARGER ECONOMIC PICTURE. AND ALIGNING EFFORTS IS CRITICAL. THE CITY'S CURRENT INVESTMENT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES WITH AN INVESTMENT OF 24.33 MILLION INCLUSIVE OF ARPA INVESTMENTS IN GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. NOTING THAT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE FUNDS IN OTHER DEPARTMENT BUDGETS SUCH AS FEE WAIVERS. THERE ARE MANY TRANSFORMATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WITH THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS THE CITY IS MAKING IN PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS. ACCESS TO CAPITAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE OUR NEWLY CREATED BONDING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AS YOU'LL RECALL, $550,000 WAS ALLOCATED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET TO ESTABLISH THIS PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HELP BUSINESSES IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ADDRESS CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH ACQUIRING THE BONDING TO PARTICIPATE IN CITY CONTRACTS, INCLUDING PROVIDING EDUCATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND CAPITAL TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY BONDS. THE CITY IS WORKING WITH THE S E E D C ON THIS INITIATIVE, AND A FUNDING AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED IN JUNE. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ROLLING OUT THE PROGRAM AND LOOK FORWARD TO OPEN APPLICATIONS IN FALL. WITHIN THIS CATEGORY IS ALSO A LOAN INTEREST BY DOWN PROGRAM ADMINISTERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LIFT FUND THAT WILL BE FUNDED AGAIN THIS YEAR. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES 0% INTEREST LOANS FOR QUALIFYING SMALL BUSINESSES. HERE PICTURED IS CHEF LORIS GIBSON JR. POPS G POPS G PRODUCES SPECIALTY BARBECUE SAUCES AND RUBS ACCORDING TO THEIR WEBSITE. POP G PRODUCTS WERE DESIGNED TO QUOTE, COMPLIMENT MANY DIFFERENT FOODS AND STYLES OF COOKING AND DELIVER LIP-SMACKING FLAVOR THAT WILL, WHILE YOUR TASTE BUDS AND MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A CULINARY EXPERT. END QUOTE. LORIS DESCRIBED A SITUATION IN WHICH HE WAS LOOKING FOR HELP TO KEEP POP G'S AND HIS DREAM ALIVE. HE WAS ABLE TO SECURE A 0% INTEREST LOAN THROUGH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BYON PROGRAM, AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE HELP HE NEEDED UNDER CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS. THE CITY CONTINUES INVESTMENT IN THE YEAR. OUR LAUNCH SA, WHICH FOR EXAMPLE, HAS BOTH ARPA AND GENERAL FUND INVESTMENT TO CONTINUE ITS WORK TO PROVIDE ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WITH EDUCATION AND RESOURCES. THE MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM ADMINISTERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ALAMO COLLEGES OFFERS FREE EDUCATION AND MENTORSHIP ABOUT SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PRACTICES PRACTICES. THIS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THIS YEAR. THE ARPA SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM COVERS MANY PRIORITY AREAS OF SMALL BUSINESSES THAT YOU SEE HERE, INCLUDING ACCESS TO CAPITAL, CAPACITY BUILDING, ECOSYSTEM SUPPORT, AND PLACEMAKING. OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO LEVERAGE FUNDING WITHIN THIS PROGRAM TO STRENGTHEN SUPPORT TO SMALL BUSINESSES, SUPPORTING LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WISH TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY IS AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO, AND WE ACCOMPLISH THIS WITH OUR SUB BETA PROGRAM. CURRENTLY, OUR DISPARITY STUDY IS UNDERWAY. THE STUDY WILL IDENTIFY POTENTIAL RACIAL AND GENDER CONTRACTING DISPARITIES IN THE SAN ANTONIO MARKETPLACE, AND PROVIDE LEGAL SUPPORT TO POTENTIALLY CONTINUE THE CITY'S AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CONTRACTING PROGRAM. WE EXPECT A REPORT IN EARLY 2023 WITH A REVISED ORDINANCE TO FOLLOW, TO AUGMENT THESE EFFORTS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO INVEST IN MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS SUPPORT THAT ALIGNS WITH EFFORTS UNDERWAY THROUGH A PROGRAM CALLED SUPPLY SAN ANTONIO, UNLOCKING THE PROCUREMENT ECONOMY INITIATIVE, A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ASPEN INSTITUTE IN COLLABORATION WITH DREXEL UNIVERSITY AND THE SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION. THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROMOTE BLACK AND LATINO OWNED BUSINESSES, BUSINESS GROWTH [00:25:01] THROUGH LOCAL PUBLIC SECTOR CONTRACTING. DREXEL UNIVERSITY HAS IDENTIFIED THE CITY SUB BETA PROGRAM AS A BEST PRACTICE. WE WILL INVEST UP TO $500,000 IN MATCHING FUNDS TOWARDS THE EFFORT, WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THE $24.33 MILLION SHOWN ON THE PRIOR SLIDE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON THIS INITIATIVE AND COLLABORATING WITH OTHER PUBLIC SECTOR AGENCIES TO DEVELOP CREATIVE SOLUTIONS. THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IMPROVEMENTS BENEFIT ALL FUNCTIONAL AREAS OF OUR DEPARTMENT, STARTING WITH THE RESTORATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. THIS ALIGNS WITH THE UPCOMING REVISIONS TO IMPROVE THE CITY'S INCENTIVE POLICY, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IN DECEMBER. THERE IS FUNDING DEDICATED TO THE CASA SAN ANTONIO OFFICE IN MEXICO CITY. THIS RENEWED AND EXPANDED FOCUS IS TO DRIVE MORE INVESTMENT FROM MEXICAN AND LATIN AMERICAN COMPANIES TO SAN ANTONIO, AND WE'LL WORK WITH OUR AVIATION DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS LIKE VISIT SA AND GREATER S A T X IN THESE EFFORTS. INVESTMENT IN MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS SUPPORT IS SOMETHING THAT STRENGTHENS THE S BETA PROGRAM TO PROMOTE LATINO AND BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS GROWTH THROUGH PUBLIC CONTRACTING AS PREVIOUSLY HIGHLIGHTED, WE WILL ALSO ADD A DINA MANAGEMENT TEAM AS MENTIONED EARLIER. EARLIER I MENTIONED THE FOCUS ON WHAT, WHY, AND HOW. ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT IS HOW WE SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY CITY INITIATED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LASTING MORE THAN ONE YEAR. E D D IS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMISSION TO DEVELOP A HOLISTIC STRATEGY THAT WILL RESULT IN A COMPREHENSIVE TOOLKIT. E D D HAS ALREADY DEDICATED A POSITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY. THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS WITHIN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET ARE MANAGED BY THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. I WILL BRIEFLY ADDRESS THE DELEGATE AGENCIES, HOWEVER, THE ALAMO PROMISE PROGRAM AND PROJECT QUEST ARE BOTH PROGRAMS THAT ARE SEPARATE FROM READY TO WORK. ALAMO PROMISE IS IN YEAR FOUR OF FIVE AND IS MEETING ITS CITY CONTRACT GOALS THIS YEAR. ALAMO PROMISE EXTENDS THE CITY'S WORKFORCE COMMITMENT FROM PRE-K THROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE. PROJECT QUEST CELEBRATED ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR AND MEETS THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR READY TO WORK. FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE CURRENTLY IN COLLEGE, THEY'RE ON TRACK TO EXCEED PREVIOUS YEAR'S SERVICE GOALS. SA WORKS PROVIDES A VARIETY OF SERVICES TO THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY, SOME IN SUPPORT OF THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. REALLY, IT IS THE EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT ARM OF THE PROGRAM. THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 CONTRACT FOCUSED ON THE US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION'S TALENT PIPELINE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK. T P M COLLABORATIVES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR MANUFACTURING, CONSTRUCTION AND HEALTHCARE BIAS SCIENCE SECTORS WITH PLANS TO START IT, CYBERSECURITY AND FINANCE SECTOR COLLABORATIVE SOON. I OFTEN SAY THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A TEAM SPORT. I BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE NOW MORE THAN EVER. AS WE ENVISION THE PATH FORWARD FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY. LIKE ANY GOOD TEAM, WE MUST STAY FOCUSED ON THE GOALS AND BE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHERE WE ARE HEADED. OUR GOAL IS A MORE RESILIENT ECONOMY IN SAN ANTONIO. AND TO RE REITERATE SOMETHING I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION, REACHING THAT GOAL REQUIRES ALIGNING EFFORTS, LEVERAGING OPPORTUNITIES, AND PARTNERING WITH KEY ORGANIZATIONS IN A VERY INTENTIONAL WAY. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A BUSY AND COLLABORATIVE YEAR. NEXT IS DOUG FROM SUSTAINABILITY. THANK YOU, BRENDA. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, DOUG M**K, CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR PROPOSED F Y 23 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY. SO MY PRESENTATION'S GONNA COVER THE PROPOSED BUDGET, OUR F Y 23 INITIATIVES THAT ARE SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN. AND OUR PROGRAM CHANGES. SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS TABLE, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY IS FUNDED THROUGH THE SOLID WASTE OPERATING AND MA MAINTENANCE FUND AND THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND. THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 23 SOLID WASTE FUND BUDGET IS $1.5 MILLION, UH, WHICH IS A 7.1% INCREASE FROM F Y 22, AND IS DRIVEN PRIMARILY, UH, DUE TO INCREASES IN PERSONNEL COSTS. UH, IN TERMS OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND, UH, THE F Y 23 BUDGET IS $3.4 MILLION. THAT AMOUNTS TO A 35.7 INCREASE FROM THE ADOPTED F Y 22 BUDGET. HOWEVER, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THIS 35.7% DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY NEW, UM, REVENUE, BUT INCLUDES AN INCREASE TO THE FUND BALANCE AS A RESULT OF REPRIORITIZING PROJECTS AND THE INCLUSION OF THE ADDITIONAL STAFF NEEDED TO INCREASE CAPACITY TO DEVELOP AND EXPEDITE PROJECT DELIVERY. OUR OVERALL PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES [00:30:01] A 21.4% INCREASE BETWEEN FISCAL YEARS 22 AND 23, AND ALSO INCLUDES AN OVERALL INCREASE IN OSS STAFFING FROM NINE TO 13 FOR A NET INCREASE OF FOUR. AND I'LL, I'LL GET INTO A LITTLE DETAIL ON THOSE POSITIONS SHORTLY. UH, IN TERMS OF OUR BUDGET HISTORY, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR FUNDING HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY, UH, STABLE BETWEEN F 19 F Y I 19 AND 2022, UH, WITH AN INCREASE IN F Y 23, AGAIN, DUE TO PERSONNEL COSTS, INCREASED STAFFING, AS WELL AS AN INCREASE IN THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND BALANCE, AGAIN, AS A RESULT OF THE REPRIORITIZED REPRIORITIZING PROJECTS THAT I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA BE DOING THIS THIS YEAR? UM, WITHIN OUR ENERGY MANAGEMENT DIVISION, THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL BE COMPLETING SIX ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS, TOTALING AT $1.4 MILLION. THOSE PROJECTS ARE, UH, LOS PALMAS AND MEMORIAL LIBRARIES, THE ALAMODOME APACHE CREEK TRAIL PARK. THE, UH, EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER AND PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT, UH, PROJECTS WILL COVER L E DRI LIGHTING RETROFITS AND RETROCOMMISSIONING, WHICH IS BASICALLY A PROCESS OF GOING BACK AND ASSESSING BUILDING OPERATIONS AND FINE TUNED SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PERFORMING EFFICIENTLY. WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, A CAPITAL AND BOND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT PROJECTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN OBJECTIVES. UM, WE'LL BE DOING THIS BY IDENTIFYING BASELINE SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, DETERMINING THE, A WAY OF QUANTIFYING THE POTENTIAL CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY BENEFITS OF PROJECTS. THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY IS F Y 23 INTERNAL MUNICIPAL SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES PRIMARILY FALL INTO THESE SIX CATEGORIES. WE WILL BE WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TO IDENTIFY AND PURSUE FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES. WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR EMPLOYEE CLIMATE TRAINING SERIES, CONTINUE WORKING WITH B E S D ON FLEET EFFICIENCY AND RELEASE OUR 2021 GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY. LATER THIS YEAR, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH A MINIMUM OF 20 DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE UPDATED SA CLIMATE READY CONSISTENCY DOCS. THESE ARE BASICALLY DOCUMENTS THAT, THAT, UH, ARE, ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WORK PLANS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CLIMATE PLAN. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE INITIATING A CLIMATE BUDGET PILOT WITH SELECT DEPARTMENTS IN WHICH WE WILL ANALYZE, UH, DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS DETER, DETERMINE THE AMOUNTS OF FUNDING THAT IS ACTUALLY BEING ALLOCATED TO, TO THE CLIMATE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. FINALLY, IF APPROVED, THE NEW CLIMATE ADAPTATION MANAGER, UM, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY, WILL COORDINATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING URBAN HEAT MITIGATION, LOCAL FOOD SECURITY, AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS, AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ON RESILIENCE ACTIVITIES. IN ADDITION TO OUR INTERNAL ORGANIZATIONAL WORK, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON COMMUNITY INITIATIVES IN F Y 23. WE WILL CONTINUE STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE DRAFT BENCHMARKING, UH, AND DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE. WITH THE GOAL OF PRESENTING A DRAFT FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WILL CONTINUE TO INSTALL PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AT CITY OWNED PROPERTY AND INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AND BENEFITS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES. WE, WE'LL BE COLLABORATING WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT COULD ASSIST IN REDUCING TRANSPORTATION SECTOR EMISSIONS. AND FINALLY, WE'LL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS TIED. WHO CARES? WE ALL SHOULD WITH A FOCUS ON WORKING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS ARE NOT ONLY AWARE OF SA CLIMATE READY, BUT HAVE A VOICE IN IDENTIFYING CLIMATE SOLUTIONS IN ORDER TO DELIVER ON THIS WORK PLAN AND ACCELERATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN, AND TO MORE EFFICIENTLY DELIVER ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND PROJECTS. THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY'S F Y 23 BUDGET INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF FOUR NEW POSITIONS WITHIN THE SOLID WASTE FUND. WE ARE REQUESTING A CLIMATE ADAPTATION MANAGER WHO WILL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A CLIMATE ADAPTATION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN RESPONSE TO CURRENT AND FUTURE CLIMATE IMPACTS, AS WELL AS A MANAGEMENT ANALYST WHO WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEED TO CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY SUPPORTMENT SUPPORT TO CITY DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND. WE WERE REQUESTING TWO POSITIONS, A SUSTAINABLE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY MANAGER TO SUPPORT THE ACCELERATED DELIVERY OF MUNICIPAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS, AS WELL AS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OSA'S RENEWABLE ENERGY STRATEGY. AND WE ARE ALSO REQUESTING A CAPITAL BOND AND CAPITAL PROJECT AND BOND SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER, WHO WILL WORK TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY OF CAPITAL AND BOND PROJECTS WITH THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN. SO I'M ALSO PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, LAST WEDNESDAY, UH, WE RELEASED THE R F P FOR ONSITE, UM, SOLAR, UH, AT 81 MUNICIPAL, UH, CITY INSIGHTS PRELIMINARY. AN ANALYSIS SHOWS, UH, THERE'S A POTENT POTENTIAL FOR 11 TO 15 MEGAWATTS OF ONSITE SOLAR, UH, ON OUR CITY FACILITIES, WHICH WE BELIEVE IS, UH, THE LARGEST ONSITE MUNICIPAL PROCUREMENTS, UH, EVER UNDERTAKEN [00:35:01] IN, IN THE COUNTRY. UH, THIS PROCUREMENT WILL HELP ADVANCE SA CLIMATE READY AND MOVE US TOWARDS MEETING OUR GOAL OF ZERO NET ENERGY FOR MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS BY 2040, AND PROVIDE MARKET DRIVEN RESPONSES, HOPEFULLY COST SAVINGS OR COST NEUTRAL OPPORTUNITIES, ACHIEVES ECONOMIES OF SCALE FOR GOING FOR, UH, ONE LARGE PROCUREMENT AS OPPOSED TO INDIVIDUAL ROOFTOPS CREATE SUSTAINABLE JOB AND WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES. AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY HOPING IS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE, UH, MARKET BASED INCENTIVES AND THE INFLATION REDUCTION AND REDUCTION ACT. IN ADDITION, THIS PROCESS WILL ALSO PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT FOUNDATION FOR ENERGY RESILIENCE AT KEY MUNICIPAL FACILITIES THROUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE INCORPORATION OF BATTERY STORAGE AT KEY SITES. IN TERMS OF TIMING, THE R F P PROPOSALS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 7TH, CITY COUNCIL POST SOLICITATION BRIEFING IN JANUARY, AND CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF AWARDS, POTENTIALLY IN FEBRUARY, 2023. FINALLY, GIVEN, UM, THE COMMUNITY AND CITY COUNCIL INTEREST IN, UM, EXTREME HEAT AND URBAN HEAT ISLAND, AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER, I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF, UH, URBAN HEAT ISLAND EXTREME HEAT AND THE CLIMATE PLAN. THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN INCLUDED A VULNERABILITY AND CLIMATE RISK ASSESSMENT THAT IDENTIFIED EXTREME HEAT AS OUR COMMUNITY'S TOP RISK, PARTICULARLY FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. IN ADDITION, THAT PLAN INCLUDES A STRATEGY TO ANALYZE AND QUANTIFY THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND IN SAN ANTONIO AND DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENT AND IMPACTFUL U H I MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION PLAN WITH A FOCUS ON VULNERABLE POPULATIONS TO ECOSYSTEMS. AND WE WILL PLAN ON INITIATING THIS PROCESS IN, UH, FISCAL YEAR 23. AGAIN, WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MITIGATION? UM, MEASURES FOR, UH, EXTREME HEAT AND URBAN HEAT ISLAND, THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A FEW, UH, COOL AND GREEN ROOFS, COOL PAVEMENTS, GREEN OR COOL WALLS, ARCHITECTURAL CANOPIES, TREES AND LANDSCAPING, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER FOUNTAINS, PUBLIC FOUNTAINS, MISTERS, SHADED SHELTERS AND WALKWAYS. AND THE KEY IS REALLY GOING TO BE FIGURING OUT HOW DO YOU START PACKAGING, UM, UH, THESE PROJECTS TO MAKE A IMPACT IN, IN KEY TARGET AREAS. AND SO FINALLY, THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE. UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW A, A POTENTIAL APPROACH TO DEVELOP THIS URBAN HEAT ISLAND MITIGATION PROGRAM. THE FIRST IS TO, TO CREATE AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM. AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, I WON'T READ THROUGH THROUGH ALL OF THE, THE NAMES, BUT, UM, MULTIDISCIPLINARY WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS, UM, SOME EXTERNAL AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL COORDINATING AND LEVERAGING, UH, EXISTING RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY PRIORITIZING THE FUNDS AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. UH, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WHEN YOU WITH UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH PARTNERS TO DEVELOP LOCAL RESEARCH CAPACITY. WHEN WE LOOK AT LEADING CITIES, UM, SUCH AS PHOENIX AND LA UH, THE UNIVERSITIES THERE HAVE SIGNIFICANT, UM, RESEARCH PROGRAMS IN PLACE. AND WE THINK THERE'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY HERE LOCALLY WITH OUR PARTNERS. UM, THROUGH THAT RESEARCH, WE NEED TO UTILIZE DATA TO IDENTIFY, UH, PRIORITY HOTSPOTS, UH, PARTICULARLY IN RELATIONSHIP TO, UH, UH, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSIONS, EQUITY, UH, INDICATORS, UH, THEN IDENTIFY SPECIFIC U H I MITIGATION MEASURES AND INTERVENTION PACKAGES. UM, DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THOSE PROGRAMS AND PO UM, PROJECTS, AND THEN FINALLY EVALUATE IMPACT. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY DOING, AGAIN, IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR FEDERAL FUNDING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY SUPPORT THIS, UH, THIS PROCESS. SO THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AND MIKE, BRENDA AND I ARE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THE PRESENTATION. ERIC, YOU WANTED TO, TO CLOSE? YEAH, LET ME JUST ADD SOMETHING TO THE END OF, UH, DOUG'S PRESENTATION. SO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION, UM, HERE AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL ABOUT, UM, THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND AND TREES. AND I THINK COMING INTO THE BUDGET, UM, AND I'D SHARED WITH SOME OF YOU THAT THE, UM, TREE MITIGATION FUND, WHICH HAS A FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR BALANCE, AND THAT ORDINANCE HAS NOT BEEN ADJUSTED IN SOME TIME. THE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH IT HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED SINCE 2010. UM, WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO DO MORE. UM, AND I'M CERTAINLY GATHERING THAT FROM THE CONVERSATION THE COUNCIL'S HAD FROM A NUMBER OF THE, OF THE, UM, DISCUSSIONS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE DECISIONS THAT STILL NEED TO BE MADE BEFORE THE COUNCIL. I DO THINK THAT, THAT, I KNOW I WANTED DOUG TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE, UM, THE HEAT IDLE MITIGATION WORK, PRELIMINARY WORK THAT INNOVATION HAS DONE WITH U T S A, UM, AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AT SUSTAINABILITY. BUT, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE CONCLUSION WITH OUR DISCUSSION, UH, INTERNALLY IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS WE COULD BE DOING, UM, THAT WE'RE HAVING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AS AN ORGANIZATION. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, STREET MAINTENANCE, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE ENVELOPE, UM, SOME OF THOSE TECHNIQUES AND METHODS WITHIN OUR HOUSING REHAB PROGRAM. UM, AND SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY AN ORGANIZATIONAL SHIFT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. UM, [00:40:01] UM, AND THAT THOSE ARE JUST THINGS THAT WE DO ON A NORMAL BASIS THAT COST A LOT OF MONEY AND INCLUDED WITHIN OUR BUDGET. AND, UH, WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS, UM, AND MAYOR, YOU SAW IT, UM, AT THE C P S BOARD MEETING TODAY. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY, UH, A LOT OF ALIGNMENT, POTENTIAL ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND C P S IN TERMS OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. UM, UM, AND, UH, UNLIKE B I L, THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, UM, WHERE THERE WERE MULTIPLE PARTIES, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER IS A PRETTY STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH C P S IN TERMS OF THE COORDINATION OF GRANTS, UM, AND FEDERAL DOLLARS. UM, AND, AND RUDY AND I NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND I CAN SHARE THOSE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS WITH YOU, UH, AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WHEN WE HAVE THAT. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL THERE THAT WE NEED TO GET ORGANIZED FOR AS SOON AS THOSE DETAILS BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, PLAIN FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE. SO, THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU ERIC, AND, UH, TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. AND I'LL, I'LL JUST PIGGYBACK ON THAT 'CAUSE IT'S VERY TEMPTING AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET, TO, TO THINK THAT BY ALLOCATING MORE MONEY TO A PROBLEM, WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE POLICY RELATED, UH, AND FRANKLY JUST NEEDING TO CHANGE THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS. UM, AND WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION PLENTY OF TIMES AND, AND WE HOPE TO SEE MORE INITIATIVES DUG AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE INITIATIVES HAS, HAS MOVED FORWARD COMING TOWARD THE COUNCIL. SO WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE SOME, SOME OF THOSE THINGS INTO ACTION. UM, IN THAT SENSE, I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THE, THE PROCESS, UH, THAT YOU'LL BE GOING THROUGH WITH THE BOND PROGRAMS, UH, DON'T KNOW IF IT'S UP HERE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY DOLLAR IS A BOND IS A CLIMATE DOLLAR IF WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT. AND SO WE'VE GOTTA THINK ABOUT HOW THAT IS INTEGRATED IN EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DO DOING, UH, CERTAINLY ON THE CAPITAL SIDE, BUT, BUT ALSO ON THE, ON THE POLICY AND OPERATIONS SIDE. LEMME JUST START, UH, WITH A COUPLE QUESTIONS. UH, MIKE, IF YOU COULD, HOW MANY, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DO WE HAVE IN D S D RIGHT NOW? UH, INCLUDING THE SUPERVISORS 115? 115? THERE HAS BEEN A PRETTY POINTED DIALOGUE ON THE COUNCIL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE'S THIS FEELING THAT THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN USED BY SOME, UH, IN ALMOST A PREDATORY MANNER, UH, AGAINST MANY DISADVANTAGED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT INTOLERABLE, UH, AND, AND, AND MAKE IT SO THAT FOLKS ARE ALMOST PUSHED OUT, UH, BECAUSE OF THESE CODE VIOLATIONS. THE INTENT OF THE, THE NEW CODE SWEEP OFFICERS IS TO CON CONTINUE TO DO MORE PROACTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ENFORCEMENT SWEEPS. IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT I'M GETTING? WELL, CORRECT. SO THE SWEEP PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT WE KINDA MODIFIED A FEW YEARS BACK, WE TEND TO DO ONE COMMERCIAL AND ONE RESIDENTIAL. BUT THE KEY FOCUS ON THOSE SWEEPS IS WE HAVE A TEAM THAT DOES PROACTIVE ONLY, BUT IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY A MONTH LONG PROGRAM IN THAT AREA. THE FIRST, THE FIRST WEEK OR SO IS JUST EDUCATION, KNOCKING ON DOORS, ACTUALLY TELLING PEOPLE, HEY, CODE'S GONNA BE OUT HERE, UH, WE SEE SOME TOP VIOLATIONS. OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HEADS UP. UH, AND THEN, UH, THE FOLLOWING WEEK, CALL IT WEEK TWO, UH, WE'LL GO OUT AND START ASSESSING IT IF WE DO STILL FIND VIOLATIONS. 'CAUSE 'CAUSE MANY TIMES PEOPLE WILL, WILL CLEAN IT UP AT THAT POINT. UH, IF, IF WE DO CONTINUE TO SEE VIOLATIONS, WE'LL ISSUE THE NOTICE. UH, IF WE RUN INTO PEOPLE, WHETHER DURING A SWEEP OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEED SOME ASSISTANCE, THAT'S CERTAINLY WHERE, UH, WE TRY TO HELP THEM EITHER WITH PROVIDING SOME INFORMATION, WORKING WITH OUR OTHER CITY STAFFERS, UH, WITH NONPROFITS OR OTHER CITY, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, PROGRAMS, UH, IF WE CAN. AND THEN, UH, THE THIRD AND FOURTH WEEK IS KIND OF FINISH OUT THAT SWEEP, WHATEVER'S LEFT OVER, WE'LL HAND OFF TO THE AREA OFFICER AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL HELP FINISH THOSE CASES AND TRY TO BRING THAT UP TO COMPLIANCE. UM, CERTAINLY THOUGH, WITH THE ADDITIONAL LIAISON THAT WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING, THEY WOULD WORK WITH SWEEPS AND EVERYONE ELSE, UH, AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL HOUSING NAVIGATORS, THE KIND OF THE CASE MANAGER NAVIGATORS THAT WE'RE CREATING IN N H S D. SO ALL OF THAT IS TO, TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER. BUT THAT'S HOW THE SWEEPS WORK TODAY. YEAH. AND WE THINK WE, WE CAN GET A FEW MORE DONE, UH, WITH A COUPLE MORE STAFF. WELL, I, I WOULD SAY, FIRST OF ALL, WE LOVE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. THEY'RE HAND IN GLOVE WITH THE COUNCIL DISTRICT OFFICES AND THEY, THEY RESPOND, UH, TO ISSUES THAT NEED RESPONDING TO. UM, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THERE'S PROBABLY A MORE URGENT NEED WITHIN CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT WAS LAID OUT IN ERIC'S MEMO WITH RESPECT TO APARTMENT INSPECTIONS. AND, AND IF WE ARE ADDING CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY COMING OUTTA THE PANDEMIC, WHEN WE'RE [00:45:01] GETTING TO MORE NORMAL RHYTHM, I WOULD SAY TAKE THOSE THREE AND, AND DO THE, THE OPTION ONE THAT WAS LAID OUT IN HIS MEMO NOW SO WE CAN GET THAT STARTED AND WE CAN HAVE MORE, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT HAPPENING, PROACTIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT HAPPENING IN THESE PROBLEM APARTMENT COMPLEXES, AND WE CAN GET THAT UNDERWAY IMMEDIATELY. THAT'S A MORE PRESSING NEED THAN WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THAT WAY WE CAN FOCUS ON THE OTHER OPTION, UH, IN TERMS OF A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE. BUT, UM, I THINK IF WE'RE ADDING RESOURCES IN THAT AREA, LET'S, LET'S TACKLE THE PROBLEM THAT WE KNOW IS PRESENT AND, AND DO IT NOW. UM, RATHER THAN WAITING. ERIC, IS THAT, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? UM, WE'RE ADDING TWO OFFICERS, MAYOR, BUT I THINK, I THINK I UNDERSTAND. WELL, WE'RE ADDING THREE POSITIONS. ONE OF 'EM IS A LIAISON WITH, WITH N H S D ON, ON CODE COMPLIANCE. YEAH. BUT I THINK IF YOU, I DON'T WANNA QUARREL OVER ONE POSITION. YEAH. BUT, BUT THE, THAT LIAISON POSITION IS CRITICAL. 'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE THE CONNECT BACK TO THE HOUSING NAVIGATORS. SO YEAH. BUT I, BUT I THINK YOUR LARGER POINT IS, AND I, I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING THE CONVERSATION FROM THE COUNCIL BECAUSE THAT ITEM HAS GONE TO, UH, PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ONCE, UM, AND WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE, THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S DISCUSSION AND A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, CONFUSION I GUESS, ABOUT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. BUT IF WE HAVE THE ABILITY, ESPECIALLY WITH 116, I THINK IT WAS A HUNDRED PLUS MM-HMM. CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO REBALANCE THE PRIORITIES, THAT'S A PRIORITY. SO LET'S GET THAT DONE. THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE. AND THAT WAY WE'RE NOT ADDING TO ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL BURDEN TO THE, TO THE DEPARTMENT. WE CAN, WE CAN JUST MOVE FORWARD. UM, YOU KIND OF DESCRIBED IT, BUT COULD YOU JUST GIVE IT ANOTHER OVERVIEW AGAIN, UH, MIKE OF, OF THE EXPECTED U D C UPDATE TIMELINE. WHEN ARE WE GONNA, WHEN ARE WE GONNA SEE, WHEN ARE WE GONNA BE BRIEFED ON THE UPDATES AND WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THAT WE'RE GONNA PASS THEM AND THEY BECOME EFFECTIVE? SURE. I THINK WE'RE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR, UH, MID-OCTOBER FOR A B SESSION FOR THE, FOR THE ENTIRE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, TO, TO GO THROUGH A PRESENTATION OF ALL THE 193. CERTAINLY WE'LL GIVE THEM TO YOU ALL. UH, MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THEM. WE, WE, WE PRESENTED IT TO, UH, THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE, UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. UH, BUT WE'LL HAVE A B SESSION, WE'LL GET SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON THOSE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. AND THEN, I THINK IT'S EARLY NOVEMBER IS WHAT OUR TENTATIVE SCHEDULE IS. SO NOVEMBER 3RD, NOVEMBER 3RD I THINK IS WHERE YOU WOULD CONSIDER IT FOR A, A SESSION ACTION IF THAT WERE THE CASE. GENERALLY THERE'S A SMALL LEAD TIME, UH, TO ABOUT JANUARY ONE WHEN THEY ACTUALLY GO INTO EFFECT. UH, SO THAT'S THE TIMELINE RIGHT NOW. OKAY, GOOD. WELL, I, I KNOW THAT'S CIRCLED IN BRIGHT RED INC. ON SO MANY PEOPLE'S CALENDARS IN THIS COMMUNITY. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR WHEN WE CAN EXPECT THE DIALOGUE. UH, THANK YOU, MIKE, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. UH, BRENDA, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU, DOUG. YOU DID SO WELL. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THANKS. ACTUALLY EVERYBODY DID WELL. I JUST DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, DOUG. BRENDA, VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE, THE DIRECTIONAL ASPEN INSTITUTE FUNDING IN THERE AND, AND THE MATCH, UH, WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THIS IS A MODEL COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF COLLABORATION. WE SHOULD LEAN INTO THAT TO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UPDATE OUR PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND REALLY LOOK AT PROCUREMENT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, DEVELOP CAPACITY WITHIN OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, HELP BUSINESSES TO GROW. SO, GREAT. IN TERMS OF TALENT PIPELINE MANAGEMENT IS THE, IS THE GROWTH, THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO T P M WITH SA WORKS, IS THAT THE INTENT TO ALIGN WITH SA READY TO WORK IN ALL THE TARGETED INDUSTRIES? YES. YES. THAT'S EXACTLY THE, SO THE GOAL WILL BE THAT ALL THE TARGETED INDUSTRIES NOW HAVE A T P M ASSOCIATED WITH IT THROUGH SA WORKS, UM, AT AT SOME POINT. AT SOME POINT, CORRECT. OKAY, GREAT. THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH OF A VARIATION IN WHAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS CURRENTLY CALLING FOR FROM WHAT WE HAVE, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THEY ALIGN. ALRIGHT. WE WANT THE SOUTHWEST AIRLINES OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, SAME PLANES. I MEAN, IT'S SAME DELIVERY METHOD ACROSS THE BOARD. YEAH. GREAT. FANTASTIC. I'M VERY HAPPY ALSO, UH, TO SEE PROJECT QUEST AS WELL AS ALAMO PROMISE IN THERE. UH, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE DISTINCTION. I THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THOSE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS. OF COURSE, UH, I, UH, I AM A CHAMPION FOR ALAMO PROMISE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR CONTINUED SUCCESS. ONLY COUPLE QUESTIONS I HAVE, BRENDA, ARE WITH REGARD TO THE ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR SMALL BUSINESS, UH, WE HAD I THINK ABOUT A 800 SOMETHING THOUSAND FROM THAT. COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE BONDING ASSISTANCE THAT WAS, WAS, UH, $50,000? [00:50:01] SURE. AND THE FUNDING ASSISTANCE WAS ACTUALLY 550,000 WAS ALLOCATED IN FISCAL YEAR 2022. THAT MONEY, UH, THE COUNCIL ON JUNE 23RD APPROVED A FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. SO THOSE FUNDS HAVE ALREADY TRANSITIONED OVER. AND THEN THE 50,000 THAT YOU SEE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET IS FOR THE REMAINING ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROGRAM. UH, AND THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING APPLICATIONS OPENING IN EARLY OCTOBER. OKAY. THE REASON WHY I BRING IT UP IS THAT THERE WAS A DIALOGUE ABOUT HOW MUCH SHOULD WE BE, SHOULD WE ALLOCATE TOWARDS THAT FUND. AND, AND SO WE STILL HAVE THE CORPUS THERE OF 500,000. YES. WE HAVE 500,000 AVAILABLE. OKAY. AND WHAT IS OUR EXPERIENCE NOW TELLING US ABOUT THE SIZE OF THAT FUND? IS THAT APPROPRIATE? DOES IT NEED TO GROW? SURE. 'CAUSE IF SO, WE SHOULD DO IT NOW. SO WE'RE CONTINUING, AS WE ROLL THAT OUT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT. UM, BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR VENDOR AND OUR PARTNERS, WE ANTICIPATE UTILIZING 300 TO 500,000 OF THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 23. UH, AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT. WE ARE ALSO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH AREA BANKS AND OTHER FOLKS, UH, AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY, UH, REVITALIZATION ACT, C R A FUNDING TO SEE IF WE CAN LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. OKAY. FOR THAT, SHOULD WE NEED THAT. I, I JUST HOPE THAT, THAT, UM, IF THERE IS ANY INDICATION THAT WE NEED MORE THERE, IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY COMPARED TO OUR OVERALL BUDGET. WE CLEARLY NEED TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND EVERYWHERE WE CAN. THIS IS ONE WAY, ONE, ONE LOW HANGING FRUIT WAY THAT WE CAN DO IT. SO WOULD LOVE TO KNOW AS WE MOVE ALONG, AS WE'RE GROWING CAPACITY, IF THAT BEGINS TO BE OVERSUBSCRIBED, WE NEED TO BRING THAT TO COUNCIL. UM, SO THE OTHER ONE WAS THE, UH, LOAN BUY DOWN PROGRAM, WHICH HAS OBVIOUSLY MARKED SUCCESS ALREADY. I AM HEARING FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT IT'S, SO A COUPLE THINGS ARE HAPPENING WHEN WE PUT OUT A GRANT PROGRAM. OBVIOUSLY SMALL BUSINESSES WANT GRANTS BEFORE THEY, THEY WANT LOANS. AND SO THE GRANT PROGRAM GETS SUBSCRIBED AS, AS THE LOAN BUYDOWN PROGRAM STARTS TO, UM, RECEIVE A LITTLE BIT WHEN THE GRANTS RUN OUT, LOANS START COMING BACK. IF WE ARE INTERESTED, UH, I THINK IN ACCELERATING THE SMALL BUSINESS GOALS THAT WE HAVE, WE SHOULD INCREASE THE LEVEL OF FUNDING IN THE LOAD AND BUYDOWN PROGRAM. I'M HEARING IT NEEDS TO DOUBLE AT LEAST, IF NOT MORE THAN THAT. I FULLY SUPPORT DOING THAT. AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL IF THEY DO THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THE, UH, THE, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LIFTFUND AND WHAT THEY DO FOR, FOR THAT PROGRAM. AND I, I WOULD SUPPORT THEM, UH, SUPPORT US GROWING THAT FUND. SO OTHER THAN THAT, GREAT JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRENDA. I ACTUALLY LIED. UH, DOUG, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. IT'S RELATED TO THE EV CHARGING. CAN YOU TELL US WHERE WE ARE WITH YES, SIR, WE ARE. UM, SO FOR COUNSEL'S, UM, ORIENTATION, UH, I BELIEVE THE MAYOR'S REFERENCING THE, UH, THE BLINK CHARGING, UM, CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. WE'VE INSTALLED 10 THAT ARE, THAT ARE OPERATIONAL. UM, THE REST ARE, ARE PENDING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR AND NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THE CHALLENGE THAT WE RAN INTO WHERE THERE WAS NEW, UM, FEDERAL A D A REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH. UM, AND SO IT BASICALLY CAUSED US TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'LL HAVE THOSE INSTALLED THROUGH, UM, NEXT YEAR. OKAY. AND, AND WHAT IS OUR PLAN TO MAKE USE OF THE B I L UH, FUNDING IN EV? SO THE FIRST, UM, FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE EXPECT WILL BE COMING FROM, UM, FROM THAT WILL BE, UM, UH, DOLLARS THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO THE STATE FOR INSTALLATION ALONG, UH, INTERSTATES. SO, UM, WE'LL BE, UM, OBSERVING AND, AND TRYING TO WEIGH INTO WHERE, UM, THE STATE IS, IS GOING WITH, WITH THEIR INSTALLATIONS. THE NEXT TRANCHE OF FUNDING THAT COMES AFTER THAT, WHICH WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE DETAILS THAT'S NEXT YEAR, UH, POTENTIALLY THAT'LL BE OPEN TO, UM, OTHERS, BUSINESSES, MUNICIPALITIES. AND SO WE'RE CURRENTLY PULLING TOGETHER A, A GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS TO START, UM, IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE AND WE'RE READY FOR THOSE DOLLARS WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. OKAY. LET'S MOVE AS FAST AS WE CAN ON THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DOUG. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. UH, LET ME GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRIME. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, JUST 'CAUSE THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION THERE AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE COMMITTEE. UM, MIKE, I, I AM CURRENTLY, UM, PLEASED WITH WHAT YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF THE 13 POSITIONS. WHAT I DO THINK IF WE INSTRUCT THE STRIKE [00:55:01] TEAM INSPECTORS OR WE LOOK AT THOSE BAD ACTORS IN THE APARTMENTS, MAYBE HAVE DESIGNATED DAYS OR TIMES THAT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO DO THIS. YOU KNOW, THAT I THINK CODE IS NOT STAFFED WELL ENOUGH AND THAT WE NEED MORE. BUT I LIKE THE IDEA OF HOUSING NAVIGATORS 'CAUSE I THINK THAT THAT WILL HELP IN THIS PROCESS. SO WE, BEFORE WE GET TO THE PROBLEM AREAS, BUT I, I DON'T, I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE US FOCUS OUR TEAM STRICTLY ON THE APARTMENTS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT, THAT WE NEED TO LET THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND THOSE, THAT INDUSTRY KIND OF HELP REGULATE THEMSELVES AND HOLD UP THEMSELVES ACCOUNTABLE. BUT IF WE COULD HAVE A TEAM THAT WOULD, IF WE HAD A STRIKE TEAM THAT THEY KNEW WAS GOING TO GO LOOK IN, UM, PERIODICALLY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, HOW MANY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER VACANCIES DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE RIGHT NOW? THREE. THREE AND, UM, SHORT-TERM RENTALS? ARE WE ABLE TO TRACK WHAT WE'RE ON JUST OUR SHORT TERM RENTALS, WHAT WE'RE GETTING ON HOT TAX THERE? YES, WE DO. UM, SO, UH, I ACTUALLY WORK WITH TROY AND, AND THE FINANCE TEAM, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HANDLES THE PERMITTING. RIGHT. DO THEY, THEY APPLY FOR A PERMIT? THEY, UH, THEY UH, THEY MEET ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, WHETHER IT'S A TYPE ONE OR TYPE TWO PERMIT. SO ONCE THEY START OPERATING WITH A PERMIT, THEN THEY WORK ALSO WITH THE FINANCE TEAM TO GET, GET A HOT NUMBER, UH, THEY ACCOUNT NUMBER AND THEN THEY HAVE TO PAY, I THINK IT'S MONTHLY. AND WE DO TRACK THAT. UM, YEAH, AND I THINK THE INCREASE THAT YOU SHOWED US ISN'T JUST DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, BUT ALSO DUE TO D S D ACADEMY AND PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING THEY NEED A LOT MORE PERMITS FOR THEIR RESIDENTIAL FORS THAN THEY DID BEFORE. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I, I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE BUDGET WE HAD. I WISH WE HAD MORE MONEY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU COULD USE MORE POSITIONS, NOT JUST IN CODE, BUT ALSO IN REVIEWING THOSE, UM, LARGE AREA, UM, REZONING CASES TOO. BUT THANK YOU, UH, BRENDA, I, I WANNA SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME WITH YOU ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UM, WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS. I AM, UM, I'M, OH, SORRY. I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT IT'S, 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE HERE. EXHIBIT A. EXHIBIT A. UM, SO MY CONCERN IS OUR PARTNERS THAT WE SAID, BECAUSE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, WE REALLY NEED OUR BDOS TO, UM, STEP UP THE, IT'S NOT LIKE THE NORTH SIDE THAT HAS, UM, THEIR CHAMBERS WELL ORGANIZED OR, UM, THEY HAVE ACCESS OR THEY KNOW WHERE TO DO THAT. SO ARE, ARE WE GETTING DATA FOR ALL THE SMALL BUSINESS FROM SAGE PROSPER WEST ON SOUTH SIDE FIRST IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE DOLLARS THE CITY IS GIVING THEM, AND WHAT, WHAT HAS RESULTED FROM THAT, WHETHER IT'S BEEN, UH, APPLICATIONS WITH LYFT FUND APPLYING FOR ARPA GRANTS, THINGS LIKE THAT? SURE. SO WITH OUR REGULAR ANNUAL CONTRACTS WITH THEM, UH, SINCE WE STARTED MANAGING THOSE IN FISCAL YEAR 21, WE DID MOVE TO QUARTERLY REPORTS AND WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS OUTCOME-BASED PERFORMANCE METRICS. SO WE DO SEE QUARTERLY REPORTS, UM, FROM THEM AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR THEM. WE ALSO, AS PART OF THE ARPA FUNDS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAD ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS WITH THEM FOR OUTREACH AND CAPACITY BUILDING. UH, WE HAVE HAD WEEKLY PHONE CALLS WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE GRANT OPENING, AS WELL AS THEN, UM, REPORTING FROM THEM AT VARIOUS TIMES KEY PERFORMANCE METRIC PERIODS. BECAUSE I AM, UM, I AM CONCERNED, AND I KNOW, I THINK THE AMOUNTS FOR SAGE AND PROSPER WEST WENT DOWN FROM LAST YEAR. SLIDE EIGHT OH OH. IS THIS SAGE? DO YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR SOUTH SIDE FIRST? WE DO. SO I AM NO, DO THE PERFORMANCE METRICS. YEAH. YES MA'AM. WE DO FIRST. I WAS LIKE, I KNOW WHY SAGE IS GETTING THERE. I, I, I'M AWARE OF WHY SAGE, UH, BUDGET IS WHAT IT IS [01:00:01] AND THE EXPECTATIONS WE HAVE FOR THEM. UH, BUT IN TERMS OF SOUTH SIDE FIRST, UM, MY CONCERN IS, UH, THEIR BUDGET HASN'T INCREASED BECAUSE PERHAPS THE DIRECTION ISN'T THERE. AND NOW THAT WE'VE, I WANT US TO JUST BE THOUGHTFUL WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE GIVING TO OUR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OR ORGANIZATIONS, BECAUSE WE NEED THEM TO SHOW UP IN A BIG WAY FOR THESE BUSINESSES. AND I, I NOTICED IN THE SLIDE PRESENTATION THAT OUR EXPECTATIONS IS THAT THESE BDOS ARE GOING TO HELP WITH THE TRAFFIC CLOSURES WHEN WE'RE TR WHEN WE'RE CLOSING STREETS AND THEIR BUSINESSES ALONG THE STREET. AND I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE AGENCIES OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP THESE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS. BECAUSE IF THERE'S NOT, THEN WE, WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE VERY UPSET AND FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT LISTENED TO, AND, AND THEY'RE COMING TO OUR SS A C COMMITTEE WANTING, YOU KNOW, REQUESTING HELP AND THE SBA COMMITTEE IS COMING AND REQUESTING DOLLARS. SO I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S JUST NEEDS A LOT MORE INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE 1.8 MILLION GOING THERE. AND I, AND IT'S NOT NEAR ENOUGH MONEY. I NEED TO THIS, THIS ECONOMIC, I NEED MORE DETAILS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND THE DATA MANAGEMENT TEAM AND HOW WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE WITH THE INCREASED FUNDS FOR THAT DATA MANAGEMENT TEAM, BECAUSE WE HAVE IMMEDIATE SMALL BUSINESS NEEDS RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN ADDRESS, WHETHER IT'S THE STREET CLOSURES, WHETHER IT'S GETTING OUR BDOS UP TO PAR TO INCREASE, TO, TO RESTORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND, UH, A DATA MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT I'M JUST NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THE DATA ONCE WE GET THAT. OKAY. WELL, WE'LL BE HAPPY. PARDON? TALK ABOUT THE, YES. SO, UH, THAT $99,000 GOES TOWARDS AN ADDITIONAL POSITION AND THEN ALSO SOME SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT. A LOT OF THAT IS ACTUALLY COMING FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMISSION WHO, AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ARPA FUNDING, UH, WAS ASKING FOR A LOT OF DATA THAT WE WERE PARTNERING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ON, AND QUITE HONESTLY, JUST IN THE HABIT. SO A BIG PART OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE THIS DATA MANAGEMENT TEAM TO DO IS REALLY ENHANCE THE SMALL BUSINESS DATA CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN BE MUCH MORE PROACTIVE IN THAT CAPACITY. AND, AND THAT'S WHERE, IF WE ARE GOING TO GIVE MORE MONEY, I WANT US TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS MORE WITH, AND, AND IF WE HAVE TO GO TO OUR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS OR OUR CHAMBERS AND, AND LET THEM KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT OUR ASKS FOR. BECAUSE IF THIS, THE DATA MANAGEMENT SET WAS EXPECTATIONS THAT I HAD EITHER FROM OUR CHAMBERS OR FROM, UH, GREATER SS A T X, AND NOW I'M, I'M BEING TOLD WE HAVE TO DO THAT. 'CAUSE THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING WHAT WE NEED 'CAUSE OF THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMISSION. SO THEN WE NEED TO GO IN AND LOOK AT WHAT OUR, WHERE WE'RE GIVING MONEY TO. AND I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M USING THIS TERM, WHAT OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS REGARDING THIS. BECAUSE, BECAUSE IF WE HAD DOLLARS AVAILABLE TO START A FUND FOR BUSINESSES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY STREET CLOSURES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DONE OR CREATE A PROGRAM THERE. AND I KNOW WE COULD GO PROJECT BY PROJECT AND NOT DO IT FOR ALL PROJECTS, BUT IF WE LOOKED AT A PROJECT THAT WE KNEW WAS GOING TO IMPACT, AND I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY ROOSEVELT'S IN, IN MY DISTRICT, BUT IF WE COULD LOOK AT THOSE PROJECTS AHEAD OF TIME AND SAY, YES, WE'RE GOING TO NEED ONE OF THAT. IF WE HAD AN ABILITY TO DO THAT, I WOULD MOVE FOR THAT. BUT I FEEL LIKE, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE REDUNDANCY HERE OR EXPECTATIONS WHERE I THOUGHT THAT THIS ORGANIZATION WAS GETTING FUNDED TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION, AND NOW I'M, I'M TOLD THEY'RE NOT. SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST PRIMARILY WHAT I WANTED TO SEE. I THINK WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COME OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC AND WE HAVE A LOT OF VARYING NEEDS FROM THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNTY, UH, THIS MORNING, UH, FORGAVE A BUNCH OF P P P OR P P LOANS OF SOME BUSINESSES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, WHICH OF THOSE WERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR, OUR DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND RETURNING MONEY TO BUSINESSES, LARGE BUSINESSES. THANK YOU. UM, AND DOUG? OH, DARN IT, . I'LL CHIME IN LATER FOR YOU, DOUG. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAND [01:05:01] COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, WE'LL START WITH BRENDA SINCE YOU WERE ALREADY UP THERE. UM, AND THEN I'LL GO TO DOUG AND THEN I'LL, I'LL END WITH MIKE 'CAUSE THOSE ARE THE HARDEST QUESTIONS. UM, BUT THE SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE $817,000 PLUGGED IN FOR, IS THAT NEW? IS THAT, UH, FOR THE GENERAL FUND? BECAUSE I THINK I HAD ASKED AND THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE ECOSYSTEM. DID YOU ALL ADD THAT RECENTLY? SO THE ECOSYSTEM, THE GEOGRAPHIC, SO WE'RE INCLUDING THAT AS THE GEOGRAPHIC PARTNERSHIPS. SO THAT'S THE FUNDING THAT GOES TO SAGE PROSPER WEST AND SOUTH SIDE FIRST. SO THAT'S A PART OF IT. THAT'S A PART OF IT. SO THE BULK OF THE ECOSYSTEM FUNDING IS REALLY THE ARPA FUNDS, UH, THIS YEAR. AND, SORRY, I'D STILL LIKE TO THEN MAYBE SEE THAT SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON. SURE. UM, I STILL THINK WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR GENERAL FUND. I THINK IT'S PART OF OUR DUTY AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO, TO FOCUS ON THAT, RIGHT. TO INVEST IN THE ECOSYSTEM AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ARPA GOES AWAY. SO I'D LOVE TO SEE A BREAKDOWN. AND THEN ALSO ON THE, UM, THE PARTNERSHIPS, YOU HAVE SLIDE EIGHT AND YOU HAVE SAGE ON THERE FOR $358,000. BUT ON PAGE 4 72 OF THE BUDGET, YOU HAVE 472,668, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK THE CONTRACT WAS FOR SUCH A DIFFERENCE OF A HUNDRED FOURTEEN SIX EIGHT EIGHT. AND I'M WONDERING WHY THE DIFFERENCE AND I, UM, CHECKED AND THEY WEREN'T AWARE THAT THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE. SO I, I'M, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT DIFFERENCE IS. THE STOREFRONT CRANS? NO. OKAY. SO WITH SAGE, THERE'S $114,000 IN N H S D AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT EAST POINT WAS DOING. AND SO WHEN, WHEN EAST POINT, UM, WE TRANSFERRED SOME THAT WORK OVER TO SAGE AND THEY'RE CONTINUING THOSE, THOSE INITIATIVES. SO THEY'LL STILL BE FUNDED AT THE 4 72 6. OKAY. GOT IT. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT GREATER S A T X? BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO ON PAGE FOUR 20, OR OUR BUDGET BOOK IS FUNDED AT 8 3 5 AND WE HAVE 6 3 5 K. SO THE 6 3 5 IS, UH, KIND OF THE TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE MARKETING BUSINESS RETENTION, EXPANSION, EXPANSION, 200,000 OF THAT IS FOR ESSAY WORKS. OKAY. SO THEN THAT MAKES SENSE WHAT THE ESSAY WORKS ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN, WHAT IS A CHAMBER DOING FOR US FOR $50,000? THE SA CHAMBER, THAT IS OUR CYBERSECURITY CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM. I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THE BUDGET BOOK. IS THAT CONSIDERED AN OUTSIDE AGENCY CONTRACT? I, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I SAW IT. MAYBE I MISSED IT. IS IT UNDER SOMETHING DIFFERENT? CYBERSECURITY, SAN ANTONIO JUST SAW THAT. OKAY. 50,000. YEAH. IT DOESN'T SAY SA CHAMBER ANYWHERE IN THERE, SO I JUST WANT IT TO BE COMPLETELY FORTHRIGHT WITH THE NORTH CHAMBER, THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OR THE, ALL THE OTHER CHAMBERS. RIGHT. SO, THANK YOU. UM, LISC, I DIDN'T SEE IT IN, IN YOUR PRESENTATION, THE $250,000 THAT THEY HAVE IN THE BACK AS CONTRACTS OR LIFT FUND 250 EITHER. I BELIEVE 160 COMES FROM E D I F. SO THE 250,000 FOR THE LOCAL INITIATIVES, THAT'S, UM, FUNDED THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES. OKAY. AND THEN FOR LIFT FUND, THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH, UH, ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO I HAVE E D I F FUNDS 160 RIGHT OF IT. SO THE 160,000 IS FUNDED IS THE, UM, LAUNCH SA. OKAY. AND THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH ECONOMIC, THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE INCENTIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND. THAT'S A CONTRACT THAT WAS, UM, APPROVED IN 2019. IT'S A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT FOR $800,000 AND THEY SPEND ABOUT $160,000 EACH YEAR. SO THE 90 IS THE ONE THAT'S COMING FROM E D D GENERAL BUDGET YES. THE, THE DIFFERENCE. RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE IT. AND I'M SORRY, I'M, I'M GETTING SO CONFUSED 'CAUSE I HAVE TO LEAF THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT. HI, COUNCILWOMAN HONOR BRAD AND DIRECTOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO WE HAVE TWO CONTRACTS WITH LIFT FUND. ONE IS THE $250,000 FOR LOAN INTEREST BUYDOWN. THE SECOND IS THE $160,000 FUNDED BY E D I F, AND THAT'S FOR OPERATIONS OF LAUNCH SA. GOT IT. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT, OKAY, THANK YOU ANNA. THAT HELPED CLARIFY IT. OKAY. SO ONTO SMALL BUSINESS, THE CONSTRUCTION IMPACT AND COUNCILMAN KALE AND I WERE AT A SMALL BUSINESS EVENT THAT WAS HOSTED BY THE HISPANIC CHAMBER. UM, AND, UH, YES, OF COURSE, UH, JANIE BARRA WAS THERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, INTEREST BUY DOWN PROGRAMS AND LOANS WITH NO INTEREST. SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO, UM, SUPPORT THAT, I'M, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE MAYOR THAT WE SHOULD DO THAT. BUT THEN ALSO THERE WAS AN IDEA ABOUT A BUSINESS IMPACT STUDY. AND WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, IT, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON ANY COMPANIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING CONSTRUCTION, [01:10:01] DEALING WITH CONSTRUCTION THAT RESULTS FROM CITY PROJECTS, RIGHT? AND SO FROM BOND PROJECTS, ET CETERA. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE, WE HAD A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER TELL US SPECIFICALLY THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT A MORE HUMAN APPROACH BEFORE WE CLOSE ROADS AND START CONSTRUCTION. AND SO I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS ONLY ONE WEEK THAT THEY GET NOTICED. AND SO ONE PERSON LITERALLY SAID, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF SOMEBODY TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE GONNA BE OUT OF A JOB IN ONE WEEK? LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR YOUR FAMILY? AND AND I THINK IT CONNECTED. AND SO I'D LOVE TO LEARN HOW LONG THEY GET BEFORE THEY KNOW THAT THEIR CONSTRUCTION'S GONNA BE AFFECTED. BUT ALSO IN THE BUSINESS IMPACT STUDIES, I, I'D LOVE TO CONSIDER A SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT STUDY FOR CONSTRUCTION RELATED ISSUES, RIGHT. FOR SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN TOO MANY BE AFFECTED. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE DO THAT, WE MIGHT DO SOMETHING OF IT, BUT MAYBE WE CAN EXPAND SOMETHING. IT LOOKS LIKE ERIC WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. UH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, WE, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB. I MEAN, I, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY I THINK WE ALL KNOW, UM, UH, A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES. WE HAVE A LOT OF MAJOR CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AND IT'S GONNA BE GOING ON GOING FORWARD. YEAH. SO THE CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD INTERNALLY WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS IS THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING BEFORE, IT DOESN'T WORK. SO WE NEED TO OVER-COMMUNICATE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GIVING CONSIDERATION TO ACCESS TO BUSINESSES, UM, AND WE NEED TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB. I, I, I THINK DOING A CONSTRUCTION IMPACT STUDY, UM, FITS A LOT ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT BRENDA SAID IN DEDICATING A PERSON TO DO THAT. THERE ARE BEST PRACTICES. THE CITY TRIED TO TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO AND IT FELL FLAT AND IT WAS A PROJECT OFF OF BLANCO. BUT WE, WE NEED TO MOVE BACK AND LOOK AT THAT. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. SO, AND SO AGAIN, PLUG FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THAT. BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UM, HAVE A BUSINESS IMPACT STUDY SPECIFICALLY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY CONSTRUCTION. SORRY TO JUST BRING IT UP TODAY, BUT I, I, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT THEN ON THE MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS SUPPORT. UM, YOU ALL HAVE ADS FUNDING TO EXPLORE AND IMPLEMENT COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES, ET CETERA. IT'S $500,000 AND IT SAYS THAT IT'LL BE MATCHED WITH ADDITIONAL PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND OR PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THERE? SO THAT IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ASPEN INSTITUTE FOR THE OKAY. SO THAT'S STILL PART OF ASPEN? YES. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. THAT'S AN EASY ONE. THANK YOU, BRENDA. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, DOUG. UM, SO ON PAGE SEVEN, YOU HAVE, UH, A COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT. WHO DID THE WHO CARES CAMPAIGN? WHO, WHO CAME UP WITH THAT NAME? UM, SO THAT WAS, UM, WITH TEXAS CREATIVE, OUR CONSULTANTS, UH, IN COLLABORATION WITH, UM, OUR SA, CLIMATE READY, UH, ADVISOR COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE. SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. AND I TEACH MARKETING. I HAVE PHD IN ADVERTISING, AND WE HAD A CAMPAIGN RECENTLY WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO, AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HEARD IT. AND SO THEY, THEY WERE CONCERNED, RIGHT? AND THEN WE WENT AND WE TESTED IT, AND IT DID NOT STICK THE STICKINESS FACTOR, RIGHT? WHO CARESS IS VERY NEGATIVE. AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WHO CARESS, RIGHT? LIKE WHO CARESS ABOUT THIS? AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE PEOPLE WHO DON'T CARE ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY. AND SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I WOULD'VE FAILED A STUDENT IF THEY WOULD'VE COME UP WITH THIS. I, I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY IT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHO COPY TESTS, RIGHT? AND SO I'M, I'M VERY WORRIED ABOUT WHO WE'RE GOING OUT AND WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF THIS, BECAUSE WITH THE VISIT SAN ANTONIO CAMPAIGN, THEY TEST IT RIGHT? IN MARKETS. AND THOSE MARKETS TOLD THEM, YEAH, THIS ISN'T WORKING. AND SO I'M JUST WORRIED. SO, SO THE FULL, THE FULL TAGLINE IS WHO CARES? WE ALL SHOULD. SO, UM, AND, AND WE HAD WORKED WITH, WITH UH, G P I AND PA IN THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT INPUT. YES. THANK YOU. SO THAT'S ALL IT'S ALL ABOUT, ABOUT THAT. 'CAUSE THEN I COULD GET INTO OTHERS. AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, I ASKED FOR A BREAKDOWN. THERE'S SOME PLUGIN, THERE'S A PLUGIN PORTAL AT PURE SAW PARK FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. THERE'S 10 OPERATIONAL ONE IN SAN ANTONIO. ONLY SIX HOURS HAVE BEEN USED. IT'S ONLY BEEN USED A TOTAL OF SIX HOURS SINCE APRIL. SO I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOCATION. UM, I HAD BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOCATION. I DIDN'T THINK THAT THE, A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS, LOT OF THE WOULD GET A LOT OF USAGE. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ACCOUNT FOR ADDITIONAL USAGE? WE CAN GO BACK AND CHECK WITH, WITH BLINK. UM, IT TAKES TIME FOR USAGE TO, TO INCREASE. BUT LET, LET ME CHECK WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE. WELL, AND I'M SURE THE ONES RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL ARE GREAT, RIGHT? AND SO, YEAH. AND THEY'RE ALWAYS, BUT THE ONES AT MY FIELD, UH, OFFICE ARE JUST EMPTY ALL THE TIME. SO I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THAT. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. AND SO, AND THEN I ASKED THIS LAST TIME ON PAGE 3 94, MANDATORY TRAINING. YEP. SO IT IS MANDATORY. SO IT IS, SO IT IS MANDATORY. OKAY. WE'RE UP TO 77%. SO I, I, YAY, SEVEN. I CHECKED WITH SEVEN. WELL, I CHECKED WITH STAFF. THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IS, UH, EMPLOYEES THAT WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUTERS. GOT IT. MAKES SENSE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THOSE LARGE DEPARTMENTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN WE OFFER THEM TO, TO [01:15:01] GET THOSE, THOSE EMPLOYEES TRAINED. THANK YOU, DOUG. AND I THINK I'M OUT OF TIME, SO I'LL CIRCLE BACK FROM MIKE. SHANNON LATER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL . UM, THANK YOU. UH, MIKE, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN GAVE ME THE HARD QUESTION THAT SHE WAS GONNA ASK YOU. JUST KIDDING. UH, MINE ARE, MINE ARE HOPEFULLY EASY. UM, AND I WAS JUST CHECKING IF ANYONE WAS LISTENING, BUT ONLY, ONLY MY COLLEAGUE HERE WAS, I'M ALWAYS LISTENING . UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL REGARDING CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES HAPPENING BEGINNING SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. UM, AND, UH, I THINK THE OTHER OPTIONS AND WHATEVER ELSE P C D C IS CONSIDERING ABSOLUTELY WORTHWHILE, BUT I, I DO THINK WE SHOULD GET STARTED SOONER. UM, AND I, AS A, NOT NECESSARILY A SIDE NOTE, BUT RELATED TO THAT, I DO THINK THAT THE ENFORCEMENT IS ONLY ONE STEP OF THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE FACING WITH THESE BIG, BIG APARTMENT COMPLEXES. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT THEM TO TAKE REGULATION SERIOUSLY, SO THEREFORE WE MUST ENFORCE, UH, MORE, MORE ACTIVELY. BUT, UM, ERIC, YOU AND I WERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. UM, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE'S GOT THEIR AC UNIT OUT IN THE HOTTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR, OR MULTIPLE TENANTS DO, AND WE END UP, YOU KNOW, FINDING THEM A BIG FINE, I THINK THAT'S GREAT. IT SENDS THE RIGHT MESSAGE. BUT THE QUESTION WE ALSO WANNA ASK OURSELVES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS FALLS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, IN YOUR DIVISION, THE QUESTION WE WANNA ASK OURSELVES IS, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT TENANT DURING THAT MONTH? MM-HMM. WHEN IT'S OUT. UM, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY, IS THEIR HEALTH IN DANGER? UH, DO THEY END UP IN THE HOSPITAL OR WORSE? YOU KNOW, IN THE CASE OF OF SEVEN OAKS, WE GOT INVOLVED BECAUSE WE WERE AFRAID SOMEONE WAS GONNA MM-HMM. SOMETHING TERRIBLE WAS GONNA HAPPEN, UH, TO SOMEONE. SO I, I GUESS, UM, I'D, I'D ASK ERIC THAT WE START THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE CAN ADDRESS THAT. YEAH, FEEL FREE. GO AHEAD. WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT, UM, THAT PART OF IT, AND I THINK IT'S PART OF THE LARGER ISSUE THAT I THINK STARTED AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, STRICT ENFORCEMENT WITH SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES WILL ALSO HOPEFULLY DRIVE THE RESOLUTION OF AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT THAT'S OUT OR FOR A BUILDING. UM, BUT IF, BUT IF THERE ISN'T, UM, IF THERE ISN'T, UM, UH, IF THERE AREN'T CONSEQUENCES OR THEY JUST BECOME CODE ISSUES, THEN THERE'S A, THERE'S A PRICE FOR BUSINESS POTENTIALLY. AND, AND I THINK THAT'S A PART OF THE LARGER CONVERSATION, BUT I, I, I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE VERY STRICT, UH, CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. UM, THAT IS ONE ELEMENT OF THAT. UM, THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, PART OF OUR CONVERSATION OF THE DAY IS WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT FAMILY OR INDIVIDUAL DURING THAT TIME PERIOD? THAT'S THE PROPERTY. PRIMARILY IT'S THE PROPERTY OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY THAT'S THEIR TENANT. UM, BEFORE WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH, UH, SOME SORT OF SINKING FUND FOR THAT. BUT I'M, I'M HOPING THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND CODE COMPLIANCE. BUT, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME RAMIFICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. YEAH, NO, NO, I AGREE. I MEAN, ULTIMATELY THE, THE TWO HAVE A CONTRACT THAT SOMEONE IS NOT UPHOLDING AND, UH, BECAUSE THE TENANT PROBABLY CAN'T TAKE, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES RIGHT TO SUE THEM. AND BY THE TIME THEY DO AND ARE SUCCESSFUL IN COURT LIKE THAT, IT COULD BE YEARS OR MONTHS. SO, UH, THEY LOOK TO US TO ASSIST THEM IN SOME WAY. SO, UM, I'M, I'M STILL AT A CONUNDRUM ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT WITHOUT JUST BASICALLY THROWING MONEY AT IT. I'LL JUST SAY THOUGH, UH, THE, THE, THE LIAISON THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS WELL, IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, IN THE SEVEN OAKS EXAMPLE, WE DID A LOT OF COORDINATION BY BRINGING SOME CASEWORKERS IN FROM THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 'CAUSE WE KNEW THERE WAS A NEED. IT WASN'T JUST THE BROKEN AC OR THE, THE WATER LEAKS OR THE OTHER STUFF THAT WERE CODE ENFORCEMENT. WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION. WE DO THAT NOW. WE CERTAINLY THINK THIS ADDITIONAL, THAT PERSON WILL, WILL HELP US DO IT BETTER, UH, FOR NOT ONLY APARTMENTS, BUT CERTAINLY WHEN WE, WHEN WE FACE IT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. AND, UM, UH, THANK YOU MIKE. AND, AND ERIC AS A, AS A FOLLOW UP TO THE INSPECTION QUESTION. WHEN YOU WROTE THAT MEMO A FEW YEARS AGO, WHEN THAT WAS PREPARED, WAS THERE A MINIMUM THRESHOLD SIZE FOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT WAS BEING CONSIDERED? WHI WHICH ONE? OH, BEFORE YOU SORRY, ROD WROTE IT. YEAH, ROD . WAS THERE, WAS THERE A THRESHOLD CONTEMPLATED BACK THEN? ROD, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE SIZE SIZE OF THE BUILDING? YEAH. SIZE OF THE COMPLEXES. 2009, 2010 TIMEFRAME. SO 2003 FIVE MINUTES SIZE THRESHOLD. NO, [01:20:02] WORKED ON IT BACK THEN. OKAY. BUT NO REAL SIZE THRESHOLD? NO. OKAY. SO, BUT IT, LIKE, SAY A DUPLEX OR A TRIPLEX ISN'T, WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED. OKAY. NO, NO. OKAY. TYPICALLY IN OUR CODE, IN OUR TYPICAL UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE WORLD, IT'S FIVE OR MORE IS MULTIFAMILY, FOUR OR LESS, YOU KNOW, TRIPLEXES, QUADPLEXES, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A DIVISION. NOW, CERTAINLY IF WE TALK MORE THROUGH THE COMMITTEE AND MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A LIKELY NO, THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW. YEAH. YEAH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. UM, UH, MIKE, YOU, YOU LAID OUT SOME VERY INTERESTING, UM, OR, OR SOME BIG INITIATIVES THAT YOU HAVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, LIKE WRAPPING UP THE U D C, UH, LARGE AREA REZONING. UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF HORIZON THAT SHOWS THAT FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS? SO THAT SORT OF, WE CAN ALSO PUT OUR DUCKS IN A ROW AND BE PREPARED FOR THOSE. YOU MEAN IN TERMS LIKE LONG TERM CO-DEVELOPMENT AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS? I WOULD CALL THREE YEARS SHORT TERM, BUT YEAH. SOMETHING LIKE THREE YEARS. SURE. WELL, I MEAN, THE CODES ARE ON NORMAL CYCLES. YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT CODE U D C IS A FIVE YEAR CYCLE. UH, THE BUILDING RELATED CODES ARE KIND OF A THREE YEAR CYCLE. SO, SO WE TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE FINISH THAT, WE LET THINGS SETTLE. WE WORK WITH THE NEW CODE, AND THEN AS THINGS, WHETHER IT BE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS OR CHANGES NEED TO HAPPEN, THOSE WILL BE THE NORMAL CYCLES. SO WE'RE ALWAYS GEARING UP FOR THAT. UH, WE FOLLOW THE NATIONAL CODES OR THE INTERNATIONAL CODES AS WELL IN THOSE INTERMEDIATE YEARS TO SEE WHAT WE WANT TO, UH, RECOMMEND PROPOSALS. SO THAT'S OUR NORMAL, UM, I GUESS CODE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE. UH, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO UPDATE IT EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS. SO ALL THE OTHER CODES DO NOT HAVE A REGULAR CYCLE? NO, THEY, THEY DO, IT'S A THREE, THE BUILDING RELATED CODE. SO BUILDING MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, ENERGY, ET CETERA. THOSE ARE A THREE YEAR CYCLE. THE, UH, SIGN CODE AND THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE ARE A FIVE YEAR CYCLE. OH, SORRY. AND SO ANDY, THE ONE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER DAY, IN TERMS OF WATER EFFICIENCY, WHEN, WHEN IS THAT ONE AT THE M U C? WHERE DOES THAT FALL INTO? UH, WATER EFFICIENCY. A LOT OF THAT IS IN, UH, THE SAWS SECTION OF THE CODE CHAPTER 34. 34. I REMEMBERING THAT ONE. YEAH. SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WHEN WE REVIEW A BUILDING THAT THEY, THEY REFERENCE THE SAS REGULATIONS IN CHAPTER 34. SO, UH, WHETHER IT BE , A, COLLECTION SYSTEMS, ET CETERA, THOSE ARE REFERENCED TO THOSE. I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN CHECK ON THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE ON A NORMAL CYCLE. MM-HMM. , UH, LIKE, LIKE OUR OTHER CODES. BUT WE COULD, WE COULD REACH OUT TO SASS AND SEE WHEN THAT IS. OH, OKAY. THEY, THEY RUN THAT ONE, OR THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE LEAD ON THAT ONE. YEAH, CHAPTER 34 IS, IS OUR OKAY. BUT, BUT NO TIMELINE THAT EXISTS FOR WHAT? THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF IT. WE CAN, WE CAN CHECK WITH THEM AND IT BACK, I MEAN, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THE MAJOR INITIATIVES. OH, IT'S NOT ON MY RADAR RIGHT NOW. WELL, IT IS NOW, BUT, UM, IT WASN'T BEFORE, YOU KNOW, TWO MINUTES AGO. , WE CARE. IS THAT IT? OKAY. , SORRY. UM, NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIKE. APPRECIATE IT. UM, AND ALSO GLAD TO SEE THE, UM, S T R, UH, ISSUE BEING ADDRESSED. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, ED, UH, UH, I'M NOT SURE HOW, HOW THIS WAS ADDRESSED IN, IN YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT, UM, I SAW SUPPLY SAN ANTONIO. IT MADE ME THINK OF S BETA. AND WE DO A GREAT JOB WHEN IT COMES TO PROCURING SERVICES, UM, ACCORDING TO THAT ORDINANCE. BUT, UH, CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN IT COMES TO PROCURING PRODUCTS, SORRY. UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S REALLY TIGHT HERE. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE WHEN IT COMES TO PROCURING PRODUCTS. UM, DO WE FOLLOW ANY SORT OF LOCAL, UH, LOCAL PROCUREMENT PREFERENCE? YES OR YES. COUNCILWOMAN. SO UNDER OUR S BETA ORDINANCE, IT ENCOMPASSES GOODS AND SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING. SO A NUMBER OF FACTORS. OKAY. UH, LIKE PENCILS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. YES. THOSE WOULD FALL UNDER OUR GOODS AND SERVICES CATEGORY. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY IS LOOKING RIGHT NOW AT, UM, AT A UPDATED, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NAME FOR IT. ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE PURCHASING POLICY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, . ANYWAY, IT'D BE GREAT TO INTEGRATE THOSE TWO. APPRECIATE IT. UH, BRENDA, UM, DOUG, I DO HAVE, UH, SOME QUESTIONS AND SOME OF THEM MAY BE FOR, FOR THE NEXT ROUND. UM, I, I'LL START WITH THE CLIMATE ADAPTATION, UH, MANAGER. AND YOU, YOU PROPOSE A PLAN FOR THAT? PLAN'S A BIG WORD. NOT REALLY PLAN. IT'S MORE PRIORITIES. UM, JUST, OR A FRAMEWORK. [01:25:01] WE'RE NOT GONNA CREATE A WHOLE NEW PLAN. IT'S JUST WE HAVE A WHOLE SECOND HALF OF THE SA CLIMATE READY PLAN, AND WE'RE ALREADY IMPLEMENTING A LOT OF IT. BUT THIS CAN BE A PERSON WHO COULD REALLY FOCUS ON CLEAR NEXT STEPS, COORDINATION WITH DIFFERENT AGENCIES, AND THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING TO HEAR. AND THE INTERACTION WITH DEPARTMENTS TO SEE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE SPENDING. I'M NOT SURE, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S A PRIORITY, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS INTERACTION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO SEE HOW IT CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO FUNCTION. IS THAT REALLY, AM I MISSING THE POINT? THAT'S, THAT'S BOTH, THAT'S I THINK, CLEAR. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WORK PLANS ARE ALIGNED, BUT THE OTHER THING WE WANT TO DO IS START LOOKING AT BUDGETS AND SORT OF THE CARBON, UM, IMPLICATIONS OF THEM. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S A PILOT. WE WANNA START SEEING IF WE CAN START QUANTIFYING WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING IN TERMS OF CLIMATE IMPACT. OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. THANKS, MAYOR. UM, AND THANKS FOR BRINGING UP THE APARTMENT, UH, SITUATION. I, I, UH, I, I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT I DO THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO FOCUS THE FUNDING ON THAT. I HAVE MAYBE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, MIKE. UM, BUT MAINLY WANNA TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED LAST FRIDAY. I WENT, I TOOK INVITED CHIEF MCMANUS OUT TO, UH, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN MY DISTRICT. AND I'D BEEN OUT THERE BEFORE, BUT, UH, NOT EXACTLY WALKED IT. SO INVITED THE CHIEFS AND BUSINESS LEADERS, UM, BUSINESS OWNERS AROUND THE AREA, WENT WITH US AS LONG AS AS, AS WELL AS SOME, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD FOLK THAT LIVE RIGHT BEHIND THE, THE AREA. AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I SAW. THE LIVING CONDITIONS THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE, UM, BEING ASKED TO LIVE IN WERE COMPLETELY UNCONSCIONABLE. IT, THERE WAS WHOLE BUILDINGS THAT WERE BURNED OUT, NO RECENT FIRE. IT HAD BEEN LIKE THAT FOR A LONG TIME. UM, IT SMELLED OF ROACHES. THERE WERE CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND, UM, WITH ALL KINDS OF PARAPHERNALIA ON THE GROUND. AND THERE WERE SOME SAFE OFFICERS WITH US THAT KNEW THIS PLACE IN AND OUT. THEY'D BEEN THROUGH IT. UM, AND IT WAS, IT WAS HORRIFYING TO BE THERE. AND WE WERE THERE AT LIKE 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, BY THE WAY. IT WASN'T LIKE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU KNOW, UM, ALL KIND OF STRANGE ACTIVITY HAPPENING. AND WE'RE WALKING THROUGH THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. AND, UM, THE OWNER OR THE, AT LEAST THE MANAGER COMES RUNNING OUT WITH ALL THESE PAPERS IN HER HAND, READY TO EXPLAIN ALL OF IT. AND I, SO WE STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS AND, UM, THE SAFE OFFICERS, UH, TOLD ME IT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF DARTED AS A VERB, BUT I'M GONNA USE IT LIKE THAT. IT HAD BEEN DARTED . MM-HMM. , I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS. OUR CODE OFFICERS ARE WORKING HARD. OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE WORKING HARD OUT THERE. AND THE MORE I WALKED AROUND THE PLACE, I, I'LL ADMIT, I WAS JUST GETTING ANGRY, UPSET. UM, AND EVEN THE OFFICERS COMMENTED, THEY, YOU KNOW, THE, I, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. I WAS JUST, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY UPSETTING TO BE THERE. AND THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO, UM, THIS IS WHAT THEY CAN AFFORD. AND THEY NEVER ONE TIME HAVE CALLED MY OFFICE, BY THE WAY. I'VE NEVER HEARD FROM THEM. THEY'RE JUST LIVING THERE. THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO SURVIVE. AND THESE, THIS OWNER WHO LIVES IN CALIFORNIA, UM, HAS SENT THIS WOMAN TO COME IN. UH, I'M GETTING P****D OFF THINKING ABOUT IT, I'M SORRY. BUT, UM, BROUGHT LEFT THIS WOMAN HERE, UH, THE APARTMENT MANAGER WHO HAD ALL OF THESE, LIKE, OH, WE HAVE PLANS FOR THIS, WE HAVE PLANS FOR THAT. BUT I'LL TELL YOU AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT SHE TOLD ME, UH, ABOUT, UM, WHAT, WHAT DROVE THE, HER, THE COMPANY THAT SHE WORKS FOR, AND SHE, SHE PATTED HER POCKET AND SHE SAID, IT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR POCKET. SO, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU, MAYOR. I WASN'T GONNA ACTUALLY BRING THIS UP TODAY 'CAUSE I'M STILL A LITTLE HOT ABOUT IT, BUT I, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU BROUGHT IT UP. I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS THESE DOLLARS IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. I THINK THAT THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB OF WHAT, WHAT THEY DO. BUT ACTORS LIKE THESE ARE NOT PART OF APARTMENT ASSOCIATIONS. THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN. THEY'RE NOT REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO ASSOCIATIONS AND, AND EXTRA RULES AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE, UM, LIVABLE CONDITIONS FOR THEIR TENANTS. SO, UM, I JUST BRING THAT UP TO SAY THAT I WANNA, I WANNA FOCUS, I, I'D LIKE TO FOCUS OUR DOLLARS ON, UH, ON OUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES RIGHT NOW. AND NONE OF THEM EVEN COMPLAINED ABOUT WATER OR, YOU KNOW, THE BASICS. BUT TO ME, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST EVERY STEP WE TOOK, THERE WAS SOMETHING REALLY AWFUL TO SEE. AND IT'S AFFECTING THE BUSINESS THAT WAS NEXT DOOR. THERE'S A STRIP MALL NEXT DOOR, ALL THOSE BUSINESSES ARE BEING AFFECTED. THEY'RE IMPROVING THEIR PROPERTIES, UM, WITH LIGHTING AND DOING WHAT THEY CAN. THE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE H O A WAS THERE TELLING ME ABOUT ALL THE NOISE AND THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THEY FOUND, THE OFFICERS TOLD ME THEY FOUND DEAD BODIES ROLLED UP IN, UM, CARPET. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I I, AND AGAIN, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE BEFORE, BUT WE DIDN'T SPEND THAT MUCH TIME AND WE HADN'T, UM, I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO I, UM, I, THAT'S NUMBER ONE MY FOCUS. I WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR. BUT IT'S DIFFICULT. DEALING WITH AN APARTMENT OWNER, APARTMENT COMPLEX OWNER THAT DOESN'T LIVE HERE IS, DOESN'T SEEM THAT INTERESTED IN IMPROVING THE SITUATION. SO, I MEAN, THIS [01:30:01] IS KIND OF A BIG QUESTION, AND IT'S MORE OF A POLICY QUESTION, I GUESS, FOR US. BUT HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF THIS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS INVESTED IN MAKING IT BETTER? THEY'RE, WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR PROFIT. UM, SO I GUESS THAT'S MORE RHETORICAL. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ANOTHER TIME. BUT, UM, UH, BUT I JUST, I NEEDED TO BRING THAT UP AND WHY I REALLY THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO FOCUS RIGHT NOW ON, AND OTHER THAN WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE SEEN AT, AT SEVEN OAKS AND, UM, THIS IS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT, THAT STAYED, I THINK UNDER THE RADAR VERY MUCH SO. SO IT'S NOT UNDER THE RADAR ANYMORE. I'M GONNA KEEP BRINGING IT UP, BUT , BUT THANK YOU. WELL, WE'LL TALK AFTER THIS MEETING. 'CAUSE I, IF WE'VE DARTED IT WITH YEAH. THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND PD, WE, WE PROBABLY HAVE IT, BUT YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL CONNECT AND YEAH, WE'LL GET TO SEE THE CURRENT CONDITION. OKAY. I'M GONNA TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND I'M GONNA, OH, FROM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, COUNCILWOMAN, WE HAVE DARTED, BUT THAT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO. AND AGAIN, EVERY TIME WE DART THE OBJECTIVE IS TO IDENTIFY THE DEFICIENCIES, WORK WITH THAT OWNER TO CORRECT THEM. MM-HMM. . UM, BUT IT'S AN ONGOING THING. IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS. AND THEY'RE DOING THE BARE MINIMUM IF THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I, I DON'T DOUBT THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING AS MANY RULES AS THEY CAN, BUT, BUT AS SOON AS YOU TURN AROUND, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING BACK TO, UM, REALLY DEPLORABLE LIVING CONDITIONS. BUT, UM, OKAY. WHERE AM I, I'M GONNA GO TO THE LOAN, UH, BUYBACK PROGRAM. , UM, FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. HOW MUCH ARE WE RIGHT NOW ALLOCATING TO THE LOAN INTEREST BUYDOWN PROGRAM? 250,000. OKAY. AND SO I'VE ESTABLISHED A SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY GROUP IN DISTRICT SIX, AND, UM, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT, UM, INDUSTRIES, BARBERSHOPS, ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, ROOFERS, RESTAURATEURS, AND, UM, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH SMALL GROUP, I'M SORRY, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF, UH, HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, DIFFERENT CHAMBERS AND EVERY MEETING, EVEN IN CHANCE, CHANCE ENCOUNTERS. WHEN I ASK A BUSINESS OWNER, WHAT DO YOU NEED RIGHT NOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL? IT'S ALWAYS ACCESS TO CAPITAL. AND IF NOT HEARD ANYTHING, UM, UH, THAT'S A CONSISTENT MESSAGE. SO I STRONGLY SUPPORT INCREASING THE FUNDING LEVEL. I'M CURIOUS, SO IS LIFTFUND HERE TODAY? SO, HI JANIE, DO YOU MIND COMING UP FOR A SECOND? UM, I WONDER IF YOU COULD SPEAK. HI. IT WON'T BE A HARD QUESTION. I THINK , IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THE IMPACT OF INCREASING THE LOAN, UM, BUY DOWN FUND, HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT SMALL BUSINESSES. SO RIGHT NOW, WITH THE 250,000, FIRST OF ALL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, ITS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. UM, FOR, FOR THE 250,000 RIGHT NOW, WE USE OTHER FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS IN LOANS. SO BY IN, YOU CAN DO THE MATH, RIGHT? I MEAN, SO IF YOU PUT AT 500, THEN YOU WOULD DO 2 MILLION IN LOANS, YOU KNOW, SO ON AND SO ON IS INCREMENTAL. THE OTHER PIECE OF IT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. NOT ONLY DO THEY NEED ACCESS TO CAPITAL, IT'S HOW EASY IS IT FOR THEM TO GET THE ACCESS TO CAPITAL? BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE L M I COMMUNITY, THE LOW TO, UH, LOW TO MODERATE INCOME LEVEL COMMUNITY DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT F I C O SCORES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ABLE THEN WITH YOUR DOLLARS THAT YOU'RE BUYING THAT INTEREST RATE DOWN, THAT CONSUMER, THAT SMALL BUSINESS PERSON NOW HAS THE CAPACITY AT A BIGGER AMOUNT THAT BE ABLE TO BORROW MONEY AT A BIGGER AMOUNT. SO THAT'S WHAT A PROGRAM LIKE THIS DOES. AND WE'VE IMPLEMENTED IT NOW FOR A FEW YEARS. AND MY GOODNESS, WHAT HAVEN'T WE BEEN ASKING, YOU KNOW, FOR MORE TO BE ABLE TO HELP MORE PEOPLE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, NOW I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER ASKED YOU FOR A LOT OF MONEY. AND THIS TIME WE ARE, BECAUSE IT WILL HELP FOR, UM, SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. AND I, I AM, I'VE, I'VE HEARD ANOTHER NUMBER THROWN OUT. 500,000 I'D, I'D LIKE TO SEE US, UM, INCREASE IT TO THAT. UH, DO YOU WANT HOW MUCH TO 500 TO DOUBLE THE AMOUNT MILLION WOULD BE GREAT. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, , LET'S, I'M GLAD YOU DON'T DISAGREE WITH ME, BUT, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN, UM, BROUGHT TO ME BY A NUMBER OF BUSINESS OWNERS. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING OVER THE TWO 50, I'D LIKE TO SEE US INCREASE IT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE LAST TWO YEARS. I KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ARPA FUNDING, BUT I THINK THIS WOULD BE, UM, A JOB. AND BY THE WAY, THE AR, RPA MONEY'S DOING VERY WELL. GOOD. WE'VE ALMOST EXCEEDED THE WHOLE THING. FANTASTIC. THAT'S A GOOD REPORT. UM, BUT I, YOU KNOW, THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT IS IN REGARDS TO JOBS AND DEVELOPMENT, I THINK WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO US. UM, AND ACTUALLY, I THINK I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR DOUG. 'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG MY RAMP TOOK. SO, UM, HOW, HOW MANY STAFF POSITIONS RIGHT NOW ARE IN THE DEPARTMENT? WE HAVE EIGHT. OKAY. AND, UM, I, I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. UH, IS THERE A LIGHTING PROGRAM TO HELP INCREASE THE NUMBER OF L E D LIGHTS? CURRENTLY? UM, OUR, UH, PUBLIC UTILITIES, UH, DEPARTMENT MANAGES THAT. UH, WE'RE AT ABOUT 80%, UM, FOR L E D REPLACEMENTS, AND THEY COORDINATE WITH C P S ENERGY, UH, ON THE REPLACEMENTS [01:35:01] OF THOSE PRO OF THOSE LIGHTS. OKAY. I'M SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN, UM, PARKS, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, BUT IN MY DISTRICT, OF COURSE, WE HAVE WALKING TRAILS AROUND PARKS AND L E D LIGHTING AT NIGHT WOULD BE, I THINK A REALLY GOOD, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH, WITH HOMER AND HIS TEAM ON GREAT. UM, L E D LIGHTING REPLACEMENTS AT WONDERFUL TRAILS AND PARKS. WONDERFUL. OKAY. AND, UM, WELL ACTUALLY, I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANNA START OFF WITH A QUICK SHOUT OUT BECAUSE I KNOW THE BUDGET IS YOUR THING, JUST DANA, BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE WHO'S LIKE, WE START ASKING QUESTIONS. SHE'S AL ALREADY SITTING LIKE THIS. SHE STAYS POSTED UP. UM, SO SHOUT OUT TO YOU. UM, I WANNA START OFF WITH . I WANNA START OFF WITH D S D, UH, WITH MICHAEL SHANNON. UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M MOST EX, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT, UM, THE STREET LIGHTING INDEX AND THE STREET, UH, THE STREET LIGHTING PLAN. UM, I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE, UM, IN THIS FISCAL YEAR ON THE STREET LIGHTING INDEX. AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS ASKING WHEN THE LIGHTS, WHEN THEIR LIGHTS ARE GONNA BE INSTALLED, AND HOW MANY STREET LIGHTS SHOULD THEY BE GETTING. UM, SO WE KNOW FOLKS ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, BUT OF COURSE WE KNOW IT'S A PROCESS. AND THE TOUGHEST PART OF IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN IS TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER. I THINK YOU ACKNOWLEDGED THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. SO MY TEAM AND I HAVE BEEN KNOCKING ON DOORS, UM, TO HELP GET SIGNATURES FROM RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY IN SUNRISE. UM, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE STREET LIGHTING TEAM AND C P S TO ADVANCE THE TIMELINE. AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WITH YOU. UM, WE HAD A DISCUSSION RECENTLY ABOUT THE NOTICE THAT GOES OUT TO RESIDENTS. UM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT WILL NOW BE TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH. AND UM, ALSO WE HOPE TO HAVE A REDESIGN TO INCREASE THE RESPONSE. CURRENTLY IT'S THAT WHITE, IT'S THAT WHITE PAPER DOESN'T LOOK SUPER FRIENDLY OR EXCITING OR, UM, PRESENT WHAT IT, WHAT IT IS, WHICH IS AN EXCITING INVESTMENT IN STREET LIGHTING. UM, AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT A NUMBER OF, UH, THE RESIDENTS THAT I SPOKE TO WHO WE WERE ASKING FOR SIGNATURES ONLY SPOKE SPANISH. AND YOU DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ME TALK ABOUT STREET LIGHTING IN SPANISH . IT IS HORRENDOUS. UM, SO I'M, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND GRATEFUL. UM, I'M WONDERING, ARE THERE OTHER STRATEGIES THAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE DOING TO GET PERMISSION FROM RESIDENTS AND ALL? UM, THE ROOT OF MY QUESTION IS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO LIGHTING FOR OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AND I THINK IT WAS $5.8 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR 2022 AND 23 FOR STREET LIGHTING ALONE. UM, BUT IN ONE OF OUR MORE RECENT CONVERSATIONS, I THINK I'VE RECENTLY REFLECTED THAT YOU MIGHT'VE MENTIONED THAT ONLY A COUPLE MILLION WILL BE, UM, ABLE TO BE DONE A YEAR. AND IS THAT A, IS THAT A CAPACITY ISSUE OR IS IT BECAUSE WE STRUGGLE SO MUCH TO GET PEOPLE TO RETURN THE DOCUMENT? IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE CAPACITY WORKING WITH C P S, WE'RE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE HOW MUCH THEY CAN DO THROUGH THE WORK ORDERS AND THE DESIGN. BUT CERTAINLY THE, THE, THE QUICKER WE CAN GET THE APPROVALS FOR HOMEOWNERS ADJACENT TO WHERE THE LIGHTS WOULD GO OR ARE NEEDED, THAT, THAT IS CRITICAL. SO OUR STRATEGY IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE DOOR KNOCKING, LIKE YOU SAID, BUT STARTING TO HAVE, UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS AROUND THOSE AREAS WHERE WE, WHERE WE FIND EITHER AROUND SCHOOLS, CRIME AREAS WHERE THERE'S ACCIDENTS, UH, WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, CERTAINLY WITH THE COUNCIL DISTRICT OFFICES. BUT WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A LARGE GROUP EFFORT TO REALLY SHOW PEOPLE THIS IS A GREAT ITEM. UH, WE HAVE SOME DARK AREAS THE CITY HAS PUT ASIDE SOME MONEY. WE DO NEED, UH, WE WANT TO EXPLAIN THIS PERMISSION FORM. IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING, RIGHT. UH, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO REALLY START GETTING THOSE NUMBERS, BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF CAPACITY AS WELL. SO, UH, WORKING WITH C P S AND THEIR CREWS TO GET 'EM INSTALLED. SO WE THINK, UH, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO EXPEDITE THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS IS OUR GOAL. UH, AND CERTAINLY WORKING WITH YOU AND, AND I THINK WITH THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. 'CAUSE UH, YOU ALL HAVE SOME GAPS, UH, IN, IN THE STREET LIGHTING. THANK YOU. I'M GONNA MAKE A REQUEST, UM, A REQUEST OF YOU AND CHALLENGE TO MY COLLEAGUES. IT'LL BE A FUN CHALLENGE. SO ONE I WOULD LIKE PERSONALLY TO RECEIVE, UM, UH, I ALREADY HAVE THE MAP WITH ALL THE, WITH ALL OF THE GAPS, ALL THE LIGHTS, THE PROPOSAL LIGHTS. UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS THE ADDRESSES FOR EACH OF THOSE. I COULD DO THE WORK OF SEPARATING MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I, OR I'D RATHER HAVE MY TEAM DO THAT, UM, . SO I WOULD LIKE THAT LIST AND MAYBE THE PROPERTY OWNER IF YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT INFORMATION. UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BE SELFISH. WE REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY. SO I WOULD ALSO REQUEST THAT, UM, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL, NOT FOR DISTRICT TWO, BUT FOR THEIR OWN DISTRICTS. UH, THAT WAS A JOKE, . BUT, UM, WITH THAT COMES A CHALLENGE. SO I'M GONNA HAVE A BLOCK WALKING TEAM, AND WE'RE GOING, WHEN I, WITH THAT INFORMATION, I WANT TO GO KNOCK ON DOORS AND I WANNA GET AS MANY SIGNATURES AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN KNOCK THIS OUT. I'M GONNA CHALLENGE ALL Y'ALL TO SEE WHO CAN GET THE MOST SIGNATURES FIRST OR BY WHATEVER, WHATEVER DEADLINE WE SET. WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING ABOUT THAT. UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO. DO [01:40:01] YOU THINK THAT'S FEASIBLE? YES. AND WE, WE MET LAST WEEK TO TALK ABOUT, I THINK SOME OF THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON, BUT I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR YOU AND CERTAINLY USE THAT FOR ALL THE DISTRICTS, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE MORE HELP WE CAN GET, UH, WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE TALKING TO YOUR RESIDENTS, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA HELP US GET THROUGH IT. QUICKIE, QUICKLY. BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL. UM, I'M GONNA, UH, OR I'M GOING TO, UH, EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR REDIRECTING THE NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEXES. DISTRICT TWO HAS A NUMBER OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UM, THAT ARE NOT UNLIKE THAT SEVEN OAKS, AND NOT UNLIKE SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE EXPRESSED AND LISTENING TO EVERYONE TALK ABOUT THEIR APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND THEIR ISSUES THAT THEY'RE HAVING BRINGS ME GREAT, UH, CONCERN AND MAKES ME SAD AND MAKES ME ANGRY. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT, UM, WE TALK A LOT, A LOT ABOUT EXPLOITATION OF WORKING CLASS AND POOR RESIDENTS. AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING ARE THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES EXPLOITING RESIDENTS WHO CANNOT LEAVE, WHO CANNOT, UH, WHO CANNOT LEAVE THESE CONDITIONS THAT ARE POOR, THAT ARE WITHOUT AC, THAT ARE WITHOUT WORKING UTILITIES. AND THAT IS A HUGE PROBLEM TO ME. AND THEY TOLERATE IT BECAUSE WE ALLOW IT. AND SO I WANNA SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT THIS AS AN ISSUE. WE ALL KNOW WHAT, WE ALL HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE END RESULT BE. AND SO I REALLY WANT TO GREATER CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE GET THERE. AND I THINK THIS IS A START, THE REDIRECTING OF THE, UM, THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. BUT I THINK WE CAN DO MORE. UM, AND I WANNA SEE US BE REALLY STRONG ON THIS. UM, I'LL ASK AS WELL, HOW LONG, AND THIS ONE'S, THIS ONE'S GONNA SEEM LIKE A RANDOM QUESTION, BUT HOW LONG ON AVERAGE DO LARGE AREA REZONINGS TAKE FROM START TO FINISH AND HOW MANY ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PIPELINE? UH, THE, THE, THE SHORT ANSWER, UH, ON THE SECOND ONE IS THERE ARE SIX IN THE PIPELINE RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING ONE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, UH, THE, THE LARGE AREA REZONINGS, DEPENDING ON HOW BIG THE AREA IS, BUT IT'S MONTHS, IT'S SEVERAL MONTHS, THREE TO SIX MONTHS. UH, COUPLE THAT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER 'CAUSE THEY WERE REALLY BIG. UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD SEVERAL IN THE QUEUE FOR A FEW YEARS. UM, SO, BUT THOSE ARE THE SIX THAT WE HAVE ON THE LIST NOW. THANK YOU. AND NOW MY REAL QUESTION ON WHY I ASK THAT IS THAT IS I WANT TO KNOW, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, YOU THINK WOULD BENEFIT FROM A LARGE AREA REZONING? AND IS THIS, UM, SOMETHING THAT D S D CAN DO, UH, CAN PLAY A MORE PROACTIVE ROLE IN, IN ADDRESSING? AND HOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ADDITIONAL OTHER THAN THE SIX THAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED WORKING WITH ACTUALLY PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SOME CURRENT, UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING I HAVE TO TAKE BACK, UH, WITH MY TEAM. WE COULD LOOK AT, UH, SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT AND THEN SEE IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN MORE PROACTIVELY DO IT. SO I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT ONE. I THINK THE THEME FOR D S C D IS VERY MUCH PROACTIVITY. UM, WE'RE SEEING THAT WITH A NUMBER OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. AND SO, UM, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT ALL OF THE FUNCTIONS OF D S D AND HOW WE CAN, UM, ADD A LENS OF PROACTIVITY TO IT. UM, NEXT UP, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND I'LL START BY SAYING THAT I AGREE ON THE BONDING ASSISTANCE, INCREASING THAT AMOUNT. I KNOW I HEARD THAT A LITTLE BIT. UM, SO HERE'S THE SITUATION. UH, THERE'S NO WAY I, I'VE FOUND FOR CONSTRUCTION TO NOT BE A DISRUPTION, WHETHER IT'S TO, UH, HOUSEHOLDS OR TO FOLK TRYING TO TRAVEL TO GET TO WORK OR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR BUSINESSES, CONSTRUCTION IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED. AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AREAS LIKE, UH, DISTRICT TWO, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT WITH SO MANY F STREETS, WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF MAJOR RECONSTRUCTIONS IN THE FUTURE. AND SO MIKE, I WANT TO EXPRESS AGAIN, SUPPORT FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF FUND FOR SUSTAINABLE SUPPORT THAT GOES BEYOND ARPA AND GOES BEYOND THE PANDEMIC TO SEE A FUND TO SET ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY CONSTRUCTION. AND I WANT TO ADD ANOTHER CHALLENGE TO THIS, IS THE FACT THAT THE REASON WHY SO MANY OF OUR STREETS NEED RECONSTRUCTION IS BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY OF SAN ANTONIO, BECAUSE OF A LACK OF INVESTMENT. AND THEY WERE. AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO VIEW OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND VIEW OUR PROCESSES IN AN EQUITABLE MANNER, WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT, UM, WHAT ROLE WE PLAYED IN GETTING TO THIS POINT WHERE NOW WE NEED TO IMPACT ALL OF NORTH NEW BRAUN FOOLS AND COMPLETELY RECONSTRUCT IT. AND I ALSO, I APPRECIATE THE POINT ABOUT HUMAN, UH, HUMAN APPROACH. UM, AND SO I'M WONDERING, DO WE HAVE A PROCESS TO CONDUCT OUTREACH TO BUSINESSES BEFORE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS, UM, TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE SCOPE, LENGTH, TIME, AND CONTACT FOR BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? AND I'M HEARING THAT THE NOTICE IS ONE WEEK NOW. [01:45:01] UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO BEYOND THAT? SO HISTORICALLY, THE OUTREACH FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS DONE THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS. AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE RESTRUCTURED A POSITION INTERNALLY TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WE CAN WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON THAT COMMUNICATION AS WELL AS THOSE PROACTIVE APPROACHES. WE'RE ALSO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, NOT LOOKING AT NECESSARILY EVEN, WELL WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE PROJECTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, BUT IN A MUCH MORE PROACTIVE WAY, LOOKING AT THOSE THAT ARE IN THE DESIGN STAGE, FOR EXAMPLE. SO LIKE AZAR IS MOURA THAT IS A COUPLE YEARS OUT. HOW DO WE PROACTIVELY ENGAGE WITH THOSE BUSINESSES? AND I KNOW ROD CAN CERTAINLY ADDRESS WHAT THEY CURRENTLY DO IN PUBLIC WORKS. THANK YOU. AND WHILE YOU ADDRESS, OR BEFORE YOU ADDRESS THAT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UM, STRESS OUT. I THINK WE COULD FORM, UM, WITH, WITH BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE, UH, IMPACTED BY A MAJOR CONSTRUCTION LIKE NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS, FOR EXAMPLE, BEFORE WE START CONSTRUCTION, IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO HAVE, UH, TO CALL THEM TOGETHER FOR A MEETING AND ASK WHAT SUPPORT WILL BE, DO THEY EXPECT THEY WILL NEED DURING THAT TIME? 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA LOOK DIFFERENT TO DIFFERENT, UH, SIDES OF TOWN, I THINK. ABSOLUTELY. COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU'RE MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. GO AHEAD, ROD. UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING MORE PROACTIVE WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE A PROJECT GOING OUT VISITING FOLKS PRIOR TO THE PROJECT. AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO, UH, IS COME UP WITH, UH, MORE PROACTIVE WEEKLY OTHER, EVERY OTHER WEEK ENGAGEMENTS WITH THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE PROJECT AND, AND, AND BASICALLY JUST TO CHECK UP WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW ARE YOU DOING? IS THERE, IS THERE, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON FROM OUR END, THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT. IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU? SO I THINK THAT'S THE TRICK IS, YOU KNOW, GET OUT THERE BEFORE, LET 'EM KNOW WHAT'S COMING AND THEN GET OUT THERE VERY FREQUENTLY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, CHECK IN AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM, UH, JUST SURVIVE THE, THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. AND I THINK IT, I THINK A LOT OF IT IS WAY IN ADVANCE THERE, THERE ARE 182 BOND PROJECTS THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED IN MAY. UM, AND ALL OF THOSE STREETS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. AND SO WHAT WE DO AND, AND WE'RE GONNA BE GOING THROUGH DESIGN FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. SO THAT WORK BEGINS NOW SO THAT THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE INPUT ON THE ACCESS PLAN AND THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE PHASING SO THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE IT WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. UM, AND YOU KNOW, I, I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT, WHAT I SAID EARLIER. WE DO THAT, WE DO NOT DO A GOOD JOB AT IT AND WE GOTTA DO BETTER. AND, AND THE MORE COMMUNICATION WE HAVE UPFRONT, UM, THE BETTER OFF WE'LL ALL BE BECAUSE THAT'S A SMOOTHER PROJECT. IT'S BETTER ACCESS TO THE, TO THE BUSINESSES. UM, AND YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE SOME STAGING IN THE CONSTRUCTION THAT DRAWS IT OUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT IF THE OFFSET IS THAT WE HAVE A BETTER PROJECT THAT'S BETTER COMMUNICATED, THAT MAY BE THE TRADE OFF. OKAY. GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU DOUG, MIKE AND BRENDA FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. UH, I WANTED TO START OFF BY EXPRESSING SUPPORT, UH, FOR REFASHIONING, THE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS TO ADDRESS, UH, MULTI-FAMILY, UH, UNITS. UH, I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I BROUGHT UP DURING OUR LAST CONVERSATION, UH, THAT IN DISTRICT FIVE WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES WITH ABSENTEE LANDLORDS THAT ARE NOT JUST CREATING, UH, INHABITABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE TENANTS, BUT THE FOLKS WHO THAT, UH, LIVE BEHIND THE COMPLEX HAVE LOTS OF CONCERNS WITH RODENTS AND DUMPING. UM, SO I, I DEFINITELY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TACKLE AND WE SHOULD START NOW. SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, THE MAYOR'S REQUEST TO USE THOSE CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS TO PRIMARILY, UM, HANDLE TENANT INSPECTIONS OF MULTI-FAMILY UNITS. UM, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT DURING PC D C DURING OUR BRIEFING, WE LEARNED THAT, UM, GSDS CURRENT MULTI-TENANT INSPECTION TEAM HAS ONLY INSPECTED 17 APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UH, OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WAS ON THE PRESENTATION. UM, YEAH. AND, AND THAT'S CONCERNING, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE MORE THAN 17 APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, SO I, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT REQUEST. UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GET STARTED SOONER THAN LATER. UM, WITH THE STREETLIGHT TEAM, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO RELY ON VIA BUS STOPS, I BELIEVE VIA STOPS AS WELL AS CRIME DATA. IS THAT CRIME DATA GOING TO OVERLAP WITH THE CURRENT DATA S A P D HAS OR HOW ARE Y'ALL GATHERING THAT DATA FOR LIGHTING? UH, THE, THE, THE DATA IS WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GETTING FROM IS FROM SS A P D. OKAY. AND THEIR STUDY, I BELIEVE WITH U T S A USING THOSE MICRO SPOTS. YES. UM, SO WE WANT TO COORDINATE WITH, WITH THEM AND ANY OTHERS THAT THEY MAY HAVE, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE MAIN FOCUS TO GET STARTED WITH. GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW. UM, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED AS WELL WITH THE DISTRICT SWEEPS THAT THAT'S OFTEN DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP. UM, CAN WE CREATE, UH, [01:50:01] THE LINE OF COMMUNICATION WHERE COUNCIL DISTRICTS ARE NOTIFIED WHICH AREAS ARE GOING TO BE TARGETED FOR THE SWEEPS? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO? ABSOLUTELY, YES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW. UM, I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE ARE MOVING TO THE CASE MANAGEMENT MODEL. IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR OFFICE PUT FORTH DURING THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE, DURING AN AMENDMENT BECAUSE WE KNOW THE CASE MANAGEMENT, UH, MODEL WORKS. WE'VE SEEN IT WITH A C S SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH. MY ASK IS THAT OUR OFFICE, UH, IS IN THE LOOP SIMILAR TO THE, THE OPERATION REBUILD PROGRAM TO THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT RELATIONSHIP AND DIALOGUE'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE WITH CONSTITUENTS AND WHAT THAT COMMUNICATION IS AND RESOURCES THAT ARE GOING TO BE GIVEN TO THE RESIDENTS. RIGHT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, I'M A RESIDENT GETTING A VIOLATION. I WANNA, UH, HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXACT PAMPHLETS AND CONVERSATIONS THAT'S TAKING PLACE WITH THE TENANT. UM, IT'S BEEN TOUCHED ON A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT THE LARGE RE-ZONING PROCESS, I KNOW, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DISTRICT FIVE LARGE AREA REZONINGS IN THE PIPELINE. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO GET AN UPDATE TOO. RIGHT ON. I KNOW YOU SAID THREE TO SIX MONTHS IS A TYPICAL TIMELINE. UM, AND IT'S THAT ONE LARGE RE AREA REZONING AT A TIME OR MULTIPLE TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME. THERE MAY BE TWO, UH, DEPENDING, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE WHILE ONE'S FINISHING UP, ANOTHER ONE IS STARTING. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAP MM-HMM. . UH, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE, UH, RESOURCES, UH, BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT, THESE ARE NOT THE NORMAL, UH, REZONING REQUESTS FROM, UH, EITHER A PROPERTY OWNER MM-HMM. , UM, THIS IS WHERE A NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE INITIATED IT. UH, REALLY IT'S ONLY COUNCIL ACTION OR A PROPERTY OWNER CAN INITIATE IT BY STATE LAW. SO, UM, YEAH. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S GENERALLY HOW LONG IT TAKES. YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. I, AND I UNDERSTAND THE, HOW THEY'RE INITIATED. MY ASK WAS MORE AROUND, WE HAVE A COUPLE IN THE PIPELINE FOR MY PREDECESSORS, SO I JUST WANTED AN UPDATE ON WHERE THOSE WERE AT. YEP. WE HAVE TWO. TWO FOR YOU. YES. I ON MY LIST HERE. YEP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MIKE. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO PIVOT OVER TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I'M SURE TO ANY CITY STAFF MEMBER WHO WAS PRESENT AT OUR LAST, UH, PUBLIC BUDGET MEETING, WHAT SURFACED TO THE TOP WERE PRIMARILY SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. SO, UH, I, I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING, WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE THE GENERAL FUNDED AMOUNT INCREASED. UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ZERO INTEREST BUY DOWN LOANS, UH, DOUBLED OR UP TO $1 MILLION. RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT ASK IS COMING FROM THE FACT THAT, UH, FOR MANY SMALL BUSINESSES IN DISTRICT FIVE IN PARTICULAR, UM, THESE ARE LEGACY BUSINESSES WHO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR GENERATIONS, AND WE'RE FINALLY GETTING OUR FAIR SHARE OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT. RIGHT. BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE ASSETS OR THE BANK ACCOUNT TO BE SUSTAINABLE, UM, WHEN HAVING TO CLOSE THE DOORS AND NAVIGATE THESE NEW IMPROVEMENTS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, AN INCREASE TO THE ZERO INTEREST BUYDOWN LOANS. AM I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? ZERO INTEREST BUYDOWN LOANS? CORRECT. YES, SIR. YES. OKAY. AND MY ADDITIONAL ASKS, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT Y'ALL HAVE PRIORITIZED A TOOLKIT TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES NAVIGATE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT SIMILAR TO WHAT A COUNCILWOMAN HAS BROUGHT FORWARD, I THINK WE NEED TO CREATE A LINE ITEM, SUSTAINABLE FUND TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. RIGHT. AND MY ASK FOR THAT WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF $8 MILLION, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OVER $1.2 BILLION OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS, UH, A LOT OF PUBLIC CONVERSATION ABOUT THESE BOND PROJECTS. RIGHT. BUT GOING BACK TO MY ORIGINAL POINT, THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND DISTRICT FIVE IN PARTICULAR, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE RESOURCES TO KEEP OUR DOORS OPEN, UH, WHILE THEY'RE UNDERGOING CONSTRUCTION FOR THOSE MUCH NEEDED, UH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. SO, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. UH, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN HELP KEEP FOLKS LIKE BEAU, UH, OF GOLDEN STAR OPEN RIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER, I BELIEVE, 90 YEARS, UM, AND CONTINUE TO SERVE COMMUNITY. AND THE, THE HUMAN-CENTERED APPROACH THAT, UH, DR. ROCHA MENTIONED IS KEY, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE BUSINESS OWNER THAT HAS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO NAVIGATE WITHIN ONE WEEK, RIGHT? IT'S THE EMPLOYEES, IT'S THE WAITERS, THE BUSERS, THE COOKS THAT HAVE A WEEK TO FIGURE OUT HOW AM I GONNA PAY RENT? HOW AM I GONNA SIGN UP FOR UNEMPLOYMENT? AND ALL THOSE MOVING PIECES. SO, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LINE ITEM, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR CONSTRUCTION IMPACT FUNDS, UM, FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. AND I UNDERSTAND PARAMETERS ARE GOING TO MEET, NEED TO BE CREATED, UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S VERY MUCH NEEDED. UM, I WANTED TO PIVOT OVER TO OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES. WHAT ARE, AND YOU TOUCHED ON IT A BIT, BUT WHAT ARE THE CURRENT METRICS THAT WE'RE USING FOR THE CONTRACTS WITH SAGE PROSPER WEST, SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND I ASKED BECAUSE, UM, ARE, ARE WE JUST TRACKING THE CONTACTS THAT THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE MAKING WITH SMALL BUSINESSES? OR ARE WE TRACKING THE SUCCESSFUL CONNECTION TO APPLYING FOR A, A, A GRANT OR APPLYING FOR A LOAN? HOW ARE WE MEASURING THAT? SURE. RIGHT NOW, IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. AS I MENTIONED, WE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, STARTED [01:55:01] MANAGING THESE CONTRACTS IN FISCAL YEAR 21 MM-HMM. , UM, AND AS WE'VE CONTINUED TO SHIFT THROUGH, UH, EACH YEAR, WE'VE ADJUSTED THOSE TWO MORE OUTCOME-BASED ACTIVITIES. UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 23, WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE, UH, CONSIDERING THOSE CON ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THOSE CONTRACTS SEPARATELY MM-HMM. AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE IN THAT SHIFT TOWARDS OUTCOME BASED MM-HMM. . OKAY. UM, I, AND I ASK, BECAUSE AGAIN, RIGHT, UH, I, I WANNA KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS WHEN I HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER CALLING OUR OFFICE, REQUESTING ASSISTANCE WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, OPERATION FACELIFT. RIGHT. AND WHO WOULD BE THE DELEGATE AGENCY THAT WE CONNECT THEM TO THAT WE'RE FUNDING? UM, AND WHAT'S THE EXPECTATION OF THAT DELICATE AGENCY COMPLETING THE APPLICATION, UM, IS, IS WHAT I WOULD HOPE TO SEE MOVING FORWARD. AND MY ASK IS, CAN WE PLAY A ROLE, UM, DEPENDING ON WHICH COUNCIL DISTRICT, UM, ON WHAT THOSE METRICS ARE THAT ARE BEING TRACKED? UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE PRESENTING, UH, AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, SOME OF THOSE HIGH LEVEL METRICS, AND THEN, UH, AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, ALIGNING THOSE CONTRACTS TO THOSE METRICS MM-HMM. , AND THAT STRATEGIC PLAN WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL, UM, AT THAT HIGH LEVEL IN LATER THIS MONTH. OKAY. IN OCTOBER. I'LL WAIT TILL YOU'RE DONE. OKAY. WELL, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO, UH, CONTINUE TO EXPRESS MY EXCITEMENT FOR OPERATION FACELIFT. I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT OUT YET, BUT AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE FACT THAT MANY OF OUR BUSINESSES JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE RESOURCES, THEY DON'T WANNA INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THEIR ENCHILADA PLATE BECAUSE THEY WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S, UM, ACCESSIBLE TO THE ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES. SO ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE THAT SUPPORT, SIMILAR TO OUR HOMEOWNERS, TO REHAB THEIR STOREFRONT, UM, IS GOING TO BE, UH, INSTRUMENTAL TO ENSURING THAT, UH, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES GET TO STAY AFLOAT WHILE WE EXPERIENCE A LOT OF THE ECONOMIC INVESTMENT THAT IS COMING. UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I DO HAVE IS THE CORPORATE INVESTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. THAT WAS MORE THAN DOUBLE THAN EXPECTED FROM THE 636 MILLION TO 1.41, 1.4 BILLION. SO WHAT DROVE THAT SIGNIFICANT CHANGE? SO THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, SO FAR, ACTUALLY, THAT CALEN, THAT IS A CALENDAR YEAR CONTRACT, UH, HAS BEEN ONE PARTICULAR COMPANY, A W S, WHICH IS AN AMAZON SUBSIDIARY, THAT, UM, MADE UP THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT INVESTMENT. MM-HMM. . OKAY. AND THEN I, I KNOW THIS WAS ASKED, BUT I DIDN'T CATCH, UH, THE RESPONSE, UM, FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM. HAVE WE IDENTIFIED THE FUNDING TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT ADDITIONAL FUNDING? NO. SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET IS WHAT WAS BUDGETED IN FISCAL YEAR 22. YES. BECAUSE, UH, DURING THE, UM, THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WE DISCUSSED AS A COMMITTEE THAT WE WOULD SHIFT TO, UM, TO THE GRANTS, BUT WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT DURING THE BUDGET CONVERSATION, WE WOULD IDENTIFY THAT GAP FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM. SO THAT'S MY QUESTION FOR THE, THE GAP THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE REMOVED IT FOR SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS. HAVE WE REPLACED THAT GAP? NO. NO, WE HAVEN'T. NO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN AND, AND, AND CERTAINLY THAT WAS A CONVERSATION THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD, THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD FROM THE FULL COUNCIL WHEN WE DID THE, THE APRIL SESSION, NOR AT THE TRIAL BUDGET. SO I KNOW THAT'S STILL OUTSTANDING ISSUE FOR A NUMBER OF YOU. I'LL GO BACK AND ANSWER TWO OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD, UM, REGARDING THE B D O, UH, METRICS. UM, I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE, UM, NOT THE INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL OFFICES THAT MAY ENGAGE WITH THESE BDOS TO COORDINATE WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE WILL SHARE IN THE, UH, FOLLOW UP MEMO, THE PROPOSED METRICS AND ANY INPUTS YOU MAY HAVE, BUT INDIVIDUALLY, UM, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE, THERE BECOMES A BREAK IN THE CHAIN FROM MY STANDPOINT, IF THE COUNCIL OFFICES AND THE, AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ARE NOT, UM, ALIGNED IN TERMS OF THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BDO. SO THAT HAS TO BE VERY STRONG, VERY TIGHT, AND VERY NARROW. AND THEN, UM, REGARDING THE QUESTION YOU HAD ABOUT, UM, THE, UM, UH, THE NEW APPROACH TO THE CASE MANAGER, THE LIAISON IN CODE COMPLIANCE, THAT'LL BE WORKING WITH THE HOUSING NAVIGATORS. THAT'S GONNA BE A NEW APPROACH FROM US. AND WE'LL THINK THROUGH HOW, UM, I SEND ALL OF THE COUNCIL AN UPDATE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, IT COULD, IT COULD BE IN ANY DISTRICT, UM, WHERE IT'S LIKELY TO BE IN, IN DISTRICTS WHERE WE HAVE THE MAJORITY OF CODE CASES, AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT THE REPORTING MECHANISM IS, IT'LL COME THROUGH ME AND GO TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. AND I THINK SOME OF THIS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AS WE GO ALONG, THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT I THINK THE HOUSING NAVIGATORS HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON, UM, THAN THE CODE INVESTIGATOR AND THE LIAISON. SO IT'S GONNA BE A LEARNING PROCESS, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE REPORT THAT TO THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. AND WITH THE BDOS, I THINK WE HAVE THE MAESTRO CENTER IN DISTRICT FIVE [02:00:01] THAT SERVES AS A GREAT MODEL OF WHAT MY EXPECTATION WOULD BE WITH THE DELEGATE AGENCIES. BUT THANK YOU. WELL, WELL THEN, WE'LL, LET'S HAVE A FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION BECAUSE I, YOU, YOU HAD SIMILAR QUESTIONS LAST YEAR REGARDING THE BDOS, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ACROSS THE BOARD ON, ON ENSURING THAT THE EXPECTATIONS THAT, THAT BRENDA HAS WITH THE BDOS AND THEIR INTERFACE IS ALIGNED WITH WHAT YOU'RE HEARING. I KNOW WHAT PROBABLY HAPPENS A LOT OF TIMES IS THAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM BUSINESS OWNERS WHO, UM, MAY NOT BE, UM, SATISFIED CUSTOMERS. AND SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INVESTING, UH, THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE CONTRACTING AND ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES THAT WE, THAT ARE, UH, CERTAINLY IN LINE WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A GOOD BASIS FOR BEING ABLE TO HELP, UH, PUSH THAT ISSUE, UM, AND KEEP IT IN BOUNDS ON YOUR END. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR BRENDA, I'M GONNA, UH, ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS ON, UH, ON SLIDE FOUR ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, PRESENTATION. TODAY, YOU HAVE, UH, RESTRICTED FUNDS, UH, PROPOSED OF, UH, $7.8 MILLION FOR, UH, YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET AND OUR INCREASE OF 225%, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS ITS OWN ENTERPRISE FUND. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN IT SAYS RESTRICTED FUNDS? SO, RESTRICTED FUND, SORRY. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND PROGRAM. SO IT IS AN, A REGULAR ENTERPRISE FUND ON ITS OWN. IT'S NOT A, IT'S A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND. IT'S NOT AN ENTERPRISE FUND. OKAY. UH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE GRANTS, AND I WANT TO ADD MY SUPPORT FOR INCREASING THE ENTRANCE RATE BUY DOWN PROGRAM. UH, I WOULD THINK, UH, A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WOULD HELP QUITE A BIT IF WE'D BEEN LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND PREVIOUSLY. I WANTED TO KNOW WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN ON, ON PAGE SEVEN THAT TALKED ABOUT STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS, TALKED ABOUT INNOVATION, INDUSTRY, PLACEMAKING, REAL ESTATE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. HOW DOES THIS FIT INTO SA TOMORROW PLANS TO AREA AND SUB AREA PLANS, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PLACEMAKING OR REAL ESTATE? UH, ARE WE LOOKING AT WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S SAYING THEY WANT AND NEED, AND THEN HOW DO WE BLEND THAT INTO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN? YES. SO SA TOMORROW WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BASE LEVEL PLANS THAT WE ASKED THE CONSULTANTS TO REVIEW. UH, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, BRIDGET WHITE AND THE TEAM OVER IN PLANNING TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS ENCOMPASSED INTO THAT. AND THEN WITHIN THE PLAN, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, IT REFERENCES BACK TO THE ESSAY TOMORROW FOR THE SPECIFIC AREAS. OKAY. GOOD. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THANK YOU. UM, WITH THE FUNDING WE'RE GIVING TO THE, UH, BDOS, I THINK WE, WE LIST THREE PARTICULAR ORGANIZATIONS, AND I HEARD, UH, WHAT THE CITY MANAGER JUST TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS, UH, WHAT METRICS MIGHT BE, AM I RIGHT THOUGH, IN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FUNDING THEY'RE GETTING IS ONLY FOR THEIR OVERHEAD OF OPERATIONS, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE GIVING ANY MONEY TO BUSINESSES OUT OF THAT? SO THIS, THE MAJORITY OF THIS FUNDING IS FOR DIRECT OPERATIONS. HOWEVER, SAGE DOES RECEIVE SOME FUNDING FOR STOREFRONT GRANTS, AND THEN, UM, PROSPER WEST ALSO RECEIVES SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR, WHAT WAS IT, FOR WHAT, I'M SORRY, FOR LOANS AND GRANTS AS WELL. I'M SORRY. BUT IT'S SEPARATE FROM THESE 358 OR 100,000 THEY'RE BEING GIVEN? NO. OR IS THAT PART OF THAT AMOUNT THERE? IT'S INCLUDED IN THE 358,000. OH, OKAY. MM-HMM. . SO SOME OF THAT MONEY WILL ACTUALLY GO TO HELP BUSINESSES, STOREFRONTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. YES. EACH HAS 100,000 FOR THOSE TWO. OKAY. ACTIVITIES. UH, I SEE, I HEARD THE COMMENT ABOUT THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBERS FUNDING $50,000 WAS FOR SECURITY. COULD YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT? IS CYBERSECURITY INITIATIVE, OUR TARGET INDUSTRY, UH, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK. COULD YOU GIMME A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION? SURE. SO WE PROVIDE THEM WITH $50,000 FOR ACTUALLY, UM, 14 DIFFERENT INITIATIVES OR KPIS. UH, THEY, FOR EXAMPLE, DO ROUND TABLES WITH SPECIFIC INDUSTRY FOCUS. SO THEY PULL IN A NUMBER OF THE AREA INDUSTRY, UM, PROVIDERS. THEY ALSO WORK WITH U T S A IN A NUMBER OF THE EDUCATION. [02:05:01] UH, THEY PARTNER WITH SA OR EXCUSE ME, WITH READY TO WORK, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE, THE WORKFORCE NEEDS. UM, THEY ALSO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION WITHIN THAT, UH, TARGET INDUSTRY, JUST TO NAME A FEW. OKAY. SO IT'S BASICALLY EDUCATION, RESEARCH, IT'S, AND BUSINESS EXPANSION. SEVERAL THINGS. IT'S SEVERAL THINGS, YES, SIR. OKAY. ARE, DO THEY STILL HAVE THE PROPERTY, UH, ALONG THE RIVER AT A LEASE FOR WHAT, $1 A YEAR? I WILL HAVE TO DEFER TO OR SOMEONE ELSE ON THAT OR FOLLOW UP? UH, YES, SIR. THEY STILL HAVE THAT PROPERTY. I'M, IT'S, IT'S FOR SOMETHING VERY SMALL, LIKE A DOLLAR. I'M JUST NOT REMEMBERING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. DO WE KNOW WHAT THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY IS? FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT WERE ON THE OPEN RENTAL MARKET? NO, SIR. BUT I'D BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING A LOT FURTHER NORTH THAN A DOLLAR. YEAH, I'D BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING THAT. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, UH, I WAS LOOKING AT THE, THE FUNDING, UH, ON PAGE NINE, UH, SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENTS, AND IT SAYS 24.33 MILLION. BUT WHAT ALWAYS ANNOYS ME IS WHEN I ADD UP THE NUMBERS AND THEY DO AND ADD UP. SO I ADDED UP THE NUMBERS, UH, THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE, AND THEY COME TO ABOUT 24 MILLION, 400,000 RATHER THAN, UH, OR, OR 24,800,000 RATHER THAN 24 MILLION, 300,000. SO WHERE'S THE OTHER HALF A MILLION THERE? YES, SIR. SO YOU WERE, THE 24.33 MILLION IS CORRECT. THE OTHER HALF MILLION WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BONDING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHERE I MENTIONED THAT THAT 550 WAS ORIGINALLY FISCAL YEAR 22. OKAY. I JUST WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN IT IN THERE. SO MY MATH ADDS UP. THANK YOU. UM, ON PAGE ON, ON SLIDE 11, UH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RESTORATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, 2.1 MILLION. ARE THERE CRITERIA FOR THAT? UH, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENT? YES. SO CURRENTLY, UH, AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND. WE DO HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AND WE ARE AS PART OF, UM, ALIGNING WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, THE POLICIES EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND WE WILL BE BRINGING FORTH REVISED POLICIES FOR CONSIDERATION TO CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN CASA UH, A DOZEN, BUT IT ALWAYS HAS DIFFERENT MEANING DEPENDING ON WHAT CASA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO WHAT IS THIS CASA? SO, CASA SAN ANTONIO IS OUR PROGRAM IN MEXICO. WE HAVE ONE OFFICE CURRENTLY IN MEXICO CITY. UH, THE ENHANCEMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE IMPROVEMENT IS TO EXPAND OUR SERVICES, UH, TO LATIN AMERICA, UH, IN ADDITION TO MEXICO. OKAY. GOOD. UM, I JUST WANNA, LET'S SEE. OH, ONE MORE THING. UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING SMALL BUSINESS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT CONSTRUCTION, UH, SURVIVAL TOOLKIT, UH, YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESSES REALLY ARE HURTING TODAY, AND THEY NEED MONEY TO REPLACE THE MONEY THEY LOSE. SO I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED INTO FUTURE BUDGETS AND FUTURE CONTRACTS WITH BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS TO ACCOMMODATE THE COST THAT BUSINESSES WILL, WILL LOSE BECAUSE OF ONGOING CONSTRUCTION IN FRONT OF OTHER BUSINESSES. TO ME, THAT SHOULD BE BUILT IN THE COST. THAT SHOULD BE A BUILT IN COST. IF SOMEONE, LIKE THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS, UH, BUILDING A HOTEL DOWNTOWN AND THEY CLOSE THE STREET FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AT A TIME, OR THEY LIMIT TRAFFIC FOR MONTHS AT A TIME, AND BUSINESSES SUFFER FROM THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE, WE ACTUALLY CHARGE BUSINESSES. I KNOW WE HAVE A, A COST FOR USING, UH, OUR RIGHT OF WAY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK MORE NEEDS TO BE INVESTED IN PROTECTING THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE SHUT DOWN FOR WEEKS AND MONTHS AT A TIME, OR THAT THEIR BUSINESSES CURTAIL BY 50 TO 75%. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US INVEST MORE IN WORKING ON THAT AS A, A CITY GOAL AND, AND PASSING THAT COST ON TO THE DEVELOPER. UH, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE, DOES THIS BUDGET REFLECT THE STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN WE'RE WORKING ON? IS MOST OF WHAT WE HAVE IN HERE, REFLECTIVE OF THAT? SO AS WE WERE SEEING, UH, HAVING THE, UH, DIFFERENT ROUND TABLES AND INTERVIEWS, WE CERTAINLY STARTED TO HEAR SOME TRENDS AND, AND EARLY INDICATORS. AND WE DID BUILD THAT INTO THE FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET IN OUR WORK PLAN. [02:10:01] WHEN DO WE THINK THAT PLAN WILL BE FINISHED? UH, SO THE DRAFT WAS RECENTLY, UH, PROVIDED TO THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. MM-HMM. , WE ARE SCHEDULED TO PRESENT IN A B SESSION LATER THIS MONTH, SEPTEMBER 28TH, AND THEN FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OCTOBER 20TH. AND WILL THERE BE ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR FUNDING, UH, FOR THAT PLAN ONCE IT'S PRESENTED? NOT ASSOCIATED WITH FISCAL YEAR 23 GENERAL FUND? UM, WELL, NO, AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S ADDITIONAL POLICY CONVERSATIONS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE INCENTIVE POLICIES, BUT NO NEW FUNDING. OKAY. SLIDE 14 STATES THAT PROJECT QUEST IS ON TRACK TO MEET OR EXCEED ITS PRIOR YEAR GOALS. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS ON WHAT LAST YEAR'S GOALS WERE FOR PROJECT QUEST. WHAT, WHAT YOU SHOW HERE IS THAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE GONNA ACHIEVE, UH, ABOUT 86% OF SUCCESS OF GETTING PEOPLE TRAINED AND AT WORK. AND THAT WOULD BE ABOUT 565 JOBS, PEOPLE WITH JOBS. WHEN I MET WITH THEM RECENTLY, THEY SAID IT WAS MORE LIKE 450 THEY WERE GONNA GET THIS YEAR. SO I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE KINDS OF NUMBERS. AND I KNOW I'M OUT OF TIME RIGHT NOW, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET A CHANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. THANK YOU, MAYOR ERIC. UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, YOU BROUGHT UP, UH, THE TREE MITIGATION FUND IN URBAN HEAT ISLAND. AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, UM, THERE'S RENEWED SUPPORT OR AND INTEREST FROM THIS COUNCIL ON IN THOSE TOPICS. UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS BY ALLOCATING MORE MONEY. UH, AND I HEAR YOU. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE, ARE POLICY ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG TIME. WE'VE STUDIED THESE ISSUES A LONG TIME. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THEM A LONG TIME. WE'VE PLA WE'VE CREATED PLANS, WE'VE PASSED PLANS, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, UNDERFUNDED POLICIES WILL UNDERPERFORM. AND I KNOW THAT OUR TREE MITIGATION FUND, UM, ONLY HAS THREE STAFF MEMBERS. WE HAVE 13,000 EMPLOYEES, AND WE HAVE THREE STAFF ON THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BIG MOVE BIG NUMBERS, THE THE NUMBERS THAT WE NEED WITH THAT. UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I LOOKED AT THE SAN ANTONIO CLIMATE READY PLAN IMPLEMENTATION BUDGET RIGHT HERE, AND IT'S $114,000. THAT'S THREE ONE THOUSANDTHS OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET. AND, UM, AND I SEE THAT THERE'S A CLIMATE ADAPTATION MANAGER AND THERE'S A MANAGEMENT ANALYST. DOUG, I WANT TO ASK, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A CHIEF HEAT OFFICER PROPOSED THERE? I KNOW A LOT OF OTHER OF OUR PEER, PEER CITIES ARE HIRING CHIEF HEAT OFFICERS WHERE THEY HAVE HOT CL HOT CLIMATES. SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT, DOUG? I, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SPEAK TO THAT. I, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO THE ISSUE THAT THE COUNCIL'S TALKED ABOUT, IS THAT OTHER THAN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WE HAVE NO PLAN IN TERMS OF HEAT MITIGATION. RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT'S THE, THE POINT THAT, THAT THE COUNCIL'S BEEN DISCUSSING. SO, YOU KNOW, UM, FROM MY STANDPOINT, FROM THE ORGANIZATIONAL STANDPOINT, IF WE HAD A PLAN, UM, THEN, THEN I THINK WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO, HOW TO, UH, ATTACK THAT. HAVING A CHIEF HEAT OFFICER, AND I KNOW SOME CITIES HAVE DONE THAT. UM, SOME OF THOSE CITIES THAT HAVE A CHIEF HEAT OFFICER DON'T HAVE A PLAN EITHER. SO THEY, THEY CHECK A BOX, AND I DON'T WANNA DO THAT. I, I, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A PLAN. I'D LIKE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT THE COST IS, HOW WE INVE, HOW WE ENVELOPE IN THE THINGS WE'RE SPENDING MONEY NOW, AND THEN TALK FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL STANDPOINT WHETHER OR NOT IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE A POINT PERSON, A POINT PERSON IN ALL THOSE AREAS. AND MARK CARMONA IS A, A GREAT EXAMPLE. IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE HOUSING FRAMEWORK, IT WOULDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD A CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER. I DON'T THINK SO. MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT I THINK IS CRITICAL. AND I DON'T WANT, I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND WE PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE IN THAT SENSE. THANK YOU, ERIC. UM, ON, UM, MIKE, UH, ON THE NOISE ORDINANCE, UH, ARE THERE ANY FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT? AND WILL WE, WILL WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HIRE SOME SOUND ENFORCEMENT STAFF UNDER THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS? WELL, RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO PROPOSED ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN, IN, IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW. UM, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL, UH, LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS. WE DID GET SOME FROM THE CONSULTANT JUST RECENTLY, I THINK A WEEK OR TWO AGO AS WE GOT THE FINAL REPORT FROM HIM, ACTUALLY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TAKING TO THE TASK FORCE. UM, I THINK WE HAVE SOME SUPPORT FROM THOSE. I THINK WE HAVE SOME DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THAT. SO I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE US, UH, ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, MONTH OR TWO AT LEAST, TO, TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT AND THEN [02:15:01] BRING SOMETHING BACK TO COUNCIL, UH, FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER WHAT WE WANT TO DO AS A, AS A GROUP. PART OF THAT ANALYSIS, COUNCILMAN, JUST REAL QUICK, IS THAT IF THERE ARE, IF THERE ARE CHARGES OR FEES OR PERMITS, HOW DOES THAT COVER THE IMPACT, UH, OR THE COST? UM, OR IF IT DOESN'T, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT, WHAT THE IMPACT IS TO THE REST OF THE ORGANIZATION. BUT WE'LL WORK THROUGH THOSE ALTERNATIVES. SEE IF THIS LOOKS LIKE AN ENTERPRISE FUND ALMOST. WELL, WE'LL LOOK, WE'LL WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE THE TASK FORCE WEIGH IN ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE, UM, THEY, THEY MAY GO OVER LIKE A LEAD BALLOON. THEY MAY NOT. BUT UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS, THEN WE CAN DEVELOP THE COST. THANK YOU. AND MIKE, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UH, THE CITY HAS A TOOL SHED, UH, WHERE PEOPLE, THE CITY HAS A TOOL SHED. AND I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT FALLS UNDER D S D. THAT'S CORRECT. UM, YEAH. AND THAT THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMUNITY GARDENS, PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN URBAN AGRICULTURE CAN GO AND BORROW TOOLS THAT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR THEM TO BUY THEMSELVES. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT COULD BE BETTER STOCKED. SO I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COUNCIL FOR SOME SUPPORT ON THIS, IS TO, TO, UM, ADD A, A FUNDING LINE ITEM, MAYBE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A WELL STOCKED TOOL, TOOL SHED, SO WE CAN SO SUPPORT ALL THESE COMMUNITY GARDENS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. WELL, I'LL JUST JUMP IN. SO THE COMMUNITY TOOL SHED THAT WE OVERSEE AT D S D IS MORE OF A CODE ENFORCEMENT TOOL. UH, IT'S ACTUALLY THERE FOR, AND IT'S STOCKED WITH TOOLS, SOME POWER EQUIPMENT, SOME, SOME NOT FROM BREAKS AND HOSE AND STUFF. UH, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY FOR REALLY THOSE PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE A CODE ISSUE AT THEIR HOME, UH, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO CUT THEIR GRASS OR TO, UH, LEAF BLOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEY WILL COME IN AND THEY CAN AT NO COST, UH, UTILIZE THAT, PICK IT UP ON A FRIDAY OR SATURDAY, AND BRING IT BACK THE FOLLOWING DAY. SO WE DID ADD A, A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDS, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, TO, TO BUY A FEW, FEW NEW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. UH, BUT IT'S, IT WAS NEVER REALLY INTENDED FOR THE COMMUNITY GARDEN CONCEPT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. UH, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT COULDN'T. YEAH. I COULD TAKE THAT BACK AND, AND CERTAINLY, UH, THROUGH THIS COMMENT, LOOK TO SEE WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE. UH, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT'S RIGHT NOW USED FOR AND WAS DEVELOPED. IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT. WELL, WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION OFFLINE AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FLESH OUT THERE, BUT I, I HAVE BEEN, UM, I HAVE RECEIVED ASKS FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE URBAN URBAN AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE, UM, COMMUNITY AND, UH, UH, COMMUNITY GARDEN COMMITTEE COMMUNITY. OKAY. UM, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING. UM, BRENDA, YOU AND I MET WHEN, UH, YOU FIRST BROUGHT IN SOME CONSULTANTS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR THAT WE WERE WELL ALIGNED IN, IN WHAT DIRECTION I THOUGHT WE SHOULD GO IN. AND, UH, I'M REALLY EAGER TO HEAR THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I'VE GONE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WHEN I MEET WITH BUSINESS LEADERS, UH, YOU KNOW, I TELL THEM I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH THE DIRECTION YOU'RE GOING. AND THEY TELL ME THAT THEY'RE, THEY ARE EQUALLY AS HAPPY AND THE DIRECTION YOU'RE GOING. SO, UM, I STAND HERE READY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOUR WORK. I KNOW THAT, UH, MY, UH, EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER IS DUE TODAY. AND SO HE'S GONNA GET A CHECK, A BIG CHECK MARK FOR HIRING YOU . WE CARE COUNCILMAN. UM, I, THE, I, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR, UH, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UH, TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION ON SMALL BUSINESSES. ROD SANCHEZ AND I, THE OTHER DAY, WE, WE SAT DOWN WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN BROAD ON THE BROADWAY COMMUNITY, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY'RE STRUGGLING. UM, AND THEN, UH, I QUICKLY CALLED COUNCILMAN PLYS AFTERWARDS, UM, BECAUSE OF, UH, THE, THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE THAT HE SITS ON AND, UM, TOLD HIM, HEY, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TRY AND DO. UM, AND SOMETHING THAT I HOPE THEY, THEY DO TRY AND DO, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED A LINE ITEM THERE. WE NEED SOME KIND OF A FUND. I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP EVERYBODY. I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA COVER ALL OF THE, THE FINANCIAL, THE ADVERSE FINANCIAL IMPACTS THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE. THERE WAS ONE BUSINESS, UH, AT THAT MEETING. THEY'RE A NATIONAL BUSINESS. THEY SELL A LOT OF THEIR PRODUCTS ONLINE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HURTING, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE OKAY. AND THEY, AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, RIGHT? BUT THEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ACROSS THE STREET, SMALL BUSINESS SELLING TACOS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN THEY GET HIT, IT CAN, IT COULD DRIVE THEM OUTTA BUSINESS. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE RE WE'RE PROTECTING THE SMALLEST BUSINESSES AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE NOT GOING OUTTA BUSINESS. AND, UM, SO I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN, IN SEEING AN, A LINE ITEM WHERE WE CAN SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE IMPACT ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, LET'S SEE. LET'S START HERE WITH, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. MIKE, IF YOU CAN COME BACK ON UP, UH, JUST LOOKING AT THE BIG THICK BOOK HERE, PAGE [02:20:01] 334, UM, LOOKING AT 29 NEW POSITIONS GOING FROM 21 TO 22, AND NOW ANOTHER 13 POSITIONS FROM, UH, 22 TO 23. I, I TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR METRICS UP AT THE TOP, AND I DON'T REALLY SEE ANY IMPROVEMENTS OR MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS UP IN THAT, THAT CHART UP ON TOP OF THAT. SO I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT. WITH ALL THOSE POSITIONS, WE SHOULD BE SEEING SOME MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN MY VIEW, IN THE, THAT CHART ABOVE THAT. AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME ADDITIONAL LINE ITEMS ON THAT. FOR EXAMPLE, INSPECTIONS ON, ON HOW MANY INSPECTIONS YOU'RE DOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, VERSUS, UM, CALLS, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY CALLS YOU'VE RESPONDED TO IN THE COMMUNITY, AND HOW MANY HAVE BEEN CORRECTED. UH, NOT JUST RESPONDING, BUT HOW MANY HAVE BEEN CORRECTED. THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT MY FOLKS IN DISTRICT 10 WANT TO WANNA SEE WHAT THEIR, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY DOING OUT THERE AND WHAT THEY'RE GETTING CORRECTED. SO I'D REALLY LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT AS FAR AS THE, THE METRICS AND WHAT YOU'RE MEASURING. AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO, WE CAN WALK YOU THROUGH ALL THAT. OKAY. AND, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ACTUALLY THIS PAST YEAR, ALL OF OUR METRICS INCREASED. UM, YOU KNOW, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST YEAR, CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE HAD 30% OF OUR STAFF RE REALLOCATED TO THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION ENFORCEMENT, UH, LOOKING AT 30,000 CALLS JUST TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WERE WEARING MASKS DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN ALL THOSE ORDERS WERE HAPPENING AND CHANGING. WELL, I'M JUST, SO WE GOT BEHIND, AND CERTAINLY WE WERE AT WELL BELOW 80% OF COMPLIANCE. NOW WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE 90, BUT I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH THAT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, UH, WITH THE INSPECTIONS, THE SAME THING. UH, OUR INSPECTION RATE WHERE DEVELOPMENT, UH, CREEPING BACK UP TOWARDS THE 95% AS SCHEDULED. UH, BUT A LOT OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE 70% INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS THAT WE'VE DONE, UH, IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. SO, WELL, I, AGAIN, CALENDAR DAYS TO PROVIDE COMPLEX COMMERCIAL PLAN REVIEW ARE GOING UP THE CALENDAR DAYS TO PROVIDE MAJOR PLAT TECHNICAL REVIEWS ARE GOING UP WITH THE ADDITIONAL MANPOWER. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. I I'M LOOKING AT YOUR CHART ON PAGE SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, WHERE, WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY GONE DOWN SINCE 21, AND IT, THE LINE IS CONTINUING TO GO DOWN, PROJECTED FOR THE COMMERCIAL, UM, GOING UP A LITTLE BIT ON RESIDENTIAL, BUT I, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE. NO, I WALKED YOU THROUGH IT. I KNOW THAT COMMERCIAL NUMBER JUMPED SIGNIFICANTLY BY 25%. I KNOW THAT IT STABILIZED RESIDENTIAL, BUT I, I CAN CERTAINLY WALK YOU THROUGH EVERY ONE OF OUR METRICS. WE MEET WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MONTHLY TO DO THE SAME, DO WE'LL PUT INTO DEVELOPMENTAL. YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. UH, AND THEN I, I'M NOT REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, UH, MOVING THOSE TWO, UM, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS TO THE APARTMENT, UH, PROACTIVE INSPECTIONS. I, I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE DETAIL ON WHAT THE A APART, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR POLICING WITH THEIR MEMBERS OR NON-MEMBERS, HOW MANY CALLS HAVE COME INTO THE CITY COMPLAINING. YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF DATA POINTS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE BEFORE, BEFORE I SAY, YEAH, I WANNA SUPPORT PUTTING MORE MANPOWER TOWARDS IT WITHOUT SEEING THE DATA TO SUPPORT THAT. WE NEED TO MOVE THAT OVER THERE. I MEAN, YOUR, YOUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS AND, UH, TO CALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UM, I, I DON'T SEE THAT WE NEED TO SET THIS ASIDE ONLY FOR APARTMENTS, SO THAT I GOT A CONCERN ABOUT THAT. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THE DATA TO SUPPORT THIS IS WHAT WE REALLY HAVE TO DO WITH THESE TWO POSITIONS BEFORE WE DO IT. UM, THANK YOU, MIKE. NEXT AREA IS, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ALL RIGHT. LEMME GET THIS STRAIGHT HERE. YOU'RE BURNING TIME. YEAH, I KNOW. I'M BURNING TIME HERE TOO. LITTLE TIME. ALL RIGHT. UH, BRENDA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOURS. ALSO, UH, ON SLIDE NUMBER FOUR, YOU HAD, UM, UH, AN ADDITIONAL THREE POSITIONS AGAIN. AND EXPLAIN TO ME AGAIN WHAT, WHY THREE POSITIONS FOR, FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT THERE? YES, SIR. TWO OF THEM ARE, UM, PART OF THE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AS PART OF THE CE BETA, UM, ACTIVITIES. AND THEN THE THIRD POSITION IS A RESEARCH POSITION TO HELP ESTABLISH THAT DATA TEAM. OKAY. UM, I NEED MORE INFORMATION AS TO WHAT THOSE POSITIONS ARE REALLY GONNA BE DOING. I, YOU KNOW, I, I HEAR WHAT THEIR TITLES ARE, BUT WHAT ARE THEY REALLY GONNA DO? UM, SO YEAH, I'D LIKE TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THOSE POSITIONS. UH, ON SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT, YOU KNOW, I SEE THESE, I SEE THESE DOLLAR FIGURES ON EACH ONE OF THESE, BUT WHAT ARE THE METRICS TO SUPPORT THAT? [02:25:01] WHAT ARE, WHAT DID THEY DO IN THE PAST? YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT'S THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT ON EACH ONE OF THESE? SURE. WHAT ARE THE METRICS? AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THAT MANY TIMES BEFORE, WE NEED TO BE MEASURING THESE THINGS AND PUT THAT OUT THERE. AT LEAST I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE METRICS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF EACH ONE OF THESE TO, UH, SAY YES. YES. UH, THE REST, THE SAME THING ON SLIDE NUMBER NINE. UH, WHERE'S THE METRICS OF THEIR SUCCESS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE, THOSE CATEGORIES? UM, SAME ON, UH, LET'S SEE, THE, UM, PAGE OR SLIDE NUMBER 11. UM, AND I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT A DATA MANAGEMENT TEAM. I, I THINK THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED BEFORE, WHAT IN THE HECK IS THAT WE, WE'VE GOT DATA MANAGEMENT OUT THE WAZOO HERE IN, IN THE CITY, AND WHY ARE WE ADDING ANOTHER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? SURE. SO TRADITIONALLY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH IS FOCUSED AROUND THAT COMPETITIVENESS, UH, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AND, AND TELLING THAT STORY. I MENTIONED EARLIER OUR LACK OF DATA AROUND SMALL BUSINESSES. SO FOR EXAMPLE, AS WE WERE WORKING ON THE GRANT PROGRAM AND SO FORTH, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS COLLECT REALLY GOOD INFORMATION, BUT IT TENDS TO BE PRETTY FOCUSED, EITHER GEOGRAPHICALLY FOCUSED OR CUSTOMER FOCUSED. WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT BROAD CITYWIDE VIEW OF, UM, INFORMATION AND DATA. UH, LIKEWISE, WE'VE ALSO, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA FOR SUB BETA, BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE CAPACITY AND THE CAPABILITIES TO SLICE AND DICE IT. SO WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE PAST ABOUT THE DESIRE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO MOVE, UM, PRIMES OR SUBS TO PRIMES AND SO FORTH. AND WE'D REALLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DIG INTO A LOT OF THAT DATA SO THAT WE CAN, AGAIN, FURTHER HONE THE INVESTMENTS AND THE CAPACITY BUILDING TO SUPPORT THOSE TYPES OF COMPANIES, EVEN MORE SO THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO. OKAY. JUST AS A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, I, I DON'T, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DIG THAT DEEP. WE NEED TO MANAGE THESE PROGRAMS AND LET THOSE EXECUTORS DO THAT AND REPORT BACK TO US WHAT THAT DATA REALLY IS. AND I, I, THAT'S MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION ON THAT. UM, I, I DON'T SEE THE ADDED VALUE AT THIS LEVEL, UH, FOR THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THOSE FOR THAT PROGRAM. UH, SPEAKING TO WHICH, ON PAGE 3 37 OF THE BIG THICK BOOK HERE, THE WHY IS THE PERCENTAGE GOING DOWN ON, UH, CONTRACT DOLLARS PAID TO SMALL MINORITY WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES? THE FOUR, IT'S GOING FROM 48 DOWN TO 41%. YES, SIR. SO, UM, WE, AS PART OF OUR, UH, DISPARITY STUDY, OR EXCUSE ME, WE ARE, LET ME FIND MY NOTES BEFORE I KEEP TALKING. SO, WE ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO, UH, LEGALLY HAVE OUR GOALS AT WHAT OUR DISPARITY STUDY SHOWS. IN THIS CASE, OUR DISPARITY STUDY SHOWS THAT WE HAVE A 41% GAP. UH, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE SET THE GOAL AT 41% HISTORICALLY, UH, THIS PAST YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, IN IN 21, YOU WOULD'VE SEEN THAT WE, UM, OVERPERFORMED IN THAT AREA. BUT AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, THE ACTUAL ALIGNMENT OF THE DISPARITY STUDY. SO THE F Y 22 TARGET SHOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN 41%, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. LEGALLY, WE WEREN'T, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO F OVER 41. DON'T. SO OUR TARGET IS 41%, BUT WE ACTUALLY PERFORMED AT A HIGHER RATE. WELL, I'M LOOKING AT THE F Y 22 TARGET. IT SAYS 50%, SO THAT SHOULD ONLY BEEN 41%. THAT'S A FLUID NUMBER. COUNCILMAN BASED, AGAIN, ON THE PERFORMANCE IN, IN TERMS OF HOW WE BRIDGE THE GAP OVER ANY GIVEN TIME. THAT'S WHY THAT'S NUMBER MOVES. THAT'S WHAT NEXT COLUMN IS SHOWING WHAT THE F Y 22 ESTIMATE IS NOT THE, YOU KNOW, THE TARGET IN ALL THESE IS WHAT YOUR TARGET WAS FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN THE ACTUAL, OR THE ESTIMATE IS WHAT IT'S CURRENTLY COMING IN AT. SO, I, I, I HEAR YOU WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BRENDA, THAT IT'S AT 41%, BUT THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THIS DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT IN THE F Y 22 TARGET. YEAH. SO MY APOLOGIES. SO WE DID, UH, START TO INCREASE IT BASED ON ACTUAL PERFORMANCE, BUT THEN AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE DISPARITY STUDY AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS AGAIN AROUND LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE AND SO FORTH, IT NEEDS TO ALIGN WITH THE DISPARITY STUDY. SO THAT'S WHY OUR FISCAL YEAR 23 IS AT THAT 41%. SO WE SET THE ALL TARGET, WE WERE AGGRESSIVE FOR 20, WE WERE OVER IN FISCAL YEAR 22. OKAY. YEAH. WELL, UM, ALL RIGHT, I'M RUNNING OUTTA TIME HERE, BUT YEAH, I, I DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING [02:30:01] TO THIS CHART HERE, AND I'D LIKE TO DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. UM, WITH THAT, I'LL CHIME BACK IN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER PAPA IS, THANKS. UM, I, I SUPPORT THE MILLION DOLLAR LEVEL, UH, INVESTMENT IN THE LOAN, UH, BUY DOWN PROGRAM. SO IF, UH, ERIC, IF YOU'RE TAKING, UH, COUNT, ADD ME TO THAT ONE. I, UM, I, I DO WANNA REMIND, UM, WELL, MAYOR, I THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE IN THE ROOM, UH, THAT WAS AROUND WHEN, UH, THE MOBILE HOME PARK, OAK HOLLOW MOBILE HOME PARK WAS, UM, WAS FRONT PAGE. UH, ACTUALLY, MIKE SHANNON, I THINK YOU WERE DEALING WITH THAT TOO, RIGHT? UM, AND THEN THE OTHER PERSON I REMEMBER, AS FAR AS THE MEDIA IS CONCERNED, I LOOKED IT UP. IT WAS ERIN NICHOLS ON MY TEAM. SHE DID A STORY WAY BACK THEN ON IT. BUT I THINK THAT'S IT. LIKE, THOSE ARE THE THREE PEOPLE WHO SORT OF TOUCHING THIS ON A DAILY BASIS. UH, YOU TOO, ANDY. OH, I'M SORRY. NO ONE, THAT'S WHY YOU GOT WHITE HAIR ON YOUR HEAD 'CAUSE OF THAT ONE CASE. RIGHT. BUT THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE, THIS, THIS, UH, THIS PHENOMENON OF, OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY THEIR LANDLORDS IS, UH, IS NOT NEW. AND, UH, IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR A LONG, LONG TIME IN SAN ANTONIO IS EVIDENCED BY THE WORK, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WERE A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT EIGHT AND YOUR, AND, AND THE CITY COUNCIL BACK THEN DID, UM, SO WHAT I, WHAT I DON'T WANT US TO DO IS TRY TO RECREATE SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY THERE. RIGHT. UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND, AND HOW FAR WE'VE COME. THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT IT'S WORKING A HUNDRED PERCENT. UM, BECAUSE CLEARLY, MIKE, I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ADMITTING THAT THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT HERE. UM, AND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOW SEEING SOME OF THESE THINGS BUBBLE UP TO THE SURFACE IN, UM, IN, IN DISTURBING WAYS, RIGHT? UM, AND SO I, I DON'T WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, USE A BROAD SWORD HERE TO, YOU KNOW, GO AFTER AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE DOING GREAT WORK, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR TENANTS. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN HOVER IS RIGHT. THE, THE MEMBERS OF THIS, UH, SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, THEY'RE NOT THE PROBLEM. UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE FOLKS WHO ARE NOT THEIR MEMBERS WHO DON'T POLICE THEMSELVES AND WHO DON'T, YOU KNOW, TAKE, I MEAN, I DUNNO IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT, UM, THEY HAVE CONTINUING EDUCATION, UM, CERTI, YOU KNOW, CERTIFICATES AND POINTS, UH, AND CREDITS THAT THEY GIVE TO THEIR OPERATORS IN THERE. AND, UM, THERE'S EVEN A CODE OF ETHICS FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE GOOD ACTORS. UM, AND SO I, I DON'T ENVY YOUR JOB, MIKE, BUT, UM, AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, I I, I DO WANNA COMMEND YOU FOR STICKING THROUGH WITH THIS. 'CAUSE, UH, I, I, AFTER READING SOME OF THESE OLD CASES OF THESE OLD ARTICLES ABOUT THE MOBILE HOME PARK BACK THEN, UM, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF THINGS COULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE DIFFICULT THAN THEY WERE. UH, AND SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR STEPPING UP FOR, FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE FOLKS. UH, THE OTHER THING, WELL, BEFORE YOU LEAVE THAT THOUGH, COUNCILMAN, I WILL REMIND YOU, THAT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A DA INDICTMENT, WHICH HELPED A LOT IN TERMS OF RELOCATION AND RECOUPMENT OF COSTS. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. WE SUED THEM TOO, RIGHT? AND, UH, WE DID. BUT, BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS, THAT WAS BOLSTERED BY THE FACT THAT THEY WERE INDICTED BY THE DA. YEAH. SO, WHICH BRINGS ME, WHICH BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER SMALL ANECDOTAL, UH, EXAMPLE OF WHERE SOME OF THIS STUFF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE FOLKS FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS. WE, MY FIRST YEAR ON COUNCIL, WE HAD A CASE WHERE THIS FAMILY OF REFUGEES WAS LIVING IN A HOME. IT WAS MOM, DAD, AND FOUR OR FIVE CHILDREN IN THIS LITTLE TINY CONDO. AND MOM HAD JUST GOTTEN HER DRIVER'S LICENSE AND SHE JUST, YOU KNOW, HIT THE WRONG BUTTON IN THE CAR OR DID THE WRONG THING AND DROVE THE CAR THROUGH THE CONDO. UM, THE OWNER ENDED UP CLAIMING, UM, MAKING A CLAIM TO HIS INSURANCE COMPANY, POCKETED THE MONEY, AND THEN DEMANDED THAT THE REFUGEES FIX THE APARTMENT THEMSELVES. NO WATER, NO ELECTRICITY, UM, AND NO HEAT. AND WE HAD TO STEP IN AND GET THEN DA LAHOOD INVOLVED. AND HE DID, UH, TO HIS CREDIT. UM, AND YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED HOW MANY MORE OF THOSE SITUATIONS ARE THERE IN SAN ANTONIO. UM, AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT YOU'LL EVER PERFECT THE DETECTION SYSTEM, UH, YOU KNOW, TO SNIFF THOSE OUT. BUT I'M, I'M SATISFIED THAT YOU'RE WORKING EVERY YEAR TO, TO MAKE THAT DETECTION SYSTEM MORE PERFECT. RIGHT. SO, UH, WITH THAT, I, I ALSO WANT TO, UM, TELL YOU, E ERIC, ASIDE FROM ECHOING THIS NEED TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON HOW WE'RE IMPACTING BUSINESSES ALONG CONSTRUCTION CORRIDORS AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO COME UP WITH NEW THINGS TO, THAT WE CAN DO TO STRENGTHEN THE EFFORT TO HELP THEM OUT. UM, I, I, I THINK COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA AND I, AND EVEN THE MAYOR, WHEN WE WERE AT THOSE SMALL BUSINESS FORUM THAT, THAT WE HELD, ONE THING THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY HEAR IS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE, UM, THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE TAKING SURVEYS. UH, THEY'RE BUSY SURVIVING AND RUNNING THEIR BUSINESSES. UM, AND VERY SIMILAR TO THE, TO THE THREE LAWYERS AT THIS TABLE. UM, WE GET SURVEYS [02:35:01] ALL THE TIME FROM THE BAR ASSOCIATION, AND, UH, WE NEVER TAKE THEM. AND, UH, YEAH, RIGHT. UH, , UH, DON'T LIE TO HEAR FRIENDS. OKAY. UH, THE, WE, UH, AND, AND WE GET, YOU KNOW, THE BAR JOURNAL AND THEY ASK US FOR SURVEYS AND, AND WE JUST DON'T, YOU KNOW, AND SO I'M, I'M GUILTY OF NOT DOING THAT. UM, AND I, I DO UNDERSTAND IF YOU OWN A RESTAURANT OR A CONVENIENCE STORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN REASONABLY EXPECT THEM TO STOP WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND, YOU KNOW, ANSWER JEFF'S, UH, REALLY GREAT ESSAY, SPEAK UP, UH, YOU KNOW, SURVEYS. AND SO THERE'S GOTTA BE A, THERE HAS TO BE A MORE INTENTIONAL WAY AND A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY OF, OF COMMUNI COMMUNICATING WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. UM, AND WE NEED TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE, RIGHT? AND IF, IF OUR SURVEYS AREN'T LANDING IN FRONT OF THEM, AND IF WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT DATA, THEN IT'S ON US TO TO WORK A LITTLE HARDER, UM, TO FIGURE OUT NEW WAYS OF GETTING THE DATA AND JUST GETTING THEIR OPINION. RIGHT. AND SO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER TO THAT IS, BUT I'M HOPING BRENDA AND ALEX, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION GOING FORWARD ABOUT HOW, AND, AND WE'RE, UH, ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE INTENTIONALLY HIT THESE FOLKS AND MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE. UH, LASTLY, I, I DO WANT TO WANNA SAY THAT, UM, I'M CURIOUS ALSO TO GET SOME DATA ABOUT CASA IN, UH, IN MEXICO AND SEE WHAT THEY'VE PRODUCED, UH, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I, IT'S A NOMINAL AMOUNT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN THIS. BUT, UM, I'M CURIOUS, AND, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT TO ME NOW BRENDA, BUT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT, WHAT RETURN WE'VE GOTTEN FROM, FROM THAT CONTINUOUS INVESTMENT. SO, AND, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THAT FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, RIGHT? SO ANYWAY, MAYOR, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GROUND. THANK YOU, DOUG. IT'S YOUR TURN. SO, UM, THE CONVERSATION WE HAVE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, I KNOW SOMETIMES WE WANT TO HAVE IT IN A SILO, BUT IT REALLY DOES IMPACT EVERYTHING WE DO. AND, UM, I, I THINK WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT, IT REALLY HAS TO RESONATE WITH THE RESIDENTS A LITTLE MORE THAN, THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WITTY OR SNAPPY. THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO CARE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THEY CAN HAVE LESS ASTHMA DAYS. THEY CAN HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN ADDRESS THE FOOD DESERT. UM, THEY, THEY CAN HAVE BETTER DAYS OUTDOORS WALKING. SO I THINK WHEN WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE IN MY DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR, YOU'RE COMPETING WITH THEIR POCKETBOOK. SO I WANNA LOOK AT, LOOK AT THAT. AND I, I DO WANT YOU TO WORK MORE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, UH, HERE IN THE CITY BECAUSE I, I THINK WE'RE MISSING SOME THINGS IN, IN WHAT FED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SO, UM, I COULD ADD, I'D LOVE TO PROVIDE YOU A FOLLOW UP UP ON THAT, THE CAMPAIGN. 'CAUSE A LOT OF INFORMATION WENT INTO IT AND WE DID TOUCH ON THOSE, THOSE ITEMS. THANK YOU. AND THEN, UM, IN ADDITION WITH THE, UH, URBAN HEAT ISLAND, UM, I LIKE ALL THE IDEAS, THE MITIGATION MEASURES, BUT ALL OF THIS COSTS MONEY. AND FOR MY RESIDENTS, THAT'S, THAT'S A HICCUP. AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH THESE URBAN HEAT ISLAND MITIGATION MEASURES, AND NOW WITH LEADERSHIP FIRMED UP AT C P S, THAT WE LOOK AT THEIR PROGRAMS WITH THEIR STEP PROGRAMS 'CAUSE THEY REALLY STILL HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT THEY ARE AND THAT WE, THAT, THAT THEY CAN BE PART OF SOME OF THIS, UH, HEAT ISLAND MITIGATION MEASURES. YES. SO I REALLY WANT TO WORK ON THAT WITH THEM. IF I CAN ADD TO YOUR POINT OF, UH, OF COST, UM, IN TALKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER, I THINK WE WANNA START WITH EXISTING RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, UH, AND, AND JUST FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO BE MORE STRATEGIC WITH THAT. UH, AND THEN WE ARE ALSO TRACKING SOME, UM, INFLATION REDUCTION ACT FUNDING THAT MAY BE PERTINENT FOR, FOR, FOR THIS ACTION AS WELL. BECAUSE, UH, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, LIKE, I, I KNOW ONE THING I HADN'T THOUGHT OF, BUT PARKS DID WITH THE POOL COMING IN DISTRICT THREE IS TO HAVE THAT SPLASH PAD. AND I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT, I WAS LIKE, WELL, JUST A POOL. BUT THEY WERE LIKE, NO, THIS GOES OVER REALLY WELL. IT HELPS ON THOSE HOT DAYS. YEAH. IT ISN'T A POOL DAY. SO I JUST, I REALLY, UH, APPRECIATE HOW THE ENTIRE TEAM IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHEN THEY'RE THE TRAINED, ARE THINKING OF THINKING ABOUT THAT AS THEY MOVE FORWARD. 'CAUSE WE CAN'T ALWAYS SEE IT. SO, UM, YOU'RE DOING GOOD WITH THE TEAM. YOU HAVE, I KNOW IT'S NOT A VERY BIG TEAM, BUT, UH, I WOULD, I'M, I'M ENCOURAGED BY IT AND I'D, UM, I'D LIKE TO, UM, TO SEE IT, IT, IT GET INCORPORATED WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH C P S. YES, MA'AM. [02:40:01] THANK YOU. THANKS, DOUG. MIKE, I'M GONNA CALL YOU BACK UP. YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE, BUT THEY, THEY BROUGHT UP SOME IDEAS, UM, IN TERMS OF CO UH, CODE THE ISSUE. AND, AND WE, WHEN WE LOOK AT CODE OFFICERS AND THE WEEKEND O OFFICERS AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE BROUGHT UP THE NOISE ORDINANCES, I THINK WE NEED THE INFORMATION OF WHEN CODE CAN'T MAKE THOSE CALLS. IT IS OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT MAKING THOSE CALLS IN NOISE. IS THAT CORRECT? AFTER HOURS OR? WELL, RIGHT, RIGHT NOW NOISE ENFORCEMENT IS BY, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS PAST YEAR THERE WAS FUNDING SET ASIDE, I THINK IT WAS $75,000, UM, WHERE WE DID A, UH, A, A PILOT PROGRAM WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD CODE OFFICERS WORK SHIFTS FROM, I BELIEVE, EIGHT TO FOUR, 8:00 PM TO 4:00 AM THREE NIGHTS OF THE WEEK. UH, WE COLLECTED THAT DATA, UH, AND THEN THE NOISE ORDINANCE TASK FORCE IS USING THAT ALONG WITH A CONSULTANT TO SEE IF HOW WE SHOULD ENFORCE DIFFERENTLY, BETTER, ET CETERA. YEAH. AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I JUST WENT, I THINK THE NOISE PROBLEM IS A BIGGER PROBLEM AND A LARGER CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE AS A COUNCIL AND A CITY. THE THE OTHER THING I WAS GONNA BRING UP, 'CAUSE SOME PEOPLE WERE MENTIONED, THIS ISN'T CODE OFFICERS TO GO AND, AND, UM, BASICALLY TELL PEOPLE THEIR HOUSE IS FALLING DOWN. SOME OF IT IS JUST DON'T PARK ON YOUR YARD AND MOVE A, MOVE A CAR. THAT SHOULD BE MOVED. I THAT, THOSE ARE A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT COME AFTER OUT OF DISTRICT THREE. SO I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TEAMS, AND I NEED ALL CODE OFFICERS YES. TO BE TRAINED ON HOW TO GO INTO THE APARTMENTS AND LOOK FOR PROBLEMS, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS, ADDRESS THOSE EVERYDAY PROBLEMS THAT ARE PEOPLE PARKING THE WRONG WAY ON THE STREET, PEOPLE PARKING ON THEIR YARDS. UH, AND THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M ENCOURAGED TO SUPPORT THIS DEPARTMENT WITH MORE PHYSICIANS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRAND COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU. AND I'LL START BACK AGAIN WITH, WITH BRENDA AND BACK WHEN I MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO E W D C AND I GOT SUPPORT FROM MY COLLEAGUES TO MOVE $6 MILLION TO ACCESS TO CAPITAL. AND WE FOUND AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS AND WE ALSO MOVED THAT TO ACCESS TO CAPITAL. AND I WAS SUPER EXCITED, BUT AT THAT TIME, I, I THOUGHT I WAS CLEAR AND THAT I DIDN'T WANNA JUST GET RID OF THE FUNDING OF THE ECOSYSTEM. AND SO WAS LOOKING FOR MAYBE A PHASED APPROACH. RIGHT? SO OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, FUND FROM THAT ECOSYSTEM, BASED ON THE REPORT THAT WE GOT, SO WE'VE MENTIONED IT NOW. AND SO I HAD MY STAFF GO AND BRING MY NOTES JUST IN CASE. AND I LOOKED THROUGH THE MINUTES AND I MENTIONED IT ON JUNE 15TH, ON JUNE 24TH, AND MOST RECENTLY ON AUGUST THE 12TH. AND THERE WAS, UM, SUPPORT FROM, FROM MY COLLEAGUES. SO WE TECHNICALLY THAT WAS ALREADY A, A GOOD CHUNK OF US. SO I THINK IF ONE MORE PERSON VOICE SUPPORT, AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT, UM, AND, AND MAYBE WEIGH IN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT. BUT SPECIFICALLY, I WAS ALSO WANTING TO JUST, UM, RE SO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WEREN'T THERE, UM, BUT I WANTED TO JUST, UH, REMIND THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BDOS IN OUR AREAS, RIGHT? AND SO WE HAVE AREAS THAT DIDN'T APPLY FOR P P P, WE HAVE AREAS THAT CONTINUE TO BE THE BOTTOM OF THE, ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S, I THINK, THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT BDOS CONTINUE TO DO. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY I WAS SO FOCUSED, OR I, WHY I WANNA CONSIDER, AGAIN, THAT WE SUPPORT THE ECOSYSTEM AND SPECIFICALLY WITH THE PLAN. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES SAW THE PLAN THAT YOU ALL PRESENTED TO US, UM, BUT I THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WORTH SENDING OUT. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT I THINK THAT WE COULD STILL KIND OF, UM, START OUR WORK ON. UH, SO JUST, THOSE ARE JUST SOME COMMENTS. BUT AGAIN, SO I, I JUST SAW WE'VE, WE'VE REFERENCED IT AT LEAST THREE TIMES IN THREE DIFFERENT MEETINGS. UM, BUT THEN I'LL GO ON TO MIKE SHANNON. AND WHILE MIKE COMES UP HERE, I WANTED TO PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE TO COUNCILMAN PERRY BECAUSE APPARENTLY I LOOKED RIGHT AT HIM WHEN I SAID THAT PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY. SO MY APOLOGIES FOR HURTING YOUR FEELINGS, PERIOD. I DIDN'T MEAN TO AN INVOLUNTARY REACTION. SO MAYBE IT, YOU'RE RIGHT. WHAT, SO, UM, MIKE, UM, HOW, UH, HOW ARE THE MOBILE HOME PARK INSPECTION GROUPS DOING? 'CAUSE UH, COUNCILMAN EZ BROUGHT UP A, A GOOD POINT EARLIER. AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW ARE THEY DOING? THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING FINE. THEY DO ALL THEIR INSPECTIONS. SO, UH, THE MOBILE HOME PARK THAT, THAT WE HAD, UM, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UH, IT CAUSED US TO MODIFY THE MOBILE HOME PARK ORDINANCE. THOSE REQUIRE A LICENSE. UH, WE ACTUALLY ADDED, I THINK TWO STAFF AT THAT TIME. THERE'S ABOUT A HUNDRED OF THEM, UH, IN, IN, UH, IN THE CITY. AND THEY GET, UH, ROUTINE INSPECTIONS, UM, SOME MONTHLY, SOME QUARTERLY, UH, MAYBE SOME EVERY HALF A YEAR BASED ON HOW WELL THEIR PROPERTY IS KEPT UP. KINDA LIKE A SCORING SYSTEM. UH, [02:45:01] AND THEN THEY REGISTER, RE-REGISTER EVERY YEAR, UH, UH, TO PAY FOR THAT LICENSE. SO, UM, I CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. YES. BUT WE HAVE DETAILS AND ALL THAT STUFF. I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE COULD REPLICATE SOME OF THE WORK PERHAPS. UM, AND D FOUR HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF MOBILE HOME PARKS I UNDERSTAND. OR MOBILE HOMES. AND SO I, I'M INTERESTED IN THAT. WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, JUNKYARD INSPECTIONS TEAM? SO WE HAVE A FEW CODE OFFICERS THAT WORK ON A LICENSING TEAM, UH, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE MOBILE HOME PARK. UH, BUT JUNKYARDS AND METAL RECYCLERS, THERE'S A SPECIAL ORDINANCE, UH, THAT THEY REQUIRE AT A STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL. SO THEY NEED A SPECIAL PERMIT AND LICENSE. SO THO WE HAVE, UH, SOME TEAM MEMBERS, TWO CODE OFFICERS THAT ACTUALLY GO OUT AND INSPECT THEM, UH, SIM SIMILAR MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY, UH, TO ENSURE THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH NOT JUST TYPICAL CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUT THE SPECIALIZED CODE RULES, UH, FOR THOSE TYPE OF FACILITIES. THANK YOU. AND, AND THERE'S ABOUT, THERE'S PLUS OR MINUS ABOUT 80 OF THOSE IN THE CITY. GOT IT. AND SO, AND HOW MANY CODE OFFICERS DID YOU SAY WE HAD ACROSS THE CITY? 115 TOTAL. AND THAT INCLUDES THE SUPERVISORS, CODE OFFICERS, AND, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR SPECIALIZED DANGEROUS PREMISE CODE OFFICERS AS WELL. BUT THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE 100 FOR MOBILE HOME PARK INSPECTOR INSPECTORS? NO, THOSE ARE, THAT'S INCLUDE, THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT, THAT ONE 15 IS MY UNIVERSE OF CODE OFFICERS. UH, A COUPLE OF THEM WORK SPECIFICALLY ON LIKE SALVAGE YARDS, METAL RECYCLING, UH, A COUPLE OTHER BUSINESSES LIKE TIRE SHOPS, ET CETERA. UM, AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE THAT WORK WITH THE MOBILE HOMES. UH, MOST EVERYBODY ELSE IS GENERAL, UM, MEANING THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO AN AREA. OKAY. I MIGHT NEED SOME, SOME MORE INFORMATION THEN ON SURE. ON, ON THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT. SURE. UM, AND THEN MIKE, ONE OF THE THINGS, AND WE TALK ABOUT SIGNATURES AND IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD EMIT THE SIGNATURE PROCESS FOR STREETLIGHTS? WE DON'T. UM, I MEAN, IT, THERE'S SOME SIGNATURES THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR SIDEWALKS, AND I WOULD THINK THAT THEY'RE A BIT MORE INTRUSIVE. IS THERE ANY THOUGHT OR CONSIDERATION FOR THAT? WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING AN EASEMENT, SO I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING PERMISSION FROM THE OWN OWNER. AND IT'S, WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING AN EASEMENT ON THERE. WE, WE, WE WILL TAKE THAT BACK AND LOOK AT IT I'LL, I'LL GET WITH OUR TEAM AND, AND MAYBE WITH LEGAL AND C P S, BUT IT'S REALLY, WE'RE GETTING AN EASEMENT, SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED THAT PERMISSION IN WRITING. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I HAD SOME, UH, FOLLOW UPS ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, PRESENTATION. UM, BRENDA, THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIAL IN THIS, UH, PRESENTATION. YOU GUYS ARE VERY, VERY BUSY. UM, I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE WITH THESE PROGRAMS, BUT THEY SOUND GREAT. I'VE HAD THE BENEFIT OF YOU DESCRIBING THEM IN ONE SENTENCE DURING TODAY'S PRESENTATION. WOULD IT, IS THERE A PLACE WHERE I CAN GO AND GET A DESCRIPTION OF THEM? LIKE DO YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A HANDBOOK OR SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT? WE CAN CERTAINLY, WE HAVE ONE PAGERS ON MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT DO TALK ABOUT PERFORMANCE AND SO FORTH, AND WE CAN BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP ON, ON ANY AND ALL OF THEM. YEAH. I THINK EVERY BUDGET ENTRY THAT YOU PUT ON YOUR SLIDES IS A WHOLE, LIKE, PROGRAM ITSELF, LIKE WHETHER IT'S ECOSYSTEM OR THE BUYING DOWN THE LOANS. AND I, I KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THEM, SO IT'D BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU. UM, AND THAT GOES FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. YOU, ME, YOU HAVE A JUNKYARD TEAM. HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS? DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF PROGRAMS THAT YOU RUN OUT OF, OUT OF YOUR DIVISION? WE CAN CERTAINLY CREATE ONE FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'D BE GREAT. UM, AWESOME. UH, SORRY, BRENDA, I DID HAVE, UH, SOME OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS. UM, THERE'S ALSO A DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNDING FROM GENERAL FUNDS AND RESTRICTED FUNDS, AND YOU'RE GROWING THE AMOUNT COMING FROM RESTRICTED FUNDS. UM, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO, TO SEND US A, A LIST OF WHAT RESTRICTED FUNDS THOSE ARE? I IMAGINE HERS IS SOMEWHERE IN THERE. NO, SO FOR, FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IT'S THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND. OKAY. THAT'S THE ONLY RESTRICTED FUND. OH. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE DEBT PAYMENT FOR THE LAND THAT WE BOUGHT FOR THE TOYOTA. SO IT'S ABOUT $1.6 MILLION. OKAY. A STARBRITE IS A FUND NAME. I'M SORRY? THE DEBT PAYMENT IS THE REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE RESTRICTED? NO, THAT'S THE EXPENSE. OH, OKAY. AND THE GENERAL FUND FUNDS IT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU. MM-HMM. AND, UH, THE RESTORATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AT 2.1 MILLION, ALL OF THOSE WERE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, BUT THIS REFERS TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND. OH, OKAY. THE IN. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND, BUT THE GUIDELINES HAVEN'T [02:50:01] BEEN WRITTEN, ARE GOING TO BE UPDATED. CORRECT. WE HAVE GUIDELINES IN PLACE, BUT AS PART OF THE INCENTIVE POLICY REVIEW, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE GUIDELINES. UM, OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, AND I THINK COUNCILMAN COURAGE ASKED THIS, BUT I I MAY HAVE MISSED IT IN TERMS OF, UH, THE GREATER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS BEING CONTRACTED WITH TO DO WHAT PART? SOMETHING ABOUT THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBERSECURITY. THE, THE CYBERSECURITY. $50,000 FOR CYBERSECURITY. UM, SORRY. SO AGAIN, I'M NOT PART OF THAT COMMITTEE, BUT, SORRY. HOW WERE THEY SELECTED TO FOCUS ON CYBERSECURITY? SO, I'M GOING TO, YES, IT'S A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT. IT IS ACTUALLY, AND THIS GOES BACK AT LEAST I'M THINKING SIX OR SEVEN YEARS, WHEN THE, UM, THE CHAMBER REALLY TOOK AN INITIATIVE, UM, LEADING IN OUR COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO CYBERSECURITY EFFORTS MM-HMM. . UM, SO THEY HAVE CONTINUED IN THAT CAPACITY SERVING, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO RECRUITMENT, WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS EXPANSION, THEY HAVE A COMMITTEE OF CYBER INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES THAT GIVE, UM, ALL SORTS OF FEEDBACK AND INFORMATION AND HELP GROW THAT INDUSTRY. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE, HAVE MAINTAINED. THANK YOU. UM, AND, UH, UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU BRENDA. UM, MIKE, WERE YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DIVERSION OF POLICE CALLS TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS. UH, SOMEONE BROUGHT UP THE NOISE COMPLAINTS. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE ALL DIVERTED TO YOUR DEPARTMENT DIVISION IN THE REVIEW OF SERVICES, BUT IS THERE SOME SUMMARY OF THAT PILOT AND HOW IT WENT THAT WE COULD SEE? YES. OKAY. YEP. WE DID ABOUT 3000 CALLS. WE, WE TOOK ABOUT 3000 CALLS. CODE OFFICERS DID IN THAT, ACTUALLY, WHAT, SIX MONTHS? BUT WE HAVE A, A SUMMARY OF THAT. IT'S ACTUALLY ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT WE CAN FORWARD IT ON AS PART OF THE, THE MEMO. YEAH. SORRY, I'VE BEEN TO YOUR WEBSITE LATE. NO, NO, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. NO, IT'S, BUT IT, IT'S OUT THERE WITH ALL THE DATA AND, UH, KINDA A SUMMARY. THANK YOU. AND THEN, UM, I, I DID HAVE ONE. OH CRAP. DO WE GET A THIRD OPPORTUNITY? NO. DARN. UM, CLOCK SECOND. GO AHEAD. WHY DO YOU ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON FOR YOUR CAPITAL PROJECT AND BOND SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER? IS IT A PILOT? NO, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S ONE PERSON THAT'LL BE DEDICATED $1.2 BILLION BOND. IT'S BASICALLY, IT'S PROVIDING, IT'S PROVIDING, UM, ALL OUR OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS, WORKING WITH THEM TO COME UP WITH, UM, FOUNDATIONAL, UM, UM, PROJECT REQUIREMENTS, UH, AND, AND BASICALLY WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND PUBLIC WORKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE INCORPORATED INTO, INTO DESIGN. SO WE THINK ONE CAN HELP DEVELOP THOSE, THOSE STANDARDS. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF WORK FOR ONE PERSON. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND DOUG, I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES, WE HAVE ALMAS LIBRARY, MEMORIAL LIBRARY, THE BIA CREEK AS WELL. SO PLEASED TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING, UH, THE INTEGRATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY WITHIN OUR, UM, CITY INITIATED, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR LIBRARIES CREEKS. UH, I, I WAS TALKING TO MY STAFF EARLIER ABOUT, UH, ONE OF OUR BREWERIES IN DISTRICT FIVE NER, I BELIEVE IS HOW IT'S PRONOUNCED. IT'S ON EAST FEST, RIGHT? AND THIS BUSINESS HAS RANGE, UH, UM, RAINWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEM. IT'S, IT'S VERY GREEN AND ENERGY EFFICIENT. RIGHT. AND THAT, UH, BRINGS ME TO THINK OF THE OPERATION FACELIFT FOR, UM, THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS. IS THERE OPPORTUNITY OR CONVERSATION, UM, TO POTENTIALLY TALK TO, UH, ECONOMIC, TO, TO TALK ABOUT OPERATION FACELIFT AND HOW, UM, WE COULD POTENTIALLY INTEGRATE ENERGY EFFICIENCY WITHIN THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE WILL BE SUPPORTING? ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR, FOR, FOR A BIT NOW. AND SAME THING WITH N H S D, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS, WE'RE, WE'RE INCLUDING THOSE PRACTICES. GREAT. THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. AND WITH THE, THE SMALL BUSINESS, UH, STUDY THAT WE WERE BRIEFED ON, WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING ABOUT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS THAT IT HIGHLIGHTS UNTAPPED, UM, ASSETS THAT WE HAVE AS CITIES. RIGHT. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT, IT STATES WITHOUT LIKE CALLING IT A GREEN NEW DEAL, IS THAT CONNECTING AND CREATING GREEN UNION JOBS, UH, IN MUNICIPALITIES TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE CHIPPING AWAY AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PIECE AND TEAMING IT UP WITH THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SO I, I SEE THAT OPPORTUNITY SURFACING AS WE CONTINUE TO GET BRIEF FROM THE PRESENTATION AND THEN THE WORK. YOU'RE ALSO, UM, PUTTING FORTH ONE OF MY QUESTIONS AROUND THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, AND IT GIVES ME A BIG CONCERN. I BELIEVE IT'S ON SLIDE 10. YEAH. SO [02:55:01] IT SAYS, IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, STAFF WILL ANALYZE AND QUANTIFY THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND AND DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN IMPACTFUL MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION PLAN. MY, MY CONCERN IS WITH THE ANALYZE AND QUANTIFY, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE'VE COMMISSIONED U T S A TO DO A HEAT ISLAND STUDY. DO WE KNOW THE STATUS OF THAT? AND THEN WE ALSO KNOW THERE'S PREVIOUS STUDIES, I BELIEVE, FROM LIKE 2018 THAT HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED CENSUS TRACKS AND CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT WILL BE MOST VULNERABLE TO THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. YES. WE, WE HAVE A, UH, A FIRST PHASE OF A, A HEAT VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT TOOL, UH, THAT NEEDS, UH, SOME REFINING WITH U T S A, UM, THAT'S FUNCTIONAL NOW. I THINK THAT NEXT STEP IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING, UM, UH, DEISS, UH, EQUITY EQUITY ATLAS INTO THAT. SO I THINK, UM, THIS WILL NOT BE COMPLETED IN F Y 23. I THINK IT'S, IT'S, WE'RE GONNA BASICALLY REALLY TRY TO RAMP UP THE WORK. YES. AND, AND I, I AM PLEASED TO SEE THAT YOU ARE RECEIVING STAFF SUPPORT, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE MORE, UH, 'CAUSE I WAS ALSO READING SOME 2018 SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS ARTICLES WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT STATED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTION THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR. RIGHT? AND THIS WAS AROUND THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN, RIGHT? 2023, AND WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING. AND I DON'T SAY THIS AS MUCH AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, BUT I'M ALSO A TEACHER, RIGHT? AND WE TAKE A CLASS CALLED PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE, AND WE OFTEN, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, THE THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY AND THEN PRACTICE, RIGHT? SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I'M, I FIND MYSELF FRUSTRATED IS, IS, IS JUST IMAGINE A TEACHER WHO'S STUDYING HOW TO FACILITATE CLASS CONVERSATION, BUT IT'S JUST TALKING TO STUDENTS RATHER THAN FACILITATING THE CONVERSATION. SO MY POINT IS, RIGHT, IS THAT I WANNA SEE US MOVE FORWARD WITH THE EXECUTION, UM, OF MITIGATING THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. AND I KNOW I'M SPEAKING TO THE CHOIR HERE, AND THIS IS AN INITIATIVE AND A PRIORITY FOR YOU. UM, BUT MY HOPE IS THAT AS AN COUNCIL, WE COULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT INVESTING IN THESE SOLUTIONS THAT WE KNOW DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT OUR MOST VULNERABLE. UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK. UM, GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING SOME SUPPORT. WE'D ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE YOU RECEIVE MORE. UM, AND THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FOR YOU. UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. DOUG, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. UM, HOW HAS THAT PILOT ON THE, UH, COOL PAVEMENT PROJECT BEEN WORKING OUT? SO, UM, THAT WAS A PILOT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC WORKS. UM, IT WENT IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. WE WANTED IT TO SEASON FOR ONE YEAR. UM, AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH, WITH U T S A, UH, TO, UM, HAVE THEM GO AND ASSESS, UH, UH, IMPACT, UM, BASICALLY DO SOME TEMPERATURE, UM, TESTING NEXT YEAR, AS WELL AS, UM, WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO UNDERSTAND, UM, UH, HOW IS IT WEATHERING AND, AND IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT THEY NEED, NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. SO IT'LL BE ANOTHER HALF A YEAR OR MORE BEFORE WE REALLY SEE CORRECT. I, I, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS THIS HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY ROLLED OUT IN LA AND PHOENIX. SO WE DO SEE, YOU KNOW, ANECDOTAL MM-HMM. RESEARCH, BUT I THINK WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE HOW IT PERFORMED HERE. OKAY. UH, I SEE WE HAVE A COSA SOLAR PROCUREMENT, UH, AND IT'S DUE TO BE, UM, COME TO COUNCIL MAYBE IN FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR. UH, WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM FOR THIS? SO THERE'S NO, UM, UM, FUNDING BUDGETED FOR IT. I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS, UM, BY BUNDLING 81 SITES, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE'S, UH, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD I WANT TO USE, UM, UH, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, UH, AND AS WELL AS, UM, NEW INCENTIVES IN THE, UH, INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. THAT THERE'S A HIGH PROBABILITY WE COULD GET COST NEUTRAL OR SOMETHING THAT EVEN GENERATES REVENUE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MIKE. MIKE, UH, WITH THE SHORT TERM RENTAL STAFF, YOU'RE GONNA ADD TWO PEOPLE. YOU SAID? WE'VE GONE UP TO 4,000 SHORT RENTALS THAT HAVE REGISTERED, AND OUR ACTIVISTS JUST OVER 4,000. I THINK IT'S CLOSER TO 4,300, BUT YEAH. OKAY. AND WE HAVE A FIRM THAT MONITORS SHORT TERM RENTALS FOR US TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO AREN'T FOLLOWING THE RULES AND SIGNING UP WITH US. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S A COMPANY CALLED HOST COMPLIANCE. UH, THEY WORK WITH, UH, D S D AND, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY SEND US A, UH, LIST THAT, THAT THEY FIND, UH, THAT MAYBE DOESN'T MATCH UP TO OUR LIST, OUR LIST. AND THEN WE WORK TO GET THEM INTO COMPLIANCE BY EITHER MAKING 'EM REGISTER, SHUT THEM DOWN, UH, OR HAVE TO DO SOME, UM, CITATIONS OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. I'D LIKE TO SEE A REPORT ABOUT HOW, HOW THEIR WORK HAS BEEN DONE, THE METRICS AND, AND WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED OR, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UH, ON SLIDE SEVEN, YOU HAD THE, UH, HISTORY OF PERMITS AND SHOWING, UM, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. UH, COULD [03:00:01] YOU TELL US WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE FOR EACH OF THOSE, EITHER FOR 2022 OR PROJECTED FOR 2023, AND WHAT PERCENT OF THE REVENUE IS DERIVED FROM RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT? WHAT PERCENT IS DERIVED FROM COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT? WE, WE COULD PULL THAT OUT. WE'D HAVE TO, WE'D HAVE TO PULL THAT OUT AND SEPARATE FOR YOU. YEAH. AND I THINK THAT GOES KIND OF HAND IN HAND WITH WHEN WE START ACT AS ADDING MORE CODE COMPLIANCE, IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE ARE EACH PAYING FOR THEIR OWN SHARE OF WHAT THAT COSTS. SO THAT'S ALL FOR ME. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, BRENDA, JUST A COUPLE OTHER COMMENTS. I SAID, UH, WE NEED METRICS, UH, ADD SLIDE NUMBER SIX TO THAT, AND ALSO, UM, SLIDE NUMBER 14. AND WHEN I, UH, LOOK AT SLIDE NUMBER 14, WE GOT, UH, ALAMO PROMISE IT, IT IS ONLY, UH, WHICH, WHICH COLLEGES ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT? IS IT ONLY ALAMO COLLEGE? YES. OKAY. SO IT'S ONLY ALAMO COLLEGES. AND, AND I CAN TELL YOU, I, I WASN'T, I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THAT BACK THEN BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TAXING ENTITY THAT, UH, IF THEY WANTED TO PROVIDE, UH, FREE EDUCATION, THEY SHOULD GO UP IN THEIR, THEIR TAX RATE FOR THEIR PARTICULAR, UM, UM, TAXES AND REVENUE GOING UP TO PROVIDE THAT AND NOT BE GOING TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO, UH, ADD INTO THEIR, THEIR, UH, REVENUE THERE. SO I, I STILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. AND THEN WHAT IS THE ACTUAL METRICS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT $2.5 MILLION? AND THEN ALSO FOR PROJECT QUEST, I SEE 86 PARTICIPANTS EMPLOYED. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THAT 86 PARTICIPANTS, UH, UH, WENT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM? YOU DO THE MATH ON THAT, AND THAT'S LIKE RIGHT AT $23,000 PER PERSON. I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE, THOSE METRICS. SO I'D LIKE FOR SOMEBODY TO KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH THOSE METRICS AS WELL. UM, SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS, BRENDA. UM, LET'S SEE. LET'S, WHAT, WHAT AM I MISSING HERE? AH, THERE HE IS. COME ON, . COME ON UP. DOUG . I THOUGHT I WAS BEING BLOCKED. NO, NO, NO, NO. YOU KNOW, I WASN'T GONNA MISS YOU. UM, OKAY. PAGE 3 94 OF THE BIG THICK BOOK HERE. UM, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE MAKING THIS A METRIC ON NUMBER EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE COMPLETED THIS COURSE. NUMBER ONE, I DON'T AGREE WITH EVERY PERSON, A POLICY THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO WATCH THIS PARTICULAR TRAINING VIDEO, BUT BEYOND THAT, MAN, THERE'S GOTTA BE OTHER METRICS OUT THERE THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN JUST TRAINING THIS AND THAT. THAT'S AN EASY METRIC TO MA MAKE. SO LET'S, LET'S PICK SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE SUBSTANTIAL FOR THAT PARTICULAR METRIC. REVISIT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, I, I, I SEE THAT OTHER ONE THAT, UH, TALKS ABOUT AVOIDED UTILITY COSTS. YEP. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. BUT, UM, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS GOING ACROSS, THEY'RE KIND OF FLUCTUATING ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND, AND I'D LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION WHY THAT IS. AND THEN ALSO THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO THIS PROGRAM. THAT'S THE SAVINGS THAT YOU'RE DERIVING OUT. I WANNA KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'RE PUTTING INTO THESE PROGRAMS TO GET THESE SAVINGS. UH, AGAIN, A COST BENEFIT, UH, WHAT THAT PROGRAM IS. SO, UH, ON SLIDE NUMBER FOUR, UH, WHAT IS THIS ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND AGAIN? WHAT, WHERE'S THAT MONEY COME FROM? SO THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2011, UH, USING, UM, UH, ERA FUNDING. UM, AND BASICALLY, UH, THE FUNDING WAS, UH, APPROVED BY COUNCIL TO GO INTO, UM, ANY IMPROVEMENT IN THE CITY FACILITY THAT'S GONNA GENERATE, UM, SAVINGS. AND SO BASICALLY IT WAS SEEDED WITH OUR FUNDING, UM, AND WE CAPTURE, UM, ENERGY SAVINGS AND AS WELL AS C P SS REBATES. SO I CAN, YEAH, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE COST BENEFIT IS OF THAT, HOW MUCH MONEY IS IT GOING INTO IT, AND HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE SAVING? AND SHOW THAT ON THESE GRAPHS HERE ON THE METRICS. AND THEN THE BOTTOM BLUE PART, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT'S, UH, SOLID WASTE OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE FUND. UH, SO THAT'S COMING, THAT'S MONEY COMING OUT OF OUR ENTERPRISE FUND. SO WE'RE, WE'RE FUNDED FROM SOLID WASTE AS WELL AS THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND. OKAY. AND, UH, I KNOW IT'S NOT THIS YEAR, BUT I, I'M GONNA BE VERY, VERY CRITICAL WHEN IT COMES TIME TO, I'VE HEARD RUMORS OF, UH, SOLID WASTE FEES GOING UP AGAIN HERE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS NOT ADDING TO PEOPLE'S, UH, RATE INCREASE OUT THERE, THE FEES THAT [03:05:01] THEY'RE HAVING TO PAY FOR THEIR SOLID WASTE THROUGH GETTING MORE MANPOWER FOR THIS PARTICULAR FUNCTION HERE FOR SUSTAINA FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE THERE. SO I'M GONNA BE LOOKING AT THAT VERY CLOSELY. UM, THE, UH, SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, YOU TALK ABOUT VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATION. JUST A COMMENT THERE. I DON'T THINK WE'RE PREPARED FOR IT CITYWIDE. UH, I KEEP ASKING THIS QUESTION WHETHER C P S IS GONNA BE ABLE TO, UH, ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE TO ALL THESE EVS COMING HERE INTO TOWN. TAKE A LOOK AT CALIFORNIA, FOR EXAMPLE. THEY'RE TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO PLUG THEIR EVS IN BECAUSE THEY GOT A PROBLEM OUT THERE WITH THEIR ELECTRICAL SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION. I DON'T WANT US TO BE THE SAME THING HERE WITH C P SS. SO, SIR, I GOT JUST ONE MORE QUESTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, SLIDE NUMBER NINE HERE. UM, THE R F P WAS RELEASED, AND I THINK IT IS KIND OF ASKED THIS WHERE'S, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY, WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM FOR THIS LINE ITEM? SO, SO THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO FUNDING DEDICATED TO IT. WE ARE, UH, LOOKING FOR MARKET RESPONSES. UH, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EITHER COST NEUTRAL OR, UM, REVENUE GENERATING. OKAY, GOOD. THAT, THAT'S MUSIC TO MY EARS. UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT THE RESPONSES ARE. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT, SIR. THANK YOU. AND ON A POSITIVE NOTE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. YES. I'M TRYING TO BE POSITIVE. COUNCIL MEMBER EZ. THANKS. UH, CLAYTON PERRY BRINGS THE HEAT EVERY TIME, RIGHT? HE'S OUR, HE'S OUR CHIEF HEAT OFFICER. MARIO, UH, THE, UH, THE, UM, OH MY GOD, I, I, I WANNA, I, I DO WANNA COMMENT 'CAUSE I DON'T GET IT. I, I, I HEARD THE EXPLANATION REGARDING THE $50,000 TO THE CHAMBER. I KNOW IT'S A $3.4 BILLION BUDGET AND I'M TALKING ABOUT 50,000, BUT THE EXPLANATION WAS REALLY FLUFFY. LIKE I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS WE'RE GETTING FOR 50,000 THAT THEY WOULDN'T DO OTHERWISE IF IT WASN'T FOR OUR 50,000. WE'RE IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF THE CONTRACT OR SEVENTH YEAR OF THE PROGRAM. UM, WITH THE CHAMBER FOCUSED ON CYBERSECURITY. UH, IT INITIALLY WAS A FULL-TIME DEDICATED STAFF PERSON. THEY CONTINUE AS PART OF THE CONTRACT TO HAVE A FOCUSED STAFF MEMBER ON CYBER ON OUR BEHALF. AND AGAIN, IT INCLUDES SERVICES LIKE THE BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION. UH, THEY WORK WITH, UH, ESSAY READY TO WORK ON THE JOBS PORTION OF THE ACTIVITY. SO CYBER IS ONE OF OUR TARGET INDUSTRIES, AND WE PARTNER WITH THEM TO, TO FOCUS ON THOSE EFFORTS. UM, THEY ALSO DO, UH, LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES AS PART OF THAT. SO, LIKE I SAID, THERE IS, UH, 14, UH, KPIS ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, YEAH, I THAT SOUNDS REALLY FLUFFY. I'M SORRY. AND I, I, I'M CATCHING YOU UNAWARE HERE, BUT YEAH, WELL, LIKE THAT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE DOING WITHOUT US HAVING TO PAY 50 GRAND. YEAH. WELL, AND LIKEWISE, AS WE TALKED EARLIER, AS WE'RE DOING OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING, YEAH. UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, OUR INTENT IS TO FURTHER ALIGN ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS TO ALIGN WITH METRICS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PLAN. SO THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE. AND I'M GONNA GET A CALL FROM RICHARD BEES AND FROM THE OTHER MORE VOCAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OUT THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, $50,000 TO DO WHAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING FLUFFY. UM, AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, GETTING FREE RENT FOR PROBABLY THE MOST PRIME REAL ESTATE IN ALL OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH BELONGS TO US. AND THEN WE WATCH OUR OTHER CHAMBERS, WHICH ARE NO MORE OR NO LESS IMPORTANT THAN THAT ONE HAVING TO PAY FULL RATE FOR THEIR RENT. I DO THINK THERE IS EVENTUALLY GONNA COME A TIME, AND I'D LOVE TO SEE IT HAPPEN AT THIS COUNCIL WHERE WE DISCUSS WHAT TO DO WITH THAT BUILDING AND MAYBE THE CHAMBER, UM, WHOSE MEMBERS ARE THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN THIS CITY? MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THEY CAN AFFORD TO PAY RENT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, FROST TOWER. UM, AS OPPOSED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND US FREE UP THAT BUILDING. I KNOW THAT IT'S, WHAT I'VE JUST SAID IS SACRILEGE AND BLASPHEMOUS IN CERTAIN CIRCLES, AND I, I WELCOME THE PHONE CALLS, BUT, UM, THESE AREN'T SACRED COWS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. IT'S, IT'S A CHAMBER OUT OF MANY. SO, UM, I DO WANNA HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, ERIC, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY IN THE ROOM'S ALLERGIC TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT IS REAL MONEY THAT WE COULD BE GENERATING FROM THAT BUILDING. UM, AND I MEAN, ESPECIALLY DURING A TIME WHEN WE'RE HAVING HOUSING CRISIS, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR A LARGE TOWER, UH, YOU KNOW, OR MORE OFFICE SPACE OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, PLACES WHERE WE CAN CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND, YOU KNOW, NAME ALL THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT HERE. RIGHT. UM, SO ANYWAY, THE OTHER THING I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT IS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. MIKE, I DUNNO IF I ASKED, ASKED YOU THIS A LONG TIME AGO OR NOT, BUT, UM, OFTENTIMES THESE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS STEP INTO PEOPLE'S LIVES WHEN THEY'RE AT THEIR WORST, RIGHT? AND THIS MAY BE THE, THE ONE AND ONLY TIME, OR MAYBE THIS, THIS MAY BE THE FIRST TIME SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY HAS COME INTO CONTACT WITH THEM, RIGHT? AND SO ARE OUR D ARE OUR CODE [03:10:01] ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TRAINED IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RED FLAGS? LIKE DO THEY, DO THEY KNOW WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR WHEN THEY WALK INTO A HOUSE? AND IF SO, UM, IS, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE WORKING WITH METRO HEALTH AND SS A P D? AND IF NOT, UH, WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET THEM TRAINED UP? 'CAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE A LOW HANGING FRUIT OPPORTUNITY THERE. WELL, OUR CODE OFFICERS ARE TRAINED NOT JUST ON THE CODES THAT WE ENFORCE, BUT INTERACTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS WITH ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC. BUT, UH, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THEY'RE TRAINED SPECIFICALLY ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. HOWEVER, WE DO GIVE THEM TOOLS WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING OR ARE AWARE OF SOMETHING IN A, A HOME, IN AND AROUND A HOME, THAT'S WHEN WE BRING IN OR THEY COME BACK AND WE GET SS A P D INVOLVED. SS A P D IS VERY RESPONSIVE WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING ON A PROPERTY. UH, SO THAT'S A HUGE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE LOCAL PD, UH, BUT ALSO WITH, WHETHER IT BE N H S D OR D H S, UH, OR OTHER SERVICES LIKE ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. SO WE GIVE THEM SOME OF THAT BASIC TRAINING TO BE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND LOOK FOR SOME OF THOSE, WHAT LEVEL YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. I'D, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND TALK TO MY TRAINER. I MEAN, IF WE'RE GONNA SPEND MONEY ON TRAINING PEOPLE HOW TO USE, YOU KNOW, OR TRAINING THEM ABOUT SOLAR AND EV AND HEAT ISLANDS, I THINK WE OUGHT TO SPEND SOME MONEY ON, YOU KNOW, TRAINING WHAT IS VERY LOW HANGING FRUIT, RIGHT. OPPORTUNITIES HERE TO, TO GIVE SOME OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THE TOOLS AND TEACH THEM SOMETHING THAT MAYBE THEY JUST DON'T KNOW, RIGHT? AND, WHICH IS, LOOK FOR THIS, LOOK FOR THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHO YOU REPORT IT TO. UM, BECAUSE I, I WILL TELL YOU OFTENTIMES CODE VIOLATIONS ARE TIED TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A, YOU CAN DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE FROM CODE TO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION, OR TRUANCY AND A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION, OR AN ANIMAL NEGLECT PROBLEM IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. SO PLEASE, PLEASE, AND I'LL JUST ADD MY OFFICERS ROUTINELY THOUGH, THEY'LL, THEY'LL BRING A PROBLEM BACK. THEY'RE DEALING WITH THE CODE ISSUE, BUT THEY'RE BRINGING IT BACK AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A CITY SERVICE OR SOMETHING ELSE TO HELP IT IF WE SEE IT. SO, UH, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE SOME MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND, UH, I GUESS COUNCILMAN COURAGE WAS ASKING ABOUT THE SOLAR R F P AND, AND, UH, WHAT THAT'S GONNA COST. AND I, I EXPECTED TO HELP EARN THE CITY A LOT OF MONEY. AND, UH, ERIC, REMEMBER I WAS TRYING TO CALL THE DIBS ON ALL THAT REVENUE SO THAT WE CAN TIE THAT INTO GOING TO FUNDING THE CLIMATE PLAN GOING FORWARD. UM, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT THAT CAN PRODUCE. UM, DOUG, CAN YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND TALK TO US ABOUT EVS A LITTLE BIT? UM, SO YOU, YOU'RE, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE, UH, THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE? BECAUSE I THINK WHAT, WHAT SOME PEOPLE, UM, AREN'T AWARE OF IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A CAR THAT, UM, THAT RUNS ON BATTERIES, THAT IT'S OFTEN LIKE A CELL PHONE. IF YOU HAVE A GOOD BATTERY, THEN YOU CAN GO HOME AT NIGHT AND CHARGE IT AT NIGHT WHEN THERE'S REALLY LOW DEMAND ON THE GRID, AND THEN IT RUNS ALL DAY. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE GONNA CHARGE IT AND WHEN YOU'RE GONNA CHARGE IT. AND SO CAN YOU TELL US WHAT OUR CHARGING GONNA LOOK LIKE? SO I THINK THAT'S, UM, THAT'S ACCURATE, COUNCILMAN. UH, THAT'S, UH, MOST PEOPLE ARE GONNA CHARGE AT NIGHT OFF PEAK. UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, I THINK THE CITY AND C P SS IS EVALUATING SORT OF THAT FUTURE LONG-TERM DEMAND, UH, AND WE KNOW THAT'S, UM, EV ADOPTION IS MOVING QUICKLY. UH, AND SO I, I THINK RIGHT NOW IT, IT'S REALLY FIGURING OUT WHAT THE PLAN IS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE, UH, THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT'S GONNA BE COMING. HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE THAT? GREAT. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO WITH THESE EXCESS C P SS ENERGY REVENUES? AND I REMEMBER THAT C P S ENERGY HAD A STUDY DONE WHERE THEY SAW THAT IF EVERYBODY, UH, WENT TO EVS IN OUR CITY, THAT THEY WOULD MAKE AN ADDITIONAL 19 MILLION A YEAR IN REVENUE. AND THAT WAS UNDER OLD PRICES. UM, SO DID MY DANCING PARTNER LEAVE? JANIE, ARE YOU HERE? I JUST WANTED TO, UH, EXPRESS SUPPORT ALSO FOR, UM, AN INCREASE IN THAT REVENUE FOR, UM, FOR BUYING DOWN, UH, INTEREST ON LOANS THAT'S BEING DONE THROUGH LIFTFUND. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. UH, AND THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT DISCUSSION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR DEPARTMENTS, UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS. I, PART OF ME IS REFLECTING ON HOW FAR WE'VE COME AND THE POLITICS OF SOME OF THESE THINGS. UH, I REMEMBER, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, YOUR PREDECESSOR WAS TRYING TO DEFUND MELNICK A FEW YEARS AGO. SO THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. SO, UH, TIME IS 5:22 PM ON THE SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2022, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.