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          COUNCIL MEMBER MAKI RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER BARNARD HERE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          CHAIR ELIAS. 
          HERE. 
          CO-CHAIR RODRIGUEZ. 
          HERE, SIR. 
          WE HAVE SIR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          DID YOU CALL MR. PERRY'S NAME? I DON'T REMEMBER HIM SAYING SHE FORGOT ME. 
          MR. PERRY'S? HERE. 
          COME ON. 
          SHE FORGOT ME. 
          I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT. 
          SORRY, SIR. 
          . 
          ALRIGHT, . 
          UH, SO WE HAVE A, UM, WE HAVE A FULL, UH, INTERESTING CONVERSATION AHEAD OF US. 
          WE ARE GONNA BE DISCUSSING THE, UH, LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT, UH, JEFF AND, UM, HIS TEAM AND MELISSA, UM, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT TEAMS HAVE PUT TO COME TOGETHER. 
          UM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO EXPECT US TO GIVE THEM THEIR COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          WE ARE, UM, THIS IS AN IMPERFECT DOCUMENT, UH, IN REACTION TO WHAT WE THINK IS, UH, GONNA BE AN IMPERFECT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 
          , UH, THE, THE FIRST THING IS, IS, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IS LIKE ALL PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS, IT IS FLUID, UM, AND IT IS A NIMBLE DOCUMENT, RIGHT? UM, AND DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, PLEASE FORGIVE, UH, US, UH, THAT WE ARE GONNA CALL YOU, UH, BACK TO MEETINGS, UM, QUITE REGULARLY, MORE OFTEN THAN ONCE A MONTH, UM, BECAUSE THIS DOCUMENT CHANGES AND WE REACT TO, UH, WHAT IS UNFOLDING IN AUSTIN AND ADJUST THE DOCUMENT ACCORDINGLY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THE CO MY CO-CHAIR KNOWS A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS PROCESS THAN I DO. 
          BUT, UM, BEFORE WE DO BEGIN, IS THIS DOCUMENT IMPORTANT TO YOU GUYS WHEN YOU WERE UP IN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN YOUR, IN YOUR SPOT AS A STATE REP? IS THIS DOCUMENT INFORMATIVE? AND HOW IS IT USED? YEAH, NO, I, I THINK IT, IT'S, FIRST OF ALL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. 
          IT IS, IT IS INFORMATIVE AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN YOU'RE UP THERE AS A LEGISLATOR, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS HAPPENING, PARTICULARLY YOU GET INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE SESSION AND THINGS START MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY. 
          SO, UM, AT LEAST FOR THE BAIRD COUNTY DELEGATION, YOU KNOW, YOU USE THIS AS A, AS A GUIDEPOST FOR WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO, UM, OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I KNOW, UM, COMMISSIONER BERNARD AND I, UH, AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS ARE WORKING ON OUR OWN, UH, LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AS WELL, THAT IS, AS YOU MENTIONED, IMPERFECT. 
          IT'S ALSO VERY DYNAMIC. 
          UM, AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT, THAT IMPACT THE STATE. 
          BUT I THINK, UM, THIS PRIORITIZES FOR THE DELEGATION, WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR, UM, OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          AND, AND IT'S NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY 
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FOR SURE. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO, WE JUMP INTO IT, IS, UH, TAKE UP THE ISSUE OF THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING. 
          NOW, I'M, I, I HAVE, I'M WILLING TO BET A LOT OF CLAYTON PERRY'S MONEY THAT ADRIAN ROCHE GARCIA ALREADY READ THE MINUTES AND HAS COMBED THEM AND IS READY TO MAKE A MOTION. 
          I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST THE 10TH. 
          LOOKING FOR A SECOND? SURE. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES? SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. 
          UH, MINUTES ARE 
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APPROVED. 
          SO, JEFF, LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK THE  SURE. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. 
          I'LL BE VERY QUICK TO, TO SET UP SALLY'S PRESENTATION HERE. 
          THIS IS OUR FIRST DRAFT OF OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE UPCOMING SESSION. 
          UH, IT IS A DRAFT. 
          IT'S OUR INTENT TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU HERE TODAY TO CONTINUE REFINING IMPROVING IT, AND ULTIMATELY, UH, PUT IT BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE FOR A VOTE AT YOUR NEXT MEETING, UH, NEXT MONTH. 
          UM, IT, UH, IS A COMBINATION OF ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY DEPARTMENTS, AND YOU'LL SEE A NUMBER OF THEM IN THE ROOM, UH, AS WELL AS DIRECTION THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL OVER THE MONTHS, UH, ON, ON VALUE ON, UH, ISSUES THAT ARE VALUABLE TO THE COUNCIL. 
          UH, WE HAVE TWO OF OUR CONSULTANT TEAM ON BY WEBEX FROM AUSTIN. 
          UH, MIKE TOOMEY IS A FORMER LEGISLATOR, HIMSELF, FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF TO TWO TEXAS GOVERNORS, UH, AND JESSE AND SIERRA, A FORMER MAYOR, UH, AS WELL AS FORMER, UH, CHIEF OF STAFF TO OUR, UH, FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER JOE STRAUSS. 
          SO THE TWO OF THEM ARE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM AS WE GO THROUGH THIS. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SALLY, OUR DIRECTOR. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN BIZ, UH, CHAIRMAN RODRIGUEZ AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          UM, I HAVE TO REITERATE, UM, WHAT CHAIRMAN PALIS AND JEFF HA HAVE ALREADY SAID. 
          TODAY'S, UH, BRIEFING IS A PRESENTATION, UM, ON OUR DRAFT 88TH STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM. 
          UM, I'M SEEING THIS AS A CONTINUATION OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE STARTED LAST MONTH. 
          UM, YOU MAY RECALL THAT I SHARED THAT WE LAUNCHED OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT IN MAY WITH OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND STAFF COLLABORATION, AND WE ALSO 
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HOSTED VARIOUS OF OUR STATE DELEGATION MEMBERS LAST MONTH. 
          I ALSO WANT TO GIVE CREDIT, UM, THAT IN THE SUMMER WE ALSO LAUNCHED CONVERSATIONS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. 
          VARIOUS OF THEM JOIN US TODAY, AND THAT COMMUNICATION WILL BE, UH, ONGOING. 
          SO, TO GET STARTED, ONCE WE GET TO, UM, THE FINAL END OF THE FINAL APPROVAL, WE WILL RECEIVE GUIDANCE FROM, UH, THIS DOCUMENT, UM, THAT WILL GUIDE THE CITY STAFF, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, AND OUR CONSULTANTS BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND STATE AGENCIES. 
          A QUICK LOOK AT THE REGULAR SESSION TIMELINE. 
          NOVEMBER 14TH BEGINS, UH, PRE-FILING JANUARY 10TH, FIRST DAY OF SESSION. 
          MARCH 10TH IS THE 60 DAY BILL FILING DEADLINE, MAY 29TH, SUNNY DIE, AND JUNE 18TH, THE GOVERNOR DEADLINE TO SIGN IN VETO BILLS. 
          I, I WILL ADD, UM, THAT THIS PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO INCLUDE BROAD PRIORITIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN AN EFFORT TO GIVE US THE GREATEST FLEXIBILITY TO REMAIN NIMBLE DURING THE SESSION. 
          UM, AS EMERGING ITEMS COME UP AND WE NEED ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE, WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE I G R COMMITTEE, UM, FOR FURTHER DIRECTION. 
          A QUICK LOOK AT, UM, WHO HAS, UH, TOUCHED THE FEDERAL, THE, THE STATE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT UP TO NOW IS I SHARED OUR COLLABORATION WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          WE HAVE HAD VARIOUS DISCUSSIONS AND MEETINGS WITH THE CONSULTANT TEAM. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU PROVIDING YOU UPDATES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM. 
          UH, TODAY INCLUDED COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDE THE PLATFORM OF THE I G R, UH, STAFF, UH, ROUND TABLE. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DELEGATION MEMBERS AND STAFF. 
          THE PROGRAM IS COMPRISED OF, UH, FOUR PILLARS. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE FOUR BROAD CATEGORIES AND BELOW EACH PARTICULAR PILLAR, I WILL GO OVER VARIOUS SUPPORT STATEMENTS, UM, THAT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING AND PLANS THAT ARE IN PLACE, SUCH AS THE SHIP ESSAY FORWARD, UM, ESSAY READY TO WORK, SA CLIMATE PLAN, AND OTHER, UH, BROADBAND RELATED PLANS AS WELL. 
          FIRST ONE IS PROTECTION OF COMMUNITY INTERESTS, ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
          AND THE LAST ONE IS INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESILIENCY. 
          THE FIRST PILLAR OF THE CITY'S OVERARCHING LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY IS TO PRESERVE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY AND MAINTAIN FISCALLY SOUND AND WELL-MANAGED ORGANIZATION TO ALLOW FOR CONTINUED HIGH QUALITY SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          LOOKING IN PARTICULAR UNDER THE LOCAL, UM, GOVERNANCE FIELD, THIS IS GENERALLY OUR PREEMPTION SECTION, UM, WHERE WE WILL EXECUTE MOST OF OUR DEFENSE DURING THE SESSION. 
          THE SUPPORT STATEMENT, UM, WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY AND THE CONTINUED ABILITY OF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE LEVEL CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE, TO OUR RESIDENTS TO PASS ORDINANCES TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THE NEXT ONE IS TO OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE CITY'S INTERESTS AND RESULT IN LOSS OF REVENUE OR NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE AUTHORITY TO GENERATE REVENUES, INCLUDING MANDATES, UH, THAT INCREASE COST TO CITIES. 
          UM, THIS ESSENTIALLY INCLUDES THREATS TO, UM, DEBT AUTHORITY, SUCH AS CERTIFICATES, UM, OF OBLIGATION THAT HAVE CONTINUOUSLY, UH, BEEN BROUGHT UP IN PAST SESSIONS. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS OPPOSED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ERODE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, REGULATIONS SUCH AS LAND USE, PERMITTING INSPECTIONS, AS WELL AS LEGISLATION THAT INTERFERES WITH COST. 
          THE COST RECOVERY MODEL. 
          UM, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY ISSUES THAT ARE RAISED RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ISSUES, AND CITY REGULATIONS IN ITS E T J. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS OPPOSED LEGISLATION THAT IS DISCRIMINATORY AND OR UNDERMINES THE CITY'S NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE. 
          IN PARTICULAR, IN PAST SESSIONS, AS YOU MAY RECALL, THERE WERE BILLS, UM, THAT THERE WAS A GREAT EFFORT PUT ON LIKE THE BATHROOM BILL, UM, IN TRANSGENDER BILLS IN PAST SESSIONS. 
          WE POINTED TO THE ECONOMIC, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACT WHEN THESE TYPE OF BILLS, UM, WERE BEING ADDRESSED, UM, AND PASSED FORWARD, UM, DURING THE LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS, SUCH AS THE FINAL FOUR. 
          THE NEXT ONE, UM, IS A, UM, RECURRING, IT'S, IT'S A CARRYOVER, UH, PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT GIVES THE MUNICIPAL COURT TO FLEXIBILITY TO USE ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO RECORD, UM, THEIR PROCEEDINGS. 
          THIS, UH, IS, WILL BE A REFILE FROM LAST SESSION. 
          IT, IT DID GET, UH, PASSED 
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IN A COUPLE OF COMMITTEES, AND THEN IT WAS PULLED FROM THE CALENDAR. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT ANOTHER GO ONTO OUR MUNICIPAL UTILITIES. 
          UM, WE'RE PROPOSING SUPPORTING LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY MODEL AND OPPOSES LEGISLATION WITH ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON MUNICIPALLY OWNED, UH, C P S ENERGY AND, AND SAUCE. 
          UH, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY OUR SUPPORT FOR, UM, PROTECTING AGAINST ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON OUR UTILITIES. 
          AND WE WILL BE COORDINATING THESE ADVOCACY EFFORTS WITH OUR PARTNERS AT SAS AND C P S ONTO OUR MILITARY PROTECTIONS. 
          UH, THIS IS A CARRY YOU'VE SEEN DAG BEFORE IN OUR STATE PROGRAM. 
          SPECIFICALLY HERE, WE ARE SUPPORTING THAT. 
          UH, THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, MADE AVAILABLE FOR DAG. 
          UM, DAG IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THAT, UH, UH, IS ELIGIBLE FOR DE, UH, DEFENSE OR MILITARY COMMUNITIES, UM, TO WORK ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 
          UH, YOU WILL RECALL THAT, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE IN JANUARY, THE CITY, UM, SAWS AND OTHER PARTNERS RECEIVED AN AWARD OF $5 MILLION FOR WATER FACILITIES, UM, AROUND J B SS A, UH, LACKLAND. 
          AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, AT THE VALUE OF ABOUT $50 MILLION. 
          AND SO WE WILL, UM, BE WORKING WITH OUR MILITARY AFFAIRS, UH, TEAM GENERAL AYALA, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS AT THE LEGISLATURE. 
          UM, MOVING ON, UH, POSE LEGISLATION THAT THREATENS MILITARY MISSIONS, INCLUDING, UH, LEGISLATION THAT UNDERMINES THE CITY'S ORDINANCES, UM, THAT ENSURE THAT CURRENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IS COMPATIBLE. 
          UM, WITH J B SS A, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY OPPOSING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD UNDERMINE THE CITY'S ORDINANCES, UH, TO PROTECT DEVELOPMENT, UH, AROUND JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO. 
          THE SECOND PILLAR, ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          THIS IS PLANNING NOW TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS PREPARED FOR GROWTH, UM, WITH A COMPATIBLE COMMUNITY'S VISION, VISION THAT INCLUDES A STRONG LOCAL ECONOMY, INCLUDING EDUCATION, WORKFORCE, AND, UH, QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE WILL BE, UM, HIGHLIGHTING AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND ENHANCEMENT TO OUR PLANS SUCH AS SHIP SA READY TO WORK, UM, AS WELL AS ESSAY FORWARD LATER IN THE PLAN. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. 
          WE HAVE BEEN VERY CLOSELY MONITORING THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AND AFFORDABLE COUNT, UM, HOUSING CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, UM, AT COUNCIL FOR, FOR MANY MONTHS NOW. 
          UM, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF THROUGH, THROUGH INCREASED STATE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, WHICH WILL REDUCE THE BURDEN ON LOCAL TAXPAYERS AND SPECIFIC TAX POLICIES THAT TARGET THE MOST. 
          UM, IN NEED. 
          WE ARE PROPOSING TO SUPPORT TARGETED TOOLS FOR ADDITIONAL RELIEF BEYOND WHAT THE CITY, UM, HAS ALREADY PROPOSED. 
          THROUGH OUR FINANCE TEAM. 
          SPECIFICALLY, WE SUPPORT THE STATE USING THEIR, UM, ARPA REMAINING ARPA FUNDING AT ABOUT $3 BILLION. 
          UM, THAT WOULD, UH, LOWER THE M AND O ON SCHOOL PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH WE BELIEVE, UM, ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE ONGOING AT THE STATE RIGHT NOW FOR, FOR PROTE POTENTIAL ACTION. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY UNDER POLICIES, UM, THAT TARGET SPECIFIC RELIEF, WE ALSO SUPPORT RELIEF TO LEGACY HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THEIR HOMES 25 YEARS, UM, OR LONGER. 
          UM, THAT COULD LIMIT THE ASSESSED VALUE, UM, OF THE HOME AND CAP IT AT 5% VERSUS 10%. 
          UH, IN ADDITION, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL'S ANCHOR NEIGHBORHOODS, BILL. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS STAFF AND HE WILL BE REFILING, UH, THAT BILL THAT MANY OF YOU ARE, ARE FAMILIAR WITH. 
          UM, ADDITIONAL, UM, TOOLS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING, UM, ARE SUPPORTING A FLAT AMOUNT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, UM, INSTEAD OF A, UH, PERCENTAGE, UM, THAT IS SIMILAR TO, UM, WHAT IS ALIGNED, UH, WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO USE. 
          AND THIS USUALLY HELPS LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME, UM, HOMEOWNERS BENEFIT MORE FROM A FLAT DOLLAR EXEMPTION. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT EMPOWERS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME RENTERS. 
          IN A NUTSHELL, UM, WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR HOUSING TEAM, WE SUPPORT ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS, UH, FOR RENTERS THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WITH OUR SHIP UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, THE CONTINUED VIABILITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES, COMPETE FOR MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS AND CONVENTIONS TO GROW THE LOCAL AND STATE ECONOMY. 
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UM, IN OTHER WORDS, WE WOULD BE, UH, OPPOSING ANY BILLS THAT NEGATIVELY, NEGATIVELY IMPACT, UM, SAN ANTONIO FROM ATTRACTING, UH, SPORTING EVENTS, UH, SUCH AS, UM, THE FINAL FOUR. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF LOCAL AND STATE INCENTIVES TO SUPPLEMENT LOCAL ECONOMIC STRATEGIES TO RECRUIT AND RE RETAIN EMPLOYERS. 
          SPECIFICALLY HERE, UM, WE'RE TRACKING CHAPTER THREE 80 AND 3 81, WHICH ARE THE STATE'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, AGREEMENTS TO OFFER, UH, TO CONTINUE TO OFFER INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL PROJECTS. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THREE 80 AND 3 81, UH, REMAIN IN PLACE WITH THEIR CURRENT FLEXIBILITY. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY SUPPORT FOR THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE FUND, UM, TO ATTRACT NEW COMPANIES TO SAN ANTONIO, UM, THROUGH INCENTIVES. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS SUPPORT ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE TEXAS MOVING IMAGE INDUSTRY INCENTIVE PROGRAM, T M I I P, UM, IN THE PROTECTION OF THE CURRENT, UM, T M I I P GUIDELINES. 
          UM, THIS IS SUPPORT FOR THE FILM TV COMMERCIAL ANIMATION, UH, VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, UM, THROUGH STATE GRANTS. 
          RECENTLY WE HEARD A REPORT FROM OUR ARTS TEAM THAT THE FILM INCENTIVE FUNDING AT THE STATE LEVEL HAS EXHAUSTED ITS FUNDING, SO THIS IS GONNA BE PERFECT, TIMELY, UM, TO SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR INDUSTRY. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS UNDER WORKFORCE IN EDUCATION, WE ARE PROPOSING TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT INVESTS IN EDUCATIONAL AND JOB PLACEMENT PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR GROWING WORKFORCE COMPLIMENT THE CITY'S VOTER APPROVED, UM, ESSAY READY TO WORK TO INCLUDE VETERANS, UM, IN MILITARY SPOUSES. 
          SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE JOB PLACEMENT PROGRAMS TO HELP INCREASE WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR SANTON AND, LIKE I SAID, TO ADDITIONALLY ENHANCE OUR ESSAY READY TO WORK PLAN. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT ENHANCES AN EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION EDUCATION SYSTEM FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD TO EDUCATION. 
          THIS IS A BROAD UMBRELLA. 
          OUR PRE-K FOR SA TEAM, UM, ESSENTIALLY WANTS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT, UH, HIGHER QUALITY EARLY LEARNING, UM, AND ALSO SUPPORT CREATING A TEACHER WORKFORCE PIPELINE THAT WILL ADDRESS, UH, TEACHER SHORTAGE IN SAN ANTONIO IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, UM, EDUCATION. 
          UM, ON THE HIGHER, UH, UH, EDUCATION SIDE, WE, UM, ARE PROPOSING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OUR HIGHER ED PARTNERS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THEIR, UH, TRBS OR TUITION REVENUE BONDS FOR CONSTRUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, UM, AND AS WELL AS FOR FORMULA FUNDING. 
          THE THIRD, UH, PILLAR, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, SAN ANTONIO'S HEALTHCARE MISSION THROUGH SA FORWARD PLAN IS TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT ALL PEOPLE THRIVE IN A HEALTHY AND SAFE, UH, COMMUNITY. 
          SPECIFICALLY UNDER HEALTHCARE AND NUTRITION, WE'RE PROPOSING A SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT IMPROVES ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE AND ELIMINATES BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR ALL SAN ANTONIONS. 
          UM, THIS ITEM COMMITTEE IS IN RESPONSE TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES, UH, MOVING ON TO SUPPORT FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION TO PROVIDE, UM, HEALTH INSURANCE TO LOW INCOMES. 
          THIS IS A CARRYOVER ITEM FROM LAST SESSION. 
          UH, TEXAS REMAINS AS ONE OF 12 STATES ACROSS THE US THAT HAS NOT EXPANDED MEDICAID TO COVER UNINSURED LOW INCOME ADULTS. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING THIS, UH, CARRIES OVER INTO THE 88TH PROGRAM AS WELL, CONTINUING UNDER HEALTHCARE AND NUTRITION SUPPORT ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE FOOD ASSISTANCE, INCREASE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOODS, AND PROVIDE FOOD SECURITY. 
          THIS IS AN ESSAY FORWARD METRO HEALTH TEAM PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOOD BANK. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS SUPPORT, UH, IMPROVE STATE FUNDING AND ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE AND TIMELY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, UM, IN SAN ANTONIO AND IN TEXAS. 
          THIS, AGAIN, IS A METRO HEALTH ITEM IN COORDINATION WITH, UH, MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS MOVING ON SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT ENCOURAGES RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP AND IMPROVES THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND PETS. 
          THIS IS, UM, AN ITEM FROM OUR ANIMAL CARE, UH, SERVICES TEAM SUPPORTING, UH, THE ABILITY FOR MUNICIPAL SHELTERS TO TREAT, UH, SICK ANIMALS. 
          UM, CURRENTLY THERE'S A FIVE DAY, UH, PERIOD BEFORE TAKING OWNERSHIP OF, OF THE ANIMAL. 
          UM, IN PARTICULAR, THERE ARE VARIOUS CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UM, SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES THAT LOW INCOME RESIDENTS, UM, AREN'T REALLY ABLE TO, UH, CHECK INTO WHEN, UH, LOOKING AT PRIVATE, UM, CARE VERSUS, UH, SHELTER CARE. 
          MOVING ON TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION, UH, SUPPORT RESPONSIBLE FIREARM SAFETY POLICIES AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP MITIGATE GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, IN 2019, AGAIN, THIS IS A RESPONSE TO THE 2019 CITY COUNCIL 
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PASSED RESOLUTION CALLING ON ACTION, UM, BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PREVENT, ELIMINATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ENHANCE THE PROTECTION OF SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS CARRY OVER AS WELL FROM LAST SESSION. 
          UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE TEXAS COUNCIL ON FAMILY VIOLENCE, A STATE ORGANIZATION, AND OF COURSE, WITH OUR LOCAL COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, OUR C C D V GROUP. 
          FINALLY, OUR FOURTH PILLAR, INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESILIENCY, UH, EXPANDING INFRASTRUCTURE IS NEEDED TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT FUTURE FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          THIS INCLUDES THE WORK, UM, UNDER THE DIGITAL EQUITY PLAN, ESSAY TOMORROW PLAN, ESSAY CLIMATE READY PLAN, UH, WHICH PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK, UH, FOR THESE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS UNDER DIGITAL INCLUSION SUPPORT LEGISLATION IN COORDINATION WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, UH, TO PURSUE FUNDING, CONNECTIVITY, AFFORDABILITY, AND BROADBAND TO TACKLE, UM, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. 
          UM, WE'VE ENGAGED IN ONGOING CO, UH, CONVERSATIONS AND COORDINATION WITH OUR INNOVATION TEAM, UM, OTHER PARTNERS SUCH AS SA DIGITAL CONNECTS, UM, THE STATE'S BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, UH, B D O. 
          SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL REMAIN ONGOING. 
          WE'RE MONITORING CLOSELY, UM, HOW THE STATE WILL RESPOND TO THEIR, UM, BUDGET SURPLUS AND HOPE TO BE ABLE TO INFLUENCE SOME OF THAT MONEY, GO INTO, UH, BROADBAND AND DIGITAL INCLUSION PROJECTS SO THAT WE CAN BRING SOME OF THAT FUNDING TO ENHANCE WHAT THE SAN ANTONIO'S INVESTMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN. 
          UM, ALSO, UH, WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY, UM, WITH OUR, UH, STATE CONSULTANTS, UM, AS THEY COMMUNICATE ON OUR BEHALF WITH THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE TO IDENTIFY, UH, POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. 
          NEXT ON TO TRANSPORTATION, UH, SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT ENSURES A FAIR ALLOCATION OF STATE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TO ADDRESS, UH, SAN ANTONIO'S RAPID POPULATION GROWTH AND REDUCE COORDINATION. 
          UM, ON THIS ITEM, UM, IT'S ONGOING, UH, CONVERSATIONS IN COORDINATION WITH OUR PARTNERS, SUCH AS AT, AT THE ALAMO AREA, M P O, UH, SAMCO AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS. 
          UM, AND FINALLY, SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. 
          UM, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY OUR VISION ZERO, UH, PRIORITIES WHERE WE KNOW THAT THE TEXAS UH, TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, UM, HAS MADE THIS A, A PRIORITY IN THEIR FUNDING SOURCES AS WELL. 
          UM, THESE TWO ARE POTENTIAL ALIGNMENTS, UM, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STATE AS WELL. 
          LASTLY, UH, SUSTAINABILITY SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT PROVIDES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE UTILITY AND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TO PREPARE THE COMMUNITY AGAINST CLIMATE DISASTERS. 
          UM, OUR SUSTAINABILITY TEAM HAS BEEN ENGAGED WITH LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND STATE PARTNERS TO COORDINATE POTENTIAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, UNDER THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW. 
          AND NOW, UM, THE INFL INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, I R A, THAT WILL BE FUNDING MECHANISMS THAT WILL BE PASSED THROUGH THE STATE. 
          AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE ELECTRIC, UH, VE VEHICLE CHARGING NETWORK, UM, SPECIFICALLY THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE FORMULA. 
          UM, OR NEVY, THE STATE SUBMITTED THEIR STATE PLAN LAST MONTH TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND SO THEY WILL BE, UH, CONTINUING, UM, THE CONVERSATIONS ON THE FORMULATION OF THAT PLAN. 
          UH, LASTLY, A LOOK AT OUR PARTNERSHIPS. 
          AS I SAID EARLIER, DURING THE EARLY SUMMER, UM, WE STARTED ENGAGING WITH, WITH MANY, UH, OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, ALL THE ONES YOU SEE HERE, UM, AND OTHERS. 
          SO WE LOOK FORWARD AND WE THANK, AND WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR ONGOING, UH, COORDINATION, UH, WITH US NOW, UH, AS WE GET READY FOR THE SESSION. 
          AND THEN, UM, DURING THE SESSION AS WELL, CHAIRMAN PALIS, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          UH, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          I WELCOME ANY COMMENTS, AND WE HAVE A ROOM FULL OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, UM, THAT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FROM OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, I, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY SUBSTANTIVE COMMENTS YET. 
          I'LL SAVE THOSE FOR THE END, EXCEPT THAT I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, OUR FRIENDS, UH, MR. TOOMEY, UH, OVER IN, IN AUSTIN. 
          AND, UH, AND MR. ANCIRA, UH, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 
          I KNOW, I KNOW THAT IT WAS KIND OF LAST MINUTE THAT WE ROPED YOU IN FOR THIS MEETING, AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS MOVING THINGS AROUND. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR, UM, YOUR VERY HONEST AND INCISIVE, UH, ADVICE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US IN THE PAST. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN EXPECT NOTHING LESS FROM YOU GUYS TODAY. 
          UM, WITH THAT, I, I'LL, I'LL PASS IT ON TO MY CO-CHAIR. 
          WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST HEARD? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANNA UNPACK THERE? NO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE. 
          LET ME ALSO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE JESSE, WHO I WORKED WITH WHEN I WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE. 
          HE WAS CHIEF OF STAFF TO SPEAKER STRAUSS AND DOES A GREAT JOB. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, MIKE, THE KNIFE TO ME, 
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UH, GREAT GUY, SOMEONE I WORKED WITH AS WELL WHEN HE WAS IN THE LOBBY. 
          AND, UH, HE GOT THAT NICKNAME BECAUSE HE USED TO CUT UP THE BUDGET PRETTY GOOD WHEN HE WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE. 
          UH, SO, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS, IS AGAIN, PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE. 
          I WAS, I WAS LOOKING AT THE DRAFT THAT MELISSA'S BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE COUNTY, AND A LOT OF CONSISTENCIES, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT WERE ALIGNED ON A LOT OF THESE ISSUES. 
          UM, THE ONE THING I'LL MENTION THAT, UM, I DIDN'T SEE THAT'S RELATED TO I, THE PROPERTY TAX ISSUE, IS WE'RE STILL, AGAIN, OURS IS A WORK IN PRO PROCESS, BUT, UM, WE HAD AT LEAST SOME PRELIMINARY LANGUAGE THAT MORE DIRECTLY SPOKE TO, UM, A APPRAISAL REFORM, UM, AS A WAY TO ADDRESS, UM, THE RISING PROPERTY VALUES. 
          AND THIS IS, AGAIN, JUST A DRAFT, BUT, BUT IT SAYS SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO INCREASE FAIRNESS, CONSISTENCY, AND PREDICTABILITY IN THE PROPERTY APPRAISAL AND APPRAISAL REVIEW PROCESS. 
          SO, UM, JUST SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE RELY MORE HEAVILY ON PROPERTY TAX REVENUES AT THE COUNTY, UM, BUT WE KNOW ALL OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE IMPACTED BY, UM, RISING PROPERTY TAXES. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S JUST A, JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT MR. CHAIR AS A, AS A COMMENT, BUT I THINK IT'S A, IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, YES, VERY COMPREHENSIVE. 
          I, I DO HAVE SOME INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS. 
          DO YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH THOSE NOW OR, UH, SURE. 
          HERE'S THE TIME. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU, SALLY, FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. 
          AND JEFF, UM, AS AN OVERALL, YOU KNOW, KNOW, WE, WE, WE SAY THAT, UH, I THINK THE LAST SLIDE SAYS THAT WE'VE COORDINATED WITH ALL THESE OTHER AGENCIES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT NOTHING REALLY CONFLICTS WITH OURS, OR WE HOPE THAT NOTHING CONFLICTS, BUT WE NEVER REALLY GET TO SEE WHAT THESE OTHER AGENCIES ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING FORWARD TO THE LEGISL. 
          IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD CAPTURE THAT FROM THE COUNTY, FROM THE SAWS C P SS, UH, EDUCATION BUSINESS? IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THEY'RE SUBMITTING OR, OR WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THEIR BEHALF? UH, AND I'M NOT SAYING Y'ALL DON'T COORDINATE WITH THEM, BUT MAN, I'D REALLY KIND OF LIKE TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE SUBMITTING AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, CHAIRMAN, I'LL, I'LL ANSWER THAT IF, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          WE'RE, OUR PARTNERS ARE GENERALLY ALONG THE SAME TIMELINE. 
          WE ARE MAYBE A LITTLE BEHIND A LITTLE AHEAD, BUT, UM, WE COULD DISTRIBUTE THEM, COLLECT THEM FROM OUR PARTNERS, AND SHARE THEM. 
          I THINK OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE A LOT TO PRESENT. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO GATHER THEM AND, AND SHARE THEM FOR YOUR AWARENESS. 
          WHAT, WHAT THIS STATEMENT REALLY SAYS IS THAT SO LONG AS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT ONE OF OUR PARTNERS DEEMS IMPORTANT AND IS TRYING TO ADVANCE OR DEFEAT DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH OUR OWN PRIORITIES, THEN WE'RE GONNA HELP THEM. 
          AND SO THROUGHOUT THE SESSION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE GROUPS COME TO US, UH, AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED YOUR HELP. 
          WOULD YOU REGISTER IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL OR THAT BILL? AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT. 
          AND VERY RARELY DO THEY CAUSE A PROBLEM FOR US. 
          BUT, UM, WE, WE GENERALLY, THIS IS MEANT TO BE OUR EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FOR OUR PARTNERS, THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS ADVANCING SAN ANTONIO'S INTEREST TOGETHER. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GREAT. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          BUT YEAH, I SOME KIND OF METHOD THAT, UM, EITHER JUST SENDING A COPY TO US OR WHATEVER WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          UH, SORRY FOR JUMPING IN. 
          UH, I REMEMBER WHEN, WHEN I SERVED ON THE BROOKS BOARD, WE HAD A LE A LIST OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT WAS UNWRITTEN. 
          UH, AND SO SOMETIMES THESE GROUPS, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE GROUPS, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT? SO LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES, LOCAL MAJOR EMPLOYERS, LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, SAW C P S ENERGY, I, I WONDER WHETHER THEY EVEN HAVE ANYTHING TO SUBMIT TO US, RIGHT? BUT TO BE FAIR, THERE'S NOTHING TO KEEP YOU GUYS FROM ASKING THEM. 
          PLEASE SUBMIT, RIGHT? WE GOT, WE DID. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND WE GET A COMBINATION OF BOTH, REALLY. 
          SO WHEN IT, A LOT OF THEM DO HAVE AGENDAS, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES, IF THERE IS A LOCAL ASSOCIATION THAT TELLS US THEY'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING, WE'LL MEET WITH THEM AND TALK, AND GENERALLY TRY TO HELP THEM. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS COMES TO US AND SAYS, HEY, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS ISSUE. 
          CAN YOU HELP? UM, USUALLY THAT'S NOT THE CASE, THOUGH. 
          IT'S USUALLY THROUGH THE BROADER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND, UM, YOU'RE RIGHT, CHAIRMAN, THERE WON'T BE AN AGENDA FOR ALL OF THESE GROUPS, BUT WE'LL GATHER AS MUCH OF THAT AS WE CAN IN THE COMING MONTHS BEFORE THE SESSION STARTS AND SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMITTEE. 
          PERRY REMINDS US, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT HARD CONSIDERING WALTER CERNER REPRESENTS EVERY ONE OF THEM , SO, RIGHT. 
          YEAH, EXACTLY. 
          SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING YOU. 
          UM, SALLY, ON, ON, I SEE THE BROAD STATEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE, IN THE PRESENTATION, THAT'S GREAT. 
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BUT YOU WENT ON TO GIVE SOME DETAIL ON EACH ONE OF THESE. 
          IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET THOSE SUB-BULLETS AS THE DETAIL BACKING UP EACH ONE OF THESE? UH, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, OUR, UH, FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF SLIDE, UM, I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER HERE, BUT, UH, IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, TAX RELIEF AND TARGETING THOSE MOST IN NEED. 
          AND YOU MADE A STATEMENT THAT WE SUPPORT THE FLAT DOLLAR AMOUNT VERSUS A PERCENTAGE. 
          AND I, I DON'T REMEMBER US EVER SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA SUPPORT THAT VERSUS THIS. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, OKAY, WHERE DID WE FORMULATE, OR WHERE DID WE GET THAT INFORMATION FROM THAT WE'RE GONNA SUPPORT THIS METHOD OVER THAT METHOD. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THESE INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEMS UNDERNEATH THESE BROADER STATEMENTS, UH, THAT, THAT ARE ON THESE SLIDES. 
          AND THAT ONE REALLY PIQUED MY INTEREST BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER US EVER SAYING, OKAY, YEAH, WE SUPPORT THAT ONE VERSUS, UH, THIS TYPE OF, UH, UH, TAX RATE FOR, FOR, UH, PROPERTY TAXES. 
          SURE. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN AND I CAN SHARE NOW THAT, UM, OUR WORK WITH, UH, BEN TROY AND THE FINANCE TEAM, WE ASKED THEM TO DO AN ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS TARGETED POLICY TOOLS THAT, UH, HAD BEEN CONSIDERED IN PAST ESTATE SESSIONS. 
          AND SO THEY CREATED, UH, A BACKGROUND DOCUMENT FOR US THAT, UM, THEY PROVIDED SOME OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR POTENTIAL TOOLS. 
          AND I MENTIONED SOME OF THEM HERE. 
          WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT BACKGROUND DOCUMENT WITH YOU. 
          YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MAY, MAY I ADD SOMETHING TO THAT? UM, THE LANGUAGE IS INTENTIONALLY BROAD TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE ALL OF THE UNKNOWNS THAT ARE GONNA COME. 
          IF EVERY BILL WAS FILED IN ADVANCE, WE'D COME TO YOU AND SAY, WE'RE FOR THIS, WE'RE AGAINST THAT, WE'RE FOR THAT. 
          WE JUST DON'T KNOW. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE THE LANGUAGE TO BE ABLE TO COVER WHAT, WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH, UM, ON THE FLAT RATE, UH, FLAT AMOUNT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          THE REASON WE GIVE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT MIGHT COME THAT WOULD BE TARGETED, IT COMES FROM THE DIALOGUE, UH, THAT THE COUNCIL HAD AROUND HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, MANY OF YOUR COLLEAGUES WANTING A GREATER BENEFIT FOR THEIR LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS THAN THE PERCENTAGE WOULD ALLOW. 
          SO WE GIVE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT SUPPORT. 
          WE WOULD DO IT WITH, WITH YOUR AWARENESS AND, AND DIRECTION, THE BODIES AWARENESS AND DIRECTION. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES FROM. 
          COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ BROUGHT UP THE APPRAISAL REFORM. 
          ONE THING THAT WE'VE SUPPORTED OVER THE YEARS, AND I WOULD THINK WE WOULD, AGAIN, IS SALES PRICE DISCLOSURE, WHICH WOULD LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD SO THAT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS THE SAME INFORMATION ABOUT LARGE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THAT THEY DO FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER. 
          UH, MOST OF THE MESSAGE WE'VE GOTTEN FROM COUNCIL AROUND THE PROPERTY TAX DISCUSSION HAS BEEN AROUND HELPING HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR BILLS. 
          SO WE'RE, WE TRIED TO CRAFT THE POSITION TO CAPTURE THAT, BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA GET FILED. 
          AND, AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THESE ITEMS WITH YOU AS, AS THE SESSION GOES ON. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS, JEFF. 
          UM, I, I'D LIKE TO GET SOME INPUT FROM OUR, FROM OUR TEAM THERE. 
          UM, THAT'S ON THE CONFERENCE CALL. 
          Y'ALL HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LIST, UH, AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND OF THE, OF THE STATE LEGISLATIVE, UH, UH, BREAKDOWN OF, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW HOW MANY REPUBLICANS THERE ARE. 
          WE KNOW HOW MANY DEMOCRATS THERE ARE. 
          WE KNOW HOW MANY INDEPENDENTS AND ALL THAT. 
          AND LOOKING THROUGH THIS LIST, WHAT ARE OUR WINNERS AND LOSERS? I MEAN, UH, ARE WE GONNA GO UP THERE WITH THIS WHOLE LIST AND GET NO SUPPORT AT THE END OF THE DAY? OR S WHICH ONES DO WE HAVE A GLIMMER OF HOPE TO GET THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS OUT OF THIS WHOLE LIST? THIS IS MIKE. 
          I'LL START OFF. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, I THINK THE LIST IS EXCELLENT. 
          IT'S, WELL, IT'S BALANCED. 
          UH, IT IS, UH, THOROUGH. 
          SO I COMMEND, UH, ALL THOSE WORKING ON IT, UH, FOR THAT. 
          UM, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NATURE OF, OF THIS LEGISLATURE, AS Y'ALL KNOW, YOU'RE DOING, HAVE A LOT OF DEFENSIVE BATTLES ON ALL KINDS. 
          SO YOU'RE, YOU'VE SET FORTH YOUR POSITIONS ON THOSE MATTERS. 
          YEAH, I THINK THE ONES WHERE YOU ARE PROPO, UH, YOU'RE OFFERING TO PROPOSE ARE REALISTIC. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, UH, 20 PLUS BILLION DOLLARS TO EXTRA, SO THERE'LL BE COMPETITION FOR THAT MONEY, BUT THE LEGISLATURE'S IN A VERY UNIQUE POSITION, UH, TO, UH, HAVE SOME MONEY TO REACH, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE NEEDS. 
          SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE GOT TO FOCUS ON THE PROPER USE OF THAT MONEY 
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TO BENEFIT ALL THE CITIZENS OF TEXAS. 
          JESSE, YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? UH, THANK YOU. 
          I AGREE WITH MIKE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT, WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, 7,000 BILLS FILED LAST SESSION, AND ABOUT MAYBE 1500 OF THOSE ACTUALLY PASSED. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S QUITE A, A LOG JAM THERE TO GET PRIORITIES THROUGH, AND WE'RE COMPETING WITH EVERYONE FOR EVERY DOLLAR. 
          BUT GIVEN THE LANDSCAPE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WITH THE FUNDS, UH, I, I THINK THERE'S GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR BROADBAND. 
          I KNOW THE CONTROLLER'S GONNA BE ASKING FOR MORE FUNDING. 
          WE'RE GONNA GET SOME FUNDING FROM THE FED, SO IT'D BE GOOD TO BE AT THE TABLE FOR SOMETHING LIKE BROADBAND. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER TALKED ABOUT APPRAISAL REFORM AS WE SPEAK, SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS TOUCHING ON THAT ISSUE, AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AS A WHOLE, THAT'S GONNA BE A PRIORITY. 
          SO I THINK, UH, WE'LL BE AT THE TABLE FOR THOSE TO DISCUSSIONS. 
          AND, UH, HAVING LOOKED AT THE LIST, UH, ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION AND WORKING WITH YOUR TEAM, A LOT OF THIS IS SHAPED BASED ON OUR HISTORY AND WORKING WITH YOU OVER THE LAST FEW SESSIONS. 
          SO I THINK IT'S VERY REALISTIC. 
          I THINK IT'S, AS MIKE SAID, IT'S VERY BALANCED AND, AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT GOING OUT AND ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, UH, BASED ON YOUR PRIORITIES. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I, I, I HEARD SOME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION, UM, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR ANY THAT, HEY, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA PROBABLY STRIKE OUT ON, ON THESE, THESE AREAS. 
          UH, ANY COMMENTS ON THOSE LOSERS ON THIS LIST THAT, UH, IN, IN YOUR OPINIONS AT THIS POINT? YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD SAY THAT THE WHOLE, UH, DEBATE ON GUN CONTROL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA BE ONE THAT, UH, WE'RE JUST NOT SURE HOW THAT'S GONNA END UP. 
          THERE'S A LOT TO BE PLAYED OUT YET. 
          AND SO IT'S HARD TO SAY IF WE'RE GONNA WIN OR LOSE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S ONE THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW YET. 
          AND THEN ANY OF THE SOCIAL ISSUES THAT COME UP AND THAT HAVE COME UP THE LAST FEW SESSIONS, YOU KNOW, MIKE, UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE, BUT THE NA THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE BOTH HOUSES IS CONSERVATIVE. 
          SO IT'S ALWAYS A BATTLE, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO SAY WE'RE GONNA WIN ON ANY ISSUE THAT MAY HAVE A SOCIAL CONSEQUENCE. 
          SO WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC THERE. 
          I THINK THE THING IS THAT WE'VE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP OVER THE LAST FEW SESSIONS, UH, TO AT LEAST MINIMIZE, UH, THE DAMAGE THAT COMES OUT OF SOME OF THESE, UH, PIECES OF LEGISLATION. 
          MIKE, UH, I DO THINK YOU'LL, YOU'LL DO WELL IN THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. 
          UH, THERE IS CONSENSUS TO SPEND SIGNIFICANT MONEY ON PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, AND Y'ALL HAVE DONE A LOT IN YOUR OWN BUDGET ON THAT SCORE, BUT I THINK YOU'LL GET SOME HELP FROM THE STATE ON THAT. 
          SO I THINK THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, A BIG ONE. 
          I, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, AND SALLY MENTIONED IT, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION WILL COME UNDER ASSAULT. 
          UH, SO, UH, BEEN EXAMPLES OF PROBLEMS. AND I DO THINK THERE WILL BE A BILL FILED TO DISALLOW THOSE. 
          SO THAT WILL BE A BIG FIGHT IN THE LEGISLATURE. 
          UM, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, MEDICAID EXPANSIONS ON YOUR LIST, IT'S NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN WITH THESE REPUBLICANS. 
          IT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN. 
          SO YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE, IT'S FINE TO BE FOR IT. 
          UH, BUT THAT ONE JUMPS OUT AS ONE. 
          AND, UH, THAT, UM, I, AND IN, IN, IN GUN GUN ISSUES, JESSE'S RIGHT, I DO THINK THEY'LL DO A LOT ON MENTAL HEALTH. 
          I DO THINK THEY'LL DO A LOT MORE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          I DO THINK THEY'LL DO SOME THINGS, BUT AS YOU KNOW, THIS CURRENT LEADERSHIP IS NOT GONNA DO ONE, ONE OF THE HARDCORE REFORMS. UH, THEY'RE JUST NOT GONNA DO IT. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE. 
          YEAH, AND I'LL, I'LL ADD JUST WEEDS A LITTLE BIT. 
          UH, I THINK LEGISLATURES CONTINUING TO LOOK AT CITY AUTHORITY, UH, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO E T J. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE ON THE DEFENSIVE THERE AND, AND, AND TRY TO FIGHT BACK ON SOME OF THE EFFORTS TO, TO LIMIT THE AUTHORITY THERE. 
          THEY'VE, AS YOU KNOW, THEY'VE PRETTY MUCH WIPED OUT MOST ANNEXATION AUTHORITY. 
          SO NEXT IS E T J AND SOME OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT AND ORDINANCE PROCESSES. 
          SO WE'LL BE READY FOR THAT, UM, AS, AS WELL. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK THROUGH THIS LIST, THERE'S A LOT OF SOCIAL ISSUES THAT TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, ARE THESE, ARE THESE GONNA BE THE ONES THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE BULLET ON? ARE WE GONNA REALLY PUSH FORWARD ON THOSE THAT DO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS? AND, AND I'M GOING TO, I'M GONNA KEEP Y'ALL'S FEET TO THE FIRE ON EVERY ONE OF THESE MEETINGS. 
          WHAT'S IT LOOKING LIKE AND WHAT SHOULD WE BE CONCENTRATING 
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ON? UH, VERSUS, YOU KNOW, LOADING UP AND GOING, GOING FOR BEAR ON THOSE THAT WE KNOW WILL NOT BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA BE VERY INTERESTED IN GOING FORWARD THERE. 
          THERE'S A NUMBER OF THOSE SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT THIS AND, AND, UM, YEAH, I'M GONNA BE VERY INTERESTED IN, IN WHERE WE'RE, UH, KEEPING OUR, KEEPING OUR SILVER BULLETS FOR. 
          SO, UM, YEAH, BE BE PREPARED FOR THAT FOR FUTURE MEETINGS HERE ALSO. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER. 
          WELL SAID. 
          VERY WISE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I ONLY HAVE A FEW THINGS TO, UH, SAY. 
          ONE OF 'EM IS REGARDING THE COUNTY AND OUR LIST, WHICH, UH, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ MENTIONED THE APPRAISAL ISSUE, UH, UNTIL WE PASS THAT. 
          UM, AND I KNOW YOU WANT US TO SHARE EVERYONE TO SHARE, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE INTERNALLY THAT WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT  BEFORE WE SHARE THAT. 
          AND I THINK THAT'LL HAPPEN OCTOBER. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UH, JUST A NOTE FOR THAT, UH, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. 
          7,000 BILLS WERE PASSED, UH, OR PRESENTED LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO. 
          1500 APPROXIMATELY, UH, ACTUALLY PASSED. 
          WE HAD WHAT, TWO EXTRA SESSIONS LAST TIME, OR WAS IT THREE. 
          THREE. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE QUESTION ON, WILL WE BE DOING ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL SESSIONS? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S ALSO USUALLY A GUESS, AND IF SO, WHAT THOSE, UM, WHAT YOU PERCEIVE THOSE ISSUES WOULD BE ABOUT. 
          UM, AND HOLD OFF ON ANSWERING THAT, 'CAUSE THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. 
          YOU SAID $20 BILLION, IS THAT RIGHT? 27 IS THE 27. 
          MY MIC'S OFF. 
          UH, $27 BILLION IS THE, UH, COMPTROLLER'S REVENUE ESTIMATE GOING INTO THE SESSION. 
          THAT'S THE PROJECTED, UM, SURPLUS RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, ALRIGHT. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. 
          UM, . 
          SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE, UM, THE NUMBERS AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, I KNOW IN THE COUNTY TAX ISSUE IS HUGE, UH, AND IT HAS BEEN BECAUSE WE HEAR THAT FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS AND, AND THE APPRAISAL ISSUE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL, UH, JOIN ON, UH, BROADBAND. 
          YES, THAT'S, UH, IMPORTANT AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THAT. 
          UH, BUT OVERALL, UH, YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD, COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          WHAT IS, WHAT ARE THE KEY THINGS THAT WE WANT TO PUT OUR ENERGY AND TIME INTO? YES, WE WANT THE WHOLE KITCHEN SINK, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. 
          I THINK THE LIST IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE, ALMOST TOO COMPREHENSIVE , BUT, UM, AND I, I, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT THE COUNTY AS WELL AS TRYING TO PICK, UH, WHERE WE HAVE VIABILITY IN DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          I'M SURE YOU AGREE WITH THAT, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. 
          UH, AND SO, UM, I KNOW WE'VE GOT ALL THESE ISSUES AND I SAW THE MENTAL HEALTH IS HUGE. 
          UM, THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION AND I, THE E T J, AND OF COURSE WE'RE DEALING WITH A LOT MORE PIS, RIGHT? . 
          UM, AND SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GIVEN, UH, WILL BE A VERY INTERESTING AREA, I WOULD ASSUME. 
          AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU'D COMMENT ON ANY OF THOSE. 
          UM, MR. TOOMEY AND MR. AND SARAH, I, I, LET ME, IF, IF I CAN, UH, ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THOSE. 
          UH, AS FAR AS EXTRA SESSIONS, NO ONE WANTS THEM. 
          IT'S NOT ANTICIPATED. 
          UH, LAST TIME WAS ON REDISTRICTING. 
          UH, AND UNLESS SOMETHING ODD HAPPENS, UH, IN THE COURTS, UH, THAT SHOULD, THAT SHOULD BE BEHIND US, SO LIKELY NOT WITH ONE PROVISO. 
          UM, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS SAYING HE'S NOT RUNNING AGAIN. 
          SO, AS YOU KNOW, MANY OF THESE, UH, LEMME CALL RED MEAT ISSUES HAVE COME FROM HIS SHOP. 
          SO IF IN FACT HE IS NOT RUNNING AGAIN, WHAT DOES HE HAVE ON HIS LIST TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE LAST, THE NEXT TWO SESSIONS? SO THAT IS AN UNKNOWN. 
          THAT COULD, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A DISCLAIMER, IF YOU WILL. 
          , UH, THE 27 BILLION, UH, Y'ALL SHOULD KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          UH, BUT THERE ARE, UH, LEGISLATIVE AND CONSTITUTIONAL CAPS ON SPENDING. 
          SO THE BIG FIGHT WILL BE, THERE'S PLENTY OF MONEY. 
          WE'RE SWIMMING IN MONEY, BUT WHO GETS THE MONEY? SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE AND YOUR WORK WITH YOUR OTHER PARTNERS AND WITH THE OTHER CITIES TO BE UNITED. 
          AND WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES FOR THAT MONEY? 'CAUSE THIS COULD BE BATTLING PUBLIC ED AND HUMAN SERVICES AND BROADBAND AND EVERYTHING. 
          SO THERE ARE CAPS. 
          SO WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN THE SESSION STARTS, EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO SPEND, BUT IT'LL BE WELL BELOW THIS NUMBER. 
          NO, I, I ECHO WHAT MIKE SAYS. 
          I DON'T EXPECT SPECIAL SESSIONS, UH, THIS PARTICULAR TIME UNLESS, UH, THEY DON'T COME TO AGREEMENT ON 
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PROPERTY TAX REFORM. 
          I THINK THAT'S AN AREA WHERE THEY COULD GO INTO A SPECIAL, BUT I, I SUSPECT THAT, UH, THEY'LL REACH RESOLUTION THERE DURING THE REGULAR MIKE'S RIGHT ABOUT THE SPENDING LIMITS. 
          UH, THOSE ARE, ARE, UH, STATUTORY CONSTITUTIONAL CAPS. 
          THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY IS BEFORE WE EVEN GET STARTED, OR AS WE GET STARTED, UH, THEY'VE ALREADY, THEY'RE SHORT ON MEDICAID, SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEND SOME OF THAT MONEY. 
          THEY ALWAYS KIND OF BACKFILL THAT, UH, DURING SESSIONS. 
          SO YOU'RE TALKING OF TWO OR $3 BILLION THERE. 
          THEY SPEND, UH, 4 BILLION ON THE BORDER RIGHT NOW. 
          SO THAT EATS UP, UH, SOME OF THAT, THAT MONEY, IF THEY CONTINUE TO WITH THEIR BORDER INITIATIVE SO QUICKLY, THAT $27 BILLION STARTS TO SHRINK. 
          AND SO IT'S STILL A LOT, BUT, UH, EVERYONE'S GONNA HAVE THEIR HAND OUT, AND SO WE'LL NEED TO BE AT THE TABLE EARLY AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE VOICING YOUR PRIORITIES. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE NOTHING ELSE. 
          CHAIRMAN, MAY I ADD SOMETHING? UM, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY AND COMMISSIONER BARNARD BOTH MAKE A GREAT POINT ABOUT WHERE WE SPEND OUR TIME AND ENERGY. 
          SO LET ME, IF I COULD JUST SHARE HISTORICALLY, UM, WE PROBABLY SPEND 80% OF OUR EFFORTS PLAYING DEFENSE AGAINST BILLS THAT ARE GONNA HURT US, THAT ARE GONNA TAKE AWAY YOUR AUTHORITY AS LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO MAKE DECISIONS. 
          THAT'S THE REALITY OF IT. 
          IN TERMS OF THE OTHER 20%, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT, UH, THE OFFENSIVE OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR US, UH, THEY'RE REALLY, UM, AROUND THE FEDERAL MONEY. 
          SO BROADBAND, TRANSPORTATION, EV CHARGING ISSUES, THERE'S GONNA BE A PUSH TO INCREASE THE DAG FUND FROM 30 MILLION TO 50 MILLION. 
          WE WANNA BE FRONT AND CENTER OF THAT. 
          SO I EXPECT US ASKING OUR CONSULTANTS TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THOSE ITEMS AND TRYING TO GO GET STUFF FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          MANY OF THE OTHER POSITION STATEMENTS IN HERE ARE, ARE USUALLY US REGISTERING A POSITION ON A BILL THAT REFLECTS THE DESIRES OF THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, WE'LL SUPPORT EFFORTS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FOR EXAMPLE, MENTAL HEALTH. 
          BUT, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE THE DRIVERS OF THAT BOAT. 
          WE'RE JUST GONNA LEND OUR VOICE TO THE EFFORT. 
          UH, AND THOSE ARE USUALLY LESS INTENSIVE EFFORTS ON OUR PART. 
          IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE OUR DELEGATION KNOWS WHERE WE STAND, UH, AND THAT'S IT. 
          SO WE DIDN'T STRUCTURE OUR PROGRAM THAT WAY, AND THAT'S INTENTIONAL BECAUSE AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING. 
          BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY, 80% DEFENSE, AND THEN A SMALL NUMBER OF OFFENSIVE EFFORTS WITH THE REST OF THEM BEING REGISTERING OUR POSITIONS. 
          YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU. 
          AND I'LL START OFF WITH, WITH WHAT JEFF JUST SAID, AND I'LL START OFF BY THANKING THE, THE PARTNERS. 
          I THINK WE DO NEED TO LEND OUR, OUR VOICES TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS. 
          AND, UM, MY STAFF HAD PULLED LESS OR LESS GO AROUND THIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS FOR THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          SO ALAMO COLLEGES, AND I DO SEE PRISCILLA CAMACHO HERE LAST GO AROUND. 
          THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR EXPANDING TEXAS WORKFORCE PROGRAMS AND SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN, UM, THE RECOGNITION OF EMPLOYER INFORMED MICRO-CREDENTIALS AND CERTIFICATES AS IT RELATES TO OUR READY TO WORK PROGRAM FOR THE 60 30 PLAN. 
          AND SO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL ARE ADVOCATING FOR, BUT I, I THINK BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH READY TO WORK AT THE CITY, THAT SHOULD BE ON OUR RADAR, THE, UH, JET FUND AS WELL. 
          UH, SELF-SUFFICIENCY GRANTS, I THINK WOULD BE CRITICAL TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH READY TO WORK. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PUBLICLY SUPPORT OR, OR, OR VOICE THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY GET BEHIND THOSE EFFORTS SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY TAXPAYERS, DEPENDING ON OUR, UM, UH, ON, ON OUR PROGRAM. 
          AND SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS ALREADY AND CONTRACTS WITH ELMO COLLEGES. 
          IT JUST MAKES SENSE, I THINK, FOR US TO DO THAT. 
          UM, I KNOW LAST YEAR THEY HAD AN APPROPRIATIONS REQUEST OF, I THINK IT WAS, UH, ALMOST 19, UM, MILLION DOLLARS IN, IN ONE AREA. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT I NOTICED IS LAST YEAR IT LOOKED LIKE THE NORTH CHAMBER TOOK A LOT OF THE EFFORTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE CHAMBERS ARE DIVVYING UP THE WORK, UM, BUT I KNOW THAT, THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY FIGURE OUT WHO'S THE CHAMPION FOR WHAT, RIGHT? WITH THE CHAMBERS. 
          I, I BELIEVE IN THE WORK THAT CHAMBERS DO. 
          THE OTHER THING IS U T S A, UM, LAST GO AROUND, THEY HAD, UM, WORKED ON, ON PUTTING TEXAS ON THE MAP AS A CYBER POWERHOUSE. 
          WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, RIGHT? UM, THAT ALSO PLAYS IN, AGAIN, I THINK, TO JUST SUSTAINING OUR ECONOMIC, UM, AND OUR, OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? AND SO HOW ARE WE SUPPORTING THAT AS IT RELATES TO, TO OUR GOALS, UH, WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND OF COURSE, FROM THE, THE PEOPLE FROM, UH, GREATER SA TECHS, THE OTHER THING THAT THEY HAD WAS CYBERSECURITY, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FOR TEXAS. 
          I DON'T WANNA FALL BEHIND. 
          AND SO THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER ONE THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN. 
          THIS ALL PLAYS IN WITH EDUCATION, THE PREP PROGRAM. 
          I'M A GRADUATE OF THE PREP PROGRAM, DIDN'T BECOME AN ENGINEER, BUT I WENT TO THE, THE PREP PROGRAM. 
          PREP PROGRAM. 
          THAT'S ALWAYS, I THINK, UNDER FIRE. 
          THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THE EFFORTS 
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THAT U T S A WAS CHAMPIONING LAST GO AROUND. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD HELP SUPPORT THAT. 
          UM, ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT I, I THINK WE HAVEN'T TALKED A WHOLE LOT ABOUT IS THE I T C, THE INSTITUTE FOR TEXAN CULTURES THAT'S DOWNTOWN, RIGHT? UM, DOWN THE STREET FROM US. 
          AND SO THE, THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THE PLANNING AND, AND THE, UM, FUTURE OF I T C, I THINK IS, IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK TO SEE IF WE COULD HELP U T S A WITH, AND THEN LAST YEAR, OR SORRY, LAST GO AROUND, THE HISPANIC CHAMBER DID HAVE A SPECIFIC STEM FOCUSED INITIATIVE, UM, AS IT RELATES TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          I CONTINUE TO BE INTERESTED IN HOW WE COULD SUPPORT THAT. 
          THAT'S FOR OUR PARTNERS. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERS THAT ARE HERE. 
          AND THOSE ARE JUST THE ONES THAT I THINK MAKE SENSE FROM OUR, UH, COMMITMENT OR I GUESS FROM OUR, OUR DRAFT. 
          THERE WAS SOME THINGS, AND I MENTIONED THIS TO SALLY AND TO JEFF WHEN I MET WITH THEM VETERANS, RIGHT? SO, UM, CONTINUING TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR VETERANS, SPECIFICALLY IN THE HOUSING AREA. 
          61% OF OUR NATION'S VETERANS, UH, ARE HOUSELESS RIGHT NOW, AND THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH PLACES FOR THEM TO LIVE, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A HOUSING CRISIS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO HOW DO WE, UM, ADVOCATE FOR OUR VETERANS? AND THEN I'LL GO INTO HOUSED UNHOUSED FAMILIES HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, BUT THEN ALSO REPAIRS, UH, FOR HOUSING, FOR, FOR OUR VETERANS. 
          LIKE IS THERE PROGRAMS THAT WE COULD SUPPORT, ET CETERA. 
          UM, FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I, I APPRECIATE THE FILM INCENTIVES. 
          I'M INTERESTED IN THE DESIGNATION OF A MEDIA PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT ZONE IN MY DISTRICT. 
          UH, AND I'VE HAD TWO DIFFERENT FILM, UH, FOLKS I GUESS COME TO ME WITHIN DIFFERENT AREAS OF DISTRICT FOUR WITH PROPOSALS. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO START CONSIDERING HOW WE COULD HELP. 
          I KNOW THAT THAT ZONE WOULD HAVE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE MAINTENANCE OF, UM, OF FILM, UH, STUDIOS IN GENERAL. 
          SO I'D LOVE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT THERE. 
          SO THERE'S, I THINK, A VALID INTEREST FROM OUR COMMUNITY IN SUPPORTING THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT, RIGHT? SO, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD ENGAGE WITH OUR PARTNERS. 
          UM, SOME OF OUR FAMILIES STILL WANT TO KNOW, UH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING AS A CITY TO HELP WITH SCHOOL SAFETY? WELL, TECHNICALLY EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN SCHOOL BOARD, RIGHT? THERE'S LIMITED THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, BUT I THINK THAT SCHOOL SAFETY IS PROBABLY AT THE TOP OF A LOT, A LOT OF OUR LISTS. 
          SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS? AND THEN YESTERDAY I TOLD MY COLLEAGUES THAT THERE'S 7,448 CHILDREN WHO ARE ENROLLED IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE HOMELESS. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE A HOUSE TO STAY IN. 
          AND SO THERE'S AN INCREASE AT HAVEN FOR HOPE. 
          UM, WHAT CAN WE DO TO SUPPORT HAVEN? HOW CAN WE INCREASE ADDITIONAL, UM, FUNDING TO PRIORITIZE FAMILIES TO REMAIN HOUSED OR TO HAVE ACCESS TO HOUSING? THAT'S GONNA BE A, A PRIORITY. 
          SO AGAIN, VETERANS AND, AND CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT I SAW ON HEALTHCARE AND NUTRITION, UM, ANYTHING THAT, THAT I CAN DO IN PARTICULAR TO SUPPORT WITH THE, UH, HEALTH INSURANCE TO LOW INCOME TEXANS, AND IN, IN PARTICULAR TO DIABETES. 
          UH, THERE, UH, IS A LARGE NUMBER IN SAN ANTONIO FOLKS WHO HAVE DIABETES, RIGHT? AND MY DISTRICT, IT'S VERY HIGH. 
          IN FACT, THAT'S WHY WE HAD SUCH A, A HIGH, UM, UM, DEATH UNFORTUNATELY DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC. 
          SO ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO, TO SUPPORT THAT WOULD BE CRITICAL TO MY RESIDENTS AS WELL AS BROADBAND, THAT'S HUGE. 
          UM, WE HAVE AREAS, UH, OF, OF THE CITY THAT ARE STILL RURAL. 
          SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A RUMOR THAT MOST OF THE EFFORTS WILL BE FOCUSED ON RURAL AREAS FOR BROADBAND. 
          BUT IN MY DISTRICT, WE ARE RURAL. 
          THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE IN SOME OF MY AREAS. 
          AND WE'RE THE SECOND LARGEST DISTRICT. 
          SO I KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRA, WHO REPRESENTS THE, THE OTHER PART OF THE SOUTH SIDE, UM, WHICH RELATES. 
          THEN ALSO TO ME WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES. 
          I LET SALLY AND JEFF KNOW ABOUT THIS. 
          THERE'S A BIG PUSH FOR, UM, EVERYTHING EV AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S GONNA BE THE NEXT REDLINING. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, DIGITAL DIVIDE IS REDLINING. 
          I FEEL LIKE ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE THE NEXT FORM OF REDLINING FOR RESIDENTS. 
          LIKE THE ONES THAT I REPRESENT, THEY CAN'T AFFORD ELECTRIC VEHICLES. 
          THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO CHARGE THEM. 
          WHAT DO WE DO AT THAT POINT, RIGHT? AND SO I FEEL THAT THAT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, UH, AND I FEEL LIKE I JUST NEED TO SAY IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          WE CAN'T LET THIS BE THE NEXT LINE OF RED LINING. 
          AND THEN JUST WITH THAT, IT RELATES TO ENERGY. 
          I DIDN'T SEE A WHOLE LOT IN HERE ABOUT ENERGY. 
          UM, AND SO JUST UPDATES IN GENERAL THAT ANYBODY CAN GIVE. 
          BUT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          AND I GUESS THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION. 
          COUNCIL PERRY? YES, SIR. 
          I, AND, UH, TO FOLLOW ON WITH THAT, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. 
          AND, UM, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF MENTION EITHER AS A OVERALL BULLET OR AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, AS A SUPPORT ONE. 
          UM, JEFF, 
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WE TALKED ABOUT THESE DESIGN BUILD RESTRICTIONS BEFORE, UM, THAT, UH, WERE, WERE, WERE WE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THAT FOR THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION? WE, I THINK THE CONVERSATION YOU HAD AND I HAD HAD WAS THAT THERE WAS A BILL THAT WE HAD PASSED PREVIOUSLY THAT WAS VETOED. 
          UM, WE'VE GONE BACK THROUGH, UH, I STARTED HERE. 
          MY FIRST SESSION WAS IN 2013. 
          SO WE WENT BACK THROUGH ALL OF THAT, AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FIND A, A DB ISSUE. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO RESEARCH IT. 
          I'M, I DON'T, FINANCE ISN'T BRINGING SOMETHING TO US THAT NEEDS FIXING, SO I, WE JUST NEED MORE DIRECTION AT THIS POINT. 
          I, I, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, MORE ABOUT THE, UH, RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND I'LL, I'LL GET WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS. 
          AND ON THAT, UH, THE OTHER ONE, AND YOU TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT, AND THIS GOES BACK TO WINTER STORY, YURI, UH, ON THE ELECTRICAL GRID, THE, UM, HUGE BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN TO THE CUSTOMERS. 
          AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THIS PACKAGE TO SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE STATE TO, UH, CONTINUE TO FIX A GRID, BUT ALSO OFFER THAT RELIEF TO THESE, UH, ELECTRIC COMPANIES THAT SUSTAIN THESE HUGE BILLS FROM, UH, THE NATURAL GAS COMPANIES. 
          AND I, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THIS LIST AS WELL, WHAT, YOU KNOW, IN CRAFTING IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SEEK MONETARY RELIEF FROM THESE UTIL OR FOR THESE UTILITIES INSTEAD OF JUST PASSING IT TO THE CUSTOMERS FROM THAT STORM. 
          KATHY, KATHY GARCIA FROM C P SS IS HERE, SO YES, SO HI KATHY. 
          HI. 
          UM, YOU HAVE TOUCHED ON ITEMS THAT ABSOLUTELY WILL BE IN OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AT C P S ENERGY. 
          WE ARE, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THAT PLATFORM TOGETHER. 
          UM, THE ITEM THAT ALWAYS RISES TO THE TOP IS PRESERVATION OF THE M O U BUSINESS MODEL. 
          SO, AS YOU HEARD JEFF MENTION, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT LOCAL DECISION MAKING RESTS WITH OUR BOARD AND WITH YOU HERE AT THE COUNCIL, OUR CITY OWNER, WE ARE LOOKING AT ENERGY MARKET DESIGN AS THE P U C AND ERCOT ARE TAKING ON RULEMAKINGS, WE'RE WATCHING WHAT THE LEGISLATURE'S GOING TO DO AS WELL, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE A PART IN ACTUALLY HELPING DRIVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          UH, ENERGY MARKET REFORMS NEED TO ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CUSTOMERS AND WHAT THOSE END, WHAT THE END PRODUCTS MIGHT MEAN IN TERMS OF COST TO CUSTOMERS. 
          SO WE WANT RELIABILITY, WE WANT RESILIENCY, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BALANCE THAT WITH COSTS THAT THE CUSTOMERS ULTIMATELY PAY. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES. 
          THAT IS MOST CERTAINLY ON OUR AGENDA, SO WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE, UH, CRISPEN THAT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THOUGH, THAT NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES ARE AVAILABLE TO US. 
          WE ALSO CONTINUE TO ASK FOR CUSTOMER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CONNECT OUR CUSTOMERS WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE STATE'S GONNA HAVE, UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE 27 BILLION IN OVERAGES. 
          UH, WE THINK IT'S A PRETTY HEAVY LIFT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY OR THE VIABILITY. 
          UM, WE'RE NOT SURE THAT WE CAN OBTAIN ANY OF THOSE DOLLARS, BUT WE CERTAINLY WOULD BE ASKING FOR THE STATE TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CUSTOMERS. 
          AND THEN ONE THING I WILL RAISE IS SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. 
          WE ARE CURRENTLY TALKING WITH OTHER COUNTERPARTS IN THE INDUSTRY, UH, ABOUT IS THERE A TEXAS SOLUTION, UH, TO SOME OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH IN SAN ANTONIO SPECIFICALLY. 
          SO WE'LL BE HAPPY TO, AS YOU MENTIONED, JEFF COLLECT AND, AND, UH, PROVIDE YOU OUR AGENDA. 
          AND, UM, HAPPY TO VISIT WITH ANY OF YOU ON OUR, OUR ITEMS AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THEM. 
          MAY I ASK A QUESTION? YES. 
          SORRY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU KATHY. 
          I, I JUST WANTED TO, BUT IF I LOOK THROUGH THIS, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT FALL UNDER IN OUR, THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES? WHERE DOES THAT FALL UNDER? IS THAT A SEPARATE BULLET? THAT, THAT FALLS CLEARLY UNDER OUR SUPPORT FOR C P S? SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL BE ALIGNED WITH THEM. 
          WE WERE LAST SESSION WHEN, OKAY. 
          WAS IT SB THREE? MM-HMM. 
           THAT, UH, WAS IT DONE IN RESPONSE TO WINTER STORM URI? YEAH, WE WERE IN ALIGNMENT WITH C P S. 
          SO THE PROGRAM AT THIS POINT HAS THAT BROAD STATEMENT THAT WE SUPPORT AND WORK WITH C P S. 
          THEY'RE THE EXPERTS ON THE MARKET PIECE. 
          SO WE HAVEN'T GONE INTO DETAIL, ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR AGENDA, HAVING NOT, NOT BEEN FINALIZED AT THIS POINT EITHER. 
          SO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          KATHY, APPRECIATE YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MATT, KATHY, UM, DOES C P S ENERGY STILL SELL TO CO-OPS, ELECTRICAL CO-OPS AND SURROUNDING, UH, COUNTIES? WE STILL DO HAVE SOME WHOLESALE AGREEMENTS WITH SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. 
          YES. 
          IS THAT GONNA CONTINUE GOING FORWARD? I MEAN, I'M JUST CURIOUS. 
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I KNOW IT'S A STRATEGY, BUT THAT DOES AFFECT, UH, ENERGY IN BEAR COUNTY. 
          SO IT DOES, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR FIRST AND AND FOREMOST RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THE COMMUNITY AND OUR, OUR CERTIFICATED AREA THAT WE SERVE. 
          SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH, UH, FOR THE HOMETOWN AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE CERTIFICATED TO SERVE. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, WHOLESALE AGREEMENTS WITH CERTAIN OTHER EITHER UTILITIES OR COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, THE PORTFOLIO CHANGES OVER TIME. 
          UH, SOME OF THE NEIGHBORING CITIES HAVE DECIDED TO EITHER DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR LOOK ELSEWHERE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE STILL DO HAVE THIS PROGRAM FOR PURCHASE POWER AGREEMENTS, UM, FOR WHOLESALE SALES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
           COUNCIL? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, KATHY, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT REMINDED ME, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO, UH, JUST C P S ENERGY. 
          I THINK THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, I MENTIONED THE CYBER SECURE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FOR TEXAS, THAT U T S A CHAMPIONED LASOW AROUND. 
          UM, BUT IT'S, UH, BASICALLY LEADING THE EFFORT TO SECURE SUPPLY CHAINS, RIGHT? AND SO TO PROTECT THEM FROM PANDEMIC CYBER ATTACKS, FOREIGN ADVERSARIES, YOU KNOW, EV THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF IT, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, DEFINITELY ADVANCING THAT CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH AND TRAINING TO, TO HELP INCREASE OUR COMPETITIVENESS IS GONNA BE CRITICAL. 
          SO HOW DO WE PARTNER WITH GREATER S A T X? UM, I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME DISCUSSIONS AT THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR A, A NEW VISION OR AN ADDED VISION FOR THAT. 
          SO I, I DON'T KNOW THAT IF THAT HAS COME UP, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK THAT SUPPLY CHAINS AND HOW, UH, TEXAS CAN CAPITALIZE ON, ON TRYING TO KEEP A LOT OF, OR, OR, OR TRYING TO, TO PLUG INTO A LOT OF THE NATIONAL SUPPLY CHAINS WOULD BE CRITICAL. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHAIR. 
          YES. 
          I FORGOT ONE OTHER, AND, AND, UH, I HAD A BRIEFING HERE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO MAJOR SOLAR ECLIPSES HERE. 
          UM, THAT KIND OF FRINGES ON SAN ANTONIO, UH, A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WEST FROM HERE, BUT, UM, ARE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ADD THIS IN, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA AFFECT ALL OF TEXAS. 
          IT'S A WIDE SWATH THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA COME IN. 
          MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA COME IN TO SAN UM, WELL TO TEXAS TO WATCH THIS ECLIPSE. 
          AND I, I DON'T THINK THE STATE IS REALLY PREPARED FOR THAT. 
          I MEAN, I KNOW WE AREN'T, UM, IN BEING A HUB HERE IN SAN ANTONIO TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT THAT'S COMING. 
          UM, THERE'S ONE IN 23 AND IN 24, AND THIS 23 SHOULD BE LIKE A DRY RUN OF HOW WE'RE GONNA SUPPORT THIS BIGGER ONE IN 24. 
          SO SOMEHOW WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, IS THE STATE, ANYBODY AT THE STATE LEVEL PLANNING FOR THIS, COORDINATING THAT THROUGHOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT ACOG OR COGS OR CITIES OR COUNTIES OR ANYTHING? I MEAN, AND IT'S A BIG BOOM ECONOMY. 
          WELL, THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THERE'S ENOUGH SUNGLASSES SO NOBODY STARES DIRECTLY. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, BUT SO SOME SUNGLASSES. 
          I, JEFF, I'D LIKE FOR Y'ALL AND SALLY, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE HOW COULD WE WEAVE THAT IN HERE TO GET STATE SUPPORT, UH, FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING THAT EVENT HERE IN THIS REGION. 
          SURE. 
          WE'LL DE WE'LL DEFINITELY SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE LEGISLATED. 
          UM, I COULD BE WRONG. 
          UH, MAYBE IT'S A BUDGET ITEM. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT WE WILL, WE'LL DO A LITTLE RESEARCH AND BE, UH, INFORMED ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER. 
          COMMISSIONER? YES. 
          I JUST HAD ONE OTHER THING TO SAY THAT MY PATH HAS CROSSED MANY TIMES WITH KATHY, UH, BACK AT MACARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I WAS HER ENGLISH TEACHER A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          YES. 
          , SHE'S AWESOME. 
          A VERY GOOD WRITER. 
          YES, SHE'S AN EXCELLENT WRITER. 
          , UH, AS WELL. 
          AND THEN WHEN I WORKED AT C P S ENERGY SEVERAL DECADES AGO, SO YOU'RE AWESOME, KATHY. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA. 
          OH, COMMISSIONER. 
          YOU'D BE, UH, VERY PROUD TO KNOW HER TEXTS ARE VERY WELL WRITTEN AS WELL, . 
          IT'S NOT SHORTHAND. 
          THEY'RE FULL SENTENCES. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          I DON'T HONOR THE 110 CHARACTERS. 
          THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          I, I SAW SOME BODY LANGUAGE. 
          YOU WANT, YOU HAVE SOMEONE ELSE. 
          YEAH. 
          ACTUALLY, IN RELATION TO COUNCILMAN PERRY, 'CAUSE I, I STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS ABOUT A YEAR AGO WITH THE SOLAR ECLIPSES, AND EVERYBODY THOUGHT I WAS NUTS. 
          BUT THERE'S, THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT I THINK WILL RESULT OF THIS VISIT. 
          SAN ANTONIO IS FOCUSING SOME EFFORTS ON THIS. 
          IN FACT, I HAVE A, A REQUEST IN OUR BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR A SOLAR WALK SO THAT OUR CHILDREN COULD LEARN, UM, THE SCIENCE OF IT ALL, RIGHT. 
          AND THEN EVENTUALLY BUILD UP TO 2024. 
          UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT, UM, THE, UH, THE, THE, THE DIVISION THAT ADRIANA, UH, HEADS OF CARUS, RIGHT? IS IT ADRIANA CRUZ, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT, 
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UM, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE HERE ALREADY FOR I P W IN MAY OF 2023. 
          SO IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE TO, TO KIND OF PLUG IN AND SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN, WE DO WITH THEM FROM, FOR 2024. 
          MIGHT NOT BE PART OF, OF OUR LITTLE SESSION, BUT JUST F F Y I, I THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLUG IN. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND SO JUST, UH, UH, BRINGING UP THE REAR HERE, UM, I, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE, UH, OF, OF TRAVELING TO AUSTIN WITH SALLY AND CHRISTINE AND JEFF TO SIT THROUGH THE 2022 TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT. 
          IT'S, THAT'S EXCITING AS IT SOUNDS. 
          UH, AND WHAT, UM, WHAT IT IS FOR, FOR THOSE OF YOU, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT, THAT ARE CURIOUS, IT IS, UH, CONFIRMATION FOR ME THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS, UM, NOT A, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE JUST SORT OF PUT TOGETHER OUT OF CONCEIT. 
          UH, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IN, IN A VACUUM OF, OF INFORMATION, IT IS KI THAT MEETING WAS CONFIRMATION THAT ALL THE OTHER LARGE AND MEDIUM SIZED CITIES IN TEXAS ARE LOOKING AT THE EXACT SAME ISSUES THAT WE ARE. 
          I, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY, AND I THINK I'D BE RIGHT, THAT IF WE GO TO HOUSTON, DALLAS, FORT WORTH, AUSTIN, LUBBOCK, EL PASO, THEIR LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS ARE GONNA LOOK ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME WAY OURS IS, UM, WITH, UH, AND, AND THE REASON IS, IS BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE SAME THING. 
          SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT E T J IS MENTIONED IN THERE. 
          YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, E E ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS IN THERE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS GONNA BE BAKED IN THERE. 
          SHORT-TERM RENTALS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS GONNA COME UP IN SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES. 
          AND SO, UM, I I, I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WAS INTERESTING TO ME WAS THAT NONE OF THE CITIES, UH, BROUGHT TO THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ANYTHING EXOTIC. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I I THINK THERE WAS, THERE IS A GENERAL CONSENSUS THERE AND THERE, UH, THAT A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT IS BROAD, UM, AND WORDED IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, TAKE, DOESN'T COMMIT YOU TO HARD TO ONE POSITION OR ANOTHER IS THE BEST WAY TO GO. 
          BUT TWO, UM, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE, THERE ARE SOBER PEOPLE AT THE TABLE AND ADULTS AT THE TABLE WHO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A, A CHRISTMAS LIST OF WISHES. 
          UH, THAT THIS IS A STRATEGIC DOCUMENT INFORMED BY THE PERSONALITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY OCCUPYING THE SEATS OF THE STATE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, RIGHT? UH, INFORMED BY THE POLITICAL WINDS THAT ARE BLOWING IN AUSTIN AND THROUGHOUT TEXAS, UM, AND WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S JUST SOME THINGS THAT JUST WON'T FLY, RIGHT? UM, AND SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, RIGHT? UH, YOU KNOW, IN SOME STATES THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS OF CITIES WHERE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS GUN CONTROL. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY'S GOT GUNS AND LIMITATIONS ON MAGAZINES AND ALL THAT. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT THESE CITIES ARE DOING. 
          UM, NOT EVEN AUSTIN, RIGHT? UH, THEY'RE, THEY ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, REASONABLE RULES AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RULES ON THE BOOKS, AND PLEASE DON'T MAKE IT HARDER THAN IT ALREADY IS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND PLEASE DON'T MAKE IT HARDER ON SCHOOLS. 
          THAT'S A LEGISLATIVE POINT THAT, UM, WE DO, TO JEFF'S POINT, THAT'S A, WE'RE PLAYING DEFENSE HERE, RIGHT? SO A A LOT OF WHAT I LEARNED FROM GOING TO T M L IS THAT WHAT CITIES DO, AND WHAT I IMAGINE COUNTIES DO IS, UM, THEY DON'T JUST SAY, WE WILL ADVOCATE TO ADVANCE A POSITION. 
          THE, THE, SOME OF THESE POINTS ARE WE WILL MONITOR AND VOCIFEROUSLY OBJECT TO ANYBODY TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT ON US, AND WE'LL PLAY AND WE'LL PLAY DEFENSE, RIGHT? THE OTHER THING TOO IS, UM, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT EVEN SOMETIMES WHEN SOME OF THESE ISSUES ARE LOSERS IN THIS PARTICULAR, UM, UH, LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE KNOW THAT BY CONTINUING TO CHIP AWAY, UH, LEGISLATIVE SESSION AFTER LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THAT EVENTUALLY WE HAVE REALIZED SOME, SOME, UH, SOME CHANGES AND GOTTEN, GOTTEN OUR, OUR GO, YOU KNOW, OUR BALL ACROSS THE GOAL LINE. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M FULLY AWARE, AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S AWARE THAT IN, IN THIS ROOM, THAT NOT EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THIS DOCUMENT IS GONNA, YOU KNOW, COME TRUE, RIGHT? BUT YOU WOOD SEAL SAYING YOU MISS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE SHOTS YOU DON'T TAKE, RIGHT? AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S SOME SHOTS IN HERE THAT WE'RE TAKING, UH, AND I'M, I'M SATISFIED THAT, THAT WITH THIS DOCUMENT, I KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE AN INTERESTING DEBATE ON, UM, ON CITY COUNCIL WHEN WE UNVEIL THIS TO, TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          THERE'S GONNA BE SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE GONNA SAY, NO, I WANT TO ADD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 
          AND, UM, THIS IS THE CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE WITH 'EM. 
          I, I DO WANNA REQUEST THAT WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THAT WE GET OUR FRIENDS, UM, UH, CARRIE SIMMONS WHO'S ON THE, ON THE CALL. 
          HI CARRIE, NICE TO SEE YOU. 
          UH, JESSE AND SIERRA, YOU KNOW, WALTER SNAPPER AND ALL THE OTHERS, UM, THERE, RIGHT? SO THAT THEY CAN BRING TO US THAT PERSPECTIVE, WHICH IS, LOOK, WE UNDERSTAND YOU WANNA HANG A LOT OF ORNAMENTS FROM THE TREE, RIGHT? BUT MAYBE THAT'S NOT SUCH A GOOD IDEA CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, HOW THE LEGISLATURE REALLY WORKS, RIGHT? AND, UM, ANYWAY, 
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I THINK YOU GUYS ARE PICKING UP WHAT I'M LAYING DOWN. 
          SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU JEFF FOR THIS BRIEFING. 
          UM, MR. CO-CHAIR, YOU GOT ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA ADD? GOOD, SIR. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          UM, YES SIR. 
          CAN I, AS A, SO FROM HERE, UH, AGAIN, WE WILL TAKE THE NEXT MONTH TO MAKE SOME FURTHER TWEAKS TO LANGUAGE AND SO FORTH. 
          UM, WE'VE TAKEN GOOD NOTES OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED HERE. 
          SO COUNCILMAN ROCHE GARCIA, I THINK A LOT OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED, ALAMO COLLEGES, CHAMBERS, U T S A, GREATER SS A T X, WE WILL CONSULT WITH THOSE GROUPS AND GET EDUCATED ON THEM. 
          I DON'T PERSONALLY THINK THEY ALL NEEDED TO BE LOAD LOADED IN THE PROGRAM, BUT WE'LL TAKE THE, THE DIRECTION THAT YOU WANT US TO BE ENGAGED IN THOSE ISSUES AND INFORMED. 
          UM, I SEE CRYSTAL JONES IN THE BACK. 
          I THINK SHE'S STILL THERE. 
          WE WILL CONNECT WITH HER ABOUT THE MEDIA PRODUCTION ZONES. 
          I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT ISSUE AT ALL AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, AND, UH, SCHOOL SAFETY, YOU'D ASKED ABOUT OUR DISTRICTS. 
          WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM. 
          UM, I'M NOT TOTALLY CLEAR WHAT, HOW THEY'RE GONNA ENGAGE ON THE SCHOOL SAFETY FRONT, BUT WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUR CUES FROM THEM. 
          AND THEN WITH C P SS, WE'RE CLEARLY GONNA FOLLOW THE LEAD OF OUR UTILITY. 
          IF THERE'S MORE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE WE NEED TO PUT IN TO CALL OUT, WE CAN. 
          UM, BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT WE'RE COVERED IN BEING ABLE TO WORK IN ALIGNMENT WITH THEM AS THEY ENGAGE ON THE ENERGY MARKET ISSUES. 
          SO, WITH THAT, I DIDN'T HEAR ANY MAJOR CHANGES, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE IF YOU WANT FIXES. 
          OTHERWISE, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING AND GIVE YOU A, A, A MORE REFINED DRAFT, UH, NEXT MONTH. 
          THAT SOUND OKAY TO YOU? SOUNDS GREAT. 
          SALLY, YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING? UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          I WAS JUST GONNA ECHO, UH, JEFF'S COMMENTS. 
          WE WILL GO BACK, DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, UM, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, FEEDBACK, RESEARCH ON THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS MADE TODAY. 
          JUST ONE NOTE THAT I DID HAVE, THE FEDERAL FIREARM SAFETY BILL, REFORM BILL THAT PASSED IN CONGRESS DID INCLUDE $15 BILLION THAT WAS GONNA GO OUT TO STATES FOR SCHOOL SAFETY, SECURITY, AND, UM, RESOURCE, UH, TRAINING. 
          SO, UH, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU MORE DETAILS ON THAT ONE COUNCILWOMAN. 
          AND THEN JUST QUICKLY NEXT STEPS, WE WILL BE BACK TO THE I G R COMMITTEE FOR THE OCTOBER MEETING, AND THEN YOU WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADVANCE, UM, OR NOT ADVANCE, BUT HOPEFULLY TO ADVANCE THE PROGRAM TO THE FULL COUNCIL, UM, IN OCTOBER AFTER THE I G R MEETING. 
          VERY WELL, THANK YOU. 
          LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL IN OCTOBER. 
          UM, WE ARE ADJOURNED, RIGHT, JEFF? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
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