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I THINK WE HAVE EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM.
SO IF YOU CAN BEGIN TO FIND YOUR SEATS, WE'LL GET STARTED.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL US TO ORDER.
IT'S 2:12 PM ON THIS 14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2022.
UH, WE'LL CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL BUDGET SESSION TO ORDER.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
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EVERYONE.UM, THIS IS OUR FINAL BUDGET SESSION BEFORE, UH, THE F Y 23 ACTION, UH, FOR OUR BUDGET.
SO TODAY IS DEVOTED TO OUR CITY COUNCIL AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH TO GET US STARTED IN A BRIEF INTRO ON PROCESS.
UM, SO I DISTRIBUTED THE MEMO, UM, TODAY AT NOON.
IT WAS EMAILED AND LET ME WALK THROUGH, UM, THE ITEMS ON THERE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID AFTER YESTERDAY'S SESSION WAS TO, UH, GATHER BACK UP AS A TEAM, UM, TO DEVELOP A STARTING POINT FOR TODAY'S CONVERSATIONS.
UM, WE TOOK THE ITEMS THAT, UM, SEEMED TO HAVE THE MOST CONSENSUS OR THE MAJORITY CONSENSUS.
UM, THERE ARE 16 ITEMS, AND YOU'LL SEE THEM ON PAGE ONE OF THE, OF THE ATTACHMENT THAT WE SENT OUT.
UH, WE HAD 5.5, ALMOST $5.6 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO HAVE IDENTIFIED, UM, THE UTILIZATION OF FUND BALANCE IN OUR A T D FUND, PRIMARILY TO OFFSET THE, UM, POTENTIAL EXPENSE OF THE ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK CREW THAT THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY.
THESE ITEMS ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.
WE TRIED TO STAY WITHIN THE SAME, SAME ORDER THAT THEY, YOU SAW THEM IN YESTERDAY.
UM, LEMME I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH EACH ONE JUST TO INDICATE SOME CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE THE GOAL THAT I WANTED TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL TODAY WAS A STARTING POINT THAT WAS BALANCED.
SO, UM, NUMBER ONE, THE ONLY ADJUSTMENT WAS THAT IN YEAR ONE, UH, 2023, WE ALIGNED THAT TO A NINE MONTH FUNDING, UH, BEGINNING JANUARY ONE, UM, ITEM, UM, YOU, YESTERDAY'S YESTERDAY'S LIST HAD, UM, A COMBINED, UM, RESTORING PHONE ALLOWANCE AND PARKING STIPEND.
WE BROKE THAT OUT SEPARATELY AND HAD FURTHER CONVERSATIONS.
THE, THE CELL PHONE, THE PHONE ALLOWANCE FOR THE L G C EMPLOYEES THAT 52,800 WAS INCLUDED IN THE LARGER NUMBER YESTERDAY.
UM, WHAT HAS CHANGED IS THAT, UM, AND I THINK I UNDERSTAND, UH, BASED ON SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE OFFICERS WITH WHAT ONE OF ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS YESTERDAY, HERE AT THE, AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, WE ARE, UH, WE, WE CONVERTED NUMBER THREE TO BE TAKING THE PARKING STIPEND THAT IS RECEIVED BY THE 39 L G C EMPLOYEES WHO PRIMARILY DON'T WORK DOWNTOWN AND, UM, MOVING THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT INTO, UH, THEIR BASE PAY.
SO WE'RE ELIMINATING STIPENDS, BUT ADDING THAT $65 A MONTH INTO BASE PAY FOR THOSE 39 EMPLOYEES, THE 30,420 IS THE REMAINING PART IN YOUR BUDGET, UM, IN YOUR RESPECTIVE BUDGETS WHERE, UM, EMPLOYEES WERE ALREADY GETTING FREE PARKING.
SO I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO NARROWLY ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT, UM, THAT, UH, WE HEARD THAT TOTAL AMOUNT FOR TWO AND THREE WENT DOWN.
UM, NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE THE LIFT FUND INTEREST BUY DOWN AT 250,000.
WE HAVE THE CODE OFFICER REDIRECTION, UM, TO PROACTIVE INSPECTIONS OF APARTMENTS, UH, WHICH IS A ZERO COST.
I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE ALSO, UM, ASSUMING, AND I THINK THERE'S AN UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETING, THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD HAPPEN DURING FISCAL YEAR 23.
AND THEN CERTAINLY WE'LL LOOK AT RESOURCES AND, AND REVENUE AMOUNTS ADDING FUNDING FOR MACRI, UM, TO, UM, BRING THEM THEIR BUDGET FROM 100,000 TO TWO 50.
SO AN ADDITIONAL ONE 50 INCLUDED AN ADDITIONAL 200,000, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 300,000 FROM THE M L K MARCH.
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THE EXPANSION OF THE POOL SEASON, UH, NEXT, UH, SUMMER OR LATE SPRING, STARTING NEXT YEAR, UH, THE, UH, REALLOCATION OF A POSITION, UM, UH, TWO POSITIONS INTO ONE FOR CRIME AND RECIDIVISM AND CRIME PREVENTION AT ZERO COST.UM, THE SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM AT $300,000.
UM, THAT NUMBER IS LOWER BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO GIVE YOU A BALANCED, BUT, UH, WE PULLED THAT OVER.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA, UH, YOU AND I HAD A, UM, BRIEF CONVERSATION THIS MORNING.
THAT CITY CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION PROGRAM IS YOUR CONSTRUCTION DISPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
THE DISPLACEMENT WAS THROWING US ALL OFF.
SO THIS IS JUST A PROPOSED CON PROPOSED NAME, BUT THAT IS WHAT YOU DESCRIBED.
IT IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS LESS THAN WHAT WAS PROPOSED YESTERDAY.
'CAUSE WE WERE LOOKING TO BALANCE TODAY'S APPROACH.
WE HAVE THE PROGRAMMING, UM, AT THE, UH, DONNER CENTER FOR THE RES FOR, UH, SENIORS.
WE HAVE, UM, THE, UM, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE, UM, RESILIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM AS PROPOSED BY COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
UM, THAT WOULD COME BACK, UH, LATER ON IN DECEMBER FOR FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, WE'D LINE THAT UP WITH THE STEP CONVERSATION THAT C P S IS COMING BACK WITH.
AND I THINK IT'S THE SECOND WEEK IN DECEMBER.
WE HAVE, UM, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
YOUR, UM, THIS WAS, THIS WAS THE NUMBER THAT YOU ESTIMATED, THE 275,000.
UM, WE HAD A MUCH LARGER NUMBER.
UM, AND FRANKLY WE USED YOURS BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO BALANCE THIS.
BUT I THINK, BUT I THINK, I THINK PROBABLY THE APPROACH HERE WOULD BE THE SAME.
WE DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 12 HOURS PER CENTER THAT ARE GOING IN, UM, BASED ON THE ARPA APPROVAL.
WE WOULD STILL SURVEY PARTICIPANTS AT THE SENIOR CENTERS ON HOURS, DAYS AND ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH THE 2 75 AND THE ARPA ALLOCATION, UM, FOR NEXT YEAR.
THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST CORPUS MATCH CONTRIBUTION AT 233,000, A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WHAT WAS PROPOSED.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN THE SIDEWALK CREW THAT, UH, THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, THAT SIDEWALK CREW AT 1.3 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER $1.3 MILLION IS NOT PROPOSED IN THIS DOCUMENT TO BE FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND, BUT TO BE FUNDED BY THE A T D THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE SOURCE.
WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A FAIR AMOUNT OF SIDEWALK WORK.
ACTUALLY, THE MAJORITY OF OUR SIDEWALK WORK OUT OF THE A T D.
SO, UM, THIS IS A BALANCED, UM, PROPOSAL BASED ON FEEDBACK YESTERDAY.
OBVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL'S GONNA GO THROUGH THIS LIST TODAY.
UM, IF YOU ADD SOMETHING, IF YOU ADD SOMETHING TO THE LIST, I'LL PROBABLY ASK YOU WHAT YOU WANNA TAKE OFF OR WHAT WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF REDUCTIONS OR REVENUE ADJUSTMENTS SO THAT AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION, I HAVE THE MATERIAL TO BE, WE HAVE THE MATERIAL TO SEND YOU THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT LIST OR MEMO TONIGHT THAT YOU'LL USE AT TOMORROW'S, UH, DELIBERATION.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE STAND.
I'LL HAND IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR.
ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT IS A GOOD STARTING POINT.
UH, WE'LL JUST OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT.
UM, ERIC, LET ME JUST START, AS FOLKS BEGIN TO QUEUE UP, UH, WE DID HAVE LIFT FUND IN HERE, AND I SEE I, IN YOUR BALANCED AMENDMENT SHEET, YOU'VE GOT THE LOAN LOAN INTEREST BUY DOWN PROGRAM IMPROVED FROM TWO 50 TO 500.
I KNOW, UH, THEY'VE BEEN IN HERE AND I'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH 'EM.
AND THE LOAN INTEREST BUY DOWN CAPACITY IS, IS LIKELY HIGHER THAN 500.
I'VE, I'VE HEARD IT COULD ABSORB A MILLION DOLLARS IN, UM, ANNUAL APPLICATIONS.
I'M OPEN TO, TO FURTHER ADJUSTMENT IF THERE'S ROOM BASED ON THE PRIORITIES.
SO, UH, I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT IF, IF THERE'S SOME TRACTION HERE WITH COUNCIL.
EVERYTHING ELSE, I'M GONNA NEED SOME TIME TO LOOK THROUGH THE REST OF THE MENU HERE, BUT, UH, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ERIC, HAVE, HAVE TRIED TO COME IN WITH A, A BALANCED SET OF AMENDMENTS THAT ARE FUNDED AND, AND HAVE SOME CONSENSUS BASED ON PRIOR DISCUSSIONS.
THERE'S STILL A LOT UNDER THE LINE HERE THOUGH, THAT I'M SURE WILL BE DISCUSSED TODAY.
SO, UH, LET ME START THE CONVERSATION BY RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT ARE, UM, THAT SEEM TO HAVE CONSENSUS SUPPORT.
I WONDER, UM, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING
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THAT THEY WANT TO SEE ADDED, YOU'D RECOMMEND THEY TRY TO FIND THE MONEY FROM HERE.UM, COULD YOU MAYBE WALK THROUGH THE LIST AND IS, I MEAN, I GUESS IDENTIFY WHICH ONES, IF WE HAD TO REDUCE THEM, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAPPEN.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS LIKE THAT? SORRY, COUNSEL, I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOUR QUESTION.
WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? SO, IF WE WERE TO TAKE AWAY, UM, IF WE WERE TO TAKE AWAY, UH, A SET AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM ANY OF THE ITEMS, ARE THERE ANY THAT JUST COULD NOT HAPPEN AT THAT POINT? LIKE THESE ARE KIND OF THE MINIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNTS FAIR GAME ALMOST? WELL, I, I'LL I'LL SAY EVERYTHING'S FAIR GAME, I THINK 'CAUSE 'CAUSE THIS IS ONLY REFLECTIVE OF YESTERDAY'S CONVERSATION.
SO FOR THE ADDING ONE POSITION FOR EACH COUNCIL OFFICE, IF WE WERE TO SAY TAKE $10,000 AWAY FROM THAT, THAT WOULD, BECAUSE IT'S A RECOMMENDATION FROM, UM, HR FOR HOW MUCH A VALUE, LIKE THE VALUE OF A POSITION IS.
WOULD WE STILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT? I, I WOULD, UM, FOR THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T BE THAT LOOSE ABOUT IT.
I'D SAY INSTEAD OF NINE MONTH FUNDING, DO SIX MONTH FUNDING.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE STRUCTURED, UM, AND STILL PROVIDES THE, THE INTENT OF WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO, 10,000 FOR YOU FOR THAT NINTH POSITION FOR YOUR OFFICE MAY BE FINE, BUT IT MAY NOT HAVE WORKED FOR OTHERS.
SO FOR SURE, I WAS JUST USING THAT ONE AS AN EXAMPLE.
I'M WONDERING ARE THERE ANY OF THE AMENDMENT, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE ONES THAT THE IMPACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 VERSUS 24, AND SOME OF THE ONES THAT I THINK THE INTENTION IS TO BE A RECURRING EXPENSE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALL BEING, UH, IDENTIFIED THAT WAY.
SO LIKE PALM BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM IS THAT ONE THAT NEXT YEAR DURING BUDGET, UH, AMENDMENT SEASON, WE'LL HAVE TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY.
AND THEN, UH, M L K COMMISSION IS THAT ONE WE'LL HAVE TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY.
YEAH, THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT I, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT, UM, OUR, THIS, THIS PROPOSAL THAT WE GAVE BACK TO YOU MADE ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE SECOND YEAR AND THOSE ASSUMPTIONS, UM, ALSO BALANCE ALL, ALSO WERE RESTING IN THE BALANCE OF THE OVERALL AMOUNT.
SO, BUT IF THE COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT, UM, THE MAC FUNDING THAT YOU WANT THAT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE 150, AN ADDITIONAL $150,000 ADJUSTMENT ELSEWHERE ON THE LIST OR AN ADDITIONAL CUT.
THIS IS JUST A STARTING POINT BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD.
SO IF IT'S, IF, IF, IF YOU SEE ONE ON HERE LIKE M L K, THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT, THEN, THEN YOU SHOULD PROPOSE, YOU KNOW, TO THAT, THAT SHOULD BE IN THE SECOND YEAR.
AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP A RUNNING LIST.
'CAUSE WE GOTTA MAKE, WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE M L K FUNDED FOR A SECOND YEAR, UM, THE INCREASE.
I GUESS THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS AND I HAVE TO, NOW THAT YOU'VE ANSWERED THEM, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO THINK AGAIN.
YEAH, AND, AND JUST ON, ON THAT NOTE, UM, DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO GET EVERYTHING IN IMMEDIATELY.
I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVERSATION TODAY.
SO, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL KEEP A NOTE OF TIME.
WE SHOULD WRAP UP BY THE TIME WE GET TO PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, BUT WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO I'LL JUST KEEP GOING.
BUT DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GONNA BE CONSTRAINED BY TIME TODAY.
UH, AND, AND, UH, STAFF FOR THE WORK YOU GUYS DID ON THIS.
I KNOW THAT THE, UH, LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, THE NEEDS ECLIPSE, THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.
AND I, I THINK THAT YOU, YOU'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT CAPTURING WHAT WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY.
MY ONLY REQUEST AND, UM, IS THAT THE PRO RATE OF SHARE OF, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS THE, UH, POSITION FOR EACH COUNCIL OFFICE THAT WOULD ADD A NINTH POSITION, UM, THAT THE PRORATE OF SHARE FOR DISTRICT EIGHT, UH, BE DIRECTED TO THE, UM, CASA BUILDING RENOVATIONS, WHICH IS NUMBER 23 THAT YOU DID NOT, UH, INCLUDE IN THE LIST.
AND THAT WE BUMPED THAT UP TO AT LEAST WHATEVER, WHATEVER DISTRICT EIGHT'S PRORATE SHARE OF THAT MONEY WOULD BE.
UM, ONE THING THAT, UM, MAYBE I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL POINT TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO ON THE ITEMS WOULD NO CONSENSUS SUPPORT.
THERE WAS THE ITEM THAT YOU BROUGHT UP REGARDING BUS SHADES.
I THINK, I THINK YOUR PROVISO YESTERDAY WAS THAT WITHIN THE EXISTING ARTS BUDGET, YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE THAT BROUGHT THAT UP, BUT IT ALSO HAS ZERO COST.
SO I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS, IT'D BE INTERESTING, UH, GOOD FOR US TO GET SOME FEEDBACK.
THAT'S SOMETHING CERTAINLY WE COULD PURSUE.
YOU GUYS, THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT THAT DURING THE ARTS PRESENTATION AND, UM, BUT NOBODY ELSE SAID ANYTHING BUT IT'S COST.
AND I, I REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, TO ME, UM, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME, UM, TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HEAT ISLAND, UM, UH, THE REALITIES OF, OF, UH, THE HEAT
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THAT HAS, UH, THAT'S CURSED US THIS SUMMER AND ALL OF TEXAS.AND THAT IS NOW, UM, AFFECTING ALL THE MAJOR CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
UM, IT, TO ME, IT SEEMED LIKE THIS WAS A TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO ACTUALLY THREE BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
RIGHT? WE ALL, WE ALL KNOW THAT VIA NEEDS BUS SHADES, UH, YOU KNOW, SHADED BUS STOPS.
UH, WE, WE GOT PUBLIC ART, UH, AND THAT WE NEED TO INSTALL.
AND, UH, WE ALL KNOW THAT SHADE, UH, DOWNTOWN SHADE ALONG SOME OF THESE MAJOR CORRIDORS ARE, UM, IS MISSING.
SO, UM, IT JUST SEEMED TO ME LIKE, LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO IT ALSO SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT'S THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT IT UP EVER.
UH, AND SO I'M WILLING TO, I'M WILLING TO FLESH THAT OUT AND WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF, OF THE YEAR TO SEE IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, FUND THAT GOING FORWARD.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID YESTERDAY, THIS IS THE NATURE OF DELIBERATIVE GOVERNMENT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF I DON'T, IF I DON'T GET SUPPORT ON AN ISSUE, UH, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA LOSE SLEEP ON IT.
WELL, IT WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER, ONE OF THE WORK SESSIONS.
WE'RE GONNA DO A PILOT NEXT YEAR WITH THIS.
AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AN ISSUE THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO TALK ABOUT OR DECIDE UPON.
BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE TAKING NOTES.
AND ANDY, UM, IS THAT PERMITTED FOR ME TO WAIVE THE, UH, THE MONEY THAT WOULD BE THE PRORATE OF SHARE OF DISTRICT EIGHT'S, UH, EXTRA F T E TO ANOTHER, TO ONE OF THE UNFUNDED UH, ITEMS ON THE LIST? YES.
I'M THINKING OF, YEAH, I'M SORRY.
COUNCILMAN DIDN'T HAVE THE, I CAN'T THINK OF A REASON WHY WE, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO I'M GONNA, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE AND THE MARTIN LUTHER KING ASK, WOULD THAT BE UNDER THE ARTS AND CULTURE BUDGET? BECAUSE I, I WOULD.
SO THESE WOULD JUST BE DIFFERENT BUDGET ITEMS? NO.
BOTH OF 'EM WOULD BE GENERAL FUND.
SO COULD WE DO A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE BUDGET SO THAT THEY COULD COVER ERY MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THEN HAVE ANOTHER $150,000 TO, UM, HELP WITH OTHER PROJECTS? YOU LIKE THE BUS SHADE THAT COUNCILMAN PALAIS JUST BROUGHT UP? IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT, WE WILL REVIEW THAT TONIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE AN MAKE AN AMENDMENT.
YOU WANNA MAKE THAT I TO REALLOCATE 500,000 FROM THE GENERAL FROM A HOTEL MOTEL.
THE GENERAL FUND TO GO TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE BUDGET TO COVER FOR THE CARVE OUT OF THE MACKERY CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE AND THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR MARCH.
AND THEN THEY'D HAVE 150,000 TO USE FOR BUS SHADES OR WHATEVER ART PROJECT PROGRAMS THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES PUT FORWARD.
I WANT, I WANNA SEE ARTS AND CULTURE GET GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
SO, UM, WE HAVE IN THIS GENERAL FUND LIST, WE HAVE 150 FOR MACRI AND 200 FOR M L K.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE THREE 50 GOING TO THE, THE ITEMS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, YOU WANT TO INCREASE THAT TO ANOTHER 150,000? NO.
YEAH, I WANT ANOTHER 150,000, BUT I WANT IT TO SIT IN ARTS AND CULTURE.
OKAY, SO YOU'RE ADDING $150,000 TO THIS LIST? YES.
AND IF WE CAN OPT OUT OF
BUT I, AND I DO HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS 'CAUSE I'M CONS.
I I LOVE THE EXPANDED POOL SEASON.
I AM CONCERNED THAT WE WILL HAVE PROBLEMS STAFFING THAT AND IF WE CANNOT STAFF IT, WHERE DO THOSE FUNDS GO? WE WON'T HAVE PROBLEMS NEXT YEAR.
WE WE'RE INCREASING THE ENTRY WAGE AND IF WE HAVE TROUBLE NEXT SPRING, I'M GONNA PUSH IT ABOVE 1750.
BUT WHAT IF SBA AND SEAWORLD AND FIESTA TEXAS ARE PAYING MORE, THEN WE'RE GONNA PAY MORE.
WELL, BUT HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT THE BUDGET THEN? THIS BUDGET THEN WE'LL HAVE TO, WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN THE PARKS BUDGET, OBVIOUSLY WITHIN THE APPROPRIATIONS.
THEN I, I, I WANNA, I WANNA SEE THAT BEFORE WE DO THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA PROMISE MY RESIDENTS EXTENDED POOL HOURS AND THEN WE'RE CLOSING.
'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFFS.
OH, WE, WE, WE SET THE EXPECTATION TO ERIC AS THE MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE POOLS ARE OPEN FOR THIS AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND IF HE DOESN'T GET THAT DONE, YOU'LL HEAR FROM US.
BUT MY CONCERN IS NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE NICEST POOLS AND ONE OF MY POOLS WON'T EVEN BE OPEN YET.
SO IF YOU'RE TAKING FROM OUR PARKS AND REC BUDGET AND I HAVE A SOUTH SIDE LIONS PARK REGIONAL PARK THAT NEEDS FUNDING, UH, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT MY DISTRICT? IT WON'T, WE'RE NOT GONNA CUT SERVICES
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TO, TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.WE'LL DO 'EM WITHIN THE TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS.
WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR WITH OUR MARKET ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE DID IN APRIL WITHOUT SHUTTING DOWN SERVICES.
WE DO THAT WITHIN THE OPERATING BUDGET, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBT THAT WE'LL HAVE, UH, A VERY ROBUST PROGRAM NEXT SUMMER.
WELL, HOPEFULLY YOU'RE CORRECT.
UM, SO THAT'S MY QUESTIONS THERE.
THE OTHER ONE I HAVE IS IF WE NEED MORE FUNDS FOR THE, UH, SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM, WHICH I BELIEVE WE DO, UM, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK AND I'D LIKE Y'ALL TO GO LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE GIVING TO GREATER S A T X AND SEE IF THERE ISN'T A HUNDRED THOUSAND THERE THAT WE COULD GIVE TO THIS SMALL, SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM.
BECAUSE THIS ISN'T THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED IN OUR ECONOMIC WORKFORCE AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, AND I KNOW THAT, THAT THEY WERE SHORT LAST YEAR ON THEIR EXPECTATIONS ABOUT $90,000.
SO, UH, LET'S, LET'S SEE IF, IF WE CAN'T FIND DOLLARS THERE.
SO YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT, UH, WE ADD, I THINK THE ORIGINAL ECOSYSTEM PROPOSAL FROM COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA WAS 500,000 THAT WE PULL AT LEAST A HUNDRED THOUSAND, AT LEAST A HUNDRED FROM GREATER S A T X.
YEAH, I'LL BE LOOKING FOR SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT GROW.
UM, I'LL PAUSE AND WAIT FOR HANDS.
COUNCIL MEMBER VARDA JDA, I'M INTERESTED IN THIS, UH, UM, WAIVING OF, OF THE NINTH, UM, F T E, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS.
WHAT'S THE PRO RATA SHARE, I GUESS OF SEVEN? 1.7 MILLION ISH? IT'S DIVIDED BY 11
YEAH, IT'LL BE, UM, IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT $160,000.
UM, AND I, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE, ANDY, YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S NOTHING THAT IMPEDES US FROM DOING THAT, BUT I, I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT IMPOSING THAT ON, UM, THE NEXT DISTRICT SIX COUNCIL PERSONS.
OH, IT'S JUST FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, YOU GUYS, CAN YOU GUYS ADOPT A BUDGET EVERY YEAR? IT CAN ALWAYS CHANGE.
OH, SO I CAN OPT OUT NOW AND OPT IN LATER? OR WILL IT BE AVAILABLE IN TWO YEARS IF WE PRIORITIZE IT? MM-HMM.
YEAH, BECAUSE, BECAUSE REALLY, AND IT'S 160,473, UM, PER COUNCIL OFFICE.
PER COUNCIL OFFICE OVER THE TWO YEARS, IT'S, IT'S, UH, 69,000 IN THE FIRST YEAR AND 91,473 IN THE SECOND YEAR.
DO YOU HAVE IN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE? I THINK YOU'RE NOT ON.
UM, YEAH, IN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE YOU COULD CHANGE COUNCIL.
LET ME ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE L G C NOW, AND TECHNICALLY ALL THE, ALL THE COUNCIL STAFFS ARE STAFFS OF THE L G C.
SO IF A COUNCIL OFFICE IS WAIVING AN ADDITIONAL F T E, DO THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT CAP ON THE NUMBER OF FTES THEN THAN ANOTHER DISTRICT? OR IS THIS ALL COMING OFF OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES FROM THE F T E? ARE THEIR BUDGETS DIFFERENT? THIS RAISES A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE L G C AND THEN MAYOR, THIS, THIS, THE BUDGETED, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT OR THE BUDGET ORDINANCE TOMORROW ONLY SETS THE BUDGET FOR THE OFFICES.
AND SO, UM, EITHER, EITHER ONE COULD HAPPEN.
YOU COULD SET THE CAP DIFFERENTLY BY OFFICE OR, UM, OR WE COULD ADD A POSITION WITH NO FUNDING, WHICH MIGHT BE A LITTLE, UM, DIFFICULT TO TRACK.
BUT, BUT THE BUDGET ORDINANCE DRIVES THIS PART OF THE L G C, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
ERIC, THANK YEAH, WELL, I MEAN IT AND, AND LET ME, LET ME TRY TO MAYBE CLARIFY SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
IF, IF YOU LIKE, UH, MANNY TALKED ABOUT HIS PRO RATA GOING TO THE, UM, CASA TO CASA YEAH.
IT'S NOT GOING TO EXPAND THE POOL SEASON, WHICH IS GONNA BE A RECURRENT EXPENSE EVERY YEAR FROM NOW ON.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT NEXT YEAR COUNCILMAN OKAY.
OKAY, WELL WE, CASA DID THEIR RENOVATION.
SO I WANT MY, THE FUNDING FOR MY NINTH POSITION.
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YEAH.I I HAVE AN L G C QUESTION AS WELL.
UM, SO I'M LOSING ERIC ON, ON L G C.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO GO TO NINE FTES ON OCTOBER 1ST.
AND WHAT I'M SEEING HERE NOW IS NOT TILL JANUARY 1ST.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS, IF I HAVE EXTRA FUNDING IN THE DISTRICT ONE BUDGET FOR STAFF, WOULD I BE ABLE TO BACKFILL THAT, UM, SO THAT I CAN, SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL JANUARY 1ST WITH, WITH FUNDS THAT I HAVE IN THE DISTRICT ONE STAFF ACCOUNT? YEAH, IF YOU'VE GOT, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS MAYBE AVAILABLE BALANCES IN YOUR OPERATING BUDGET, CORRECT? SURE.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA REFRESH, BUT I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE IS IN THE QUEUE, SO LET ME CALL COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
UH, I WANTED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.
UH, ITEM 14, UH, WHICH IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE SENIOR CENTERS.
UM, MY RECOMMENDATION WAS BASED ON THERE ARE 11 COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CENTERS THAT EXIST, UH, IN D H S TODAY, AND I WAS RECOMMENDING ABOUT 25,000 PER SENIOR CENTER, WHICH, FOR EXAMPLE, COULD ALLOW YOU TO HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF HUNDRED EVENTS ON EVENINGS OR WEEKENDS WITH ABOUT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS OR MORE TO PAY FOR EACH OF THOSE EVENTS SO THAT YOU CAN, UH, INVITE ORGANIZATIONS TO USE THE SENIOR CENTER.
UH, BUT WHAT I'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND THOUGH, IS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE SENIOR CENTERS, AND THEY'RE NOT ALL COMPREHENSIVE, SO TO SPEAK.
BUT I, I THINK WHAT I'D RATHER DO IS MAYBE, UH, DIVVY THAT UP 10 WAYS AND ALLOW, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO USE THAT IN ANY OF THEIR SENIOR CENTERS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HOLD THERE BECAUSE THERE ISN'T FUNDING FOR A GROUP OR AN ORGANIZATION TO DO SOMETHING, UH, WITH THOSE SENIOR CENTERS.
SO I THINK THAT MAY BE, UH, A BETTER WAY TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY WITH THOSE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE SENIOR CENTERS, NOT NECESSARILY JUST ONE BIG ONE, BUT HAVE TWO OR THREE OR FOUR OTHERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY THAT THEY'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE ACTIVITIES FOR.
DO WE THINK THERE WOULD BE ANY DIFFICULTY IN, UH, ARRANGING IT THAT WAY? SO COUNCILMAN, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY THE WAY THAT WE WERE CALCULATING AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR PROPOSAL.
SO TODAY OUR SENIOR CENTERS ARE OPEN FROM SEVEN IN THE MORNING TO 4:00 PM IN ORDER FOR US TO EXTEND THE HOURS WE NEED FUNDING FOR THE PERSONNEL, THE UTILITIES, AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING.
SO FOR THE ARPA PROGRAM, WE INCORPORATED FUNDING TO DO SO FOR 12 HOURS, UH, FOR EACH OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CENTERS.
WHAT WE WERE CONTEMPLATING TO DO WITH THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING AS TO AUGMENT THE ARPA FUNDS AND TO BE ABLE EITHER TO EXTEND THE HOURS BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, OR PERHAPS THE PROGRAMMING.
BUT IF WE WERE TO JUST DIVIDE IT BY 10, AS YOU ARE SUGGESTING, THAT WOULD PUT SOME CONSTRAINTS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ADD HOURS BECAUSE OF THE STAFFING, THE UTILITIES, AND THE ADDITIONAL COST THAT IS NEEDED.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT.
THAT IS, IS NOT AS EASY AS JUST DIVIDING IT BY 11 BECAUSE OF THE COST THAT IS NEEDED IF WE GO BEYOND THE HOURS THAT ARE PROPOSED UNDER THE ARPA FUNDING.
WITH THAT SAID, IF THE COUNCIL WAS COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE 12 ADDITIONAL HOURS ON ARPA AND THIS FUNDING TO BE USED FOR PROGRAMMING, THEN THAT WE CAN DO WITHIN THE EXISTING ADDITIONAL HOURS THAT WE HAVE FUNDED WITH ARPA.
AND, AND THAT WAS MY INTENTION, THAT IT BE FOR PROGRAMMING, SO TO SPEAK.
UH, AND IT NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE JUST SENIOR PROGRAM, BUT, BUT COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING, UH, WITHIN, UH, EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT.
UH, AND SO IF, IF THERE'S STILL A FEW MAY, MAYBE FINITE DETAILS OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED TO WORK OUT, I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO DO THAT.
BUT I THINK CONCEPTUALLY WHAT I SEE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING FUNDING FOR AFTER HOURS OR WEEKENDS WHEN, UH, WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE THOSE FACILITIES OPEN
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SO THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO TAKE CARE OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION AND UTILITY COSTS FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING.COUNCILMAN, CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION REAL QUICK? SURE.
UM, SO IF WE DID THAT, AND I JUST WANNA REITERATE WHAT MARIA JUST SAID, WE WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO EXPAND HOURS BEYOND WHAT ARPA IS, BUT I THINK THE SURVEY IN OCTOBER THAT'S ALREADY PLANNED OF THE SENIORS AND CERTAINLY THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE COUNCIL OFFICES WILL BETTER INFORM US.
WE CAN COME BACK WITH A PLAN ON THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT ONCE WE HAVE THAT DATA.
UM, BUT, BUT, UM, I, I, I DON'T WANT ANY, I DON'T WANT ANY CONFUSION.
I DON'T THINK THE 25,000 PER CENTER IS GONNA ALLOW US TO OPEN UP, YOU KNOW, EVERY SATURDAY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ENOUGH MONEY, BUT, BUT, BUT IF WE, BUT IF WE, IF WE CENTER IT AROUND PROGRAMMING, NOT JUST FOR SENIORS, BUT MAYBE OTHERS WITHIN THE OPERATING HOURS THAT WE'RE ADJUSTING WITH ARPA, THAT CERTAINLY IS DOABLE.
BUT, BUT I THINK THE SURVEY WOULD BE HELPFUL.
WELL, THAT REALLY WASN'T MY INTENT AND I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE MISUNDERSTANDING WHAT I WAS HOPING TO DO, AND I'LL BE MORE SPECIFIC.
IF THERE'S A BOY SCOUT TROOP THAT WANTS TO MEET AT A SENIOR CENTER AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, UH, ON A MONDAY, I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, YOU CAN DO THAT.
IF THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT WANTS TO HAVE ITS ANNUAL MEETING AT A CENTER, UH, AT SIX 30 OR SEVEN AT NIGHT, UH, I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
IF THERE'S A, A CLUB, I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE AMERICAN LEGION IN MY DISTRICT THAT WANTS TO MEET ON A SATURDAY AND WANTS TO HAVE, UH, THEIR, THEIR MONTHLY MEETING THERE.
I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
AND THERE'S A HOST OF OTHERS THAT COULD BE THERE.
AND WHAT I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS TRYING TO EXPAND THE AVERAGE HOURS EVERY DAY.
I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'VE BEEN SUGGESTING USING ARPA FUNDS TO COME TO A SET TIME EVERY DAY, WHETHER IT'S FROM SEVEN TO, UH, FIVE OR SEVEN TO SIX OR SEVEN TO SEVEN, THAT'S ARPA FUNDING.
THIS WOULD BE USED TO ACCOMMODATE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO HAVE A MEETING FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION, THEIR GROUP, THEIR COMMUNITY, AND THAT THIS MONEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO HELP DEFER THOSE COSTS SO THAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON'T HAVE MUCH MONEY CAN STILL AFFORD TO MEET THERE.
I, I DON'T THINK WE'RE, I DON'T THINK WE'RE THAT FAR APART, COUNSEL.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS SAYING.
WELL, AND I GUESS I JUST MISUNDERSTOOD IT AND SO I'LL BE GLAD TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT, BUT I HOPE THAT, UH, THIS SET AMOUNT, UH, CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, JUST A, A QUICK SUGGESTION BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID, WHAT I'M THINKING, WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE $25,000 SINCE WHAT WE, THE COST THAT WE WOULDN'T, UM, THAT WE WOULD HAVE WOULD BE PERSONNEL, UTILITIES, ET CETERA.
WE CAN CONVERT THAT TO GIVE YOU HOURS OR DAYS AND TELL YOU, FOR INSTANCE, YOU HAVE 10 DAYS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT TO DO THE EVENTS THAT YOU DESCRIBED.
WE WILL EXERCISE, UH, SOME, SOME, ASSUMING THAT, THAT THE DIRECTION FROM THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCURATELY WRITE THIS UP FOR THE MEMO.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT TONIGHT.
UH, AND IT IS JUST SOMETHING I'D UNDERSTAND.
WHAT IS THE SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM FUNDING IN HERE? BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE APPROVED EXACTLY THAT FOR THREE ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR ARPA FUNDING THAT THEY WERE EACH GETTING ECOSYSTEM FUNDING.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS THREE OR 400,000 IS FOR.
WELL, LET ME LET ALEX TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN ARPA AND THEN WE'LL LET, UM, COUNCILMAN RUCHA GARCIA TALK ABOUT THE AMENDMENT.
SO THE ECOSYSTEM, THE, THE REFERENCE TO THAT IS BASED ON A REPORT THAT WAS ISSUED A COUPLE YEARS AGO NOW ABOUT THE, UM, HOW TO BETTER SERVE SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT RESOURCES THEY NEED ACCESS TO, CAPITAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, ALL THOSE THINGS.
THE, A RPA FUNDING THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS PART OF AN R F P THAT'S ACTUALLY OUT ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW TO ASK ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, UM, TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS, UM, TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT WERE INCORPORATED OR INCLUDED IN THAT REPORT.
UM, PART OF THE, THIS FUNDING WOULD SUPPLEMENT THAT ARPA FUNDING THAT IS ALREADY BEING CONSIDERED RIGHT NOW.
AS SOON AS WE REVIEW PROPOSALS, SHOULD ADDITIONAL FUNDING BE ALLOCATED, WE'D BE ABLE TO SUPPORT MORE OF THOSE PROPOSALS THAT ARE SUBMITTED.
AND THANK YOU, UH, ERIC AND TEAM FOR, FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR PROPOSALS AND, AND TRYING TO KEEP EVERYTHING BALANCED.
I DO HAVE, UM, I GUESS I'LL START WITH THE HARDEST QUESTION.
AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES DON'T NEED THAT NINTH
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F T E, BUT DO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, HOW MANY HAVE TOLD YOU THEY DON'T NEED ENOUGH T E OR NOT? OR, SORRY, WE CAN'T, SORRY.WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT.
I, I I'VE VIOLATED MY OWN ROLE.
YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT I CAN'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ASK THAT THEN NEVERMIND.
UM, BUT LIFT FUND, I DO THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE, UM, I, I, I WOULD THINK THAT DEPENDING ON HOW RECOVERY GOES, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO REALLOCATE FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO I, I DON'T WANNA JUST SAY THAT THERE'S A ZERO COST NEXT YEAR, BUT JUST PHI, THAT'S, THAT'S MY OPINION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MEASURE THAT PROGRESS.
UM, WITH THE, UH, I'M THE NEY AND THE M L K BEING FUNDED AGAIN, I DO THINK THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE FUNDED AGAIN AS WELL AS THE SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM.
IF, AND WE HAVE IT AT ZERO RIGHT NOW, AND JUST A, A RE OR FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT WEREN'T ON ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WHEN THIS CAME UP, THE ECOSYSTEM, THE E D D PROPOSED $6 MILLION TO FUND THE SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM, UH, OVER A PERIOD OF, I BELIEVE IT WAS THREE YEARS.
AND SO IT WAS SOME, SOME SUPPORT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF LOW HANGING FRUIT.
THERE WAS NOT NECESSARILY STAFF THAT WAS DEDICATED TO, TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT ARE SIMPLE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
UM, WE INSTEAD DECIDED TO USE THAT ARPA FUNDING THE $6 MILLION.
I CONVINCED MY COLLEAGUES TO MOVE THE $6 MILLION TO ACCESS TO CAPITAL BECAUSE I FELT THAT SMALL BUSINESSES NEEDED ACCESS TO CAPITAL INSTEAD OF USING THAT ARPA FUNDING FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM.
AND AT SEVERAL MEETINGS, I MENTIONED TO MY COLLEAGUES ON ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THAT I THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE AN ELEMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT IS EMBEDDED INTO OUR ANNUAL BUDGET.
BUT THEN WHEN THE BUDGET WAS PRESENTED, IT WAS AT ZERO.
SO IT WENT FROM, WE WOULD HAVE A BUDGETED $6 MILLION OF ARPA FUNDING TO ZERO IN THE GENERAL BUDGET.
AND SO I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD, MAYBE NOT THE FULL $6 MILLION, BUT WE COULD AT LEAST INVEST RIGHT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO GET THE SMALL BUSINESSES TO DO WHAT THAT REPORT TOLD US TO DO.
ANYWAY, THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE EXACTLY JUST YET.
SO THAT WAS A REASON FOR THAT ONE.
SO I JUST WANTED SOME, SOME CLARIFICATION THERE.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE GREATER SS A T X, UH, PROPOSAL.
COUNCILMAN VRAN JUST MENTIONED SOMETHING.
AND I'M WONDERING, UH, IF WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THAT 835,000 GOES.
I KNOW THAT THEY BROUGHT BACK $38 MILLION WORTH OF BUSINESS, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY.
SO, UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT $835,000 DOES.
635,000 OF THAT IS FOR BUSINESS ATTRACTION MARKETING, BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION.
200,000 OF THAT IS FOR THE SA WORKS.
THEY'RE THAT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP COMPONENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM.
I I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
AND THEN THE, THE CASA, THE CHILD ADVOCATES OF SAN ANTONIO, THAT, THAT COUNCILMAN, UH, ELAS WAS, WAS REQUESTING TO SHIFT HIS PRORATED.
UM, WHERE DOES THAT GET FUNDED? HOW MUCH DO THEY GET RIGHT NOW? DO THEY GET FUNDED? THEY DON'T FOR SO FOR SURE.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE FUNDED BY THE CITY.
HAVE THEY EVER ASKED AND HAVE WE TURNED THEM DOWN? DO WE I BE THEY HAVE BEEN FUNDED.
WE WERE INVOLVED IN THE NEW LOCATION CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION.
NO, I THOUGHT HARVEY DID THAT.
I THINK WE, I THINK THERE WAS A CITY CONTRIBUTION TO THE NEW FACILITY.
I THOUGHT SO THEY'RE, THEY'VE NEVER APPLIED THE CHILD SAFE FACILITY.
OH, I'M THINKING OF CHILD SAFE.
BUT I THINK IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS MATCHING CAPITAL DOLLARS FOR, FOR FACILITIES OR FACILITIES.
BUT THEY'VE NEVER BEEN A DELEGATE AGENCY OR, OKAY.
UM, AND THEN I THINK THAT IN, UH, I THINK THAT THE CITY IS TOO REACTIVE, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE BEING A LITTLE BIT PROACTIVE ABOUT, I APPRECIATE, UM, THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE, ARE TAKING SOME, SOME THOROUGH LOOKS AT, AT WHAT WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED, ET CETERA.
BUT I THINK THAT, UM, I'M STILL HAVING SOME, SOME QUESTIONS THEN ON THE FTES AND THEN ON WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO INDIVIDUALLY PER OFFICE.
SO I WILL CHIME BACK IN, UH, AFTER I HEAR SOME, SOME MORE CONVERSATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO.
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YOU MAYOR.UM, I WANTED, UM, EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED FUNDING SUPPORT, UH, FOR THE M L K MARCH IN RI.
I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HOPE TO SEE, UM, SUSTAINED RIGHT AT THAT RATE.
UH, AND I CAN IN GOOD CONSCIOUS, NOT CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR SUPPORT FOR THE T TOUR AND THE MAT, WHICH IS, UH, OPIOID ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
SO ATTENDING MY COLLEAGUES WHO DON'T WANT THAT FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE, IF WE COULD THROW SOME OF THAT MONEY TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM, ENSURING WE KEEP FOLKS ALIVE, RIGHT? AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ENSURING, CONNECTING FOLKS TO THESE SERVICES, RIGHT? IT MEANS WE'RE ALSO, UM, SUPPORTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, RIGHT? IT'S GETTING FOLKS OFF THE STREET AND CONNECTED TO THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE LIST, BUT I WANTED TO, UH, ADVOCATE FOR THAT ONE MORE TIME.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO APOLOGIZE TO ERIC YESTERDAY.
UM, I EXPRESSED THAT I WASN'T AWARE OF A CONVERSATION AND AS SOON AS I WALKED INTO MY OFFICE, MY TEAM WAS LIKE, COUNCILWOMAN.
UM, BUT I JUST WANT FOLKS TO KNOW THAT I MISSPOKE YESTERDAY, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
SO, UM, AGAIN, FOR RI AND UH, THE M L K MARCH, I'D LIKE TO SEE CONTINUED SUPPORT AND FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM, DO WE LOOK AT THE METRICS OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS TO SEE IF THEY'RE MEETING THE ASSIGNED METRICS TO SEE, TO REEVALUATE AND POTENTIALLY SHIFTING THAT TOWARDS THE SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM, MAYBE? MM-HMM.
COUNCILMAN AND BRENDA, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
BUT JUST A REMINDER OF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, THE B D O, THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, SAGE, UH, PROSPER, WEST, SOUTH SIDE FIRST, GREATER SS A T X, ALL OF THOSE IN THE BUDGET ORDINANCE TOMORROW, YOU'RE APPROVING THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
EACH ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES HAS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL LATER ON IN THE FALL FOR THE SCOPE OF WORK AND PLAN, UM, AND THE METRICS.
AND SO THERE'S STILL TIME, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE PROGRAMS, 'CAUSE THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
BUT I THINK THE COUNCILWOMAN ALSO, HER QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S SOME COVERAGE ON THE ECOSYSTEM SIDE.
SO WE DO, UH, REVIEW ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS AS THEY HAVE METRICS.
WE DO REQUIRE QUARTERLY REPORTS, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO WE DO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THOSE.
UM, WE, AS I PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED, ARE MOVING TO MORE OUTCOME-BASED PERFORMANCE METRICS IN ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS.
THOSE INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE CONTRACTS THAT WE, UH, WILL BE ISSUING AS PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM.
AND AGAIN, AS, UM, MR. WALSH MENTIONED, THOSE WILL BE COMING FORTH TO E W D C.
AND, AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE RIGHT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM DOLLARS WOULD GO TO SOME OF THOSE, UH, SMALL BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS.
AND MY CONCERN IS IF THEY'RE NOT MEETING THE EXISTING METRICS, LIKE WE'RE JUST GOING TO FIND OURSELVES IN THE SAME POSITION.
SO THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH THAT.
AND, UM, THAT'S WHY I ASKED IF WE'RE EVALUATING.
SO MAYBE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO PIVOT TO ANOTHER SMALL BUSINESS ORGANIZATION WHO, UM, IS ALSO DOING SIMILAR WORK, UM, AND COULD MEET THOSE METRICS.
WE'LL CERTAINLY AS PART OF OUR CONSIDERATION FOR ANY AWARDS, AND AGAIN, THE R F P IS CURRENTLY OUT ON THE STREETS, UM, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY BE EVALUATING ANY PERFORMANCE ON WORK THEY'VE DONE, WHETHER THAT'S WITH US OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
YOU, ARE YOU, JUST A SUGGESTION BECAUSE I'M TRYING, I I THINK WE NEED TO SEW UP AS MANY THINGS AS POSSIBLE.
UM, UM, A SUGGESTION FOR YOU, COUNCILWOMAN AND FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, WE HAVE ALL TOLD BETWEEN ALL THOSE AGENCIES ABOUT, UM, A MILLION DOLLARS, A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE PROPOSED, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE B D BDOS.
AND WHEN YOU, DOES THAT INCLUDE GREATER S A T X? NO.
SO WITH GREATER S A T X A MILLION AND A HALF, WE, WE, WE, WE SAY NOW THAT AS WE DO THE WORK PLAN THAT'S COMING TO THE COMMITTEE AT A MINIMUM A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
'CAUSE 'CAUSE THE, THE ECOSYSTEM STARTED OUT AT HALF A MILLION.
WE SAY AT A MINIMUM WE GET A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF WORK, FOR EXAMPLE, OUT OF THOSE ALLOCATED DOLLARS AND WHAT WE CONTRACT FOR IN ORDER TO GET TO THE ISSUE OF ECOSYSTEM.
THAT'LL, THAT'LL, THAT, THAT SETS ASIDE $400,000 AND WE GO NEGOTIATE THAT OTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH IN THE FALL AND PRESENT THAT TO THE COMMITTEE THAT THAT CAN RAISE IT WITHOUT US HAVING TO FIND ADDITIONAL MONEY HERE.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGES IDEA.
UM, OFTENTIMES SOME OF OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS FIND THEMSELVES IN THE SAME POSITION OF NOT FINDING A, A PUBLIC SPACE WITH LIKE SHADE OR AIR TO, TO MEET.
AND I THINK, UH, EXPANDING THOSE HOURS TO ALLOW, UH, COMMUNITY FOLKS TO HAVE A MEETING SPACE IS A GREAT IDEA.
I I HAD A QUESTION, UM, FOR SOME CLARIFICATION ON, UM, ITEM 15, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST CORPUS, UH, MATCH COMBINATION.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, I GUESS WHY HAVEN'T WE MADE CONTRIBUTIONS THERE BEFORE? WHAT,
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WHY ARE WE PROPOSING DOING THAT NOW? I MEAN, WE DID 150 MILLION IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.I KNOW THERE'S A LOT WE'RE ALREADY DOING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO IT'S, I JUST HAVE QUESTIONS.
WELL, LET ME TURN THAT OVER TO ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT MADE THAT SUGGESTION.
WHAT WERE WE TALKING ABOUT? WE'LL TAG TEAM.
COULD YOU, COULD YOU REMIND EVERYBODY WHO WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION WHICH ITEM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? OH YES.
WE'RE LOOKING AND I'M LOOKING AT MYSELF 'CAUSE I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION.
IT IS ITEM NUMBER 15 ON YOUR LIST OF THE, THE ON THE TOP LIST PAGE HOUSING TRUST, PAGE TWO, HOUSING TRUST.
AND SO, UM, SO, AND, AND THE REASON, THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE READY RIGHT NOW COUNCILMEN THAT WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE IT OUT.
A LOT OF, FOR INSTANCE, THE UNHOUSED FAMILIES THAT WE TALK ABOUT, THE CHILDREN.
UM, OUR GOAL AT THE HOUSING TRUST IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF FAMILIES.
RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR 2, 3, 4 BEDROOM APARTMENTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF GAP FUNDING RIGHT NOW THAT IS ALSO IN NEED.
SO WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE READY THAT MEET 30% A M I THAT JUST NEED THAT ADDITIONAL INCH OF MONEY TO GET STARTED.
RIGHT? AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE LITERALLY SHOVEL READY AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FUNDING.
THERE'S ALREADY EVEN LIKE FIVE PROJECTS I THINK IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT KIND OF FALL OFF THE CHART.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT IT WAS JUST A SMALL PUSH.
BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO NEXT.
AND I WOULD ADD THE, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A FRAMEWORK.
UH, WE HAVE THE DRAFT THAT WILL BE COMING OUT SOON.
AND WHAT THAT FRAMEWORK HAS IDENTIFIED IS, UM, THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND ALL THE HOUSING IN INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS.
UM, BUT ONE POINT THAT IT CONTINUES TO EMPHASIZE IS THE NEED FOR FUNDS TO SCALE UP THE CAPACITY AND THE WORK OF THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST.
AND, UH, THE ROLE OF THE HOUSING TRUST AND HOW THEY CAN POTENTIALLY MATCH THOSE FUNDS TO HELP US KNOCK OUT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
PRIMARILY PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UM, YES, WE HAVE THE BOND, UM, BUT THAT'S BARELY GOING TO LIKE GET US MOVING.
UM, IT'S A GREAT STEP, BUT WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE WORK AHEAD AND INVESTING IN THE HOUSING TRUST, WHICH WE HAVEN'T MADE A CONTRIBUTION IN, IN OVER 35 YEARS CAN BE VERY IMPACTFUL.
AND AGAIN, RIGHT, THERE'S THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MATCH THE DOLLARS.
AND LET ME ADD THAT NONE OF THE MONEY FROM THE $150 MILLION HOUSING BOND HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST THEN.
'CAUSE I ALSO SIT THERE IS, UM, WE HAVE STARTED A PROJECT WE, WHERE WE, WE ARE LOOKING TO BUY DOWN RENTS, UH, AND THAT, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT LAND BANKING TRUST.
SO ANYTHING THAT THE CITY CAN DO TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THAT SO THAT THE, THE TRUST CAN MATCH THOSE FUNDS TO START THOSE PROGRAMS WOULD BE GREATLY UH, NEEDED.
AND I TOO, ONCE IT'S MEMBER BRAVO.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION.
UM, I WANT TO TAKE THOSE FUNDS FROM THAT FT THAT EXTRA F T E AND MOVE THAT TOWARDS STREETS DRAINAGE AND FACILITIES AND DISTRICT 10.
DO I NEED TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE TO THAT? OR IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH JU UM, TO PARTICULAR PROJECTS ON THIS LIST, COUNCILMAN? NO.
UH, I HAVE, WELL I CAN PUT IT TOWARDS SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, BUT, UM, I, I WASN'T AWARE THAT WE COULD DO THAT AND I'M NOT REALLY PREPARED AT THIS POINT.
CAN I WORK THAT OUT OVER THE NEXT DAY? OR CAN I JUST SAY STREET DRAINAGE AND FACILITIES AND YOU'LL PROGRAM THAT DURING THE YEAR? YES.
SO THAT'S 160, A LITTLE OVER $160,000? YES.
AND YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME ITEMS ON THIS LIST, UH, THAT I AGREE WITH OTHERS THAT I DON'T.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO SAYING, AH, I WANT THIS AND I WANT THAT VERSUS SOMEBODY ELSE.
UH, YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK OVERALL, UM, WE NEED TO JUST, UH, UH, MOVE ON THIS AND GET READY FOR THE BUDGET TOMORROW.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY CAN LET ME ASK A QUESTION 'CAUSE THIS IS COMING UP IN CONVERSATION WITH REGARD TO THE L G C FUND.
SO THE, THERE HAS BEEN AN AMENDMENT MADE TO ADDED F T E, UM, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES A BUDGET LINE ITEM THAT EQUIVALENT, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO THE 11 FTES FOR THE L G C.
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HAS BEEN REDUCED BY ONE F T E TIMES.I'M NOT COUNTING ANDY, BUT THERE'S MORE THAN ONE.
UM, THE BUDGET REQUEST HAS NOT CHANGED THOUGH.
THE BUDGET REQUEST FOR WAS FOR THE L G C.
UM, I, I USE COUNCILMAN PERRY AS AN EXAMPLE THAT THAT LINE ITEM ADDS 11 POSITIONS TO THE L G C, WHAT COUNCILMAN PERRY JUST DESCRIBED.
WE WILL ADD 10 POSITIONS TO THE L G C.
SO IT CHANGES THE REQUEST 'CAUSE THE COUNCILMAN OKAY, SO WHAT COUNCILMAN PERRY JUST SAID WAS, YEAH, YOU'VE EFFECTIVELY ANSWERED THE QUESTION I ASKED BEFORE.
WHICH IS, THERE IS A DIFFERENT CAP NOW PER DISTRICT, AT LEAST FOR F Y 23.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA, I'M GONNA ADD MY, UH, DISTRICT TO THE LIST OF, UH, WAIVING THE F T E TO GO TOWARDS, UH, CASA.
AND, UM, AND I, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS STILL ABOUT THE ECOSYSTEM.
I READ, UM, COUNCIL WOMAN'S, UH, MEMO, IT SAYS TO DEVELOP, FUND AND SUSTAIN AN ECOSYSTEM FOR SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT CAN I ASK HER THAT? OKAY, PLEASE,
ON THE, ON THE PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS LIKE, UM, PLACE BUILDING, DIFFERENT THINGS, DIFFERENT INITIATIVES THAT WERE, I THINK, UM, I CALL 'EM LOW HANGING FRUIT, RIGHT? JUST EASY TO DO.
UM, THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND TALK TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ABOUT DOING LIKE THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO TO IMPROVE THEIR BUSINESS, UM, THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE AWARE ABOUT, THAT THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE CITY RESOURCES FOR.
UM, IT COULD BE ADDING PATIO SPACE, RIGHT? IT COULD BE, UH, LEVERAGING AND WORKING WITH OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES THAT KIND OF SELL THE SAME THING.
SO IT'S, IT'S IN ESSENCE GOING OUT AND, AND, AND MARKETING WHAT WE DO, UM, TO THEM.
BECAUSE A LOT OF 'EM, SO LIKE THE RESIDENT, THE ONES IN DISTRICT FOUR, WE HAD THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF P P P, RIGHT? WE HAD THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF P P E, RIGHT? AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S HELP OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE BUSY RUNNING MOM, MOM AND POP POP SHOPS.
AND THERE'S, THEY'RE LITERALLY, THEY CAN'T LEAVE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE PERSON THAT'S OPERATING.
SO IT'S JUST TO GO OUT AND, AND, AND FACE TO FACE.
SO THE CONCERN I HAVE CREATING, IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, A A CITY PROGRAM, THE CITY'S RUNNING THIS AND, AND THERE'S ALREADY NONPROFITS, SAGE THAT MAESTRO THAT ALREADY DO THAT.
SO WHY NOT HELP THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY DOING IT AND CREATING A CITY FUND OR A CITY PROGRAM REALLY THAT, UM, WOULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED.
AND IT IS AT THE DISCRETION OF EVERY, EVERY COUNCIL EVERY YEAR.
UM, ALSO, UM, I I JUST A COMMENT I GUESS IS, IS JUST, I, I THINK THIS, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR IT.
I, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TALK MORE POLICY DIRECTION WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INSTEAD OF A PROGRAM, RIGHT? UM, THAT, THAT THE CITY HAS TO FUND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LONG-TERM POLICIES FOR HELPING SMALL BUSINESS, NOT, NOT, UH, NOT KIND OF RECREATING A CITY PROGRAM WHERE THAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE OUT THERE.
SO I DO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT ONE.
YOU KNOW, ONE SUGGESTION AND, AND COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO'S POINT ABOUT THE BDOS IS, IS, UM, IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, UM, THOSE, BRENDA JUST SHARED WITH ME THAT THE BDOS SCOPE OF WORK IS COMING TO E W D C IN THEIR NOVEMBER MEETING.
SO IF WHATEVER THE COUNCIL DECIDES ON THE ECOSYSTEM, YOU KNOW, THE POLICY DIRECTION TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM IN HAND AND COMPLIMENTARY TO WHAT WE'RE ALREADY GONNA SPEND AND CHARGE THE BDOS WITH AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A CITY AND WHAT ARE THERE ANY GAPS THERE, WE COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE AND PROPOSE THAT IN NOVEMBER AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO THE FULL COUNCIL, UM, RATHER THAN TRYING TO, UM, CREATE THAT PROGRAM RIGHT HERE AT THE TABLE RIGHT NOW.
UM, I, I JUST WANNA, UM, YOU KNOW, REITERATE AND, AND, AND MAYBE, UH, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, LONG TERM ABOUT IN INCORPORATING A POLICY, A SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY POLICY WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT IN, IN EVERY PROGRAM THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, UH, SPOKE UP ABOUT MY AMENDMENTS LATE IN YESTERDAY'S MEETING, AND SO A LOT OF YOU ALL DIDN'T GET TO COMMENT ON SOME OF THEM THAT I WAS PUTTING OUT THERE.
UM, BUT I JUST WANNA POINT EVERYONE TO ITEM NUMBER 18, WHICH IS LISTED AS SOUND BARRIERS FROM MUSIC VENUES.
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I WOULDN'T DESCRIBE IT THAT WAY EXACTLY, AND I JUST WANNA LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.I MEAN, IT'S, THE GENERAL IDEA IS THERE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MY PREDECESSOR IN COUNCILMAN PERRY, UM, INITIATED A NOISE ORDINANCE TASK FORCE FOR AREAS WHERE THERE WERE NIGHTCLUBS BARS, LIVE MUSIC VENUES NEAR, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE SPENT, I THINK OVER A YEAR WORKING ON THIS ISSUE.
AND ONE REQUEST THAT'S COMING COME OUT OF, UH, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HIRED THE NOISE WHISPERER AND HE'S MADE RECOMMENDATIONS, RIGHT? AND SO SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME OUTTA THERE IS COULD THERE BE SOME FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SMALL GRANTS FOR, UM, SOME OF THESE, UH, NIGHTCLUB AND LIVE MUSIC VENUE OPERATORS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, GET SOME FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR, UM, WHETHER IT'S SOUND INSULATION TO PUT INTO THEIR BUILDINGS, UH, UPGRADED SOUND, UPGRADE THEIR SOUND SYSTEMS TO USE NEWER TECHNOLOGY SOUND SYSTEMS THAT WHERE THE SPEAKERS WILL, UM, CON YOU KNOW, KEEP THE, THE SOUND IN A CONTAINED AREA AND NOT PROJECT IT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE STREET TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO MAYBE TO CON TO DO SOME PRIVATE CONTRACTING WITH THE NOISE WHISPER TO COME AND DO SITE VISITS AT THEIR VENUES AND BE ABLE TO GET SOME, UH, SO THAT WAS THE INTENT.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE EVERYONE AWARE OF IT.
I KNOW THAT I TALKED TO SEVERAL OF YOU AFTER THE MEETING AND HEARD, UH, SUPPORT FOR IT, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE GETTING SUPPORT FROM OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
UM, HOW WOULD YOU, I MEAN, I WANNA, I WANNA REFLECT IT ACCURATELY 'CAUSE WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL ISSUE THIS LIST AGAIN.
SO, SO HOW WOULD YOU, HOW WOULD YOU MAYBE, UM, SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS FOR, UM, NOISE MITIGATION.
DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU, COUNCILMAN PERRY? SURE.
UM, ALL RIGHT, LET ME CONTINUE THE CONVERSATIONS.
I THINK THAT IF, IF WE DO WHAT COUNCILMAN CASTILLO SUGGESTED AND INCORPORATE THE SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM REPORT INTO THE METRICS OF THE SBOS, UM, AND WE GUARANTEE THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE DOING THAT THERE AS PART OF THEIR QUARTERLY REPORTING, UM, WHICH IS, I THINK MY, MY, MY BIG CONCERN, RIGHT? THAT IT HASN'T BEEN DONE, THEN I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
SO IF, IF WE CAN DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
I WAS JUST WORRIED THAT WE HAD ALLOCATED $6 MILLION AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S ZERO, RIGHT? SO, UM, SO, SO I JUST WANTED, AND I'M SORRY YOU HIT YOUR KNEE AS YOU WERE TRYING TO ASK.
UM, BUT WHILE YOU RECOVER, I, I LIKE COUNCILMAN BRA BRAVO'S, UH, IDEA ABOUT THERE, THE, I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE NOISE ORDINANCE FROM, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES I'VE, UH, HEARD FROM RESTAURANTS, ET CETERA.
AND SO, UM, IF WE MOVE THAT $300,000, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT COUNCILMAN BRAVO'S IDEA FOR THIS CREATION OF NOISE GRANTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD CALL THEM.
UM, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE THAT STILL STAYS WITHIN THE SMALL BUSINESS SCOPE.
UH, BUT THEN ALSO, WHERE IS COUNCILMAN CASTILLO'S? UM, FIRE IDEA? DID THAT DIDN'T GET CONSENSUS THAT YESTERDAY? NO, MA'AM.
UM, CAN I, CAN I GO BACK TO THE BDO? I THINK WHAT, WHAT I HAD SUGGESTED, THE COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, WAS THAT THE 300,000 STAY, IF THAT YOU DECIDE YEAH.
AND WE WOULD, WE WOULD FIND ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SUPPORT ECOSYSTEM OUT OF THE BDO O.
SO IT WASN'T ELIMINATING OH, PERFECT.
BUT THAT'S NOT HOW I, HOW I WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING THE CUSTOMER.
NO, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS A RECOMMENDED, THE COMPLETE ELIMINATION.
BUT NO, THE, THE ALTERNATIVE I GAVE WAS THAT WE COULD ADD TO IT BY TAKING THAT, BY MAKING SURE THE BDOS GOT IT.
ARE DOING WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO.
I AM CONFUSED BY THE NOISE OR, SO WE WOULD BE GIVING MONEY FOR AN ORDINANCE WE'VE CREATED OR THAT WE'RE GOING TO CREATE EIGHT.
SO THERE'S A, THAT, THAT YOU'RE GONNA CREATE.
SO WE HAVEN'T CREATED THE ORDINANCE YET.
IT'S IN IT, IT'S THE TASK FORCE HAS THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH IT, IT HASN'T COME TO COUNCIL COMMITTEE OR COUNCIL YET.
SO I'M NOT FOR APPROVING DOLLARS FOR AN ORDINANCE WE HAVEN'T EVEN DISCUSSED YET.
AND, AND, UH, I'VE HEARD FROM SMALL BUSINESSES WHO, WHO ARE, I KNOW SMALL BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO COME OUT AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE.
SO TO PUT DOLLARS THERE WHEN WE CAN BE PUTTING IT TO THE ECOSYSTEM OR TO THE CITY CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION PROGRAM, I'M NOT FOR, UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT ORDINANCE DONE.
AND THEN IF WE GET THAT ORDINANCE DONE, WE,
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WE CAN TALK MID-YEAR BUDGET ABOUT DOING SOME RELIEF FOR THEM.I'M, I'M FOR THAT, BUT I, I WANNA SEE THE ORDINANCE FIRST.
UM, I, I'M JUST GONNA BRAG ON, AND IF I CAN, CASA THIS IS A CITYWIDE PROGRAM.
THEY, THEY'RE, THEY GOT THE BUILDING DONATED TO THEM, THEY GOT THE PLAYGROUND MADE FOR THEM.
THEY HAVE THIS HUGE ELECTRIC BILLBOARD THAT, UH, I THINK THE CITY SHOULD PURCHASE.
SO WE CAN JUST SEND OUT MESSAGES OF, OF EMERGENCY AND WHEN WE HAVE MEETINGS.
SO I, I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD INVESTMENT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT, UM, UH, TO, TO HELP WITH THE, UM, WITH THE CHILDREN IN THE SYSTEM.
AND, UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS JUST 160.
IT'D GO TO CASA FIRST, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE ART FUNDS, UM, SOMEWHERE COME INTO THIS, TO THE MIX.
I, I, SO, UM, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.
SO WE DO, UH, AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, WE DO HAVE A, A NOISE ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW, AND A LOT OF, UH, VENUES ARE HAVING A HARD TIME COMPLYING WITH IT.
AND PART OF THAT MANY OF US BELIEVED WAS BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR BAR OWNERS, BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE EXPERTISE ON HOW SOUND TRAVELS.
AND SO IT, THE ORDINANCE WE HAVE IN PLACE WAS NOT WORKING IN A LOT OF AREAS.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY PREDECESSOR AND COUNCILMAN PERRY SAW THERE WAS A NEED TO IMPROVE IT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE NOISE ORDINANCE TASK FORCE HAS BEEN WORKING ON.
AND, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LACKING WAS EXPERTISE ON HOW, HOW SOUND TRAVELS AND HOW YOU CAN WORK OUT THOSE SITUATIONS.
AND SO WHETHER WE HAVE A NEW SOUND ORDINANCE OR NOT, I THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR THIS.
AND, AND THAT'S, UH, WHERE MY ASK LIES.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
UM, I GUESS I'LL JUST THROW THIS OUT HERE.
I HAVE NO INTEREST RIGHT NOW IN SAYING LET'S TAKE MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE AND ADD, RIGHT NOW, I WILL JUST SAY, IF MONEY HAPPENS TO BECOME AVAILABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SUPPORT FOR WE LEHIGH SPORTS COMPLEX THERE.
THE EAST SIDE CHRISTIAN ACTION GROUP IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT, UM, WAS HIT VERY HARD BY THE PANDEMIC, AND THEY'RE MANAGING A VERY, VERY LARGE FACILITY.
AND SO IF WE CAN, UM, IF ANY MONEY BECOMES AVAILABLE OR ANY, IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY, I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE US SUPPORT THEM.
UM, AND I, I GUESS I'LL GO TO ITEM 18, WHICH IS THE SOUND BARRIERS FOR MUSIC VENUES.
MY INTERPRETATION IS THAT THIS IS NOT FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE, UM, OR MONEY GOING TOWARDS THE ORDINANCE.
IT IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR BUSINESSES WHO ARE ALREADY IMPACTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND ARE FEELING THE CONFLICT, UM, OF BEING A, YOU KNOW, A SOUND PRODUCING VENUE THAT IS IMPACTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND RECEIVING A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, SUFFER AS A RESULT OF THE ORDINANCE.
SO I IMAGINE IF THERE ARE ANY BUSINESSES WHO WOULD COME OUT AND BE OPPOSED TO THE NO NOISE ORDINANCE, THEY WOULD ALSO ASK THAT IF THE ORDINANCE PASSES, THAT THEY RECEIVE SOME SUPPORT.
AND SO I SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.
SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE SOUND BARRIERS AS WELL, IF THAT'S AN OP, IF AN OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF.
SO MAYOR, I'M JUST, JUST REAL QUICK.
SO COUNCILMAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THE, THE WEELEY HEIGHTS, UH, SPORTS PARK, AND I KNOW THEY ARE REDEVELOPING A NEW BUSINESS PLAN.
UM, THEY, UM, I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO THEM, UM, FOR FAR TOO LONG WHEN THE CITY AND THE, AND EC A DEV, UH, JOINTLY, UH, DEVELOPED THIS PROGRAM.
THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE HAD THEIR UPS AND DOWNS OPERATIONALLY.
AND, UM, AND I, I'LL SAY THE SAME THING THAT I, UH, IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL THAT I SHARED WITH YOU, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT BUSINESS PLAN, I'VE COMMITTED TO SITTING DOWN WITH THEM AND THEN FIGURING OUT, BASED ON THE SPONSORSHIPS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET WITH THEIR NEW BUSINESS PLAN, WHERE IS IT THAT PARKS AND REC CAN STEP IN? BECAUSE THAT IS A PREMIER FACILITY, UM, UM, ON THE EAST SIDE THAT NEEDS TO BE ACTIVATED.
UM, AND IF THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAKE, HAVE PARKS, FILL IN MAYBE SOME OF THE GAPS, THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE, THE, THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE AREA GETS ACTIVATED.
AND, AND, UM, BECAUSE OF THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE AND AGREEMENT, UM, IT'S, WE, THE, THE COMMUNITY IS PROBABLY NOT
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BENEFITED FROM THE FULL ACTIVIS ACTIVATION.I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH ECAC TO FIGURING HOW TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A HUGE ASSET.
UM, AND, AND UNDOUBTEDLY EVEN REGARDLESS OF YOUR SUGGESTED AMENDMENT, I WAS FIGURING WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR, COME UP WITH A PLAN TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT NEXT YEAR.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE ADDRESSED MY NEED FOR THAT AMENDMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO.
ON THE ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE, CAN I GET SOME CLARIFICATION? UH, DID I HEAR THAT THAT, UH, WOULD BE LOWER IN 2023? THE CAP, THE THE NUMBER POSITIONS? YES.
I'M GONNA USE COUNCILMAN PERRY AS AN EXAMPLE AGAIN.
UM, WHAT COUNCILMAN PERRY SAYS WAS SUGGESTING IS THAT HIS F T E COUNT WOULD BE EIGHT AND WELL, SO LET ME, LET ME PICK UP WHERE YOU'RE UHHUH WHERE I THINK YOU'RE GOING.
AND THIS IS THE QUESTION I HAD FOR ANDY AND BEN.
SO ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, ACTUALLY MORE THAN ONE COUNCIL MEMBER NOW HAS, HAS WAIVED THE F T E OR HAS SAID, PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT HAS REDUCED THE MONEY BUDGETED TO THE L G C IN JUST THEIR DISTRICT OR OVER FOR THE ENTIRE L G C SUMARA, THAT CASE, UH, IT WOULD BE JUST FOR THAT DISTRICT.
SO IN THAT CASE, D TEN'S MONEY WOULD GO TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENT THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY MENTIONED.
THE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT KEEP THE F T E WOULD GET THE FUNDING FOR THAT F T E.
SO I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT THEN.
WE TECHNICALLY HAVE TO CONVENE THE L G C, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO DO AFTER THE BUDGET.
THERE ARE POLICY ISSUES THAT THE L G C MEMBERS WANT TO TAKE UP WITH REGARD TO SALARY RANGES.
IF EVERY L G C DISTRICT OR EVERY DISTRICT WITHIN THE L G C HAS DIFFERENT BALANCES FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR BUDGET, HOW WILL THAT IMPACT, UM, THEIR ABILITY TO HIRE? IT SHOULDN'T.
WELL, EVERYBODY'S GOT A DIFFERENT SALARY LINE THEN.
RIGHT? BUT, AND, AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU THE SMARTER ANSWER, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU THE, THE, THE MORE DIRECT CITY MANAGER ANSWER.
THERE'S, THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY BUILT IN ON THE TYPES OF JOBS THAT EACH OFFICE HAS.
EACH OFFICE RIGHT NOW DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME TYPES OF POSITIONS, RIGHT? THEY'VE, THEY'VE GOT A, THEY'VE GOT A BASKET, AND COUNCILWOMAN VERAN HAS BEEN WORKING ON A CONCEPT TO ACTUALLY ADD JOBS.
THE, THE, THE WRITING, UH, RULE IS TO LIVE WITHIN THE RANGES AND WITHIN THE OVERALL BUDGET.
AND SO, UM, THIS, I I WE'RE PICKING ON YOU COUNCILMAN PERRY, BUT COUNCILMAN PERRY STILL HAS THE SAME RULES AND SAME BUDGET MINUS THE POSITION THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS GONNA OPERATE UNDER.
AM I MISSING ANYTHING? THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT AS HE, HE HAS A DIFFERENT F T E NUMBER ALLOCATION, ALSO A DIFFERENT SALARY BUDGET GOING INTO F 23.
THAT'S BECAUSE HE HAS ONE LESS POSITION.
BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE ANYTHING'S CHANGED IN THE SALARY RANGES OR THE TYPES OF POSITIONS.
UM, SO HE'S GONNA HAVE A LOWER DOLLAR AMOUNT.
I THINK WE'RE ALMOST, BUT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS GOING TOWARDS FEWER NUMBER OF POSITIONS, FEWER NUMBER OF POSITIONS.
AND THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS BEING TRANSFERRED TO MM-HMM.
COUNSEL, WITH YOUR AMENDMENT, YOU WOULD TAKE THE DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO FUNDING THE NINTH FT IN YOUR DISTRICT BUDGET AND THROUGH THE L G C AND YOU WOULD USE IT TO FUND WHAT YOU SUGGESTED.
AND EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU, YOU STILL, WHETHER YOU HAVE EIGHT FTES OR NINE FTES, THE POSITION DESCRIPTIONS ARE THERE, THE SALARY RANGES ARE THERE, DO YOU HAVE THE RULES THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR THE L G C TODAY THAT YOU WOULD ALL BE FOLLOWING TO THE EXTENT THAT CHANGES IN THE FUTURE? YOU'D BE FOLLOWING WHATEVER THOSE NEW RULES ARE WITHIN THAT STRUCTURE.
SO IT'S MORE OF A PROCESS QUESTION THAN IT WOULD BE A BUDGET QUESTION.
UH, I ALSO WANTED TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE SOUND PROTECTION FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M ALL FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF PLANS.
SO IF THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, I'M ALL FOR IT.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS.
AND JUST TO FOLLOW ON WITH THAT AGAIN, BEN, IF, UH, IF WE DECIDED TO SWITCH THAT BACK AROUND FOR F Y 24, WE CAN SAY UP, WE WANT OUR F T E BACK IN THE FUNDING FOR THAT.
AT THAT POINT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO, UH, IDENTIFY THAT AS A PRIORITY FOR YOU AND, AND THAT YOU WANT TO GET THAT REFUNDING RESTORED.
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PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK, UH, COMMENTS BASED ON THE DIALOGUE THAT I'VE HEARD.
UM, THIS IS ALWAYS ASKING ME FOR MY PASSWORD.
UH, WELL, THE INCENTIVES FOR, UH, SOUND ABATEMENT, IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY OF FUNDING THOSE WITH, UH, WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES IN OUR BUDGET? SEEMS TO ME LIKE THAT MIGHT APPLY.
UM, IN EITHER, IN EITHER CASE, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THEM, EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE THE ORDINANCE.
I THINK WHAT COUNCILMAN BRAN DOES SAYS THAT, LIKE, POLICY WISE, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE, BUT THESE WILL BRING A BENEFIT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM LOUD NOISES.
AND SO EVEN SO, I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE ORDINANCE WHEN IT COMES PROBABLY.
BUT, UH, EVEN IF WE DON'T PASS IT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO INVEST IN THAT.
AND, UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT CONTRACTING WITH THE SOUND WHISPER.
UM, I WOULD EVEN GO FURTHER AND SAY, IF IT'S GONNA CREATE AN ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN FOR EACH SMALL, YOU KNOW, EACH BAR TO CONTRACT WITH A SOUND WHISPER, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALSO FACILITATE OUT OF, OUT OF THE CITY? SO, UH, BRENDA, YOU WERE COMING UP.
IF, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING.
UM, IT'LL BE UP TO, TO YOU GUYS, HOW, HOW YOU DECIDE TO FUND IT IF IT GETS THE SUPPORT THAT'S, THAT'S NEEDED.
I, I WANTED TO RESTATE THAT SO THAT IF WE CAN GET SOME REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU IN, I APPRECIATE IT.
AND THEN ONE MORE TIME SAY, OH, UH, E DIFS, LIKE THAT'S A, A POSSIBLE WAY TO FUND IT.
I'M, I'M SURE THERE'S LOTS OF IMPORTANT THINGS BEING FUNDED THERE THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF RIGHT NOW,
THE, THE OTHER THING, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ROCHE GARCIA TALKED, SAID, THIS IS THE HARD QUESTION.
WHO DO WE NEED THE NINTH F T E? UM, SO I, I SUPPORT EACH OF THE COUNCIL OFFICES HAVING THE OPTION TO BRING ON THE NINTH F T E.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU STATED THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME CONSTITUENT SERVICE INTENSIVE, UH, OFFICES.
UM, AT SOME POINT, I, I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY MAYBE THROUGH THE L G C OR SOMETHING TO REVISIT, UM, BASICALLY HOW WE CAN STREAMLINE THAT FLOW, BECAUSE I THINK WE END UP DOING THINGS THAT REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, ERIC HAS PEOPLE TO, TO DO THAT.
AND SO HOW DO WE COORDINATE THAT A A LITTLE BETTER? SO MAYBE A WORKING GROUP ON THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT A BUDGET ISSUE.
THAT IS A, UM, A PROJECT ISSUE.
UH, ERIC, I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK, UM, AND I THINK I UNDERSTAND THIS RIGHT, BUT THE SIDEWALK REPAIR CREW IS A SECOND CREW, SO WE'LL NOW HAVE TWO TO GO AHEAD AND TARGET THOSE, UH, VERY IMPORTANT SIDEWALK PROJECTS THAT ARE CREATING A HAZARD IN CERTAIN AREAS.
AND I NOTICED THAT THE BUDGET FOR THE FIRST YEAR HAS 845,000, AND THE SECOND YEAR, ABOUT HALF OF THAT.
IS THAT BECAUSE OF PURCHASING EQUIPMENT FOR THE FIRST YEAR IS GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE AND NOT SO MUCH A SECOND YEAR? YES.
THE SECOND CREW AND EQUIPMENT IS IN THE FIRST YEAR.
SO THEY, THEY'LL HAVE THE SAME MANPOWER AND EQUIPMENT FOR EACH TEAM? YES.
SAME NUMBER OF STAFF? YES, SIR.
AND THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO DO WAS KIND OF, UH, ADD MY SUPPORT FOR THE CONCEPT OF, UH, TRYING TO ADDRESS, UH, NOISE ABATEMENT AND BUSINESSES AS, AS THIS CONVERSATION WAS GOING ON.
I COULD REMEMBER FOUR INSTANCES THAT I'VE HAD TO, TO DEAL WITH.
I THINK ONE OF US ALL KNOW ABOUT THE ONE OVER ON WOODLAWN LAKE AND HOW LONG THAT TAKE TO RESOLVE.
BUT THERE'S THREE OTHERS, RIGHT? IN MY DISTRICT WHERE I'VE HAD PEOPLE CALL AND ARE CONCERNED, ONE WAS RIGHT NEAR A SENIOR CENTER, UH, ANOTHER ONE WAS RIGHT NEXT TO A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
AND ANOTHER ONE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT WAS PRETTY FAR AWAY.
THE KIND OF MUSIC THEY WERE PRODUCING WAS BOTHERING PEOPLE MAYBE A MILE AWAY AT NIGHT.
SO I, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO TRY AND ADDRESS.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE CITY MANAGER MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND SOME FUNDING, BUT I, I AGREE WITH THE REQUEST FROM, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THESE.
UM, SO NUMBER 19 IS, IS A CODE ENFORCEMENT TOOL SHEET.
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LIKE, UM, EXPANDING THE TOOLS THAT EXIST THERE, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000, I'M WONDERING IF COULD WE USE MAYBE SOME OF OUR OPER, OUR COUNCIL OPERATING BUDGET TO MAYBE PURCHASE AND WOULD WE BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? ABSOLUTELY.THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION THERE.
I HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT MY BUDGET ACTUALLY IS AND THEN SEE IF I CAN MAKE A COMMITMENT.
UM, AND THEN THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT, WHICH IS 32, WHICH IS THE CAMPAIGN, UM, TO INCLUDE A MAILER DURING, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION CYCLE.
AND I'M WONDERING, DO WE ALREADY HAVE, UM, IS THERE A PLAN TO DO ANY SORT OF EDUCATION ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE IS AN ELECTION COMING UP IN THE BUDGET? UM, NO, SIR.
UH, THAT, THAT WAS AN ITEM THAT, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN, UM, SANDOVAL RAISED.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO DEVELOP THAT.
DO WE EVER DO ANYTHING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ELECTION? NO.
THAT WAS, I THINK, THE, THE BASIS BEHIND THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE COULD LEGALLY, OH, COUNCILMAN.
AS LONG AS THE MESSAGING IS, UH, PLEASE GO OUT AND VOTE, PLEASE GO OUT AND REGISTER.
UM, I GUESS I'D BE INTERESTED IF WE CAN'T GET IT IN THIS MAN, BUT THERE'S JUST, IT'S EVERY OTHER YEAR IF WE CAN'T GET IT
AND IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO IT.
AND THEN I, I GUESS I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE BUS STOP SHADES.
UM, SO MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT WOULD BE THE ARTS DEPARTMENT, MY REQUEST ART IN THE FORM OF BUS SHADE, AND THAT'S WHY IT WOULD BE A $0 ASK.
HOW IS THAT FORMAT? I MEAN, I GUESS I, I DON'T KNOW.
IT SAYS BUS STOP SHADES FUNDED FROM EXISTING ARTS BUDGET.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS TO ME IS THAT THE ARTS DEPARTMENT WOULD REQUEST ARTISTS AND USE FUNDING.
I THINK WE NEED TO COME DEVELOP, WE NEED TO DEVELOP A PLAN, INCLUDING VIA AND TAMIKA AND TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC ART, UH, IDENTIFY A LOCATION, DEVELOP A PROPOSAL, AND WE'VE GOT FUNDING EITHER THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM OR OUR ARTS BUDGET AND COMMISSION.
UH, SOME WORK, I I I, I ENVISION IT PROBABLY A PARTNERSHIP WITH VIA ON THIS.
AND, BUT I THINK WE'D NEED TIME TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
I, I THINK THE, THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY WAS, UM, DOING IT WITHIN OUR RESOURCES MM-HMM.
AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO, FRANKLY.
I THINK MAYBE WE COULD PROBABLY ALSO PULL IN THE TREE MITIGATION FUND.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES.
THERE'S PLENTY OF RESOURCES, I THINK.
BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART WAS WE'D NEED TO DEVELOP A PLAN.
I, I REALLY DO LIKE THAT IDEA AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT IMPLEMENTED.
IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S A $0 ASK? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT COME TO US WITH A PROPOSAL LATER ANYWAY AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO VOTE ON IT AS AN AMENDMENT OR, YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I SAID EARLIER.
I, I'VE ALREADY KINDA MADE THE COMMAND DECISION WE'RE GONNA DO IT.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL SHOW IT TO YOU LATER ON IN THE YEAR.
YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT ON IT.
AND I WILL JUST ADD ONE LAST TIME.
THIS HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE BUDGET.
I MEAN, OUR FAVORITE SESSION, I LIKE THE BACK AND FORTH A LOT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ MOUSE IN THE QUEUE.
I THINK I'M GONNA PUSH FOR THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT ON THE Q SYSTEM AGAIN.
UM, UH, I, UH, HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE VOTING THING AS WELL.
SO, UM, IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE FULL LIST EVEN OF THE UNFUNDED STUFF.
I THINK BECAUSE I DIDN'T GIVE, UH, ERIC A DOLLAR AMOUNT.
UM, UH, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IF IT DOESN'T GET CONSENSUS TO GET FUNDED, CAN WE, UM, FUND THAT FROM OUR OWN, I DON'T KNOW WHO I'M ASKING HERE.
CAN WE FUND THAT FROM OUR OWN, UM, BUDGETS, COUNCIL BUDGETS? I APOLOGIZE COUNCILMAN FOR THE LAST PORTION OF YOUR QUESTION.
IF YOU WANTED TO FUND SOMETHING OUTTA YOUR COUNCIL BUDGET, WHAT IS SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO FUND THE VOTING AMENDMENT? YES.
SO IF I WANTED TO SEND IT OUT SOMETHING OUT TO ALL DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENTS THAT THERE IS AN ELECTION COMING UP, I DON'T PUT MY NAME ON IT AND UM, I JUST SAY COME OUT AND VOTE, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, ONE OF THE BARRIERS TO VOTING IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IS PEOPLE JUST GENERALLY
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DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.SO I DO THINK THAT THERE'S, UM, SUFFICIENT, UH, AVAILABLE BALANCES IN THE COUNCIL OPERATING BUDGETS TO DO, UH, BOTH THE GRANTS THAT ARE THE GRANT THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO WAS TALKING ABOUT, AS WELL AS THE MAILER.
WE WOULD JUST, UM, UM, DIVIDE THAT EVENLY.
WE COULD DIVIDE THAT EVENLY AND GIVE YOU A PROPOSAL BACK TO FUND THOSE TWO.
UM, THERE IS, THERE IS, UM, I'M JUST GONNA JUMP IN.
WHEN YOU SAY THE COUNCIL OFFICE BALANCES, YOU MEAN LIKE A A YEAR END BALANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YES, MA'AM.
SO WE WOULD ALL HAVE TO APPROVE TO DIRECT IT TO, TO THAT, OKAY.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? MAYOR? UM, JUST, SO JUST TO PUT SOME, UH, NUMBERS AROUND THERE, THE OPERATING BALANCE, UM, TOTAL ALL, ALL DISTRICTS IS ALMOST $2.9 MILLION.
SO WE CAN MAKE, WE COULD CERTAINLY FIND THOSE TWO AND FOLLOW UP WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICES ON THAT ISSUE.
EVERY TIME SOMEBODY, UM, BRINGS UP SOMETHING NEW, I HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, I, I'M, I LIKE THE IDEA OF SENDING OUT A MAILER TO, TO INFORM PEOPLE.
THERE'S AN ELECTION COMING UP, BUT DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY? IT'S UP TO EVERY COUNCIL OFFICE TO, TO TRIGGER THAT, TO SAY YES OR NO.
'CAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT THAT SOME COUNCIL DISTRICTS WILL SEND THE MAILER AND SOME WON'T.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE, ALL THE CITIES SHOULD GET IT, OR NOBODY SHOULD GET IT.
NO, I THINK, UM, I THINK THE, UM, IF WE WERE GONNA DO IT, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO IT, THEN WE WOULD DO IT CITYWIDE REGARDLESS OF DISTRICT.
I THINK THE DISTRICT BY DISTRICT ISSUE IS WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS FUNDED WITH BALANCES.
WELL, I JUST THOUGHT LIKE IF NO ONE ELSE WAS GONNA SUPPORT IT, BUT I STILL WANTED TO DO IT.
THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.
THE, THE PREFERENCE WOULD BE, WE DID, AS ERIC SAID, WE'D DO IT CITYWIDE.
SO I, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I KNOW I'M ALWAYS GONNA SAY YES, LIKE ALL THOSE QUESTIONS YOU EVER HAD.
NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY, UM, YOU GAVE US THE LIST OF THE VACANCIES, UM, AND I, I GUESS I JUST DON'T RECALL WHEN ARE THOSE GOING TO BE FILLED? ARE THEY ALL ON TRACK TO BE FILLED OR ARE SOME OF THEM BEING HELD FOR STRATEGIC REASONS? UH, NO, WE'RE NOT HOLDING ANY POSITIONS FOR STRATEGIC REASONS.
UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'VE ALREADY MADE A NUMBER OF MARKET ADJUSTMENTS.
SO DEPARTMENTS SHOULD BE IN HIGH PRODUCTION VALUE IN TERMS OF FILLING, UM, THE CHANGES.
UM, I'VE, I'VE ALREADY AUTHORIZED SOME OF THE NEW POSITIONS THAT NEED TO BE FILLED THE NEXT YEAR.
I'VE ALREADY AUTHORIZED HR TO START ADVERTISING THEM, SO NO, WE ARE, WE ARE IN HIGH GEAR.
AND WHEN, UM, THERE ARE SOME AND ALL THE, ARE THEY ALL FUNDED FOR 12 MONTHS IN THE NO.
YOU, SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU END UP HAVING SAVINGS, DOES THAT SAVINGS STAY IN THE SAME DEPARTMENT? YES.
OR, OR CAN YOU MOVE IT? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE VACANCIES THAT WE PROVIDED IN THE ATTACHMENT? YES.
SHE'S ALSO TALKING ABOUT TURNOVER.
DO WE BUDGET TURNOVER? SO THOSE ARE VACANCIES AS OF JULY, UH, 31ST OF THAT NUMBER FLUCTUATES.
SO AS ERIC MENTIONED, WE ALL POSITIONS ARE FUNDED.
WE DO A, UM, BUDGET CALCULATION, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE AN ORGANIZATION OF OUR SIZE WITH 13,000 EMPLOYEES, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TURNOVER.
SO, SO THAT WAY WE DON'T OVER FUND THE BUDGETS.
WE CALCULATE A TURNOVER AMOUNT, BUT IT'S NOT DIRECTING DEPARTMENTS TO MAINTAIN X NUMBER OF POSITIONS VACANT.
IT'S JUST THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN NATURALLY IN, IN SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
SO, SO IF A DEPARTMENT DOESN'T FILL VACANCIES AND THEY HAVE SAVINGS THOSE DOLLARS STATE IN THE DEPARTMENT WHERE WE DO THE QUARTERLY REPORTS, THE THREE PLUS NINE, THE SIX PLUS SIX, WE ADJUST THOSE BUDGETS ACCORDINGLY, INCLUDING THE FINAL ESTIMATE WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
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OKAY.UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
ANYTHING ELSE, ERIC? UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE F T E, UH, ON MY SIDE, I'LL WAIVE THAT TOO.
UM, WHAT ARE WE AT ON THE CASA THE CASA BUDGET AT THIS POINT? COUNCILWOMAN VERAN.
UM, AND I'M HEARING THAT, UM, AT LEAST TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, 320,000, THEIR ASK WAS FOR A MILLION DOLLARS OVER OVER TWO YEARS.
SO WE'RE AT THREE 20 RIGHT NOW.
OBVIOUSLY WE COULD FOLLOW UP WITH COST.
I MEAN THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO MATCH DOLLARS AND STRETCH, SO, OKAY.
WELL WE CAN CONTRIBUTE MINE TO THAT.
YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE YOUR SIX 20, SO WE'LL BE UP TO 4, 4 80 OVER TWO YEARS.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENTS? ERIC, YOU WANT TO, YOU WANT TO KINDA GIVE US A SUMMARY OF WHERE, WHERE YOU THINK WE'VE LANDED AND UH, WE'RE HOW WE'LL GO INTO TOMORROW WITH THE PROCESS? OKAY, SO WE ARE BASED ON, UM, FREDDY'S CALCULATIONS OVER HERE.
UH, ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS OFF, BUT WE'LL GO BACK AND, AND, UM, KINDA RECAL CALCULATE THAT.
UM, WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, I WILL SPEAK TO SEVERAL OF YOU REGARDING, UH, FOR ANY CLARIFICATION, UM, SO THAT WHAT YOU GET BACK IN THE MEMO TONIGHT IS A REBALANCE OF THE, UM, OF, UH, THE THINGS YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR TOMORROW.
UM, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR, OR NEEDS ANYTHING, CALL ME, UM, OR MARIA, UM, JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TOMORROW.
AND JUST A REFRESHER, THE, THE, THE ITEM THAT'S LISTED, UM, THE BUDGET ADOPTION IS UM, WILL BE AS AMENDED.
THE AS AMENDED IS THE MEMO THAT I WILL SHARE WITH COUNCIL TONIGHT.
WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE MORNING.
WE HAVE SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL KNEW THAT AS PART OF THE AMENDMENT, UH, WHAT WILL BE INCLUDED.
UM, AND UM, THIS IS MY ASSUMPTION, UM, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS.
UM, AND, UM, IS THAT THE, REGARDING THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM C P SS? I WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE MEMO TONIGHT TO YOU THAT WE ARE INCREASING THE REAP CONTRIBUTION TO SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND A 42 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS CREDIT WITH TWO OPT-OUTS FOR WEATHERIZATION OR STEP.
UM, THAT IS GONNA BE IN THE MEMO TONIGHT.
UM, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL KNEW THAT IS PART OF THE AS AMENDED BECAUSE WHAT'S ADOPT WHAT'S PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW IS A $5 MILLION CONTRIBUTION TO REAP AND A $45 MILLION CREDIT, NO OPT OUTS.
UM, AND UM, THAT'S PART OF THE MEMO THAT YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT.
YEAH, I PROBABLY WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION.
UH, SO COULD YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE, UH, C P S REVENUE? LET ME, UM, LET ME, LET ME TALK ABOUT WHAT IS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, RIGHT? UM, THE ITEM BEFORE THE COUNCIL TOMORROW IS THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO, UM, WITHIN THAT BASE PROPOSAL IS THE ORIGINAL $5 MILLION CONTRIBUTION TO REAP AND A $45 MILLION CREDIT BASED ON THE THREE WORK SESSIONS.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND SO WHAT'S GONNA BE INCLUDED IN THE MASTER AMENDMENT MEMO YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT ALONG WITH THE COVER STUFF YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY IS, UM, CHANGING THE REAP CONTRIBUTION TO SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND ADDING AN OPT-OUT PROVISION FOR, UH, WEATHERIZATION, UH, AND UH, UH, AND REAP THAT'S PART OF THE MASTER AMENDMENT TOMORROW AND IT'LL BE IN THE MEMO TONIGHT.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL UNDERSTOOD THAT.
'CAUSE THAT ISSUE STILL NEEDS TO BE, UM, DECIDED IF IT'S NOT DECIDED OR YOU DECIDE NOT TO DECIDE, THEN WHAT'S IN THE MASTER, WHAT'S IN THE, UH, ITEM AGENDA.
UH, AGENDA IS TOMORROW IS THE ORIGINAL STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD NOT COME TO A DETERMINATION FROM THE COUNCIL
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ON WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH THE 50 MILLION, ALTHOUGH I, I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A PROBLEM WITH THE REAP CONTRIBUTION, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS, UH, A COUNCIL CONSENSUS ON WHAT TO DO WITH THE REST OF THE FUNDING AND I WOULD PRESUME THAT WE WOULD HAVE FURTHER MEETINGS ABOUT THAT AND, UH, NOT COMMIT THAT MONEY OR COMMIT ANYONE TO SAY THEY WANT TO OPT OUT UNTIL THERE'S A FINAL DETERMINATION BY A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL ON WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THAT MONEY.SO I'D BE CONFUSED AND WOULD VOTE AGAINST THE BUDGET THAT, UH, WAS INCLUDING SPENDING THAT, UH, MONEY ON A, A REBATE.
RIGHT NOW THAT'S, THAT'S JUST ME.
ANDY, DO YOU WANT TO CLARIFY OR SHOULD I TRY TO PUT SOME CONTEXT AROUND THAT? WELL, THE, THE, THE, THE BUDGET WILL HAVE TO BE PASSED AS THE BUDGET EITHER THIS WEEK OR THE FOLLOWING WEEK BY CHARTER WE HAVE TO PASS IT IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, IF THERE IS A DESIRE BY THE COUNCIL TOMORROW TO DELAY THAT DISCUSSION, WE STILL WOULD HAVE TO APPROPRIATE THAT AS PART OF THE BUDGET AND PUT IT IN A RESERVE OR SOME SOMEWHERE WHERE BEN WILL TELL US WHERE TO PUT IT PENDING FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL.
SO IT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET.
SO THE, THE MANAGER IS CHARGED WITH PROVIDING HIS BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.
WE'RE CHARGED WITH PASSING THE BUDGET VOTING ON IT.
SO IF THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN, IN AND A DESIRE TO AMEND THE RECOMMENDATION, WE WOULD DO THAT TOMORROW.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE FLOOR.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION At any time during the meeting, the City Council may recess into executive session to consult with the City Attorney's Office (Texas Government Code Section 551.071) and deliberate or discuss any of the following: ]
ALRIGHT.WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY.
SO THE TIME IS 3:43 PM ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2022.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CONSULT WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND DELIBERATE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.
THE TIME IS 5:04 PM ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2022.
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION.