* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] I'VE GOT EYES ON A QUORUM, SO IF EVERYBODY CAN TAKE THEIR SEATS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. ERIC, I THINK OUR 2:00 PM POSTED IS A BROADCAST TIME AND THE KICKOFF IS ACTUALLY AT TWO 18, LIKE THE SUPER BOWL. ACTUALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE HERE. OKAY. UM, WE HAVE A QUORUM. SO THE TIME IS 2:09 PM ON THE FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022. UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. COUNCIL MEMBER CAB BERDA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL IS HERE. VIRTUALLY. COUNCIL MEMBER PLI. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE IN REALITY. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. HERE. UH, HERE. YES. MAYOR NIRENBERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALRIGHT, UH, TIME IS 2:00 PM OR 2:10 PM UH, WE'LL CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION TO ORDER. [ ITEMS  ] UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, SO I'LL TURN IT RIGHT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, SO ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY AND IT'S, UM, A, UM, PRESENTATION ON THE MASS SELECTION OF ARCHITECTS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND, UH, ENGINEERS ARE DESIGN, UH, PROFESSIONALS FOR OUR 2022 BOND PROGRAM. UM, AND SO, UH, JUST IN TERMS OF, OF UH, BACKGROUND HERE, OF COURSE, ON MAY 7TH, THE VOTERS APPROVED A $1.2 BILLION 2022 BOND PROGRAM. AND SINCE THEN THE ELECTION, UH, THE STAFF HAS BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PREPARATIONS TO DELIVER THE BOND PROGRAM AND A NUMBER OF OTHER MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, PRIMARILY THE ONES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AND FUNDED BY TS DOLLARS THROUGH OUR BOND PROCESS. UH, ON JUNE 1ST, THE STAFF, UH, BRIEFED THE COUNCIL IN A, UH, PRES SOLICITATION BRIEFING OF THE MASS SELECTION PROCESS. UM, THIS, THIS CONCEPT ALLOWS US TO EMPLOY ALL OF THE PROFESSIONALS UPFRONT AND, UH, BEGIN WORKING ON ALL OF THE PROJECTS, SAVING TIME AND MONEY ON THE DELIVERY ULTIMATELY OF THE CONSTRUCTION PORTIONS OF OUR PROCESS. ON JUNE 8TH, THE CITY, UH, RELEASED THREE SEPARATE, UH, RF QS FOR DESIGN CONSULTANTS FOR 127 BOND PROGRAMS AND OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS. UM, 58 CIVIL ENGINEERING RF QS FOR STREETS, PEDESTRIAN, UH, BRIDGES AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS. UH, 14 ARCHITECTURE, RF QS FOR LIBRARIES, CULTURAL AND PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, AND 55, UH, LANDSCAPE, RF QS FOR PARK AND LINEAR GREENWAY UH, PROJECTS. SO TODAY'S, UH, SPECIAL SESSION STAFF WILL BRIEF YOU ON THE POSTS SOLICITATION PROCESS, UM, AND THEN BRING, BE, BE BRINGING IT TO COUNCIL, UH, THEREAFTER HERE, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO BEFORE HANDING IT OVER TO RAZZI, WHO WILL KIND OF WALK THROUGH, UM, THE PRESENTATION I WANT, I DO WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND THE STAFF SPECIFICALLY FROM FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR HELPING LEAD THIS VERY COMPREHENSIVE UH, AND VERY IMPORTANT SOLICITATION, UM, PROCESS THAT'LL REALLY SET THE TONE FOR THE DELIVERY OF THE BOND PROGRAMS. RAZZI. THANK YOU ERIC. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I AM ZI HOSSEINI DIRECTOR SITTING IN JUNE FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. AS THE CITY MANAGER STATED, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO BRIEF YOU ON THE STAFF RECOMMENDED CONSULTINGS FOR DESIGN OF THE 2022 BOND AND OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS. THE 2022 BOND PROCESS WAS COMMUNITY DRIVEN WITH TONY MEETINGS TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT ONE FIELD TRIP, THREE CITY COUNCIL B SESSIONS AND ONE SPECIAL SESSION BECAUSE OF OUR COMMUNITY TRUST THAT WE CAN DELIVER LARGE PROGRAM IN MAY OF THIS YEAR. $1.2 BILLION 16 PROPOSITION WITH 183 PROJECT 2022 BOND PROGRAM WAS PASSED WITH OVERWHELMING MAJORITY. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAD SIX PROPOSITION, THE LARGEST ONE WAS THE STREETS, BRIDGES, AND SIDEWALK 62 PROJECT 472 MILLION. AND OF COURSE WE HAD THE HOUSING FOR FIRST TIME 150 MILLION AND THIS POUND ALSO WE DECIDED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO [00:05:01] RENOVATE AND IMPROVE SOME OF CITY'S EXISTING FACILITIES. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE MAJORITY OF THE DESIGN WILL BE DONE IN 2023 AND 2024 AND MOST OF THE PROJECT WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 2025 TO THROUGH 2027 IN ORDER TO DELIVER THE 2022 BUMP PROGRAM WITHIN FIVE YEAR. COMMITTED PUBLIC WORKS IS USING A COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING DELIVERY METHOD TO EXPEDITE AND COMPLETE PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION READY PROJECT. WE HAD TWO PROJECT, ONE OF THEM IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ONE OF THEM IS COMING TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. WE HAD A NUMBER OF THE PROJECT UNDER DESIGN. WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH THOSE. WE ARE ALSO USING ON-CALL CONSULTING TO DESIGN SOME OF THOSE, ESPECIALLY SMALL PARKS PROJECT. WE HAVE NUMBER OF THE FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE PRIVATE AGENCIES, ESPECIALLY NON-PROFIT. THEY'RE GOING TO MANAGE THOSE PROJECT AND OF COURSE IS MASS SELECTION WAS THE BIGGEST PART OF OUR SELECTION. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS , IT'S VERY LONG PROCESS. WE HAD A COUNCIL BRIEFING ON JUNE 1ST. WE HAD RELEASED THREE R F Q. ONE IS CIVIL, ONE IS ARCHITECTURAL, ONE IS LANDSCAPE IN JUNE 8TH. PRE-SUBMIT. ALL WAS DONE IN JUNE 22ND IN CONVENTION CENTER. DEADLINE FOR QUESTION WAS IN JULY 13. ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL SUBMITTAL WAS DUE ON AUGUST 3RD. WE PROVIDE THEM EIGHT WEEKS TO SUBMIT. CIVIL ENGINEERING WAS DUE AUGUST 10TH. WE PROVIDE THEM NINE WEEKS TO SUBMIT BECAUSE WE KNEW FROM PAST EXPERIENCE WE ARE GOING TO GET MORE SUBMITTAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING AND EVERYTHING ELSE. EVALUATION WAS COMPLETED OCTOBER 14 AND OF COURSE TODAY IS A SPECIAL SESSION AND WE ARE GOING TO BRING THIS ONE TO COUNCIL NEXT THURSDAY. ON OCTOBER 10TH FOR APPROVAL, AS CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, WE HAD FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING 58 PROJECT AT VALUE OF 560 MILLION FOR STREETS, BRIDGES, SIDEWALK AND DRAINAGE SUBMITTAL DUE WAS IN AUGUST 10TH. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. WE HAVE 55 PROJECT AT VALUE OF 114 MILLION PARKS AND LINEAR GREENWAY SUBMITTAL WAS DUE ON AUGUST 3RD AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT 14 PROJECT AT VALUE OF 118 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDE LIBRARY, CULTURAL CENTER, PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY AND OTHER WAS DUE ON AUGUST 3RD. A PRE-SUBMIT CONFERENCE WAS HELD ON JUNE 22ND AT HENRY B. GONZALEZ CONVENTION CENTER PUBLIC WORKS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE R F Q AND SOME DETAILED INSTRUCTION. OVER 300 PEOPLE ATTENDED ON THIS PRE-SUBMIT EVALUATION OF THE EVALUATION CRITERIA, WHICH IS INCLUDE CATEGORY A, EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND, QUALIFICATION OF PRIME, PRIME FIRM, KEY PERSONNEL AND SUB-CONS CONSULTING 30 POINT. WHEN WE EVALUATE THIS, WE LOOK FOR THE PRIME EXPERIENCE AND ALSO THEIR SUB. NOWADAYS GOOD NUMBER OF THE TEAM IS CONSISTS THAT AT LEAST FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT SUBS AND WE EVALUATE ALL OF THEM THE PRIME AND SUB UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT. PROPOSED MANAGEMENT PLAN, 30 POINT EXPERIENCE WITH SAN ANTONIO REGION AND PAST PERFORMANCE 25 POINT EXPERIENCE WITH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES PINPOINT. WE ASSEMBLED THE, WE ASSEMBLED DIVERSE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCY TO ASSIST US ON A SCORING OF THE PROPOSAL ON CIVIL ENGINEERING, WHICH INCLUDE STREETS AND DRAINAGE. WE HAD PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEER OF SOFT SUSTAINABILITY, SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT UTILITY, WHICH INCLUDES THOUSAND C P S AND VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT ON A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. WE HAD PUBLIC WORK, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT PARK AND RECREATION OF SELF-SUSTAINABILITY AND SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY ALSO PARTICIPATE ON ARCHITECTURAL. WE HAD PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT LIBRARY, DEPARTMENT OF AND SERVICE POLICY AND FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE HAD THE DISTRICT POLICE SUBSTATION AND WE HAD TWO FIRE STATION OF SUB SUSTAINABILITY AND AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF UH, ARCHITECT DESIGN CONSULTING SELECTION, OVERALL CONSULTING TEAMS EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATION. [00:10:01] WE LOOK TO SEE NOT JUST THE PRIME, EVEN THEIR SUB, THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATION. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF TEAM WORKING TOGETHER. IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE NOT ASSEMBLED THIS TEAM JUST BECAUSE OF SUBMITTAL FOR OUR BOND. THEY HAVE DONE WORK TOGETHER IN THE PAST. EXPERIENCE ON RELATED PROJECT SCOPE, DO THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE SIMILAR FOR WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO ASSIGN FOR THEM CAPACITY TO HANDLE THE PROJECT? OUR COMMITMENT FOR PUBLIC IS TO DELIVER THIS PROJECT WITHIN FIVE YEARS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE OUR CONSULTING CAN DESIGN AND MANAGE THIS PROJECT UNTIMELY KNOWLEDGE OR INVOLVEMENT ON THE PREVIOUS PROJECT PHASE. IF THEY HAVE WORKED IN THE AREA, THEY HAVE WORKED PREVIOUS PHASE OF THIS PROJECT AND OF COURSE CONSULTING RANK OF THE DESIRED PROJECT. WHEN WE ISSUED OUR F Q O, WE ASK CONSULTING TO RANK THIS PROJECT FROM A TO D A MEANS THEY LOVE TO HAVE A TO D MEANS THEY PROBABLY DON'T CARE TOO MUCH. WE MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE THEM THE RIGHT PROJECT. THEY LIKE IT. A TOTAL OF 130 CONSULTING PROPOSAL WERE RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE. AS IS A RESULT OF EVALUATION OF ALL PROPOSAL RECEIVED BY PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMEND BY PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMEND TO PROCEED WITH NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF 140 PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICE CONTRACT RESULTING APPROXIMATELY 86 MILLION AWARD. ALTHOUGH WE HAD RECEIVED 134 PROPOSAL, BUT WE ARE PROPOSING TO HAVE A CONTRACT 140. SOME OF THE CONSULTING IS GETTING MORE THAN ONE PROJECT, ESPECIALLY THOSE CONSULTING WAS GETTING SMALLER BOND PROJECT SOME IS GETTING TWO OR POSSIBLE SMALLER THREE PROJECT. WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO PROCEED WITH NEGOTIATION OF 140 CONTRACTS WITH 97 4 PRIMES, WHICH INCLUDES 80 57 CIVIL ENGINEERING, 58 CIVIL ENGINEERING, 57 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, AND 25 ARCHITECTURAL. AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO PASS TO MICHAEL FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT TO TALK ABOUT UH, SMALL BUSINESSES REQUIREMENT. MICHAEL, THANK YOU ZI. SO GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. AGAIN. MY NAME IS MICHAEL SIN. I'M AN ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. FOR THIS PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, I WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE SUB BETA PROGRAMS APPLICATION TO THIS SOLICITATION PROCESS AND EXPECTED AWARDS TO LOCAL, SMALL MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES. FIRST I WANNA START OFF WITH A FEW SMALL BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS. THE PROJECT SPECIFIC ASPIRATIONAL GOALS APPLIED TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES, MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESSES WERE MET ACROSS THE BOARD. FURTHER, THE ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING INDUSTRY-WIDE ASPIRATIONAL GOAL FOR MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS AWARDS WAS EXCEEDED BY 20%. ULTIMATELY 47 MILLION IS EXPECTED TO BE AWARDED TO C BETA ELIGIBLE SMALL BUSINESSES. THIS CHART HELPS PUT THE HIGHLIGHTS I JUST SHARED INTO CONTEXT. FIRST, LET ME ORIENT YOU WITH THE CHART. ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE YOU'LL SEE EACH BUSINESS CATEGORY THAT WE MEASURE. FIRST, YOU HAVE ALL SMALL BUSINESSES. BELOW THAT YOU HAVE ALL MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES. AND THEN EACH CERTIFICATION SUBSET SUCH AS AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESSES, ASIAN OWNED BUSINESSES, HISPANIC OWNED BUSINESSES, NATIVE AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESSES, AND LAST WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES. IN THE SECOND COLUMN, YOU WILL SEE THE PERCENT OF DOLLARS EXPECTED TO BE AWARDED TO THOSE FIRMS. THE LAST TWO COLUMNS REPRESENT THE PROJECT SPECIFIC ASPIRATIONAL GOALS I JUST DISCUSSED, AS WELL AS UM, THE INDUSTRY-WIDE ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING ASPIRATIONAL GOAL THAT WE STRIVE FOR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AS YOU CAN SEE, SMALL BUSINESS AWARD UTILIZATION EXCEEDED THE PROJECT SPECIFIC ASPIRATIONAL GOAL BY 20%. THE MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS GOAL WAS EXCEEDED BY ABOUT 25% AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESS GOAL WAS EXCEEDED BY ABOUT 2%. FURTHER ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING INDUSTRY-WIDE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS WERE EITHER MET OR EXCEEDED. LAST, I WANT TO NOTE THAT SEVEN PROJECTS WITHIN THESE SOLICITATIONS WERE DESIGNATED WITH THE MENTORSHIP REQUIREMENT. THE SEVEN FIRMS AWARDED. THESE PROJECTS REFERENCED ON THIS SLIDE WILL BE REQUIRED TO SERVE IN THE CITY'S MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD. OVER THAT TIME, THEY WILL SERVE AS A MENTOR TO A PROTEGE OR SMALL BUSINESS WITH THE INTENT TO GIVE BACK AND SHARE BEST BUSINESS [00:15:01] PRACTICES TO GROW THAT FIRM. THIS CONCLUDES MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION. I'LL NOW HAND IT BACK OVER TO RAZZI. THANK YOU MICHAEL. WHY MASS SELECTION IS A QUICK START ON CAPITAL PROJECT. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF WE HAD DONE 1 27 PROJECT 10 EACH TIME? IT'LL TAKE ONE YEAR. IT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING ONE DAY, SAVE TIMES AND MONEY EACH TIME A CONSULTING PREPARE. THOSE PROPOSAL COST A LOT OF MONEY FOR THEM. COUNCILMAN PERRY KNOWS IT AND IT TAKES A LOT OF OUR TIME TO REVIEW THOSE AND GRADE THEM AND COME TO YOU. SAVES TIME FOR MONEY FOR BOTH SIDE FOR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SIGNIFICANT PARTICIPATION BY SAN ANTONIO BUSINESSES. EVERYBODY GETS PARTICIPATE ON THIS SELECTION BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PROJECT SDA PROJECT SPECIFIC GOALS MET 47 MILLION OR OVER 50%, ACTUALLY 55% OF 86 MILLION AWARD WILL GO TO SDA ELIGIBLE BUSINESSES. NUMBER OF THE VENDOR NOTIFIED 462 NUMBER OF THE VENDOR ATTEND PRE-SUBMIT ALL 300 NUMBER OF THE RESPONSE RECEIVED. 134 NO MATERIAL FUNDED FOR A RESULT OF MINIMUM REQUIREMENT REVIEW AND RESULT OF DUE DILIGENCE IS NO MATERIAL IS FUNDED EITHER LEADER. NEXT STEP NEXT THURSDAY WE WILL BRING THIS ONE TO A SESSION FOR COUNCIL'S APPROVAL. THE SCOPING FEE NEGOTIATION WILL BE DONE BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND APRIL OF NEXT YEAR. DESIGN CONTRACT EXECUTION WILL BE DONE FEBRUARY TO APRIL OF NEXT YEAR. THIS IS IN INAM, MY PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE TO ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU OZZY. THANK YOU, UH, MIKE FOR THE UH, PRESENTATION. THIS IS ALL VERY GOOD NEWS, I THINK. UM, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT IS MOVING EXPEDITIOUSLY AND ALSO VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE, THE SAB BETA NUMBERS. IT'S, UM, PHENOMENAL PROGRESS OVER THE LAST ROUND OF MASS SELECTION FOR THE PREVIOUS BOND. THE ONLY THING I DIDN'T SEE, UH, DISCUSSED IN THIS, UH, IS THE LOCAL NON-LOCAL BREAKDOWN. CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF THAT? FROM 134 SOME MEATAL. THREE OF THEM IS ONLY NOT LOCAL, WHICH IS A 2%. ONE OF THEM IS FROM AUSTIN. THEY HAVE DONE PREVIOUS WORK FOR US AND FROM HISTORY, I'M SORRY, TWO OF THEM IS FROM AUSTIN. THEY HAVE NOT DONE PREVIOUS WORK FOR US, BUT THEY HAD A VERY GOOD PROPOSAL AND ALSO WE WE HAD PLENTY LANDSCAPE PROJECT. WE ARE ASSIGNING THEM. EVERYTHING ELSE IS LOCAL. YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM BEFORE, BEYOND JUST THE UM, PROJECTS THEMSELVES IS, IS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE EMPLOYING LOCAL PEOPLE. SO THAT'S VERY GOOD NEWS. UM, KEEPING THOSE DOLLARS LOCAL AND EMPLOYING, UH, FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BENEFIT FROM THE CAPITAL THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THERE, UH, INTO THE, INTO THE ECONOMY. UM, WHAT ABOUT, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE PRIME CONTRACTS OR ANY OF THOSE NON-LOCALS? UH, PRIME CONTRACTORS ONLY? WELL, I I WHAT I STATED FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, ONLY TWO OF THE ONE IS UH, THREE, ONE IS FROM HOUSTON, TWO FROM AUSTIN. UH, SO YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UM, I UNDERSTOOD YOU TO MEAN THAT OUT OF THE 130 SEMI ODD CONTRACTS, THREE OF THEM WERE NON-LOCAL. CORRECT. HOW MANY OF THOSE WERE PRIME, UH, AWARDS? ALL, ALL THREE IS PRIME. ALL THREE OF THEM? CORRECT. OKAY. UM, YES. GOT IT. OKAY. AND DO YOU HAVE A SENSE, I DON'T, I MEAN I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, BUT DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MANY NEW CONTRACTORS GOT, UH, JOBS THIS TIME THAT MAYBE HAVE NOT HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY BEFORE? TWO OF THOSE OUT OF TOWN FOR, THEY'RE ALSO NEW ALSO FROM AUSTIN. WE, WE CAN GET YOU THOSE. NUMBER OF THE FIRM SINCE 2017 THEY HAVE MERGED OR SOLD. THEY'RE UNDER NEW NAME, BUT THEY HAVE DONE WORK FOR US IN THE PAST. HOW MANY OF THE 127? WE HAVE TO GET THAT NUMBER. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, JUST AGAIN, ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO GET MORE FIRMS QUALIFIED AND INTO THE CENTRAL VENDOR REGISTRY, UH, TO GIVE THEM EXPERIENCE AND, AND OPPORTUNITY TO, TO EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS AS PART OF THESE CAPITAL PROGRAMS. SO I'D BE INTERESTED IN THAT NUMBER, BUT GREAT JOB EVERYBODY. UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD, UH, EXPEDITIOUSLY. I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD A SINGLE DELAY. THAT'S GREAT. KNOCK ON WOOD. THAT WILL CONTINUE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. [00:20:02] THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, ZY, UH, I KNOW, OR I BELIEVE THAT NONE OF THE FINAL CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED YET. IS THAT CORRECT? AFTER THE COUNCIL APPROVES, YOU SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND NEGOTIATE A FINAL CONTRACT PRICE? CORRECT. WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY WORK WITH THEM ACTUALLY ON THE VERY RECENTLY WE OR THEY COULDN'T COMMUNICATE REGARDING THE SELECTION. RIGHT. UM, BUT DID THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF A GENERAL COST RANGE THEY'D BE DEALING WITH WHEN THEY BID OR, OR SUBMITTED TO BE CONSIDERED? THEY KNOW OUR PROJECT BUDGET. OKAY. AND FROM THAT THEY HAVE A IDEA, BUT ACCURATE, THEY DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE 86 MILLION, THIS IS REALLY, WE ARE PLANNING, WE WILL NEGOTIATE WITH EACH ONE OF THEM. WE CALCULATE THAT 86 MILLION BASED ON 10% OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST, NOT THE PROJECT BUDGET. 'CAUSE PROJECT BUDGET INCLUDES ALSO DESIGN COST, RIGHT. OF ACQUISITION, ENVIRONMENTAL, 10% OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS WE CALCULATE AND END UP BEING 86 MILLION DURING, BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES IN THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES FROM, UH, SOME OF THE CURRENT VENDORS WHO HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF COSTS THAT HAVE GONE UP FOR MATERIALS, UH, DELAYS IN BEING ABLE TO GET PRODUCT BECAUSE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS WITH THE DELIVERY CHAIN, ET CETERA. UH, AND I KNOW IN THE PAST WE HAVE CONSIDERED HAVING A 10% ADDITIONAL FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS. UH, HAVE ANY OF THOSE CONDITIONS CHANGED? UH, ARE WE, ARE WE PRETTY CERTAIN THAT WE CAN DELIVER ALL OF THESE PROJECTS WITHIN OUR ORIGINAL BOND FUNDING BECAUSE OF THESE OTHER CALCULATIONS? A GOOD CONCERN, COUNCIL MA'AM, WE HAVE A INCLUDED NUMBER COST ESTIMATE, 5% INFLATION FOR FIVE YEARS COMBINED. THEREFORE, WE BELIEVE ON MOST PROJECTS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DELIVER AS SPECIFIED. SOME PROJECT WE MAY END UP HAVING SOME ISSUE BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENTAL OR RIGHT AWAY WE HAVE TO BUY. OF COURSE, THOSE PROJECTS WE HAVE TO DESIGN FOR THE BUDGET. MM-HMM. , DO WE HAVE ANY CARRYOVER FROM PRIOR, PRIOR BOND PROJECTS THAT COULD BE REALLOCATED TO COVER SHORTCOMINGS IN, IN THESE BOND PROJECTS? WE HAVE NOT CLOSED ALL OF THE PROJECT YET. WE PROBABLY KNOW THAT ONE IN PROBABLY SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE NUMBER OF THE LARGE PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION. RIGHT. BUT, BUT SOMETHING FROM THE 2012 OR 2017 COULD THEORETICALLY BE ROLLED OVER TO 2020 TWOS IF THERE'S ANY MONEY LEFT OVER FROM THOSE. YES, SIR. YEAH. AND WE, AS LONG AS WE KEEP IT IN THE SAME PROPOSITION, IF THERE'S STREET MONEY LEFT OVER, WE KEEP IT IN THE STREET CATEGORY. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO OTHER QUESTIONS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND UH, RAZZI. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOUR STAFF FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK. I APPRECIATE IT. I ALSO SEE THAT, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS IS DESIGNATED AS A MENTORSHIP PROJECT. HOW MANY, OR I SEE SEVERAL ITEMS, BUT HOW MANY DID YOU SAY? AND HOW DID YOU SELECT FOR THOSE TO BE MENTORSHIP ITEMS? YEAH, LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEN I'M GOING TO ASK MARK, UH, MICHAEL TO ADDRESS THAT ONE. WE LOOK FOR THE BIG PROJECT. IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A BIG FIRM TO DO MENTORSHIP PROJECT, BUT I THINK PROJECT, BUT I THINK I WANNA ASK YOU, MICHAEL, TO ASK YOU TO TALK MORE PEOPLE. SURE THING. SO ZI HAD IT PRETTY MUCH, RIGHT? WE, WE CONSULTED WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON THE SELECTION OF THE PROJECTS. WE WANTED THEM TO BE PROJECTS WHERE WE KNEW A QUALIFIED BUSINESS WAS GOING TO BE AWARDED THEM SO THEY COULD BE A, A SERVICEABLE MENTOR TO A PROTEGE OR SMALL BUSINESS. SO THEY HELPED US IDENTIFY THOSE MEANINGFUL CONTRACTS. SORRY, I THOUGHT ERIC WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING. UM, BUT THANK YOU. AND THEN I'M ALSO EXCITED THAT IT'S 131 OF 134 PROJECTS THAT SEEM TO BE LOCAL. AND THEN, UM, MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO CAN BE HERE TODAY 'CAUSE SHE'S ATTENDING A CULTURAL EVENT FOR, UH, OR IN, IN HONOR OF TOMORROW MUTOS. BUT, UM, SHE WAS ALSO ASKED ME TO EXPRESS HER THANKS AND SUPPORT TO YOUR TEAM. UM, AND I KNOW THAT SHE'S HAD A, A CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT IT. SHE HAS AN EXCELLENT POINT, I THINK. UM, SHE TALKS ABOUT THE $47 MILLION THAT WERE SECURED FOR, FOR S BETA. UH, SMALL BUSINESSES IS HUGE. BUT SHE ALSO, UM, WAS, UH, UH, INTERESTED IN THE CITY FUNDED CONSTRUCTION, UM, ON SMALL BUSINESSES. AND I KNOW THAT I HAD PROPOSED A PILOT PROGRAM, AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY TO LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION AND HOW IT AFFECTS SMALL BUSINESSES. AND, [00:25:01] UM, THIS WEEKEND, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN AND THE MAYOR AND MYSELF ATTENDED GOLDEN WALKS 90TH ANNIVERSARY. RIGHT. AND SO WE HOPE THAT THEY'LL BE THERE FOR 100TH ANNIVERSARY RIGHT. SOMEDAY. VERY SOON. UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE MADE IT THROUGH, BUT THE, THE PREVENTING CONSTRUCTION DELAYS IS, IS CRITICAL IN THE DESIGN PHASE. AND I, I AGREE WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, UM, BECAUSE SHE, SHE MAKES A POINT THAT THE SELECTED FIRMS SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN HOW THEIR DESIGNS WILL MINIMIZE NEGATIVE CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS SURROUNDING RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. CAN YOU HELP ME, UM, TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE DOING THAT? OR MAYBE EVEN WITH THE PILOT PROGRAM, HOW WE WILL BE FOCUSED ON THAT? YEAH. LET ME FIRST MENTION ABOUT THIS, UH, KIND OF INFLATION IS AFFECTING ALL OF OUR CONTRACTORS. WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY, SINCE SOME OF THOSE LAW BID, WE REALLY CANNOT GIVE THEM ANY MORE MONEY. IF THEY HAVE ANY MATERIAL ON HAND, WE PAY THEM. IF THEY DELAY COST BY US, WE PAY THEM ADDITIONAL MONEY. IF WE ADD ADDITIONAL SCOPE, WE NEGOTIATE THE NEW SCOPE. WE DON'T USE THE EXISTING LOW PRICE WHEN THE DIESEL WAS UNDER $2 OR $4. IF THEY PROPOSE, IF THEY COULDN'T FIND THE MATERIAL AND THEY PROPOSE EQUAL MATERIAL FOR LESS EXPENSIVE, WE ARE OPEN FOR THAT. AND THE FINAL ONE IS, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO WALK AWAY FROM OUR CONTRACT AND WE HAVE DONE ONE, WE ARE OPEN FOR THAT. ALSO, IF THEY'RE REALLY LOSING MONEY OR THEY CANNOT FIND THE MATERIAL REGARDING THE COMMUNICATION, I THINK WE HAVE EVERY BOND. WE LEARN A LESSON LEARNED TO DO BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE DONE. WE JUST NEED TO BASICALLY HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATION. SOMETIME WE SEND A LOT EMAIL AND WE ASSUME, AND WE COMMUNICATE. THAT'S NOT REALLY EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. PEOPLE IS KIND OF TIRED OF EMAILS. MANY PEOPLE DOESN'T READ THE EMAIL. WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO WHENEVER WE ATTEND A COMMUNITY MEETING, ACTUALLY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ONE ON THIS FRIDAY WITH DOWNTOWN AREA BECAUSE WE HAVE 13 PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN, ASKING THE PEOPLE TO PROVIDE US WHO THEY NEED WITH COMMUNICATION. SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES, SO MANY PEOPLE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE RIGHT PERSON. HOW SHOULD WE COMMUNICATE? EMAIL, TEXT, PHONE CALL IN PERSON, HOW OFTEN SHOULD WE COMMUNICATE? AND ALSO PROVIDE THEM, THEY NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH US TOO. IF THEY HAVE A SPECIAL NEED, THEY NEED TO TELL US, FOR US TO REARRANGE. LET'S SAY WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE A SOURCE, PLANNING TO CUT THEIR WATER LINE, TO CONNECT A NEW ONE. IF THEY'RE HAVING EVENT THAT DAY OR THEY WANNA, THEY TELL US, WE CAN STOP THAT ONE. MAYBE DO IT ON WEEKEND, DO OTHER TIME. ALL OF THESE, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION WITH STAKEHOLDER. THANK YOU ROSIE. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S CRITICAL AND ESPECIALLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID THERE LAST, UM, WHAT HOURS, RIGHT? UH, ARE THEY ABLE TO, UM, BE LEAST IMPACTED, RIGHT? AND SO I'M ALSO CURIOUS, AND SINCE YOU SAID THAT I KNOW COUNCILMAN, UM, COURAGE HAD PROPOSED THE GOODNIGHT C C R, RIGHT? AND SO HOW DOES THAT AFFECT, LIKE WHAT IF SOMEONE TELLS US, OH, THE ONLY TIME YOU WOULDN'T AFFECT BUSINESS IS IF YOU ALL DO THIS AT NIGHT. SO WHAT'S OUR RESPONSE THERE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, TO STILL CATER TO THEIR NEEDS? WORKING AT NIGHT IS A COUNCILWOMAN IS SOUNDS GOOD, BUT REALLY A CHALLENGING. FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS A NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE WANTS WORK TO BE DONE AT NIGHT. AND THERE IS MANY PEOPLE DOESN'T WANT A HOTEL, MOTEL, RESIDENTIAL, AND OTHER THEN AT NIGHT, GOOD NUMBER OF THE MATERIALS NOT REALLY AVAILABLE. IT'S DARK ASPHALT PLAN IS NOT OPEN CON THE CONCRETE PLAN IS NOT OPEN AND IT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE ANY EASIER. STILL, IF THEY WORK AT NIGHT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE OPEN. THE TRENCH, DAYTIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO DRIVE. IT'S CHALLENGING, BUT CERTAIN THING WE DO OVERNIGHT. SO I'M THINKING OF LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, BARS, RIGHT? AND, AND RESTAURANTS THAT MIGHT BE AFFECTED AFTER, UH, CERTAIN HOURS. SO WHAT, WHAT KIND OF, 'CAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THOSE PEOPLE, RIGHT, THOSE THOSE BUSINESSES WOULD HAVE, WOULD, WOULD BE IMPACTED OR SO, AND I'LL, LET ME GIVE YOU THE, THE, WHERE I'M GETTING AT OZZIE, UM, I WAS OVER BY, UM, PD, UH, THE OTHER DAY, PD HEADQUARTERS, RIGHT? AND SO I'VE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD TO WAIT IN LONG LINES AND BEEN LATE TO MEETINGS OVER THERE. BUT YOU ALL HAVE FIXED THAT PART. HOWEVER, THE OTHER NIGHT I ALMOST WENT ON, I WAS COMPLETELY SOBER. AND I KNOW MY WAY AROUND DOWNTOWN BY THE WAY. SO I I DRIVE AROUND HERE ALL THE TIME, BUT IT WAS DARK. IT WAS, UM, PROBABLY LIKE EIGHT 30 ALREADY. HAD I NOT SEEN THE FLASHING ONE AWAY, LIKE THE RAMP THING. LIKE I WAS ON MY WAY TO ALMOST GET ON THE WRONG WAY RAMP. RIGHT? AND THAT'S ME FOLLOWING THE CONSTRUCTION SIGNS. AND SO IMAGINE SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY NOT FROM SAN ANTONIO WHO WAS DRUNK RIGHT? DOING THAT. LIKE, IT, IT MIGHT'VE BEEN TOO LATE. AND SO, UM, AND THEN I STARTED THINKING, OH MY GOSH, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE OUT IN THE EVENING, RIGHT? LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWNTOWN IN THE EVENING. SO WHAT, AND I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M GETTING AT. SO HOW DO WE, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THAT, THAT THOSE TYPE OF [00:30:01] BUSINESSES ARE NOT NECESSARILY ALSO, UH, IMPACTED NEGATIVE NEGATIVELY BECAUSE WE MIGHT BE CATERING TO OTHER BUSINESSES? RIGHTFULLY SO. WE'RE TRYING TO, TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP EVERYBODY, BUT I JUST DON'T WANNA LEAVE THEM OUT EITHER. BUT I, I THINK ONE OF THE LESSONS LEARNED WAS WE, WE NEED TO TALK TO EACH BUSINESS AND EACH BUSINESS HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS AND, AND WE NEED TO DO OUR BEST TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING ON BROADWAY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING ON ST. MARY'S STREET. WE'RE GOING TO EACH INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS SAYING, WHAT, WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU? IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT THAT THIS PROJECT IS HAVING ON YOUR BUSINESS? AND WE DO OUR BEST TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. SO IT'S, IT'S MORE PERSONAL, YOU KNOW, FACE-TO-FACE COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE BUSINESSES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT IT IS, HOW THEY OPERATE, AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THE PROJECT A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR THEM. OKAY. AND THEN WHEN DO WE HAVE, UM, THE PILOT PROGRAM PROJECTED FOR, OR WHEN, WHEN WOULD WE START WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PILOT PROGRAM? HI, COUNCILMAN HONOR BRADSHAW, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO RIGHT NOW, UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON THIS PROJECT. UM, OUR SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMISSION HAS BEEN ENGAGED AND CREATED A SUBCOMMITTEE TO STUDY IT. SO ACTUALLY THAT SUBCOMMITTEE, SUBCOMMITTEE MEETS ON THURSDAY. WE HOPE TO TAKE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE, UM, TO SBAC IN DECEMBER AND THEN COME FORWARD TO E W D C IN DECEMBER WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TOOLKIT, UM, ENHANCED COMMUNICATION, WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND WHAT, WHAT THE PLAN LOOKS LIKE WORKING FOR, UH, MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND THEN, UM, ZI, IF MAYBE YOU CAN, UH, MAYBE JUST, UH, WHEN COUNCILMAN CASTILLO GETS BACK, WHENEVER YOU GIVE HER A BRIEFING, I'D LOVE TO MAYBE BE INVITED ALSO, UH, DURING THAT BRIEFING JUST TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION. UM, WHAT ARE YOU I I WILL DO THAT. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU RAZZY FOR THAT, UH, BRIEF. AND THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, EXCITING. IT'S EXCITING TO ME TO GET THIS, UH, UH, PROGRAM STARTED AND, UH, UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND FINISHED. AND SPEAKING OF WHICH, LET'S JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 2017 BOND. HOW CLOSE DID WE MAKE THESE PROJECTIONS IN THE 2017 BOND? ARE WE ON TARGET WITH EVERYTHING? HAVE WE DONE EVERYTHING WITHIN THE FIVE YEARS? COUNCILMAN? GOOD QUESTION. ON A 2017 BOND 113 PROJECT IS COMPLETED 62%, 70 57 OF THEM UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 31%, 9% IS UNDER DESIGN AND TWO PRE-DESIGNED. WE, WE ARE AS OF SEPTEMBER, 94% IS EITHER DONE OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME THAT ARE STILL UNDER DESIGN AT THIS. WE HAVE A, WE HAVE FEW PROJECT UNDER DESIGN. THEY WILL BE ADVERTISING, ACTUALLY WE HAVE SOUTH ALMOST COMING TO COUNCIL PRI SOON. THAT WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OF UNDER DESIGN. WE DON'T CALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION UNDER CONSULTS, PROVES IT UNDERSTAND. BUT I, I GUESS YOU KNOW, THAT WAS HOW MANY TOTAL PROJECTS SINCE 180. 180 PROJECTS FOR THE 17 BOND. CORRECT. AND THIS TIME WE HAVE HOW MANY PROJECTS? 180 3. OKAY. SO ABOUT THE SAME. UM, AND WE'RE LATE TO NEED ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IN OUR GOAL TO HAVE EVERYTHING DONE WITHIN THAT FIVE YEARS BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON COUNCILMAN THIS TIME, WE ARE MUCH, MUCH EXPERIENCED. AND LAST TIME WE LEARN A LOT OF TO PROCEED. LAST TIME WE WAIT FOR THE COUNCIL APPROVED, WE START SCOPING, WE ARE ALREADY GOING TO COMMUNITY AND GETTING INPUT, ESPECIALLY ON THE PARKS PROJECT OF THE PROCEED. WE ARE REALLY, WE ARE HAVEN'T SIGNED ANYTHING WITH THE CONTRACTOR AS A, A COUNCILMAN COURAGE DESK, BUT CITY STAFF IS GOING TO COME TELLING, THIS IS THE PROJECT. WE HAVE YOUR PARK, THIS IS YOUR PARK, THIS IS THE BUDGET, WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO, THE MINUTES THIS COUNCIL APPROVED, WE ARE GOING TO NEGOTIATE AND AUTHORIZE THEM TO PROCEED WITH THE DESIGN. OKAY. SO, IN FACT, BUT I THINK YOUR, I THINK YOU, THAT'S NOT REALLY YOUR POINT, I DON'T THINK. I THINK YOUR POINT IS, IS THAT, UM, UM, WE, WHEN THE VOTERS APPROVE A BOND PROGRAM, THE EFFICIENT DELIVERY IS PARAMOUNT AND THE COMMITMENT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST THAT 90% OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED OR, OR UNDERWAY. AND, AND SO OUT OF THE 182 PROJECTS FROM TWENTY SEVENTEEN, A HUNDRED SEVENTY OF 'EM ARE EITHER COMPLETED OR UNDERWAY. THERE ARE NINE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER DESIGN AND TWO THAT ARE IN PRE-DESIGN. SO 11 PROJECTS SUBTRACT ALAMO. 'CAUSE IT'S ON YOUR AGENDA, YOU'RE GETTING READY TO APPROVE. UM, WE'VE GOT 10 PROJECTS OUT OF THE 182 THAT ARE STILL IN DESIGN. AND SO WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM, WE ARE, WE'RE SETTING UP THE ORGANIZATION AND THE COUNCIL IN 2027 TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT SAME COMMITMENT TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC WHEN [00:35:01] WE GO BACK OUT TO THE BOND, UH, BACK OUT TO THE, UH, THE VOTERS IN 2027. UM, BUT, BUT WE ARE VERY KEENLY AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT HAVE MOVED SLOWER THAN WE ANTICIPATED IN 10 OUT OF THE 182. OKAY. UM, SO IN EFFECT, THANK YOU ERIC. UH, IN EFFECT, YOU'VE STARTED SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ALREADY TO GET AHEAD OF THE POWER CURVE IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING SCOPE IN? CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, SO, UM, AND MAYBE THAT EXPLAINS THIS CHART BECAUSE, UH, ON SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT, YEAH. 18, IT SAYS THAT, UH, SCOPING AND FEE NEGOTIATION STARTED IN NOVEMBER AND IT'LL GO THROUGH APRIL AND DESIGN CONTRACTS EXECUTED IN FEBRUARY THROUGH APRIL. BUT I LOOK AT THE, UH, CHART ON PAGE THREE, WHERE ACTUALLY YOU'RE, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON BEFORE FEBRUARY AND IT STARTED IN SEPTEMBER, UH, NOVEMBER JANU, UH, JANUARY, WHERE YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF THESE ALREADY UNDERWAY. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT, THAT YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED SOME OF THESE? YES. THE COUNCILMAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, UH, CATEGORY, WE HAVE UNDER DESIGN NUMBER OF THE PROJECT. THEY'RE ALREADY PROCEEDING. WE HAVE USING ON-CALL, REMEMBER WE HAD 183 PROJECT. WE ARE ASKING COUNCIL AUTHORITY FOR 140 OF THEM. THE, THE DELTA IS ALREADY MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. SO, BUT THAT DIDN'T APPLY TO THESE THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN APPROVED YET, RIGHT? CORRECT. THE, THE LAST CATEGORY IS MASS SELECTION IS THE ONE AS YOU'RE GOING. OKAY. YEAH. MAYBE IF YOU COULD HAVE PUT THE NUMBERS UNDER EACH ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES THAT YOU HAVE, UH, IN PROCESS ALREADY, THAT WOULD HELP ME IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD SEND THAT TO ME, THAT'D BE GREAT. WE CAN. ALRIGHT. APPRECIATE IT. UM, MICHAEL, MICHAEL, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU ON YOUR S BETA SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION, ALL LOOKS GREAT, BUT TELL ME AGAIN WHY WE DON'T HAVE VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESSES ON THIS. SO THE S BETA PROGRAM IS A RACE AND GENDER-BASED DISCRIMINATION REMEDIATION POLICY, IF YOU WILL. THE VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM IS MANAGED BY FINANCE. AND I BELIEVE THERE'S STATUTORY STATE STATUTORY ISSUES WHY THAT CAN'T BE APPLIED. UM, 'CAUSE THAT PO THAT PREFERENCE PROGRAM IS, UM, CAN ONLY BE APPLIED IN NON ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING SOLICITATIONS. 'CAUSE YOU CAN ONLY TAKE EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS INTO THE EVALUATION CRITERIA. SO TROY'S PROGRAM COULDN'T APPLY IN THIS CASE. OKAY. YEAH. WE'VE, WE'VE GONE OVER THAT SEVERAL TIMES, UH, AS TO WHY WE, WE CAN'T AND, AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS AND WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT POLICY. I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND IT. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GO FORWARD AND TRY TO CHANGE. UM, BECAUSE IT, IT JUST MAKES NO SENSE TO ME WHY WE CAN'T HAVE VETERAN OWNED BUSINESSES COMPETE FOR, UH, OUR SMALL BUSINESS CATEGORY. UM, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER COMMENT ON THAT. I, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE BRINGING THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA HERE SHORTLY TO THE COUNCIL. I THINK THAT OUGHT TO BE, UH, YEAH. WELL I'LL BRING IT UP THEN AGAIN, SEE ABOUT ADDING THAT. UM, RAZZI, I DO HAVE ANOTHER COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE FOR YOU. UM, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THIS COMPREHENSIVE LIST, AND THIS IS A HECK OF A LIST HERE OF, UH, FIRMS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE CIVIL ENGINEER, UM, PORTION CIVIL ENGINEER SERVICES. THEN YOU HAVE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES AND LANDSCAPING ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES. SO LOOKING AT THIS, I, I'M, I'M SAYING YOU BASICALLY HAVE ONE CON ONE PROJECT PER COMPANY ON THIS LIST. AND THE ONLY TWO THAT I SEE ON THE CIVIL ENGINEER IS DOWN ON NUMBER 46 AND 47, WHERE THE SAME COMPANY GOT TWO PROJECTS AND THEN NUMBER 56 AND 57, THE SAME COMPANY FOR TWO PROJECTS, BUT ALL THE REST ARE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS PER CONTRACTOR. AND, AND I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF CONTRACTORS OUT THERE THAT WERE REALLY ANTICIPATING THIS BOND ON GETTING A LOT OF WORK. AND I'M, OR IS THERE SOME, I THINK ARE WE DISAPPOINTING OUR BUSINESS BASE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT THEY'RE ONLY GETTING ONE PROJECT, UH, TO DO FOR EACH FIRM? UH, I, I I THINK THAT'S LIGHT ON ASSIGNING AND AWARDING CONTRACTOR CONTRACTS OR PROJECTS TO INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTORS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT AT ALL? YEAH, COUNCILMAN, FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE PROPOSING TO AWARD [00:40:02] 140 CONTRACT 1 4 0 FOR 97 FARM. THAT MEANS 37 OF IS GOING TO GET MORE PROJECT. YEAH. AND 97 FARM GETTING 140. SECONDLY, SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS IS VERY LARGE. WE HAVE LIKE 20, $30 MILLION PROJECT IN DISTRICT FOUR AND SIX MARBA ROAD. THAT ONE IS REALLY, WE DIDN'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE GETTING ANOTHER PROJECT ON TOP OF THAT. A SMALL PROJECT. YES. FIRM IS GETTING TWO, EVEN SOME IS GETTING THREE. WELL, I, I'M, YES. THAT IS A CASE FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES. MM-HMM. AND LANDSCAPE SERVICES WHERE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS GOING TO A SINGLE COMPANY. BUT ON THE CIVIL ENGINEER SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THEY'RE ALL INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS TO ONE CONTRACTOR. AND, AND I KNOW THAT JUST LOOKING AT THIS LIST, THERE'S CONTRACTORS THAT CAN HANDLE MULTIPLE CONTRACTS. COUNCILMAN THE IDEA WAS TO DISTRIBUTE LOAD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE RECEIVED 73 PROPOSAL ON CIVIL ENGINEERING. WE HAD 58 PROJECT. IF YOU END UP GIVING TWO PROJECT FOR A FIRM, THAT MEANS LESS THAN HALF OF THEM IS GOING TO GET JOB. YOU, WE WILL MAKE HALF VERY UNHAPPY, THE OTHER HALF VERY UNHAPPY, HALF VERY HAPPY. THE OTHER REMAINING DIDN'T GET THEIR JOB UNHAPPY. SO WE'RE UN WE'RE SPREADING THE UNHAPPINESS ACROSS THE NO. WELL, THE, THE GOAL IS NOT TO MAKE HAPPY OR UNHAPPY HERE. NO, NO, NO. I BUT THE, BUT THE GOAL IS, AND IT'S TO YOUR EARLIER POINT, COUNCILMAN, WE, WE ARE, WE ARE STARTING THE DESIGN ON ALL THESE PROJECTS. AND AS MANY COMPANIES THAT CAN COME IN HERE AND SAY THEY CAN DO 5, 6, 10, 12, 15 PROJECTS, WHICH THEY PROBABLY CAN. WE ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY STARTING TO DESIGN ALL THESE PROJECTS SO THAT WE CAN GET TO, TO CONSTRUCTION FASTER. AND SO THAT'S THE STRATEGY OF A MASS SELECTION IS TO, IS TO HIRE THOSE THAT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, CAN GET THE DESIGN DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. NOT OVERTAXED OR NOT PUTTING ALL OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET. ALL OF THESE FIRMS ARE QUALIFIED BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET TO CONSTRUCTION FASTER. THE SOONER WE CAN GET TO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND THOSE SOLICITATIONS, THE SOONER THE COUNCIL CAN VOTE, THE SOONER WE CAN START TURNING DIRT AND THE BETTER OFF WE'LL BE CLOSER TO THAT 95% WHEN WE GO BACK IN 2027. THAT'S THE STRATEGY OF THIS. IT'S, UM, THE, THE, UNFORTUNATELY THE CITY IS NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY OR UNHAPPY THAT THAT HAPPENS NATURALLY AROUND HERE. SOMETIMES THIS IS ABOUT GETTING THE WORK DONE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HIRING PEOPLE AND FIRMS THAT CAN GET IT ALL DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU. AND THERE ARE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE TWO ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT HAVE TWO, UM, UH, PROJECT. SO IT'S, IT'S SPREAD OUT. THANK YOU RAZZIE. UM, SO THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, WHEN, WHEN YOU PRESENT NEXT TIME, CAN WE PLEASE HIGHLIGHT THAT? SEVEN, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND THE GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS WE HAVE. WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE PLAN TO RESOLVE WHAT WE WANT TO HAPPEN WITH THAT MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. UM, I LIKE THE 131 LOCAL. UM, I WOULD LIKE A LIST IF, IF YOU DO HAVE IT, IF NOT, I'M SURE MY STAFF'S WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW OF D THREE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD. UM, JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT ENGINEERING, UH, OR ARCHITECT OR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, UH, COMPANY, WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY'LL BE WORKING IN, UM, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. BECAUSE LIKE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE SAID, I THINK IT BEGINS AT THIS, THIS PHASE ABOUT WHAT WE SEE THE TIME THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO, UM, CONSTRUCT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. SO I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THIS STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND IF SPREADING IT OUT MEANS WE GET THIS STARTED, UM, ON TIME AND THAT WE CAN AVOID ANY DELAYS LIKE I HAD LAST YEAR, AND I, I WILL BRING IT UP, GOLIAD AND REIS. UM, LET'S, LET'S AVOID THAT BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. UM, MY CONCERN ARE, I AM HAPPY WITH S BETA, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SMALL, 55% IS EXCELLENT, BUT THAT THE WOMEN, I THINK WE NEED TO WORK ON OUR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES. WE HAVE FOR PROBABLY THE LAST [00:45:01] 15 TO, UH, 20 YEARS BEEN TALKING ABOUT STEM AND MOVING WOMEN INTO THE SCIENCES AND INTO ENGINEERING. AND I THINK WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT. AND THEN UNOFFICIALLY, OR WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THOSE FIRMS THAT ARE GETTING AWARDED THESE, IF THEY HAVE WOMEN IN EXECUTIVE POSITIONS, IF THEY HIRE A MAJORITY OF WOMEN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ALSO TO SHOW THAT ONE STEM OR STEAM, WHICHEVER YOU CHOOSE, IS WORKING. AND TWO, WE ARE, IT MIGHT BE THE WOMEN THAT JUST CHOOSE NOT TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESSES AND, AND INSTEAD WORK FOR THESE FIRMS. SO I, I DO WANNA SEE IF WE CAN START RECOGNIZING THAT BECAUSE I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE 55 UH, PERCENT, BUT THE TOTAL WOMAN AWARD OF 16 2.2%. I, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IF THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND IF IT IS, IF IT IS, IF WE JUST HAVE 16%, THAT'S GREAT. IF IT ISN'T, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE HELP THEM ALONG TO, TO BECOME PART OF THIS PROCESS? SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING IT AT A SESSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. HEAR YOU. GREAT. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. UM, I'D LIKE TO REFER TO A MEMO SUBMITTED, UH, TO THE CITY MANAGER ON BEHALF OF THE CO-CHAIRS FROM THE 2022 FLOOD DRAINAGE AND BOND COMMITTEE. UM, AMONG THESE MANY RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, ONE OF WHICH, UH, COUNCIL IS ALREADY PURSUING, WHICH IS THE CITIZEN, UH, REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR MASTER WATERSHED PLANNING, UH, THERE WAS ALSO A RECOMMENDATION FOR, UM, AN ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS WITH ALL BOND PROJECTS. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THAT WILL BE APPLIED IN THE SCOPES OF WORKS GOING FORWARD WITH THE, WITH THESE CONTRACTS. I DIDN'T CATCH THE QUESTION. COUNCILWOMAN, COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT ONE MORE TIME? YES, IT WAS A VERY LONG QUESTION, . UM, SO THE, THE BOND COMMITTEE IN 2022, UM, RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY REQUIRE AN ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE OR NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS WITH ALL BOND PROJECTS. SO AS YOU ARE SELECTING THE CONTRACTORS AND, UH, IN THE FUTURE DEVELOPING SCOPES OF WORK WITH THEM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW THAT WILL BE INTEGRATED. THAT RECOMMENDATION WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE SCOPES OF WORK. Y YEAH, LET ME ANSWER THAT ONE THEN I'M GOING TO ASK, UH, ROBERT TO TALK A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE TO CR TO CREATE DESIGN REQUIREMENT FOR EACH OF THE CATEGORY. WE HAVE CIVIL ENGINEERING PARKS AND FACILITY. WE HAVE HIRED CONSULTING TO ASSIST US TO DEVELOPING A STANDARD WE CAN MAINTAIN AND NOT JUST TO BUILD, NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN. AND WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH DOUG AND HIS STAFF TO IMPLEMENT THAT ONE ON OUR PROJECT WHEN WE ARE SCOPING AND FEE NEGOTIATING WITH CONSULTING. ROBERT, DO YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING? HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, ROBERT RENA, INTERIM ASSOCIATE, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UH, COUNCILWOMAN. YES. FOR THOSE DRAINAGE PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY, UH, WE DID HAVE, UH, DUE ANALYSIS AND I KNOW THE RIVER AUTHORITY WAS INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THOSE, SO THOSE DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT WERE INCORPORATED INTO WHAT WE CALL THE WATER QUALITY ZONES, THOSE ARE THOSE AREAS THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED, UH, WITH POLLUTION. UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO INCLUDE, UH, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE OR ANY KIND OF L I D IN THOSE DRAINAGE PROJECTS. UH, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 10 10 OF THOSE PROJECTS IN THERE. SO THAT'LL BE INCORPORATED IN THE DESIGN. WE DID CHECK TO SEE IF THERE'S ENOUGH FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THERE. AND SO THERE IS ENOUGH, UH, WE, WE ENOUGH TO PUT SOMETHING IN THOSE, IN THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT, UH, THANK YOU RAZZIE. A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT IS, UM, UH, YOU SET ASIDE 10 POINTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN YOU SCORED THE SUBMISSIONS. CAN YOU TELL ME, UM, OR I GUESS WHEN CAN I SEE HOW EACH, UM, EACH SELECTED CONTRACTOR SCORED IN THAT PARTICULAR CATEGORY? DID THEY [00:50:01] DID ALL MAKE YEAH, WE HAVE THE INFORMATION WE CAN PROVIDE YOU. WE, DURING THE PRE-SUBMIT ALL WE MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WE ARE GOING TO EVALUATE THEM BASED ON THAT SUSTAINABILITY EXPERIENCE. AND WE ASK THEM TO, IF YOU HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE, GO AHEAD INDICATE ON YOUR PROPOSAL. AND EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS, SOME IS MORE DETAILED THAN OTHER. WE HAVE THOSE SCORE WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, RAZZI, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE SUMMARY ON THE, UH, S BETA BREAKDOWN. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO SEND ME INFORMATION ON THE BREAKDOWN BY TYPE OF CONTRACTS? SO IN OTHER WORDS, HOW DOES IT BREAKDOWN IN CONSTRUCTION? HOW DOES IT BREAKDOWN IN LANDSCAPE AND IN ARCHITECTURE? Y YES, WE CAN. OKAY. YEAH, YOU GAVE US THE GOALS FOR THEM, I THINK, OR THE TOTALS, BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU. UM, SO, UH, BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED, IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED WAS ABLE TO GET A CONTRACT, IS THAT CORRECT? NOT EVERYONE. MAJORITY FROM 1 34, WE ARE RECOMMENDING 97, 70 2% IS GETTING, 27% IS NOT GETTING CONTRACT. OKAY, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. UM, AND LASTLY, UH, IN TERMS OF THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, COULD I'M NOT CLEAR HOW THAT WORKS AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU EXPLAINED THIS ALREADY WHEN, UH, COUNCILMAN ROCHE GARCIA ASKED, I I DIDN'T HEAR VERY CLEARLY AT THAT POINT, IS THERE GUIDANCE PROVIDED TO THE COMPANY THAT SERVES AS THE MENTOR? AND IS THE IDEA THAT, UH, THE MENTOR AND THE PROTEGE WORK TOGETHER ON THE SAME PROJECT? IS THAT WHY THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT? SALT PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATIONS ON THAT. UM, THE MENTORS WE'RE RECRUITING THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO SERVE IN THE PROGRAM ARE GOING TO BE MATCHED UP WITH PROTEGES THAT ARE ALREADY GETTING EDUCATION, UM, THROUGH CLASSES IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH ALAMO COLLEGES. THEY'RE NOT MATCHED UP PER SE ON A GIVEN PROJECT. UH, MENTOR AND PROTEGE ARE JUST MATCHED UP AND THEY WORK THROUGH A VARIETY OF BUSINESS, UM, ISSUES, WHETHER IT'S ONE PROJECT OR MULTIPLE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. AND THE GOAL IS THAT THE PROTEGE AND THE MENTOR DEVELOP A COLLABORATIVE ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS ANY WEAKNESSES OR GAPS THE PROTEGE MAY THINK THEY HAVE AS WELL AS ANY THE MENTOR ASSESSES, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY MEET ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO WORK THROUGH THOSE OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD. OKAY. BUT THEY WERE IDENTIFIED BY A PROJECT IN THE SLIDES. IS THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA GIVE US THE NAME OF THE CONTRACTOR? THE, THE THOUGHT BEHIND SELECTING THE PROJECTS WAS WHEN WE WORKED WITH PUBLIC WORKS, WE WANTED THEM TO SELECT PROJECTS THAT WERE GOING TO RETURN QUALIFIED MENTORS. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS GONNA GET SOMEONE WHO COULD TRULY PASS DOWN BEST BUSINESS PRACTICES TO A SMALL BUSINESS. AND WHAT DO THE MENTORS IS, IS THERE ANY INCENTIVE FOR THE MENTORS TO DO THIS? SO RIGHT NOW IT IS A PURE VOLUNTARY BASIS UNLESS WE APPLY THIS TOOL TO CITY SOLICITATIONS, WHICH WE DO FROM TIME TO TIME. UM, BUT THEY PARTICIPATE AND GIVE BACK, UM, PRETTY NATURALLY THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. AND MY LAST QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. UM, COULD YOU LET ME KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS? WHEN WILL WE LEARN, UM, BASICALLY THE CHARGE OF THE COMMUNITY, SOME OF THE SPECIFICS, AND WHEN WILL WE BE EXPECTED TO APPOINT TO IT? AND, AND THE REASON I ASK ABOUT THE CHARGE AND THE SPECIFICS IS BECAUSE IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT HASN'T BEEN FORMED YET, BUT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SELECTING CONSULTANTS. SO IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY PARTICIPATE IN OR GET INFORMED ABOUT, BUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT WILL WE, UH, BE ASKING THEM TO DO? UH, WHEN WILL WE KNOW THAT? THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. OUR IDEA TO JANUARY TO SUNSET THE EXISTING BOND C BOX WE HAD FOR 2017 AND ASK THE COUNCIL TO APPOINT NEW ONE FOR 2022. THEY'RE BASICALLY ADVISORY ROLE. THEY DON'T REALLY DECIDE ON THE PROJECT. WE COULD ASK THEM TO ASSIST US MAYBE GATHERING INFORMATION ON THOSE PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY. LAST TIME THE FOUR OFFICE DID WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. THEY HAD COMMUNITY INPUT ON THOSE PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY. WE IDENTIFIED THOSE PROJECTS SOONER AND WE START DESIGNING AND BUILDING THOSE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDAL IS DEBBIE, ROCKET SITTER CITY CLERK. WE ARE LOOKING TO TAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD TO THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE REGARDING THE C B O C IN DECEMBER AT ITS MEETING IN DECEMBER. [00:55:01] THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. UM, SO A RECOMMENDATION ON, UM, THE FORMATION OF THE COMMITTEE, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY, GREAT. UM, ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. I REALLY DO HOPE THAT THAT RECOMMENDATION INCLUDES SOME SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE WILL OFFER THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND WHAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL BE EXPECTED, UH, TO DO IN TURN. THANK YOU. BYE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND WHEN I HEAR FROM MY CONSTITUENTS, UM, ABOUT, UM, MUNICIPAL PROJECTS, THE THE TOP TOP TWO THINGS I HEAR IS CAN WE GET THEM DONE FASTER AND CAN WE GET THEM DONE WITH MINIMAL DISRUPTION? AND SO I I UM, I DO SUPPORT THE STRATEGY THAT, UM, WE'RE TAKING RIGHT NOW, UM, TO DISTRIBUTE THIS, THESE CONTRACTS OUT TO MORE VENDORS SO WE CAN GET, GET TO WORK SOONER. UM, I GUESS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS WHEN WE DO HAVE PROJECT DELAYS DO, DO THEY TEND TO DISPROPORTIONATELY FALL ON THE EXECUTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OR ARE THEY, ARE THERE, HAVE WE IN THE PAST HAD, UM, A LOT OF PROJECT DELAYS OR A, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR PROJECT DELAYS IN THE DESIGN PHASE? I THINK SOMEBO PHASE DESIGN PHASE, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE TO GET A LOT RIGHT AWAY, WE HAD THAT ONE ON ROAD DISTRICT 10, WE HAD TO BUY OVER 50 PROPERTY AND ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE TO GO CONDEMNATION THAT EFFECTS PROJECT OR IF A PERMITTING ISSUE HAPPEN TO BE, WE GOT TO GET A CORE PERMIT OR T C Q PERMIT COULD AFFECT PROJECT SCHEDULE. AND OF COURSE DURING CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME EITHER OUR CONTRACTOR WE HAVE ONE IS WE ARE KIND OF STRUGGLING IN COUNCIL DISTRICT COURAGE, COUNCILMAN COURAGE IS OF A PLACE CONTRACTORS JUST DIDN'T REALIZE THERE'S A LOT OF LIMESTONE HE HAS TO EXCAVATE TO BUILD, HE'S STRUGGLING AND CAUSING THE PROJECT DELAY. OR AS WE KNOW ON A NORTH SIDE, MARY, WE HAD A VERY DEEP SANITARY STORE. WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO HIT THE GRAVEL SUBGRADE AND THE TRENCH WAS FAILING. WE END UP CLOSING THE ROADWAY AND OF COURSE, RATHER THAN DOING A 50 FOOT PER DAY CONSTRUCTION, WE WERE DOING 10 VERY SMALL AMOUNT. IT END UP OVERALL AS A DELAY HAPPENS ON BOTH AREAS. GOT IT. OKAY. AND I GUESS DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES SOMETIMES IN THE DESIGN PHASE? CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY. UM, AND I'LL HAVE, I'LL HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I GUESS ABOUT FIRE STATION NUMBER 10 ZAMORA, BUT I CAN, UM, ASK THOSE OFFLINE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU SIR. AND, AND BACK TO MY, UM, OTHER QUESTIONS AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS, WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS STRATEGY ON SHOTGUNNING THIS OUT TO AS MANY AS YOU CAN. UM, BUT WE'RE DEALING WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS ON THIS. HOW MANY, AGAIN, HOW MANY DID WE AWARD LAST TIME? HOW MANY DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS DID WE AWARD LAST TIME ON ARCHITECTURAL? WE DID 14. WE ARE DOING 25. OKAY. ON LANDSCAPE. WE DID 45. WE ARE DOING 57 ON CIVIL ENGINEERING. WE DID IN 2017, 48 WE ARE DOING 58 1. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AS CITY MANAGER STATED, MOST OF THIS TEAM IS A COMBINATION OF AT LEAST A SIX STOP TO MAKE A TEAM. MAYBE THE PRIME CAN DO THE WORK IF WE GIVE THEM MORE WORK. MAYBE SOME OF THOSE SUB COULDN'T DO IT. THAT'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE WE HAVE. OKAY. JUST AN OBSERVATION. AND IT'S NOT ABOUT MA AND I AGREE MR. CITY MANAGER, WE'RE NOT HERE TO MAKE CONTRACTORS HAPPY, BUT THE, I I KNOW THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A LARGE BOND AND UM, UH, THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION OF GETTING A LOT OF WORK. AND I, I DON'T SEE THAT IN THIS DISTRIBUTION HERE WITH GOING TO SO MANY DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS. AND THAT'S JUST MY, JUST LOOKING AT THIS LIST, THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT AT THIS POINT. UM, AND UH, I I GUESS I GO BACK TO SLIDE NUMBER THREE. IF YOU COULD PULL THAT ONE UP. I, AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER BACK TO THE BACK ONE, TRYING TO REMEMBER BACK TO THE 2017 BOND. ISN'T THIS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME DISTRIBUTION WE HAD IN 2017 IN THE TIMELINE ON GETTING, I, I THINK WE ARE STARTING UNTIL EARLY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST PROJECT IS JULY, AND TODAY WE ARE NOVEMBER EVEN COUNCIL HAS AN APPROVED, BUT WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH THOSE PROJECTS [01:00:01] ALREADY UNDER DESIGN. ONE OF THEM IS COUNCILMAN INGER DISTRICT FOR ROAD. WE ARE PROPOSING DESIGN IS PAYING FOR 2017 BOND. YEAH. AND THE CONSTRUCTION'S GOING TO COME FROM 2022. AND ALSO WE ARE USING ONCALL EXISTING, ESPECIALLY FOR LANDSCAPE. WE REALIZE WE ARE ALREADY AHEAD OF A SCHEDULE NOW WE ARE IN NOVEMBER. WE ALREADY HAVE NUMBER OF THE PROJECT PROCEEDING. OKAY. I I, WITH THIS MANY CONTRACTORS AVAILABLE TO START ALL OF THEM QUICKER, AS YOU WERE SAYING, TO GET 'EM GOING QUICKER, I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT LINE WOULD, THAT THAT BIG, THE APEX WOULD BE MOVED FURTHER TO THE LEFT ON, YOU KNOW, GETTING MORE CONTRACTS, AWARDED MORE QUICKLY TO GET 'EM, GET 'EM STARTED. UM, THAT'S IT, IT IT TO ME THIS KIND OF MIRRORS WHAT WE DID IN 2017 WITH FEWER, FEWER CONTRACTORS. WHAT I'M GETTING AT. SO ANYWAY, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING ALL THESE STARTED AND UH, SITTING DOWN AND GOING OVER THESE PROJECTS WITH THE DIFFERENT, MANY DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS ON THIS LIST HERE. THANK YOU RAZZY. THANKS COUNCILMAN. I'LL JUST ADD, YEAH, MR. SURE. WERE YOU DONE? YEAH. YEAH. I WAS JUST GONNA ADD THAT BEST CASE SCENARIO, THE SOONER WE GET, UH, TO APPROVAL AND BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS, UH, MORE OF THAT YELLOW COULD MOVE TO THE LEFT. BUT WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA NAIL DOWN THOSE CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS. ALRIGHT. THAT SHOULD BE OUR GOAL TO GET SOME OF THAT YELLOW TO THE LEFT IS WHAT I MEAN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. YEAH. UH, JUST WHEN ARE WE GONNA BRING IN, UH, ARTS AND CULTURE TO DISCUSS PO PUBLIC ART ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS? WILL THAT BE IN THE ENGINEERING PHASE? ARCHITECTURE PHASE, LAND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PHASE? I, I HAVE SPECIFIC PROJECTS I WANT PUBLIC ART AT. OKAY. I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU MAYOR. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE PLANNING AND EVERYTHING STARTS WITH PLANNING. UH, BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 180 SOMETHING PROJECTS AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING ANYTHING RELATED TO HOUSING, UH, I I'M STILL WONDERING IF WE DO ALL THE DESIGN IN AN ABBREVIATED SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME 'CAUSE WE'RE STARTING SOONER AND WE'RE PUTTING IT OUT THERE. UH, DOES THAT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE'LL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BUILD ANY FASTER? HOW MANY DO WE HAVE 180 DIFFERENT BUILDERS THAT EACH COULD DO A PROJECT OR, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME BUILDERS THAT ARE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL AND WE MAY HAVE THEM DOING A HALF A DOZEN PROJECTS. MAYBE SOMEBODY EVEN DOING A DOZEN. I'M NOT SURE OF THE CAPACITY OF ALL OF THE CONTRACTORS, BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED DO WE HAVE ENOUGH CONTRACTORS TO ACTUALLY MOVE THIS ANY FASTER FORWARD? UH, I KNOW SOME ARE STILL FINISHING JOBS. SOME OF THE SAME CONTRACTORS WHO ARE GONNA TAKE ON SOME OF THESE ROLES ALSO DO OTHER CITY WORKS, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND ET CETERA, ET CETERA. UH, SO I'M, I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE CAPACITY OF THE CONTRACTORS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE EARLY ON THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING THE DESIGN WORK DONE EARLIER. COUNCILMAN YOU ARE CORRECT IS NOT JUST, I DOUBT THAT WE HAVE A CAPACITY CONTRACT, CONSTRUCTION CAPACITY TO DO 180 PROJECT, EVEN 100 ON SAME YEAR IS NOT JUST THE CONTRACTOR, SUPPLIER AND OTHERS. YOU'VE GOT TO, WE GOT TO REMEMBER, WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE. TECHSTAR HAS A BIG BUDGET. THEY'RE BUILDING BIG PROJECT. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A OTHER MATERIAL MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE NOW AS A MATERIAL SUPPLY IS HARD TO GET. FORGET THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTOR OR NOT. LIKE A CONCRETE CERTAIN CONTRACTOR CAN GET ONLY TRUCKLOAD OR TWO SUPPLY OF THE CONCRETE PER DAY. UH, I THINK THAT'S CHALLENGING. OKAY. YEAH, I'D BE INTERESTED IN, IN FINDING OUT, UH, FROM YOUR OFFICE, WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS OF QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS WHO ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THIS WORK AND HOW MANY OF THEM ARE ALREADY DOING WORK FOR US IN OTHER AREAS. AND I RECOGNIZE SOME OF 'EM MAY BE DOING WORK FOR THE COUNTY AND FOR TDOT AND FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT I GUESS I NEED TO BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THEM WORKING FOR THE CITY. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE UNDERSTANDING, UH, SOMEWHAT WHAT THAT CAPACITY IS BY UNDERSTANDING HOW MANY WE HAVE THAT ARE WORKING WITH US AND THAT WE THINK WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH US, UH, NOW AND GOING FORWARD IN THESE PROJECTS. COUNCILMAN, WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE NAME. WE HAVE TWO TYPE OF THE [01:05:01] CONTRACTOR. ONE IS, HAS BEEN WORKING FOR US LONG TIME. WE KNOW THEM, THEY KNOW US. WE HAVE SOME CONTRACT FOR FIRST TIME THEY BID OUR PROJECT, AND NEITHER THEY WANNA WORK WITH US OR WE WANNA WORK WITH THEM. AND YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH ONE OF THEM. I I THINK WE CAN GET YOU HOW MANY CONTACTED WE ARE COMFORTABLE TO WORKING WITH THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU MAYOR ERIC OR ROSSI. UH, WE, WE'VE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE CITY IS NOT MANAGING ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE ON THE BOND. SOME OF THEM WILL BE MANAGED BY, UH, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. WHEN WOULD WE OR IS IT POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE A REPORT AFTER THEY GO THROUGH THEIR SOLICITATION PROCESS, UH, TO FIND OUT THE BREAKDOWN ON, UH, ON S BETA? YES. COUNCIL MA'AM. FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE ONLY 11 FUNDING AGREEMENT, WHICH THE PROJECT WILL BE DONE BY PRIVATE. WE PROVIDE THEM OUR PART OF IT ON ALL OF THOSE 11 PROJECT. WE ASSIGN PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO WORK WITH THE, THE, WHOEVER IS THE OWNER OF THAT PROJECT, HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM. WE DON'T PROVE THEIR INVOICE UNTIL THE PROJECT MANAGER CONFIRM IS PROJECT IS DONE ACCORDINGLY. THE ITEM, THEY'RE SENDING US THE INVOICE AND ALSO THEY HAVE TO MEET OUR REQUIREMENT ON OUR PART OF THE MONEY. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY SAY A PROJECT IS COST 10 MILLION AND WE ARE PUTTING ONLY 2 MILLION OF OUR HOURS. THEY HAVE TO MEET ON THAT 2 MILLION, ALL OUR STATUS REQUIREMENT, , WAGE REQUIREMENT, AND OTHER, AND THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE US AT END OF THE PROJECT, THEY MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. COUNCILMAN, WE CAN, UH, PROBABLY, UH, EARLY 2023 PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL ON THE 11 DIFFERENT FINDING AGREEMENTS. UM, AND UM, AND BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A PICTURE ON THE, THE TIME ASSOCIATED TIMELINE. MANY OF THOSE PROJECTS, UM, WERE RELIANT UPON THOSE AGENCIES OR ORGANIZATIONS RAISING OR MATCHING DOLLARS. AND SO WE WILL, UH, WE'LL SHOOT TO GIVE THE COUNCIL AN UPDATE IN EARLY 2023 ON THOSE PROJECTS. OH, GREAT. INCLUDING THE, I GUESS THE FUNDING AGREEMENTS NEED TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THEY CAN GO INTO A SOLICITATION PROCESS, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. AND THEY, IN, IN ALL THOSE CASES, MONEY THAT, UH, WAS, UH, THAT NEEDED TO BE SECURED ON THEIR END HAS TO BE SECURED. OKAY. SUPER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. ONE, ONE THING, MAYOR, I WANT ROD THAT JUST SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COUNCILMAN COURAGE WAS TALKING ABOUT CONTRACTORS, UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE THAT IT'S COMING FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL ORIGINATED AS A C C R FROM COUNCILWOMAN HRA. AND SO I WANTED ROD JUST TO, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A, A, A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE, WITH THE CONTRACT COMMUNITY HERE IN, UH, IN TOWN, UH, TO COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CRAFTING THIS RESPONSIBLE BITTER ORDINANCE. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, IS PUTTING A SCORECARD TOGETHER WHERE WE'RE GONNA SCORE THE CONTRACTORS. CONTRACTORS ARE GONNA SCORE US, AND WE'RE GONNA SET A THRESHOLD, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR CONTRACTORS THAT ARE FALLING BEHIND THAT ARE DOING POOR QUALITY WORK, IT'S GONNA BE REFLECTIVE OF THEIR SCORE. IF THEY GET BELOW A CERTAIN SCORE, UH, THEY WOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM, OR THEY COULD SUBMIT THEIR BIDS, BUT THEY'D BE DISQUALIFIED. THEY WOULD NOT BE WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. SO THEY WOULD BE IN THE TIMEOUT UNTIL THEY DID SOME THINGS TO GET OUTTA THE TIMEOUT AND THEY COULD START BIDDING ON PROJECTS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, AND IF, IF WE'RE LITIGATION WITH A PARTICULAR CONTRACT OVER SOMETHING, IF WE HAVE TO CALL THE BOND ON A PARTICULAR CONTRACT, THAT WOULD PUT 'EM IN THIS TIMEOUT PROGRAM UNTIL THEY DID SOME THINGS TO CORRECT THAT AND GOT OUT. SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. UH, WE SHOULD BE AT THE NEXT AUDIT COMMITTEE. UH, IN DECEMBER, UH, WE WENT A VISIT WITH THE, THE SPTA COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE SHOULD BE IN COUNCIL SOMETIME IN JANUARY WITH THAT ORDINANCE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ROD, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THE TOPIC? ARE WE, UH, ANDY? NO EXEC TODAY? YES, WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE EXEC TODAY. GLAD I ASKED. OKAY. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA, UH, REAL QUICK, I JUST WANNA THANK, UM, ERIC AND ROD ON THAT WORK ON THAT C C R. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE, THAT WORK AND I'M EXCITED TO, TO KNOW THAT IT'LL HOPEFULLY HELP, UM, IRRESPONSIBLE BIDDERS FROM GETTING CONTRACTS WITH US. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER K HDA. ALL RIGHT, RAZZY, WE'RE GONNA EXPECT A BIG BANNER IN YOUR OFFICE [01:10:01] THAT SAYS, GET THE YELLOW TO THE LEFT. THAT'S OUR GOAL FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. AND THE, ACTUALLY THE BLUE ALSO MAYOR AND THE BLUE TO THE LEFT AS WELL. THE BLUE. THE BLUE. GET EVERYBODY TO THE LEFT. ALL RIGHT, BLUE. OKAY. [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. TIME IS NOW 3:19 PM ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST, 2022. THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CAP 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, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON. THE TIME IS 4:27 PM ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 2022. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN AND OUR SPECIAL SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.