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          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON 
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EVERYONE. 
          WE HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER IN THE HOUSE YET. 
          OH, THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          IT'S 2:07 PM ON THE NINTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022. 
          UM, WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION. 
          WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE RULE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKAY RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO HDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BELI. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          MAYOR EHRENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, WELCOME EVERYBODY. 
          AGAIN, WE 
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HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, SO WE'LL GET STARTED. 
          UH, LEMME TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          TWO WEEKS AGO HERE, UH, YOU APPROVED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, UH, WHICH INCLUDED A SURVEY OF, OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS, OR FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS AND SITE CONSULTANTS ON PERCEPTIONS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, WITHIN THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO MAKE IN OUR, UH, SAN ANTONIO INCENTIVE PROCESS TO MAKE A MORE COMPETITIVE AND TO FOCUS ON HIGH WAGE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS. 
          YOU HEARD BRENDA TALK A LOT ABOUT THAT, UM, UH, WHEN SHE GAVE HER A PRESENTATION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. 
          SO, BEFORE YOU TODAY, WE HAVE SOME DRAFT, UM, UH, PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS ON OUR INCENTIVE POLICY, WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO, UM, UPDATE, UH, IN LINE WITH THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, FRAMEWORK, BUT ALSO THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVE FROM THOSE, UM, FROM THOSE SITE CONSULTANTS. 
          FLEXIBILITY IS, UH, IS CERTAINLY WITHIN OUR CURRENT GUIDELINES, UH, BUT SOMETIMES HAS, UH, THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF VAGUENESS FOR COMPANIES. 
          SO YOU'LL HEAR BRENDA TALK ABOUT THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE, THE, THE RECOMMENDED. 
          THE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU TODAY. 
          UM, HISTORICALLY, IT HAS TAKEN AS MUCH AS SIX MONTHS FOR US TO RESPOND THROUGH OUR OWN PROCESS, UH, HERE AT THE CITY. 
          AND, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO CUT THAT BACK AND BE A LOT MORE NIMBLE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO REACT TO POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND SO, UH, BRENDA AND THE TEAM HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. 
          SHE'LL KICK US OFF AND THEN WE WILL, UH, TRANSITION TO RAZZIE. 
          IT'LL BE A SEPARATE ITEM, MAYOR, UM, FOR THE N P O. 
          SO, BRENDA, THANK YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, AS ERIC MENTIONED, UH, THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK WAS ACCEPTED TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          UH, THE PERCEPTION SURVEY THAT INCLUDED SITE CONSULTANTS, CORPORATE EXECUTIVES, UH, FROM BOTH HERE WITHIN THE, THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS, AS WELL AS NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY, WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, UH, HELPED DROVE, UH, DRIVE THE FRAMEWORK. 
          AS WELL AS THE CONVERSATION TODAY REGARDING THE INCENTIVES. 
          OF COURSE, THE, THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE, UH, BENCHMARK DEMOGRAPHICS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE WAGES ARE A DIFFERENT, UM, MIX OF, UH, CORPORATIONS AND SO FORTH, AS WELL AS THEN THAT PEER AND COMPETITOR COMMUNITY ANALYSIS. 
          SO, JUST LIKE IN THE FRAMEWORK WHERE WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT BEST PRACTICES FOR THOSE PEER AND COMPETI CITIES, WE ALSO, UH, DID A DEEP DIVE ON THE INCENTIVE POLICIES AND WHAT TYPES OF TOOLS, UH, THOSE COMMUNITIES ALSO OFFERED. 
          UH, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLBOX. 
          WE CURRENTLY DO HAVE A NUMBER OF TOOLS HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          YOU'LL SEE A NUMBER OF THEM HERE, UH, THAT WE'VE TOUCHED UPON OR ARE IN THE PROCESS, UH, OF REVIEWING AND LOOKING AT. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ARPA GROWTH FUND WAS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          UH, AND THAT'S CURRENTLY, UH, APPLICATIONS FOR THAT. 
          WERE DUE OCTOBER 21ST AND ARE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW. 
          UH, THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS HISTORICALLY INVESTED IN THE SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL INITIATIVE, REALLY FOCUSING ON STARTUPS, SMALL COMPANIES. 
          UH, SO AGAIN, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TOOLS. 
          TODAY, WE ARE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE CHAPTER THREE 12 TAX ABATEMENTS, AS WELL AS THE CHAPTER THREE 80 TAX REBATES, UH, INCLUDING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND. 
          I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE CHAPTER THREE 80 TAX REBATES, UH, ARE SPECIFICALLY TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
          OUR COLLEAGUES IN NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES ALSO HAVE A THREE 80 POLICY, UH, UNDER THE SAME, UH, STATE STATUTES, UH, FOR HOUSING. 
          THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE JOB CREATION OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UH, AND THEN LIKEWISE, THE TAX ABATEMENT PROGRAM IS JOB CREATION. 
          I HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE WE, WE DID TALK ABOUT UNDER GOAL FOUR FOR THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, ENSURING THAT WE HAD THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE TOOLBOX. 
          I THINK I USED THE 
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ANALOGY OF WE FREQUENTLY PULL OUT A HAMMER FOR EVERYTHING. 
          UM, AND SO ENSURING WE HAVE THAT RIGHT TOOL. 
          SO, AGAIN, TODAY, THE CONVERSATION IS AROUND THE JOB CREATION ASPECT OF IT. 
          AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THREE 12 TAX ABATEMENTS AND THREE 80 TAX REBATES, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT WE ARE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT CITY TAXES ONLY. 
          UM, AND THAT IT REALLY IS THE TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCREASE IN INVESTMENT FROM THE PARTICULAR COMPANY'S PROJECT. 
          SO IF THERE'S AN EXISTING COMPANY AND THEY ALREADY HAVE, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY ON SITE, UM, INCLUDING BOTH REAL PROPERTY AND BUSINESS PER PERSONAL PROPERTY, THAT MEAN THAT CONTINUES TO COME TO THE CITY. 
          THAT STAYS THE SAME. 
          IT'S ONLY WHAT'S CALLED THE AVALOR INCREASE, UH, THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY, UH, INCENTIVE INCENTIVES. 
          AS, AS WE LOOK AT THIS, WE ALWAYS WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE COMPETITIVENESS, THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT COMPANIES ON, UM, THE REINVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, RETAINING THOSE EXISTING BUSINESSES. 
          AGAIN, A LOT OF OUR COMPANIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO HAVE MULTIPLE OPERATIONS, NOT JUST IN THE US BUT GLOBALLY, UH, AND CAN MAKE INVESTMENTS IN ANY ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES, UH, NET POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND FISCAL TRANSACTION. 
          AGAIN, POSITIVE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, AS WELL AS SERVING THAT THOSE BROADER COMMUNITY NEEDS. 
          THE SPECIFIC INCENTIVE POLICY CHANGES THAT REALLY CAME OUTTA THE FRAMEWORK AND ALL OF THE DISCUSSIONS, UM, LED TO THE PRIORITIZATION IN THIS PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION OF HIGH WAGE JOBS AND COMPETITIVENESS. 
          AGAIN, WE CONTINUED TO HEAR ABOUT COMPETITIVENESS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 
          THAT LED US TO REALLY FOCUS ON HOW WE CAN SIMPLIFY, UH, AS ERIC MENTIONED, OUR PROCESS AS WELL AS THE, THE POLICY DOCUMENT AND REALLY WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE AND AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND AND THEN STREAMLINE. 
          SO MAKING SURE THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE EFFICIENT AND THAT THERE WERE, UM, OBJECTIVE METRICS AND AS MUCH OBJECTIVITY INCLUDED WITHIN IT AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO, REAL HIGH, AT A HIGH LEVEL, HERE ARE THE, THE CHANGES TO OUR CURRENT POLICY, AND I WILL GO INTO EACH OF THESE IN MORE DETAIL, BUT OUR CURRENT GUIDELINES, UH, REQUIRE 50 JOBS OR A $10 MILLION INVESTMENT. 
          OUR RECOMMENDATION, THAT IS THAT THAT BECOMES AN AND 50 JOBS AND $10 MILLION IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN INCENTIVE. 
          OUR WAGES CURRENTLY, WE LOOK AT 100% OF THE JOBS MEETING THE LIVING WAGE, WHICH CURRENTLY IS 13 POINT 34. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS INDEXED. 
          AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION COMES OUT, WE MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS AND 70% OF THE JOBS MUST MEET THE ALL INDUSTRY WAGE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY 18 AND A QUARTER. 
          OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE JOBS NEED TO MEET THE 1750 AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGE, AND THAT IS, UM, ALIGNED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET FOR, UH, THE CITY IN WHICH THAT IS THE IDENTIFIED MINIMUM WAGE. 
          AND 90% OF THE POSITIONS MUST MEET THE $20 AND 54 CENTS IN OUR THRESHOLD, WHICH IS 80% OF THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME. 
          AND OUR RECOMMENDATION ON SHIFTING TO MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY A STANDARD THAT'S USED IN A LOT OF THOSE COMPARISON INCENTIVE POLICIES THAT, UH, AND CUSTOMERS COMMUNITY, IT'S AN EASILY ACCESSIBLE NUMBER, UH, FOR, FOR REALLY ANYONE THAT'S LOOKING AT IT. 
          SO WE WANNA BE CONSISTENT THERE. 
          ANOTHER KEY CHANGE IS ON OUR PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. 
          CURRENTLY, WE DO REQUIRE THAT 15% OF THE ESTIMATED INCENTIVE AND THE ABATEMENT OR REBATE VALUE GOES TO TWO PARTNERSHIP OPTIONS OVER FIVE YEARS. 
          OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE LOOK AT 10% OF THE ESTIMATED ABATEMENT REBATE GOING TO THREE PARTICULAR WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          AND AGAIN, I'LL PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ON THAT, BUT THAT'S TALENT, UH, CHILDCARE AND TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND THEN ONE OF THE FIVE THAT WE CURRENTLY INCLUDE IS AN INVESTMENT INTO CERTIFIED SMALL MINORITY WOMEN OR VETERAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. 
          IF A PROJECT IS LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTION, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THAT NO LONGER BE AN OPTIONAL ITEM, BUT THAT IT'S MANDATORY SO THAT AT LEAST 10% OF THE ABATEMENT OF THE SPEND, EXCUSE ME, FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION, IF IT IS PART OF THE PROJECT. 
          SO BOTH HARD AND CO SOFT COSTS, UH, BE UTILIZED ON CERTIFIED MINORITY, SMALL MINORITY WOMEN VETERAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. 
          IF A COMPANY DOES NOT HIT THAT 10%, EITHER IN THE SPEND ON THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THINGS, OR IN THOSE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, IT WOULD BE AN AUTOMATIC 10% 
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REDUCTION. 
          THE OTHER CHANGES, INSTEAD OF FIVE YEARS, IT WILL BE OVER THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT, WHETHER THAT'S FOUR YEARS OR 10 YEARS. 
          SO IT'D BE OVER THAT TERM. 
          AND THEN REALLY THE READY TO WORK AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WE WOULD CONTINUE WITH HOW WE'VE BEEN, UH, IMPLEMENTING THIS THE PAST YEAR, AND THAT WE WOULD NEGOTIATE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS WITH THE COMPANIES, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND AGAIN, WOULD BE WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE READY TO WORK OFFICE. 
          UM, IN ORDER FOR THAT, THAT TRANSPARENCY AND THAT CONSISTENCY, WE ARE RECOMMENDING A NUMBER OF MATRICES BEING INCLUDED IN THE POLICY. 
          UH, THE FIRST ONE IS REALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TIMELINE. 
          UNDER STATE STATUTE, WE CAN GO UP TO 10 YEARS BEFORE A CHAPTER THREE 12 TAX ABATEMENT. 
          UH, AND WHAT WE WANNA DO IS BASE THAT ON THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND THE NUMBER OF JOBS. 
          SO HERE YOU'LL SEE IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AT THAT, THAT $10 MILLION OR 50 JOBS, WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING A THREE TO FOUR YEAR ABATEMENT. 
          AND AGAIN, I HAVE AN EXAMPLE ON A PROJECT OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          UM, HERE I JUST WANNA QUICKLY TOUCH UPON OUR STRATEGIC INDUSTRIES THAT, AGAIN, WERE INCLUDED IN THAT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, UH, BECAUSE I WILL BE REFERENCING THOSE, UH, ON A NUMBER OF OTHER, UH, SLIDES. 
          SO HERE'S THE OTHER MATRIX. 
          THIS IS REALLY KIND OF THE, THE, THE MEAT OF, UH, THE POLICY BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW THE, THE PERCENTAGE FOR THE ABATEMENT OR REBATE. 
          SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE, YOU'D HAVE TO HIT THE MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE OF $20 AND 54 CENTS, THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF 10,000,050 JOBS. 
          THAT WOULD THEN EQUATE TO A 20% KIND OF BASE, UH, REBATE OR, UH, ABATEMENT. 
          WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING SEVERAL EXCEPTIONAL ENHANCEMENTS. 
          YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT AN ADDITIONAL 10% IF LOCATED IN A REGIONAL CENTER, AN ADDITIONAL 10% IF THE COMPANY IS WITHIN A TARGET INDUSTRY, AND AN ADDITIONAL 10% IF WITHIN A, UM, AN EQUITY ATLAS SCORE OF AT LEAST SEVEN OR HIGHER. 
          ONCE WE GET PAST TIER ONE, THAT REALLY BECOMES AN OR. 
          AND THE WAY THAT PLAYS OUT IS IN THIS HYPOTHETICAL PROJECT HERE, YOU'LL SEE THE COMPANY HAS A $20 54 CENTS WAGE NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED, IS COMMITTED TO 50, BUT THEY'RE MAKING A CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF 50 MILLION. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE UNDER A TIER THREE FOR UP TO 40% IN THIS PROJECT. 
          THEY'RE ALSO A TARGET INDUSTRY. 
          UH, SO AGAIN, THE 40 PLUS 40% BASE PLUS THE 10% ENHANCEMENT FOR TARGET INDUSTRY, A TOTAL OF A 50% ABATEMENT. 
          UH, IN THIS CASE, AGAIN, GIVEN THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF 50 MILLION, THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A FIVE TO SIX YEAR REBATE. 
          WE WOULD RECOMMEND A FIVE YEAR TERM JUST GIVEN THE OVERALL HOURLY WAGE NUMBER OF JOBS IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT. 
          WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SUPPORT THOSE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS. 
          SO JUST TAKING A STEP BACK, TIER SIX IS IF, UH, A COMPANY IS PAYING THAT $45 AN HOUR OR MORE, INVESTING OVER $250 MILLION, OR CREATING OVER A THOUSAND JOBS. 
          SO IF A COMPANY DOES COME IN AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT THAT TIER SIX LEVEL AND HAS AT LEAST ONE ENHANCEMENT, WE WOULD CERTAINLY BE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THEM, UH, WITH ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO, BECAUSE THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A PRETTY LARGE KIND OF CAMPUS TYPE DEVELOPMENT, UM, THINK LIKE A TOYOTA, UH, RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES OR, UM, UM, SEMICONDUCTORS AND SO FORTH THAT REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT CAMPUS WORK. 
          SO WE WOULD LOOK AT INFRASTRUCTURE SITE WORK, FINANCING. 
          UH, THIS MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, FOR EXAMPLE, TO BE A PARTNER. 
          HERE'S MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS. 
          AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT REQUIRING, UH, THAT THE COMPANY DEDICATE 10% OF THEIR ABATEMENT OR, UM, REBATE TO ONE OF THESE ITEMS, UH, TALENT BASE. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE WOULD BE CONSIDERING, CHILDCARE OR TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND WE DID WORK WITH OUR COL COLLEAGUES IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, PRE-K FOR SA AND TRANSPORTATION TO IDENTIFY THESE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND AGAIN, WE WOULD MONITOR THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND IF THEY DID NOT MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS, IT WOULD BE AN 10% REDUCTION. 
          UH, I ALSO MENTIONED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND. 
          UH, WHILE WE FULLY 
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ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR TODAY'S PURPOSE, WE SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO ADDRESS THE JOB CREATION OPPORTUNITIES. 
          BUT THOSE ADDITIONAL CHANGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE REALLY AROUND THOSE SECOND STAGE COMPANIES THAT, UH, HAVE, HAVE BEEN A LOT OF FOCUS OF LIGHT UP FOR CONVERSATIONS, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          BUT WE WANT TO ALIGN THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT ARPA GROWTH FUND AND SOME OF THE OTHER INVESTMENTS THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED. 
          SO, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE TARGET INDUSTRIES PER JOB OPPORTUNITIES HERE TOO, WE ARE RECOMMENDING, UM, JUST SOME CLARITY ON THE PER JOB AMOUNTS. 
          SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE JOBS REQUIRE THE CITY MEDIAN INCOME, WHICH IS, AGAIN, $25 AND 67 CENTS, AND THAT 90% OF THE JOBS MEET THAT 150% OF THE MEDIAN INCOME. 
          SO REALLY FOCUSING ON THOSE HIGHER WAGE JOBS. 
          UM, AND THIS IS A, A TOOL THAT WE USE SOMETIMES FOR LIKE THOSE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TECH COMPANIES, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT THAT MIGHT BE GOING INTO AN EXISTING BUILDING AND MAY ONLY HAVE TENANT IMPROVEMENTS OR SOME BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY LIKE COMPUTERS AND SO FORTH, UM, THAT, THAT MAY NOT FIT INTO SOME OF THAT OTHER MORE KIND OF TRADITIONAL WHAT THEY ADD VALOREM PIECE OF IT. 
          UH, AND SO HERE, DEPENDING UPON THE WAGES, WE WOULD LOOK AT A MAXIMUM AMOUNT PER NEW POSITION, UM, SHOWING HERE. 
          SO MAXIMUM UP TO 2,500, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT. 
          THAT'S THE MAXIMUM AVAIL AVAILABLE. 
          IF AS WE GO THROUGH OUR DUE DILIGENCE, WE THINK AN OFFER OF $500 PER JOB MAKES SENSE, WE CERTAINLY WOULD BE RECOMMENDING THEM. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL SEE, OF COURSE, LIKE ALL OF OUR OTHER POSITIONS, UM, WE WOULD LOOK AT MAINTAINING OR FILLING AND MAINTAINING POSITIONS FOR A MINIMUM OF THREE YEARS. 
          AS ERIC MENTIONED. 
          IT'S ALSO PART OF WHAT'S, IT'S SOMETIMES WHAT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN THE POLICY, UH, THAT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT IS IN THE POLICY. 
          SO REALLY THAT THE TIMELINE AND THE PROCESS IS SOMETHING WE ALSO TOOK A HARD LOOK AT BASED ON ALL THAT FEEDBACK. 
          RIGHT NOW, AS A PROSPECT COMES IN, A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, FOR EXAMPLE, COMES INTO US DIRECTLY OR WITH GREATER S A T X, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          UM, A LOT OF TIMES AMONGST ALL OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS LIKE AVAILABLE SITES, UTILITY INFORMATION AND WORKFORCE INFORMATION, THEY FREQUENTLY ASK ABOUT INCENTIVES. 
          AND WHEN THEY ASK ABOUT INCENTIVES, IT'S NOT JUST THAT YOU HAVE 'EM AVAILABLE, BUT WHAT SPECIFICALLY YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO OFFER. 
          MOST COMMUNITIES, UH, IN FACT, ALL THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE LOOKED INTO AND JUST HAVE WORKED IN IN OUR CAREERS, UM, ARE OFFERED TO ABLE TO OFFER AN INCENTIVE LETTER THAT'S OF COURSE, CONTINGENT ON CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL AND A WHOLE VARIETY OF THINGS, UM, WITH, AS PART OF THAT PACKAGE. 
          SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT AS LONG AS SOMETHING FALLS WITHIN THE POLICY, A LETTER CAN BE PROVIDED, SIGNED BY MYSELF AS THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IF THERE IS AN EXCEPTION TO THE POLICY, A LETTER CAN BE PROVIDED SIGNED BY ERIC OR HIS DESIGNEE. 
          AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TO GET IT DOWN FROM RIGHT NOW. 
          SOME, IT TAKES US THREE PLUS MONTHS FOR A LETTER. 
          WE WANNA GET THAT DOWN TO 48 HOURS. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL SEE HERE, OVERALL WE WANT TO SHRINK THAT PROCESS FROM SIX PLUS MONTHS, UM, TALKING THROUGH THE PROCESS OR TALKING THROUGH THE PROJECT DOWN TO THREE MONTHS. 
          AND, AND A BIG PART OF THIS IS WE JUST WANNA STAY IN THE GAME AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. 
          WE THINK THAT YOU ALL HAVE MADE SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS, UH, AND COMMITMENTS TO OUR PEOPLE AND OUR PLACE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, ESSAY READY TO WORK. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE AIRPORT INVESTMENTS, UM, THE 2022 BOND. 
          AND A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. 
          WE'RE ELIMINATED BEFORE WE EVEN HAVE A CHANCE. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE CHANGE IS HOW WE APPLY THE INCENTIVE RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, WE, AND HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF, UM, OUR CURRENT GUIDELINES COMPARED TO OUR PRO PROPOSED GUIDELINES. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE, IN OUR POLICY, A MAINTENANCE TERM OF UP TO SIX YEARS. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE ELIMINATE THAT. 
          AND THE REASON BEING IS, AGAIN, HOW WE APPLY IT RIGHT NOW, THE WAY WE APPLY IT, SAME PROJECT, SAME DEAL. 
          UM, YOU'LL SEE OUR PERFORMANCE MONITORING, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE, UM, A 2024 TO UP TO POSSIBLY 2035. 
          UH, AND THAT THE ABATEMENT WOULD BE APPLIED HYPOTHETICALLY AGAIN FOR 2024 TO 2028, PERIOD. 
          BECAUSE IF SOME, IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, EARNS LIKE A 50%, OR WE PROVIDE AND UP TO 50% INCENTIVE, WE START APPLYING IT PRE PRETTY EARLY IN THE PROCESS. 
          UM, 
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AND THEN IT'S STILL PERFORMANCE BASED. 
          WE MONITOR IT, AND WE KIND OF DO THIS TRUE UP IN THESE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE GO ALONG. 
          WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE DON'T APPLY IT UNTIL THEY HIT THOSE COMPLIANCE ITEMS. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS ONE, UM, WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT THEY, THEY COMPLETE THEIR PROJECT AND THEY BECOME OPERATIONAL. 
          AND WE WOULD BE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT IT FIRST IN 2020, UM, 2025 FOR PERFORMANCE. 
          AND SO APPLYING IT IN 2026 KIND OF IS HOW WE'RE RECOMMENDING IT, UH, GOING FORWARD BY, IN OUR CURRENT POLICY, WE WOULD ALREADY BE ON OUR THIRD ABATEMENT. 
          SO AGAIN, THERE'S THIS TRUE UP CALCULATION THAT ENDS UP HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 
          AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WE SOMETIMES END UP THEN HAVING TO RECAPTURE, UH, IN THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF OUR SMALLER COMPANIES, UH, CAN DO MORE HARM THAN IF WE HAD NEVER PROVIDED THE INCENTIVE IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          'CAUSE OF COURSE, THEY'VE ALREADY SPENT IT. 
          AND SO WE WANNA TRY TO AVOID THAT. 
          UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED, UH, FOR A CITY COUNCIL, I SHOULD SAY TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 1ST FOR CONSIDERATION ON THIS. 
          AND THEN OUR POLICIES DO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          SO IF APPROVED, IT WOULD MOVE FORWARD THEN WITH A, UM, EXECUTION OF THE NEW POLICY JANUARY 1ST, 2023. 
          GREAT JOB, BRENDA. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, LET ME JUST START WITH A FEW COMMENTS. 
          UM, UH, FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAD, UH, SOME MISGIVINGS ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK NOT BEING ARTICULATED ENOUGH, OR NOT HAVING ENOUGH TEETH TO KIND OF SHOW WHAT'S CHANGED IN THIS SITUATION, TODAY'S YOUR DAY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT ALL BEGINS. 
          AND THE INCENTIVE POLICY WAS REALLY ONE OF THE FIRST, UH, INDICATIONS OF, UM, WE NEEDED TO REEXAMINE WHAT WE WERE DOING. 
          UH, SO LET ME JUST, UH, HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS. 
          UH, NUMBER ONE, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, UH, FRAMEWORK. 
          INTERESTED TO HEAR THE COMMENTS OF MY, MY COLLEAGUES. 
          UM, I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOW MUCH MORE INTEGRATED TO THE OTHER POLICY PRIORITIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING, UH, MOST SPECIFICALLY OUR EFFORTS TOWARDS ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND WORKFORCE. 
          UH, I DO LIKE, UH, THAT THIS FRAMEWORK IS NOW, UH, HAS MUCH MORE ACCOUNTABILITY BUILT INTO IT, UH, PARTICULARLY, UH, RELATED TO, UH, SOME OF THE BENCHMARKS THAT HAVE TO BE MET TO EVEN QUALIFY, BUT ALSO, UH, THE, UH, DISTRIBUTION OF THE INCENTIVES COMING AT A TIME WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY PROVE PERFORMANCE. 
          WE'RE NOT GIVING, ESSENTIALLY PROOF OF PERFORMANCE ALREADY DOCUMENTED BY THE COMPANIES. 
          IT WAS A GIANT REVELATION TO ME WHEN YOU WERE BRIEFING MY OFFICE ABOUT THIS, BRENDA, THAT CURRENTLY IT TAKES US OVER THREE MONTHS JUST TO GENERATE A, A LETTER OF INTEREST TO A COMPANY. 
          UM, THAT TO ME TELLS ME EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR PAST COMPETITIVENESS WITH REGARD TO BEING ABLE TO COMPETE FOR SOME OF THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, LARGER, UM, TYPES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. 
          SO I THINK THIS IS GREAT WORK OVERALL. 
          UH, THE SPEED AT WHICH WE CAN, UH, BEGIN TO GET THIS THROUGH, UH, OUR PROCESS IS, IS I THINK, A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          UM, I ALSO LIKE THE FACT THAT, UH, IT'S MUCH MORE DEFENSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO THE, THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE BUILT INTO IT. 
          UM, AND, AND CLEARLY WE WILL NOT BE OFFERING INCENTIVES IN THE CASES THAT WE USED TO ACROSS THE, TO ACROSS THE BOARD, UH, THAT THESE ARE, IF THEY WERE TO QUALIFY FOR INCENTIVES, UH, THEY'RE MUCH MORE JUDICIOUS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO EXCEPTIONAL IN TERMS OF WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT IS COMING BACK TO THE CITY. 
          UH, LAST THING I'LL SAY, AND THIS NEEDS TO BE SAID, UH, AS AND UNDERSCORED AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE, ANY INCENTIVE THAT THE CITY MIGHT, UH, PROVIDE TO A COMPANY ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC. 
          AGAIN, UH, ASSUMING THERE IS A PUBLIC BENEFIT ON THE OTHER SIDE, IS DONE AT COUNCIL DISCRETION. 
          SO ANY KIND OF INCENTIVE, THIS IS NOT A, UM, BY RIGHT POLICY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          IF, IF, IF IT MEETS OUR CRITERIA, THERE'S A LETTER OF INTEREST, WE BEGIN TO ENGAGE, WHICH IS ALL SORT OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'VE GOTTA NEGOTIATE AND IT'S GOTTA MEET THE STANDARDS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT'S DULY ELECTED AND HAS EXPECTATIONS PROVIDED TO THEM BY OUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          SO THERE IS THAT BUILT INTO IT IN EVERY CASE. 
          UH, SO, UM, ANYWAY, GREAT JOB, BRENDA. 
          LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, THE DISCUSSION AND, AND GETTING SOME OF THE TEETH PUT INTO OUR ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK. 
          LET ME MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, UM, BRENDA, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF 
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QUESTIONS, UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL FIRST SAY THAT GROWING OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE PARTNERS THAT ARE INVESTED IN OUR WORKFORCE, IN OUR CITY IS VITAL TO SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM GROWTH, UH, OF OUR ECONOMY. 
          AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS, THIS WHOLE FRAMEWORK. 
          I'M VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT. 
          UM, I'M, I'M CURIOUS, UM, YOU WENT IN SLIDE FIVE YOU HAVE THE, THE, THE REVISED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING, UM, TIMEFRAMES FOR ALL OF THEM, BUT MAYBE THE LAST ONE, AND MAYBE I JUST MISSED IT, BUT IS THERE A TIMEFRAME FOR, UM, BUSINESSES TO SIGN UP FOR READY TO WORK? NO, IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS. 
          SO WE CERTAINLY WANNA, ANY NEW COMPANY THAT COMES TO TOWN, ANY COMPANY THAT'S EXPANDING, UM, ANYBODY THAT WE TALK TO, WE, WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THEM, UH, TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN READY TO WORK AND SIGN THAT PLEDGE. 
          SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A REQUIREMENT,  NOT AT THIS, WE'RE, WE'RE STRONGLY ENCOURAGING THE PLEDGE, BUT IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          THE WAY WE CURRENTLY HAVE IT, WELL, ON THE SLIDE IT SAYS REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO I, I'M, I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. 
          THE ARE THE TOP THREE RE THERE REQUIREMENTS. 
          THEY'RE REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN FOR THE READY TO WORK, WE WILL NEGOTIATE ON A CASE BY CASE, AND THEN WE HAVE ENCOURAGE PLEDGE. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I, I'D LIKE US TO BE MAYBE A LITTLE MORE STRONG IN THAT ENCOURAGEMENT. 
          UM, MAYBE MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT. 
          UH, IS THERE, IS THERE A DRAWBACK TO MAKING IT A REQUIREMENT THAT I'M MISSING? SO, IN TALKING TO OUR COLLEAGUE IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN SOME COMPANIES, UM, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THOSE. 
          IT'S, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER OR NOT IT FITS WITHIN THE COMPANY AND THE POSITIONS. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S FAIR. 
          THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE IN DEMAND POSITIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND THEN SOMETIMES, LIKE WE FOUND IN A PREVIOUS PROJECT, UH, THAT WAS HIRING, UH, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERS, IT JUST WASN'T A FIT FOR THE, THE, UM, PROGRAM, THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          AS FOR THEIR SKILL NEEDS, SKILL, SKILL SETS, EXCUSE ME, THAT THEY NEEDED. 
          SO MAYBE IT'S ONCE THEY DO FIT THE CRITERIA OR, OR, UM, A CATEGORY, I GUESS, OF READY TO WORK, THEN THERE WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT. 
          YES. 
          AND WE, ANY PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, WE, IT'S AN AUTOMATIC CONVERSATION WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, LOOKING THROUGH THE, THE WORKFORCE SKILLS AND THE NEEDS TO SEE HOW WE CAN ALIGN THAT AND GET THAT, UM, GET THEM INTO THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN ALSO ON THE SAME SLIDE, THE BOTTOM MIDDLE BEST EFFORT TO HIRE 25% FROM SAN ANTONIO, THAT I, I THINK I LIKE A LITTLE STRONGER THAN BEST EFFORT. 
          I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE DRAWS OF ALL OF THIS IS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          25% IS A LITTLE, MAKES ME A LITTLE ANXIOUS. 
          SO THAT'S ACTUALLY IN OUR CURRENT POLICY, WE ARE NOT, OH, RECOMMENDING WE CONTINUE THAT IN OH, GOOD. 
          IN THE RIGHT COLUMN. 
          I READ THAT WRONG. 
          UM, AND REALLY THAT'S AGAIN, GOING TO THE COMPETITIVENESS. 
          WE CERTAINLY WANT A HUNDRED PERCENT TO BE SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS. 
          GOT IT. 
          UM, UNFORTUNATELY, THE REALITY IS TALENT IS AT SUCH A PREMIUM RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          WE'RE LOOKING, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THAT TALENT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WASN'T, I, I READ THAT COLUMN WRONG. 
          UM, THE, UM, UM, I THINK SLIDE 11, THERE'S A, THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT REQUIREMENT REQUIREMENT, IS THAT A REQUIREMENT OR IS THAT A STRONG SUGGESTION? NO, THIS IS A REQUIREMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS IS, AGAIN, AN ANNUAL, UM, WE WOULD MONITOR THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND IF THEY DO NOT MEET IT, IT'S AN AUTOMATIC 10% REDUCTION. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, I, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU MENTIONED AT THE LAST PRESENTATION, BUT, UH, WE TALKED WITH THE CHAMBERS WITH GREATER S A T X, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FILLING THE NEED THAT WE, UM, WELL, I THINK THAT WE'RE FILLING THE NEED BASED ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, I HEAR FROM MY COMMUNITY, BUT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT KIND OF AVENUES TO IT. 
          ARE, ARE YOU THINKING WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM ENOUGH THAT WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE CHAMBERS AND YES, WE HAD A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS. 
          WE, AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UH, WE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT INCLUDED OUR, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING CHAMBERS, UH, THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, UH, THE INDUSTRY SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS, UH, JUST A VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL AS REAL ESTATE. 
          AND, UM, AGAIN, THOSE SITE CONSULTANTS AND THEN COMPANIES, THE END USERS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL CLOSE WITH THAT. 
          I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF THE TIMING OF THE ABATEMENTS. 
          I THINK IT MAKES JUST EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCOUNTABLE. 
          SO I THINK THAT WAS SHARP TO PUT THAT IN THERE. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR WORK ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. 
          HODA, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND I FEEL LIKE WE JUST, WE HAVE A LOT OF BRIEFINGS. 
          WE'VE HAD A LOT OF BRIEFING BRIEFINGS RECENTLY BETWEEN MY OFFICE AND YOURS. 
          UM, WHEN MY DISTRICT, UM, IS LOOKING AT CITY INCENTIVES, UM, AND WHAT THEY EXPECT, THEY 
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WANT TO KNOW THAT THE, THAT THE INCENTIVES THAT WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN OR THE INCENTIVES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ARE GOING TOWARDS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY BENEFIT, WHETHER THAT'S, UM, CERTAIN AMENITIES THAT DON'T CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY EXIST, OR THERE'S GONNA BE JOBS AND THEY ACTUALLY HIRE PEOPLE FROM WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WITHIN THE DISTRICT. 
          UM, AND SO I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD WITH. 
          UM, AND, AND I I'M GONNA ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS PUBLICLY THAT I ASKED DURING OUR, OUR MEETING. 
          SO IT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY SIMPLE. 
          UM, THE 1750 MINIMUM WAGE, UM, THAT WAS JUST ON ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SLIDES. 
          UM, THE INTENTION IS FOR THAT REQUIREMENT, UH, TO BE, FOR US TO REVISIT THIS EVERY COUPLE YEARS OR SO AND ENSURE THAT IT ALWAYS MATCHES THE CITY'S MINIMUM. 
          THE CITY ORGANIZATION'S MINIMUM WAGE, MINIMUM WAGE, CORRECT. 
          AT MINIMUM. 
          I MEAN, WE MAY, UH, SO RIGHT NOW THE POLICY, AGAIN, IS REVIEWED UNDER STATE LAW EVERY TWO YEARS. 
          SO WE WANT TO REVISIT THAT EVERY TWO YEARS. 
          AND THEN AT, AS WE CONTINUE TO GET FEEDBACK, AS WE SEE, UH, HOPEFULLY INFORMATION CHANGE, UH, WAGES INCREASE, UH, WE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATION IS IN TWO YEARS FOR THAT MINIMUM WAGE. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, IT DOES ALIGN WITH THE CITY MINIMUM. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, AND THERE'S A QUESTION, YOU HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATIVE, COMMUNICATIVE WITH MY OFFICE, AND I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSIVENESS. 
          UM, HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE AN UPDATE. 
          UM, I ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT HAVE BEEN THE RESULTS OF PREVIOUS ECONOMIC ECONOMIC INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, UM, SPECIFICALLY INCENTIVES THAT HAPPEN IN MY DISTRICT, BUT I'M SURE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FOR THEIR DISTRICT. 
          UM, AND WHAT WERE THE RESULTS THAT WERE YIELD? DO WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THAT? AND THE ROOT OF THAT QUESTION IS MY DESIRE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ROOTED IN, OF COURSE, ACCOUNTABILITY OF THOSE INCENTIVES, BUT ALSO A CURIOSITY OF HOW SUCCESSFUL, UM, EACH OF THOSE HAVE BEEN AND THEIR ORIGINAL GOALS. 
          YES. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY DO OU UH, THE LIST OF INCENTIVES AND I, I ACT I HAVE IT, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          UM, NOW I WASN'T ABLE TO SEND IT TO YOU, SO MY APOLOGIES. 
          OH, NO, I'LL GET IT FOR DECEMBER 1ST, . 
          UM, BUT WE DO, SO THE WAY WE, WE DO INCENTIVES, I HAVE TO ADMIT, IN ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES I'VE WORKED, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS THE MOST ROBUST COMPLIANCE PROCESS, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO INCENTIVES. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY DO, UH, A SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW OF ALL INCENTIVES. 
          WE ALSO DO, UH, A PORTFOLIO REVIEW EVERY FIVE YEARS. 
          SO WE JUST DID A RETURN ON INVESTMENT ANALYSIS THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. 
          UM, WE DID THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DR. 
          NIVAN. 
          UH, AND THAT'S A VERY THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE PORTFOLIO. 
          UM, SO FOR THIS YEAR, IT WAS LOOKING AT 69 ACTIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. 
          BUT OVERALL, WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE INCENTIVIZED PROJECTS, UM, THAT WERE, THERE'S BEEN OVER $7 BILLION INVESTED IN SAN ANTONIO AND OVER 47,000 JOBS, KIND OF AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL FOR THIS LAST WEEK. 
          SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN A, IT'S FAST. 
          SO I'M HAPPY WE COULD GET IT WITH, UH, AMPLE TIME BEFORE DECEMBER 1ST. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ORGANIZATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE GOAL OF ATTRACTING ECONOMIC INVESTMENT IN THE EAST SIDE, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS THAT ZONING IN MY DISTRICT ISN'T QUITE READY FOR A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY. 
          UM, AND SO I'M WONDERING IF THE, AND I SOMEWHAT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, IS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ALSO A PART OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TARGET INDUSTRIES AND THE ZONING NECESSARY TO ATTRACT THEM? AND IF PLANNING IS NOT INCORPORATED INTO THE PROCESS NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M AFRAID THERE WILL BE CERTAIN DISTRICTS THAT WILL BE READY TO RECEIVE THESE ECONOMIC INVESTMENTS WHILE OTHERS WILL LAG BEHIND. 
          YEAH, I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT. 
          UM, SO AS I COMMITTED AT THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK CONVERSATION, UH, WHEN WE SHOWED ALL OF THOSE PARTNERS THAT WE WOULD BE HOSTING QUARTERLY MEETINGS, WE HAVE THOSE QUARTERLY MEETINGS SCHEDULED WITH OUR FIRST ONE IN DECEMBER. 
          UM, AND THAT CONVERSATION WITH PLANNING, HAVING AVAILABLE SITES AND APPROPRIATE SITES IS SO ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. 
          SO, UH, THAT IS A CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING WITH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND SO FORTH, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD. 
          BEAUTIFUL. 
          AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT ACROSS THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND MY LAST QUESTION, AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SLIDE RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE WRAPAROUND, A WRAPAROUND SUPPORT. 
          UM, AND I'M SURE I HAVE COLLEAGUES WITH, UM, A VERY SIMILAR INTEREST IN CHILDCARE. 
          UM, BUT FOR ANY OF THE, THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, DO WE HAVE A, MAYBE A, A MAP, A STRATEGIC MAP OF ALL OF THE DAYCARE OPTIONS THAT EXIST IN THE CITY, UM, SO THAT IT CAN ASSIST A BIT IN THE DAYCARE GOALS THAT WE HAVE, UM, TO INTER TO INTERSECT WITH OUR EMPLOYMENT GOALS, BUT THEN DO WE HAVE THAT FOR SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? UH, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY UNDERTAKING A CHILDCARE STUDY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PRE-K FOR SA AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE INFORMATION ON, UH, CURRENT CHILDCARE, AND THE KEY ALSO IS QUALITY CHILDCARE. 
          UH, BUT THEN WE ARE DOING THAT, UH, DOING 
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THE RESEARCH AND THE ANALYSIS, UH, EVEN FURTHER. 
          BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER CASILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, BRENDA, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS B SESSION BECAUSE WHEN WE RECEIVED THE, THE B SESSION AND VOTED ON THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE INNOVATIVE, UM, SOLUTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT IT PRESENTED. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS B SESSION OFFERS THAT US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND, UH, SHIFT POLICY TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN EXECUTE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU FOR BRIEFING MY TEAM ON THIS ITEM. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, UM, ONE PRIORITY FOR, UH, DISTRICT FIVE IN PARTICULAR IS ENSURING THAT OUR LABOR STANDARDS ARE, UM, IN ALLIANCE TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE PROTECTED WHEN IT COMES TO OSHA 30, OSHA 10. 
          UH, AND I KNOW THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DOES HAVE THE LABOR COMPLIANCE, UH, COMPLIANCE TOP 10. 
          RIGHT? AND MY ASK IS IF WE CAN ENSURE THAT CITY INCENTIVIZED PROJECTS ABIDE BY THE SAME FEDERAL, UH, PREVAILING WAGES, UH, AND I KNOW, UM, IT'S INCLUDED IN THERE, RIGHT? THE 1750, BUT IF WE CAN HAVE IT CODIFIED BY SUPPORTING IT WITH A SIMILAR COMPLIANCE TOP 10, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO OR HAVE WE, UH, CROSS REFERENCED TO SEE IF THEY, UM, CHECK OFF EACH OF THESE 10? SURE. 
          SO WE, UH, FOLLOWING OUR, OUR BRIEFING WITH YOUR OFFICE, WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK INTO THAT. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ALSO UNDERSTAND IS BECAUSE, UM, THAT THAT FALLS WITHIN A REPORTING REQUIREMENT THAT THOSE SMALL MINORITY WOMEN AND VETERAN BUSINESSES, UH, WOULD HAVE TO, TO MEET, UH, THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND WHAT KIND OF IMPACT THAT HAS. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE AND HOPE TO HAVE THAT, THAT INFORMATION VERY SOON. 
          YES. 
          AND ANOTHER PIECE RIGHT, THAT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IS POTENTIALLY MANDATORY COMMUNITY BENEFITS, RIGHT? UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DONE, UH, CONTINUOUSLY WITH, UH, CITY INITIATED PROJECTS AND INCENTIVIZED PROJECTS. 
          BUT OFTENTIMES THAT'S UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, AND I KNOW IN OTHER CITIES, THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED COMMUNITY BENEFITS POLICIES WHERE, UM, THE PUBLIC GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE INPUT ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE INCENTIVES COULD SOMETIMES EXCEED, UM, SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS, RIGHT? AND ENSURING THAT, UH, IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT ABATEMENT, UH, COMMUNITY SEE SOMETHING IN RETURN, RIGHT THROUGH THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS. 
          AND WHAT I ENVISION IS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO, UM, THE, THE BOND MEETINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH PARKS, RIGHT? WHERE WE GO OUT THERE, SURVEY AND SEE WHAT COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND THEN WE COME BACK AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU TO, TO NEGOTIATE THOSE ASK, RIGHT? UH, IS WHAT I ENVISION WITH THE C B A, UM, WITH THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IS, UH, POTENTIALLY APPLYING, UH, CBAS COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENTS. 
          SO AS INDICATED, THE, THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENTS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT IN THE RIGHT TOOL. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S TYPICALLY UTILIZED WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS, UH, COMMERCIAL KIND OF CORRIDOR, UH, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND SO FORTH. 
          UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, GOING BACK TO REALLY TRYING TO, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE AND STREAMLINED AS POSSIBLE, UH, WE REALLY LOOKED AT THESE, I'M GLAD THE SLIDE IS UP, THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES AS THAT COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT, UM, FOR THIS PARTICULAR CASE WHERE THE COMPANY WOULD WORK AND PROVIDE THE SUPPORT TO THEIR EMPLOYEES THROUGH ONE OF THESE AVENUES. 
          UM, AGAIN, THE RIGHT, HAVING THE RIGHT ITEMS IN THE RIGHT TOOL BOX. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND ONE THING THAT I, I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION PLAN IS THE LAYOUT FOR THE FIVE-YEAR ABATEMENT EXAMPLE, UH, ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WITHIN COMPLIANCE AND MEETING THOSE COMMITMENTS BEFORE, UM, PROVIDING THE, THE ABATEMENT. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE SOMEWHAT CONCERN, AND IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT, I BELIEVE IT'S ON SLIDE SIX OR SLIDE THREE, IT'S SLIDE EIGHT, UM, 10% EQUITY MATRIX. 
          MY CONCERN WITH THAT IS THAT IF WE'RE, UH, APPLYING 10% TO AREAS IN THE HIGH EQUITY MATRIX, THAT WHILE THESE LARGER BUSINESSES THAT WE WOULD BE ATTRACTING AND POTENTIALLY GIVING AN ABATEMENT THAT CITY PROPERTY TAX BURDEN MAY FALL ON THE SURROUNDING AREAS, UH, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOW WE CAN POTENTIALLY ALLEVIATE THAT BURDEN THAT MAY FALL ON THE COMMUNITIES, UM, WHEN APPLYING THIS 10%, UH, FOR THE EQUITY MATRIX? SO THE 10 PER THE 10% ENHANCEMENT FOR EQUITY MATRIX, AND YES. 
          SO THE 10% PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT WHEN A PROJECT IS LOCATED WITHIN 
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A CENSUS TRACK? YES. 
          SO WE DID, UM, FOLLOWING THE BRIEFING, WE DID HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S BEEN ANY KINDS OF IMPACTS. 
          AGAIN, A LOT OF TIMES WE SEE THOSE IN, I WOULD SAY NON-COMMERCIAL AND NON-INDUSTRIAL TYPE PROJECTS, UH, TO REALLY TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT KINDS OF IMPACTS, UH, INDUSTRIAL OR LARGE KIND OF CORPORATE PROJECTS HAVE HAD ON THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY VALUES MM-HMM. 
           AND, AND THE IMPACT. 
          AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO DIG INTO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S, UH, ONE OF THE CONCERNS I CONTINUALLY HEAR FROM MY NEIGHBORS IS THAT WE DO WANNA SEE BUSINESSES, RIGHT? BUT WE WANNA ENSURE FOLKS ARE PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE AS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAXES CONTINUE TO SKYROCKET. 
          UM, BUT ON, ON ANOTHER NOTE, AND THIS BRIEFING MAY NOT BE, OR IT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY, WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS IS THAT THEY HAVE, UH, BLEMISHES ON THE RECORD, RIGHT? THEY, UH, RECEIVED A FELONY WHEN THEY WERE 17, AND IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO GET, UH, A JOB, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE POTENTIALLY EXPLORING ESSAY READY TO WORK. 
          BUT THE CONCERN IS ONCE THEY'VE COMPLETED THAT PROGRAM, WHO'S GOING TO HIRE THEM? RIGHT? AND THAT'S THE CONCERN I'M HEARING, UH, IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY WITH, UM, WHEN WHILE WE'RE RE REEVALUATING THIS, UH, POLICY THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY TACK IN SOMETHING TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE HIRING, UH, FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN FORMALLY INCARCERATED. 
          SO FREQUENTLY EMPLOYERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ANY KIND OF MANDATE ON WHO THEY HIRE. 
          THEY, THEY FREQUENTLY, UH, LOOK AT, UM, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, EMPLOYMENT CONCERNS AND SO FORTH. 
          I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THOUGH, ON, UM, THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE COMPARISON, SLIDE 11, UH, THAT WE DO WITHIN THE TALENT BASE. 
          UH, WRAPAROUND SERVICES INCLUDE, UH, YES, PLEASE, JUSTICE, UH, JUSTICE INVOLVED EMPLOYEE SUPPORT, UH, TO AGAIN, ENCOURAGE COMPANIES, UH, TO CONSIDER THOSE PROGRAMS AND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND, AND I WANNA SAY THAT YOU ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB PARTNERING WITH FOLKS THAT EXPUNGE RECORDS. 
          UM, BUT OF COURSE, RIGHT, THERE'S THOSE THAT CAN'T BE EXPUNGED, UH, AND THERE ARE SOME INDIVIDUALS TRYING TO GET BACK ON TRACK, BUT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, BRENDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MARK PROAM. 
          I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, LET ME START OFF BY ASKING, UH, ON THE SLIDE THAT SAYS, STRATEGIC TARGET INDUSTRY PER JOB GRANT REQUIREMENTS, I C YOU LIST, UH, THE CSSA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          UH, HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? SO THESE ARE CENSUS DATA, UM, THAT'S REPORTED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          SO THIS WAS THE, THE LATEST CENSUS DATA? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND TO BE, SO THERE'S HIGHER NUMBERS THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT I WANNA EMPHASIZE THOSE HIGHER NUMBERS ARE FOR THE METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA, WE ARE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          INFORMATION MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE, THE SOURCE OF THAT, AND I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE. 
          UM, ARE WE LOOKING AT A PROGRAM, HOWEVER, THAT WILL EVOLVE OVER TIME? RIGHT NOW WE'RE SAYING THE CITY MEDIAN INCOME, BUT OVER A YEAR, 2, 3, 4, THAT MAY CHANGE BEFORE WE CHANGE A POLICY. 
          SO IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE WILL REVISIT THOSE NUMBERS TO REFLECT WHAT THE CITY'S, UH, MEDIAN INCOME ACTUALLY IS TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW? OR ARE WE GONNA STICK WITH WHATEVER IT IS TODAY FOR THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AS AN INCENTIVE? SO UNDER STATE STATUTE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO REVIEW AND RENEW THE ABATEMENT POLICY EVERY TWO YEARS. 
          SO WE WOULD BE REVIEWING ALL OF THIS EVERY, EVERY TWO YEARS. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE IT IN OUR WORK PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD. 
          UM, I, I NOTICED THAT WE, WE HAD IN THE PAST WHEN WE LOOKED AT, UH, ABATEMENTS, UH, LOOKED AT WHAT THE RETURN TO THE CITY WAS, AND, UM, I THINK YOU HAD IT AS NET POSITIVE ECONOMIC AND FISCAL TRANSACTION. 
          BUT I DON'T SEE THAT BEING CARRIED FORWARD IN THIS NEW PLAN. 
          SO ARE WE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT IS THE NET RETURN TO THE CITY AFTER INCENTIVES AND EVERYTHING? ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE'LL LOOK AT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE WILL INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF OUR PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          AS THE MAYOR INDICATED, ANY AGREEMENT UNDER THESE, EITHER CHAPTER THREE TWELVES OR THE CHAPTER THREE EIGHTIES, UH, DO COME TO CITY COUNCIL FOR A CONSIDERATION. 
          AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CERTAINLY BE SHARING, UH, AT THAT POINT IN TIME. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO, UH, DO THE ANNUAL REVIEW COMPLIANCE REVIEW, WELL, SEMI-ANNUAL, UM, BUT THEN WE ALSO DO THE FIVE YEAR RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THE PORTFOLIO. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WHICH WE JUST DID BASED ON 2021. 
          UM, THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD ENDING 2021, WELL, I'M THINKING OF AS, AS A PARTICULAR PROJECT COMES FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT WHAT WE DECIDE IS GOING TO BE FINANCIALLY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY. 
          SO YES. 
          UM, ON THE DISCUSSION ON THE READY TO WORK, WHETHER IT'S A PLEDGE OR A COMMITMENT, UM, I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD POSSIBLY MAKE IT 
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EITHER, UH, A PLEDGE FOR WORKING WITH READY TO WORK, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANY BINDING, UH, PART TO IT UNLESS THEY AGREE TO MAKE A PLEDGE. 
          BUT WHAT ABOUT SAYING IF, IF THEY'RE RELUCTANT TO SAY, WE WANT A PLEDGE, 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IF OUR WORKFORCE MATCHES YOU'RE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          HOW ABOUT GETTING A COMMITMENT ON A CERTAIN NUMBER OF INTERNSHIPS THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO MAKE IN LIEU OF A PLEDGE TO READY TO WORK? WELL, SO THE, THE PLEDGE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN, UM, THE, THE HIRING AND THE INTERNSHIPS. 
          SO WE DO ACTUALLY INCLUDE PAID INTERNSHIPS OR APPRENTICESHIPS IN WORKING WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. 
          THAT'S SUCH A CRITICAL OPPORTUNITY, PARTICULARLY FOR A LOT OF OUR READY TO WORK, UH, INDIVIDUALS. 
          UH, SO WE CERTAINLY WANT TO SUPPORT THAT. 
          UM, BUT THE PLEDGE, THE PLEDGE IS REALLY THE COMPANIES TO SUPPORT THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM THROUGH INSIGHT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE BEING ON THE ROUND TABLES, TALKING ABOUT THE SKILL SETS NEEDED. 
          UM, SO WE'LL NEGOTIATE IT ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT LEVELS. 
          THAT PLEDGE IS ONE THING, BUT THEN ALSO WE DO, UM, IF APPROPRIATE IN WORKING WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, WE DO INCLUDE OTHER COMMITMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH READY TO WORK IN THE CONTRACT. 
          AND THAT'S, AGAIN, GOING TO BE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. 
          DO YOU MEAN IF, IF WHAT THEIR TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT FITS INTO WHAT WE'RE TRAINING PEOPLE FOR, THAT THEY'LL MAKE A COMMITMENT TO HIRE SOME PEOPLE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS REALLY LOOKING FOR. 
          YES, SIR. 
          IT'S ONE THING TO SAY, YEAH, I PLEDGE WE'LL SIT DOWN AND BE ON YOUR BOARD AND GIVE YOU RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT IT'S MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE GET COMMITMENTS TO HIRE IF IT, IF IT FITS. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          I THINK THOSE WERE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          WE HAVE COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PROTO. 
          BRENDA, I APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW. 
          I APPRECIATE US BEING ABLE TO ESTABLISH THIS FRAMEWORK, UM, BECAUSE ONE THING I WORRY ABOUT IS THAT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, SOME COMPANIES CAN APPROACH SAN ANTONIO AND THEY'RE GONNA BE TRENDY, THEY'RE GONNA BE SEXY. 
          AND THEN I DON'T WANT US TO JUST GIVE AWAY THE FARM. 
          I WANT US TO HAVE THIS PRE-APPROVED FRAMEWORK THAT WE CAN POINT TO AND SAY, YES, THEY MET THE CRITERIA FOR ANY COMPANY TO BE ABLE TO RE TO RELOCATE HERE. 
          UM, I AM CURIOUS TO SEE LIKE SOME KIND OF MATRIX SO WE CAN COMPARE WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE OUR, UH, COMPETITORS AND SEE HOW WE, HOW WE COMPARE TO THEM AND WHAT WE ARE OFFERING. 
          AND I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S MAKING US COMPETITIVE BEYOND THIS, BEYOND WHAT WE'RE AT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE OFFER JUST AS A COMMUNITY THAT'S ATTRACTIVE TO COMPANIES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT JUST, HEY, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A TAX BREAK. 
          UM, SO BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S, THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING THAT I THINK THAT COMPANIES ARE LOOKING AT. 
          AND SO WHERE SHOULD WE BE FOCUSED AS POLICY MAKERS? UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE KIND OF COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OUR GOALS AS A COMMUNITY THAT'S, THAT ARE GONNA MAKE US, UH, BROADLY COMPETITIVE ON READY TO WORK? THIS IS SOMETHING I STRUGGLE WITH A LITTLE BIT, AND I HEAR MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHEN, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO SEE SOME KIND OF COMMITMENTS THERE. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE SPENDING $230 MILLION OF TAXPAYERS MONEY ON READY TO WORK, THAT THAT, THAT THEY SHOULD BE READY TO WORK. 
          SA READY TO WORK SHOULD BE COMPETITIVE ON THEIR OWN FOR $230 MILLION. 
          WE SHOULDN'T BE, UH, FORCING COMPANIES TO HIRE PEOPLE OUTTA READY TO WORK IN EXCHANGE FOR TAX BREAKS. 
          AND I DO, I DO WANT TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ANY COMPANIES THAT WE MIGHT BE PROVIDING ANY KIND OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVE TO, UM, GO THROUGH SOME PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FULLY AWARE AND, AND ATTEMPTS TO HIRE PEOPLE FROM SA READY TO WORK. 
          BUT I, I WOULDN'T SUPPORT, UM, ANY KIND OF REQUIREMENT THERE BECAUSE IT MAY, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING OUT OF SA READY TO WORK MAY NOT MEET THEIR NEEDS. 
          THEY MAY NOT MEET THAT COMPANY'S TIMELINE OF WHEN THEY'LL BE FINISHED BEING TRAINED AND WHEN THOSE PEOPLE ARE READY TO HIRE. 
          AND SO THERE'S, I GUESS THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THERE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, FOR $230 MILLION, I, I WANT SA READY TO BE WORK READY TO WORK TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON THEIR OWN. 
          UM, I'M, I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD GIVE A HUGE TAX BREAK TO A COMPANY AND THEN DRESS IT UP BY SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA HIRE FIVE OR 10 PEOPLE FROM SA READY TO WORK. 
          AND, AND THAT HELPS DRESS UP SOMETHING THAT IT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN A GREAT TRADE OFF. 
          UH, OVERALL, UM, THE, THE LANDSCAPE FOR WHAT MAKES US COMPETITIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR DIFFERENT CORPORATIONS AS A CITY CAN CHANGE QUICKLY. 
          SO WHAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF SCHEDULE FOR WHEN YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK AND MAYBE TRY 
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AND REVISIT SOME OF THIS AND SEE IF ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE UPDATED? OR IS THAT JUST LIKE AN AS NEEDED BASIS? SURE. 
          WELL, WE'RE GO, WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT. 
          SO WHILE, UM, AT A MINIMUM WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS EVERY TWO YEARS, IF SOMETHING DRASTIC CHANGES OR, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT. 
          UM, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO GET PROJECTS IN, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS, IT'S KIND OF THAT CONTINUED PROCESS IMPROVEMENT. 
          SO, BUT AT MINIMUM EVERY TWO YEARS, WE WILL BE DOING A, A VERY IN-DEPTH DEEP DIVE. 
          UM, AND AS PART OF THAT DEEP DIVE, WE DO LOOK INTO THE CRITERIA OF OTHER CITIES. 
          SO WE, WE HAVE A, A DETAILED LOOK. 
          WE, WE REVIEWED EVERYTHING TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAM THEY HAD, THE MAXIMUM INCENTIVE, WHETHER THEY FOCUSED ON TARGET INDUSTRIES OR NOT, UM, GEOGRAPHIC KIND OF EMPHASIS, LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WAGES, ANY WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE, TARGET POPULATIONS, WHAT KIND OF COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS THEY HAD. 
          UM, AND SO WE, WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF INFORMATION WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE ON ALL THAT BACKUP INFORMATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN ON WRAPAROUND SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS, I REALLY LIKE SEEING THAT, UM, ON TRANSPORTATION SPECIFICALLY, YOU HAVE PROVIDER SUBSIDIZED VIA PASSES, YOU HAVE INCENTIVIZED VAN POOLS OR CARPOOLS. 
          WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE ADDED TO THAT IS, UH, EMPLOYEE INCENTIVES FOR RIDING A BIKE TO WORK. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON OUR BICYCLE MASTER PLAN. 
          WE'RE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO MAKE OUR CITY SAFER FOR CYCLISTS. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I'VE WORKED FOR AN ORGANIZATION BEFORE THAT PROVIDED INCENTIVES WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE TO WORK. 
          AND THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP ALLEVIATE CONGESTION AND, YOU KNOW, UH, GET PEOPLE OUTTA THEIR CARS AND HELP THEM BE HEALTHIER. 
          THO THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM. 
          UH, THANK YOU BRENDA FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR PRIOR BRIEFING AND TO, UH, MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR INSIGHTFUL COMMENTS. 
          UM, UH, BRENDA, I WILL SHARE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT I SHARED WITH YOU THE DAY OF THE BRIEFING. 
          UH, NUMBER ONE, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING TOWARD A MORE, UH, PREDICTABLE AND STANDARDIZED, UH, UH, TAX INCENTIVE PACKAGE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU ARE PRESENTING US WITH TODAY. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT. 
          I PREVIOUSLY, I FELT LIKE I HAD A HARD TIME FOLLOWING HOW, HOW IT MAN, HOW IT WORKED. 
          AND I THINK IT ALSO, WHAT, AT LEAST WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING UP UNTIL NOW HAS ALSO BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO EXPLAIN TO OUR CONSTITUENCY. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAX, EITHER REBATES OR ABATEMENTS, THAT IS A VERY SENSITIVE, UH, SUBJECT TO OUR, UH, PROPERTY TAXPAYERS, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE MESSAGE OUT VERY CLEARLY ABOUT WHAT WE GET FOR THAT REBATE AND, UM, UH, AND EXACTLY WHAT CAN BE EXPECTED. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, TAKING THE, THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THIS. 
          UM, I DID ALSO EXPRESS, UH, THAT I, I WISH THERE HAD BEEN SOME SPECIFIC INCENTIVES FOR A SUSTAINABILITY. 
          UH, I AM GLAD THOUGH THAT WE ARE NOW ALSO GOING TO BE TARGETING THAT SECTOR AS, AS A BUSINESS. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA CAUTION ALSO AGAINST, NOT AGAINST, BUT ABOUT VIA PASSES. 
          I THINK, UH, I LIKE GETTING MY FREE BUS PASS, UH, HERE,  AT THE CITY, AND ON OCCASION WE'LL USE IT. 
          UH, LET'S JUST BE MINDFUL THAT IF THE BUSINESS IS NOT NEXT TO A FREQUENT ROUTE OR A ROUTE AT ALL, THAT DOESN'T REALLY MEAN ANYTHING. 
          IT IS UNLIKELY THAT IT WILL BE USED. 
          SO I'M NOT SURE THAT SOMEONE SHOULD GET CREDIT JUST FOR, FOR THAT IF THE, IF NOBODY ENDS UP USING THE BUS PASS. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          UH, A A COUPLE OF, UM, THINGS, UM, BEYOND THAT, UH, REGARDING THE BEST EFFORT TO HIRE LOCALLY AS WAS PREVIOUSLY RAISED, CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW DOES A COMPANY SHOW THE BEST EFFORT? THAT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE CHALLENGING. 
          WE'RE RUNNING INTO THAT RIGHT NOW WITH ONE OF OUR EXISTING COMPANIES, UM, WHO IS, IS HAVING CHALLENGES HIRING, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IS HAVING CHALLENGES HIRING. 
          UM, AND THEY, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF PARTNERS. 
          UM, BUT THIS GOES TO ONE OF THOSE SUBJECTIVITY KIND OF ITEMS, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE, THEY'VE SHOWN DOCUMENTATION ON ALL OF THE PLACES THEY'VE HIRED THE JOB FAIRS THEY'VE PARTICIPATED IN. 
          UM, THEY, THEY'VE ACTUALLY POSTED FLYERS IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          I MEAN, THEY'VE, THEY'VE REALLY TRIED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          THOSE BEST EFFORTS THOUGH, ARE REALLY CHALLENGING FOR BOTH ON A COMPLIANCE SIDE AS WELL AS IN QUITE HONESTLY FOR A COMPANY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SAYING THEY MADE THE BEST EFFORT AND WE MAY OR MAY NOT AGREE WITH THEM. 
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SO DO YOU GET, SAY, UM, A NUMBER OF HOW MANY LOCAL APPLICANTS THEY HAD AND HOW MANY, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT MADE IT THROUGH THE FIRST TIER SCREENING OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? EACH, SO RIGHT NOW, UNDER A BEST, UM, A BEST EFFORT THAT'S, AGAIN DEPENDENT ON, ON, DEPENDENT UPON EVERY SINGLE DEAL, EVERY SINGLE PROJECT. 
          AND IT'S DIFFERENT HOW THAT'S, THAT'S LOOKED AT AND MEASURED. 
          AND WE TRY, WE INCLUDE THAT IN THEIR CONTRACT. 
          SO WHAT'S A BEST EFFORT AND HOW WE MEASURE THAT FOR ONE COMPANY MAY LOOK VERY DIFFERENT FOR HOW WE TRACK THAT AND MEASURE IT FOR A DIFFERENT COMPANY BASED UPON THAT CONTRACT. 
          IS, IS THAT NOW OR GOING FORWARD CURRENTLY. 
          OKAY, THAT'S NOW AND GOING FORWARD, HOW DO YOU SEE THAT? SO GOING FORWARD, WE ARE NOT INCLUDING THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, SO GOING FORWARD WE WON'T, WE'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE ANY BEST EFFORTS, UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, GOING TO THAT REMOVING OBJECTIVITY OR EXCUSE ME, REMOVING SUBJECTIVITY AND GOING TO THOSE MORE OBJECTIVE YES OR NO MEASURES. 
          SO I, I UNDERSTAND THE REMOVAL OF THAT. 
          UM, BUT I, I DO THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW IF THEY'RE HIRING LOCAL, IS THERE ANY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON THAT? SO WE DO GET SIGNIFICANT REPORTING INFORMATION ON THEIR, ON THEIR, UM, EMPLOYMENT BASE, AND THAT IS INFORMATION THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY COLLECT, UM, AND HAVE AVAILABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          I JUST, UM, I GET A LOT OF HEARTBURN ABOUT TAX INCENTIVES, UM, AND, AND BRINGING NEW COMPANIES TO SAN ANTONIO, BUT I DO BELIEVE THE BENEFIT IS THAT, UM, IT MEANS WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO, WHO LIVE HERE, WHO GRADUATE FROM OUR UNIVERSITIES, WHO MAY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO LEAVE SAN ANTONIO TO GET A, A CERTAIN TYPE OF JOB. 
          SO I, I DEFINITELY SEE THE VALUE IN THAT, BUT IF WE'RE NOT HIRING THEM, THEN IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, TO ME, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO TO BE WORKING. 
          UM, AND I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER IT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OH, YES. 
          SORRY. 
          IT'S RIGHT HERE. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I'M SORRY, CLERK. 
          UM, SO I, I JUST WANNA MAKE A POINT, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS CAN BE RESOLVED WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. 
          SO, UM, IN TERMS OF THE PAY REQUIREMENTS, THOSE ARE ONLY FOR DIRECT HIRES. 
          AND, UH, WHAT WHAT CONCERNED ME IS, UM, THERE ARE GOING TO ULTIMATELY BE CONTRACTORS WHO, WHO THERE MAY BE CONTRACTORS SWEEPING THE FLOORS AND CLEANING THE TOILETS AND HAVING NEW COMPANIES COME IN FROM OUT OF TOWN. 
          UM, WITH GREAT JOBS THAT $85,000 A YEAR DOESN'T MEAN, UM, I, I DON'T SEE HOW THAT MAKES THINGS BETTER FOR OUR SERVICE SECTOR IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONTRACTED OUT. 
          SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THAT SURE. 
          SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE WAGES, AGAIN, THE, THE 100% AT THE 1750 OR MORE, AND THEN THE, THE 90%, UM, AT THE 2054, UH, THAT IS FOR DIRECT EMPLOYEES, UH, REGARDLESS OF POSITION. 
          SO IF THEY ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE COMPANY, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE AT THAT MINIMUM OF 1750. 
          UM, BUT TO YOUR POINT, SOMETIMES COMPANIES DO CONTRACT OUT CERTAIN SERVICES, UH, AND AND THERE TOO. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CERTAINLY WANT THEM TO LOOK AT AS PART OF THEIR EVALUATION FOR THOSE SERVICES. 
          BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO START TO REQUIRE THAT, UM, AND THEN TRACK THAT BECAUSE IT'S, AND SO WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT WE LOOK AT THEIR, THEIR INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS ON THEIR CONTRACTUAL LABOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, BRENDA, FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND FOR MEETING WITH ME, UM, OFTEN TO GIVE ME SOME BRIEFINGS. 
          SO PART OF THE ROLE OF, OF OURS AS CITY COUNCIL IS, IS THE JOB CREATION ROLE AND TO WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A, UM, CITY THAT BRINGS THRIVING INDUSTRIES HERE. 
          SO I REALLY LIKE WHAT I SEE THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT FOR, YOU HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD. 
          I THINK ABOUT MY DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE THERE. 
          UH, TOYOTA NAVISTAR, T J X DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE, AMAZON BY BROOKS CUISINE SOLUTIONS. 
          AND I KNOW ALONG WITH THE CHAMBERS AND OTHER PARTNERS, YOU'RE, YOU CONTINUE TO WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UH, GET THOSE BUSINESSES HERE. 
          SO I REALLY LIKE THE, UM, PART OF YOU KIND OF SENDING THAT LETTER AND NOT HAVING TO WAIT THE LONG, THE LONG PROCESS, BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN BE COMPETITIVE. 
          AND I THINK WHAT WE HAVE HERE 
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IS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE A, A, A THRIVING WORKFORCE AND, AND I KEEP ON, UM, STRESSING THE BUSINESSES ARE TELLING US SOME, YES, SOME BUSINESSES ARE HAVING PROBLEMS HIRING. 
          THAT IS NOT ALL, THAT IS NOT ALL BUSINESSES. 
          SO THERE ARE SOME INDUSTRIES, COMPANIES THAT HAVE MADE IT WORK AND TO LOOK AT THEM AND MODEL YOURSELF AFTER THEM, UH, WHY THEY'RE ABLE TO HIRE AND RETAIN PEOPLE FOR SO MANY YEARS. 
          UM, OR THINK ABOUT OUR BIG COMPANIES, U S A A H E B ALSO, UM, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          SO ON, UM, ON SLIDE 11, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO LET, LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THESE ARE SOME OF THE BARRIERS, UM, WHERE CHILDCARE AND TRANSPORTATION IS, IS TO GETTING THESE QUALITY WORKERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO TO THESE QUALITY JOBS AND TO BE CREATIVE IN TERMS OF THINKING OF SOLUTIONS FOR THAT. 
          UM, I KNOW BACK IN THE DAY, UM, U S A ACTUALLY HAD A, A CARPOOLING VAN POOL SERVICE THAT MY MOTHER USED. 
          SO IT IS POSSIBLE. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT I DIDN'T SEE THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO TREND OR TRACK IS THOSE OVER 60 THAT ARE STILL WORKING, BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY, UM, THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT WORKFORCE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT AT, AT, AND LOOK AT WHAT SORT OF NEEDS THEY HAVE. 
          AND THEN LOOKING AT OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW TO HELP THEM. 
          I KNOW I HAVE SOME VERY ACTIVE SENIORS AT THE CENTERS THAT ARE READY TO GET BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE IF IT'S A PART-TIME SCHEDULE OR IF TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED FOR. 
          SO I, I, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 
          SO I'M VERY PLEASED, UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, UM, TEENAGE BUSINESSES BECOME, UM, YOU KNOW, SUBS TO PRIMES AND CONTINUE TO GROW, AND ALSO TO GET THOSE NEW COMPANIES THAT ARE LOOKING TO MAKE MOVES FROM, UM, STATES THAT AREN'T, UM, AREN'T, ARE CITIES THAT AREN'T AS, UH, VIBRANT AT OUR OF AS OURS TO COME OVER. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRENDA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER, VERAN COUNCILS MEMBER PAL. 
          THANKS, BRENDA. 
          I, I, I SHOWED UP LATE. 
          I MISSED YOUR PREAMBLE. 
          UH, I IMAGINE WHAT IT INCLUDED WAS ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO, UH, THIS AND THE PARTNERS THAT WE, UH, THAT WE CHECKED IN WITH AND, UM, ALL THE SURVEYS THAT WERE CONDUCTED AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE INDUSTRY. 
          UM, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL START OFF BY ASKING, UM, I REMEMBER, UH, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE PROTON INTERNATIONAL DEAL, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD WAS THAT OUR PREVIOUS UNWRITTEN POLICY WAS TO NOT, UH, OFFER INCENTIVES TO, UM, PATIENT FACING, UH, RETAIL MEDICINE. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, IS, IS THAT CON, DOES THAT CONTINUE TO BE AN UNWRITTEN POLICY? SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AN UNWRITTEN POLICY, UM, SO THAT WE DO NOT DO, UH, KIND OF THOSE RETAIL TYPE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT, UH, TEND TO LOCATE WHERE THEY NEED TO BECAUSE OF THEIR POPULATION. 
          SO THIS IS REALLY, UM, I GUESS FOR LACK OF A TERM EXPORT KIND OF BASED, UH, INITIATIVES. 
          AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW ANY, I I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING YOU JUST SAID. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, I HAVEN'T HAD A COFFEE. 
          CAN YOU, UH, CAN YOU REPHRASE THAT, PLEASE? I DON'T GET IT. 
          SHOULD I HAD MORE COFFEE? YEAH. 
          UM, SO HISTORICALLY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES LIKE THIS ARE, ARE USED FOR, UM, THOSE PROJECTS WITH A, BUT FOR, SO THEY CANNOT LO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LOCATE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE INCENTIVE OR WHATEVER. 
          SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT LIKE HEALTHCARE, RETAIL, UM, YOU'RE EVEN STARTING TO SEE THIS IN SOME OF THE LOGISTICS TYPES OF PROJECTS THEY'RE LOCATING BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEIR CUSTOMER BASE IS. 
          SO YOU TEND TO LACK THAT. 
          BUT FOR, SO THERE MAY BE UNIQUE SITUATIONS, UM, THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY, WHERE THAT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          THIS GOES TO THE, A PART THAT YOU MISSED WAS ALSO HAVING THE RIGHT TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX. 
          SO AS WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE GEOGRAPHIC PLACEMAKING, UH, CONVERSATIONS LIKE THE S A E D C REVISED WORK PLAN, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME POSSIBILITIES OF BRINGING FORWARD SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND. 
          WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES AND, UM, METRO HEALTH TO UNDERSTAND THOSE, UH, FOOD DESERTS, THE CHILDCARE DESERTS IN MORE DETAIL AND THE MEDICAL DESERTS, UM, GOING BACK TO YOUR REALLY EARLY ON CONVERSATIONS. 
          UH, AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THOSE, WHAT EXACTLY THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN A DIFFERENT TOOL. 
          YEAH. 
          AND 
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SO I CAN TELL YOU, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T WANT YOU, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO OFFER, AND I DON'T WANT THE CITY COUNCIL TO EVER OFFER INCENTIVES TO, LET'S SAY AN M R I CAT SCAN MAMMOGRAPHY CLINIC IN DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          I, I MEAN, I CAN SWING A CAT AND HIT THREE OF 'EM, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, UH, BUT I CAN'T DO THAT IN D FIVE OR D TWO, RIGHT? I, I WANT COUNCILMAN, UH, MCGEE RODRIGUEZ TO HAVE AN M R I CLINIC IN HIS, IN HIS, UH, DISTRICT. 
          I WANT TERRY CASTILLO TO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE EQUIVALENT OF A CORE PATH, YOU KNOW, UH, LABORATORY O OVER THERE. 
          AND SO, UM, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF, OF SORT OF MEDICAL DESERTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND I, WHAT'S, WHAT WORRIES ME ABOUT JUST SAYING, BUT FOR, UM, IS THAT WE WILL EXCLUDE THOSE DEALS. 
          SO HOW DO I KNOW THAT THOSE DEALS AREN'T GONNA GET FILTERED OUT BECAUSE WE'RE APPLYING THE BUT FOR, UH, LENS. 
          SO I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S AGAIN, LOOKING AT, AT A, THE TOOLBOX. 
          UM, SO AS WE HIGHLIGHTED, UM, THIS IS A VERY SPECIFIC TOOL, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          AND THEN AS WE CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD, LIKE WE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE FRAMEWORK, LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL TOOLS. 
          SO, UM, AS WE LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND, WE JUST, WE NEED MORE DATA, AND WE NEEDED MORE TIME ON SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          I MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, SECOND STAGE COMPANIES, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TEENAGE COMPANIES. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, INCLUDING, AGAIN, THOSE DESERTS. 
          SO, SO LET'S SAY I'M, I DON'T KNOW, I'M, I'M SENDERO IMAGING, OR M AND S IMAGING OR METHODIST IMAGING, RIGHT? I CALL THE, THE GENERAL HOTLINE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHATEVER YOUR NUMBER IS. 
          AND I SAY, HEY, I WANNA OPEN UP AN M R I CLINIC IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WILL WHOEVER IS ANSWERING THE PHONE, TELL THEM, YEAH, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO. 
          THANKS FOR CALLING. 
          OR WILL THERE BE AN ANALYSIS OF, UH, RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO AVOID, THAT PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA BE DISMISSED FROM THE OUTSET, RIGHT? SURE. 
          WE WILL CERTAINLY HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO LET'S, LET'S SAY THEN PHILIP MORRIS OR, UM, AMERICAN EAGLE AMMUNITION OR JEWEL, RIGHT? THE VAPING CALLS US AND SAYS, WE WANT TO, WE WANT INCENTIVES. 
          WE'VE SEEN YOUR COLOR BY NUMBERS MANUAL. 
          UH, IT'S A STANDARDIZED THING THAT'S NOW AS A MATTER OF, RIGHT? OR IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A MATTER OF, RIGHT. 
          FOR ANYBODY WHO CAN CHECK OFF THESE BOXES, WHAT CAN YOU OFFER ME? WILL YOU HANG UP THEIR PHONE CALL FROM THE OUTSET? OR, UH, DO YOU, UM, IS THERE AN OFF RAMP FOR THEM AT THE VERY BEGINNING BEFORE WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THAT TO COUNCIL? 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT I, I DOUBT THIS COUNCIL'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVIZE AN AMMUNITION MANUFACTURING PLANT. 
          SO I, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT. 
          UM, WHAT THE MAYOR HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER IS THIS IS NOT A BUYRIGHT TOOL, OKAY? SO THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A BUYRIGHT AT ANY POINT IN TIME. 
          AND AGAIN, IT'S UP TO, OR POTENTIALLY THERE'S LOTS OF LANGUAGE LIKE THAT, THAT OUR, OUR, UH, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS MADE SURE TO INCORPORATE IN, IN THIS THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF WILL BE LOOKING AT. 
          AND THERE ARE THOSE OCCASIONS, AND I CAN SAY, UH, DEMONSTRATE A NUMBER OF THEM THROUGHOUT MY CAREER WHERE WE WERE LIKE, NO, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN, IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING THAT. 
          AND THE, AND THE OFF RAMP IS AT YOUR LEVEL. 
          WELL, WE WOULD CERTAINLY MAKE SURE WE SHARE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, SO WE HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH ERIC ON PROVIDING A REGULAR REPORT ON THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, AND THEN ANYTHING THAT WE'VE OFFERED AN INCENTIVE ON, UM, AND THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING WE DON'T INCENTIVIZE, OKAY? MM-HMM. 
          , ERIC'S LIKE GIVING ME BODY LANGUAGE THAT HE WANTS TO WEIGH IN. 
          NO, NO. 
          BRENDA'S DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          OKAY. 
          I AGREE. 
          UM, SO THE SECOND THING, UM, OR THE THIRD OR FOURTH, WHATEVER, IS I, I LIKE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE IN THE PAST, UM, COMPARE THE PAST TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY POST COVID, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT WHEN PEOPLE DO GET INCENTIVES, THEY'RE GETTING FEWER OF THEM, RIGHT? UM, THEY'RE GETTING, AND AND THIS IS FOR PRETTY MUCH ALL MAJOR CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, RIGHT? THEY'RE GETTING SMALLER AWARDS, RIGHT? UM, DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT OR NO? IT DEPENDS ON EACH COMMUNITY, RIGHT? BUT IF, IF, OKAY, AND THEN, AND THEY'RE NOT AS EASY TO GET AS THEY WERE BEFORE, RIGHT? AND THAT MAY BE BECAUSE OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE AFRAID OF AN, YOU KNOW, AN IMPENDING RECESSION, OR THEY'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SAVE A, SAVE THEIR, SAVE THEIR DOLLARS BECAUSE THEIR BUDGET ISN'T, YOU KNOW, IS BRUISED AND BATTERED AFTER A PANDEMIC. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER'S WATCHING OUT THERE UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT IS INFORMING THIS RETOOLING OF, OF OUR POLICY, RIGHT? WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ALIGN OUR POLICY WITH BEST PRACTICES, BUT ALSO, UM, BAKE IN THERE, UH, OUR VALUES, RIGHT? THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOREVER. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, OR AT LEAST FOR THE FIVE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, RIGHT? INCLUSION, EQUITY, DIVERSITY, UM, INTERNSHIPS, SECOND CHANCE HIRING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, EMPLOYEE ADVANCEMENT, RIGHT? UM, AND BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS, UM, 
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CREATE SOME SORT OF STANDARDIZATION FOR THESE COMPANIES WHO DO GET THESE AWARDS, UM, TO OBLIGATE THEM TO BE GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENS AND JOIN US IN OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SAN ANTONIANS THE TIDE IN SAN ANTONIO RISE FOR ALL SAN ANTONIANS, RIGHT? IS IS THAT RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO THEN IN THAT CASE, I CELEBRATE THIS, RIGHT? UH, AND, AND I THINK THAT, I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. 
          I, I DO WORRY ABOUT ONE THING, CLAWBACKS, RIGHT? UM, WE, WE'VE KNOWN THAT IN THE PAST, UH, WE'VE BEEN FLEXIBLE WITH CLAWBACKS. 
          YOU, YOU REMEMBER ANDY, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, AND I GOT INTO HEADLOCK PUNCHING FIGHT OVER PETCO. 
          I LOVE YOU, MAN, . 
          BUT THERE WAS, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS THE PETCO PROBLEM, RIGHT? AND WHICH IS A HEALTHY DEBATE, BUT A DEBATE NONETHELESS. 
          WE KNOW THAT IF, IF PANDEMIC SHOWED US ANYTHING, UH, IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE LEARNED ANYTHING, IT'S THAT THE ONE THING COMPANIES DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER IS SORT OF THE EX THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, YOU KNOW, FORCES THAT BEFALL THEM THROUGH NO CONTROL OF THEIR OWN, RIGHT? THE MACROECONOMIC, UH, PROBLEMS. AND SO DOES THIS POLICY TAKE AWAY THE CITY'S COUNCIL'S FLEXIBILITY, I'M SORRY, OR, OR IT'S, UM, IT'S DISCRETION TO BE FLEXIBLE WHEN WE GET ANOTHER PETCO SITUATION. 
          SO THIS MIGHT BE, I CAN ANSWER THAT REAL QUICK. 
          NO, IT DOES NOT, COUNCILMAN, IT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY THAT. 
          SO IF WITH EVERY CONTRACT, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SOME FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT, AND, UM, AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF CONTRACT LAW, IS THAT IF TWO PARTIES CAN AGREE ON JUST ABOUT ANYTHING, SO IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY THAT FLEXIBILITY. 
          SO, SO I, I'M, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THESE, THESE WELL-DEFINED AND VERY SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS, RIGHT? FROM THESE COMPANIES TO HIT THESE MARKS, RIGHT? AND INCLUDING BEING THE GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENS WE WANT THEM TO. 
          BUT IN THE EVENT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HAPPENS, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE WIND STARTS BLOWING IN THE DIFFERENT DIRECTION. 
          WE CAN STILL BE HUMANE, RIGHT? UH, AND NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, BE AND NOT TREAT THESE CONTRACTS LIKE A SUICIDE PACT, RIGHT? ANDY? IT MAY BE SURPRISING COMING FROM A LAWYER, BUT YES, COUNCILMAN, WE STILL CAN BE HUMANE, AND WE ALL HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY. 
           A LAWYER WITH A HEART, I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE ONE. 
          UH, ALL RIGHT. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          UH, MAYOR, LET ME, LET ME JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 
          BE, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, IS CHANGING THE WAY THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE STRUCTURED TO BE MORE PERFORMANCE BASED SO THAT WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION WHERE WE'VE GOTTA CLAW BACK ULTIMATELY. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, NEVER SAY NEVER, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT WHATEVER THE, WHATEVER THE PERFORMANCE IS IN THE AGREEMENT, UM, THE REBATE OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WILL BE DISPERSED ON THE PERFORMANCE THAT ALLOWS US TO, UH, AS THAT SLIDE SHOWS, UM, NOT HAVE THAT, UM, THAT THAT PERIOD AFTER THE AGREEMENT EXPIRES, THAT WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT. 
          THE, THE, THE GOAL, AND, AND YOU GUYS WILL, WILL RECOGNIZE THIS, WE DID, WE TOOK THIS APPROACH WITH, UH, DELOREAN, IT'S PERFORMANCE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF JOBS, NOT BASED ON WHAT THEY TOLD US ON THE FRONT END. 
          AND WE JUST, YOU GUYS APPROVE A CONTRACT BASED ON THAT, BUT BASED ON WHAT THEY ACHIEVE OVER THE TERM. 
          AND THEN WE TAKE ACTION. 
          SO THE, THE STRUCTURE WILL LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU, UH, BRENDA TO, WAS A TADD BIT LATE, SO MY APOLOGIES. 
          UM, I, I WAS RECENTLY, WELL, ON FRIDAY I WAS AT A CONFERENCE FOR THE TEXAS I C M, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CHAPTER THREE 12 AND CHAPTER THREE 80 GRANTS SPECIFICALLY. 
          AND, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION. 
          THEN WE WENT ON A TOUR OF THE AMAZON FULFILLMENT FACILITY IN LONGVIEW, TEXAS. 
          AND, UM, THE FOLKS THERE WERE TELLING US ABOUT HOW THEY HAD GIVEN EVERYTHING FOR THIS FACTORY TO COME. 
          AND SO, AND SO IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE SAN ANTONIO TABLE WAS LIKE, YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? AND SO WE DON'T WANNA GIVE AWAY EVERYTHING. 
          AND SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THE, THE EFFORT THAT YOU HAVE PUT FORTH ON, ON THIS IMPROVEMENT, I THINK TO OUR ABATEMENT. 
          AND I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE ADDED THE 10%, THE REGIONAL CENTER FOCUS. 
          I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY KEEP, UM, IN, IN, YEAH. 
          AT THE FOREFRONT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALSO LEARNED AT THE CONFERENCE, UM, WAS ABOUT THE EV MARKET, RIGHT? AND SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND, UH, BATTERY, BATTERY MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY CHAIN SPECIFICALLY, AND THE NEED FOR ALL OF THAT. 
          AND SO I'M GLAD THAT IT'S A SPECIFIC TARGET INDUSTRY, UM, IN, IN THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED ARE OBVIOUSLY THE TECHNICAL SKILLS, UM, BUT ALSO HOW WE ACCOUNT FOR REMOTE WORKING IN A MANUFACTURING SPACE, RIGHT? AND SO, 
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AS I LOOK AT THIS, AND AS I WAS THINKING AND PREPARING FOR TODAY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THOSE SKILL SETS THAT CAN BE OFFERED THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, THE VOCATIONAL, THE TECHNICAL TRAINING CURRICULUM, ET CETERA. 
          AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I FEEL IS MISSING FROM OUR PIECE. 
          NOW, AFTER HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS FROM LEADERS ACROSS TEXAS, I, UH, I WONDER IF, I MEAN, WE HAVE IN THERE, I BELIEVE IT'S INTERN OR APPRENTICESHIPS AND INTERNSHIP TYPE SITUATIONS, BUT HOW DO WE GET INTO THE HIGH SCHOOLS A LITTLE BIT MORE? AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE FAME INCLUDED IN THERE, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT WE CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT, UH, HOW TO DO THIS ON A MORE PURPOSEFUL LEVEL SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THESE EMPLOYEES THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED, IF YOU WILL, SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          HAVE YOU ALL GIVEN THOUGHT TO THAT? AND I, I HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF ASKING THE QUESTION, BUT SPECIFICALLY, LIKE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND VOCATIONAL, UH, TRAINING. 
          SURE. 
          THE MO THE MOST COMMON IS REALLY THROUGH THOSE PAID INTERNSHIPS OR APPRENTICESHIPS. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, TEXAS FAME. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK TO, UM, MY RAMSEY IN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ON OFFICE ON, AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME MORE IDEAS ON WHAT WE, WHAT MAY BE INCORPORATED. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I THINK MIKE RAMSEY CAME FROM A BACKGROUND OF THAT. 
          AND SO, UM, SO I THINK, SO, SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. 
          AND AGAIN, I HADN'T GONE TO THE CONFERENCE BEFORE, SO MY APOLOGIES FOR JUST KIND SPRINGING THIS OUT ON YOU. 
          UM, BUT THE OTHER THING THAT WORRIED ME THAT I LEARNED ABOUT IN THE CONFERENCE, AND I WASN'T AWARE, AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M SURE JEFF COYLE IS AWARE ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, THE TEXAS SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 6TH IS LOOKING TO SUNSET THE OFFICE, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM OFFICE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1997, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO BRING IT UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. 
          AND SO, UM, I I, I WORRY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? UH, IN THAT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT LOSING AT LEAST 27 POSITIONS. 
          AND SO, UM, THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY, UH, SO IF WE THINK ABOUT THE SPORTING EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, THEY'RE MANAGED OUT OF THE OFFICE. 
          I P W IS SUPPOSED TO BE MANAGED OUT OF THAT OFFICE AS WELL, RIGHT? UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK FOR, FOR COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY. 
          UM, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON TRACK WITH ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE POSSIBLY GONNA HAPPEN IN THAT OFFICE. 
          AND I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT IT ANYWHERE ELSE. 
          AND SO I WAS JUST A BIT WORRIED. 
          AND I, I, I, I WANT YOU TO HELP ME CALM MY NERVES ON THAT END, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS INCLUDED IN THE, THE POLICY AGENDA. 
          AND SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO WORK WITH JEFF AND, UM, SALLY AND THE TEAM TO MONITOR AND, AND TRACK AND GOOD. 
          'CAUSE I THINK WE SHOULD BE WATCHING WHAT HAPPENS DECEMBER 6TH, RIGHT? AND SO, JUST, UH, AGAIN, FOR PURPOSES OF PLANNING AND, UM, WE, UH, JUST HAD AN ELECTION YESTERDAY. 
          AND SO, UM, A AGAIN, JUST WITH, WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON TOP OF IT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE MY ONLY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, BRENDA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, I'LL JUST TALK FOR JUST . 
          AGAIN, REALLY WAITING FOR THAT CUE SYSTEM TO SHOW UP ON OUR, UM,  ON OUR INDIVIDUAL TABLETS. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN OZ'S POINTS REMINDED ME OF, OF A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          UH, BUT FIRST, I, I DO WANNA ADVOCATE FOR SOMETHING HE WAS SAYING IS THAT WE, I BELIEVE WHAT, WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY IS WE SHOULD NOT DISCOUNT PROVIDING INCENTIVES, UM, IF PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO SET UP IN LOCATIONS WHERE WE DO HAVE THOSE DESERTS OF WHETHER IT'S HEALTHCARE OR FOOD. 
          SO I, I WOULD SAY, ARE YOU GUYS OKAY? NO, I WAS JUST ASKING FOR A STATUS UPDATE,  THE CONVERSATION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I WOULD SAY THAT THOSE ARE ALSO, BUT FOR, UM, AGREEMENTS, BECAUSE, BUT FOR THE INCENTIVE, THEY MIGHT NOT ESTABLISH THEMSELVES IN, UM, A CERTAIN PART OF THE CITY. 
          SO WOULDN'T THEY BE ELIGIBLE? AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO THEIR CUSTOMER BASE. 
          UM, IN A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS, LIKE THE, THE PROJECT THAT WE, WE DID EARLIER, I GUESS IT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR, UM, BECAUSE THEY DREW THEIR CONSUMERS, THEIR CLIENTS FROM OUTSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO AS WELL AS WITHIN SAN ANTONIO, UH, THAT IS REALLY HOW WE WERE ABLE, WE, WE LOOKED AT THE PROJECT, UM, AGAIN, MOST OF THOSE, UH, MEDICAL FACILITIES ARE CONSIDERED, UH, THE KIND OF MORE RETAIL IF THEY'RE CUSTOMER BASE. 
          SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WOULD LOOK AT WHERE THEIR CUSTOMER BASE IS. 
          UH, AGAIN, I WAS MY TEAM MEMBER WHO IS DIGGING INTO THIS WITH OUR COLLEAGUES. 
          UM, I WAS JUST ASKING FOR THE STATUS. 
          WE WERE TARGETING EARLY, UH, NEXT YEAR, 2023, UM, TO BRING FORWARD THOSE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND. 
          UM, UM, AND THE NEXT MEETING IS ON THE 21ST 
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OF, OF NOVEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, TO, TO CONTINUE TO DIG INTO THE, THE DESERTS, AND REALLY, HOW DO YOU START TO DEFINE THAT? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE WOULD WANNA HAVE A, OUR FOCUS HAS NOT DONE BEEN TO HAVE THAT AS A, ACROSS THE CITY POLICY, AGAIN, TO, UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S POINT. 
          THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS, CERTAIN, UM, PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WOULD, WE WOULD WANNA FOCUS ON THOSE, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THOSE DESERTS. 
          AND SO IT'S REALLY WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES TO REALLY DEFINE THOSE DESERTS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, SO THAT WE CAN THEN, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT ANY KIND OF INCENTIVE POLICY MAY LOOK LIKE. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, AGAIN, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, UM, HUMAN SERVICES, AND, UH, METRO HEALTH. 
          THE, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO ADD IS, IS JUST TO KEEP IN MIND THAT PART OF, UH, ONE OF OUR MAIN PRIORITIES IN DESIGNING THIS NEW POLICY AND, AND THIS REVI THESE REVISIONS, IS TO PROVIDE THE CLARITY TO POTENTIAL COMPANIES, POTENTIAL SITE SELECTORS, AND STAYING FOCUSED ON THE JOB CREATION COMPONENT. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF POLICY PRIORITIES, AND, AND THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO MAKE, UH, TO IMPACT WHERE THINGS HAPPEN AND WHERE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS WITH THIS POLICY. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY FOCUSED ON THE, THE JOBS THAT WE'RE CREATING AND THAT THEY HAVE THE WAGES THAT WE WANT TO BRING IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ANY KIND OF INCENTIVE TO THEM. 
          SO JUST KEEPING IN MIND THAT IF WE WANT TO ADDRESS THESE OTHER THINGS, WE STILL HAVE THAT UNDERLYING POLICY OF JOB CREATION AND, AND THE WAGES THAT WE STILL WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS MEET. 
          I JUST, I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THIS IS, UH, UPDATING AN EXISTING POLICY THAT IS DESIGNED FOR JOB CREATION. 
          I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE'RE NOT LIMITING OURSELVES IN TERMS OF, AND, AND WE'LL KNOW THIS BETTER AFTER YOU'VE DONE THE FULL STUDY. 
          UM, I WOULDN'T WANNA BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE LIMITED OUR ABILITY TO INCENTIVIZE THAT OTHER THING AND ACCOMPLISH THAT OTHER POLICY GOAL BECAUSE WE'RE SO SILOED. 
          SO I, I JUST WANT US TO CONSIDER IT AT, AT THAT POINT. 
          UM, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE ERIC IS GONNA SAY SOMETHING. 
          YEAH, I MEAN, I, I, I THINK, UM, WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL MONITOR AS WE ENTERTAIN THOSE CALLS THAT WE GET THAT MANNY DESCRIBED AND, AND USE OUR JUDGMENT. 
          UM, BUT, UH, THE IDEA ISN'T TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE OR TO NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'LL BE MINDFUL OF THAT. 
          AND, AND THEN IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF YOU GUYS UPDATE THE ORDINANCE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND SIX MONTHS INTO IT, WE FIGURE OUT THERE'S ANOTHER ROUTE WE CAN TAKE ON SOMETHING, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH. 
          I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT'S, UM, WE DON'T WANNA CHANGE THE, THE SIX MONTHS, BUT I DO, I DO THINK THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE. 
          THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO BE NIMBLE AND QUICK AND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE, AND, AND, UM, THAT'S A VERY BROAD, UM, TASK. 
          AND IT COULD, IT COULD TAKE A DIFFERENT SHAPE DOWN THE ROAD. 
          AND, AND JUST REAL QUICK, BEFORE MY TIME IS UP, BEFORE MY TIME IS UP, SO WHEN YOU DO COME BACK IN JANUARY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE, THE DESERTS, BUT WILL WE ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT THE CORRIDOR REVITALIZATION INCENTIVES? SO THAT IS ALSO SCHEDULED FOR, FOR JANUARY. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, AGAIN, ALIGNING AND AS WE BRING FORWARD, SO TODAY WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON THAT JOB CREATION, THOSE HIGH PAYING JOBS. 
          UM, AND THEN AS WE CONTINUE TO ROLL THINGS OUT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU HEARD ME TALK A LOT DURING THE FRAMEWORK CONVERSATION ABOUT LEVERAGING AND ALIGNMENT. 
          AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING VERY STRATEGIC AND INTENTIONAL AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE ALL THOSE FORWARD. 
          SO, UM, THE GEOGRAPHIC CORRIDOR CONVERSATION AND THE ARPA INVESTMENTS AROUND, UH, THE GEOGRAPHIC PLACEMAKING IS ALL COMING IN EARLY 2023. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          AND JUST VERY QUICKLY ON, ON THIS POINT ABOUT, UM, MOVING OUTSIDE OF OUR SILOS, MY, MY IMPRESSION, MY ASSUMPTION ABOUT HOW THIS IS GONNA WORK, UH, IS THAT WE ARE GONNA BE MUCH MORE ENGAGED THAN WE HAVE BEFORE BY VIRTUE OF THAT SPEED. 
          UM, AND THE PROCESS IS IF IT FALLS OUTSIDE OF ONE OF THOSE POLICY PRIORITY AREAS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL WANT TO ENGAGE WITH, UH, IT WILL BE QUICK TO DO THAT, BUT THAT WILL REQUIRE ERIC SIGN OFF. 
          UH, AND, AND YOU KNOW, I, I THINK HE, HE WILL UNDERSTAND WHERE COUNCIL IS ON, ON ANY GIVEN OPPORTUNITY THAT COMES OUR WAY. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, PAL. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I, I, I CONSIDER ONE OF MY JOBS, AND, AND I KNOW THAT MY COUNCIL MEMBERS PROBABLY AGREE WITH THIS, AND IT, IT'S TO, TO TELL THE PUBLIC WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING, RIGHT? AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AT LEAST, AT LEAST WHILE I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE, IS THAT WHERE WE'RE GOING IS, UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THOSE EQUITY HOTSPOTS, THOSE BIG, BRIGHT RED, YOU KNOW, UH, FAILURES OF POLICY ON OUR PART AROUND, YOU KNOW, USING THE 
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EQUITY MAP, RIGHT? THIS EQUITY ATLAS, AND THAT WE'RE GONNA FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON THOSE. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT FOOD DESERTS OR, YOU KNOW, NOW MEDICAL DESERTS, RIGHT? OR CULTURE DESERTS. 
          AND THEN WE ASK OURSELVES, WELL, WHY DO THOSE EXIST? LIKE, WHY DO WE, YOU KNOW, WHY IS DISTRICT FIVE A MEDICAL DESERT, RIGHT? UM, AND I MEAN, THE REASON IS, IS BECAUSE WE REALLY NEVER DID ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 
          UH, AND IT'S A MEDICAL DESERT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO NOTHING. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO NOT JUST BE TRANSPARENT AND THOUGHTFUL AND INTENTIONAL, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE EXPLICIT. 
          UM, AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE GOING FORWARD, AND, AND I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, RIGHT? IS WHETHER OR NOT, UM, WE WILL ACTIVELY MARKET THESE INCENTIVES TO MEDICAL PROVIDERS WHO WANT TO EXPAND IN SAN ANTONIO, WHO ARE CURRENTLY HERE, AND MAYBE WANNA SET UP IN DISTRICT FIVE OR DISTRICT TWO OR, OR DISTRICT THREE. 
          AND IF WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE BEXAR COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY AND SAY, WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS, WE'RE TRYING SOMETHING NEW HERE, RIGHT? THERE'S THESE MEDICAL DESERTS, WE'RE WILLING TO, THE NEXT TIME YOU GUYS DO AN M R I CLINIC OR AN X-RAY CLINIC, WHATEVER, RIGHT? UM, IF YOU DO IT IN ONE OF THESE TWO HOTSPOTS, UM, WE WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU AS OPPOSED TO JUST HOPING THAT THEY'LL CALL US, RIGHT? UM, THAT, THAT'S NUMBER ONE. 
          NUMBER TWO, I'LL REMIND YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, IF YOU HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, AN X-RAY CLINIC IN YOUR, IN YOUR DISTRICT WITHOUT CAT SCAN OR TECH, JUST A SIMPLE X-RAY MACHINE, THOSE JOBS ARE 30 BUCKS AN HOUR. 
          UM, AND I MEAN, THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT JOB, RIGHT? WE HAD JOHN HOCKEN STANDING AT THAT PODIUM HERE TELLING US, LOOK, I GET THE ARGUMENT FOR, YOU KNOW, ABOUT RETAIL MEDICINE AND ALL VERSUS, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE NON-PUBLIC FACING MEDICINE. 
          BUT HE SAID, JOBS ARE JOBS, AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE HURTING FOR RIGHT NOW IS JOBS, RIGHT? AND SO THESE ARE EMPLOYERS. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT'S MY CHALLENGE FOR YOU, BRENDA. 
          I REALLY WANNA TAKE THIS OUT TO THE MEDICAL SOCIETY AND THE PROVIDERS AND TELL 'EM WE ARE GONNA SOLVE FOR MEDICAL, UM, MEDICAL DESERTS. 
          BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, WELL THEN 20 YEARS FROM NOW, THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GONNA SIT AROUND HERE AND SAY, GOSH, I WONDER WHY WE STILL HAVE MEDICAL DESERTS IN D TWO, D FIVE, D THREE, RIGHT? D SEVEN, WHEREVER IT IS THEY ARE. 
          UM, AND I MEAN, I, I, I WANNA FIX IT NOW. 
          SO THE, THAT'S MY CHALLENGE FOR YOU. 
          AND SO HEADS UP PREVIEW, RIGHT? IS THAT, UM, THE NEXT CONVERSATION, I'M GONNA KEEP DRUMMING ON THIS ONE, AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT MY PARTNER OVER HERE TO MY LEFT IS GONNA KEEP DRUMMING ON THIS ONE TOO. 
          UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S OUR JOB TO DO THIS NOW AS OPPOSED TO CONTINUE TO HOPE FOR THE BEST. 
          SO ANYWAY, THAT I'M BEATING A DEAD HORSE. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          GREAT WORK, BRENDA AND TEAM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE. 
          LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT ON THE FIRST. 
          ALRIGHT, ERIC, BACK TO YOU FOR A SECOND ITEM. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          OUR SECOND ITEM, RAZZY ISS GOING TO, UH, BRIEF YOU, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, UM, THE, UM, UH, M P O UM, REQUESTED A LIST OF POTENTIAL, UM, WHAT'S CALLED UNFUNDED PROJECTS FOR THE 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION, UH, PLAN OR LONGRIDGE PLAN. 
          UM, AND EARLIER THIS YEAR WE BRIEFED, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY, UH, COUNCIL COMMITTEE, UM, AND THEN SHARED, UH, THE LIST WITH COUNCIL, UM, THEREAFTER. 
          SO RA'S GONNA, UH, BRIEF YOU ON THOSE PROJECTS, UH, THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE 2050 LONG RANGE PLAN, AS WELL AS AN UPDATE ON THE PROCESS, UH, AND TAKE, UH, AND HOPEFULLY GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL ON THE EVALUATION CRITERIA AND PROJECT PRIORITIZATION AS WE, UH, PREPARE, UH, THE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT, UH, ARE ON M P O AS WELL AS THE STAFF, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY. 
          ZI. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M CEI DIRECTOR OF CITY ENGINEERING FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, A METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, UH, ALSO KNOWING AS AN M P O IS AN AGENCY CREATED BY FEDERAL LAW TO PROVIDE LOCAL INPUT FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TO URBAN AREAS WITH POPULATION GREATER THAN 50,000. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP, INCLUDE BAY COUNTY, GU LOOP, KAMAL, AND KINDAL COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, OR COMMONLY KNOWN M P O LONG RANGE PLAN INCLUDE POTENTIAL PROJECT FOR NEXT 25 YEARS BASED ON THE FUTURE GOALS AND TRANSPORTATION NEED UPDATED EVERY FOUR YEARS, OUTLINES VISION AND GOALS TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ABOUT WHICH TRANSPORTATION PROJECT TO BE FUND AND IMPLEMENT IN TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR COMMONLY KNOWING TIP. 
          THE TIP IS FOUR YEARS LIST OF THE TRANSPORTATION PRO PROJECTS APPROVED FOR FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING BY M P O TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD. 
          THE TIP IS UPDATED EVERY TWO YEARS AND AMENDED QUARTERLY. 
          THE MPOS CURRENTLY WAITING FINAL FEDERAL APPROVAL OF 
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2023 AND 2026 TIPS UNTIL IT IS APPROVED N P O CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER THE AMENDED 2019 AND 2022 TIP PROGRAM IT IN FEBRUARY, 2022 M P O REQUEST LIST OF THE POTENTIAL UNFUNDED PROJECT TO BE INCLUDED IN M T B A LONG RANGE PLAN. 
          ON MARCH 21ST, 2022, STAFF BRIEFED THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE ON M P'S, PROPOSED UNFUNDED PROJECT FOR 2050 M T B LONG RANGE PLAN. 
          ON MARCH 28TH, WE PROVIDED THE MEMO FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL WITH THE PROJECT LIST. 
          CITY'S UNFUNDED PROJECT INCLUDES UNFUNDED PROJECT ALREADY. 
          OUR ON MTPS LIST PROJECTS ONLY PARTIALLY FUNDED ON PREVIOUS M T P PROJECT THAT ARE CONTINUATION OF THE PROPOSED 2022 BOND PROGRAM AND SOME BLOW LINE PROJECT FROM THE BOND COMMITTEE MEETING AND ROADWAY PROJECT CONSIDERED BUT NOT RECOMMENDED FOR 2022 BOND PROGRAM. 
          THIS PROJECT HAS ALREADY INCLUDED BOTH ON A M T B A LONG RANGE PLAN AND TAP SHORT RANGE PLAN. 
          THEY ARE ALREADY FUNDED AND ESTIMATED FUNDING YEAR, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TABLE. 
          AND THE COST ESTIMATE FOR EACH PROJECT IS INCLUDED ON THE FARTHER RIGHT. 
          THIS PROJECT WERE RECENTLY AWARDED TO CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN THE LAST CALL FOR PROJECT BY M P O AND WILL BE ADDED TO M T P. 
          THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, AND THEY WILL BE ADDED TO M T B AS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVES THEM. 
          THESE PROJECT ARE UNFUNDED IN M T B AND CAN BE MOVED TO TIP WHEN FUNDING IS IDENTIFIED. 
          THESE, THIS CONTINUATION OF THE UNFUNDED PROJECT, THE LIST YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, 17 BY 11. 
          WE SUBMIT THIS ONE EARLY THIS YEAR. 
          31 PROJECT AT ESTIMATED COST OF 446 MILLION. 
          AND SOME OF THOSE PROJECT, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD NOT DONE EVEN COST ESTIMATE. 
          THESE ARE THE FOLLOWING, THOSE 31 PROJECT, AS I MENTIONED AS ON THE FRONT OF YOU. 
          LITTLE BACKGROUND. 
          MARCH 31ST, 2022, LIST OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, POTENTIAL UNFUNDED PROJECT FOR 2050 M T B. 
          LONG RANGE PLAN WAS SUBMITTED JUNE 27TH, 2022. 
          M T P WAS APPROVED BY M P O TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD AND CURRENTLY AWAITING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPROVAL SEPTEMBER 26TH OF THIS YEAR DURING THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD MEETING, DIRECTION PROVIDED TO DELAY PLANNED PROJECT CALL FOR 2023 TO ADDRESS COST INCREASE DUE TO INFLATION AND SUPPLY CHAIN. 
          THIS PROVIDES US ADDITIONAL TIME TO FINALIZE AND IMPLEMENT PROJECT PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA TO DETERMINE WHICH PROJECT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT FOR FUTURE ON FARM, THAT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THE CRITERIA WE ARE PROPOSING YOU IS WHEN WE ARE HOPING TO GET SOME INPUT FROM YOU, IS IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, RESILIENCY, PROJECT CONTINUATION AND FEASIBILITY. 
          I WILL BE DISCUSSING EACH OF THESE CATEGORY IN MORE IN DETAIL IN FUTURE FOLLOWING SLIDE. 
          IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY, IMPROVE SYSTEM CONNECTIVITY, SUPPORT REGIONAL MULTIMODAL NETWORK, IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY TO JOB EDUCATION, FA, EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, RECREATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ALLIANCE WITH THE CITY ADAPTED PLAN. 
          EITHER ELIMINATES GAPS IN SIDEWALK OR IMPROVE A D. 
          ACCESS TO FACILITIES, SUPPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF THE COLOR AND LOW INCOME PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
          PROVIDE OPTION FOR OTHER MOBILITY OPTIONS, IMPROVES AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND PUBLIC TRANSIT. 
          IMPROVES AIR QUALITY, IMPROVING CONGESTION DELAY HIGH DAYTIME VERSUS OVERNIGHT CONGESTION INCLUDES GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS L I D AND LEAD 
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AND OTHER GREEN SU SUSTAINABLE STANDARD. 
          IMPROVE SAFETY, PRIORITIZE AREA WITH HIGH CRASH RATES. 
          RESILIENCY IMPROVES AND SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF CITY AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICE AND RESIDENTS DAILY ACTIVITIES, IMPROVE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, REDUCE FLOOD RISK, ADDRESS HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECT AND RENOVATING AND REHABILITATION, VULNERABLE ACCESS LIKE CITY FACILITY AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT CONTINUATION AND FEASIBILITY LEVERAGED FUNDING PROJECTS, CONTINUATION OF PREVIOUSLY FUNDED PROJECT, PUBLIC SUPPORTS ON THE PROJECT MEETS OTHER PROJECT PROGRAM FUNDING CRITERIA. 
          IN SUMMARY, WE ARE SEEKING INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL ON POTENTIAL EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR PROJECT PRIORITIZATION FOR FUTURE M P O OPPORTUNITY MADE AND CONSULT. 
          THIS IS INDA MY PRESENTATION. 
          I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          RAZZY, UH, LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT, A FAIRLY DETAILED LIST OF PROJECTS. 
          I DO APPRECIATE THE OVERVIEW OF ALL THE CRITERIA BEING USED. 
          SO LET ME TURN IT TO OUR TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER, KEO. 
          HALBERDA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          RAZZIE. 
          I ALSO WANNA THANK ALL THE, UM, COUNCIL, OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THAT ARE ON TRANSPORTATION AND THE M P O, THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE WAS BRIEFED ON THE UNFUNDED M T P LIST AND REQUESTED THAT MORE INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY AS A WHOLE IS, UH, IS ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND HAVE THE WHOLE COUNCIL HEAR THE CRITERIA USED. 
          UM, REGARDING THE, OR TO CREATE THE UNFUNDED M T P LIST. 
          THERE'S A, A FEW THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND. 
          UM, WE EXPECT AN INCREASE IN FEDERAL FUNDING, BUT, UH, UNFORTUNATELY INFLATION HAS LED TO MAYBE A, NOT A LEVELING OUT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LED TO THE COST TO EXISTING PROJECTS GOING UP. 
          IT HAS PRO PROVIDED TIME TO GO OVER THE LIST AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE USING THE CRITERIA THAT BENEFITS THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          AS YOU HEARD IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS PLAN SINCE FEBRUARY, WHICH TOOK SPECIAL CARE TO ENSURE THAT THE M T P LIST MIRRORED THE CITY'S PRIORITIES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          WE LOOK FOR PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS GAPS IN MOBILITY, INCLUDING CONNECTOR ROADS AND BIKE LANES. 
          AND WE TOOK THE SAME AMOUNT OF CARE IN THE UNFUNDED PROJECTS LIST SO WE COULD BE READY IN CASE THE PRIORITIES LIST CHANGED IN ANY WAY. 
          SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM OUR COLLEAGUES TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, MAYOR AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, SO THIS YEAR IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'RE USING A MUCH MORE EQUITABLE FUNDING FORMULA FOR THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, AND I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT, IT MAY BE A SMALLER FACTOR IN THE DECISION MAKING FOR, UM, THIS PLAN. 
          AND SO MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS WOULD RESULT IN AN INEQUITABLE FUNDING OF MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 
          AND SO I'M WONDERING HOW WE COULD ENSURE THAT PROJECTS SUBMITTED FOR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES ARE DONE SO EQUITABLY AND TO BE INCLUDED IN LISTS LIKE THIS. 
          COUNCILMAN, OUR IDEA IS TODAY TO COME WITH AGREEMENT REGARDING THE CRITERIA WE ARE GOING TO USE. 
          OUR INTENTION IS TO MEET EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND IDENTIFY THE PROJECT IN YOUR DISTRICT YOU LIKED FOR US TO SCORE IT AND DO COST ESTIMATE FOR POTENTIAL SUBMITTAL WHENEVER M P O CALLS FOR THE PROJECT. 
          SO, OKAY, SO YOU'RE SEEKING INPUT ON THE PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA. 
          YES, ON THE CRITERIA YOU HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING, BUT WE HAVE ALREADY, WE ARE OPEN FOR THAT. 
          SO MY INPUT ON THE CRITERIA THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT WE FIND A WAY TO UTILIZE WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT DISTRICT NEED, UM, AND EVALUATE THOSE AS HIGHER PRIORITY EXPLICITLY. 
          YES, WE HAVE A NEED, WE KNOW THE DRAINAGE NEED OF EVERY DISTRICT. 
          WE KNOW THE ROADWAY NEED OF EVERY DISTRICT, SIDEWALK NEED OF, WE HAVE ALL THOSE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION ON THE PROJECT NEED FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE QUITE UNDERSTANDING. 
          I DON'T QUITE, I'M NOT QUITE SURE THAT I'M KIND OF CONVEYING WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, THE MESSAGE IS NOT LANDING. 
          SO I'M LOOKING AT THE FOUR SELECTION CRITERIA RIGHT THERE THAT EXISTS. 
          I AM STATING THAT HIGH EQUITY SCORE, LIKE A HIGH, HIGH NEED AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE GOES, IS NOT REFLECTED EXPLICITLY RIGHT THERE. 
          AND SO AS A CRITERIA, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DISTRICTS THAT HAVE HIGHER NEED IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE RECEIVE HIGHER PRIORITY AND PRO DOES THAT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
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THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU OZZY FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, I AM ALWAYS EXCITED TO SEE THE SOUTH SAM MORA OVERPASS PROJECT, UH, ON THE FUNDED LIST. 
          UH, THE SOUTH SAM MOURA OVERPASS SEEMS TO BE A URBAN LEGEND IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          THE CONSTITUENTS AREN'T TOO SURE IF IT'S GONNA HAPPEN AND WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. 
          UM, AND I WANNA EXPRESS MY THANKS TO MS. QUEZ WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OF BEING IN OFFICE. 
          SHE CAME OUT TO ONE OF THE BUDGET MEETINGS AND SHE WAS ASKING ABOUT IT, AND THEN SHE WAS PERSISTENT AND DAVID, UH, CAME OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GAVE EVERYONE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE WERE, UH, ON THAT PROJECT. 
          SO THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT. 
          UH, OVERALL, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CURRENT MAKEUP OF WHERE THERE'S SEVERE PEDESTRIAN INJURY AREAS, UM, WHICH, UH, EMILY'S PASSING OUT AT EVERYONE RIGHT NOW, WE SEE A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF SEVERE PEDESTRIAN INJURIES, UH, WITHIN, UH, ON THE BORDER OF IN DISTRICT FIVE, AND THEN AS WELL AS IN THE BORDER OF DISTRICT ONE. 
          AND I GUESS MY ASK IS THAT IF WE CAN PRIORITIZE THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST IN INJURIES AND FATALITIES WITHIN THE SCORING CRITERIA, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE INCLUDING? AND IF SO, HOW MUCH DOES THAT WEIGH? M P O USE? A THOUSAND POINT, WHICH IS REALLY HELPS US BECAUSE THE LARGER IS THE POINT, THE MORE YOU CAN GRADE THEM. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I DON'T HAVE EXACTLY HOW MUCH IT'LL GIVE, BUT THE, EACH OF THOSE AREA I MENTIONED FOR POINT IS THEY RECEIVE AVERAGE 250 POINT, THEN OF COURSE EACH OF THOSE CRITERIA, SUB POINT, AT LEAST FIVE OF THEM, EACH OF THEM END UP BEING 50 POINT OR SO, THEY WILL GET POINT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND AND I ASK BECAUSE RIGHT, WE ALWAYS THROW AROUND THE WORD EQUITY, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY PROVIDING EQUITY TO THE ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES, THEY ALWAYS GET THE CRAP END OF THE STICK, RIGHT? UH, AND NOT BY YOU. 
          BUT I THINK WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THE UNDERFUNDED PROJECTS, I SEE, UH, CASTORVILLE ROAD AND COUPLES ROAD AND YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, ACCIDENTS WITHIN THAT AREA AND I KNOW THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY MOVING FORWARD THAT WE COULD FUND THOSE PROJECTS. 
          UM, BUT WHEN LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE HIGH CONCENTRATION OF, UH, PEDESTRIAN INJURIES ARE, UM, MY HOPE AND GOAL WOULD TO SEE, WOULD BE TO SEE MORE OF THOSE PROJECTS ON THE FUNDED LIST. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY RIGHT WHEN I LOOK AT, UH, COUPLES ROAD AND THOMPSON'S PLACE, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND INJURIES AND WE KNOW IT'S A, A GROWING AREA WITH A LOT OF TRAFFIC. 
          UM, MY CONCERN PRIMARILY IS FOR THE STUDENTS WHO, UH, ARE LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY, UH, ACCESS RIGHT PORT SAN ANTONIO. 
          THERE'S SO MUCH INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY THERE THAT WE WANNA OUR KIDS TO ACCESS, BUT I ALSO WANNA BE SURE THEY COULD WALK THERE, RIDE THEIR BIKE THERE SAFELY. 
          UM, SO THAT'S ONE PROJECT THAT I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO, TO IDENTIFY FUNDING TO SUPPORT. 
          UH, BUT ULTIMATELY WITH THE SCORING CRITERIA, MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT WE CAN SHIFT MORE TOWARDS A POINT SYSTEM THAT PRIORITIZES WHERE THERE'S, UH, HIGH INJURY OR FATALITIES. 
          UM, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THE SCORING CRITERIA FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON AREAS WITH HIGH TRAFFIC, RIGHT? UM, AND WHILE THAT IS IMPORTANT, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHERE WE CONTINUALLY SEE INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS, THAT THOSE AREAS, UH, RECEIVE THEIR, THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL. 
          BUT THANK YOU RAZZY, I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR, YOUR WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU RAZZY. 
          UH, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I, I, UM, THE PROJECTS IN DISTRICT THREE ARE NOT NEW TO ME, R T U, AND WE DISCUSS THEM OFTEN AND TRY AND DO WHAT WE CAN. 
          THOUGH IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD MORE FUNDING, UM, COMING FED DOWN FEDERALLY, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR. 
          AND IN ALL HONESTY MAY NOT HAPPEN TILL 2026. 
          SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE, UM, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE DISTRICT-WIDE PRIORITIZE THAT AND WHAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IN THE UPCOMING YEARS. 
          SO I, I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING OTHER, UH, CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE I DO WANNA ADDRESS TO SEE HOW WE CAN PARTNER AND I, I DON'T THINK JEFF COYLE IS HERE, BUT IF WE COULD GET THE MESSAGE TO HIM, THERE HE IS, UH, AT THE STATE LEVEL BECAUSE I SEE ROOSEVELT THERE AND THAT IS A STATE HIGHWAY. 
          WE FORGET THAT. 
          AND IF WE COULD POSSIBLY LOOK AT WHAT FUNDING WE CAN, WE CAN WORK ON, ON WITH THE STATE TO GET THAT DONE. 
          AND I THINK THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ALSO. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO TRYING TO GET CREATIVE TO GET SOME FUNDING FOR ALL THESE UNFUNDED PROJECTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, I WOULD, I WOULD GUESS THAT ALL OF THESE WERE GIVEN SOME KIND OF AN EVALUATION BY CITY STAFF. 
          WERE ANY OF THESE IN ANY KIND OF A PRIORITY ORDER THAT WE WERE SUGGESTING? NO, SIR. 
          WE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO DO REALLY 
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SCORING ANY OF THESE PROJECT NOR DO DO A CUSTOM ESTIMATE. 
          EVERY ONE OF THEM. 
          WE DID COST ESTIMATE MORE. 
          SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AS COMMUNICATION WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          WE HAD TALKED LIKE  EXTENSION AND OTHER, WE KNEW THAT, BUT THERE IS NO, WE HAVEN'T DONE A SCORING. 
          WE REALLY WANT TO GET INPUT ON THE SCORING CRITERIA, THEN CAN SCORE THEM AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING NOW THEN PER CORRECT. 
          GIVING THEM A SCORE BASED ON WHAT TRAFFIC OR ACCIDENTS OR FATALITIES OR COST OR WHAT FOR, FOR FLOODING. 
          THOSE FOUR ITEMS. I MENTIONED THE CONNECTIVITY ELIMINATION OF THE LOW WATER CROSSING AND CREATING ACCESS FOR THE JOBS, EDUCATION AND OTHER MM-HMM. 
          , DO YOU THINK IT WOULD HELP THE M P O IF WE WERE TO PRIORITIZE THOSE AS COUNCIL AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE OUR TOP 10 OR TOP FIVE OR TOP 20, WE GOT 31 ON THIS LIST. 
          DOES THAT HELP THEM, UM, MAKE A DECISION, DO YOU THINK? I THINK IT DOES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL I SURE HOPE WOMEN  NETTING. 
          YEAH, I SURE HOPE WE SEE THAT BECAUSE ALL OF ALL OF THESE HAVE VALUE, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 
          BUT I THINK THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HEAT MAP AND YOU SEE THESE AREAS WHERE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN INJURY AND WE KNOW TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AND CAR ACCIDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I THINK OUR NUMBER ONE JOB IS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. 
          AND IF WE CAN PRIORITIZE THESE IN A WAY THAT WE CAN DO THE MOST TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC, UH, MAYBE THAT'LL HELP, UH, MAKE THAT DECISION AT, AT, UH, THE M P O LEVEL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          LET ME, LET ME JUST JUMP IN THERE. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, THAT, THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL FOR US. 
          AND I THINK THE MEMBERS OF THE COM, THE COUNCIL THAT SIT ON M P O. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT ASPECTS OF, OF HOW WE PRIORITIZE AND WE WILL WORK TO DO THAT, UH, WITH THE N P O, WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO NM P O AND THEN COME BACK AND SHOW THE FULL COUNCIL BECAUSE I THINK THAT JUST ARMS US ALL BETTER WHEN WE GO INTO THAT MULTI-AGENCY GROUP TO HAVE A, A, A DEFINITE LIST. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU ROSIE AND YOUR TEAM FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AND I SEE, UH, THAT WE HAVE USED SEVERAL FACTORS AND PRINCIPLES IN THE RANKING OF PROJECTS AND I APPRECIATE, UM, WHAT YOU HAVE HERE. 
          I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ AND, UM, THE EQUITY, I KNOW WE HAVE IT ON THERE ON THE SCORING CRITERIA AND THAT WILL SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW INCOME. 
          BUT IN THE MAP THAT WE HAVE, LIKE I SAID, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE ALL OF THE, UH, TRAFFIC, THE SEVERE PEDESTRIAN INJURY AREAS SEEM TO BE IN DISTRICT FIVE, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, AS, AS AS MY NEIGHBOR, I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD ADVOCATE RIGHT FOR THAT AND, AND FOR CONTINUED FOCUS ON THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, I JUST, AND, AND, AND I WANNA THANK UH, T DOT I JUST RECENTLY MET WITH THEM AND, AND ACTUALLY I WAS LATE TODAY FOR, I WAS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THEM FOR IN THE STREAK. 
          AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE, UM, THAT WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THIS. 
          AND AS MY COLLEAGUES KNOW, I HAD A STUDENT THAT WAS KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER A MONTH AGO TODAY. 
          AND SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO I I APPRECIATE THAT THAT WORK HAS GONE INTO HERE, BUT I'M WONDERING HOW MUCH DOES, UH, TRAFFIC VOLUME ACTUALLY PLAY INTO OUR SCORING? SO MY CONCERN IS THAT TRAFFIC VOLUME, UM, THAT WE WILL BE UPGRADING OUR ROADWAYS OR ADDING GREATER PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY AFTER IT'S ALREADY AN ISSUE. 
          SO HOW DO WE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE? SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          I, I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUE WE ARE LOOKING TO POSSIBLE TO RESOLVE IF THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT CON CONGEST ON THE ROADWAY, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT JUST THE EFFECTS, THE TRAFFIC, IT AFFECTS AIR QUALITY. 
          WE WANT TO KIND OF GIVE SOME HIGHER RISK SCORE TO ELIMINATE THAT AIR QUALITY HAVE TRAFFIC IS MO MOVING ON THAT ROADWAY? SO LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          ONE OF THE FIVE UNFUNDED PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE FOR D FOUR IN OUR WORKSHEET, UM, IT INVOLVES WIDENING THE ROAD, RIGHT? AND SO IT'S MEDINA BASE ROAD, UM, MILITARY DRIVE, COVELL ROAD, WATSON ROAD. 
          AND FOR A LOT OF THOSE, LIKE FOR INSTANCE WATSON ROAD, WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A HIGH SCHOOL GOING DOWN THE STREET. 
          WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COVELL ROAD. 
          WE KNEW THAT HALF OF THE CITY'S, UM, TRASH GOES THROUGH THAT ROAD. 
          RIGHT? AND SO LIKE HOW, HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT THE USAGE OF THAT IN TERMS OF ALSO, UM, THE DUMP TRUCKS AND SCHOOL BUSES AND THE WEIGHT OF IT. 
          HOW DO YOU PUT THAT, HOW DO YOU ADD THAT INTO THE PRIORITIES OF WHAT GETS FUNDED AND NOT? UH, I THINK THAT FALSE, WE HAVE THE LAST ITEM ON MEETS OTHER SPECIFIC PROGRAM, PROJECT PROGRAM FUNDING REQUIREMENT. 
          I THINK WE WILL LOOK THESE IDEA, THESE ITEMS GOING TO GIVE US SOME GUIDING OKAY. 
          BUT 
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STILL WILL LOOK FOR THOSE OTHER NEEDS COMMUNITIES, NEED PROJECT AND ALSO NOT JUST BECAUSE OF WE NEED TO DO THE PROJECT ON THAT PARTICULAR ROAD. 
          WE PROBABLY HAVE TO DO THAT ONE CONCRETE ROADWAY BECAUSE ASPHALT IS NOT GOING TO LAST ON EVERY PROJECT. 
          ALSO YOU SAID THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD THE SCHOOL. 
          WE LOOK OVER TO SEE CAN WE BUILD, SHOULD WE BUILD A BIKE LANE? BY THAT TIME, HOPEFULLY OUR BIKE MASTER PLAN IS DONE. 
          WE KNOW WHERE REALLY SHOULD WE BUILD THE BIKE LANE. 
          THE ADDITION COUNCILMAN HAVING THIS LIST HELP US FOR FUTURE, ANY FUNDING FUTURE BOND PROJECT. 
          AS LONG AS WE HAVE A SOLID LIST AND EVERYBODY'S AGREE, SELECT IT BASED ON USING GOOD SOLID CRITERIA. 
          ANYTIME WE HAVE BOND PROJECT OR OTHER FEDERAL FUND OR ANY OTHER FUNDING, WE CAN PUSH THIS PROJECT FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S A COST TO AT LEAST ONE OF THEM. 
          AND THE ONE THAT I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S AT WATSON ROAD BECAUSE WE HAVE UM, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WE HAVE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS RACING THROUGH REALLY UNSAFE ROAD CONDITIONS. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW YOU WENT OUT TO TO DRIVE IT YOURSELF AND I THANK ERIC WAS HAS BEEN OUT THERE BEFORE AS WELL, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, AND AT THE UH, M P O I REALIZE WE'RE WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR OTHER COUNTIES AND, AND CITIES SHARING IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROJECTS, WHAT, UH, PERCENTAGE OF ALL THE M P O PROJECTS ARE WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS. 
          DO YOU HAVE THAT? WE, WE HAVE. 
          I DON'T HAVE WITH ME, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER FUNDING PROJECT, ALSO TECHSTAR PROJECT ALSO GET FUNDED, WHICH HAS HAPPENED TO BE IN CITY LIMIT. 
          WE CAN GET THOSE FOR YOU. 
          YES, PLEASE. 
          I'D, I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT. 
          AND THEN WHAT DOES THE COORDINATION LOOK LIKE BETWEEN YOUR TEAM AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WHEN YOU'RE SELECTING YOUR PRIORITIES? I THINK LUCKILY WE REPORT BOTH OF, BOTH OF US REPORT TO ROD. 
          WE WORK VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER. 
           LUCKILY, LUCKILY. 
          OKAY, SO I, I I JUST, I DIDN'T KNOW LIKE WHAT, HOW THAT HAPPENS. 
          LIKE IS THERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A WEEKLY MEETING OR SOMETHING, SO I'M JUST WONDERING, BUT OKAY. 
          I, I BELIEVE YOU, SOME OF OUR ORIGINAL PLANS FOR BROADWAY CHANGED WITH THE DECISIONS OF OUR STATE PARTNERS AS WE KNOW. 
          WHAT IS THE UPDATED SCOPE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON WITH THE FUNDED PROJECTS ON BROADWAY? SO I'M TALKING ABOUT THE $22 MILLION FOR BROADWAY I 35 TO MULBERRY AND THEN THE $28 MILLION FROM BROADWAY AND MULBERRY TO BURR. 
          YEAH, BROADWAY, YOU KNOW, THE ONE IS CITY, PART OF THE BROADWAY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WILL BE DONE SUMMER UP 2024. 
          THE OTHER ONE IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME ISSUE REGARDING THE BIKE LANE. 
          TECHSTAR RECENTLY HIRED A CONSULTING AND THEY'RE PROPOSING WITH THE DESIGN TO GO THAT PROJECT AND WE HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATED. 
          LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY RATHER THAN THE TWO PROTECTED BIKE LANE WE WERE PROPOSING. 
          THEY MAY END UP BEING ABLE TO DO SHARED BIKE PATH SHARED WITH THE PEDESTRIAN, BUT THEY'RE VERY EARLY STAGE OF THE PROJECT AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT STILL, WE HAVE, THE MONEY WE HAD ON THAT PROJECT IS THIRD MONEY. 
          OF COURSE WE HAD ALSO M T O MONEY, MONEY STILL THERE IS NOT TOUCHED, BUT WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT TEXT US PLANNING TO DO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, IT'S AS YOU GET CLOSER TO FINALIZING THESE PROJECTS, UM, THE RESPECTIVE CO UH, COUNCIL OFFICES, I, I'D HOPE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CHANCE TO SEE THE QUAD SHEET BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A PROJECT LISTED IN D THREE. 
          IT'S PARTLY IN D FOUR, RIGHT? AND SO IT'S THE GILLETTE TO SARS, ZAMORA TO COMMERCIAL AND IT'S MOSTLY A RESIDENTIAL STREET. 
          THERE'S A PARK, THERE'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALONG IT. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF HOMES THAT ARE CLOSE TO THERE. 
          UH, AND SO I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE CONVERSATIONS AND OUTREACH, UM, WITH THOSE RESIDENTS BEFORE WE CONSTRUCT ANOTHER LANE CLOSER TO THEIR HOME. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, I'M JUST, JUST WONDERING IF, IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE BIGGER PROJECTS, UM, AS, AS WE COME CLOSER TO TO FUNDING. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU ZI. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE MY ONLY QUESTIONS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, RAZZI, I'M LOOKING AT THE PRICE TAGS OF A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS AND I NOTICED THAT THE, THE TWO THAT ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION HERE FOR DISTRICT ONE, UM, THERE ARE ONLY TWO PROJECTS, WELL NOT EVERY PROJECT HAS A, A COST ESTIMATE, BUT UM, OF THE ONES THAT DO, THERE ARE ONLY TWO THAT ARE COST LESS THAN THAT. 
          AND ONE OF 'EM IS A BIKE, UM, PLAN. 
          AND SO A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS I'M LOOKING AT, THEY'RE THREE OR FOUR TIMES AS MUCH, UM, AS THESE TWO PROJECTS. 
          AND PARTICULARLY I'M LOOKING AT, UH, THE JONES MALTSBERGER ROAD ONE, I'VE HEARD SO MUCH FROM MY CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THAT ONE. 
          I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN BECAUSE THERE'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GONNA BE GOING IN NEXT TO THEM AND IT'S GONNA REALLY INCREASE TRAFFIC ON THAT NARROW ROADWAY. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK THEY MAY END UP ONLY HAVING ONE THAT MAY BE THEIR ONLY, UH, ENTRANCE AND EXIT TO THEIR, TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AT THAT, UH, FROM THAT FROM JONES MALTSBERGER. 
          SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN THERE FROM THE COMMUNITY ON HOW THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT IS GONNA IMPACT THEIR TRAFFIC THERE, WHERE THEY ALREADY HAVE CHALLENGES. 
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AND IT'S, WHEN I LOOK AT THE HEAT MAP HERE FOR SEVERE PEDESTRIAN INJURY, UM, IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE A HOT AREA FOR THAT JONES MALTSBERGER SECTION, BUT I WILL SAY THAT I KNOW THAT AREA RIGHT THERE ON FOUR 10, WHICH IT CONNECTS TO, I'M, I'VE BEEN TOLD BY TEXDOT, I BELIEVE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ROAD IN SAN ANTONIO FOR, FOR CAR ACCIDENTS. 
          SO THIS PROJECT WE HAVE A CONS ON. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THE COST ESTIMATE IS EIGHT MONTHS OR SO OLD. 
          WE DID NOT REVISE ANYTHING. 
          WE ARE BASICALLY PROVIDING YOU WHAT WE SUBMIT. 
          SURE. 
          EARLY THIS YEAR FOR M P O PROBABLY WILL BE MORE THAN 9 MILLION TODAY. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          AND WHY WE HAVE THIS ONE, IT MAY NOT FALL ON THAT HOT MAP BECAUSE THIS WAS THE BLOW LINE DURING THE BOND COMMUNITY PROCESS. 
          THEY CAME OVER THERE AND SPOKE VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS PROJECT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, COMMUNITY DIDN'T SELECT THIS PROJECT. 
          THEY, FOR WE PROPOSED TO BE PART OF M P O. 
          GREAT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          ANYONE ELSE ON THE ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT. 
          HALF OF THE ISSUE WITH THIS TABLET IS USER ERROR. 
          I COMPLETELY AD ADMIT TO THAT. 
          UM, SO, UH, JUST A FEW COMMENTS ON THIS. 
          UH, I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT SCORING CRITERIA FORWARD, SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, BUT I DO, AND I, I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS, UH, CHAIR OF, OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          SO SOME OF THESE MAY BE DUPLICATIVE. 
          I JUST WANNA CAUTION THE GROUP THAT THE SCORES THAT WE END UP GIVING ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE, MAY NOT END UP ALIGNING WITH THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE HAD AT THE M P O. 
          THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN PROCESS FOR SETTING, UH, SCORING CRITERIA. 
          AND I BELIEVE THE M P O POLICY BOARD WILL ADOPT THOSE BEFORE. 
          CORRECT. 
          THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, OUR PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA TO BE AS CLOSE TO M P O AS POSSIBLE. 
          OTHERWISE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO TOO FAR. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO I, I THINK THERE'S TWO THINGS HERE IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US, BUT THEN WHAT'S ALSO GOING TO HELP US BRING THE MONEY HOME. 
          AND I, I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE TWO THINGS IN OUR HEAD. 
          THEY MAY NOT ALIGN. 
          HOWEVER, WHAT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE, AND I, I HAD SEEN MARK JACOBSON NODDING HIS HEAD AT THIS, IS THAT IF WE HAVE OUR PRIORITIES IN PLACE AND HE SHOWS UP AT THE TAC MEETING, THE TRANSPORTATION, UM, SORRY, THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING, AND HE CAN FIRMLY SAY, THIS IS WHAT THE CITY IS, UH, PRIORITIZING. 
          THIS IS THE ADDITIONAL LEVERAGED FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, UH, AND WE'RE ALL IN ON THESE. 
          IT MAKES THAT PROCESS OF THE SELECTION SO MUCH EASIER REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE SCORING CRITERIA ARE. 
          WHAT ENDS UP BEING MOST IMPORTANT IS KIND OF THAT EVERYBODY COMES AWAY FEELING LIKE IT WAS A GOOD, A GOOD DEAL. 
          UM, SO I THINK THE MORE UNIFIED WE ARE ON THAT, THE EASIER WE MAKE IT FOR OR FOR STAFF. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I DID WANT TO MENTION IS THAT'S WHEN IT COMES TO THE FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          UM, THE ST THE SERVICE TRANSPORTATION, UH, GRANTS, BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT A COUPLE OF OTHER POTS OF MONEY AVAILABLE TO US THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE M P O. 
          AND THOSE ARE GONNA BE SCORED DIFFERENTLY. 
          SO WE NEED TO, UH, KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT ALL NOT ALL PROJECTS ARE, ARE COMPETING THE SAME WAY. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE POSSIBILITY TO GET OUR AIR QUALITY FUNDS. 
          THEY'RE CALLED CONGESTION MITIGATION, AIR QUALITY FUNDS, AND ONLY BEAR COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE. 
          SO WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING THOSE. 
          SO USUALLY THAT'S WHERE YOU WANNA PUT IN THE BIKE PATHS, THE CARPOOL SHARE, THAT KIND OF STUFF, WHICH MAY END UP BEING SCORED DIFFERENTLY CORRECT. 
          THAN THE OTHER STUFF. 
          SO, UM, JUST SOMETHING ELSE TO, TO KEEP IN MIND NOW, GOING TO THE CRITERIA THAT YOU HAVE. 
          I DO HEAR HERE, UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ'S POINT REGARDING, UM, KIND OF PULLING SOMETHING OUT EXPLICITLY FOR AREAS OF HIGH EQUITY SCORE. 
          I AM ALSO A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED THAT IT GETS MUDDLED IN THIS AND IT ENDS UP BEING OVERSHADOWED. 
          THAT PARTICULAR CRITERIA ENDS UP BEING OVERSHADOWED BY SOMETHING ELSE AND DOESN'T STAND ALONE. 
          SO WHAT I WOULD, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO SEE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY FUNDED? HOW WOULD YOU SCORE THEM ACCORDING TO THIS CRITERIA? AND THAT ALLOWS US TO TEST THIS MODEL THAT YOU'RE GIVING US. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT WAY, 'CAUSE WE WANNA KNOW WHAT RESULTS THE MODEL'S GONNA GIVE US. 
          UM, SO IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT EITHER AT COMMITTEE OR OFF? WE COULD JUST DO A, A BRIEFING AFTERWARD? EITHER WAY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, AND THEN I JUST WANNA MAKE ANOTHER, UH, POINT  THAT THERE IS SOMETHING HERE ABOUT, UH, UNDER PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
          SLIDE 14 IMPROVES AIR QUALITY. 
          AND THEN YOU, YOU PUT IN PARENTHESES IMPROVING CONGESTION DELAY. 
          AND I JUST WANNA BE EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS. 
          THERE IS A MYTH, 
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AND THIS IS HOW BILLIONS OF TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT. 
          THERE IS A MYTH THAT IF WE IMPROVE, UH, A QUOTE ALLEVIATE CONGESTION BY ADDING LANES, THAT THAT'S GONNA BE GREAT FOR AIR POLLUTION. 
          THERE. 
          I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY DATA, SO I JUST WANT US TO BE CAUTIOUS OF FOLLOWING THAT MYTH. 
          'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LOGICAL. 
          THE CARS GO FASTER, THEY DON'T GET CONGESTED. 
          BUT GUESS WHAT, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE CARS ON THE ROAD WHEN THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE YOU'VE JUST LOWERED THE PRICE OF HOW LONG IT TAKES YOU TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B. 
          UM, SO I JUST, I JUST WANNA BE CAUTIOUS THAT WE DON'T END UP SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY OR USING A LOT OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WAY WHEN WE COULD HAVE USED THEM FOR SOMETHING WITH A MUCH, UH, GREATER BENEFIT. 
          'CAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT WE CAN ALLEVIATE CONGESTION TEMPORARILY, BUT IT'S GONNA COME BACK. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          SORRY, THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I WAS GONNA SAY, BUT I CAN'T THINK OF IT RIGHT NOW. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          IF I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER ABOUT IT, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, ANY FURTHER, UH, FOR RAZZIE ON THE M P O LIST. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU RAZZIE. 
          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:
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UH, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW. 
          THE TIME IS 4:08 PM ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, 2022. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE'LL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND DELIBERATE, DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THE TIME IS 5:18 PM ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 2022. 
          CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO NOW WILL RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          TODAY'S MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
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