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          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, 
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THE SLOW MARCH, UH, HAS BEGUN. 
          SO, UH, I'LL CALL IT 2:26 PM ON THIS 14TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2022. 
          WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          UM, ERIC WILL BE, UH, ARRIVING HERE IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. 
          SO, UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU START WITH THE ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKAY RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          ARE WE SLOW ROLLING THE ROLL CALL TO I'M HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALIS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          BEEN HERE. 
          . 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GALLAGHER BEEN HERE AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          . 
          MAYOR NIERENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR, OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION. 
          THIS IS OUR FINAL, UM, B SESSION OF THE YEAR. 
          SO, UH, WE DO HAVE A PRETTY LARGE DISCUSSION TODAY WITH REGARD TO THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND, UH, C P SS ENERGY, UM, INVOLVEMENT IN OUR SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY. 
          UH, ERIC HAS A COUPLE SLIDES HE'S GONNA PRESENT TO KICK OFF THE, THE MEETING, BUT, UH, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, DO WANT TO FORMALLY, UH, WELCOME BACK, UH, COUNCILMAN GALLAGHER. 
          THANK YOU, UH, TO THE DAAS. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          ANY WORDS, COUNCILMAN, BEFORE WE GET STARTED? LET'S, OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, I WAS ACTUALLY WAIT, HOPING THAT YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY. 
          . 
          OH, YEAH. 
          MADAM CLERK, 
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COULD YOU READ THE CAPTION? TAKE YOUR TIME. 
          ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A BRIEFING ON THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AND THE C P SS ENERGY SUSTAINABLE TOMORROW ENERGY PLAN STEP. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, SO WE'LL TAKE A INTERMISSION AND, UH, WE'LL GET STARTED. 
          , THE MEETING IS IN ORDER. 
          SO, UM, WE'LL JUST WAIT FOR OUR PRESENTER. 
          WE, WE HAD ALL KINDS OF, UH, INTRODUCTIONS OF COUNCILMAN GALLAGHER. 
          UM, I GOT THE WALK, OR THE, THE CLAP OF SHAME, UH, ON, UH, AT ABOUT TWO 20, ERIC, SO YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN THIS. 
          WE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE READY TO GO, THOUGH. 
          WE'VE ALREADY INTRODUCED THE, UM, THE CAPTION. 
          WE DID THE ROLL. 
          SO, WE'RE, WE'RE IN ORDER. 
          WE'RE READY TO GO. 
          COUNCILMAN GALLAGHER, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER BEEN TO A COUNCIL MEETING, NOT WEARING A TIE, SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BAD IMPRESSION HERE. 
          . 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN. 
          I'M SORRY FOR, UM, BEING, UM, UM, LATE, UH, AT AN EVENT ACROSS THE STREET. 
          UM, TODAY IS, UH, IS A VERY IMPORTANT PRESENTATION. 
          WE HAVE, UM, THE STAFF HAVE SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME PREPARING FOR, AS I SHARED WITH COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, THIS DECEMBER 14TH DATE FLAG WAS PLANTED IN THE GROUND ON COUNCIL ADOPTION DAY. 
          AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, UH, VERY DILIGENTLY. 
          AND, AND I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IN A POSITION WHERE, UM, SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, SOME THAT WE'RE CATEGORIZING AND SOME THAT WE WEREN'T, UM, WE HAVE, UM, UM, A FAIR AMOUNT OF INFORMATION WE WANNA SHARE WITH YOU TODAY, UM, AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO, THE B SESSION TODAY IS GONNA FOCUS ON SEVERAL OF THE CITY'S RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES. 
          AND, UH, C P S IS ALSO HERE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE, UH, STEP, UM, PROGRAM. 
          UM, IT'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION, AND WE, WE WILL, UM, I SUSPECT WE WILL HAVE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THESE IN THE SPRING. 
          I'M GONNA COVER THE FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES. 
          AND SO, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 
          WE'RE GONNA, JEFF COYLE'S GONNA GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW. 
          AND, AND JONATHAN TE KNOW FROM, UH, C P S IS GONNA, UH, PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION FROM A C P S PERSPECTIVE, BUT AN OVERVIEW OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT AND WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, THAT, THOSE FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES, UM, IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL FUNDING FOR BOTH RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES. 
          UM, AND, AND WHILE A LOT OF IT IS STILL UNKNOWN, UM, JEFF AND JONATHAN WILL PROVIDE YOU A HIGH LEVEL, UM, UH, OVERVIEW. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE AND, AND, UM, UM, WE'VE SPENT SOME TIME GETTING ORGANIZED, UH, BOTH COLLECTIVELY BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK IN SOME WAY, SOME OPPORTUNITIES, WE WILL, THE CITY WILL BE AN APPROPRIATE SUPPORT ROLE FOR C P SS AND VICE VERSA. 
          WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA DUPLICATE EFFORTS, UH, FROM THAT LEVEL. 
          UM, THEN BEN GOZA WILL GO THROUGH THE RESILIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY FUND THAT WAS CREATED 
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IN THE F Y 23 ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          AND, AND THIS UPDATE WILL INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE FOUR PRIORITY AREAS, UM, THAT WERE OUTLINED WITH THE CREATION OF THE FUND. 
          THEN DAVID MCCAREY IS GOING TO COVER AN OVERVIEW OF THE TREE MITIGATION FUND AND, AND, UM, AN ISSUE THAT WAS TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UH, THERE BETWEEN THE PROPOSED AND THE ADOPTED BUDGETS, UM, AND SOME RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY FOR TREE PLANNING, BOTH FROM A SHORT-TERM PERSPECTIVE AND LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE. 
          UH, DAVID'S ALSO GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE CITY SOLAR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. 
          UM, C P S HAS BEEN HELPING US WITH THE EVALUATION, AND WE WANNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT. 
          WE THINK THAT THERE'S SOME POSSIBILITY FOR POTENTIAL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AS WE CONTINUE DOWN THAT PATH. 
          UM, THEN WE'RE GONNA CONVERT OVER TO, UM, BACK TO, UM, C P S AND JONATHAN, WHO WILL GIVE YOU THE UPDATE ON THE STEP PROGRAM. 
          SO, WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AND I'LL GO THROUGH, UM, UM, THESE AREAS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BUDGET, UM, IN OUR PREVIOUS AREAS, WE WORKED TO CREATE AN INVENTORY OF CITY PROGRAMS THAT WERE ONGOING, UM, THROUGHOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT, UM, AS PART OF THE EFFORT TO BECOME MORE ORGANIZED AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STRATEGICALLY ALIGNING THOSE EFFORTS. 
          AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A GREAT EXERCISE FOR US TO DO AS AN ORGANIZATION. 
          UM, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE LIST, THERE WERE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T CONTEMPLATE, UM, AND I THINK WE WERE ALL, WE WERE ALL IN THAT POSITION. 
          SO IT WAS A WORTHWHILE EXERCISE. 
          IT BETTER PREPARED US TO HAVE THAT STRATEGIC POLICY LEVEL CONVERSATION WITH YOU. 
          UM, THIS ONGOING WORK WILL, WILL INCLUDE HOW WE CAN BETTER LEVERAGE RESOURCES, ENHANCE OUR COLLABORATION. 
          YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, IDENTIFY AND WORK TOWARDS OUTCOMES. 
          AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW IS IMPORTANT TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON OUTCOMES IN THESE PROGRAMS. THE, THE INVENTORY WILL ALSO BE BENEFICIAL AND, AND UN UNKNOWINGLY WE DID THIS, BUT IT'LL BE BENEFICIAL FOR US AND OUR PARTNERS TO POTENTIALLY BE PREPARED TO PURSUE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO INCLUDE THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, I'M SORRY, GO BACK. 
          ONE SLIDE. 
          SO, UM, THOSE MAJOR CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE, UM, UH, THESE IN THIS INVENTORY INTO, INTO SIX MAJOR BUCKETS OF, UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLES, URBAN HEAT, ISLAND ENERGY EFFICIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY, RESILIENCY, AND SOLAR. 
          AND AS WE LOOK AT, AS WE LOOKED AT THE PROGRAMS ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, WE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF AREAS WHERE WE COULD COLLABORATE FURTHER. 
          AND SOME OF THEM TAILED OFF OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD TOWARDS THE END OF ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, UM, SESSION. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE HOUSING, UM, WORK LIKE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROJECTS WHERE WE ASSESS PROJECTS AND DETERMINE WHETHER TREES NEED TO BE PART OF THE PROJECT. 
          THOSE TREES CAN BE FUNDED AND SHOULD BE FUNDED BY THE TREE MITIGATION FUND, NOT THE HOUSING REHAB DOLLARS. 
          SO, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BY COLLABORATING, WE GET A, A BETTER OUTCOME FOR THE RESIDENT. 
          UM, WE'RE MORE EFFICIENT, THE REHAB GETS DONE, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY PLANTED A TREE. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE STATS ON OUR ON, ON WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH RISK MITIGATION, I'M SORRY, UH, TREE MITIGATION DOLLARS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE GIVEN AWAY MORE TREES THAN WE'VE PLANTED. 
          AND, AND PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS FLIP THAT. 
          UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE STRATEGY. 
          SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE JUST SCRATCHED THE SURFACE, UH, ON THE EFFORTS. 
          AND, UM, I'M GONNA COME BACK AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AND MAKE A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW I THINK WE CAN ORGANIZATIONALLY BETTER ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO DO MORE. 
          UM, AND, AND I KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE A CONTINUED EFFORT, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL AND POTENTIALLY, UH, FURTHER CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL WANT TO HAVE PROBABLY IN MID-SPRING OR LATE SPRING, AGAIN, WITH THE COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY AS WE KNOW MORE ON THE I R A FUNDING. 
          SO, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JEFF TO, TO LAUNCH OFF THE, UM, THE TITLE. 
          THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, AS YOU MAY KNOW, IS THE SINGLE, SINGLE LARGEST INVESTMENT EVER BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
          UH, IT CONTAINS A TOTAL OF $369 BILLION IN CLIMATE RELATED INITIATIVES. 
          THOSE ARE REALLY IN THREE, IN THREE WAYS. 
          THE FIRST IS TAX CREDITS, WHICH IS THE BULK OF THE INVESTMENT. 
          UH, THE SECOND IS GRANT FUNDING AND, AND LOW INTEREST LOAN PROGRAMS. MANY OF THEM KNEW. 
          AND THE THIRD IS IN, UH, REBATES AND TAX CREDITS TO CONSUMERS. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW, THE STATUS OF THE I R A IN A NUTSHELL IS THAT THERE ARE DOZENS, LITERALLY DOZENS OF NEW PROGRAMS AND VERY, VERY LITTLE GUIDANCE FROM THE FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
          THE, THE AGENCIES, UH, HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH CREATING THESE PROGRAMS, AND 
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WITH A, A FEW MINOR EXCEPTIONS AROUND, UH, PREVAILING WAGES AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. THE DETAILS OF THOSE PROGRAMS REALLY HAVE NOT COME OUT YET. 
          UM, THAT SAID, WE EXPECT, UM, THERE TO BE AN URGENCY BY THE ADMINISTRATION TO MOVE THIS FUNDING AND THESE PROGRAMS OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, UH, FOR POLITICAL REASONS. 
          AND WE ALSO EXPECT THERE WILL BE ANTICIPATED SCRUTINY, UM, AND INCREASED OVERSIGHT BY CONGRESS, PARTICULARLY THE, UH, REPUBLICAN LED HOUSE, UM, PROVIDING OVERSIGHT OVER THE, UM, ADMINISTRATION'S PROGRAMS. UM, THEY ARE, THE AGENCIES ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW TO DEVELOP THAT GUIDANCE AND, AND GIVE US MORE INFORMATION. 
          WE'RE TRACKING ALL OF IT CLOSELY AND WILL BE CONTINUING TO SHARE WITH YOU. 
          UH, THERE ARE MORE THAN THESE SIX, BUT THE SIX KEY AGENCIES REALLY FOR US, UH, WHO RECEIVED FUNDING AND OR PROGRAMS ARE THE E P A, UH, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. 
          NO SURPRISE THERE. 
          THERE ARE A FEW PROGRAMS IN TRANSPORTATION AND IN HOUSING. 
          UH, THE URBAN FORESTRY PROGRAM EXISTS TODAY AND IS ACTUALLY IN THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THEN BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY TAX CREDITS IN THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY IS, IS HEAVILY INVOLVED. 
          WE DID A, A DEEP DIVE LAST WEEK, THE CITY MANAGER, OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, MYSELF, UH, LEADERSHIP TEAM FROM C P S ENERGY, UH, WITH OUR FEDERAL CONSULTANTS, AND ALSO SEPARATELY WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, UH, TO TAKE THE INVENTORY THAT ERIC JUST TALKED ABOUT AND BEGIN LINING IT UP WITH THE PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FEDERAL LAW. 
          UH, SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE, BUT I WANNA GIVE TWO IMPORTANT CAVEATS. 
          FIRST, THIS IS ALL PRELIMINARY WITHOUT THE GUIDELINES. 
          UM, WE DON'T KNOW THINGS LIKE ELIGIBILITY, WHAT THE FUNDING AMOUNTS OR LIMITS MIGHT BE, WHETHER WE CAN APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FEDS, OR MONEY WILL FLOW THROUGH THE STATE IN SOME PROGRAMS, WHAT THE LOCAL MATCH AMOUNTS MIGHT BE AND WHAT OTHER STRINGS MIGHT BE ATTACHED, UH, TO THE FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          SECOND CAVEAT IS, AS ERIC UH, SAID, WE'VE JUST SCRATCHED THE SURFACE. 
          I'VE GOT SIX OR EIGHT ALIGNMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA SHARE WITH YOU, BUT THERE MAY BE A LOT MORE, UH, AS WE ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION WITH THE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND THESE PROGRAMS BEGIN TO COME TOGETHER. 
          THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE TAX CREDITS AND, AND OTHER PROGRAMS, MAY WELL LIE WITH C P S ENERGY. 
          SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JONATHAN ENA TO TOUCH ON THE FIRST OF OUR, UH, PROGRAMS. THANK YOU, JEFF, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M JONATHAN ENA, VICE PRESIDENT OF ENTERPRISE RISK AND DEVELOPMENT AT C P S ENERGY. 
          GLAD TO BE WITH YOU TODAY. 
          UH, I'M GONNA WORK MY WAY CLOCKWISE FROM THE TOP LEFT AND KIND OF WORK AROUND, REALLY, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THERE'S REALLY FOUR BUCKETS THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW, NEW TECHNOLOGY, CLIMATE TRANSFORMATION, GRID TRANSFORMATION SHIP IN THIS OWNERSHIP MODEL THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT JEFF WAS REFERENCING AT THE I R A. 
          BUT I, BUT I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME EFFORTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY RATHER IN PHASE OF EXPLORING OR WORKING ON POSSIBLE LETTERS OF INTENTS AS WE GO AFTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE, FOR THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS. 
          SO THE FIRST ONE AROUND AROUND NEW TECHNOLOGY, THAT IN THAT KIND OF BROADER CATEGORY, YOU'RE SEEING MORE FOCUS AROUND WHAT THE FUTURE OF GENERATION TECHNOLOGY COULD LOOK LIKE. 
          GEO MECHANICAL ENERGY STORAGE, GEOTHERMAL STORAGE, UH, UH, STORAGE AS A WHOLE IN GENERAL, AS WELL AS, UM, NEW LOW CARBON EMITTING SOLUTIONS. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY, YOU'RE ALSO SEEING THINGS THERE THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY CORRELATED BACK TO THE STEP PROGRAM, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER AROUND POSSIBLE NEW PRODUCT OFFERINGS. 
          YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE DO MORE THINGS THAT ARE BEHIND THE METER, YOU KNOW, IN THE CUSTOMER HOMES THAT BRING, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN WE CURRENTLY DO AS WE WORK OUR WAY CLOCKWISE ON CLIMATE TRANSFORMATION. 
          VERY SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS AS WELL, ALL ABOUT REDUCING OUR FOOTPRINT, LOOKING AT PROGRAMS SUCH AS A TREE PROGRAM, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR, YOU KNOW, MORE ABOUT FROM, FROM, UH, FROM THE CITY AS WELL ON GRID TRANSFORMATION. 
          THIS IS REALLY THE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCY SERVICES, RIGHT? HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT OUR SYSTEM AS A WHOLE IS NOT ONLY GROWING AND MEETING THE STANDARDS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME FINDING WAYS TO ADD ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, OR MORE IMPORTANTLY, MAYBE SPEED UP INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE FURTHER DOWN THE LINE FROM A CAPITAL PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GIVEN TO US FROM FEDERAL DOLLARS. 
          UM, THIS IS LOOKING AT WAYS TO, AGAIN, HARDEN THE SYSTEM, ENSURE ITS RELIABILITY, AND WORK TOWARDS PROVIDING MORE SOLUTIONS. 
          UM, WANNA HIGHLIGHT ENERGY STORAGE HERE AS WELL, TOO. 
          IT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL HEAR A LOT OF, AND THAT HAS TO DO MAINLY BECAUSE ENERGY STORAGE AS A WHOLE. 
          UP TO THIS POINT, YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT BATTERIES, BUT WE ARE QUICKLY FINDING OUT, THERE'S SO MANY OTHER DIFFERENT OPTIONS AROUND ENERGY STORAGE AS WELL, TOO. 
          AND SO AS WE THINK ABOUT INTEGRATING NEW TECHNOLOGY, THE WAY WE CAN LEVERAGE DOLLARS POTENTIALLY TO INTEGRATE THAT TECHNOLOGY WITH MITIGATING THE IMPACTS TO OUR CUSTOMERS, UM, IT COULD BE A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR US. 
          AND THEN THE LAST PART IS THIS OWNERSHIP PIECE. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD JEFF REFER TO THE I R A AND WHERE THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES HERE. 
          THE BIGGEST PART HERE 
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THAT I WANT TO HOPEFULLY LEAVE YOU WITH IS THAT THERE'S NOW A PATHWAY, POTENTIALLY FOR OWNERSHIP AROUND RENEWABLE PROJECTS. 
          UP TO THIS POINT, OUR RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO HAVE BEEN WHAT YOU HAVE OFTEN HEARD OF AS A P P A, RIGHT? A POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT BECAUSE OF FEDERAL TAX CREDITS THAT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE TO DEVELOPERS UP TO THIS POINT, THE BEST WAY TO LEVERAGE THOSE DOLLARS OR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN TO PARTNER AND SECURE A LONG-TERM POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT VERSUS OUTRIGHT OWNING THAT FACILITY. 
          THE I R A ACTUALLY HAS DEVELOPED A MECHANISM WHERE US AS A TAX EXEMPT ENTITY QUALIFY FOR WHAT THEY'RE CALLING IS A DIRECT PAYBACK OPTION. 
          IN ESSENCE, IT TRANSLATES INTO WHAT THE FEDERAL TAX CREDITS WOULD BE FOR SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS. 
          SO FOR AN EXAMPLE, ON A HYPOTHETICAL, UM, AS WE GAIN MORE KNOWLEDGE, AS JEFF MENTIONED AROUND SOME OF THE, THE RULING AND THE GOVERNANCE THAT WE'LL GET FROM THE TREASURY, THERE COULD BE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE IF WE WERE TO GO AND DO A RENEWABLE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, YOU RIGHT OUTTA THE GATE WOULD SEE A 20% DIRECT PAYBACK OPTION BACK TO C P SS ENERGY. 
          AND JUST LIKE A TAX CODE, THERE'S DIFFERENT RIDERS AND DIFFERENT MECHANISMS WHERE YOU CAN BUILD UPON THAT. 
          SO YOU START LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES AROUND, ARE YOU PUTTING THIS PROJECT IN A UNDERPERFORMING OR A LOW CENSUS TRACK AREA OF TOWN? YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE ANOTHER WRITER. 
          ARE YOU MEETING THE JOB REQUIREMENTS AND THE APPRENTICESHIP REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND LOCAL JOBS? ANOTHER WRITER, ARE YOU DOING AMERICAN MADE PANELS ON YOUR SYSTEM, ANOTHER WRITER. 
          SO ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU CAN SEE HOW QUICKLY THOSE RIDERS COULD ADD UP AND REALLY START TO DELIVER BACK VALUE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE OUR FINANCING ABILITIES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT COULD BE A VERY WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR US AS WE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF GENERATION. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, WORKING TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS HERE LOCALLY, UH, AGAIN, LOT TO BE, LOT TO BE LEARNED, LOT TO STILL, UM, DO IN THE FACT FINDING PORTION OF IT. 
          THERE HAS BEEN SOME, UM, COMMUNICATIONS HERE IN THE LAST 10 DAYS OR SO AROUND THE APPRENTICESHIP PORTION OF IT IN PARTICULAR. 
          SO WE'RE EXAMINING THAT. 
          THE ONE THING I'LL MENTION ALSO IS AROUND OPPORTUNITIES UNKNOWN. 
          UM, THE COMPLIANCE AND REGULATIONS THAT COME WITH ALL OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE COVER SOME, YOU KNOW, AS A WHOLE. 
          C P S ENERGY TRADITIONALLY HAS NOT PARTICIPATED IN PROGRAMS LIKE THIS IN THE PAST, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN, QUITE HONESTLY, THE, THE, THE LAYERS OR THE COMPLEXITY SOMETIMES DON'T MAXIMIZE THE VALUE THAT YOU ACTUALLY COULD GET FROM SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO, IN PARTICULAR, WE'RE VERY CURIOUS TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT FUTURE COMPLIANCE AND REGULATIONS AS, AS JEFF MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, AS WE LEARN MORE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AROUND WHAT THESE OPPORTUNITIES REALLY WILL LOOK LIKE ON FINAL PAPER, UM, WE'LL COME BACK AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES. 
          BUT FOR NOW, FROM WHAT WE KNOW, THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO EXPAND OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR, UM, OUR REACH, IF YOU WILL, UM, OR OUR SKILL SETS TO GO AFTER THESE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, THE TIMELINES ARE, ARE TO BE DETERMINED, BUT AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH EVERYONE AND PROVIDE TIMELY UPDATES. 
          JEFF, THANKS JONATHAN. 
          I'LL MOVE INTO SOME OF THE AREAS THAT ARE, ARE, UH, MORE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE CITY, BEGINNING WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR $150 MILLION HOUSING BOND. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS THAT REGULARLY COME ACROSS YOUR DESKS. 
          UH, WE SEE GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THE, A NEW PROGRAM THAT'S CALLED THE IMPROVING EMERGENCY EFFICIENCY OR CLIMATE RESILIENCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          IT'S, UH, $837 MILLION FOR LOANS AND GRANTS TO OWNERS OR SPONSORS OF LOW INCOME HOUSING OR HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED, SPECIFICALLY TO FUND PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, WATER EFFICIENCY, INDOOR AIR QUALITY, OR TO IMPLEMENT LOW EMISSION TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS. 
          SO WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH OUR, UH, FOR-PROFIT AND NON-PROFIT PARTNERS TO POTENTIALLY WEATHERIZE AND RETROFIT EXISTING PROPERTIES TO POTENTIALLY UPGRADE SOME OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT'S BEING BUILT TO ADD ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
          UH, AND WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH MARK CARMONA ALREADY, AND I KNOW HE'S PLANNING TO CONSULT WITH HIS, UH, PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND, AND TAKE, UH, FULL ADVANTAGE OF THAT. 
          UH, SECONDLY, ON THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS FRONT, OF COURSE, WE HAVE ALL THE INVESTMENT COMING OUT OF THE $1.2 BILLION BOND. 
          THERE'S A, A PROGRAM IN, IN THE I R A CALLED THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS AND EQUITY GRANT PROGRAM. 
          IT'S $3 BILLION, UH, AND IT'S TO THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TO SUPPORT PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE WALKABILITY SAFETY AND AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION ACCESS, PARTICULARLY IN DISADVANTAGED, WERE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING A LOOK AT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE BOND PROGRAM TO SEE WHERE ONCE THE GUIDANCE COMES OUT, THEY MAY LINE UP. 
          AND IF WE CAN LEVERAGE THE BOND DOLLARS LOCALLY TO DRAW DOWN FEDERAL DOLLARS TO IMPROVE PROJECTS AND DO MORE WITH THOSE DOLLARS, THAT MAY BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US. 
          THERE ARE NUMEROUS, WELL, SEVERAL REFERENCES IN THE LAW TO URBAN HEAT ISLANDS. 
          SO GREAT TIMING FOR US TO BE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION. 
          UM, A FEW AREAS WHERE THAT MAY MANIFEST. 
          NUMBER ONE IS, UH, A BILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR PROJECTS THAT PLANT TREES VERY SIMPLY. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT 
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THAT IN A MINUTE. 
          DAVID WILL BE, UH, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO LEVERAGE FEDERAL SUPPORT THERE. 
          SECONDLY, THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE JUSTICE BLOCK GRANT, 2.8 BILLION. 
          IT'S PROJECTS, UH, WITH THAT ARE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFITS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ADDRESS DISPROPORTIONATE ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH HARMS RELATED TO POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          THEY SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED URBAN HEAT ISLANDS, SO THAT FEELS LIKE A PRETTY WIDE, UH, BIRTH RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THEN THIRD, NOT IN THE I R A, BUT IN THE B I L, THE INFRASTRUCTURE LAW THAT PASSED BEFORE IT, THERE'S A HEALTHY STREETS PROGRAM THAT HAS $500 MILLION TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO ENTITIES TO DEPLOY COOL PAVEMENTS, POROUS PAVEMENTS, AND EXPAND TREE COVER. 
          SO THAT HAS NOT YET, UH, BEEN, UH, PUT OUT THERE AS A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, BUT WE'RE WATCHING THAT. 
          I KNOW DOUG AND HIS TEAM ARE, UH, AS WELL, UH, ON THE FLEET CONVERSION FRONT, WE HAVE GOALS ALREADY, UH, WITHIN THE CITY TO CONVERT PART OF OUR FLEET TO MEET SOME OF THE, UM, GOALS IN THE CAP. 
          UH, AND THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE I R A FIRST, THERE'S A CLEAN HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE PROGRAM. 
          IT'S A BILLION DOLLARS, UH, IN GRANTS, UH, TO REPLACE CLASS SIX OR CLASS SEVEN HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES, SPECIFICALLY IN COMMUNITIES THAT DO NOT MEET NATIONAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS. 
          SO WE MEET THOSE TERMS, OBVIOUSLY. 
          UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE FIRE TRUCKS, GARBAGE TRUCKS. 
          UH, REALLY THE INDUSTRY HASN'T QUITE GOTTEN THERE YET. 
          THE TECHNOLOGY HASN'T BEEN THERE. 
          OUR CONVERSATION WITH N L C REVEALED A FEW CITIES THAT ARE STARTING TO TRY PILOTS WITH, UH, EV MANUFACTURERS OF THOSE TYPES OF HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE CONSULTING WITH THEM, LEARNING WHAT WE CAN AND, AND, UM, HOPEFULLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT. 
          SECONDLY, UM, THIS IS MORE PUBLIC SERVING, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL BENEFIT FROM IT TOO. 
          THERE'S A, A QUALIFIED COMMERCIAL CLEAN VEHICLE TAX CREDIT, WHICH BASICALLY GIVES A TAX CREDIT OF $7,500 FOR, UH, EV CARS. 
          SO EVERY ONE OF US AND PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT OFFSET OF THE COST OF BUYING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE. 
          UH, THERE'S ALSO $40,000 TAX, UH, I'M SORRY, UH, YEAH, $40,000 TAX CREDIT FOR LARGER VEHICLES. 
          WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE DIRECT PAYMENT OF THE TAX CREDIT THAT JONATHAN MENTIONED, IN OTHER WORDS, CASH DIRECTLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A TAX LIABILITY TO OFFSET, UH, MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED BY US TO BEGIN REPLACING OUR SEDAN FLEETS, UH, WITH EV VEHICLES. 
          WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT, FOR THAT GUIDANCE. 
          UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE NEW RELATED TO AIRPORTS. 
          UM, SPECIFICALLY AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL AND LOW EMISSION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM. 
          IT'S, UH, $300 MILLION IN GRANTS TO PRODUCE, TRANSPORT, OR STORE SUSTAINABLE FUEL AND, UH, DEVELOP OR DEMONSTRATE LOW EMISSION AVIATION TECHNOLOGIES. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WHETHER THE, UH, TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CAN INCORPORATE SOME FUTURE IN SOME INSTALLATIONS THAT MAY ALLOW FOR FUTURE SUSTAINABLE FUEL USAGE. 
          THAT'S, OF COURSE, DRIVEN BY THE AIRLINES, BUT SEVERAL OF THEM ARE REALLY MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          ALASKAN UNITED BEING TWO OF THEM. 
          UH, AND SECONDLY, ELECTRIFYING EQUIPMENT ALL ACROSS THE AIRPORT ON THE AIRFIELD IN THE TERMINAL, ON THE LAND SIDE. 
          UM, WE'VE, UH, I'VE TALKED WITH JESUS AND TEAM, THEY ARE TASKING ONE OF THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS TO DO SOME FEASIBILITY WORK AROUND THAT, AND IDENTIFY SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MAY BUILD INTO THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. 
          UM, THERE'S A PROGRAM IN THE, UH, IN THE BILL FOR ASSISTING, UH, COMMUNITIES TO ADOPT THE LATEST ENERGY CODES, THE 2021, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY DONE FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S MONEY TO HELP WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION, THE COMPLIANCE, AND THERE'S ANOTHER 670 MILLION TO SUPPORT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADOPTION OF BUILDING CODES THAT MEET OR EXCEED THE 2021 ENERGY CODE. 
          SO THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE PROGRAMS WHERE WE INCENTIVIZE AND HELP AND HELP PEOPLE MEET THOSE OR, OR DEPLOY SOME NEW CODE CHANGES, LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS TO COME, BUT, BUT THAT'S THERE. 
          UH, FINALLY, WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF, OF MARKETING AND OUTREACH NEED, UM, FIRST OF ALL, JUST TO THE PUBLIC TO ENSURE THEY'RE AWARE OF THE TAX CREDITS THEY CAN GET, UM, THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 
          THERE'S FUNDING IN THE, UH, I R A TO HELP WITH THAT. 
          UH, WE'LL BE ALSO COMMUNICATING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND OTHERS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE. 
          AND IF WE CAN GET FEDERAL DOLLARS TO DO THAT TYPE OF WORK, UH, ALL THE BETTER. 
          AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, THIS IS SCRATCHING THE SURFACE. 
          THE BIGGEST PROGRAM OF THE WHOLE THING IS A $7 BILLION GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FUND WIDE OPEN IN TERMS OF WHAT COULD FIT INTO THAT. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. 
          UH, BUT WE EXPECT, 
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UH, UH, TO BE PURSUING OPPORTUNITIES AS WE GET CLARITY. 
          WE'RE GONNA LOOK FOR THOSE NOTICE, UH, GUIDANCE AND NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES BEGINNING IN JANUARY. 
          WE'RE HOPING TO BE MEET WITH TECHNICAL STAFF AT SOME OF THE AGENCIES TO START TALKING THROUGH WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND TRYING TO ALIGN WITH THEIR THOUGHTS. 
          UM, WE'RE IN CONVERSATION WITH N L C, THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE, AND WE EXPECT TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU REGULARLY, UH, TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE LEARN AND, AND WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IN TERMS OF OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO BEN. 
          UH, THANKS JEFF. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          SO IN THIS NEXT SECTION I BE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW RESILIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY FUND, OUR REESE FUND. 
          UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AGAIN, UH, THIS FUND WAS CREATED IN THE FY 2023 ADOPTED BUDGET, AND IT'S FUNDED WITH A PORTION OF OUR, UH, CITY PAYMENT FROM C P S ENERGY ON THEIR RECOVERY OF STEP EXPENDITURES. 
          UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, AFTER VERIFICATION BY AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT OF ENERGY SA ENERGY, UH, SAVINGS ACHIEVED UNDER THAT PROGRAM, C P S ENERGY STEP EXPENDITURES FOR THE PRIOR YEAR, OUR RECOVERED THROUGH THE FUEL ADJUSTMENT PORTION OF CUSTOMER'S BILLS. 
          THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SUBJECT TO THE 14%. 
          SO WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS WE'VE TAKEN THAT PORTION OF OUR CITY PAYMENT, AND WE ARE CONTRIBUTING IT TO THIS, UH, FUND. 
          THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE COMING IN EACH YEAR TO THIS FUND, NEW FUND WILL FLUCTUATE BASED ON THE LEVEL OF STEP EXPENDITURE BEING RECOVERED FOR THAT YEAR. 
          AND WE ARE, UH, ESTIMATING THAT IN FY 2023, THAT IT'LL GENERATE ABOUT $9.5 MILLION FOR THIS NEW FUND. 
          WITH THE CREATION OF THE REESE UH, FUND, IT WAS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING FUNDING FOR FOUR PRIORITY AREAS. 
          UH, YOU SEE THEM LISTED HERE ON THE SLIDE. 
          THEY INCLUDE SMALL GRANTS, OMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, URBAN HEAT ISLAND BUSINESS INCENTIVES AND LEVERAGING FUNDING. 
          WITH THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, I'LL COVER EACH OF THESE AREAS TO INCLUDE SOME PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO, FOR SMALL GRANTS AND UNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WE'RE RECOMMENDING $1.2 MILLION, UH, FROM THIS NEW FUND BE ALLOCATED TO AN ECO, UH, SCHOLAR GRANT PROGRAM. 
          UH, IT INCLUDES $200,000 APPROXIMATELY FOR OUTREACH MARKETING ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANT PROGRAM, AND THEN $1 MILLION, UH, FOR GRANTS. 
          THIS IS AN INITIAL ROUND OF GRANTS. 
          WE WANNA TARGET PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND ALL GRADE LEVELS MAY APPLY. 
          UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THE GRANTS THEMSELVES AND HOW THE PROCESS WILL WORK. 
          APPLICANTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO DESCRIBE A PROJECT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO UNDERTAKE, UH, IN THE AREAS OF CLIMATE INITIATIVE, CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. 
          THEIR PROJECT MUST FOCUS ON ONE OF THE SIX MITIGATION GOALS, UH, CONTAINED IN THE CITY'S CAP. 
          AND THE SELECTED PROJECTS ARE GONNA BE CATEGORIZED IN ONE OF THREE TIERS. 
          UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE CATEGORIZED BASED ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THEIR PROJECT THAT THEY PROPOSE. 
          AND ITS ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CAP MITIGATION, UH, GOALS. 
          TIER ONE'S GONNA BE UP TO $10,000. 
          TIER TWO IS GONNA BE UP TO $5,000, AND TIER THREE WILL BE UP TO $3,000. 
          UH, 50% OF THE GRANT, UH, WILL BE PROVIDED WITH SELECTION OF THE PROJECT AS SEED FUNDING AND THE REMAINING 50% WITH PROJECT COMPLETION. 
          NOW, THESE FUNDS AT PROJECT COMPLETION, UH, CAN BE USED FOR OTHER ELIGIBLE CATEGORIES OF, OF, UM, UH, OF, OF APPROVED FUNDING. 
          THAT COULD INCLUDE OTHER PROGRAMS OR MATERIALS THAT AREN'T FUNDED. 
          COULD BE THINGS LIKE BAND EQUIPMENT, ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT, UH, THINGS THAT AREN'T FUNDED AS PART OF THE BUDGET, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, OTHER, OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE PROJECTS BE COMPLETED WITHIN TWO YEARS. 
          AND TO HELP IN THE SELECTION OF THESE, UH, PROJECTS, WE'RE GONNA ASK THE CAP ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO BE UTILIZED AS PART OF THAT PROCESS TO HELP US SELECT AND RECOMMEND AWARDEES OF THESE GRANTS. 
          THIS IS JUST THE FIRST ROUND OF GRANTS. 
          UM, I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AS WE CREATED THE FUND, AND AS THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS CAME FORWARD, SO THIS IS THE INITIAL ROUND. 
          UH, THERE WERE CERTAINLY GONNA BE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE TO INCLUDE NON-PROFITS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND SUBSEQUENT ROUNDS OF FUNDING. 
          UH, THE TIMELINE IS TO KICK THIS OFF IN MID-JANUARY, UM, AND HAVE A MARKETING CAMPAIGN RUNNING FROM ABOUT MID-JANUARY TO ABOUT MID-MARCH. 
          AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE APPLICATIONS AFTER, UH, AFTER THAT. 
          THE NEXT PRIOR AREA I'LL COVER IS THE, OH, SORRY. 
          SO THE NEXT AREA I WANNA COVER, PRIORITY AREA I WANNA COVER IS URBAN HEAT ISLAND. 
          UH, WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING HERE IS TO DO DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS IN ALL 10 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A COOL PAVEMENT APPLICATION. 
          WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT 
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ON ROUGHLY A HALF MILE OF STREET WITHIN EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS. 
          UM, I'M SAYING AN APPROXIMATE HALF MILE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO PICK STREETS WHERE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A CLEAR BEGINNING AND END GOOD DEMARCATION POINT. 
          THE APPLICATION IN SOME CASES DOES LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF COLOR, LIGHTER COLOR. 
          SO WE WANT TO PICK, UM, BEGINNING AND END POINTS THAT MAKE SENSE AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          UH, THE TEAM HAS IDENTIFIED FIVE APPLICATIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TEST. 
          UM, AND I, AND, AND THEY ARE APPLICATIONS, THEY'RE PAVEMENTS, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT PAVEMENT. 
          SO, AS I LEARNED GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND, AND I WANNA THANK THE TEAM BEHIND ME, THEY'RE A LOT OF STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS PROCESS. 
          WE PUT THIS TOGETHER. 
          I KEPT HEARING THE TERM COOL PAVEMENT. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ASPHALT. 
          WHAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED IN THIS CASE IS WE'VE GOT FIVE DIFFERENT, UM, APPLICATIONS THAT ARE APPLIED TO PAVEMENT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO TEST. 
          UH, WITH THESE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS, WE WOULD, UH, PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATIONS TO EACH OF YOUR OFFICES ON POTENTIAL STREETS THAT WE COULD PILOT THESE APPLICATIONS ON. 
          UM, THAT WOULD BE BASED ON EQUITY SCORES, PROXIMITY TO HEAT ISLAND, AND SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. 
          THOSE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS COULD INCLUDE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LEVEL OF THE, THE NUMBER OR TYPE OF TREE CANOPY ALONG THAT CORRIDOR. 
          SO IN SOME CASES, THAT WILL BE, YOU'LL HAVE MORE SHADE, MORE CANOPY ALONG SOME OF THESE ROADS. 
          IN OTHER CASES, WE WANT TO MAKE, WANNA PICK STREETS WHERE THERE ISN'T A LOT OF CANOPY AND MAYBE UTILIZE OUR TREE MITIGATION FUND TO ADD TREES IN ON THE STREETS SO THAT WE GET KIND OF A GOOD MIX OF PILOT STREETS TO TEST THESE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS ON. 
          UM, THE PROPOSED, UH, TIMELINE IS TO WORK WITH EACH OF YOUR OFFICES TO HAVE THOSE PILOT STREET AREAS SELECTED BY FEBRUARY 28TH OF EACH YEAR, OF, OF, OF EACH, UH, OF NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, WE ARE WORKING ON HOW TO PROCURE THIS. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO A SOLE SOURCE BID, UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO PICK SPECIFICALLY THESE FIVE APPLICATIONS AND THEN GO OUT AND TEST THEM ON THESE TEST STREETS WITH A TEST STREET WITHIN YOUR, UH, DISTRICT. 
          UH, IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN HAVE THESE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS INSTALLED IN EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS BY JUNE 30TH OF NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF ENGAGING U T S A TO STUDY AND ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MATERIALS ONCE THEY'VE BEEN INSTALLED. 
          UM, FOR THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS I JUST DESCRIBED, PLUS THIS WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK U T S A TO DO, WE BELIEVE, UH, WE'VE GOT OUR COST RANGE OF ABOUT $750,000 TO A MILLION TO A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT $1 MILLION OUT OF THIS NEW FUND BE ALLOCATED TO, UH, THESE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. 
          UM, I DO WANNA PAUSE HERE FOR A SECOND AND JUST REITERATE, UH, UH, SOMETHING. 
          AND THAT IS THAT WITH, WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE UNDER URBAN HEAT ISLAND, YOU'RE GONNA SEE ALSO A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT DAVID IS GONNA MAKE, BLESS YOU IN THE TREE, UM, MITIGATION FUND, UH, THAT, THAT RELATE TO OUR ABILITY TO INCREASE CAPACITY FOR TREE PLANTING. 
          ALL OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW TODAY. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT SOUNDS ODD AS I SAY THAT 'CAUSE IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW TODAY, BUT THE, THE, THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING IN IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, PARTICULARLY ON THE PROCUREMENT SIDE. 
          SO SOME OF THE THINGS, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE LOOKING AT THESE APPLICATIONS, VENDORS, CONTRACTS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE BIDS AND WE DON'T HAVE CONTRACTORS. 
          SO AS WE ARE WORKING ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE GO OUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT COULD AFFECT TIMING OF COSTS, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, WE COULD RUN INTO, UH, CONTRACTOR CAPACITY, UM, CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND GET ADDITIONAL TREES AND, UH, AND SUPPLY. 
          SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT UNKNOWN. 
          SO THIS IS BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW TODAY, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          UM, ON SLIDE 15 HERE, WE HAVE OUTLINED THE PROJECT EVALUATION CRITERIA. 
          THE CRITERIA INCLUDE MEASURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EACH OF THE PRODUCTS AND REDUCING THE PAVEMENT, SURFACE TEMPERATURE AND OTHER, AND, AND WHAT IMPACT DOES IT HAVE ON AIR TEMPERATURE. 
          WE ALSO WANT TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE APPLICATION OVER TIME. 
          HOW DOES ITS ABILITY TO REDUCE SURFACE TEMPERATURE TO GRADE OVER TIME? SO WE WANNA LOOK AT THAT AS PART OF THIS EVALUATION CRITERIA. 
          WE WANT TO ANALYZE ITS IMPACTS ON SKID RESISTANCE, DRIVING GLARE AND LANE MARKINGS. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT DOES IT AFFECT OR CHANGE THE UNDERLYING PERFORMANCE OF THE PAVEMENT UNDER THE APPLICATION? IS IT ABLE TO PRESERVE THAT PAVEMENT? SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANNA LOOK AT THERE FROM A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE, AND THEN WE ALSO WANNA GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT WE DO THERE AND HOW WE DO IT, WE HAVE NOT FULLY DEVELOPED. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON AND, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO EACH OF YOU ON IN TERMS OF HOW WE DO THAT AND HOW WE GATHER THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES IN THE, IN THE NEAR TERM TO DO MORE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY'S OFFICE OF INNOVATION WILL BE DOING A STUDY WITH U T S A, 
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UH, TO IDENTIFY A LIST OF THE HOTTEST AREAS WITHIN SOME OF OUR, UH, MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE THE RESULTS OF THAT U T S A STUDY, UH, BY ABOUT APRIL OF NEXT YEAR, ONCE WE RECEIVED THOSE STUDY RESULTS AND WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT, WE'LL LOOK AT DEVELOPING SOME ADDITIONAL MITIGATION STRATEGIES. 
          SO WE COULD COME BACK AND DO SOME ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AS KIND OF A PHASE TWO UNDER, UH, URBAN HEAT ISLAND. 
          AND, UH, WE COULD PROVIDE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AGAIN, ONCE WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO GET THAT REPORT, DEVELOP SOME STRATEGIES. 
          UM, SO PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND THE MAY, JUNE TIMEFRAME, WE COULD COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT DOING A PHASE TWO TARGETING, THOSE, THOSE SPECIFIC AREA AREAS IDENTIFIED IN THAT U T S A STUDY. 
          UM, THE LAST THING I'LL MENTION IN THIS AREA IS THERE'S CERTAINLY A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT FALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF URBAN HEAT ISLAND, UH, MITIGATION, UH, TREES AND TREE CANOPY BEING ONE OF THOSE. 
          UH, DAVID MCC CAREY'S GONNA COME UP IN A MINUTE AND TALK A LOT ABOUT THE TREE MITIGATION FUND. 
          UM, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON HOW WE COLLABORATE BETWEEN PROGRAMS, BETWEEN OUR FUNDING, HOW WE LEVERAGE OUR FUNDING. 
          UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, HOW WE, WHAT WORK WE DO HERE IN FUND OUT OF THIS FUND COMPARED TO WHAT WE DO OUTTA THE TREE MITIGATION FUND. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT. 
          AND SO THAT'S PART OF OUR ONGOING EFFORT TO HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND STRATEGICALLY ALIGNED APPROACH TO HOW WE, UM, DO THIS WORK. 
          AND SO, AS ERIC MENTIONED, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE INVENTORY THERE, A, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROGRAMS BEING DONE IN, IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND SO PART OF THE EFFORT THAT WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO WORK ON IS HOW WE CAN BECOME MORE STRATEGICALLY ALIGNED ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, UH, AS WE WORK ON THESE EFFORTS. 
          UH, IN THE AREA OF BUSINESS INCENTIVES, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A RESET WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND THE BENCHMARKING SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE PROPOSED BENCHMARKING ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE TECHNICAL, UM, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND INCENTIVES. 
          THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND INCENTIVES COULD BE FUNDED OUT OF THIS NEW REFUND AS THAT RESET OCCURS. 
          UM, AND THIS AREA, WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT WE EVALUATE THE TEXAS PROPERTY, UH, ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS PACE. 
          UH, WHILE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MARKETING AROUND THIS PROGRAM, IT HAS NOT YIELDED MUCH IN THE WAY OF PROJECTS. 
          SO WE WANT TO EVALUATE THAT AND, AND, AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO SEE, UM, WHAT STRATEGIES OR WHAT WE COULD RECOMMEND IN THAT AREA. 
          WE ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE TO, OR LOOK AT EXPLORING OTHER OPTIONS THAT SUPPORT A CUSTOMER'S ABILITY TO ACHIEVE ENERGY SAVINGS THROUGH ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECT PROJECTS. 
          SO WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF, OF WORK TO DO IN THESE AREAS, AND WE'LL SHORTLY BE COMING BACK TO, TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ON THESE. 
          UM, IN THE LAST PRIORITY AREA OF LEVERAGING FUNDING, WE ARE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION HERE TO ADD ONE POSITION INTO GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TO ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING, TRACKING AND PURSUING, UH, FUNDING THAT COULD BE FEDERAL FUNDING OR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. 
          UH, AS YOU SAW DURING JEFF'S PRESENTATION, I MEAN JUST THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT ALONE, THERE IS A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER THERE. 
          SO WE'D LIKE TO ADD AN F T E INTO GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TO ASSIST WITH THAT PROCESS, NOT ONLY WITH THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, BUT WE THINK THERE PROBABLY ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT, THAT ARE OUT THERE OR THAT WILL BE OUT THERE THAT WE CAN ALSO PURSUE. 
          SO HAVING A DEDICATED RESOURCE COULD BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT MIX. 
          UH, THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST WOULD BE ABOUT 136,000 TO FUND THAT POSITION. 
          AND AGAIN, WE WOULD FUND IT OUT OF THIS NEW REESE FUND. 
          UH, ON THE SLIDE NUMBER 18 HERE IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'VE RECOMMENDED IN TERMS OF, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS IN EACH OF THE PRIORITY AREAS. 
          SO FOR THE SMALL GRANTS TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AGAIN, $1.2 MILLION IN THE AREA OF URBAN EAT HIGHLAND, ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UH, OR I'M SORRY, A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS POSITION ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          SO A TOTAL OF ABOUT $2.3 MILLION OUT OF THE 9.5 MILLION THAT I, THAT I MENTIONED WE'RE ESTIMATING TO COLLECT IN THIS FUND IN F Y 2023. 
          UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE REMAINING 7.2 MILLION BE SET ASIDE PENDING, UH, GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL CLARITY ON FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, LOOKING AT THE RESULTS OF OUR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AND, UH, ALLOWING US TO DO SOME FURTHER RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS SOME OF THESE AREAS SO WE CAN COME BACK AND, AND GIVE YOU SOME MORE, UM, IMPACTFUL AND THOUGHTFUL RECOMMENDATIONS ONCE WE HAVE SOME CLARITY AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS. 
          I MEAN, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE ALL OF THIS FUNDING TODAY. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT A LOT IS CHANGING. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT TO REVIEW SO WE CAN COME BACK AND AGAIN, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, I MEAN, THIS ONE WAS JUST CREATED ON OCTOBER 1ST. 
          WE'VE GOT SOME TIME, UH, AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE TO ALLOCATE IT ALL TODAY. 
          AND I REALLY VIEW THIS 
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AS MORE LIKE IT IS MORE THE BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION, NOT THE END OF A CONVERSATION. 
          SO THESE ARE OUR FIRST SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS I EXPECT WILL BE COMING BACK, UH, IN THE FUTURE WITH SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UH, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO DAVID MCCAREY, WHO'S GONNA COVER THE NEXT SECTION. 
          AND MAYOR COUNCIL, THE ONE OBVIOUS CHALLENGE TO DAVID AND I CO-PRESENTING. 
          YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAUSE WHILE WE ADJUST HEIGHT HERE. 
          I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA GO TO COMMERCIAL BREAK, IT MAY TAKE A WHILE, MAYOR, BUT WE'LL YOU SEE MAYBE LIKE HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, BEN. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          IS THAT AS HIGH AS IT GOES? OKAY, I'M LIKE STILL TRYING TO GET MORE. 
          SO THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          I, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, LET ME MAKE CERTAIN I'M ON THE RIGHT SLIDE. 
          THIS TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE WAS UPDATED IN 2010. 
          THE TREE MITIGATION FUND WAS ACTUALLY CREATED WITHIN THAT ORDINANCE. 
          NOW, HISTORICALLY, THIS FUND HAS FOCUSED ON TREE PRESERVATION ALONG WITH A BALANCED DEVELOPMENT APPROACH. 
          WE ARE CHARGED NOT ONLY WITH MAINTAINING OUR TREE CANOPY OF EXISTING TREES, BUT WE'RE ALSO PROMOTING A HEALTHY TREE CANOPY. 
          LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOURCES OF FUNDS. 
          THE TREE MITIGATION FUND ACTUALLY HAS THREE SOURCES OF REVENUE. 
          IT HAS YOUR TREE CANOPY FEE, IT HAS YOUR FEE IN LIEU OF, AS WELL AS OTHER REVENUES OVER TIME. 
          THESE TYPICALLY STAY CONSISTENT. 
          HOWEVER, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE FEE IN LIEU OF THIS FEE TYPICALLY FALLS BETWEEN 2.1 MILLION TO 3.2 MILLION ANNUALLY. 
          OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE THAT HAS BEEN EXCESSIVE. 
          THE INCREASE ALONG HAS BEEN 2.8 MILLION AT FY 2021, THAT'S OVER 2020. 
          AND IN 2022, WE HAD AN INCREASE OF 4.3 MILLION. 
          THAT WAS OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN 2021. 
          NOW OUR TREE CANOPY FEE, ALONG WITH OUR FEE IN LIEU OF, IS REQUIRED WHEN LAND DEVELOPMENT HITS A CERTAIN THRESHOLD. 
          AND DEPENDING ON THAT DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT THEY'RE PUTTING FORWARD, IT MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT DEVELOPMENT, THEREFORE AFFECTING HIS HERITAGE TREES AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT TREE CANOPIES. 
          SO ALL THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, AND WE HAVE THIS HEAVY INCREASE. 
          THIS NEXT TABLE PROVIDES A SNAPSHOT OF THE HISTORY OF SPENDING AND TREE PLANTING. 
          OUR SPENDING CAPACITY TYPICALLY FALLS BETWEEN 1.2 MILLION AND 3.3 MILLION. 
          AS INDICATED. 
          OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, REVENUE HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPACING EXPENSES. 
          NOW YOU HEAR THE WORD SCALABLE, SCALING UP, GOING DOWN, EXPANDING CONTRACTION. 
          UH, UNFORTUNATELY, PARTS AND REC DOES NOT HAVE A BUILT-IN CAPACITY EXPANSION FOR THEIR SERVICE LEVELS TODAY. 
          THE SECOND PART OF THAT TABLE, THE LOWER PART I WANTED YOU TO LOOK AT, ACTUALLY FOCUSES ON THE COUNT FOR TREE GIVEAWAYS AND TREE PLANTING. 
          NOW, THE TREE MITIGATION PROGRAM OVER TIME HAS BEEN STRICTLY FOCUSED ON OUTPUT PERFORMANCE. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON. 
          HOWEVER, GOING FORWARD TREAT MITIGATION PROGRAMS WILL FOCUS ON BETTER OUTCOMES. 
          THIS NEXT TABLE IS BROKEN OUT INTO EIGHT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. 
          THE SECOND COLUMN YOU'LL SEE IS THE BUDGETED COLUMN NUMBER OF TREES AND THE CALLS PER TREE. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING AT EXPANDING SOME OF OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS THAT YOU SEE HERE. 
          ONE WOULD BE UNDER CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR RIGHT OF WAY PROJECTS. 
          WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT YOUR RESIDENTIAL TREE PLANTING, WHICH IS ALSO IMPORTANT. 
          NOW, THERE IS A NEW EQUITY TREE PROGRAM THAT WAS INTRODUCED THIS PAST YEAR. 
          WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO EXPAND ON THAT. 
          WE'RE ALSO FIGURING OUT AS WELL ON HOW TO INCORPORATE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES UNDER ONE ROOF TO SEE HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THOSE MITIGATION FUNDS THERE. 
          NOW BY DESIGN, UH, U D C, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE UNREASONABLE IMPROVEMENT ON LAND, NOT ONLY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE CITY'S E T. 
          SO COUNCIL, IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A PARADIGM SHIFT. 
          AND AS A PART OF THAT, WE WANTED 
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TO ENSURE THAT WE MANAGE HEALTHY TREE CANOPIES FOR THE FUTURE. 
          WE WILL NO LONGER LOOK AT THE QUANTITATIVE APPROACH, BUT A QUALITATIVE APPROACH TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY BETTER OUTCOMES. 
          NOW, WE DIDN'T GET TO THIS POINT BY OURSELVES, AND WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT THERE WERE A VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT WERE A PART OF THIS. 
          WE SPOKE TO MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF OUR TEXAS A AND M FORESTRY SERVICE, WHICH IS ALSO HERE TODAY. 
          WE COLLABORATED WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES. 
          WE ALSO COLLABORATED WITH C P S ENERGY. 
          IN FACT, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO, UH, APPROACHED US WITH THE THOUGHT OF AN INFORMAL, UH, STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT COULD SHARE SOME IDEALS WITH US ON OUR TREE MITIGATION STRATEGY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THAT'S GONE EXTREMELY WELL. 
          SO LET'S GET TO SHORT TERM STRATEGIC PLANS HERE. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY TO ENHANCE OUR PROGRAM DESIGN, BUT TO REIMAGINE HOW HEALTHY TREE CANOPY SERVICES CAN BE DELIVERED IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY. 
          SHORT TERM STRATEGIES BEGAN WITH THE FOCUS OF SEVEN INITIATIVES. 
          YOU'LL SEE THEM ON THE SLIDE, THE FIRST ONE BEING THE GREENWAY PROGRAM, AS WELL AS WEST SIDE CREEK EQUIT TREE FOR RESIDENTS. 
          WE HAVE OUR SIDEWALKS AND STREET PROJECTS. 
          WHEN YOU SEE THE HOUSING PROJECTS, OF COURSE THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THERE. 
          AGAIN, TO LEVERAGE OUR TREE MITIGATION FUND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING SYSTEMS. WE ALSO SHOW OUR C P S WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY LEVERAGE RESOURCES. 
          SO I'M GONNA TRY MY BEST TO EXPLAIN THIS. 
          UH, PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, C P S HAS ALREADY HAD THEIR INCOME QUALIFYING RESIDENTS. 
          THAT'S BEEN A PART OF THEIR, UH, PART WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM. 
          NOW, SOMETIMES DURING THOSE WEATHERIZATION PROGRAMS, WHEN IT COMES ACROSS TO HOMES THAT REQUIRE MINOR REPAIRS, THAT TYPICALLY IS OUTSIDE THE WEATHERIZATION RESPONSIBILITY OR LIMITS. 
          SO INSTEAD OF JUST TURNING A RESIDENT AWAY, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLABORATION THERE TO MAYBE HAND IT OFF TO THE CITY TO TRY TO TRANSITION AND HELP WITH THOSE MINOR REPAIRS. 
          COSAL PROVIDES FUNDING FOR MAIN MINOR REPAIRS AS LONG AS THAT CONTRACTOR ACTUALLY DOES THE WORK. 
          SO THAT CAN GO BOTH WAYS. 
          SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          NOW TO PULL THIS OFF, COUNSEL, IT DOES REQUIRE THE ASSESSMENT OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. 
          WE HAVE OUR INTERNAL STAFF, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED AS WELL AS CONTRACTUAL CAPACITY. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT SUPPLY CHAINS AS WELL AS THE SOURCING OF TREES AND MATERIALS. 
          FURTHERMORE, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT DESIGNING AND LAUNCHING A ROBUST EDUCATION CAMPAIGN FOR OUR TREE MITIGATION PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE THINKING VERY HIGH END. 
          WHEN I SAY ROBUST, SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE TRIED TO INTRODUCE RECYCLING AND GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD WITH RECYCLING, PART OF OUR STRATEGY WAS WORKING THROUGH THE SPURS WHERE DANNY GREEN OFTEN SAID, HEY, IT'S EASY BEING GREEN, BUT IT ACTUALLY HELD ON TO THE STRATEGY AND PEOPLE EMBRACED IT. 
          LET'S TALK ABOUT LONG-TERM STRATEGIES. 
          LET'S SEE HERE. 
          THERE ARE FOUR KEY POINTS THAT I WANTED TO COVER THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT. 
          UH, LEMME GET MY WATER. 
          UH, FUNDING AGREEMENTS. 
          THANK YOU BEN. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          FUNDING AGREEMENTS WE'RE LOOKING FOR LONG-TERM WITH OUR ACTUAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR U D C CHANGE, WHICH ALSO ALLOWS US TO DO ACQUISITIONS OF PROPERTIES. 
          WE NEED TO THINK THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UH, BECAUSE THAT IS NOW PART OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES THERE. 
          I WANTED TO STOP AND TALK MORE ABOUT THAT THIRD BULLET. 
          THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S EMBEDDED IN OUR HEALTHY TREE CANOPY. 
          AND TO THAT ACTUAL DESIGN FOR CONSIDERATION FOR PROJECTS. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IN CAPITAL PROJECTS, IT IS PARAMOUNT THAT WE INCORPORATE A HEALTHY TREE CANOPY WHERE IT MAKES SENSE. 
          THAT MEANS THAT NOT ALL CAPITAL PROJECTS GET THE GREEN LIGHT FOR TREES. 
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UH, SO THAT AUTOMATICALLY IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO WEIGH AND ACTUALLY EVALUATE. 
          WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THAT FINAL PART TO THE BULLET, WHICH IS COLLABORATION OF OUR BUSINESS, UH, COMMUNITY AND ENTITIES THERE. 
          SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MEASURING SUCCESS. 
          IN CONSULTATION WITH TEXAS A AND M FORESTRY SERVICES, UH, WE WANTED TO CONTINUE TO USE OUR EQUITY LENS AND ASSIST RESIDENTS THAT CAN HELP US BENEFIT FROM A BETTER OUTCOME APPROACH. 
          NOW WE BEGAN CONDUCTING, UH, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INVENTORY OF PROGRAMS. YOU HEARD THE CITY MANAGER MENTION THAT EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          THIS ALSO PROVIDED US THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ULTIMATE COLLABORATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT LOOKS AMONG THE MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT IT CROSSES. 
          THE INVENTORY OF PROGRAMS ACTUALLY CONFIRMS THERE ARE BENEFITS BY MOVING FORWARD WITH AN OUTCOME, OUTCOME-BASED FOCUS, WE ARE PIVOTING AWAY FROM QUANT QUANTITATIVE TO QUALITATIVE APPROACHES. 
          WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DIVERSE OUR PORTFOLIO FOR INITIATIVE PROGRAMS. WE'RE DOING THE OUTCOME-BASED AS A THOUGHT THAT WILL ALSO PROVIDE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF TREES FOR OUR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS, ASSISTING IN THE REDUCING OUR ENERGY BURDEN. 
          SO AS WE LOOK FORWARD, NOT ONLY ARE WE LOOKING TO ENJOY OUR CARBON, UH, REDUCTION BENEFITS, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO HELP REDUCE ON OUR URBAN HEAT ISLAND STRATEGIES AS WELL. 
          LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOLAR PHASE ONE, OUR R F Q, UH, FOR QUALIFYING PHOTOVOLTAIC, UH, PROVIDERS TO DESIGN, ENGINEER, BUILD, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN. 
          OUR SOLAR THAT HAS LAUNCHED AS WELL AS INCLUDED IN THIS PROCESS IS 80 CITY ON SITES CROSSING AT LEAST 11 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND THAT WILL BE A MIXTURE OF BOTH ROOFTOPS AS WELL AS PARKING SITES. 
          PHASE TWO, THAT RESPONDENTS THERE WILL PROVIDE RESPONSIBLE PROPOSALS TO INCLUDE PRICING FOR PACKAGING OF CITY OWNED SITES TO DETERMINE BY THE CITY UNDER THAT LAST UMBRELLA. 
          THERE YOU'LL SEE UNDER THE PHASE TWO EVALUATION, THIS ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE OTHER RESOURCES ON FUNDING FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES. 
          EVALUATING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH C P S ENERGY IS ALSO A PART OF THE STRATEGY THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY USE TO MEET, UH, MORE OF OUR RENEWABLE ENERGY GOALS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          THIS NEXT SLIDE, I KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN WE BRING TOGETHER VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. 
          UH, THE FIRST ONE HERE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF OUR INVENTORY PROGRAMS. THIS FIRST ONE ACTUALLY SHOWS WHERE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND PARKS, THE TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER, BOTH INTERNAL, THEY'RE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY THE TREE FUNDING FOR TREE MITIGATION FUND FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE A PART OF OUR HOUSING PROGRAM. 
          AND WE'RE TRYING TO ALIGN THOSE THINGS THERE. 
          UH, THAT CAN ALSO SPIN OFF TO MANY OTHER PROGRAMS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS A PART OF. 
          THAT LAST ONE, YOU CAN SEE THE THREE CONNECTIONS THERE, THE RESIDENTIAL WEATHERIZATION. 
          UH, IN THAT THIS APPLICATION INSTALLS TREES FUNDED BY THE TREE MITIGATION FUND INCOME. 
          QUALIFYING APPLICANTS UNDER THIS ONE TYPICALLY PROCEED AS A PART OF THOSE REPAIRS. 
          NOW THAT'S THE ONE WHERE IF THERE ARE MINOR OR MAJOR REPAIRS, THE WEATHERIZATION DOESN'T COVER THAT. 
          SO THIS IS THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT HANDOFF TO COME TO THE CITY AND WE CAN IN TURN LOOK TO NOT ONLY DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM NOT TO BE MISSED WITH THEIR WEATHERIZATION OPPORTUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO COORDINATION IN THAT CASE BETWEEN C P S, ENERGY, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, AS WELL AS OUR CITY HOUSING PROGRAMS, UH, AND PARKS WILL BE AMAZING. 
          THIS NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS OUR CITY IS ELIGIBLE NOT ONLY TO RECEIVE DIRECT ALLOCATIONS OF 1.2 MILLION FROM THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, WE ARE EXPLORING AND UTILIZING OF THE FUNDS FOR C P S ENERGY WEATHERIZATION. 
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APPLICANTS NOW OWNERS AND RESIDENTS THAT MEET THAT INCOME QUALIFICATIONS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY VETTED AND GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO SETBACKS. 
          AGAIN, SHOULD THAT REPAIR, UH, ISSUE COME FORWARD. 
          BUT WE ARE OPTIMISTIC. 
          WE DO NEED TO CONFIRM IF THE CITY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A PART OF THOSE FUNDS TO HELP MAKE SOME OF THOSE MINOR REPAIRS. 
          SO THAT'S THE NEXT THING WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WITH OUR BLOCK GRANT FUNDING TO CHECK THAT OUT, UH, I LIKE TO NOW TURN IT OVER TO JONATHAN WITH C P S ENERGY. 
          THAT WILL WRAP US UP. 
           COULDN'T RESIST. 
          UM, I FEEL LIKE YOU MIGHT NEED TO STRETCH. 
          SO IF YOU GUYS BEAR WITH US HERE, IF IT WAS A, IF IT WAS BASEBALL, THIS WOULD BE THE SEVENTH INNING STRETCH. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING EVERYTHING HOME HERE. 
          UM, APPRECIATE AGAIN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK UP AND TALK ABOUT STEP. 
          UM, IN PARTICULAR, I THINK YOU'VE HEARD, UH, SOME COMMON THEMES THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM ME ON MY SIDE IS, AND THAT IS IN THE SENSE OF THE COLLABORATION IN, UH, ONE HEARING. 
          THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD FROM YOU ALL AS WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS BACK IN THE SUMMERTIME, THE COLLABORATION AND FEEDBACK WE HEARD FROM OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS. 
          WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF THOSE THINGS INTO MOTIONS TO FIND EFFICIENCIES AND NOT RE RE DUPLICATE EFFORTS, BUT REALLY DEFINE EFFICIENCIES TO BRING BACK VALUE BACK TO OUR CUSTOMERS. 
          SO HERE'S THE QUICK AGENDA. 
          UM, WE'LL GO THROUGH, REMIND FOLKS AROUND OUR GOALS AND RECENT ACTIVITIES OF WHERE WE'RE AT UP TO THIS POINT. 
          UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME HIGHLIGHTS, PROGRAM UPDATES, AND THEN OUR NEXT STEPS. 
          ALWAYS WANNA START WITH A REFRESHER TO REMINDER FOR THE FIRST TIME VIEWERS WHO MAY BE LISTENING IN OR WATCHING TODAY. 
          UM, THE STEP PROGRAM WAS APPROVED TO AND AUTHORIZED TO TAKE EFFECT HERE AUGUST 1ST, 2022. 
          IT IS A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM WITH A COUPLE SPECIFIC METRICS AND GOALS THAT WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE TARGETING. 
          UM, IN PARTICULAR THE BIGGEST ONE PROBABLY BEING THIS 410 MEGAWATTS OF INCREMENTAL DEMAND REDUCTION. 
          THIS IS AN ADDITION RIGHT, TO THE PREVIOUS SUCCESSFUL STEP PROGRAM THAT RAN THE PREVIOUS 12 YEARS. 
          SO THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL 410 MEGAWATTS THAT WE'LL BE GOING OUT AND SEEKING, UM, TO REDUCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THE 1% ENERGY SAVINGS, THE 16,000 HOMES, 20,000 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS, WEATHERIZED THE LIFETIME, UH, AVOIDED FUEL OF CAPACITY COSTS THAT WE WOULD'VE OTHERWISE HAD TO HAVE SPENT TO MEET THIS DEMAND SHOULD WE NOT HAVE THESE PROGRAMS. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE TONS AVOIDED OF AVOIDED CARBON. 
          UM, IN PARTICULAR, I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT IN BOTH THE, FROM OUR BOARD SUPPORT AND, AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE, OF THE, UM, UH, THE ORDINANCE. 
          WE DO HAVE A, A CHECK-IN AT YEAR THREE TO KIND OF REAFFIRM THE PROGRAM, IF YOU WILL. 
          AND SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL BE DOING THAT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT TIME PERIOD. 
          I WANNA SPEND A COUPLE MINUTES ON THIS SLIDE IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOOD TO KNOW WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE'RE AT, AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. 
          SO AS YOU RECALL, OUR PREVIOUS FUNDING AUTHORIZATION WAS SET TO EXPIRE ON JULY 31. 
          AND WITH THAT EXPIRATION OF THAT, OF THAT FUNDING, THAT ACTUALLY MEANT ALL PROGRAMS WOULD'VE GONE AWAY. 
          AND SO RIGHTFULLY SO, OUR CONTRACTS ASSOCIATED TO THE PREVIOUS PROGRAMS WERE ALSO, UM, ALIGNED WITH THAT END DATE. 
          SO REALLY AFTER WE GOT OUR, UM, UH, APPROVALS IN BOTH JUNE AND JULY, WE THEN STARTED TO EXECUTE ON THE, THE RFPS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAD IN, IN FLIGHT TO GET NEW CONTRACTORS AND NEW CONTRACTS, UM, APPROVED. 
          UM, VERY SIMILAR, RIGHT? OUR CONTRACTS REQUIRED, OUR BOARD APPROVAL. 
          WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST TWO MONTHS NOT ONLY BRINGING NEW CONTRACTORS INTO PLAY, BUT ALSO RAMP, RE RAMPING UP OUR PROCESSES AROUND OUR, OUR CONTRA OUR, UH, OUR PROGRAMS, UH, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER HAVE BEEN PRETTY, PRETTY BUSY MONTHS FOR US IN A GOOD WAY. 
          UM, AGAIN, TAKING THE FEEDBACK WE'VE HEARD, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OF DOING MORE COMMUNITY EVENTS, NOT ONLY IN PARTNERSHIP FOR OUTREACH AND MARKETING, BUT ALSO LEARNING FROM OUR CUSTOMERS IN PARTICULAR AROUND WHAT THE FUTURE OF OUR PROGRAMS COULD LOOK LIKE. 
          I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE LATER ABOUT SOME WORK WE'VE DONE IN PARTICULAR AROUND THE L M I SOLUTIONS FOR SOLAR. 
          THAT'S THE LOW TO MEDIUM INCOME SOLUTIONS AS WELL AS WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE MULTIFAMILY WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM COULD LOOK LIKE. 
          SO PERFORMANCE, THE, UH, THE DASHBOARD HERE THAT YOU SEE HERE IS THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE NEW PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT'S THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST. 
          A COUPLE THINGS I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, UM, WANT TO WANT TO LOOK AT OUR DEMAND SAVINGS. 
          SO THROUGH THROUGH THE 31ST, WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A NEW INCREMENTAL DEMAND REDUCTION ALREADY OF 49 MEGAWATTS. 
          THIS PUTS US WELL ON PACE TO MEET THE, THE, THE GOAL FOR THIS YEAR ON MEGAWATT REDUCTION. 
          IF YOU BREAK OUT THE PROGRAM OVER FIVE YEARS, ON THEORY, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AROUND 82 MEGAWATTS OF REDUCTION PER YEAR IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          A LOT OF THE SAVINGS WAS A, WAS ACHIEVED BECAUSE OF OUR DEMAND. 
          RESPONSE PROGRAM, WHICH I'LL TALK IN MORE DETAIL HERE LATER AS WE GO THROUGH THE DECK. 
          BUT THIS IS THE, THAT'S THE PROGRAM OVER THE SUMMERTIME WHERE RATHER THROUGH COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, WE ASK THEM TO REDUCE THEIR USE, UM, DURING THE, THE TIME PERIODS WHERE RATHER MARKET SIGNALS OR RELIABILITY. 
          UM, ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, TWO OTHER THINGS ON THIS SLIDE. 
          THE 
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ENERGY SAVINGS, UH, THE MEGAWATT HOUR SAVINGS THAT'S ALIGNED WITH THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY GOAL OF A TOTAL REDUCTION OF OUR 1% USAGE. 
          AND, AND THEN AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT REAUTHORIZATION FOR OUR WEATHERIZATION CONTRACTS, AND SO NOW WE'RE RAMPING, RE RAMPING UP OUR, OUR, UH, ABILITY TO WEATHERIZE HOMES HERE LOCALLY. 
          THIS NEXT SLIDE IS A, IS A SNAPSHOT OF PARTICIPATION THROUGH, AGAIN, THE FIRST QUARTER. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS IS LOOKING AT NEW PARTICIPANTS FROM AUGUST THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER. 
          UM, THE, THE, THE THREE PROGRAMS THAT YOU SEE THE MOST PARTICIPATION FROM RIGHT NOW FOR THIS FIRST QUARTER, UM, NO SURPRISE, WAS SOLAR, HVAC AND DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS. AND THAT, THAT SEEMS VERY ALIGNED AND CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS TRENDS THAT WE HAVE SEEN, UH, RIGHTFULLY SO OVER THE SUMMERTIME GOING INTO THE EARLY FALL. 
          THOSE ARE THE PROGRAMS WHERE WE SEE THE HIGHEST PENETRATION RESULTS. 
          AND, AND ALSO AS WE TRANSITION INTO NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, THIS IS WHEN WE, THIS IS USUALLY OUR SHOULDER MONTHS, RIGHT? WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF PARTICIPATION FROM CUSTOMERS, MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY, THEIR PRIORITIES ARE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. 
          I WANNA SPEND SOME TIME HERE ON THE MARKETING AND BRAND EFFORTS. 
          SO A LOT OF FEEDBACK AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS THIS PAST SUMMER AROUND WHAT WE COULD BE DOING TO ENHANCE OUR FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND TO COMMUNICATE. 
          COUPLE THINGS I WANNA HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT, UM, AS A STANDARD, ALL OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS, ALL OF OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS ARE BOTH AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. 
          UM, THIS INCLUDES THE DOOR HANGERS, OUR, OUR, OUR MEDIA BUYS, OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          RECENTLY, WE DID A, A PROMOTIONAL DIGITAL ADVERTISING EVENT AROUND OUR WIFI THERMOSTAT PROGRAM. 
          DURING BLACK FRIDAY, WE'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE NATIONAL PROGRAMS TO ALSO PARTNER UP WITH THEM TO OFFER, UM, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS AROUND THE THINGS WE ARE DOING. 
          UM, AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SUCCESSFUL AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. 
          THE OTHER THING I WANNA MENTION THAT IT'S NEW, IS THAT WE ARE DOING DIRECT MAIL AND MAIL CAMPAIGNS FOR BOTH, UM, HOME ENERGY ASSESSMENTS. 
          THESE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE LOW TO NO COST FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, WHERE WE CAN GO IN THERE AND DO AN ASSESSMENT OF THEIR HOME OR THEIR BUSINESS TO, TO PROVIDE THEM RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT ACTIVITIES THEY CAN DO TO, TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE THEIR USAGE. 
          AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, TARGETING OUR SMALL BUSINESS TEAM, YOU KNOW, UNDER OUR JCR NINE, WHO YOU ALL KNOW WELL, HIS, HIS, UH, BUSINESS TO, TO, UH, MANAGEMENT TEAM IS, IS ACTIVELY WORKING ON ALSO RAISING THE AWARENESS FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESS CUSTOMERS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND ACTUALLY, I WANNA GO BACK. 
          THE OTHER THING I'LL MENTION HERE IS WE ALSO HAVE HEARD, UM, THE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION EFFORTS ARE SHARED WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND SO, GOING INTO Q ONE OF NEXT YEAR, WE WILL HAVE TOOLKITS AVAILABLE FOR, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH JEFF'S TEAM HERE IN GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, AS WELL AS YOUR OFFICES, TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST MATERIALS, THE BROCHURES AND INFORMATION, SO YOU CAN DIRECT 'EM TO US AND WE CAN RUN WITH IT FROM THERE. 
          ALSO, REALLY PROUD OF THE TEAM'S EFFORT HERE AROUND OUTREACH EVENTS HERE. 
          SINCE WE'VE, UH, SINCE WE'VE TRIGGERED THE, THE PROGRAM HERE IN AUGUST, IN PARTICULAR, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT AN EVENT THAT WE HELD AT OUR OFFICES ON NOVEMBER 30TH. 
          THIS WAS MARKETED SPECIFICALLY TO LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE WITH US AS WE GO THROUGH VARIOUS RFPS FOR BOTH OUR WEATHERIZATION PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS OUR, UM, ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE'LL OFFER THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE UMBRELLA OF STEP. 
          UM, WE HAD 19 LOCAL BUSINESSES PART, UH, SHOW UP TO THIS EVENT. 
          AND PROBABLY WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS THAT 15 OF THOSE ARE NEW ENTRANTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT PARTICIPATING WITH US IN ANY CAPACITY, UM, AROUND OUR CONTRACTS. 
          AND SO WE WANNA CONTINUE TO EDUCATE THEM AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THIS AWARENESS SO THAT AS WE GO AND GO AFTER THESE ADDITIONAL RFPS THAT WE WILL NEED, THERE'LL BE AN OBSERVATION OR AT LEAST OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO BE AWARE OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S OUT THERE. 
          SO WE WANNA TRANSITION TO PROGRAMS THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, AGAIN, A FULL SLATE OF PROGRAMS ARE, ARE OPERATIONAL. 
          UM, IN PARTICULAR, AGAIN, WITH A LOT OF, UH, FOCUS RIGHT NOW ON HOME ENERGY ASSESSMENTS. 
          WE, WE FIGURED THAT DURING THIS TIME, RIGHT NOW IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON, IT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT TIME TO GO BACK IN THE HOME, PARTNER WITH OUR CUSTOMERS, HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GO IN THE HOME AND, AND GIVE THEM ASSESSMENTS SO THEY CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES OVER THE, OVER THE HOLIDAY BREAK, AS WELL AS, AS WE TRANSITIONED OUTTA SUMMER, THERE WAS AN OP, HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO DO HVAC TUNEUPS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF USAGE THIS PAST RECORD HEAT THAT WE SAW. 
          AND THEN, UM, IN PARTICULAR, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE, THE VISUAL HERE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, WE'VE TAKEN SOME FEEDBACK AS WELL AND, AND HAVE PARTNERED WITH FOLKS THAT ARE, THAT ARE WILLING TO PARTNER WITH US TO, TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS OF INCLUDING OUR MARKETING, OUR, OUR MATERIALS THAT IN A WAY THAT'S MORE ACCESSIBLE. 
          SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN L E D, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE WITH WALMART, WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET, UH, LEDS AT A DISCOUNTED RATE BASED OFF OF OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPATION. 
          UM, SO DEMAND RESPONSE, UM, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT GETS, UH, TALKED A BIT, QUITE A BIT DURING THE SUMMERTIME. 
          THIS, AGAIN, IS OUR PROGRAM IN THE SUMMER THAT'S AVAILABLE TO CUSTOMERS WHO HELP US REDUCE OUR USAGE DURING HIGH PEAK DAYS OVER, 
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OVER THE SUMMER PERIOD, IN PARTICULAR, BETWEEN MAY AND SEPTEMBER. 
          UM, THIS PAST SUMMER, WE SAW 58 DAYS OF OVER A HUNDRED DEGREE WEATHER, AND WE ACTUALLY TRIGGERED THIS PROGRAM, OR CALLED THIS PROGRAM 39 TIMES OVER THOSE FOUR MONTHS. 
          UM, IN TOTAL, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PRETTY DIVERSE CUSTOMER BASE THAT'S PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROGRAMS, RANGING FROM FOLKS ON THE THERMOSTAT PROGRAM, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF 150,000 DEVICES OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO ALSO OUR POWER PLAYERS. 
          AS A REMINDER, THE POWER PLAYERS ARE THE CUSTOMERS WHO ARE GIVEN A COMMUNICATION THE DAY BEFORE AN EVENT. 
          UM, AND IT'S THE, THE INCENTIVE, IF YOU WILL, IS THE COMPETITION THAT THEY HAVE WHERE THEY GET THE, THEY GET A RESULT A DAY OR TWO LATER SHOWING WHAT THEIR USAGE WAS IN COMPARED TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR THEIR, THEIR NEIGHBORS, AS WELL AS PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED THIS PAST YEAR AROUND OUR EV CHARGER PROGRAMS. SO THE FLEX EV REWARDS, THESE ARE CHARGERS, EV CHARGERS THAT ARE INSTALLED AT CUSTOMER HOMES WHERE THEY HAVE PARTNERED WITH US TO ALLOW US TO SEND A SIGNAL TO REDUCE THEIR U, THEIR ABILITY TO CHARGE DURING HIGH PEAK DAYS AS WELL. 
          UH, WANNA SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT OUR SOLAR REBATE PROGRAM. 
          SO, AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED, WE ARE RAMPING DOWN THIS PROGRAM. 
          WE ARE, THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY WILL, UH, THE APPLICATION DUE DATE FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY THIS FRIDAY. 
          UM, THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL, AS WE'VE MENTIONED IN THE PAST. 
          YOU SEE HER ON YOUR, ON YOUR RIGHT, UH, A GRAPH CHART THAT SHOWS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ANTICIPATE FROM NEW INSTALLS, BUT ALSO GIVES YOU A REFERENCE POINT TO HOW MANY INSTALL, HOW MANY SOLAR SYSTEMS WE HAD INSTALLED OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS OF THE PROGRAM. 
          AND SO WE, WE DID ANTICIPATE AN INFLUX OF, OF APPLICANTS, AND WE WERE PREPARED FOR THAT. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT. 
          UM, WE DO ANTICIPATE FULFILLING ALL THOSE, THOSE REQUIREMENTS HERE. 
          BUT THE LAST DAY FOR SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION IS ACTUALLY THIS FRIDAY. 
          AND SO FOR THE NEXT PHASE IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, WHAT WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON HERE AROUND Q ONE OF, UH, NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE LAUNCHING OUR REDESIGN WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM, R F P. 
          IN PARTICULAR, THIS R F P WILL LOOK AT NOT ONLY HAVING JUST ONE SOLE PROVIDER FOR, FOR THE WEATHER WEATHERIZATION CONTRACTOR, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT MULTIPLE OPTIONS. 
          AGAIN, THIS ISN'T ALIGNED WITH OUR EFFORT TO HELP BRING AWARENESS TO CONTRACTORS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AND, AND BRING MORE RESOURCES TO THE FOLD. 
          UM, IN ADDITION, WE'LL CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH CITY STAFF ON HOW WE LEVERAGE FUNDS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO, TO DELIVER THE MOST VALUE BACK TO OUR CUSTOMERS. 
          YOU KNOW, THE TREE EXAMPLE, I THINK IS JUST ONE OF A, OF MANY THINGS THAT WE POSSIBLY COULD DO INTO THE FUTURE. 
          AND IN PARTICULAR, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE AN EASY WIN-WIN FOR EVERYONE AND ULTIMATELY BACK FOR OUR CUSTOMER BASE. 
          UM, GOING IN TOWARDS THE END OF Q ONE, REALLY MORE INTO Q TWO, WE'LL LAUNCH THEN THE MULTI-FAMILY WEATHERIZATION PILOT. 
          UM, UP TO THIS DATE, WE HAVE SPENT TIME DOING FOCUS GROUPS WITH BOTH, UM, THE, UH, DEVELOPERS AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          BUT IN PARTICULAR, WE WANNA SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ACTUALLY TALKING TO CUSTOMERS WHO MAY FIT IN THAT PROGRAM AND WHAT, WHAT WE COULD DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DESIGN SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ONLY BENEFICIAL FOR THE, THE, THE, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX ITSELF, BUT AT THE SAME TIME ENSURING THAT WE'RE GIVING THE SAVINGS AND THE VALUE BACK TO THAT, WHO'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE RENTING AND LIVING IN THAT FACILITY. 
          AND THEN THE LAST ONE I'LL MENTION IS, UM, YOU HEARD US TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT THIS NON-TRADITIONAL SOLAR CONCEPT. 
          SO AGAIN, WE WE'RE RETIRING THE TRADITIONAL SOLAR REBATE, UH, FOR ALL THE, FOR ALL OF THE GOOD REASONS WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. 
          BUT NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT OUR FOCUS ON HOW DO WE BRING SOLAR TO MORE OF OUR CUSTOMER BASE, AND WITH A FOCUS ON LOW TO MEDIUM INCOME. 
          SO NOT ONLY LOOKING AT OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO ADDITIONAL OFFER MAYBE A, A, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL REBATES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME LOOKING HOW WE WOULD FOCUS ON COMMUNITY SOLAR PROJECTS IN PARTICULAR. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT ALTHOUGH WE ARE RETIRING THE REBATE, THE TRADITIONAL SOLAR REBATE, WE ARE KEEPING A REBATE AVAILABLE FOR NONPROFITS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO, TO LEVERAGE THAT TECHNOLOGY AS WELL INTO THE FUTURE. 
          AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE AT THE Q AND A, SO I'LL PASS IT BACK TO THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS, JONATHAN. 
          UM, MAYOR, JUST TO WRAP UP, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND, UH, AND A LOT OF INFORMATION TODAY AND, AND REALLY ONLY TOUCHED UPON SOME OF THE PROGRAMS, UH, OF THE PORTFOLIO OF INITIATIVES WE'RE WORKING ON ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION. 
          UM, I WANT TO THANK, UH, RUDY AND HIS TEAM BECAUSE, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALIGNING AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING THOSE COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN, UH, BOTH, UH, BOTH ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, YOU HAD, UH, NINE DEPARTMENT HEADS INVOLVED WITH THIS EFFORT. 
          UM, AND, UH, FOUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING, UH, TEAM MEMBERS GIVE THE, UH, BE PART OF THIS EFFORT. 
          UM, THERE ARE VERY FEW TIMES WHERE YOU SEE THE CITY MANAGER, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND TWO ASSISTANT 
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CITY MANAGERS GIVE PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER. 
          BUT THIS IS A VERY BROAD ISSUE. 
          AND SO TO THAT END, I THINK, UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL, AND I'LL BE WORKING ON THIS OVER THE HOLIDAYS, UM, TO HAVE A MORE FOCUSED AND ORGANIZED APPROACH FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL STANDPOINT. 
          UM, I'LL BE CREATING WITHIN OUR BUDGET, UM, A HIGH LEVEL EXECUTIVE POSITION, UM, NOT TO DO THE WORK OF ANY DEPARTMENT OR ANY OF US, BUT, UM, UNDER THE MODEL OF, UH, MARK CARMONA, I'LL, I'LL USE SOMEBODY WHO, UM, CAN BE THE, UM, EXECUTIONER, CAN I SAY THAT? ANDY . 
          OKAY. 
          THE EXECUTIONER, THE IMPLEMENTER. 
          HOW ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTER? UM, UM, ON ALL OF THESE THINGS AND, AND NOT ONLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE GLUE, UM, WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION. 
          UM, THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE'RE DOING. 
          AND, AND, AND I THINK, I THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT BEHOOVES US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR OWN DOLLARS, OUR LOCAL DOLLARS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED IN, IN ACHIEVING THE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT AND THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL WANT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO GET OURSELVES PREPARED FOR THE COMPETITION THAT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY UNFOLD OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, UM, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT INDIVIDUAL'S JOB IS GONNA BE TO, TO HELP US BE THAT GLUE AND KEEP THINGS ON TRACK, UM, AND, AND IS NEEDED BECAUSE IT TOUCHES AT A MINIMUM NINE DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND, UM, IS CRITICAL TO, TO THE WORK. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          AND, UH, IT'S A GOOD SUMMARY. 
          I MEAN, IN A LOT OF WAYS, I, I VIEW, UM, WHERE WE ARE WITH REGARD TO THE RECOVERY AND THE FEDERAL INTERVENTION AS BEING A GREAT CATALYST FOR CHANGE. 
          UH, AND, AND ONE WE PERHAPS NEEDED BECAUSE THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT, THAT PERHAPS IS A LITTLE BIT OVERDUE. 
          UH, BUT I'M GLAD WE'RE HERE, UM, AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A BROADER, UH, LOOK, A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT HOW WE'RE INTEGRATING CLIMATE READY INITIATIVES AND ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION, ACROSS SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS NOW IS, IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE, THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THERE'S SOME PARALLELS, I WOULD SAY, IN, IN OTHER ASPECTS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. 
          UM, CERTAINLY WE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, HOUSING FRAMEWORK THAT ALLOWED US TO CREATE A RISK MITIGATION FUND, WHICH WAS THEN CATALYZED BY, UH, THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, PUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO SAVING HOUSEHOLDS FROM GOING, UH, ON THE STREET, EVICTED, ET CETERA, BECAUSE OF, UH, OF THE WORK THAT WE HAD PUT IN PLACE, THE GROUNDWORK. 
          AND IN THE SAME WAY, I THINK THAT, UM, THIS IS GOOD GROUNDWORK FOR, FOR THE WORK THAT'S GONNA BE COMING AHEAD. 
          UM, SO LET ME RECOUNT A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST, UH, YEAR, WHICH I CONSIDER ALL KIND OF ALIGNED IN THE SAME EFFORT. 
          A LOT OF GOOD THINGS CAME FROM THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          I WOULD CONSIDER, UH, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REVOLVING, UH, RESILIENCY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN TREE MITIGATION AND REEVALUATING OUR APPROACH THERE, MAKING IT MORE EQUITABLE, UH, ENSURING THAT WE ARE, UH, APPROACHING THE BOND AND OTHER, OTHER, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FROM A CLIMATE PERSPECTIVE AND EVALUATING THROUGH OUR OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, UH, ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CLIMATE ACTION ADAPTATION PLAN, UH, THE SOLAR R F P FOR MUNICIPAL, UM, ENERGY, UH, WHICH IS COUPLED WITH THE WORK THAT C P S HAS DONE WITH THEIR SOLAR R F P, UH, AND THE, AND THE, UH, ADDITIONAL MEGAWATTS THAT ARE GONNA BE GENERATED FROM SOLAR, UM, OUR ENERGY CODE UPGRADES. 
          UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE I R A. 
          SO MY FIRST QUESTION REALLY IS, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR YOU, ERIC OR JEFF, UM, THE I R A DOLLARS, DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT ANY OF THOSE ARE GONNA BE FORMULA BASED OR THESE ARE ALL GOING TO BE PROJECT BASED FUNDS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE COMPETING FOR? IT APPEARS THAT, UH, MOST, IF NOT ALL, ARE GONNA BE COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS. THE ONE, UH, THE 1.2 MILLION THAT DAVID MENTIONED THAT WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY BLOCK GRANT WAS A FORMULA PROGRAM OUT OF THE B I L. 
          BUT MOST OF THE I R A STUFF LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE COMPETITIVE. 
          OKAY? SO THAT, THAT INTRODUCES A WHOLE LAYER OF PR OF COMPLEXITY THAT'S GOING TO INVOLVE YOU, JEFF, AND, AND OUR I G R STAFF AND OUR, OUR FEDERAL LOBBY TEAMS, ET CETERA. 
          UH, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEST POSITIONED FOR THAT. 
          BUT MY, MY OVERALL CAUTION AND CONCERN IS THAT IT ALL SOUNDS GREAT RIGHT NOW. 
          WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE ALIGNED, WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT PROGRAMS IN PLACE, WE'RE GONNA PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE 
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IN PLACE, BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST LOOKING IN THE WINDOW. 
          UM, AND THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT COUCH FOR OUR LIVING ROOM, BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE SURE WE BRING IT HOME? UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE 135 MILLION OR 135,000 THAT YOU HAVE EARMARKED FOR, UH, SOMEBODY TO REALLY, UH, PAY ATTENTION, UH, AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR THESE FUNDS IS IMPORTANT. 
          BUT GIVE ME, YOU, YOU TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS OF THE PROCESS, KEEPING EVERYBODY WHO'S GONNA BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDS ENGAGED. 
          WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GOING FROM GOOD INTENTIONS TO GOOD APPLICATIONS, UH, COMPETITIVE APPLICATIONS? AND THEN WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST FROM, FROM US, FROM THE POLITICAL SIDE TO BE BEST ENGAGED IN THAT PROCESS, UH, TO BRING THOSE DOLLARS HOME? SO, A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT, UH, THAT THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER TOMORROW IS THE CONTRACT WITH AIKEN GUMP, UH, ON OUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATION. 
          WE HAVE OUR, ALTHOUGH, UH, YOU'RE GONNA APPROVE THAT TOMORROW, WE'VE ALREADY TASKED THEM AS THEIR FIRST TASK TO HELP US ORGANIZE. 
          WE'VE SHARED THE INVENTORY WITH THEM, AND IT'S MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO ADVOCATE AT THE RULEMAKING LEVEL AT THE AGENCIES. 
          AND JEFF MENTIONED, UM, UM, MARK CARMONA EARLIER, WE, THE, THE, THE, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE EARLY ON, BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD, OUR BIGGEST POTENTIAL IN THE I R A AS A CITY, UM, NOT CPSS PIECE THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT IS ON THE HOUSING FRONT. 
          UM, AND LEVERAGING, UM, OUR HOUSING DOLLARS AND TAX CREDIT DEALS THAT, THAT COME BEFORE YOU ANYWAY, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE PARTNERS AND GET THEM ELIGIBLE. 
          UM, I THINK NUMBER TWO, IT'S GONNA BE THE MARKETING AND OUTREACH PIECE. 
          SOME OF YOU WILL REMEMBER A LOT OF CITIES DO THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHEN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WAS PASSED. 
          YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE THE, IN THE, THE I R A IS NOT JUST FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND ENERGY COMPANIES, IT IS FOR EVERY CITIZEN. 
          AND SO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THE BENEFITS, UM, AND, AND ON THEIR OWN, AND THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T NEED THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT IS, I THINK IS GONNA BE KEY TO MAKING SURE WE'RE PREPARED. 
          NUMBER THREE IS GONNA BE ANOTHER UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL. 
          AND MY GUESS IS THAT THAT SHOULD PROBABLY BE AROUND THE MARCH TIMEFRAME. 
          UM, JEFF MENTIONED N L C N L C IS GONNA BE MEETING ON THIS AT THE END OF MARCH, US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS IN JANUARY. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE A, AND I SUSPECT, UM, UH, A TO DC IS TOWARDS THE END OF MARCH. 
          MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING, UM, UM, THOSE ASPECTS AND OUR PROGRAMMING FROM OUR INVENTORY AND WHAT WE DO, UM, PREPARED AND COMMUNICATED AT THE AGENCY LEVEL IS GONNA BE KEY. 
          SO, I MEAN, I, I, I FORESEE ANOTHER B SESSION LEVEL. 
          I MEAN, CERTAINLY THE I G R COMMITTEE IS THERE, UM, BUT, BUT THIS IS, UH, MORE MONEY THAN B I L FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, AND WE THOUGHT B I L WAS A LOT OF MONEY A YEAR AGO. 
          UM, SO I I, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE A CONSTANT ATTENTION FROM THE FULL CITY COUNCIL AND AIKEN GUMP, AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE TASKED THEM RIGHT OUT OF THE CHUTE, UM, TO, TO HELP US GET PREPARED IN THAT AREA. 
          YEAH, I GUESS I, I GUESS WHAT I'LL BE LOOKING FOR IS GUIDANCE ON HOW WE CAN HOLD ALL OF OUR PARTNERS ACCOUNTABLE AND WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE BENCHMARKS THAT WE NEED TO BE SETTING. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF THESE, UM, UH, GRANTS ARE GOING, THE RULE MAKING ISN'T FINISHED, BUT LIKE, WHAT, WHAT MEASURES CAN WE SAY WE'RE GONNA HIT X NUMBER APPLICATIONS, OR, OR THESE ARE THE SECTORS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE ARE COVERED. 
          I GUESS WE'RE GONNA NEED A SENSE UP HERE ON HOW WE ENSURE THAT WE'RE HITTING OUR MARKS AS A CITY. 
          YEAH. 
          U UNLIKE B I L, RIGHT, WHICH, WHICH GENERATED AND PUSHED A LOT OF FEDERAL DOLLARS IN HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES AND, AND STUFF THAT WAS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE. 
          UM, BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD LAST, LAST WEEK, UM, THE DOORS ARE LITERALLY WIDE OPEN FOR US TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM AS LONG AS IT MEETS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT JONATHAN TALKED ABOUT, AND JEFF TALKED ABOUT, AS LONG AS IT MEETS THE, THE BASIC TENANTS, UM, IT'S PROGRAM DESIGN. 
          UM, AND, AND IT'S A LOT OF THE THINGS ON OUR INVENTORY, UM, IT'S NOT AS STRUCTURED. 
          IT'S LESS STRUCTURED THAN, AND I THINK WE SAT HERE A YEAR AGO AND TOLD YOU THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS WITH B I L IT'S, THERE'S LESS STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF PROGRAMMATIC POSSIBILITIES. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING NOW BASED ON, UH, WHAT WE KNOW THROUGH N L C AND A AND GUMP. 
          UM, UM, THERE MAY BE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DON'T FORESEE AS BEING POTENTIAL FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN BE FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THESE NEW PROGRAMS THAT D O E AND E P A ARE TRYING TO 
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GET THEIR OWN ARMS AROUND. 
          SO I THINK IT'S WIDE OPEN, MAYOR, I, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE COMING UPON US TO COME UP WITH THAT, THOSE PROGRAMS. YEAH. 
          AND I, I WOULD THINK THAT BECAUSE THE CLIMATE CONVERSATION IS IN INTEGRATED IN VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING NOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, ALMOST ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING COULD POTENTIALLY BE ELIGIBLE. 
          SO YOU HAVE A GREAT EFFORT UNDERWAY IN COORDINATING THE B I L, UH, WITH LOCAL, UM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND CEOS, UH, THAT HELPS INFORM OUR ADVOCACY APPROACH. 
          ARE YOU PLANNING A SIMILAR, UH, APPROACH WITH, WITH, UH, I R A? UM, INITIALLY I THINK THAT'S WHY I THINK C P SS AND THE CITY NEED TO BE THE PRIMARIES. 
          'CAUSE AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME THINGS WHERE WE'LL WANNA BE AS A CITY AND AS THE OWNER OF C P S IN COMPLETE SUPPORT, AND THEN VICE VERSA. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE LOOKS LIKE THAT THERE'S POTENTIAL, UM, BOTH THROUGH I R A AND POTENTIALLY THROUGH THE REESE FUNDING TO BRING IN PARTNERS. 
          BUT I DON'T THINK WE KNOW ENOUGH YET TO DO THAT. 
          AND I, AND I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE B I L WHERE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GOT A STREET AND SIDEWALK AND BRIDGES AND DRAINAGE. 
          UM, I, I, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO KEEP IT, UM, WITH THE CITY AND C P S FIRST UNTIL WE KNOW JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, KIND OF WHERE THIS IS LEAD LEADING, AND THEN START BRINGING OUR PARTNERS IN. 
          BECAUSE I, I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL THE PARTNERS RIGHT NOW. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, I MEAN, I IS VIA HERE, ANYBODY FROM VIA HERE? WELL, I, I KNOW ONE OF OUR, OUR GREAT PRIORITIES WITH VIA IS TO ACCELERATE THE EAST-WEST CORRIDOR. 
          UM, THIS IS AS MUCH A, A CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY ISSUE AS IT IS JUST ROAD TRANSPORTATION. 
          I WOULD ASSUME THAT VIA SHOULD BE AT THE TABLE FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS ON THE EAST WEST LINE TO TRY TO CLOSE THE GAP. 
          GOOD. 
          AND WE SHOULD HELP 'EM WITH THAT. 
          GREAT POINT, MAYOR. 
          UM, NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO CLIMATE WORK, BUT, BUT, UH, INDIRECTLY RELATED VIA JUST APPLIED FOR A THRIVING COMMUNITIES, UH, APPLICATION, WHICH IS NOT MONEY, BUT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EAST WEST LINE IS BENEFITING THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES. 
          IT'S IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO MARK CARMONA AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT SIGNED ON AS A PARTNER TO THAT APPLICATION SO THAT THE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THAT SAME CORRIDOR, UH, ARE DONE IN DEVELOPMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AND ALL OF THAT WAS SORT OF A STRATEGIC MOVE TO BEGIN TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FEDS THAT MIGHT THEN HELP US YEAH. 
          WHEN WE'RE SEEKING FUNDING FOR, UH, CLIMATE STUFF ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SIDE. 
          SO IT'S ALL SORT OF INTEGRATED. 
          AND WE GET YOUR MESSAGE CLEARLY, THOUGH THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          AND, AND THIS IS A MASSIVE CONVERSATION. 
          IT TOUCHES EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          AND, AND TEXAS IS SO FAR BEHIND ON THIS CONVERSATION THAT I WOULD ASSUME THAT WE SHOULD BE AT THE TABLE EVERYWHERE WE CAN POSSIBLY BE, PARTICULARLY SAN ANTONIO, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE LARGEST MUNICIPALLY OWNED ENERGY, UH, ELECTRIC AND GAS UTILITY IN THE COUNTRY. 
          SO I'D ASK, I'D LIKE TO ASK JONATHAN OR RUDY TO COME UP AND SORT OF REACT TO THE SAME QUESTION WITH RESPECT TO HOW ARE WE, HOW ARE WE APPROACHING MAKING BEST USE OF THE I R A OPPORTUNITIES? WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR MINDSET GOING IN IN PARTICULAR, IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE P P A OWNERSHIP ISSUE? SURE. 
          UM, BECAUSE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY IN PLAY RIGHT NOW WITH REGARD TO GENERATION PLANNING. 
          HOW IS THAT IMPACTING THE THOUGHTS AND PROCESSES OVER THERE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF, OF THE C P SS FLEET? YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SO, GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, IT DOES, IT IS IMPACTING US. 
          SO A COUPLE THINGS. 
          WE ARE RIGHT NOW WORKING INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND FIRST ALL OF THE INS AND OUTS OF WHAT THIS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          UM, IN PARTICULAR, WHAT WE'RE MOST, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE MOST ANTICIPATING IS WHEN THE TREASURY WILL FINALLY RULE ON HOW ALL OF THOSE WRITERS THAT I SPOKE ABOUT WILL ACTUALLY BE DEVELOPED. 
          I THINK ONCE WE HAVE THAT CLEAR UNDERSTANDING, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO TIE THAT IN WITH ANY OF OUR LONG-TERM GENERATION PLANS, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, RIGHT. 
          THE, THE RACK IS GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          NOW, ONCE THAT CONCLUDES, I DO THINK THAT WILL BE A REFERENCE DOCUMENT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE AS WE THINK ABOUT I R A OPPORTUNITIES. 
          BUT I'M ALSO, UM, WE'RE ALSO VALIDATING HOW WE COULD LEVERAGE THE I R A FOR NOT ONLY JUST THE UTILITY SIDE SCALE, BUT EVEN IF WE GO AFTER, UM, A COMMUNITY TYPE SOLAR PROJECT, YOU KNOW, A FIVE MEGAWATT, 10 MEGAWATT PROJECT, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE SORTS. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, WE CONTINUE TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE CITY IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP AROUND FACT FINDING AS MUCH AS WE CAN, AND ALSO LEVERAGING OUR TRADE ORGANIZATIONS THAT I DIDN'T MENTION DURING THE PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW WE COULD BE UTILIZED THERE AS WELL WITH OUR OTHER MUNICIPAL PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE US. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS, JOHN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WANNA COME BACK TO SOMETHING, UM, THAT I, ERIC KIND OF REFERENCED. 
          UM, YOU 
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KNOW, WE'LL TAKE ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET ON THIS. 
          LET ME, LET ME, LET ME START THERE. 
          AND I THINK THE WORK THAT ERIC AND I AND OUR TEAMS HAVE DONE TOGETHER TO GO UP TO DC AND LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS TELL US WHAT THEY KNOW IS A GOOD STARTING POINT. 
          UH, BUT I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM YOU ALL ON OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU MIGHT SEE OUT THERE FROM VARIOUS, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMER AND, AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT YOU TALK TO. 
          UH, AND ANY COMMUNITY PARTNER THAT IF THEY, IF YOU SEE AN OPPORTUNITY AND YOU THINK C P S ENERGY MIGHT PLAY A ROLE, UH, WE ARE OPEN TO, UH, PARTNERING WITH WHOEVER MIGHT SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO FIND FUNDING, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WE'RE INTERESTED IN MAXIMIZING THE VALUE OF THIS FOR SAN ANTONIO, UH, AND C P S ENERGY IS GONNA BE A WILLING PARTNER. 
          THANK, THANK YOU, RUDY. 
          YES, SIR. 
          WELL, THAT'S ALL GREAT, UH, TO HEAR. 
          AND I GUESS MY OVERALL, UM, ASK IS TO, TO HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW TO HELP YOU IN TERMS OF THE BENCHMARKS WE'RE TRYING TO HIT, UM, TO STAY FOCUSED AND MAKE THE BEST USE OF, OF THE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND IT JUST REMINDS ME, AGAIN, OF EVERY SPORTS DOCUMENTARY YOU'LL EVER WATCH. 
          YOU'RE TRAINING HARD, BUT YOUR OPPONENT'S TRAINING HARDER. 
          AND SO, JUST KEEPING IN MIND, AS MUCH AS WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON BRINGING DOLLARS HOME TO SAN ANTONIO, EVERY CITY AND THE COUNTRY'S DOING THE SAME THING. 
          SO WE GOTTA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO DEPLOY THE RIGHT RESOURCES TO BRING THOSE DOLLARS HOME AND HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW TO BEST, BEST DO THAT, PUT US IN THE BEST POSITION. 
          UM, LEMME GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, ERIC, I THINK THAT WAS IN INCREDIBLE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED, UH, IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. 
          SO I DO WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR YOUR WORK. 
          AND, UH, I KNOW YOU HAVE THAT ON TOP OF EVERYTHING YOU ALREADY DO. 
          SO, UH, THE IDEA OF HAVING AN ADDITIONAL, UM, TEAM MEMBER, UH, TO, TO JOIN YOU WOULD MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. 
          UM, AND TO HAVE SOMEONE TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE THINGS AT, UH, TO BE IN YOUR EAR ALL THE TIME ADVOCATING FOR THOSE THINGS, AND IT DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO BE ME. 
          THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          UM, SO, UH, THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I AM REALLY GLAD TO SEE, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, THE CONCEPT OF, UH, PROTECTING CLIMATE, UH, RESILIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY INTEGRATED THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE IS IF EVERYTHING HAS THAT LENS, UH, ON IT. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF BEING COMPETITIVE, COMPLETELY AGREE. 
          THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF CITIES, I WOULD SAY THAT ARE, MIGHT BE MORE COMPETITIVE THAN US, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS, UH, CITIES THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, TAXED THEMSELVES FOR, FOR CARBON OR STATES THAT HAVE DONE IT LIKE COLORADO. 
          BUT I STILL THINK WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE. 
          UM, THAT SAID, WE HAVE TO, I, I BELIEVE, BE ADDITIONALLY STRATEGIC WHEN IT COMES TO THE POLICY DECISIONS WE MAKE BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE GO SEEK THOSE DOLLARS. 
          AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THINGS LIKE, WHAT IS THAT GENERATION PLANNING PORTFOLIO VOTE GOING TO LOOK LIKE AT THE END OF THE DAY? DOES IT SHOW THAT WE ARE A COMMUNITY COMMITTED TO, UM, TO ENDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES? I THINK THAT WILL ALSO MAKE US MORE COMPETITIVE. 
          WHAT SORT OF POLICIES DO WE HAVE? LIKE SAY TOMORROW WE'RE ADOPTING A, A NEW TIP, UH, POLICY. 
          WHAT IS IN THERE THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO THIS ISSUE? SO, OKAY. 
          UM, NEXT, I, I WANNA THANK THE COUNCIL FOR, UH, ADOPTING THE, THE FUND, UH, WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET. 
          I THINK IT'S PUTTING US IN A GREAT POSITION. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OVERVIEW OF THE, THE INITIAL SPEND. 
          UM, I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT PROGRAMS, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE SCHOOL PROGRAM. 
          UM, UH, I IMAGINE THAT'S GONNA GO TO ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN BEXAR COUNTY OR JUST, OR, OR IN THE C P S SERVICE AREA, OR ARE WE LIMITING THAT TO SAN ANTONIO? YOU CAN GIMME A YAY OR NAY, OR IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THAT'S FINE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY DONE A LOT OF THINKING, UH, ON THAT. 
          IT'S BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I DO, I, I, BEN, YOU OKAY, BEN, YOU DID MENTION THAT IN THAT WE WILL LOOK AT EXPANDING IT TO ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TO THAT SOON BECAUSE, UH, THE CLIMATE IS A CHANGE IN THE . 
          THE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING UP, SO THE SOONER WE CAN, THE BETTER. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          NO, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. 
          AND, AND I THINK OUR THOUGHT, UH, ROLLING THIS OUT WAS, IT WAS SOMETHING WE THOUGHT WE COULD GET OUT QUICKLY MM-HMM. 
           AND GET DONE THIS YEAR. 
          BUT IN SUBSEQUENT ROUNDS, WE CAN CERTAINLY BUILD IN THE ABILITY TO HAVE NON-PROFITS AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, FINDING A ROLE FOR THE, AT LEAST ONE ROLE FOR THE CLIMATE ADVISORY, UH, COMMITTEES. 
          I KNOW THERE WILL BE MORE ROLES FOR THEM. 
          THEY, THEY REALLY WANNA GET ENGAGED AND, UM, I, I DO ALSO THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME PROCESS WHERE WE GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND TELL THEM ABOUT THIS AND ENSURE THAT WE CAN GET SOME INPUT ON, 
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UM, ON THE FUTURE PATH FOR, FOR THE FUND. 
          IT'S A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY EVEN, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON THE WHOLE FUND, MAYBE ON SECTIONS OF, OF THE FUND. 
          UM, I'M GONNA JUMP INTO URBAN HEAT ISLAND. 
          UM, I'M GLAD YOU'RE DOING THE, THE ROAD PILOT START. 
          UM, THAT IS DEFINITELY ONE ELEMENT OF MITIGATING THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. 
          AND YOU DID MENTION, UH, PHASE TWO. 
          I JUST, UH, WANTED TO, TO REMIND, UH, YOU GUYS THAT WHEN I PUT FORWARD THIS PROPOSAL, I TALKED ABOUT, UH, PILOTS FOR URBAN HEAT ISLAND. 
          AND I GUESS I WAS THINKING A LITTLE BIT BIGGER FOR, FOR PILOTS. 
          I KNOW THAT THE ROADS ARE ONE PART, BUT THERE ARE MANY ELEMENTS TO IT. 
          SO MY, UH, EMILY FROM, FROM MY TEAM WHO'S ACTUALLY LEAVING US TO MOVE TO ULI, TEXAS, IS THAT RIGHT? , UH, TO BE A DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR A NEW STATE REP, THE FIRST MUSLIM STATE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, TO THE TEXAS HOUSE. 
          SO, UH, SHE'LL BE THEIR DISTRICT DIRECTOR. 
          UM, THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE THAT YOU'VE SEEN IS OUTSIDE OF BOSTON IN AN AREA THAT GOT, THAT HAS LOTS OF PAVEMENT AND IS REALLY HOT. 
          AND, UH, IF WE HAVE THE CAPACITY, I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BEGIN ONE OF THESE PILOTS. 
          UH, NOW I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THE U T S A STUDY, UH, IDENTIFYING THE ADDITIONAL AREAS. 
          UH, BUT IF WE DO ONE NOW, THEN WE'LL KNOW HOW TO ROLL OUT BIG WHEN THAT STUDY IS DONE WITH THE LOCATION. 
          SO I WOULD, UM, I WOULD, I GUESS, DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO, TO BEGIN SOMETHING? OH, I SEE. 
          DOUG IS LIKE, UH, INCHING FORWARD. 
          HE'S, UH, SORRY. 
          YEAH, THAT'S, UM, COUNCILMAN, THAT'S PART OF THE, THE PLAN, UH, IS TO, UM, COOL PAVEMENT IS ONE COMPONENT WE WANT TO TEST, BUT WE WANT TO BUILD OFF OF THE U T S A STUDY OF THE 10 HOTSPOTS AND THE EQUITY MATRIX TO START FIGURING OUT WHERE WE CAN START LAYERING IN DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND, AND TARGET ZONES. 
          JUST LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'RE RECOMMENDING. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE LATER THIS, THIS YEAR. 
          SO YOU'LL DO ALL 10 AT THE SAME TIME? UM, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'LL BE DOING ALL 10. 
          NO, WE WON'T . 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WE WON'T. 
          WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS IS MAKING SURE THAT WE START EXECUTING, AND I THINK THAT'S, AS I LOOKED AT THE INVENTORY, UM, WITH THE TEAM, THERE ARE A LOT OF INITIATIVES THAT START AND ARE IN PROCESS AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO IMPLEMENTATION, NOT EXECUTION IMPLEMENTATION. 
          AND WE GOTTA START, WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT PHASE TWO AND HAS BEEN, OR PHASE ONE AND HAS BEEN MENTIONED. 
          AS SOON AS WE GET THAT REPORT, WE'RE GONNA BE BACK OVER HERE AT B SESSION IN APRIL OR MAY TO TALK ABOUT PART TWO. 
          ALRIGHT, THANKS. 
          WELL, THIS IS, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF INSPIRATION FOR, FOR YOU GUYS AND, UM, I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN GUILLO, YOU HAD PART OF YOUR, UH, DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTED IN A NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE ABOUT THE HEAT. 
          SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY A GREAT LOCATION TO, TO START. 
          UM, GLAD TO SEE THE WORK ON, UH, TREE CANOPY. 
          I LOVE THE IDEA OF LINKING TO CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          UM, I THINK I ENVISION MANY OF OUR CORRIDORS AS GREEN CORRIDORS IN THE FUTURE IF WE CAN, UH, MANAGE TO COORDINATE THAT. 
          AND I THINK ALL, UM, YOU'RE GONNA EVALUATE THAT FOR ALL CAPITAL PROJECTS, RIGHT? YES. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE I R A AND, UH, WORKFORCE. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED, UH, JEFF, SOMETHING ABOUT DEMONSTRATING GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS, AND OF COURSE, WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT RESETTING, BENCHMARKING, AND POSSIBLY HAVING SOME INCENTIVES. 
          SO THIS IS, UH, I THINK ONE OF THE, THE, IT'S, IT'S BEAUTIFUL HOW ALL THESE THINGS ARE COMING TOGETHER, BUT I, I DO WANNA MENTION THAT, UM, MYSELF AND SOME OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO UP, BUT THANK YOU, UM, ARE IN CONVERSATION WITH SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES IN THE AREA TO DEVELOP COURSEWORK, POTENTIAL COURSEWORK, AND EVEN PROGRAMS THAT WOULD TRAIN OUR, OUR STUDENTS COMING OUT OF OUR OWN UNIVERSITIES HERE TO DO THINGS SUCH AS GREENHOUSE GAS ACCOUNTING, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE BEAN COUNTING, BUT THERE IS, UH, SOME  THERE IS A, A SKILL TO IT. 
          UM, THERE ARE MANY OTHER PARTS OF THE US THAT HAVE FOLKS THAT SPECIALIZE IN THAT, THAT HAVE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, UH, DEDICATED TO CERTIFYING THOSE TYPES OF, OF THINGS AND, UH, ENERGY BA BENCHMARKING AND OTHER SKILLS. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS ALMOST LIKE A WHITE COLLAR, GREEN COLLAR, UH, JOB PIPELINE THAT WE COULD CREATE. 
          UH, WE HAVE SIX UNIVERSITIES HERE. 
          WE'RE IN CONVERSATION WITH TWO OF THOSE, UH, ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY NOT SOMETHING THAT COULD COME OUT IN YEAR ONE. 
          UH, BUT I JUST, UH, I DID WANNA TO MENTION THAT TO YOU, TO YOU GUYS, THAT THERE'S, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL WITH THIS, UM, WHERE IN, IN CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDENTS, UH, ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, AND UH, LASTLY I'LL SAY, UH, I THINK THE HAVING THE LARGEST MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITY IN THE COUNTRY WILL MAKE US VERY COMPETITIVE AGAIN, PROVIDED THAT 
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OUR, UM, THAT OUR GENERATION PLANNING COMMITMENTS, I THINK ALSO DEMONSTRATE THAT AS WELL, THAT, THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT. 
          UM, DO YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY FROM THE REC IS HERE. 
          I AM THE LIAISON, BUT UP UNTIL NOW, SO I GUESS I'LL, I'LL ASK MYSELF THIS QUESTION. 
          AND , UM, UH, UP UNTIL NOW, THE GENERATION PLANNING SCENARIOS THAT THE COMMITTEE IS REVIEWING HAVE NOT INTEGRATED, UH, THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF THE I R A. 
          IN FACT, THEY, RIGHT, RUDY, AM I, AM I CORRECT? THEY HAVE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS LIKE DO WE HAVE A, UH, A STABLE, UH, PETROLEUM FUTURE, UH, THINGS ARE IN CHAOS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          BUT THIS HAS NOT BEEN INTEGRATED. 
          AND I, AND I THINK WE, WE MAY NEED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO DO THAT. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO INTEGRATE, YOU KNOW, A, A FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THERE'S NO GUIDANCE. 
          AND SO I, WE'VE SAID ALL ALONG THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, OUR PLAN IS TO, THIS, THIS INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN PROCESS IS GONNA BE DYNAMIC. 
          I MEAN, THE MINUTE THE LEGISLATURE, FOR INSTANCE, PASSES A NEW BILL, IT'S GONNA CHANGE THE OUTLOOK ON WHAT OUR OPTIONS MIGHT BE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMMITTED TO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS, UM, IN DEVELOPMENT OF GEOTHERMAL AND OTHER ZERO CARBON, UM, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES WITH OR WITHOUT THE IRA. 
          ALL THE IRA DOES IS MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T MODEL ANY, YOU KNOW, THE I R A INTO THIS WITHOUT SOME LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE ON EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES LOOK LIKE. 
          IT'S JUST NOT THERE YET. 
          UH, YOU ARE RIGHT, YOU ARE NOT DOING THAT LEVEL OF MODELING. 
          UH, WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO WAS THE, UM, INITIAL SET, THE STAGE SCENARIO THAT THE, THE, THE RACK LOOKED AT. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT AT THIS LEVEL, BUT NO MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR SANDOVAL. 
          CAN I JUST, UH, JUMP IN ON THE, ON THE, UM, THE, UM, GREEN SLASH WHITE COLLAR JOBS AND TRAINING? YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, UM, HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP, UM, HERE RECENTLY AND, AND SOMETHING THAT, THAT WILL FOLLOW UP WITH SOME OF THE UNIVERSITIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN, IN, UM, IN THAT TYPE OF EFFORT. 
          THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I THINK MAY BE, UH, DOABLE. 
          I'VE ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT IS, UM, SOMEWHAT, IT DOESN'T, IT'S PROBABLY A LIMITED, UH, NET, BUT, UM, HOW WE INCORPORATE THAT POTENTIAL WITHIN READY TO WORK AS WELL. 
          AND SO, UM, WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. 
          COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY. 
          I JUST, I THINK BACK AND JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ENGAGING IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UM, DO, DO WE CUT DOWN TREES? WHICH TREES DO WE CUT DOWN? WHICH TREES DO WE SAVE? NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PLANTING MASSIVE STRATEGIES TO PLANT MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF TREES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, I, I KNOW THAT SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, SOME LOCAL REPORTERS, SOME CITY STAFF DIDN'T KNOW WHAT URBAN HEAT ISLAND WAS. 
          AND NOW THIS IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO WE DIDN'T HAVE REAL FUNDING FOR CLIMATE WORK AND, UM, NOW WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERABLE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME FOR US TO GET HERE. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL FOR YOUR INNOVATIVE, UM, FUNDING STRATEGY AND FOR GETTING THAT ACROSS THE, THE FINISH LINE. 
          UM, I AGREE. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS FUNDING THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, I THINK OF IT ALL AS ALMOST LIKE PILOT MONEY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN GROW FROM HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY GET STARTED, THAT WE GET MOVING, THAT WE DON'T WAIT FOR LOOKING AT WHAT FEDERAL MATCHING OPPORTUNITIES ARE WAITING FOR THE DETAILS. 
          WE NEED TO START, START, YOU KNOW, BUILDING CAPACITY. 
          NOW WHEN I THINK ABOUT, UM, THE, THE, THE CITIES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE COMPETING WITH, AND ONE I, YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO IS COMPETITIVE, AND ONE COMPETITIVE EDGE THAT WE HAVE IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL DON'T EXPECT CITIES IN TEXAS TO DO ANYTHING. 
          AND SO IT REALLY GETS PEOPLE'S ATTENTION WHEN A COMMUNITY IN TEXAS IS DOING SOMETHING WITH RE WITH, UH, RELATION TO THIS WORK. 
          IT, IT, IT'S, UM, IT SHOWS HOPE TO A LOT OF, UH, OF PEOPLE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL WHEN YOU SEE A COMMUNITY IN TEXAS DOING THIS KIND OF WORK. 
          UM, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT, UM, FOR TREES, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CITIES ARE TRYING TO SCALE UP. 
          A LOT OF CITIES ARE GONNA BE COMPETING FOR THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF TREES? YOU KNOW, ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO BUY TREES TO BE ABLE TO PLANT? OR ARE THE 
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PRICES GONNA DOUBLE? ARE THEY GONNA TRIPLE RIGHT? SO WHY DON'T WE GET STARTED NOW? AND THERE ARE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO WOULD LOVE TO START PLANT SEEDING TREES AND PLANTING THEM SO THAT TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW WE'VE GOT A LOCAL SOURCE. 
          AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE CREATING LOCAL JOBS. 
          THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COULD TAKE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE SMALL GRANTS, UM, FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, LET'S NOT JUST DO SMALL GRANTS, LET'S DO BIGGER GRANTS. 
          LET'S GIVE THEM MONEY AND, AND, AND SEE WHAT CAN THEY DO. 
          UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, CITIES TYPICALLY ARE NOT KNOWN. 
          ANY GOVERNMENT'S NOT, THEY'RE NOT FAMOUS FOR INNOVATING, RIGHT? BUT WE CAN GO TO THESE COMMUNITY GROUPS AND WE CAN, WE CAN GIVE THEM SOME GRANTS AND WE CAN SAY, GO TO WORK. 
          SHOW US WHAT YOU CAN DO. 
          SHOW US HOW MANY TREES YOU CAN PLANT IN ONE YEAR WITH THIS MONEY. 
          OR SHOW US LIKE HOW MANY TREES YOU CAN SEED WITH THIS MONEY AND, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT LEAVE IT AS OPEN-ENDED AS POSSIBLE AND WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES TO URBAN HEAT ISLAND, I, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THOSE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AND, AND I ALSO, WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE A SCIENCE PROJECT IN SOME WAYS. 
          AND I WONDER, YOU KNOW, IS THE CITY BEST SUITED TO BE DOING SCIENCE PROJECTS OR SHOULD WE JUST LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEEN DONE, WHAT'S TESTED, WHAT'S PROVEN? UM, AND MAYBE IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN WE'RE ADDRESSING URBAN HEAT ISLANDS, YOU CAN, YOU CAN HAVE COOL REFLECTIVE COATINGS ON ASPHALT. 
          YOU CAN ALSO HAVE WHITE ROOFS. 
          THAT'S A PASSION THAT, THAT I SHARE WITH MY PREDECESSOR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND YOU LOOK AT, WHITE ROOFS ARE GONNA REFLECT URBAN HEAT JUST AS MUCH AS, UH, WHITE COATINGS ON ASPHALT, RIGHT? BUT RIGHT ROOFS CAN TEND TO MAYBE REFLECT POSSIBLY BETTER BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE GONNA TEND TO STAY CLEANER BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA BE DRIVING THEIR CARS ON 'EM, AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA CLEAN BETTER BECAUSE THEY'RE ANGLED. 
          AND SO THE RAIN'S GONNA WASH IT OFF BETTER. 
          UM, BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT, UM, STACKED BENEFITS, WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE HAVE WHAT, BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, AN ASPHALT ROOF, ASPHALT SHINGLE ROOFS ARE TERRIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, ENERGY SAVINGS. 
          UH, AN AS YOUR TYPICAL ASPHALT SHINGLE ROOF'S GONNA BE 120 TO 130 DEGREES ON A HUNDRED DEGREE DAY VERSUS A WHITE SHEET OF METAL ROOF, I'M SORRY, 165 TO 170 DEGREES ON A HUNDRED DEGREE DEGREE DAY, A WHITE SHEET METAL ROOF WILL ONLY REACH 120 DEGREES. 
          SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING A WHITE ROOF AND A WHITE AND WHITE ASPHALT THAT'S REFLECTING HEAT? WELL, YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO AIR CONDITION YOUR ASPHALT, RIGHT? BUT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO AIR CONDITION THEIR HOMES. 
          AND WHEN YOUR ROOF GETS REALLY HOT, THAT'S A LOT MORE ENERGY YOU HAVE TO USE IN ORDER TO COOL YOUR HOUSE, RIGHT? AND SO WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT STRATEGIES FOR WHITE ROOFS AS WELL. 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE US TO BE CONSIDERING. 
          THEN URBAN HEAT ISLAND, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TREE PLANTING IS GONNA HELP WITH URBAN HEAT ISLAND TOO. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH ARE WE GONNA INVEST IN TREE PLANTING FOR, TO ADDRESS URBAN HEAT ISLAND VERSUS REFLECTIVE COATINGS, WHETHER IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S ROOFS OR WHETHER IT'S ROADS. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, LIKE WE GOTTA GET MOVING NOW BECAUSE THOSE, THOSE TREES ARE GONNA TAKE A WHILE TO GROW. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN I THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ALSO, LIKE, I THINK OF GROUPS LIKE GUARD, OPIA GARDENS, ECO CENTRO, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'RE ALREADY OPERATING URBAN FARMS. THEY'RE ALREADY DOING COMMUNITY GARDENING. 
          THEY ALREADY KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY ARE EXPERTS IN THIS AREA, AND MAYBE NOT TREE EXPERTS, BUT THEY'RE GARDENING EXPERTS AND THEY'RE CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE COULD REACH OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THOSE TO REALLY, UM, TO INNOVATE AND TO GET, TO GET MOVING SOONER. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO PARKS AND NOT BEING ABLE, LIKE ONE OF OUR PARK STAFF DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF. 
          I GET PARKS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO MANAGE CONTRACTORS RIGHT NOW. 
          AND, UM, UH, IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND CAPACITY, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE IN PARK STAFF TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE CONTRACTS FOR, FOR ALL OF THIS TREE PLANTING. 
          UM, AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO WORK THAT FUNDING IN THERE. 
          UM, AND THEN ONE BIG QUESTION I HAVE THAT I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO IS WE HAVE THAT SOLAR R F P. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE BUILDING, BUILDING OUT C SOLAR HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY ON, UM, CITY OWNED PROPERTIES. 
          AND I THINK ONE BIG QUESTION WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS WHEN DO WE PLANT TREES AND WHEN DO WE PUT SOLAR PANELS UP? BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA PUT BOTH IN THE SAME PLACE. 
          AND SO IF YOU'RE UTILIZING THIS, YOU KNOW, LIMITED URBAN REAL ESTATE, DAVID, WERE YOU GONNA TRY AND ANSWER THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY? WELL, COUNCILMAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, FOR INSTANCE, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, THEY ALREADY DO WHITE ROOFS. 
          PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS WE'VE NOT DONE IT IN A COLLECTIVE WAY. 
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SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND IS DOUG AND I AND BRIAN DILLARD ARE WORKING COLLECTIVELY BECAUSE WHAT THE IDEAL IS, IS TO INVENTORY WHAT ALL ARE WE DOING NOW THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY BROUGHT TOGETHER. 
          SO EVEN THE 10 LOCATIONS, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE TREES, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ROOFS, WE'LL BE DOING A NUMBER OF THINGS YEAH. 
          AT THIS SIMULTANEOUSLY. 
          THAT WAS THE POINT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, AND, AND ONE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE, AND I BROUGHT THIS UP TO C P S ENERGY BEFORE THIS MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE NEW STEP PROGRAM, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN A, WHEN A HAILSTORM COMES THROUGH HERE, A LOT OF ROOFS GET WIPED OUT. 
          I THINK IN A RECENT HAILSTORM WE HAD, THERE WERE 5,000 ROOFS IN SAN ANTONIO THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. 
          AND SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY IF SOMEBODY HAS TO PUT A NEW ROOF ON ALREADY, THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME KIND OF AN INCENTIVE OR A REBATE PROGRAM IN PLACE SO THAT WHEN SOMEBODY UPGRADES TO THERE'S, THERE'S SOMETHING THERE TO HELP GET THEM TO UPGRADE TO A WHITE ROOF, WHICH WILL, UH, REAP SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS. 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE MOST OF MY THOUGHTS. 
          I'M SURE I'LL CHIME IN AGAIN. 
          UH, OH, WELL, HERE'S ONE OTHER, UM, AN AN ADDED BENEFIT OF TREES, LIKE YOU CAN DO, IF YOU DO A WHITE COATING ON A ROOF, YOU DO A WHITE COATING ON, UM, OH, IF YOU DO WHITE COATINGS ON ASPHALT, I'M NOT AGAINST THAT. 
          I DO, I THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT. 
          BUT AN ADDED BENEFIT OF TREES IS THE TREES ARE ALSO A CARBON SINK, RIGHT? SO PLANTING A LOT OF TREES IN ONE AREA IS GONNA HELP COOL DOWN THAT PART OF THE CITY THE SAME WAY HAVING REFLECTIVE COATINGS ON ASPHALT WILL, BUT YOU'LL, IT'LL ALSO COLLECT CARBON OVER TIME. 
          AND SO THERE'S AN ADDED BENEFIT THERE. 
          UM, SO ANYWAY, I'M, I'M EAGER TO GET MOVING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'VE BEEN PLEASED TO HEAR SOME OF THE COMMENTS BY, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO'VE BEEN SPEAKING. 
          REALLY, UM, HAPPY TO HEAR THE OUT OUTLOOK OF WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO, UH, AROUND THESE VERY IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES AND THE MONEY THAT MAY BE COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE THAT'S GONNA HELP US BRING THESE TO FRUITION. 
          I REMEMBER IT WAS A WHILE BACK, WE SAID, WE'RE GONNA TRY A COOL PAVEMENT EXPERIMENT, AND I'VE NEVER HEARD HOW THAT TURNED OUT. 
          UH, AND I, I SUPPOSE IT MAY NOT HAVE HIT THE 12 MONTH MARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO HEAR, UH, HOW THAT TURNED OUT. 
          I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF PUTTING, UH, COOL PAVEMENT PROJECTS IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT I HEARD, AT LEAST ONE IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          MY CONCERN IS THOUGH, ARE THEY ONLY GONNA GO ON A STREETS OR B STREETS? BECAUSE CAN YOU PUT ONE ON AN F STREET OR A D STREET? SO ARE WE GONNA REDO THE STREET THAT WE PUT THESE ON? SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT, AS, AS WE, YOU KNOW, WORK THROUGH THIS AND, AND COME UP WITH A PLAN. 
          SO I'M NOT REALLY ASKING FOR AN ANSWER NOW, BUT I THINK THAT'S A CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, I WAS REALLY GLAD TO, UH, HEAR THE TALK ABOUT SMALL GRANTS TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZE ORGANIZ. 
          UH, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, WORKING WITH SCHOOLS OR, OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          HOW ABOUT COMMUNITY GARDENS? YOU MENTIONED MARIO, UH, TALKING ABOUT GUDO, PIA, THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE PUT UP GARDENS, BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TROUBLE SUSTAINING THEM. 
          THEY'VE FALL BY THE WAYSIDE. 
          CAN WE MAKE AN EFFORT TO REINVIGORATE THOSE BECAUSE THEY OFFER, UH, AS NEARLY AS MUCH AS ADDING A TREE DOES TO THE, THE SAFETY HEALTH, THE HEALTH AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SUSTAINABILITY OF A COMMUNITY. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, AN EMPHASIS OR, OR PART OF THIS GROWTH PROGRAM LOOKING AT COMMUNITY GARDENS AND HELPING TO SUSTAIN THEM AS WELL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, TREE MITIGATION AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE GIVEN AWAY A LOT OF TREES. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK LAST YEAR OR 2022, WE WERE SAYING GIVING AWAY 12,000 PLUS TREES. 
          HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE ALIVE? HOW MANY OF THE ONES WE GAVE AWAY LAST YEAR WHEN WE GAVE AWAY 5,000 OR 8,000 ARE ALIVE? WE KNOW WHEN THE CITY PUTS UP A TREE, WE SAY, WELL, WE'VE GOTTA WATER IT. 
          WE'VE GOTTA GUARD IT. 
          WE'VE GOTTA LOOK AT IT FOR THREE YEARS. 
          WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON, WE'VE GIVEN A TREE TO UNDERSTANDS THAT AND HAS DONE THAT. 
          SO I WONDER HOW SUCCESSFUL JUST GIVING AWAY TREES IS HOW MEANINGFUL IT IS. 
          I THINK IF WE DO THAT, WE NEED TO REALLY EDUCATE PEOPLE AND WE NEED 
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TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OF SOME KIND SO THAT THOSE THOUSANDS OF TREES THAT GET PLANTED ACTUALLY GROW AND FLOURISH AND HELP REINVIGORATE, UH, OUR CANOPY. 
          UH, I JUST HAD, UH, THE CLEAR CUTTING OF A BIG PIECE OF LAND IN DISTRICT NINE RIGHT ALONG, UH, WEST AVENUE AND, UH, P UH, AND UM, SBACK PARKWAY. 
          AND I UNDERSTOOD BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE LAND THAT NEEDED TO BE LEVELED, THEY NEEDED TO TAKE OUT THOSE TREES. 
          IT WAS A BIG SHOCK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          BUT I WONDER HOW MANY TREES WERE TAKING OUT THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT PLANTING, UH, OR GIVING AWAY 12,000 TREES. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT PLANTING TWO OR 3000 TREES, BUT WE'RE TAKING DOWN THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF TREES EVERY YEAR. 
          WE PUT, WE'RE ESTIMATING PUTTING $9.2 MILLION INTO THE FEE IN LIEU OF FUND THIS CURRENT YEAR. 
          HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF TREES WERE TAKEN DOWN TO GENERATE $9 MILLION IN, IN FEES FOR REMOVING THOSE TREES? SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WAY BEHIND ON TRYING TO CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN THE TREE CANOPY. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WAS LOOKING AT THOSE FEES WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. 
          WE'VE ACCU WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA ACCUMULATE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, $11 MILLION MORE IN MONEY COMING INTO THE MITIGATION FUND THAN WE'VE PAID OUT THROUGH THE MITIGATION FUND OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. 
          SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY OF USING THAT MONEY FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN A, IN OUR CITY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER ISSUE I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS MORE. 
          UM, ANOTHER THING IS, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKING ON MINOR REPAIR THROUGH C P SS, UH, AND WEATHERIZATION, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY DO GO HAND IN HAND. 
          I THINK ANY PROPERTY THAT C P SS PLANS ON WEATHERIZING, IF IT NEEDS MINOR REPAIR, THAT SHOULD COME FIRST. 
          AND THE CITY NEEDS TO BE A PARTNER IN THAT. 
          UH, I BELIEVE I HEARD THAT ABOUT 16,000 WEATHERIZATION PROJECTS WERE PROJECTED BY C P S THROUGH STEP OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          AND I THINK THAT MEANS THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO BE PREPARED TO DO MINOR REPAIR TO MAKE IT WORTH THE EFFORT TO WEATHERIZE OR OTHERWISE. 
          WE'RE SAYING, WELL, WE CAN'T WEATHERIZE YOUR HOME 'CAUSE IT HAS REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. 
          WE NEED TO DO BOTH. 
          SO THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE COORDINATION ON THAT. 
          AND IT MEANS, IT MEANS, IT MEANS THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE MONEY. 
          BUT ONE OTHER THING I'LL EMPHASIZE, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE TO C P S, IF WE'RE GONNA WEATHERIZE A HOME, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY ACCEPT DEMAND RESPONSE AS, AS PART OF THAT DEAL. 
          IF WE'RE GONNA WEATHERIZE A HOME TO SAVE THEM MONEY, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE DEMAND RESPONSE TO SAVE THE CITY MONEY, TO SAVE THE COMMUNITY MONEY. 
          NOW, PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME, WELL, YOU CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO DO THAT. 
          WELL, YOU'RE REALLY NOT, BECAUSE ANYONE WHO HAS DEMAND RESPONSE, IF THEY'RE TOO HOT, THEY CAN GO OVER AND CHANGE THE TEMPERATURE. 
          IF THEY'RE TOO COLD, THEY CAN GO OVER AND CHANGE THE TEMPERATURE. 
          IT JUST ENABLES C P S TO TAKE ACTION IF THEY'RE NOT THERE, OR TAKE ACTION THAT THEY MAY NOT EVEN CARE ABOUT, BUT CAN SAVE MONEY FOR THE CITY AND PROVIDE LESS CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY, WHICH MEANS WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND AS MUCH TO PROVIDE ENERGY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I HOPE BECOME INTEGRATED IN ALL OF THIS TALK WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMING IN AND OUR PLANS, UH, ON SUSTAINABILITY GOING FORWARD. 
          SO, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          MAYOR, JUST QUICK CLARIFICATION ON TWO ISSUES. 
          UH, BEN'S GONNA COME AND DO IT. 
          SO JUST COUNCILMAN, JUST, UH, QUICKLY ON TWO THINGS ON THE STREET PRO, THE STREET PILOT PROJECTS WE'RE GONNA DO IN EACH DISTRICT WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THOSE B ON STREETS THAT AREN'T PART OF OUR I M P OR OUR BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO THESE ARE GONNA BE A OR B STREETS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO IN AND, AND, AND PUT THIS APPLICATION ON TOP OF A ROADWAY SO WE CAN TEST THAT APPLICATION. 
          SPECIFICALLY, OUR PLAN IS TO GET THOSE SELECTED OVER THE NEXT, UM, BY THE END OF FEBRUARY, AND THEN WE WOULD, UH, HAVE THAT INSTALLED BY THE END OF JUNE. 
          SO AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING FOR STREETS WHERE WE WOULD'VE BEEN PUTTING AN APPLICATION ON THE ROAD, NOT NECESSARILY RECONSTRUCTING THE ROAD, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE IN STREET ISLAND. 
          I, I MEAN, HEAT ISLAND LOCATIONS TOO. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA USE DATA TO GIVE YOU SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND WHERE THOSE, UH, CORRIDORS ARE. 
          SO LOOKING AT BOTH FROM AN EQUITY LENS, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT THE HEAT ISLAND, UH, UH, MAPS AND GIVING YOU SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON THOSE. 
          UH, THE OTHER ONE IS ON THE WEATHERIZATION. 
          SO JUST TO, TO CLARIFY ON CP S'S WEATHERIZATION, YOU'RE CORRECT THAT 16,000 HOMES IS PROJECTED TO 
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BE DONE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          THE CHALLENGE THAT CCPS HAS IS THAT WHILE THEY HAVE A LOT OF APPLICANTS THAT COME IN THAT ARE IN THAT MEET THE INCOME QUALIFICATION, THEY AREN'T ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THE WEATHERIZATION BECAUSE OF A MINOR REPAIR ISSUE. 
          AND SO C P S DOESN'T HAVE THAT FUNDING. 
          WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE'RE CONNECTING OUR PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT, UH, MINOR REPAIR ISSUE SO THAT THAT APPLICANT CAN THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, THE WEATHERIZATION, UH, YOU KNOW, 500 A DOLLAR, A THOUSAND DOLLARS REPAIR, LEVERAGING, YOU KNOW, AN AVERAGE OF A LITTLE OVER $5,000 OF WEATHERIZATION INVESTMENT. 
          UH, MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. 
          WE JUST NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COORDINATING AND COLLABORATING ON OUR PROGRAMS. DAVID MENTIONED THE WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM ALSO IN THE TREE MITIGATION FUND. 
          UM, AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DO MORE, YOU, YOU TOUCHED ON TREES. 
          SO C P S AGAIN, IS OUT INCOME QUALIFIED. 
          THEY'VE GOT AN APPLICATION APPLICANT THAT THEY'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH WEATHERIZATION ON. 
          WE WANNA INSERT OURSELVES INTO THAT PROCESS WORKING WITH C P SS AND ASSESS, DO WE NEED TO PLANT TREES IN THAT YARD AND CAN WE DO IT WHILE THAT WORK IS GOING ON? IN THAT CASE, WE WOULD BE INSTALLING A LARGER TREE, NOT THE TREE GIVEAWAYS THAT ARE TYPICALLY MORE THE ONE GALLON TREES THAT, THAT THEY'RE CHEAP. 
          WE CAN DO A LOT OF THEM, BUT TO YOUR POINT, WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY SURE WHAT THE OUTCOME IS ON THOSE VERSUS WHERE WE CAN PARTNER AND COLLABORATE, GET A LARGER TREE INSTALLED IN THE YARD, WE PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR A BETTER OUTCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU. 
          UH, I'LL START WITH THE OVERVIEW OF THE STATUS OF IN INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. 
          SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE TALKING WITH N L C, IS CITIES IN TEXAS DO BETTER THAN US, TRAIN BETTER THAN US, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED. 
          SO I NEED A SCENARIO WHERE THERE'S NO GUIDELINES, THE PRO THIS NEED, THESE NEW PROGRAMS HAVE NO, OR VERY FEW GUIDELINES AS THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW, OR THEY HAVE A GUIDELINE THAT IT'S JUST C P SS. 
          AND I NEED A LIST OF THE STAKEHOLDERS IN MY AREA THAT HAVE THEIR OWN LOBBYISTS UP DC THAT ARE ALREADY TALKING TO THE GOVERNMENT, UH, ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE WE'RE NOT WORKING TOGETHER AND I'M, I'M CONCERNED WE'RE GONNA BE LEFT BEHIND IF WE DON'T START BRINGING IN OUR PARTNERS, LIKE VIA LIKE BROOKS, LIKE TECH, UM, LIKE PORT, UM, LIKE HENRY CDOS AND THE TREE ARBORETUM BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING OUT THERE AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR DOLLARS. 
          UH, AND ON THE ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MEET WITH TEXAS A AND M I'M GLAD WE'RE THE FORESTRY SERVICES HERE, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A GROUP WORKING ON, UM, ENERGY CONSERVATION AND GOALS WITH WATER AND RESILIENCY. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ON HOW WE BEST PRESENT WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR WALKABILITY AND THIS LIVE WORK PLAY IN THE SAME AREA. 
          SO OUR DISTANCES ARE SHORTER. 
          WE NEED TO LEVERAGE THAT ALSO. 
          UM, THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN RATHER QUICKLY, AND I, I, I WOULD LIKE MORE UPDATES RATHER THAN MARCH IF WE COULD GET A BRIEFING IN JANUARY OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT WE KNOW, UH, UP IN DC AND I THINK TO LEAVE IT TO ONE COMMITTEE IS, DOES A DISSERVICE TO THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO BRIEF BE BRIEFED MORE REGULARLY AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE KNOW THAT HAVE LOBBYISTS UP IN DC THAT ARE WORKING THIS NEED TO BE BROUGHT INTO THIS CONVERSATION AS WE MOVE ON TO, UM, THE SECOND PORTION WITH THE, UM, URBAN HEAT ISLAND. 
          I WOULD LIKE A LIST, UM, TO BE SENT TO MY, MY COUNCIL OFFICE ABOUT WHAT, WHERE THESE URBAN HEAT LINE ISLANDS ARE LOCATED. 
          I DO WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL OFFICE TO SEE WHERE THAT THAT WOULD WORK. 
          UH, SAME THING. 
          I'D LIKE A LIST OF THE, THE 1.2 MILLION SMALL GRANTS TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 
          I'D LIKE THAT LIST ALSO. 
          'CAUSE WHEN YOU SAY PRIVATE SCHOOLS, DO YOU MEAN CHARTER SCHOOLS? BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE VERY MANY PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN MY AREA, SO I I LIKE THAT. 
          ALSO, UM, ON SLIDE, UH, ON, UH, LEVERAGING FUNDING ON SLIDE 17, I, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW EXACTLY WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. 
          UM, BECAUSE 
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I AGREE WITH YOU, DAVID, WE NEED, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT QUANTITY, IT'S QUALITY. 
          AND I WENT TO A GIVEAWAY AND WE'RE GIVING OUT TREES IN ONE AREA. 
          AND THEN C P S WHO YOU NEED TO CALL IF YOU'RE GONNA PLANT THAT TREE IS LIKE IN A WHOLE, IT, IT'S NOT NEXT TO IT, IT'S ACROSS THE PARK. 
          AND SO I THINK PART OF THAT IS UNDERSTANDING YOU GET THE TREE, IF YOU'RE GONNA PLANT IT, CALL C P S. 
          SO YOU MAKE SURE, MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT DIGGING IN ANY BEFORE YOU DIG. 
          BUT I THINK THE OTHER THING IS WHERE YOU PLANT IT ON YOUR RESIDENCE IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU PLANT THIS TREE, HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST WHEN IT'S TIME TO, UM, TAKE CARE OF THE LIMBS THAT HAVE OVERGROWN? BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT IS ONE THING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR. 
          SO IT'S A BIG CYCLE WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE HAVING MINOR HOME REPAIR PROBLEMS. WELL THAT'S BECAUSE THEY PLANTED A TREE TOO CLOSE TO THEIR HOME AND NOW THEY HAVE PLUMBING ISSUES OR NOW IT'S, IT'S HITTING THEIR ROOF. 
          AND SO IF WE COULD, BEFORE THEY EVEN DIG, TELL THEM, THIS IS HOW LARGE THE TREE IS GONNA GET, THIS IS WHERE YOU WANNA PUT IT THIS FAR FROM YOUR, WHERE'S YOUR, WHERE'S YOUR, UM, WHERE YOUR SEWER LINES, WHERE'S YOUR ELECTRICAL? UM, AND THIS IS AS LIVING AS LIVING IN A HOME THAT HAS A LOT OF TREES THAT C P S PROBABLY WANTS ME TO TRIM BECAUSE THEY'RE NEAR THE POWER LINES. 
          UM, I THINK THESE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO TELL PEOPLE SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE TREES THAT DON'T GET CUT DOWN, THAT THAT FIRST BIG WIND COMES, THEY HIT A ROOF OR THEY HIT A CAR. 
          SO I'D REALLY, I REALLY WANNA SEE THAT. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH MUNICIPAL GOLF, I HAVE TWO IN MY DISTRICT, SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE ZERO GOLF COURSES. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO RE-LOOK AT THAT AND, AND OUR, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND, AND GET, HAVE A LARGER CONVERSATION WITH THAT. 
          AND, UM, AND I THINK IF WE COULD TAKE IT AND HELP HOMEOWNERS MAKE SURE THAT THEIR TREES ARE TAKEN CARE OF, THAT THE LIMBS ARE TRIMMED, THAT THEY, THEY'RE, THEY PLANT THEM IN IN A CORRECT SPOT. 
          IF THEY, IF THEY HAVE TO MOVE THE TREE, 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THEY PLANTED AND THEY WERE LIKE, OH, AND IT, AND THE TREE CAN BE SAVED AND MOVE TO ANOTHER SPOT. 
          CAN WE HELP THEM, UM, FINANCIALLY? UM, SO I THINK, AND I LIKED ON SLIDE 26 WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT A DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO OF INITIATIVES IN PROGRAMS BECAUSE I THINK THE MORE DIVERSE WE CAN GET, THE MORE SUCCESSFUL WE WILL BE IN ANY OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO INCLUDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND SERVICES, PARKS AND REC AND C P SS. 
          I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          UH, C P S, UM, I DO SIT ON THAT RAC COMMITTEE, SO THERE'S A LOT. 
          I KNOW, UH, ON SLIDE 34, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE 275 4 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WEATHER WEATHERIZED, I'D LIKE IT BROKEN DOWN INTO DISTRICTS OR AT LEAST, UH, ZIP CODES. 
          UM, SAME THING WITH THE PARTICIPANTS. 
          UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE RESIDENTS THAT ARE GETTING SERVICES ARE ON FIXED INCOMES. 
          WHETHER IT'S THAT THOSE ARE THOSE LIVING, THOSE THAT ARE ON DISABILITY OR PERHAPS SENIORS, UM, AND WHICH CENSUS CENSUS TRUCKS THEY SIT IN TO MAKE SURE IF WE'RE WE'RE BEING SUCCESSFUL IN ALIGNING WITH THAT. 
          I APPRECIATE THE ENERGY EFFICIEN EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS, BUT THERE IS STILL A COST TO EACH OF THEM. 
          AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE COST REMAINS AFFORDABLE AND THAT WHEN WE ARE, WE ARE PROMOTING THAT OUT TO THE RESIDENTS, THAT WE ARE PROMOTING THE AFFORDABILITY. 
          AND SO THAT WOULD BE, IF YOU MOVE ON TO SLIDE 36, THE MARKETING AND BRANDING, I THINK THE RECENT ACTIVITY HAS BEEN AMAZING. 
          THE, UM, AT THE OUTREACH YOUR CREW TEAM, UH, WE HAD OUR SENIOR PARTY LAST FRIDAY, EVERYBODY WANTED TO VISIT C P S. 
          I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS MORE TALK ABOUT THE CONSERVATION EFFORTS, THAT EFFORTS THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE, UH, IN THEIR HOME, THE LITTLE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO TO SAVE ENERGY. 
          AND, UM, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE CAN, UH, ALL WORK TOGETHER. 
          AND THEN ON THE NEXT PHASE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT GROWING EQUITY, I REALLY LIKE THE, UM, PROPOSED, BUT I THINK I'D NEED MORE DETAIL ON THE HOW TO AND 
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THAT NON-TRADITIONAL SOLAR, WE HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT COMING UP IN THE, UM, IN DISTRICT THREE AND THE SOUTH SIDE, BUT SOME OF THESE FACILITIES ARE NOT SOLAR READY TO, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SOLAR PANELS IN THE ROOF. 
          BUT IF WE COULD GET THESE BUSINESSES, IF WE COULD WORK WITH THE BUSINESSES AND NOT JUST HAVE THE FARM THAT THE SOLAR FARM THAT'S LOOKING HERE, BUT ACTUALLY HAVE A BUSINESS, HAVE THE SOLAR PANELS ON TOP OF THEIR ROOFTOP, IF POSSIBLE, IF THEY BUILD IN THAT WAY. 
          AND THEN OUR, OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR, YOUR CUSTOMERS CAN BUY THOSE SOLAR PANELS. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW WE COULD WORK ON THAT TOO. 
          UM, BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT WE GET TO A POINT WHERE THOSE RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO, UM, BE PART OF THIS NON-TRADITIONAL SOLAR AND THESE SOLAR REBATES, ACTUALLY IT'S AFFORDABLE FOR THEM. 
          AND, AND THESE ARE THE CUSTOMERS THAT, UM, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, ARE ON FIXED INCOMES OR FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE WILL BE IN A JOB THAT DOES NOT PAY A LITTLE MORE OR SOMETIMES LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEP. 
          SO THO THE, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          I, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT START WITH THE PROCESS. 
          I THINK WHEN WE LOOK, UM, DIVERSIFYING OUR, OUR PORTFOLIOS, HAVING MORE OPTIONS, LOOKING AT WHAT EXPANDING IS KEY, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          AND, AND I SEE, I SEE THAT ON A LOT OF THESE PRESENTATIONS. 
          UH, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRA AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED. 
          I KIND OF LOST TRACK OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TO SPEAK. 
          SO, UM, BUT THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I'LL START OFF REALLY FAST. 
          UH, ERIC MENTIONED SOMETHING EARLIER AND HE SAID, WE GIVE AWAY MORE TREES THAN WE'VE, UH, PLANTED. 
          AND SO TO COUNCILMAN CURTIS'S POINT, I APPRECIATE, UM, THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE IT, IT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          AND SO, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO I RECEIVED A TREE AND I PLANTED IT, AND I KILL SUCCULENTS SO MY TREE DIDN'T SURVIVE. 
          RIGHT? BUT THAT'S THE POINT. 
          UH, SO HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE, OR HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE SPENDING AND WHAT'S OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT SINCE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE'VE GOTTA FOCUS ON THAT. 
          UM, BUT ALSO WHEN, WHEN TALKING ABOUT TREES, AND BY THE WAY, YOUR TREE MASCOT IS INCREDIBLY CUTE. 
          WE NEED TO USE IT MORE OFTEN. 
          UM, BUT THEN, UH, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT TREES AND WHERE TO PLANT THEM, HOW DO YOU ALL CHOOSE, AND THIS IS A A QUESTION THAT I'VE NEVER ASKED, BUT HOW DO YOU CHOOSE WHAT PARKS, LIKE PEARSALL PARK HAS NO TREES, AND SO IS THERE A REASON THAT OUR PARKS, OR HOW DO WE DO AN INVENTORY OF TREES AT PARKS? AND MAYBE HELP ME UNDERSTAND, I'M SURE HOMER OF YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR ME THERE. 
          YES. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          HOMER GARCIA, PARKS DIRECTOR SPECIFIC TO PIERCE OUR PARK THAT'S BUILT OVER LANDFILLS. 
          SO THERE ARE LIMITATIONS IN WHERE WE PLANT TREES AND THE KINDS OF TREES ON A BROADER SCALE FOR ANY PARK PROJECT OR CAPITAL PROJECT. 
          REALLY, WE DO WORK WITH ROSIE'S TEAM FROM THE BEGINNING TO INCLUDE IT IN THE DESIGN. 
          SO THAT'S GONNA BE REFLECTIVE OF THE ENGINEERS, DESIGNERS, AND CONSULTANTS. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          AND I FIGURED IT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT, BUT I I WASN'T ENTIRELY SURE. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, UM, MONEY THAT'S COMING OR THAT, THAT MIGHT BE UP FOR GRABS, UH, IS THE ARBORETUM UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR ANY OF THAT? I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. 
          OR IS THAT PART OF SOMETHING DIFFERENT? IS THAT ENTIRELY OUT OF LINE HERE? COUNCILMAN? I I WILL TELL YOU, C P S ENERGY IS, UH, IN SOME DISCUSSIONS OKAY. 
          WITH TOM AND THE ARBORETUM FOLKS, UH, TO, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO'S POINT. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN RESEARCHING CARBON SINKS FOR A WHILE NOW, AND WE THINK THAT MAY BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, UH, AS AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT THAT C P S ENERGY CAN BE INVOLVED IN. 
          SO, UH, WE, WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING AT THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          WELL, I LIKE THE FACT THAT IT COULD BE CONSIDERED A REGIONAL, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND SO ABSOLUTELY. 
          HOW DO WE PARTNER AND, AND USE THAT BRAIDED FUNDING, IF YOU WILL, ERIC RE IT? WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF RE RE-FORECASTING, UM, UM, BOTH THE SHORT TERM AND, AND LONG TERM STRATEGIC APPROACH TO ACTUALLY DELIVERY AND TREE MITIGATION, YOU KNOW, DAVID MENTIONED, UH, WITH THE RECENT U D C CHANGES, THERE IS, UH, THE ABILITY TO DO SOME PROPERTY ACQUISITION. 
          WE'VE NOT HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, BUT THAT CERTAINLY IS A POSSIBILITY. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE'RE ACHIEVING THE OUTCOMES THAT, THAT WE NEED. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND I HAVE TWO PROPERTIES IN DISTRICT FOUR THAT I'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THAT I THINK COULD BE VERY WELL FIT INTO THIS. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          BUT THAT, THAT'LL BE AN OFFLINE CONVERSATION LATER. 
          'CAUSE THAT'LL 
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TAKE FOREVER. 
          UM, AND THEN I KNOW THE MAYOR ASKED IF VIA HAD BEEN ENGAGED, AND THAT WAS KIND OF MY QUESTION. 
          I DIDN'T SEE THEM TODAY. 
          UM, BUT THEY'RE PLANNING TO BUY A CERTAIN, UH, NUMBER OF BUSES, I BELIEVE BY 2030. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF THEY'RE TRYING TO PHASE OUT THE CURRENT BUSES THAT THEY HAVE HAVE, ARE THEY ALREADY LOOKING AT ELECTRIC BUSES? I'M, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR PLAN IS. 
          DOES ANYBODY KNOW BY ANY CHANCE? IF NOT, WE COULD JUST ASK VIA LATER. 
          I DON'T KNOW THEIR PLAN. 
          I THINK THEY'VE REPLACED A LOT WITH, YEAH, ELECTRIC. 
          I, I'M NOT SURE ACTUALLY. 
          AND THE, THE BUS REPLACEMENT, UM, PROGRAM IS IN B I L, NOT I R A. 
          THERE IS SOME FEDERAL SUPPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL THEN THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 
          COUNCILMAN, I BELIEVE VIA IS PROCURING, I BELIEVE UP TO 10 ELECTRIC BUSES ALREADY PLANNED. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEY ARE, THEY ARE, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE LONG-TERM PLAN, BUT THEY ARE BRINGING EVS ON BOARD. 
          SO THEIR LONG-TERM PLAN, I THINK IS, IS TO BUY X AMOUNT OF BUSES BY 2030. 
          AND I'M ASSUMING ALL OF THOSE WILL BE ELECTRICAL. 
          I'M NOT, I, I'M NOT SURE. 
          WE CAN CHECK WITH YOU AND GET BACK TO YOU. 
          YES, PLEASE. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THE, THE B TWO B TEAM THAT'S BEEN COMING OUT FROM C P S ENERGY TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS MEETINGS. 
          I THINK THAT OUR RESIDENTS FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THEM, AND THE CREW TEAM IS EVERYWHERE. 
          I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU, UM, FOR, FOR MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE OUT AND ABOUT EVERYWHERE. 
          MY OTHER QUESTION ON PARTNERSHIPS FOCUSES ON THE COUNTY, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, ERIC, HOW YOU MEET WITH ALL OF THE CEOS. 
          UM, IS THE COUNTY ALSO INVOLVED IN OR PART OF YOUR CONVERSATION JUST SHAKING HIS HEAD? SO YES, IT LOOKS LIKE, YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN VRAN BROUGHT UP A POINT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE'S INVOLVEMENT. 
          AND SO, UM, I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THIS THROUGH I G R MAINLY, UH, HOWEVER, I DO THINK THAT THERE'S OTHER COMMITTEES, RIGHT? LIKE, SORRY, GO AHEAD. 
          YOU WELL, NO, WHAT I SAID THAT I, WHAT I RECOMMENDED IS THAT WE KEEP THIS AT THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          THERE MAY BE SOME I G R RELATED THINGS THAT HAPPEN FROM A TACTICAL STANDPOINT, BUT FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT THAT WE OUGHT TO BE DOING THIS AT THE B SESSION. 
          THAT'S WHAT I SUGGESTED EARLIER. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA THINK ABOUT THAT ONE, BUT SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. 
          AND THEN, UM, WE, WE HIRED LOBBYISTS AND YOU ALL SAID TOMORROW YOU'RE APPROVING THE CONTRACT. 
          WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF GIVEN THEM THE FIRST HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT, RIGHT. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, I FEEL LIKE ALL OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING, PUT ME IN COACH. 
          RIGHT? AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN PUT IN AND WE HAVE REALLY GOOD EXPERTS WITH THE DIFFERENT AREAS AND BACKGROUNDS, AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S JUST A CERTAIN GROUP THAT ALWAYS KEEPS GOING TO DC OR IT TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 
          I WOULD MUCH RATHER PUT COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL OR OR COUNCILMAN BRAVO, OR COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, RIGHT? AND SO, BECAUSE THEN WE SHOW THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THIS EXPERTISE, NOT THAT I'M SAYING THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING ARE, BUT I MEAN, THEY, THEY'RE REPRESENTING THE RESIDENTS, RIGHT? AND SO ANYWAY, SO I I I WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE ALL OF US. 
          AND, AND WE'RE ALL KIND OF, I WOULD SAY EXPERTS WITHIN OUR OWN FIELD AS WELL. 
          SO LEVERAGE US, I GUESS IS, IS MY POINT. 
          WELL, AND, AND I COMPLETELY, YOU AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION AND, UM, I'M GONNA PUT THE MAYOR ON THE SPOT 'CAUSE HE IS NOT IN THE ROOM. 
          THAT'S A CONVERSATION PRO TO THAT'S, THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT YOU ALL, AS THE POLICY MAKERS SHOULD HAVE AS A GROUP. 
          I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE TEAM APPROACH AND MAKING SURE YOU PUT THE BEST PLAYER IN THE GAME. 
          UM, AND, UM, UM, I CERTAINLY WILL ADVOCATE FOR THAT IF IT GIVES US AN EDGE EVERY SINGLE TIME. 
          YES. 
          IF THIS IS A CONFERENCE IN HAWAII, I'LL GO . 
          OKAY. 
          YOU, YOU AND BEN. 
          YOU AND BEN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND SO MY NEXT FOCUS IS ON, UM, IS MARK CARMONA HERE. 
          I I DIDN'T SEE MARK EARLIER USE HIS NAME BEN. 
          YEAH, I THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY. 
          I WAS LIKE, WAIT A SECOND. 
          SO, UM, I, I WAS WONDERING HOW ALL OF THE FUNDS AND THE PROGRAMS COLLABORATE SPECIFICALLY WITH THE, THE SHIP PLAN AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, RIGHT? AND SO, BUT BEYOND THAT ALSO, UM, HEALTHY LIVING GOALS. 
          AND SO I HEARD COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S CLEAR, UM, MEASURES AND DELIVERABLES THAT WILL GIVE US A BETTER EDGE FOR THE FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE. 
          LIKE WHAT'S GONNA PUT US ABOVE THE OTHER CITIES, THE OTHER CITIES ARE DOING THE SAME THING. 
          WE'RE DOING PROBABLY LIKE, BUT HOW DO WE TIE IT ALL TOGETHER WITH, WITH HEALTH OUTCOMES, ET CETERA. 
          SO THAT'S I WAS ASKING FOR, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT MARK. 
          YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          DID SOMEONE RECORD THAT? AND THEN, UM, ALSO THE OTHER THING THAT I'VE BEEN REALLY WORRIED ABOUT, UM, WORKFORCE AND LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME RESIDENTS, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, BOTH HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING BORDERLINE PRICED OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE, UM, THESE REPAIRS, ET CETERA, THAT MIGHT BENEFIT THEM IN THE LONG RUN. 
          UM, IT GETS REALLY COMPLICATED TO EXPLAIN 
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INVEST NOW BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO INVEST. 
          SO ANYTHING THAT, THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS, I THINK WE, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO TARGET, UM, TARGET THAT TYPE OF WORK. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE C P S ENERGY FOR TAKING, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK OR CONSIDER THE SUBCOMMITTEE OR WORKING GROUP TO EVALUATE THE NEW STEP PROGRAM AND REALLY TAKE A BROADER COLLABORATIVE APPROACH. 
          AND SO I KNOW MY COMMITTEE, APPOINTING MEMBER, UH, ELDER FRA, UM, DOES A GREAT JOB. 
          HE FILLS ME IN, GIVES ME NOTES, GIVES ME UPDATES. 
          UM, I'M VERY EXCITED THAT HE MENTIONED THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIPS WITH N H SS AND ACOG. 
          AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE LEVERAGE ACOG ENOUGH. 
          UM, WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER NOW THAT'S ALSO APPOINTED TO ACOG, IT'S COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          UH, SO I, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF BE, UM, ABLE TO, TO, TO LEVERAGE THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND, AND, AND WITH THE RURAL AREAS AND THEN JUST REALLY EXTEND BEYOND SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, BUT THEN ALSO, UH, SAVINGS I THINK IS ANOTHER THING THAT MY RESIDENTS ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT, RIGHT? SO HOW DO WE MESSAGE THAT THEY'LL SAVE IN THE LONG RUN? UM, AND THEN HOW DO WE HELP THEM FINANCE SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD RIGHT NOW? THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT I FEEL, UM, WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO ADDRESS. 
          UM, BUT THEN I DO WANNA SAY, BY THE WAY, C B S ENERGY, SOMEBODY SAID, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, UM, BUT, UM, SOMEBODY SAID THAT NO, NO, IT WAS . 
          SHE WAS SAYING THAT, UM, THEIR MARKETING HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL, UH, LATELY. 
          I AGREE AND I APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND SO, AND I THINK THAT YOU ALL ARE HITTING YOUR MESSAGING MARKS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I THINK THAT YOU ALL HAVE CHANGED, UH, I I THINK A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE, UM, BARRIERS AS WELL. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, OUR COLLABORATIVE STRATEGY, UH, ALSO STRENGTHENS OUR BOND, RIGHT? AND SO, AND, AND OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE BONDS. 
          BUT THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PATAM. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          THANK YOU DAVID. 
          UH, JEFF AND JOHN FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THIS IS, UH, REALLY EXCITING. 
          I'M OVERWHELMED WITH JOY. 
          I HEARD THE CITY MANAGER SAY GREEN JOBS AND WE'RE SEEING IT HERE, HAVING CONVERSATION, WHICH I THINK IS, UH, REALLY EXCITING. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND EATING TICKET ALL OF OUR DUCKS IN A ROW BEFORE, UH, SPEAKING OUT TO PARTNERS. 
          UM, BUT ONE THING THAT COMES TO MIND, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT THESE ARE GOING TO BE REALLY COMPETITIVE FUNDS, IS LEVERAGING WHAT DO WE HAVE THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS? WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT NO ONE ELSE IS DOING? RIGHT? AND TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING TO INVEST IN OPPORTUNITY HOME. 
          WHILE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE INVESTED, UH, IN THEIR HOUSING AUTHORITY. 
          IT'S BEEN PRIMARILY FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
          WHEREAS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TOMORROW WE'RE APPROVING, UH, INVESTING IN 100% PUBLIC HOUSING. 
          AND, UH, WHAT THAT BRINGS TO MIND IS THAT THE URBAN INSTITUTE AND THE FURMAN CENTER HAVE ESTIMATED THAT AT LEAST 9% OF THE EXISTING PUBLIC HOUSING, UM, IS ALREADY IN A FLOODPLAIN. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE ARE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, RIGHT? THE CASTANO HOMES ARE IN A FLOODPLAIN. 
          THE LINCOLN COURTS AND DISTRICT ONE ARE IN A FLOODPLAIN, AND THE  COURTS ARE IN A FLOODPLAIN. 
          AND WE KNOW LEADERSHIP OVER AT OPPORTUNITY HOME HAS PRIORITIZED, UH, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AND KEEPING PUBLIC HOUSING PUBLIC, WHICH WILL ONE, HELP US TACKLE THAT HOUSING CRISIS. 
          AND TWO, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS AS WELL. 
          UH, ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZING THAT THESE FLOODPLAINS THAT THE PUBLIC HOUSING SITS IN, UM, MAY EXPAND. 
          UM, AND ALSO FOLLOWING THE PROCESS OF THE ALLAN REIMAGINING THE ALLANS, RIGHT? UM, IT'S, UH, IMPACTING THE PLANNING PROCESS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUILD UP BECAUSE WE CAN'T BUILD AS WIDE ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THE FLOODPLAIN. 
          AND, UM, I BELIEVE LE LEVERAGING ASSETS LIKE THAT, UH, PUTS US IN A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AND POSITION TO SECURE SOME OF THESE, UH, FEDERAL DOLLARS TO, UM, TACKLE AGAIN, HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. 
          UM, SO REALLY EXCITING. 
          AND ANOTHER, UH, PROJECT THAT COMES TO MIND. 
          AND I WOULD OF COURSE NEED TO CHECK IN WITH THE, THE PORT, BUT I THINK THAT'S ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          IT SITS WITHIN OUR CITY'S POOR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          IT'S SURROUNDED BY SALVAGE YARDS, UM, AND, UH, IT'S IN NEED OF SOIL REMEDIATION. 
          AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE IS GREAT IN THAT IT'S RETROFITTING, UH, OLD BASE, UM, AND IT'S CREATING, UH, GREAT JOBS. 
          AND I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SUPPORT THEM IN VEGETATION, UH, OR BIKE LANES OR WHATEVER THE, THE CASE MAY BE BECAUSE, UM, THAT'S A, A POCKET THAT, UH, NEEDS A LOT OF, OF CLEAN AIR GIVEN THE ASTHMA RATES AS WELL. 
          DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? I HESITATE TO ADD. 
          I DIDN'T WANNA INTERRUPT YOUR TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, PORT HAS APPLIED FOR A RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF. 
          AND UM, I JUST REACHED OUT TO THEM LAST WEEK MM-HMM. 
          ABOUT ONE OF THE COMPONENTS UNDER I R A RELATED TO PORTS. 
          WE DON'T KNOW IF IT APPLIES TO INLAND PORTS, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE PURSUING THAT AND SEE A GRANT PROGRAM. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT SOME ASTHMA DATA AND IT'S VERY BAD IN THAT AREA. 
          AND I THINK IF WE HAVE 
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AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT, UH, OUR FAMILIES AND, UH, COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, THAT IT'S A, A REALLY GOOD PROJECT AND OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THIS MORNING I WAS AT A SENIOR CENTER AND, UH, WE WERE HAVING OUR SENIOR DANCE C P S WAS THERE, SO THANK YOU. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT WITH COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
          UM, AND THIS ONE SENIOR MS. VALDEZ WAS SHARING THAT AFTER THE WINTER STORM, UH, THIS TREE DIED. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SHE'S WORRIED THAT IT MAY FALL IN HER HOUSE. 
          IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE FOR HER TO REMOVE. 
          UH, IS THERE OPPORTUNITY UNDER THE CURRENT TREE MITIGATION PLAN TO HELP SENIORS OR TARGETED PILOT, UM, TO ASSIST PEOPLE WITH REMOVING THE TREE, BUT THEN REPLANTING A TREE IN ITS PLACE? AND I SEE THE TREE PLANTING RELOCATION. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD POTENTIALLY FALL UNDER THAT, BUT CAN ANYONE SHARE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THAT? , WELL HURRY UP AND TALK BEFORE ANDY COMES BACK TO THE TABLE. 
          THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE WE'VE JUST GONE OUT THERE AND TAKEN CARE OF THE TREE. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          IN THAT SITUATION. 
          SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A TREE MITIGATION ISSUE, IT IS A PRIVATE PROPERTY ISSUE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          BUT THERE HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF TIMES WHERE IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS WE JUST GO OUT THERE AND, AND TAKE CARE OF IT. 
          SO I WOULD, THAT'S PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATE IN THAT SENSE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EVEN KNOW IT'S PRIVATE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          ANDY , THANK. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, SO SOUNDS GOOD. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          AND THEN I WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL FOR INITIATING AND SECURING THIS FUNDING AND THAT POSITION. 
          UH, I, I WAS THINKING WHILE GETTING THE PRESENTATION, I WAS LIKE, MAN, SALLY AND JEFF ARE REALLY GONNA HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL. 
          AND THEN I LOOKED AT YOUR TEAM AND I WAS LIKE, I'M GONNA TIP MY HAT TO Y'ALL. 
          AND ALSO LUCKY THAT YOU'RE BRINGING SOMEONE ELSE ON BOARD TO HELP WITH THIS. 
          'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S A LOT, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY AND I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION IF WE, UH, UH, MAGNIFY THOSE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, BUT WITH THAT, WITH THIS ARTICLE, I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST, RIGHT, GOING BEYOND, UM, UH, THE, THE TREE PROGRAM AND WITH THIS, THAT COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL SHARED ABOUT GOING BLOCK BY BLOCK, UH, GOING BEYOND THE PAVEMENT RATHER, UM, AND PLANTING MORE TREES, UH, WHERE THERE'S, UH, HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF, OF HEAT, UM, AND POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT PARTNERING WITH VIA TO PLANT TREES OR COOLING STATIONS NEAR THE BUS STOPS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY SHELTERS. 
          UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO GET HOTTER AND COLDER. 
          BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THIS IS REALLY EXCITING WORK. 
          UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UPCOMING BRIEFINGS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I QUEUED IN VERY LATE BECAUSE AFTER 42 SLIDES I WAS NOT SURE WHERE I WAS GOING TO START. 
          UM, BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM EVERYONE. 
          UM, I THINK I, I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE THREE POINTS OR THREE REQUESTS AND IT'S ALL GONNA BE BASED ON THE OUTCOMES. 
          AND I MIGHT NOT HAVE ASKED IN THIS WAY HAD IT NOT ALL BEEN CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE POWERPOINT LIKE THIS. 
          BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS A TIMELINE THAT IDENTIFIES MAJOR CHECKPOINTS AND MILESTONES AND IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF EACH OF THE EXISTING AND NEW PROGRAMS. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALSO AN EVALUATION OF EXISTING PROGRAM OF THE EXISTING PROGRAMS WITH QUANTIFIED METRICS OF SUCCESS. 
          AND THEN MY LAST REQUEST WOULD BE, UM, A PROJECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF EACH OF THE NEW AND EXISTING PROGRAMS, UM, TO GAUGE TOTAL IMPACT. 
          CAN WE DO THAT? YES. 
          OH, YOU GOTTA GO TO THE MIC. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          . 
          THE REASON I SAY THAT IS THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GONNA REALLY BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THOSE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MEASURE THOSE. 
          SO NOTHING YOU'VE ASKED FOR IS UNREALISTIC. 
          AND, AND COUNCILMAN, FRANKLY, I THINK SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE TAKEN UNDERTAKEN THAT ARE IN THE INVENTORY, AND WE'LL SHARE A COPY OF THE LIST OF THE INVENTORY WITH THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, I THINK SOME OF THEM NEED TO BE, UM, REINVIGORATED AND REDIRECTED. 
          SO I MEAN, THERE'S NOT MUCH OF AN EVALUATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN OTHER THAN IT NEEDS TO GET ALIGNED, WHICH WAS, AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, THE BENEFIT OF US ORGANIZATIONALLY LOOKING AT ALL THOSE THINGS. 
          BUT, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK TO DO THAT AND ALSO SHARE THAT INVENTORY WITH YOU GUYS. 
          I GUESS THE, UM, MAYBE THE ROOT OF THE QUESTION OR THE INTENTION BEHIND IT IS THAT IN ORDER IN THE FUTURE FOR US TO BE MAKING INVESTMENTS OR MAKING STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS, WE'RE GONNA WANNA KNOW WHICH OF THESE, UH, INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS ARE MOST EFFECTIVE TOWARDS WHATEVER GOAL WE WERE, YOU KNOW, SEEKING. 
          AND SO, UM, I WOULD, AND MAYBE THAT'S A CONVERSATION. 
          WE TALK ABOUT THE METRICS AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT AT POTENTIALLY CHECK. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT PART NECESSARILY HAS TO BE A FULL, FULL COUNSEL THING, BUT, YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T BOTHER ME IF IT WAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER MICKEY RODRIGUEZ. 
          UM, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR DISCUSSION. 
          WE DO HAVE, UM, A HEARING AT FIVE O'CLOCK, UM, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WILL BE, UH, SLIGHTLY DELAYED BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WELL. 
          UH, AND THEN WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, BRAVO, WERE YOU COMING BACK IN? SURE, SURE. 
          YEAH, JUST A SHORT, SHORT COMMENT IS, UM, 
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I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE STAFF ARE THINKING ABOUT, UM, ARE THERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES, WE TALKED ABOUT GREEN JOBS AND JOB CREATION. 
          ARE WE THINKING ABOUT ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, PARTNER WITH READY, READY TO WORK SA AND UM, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE WAYS, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UM, COMMUNITIES COMPETING FOR THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS, ARE THERE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GONNA BE, DO WE NEED TO BE TRAINING UP ARBORISTS HERE? DO WE NEED TO BE TRAINING UP URBAN FORESTERS? DO WE NEED TO TRAIN UP JUST STAFF TO BE ABLE TO, UH, HELP AND, YOU KNOW, CAN, CAN, UH, CAN WE HAVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SHADOWING OUR OWN, UH, CITY FORESTER IN OUR OWN CITY ARBORIST? SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING, THINKING, BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT IN, IN SETTING OURSELVES UP TO BE ABLE TO SCALE UP EFFECTIVELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE COUNCILMAN ON SLIDE 24. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT WE'RE CONDUCTING THE ASSESSMENT ON OUR NEEDED RESOURCES, BOTH INTERNAL TO THE CITY, BUT ALSO CONTRACT THAT DOES INCLUDE, AND DAVID MENTIONED IT, THE ACQUISITION OF, OF TREES THEMSELVES. 
          UM, AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE CAPACITY BOTH AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A MIXTURE OF CAPACITY, BOTH IN-HOUSE AND CONTRACT TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE THINGS WE'LL. 
          AND, AND THAT'LL, THAT ASSESSMENT WILL BE DONE BY THE END OF JANUARY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY. 
          LET'S KEEP THE PEDAL TO THE MIDDLE AS THEY SAY. 
          ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS 
          [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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NOW 4:52 PM ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14TH, 2022. 
          CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5 1 AND THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND A DELIBERATE DISCUSSED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, THE PERSON EXCHANGE OR LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 IN CONSTELLATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES THAT ADVICE RELATED TO LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THE TIME IS 5:40 PM ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14TH, 2022, AND THE CITY COUNCIL, WE'LL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          TODAY'S MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. 
          UH, WE WILL BE GOING STRAIGHT TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO START OUR PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR 5:00 PM WE'LL BE DOING THAT A S A P FOLLOWED BY OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
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