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          IN SAN ANTONIO ESPANOL. 
          GOOD MORNING 
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EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          IF YOU CAN BEGIN TO TAKE YOUR SEATS, WE'LL GET US STARTED. 
          TIME IS 9:21 AM ON THE 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2022. 
          OUR MEETING IS NOW IN ORDER, SO EVERYBODY WHO'S HAVING A CONVERSATION, THE CHAMBER, IF YOU CAN PLEASE QUIET DOWN AND TAKE YOUR SEATS. 
          WE'LL GET STARTED. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB BERDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GALLAGHER. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR NIERENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          UH, WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          UH, OUR A SESSION IS NOW IN ORDER. 
          THIS IS THE FINAL, A SESSION OF OUR CALENDAR YEAR. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BUSINESS TO GET THROUGH, BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN ANYTHING, UH, WE WILL HAVE OUR INVOCATION. 
          I THINK THAT IS A, UH, GUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I WANT TO CALL PASTOR VINCENT ROBINSON UP TO THE PODIUM. 
          PASTOR VINCENT ROBINSON WAS RAISED IN THE BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE HIS GRANDFATHER, TSS ROBINSON SENIOR, SERVED AS THE PASTOR OF HARPER'S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. 
          WHILE THIS LAID A FOUNDATION IN THE YOUNGER ROBINSON, IT WAS NOT THE ROUTE IN WHICH PASTOR VINCENT L. ROBINSON TOOK EARLY IN HIS LIFE. 
          AT ONE POINT IN HIS YOUNG LIFE, DRUGS AND GANG LIFE GOT AHOLD OF HIM AND LED HIM DOWN A DARK ROAD THAT DREW HIM AWAY FROM HIS FOUNDATION. 
          BUT GOD PRESERVED HIS LIFE. 
          EIGHT YEARS AGO, VINCENT WAS ASKED TO BE A DEACON OF HIS CHURCH, WHICH LED HIM TO BEING ASKED TO BE THE HEAD PASTOR OF HARPER'S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. 
          WHEN THE PREVIOUS PASTOR WAS STEPPING DOWN FOR RETIREMENT, PASTOR ROBINSON KNEW GOD WAS LEADING HIM BACK HOME TO HARPER'S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. 
          GOD HAD A PLAN TO BRING HOPE BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF PASTOR'S TESTIMONY, HE WAS ABLE TO RELATE TO THE PEOPLE OF HIS COMMUNITY AND HELP PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP TO BRING RESOURCES AND RELATIONSHIP TO A COMMUNITY IN NEED. 
          UM, HARPER'S CHAPEL HAS A WEEKLY HOMELESS HUB RESOURCE CENTER THAT OPERATES EVERY WEDNESDAY, WHICH BRINGS MANY RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH THEIR FOOD PANTRY, WHICH PROVIDES FREE FOOD AND CLOTHES TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          PASTOR ROBINSON IS A CO-CHAIR FOR WEST END HOPE IN ACTION AND SERVES ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE BOARD AT CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY. 
          HE'S SUPPORTED BY HIS LOVELY WIFE, MARIA ROBINSON OF 22 YEARS AND HIS THREE DAUGHTERS, JULISSA, JAYLA, AND JADE ON HIS DOWNTIME. 
          PASTOR VINCENT LOVES TO GO FISHING, AND I CAN SAY FROM MY EXPERIENCE THAT PASTOR ROBINSON IS A TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT. 
          HE'S ALWAYS WORKING. 
          I KNOW IT'S HARD FOR ME TO GET HIM ON THE PHONE BECAUSE HE'S JUST ALWAYS BUSY SERVING THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU AND WELCOME PASTOR ROBINSON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LET'S GO IN PRAYER. 
          THANK YOU, LORD FOR ALL OUR CIVIL SERVANTS, THANK YOU FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND THEIR SACRIFICE. 
          MAY YOU CONTINUALLY TO BLESS THEM. 
          MAY YOU GENEROUSLY GIVE TO EACH OF THEM. 
          WHY ISN'T DISCERNING HEARTS TO GOVERN THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO? WE PRAY FOR UNITY THE DAY. 
          MAY YOUR GRACE COVER EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TODAY. 
          LORD DEAR LORD, WE SEEK YOUR HONOR IN EVERYTHING WE DO AND SAY, BIND OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS BY YOUR SPIRIT. 
          GIVE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY LEADERS AND THE STAFF AND THE CITY COUNCIL WISDOM SO THAT THEY MAY SOLVE PROBLEMS. DISTINGUISH BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG AND BRING ORDER AND STABILITY AND PROSPERITY TO OUR COMMUNITY, ALL MEN 
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TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE VISIBLE AND LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR ROBINSON. 
          WELCOME. 
          ALRIGHT, OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 30TH AND DECEMBER 1ST, 2022. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 30 AND DECEMBER 1ST, 2022. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. 
          HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          AYE. 
          YES. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE CEREMONIALS, 
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BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET ME, UH, CALL THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UH, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING. 
          UH, SO AT THIS TIME I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION FROM OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S, UH, AGAIN, ALL ITEMS ONE, EXCUSE ME, UH, FOUR THROUGH 56. 
          ANY OF THOSE YOU'D LIKE TO PULL TO HEAR INDIVIDUALLY? ANDY, NEED THE CLARIFICATION ON 28. 
          IS THAT ITEM 28? MAYOR, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE CLARIFICATION? UH, IT'S NOT BEING PULLED, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CITIZENS SIGNED, BUT TO SPEAK ON IT, I WOULD SUGGEST WE WE PULL THAT. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          AHEAD AND PULL IT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL HERE, ITEM 28 INDIVIDUALLY. 
          SO THAT'LL COME AFTER, UM, OUR CEREMONIALS. 
          UH, ANY OTHERS? OKAY. 
          HEARING NONE, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SO MOVED. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR ITEM 28. 
          UH, I'LL TAKE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS TIME, AND THAT'S FOR ANY ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GALLAGHER. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          ITEM 20, DISTRICT 10 IS PLEASED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 20 ON TODAY'S COUNCIL AGENDA, A FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND MEALS ON WHEELS, SAN ANTONIO IN THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION MEALS ON WHEELS RECENTLY COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW 44,000 SQUARE FOOT HEADQUARTERS AT 27 18 DANBURY PLACE ON NOVEMBER 16TH OF THIS YEAR. 
          THE NEW FACILITY INCLUDES A KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION SPACE, VOLUNTEER TRAINING, AND WAITING AREA, LOADING DOCK, AND EXPANDED GRACE PLACE CENTER. 
          THE NEW FACILITY WILL RESULT IN INCREASED SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY'S GROWING SENIOR POPULATION. 
          THE CITY'S $1 MILLION WAS APPROVED AS PART OF THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM UNDER THE CITYWIDE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY FACILITY AND RESILIENCY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. 
          IT WILL BE USED TOWARDS THE INSTALLATION OF ROOFTOPS SOLAR PANELS IN FOUR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS. 
          IT WILL HELP MEALS ON WHEELS SAN ANTONIO MEET THE ENERGY NEEDS OF THE BUILDING AND WILL INCREASE THE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY TO ENSURE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO COMMUNITIES GROWING SENIOR POPULATION. 
          I'D LIKE TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO VINCENT FERRIS MEALS ON WHEELS, SAN ANTONIO, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR THE COORDINATION OF THIS PROJECT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GALLAGHER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I BRIEFLY WANNA CALL ATTENTION TO ITEM 16, THE APPROVAL OF INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS AND MOBILITY PROGRAM. 
          NAMP NAMP IS SUCH A VITAL RESOURCE AS IT PROVIDES COUNCIL OFFICES WITH FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY PROJECTS LIKE FILLING SIDEWALK GAPS, PAINTING CROSSWALKS, AND INSTALLING AUDIO SIGNALS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AT BUSY INTERSECTIONS. 
          ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS HAS BEEN, UH, MEETING MR. AVIOS, WHO LIVES ON BRADY BOULEVARD, WHO'S A DISABLED VET, AND HE NOTIFIED OUR OFFICE THAT HE HAD BEEN WAITING OVER FOUR DECADES FOR SIDEWALKS. 
          HE LISTED EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, HE PRESENTED A PETITION WHERE HE HAD OVER FOR A SIDEWALK, AND THE N FUNDING ALLOWED US TO PROVIDE HIM AND HIS NEIGHBORS A SAFE ACCESS, UH, FOR MOBILITY AND 
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A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE FOR HIM AND HIS NEIGHBORS AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN TO RIDE THEIR BIKE. 
          SO THAT'S BEEN VERY EXCITING AND I'M GRATEFUL TO WORK WITH THIS COUNCIL TO HAVE NEARLY THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO 450,000 PER DISTRICT IN THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE. 
          THIS ACTION WILL NOT ONLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR COMMUNITY, IT WILL ALSO SAVE LIVES. 
          THERE ARE BASIC SERVICES THAT I'M GLAD THAT CITY COUNCIL THAT WE REMEMBER TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE. 
          I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT ITEM 36, THE APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS WITH OUR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO NOT ONLY HAVE SOUTH SIDE FIRST, BUT PROSPER WEST, UH, ASSISTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, UH, OUR BDOS AND DISTRICT FIVE'S SMALL BUSINESSES TO HELP INCREASE ASSET ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND CREATES MORE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ICONIC SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I SEE GABRIELA HERE. 
          I WANNA THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UH, RAMIRO OVER AT PROSPER WEST, UH, AND ALL OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS, UM, UH, CHAMPIONS HERE ON COUNCIL. 
          UM, I I HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS I WANNA HIGHLIGHT. 
          TODAY IS A REALLY EXCITING DAY. 
          UM, ITEM 49 IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL VOTE, Y'ALL, THIS IS A VOTE FOR SOCIAL HOUSING FOR DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOUSING THAT IS TRULY FOR SAN ANTONIO'S WORKING FAMILIES. 
          FOUR GENERATIONS. 
          SAN ANTONIO HAS GRAPPLED WITH MAINTAINING A STEADY SUPPLY OF QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          EVEN THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE PASSAGE OF THE NEW DEAL AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, WHICH DRASTICALLY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF SOCIAL HOUSING UNITS AND BEGAN TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC SOCIAL ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES IN HOUSING, HAS BEEN ERODED DECADE AFTER DECADE. 
          OVER 1,700 SOCIAL HOUSING UNITS HAVE BEEN LOST IN SAN ANTONIO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES. 
          AS SOCIAL HOUSING BUILDINGS CONTINUE TO AGE, IT'S OUR RESIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO PAY THE PRICE FOR THIS DIVESTMENT THEY PAY. 
          THEY PAID THE PRICE FOR BAD HOUSING POLICIES LIKE THE FAIRCLOTH AMENDMENT, WHICH WE NEED TO WORK TO APPEAL, WHICH CONTINUE TO UNDERMINE OUR CITY'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN AND PROVIDE ROBUST SUPPLY OF DEEPLY AFFORDABLE SOCIAL HOUSING UNITS FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO TODAY'S JUST NOT A DAY, A DAY THAT WE INVEST OVER 17 MILLION IN OPPORTUNITY HOME AND OUR SOCIAL HOUSING STOCK FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          IT'S ALSO THE DAY WE BEGIN TO BUILD BACK THE MOST PERMANENT AND DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK THAT WE HAVE. 
          SOCIAL AND INCOME-BASED HOUSING ALLOWS FAMILIES TO HAVE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE BY LIMITING HOUSING COSTS TO LESS THAN ONE-THIRD OF THEIR INCOME. 
          THIS ALLOWS FAMILIES TO SPEND MORE TIME TOGETHER, SAVE MONEY FOR IMPORTANT EXPENSES LIKE MEDICATION, EDUCATION, AND EVEN WITHSTAND HARDSHIPS LIKE THE LOSS OF INCOME. 
          IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT DAY TO START FUNDING GREAT SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECTS JUST AS IMPORTANT. 
          IT IS A GREAT DAY. 
          IT'S NEVER A GREAT DAY TO, UH, IT IT'S A GREAT DAY TO STOP TREATING HOUSING AS A COMMODITY. 
          SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE TAKING UP VALUABLE HOUSING FROM RESIDENTS. 
          INVESTMENT FIRMS ARE BUYING UP SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND PRICING OUT FAMILIES. 
          INNER CITY VACANT LOTS REMAIN UNDEVELOPED AND BLIGHTED AS OUT OF TOWN. 
          INVESTORS CONTINUE TO WAIT FOR THE RIGHT TIME. 
          THE CITY HAS EVEN BEEN FORCED TO CREATE A NAUGHTY LIST FOR LANDLORDS WHO ATTEMPT TO SQUEEZE EXTRA PROFIT BY WITHHOLDING BASIC REPAIRS FROM TENANTS. 
          HOUSING ISN'T A COMMODITY. 
          HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT. 
          HOUSING IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOUSING IS PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          HOUSING IS A WAY WE HONOR OUR SENIORS BY ALLOWING THEM TO AGE WITH COMFORT, SECURITY AND DIGNITY. 
          IT IS A WAY TO PROVIDE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR KIDS AND STRONG FOUNDATION FOR THEIR FUTURES. 
          NO FAMILY SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN BASICS LIKE LIFE-SAVING MEDICATION OR QUALITY FOOD AND HOUSING. 
          NO PARENT SHOULD MISS DINNER WITH THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY NEED TO WORK SEVERAL JOBS TO KEEP UP WITH THE RENT IN THE FACE OF A HOUSING CRISIS. 
          I'M SO GRATEFUL TO THE VOTERS AND THIS COUNCIL FOR STANDING WITH WORKING FAMILIES AND FIGHTING BACK FOR STANDING WITH OPPORTUNITY HOME AND OTHER PARTNERS WHO ARE WILLING TO BUILD THE HOUSING COMMUNITY ACTUALLY NEEDS. 
          LAST, I WANNA RECOGNIZE COMMUNITY WHO CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE TO ENSURE THAT THE ALLAN COURTS CONTINUE TO REMAIN SOCIAL HOUSING FOR ALL OVER $8 MILLION GOING TOWARDS REBUILDING AND RETROFITTING THE OZAN COURTS. 
          THERE'S SO MUCH POWER IN YOUR VOICES, AND I HOPE COMMUNITY KEEPS UP THAT FIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM, UM, 53, UH, THE, UH, ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY AREA PLAN. 
          THIS PROCESS WAS A FOUR AND A HALF YEAR PROCESS, UH, FROM PROJECT CHARTERING TO CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION TODAY. 
          OUTREACH INCLUDED FOUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS, 15 PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS, SEPARATE FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS, AND THREE PUBLIC QUESTIONNAIRES. 
          I WANT TO, UH, THERE WERE SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GROUPS INVOLVED IN THIS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SAY A THANK YOU TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN DISTRICT THREE, WHICH INCLUDE HIGHLAND PARK, JUPE MANOR, PASADENA HEIGHTS, 
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AND PECAN VALLEY. 
          UM, THIS COMMUNITY AREA GOALS WERE RELATED TO CREATING, UH, COMPATIBLE LAND USE WITH DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT SUPPORT MIXED USE AND COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO INCLUDE WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, INCREASING THE VARIETY OF SHOPPING, INCLUDING HEALTHY FOODS AND DINING OPTIONS, AND WORKING ON ENHANCED MOBILITY OPTIONS. 
          AND FINALLY, THEY MADE A PRIORITY IN A GOAL OF THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS AREA. 
          I WANNA THANK THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS. 
          ROD, BRIDGET, UH, THIS IS STEP ONE, BUT I AM SO GLAD WE GOT HERE AND EXCITED TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'M HIGHLIGHTING ITEM 41, UH, APPROVING CHANGES TO THE LOCAL PREFERENCE PROGRAM. 
          THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST, UH, MEMORABLE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEETINGS THAT I GOT TO BE A PART OF. 
          UM, AND IT'S BECAUSE I GOT TO ASK A QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE NOT, UM, WHY DON'T WE INCREASE OUR PREFERENCE FOR LOCAL, FOR LOCAL, LOCAL BIDDERS? AND IT TURNED OUT WE WERE INHIBITING OURSELVES GREATER THAN THE STATE WOULD. 
          THE STATE ALLOWS US TO GIVE LOCAL COMPANIES UP TO 5% PRICE PREFERENCE COMPARED TO OUT OF TOWN COMPANIES COMPETING FOR THE SAME CONTRACT. 
          WE WERE ONLY GIVING A 3% PRICE CUSHION FOR SAN ANTONIO COMPANIES. 
          AND IN SPEAKING WITH STAFF, I WAS CURIOUS HOW THE OUTCOME WOULD CHANGE IF WE INCREASED OUR LOCAL PREFERENCE FROM 3% TO A HIGHER PERCENTAGE. 
          AND THANKFULLY, STAFF CAME BACK TO A SUBSEQUENT MEETING AND PROVIDED THAT DATA, AND IT SHOWED THAT FOR MINIMAL INVESTMENT, INCREASING LOCAL PREFERENCE PERCENTAGE TO 5%, WE COULD INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          SO I'M GLAD THAT TODAY WE'RE MAKING THIS A NEW POLICY. 
          I'M THANKFUL TO STAFF FOR PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION INTO JANE GONZALEZ FROM MED WHEELS, A D TWO LOCAL BUSINESS AND OTHER, OTHER LOCAL BUSINESS ADVOCATES ARE PUSHING US TO WORK HARDER TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CITY TO BUY LOCAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'M EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT TWO PRO OR TWO THINGS ON THE AGENDA THAT GO HAND IN HAND. 
          AND FIRST, IT'S, WE'RE APPROVING 14 PROJECTS TODAY, WHICH IS THE FIRST ROUND OF THE 2022 HOUSING BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND COUNCILMAN CASTILLO HIGHLIGHTED A LITTLE BIT ALREADY. 
          UM, WE, I'VE OFTEN SAID THAT THIS IS A DECADE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, DECADE. 
          SO GREAT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN DISTRICT FOUR SPECIFICALLY. 
          WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE FUNDING FOR ANOTHER PHASE OF HABITAT. 
          AND I SEE THE FOLKS FROM HABITAT HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR FAMILIES RANCH, CARLOTA, UH, AND N R P VTO MULTIFAMILY PROJECT. 
          WITH THESE PROJECTS, WE ARE REALLY HELPING AFFORDABILITY ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND WE NEED, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL HOMES. 
          SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE DEVELOPERS, UH, THOSE WHO ARE HERE AND WHO ARE NOT, WHO APPLIED AND SOUGHT FUNDING. 
          AND THANK YOU ALSO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING, UH, SERVICES TEAM. 
          SO THAT, UM, BECAUSE YOU ALL HELP WITH THOSE SCORING COMMITTEES AND FOR YOUR TIME AND COMP COMMITMENT TO THIS PROJECT. 
          UM, ALSO CLOSELY RELATED, ITEM NUMBER 50 IS A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING POLICY. 
          AND SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I ASKED LORI HOUSTON, I DON'T SEE LORI, BUT THANK YOU LORI, UM, TO TAKE UP, UH, UPDATING THE TIF PROGRAM POLICY AT OUR PLANNING, UH, COMMITTEE. 
          AND SO THIS PROGRAM'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          IT'S A TOOL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE REDEVELOPMENT, AND IT HAD BEEN SEVERELY UPDATED. 
          SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT STAFF DID. 
          HER TIME, HER STAFF TOOK THE TIME TO SPEAK WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND DEVELOPERS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY MAKE THE BEST OF THAT POLICY. 
          UM, I KNOW WE CAN'T GET IT ALL RIGHT, ALL IN ONE. 
          SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITY STILL FOR CHANGE AND FEEDBACK AS WE CONTINUE AND DIFFERENT REITERATIONS OF IT. 
          BUT I REALLY WANTED TO THANK THEM AND THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON P C D C, UH, AND DAVID FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS POLICY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF, OF SITTING ON THE INNER CITY TAX INCREMENT REINVE REINVESTMENT ZONE. 
          THE TUR, UH, BOARD, THE TURS BOARD, UH, IT'S CHAIRED BY COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ COUNCILWOMAN, UH, CASTILLO ALSO SITS ON THERE WITH US. 
          AND THERE'S A PROJECT HERE THAT'S COMING BEFORE US TODAY, UH, ON ITEM NUMBER 47 WITH CRUISING KITCHENS. 
          AND THAT HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE PROJECT OR ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT OF ANY TOURIST PROJECT THAT HAS COME BEFORE US. 
          AND IT'S BECAUSE CRUISING KITCHENS, THEY, THEY HIRE SO MANY, UH, FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT I SEE THEM DOING. 
          I SEE THAT AS, UM, HOLISTIC, UH, HOLISTIC PUBLIC SAFETY, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE ARE COME OUT OF JAIL, THEY NEED, THEY NEED MEANINGFUL WORK, THEY NEED JOBS THAT PAY A LIVING WAGE. 
          AND CRUISING KITCHENS IS DOING THAT IN A REALLY BIG WAY, AND I THINK THEY'RE A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR US TO FOLLOW. 
          SO I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THAT ITEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE A FEW CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE REMAINING ON CONSENT, SO I'LL CALL THEM NOW. 
          ONE MORE, 
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COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL GET TO PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, RIGHT AFTER. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 52. 
          AND IT IS REALLY RARE TO HAVE THIS MANY ITEMS ON AN AGENDA. 
          SO IT'S ODD TO SAY ITEM 52. 
          IT IS THE ADOPTION OF THE BANDERA ROAD CORRIDOR PLAN. 
          PHASE ONE. 
          UM, WHEN I, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS BECAUSE TWO THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME FOR ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING BANDERA ROAD AND ALL THE TRAFFIC, UM, ON THAT ROAD. 
          UM, WHEN I TOOK OFFICE, UH, THIS WAS IN 2017, WHAT I HEARD FREQUENTLY FROM CONSTITUENTS IN THE NORTH END OF THE DISTRICT WAS, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ON THAT ROAD. 
          IT'S ENTIRELY UNPREDICTABLE, BUT ALSO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO BRING TO LIFE THAT CORRIDOR BECAUSE SO MANY BUSINESSES WERE SHUTTING DOWN ON IT. 
          SO, UM, WE PULLED TOGETHER A GROUP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, INCLUDING JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ, MAYOR RILEY FROM LEON VALLEY. 
          WE WENT TO TDOT AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING ENGINEERING STUDIES. 
          AND AT THIS POINT, WE ARE READY TO GO SEEK FUNDING FOR, UH, REDOING THAT CORRIDOR. 
          BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT DID A LAND USE STUDY. 
          I'M NERDING OUT ON THIS, BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY, OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WHEREVER THEY ARE TODAY, RUDY AND JOSH DID A LAND USE STUDY SO THAT WE COULD COORDINATE AND THERE'S JAY LOUD IN OUR CONSULTANT SO THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER AND NOT DO THOSE IN, YOU KNOW, IN ISOLATION, BUT THAT WE CAN BUILD ON, UM, WHAT WE LEARN IN ONE STUDY AND IT COULD INFORM THE OTHER STUDY, UM, WHICH I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE, OR THAT TXDOT HAS EVER WORKED SO CLOSELY WITH A GROUP OF LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS TO BRING, UM, UH, A ROAD PROJECT TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO TODAY WE'RE ADOPTING THE PLAN. 
          JAY, RUDY, JOSH, THANK YOU, UH, IRIS FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. 
          UM, I KNOW THE PANDEMIC, UH, SORT OF, UM, KIND OF PUT A DAMPER ON THINGS, BUT HERE WE ARE ADOPTING THAT FIRST CORRIDOR PLAN TODAY. 
          I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO IT AND, UM, ONTO IMPLEMENTATION. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, THERE ARE A FEW FOLKS WHO ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE REMAINING ON CONSENT, SO I'LL CALL THEM NOW. 
          WE'LL START WITH MICHELLE GONZALEZ FROM, FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS MICHELLE GONZALEZ HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          ANDREW CIO FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          MORNING. 
          UH, JUST WANNA EXPRESS MY, UH, SUPPORT FOR SS A P D N A CAPACITY. 
          AND, UH, MY SUGGESTION IS THE SUBSTATION, EAST SUBSTATION NEEDS A NEW BUILDING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT. 
          THANK YOU MR. CIO. 
          UH, JACK FINGER ON ITEMS 34, 35 AND 42. 
          WELL, MARY NURENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER AND I EXTEND A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU FROM MYSELF AND FROM JESUS CHRIST, THE GUY WHOM WHOSE BIRTHDAY WE'RE CELEBRATING THIS SEASON. 
          YEAH. 
          THE, UH, FEW ITEMS WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. 
          ITEM NUMBER, UH, 35 IS ABOUT, UH, SOMETHING ABOUT SISTER CITIES. 
          THERE, HERE, MR. AUDIO VISUAL MAY PUT THAT UP THERE. 
          LOOK AT THE, UH, THE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS THERE, IF YOU WOULD. 
          IT'S HARD TO READ IT. 
          LITTLE BIT BLEACHED OUT THERE. 
          UH, IT'S ABOUT A CONTRACT FOR A SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL WITH THE US MEXICO MAYORS COMMUNITY SUMMITS SUMMIT, WHICH WE ARE SHELLING OUT $50,000. 
          YEAH. 
          WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WELL, WE'RE GONNA CREATE GLOBAL RELATIONSHIPS BASED ON CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION AND TRADE EXCHANGES. 
          RETURN THE CAMERA TO THE PODIUM IF YOU WOULD. 
          YOU KNOW WHY I TELL YOU WHAT? BEFORE WE SHOW OUT $50,000, WHY WE ASK MEXICO TO GIVE A SAVE THE 50 MILLION MAYBE THAT, UH, WE, THEY, WE ARE OWED FOR ALL THE, UM, UH, THE ILLEGAL ALIENS THAT WE'VE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF, UH, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, THEY, THEY NOT ONLY THEIR FOOD AND TRANSPORTATION, BUT THE MONEY WE, WE, WE GIVE TO THEM FOR THEIR POCKET EXPENSES. 
          AND THE JACK ON TOPIC, PLEASE. 
          ITEM 34, 35 AND 42. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I, I COULD SAY, I, I, I WISH WE WOULD, UH, BE, GET SERIOUS ABOUT, UH, THE, THE SUMMIT INSTEAD OF, UH, GET GETTING THE MONEY THAT WE'RE TRULY DESERVING MR. MAYOR FOR THE MAYOR'S SUMMIT THERE. 
          YES. 
          UH, ITEM, UH, NUMBER, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE HAVE HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, ITEM NUMBER 
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35, I THINK IT IS. 
          YEAH, IT'S ABOUT A, UH, NO, NO. 
          ITEM 42. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A CONTRACT. 
          YEAH. 
          A CONTRACT FOR LOBBYING SERVICES. 
          AND, UH, I NOTICED THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          PUT THAT UP THERE. 
          MR. . 
          UH, OH. 
          WHO, WHO, ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS IN THAT. 
          IT'S, WELL, IT'S UNDERLINED THERE. 
          IT SAYS SERNA AND SERNA. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, UH, I NOTICED THAT MR, IF YOU WOULD PUT THAT UP THERE TOO, MR. SERNA AND HIS FAMILY HAVE GIVEN NUMEROUS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO, TO YOU GUYS THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, MY GOODNESS. 
          UH, RETURN THE CAMERA, IF YOU WOULD, TO THE PODIUM. 
          YEAH. 
          THE, UH, UH, AND HAND ME THAT BACK, MR. BUMAN. 
          YEAH, I NOTICED THAT, UH, QUITE A NUMBER OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CERNA FAMILY, INCLUDING, UH, WELL, LET'S SEE HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, JUST BASICALLY KNOW THAT OF COURSE. 
          WELL, LET'S JUST SAY OVER HALF OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED IT. 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, IF YOU WANNA DO THE RIGHT THING, YOU NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THIS. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO, IF YOU DO, IF OVER HALF OF YOU ABSTAIN, THIS IS AIN'T GONNA SAIL THROUGH ALL. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. 
          RAVEN PHELPS JACKSON ON ITEM 53 IS, UH, RAVEN PHELPS JACKSON HERE, THERE, SHE'S, OH, COME ON UP, RAVEN. 
          YOU'RE ON ITEM 53. 
          I'M UP HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE YOUTH FOOTBALL TEAM AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES. 
          UH, WHICH ITEM? THE YOUTH COMMUNITY INITIATIVES. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD. 
          UH, MY NAME IS RAVEN PHELPS AND I'M OWNER OF THE BEXAR COUNTY PANTHERS. 
          MY LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, AND I HAD LET THE COUNCIL KNOW ABOUT THE INVITATION TO REPRESENT SAN ANTONIO ON A NATIONAL LEVEL AT LOS IN LAS VEGAS. 
          UM, I STARTED SPEAKING WITH DISTRICT TWO, NOTIFIED THEM ABOUT THIS ON SEPTEMBER 20TH. 
          ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, WILLIE NELSON, UM, ACKNOWLEDGED ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE WOULD BE THE TEAM TO REPRESENT SAN ANTONIO IN THIS NATIONAL TOURNAMENT. 
          UM, DECEMBER 8TH, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE DISTRICT SAYING THAT WE DO NOT REPRESENT SAN ANTONIO, SO THEY COULD NOT HELP US PER C C P F OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT. 
          UM, TODAY IS DECEMBER 15TH. 
          WE HAVE 50 KIDS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO CHECK IN BEFORE 1:00 PM ON JANUARY 12TH TO DEPART ON DECEMBER 16TH, THERE ARE 15 STAFF, AND THIS EQUATES TO TWO TO THREE KIDS PER STAFF FOR SAFETY REASONS. 
          WE ASSIST A LOT IN CRIME PREVENTION. 
          THERE ARE THREE TEAMS, UM, OF LITTLE LEAGUE KIDS ON THE CITY'S EAST SIDE. 
          AND THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT A THOUSAND CHILDREN THAT I KNOW ARE NOT RECEIVING ANY ASSISTANCE FROM THIS. 
          AND FOR US TO NOT BE CONSIDERED SAN ANTONIO, I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT PORTION OF IT BECAUSE MOST OF OUR CHILDREN ARE IN D TWO. 
          I'M THE, I AM AN H B C U GRADUATE OF ST. 
          PHILIP'S, AND THEN I PROCEEDED TO BECOME A NUR. 
          WELL, I'M STILL, I AM A NURSE FOR 18 YEARS AND I RECEIVED MY DEGREE FROM BAPTIST. 
          I WAS BORN AT WOLFFER HALL, AND I WAS RAISED ON THE CITY'S EAST SIDE. 
          AND MOST OF THESE CHILDREN ARE FROM THE CITY'S EAST SIDE. 
          SO I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THEY DON'T EQUATE TO D TWO. 
          AND IF THAT IS ABSOLUTELY THE CASE, HOW, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THESE KIDS A PRIORITY IN D TWO TO WHERE THEY CAN BE RECOGNIZED AS SAN ANTONIO? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THEM A PRIORITY? BECAUSE WE DO ASSIST IN CRIME PREVENTION AND WHAT DO WE DO TO GET THESE KIDS TO LAS VEGAS? SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR. 
          THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, THAT WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE OR THAT WAS SAID THAT COULD BE DONE, AND NONE OF IT HAS BEEN DONE. 
          SO I'M BACK HERE TO SEE WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO COLLECTIVELY TO GET THESE CHILDREN TO DITCH TO VEGAS, TO REPRESENT SAN ANTONIO, BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY MUCH SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. PHELPS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT IS, UH, EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UM, I APOLOGIZE. 
          I I GOT HERE A LITTLE BIT AFTER COMMENTS STARTED. 
          UM, DID YOU HIGHLIGHT ITEM 27, THE GRANT FROM ARPA FOR OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT BY ANY CHANCE? YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT IF YOU WANT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO, I, I KNOW A PRESS RELEASE HAS ALREADY GONE OUT, OUT A PRESS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN HAD, UH, BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN STOP CELEBRATING, UH, THE WORK OF METRO HEALTH AND THE SUCCESS IN, UH, BRINGING HOME $25 MILLION FROM THE C D C TO STRENGTHEN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR WORKFORCE, 
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AND OUR DATA SYSTEMS HERE, UM, WITH THE HEALTH DISTRICT. 
          SO, UH, THIS IS GOING TO HELP US IMPLEMENT A, A PLAN THAT I NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE, UH, WITH OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHEN I STARTED HERE, BUT WE ARE, WE ARE GROWING AND OUR ASPIRATIONS ARE, ARE GROWING, AND OUR WORKFORCE WILL GROW TO CATCH UP WITH THAT. 
          SO, CLAUDE, IF YOU COULD JUST COME UP HERE AND IF ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS HERE, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE FROM METRO HEALTH? NOPE. 
          JUST YOU. 
          I MEAN, YOU'RE OKAY, BUT I, I JUST THINK THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR TEAM OVER THE SEVERAL, THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND THE FACT THAT THEY'VE BROUGHT THIS HOME, THEY ALL DESERVE A TREMENDOUS ROUND OF APPLAUSE BECAUSE IT IS, UH, THIS IS JUST GOING TO INCREASE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? JUST THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER AND ALL OUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE CITY, UM, AND THE COUNTY FOR SUPPORTING THE WORK OF METRO HEALTH. 
          OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST, GOING ON THREE YEARS, UM, IT'S BEEN ALL COVID ALL THE TIME, BUT THE PUNCHLINE WHY WE'RE CELEBRATING THIS GRANT AWARD, THERE ARE 107 AWARDEES NATIONWIDE. 
          THIS IS ABOUT MODERNIZING THE LOOK, THE FEEL, THE SOPHISTICATION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH ENTERPRISE. 
          I DO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR SERVING ON THE TASK FORCE THAT HELPED TO CREATE THE PUBLIC HEALTH FORWARD, THE NATIONAL BLUEPRINT. 
          NOW THE CASH HAS LANDED. 
          THIS IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN EXPECTED. 
          SO MORE TO COME. 
          THIS ADDS TO OUR ESSAY FORWARD PLAN, WHICH WE RELEASED THIS PAST SPRING. 
          AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A SAN ANTONIO WAY. 
          WE'RE A STEP AHEAD. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE CARED FOR IN PARTNERSHIP. 
          AND SO, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, OUR FANTASTIC CREW. 
          THEY'RE STILL AT IT. 
          WE REMAIN VIGILANT. 
          IT'S BEEN ALL COVID ALL THE TIME, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS, UH, A WELCOME SUPPORT FOR OUR EFFORTS AND OUR ESSAY FORWARD PLAN. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANK YOU, UH, THE CITY MANAGER IN PARTICULAR, COACH, UH, WHATEVER IT IS YOU NEED ME TO DO, WE'RE HERE TO DO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU CLA THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT IS, UH, OUR DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 28, PLEASE VOTE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN, OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEM, WHICH IS ONLY ONE AT THIS TIME, IF YOU ARE DEPARTING, UH, YOU'RE GONNA MISS OUT ON CELEBRATING SOME OF OUR FOLKS IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. 
          THERE ARE SOME VERY IMPORTANT SAN ANTONIANS WHO ARE, UH, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE FOR CAREERS AND SERVICE, AND IT GIVES ME A GREAT HONOR TO BRING UP TO THE PODIUM MR. HARVEY NAJAM HARVEY. 
          UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN, UH, TO OFFER OUR THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO YOU, UH, FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          UH, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE WERE OUT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL EARLIER THIS WEEK TO LAUNCH THE CON CONVOY OF HOPE FOR THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK. 
          AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE TRUCKS THAT WERE DRIVING DOWN HAD YOUR WORDS ON IT AND YOUR NAME ON THEM BECAUSE YOU DONATED THEM TO THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK. 
          UH, I CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER PERSON WHO'S DEMONSTRATED MORE PHILANTHROPY THE TIME DURING THE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, THAN YOU HARVEY. 
          YOUR HEART IS IMMENSE, AND IT GIVES ME GREAT HONOR TO READ THIS RECOGNITION FOR YOU. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HEREBY EXTENDS ITS OFFICIAL COMMENDATION TO HARVEY E NAJAM IN RECOGNITION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND MILESTONES OF MR. N JAMM'S RESPECTABLE CAREER IN PHILANTHROPY. 
          BORN IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, MR. NMM LEARNED HIS WORK ETHIC FROM HIS FATHER, CO-OWNER OF THE LINCOLN CANDY COMPANY, WHO WOULD BRING HOME INVOICES AT NIGHT FOR HIM TO WORK ON. 
          MR. NAJAM GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN MATH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WICHITA IN 1964, AND SERVED IN THE ARMY RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS AS AN ACTIVE DUTY SECOND LIEUTENANT. 
          WHEN MR. NJA WAS STATIONED AT FORT SAM HOUSTON'S BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER AS A DATA PROCESSING OFFICER, HE DISCOVERED AN APTITUDE FOR COMPUTERS. 
          HE SPENT 13 YEARS IN VARIOUS TECHNICAL MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT CAPACITIES FOR I B M CORPORATION BEFORE FOUNDING STAR DATA SYSTEMS. IN 1980, IN 1991, MR. NAJAM RENAMED HIS SERIOUS COMPUTER SOLUTIONS AFTER THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE NIGHT SKY. 
          WHAT STARTED AS A SMALL FIRM IN A WINDOWLESS 10 BY 10 ROOM OFF BROADWAY WOULD GROW TO BECOME A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER. 
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APART FROM HIS CAREER, MR. NAJAM HAS AN ENDLESS SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. 
          IN 2006, HE ESTABLISHED THE HARVEY AID NAJAM FAMILY FOUNDATION TO HELP CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO AREA. 
          SINCE ITS INCEPTION, MR. NAJAM HAS DONATED OVER $125 MILLION TO THE FOUNDATION, WHICH PROVIDES COUNTLESS FAMILIES WITH FOOD, SHELTER, CLOTHING, MEDICAL TREATMENT, AND HELP WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, HOMELESSNESS, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. 
          THE ROSTER OF CHARITIES THAT HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE FOUNDATION INCLUDE NONPROFITS, LARGE AND SMALL, SUCH AS THE CARVER ACADEMY RESPITE CARE OF SAN ANTONIO BRIGHTON SCHOOL, PIPPA SPIRE ACADEMY, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER, AND OF COURSE, MORGAN'S WONDERLAND. 
          SINCE 2007, THE NA NAJIM FAMILY FOUNDATION AND MR. NAJAM HAVE DISPERSED APPROXIMATELY $109 MILLION IN GRANTS AND PLEDGES. 
          DURING THE PAST 15 YEARS. 
          OUTSIDE OF HIS FOUNDATION, MR. NAJAM HAS LED ORGANIZATION SUCH AS THE UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN TO RAISE OVER $55 MILLION AND JOIN HAVEN FOR HOPE FOUNDER BILL GREEHEY TO FUND THE CREATION OF THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER AND PLAYGROUND AT HAVEN. 
          NAMED IN HONOR OF MR. NAJAM. 
          IN 2019, THE HARVEY E NAJAM FAMILY FOUNDATION CHANGED ITS NAME AND IS NOW KNOWN AS THE HARVEY E NAJAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. 
          THE WORLD CHARITABLE TRULY DESCRIBES THE NATURE OF THE FOUNDATION AND IS A TESTAMENT TO MR. NA JAMM'S COMMITMENT TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN. 
          AND TO THOSE IN NEED, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, WE COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR EXCELLENT SERVICE AND DEDICATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND BEST WISHES FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS PRESENTED THIS 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2022. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HARVEY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          YOU THANK YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES, UH, COMES FROM ARISTOTLE. 
          AND I THINK IT NOT ONLY DEPICTS, UH, WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS, UH, BUT IT ALSO DEPICTS WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE COMMISSIONERS IN BEXAR COUNTY HAVE TO GO THROUGH. 
          AND THE QUOTE GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT IS IN EVERY MAN'S POWER TO GIVE AWAY MONEY, BUT TO DECIDE TO WHOM TO GIVE IT FOR WHAT PURPOSE AND HOW IT SHOULD BE USED, AND THE IMPACT THAT WILL BE MADE, IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO. 
          SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS. 
          I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. 
          WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER ON MANY, MANY THINGS. 
          AND, UH, MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND, UH, FOR THIS RECOGNITION. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO GO ON, UH, SINCE JUNE OF OH SEVEN, THE FOUNDATION AND I HAVE GIVEN OUT APPROXIMATELY $180 MILLION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, HARVEY. 
          I, I THINK A FEW FOLKS WANNA MAKE, UH, SOME ALSO, ALSO SOME REMARKS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA, THANK YOU, UH, HARVEY, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          IN PARTICULAR, THE HARVEY E NAJIM, UH, Y M C A, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE MET, AND IT HAS SERVED THE COMMUNITY WELL. 
          AND THEN I HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRIBUTIONS YOU'VE DONE TO CASA, WHICH SITS IN DISTRICT THREE, AND THAT ORGANIZATION, NOT JUST CHANGING LIVES, BUT SAVING LIVES. 
          AND I, I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE ALL YOU'RE DOING. 
          AND I, I KNOW YOU'RE AN INSPIRATION TO ME, AND I HOPE YOU INSPIRE OTHERS TO GIVE AND TO FIND WAYS TO GIVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU, HARVEY. 
          UM, I HOPE YOU'LL EXTEND ALSO OUR, OUR CONGRATULATIONS AND WARM WISHES TO YOUR GOOD FRIEND AND PARTNER. 
          UH, BILL GREEHEY. 
          UH, HE'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT I ALSO HAVE A, A RECOGNITION, I WON'T READ THE WHOLE THING, UH, BUT IN THE SAME FASHION THAT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR THE RECORD IN THE HISTORY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE WANNA DO THE SAME FOR BILL. 
          UH, AND I DO HAVE A, UM, A, A, UH, COMMENDATION HERE. 
          UH, JUST A PORTION OF IT STATES THE HAVEN FOR HOPE MISSION STATEMENT, TO OFFER A PLACE OF HOPE AND NEW BEGINNINGS BY PROVIDING, COORDINATING, AND DELIVERING THE EFFICIENT SYSTEM OF CARE FOR PEOPLE. 
          EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN SAN ANTONIO IS A TESTAMENT TO MR. GREE'S DEDICATION AND SERVICE, TO HELPING THOSE IN NEED. 
          SO, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, WE COMMEND MR. BILL GREEHEY FOR HIS EXCELLENT SERVICE AND DEDICATION AND WISH HIM BEST CONTINUED SUCCESS. 
          UH, AND THAT IS ALSO PRESENTED THIS 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER 22, 22. 
          UH, YOU HAVE OUR BLESSINGS AND GREAT THANKS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE PARTNERSHIP IN THE FUTURE, HARVEY. 
          THANKS SO MUCH. 
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AND, UM, JUST TO ADD A CODA TO THAT STATEMENT, COUNCIL MEMBER PLI, THANK YOU, MAYOR HARVEY. 
          UM, YOU'VE BEEN A, A, A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE AND A DEAR FRIEND OF, UH, MY FAMILY'S FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW, AND WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, HARVEY, YOU, UH, YOU'RE A MENTOR TO ME, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN A MENTOR TO MY MOM AND TO MY SISTER. 
          UH, AND FOR THAT I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL. 
          BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CONTRIBUTIONS YOU'VE MADE TO, UH, TO CHILDREN AND TO VULNERABLE WOMEN, UH, AT THE BATTERED WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S SHELTER. 
          UM, THE, UH, THE DAY WE CALLED YOU, UH, YOU, YOU CAME DOWN ALMOST, I THINK WITHIN 24 HOURS AND, UH, TOURED THE SHELTER. 
          AND BEFORE YOU WALKED OUT AT THE DOOR, MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE TUNE OF A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          THAT MILLION DOLLARS HAS HELPED, UH, TWO GENERATIONS OF, UH, OF, OF CUSTOMERS OVER AT THE BATTERED WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S SHELTER. 
          UM, THESE FOLKS ARE ABLE TO THRIVE. 
          THESE CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO, UH, CONTINUE LEARNING AND RECEIVE THERAPY, UM, IN A SAFE, CLEAN, DIGNIFIED PLACE. 
          UM, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU AND, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, UH, IT'S NOT JUST GENEROSITY FOR WHICH HARVEY'S KNOWN FOR, BUT IT'S ALSO, UM, HUMILITY. 
          UM, HARVEY ASKED THAT WE NOT NAME THE BUILDING AFTER HIM, AND THAT INSTEAD WE NAME IT AFTER, UH, PETER SAKA. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PHILANTHROPISTS OUT THERE, HARVEY, WHO INSIST THAT THEIR NAME GO ON THE BUILDING. 
          UH, BUT THAT HAS NEVER BEEN IMPORTANT TO YOU. 
          IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE MISSION. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ONE OF THE ANGELS AMONG US, AND I'M HAPPY TO KNOW YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER APLA. 
          ALRIGHT, 
          [POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE
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UH, LET ME, UH, RECOGNIZE NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO WITH A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          TODAY, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS HERE TO EXTEND OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. 
          CYNTHIA TANHA MATSON. 
          [Proclamations
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SO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S, STATE OF TEXAS. 
          IF YOU WANNA COME UP, CYNTHIA. 
          AND HERE WHILE I READ THE ALATION, UM, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, STATE OF TEXAS HEREBY EXTEND ITS OFFICIAL. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. 
          CYNTHIA TENTE MATSON IN HONOR OF YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE AT TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO. 
          YOUR EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP AS PRESIDENT, HAS LED THE UNIVERSITY'S TRANSFORMATION FROM UPPER DIVISION TO A COMPREHENSIVE MASTER'S UNIVERSITY. 
          IN ADDITION TO ACHIEVING THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION DESIGNATION, DURING YOUR TENURE, YOU LED SEVERAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH LED TO THE CREATION OF THE MAY CENTER FOR EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE INSTITUTE OF WATER RESEARCH, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, CYBER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH CENTER, AND THE UNIVERSITY'S FIRST FACEBOOK CYBERSECURITY UNIVERSITY PROGRAM. 
          YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE VISION OF TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY, SAN ANTONIO IS BEING RECOGNIZED AS A PREMIER AND INCLUSIVE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY THAT ENSURES QUALITY AND INNOVATIVE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE LEARNING EXPERIENCE HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED AND IS TRULY WORTHY OF COMMENDATION. 
          THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE PROUD TO JOIN YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND FELLOW COLLEAGUES IN SALUTING YOU FOR A JOB. 
          WELL DONE MAY YOUR NEXT VENTURE AT SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY OPEN UP NEW VISTAS WITH NEW INNOVATIONS, NEW INTERESTS, AND ABOVE ALL, CONTINUED SUCCESS FOR YEARS TO COME. 
          CONGRATULATIONS PRESENTED THIS 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2022, SIGNED BY OUR MAYOR, RON NURENBERG. 
          UM, CYNTHIA, I AM, THIS IS BITTERSWEET FOR ME. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT YOU ARE NOT JUST MY RESIDENT, YOU ARE MY FRIEND, YOU. 
          AND, UH, WHEN YOU CALLED ME, I WAS EXCITED FOR YOU AND, AND KIND OF WAS SAD AT THE SAME TIME. 
          I THINK I EXPRESSED THAT. 
          BUT YOUR JOURNEY IS TAKING YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          AND I AM JUST THANKFUL THE CITY IS THANKFUL AND BLESSED FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          UH, I THINK THAT HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION, UH, RECOGNITION IS HUGE AND YOU'VE DONE IT IN SUCH A SHORT TIME. 
          UM, I'M ON THE CAMPUS OFTEN. 
          I SHARE THIS WITH DISTRICT FOUR. 
          AND, UH, THE, THE FACES OF THE STUDENTS AND THEIR ENTHUSIASM AND THE HOPE AND THAT IT'S HAPPENING IN A DISTRICT THAT WAS LONG FORGOTTEN, AN AREA THAT WAS HISTORICALLY IGNORED IS, IS JUST AMAZING. 
          AND WE WILL FOREVER REMEMBER YOUR CONTRIBUTION. 
          SO I WANNA, I KNOW SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, BUT CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, DR. 
          MATSON. 
          WOW. 
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AND I FELT THE SAME WAY WHEN, WHEN I GOT THE CALL. 
          AND, UM, VERY SAD, BUT SO HAPPY FOR YOU. 
          UM, AND YOU ARE ONE OF THE LATINAS IN HIGHER EDUCATION. 
          YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS. 
          YOU ARE A ONE PERCENTER AND YOU ARE ACTUALLY WAY LIKE IT JUST AS PRESIDENT, EVEN JUST, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. 
          I AM SO PROUD OF YOU AND SO, UH, HONORED THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH IN DISTRICT THREE AND FOUR AND, AND WITH OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND I WANNA TELL YOU THAT I CAN'T FIND SOMEONE THAT EVER HAS SAID SOMETHING UNPLEASANT ABOUT YOU. 
          AND SO IT'S VERY RARE, UH, IN ACADEMIA. 
          UM, THERE'S ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY DON'T NECESSARILY GET ALONG. 
          AND I JUST AM SO IMPRESSED THAT YOUR FACULTY RESPECTS YOU SO MUCH AND THAT YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM WANTS TO DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE UNIVERSITY SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND I REALLY THINK THAT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU'VE BEEN A, A ROLE MODEL FOR ALL OF US. 
          UH, I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU GOT TO INSPIRE SO MANY YOUNG WOMEN. 
          I THINK THAT THEY NEEDED THAT BECAUSE WE NEED TO SEE SOMEONE LIKE YOU THERE SO THAT, THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN DO IT AS WELL. 
          AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND TO YOUR FAMILY. 
          AND, UH, PLEASE EXTEND, UH, MY BEST WISHES TO YOUR HUSBAND, WHO'S SO SUPPORTIVE AS WELL. 
          HE SAID EVERYTHING. 
          SO, UM, YOU HAVE A GREAT SUPPORT SYSTEM AND I JUST WISH YOU THE BEST AND WE WILL MISS YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, UM, CYNTHIA, I, I ALSO JOINED THE CHORUS IN BEING, UM, PROUD OF YOU, ALSO, VERY DISAPPOINTED. 
          WE'RE GONNA LOSE YOU. 
          UM, I WOULD CHARACTERIZE YOU AS A FIGHTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE DOING THAT EVEN WHILE YOU'RE IN CALIFORNIA. 
          UH, BUT I'VE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY IMPRESSED AND GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          UM, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE THERE AT TEXAS A AND M HAS CHANGED THE COURSE OF OUR CITY FOR THE BETTER. 
          UM, THE CENTER OF GRAVITY I'VE SENT MANY TIMES HAS SHIFTED SOUTH, AND THAT'S IN LARGE PART DUE TO TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, I ALSO WANNA PERSONALLY THANK YOU, CYNTHIA, FOR HAVING FAITH, UH, AND DRIVING US TO BE BETTER ON THE WORKFORCE EFFORTS IN OUR CITY. 
          THAT ALSO IS GONNA HAVE HUGE DIVIDENDS DOWN THE ROAD, GENERATIONALLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UM, ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US WHO ARE GONNA BE BENEFITING FROM YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR YEARS, YEARS TO COME, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHOOSING SAN ANTONIO, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU COMING BACK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF, IF I MIGHT SAY JUST A COUPLE OF WORDS, UM, I OFTEN TELL PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND NATIONALLY, TALENT IS UNIVERSAL. 
          OPPORTUNITY IS NOT. 
          AND WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY, SAN ANTONIO AND MYSELF AS ITS LEADER, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR STATE. 
          AND IT IS IN LARGE PART ALSO BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT FROM ALL OF YOU AND CITY COUNCIL, AND CERTAINLY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT AS WELL, FOR BELIEVING AND FOR HELPING TO BUILD UP TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO, AND TO OPEN THE DOORS FOR ALL THAT'S HAPPENING IN SOUTH SAN ANTONIO AND SOUTH BERK COUNTY. 
          SO SAN ANTONIO FOUND ME, AND THIS IS MY BIRTHPLACE, SEVEN EIGHT TWO TWO FOUR, WHICH IS THE ZIP CODE OF TEXAS A AND M. 
          SAN ANTONIO IS IN MY D N A. 
          SO SAN ANTONIO WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME. 
          AND SOMEDAY, YES, AS GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER SAYS, I'LL BE BACK. 
          UH, SO IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION. 
          AND I ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE BRIGHT FACES IN THE FUTURE THAT TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO HAS FOR OUR CITY, OUR STATE, AND OUR NATION. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, IN ANOTHER SEMI FAREWELL, UH, WE'LL START, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, AND TODAY IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE A DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENT, UM, BY THE NAME OF RICHARD BETIS, WHO USED TO SIT HERE ON THIS DAES. 
          AND, UM, UH, RICHARD, UH, IF YOU COULD COME UP. 
          AND HE, UH, IS, IS A PAST, LIKE I SAID, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT FOUR. 
          AND IN FACT, HE JOINED US LAST NIGHT AT OUR WINTER SOCIAL. 
          UM, AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO, TO SERVE, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SERVE IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES. 
          HE, UM, SITS ON THE, UH, PRE-K FOR ESSAY BOARD RIGHT NOW, AND IT REPRESENTS DISTRICT FOUR, BUT HE'S ALSO THE C E O OF THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          AND HE WILL BE RETIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          TONIGHT, THERE'S A, A BIG GALA WHERE I HOPE THAT WE GET TO CELEBRATE YOU. 
          DON'T WORRY, I WILL CHANGE OUT OF THIS INTO A MORE APPROPRIATE, UM, OUTFIT. 
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BUT, UH, SO HE SERVED AS A D FOUR COUNCIL PERSON FROM 2004 TO 2008. 
          HE, UH, INITIATED THE FIRST MASTER PLAN FOR PEARSALL PARK. 
          UM, AND I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE THAT BECAUSE HE EVENTUALLY, A LOT OF US GET CREDIT FOR THINGS THAT WE DO. 
          BUT THE PERSON THAT INITIATED THAT MASTER PLAN WAS RICHARD PEREZ. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, THAT PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT HE HAS A LONGSTANDING HISTORY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS ON, ON 15 YEARS, RICHARD. 
          AND ALSO TO JUDY. 
          PLEASE THANK HER, UM, FOR ALLOWING HER, UH, ALLOWING YOU TO SERVICE FOR SO LONG. 
          I'M GONNA READ AN OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE CITY OFFICIAL. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO RICHARD PEREZ IN HONOR OF YOUR RETIREMENT. 
          AFTER 15 YEARS OF EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP AT THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THROUGHOUT YOUR TENURE AS PRESIDENT AND C E O OF THIS WELL ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION, THE CHAMBER FOCUSED ON SIGNIFICANT ISSUES THAT IMPACT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          YOUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING BUSINESSES PROSPER AND ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED AND IS TRULY WORTHY OF COMMENDATION. 
          THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE PROUD TO JOIN YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND ORGANIZATION MEMBERS, AND CONGRATULATING YOU FOR A JOB. 
          WELL DONE MAY YOUR NEXT VENTURE OPEN NEW VISTAS WITH NEW CHALLENGES, NEW INTERESTS, AND ABOVE ALL, CONTINUED SUCCESS AND SHEER ENJOYMENT. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, RICHARD. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, WE'LL LET YOU HAVE THE LAST WORD, RICHARD. 
          UH, BUT FIRST, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PIA , UH, RICHARD, I, UM, I'M PROUD OF YOU. 
          I, UH, I WAKE UP EVERY SINGLE MORNING KNOWING THAT, UM, SAN ANTONIO'S MOST IMPORTANT INSTITUTIONS ARE IN GOOD HANDS. 
          UM, AND I'VE WOKEN UP FOR THE PAST, WAS IT 14 YEARS? UH, KNOWING THAT THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, IS IN GOOD HANDS. 
          UM, SEEING YOU RIGHT OFF ONTO THE SUNSET, UM, MAKES ME SAD, BUT ALSO MAKES ME EXCITED FOR SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT EXCITING THINGS IN STORE FOR, UH, YOUR NEXT REINVENTION. 
          YOU ALSO GIVE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER ON A DIUS HOPE THAT THERE IS A FUTURE AFTER COUNCIL. 
          UM, AND, UH, YOU INSPIRE ME EVERY SINGLE DAY, UH, TO, UH, TO KEEP MY EYE ON THE LONG, FAR AWAY PRIZE. 
          SO, UH, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AMIGO. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU, RICHARD. 
          MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, BUT RICHARD, UM, I THINK CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, UH, SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH INDIA. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, MANY YEARS AGO UNDER MAYOR HARDBERGER, UH, RICHARD WAS TASKED WITH FORGING THAT RELATIONSHIP AND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT IT, IT GROWS AND STAYS STRONG. 
          AND, UM, AFTER COMING BACK FROM INDIA WITH RICHARD LAST WEEK, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT RICHARD, YOU HAVE DONE AN ENORMOUS SERVICE TO SAN ANTONIO, UH, WITHOUT RELATIONSHIP, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT FOR US. 
          SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ROCHA GARCIA FOR RECOGNIZING RICHARD THIS MORNING. 
          I'M THANKFUL TO YOU, RICHARD, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, RICHARD CAN BE BEST DESCRIBED AS ONE OF OUR CITY'S GREATEST SUPPORTERS AND CHEERLEADERS. 
          HIS VISION AND DEDICATION TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY WILL BE MISSED. 
          BUT I KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE LEAVING THE CHAMBER DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE LEAVING SAN ANTONIO. 
          I'M SURE WE'LL BE SEEING YOU, AND I KNOW I'LL BE CONTINUING TO GO TO YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR WISE COUNCIL. 
          SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT OVER THE YEARS. 
          I FIRST MET RICHARD WHEN YOU WERE THE DISTRICT FOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I WAS, UM, A COUNCIL AIDE. 
          AND FROM THOSE DAYS AT CITY HALL TO OUR RECENT ADVENTURES IN INDIA ON OUR TRADE MISSION, I CAN SAY IN TRUTH THAT RICHARD IS THE SAME HUMBLE, KIND, AND FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN. 
          SO THANK YOU RICHARD, AND GOOD LUCK ON YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COVEO, HDA, UH, AND RICHARD, LET ME ADD, ADD MY THANKS AS WELL. 
          YOU, YOU HAVE, UM, A CERTAINLY UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON THE, ON THE COMMUNITY, UH, AS A RESULT OF YOUR SERVICE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          NOW AS CHAMBER PRESIDENT, UM, AND OBVIOUSLY AS A REGULATING BODY, AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY, UH, THERE'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF A PUSH PULL BETWEEN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE GOVERNMENT. 
          UH, I WILL SAY THAT YOU, DURING YOUR TENURE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT WHEN THERE IS A HEALTHY, COLLABORATIVE, RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE CITY, UH, OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY PROSPERS. 
          SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING, UH, STRONG PARTNERSHIPS AND, AND PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OVER THE YEARS. 
          UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE WHEREVER IT TAKES YOU. 
          UH, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP, UH, AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR CAREER, RICHARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          IT IS AN EXTREME HONOR TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL AND TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION. 
          UM, I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THIS BUILDING JUST LIKE YOU ALL HAVE. 
          UH, IN FACT, I'M HERE WITH MY WIFE JUDY, AND 
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MY TWO DAUGHTERS, CLARISSA AND ELISA, AND MY MOTHER MANELA. 
          AND WE'VE ALL SPENT TIME IN HERE JUST LIKE YOU ALL HAVE WITH MY CHILDREN. 
          THEY GREW UP FOR FOUR YEARS IN THIS PLACE. 
          AND THEN MY OTHER FAMILY, MY CHAMBER FAMILY'S HERE ALSO, IF Y'ALL COULD PLEASE WAVE, UM, WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE LOVE THIS PLACE. 
          JUST LIKE YOU ALL DO, SERVICES IN OUR BLOOD AND THE DESIRE TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO BETTER IS WHAT DRIVES US. 
          AND SO I CONGRATULATE YOU ALL FOR THE COMMITMENT TO DO THIS. 
          AND I THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR TIME, ENERGY, AND EFFORTS WITH ME TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENHANCE THIS PLACE THAT WE CALL HOME AND THAT WE LOVE. 
          AND I'M CONVINCED THAT BUSINESS IS A FORCE FOR GOOD. 
          AND SO OUR CONTINUED COLLABORATION WILL BE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 
          AND SO I SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH OUR BIT OF CEREMONIAL WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'M A FAN OF ART AND I ENJOY EXPERIENCING DRAG SHOWS AND PERFORMANCES AND AS AN ART FORM UNIQUE FROM ANY OTHER. 
          I ATTENDED A DRAG SHOW AT LEAST ONCE WEEKLY, AND THEY ALLOW ME TO DE-STRESS AND REMIND ME OF MY OWN HUMANITY, GIVING ME A REASON TO SMILE AND HARD TIMES. 
          AND OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN EXTREME VIOLENCE, VITRIOL AND DISCRIMINATORY MISINFORMATION AGAINST OUR LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITIES. 
          IN PARTICULAR, OUR TRANS LOVED ONES IN DRAG COMMUNITY HAVE FACED HATE AND HARM TO THEIR LIVES SIMPLY FOR BEING WHO THEY ARE AND PROVIDING JOY TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THEIR SHOWS. 
          I ATTENDED THE COUNTER PROTEST OUTSIDE OF THE DRAG QUEEN CHRISTMAS SHOW AT THE AZTEC ON TUESDAY, AND I WAS PROUD TO SEE THAT SAN ANTONIONS CAME TOGETHER TO OUTNUMBER THE HATEFULNESS AND BIGOTRY THAT WAS ON DISPLAY ACROSS THE STREET BY AN ARMED HATE GROUP AND THEIR FRIENDS. 
          WE AS LEADERS, MUST CONDEMN THESE HATEFUL AND IGNORANT ACTIONS, WORDS AND OPINIONS AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WE LOVE ARE AT RISK. 
          WE MUST STAND TOGETHER NOW AND ALWAYS AGAINST HATE. 
          AND I THINK OUR LO OUR LOCAL VENUES LIKE THE STARLIGHT, THE ARTISAN DAKOTA EAST SIDE ICE HOUSE, BONUM EXCHANGE, THE CLUBS AND BARS OF THE GAY STRIP, AND MANY MORE FOR HOLDING SPACE FOR PERFORMANCES FOR ALL TO OUR QUEENS AND KINGS, FOR SHARING THEIR CRAFT BEAUTY, WIT AND HUMOR WITH US. 
          AND TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY FOR ALL YOU ALL YOU ARE, YOU IMPORT, YOU ARE IMPORTANT, EXCEPTIONAL, WONDERFUL, TALENTED AND WORTHY. 
          AND I CELEBRATE YOU KNOWING THAT I'LL ALWAYS FIGHT ALONGSIDE YOU. 
          AND IN HONORING OUR QUEENS, I WANT TO HONOR AN ICON IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SHARE HOW MUCH OUR COMMUNITY LOST. 
          WITH THE PASSING OF LEGENDARY DRAG PERFORMER MISS PEACHES, I ALSO WANT TO OFFER CONDOLENCES TO ALL WHO LOVED AND KNEW HER. 
          SHE IS AN ICON AND HER IMPACT ON THIS, THIS COMMUNITY CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED. 
          AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, AN ICON IS MUCH MORE THAN A WORD. 
          WHEN SHE WALKED INTO A VENUE, IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT EVENT WAS GOING ON, SHE WAS INVITED TO PERFORM. 
          AND DESPITE ANY ATTACKS, SHE SHOWED UP WITH A SMILE AND A PASSION, AND SHE GAVE EVERYTHING. 
          SHE IS ONE OF THE QUEENS WHO MADE OUR DRAG SCENE WHAT IT IS TODAY. 
          MS. PEACHES WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY EVERYONE WHO KNEW HER AND WATCHED HER PERFORMED OVER THE DECADES THAT SHE GRACED SAN ANTONIO STAGES. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO OFFER A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR HER LIFE AND LEGACY. 
          THANK YOU TO THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TODAY I HAVE THE HONOR OF HAVING HARLANDALE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT FOR BOTH HARLANDALE AND KELLUM HIGH SCHOOL THEATER PROGRAM PRESENT THIS MORNING IF THEY'D LIKE TO COME UP. 
          HARLANDALE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS MADE UP OF 14 SQUARE MILES, LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, AND TODAY SERVES OVER 12,000 STUDENTS. 
          BUT THE GREAT HISTORY IS IT, IT BEGAN AT THE, IN THE GRANARY AND ONE OF OUR MISSIONS IN EIGHT, IN THE 18 HUNDREDS, AND THEN IN 1888 BECAME THE COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 37. 
          SO, WITH A LONG HISTORY AND A VARIED MEANS OF SERVICES, THEY HAVE A STEM EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, FRANK, THE HADDA ACADEMY. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, HARLANDALE MCCULLUM HERE, 13 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 
          BUT I BRING THE THEATER ARTS DEPARTMENT HERE TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, THE ARTS ARE GOING TO BRING US OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC. 
          WHEN WE GET TO EXPRESS OURSELVES ON THIS STAGE THROUGH, UM, THROUGH OUR, OUR SCULPTURES OR OUR PAINTINGS OR OUR MUSIC, WE BEGIN TO HEAL. 
          SO TODAY WE HAVE HARLANDALE, I S D FINE ARTS COORDINATOR, OMAR LAOS, 
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HARLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL THEATER DIRECTOR, ALISA LAOS GARCIA, AND MCCULLUM HIGH SCHOOL THEATER DIRECTOR, KEVIN COX. 
          AND THEY ARE HERE, UH, AND OMAR WILL SPEAK IN JUST A BIT, BUT BOTH HARLANDALE MCCULLUM HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE ACTIVE AND ROBUST THEATER PROGRAMS. EACH SCHOOL PRODUCES ABOUT TWO TO THREE SHOWS A YEAR. 
          BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE OVER 200 STUDENTS COMBINED IN THE THEATER PROGRAMS. THERE, YOU SEE ZOMBIE PROM, WHICH MCCULLUM HIGH SCHOOL PRODUCED, UM, WHICH WAS A MUSICAL STYLE WITH A ZOMBIE HEARTTHROB. 
          UH, IT, IT PLAYS TO THE TEENS, Y'ALL ZOMBIE HEARTTHROBS . 
          UM, BUT COMING THIS WEEK, HARLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL WILL OPEN UP THE POPULAR MUSICAL CHICAGO, AND IT'S, AS MOST OF Y'ALL KNOW, THIS PLACE IN 1920 CHICAGO. 
          IT'S WILL BE DECEMBER 15TH, 16TH 17TH AT HARLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL IN THEIR NEW THEATER, I BELIEVE. 
          AND, UM, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 
          I WILL BE THERE TONIGHT FOR THE OPENING. 
          IF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE SOME TICKETS THIS WEEKEND, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 
          UM, SO WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OMAR TO SPEAK A LITTLE ABOUT THE THEATER PROGRAM AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN, UH, HARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN VRAN AND MAYOR BERG AND ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING HARLANDALE I S D IN THE HAR DALE THEATER ARTS DEPARTMENT HERE. 
          MY NAME IS OMAR LAOS, THE FINE ARTS COORDINATOR FOR DALE, I S D. 
          THE STUDENTS IN FRONT OF YOU HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD ALL YEAR LONG, AND THEY CONTINUE TO WORK HARD EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO REPRESENT THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO AND TO SHOWCASE WHAT HARD DALE I S D IS ALL ABOUT, WHICH IS THE DEDICATION TO THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS, THE ARTS. 
          I, I AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCILWOMAN  ARE THRIVING IN THE SOUTH SIDE, AND WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY ARTS EDUCATION. 
          UM, WE HAVE JUST UNDERGONE A TOTAL RENOVATION OF BOTH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUMS, MCCULLUM, AND HARDIN DE HIGH SCHOOL, THOUGH THEY WERE UNTOUCHED SINCE THE FIFTIES AND THE SIXTIES, SO THEY WERE IN NEED. 
          WE WERE IN NEED OF UPGRADES. 
          SO I THINK OUR CURRENT SCHOOL BOARD AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT, MR. SOTO, WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, UM, 'CAUSE THEY STRONGLY SUPPORT THE ARTS. 
          AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES IN, IN ALL THEIR DISTRICTS, UM, RESPECTIVELY. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. 
          WE APPRECIATE COME OUT AND SEE, UM, CHICAGO COME OUT AND SEE MCCOLLUM'S, UM, WHEN I PLAY NEXT SEMESTER. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE WORK VERY HARD AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR HARLAND DALE STUDENTS COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN. 
          I TOTALLY WANNA GO TO THE CHICAGO SHOW, SO COUNT ME IN ON THAT. 
          UH, WITH THE HOLIDAY SEASON UPON US, I WANTED TO REMIND US THAT IT'S ALSO THE SEASON TO CONTINUE TO BUY LOCAL. 
          WHEN YOU BUY LOCAL, YOU ARE SUPPORTING YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND SHIFTING JUST 10% OF YOUR SHOPPING DOLLARS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          AND THAT CAN BOOST THE ECONOMY, HELP KEEP, KEEP LOCAL BUSINESSES OPEN, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE STRAIN THAT THE PANDEMIC PUT ON THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO WHILE YOU SHOP LOCAL, YOU'RE IMMEDIATELY INVESTING IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          IF YOU HEAD TO SAN ANTONIO'S BUY LOCAL WEBSITE, YOU'LL FIND VARIOUS HOLIDAY RESOURCES, AND YOU'LL FIND THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE'S SHOPPING GUIDE, UH, WHICH CAN BE FOUND THERE. 
          IF YOU CLICK THAT LINK, YOU WILL FIND THE JERE ARTES COOPERATIVE ON THAT LIST. 
          UM, SO I KNOW IF Y'ALL, Y'ALL HERE, IF Y'ALL CAN MAKE Y'S WAY UP, AND EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL FIND AN ORNAMENT THAT WAS HANDMADE BY THE JERE ARTES COOPERATIVE. 
          SO EACH OF YOU HAVE ONE MADE BY DIFFERENT ARTISTS FROM TERRY BGO, ROSA VEGA, UH, MARY AGNES RODRIGUEZ, WHO IS AN IMPRESSIVE MURALIST IN THE WEST SIDE, UH, OLGA MARTINEZ AND JUANA ALDA. 
          AND SO MANY MORE ARTISTS ARE, UM, MAKING THESE BY HAND. 
          SO I HOPE YOU ALL GET TO ENJOY THEM AND PUT THEM ON YOUR TREE. 
          UM, THE MUJERES ARTES COOPERATIVE, UH, AGAIN, IS ON THAT LIST, AND THEY'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1995, AND THEY PROVIDE ARTISTIC SNAPSHOTS OF OUR WEST SIDE CULTURE AND ONE OF A KIND CERAMIC DISPLAYS. 
          SO IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU CAN SHARE A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE COOPERATIVE ENOS DIAZ. 
          UH, MY NAME IS GARCIA LA SANCHEZ. 
          UM, I'M HERE WITH ANNA OVIEDO, AND I WANT TO, UH, I'M SO EXCITED THAT, UH, OUR COUNCILWOMAN TERRY CASTILLO TOOK THE INITIATIVE OF GOING AND BUYING LOCAL AND BUYING IN HER OWN DISTRICT. 
          AND IT IS, UH, MUES IS A GEM, IS A TREASURE, AND I BET YOU MOST OF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE. 
          SO I WELCOME YOU TO COME TO EIGHT 16 SOUTH COLORADO. 
          MUES IS AN INITIATIVE THAT YOU, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD KIND OF KNOW ABOUT. 
          BACK IN 19 94, 95, YOU OFFERED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS 
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TO DO THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHERE WE COULD HELP SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS TO MAKE A LIVING. 
          AND WHEN WE WERE THINKING ABOUT APPLYING, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I SAW WAS THE LACK OF WOMEN AND GIRLS HAVING THESE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          I GREW UP WITH A LOT OF THE MURALISTS THAT WERE MAKING WORK IN THE SEVENTIES, LATE SEVENTIES, EARLY EIGHTIES. 
          AND I REMEMBER BEING A FOURTH GRADER WITH A LOT OF THESE KIDS. 
          AND, AND WHAT HAPPENED THAT BY THE TIME WE WERE 12TH GRADERS, ALL THE GIRLS WERE NOT DOING THE ART. 
          IT WAS ALL THE BROTHERS, YOU KNOW, THAT THE MEN, THE YOUNG MEN THAT CONTINUED. 
          SO HOW DO WE KEEP WOMEN AND GIRLS ALSO PART OF THIS CREATIVE COMMUNITY? AND SO, MUES, AGAIN, THROUGH AN INITIATIVE THAT YOU, AS THE CITY CREATED, HAS ALLOWED THIS ORGANIST, THIS PROJECT OF THE ESPERANZA TO FLOURISH. 
          UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO WANTED TO DO WAS, AS WE GET CITY FUNDING THROUGH THE, UH, HOTEL MOTEL TAX, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE TOURISM INDUSTRY ALSO STEREOTYPES. 
          MANY COMMUNITIES, MEXICAN AMERICAN, BLACK, LATINO, ASIAN, ARAB, AND POOR PEOPLE. 
          SO WE WANTED TO BREAK FROM THOSE STEREOTYPES AND ALLOW THE WOMEN TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES. 
          SO WE, AGAIN, WELCOME YOU TO SEE THE ARTWORK THAT IS, HAS BEEN CREATED FOR ALL THESE YEARS. 
          AND SOME OF THESE WOMEN HAVE BECOME THEIR OWN, STARTED THEIR OWN BUSINESSES, OR SOLD STUFF TO MANY RESTAURANTS AND PLACES LIKE THAT. 
          BUT I'M GONNA STOP AND INTRODUCE YOU TO, UH, ANNA OVIEDO, WHO'S BEEN WITH THE PROJECTS FOR A FEW YEARS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SHE'S VERY NERVOUS. 
          , I NERVOUS SPEAK, . 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS ANNA OVIEDO. 
          I AM AN ARTIST OF MU, A CO-OP OF THE ESPERANZA. 
          AND I HAVE BEEN THERE WITH THE CO-OP FOR OVER 18 YEARS. 
          I ALSO LIVE IN TERRY CASTILLO'S DISTRICT. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM. 
          IT CONSISTS OF NINE WOMEN, PAINT AND SCULPTURE AND CLAY ALL DAY. 
          HAND HAND BUILDING ARE PIECES SUCH AS TREES OF LIFE, UH, PICTURES, PLATES, STATUES, AND MANY OTHER ITEMS. UH, THAT, THAT, UH, WE HAVE. 
          NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL, WE HAVE EXTERIOR EXHIBITS DURING THE YEAR FOR MOTHER'S DAY, ANNIVERSARIES DAY OF THE DEAD, CHRISTMAS, ET CETERA. 
          FOR INSTANCE, IN OCTOBER, WE HAD AN EXHIBIT MAKING, UH, EIGHT BY 10 RIA CARDS OF BUILDINGS, CHURCHES, AND BUSINESS PLACES ALL OVER THE WEST SIDE. 
          EACH LADY MADE SIX PIECES, AND IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL SALE. 
          NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE COUNCIL TO COME VISIT OUR ADOBE STUDIO, LOCATED AT EIGHT 15 COLORADO STREET. 
          WE ARE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, NINE TO FIVE, OR WE COULD MAKE A SPECIAL OPENING FOR YOU OR WITH AN APPOINTMENT OR SO. 
          AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CAN TAKE A PEEK AT OUR ADOBE MUSEUM BEING BUILT, AND IT SHOULD BE READY IN MAY 23. 
          SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU COME OVER AND VISIT OUR STUDIO. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO FINISH UP BY SAYING, ALTHOUGH RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NINE WOMEN, UH, WHEN IT INITIALLY STARTED, IT WAS A DISTRICT FIVE PROJECT FOR LOW INCOME WOMEN. 
          SO THEY COULD JUST WALK FROM THE ALLAN COURTS OR THE APACHE COURTS. 
          BUT BECAUSE THEY'VE TALKED TO EACH OTHER, THEY'RE, THEY'VE GONE AND TALKED TO THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. 
          SO I CAN TELL YOU, EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS HAS HAD WOMEN PARTICIPATE. 
          THEY TAKE BUSES OR WHATEVER, AND WE, UH, SO IT'S BEEN HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, WOMEN HAVE WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED. 
          AND IT'S NOT, NO, IT'S NO LONGER A DISTRICT FIVE PROJECT. 
          IT IS A CITYWIDE PROJECT. 
          SO, GRACIAS. 
          THANK YOU ANNA. 
          AND THANK YOU GRACIELA AND TO THE SAN ANTONIO, UH, CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT FOR HELPING INITIATE THIS PROJECT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO AND COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I HAVE, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS. UM, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, FIRST OF ALL, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, UH, THIS EVENING FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          BUT ONE THING THAT DISTRICT ANNUAL, UM, HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING, I'VE 
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BEEN TOLD THAT'S THE WORD I SHOULD BE, UH, USING. 
          UM, AT WOODLAWN LAKE. 
          WE DID ONE AT, UM, MAVERICK LIBRARY JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. 
          WE'LL BE AT WOODLAWN LAKE TONIGHT. 
          UM, WHILE HE MAY NOT BE ON THE DAIS NOW, THE MAYOR WILL BE THERE. 
          UH, TONIGHT IS, IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD. 
          HE'LL MAKE A SPECIAL APPEARANCE. 
          UM, IN ADDITION, UH, WE ARE COLLECTING GIFTS FOR THE WOMEN AT THE, AT FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES, UH, WOMEN, CHILDREN AND WOMEN'S, UH, SHELTER. 
          UH, OUR TEAM RECENTLY TOOK A TOUR OF THE FACILITY, AND WE WERE JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK THAT'S DONE THERE BY, UM, MS. ELA AND HER TEAM. 
          UM, AND WE ASKED, HOW CAN WE HELP? AND SHE SAID, CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THE WOMEN WHO ARE HERE. 
          WE, WE OFTEN GET A LOT OF GIFTS FOR THE CHILDREN, BUT PEOPLE SOMETIMES FORGET ABOUT THE WOMEN. 
          SO, UH, WE ARE ACCEPTING DONATIONS, UH, TO, TO TAKE TO THEM LATER. 
          UM, AND NOW, UH, ONTO THE, OH, AND SO TONIGHT'S EVENT, FIVE 30 WOODLAND LAKE, HOT CHOCOLATE, THANKS TO WOODLAND LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FOR SPONSORING THE HOT CHOCOLATE. 
          AND THERE'LL BE PANDUCE AND TAMALES AS WELL. 
          UM, THERE MIGHT BE, MIGHT BE, UH, SOMEONE FROM THE NORTH POLE THERE. 
          UM, BUT I THINK HE'S LOST SOME WEIGHT BECAUSE, UM, HE, HE DOESN'T LOOK AS FULL AS  AS WE ALL IMAGINE. 
          BUT, UM, OKAY, TODAY I'M REALLY EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THREE DISTRICT, DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENTS WHO EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM. 
          AND I IMAGINE EVERY COUNCIL OFFICE HAS FOLKS LIKE THAT WHO, WHO SHOW UP WHEN YOU NEED VOLUNTEERS. 
          UM, I HOPE THAT, UH, IN YOUR TIME ON COUNCIL, YOU GET TO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE THE ONES I AM, UH, RECOGNIZING TODAY. 
          UH, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE ASK THEM TO DO, WHETHER IT'S, UH, MOVING CHAIRS, SIGNING PEOPLE IN, UH, THEY ARE THERE WITH A SMILE. 
          IT, IT, THEY, THEY HAVE PROBABLY STUFFED MORE BACKPACKS THAN ANYBODY IN, IN SAN ANTONIO FOR OUR SCHOOL, UH, GIVEAWAYS. 
          UM, THEY HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM DEDICATING THEIR TIME AND RESOURCES TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UH, THEY HELP AT EVERY EVENT, UM, ESPECIALLY THE BIG ONES LIKE THE BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT. 
          SO IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD, PLEASE, UH, MR. AND MRS. PALO MAREZ, AS WELL AS MR. ERNIE MENDOZA. 
          SO LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THESE VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE. 
          OH, THERE'S ERNIE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I MET ERNIE BECAUSE, UH, HE HAD WATER GO THROUGH HIS HOME DURING A, A REALLY BAD FLOOD, UH, MANY YEARS AGO. 
          HE SHOWED ME A VIDEO, AND IT WAS, IT DIDN'T JUST GO AROUND HIS HOME. 
          IT WENT THROUGH HIS HOME. 
          AND WE, WE SAW THE FRONT DOOR, WE SAW THE BACK DOOR, UH, WHERE THE WATER FLOWED THROUGH. 
          AND ERNIE AND I HAD ONE OF THOSE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WHERE I HAD TO TELL HIM THAT OVERBROOK WAS NOT ON THE PLAN FOR, UM, FOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 
          UH, BECAUSE SO MANY OTHER PROJECTS NEEDED TO COME BEFORE IT SO THAT THE WATER HAD SOMEWHERE TO GO. 
          AND THESE ARE THE TYPES OF ISSUES. 
          WE'LL, I KNOW I'M GETTING OFF TOPIC WE'LL BE ADDRESSING WITH THAT, UM, WITH THAT WATERSHED GROUP. 
          SO I THOUGHT I'D NEVER SEE ERNIE AGAIN, AND THAT HE'D BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT SAYS, OH, I WENT TO THE COUNCILMAN. 
          SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. 
          ABSOLUTELY NOT. 
          ERNIE WAS THERE AT EVERY EVENT, UM, HE WAS SIGNING PEOPLE IN STUFFING BACKPACKS, GIVING AWAY FOOD, WHATEVER IT WAS THAT DID NOT DISCOURAGE HIM. 
          AND I AM TERRIBLY SADDENED THAT WE WILL LOSE ERNIE AS A CONSTITUENT, BUT DISTRICT ONE WILL GAIN HIM AS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN REDISTRICTED BACK TO, TO DISTRICT ONE. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO, TO THAT DISTRICT, UM, STARTING IN IN 2023. 
          BUT ERNIE, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, UH, THAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH US. 
          UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO COUNT YOU AS A CONSTITUENT IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ALFRED. 
          AND THA THEY HAVE LIVED IN THE THUNDER. 
          IS THAT ME? OKAY. 
          IN THE, THEY HAVE LIVED IN THUNDERBIRD HILLS FOR 45 YEARS. 
          NOW, THAT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD I SHARE WITH MY, WITH MY DISTRICT SIX, UM, COLLEAGUE HERE. 
          WE ALMOST LOST YOU, BUT WE DIDN'T, WE  WE, WE KEPT YOU. 
          UH, MR. PAOLO MAREZ IS THE THUNDERBIRD HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, VICE PRESIDENT. 
          AND THEY BOTH VOLUNTEER WEEKLY WITH THE SENIOR ADULT MINISTRY AT ST. 
          LUKE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
          THEY SHOW UP TOGETHER, UH, FOR ALL OF OUR EVENTS. 
          UM, THEY ARE NOT AFRAID TO GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY AND, AND JUST VOLUNTEER. 
          AND I, I JUST THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. 
          YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED 45 YEARS, AND, UM, I, I CANNOT THANK YOU, UH, ENOUGH FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I HAVE TWO, UM, TWO PLAQUES TO PRESENT TO YOU. 
          SO I'LL JUST WALK, UH, WALK DOWN AND, UH, GIVE THEM TO YOU. 
          AND IF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A WORD OR TWO, I KNOW WE'RE GOING LONG, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A WORD OR TWO, PLEASE, YOU'RE 
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WELCOME TO MM-HMM. 
          . 
          I WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, THANK, UH, MAYOR RON AND, UH, ALSO TO, UH, RECOGNIZE THE ENTIRE COUNCIL BECAUSE SOME OF THE VOLUNTEER WORK THAT WE DO FOR YOU AND THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, HAVE SIMILAR PROJECTS. 
          AND VOLUNTEERING IS SOMETHING THAT MY WIFE AND I, UH, GREW UP WITH. 
          WE LIKE TO DO IT, AND, UH, YOU CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT. 
          UH, BUT I ALSO WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, WE SPAN TWO DISTRICTS, UH, OUR HOMEOWNER, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DOES. 
          AND SO I WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MELISSA FOR SENDING, UH, HER REP TO OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS. 
          AND THEY WERE ALWAYS THERE. 
          UH, AND WHEN WE NEED SOMETHING FROM THEM, UH, THEY CERTAINLY STAND UP BEHIND US. 
          UH, BUT ESPECIALLY WE ENJOY WORKING WITH ANA, UH, BECAUSE SHE HAS SOME REALLY GOOD PROJECTS AT TIMES. 
          AND, UM, SHE'S THERE FOR US. 
          SO, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THERE FOR HER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, GO AHEAD, ERNIE. 
          OH GOD, YES, SIR. 
          I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION. 
          IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR, UH, STAFF. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IT'S, UH, OTHER BENEFIT THAT WE GET FROM VOLUNTEERS IS THAT IT, IT TENDS TO GET US MORE ENGAGED. 
          I BECAME MORE ENGAGED AFTER I STARTED VOLUNTEERING WITH YOU. 
          UH, SO IT'S, WHETHER IT'S BEEN SERVING ON A BOND COMMISSION OR HELPING OUT ON AN EVENT, UH, IT LED TO MORE, UH, ME BEING MORE ENGAGED AS A CITIZEN WITH MY CITY GOVERNMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I DO WANNA SAY WE'RE GIVING THEM SOMETHING CALLED THE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD. 
          SO THERE ARE THREE VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR, UH, THIS YEAR, UM, BECAUSE WE JUST CAME UP WITH THE IDEA THIS YEAR. 
          BUT HONESTLY, YOU GUYS, FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEERING. 
          SO I, I THINK IT WORKS OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW IN THE OSCARS THEY DO THE 10 MOVIES AND NEVERMIND. 
          BUT, UM, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU THANK YOU SAB. 
          HONOR, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR D SEVEN VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR. 
          LASTLY, BEFORE WE GET TO ITEM 28, UH, TOMORROW MAY BE PERHAPS THE BIGGEST DAY OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY. 
          AND SO I HOPE THERE'S PLENTY OF U T S A AND U I W FANS OUT THERE AS WE CHEER ON OUR TEAMS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT. 
          UH, FIRST, WHY DON'T WE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THOSE TWO TEAMS FOR THEIR FABULOUS SEASONS THIS YEAR. 
          SO TWO O'CLOCK IS THE BOWL GAME, CURE BOWL, UH, TEXAS, UH, SAN ANTONIO WILL BE PLAYING IN. 
          AND THEN AT SIX O'CLOCK IS THE U I W KICKOFF IN THE SEMIFINALS OF THE F C S PLAYOFFS. 
          SO, WHEREAS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL OBSERVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL FRIDAY ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2022 TO HIGHLIGHT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO AND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD FOOTBALL TEAMS. AND WHEREAS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO ROADRUNNERS TEAM HAS SECURED A SECOND CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE, U S A CHAMPIONSHIP. 
          AND WHEREAS THE UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD CARDINALS TEAM HAS ADVANCED TO THE F C S SEMIFINALS AND WILL FACE NORTH DAKOTA STATE ON UNIVERSITY IN FAR, EXCUSE ME, U NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY IN FARGO, NORTH CA DAKOTA ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, 2022. 
          AND WHEREAS THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS AND ALL ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD ARE ENCOURAGED TO WEAR THEIR SCHOOL COLORS AND ATTEND WATCH PARTIES ACROSS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, 2022 TO BE COLLEGE FOOTBALL FRIDAY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 
          AND WE WILL BE PUBLISHING A LIST OF ALL OF THOSE WATCH PARTIES ACROSS TOWN. 
          SO IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE BOWL GAME OR THE SEMIFINALS, FIND YOUR WAY TO A LOCAL ESTABLISHMENT. 
          WATCH IT ON THE SCREEN, PUT YOUR BIRDS UP AND YOUR CARDS UP, AND LET'S ROUTE OUR TEAMS ONTO VICTORY. 
          OKAY? 
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NOW, UH, OUR FINAL ITEM OF THE YEAR, UH, EXCEPT FOR ZONING, IS ITEM 28. 
          AND SO I THINK WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON ITEM 28. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE CAPTION? ITEM NUMBER 28 
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IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FROM THE NATIONAL BOARD OF THE EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM, E F S P IN AN AMOUNT OF $3,038,252 FOR FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY EXPENSES RELATED TO ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO MIGRANTS TRAVELING THROUGH SAN ANTONIO, IN COORDINATION WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2023, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS, LEASES, AND AMENDMENTS FOR FACILITIES, OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT SERVICES. 
          ALRIGHT, ERIC, OR TO YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, TODAY WE'RE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL, UM, UM, MOVE THE SLIDE PRESENTATION UP. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'RE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE FEMA EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM, UH, RELATED TO MIGRANT EXPENSES, UH, FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2023. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          LET ME PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ON WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE. 
          SINCE JANUARY OF 2021, SINCE JANUARY OF 2021, UH, THE CITY AND OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS, UM, HAVE SERVED, UM, NEARLY 330,000 MIGRANTS, UH, TRANSIT TRANSITING THROUGH SAN ANTONIO EN ROUTE TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATION. 
          AND THE CHART BEFORE YOU KIND OF BREAKS OUT THE ACTIVITY. 
          BY MONTH, SINCE JANUARY OF 2021, UM, ALL SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO ASSIST, UM, THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A HUNDRED PERCENT REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM RUN OUT OF FEMA, UM, THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIPS, UH, WITH THE CITY CATHOLIC CHARITIES, UH, INTERFAITH WELCOME COALITION ENDEAVORS, UH, AND CORTISONE MINISTRIES. 
          UM, THESE, UH, INDIVIDUALS RECEIVE EMERGENCY SHELTER, FOOD, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND SUPPORT SERVICES AS THEY NAVIGATE, UH, THROUGH SAN ANTONIO, UH, TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATIONS. 
          UM, YOU'LL SEE ON THE CHART THAT, UM, IN, UM, JANUARY OF 2021, WE SAW 312 INDIVIDUALS. 
          UH, THIS TIME LAST YEAR, UH, IN DECEMBER OF 21, WE HAD SEVEN, A LITTLE OVER 17,000 INDIVIDUALS COME THROUGH SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THEN THE LATEST, UH, MONTH THAT WE'RE REPORTING NOVEMBER, UM, 30, ALMOST 35,000 INDIVIDUALS HAVE, UM, COME THROUGH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, WE OPENED UP THE, UH, MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER. 
          UM, AND, UM, SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE, UM, UM, ADDITIONAL DATA. 
          AND I SHARE THIS WITH THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR INFORMATION. 
          BUT THESE ARE THE, UH, TOP NATIONALITIES OF THE ARRIVALS JUST FROM JULY, 2022 THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER. 
          UM, AND YOU SEE, UM, WHERE WE'VE HAD THE MAJORITY OF INDIVIDUALS FROM VENEZUELA AND CUBA, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL REGARDING VENEZUELA, BUT THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU A PICTURE OF WHO IS TRANSITING THROUGH SAN ANTONIO. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER, UH, OR CENTRO DE UH, BEN VENITA, UM, HAS, UH, WAS OPENED UP ON JULY 7TH, UM, AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES, UM, HAS BEEN STRONG SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. 
          THE, UH, CATHOLIC CHARITIES, UM, OPENED, UH, BEGAN, UH, OPERATING THAT FACILITY, UM, AND WE TRANSITIONED IT FROM A CITY, UH, OPERATED F UM, ACT, UH, ACTIVITY TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2022. 
          UM, THE, THE IDEA BEHIND THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER WAS TO STREAMLINE NOT ONLY OUR OWN OPERATIONS, BUT THE OPERATIONS OF OUR PARTNERS. 
          IT WAS VERY DECENTRALIZED UP UNTIL, UH, JULY OF THIS YEAR. 
          IT PROVIDES ONE SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY FOR SERVICE, AND IT MINIMIZES, UH, DISRUPTION, CONGESTION AND SAFETY FOR ALL, UM, THAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING BOTH DOWNTOWN AND AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 
          UM, SINCE JULY, UH, SEVENTH, UM, WE HAVE, UM, UM, HAD 92,000 INDIVIDUALS, UH, SERVE THROUGH THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER. 
          AND I DO WANT TO, UH, POINT OUT AND THANK, UH, ANTONIO FERNANDEZ FROM CATHOLIC CHARITIES, WHO'S, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE FOR HIS, UH, LEADERSHIP AND, UM, UH, HIS ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT AS WE DEAL WITH THIS, UH, ISSUE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, WHO PROVIDES WHAT AT THE M R C, UH, CATHOLIC CHARITIES, UM, OVERSEES THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF THE CENTER, UM, FOOD, UH, ASSIST WITH THE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS AND CASE MANAGEMENT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS IF NEEDED. 
          AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S ROLE IS THAT WE PROVIDE THE, UH, PRIMARY COORDINATION WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES, UM, LOCAL AND BORDER NONPROFITS, UM, THAT, UM, ARE DEALING 
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WITH THIS ISSUE, UM, SOUTH OF US AND WEST OF US. 
          UH, WE MAINTAIN A SHELTER MANAGER ON SITE, UH, AT THE FACILITY. 
          WE TAKE CARE OF BILLING, MAINTENANCE AND, UH, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UM, AT THE AIRPORT, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AS WELL AS SS A P D TO ASSIST. 
          UM, AND, UH, BETWEEN DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, UH, SS A P D AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, THE SERVICES WE PROVIDING, UM, BOTH IN TERMS OF SHELTER MANAGEMENT, UH, SECURITY, AND, UM, ANY ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE NEEDED. 
          ALL OF THESE EXPENSES, UM, THAT WE HAVE, UM, ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT REIMBURSABLE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WHAT, SO JUST, THIS IS KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AND WE, SO WE HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REIMBURSED, UM, ALMOST COMPLETELY REIMBURSED, UM, WITHIN A COUPLE OF HUNDRED BUCKS FROM JANUARY OF 21 THROUGH JUNE OF 2020. 
          UM, WE SUBMITTED LAST MONTH IN NOVEMBER. 
          UH, OUR JULY TO SEPTEMBER EXPENSES, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON THE SLIDE, ARE A LITTLE OVER $5.7 MILLION. 
          AND, UM, THAT IS UNDER REVIEW BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AND WE ANTICIPATE, UM, FULL REIMBURSEMENT OF THAT. 
          UM, THE CITY WILL BILL, UH, THE FINAL QUARTER, OCTOBER, 2022 THROUGH DECEMBER, 2022, UM, LIKELY IN EARLY FEBRUARY. 
          AND WE'LL, UH, GO THROUGH THAT SAME PROCESS WITH FEMA. 
          UM, ONCE AGAIN, I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, UM, WITHIN A COUPLE OF HUNDRED BUCKS, UM, WE HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REIMBURSED, UH, TO DATE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, UH, TODAY'S ITEM BEFORE YOU, UH, AUTHORIZES US TO, UH, ACCEPT FUNDS FROM FEMA FOR THOSE EXPENSES, UM, FOR, UH, JANUARY THROUGH MARCH OF 2023 IN AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION. 
          UM, ALSO ALLOWS US TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY CONTRACTS OR LEASES OR OPERATIONAL ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH, UH, FEMA AND THE, UM, UH, EMERGENCY SHELTER, UM, UH, PROGRAM HAS EARMARKED, UM, AND DESIGNATED FUNDS FOR BOTH THE CITY AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES THROUGH THE END OF JANUARY. 
          AND THEY'LL BE MEETING THE FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY TO CONSIDER THE FEBRUARY AND MARCH COMMITMENTS. 
          UM, THOSE MONTHLY, THE TOTAL MONTHLY COSTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS AROUND $4 MILLION. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE PROBABLY RIGHT ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS OF THAT. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS IN THE OPERATIONS OF THE, OF THE, UH, OF THE M R C ITSELF. 
          AND, UM, UM, WE WILL BE ANTICIPATING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE ACTION, UH, THE FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNCIL, UH, APPROVE THE REQUEST, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT, UH, IN THE HANDS OF FEMA AND, UM, AUTHORIZE THAT REIMBURSEMENT IN ADVANCE. 
          UM, WE'VE FOUND THAT THE, THE SOONER WE DO THIS, THE BETTER. 
          UM, AND, UM, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE, UH, AS I WENT AROUND TO EACH OF THE BUDGET MEETINGS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY IS SPENDING MONEY. 
          UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY, NOT JUST HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT FROM, UH, BROWNSVILLE TO SAN DIEGO. 
          UM, THE, THE, THE OTHER REALITY THAT WE DEAL WITH IS THAT, UM, LAST MONTH WE HAD ALMOST 35,000 PEOPLE COME THROUGH SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THE CITY HAS TO PLAY A ROLE IN THIS, UM, AT THE GROUND LEVEL. 
          UM, AND FOR THE MOST PART, PRACTICALLY EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS A PIECE OF PAPER FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT GIVES THEM AN ASSIGNED COURT DATE OR APPEARANCE DATE IN SOME COURT, UM, SOMEWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY AND ARE AUTHORIZED TO BE HERE. 
          AND SO, UH, WE ARE DEALING WITH THIS, UM, THE BEST WE CAN TO MITIGATE AND PROTECT, UH, BOTH THE INDIVIDUALS, UH, TRANSITING THROUGH SAN ANTONIO, BUT ALSO SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND, UM, FROM MY STANDPOINT, FROM A LOGISTICAL STANDPOINT, DOING IT, UM, UM, IN A CENTRALIZED, ORGANIZED FASHION, UM, MAKES THE MOST SENSE. 
          UM, IF ANYBODY SAW THE NEWS EARLIER IN THE WEEK IN EL PASO, UM, THEY, THEY ARE STRUGGLING LIKE OTHER CITIES. 
          UM, WE'RE ONE OF THE, WE'RE ONE OF THE ONLY CITIES IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS A CENTRALIZED EFFORT IN WORKING WITH, UM, UM, PARTNERS LIKE CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND, UH, THE BORDER PATROL. 
          AND, UH, IT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO CONTINUE THIS OPERATION, UM, AS IT SEES, AS WE SEE FIT OR AS YOU SEE FIT. 
          AND AS LONG AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS CONTINUING TO PAY FOR IT, UM, WE ANTICIPATE, UH, AMERICAN COUNCIL TO GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON THIS THE SECOND WEEK IN JANUARY. 
          AS I MENTIONED THE PRESENTATION, FEMA WILL BE MEETING THE FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY, UH, TO, UM, TO DECIDE ON THE FEBRUARY 
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AND MARCH, UH, REIMBURSEMENTS. 
          UH, WITH THAT, UH, I WANNA THANK HUMAN SERVICES, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK AT THE GROUND LEVEL AND AT, AND AT THE AIRPORT, THE AIRPORT STAFF. 
          UM, AND, UM, IT IS, IT IS HARD WORK. 
          AND I WANNA THANK, UH, ANTONIO AND THE PARTNERS, 35,000 PEOPLE THROUGH SAN ANTONIO IN NOVEMBER, UH, IS A LOT. 
          AND, AND, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE THAT AND MANAGE THAT AS BEST POSSIBLE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 28. 
          LEMME REMIND EVERYBODY THIS IS A TOPIC RELATED TO THE, UH, E S P, THE EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST. 
          UH, SO WE'LL TAKE COMMENTS RELATED TO THAT ITEM AND THAT ITEM ONLY. 
          UH, SO I'LL CALL FOLKS, UH, WHO ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN ORDER OF SIGN UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          WE'LL START WITH FERNANDO RC, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL BECKWITH. 
          OKAY, YES, GOOD MORNING, AND HAPPY CHRIST, MISS. 
          HAPPY CHRIST, MISS. 
          SO, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CENTER ON SAN PEDRO, UH, ME AND MY GROUP OF CITIZENS HERE, CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN PROTESTING OUTSIDE PEACEFULLY SINCE THE DAY IT OPENED. 
          UH, WE DO NOT AGREE, UH, THAT SAN ANTONIO AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION MAYOR SHOULD BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS ILLEGAL ACTIVITY OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS INVADING OUR CITY AND OUR STATE, AND OUR COUNTRY. 
          UNDERSTAND THAT AMERICA IS THE MOST GENEROUS STATE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, BRINGING IN IMMIGRANTS LEGAL IMMIGRANTS. 
          WE, MR. RSI, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LEASE, UH, REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS. 
          PLEASE STAY ON THAT TOPIC. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I SUGGEST YOU, UH, NOT PARTICIPATE IN GETTING REIMBURSED, OR, I, I, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU, UH, WITHDRAW YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS FEDERAL PROGRAM WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, HOMELAND SECURITY. 
          UH, THE AMERICANS, UH, THE CITIZENS HERE DID NOT VOTE ON THIS. 
          THE, THE DISTRICT OF BRAVO DID NOT GET ANY HEADS UP ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR COMMUNITY OF THESE PEOPLE WANDERING THE STREETS AT DAY AND NIGHT. 
          THE, THE AIRPORT TURNED INTO A THIRD WORLD AIRPORT BECAUSE THEY'RE SLEEPING ALL OVER THE FLOORS AND WANDERING THE STREETS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          MAYOR A AGAIN, I WOULD REMIND OUR SPEAKERS, WE'RE NOT HERE TO DEBATE IMMIGRATION LAW OR POLICY, RIGHT? WE'RE HERE TO STRICTLY TO TALK ABOUT A CENTER THAT'S THERE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE LEGALLY. 
          THEY'RE NOT HERE LEGALLY THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          SO, NO. 
          UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A PROBLEM, SIR. 
          RESPECTFULLY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THESE ARE NOT REFUGEES LOOKING FOR ASYLUM WATER PATROL. 
          THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR ASYLUM AND BEEN PROCESSED THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS. 
          NO, JUST BECAUSE, JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP DOES NOT MAKE YOU A REFUGEE, SIR, THE MAJORITY, THESE PEOPLE HERE ARE COMING FOR A BETTER LIFE. 
          WE HAVE 8 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE PLANET, MR. RS, WE'RE NOT HERE TO DEBATE THAT POINT. 
          YOU HAVE YOUR TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          SPEAK ON THE LEASE REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST. 
          ITEM NUMBER 28. 
          OH, YEAH. 
          STAY ON THAT TOPIC AND YOU'LL HAVE YOUR TIME, RIGHT? SO THE, THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND THE MILLIONS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN REIMBURSED ON, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL GET THAT MONEY, THE FIVE, $5 MILLION THAT I THINK THAT OUTSTANDING, UH, YOU KNOW, GOOD LUCK GETTING THAT CASH BACK FROM THE GOVERNMENT. 
          UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM UNDER TRUMP. 
          WE HAD IT UNDER CONTROL, THE LOWEST IMMIGRATION IN 40 YEARS. 
          GETTING BACK TO THE, TO THE FUNDING. 
          I'M HERE TO SAY NO, DO NOT, DO NOT PARTICIPATE. 
          UH, RETURN THE MONEY CLOSE DOWN THE IMMIGRATION CENTER. 
          YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE AN AMERICAN FLAG UP THERE. 
          SO THIS IS DONE IN THE, IN THE COVER OF DARKNESS. 
          IF THIS IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM, WHY ISN'T THE AMERICAN FLAG IN THAT BUILDING? WHAT ARE YOU HIDING? AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          GOD BLESS YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. RC. 
          DANIEL BECKWORTH, DANIEL BECKWORTH, MR. BECKWORTH, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY CELESTE SPARKS. 
          THE CITY NEEDS TO GET REIMBURSED FOR WHAT THEY'VE SPENT. 
          THEY DO NOT NEED TO CONTINUE FUNDING THIS PROGRAM, THIS PLACE THERE. 
          THAT PLACE NEEDS TO GO. 
          MONDAY. 
          I HAD TO WATCH A GUY PULL HIS PENIS OUT AND URINATE ON THE SIDEWALK RIGHT BY A PUBLIC STREET THERE WHILE I WAS TRYING TO GET FOOD FOR FOUR YEAR OLD CHILDREN. 
          HAD A JACK IN THE BOX ON SAN PEDRO. 
          UH, I HAVE THREE TIMES, HAD TO FORCE PEOPLE TO QUIT TRYING TO VANDALIZE MY VEHICLE AND ONE TIME HAVE TO FORCE THEM TO PUT STUFF BACK IN MY VEHICLE. 
          THEY REMOVED FROM MY VEHICLE. 
          THEY WERE FROM THIS CENTER. 
          I HAVE BEEN PANHANDLED, I HAVE HAD REQUESTS THEM TRY TO BUY FIREARMS FROM ME. 
          UH, ALDRIDGE FIREARMS, WHICH IS RIGHT DOWN FROM THAT CENTER ON SAN PEDRO, HAS HAD TO MULTIPLE TIMES RUN THEM OUT OF THEIR PREMISES WHERE THEY WERE KIND TO ILLEGALLY, COME IN THERE AND BUY FIREARMS. IT'S GOTTEN SO BAD. 
          THEY'VE HAD TO PUT PEOPLE AT THEIR INTEREST TO KEEP 'EM OUT. 
          Y'ALL NEED TO RECOVER Y'ALL'S MONEY OF WHAT Y'ALL HAVE SPENT, AND THEN GET OUTTA THIS PROGRAM. 
          DON'T CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM. 
          YOU'RE LOWERING CITY TAX. 
          YOU'RE LOWERING TAX VALUES. 
          WE'RE 
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MOVING ALL OF OUR BUSINESS OUT OF THIS AREA. 
          WE'RE MOVING OUR BUSINESS OUTTA SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I REPRESENTED ABOUT TWO DOZEN RANCHERS AROUND THIS AREA. 
          WE'RE NOT VOTING FOR Y'ALL NEXT TIME IF THIS CONTINUES. 
          WE'RE NOT DOING BUSINESS THERE. 
          I'VE HAD TO MOVE. 
          WE USE CONVIVA, THEIR OFFICE, SAN PEDRO. 
          WE CAN'T USE IT ANYMORE. 
          OUR PEOPLE ARE GETTING ASSAULTED IN THE PARKING LOT. 
          NOTHING'S BEING DONE ABOUT IT. 
          'CAUSE TIME. 
          ANY POLICE CAN GET THERE, THEY'RE GONE. 
          AND WHO KNOWS WHO THEY ARE? NOBODY. 
          NOBODY CARESS. 
          SO, YEAH, WE'RE REMEMBERING IN THE POLLS IF Y'ALL CONTINUE THE PROGRAM AND KEEPING THIS CENTER OPEN. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BECKWORTH. 
          CELESTE SPARKS, MS. SPARKS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY JASON PENA. 
          GOOD MORNING TO YOU ALL. 
          Y'ALL HAVE WOKEN MANY GIANTS IN THIS WORLD, IN THIS NATION. 
          I USED TO LOVE YOU. 
          AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I'M AWAKE NOW. 
          I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          THIS IS A MAJOR CORRIDOR FOR TRAFFICKING, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, DRUG TRAFFICKING, ARMS, TRA TRAFFICKING CHILDREN. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT, Y'ALL HAD SOME SORT OF AWARD FOR THIS CENTER ON OCTOBER 20TH ON HOW GOOD THIS CENTER WAS. 
          YOU'VE GOT TEMPORARY CAPACITY GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          YOU, WHAT YOU'VE GOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS YOU'VE GOT NO FIRE ALARMS, NO FIRE SPRINKLERS. 
          THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO BE IN THAT FACILITY. 
          YOU'VE GOT IT SET UP FOR THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED TO HAVE THESE IMMIGRANTS IN THAT CENTER. 
          THEY'RE SLEEPING OUTSIDE ON THE STREETS. 
          IT'S 35 DEGREES THIS MORNING. 
          WHAT IS WRONG WITH Y'ALL? OH, BUT YOU'RE GONNA GIVE AWARDS FOR IT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS, THIS, UH, CERTIFICATE THAT YOU HAVE UNDER THE CONTRACT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND MAINTENANCE, YOU'RE ASKING $3 MILLION. 
          ARE YOU GONNA MAINTAIN THAT FACILITY? WHAT IF A FIRE ERUPTS? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO THEN YOU LOVE AND YOU CARE FOR THESE IMMIGRANTS, TAKE CARE OF 'EM THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. 
          YOU'RE USING THIS. 
          YOU'RE ALLOWING THE GOVERNMENT, YOU'RE TAKING MONEY. 
          WE'RE TIRED OF THIS GLOBALIST NEW WORLD ORDER S**T. 
          I'M NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE. 
          WE'RE STANDING AND WE'RE RISING AGAINST THIS. 
          WE'RE FIGHTING FOR THE CHILDREN. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO IN YOUR FREE TIME AS ADULTS. 
          THIS IS ABOUT THE CHILDREN. 
          WHERE ARE THE NUMBERS? YOU'RE PASSING THEM THROUGH HERE, HUH? THIS IS A TEMPORARY, TEMPORARY PASS THROUGH STATION, RIGHT? WHERE ARE THE NUMBERS ON THESE KIDS? WHERE ARE THE NUMBERS? WHERE ARE THEY GOING? THEIR FINAL DESTINATION? WHERE ARE THOSE NUMBERS AT? EXACTLY? MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL. 
          MAY, MAY GOD TOUCH YOUR HEARTS WITH THE MORALS THAT WE WERE GIVEN FROM THE GET GO. 
          WAKE UP AND START CARING ABOUT THE TRUTH. 
          THANK YOU, MS. SPARKS. 
          JASON PENA. 
          JASON PENA. 
          BE FOLLOWED BY GLORIA GUZMAN. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          THIS ADMINISTRATION IS A JOKE, A LITERAL JOKE. 
          OUR ALAMO FOREFATHERS WILL BE ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES FOR THE LITTLE CRAP HOLE Y'ALL ARE TURNING SAN ANTONIO INTO AND LETTING ALL THESE ILLEGALS THROUGH. 
          MOSTLY MEN WE'RE OUT THERE PROTESTING, FOUND BUS TICKETS OUTSIDE OF THE MIGRANT CENTER FOR A DUDE NAMED MICHAEL JORDAN. 
          Y'ALL ARE GIVING THESE DUDES FAKE NAMES TO HOP ON BUSES AND TRAVEL WHEREVER THEY WANT THROUGHOUT THE STATES. 
          ALL Y'ALL ARE DOING ARE TRAFFICKERS. 
          Y'ALL ARE ES ANYBODY THAT SUPPORTS THIS, Y'ALL ARE ES Y'ALL NEED TO WAKE UP. 
          Y'ALL DON'T CARE ABOUT SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE ON THE WAY HERE, THERE WAS A BUNCH OF MIGRANTS RUNNING ACROSS THE STREET ON 2 81 ON THE HIGHWAY RIGHT THERE BY THE 54TH STREET AND THE WALMART AND ALL THAT CRAP RIGHT THERE RUNNING ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE BY THE NEW TESLA DEALERSHIP GETTING SET UP. 
          A BUNCH OF MIGRANTS WITH BAGS. 
          WE KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. 
          'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOWN TO THE CENTER. 
          SO Y'ALL NEED TO CLEAN THIS MESS UP. 
          THESE ARE THESE FOLKS, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, DEFECATING AND URINATING AND HOUSES BEHIND THAT CENTER. 
          AND Y'ALL ARE PROUD OF THAT. 
          SITTING THERE, ALL SMIRKY. 
          Y'ALL NEED TO WAKE UP AND CLEAN THIS MESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. PENA. 
          GLORIA GUZMAN. 
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GLORIA GUZMAN. 
          TO WHO, MA'AM? OKAY, I'LL CALL YOU WHEN YOUR NAME IS UP. 
          MAYOR AGAIN. 
          I WOULD RE I WOULD ASK THESE SPEAKERS. 
          WE'RE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION POLICY, WHICH IS BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THIS COUNCIL. 
          SO, UH, IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD LIMIT IT TO SIMPLY THE, THE M R C. 
          I'M GONNA KEEP ORDER IN HERE. 
          IF Y'ALL ARE OUT OF ORDER, I'M GONNA END THE MEETING RIGHT AWAY. 
          SO IF YOU WANT TIME TO SPEAK, EVERYBODY KEEP, KEEP QUIET WHILE THE FOLKS SPEAK AND WE'LL MOVE ON. 
          ANDY, WILL YOU FINISH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING? YES. 
          ONCE AGAIN, MAYOR, THIS CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE ANY JURISDICTION OVER IMMIGRATION POLICY. 
          WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE AGAIN, IS FUNDING FOR AN M R C FOR, UH, IMMIGRANTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ASYLUM PROCESS AND ARE HERE LEGALLY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I'M GONNA CALL NOW. 
          MICHELLE GONZALEZ. 
          OKAY. 
          ANDREW CIO. 
          MR. VINCENT SENSCIO. 
          YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY PATTY GIBBONS. 
          UH, SO JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS, UH, REMEMBERING WHAT, UH, I WAS WHEN I WAS ON ACTIVE DUTY AT ARMY NORTH, WHERE, UM, A MEXICAN COLONEL WALKED UP TO ME AND SAID, IF YOU OPEN ANY FACILITIES DEEP IN YOUR BORDER, WE CANNOT HELP YOU. 
          THIS IS COMING FROM THE MEXICAN ARMY. 
          THEY ARE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN CONTROLLING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ILLEGALLY, IMMIGRATION AND DRUGS COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY. 
          SO I'M JUST CAVEATING OFF OF THAT. 
          I MEAN, IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE POLICY HERE AND WHAT, WHAT THIS CENTER IS DOING AND STUFF, AND THE DARK ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE. 
          AND OH, BY THE WAY, GO U T SS A AND UH, GO ARMY. 
          EVEN THOUGH WE BEAT NAVY, THEY'RE STILL PART OF OUR BRETHREN. 
          WE'RE STILL ONE TEAM. 
          ITEM. 
          ITEM 28, ANDREW. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          NEXT. 
          ALL RIGHT, PATTY GIBBONS. 
          ALRIGHT, IF MS. GIBBONS IS NOT HERE, JACK FINGER. 
          WELL, MAYOR EHRENBERG AND MOTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. 
          FINGER YES. 
          REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, MR. DIVISION, MA'AM, PUT THAT UP THERE. 
          WOULD YOU AND, UH, LET'S SEE WHAT, YES, ITEM 28 HAS TO SAY ABOUT THIS. 
          IT'S KIND OF BLEACHED OUT, BUT LET'S SEE, UH, BLOW IT UP A LITTLE BIT, IF YOU WOULD, SIR. 
          YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICE AND NON-PROFIT PARTIES. 
          THAT QUOTE, HAVE SERVED MORE. 
          IT'S HARD THAN 300,000 MIGRANTS TRANSITING THROUGH SAN ANTONIO NOW 330,000 ACCORDING TO OUR CITY MANAGER. 
          330,000. 
          YEAH, TWO TWO ROUTE ROUTE TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATIONS. 
          UH, SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDE EMERGENCY SHELTER, FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, TRAVEL ASSISTANCE, UH, AS THEY NAVIGATE THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS. 
          WHAT YOU FORGOT TO PUT UP THERE IS ABOUT THE, THE, THE, THESE SCHOOLING AND THE HOSPITALS AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE PAYING FOR. 
          YES. 
          UH, ALSO FURTHER DOWN, MR. UH, AUDIO VISION, MAN, WHAT ELSE DOES IT SAY THERE? WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR THE ORDINANCE ALSO AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL NECESSARY CONTRACTS AND LEASE AGREEMENTS FOR, UH, UNDERLYING FACILITIES, FACILITIES, OPERATIONS, AND SUPPORT SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          RETURN THE CAMERA, IF YOU WOULD, TO THE PODIUM FACILITIES. 
          WE'VE HEARD RUMORS AT THAT YOU WERE PLANNING ON OPENING UP MORE FACILITIES. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, OKAY, WHERE ARE THESE NEW FACILITIES GOING TO BE? FACILITIES. 
          WE WANNA KNOW, WE WANNA KNOW SO WE CAN BE PREPARED BEFORE WHAT THESE ABUSES THAT WE HAVE SUFFERED SO FAR AT THIS CERTAIN LOCATION. 
          YES. 
          WE QUITE FRANKLY, WE DON'T LIKE BEING A SANCTUARY CITY. 
          YOU NEED TO TELL THE FEDS NO MORE MONEY BECAUSE WE ARE STOPPING THIS. 
          WE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY SUPPORT OUR CITIZENS AND TAXPAYERS INSTEAD OF ABUSING THEM LIKE THIS. 
          WE DON'T LIKE IT. 
          STOP IT. 
          DO YOU UNDERSTAND? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. FINGER. 
          JOHN MELENDEZ. 
          MR. MELENDEZ, YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          I WASN'T PREPARED FOR THE SIX MINUTES BY THE WAY, BUT, UH, I'LL DO MY BEST. 
          . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS JOHN MELENDEZ AND I'M FROM DISTRICT 10. 
          UH, I'VE COME BEFORE THIS BODY A COUPLE TIMES OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, UH, TO SPEAK ON THE ISSUE SURROUNDING THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER. 
          IN THE ARTICLES THAT I'VE WRITTEN WITH INFUSE SA.ORG, I'VE SHOWN VIDEO FOOTAGE AND PICTURES OF MIGRANTS SLEEPING OUTSIDE THE I M R C IN MYLAR BLANKETS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE INSIDE TO HOUSE THEM. 
          LORI HOUSTON, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WHO 
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OVERSEES THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER, HAS TOLD REPORTERS THAT UP TO A THOUSAND MIGRANTS WERE ENTERING THE FACILITY A DAY. 
          BUT IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY SHOWS THAT THE FACILITY SHOULDN'T HOLD MORE THAN 707 PEOPLE. 
          AND I HEARD A COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT IT BEING SAFE. 
          WELL, IF WE'RE PAST CAPACITY, THAT'S NOT SAFE. 
          AND LIKE SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP EARLIER, WE DON'T HAVE FIRE SPRINKLERS AND OTHER NECESSITIES THAT ARE TYP TYPICALLY GIVEN IN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. 
          BUT BECAUSE THIS IS A TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, IT SEEMS AS IF THOUGH SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS WERE MADE. 
          BUT IF GOD FORBID, SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN IN THAT FACILITY, I THINK THAT FACILITY IS REALLY QUITE UNPREPARED. 
          GOD, GOD FORBID, A FIRE BREAKOUT AND SOMEBODY GETS HURT. 
          OKAY? UH, AND THIS CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND K E M TEXAS STANDS UP. 
          THAT THAT STANDS UP. 
          THE M R C HAS A LIFE OF 10 YEARS. 
          IF THIS FACILITY WAS PUT UP AS A RESPONSE TO A SHORT TERM OR MIDTERM HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN LATIN AMERICA, WHY IS IT NECESSARY FOR THIS FACILITY TO HAVE AN INITIAL TERM OF 10 YEARS? SO, YOU KNOW, THIS FACILITY SEEMS, IT SEEMS LIKE THE INTENT IS TO MAKE IT QUITE PERMANENT AND MAKE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 
          THERE'S PEOPLE PROFITING FROM THIS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BEING, THESE PEOPLE ARE BEING EXPLOITED. 
          AND SO WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF ADVOCATING FOR THEM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE VIEWED MORE AS DOLLAR SIGNS THAN AS PEOPLE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY QUITE A SHAME THAT THAT'S OCCURRING. 
          OKAY? OKAY. 
          THE MIGRANT CENTER HAS PROVEN TO BE A GIGANTIC FAILURE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE RES RESOURCES TO SUPPORT ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING IN. 
          THERE ARE ONLY 600 COTS IN THE FACILITY, NOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE 1000 PEOPLE THAT LORI HOUSTON HAS MENTIONED TO LOCAL MEDIA. 
          MANY OF THE MIGRANTS HAVE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE MEALS THEY RECEIVE ARE MORE LIKE SNACKS. 
          IN MY INTERVIEWS WITH THEM, THEY HAVE SAID THAT OFTENTIMES THEY'RE ONLY PROVIDED WITH JUICE AND SOME BREAD, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO CONSTITUTE AS A MEAL. 
          WE CAN'T EVEN TAKE CARE OF THE ONES THAT ARE HERE RIGHT NOW. 
          WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN TITLE 42 IS LIFTED HERE IN A FEW DAYS? WE HAVE HAD, WE HAVE LOCAL CITIZENS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT ARE GOING HUNGRY TODAY AND ARE LIVING UNDER BRIDGES. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO? PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO HERE ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY BILLS, HEAT UP THEIR HOMES, AND A LOT OF THEM LIVED ON FIXED INCOMES, AND THEY HAVE TROUBLE KEEPING UP WITH THE PRICES AT THE GROCERY STORE. 
          THIS DOESN'T HELP THEM. 
          YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          FIRST AND FOREMOST, DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN HENRY CUELLAR FROM THE BORDER TOWN OF LAREDO, TEXAS RECENTLY SAID IN AN INTERVIEW, AND I QUOTE, THERE ARE JUST NOT ENOUGH SHELTERS AND BORDER PROCESSING CENTERS TO HANDLE THE LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE. 
          THIS IS A MEMBER OF MOST OF Y'ALL'S PARTY, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TELLING YOU THAT WE CAN'T SUPPORT ALL THESE PEOPLE. 
          MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN WILL INEVITABLY REQUIRE HOUSING, FOOD, MEDICAL TREATMENT AND MORE. 
          WHERE'S ALL THIS MONEY SUPPOSED TO COME FROM? THIS COUNCIL RECENTLY ADOPTED THE LARGEST BUDGET IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY, AMOUNTING A $3.4 BILLION. 
          AND WHAT DO WE HAVE TO SHOW FOR SUCH A LARGE BUDGET? THE TRUTH IS, WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S ENTERING THIS COUNTRY. 
          I'VE INTERVIEWED THEM. 
          A LOT OF THEM ARE OF, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR TWENTIES OF MILITARY AGE COMING IN. 
          AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE GOTTEN HELP ALONG THEIR JOURNEY, YOU KNOW, BY MEMBERS OF THE CARTEL. 
          AND WHEN I ASKED 'EM WHICH CARTEL SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY MADE THESE LITTLE GESTURES, LIKE THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA TALK. 
          YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHO WE'RE LETTING INTO THIS COUNTRY. 
          ITEM 28, MR. MELENDEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO COME MARCH WHEN Y'ALL VOTE FOR FUNDING ON THIS FACILITY AGAIN, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS ITEM REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA LIKE Y'ALL DID TODAY. 
          AND, AND, AND THANK YOU WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON IT, AND Y'ALL ARE ALLOWED TO DISCUSS THIS. 
          SO I I REALLY DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL REMOVING IT FROM THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA TODAY. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT DESERVES A DISCUSSION. 
          AND A LOT OF THIS STUFF HERE WAS KIND OF, IT WAS ALL KIND OF STARTED IN SECRET. 
          YOU KNOW, IT, IT, Y'ALL VOTED FOR IT LAST JUNE. 
          NOBODY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ADJACENT TO THAT FACILITY REALLY GOT A NASTY SURPRISE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOME PEOPLE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR LAWNS WERE DEFECATED ON, SOME PEOPLE JUMPED IN THE POOLS. 
          AND, UH, I DON'T WANT TO GET OFF TOPIC, BUT IT AFFECTS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UM, I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS REALLY 
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CONSIDER HAVING MORE OF A DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMUNITY BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE IN REGARD TO THIS, UH, SUBJECT, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. MELENDEZ. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT'S, UH, EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 28. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 28. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 28. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION NOW. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALLIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, ANDY AND ERIC AND LORI. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF YOU WANTS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, SO I'LL JUST, I'LL PUT IT OUT THERE AND I'LL, I'LL INVITE Y'ALL TO, TO ANSWER. 
          UM, I, WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM THE FOLKS WHO, UH, CAME TO SPEAK TO US TODAY. 
          AND, AND I NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A, UH, VOTE TODAY ON WHETHER OR NOT TO SUBMIT OUR BILLS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT. 
          UM, IS IT MORE THAN THAT OR IS THAT THE ONLY THING WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY? IT'S AUTHORIZATION TO DO EXACTLY THAT. 
          SUBMIT? YEAH. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? COUNCILMAN? CAN YOU HEAR ME? COUNCILMAN? COUNCILMAN? CAN YOU HEAR COUNCILMAN? COUNCILMAN? CAN YOU HEAR US AT THE PODIUM? ONE, TWO. 
          CAN YOU HEAR US AT THE PODIUM? ONE, TWO. 
          I'M, I'M TAKING YOUR ANSWER LEFT. 
          SPEECHLESS. 
          ERIC, I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID. 
          ERIC. 
          COUNCILMAN, CAN YOU HEAR US? CHECK, CHECK. 
          WE'LL, HOW ABOUT WE DISCONNECT AND WE WILL REBOOT IT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PLYS, CAN YOU HEAR FROM THE CHAMBER? OH, I CAN HEAR YOU. 
          WHATEVER THAT, WHATEVER YOU, WHATEVER WAS SAID BEFORE THAT QUESTION. 
          MAY I? I HEARD NOTHING. 
          CAN, CAN YOU HEAR US? CAN YOU HEAR US? I CAN HEAR YOU NOW, MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, I, I THINK ERIC HEARD YOUR QUESTION. 
          LET HIM ANSWER IT AND THEN LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR THE ANSWER. 
          COUNCILMAN ERIC HEARD YOUR QUESTION? LET HIM ANSWER. 
          LEMME KNOW PLEASE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          COUNCILMAN, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES. 
          THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY IS PERMISSION TO REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          ABSOLUTELY REIMBURSEMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT OUT, UH, WE'VE ALREADY PAID MONEY TO RUN THIS CENTER, UM, AND ABSORB A BUNCH OF COSTS SO THAT IF WE DON'T ACCEPT REIMBURSEMENT, ERIC, THEN WHAT HAPPENS? WE JUST EAT IT. 
          WELL, IT, IT, IT'S ACTUALLY WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD. 
          WE'RE ASKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR MONEY. 
          WE HAVEN'T SPENT YET JANUARY THROUGH MARCH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE ALREADY, SO IF WE DON'T ASK FOR THIS REIMBURSEMENT, THESE ARE JUST COSTS THAT WE'RE GONNA EAT. 
          RIGHT? THAT, THAT WOULD BE A, THAT WOULD BE A FINANCIAL AND POLICY LEVEL CONVERSATION. 
          'CAUSE THE COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO APPROPRIATE DOLLARS OUT OF OUR BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS ITEM IS. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          UM, SO THE OTHER THING IS, IS, UH, E E I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE SOMEBODY THREW AROUND THE WORD PROFIT E ERIC, ARE WE IN ANY WAY MAKING A PROFIT OFF OF THIS? DO YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY IN THE CITY WHO'S MAKING A PROFIT OFF OF THIS? WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T MAKE A PROFIT OFF OF ANYTHING. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, HEY Y'ALL, MY SIGNAL IS REALLY, REALLY CHOPPY AND, UM, I'M NOT, THIS ISN'T WORKING OUT FOR ME. 
          I'LL ASK MY QUESTIONS SOME OTHER TIME. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, WHEN A FOREIGNER RESIDES AMONG YOU IN YOUR LAND, DO NOT MISTREAT THEM. 
          THE FOREIGNER RESIDING AMONG YOU MUST BE TREATED AS YOUR NATIVE BORN. 
          LOVE THEM AS YOURSELF FOR YOUR FOREIGNERS IN EGYPT. 
          I HOPE MANY OF YOU RECOGNIZE THAT VERSE BECAUSE NO FOOD IS TAKEN OFF OF ANYONE ELSE'S PLATE. 
          WHEN WE OFFER A PLATE TO A GUEST, I'D ALSO REMIND THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION POLICY. 
          AND IF WE WERE, I WOULD NAME THAT WE ARE ON COLONIZED LAND. 
          AND WHILE MANY HAVE WISHED US A MERRY CHRISTMAS, I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT THE JESUS YOU NAME WAS A REFUGEE AND AN IMMIGRANT AND ACCEPTING A REIMBURSEMENT ENSURES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO MORE WITH OUR LOCAL FUNDS. 
          AND WHILE WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND NO SYSTEM IS PERFECT WITH THIS REIMBURSEMENT AND AGREEMENT, I'M HAPPY TO MAINTAIN OUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING MIGRANTS. 
          AND I HOPE THAT IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WE'RE CONSISTENTLY LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO IMPROVE. 
          AND I'M WONDERING A COUPLE THINGS BASED OFF OF SOME OF THE COMMENTS TODAY. 
          UM, ONE, ARE THERE SMOKE DETECTORS AND FIRE ALARMS IN THE FACILITY? NO. 
          YEAH, I'M GLAD YOU YOU ASKED THAT. 
          I'LL LET LORI COME TO THE PODIUM 'CAUSE WE WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THAT'S NOT CORRECT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, THE FACILITY IS COMPLETELY SPRINKLED AND SO THERE ARE FIRE SPRINKLERS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. 
          WE HAVE FIRE DETECTORS, WE HAVE, UM, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS PER CODE. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE AT LEAST TWO, UM, SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL 
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ON SITE 24 7. 
          AND THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE SS A P D PRESENCE THAT WE HAVE ON SITE. 
          UM, SO IT IS COMPLETELY SPRINKLED AND, AND IT IS SAFE IF WE GO ABOVE THE 710 CAPACITY. 
          WE DO FIRE WATCH. 
          UM, BUT WE DO NOT TYPICALLY GO ABOVE HAVING OVER 800 AND 900 IN THAT FACILITY. 
          AT THE SAME TIME. 
          WE DO HAVE OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE FACILITY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THAT FACILITY AT THE SAME TIME TYPICALLY. 
          AND IF WE DO, WE MANAGE THAT. 
          I WOULD APPRECIATE THIS. 
          I FEEL LIKE I'M IN MY CLASSROOM AGAIN BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE CHILDREN ARE TALKING WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE ANSWER TO ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE MIND YOUR TONE, WATCH YOUR MOUTH, AND ALLOW, ALLOW OUR CITY STAFF TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY. 
          WE HAVE, WE HAD OVER 1800 COME THROUGH THAT FACILITY AT ONE POINT, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALL STAYING OVERNIGHT AT THE SAME TIME. 
          THEY'RE COMING IN THE MORNING CATCHING THEIR FLIGHT LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, GOING TO THE AIRPORT AND WE'RE SERVICING THEM. 
          BUT WE ALWAYS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF DOING FIRE WATCH IF WE GO ABOVE THAT 710 CAPACITY LIMIT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN SPEAKING OF CAPACITY, UM, YOU DID KIND OF TOUCH ON HOW WE'RE DOING. 
          UM, BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DO REACH CAPACITY? SO IF WE DO GO OVER THE 718, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE NUMBER WE WORK WITH, SS A F D TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FIRE WATCH INITIATED. 
          SO THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE MAKING SURE THE BUILDING IS SAFE AND PROTECTED. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO WORK WITH, UM, THE AIRPORT AND POTENTIALLY MOVING PEOPLE TO THE AIRPORT IF THEIR FLIGHT LEAVES 12 HOURS OUT VERSUS A SIX HOURS OUT. 
          BUT WE ARE CONSTANTLY MONITORING THAT SITUATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING ONE MORE TIME, MAYBE ERIC, UM, WHEN WE'VE SPENT FUNDS ON THIS RESOURCE, HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY ARE WE GETTING BACK? WELL, WE ANTICIPATE GETTING A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          YOU SAW ON THE CHART THAT I SHOWED, UH, FOR THE EXPENSES FROM JANUARY 21 THROUGH JUNE OF 22. 
          UM, WE'RE WITHIN A COUPLE OF HUNDRED BUCKS OF THE THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WE'VE SPENT. 
          SO, UM, THE DEAL WITH FEMA UNDER THEIR PROGRAM IS A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IF WE WERE TO VOTE NO ON THIS ITEM, WE WOULDN'T GET FUNDS BACK. 
          NOT GET FUNDS BACK IF WE CONTINUE THE OPERATION IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, OR MARCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND IF WE DON'T CONTINUE THE OPERATION, WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THE FOLK WHO HAVE COUNTED ON THIS RESOURCE? WELL, THEY, THEY, THEY'RE COMING HERE REGARDLESS OF THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER. 
          SO, UM, IMAGINE, UM, IN JUNE OF TWO THOU OF JUNE OF THIS YEAR IN A DECENTRALIZED FASHION, WE HAD 15, 16, 17,000 PEOPLE COMING. 
          THEY'RE EITHER DOWNTOWN, THEY'RE EITHER AT THE AIRPORT, THEY'RE AT HOTELS, UM, THEY'RE, IT'S DECENTRALIZED, BUT THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THE CITY ANYWAY. 
          SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT TACKLING IMMIGRATION POLICY HERE AND WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. 
          IF WE DIDN'T OPERATE THIS RE THIS, UH, SENSOR, THEN PEOPLE WOULD STILL BE COMING. 
          WE JUST WOULDN'T HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM TO GO. 
          THEY WOULD INSTEAD BE DOWNTOWN. 
          THEY'D BE AT THE AIRPORT. 
          THEY'D BE WANDERING ABOUT LOOKING. 
          YEAH. 
          COUNCILMAN IT. 
          IT IS. 
          I MEAN, AND I, AND I REALIZE IT'S A SUPER POLITICAL ISSUE. 
          THE, THE REALITY IS, IS THAT PEOPLE ARE TRANSITIONING OR TRANSITING THROUGH SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S AS ORGANIZED FROM A LOGISTICAL STANDPOINT, UM, AND, AND KEEPING THAT PIPELINE OPEN, BENEFITS US ALL, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY. 
          'CAUSE OTHERWISE, UH, UM, WE HAVE DOWNTOWN IMPACTED, OTHERWISE WE HAVE AIRPORT IN THE SURROUNDING AREA OR OTHER COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS OR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT IN AN ORGANIZED FASHION, WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS. 
          UM, AND IT WAS, IT, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE FOR US TO CONTINUE, UM, IN A DECENTRALIZED WAY, UM, MANAGING, UM, MULTIPLE AVENUES. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, ERIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT, THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN VALEZ AND COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ WERE ANSWERED. 
          I'LL FOCUS, UH, FIRST ON THIS SAFETY CONCERNED AND, AND THE MAYOR AND I TOOK A TOUR OF THE CENTER BACK IN JUNE AND I, I DIDN'T SEE ANY SAFETY ISSUES, BUT I JUST WANT TO CHECK IN THE SPIRIT OF COMPASSION, HOW OFTEN DO WE CHECK THAT THINGS ARE GOING WELL OVER THERE? AND I KNOW THAT CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS HERE AND THANK YOU ANTONIO FERNANDEZ, BUT, UM, I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT WATCHING OUT FOR, FOR EVERYONE, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT FACILITY IS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE FOR THOSE IN 
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AND AROUND THE AREA. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SO SINCE WE OPENED THE M R C ON AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY, WE HAVE ASSIGNED SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICERS AT THE CENTER. 
          THEY'RE AT THE GATES AND ALSO IN THE, UH, RECEPTION AREA TO PROVIDE SECURITY TO THE CENTER. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE INCREASED NEIGHBORHOOD PATROL IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE M R C AND ALSO WE HAVE PRESENCE AT THE RETAIL CENTER. 
          ARE WE GETTING REIMBURSED OR ARE WE ASKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUR SAFE OFFICERS, FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE WORKING THERE? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN ARE THEY WORKING OVERTIME OR IS IT PART OF THEIR DUTIES AS ASSIGNED OVERTIME. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WHAT IS THE AVERAGE DAY OF THE RES OF PEOPLE WHO GO THROUGH THIS CENTER, THE AVERAGE DAY AND NUM DAYS? SURE. 
          SO IT RANGES, COUNCILMAN, THERE ARE DAYS THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT UNDER A THOUSAND. 
          THERE ARE DAYS THAT WE'VE HAD UP TO 1800 INDIVIDUALS COMING THROUGH THE CENTER. 
          OKAY. 
          HOW DO WE KEEP TRACK OF THE 900 SO THAT WE DON'T GO OVER 900 AND VIOLATE OUR C O O? SO WE HAVE A, UM, SYSTEM IN PLACE WHERE WE TRACK INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING IN. 
          WE ALSO TRACK WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS DEPART TO THE AIRPORT OR TO THE BUS STATIONS. 
          SO WE KNOW AT ANY GIVEN TIME HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS WE HAVE AT THE MIGRANT CENTER WHO DOES THE CATERING CONTRACT. 
          RIGHT. 
          I'M ASSUMING IT'S A CATERING CONTRACT. 
          HELP ME UNDERSTAND. 
          SURE. 
          SO THE FOOD BANK IS THE ONE THAT PROVIDES MEALS TO THE, TO THE CENTER. 
          AND THE FOOD BANK, UH, UH, GETS REIMBURSED DIRECTLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          HAS THE FOOD BANK BEEN REIMBURSED? I, I DON'T KNOW COUNCILWOMAN, UH, BUT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THEM. 
          YES, PLEASE. 
          AND ALL THIS WORK IS COORDINATED THROUGH CATHOLIC CHARITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN, UM, CAN SOMEBODY MAYBE HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE 10 YEAR TERM? IS IT BASED ON THE HISTORICAL TWO YEAR AND WE'RE PROJECTING, JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE 10 YEAR CONTRACT. 
          SO WE EXECUTED A 10 YEAR LEASE FOR THE BUILDING, BUT IN THAT LEASE WE HAVE A 30 DAY OUT. 
          AND SO WE JUST NEED TO PROVIDE 30 DAY NOTICE. 
          AND WITHIN THAT, IF PROVIDED THAT WE PROVIDE THAT 30 DAY NOTICE, WE CAN TERMINATE THE LEASE. 
          AND SO WHAT, WHAT WE DO HAVE THAT CAPABILITY FOR THE ENTIRE 10 YEARS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LORI. 
          I HAVE A, ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          AND IT'S IN REGARDS TO THE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE MIGRANT CENTERS. 
          HOW MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE MIGRANT CENTERS LIKE OURS? SHUT DOWN. 
          EL PASO'S THE ONLY ONE. 
          EL PASO'S THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS A LARGE CENTER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEY'RE ALSO ASKING FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT AHEAD OF TIME AND, AND BASING, UH, WAIT, WE, WE, WE DON'T KNOW. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT, BUT FRANKLY I'D LIKE TO HAVE OUR REQUEST IN FIRST. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          I AGREE. 
          UM, AND THEN HAVE YOU ALL DONE, UH, ANY TYPE OF, UM, OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC TO SHOW THEM THE TYPE OF FACILITY? OR IS IT BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT, UM, ARE, ARE PROTECTED THERE, THAT THERE IS NO VIDEO ALLOWED. 
          WE DO NOT ALLOW VIDEO OF THE FACILITY. 
          WE HAVE WORKED WITH SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND HAVE ATTENDED, UM, TOWN HALL MEETINGS TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS, BUT WE DO NOT ALLOW THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, MY FINAL QUESTION, AND ANDY YOU CAN TELL ME IF I'M OFF TOPIC ON THIS, UM, BUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AT THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE, I ASKED SPECIFICALLY FOR US TO ADD COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM ONTO OUR LE OUR AGENDA. 
          AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS TOO BIG, BIG A TOPIC. 
          I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TOPIC TO FOCUS ON. 
          WE JUST APPROVED OUR LOBBYIST CONTRACT THIS MORNING, AND I THINK THEY NEED TO HELP US GET REIMBURSED OR SEE WHAT THE SITUATION IS. 
          BUT, UM, I DON'T SEE JEFF COYLE. 
          I DO SEE SALLY, UH, IN THE ROOM, BUT I'M, I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD POSSIBLY JUST FOCUS A LITTLE MORE. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, I, I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT WE, WE, UH, I UNDERSTAND, HOLD THAT, PUT THAT ON THE BULLETIN BOARD, SO TO SPEAK, UNTIL WE TALK ABOUT OUR FEDERAL PROGRAM. 
          WELL, WHILE IT'S ON THE BULLETIN BOARD ON JANUARY 11TH AT B SESSION, THE FEDERAL INITIATIVES, OUR, THE CITY'S FEDERAL INITIATIVES PROGRAM IS GONNA BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL. 
          PERFECT. 
          SO THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT FROM A POLICY LEVEL. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER GRA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I'M GLAD WE PULLED THIS ITEM BECAUSE I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE FOCUS ON IS THIS IS THE, THE, THE PEOPLE COMING TO THE BORDER, THE REFUGEES COMING TO THE BORDER. 
          THIS ISN'T GOING TO STOP UNTIL WE HAVE, UM, A COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION PLAN. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES. 
          AND I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LOST IN CATHOLIC CHARITIES WOULD BE HELPING IN THIS SITUATION WITH OR WITHOUT THESE FUNDS. 
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BUT IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS OUT THERE OFFERING FUNDS AND REIMBURSEMENT, WE AS A CITY ARE OBLIGED TO GO AND TO HELP OUR NONPROFITS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THIS. 
          AND, UH, ANTONIO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS. 
          UH, THE ONE THING I WAS EXCITED ABOUT MOVING THE CONTRACT FORWARD WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THIS. 
          THEY KNOW THE RISKS THAT COME WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE CROSSING THE BORDER AND HOW LOCAL PEOPLE TRY AND TRAFFIC THESE VULNERABLE, THE, THE V THE MOST VULNERABLE, WHICH ARE THE YOUNG AND THE CHILDREN. 
          AND I DID ALWAYS HAVE A CONCERN REGARDING JUST HAVING PEOPLE HANG OUT IN THE AIRPORT BECAUSE WHEN WE DID THAT, THERE WERE PEOPLE, THERE WAS A BAD ELEMENT HANGING OUT AT THE AIRPORT LOOKING FOR VULNERABLE PEOPLE. 
          AND NOW WE HAVE THIS RESOURCE CENTER TO KIND OF GIVE THEM A LITTLE REST TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. 
          AND WE SAW THAT WAS PRIMARILY VENEZUELA AND CUBA, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE UNITED STATES. 
          UH, 'CAUSE WE KNOW WHAT THE POLITICS ARE ON OVER THERE. 
          THEY, THEY GET A LITTLE, UH, REST TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR SPIRITUAL LIVES. 
          AND SO I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE INDIVIDUALS UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'RE COMING FROM A PLACE OF CRISIS AND TRYING TO GET TO LOVED ONES AND AREAS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES THAT ARE WAITING FOR THEM. 
          AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER. 
          AND WE, WE WILL DEFINITELY ASK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HOW MANY ACTUALLY GET TO STAY, HOW MANY ARE SENT BACK, UH, BECAUSE THAT IS THE REALITY UNTIL WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM PLAN, WHICH WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS TODAY. 
          ANTONIO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND ALL THOSE THAT, UH, GIVE, UM, TO THE NONPROFITS THAT ARE SUPPORTING US DURING THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          . 
          NO, YOU CAN'T. 
          WHERE YOU HAVE OUR COUNCIL DISCUSSION NOW, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU'VE GOTTA SIGN UP BEFORE THE MEETING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UH, BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, EARLY ON WHEN THIS, THIS, UH, MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER WAS STOOD UP, I HEARD SOME CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND, AND I WENT AND I STOPPED BY TO VISIT IT MYSELF. 
          AND I DIDN'T GIVE ANYBODY A HEADS UP. 
          I SHOWED UP AROUND NINE O'CLOCK ON A SATURDAY NIGHT. 
          UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A SURPRISE VISIT AND JUST SEE WHAT IS IT LIKE. 
          UM, AND OF COURSE, SS A P D STOPPED ME, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LETTING PEOPLE JUST SHOW UP AND, AND, AND TOUR THE SITE. 
          BUT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS AND GET, GET IN, AND I SAW, AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW WELL RUN THIS, THIS SITE WAS. 
          AND I WANT TO COMMEND, UH, MELODY AND YOUR STAFF WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, S A P D, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOR DOING SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB. 
          AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BUMPY IN THE BEGINNING, AND, AND WE DID HEAR CONCERNS FROM NEIGHBORS, BUT STAFF TOOK ACTION TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS QUICKLY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CITY DIDN'T GET A HEADS UP THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A SURGE IN MIGRANTS THAT WERE SHOWING UP HERE. 
          THIS WASN'T LIKE A SNEAKY ACT TO GO SET THIS UP. 
          THIS WAS A, HEY, WE, WE HAVE A CHALLENGE AND WE HAVE TO GO AND SOLVE THIS CHALLENGE RIGHT AWAY. 
          AND SO I WOULD JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT, THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED TO LISTEN TO ANY COMMUNITY CONCERNS. 
          I'VE MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE, THE WALGREENS NEARBY, THE MCDONALD'S CC'S PIZZA, UM, THE, UM, STATE FARM INSURANCE, CRICUT WIRELESS OVER THERE. 
          UH, WE'VE MET WITH RESIDENTS, WE'VE TAKEN YOUR CALLS, WE'VE TAKEN YOUR CONCERNS, AND, AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THERE TO MAKE THIS LESS DISRUPTIVE TO, UM, MAKE THIS AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I LORI, I WANT TO ASK IF, IF, UM, IF CONGRESS PASSES SOME KIND OF IMMIGRATION REFORM IN JANUARY AND, AND MIGRANTS CEASED TO COME THROUGH SAN ANTONIO AND THESE NUMBERS IN FEBRUARY, IF WE WERE TO, TO DECIDE THAT WE WANT TO END THIS LEASE, IS THERE ANY FINANCIAL PENALTY IF WE END THIS LEASE IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH? NO, THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS WE PROVIDE 30 DAY NOTICE TO THE LANDLORD. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THIS. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE ON A WA WAIT AND WATCH BASIS, AND WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT, UM, IS THERE A NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A FACILITY? IS, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO GET FUNDING TO DO THIS? BUT, YOU KNOW, CON I WANNA ASK EVERYBODY, CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVE. 
          YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE OF COMPASSION 
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AND YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT A VULNERABLE COMMUNITY THAT IS PASSING THROUGH HERE BECAUSE OF OUR GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY TO, TO THE BORDER BECAUSE OF THE LOGISTICAL, UM, EFFICIENCIES OF HAVING AN AIRPORT HERE AND, AND A HUB THAT'S A, A BUS STATION HERE. 
          IF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF, IF COMPASSION IS YOUR ISSUE, IF WE WERE TO CLOSE THIS, THESE INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE OUT ON THE STREETS. 
          THEY WOULD BE, THEY WOULD BE SLEEPING IN PARKS, IN ALLEYS, IN DRAINAGE DITCHES. 
          IF YOU'RE CONCERNED, IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE MUCH MORE VULNERABLE OUT ON THE STREET. 
          AND SO THIS IS THE COMPASSIONATE THING TO DO. 
          THIS IS THE, THE EFFICIENT THING TO DO. 
          THIS IS THE LEAST DISRUPTIVE THING TO DO. 
          AND I THINK UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          UH, I'LL JUST PUT IT VERY CLEARLY, A WELL RUN MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER IS GOOD CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND FEARMONGERING IS BAD. 
          EVERYONE IS DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          NOW WE NEED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO REIMBURSE IT. 
          LET'S VOTE. 
          CERTIFICATE COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          THAT'S THE BALANCE OF OUR AGENDA. 
          IS THERE A C M UH, CO CITY MANAGER REPORT? YES, SIR. 
          UH, A COUPLE ITEMS. I'M GONNA START OFF, UM, INTO THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. 
          WE TYPICALLY GIVE A, UH, FISCAL YEAR, END OF YEAR REPORT. 
          SO I'M GONNA ASK JUSTINA TO RUN THROUGH, UH, SIX OR SEVEN SLIDES PRETTY QUICKLY ON HOW WE ENDED THE YEAR IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL FUND, THE AIRPORT, HOTEL, MOTEL AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          AND JUST AS A REMINDER OF THE COUNCIL, WE PROVIDING YOU THE FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT AND, UM, PROBABLY THE SECOND WEEK IN FEBRUARY. 
          SO BEFORE WE KNOW WE'LL BE BACK IN BUDGET TIME. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS JUSTINA TATE. 
          I'M THE BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED TODAY, I WILL BE PRESENTING THE CITY'S PRELIMINARY FISCAL YEAR 2022 YEAR END REPORT. 
          THIS WILL FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          THE YEAR END REPORT IS PART OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY. 
          THE CITY STAFF MEETS WITH THE CITY MANAGER ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO PROVIDE A FINANCIAL STATUS AND THEN ALSO PROVIDES A FINANCIAL STATUS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. 
          AS A REMINDER, THE FIGURES PRESENTED TO IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION ARE PRELIMINARY AND UNAUDITED TO PROVIDE YOU A QUICK, UH, TIMELINE ON THE YEAR END REPORT ON THE YEAR END. 
          UH, THIS MONTH, THE CITY'S EXTERNAL AUDITORS, FOUR OF US, WILL BEGIN THE YEAR END AUDIT OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. 
          ONCE THIS IS COMPLETED, THE REPORT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S AUDIT COMMITTEE IN MARCH. 
          SO LET ME START OFF WITH THE GENERAL FUND. 
          OVERALL, THE CITY'S PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF REVENUES ARE ABOUT $6.8 MILLION BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD PRESENT OR ESTIMATED, UH, AT THE BUDGET ADOPTION IN SEPTEMBER. 
          AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE CHART, THIS IS DUE TO SALES TAX COLLECTIONS THAT WERE COLLECTED IN THE LAST MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          IN SEPTEMBER, THERE WERE ABOUT $4.9 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD ESTIMATED. 
          THE ACTUAL COLLECTION FOR THE REMAINING REVENUES TO INCLUDE PROPERTY TAX AS WELL AS C P S ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROJECTIONS INCLUDED IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          SO PRELIMINARILY, THE GENERAL FUND ENDS THE YEAR IN A BETTER FINANCIAL POSITION OR ABOUT $14.2 MILLION MORE OVERALL THAN THAN THE BUDGET ADOPTION. 
          THIS REPRESENTS ABOUT 1% OF THE GENERAL FUND, AND THIS IS MADE UP OF ABOUT $6.8 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT I MENTIONED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, AND ABOUT 7.4 MILLION IN LESS EXPENSE. 
          NOW MOVING TO OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS, I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          THIS TAX RATE IS 16.75% WITH ABOUT 9% GOING TO THE CITY. 
          7%. 
          UH, FUNDS ARE DEPARTMENTS OR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS OUR ALAMO DOME CONVENTION CENTER ARTS AND VISIT SA AND THE 2% FUNDS THE CONVENTION CENTER DEBT THERE. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE REVENUES GENERATED AT THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE ALAMO DOME THAT SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AT THOSE FACILITIES. 
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SO OVERALL, THESE THREE REVENUE SOURCES ENDED THE YEAR ABOUT $3.4 MILLION BETTER THAN OUR 2022 ESTIMATE. 
          AND THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO ADDITIONAL EVENTS AND BETTER, UH, BETTER PERFORMANCE OF THOSE EVENTS AT THESE FACILITIES. 
          IN TERMS OF OUR EXPENSES, ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE HOT TAX AND RELATED, UH, REVENUES ARE WITHIN BUDGET AND WE SEE ABOUT $900,000 OF LESS EXPENSE. 
          SO OVERALL, OUR HOT FUND IS ABOUT $4.3 MILLION BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD ESTIMATED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. 
          OUR NEXT FUND IS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND IS A $42 MILLION ENTERPRISE FUND THAT IS SUPPORTED BY FEES PAID FOR BY DEVELOPERS FOR PLAN REVIEWS AND INSPECTIONS. 
          OVERALL, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND ENDS THE YEAR ABOUT $1.3 MILLION BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED. 
          AND OF THAT AMOUNT, 600,000 IS DUE TO ADDITIONAL REVENUES AS A RESULT OF BETTER COMMERCIAL PERMITS AND COMMERCIAL VALUATION AND ABOUT $700,000 IN LESS EXPENSE. 
          FINALLY, OUR AIRPORT. 
          SO THIS NEXT SLIDE, UM, PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE AIRPORT PASSENGERS SINCE 2017. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE CHART, OUR HIGH, UH, NUMBER OF AIRPORT PASSENGERS WAS IN 2019 AT 10.4 MILLION. 
          IN 2022. 
          THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS THAT WENT THROUGH THE AIRPORT IS ABOUT 9.1 MILLION. 
          NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED TO RECOVER HOW SINCE THE PANDEMIC, HOWEVER, WE'RE STILL ABOUT 11.9% LESS THAN 2019 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. 
          WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO BE CLOSE TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS FINANCIALLY. 
          UH, THE AIRPORT ALSO, UH, ENDS THE YEAR IN A BETTER FINANCIAL POSITION OR ABOUT $4.8 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD ESTIMATED. 
          THIS IS A COMBINATION OF $1.1 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUES AND ABOUT 3.7 MILLION IN LESS EXPENSE. 
          SO IN SUMMARY, OUR GENERAL FUND AND RESTRICTED FUNDS END THE YEAR ON THE MARK OR SLIGHTLY BETTER. 
          AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, WE'LL PROVIDE OUR FIRST UPDATE ON OUR FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET IN, IN, UM, FEBRUARY. 
          AND THIS WILL INCLUDE OUR PERFORMANCE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, AS WELL AS PROJECTIONS IN REVENUES AND EXPENSES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'LL HAND IT BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER. 
          THANK YOU, JUSTINA. 
          SO THE MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, YOU'LL GET A MEMO ON THIS PRESENTATION AND THE DETAILS, UH, TOMORROW, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S DELIVERED TO YOUR OFFICE. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO, UM, MYSELF, MARIA, OR JUSTINA. 
          UM, SECONDLY, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR, UM, D E I OFFICE. 
          UM, WE WERE NOTIFIED, UH, BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION THAT, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WAS AWARDED A PERFECT SCORE FOR OUR MUNICIPAL EQUITY, UH, EQUALITY INDEX OF SCORECARD FOR 2022. 
          UM, UM, THE MUNICIPAL, UM, EQUITY INDEX EXAMINES HOW INCLUSIVE MUNICIPAL LAWS, POLICIES, SERVICES ARE FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE. 
          UH, CITIES ARE RATED, UH, ANNUALLY, UM, AND THE MUNICIPALITY BOTH FROM A SERVICE STANDPOINT, BUT ALSO AS AN, FROM AN AN EMPLOYER STANDPOINT, UM, LAW, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND, AND LEADERSHIP. 
          SO WE RECEIVED, UH, HIGH MARKS, UM, BY THE EVALUATION AND IT'S OUR, UH, FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED THIS SCORE. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION AND THE HARD WORK, UH, UNDERNEATH, UH, ANDY AND, AND LIZ AND OUR EQUITY, UH, OFFICE. 
          SO, UH, LAST, AND THIS IS A GREAT STORY. 
          SOME OF YOU, UH, WHO ATTENDED THE, UH, FIRE GRADUATION, UH, IN APRIL WILL REMEMBER, UH, TODAY'S, UH, EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS, UH, TWO EMPLOYEES THAT HAD A LONG, UH, SUCCESSFUL CAREERS. 
          WELL, NOT THAT LONG, BUT THEY WERE, THEY HAD SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN, UM, TWO, UH, D DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          UH, BOTH APPLIED FOR THE FIRE ACADEMY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, AND THEY GRADUATED IN APRIL, UH, OF THIS YEAR. 
          UM, GILBERT ORTIZ, WHO YOU'LL SEE IN THE VIDEO, WORKED FOR SOLID WASTE FOR 16 YEARS. 
          UM, AND AARON BEES, UH, WAS, UH, WITH PARKS AND REC, A SUPERVISOR AT THE FRANK GARRETT COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          AND, UM, BOTH OF THEM, UH, GILBERT IS AT FIRE STATION 29. 
          UH, AARON IS AT FIRE STATION 37. 
          IT'S A GREAT STORY OF, UM, OF CITY EMPLOYEES THAT, UH, MOVED FROM INTO, UH, A DIFFERENT CAREER FIELD AND CERTAINLY, UM, FOR ANY MEMBERS OR EMPLOYEES THAT MAY BE WATCHING, UH, THE NEXT EXAM WILL BE IN EARLY 2023. 
          AND SO YOU TWO CAN JOIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          I THINK I'M TOO OLD THOUGH. 
          MAYOR , I, I THINK I'M TOO OLD. 
          LET'S RUN, RUN THE VIDEO. 
          [02:20:06]
FIRST RESPONDER MAKING ABDOMINAL PAIN. 
          I WORKED FOR SOLID WASTE FOR ABOUT 16 YEARS IN CHANGE FOR ABOUT THE FIRST FOUR YEARS. 
          I WAS AT NELSON GARDENS, TAKING CARE OF ALL THE LANDFILL CLOSURES. 
          AND THEN I MOVED TO BITTERS BRUSH SITE AND I WORKED THERE FOR THE REST OF MY CAREER. 
          SO I STARTED OFF WITH, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION AS A SUPERVISOR AT THE FRANK GARRETT COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          I WAS THERE FOR A GIVE OR TAKE, MAYBE SIX TO SEVEN MONTHS PRIOR. 
          AND IT'S A FUNNY STORY ABOUT THIS HAT. 
          I FOUND IT AT MY OLD JOB AT BIDDERS. 
          I WAS THINKING ABOUT APPLYING AND I PICKED IT UP. 
          THERE'S NO WAY. 
          AND IT SAID FIRE DEPARTMENT, THIS HAT. 
          I NEVER TRIED IT ON UNTIL THE FIRST DAY I WENT ON SHIFT. 
          AND IT FIT, IT'S A CRAZY STORY, BUT I'VE, I'M ALWAYS GONNA HAVE IT HAVING THIS JOB, IT'S EXCITING. 
          UM, IT'S SOMETHING NEW, RIGHT? I HAD NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE INTO GOING INTO THIS FIELD, SO IT WAS VERY NERVOUS. 
          BUT OVERALL, LIKE, IT'S VERY EXCITING, UH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT, UM, EVERY DAY IS KIND OF DIFFERENT. 
          SO YOU KIND OF DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. 
          KIND OF KEEPS YOU ON THE TOES. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE THAT MONEY THROUGH FRIDAY TYPE OF DEAL THING. 
          YOU KNOW, I FEEL GOOD THAT THIS IS SOMETHING I I'VE ACCOMPLISHED, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY, IT WOULD NEVER HAPPENED. 
          TAKES SOME GETTING USED TO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY'RE PROUD AND THEY'RE HAPPY AND ALL THAT STUFF. 
          MY SUPERVISOR WITH THE PARKS AND REC, THEY WERE A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORTIVE. 
          THEY DID HELP ME OUT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TIME. 
          IF THERE'S ANY TIME, HOURS OR DAYS THAT I NEEDED OFF, AS LONG AS WE COMMUNICATED, THEY KNEW THIS IS SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO, AND THEY WOULD BACK ME UP 100%. 
          WE GET TO BE THAT GUY OR THAT WOMAN TO BE THERE ON PEOPLE'S WORST DAY OF THEIR LIVES TO HELP. 
          AND IN MY HEAD I WAS LIKE, YEAH, YOU KNOW, WHY NOT ME? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WHY NOT ANYBODY? YOU KNOW, AND YOU SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN, WHY NOT HELP? AND THIS IS A PERFECT JOB TO DO IT. 
          IF SOMEONE HAS TO DO THE JOB, WHY NOT BE ME? WHY CAN'T I HELP? YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I COULD BE THAT PERSON TO DO IT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH ERIC. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR OUR MORNING AGENDA. 
          WE DO HAVE AN EXEC SESSION. 
          I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA CALL THE EXEC SESSION NOW, BUT BEFORE WE GO INTO IT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR, OUR, UH, HOLIDAY LUNCHEON. 
          SO IF WE CAN 
          [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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RETIRE BACK THERE. 
          THE TIME IS 11:42 AM ON RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          11:42 AM ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, 2022. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          YOU CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO SECTION TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND DELIBERATE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072, AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. 
          WE'RE GETTING GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          THE TIME IS 2:34 PM ON THIS 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2022. 
          OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. 
          OUR A SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 2:34 PM ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2022. 
          I'LL CALL OUR ZONING.
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