* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:36] GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER THE 29TH, 2018. COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRAND WILL NOT BE HERE. SHE IS ATTENDING A WORLD HERITAGE, UH, WORLD HERITAGE SYMPOSIUM. COUNCIL MEMBER SALANA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. AND MAYOR NURENBERG HERE. MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, A SESSION AGENDA. THE TIME IS 9:22 AM THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. WE ARE WAITING FOR A FEW, UH, ATTENDEES TO ARRIVE. UH, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED NOW. WE WILL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION, AND THE GUEST IS OF COUNCILMAN SALDANA. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO GET TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO RABBI MARA NATHAN, WHO MANY OF YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH. UH, IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME A MINUTE. AS, AS, UH, RABBI MARA NATHAN APPROACHES THE MIKE, I'M GOING TO READ HER BIO. RABBI MARA NATHAN BEGAN HER TENURE AT TEMPLE BETHEL IN 2014. SHE'S THE FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AS SENIOR RABBI OF THE, OF A MAJOR CONGREGATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SHE'S DEDICATED TO BUILDING A COMMUNITY THAT VALUES THE SACRED NATURE AND HOLY PURPOSE IN EVERY HUMAN BEING. PREVIOUSLY, RABBI NATHAN SERVED AS THE ASSOCIATE RABBI AND DIRECTOR OF CONGREGATIONAL LEARNING AT LARCHMONT TEMPLE IN LARCHMONT, NEW YORK, WHERE SHE WORKED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES FROM 1994 TO 2014. AND DURING HER ALMOST 20 YEAR OF SERVICE AT LARCHMONT TEMPLE, SHE PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN ALL ASPECTS OF CON CONGREGATIONAL LIFE, INCLUDING SPIRITUAL WORSHIP, RITUAL, AND LIFELONG LEARNING. RABBI NATHAN WAS ORDAINED BY THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE JEWISH INSTITUTE INSTITUTE OF RELIGION IN NEW YORK. IN 2000, SHE WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE STEINHARDT FELLOWSHIP, A SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED TO RABBINICAL STUDENTS TO FURTHER INFORMAL, INFORMAL EDUCATION WITH TEENS AND COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS, AND RECEIVED ACADEMIC AWARDS FOR HEBREW HISTORY TALMUDIC STUDIES. AND SHE RECEIVED A BACHELOR'S OF ARTS DEGREE IN HISTORY AS WELL AS CERTIFICATES IN JEWISH STUDIES AND WOMEN'S STUDIES FROM NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY IN 1993. RABBI NATHAN AND HER HUSBAND LARRY, HAVE THREE CHILDREN, ISAAC, SOLOMON, AND MIRIAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. BYE-BYE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING TO OFFER AN INVOCATION IN PREPARATION FOR THE ESSENTIAL WORK OF YOUR DAY AND THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED TO DO AT THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY, OUR WORLDWIDE CAPACITY TO BE CONNECTED HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER, AND YET A CLIMATE THAT EMPHASIZES POLITICAL, CULTURAL, AND RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES THREATENS TO KEEP US APART. AS OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL, YOU ARE CALLED UPON TO REMEMBER THE HIGHER PURPOSE OF YOUR OFFICE, TO LEAD YOUR FELLOW SAN ANTONIONS. BY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES AND SEEKING SOLUTIONS, ENABLING OUR GREAT CITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND EVOLVE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE ANCIENT JEWISH TEACHINGS OF THE TALMUD SPEAK NOT ONLY TO THE DEDICATION OF OUR CIVIC LEADERS GATHERED HERE TODAY, BUT WHAT IT MEANS TO CULTIVATE A VISION FOR THE FUTURE THAT WILL KEEP SAN ANTONIO STRONG AND SAFE AND PROUD. BEN ZOMA SAYS, WHO IS WISE ONE WHO LEARNS FROM EVERYONE, AS IT IS SAID, FROM ALL MY TEACHERS, HAVE I GAINED KNOWLEDGE FROM YOUR COUNSELS? ARE MY MEDI MY MEDITATION? MAY YOU LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND THOSE WHO REPRESENT AND THOSE YOU REPRESENT EVERY DAY. MAY YOU BE QUICK TO ASK QUESTIONS AND DELIBERATE IN THE CHOICES YOU MAKE. BENZO CONTINUES. WHO IS MIGHTY ONE WHO CONTROLS ONE'S IMPULSES? AS IT IS SAID, BETTER LONG SUFFERING THAN MIGHTY. AND RULING ONE'S OWN SPIRIT THAN CAPTURING A CITY. MAY YOU ACT NOT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF YOUR OWN INTERESTS, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF THE GREATER GOOD MAY. COMPASSION AND GENEROSITY ALWAYS BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS. WHO IS RICH, ONE WHO REJOICES IN ONE'S PORTION, AS IT IS SAID, YOU SHALL ENJOY THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABORS. YOU SHALL BE HAPPY AND YOU SHALL PROSPER, AND YOU SHALL BE HAPPY IN THIS WORLD AND YOU SHALL PROSPER IN THE WORLD TO COME MAY WE CELEBRATE THE MANY GIFTS THAT OUR GREAT CITY HAS TO OFFER, HONORING THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND THE RICH HISTORY WE POSSESS. AND WHO ZELMA CONCLUDES IS HONORED ONE WHO [00:05:01] HONORS ALL CREATURES AS IT IS SAID, FOR THE ONE WHO HONORS ME, I SHALL HONOR, AS OUR CITY COUNCIL, MAY YOU ALWAYS SEEK TO REPRESENT THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL OF US WHO LIVE HERE, REGARDLESS OF OUR AGE, GENDER, RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION, ECONOMIC REALITY, OR PARTY AFFILIATION, TO LEAVE WITH INTEGRITY, THOUGHTFULNESS, AND LOVE. THE RABBIS OF THE TALMUD UNDERSTOOD, AS DO WE, THAT GREAT LEADERSHIP IS NOT ABOUT WORKING ALONE, BUT RATHER IT IS ABOUT GAINING WISDOM AND INSIGHT FROM COLLEAGUES, CITIZENS, AND FRIENDS. MAY YOU RECOGNIZE THE BLESSINGS YOU HAVE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER. MAY YOU RECOGNIZE THE PRIVILEGE AND RESPONSIBILITY YOUR FELLOW SAN ANTONIANS HAVE GIVEN TO YOU, AND MAY YOU FEEL LIFTED UP IN THIS SACRED PURPOSE OF LEADING OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE TIME THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU. AMEN TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, RABBI NATHAN. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES. ALL RIGHT, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 11TH AND THE MEETINGS FROM SEVEN OCTOBER 17TH AND 18TH. SO, MOVE SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 11TH, 17TH AND 18TH. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME THIS POINT OF, UH, PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT SEVEN COMMUNITY. TODAY WE'LL BE VOTING ON AN AGENDA ITEM TO CREATE A NEW PARK IN DISTRICT SEVEN IN THE WOODLAWN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UH, MR. RUBIN SANCHEZ, THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, COME FORWARD. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WAS CREATED BY THE LATE MARCY BROCK IN THE 1990S. THE COMMUNITY'S COMPRISED OF OVER 750 HOMES AND IS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY AND JUST SOUTH OF BANDERA ROAD INSIDE LOOP FOUR 10. RUBEN SANCHEZ IS IN HIS 10TH YEAR AS A COMMUNITY LEADER, AND IN FACT, YOU CAN FOLLOW HIM ON THE 3 1 1 APP BECAUSE HE'S NUMBER THREE ON THE LEADERBOARD AND VERY ACTIVE UTILIZING THE APP TO IMPROVE HIS COMMUNITY. IN FACT, UH, WHEN I TOOK OFFICE, REUBEN CAME TO ME WITH A LONG LIST OF ISSUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HADN'T BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. UH, BUT NOW THANKS TO WORKING TOGETHER, BUT ALSO TO THE 3 1 1 APP, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF DIRECTLY BY, UH, BY CITY STAFF. SO, THANK YOU RUBEN, FOR, FOR BEING ON THE LEADERBOARD. HE'S BEEN A TENACIOUS INDIVIDUAL LEADING THE WOODLAWN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR OVER A DECADE. UH, RUBEN, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR ALL OF YOUR ADVOCACY, UH, FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND FOR HELPING US CREATE THIS GREEN SPACE. THIS WAS YOUR, UH, YOUR BRAINCHILD. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, XAVIER ROCKY, VERONICA, SANDY, MARIA GOMEZ, THE CITY MANAGER, CHERYL OF COURSE, AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT TODAY. REUBEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? WELL, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. UH, COUNCIL, UH, WELL, THE ASSOCIATION GOT STARTED PRIMARILY BY MARCY BROCK. UH, SHE GOT A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY, THE, A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, BUT FOR, FOR THE LONGEST TIME, IT RAN PRETTY WELL. SO, BELINDA MARK, WHO ACTUALLY GOT THE ASSOCIATION NAME GOING AS A RESULT OF UH, DEVELOPMENT, WE STARTED, UH, WORKING TOGETHER, GETTING MORE PEOPLE, UH, TOGETHER INVOLVED. AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL, UH, SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. I, I THINK SHE HAD A REAL SEVERE CANCER THAT SHE CAME AND ASKED ME TO TAKE OVER AFTER I TOOK OVER, LIKE, BUT A MONTH LATER SHE PASSED AWAY. SO SINCE THEN, UH, I'VE BEEN DOING WHAT SHE REQUESTED, WHICH WAS TO PROMOTE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HELP OUT THE [00:10:01] CHILDREN. AND NOW WE HAVE A PARK COMING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO OUR BUSINESS AGENDA. AND ALL ITEMS ARE ON CONSENT. I WILL NOTE THAT ITEM 18 WAS PULLED BY STAFF AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. UM, SO NOW I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY. 22, ITEM 22. ANY OTHERS? OKAY, HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION TO CONSENT. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCIL MEMBER CURD, YOU SAID YOU, YOU HAD A COMMENT ON A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. YES. THANK YOU. UH, I CERTAINLY WILL BE, UH, MOVING TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ONE, UH, ITEM THAT, UH, IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. IT'S A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION LED BY ALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION, UH, WITH, UH, JP MORGAN CHASE, UH, WHICH IS COMMITTING 500 MILLION GLOBALLY AND UP TO 3 MILLION IN CITIES TO SUPPORT CREATIVE, COLLABORATIVE, AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS, UH, TO HELP EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS. IN THE MIDDLE CLASS ALAMO COLLEGE'S FOUNDATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SA WORKS AND P 16 PLUS, THE COUNCIL OF BEXAR COUNTY FAMILY SERVICES, SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP AND LOCAL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ADDRESSING COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY IN BEXAR COUNTY BY INTRODUCING THE ALAMO PROMISE SHOULD THEY RECEIVE, UH, GRANT FUNDING FROM THIS, THAT MONEY WOULD BE DEDICATE DEDICATED TOWARD THIS, UH, AS A A TEACHER, UH, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND, UH, I JUST WISH THE GROUP SUCCESS IN, UM, ASKING FOR THIS GRANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KURDS, AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS ITEM. I THINK THAT, UM, THE PROMISE IS A EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND DESERVES OUR SUPPORT AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS COME TO FRUITION. WE DO HAVE, UH, SEVERAL ITEMS, OR EXCUSE ME, SEVERAL CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. I DO UNDERSTAND, UH, THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENT HILL ASSOCIATION WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 15, WHICH IS ON CONSENT, AND THEY'VE DESIGNATED A SPOKESPERSON FOR THAT. UH, IF YOU COULD STEP FORWARD, I THINK IT'S, UH, DONNA, DONNA LISTON SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP, IF YOU, Y'ALL CAN ALL COME UP IF YOU'D LIKE. AND DONNA, YOU'LL HAVE, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. UM, THE RABBI JUST HIT A REALLY STRONG POINT OF WHAT SHE WAS PRAYING FOR Y'ALL IS WHAT WE PRAY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARDS THAT WE FEEL WE ARE NOT GETTING. AND SO I'M BRINGING SOMETHING TO YOU, TO YOU AS A CONCERN THAT WE ARE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT BEING ASSOCIATED, IS NOT BEING REPRESENTED CORRECTLY. WE DON'T, WE FEEL, UM, WE HAVE FELT THAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE BEING NOT, UM, ALLOWED TO ATTEND SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS WHERE THE CITY IS BRINGING THINGS TO US. AND SO WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THROUGHOUT EV EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE MANY OF THEM. UM, YOU'RE GIVING THEM A LOT OF POWER BY FORMING THESE ASSOCIATIONS, GIVING THEM BOARD, LISTENING TO THEM WHEN THINGS GO TO PLANNING AND ZONING AND COMING TO YOU. UM, BUT YET THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS GOVERNING THEM AND MONITORING THEM. AND, UM, SPEAKING TODAY WITH, WITH OUR CITY CLERK, SHE ASKED US IF WE MAYBE SPEAK TO ROD SANCHEZ IF THERE'S ANOTHER DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO BE GOING WITH THIS, BUT WE WANT FAIR REPRESENTATION. I CAN, I HAVE A LETTER HERE IF I WILL SHARE WITH Y'ALL THAT I SHARED WITH THE ASSOCIATION ASKING FOR SOME ANSWERS. THE ANSWERS ARE IN HERE, WHICH WAS NO ANSWER AT ALL. UM, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY NOW TO GO TO AFTER I DON'T GET ANSWERS FROM THEM ON WHERE TO GET ANSWERS FROM. AND IT'S BEEN VERY FRUSTRATING FOR, AS YOU SEE MANY OF US, IT'S NOT JUST MYSELF THAT, UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO FROM HERE. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMING TO YOU IS THAT WE HOPE THAT THERE'S SOME SOMEBODY HERE THAT CAN HELP US, GUIDE US OF WHERE GRIEVOUS NEED TO GO TO, TO WHERE THERE'S GOVERNING. I MEAN, FROM BEING, NOT BEING ABLE TO DENYING MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY'RE TROUBLEMAKERS OR BECAUSE THEY SPOKE IN FRONT OF YOU AGAINST WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE SAID. UM, SO WE'RE JUST REALLY ASKING FOR YOUR HELP WITH THIS AND GUIDANCE OF WHERE WE NEED TO GO. MAY I SHARE THE, [00:15:01] MY LETTER WITH EACH ONE OF YOU AND RESPONSE, JUST SO YOU CAN HAVE SURE. IF YOU GIVE IT TO THE CLERK, WE CAN HAVE IT DISTRIBUTED TO COUNSEL. THANK YOU. AND SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF WHAT HAS, HAS HAPPENED. THIS IS DATED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED JUST RECENTLY, BUT SOMETHING THAT IS CONTINUING HAPPENING. WE TALKED TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. MANY OF THEM HAVE BROKEN UP INTO SEVERAL DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE NOT GETTING WHAT THEY'RE NEEDING. AND TO ME, LET'S SOLVE THE PROBLEM, NOT JUST KEEP BREAKING INTO PIECES AND DISSOLVING OUR WORDS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. UM, THIS IS ALL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'LL JUST, LIKE, THIS IS ONE LETTER HERE IS A, UM, LETTER FROM AN ATTORNEY BECAUSE THIS, THIS PARTICULAR MEMBER SPOKE TO YOU AGAINST SOMETHING THEY WERE, SORRY. THANK, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. LISTON, UM, CITY MANAGER HAS A STATEMENT JUST, UH, TO SAY WELCOME THIS MORNING AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE. WE DO WELCOME THE INPUT FROM ALL ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND IN THE END, WE MAY NOT ALL BE UNANIMOUS IN THE AGREEMENT, BUT THE PERSON TO WORK WITH IS VERONICA SOTO, OUR DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSING SERVICES. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME OVER TO THE SIDE, WE'LL TALK WITH YOU NOW AND GET A MEETING SET UP SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH YOU. PERFECT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU CHERYL. ALRIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE, UM, OTHER ITEMS THAT REMAIN ON CONSENT, UH, WITH COMMENT, LOOKING FOR MY LIST JACK FINGER. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. WELL, MAYOR NURNBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. YOU KNOW, MR. MAYOR, WHEN YOU, UH, WERE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, YOU SAID YOU DID NOT WANT CITY HALL TO BE FILLED WITH ALL KINDS OF SPECIAL INTERESTS. AND BY SPECIAL INTEREST, WE, WE TAKE THAT TO MEAN THE INTERESTS THAT ARE JUST THAT OF A TINY MINORITY THAT DON'T REFLECT THE, THE, THE MAIN, THE, THE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF ALL THE CITIZENS HERE IN TOWN. BUT IT SEEMS MR. MAYOR, THAT TO YOU, YOU'RE APPOINTING PEOPLE TO VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT, UH, DON'T REFLECT OUR VA VALUES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF THE CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HERE IN TOWN. AND I, AND I SPEAK TO ONE IN PARTICULAR, UM, ITEM 15 C IS THE APPOINTMENT OF A LADY BY NAME OF BRIELLE INSULAR TO THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. THAT'S A LITTLE, UH, COMMITTEE THAT THAT DEALS WITH THE WAYS IN ON VARIOUS ISSUES OF, UH, IMPORTANT TO WOMEN AND MAKES PROPOSALS AND EVENTUALLY SHE SHIPS IT TO YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL. IT'S JUST ADVISORY IN NATURE. AND YES, YOU'RE GONNA SAY THAT, JACK, YOU'RE GETTING YOUR FEATHERS RUFFLED OVER SOMETHING THAT ISN'T IMPORTANT AT ALL. IT'S NOT LIKE A A A DR. J WU, THE, UH, PLANNED PARENTHOOD ABORTIONIST WHO, UH, HAS AUTHORITY MAKES AND, UH, CARRIES OUT POWER TO VARIOUS COUNTIES ALL AROUND THE STATE HERE. NO, YEAH. BUT, UH, THIS LADY IS A PART OF A COMMITTEE COMMISSION THAT DEALS WITH POLICIES THAT YOU ARE GOING TO WEIGH IN ON AND THAT YOU ARE VOTING FOR RIGHT NOW. MR. VISSION MAY PUT THAT UP THERE. WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT KIND OF PERSON IS, UM, MS. ENSLER, WHO HAS SHE WORK FOR? WELL, LOOK, IF THEY BLOW UP THE UNDERLINED AREA, IF YOU WOULD YEAH. WELL, SHE'S WORKED FOR THE SUSAN G KOMEN FOUNDATION. THAT'S THE ONE THAT GIVES MONEY TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD, TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT. YEAH. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT, UH, WELL, LET'S GET MY OLD GLASSES ON HERE. LET'S SEE. YEAH. UH, UM, TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT IS, HAS WORKED TO HELP, UH, UH, ILLEGAL ALIENS, UH, MOVE TEXAS IS THAT, IS PRO HOMOSEXUAL AND PRO SOCIALISTIC AS VIEWING THEIR, THEIR SUPPORT OF THE SIKH PAY, UH, ISSUE THAT CAME BEFORE YOU GUYS A FEW WEEKS AGO. UH, AND WHO ELSE HAS SHE WORKED FOR? WELL, SHE WORKED FOR THE VARIOUS CAMPAIGNS SUCH AS BRIELLE HAS ENTRENCHED HERSELF IN CAMPAIGNS FOR POLITICAL CANDIDATES SUCH AS DIEGO BURNELL. HE'S THE GUY THAT GAVE US HIS SPECIAL RIGHTS FOR HOMOSEXUALS, AS I RECALL. MR. TRINO? YEAH, WENDY DAVIS. SHE BOASTED ABOUT HER ABORTIONS. MR. ROBERTO C TREVINO. ROBERTO C TREVINO. I'VE SEEN THAT DUDE IN THE HOMOSEXUAL PARADES THERE SEVERAL TIMES, IN FACT. AND JULIAN, JOAQUIN CASTRO. I KEEP GETTING THEM MIXED UP WITH RAUL AND AND FIDEL. YEAH. UH, ANYWAY, THANK YOU. IF YOU RETURN THE CAMERA, IF YOU WOULD, [00:20:01] THIS THE KIND OF PERSON YOU ARE APPOINTED. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO OUR MOTION ON THE FLOOR, WHICH IS THE MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY FOR 18, WHICH WAS PULLED AS WELL AS 22, UH, PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER 22. ITEM NUMBER 22 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WITH JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO TO PROVIDE BETTER COMMUNICATION DURING THE CIVIL, EMERGENCY OR DISASTER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, WE WERE WAITING ON GENERAL, IS GENERAL LENDERMAN HERE. OKAY. UM, SECURITY. OKAY. ALRIGHT, GREAT. WELL, UH, CHIEF HOOD, UM, I PULLED THIS ITEM FOR, UH, YOU TO COME TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, UH, ABOUT OUR MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WITH THE MILITARY HERE ON OUR, UH, EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES. AND IF YOU COULD COME TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. AND, AND GENERAL YALA, IF YOU COULD SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS MORNING. AND SO, UM, THE FIRST THING I WANNA DO IS THANK COUNCIL CITY MANAGER FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER THE YEARS. AND WE HAVE BUILT UP A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES, CAPABILITIES, UM, BETWEEN THESE TWO DEPARTMENTS. AND SO OUR, OUR CAPABILITIES HERE ARE, UM, SOME OF THE FINEST IN THE COUNTRY. AND, UH, WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOUR MILITARY BASES OVER THE YEARS. WE'VE HAD INDIVIDUAL, UM, PLANS, INDIVIDUAL AGREEMENTS, AND SO THEY DO ALL FOUR, HAVE LARGE FOOTPRINTS IN OUR CITY, IN OUR REGION. UM, THEY ALSO HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CAPABILITIES AND RESOURCES. SO, UM, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMBINE THOSE THINGS IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO BETTER SERVE THIS CITY. I THINK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US LOOK AT THE PAPERS AND THE NEWS, AND WE SEE THAT THE CLIMATE IS AN ISSUE. WE SEE, UM, NATURAL EVENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE TO WHERE WE'RE FLOODING AND WE'RE BURNING, AND THOSE THINGS COULD HAPPEN HERE. UH, WE ALSO SEE THE EVIL IN THIS COUNTRY THAT, UM, IS PUT ON DISPLAY ALMOST ON A WEEKLY BASIS. AND FOR US TO HAVE THOSE CAPABILITIES, UM, WITH THE MILITARY, WITH JOINT BASED SAN ANTONIO IS GOING TO IMPROVE OUR, UH, ABILITY TO RESPOND, OUR ABILITY TO, UH, MITIGATE SITUATIONS AND OUR ABILITIES TO MAKE THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY, UM, BETTER PREPARED IN AN EMERGENCY AND SAFER. SO AGAIN, UM, IT, IT'S AN EXCITING DAY FOR US. UM, WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD A TREMENDOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MILITARY, UM, PARTICULARLY WITH FORT SAM. UH, B SS C UM, THE WORK THAT WE DO ON THE STREETS EVERY SINGLE DAY IS PAYING DIVIDENDS TO THE CITIZENS. SO, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO, UM, JOIN TO A, UH, MUTUAL AID WITH A JOINT BASED SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, GENERAL, WELL, UH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. UH, AND I WANT TO ECHO THE CHIEF'S WORDS. I THINK WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, THE CITY'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS, UH, AGREEMENT SINCE 2010. AND SO I THINK THIS IS, UH, JUST ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, WITH OUR MILITARY HERE, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, BUT NOT ONLY THEM, WE ALSO HAVE IT WITH THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD AND, UH, WITH ALL OUR VETERANS, UH, AND OUR RETIREES THAT ARE IN THE CITY. UH, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AGREEMENT. UH, BUT IT'S NOT THE FIRST, UH, KIND OF AGREEMENT WHEN, UH, DURING HURRICANE HARVEY, I RECALL WALKING INTO THE E O C AND THERE WERE, THE MILITARY WAS WELL REPRESENTED, NOT ONLY IN THE NATIONAL GUARD AND THE RESERVES WERE THERE, BUT JOINT BASE, SAN ANTONIO HAD FOLKS THERE. AND, UH, THE, WHAT I GET, THE FEEDBACK I GET FROM THE GENERAL OFFICERS AT JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO IS THAT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT THEY HAVE WITH OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES, FIRE AND POLICE IS A SECOND TO NONE. AND, UH, ALL OF US IN THE MILITARY HAVE TRAVELED TO MANY BASES, MANY CITIES, MANY COMMUNITIES, NOT ONLY IN THE STATES BUT OVERSEAS. AND SO I KNOW LAURA LINDEMAN, GENERAL LINDEMAN IS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS. UH, THERE WAS A SIGHTING OF HER. SHE'S OUT HERE SOMEWHERE. UH, AND THERE SHE IS. AND SO I THINK THIS IS, UH, VERY APPROPRIATE. BUT, UH, I ALSO WANT TO COMPLIMENT LAURA, PLEASE. I ALSO WANT TO COMPLIMENT, UH, GENERAL LINDEMAN AND I WANT TO THANK HER FOR, WE HAVE GREAT COOPERATION. THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE SHE'S GOTTEN HERE. ONE OF 'EM IS A PAVEMENTS AGREEMENT. AND THE OTHER THING IS THIS, THIS, UH, SUPPORT AGREEMENT HERE. AND WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, CONTINUED SUPPORT, CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH OUR, UH, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO. SO WITH THAT, UH, GENERAL LINEMAN, THANK YOU. THANKS SIR TO SEE YOU, [00:25:02] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MAYOR. UM, MA'AM, SO GREAT TO BE HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, AS GENERAL AYALA MENTIONED, THE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO IS, IS CRITICAL. IT'S, WE'RE INEXTRICABLY LICKED LINKED. OUR, OUR LIVES ARE, ARE TOGETHER, WHETHER IT'S, UH, ON DUTY OR OFF DUTY. AND JUST IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE SEEN SO MANY THINGS, WONDERFUL THINGS BETWEEN, UM, THE CITY AND, UH, JUST WITH G INCURSIONS, UH, ON ALL OF OUR BASES AND HOW WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER. AND THERE'S JUST SUCH A GREAT POTENTIAL FOR US TO SAVE, UH, DOLLARS, TO SAVE INFRASTRUCTURE, TO SAVE LIVES. UM, THERE'S ALSO A GREAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITY, COMMUNICATION IMPROVEMENTS, AND ULTIMATELY THE SAFETY OF OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER WITH THIS AGREEMENT. SO EXTREMELY GRATEFUL. I KNOW IT'S, IT'S BEEN A, A WORK IN PROGRESS. IT'S TAKEN MANY YEARS TO GET HERE, BUT THOUGH IT'S WORTH THE WAIT, AND AGAIN, WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO THE CITY AND TO ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US ON THIS JOURNEY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT EVOLUTION AND THE HISTORY OF OUR RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU MA'AM. AND LET ME TELL YOU THIS, UH, UH, WE'RE CALLING IT MUTUAL AID. IT'S A MUTUAL AID AND SUPPORT OF EACH OTHER, UH, IN TIMES OF DISASTERS, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS OUT THERE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO AVOID, BUT THEY HAPPEN. AND THIS GIVES US THE AVENUE TO SUPPORT YOU AS WELL AS YOU SUPPORTING US. SO, UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND CHIEF, UH, PUTTING THIS, PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND WORKING WITH THEM. IT IS NOT EASY. THERE'S A LOT OF HURDLES THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UH, IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN. BUT, UM, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PULLING THAT TOGETHER AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN KEEP WORKING AND FINDING WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT OUR MILITARY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU, MA'AM. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PERRY AND, AND GENERAL LINDERMAN. UH, THE PARTNERSHIP REMAINS STRONG UNDER YOUR WATCH. IN FACT, I THINK IT'S GETTING BETTER THAN EVER. UM, YOU HAVE THE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. UH, I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT HERE. I KNOW YOU ARE A VERY BUSY, UH, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THIS WAY JUST TO SAY THOSE WORDS, BUT IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO US. AND I THINK IT DEMONSTRATES THE DEPTH OF PARTNERSHIP THAT EXISTS ON THE J B S A SIDE, UH, THAT WE KNOW IT'S OVER HERE, UH, BUT WE KNOW NOW, UH, UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP WHAT IS THE DEPTH OF OUR PARTNERSHIP, UH, FROM THE J B S A SIDE, AND WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH GENERAL, UH, IN GENERAL AS WELL, AND, AND YOU CHIEF HOOD FOR, UH, MAKING THIS POSSIBLE AS WELL AS MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR STEWARDING THIS RELATIONSHIP. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 22. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, SIR. THAT IS THE THANK YOU BALANCE OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA. EXCUSE ME. THAT'S THE BALANCE OF OUR AGENDA, UH, FOR OUR BUSINESS THIS MORNING. WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? UH, YES, MAYOR, JUST QUICKLY, A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC THIS MORNING. FIRST OF ALL, TODAY WE ARE WELCOMING MORE THAN 10,000 RUNNERS FOR THE 11TH ANNUAL ROCK AND ROLL MARATHON THAT WE'LL BE HOSTING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THIS WEEKEND. I KNOW COUNCILMAN SALDANA IS GOING TO BE A PARTICIPANT. I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE RUNNING THIS YEAR. THIS WILL BE MY 11TH ROCK AND ROLL, UH, MARATHON PARTICIPATION AND SEVERAL OF MY EXECUTIVE TEAM WILL BE RUNNING THEIR VERY FIRST FULL MARATHON, SO, UM, VERY PROUD OF THEM. AND WE'LL BE OUT THERE CHEERING ON, UH, 20,000 RUNNERS AND MORE THAN 10,000 CHILDREN ON SATURDAY THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE KIDS ROCK PROGRAM. SO, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE TRAVELING TO SAN ANTONIO, BUT I'M MOST PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN HALF OF OUR RUNNERS IN THE MARATHON ARE COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY. UH, AND SO WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AND THIS IS PART OF OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM. SO WELCOME RUNNERS TO SAN ANTONIO. UH, THE SECOND ITEM IS ABOUT THE ALAMO SCULPTURE TRAIL. AND SOME OF YOU WILL RECALL THAT BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2016, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A DONATION AGREEMENT THAT WOULD FACILITATE A SCULPTURE TRAIL OF 14 BROWNS, UH, STATUES, UH, OF HISTORIC FIGURES IN TEXAS, HISTORY TO BE PLACED IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND AT THE ALAMO. AND THE TRAIL WAS PRODUCED BY LOCAL PHILANTHROPIST JACK GUNTHER AND, UH, WILL CONNECT THE BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM TO THE ALAMO PLAZA. THE ALAMO SCULPTURE TRAIL INCLUDES SIX CITY OWNED STATUES, AND YOU MAY RECALL THOSE THAT ARE LOCATED AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. THEY WERE DONATED TO THE CITY BACK IN 2001, UH, BY SEAWORLD OF SEVERAL FAMOUS PEOPLE, UH, IN OUR TEXAS HISTORY. AND THERE ARE EIGHT NEWLY COMMISSIONED BRONZE STATUES THAT ARE UNDERWAY AND [00:30:01] SOME ARE READY FOR INSTALLATION. UM, SOME THE SIX THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY THAT WILL BE PLACED, UH, ON THE TRAIL INCLUDE CHARLES GOODNIGHT, QUANA PARKER, WILLIAM TRAVIS, JOSE ANTONIO NAVARRO, UH, STEVEN F. FOSTER, SAM HOUSTON. UM, THE EIGHT NEW ONES, UH, WILL INCLUDE TEDDY ROOSEVELT. IN FACT, THAT SCULPTURE IS COMPLETED AND WILL BE, UH, INSTALLED NEAR THE MENGER HOTEL. UH, AND DAVEY CROCKETT, JAMES BOWIE, SUSANNA DICKINSON, JOHN WILLIAM SMITH WILL ALSO BE PLACED AT THE ALAMO PLAZA. THE REMAINING THREE NEWLY COM, UH, COMMISSIONED BRONZE STATUES INCLUDE HENDRICK ARNOLD, JUAN SINE, EMILY MORGAN, AND THEY'RE STILL IN DESIGN AND FABRICATION, BUT IT WILL BE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL ART INSTALLATION. AND AGAIN, CONNECTING THE BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM TO THE ALAMO PLAZA. SO, UH, THAT IS UNDERWAY. YOU'LL START TO SEE THOSE, UH, BEING IN INSTALLED AND WE'RE EXCITED WITH THAT PROJECT. SECONDLY, I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON THE 2017 NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS BOND PROGRAM. WE ARE PROGRESSING, UH, AND SO UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PETER ZONI, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, VERONICA SOTO, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND ALSO JAMIE LOLLY DAMRON, THE HOUSING BOND ADMINISTRATOR. THE STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED AND EVALUATED SEVERAL HUNDRED POTENTIAL SITES AND AS OF TODAY, WE'RE PROCEEDING ON TWO IMPORTANT PROJECTS. UH, WE HAVE THEM UNDER CONTRACT AND A CITY OWNED FACILITY IS BEING PLANNED, UH, FOR, UH, THE HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT. SO TWO SITES THAT ARE UNDER CONTRACT, UH, ONE IS IN DISTRICT TWO, AND THAT WILL INCLUDE 12 VACANT INFILL LOTS ALONG MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. WE SOUGHT A DEVELOPER TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. WE'RE NOT BUILDING HOMES, BUT RATHER WE HAVE ACQUIRED THE SITES, MADE THEM SITE READY, PROVIDED INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND THEY WILL BE FOR FAMILIES IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COST RANGE. UH, HALF OF THE HOMES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE, UM, AT THE 80% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME. AND THE BALANCE WILL BE SOLD, UH, FOR SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THAT. BUT THIS IS TARGETED AS WORKFORCE HOUSING, UH, IN, ON THE EAST SIDE. SO WE'RE EXCITED WITH THAT PROJECT. UH, THE SECOND PROJECT IS AT PARKDALE DRIVE, LOCATED IN DISTRICT EIGHT AT THE MEDICAL CENTER BETWEEN WBA AND MEDICAL DRIVE. UM, ANOTHER PROJECT FOCUSED ON WORKFORCE HOUSING. THOSE WHO ARE WORKING AT THE MEDICAL CENTER THAT NEED HOUSING WITHIN THE AREA THAT IS AFFORDABLE. SO AGAIN, ANOTHER EFFORT THERE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, CITY OWNED SITE PREVIOUSLY LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, CURRENTLY KNOWN AS THE SOUTHEAST SERVICE CENTER AT THE CORNER OF SOUTHWEST, SOUTHEAST MILITARY DRIVE, AND SOUTH NEW BRAUNFELS. UM, HIGHLY IMPORTANT INTERSECTION IN DISTRICT THREE. AND THIS SITE WILL BE REDEVELOPED AS A MULTI-FAMILY AFFORDABLE RENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND IS ANTICIPATED TO BE RELEASED BID IN EARLY 2019. UH, SO WE CONTINUE, OUR STAFF IS WORKING DILIGENTLY TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THE MOST VIABLE COST EFFECTIVE AND IMPACTFUL SITES TO DELIVER ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING BOND PROGRAM. WE'RE MAKING TREMENDOUS PROGRESS AND OF COURSE, WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS IN WHOSE DISTRICTS WERE LOOKING. AND YOU'LL RECALL THAT THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED 12 AREAS TO FOCUS ON, AND THAT IS WHAT THE VOTERS VOTED ON BACK IN THE BOND PROGRAM ELECTION IN MAY OF 2017. SO WE'RE FOLLOWING THOSE GUIDELINES AND, UH, PROCEEDING. AND OF COURSE, VERONICA SOTO WAS HERE THIS MORNING. UH, SHE'S WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY ON THIS WITH PETER ZONI AND JAMIE LOLLY DAMRON AND I APPRECIATE THEIR WORK AND WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND SHARE THE GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRESS. UH, THIS MORNING, THAT'S ALL TO REPORT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU CHERYL. ALRIGHT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. UH, EXCUSE ME, NOT QUITE ADJOURNED. THE TIME IS NOW 9:55 AM ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, 2018. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW RECONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, AND DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE ITEMS POSTED BUT NOT COMPLETED OR REACHED IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION YESTERDAY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.