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WE'RE CALLING OUR MEETING TO ORDER.
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YOUR SEATS.WE'RE CALLING OUR MEETING TO ORDER.
THE TIME IS 9:05 AM ON THE 20TH DAY OF APRIL, 2020, 2023.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ THE ROLL.
FATHER VICTOR, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO.
FOLKS, PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS AND QUIET DOWN.
MADAM CLERK, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESIDENT.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
IT IS A FESTIVE DAY IF ANYBODY'S MARKED THEIR CALENDAR.
TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF FIESTA.
WELL, WE ARE VERY EXCITED AND WE HAVE MANY SPECIAL GUESTS IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY.
AND I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE, UH, 'CAUSE WE WANNA RECOGNIZE MANY FOLKS WHO HAVE JOINED US TODAY, AS WE ALWAYS DO.
UH, THE TIME IS 9:06 AM ON THE 20TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023.
WE ARE IN ORDER FOR OUR A SESSION.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION.
I'LL GIVE THE FLOOR OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR.
I WANT TO WELCOME FATHER CARLOS BERNARDO VELAZQUEZ, WHO WAS BORN ON JULY 28TH, 1963 IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS TO ANTONIO H VELAZQUEZ AND MARIA JOSEFINA VELAZQUEZ, THE ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN.
HE WAS RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO, ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER JUAN AND HIS SISTERS ELIANA IN VIRGINIA.
FATHER CARLOS ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT OUR LADY OF SORROWS CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND ST.
HE SPENT HIS FORMATIVE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AT ST.
ANTHONY HIGH SCHOOL SEMINARY IN SAN ANTONIO.
HE ATTENDED THE COLLEGE OF SANTA FE WHERE HE EARNED A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES, MINORING IN PHILOSOPHY.
LATER HE ATTENDED OBLATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY EARNING A MASTER OF DIVINITY DEGREE.
ON JUNE 8TH, 1990, FATHER LES WAS ORDAINED A PRIEST FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN ANTONIO AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH.
HIS HIS FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS AT THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES OF GONZALEZ AND WILDER, WHERE HE SERVED AS PAROCHIAL VICAR.
MARY'S MAGDALENE CATHOLIC CHURCH, AGAIN IN THE ROLE OF PAROCHIAL VICAR.
FROM 1992 TO 2000, FATHER KALO SERVED THE ARCHDIOCESE IN THE OFFICE OF VOCATIONS.
FIRST AS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR THEN AS DIRECTOR OF OF ST.
JOHN'S BERKMAN'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
WELCOME, WELCOMED HIM AS THEIR PASTOR IN 2000, AS DID THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN 2006.
MOST RECENTLY, HE SERVED AS PASTOR OF SAINT PETERS AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NEW BRAUNFELS FROM 2017 TO JULY, 2021.
THOMAS, THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CANYON LAKE.
FROM JANUARY, 2019 TO JUNE, 2021, FATHER CARLOS ENJOYS READING, TRAVELING, AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
LET US STAND AND LET US BOW OUR HEADS IN PRAYER.
BLESSED ARE YOU, LORD GOD OF MERCY, WHO THROUGH YOUR
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SON, GAVE US A MARVELOUS EXAMPLE OF CHARITY AND THE GREAT COMMANDMENT OF LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.SEND DOWN YOUR BLESSINGS ON THESE, YOUR SERVANTS AND ALL WHO ARE PRESENT HERE TODAY WHO GENEROUSLY DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO HELPING OTHERS.
MAY THEY BE TRUE SERVANTS WHO LISTEN TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
MAY THEY BE TRUE SERVANTS WHO RESPECT EACH OTHER.
MAY THEY BE TRUE SERVANTS WHO EXHIBIT WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING.
MAY THEY BE TRUE SERVANTS WHO ENGAGE AND ACT ON THEIR DECISIONS WHEN THEY ARE CALLED ON IN TIMES OF NEED.
LET THEM FAITHFULLY SERVE YOU IN THEIR NEIGHBOR.
BLESS OUR CITY AND ALL THAT IT HAS TO OFFER ITS RESIDENTS.
WE ASK ALL THIS THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD.
I I'D ACTUALLY INVITE YOU ALL TO PLEASE, UH, CONTINUE STANDING TODAY.
WE ARE VERY PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 1 77 BAND, UH, WITH US TODAY.
WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE THIS, BUT TODAY THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE AND HELP US GET STARTED BY, UM, PLAYING OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.
SO PLEASE WELCOME THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 1 77 BAND.
ALL RIGHT, HOW ABOUT ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS THEY DEPART THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 1 77, AND, UH, WE'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEM, UH, IN JUST A MOMENT.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 22ND AND 23RD.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE SHALL MOVE.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 22 AND 23.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
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CEREMONIALS FOR TODAY, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS A CONSENT AGENDA.UH, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, FOUR AND FIVE.
UH, AT THIS TIME, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OTHER THAN FOUR AND FIVE? ITEM ITEM 16 AND ITEM 17, ITEM 10 FOR RECUSAL AND ITEM 10 FOR RECUSAL.
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ANY OTHERS? UH, IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.UH, COULD I GET A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ALL RIGHT.
WE DO HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE REMAINING ON CONSENT, AND I'LL TAKE THEM NOW.
UH, SO WE HAVE A, A GROUP OF FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 29.
LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE SIGNED UP AS A GROUP.
IF I CAN ASK YOU TO COME FORWARD NOW.
MELINDA COX, GARY COLANDER, SHANNON GRONER, KELLY GUNN AND MANDY HOWAND.
AND, UH, Y'ALL HAVE NINE MINUTES TO SPEAK, SO COME ON UP.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE AND I'M THE FOUNDER AND SPONSOR FOR THE JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.
MANY THANKS TO DISTRICT NINE, COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND HIS STAFF FOR THE INVITATION TO SPEAK TODAY REGARDING THE INTERLOCK AGREEMENT IN OUR FLASHING SCHOOL ZONE LIGHTS.
MY CLUB STUDENTS HAVE WORKED ON CAMPUS AND IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE 2012 TO REMIND DRIVERS TO KEEP THEIR EYES ON THE ROAD AND NOT ON THEIR PHONE.
AS LUCK WOULD HAVE AT APRIL IS ACTUALLY A NATIONAL DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH AND, AND, UH, OUR WORK IS IMPORTANT IN BEAR.
IN 2022, BEXAR COUNTY LED THE STATE IN DISTRACTED DRIVING FATALITIES.
MY STUDENTS WORK YEAR ROUND AND THEY ARE EMPOWERED ADVOCATES FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DISTRICT NINE AND THE CITY FOR YEARS AND WE APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED SUPPORT.
WE ARE NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO A COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY, CITY, AND THE COUNTY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE INSTALLATION OF SCHOOL ZONE LIGHTS AROUND OUR CAMPUS.
OUR SECTION OF VERDE ROAD BY JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL IS MAINTAINED BY THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE WORKED ON THE ISSUE OF FLASHING SCHOOL ZONE LIGHTS FOR YEARS, AND SO WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND FUNDS AFFORDED TO THIS PROJECT BY THE DISTRICT AND THE CITY.
THE RESIDENTIAL AREA SURROUNDED BY VERDE AND T P C ROADS HAS GROWN ENORMOUSLY IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
WE HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL AND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE AREA.
SO ATTENTION TO THE TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA IS CRUCIAL AT THE MOMENT.
THE START OF THE SCHOOL ZONE BY JOHNSON IS ONLY NOTED BY A SMALL SIGN, EASILY OVERLOOKED DUE TO SIZE AND NUMEROUS OTHER SIGNS IN THE AREA.
ACCORDING TO A TRAFFIC SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE COUNTY LAST YEAR, AROUND 2,500 CARS ENTER INTO THE STUDENT PARKING LOT ENTRANCE ON ANY ANY GIVEN DAY OF THE WEEK.
AND OVER 20,000 CARS PASSED BY THE SCHOOL ON BO VERDE EACH DAY DURING THE WEEK.
MY STUDENTS KNOW THE INSTALLATION OF THE TWO SCHOOL ZONE LIGHTS ON VERDE WILL NOT ONLY SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC DURING SCHOOL ZONE AREAS, BUT ALSO GIVE US A CHANCE AT A NEW EDUCATIONAL PIECE REGARDING DRIVING SAFETY AND SPEED.
WE WILL WORK TO PROMOTE THESE NEW LIGHTS AND IN TURN REMIND DRIVERS TO ALWAYS DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT AND MAKE SMART CHOICES AS THEY PASS OUR SCHOOL AND DRIVE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
AS ALWAYS, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY PRINCIPAL KOMAN LANDER, OUR J UH JOHNSON, UH, HIGH SCHOOL, P T S A, OUR SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT SHANNON GROIN, AND OUR DISTRICT FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR CLUB EFFORTS AND THEIR PERSISTENT CONCERN, NOT ONLY FOR OUR STUDENTS BUT ALSO FOR YOUR STUDENTS TOO.
I'M SHANNON GRONER, THE N E I S D SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR YOUR COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO GET THAT LIGHT, UM, THERE ON BULVERDE ROAD.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT MELINDA COX AND HER STUDENTS HAVE DONE TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE ADVOCACY OF SMART DRIVING.
I'M GARY C*M PRINCIPAL AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL AND, UH, MORE IMPORTANTLY, HAVE LIVED IN THAT AREA FOR 17 YEARS.
KIDS GO THROUGH THAT JOHNSON AND WITH DISTRICT NINE AND, AND PART OF DISTRICT 10 AS OUR COMMUNITY AND CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE THINGS THAT MELINDA COX AND HER SMART DRIVING CLUB AND COOPERATION WITH THE CITY, UH, COUNCIL, UH, EVEN STATEWIDE AND PARTICIPATION WITH SOME OF THE MEMBERS GOING TO AUSTIN TO ADVOCATE, UH, FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO KEEP US SAFE AND TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.
UM, THEY DO GREAT THINGS FOR THE SCHOOL, BUT THEY ALSO DO GREAT THINGS FOR THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND THE STATE.
AND WE APPRECIATE THIS COLLABORATION WORKING TOGETHER.
UH, IT IS, AS MS. COX SAID, WE HAVE WELL OVER 2000 CARS COMING IN EVERY SINGLE MORNING AND EVERY SINGLE AFTERNOON HEADING BACK OUT, UH, ALONG WITH 20,000 PLUS CARS DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD.
AND THIS, THIS IS GONNA PROVIDE SOME SAFETY FOR OUR KIDS AND, AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY
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MEMBERS WITH THIS COLLABORATION.UM, WE COULDN'T GET THESE THINGS DONE WITHOUT PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER.
WE SIT IN A UNIQUE SPOT WHERE OUR SCHOOL IS RIGHT ON THE LINE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE, AND THE COUNTY.
UH, AND ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF OUR COMMUNITY IS CITY AND ONE THIRD JUST COUNTY.
AND TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
WE CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH.
SO THANK YOU TO MELINDA COX AND OUR SMART DRIVING CLUB.
BUT THANK YOU COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND CITY FOR COMING TOGETHER TO WORK WITH OUR COUNTY ON THIS PROJECT.
OKAY, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA NOW.
SO I'LL, UH, YIELD TO, UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY QUEUED UP FOR THAT, UH, PLEASE DO SO.
IF NOT, JUST SIGNAL ME IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, SEE ANYBODY IN THE QUEUE.
SO WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN.
I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TWO ITEMS. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 12, WHICH IS A SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS UPON AWARD FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES FOR A HIRING PROGRAM GRANT, A 50 POLICE OFFICERS.
IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT THE INCREASE IN PATROL OFFICERS WILL ALSO IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES AND IMPROVE INTERACTIONS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO INCLUDE EFFORTS FOCUSED ON EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION OF CRIME.
UH, AND ALSO THIS ACTION WILL SHOW THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS AND CONCERNS THROUGH TRADITIONAL PO POLICING.
UH, AND I JUST WANNA THANK THE, UM, THE COMMITTEE AND OUR CHAIR, COUNCILMAN KEO HDA FOR WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD TO KEEP THE, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SAFE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 13 APPROVING THE FOLLOWING BOARD, COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE APPOINTEES.
UH, I'M APPOINTING PHILIP RYAN GARZA TO PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.
HE SERVES AS THE PRESIDENT CURRENTLY OF HIGHLAND PARK.
AND I, I'VE JUST BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED ABOUT HOW THAT COMMUNITY WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PARK AND MAKE SURE IT'S WALKABLE.
AND I'M HOPING THAT HE CAN DO THE SAME AS HE SERVES ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, I TOO WANNA RECOGNIZE SOME, SOMEONE THAT, UH, UH, I HAVE APPOINTED TO, UH, THE DRAINAGE COMMITTEE AND THAT'S, UH, ITEM NUMBER 13, UH, PATRICE MILAN.
SHE'S ACTUALLY A RETIRED BRIGADIER GENERAL IN THE AIR FORCE.
I'VE KNOWN HER FOR MANY YEARS.
UH, SHE SPENT 24 YEARS IN THE RESERVES AND, AND, UH, THE REST OF THE 33 YEARS ACTIVE DUTY.
SO, UH, SHE SERVED THE COMMUNITY.
SHE ACTUALLY SAT ON THE, UH, DRAINAGE COMMITTEE FOR THIS LAST BOND.
SO SHE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT SHE STEPPED UP FOR DISTRICT 10 TO BE ON THIS NEW COMMITTEE THAT WE JUST PUT TOGETHER, UH, FOR OUR DRAINAGE.
AND I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THREE AGENDA ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE IS THE TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO AREA STREETS PROJECT.
IT'S A BOND PROJECT AND I'M JUST HAPPY THAT WE WILL BE APPROPRIATING SOME FUNDS FOR THE STREETS PROJECT THERE.
SO THANK YOU TO TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO FOR WORKING WITH US.
THE SECOND IS, UM, THE HVAC IMPROVEMENTS AT JOHNSTON LIBRARY IN DISTRICT FOUR.
AND THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING AND I JUST WANNA THANK ALL OF THE, THE LIBRARY STAFF AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT MANAGEMENT, UH, STAFF AS WELL.
AND THEN THE FINAL ONE IS WE ARE APPOINTING TODAY ZACH REDIN FROM DISTRICT FOUR TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HIS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE.
I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 20, UM, WHICH IS THE RENEWAL OF AN AGREEMENT WHICH ALLOWS THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE FIRE HEAVY RESCUE, HAZMAT AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE CITY OF HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE.
I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF E M S FIRE AND RESCUE PERSONNEL.
WE ALL KNOW FIRES AND EMERGENCIES DO NOT HAVE BORDERS AND I'M PROUD WE CAN SHARE OUR AMAZING FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICES WITH OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.
I ALSO WANTED TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF INCREASING THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT'S PERSONNEL AND PROVIDING ROBUST BENEFITS.
THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT IS SERVING OUR RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS IN IN OTHER CITIES IN THE E T J AND MILITARY BASES.
THIS ITEM ONLY SHOWS HOW IN DEMAND OUR SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF IS.
AND I HOPE COSA WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS ON INCREASING THE NUMBER OF FIRE
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AND E M S PERSONNEL.IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT COSA LOOK FOR EVERY WAY TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE THE HEALTHCARE BENEFITS OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO RUN INTO FIRES AND ARE CONSTANTLY EXPOSED TO CARCINOGENS.
I WANNA THANK THE FANTASTIC MEN AND WOMEN IN RED FOR PROTECTING OUR CITY AND SAN ANTONIO FIRE, UH, UNION AS WELL FOR ALWAYS ENSURING THAT THEY'RE PUTTING WORKERS FIRST.
I WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 29.
THAT'S THE ITEM THAT WE JUST HEARD SOME SPEAKERS, UH, COME AND TALK WITH US ABOUT.
AND IT'S AN EFFORT BY THE CITY TO INSTALL THREE SETS OF ADVANCED SCHOOL LIGHTING BEACONS NEAR LADY BIRD JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, AS YOU'VE HEARD, THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT.
I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE COOPERATION WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL AS WITH THE SCHOOL.
UH, I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND, UH, MELINDA COX WITH THE SAFE DRIVER'S CLUB AND ALL THE STUDENTS THERE.
THEY COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, BUT I WISH THEY WERE 'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SO ACTIVE IN PROMOTING SAFE DRIVING IN THEIR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST AT THEIR SCHOOL, BUT OTHERS AS WELL.
AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK, UH, PRESIDENT, UH, GROWNUP FOR BEING HERE FROM THE BOARD AND GARY LANDER, THE, UH, PRINCIPAL AND KELLY GUNN AND MANDY HOLLAND, ALSO WITH THE P T SS A OVER THERE.
THERE'S GREAT COMMUNITY THERE.
EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO PROMOTE SAFETY FOR THAT COMMUNITY IS WELL WORTH OUR ATTENTION AND EFFORT AS A CITY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT JUST ONE ITEM AND I THINK EVERYBODY HERE IS AWARE OF IT.
ITEM 24, WHICH IS THE TWO, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS FROM THE 2022 BOND.
UH, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK OUR MANY, UH, COLLEAGUES, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, CITY STAFF, UH, COUNTY STAFF, AND OUR PARTNERS IN THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS.
UH, FOR THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS JOINT EFFORT, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY GOAL IN THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND IN OUR HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL.
AND I'M PROUD THAT THIS EFFORT WILL CREATE AN ADDITIONAL 288 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR GOAL, UH, TO GET TO A THOUSAND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
THE WORK TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES THROUGH PROVEN SOLUTIONS, UNDERGIRDED BY A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH WITH OUR PARTNERS WITHIN THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
AND OUR APPROACH TO SOLVE THIS CHALLENGE HAS ALREADY GARNERED SOME NATIONAL ATTENTION, AS IT EVIDENCED BY MONDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AWARDING SAN ANTONIO AN ADDITIONAL $14.5 MILLION ON TOP OF LAST MONTH'S $17 MILLION.
AND THOSE AWARDS AGAIN, TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S GARNERED NATIONAL ATTENTION FOR GOOD REASON.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE STRONGEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE CONTINUUM OF CARE OPERATIONS IN THE COUNTRY.
SO TODAY'S ACTION REPRESENTS AN INVESTMENT THAT GOES BEYOND HOUSING.
THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND IN MENTAL HEALTH.
AND THIS IS WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF A CITY LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT'S BUILT ON THE PRINCIPLE OF COMPASSION.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 4, 5, 10, 16, AND 17.
ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR, UM, CEREMONIALS WE'LL WE WILL TAKE UP ONE OTHER ITEM JUST FOR RECUSAL PURPOSES.
SO I'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 10 AND FOR THE RECORD I WILL BE RECUSED ON THAT ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF AN UNIMPROVED CITY-OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF AUBREY STREET AND EAST CAESAR CHAVEZ BOULEVARD WITHIN NEW CITY BLOCK 9 28 TO H E B L P A TEXAS LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP FOR A FEE OF $90,100 TO BE DEPOSITED INTO THE GENERAL FUND CHAIR.
MAYOR PRO TIM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
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MOTION PASSES.[POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE ]
LET'S GET ON WITH OUR CELEBRATION.UH, AND THE FIRST I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IS OUR NEW RAY FAO, NUMBER 74, LARRY KIRTH.
ONE OF THE GREAT TRADITIONS OF SAN ANTONIO FIESTA IS THE CROWNING OF RAFAEL AND THE TRADITION OF RAY FAO AND IN HIS COURT.
SO, UH, UH, YOUR MAJESTY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
WE'LL GO THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, SPREADING FUN, BUT WITH AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE OF THE NECESSITY FOR GENERATIONAL CHANGE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND TO HELP STUDENTS GO TO TWO YEAR COLLEGES, FOUR YEAR COLLEGES AND TRADE SCHOOLS THROUGH, UH, SCHOLARSHIP MONIES THAT ARE RAISED THROUGH THE RAY FAO SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION AND THE CONSEJO AND THE RAY FAY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION AND CONSEJO ARE BOTH HERE.
UH, YOUR HONOR, UH, WITH US HERE TODAY.
NOW I'M OFTEN ASKED WHAT IS MY FAVORITE MOMENT IN FIESTA? AND MY FAVORITE MOMENT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING RIGHT HERE THIS MORNING IN FRONT, IN FRONT OF COUNCIL BECAUSE IT'S WHEN I MEET A RAY FAO SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION RECIPIENT, DR.
THAT MAKES, THAT MAKES MY FIESTA.
NOW, YOUR HONOR, I KNOW WE NEED TO BRING MEDALS WITH US AND WE'VE DONE THAT.
AND FOR EVERYONE ON COUNCIL TODAY, I HAVE A CABRI TO, AND I WANT TO SHOW THIS TO THE AUDIENCE BECAUSE WHEN WE GO OUT AROUND TO FIESTA, THEY ALWAYS ASK ME CAN I HAVE ONE OF THE GOOD ONES,
OKAY, SO FOR EVERYONE ON COUNCIL, I HAVE ONE OF THE VERY GOOD ONES.
ALRIGHT? AND WE'LL DISTRIBUTE THOSE.
AND THE, THE CABRI IS THE METAL THAT THE RAY FAO IS ALLOWED TO GIVE OUT TO JUST 100 PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO WHO DEMONSTRATE PHILANTHROPY, WHO DEMONSTRATE CIVIC PRIDE AND WHO DEMONSTRATE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE HERE FOR THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND I CAN THINK OF NO BETTER GROUP IN ORDER TO GIVE THIS MEDAL.
THANK YOU COUNCIL, CONTINUE TO PLEASE HELP US TO MAKE GENERATIONAL CHANGE TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND NOW WITH A PLEA OF PRIVILEGE, UH, YOUR HONOR, I'D LIKE MY QUEEN, NATALIE GOMEZ TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
LORENA LINDA, I'M SO HONORED TO BE BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY.
AS THE KING MENTIONED, UH, THIS IS OUR TIME TO SHINE AND HAVE FUN AND ENJOY THE CELEBRATION, BUT IT IS NOT LOST ON US THE MISSION OF HELPING STUDENTS PURSUE A HIGHER EDUCATION.
SO WE THANK YOU FOR THIS PLATFORM BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO AND DO IT WELL.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, THIS YEAR SET A GOAL FOR MYSELF, A $50,000 TO RAISE FOR THE STUDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND IT WAS NOT BY SOLE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE DOUBLED OUR EFFORTS.
AND JUST YESTERDAY SUBMITTED A CHECK FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE RAY FAO ORGANIZATION, A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN TOTAL.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE SUPPORT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVE BEST OF, UM, FIESTA IN THESE 10 DAYS.
WE ARE SO EXCITED AND BLESSINGS TO ALL OF YOU.
AND BEFORE YOU GO, UH, JUST TO ISSUE THE OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE REO CONSEJO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION WILL ALSO HOST FIESTA DE LOS REYES, APRIL 21ST OF 30TH, 2023 AT THE HISTORIC MARKET SQUARE.
AND WHEREAS SINCE 2010, THE RAO CONSEJO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PARTNER ANNUALLY TO PRODUCE THIS CULTURALLY RICH CELEBRATION FEATURING DAILY AND NIGHTLY LIVE PERFORMANCES.
A WIDE VARIETY OF DELICIOUS CUISINE AND EXCITING FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENTS.
AND WHEREAS THE RAY FAO IS A YEAR-ROUND RAY FAO SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION AMBASSADOR AND FIESTA ROYALTY WHO ACHIEVES THE RAIN BY RAISING AT LEAST $250,000 FOR SCHOLARSHIPS IN A FAMILY-FRIENDLY COMPETITION AGAINST ANOTHER CANDIDATE
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EVERY YEAR.THESE FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT, THROUGH RENEWABLE AWARDS BY THE RAY FAO SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION TO APPROXIMATELY 150 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND COLLINS STUDENTS IN THE FORM OF 2000 ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS, $2,000 ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BOOKS AND TUITION.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NUREMBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 21ST THROUGH 30TH 2023 TO BE FIESTA DE LOS REYES DAYS IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
OKAY, WELL, I'M GONNA CONTINUE WITH OUR, UM, RECOGNITIONS TODAY WITH, UH, BY WELCOMING MEMBERS OF OUR ARAB AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO PLEASE COME FORWARD.
AND I, I'D INVITE Y'ALL TO MAKE A FEW REMARKS.
BUT FIRST, UH, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS PROUD TO JOIN THE ARAB AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND OBSERVING THE MONTH OF APRIL AS ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH TO CELEBRATE THE IMMEASURABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ARAB AMERICANS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS ARAB AMERICANS SHARE A RICH CULTURE AND VALUES THAT ENRICH OUR COMMUNITY AND THEIR MANY TALENTS HAVE INFLUENCED EVERY SECTOR OF OUR SOCIETY, FROM GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY TO BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MEDICINE, LAW, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, ENTERTAINMENT AND MORE.
AND WHEREAS ARAB AMERICANS ARE ALSO PROUDLY SERVING THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, BRINGING A DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCE THAT HELPS MAKE OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER, MORE PROSPEROUS AND MORE JUST.
AND WHEREAS WE CELEBRATE OUR FELLOW ARAB AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND PAY TRIBUTE TO ALL WHO HAVE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WE STRIVE TO HONOR OUR FUNDAMENTAL VALUES AND ADVANCE EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE AFFIRMING ONCE AGAIN THAT DIVERSITY IS ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY'S GREATEST STRENGTHS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NUREMBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL, 2023 TO BE ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBERS, I'M SO HONORED TO BE HERE STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU AS AN EGYPTIAN AMERICAN AND AS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE ARAB AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, WITH MY FRIENDS HERE, UH, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS.
UM, THIS IS NOT JUST A CELEBRATION OR A PROCLAMATION, IT'S, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW WHO WE ARE AND, UM, INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO THE COMMUNITY AND SHOW AND SHARE OUR HERITAGE, OUR CULTURE, AND WHAT MAKES US HUMAN AND WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND APPRECIATE IT.
AND, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE ARAB AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, I WANT TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND PROCLAMATION.
SAN ANTONIO IS HOME TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ARAB AMERICANS AND, UM, WHO'VE, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTED AND, UH, TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH AND THE VIBRANCY OF THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
ALRIGHT, LET ME RECOGNIZE NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO WITH A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
UM, POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IS MY FAVORITE DAY, AND I HAVE A FEW SHOUT OUTS TO GIVE, UM, UH, AS WE CONTINUE CELEBRATING MONTH OF THE MIL MILITARY CHILD.
ON BEHALF OF MY VETERAN ADVISORY COMMISSION, APPOINTEE, RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL EDWARD RAY FEARS, HE ASKED THAT CITY COUNCIL COULD MAKE A TOAST TO CELEBRATING THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD.
SO FOR LUNCH, EVERYBODY, WE HAVE A PURPLE DRINK AND WE'LL TAKE A TOAST, UH, BEFORE WE HAVE OUR LUNCH.
AND, UM, THIS IS JUST THAT WE, WE CELEBRATED THIS IN APRIL, BUT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PURPLE UP ALL MONTH TO CELEBRATE THE THE MILITARY CHILD.
AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, JALEN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, WHO'S A MILITARY CHILD, MY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, VIRGINIA MARTINEZ, AND MY DIRECTOR OF CONSTITUENT SERVICES, SALVADOR VALDEZ, WHO WERE ALL MILITARY CHILDREN.
MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THIS WITH YOU GUYS.
UH, MY SECOND POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IS THE CITY COUNCIL BLOOD DRIVE CHALLENGE ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED, IT'S OUR FIFTH ROUND OF FRIENDLY COMPETITION.
TOGETHER, THE DISTRICTS HAVE HELPED THE LIVES OF OVER 3000, UH, PATIENTS IN THE SOUTH TEXAS AREA.
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BLOOD CENTERS SEE JOST DECREASES IN DONATIONS DURING TIMES OF SCHOOL VACATION FIESTA.AND WE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THIS SUPPLY UP.
JUST 3% OF THE US POPULATION DONATES BLOOD EVERY YEAR.
A POPULATION GROWTH IN AREAS LIKE SOUTH TEXAS STRAINS THE SUPPLY ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THE LARGEST OF PERCENTAGE OF BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS GO TO CANCER PATIENTS.
AND I'M SURE ALL OF US HAVE HAD SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN IMPACTED BY CANCER.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS.
AND REMEMBER THAT SOUTH TEXAS BLOOD AND TISSUE SERVES MORE THAN 100 HOSPITALS AND CLINICS IN SOUTH TEXAS.
SO I'M GOING TO INVITE THEM UP TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER OF THE CHALLENGE AND SHARE A LITTLE ABOUT THIS YEAR'S BLOOD DRIVE.
WE WERE ALL, WE WERE ALL VERY ACTIVE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ESPECIALLY COUNCILWOMAN GRO FOR INVITING US HERE TODAY.
I'M THE SENIOR MANAGER OF DONOR SERVICES.
IT IS TIMELY THAT WE HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE WINNER OF THE DISTRICT BLOOD DRIVE CHALLENGE TODAY BECAUSE NEXT WEEK KICKS OFF THE, UH, INAUGURAL BLOOD ADVOCACY WEEK.
BLOOD ADVOCACY WEEK IS A NEW INITIATIVE FOR AMERICA'S BLOOD CENTERS.
A B C IS THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED, UH, INDEPENDENT BLOOD CENTERS THAT PROVIDES 60 UH, PERCENT OF THE NATION'S BLOOD SUPPLY.
THE PURPOSE OF BLOOD ADVOCACY WEEK IS TO GAIN ADVOCACY GOVERNMENT PARTNERS, SPONSORS AND POLICY CHAMPIONS TO CREATE AWARENESS AND LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR A DIVERSE AND ROBUST BLOOD SUPPLY.
WE ARE TRULY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE YOURSELVES TO HELP US GROW AND DIVERSIFY OUR DONOR BASE TO ENSURE THE RESILIENCE OF THE, UH, BLOOD SUPPLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PROMOTING THE VALUE OF BLOOD TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR COMMUNITY, AND OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE AND TURN OVER TO HER TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER OF THE DISTRICT BLOOD DRIVE CHALLENGE.
MY NAME IS KRISTY CRAYCRAFT AND I AM THE MANAGER OF DONOR RECRUITMENT AT THE BLOOD BANK.
SO THE DISTRICT BLOOD DRIVE, DISTRICT BLOOD DRIVE CHALLENGE MARKS THE FIFTH TIME THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS COME TOGETHER FOR A FRIENDLY COMPETITION TO HELP SAVE LIVES IN SAN ANTONIO AND SOUTH TEXAS.
THIS CHALLENGE BEGAN EARLY IN 2021 WHEN MORE THAN 1000 BLOOD DRIVES HAD BEEN CANCELED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
WITH THE HELP OF THE MAYOR THANK YOU.
MAKING WEEKLY BLOOD UPDATES IN 2020 AND 2021.
AND THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF CITY COUNCIL THANK YOU.
OUR COMMUNITY BLOOD SUPPLY BEGAN TO REBUILD.
THE CHALLENGE IS USUALLY HELD DURING VERY CRITICAL TIMES OF THE YEAR.
AND AT THIS TIME IT WAS NO DIFFERENT.
SO THE CHALLENGE IN APRIL HAS HELPED US TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE UNITS HEADING INTO THIS YEAR'S FIESTA FESTIVITIES FIESTA'S, A GREAT TIME TO CELEBRATE.
UM, BUT BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR DONORS SO MUCH, EVERY DONOR WHO DONATED AT THE CITY COUNCIL BLOOD DRIVE RECEIVED THIS TEXAS SIZE MEDAL, WHICH I SEE SOME OF YOU'RE WEARING IT TODAY.
SO, UM, IT IS A GREAT TIME TO CELEBRATE, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT DURING THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA SEE AN INCREASE OF EMERGENCIES THAT REQUIRE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS.
BLOOD ISN'T, UM, JUST USED IN TRAUMA SITUATIONS, THOUGH EVERY DAY BLOOD DONATIONS ARE HELPED IN ACCIDENT AND BURN VICTIMS, HEART SURGERIES, ORGAN TRANSPLANT PATIENTS, AND THOSE UNDERGOING TREATMENTS FOR CANCER, WHICH YOU JUST MENTIONED, SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND MANY MORE CONDITIONS.
THE RAPID POPULATION GROWTH IN SOUTH TEXAS HAS DRIVEN OUR DEMAND FOR BLOOD SUPPLY.
15 TO 20% AND MORE THAN 1000 DONATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE BY YOU.
THE DISTRICT LED THROUGH THAT CHALLENGE SINCE THE INAUGURAL KICKOFF IN 2021, HELPING SAVE THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 3000 PATIENTS.
SO APPLAUD YOURSELVES FOR THAT.
SO, SO THIS YEAR THE DISTRICT HAS, UM, HAD THE MOST DONATIONS.
SO OUR WINNERS FOR THIS YEAR IN THIRD PLACE, WE HAVE DISTRICT EIGHT IN SECOND PLACE.
AND IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE DISTRICT SEVEN.
AND IF I MIGHT NOTE THAT
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.
SO ONCE AGAIN, UM, OUR TEAM AT SOUTH TEXAS BLOOD AND TISSUE, THANKS YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP, ADVOCACY, YOUR SUPPORT.
WE CONTINUE TO ASK YOU TO GIVE BLOOD AND VIVA FIESTA.
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VIVA, CONGRATULATIONS.I THINK THEY WANNA TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU.
UH, AND WHILE THEY'RE, THEY'RE TAKING A PHOTO AND, UH, WE'RE CELEBRATING.
UM, WE, I WANNA TALK ABOUT MY LAST POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, UM, BECAUSE PART OF IT IS GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO WE, UH, WE KNOW THAT DONATING BLOOD IS ONE WAY WE CAN GIVE BACK, BUT THE OTHER WAY WE GIVE BACK IS THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM.
AND APRIL IS, UH, NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH.
AND, UM, THE ONE THING WHILE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR PHOTO DONE, WE'LL WE'LL SHOW OUR SLIDESHOW IS WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT GIVE BACK WITH, WITH DONATIONS, BUT PART OF IT IS GIVING BACK WITH THEIR TIME TOO.
SO I WOULD WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE VOLUNTEERS WE SEE THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO UP ON THE SCREEN, OUR CASA ADVOCATES, UH, THERE'S TARGET, WHICH WAS OUR D THREE BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT, CELEBRATING THEM.
THERE'S THE ROTARY CLUB THAT'S GIVING BACK AMEE BANK RELATED AFFORDABLE FOUNDATION.
UH, SPURS GIVE BUSTA BASH THE VFWS AND ALL OF US HAVE APPOINTEES AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK.
SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME OF OUR VOLUNTEERS HERE AT DISTRICT THREE.
THEY'RE JUST GONNA GIVE THEIR NAMES AND LET YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE FROM.
SO IF WE COULD GET THEM ALL JOINING US TODAY.
I HAVE BROADWAY BANKS CARE CORES.
THIS IS IN AN EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEER GROUP THAT LOGGED MORE THAN 5,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS WITH OVER 150 ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS TEXAS IF THEY WANNA MAKE THEIR WAY UP.
TARGET, UH, YOUR TIME AT OUR DISTRICT THREE FIVE K AND SERVING MORE THAN 3000 CHILDREN IN OUR BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT.
UM, THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE.
UM, WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH CASA, THE ADVOCATES WHO DEDICATE THEIR TIME, LOVE, AND VOICE TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL THE CHILDREN IN OUR SYSTEM.
UH, AND THE ROTARY CLUB FOR CLEANUPS ON OUR SOUTH SIDE, GETTING OUR YOUTH INVOLVED.
UH, THEY'VE ALL TAKEN TIME OUT TODAY TO COME AND SHOW YOU WHAT VOLUNTEERS LOOK LIKE AND I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO COME AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND WHAT ORGANIZATION YOU'RE WITH.
SO, SO MY COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
LET'S HAVE THE ROTARY CLUB COME FIRST AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
WE'RE THE ROTARY CLUB OF SAN ANTONIO SOUTH, CELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE SOUTH SIDE IN NOVEMBER.
SANDY CORDELL, ROSIE RAMIREZ AND MONICA CABRA.
AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, CARECORE HERE WITH BROADWAY BANK.
THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING US COUNCILWOMAN.
UH, MY NAME IS KARINA RETE WITH BROADWAY BANK AND VANESSA VIAL, WHO LEADS UP OUR CARE CORE VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE.
UH, BROADWAY BANK HAS BEEN PART OF THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY SINCE, OH MY GOSH, DECADES, UH, OVER 82 YEARS.
AND, UH, VOLUNTEERING IN HAS ALWAYS AN INTEGRAL TO, TO OUR IDENTITY.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.
AND MY TARGET REPRESENTATIVES.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE RECOGNITION.
UM, WE'RE PROUDLY TO SERVE ACROSS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ACROSS 13 STORES, UM, AND VOLUNTEERING.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, UM, THROUGH THIS TIME.
AND I AM VICE PRESIDENT OF RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING AT CASA.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS MORNING.
MY NAME IS VERONICA ROOS AND I AM A CASA ADVOCATE.
I AM ALSO WITH DISTRICT ROTARY 58 40 AND I'M THE CLUB SECRETARY FOR OAK HILLS ROTARY.
I'M A VOLUNTEER ADVOCATE FOR FIVE YEARS AND THE CHAIRPERSON OF OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY TEAM, DISTRICT EIGHT, PRISCILLA INGLE CASA BOARD, VICE CHAIR, AMELIA OLA, STRATEGIC RELATIONS MANAGER, AND A PROUD DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENT.
SO MATTHEW BARNFIELD CASA BOARD TREASURER, AND I'M ANGELA WHITE, THE C E O AND PRESIDENT OF CASA.
THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US THIS YEAR.
YOU ARE IN OUR HEARTS AND OUR ADVOCATES ARE HERE.
WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT, UH, AND STAY UP THERE 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA GET A PHOTO, GUYS, BUT WE ALL TALK ABOUT, UM, LEADING OUT OF THE
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PANDEMIC AND IT TAKES THE CITY COUNCIL, IT TAKES THE COUNTY, BUT IT ALSO TAKES ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UH, TAKE CARE OF THEIR VOLUNTEERS AND RECRUIT THEIR VOLUNTEERS.SO THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU, UH, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR INDULGING ME AND, UH, RECOGNIZING THIS, THIS MONTH OF, UH, VOLUNTEERISM.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, THANK YOU ALL FOR VERY, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERISM.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA ASK, UM, FREDDY TO COME UP, UH, SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE VERY, A VERY IMPORTANT, UM, ORGANIZATION AND EFFORT IN OUR CITY.
LET FREDDY, GAIL HATHAWAY, PLEASE.
I'D LIKE TO OFFER THIS PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS WILL CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL GUIDE DOG DAY ON APRIL 26TH, 2023 TO CELEBRATE IN THE IMPRESSIVE WORK OF GUIDE DOGS AROUND THE WORLD AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF GUIDE DOG SERVICES.
AND WHEREAS REFERENCES TO GUIDE DOGS DATE BACK TO THE 16TH CENTURY.
AND SINCE THEN, GUIDE DOGS HAVE PROVIDED MOBILITY, FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE FOR PERSONS LIVING WITH BLINDNESS OR PARTIAL SIGHT AND ALLOWED THEIR HANDLERS TO LEAD A FULL AND INDEPENDENT LIFE.
AND WHEREAS GUIDE DOG TRAINING IS HELD TO A HIGH INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARD AS THEY LEARN TO LEAD A PERSONAL SAFETY PERSON THROUGH SAFETY AROUND, THROUGH THE COMPLEXITIES OF PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL AND OBSTACLES, INTELLIGENT DISOBEDIENCE AVOID DISTRACTIONS IN IMPECCABLE MANNERS.
AND WHEREAS SINCE THEIR INCEPTION IN 1989, GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS HAS PROFESSIONALLY BRED, RAISED, TRAINED, AND PERSONALLY MATCHED CERTIFIED GUIDE DOGS TO OVER 5,000 TEXANS AND PROVIDED MORE THAN 240,000 DAYS OF GUIDED SIGHT AND DAYS OF FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE.
AND WHEREAS THE OBSERVANCE RECOGNIZES THE HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF SERVICE THESE FAITHFUL COMPANIONS HAVE PROVIDED AND RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF A GUIDE DOG AND THE RIGHT TO ACCESS SERVICES AND FACILITIES BY THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS WHO WORK WITH THE GUIDE DOG.
NOW, THEREFORE, IRAN NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 26TH, 2023 TO BE SAN ANTONIO GUIDE DOG DAY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
GAIL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A FEW REMARKS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE HERE AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS.
UM, WE ARE HERE WITH A COUPLE OF OUR CLIENTS, OUR STAFFS, AND TWO OF OUR DOGS IN TRAINING AND TWO OF OUR WORKING GUIDE DOGS.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR C E O PAT LYS.
PAT CAME TO US A FEW MONTHS AGO FROM NEW ZEALAND AND WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE HIM.
I QUICKLY WANT TO THANK YOU RON, OUR ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE COMMUNITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
IT'S MY TURN TO SPEAK
UM, IT IT'S, IT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO RECOGNIZE, THANK YOU.
IT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPACTS THAT OUR DOGS HAVE AND WE OBVIOUSLY CAN SEE THAT WITH OUR DOGS WORKING WITH OUR CLIENTS, BUT ALSO THE IMPACT THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS ON VOLUNTEERS AND OUR VOLUNTEER PUPPY RAISERS AND ALL OF THE POSITIVE TOUCH POINTS AND POSITIVE IMPACTS THAT THEY HAVE.
WE'VE PROBABLY HAD A HUNDRED OF THOSE ALREADY THIS MORNING.
SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF THE DOG, AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT OUR CLIENTS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A, A FEW WORDS AS WELL.
HI, MY NAME'S PHOEBE JACOBY AND I WAS JUST MATCHED WITH GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS A YEAR AGO.
AND THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN THE MOST IMPACTFUL TIME OF MY LIFE.
UH, I STARTED LOSING MY EYESIGHT AS AN ADULT, AND, UH, SINCE THAT HAPPENED, I, MY ANXIETY INCREASED AND I WOULD NOT LEAVE MY HOUSE.
UM, SINCE I WAS MATCHED WITH LAURA, MY GUIDE DOG, WE NOW WALK FIVE MILES A DAY.
I NOW LEAVE THE HOUSE INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT A PERSON GUIDING ME, AND IT HAS JUST IMPACTED MY LIFE AND, AND PROVED IT SO AMAZINGLY AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS.
RIGHT UP HERE, RIGHT? YES, MIKE, FORWARD I FORWARD.
AM I, WHERE AM I? STRAIGHT AHEAD.
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AS YOU CAN SEE, SOMETIMES I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFICULTY, BUT HE FINDS WHERE I NEED TO GO.MY NAME IS CLAYTON HILL AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS, UH, PROCLAMATION GUIDE.
DOGS OF TEXAS TO ME IS A FAMILY ORGANIZATION AND I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT FAMILY.
UH, MY PARTNERS AND I HAVE BEEN TO WASHINGTON D C WALKING THE HALLS OF CONGRESS ALONE AND FINDING OUR WAY WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
WE'VE BEEN TO LAS VEGAS AND GOING INTO CRAZY HOTELS AND PLACES LIKE THAT FOR MEETINGS.
AND IT HAS GIVEN ME A SENSE OF FREEDOM FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS.
I, I'M, I'M A CONSUMER OR A CLIENT SINCE 2005, MAY OF 2005.
I'M ON MY THIRD PARTNER NOW AND, UH, THIS IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION AND DESERVES EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE AWARDED TO IT.
BEFORE YOU ALL LEAVE, I JUST WANNA SAY THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER.
UM, I'M WONDERING HOW MIGHT ONE SUPPORT OR GET INVOLVED WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION? THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL QUESTION.
WE ARE ALWAYS ACCEPTING VOLUNTEERS AND IF YOU WANNA GO TO OUR WEBPAGE, IT'S GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS.ORG AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY TO VOLUNTEER, TO DONATE.
UM, WE EVERYTHING FROM JUST HELPING OUT AT THE HEADQUARTERS, WHICH IS ON ELENA DRIVE AND, UH, OR OR DONATING TO OUR CAUSE.
UM, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE VOLUNTEER SUPPORT THAT WE GET.
UM, AND ANY DONATION IS ALWAYS ACCEPTED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION AND THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR TODAY.
ALRIGHT, NOW I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA FOR A SPECIAL WELCOME.
AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE ON WITH THE EDUCATIONAL THEME AND, UM, AS THE EUROPEAN LIAISON, UM, I HAVE THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING OUR GUESTS TODAY.
PHILIPS COLLEGE HAS WELCOMED 12 STUDENTS AND FOUR ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY MEMBERS FROM OUR PARTNERS AT LAIER G GME TERRELL IN PARIS, FRANCE FOR THE TRANS-ATLANTIC CULINARY PARTNERSHIP.
THIS EXCHANGE PROGRAM OFFERS CULINARY ART STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE AMERICAN CULTURE THROUGH CUISINE AND CULTURAL IMMERSION.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE PATRICK COSTELLO, THE CHEF INSTRUCTOR AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF THE RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM, HOSPITALITY AND CULINARY ARTS AT ST.
PHILIP'S COLLEGE FOR THIS INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DAMIEN WAEL, OUR HONORARY CONSULT OF FRANCE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR CONTINUING TO FOSTER A POSITIVE AND WELCOMING RELATIONSHIP FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.
AND TO THE DELEGATION OF ADMINISTRATORS, THE FACULTY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE OF ALL OF THE EXCHANGE STUDENTS.
YOUR MENTORSHIP IS CRUCIAL TO THEIR CONTINUED OPPORTUNITIES AND THE SUCCESSFUL ADVANCEMENT OF THEIR CAREERS IN CULINARY ARTS.
I ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DON LARIOS.
A FEW OF US WERE AT A SAN ANTONIO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EVEN WHEN WE MET, UM, UH, THE STU OR WE, WE LEARNED ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND WE WERE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
I ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE PIERRE STIER, STEFAN LAMARQUE, ANDRE VILLA, VILLA PIERRE RODRIGUEZ, AND THE STUDENTS.
AND YOU SEE ALL OF THE STUDENTS TODAY.
I'LL, I'LL CALL THEM OUT BY NAME.
MARCUS RO LYING, THEO DECA PAUL RE, DAMIEN ERY, EMMA LAUREN IRIS BLAMA, ANNU ZELE, JUSTINE ER AND ELODIE LEG.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, TELL YOU ALL THAT I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
I COMMEND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE HERE AND TO EXPERIENCE THE AMERICAN CULTURE THROUGH CUISINE AND CULTURAL IMMERSION.
AND BOY, YOU GOT CULTURAL IMMERSION TODAY IN SAN ANTONIO.
I HOPE YOUR VISIT TO OUR CITY HAS PROVIDED VALUABLE LESSONS AND TRADITIONS ABOUT OUR UNIQUE TEX-MEX, GERMAN INDIGENOUS AND OTHER CUISINES THAT HAVE MADE SAN ANTONIO ONE OF THE ONLY TWO CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES TO BE A UNESCO CITY OF GASTRONOMY.
UM, YOU ALL HAVE TO LEAVE TO THE AIRPORT SHORTLY.
I HOPE WE HAVEN'T MADE YOU LATE, BUT I HOPE THAT THIS IS A GREAT SENDOFF.
AND I WANTED TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. UH, VILLA
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WA TO GIVE US SOME MORE, SOME KIND, SOME WORDS.GOOD MORNING ALL MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I KNOW WE HAVE CHALLENGING NAMES, BUT, UH, THAT WAS PERFECT.
UH, IT'S A HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.
IT'S BEEN, UH, AS YOU PERFECTLY SAID, ANOTHER PRIVILEGE TO BE THE PARTNERS OF ST.
PHILIPS COLLEGE FOR NINE YEARS NOW.
AND IT'S THE FIRST VISIT SINCE THE PANDEMIC.
SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT AND MANY OTHERS, IT'S UNIQUE.
WE'VE BEEN, UH, TOGETHER WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR 12 STUDENTS, UH, LEARNING FROM OUR TEXAS FRIENDS A LOT, UH, FOR, FOR THE PAST 10 DAYS WHEN IT COMES TO, AS YOU SAID, UNIQUE TEXAN CUISINE.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE FRENCH AND I THINK WE ARE WELL RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT'S IN THE PLATE, WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT FOR THE PAST 10 DAYS.
I SAID IT'S THE FIRST VISIT FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS NOW.
UM, AND THAT'S, IT'S BEEN A, A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE CITIZENSHIP, PARTNERSHIP, FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, INSTITUTIONS THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AS WELL BEYOND BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES.
AND YOU GOT THAT DOWN PERFECTLY.
SO I THINK YOU ALL ARE READY TO FIESTA SO HOPEFULLY COME BACK NEXT YEAR DURING FIESTA.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH ALSO TO SHERRY AND OUR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICE FOR, FOR HELPING US COORDINATE.
OH, I THINK MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
AND, UH, YOU'LL FIND OUR AIRPORT IS ONE OF THE MOST CONVENIENT IN AMERICA, SO YOU WON'T MISS YOUR FLIGHT.
AND I HAVE, UM, MY SECOND POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE ALSO HAS TO DO WITH FIESTA.
AND TODAY MARK'S THE START OF FIESTA.
AND I WANNA SHARE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I LOVE THIS ANNUAL CELEBRATION.
IT'S INDEED A PARTY WITH A PURPOSE.
UM, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT EDUCATION.
AND SO SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS HOST EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH THE PURPOSE OF RAISING FUNDS TO HELP SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS, PROGRAMS, AND INITIATIVES.
AND TODAY I WANNA RECOGNIZE THE TEXAS CAVALIERS WHO, UM, UH, WHO HAD JOINED US LAST WEEK, AND I BELIEVE SOME OF THEM WERE HERE EARLIER.
ALONGSIDE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM UTSA'S DEPARTMENTS OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY.
I'M ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THEY DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THEIR OUTREACH EFFORTS IN OUR SCHOOLS.
AND I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT DISTRICT FOUR WORKED ALONGSIDE THE TEXAS CAVALIERS AND UTSA'S DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY TO DEVELOP A STEM THEMED COLORING BOOK ABOUT, UH, FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR, OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, DR.
LINDSAY FULLER, UT S A LEADERSHIP AND THE ENTIRE TEXAS CAVALIERS ORGANIZATION UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET STUDENTS INTERESTED IN THE ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES MADE POSSIBLE WITH A STEM EDUCATION.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE CAVALIERS, UH, PARADE NEXT MONDAY WILL BE, UH, FOCUSED ON, UH, FANTASTIC VOYAGES.
AND SO VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT.
I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE SAN ANTONIO TEACHER TRAINING ASTRONOMY ACADEMY, DEVELOPED BY DR.
THIS COST FREE PROGRAM IS OFFERED TO PRE AND IN-SERVICE TEACHERS AND PROVIDES TEACHERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH ASTRONOMY THROUGH INTERACTIVE SESSIONS.
I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF MEETING WITH THE EDUCATORS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM AND I ENCOURAGE TEACHERS AT ALL LEVELS TO REGISTER FOR THE PROGRAM.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO FACILITATE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CAVALIERS AND THE U T S A DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY SHARE A PASSION FOR EDUCATION.
I'M THRILLED TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET OUR YOUNG STUDENTS EXCITED TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND URGE THEIR PARENTS TO TAKE THEM TO FIESTA EVENTS LIKE PORT SAN ANTONIO'S FIESTA DE LOS NINOS THIS SUNDAY.
WHILE THEY'RE THERE, THEY CAN ALSO VISIT THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
A FEW WEEKS AGO, I MENTIONED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR WALK AT PEARSALL PARK.
AND I HOPE THAT THESE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WILL HELP NURTURE STUDENTS' CURIOSITY AND FOSTER A LOVE OF LEARNING IN A WAY THAT GETS THEM EXCITED ABOUT ASTRONOMY AND SCIENCE.
I REMIND EVERYONE TO MARKET CALENDARS FOR OCTOBER THE 14TH, 2023, WHICH IS THE ANNUAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, AND APRIL THE EIGHTH, 2024 FOR THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, WHICH WE GOT REALLY GOOD REVIEWS FROM THE VISIT SAN ANTONIO FOLKS AT ABOUT 60% OF OUR HOTELS IN SAN ANTONIO ARE ALREADY BOOKED FOR THE, UH, ECLIPSE, SO IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT TIME.
AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE TEXAS CAVALIERS, U T S A AND ALL OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT REMIND US HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THE COLORING BOOKS AT SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT FOUR AND HOPE THAT STUDENTS GET EXCITED FOR THE UPCOMING SOLAR ECLIPSE FLOOR'S.
UH, AND ON BEHALF OF THE U T S A PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENT, UM, WE DO APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION WITH YOU.
WE WELCOME ANY EDUCATOR K THROUGH 12 TO COME TO OUR TWO WEEK SUMMER WORKSHOP.
UM, I'LL ACTUALLY BE AT THE FIESTA DE LOS NINOS ON SUNDAY.
UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND, UM, GET INVOLVED IN THE EDUCATION.
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UH, YES, HI, UH, MY NAME'S JEFF BAILEY.I'M ACTUALLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS CAVALIERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, DR.
ROACHER GARCIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REACHING OUT TO US TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY WITH U T SS A TO DEVELOP THIS COLORING BOOK, WHICH IS GONNA BE DISTRIBUTED TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, WE INVITE YOU GUYS TO THE PARADE MONDAY NIGHT.
UH, THE CAVALIERS ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE, UM, GONNA BE DISTRIBUTING TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR THROUGH FIESTA TO ROUGHLY 85 CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN TOWN AND THROUGHOUT BEXAR COUNTY.
AND, UM, SO WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS CITY, WORK WITH THIS CITY, UH, HAVE YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT AND, UH, ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT WE'RE DOING FOR CHILDREN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO, THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AND WE'LL SEE YOU ON MONDAY.
GREAT, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT, NOW I'LL TURN THE FLOOR TO COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HODA FOR POINT OF PERSON PRIVILEGE.
UM, INVITE JUDGE CARLO BLO TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM.
CONGRATULATIONS ARE AN ORDER FOR OUR JUDGE AND OUR SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURTS FOR THE OUTSTANDING JOB THEY'RE DOING TO KEEP OUR STREETS SAFE.
FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW, THEY'VE RECEIVED THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC SAFETY AWARD.
OH, I DIDN'T YOU OKAY,
UM, SEE EVEN IN EVEN, UH, HER, SHE'S OUT HERE DOING GREAT WORK.
THE CITY GETS AWARDS ALL THE TIME AND, UM, I, I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE.
I THINK SOMETIMES WE, WE NEED TO REMIND OURSELVES NOT TO TAKE THOSE AWARDS FOR GRANTED, BUT THERE'S REALLY GOOD WORK BEING DONE BY OUR CITY EMPLOYEES AND, AND OUR APPOINTED, UM, UH, EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
THIS AWARD WAS GIVEN TO MIN, UH, IT'S GIVEN BY THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURT'S EDUCATION CENTER, WHICH IS FUNDED BY TEXDOT FOR OUTSTANDING EFFORTS TO INCREASE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND PREVENT IMPAIRED DRIVING.
JUDGE ODO AND MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK, FRED GARCIA, TRAVELED TO AUSTIN THIS WEEK TO ACCEPT THE AWARD.
THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURT'S TEAMS OF, UH, TEAM OF JUDGES AND STAFF HAVE BEEN CHANGING THE WAY PEOPLE THINK OF MUNICIPAL COURTS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND THROUGH OUTREACH, LIKE THE YEAR-ROUND DRIVE, SAFELY SA INITIATIVE AND ITS SAFE DRIVING EDUCATION PROGRAMS. AND ALSO A REMINDER THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC, OUR JUDGE HAD KIOSKS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SO THEY COULD TAKE CARE OF THEIR, THEIR COURT BUSINESS, UM, SAFELY.
I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE COURT WAS RECOGNIZED IN 2020 BY THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL FOR EMPLOYER TRAFFIC SAFETY.
SO AGAIN, ANOTHER ACCOLADE THAT, UH, MAY HAVE GOTTEN LOST IN THE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC.
THIS AWARD IS GIVEN TO EMPLOYERS WHO WORK TO KEEP THEIR EMPLOYEES AND OTHERS SAFE ON OUR ROADWAYS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING, UH, ME HERE TODAY AND FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THIS AWARD.
THIS IS THE FOURTH TRAFFIC SAFETY AWARD THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AT THE COURT SINCE 2019.
UM, THE COURT IS COMMITTED TO, AND IT ACKNOWLEDGES THE COURT'S YEAR-LONG COMMITMENT TO TRAFFIC SAFETY AND AWARENESS FOR THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY.
WE ARE COMMITTED AS, AS A COURT TO PROMOTING TRAFFIC SAFETY.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL DRIVE SAFELY ESSAY TRAFFIC, UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY TEAM THAT WORKS ON EVERY, UH, MONTHLY CAMPAIGN.
SO WE, YOU WILL BE SEEING MORE OF OUR, OUR, OUR CAMPAIGNS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, AS OUR CITY GROWS, THESE, THESE PROGRAMS ARE SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ON, ON SAFE DRIVING HABITS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT YOU AND THE OTHER JUDGES, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS WOULD BE UPSET IF I DIDN'T TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO TELL EVERYBODY, UM, TO DRIVE SAFELY, DON'T DRIVE IMPAIRED, DON'T DRIVE DISTRACTED, AND, AND LET'S ALL, UH, DRIVE SAFE AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.
COUNCIL MEMBER KEO, HARVARD, ALSO FOR YOUR WORK AS CHAIR OF OUR COURT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, IF EVERYBODY ENJOYED THE AMERICAN LEGION 1 77, UH, VAN, I KNOW THAT YOU WERE HERE TO CELEBRATE OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.
UH, THAT WAS AN INVITATION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER PAIA.
SO I'LL WELCOME, UH, I'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO HIM TO WELCOME THEM AGAIN.
I, I HOPE ALL OF YOU ENJOYED, UH, THAT PERFORMANCE.
UH, I'M A HUGE FAN OF THE LEGION POST 1 77 BAND, AND WE'VE ALL BECOME FRIENDS.
UH, RECENTLY I INVITED THEM TO BE THE, UM, THE MAIN ACT, THE MAIN EVENT AT A MUSIC IN THE PARK, UH, AT, UH, DENMAN ESTATE PARK.
AND EVERYBODY STUCK AROUND TO LISTEN TO, UM, THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC THAT YOU PROVIDED TO THOSE, UM, TO THOSE FAMILIES.
AND WE EVEN SAW SOME LITTLE, SOME LITTLE BABIES DANCING TO, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE MUSIC YOU
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WERE PLAYING.UH, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ARE MOSTLY MADE UP OF, UH, VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
UM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MOST OF YOU ARE MARINES, UH, AND THAT ARE POOR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WHO ARE, ARE AIR FORCE, ARMY, AND NAVY ARE OUTNUMBERED.
UM, BUT THANK YOU MARINES FOR LETTING THEM JOIN THE, UH, THE, THE CLUB HERE.
UM, THIS GROUP, UH, YOU'LL SEE THEM ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO.
THEY FREQUENTLY PERFORM IN, UH, CEREMONIES AND PARADES.
UM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT Y'ALL DON'T CHARGE ANY MONEY FOR THIS.
THIS IS JUST SOMETHING YOU DO IN EXCHANGE FOR FIESTA METALS AND BREAKFAST TACOS, RIGHT? UM, AND SO
HE'S, UH, HE'S ONE OF OUR MUSICIANS.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE PRETTY PROUD OF, OF KATT AND AS, AS ARE WE.
UM, AND SO BEFORE, UH, THEY GO AWAY, I WANT YOU TO KNOW, UH, STICK AROUND BECAUSE I'M GONNA STEP DOWN REAL QUICK, UH, AFTER I, I MAKE SOME OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, UM, TO, UH, TO GIVE YOU GUYS A, A REALLY NICE, UH, DECLARATION THAT THE MAYOR, UH, SIGNED FOR YOU GUYS AND A CERTIFICATE OF THANK YOU.
SO, UM, WILL Y'ALL JOIN ME IN APPLAUSE AGAIN, UH, AND THANKING THESE NICE PEOPLE? SURE.
I'LL, I'LL SEE YOU OVER THERE IN, IN, IN A FEW MINUTES NOW, MAYOR, UH, TAKING A MORE, UM, A MUCH MORE SERIOUS, UH, TURN.
UM, IN, IN THIS CONVERSATION, I, I WANT TO CALL EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION THAT, UM, THIS WEEK WE OBSERVED NATIONAL CRIMES VICTIMS, UH, RIGHTS WEEK.
AND I'VE INVITED THREE FRIENDS.
ONE OF THEM IS, UH, AND LADIES, IF YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
ONE OF THEM IS JOSEFINA CANNON, UH, LORI ROCHA AND JESSICA RAMOS.
UM, IT BREAKS MY HEART TO HAVE TO WELCOME THESE WOMEN HERE.
UH, BUT I'M, I'M, I AM THANKFUL THAT YOU SHOWED UP.
UM, THESE ARE THE MOMS OF MURDERED CHILDREN, UM, AND NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS. RIGHT? WEEKS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING WOMEN AND PARENTS AND FAMILIES LIKE YOU, UM, AND PROVIDING THEM WITH, UH, WITH RESOURCES AND WITH OUR LOVE, UM, AND OUR SUPPORT.
AND THIS IS A CHANCE ALSO TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT VICTIMS' CHALLENGES AND TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THESE CRIMES HAVE, UM, ON, ON PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
AND SO THIS YEAR, THE THEME FOR VICTIMS' RIGHTS WEEK, UH, CALLS UPON COMMUNITIES TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF THESE SURVIVORS AND TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THESE SURVIVORS CAN CONFIDENTLY BE HEARD.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I'M INVITING THE THREE OF YOU TO, TO APPROACH THE MICROPHONE SO THAT WE CAN PAY ATTENTION AND, AND LISTEN TO YOU.
AND, AND SO YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, INVITING US.
UM, I THINK THAT THE NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS WEEK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US, AND TO BRING TO LIGHT THE, UM, THE EFFECT THAT THESE, UH, VIOLENT CRIMES, ESPECIALLY WITH GUNS, UH, HAVE ON OUR FAMILIES.
UH, MY SON'S NAME IS SEAN CANNON.
AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL HAS, UH, ALLOWED US TO COME HERE AND OPEN OURSELVES TO, UM, HONOR ALL OF THESE FAMILIES.
WE WILL BE HAVING A GATHERING AT THE UNIVERSITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON SALAH AND VANCE JACKSON THIS COMING SUNDAY TO START THE, UH, THE WEEK, UH, FOR SURVIVOR'S VOICES.
AND, UH, WE WILL HAVE, UH, SEVERAL SPEAKERS.
AND, UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
AND, UH, I WOULD HOPE THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE, UH, FUNDS FOR EVENTS THAT WOULD HONOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, UM, SURVIVORS.
THIS IS ALEXA AND AARON ROCHA, WHO WAS KILLED IN A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT ON EBNER ROAD NOVEMBER 26TH, 2017.
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IS STILL, UH, UNSOLVED, SO I AM HIS VOICE AT HIS B ADVOCATE AS WELL AS THESE MOTHERS.AND OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE MET OTHER PARENTS OF BIRDED CHILDREN, AND WE ARE NOW A SMALL GRASSROOTS GROUP COMMUNITY HELPING EACH OTHER AND HELPING NEW PARENTS THAT ARE STARTING THIS JOURNEY.
UM, WE GET TOGETHER AND WE DO, UM, A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUT SPEAKING SO WE CAN GET JUSTICE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
UM, THE, UH, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE MURDER OF OUR CHILDREN, UM, ALL OF OURS.
UM, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN JUSTICE FOR THE REASON THAT THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE.
BUT WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
WE THANK YOU, UM, FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO FOR US.
UM, MAINLY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING IS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET HELP TO LET THE LIGHT OUT, THAT WE STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE JUSTICE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
UM, I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHEN I SAY THAT.
UM, WE, WE PRAY FOR YOUR HEALING.
UM, WE HONOR YOUR STRENGTH AND YOUR RESILIENCE AND, UM, AND, AND WE WITNESS YOUR PAIN.
UM, AND WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
UM, FOR ANY OF YOU WHO DRIVE UP AND DOWN DAYS OF ALLAH LIKE I DO ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY, UM, ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU'LL SEE ANDREW'S MOM, PARDON ME, AARON, YEAH, SORRY.
AARON'S MOM HOLDING THAT PHOTO ON THE CORNER OF DEZA AND LOCK HILLS SELMA, UH, BEGGING PASSERSBY TO HELP FIND HER SON'S MURDERER.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT IS TO WALK IN YOUR SHOES, AND I DON'T, I'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT IT IS TO, UH, WALK THE ROAD THAT YOU WALK, BUT, UM, I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS COMMUNITY SUPPORTS YOU AND WE LOVE YOU, AND WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU.
AND, UH, I'LL BE READING THE FALLEN PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL OBSERVE NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS WEEK APRIL 23RD THROUGH 29TH.
2023, TO HONOR SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS OF CRIME WHILE RAISING AWARENESS OF THEIR RIGHTS AND SERVICES.
AND WHEREAS SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1981, N C V R W HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO REMOVING BARRIERS TO ACHIEVE JUSTICE FOR ALL CRIME VICTIMS, AND RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO LISTENING TO CRIME SURVIVORS IN EVERY SETTING WHERE DECISIONS ARE MADE THAT AFFECT THEM.
AND WHEREAS THE 2023 THEME, SURVIVOR VOICES ELEVATE, ENGAGE, AFFECT, CHANGE, AIMS TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES BY AMPLIFYING THE VOICES OF SURVIVORS AND CREATING SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THEY CAN FEEL HEARD, BELIEVED, AND VALUED.
AND WHEREAS BY ELEVATING AND INCLUDING THEIR VOICES, WE ENSURE SURVIVORS ARE SEEN, HEARD, AND UNDERSTOOD.
WHILE FOSTERING COMMUNITY TRUST, WE ALSO REAFFIRM OUR DEDICATION TO PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE, APPROPRIATE, CREDIBLE, MEANINGFUL, AND TRAUMA-INFORMED SERVICES TO ALL VICTIMS OF CRIME.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 23RD THROUGH 29TH.
2023 TO BE NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS WEEK IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEARING WITNESS TODAY.
UM, BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY, UH, THE FINAL COMMENDATION I'D LIKE TO READ IS IN RECOGNITION OF OUR AMERICORPS TEAM, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN VIBRANT IN SAN ANTONIO FOR MANY YEARS.
UH, AND I'D LIKE TO READ THE, THE FOLLOWING, COMMENDATION HEREBY PRESENTED IN RECOGNITION OF AMERICORPS IN RECOGNITION OF THE LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS THAT CONNECT OVER 200,000 AMERICANS EACH YEAR IN INTENSIVE SERVICE TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS AND EDUCATION, THE ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH AND HOMELAND SECURITY.
AND SINCE 1994, MORE THAN 1 MILLION MEN AND WOMEN HAVE SERVED IN OVER 2000 NON-PROFIT, PUBLIC, FAITH BASED AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED ASSISTANCE TO MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ACROSS THE NATION THROUGH AMERICORPS SERVICE.
EACH YEAR, THE AGENCY CELEBRATES AMERICORPS WEEK TO SALUTE AMERICORPS MEMBERS, THE AMERICORPS SENIOR VOLUNTEERS AND ALUMNI FOR THEIR SERVICE, THANK AMERICORPS COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND HIGHLIGHT AMERICORPS IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES AND ON THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO SERVE THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ALONG WITH OUR RESIDENTS PROUDLY EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR NATION AND COMMEND YOUR INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION.
WE OFFER THE BEST WISHES FOR THE YEARS TO COME, AND THAT IS PRESENTED THIS 20TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023.
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THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.THANK YOU, UM, MAYOR AND THANK YOU COUNCIL, UH, FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
MY NAME IS VERONICA BLANCO, AND I AM THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR, UM, THE TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CHAPTER OF THE COLLEGE ADVISING CORPS.
HELLO, MY NAME IS EDUARDO AND I'M WITH TRINITY UNIVERSITY WITH WITH AMERICA CORPS.
SO WE ARE JUST TWO OF THE MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE IN THE COMMUNITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I OVERSEE COLLEGE ADVISOR, AMERICORPS MEMBERS WHO HELP THE STUDENTS AT EDGEWOOD I S D AND SOMERSET I S D APPLY TO COLLEGE, APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.
I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN A BIG THEME THIS MORNING, SO THEY WORK LONG HOURS AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR HARD WORK AND ALSO GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR SERVING THE STUDENTS OF THESE DISTRICTS.
DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT YOUR DISTRICT AND WHAT TRINITY UNIVERSITY? THE SCHOOL THAT WE WORK WITH IS SOUTHWEST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE NORTHEAST INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS DISTRICT, CAPE AND HARLAND.
AND I'M LOCATED AT SAM HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS PROCLAMATION.
AND TO YOUR COLLEAGUES, WE ALSO THANK THEM AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND RECOGNIZING THEM.
ALRIGHT, UM, THAT IS ALL OF OUR CEREMONIALS TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GET INTO OUR BUSINESS AGENDA FOR TODAY.
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UH, SEVERAL ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, STARTING WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL ACTION ITEMS. UH, SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND CALL UP ITEM NUMBER FOUR.ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON LEGISLATION FILED IN THE 88TH STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THE STATUS OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SALLY BATO WITH THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY AND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PROVIDE YOU ANOTHER UPDATE ON OUR ADVOCACY AND OUR EFFORTS UP AT THE STATE CAPITOL FOR THE 88TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
UM, I'M GONNA BE PROVIDING YOU A FEW ITEMS THROUGH A GENERAL UPDATE AND A LOOK AT A BILLS OF INTEREST THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING AND CLOSELY MONITORING, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN MOVING IN AUSTIN.
UH, I DO WANNA THANK, UH, CHAIRMAN PALIS AND THE I G R COUNCIL COMMITTEE FOR PROVIDING US, UH, GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH OUR REGULAR MONTHLY UPDATES AT THE COMMITTEE AND AS WELL AS AS THE CAPITOL.
UH, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
WE ARE TRACKING APPROXIMATELY 1500 BILLS CURRENTLY.
UH, WE'RE HOPING IT'S GONNA STAY THERE.
THERE ARE ABOUT 38 DAYS LEFT IN THE 88TH REGULAR SESSION.
UH, MAY 29TH IS, UH, THE LAST DAY.
QUICK LOOK AT, UM, HB 2127 BY REP, UH, BUROUGHS.
UH, YOU MAY RECALL, THIS IS A SUPER PREEMPTION BILL THAT WE'VE BEEN SPENDING, UH, A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND COLLABORATION WITH OUR, UH, PARTNER CITIES ON THIS BILL.
BY WAY OF REMINDER, THIS BILL WOULD, UH, PREVENT CITIES AND COUNTIES FROM ADOPTING OR ENFORCING LOCAL ORDINANCES OR ORDERS RELATED TO THE VARIOUS CODES INCLUDED IN THE BILL.
YOU SEE, THE CODES ARE LISTED HERE.
UM, AS EXPECTED, JUST THIS WEEK, 2127, UH, WAS VOTED FAVORABLY OUTTA THE HOUSE, UH, WITH A VOTE OF 92 TO 55.
UH, SPECIAL NOTE, UM, MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS LED BY, UM, REPRESENTATIVE TREY MARTINEZ FISHER, UM, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR DELEGATION OFFERED OVER, UH, 40 AMENDMENTS THAT UNFORTUNATELY ALL THE GOOD ONES, UM, FAILED.
WE WANNA THANK, UM, REPRESENTATIVE, UH, MARTINEZ FISHER, UH, REPRESENTATIVE JOSIE GARCIA, REPRESENTATIVE, UH, RAY LOPEZ AND, UM, A A SLEW OF OTHER MEMBERS THAT THAT REALLY STOOD THEIR GROUND ON THAT DAY DURING THE SENATE FLOOR, UH, DIALOGUE.
UM, HOWEVER, AS I SAID, UH, THE BILL IS ADVANCING, UM, AND IT WAS VOTED OUT OF THE HOUSE.
UM, OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE T M L AND OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE STATE, UM, WITH OUR SISTER CITIES TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE OPPOSITION ON THE SENATE SIDE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU POSTED.
MOVING ON TO SSB 2220 BY SENATOR MENENDEZ.
THIS IS A PROJECT, UH, FINANCE, UH, ZONE BILL.
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THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, TO ESTABLISH A HOTEL TAX REVENUE FOR QUALIFIED PROJECTS.IT WOULD ALLOW SAN ANTONIO TO HAVE UP TO A THREE MILE ZONE CENTERED AROUND, UM, THE CONVENTION CENTER OR ARENA, AND TAKE THE INCREMENT OF THE STATE'S HOTEL TAXES, UM, AND REBATE THEM FOR 30 YEARS.
IT WOULD, UH, ADD THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO A SHORT LIST OF CITIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN PROJECT FINANCE ZONES.
CURRENTLY, THE CITY OF DALLAS AND FORT WORTH, UM, HAVE THIS DESIGNATION SINCE 2013, AND THEY HAVE BEEN UTILIZING, UM, THESE TAXES FOR THEIR, UM, CONVENTION CENTERS.
UM, HOTEL OCCUPANCY SALES AND MIXED BEVERAGE TAXES CAN BE USED IN THIS ZONE.
UM, AND ANY GROWTH IN HOT TAXES, UM, WOULD BE REBATED BACK TO THE CITY TO HELP PAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS, RENOVATIONS, UM, AND EXPANSIONS, ONLY ONE ZONE IS ALLOWED.
UH, PFCS WOULD HELP SAN ANTONIO, UH, REMAIN COMPETITIVE AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR CONVENTION FACILITIES.
UH, ONTO SB 1110, YOU'LL RECALL THIS IS THE, UH, M O U BILL THAT WE'VE UPDATED YOU ON BEFORE.
IT PROHIBITS THE CITY FROM TRANSFERRING REVENUE FROM A MUNICIPAL UTILITY, UH, CITY TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, IN PARTICULAR C P S ENERGY.
UM, THIS BILL WAS LEFT PENDING IN COMMITTEE ON MARCH 21ST.
UM, THAT'S A BIT OF GOOD NEWS AND THERE IS NO COMPANION, UM, ON THE HOUSE SIDE.
SO A LITTLE BIT MORE GOOD NEWS.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CLOSELY AND REPORT BACK TO YOU UNDER PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
UM, THESE ARE THE TWO COMPETING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF BILLS BY, UM, THE LEADERSHIP.
WE'VE PROVIDED YOU UPDATES ON THESE BEFORE.
HB TWO IS A SPEAKER'S PROPOSAL.
IT REDUCES THE LIMIT ON ANNUAL APPRAISALS FROM 10% TO 5%, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES, UH, BUSINESSES, UM, IT PASSED THE HOUSE.
UH, THIS BILL, UM, DOES HAVE SOME OBSTACLES TO OVERCOME.
THERE ARE SOME BUSINESS GROUPS AND HOUSING EXPERTS, UM, THAT DO OPPOSE THIS BILL.
UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CHAMBER, SB THREE, THIS IS THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S, UH, PROPOSAL, INCREASES THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM, UM, 40,000 TO 70,000 THAT HAS ALSO PASSED THE SENATE.
AND IT'S BEEN REFERRED TO THE, UM, HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
UM, THERE ARE EXISTING AND ONGOING DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT THESE TWO PROPOSALS.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN, WHICH, UH, BILL WILL MAKE IT, UM, TO THE FINISH LINE.
UM, IF EITHER ONE, UH, PASSES, THEY WOULD BOTH, UM, HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS IN THE NOVEMBER BALLOT ONTO A COUPLE OF ANIMAL CONTROL BILLS.
UH, THIS IS RELATING TO AN ATTACK BY A DANGEROUS DOG.
UM, IT IS ESSENTIALLY AIMS, UH, TO DETERMINE IF A DOG IS DANGEROUS, AND IT DOES INCREASE THE CRIMINAL, UH, PENALTY FROM CLASS C MISDEMEANOR TO A THIRD DEGREE FELONY.
THE BILL WAS HEARD IN THE HOUSE OF PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE JUST THIS WEEK.
UM, THE NOHARA FAMILY DID TESTIFY, UM, IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL.
THEY WERE PRESENT ALONG WITH, WITH, UM, REP CAMPOS WHEN SHE LAID OUT THE BILL.
UM, IT'S, UH, IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS BILL DOES HAVE OPPOSITION BY SOME CITIES IN SOME ANIMAL, UH, CARE GROUPS.
WE HAVE BEEN IN DIALOGUE, UM, WITH, UH, REP CAMPOS AND WITH HER STAFF, UH, TO TRY AND, UM, CREATE A, UH, COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE BILL, UM, THAT WE GARNER, UH, MORE SUPPORT.
UM, ON THE SAME FRONT, THERE ARE TWO OTHER, UH, DANGEROUS DOG RELATED BILLS LISTED HERE, SB 2226, UH, BY SENATOR MENENDEZ AND REP BERNAL AND HB 1653.
ALSO BY CAMPO, WE'RE TRACKING THESE CLOSELY, BUT THESE BILLS HAVE NOT BEEN SET, UM, FOR A HEARING YET.
UH, SAFE HAVEN, UH, BABY BOX BILL HB 2010, UH, BY, UM, HEFNER AND HUGHES.
IT ADDS FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO THE LIST OF EMERGENCY INFANT CARE PROVIDERS, UM, WHO MUST, UH, TAKE POSSESSION OF A, UH, ABANDONED CHILDREN.
UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH, WONDERFULLY.
SO, THIS BILL PASSED THE SENATE ON MARCH 16.
UM, THE SENATE VERSION WAS VOTED OUT FAVORABLY FROM THE HOUSE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, UM, COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO, UM, REPRESENTATIVE HEFNER'S OFFICE.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME ITEMS OF OUR DELEGATIONS, UH, BILL, PARTICULARLY THE MARTINEZ FISHER MENENDEZ BILL, UM, THAT THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THERE.
THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THE HEFNER HUGHES BILL.
WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO HIS OFFICE AND WE HAVE OFFERED UP, UM, SOME AMENDMENTS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THOSE ADDITIONAL ITEMS. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AND HOPE THAT WE CAN, UH, BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT FRONT.
UM, THE MARTINEZ FISHER MENENDEZ
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BILL HAVE NOT BEEN SET FOR A HEARING YET, BUT WE'LL STAY IN CLOSE, UH, CONTACT WITH THEIR STAFF AS WELL.ON, UH, THE LAND USE SIDE, HB 27 89 BY HOLLAND, UM, AND SB 1412 BY HUGHES.
UM, THIS IS AN A D U BILL THAT I REPORTED OUT ON BEFORE.
UM, ESSENTIALLY SSB 1412 PROHIBITS CITIES FROM ADOPTING OR ENFORCING CERTAIN A D U REGULATIONS.
UM, THESE BILLS AIM TO LOSE, UM, UH, LOOSEN UP RULES ON THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, OF A D IT WAS VOTED, UM, FAVORABLY FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, UM, ON APRIL 18TH ONTO A FEW OF THE LAND USE BILLS.
ALL THESE BILLS HERE WE'RE TRACKING CLOSELY.
UM, THEY WOULD IMPACT OUR E E T J NEGATIVELY.
UH, WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING EFFORTS WITH GENERAL LAYA AND OUR MILITARY AFFAIRS TEAM, AS WELL AS WITH JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO PENDING AT COMMITTEE LEVEL.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO FLAG FOR YOU, THESE ARE SOME THAT WE ARE TRACKING CLOSELY.
UM, WE COORDINATED WITH J B S A AND THEY WERE PRESENT AT THE CAPITOL TO TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION OF ALL THESE BILLS, THESE BILLS.
UH, SO THAT WAS A, A VERY GOOD COORDINATED EFFORT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CLOSELY AND REPORT, UH, BACK TO YOU AS WELL, UM, ON THE LOCAL CONTROL FRONT.
SSB 1 75, YOU RECALL, THIS IS A TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING BILL, UH, PROHIBITING THE USE OF, UH, PUBLIC FUNDS FOR LOBBYING, UM, ACTIVITIES, UM, AS EXPECTED.
AND, UM, IT MIRRORED, UH, THE PROCESS THAT, UH, UNFOLDED AT THE SESSION.
UH, LAST SESSION, UH, IT PASSED THE SENATE ON APRIL 6TH.
THERE IS NO HEARING SET, UM, ON THE HOUSE SIDE YET.
UM, LAST SESSION, UM, IT DIED ON THE HOUSE SIDE.
SO WE ARE HOPING FOR A SIMILAR RESULT.
UM, A LITTLE BIT OF POSITIVE NEWS.
UM, THEY'RE, UM, WE ARE ANTICIPATING, BECAUSE THIS IS A LEADERSHIP PRIORITY THAT, UM, THESE BILLS WILL PASS.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A FEW CHANGES, BUT ULTIMATELY THERE WILL BE FUNDING.
UH, 5 BILLION WAS A PROPOSED AMOUNT FOR THE BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE TO EXPAND BROADBAND AVAILABILITY.
SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS BILL, UM, IN SOME SHAPE OR FORM WITH FUNDING INCLUDED, UH, FOR B D O, WE'LL PASS, UM, IT PASSED THE SENATE AND NOW, UM, IT'S, UH, WAS VOTED FAVORABLY FROM THE STATE, UH, AFFAIRS COMMITTEE FOR HB NINE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, SALLY.
LEMME TURN IT OVER TO OUR I G R CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER PAZ.
AND THANK YOU TO THE, UH, UH, AND OH, HEY, NA, NICE TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE, UM, FOR THE HARD WORK OF YOUR TEAM AND, AND OUR CONSULTANTS OUT THERE WHO ARE THIS VERY DAY STILL TWISTING ARMS AND KNOCKING ON DOORS.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD A FULL WEEK, UH, LAST WEEK, AND, UM, THIS WEEK WAS ALSO, UH, ALL HANDS ON DECK AND RIGHT.
YOU GUYS PULLED THE, UM, THE ALARM, UH, LEVER.
AND THANK, THANK GOD THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA WAS ABLE TO DROP EVERYTHING AND DRIVE UP TO AUSTIN, UM, TO GO SCREAM AND YELL AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD, YOU KNOW, HOW SOME OF THE BAD IDEAS UP THERE ARE GONNA BE IMPACTING SAN ANTONIO.
BUT JEFF, UM, AND SALLY, I, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT THIS PREEMPT SUPER PREEMPTION BILL, AND SEE IF YOU CAN HELP ME, UM, HIGHLIGHT HOW DANGEROUS THIS IS.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING, JEFF, IS THAT IF THIS PASSES, UH, IT'LL BASICALLY TAKE HOME RULE AWAY FROM HOME RULED CITIES, RIGHT? UM, THE WAY I SEE IT IS THAT TO THEM UP THERE, LOCAL CONTROL MEANS THEY CONTROL THE LOCALS, UH, RIGHT? AS OPPOSED TO IT JUST BEING, UH, SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE US UP HERE GET TO DECIDE WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I SAW AN INTERESTING ARTICLE IN THE PAPER WHERE THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SAYING LIKE, LOOK, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T JUST SAY ONE SIZE FITS ALL BECAUSE CORPUS IS NOT THE SAME AND DOESN'T RESPOND TO, LET'S SAY, DISASTERS AND STORMS AND REMEDIATION AND PREPAREDNESS FOR, FOR THAT.
UM, THE SAME WAY THAT LUBBOCK WOULD FOR, YOU KNOW, ITS DISASTERS AND STORMS, AND IT'S JUST TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT PRIORITIES, RIGHT? THAT, AND DIFFERENT WAYS OF ATTACKING, UH, DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. I, I UNDERSTAND FOR EXAMPLE, AND ANDY, MAYBE YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED RULES ABOUT 18 WHEELERS PARKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, RIGHT? UM, WOULD THIS, BECAUSE IT TOUCHES THE TRANSPORTATION CODE AND THE, UH, OCCUPATIONS CODE, AND, YOU KNOW, THE OCCUPATIONS CODE INCLUDES, UH, COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES AND ALL THAT.
WOULD THIS IMPACT, UH, OUR ABILITY TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM PARKING 18 WHEELERS IN FRONT OF, YOU KNOW, ANY ONE OF OUR HOMES? IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE CH CHALLENGE WITH THIS BILL, IS ITS VAGUENESS AND LACK OF CLARITY.
I USE THAT EXAMPLE WHEN I TESTIFIED IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON IT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
THE REALITY IS, UM, THAT THE LANGUAGE IS VAGUE.
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IS THAT ANY RESIDENT, ANY BUSINESS, ANY PERSON IN THE STATE CAN SUE A CITY TO CHALLENGE, UH, AN ORDINANCE CLAIMING THAT IT'S PREEMPTED BY THE STATE LAW.AND THEN, UH, AND IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL, THEY COLLECT ALL ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COURT COSTS.
SO THE ONE BIG OUTCOME, UH, THAT WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BILL, IS IT, UM, CAUSING A BIG PROLIFERATION OF LITIGATION THAT TIES UP ANDY AND HIS, HIS TEAM.
UM, MORE BROADLY, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE EXPLICIT IN THE BILL.
UH, THEY EXPLICITLY PREEMPT, UH, A WHOLE SERIES OF THINGS RELATED TO ANIMALS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PET STORE ORDINANCE THAT YOU ALL PASSED A FEW YEARS AGO, I THINK VERY CLEARLY WOULD BE PREEMPTED BY THIS.
OUR PAYDAY LENDING ORDINANCE WE COULD KEEP, BUT COULDN'T EVER AMEND IT.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY GRANDFATHERED AS IS.
SO IF THE PAYDAY LENDING INDUSTRY COMES UP WITH NEW TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THROUGH REGULATION, WE WOULD BE PROHIBITED.
AND AS YOU SAID, THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS THAT IT FLIPS A HUNDRED PLUS YEARS OF HOME RULE CITY AUTHORITY ON ITS HEAD.
SO WHEN A NEW EMER PROBLEM EMERGES A COUPLE YEARS FROM NOW, AND THIS BODY IS TRYING TO DECIDE HOW TO ADDRESS IT, YOU'RE GONNA BE ASKING ANDY AND HIS TEAM TO LOOK AT THIS LANGUAGE AND STATUTE AND SEE IF WE'RE ALREADY BLANKET, UH, PROHIBITED FROM, FROM DEALING WITH IT.
YEAH, I MEAN, THAT, AND THAT'S, IF ANDY HAS TIME TO ANSWER, CONSIDERING HE'LL BE FLOODED WITH, UH, FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS, UH, FROM UNHAPPY.
JEFF SAID, COUNCILMAN, UH, THAT, THAT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BILL IS RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME ABOUT A PROPOSED CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE OVER 90% OF THE TIME, I COULD GIVE YOU A VERY CLEAR ANSWER AS TO WHETHER IT IS PREEMPTED BY STATE LAW.
IF THIS LAW PASSES, I WON'T BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A CLEAR ANSWER ON MANY ORDINANCES THAT THE CITY HAS PASSED OR IS CONTEMPLATING PASSING.
UH, AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH IT.
AS, AS, AS JEFF SAID, IT, IT PUTS A REALLY CHILLING EFFECT ON ANYTHING THE COUNCIL WOULD BE CONSIDERING GOING FORWARD.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, 18 WHEELERS, IT'S A PROBLEM, BUT IT'S NOT AS BIG A PROBLEM AS PREDATORY LENDERS, YOU KNOW, WHO CHARGE PAYDAY LOANS, INTEREST RATES AT 1500% IS, IS SOMETHING I SAW RECENTLY AT ONE OF THESE PAYDAY LENDERS, AQUIFER PROTECTION EFFORTS OF OURS, UH, TREE CANOPY PROTECTIONS, OUR NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE, ALL OF THESE ARE, UH, POTENTIALLY GUTTED, UH, AND OUR ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, AMEND THOSE AND OUR ABILITY TO MANAGE THROUGH THOSE.
AND SO, UM, I'M, I'M, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LITTLE FIRE AND BRIMSTONE, BUT I, I DO THINK IT NEEDS TO BE HIGHLIGHTED EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR FRIENDS UP IN AUSTIN ARE NOT OUR FRIENDS UP IN AUSTIN.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY LITERALLY HAVE THEIR KNIVES SHARPENED FOR CITIES.
UM, AND, AND THE, THE BRAINS OF THE OPERATION HERE, CHRISTINE JUST TOLD ME, UM, THE PUPPY EXAMPLE I GAVE WAS FIXED, UH, IN THE BILL.
SO THAT'S NOT EXPLICITLY PREEMPTED.
I WAS WRONG WHEN I STATED THAT.
UM, AND SO WE, UM, ANYWAY, THE REASON I BRING THIS UP, JEFF, IS ASIDE FROM THANKING YOU AND HIGHLIGHTING HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS, IS ALSO TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO'S WILLING TO HIT THE ROAD UP THERE.
YOU'VE HEARD FROM EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER BEFORE, UM, THAT THEY ARE EAGER TO HELP IN THE EFFORT TO PROTECT SAN ANTONIO.
AND SO, CALL COUNCILMAN BRAVO AND TAKE HIM UP THERE TO GO SCREAM AND YELL ABOUT THE ADUS, RIGHT? UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CALL COUNCILWOMAN, UH, KABE HDA AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE STORY ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY IS, AND TRANSPORTATION IS BEING HEARD UP THERE, RIGHT? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAS SOMETHING AT STAKE HERE.
AND SO, UM, I AM GONNA URGE YOU, SALLY, UM, PLEASE PULL MY, MY, UH, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES SO, UH, YOU KNOW, OFFLINE AND LINE 'EM UP.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT I, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, SPEAKS PASSIONATELY, AND ALL OF THEM ARE, YOU KNOW, CAN MAKE COMPELLING ARGUMENTS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS IS LITERALLY WHY WE WERE HIRED BY THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO AND SUN UP HERE.
UH, WHAT WE'VE JUST HEARD IS REALLY DISCONCERTING, I THINK, UH, AND I'M WONDERING, UH, AND I'D ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY, ANYTHING THAT WE HAD PRIOR, PAST SHOULDN'T BE OVERRULED WHEN A NEW STATE LAW COMES INTO PLACE.
WOULDN'T THAT BE TRUE? I MEAN, EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE IS LITERALLY GRANDFATHERED.
COUNCILMAN, THERE'S EVEN A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
THAT, THAT JUST, THE THOUGHT THAT THAT'S A QUESTION RIGHT NOW IS, WELL, IT IS.
IT'S COUNCILMAN, UH, UH, USUALLY WE WOULD PREFER THAT IF A BILL LIKE THIS WOULD SPECIFICALLY STATE WHICH, WHICH ORDINANCES AND WHAT CATEGORIES WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED.
BUT AGAIN, MY, MY HESI HESITANCY IN EVEN ANSWERING THE QUESTION AGAIN, HIGHLIGHTS THE PROBLEM WITH THE VAGUE LANGUAGE OF THE BILL.
SO I COULD, I CAN'T ANSWER CLEARLY WHETHER ALL CITY ORDINANCES WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED.
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YOU WANNA OFFER WHAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARING? UH, IT, IT DOESN'T, IT ISN'T, IT, IT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES EIGHT OR NINE CODES.SO A LOT OF THINGS IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE PROTECTED.
BUT AS A GENERAL RULE, THE WAY IT WORKS UP THERE IS THAT CITIES, IF YOU'RE A HOME RULE CITY, YOU CAN PASS AN ORDINANCE.
IF THE STATE LAW EITHER EXPLICITLY ALLOWS IT OR DOESN'T SPEAK TO IT AT ALL, THEN WE CAN PASS AN ORDINANCE THIS FLIPS IT AND SAYS, YOU MUST HAVE PERMISSION FIRST FROM THE STATE.
NO, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I THINK, UH, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT ANY COURT WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU CAN'T UNDO SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DONE WITH A NEW LAW.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT MAY BE HOW WE LOOK AT THIS.
WHAT I ACTUALLY WANTED TO COMMENT ON WAS I WANTED TO THANK SALLY AND YOUR TEAM FOR WATCHING OUT FOR THE SAFE BABY BOX ISSUE THAT WE'VE MOVED FORWARD WITH.
I THINK MANY OF YOU ON COUNCIL MAY REMEMBER THAT WE PUT FORWARD THIS AS A C C R.
WE ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR AN OPINION, AND WE HEARD NOTHING.
SO WE ASKED SOME OF OUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO PUT THE GOAL IN WRITING.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT OUR STATE SENATORS AND STATE LEGISLATORS HAVE DONE TO TRY AND MOVE THE BALL FORWARD ON THIS AND, AND WORK WITH THE REPUBLICAN RECOMMENDATION, WHICH ALSO ADDRESSES THIS FAVORABLY, BUT IS MISSING A FEW KEY INGREDIENTS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL ALL BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER ON THIS AND PROTECT THE LIVES OF THE NEWBORN IN OUR CITY.
I, I, JEFF, IN, IN, UH, YOU KNOW, AMONG, I, I WAS LOOKING AT THE LISTS OF PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED, UH, AND WENT AND SP SPOKE IN FAVOR OF, OF, UH, THIS BILL.
UM, AND THEN I JUST HEARD IS, IS IT TRUE THAT OUR HISPANIC CHAMBER WENT AND SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THIS BILL? IT IS, IT IS CORRECT, YES.
IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEES, THEY, UH, TESTIFIED ORALLY IN FAVOR OF IT.
SO, MARTIN, I SEE YOU OVER THERE.
UM, I DON'T THINK A GLIB A S UH, SMUG SMILE IS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO HAVING AN ENTIRE COUNCIL TELLING THE WORLD THAT THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT IS GONNA HURT THE CITY AND LEAVE US WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU GUYS.
THIS IS THE WRONG WAY TO APPROACH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND THE HISPANIC CHAMBER.
YOU GUYS ARE BETTER THAN THIS, AND YOU GUYS SHOULD DO BETTER THAN THIS.
PLEASE TAKE THAT BACK TO YOUR LEADERSHIP.
UM, THANKS SALLY AND JEFF AND YOUR TEAM FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'VE, MAYBE EVERY YEAR WE SAY IT OR WE, EVERY SESSION WE SAY IT, BUT I THINK EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU'RE WORKING HARDER AND HARDER, AND I'M REALLY ADVOCATING.
UM, IT'S, I FEEL LIKE IT'S, UM, WE'RE ALMOST UNDER ATTACK LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND, AND A LOT OF THESE BILLS ARE, ARE SCARY.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE THAT I, UM, WELL, I'M GONNA MAKE ANOTHER QUICK POINT.
I THINK THAT, UM, SOME OF THE INTRODUCTIONS ARE, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A POLITICAL GAME AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET BACK AT EACH OTHER.
WHAT, WHAT IS UPSETTING TO ME IS THAT THEY'RE FORGETTING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED.
UM, AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT, WORKERS, UM, OUR UTILITIES, UH, SAN ANTONIANS, AND I THINK THEY'RE GETTING LOST IN THESE, IN THIS, UH, FIGHT.
SO I DO REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR ADVOCACY.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF, OF QUESTIONS ON BILLS.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS, IT'S HB 2 7, 9 4, UM, TALKS ABOUT A, A COURT APPOINTED GUARDIAN AD LITEMS FOR FOSTER YOUTH, AND THEN, UH, HB 4 180 6, WHICH IS HOUSING AUTHORITY, SETTING ASIDE UNITS FOR AGING OUT.
UM, I'M SORRY, FOR FOSTER YOUTH THAT ARE AGING OUTTA THE SYSTEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE TRACKING THAT, BUT, UM, MAYBE FOR THE, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OKAY.
DO HAVE, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, I DO HAVE A NOTE ON, UH, 4 1 8 6.
THIS IS THE FOSTER YOUTH HOUSING BILL, UH, BY REP GARCIA.
UM, IT IS PENDING, UM, A HEARING IN THE HOUSE URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
WE'VE CHECKED IN WITH HER STAFF, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOWN TO CRUNCH TIME TO TRY TO GET THESE HEARD, BUT WE ARE TRACKING THEM.
AND THEN, UH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER FOR IT, BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE MUNICIPAL COURT PROCEEDINGS TO BE LIVE STREAMED.
HAVE YOU HEARD THIS ONE? THERE'S A COUPLE THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE, THAT PERTAIN TO MUNICIPAL COURT.
HELLO? CHRISTINE WRIGHT, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OFFHAND, IT'S 5,000, BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ORGANIZATION THAT BROUGHT THIS BILL TO THE MEMBER, AND WE HAVE, UM, ADDED SOME SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE TO IT THAT MAKES IT OKAY WITH US.
MAYBE WE CAN TAKE IT OFFLINE SO I CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER KEO, HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.
UH, JUST TO COMMENT, UH, AND MARTIN, UM, UH, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL PUTTING UP WHAT YOUR,
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UH, STATEMENT IS.THAT'S WHAT THIS PROCESS IS ALL ABOUT.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME PEOPLE SUPPORTING, OTHER PEOPLE NOT SUPPORTING.
THAT'S WHAT THIS PROCESS IS ALL ABOUT.
SO, I, I APPLAUD Y'ALL FOR STANDING UP AND, UH, PUTTING YOUR COMMENTS UP THERE AND, AND, UH, GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.
NOT EVERYBODY AGREES WITH THIS CITY COUNCIL AND WHAT WE SAY WE SHOULD BE DOING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO I, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL STANDING UP AND SAYING THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PROCESS IS ABOUT.
THIS SHOULD NOT BE AN ECHO CHAMBER OF EVERYTHING, EVEN UP AT THE STATE LEVEL.
EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN UP THERE VERSUS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO MARTIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND TAKE THAT BACK TO YOUR COMMITTEE THERE ALSO.
I, I'LL JUST OFFER A COUNTERPOINT.
UM, WHEN PEOPLE DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES, THEY FIND NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS WHOLE GOVERNMENT SYSTEM, LOCAL AUTHORITY IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT VOTERS HAVE A VOICE AT THE POLLS.
AND WHEN THEY DISAGREE WITH A PARTICULAR WAY THE COUNCIL IS MOVING, THEY FIND NEW ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES.
THAT'S THE BASIS OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF AUTHORITY THAT ARE UPENDED BY THAT AND A SINGLE BILL, THAT'S GONNA CAUSE A WAVE OF LITIGATION, WE'RE IN FOR A WORLD OF HURT.
AND WE NEED OUR PARTNERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BILL WAS FILED WITH NOT A WHOLE LOT OF INFORMATION, A LOT OF VAGARIES, AND THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE.
BUT NOW THAT THERE'S INFORMATION COMING FORWARD ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THIS LEGISLATION, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN RECONVENE WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS WHO MAY HAVE HAD SOME OBJECTIONS, AND WE CAN REEVALUATE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE STATE RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THIS IS MORE A SUBJECT OF A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THAN A PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
AND WE HAVE TO GET THE WORD OUT TO OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO EXPECT THEIR LOCAL PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED BY THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES.
AND WHEN WE LOSE THAT AUTHORITY TO DO SO ON THEIR BEHALF, THAT IS AN AFFRONT TO OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
AND I MAINTAIN THAT, AND WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PRINCIPLE.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING.
WE ALL HAVE A VOTE ON THE DAIS, AND OUR RESIDENTS HAVE A VOICE AT THE POLLS.
BUT WHEN THAT PROCESS IS SHORT CIRCUITED, THAT IS MAL-INTENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
SO, UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
PEZ TO MY COLLEAGUES, WE WILL BE READY TO GO TESTIFY.
THIS CITY HAS ADOPTED A CITY POSITION ON THAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WE STAND IN STRONG OPPOSITION TO THAT KIND OF PREEMPTION, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE UNDERLINED, UNDERSCORED SEVERAL TIMES.
I HAD TAPPED INTO THE WRONG THING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, SALLY AND, AND JEFF AND, AND, UH, AND CHRISTINA AND NADIA, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM.
UM, YOU ALL ARE JUST ALL STARS.
I, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO TELL YOU THIS, UM, BUT, UM, I ALSO, DO WE HAVE A LIST OF THE PARTNERS WHO, UM, VOICED, UH, IN SUPPORT OR AGAINST, AND HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH THEM? OR, OR KIND OF LIKE, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? LIKE, HAVE WE TALKED TO THEM TO SEE WHY DID THEY DECIDED TO, UH, GO, UH, TESTIFY? THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UM, OUR PARTNER CITIES, UM, T M L UH, SOME ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THE NORTH CHAMBER REACHED OUT SAWS, C P S, WE COORDINATED WITH THEM.
UM, THERE WAS OPPOSITION ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, THROUGH THE IDENTIFICATION OF PARTNERS.
WE WILL GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE AGAIN.
UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED ALREADY HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO PREPARE FOR THE, UH, SENATE, UM, UM, FIGHT.
AND, UM, WHILE I WAS UP THERE, THERE WAS 44 AMENDMENTS ON THIS, AND IT, IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE.
I SAW T M F RUNNING OUT TO TRY TO GET A QUICK BITE, AND, UH, IT, IT WAS JUST, IT WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK, RIGHT? AND I FELT SO BAD FOR OUR REPRESENTATIVES BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT THERE FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL.
JOSIE GARCIA, WHO'S A FRESHMAN, I INVITE YOU ALL TO GO AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT SHE WAS DOING.
SHE WAS JUST INCREDIBLE, STELLAR.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO RECOGNIZE HER WORK.
UM, SHE WAS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
AND SO I JUST WANNA REMIND, UM, MY COLLEAGUES, IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, JUST SEND A QUICK LITTLE TEXT MESSAGE, SAY THANK YOU.
IF YOU SEE THEM DURING FIESTA EVENTS, I TOLD THEM, YOU ALL ARE DOING GOD'S WORK.
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SO DEFLATING THE THE WAY THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, SEE, SEE THINGS HAPPEN.AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY CAN BE UP THERE ON A DAILY BASIS AND STILL COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, TALK TO THEIR FAMILIES.
AND SENATOR MENENDEZ IS DOING INCREDIBLE THINGS AS WELL.
AND SO, UM, I WAS, I WAS JUST VERY HAPPY AND, AND THANKFUL.
I DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UM, ALMOST ALL OF THEM CAME OUT TO SAY HI.
AND SO, STEVE ALLISON, UM, I MEAN, ALL OF THEM, UH, CAME OUT TO SAY HELLO.
AND I WAS APPRECIATIVE THAT THEY TOOK THE TIME TO COME OUT AND SAY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND SO WE SHOULD ALSO BE THANKING THEM FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING ON OUR BEHALF.
AND I JUST WANTED TO AGNE AGAIN, ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR WORK AND SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING OUT THERE AND PUTTING IN THOSE LONG HOURS OF WORK.
A LOT OF TIMES WITHOUT FOOD, BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE TIME TO DROP, AND YOU HAVE TO MOVE FROM MARRIOTT TO AREA.
SO, UM, IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.
ALRIGHT, NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM.
SO WE WILL, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE DISCUSSION.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
NO, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, EXCUSE ME.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 5 0 2 D AIRBASE WING JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, J B S A, TO PROVIDE 9 1 1 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO J B S A, FORT SAM HOUSTON, AND J B S A CAMP BULLIS FOR ONE YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,532,651 REIMBURSEMENT TO THE CITY WITH FOUR YEAR RENEWALS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS, AND AUTHORIZING A PERSONNEL COMPLIMENT.
GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UH, AS YOU'VE HEARD, UH, TODAY, UH, THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, THIS AGREEMENT WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND E M S AND J AND J B S A, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE, UH, CHIEF, UH, COMES UP HERE AND, UH, GIVES A DETAILED, UH, BRIEF AND INTRODUCES OUR J B S A, UH, MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE, UH, SINCE THIS MORNING.
UM, THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S PARTNERSHIP AND LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO.
UH, IT'S ALSO A GREAT EXAMPLE OF OUR MILITARY RECEIVING THE WORLD CLASS LIFESAVING E M SS SERVICES FROM OUR VERY EXPERIENCED AND OUR VERY COMPETENT, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND OUR, UH, AND, AND CHIEF HOOD AND HIS TEAM.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE MILITARY DID A BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS ON THIS, AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN PERRY'S ALWAYS, UH, TALKING ABOUT, UH, COST AVOIDANCE.
WELL, THERE IS A COST AVOIDANCE, UH, FOR J B S A AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THIS OF OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, ALMOST $1.1 MILLION.
AND I KNOW THEY'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE.
I'VE ALSO SPOKEN TO A LOT OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS, UH, FROM THE CITY.
AND, UH, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE BENEFITS THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET AND ALSO THE INTERACTION AND THE ENGAGEMENT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE WITH OUR MILITARY MEMBERS.
UM, AND FINALLY, UH, BEFORE CHIEF COMES UP HERE, IS, UH, COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS WEIGHTED VERY HEAVILY, UH, IN BASING DECISIONS.
WE ALL SAW THAT, MAYOR, YOU REMEMBER THIS.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE SPACE, UH, COMMAND HEADQUARTERS WAS COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
AND IT'S NOT YELLOW RIBBONS, AND THAT'S ALL GREAT AS A VETERAN IN PARADES.
WHAT HAS THE CITY DONE TO INVEST.
UH, AND WE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAVE ALWAYS PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS.
AND THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT TANGIBLE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
UH, SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION, POSITIVE CONSIDERATION OF THIS BASE.
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CHIEF, CHIEF.
GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS, AND WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING WORLD CLASS E M S A L S SERVICE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY COMMUNITY ON THE INSIDE OF THE FENCE.
WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT WE RECEIVE ON THE OUTSIDE, SO WE'RE EXCITED.
BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO JUST, UH, INTRODUCE THE TEAM THAT'S HERE TODAY.
UM, AND THEY'RE ALL STANDING OVER THERE IN THE CORNER.
BUT, UH, MARCUS MATTINGLY, UH, MARK TISDALE, WHO'S THE CHIEF OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, MEREDITH GARCIA, CAPTAIN SHANNON THOMPSON.
SHE IS A G J J B S A MEDICAL DIRECTOR, MR. JOHN ANDERSON.
HE'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY INTEGRATION.
UM, MAJOR, UH, JESSICA OTTO, SHE'S A FLIGHT COMMANDER OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.
AND THEN OUR OWN DEPUTY MEDICAL DIRECTOR, UM, LIEUTENANT COLONEL STEVEN HARPER.
AND I WANTED HIM TO WEAR HIS DRESS STUFF WITH A BERET TODAY, BUT HE WOULDN'T DO IT FOR ME.
UM, AND I ALSO WANNA THANK, UH, GENERAL AFF AND THEN MY, MY CREW THAT'S OVER THERE, UM, STANDING THERE IN THE WHITE SHIRT.
SO WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THEIR SUPPORT.
SO THE ORDINANCE IS AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT FOR THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT TO
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PROVIDE 9 11 9 1 1 SERVICES TO CAMP BULLIS, UM, JOINT BEST JOINT JOINT BASE, SA FORT SAM.UH, AND, UM, THE CONTRACT IS TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR 1.5 MILLION ANNUALLY.
FUNDING FOR THIS PERIOD, UH, WE'RE GONNA START IN JUNE, UH, THROUGH THE JUNE 23RD THROUGH JUNE 14TH, 2024 WITH FOUR RENEWABLE CONTRACT PERIODS.
UM, I JUST FOUND OUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO THAT THERE'S ABOUT 80,000 PEOPLE PER DAY ON THIS BASE, THESE TWO BASES.
THIS IS A SMALL CITY, SO, UM, AGAIN, IT IS HOME OF ONE OF THE LARGEST CONCENTRATIONS OF BASES IN THE UNITED STATES.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE EX, WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS ALREADY WITH SAMS E.
WE DO SO MUCH GOOD WORK WITH THEM ON A DAILY BASIS, AND WE SEE IT ON THE STREETS, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT SAME THING ON THE INSIDE OF, OF THEIR FENCES.
THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDES GROUND TRANSPORT SERVICES, ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, AND 24 7 SERVICE FOR PATIENTS REQUIRING ANY EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION.
WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT A THOUSAND CALLS PER YEAR JOINT BASE.
UM, THESE, UM, ARE GOING TO BE TRANSPORTED MAINLY PRIMARILY TO SAM SSI.
SO, UH, AS I JUST MENTIONED, WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT A THOUSAND RUNS.
UH, THIS ORDINANCE WILL AUTHORIZE ADDING THREE E M S UNITS AND NINE POSITIONS, EIGHT PARAMEDICS AND ONE LIEUTENANT.
UM, THE UNITS WILL BE, UH, STATIONED STRATEGICALLY AROUND THE BASE AREAS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT STATION 51, POTENTIAL STATION 43, STATION FOUR, UH, AND STATION 30 TO PLACE THESE UNITS.
THEY WILL BE RUNNING, UM, BUSINESS HOURS.
UM, A LOT OF THE INJURIES, A LOT OF THE CALLS FOR TRANSPORTATION OCCUR, UM, DURING BUSINESS HOURS WHEN THEY'RE TRAINING, WHEN THEY'RE DRILLING.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE RESOURCES TO STAGE A, A UNIT ON BASE IF NEED BE.
WE WILL ALSO BE PARTICIPATING IN ANY JOINT BASE, UH, EMERGENCY, UH, UH, OPERATION DRILLS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE APPROVAL, UH, ON THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND JOINT BASE FOR US TO PROVIDE THE BEST CLASS SERVICE THAT THEY CAN EVER RECEIVE.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND, UM, WE'LL TAKE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL.
HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
MAYOR, YOU WANNA TAKE A PICTURE WITH US REAL QUICK? SURE.
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ITEM NUMBER 16 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE STREET NAME CHANGE OF CITIZENS PARKWAY TO CLUBHOUSE WAY BETWEEN EAST WOODLAKE DRIVE AND NORTHWEST LOOP FOUR 10 ACCESS ROAD.DO WE NEED A PRESENTATION FOR THIS? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? DOES SOMEONE WANNA MAKE A MOTION? 1, 2, 3.
WE HAVE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE.
AND A SECOND, MIKE SHANNON WILL GIVE HIS PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PROAM, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT, UM, A PROPOSED STREET NAME CHANGE, UH, FROM CITIZENS PARKWAY TO CLUBHOUSE WAY.
AND JUST A QUICK PRESENTATION TO GO OVER THE PROCESS.
SO THIS, UH, APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED, UM, BY BILL WILKINSON ON BEHALF OF SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE.
IT ACTUALLY STARTED LAST YEAR.
UM, AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS, UH, SINCE LAST SUMMER.
UH, THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE CITIZEN PARKWAY, AS I MENTIONED, TO, UH, CLUBHOUSE WAY.
UH, IT'S LOCATED THERE BETWEEN EAST WOOD LAW, UH, EAST WOODLAKE DRIVE, AND, UH, LOOP FOUR 10, UH, RIGHT BY FREDERICKSBURG AND LOOP FOUR 10.
AND IT'S LOCATED IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
SO WHENEVER WE GET A STREET NAME CHANGE, WE HAVE A FEW OF THESE, UM, A YEAR IT SEEMS LIKE.
BUT WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS THAT'S OUTLINED IN OUR CITY CODE.
UH, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE HAVE TO DO IS NOTIFY ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS AND ALL TECHNICAL AGENCIES.
THEY'RE ALL LISTED THERE, UH, VERY IMPORTANT.
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UH, HAS TO BE OKAY WITH IT.UH, US POSTAL SERVICE, BUT A SLEW OF OTHERS.
THERE'S REALLY FIVE, UH, PROPERTIES, UH, PROBABLY PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, UH, THAT WE MAILED NOTICES TO.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY SEVEN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
UH, BUT ONE OF THOSE, UH, PROPERTIES IS ACTUALLY ADDRESSED ON, UM, CITIZENS PARKWAY.
THE OTHERS ARE ADDRESSED, UH, ON ONE OF THE OTHER STREETS, FREDERICKSBURG OR NORTHWEST LOOP FOUR 10.
UH, WE DID GET BACK, UH, TO AN OPPOSITION, UH, FROM THAT, BUT I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A SECOND.
WE HAD THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE USUALLY START WITH A COMMUNITY MEETING.
UM, AFTER WE MAILED NOTICES, UH, TO THOSE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS.
UH, IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, UH, THE ONLY PERSON THAT ATTENDED WAS THE APPLICANT.
UM, AND THAT'S THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE, UH, APPLICANT THERE.
UM, WE DID, UH, AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR TECHNICAL REVIEW.
WE DID HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
UH, AND THE P COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
THAT'S PART OF THE CODIFIED PROCESS.
UH, WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DELAY, UH, A LOT GOING ON.
UH, WE DID HAVE SOME MATERIAL SHORTAGE ON, ON, UH, ON, UH, SIGNS AND SUCH, AND THEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT.
WE SENT OUT NOTICES AGAIN, UH, FOR THIS MEETING.
UH, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE FISCAL IMPACT.
IT'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS FEE, UH, SOME NOTIFICATION, AND THEY WILL PAY FOR THE SIGNS, UH, JUST UNDER $400.
UH, BUT AGAIN, UH, THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH ON ANY STREET NAME CHANGE.
WE NOTIFY, UH, ANYBODY ALONG THAT STREET.
AND, UH, WE, WE, WE HAVE ONE PROPERTY, UH, THAT WILL BE, UH, AN ADDRESS CHANGE THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE.
THE OTHERS, UM, THERE WILL BE NO ADDRESS CHANGED.
AND WITH THAT, UH, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIKE, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE DO HAVE A FEW FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, ON ITEM 16.
MR. G***H, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY BILL WILKINSON.
ROBERT G***H, UH, I'M WITH FROST BANK, AND REALLY MY REQUEST IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
AND THE REASON FOR THE POSTPONEMENT IS, UM, WE, THE FIRST NOTICE THAT I RECEIVED WAS APRIL 6TH, AND THAT WAS THE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HERE.
AND SO WE'VE, UH, SENT ALL OF YOU, UM, OR YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF, UM, EMAILS REQUESTING, UH, THAT WE POSTPONE IT SO WE COULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IT.
SO REALLY, SO WE COULD HAVE THE PROCESS, WE, THE PROCESS, UH, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE DIDN'T GET THE NOTICES.
AND SO THAT'S, UH, WE, THE CLUBHOUSE IS A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUPPORTED THEM IN THE PAST.
THAT'S NOT, UH, SO IT'S NOTHING AGAINST THE, THE USE, IT'S JUST THE, THE, UM, STREET HAS BEEN CITIZENS PARKWAY FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
UM, WE HAVE A, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, WE HAVE A, A BANK THERE.
IT'S BEEN THERE FOR BRANCH FOR, YEAH, IT'S BEEN KNOWN THAT AS THAT FOR YEARS.
UM, AND SO THAT, AS I SAID, WE, OUR REQUEST IS REALLY JUST TO POSTPONE IT, TO LET THE PROCESS WORK.
BILL WILKIN WILKINSON, MR. WILKINSON, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY PATRICK CHRISTENSEN.
UM, MY NAME IS BILL WILKINSON.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE IN RESIDENCE AT THANK YOU.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE IN RESIDENCE AT THE SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY-BASED AND UPSTREAM MENTAL HEALTH.
UH, SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT FOR 20 YEARS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND, UH, IN THE PAST, THE CITY HAS BEEN SUPER SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
AND I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THE NAME CHANGE TO CLUBHOUSE WAY.
UM, IN PART BECAUSE WE BELIEVE AS ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, UH, HAS SAID, UM, UH, CLUBHOUSE IS THE WAY TO RECOVERY.
UM, IT'S OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, UH, WE HAVE, UH, 3000 MEMBERS.
OVER 1900 MEMBERS RECEIVED SUPPORT AT OUR LOCATION LAST YEAR.
UM, THAT WAS, UH, 82,785 INDIVIDUAL ENTRANCES INTO THE BUILDING.
AND OVER 400,000 HOURS OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT PROVIDED.
UM, THE STREET NAME HONORS OUR 20 YEARS OF WORK.
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IT EASIER FOR, UM, CURRENT AND FUTURE CLUBHOUSE, UH, MEMBERS TO COME TO, TO OUR LOCATION.UM, WE DID RECENTLY, UM, UH, LIFT UP A BUNCH OF OTHER SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING PEER SUPPORT AND, AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
UM, AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY, UH, SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY BASED SUPPORT THROUGH OUR HARBOR PROGRAMS. UM, HENCE WE ARE KNOWN AS FORMED COMMUNITIES.
BUT THE SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE IS OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM.
IT IS LOCATED AT THAT LOCATION AND IT IS THE ONLY ADDRESS ON CITIZENS PARKWAY THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE.
HI, MY NAME'S SIERRA NICOLE, AND THANK YOU MAYOR RON AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TODAY.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THE SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE HAS BEEN MY WAY TO RECOVERY.
I'VE BEEN A MEMBER AS OF JANUARY THIS YEAR, FOUR YEARS AS A SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE MEMBER.
IT HAS SAVED MY LIFE, IT HAS SAVED MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY FATHER AND MY DAD HAS SEEN ME MATURE IN THREE YEARS SINCE ATTENDING THE CLUBHOUSE.
PATRICK CHRISTENSEN, THREE 10 SOUTH ST.
ROSIE AND I WORKED TOGETHER MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AT THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY.
UM, WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY IN OPPOSITION TO THE NAME CHASE.
WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE CLUBHOUSE GROUP AND THE NEW, THEIR NEW NAME FORMED COMMUNITIES AND WHAT THEY DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT THE CITY DIDN'T SEND OUT NOTICES BACK FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING.
NOBODY SEEMED TO HAVE RECEIVED THEM.
SO WE JUST RECEIVED NOTICE LAST WEEK.
WE'RE KIND OF REALLY BEHIND THE, THE EIGHT BALL ON, ON, ON THIS.
WE WOULD ASK FOR SOME TIME TO AT LEAST SPEAK TO THE APPLICANT, MEET WITH THEM, AND TALK AND DISCUSS THIS, UH, MATTER.
'CAUSE IT'S, THE STREET HAS BEEN NAMED CITIZENS WAY, AS YOU HEARD, FOR 40 YEARS AFTER CITIZENS BANK.
AND WE JUST, WE DON'T WANT THE NAME TO BE CHANGED.
UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT SEVEN, UM, ITEM.
SO LEMME TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASTRO.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WORKING.
UM, IF I COULD ASK MICHAEL, UM, WHO ARE THE FIVE BUSINESSES THAT WERE NOTIFIED OF THE STREET NAME CHANGE? LEMME GRAB THAT HERE.
UH, THE FIVE BUSINESSES WERE, UH, THE FIRST ONE WAS LOCATED AT 47 49 FREDERICKSBURG, UH, O L ONE INC.
FREDERICKSBURG WAS THE COMPASS BANK AT THE TIME.
THIS STARTED 47 15 FREDERICKSBURG, WHICH IS THE HANOVER, UH, PARTNERSHIP BUILDING, UH, THE 68 51, UH, CITIZENS WAY, WHICH IS THE SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE FOUNDATION AND THE, UH, FROST NATIONAL BANK, UM, WHICH IS LOCATED 38 0 3 NORTHWEST FOUR 10.
UM, AND THEN WE MAIL THOSE TO THE, UH, OWNER'S RECORDS EITHER ON BEARCAT, UH, RECORDS.
SO CLUBHOUSE IS THE ONLY ONE ON THAT ACTUAL STREET THE ONLY ADDRESS THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY PHYSICAL ADDRESS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE CHANGED? YES.
AND CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY TIMES THESE BUSINESSES WERE NOTIFIED? UH, WE SEND OUT NOTICES FOR, UH, EACH TIME FOR THE, UH, THREE, THREE MEETINGS, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE, UH, VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETING WE, WE HELD.
WE ALSO, UH, PROVIDE NOTICE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND THEN FOR THIS MEETING.
UH, WHEN WAS THE OPPOSITION RECORDED? UH, WE GET THE FIRST, UH, EMAIL, UH, WAS APRIL 5TH, SO JUST, UH, A FEW, UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO NOW.
AND THEN, UH, THE SECOND ONE WE GOT ON APRIL 11TH.
SO YOU'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT THREE FOLKS, NOT OPPOSED, AND TWO THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM, WE, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM A FEW, A COUPLE OF THEM, CORRECT.
SO WE GOT TWO OPPOSED, CERTAINLY ONE, FOUR, AND TWO, WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM.
OF THESE FIVE BUSINESSES THAT YOU MENTIONED, ONLY ONE, ONLY FOUR ARE NOT IMPACTED AT ALL BY THE NAME CHANGE IN TERMS OF THE STREET NAME, ANYTHING HAVING TO BE CHANGED WITH, UH, THEIR MAIL, UH, ADDRESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? YEAH, THEIR MAILING ADDRESS OR THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY ADDRESS WILL NOT CHANGE ON THOSE FOUR.
ONLY THE ONLY THE SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE.
HAS THE CITIZENS PARKWAY NOW ARE EITHER,
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SO NEITHER OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IMPACT, THAT ARE, UM, OPPOSING, ARE IMPACTED AT ALL BY THIS NAME CHANGE? WELL, FROM THE ADDRESS STANDPOINT, I THINK YOU MIGHT WANT ASK THEM IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL IMPACT, BUT NO, I WILL ASK.YEAH, I, I FIGURE, BUT, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO THE ADDRESS AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED.
IF, UH, THERE'S A FROST BANK REPRESENTATIVE? NO, UH, THE OTHER OPPOSITION REPRESENTATIVE.
SO SIR, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW YOUR BUSINESS IS IMPACTED BY THIS NAME CHANGE? THE BRANCH IS KNOWN AS CITIZENS BRANCH, AND IT'S BEEN KNOWN THAT FOR 40 YEARS OR SO, WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY STARTED, ORIGINALLY WAS IN THAT OFFICE BUILDING.
FROST OWNED THAT BUILDING THAT'S ON THE CORNER AND IT WAS THE CITIZENS' BUILDING.
AND THEN WE SOLD THAT TO THE HANOVER GROUP AND WE MOVED OUT TO, AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HAD A HEADLAND NEXT DOOR WHEN THAT'S WHERE WE ENDED UP, UM, BUILDING OUR NEW BRANCH BANK.
AND SO IT IS BEEN KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY, AS YOU KNOW, FOR YEARS.
AND WE, WE MARKET IT INTERNALLY AS, AND, YOU KNOW, IN OUR WEBSITE AS THE CITIZENS BRANCH.
SO THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S HOW IT'S REFERRED TO.
ADDRESS AND ALL THAT DOESN'T IMPACT YOU SOEVER THE ADDRESS? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE ADDRESS IS ACTUALLY THE IT OR THE FOUR 10 FRONTAGE ROAD, SO.
SO HOW DOES IT IMPACT THAT BUSINESS? THE ANN GROUP, THEY HAVE TWO PROPERTIES, THREE PROPERTIES TECHNICALLY ON THE STREET, A PARKING LOT, THE OLD CITIZENS BANK BUILDING ABOUT A FIVE STORY BUILDING THERE ON THE CORNER OF FREDERICKSBURG ROAD AND, AND, UH, LOOP FOUR 10.
AND THEY ALSO HAVE A VACANT LOT THAT THEY WANT A BUILDING ON THAT WILL BE, HAVE AN ADDRESS THAT, THAT WILL NOW NOT BE CITIZENS.
UM, THEY, THEY BELIEVE THE STREET'S BEEN THE NAMED CITIZENS FOR 40 YEARS, AND THEN THEY DO NOT WANT IT TO BE CHANGED.
BUT THE ADDRESS IS NOT, THEIR ADDRESS WILL NOT CHANGE.
THE BUILDING IS ON LOOP REPORT TO.
UM, LET ME JUST SAY THAT I AM FOR THIS CHANGE AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO SEE WHAT KIND OF MAJOR IMPACT, IF ANY, THE BUSINESSES MIGHT SUFFER AND WE CAN'T SEE THAT THERE IS ANY MAJOR IMPACT.
UM, I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WANNA SPEAK ON THIS, BUT I DO, I DO.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IN A MINUTE TO MAKE A MOTION AFTER EVERYONE SPEAKS.
I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR ALREADY.
UH, SO, UH, WE'LL GO TO, UH, COUNCILMEMBER PALAI.
UH, MR. WILKINSON, ARE YOU, CAN YOU KIND OF COME ON UP AND MR. GUG AND PATRICK AND I THINK, OLIVIA, ARE YOU HERE? I'M, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES.
UM, WHILE YOU'RE WALKING UP HERE, I GOTTA TELL YOU, MR. GUG, I, I LOVE THIS IDEA.
UM, THE CLUBHOUSE IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.
UM, THEY'RE PARTNERS IN, IN THIS FIGHT FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT, UM, UH, TO ACCOMPLISHING WHAT WE'VE SET OUT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AS A MISSION OF COMPASSION AND MAKING SURE TO HELP VULNERABLE PEOPLE.
UM, MR. WILKINSON, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, FROST BANK IS JUST A BANK, BUT THEY'RE ALSO OUR MOST PHILANTHROPIC.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR LARGEST EMPLOYERS, UM, I'LL, I'LL LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE CHANGED THE STREET NAME IN THE MEDICAL CENTER.
UM, IT WAS PINNACLE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
UM, AND WE NEVER, WE NEVER, EVER HAD ONE OF OUR LARGE EMPLOYERS IN THE MEDICAL CENTER OBJECT, UM, AND SAY, WAIT A SECOND.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST WANT SOME TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
CAN I ASK YOU, MR. WILKINSON, WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH A TWO WEEK DELAY JUST TO SIT DOWN WITH ONE OF YOUR DONORS, UH, TO SEE IF, UM, YOU GUYS MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK OUT SOMETHING? UM, SO WE, WE ALSO, BY THE WAY, BANK WITH FROST BANK, OUR, OUR MEMBERS TAKE OUR DEPOSITS TO THAT FROST BANK BRANCH EVERY DAY.
UM, MY CONCERN ABOUT, UH, DELAYING IS, IS REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT EFFECT, UH, IS THIS GOING TO RESULT IN A, IN A REAL, IN A REAL CHANGE? UH, WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LIFT UP, UH, THE CLUBHOUSE AS ONE OF THE PREMIER COMMUNITY-BASED, UM, ORGANIZATIONS IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, WE DO BELIEVE THAT PROPER PROCESS WAS FOLLOWED.
UM, UH, I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY ONLY THE NOTICE THAT POSTED TO CITY COUNCIL AND ENTERTAINING THE MOTION WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT SEEMED TO GET THROUGH.
BUT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A 13 MONTH PROCESS.
WE FEEL THAT THERE'S BEEN AMPLE TIME FOR THIS,
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AND I'D LIKE TO SEEK APPROVAL TODAY IF POSSIBLE.SO THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION, HOWEVER, IS YOU'RE, YOU WOULD OBJECT TO A TWO WEEK DELAY TO GIVE YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBOR TIME TO TALK.
I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD 13, 13 MONTHS TO TALK.
SO YOU WOULD OBJECT THEN? I WOULD.
IF, UH, FROST, IF YOU HAD TWO WEEKS TO TALK TO THESE, THESE GOOD PEOPLE, ARE YOU OPEN TO BEING TALKED INTO THEIR, IN, INTO THEIR WAY OF THINKING HERE? YEAH, I'M, I GUESS MY, LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANTED THE PROCESS.
WE MAY END UP AGREEING WITH THEM.
I MEAN, I MEAN, WE MAY, IT, IT IS JUST, IT JUST KIND OF HIT US.
LIKE I SAID, IT CAME ON MY DESK APRIL 6TH.
AND, AND SO IT WAS, IT WAS IT LIKE IT'S BEEN THERE FOR 40 YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE MAY SUPPORT 'EM, BUT AT, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE JUST SAYING, AND, AND I'M NOT THE DECISION MAKER.
THAT'S, THAT WAS, THAT'S MY REQUEST.
SO WE USUALLY DEAL WITH SOME REALLY BIG DISPUTES UP HERE.
AND SOMEHOW WE MANAGED TO GET ALONG WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, AND WE MANAGED TO GET ALONG WITH, UH, A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER, UH, VERY ANTAGONISTIC PEOPLE WHO WERE MILES AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
AND, UH, IT JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE ALL ADULTS, AND I HAVE YET TO HEAR HOW THIS WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT FROST.
BUT I'VE ALSO YET TO HEAR HOW IT WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT, UM, CLUBHOUSE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TALK THROUGH THIS.
I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT GROWNUPS DO, THIS IS WHAT NEIGHBORS DO.
BUT, UM, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION NONETHELESS.
UM, I, I AM GONNA MAKE A MOTION FOR, UH, A TWO WEEK DELAY JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS THAT TIME.
WHO KNOWS, MR. WILKINSON, YOU MIGHT FIND IT VALUABLE.
YOU MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE SOME MONEY OUT OF THEM.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND SO, UH, THAT, THAT'S MY MOTION, AND I'M LOOKING FOR A SECOND.
AND IF I, UM, AND IF I, IF I DON'T GET A SECOND FELLOWS, I MEAN, THE COUNCILWOMAN IS RIGHT.
AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL END UP SUPPORTING HER, BUT I'M HOPING THAT REASONABLE ADULT MINDS WILL, UM, WILL COME TO AN AGREEMENT.
UM, IF I MAY, A MOTION TO DELAY REQUIRES A DATE CERTAIN, YOU SAID TWO WEEKS IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR, I THINK MAY 11TH.
UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DELAY UNTIL, WHAT WAS THAT DATE AGAIN? MAY 11TH.
SO THAT IS THE PRIMARY MOTION ON THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME.
SO, UH, I'VE GOT A QUEUE FOR THE MAIN MOTION, SO LET ME JUST SEE YOUR HAND IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ON THE DELAY ITSELF.
AS WE'VE HEARD, THIS HAS GONE ON FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS.
THERE WERE THREE OPPORTUNITIES, NOT ONLY ONE, BUT THREE OPPORTUNITIES TO CHALLENGE THIS.
WE HAVE A MEM AN ORGANIZATION IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS DONE A GREAT DEAL OF WORK IN THE AREA THAT WE ARE ALL INTERESTED IN, IN MENTAL HEALTH.
UH, WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE RESULTS IN OUR DISTRICT CLUBHOUSE IS VERY WELL KNOWN FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE, AND WE CALL UPON THEM SOMETIME TO HELP OUR CITIZENS.
UM, SO I JUST CANNOT SEE WHY WE WOULD HAVE AN OBJECTION TO NAME OF THE STREET, UH, FOR CLUBHOUSE SINCE NO ONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR ADDRESS ON THEIR STATIONARY, OR HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR ADDRESS ON THE WEBSITE OR ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, SO I WOULD, UH, I, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN MAKE THIS DECISION NOW AND NOT HAVE TO PROLONG IT ANY LONGER.
COUNCIL MEMBER CASTRO, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE DELAY? COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON AND COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO? YES.
I, I, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT TO, I FEEL LIKE THE CITY DOES ITS DUE DILIGENCE IN CONTACTING 'EM.
I THINK MAYBE WE WORK ON HOW WE MAKE SURE IN THE CHANGE CHAIN OF COMMAND, IN TERMS OF THE LARGER BUSINESSES, WHERE WE GET THAT.
UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING TODAY THAT SAYS WE SHOULD DELAY THIS.
THE OTHER THING IS CESAR CHAVEZ CHANGED, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS AGO, AND SOME PEOPLE STILL CALL IT DURANGO.
SO I THINK, UH, PEOPLE ARE STILL GONNA CALL IT CITIZENS PARKWAY, BUT I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE GOOD WORK THAT CLUBHOUSE DOES AND THE EFFORTS THAT THEY'RE MAKING IN THESE CHANGES.
AND I THINK, UM, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO COMMUNICATE AS WE GET OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC AND AS WE, UM, MOVE AND FOCUS ON OUR MENTAL HEALTH.
AND I'M SURE THAT, UH, THE BUSINESSES WILL COME AROUND.
BUT, UM, LIKE I SAID, THEY STILL CALL IT DURANGO, AND IT'S, IT SAYS OUR CHAVEZ.
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IT'LL BE FINE.UM, AND LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE CONNECTIONS FOR THOSE BIGGER COMPANIES THAT MAY HAVE THIS SITTING ON SOMEONE'S DESK, UM, THAT WASN'T SURE WHERE IT WENT TO.
UM, I AM NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE DELAY FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
UH, ONE, BECAUSE THE PROCESS THAT D S G FOLLOWS WAS, UH, UH, PRACTICE.
AND I UNDERSTAND FROST BANK, DO Y'ALL HAVE A GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS LIAISON? DO Y'ALL HAVE SOMEONE ON STAFF WHO THEIR ROLE IS GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS? I WAS ASKED THAT QUESTION EARLIER.
WE DON'T HAVE, FROST BANK DOES NOT HAVE A GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS LIAISON.
I'M ASSUMING MR. GRU, IF OKAY.
IF YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE A DIALOGUE, INVITES YOU TO THE MICROPHONE.
WELL, MY QUESTION'S BEEN, BEEN ANSWERED.
UM, BUT TO THAT POINT, RIGHT? I GREW UP ALONG DURANGO STREET, AND FOLKS STILL CALL IT DURANGO.
AND FOLKS ARE REALLY UPSET STILL THAT IT WAS RENAMED, RIGHT? FOLKS THAT LIVE ON THAT STREET ARE VERY UPSET.
AND THAT'S WHAT WOULD CHANGE, UM, MY POSITION.
BUT RECOGNIZING THAT ONLY THE CLUBHOUSE HAS THE CURRENT ADDRESS, THAT STREET NAME, UM, MAKES ME FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH SUPPORTING THIS, RIGHT? 'CAUSE ONLY ONE ORGANIZATION WOULD NEED TO CHANGE THEIR ADDRESS, THEIR PAPERWORK, UM, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
UM, SO BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING A DELAY FOR THE REASON, AGAIN, THAT PROCESS WAS FOLLOWED.
UM, ONLY ONE BUSINESS OR ENTITY WILL BE IMPACTED.
AND THAT'S THE FOLK, UH, THE APPLICANT ASKING FOR THE, THE STREET NAME CHANGE.
AND TWO, UM, I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE LARGEST BANKS DOESN'T HAVE A LIAISON TO, TO CITY GOVERNMENT AND CITY HALL, UM, TO FOLLOW THE AGENDAS AND THE ITEMS TO SEE HOW IT MAY IMPACT THEIR BUSINESS.
AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING RIGHT, THAT CITIZENS BANK WILL STILL BE CALLED CITIZENS BANK.
IT WASN'T THE CITIZENS BUILDING.
UM, AND I, I DON'T SEE IT BEING AN ISSUE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE DELAY? OKAY.
SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS, UH, FOR DELAY.
SO A MO A A VOTE FOR WOULD BE TO DELAY A VOTE AGAINST, WOULD BE TO MOVE TO THE MAIN MOTION AND CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THE ITEM.
UM, AND I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE DELAY.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IF WE HAVE A QUEUE.
UH, SO LET ME CONTINUE DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CURD.
YOU KNOW, AN EARLY QUESTION THAT CAME TO MY MIND IS, UM, HOW MANY STREETS ARE NAMED CLUBHOUSE IN THE CITY? YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHANGING A NAME AND WHAT IMPACT, YOU KNOW, HOW CONFUSING COULD IT BE TO PEOPLE TRYING TO MOVE AROUND? SO, SURE.
HOW MANY OTHERS HAVE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF, UH, IN THIS CITY, THERE'S ONE CALLED CLUBHOUSE BOULEVARD.
TWO TWO WORDS, CLUBHOUSE BOULEVARD.
UH, IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, NEXT TO, UM, MISSION DE LAGO, UM, UH, GOLF COURSE DOWN BY THE MITCHELL LAKE.
UH, WORKING WITH THE US POSTAL SERVICE AND, AND BEAR METRO 9 1 1 IS IMPORTANT.
ANYTHING THAT'S CLOSE, UH, WE RELY ON THEIR, UH, RELATIVE, UH, REVIEW AND, AND ACTUAL APPROVAL BEFORE WE MOVE ANYTHING FORWARD.
AND THAT DID HAPPEN IN THIS ONE.
IT MAY BE KNOWN AS THE CITIZENS FROST BANK, UH, BECAUSE OF THE NAME THAT IT'S HAD, BUT IT'S NOT ON CITIZENS DRIVE, AND IT'S ON, UH, THE HIGHWAY, AND IT'S GONNA MAINTAIN THE SAME NAME.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK IT'S SIGNIFICANT, UH, IN THAT NAME CHANGE.
SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE NAME CHANGE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO ON THE MAIN MOTION? NO.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA ON THE MAIN MOTION? SURE.
I JUST HAVE A PROCESS QUESTION.
AND SO, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP WAS IF, UM, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS REALLY CLOSE, RIGHT? THERE WAS FIVE, THERE WAS TWO OPPOSED.
THERE WAS ONE IN FAVOR, THERE WAS TWO WHO DIDN'T RESPOND.
HOW DO WE REACH OUT TO, LIKE, DO WE, IS IT CERTIFIED MAIL? IS IT, SO, SO TELL ME ABOUT THE PROCESS, BECAUSE I'M THINKING LIKE, THIS IS EASY, RIGHT? 'CAUSE IT'S FIVE, BUT, AND EVEN AT FIVE, LIKE, IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY CLOSE THEN.
BUT JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
LIKE FOR SOME OF THE LARGER STREETS, UH, THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS IS SIMILAR TO OUR ZONING PROCESS, WHICH IS FIRST CLASS MAIL.
UH, WE GET ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT TOUCH THE STREET, WHETHER THEY ADDRESS IT OR NOT, AND WE SEND THEM NOTIFICATION ON THOSE, THOSE THREE STEPS, UH, THAT WE HAVE.
IF IT'S A LARGER ONE, WE MAY HAVE MORE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UH, BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION,
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UH, WORKING WITH USUALLY THE COUNCIL OFFICE IN THAT DISTRICT.BUT, UH, IT'S GENERALLY FIRST CLASS MAIL, SO WE DON'T RECEIVE A CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT.
UM, UH, BUT, UH, SIMILAR TO ZONING CASES, THAT'S THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS WE'LL USE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER BLIS.
UH, YOU'VE GOT MY SUPPORT ON THIS ONE.
UM, I, UH, I'M, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK YOU GUYS DO.
YOU GUYS ARE HEROES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN MC CASTRO, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU IN THIS.
THIS IS, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ACCOMPLISHMENT, UH, FOR THIS GROUP, AND THEY DESERVE THE RECOGNITION.
COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS, UH, UH, TO MOVE THE, UH, STREET NAME CHANGE.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, NEXT ITEM 17.
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BYLAWS FOR THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, S A E D C.
UH, THIS WAS TO COUNCIL MEMBER CAST CASTILLO.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 17.
I, I PULLED THIS ITEM FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
UM, ONE, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THE STRATEGIC, UH, FRAMEWORKS PLAN DOES HAVE PLACE FACE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN IT.
UM, AND THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS, UH, AMENDMENT WITHIN THE LANGUAGE, UH, WOULD BE TO BRING TOGETHER GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESSES TO SHARE DEVELOPMENT, COST RISK, AND FINANCIAL BENEFITS OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
UM, AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN ALSO CALLS ON BRINGING GOVERNMENT TOGETHER.
UM, BUT A CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT THE BYLAW CHANGE REMOVES THE VOICE OF EIGHT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
RIGHT? I RECOGNIZE THAT THE COMMITTEE DOES HAVE COUNCIL REPRESENTATION.
UM, BUT WHAT GIVES ME PAUSE ABOUT THE CHANGE IS THAT ANOTHER GOAL OF THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK INVOLVES USING GREATER SS A T X REAL ESTATE TOOL TO MAKE DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS ABOUT FUTURE EMPLOYMENT SITE SELECTION, RIGHT? AND IT ALSO CITE THE, THE EAST SIDE, THE SOUTH SIDE, AND THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY AREAS AS THE TOP THREE NODES OF PRIORITY.
UH, MY CONCERN WITH THIS, UH, BYLAW CHANGE IS THAT THERE ISN'T ANY REPRESENTATION FROM INNER CITY, UM, ELECTEDS, RIGHT? AND, UH, WHILE I UNDERSTAND THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY BENEFITS, THERE'S NO ACTUAL, UH, TEETH TO ALLOW, UM, FOR US TO EXTRACT COMMUNITY BENEFITS, RIGHT? AND A, A CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THE, THE DISCONNECT IN, UM, THERE BEING REAL ESTATE DECISIONS MADE WITH CITY OWNED PROPERTY WITHOUT THE INPUT OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITHIN THAT DISTRICT.
THERE ARE ROUGHLY 2,300 SITES FROM ALL 10 DISTRICTS, AND THERE ARE EIGHT OF US THAT DON'T SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE.
SO, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE INPUT, UH, ON BEHALF OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT, UH, OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO THIS CHANGE WILL BE USED TO SELL CITY OWNED LAND AT BELOW MARKET RATES, SINCE THE STATE PROHIBITS MUNICIPALITIES LIKE SAN ANTONIO FROM SELLING PROPERTY, UM, IT'S PROPERTY BELOW THE FAIR MARKET VALUE.
THE IDEA IS THAT THE E D C WHO'S ALLOWED TO SELL THE LAND, BE FAIR BELOW FAIR MARKET VALUE, WILL DO SO IN EXCHANGE FOR SOME COMMUNITY BENEFITS, RIGHT? BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WITH THE BYLAWS CHANGE THERE, THERE'S NOT ANY HOOKS TO GUARANTEE THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
AND THEN AGAIN, RIGHT? GOING BACK TO MY POINT THAT, UM, EACH OF US ON THIS DAIS ARE EQUIPPED TO EXTRACT THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ON BEHALF OF OUR DISTRICT.
AND THERE ARE EIGHT OF US THAT IF THERE'S A PROJECT, UM, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR CONSTITUENTS THEIR FAIR REPRESENTATION ON SHAPING WHAT THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE.
SO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS ASSURANCES THAT IF THERE'S A PROJECT WHEN IT THIN ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS THAT WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AND BRING COMMUNITY INTO THAT PROCESS.
RIGHT? AND I WANNA BE SURE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THAT INCLUDES, UM, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, BUT I WANNA BE SURE THAT IT'S NOT, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE CO-OPTED THE TERM COMMUNITY.
RIGHT? UM, SO I JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT EACH OF US HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THAT.
SO CAN YOU PROVIDE ME SOME INSURANCES THAT WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT? SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
UH, IN, IN TALKING ABOUT THE PLACEMAKING EFFORTS, AND IN TALKING WITH THE S A E D C BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, THIS WAS REALLY MEANT TO BE A TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX TO REALLY SUPPORT THAT REVITALIZATION, UH, THOSE EFFORTS, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK IMPLEMENTATION.
UH, AND REALLY THE, THE BENEFIT
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OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS IS TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.AND WHEN WE DO SAY COMMUNITY, WE MEAN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CORRIDOR PILOT PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WAS THE AREA THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED TO INITIALLY LOOK AT PROPERTY.
SO, AGAIN, TO REITERATE, THE S A E D C DOESN'T CURRENTLY OWN ANY PROPERTY.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, BUT WE WANTED IT AS A TOOL IN OUR TOOL BELT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THOSE CORRIDOR REVITALIZATION EFFORTS.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD TARGET THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND CAN YOU PROVIDE ME AN EXAMPLE? SAY, UM, WITH THIS BYLAWS CHANGE, THERE'S PROPERTY WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE.
HOW WILL, UH, MY TEAM BE LOOPED IN TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE? WHAT'S THAT? THAT WE ACTUALLY WOULD ANTICIPATE WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO IDENTIFY ANY POTENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND THEN REALLY, AGAIN, WORK WITH THOSE, UM, THOSE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, THE COUNCIL DISTRICT, OBVIOUSLY BEING A KEY MM-HMM.
AND AGAIN, UNDER THE STATE STATUTE, WHILE YOU CAN, THE WHOLE IDEA WITH THIS IS SO THAT YOU HAVE THAT BROADER FLEXIBILITY UNDER WHAT THE CITY DOES, SO THAT YOU CAN PURSUE THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
YOU CAN HAVE THOSE BROADER, OFTENTIMES MUCH LENGTHIER CONVERSATIONS, UM, ON A DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT.
THE ONLY THING, COUNCIL MEMBER, THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD IS THAT, UM, PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER OF ANY PROPERTY TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO THE E D C, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THAT MM-HMM.
SO AT THAT POINT IS WHERE WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT, WHATEVER THE REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY IS, HAS BEEN FULLY VETTED OUT WITH THE APPROPRIATE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE.
THANK YOU THAT, THAT'S, UH, HELPFUL.
AND I LOOK TO COUNCILMAN BELAY AS THE CHAIR OF, UH, UM, THE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, IF WE CAN HAVE A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.
'CAUSE IT DIDN'T GO TO COMMITTEE.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS IN THE, THE, THE FRAMEWORK, BUT I THINK IT, IT CALLS FOR A LARGER DISCUSSION.
AND IF, UH, LORI HOUSTON OR MARK CARONA IS WATCHING, I ENCOURAGE THAT THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OFFERS A SIMILAR TOOL.
UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE N H S D EXPLORE, UH, IMPLEMENTING IT IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN THE INITIATIVE.
SO APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S WORK, AND, UH, I THINK IT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR N H S D AS WELL FOR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST AND LAND BANKING.
LEMME, I JUST WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING, COUNCILMAN, I THINK I, WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT YOUR, UM, CONCERN IS.
AND AS ALEX LAID OUT, ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS WOULD'VE TO COME TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
BUT I WANT YOU TO ALSO UNDER, UM, TO KNOW THAT, I GUESS WHAT I, I'M HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, POTENTIALLY WORKING WITH PARTNERS AND, UH, WHAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE CERTAINLY AWARE OF THAT, AND WE'LL, UH, BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE PROCEED.
UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND I'M GLAD WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOMETHING ELSE IN THE TOOLKIT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE DISTRICTS AND LOOK AT THOSE BEST PRACTICES, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, UM, E EXPECTING.
THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SEE IS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS AND GOING OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, IS WE REALLY FOCUS IN ON, AND MIKE LEFT, BUT HE CAN HELP WITH THAT.
THIS IN THE FUTURE IS WHAT A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS, AND WHO IN THE NEIGHBORS WE'RE GOING OUT WITH IT.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT SAY THEY'RE SPEAKING FOR, UH, A SIDE OF TOWN, AND THERE'S ONLY THREE PEOPLE IN THERE.
SO WE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE CULTIVATE A MESSAGE, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE DISTRICTS WHERE THERE'S REALLY NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ABOUT HOW WE, WE INCORPORATE THE COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE RED LINE VERSION.
THE CONSENT OF CITY COUNCIL SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED.
HOWEVER, IN ORDER FOR THE CORPORATION TO ENTER INTO, ENTER ANY CONTRACT INVOLVING THE SALE LEASE OR EXCHANGE OF REAL PROPERTY, UM, I'M, I'M HAVING AN ISSUE UNDERSTANDING THAT, LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO EITHER WE DO OR WE DON'T.
UH, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S MY MOST TROUBLESOME, UM, LINE ON THE, THE BYLAWS THAT I SEE.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REVIEW ANY CONTRACT THAT THE SS A E D C ENTERS INTO FOR 50,000 OR MORE, EXCEPT FOR REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
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OKAY.EXCEPT FOR REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS THAT DO NOT INVOLVE CITY PROPERTY, AGAIN, IF IT'S CITY PROPERTY, IT NEEDS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN.
SO HOW IT'S WRITTEN DOES, IS, IS THAT, UH, AND MAYBE IT'S A RIGHT QUESTION.
I, I, I I'M HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THAT STILL.
SO I, I THINK THE INTENT COUNCILWOMAN IS TO MAKE SURE IF THERE'S A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS PRIVATELY OWNED, THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION COULD ACT TO PURCHASE THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY.
IF IT'S A CITY, UH, PARCEL, THAT'LL GO THROUGH OUR NORMAL PROCESS, WHICH MEANS GOING THROUGH, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL AND, AND ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES AS WELL.
I THINK JUST THE, MAYBE THE WAY THAT IT WAS WORDED, IT WAS ENTIRELY CONFUSING, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS CONFUSING TO ME, IF IT WOULD BE CONFUSING TO SOMEONE ELSE FOR INTERPRETATION PURPOSES.
AND MAYBE WE'LL LOOK AT CLEARING THAT UP AT THE DOCUMENT.
UM, AND WAIT, WHAT DID YOU SAY, RAY? SAY THAT AGAIN.
I SAID WE, WE CAN LOOK AT CLEARING THAT UP IN THE DOCUMENT.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INTENT IS, IS MET.
DO WE NEED CONSENT FOR THAT? DO YOU NEED TO BRING IT BACK? LIKE, OR NO, I, I, IS IT SOMETHING YOU CAN JUST DO? I THINK BASED ON WHAT WE INTENDED IT TO READ AND, AND THE, THE INTERPRETATION THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT UP, I THINK THAT WE CAN CLARIFY THAT.
THAT WAS, UH, THAT ONE WORRISOME THING, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE DUE DILIGENCE FROM EVERYONE ON THIS AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK THAT WE ADOPT TO MAKE IT MORE EQUITABLE AND MORE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR REGION.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, THERE IS A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 17, PLEASE VOTE.
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UH, DO WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR.UH, JUST, UM, TWO ITEMS I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL.
UM, AND AS WAS MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AWARDED 14 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO SARAH TO SUPPORT THE, UM, UH, UH, HELPING THE UNSHELTERED HOMELESS POPULATION HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, ONE OTHER THING HAPPENED EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL WAS THAT THE TREASURY, US TREASURY AWARDED SAN ANTONIO AN ADDITIONAL $5.2 MILLION.
THIS IS THE THIRD REALLOCATION OF, UH, EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE DOLLARS.
UM, AND, UH, REALLY, UM, BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED PROGRAM THAT CAN UTILIZE THESE DOLLARS, THESE ARE DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING REALLOCATED FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
AND THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE'VE BEEN, UM, UM, PART OF THAT AWARD.
UM, THAT'LL BRING THE TOTAL AMOUNT WE HAVE, UH, IN THIS FISCAL YEAR TO 18 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES WILL BE OPENING UP, UH, APPLICATIONS FOR THAT ROUND.
THE ITEM WILL BE ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA ON MAY 18TH, ACCEPTING THE DOLLARS.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S PROVEN THAT, UM, THE PROCESS WE'VE HAD IN PLACE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND SINCE, UM, WORKS AND, UH, GETS PEOPLE THROUGH, UH, THAT ARE IN NEED.
UM, AND JUST SO THE COUNCIL HAS, IF ANYBODY'S KEEPING A RUNNING COUNT, UH, UM, ASIDE FROM THE, THE $14.5 MILLION, UH, THAT SARAH RECEIVED AND THAT $5.2 MILLION, UM, WE HAVE, UH, RECEIVED ABOUT 70, A LITTLE OVER $70 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR A VARIETY OF AREAS JUST HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK AS MANY AVENUES AS POSSIBLE.
UM, THE, UH, SPOTLIGHT VIDEO TODAY IS, UM, HIGHLIGHTS, UH, ONE OF OUR, UM, ASSISTANT CITY FORESTERS.
UM, WE EMPLOY ALL KINDS OF PROFESSIONS WITH THE CITY.
UM, AND, UH, THE HIGHLIGHT, UH, VIDEO IS ON RUBY, UH, ZAVALA, UM, WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
UM, AND, UH, AS MANY TIMES AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE TREE MITIGATION FUND AND PLANTING TREES AND CLIMATE.
AND DOUG MELNICK IS UP HERE ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
UM, PEOPLE LIKE RUBY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK OUT IN THE FIELD.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR TWO YEARS.
I CAME ON AS A SENIOR HORTICULTURIST OVER TREE ESTABLISHMENT AND TREE ADOPTIONS, AND I RECENTLY PROMOTED TO THE ASSISTANT CITY FORESTER, WHERE I WORK WITH OUR INTERNAL PLANTING AND WATERING CREWS, AS WELL AS EXTERNAL CONTRACTORS TO PLANT TREES AND DO OTHER LARGE TREE PLANTINGS AROUND THE CITY.
WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT MY JOB IS THAT I GET TO GO OUT AND PLANT TREES
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AND TAKE CARE OF TREES AND HELP BEAUTIFY OUR PARKS.WE DO AN ASSESSMENT TO TAKE TREE INVENTORY AND TO IDENTIFY ANY SORT OF TREE DIVERSITY.
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ADDING SHADE TREES AS WELL AS ORNAMENTAL TREES, TREES THAT WILL PROVIDE FOOD SOURCES FOR LOCAL INSECTS AND POLLINATORS, AS WELL AS PROVIDE SHADE FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE VISITING OUR PARKS.
I LOVE TO HEAR THAT PEOPLE LOVE TREES.
JUST AS MUCH AS I LOVE TREES, KNOWING THAT OTHER PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE SAME THINGS THAT I CARE ABOUT IS A REALLY GREAT FEELING.
JUST TO KNOW THAT WHAT I'M DOING NOW WILL BE BENEFICIAL 50 YEARS FROM NOW, A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW.
UH, WE HAVE A 2:00 PM ZONING AGENDA, UM, AND WE DO NOT HAVE EXEC TODAY.
AND BEFORE WE ADJOURN THOUGH, WE DO HAVE TWO BIRTHDAYS TO CELEBRATE.
THAT'S DEBBIE ROCKET SITTER'S BIRTHDAY.
AND TOMORROW, TOMORROW, IT'S JOHN K'S BIRTHDAY.
SO LET'S SING THEM A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
YOU, YOU'RE ALL OUT OF WORDS OF WISDOM.
DEBBIE, ANY ANY WORDS OF WISDOM FOR US BEFORE WE ADJOURN? NO.
IT'S 11:41 AM ON THE 20TH DAY OF APRIL, 2023, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
BE BACK AT TWO O'CLOCK, YOUR HONOR.