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          ANTONIO. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION. 
          UH, THE TIME IS 9:06 AM 
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I'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER ON JUNE 8TH, 2023. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROACH ROCHA GARCIA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER K HAR. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTRO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE HERE. 
          MAYOR NIERENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALL RIGHT, WELCOME EVERYBODY. 
          UH, WE HAVE A FULL SESSION TODAY, UH, AND A FEW FOLKS, WHAT WE WANNA RECOGNIZE. 
          FIRST, LET US GET US STARTED. 
          I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HABER TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          PASTOR MICHAEL KRAFT. 
          IF YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE, PASTOR MIKE HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, ARIEL FOR 14 YEARS, AND THEY'RE BLESSED WITH FIVE INCREDIBLE CHILDREN. 
          MIKE HAS SERVED THE LOCAL CHURCH IN VARIOUS PASTORAL CAPACITIES OVER THE PAST 18 YEARS, AND IS THE, THE PASTOR OF MISSION COMMUNITY CHURCH IN THE SEAWORLD AREA OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH BEGAN IN 2017. 
          BEFORE THEY STARTED DATING, BOTH MIKE AND ARIEL KNEW THAT THEY WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT ADVOCATING FOR THE MARGINALIZED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN, AND HAD A STRONG DESIRE TO FOSTER AND ADOPT. 
          ONE DAY IN THE FALL OF 2015, THEY ADOPTED THEIR DAUGHTER, SHANNON, FROM UGANDA. 
          IN 2017, THEY BECAME A LICENSED FOSTER FAMILY, AND FALL OF 19, THEY ADOPTED THEIR SONS, SEAN AND THADDEUS THROUGH FOSTER CARE. 
          TWO YEARS AGO, MIKE STARTED PARTNERING WITH THE SOUTH TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS, WHICH EXISTS TO EQUIP CHURCHES TO CARE FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IMPACTED IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. 
          AND THEIR GOAL IS THAT BY THE END OF 2025, EVERY CHILD WHO NEEDS A HOME IN SAN ANTONIO HAS A HOME IN OUR GREAT CITY, THE CRAFT'S DESIRE TO SEE EVERY CHILD WHO NEEDS AN ADVOCATE AS A LOCAL ADULT STANDING UP FOR THEM, AND THAT EVERY TEEN AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE HAS A MENTOR WHO CARES FOR THEM. 
          THEY'RE ALSO WORKING TO SUPPORT THE MORE THAN 7,000 GRANDPARENTS, I'M SORRY, 57,000 GRANDPARENTS WHO ARE RAISING THEIR GRANDCHILDREN WITHOUT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
          IN HIS FREE TIME, MIKE LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY TEAM, GOING TO SEAWORLD, HIKING AND PLAYING AND WATCHING SPORTS. 
          I HAD THE GREAT HONOR AND PLEASURE OF HAVING DINNER WITH PASTOR KRAFT AND HIS BEAUTIFUL FAMILY AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THEIR, HOW THEY NAVIGATE THIS FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. 
          AND, UM, AS YOU A LOT OF YOU KNOW, I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT SPECIFICALLY CHILDREN AGING OUTTA THE FOSTER SYSTEM. 
          AND TO COME ACROSS THIS BEAUTIFUL FAMILY WHO IS LIVING THAT, UM, ADVOCACY EVERY DAY WAS REALLY VERY INSPIRING. 
          SO I'M GRATEFUL TODAY TO, TO, UM, PASS THE MIC OVER TO PASTOR KRAFT. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. 
          MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. 
          I TRULY BELIEVE SAN ANTONIO IS THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD. 
          I BELIEVE THAT WITH ALL MY HEART, AND I THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR GREAT CITIES. 
          SO LET US PRAY TODAY. 
          FATHER GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU SO GRATEFUL, UH, FOR WHO YOU ARE. 
          THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE THE GOD WHO SEES US. 
          THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE THE GOD WHO'S WITH US. 
          AND LORD, I BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM AMONG US. 
          LORD, I THANK YOU, UH, FOR MR. MAYOR, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, LORD, FOR THESE PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT SERVE SO SELFLESSLY AND SACRIFICIALLY. 
          LORD, THEY DO SO MUCH, UH, BEHIND THE SCENES THAT NOBODY SEES AND THE THINGS THAT WE DO SEE, MANY PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT, AND I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT THEIR LIVES MUST BE LIKE. 
          AND LORD, YET THEY CONTINUE TO SHOW UP WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACE. 
          AND LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU'D POUR OUT YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THEM, UPON THEIR FAMILIES, UPON THEIR 
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MARRIAGES, THAT YOU'D GUARD THEM, THAT YOU PROTECT THEM, THAT YOU'D GUARD THEIR CHILDREN, LORD, THEIR FAMILIES ALSO, UH, SERVE AND SACRIFICE. 
          AND LORD, I KNOW YET THEY WOULD SAY TODAY THAT IT'S WITH GREAT PRIVILEGE THAT THEY GET TO SERVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD POUR OUT YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR CITY, LORD, THAT THOSE THAT ARE STRUGGLING IN OUR CITY, UM, THAT YOU'D PROVIDE FOR THEM, LIKE, LIKE, UH, IN A WAY THAT JUST BOGGLES THEIR MINDS, LORD, THAT YOU'D USE EVEN THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE TODAY TO IMPACT PEOPLE. 
          AND LORD, MAY, MAY WE NEVER FORGET THAT IT REALLY IS THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO THAT MAKE THIS CITY SO SPECIAL. 
          AND GOD, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU LOVE PEOPLE, THAT YOU SEE PEOPLE AND THAT YOU SENT YOUR SON TO GIVE HIS LIFE FOR PEOPLE. 
          AND LORD, I PRAY THAT WE AS PEOPLE WOULD ADVOCATE FOR ONE ANOTHER, THAT WE WOULD LOVE AND SERVE ONE ANOTHER, THAT WE'D PUT ASIDE OUR DIFFERENCES AND BONDS TOGETHER. 
          AND GOD, I PRAY, UH, THAT YOU'D BLESS THIS TIME TODAY, THAT IT WOULD BE AN EFFICIENT TIME, THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, AN ENCOURAGING TIME AND THAT WE WOULD ALL LEAVE THIS PLACE. 
          I ENCOURAGE AND INSPIRE. 
          SO, LORD, I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS TIME. 
          WE PRAY THIS IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF YOUR SON, JESUS. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          UNITED STATES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH PASTOR MIKE. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, LET'S, UH, GET INTO OUR AGENDA. 
          UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR 
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CEREMONIAL ITEMS, WE HAVE A FULL CONSENT AGENDA TODAY. 
          NO ITEMS ARE LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, LET ME ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY TODAY. 
          YES. 
          UH, 8, 9, 10, 11 ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 11. 
          ANY OTHERS? ITEM 14. 
          ITEM 14. 
          ANY OTHERS? OKAY. 
          I HAVE ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 11 AND 14 TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY. 
          ALL ITEMS REMAIN ON CONSENT. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A BA UH, MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ALL ITEMS SAY FOR EIGHT THROUGH 11 AND 14, UH, WE HAVE TWO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. MICHAEL SHACKLEFORD ON ITEM 17. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          THANKS MIKE. 
          UM, JACK FINGER ON 17. 
          WELL, MAYOR, UH, NURENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER, AT LEAST ONE ITEM I WISH TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION ON TODAY'S AGENDA. 
          THE ITEM OF, UH, UH, ITEM NUMBER 17. 
          BASICALLY IT'S ABOUT, UH, WHAT I ALWAYS REFER TO IT, IT IS CALLED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THAT'S THE EUPHEMISM THAT'S GIVEN FOR IT THERE. 
          UM, YEAH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT WHAT IT REALLY AMOUNTS TO IS WELFARE HOUSING. 
          YES. 
          BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE PLACING PEOPLE AT PUBLIC TAX DOLLAR EXPENSE. 
          UM, PEOPLE WHO SUPPOSEDLY CAN'T AFFORD THEIR OWN HOMES, THEIR OWN APARTMENTS AND SO FORTH, AND PUSHING 'EM INTO SOME, WELL, SOME PLACES ARE, ARE PRETTY RITZY THERE, BUT, UH, WHAT I, WHAT I CAN, BUT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS I FOUND HERE, JUST REALLY, UH, I FIND IT RATHER INTERESTING. 
          A M I STANDS FOR AREA MEDIA AND INCOME. 
          AND WHEN YOU SEE THESE THAT ON THESE DOCUMENTS, JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S THE, UH, THE AVERAGE INCOME OF A PERSON LIVING IN SUCH AREA WHERE THESE APARTMENTS ARE. 
          AND WHEN YOU SEE THE PERCENTAGE OF 20%, 30%, 50%, THAT MEANS SOMEBODY WHO MAKES THEM MUCH LESS THAN THE AVERAGE, UM, OF THAT ONLY 20% OF THE AVERAGE INCOME. 
          AND THAT'S WHO WILL BE PLACED IN THE APARTMENTS NEXT TO YOU. 
          THE TAXPAYER I'M JUST LOOKING AT. 
          SO SOME OF THESE AREAS AND UM, GEE, IT WAS HUNDREDS, MAYBE THOUSANDS OF APARTMENTS THERE. 
          WHAT DOES IT SHOW THERE? YEAH. 
          UM, AS MUCH AS, UH, 20 TO 80% A M I WITH, UH, SOME PLACES THERE. 
          I MEAN, AND I LOOKED AT THE, THE PLACES I THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE SOME HAVE A MARKETPLACE, YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE WHAT THE MICRO, BUT NO, IT'S JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, TO 22 UNITS DOWN TO THE, ONCE AGAIN, THE A M I IS 22, UH, 42, 40, UH, 22, 28, 88 TOTAL TO 88. 
          JUST A A HUNDRED PERCENT WELFARE HOUSING THERE. 
          GO FURTHER DOWN, MR. AUDIO 
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VISION, MAN, THERE WAS IT SAY THERE, UH, 30%, 50%, 60%, 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME JUST KEEPS ON GOING. 
          YOU MIGHT, UH, FLIP THE PAGE. 
          THERE MIGHT BE SOME MORE THERE, YOU KNOW, SO SEE WHAT IT SAYS THERE. 
          OH, YEAH. 
          SOME MORE THERE. 
          LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 
          YEAH, THE 30%, 50%, 60%. 
          UH, AND, AND I WAS LOOKING FOR, AND RIGHT NEXT TO THIS IS THE LITTLE WORD MARKET. 
          WELL, MAYBE SOMEBODY HAS SOME MARKET, JUST THE AVERAGE, UH, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET TO MAR MARKET, UH, AVERAGE WHAT THEY CAN GET, WHAT THE, UH, PERSON WOULD ACTUALLY PLAY PAY IN THE MARKET. 
          BUT NO, IT SAYS ZERO, A BIG GOOSE EGG THERE. 
          BUT I, WHEN I, I'VE NOTICED THAT, UH, SOME OF YOU, I LOOKED AT THE, UH, THE, UH, SOME OF THE PROJECT, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPORTING THIS, WHO ARE BUILDING THESE THINGS. 
          AND YOU GUYS, AS MANY AS FIVE OF YOU GOT, UH, QUITE A FEW CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS THERE. 
          THANK YOU MR. FINGER. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT'S EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          I'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          I DON'T SEE A QUEUE, UH, BUT LET ME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA AND JUST SIGNAL ME OR TAP INTO THE QUEUE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          ALRIGHT, THANKS SO MUCH, MARY. 
          I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ITEM SIX. 
          IT'S A REAPPOINTMENT OF JUDGE CARLO BLEO. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME UP. 
          I'M JUST GOING TO YOU CAN IF YOU WANT THEM. 
          IT'S UP TO YOU AS A MUNICIPAL COURT PRESIDING JUDGE, THANK YOU JUDGE BLATHER FOR YOUR TIRELESS WORK IN CREATING AN INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENT AT THE COURTS. 
          YOUR, YOUR COUNTLESS EFFORTS TO INCREASE VISIBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UH, ESPECIALLY TO ATTEND THEIR HEARINGS, HAVE TRULY BEEN, UM, WELCOME AND A NEEDED INNOVATION FOR THE CITY, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. 
          YOU, YOU REALLY MADE IT, UH, THE COURTS ACCESSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, YOU'VE ALSO LED THE COURTS IN FINDING INNOVATIVE WAYS TO WORK WITH OUR JUVENILE POPULATION, WON AWARDS FOR THE COURT'S WORK ON ADDRESSING, UH, DEADLY DRIVING SPECIFICALLY AND DISTRACTED DRIVING. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT ELSE IS ACHIEVED IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 
          THANK YOU TO MY, UM, UH, FELLOW SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ AND COUNCILWOMAN VIE GRAND FOR HELPING, UM, TO, TO SELECT YOU AND, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING ON TRACK WITH OUR MUNICIPAL COURTS. 
          UM, BUT YOU DON'T DO IT ALL YOURSELF. 
          OF COURSE. 
          YOU HAVE 10 FULL-TIME JUDGES AND NINE PART-TIME JUDGES, ALONG OF COURSE WITH FRED, UM, AND DIRECTOR OF MU MUNICIPAL COURTS AND NORMA MORALES ADIS, THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU Y'ALL DO, UM, AND YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO MUNICIPAL COURT. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE CONTINUED GROWTH. 
          THANK YOU, CARLA. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 17 AND 18TH, WHICH ARE BOTH RELATED TO THE HOUSING BOND AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION. 
          UH, AS MANY HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE TODAY, COUNCIL'S VOTING ON ROUND TWO OF THE HOUSING BOND PROJECT AWARDS, WHICH WILL PRODUCE AND PRESERVE UP TO 2,138 RENTAL AND SINGLE FAMILY UNITS 423 OF WHICH ARE AT 30% OF THE AVERAGE MEETING INCOME AND A TOTAL OF 224 PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS BASED ON ROUND ONE. 
          AND NOW ROUND TWO, THERE ARE SO MANY POSITIVE STATEMENTS ABOUT THE HOUSING BOND AND I REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON TWO ITEMS, UH, THE COMMUNITY-BASED PROCESS AND DEEP AFFORDABILITY. 
          MY INITIAL CONCERN WITH THE $150 MILLION WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD BE A FEEDING FRENZY FOR SHARKS LOOKING TO CUSHION THEIR BOTTOM LINE WITH MARKET RATE PROJECTS, WITH NO INTENTION OF PROVIDING MUCH, IF ANY, DEEP AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          INSTEAD, THE PROCESS WAS A MODEL FOR HOW TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH COMMUNITY TO SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTE LONG RANGE PLANS LIKE THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          CREDIT TO THE MAYOR FOR CREATING THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM ALL DISTRICTS AND DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS WORKED TOGETHER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SET OF BOND CATEGORIES AND PARAMETERS, WHICH EARNED BROAD PUBLIC SUPPORT AT THE POLLS AND LED TO THE PROPOSALS WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DEEP AFFORDABLE UNITS, WHICH MET THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION, UH, PROGRAM GOALS. 
          I WANNA RECOGNIZE MY APPOINTEES, KAYLA, AMY, AND LINDA, FOR ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY, ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT THE, UH, HOUSING BOND PROCESS. 
          AND JUSTIN FROM MY TEAM WHO STAFFED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS. 
          THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE APPROVED SEVERAL KEY AMENDMENTS, WHICH LITERALLY WERE DECIDED BY ONE VOTE, ONE VOTE, ENSURING THAT THIS BOND PRO, UM, UM, PACKAGE, UH, SECURED DEEP AFFORDABILITY. 
          SO I WANNA THANK, UH, KATIE VELA, WHO WAS, UM, THAT ONE VOTE IN ENSURING THAT WE SECURED THAT DEEP AFFORDABILITY. 
          THE PUBLIC REMAINED INVOLVED DURING THE EXECUTION OF THE HOUSING BOND BY SERVING ALONGSIDE COSA STAFF AND AREA STAKEHOLDERS ON SCORING COMMITTEES FOR EACH AND EVERY CATEGORY. 
          THE COUNCIL HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION WITH AMPLE PUBLIC COMMENT AND PUT FORTH A SCORING SYSTEM THAT IS FAIR AND PRIORITIZE THE SWIFT PRODUCTION OF DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INCLUDING PUBLIC AND INCOME-BASED HOUSING BETWEEN THE BOND PARAMETERS AND THE SCORING 
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SYSTEM. 
          THE SCORING COMMITTEE'S TASK WAS MONUMENTAL, YET THEY STAYED ON TASK AND DELIVERED TWO ROUNDS OF SOLID PROJECTS WITH TRUE AFFORDABILITY. 
          TO ME, THIS DEMONSTRATES THAT THE CITY, THE PUBLIC, AND THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS LIKE LISC AND VIA UNDERSTAND THE DIRE NEED FOR DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT BETWEEN, UH, BEFORE FOR DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          MY HOPE IS THAT THEY AND ALL OF OUR SHIP PARTNERS LIKE THE HOUSING TRUST, BEXAR COUNTY, AN OPPORTUNITY HOME STAY COMMITTED TO THE PLAN, NOT JUST WITHIN THE BOND, BUT EVERY HOUSING PROJECT WHICH REQUESTS PUBLIC SUPPORT. 
          WE, WE MUST NOT GET COMPLACENT AND GO BACK TO SUPPORTING MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT WITH PUBLIC DOLLARS NO CHEAT DAYS WHEN IT COMES TO MEETING OUR HOUSING GOALS. 
          I SAY BOTH ROUNDS ALSO SHOWED HOW MUCH GOVERNMENT SUPPORT IS NEEDED TO BUILD DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SOMETIMES BOND PROJECTS LIKE CATTLEMAN SQUARE MEMORIAL APARTMENTS AND EVERY SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT REQUIRE LAYERED FUNDING. 
          AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR VERONICA GARCIA, IAN BENAVIDEZ, AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR WORKING WITH VARIOUS AFFORDABLE HOUSING STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS ON ITEM 18, UH, WHICH WILL, WE WILL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE EXISTING FEDERAL, UM, DOLLARS WITH BOND DOLLARS. 
          SO REALLY EXCITED TO BE SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT, UM, AND I'M, UH, GRATEFUL THAT IT RECEIVED THE SUPPORT OF THE VOTERS AND OF COURSE FOR THE MAYOR FOR CREATING THE COMMUNITY, UM, BASED, UM, PARAMETERS FOR THIS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. 
          HEARING NONE, THERE IS A MOTION, A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS, SAY FOR EIGHT THROUGH 11 AND 14. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          UH, MOTION CARRIES. 
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OKAY. 
          BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, THERE ARE A FEW CEREMONIALS, UH, THAT WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND FIRST, LET ME START, UH, I WANNA, WE WELCOME A GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNER AND FRIEND TO OUR CHAMBERS, AND THAT IS LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN R. EVANS COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE US ARMY, NORTH FIFTH ARMY, AND HIS COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR C S M, JEREMIAH GAM AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL EVANS STAFF PRESENT HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE US ARMY'S 248TH BIRTHDAY. 
          I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR ARMY VETERANS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE CITY EMPLOYEES. 
          YOU HONORABLY SERVE YOUR COUNTRY WHILE IN UNIFORM. 
          TODAY YOU SERVE OUR GREAT COMMUNITY. 
          WHILE THE ARMY HAS MORE THAN 150 INSTALLATIONS WORLDWIDE, WE ARE MOST PROUD OF THE ARMY'S LONG AND HISTORY PRESENCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES FROM THE ALAMO, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DONATED 92 ACRES IN 1875 TO THE ARMY CREATING TODAY WHAT IS KNOWN AS FORT SAM HOUSTON. 
          SINCE THEN, SOLDIERS STATIONED IN OUR AREA HAVE BEEN AT THE TIP OF THE SPEAR AND THE FOCAL POINT FOR MILITA MILITARY OPERATIONS IN TEXAS, MOST OF THE SOUTHWEST. 
          AND IN THE LAST 150 YEARS AROUND THE WORLD GENERALS MACARTHUR EISENHOWER PERSHING AND GRANT SERVED HERE. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEN LIEUTENANT EISENHOWER PROPOSED TO HIS WIFE MAMMIE AT A BUILDING THAT STILL STANDS AT FORT SAM INSIDE THE MANGROVE HOTEL. 
          A FEW F FEW BLOCKS FROM HERE, TE TEDDY ROOSEVELT ORGANIZED THE ROUGH RIDERS, THE VOLUNTEER CAVALRY IN THE US ARMY, WHICH DISTINGUISHED ITSELF DURING THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR. 
          ONE COULD CLAIM THAT OUR VERY OWN FORT SAM HOUSTON IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF MILITARY AVIATION. 
          IN FACT, ON MARCH 2ND, 1910 OVER THE MACARTHUR PARADE FIELD, LIEUTENANT BENJ, EXCUSE ME, LIEUTENANT BENJAMIN FLU, LOY MADE THE FIRST FLIGHT IN A MILITARY AIRCRAFT, THE SINGLE CORE AIRCRAFT, NUMBER ONE. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, GENERAL EVANS HOSTED A CELEBRATION THIS PAST MARCH IN HONOR OF THE 113TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF MILITARY FLIGHT. 
          DURING THE LAST CENTURY, THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO WERE TRAINED AND MOBILIZED HERE PARTICIPATED IN CAMPAIGNS AROUND THE WORLD TO INCLUDE SERVING BRAVELY IN COMBAT AND WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR III, KOREA, VIETNAM, AND THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR. 
          TODAY, ARMY UNITS STATIONED IN SAN ANTONIO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE NATION'S DEFENSE BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER. 
          B A M C IS THE MILITARY'S ONLY STATESIDE LEVEL ONE TRAUMA AND BURN CENTER SPECIALIZING IN THE CARE OF WOUNDED WARRIORS, VETERANS AND NON-MILITARY MEMBERS OF OUR OWN COMMUNITY. 
          MILITARY MEDICAL TEAMS TRAINED AT B S C AND THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT HAVE DEPLOYED TO IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND OTHER WORLD HOTSPOTS, TREATING AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN PARTICIPATING IN COMBAT OPERATIONS. 
          THESE TEAMS HAVE ENSURED THAT OUR SERVICE MEMBERS RECEIVE WORLD-CLASS MEDICAL CARE IN AUSTERE AND DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENTS. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, THEY SAVE AMERICAN LIVES. 
          US ARMY NORTH CONCENTRATES ON THE DEFENSE OF NORTH AMERICA THROUGH SECURITY AND COOPERATION ACTIVITIES WITH MEXICO AND CANADA HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          THEIR MISSION INCLUDES HOMELAND DEFENSE AND DISASTER RESPONSE. 
          DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC, ARMY NORTH DEPLOYED MORE THAN 9,000 SERVICE MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON CIVILIAN HOSPITALS AND PROVIDE ESSENTIAL 
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LOGISTICAL AND MEDICAL SUPPORT TO COMMUNITIES IN MANY STATES THROUGHOUT THE NATION. 
          US ARMY SOUTH, ALSO STATIONED AT FORT SAM, RETAINS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ARMY ENGAGEMENTS AND SECURITY COOPERATION IN 31 COUNTRIES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA TO INCLUDE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND PARTNER BUILDING MISSIONS THROUGHOUT ITS EXISTENCE, A CLOSE AND HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN THE NORM BETWEEN THE ARMY AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THIS COULD BEST BE EXEMPLIFIED BY THE ONGOING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT AND PROTECT CAMP BULLIS, THE LARGEST TRAINING BASE LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF A LARGE CITY. 
          TODAY WE CONSIDER IT A PRIVILEGE TO HOST THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          OUR CITY EMBRACES ITS SOLDIERS AS FAMILY, AND I KNOW THE PARTNERSHIP WILL CONTINUE TO GROW FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. 
          SO ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY COUNCIL AND MILITARY CITY, U S A, HAPPY 240TH, 48TH BIRTHDAY, US ARMY, HOOAH UA GENERAL EVANS, I INVITE YOU TO PROVIDE COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, THANKS SO MUCH ON BEHALF OF THE SOLDIERS, THE DA CIVILIANS, THE MILITARY FAMILIES, AND IMPORTANTLY THE THOUSANDS OF ARMY VETERANS THAT CALL SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY THEIR HOME. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, THE VERY WARM PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD HERE. 
          AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT, WE'VE BEEN PART OF THIS COMMUNITY SINCE THE DEFENDERS OF THE ALAMO WERE MEMBERS OF THE ARMY AND MEMBERS OF STATE MILITIAS THAT CAME HERE TO DEFEND THE FREEDOM OF TEXAS. 
          AND ONCE TEXAS ENTERED INTO STATE HOOD, WE BECAME A CONSTANT PRESENCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, FIRST DOWNTOWN. 
          AND THEN MOVING TO GOVERNMENT HILLS, THE MAYOR STATED WHERE WE CALLED OUR HOME FORT SAM HOUSTON AND HAVE BEEN THERE EVER SINCE. 
          AND I JUST WANNA THANK THE COUNCIL. 
          I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR. 
          I WANNA THANK THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO FOR THE INCREDIBLE, UH, PARTNERSHIP THAT WE SEE OUTSIDE OUR GATES EVERY DAY. 
          UH, AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY PROUD AND PRIVILEGED TO CALL MILITARY CITY U S A OUR HOME. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU LIEUTENANT GENERAL EVANS. 
          WE NOW PREPARE TO CUT THE CAKE. 
          THERE ARE ANY, ANY ARMY VETERANS, UH, PRESENT TODAY. 
          PLEASE FORM UP BEHIND THE OFFICIAL PARTY, MR. MERRICKS. 
          UH, IT'S A, UH, TRADITION IN THE ARMY OF THE ARMY'S BIRTHDAY, ARMY'S BIRTHDAY. 
          THAT'S, UH, WE CUT A CAKE IN CELEBRATION LIKE YOU WOULD FOR ANY OTHER BIRTHDAY. 
          SO IF YOU WOULD ASSIST ME, I'D GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          ON THE COUNT OF 3 1 2 3. 
          THE FIRST PIECE OF CAKE TODAY WILL BE PRESENTED TO MR. ROBERT NADING, DEPUTY TO THE COMMANDING GENERAL US ARMY NORTH. 
          AND THE SECOND PIECE OF CAKE TODAY WILL BE PRESENTED TO COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR JEREMIAH GAN, US ARMY NORTH SENIOR ENLISTED LEADER. 
          TRADITIONALLY, REGARDLESS OF LOCATION, SOLDIERS WILL PAUSE TO OBSERVE THE ARMY BIRTHDAY BY SHARING A PIECE OF CAKE. 
          AS YOU HAVE SEEN, A SWORD IS USED TO CUT THE CAKE. 
          AS A REMINDER THAT THE US ARMY IS A BAND OF WARRIORS COMMITTED TO CARRYING THE SWORD SO THAT OUR NATION MAY LIVE IN PEACE. 
          LIKE MY KID'S BIRTHDAY, BREAKFAST CAKE, , THE ARMY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST INSTITUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY, BORN ON JUNE 14TH, 17TH 75. 
          THIS YEAR'S THEME IS B ALL YOU CAN BE WITH A FOCUS ON THE ARMY'S UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES. 
          THE ARMY HAS ALWAYS CHALLENGED OUR SOLDIERS TO BE ALL THEY CAN BE. 
          FOR 248 YEARS, THE US ARMY HAS ANSWERED THE CALL TO DEFEND AND SUPPORT AMERICA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO IN THE FUTURE. 
          HAPPY 248TH BIRTHDAY, UNITED STATES ARMY. 
          BE ALL YOU CAN BE WHOAH. 
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ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR US ARMY AND ALL OF OUR MILITARY PARTNERS HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          OKAY, UM, I'M GONNA READ THERO PROCLAMATION, BUT BEFORE I DO, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQIA PLUS, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN ADVISING MY OFFICE AND OUR CITY COUNCIL FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. 
          WOULD Y'ALL PLEASE STAND? UH, LET US GIVE YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR YOUR GREAT SERVICE. 
          AND WE RECOGNIZE, UH, MOMENTS OF PROGRESS, UH, THAT HAPPEN IN OUR CITY, BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY DURING THOSE MOMENTS, UH, PEOPLE, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO, UH, PUSH, UH, OUR CITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING, ESPECIALLY THE LEVERS OF GOVERNMENT. 
          AND I'M VERY PROUD, UH, TO BE FRIENDS AND TO HAVE THE ADVICE OF FOLKS LIKE THAT. 
          SO, UH, I, I'LL READ THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION THAT WE'LL RECOGNIZE PRIDE MONTH IN JUNE. 
          WHEREAS JUNE 28TH, 1969 WAS A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE HISTORY FOR THE LGBTQI PLUS COMMUNITY. 
          AFTER YEARS OF DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT AND VIOLENCE, PATRONS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE STONEWALL INN LOCATED IN GREENWICH VILLAGE, NEW YORK VILLAGE, NEW YORK STAGED AN UPRISING THAT WOULD LATER BECOME KNOWN AS A STONEWALL UPRISING. 
          THIS UPRISING SPARKED THE BEGINNING OF A LIBERATION AND MOVEMENT TO OUTLAW DISCRIMINATORY LAWS AND PRACTICES AGAINST THE LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHEREAS DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2023, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH AND PROVIDE ALLYSHIP TO THE LGBTQI PLUS COMMUNITIES AND HONOR A MOVEMENT THAT HAS GROWN STRONGER, MORE VIBRANT, AND MORE INCLUSIVE WITH EVERY PASSING YEAR. 
          AND WHEREAS DURING THE MONTH, MEMORIALS WILL BE HELD FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN LOST TO HATE CRIMES OR HIV AIDS, AND COMMEMORATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE TO HONOR THOSE WHO BROKE BARRIERS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND HELP CULTIVATE A CULTURE OF INCLUSIVITY AND ACCEPTANCE. 
          AND WHEREAS PRIDE MONTH IS A CELEBRATION OF GENERATIONS OF LGBTQI PLUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUGHT BRAVELY TO LIVE OPENLY AND AUTHENTICALLY. 
          AND IT'S A REMINDER THAT OUR ALAMO CITY STILL HAS WORK TO DO TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE ENJOYS THE FULL PROMISE OF EQUITY, DIGNITY, PROTECTION, AND FREEDOM. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2023 TO BE PRIDE MONTH IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, AND URGE THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO TO STAND TOGETHER AND ADVOCATE FOR EQUITY. 
          BECAUSE IN OUR CITY, Y'ALL WILL ALWAYS MEAN ALL. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, AND LET ME TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          IT IS PRIDE MONTH, AND I WANT TO HONOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LIVED AND LOVED COURAGEOUSLY. 
          I'M ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY ON AN ELEVATED PLATFORM BECAUSE OF THE COURAGE OF MY ELDERS AND BECAUSE OF AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF BLACK AND BROWN QUEER FOLK, INCLUDING THOSE WHO CAN'T BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC THAT'S KILLED OVER 40 MILLION PEOPLE, THOSE LIVES LOST AT THE HANDS OF RACISM AND HOMOPHOBIA, AND THOSE LOST TO POLICE VIOLENCE AND BRUTALITY. 
          THOSE THAT WE LOST REPRESENT MILLIONS OF STORIES, UNTOLD AND IMMEASURABLE AMOUNTS OF WISDOM THAT COULD NOT BE SHARED. 
          I'M REMINDED OFTEN THAT DURING MY LAST YEAR AS A TEACHER, I HAD SIX STUDENTS WHO HAD ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, AND THEY WERE EACH A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AND POLITICAL DISCOURSE SURROUNDING QUEER FOLK, PARTICULARLY TRANS YOUTH, IS HARMFUL TO THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR, OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          AND THAT FACT SHOULD NOT BE LOST ON US. 
          AND INCREASINGLY HARMFUL AND HATEFUL RHETORIC IS KILLING ANOTHER GENERATION OF LGBTQ YOUTH. 
          WE, AS MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN BRAVELY STANDING STRONG, AUTHENTICALLY AND REFUSING TO COWER. 
          AND OUR ALLIES, AS MANY OF YOU ARE, UH, HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN CHALLENGING YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, COWORKERS, AND EVEN STRANGERS WHO ENGAGE IN HARMFUL BEHAVIOR. 
          I'M REMINDED OF THE PEOPLE WHO TOLD ME THAT THE EAST SIDE WASN'T READY TO ELECT A YOUNG GAY MAN, BUT THE SENIORS IN MY COMMUNITY WHO STILL COME UP TO ME WITH EXCITEMENT TO TELL ME ABOUT THEIR GRANDSON, WHO'S JUST LIKE ME, OR THE YOUNG CHILDREN WHO EMBRACE ME WITH CURIOSITY, JOY, AND HOPE, WHEN I COME TO THEIR SCHOOL AND THEY FIND OUT THAT SOMEONE LIKE THEM IS IN A POSITION OF POWER IN THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          AND IT'S BECAUSE OF WHO I AM, NOT DESPITE WHO I AM, THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS, DISTRICT TWO HAS REELECTED A COUNCILPERSON FOR A SECOND FULL TERM. 
          IT BRINGS ME GREAT PRIDE TO BE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN ELECTED TO ANY OFFICE IN TEXAS. 
          AND TO SOME OF THAT MEANS NOTHING, BUT TO MANY IN MY COMMUNITY. 
          IT MEANS EVERYTHING. 
          I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE JUDGE ROSIE SPEEDLINE GONZALEZ, 
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WHO HAS BEEN FIGHTING HOMOPHOBIA AND BIGOTRY SINCE BEFORE HER ELECTION, UH, FOR A WHILE AS THE SOLE OUT L G B T Q ELECTED OFFICIAL IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND PERSONALLY, I FEEL SHE IS THE MOST FASHIONABLE ELECTED IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT ALSO, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, ONE OF THE BRAVEST, MOST COURAGEOUS AND MOST KIND PEOPLE THAT I KNOW. 
          WE ALL HAVE TO CREATE A SPACE OF SAFETY AND OF COURAGE AND BRAVERY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          USE OUR POSITIONS AND PLATFORMS TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFER FOR THEM. 
          AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO REFLECT ON WHAT THAT MEANS TO YOU AND HOW YOU CAN BE AN ALLY TO THOSE MOST MARGINALIZED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH, BE SAFE, LOVE COURAGEOUSLY. 
          AND REMEMBER, PRIDE WAS AND IS A PROTEST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND HAPPY PRIDE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER EW RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, ROSIE CA, ROSIE CASTRO, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ONE OF MY HEROES, BUT SO IS, UH, JUDGE ROSIE. 
          UM, I'LL TELL YOU WHY. 
          ROSIE, I, UM, I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL WITH YOU, AND I REMEMBER THAT EVEN THEN YOU WERE FIGHTING THE FIGHT. 
          UM, AND PART OF THAT WAS EDUCATING EVERYBODY IN LAW SCHOOL ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WERE STANDING FOR AND WHAT IT IS YOU WERE FIGHTING FOR. 
          UM, I SAW YOU AND I DID NOT ENVY YOU. 
          UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS DIFFICULT. 
          WHAT YOU TRIED TO PULL OFF AND YOU SUCCESSFULLY DID, RIGHT, OF GETTING AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF LAWYERS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AT ISSUE HERE AT A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. 
          , NO, UH, NO LESS. 
          I, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, UH, JUDGE ROSIE USED TO FLY A FLAG, UH, A RAINBOW FLAG RIGHT IN, IN YOUR COURTROOM, AND, UM, VERY HATEFUL PEOPLE, UM, CAME DOWN ON YOU AND SAID, THAT'S POLITICAL. 
          THAT'S NOTHING THAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IN A COURTROOM. 
          AND YET IN YOUR COURTROOM IS WHERE INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IS THE VERY ISSUE THAT YOU GUYS TACKLE WITH, UM, ROSIE, YOU AND THE PEOPLE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE FIGHTING THIS GOOD FIGHT MAKE THE WORLD SAFER AND BETTER FOR MY KIDS. 
          AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING THROUGH A TIME WHERE THE WORLD IS BROKEN AND, UM, PEOPLE FIND IT, UM, ADMIRABLE AND IT PASSES FOR AMERICAN VALUES TO IDENTIFY THE MOST VULNERABLE FOLKS IN, IN, UM, IN THIS COUNTRY TO PUT THEIR BOOT ON THEIR NECK AND THEN CALL THEM HORRIBLE THINGS AND INSIST THAT THEY SOMEHOW DISAPPEAR. 
          UM, NOT IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND IN SAN ANTONIO, WE CELEBRATE YOUR CONTRIBUTION. 
          YOU GUYS ARE OUR BROTHERS, OUR SISTERS, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COWORKERS, UH, AND I'M DELIGHTED TO CALL YOU FRIENDS AND ALLIES AND, UM, I'M PROUD OF YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          I ALSO WANNA HONOR JUDGE ROSIE SPEEDLINE GONZALEZ, WHO ONCE AGAIN IS UNDER ATTACK FOR DISPLAYING THE PRIDE FLAG IN HER OFFICE, WHICH TO ME IS NOTHING MORE THAN A, THE SYMBOLS THAT SIGNIFIES THAT JUDGE ROSIE SPEEDLINE GONZALEZ SUPPORTS THE MOST BASIC OF CIVIL RIGHTS, UH, THE FREEDOM TO BE ABLE TO LOVE THE PERSON YOU CHOOSE, AND NOTHING MORE THAN THAT. 
          AND, UH, THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT THAT THAT SHOULD BE CONTROVERSIAL. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A TRAILBLAZER AND, YOU KNOW, STANDING UP FOR WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          WHEN I THINK ABOUT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE, THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, OR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN, I START WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS. 
          AND AS SUCH, WE ALL GROW AND DEVELOP IN MANY WAYS. 
          AND SOME OF THOSE WAYS DIVERGE FROM ONE ANOTHER. 
          BUT WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS. 
          AND I THINK THERE IS SOME BASIC RIGHTS AND, AND BASIC EXPECTATIONS ON HOW WE SHOULD TREAT EACH OTHER AND HOW WE SHOULD LIVE WITH EACH OTHER. 
          I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR, UH, THE COMMUNITY REPRESENTED HERE TODAY FOR THE L G B T Q AND ALL THE OTHER ALPHABETICAL NUMBERS AND LETTERS THAT GO AFTER THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS. 
          THEY'RE STRIVING TO LIVE THEIR LIVES IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND THIS GOVERNMENT HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROTECTING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEIR RIGHTS, UH, AS EQUALLY AND FAIRLY AS WE CAN. 
          AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COUNCIL, WHICH HAS BEEN DOING THAT, AND I BELIEVE WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I WANNA ALSO, UM, SHOUT OUT TO, TO JUDGE, UH, SPEEDLINE GONZALEZ. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT I EVER TOLD YOU THIS STORY, BUT I'VE PRACTICED IN YOUR COURT WHEN YOU WERE, UM, FLYING THE FLAG UP THERE. 
          AND I HAD A YOUNG LADY, UH, CLIENT, I WAS ON THE MISDEMEANOR WHEEL, SO SHE WAS INDIGENT AND, UH, CONFIDED IN ME THAT SHE WAS AFRAID TO BE IN FRONT OF A JUDGE BECAUSE 
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SHE'S GAY. 
          AND I POINTED TO THAT FLAG, AND I SHOWED HER THAT'S WHAT THAT FLAG MEANS, THAT YOU'RE SAFE HERE. 
          THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE TREATED FAIRLY AND SAFELY. 
          UM, AND IT WAS AN INTIMATE, UM, PARTNER VIOLENCE CASE. 
          UM, BUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE FLAG MEANS TO ME WHEN I SEE IT. 
          AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THAT'S THAT. 
          IT, IT, AND, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCILMAN REMINDS US THAT PRIDE IS A, A PROTEST AND IT'S AN ONGOING FIGHT. 
          SO I THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          I THANK YOU, MARIA. 
          ALL THE PEOPLE, UM, IN THESE COUPLE BACK ROWS THAT ARE, UM, BEING HUMBLE, THAT, THAT MAYBE DON'T ALWAYS GET THE SHOUT OUTS RIGHT. 
          JESSICA, UM, VICTORIA, A LOT OF, A LOT OF FOLKS I KNOW DOING THE WORK EVERY DAY AND ADVOCATING FOR YOUR OWN RIGHTS, UM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE RIGHTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I THANK YOU AGAIN AND I'M PROUD AND, UH, TO, TO HONOR, UH, PRIDE MONTH, AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR ALL THE EVENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I, I WANTED TO THANK THE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ WERE GROUNDING US IN THE HISTORY OF, OF PRIDE AND THE HISTORY OF STONEWALL, BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF RESISTANCE THAT TOOK MANY FORMS FROM PROTEST IN THE STREET TO ORGANIZING COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND STATEWIDE, THAT THE L G B T Q I E COMMUNITY RECEIVED THEIR FAIR SHARE OF RIGHTS, EQUALITY, JUSTICE AND RESPECT. 
          UM, AND WHEN WE REFLECT ON THE STATE THAT WE'RE IN AND HOW OUR COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO BE CHALLENGED AND, AND, AND DEMONIZED, UM, I THINK IT'S OF GREAT, UH, IMPORTANCE THAT AS ALLIES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE REMIND INDIVIDUALS THAT WE REPRESENT ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I ALWAYS OFFER TO JOIN YOU ALL AT THE STATE CAPITOL TO, TO CHALLENGE THESE HORRIFIC LAWS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED AND PASSED AND DEBATED. 
          UM, JUST TAP ME ON THE SHOULDER AND I'M THERE WITH YOU ALSO. 
          I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE I PUT THAT OUT THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, THANK YOU. 
          I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND YOUR EFFORT. 
          AND I KNOW IT HASN'T BEEN EASY, UH, FOR THE, UM, ADVISORY, UH, COMMITTEE BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU FELT LIKE WE'RE GIVING ADVICE AND WE'RE NOT BEING HEARD. 
          BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU SEE IS A COUNCIL THAT IS, IS LISTENING AND WANTING TO TAKE ACTION. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THESE NEXT TWO YEARS AND SEEING HOW WE CAN DO MORE AND BE PROACTIVE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH, WITH ADVICE AND ACTION POINTS TO MOVE FORWARD SO THAT WE KNOW, WE KNOW THE ATTACKS ARE GONNA KEEP ON COMING. 
          WE KNOW THAT IT'S TO HURT OUR LOVED ONES, OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN, WE, THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO NOW TO, TO TAKE A STAND AND MAKE A STATEMENT THAT THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY AND WE'RE GOING TO PROTECT IT. 
          SO I I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ON CELEBRATING THIS MONTH. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE CELEBRATIONS. 
          AND I WANT, I DO WANNA THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, UH, JALEN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ FOR JUST HIS BRAVERY AND HIS EFFORTS THESE PAST TWO YEARS AND THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO COME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, UH, MARIA, JUDGE, DO Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP HERE AND SAY, SAY A FEW WORDS YOU WANT ME TO START? ? UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, MY NAME IS MARIA ALAD. 
          I HAVEN'T MET ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, I KNOW MOST OF YOU, UH, BUT I AM THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE MAYOR'S L G B T ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH HE IN 2018, UH, AFTER A VERY THOROUGH, UH, PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WANTED TO, UH, MAINTAIN A DIALOGUE AND GROW A, A CONVERSATION SO THAT WE COULD END UP WITH RESULTS. 
          UM, EARLIER WE HAD A BRIEF, UH, GATHERING IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, UH, RECOGNIZING THAT THE FLAG HAS BEEN FLYING OVER THE, THE PRIDE FLAG HAS BEEN FLYING OVER SAN OVER THE CITY HALL SINCE JUNE 1ST. 
          UM, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT GESTURE. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTED IS THAT, UM, IT USED TO BE THAT, UH, IF YOU WERE A YOUNG PERSON AND STRUGGLING WITH YOUR IDENTITY, YOUR SEXUALITY, THERE WAS YOU, YOU COULDN'T BE HOME BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ACCEPTANCE. 
          AND THE EXPERIENCE WAS THAT PEOPLE WOULD GO TO SAN FRANCISCO OR NEW YORK. 
          AND, UM, IN 19 76, 77, HARVEY MILK WAS ELECTED AS THE, UM, AS A OPENLY GAY MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO, UH, FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 
          AND THIS WAS A PHENOMENAL OCCURRENCE BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME AN OUT PERSON WAS SEEKING PUBLIC OFFICE. 
          AND ONE, AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN IN THAT STRUGGLE OF VISIBILITY AND MAINTAINING, UH, A 
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VOICE, A GROWING A VOICE TO BE VISIBLE. 
          I OFTEN REMIND FOLKS, UM, WE LIVE THE L G B T COMMUNITY LIVES IN EVERY DISTRICT. 
          I'M IN DISTRICT FIVE, SO WHEN YOU SEE THIS FACE, I'M IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          ROSIE LIVES IN DISTRICT 7, 8, 8, 8 . 
          UM, AND SO MY OFFICE IS IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          UH, I PRACTICE AS AN ATTORNEY. 
          SO WE WORK AND LIVE IN EVERY PART OF THE CITY. 
          AND WHEN YOU RAISE THAT FLAG AND, AND STAND BEHIND THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE, IT CREATES SO MUCH AFFIRMATION AND OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND SO IT IS MORE THAN THE GESTURE. 
          IT IS AN INVITATION. 
          IT IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT IF YOU'RE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, OR QUESTIONING, UM, YOU ARE WELCOMED HERE IN THIS CITY, IN YOUR HOME, AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE GIVEN A VOICE SO THAT YOU'RE NOT DISCRIMINATED WITH HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, OR JUST SEEKING ANY KIND OF CITY SERVICE. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STANDING BEHIND THE L G B T COMMUNITY. 
          IT MEANS SO MUCH. 
          UH, ROSIE IS A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. 
           MENTORED ME THROUGH, UH, MY, AS I BEGAN PRACTICING LAW. 
          SO, UH, I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE OUTSTANDING CITIZENS COMING FROM THE L G B T COMMUNITY, INCLUDING MY COLLEAGUE, MY DEAR FRIEND, ROSIE GONZALEZ, JUDGE ROSIE . 
          I WANNA THANK THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR RECOGNIZING THIS MONTH ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I'M OF A GENERATION WHEN THE ONLY LETTER IN THE ALPHABET MAFIAA WAS Q QUEER. 
          AND NOW THAT HAS GROWN TO L G B T Q I A A P AND IT KEEPS GROWING. 
          AND, UM, THAT IS A MEASURE OF HOW FAR WE'VE COME. 
          JAYLEN, YOU ARE THE FRUITS OF OUR LABORS. 
          UH, I WAS COMING OUT IN THIS COMMUNITY IN THE EIGHTIES WHEN WE COULDN'T COME OUT IN PUBLIC. 
          WE HAD THESE SPEAKEASIES AND CLUBS, UH, WHERE WE LOOKED OUT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COME INTO THE CLUBS AND SWEEP MILITARY PEOPLE OUT OF THE CLUBS. 
          I'M OF THE GENERATION WHERE WE WERE HARASSED AT ALMOST PARK BY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR JUST BEING OUT THERE AND CELEBRATING WHO WE ARE EVERY SUNDAY. 
          SO WE'VE COME A LONG WAY. 
          I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT, I APPRECIATE THE ADVOCACY, AND I, I I CHALLENGE YOU TO STEP IT UP FROM BEING ALLIES TO BEING ACCOMPLICES . 
          AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS TO GET INTO THE TRENCHES, SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH US, AND FIGHT THE FIGHT WITH US, AND SACRIFICE WHAT WE SACRIFICE WHEN WE FIGHT THESE FIGHTS. 
          AND REMEMBER THAT ALLIES ARE RECOGNIZED BY OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND IF, IF YOU REALLY WANNA MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT ACCEPTANCE AND EQUALITY AND EQUITY IN OUR COMMUNITY, BECOME AN ACCOMPLICE WITH US. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECOGNITION. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT, WE ALSO HAVE WITH US TODAY, UH, MEMBERS OF MOM'S DEMAND ACTION. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE PROCLAMATIONS LIKE THIS GOING UP ALL OVER OUR COUNTRY AND RECOGNITION OF THE LONG, UH, AND TIRESOME WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE. 
          UH, IN FACT, IN TEXAS, WE TAKE MANY STEPS BACKWARD IN THIS FIGHT. 
          UH, BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE IT, WE WE'RE NOW INTO ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THREE, A HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR DAYS, UH, MIDPOINT OF OUR CALENDAR. 
          AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD OVER 200 MASS SHOOTINGS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          MANY, MANY OF THOSE HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          WHEREAS DURING, DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2023, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL OBSERVE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH TO RAISE AWARENESS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND HONOR ALL VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE, AND DECLARE THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY MUST DO MORE TO END THIS PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. 
          AND WHEREAS EVERY DAY MORE THAN 120 AMERICANS ARE KILLED BY GUN VIOLENCE, AND MORE THAN 200 ARE SHOT AND WOUNDED WITH AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 17,000 GUN HOMICIDES EVERY YEAR. 
          AND WHEREAS DURING THIS MONTH, WE HONOR THE MEMORY OF HADIA PENDLETON, WHO IN 2013 WAS KILLED AT THE AGE OF 15, A WEEK AFTER PERFORMING AT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SECOND INAUGURATION. 
          IN THE, THE WAKE OF HER DEATH AD'S, FRIENDS STARTED THE WEAR ORANGE INITIATIVE ASKING PEOPLE TO WEAR ORANGE, A SYMBOL OF HUMAN LIFE AND REMEMBRANCE OF ALL VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE. 
          AND WHEREAS WE AS A COMMUNITY MUST UPHOLD A COMMITMENT TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE AND PLEDGE TO DO ALL WE CAN TO KEEP FIREARMS OUT OF THE WRONG HANDS AND ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP TO KEEP, TO HELP KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. 
          NOW THEREFORE, IRAN NURENBERG MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2023 
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TO BE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES' EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE TRAGIC EFFECTS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND TO HONOR AND VALUE HUMAN LIFE. 
          UM, AT THIS POINT, UM, LET ME ASK MEMBERS OF MOM'S DEMAND ACTION TO COME FORWARD AND, AND MAKE SOME REMARKS AND, AND AGAIN, UH, WELCOME MY COLLEAGUES TO MAKE REMARKS AS WELL. 
          HI. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF MOM'S DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN IN AMERICA, TEXAS'S CHAPTER AND OUR LOCAL GROUP HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WE ARE GREATLY APPRECIATE APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR, UM, RECOGNITION FOR GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, THIS PAST WEEK AND WEEKEND, IT HASN'T BEEN A VERY GOOD, UM, WEEKEND AND GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, AS YOU KNOW. 
          UM, ON SATURDAY WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL WEAR ORANGE EVENT WHERE WE HONOR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE. 
          AND WE HAD A AMAZING TURNOUT. 
          AND TOWARDS THE END OF OUR EVENT, SOME OF US FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS AN 18 YEAR OLD WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN FRONT OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, NOT TOO FAR AWAY. 
          SO IT'S A CONSTANT BATTLE. 
          IT'S A CONSTANT TWO STEPS FORWARD, THREE STEPS, BACKWARD SITUATION. 
          AND, UM, WITH YOUR HELP AND YOUR SAFE STORAGE INITIATIVES, UM, I KNOW THAT WE CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL. 
          THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU FOR LADIES FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          I KNOW YOU REPRESENT A LOT OF OTHER MOMS WHO HAVE LOST CHILDREN OVER THE YEARS AND CONTINUE TO DO SO. 
          UH, I BELIEVE YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION. 
          UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS CHOSEN NOT TO TAKE ACTION OR NOT TO TAKE ANY ACTION THAT'LL HELP, UH, WITH SAFETY OR ENDING VIOLENCE, GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I HOPE THIS COUNCIL WILL DECIDE TO TAKE ACTION AND DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT ISN'T ALL JUST A MATTER OF TRYING TO TAKE GUNS AWAY FROM PEOPLE. 
          I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT GUNS ARE THE, THE MAIN INSTRUMENT THAT'S USED TO TAKE LIVES, UH, AMONG MANY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          BUT WE STILL HAVE A, A SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT TO OWN A GUN IN THIS, IN THIS COUNTRY. 
          AND I RESPECT THAT. 
          BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE GUNS, WHO DON'T WANT 'EM ANYMORE, WHO DON'T NEED THEM, WHO FEAR FOR THEM, WHO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT BECAUSE THERE'S A GUN IN THAT HOUSE. 
          SO WE CAN TAKE SOME ACTION TO HELP PROTECT LIVES AND END GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS CITY, AND I HOPE WE DO. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          I'LL STEP DOWN THERE AND WE CAN, UM, TAKE A PHOTO WITH THE PROCLAMATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN TO MOM'S DEMAND ACTION FOR BEING HERE AND FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO EVERY DAY. 
          OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GET INTO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS NOW. 
          UM, ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, UH, LET ME RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CASTRO WITH APPOINTED PERSON PRIVILEGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I WANNA RECOGNIZE PASTOR ROSE MARIE HON AND JOANNA FLORES FROM CAA . 
          IF Y'ALL WERE TO STEP UP FOR A MINUTE, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          I MET THEM JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, UH, IN OUR DISTRICT SEVEN WORK. 
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AND, UH, THEY ASKED WHEN THEY MET WITH US, WHAT IT IS THEY COULD DO TO HELP DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          THEY'VE BEEN ACTIVE THERE FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS. 
          UH, AND SO THEY OFFERED THEM, THEY OFFERED THEIR CHURCH SPACE FOR, UM, AN EVENT. 
          SO WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICE DEPARTMENT WANTED TO HOST THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE FAIR BEFORE JUNE 5TH, WE HAD ABOUT A MONTH IT MADE SENSE TO REACH OUT TO CASA . 
          THEY JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THE FAIR IN THEIR CHURCH LAST FRIDAY, AND THAT WAS TO PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, THEY, ALONG WITH OTHER PARTNERS THAT WERE THERE. 
          UH, AND THE HOUSING FOLKS WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR 50 FAMILIES WITH ONLY A FEW CUP A FEW HOURS THAT, THAT THEY WERE THERE. 
          UH, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEIR EFFORT AND IT'S THESE TYPE OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE INVALUABLE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS, SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CASA DE REFU HILL, AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS IN DISTRICT SEVEN, INCLUDING THE EFFORTS THAT THEY MAKE TO WORK WITH IMMIGRANTS. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, PASTOR. 
          WELL, JUST FEW WORDS. 
          WE WANT TO SERVE GOD AND WE WANT TO SERVE OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          IT REALLY WAS, UM, A GREAT EVENT AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO CON TO CONTINUE DOING MORE WORK FOR OUR GREAT COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK. 
          UH, NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER KEVE HVA WITH A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I HAVE TO JUST SHOUT OUT REAL QUICK THAT JOANNE AND I GREW UP TOGETHER. 
          WE WENT TO, UH, TAF TOGETHER, , SO THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THEM. 
          UM, MAYOR I, I WANNA CALL ATTENTION. 
          THERE'S, UM, THIS A LOT OF TRAGIC, VIOLENT, UM, EVENTS THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND. 
          WE HAD SIX DEATHS, UH, UH, SIX PEOPLE WERE KILLED. 
          SEVERAL OTHERS, OTHERS WOUNDED OR INJURED IN SEVEN DIFFERENT ACTS OF VIOLENCE ACROSS THE CITY. 
          TWO OF THE VICTIMS WERE CHILDREN. 
          WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT, UH, HERE THIS MORNING ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE. 
          UM, I WANNA JUST DIRECT IT, THE, THE CONVERSATION SOMEWHAT TOWARDS, UH, JUVENILES JUVENILE CRIME ACROSS THE CITY. 
          UH, JUVENILE, UM, CRIMES HAVE GONE UP 94%. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT. 
          I WAS TALKING WITH A REPORTER ABOUT IT A FEW DAYS AGO, AND WE, WE GOT THROUGH THE INTERVIEW, BUT AFTERWARDS AS JUST KIND OF HUMAN BEINGS TALKING TO EACH OTHER ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. 
          AND IT WAS A VERY PERSONAL MOMENT, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, OUR OWN CHILDREN OR THE, THE OTHER CHILDREN IN OUR LIVES THAT WE LOVE AND HOW WE FEAR FOR THEM EVERY DAY. 
          UH, NOT JUST GOING TO SCHOOL, BUT GOING TO THE MALL, GOING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE MOVIES AND, AND HOW IT'S, IT'S KIND OF CRIPPLED US ALL IN A WAY. 
          UM, AND, AND, BUT, BUT WHAT I ALWAYS TELL MY KIDS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON FEAR, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CAN BE FEARFUL. 
          I THINK IT CAN BE, IT'S SCARY TO BE A YOUNG PERSON RIGHT NOW. 
          SO I, ENROLLMENT IN SCHOOLS, UNFORTUNATELY, HAS NOT RECOVERED SINCE THE PANDEMIC. 
          I THINK THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT STATISTICS WE CAN THROW AT IT. 
          BUT I THINK THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN IS A STANDARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S WELLBEING. 
          AND RIGHT NOW WE'VE REALLY FALLEN SHORT. 
          UM, SO WE CAN DO BETTER. 
          WE CAN BE BETTER. 
          AND THERE'S NO EASY ANSWERS FOR THIS, BUT IT'S OUR DUTY TO RESPOND. 
          WE KNOW THE PROBLEM IS COMPLICATED. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, DIFFERENT DIFFERENT FACTORS GO INTO THIS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORT. 
          WE KNOW WE CAN'T AFFORD TO JUST TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES EITHER. 
          WE HAVE TO REALLY PUT THIS, THIS DATA AND THIS, UM, PLAN INTO ACTION. 
          I'LL CONVENE OUR MOST EXPERIENCED COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND USE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO, TO, TO BUILD THIS PLAN, TO, TO BRING DATA, TO BUILD THE PLAN, AND THEN OF COURSE TO GET TO WORK. 
          SO I JUST, UM, WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EVENTS OF THIS WEEKEND AND THAT WE AS A COUNCIL ARE NOT IGNORING IT. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO TRY TO ADDRESS IT, UM, AT THIS LEVEL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER VARDA. 
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ALRIGHT, NOW WE WILL GET INTO OUR ITEMS FOR TODAY, OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. WE DO HAVE A FEW THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS. 
          ITEM EIGHT, ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 11, AND THEN IN 14 WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP EIGHT THROUGH 11 AS A GROUP, UH, SINCE THEY ALL RELATE TO, UH, THE SAME, UM, ISSUES. 
          SO MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? THE, UH, CAPTION ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY, AFFIRMING THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY OVER A PROJECT AREA IN THE CITY TO BE DESIGNATED AS A TEXAS ENTERPRISE 
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ZONE PROJECT BY BEXAR COUNTY AND APPROVING BEXAR COUNTY'S NOMINATION TO THE STATE OF TEXAS OF THE V H S SAN ANTONIO PARTNERS, L L C D B A BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM AT THE PROJECT AREA, SITE OF BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER, LOCATED ON ONE 11 DALLAS STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 5 AS A TEST PROJECT. 
          ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY, AFFIRMING THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY OVER A PROJECT AREA IN THE CITY TO BE DESIGNATED AS A TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROJECT BY BEXAR COUNTY AND APPROVING BEXAR COUNTY'S NOMINATION TO THE STATE OF TEXAS OF THE V H S SAN ANTONIO PARTNERS, L L C D B A BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM AT THE PROJECT SITE OF MISSION TRAIL BAPTIST HOSPITAL, LOCATED IN 3 3 3 3 RESEARCH PLAZA, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 5 AS A TEST PROJECT. 
          ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY, AFFIRMING THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY OVER A PROJECT AREA IN THE CITY TO BE DESIGNATED AS A TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROJECT BY BEXAR COUNTY AND APPROVING BEXAR COUNTY'S NOMINATION TO THE STATE OF TEXAS OF THE V H S SAN ANTONIO PARTNERS, L L C D B A BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM AT THE PROJECT AREA SITE OF NORTHEAST BAPTIST HOSPITAL LOCATED ON 88 11 VILLAGE DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 7 AS TEST PROJECT ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY, AFFIRMING THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY OVER A PROJECT AREA IN THE CITY TO BE DESIGNATED AS A TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROJECT BY BEXAR COUNTY AND APPROVING BEXAR COUNTY'S NOMINATION TO THE STATE OF TEXAS OF THE V H S SAN ANTONIO PARTNERS, L L C D B A BAPTIST BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM AT THE PROJECT AREA SITE OF NORTH CENTRAL BAPTIST HOSPITAL, LOCATED ON FIVE 20 MADISON OAK DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 8 AS A TEST PROJECT. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANKS. 
          I WANTED TO PULL THIS ITEM BECAUSE IT WAS FOUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS ALL ON ONE AND, UH, ONE OF THEM IS IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          IT, BRENDA, I THINK YOU HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ACTUALLY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET ME GET A MOTION ON THOSE ITEMS AND WE'LL BEGIN OUR, OUR DISCUSSION. 
          I, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 8, 9, 10, AND 11. 
          OKAY. 
          I HEARD A MOTION FOR EIGHT THROUGH 11. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? MAYOR? UH, THE MOTION CAN BE TO FOR APPROVAL OF THE FOUR, BUT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SEPARATE VOTES ON THE FOUR. 
          OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION A SECOND FOR ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 11 AND WE WILL TAKE UP EACH ACTION ON THOSE SEPARATELY. 
          UH, BUT WE'LL DISCUSS ALL OF THEM, UH, TOGETHER. 
          UH, GO AHEAD BRENDA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M BRENDA HICKS, SORENSON, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION. 
          SO AS MENTIONED, THIS IS FOR THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH BEXAR COUNTY FOR THE NOMINATION OF BAPTIST HEALTH. 
          UM, TECHNICALLY TENANT HEALTHCARE CORPORATION HAS SIX OPERATING MEDICAL FACILITIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO UNDER ITS SUBSIDIARY V H S SAN ANTONIO PARTNERS BAPTIST HEALTH PROVIDES HEALTHCARE SERVICES INCLUDING ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS, URGENT CARE CLINICS, IMAGING CENTERS, AND FREESTANDING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS. 
          BEXAR COUNTY DOES INTEND TO NOMINATE FOUR BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITALS AS TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROJECTS AND PER SECTION 2303 0.004 C OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          PRIOR TO NOMINATING BAPTIST HEALTH FOR DESIGNATION AS A TZ PROJECT, BAIRD COUNTY MUST ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IN ORDER FOR COMPANIES TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONES, THEY MUST MEET MINIMUM CAPITAL INVESTMENT THRESHOLDS AND CREATE AND OR RETAIN JOBS THAT EMPLOY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS, ENTERPRISE ZONE RESIDENTS OR VETERANS. 
          HERE YOU WILL SEE THE FOUR PROJECT LOCATIONS AS WELL AS THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT FOR EACH, THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS AND THEN ALSO THE SPECIFIC EXPANSION OF SERVICES IN WHICH THESE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS WILL BE MADE. 
          IN TOTAL BAPTIST HEALTH CURRENTLY EMPLOYS JUST OVER 3,400 FULL-TIME POSITIONS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, 833 PART-TIME EMPLOYEES WITH THE INVESTMENT OF OVER $55 MILLION FOR THESE FOUR PROJECTS. 
          THEY'LL ALSO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 75 TO 80 NEW FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS UNDER THAT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE REQUIREMENT THAT A PROPOSED TZ PROJECT IS WITHIN A CITY'S JURISDICTION. 
          SO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS ELIGIBLE FOR NINE 
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DESIGNATIONS EACH BIENNIUM. 
          THE COUNTY IS ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR NINE DESIGNATIONS EACH BIENNIUM. 
          SO IF THAT OCCURS WITHIN THE CITY AND UM, BUT IT'S NOMINATED BY THE COUNTY, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY MUST ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BEFORE THE COUNTY CAN NOMINATE AGAIN, THESE ARE COMPETITIVE APPLICATIONS THAT THE STATE WILL CONSIDER FOR THE SALES TAX AND, UH, USE TAX REBATE. 
          THERE IS NO FISCAL IMPACT ON THE CITY AS AGAIN, THAT REBATE IS ON CITY. 
          THE STATE'S SALES AND USE TAX. 
          EACH DESIGNATED PROJECT IS ELIGIBLE FOR A REFUND OF STATE SALES AND USE TAXES IF APPROVED FOR UP TO $1,250,000 OVER FIVE YEARS BASED ON INVESTMENT AND THAT CREATION AND OR RETENTION OF JOBS. 
          AND THIS DOES NOT IMPACT THE CITY'S NINE T E Z NOMINATIONS. 
          IT AGAIN, UTILIZES THE COUNTY'S AVAILABLE NOMINATIONS. 
          THE COUNTY'S COMMISSIONER'S COURT IF APPROVED HERE TODAY IS UH, SCHEDULED TO CONSIDER THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ON JULY 11TH. 
          THANK YOU BRENDA. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THAT PRESENTATION 'CAUSE WE DO GET A LOT OF, UM, QUESTIONS AND SOME PEOPLE BRING UP INCENTIVES, TAX INCENTIVES, TAX REBATES, AND OF COURSE IT ALWAYS TENDS TO END UP ON THE CITY. 
          BUT, UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, IS THERE A REASON THESE ITEMS DIDN'T HAVE TO GO BEFORE A COUNCIL COMMITTEE, B SESSION OR THE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE? SURE. 
          HISTORICALLY, WITH THESE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS, BECAUSE THEY ARE AN ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT THAT COMPLIES WITH STATE STATUTE, WE HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT NEEDED TO TAKE THEM THROUGH, UM, A COUNT A CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OR, OKAY. 
          AND, UM, HOW LONG IS THE ENTERPRISE PROJECT DESIGNATION FOR? IT IS, IS IT A NUMBER OF YEARS OR? THE MAXIMUM IS FIVE YEARS. 
          OKAY. 
          FIVE YEARS. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          WHEN I SAW THIS AND IT WAS HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT, I DID HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I APPRECIATE ALEX, YOU MEETING WITH ME AND ADDRESSING ALL THOSE ISSUES, BUT I DIDN'T WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT, UM, TO JUST SHARE. 
          I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A CHAMPION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION AND RETENTION, AND ANYTIME WE CAN WORK WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO HELP SPUR JOB RETENTION AND ENCOURAGE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, I THINK IT'S A POSITIVE STEP. 
          UM, THE ONE THING HERE IS THAT YES, THIS IS A GOOD STEP AND A MOVEMENT WHERE WE ARE ADDRESSING, UM, THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY AS WE RECENTLY HAD A HOSPITAL SHUTTER IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AFTER FOUR DECADES OF OPERATION. 
          AND I'M GLAD THAT TODAY'S AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW THE COUNTY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE T E Z DESIGNATION AND NOMINATION EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T CREATE ANY NEW JOBS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR US HERE IN THE CITY IF WE'RE DOING THESE T ZS TO CREATE NEW JOBS, THAT IT'S ADDRESSING A NEED WHERE THERE, THERE ARE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN LONG UNDERSERVED AND MISSION TRAIL BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN PARTICULAR, WHICH EMPLOYS 553 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. 
          IT HAS A, A WOMEN'S HEALTH, UM, SERVICES THAT HADN'T BEEN THERE TRADITIONALLY. 
          AND I, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE PROGRAMS GROW, UH, WHERE MY CONCERN IS AND WHERE I THINK WE MAY NEED TO START TAKING THIS TO COMMITTEE AND TO B SESSION IS THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO CREATE MORE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY COMMUNICATION IS, IS KEY BETWEEN THESE TWO ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED AGREEMENTS WITH THE COUNTY ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES. 
          I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET BRIEFED BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED ON THE TIME, LIKE I SEE THAT IT CAME TO US AND IT WAS ADMINISTRATIVE, AND THEN THEY'RE VOTING IT IN JULY. 
          AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THOSE LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR, UM, MORE INFORMATION IN PARTICULAR WHEN IT COMES TO THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. 
          BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH UNIVERSITY HEALTH IS NOT BEXAR COUNTY, IT'S STILL ALL VERY CONNECTED. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, WE ARE SEEING THIS IN, IN COMMITTEES AND SEEING THIS BEFORE IT COMES, BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          SO, UM, I DO, I'M GLAD THAT WE TOOK THIS TIME TO ADDRESS THIS. 
          I, I KNOW SOMETIMES INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS ARE JUST A FORMALITY, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES WE NEED TO STILL ADDRESS, UH, WITH OUR COUNTY, UM, OUR COUNTY COLLEAGUES THAT, THAT HAVEN'T BEEN, AND THAT I KNOW I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDRESSED BEFORE WE HEAD INTO BUDGET SESSION. 
          SO, UM, I'M, I'M GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS AND MOVE FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. 
          A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, SO WE GOT NO NEW JOBS BEING CREATED. 
          UM, WITH THESE, WITH THESE FOUR, FOUR ITEMS, 
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DO, DO WE KNOW WHY OR WHY THE COUNTY COULDN'T NEGOTIATE IN SOME ADDITIONAL JOBS HERE? SURE. 
          UM, SO, AND I, I FAILED TO MENTION JOINING ME TODAY AND AVAILABLE FOUR QUESTIONS IS DAVID MARQUEZ, MIKE COUNTERPART AT BEX COUNTY. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE LIZA MOND, CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER WITH ST. 
          LUKE'S BAPTIST HEALTH HOSPITAL, EXCUSE ME. 
          AND THEN MICHAEL CAMDEN FROM RYAN CONSULTING. 
          UM, AS WE WERE REP, AS WE WERE PREPARING FOR, FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WE DID LEARN FROM THE CONSULTANT THAT THERE WILL BE ABOUT 55 ADDED POSITIONS FOR THIS. 
          UM, IF YOU'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THE, THE COUNTY'S THOUGHT PROCESS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ASK DAVID TO JOIN ME. 
          YEAH, I, I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THE, UH, I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE WERE SOME NEGOTIATIONS THAT WENT ON AND, AND OBVIOUSLY WE ALL WANT NEW JOBS HERE, SO, UH, I'M GLAD TO, TO HEAR WE'RE GONNA GET 55. 
          UM, BUT, BUT COULD IT HAVE BEEN A MORE ROBUST, UH, PACKAGE? THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN DAVID MARQUEZ. 
          I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR BEXAR COUNTY. 
          UH, THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS FOR TOO EASY SOMETIMES DO COME WITH QUITE A FEW JOBS, BUT THEY'RE REALLY BUILT AROUND THE IDEA OF THE INVESTMENT AND STRENGTHENING THE COMPANY. 
          SO ANOTHER ASPECT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS NOT JUST THE RECRUITMENT OF COMPANIES, IT'S THE RETENTION AND EXPANSION. 
          SO THIS IS A RETENTION TYPE OF PROJECT FOR US. 
          WE SEE IT AS STRENGTHENING THIS HOSPITAL, AS COUNCILMAN POINTED OUT, UH, WE'VE SEEN ALREADY, UH, THE SOUTH SIDE LOSE, UH, A FACILITY THERE. 
          CERTAINLY, UH, THE COUNTY IS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND SO, UH, PROJECTS LIKE THIS THAT HELP US TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UH, THE EXISTING HEALTHCARE NETWORK OF, UH, HOSPITAL SYSTEMS LIKE BAPTIST TENANT ARE IMPORTANT PRIMARILY IN THE RETENTION SIDE. 
          THIS ONE DOES HAVE JOBS. 
          I THINK, UH, WE'RE NOT CLEAR ABOUT THE NUMBER. 
          WE BELIEVE IT'S CLOSER TO 80, BUT IT DOES CREATE SOME NEW JOBS RELATED TO THE, UH, SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED. 
          UM, LIZA DENIM, THEIR CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER FOR BAPTIST, IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, IF YOU WANT MORE SPECIFICS ON THAT. 
          BUT FROM THE COUNTY'S PERSPECTIVE, UH, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS TO HELP THEM STAY STRONG AND PROFITABLE AND, UH, PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED ACROSS THE COMMUNITY IS, IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER BEHIND OUR SUPPORT FOR THIS. 
          AND, AND WHAT KIND OF THINGS DO WE DO TO MEASURE, UM, THE SUCCESS OF PROJECTS LIKE THESE IN THE COMING YEARS? SO, FOR TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE NOMINATIONS WE'RE REQUIRED ANNUALLY TO PROVIDE A REVIEW AND REPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMPANY COMPLIED WITH THE OBLIGATIONS THEY HAVE FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND JOB, UH, RETENTION AND GENERATION. 
          AND SO THOSE REPORTS ARE PROVIDED TO THE STATE. 
          THIS IS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS REALLY A STATE PROGRAM. 
          OUR JOB IS TO NOMINATE, UH, PROSPECTS. 
          AND, UH, IN FACT, IF THE STATE, UH, OPTS NOT TO, UH, ACCEPT THIS AS AN ENTERPRISE ZONE NOMINATION, UH, INTO THE PROGRAM, WE GET OUR NOMINATION BACK. 
          SO IT'S KIND OF AS MUCH AS ANYTHING ELSE, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL. 
          I THINK IT'S A POSITIVE IN TERMS OF THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF, OF NOMINATION PROCESS BECAUSE IT DOES ALLOW US TO, UH, DEVELOP RELATIONS, UH, WITH, UH, THE BAPTIST AND, AND BE ABLE TO MONITOR AND, UH, THEIR HEALTH AND, AND ONGOING, UH, SUSTAINABILITY. 
          UH, SO THERE'S AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE STATE, UH, COUNCILMAN BECAUSE IT, IT'S REALLY A STATE PROGRAM, BUT OF COURSE WE'D BE HAPPY TO FORWARD THAT TO YOU. 
          I'M SURE IT'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE, SO WE'VE GOT FOUR HERE. 
          WERE THERE MANY OTHERS CONSIDERED, OR, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? UM, SO COMPANIES, UH, THAT ARE, UH, MAKING THIS TYPE OF INVESTMENT ARE AWARE OF THEMSELVES THROUGH CONSULTANTS OR THEIR OWN INTERNAL STAFF THAT THIS, UH, THIS PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE STATE. 
          AND SO THEY APPROACH US LOOKING FOR, UH, A NOMINATION. 
          UH, TYPICALLY, UH, THEY'RE USING A, A CONSULTING FIRM. 
          AGAIN, SOME OF THE LARGER COMPANIES MAY DO THAT ON THEIR OWN, BUT THEY APPROACH US AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS INVESTMENT. 
          UH, WE, UH, NEED THIS INVESTMENT FOR OUR SUSTAINABILITY AND, AND OUR RETENTION, UH, WE'RE, IT MAKES US ELIGIBLE FOR THIS STATE, UH, INCENTIVE TO BE, UH, RELEASED. 
          SOME, RECEIVE SOME RELIEF FROM THE SALES AND USE TAX. 
          AND WOULD YOU CONSIDER NOMINATING US? SO IT, WE'RE NOT OUT MARKETING THE T E Z, UH, CITY AND COUNTY BOTH ARE, UH, SORT OF PASSIVE ACTORS IN THIS STATE PROGRAM. 
          UH, AND WHEN, WHEN COMPANIES APPROACH US, WE CONSIDER THEM ON THE MERITS. 
          UH, AND ON THIS CASE, IT WAS, UH, PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE BAPTIST IS A IMPORTANT EMPLOYER IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH SERVICES IN PARTS OF TOWN THAT, UH, WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED. 
          AND SO SUPPORTING THEM ACROSS THE NETWORK IS IMPORTANT FOR US. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER W COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU BRENDA. 
          UM, AND DAVID AS WELL. 
          UH, I WANNA EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR ITEMS LIKE THIS TO GO TO A COMMITTEE OR B SESSION, PARTICULARLY FOR THE REASON THAT STATE LAW GOVERNING 
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TO E Z STATES THAT CITIES WILL BE EXPECTED TO GIVE UP THEIR PORTION OF LOCAL SALES TAX AND PROVIDE INCENTIVES LIKE TAX, ABATEMENTS, DEFERRALS, AND LOW INTEREST LOANS WHILE RELAXING ZONING AND BUILDING CODES AND PRIORITIZING THOSE ZONES OVER NEIGHBORHOODS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT. 
          SO, UM, I, I, DID YOU WANNA CHIME IN? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE STATE CODE STATES. 
          UM, AND, AND I, I WANNA BE SURE THAT IF THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT THE OVERALL GENERAL FUND THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT COUNCIL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT TO SECURE COMMUNITY BENEFITS. 
          DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD, BRENDA, FOR CLARIFICATION? THIS DOES NOT IMPACT THE LOCAL SALES TAX. 
          THIS IS STATE SALES TAX AND STATE SALES AND USE TAX THAT MAY BE IMPACTED. 
          NO LOCAL IMPACT, ULTIMATELY. 
          RIGHT. 
          MANY OF US DO HAVE T ROADS, UH, AND THINGS THAT DO REQUIRE STATE TAX. 
          SO ULTIMATELY IT WOULD IMPACT THE MATERIAL, UH, LIVES OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS. 
          SO THO THOSE POSSIBLE INCENTIVES ARE, ARE WRITTEN INTO THE ILAS BEFORE US TODAY. 
          YET THERE ARE NO, UH, EXPECTATIONS THAT THIS BODY HAS SET. 
          UM, AND, AND AS MENTIONED RIGHT THERE, THERE WAS A CLOSURE, UM, WITH THE HOSPITAL. 
          AND I, I JUST WANNA ENSURE THAT THIS BODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET COMMITMENTS TO HIRE UNDER-SKILLED AND EXPERIENCED DISADVANTAGED OR DISPLACED WORKERS. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS, UH, ROUGHLY 55, IT HAS CREATED 55 JOBS. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? YEAH. 
          AND AS DAVID INDICATED, IT'S ACTUALLY 80, I MISSPOKE. 
          IT'S 55 MILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT, APPROXIMATELY 80 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS. 
          AND DO WE KNOW WHAT THOSE POSITIONS LOOK LIKE? ARE THEY CONTRACT FULL-TIME AND IN, IN WHAT SECTOR? UH, MS. DENMAN FROM THE COMPANY WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFICS OF THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, GOOD MORNING. 
          YES, THEY ARE FULL-TIME POSITIONS. 
          UM, NOT ONLY HEALTHCARE, BUT ANCILLARY POSITIONS SUPPORT STAFF TO BE ABLE TO HELP, UM, THE FUTURE OF THOSE PROGRAMS. GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          UM, 'CAUSE THE CONCERN I WOULD HAVE IF THEY WERE CONTRACT JOBS AND DON'T, UH, PROVIDE BENEFITS TO, TO WORKERS, UM, MY HOPE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WON'T SELL THE FARM WITH THESE ILAS, RIGHT. 
          'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY DISCUSS IN COMMITTEE. 
          BUT I, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          UH, STATE LAW SAYS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY SUSPEND LOCAL REGULATION, INCLUDING AN ORDINANCE RULE OR STANDARD RELATING TO ZONING, LICENSING OR BUILDING CODES IN AN ENTERPRISE ZONE. 
          CAN THE CITY COMMIT TO NOT RELAXING ANY REGULATIONS? AN ORDINARY CITIZEN OR A SMALL BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WOULD BE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW? IT'S, I GUESS IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION FOR THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT IS NOT UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR THIS, THIS REQUEST OR THIS PROJECT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND WITH STATE LAW, RIGHT? UM, THERE'S ABILITY TO DECREASE THEIR UTILITY RATES BY UP TO 5% AS RESIDENTS ARE FACED WITH, UM, PROPOSED, UM, UTILITY RATE INCREASE. 
          CAN THE CITY COMMIT TO NOT HANDING OUT UTILITY FEE REDUCTIONS WITHIN THESE IES THAT HAS NOT BEEN REQUESTED OR IS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR THIS REQUEST? OKAY. 
          SO IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN, IN ANY OF THE FOUR? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          STATE LAW STATES THAT DESIGNATION OF AN AREA AS AN ENTERPRISE ZONE IS ALSO, UH, A DESIGNATION OF THE AREA AS A REINVESTMENT ZONE FOR TAX IN, IN INCREMENT FINANCING UNDER CHAPTER THREE 11, TAX CODE, TAX ABATEMENT UNDER CHAPTER THREE 12 TAX CODE AND THREE LIMITATIONS ON APPRAISED VALUE UNDER CHAPTER THREE 13 TAX CODE. 
          WHAT CAN THE CITY COMMIT TO ENSURE THAT THE, THESE, UM, AREAS DON'T TURN INTO AN AVENUE WHERE ENTITIES CAN CIRCUMVENT, UM, THIS BODY TO, TO RECEIVE THAT 5% DECREASE IN THEIR UTILITIES? FOR EXAMPLE, AGAIN, STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE MUNICIPALITIES APPROVE ANY SUCH NOMINATIONS OR REQUESTS MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO ALL OF THOSE WOULD COME FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL, AS IS THE REQUEST TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND IF A REQUEST IS SUBMITTED, CAN WE GET A COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY THAT IT WILL GO TO A COMMITTEE FOR US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION ABOUT COUNCILMAN, EVEN BETTER THAN THAT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT, ON THOSE THINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          YES, I UNDERSTAND. 
          YEAH. 
          I, I, YEAH, COUNCILMAN, LET ME LEMME RESPOND TO THAT. 
          I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IF THIS HAD AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE CITY, THEN IT WOULD'VE TAKEN A DIFFERENT ROUTE. 
          UM, BUT, BUT GIVEN YOUR QUESTIONS, IF THERE'S AN, UH, A REQUEST FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THEN WE'LL TAKE IT THROUGH A COMMITTEE PROCESS, UH, BEFORE IT GOES TO COUNCIL. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          'CAUSE I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WILL BE ACTION DURING A SESSION LIKE TODAY. 
          UM, BUT WHAT I'M HEARING IS A CONVERSATION AND COMMITTEE BEFORE WE GET TO A SESSION. 
          SO IT, AM I HEARING THAT IT WILL GO TO COMMITTEE PRIOR TO AN A SESSION? NO. 
          WHAT, WHAT I'M RESPONDING TO IS THAT IF, IF THERE ARE FURTHER IMPACTS THAT IMP ESPECIALLY IMPACTS THE CITY FINANCIALLY, THEN WE WILL GO TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO HOLD THE ITEMS, AND WE WILL SCHEDULE A COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND DIG INTO IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WITH BAPTIST AND THE COUNTY, 
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AND THEN BRING IT TO COUNCIL FOR FOR ACTION. 
          SO THAT'S ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE FOR THAT'S ON THE TABLE THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SO IT, IT'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ACTION DURING A SESSION OR A COMMITTEE. 
          SORRY, I, I MAY NOT BE UNDERSTANDING. 
          SO THE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS HERE. 
          ONE, UM, THE, THE COUNCIL CAN APPROVE TODAY MM-HMM. 
          , UM, BASED ON YOUR LINE OF QUESTIONING, YOU'RE ASKING IF THERE ARE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE T E Z STATUTE THAT ARE INCLUDED. 
          BRENDA'S INDICATED THAT THOSE ARE NOT IN THIS AGREEMENT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , IF BY SOME MEASURE THAT THERE'S SOME AMENDED REQUEST FROM THE COUNTY THAT DOES IMPACT OUR, OUR FINANCIAL POSITION, THEN THOSE CHANGES WILL GO THROUGH A COUNCIL COMMITTEE FOR DISCUSSION AND REVIEW BEFORE THE COUNCIL HAS TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY, IF, IF THEY WANT TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT. 
          THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE IS JUST HOLD THE ITEMS. LET'S, WE'LL, WE'LL DO A COUNCIL COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO A SESSION IN TWO WEEKS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF. 
          UH, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK BASED ON THE ANSWERS TO, UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR, I'D BE, UH, ABLE, I WOULD BE WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM TODAY. 
          UM, BUT I THINK WHAT WAS AT THE ROOT OF COUNCILMAN CASTILLO'S QUESTIONS IS FOR FUTURE ITEMS LIKE THIS, PRIOR TO THEM COMING DIRECTLY TO AN A SESSION, THERE'S INTEREST IN HAVING DISCUSSION EITHER AT A COMMITTEE OR I WOULD IMAGINE A B SESSION ABOUT THIS. 
          CAN WE, I WANT VERY CLEARLY FOR FUTURE ITEMS LIKE THIS, CAN WE HAVE A DISCUSSION FIRST PRIOR TO YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD COUNCILMAN CASTILLO'S QUESTION TO BE. 
          BUT, BUT, UM, IF ON ANY, ANY, ANY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS LIKE THIS, UM, GOING FORWARD, I JUST, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE COUNCIL, WE'LL TAKE IT THROUGH A COMMITTEE PROCESS FOR A REVIEW AND DISCUSSION PRIOR TO COMING DAY SESSION. 
          THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENT IN A LOCAL, WE FELT LIKE IT DID NEED THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE PROCESS. 
          BUT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE COUNCIL IS YOU WANNA SEE THAT GO THROUGH THAT. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE THOSE CHANGES GOING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I'D BE WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY IF SOMEBODY DOES WANT TO. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD REQUIRE A MOTION TO HOLD THE ITEM UNTIL, OR IT WOULD BE A CONTINUANCE FOR TWO WEEKS. 
          I GUESS IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO THAT, I WOULD, I'D BE SUPPORTIVE, BUT THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED, WE NEED, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE BRIEFINGS AND ALL THESE THINGS, BUT, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, I THINK IN THESE KIND OF AREAS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND, AND OTHERS INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, HOMELESSNESS, UH, I THINK THE COUNTY AND THE CITY HAVE JUST GOTTA DO A BETTER JOB OF, OF WORKING TOGETHER ON SOME OF THESE THINGS. 
          UM, IT AFFECTS ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND WHEN WE OPERATE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, SEPARATELY SO MUCH ON, ON ISSUES THAT AFFECT EVERYBODY, I THINK THAT, UH, THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING. 
          SO I, I'M CERTAINLY HOPING TO SEE SOME MORE CITY COUNTY, UM, COOPERATION MOVING, MOVING FORWARD. 
          BUT AGAIN, IN TERMS OF THIS ONE, I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT IT TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WHITE, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON EIGHT THROUGH 11? UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS ON THE SPECIFIC DESIGNATIONS. 
          I THINK, ERIC, WE, WE WOULD DO WELL TO HAVE A BRIEFING JUST SPECIFICALLY ON THIS PROCESS. 
          UM, THESE DESIGNATIONS ARE NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. 
          THE, THESE ARE REALLY THE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS THAT WE USE TO GROW OUT ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES. 
          UM, AND IN THIS CASE, ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES, UH, PERFORMED BY BEXAR COUNTY IN THEIR ADMINISTRATION OF THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AT, AS I VIEW IT, UH, GROWTH OF THE HOSPITAL, UM, FACILITIES AND ABILITY TO PAY FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IS VITAL FOR ALL OF US. 
          AND SO THE DESIGNATION IS SOUND, BUT WE NEED TO DO, UH, SOME WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF HOW EACH OF THESE, UH, DESIGNATIONS AND, AND SUPPORT REQUESTS WORK TOGETHER. 
          AND WE, WE SEE THESE IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS, INCLUDING WITHIN THE EDUCATIONAL, UM, REQUESTS THAT ARE MADE TO US. 
          SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO. 
          AND MAYBE THAT'S A B SESSION JUST TO KIND OF GO OVER THE, THE OVERLAPPING REQUESTS THAT COME TO US BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND WHY THEY REQUIRE ILAS TO BEGIN WITH. 
          UH, SO WITH THAT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 11, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MAYOR, AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE TO DO EACH ONE. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          YEAH, IT'S OKAY. 
          LET'S TAKE A ITEM EIGHT. 
          THERE'S A MOTION A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM EIGHT. 
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OKAY. 
          WHY, WHY DON'T WE DO VOICE VOTE SO WE CAN TAKE 'EM ALL SEPARATELY. 
          SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM EIGHT. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          UM, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NINE. 
          UH, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM 10, MOTION IS SECOND FOR APPROVAL. 
          UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. 
          AND ITEM 11, MOTION IS SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 11. 
          NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I THINK WE DID THAT THE LEGAL WAY, ANDY, RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU DID. 
          OKAY. 
          LET'S MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 14. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          ITEM NUMBER 14 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE SELECTION OF A FINANCIAL UNDERWRITING POOL FROM WHICH FINANCIAL UNDERWRITING SYNDICATES WILL BE SELECTED AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR VARIOUS FINANCINGS FOR A PERIOD TO COMMENCE JUNE 2ND, 2023, AND TERMINATE SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026, WITH AN OPTION TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT FOR ONE ADDITIONAL TWO YEAR PERIOD UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 
          ALRIGHT, THIS ONE WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER K, BEFORE WE START DISCUSSION, LET ME GET A MOTION, UH, ON ITEM NUMBER 14. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION. 
          UH, WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION IS SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 14. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR, COULD WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? WE HAVE CITIZENS. 
          AND DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS SIGNED UP FOR THIS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON IT, BUT, UH, WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO DISCUSSION AS SOON AS TROY GIVES HIS PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DON'T HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION, COUNCILMAN, BUT WE'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF THE, UM, THE EVALUATION IN OUR RECOMMENDATION. 
          YOU WANNA JUST EXPLAIN, EXPLAIN THE PROCESS AND HOW MANY, UH, GROUPS ARE YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD IN THIS? YES, SIR. 
          I'D BE HAPPY TO. 
          UM, WE ISSUED A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR UNDERWRITING SERVICES FOR THESE SERVICES. 
          WE RECEIVED 33 RESPONSES. 
          OF THOSE 33 RESPONSES, 30 OF THOSE WERE RESPONSIVE. 
          OUT OF THAT 30, UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING ESTABLISHING A POOL OF 20 UNDERWRITERS. 
          THOSE UNDERWRITERS WILL BE USED TO FACILITATE OUR BOND TRANSACTIONS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF THE TERM OF THIS PROPOSED CONTRACT. 
          IN THE EVALUATION TEAM AND PUTTING THIS TEAM TOGETHER, WE EVALUATED THEM BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND, QUALIFICATIONS, PROPOSED PLAN, LOCAL VETERANS. 
          WE ALSO LOOKED AT THEM BASED ON THEIR CAPITAL STRUCTURES. 
          UM, TO BE ABLE TO UNDERWRITE OUR BONDS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL TO DO THAT. 
          IN ORDER TO HAVE A DIVERSIFIED, UM, TEAM OF SMALL, MEDIUM, AND LARGE FIRMS, WE BASICALLY DIVIDE THEM UP INTO CAPITAL STRUCTURES OF THOSE THAT HAD CAPITAL WITH LESS THAN 20 MILLION. 
          UM, THERE WERE EIGHT FIRMS THAT FELL INTO THAT CATEGORY. 
          OF THOSE EIGHT FIRMS WERE RECOMMENDING SIX. 
          WE LOOKED AT FIRMS BETWEEN 20 MILLION AND 500 MILLION. 
          UM, IN THAT CATEGORY, THERE WERE NINE FIRMS. OF THOSE NINE, WE ARE SELECTING SEVEN. 
          AND THEN WE LOOKED AT FIRMS THAT HAD GREATER THAN 500 MILLION IN CAPITAL, AND THERE WERE 13 FIRMS THAT FELL INTO THAT CATEGORY OF WHICH WE ARE RECOMMENDING. 
          SEVEN. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, THIS APPROACH ALLOWS US TO GET QUALIFIED FIRMS AND A DIVERSE MIX BETWEEN SMALL, MEDIUM, AND LARGE FIRMS. UM, WHAT DO WE USE UNDERWRITERS FOR? TYPICALLY, WE'RE GONNA USE THEM TO FACILITATE OUR BOND TRANSACTIONS. 
          UM, IN AUGUST, WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING FORWARD, UM, OUR SUMMER ISSUANCE FOR OUR GENERAL OBLIGATIONS, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS WE WILL PUT TOGETHER OUTTA THIS POOL. 
          WE WILL PUT TOGETHER A SYNDICATE OR A TEAM, ROUGHLY BETWEEN FIVE TO SEVEN FIRMS THAT WILL HELP US, UM, SELL OUR BONDS IN THE MARKET. 
          THEY HELP US PRICE OUR BONDS, THEY HELP US TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH INVESTORS, AND THEY HELP US FACILITATE THAT TRANSACTION IN THE MARKET AT A HIGH LEVEL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, TROY. 
          NOW, YOU SAID, HOW MANY ARE YOU RECOMMENDING TOTAL? WE'RE RECOMMENDING 2020 OUT OF THE 30 PROPOSALS. 
          AND THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, IF ANY ONE OR TWO WERE PULLED OUT OF ANY ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES, WOULD IT, UH, SERIOUSLY HINDER OUR ABILITY TO, TO DO BONDS? UM, IN LOOKING AT OUR PAST POOLS, WE'VE HAD ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER. 
          TO REMOVE ONE FIRM OUT OF THIS POOL, IT WOULD NOT IMPACT US GREATLY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND MAYOR, THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS, UH, ONE OF THE COMPANIES INVOLVED IN THIS POOL IS WELLS FARGO BANK. 
          UH, AND I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME 33 CITATIONS OF PENALTIES AND FINES JUST OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS FOR WELLS 
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FARGO, FOR WELLS FARGO COMPANY, FOR WELLS FARGO ADVISOR OR BANK NA, FOR WELLS FARGO, FARGO CLEARING SERVICES, AND WELLS FARGO ADVISORS FINANCIAL NETWORK. 
          THESE CITATIONS COME FROM THE, THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK, WHO HAS PENALIZED THEM. 
          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, NUMEROUS STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL, THE TOTAL FEES, UH, PENALTIES AND FINES JUST OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS FOR THESE 33 CITATIONS IS AROUND $12 BILLION. 
          UH, I REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONTINUING LACK OF INSTITUTIONAL INTEGRITY DEMONSTRATED BY WELLS FARGO BANK AND ITS AFFILIATES. 
          AND THEREFORE, I MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 14 REQUESTING THE REMOVAL OF WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, FROM THE, FROM THE FINANCIAL UNDERWRITING POOL. 
          AS STATED, I THINK WE'VE HEARD THAT IT WOULD NOT CAUSE ANY PROBLEM IN OUR ABILITY TO, UH, SELL BONDS THAT WE MAY, WE MAY NEED. 
          I WOULD WELCOME A SECOND. 
          THERE IS A MOTION TO AMEND. 
          UM, SECOND, DID I HEAR SECOND AND THE SECOND, UH, LET'S HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT. 
          THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE AMENDMENT COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. 
          UM, I'M, I'M AWARE OF THE CITATIONS. 
          WE, WE HAD THIS SAME DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND I, I THINK FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, RIGHT WHEN WE HAD THE SAME ITEM COME UP. 
          UM, AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY OF THE SAME ARGUMENTS, UM, THAT I MADE BACK THEN THAT LED TO, UM, THE, UH, APPROVAL OF, UH, OF THIS ENTIRE POOL, INCLUDING WELLS FARGO. 
          UM, WELLS FARGO WAS, I THINK, FINED BY, UH, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, AND THEY ENDED UP PAYING A SETTLEMENT VOLUNTARILY. 
          UM, AND THEY'VE ENDED UP REIMBURSING PEOPLE, UM, FOR THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE. 
          THEY MADE SOME TERRIBLE DECISIONS UP IN, UP IN NEW YORK CITY. 
          UM, HOWEVER, IN, IN, IN THE, IN THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL UNDERSTAND, I DON'T WORK FOR WELLS FARGO, UH, BUT I DO WORK FOR THE 4,654 SAN ANTONIOS WHO WORK FOR, FOR WELLS FARGO. 
          UM, IT IS NOT FAIR TO PUNISH THOSE PEOPLE, UH, FOR THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE IN NEW YORK, UH, MANY YEARS AGO. 
          NOT ONLY DID THEY PAY RESTITUTION, WELLS FARGO ENDED UP KICKING ITS C E O OUT AND BRINGING IN A NEW C E O WHO'S BEEN CLEANING HOUSE. 
          THEY KICKED OUT, I THINK, EIGHT BOARD MEMBERS. 
          THEY NOW HAVE EIGHT NEW AT LARGE BOARD MEMBERS. 
          UM, AND THEY FIRED SCORES OF THE DECISION MAKERS WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, LED THE EFFORT, I'M SORRY, LED THAT, THAT MADE THESE HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE DECISIONS. 
          UM, I'LL REMIND YOU THAT THERE'S A LIST, UM, THAT YOU'VE PUT IN FRONT OF US, UH, TROY. 
          UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S A LIST OF THREE TRANCHES, OR THREE TIERS OF FIRMS, RIGHT? ONE OF THEM IS BELOW 20 MILLION. 
          UH, ONE OF THEM IS BETWEEN 20 AND 500 MILLION. 
          BUT, UM, AND THESE, THESE NUMBERS ARE GONNA BE THE, THE NUMBERS, UM, OF DOLLARS THAT ARE HANDLED, RIGHT? SO, UH, IT'S, THERE'S GONNA BE A TRANCHE OF FIVE OR SIX WHO ARE GONNA HANDLE BELOW $20 MILLION OF INVESTMENT. 
          THERE'S GONNA BE, UH, I THINK ANOTHER ONE IS TWO 20 MILLION TO 500 MILLION. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS AN EXCESS OF 500 MILLION, RIGHT? AND THOSE ARE THE BIG FIRMS. AND SO, UH, JUST GOING FOR THE EXCESS OF 500 MILLION FIRMS. UM, OTHER FIRMS THAT HAVE BEEN FINED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INCLUDE JP MORGAN, WHO IS ON OUR LIST, INCLUDES MORGAN STANLEY, WHO IS ON OUR LIST, INCLUDES JEFFRIES, WHO IS ON OUR LIST. 
          AND, UH, STIFF NICHOLAS, WHO IS ON OUR LIST. 
          AND R B C, WHO IS ON OUR LIST. 
          EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE COMPANIES, ALONG WITH WELLS FARGO'S HAS BEEN FINED AND GIVEN MULTIPLE CITATIONS. 
          AS FOR THE SECOND TIER, 20 MILLION TO 500 MILLION. 
          BANK OF AMERICA, I'M SORRY, NOT BY THE WAY, THEY'RE NOT IN BAD COMPANY EITHER, RIGHT? AND, UH, I'LL JUST MENTION PARENTHETICALLY, THE BANK OF AMERICA WAS ALSO, UM, UH, I THINK FINED $1.25 BILLION. 
          AND MOST RECENTLY, ONE OF THE, UM, MY MOST IMPORTANT BUSINESSES IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND ONE, PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN THIS CITY, WHO WE ALL LOVE VERY MUCH, U S A A WAS FINED $140 MILLION, UH, BY THE SAME DEPARTMENTS, UH, OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AS FOR THE SECOND TIER, THE ONES THAT ARE 20 TO 500 MILLION ON OUR LIST, YOU'LL FIND PIPER, UH, PIPER SANDLER, LOOP CAPITAL, AND MERO FINANCIAL, WHO WERE ALSO FINED ASTONISHING AMOUNTS OF DOLLARS FOR TERRIBLE CHOICES THAT THEY MADE. 
          AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE TIER, YOU'RE 
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GONNA FIND STERN BROTHERS, BLAYLOCK AND CABERA CAPITAL, WHO ARE ON OUR LIST, TROY, WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN FINED AN ASTONISHING AMOUNT OF MONEY. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT, UM, IT'S, I NEED TO BE CAREFUL HERE TO SAY THAT NONE OF THESE FINES, UH, GIVE ME, UH, JOY TO READ OFF, RIGHT? BUT THIS IS THE LIST. 
          I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO FIND A FIRM THAT CAN HANDLE $500 MILLION OR MORE THAT HASN'T BEEN FINED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          I CHALLENGE ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM TO DO THAT. 
          UM, AND SO, AGAIN, I'LL EMPHASIZE THAT THESE MISTAKES THAT WERE, WERE MADE FIVE YEARS AGO IN, UM, IN, UH, IN NEW YORK, ARE MISTAKES THAT SHOULD NOT PUNISH THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO, THESE 4,000, UM, 600 PLUS PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO WHO ARE SPREAD OUT ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO AND LIVE IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          AND ACT, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK JOHN YOUNG IS HERE, UH, FROM WELLS FARGO. 
          MR. YOUNG, IF YOU, IF YOU CAN COME ON UP, UH, AND, AND TALK TO ME ABOUT THE REMEDIATION YOU GUYS HAVE MADE. 
          TALK TO ME ABOUT THE DISGORGE OF FUNDS THAT YOU GUYS WERE FOR, FORCED TO, UH, FORCED TO MAKE. 
          AND THEN ALSO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CU THE NEW CUSTOMER PROTECTION REGIME THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN PLACE. 
          PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JOHN YOUNG. 
          I'M A DIRECTOR IN OUR PUBLIC IN WELLS FARGO'S PUBLIC FINANCE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, SO E EVERYTHING THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, PES MENTIONED IS, IS TRUE. 
          UM, MANY OF THESE, UH, REGULATORY ISSUES, UH, SURFACED BACK IN 2016 AND 2017. 
          UM, IT TAKES MANY, MANY YEARS FOR THESE, UH, SORTS OF REGULATORY ISSUES TO WORK OUT WITH THE REGULATORS. 
          UM, AND SO THESE FINES, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY HEADLINES EVEN RECENTLY ABOUT WELLS FARGO PAYING FINES. 
          THE, THESE ARE ALL RELATED TO THESE REGULATORY ISSUES THAT CAME UP MANY YEARS AGO, AND IT'S JUST TAKEN A WHILE TO WORK THROUGH THE SYSTEM. 
          UM, OFTENTIMES WHEN WE PAY THESE FINES AS, UH, WHAT'S MENTIONED THERE, THERE ARE FINES, AND THEN THERE'S MONEY INCLUDED IN THERE TO MAKE RESTITUTION TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HARMED. 
          UM, BUT INTERNALLY AT WELLS FARGO, WE, WE TAKE ALL OF THESE REGULATORY ISSUES VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERY TIME THE OUR C E O JOHN STUMP, UM, I MEAN, CHARLIE SCHARF, EXCUSE ME, UH, SPEAKS TO THE FIRM, UH, HE BRINGS UP THESE REGULATORY ISSUES. 
          IT IS TOP OF MIND FOR, FOR EVERYONE. 
          UM, AND SO WE, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, WHEN HE STARTED IN 2020, HE HAS CLEANED HOUSE AT THE TOP OF THE ORGANIZATION TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT THE PEOPLE WHO, UM, SORT OF LET THESE PREVIOUS HARMS OCCUR HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FIRM. 
          AND WHO, UH, WE'VE INSTITUTED MANY MORE OVERSIGHTS AND COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES TO MAKE SURE THINGS LIKE THIS WOULD, WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. 
          UM, AND THEN IN, IN ADDITION, I I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE IS, IS THE CITY'S UNDERWRITING POOL. 
          AND THAT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, MY RESPONSIBILITY IF, IF THE CITY WERE EVER TO HIRE US, I WOULD BE ONE OF THE BANKERS WHO WOULD SERVE THE CITY. 
          I HAVE COLLEAGUES HERE WHO WOULD, WHO WOULD ALSO ON THE COMMERCIAL BANKING SIDE, HAVE HELPED THE CITY. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN REALLY COMMENT ON, ON THE WORK THAT, THAT WE'VE DONE WITH, WITH THE CITY IN THE PAST, THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE CITY HAS, HAS NEEDED US IN THE PAST. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC, WHEN THE SHORT-TERM MARKETS WERE, WERE VERY, VERY TURBULENT, WE, WE PROVIDED A $100 MILLION LOAN TO SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM TO HELP THEM WEATHER THAT STORM. 
          UM, IN THE AFTERMATH OF, UH, WINTER STORM YURI, UM, C P S ENERGY HAD SOME LIQUIDITY NEEDS, FAIRLY LARGE LIQUIDITY NEEDS. 
          AND WELLS FARGO STEPPED UP TO HELP C P S ENERGY AND TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $300 MILLION. 
          AND SO, JUST FROM A FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP STANDPOINT WITH THE CITY, WE, WE FEEL LIKE WE, WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY, AND THAT WE'VE HELPED THE CITY WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, BUT HAS ALSO BEEN MENTIONED THAT WE, WE HAVE 4,600 TEAM MEMBERS HERE IN THE CITY. 
          AND THAT MEANS NOT JUST SALARIES FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS, BUT ALSO THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I MEAN, THEY'VE, THEY'VE CONTRIBUTED NORTH OF 13,000 COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS TO HELP VARIOUS NONPROFITS WITHIN THE CITY TO PERFORM THE, THEIR, THE TASKS THAT THEY WERE SET OUT TO DO. 
          UM, AND WELLS FARGO 
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AS A FIRM, HAS CONTRIBUTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP SUPPORT THE, THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES. 
          AND SO, YES, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MISTAKES MADE IN THE PAST. 
          I CAN TELL YOU IT IS ABSOLUTELY, UH, TOP OF MIND FOR EVERYONE IN THE FIRM TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. 
          AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, THE, THE LAST TIME THE C F P B, THE MOST RECENT FINE BACK IN DECEMBER, THEY EVEN SAID THAT IN THERE WHEN THEY DID THE RELEASE, THAT THEY, UH, ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WELLS FARGO HAS ACCELERATED ITS REMEDIATION EFFORTS IN INTERNALLY. 
          SO, YES, THESE THINGS DO COME UP, BUT WE, WE ARE ADDRESSING 'EM, WE'RE ADDRESSING 'EM AT A FASTER AND FASTER CLIP. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE, WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP THE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITH, WITH ITS FINANCES. 
          AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. 
          NO, I, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. 
          JUST THANK, THANKS FOR, UM, THANKS FOR GIVING US THAT INFORMATION. 
          THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          UM, SO LOOK, IF, IF WE'RE GONNA VOTE TO EXCLUDE WELLS FARGO FROM THIS LONG LIST OF OTHER PEOPLE, OTHER COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN FINED, UM, I MEAN, THE INTELLECTUALLY HONEST APPROACH WOULD BE TO SCRAP EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE FIRMS THAT I READ, WHICH WOULD LEAVE TROY AND GOEL WITH NO FIRMS, UH, TO MANAGE OUR MONEY. 
          UM, AGAIN, I CHALLENGE ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM TO FIND ME A COMPANY THAT CAN MANAGE $500 MILLION OR MORE THAT HASN'T BEEN FINED. 
          AND ANDY, YOU AND I HAVE BOTH BEEN GCS OF FORTUNE 50 COMPANIES. 
          UM, I CHALLENGE YOU TO FIND A FORTUNE 50 COMPANY IN THIS, IN THIS COUNTRY, OR ANYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD THAT HASN'T BEEN FINED. 
          UM, AND SO I'M, UM, I, I, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE ITEM, BUT I KNOW THAT FIRST WE GOTTA VOTE ON, ON THE, THE AMENDMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI ON THE AMENDMENT. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I SECONDED THE AMENDMENT BECAUSE I WANTED US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. 
          MY FIRST QUESTION WAS GONNA BE WHAT OTHER BANKS ON THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN FINED? AND, UM, MY QUESTION HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY ANSWERED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. 
          YEAH, I THINK I SAW, UM, ANY GO HERE, IF MAYBE YOU CAN COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL THINGS WELLS FARGO HAS, HAS DONE, UH, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MAYOR. 
          UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU. 
          I ACTUALLY WORK ON THE COMMERCIAL BANKING SIDE, SO I DO NOT WORK ON THE MUNICIPAL SIDE OF, UH, THE ITEM THAT'S PRESENTED HERE TODAY. 
          BUT I THINK, UH, KNOWING MANY OF YOU FROM INTERACTIONS AT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, I THOUGHT IT RELEVANT FOR ME TO, YOU KNOW, STEP UP AND SAY THAT I'M A VERY PROUD WELLS FARGO EMPLOYEE, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO I KNOW WE HAVE 4,600 EMPLOYEES HERE, BUT ALSO I'M VERY AWARE OF THE DIFFERENT VOLUNTEERING THAT WE DO. 
          I'M, UH, ON THE BOARD OF THE WITTY MUSEUM, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE I VOLUNTEER MY TIME AND I GET TO CHANNEL THE FOUNDATION SUPPORT. 
          I, UH, AM ON THE BOARD OF THE U T S A COLLEGE OF BUSINESS WHERE I'VE, UH, DONE, UH, SOME OF THE, UM, SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISERS THAT ALSO ARE SUPPORTED BY MY FIRM. 
          AND I KNOW THAT I'M AT A BANK THAT I'M SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT SAN ANTONIO, THAT WE ARE AWARE OF OUR COMMITMENT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE TO OUR CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESS. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REINFORCE WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SAID, THAT WHEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE NEED HAS BEEN THERE TO SUPPORT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WE AS AN INSTITUTION HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT ALSO THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO THAT WE WORK AT WELLS FARGO, WE'RE VERY PROUD TO DO SO, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SAN ANTONIO A BETTER CITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST THROW IN MY ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          WITH THIS ITEM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE HYPOCRISY. 
          ARE WE GOING TO BE A CITY OF ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO CRIMINALS AND THE VIOLATION OF LAW OR NOT? I'M LOOKING AT THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WEBSITE WHERE IT CITES WELLS FARGO AGREES TO PAY 3 BILLION TO RESOLVE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL INVESTIGATIONS INTO OUR SALES PRACTICE. 
          AND WHILE I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC THAT IT'S GREAT TO VOLUNTEER WITH ARTS MUSEUMS, RIGHT? BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL CORPORATION, UM, HOW IT'S SUPPORTED THE DAKOTA PIPELINE, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW IT'S, UM, UM, ESSENTIALLY COMMITTED FRAUD, RIGHT? WITH ITS, UM,  WITH ITS MEMBERSHIP, RIGHT? I, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO HAVE A SERIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO WE DO AND DO NOT GIVE GRACE TO, RIGHT? WE HAVE SITE AND RELEASE WHERE WE WANNA CRIMINALIZE AND LOCK PEOPLE UP QUICKLY, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR COMPANIES, THEY GET THE GRACE, THEY GET THE CONTRACTS, AND THEY GET TO CONTINUE TO PROFIT. 
          UM, SO I THINK 
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IT'S WORTH NOTING, UM, THAT WE'RE EITHER GONNA GIVE GRACE TO CRIMINALS OR WE'RE NOT. 
          UM, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE AN INCONSISTENCY THAT IF YOU'RE A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR CRIMINAL, YOU GET THE GRACE, THE CONTRACTS, AND YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP PROFITING. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING FAMILIES OF COLOR WHO COMMIT CRIME, IT'S LOCKED THEM UP. 
          THEY SHOULD NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, OR EMPLOYMENT. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S WORTH NOTING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU. 
          TROY. 
          UH, WHAT COMMITTEE DID THIS GO TO? DID THIS GO TO COMMITTEE BEFOREHAND? YES, MA'AM. 
          WE TOOK THIS TO THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, BOTH IN A PRE AND A POST SOLICITATION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT WHEN WE DO TAKE THIS TO THE COMMITTEE, IT'S BASED ON THE PROCESS, AND WE DON'T DISCLOSE THE NAMES OF THE FIRMS TO THE COMMITTEE. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT AFTER THE COMMITTEE, WE DO SEND A MEMO OUT TO THE, TO THE COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL, UM, DETAILING THE RESULTS OF THE SOLICITATION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND DID THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ASK FOR A BRIEFING BEFORE, UH, TO SHARE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT WELLS FARGO? OR DID, DID WE ALL GET THE LIST? I PROBABLY DID AND WAS LIKE, UH, THERE'S A MEMO THAT GOES OUT AFTER EACH AUDIT ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE THAT DISCLOSES THE, UM, RESULTS OF THE EVALUATION PRIOR TO IT COMING TO COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, UH, MY, I, I, I HEAR THE CONCERNS FOR WELLS FARGO. 
          THEY'RE WELL KNOWN, UH, AND IT HAS BEEN YEARS, AND THEY'RE STILL IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY'RE STILL, THEY'RE STILL IN OUR COMMUNITY TRYING TO DO GOOD, UH, HELPING OUT WHERE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, BUT I, WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE IS THAT THE CITY HAS AS MANY TOOLS AS THEY CAN FOR THIS UNDERWRITING, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OPTIONS, UH, IN THAT TOOLKIT. 
          THAT'S WHY I JUST FEEL, UM, TO, TO, TO DO THIS NOW AND NOT HAVE, 'CAUSE WE CAN'T JUST THROW ANOTHER BANK IN THERE, CAN WE? NO, I WOULDN'T SUGGEST THAT ANY, IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO REMOVE WELLS FARGO, I WOULD NOT SUGGEST THROWING ANOTHER BANK IN THERE. 
          I WOULD SUGGEST JUST REDUCING THE POOL FROM 20 TO 19. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I, I, BUT I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF REDUCING THE POOL EITHER. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I, I JUST, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD MORE TIME WITH THIS, IF THIS WOULD BE BETTER, BUT THANK YOU, TROY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KIRK. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I RESPECT EVERYBODY WHO WORKS FOR WELLS FARGO. 
          THEY'RE TRYING TO EARN A LIVING FOR THEMSELVES. 
          THEY, THEY WANNA WORK FOR A REPUTABLE COMPANY. 
          UH, THIS COMPANY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 
          UH, AND I WISH EVERYBODY, UH, GREAT SUCCESS, INCLUDING THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE INVESTMENT AREA. 
          BUT I THINK THAT, UH, TERRY BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT. 
          YOU KNOW, AND I, IT'S SOMETHING I SAID ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF WHO WE CHOOSE TO DO BUSINESS WITH, JUST SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE, UH, THE GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THIS, UH, INCLUDE JP MORGAN, MORGAN STANLEY, R B C BANK, RAYMOND JAMES, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER BANKS THAT CAN HANDLE THIS KIND OF WORK. 
          IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE GONNA FIND OURSELVES AT ANY KIND OF A, A LOSS, SO TO SPEAK. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN I TALKED ABOUT WELLS FARGO AND, AND LISTENING TO MY, UH, MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER, HE'S RIGHT, THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, WE WERE, WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS, BUT IF WE GO BACK TO 2019 OR 2020, THERE'S BEEN 20 OTHER VIOLATIONS SINCE THAT TIME. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE SHOWING THAT THEY'VE LEARNED THEIR LESSON. 
          THE LAST ONE WAS, UH, LAST YEAR, $3.7 BILLION OF A FINE THAT THE BANK HAS TO PAY. 
          WHERE'S THAT MONEY COME FROM? IT COMES FROM ALL THE PEOPLE WHO PUT MONEY IN THAT BANK AND, AND SOMEHOW EXPECT TO EARN INTEREST AND GET BENEFITS. 
          BUT ALSO THAT 3.7 BILLION COULD HAVE BEEN SPENT IN HUNDREDS OF CITIES TO HELP THEM WITH ALL KINDS OF NEEDS THEY HAVE. 
          BUT INSTEAD, THEY GET PAID TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS A PENALTY. 
          I'VE GOT THREE OTHER PAGES THAT GO BACK TO 2011 THAT SHOW TWICE AS MANY ADDITIONAL TYPES OF FINES AND PENALTIES. 
          SO IT'S JUST APPARENT TO ME, THIS BANK DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ITS CUSTOMERS. 
          IT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ANY OF THE CITIES IT DOES BUSINESS WITH. 
          IT CARES ABOUT MAKING MONEY ANY WAY IT CAN. 
          AND I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT NOT, NOT NECESSARILY IS THE WRONG THING, BUT IT WORRIES ME THAT IT DOESN'T SHOW THE INTEGRITY THAT THEY'LL DO THE BEST JOB FOR OUR MONEY. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP. 
          THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, 
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UM, COURAGE COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          THANKS. 
          MY COLLEAGUE. 
          JUST READ US A LIST OF OTHER BANKS AND INSTITUTIONS. 
          IT'S THE SAME LIST I READ TO YOU, WHICH IS THE LIST OF BANKS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE ALSO BEEN FINED AND HAD TO SETTLE IN LIEU OF CRIMINAL FINDINGS. 
          UM, AND SO, AGAIN, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THIS ON ONE BANK, WE GOTTA DO IT FOR ALL OF THEM, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER TOO. 
          FACTS ARE IMPORTANT. 
          AND THE FACT IS THAT, YEAH, IT'S $3.7 BILLION. 
          IT'S NOT AN UNIMPORTANT NUMBER. 
          IT'S HUGE, RIGHT? BUT IT'S $3.7 BILLION THAT WERE PAID OUT THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR FOR 2017 AND PRIOR OFFENSES, RIGHT? WHICH IS BE THE SAME TIME THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. 
          SO WE ARE, UH, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT NEW BEHAVIOR THAT LED TO $3.7 BILLION FINES. 
          THIS IS THE FINE FOR 2017, WHICH WAS LOOK BACKWARD LOOKING, RIGHT? AND IT INCLUDED EVERYTHING FROM 2016 BACKWARD. 
          AND SO, I'M MAKING NO EXCUSES FOR YOU, WELLS FARGO. 
          YOU GUYS HAVE A PROBLEM ON YOUR HANDS, RIGHT? BUT, SO TROY, SO DOES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE FIRMS THAT WE ARE GONNA BE CONTRACTING WITH, RIGHT? SO, AGAIN, EITHER EITHER WE PULL THIS ONE, UH, OR WE PULL ALL OF THEM. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S, IT'S COGNITIVE DISSONANCE, UH, THAT CHARACTERIZES THIS DEBATE IF WE'RE JUST GONNA DO ONE. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING TOO IS, UM, I DIDN'T SAY THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU GUYS FOR, FOR DOING THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO OVER AT, UM, THE FOOD BANK. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          I GOT TO SERVE ALONGSIDE, UH, A FEW HUNDRED OF YOUR EMPLOYEES, UH, AS WE PACKED FOOD FOR, FOR HUNGRY PEOPLE DURING, UM, DURING THE COVID CRISIS AND DURING THE FREEZE. 
          AND, UM, THAT DID NOT GO UNNOTICED. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          KEO. 
          HAU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I, I, UH, JUST A COUPLE QUICK POINTS. 
          UM, THERE, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT, THAT, UH, WELLS FARGO, UM, PARTICIPATES IN. 
          AND I JUST, I, I WANNA SAY THAT IT'S MORE THAN THEIR INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION ON, ON BOARDS. 
          THEY HAVE A HEADQUARTERS IN MY DISTRICT, AND THEY HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT NEIGHBORS TO THE COMMUNITIES AROUND US. 
          BUT TO SAY THAT THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY, I HAVE TO DISPUTE THAT BECAUSE THEY, UH, ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN MY DISTRICT. 
          UM, DONATING TO BACKPACK EVENTS, GOING, I MEAN, HEALTH, HEALTH FAIRS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THEY HAVE BEEN EX EXCELLENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, AND I JUST HAD TO TAKE ISSUE WITH THEM, UM, BEING ACCUSED OF NOT CARING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY LIVE IN, BECAUSE THEY ABSOLUTELY DO. 
          AND I, I THINK YOU SAID SOMETHING LIKE 4,500 EMPLOYEES, THEY DRIVE IN AND, UH, IN AND OUT OF DISTRICT SIX, UH, EVERY DAY TO GO TO WORK. 
          AND, UM, HAVE NEVER, THERE'S JUST NEVER BEEN ANY COMPLAINT, UM, MORE THAN THAT. 
          THEY'VE, THEY'VE REALLY BEEN VERY STRONG SUPPORTERS OF THE COMMUNITY AROUND THEM. 
          SO I THINK THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UH, JUST ANOTHER QUICK POINT TOO. 
          THEY, UM, THE, THE, THEY HAVE PAID A PRICE FOR THE, UH, FOR THE, THE, UM, I GUESS THE ALLEGED ACTIVITY, RIGHT? SO I, I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THERE WERE, THERE WERE FINES AND THERE WERE, UM, THE, THE, WHAT HAPPENED, UM, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PROCEDURE, ANY OTHER LEGAL PROCEDURE, THERE WAS A, A RESULT TO THAT. 
          THEN YOU PAID THE PRICE FOR THAT. 
          SO FOR US TO PUNISH YOU FURTHER, UM, DOES NOT SEEM, UH, CONSTABLE. 
          SO I APPRECIATE, UH, Y'ALL BEING HERE TODAY AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS. 
          AND, UM, AND THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VEO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          SO, GIVEN THAT, UM, THIS WASN'T DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE, IT WASN'T BROUGHT UP UNTIL TODAY, AND THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HEARING THIS DISCUSSION. 
          UM, AND IT'S, I, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN PALAIS THAT WE SHOULD MAYBE APPLY THE SAME LENS TO EVERY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING DOING BUSINESS WITH. 
          AND SO I WANTED TO ASK TROY, WHAT, UM, WOULD THERE BE ANY PROBLEM WITH A TWO WEEK DELAY ON THIS VOTE? WOULD, HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT US? PUT US PAST THE BREAK, AND, UM, WE NEED TO COME BACK TO YOU ON AUGUST 3RD WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF A SYNDICATE TO ACTUALLY HELP PRICE OUR BONDS. 
          SO A TWO WEEK DELAY WOULD ACTUALLY, PROBABLY NOT, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND A TWO WEEK DELAY. 
          CAN, CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT US, UM, ON AUGUST? I MEAN, IS THAT IMPACTING LIKE CITY STAFF HAVING TO WORK ON THIS? OR IS THIS IMPACTING, LIKE IT WOULD IMPACT OUR FINANCIAL RATING, OR NO, SIR. 
          IT DOESN'T IMPACT OUR RATING, BUT IT WOULD IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO GET READY TO SELL THE BONDS ON AUGUST 3RD, AND ACTUALLY TO, TO SELL THOSE BONDS ON AUGUST 3RD. 
          WE WILL ACTUALLY BRING THE SYNDICATE AND THE PARAMETER SELL. 
          UM, AND SO WE NEED THAT SYNDICATE IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY START WORKING WITH THEM TO PREPARE FOR THE SUMMER SALE OF OUR BONDS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. 
          YEAH, BRIEFLY, I'LL JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL THE BANKS ON, ON THE LIST AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, THEY'VE ALL HAD THEIR ISSUES, THEY'VE ALL HAD THEIR PROBLEMS. UM, 
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ADDITIONALLY WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WELLS FARGO NUMBER ONE GOAL TO BE, YOU KNOW, MAKING MONEY AT THE EXPENSE OF ALL ELSE. 
          UM, MAYBE I'M CYNICAL, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY, UH, THE NUMBER ONE GOAL OF, OF THE REST OF THE BANKS ON THE LIST IN ADDITION TO, UM, A LOT OF OTHER, UM, PRIVATE COMPANIES OUT THERE. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, THERE WAS A, I GUESS A COMPARISON TO, TO SITE AND SITE AND RELEASE, WHICH, UM, I GUESS I'D SAY THAT I WOULD STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH. 
          UM, THESE WELLS FARGO AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN FINED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, IF NOT MORE THAN THAT, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHEN, WHEN THEY DO WRONG. 
          AND I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES ON THE SITE AND RELEASE SIDE IS REALLY, THERE, THERE ARE NO PENALTIES FOR SOME OF THE CRIMES THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THAT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT SITE AND RELEASE TODAY, I DON'T THINK. 
          UM, BUT I'LL BE, UH, UM, UH, I'M, I'M, I'M NOT IN FAVOR, UM, OF THE AMENDMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, WHITE COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          A, A, A CITATION IS, IS ENFORCEMENT AND A REPERCUSSION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CITE THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, UM, WHICH STATES, WHEN COMPANIES CHEAT TO COMPETE, THEY HARM CUSTOMERS AND OTHER COMPETITORS. 
          SAID DEPUTY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL MICHAEL D TON OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL DIVISION. 
          THE, THE SETTLEMENT, THE $3 BILLION THAT WELLS FARGO'S, UM, UH, HAS HAD TO PAY, IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR TOLERATING FRAUDULENT CONDUCT THAT IS REMARKABLE FOR, FOR ITS DURATION AND SCOPE. 
          AND ITS BLATANT DISREGARD OF CUSTOMER PRIVATE INFORMATION. 
          THE CIVIL DIVISION WILL CONTINUE TO USE ALL TOOLS TO PROTECT, UH, CUSTOMERS, BUT I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT IT'S A $3 BILLION MONETARY PENALTY IMPOSED ON THE BANK. 
          UM, AND, AND IT GOES TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, THOSE WITH, WITH WEALTH, UM, THEY, THEY GET A GET OUT OF, UM, JAIL CARD, RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THAT. 
          GET OUTTA JAIL CARD. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS, I'VE NEVER SAW THE LIST OF PEOPLE THAT, UH, WE WERE GOING TO LOOK AT IN MANY OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE GET, WE GET, UM, WE GET A, A TABLE THAT SHOWS WHO HAS APPLIED, UH, WHO WAS SELECTED, WHAT THE CRITERIA WAS. 
          I DID NOT SEE THAT AT ALL HERE. 
          SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SEEN WHO THESE FOLKS WERE THAT, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          I HAVE NOT, AND I WONDERED WHY THAT WAS. 
          IS THERE A REASON THAT WE DON'T BREAK THIS OUT BETTER FOR COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN? THE, UM, THE, UH, THE SCORING DOCUMENTS, UH, AS WELL AS THE CATEGORIZATION OF, OF THE SIZE OF MARKETS IS INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA BACKUP SYSTEM. 
          THOSE, THOSE LISTS ARE THERE. 
          WE CAN PULL THEM UP IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          UM, BUT, BUT THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA SYSTEM. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I GUESS IT JUST DIDN'T GET INCLUDED IN MINE, UH, FOR SOME REASON. 
          UM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR WELLS FARGO IN SAN ANTONIO DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE KINDS OF DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE FOR WELLS FARGO AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, AT A NATIONAL LEVEL. 
          WELLS FARGO HAS CONTINUED TO SHOW PRACTICES THAT ARE NOT HONEST, NOT TRUST FOR THE, UM, THAT HAVE LEFT A REALLY BAD TASTE IN PEOPLE'S. 
          AND I REALLY FEEL THAT WE CANNOT, AS A COUNCIL, CONTINUE TO REWARD FOLKS THAT LACK THE INTEGRITY. 
          UH, AND I DON'T, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT NECESSARILY THE SAN ANTONIO WELLS FARGO. 
          I'VE WORKED WITH THEM. 
          I KNOW THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM YOUR CORPORATE LEVEL, FROM ADMINISTRATORS THAT MAKE DECISIONS THAT YOU CANNOT GO AGAINST. 
          SO I THINK IT BEHOOVES THE COUNCIL TO MAKE A SHOW OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT GONNA BE WILLING TO PLAY THIS GAME AS USUAL, THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA REWARD BAD BEHAVIOR, AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT INTEGRITY WHEN WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          YEAH, 
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THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTRO. 
          ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA CALL THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT, UM, AND JUST MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. 
          UH, FIRST, I THINK IF WE WERE TO APPLY THE SAME, UH, STANDARD IN TERMS OF, UM, REMOVING COMMERCIAL LENDERS, UH, FROM OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERWRITING, I DON'T THINK WE'D BE LEFT WITH ANYBODY TO DO UNDERWRITING WITH. 
          SO I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT THE, THE AMENDMENT. 
          I WILL SAY ALSO THAT THE, THE REMEDIATION THAT'S TAKING PLACE IS LONG OVERDUE. 
          AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR CONSUMERS AND IT'S CONSUMER ADVOCATES WHEN I SAY THAT, BUT IT IS UNDERWAY, UH, THE LEVEL OF ATTENTION THAT WELLS FARGO HAS GOTTEN FOR THIS. 
          UH, THESE PARTICULAR FINES, THOUGH, ARE RELATED TO THOSE CONSUMER, UM, LENDING PRODUCTS. 
          WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, UH, OUR COMMERCIAL MUNICIPAL UNDERWRITING. 
          UH, AND IN OUR EXPERIENCE, UH, BEN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IN OUR EXPERIENCE WITH WELLS FARGO IN OUR COMMERCIAL UNDERWRITING PROCESS, WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL PAPER OR ANY OTHER VEHICLE, WE'VE HAD NOTHING BUT QUALITY SERVICE FROM WELLS FARGO. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS? UH, YES. 
          AS WE HAVE WORKED WITH, UH, WELLS FARGO ON THE MUNICIPAL UNDERWRITING SIDE, WE'VE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES WITH OUR ABILITY OR THEIR ABILITY TO PERFORM THOSE SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE SAME IS TRUE FOR C P S AND FOR SAWS AND FOR A NUMBER OF OFF-CYCLE, UH, LOANS THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO, UH, TO SUPPORT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE OPERATIONS. 
          AND SO, UH, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UH, YES, THERE'S AN, THERE, THERE'S ALWAYS SCRUTINY AND THERE SHOULD BE, UH, WHEN, WHEN PRACTICES ARE, UH, FOUND TO BE FRAUDULENT AND THOSE REMEDIATIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE SHOULD, UH, I WOULD AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT IF WE WERE TO, UH, ELIMINATE EVERYBODY ON THE LIST THAT HAS BEEN FINED OR IS IN CURRENTLY UNDER SOME SORT OF CONSENT DECREE, UH, THEN THAT WE WOULD BE LEFT WITH NOBODY ON THE LIST. 
          AND SO, UH, PROVIDED THAT OUR PARTNERS ARE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS IN GOOD FAITH, UH, REMAIN COMMITTED TO, UH, CLEANING HOUSE AS THEY HAVE DONE, UH, AND CONTINUE TO BE GOOD PARTNERS FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, I THINK THEY HAVE EARNED THE RIGHT TO BE ON THE LIST. 
          AND, AND IT'S, AND IT'S FOR THE SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS AND SERVICES THAT OUR RESIDENTS DEPEND ON. 
          IF WE ARE, ARE REACTIVE TO HEADLINES THAT WE DON'T, UH, APPLY, UH, AND WE DON'T APPLY THE SAME STANDARDS TO THE OTHER LENDERS, THEN THE ONLY PERSON, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THAT ARE OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND SO I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AMENDMENT FOR THAT REASON. 
          UH, AND SO WITH THAT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR AMENDING. 
          UH, THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 14, TO REMOVE WELLS FARGO, A YAY VOTE WOULD BE TO REMOVE WELLS FARGO. 
          A NAY VOTE WOULD BE TO, UM, CONTINUE ON WITH THE BASE MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          ITEM 14, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION FAILS. 
          WE'LL GO NOW TO THE BASE MOTION APPROVAL OF ITEM 14. 
          DON'T WE GET TO SEE THE VOTE? WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH DISCUSSION ON 14. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 14? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS JUST HAPPENING. 
          UM, AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS ROOTED IN COGNITIVE DISSONANCE OR INTELLECTUAL DISHONESTY. 
          I THINK IT WAS A VERY VALID CONVERSATION. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF WHAT'S BEING SAID ABOUT WELLS FARGO AND, UH, THE BEHAVIORS THAT WE'VE SEEN ARE MORE EGREGIOUS THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN OF OTHER BANKS. 
          I DO THINK THIS CONVERSATION IS, I I WOULD LIKE TO CONDUCT FURTHER ANALYSIS OF ALL THE OTHER BANKS. 
          AND SO, UM, I MOVED, WOULD I'LL ASK THIS QUESTION. 
          WOULD IT, WOULD I BE ABLE TO DELAY UP UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY? ANDY COUNCILMAN? YES. 
          YOU CAN HAVE A MOTION TO DELAY. 
          UM, WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE A DATE SERVED AS TO WHEN, WHEN YOU WOULD WENT TO HAVE THE, OKAY. 
          THE, UH, ITEM CONSIDERED, I MOVE TO, UH, DELAY, CONTINUE THE ITEM TO JUNE 15TH. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION TO DELAY ITEM 14, UH, TO NEXT WEEK. 
          UH, WAS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DELAY OF ITEM 14 BY A WEEK. 
          UM, WE'LL DISCUSS THE, THE MOTION TO DELAY. 
          UM, I GUESS I, I MISSED PART OF THE CONVERSATION. 
          WELL, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE DELAY COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE? I, I ENCOURAGE THE DELAY AS LONG AS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE WILLING TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK AND TAKE A LOOK AND LOOK AT THE RECORD. 
          AND I INVITE YOU TO LOOK AT THE RECORD AT THE OTHER BANKS 
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THAT ARE ON THIS LIST. 
          AND THEN COMPARE THE LEVEL OF VIOLATIONS BETWEEN THESE BANKS. 
          AND MAYBE THEY ALL NEED TO BE OFF OR MAYBE WE UNDERSTAND, UH, THE SIGNIFICANCE, UH, OF, OF WELLS FARGO'S RECORD COMPARED TO ANY OF THE OTHERS. 
          SO I, I SAY I FAVOR THE DELAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          TROY. 
          UM, EARLIER I'D ASKED YOU HOW A TWO WEEK DELAY WOULD, UH, AFFECT THE CITY MOVING FORWARD IN THIS PROCESS. 
          CAN, CAN YOU TELL ME IF THAT SAME CHALLENGE APPLIES FOR A ONE WEEK DELAY? NO, SIR. 
          AS LONG AS WE HAVE COUNCIL ACTION BY NEXT WEEK, WE SHOULD BE FINE WITH THE THE FUTURE BOND SALE. 
          GLAD TO HEAR IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT ALL FINES ARE EQUAL. 
          NOT ALL, UM, NOT ALL CRIMES ARE EQUAL AND I, I APPRECIATE THIS EXTRA WEEK FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SPEND SOME TIME AND DO OUR HOMEWORK AND, UH, JUST REALLY SCRUTINIZE WHO WE'RE DOING BUSINESS WITH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE DELAY? COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          I GUESS I'LL JUST CLARIFY 'CAUSE I DID HEAR, UH, SOMEONE ASK WHY A DELAY? UM, IN LARGE PART IT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ACTIONS OF OTHER BANKS THAT WE'RE COMPARING TO AND CERTAIN AND THE STANDARD THAT WE'RE SETTING. 
          UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS WEEK TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF EACH OF THE BANKS, DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE STANDARD WE'RE GONNA SET? IS IT ONE BANK THAT WE'RE GONNA REMOVE? IS IT MULTIPLE? UM, AND I THINK THAT COMING BACK AFTER A WEEK, WE WOULD'VE HAD TIME TO GIVE MORE THOUGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THE DELAY. 
          I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN TERMS OF WHO ARE WE DOING BUSINESS WITH. 
          I HEAR THAT. 
          WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TALKED ABOUT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION FIVE YEARS AGO, BUT YET COUNCIL DIDN'T TAKE ACTION TO HAVE SOME SORT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT OUR STANDARDS WITH WERE, WHO WE DID BUS DID, DID COUNCIL NOT GO INTO A B SESSION DISCUSSION OR A SESSION DISCUSSION ABOUT WHO WE GO AND WHO WE HAVE PREFERENCES FOR? OR CAN WE EVEN DO THAT? ANDY, A COUNCILWOMAN? CERTAINLY THE COUNCIL CAN DEVELOP CRITERIA THAT THEN WE WOULD USE AND OVERLAY OBVIOUSLY OVER WHAT REQUIREMENTS WE HAVE UNDER STATE LAW. 
          BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN HAVE, THE COUNCIL, I SHOULD SAY, CAN HAVE A POLICY ON THAT. 
          SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS US HAVE A LARGER CONVERSATION ON CRITERIA ABOUT HOW, WHAT OUR PRIORI, WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE IN TERMS OF BUSINESS WITH OTHERS. 
          BECAUSE I HAVE A NUMBER OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES, UM, WITHIN THE CITY AND BOARDS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THAT I THINK WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN AND SAY, HEY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO BUSINESS, THE, THE, THESE ARE OUR TOP FIVE. 
          SO I THINK WE AS A COUNCIL, NEED TO GO BACK AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA GET THAT DONE IN A WEEK. 
          I'M, I'M OPEN TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          I HEAR THE, THE PASSION AND THE FRUSTRATION ON BOTH SIDES REGARDING THIS ISSUE, BUT I THINK, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, UH, WE DIDN'T ADDRESS THIS IN COMMITTEE OR B SESSION OR, OR THOSE FEELING MOST PASSIONATELY DIDN'T DO THIS SOONER. 
          SO, UM, I'M, I'M FOR HAVING A CONVERSATION, BUT NOT FOR HAVING A DELAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, LIKEWISE. 
          I, I WILL BE SUPPORTING A DELAY WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT FOLKS RESEARCH THESE, UH, BANKS AND THE PRACTICES THAT THEY'VE, UH, CONDUCTED AND THOSE THAT THEY'VE BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE, UH, FOR BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          UH, AT THE SAME TIME, I MUST CHALLENGE THE IDEA THAT THIS IS A REACTION TO HEADLINES. 
          UH, THIS IS A REACTION TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES. 
          THIS IS A REACTION TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN EVICTED. 
          THIS IS A REACTION TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE GONE TO GO WITHOUT THEIR MEDICATION BECAUSE OF, OF, OF THESE PREDATORY PRACTICES. 
          UM, UH, AGAIN, RIGHT? WE CAN GO ON AND LOOK AT, UM, THE, THE APPLICATIONS FOR MORTGAGES THAT FROST, UH, HAS RECEIVED, UM, WELLS FARGO RATHER, UM, REGARDING BLACK APPLICANTS AND WHAT THAT DATA HAS SHOWN ON WHO'S BEEN APPROVED FOR THOSE, THOSE, UH, MORTGAGE LENDING PRACTICES. 
          SO THERE'S A WHOLE SLEW AND WEALTH OF THINGS. 
          UH, I UNDERSTAND, UH, IN THIS WORLD OF CAPITALISM, UM, THERE'S, UH, COMPETITION. 
          THEY, THEY EAT EACH OTHER, UH, AND THEY DO GET PENALIZED, BUT THEY HAVE THE CAPITAL TO PAY THE FINE. 
          UM, BUT ULTIMATELY, WE, WE SHOULD NOT BE REWARDING 
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THIS PREDATORY BEHAVIOR THAT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF EVERYDAY SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER REPLIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VERY QUICKLY, I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THE DELAY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T DELAY ACCEPTING WELLS FARGO MONEY DURING URI, UH, OR COVID, UM, AND I THINK WE WERE TALKING IN EXCESS OF $400 MILLION. 
          AND SO, UM, ANYWAY, I THINK THAT THAT IS, UH, THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION WE COULD HAVE HAD THEN, BUT IT WAS CONVENIENT NOT TO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE DELAY? COUNCIL MEMBER, BRAVO. 
          I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTING THIS DELAY, BUT I WANT TO, UH, MAKE A NOTE THAT I ALSO WELCOME A LARGER DISCUSSION AS COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRAND, UH, PROPOSED ABOUT WHO WE DO BUSINESS WITH AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, I GUESS SETTING SOME GUIDELINES FOR THE COUNCIL GOING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          BEN, I'M, I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. 
          CAN YOU COME UP FOR A MINUTE? AS OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, WERE THERE ANY RESERVATIONS IN MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION FOR WELLS FARGO? SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE DID TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WELLS FARGO HAS HAD, UH, IN THE PAST. 
          UH, THAT WAS BUILT INTO OUR SCORING, AND WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS. 
          THAT PROCESS INCLUDES OUR LOCAL PREFERENCE. 
          AND, AND WELLS FARGO DOES HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE HERE. 
          UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE SCORE SHEETS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THAT AGENDA ITEM, FOR THOSE BANKS THAT ARE ABOVE $500 MILLION, THEY WERE THE LAST ONE PICKED UP. 
          BUT AGAIN, FROM AN UNDERWRITING PERSPECTIVE, UH, THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE WITH WELLS FARGO, UM, WE FELT COMFORTABLE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT POOL. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, BEN. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING A DELAY. 
          UH, I DON'T SEE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          UH, HERE. 
          UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DELAY OF ITEM 14. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, SO THIS WILL BE DELAYED TO NEXT WEEK? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WE'LL GO, UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL OF THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AT THIS POINT. 
          [City Manager's Report
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UM, IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR. 
          JUST ONE ITEM. 
          UH, WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, ONE OF OUR NUTRITION SPECIALISTS AT, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. 
          AND MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THESE EMPLOYEES. 
          UH, WE HAVE A SPECIALIST AT EACH OF OUR SENIOR CENTERS THAT, UM, OVERSEES OUR HEALTHY EATING, AGING AND LIVING MEAL PROGRAM. 
          AND, UH, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING, UM, EVIDENCE-BASED NUTRITION EDUCATION TO THE MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATED OUR, AT OUR SENIOR CENTERS. 
          AND, UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S A, UH, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR OLDER, UM, CONSTITUENTS AND CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS TO, UH, GATHER AT OUR, AT OUR SENIOR CENTER. 
          SO, LET'S ROLL THE VIDEO. 
          UH, YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL MEET, UH, MARIA ANDRE, ONE OF OUR NUTRITION SPECIALISTS. 
          MR. ANDY, MY JOB ENTAILS, UH, PROVIDING THE MEMBERS WITH THE NUTRITION BASED SCIENCE, UH, NUTRITION EDUCATION. 
          EVERYTHING THAT I PROVIDE FOR THEM IS COMPLETELY APPROVED BY THE DIETICIAN. 
          IT JUST MEANS PROVIDING THE MEMBERS WITH INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF, BUT ALSO PROVIDING THEM WITH A FORM THAT THEY UNDERSTAND BEST. 
          PART OF THE JOB IS SEEING MY MEMBERS DAY TO DAY COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, WELCOME ME WITH A SMILE. 
          FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, SEEING THAT THEY'RE HAPPY TO SEE ME AND COME IN FOR MY PRESENTATIONS, FOR MY NUTRITION PRESENTATIONS. 
          THEY COME IN WITH AN OPEN MIND, YOU KNOW, AND AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, THEY'RE ALWAYS VERY REASSURING WHENEVER THEY, YOU KNOW, HAVE QUESTIONS OF THEIR OWNS OR THEY COME BACK AND TELL ME, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION. 
          I REALLY ENJOYED, IT LETS ME KNOW THAT I'M DOING MY JOB. 
          AND KNOWING THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO SOMEONE YOU KNOW ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS. 
          AND KNOWING THAT I WAS THERE MAKES, MAKES ME FEEL REALLY GOOD. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M, I'M SMILING . 
          I HAVE TO ADMIT, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE DAYS WHERE, YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE RUNNING AROUND OR THERE'S NO STOPPING TO SIT DOWN FOR A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS WHAT I WAS MEANT TO DO. 
          I'M HAPPY, YOU KNOW, THAT I'M, I'M DOING WHAT I, WHAT I LOVE THAT I'M HERE AND THAT I WAS PROVIDED WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THAT'S IT FOR TODAY, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANKS ERIC. 
          UM, 
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ANDY, DO WE HAVE AN EXEC SESSION? NO EXACT SESSION TODAY, MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          YOUR TIME IS 11:15 AM ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF JUNE, 2023, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          HAVE A GREAT DAY.
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