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WE HAVE COUNCILMAN CASTILLO HERE.
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UH, ORDER OF BUSINESS.WE HAD A MEETING ON MAY 10TH, UM, AND, UH, WE'VE GOT MINUTES THAT WE NEED TO APPROVE.
COUNCILMAN CASTRO, DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO READ THOSE? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THOSE MINUTES? SO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? SURE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
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LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN AUSTIN.GIVE US SOME GOOD NEWS, SALLY.
I HAVE A LOT OF GOOD NEWS, SO PLEASE READ BETWEEN THE LINES AND I PROMISE YOU'LL LEAVE HAPPY.
BUT GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BACK BEFORE YOU TODAY, UM, AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF OUR, UM, 88TH STATE SESSION, AT LEAST THE REGULAR ONE THAT IS.
UH, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UH, QUICK OVERVIEW, SPECIAL SESSION UPDATE.
AS MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD, UH, THE GOVERNOR IMMEDIATELY AFTER ADJOURNMENT, UM, OF THE LEGISLATURE CALLED A SPECIAL SESSION.
I WILL PROVIDE SOME DETAILS THERE.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, A WRAP UP OF THE, UM, END OF THE REGULAR SPECIAL SESSION.
UH, THE GOVERNOR CALLED ON MAY 29TH AT 9:00 PM IS, UH, IMMEDIATELY AFTER ADJOURNMENT OF, UM, THE REGULAR 88TH LEGISLATURE.
UH, A SPECIAL SESSION TO LAST 30 DAYS, UP TO 30 DAYS WITH SPECIFICALLY TWO TOPICS, UH, SCHOOL PROPERTY TAXES, AND, UH, BORDER SECURITY.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, SPECIAL SESSIONS, UM, ARE TO BE FOCUSED ONLY ON THE TOPICS, UM, THAT THE GOVERNOR, UH, CALLS IN FOR THAT SPECIAL SESSION.
AND SPECIFICALLY HERE, UM, THE HOUSE AND SENATE, UM, ARE CONTINUING TO WORK AND NEGOTIATE ON, UM, THE COMPRESSION OF SCHOOL PROPERTY TAXES AND BORDER SECURITY BILLS.
AS YOU SEE HERE, THE HOUSE PASS, HB ONE, UM, AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, H UH, J R ONE AND THE SENATE DID THE SAME ON SB ONE AND THEIR BORDER SECURITY BILL AS WELL.
UM, NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING, UM, ON PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
AND AS YOU WILL SEE HERE, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE HOUSE AND SENATE DO AGREE ON THE, UH, TOTAL FUNDING OR THE TRANCHE OF, UH, UTILIZING 17.6 BILLION FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ON THE HOUSE SIDE OF THE PLAN.
THEIR PROPOSAL IS TO USE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE 17.6 BILLION FOR COMPRESSION OF, UH, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF UNDER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TAXES.
AND THIS WOULD, UM, ALLOW FOR RELIEF FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, AND INCLUDING BUSINESSES ON THE SENATE SIDE, SAME AMOUNT.
HOWEVER, THE STATE, THE SENATE, UH, PLAN INCLUDES THE PROPOSAL TO UTILIZE 70% OF THE 17.6 FOR TAX COMPRESSION AND, UH, 30%, UH, UTILIZATION FOR A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR HOMEOWNERS.
THE PLAN INCLUDES INCREASING THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION BY 60%, UM, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, I'M SORRY, WOULD INCREASE BY 60,000, WHICH WOULD ALLOW HOMEOWNERS TO TAKE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO THE GOOD NEWS, AS THE GOVERNOR HAS POINTED OUT, UM, IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERSHIP IS THAT THEY AGREE ON, UH, THE TRANCHE, UH, MANY TIMES THE AMOUNT OF, UH, FUNDING TO BE EXPENDED IS, IS NORMALLY SOMETHING THAT'S NOT AGREED UPON.
HOWEVER, NEGOTIATIONS, UM, WILL BE ONGOING BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY, THEY, UH, ARE, ARE IN DIFF SEPARATE SIDES OF THE PLAN.
MOVING ON SPECIFICALLY TO, UM, COSA INITIATIVES, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, AND, AND HAVE YOU RECALL FROM PAST PRESENTATIONS, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND TEAMWORK, UM, MOVED FORWARD ON THESE PARTICULAR BILLS.
SB 2020, YOU RECALL, IS A PROJECT FINANCE ZONE.
IT HAS BEEN SENT, UM, TO THE GOVERNOR, UM, FOR SIGNATURE OR TO ALLOW IT TO BECOME LAW, UM, ONCE THE DEADLINE, UH, SETS ON THE BILL.
UM, HB 47 59 IS THE DANGEROUS DOG BILL, UM, SENT TO THE GOVERNOR AS WELL.
SO WE ARE STILL CONTINUING TO MONITOR, UM, THESE BILLS FOR SIGNATURE AND OR FOR THEM TO BECOME LAW.
UM, AT, UM, THE EXPIRATION DATE, UH, THAT'S COMING UP ON, ON THE 18TH.
A BIG THANKS TO OUR DELEGATION, UM, THAT SUPPORTED SENATOR MENENDEZ, REPRESENTATIVE GERVIN HAWKINS, UM, REPRESENTATIVE, UM, COMPOST ON, ON THESE BILLS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK ON BOTH SIDES, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE BILLS, UH, MADE IT TO THE FINISH LINE.
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HALLELUJAH, 47 14.OUR COURT REPORTING BILL, UH, FINALLY MADE IT TO THE FINISH LINE.
IT WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR JUST YESTERDAY.
UM, AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE IS SEPTEMBER ONE.
UH, WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND THE WORK THAT OUR MUNICIPAL COURT, UM, AND, AND JUDGE DID TO SUPPORT THIS BILL.
AND THEY WENT UP TO THE CAPITOL TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT.
CHRISTINE WRIGHT HAS BEEN USHERING THIS BILL FOR FOR MANY A SESSIONS, AND, UH, JEFF CAN, CAN CONTEST THAT THERE'S BEEN, UH, MULTIPLE EFFORTS AS AT THIS BILL.
AND ESSENTIALLY IT'S ALLOWING THE MUNICIPAL COURT TO USE ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO RECORD COURTROOM PROCEEDINGS.
IT ALIGNS WITH OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE STATE.
SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT, UM, THIS ONE MADE IT, UM, TO THE FINISH LINE.
YOU'LL RECALL THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED, UM, STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM INCLUDED THESE FOUR PILLARS, PROTECTION OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESILIENCY.
SO THE NEXT SEVERAL BILLS, UM, WE ORGANIZED, UH, THE SLIDES AND THIS FINAL UPDATE FOR YOU UNDER THESE FOUR PILLARS.
UH, I'LL KICK IT OFF WITH PROTECTION OF, OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.
YOU RECALL LAST MONTH, UM, DURING THE A SESSION, I, UM, SHARED THAT HP, UH, 2127, THIS IS A SUPER PREEMPTION BILL, UM, THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH OUR CITY.
UM, ORDINANCES, UM, PASSED THE HOUSE AND SENATE LAST MONTH.
IT'S PENDING AT THE GOVERNOR'S LEVEL.
UM, WE DO EXPECT IT TO, UH, TO BE SIGNED, UH, OF COURSE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT WE HAVE HEARD, UM, THE GOVERNOR EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL.
UM, UH, ONCE IT BECOMES LAW, UM, IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
SEPTEMBER 1ST, UM, ON THE GOOD NEWS FRONT, HB 2266, THIS IS A STATE LICENSING BILL.
ESSENTIALLY, THE OCCUPATION'S LICENSING BILL, UH, VERSION OF 2127.
UH, REALLY HAPPY TO REPORT ON THIS ONE.
THIS WAS A REALLY BADLY WRITTEN BILL.
IT WOULD HAVE INTERFERED WITH OVER 25 INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONS THAT THE TEXAS LICENSING, UM, COMMISSION LICENSEES LICENSES ACROSS THE STATE, UM, UH, FROM ZONING TO BUILDING TO PERMITTING.
SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT THIS ONE, UM, DID NOT PASS, UM, ONTO, UH, 2239.
THIS WAS A REMOVAL OF ASH JUNIPER TREES.
THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK DONE COORDINATION WITH OUR MILITARY AFFAIRS TEAM, GENERAL ALA TIM WALL, OUR, UH, J B S A PARTNERS.
THE BILL, UM, MADE IT AS FAR AS IT COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY BEFORE IT WAS FULLY AT THE END OF THE FINISH LINE.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OPPOSITION.
UH, OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAMS, MILITARY AFFAIRS, AND J B SS A TESTIFIED IN OPPOSITION MULTIPLE TIMES, BROUGHT A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THE IMPACT, THE POTENTIAL IMPACT TO MILITARY MISSIONS IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, AND ACROSS, UM, THE STATE.
IT STALLED AT THE END, AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT TODAY.
UM, AS I SHARED ONTO 5 67, THE TEXAS CROWN ACT.
UM, IT HAD PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS LAST MONTH.
IT'S BEEN, UM, SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR SINCE THEN, AND IT WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
SEPTEMBER ONE, YOU RECALL, COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ, UM, IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE STATE VERSION, WHICH, UM, PASSED.
AND THEN, UM, THERE'S ALSO A FEDERAL VERSION OF THE CROWN ACT, UM, ONTO HB ONE.
UM, FROM THE APPROPRIATIONS FRONT, OUR, UH, STATE PROGRAM INCLUDES, UH, SUPPORT, UM, FOR FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO, UH, SUPPORT, UH, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
UM, THE DAG GRANT IS, UH, A PROGRAM THAT THE CITY AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE, UH, TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF.
A YEAR AFTER YEAR, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED TWO ROUNDS OF $5 MILLION EACH, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE THIS.
UM, THE, WE WERE SUPPORTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
IT LANDED AT 30 MILLION, SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT IT'S AT THE GOVERNOR'S LEVEL, UH, FOR SIGNATURE, UM, AND IT WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
SEPTEMBER ONE, UH, A LITTLE BIT HERE ON SB 1 75.
TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING BILL, UH, PROHIBITING THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
YOU RECALL, I REPORTED ON THIS ONE.
THERE WAS A MOVEMENT ON THIS ONE EARLY, UM, IN THE SESSION.
UM, IT STALLED AND, UM, FORTUNATELY IT DID NOT PASS ANOTHER REALLY BAD BILL.
THIS WAS THE M O U GENERAL, UH, FUND TRANSFER THAT WOULD'VE PREVENTED THE CITY FROM TRANSFERRING REVENUE FROM C P S, UH, TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
WE HAD OUR C F O TESTIFY, UM, IN OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL.
THERE WAS A, SOME REALLY GOOD DISCUSSIONS WITH, UM, THE, THE BILL AUTHOR ON SAN, UH, THE CITY'S, UH, FUNCTION AND THE, THE SEPARATION, UH, BETWEEN C P S BOARD, UM, AND THE CITY.
WE RECEIVED, UM, SOME COMPLIMENTS ABOUT HOW, UM, BUSINESS IS DONE IN SAN ANTONIO WITH THE
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OUR C P SS ENERGY, UM, OPERATIONS.AND ULTIMATELY, THE BILL DID NOT GET FURTHER TRACTION AND IT DID NOT PASS.
SO, A VERY GOOD NEWS HERE, UM, ONTO SB 1794.
UH, WE OPPOSED THIS BILL FROM THE BEGINNING, AND, UH, THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE SESSION.
UM, THIS BILL, UM, WAS FILED WITHOUT SIGNATURE, UM, ON JUNE 2ND AND BECOMES EFFECTIVE, UM, ON MARCH ONE.
UH, THE MARCH ONE DATE, UM, IS SPECIFICALLY IMPORTANT FOR, FOR US.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE THE CITY HAS APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED AND TWENTY, A HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE, UH, PROPERTIES, UH, CURRENTLY IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST SIDE, UM, UNDER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT THIS DATE, UH, THAT, THAT THE SEPTEMBER ONE DATE WAS NOT PART, UM, OF THIS BILL TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE ESDS DID NOT HAVE, UM, A WINDOW, UM, TO TAKE ON ADDITIONAL DEBT THAT THE, ULTIMATELY THE CITY WOULD POTENTIALLY BECOME RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, IF AND WHEN WE ANNEX THEM.
SO, NOT, UH, THE BEST OF OUTCOMES HERE.
BUT, UM, WE ARE CERTAINLY HAPPY WITH THE MARCH ONE, UH, EFFECTIVE DATE, SB 2038.
THIS WAS THE E T J BILL, ANOTHER BILL, UM, IN COORDINATION THAT WE, UH, WORKED CLOSELY WITH, UM, THE BAIL AUTHOR.
UM, ULTIMATELY THE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND OUR MILITARY PARTNERS, UM, WILL NOT BE AFFECTED.
IT WAS, UM, SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR ON MAY 19TH, AND ITS EFFECTIVE DATE IS SEPTEMBER ONE ONTO SB 12, THE, UH, SEXUALLY ORIENTED PERFORMANCES.
UM, THIS BILL ESSENTIALLY TAKES AWAY THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY TO ALLOW DRAG PERFORMANCES IN PUBLIC, UH, PREMISES, UM, SPECIFICALLY, UM, FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 19.
UM, IT COULD AFFECT FIESTA AND PRIDE EVENTS AND, AND OTHER, UH, TYPE OF EVENTS THAT THE, THAT THE CITY, UH, SPONSORS.
SO WE WILL ASK AND COORDINATE WITH, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO UNPACK, UM, THIS BILL, UH, FURTHER, UH, I S SB 1207.
THIS IS THE MENENDEZ ALLISON BILL.
YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY, UH, THIS WAS ACTUALLY, IT'S A TYPO HERE.
THE, THE GOVERNOR SIGNED IT ON MAY 15TH.
UM, SO I, I DID ANNOUNCE THAT, AND THERE WAS AN EMAIL CIRCULATING ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
SO I APOLOGIZE, UM, FOR THE TYPO, UM, THIS WAS A FIRE POLICE AND A PENSION BILL THAT WAS PART OF OUR STATE PROGRAM AS WELL.
SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT IT, UM, ULTIMATELY BECAME LAW ONTO SB 1412.
THIS WAS THE ADUS BILL THAT WOULD'VE INTERFERED, UM, WITH, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADUS AND OUR ORDINANCES IN OUR PROGRAMMING UNDER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
IT DID NOT PASS LOST TRACTION, SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT THAT, UM, IT FAILED TO PASS, UM, ON, UM, 40 82, HB 40 82.
THIS IS A C, UH, UH, OS BILL, THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS.
THIS SPECIFICALLY BILL DEFINES PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS FURTHER, UM, THAT A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT CAN USE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS FOR.
IT STILL DOES INCLUDE THE TRADITIONAL USES FOR CFOS LIKE STREETS, ROADS, BRIDGES, UM, OKAY TO USE ON AIRPORT PROJECTS.
UM, IT CAN BE USED FOR THE EXPANSION AND CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE, UM, OF AN EXISTING STADIUM OR ARENA.
HOWEVER, IT CANNOT, UH, BE USED FOR A FACILITY, WHICH, UH, 50%, UM, AVERAGE OF THE, UH, UH, ANNUAL USAGE IS USED FOR PROFESSIONAL OR SEMI-PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, OR, UM, A NEW STADIUM.
SO THERE'S SOME NUANCES TO THIS THAT WILL ALSO, UM, UNPACK FURTHER, UM, THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR FINANCE TEAM.
BUT, UM, WE DON'T, UH, WE DON'T PER, UH, SEE THAT THERE WILL BE A, UH, AN IMPACT, UM, TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S OPERATIONS ON THE CO'S FRONT.
THIS IS A HOUSE DISCRIMINATION BILL THAT WE WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
IT PROHIBITS A PROPERTY OWNER'S ASSOCIATION FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST, UM, A TENANT THAT USES VOUCHERS, UM, TO PAY FOR THEIR RENT.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UM, TO SHOW THIS ONE FOR YOU.
UM, IT WAS, UH, A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT IT WAS SENT TO THE GOVERNOR.
UM, AS WELL, THIS WAS, UM, IN A, A SITUATION THAT HAPPENED NOT IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, IN A DIFFERENT COUNTY, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, PROTECTS, UH, RENTERS, UM, THAT HAVE, UM, THAT ARE, UH, ELIGIBLE FOR, UM, HUD OR, OR OTHER STATE AND FEDERAL VOUCHERS TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THEIR RENT.
THIS IS THE SAFE HAVEN DAVY BOX BILL.
YOU RECALL, COUNCILMAN COURAGE WAS A TREMENDOUS CHAMPION, UM, ON THIS BILL.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF VERSIONS.
UM, OUR DELEGATION, UM, BILL DID NOT MOVE, BUT THIS ONE DID, UH, BY HUGHES,
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AND IT ESSENTIALLY ADDS FIRE DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO THE LIST OF ELIG ELIGIBLE ENTITIES THAT ARE, UM, ABLE TO HAVE THE, THE SAFE, UH, BABY BOXES TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TAKE, UM, THE POSSESSION OF CERTAIN ABANDONED CHILDREN.SO, UM, SENT TO THE GOVERNOR, EFFECTIVE DATE IS SEPTEMBER ONE.
UM, THIS IS, UM, A LEGISLATIVE, UM, BILL THAT, UM, IS, UH, ALSO ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HAS HAD GREAT SUCCESS AS AN ALTERNATIVE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CHILDREN, UM, THAT ARE GIVEN UP BY THEIR PARENTS OR ABANDONED, UM, HAVE, HAVE AN ALTERNATE TO BE ABLE TO BE IN A SAFE SPACE.
UM, SB 1325 NOTICE TO VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE.
UM, AS YOU RECALL, THIS REQUIRES THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UM, TO PROVIDE, UM, A LIST, UM, AND INFORMATION IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH TO VICTIMS ABOUT THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS.
UM, THEY'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE INFORMATION ON HOW THEY CAN ATTAIN, UH, CERTAIN SUPPORT SERVICES, UM, HOUSING SERVICES, UM, AND LEGAL SERVICES.
IT'S BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, AND THAT ONE IS, UM, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
UM, UNDER PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, WE HAVE HB 12, UM, EXTENDED CARE, UM, AFTER PREGNANCY.
THIS EXTENDS THE, UH, ABILITY FOR, UM, WOMEN WHO CURRENTLY HAVE MEDICAID COVERAGE TO RECEIVE, UM, MEDICAL CARE UNDER, UM, MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR UP TO 12 MONTHS.
UM, IT WAS SIX MONTHS, AND SO THOSE ADDITIONAL MONTHS ARE GONNA BE SUPER BENEFICIAL, UM, FOR, UM, WOMEN, UM, THAT ARE RECEIVING, UH, THIS TYPE OF MEDICAL CARE.
UM, IT WAS SENT TO THE GOVERNOR, AND IT WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER ONE.
UM, ALSO UNDER, UM, HEALTH SECTION OF OUR PROGRAM, HB NINE 16 RELATED TO CONTRACEPTIVE CARE.
THIS ONE ALSO ALLOWS WOMEN WHO CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, A PRESCRIPTION FOR BIRTH, BIRTH CONTROL CARE TO RECEIVE, UM, UP TO A 12 MONTH SUPPLY, UM, OF, OF THAT PRESCRIPTION.
SO THIS WAS ALSO CAPPED AT SIX MONTHS, AND NOW, UH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE UP TO, UP TO 12 MONTHS.
UM, IT WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, UH, ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
AND, UM, IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 24.
UM, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS HB 34 39.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL, UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS ALSO OPPOSITION FROM PROFESSIONAL VETERINARIANS, UM, CLAIMING VARIOUS, UH, THINGS THAT IT WOULD IMPACT, UM, THEIR BUSINESS.
SO THERE WAS SOME BACK AND FORTH.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, IT, IT EVENTUALLY STALLED AND, AND IT DID NOT PASS.
AND, UH, WE, WE WISH THE OUTCOME WAS DIFFERENT, BUT, UM, AGAIN, IT STALLED DUE TO THE OPPOSITION, AND IT DID NOT ULTIMATELY PASS, UM, UNDER INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESILIENCY.
YOU RECALL THAT I REPORTED ON THE, UH, BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
UM, BILL, UM, THIS IS A LEADERSHIP, UH, PRIORITY.
IT WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
AND SO WE WILL BE, UH, WORKING WITH OUR INNOVATION TEAM TO UNPACK THIS BILL AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL COME OUT OUT OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE TO TACKLE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
UM, THIS TWO BROADBAND, UM, IS PART OF OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM.
SO WE KEPT A CLOSE EYE ON THIS ONE, MADE OUR DELEGATION AWARE THAT THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UM, IT WAS RECENTLY SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR ON JUNE 9TH, AND IT WILL, UH, BECOME EFFECTIVE, UH, JANUARY 1ST, 2024.
UM, IT ALSO COMES WITH H G R 1 25, UM, IF APPROVED BY VOTERS, UM, ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE, HB 2230.
THIS ONE'S A TRANSPORTATION FUNDING.
UM, IT EXTENDS THE AUTHORIZATION OF PROP ONE AND SEVEN, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 40% OF THE TECH DOT FUNDING.
UM, THIS FUNDING IS FOR ROADS HIGHWAYS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND IT EXTENDED, UM, THE EXPIRATION DATE OUT TO DECEMBER OF 2042.
MR. CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT.
UH, DURING THE STATE SESSION, SEVERAL OF YOU CAME UP, UM, THANK YOU TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THEIR STAFFS FOR HELPING US TRACK MONITOR, UM, AND GO UP TO, UH, THE STATE CAPITOL TO TESTIFY MANY TIMES, LONG HOURS TO WAIT FOR THEIR TESTIMONY TO COME UP.
WE CAME OUT WITH SOME BRUISES, BUT I THINK FROM, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PRESENTATION, THERE WERE MANY SUCCESSES THAT WERE PART OF A, A, A VERY COMPREHENSIVE STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM, UM, THAT YOU REVIEWED, VETTED, UM, AND, AND, UH, HELPED US FOCUS ON WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO SAN ANTONIO.
UM, A BIG THANK YOU TO, TO MY TEAM, UM, IN THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, NADIA
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ISLAM, CHRISTINE WRIGHT, EDUARDO CARRASCO, WHO FROM FROM HERE, FROM OUR HOME BASE, DID A LOT OF THE RESEARCH, UM, AND, AND ADDITIONAL DUTIES THAT COME WITH TRACKING AND MONITORING OVER 1500 BILLS.SO THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, LEAD, UH, THE CITY UP AT THE STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AND THANKS TO JEFF, UM, WHO WENT THROUGH MANY OF THESE, UH, BEFORE ME AND WAS, UH, THERE, UM, SO MUCH TO GUIDE US AND GIVE US, UH, THE PERSPECTIVE OF, UH, WHERE TO TURN LEFT AND RIGHT AND WENT TO JUST WALK FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU, JEFF, FOR, FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
AND, UH, 2025 CAN TAKE AS LONG AS IT WANTS TO, TO COME FOR THE NEXT SESSION.
UH, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE FIRST SPECIAL SESSION.
UH, HOWEVER, WE DO KNOW THAT BECAUSE NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING, SPECIFICALLY ON PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, WE DO ANTICIPATE THE GOVERNOR WILL CALL ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION, OR AS MANY, BUT VERY FOCUSED AS YOU NOTED.
UM, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SURE.
UH, THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU SALLY AND TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE ADVOCACY OVER AT THE CAPITOL, UH, DESPITE ALL THE BAD THINGS THAT PASSED, RIGHT, I REMAIN HOPEFUL.
UM, AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS DURING THE ESSAY TO DC TRIP, I ATTENDED, UH, THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION AND LABOR.
AND HEARING THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AND, UH, BEING PLEASANTLY SURPRISED, HEARING REPUBLICANS ADVOCATE FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION AND MOBILE CLINICS, UH, WAS SOMETHING THAT GAVE ME A LITTLE HOPE, RIGHT? DESPITE COMING BACK, UH, TO THE STATE OF TEXAS WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF FRICTION, UM, BUT ALSO SEEING AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT, YOU KNOW, MEDICAID EXPANSION FOR MOTHERS TO COVER A YEAR OF COVERAGE AFTER BIRTH PASSED, SEEING THAT, UM, BIRTH CONTROL FROM SIX TO TO 12 MONTHS PASSED, UM, IT IS, UM, PRO PROVIDES A, A, A GLIMPSE OF HOPE.
UH, ON ANOTHER NOTE, THE DRAINAGE PROJECT FUNDING TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT PAST, UM, DISTRICT FIVE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT, UH, DRAINAGE AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE SOME OF OUR MOST IN, UM, EXPENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
AND OPPORTUNITY TO LAYER THAT FUNDING TO SUPPORT, UH, PROJECTS ON THE GROUND HERE, SEEING THAT OPPORTUNITY PROVIDES ME SOME HOPE.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO HONE IN ON SOME OF THE P F C CHANGES THAT PASS, RIGHT? IT CODIFIES ESSENTIALLY, UH, AFFORDABILITY WITHIN P F C, UH, PROJECTS.
AND IT ALSO ENSURES THAT SECTION EIGHT RESIDENTS ARE NOT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, REQUIRES BOTH THE PUBLISHING OF COMPLIANCE WITH TENANT POLICIES AND TENANT SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER POLICIES REQUIRES AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING TO SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER HOLDERS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, THINGS WITHIN P F C DEALS FOR, UH, TENANT PROTECTIONS, WHICH I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE.
UM, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, UH, REGARDING THE 2220, THE PROJECT FINANCE ZONES, AND I MAY HAVE ASKED THIS DURING OUR LAST BRIEFING, BUT WOULD THIS IMPACT OR POTENTIALLY DIVERT FUNDING, UM, FROM ARTS, IF WE'RE USING THE HOT TAX TO SUSTAIN THIS ZONE? UH, WOULD IT BE, UH, REMOVING FUNDING FROM, UM, THE ARTS DEPARTMENT? NO, IT DOES NOT.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN, THIS SPECIFICALLY TAKES FUNDING FROM, UM, THE OVERAGE FROM THE STATE PORTION OF HOTEL, UH, BEVERAGE, UH, FUNDING TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO UTILIZE FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE CONVENTION CENTER, UM, IN THE ALAMO DOME.
SO THE SHORT ANSWER, THE QUICK ANSWER IS, DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE, UH, ARTS AND CULTURE FUNDING.
UM, THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND THEN, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS THAT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS ALREADY A ZONE IDENTIFIED.
UH, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, DO WE KNOW IF THERE'S A ZONE THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO APPLY THIS IN? SO THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM INCLUDES A THREE MILE RADIUS MM-HMM.
THE OTHER ZONES THAT THEY MIGHT BE REFERRING TO ARE THE OTHERS THAT EXIST THAT HAVE THIS DESIGNATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UM, WHICH IS, UH, DALLAS IN, UH, FORT WORTH.
AND, UM, SAN ANTONIO AND HOUSTON FILED BILLS THIS SESSION TO BE, HAVE THAT SAME DESIGNATION.
SO IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE, JEFF, IF YOU KNOW OF, OF SPECIFICALLY ANYTHING OTHER THAN LIKE THAT WAS REPORTED.
THERE, THERE IS A, ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT IN STATE LAW THAT YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH, CALLED A QUALIFIED HOTEL PROJECT ZONE.
UM, THIS PHYSICALLY OVERLAPS THAT, BUT DOESN'T, DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH IT BECAUSE WHAT IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS IS EVERY OTHER HOTEL IN THE, IN THE THREE MILE ZONE, ONCE, IF AND WHEN WE CREATE IT HASN'T BEEN CREATED YET.
UM, THE STATE PORTION OF THE TAXES COLLECTED IN THOSE HOTELS WOULD BE REBATED TO THE COMMUNITY
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TO INVEST IN THE CONVENTION CENTER IN ALAMO DO.SO I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER, UH, CON ZONE THAT WOULD BE IN CONFLICT HERE.
AND YOU MENTIONED A QUALIFIED HOTEL PROJECT ZONE IS THE OTHER.
YEAH, THAT'S, AND THAT'S AN EXISTING PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN A PART OF, UH, FOR YEARS.
IN FACT, I, IT WAS INITIALLY USED TO BUILD THE, UM, THE, UH, GRAND HYATT THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE CONVENTION CENTER.
UH, AND IT'S USED ALL OVER THE STATE, UH, FOR CONVENTION RELATED, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IN, IN TEXAS CITY.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY OTHER PROGRAM I KNOW THAT'S SORT OF RELATED TO THIS, BUT, UM, BUT NOT IN CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, SALLY, FOR YOUR WORK, YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR TEAM'S HARD WORK, UM, ON, ON THE SESSION THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S NOT OVER EXACTLY, BUT I HOPE WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF REST IN BETWEEN.
UM, AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I, I JUST WANNA QUICKLY MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, THE, THE ASH JUNIPER, UH, BILL THAT DIDN'T PASS, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
AND OF COURSE, YEAH, THANKS TO GENERAL AYLA.
I KNOW HE WORKED HARD ON THIS.
IT'S A KIND OF A STRANGE SITUATION, UH, TO COME UP BECAUSE I THINK THE, THE LANGUAGE WAS SO VAGUE, UM, THAT IT WOULD ALLOW FOR A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL, UM, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS TO REMOVE THESE, THESE TREES.
AND THEN THE, THE COVETED GOLDEN CHEEK WARBLER WOULD GO TO OUR MILITARY BASES WHO HAVE TO FOLLOW THE, THE, OF COURSE, THE REGULATIONS.
AND IT WOULD, IT MAY HAVE RESULTED IN A LOSS OF A MISSION, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A, A VERY SMALL THING, BUT IT COULD, IT COULD HAVE REALLY AFFECTED OUR MILITARY, UM, LIFE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO THANKFUL THAT, THAT, THAT DID NOT PASS.
UM, I HAVE, THE BIGGEST QUESTION I HAVE REALLY IS ABOUT THE, THE PREEMPTION BILL.
UM, HOW WILL WE, WHEN WE'LL BE BEGIN TO LOOK AT HOW THAT'S GONNA AFFECT US, UH, I'M SURE WE'LL GET LIKE A B SESSION OR SOMETHING ON IT, BUT, UM, I'M CURIOUS WHAT, UM, WELL, HOW WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT'S GONNA AFFECT US.
'CAUSE, UH, UM, I'VE BEEN IN SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT I, THAT SALLY HASN'T BEEN.
I KNOW THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS LOOKING AT IT.
AND, AND TALKING WITH THE OTHER STATE ABOUT WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE, POTENTIALLY.
I THINK THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL YEAH.
UM, THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY DIRECT ORDINANCE.
THE, UM, WE'RE NOT AWARE OF AN ORDINANCE THAT AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE BILL IS GONNA GO AWAY.
UM, BUT CLEARLY, AS SALLY HAS TALKED ABOUT ALL SESSION LONG, IT, IT, IT TAKES AWAY THE AUTHORITY AND THE DISCRETION OF YOU IN THE FUTURE, UM, TO ADDRESS ISSUES.
UH, WE THERE SOME OF THE SMALL VICTORIES IN WHAT WAS AN OTHERWISE, UH, LOSING BATTLE WERE THAT, UM, OUR RETAIL PET SALES ORDINANCE IS GRANDFATHERED.
OUR PAYDAY LENDING ORDINANCE IS GRANDFATHERED.
WE JUST CAN'T AMEND THOSE AND, AND CHANGE THEM.
SO IF THE PAYDAY LENDING INDUSTRY COMES OUT WITH A PRODUCT THAT GETS AHEAD OF OUR, AROUND OUR ORDINANCE, OUR HANDS ARE TIED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE FUTURE.
SO, SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF CHALLENGES WE'RE DEALING WITH.
IT'S MORE ABOUT THE DISCRETION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL THAT OKAY.
AND I MEAN, YOU, YOU, YOU SAID SALLY, THERE, WE GOT SOME BRUISES, BUT WE ALSO, UH, A LOT OF SUCCESS.
UM, THIS IS, THIS IS LIKE, I THINK JEFF SAID IT WAS, THIS IS, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS, UM, WE'RE GONNA OPERATE FROM HERE FORWARD WITH ONE ARM TIED BEHIND OUR BACK.
SO I JUST WANNA KNOW EXACTLY OF AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WHAT, WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO, I GUESS, RIGHT.
OR THE, THE NUANCES OF IT ALL.
SO I'M SURE IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE TO FIGURE ALL THAT OUT.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE DANGEROUS DOG BILL, UM, PASSED.
THAT'S, UH, VERY, VERY PERTINENT TO US RIGHT NOW.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING ON THE POLICE AND FIRE PENSION RETIREMENT BILL.
I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS REALLY NEEDED, AND, UH, IT WAS A A TIME WHEN REALLY EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER.
UH, ONE OF THE RARE TIMES EVERYBODY WAS ON THE SAME PAGE.
DID THE GOVERNOR ALREADY SIGN IT, OR WAS IT JUST SENT TO HIM? IT WAS SIGNED ALREADY.
UM, UH, THE, I I I, THIS IS PROBABLY LIKE THE PREEMPTION BILL, SOMETHING THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT GOING INTO THE FUTURE, BUT I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA, UM, HOW WE CAN WORK TOWARDS EQUIPPING OUR POLICE STATIONS, FIRE STATIONS WITH, UH, THE BABY BOXES, THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES.
SO THAT'S, I KNOW, THAT'S COUNCILMAN COURAGE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE.
UM, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE US, UH, MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY ON THAT, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER, UM, I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE'LL WORK OUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND, AND LASTLY, UM, WE, I DON'T THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS IN A BRIEFING, BUT, UM, HOUSE BILL 1442 GAVE, UH, GAVE THE CITY TOOLS TO CURB STREET RACING AND TAKEOVERS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S ALLOWING, UM, THE CITY
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TO IMPOUND A VEHICLE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO SEIZE A VEHICLE THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED.AND, AND THIS IS A REAL REPERCUSSION FOR, FOR STREET RACERS AND, AND, UM, AND TAKEOVERS.
I'VE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY DURING A TAKEOVER.
IT'S PRETTY SCARY, YOU KNOW? UM, IT'S JUST KIND OF UNSETTLING.
BUT THEN ALSO, UH, I'M SURE IN ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS, BUT I HAPPEN TO LIVE NEAR PETRANKO ROAD, WHERE EVERY NIGHT I HEAR THE STREET RACING.
SO I'M, I'M THANKFUL THAT THAT'S GONNA, IT'S DANGEROUS, IT'S DANGEROUS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I'M THANKFUL THAT THAT'S PASSED AND, UH, I THINK WILL BE A, A VERY USEFUL TOOL TO US.
SO I THINK THE, THE STATE TOOK AWAY A LOT OF OUR
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR WORK ON THOSE.
YEAH, I JUST, COUPLE OF THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WORK TO BE UP THERE ALL THAT TIME.
UM, DO YOU FORESEE IN ANY OF THE COMING SESSIONS THAT SOME OF THESE BILLS WILL BE REVIVED? UH, THE IMMEDIATE ANSWER, COUNCILWOMAN IS YES.
UM, SO AT EVERY SESSION, UM, THE BILL SPONSORS IT FAILED TO PASS CERTAIN BILLS.
WE'LL IMMEDIATELY REFILE THEM SESSION AFTER SESSION.
UM, 21, 27 IS A, IS A GOOD EXAMPLE, AND MANY OTHERS.
UM, SO DEFINITELY WE'LL SEE, UH, THE SAME, UM, CHALLENGES, UM, THAT CITIES OF LARGE CITIES OFTEN FACE DURING EVERY SESSION, UM, IN 2025.
WELL, I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE TO GEAR UP FOR SOME MORE BATTLES.
BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THESE SESSIONS WON'T BE AS BAD AS, UH, THE, THE MAJOR SESSION WAS.
THIS IS YOUR LAST I G R MEETING.
YOU DON'T WANNA, YOU DON'T WANNA THROW ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE.
IN, IN, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CASTRO.
I, I MAY FORGET TO MENTION IT LATER, BUT I DON'T WANT TO FOR, UH, I DON'T WANT TO FORGET, UM, APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
YOU'VE BEEN A VALUABLE MEMBER AND, UM, YOU'VE, YOU'VE MADE SOME VERY, UH, INSIGHTFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CONVERSATION.
SO, UH, HAPPY TO SERVE WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO.
AND I WAS TRYING REALLY HARD TO SHY AWAY FROM THE BAD THINGS THAT PASSED.
BUT REFLECTING ON, ON, ON THE LIST, UM, OF A COUPLE THINGS, RIGHT? LIKE THE, THE BAND OF GENDER AFFIRMING CARE TRANS KIDS AND SPORTSMAN, THE DRAG BAN.
I, I THINK, UH, NOW MORE THAN EVER, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CITY'S DELEGATE AGENCIES, AND THIS IS MORE OF A COMMENT FOR MY COLLEAGUES, UH, I, I THINK THERE'S A, A NEED AND RESPONSIBILITY TO, TO SCALE UP AND SUPPORT THOSE DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OUR L G B T Q I A COMMUNITY.
THAT'S, THAT'S VERY PROFOUND AND TRUE.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, IN THE CITY A VERY SERIOUS, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, UM, CRISIS AMONG THAT COMMUNITY.
WE'VE GOT A, UM, A VERY, VERY ALARMING CRISIS AS IT RELATES TO HOMELESSNESS AND, AND DRUG ADDICTION AND FOSTER CARE.
AND SO, UM, I, I THINK THAT CONSIDERING WE ARE, UH, BEGINNING THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS, OR WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BEGINNING OF THE CO BUDGET CONVERSATIONS, THAT THIS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR US TO LEAN IN.
SALLY, EVERYTHING I WANTED TO SAY HAS BEEN SAID, THANKS TO YOU AND, UM, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM.
AND I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO ENDURE ONE, TWO, MAYBE THREE SPECIAL SESSIONS.
BUT, UM, YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT.
SO, UM, I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO, UM, SEE YOU SUFFER AND HAVING TO TALK ABOUT THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION ANYMORE.
SO I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC, UH, WHICH, WHICH IS GONNA BE OUR, UH, D C I PILOT PROGRAM, UH, WHO'S GOT THAT COVERED? TIM WALL.
CHAIRMAN PLIE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TWO THINGS I'LL START OFF WITH.
HAPPY 248TH BIRTHDAY TODAY TO THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND IT'S FLAG DAY.
SO, UH, I WILL JUMP INTO AND GIVE YOU A VERY HIGH LEVEL, UH, DESCRIPTION OF THE DEFENSE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.
WE REFER TO IT SHORT AS DECI, AND THEN I'LL CLOSE WITH THE VERY BRIEF UPDATE ON THE STATE SORT OF VERSION OF IT, WHICH IS THE DEFENSE ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE GRANT, AS WE CALL IT, DA.
SO, DSIP, UH, HAS BEEN AROUND NOW, THIS IS THE FOURTH FISCAL YEAR FOR IT.
IT IS NOW APPROPRIATED AT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TOTAL.
UH, THE, EACH PROJECT THAT IS APPROVED CAN BE APPROVED UP TO $20 MILLION.
BUT A PROJECT, UH, CANNOT BE AWARDED IF IT'S, UH, ASSESSED.
OVERALL COST IS LESS THAN $250,000.
IT HAS TO BE OFF OF A MILITARY INSTALLATION.
BUT THE PROJECT HAS TO SUPPORT THE INSTALLATION OR ONE OF THEIR NEEDS.
UH, IT HAS TO BE OWNED BY, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR A NOT-FOR-PROFIT MEMBER OWNED UTILITY.
LET YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, UH, SAWS DID SUBMIT A PROJECT, SCORED VERY WELL.
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BY THE TIME, UM, IT GOT DOWN TO HOW MUCH MONEY WAS LEFT, UH, THEIR PROJECT WAS $4 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS LEFT.SO THEY, THEY DIDN'T LOSE OUT.
THEY, THEY COMPETED VERY WELL.
IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF, UH, REMAINING FUNDS TO, UH, TO AWARD.
IT HAS TO ENHANCE MILITARY VALUE OF THAT INSTALLATION OR ITS RESILIENCE OR QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE MEMBERS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ENDORSEMENT LETTER BY THE LOCAL INSTALLATION COMMANDER MAR THE PROJECT.
WE WILL BE SUBMITTING FOR THIS YEAR IN CONJUNCTION, UH, UH, WHY I SAY WE COLLECTIVELY, BUT PUBLIC WORKS IS FOR MARTINDALE ARMY HELIPORT.
THAT INSTALLATION'S OFF OF I TENANTS COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
IT IS NOT PART OF JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO.
SO BRIGADIER GENERAL DRIGGERS WILL NOT SIGN OR PROVIDE THAT ENDORSEMENT LETTER, IN FACT COME FROM.
AND WE ALREADY HAVE IT HAND FROM BRIGADIER GENERAL MONY ULI, WHO IS THE SENIOR ARMY, UH, OFFICE FOR THE TEXAS MILITARY DEPARTMENT, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.
UH, IT HAS TO BE CONSTRUCTION READY.
THERE ARE SEVERAL REQUIREMENTS THAT DEFINE CONSTRUCTION READY.
BUT ALL SAID AND DONE, THAT, THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UH, RIGHTS OF WAY, UH, ANY ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED AHEAD OF TIME.
THAT PROJECT HAS TO BE ABLE TO BREAK GROUND WITH ONE IN ONE YEAR.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING RIGHT OF WAY OR EASEMENTS, ALL THOSE THINGS COUNT TOWARDS THE PROJECT.
BEING ABLE TO, TO BREAK GROUND WITHIN ONE YEAR, AND YOU HAVE FIVE YEARS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT OR EXPEND THE FUNDS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR PROJECT PROPOSALS.
AND WE'RE WELL AHEAD OF THE GAME HERE.
A LOT OF HARD WORK'S BEEN, UH, DONE BY PUBLIC WORKS.
THEY'VE REALLY DONE THE, THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THIS, ALONG WITH THE CONSULTANT PROJECTS ARE DUE, UH, PROPOSALS ARE DUE NEXT FRIDAY, THE 23RD.
UH, AND THEN THERE ARE DATES IF YOU'RE INVITED TO SUBMIT A FULL APPLICATION, UH, THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS WOULD COME OUT AROUND AUGUST TIMEFRAME.
AND THEN ALL AGREEMENTS, UH, HAVE TO BE EXECUTED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, THE END OF THE, OBVIOUSLY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S FISCAL YEAR SO THAT THEY CAN OBLIGATE FUNDS.
BEFORE I PROCEED, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON JUST THE OVERALL DE OVERVIEW? OKAY.
SO THE PROJECT THAT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, OR HAS BEEN, WILL BE NOMINATED IS A PORTION OF ACKERMAN ROAD, UH, THAT IS JUST OFF THE I 10 FRONTAGE ROAD.
AND IT'S THE SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY INTO MARTINDALE ARMY HELIPORT.
UH, THE OVERALL PROJECT COST IS EL ESTIMATED ABOUT $900,000.
UH, THE GRANT REQUIRES A 30% MATCH, UH, AS IT, IT'S ABOUT 700 LINEAR FEET.
UM, IT IS A PROJECT OR A ROAD THAT THE CITY HAS PATCHED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, 2021 BEING THE LAST, UH, SIGNIFICANT WORK ON IT.
UH, THE ROAD IS IN, YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY POOR CONDITION.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY A REQUIREMENT.
THE GUARD CAME TO THE CITY AND SAID, IS THIS SOMETHING YOU CAN LOOK AT? BECAUSE IT'S TEARING UP OUR CARS.
IT'S KEEPING US FROM BEING ABLE TO GET THE MISSIONS ON TIME.
UM, AND, AND SEVERAL OTHER, UH, OTHER REASONS.
UH, THE PROJECT OVERALL WOULD TAKE THE CURRENT ASPHALT, UH, ROADWAY, AND IT WOULD BE RECONSTRUCTED TO CONCRETE, WHICH WILL PROVIDE A LASTER LONGING, UH, PROJECT OR LIFE OF THE PROJECT.
AND AT THAT LOCATION, THERE ARE, UH, AT LEAST ONE, IF NOT MORE, TRUCK STOPS.
SO 18 WHEELERS, SO THAT THAT HEAVY DAILY TRAFFIC, REPEATED TRAFFIC IS, IS, UH, DOING A LOT MORE DAMAGE TO THE ASPHALT.
AND THE, THE CONCRETE WOULD, WOULD DEFINITELY, UH, SUPPORT THAT, THAT TRAFFIC BETTER.
UH, TRANS SYSTEMS WAS RETAINED TO HELP DEVELOP THE APPLICATION.
THEY HAVE DONE GREAT WORK, UM, AND PUBLIC WORKS IS READY TO EXECUTE THAT PROJECT IF AWARDED.
THEY IN FACT, ALREADY HAD THIS PROJECT ON THEIR LONG RANGE PLANS FOR F Y 28 PUBLIC WORKS, IS THAT RIGHT? UM, BUT THE, THE MONEY THEY ALREADY HAD PROGRAMMED, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT WILL COVER THE COST MATCH.
SO THAT'S KIND OF BAKED IN, IF YOU WILL, UH, INTO THIS PROCESS.
UM, CITY OWNS THE ROAD, SO RIGHTS OF WAY IS, UH, ALREADY, UH, INHERENT TO THE CITY.
AND I'LL, THIS TIME IF PUBLIC WORKS, YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE I DIDN'T COVER, DIDN'T COVER ACCURATELY.
SO THAT WILL WRAP UP THE DSIP PORTION OF THE, UH, THE BRIEFING.
ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN CASTRO? ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
CAN, UH, I THINK YOU MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT THE, THE PRO THE CRITERIA.
UM, IT, IT, YOU NEED TO MEET IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING, UM, FOR, FOR DSIP ARE, ARE WE JUST SUBMITTING THAT ONE PROJECT? YES.
THAT IS THE, THE ONLY PROJECT THAT IS OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT, IF YOU WILL.
UM, SO THAT IS THE ONLY THING WE, WE'VE, WE'VE SCRUBBED, THIS HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS, MA'AM, THAT WE HAVE LOOKED FOR PROJECTS.
THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE ON THE BOND PROGRAM WHEN THEY ARE READY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT EVEN AT DESIGN YET.
UH, AND, AND THESE ARE INFRASTRUCTURE
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PROJECTS.SO AGAIN, WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO PARTNER AGAIN WITH, UH, WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
BUT A COUPLE OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE 18 TO 24 MONTHS BEFORE THEY'RE EVEN.
AND THAT THEN ASSUMES, AND THIS PROJECT IS, OR PROGRAM HAS BEEN FUNDED NOW, LIKE I, EXCEPT FOR FOUR YEARS.
SO PROVIDED THE, THE GOVERNMENT KEEPS PUTTING MONEY IN THE N D A A FOR THIS.
AND, AND THAT IS A GREAT SOURCE OF COST AVOIDANCE FOR THE CITY, OKAY.
IS BASICALLY YOU'RE, YOU'RE ONLY HAVING TO PAY FOR 30% WITH 30% COST MATCH OF, OF THE PROJECT.
SO WHEN YOU GET INTO PROJECTS THAT ARE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, I CAN TELL YOU LAST YEAR THERE WERE, IF IT WAS 14, MAYBE 16 PROJECTS, FOUR OF 'EM WERE IN EXCESS OF $10 MILLION.
SO IT, IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET NORTH OF, IT'S ALL BASED ON THE JUSTIFICATION AND THE SCORING, UH, MERIT OF YOUR, OF YOUR PROJECT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
AND WE DID HAVE THE LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FROM, UM, NOT FROM DRIGGERS, BUT, UM, YES, MA'AM.
I UNDERSTAND THAT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT FACTOR TO HAVE THAT IT, IT IS LETTER OF SUPPORT YOU HAVE, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THAT ENDORSEMENT LETTER YEAH.
YOU'RE, THEY WILL THANK YOU FOR SUBMITTING, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING FORWARD.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU'LL GET A TOO, SORRY.
UM, AND, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA, I'M SORRY IF YOU, YOU MENTIONED THIS, BUT WHEN WE MIGHT KNOW IF WE, UH, BASED ON THE TIMELINES THAT, THAT THE OFFICE OF LOCAL DEFENSE COMMUNITY COOPERATION.
UM, IT, THEY'RE BASED ON WHAT THEY HAD BRIEFED.
AND WEBINARS WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT MAYBE LATE JULY, DEFINITELY AUGUST TIMEFRAME, WHERE THEY SAY, HEY, CONGRATULATIONS.
WE WANT YOU TO SUBMIT A FORMAL APPLICATION.
UH, AND AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING FORWARD WHEN THEY INVITE YOU FOR FULL APPLICATIONS.
IT'S JUST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND THEN THE TRIGGER POINT FOR HERE WOULD BE, UH, FOR US TO GET AN ITEM ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA TO, YOU KNOW, AUTHORIZE, UH, ACCEPTANCE OF THE AWARD, YOU KNOW, BY, 'CAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS TO HAVE IT, UH, THE FUNDS OBLIGATED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER TO CLOSE OUT THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR.
I MEAN, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, SEEKING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES OUT.
AND OF COURSE, ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE ON THE APPLICATION.
AND, UM, OF COURSE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
UH, HAVE WE, I THOUGHT WE'D APPLIED FOR, UH, A DSIP GRANT IN THE PAST, THE, THE CITY NOW PRIOR, THIS HAS ONLY BEEN AROUND SINCE ABOUT 2019, MAYBE 2020.
UM, THIS CITY HAS, HAS NOT, NOW YOU MAY IT SINCE SAS IS, HAS THE CONNECTION TO THE CITY, THAT MAYBE WHAT YOU'RE THINKING OF, SIR.
DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT SAS DID APPLY LAST YEAR, WHAT I REFERENCED.
AND THEY HAD, THEY WERE INVITED TO SUBMIT THE FULL APPLICATION, UH, HAD THE ENDORSEMENT OF, OF, UH, J B S A.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, JUST BY THE TIME THEY STARTED GOING DOWN THEIR LIST OF RANKED PROJECTS, THEY GOT TO SASS SAS PROJECT WAS ESTIMATED THAT THEY, THEIR ASK WAS FOR 9 MILLION AND THERE WAS ONLY 5 MILLION LEFT TO AWARD.
SO THEY DIDN'T JUST SAY, HEY, WE'LL GIVE YOU A, WE'LL GIVE YOU 5 MILLION, YOU GOTTA COME UP WITH THE OTHER FOUR.
THEY JUST WENT TO THE NEXT PROJECT DOWN THAT THEY COULD FUND WITH THEIR REMAINING $5 MILLION.
AND SAS IS RESUBMITTING, UH, THIS YEAR AS WELL.
BUT THAT WILL, THAT'S OFF ON THEIR OWN, NOT CONNECTED TO THE, TO THE CITY.
AND THEY HAVE AN ENDORSEMENT LETTER AGAIN FROM, UH, GENERAL DRIGGERS FROM J B S A.
SO DO WE HAVE MORE PROJECTS IN THE HOPPER, UH, THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY QUALIFY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? THERE? THERE ARE ONES THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT OR RECOMMENDED.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE BOND PROJECT LIST AND SAID, HEY, PUBLIC, CAN WE TALK ABOUT, THESE ARE ONES WE THINK MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE AND WHERE, WHERE IT WORKS.
AND ONE OF 'EM I CAN TELL IS, UH,
THERE'S A, A PROJECT OVER IN, IN THAT AREA THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING AT OF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA TALK MORE, I WANNA SPEAK TO YOUR GUYS' PROJECT, BUT PROJECT, BUT THAT'S ONE I WAS REFERENCING TO THE COUNCILWOMAN THAT IS, DOES NOT HAVE THE DESIGN WORK COMPLETE, SO IT'S NOT GONNA FIT THE CONSTRUCTION READY REQUIREMENT YET.
SO THAT'S ONE THAT WE'RE EYEBALLING FOR, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
ARE THERE ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE NON, UH, BOND PROJECTS THAT WOULD QUALIFY OR IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING THAT WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT WHAT'S IN THE BOND LIST? NO, NO, NO, SIR.
THERE, THERE, UH, SO IN FACT, WHEN WE WENT TO PUBLIC WORKS AND SAID, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING THE GUARD IS ASKING FOR, THAT DISCUSSION WITH ANTHONY AND HIS TEAM SAID, HEY, WE HAVE AN AN ANNUAL BUDGET PROJECT THAT'S ON OUR LONG RANGE PLAN, THAT'S NOT A BOND PROJECT.
AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE TALKED, IS THERE A WAY TO BRING THAT PROJECT FORWARD INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR? DOES IT MEET THE, COULD IT MEET THE CONSTRUCTION READY? YES, IT CAN.
SO WE, WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
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AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT A PROJECT EXISTS.WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ASSIGN MILITARY VALUE TO IT.
UM, HOW IS IT GOING TO HELP THE MILITARY? AND IF IT'S JUST A PROJECT THAT'S OFF BASED IN THE VICINITY OF AN INSTALLATION AND WE CAN'T REALLY FIND ENOUGH MEAT TO PUT ON THAT CRITERIA, THEN IT, THEN THOSE PROJECTS ARE, ARE NOT REALLY, UH, IDEAL CANDIDATES.
AND, AND SO WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO IS GIVE YOU A PEEK INTO MY, UH, THE DEPTHS OF MY IGNORANCE, UH, WHICH IS BOTTOMLESS BY THE WAY.
UH, WE, UM,
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT FINDING THOSE KINDS OF PROJECTS IS MIGHT BE EASY.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK, YOU'RE GIVING ME BODY LANGUAGE.
LIKE YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY, UH, ABOUT THAT.
SO COUNCILMAN, UM, THIS IS ANTHONY
WE ARE GONNA DO MORE EXTENSIVE WORK WITH OFFICE OF MILITARY AFFAIRS, LOOKING AT IT THROUGH THOSE SET OF LENSES.
IN OTHER WORDS, LOOKING AT PROJECTS THAT WE COULD BREAK GROUND IN A YEAR.
AND I THINK AT THE TIME THAT WE DID THIS CON, WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION AND LOOKED AT THE EXISTING PROJECT LIST, THIS ONE BEST FIT THAT CRITERIA.
BUT NOW, YOU KNOW, ANTICIPATING WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A MORE ROBUST ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OFFICE OF MILITARY AFFAIRS TO FIND MORE CANDIDATE PROJECTS LIKE THIS, THAT IF WE HAVE THAT POTENTIAL, AND THEN GET THEM READY SO THAT IF THIS OPPORTUNITY COMES UP NEXT TIME, WE'LL BE MORE THAN OUT, YOU KNOW, READY WITH SOME MORE CANDIDATES FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, UH, LACK HOPE WE GET THE, UH, THIS GRANT, UH, OKAY.
UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT BRINGS US TO THE, UH, TO THE END OF YET ANOTHER, UH, IT WAS FOR THE D OH, YES, SIR.
I DO HAVE, JEFF WANTED ME TO COVER, UH, DAG I CAN'T.
JUST A QUICK, QUICK UPDATE ON WHERE THEY STAND ON MM-HMM.
SO THIS IS A, UH, A, A THREE-PART PROJECT, IF YOU WILL.
THERE IS A CITY PORTION OF IT, AND THAT IS REINFORCING SEVERAL, UH, SECTIONS OF J B S A PERIMETER FENCE THAT'S AT, AT LACKLAND.
UH, THERE IS A SECTION AROUND, UH, FORT SAM AND THEN AT, UH, CAMP BULLIS.
UM, THIS WILL SAVE THE GOVERNMENT, UH, ABOUT $700,000 A YEAR THAT THEY SPEND IN REPAIRING THESE FENCE LINE SECTIONS.
THESE ARE ALSO AT SECTIONS, UH, INTERSECTIONS, IF YOU WILL, OF STORM WATER CHANNELS.
AND THAT'S TYPICALLY WHERE THAT DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION HAPPENS.
SO THAT STORM WATER COMES IN, IT BRINGS DEBRIS, IT COULD BE TRASH VEGETATION, AND IT EVENTUALLY TEARS DOWN OR, OR, OR DEGRADES THE FENCE.
SO THIS WILL, UH, REINFORCE THOSE SECTIONS.
UM, SAWS, UH, HAS A, A LARGEST PORTION OF THIS, UH, $5 MILLION TOTAL GRANT THAT, BY THE WAY, WAS THE MA IS THE MAX DAG AWARD.
UM, OUR OVERALL PROJECT OUT OF 14 WAS RANKED NUMBER, SCORED NUMBER ONE, UH, AND WE GOT THE, THE MAX AWARD.
UH, SAWS IS PUTTING IN TWO BACKUP GENERATORS FOR TWO WATER PUMP STATIONS THAT SERVE, UH, NOT ONLY RATE PAYING CUSTOMERS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO DIRECTLY PROVIDE, UH, WATER TO LACKLAND AND A COMBAT SUPPORT AGENCY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY.
UM, THAT THE NEED FOR THIS WAS REINFORCED DURING WINTER STORM URI, UH, WHEN YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, CHANCES OF, OF PUMP STATIONS GOING OFFLINE.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF CRITICAL ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENS AT THOSE TWO INSTALLATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE CYBER WORLD, WHERE YOU NEED A LOT OF COOLING TO KEEP YOUR SERVERS GOING SO THAT YOU CAN GO DEFEND YOURSELF AND DO YOUR THINGS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO DO AGAINST THE BAD GUYS.
SO IF THOSE THINGS GO OFFLINE, THAT IS A DIRECT IMPACT TO NATIONAL SECURITY.
UM, SAWS IS, IS MOVING, SO THEY'RE AT THE POINT NOW.
YOU JUST UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T, AS THEY WOULD TELL YOU, CAN'T GO DOWN TO LOWE'S OR HOME DEPOT.
AND THESE ARE NOT THE GENERAC, UH, BACK GENERATORS THAT YOU WOULD SEE.
THESE ARE ENGINEERED, UH, DESIGN, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY EARLY 20, 24 BEFORE THOSE THINGS ARE PRODUCED AND DELIVERED.
BUT THEY HAVE THE SITES OTHERWISE PREPARED, CONCRETE, KIND OF LAID READY TO, YOU KNOW, BRING 'EM IN, PLUG THEM IN, AND TEST THEM OUT.
UM, C P S, UH, HAS BURIED SOME OVERHEAD POWER LINES, ABOUT 900 LINEAR FEET OF POWER LINES THAT WERE THE OFF BASE.
UH, BUT AT THE END OF ONE OF THE RUNWAYS AT RANDOLPH, THIS WILL REMOVE VERTICAL OBSTRUCTIONS.
YOU KNOW, THE TAKEOFF AND LANDING, UH, IS THE MOST CRUCIAL POINT IN FLYING OPERATIONS.
AND YOU OBVIOUSLY WITH STUDENT PILOTS, YOU KNOW, YOU OR
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EVEN EXPERIENCED PILOTS, THINGS HAPPEN.YOU DON'T WANT THEM FLIPPING INTO POWER LINES, UH, OBVIOUSLY PUTTING THEIR OWN LIVES IN DANGER.
BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND RANDOLPH.
SO WE WANT TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.
UH, THEY'RE MORE THAN 80% COMPLETE AT THIS POINT.
UM, THEY'RE JUST BASICALLY CLEANING UP AND EXPECTED TO BE DONE, UH, NO LATER THAN EARLY JULY.
UH, C P S IS NOW AT THE END OF THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS, UH, 250,000.
MATTER OF FACT, WE JUST SUBMITTED PAYMENT TO C P S EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT WILL COMPLETE THEM ON THE PORTION OF, OF THE $5 MILLION ALLOTTED TO THEM.
AND, UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED JUST UNDER $540,000, UH, REIMBURSEMENT THUS FAR BACK FROM THE TEXAS MILITARY PREPAREDNESS COMMISSION.
THEY'RE UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.
THEY MANAGE DAG FOR, UH, FOR THE STATE.
AND THAT COMPLETES, UH, THE UPDATE PENDING QUESTIONS, NOT FROM ME.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE WORK.
NOW THAT DOES BRING US TO THE END OF, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTRO'S FINAL I G R COMMITTEE MEETING.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
UM, AND, UM, Y'ALL HAVE A TERRIFIC SUMMER