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THE TIME IS NOW 5:36 PM ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30TH, 2019.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WILL RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION.
NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE CITY COUNCIL'S MEETING, UH, IS NOW ADJOURNED.
AND WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CEREMONIAL AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE EN ROUTE, UH, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN HERE JUST SHORTLY.
AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VIE IS ON HER WAY, AND COUNCIL MEMBER SALANA WILL NOT BE PRESENT TONIGHT BECAUSE HE IS ATTENDING A DISTRICT FOUR COMMUNITY MEETING.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR, UH, CEREMONIAL ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM IS A PRESENTATION FOR THE MAYOR'S LIGHTUP DOWNTOWN AWARDS MAYOR.
ALRIGHT, THE WINNERS OF THE MAYOR'S EIGHTH ANNUAL LIGHTUP DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY LIGHTS CONTEST WILL BE RECOGNIZED NOW DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
BUSINESSES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA COMPETED FOR THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST HOLIDAY LIGHTS DISPLAY.
THE GOAL OF THE CONTEST WAS TO CREATE AN ILLUMINATED VIEW OF THE DOWNTOWN SKYLINE AND SHOWCASE THE HEART OF THE CITY TO THE LOCALS AND THE VISITORS FOR A UNIQUE HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR, OUR AWARD RECIPIENTS.
I'M GONNA ASK THE CITY CLERK NOW TO, UH, READ THE AWARDEES, AND IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE AND WE'LL HAND YOU A GREAT PLAQUE TO RECOGNIZE YOUR SERVICE.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS.
SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY ACCEPTING THE AWARD IS SUZANNE SCOTT.
THE NEXT AWARD IS FOR BUILDING HILTON PALACIO DEL RIO.
ACCEPTING THE AWARD IS TRACY ANDREWS.
THE NEXT RECIPIENT IS STOREFRONT CORPORATE.
ACCEPTING THE AWARD IS KARINA RETE.
THE NEXT, BEFORE THIS GROUP GOES, I THINK COUNCILMAN PERRY HAS A QUESTION.
DID THAT BAG COME WITH FRIES?
WE'LL HAVE TO CHANGE THAT RULE.
UH, THE NEXT RECIPIENT IS FOR THE NON-PROFIT FRIENDS OF THE S P 7 94.
ACCEPTING THE AWARD IS B L MYERS.
WE HAVE A, WE'VE BEEN MAINTAINING FOR 10 YEARS.
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THE NEXT RECIPIENTS ARE THE MAYOR'S AWARDS.WE'RE GONNA BEGIN WITH MAYOR RON BERG'S AWARD.
ACCEPTING THE AWARD AGAIN IS SUZANNE SCOTT.
AND WE'RE GONNA GO BACK UP TO THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS FOR STOREFRONT SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE SOURCE.
ACCEPTING THAT AWARD IS KAY HERIG.
THE NEXT RECIPIENT OF MAYOR RON NUREMBERG AWARDS GOES TO BEST NON-PROFIT FRIENDS OF MILAN PARK.
AND ACCEPTING THAT AWARD IS BELINDA BENAVIDES.
THE NEXT RECIPIENT OF MAYOR RON BERG'S AWARDS IS BEST LIGHTING DISPLAY OF A BUILDING MARKET SQUARE.
ACCEPTING THAT AWARD IS JOHN JACKS THE NEXT RECIPIENT OF MAYOR RON BERG'S.
DISPLAY OF A STOREFRONT IS SMALL BUSINESS OF BOHANNON.
ACCEPTING THAT AWARD IS MARK BOHANNON.
AND THE LAST, UH, OF MAYOR RON NUREMBERG AWARDS GOES TO BETH LIGHTING DISPLAY OF A STOREFRONT CORPORATE AWARD TO WHATABURGER.
ACCEPTING AGAIN IS KARINA RETE, HUH? THAT'S AMAZING.
AND THE LAST AWARD TO BE AWARDED TONIGHT IS FOR C P S ENERGY AWARD FOR THE GREENEST LIGHTING DISPLAY.
THAT, AGAIN, GOES TO THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY.
SUZANNE SCOTT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, DOES, IF ANY COUNCILMAN HAVE A COMMENT? I, I KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY WANTS TO MAKE SURE ALL THOSE DECORATIONS ARE TAKEN DOWN BEFORE THEIR BIRTHDAYS.
SO,
EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT SAN ANTONIO'S HOLIDAY HOLIDAYS LOOK LIKE ON THE RIVER WALK, BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN RAMPED UP QUITE A BIT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AS BUSINESSES GET INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT.
SO IT'S A FRIENDLY COMPETITION.
EVERYONE REALLY WHO PARTICIPATES
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IS A WINNER.UH, BUT WE DO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO POINT OUT SOME REALLY COOL DISPLAYS EVERY YEAR.
SO YOU'VE SEEN WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE THIS YEAR FOR WINNING THE AWARDS, UH, PEOPLE'S CHOICE AND THE MAYOR'S AWARDS.
UH, SO WE EXPECT EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE THAT MUCH BETTER AND BRIGHTER NEXT YEAR.
SO CONGRATULATIONS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYBODY.
THE SECOND, UH, ITEM FOR TODAY IS THE 70TH ANNUAL STOCK SHOW, SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO, WHICH WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 7TH THROUGH THE 24TH 2019, AT THE AT AND T CENTER IN FREEMAN COLISEUM GROUNDS.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO EXHIBITION, EXCUSE ME, THE SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXHIBITION INC.
THE STOCK SHOW AND RODEO HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE LARGE INDOOR RODEO OF THE YEAR BY THE PROFESSIONAL RODEO COWBOYS ASSOCIATION FOR 13 CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
SO IF YOU ALL COME UP, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION TO YOU, AND I'LL READ IT HERE.
WHEREAS THE 17TH ANNUAL SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND RODEO, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST PRESTIGIOUS EVENTS IN THE ALAMO CITY WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 27TH THROUGH THE 24TH, 2019, AT THE AT AND T CENTER IN FREEMAN COLISEUM.
AND WHEREAS THE ANNUAL EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXHIBITION INC.
WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED OVER $198 MILLION TO YOUTH, THE YOUTH OF TEXAS THROUGH GRANTS, AUCTIONS, SCHOLARSHIPS, ENDOWMENTS, SHOW PREMIUMS, AND OTHER PROGRAMS. AND WHEREAS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE ORGANIZATION IS THE NEARLY 6,000 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, CORPORATE PARTNERS AND PATRONS WHO SUPPORT SALES MISSION OF EMPHASIZING AGRICULTURE AND EDUCATION TO DEVELOP THE YOUTH OF TEXAS.
AND WHEREAS OTHER EXCITING ACTIVITIES ARE OFFERED, IN ADDITION TO THE RODEO, INCLUDING A NIGHTLY CARNIVAL MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, EDUCATIONAL AND ANIMAL EXHIBITS, LIVESTOCK AND HORSE SHOWS, MUTTON BUSTING, CALF SCRAMBLE, AND EXTREME BULLS FOR THE LI FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO ENJOY.
NOW, THEREFORE, IRAN NURENBERG MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 7TH THROUGH THE 24TH, 2019 TO BE OFFICIAL RODEO SEASON.
IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO BE HERE AGAIN THIS YEAR.
AND ON BEHALF OF OUR 6,000 VOLUNTEERS, OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS AWARD.
WE HAVE 18 DAYS OF FAMILY FUN, READY FOR YOU.
STARTING NEXT THURSDAY, WE HAVE, OF COURSE, OUR WORLD CLASS RODEO WITH SOME GREAT ENTERTAINERS.
WE HAVE OUR AG BARNS FULL OF LIVESTOCK DURING OUR JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW.
AND OVER AT THE EXPO HALL, WE HAVE OUR HORSE SHOWS, INCLUDING THE JUNIOR, THE JUNIOR RODEO, THE, UH, RANCH RODEO, UH, THE, UH, COLLEGIATE RODEO.
AND WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THE GROUNDS FOR EVERYBODY.
WE DON'T WANNA FORGET THOSE FAN FAVORITES.
WE HAVE, OF COURSE, THE PIG RACES.
WE HAVE THE, THE PETTING ZOOS.
WE HAVE THE CARNIVAL, AND WE HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO EAT ON A STICK.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, DOWNLOAD THE SA RODEO APP ON YOUR SMARTPHONE, OR CHECK THE WEBSITE@SARODEO.COM.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'VE GOT SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR.
IT'S CALLED RODEO AFTER DARK
I SEE THAT WE HAVE ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY NIGHTS UNTIL MIDNIGHT, WE HAVE FOOD, CARNIVAL DRINKS, AND FIVE DIFFERENT STAGES OF SOME OF THE BEST TEXAS MUSIC YOU WILL HEAR.
SO COME ON OUT AND JOIN US EVERY THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
I DO HAVE THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING, UH, SOME PEOPLE HERE TODAY.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND C E O CODY DAVENPORT, OUR PRESIDENT RUSTY COLLIER.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP THIS WEEKEND THAT I KNOW Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT.
IT IS THE WESTERN HERITAGE PARADE AND CATTLE DRIVE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE KAREN ICK, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE VACCARO COOKOFF, TO COME AND TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT.
HELLO AND WELCOME TO, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO VAQUERO COOKOFF COMING UP THIS WEEKEND, WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS WITH THE WESTERN HERITAGE PARADE.
ON FRIDAY, OUR COOKOFF STARTS OFF FRIDAY EVENING.
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FOR ALL OF Y'ALL TO COME OUT AND ENJOY IT WITH US.THEN ON SATURDAY, THE COOKS WILL BE BACK GETTING READY TO TURN IN THEIR ENTRIES.
WHILE THE STAMPEDE IS GOING ON THAT MORNING, THE WESTERN HERITAGE PARADE WILL GET STARTED.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE WRANGLER BREAKFAST.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE WANNA TELL Y'ALL IS WE WANT, ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE GENEROUS HOSPITALITY FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND Y'ALL GIVING US BASICALLY THE KEY TO THE CITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTNERING WITH THIS ON THIS WONDERFUL EVENT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING Y'ALL OUT THERE.
OKAY, SO Y'ALL NEED TO GET YOUR BOOTS ON, MARK, YOUR CALENDARS, FEBRUARY THE SEVENTH THROUGH THE 24TH.
AND AS WE LIKE TO SAY, LET'S RODEO SAN ANTONIO.
UH, SEVERAL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW REMARKS.
UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY.
I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE Y'ALL HERE.
I I WAS ABLE TO BE OUT AT THE, UH, WHAT IS IT, COWBOY BREAKFAST? COWBOY BREAKFAST, YES.
AND THERE WAS, I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THIS YEAR.
AND I REMEMBER MANY YEARS AGO, CENTRAL PARK MALL.
AND THAT WAS A CHORE, BUT WE REALLY ENJOYED IT.
AND, UH, I REALLY ENJOYED THAT ON KICKING OFF THIS WHOLE RODEO SEASON.
AND THEN, UH, I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT TO THE, UH, BARBECUE COOKOFF OUT THERE.
IN FACT, I STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, SMOKE SMELL TO ME.
BUT, UH, THAT WAS ANOTHER BIG BLAST OUT THERE.
AND, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE REST OF THE ACTIVITIES AND BEING A PART OF THAT AS WELL.
THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING.
UH, I LOVE THE, THE COUNTY RODEO IN, IN LUBBOCK WHERE I, I GREW UP, I WOULD ALWAYS GO TO, SO WHEN I CAME TO SAN ANTONIO, THAT'S THE FIRST THING.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DID IS, UH, GO TO THE RODEO.
AND SO LAST YEAR I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME ONE OF THE 6,000 VOLUNTEERS.
SO I AM ON THE LIVESTOCK COMMITTEE AWESOME.
AND SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH ALL THE KIDS COMING IN, UNLOADING THEIR CALVES AND, AND, UH, AND EQUIPMENT AND SO FORTH.
UM, AND THIS YEAR MY DAUGHTER IS, UH, SHOWING HER FIRST CALF, UH, THROUGH HER FOUR H PROGRAM.
SO SHE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A PARTICIPANT IN THE RODEO AS WELL.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR ALL THE VOLUNTEER WORK THAT YOU DO.
UM, JOINING ONE OF THOSE COMMITTEES, IT WAS AMAZING TO ME TO SEE HOW MUCH WORK EVERY COMMITTEE DOES.
UH, AND THEY HAVE THEIR, THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF THEIR OWN LITTLE AREA.
UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THOSE COMMITTEES ARE, ARE LIKE FAMILIES.
AND SO, UM, THE LIVESTOCK COMMITTEE HAS JUST REALLY EMBRACED ME, THE, THE, THE COWBOY CHURCH COMMITTEE AS AS WELL.
BUT, UM, IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW MUCH WORK YOU ALL DO AND HOW ORGANIZED IT IS, UM, THROUGH ALL THE, THE CHAOS THAT EXISTS AROUND.
BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR THE VOLUNTEER WORK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
MAYOR, WHAT'S THE NAME? WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR VOLUNTEER FAMILY.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE CALF? THE NAME OF THE CALF IS FLASH.
I TRIED TO GET HER TO CALL IT RIB EYE, BUT SHE REFUSED.
I JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU THE BEST ON THIS RODEO SEASON.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT RODEO SEASON IN SAN ANTONIO EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
AND THANK YOU ALSO TO THE VOLUNTEERS.
AND, UM, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO GOES TO THE RODEO AND WHO PARTICIPATES.
'CAUSE IT'S ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS AND IT'S ABOUT RAISING THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND BUILDING THAT UP, SO LIKE LONDON AND OTHERS AFTERWARDS, THAT WE INSTILL THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
I KNOW I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO ARE PART OF THESE VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES AND THEY'RE ALREADY READY TO GO.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT SEASON.
I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU DO.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW CAN I GET MY GRANDKIDS TO DO MUTTON BUSTING
I'VE, I'VE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US HAVE BEEN SEEING YOU YEAR IN, YEAR OUT, AND, UH, YOU TEND TO GET SPOILED AND FORGET THE FACT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK TO GO INTO THE BEST RODEO IN THE UNITED STATES.
I THINK WE GOT IT RIGHT ON THIS ONE.
THE, THE, THE CAPTION WAS WRONG THOUGH.
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PAUL'S A REAL COWBOY.THE MAYOR HAS ONE MORE CEREMONIAL ITEM, UH, CITATION TO THE SAN ANTONIO TRICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMISSION.
OUR THIRD CEREMONIAL ITEM TOOK US 300 YEARS TO PRODUCE THE MAYOR.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL EXTEND THEIR GRATITUDE TO THE SAN ANTONIO TRICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMISSION.
THE 19 MEMBER COMMISSION IS COMPRISED OF 14 APPOINTEES BY THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL, AND FIVE MEMBERS RECOMMENDED FOR APPOINTMENT BY BEXAR COUNTY.
THE COMMISSION WAS CREATED TO ASSIST WITH PLANNING, DEVELOPING, FUNDRAISING, AND MANY OTHER PROJECTS INVOLVED WITH THIS YEAR'S, OR LAST YEAR'S YEAR LONG TRICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
AND SO IF I CAN HAVE, UH, EITHER THE COMMISSION OR YOUR DESIGNEES COME FORWARD, I'LL READ THAT NOW.
COME ON Y'ALL, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF COMMENTS.
300 YEARS WORTH THE SAN ANTONIO TRICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMISSION AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITY'S TRICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION HELD THROUGHOUT 2018.
THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RECOGNIZES YOUR DEVOTED PLANNING, DEVELOPING, FUNDRAISING, MANAGING, FINANCING, AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES INVOLVED IN COMMEMORATING THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE MISSION.
SAN ANTONIO DE VALERO, THE PRESIDIO, SAN ANTONIO DE BEJA, AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
YOUR STELLAR EXECUTION TO HONORING THREE CENTURIES OF OUR CITY'S DIVERSE HISTORY AND CULTURE WITH A YEAR LONG CELEBRATION HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED AND IS TRULY WORTHY OF COMMENTATION.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, EXTENDS SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE SAN ANTONIO TRICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMISSION FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, COUNCIL, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY A TREMENDOUS YEAR.
I THINK ALL WILL AGREE IT WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
IT WAS, UH, OVER 500 COMMUNITY, UH, PARTNERS PARTICIPATED IN APPROXIMATELY 700 TRICENTENNIAL EVENTS, OVER A HUNDRED THAT WERE FEATURED BECAUSE THEY WERE UNIQUELY TRICENTENNIAL.
LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE TO THANK FOR ALL OF THAT.
UH, INCLUDING THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO WHO EMBRACED THE TRICENTENNIAL, CAME OUT, PARTICIPATED, UH, REALLY ENJOYED THE ENTIRE YEAR, AND CELEBRATED IN THE WAY THAT WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING, UH, OUR TRICENTENNIAL.
UH, MAYOR, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE EFFORT THAT YOU PROVIDED THE SUPPORT.
UH, I THINK EVERY SPEECH THAT YOU GAVE IN 2018 AND SOME EVEN 2019 STARTED WITH, THIS IS OUR TRICENTENNIAL YEAR.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL DID THE SAME THING.
SO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL YOU DID TO SUPPORT US AND SUPPORT ME IN PARTICULAR, AND TO REMIND US ALL THAT IT WAS NEVER ABOUT A PARTY.
IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT WHAT OUR, COMMEMORATING OUR PAST AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE FUTURE, UH, OF, OF OUR CITY.
UH, I WANT TO THANK, IN PARTICULAR THIS, THESE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING BEHIND ME.
THESE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, STARTED WITH DR.
MATSON, THE CHAIR OF OUR BOARD, UH, AS WELL AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR ALL OF THEIR TIRELESS WORK.
THIS, THESE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE, AND THE ONES WHO CAME BEFORE WERE ACTUALLY WERE ON THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY SET OUT THE PLAN FOR THE YEAR.
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AND THEY HELD US TO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WERE ADOPTED EARLY ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE TRANSPARENT AND INCLUSIVE AND THAT WE COMMEMORATED THIS YEAR IN THE PROPER WAY.AND SO, THANK THIS ENTIRE BOARD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DID FOR US.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP OUR STAFF.
ANYBODY HERE WHO WAS PART OF OUR STAFF, PLEASE COME OVER HERE AND JOIN US BECAUSE THE STAFF IS THE ONE THEY REALLY DID.
THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY A FEW LEFT HERE, BUT THEY HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB WORKING TIRELESSLY.
THESE ARE THE FOLKS HERE, COME UP FRONT, PLEASE COME ON UP FRONT.
THEY WORKED AT NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS, AND THEY GIVE UP THEIR, UH, A LOT OF THEIR TIME TO COME IN AND WORK TIRELESSLY.
WHERE'S LAURA? WHERE'S LAURA? LAURA'S HERE TOO.
UH, WHO DID THAT? UH, THEY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AND WE ALL REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR US.
UH, WHEN CHERYL ASKED ME ON THAT FATEFUL DAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, 2017, FOR THE THIRD TIME FOR THE, IT WAS THE 11TH ACTUALLY, UH, FOR THE THIRD TIME, UH, TO, TO TAKE THIS ON.
AND IN THE FIRST FEW TIMES I SAID, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
AND SHE SAID IT REALLY WASN'T A QUESTION.
IT WAS MORE OF A, MORE OF A DIRECTION SHE COMMITTED, UH, THAT SHE WOULD HER PERSONALLY HELP AND THAT SHE WOULD ALLOW THE CITY STAFF TO DO THE SAME THING.
AND AS, AND AS ALWAYS THE CASE, CHERYL WAS TRUE TO HER WORD.
SHE PERSONALLY WAS INVOLVED IN A LOT OF WHAT WE DID.
SHE, SHE GAVE ME A LOT OF GUIDANCE AND A LOT OF SUPPORT.
AND THEN ALLOW THE CITY STAFF, MANY OF WHO ARE HERE TO DO THAT.
AND THERE'S TOO MANY MEMBERS OF THE CITY STAFF TO THANK, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT THIS COULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED WITHOUT THEIR HELP.
AND THEN, I DON'T WANT TO FORGET, UM, THE 115 OR SO SPONSORS WHO MADE ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, IT WAS THEIR, THEIR GENEROSITY THAT ALLOWED MANY OF THE EVENTS THAT WE DID FOR THE YEAR TO BE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND WE CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH.
UH, EVERYTHING FROM SMALL DOLLARS TO $1,500 TO UPWARDS OF A MILLION DOLLARS, SOME OF OUR SPONSORS DID.
SO THANK THEM VERY MUCH FOR ALL THEY'VE DONE AND FOR, AND FOR THE GREAT CELEBRATION WE HAD.
MAYOR, IT'S BEEN MY HONOR TO DO THIS, AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
OH, CAN, CAN I, UH, ALSO JUST ONE THING.
UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE.
UH, 'CAUSE YOU GET TO SEE 'EM AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW THEM ALL.
THEY, THEY WERE JUST TREMENDOUS, UH, SUPPORTERS FOR US.
MATSON, UH, WHO WAS THE, THE CHAIR OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, DR.
ALSO THE ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
UH, FATHER DAVID GARCIA, WHO REMINDS ME THAT MAYOR TAYLOR TOLD ME IT WAS GONNA BE REALLY EASY TO DO THIS.
SO THAT'S WHY HE, HE AGREED TO DO THAT.
UH, LIONEL SOSA, WHO WAS ALSO IN THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, IS HERE.
THANK YOU, LIONEL, FOR ALL OF THE GUIDANCE YOU GAVE US.
UH, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE BOARD MEMBERS, HECTOR ENA, JOE LINSON, BRENDA PACHECO, FAITH RALE, JIM LANDERS, CHRISTINA VASALDUA, UH, WESLEY BAY, BGA, UH, FRIDA WRIGHT, LUKE HOLLAND, MARIO SALAS, AND I'M LYNCHING LAST.
BUT SHE WAS A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS ASSET TO US.
ALSO SERVED ON OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
MARY ROSE BROWN WAS JUST A FUNDRAISING MACHINE.
THANK YOU, MARY ROSE BROWN FOR ALL YOU DID FOR US.
THERE ARE SOME COMMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.
AND, UH, FIRST WILL BE, UH, REBECCA GRO.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS CITY.
I THINK, UM, WHAT WAS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, CARLOS, YOU WERE ASKED TO COME IN AND, AND JUMP ON BOARD, UH, DR.
BUT I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT SAN WHO SAN ANTONIO IS WHAT WE DO.
WE COME TOGETHER AND WE SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER WHEN WE NEED TO DO THAT.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING ON BOARD, UM, AND BEING A PART OF IT THROUGH THIS WHOLE TIME, YOU ALL HELPED US SET AN EXPECTATION FOR ALL SAN ANTONIANS THAT THIS WAS ABOUT.
UM, YES, HAVING FUN, BUT IT WAS ALSO ABOUT, UM, WHERE, HOW WE VOLUNTEER, HOW WE PLANT TREES, HOW WE CLEAN UP OUR COMMUNITY TO SERVE SAN ANTONIO.
AND IT WAS ALSO ABOUT HOW WE LIFT ONE ANOTHER UP AND REMEMBER OUR PAST, BUT PLAN OUR FUTURE.
I'M ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF L S A 44 THIS YEAR WITH CHRISTINA, AND OUR THEME IS THE NEXT 300.
SO YOU LET US SET, 2018 WAS PERFECT TO SEE WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE, HAVE BEEN, AND NOW WE'RE SETTING THE TRAJECTORY FOR WHERE WE ARE GOING FOR THE NEXT 300.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, FOR ALSO ALL OF THE FUNDRAISING THAT HAPPENED, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE BALL MARY ROSE BROWN, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
AND KNOWING THAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO HELP US PRESERVE OUR PAST AND CELEBRATE IT, BUT ALSO UTILIZE
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IT FOR THE FUTURE WITH THIS WORLD HERITAGE THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH AS WELL.AND, UM, I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR MY, UH, APPOINTEE, BRENDA PACHECO.
SHE WAS THE RIGHT MELA OF CANARY ISLANDER AND INDIGENOUS TOGETHER.
AND, UM, I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THAT SHE IS, UM, NOT SHY AND WILL VOICE HER OPINION, BUT THAT IS, BUT THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
THAT WAS HER JOB FOR DISTRICT THREE AND, UM, WITH THE COMMEMORATIVE BOOK.
AND I THINK BECAUSE OF IT, WE HAD A GREATER, A GREATER PRODUCT FOR ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO I THANK HER FOR HER DILIGENCE AND HER COMMITMENT, BUT ALL OF YOU, BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE PART OF SAN ANTONIO WAS CELEBRATED AND CONTINUES TO BE CELEBRATED.
AND WE STILL SHINE IN THAT, UH, BASK IN THE GLORY OF THE 300 FROM LAST YEAR.
THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF, CARLOS, LAURA, ANN, AND EVERYONE ELSE.
I KNOW Y'ALL WERE ON OVERDRIVE ALL THE TIME.
AND, UM, IT IS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT 300.
WELL, I'M NOT GONNA BE AROUND FOR THE NEXT 300
I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO ARRANGE EVENTS LIKE THIS AND THEN TO ARRANGE A YEAR LONG EVENT AND IT, IT, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE EVENTS WITHIN THE OVERALL 300 EVENT.
AND, AND IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK.
AND I, I REALLY CONGRATULATE EACH ONE OF YOU FOR THE SUCCESSES THAT WE DID THIS HAD THIS PAST YEAR.
AND, UH, UH, I, I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED, YOU KNOW, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND I HAD A COUPLE OF BRIEFINGS AND I SAID, WELL, UH, WHAT'S GONNA BE DISTRICT? WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO IN DISTRICT 10? AND WE HAD, UH, AN EVENT WAS PLANNED IN MORGAN'S WONDERLAND, WHICH WAS GREAT, BUT I, I, I WANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND I, UM, ASKED TO DO SOMETHING UP AT, UH, COMANCHE LOOKOUT.
AND Y'ALL EMBRACED IT AND SUPPORTED IT.
AND IT TURNED OUT INTO A GREAT EVENT WHERE WE GOT A LOT OF NATIVE, UH, NATIVE AMERICAN FOLKS, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THAT AND RECOGNIZING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COMANCHE LOOKOUT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE WERE CELEBRATING 300 YEARS, BUT THERE'S ARTIFACTS OVER 10,000 YEARS OLD ON THAT HILL.
SO IT WAS SUCH A, SUCH A SUCCESS THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FROM NOW ON.
AND IF Y'ALL ARE WILLING AND WANTING TO HELP OUT WITH THAT IN THE FUTURE, I WELCOME Y'ALL TO COME IN AND HELP OUT.
BUT ANYWAY, IT, IT, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND, UH, IT, IT'S THANKING YOU FOR SUPPORTING THAT AND HELPING US GET THAT OFF THE GROUND, AND, AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THAT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION.
AND SO I TOO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE, COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRAHAM MENTIONED, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT SAN ANTONIO IS, UH, THIS IS WHO SAN ANTONIO IS.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT THIS GROUP HERE, WHEN I LOOK AT THE DIVERSITY, WHEN I LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW, THE PLAYERS THAT YOU, YOU ALL ARE SOME MAJOR PLAYERS IN SAN ANTONIO ON LOTS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND SO FOR YOU ALL TO, TO BE THIS DEDICATED AND PROVIDE THIS LEVEL OF, UM, OF DIRECTION TO THE CITY IN THIS, IN THIS TIME PERIOD, THIS FOR THIS EVENT IS TREMENDOUS.
SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY HELLO TO COUNCILMAN, UH, MARIO SALAS, FORMER DISTRICT TWO CITY COUNCILMAN MARIO SLES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, UH, BACK THEN, BUT ALSO NOW.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR COMING THIS EVENING TO GIVE US A CHANCE TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
I THOUGHT, IS FAITH HERE? I THOUGHT I, OKAY.
I CAN'T SEE YOU TOO WELL THERE IN THE BACK.
UH, SO, UH, THANK YOU TO FAITH FOR HER PARTICIPATION.
WE MET SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THE TRICENTENNIAL.
AND I THINK MY FAVORITE PART OF THE YEAR, IN ADDITION TO MANY OF THE EVENTS THAT I GOT TO ATTEND, WAS REALLY LEARNING ABOUT OUR INDIGENOUS CULTURE, WHICH I FEEL LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT BEFORE THIS TRICENTENNIAL PART.
I, I, I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THIS INHERENTLY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE AN INDIGENOUS CULTURE, THAT THERE WAS A TRANSFORMATION OVER THE YEARS.
BUT HAVING BEEN RAISED CATHOLIC, I FELT LIKE WE ALWAYS REALLY JUST HEARD ONE SIDE OF THE STORY WHEN THE MISSION STARTED.
AND THEN THE CATHOLICISM OF OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY BEING NAMED AFTER SAN FRANCISCO, UM, I'M SORRY, SAN ANTONIO
I JUST, I WAS IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS WEEKEND, SO IT'S
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ON MY MIND.UM, BUT, UH, SO IT IS, UH, I THOUGHT THE MOST IMPORTANT, UH, LESSON, UM, THAT I LEARNED IN THIS TRICENTENNIAL YEAR WAS, UM, OUR CONNECTION TO ALL OF OUR HISTORY, UM, AND ALL OF OUR CULTURES.
UH, AND LEARNING ALSO ABOUT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WASN'T TALKED ABOUT MUCH, UM, BEFORE THE TRICENTENNIAL, WHAT THE HISTORY WAS AND HOW IT'S EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS.
UH, AND SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND, UM, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO HELPED WRITE THE BOOK AND TOLD THE STORIES, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE THEIR ORAL HISTORIES.
SO, UH, ONE THING THAT I LEARNED, UH, ALSO AS, EVEN AS I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL, I, I HAD NEVER KNOWN THAT ORAL HISTORIES WERE AS SIGNIFICANT AND AS IMPORTANT AS WRITTEN HISTORIES.
I THINK BECAUSE, UH, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME, ESPECIALLY IN EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE CATHOLIC EDUCATION, THAT IF IT WASN'T WRITTEN DOWN THEN IT WASN'T TRUE.
AND SO, I KNOW THAT IN THE TRICENTENNIAL, YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME TAKING PEOPLE'S ORAL HISTORIES.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LEARN FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
UH, AND IT INSPIRED ME TO DO OUR OWN ORAL HISTORY, BECAUSE WHILE I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S GONNA WRITE A BOOK ABOUT, UH, MY FAMILY, UM, THEIR ORAL STORIES IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT WE CAN CARRY FOR GENERATIONS.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR WORK, ESPECIALLY, UM, TO, UH, FOR US AS A CITY, I KNOW THAT WE EXPECTED THAT MANY PEOPLE WOULD COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO VISIT OUR TRICENTENNIAL.
UH, BUT WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO ME WAS THAT WE SHOWED OUR OWN COMMUNITY, UH, HOW IMPORTANT AND HOW SIGNIFICANT WE ARE, AND REALLY WHERE OUR HISTORY COMES.
UH, SO THANK YOU GODLESS FOR TAKING OVER AND MAKING IT A GREAT SUCCESS, AND ESPECIALLY ALL OF YOU, UH, WHO TOOK THE TIME AND EFFORT TO MAKE THIS A REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, LESSON FOR ALL OF US, FOR MANY, MANY GENERATIONS TO COME.
AND WE KNOW THAT ALL OF YOUR NAMES WILL BE IMPRINTED, UH, IN THE HISTORY BOOKS, UH, AS WE CELEBRATE OUR TRI, UH, TRICENTENNIAL AND, AND, UH, YEARS TO COME.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU.
UH, THIS, THIS WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, AND IT, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY, UH, SOMETHING THAT DEPENDED ON ALL OF YOU HOLDING STEADFAST.
AND SO I KNOW IT WASN'T EASY, BUT I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU, CARLOS.
UH, YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB, AND YOU CERTAINLY HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF CREDIT FOR YOU AND DESERVE IT.
UH, AS YOU GUYS ARE ALL HERE TODAY, I WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL, BECAUSE IT, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT.
UM, THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT, I THINK, THAN BEING SELF-AWARE AND THE CITY, THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THROUGH YOUR EFFORTS, REALLY GOT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ITSELF, GOT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ITS IDENTITY.
AND I THINK WHEN SOMEBODY TALKS ABOUT HOW, WHAT MAKES THEM A BETTER PERSON, IT'S ABOUT HOW THEY GET TO KNOW THEMSELVES A LOT BETTER, RIGHT? THEY GET TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS COMMUNITY GOT TO DO WITH YOUR EFFORT.
SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, HECTOR, UH, MY APPOINTEE.
UH, WHAT, WHAT A, WHAT A, A GREAT, GREAT, UH, UH, APPOINTEE YOU WERE.
I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
YOU, UH, DEMONSTRATED WHY YOU SHOULD BE THE DISTRICT ONE APPOINTEE TO, TO THIS COMMISSION.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND CONTINUED EFFORTS BECAUSE YOU, YOU CONTINUE THAT SPIRIT THAT I, I HOPE MANY OF YOU'ALL WILL CONTINUE INTO, INTO MANY MORE YEARS OF YOUR SERVICE INTO THIS COMMUNITY.
COUNCILMAN NEXUS, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, THANK YOU.
UM, LIKE MY COLLEAGUE SAID, I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
UM, CARLOS, I APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP TO, TO THE TASK, EVEN IF YOUR ARM HAD TO BE TWISTED A LITTLE BIT.
UM, IT'S, YOU PROVED WHY YOU WERE THE ONE SELECTED TO, TO DO THE JOB, AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR, FOR STICKING AROUND AND FOR BEING JUST SO GREAT AND SO HELPFUL THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE, ALL THE, OF THE EVENTS.
UM, BUT ESPECIALLY THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIRS, UH, FOR STEPPING UP TO DO THIS.
I'M SURE YOU COULD HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE ONLY TURNED 300 ONCE.
SO, UM, YOU, YOU KNEW WHERE YOUR, WHERE YOUR DUTIES LAY RIGHT PRESIDENT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I, I HAVE TO SAY, AS UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, IT WAS REALLY FOR US, A A PRIVILEGE TO BE SERVING DURING THE TIME OF THE TRICENTENNIAL, BUT GUESS WHAT? WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY OF THE WORK.
SO YOU, YOU REALLY, UM, MADE THAT PRIVILEGE HAPPEN FOR US, UM, AND, UH, HELPED US FEEL THAT PRIDE IN OUR CITY, UH, DURING THIS TRICENTENNIAL.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL OF THE WORK.
AND YOU HAVE LEFT BEHIND A COLLECTION OF BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES OF THE EVENTS AND THE MEMENTOS.
UH, THE EVENT THAT WE HAD OUT HERE WITH THE CANDLES ON MAY 1ST, THAT CEREMONY WAS ABSOLUTELY, IT WAS A VERY SPIRITUAL AND MOVING CEREMONY.
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BOX.I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HONORED OUR HISTORY AND YOU HONORED OUR ANCESTORS AND YOU HONORED YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO BY YOUR SERVICE AND BY YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS.
AND I KNOW EVERYONE APPRECIATES WHAT YOU DID, AND I JUST WANT TO ADD MY THANK YOU.
AND I GUESS I'LL, I'LL ROUND IT OUT.
I, I COULD STAND HERE ALL NIGHT AND, AND SAY THANK YOU TO EACH INDIVIDUAL HERE THAT'S CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH.
UM, YOU KNOW, CARLOS, I, I KNOW YOU WEREN'T, UH, ANTICIPATING HAVING TO DO THIS, AND AT THE TIME THAT YOU TOOK IT ON, I THINK THAT THE CHALLENGES WERE, WERE, WERE MOUNTING TO SAY THE LEAST.
UM, BUT YOU DID IT, UH, AND YOU DID IT WITH CLASS AND STYLE, AND YOU DID IT IN A WAY THAT BEFITS, UH, ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE CITIES IN AMERICA.
AND WE WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WORK.
UM, I KNOW VANESSA'S NOT HERE.
SHE CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO, UH, TO THE EFFORT.
CYNTHIA, YOU CAME ON AND JUST PROVIDED THAT, THAT SAME SENSIBILITY THAT YOU DO IN EVERY POSITION YOU'VE EVER, EVER HELD IN THIS COMMUNITY, LIONEL, UM, DR.
FOLKS, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, UH, LEANING SO HEAVILY TO THE WORK AND THE STAFF, FATHER DAVID, MARY ROSE, UM, CALLING EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN BUSINESS YOU KNEW, AND ALSO ASKING US TO DO THE SAME WITH YOU.
UH, THIS WAS A, A, THIS WAS A TASK THAT WAS HERCULEAN, TO SAY THE LEAST, UH, BUT TO CELEBRATE, UH, A CITY LIKE SAN ANTONIO IN THE COURSE OF 300 YEARS OF OUR FAMOUS AND CHALLENGING HISTORY ALL AT ONCE IN A WAY THAT DIDN'T COME OFF AS JUST A PARTY, BUT CAME AWAY, UH, FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON.
UH, KNOWING A LITTLE BIT MORE, UNDERSTANDING, A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND CARING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR CITY FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, UH, TO ME IS ONE OF THE GREAT PRIVILEGES AS, AS COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL SAID, OF SERVING IN THIS ERA, UH, FOR SAN ANTONIO.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU CONTRIBUTED.
I FEEL A LITTLE BIT BADLY, 'CAUSE THIS IS SORT OF LIKE THE BAND BREAKING UP
UM, BUT KNOW THAT YOUR WORK WILL LIVE FOR ETERNITY AND THE BOOKS THAT WERE PRODUCED, BUT ALSO THE MEMORIES THAT WERE MADE AND THE FOUNDATIONS THAT WERE LAID.
SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AND, UH, GODSPEED.
I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES NOW THOUGH, IF THEY CAN COME FORWARD.
UM, I WANNA PRESENT THE CITATION, AND WE'D LOVE TO GET SOME PICTURES FOR YOU TO COMMEMORATE THE DAY.