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MAYOR NUREMBERG IS ATTENDING, UH, ANOTHER MEETING RIGHT NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, AND AS MAYOR PRO TEM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THE CEREMONIAL ITEMS. OUR FIRST CEREMONIAL ITEM IS A CITATION FOR SAN ANTONIO FOR ROLE MODELS IN SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE HIGH CRIME RATES AND HIGH POVERTY RATES.
DANTE JONES UNDERSTANDS HOW PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO FIND AFTERSCHOOL FITNESS AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS TO HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THESE STRUGGLING NEIGHBORHOODS.
HE CREATED ROLE MODELS, A MENTORING PROGRAM THAT TEACHES KIDS IMPORTANT LIFE LESSONS WHILE GETTING THEM OUTSIDE TO BIKE AND SKATE ROLE STANDS FOR RESPECT, OBEDIENCE, LOVE, AND LEADERSHIP.
THIS PROGRAM, THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TEACHES YOUTH DIFFERENT LIFE SKILLS AND LESSONS WHILE THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES THAT INVOLVE ROLLING.
I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD DANTE JONES TO ACCEPT THIS CITATION.
I'LL READ THE CITATION, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AFTER THAT.
THE CITATION READS, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HEREBY PRESENTS THIS CITATION TO DANTE JONES IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR ROLE MODELS MENTORING PROGRAM THAT TEACHES KIDS IMPORTANT LIFE LESSONS WHILE GETTING THEM OUTSIDE TO PERFORM ANY ACTIVITY THAT REQUIRES ROLLING, SUCH AS ROLLERBLADING, SKATEBOARDING, AND BICYCLING TODAY ROLE LEADS NEARLY 150 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THE STREETS OF SAN ANTONIO FOR A MONTHLY BIKE RIDE.
YOUR COMMITMENT TO TEACHING OUR YOUTH LIFE SKILLS AND LESSONS WHILE ON A ROLL IS TRULY WORTHY OF COMMENDATION.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NUREMBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL PROUDLY EXTENDS SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND OFFER BEST WISHES FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
I'LL JUST, UH, KEEP THIS REALLY BRIEF.
UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR THIS, FOR THIS CITATION.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ROLL, UH, SAFELY THROUGHOUT THE STREETS OF, UH, SAN ANTONIO.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR YOU ALL TO JOIN US SOMETIME, HOPEFULLY AS WELL.
AWESOME MI MR. JONES, WE HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO'D LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS.
UM, AGAIN, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW DANTE, FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS, MR. JONES HAS EXEMPLIFIED THE ESSENCE OF BEING A COMMUNITY LEAD, COMMUNITY LEADER FOR DISTRICT ONE'S WEST END, UH, WORKING WITH HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN AGES FIVE 18.
MR. JONES HAS TAUGHT THEM VALUABLE LIFE SKILLS WHILE ENGAGING IN HEALTHY ACTIVITIES, AND I BELIEVE IT IS FITTING THAT HE'S BEING PAIRED WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS AS HE OFFERS OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING TO RIDE A BIKE TO SOME WHO MAY NOT HAVE OTHERWISE HAD THE CHANCE.
AND BY THE WAY, YOU HAVE WON COOL BIKE YOURSELF.
MR. GEN, MR. JONES HAS DONE ALL THESE THINGS, AND I AM VERY PROUD TO HAVE HIM AND HIS COMMUNITY HONORED HERE TONIGHT.
COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER HALL, AND MR. JONES.
I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW COUNCILMAN, UH, TRAVINO AND SAY CONGRATULATIONS, UH, FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE KIDS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND I'LL JUST TELL THE KIDS THAT, UH, UM, I THINK BIKING IS A GREAT WAY JUST TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE, TO GET OUTDOORS AND AWAY FROM CELL PHONES AND, AND TEXT MESSAGES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO I CONGRATULATE ALL YOU, ALL OF YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT.
UM, I, I STARTED DOING SOME TRIATHLONS PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, AND I'D NEVER REALLY SWAM.
UH, BUT WHAT I FOUND OF THE THREE SPORTS, UM, I REALLY ENJOYED BIKING.
SO BIKING IS JUST, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
IT'S JUST, UH, I LOVE GOING FAST, UH, WITHOUT HAVING TO WORK TOO HARD.
KEEP UP WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE, WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL.
SIR, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO AND AND INSPIRING YOUNG, YOUNG KIDS TO GET
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OUT AND, UH, EXERCISE AND, AND BE A PART OF IT.I, I CAN'T SAY THAT I WILL GET ON SKATES AND I SOLD MY BICYCLE MANY YEARS AGO.
UH, AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE I'LL, UH, GO OUT AND RENT AND YOU MIGHT SEE ME DOWN THERE AND, UH, UH, JOIN Y'ALL DOWN THERE.
SO, UH, BUT YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO AND, AND ENJOY IT.
AND MR. JONES, ARE THESE SOME OF YOUR ROLLERS HERE WITH YOU TODAY? YES.
THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS AS WELL.
WE WILL HAVE A PICTURE DOWN HERE IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO JOIN.
SO, DO YOU BIKE OR DO YOU SKATE? TURN AROUND.
IN FACT, I JUST GET EVERYBODY.
WHY DON'T YOU COME IN THE MIDDLE, TRY TO, PLUS YOU'RE TALL, SO YOU OKAY.
OUR SECOND CEREMONIAL ITEM WILL BE THE PRESENTATION OF THE SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS.
TODAY, WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING THE WINNERS OF THE FOURTH ANNUAL SA TOMORROW SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS.
THE AWARD HONORS LOCAL PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND BUILDING STRUCTURES THAT PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY AND ENGAGEMENT WITH SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS WITHIN THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
EACH CATEGORY SUPPORTS THE GOALS OF THE SA TOMORROW PLAN IN THE AREAS OF ENERGY, FOOD SYSTEMS, GREEN BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION, AND NATURAL RES TRANSPORTATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES, AS WELL AS PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOLID WASTE RESOURCES.
I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD OUR CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, MR. DOUG MELNICK, TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND, AND CITY COUNCIL.
UH, AS COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL MENTIONED, THIS HAS REALLY GROWN OUT OF THE SA TOMORROW SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF TREMENDOUS WORK BEING DONE ON THE GROUND IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, THAT, THAT WORK, UM, THESE SIX, UH, AWARDS TO BE GIVING GIVEN TODAY.
UM, REALLY HIGHLIGHT WORK THAT'S IMPROVING OUR AIR QUALITY.
UH, IT'S IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN OUR BUILDINGS, SUPPORTING RENEWABLE ENERGY, UM, SUPPORTING OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE, AND REALLY SHOWING LEADERSHIP IN, IN SUSTAINABILITY.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BRIEFLY MENTION IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, UM, JUDGES WENT INTO, UH, REVIEWING THIS, AND WE, WE WANT TO THANK THEM.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK BILL SAN ANTONIO GREEN, UH, ANITA LEDBETTER, UH, AND THEN JACOB AYER ARE HERE FROM, UM, UH, THE ORGANIZATION.
UH, THEY HAVE CERTIFIED 16 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF, UM, UH, OF CERTIFIED PROPERTIES IN OUR CITY.
SO THOSE ARE PROPERTIES THAT ARE MEETING OUR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY GOALS.
UH, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UM, OUR ARTIST JAKE HARPER, UM, WHO THESE ARE LOCALLY SOURCED AND CREATED, UM, AWARDS.
UM, AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM REPRESENTED HERE TODAY.
UM, WITH THAT, UH, I THINK WE'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER, UM, TO OUR AUDIO FOLKS TO START OUR AWARDS.
GREEN HEIGHTS BY C V F HOMES WAS DESIGNED AS A SMALL COMMUNITY OF 12 HOUSES SURROUNDING THE CENTRAL PARK.
THE PROJECT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ALAMO HEIGHTS SCHOOL
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DISTRICT, AND ALL OF THE HOUSES WILL BE CERTIFIED BY BUILD SAN ANTONIO GREEN AND ENERGY STAR GREEN HEIGHTS ALSO INCORPORATES ASPECTS OF LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT AND IS PRE-WIRED WITH THE MOST ADVANCED FIBER OPTICS.YOU GUYS WANNA GO ON EITHER SIDE? THEY GOTTA TAKE ONE WITHOUT US.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION I MISSED THAT WAS, UM, JUAN FERNANDEZ, A DEVELOPING BUILDER, UH, MARCELO, UH, ANDONI, UH, WHO'S A DEVELOPER, AND ALVEO GONZALEZ OF GVA AI ARCHITECTS.
TRINITY UNIVERSITY'S CENTER FOR SCIENCES AND INNOVATIONS.
GREEN ROOF WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF TRINITY SCIENCE PROGRAM GOALS FROM THE START OF ITS DESIGN PROCESS.
IN ADDITION TO BEING A STORM WATER QUALITY BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE, THE GREEN ROOF IS A SUCCESSFUL GATHERING PLACE, OUTDOOR CLASSROOM, SUSTAINABLE DESIGN, DEMONSTRATION GARDEN AND URBAN WILDLIFE HABITAT.
SO, ACCEPTING FOR, UH, TRINITY IS KELLY LYONS.
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE MY COUNSELOR.
SO OUR NEXT AWARDEE WILL BE FOR SUSTAINABLE SU SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS, AND THAT'S SS A I S D, CLEAN GREEN YELLOW SCHOOL BUS MACHINES PROGRAM.
AND ACCEPTING, UH, WILL BE NATHAN GRAFF, MIGUEL FLORES, CESAR FLORES, LISA BARNHOUSE, AND BECKY ESTRADA.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT AN ERROR THAT I MADE.
UM, SO THE NEXT, UM, UH, AWARD IS OUR SOLAR AWARD FOR L P A INC.
OFFICES, WHICH IS, UH, ACCEPTING IS MICKEY CONRAD PATRICK ATWATER OF 180 SOLAR AND LOUISE QUAIL MARTINEZ OF AREA REAL ESTATE.
THE 63.72 KILOWATT SOLAR ARRAY PROJECT.
AT THE L P A OFFICE IS UNIQUELY DESIGNED AND SPLIT INTO TWO CUSTOM ARRAYS.
THE COMBINED ARRAYS HELP POWER THE COMPANY'S NEWLY RENOVATED BUILDING AND ARE PROJECTED TO PRODUCE OVER 80,000 TOTAL KILOWATT HOURS IN THE FIRST YEAR WITH A SAVINGS OF OVER $8,000.
THE YEARLY ENERGY PRODUCTION IS EQUIVALENT TO AVOIDING 65.6 TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS.
I THINK THIS A JUDGE OR SOMETHING SUPPOSED GET
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TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.PLEASE COME UP A CLEAN GREEN YELLOW SCHOOL LESSON.
SAID, WE'LL CUE THE, THE VIDEO RIGHT.
JULY OF 2017, SS A I S D MADE A COMMITMENT TO REPLACE FUTURE DIESEL, PURCHASED SCHOOL BUSES WITH PROPANE FUELED SCHOOL BUSES.
THE PROGRAM ALSO EDUCATES STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY ON THE BENEFITS OF PROPANE.
THE BENEFITS OF PROPANE INCLUDE NOT ONLY FINANCIAL, BUT A REDUCTION IN PETROLEUM DISPLACEMENT AND GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS, WHICH HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
THE PROJECT SCOPE IS TO HAVE ALL 162 ROOF SCHOOL BUSES OPERATING ON PROPANE FUEL.
THIS IS, THIS WAS, WE'RE GONNA LET THEM TAKE THEIR PICTURE'S.
SO OUR NEXT CATEGORY IS, UH, IN SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS. UH, AND OUR, UH, AWARDEE IS A EARTH AND CONSTRUCTION INITIATIVE, AND ACCEPTING IS STEPHEN COLLEY, LAUREN DRAWN, CELIA MENDOZA AND RON EVANS.
EARTH AND CONSTRUCTION INITIATIVE IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EARTH AND CONSTRUCTION SO THAT IT IS RECOGNIZED AS A MAINSTREAM BUILDING OPTION.
IN THE TWO YEARS SINCE THEY HAVE OBTAINED THEIR RECOGNITION AS A NONPROFIT, THE ORGANIZATION HAS GROWN TO NEARLY 50 MEMBERS, PROVIDED MONTHLY EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS, CO-HOSTED INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN SPEAKERS IN CLIMATE RESPONSIVE BUILDING DESIGN, AND WORKED WITH THE SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE DISTRICT.
AND OUR FINAL CATEGORY IS INDUSTRY LEADERS.
UH, AND THE, THE SHE'S, UH, AWARDEE IS LARRY GRAF, UH, WHO'S BEEN A DEDICATED, UH, SUSTAINABILITY PROFESSIONAL IN SAN SAN ANTONIO FOR YEARS.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL CUE THE LAST VIDEO.
LARRY GRAFF HAS A PASSION FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND HAS PUT THAT PASSION TO WORK IN HELPING EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP IN VARIOUS MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEES.
THIS INCLUDES HIS SERVICE AS VICE CHAIR AND CHAIR, AS WELL AS BOARD MEMBER FOR THE U S G B C SOUTH TEXAS REGION.
ALSO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
SINCE 2010, LARRY HAS ALSO BEEN A MEMBER OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITIZENS ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE ALAMO AREA MPOS BICYCLE MOBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, JUST TO ALL THE AUTHORITIES, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE REALLY SETTING AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL A CITY BY DESIGN.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM GREAT INNOVATIVE, UH, SUBDIVISIONS TO INNOVATIVE CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGIES, TO JUST, UH, AS WE JUST SAW, INDUSTRY LEADERS, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
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KIND OF THING WE NEED TO BE INNOVATING IN OUR CITY, UH, EVERY DAY.AND THIS IS A TRUE BENEFIT AND I BELIEVE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF EVERY ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN BIRAN.
I JUST WANTED TO OFFER MY, UM, SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR LEADING BY EXAMPLE, AND THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY HERE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO CREATE IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN SHIRLEY GONZALEZ.
AND, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING SO WE CAN PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK HERE.
UM, I FIND ALL OF THESE PROJECTS REALLY FASCINATING, ESPECIALLY THE ROOF PROJECT.
UM, MY HUSBAND, UH, WAS RECENTLY VISITING FACEBOOK IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND HE TALKED ABOUT THESE ROOFS, UH, AND I THOUGHT, WHAT A FASCINATING THING.
AND SO HERE WE HAVE ONE RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, SO I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THAT THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED.
AND HOPEFULLY Y'ALL WILL INVITE US, UH, FOR A TOUR SOMETIME, SO WE CAN GO CHECK IT OUT.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UM, ALL YOU DO AND, AND FOR ALLOWING US TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR WORK.
I TOO WANTED TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE RECIPIENTS OF TONIGHT'S AWARDS, UH, ESPECIALLY THE ONE THAT WAS IN DISTRICT SEVEN
UH, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE HEALTHY AIR FOR OUR KIDS WHO ARE, UH, WHO ARE JUST GROWING AND STILL FORMING THEIR LUNGS.