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GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 7TH, 2019. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HALL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SALDANA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL IS ON HER WAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LIAS HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR NURENBERG HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, A SESSION AGENDA. 
          THE TIME IS 9:12 AM UH, WE'RE GONNA BEGIN TODAY WITH, UH, INVOCATION GUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          TODAY, IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE REVEREND WOODY. 
          I'LL SAY ROBERT WOODY. 
          HOW ABOUT THAT? COME ON UP. 
          COME ON UP. 
          UM, PASTOR WOODY IS FROM THE CHURCH OF RECONCILIATION IN DISTRICT 10, AND HE'S GONNA GIVE OUR INVOCATION TODAY. 
          UM, UH, PASTOR WOODY GRADUATED FROM BAYLOR UNIVERSITY. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          I'M AN AGGIE, YOU KNOW,  BACK IN THOSE DAYS, AND BAYLOR LAW SCHOOL, AND PRACTICED CIVIL LITIGATION IN DALLAS, NEW YORK CITY AND AUSTIN FOR 18 YEARS. 
          IN SEARCH OF A BETTER WAY TO RESOLVE CONFLICT, REVEREND WOODY PURSUED TRAINING FIRST AS A VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY MEDIATOR, AND THEN AS A DIVORCE MEDIATOR, BUT AS A MEDIATOR, HE DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS A PASTORAL SIDE OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION THAT WAS REALLY CALLING HIM. 
          AND HE BEGAN TO TAKE STEPS NECESSARY TO BECOME AN ORDAINED, UH, MINISTER IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
          HE GRADUATED FROM THE SEMINARY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN AUSTIN IN 1999, AND AFTER SERVING AS AN ASSISTANT PRIEST FOR THREE YEARS, WAS CALLED AS A RECTOR OF CHURCH OF RECONCILIATION. 
          IN 2002, THE CHURCH OF RECONCILIATION RECONCILIATION WITH A RICH HISTORY OF INCLUSION, INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND PEACEMAKING OFFERED REVEREND WOODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE AND DEVELOP HIS INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE IN MEDIATION AND RECONCILIATION FROM A FAITH-BASED PERSPECTIVE. 
          AND, UH, I JUST LEARNED THIS MORNING THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE RETIRING ON JUNE 2ND AFTER 16 AND A HALF YEARS THERE AT THE CHURCH OF RECONCILIATION. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN THIS MORNING AND, UH, GODSPEED TO YOU ON YOUR, ON YOUR RETIREMENT AS WELL. 
          AND WELCOME HERE TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          HOLY CREATOR, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GIFTS OF LIFE, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS WONDERFUL CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THAT YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH AS OUR HOME. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THE DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY AND FOR THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES YOU'VE GIVEN US TO LIVE ABUNDANT LIVES. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP YOU HAVE GIVEN US, AND FOR THE WISDOM AND STAMINA OF OUR CITY LEADERS. 
          WE PRAY THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO BRING FORTH LEADERS WHO WILL DO THEIR BEST, TO ADDRESS THE MANY CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE FACE IN OUR CITY. 
          WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL GUIDE OUR LEADERS AND HELP THEM SEE THE CHALLENGES THAT MANY OF OUR FELLOW SAN ANTONIOS FACE, AND THAT YOU WILL SHOW THEM THE WAY TO MAKE THE LIES OF OUR PEOPLE EVEN MORE ABUNDANT. 
          WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL GUIDE THIS MEETING OF OUR CITY COUNCIL AND GIVE OUR CITY LEADERS THE OPENNESS, THE WISDOM, AND THE ENERGY TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY. 
          WE OFFER THESE PRAYERS IN THE NAME OF OUR CREATOR GOD. 
          AMEN. 
          THANK YOU ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE COUNTRY AND, UH, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU, REVEREND WOODY. 
          WE HAVE A 
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ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES INTERPRETERS. 
          OKAY. 
          THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OF JANUARY 24TH, JANUARY 30TH, AND JANUARY 31ST. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          MINUTES JANUARY 24, 20, 30, AND 31. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TODAY. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FIRST, UH, OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I TAKE THIS PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE FOR THE DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN AWARD. 
          UH, TODAY WE HONOR, UH, LUIS FEROCIOUS LUI, UH, VIAL WITH THE DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN AWARD FOR HIS PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT ALSO FOR HIS WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          LOUIS IS, UH, ORIGINALLY FROM HOUSTON AND MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO IN 2013. 
          LOUIS, I HOPE YOU ARE A SPURS FAN BY NOW. 
          UM, HE WORKS FOR PAPE DAWSON, ENGINEERS BY DAY, DESIGNING AND BUILDING THE MORE TANGIBLE ASPECTS OF SAN ANTONIO IN HIS FREE TIME, LOUIS BUILDS SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT. 
          HE BUILDS COMMUNITY. 
          MR. AL IS A PROFESSIONAL BOXER WHO USES HIS BOXING TALENTS TO TRAIN AND MENTOR YOUTH FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, KEEPING THEM IN THE GYM AND OUTTA TROUBLE. 
          LOUIS HAS EVEN DONATED BOXING EQUIPMENT TO LOWER INCOME GYMS AND DIRECTLY TO UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH TO ENSURE THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO STAY CONNECTED TO THE SPORT. 
          LOUIS IS ALSO A TRAINER WHO HAS HELPED PREPARE INDIVIDUALS FOR TOURNAMENTS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THEIR WORK IN THE FIELD. 
          FEROCIOUS LOUIS DOES ALL OF THIS AND STILL FINDS TIME TO WIN THE AMERICAN BOXING FEDERATION. 
          AMERICAN WEST MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BY KNOCKING OUT MICHAEL KOTA IN THE FOURTH ROUND AT THE SCOTTISH RIPE THEATER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO LAST DECEMBER. 
          MR. LES NOT ONLY HAS THE BELT OF A CHAMPION, HE HAS THE HEART OF A CHAMPION TOO. 
          LOUIS, YOU ARE A SHINING EXAMPLE TO OTHERS IN SAN ANTONIO AND A ROLE MODEL TO MANY KIDS. 
          AND NOW WEIGHING IN AT 154 POUNDS WITH A RECORD OF FOUR WINS AND ZERO LOSSES, ONE DRAW AND TWO KNOCKOUTS HOLDING THE A B F AMERICAN WEST MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. 
          PRESENT TO YOU LOUIS FEROCIOUS LOUISIE. 
          AL HOW MANY ROUNDS DO YOU WANT TO GO? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR FOR HAVING ME TODAY. 
          UM, WINNING THE TITLE WAS A BOYHOOD DREAM, UH, BEING RECOGNIZED HERE TODAY FOR STUFF THAT JUST COMES OUT. 
          MY PERSONALITY AND MY CHARACTER, UH, IS EVEN MORE, UH, IMPORTANT. 
          UH, AND I'M VERY HUMBLED AND, AND I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE NERVOUS THAN WHEN I FIGHT, AND THAT'S KIND OF ODD, I THINK. 
          I THINK THAT'S CRAZY. 
          BUT, UM, I'M JUST HERE. 
          UM, I'M, I AM ORIGINALLY FROM HOUSTON, UH, PURCHASED MY HOME HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, SO I AM A SPURS FAN. 
          I ACTUALLY USED TO TRAIN THEM. 
          I KNOW THEM , TIM DUNCAN. 
          UM, WHEN I FOUGHT FOR THE BELT, UM, I KNEW THAT, UH, MY OPPONENT WAS ORIGINALLY FROM FLORIDA AND FIGHTING OUTTA HOUSTON, AND I WAS NOT GONNA LET HIM LEAVE I 10 WITH HIS BELT. 
          HE WAS GONNA STAY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR YOU GUYS. 
          , THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          CAN WE SEE YOUR BELT? YEAH. 
          SO IS IS, UH, I THINK PATE DAWSON ALSO WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS. 
          IS, UH, STELLA FROM P DAWSON HERE TODAY? LET'S SEE. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, WHEN SHE ARRIVES, WE CAN TALK, UH, ABOUT IT LATER. 
          OR IS ANYBODY FROM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO YES. 
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OKAY. 
          ANA CAN SPEAK REPRESENTATIVE FROM P DAWSON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WASN'T PREPARED TO SAY A WORD, A FEW WORDS, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY A FEW WORDS AND I'LL JUST, UM, SAY, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE, WE SAID BEFORE, LOUIE, NOT ONLY IS HE OUR COACH, BUT HE'S, HE'S ALSO IN THE OFFICE, UH, EIGHT HOURS A DAY, UH, WORKING ON AUTOCAD. 
          AND, UM, NOT ONLY DOES LOUIE, UH, ALSO HELP, UM, HELP KIDS, UH, HELP THE, UM, YOU KNOW, HELP PEOPLE WHO COME TO HIS CLASS. 
          BUT, UH, I, I PERSONALLY GO TO HIS CLASS OFTEN AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR WORLD CAN BE QUITE STRESSFUL AND, UM, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO PUNCH THE BAG A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND SO NOT ONLY DOES HE HELP THE, UM, HELP THE KIDS, HE ALSO HELPS, UH, SEVERAL OF US AT PAY DAWSON MAINTAIN OUR SANITY. 
          SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF, OF HAVING LOUIE AS, UH, BOTH AN EMPLOYEE AND A COACH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND I JUST, UH, I'LL ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO LOUIE, UM, BEING ONE OF, I THINK TWO PEOPLE UP HERE THAT KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE PUNCHED BY YOU. 
          UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO PUNCH FOR OUR CITY. 
          UH, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THE EXTENT TO WHICH YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICE, UH, WAS SUCH A PART OF YOUR LIFE UNTIL WE REALLY GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER. 
          I STILL OWE OWE YOU A STEAK DINNER, BUT I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST A CHAMPION HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT REALLY A CHAMPION FOR THE FEDERATION. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          APPRECIATE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND BEFORE WE GET TO OUR BUSINESS TODAY, I DID WANT TO ALSO, UM, MAKE A SPECIAL NOTE. 
          UH, WE CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY TOMORROW, MARCH 8TH, AND INVITE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO PARTAKE IN A FULL SLATE OF ACTIVITIES TO CELEBRATE AND COMMEMORATE THE CONTRIBUTION OF WOMEN TO OUR CITY, OUR STATE, AND OUR NATION. 
          THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IS HOSTING A SUMMIT THIS SATURDAY AT THE MCALLISTER AUDITORIUM, FREE TO THE PUBLIC AND THE AGENDA BASED ON THE RECENTLY PASSED WOMEN'S EQUITY RESOLUTION, WHICH PRIORITIZES THE AREAS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY. 
          SO, UH, WE JOIN YOU AND JOIN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND REALLY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN THE CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY TOMORROW ON MARCH 8TH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GRO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, SO MUCH FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AND THIS BEING A WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND, UM, TELLING THE STORIES OF WOMEN. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WITH OUR WOMEN'S EQUITY RESOLUTION THAT WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT AND WORK TOGETHER, UM, TO INNOVATE FOR CHANGE, TO THINK EQUAL, TO THINK LOCAL, TO THINK GLOBAL, BUT KNOWING TOO THAT WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO IN THIS CITY, IN THIS NATION. 
          I DO WANT TO JUST, UH, PAUSE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT AS FAR AS WE MAKE CHANGES THAT EVERY WOMAN WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO LIFT ONE, UH, ONE ANOTHER UP, AND TO BE A SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND HELP. 
          IN THESE PAST TWO WEEKS, WE'VE SEEN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PARTNER VIOLENCE. 
          UM, ONE WOMAN WHO IS, UM, BODY IS STILL MISSING. 
          WE CANNOT FIND HER. 
          AND ANOTHER WHOSE WAS SHOT AT THE SIDE AND LEFT AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 
          IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY IN YOUR FAMILY WHO IS DEALING WITH PARTNER OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PLEASE REACH OUT AND SPEAK OUT TO THEM. 
          WE NEED TO HELP ONE ANOTHER. 
          SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE NEED TO LEAN AND HELP ONE ANOTHER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIA GR COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN FOR REMINDING US OF THAT. 
          I, IT WAS NOT THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MIND WHEN I THOUGHT OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, AND SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS AS WE CELEBRATE 
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THE HISTORY AND LIFE OF WOMEN IN, UH, OUR CITY AND IN THE WORLD. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT, UM, AS A, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MY HISTORY. 
          IT CAME ABOUT AS WE WERE DISCUSSING, UH, OUR LEGACIES AND THE ALAMO AND ALL OUR CONNECTIONS TO THIS GREAT CITY. 
          AND I WAS LEARNING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY FAMILY AND TRYING TO TAKE A ORAL HISTORY OF HOW, UH, WE CAME TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I LEARNED THAT, UH, ALL OF THE MIGRATION THAT MY FAMILY DID FROM MEXICO TO THE UNITED STATES, IT WAS ALWAYS THE WOMEN THAT LED THE WAY. 
          UH, AND I THOUGHT THOSE WERE INCREDIBLE STORIES. 
          UH, AS I WAS TALKING TO MY TIA, MANY OF WHOM ARE, ARE STARTING TO LEAVE THIS EARTH, UH, FINDING OUT THAT IT WAS ALWAYS THAT THEIA WHO BROUGHT HER NIECE, UH, AND THEN THE GRANDMOTHER WHO BROUGHT ANOTHER RELATIVE, ALWAYS A WOMAN COMING FIRST AND LEADING THE WAY. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S NOT AN UNCOMMON STORY, UH, AS WE SEE HOW WOMEN HAVE EVOLVED, UH, IN THIS CITY. 
          SO WE'LL KEEP, UM, YOU KNOW, THE REALLY GREAT STORIES OF THE FAMOUS WOMEN, UH, THAT WE WILL ALL HEAR ABOUT AND LEARN ABOUT DURING THIS MONTH, BUT ALSO TO KEEP IN MIND THAT IT'S, UH, ALSO WITHIN OUR OWN SELVES AND OUR OWN STORIES. 
          AND I HOPE WE FIND A WAY TO TELL SOME OF THOSE STORIES AS WELL. 
          UH, SO, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE CELEBRATIONS THIS MONTH FOR INTERNATIONAL FOR WOMEN'S MONTH, AND THEN TODAY, TOMORROW FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CELEBRATION, UH, THIS WEEKEND. 
          I WANNA, UH, RECOGNIZE ANDY RODRIGUEZ, WHO'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          SHE'S THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, ANDY, AND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT, UH, THAT YOU GOT US THROUGH. 
          UM, AND I DO WANNA ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS OF, OF MY COUNCIL, WOMEN, OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. 
          YES, YOU'RE MY COUNCILWOMEN TOO. 
          UH, UM, CERTAINLY, UH, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO CELEBRATE THE WOMEN IN ALL OF OUR LIVES, WHETHER YOU'RE, YOU'RE A MAN, CHILD, UH, WOMAN, WE ALL HAVE WOMEN WHO HELP US SUCCEED AND TO HELP WHO HELP US KEEP MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO THIS IS THE TIME TO, TO DO THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO THE BUSINESS PART OF OUR AGENDA. 
          AND I'LL START. 
          THERE ARE NO ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, SO I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          YES. 
          OH, NO. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FROM WHICH, UH, THE, TO PULL FROM THE, OKAY. 
          ITEMS 18 AND 20, ANY OTHERS? OKAY, HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, ALL ITEMS SAY FOR I 18 AND 20. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, UH, ITEMS. NONE ON CONSENT THOUGH, SO I'LL CALL THOSE CITIZENS. 
          SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, ON ITEM 18 WHEN THAT ITEM IS UP. 
          UH, BUT WE'LL BEGIN WITH COMMENT AND I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT AN, AN ITEM THAT'S GONNA REMAIN ON CONSENT, BUT IS A, A, A GREAT WIN FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO FIRST THANK ACCENTURE FINANCIAL SERVICES, UH, FOR CHOOSING SAN ANTONIO AS A LOCATION FOR ITS COMPANY'S CONTINUED GROWTH. 
          ACCENTURE IS A LEADING GLOBAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COMPANY PROVIDING A BROAD RANGE OF SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS. 
          AND WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND NEW JOBS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR UPWARD TRAJECTORY OF GROWTH. 
          BASED ON SUPPORT FROM TEAM SAN ANTONIO, THE COMPANY'S DECIDED TO INVEST IN THREE OF ITS SITES HERE AND DISTRICTS ONE, SIX AND EIGHT, AND ADD 500 NEW FULL-TIME JOBS TO OUR SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY. 
          THE COMPANY WILL ALSO LOOK TO EXPAND THE ROBUST INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AS PART OF THE CITY'S AGREEMENT, TAPPING INTO ONE OF SAN ANTONIO'S MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES. 
          AND THAT'S OUR WORKFORCE AND OUR PEOPLE. 
          THE NEW DELIVERY CENTERS THAT THE COMPANY IS BUILDING WILL PERFORM MOSTLY IT AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMING WORK, WHICH FURTHERS OUR COMMUNITY'S GOALS AROUND HIGH WAGE TARGETED INDUSTRIES, JOBS OUTLINED IN THE COMMUNITY'S SA TOMORROW AND FOREFRONT SA PLANS. 
          SO WITH ACCENTURE'S GROWING PRESENCE, WE CONTINUE TO MOVE SAN ANTONIO FORWARD AS WE GROW OUR TARGET INDUSTRIES AND CREATE A PROSPEROUS LOCATION FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY. 
          THIS PROJECT, I SHOULD SAY, ALSO DEMONSTRATES THAT SAN ANTONIO IS A WORLD-CLASS DESTINATION FOR COMPANIES TO GROW AND TO SUCCEED. 
          AND I'LL SINCERELY WANT TO THANK ACCENTURE AGAIN FOR CHOOSING SAN ANTONIO FOR THIS NEW PROJECT AND THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 
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INITIATIVES. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE COMING YEARS, AND I DO HAVE TO SAY BEN AND ALI, YOU REALLY SET THE TONE, UH, IN THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR CORPORATE COMMUNITY AND THE REAL COMMUNITY BE BENEFIT, UH, THAT COMES WITH PARTNERSHIP AND THE INVESTMENT THAT YOU'RE MAKING IN OUR WORKFORCE OF TOMORROW IS TRULY OUTSTANDING. 
          AND THE BENCHMARKS THAT YOU SET FOR YOURSELVES INTERNALLY, IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY ARE, UH, ARE JUST WONDERFUL MODELS FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO FOLLOW. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INVESTMENT IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, ITEM ON CONSENT ITEM 16. 
          UH, WE ARE APPOINTING SARAH OLIVARES, UH, AS OUR NEW ZONING COMMISSIONER. 
          SHE'S HERE. 
          I WANNA THANK HER FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HER GREAT WORK. 
          AND BRIANNA BARRETA FOR, UH, C A C. 
          AND, AND AT THIS POINT, I'D ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, SOPHIA LOPEZ FOR HER WORK ON THE ZONING COMMISSION. 
          IT'S, IT WAS A LOT OF GREAT WORK, AND THE COMMUNITY TRULY APPRECIATED ALL YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT BOARD. 
          I KNOW MY STAFF DID. 
          AND, UH, WE RECOGNIZE ALL THE LONG HOURS YOU PUT INTO MAKING SURE YOU'VE MADE THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS ON THAT COMMITTEE. 
          UH, I ALSO WANT THANK 10 FLORIAN FOR MANY YEARS ON C A C, UH, WAS A TRUE IMPACT FOR, FOR DISTRICT ONE AND, AND THE CITY, CITY AS A WHOLE. 
          SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE ON THAT COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          COUNCILMAN ELAS. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR, UH, BEN AND ALI, CAN YOU GUYS COME UP? I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE, WE THANK YOU APPROPRIATELY. 
          AND RENEE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          INTRODUCE US TO YOUR FRIENDS. 
          RENEE, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO, UH, TO THE REPRESENTATIVES HERE. 
          ALI BAKARI IS THEIR, UH, DELIVERY NETWORK DIRECTOR. 
          AND THEN BEN PV ISS THE LOCAL GUY. 
          HE'S THE MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR ACCENTURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU GUYS CORRECT ME IF I GET IT WRONG. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING, ACCENTURE HAS A PRESENCE IN 120 COUNTRIES, AND THAT YOU'VE GOT 425,000 EMPLOYEES AROUND THE PLANET, AND YOU CHOSE SAN ANTONIO IN WHICH TO EXPAND. 
          YOU'VE ALREADY GOT 1,143 EMPLOYEES HERE, BUT YOU'VE DECIDED TO ADD 500 NEW HIGH PAYING JOBS TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          DID I GET THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, YOU DECIDED TO DO THIS IN DISTRICT EIGHT, UH, AND SOME IN DISTRICT ONE, AND SOME IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          NOW, I KNOW THAT YOUR FAVORITE DISTRICT IS DISTRICT EIGHT, AND THAT'S OKAY. 
          AND THEN I, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TALK, UH, TO COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE AND COUNCILMAN TREVINO ABOUT IT LATER. 
          AND, UH, BUT, UH, IN, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, UM, THIS THREE 80 GRANT IS EXACTLY HOW WE DO EQUITY IN THIS CITY. 
          YOU KNOW, WE KEEP HEARING FROM PEOPLE, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE GIVING, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVES TO COMPANIES AND HELPING THEM OUT. 
          YOU DON'T HELP ME OUT. 
          THIS IS EXACTLY HOW WE HELP OUT OUR CONSTITUENTS BY MAKING SURE THAT THEY AND THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR LOVED ONES THAT HAVE HIGH PAYING JOBS, UM, WAITING FOR THEM. 
          I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING FOR SAN ANTONIO IS THE LIGHT MAKES EVERYTHING ELSE POSSIBLE. 
          YOUR INVESTMENT IN SAN ANTONIO MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO HIRE MORE POLICE OFFICERS, TO HAVE BETTER ROADS, TO HAVE BETTER SCHOOLS, TO HAVE BETTER HOSPITAL SYSTEMS. EVERYTHING THAT THIS CITY DOES, IT DEPENDS UPON A VERY HEALTHY ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT AND ADDING YOU GUYS AND YOUR JOBS TO THAT VERY, VERY HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM. 
          UM, BOY, WHAT A, WHAT A BLESSING. 
          SO FELLOWS, WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO AGAIN. 
          UH, AND, UH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU INTEND TO ADD ANOTHER 5,000 JOBS SO THAT I CAN BE THERE, UH, TO HELP YOU DO THAT. 
          OKAY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU AGAIN GUYS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          YEAH, PLEASE. 
          UM, JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST HONORED TO BE, UH, PART OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND, UH, VERY GRATEFUL, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE DO HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY AROUND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH GUYS. 
          COUNCILMAN HALL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND BEFORE I HIGHLIGHT, UH, A COUPLE OF ITEMS, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, PART OF MY COMMITMENT TO THIS COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY WHEN I WAS APPOINTED IN JANUARY WAS THAT, UH, I WAS GONNA BRING ALL CANDIDATES FOR DISTRICT TWO THROUGH, UM, UH, THE PROCESS SO THAT THEY GET SOME MENTORING FROM ME. 
          AND SO WE'RE STARTED, WE'RE STARTING OUT TODAY AND YESTERDAY. 
          AND SO I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT JADA SULLIVAN IS WITH ME YESTERDAY AND TODAY. 
          SOME OF Y'ALL MIGHT'VE SEEN HER YESTERDAY, AND SHE'LL BE HANGING OUT WITH ME ALL DAY TODAY. 
          AND, UH, UH, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER CANDIDATE NEXT WEEK OR, UH, NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND, AND, AND FOLLOWING. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE ALL THE CANDIDATES SCHEDULED, UH, FOR DISTRICT TWO. 
          SO I WANTED TO MAKE YOU, YOU ALL AWARE OF THAT. 
          AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THE APPOINTMENT. 
          THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, TO SERVE IN THIS DISTRICT TWO POSITION. 
          I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UH, TWO ITEMS, UM, ON THE CONSENT 
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AGENDA. 
          NUMBER ONE, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 12. 
          AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO RAZZIE AND TO RODNEY AND ALL THE TEAM FOR WORKING ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. 
          UM, WITH ITEM 12, WE'RE GONNA ADD, ADD AN ADDITIONAL PAVILION, UH, EIGHT SHADE CANOPIES, UH, ONE NEW LARGE PRO UH, PLAYGROUND, AND 12 NEW AREA LIGHTS TO THAT PARTICULAR PARK AND FACILITY. 
          AND SO, UH, WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT THE VOTERS VOTING IN THE BOND, UH, BUT ALSO THE, THE WORK OF CITY AND THE CITY STAFF AND, AND GETTING AND MOVING THIS FORWARD. 
          SO THANK YOU RAZZY, RODNEY, AND, AND THE WHOLE TEAM. 
          AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEMS 14 AND 15 AND, UH, MAYOR FROM PREVIOUSLY FROM DISTRICT EIGHT, AND THEN COUNCILMAN, UH, ELIAS FROM FROM DISTRICT EIGHT, UH, BONNIE CONNOR BACK IN 2000 AND MANY OTHERS REALLY PUSHED FOR SOME OF THE SALES TAX REVENUE TO BE USED FOR PURCHASING LAND OVER THE AQUIFER. 
          AND SO THESE ITEMS ARE JUST A CONTINUATION OF THAT. 
          AND I LOVE WHAT WE'RE DOING OVER THE AQUIFER AND, AND UTILIZE UTILIZATION OF THE, OF THESE SALES TAXES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU ERIC AND MARIA FOR PULLING THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER FOR ME. 
          YESTERDAY WE SPENT ABOUT $265 MILLION IN SALES TAX REVENUE FOR PROTECTION OF THE AQUIFER BY PURCHASING LAND AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. 
          SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT 157,000, UH, ACRES THAT ARE PRESERVED OVER THE, OVER THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, UH, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, OF THE SALES TAX AND THE COMMITMENT BY THIS COUNCIL AND OTHER COUNCILS, BUT ALSO THE VOTERS. 
          SO THIS STARTED IN 2000. 
          AND SO I'M PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS CONTINUATION OF, OF THIS EFFORT TODAY. 
          AND I SEE COUNCILMAN RAD AND THE AUDIENCE, SHE WAS ONE OF THE BIG SUPPORTERS AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN HALL. 
          COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 13, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF FUNDING OF 422,000 FOR THE WEST COMMERCE PROJECT, INCLUDING SIDEWALKS ALONG COMMERCE, TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES, DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UH, THIS WAS PART OF A 2012 BOND PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE AREA AROUND THE NEAR DOWNTOWN U T S A, THE, UH, VIA PROJECT. 
          AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UH, HOPEFULLY WHAT WILL BE THE REST OF THE EXPANSION OF THE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS. 
          SO, UH, THIS IS, UM, A REALLY EXCITING PROJECT THAT WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS. 
          WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, UH, AGAIN, UH, STARTING AT THIS MONTH IN MARCH, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET ALL THAT INFORMATION OUT. 
          BUT THIS IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT, UM, IN SOME IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE BRIDGE AND UNDER THE BRIDGE FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND CYCLISTS, DEDICATED BIKE LANES, AND, UH, ALSO SOME, UH, ART PROJECTS UNDER THE BRIDGE. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, UH, THAT PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ITEM. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ALL AGENDA, ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 18 AND 20. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM 18, ITEM NUMBER 18 IS A RESOLUTION TO START LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR 1 4 1 1 WEST ASHBY PLACE WITH A WAIVER OF APPLICATION FEES AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE S A I S D TO MITIGATE THE LOSS OF BEACON HILL, NUMBER 22, AND IMPLEMENT MITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR STRUCTURES OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE. 
          FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR 2019 GENERAL FUND BUDGET. 
          OKAY, BEFORE, UH, WE HAVE COUNSEL, UH, COMMENT, WE DO HAVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 
          I'LL BEGIN BY CALLING THEM NOW. 
          WE'LL START WITH LAREN NELSON. 
          LARIN NELSON. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, PATTY RALE, COUNCIL MEMBER RALE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY WILLIE BURROWS. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M, UH, HERE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND TO CELEBRATE, UM, THE POINT AT WHICH WE HAVE COME TO WITH THE ISSUE OVER THE BEACON HILL, UM, ACADEMY AND THE, THE BUILDING BEING CONSIDERED FOR DEMOLITION. 
          UM, I'M, I'M GRATEFUL BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING, UH, BUT ALSO A BEAUTIFUL PROCESS TO WATCH, UH, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF EVERYONE ON THIS ISSUE KIND OF STOOD THEIR GROUND FOR WHATEVER IT WAS THEY FELT THEY NEEDED TO PROTECT. 
          WHETHER IT WAS THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRES PRESERVATION, THE COUNCIL OFFICE STANDING UP FOR CULTURE AND HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, STANDING UP FOR THE NEEDS OF THIS, OF, OF OUR EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN, AND VERY, VERY IMPORTANTLY, THE PARENTS WHO 
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REALLY DROVE US TO BEING ABLE TO BE AT THIS POINT. 
          SO VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE LIGHT THAT IT HAS BEEN, UM, PUBLIC. 
          AND IT TAKES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HUMILITY WHEN YOU'RE STANDING YOUR GROUND AND, UH, REALIZE THAT TO GET TO A BETTER PLACE, WE NEED THE COMPROMISE. 
          AND, UH, AND THAT CAN BE HUMBLING, BUT IT IS A GREAT THING TO CELEBRATE. 
          AND, UH, I, AGAIN, I WANNA REPEAT MY, UM, APPRECIATION FOR THE INVOLVEMENT FROM THE PARENTS, UH, ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE. 
          BUT, UH, THEY REALLY STRENGTHENED OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS. 
          AND IT'S, I CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE THEIR VOICES COMING FORWARD TO THIS COUNCIL AND PEOPLE LISTENING TO THEM. 
          AND SO, IN LIGHT OF THAT, I DO ASK AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR S A I S D, THAT YOU PLEASE, UH, SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE, UH, SO THAT WE ALL FIND OURSELVES IN A LITTLE BIT BETTER SITUATION, UH, FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN, AND ALSO FOR THE FUTURE OF THE EDUCATIONAL POSSIBILITIES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, AND PUTTING MORE EMPHASIS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, HISTORICAL BUILDINGS, BUT OUR CULTURE AND OUR HISTORY OVERALL. 
          SO AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYBODY WHO'S BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT, AND I DO ASK FOR YOUR VOTE IN FAVOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RADEL, WILLIE BURROWS. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME'S WILLIE BURROWS. 
          I'M THE C O O FOR S A SS D. 
          UM, BEEN HERE IN THE CITY NOW FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND, UH, EXCITED ABOUT BEING HERE. 
          AND THE SUPERINTENDENT IS OUTTA TOWN, SUPERINTENDENT MARTINEZ. 
          AND SO I'M SPEAKING ON HIS BEHALF REGARDING THIS MATTER. 
          UH, WE EXTEND OUR DEEP GRATITUDE TO COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO AND TO SHANNON MILLER AND THE STAFF, UH, AT THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOR WORKING WITH US TO GET TO THIS RESOLUTION. 
          UH, WE RESPECT COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO'S COMMITMENT TO THE HISTORIC FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND APPRECIATIVE OF HIS WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN AND DISCUSS THE ISSUE. 
          ALTHOUGH WE ALL VALUE THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS, UH, IN THIS CASE, THE BUILDING'S REMOVAL IS THE RIGHT DECISION FOR OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, WE ASK MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT IN DENYING THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF THE BEACON HILL SO THAT WE MAY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEMOLITION. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BURROWS. 
          CHRISTINA MARTINEZ. 
          GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR NUREMBERG AND COUNCIL PEOPLE. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING. 
          I AM CHRISTINA MARTINEZ, UM, A PROUD S A I S D PARENT WITH THREE STUDENTS IN OUR SS A I S D SCHOOLS. 
          ONE GOES, UH, TO SCHOOL WITH YOUR SON. 
          UM, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED WHEN YOU COME TO THE CAMPUS. 
          THEY GET, UM, THEY'RE LIKE, HE'S SUPER BUFF. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE TO OUR STUDENTS AT THAT SCHOOL. 
          UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO, TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE GREAT WORK AND PARTNERSHIP AND CONVERSATION THAT HAS HAPPENED. 
          UM, AT BEACON HILL IN THE SPRING OF 2017, I WAS APPOINTED TO THE SS A I S D SCHOOL BOARD TO SERVE THE FAMILIES OF THE EDISON FEEDER PATTERN. 
          AND I HAD BEEN, UM, ON THE JOB EXACTLY ONE MONTH WHEN I HAD IN BEEN INVITED TO A PRESENTATION AT, OF THE GT CLASS AT BEACON HILL ACADEMY. 
          AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR GT STUDENTS THAT'S HERE WITH US TODAY. 
          AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE PRESENTATION WAS GONNA BE ABOUT. 
          UM, BUT THEY ASKED THAT WE TALK ABOUT THIS BUILDING. 
          UM, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE BEACON HILL BUILDING, AND THE STUDENTS WERE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE BUILDING. 
          THEIR PERCEPTION WAS THAT THERE WERE GHOSTS IN THE BUILDING, UM, PERHAPS SPIDERS OR BUGS LIVING THERE. 
          BUT THE IDEA TOO WAS THAT THERE WERE BRICKS FALLING OFF THE BUILDING. 
          AND SO THEIR PERCEPTION WAS THAT THIS BUILDING WAS VERY SCARY AND NEEDED TO GO. 
          AND, UM, SHORTLY AFTER THAT, WE ALSO DECIDED TO FORGE A PARTNERSHIP WITH COPS METRO. 
          AND THIS WAS A INTERESTING PARTNERSHIP. 
          COPS METRO HAD NOT WORKED WITH FAMILIES IN THE EDUCATIONAL SETTING BEFORE. 
          AND I SAID, LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 
          AND SO, COPS, METRO ORGANIZED PARENTS AND BROUGHT US TO A MEETING. 
          IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO A COPS METRO MEETING, UM, YOU MAKE I STATEMENTS, COMMITMENTS, AND YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO THINGS. 
          AND THERE WERE THREE THINGS THAT THEY ASKED ME AS THEIR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TO COMMIT TO. 
          ONE WAS TO 
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SEEK RELIEF REGARDING THE OLD BEACON HILL BUILDING, EITHER TO DEMOLISH IT OR FIND A PLAN WITH IT. 
          BUT THEY WERE TIRED OF THAT BUILDING, SITTING VACANT FOR 20 YEARS. 
          UH, THE SECOND REQUEST FROM THEM WAS TO HELP SAVE THEIR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM. 
          AT THE TIME, DUAL, UH, BEACON HILLS' ENROLLMENT HAD BEEN DECLINING. 
          AND BECAUSE THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH STUDENTS IN THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, THEY WERE ABOUT TO LOSE IT. 
          AND THE THIRD REQUEST WAS, UH, REGARDING SOME SAFETY ISSUES AROUND THEIR CAMPUS. 
          UM, BUT THE FIRST REQUEST WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR THE FAMILIES, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM WHO HAD GROWN UP IN THAT COMMUNITY, SOME OF THEM HAD ALSO ATTENDED THE OLD BEACON HILL BUILDING. 
          THEY WERE JUST TIRED OF IT SITTING THERE. 
          AND AS A PARENT MYSELF, I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING TO WALK MY CHILD EVERY DAY BY A BUILDING THAT WAS SITTING THERE THAT WAS UGLY, THAT WAS AN EYESORE, AND KEEPING THEM FROM THE SPACE THAT THEY REALLY WANTED. 
          SO I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE PARENTS WHO ARE HERE TODAY. 
          PLEASE STAND. 
          IT'S BECAUSE OF THEM THAT WE ARE HERE AT THIS POINT TODAY, THEIR ADVOCACY. 
          THEY MET WITH MANY OF YOU. 
          I WANNA THANK THE CITY STAFF, THE DISTRICT STAFF FOR GETTING US WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS ORDINANCE. 
          'CAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR OUR FAMILIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MS. MARTINEZ. 
          IS, IS LA NELSON HERE? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY, MS. NELSON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND I'M PARDON MY TARDINESS. 
          I'M LAUREN NELSON. 
          I'M THE PRINCIPAL OF BEACON HILL ACADEMY. 
          I HAD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH A FEW FACTS THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ALL OF THESE MEETINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT THAT THIS ACTUALLY BEGAN AND LET'S SAY RESURFACED IN APRIL OF 2017, WITH A GROUP OF OUR GIFTED STUDENTS, THAT THIS WAS THEIR PROJECT, THAT THIS BECAME THEIR PROJECT, THAT THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE BUILDING. 
          AND THESE 18 STUDENTS, LAURA THOMAS, ABRAHAM ALLISON, ELAINE CAMILLA, KEVIN LAUREN, ELIZABETH MARILU, NICHOLAS PEDRO, SARAH ALEXANDRIA, MARIANA, CHARLES, GUADALUPE, GIOVANNI, AND LAUREN, SHE WAS UP HERE, DECIDED TO RESEARCH THE DEMOLITION OR RENOVATION OF THE OLD BEACON HILL BECAUSE THEY WANTED MORE SPACE FOR OUR SCHOOL. 
          AND THIS OPENED THE DOOR TO THIS NEW ADVENTURE THAT WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW. 
          THEY MET WITH COUNCILMAN TREVINO ON DECEMBER 11TH, 2017 TO DISCUSS THE TWO DIFFERENT PROPOSALS. 
          AND HE SHARED ALL OF HIS EXPERTISE ABOUT ARCHITECTURE. 
          SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING AND ON JANUARY 30TH, 2018, TO INFORM OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PARENTS THE NEED OF OUR SCHOOL, OUR GROUP OF PARENTS, OF OUR MOTHERS WHO ARE COURAGEOUS AND DETERMINED, PICKED UP THE TORCH THAT THESE STUDENTS LIT. 
          AND HERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          WE HAVE FORTY FOUR, FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX STUDENTS WHO ARE WATCHING LIVESTREAM RIGHT NOW, AND 50 STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE SEEING THIS IN ACTION RIGHT NOW. 
          JUST THINK OF THE LESSON THAT YOU ARE GOING TO TEACH THEM TODAY AND WHAT YOUR VOTE WILL SHOW THEM. 
          THEY'RE COUNTING ON YOU TO REMEMBER THEM TO BE ABLE TO HONOR THOSE 18 STUDENTS THAT STARTED THIS QUEST BACK IN 2017. 
          I WANT TO TELL THEM THAT THEIR VOICE MATTERS. 
          PLEASE HELP ME SHOW THEM THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS WORK AND STANDING UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN DOES AND CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU VOTE AGAINST THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF THE OLD BEACON HILL AND SHOW SS A I S D TO FULFILL ITS MISSION TO ITS STUDENTS. 
          PLEASE VOTE NO AND TELL OUR STUDENTS THAT THEY MATTER. 
          AND YES, TAKE THE FENCES DOWN AND LET US HAVE OUR PLAYGROUND. 
          THANK YOU, MS. NELSON. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO FIRST JUST WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE GREAT STUDENTS, UH, THE GIFTED AND TALENTED THIRD GRADERS GOT TO SPEND A LOT OF GREAT TIME WITH THEM. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER BEING IN THIRD GRADE AND I REMEMBER WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO 
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DREAM ABOUT WHAT YOU MIGHT BECOME SOMEDAY AND WHAT THAT MEANS, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE TOOL IS EDUCATION, THE TOOL FOR HOW YOU CHASE YOUR DREAMS. THE BIGGEST TOOL, I THINK, IS EDUCATION. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MYSELF, CAN I CAN TALK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES AND MY JOURNEY TO BECOMING, UH, AN ARCHITECT AND NOW A COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME EXPERIENCES WHERE THE EDUCATION WAS THERE AND SOME EXPERIENCES WHERE IT WASN'T QUITE AVAILABLE. 
          UM, SADLY, IT FEELS LIKE MORE AND MORE WERE STEPPING AWAY FROM THE VERY VALUES WE SHOULD BE EMBRACING. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS WHY WE INVEST SO MUCH IN THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          THIS IS WHY WE INVEST SO MUCH IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          IT'S NOT FOR SHOW. 
          THIS IS SERIOUS. 
          AND THIS DID NOT START APRIL OF 2017. 
          THIS STARTED MUCH, MUCH, MUCH LONGER TIME AGO. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, WE'RE NOT VOTING AGAINST SOMETHING. 
          WE'RE VOTING FOR SOMETHING TODAY. 
          UM, SO FIRST, LET ME JUST THANK A FEW PEOPLE. 
          I WANT TO THANK SHANNON MILLER. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S TOUGH TO HAVE A JOB THAT CAN OFTEN BE MISREPRESENTED OR MISUNDERSTOOD. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR STAFF. 
          IT'S, IT'S A TOUGH, TOUGH JOB IN SUCH A HISTORIC CITY LIKE SAN ANTONIO, BUT WE GOTTA PRESERVE THAT, RIGHT? UH, DEBBIE ROCKA SITTER, YOU'RE A ROCKA STAR, AND, UH, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          . 
          I KNOW THAT WAS CORNY, UM, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU TWO DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR HELPING TO SHAPE SOME OF THIS. 
          I WANT TO THANK ANDY RODRIGUEZ FOR HELPING, UH, CREATE A BRIDGE HERE. 
          UM, I WANNA SPECIFICALLY THANK SUPERINTENDENT PEDRO MARTINEZ, THE S A I S D BOARD. 
          YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE DEMAN FAMILY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE DEMAN FAMILY, UH, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, REMEMBERS THE, THE ARCHITECT WHO, THAT WAS THEIR FATHER WHO DESIGNED THIS INCREDIBLE BUILDING. 
          I WANNA THANK THE A I A AMERICAN HISTORY ARCHITECTS, FORT PAUL CARSON ARCHITECTS, THE SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY, WHICH BY THE WAY, YOU, IT'S GREAT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HERE'S A LETTER OF SUPPORT THAT I'M GONNA SUBMIT FOR THE RECORD, UH, TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA ACCOMPLISH TODAY AND WHAT I THINK IS WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA ACCOMPLISH. 
          AND, AND I'M AND I LEARNING THAT THESE THIRD GRADERS ARE LISTENING TODAY, OR THESE KIDS. 
          HERE'S THE BIG LESSON TODAY, KIDS, YOU'RE GONNA LEARN A LOT ABOUT OUR HISTORY AND WHY WE TREASURE IT, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA CREATE AN INCREDIBLE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. 
          AND THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY AGREES. 
          I WANT TO THANK, UM, A LOT OF GREAT FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS ST. 
          ANNE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, UH, OF COURSE, THE BEACON HILL COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE TRIED EXHAUSTIVELY TO TRY TO FIND, UH, A WAY TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO REPURPOSE THIS STRUCTURE. 
          AND WE REALIZE THAT THIS IS A, A DIFFICULT COURSE OF ACTION. 
          UM, WE UNDERSTAND THE, THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, AGAIN, PRIMARILY CENTERED AROUND KIDS. 
          AND WE WERE ALL KIDS ONE DAY SOMEDAY. 
          AND SO, UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE KIDS DESERVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, TO LEARN SOMETHING QUITE SPECIAL. 
          AND I, I THINK WE'RE DOING THAT. 
          UM, THEREFORE, UH, WE MUST LOOK TO SEE HOW WE CAN USE THIS AS A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM OUR COLLECTIVE FUTURE ACTIONS. 
          PRESERVATION EFFORTS MUST BE BALANCED TO BOTH ENSURE OUR PAST IS REMEMBERED WITH AN ALLOWANCE FOR GROWTH AND CHANGE. 
          WHEN PRES PRESERVATION IS NOT VIABLE, WE DO NOT PRESERVE FOR PRESERVATION'S SAKE, WE PRESERVE OUR HISTORY. 
          SO FUTURE GENERATIONS MAY LEARN FROM THE PAST, AND I'M SPEAKING TO YOU KIDS, I BELIEVE THIS MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS A PATH THAT FULFILLS THAT MISSION. 
          THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND WE CREATED THIS. 
          WITH THAT SAID, I MOVE TO THE DYE, THE RESOLUTION FOR INITIATION OF LANDMARK DESIGNATION, AND APPROVE THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH SAN ANTONIO 
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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MITIGATE THE LOSS OF THE BEACON HILL STRUCTURE AND IMPLEMENT MITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR S A I D STRUCTURES OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION ON ITEM NUMBER 18. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS WE'D LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME. 
          START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I HAVE A, AN IMPORTANT HISTORY IN MY LIFE WITH S A I S D. 
          I STARTED TEACHING THERE ABOUT 27 YEARS AGO, AND I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST BEGAN, THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD SOMETHING LIKE 90,000 STUDENTS IN A HUNDRED SCHOOL BUILDINGS. 
          AND I WAS VERY PROUD TO BE A TEACHER THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          BUT OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, I SAW THE, THE DETERIORATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE OF LACK OF THE KIND OF FINANCIAL COMMITMENT, UH, THAT, THAT THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT DESERVED. 
          AND I SAW A LOT OF, UH, BEAUTIFUL OLD SCHOOL BUILDINGS GET, UH, CLOSED AND THEN, UH, REHABILITATED OR CHANGED TO DIFFERENT PURPOSES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          I'M A TRADITIONALIST MYSELF. 
          UH, I GUESS YOU'D SAY A, A HISTORIC PRESERVATIONIST. 
          I LOVE OLD SCHOOL BUILDINGS. 
          I THINK THEY'RE VERY SYMBOLIC AND HAVE AN IMPORTANT PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, BEACON HILL ELEMENTARY IS NOT ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN THAT THE VALUE THAT IT HAS NOW IS OPENING UP AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BETTER EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS THROUGH THIS NEW CURRICULUM THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING. 
          BUT THE VALUE ISN'T THAT THE BUILDING REMAIN. 
          SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE, UH, THE MOTION BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME. 
          UH, BUT I HOPE THAT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO PULL TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT AND TO HELP, UH, WITH THE REASSIGNMENT REHABILITATION OF A LOT OF THOSE GREAT SCHOOL BUILDINGS. 
          AND THAT THE, THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO FLOURISH AND ITS STUDENTS CONTINUE TO FLOURISH. 
          AND I HOPE OUR STATE DOES A GOOD JOB OF STEPPING IN AND PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE COUNCIL, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, IS THERE A PRESENTATION? I, I, I DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE. 
          YEAH, PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO OBVIOUSLY THE, THE, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS THE BEACON HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH IS, UM, ON ASHBY PLACE. 
          YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE MAP. 
          UM, IT IS, IT IS LOCATED ON THE SAME PARCEL AS THE, THE SCHOOL THAT'S CURRENTLY IN USE. 
          UM, BUT IT IS NOT, IT IS, IT HAS BEEN FENCED FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HASN'T BEEN OCCUPIED. 
          UM, AND SO THE H D R C STAFF DID RECOMMEND THAT THE PROPERTY'S ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION AND THE H D R C UM, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF A FINDING OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE, UM, BECAUSE THE PROPERTY CERTAINLY IS, UM, ELIGIBLE TO BE DESIGNATED HISTORIC. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF, WE GOT HERE TODAY. 
          AND, UM, SO THE OPTIONS ARE EITHER TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO PROCEED WITH THAT LANDMARK DESIGNATION OR, UM, TO AUTHORIZE THIS, THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF THE MEMOR MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. 
          UM, IN THE M O A, UM, WHAT IS PROPOSED IS, ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS. 
          UM, THE FIRST FEW ARE, THE FIRST COUPLE ARE RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO THE BEACON HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING. 
          AND THAT IS, UM, DOCUMENTATION OF THE BUILDING THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS AND LASER SCANNING AND, UM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS PROPERLY DOCUMENTED. 
          UM, THEN ALSO A SALVAGE AND REUSE PLAN FOR MATERIALS OF THE BUILDING SO THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST, UM, TAKEN TO THE LANDFILL. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND TWO RELATE TO OTHER HISTORIC STRUCTURES IN THE S A I S D INVENTORY. 
          UM, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE THAT S A I S D DO A COMPLETE, UM, SURVEY AND INVENTORY OF ALL HISTORIC RESOURCES IN THE S A I S D PORTFOLIO, AND THEN BEGIN THE CONVERSATION WITH THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THE HISTORIC AND DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION ABOUT POTENTIAL DESIGNATION OF OTHER HISTORIC PROPERTIES THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY PROTECTED. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY THESE TWO, UM, THINGS WERE CREATED WITH AN EYE TOWARD TRYING TO AVOID A SITUATION LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, AND THEN THE LAST TWO ARE RELATED TO, UM, EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM. 
          UM, NUMBER FIVE IS A REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE PRESERVATION TRADES EDUCATION AS PART OF THEIR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS A DISTRICT-WIDE, UM, 
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CULTURAL HERITAGE CURRICULUM. 
          AND THE OBJECTIVES OUTLINED IN THE, IN THE M O A FOR THE CULTURAL HERITAGE CURRICULUM ARE ON THE SCREEN NOW. 
          AND THEY, UM, INCLUDE STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY PRIDE THROUGH CONNECTING YOUTH WITH HISTORIC PLACES, AND, UM, FOSTERING KIND OF A PRESERVATION ETHIC AND PROVIDING EDUCATORS WITH TOOLS TO SUPPORT EFFORTS IN, UM, HERITAGE EDUCATION AND ARTS EDUCATION AND, AND OTHER KIND OF HUMANITIES RELATED, UM, ACTIVITIES. 
          AND THEN REALLY ALSO, UM, THAT IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO CAREERS IN AREAS OF SUCH AS ARTS AND CULTURE AND HUMANITIES AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          UM, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I COULD WORK IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION WHEN I WAS A KID. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD'VE DONE IF I DID, BUT IT MIGHT'VE HELPED. 
          I MIGHT'VE GOTTEN HERE SOONER. 
          UM, SO, UH, THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS REALLY THE, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, UH, WE, WE DO FEEL LIKE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REALLY CREATE, UM, FUTURE PRESERVATIONISTS AND, UM, AND, AND EXPOSE KIDS TO, UM, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SURE, SHANNON. 
          SO I, UM, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE CASE PRIMARILY, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST BECAUSE I HEARD ABOUT IT WITH SOME YOU CAN, WELL, NO, ACTUALLY I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT, UM, I HEARD ABOUT IT FROM SOME PARENTS AT A COPS METRO MEETING TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL. 
          UH, AND SO THAT WAS MY FIRST INTRODUCTION. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK SINCE THEN SOME THINGS HAVE EVOLVED AND I ACTUALLY WAS NOT REALLY CLEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TODAY. 
          SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IS THAT IN THE MEMO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THERE'S GONNA BE SOME COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL THOSE THINGS, WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THAT? SO THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURVEY AND ALL, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD, WOULD BE, UM, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF S A I S D. 
          SO S A S D IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE THINGS, INCLUDING THE CAPTURING OF THE MATERIALS AND, UM, ALL THAT. 
          AND SO, I DON'T KNOW, CAN I HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE S A S D? I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU AS WELL. 
          I DON'T, WHOMEVER CAN HELP ME WITH THAT. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AGAIN? YES, WILLIE BURROWS. 
          BURROWS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MR. BURROWS. 
          AND SO, UM, I GUESS SOME QUESTIONS I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, HAS THIS EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE IN, IN S A I D, THE REQUEST HERE, HAS THIS EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE TO SAVE MATERIALS AFTER A DEMOLITION OR TO SURVEY AND ALL THIS STUFF THAT'S BEING REQUESTED? UM, I'M UNCLEAR ON YOUR QUESTION. 
          SO, UM, IN THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, IT SAYS, IN FACT, YOU WANNA, CAN YOU BRING UP THAT MEMORANDUM, UNDERSTANDING THAT REQUESTS THERE, THAT IT SAYS YOU HAVE TO SAVE THE BRICKS AND YOU HAVE TO SAVE THE STRUCTURE FOR, UM, MATERIALS, RIGHT. 
          IN TERMS OF, IT'S IN THE PRESENTATION, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF A SALVAGE PLAN? YES. 
          YOU SAID, HAS IT EVER BEEN DONE? YES. 
          WITH S E I S D? YES. 
          FOR OTHER HISTORIC, UH, FACILITIES THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN PRESERVED. 
          YES. 
          SO IT SET, SO ONE OF THE FIR UH, ONE, A DIFFERENT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          THE ONE BEFORE IT, THAT IS A MEMUM OF UNDERSTANDING. 
          SO IT SAYS HERE, DOCUMENT STRATEGY, SALVAGE AND REUSE PLAN FOR MATERIALS, HISTORIC BUILDING INVENTORY, DESIGNATION OF OTHER SS I S D BUILDINGS. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED SHANNON WHO WAS GONNA BE DOING THAT. 
          AND SHE SAID S C I S D WAS, SO I, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, HAVE YOU DONE THIS BEFORE OR HAVE YOU DONE IT ALREADY? WE'VE NOT DONE, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, WE HAVE NOT DONE A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY IN TERMS OF ALL OF OUR HISTORIC, UH, FACILITIES. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE PRESERVED TO INCLUDE THE, THE ALAMO CONVOCATION CENTER, WHERE THAT WAS, UM, REFURBISHED, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 
          UH, SO TO SOME DEGREE WE HAVE, BUT IN TERMS OF A COMPREHENSIVE PORTFOLIO OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS, UH, WITH THE HISTORY OF THOSE BUILDINGS AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING, THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE TO DATE. 
          AND THAT'S WHY IT'S A PART OF THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I GET MY, GET MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          YES. 
          UH, AND ALSO I THINK THE FAMILIES, AS THEY UNDERSTAND IT, HAVE BEEN PROMISED THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A PLAYGROUND OR THERE WAS GONNA BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY AF WHEN THIS DEMOLITION HAPPENS. 
          AND IS THERE FUNDING FOR THAT? THERE'S FUNDING TO REMOVE THE STRUCTURE. 
          THERE'S NO LONG TERM CAP. 
          IT'LL BE CREATED INTO A, A GREEN PLAY FIELD. 
          UH, THAT'S THE EXTENT, UH, OF FUNDING THAT'S CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. 
          BUT IS THERE, SO THERE'S NO CURRENTLY NOTHING THAT SAYS THAT YOU ALL ARE GONNA DO THE PLAYGROUND BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE FAMILIES ANTICIPATE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN A, OR NOT, NOT, MAYBE NOT A PLAYGROUND, BUT A GREEN SPACE OR LIKE FOR SOCCER FIELDS OR BASEBALL OR SOME ACTIVITY FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO USE WHEN 
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THIS DEMOLITION HAPPENS. 
          AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET THAT ASSURANCE IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS THAT THERE WILL IN FACT BE AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE AREA WHEN THE DEMOLITION HAPPENS. 
          THERE WILL BE A GREEN SPACE AVAILABLE ONCE THE DEMOLITION OCCURS SO FAIRLY PROMPTLY, LIKE WILL IT BE BY THE FALL? WELL, WELL ONCE, WELL, NOT BY THE FALL, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO ABATE THE BUILDING, TO DEMOLISH IT, AND THEN RETURN IT TO A GREEN SPACE. 
          SO WE'LL PUT TOGETHER A SCHEDULE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COUNCIL'S ACTIONS ON TODAY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE FAMILIES, UM, HAVE SOME SORT OF ASSURANCE THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN AND THAT WILL BE DONE TIMELY. 
          UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S PART OF THIS WHOLE IDEA IS THAT SOMETHING THEN WILL HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF ASSURANCE, OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          BUT I DO THINK THAT THE PARENTS HAVE SOME, UM, OBLIGATION TO HEAR THAT THERE WILL BE A TIMELY IMPROVEMENT OF THE PROPERTY, NOT JUST A DEMOLITION, THAT IT'S GONNA STAY THAT WAY BECAUSE, UH, I THINK SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS HERE, UH, I MEAN, THERE IS A COST INVOLVED AND THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO ASK IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A SET ASIDE FOR HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO THESE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          PATTY, DID YOU WANNA, UM, ADD TO, UM, I MEAN, WE HAVE, UH, DEVELOPED, YOU KNOW, ROUGH SCHEDULES BASED ON PROJECT DURATION IN TERMS OF IF THIS ACTION OCCURS AND WHEN THIS ACTION OCCURS, THAT THERE'S A PERIOD OF TIME THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR DEMOLITION, RETURNING THE SPACE TO GREENFIELD AND THEN, UH, MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I, PATTY, DID YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING? UH, YES. 
          I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT OUR BOARD IS, HAS TAKEN ACTION TO SAY THAT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO THIS, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, CREATING THE GREEN SPACE AND TO USING IT AS A, AS A SPORTS FIELD OR, UH, WHATEVER WE DETERMINE THE BEST. 
          RIGHT. 
          I REALLY, WHATEVER THE PARENTS WANT, I, I JUST, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE I DIDN'T REALLY GET ANY ASSURANCES IN, IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS THAT THERE WAS SOME SORT OF TIMELY, UH, NO, WE FORMALLY, WE FORMALLY SAID THAT WE WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, FUND THIS, THAT WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS. 
          SO IT'S, UM, A COMMITMENT FROM OUR DISTRICT TO TAKE CARE. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD. 
          WELL, I, I HOPE THAT THAT IS THE CASE, SO THANK YOU, UH, FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BURROWS. 
          UM, I GUESS SOME OTHER QUESTIONS I HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, SOME THE, I GUESS THIS IDEA, COULD YOU BRING UP THE SLIDE AGAIN ABOUT CURRICULUM? SO CULTURAL HERITAGE CURRICULUM OBJECTIVES. 
          IS THE CITY AUTHORIZED TO MAKE CURRICULUM CHANGES TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER HEARD THAT A COUNCIL OR A CITY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. 
          WELL, WE ARE, WE WOULD BE DOING IT IN COLLABORATION WITH S A I C. 
          I MEAN, THE, THE PROPOSAL HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WITH THEIR CURRICULUM TEAM. 
          SS A I D IS VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND, AND INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM. 
          AND SO, NO, WE WOULDN'T BE MAKING THE DECISIONS THAT LICENSED THE EDUCATORS NEED TO MAKE, BUT WE WOULD BE HELPING TO INFORM THE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE CURRICULUM. 
          AND SO, ANDY, IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE YOU WANTED TO APPROACH AND ASK, BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT US AS A COUNCIL DIRECTING CURRICULUM. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A PRETTY AMBITIOUS ASK, UH, AND THAT IT'S REALLY BEYOND OUR AUTHORITY TO DEMAND CURRICULUM FOR WHAT IS THE STATE'S RESPONSIBILITY. 
          UM, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, AS SHANNON HAD MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN IN, UH, LENGTHY TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO THE CITY IS NOT MANDATING ANY KIND OF CURRICULUM PER SE, BUT THESE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL BE ONGOING, UM, PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          BUT WE'LL HAVE, UH, INPUT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE, FROM THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND OF COURSE, WORKING VERY INTENSIVELY WITH OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF CURRICULUM TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE COMMITMENT TO OUR CULTURE PRESERVATION AND OUR COMMUNITY. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, COMMENT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT YOU'RE CORRECT. 
          WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO MAKE ANY CURRICULUM MANDATES ON THE SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT UNDER THIS MEMORANDUM, UH, WE CAN WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TERMS OF MAKING CURRICULUM CHANGES THAT THEY WILL CONTROL SO THAT WE MEET THE OBJECTIVES OF THE M O A. 
          AND SO, I, I THINK IT'S A LOVELY IDEA. 
          I, I, NOT, DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT I JUST, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT, IT'S NOT FOR THE CITY'S RE TO DECIDE WHAT SORT OF CURRICULUM HAPPENS AT OUR STATE SCHOOLS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OPEN A CAN OF WORMS FOR US TO START SETTING CURRICULUM, NOT JUST FOR SS A S D, BUT FOR EDGEWOOD AND FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOL. 
          WE HAVE NINE 17 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
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UM, SO AT WHAT POINT IS THAT JUST NOT WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY? UM, I, I AGREE. 
          AND, AND THIS, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, M O A AND THE RESULTING, UH, UH, ADDENDUM ACTUALLY JUST KIND OF PROVIDES SOME GUIDELINES. 
          WE ARE NOT CREATING ANYTHING NEW. 
          WE ARE JUST ADDING SOME COMPONENTS THAT ACTUALLY ALREADY EXIST AND TO ENHANCE THEM TO REALLY, UM, CREATE A MORE ROBUST, UM, YOU KNOW, CULTURAL KINDS OF THREADS WITHIN OUR CURRICULUM. 
          AND OF COURSE, UM, AND PATTY CAN SPEAK MORE, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DONE WITHIN OUR BOARD, BUT THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PATTY, DID YOU HAVE YES. 
          I JUST WANNA ASSURE YOU THAT WE WILL DIRECT THE CURRICULUM. 
          WE WILL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, UH, THAT, UH, TAKE CARE OF THE CURRICULUM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK IT WOULD BE UNWISE OF US, UH, NOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY, THE EXPERTISE OF, UH, PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, GET, UH, MORE IDEAS OF WHAT TO INCORPORATE, BUT, UH, DEFINITELY WILL NOT BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY TO CREATE THE CURRICULUM FOR THE CHILDREN. 
          SO, UM, JUST WANNA ASSURE YOU OF THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, JUST, THERE'S A CAUSE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          PEOPLE HAVE TO BE LICENSED, I IMAGINE, UM, THAT IT'S MORE COMPLICATED THAN, UM, US JUST SAYING WE WANT THIS, UH, IMPLEMENTED IN YOUR SCHOOLS. 
          JUST GIVEN THE PRESSURE THAT I KNOW THAT THE TEACHERS ARE UNDER, THAT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S UNDER, IT SEEMS LIKE, IN MY OPINION, AN UNNECESSARY ADDED LAYER, UH, FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          AND SO I, I MEAN, I, I'M SUPPORTIVE. 
          UM, I JUST THINK THAT IT'S A BIT OF A STRETCH FOR US TO THEN BE DETERMINING CURRICULUM FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          WELL, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT CONCERN. 
          UM, BUT, UH, THIS ACTION THAT YOU'RE TAKING IS AN AFFIRMATION OF MANY THINGS THAT OUR DISTRICT IS ALREADY COMMITTED TO. 
          AND IT'S A DELIGHT TO THINK OF GOING AHEAD AND WORKING ON THIS AND INCORPORATING IT. 
          AND, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S A BIG JOB. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOOD FOR THIRD GRADERS MIGHT NOT BE GOOD FOR, YOU KNOW, A SOPHOMORE IN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TO GO INTO IT, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT RESPONSIBILITY. 
          UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET IT IN PLACE, UM, BEING SENSITIVE TO THE PRESSURES THAT THERE MAY BE ON OUR TEACHERS ALREADY. 
          BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, A FUN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS AN IMPORTANT ONE. 
          SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT CONCERN. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU PATTY. 
          AND I DO THINK IT'S FUN, AND I THINK IT SOUNDS LOVELY, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          AND, UM, I JUST, I, I, I FEEL THAT AT, ON THIS COUNCIL, WE'VE BEEN DOING THINGS THAT WE REALLY HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO DO, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY AS A CITY TO MAKE THAT DEMAND, UH, ON OUR, ON OUR SCHOOLS. 
          AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST EXAMPLE. 
          UM, AND I THINK, UH, THAT WE ARE, I BELIEVE, KIND OF GOING BEYOND WHAT IS REALLY WITHIN OUR CONTROL. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT. 
          AND I DO THINK IT SOUNDS LOVELY, AND I MEAN, IF YOU COULD HAVE A, A CHILD AT, AT AN EARLY AGE LEARN ABOUT THEIR CULTURE AND PRESERVATION AND WHY SAN ANTONIO IS SUCH A WONDERFUL CITY, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 
          BUT IT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHO'S TEACHING, UH, AND WHAT ANGLE THEY TAKE. 
          AND THEN THAT BECOMES A WHOLE OTHER CAN OF WORMS. AND SO I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS WITHIN OUR RESPONSIBILITY, AND I WOULD BE, HAVE BEEN PROUD TO SUPPORT THE DEMOLITION WITHOUT THE ADDED CURRICULUM IN THAT I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S NECESSARY, UM, FOR US TO DO THAT. 
          I DO THINK IT'S A STRETCH. 
          UM, AND, UH, I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PATTY, WE, WE ARE, I'VE BEEN TOURING SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
          I HAVE A CHILD ABOUT TO ENTER KINDERGARTEN, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THE, THE PRESSURE, WHAT THE, HOW THE PARENTS FEEL ABOUT THEIR CHILD GOING TO A SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT I'VE TOURED, STEEL, UH, BONHAM AND A L A, THEY'RE ALL REALLY OLD SCHOOLS. 
          AND I IMAGINE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEM, STEEL, IN FACT, ACADEMY IS, OR, UM, UH, STEEL MONTESSORI HAS AN OLD BUILDING. 
          AND I ASKED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THIS BUILDING? AND NOBODY COULD ANSWER THE QUESTION. 
          AND THEY SAID, NO, IT'S GONNA BE REDEVELOPED, BUT WHEN IS IT? I MEAN, IS IT GONNA BE REDEVELOPED IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO? I DON'T KNOW IF, AND I, I THINK THAT'S FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. 
          UH, BUT, UM, I, I, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S A PROBLEM. 
          IT'S, OR IT'S A, AN ISSUE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TO CONSIDER. 
          IS IT, WHAT IS THE, THE FUTURE OF OUR PHYSICAL BUILDINGS, AND THAT, THAT CERTAINLY HAS, IS A CONSIDERATION. 
          AND IN OUR LAST, UH, WORK SESSION WITH THE BOARD, WE TALKED, WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON ALL THE NEEDS OF ALL THE BUILDINGS, UH, IN OUR DISTRICT, AND WHAT A CHALLENGE WE HAVE. 
          AND, UH, WE WILL NEED TO CONSIDER ANOTHER MAJOR BOND. 
          UM, AND IT IS CERTAINLY GONNA TAKE SOME TIME BECAUSE OUR BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR LACK OF FINANCES, AS 
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COUNCILMAN COURAGE, UM, POINTED OUT. 
          BUT, UM, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE, UH, COMMITTED AND YOU CAN SEE IN OUR ACTIONS IN THE PAST OF HAVING SENSITIVITY TO THE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
          WE HAVE DONE, UH, PRESERVATION. 
          THIS ONE WAS JUST A VERY, UM, CHALLENGING SITUATION FOR THE CONSIDERATIONS OF THE FUTURE OF THIS SCHOOL. 
          WELL, I THANK YOU, PATTY, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND THE PARENTS ESPECIALLY. 
          UM, I GOT TO ATTEND, UH, THE S E I S D LUNCHEON, UM, THAT PET MARTINEZ HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE SAID DURING HIS REMARKS WERE THAT OUR BUILDING SHOULD NOT REFLECT THE POVERTY OF OUR CHILDREN. 
          AND THAT HAS STUCK WITH ME VERY OFTEN, AND I FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES. 
          I FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT PUBLIC HOUSING. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AND WHY I'VE BEEN SO, UH, DETERMINED TO GET THE REDEVELOPMENT OF ALSAN COURTS DONE. 
          THE ALSAN, THE CASTANO LINCOLN, OUR OLDEST HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT REFLECT THE POVERTY OF OUR FAMILIES. 
          THAT WE, THAT SHOULDN'T BE THE CASE WITH TAXPAYERS DOLLARS. 
          UM, I, I, I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE DEMOLITION. 
          UM, WHILE I THINK IT'S VERY TRAGIC, UH, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT NEEDS, AND I THINK THAT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WE SHOULD ALWAYS PUT PEOPLE FIRST. 
          AND SO, UH, WHILE I SUPPORT THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING, I DON'T SUPPORT THIS IDEA OF FORCING CURRICULUM ON ALREADY OVERBURDENED TEACHERS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          UH, AND, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IN ANY CASE, I, I HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN, BUT I IN NO WAY THINK THAT I'M QUALIFIED TO WRITE CURRICULUM FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS IN S C I SS D I THINK THIS SETS A VERY BAD PRECEDENCE. 
          AND WHILE I, I, I, I WILL SUPPORT THE MOTION TODAY BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS MANY YEARS OF NEGOTIATION AND LOTS OF PEOPLE COMING FORWARD, AND THAT, THAT THERE WAS FINALLY A CONSENSUS. 
          UH, I CAN RESPECT THAT AS WELL. 
          UH, BUT I REALLY WISH WE COULD SEPARATE THAT OUT AND NOT DO ANY KIND OF CURRICULUM, UH, IMPROVEMENT TO ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          I THINK IT'S WAY BEYOND, UH, OUR CAPABILITY AND WHAT, UM, WE HAVE THE CURRENT STAFF TO, TO IMPLEMENT. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND, UM, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. 
          SMAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCILMAN SS, THANK YOU. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, UM, I USED TO BE THE CHAIRMAN OF BROOK CITY BASE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD OUT THERE WAS WE HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL HANGAR, UH, CALLED HANGAR NINE AND COUNCILWOMAN ILLA GRAND, YOU KNOW, HOW IMPORTANT A JUUL THAT IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. 
          AND, UM, YOU ALSO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALMOST FALLING APART. 
          IT WAS GETTING EATEN BY TERMITES. 
          UH, IT WAS LEANING LIKE THE TOWER APP PISA, AND WE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO PRESERVE THAT, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE OUT THERE CALLING FOR ITS DEMOLITION. 
          UM, THEN WE HAD THE MEDICAL SCHOOL, UH, WHERE J F K SPOKE LAST. 
          UM, AND WE WERE ALSO BEING ENCOURAGED TO KNOCK DOWN SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS. 
          AND DESPITE THAT, WE SACRIFICED AND MADE OUR AN EFFORT TO, UH, RESCUE THOSE. 
          AND TODAY THAT IS ALSO A JEWEL IN DISTRICT THREE, SOMETHING ABOUT WHICH I THINK YOU'RE VERY PROUD. 
          UM, AND SO I, I GOTTA TELL YOU GUYS, UM, I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS, THE WAY THAT THIS HAS GONE. 
          UM, I AGREE THAT CHILDREN ARE, ARE IMPORTANT AND THAT SCHOOLS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT DISAPPOINTS ME THAT AFTER, YOU KNOW, THE BIG SHOW THAT SUPERINTENDENT MARTINEZ PUT ON, UM, AND ALL THE ORGANIZING THAT HE DID, THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT SOMETHING BETTER TO DO THAN SHOW UP TODAY. 
          UM, AND IT ALSO DISAPPOINTS ME THAT SS A I S D ALLOWED THIS BUILDING TO FALL INTO TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE CONDITIONS OVER 30 YEARS. 
          AND NOW THEY'RE COMING BACK AND SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S IN REALLY BAD CONDITION. 
          YOU SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF IT. 
          YOU COULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF IT, BUT YOU DIDN'T. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME IS THIS STORY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN MIGHT GET HIT BY BRICKS. 
          I'VE BEEN OUT THERE, I LOOKED AT IT. 
          UNLESS SOMEBODY'S THROWING BRICKS OFF THE CEILING, CHILDREN AREN'T GONNA GET HIT, WHICH CALLS INTO QUESTION, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? LETTING CHILDREN NEAR PLACES WHERE BRICKS ARE FALLING? I DON'T BELIEVE YOU. 
          I REALLY DON'T. 
          I THINK THAT THAT WAS, UM, I THINK THAT WAS A PRETEXT. 
          UM, ALSO, IF YOU'VE GOT STUDENTS AND STAFF WATCHING THIS, 400 PLUS IS WHAT I HEARD. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT US TO TEACH THEM HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS. 
          I HOPE THAT THEY ALSO LEARN THE LESSON THAT IT IS IN INCRE, INCREDIBLY DISTASTEFUL TO, UM, TEACH THEM THAT NOT TAKING CARE OF ASSETS, RIGHT, IS THE WAY TO GET WHAT YOU WANT. 
          UM, AND BY SCARING FAMILIES IS THE WAY THAT YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY DISTASTEFUL AND WRONG TO BRING SOMEONE ELSE'S KIDS AND USE THEM AS PROPS TO BOLSTER YOUR ARGUMENT. 
          I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY TACKY. 
          I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU GUYS DID THAT. 
          I'D BE FURIOUS IF SOMEBODY ASKED ME TO BRING MY KID TO USE 'EM AS A PROP. 
          I, UM, 
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I THINK THE THREATS MADE AGAINST OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I THINK THAT EXAGGERATIONS, UM, ARE NOT THE WAY THAT WE WANT LEADERSHIP IN SAN ANTONIO TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES. 
          I, UM, I'M, I'M HAVING A REALLY TOUGH TIME WITH THIS ONE. 
          I REALLY AM, UM, COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          YOU'VE LED THE WAY ON THIS ONE, AND I STOOD BY YOU, AND YOU ASKED ME TO STAND BY YOU ON THIS ONE. 
          AND RECENTLY YOU'VE COME TO ME WITH A COMPROMISE, CONSIDERING THAT I THINK THAT S A I S D APPROACHED THIS IN ONE OF THE MOST INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST WAYS I'VE EVER SEEN ANYBODY. 
          I'M SO UPSET, GUYS, IN ONE OF THE MOST INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST WAYS THAT I'VE EVER SEEN A SCHOOL DISTRICT APPROACH US. 
          I REALLY WONDER WHETHER OR NOT I SHOULD BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE GONNA HOLD UP YOUR END OF THE BARGAIN ON THIS M O A. 
          SO MY QUESTION FOR STAFF IS, DO WE HAVE ANY ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS IN THIS, OR ARE WE JUST TAKING THEIR WORD FOR IT? I, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I AM QUALIFIED TO SPEAK TO YEAH, I DON'T THINK ENFORCEMENT. 
          I DON'T BLAME YOU. 
          I'M NOT GONNA PUT YOU IN THAT, IN THAT POSITION. 
          'CAUSE I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE ANSWER'S NO. 
          UH, SO WITH THAT, I WILL TELL YOU, I WAS WALKING IN HERE TODAY OF A VOTE NO. 
          AND I AM, UH, GONNA VOTE YES WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO BECAUSE HE'S ASKED ME TO. 
          HE'S TOLD ME, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS. 
          RIGHT? BECAUSE I REALLY NEED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THIS GOES BY AND THAT IT'S LESS PAINLESS. 
          THAT, OR, OR THAT IT'S, IT'S LESS PAINFUL THAT IT NEEDS TO BE. 
          BUT WHEN I SEE PATTY RALE UP HERE TELLING ME THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE, PATTY, I TRUST YOU. 
          AND, UH, ANDY, I TRUST YOU. 
          AND WHEN YOU GUYS COME UP HERE AND YOU TELL ME IT'S GONNA BE DONE WELL, THEN I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE YOU AT YOUR WORD. 
          AND I'M HOLDING BOTH OF YOU ACCOUNTABLE, UH, FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THIS END OF THE DEAL HAPPENS. 
          I DON'T HOLD THAT MUCH FAITH, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'LL BE GONE AND YOU'LL STILL HAVE DR. 
          MARTINEZ OUT THERE, UM, PEDALING EXAGGERATIONS IN HYPERBOLE. 
          AND SO, UM, I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS, DON'T COME BACK. 
          PLEASE DON'T COME BACK WITH ANOTHER STORY ABOUT A BUILDING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAVED BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PLIE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRIME. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY THANKING ALL OF THE PARENTS WHO ARE HERE TODAY. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK OUR, UM, SS A I S D MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TO TODAY REPRESENTING, UM, WHAT WE SEE HERE TODAY. 
          UM, DISTRICT THREE COVERS FOUR DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          HARLAND, DELL, EAST CENTRAL, SOUTH SIDE, AND SS A I SS D. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS, AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS HIGHLIGHTED, IS, UM, IN OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WE DO HAVE SOME OLDER, BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS. 
          WE, WHAT I DO A LOT, AND I SAY THIS A LOT, IS WE TRY TO PERVER PRESERVE, UM, REVITALIZE AND UTILIZE. 
          THAT IS WHAT WE DO. 
          AND WE HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL MISSIONS IN DISTRICT THREE AS WELL, BUT, AND WE HAVE THE, THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE DESIGNATION. 
          BUT WHAT GOT OUR DESIGNATION IS THE OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE AND THE INTANGIBLE FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN AND, AND AROUND THE AREA. 
          AS BEAUTIFUL AS THOSE MISSIONS ARE, IT IS THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AROUND THERE THAT HAVE THE OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE. 
          AND THE STORIES OF THE COMMUNITIES ARE THOSE THAT WE NEED TO TELL. 
          I AM SADDENED TO SEE THIS BUILDING IN THE STATE THAT IT IS IN, AND WHY IT'S BEEN IN THIS STATE FOR SO LONG IS ANOTHER, UM, ISSUE THAT OUR ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TO DISCUSS AND WORK WITH. 
          AND AS A, AS A RESIDENT OF SS A I S D, I MAKE MY VOICE HEARD AS WELL TO MY BOARD MEMBERS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING HERE. 
          I WANNA THANK COPS METRO TOO, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO MOVING THIS FORWARD. 
          AND THANKS TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE WHO REALLY DID HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND HAVE THESE, UM, AREAS OF, I GUESS, RECONCILIATION THAT WE'RE HAVING TO PUT TOGETHER TODAY. 
          HOW ARE WE RECONCILING THESE THINGS TOGETHER? BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE, I THINK, THESE, THESE GUIDELINES, THESE, UH, AGREEMENTS THAT ARE HERE ONLY TO ENHANCE FOR US THE STORY OF WHAT I HOPE TO BE, THE STORY OF THE COMMUNITY, THE STORY OF THE PEOPLE THAT BRING LIFE TO THESE BUILDINGS. 
          THEY'RE VERY PRETTY. 
          I MEAN, I'VE SEEN THE PICTURES OF THE INSIDES, SOME BEAUTIFUL CRAFTSMANSHIP, SOME BEAUTIFUL WORK, BUT THE SALVAGING OF THOSE ARE IMPORTANT. 
          BUT WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT ARE, IS WHAT IS GOING TO BRING INSPIRATION, WHAT'S GOING TO BRING, UH, CURIOSITY, 
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WHAT'S GOING TO TELL, AS YOU MENTIONED, WHAT I BELIEVE THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES AROUND THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THAT THEY MATTER, WHERE THEY LEARN MATTERS, AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY MATTERS. 
          SO I HOPE THAT THIS CHANGING ENVIRONMENT WILL INSPIRE AND INSPIRE SOME GREAT THING WITH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I ALSO BELIEVE THAT, UM, I THINK WHAT WAS MENTIONED WAS WHAT IS WHAT IS NEXT? WHEN, UM, WHAT IS NEXT AFTER THIS? AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE OUTLINE THAT S A I S D WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT'S NEXT FOR THIS AREA. 
          BUT ALL THE WHILE GETTING THE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I'M VERY PROUD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE, ALL THE FAMILIES HERE. 
          I'M PROUD, UH, THAT IN THIS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WE HAVE A LOT OF WOMEN WHO ARE HERE TOO, STANDING UP, TAKING TIME AND BEING ENGAGED AND INVOLVED. 
          AND, UM, I AM GOING TO, UH, SUPPORT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES' MOTION BECAUSE ONE, I THINK HE HAS WORKED TOGETHER WITH ALL THESE PARTIES INVOLVED, BUT ALSO THAT YOU, UM, THE PARENTS, YOU COPS, METRO, YOU ORGANIZING, MAKING SURE YOUR VOICE IS HEARD, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE STUDENTS, WHAT THEY STARTED, UM, THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TO TELL THEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UM, BUT TEACH 'EM ABOUT THE RE THE PRESERVATION AND THE REVITALIZATION OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL OF OUR AREAS. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          THANK YOU, ANDY RODRIGUEZ, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS TOO, AND OUR, OUR BOARD MEMBERS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THIS HASN'T BEEN EASY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING AND, UM, WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH OUR CHILDREN, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GRO. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          UM, SHANNON, I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          YOU KIND OF WENT OVER WHAT THE M O U IS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THAT KIND OF THING, BUT I, UH, AND MAYBE I JUST DON'T REMEMBER THIS COMING UP BEFORE, BUT WHY IS THIS BUILDING, UH, GIMME SOME CRITERIA? WHY IS THIS BUILDING EVEN BEING CONSIDERED TO BE A HISTORICAL DESIGNATION? WELL, SO THE, THE BUILDING, IN ORDER TO BE A HISTORIC LANDMARK, A BUILDING MUST MEET AT LEAST THREE OUT OF 16 CRITERIA THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE U D C. 
          AND, UM, THIS BUILDING MEETS MORE THAN THREE. 
          UM, HOW MANY, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK ULTIMATELY THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT IT MET, LIKE ABOUT, LIKE SE I BELIEVE IT WAS SEVEN. 
          I, I, I WOULD HAVE TO CONFIRM THAT, BUT I MEAN, DEFINITELY MORE THAN THREE. 
          AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE, THE DESIGN, THE ARCHITECTURE ITSELF. 
          UM, AS COUNCILMAN TREVINO MENTIONED, IT WAS DESIGNED BY DIELMAN AND WHO WAS A, A PROMINENT ARCHITECT IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, DESIGNED OTHER SCHOOLS AND OTHER, UM, PO UM, PROMINENT BUILDINGS IN THE CITY. 
          AND, UM, AND IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF INDICATIVE OF THAT SCHOOL STYLE IN THE, IN, UM, 1915 WHEN IT WAS CONSTRUCTED. 
          AND IT IS VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW, THE ARCHITECTURE IS STILL INTACT. 
          AND, UM, WHILE THERE'S DETERIORATION BECAUSE THE BUILDING'S BEEN NEGLECTED, UM, IT IS STILL A, A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF, OF THAT TYPE OF SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE FROM THE PERIOD. 
          UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER CRITERIA RELATE TO, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CULTURE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH ABOUT PRESERVATION IS ABOUT, UM, THE FABRIC OF A NEIGHBORHOOD OVERALL. 
          IT'S NOT JUST AN INDIVIDUAL BUILDING, BUT HOW IT KIND OF TELLS THE STORY OF A, OF A LARGER COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO, UM, SOME OF THE CRITERIA THAT WERE MET WERE RELATED TO THAT KIND OF CULTURAL HISTORY OR SOCIAL HISTORY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WOW. 
          I, YEAH, I THINK I WOULD'VE REALLY LIKED TO SEEING THE CRITERIA. 
          WHAT IS WHY YOU'RE MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATION THAT IT BE A HISTORICAL, UH, LANDMARK. 
          UM, SO YOU SAID ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN ITEMS OUT OF 18? 16. 
          16, MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, IF THIS M O U WEREN'T, WEREN'T APPROVED, WOULD, WHAT WOULD YOUR, WHAT WOULD YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON THAT BE? WELL, SO, SO WE DO, UH, I OBVIOUSLY BELIEVE THAT THE BUILDING IS ELIGIBLE FOR, FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION, AND, UM, THE H D R C DID RECOMMEND A FINDING. 
          SO THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE, OF COURSE, WOULD BE TO, UM, INITIATE HISTORIC DESIGNATION. 
          AND WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE OWNER IS, IS OBVIOUSLY NOT IN FAVOR OF DESIGNATION COUNCIL WOULD, WOULD PASS A RESOLUTION, AND THEN THAT WOULD TAKE, UM, THE CONSIDERATION OF DESIGNATION TO THE ZONING COMMISSION, AND THEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ACT FOR ACTION. 
          UM, BECAUSE BASICALLY 
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THE COUNCIL WOULD DIRECT STAFF TO INITIATE THAT, UM, DESIGNATION PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS BUILDING, AND I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SUPPORTING THE M O U, BUT THAT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS BUILDING OTHER THAN WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAID THEY WILL DO ON CATALOGING AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ESTABLISHING A CURRICULUM IN THE SCHOOL TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, STUDY THIS TYPE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WHAT IT TAKES AND, AND STUDYING THAT WHOLE PROCESS. 
          I, I, YEAH, I'VE, I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE WITH THAT, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE WILLING TO GO WITH SAYING, OKAY, NOPE, YOU'RE OKAY. 
          WE WILL SUPPORT THE M O U TEAR THE BUILDING DOWN. 
          BUT IT'S NOT, I, I, I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH YOU HAVING THAT POSITION BECAUSE IT'S SHOULD BE ABOUT THE BUILDING, WHETHER IT'S HISTORIC OR NOT, M O U OFF TO THE SIDE IN YOUR, IN YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, BUT YOU'RE SAYING IT'S OKAY IF WE ENACT THIS M O U. 
          SO, SO AGAIN, I MEAN, WE, WE DO, WE HAVE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING THAT IT IS ELIGIBLE FOR DESIGNATION, AND WE DID RECOMMEND, UM, DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS WHAT INITIATED THE PROCESS. 
          UM, GIVEN THE SITUATION. 
          WE, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, WE'LL PUT IN PLACE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WILL ENSURE THAT WE DON'T GET TO THIS SPOT IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, IT'S A, IT'S A NEGATIVE. 
          I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY UNFORTUNATE SITUATION, UM, THAT WAS, THAT CREATED AFTER YEARS OF, OF NEGLECT OF THE PROPERTY. 
          AND, UM, SO THE DESIRE IS TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T IN THIS POSITION MOVING FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU SHANNON. 
          UH, MS. RAEL, COUNCILWOMAN RAEL, I, I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS THAT COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ STATED THAT BASICALLY WE'VE GOT A HAMMER IN ONE HAND SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO DESIGNATE THIS AS A HISTORICAL LANDMARK UNLESS YOU DO THIS M O U AND PART OF THAT M O U IS ABOUT THE CURRICULUM AND THAT KIND OF THING, THAT YOU'RE GONNA DEVELOP THIS CURRICULUM. 
          WOULD YOU DO THAT CURRICULUM WITHOUT THIS M O U? WELL, AS I MENTIONED, UM, THE PROPOSAL OF THE CURRICULUM IS AN AFFIRMATION OF THOSE THINGS THAT OUR DISTRICT ALREADY BELIEVES IN AND WOULD BE ANXIOUS TO EDUCATE CHILDREN ABOUT THIS SITUATION, I THINK JUST KIND OF, UM, SHEDS LIGHT ON THAT AS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR WITHIN OUR CURRICULUM. 
          AND SO IT'S NOT, UH, IN A SENSE, AN IMPOSITION UNLESS IT WAS BEING BROUGHT TO OUR DISTRICT AS SOME VERY NEW THING THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ENGAGED IN AS A DISTRICT, AS I'VE MENTIONED. 
          UM, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE WITH OUR LASH BOND, UH, AS, AS FAR AS ISSUES LIKE A SALVAGE, UM, WE MADE A POINT OF, UH, HOLDING ONTO THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD BE, UH, MEMORABLE, TAKING A, AN ENTRYWAY AND MAKING IT PART OF THE, OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UM, NOT JUST WITHIN, UH, THE DISTRICT, UH, PEOPLE THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ASKED FOR PRESERVATIONS OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF SCHOOLS. 
          WE'VE BEEN SENSITIVE TO THAT. 
          AND, UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO, TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY, TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT. 
          I THINK AS, AS WE BECOME, UH, AN OLDER COMMUNITY, AS WE HAVE GROWN AS A COMMUNITY, AND SO MANY THINGS, UH, CHANGING AND SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT IN SAN ANTONIO, THAT IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR ALL OF US TO LOOK AT. 
          AND WHY NOT START WITH THE CHILDREN. 
          BUT YOU, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL ARE CURRENTLY DOING, OR YOU'RE, YOU'RE INCORPORATING ALREADY IN YOUR DECISIONS AND, AND THINGS MOVING FORWARD? I THINK IT, AS I SAID, I THINK IT'S, UH, FITS INTO AS AN AFFIRMATION OF OUR MINDSET AS A DISTRICT. 
          AND OF LATE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE CERTAINLY PUT A GREATER, UH, EMPHASIS ON THINGS LIKE ART AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ARCHITECTURE AND, UH, FALLS INTO THAT REALM. 
          UM, AND CERTAINLY HISTORY AND CULTURE AS WE'VE SEEN IN DIFFERENT REALMS, WHETHER IT'S, UH, JUNIOR COLLEGE OR COLLEGE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THE ATTENTION BEING 
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GIVEN TO THAT. 
          IT, IT SHOULD HAVE A SEGUE, I THINK, FROM EARLIER EDUCATION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, GREAT. 
          I, I, I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS AND, AND, UM, UM, I, I THINK THERE'S AN EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A LESSON LEARNED ON THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY THAT Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE INCORPORATING BITS AND PIECES OR, UH, IN TOTAL, UH, WHETHER TO ME, WHETHER THIS M O U IS, IS, UH, PART OF THIS AGREEMENT OR NOT? WELL, I THINK, UM, AS I MENTIONED IN MY, UH, FIRST STATEMENT WITH CITIZEN TO BE HEARD, THERE ARE A LOT OF PIECES THAT BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT. 
          AND, AND IT'S BEEN PUBLIC AND IT'S BEEN A LITTLE ROUGH. 
          UM, BUT IT'S EACH ENTITY TRYING TO STAND FOR WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTING, RIGHT? AND SO TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE THERE'S NOT THIS STALEMATE AS IT IS, COMPROMISE BRINGS US FORWARD, AND WE DON'T ALL GET EVERYTHING THAT WE WANTED, AND MAYBE WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ON OUR OWN TIMETABLE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT WHAT WE PUT IN OUR CURRICULUM. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT SENSITIVITY TO WHAT IT, WHAT IT BRINGS TO THE DISTRICT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THOSE, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE TO STAND IN THE POSITION OF PROTECTING BUILDINGS AND PROTECTING HISTORY AND PROTECTING CULTURE, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE LISTENING AND UNDERSTANDING OUR FUTURE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND SO THERE, THERE'S GIVE IN ON THAT PART. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I SAY IT TAKES A BIT OF HUMILITY IN SUCH A PUBLIC SITUATION TO BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, WE'LL DO THIS. 
          WE'LL COME TOGETHER ON THIS. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THIS FALLS INTO THE REALM OF WHAT WE WOULD WANNA SEE OURSELVES TEACHING OUR CHILDREN. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. 
          AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S MY POINT. 
          I, I JUST, AGAIN, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE FORCING A SCHOOL DISTRICT INTO AN M O U TO DO THIS CURRICULUM. 
          UM, OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO CLASSIFY IT AS A HISTORICAL LANDMARK. 
          I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. 
          THAT'S NOT THE GOVERNMENT'S PLACE. 
          WE SHOULD EITHER SAY, YES, IT'S GONNA BE A HISTORICAL MONUMENT OR A LANDMARK, OR NO, IT'S NOT. 
          AND NOT GET INTO, UH, TRYING TO TELL A SCHOOL DISTRICT HOW, HOW TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, HOW TO TEACH THE CHILDREN. 
          YOUR CORE COMPETENCY IS TEACHING CHILDREN ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS, BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF. 
          THAT'S NOT YOUR CORE COMPETENCY. 
          YOUR CORE COMPETENCY ARE THE CHILDREN, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON. 
          AND WHETHER THAT COMES WITH, YOU KNOW, TEACHING 'EM, UM, HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OR NOT, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS, THAT'S YOUR CORE COMPETENCY, NOT ON THESE BUILDINGS. 
          SO, UM, WELL, COUNCILMAN EDIS, I LIKE TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOUR STATEMENT ON THAT BECAUSE OUR ATTENTION TO THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FUTURE AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE TURNING THE SCHOOL INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, K THROUGH EIGHT, THEY'LL BE ADDING EIGHTH GRADERS NEXT YEAR. 
          WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE CHILDREN, AND THE PARENTS CERTAINLY ARE TOO. 
          THEY SEE THE CONDITIONS, UH, THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AND THEY'RE EXPECTING THEM FROM US, THOUGH THIS HAS BEEN THE INITIATION OF OUR ACTION ON THIS. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, I, I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS, THIS IS DIFFICULT. 
          YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO PRIDES OURSELF ON MAINTAINING AND KEEPING OUR HISTORICAL, UH, FACILITIES, UH, PRESERVING OUR HISTORY. 
          BUT THERE COMES A TIME WHEN YOU MAKE HARD DECISIONS ON EXACTLY WHAT MS. RAEL WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHAT YOUR, WHAT YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE. 
          AND IN THEIR CASE, IT'S THE CHILDREN NOT NECESSARILY MAINTAINING FACILITIES. 
          HOWEVER, WE HAVE RULES, WE GOT ORDINANCES ABOUT PROTECTING OUR HISTORY AS WELL. 
          I, I RAN INTO THIS WHEN I WAS ON THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD THERE. 
          WE, WE HAD CASES WHERE WE HAD HISTORICAL FACILITIES, HOUSES THAT THE LANDOWNERS, THAT THE HOUSE OWNERS COULD NOT AFFORD TO KEEP 'EM UP. 
          TAXES WERE GOING UP. 
          THEY COULDN'T AFFORD TO KEEP 'EM UP. 
          SO THEY'RE FALLING IN ON THEMSELVES. 
          THERE COMES A POINT IN TIME WHERE COMMON SENSE COMES IN SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT HOUSE NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN BECAUSE IT'S AFFECTING PROPERTY VALUES OF OTHER HOUSES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          VERY, VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS. 
          AND I 
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SEE THIS ONE AS ONE OF THOSE AS WELL, WHERE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DECIDED TO PUT THE MONEY INTO THE CHILDREN VERSUS A FACILITY. 
          YES, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE ALL HAD MONEY TO DO EVERYTHING, BUT THAT WAS A DECISION. 
          AND NOW WE'RE AT THIS POINT TODAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN THERE NEED PLAYGROUND SPACE. 
          I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          UM, I, BUT WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, I STILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US MANDATING AN M O U ON THIS, THAT WE'RE REQUIRING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DO THIS IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GET THIS. 
          I, I GOT, I GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT. 
          UH, SO WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DELETE THE M O U OUT OF THIS AND SUPPORT THE, THE OTHER PORTION OF THE MOTION TO TEAR THE BUILDING DOWN. 
          THAT'S MY MOTION, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE IS A MOTION, UH, ANDY, I'M GONNA NEED SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT. 
          UM, UM, WELL, THE, THE MOTION OFFERED BY COUNCILMAN PERRYS TO REMOVE THE AUTHORIZATION OF A MEMORANDUM AGREEMENT THAT'S IN, CURRENTLY IN CAPTIONED IN, IN 18. 
          UM, SO YOU, I WOULD VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST. 
          MAYOR, BEFORE WE VOTE ON COUNCILMAN TREVINOS, OR IS IT, UH, SO COUNCILMAN, ARE YOU MOTIONING TO DENY THE ITEM, UH, BUT ALSO TO NOT, UH, INITIATE AN M O U? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I WOULD READ THAT AS A SECOND MOTION, UH, IN WHICH CASE WE WOULD TAKE UP THE PRIMARY MOTION FIRST, IF THAT FAILS. 
          AND WE WOULD DO THE SECOND, UM, MAYOR I, AGAIN, I'M VIEWING THAT MORE AS AN AMENDMENT, REMOVING THE M O U FROM OKAY. 
          WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU CAN RESTATE YOUR MOTION, COUNCILMAN AS AN AMENDMENT TO COUNCILMAN TVIA MADE MOTION. 
          MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION TO DELETE THE M O U PORTION FROM THAT MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ANDY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          AGAIN, I, I'M, I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, MAYOR, THE WAY, UH, 18, ITEM 18 CURRENTLY READS, IT'S A RESOLUTION TO START LANDMARK DESIGNATION AND APPROVE THE, THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. 
          UH, AND THEN COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S MOTION, UH, CHANGE THAT, UM, TO DENY THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION, BUT STILL APPROVING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. 
          WHAT COUNCILMAN PERRY IS ATTEMPTING TO DO IS AMEND ITEM 18 TO REMOVE THE MEMORANDUM OF OUR, UH, UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WHAT WOULD BE LEFT FOR THE COUNCIL WOULD ONLY BE CONSIDERATION WHETHER TO DESIGN TO START THE DESIGNATION OR NOT. 
          I THINK I, THAT'S HOW I READ COUNCILMAN PERRY'S. 
          IS THAT CORRECT, COUNCILMAN? OKAY. 
          UH, SO WE WOULD TAKE UP COUNCILMAN PERRY'S MOTION FIRST, CORRECT, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND JUST SO I CAN HAVE SOME CLARITY ON WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE M O U THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED IS A VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND SS A I S D. 
          SO IF THE PARTIES SO CHOSE, THEY CAN STILL INITIATE AN M O U WITHOUT ANY DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, NO, NO. 
          IT'D HAVE TO BE APPROVED AFTER THE . 
          UM, A MAYOR, UH, BECAUSE THE MO THE MEMORANDUM, UH, THE M O A IS SIGNED BY THE CITY, YES. 
          THE COUNCIL WOULD ULTIMATELY HAVE TO APPROVE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHICH WE COULD DO, UH, IF THE PARTIES SO CHOSE AT A LATER DATE, IF NECESSARY. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN HALL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LET ME JUST FIRST SAY THAT I HATE TURNING DOWN OLD BUILDINGS WITH, WITH LOTS OF HISTORY. 
          UM, I'M A BIG FAN OF, OF HISTORY AND CELEBRATING HISTORY, UH, PARTICULARLY THROUGH OUR, OUR STRUCTURES. 
          UH, THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT I WENT TO IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS, LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL WAS THE OLDEST, UH, HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY. 
          IT'S WHERE BUDDY HOLLY WENT TO SCHOOL. 
          AND, UM, THE UNIVERSITY THAT I ATTENDED IS THE OLDEST UNIVERSITY IN THE COUNTRY. 
          AND SO A LOT OF THE STRUCTURES THAT I STUDIED IN WERE OLD STRUCTURES. 
          AND SO, FOR ME, UH, THERE'S NOTHING MORE AWE STRIKING, UH, EXHILARATING, HUMBLING, INSPIRING, AND PRESTIGIOUS THAN TO BE ABLE TO STUDY IN A OLD STRUCTURE. 
          UH, AND I KNOW THAT NEW TECHNOLOGY HAPPENS AND SO FORTH, AND SOME OF THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED IN, INTO OLD STRUCTURES, UM, AT SOME COST. 
          UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I JUST, I, I VALUE OUR STRUCTURES, UH, PARTICULARLY OUR, 
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OUR HISTORY. 
          UM, AND SO FOR ME, I KNOW THIS IS A, IT'S, IT'S A DIFFICULT DECISION. 
          I KNOW IT'S A DIFFICULT DECISION FOR A COUNCILMAN AND A FORMER COUNCILWOMAN AND, AND OR PRESIDENT OF A, OF AN I S D WHO ARE LOVERS AND PROTECTORS OF HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE. 
          UM, AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN BLI THAT I THINK THE DISTRICT MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE A BUILDING, A HISTORIC BUILDING, UM, BY NEGLECTING IT OVER THE NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          UM, AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND I WERE TALKING IN THE BACK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT MISSING OF AN OPPORTUNITY CAME AT, UH, THE PRICE OR PRIORITIZATION OF OTHER THINGS THAT MAY MEAN LESS, UH, SUCH AS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOOTBALL FIELDS AND, AND OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT MAY NOT HAVE AS MUCH OF AN IMPACT, UH, ON THE EDUCATIONAL SIDE. 
          SO I, I DO THINK THAT, THAT, THAT THEY DID MISS AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, HOWEVER, I THINK ALSO THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY MAY BE LONG PASSED. 
          AND, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, FROM THE COMMUNITY AND, AND OTHERS, IS THAT, UH, THEY'RE PRIORITIZING AT THIS POINT. 
          AND WHICH WE, WE SHOULD ALWAYS PRIORITIZE IS, IS OUR KIDS. 
          AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A GOOD AND, AND BENEFICIAL AND STRONG EDUCATION. 
          UH, WE'VE ALL GOT CONFINED SPACE, LIMITED SPACE, WE'VE GOT LIMITED RESOURCES. 
          UM, IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BE ABLE TO ADD ONTO THE STRUCTURE THERE AND PRESERVE IT, I WOULD CERTAINLY BE IN FAVOR OF THAT. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NECESSARILY AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, SO WHILE FOR ME IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT TO TEAR DOWN A BUILDING, A HISTORICAL STRUCTURE, UH, IN THIS CASE, I THINK IT'S FOR THE COMMON GOOD AND A GREATER GOOD. 
          UH, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE, THE MOTION, THE BASE MOTION THAT, UM, THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO HAS, HAS PRESENTED TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN HALL. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCKO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I, UH, JUST KIND OF GOT A LITTLE SIDEWAYS THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE THERE, SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE I GET MY THOUGHTS BACK TO GET ME BACK. 
          THE OTHER WORDS MOVE TOWARDS, UH, MY, MY KEY POINT IS I THINK, UM, THIS BUILDING IS ELIGIBLE. 
          I THINK THE KEY WORD HERE IS IT'S ELIGIBLE. 
          UH, I WROTE THAT DOWN FOR DESIGNATION. 
          DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS TO HAPPEN, RIGHT? UM, AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE VOTE TODAY, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, TO DO THIS, TO MAKE IT A HISTORICAL BUILDING OR TO DESIGNATE IT AS SUCH. 
          SO IT'S WITHIN OUR PURVIEW. 
          AND, UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE, AND THE PARENTS HAVE STOOD UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN, AND THEY MADE A CHOICE. 
          AND CONTRARY, I MEAN, BUT LOOK, THAT'S KIND OF GOVERNANCE. 
          THAT'S HOW THIS WORKS. 
          IT'S A MESSY PROCESS. 
          AND SOMETIMES IT COMES TO THIS. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO, TO CHIME IN AND SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS A LITTLE DISTURBED EARLIER WITH SOME OF THE CHASTISING THAT WAS HAPPENING, UH, TO, TO THE PEOPLE. 
          SO I WOULD JUST TELL YOU THIS, DON'T EVER THINK, YOU CAN'T COME HERE AND THE DIRTY OF, OF POLITICS, RIGHT? AND TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE. 
          AND IT'S DIFFICULT, IT'S HARD WORK. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO GOT INVOLVED IN IT. 
          UH, THE COPS METRO TEAM GOT INVOLVED WITH THAT. 
          PARENTS GOT INVOLVED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS DOING THE BEST. 
          THEY CHOSE BABIES OVER BUILDINGS. 
          I'M OKAY WITH THAT. 
          AND THAT THE, THE MONIES THAT YOU HAVE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE SO LIMITED. 
          YEAH, YOU'VE GOT BONDING CAPABILITY. 
          YOU MAY HAVE MADE CHOICES TO PUT THE MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT YOU ARE YOUR OWN ELECTED BODY AND YOU MADE THE CHOICES. 
          I DON'T, I'M NOT GONNA SIT UP HERE AND BEGRUDGE YOU FOR THAT, OR CHASTISE YOU FOR YOUR DECISIONS YOU'VE MADE. 
          I HAVE A CHOICE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          IT'S SIMPLY LOOKING AT THIS, AT THIS BUILDING AND DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT IT DESERVES HISTORICAL DESIGNATION. 
          AND THE FACT THAT YOU CAME UP WITH THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT JUST IN INDICATES TO ME THAT YOU FOUND SOME COMMON GROUND. 
          YOU WORKED ON IT. 
          AM I HAPPY THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WITH THE CITY FORCING SOME EDUCATIONAL PIECE? YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, NO , I MEAN, IT, IT GETS ME A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE TO COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ'S POINT THAT WE'RE INTERJECTING OURSELVES SOMEWHERE WHERE IT REALLY DOESN'T BELONG. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS OKAY WITH THE AGREEMENT. 
          AND IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO IT, YOU ARE YOUR OWN ELECTED BODY ELECTED BY THE PARENTS AND RESIDENTS OF THE S A I S D. 
          AND YOU MADE THE CALL FOR ME TO SIT UP HERE AND TELL YOU OTHERWISE, OR TO SAY, HOW DARE YOU DO THIS, OR THAT IS TRULY DISINGENUOUS FROM THIS COUNCIL TO DO THAT TO YOU. 
          SO I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, DON'T EVER WORRY ABOUT COMING UP HERE AND FIGHTING AND USING ANY TOOL IN YOUR ARSENAL TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          THAT IS YOUR RIGHT. 
          AND I WOULD DO IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO MAKE MY POINT, TO FIGHT FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IS BEST AND RIGHT. 
          AND LOOK, WE'RE NOT UP HERE FIGHTING FOR A DEVELOPMENT. 
          YOU'RE UP HERE FIGHTING FOR YOUR BABIES. 
          SO IF YOU'VE GOTTA BRING SOMEONE UP HERE, YOU CAN USE SOMETHING AS A PROP. 
          I CAN'T BELIEVE WE EVEN CALLED SOMEBODY A PROP UP HERE. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, IT'S WELL WITHIN YOUR RIGHT TO COME HERE. 
          THIS IS GOVERNMENT. 
          THIS IS YOUR ABILITY TO FIGHT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND DO WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT. 
          AND I ENCOURAGE YOU EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK AND TO ALL THOSE KIDS THAT ARE WATCHING AT SCHOOL, IF THEY'RE STILL WATCHING, 'CAUSE WE'RE LIKE TWO HOURS INTO THIS SUCKER, THEY BETTER BE DOING SOME OTHER WORK. 
          OR WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE? TO EVERYBODY WATCHING THIS, DO NOT BE AFRAID TO FIGHT AND USE ANYTHING 
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YOU CAN TO STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS BEST. 
          UM, AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT, 'CAUSE I WAS REALLY TURNED OFF BY SOME OF THE COMMENTS REGARDING THAT. 
          I GET, WE CAN BE UPSET, BUT YOU'VE MADE THE DECISION IN CHOICE. 
          THE COMPROMISE WAS THERE. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO PULLED THAT COMPROMISE OUT AND WORKED IN, IN, IN TANDEM, AND ALL THREE PARTIES GOT IT DONE. 
          SO I'LL SUPPORT THE MOTION, UH, WHILE SOME TREPIDATION WITH REGARDS TO INVOLVING OURSELVES IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S IN ON BOARD WITH IT AND THEY WANT IT, AND THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT, AND THERE'S A COMPROMISE, I'M NOT SOMEONE TO STAND ON THE OUTSIDE AND, AND TRASH IT OR DEMEAN IT BECAUSE I'M NOT EXACTLY 100% ON BOARD WITH IT. 
          SO IT EARNS MY SUPPORT, NOT JUST FOR THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW, BUT LOOK, IT'S FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE KIDS THAT ARE THERE, AND LET'S GET THIS THING DONE AND MOVE ON. 
          I THINK IT'S WELL PAST TIME THAT, UH, THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS BACK TO THE BASICS AND, AND THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST AND THE BASICS ARE THE BABIES. 
          SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          I WILL BE IN FULL SUPPORT OF COUNCILMAN INTRAVENOUS MOTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU SAID THAT WITH THIS INTONATION. 
          THAT SOUNDED LIKE I WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT, BUT I, I'LL, I'LL TRY. 
          UM, UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          I DO WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO'S , WHO'S TAKEN THE TIME TO, TO BE HERE. 
          UM, I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE PARENTS AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE OTHER THINGS YOU YOU CAN BE DOING, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING HERE. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 
          UM, COUNCILWOMAN RALE AS WELL. 
          AND, UM, SO I JUST, UH, WANTED TO, TO, I WASN'T GOING TO CHIME IN, BUT OUR DISCUSSION HAS GOTTEN SO LONG. 
          SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND JUST SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS. 
          UM, I, UH, MY SISTER USED TO WORK AT BEACON HILL. 
          UH, IT WAS HER FIRST TEACHING JOB IN, UH, THE SPRING OF 1997. 
          UM, SHE GRADUATED, UH, FROM U T S A MID-YEAR, SO I THOUGHT SHE WASN'T GOING TO GET A JOB AS A, AS A TEACHER, BUT SHE DID, FORTUNATELY, SS A I S D AND BEACON HILL HIRED HER THERE. 
          UM, AND SHE WAS IN THE OLD BUILDING. 
          AND AT THAT TIME, THE NEW, UH, BUILDING CAME UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          SHE NEVER, UH, GOT A CHANCE TO MOVE INTO IT. 
          UH, SHE LEFT, UM, RIGHT BEFORE THE, THE MOVE HAPPENED. 
          SHE, UH, FINISHED OUT IN 99, AND I THINK THE MOVE WAS IN FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, 99 TO ZERO ZERO. 
          UM, BUT WHAT SHE WAS TELLING ME IS THAT SHE REMEMBERS THERE WAS A BIG DEAL, UH, AT THAT TIME TO SAVE THE OLD BUILDING. 
          AND, UH, SOMEONE ELSE HAD MENTIONED TO ME THAT E EVEN S A I S D HAD PASSED THE BOARD AT THAT TIME HAD PASSED A RESOLUTION TO, TO KEEP THE BUILDING. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT RESOLUTION STILL STANDS. 
          IS THAT SO CHAIRWOMAN? IT WAS OVERTURNED. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I, I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT. 
          UM, BUT THE TRUTH IS, EVERYONE WHO'S HERE TODAY SPEAKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE, YOU'VE INHERITED THIS SITUATION. 
          I KNOW YOU WERE NOT THERE WHEN THE DECISIONS WERE MADE. 
          UM, AND MAYBE YOU WOULD'VE MADE A DIFFERENT DECISION AT, AT THE TIME. 
          I UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AND, AND FROM THE DECISIONS WE CAN MAKE OR, OR ONLY FROM HERE GOING FORWARD. 
          FRANKLY, LOOKING BACK, I THINK THE DECISION WAS MADE, OR THE INTENTION BY S A I S D WAS PROBABLY TO DEMOLISH IT FROM THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, WHY WOULD THEY HAVE BUILT A WHOLE NEW BUILDING INSTEAD OF A REHABBING, UH, THE OLD ONE? AND I, I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST TIME TO STEP IN. 
          UM, BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT, UH, ANYMORE. 
          UM, I TOO, UH, SUPPORT, UH, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE, THE COUNCILMAN TODAY, AS YOU KNOW, I SCREAMED SECOND BEFORE HE WAS EVEN DONE, UH, TALKING. 
          UM, BUT I TOO SUPPORT, UH, THE MAINTAINING OF OUR OLD HISTORICAL STRUCTURES. 
          WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING OVER HERE THAT BEACON HILL IS, UM, PROBABLY AN HOMAGE TO, UH, THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UH, WHERE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN BOSTON, THE CRADLE OF, OF LIBERTY. 
          SO IT'S A LITTLE IRONIC, RIGHT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TEARING DOWN THE BUILDING, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S NAMED AFTER THAT. 
          UM, SO I THINK, UH, IT, I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE, WE ARE HERE TODAY. 
          THAT'S WHY I, I AM SUPPORTING THE COUNCILMAN, AND I REALLY APPLAUD HIM FOR HIS, UM, FOR HIS HARD WORK IN GETTING HERE. 
          I KNOW IT WAS NOT EASY AT ALL, . 
          UM, BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN AND I, I THINK, UM, THE CITIZENS OF THE AREA HAVE A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE WHO'S WILLING TO, TO WORK WITH THEM. 
          AND, UH, SO I, I WANNA SAY YOU'RE, YOU'RE VERY BLESSED TO . 
          THERE'S A, THERE'S SOME OPINIONS BEING EXPRESSED OVER THERE, BUT I, I, I DO THINK HE'S A GREAT REPRESENTATIVE FOR, FOR, FOR THE AREA. 
          UM, SO, UH, SO THAT SAID, I'LL BE, UH, APPROVING THIS AS, AS WE GO FORWARD. 
          UM, AND I DO HOPE THAT, UH, THAT THE M O U THAT'S BEEN DRAFTED UP, I THINK THERE'S WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT. 
          UH, AND 
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I DO HOPE TO SEE THEM, UH, IMPLEMENTED AND FOR OUR CHILDREN TO LEARN THE VALUE OF BEING IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE HAVE SO MUCH RICH HISTORY, AND, UH, LIKE SHANNON SAID, WE DIDN'T, AT LEAST I DIDN'T KNOW SOME OF THAT STUFF WHEN I WAS A CHILD, THE POSSIBILITIES THAT ARE THERE. 
          IN FACT, WHEN I WAS A KID, THE ONLY PROFESSIONS I KNEW WERE TEACHING AND TEACHING  TEACHING AND, UM, MAYBE BEING A DOCTOR, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW ANY PERSONALLY. 
          SO I FELT LIKE MY, MY CAREER PATHS WERE ACTUALLY, UH, LIMITED AT THAT TIME. 
          I DIDN'T HAVE AN IDEA OF THAT. 
          SO I, I THINK IT'S SIMPLY, IT'S GOING TO OPEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR OUR CHILDREN. 
          SO, UM, I WANNA THANK ALL THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE WORKED WITH, WITH THE COUNCILMAN TO BRING US TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCILMAN SALANA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, I, GOOD AFTERNOON, BECAUSE IT'S GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO THE AFTERNOON TO MANY OF THE, UH, FOLKS WHO ARE HERE WITH US. 
          UH, I'VE GOTTA SAY THAT I THINK BEACON HILL IS AWESOME, UH, AND I'VE GOT A KID WHO IS FOUR MONTHS OLD IN FOUR YEARS. 
          IF HE COULD GO TO BEACON HILL, I KNOW THAT I WOULD SAY, UH, THAT'D BE A GOOD PLACE FOR HIM, BECAUSE THERE IS THIS ORGANIZATION OF PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND A PRINCIPAL WHO WILL COME TO CITY HALL TO SPEAK, UH, ON BEHALF OF THEIR STUDENTS. 
          SO IF I HAD A, A PRINCIPAL AND EDUCATORS, UH, WHO WERE FIGHTING FOR MY CHILD, AS HARD AS YOU ALL ARE FIGHTING FOR YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR STUDENTS, AND YOUR SCHOOL, UH, I'D BE VERY EXCITED TO BE SENDING MY KIDS TO, TO THAT SCHOOL AND THAT DISTRICT, UH, PATTY. 
          SO, UH, I'M GRATEFUL TO SEE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE WORST OUTCOME, UH, WOULD BE SILENCE AND A DECISION MADE WITHOUT YOUR INPUT. 
          SO I'M, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT, THAT YOU ALL, UM, ARE HERE. 
          AND, UH, HERE'S SORT OF THE POINT ON, ON BEACON HILL. 
          I'VE, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CASES COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. 
          AND IN MANY OF THOSE INSTANCES, UH, I THINK I'VE GOT A RECORD OF SUPPORTING MORE PRESERVATION AND, AND SAVING OF BUILDINGS THAN I DO, UH, SUPPORTING DEMOLITION, BECAUSE EVERY BUILDING IS SALVAGEABLE. 
          YOU CAN RESTORE EVERY SINGLE BUILDING THAT HAS HISTORIC DESIGNATION OR MIGHT HAVE HISTORIC DESIGNATION. 
          THE ONLY THING IT TAKES IS MONEY. 
          AND IF I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE STATE OF EDUCATION FUNDING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, I KNOW THE ONE THING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN OUR STATE IS, IS REALLY ACHING FOR IS FUNDING. 
          AND WHAT THEY HAVE ON TOP OF THAT ABSENCE AND GAP OF FUNDING ARE UNFUNDED MANDATES. 
          SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A SURPRISE, IT'S NOT A SURPRISE TO ME, UH, THAT AT SOME POINT, UM, IT WAS NOT THESE PARENTS, IT WAS NOT THIS SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT. 
          IT WAS NOT, THIS SUPERINTENDENT HAD TO COME UP WITH A DECISION AS TO WHETHER THEY SHOULD, UH, PUT FORWARD THE RESOURCES TO SAVE BEACON HILL OR TO RESTORE IT, OR TO AT LEAST KEEP IT TO A POINT WHERE SOMEBODY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SALVAGE THE BUILDING, OR, OR IF THEY MIGHT DECIDE THAT THAT WOULD GO INTO, YOU KNOW, TEACHER SALARIES OR TO, TO COUNSELORS, OR TO EXPANSION OF SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS. 
          AND, UH, I, I DON'T BEGRUDGE, UH, FOLKS WHO HAVE MADE, UH, THE TOUGH DECISION WITH TOUGH BUDGET DEFICITS THAT HAVE SEEN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS YEAR AFTER YEAR, UH, COMMIT TO, UH, I, I DON'T THINK IT IS REALLY A BURDEN OF RESPONSIBILITY ON YOU ALL TO FIGHT FOR THOSE SORT OF PREVIOUS MISTAKES THAT ARE MADE. 
          BECAUSE I DO THINK YOU ALL ARE FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE. 
          YOU KNOW, FOUR YEAR OLDS COMING INTO YOUR DISTRICT, YOU'RE GONNA NOW BE K THROUGH EIGHT. 
          I WOULD RATHER SEE YOU ALL INVEST THAT INTO THE TEACHERS, THE PROFESSIONALS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS OFFERED TO STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE AT RISK LEARNING TO SPEAK, UH, ENGLISH LEARNING DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. I'M, I'M, I'M GRATEFUL, UH, THAT YOU ALL ARE FIGHTING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY COST THAT WOULD BE IN FRONT OF YOU, BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY COST TO INVESTING IN KEEPING UP THIS BUILDING IF IT WERE HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED, AND IT WOULD NOT BE INEXPENSIVE. 
          UH, IN MANY CASES, THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE, UH, BUILDINGS TO UPKEEP. 
          AND SO THE, THE, IN THE ABSENCE OF PUTTING MONEY INTO THAT, WHICH I THINK IS A TOUGH DECISION FOR SUPERINTENDENT MARTINEZ AND THE BOARD, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS INVEST IT IN THE PROGRAMS. AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL AMONG MANY DISTRICTS IN, IN SAN ANTONIO ARE BECOMING THE MORE INNOVATIVE IN YOUR APPROACH, UH, TO THE, TO THE EXTENT THAT I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE BEEN. 
          YOU KNOW, EVEN SOME FOLKS ON THE DAIS TRYING TO ACHE TO GET BACK INTO S A I S D. 
          AND SO I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD SIGNS THAT YOU ALL ARE MAKING IMPORTANT DECISIONS. 
          IF I HAD THE CHOICE, I'D MOVE INTO BEACON HILL BECAUSE I KNOW HOW POWERFUL THE VOICE OF THE PARENTS ARE. 
          UH, SO I WANT YOU ALL TO KEEP THAT PROGRESS GOING, AND I HOPE THAT THIS IS JUST A BLIP IN THE RADAR. 
          I APPRECIATE THE 18 STUDENTS IN 2017, UH, WHO BEGAN THIS VENTURE NOT KNOWING THE FULL HISTORY, NOT KNOWING THE INS AND OUTS, BUT KNOWING THAT THEY WANTED TO FIGHT FOR SOMETHING. 
          AND I THINK AT THE VERY LEAST, THEY WANTED TO BRING SOMETHING TO, TO THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SO, UH, I WILL SUPPORT THE, THE, UM, THE MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          UH, I DO 
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HOPE THAT WE ARE NOT MAYBE SETTING A PRECEDENT. 
          I, I KNOW THE M O A IS NOT, UM, UM, SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE SEEN THAT IS IN EXCHANGE FOR OUR VOTE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A REALLY DANGEROUS PRECEDENT, UH, FOR US TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SURE, TEAR DOWN THE BUILDING, BUT TELL THE STORY, BUILD A CURRICULUM. 
          WE CAN'T CREATE THAT KIND OF FRAMEWORK. 
          UM, SO I THINK THAT DOES, GIMME A LITTLE PAUSE, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, IF YOU ARE GONNA GO TO THE DISTRICT AND ASK THEM TO SAY, BE A PARTNER, UH, AND YOU INCENTIVIZE THAT PARTNERSHIP BY SUPPORT, THEN, THEN I CAN AGREE WE SHOULD CONSIDER DOING THAT. 
          AND IF THE DISTRICTS DECIDE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, THEN FAR BE IT FOR ME TO, TO FORCE ANY DISTRICT TO, TO IMPLEMENT CURRICULUM THEY DON'T NEED TO HAVE. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, YOU, YOU CAN SAVE ANY BUILDING, IT JUST TAKES MONEY. 
          AND IF THE CITY IN THIS CASE IS NOT COMING FORWARD TO OFFER THAT MONEY TO REHABILITATE THE BUILDING, THEN I THINK WE JUST HAVE AS MUCH BUSINESS AS WE DO TODAY IN ALLOWING YOU THE DISTRICT TO MAKE THEIR DECISION AND CONTROL THEIR FUTURE ON THIS. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SALANA. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE, THE BUILDING AND WHY THINGS WEREN'T DONE FOR THIS BUILDING OVER THE YEARS, AND IT JUST MADE ME THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, WE'VE PROBABLY HAD 60 MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL WHO HAVE COME AND GONE AND SERVED. 
          UH, AND I WOULD IMAGINE DURING THAT TIME, S A I S D HAS HAD AT LEAST 30 BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE COME AND GONE AND HAVE MADE DECISIONS. 
          I DO NOT WANT TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR DECISIONS PRIOR COUNCIL MEMBERS MADE. 
          I LOOK AT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF ME TODAY, AND I GO FORWARD AND MAKE THOSE KINDS OF DECISIONS. 
          AND I'M SURE THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THE S A I S D BOARD OVER THOSE YEARS DID THE SAME THING. 
          THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD ON WHAT THEY COULD DO WHILE THEY SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY. 
          AND WHAT WAS TO THE BEST INTEREST OF, OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT, UH, SPENDING MONEY. 
          WE, WE HAD AN $850 MILLION BOND ISSUE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEVER GOT ON THAT BOND ISSUE THAT PEOPLE IN, I KNOW MY DISTRICT AND MANY OF YOUR DISTRICTS WERE SAYING, WELL, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS TOO. 
          BUT WE SAID, WELL, WE JUST CAN'T DO EVERYTHING. 
          AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT BEACON HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT OVER THE 20 YEARS, BUT IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT LIST BECAUSE THE DISTRICT WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER PRIORITIES FOR STUDENTS AND FOR SCHOOLS THAN THEY WERE IN REHABILITATING A BUILDING THAT THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T SEE ANY USE FOR. 
          AND SO I DON'T CONDONE THEM FOR THAT. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE BE DOING THAT EITHER. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE IN A POSITION TO MANDATE TO THEM THAT THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO THAT BUILDING THAT THEY DON'T FEEL THAT THEY CAN AFFORD TO DO WHEN THEIR MONEY IS, IS MORE IMPORTANTLY PLACED IN MORE CURRENT ACADEMIC NEEDS. 
          UM, SO I'M, I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ALLOWING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          IT, IT'LL PROBABLY COST THEM A MILLION DOLLARS TO TEAR IT DOWN AND CLEAR THE LAND, BUT IF THEY HAD TO REHABILITATE THAT BUILDING, IT MIGHT COST THEM 3 MILLION, 5 MILLION. 
          WE DON'T KNOW. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE THE JUDGES OF WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT PROPERTY, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD LIMIT THEIR ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT PROPERTY BY GIVING IT A HISTORIC DESIGNATION. 
          NOW, THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IS KIND OF AN ADDED INGREDIENT INTO THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION. 
          CONCEPTUALLY, AT THE BEGINNING, IT SOUNDED REASONABLE TO ME. 
          IT'S A MUTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, TO ADDRESS A COMMON INTEREST IN, IN MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE EDUCATED AND, AND AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS. 
          AND IT MAY BE WE DON'T RUN INTO THIS KIND OF A SITUATION AGAIN, BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE'S AT LEAST A DOZEN OTHER SS A I S D BUILDINGS THAT COULD BE FACING THESE KINDS OF ACTIONS OVER THE YEARS. 
          BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S MANDATORY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND SIMPLY DENY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UH, DESIGNATION. 
          SO I'M GONNA SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUES, UH, CHANGE TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION. 
          UH, AS LONG AS THE DISTRICT HAS THE ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM OF THE BUILDING AND ENHANCE THE ABILITY FOR THE STUDENTS NEARBY TO ENJOY MORE OF THE, THE LAND AND THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM, I THINK THAT'S THE MOST CRITICAL THING. 
          SO, UH, I WILL GO AHEAD AND, UH, SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS, UH, MADE BY COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          IF THAT FAILS, I'LL SUPPORT THE ORIGINAL MOTION THAT WAS PRESENTED, UH, BY COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND LET THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DO ITS JOB OF EDUCATING CHILDREN. 
          THANK 
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YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE. 
          UH, HEARING ALL THE COMMENTS, I'LL JUST ADD A FEW THINGS. 
          UM, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I GOT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR JOE RILEY OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHO HAS, IN HIS TIME BEEN VILIFIED FOR DOING SOMETHING THAT I THINK HE WILL BE REMEMBERED, UH, BY CHARLESTONIANS AND ALSO PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS BEING QUITE PRESCIENT. 
          AND THAT IS DURING THE COURSE OF HIS TENURE, HE FIGURED OUT WAYS THAT, UH, WE CAN ENHANCE THE PUBLIC LANDSCAPE BY PRESERVING OUR HISTORY. 
          UH, AND MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE WHAT HE WAS DOING IN SAVING SOME OF THE CHARLESTON'S HISTORY IN, IN ITS BUILDING ENVIRONMENT, BUT HE ALSO REMINDED US THAT WHY WE DO THAT IS TO ENHANCE PEOPLE'S LIVES, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE APPRECIATE WHERE WE CAME FROM, THAT WE ALSO HAVE A PLACE TO, UH, GATHER, AND THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE BENE BENEFITED BY THE HISTORY THAT WE ALL SHARE TOGETHER. 
          UH, IN FACT, HE SERVED FOR 10 TERMS, 40 YEARS, I THINK, THE LONGEST SERVING MAYOR IN OUR CITY'S COUNTRY. 
          UH, OUR CITY'S, UH, EXCUSE ME, OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY, UH, DURING THE ENTIRE TIME, VERY CONTESTED, UH, IN THAT SORT OF SITUATION. 
          UH, AND SOME MAY SAY THAT HIS 40 YEAR TENURE, UH, ITSELF WAS A RECOGNITION THAT PEOPLE IN THEIR HEARTS ARE PRESERVATIONISTS. 
          BUT WE FIND OURSELVES HERE TODAY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT PEOPLE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO RECOGNIZE WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. 
          UH, WE ARE A GROWING CITY, IN FACT, THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE NATION, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE MOST TREASURED HISTORY IN AMERICA, CERTAINLY IN TEXAS. 
          AND MAYOR REILLY REMINDED ME THAT IN, IN THIS BUSINESS OF CITY BUILDING, OUR FIRST JOB IS TO NOT MAKE PERMANENT MISTAKES. 
          UH, WE CAN IMAGINE THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM HERE, UH, IN ALAMO PLAZA THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE BACK THAT WE DON'T. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF TROUBLE TO TRY TO, UH, RE RE, RE RE UM, ACCOUNT FOR THOSE, UH, BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LAND LANDMARKS IN OUR, OUR WORLD'S HISTORY. 
          SO, I, I JUST WANT TO SAY FIRST OF ALL, TO THE STUDENTS WHO ARE WATCHING, UM, THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN. 
          ALSO, THANK YOU FOR MAKING YOUR VOICE HEARD. 
          UH, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          AND I APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE PARENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN TIME, AND THE ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS WHO HAVE TAKEN TIME OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO YEARS TO MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD ON THIS MATTER. 
          UH, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU WALK AWAY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOUR VOICE MATTERS, THAT YOUR PRESENCE MATTERS. 
          THAT THE REASON WHY WE DO ORDINANCES AND THAT WE BUILD PARKS AND WE SAVE BUILDINGS, IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO IMPROVE PEOPLE'S LIVES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND YOU ARE THE ONES THAT WE ARE SERVING. 
          AND THAT'S WHY YOUR VOICE IS SO IMPORTANT TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE. 
          UH, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, COUNCIL OF INTRAVENOUS IS, IS RIGHT. 
          I THINK SHANNON MILLER'S JOB IS ONE OF THE MOST, UH, ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT JOBS PROBABLY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE WORK SHE HAS TO DO FOR OUR CITY. 
          AND THE JOB OF FINDING COMMON GROUND IN AN INCREASINGLY FAC FRACTURED WORLD IS NOT VERY EASY. 
          IN FACT, IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. 
          AND IF ANYONE IS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE DECISIONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE AND THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE AS A COMMUNITY ARE, ARE GONNA BE EASY, THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER THING COMING. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN TREVINO, FOR NEVER SHYING AWAY FROM THE DIFFICULT, THE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, WHETHER IT'S THE ALAMO, WHETHER IT'S BEACON HILL, WHETHER IT'S SCOOTERS AND UBER AND LYFT, UH, HE HAS ALWAYS MOVED INTO THE MIDDLE OF CONTROVERSY TO TRY TO BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER. 
          UH, SO I APPLAUD THE WORK OF THE COMPROMISE IN THE SENSE THAT, NUMBER ONE, WE ARE REAFFIRMING THAT THOSE DOLLARS THAT COULD HAVE GONE TO THE PRESERVATION AND REHABILITATION OF A BUILDING WERE RIGHTFULLY GOING, AND THE DECISIONS WERE MADE, I THINK JUSTIFIABLY BY THE DISTRICT AND BY THE SUPERINTENDENT TO GO INTO THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE TOO FEW DOLLARS AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO GO INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN. 
          AND SO I APPLAUD THOSE DECISIONS, AND IT IS AN INHERITED ISSUE, AS ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID. 
          BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE COMPROMISE TO FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN, UH, AGAIN, PUT MORE ATTENTION ON THE PRESERVATION OF OUR HISTORY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE, UH, A SENSE OF WHY WE GOT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND MOVE FORWARD CONFIDENTLY TOGETHER. 
          SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINOS COMPROMISE AND THE WORK THAT S A I S D, THE TEACHERS, THE PARENTS, THE STUDENTS, AND, UH, OUR DISTRICT ONE OFFICE HAS DONE TOGETHER TO BRING US TO THIS POINT. 
          I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD COMPROMISE, AND IT'S ONE IN WHICH I THINK EVERYONE CAN FEEL LIKE THEY GOT WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. 
          SO WITH THAT, UH, WE ARE, WE DO HAVE, UH, TWO MOTIONS. 
          ONE IS THE DENIAL OF THE HISTORIC REQUEST BY COUNCILMAN PERRY WITHOUT THE COMPROMISE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. 
          WE'LL TAKE THAT 
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ONE UP FIRST. 
          UM, SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND MADE BY COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          WE'LL VOTE ON THAT ONE. 
          FIRST. 
          MOTION FAILS. 
          SO WE'LL TAKE UP THE BASE MOTION, WHICH WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN TREVINO FOR THE DENIAL OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UH, DESIGNATION, AS WELL AS INITIATING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDER OF AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY. 
          AND SS A I S D. 
          MOTION CARRIES, AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          AND, AND, UH, STUDENTS, IT'S PROBABLY LUNCHTIME BY NOW. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TUNING IN. 
          ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE ITEM LEFT ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. 
          UH, ITEM NUMBER 20. 
          ITEM NUMBER 20 IS THE ORDINANCE APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL DATA SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT C P S ENERGY, SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY, SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM, AND VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT. 
          THIS ORDINANCE HAS NO FISCAL IMPACT. 
          COUNCILMAN TREIER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, AND I KNOW , I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF ON THIS. 
          I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THIS. 
          CRAIG, I WANNA THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR TEAM ON THIS ISSUE. 
          UM, SAFE AND SECURE INTERCONNECTEDNESS IS EXACTLY WHY THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AND TIMELY ISSUE FOR OUR GOVERNMENT. 
          UH, I WANNA GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE, UH, DO JUST A, A BRIEF, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, AND I WILL MAKE IT VERY BRIEF. 
          UM, JUST A COUPLE OF, UM, BACKGROUND ITEMS I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE FOR YOU, JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE WE CAME FROM. 
          OOPS. 
          UM, IN NOVEMBER, 2017, WE RECEIVED A C C R FROM COUNCILMAN TREVINO THAT ASKED THE I T SS D TEAM, THE, TO FOCUS ON A DATA PROGRAM THAT WHERE WE COULD BRING TOGETHER OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT ENTITIES TOGETHER, SUCH AS BEXAR COUNTY, BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND SAWS AND C P S, WHERE WE WOULD START TO SHARE DATA ACROSS OUR ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE GREATER GOOD. 
          UH, THE GOAL WAS TO CREATE A PLATFORM AND OUR, OR OUR ACCURACY AND PLATFORMS WHERE WE COULD DO THESE TOGETHER AS WE WENT FORWARD IN THE SPRING OF 2018, WE PUT TOGETHER OUR FIRST PROPOSAL WITH THIS, WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          WE HAD SOME SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WE WERE TRYING TO SOLVE AROUND THE OVER 2065 EXEMPTION PROGRAM. 
          AND IT WAS A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THE SHOPS TO START TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          BUT THEN IN APRIL, 2018, WE STARTED TO ORGANIZE AROUND THE SMART SA COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP. 
          AND AS WE BROUGHT THE CITY SAW, C P S VIA AND SARAH TOGETHER, WE ALL AGREED THAT WE NEEDED TO EXTEND THIS IDEA TO GOVERNANCE OF ASSETS, SHARED ASSETS FOR ALL OF US ACROSS THE AGENCIES TO WORK TOGETHER IF WE WERE GONNA CREATE A SMART CITY TOGETHER, DATA BEING ONE OF THE VERY FIRST ASSETS WE KNEW WE WANTED TO, TO SHARE. 
          AND, BUT IT'S NOT ONLY DATA FROM A SMART CITY PERSPECTIVE, FIBER, PHYSICAL PROPERTY, AND SO FORTH. 
          WHAT ALSO WE INCLU INCLUDED. 
          SO WE CREATED THIS DATA SHARING AGREEMENT, WHICH I WILL HONESTLY TELL YOU WAS CREATIVELY STOLEN FROM THE C I O AT THE, UH, STATE OF TEXAS, TODD KIMBREL, WHO'S BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS ACROSS STATE AGENCIES AS WELL. 
          AND HE GAVE US A FRAMEWORK TO USE THAT WE STARTED. 
          AND IT REALLY DOES A COUPLE OF KEY THINGS. 
          IT GIVES US A FRAMEWORK TO BETTER SERVE THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ACROSS THE ENTITIES. 
          IT DEVELOPS AND IMPLEMENTS DATA-DRIVEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR US TO FOLLOW TOGETHER, NOT AS INDIVIDUAL SILOS. 
          IT CREATES THE FEASIBILITY OF THE VALUE OF SHARED DATA. 
          SO WHAT IS A, WE NEED TO SOLVE A SPECIFIC PROBLEM FOR OUR, UH, CUSTOMERS. 
          IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK OUTSIDE OF OUR SILOS TO SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS TOGETHER. 
          AND VERY IMPORTANT, IT'S THE PROTECTION OF PRIVACY, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMA INFORMATION AND DATA SECURITY, WHICH HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE TOGETHER. 
          MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ONLY SHARING THE DATA THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO SHARE UNDER LAWS AND REGULATIONS, AND WE ARE MANAGING IT WITH EACH OTHER. 
          AND IT SETS THE STANDARDS FOR THE EXCHANGE OF THOSE. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS FRAMEWORK ENABLES SECURE, PRIVATE, AND APPROPRIATE EXCHANGE OF ACTIONABLE DATA ACROSS AGENCIES. 
          AND MY LAST POINT, REALLY IS JUST TO THEN TALK ABOUT THE, THE PARTNERS THAT CAME TOGETHER. 
          YOU ALL SHOULD SEE SEVEN LOGOS UP THERE. 
          NOW, I, I HAVE NOT SEEN IN MY SHORT TENURE HERE, I'VE HEARD OF TRI-PARTY AGREEMENTS, BUT I HAVE NEVER, I'VE NOT SEEN SEVEN PARTY AGREEMENTS. 
          AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE LINING UP BEHIND US ASKING IF THEY CAN BE PART OF THIS AS WELL. 
          SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, A HUGE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH ACROSS THE MUNICIPAL PARTNERS TO COME TOGETHER. 
          AND IN AUGUST, WE BUILT THE BASE. 
          WE USED THE DA, THE TEMPLATE, AND WE BUILT A GR AN AGREEMENT THAT WE COULD ALL WORK OFF OF. 
          BUT IN DECEMBER, WE STOPPED BECAUSE WE ALL REALIZED 
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IT PROBABLY WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH. 
          WE REALLY NEEDED TO FOCUS ON SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS LIKE SAFEGUARDING SENSITIVE DATA, ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES FOR TRANSFER AND STORAGE, VERY DETAILED LOGISTICAL THINGS. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GONNA MOVE DATA FROM ONE ENTITY TO ANOTHER AND USE IT TOGETHER, THAT WE ACTUALLY WERE CREATING SECURITY AND ACCURACY AS WE DID THAT. 
          AND HERE WE ARE IN MARCH NOW THAT WE FEEL WE HAVE A FULLY VETTED OUT AGREEMENT. 
          ALL SEVEN PARTIES HAVE AGREED TO THIS. 
          WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH OUR INDIVIDUAL, UM, APPROVALS OF THIS PROCESS RIGHT NOW. 
          AS AN EXAMPLE, C P S TOOK THIS TO THEIR BOARD IN FEBRUARY. 
          THEY EXPECT TO BRING IT BACK IN MARCH FOR ANOTHER GO ROUND. 
          UH, TWO OF THE AGENCIES HAVE ALREADY GOT THEIR APPROVAL. 
          THE REST OF US ARE GOING THROUGH OUR APPROVAL CYCLES NOW. 
          ONE LAST POINT OF CLARIFICATION I JUST WANNA MAKE IS THIS IS NOT A CONTRACT TO ACTUALLY MOVE DATA. 
          THIS IS A AGREEMENT THAT SETS AN UMBRELLA FOR ALL OF US TO CREATE PROJECTS TO GO FORWARD. 
          AND NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD A SIX TO 12 MONTH CONTRACT. 
          EVERY TIME WE WANT TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT, WE HAVE A MASTER TO WORK ON. 
          AND WHEN A PROJECT COMES UP, WE'RE ABLE TO PULL A ONE PAGE OFF THE BACK SCOPE THAT PROJECT, USE THE MASTER, AND WORK OUR WAY FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK, THANK YOU, CRAIG, FOR, FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. 
          WE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO TRULY, UH, EXPAND ON THIS. 
          AND AS, AS YOU JUST POINTED OUT, THAT'S EXACTLY, UH, WHAT WE NEEDED HERE. 
          AND, AND THE FACT THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING ON BOARD IS JUST A TESTAMENT TO YOUR WORK AND WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR ALL THAT HARD WORK. 
          I ALSO WANNA SPECIFICALLY THANK MANNY ELIAS, UH, FOR HELPING TO ESTABLISH THE, THE INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, WHICH HELPED TO SHEPHERD THIS THROUGH. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS A BIG DEAL. 
          AND YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU MADE A BIG CASE TO CREATE THAT COMMITTEE IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          BUT NOT ONLY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG REASONS, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT WE NEED TO CREATE THAT COMMITTEE WAS RIGHT HERE. 
          THIS IS THAT EXAMPLE. 
          IT'S GONNA HELP PEOPLE. 
          AND, UH, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR HELPING SHEPHERD THAT THROUGH AS A COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR, AND ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT SIT ON THAT AS WELL. 
          AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR RECOGNIZING THE NEED TO CREATE THAT COMMITTEE AND, UH, DOING SO. 
          SO I MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 20. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 20. 
          COUNCILMAN, COURAGE, GREG. 
          IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. 
          I THINK THAT IT, IT REALLY SPEAKS WELL TO HOW WE NEED TO DEVELOP CONTINUED COOPERATION IN THE AREA OF IT. 
          UH, BUT YOU MENTIONED SEVEN, AND I KNOW YOU ALSO SAID THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE, UH, INTERESTED IN COMING ON BOARD. 
          'CAUSE I WAS CONCERNED NOT SEEING SOME OF THE NAMES, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE BEAR COUNTY OR ALAMO COLLEGES OR SOMETHING. 
          SO CAN YOU TELL US WHO ELSE MIGHT BE IN THE WORKS AND DO YOU HAVE A, A CERTAIN LIST OF OTHERS THAT YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO? OH, WE, WE DO HAVE A BIGGER LIST. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO MAKE ANY PROMISES ABOUT THAT LIST. 
          UH, THE COUNTY IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN A LOT OF DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING HERE. 
          THEY JUST HAVEN'T FORMALLY COME, COME AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT. 
          UH, WE HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES INCLUDING U T S, ALAMO COLLEGE AND SO FORTH. 
          I THINK THERE'S A BROADER, UH, THINKING HERE AS WELL, UH, WHICH WE HAVE NOT GONE TO YET. 
          HEALTHCARE AGENCIES, OTHER FOLKS THAT HAVE THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATAS. 
          IF YOU THINK OF IT AS A, A RING WITH EXPANDING RINGS, WE REALLY GOT THE FIRST RING IN PLACE AND WE WANT TO KEEP THINKING ABOUT MORE PARTNERS AS WE GO OUT. 
          UH, WOULD A STATE PARTNER LIKE TXDOT BE A LIKELY CANDIDATE ALSO? ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND I, I BELIEVE THE, UM, OUR FOLKS IN T C I HAVE ALREADY HAD SOME INITIAL CONVERSATIONS, BUT THAT'S THE NEXT AP OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD LUCK. 
          THANK. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU CRAIG, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          UH, TODAY I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN VINNO, UH, FOR DEVELOPING THE C C R AND, UH, VERY HAPPY I WAS ABLE TO, TO SUPPORT THAT AND TO COUNCILMAN BELI FOR ALSO HELPING US GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE. 
          UH, TODAY. 
          UH, I HAVE A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR US, UH, FOR YOU. 
          I, I CAN SEE HOW THIS MAKES LIFE A WHOLE LOT EASIER FOR YOU AND FOR SOME OF THE STAFF HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT CAN YOU TELL ME, AS A TAXPAYER OR USER, HOW WILL THIS, UH, MAKE MY LIFE EASIER? YEAH. 
          IN, IN THE SHORT TERM, I, I WOULD SAY YOU PROBABLY WON'T FEEL THE DIFFERENCE. 
          UM, 'CAUSE THE INTENT OF THIS FIRST GO ROUND IS TO LITERALLY TAKE A PIECE OF DATA IN ONE BUCKET IN AN AGENCY AND SHARE IT WITH ANOTHER BUCKET IN AN AGENCY AND PUT IT TOGETHER. 
          WHAT THE TAXPAYER WOULD SEE IS A, UH, SOLVING A PROBLEM ACROSS AGENCIES, BUT IT'LL BE PRETTY TRANSPARENT TO THEM IN THE FUTURE. 
          AS WE START TO THINK ABOUT SMART CITIES AND, UM, AND HOW WE ACTUALLY BUILD NEW DATA INTO OUR STRUCTURES. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL SEE, THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO WORK WITH ONE AGENCY AT AS A TIME. 
          THEY MAY SEE US AS A JOINT SET OF AGENCIES GOING FORWARD. 
          THAT'S PART OF THE SMART CITY VISION AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS. 
          GREAT. 
          I WAS JUST READING, UH, AN ARTICLE THAT TALKED ABOUT LINKING, UH, DATA. 
          AND IT TALKED ABOUT LINKING THE FAFSA WHERE PARENTS APPLY FOR COLLEGE, UM, ASSISTANCE FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AND LINKING THAT TO 
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A TAX RETURN. 
          AND HOW BEING ABLE TO DO THAT INCREASED COLLEGE ENROLLMENT BY 24% BECAUSE A PARENTS JUST GET PARENTS OR KIDS GET DISCOURAGED AND IT JUST BECOMES, IT'S HARD RIGHT? TO, TO NAVIGATE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND GET THE INFORMATION TOGETHER. 
          SO I THINK IN THE END, THIS COULD END UP HELPING OUR RESIDENTS GET THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO LOTS OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES. 
          UM, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE OVER 65 PROGRAM WORKED? YOU, YOU MENTIONED, UH, WORKING ON THAT. 
          WHAT, WHAT DID YOU DO? UM, REALLY WE DIDN'T DO A LOT. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT OPENED OUR EYES TO WHERE DATA WAS. 
          THERE WAS AN INITIAL QUESTION ABOUT WHERE WAS THE, UH, THE BIRTH DATE OF A TAXPAYER, WHERE DID IT RESIDE? AND DID WE NEED TO TAKE SOMETHING FROM A CITY DATABASE WITH SOMETHING IN A BEAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DATABASE AND PUT THEM TOGETHER. 
          AS WE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THAT DISCUSSION, WE REALIZED THE DATA ALREADY EXISTED INSIDE OF BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO AND DO THAT. 
          BUT THE EXERCISE OF UNDERSTANDING THAT HAD JOINED BECAME THE BEGINNING OF THIS AS WE WENT FORWARD. 
          SO BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT STILL HAS THE DATA THEY NEED TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. 
          SO, REMIND ME, ARE THEY PART OF THIS AGREEMENT? YES, THEY ARE. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          YES. 
          SO IN TERMS OF, SO IF I WANTED TO SEE IF EVERYONE OVER 65 IN SAN, IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DID HAVE THAT TAX FREEZE APPLIED TO THEIR PROPERTY. 
          UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO THROUGH THIS? I WILL NOT QUALIFY TO ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          , I'D HAVE TO TURN TO MY PEER AT THE BEAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO ANSWER THAT. 
          BUT THE CONCEPT HERE IS IF THE CITY HAD DATA AND BEAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAD DATA AND THEY WERE SEPARATE AND NEEDED TO BE PUT TOGETHER TO ANSWER PROBLEM, WE NOW HAVE THIS CONTRACTUAL VEHICLE TO ACTUALLY GO DO THAT. 
          IT DOESN'T TAKE 12 MONTHS TO WRITE A CONTRACT FOR US TO DO THAT TOGETHER. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF THAT'S ACTUALLY A QUESTION THAT I HAVE, I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER IT TODAY. 
          WHO, WHO WOULD I GO TO TO GET THAT ANSWER? UH, I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT. 
          UH, MY COUNTERPART AS THE C I O OVER THERE. 
          I CAN ABSOLUTELY HELP YOU CONNECT THAT. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE ALL PARTNERS TOGETHER IN THAT QUESTION. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH. 
          I LOOK, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE TREMENDOUS BENEFITS THIS WILL BRING. 
          THANKS CRAIG. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          CRAIG, WILL THIS FACILITATE WHAT I'VE BEEN AFTER? UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, G I S OVERLAYS TO, UH, BASICALLY TRACK PERMITTING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION BETWEEN T C I C P S SAWS, THE COUNTY TO COORDINATE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, UH, ACROSS ALL OF THE CITY AND BAYER COUNTY. 
          SIR, IF THE DATA EXISTS IN THE INDIVIDUAL PLACES, THIS BECOMES THE CONTRACT VEHICLE THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE TO GO PROJECT BY PROJECT AND BUILD A SEPARATE CONTRACT TO DO THAT WORK. 
          THIS BECOMES THE MASTER THAT WE NOW CAN ENGAGE WITH A SMALL SCOPE OF WORK STATEMENT AND DEFINE THAT WORK SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR SITUATION THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT UP TO US. 
          THE DATA MAY NOT EXIST IN SOME OF THOSE PLACES, BUT WHERE THE DATA DOES EXIST, WE CAN BRING THAT TOGETHER. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO THIS, THIS WILL FACILITATE THAT AT, AT THAT POINT IN TIME WHEN WE'RE READY TO KICK THIS OFF, IF WE AGREE TO THAT CON THAT PROJECT TO DO THIS GIVES US THE CONTRACT VEHICLE TO GO DO IT AND LEVERAGE EXISTING DATA THAT EXISTS. 
          AH, SO WHEN YOU SAY, IF WE AGREE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I'M SORRY. 
          IF, IF, IF WE'VE AGREED TO GO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM RIGHT, THEN WE ACTUALLY STILL CREATE A SCOPE OF WORK BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES. 
          BUT I NO LONGER HAVE TO CREATE A LEGAL CONTRACT. 
          AND THEN WE IDENTIFY THE DATA THAT EXISTS IN THE TWO BUCKETS, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TOGETHER. 
          AND IT'S STILL A PROJECT IN, IN THE IT MIND OF BUILDING OUT THE FUNCTIONALITY WITH THAT DATA. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHEN YOU SAY, IF WE AGREE, THAT MEANS BETWEEN US AND WHOEVER, UH, SAY YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. 
          THAT'S THE PROJECT WE AGREE TO MOVE FORWARD ON. 
          OKAY. 
          I GOT YOU. 
          YEP. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS AND I, I, I WANNA KEEP PUSHING THAT. 
          I, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS A CITY AND THE COUNTY C P S SAWS, EVERYBODY TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THOSE PROCESSES TO, UH, BE ABLE TO TRACK AND, AND MAINTAIN, MAKE LIFE A LOT EASIER. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          COUNCILMAN PIA, THANK YOU. 
          THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT COUNCILMAN TREVINO AND, UH, YOUR HELP CRAIG. 
          AND, AND I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST ACTION ITEM THE INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE TOOK UP. 
          AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY BIG ONE, AND I'M PROUD THAT, UH, WE GOT TO DO IT. 
          AND I WILL SAY HERE THAT YES, SOMETIMES I LIKE TO PICK ON OUR FRIENDS AT B C AD, BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, UH, I THINK THAT THEY DID A REALLY WONDERFUL THING BY AGREEING TO, UM, JOIN THE TEAM. 
          AND I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PELA. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 20. 
          PLEASE 
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VOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, RECOGNIZE, UM, OUR CO OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN P. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RECONSIDERED THE SS A I S D VOTE. 
          I GOT IT WRONG WHEN I HIT. 
          NO, ROBERTO, I THOUGHT I WAS SUPPORTING YOU. 
          IT TURNS OUT I'M NOT. 
          I DIDN'T. 
          AND SO, UH, IF WE CAN DO A REDO, MAYOR, I'LL VOTE THE RIGHT WAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO FOR THE BENEFIT OF CLARITY IN OUR MAYOR COLLEAGUE YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          BECAUSE COUNCILMAN PLY DID REGISTER THE NO, SOMEBODY OTHER THAN THE COUNCILMAN HAS TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. 
          MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE A, RETAKE THE SS A I S D VOTE. 
          RECONSIDER, RECONSIDER, RECONSIDER RECONSIDER THE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND WE DO NEED A VOTE TO RECONSIDER, AND THEN WE CAN TAKE UP THE MOTION AFTER THAT. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR RECONSIDERATION OF ITEM 18. 
          PLEASE VOTE CARRIES. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          NOW RECOGNIZED. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, I MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 18. 
          SECOND . 
          UH, MAYOR, UH, I'M SORRY. 
          COUNCILMAN ED, IF YOU COULD RE, IF YOU COULD RESTATE THE ORIGINAL MODE. 
          'CAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT FROM ITEM 18. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'RE, GOSH, THANKS FOR CORRECTING ME. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          I MOVE TO DENY THE RESOLUTION FOR INITIATION OF LANDMARK DESIGNATION AND APPROVE THE NEGOTIATION EXECUTION OF, OF A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MITIGATE THE LOSS OF THE BEACON HILL STRUCTURE AND IMPLEMENT MITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR S A I S D STRUCTURES OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM 18 AND THE INITIATION OF THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN S A I S D AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          PLEASE VOTE I HIT THE WRONG ONE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR, UH, MORNING AGENDA. 
          WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, I, JEFF COYLE TO THE INAUGURAL CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, AND I'M HANDING IT OVER TO JEFF. 
          UH, JEFF IS GONNA GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, UM, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. 
          AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, WE'LL HAVE JEFF HERE ON A DAY, ON A WEEKLY BASIS, UH, CONTINUING TO UPDATE US AS, UH, THINGS CONTINUE TO MOVE UP THERE. 
          THANKS, ERIC. 
          LOOKS LIKE THE AUDIENCE WAS, UH, HANGING AROUND FOR THIS ITEM. 
          SO, UM, WE ARE, UH, NEARING THE HALFWAY POINT IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 
          WE'VE BEEN UPDATING THE I G R COMMITTEE WEEKLY. 
          JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE FULL COUNSEL HAS, UH, AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THINGS ARE GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT'S AT STAKE THIS SESSION. 
          UH, ABOUT 5,500 BILLS HAVE BEEN FILED THUS FAR. 
          UH, THE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW, SO WE WILL KNOW TOMORROW EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE TABLE. 
          AND, UH, AND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS SESSION. 
          UH, I'LL GO THROUGH OUR PRIORITY ITEMS, UH, SOMEWHAT QUICKLY HERE. 
          UH, FIRST ON THE PROPERTY TAX FRONT. 
          UH, LEMME START WITH THE SECOND ONE. 
          SENATE BILL TWO, ACTUALLY, BOTH OF THESE BILLS ARE A 2.5%, UH, PROPERTY TAX RATE, UH, ESSENTIALLY LOWERS THE ROLLBACK FROM 8% TO TWO POINT HALF AND REQUIRES A VOTE OF THE PUBLIC, UH, TO EXCEED THAT. 
          UH, THE SENATE BILL PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
          IT WAS ALSO AMENDED TO INCLUDE, UM, A REQUIREMENT THAT WE ALSO CANNOT REDUCE ANY, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS COMPENSATION AS A RESULT OF THE CAP. 
          SO, EFFECTIVELY THERE'S A, UM, A FLOOR AND A CEILING AT THE SAME TIME. 
          THERE WAS ALSO AN AMENDMENT THAT, UH, THAT MADE THE BILL APPLY ONLY TO CITIES THAT HAVE, UH, TAXING ENTITIES THAT HAVE MORE THAN 15 MILLION IN TOTAL LEVY. 
          SO IT'S ABOUT THE TOP 150 CITIES IN THE STATE AND NOT THE SMALLER ONES. 
          UH, HB TWO WAS HEARD, UH, LAST WEEK. 
          UH, MAYOR NURNBERG, UH, TESTIFIED AT THE HEARING OF THE CITY'S SUPPORT FOR MEANINGFUL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AND OUR DESIRE TO WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE ON SOLUTIONS. 
          UH, ABOUT 30 CITIES HAVE FORMED A COALITION TO WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH, UH, TWEAKS TO THE FORMULA AND ALTERNATIVES THAT, THAT WE CAN OFFER THE COMMITTEE THAT MIGHT HELP ACCOMPLISH BOTH THE GOAL OF PROPERTY TAX REFORM AND ENSURE THAT CITIES CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE, THE NECESSARY SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. 
          UH, CLOSELY RELATED TO THAT IS THE SCHOOL FINANCE BILL. 
          THE SENATE BILL PASSED UNANIMOUSLY EARLIER THIS WEEK. 
          IT GIVES A $5,000 ACROSS THE BOARD PAY RAISE FOR TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS. 
          IT'S ABOUT A $4 BILLION INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          THE HOUSE BILL IS A $9 BILLION INVESTMENT. 
          IT WAS, UH, UNVEILED THIS WEEK WITH 85 
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CO-SPONSORS OF BOTH PARTIES. 
          YOU SEE, OUR MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL HAS BEEN CLOSELY INVOLVED. 
          ACTUALLY, HIS, UH, STAFF PERSON, JULIA GRARD, IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          TO MAKE SURE I GET THIS RIGHT, UH, OF THE 9 BILLION, IT DOES A FEW THINGS. 
          IT REDUCES THE, UH, THE LOCAL SCHOOL TAX RATE BY FOUR PENNIES. 
          IT'S NOT A PERCENTAGE, BUT IT'S A FOUR PENNY BUYDOWN, ESSENTIALLY IN LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES FOR SCHOOLS. 
          IT, UH, GIVES MORE FLEXIBILITY TO THE DISTRICTS TO AWARD THOSE PAY RAISES, BOTH FOR MERIT PERFORMANCE AND ALSO TO, UH, REWARD TEACHERS THAT GO TO, UH, CHALLENGE, UH, UM, DISTRICTS THAT ARE FACING GREATER CHALLENGES. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, TEACHERS THAT TAKE ON LOWER PERFORMING SCHOOLS, UH, WOULD POTENTIALLY BE REWARDED. 
          THERE'S FUND FUNDING IN THEIR FULL FOR FULL DAY PRE-K. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE JUST FUNDS HALF DAY PRE-K RIGHT NOW. 
          THIS IS AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO DISTRICTS, UH, TO DO THAT. 
          AND OF THE 9 BILLION ABOUT, UH, 6 BILLION IS MORE FUNDING FOR SCHOOL, FOR SCHOOLS. 
          AND 3 BILLION IS THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PORTION. 
          UH, ON THE MILITARY PROTECTION FRONT, WE'RE REALLY THRILLED THAT THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE HOUSE HAS APPROVED $50 MILLION FOR THE DAG PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, UH, COMPETED FOR AND, AND BENEFITED FROM OVER THE YEARS. 
          UH, THE PICTURE THERE IS, UH, CHAIRMAN ZERS, THE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR, WHO WAS HERE, UH, A WEEK AGO AT THE REQUEST OF, UH, TREY MARTINEZ FISHER, ONE OF OUR DELEGATION MEMBERS. 
          UH, THE MAYOR SERVED AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY. 
          THERE WERE ABOUT 30 STAKEHOLDERS IN THE ROOM, ALL MAKING BUDGET ASKS. 
          AND THE PRIMARY ASK FROM THE, FROM THE MAYOR AND FROM THE CITY WAS FOR THE DAG FUNDING. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE THRILLED WITH THAT. 
          IT'S JUST ON THE HOUSE SIDE AT THIS POINT. 
          TRANSPORTATION FUNDING REPRESENTATIVE MEAN HOTEZ HAS FILED HB ONE 30, WHICH WOULD GIVE THE COUNTY THE ABILITY TO HOLD A COUNTYWIDE VOTE TO ADD $10 TO THE LOCAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE TO GENERATE FUNDING THAT WOULD GO TO THE R M A FOR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS. 
          UH, REPRESENTATIVE MINHAS AND SENATOR MENENDEZ HAVE FILED COMPANION BILLS, UH, FOR, UH, BENEFIT OF VIA AN A T D THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY ALLOW A CITYWIDE VOTE, UH, TO EXCEED THE SALES TAX CAP THAT EXISTS TODAY. 
          TO ADD THAT SECOND HALF PENNY, UH, TO A T D FOR THE, FOR THE USE OF, UH, OF TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AROUND THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, THE BILLS THAT WE'VE FILED, UH, THE BE REQUEST OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, UH, HAVE ALL BEEN FILED. 
          UH, THE BITE STICKS BILL, WHICH WOULD ALLOW CODE OFFICERS TO CARRY A DETERRENT FROM, FROM DOG ATTACKS WHEN THEY'RE OUT INSPECTING PROPERTIES, UH, HAS BEEN FILED IN THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE AND THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT BILL, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO TAKE THE DEFAULT, UH, SPEED LIMIT ON URBAN STREETS FROM 30 TO 25, UH, HAS BEEN FILED IN BOTH CHAMBERS AS WELL. 
          AND THE PHOTO THERE IS, UH, UH, GREG HEINER FROM OUR T C I DEPARTMENT TESTIFYING ON ONE OF THOSE BILLS YESTERDAY. 
          SOME OTHER CITY RELATED BILLS THAT ARE NOT IN THE, THE TOP PRIORITY ITEMS IN OUR PROGRAM. 
          BUT, BUT CERTAINLY WORTH MENTIONING, UH, THE PAID SICK LEAVE BILL SENATE BILL 15 WAS HEARD, UH, LAST WEEK AND PASSED, UH, OUT OF COMMITTEE THE SAME DAY. 
          IT ADDRESSES SPECIFICALLY SICK LEAVE. 
          IT SAYS A CITY MAY NOT REGULATE A PRIVATE EMPLOYER, UH, IN THE EMPLOYMENT TERMS IN THE AREAS OF LEAVE, BENEFITS SCHEDULING AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS OF APPLICANTS. 
          UH, WE TESTIFIED REGISTERED ON THE BILL, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A NEUTRAL POSITION, AND SUBMITTED A WRITTEN, UH, TESTIMONY AS TO THE HISTORY OF THE ISSUE HERE, HOW IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD. 
          THE EFFORTS BY THE, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT CHAIRMAN PLIE IS, UH, IS LEADING TO, UH, POTENTIALLY MAKE REVISIONS AS WELL AS, OF COURSE, THE LEGAL CHALLENGE THAT REMAINS IN PLACE. 
          THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THE PAID SICK LEAVE WOULD ALSO, UH, UNDO NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCES. 
          OUR IT DOES NOT FOR OURS. 
          OUR ATTORNEYS HAVE LOOKED AT IT AND, UH, AND BELIEVE VERY, UH, CLEARLY THAT IT DOES NOT DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN PREEMPT THE PAID SICK LEAVE ORDINANCE. 
          WE HAD A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT HEARING THIS WEEK ON THE ALAMO. 
          IT WAS NOT A BILL. 
          UH, WE WERE INVITED ALONG WITH THE G L O TO COME BEFORE THE LAND AND RESOURCE COMMITTEE. 
          AND SHANNON MILLER, WHO WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, THE THE TOUGHNESS OF HER JOB, UH, ENDURED A TWO HOUR GRILLING, UH, BY, UH, TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHO WERE VERY UNHAPPY WITH ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN, PARTICULARLY THE, UH, SENATE A MOVE. 
          UM, THERE IS A BILL FILED BY ONE OF THOSE MEMBERS, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BEATERMAN, UH, HOUSE BILL 1836, THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM MOVING THE SENATE AND WOULD ALSO GIVE THE G L O EMINENT DOMAIN POWER TO SEIZE ALAMO PLAZA FROM THE CITY AND MAKE IT STATE PROPERTY. 
          THAT BILL WAS NOT REFERRED TO THE 
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COMMITTEE THAT, UH, THAT INVITED US THIS WEEK. 
          IT WAS REFERRED TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE, UH, AND HAS NOT BEEN SET FOR A HEARING. 
          UH, THERE WAS A BILL THIS WEEK THAT WOULD ALLOW, ACTUALLY REQUIRE CITIES TO GET JUDICIAL APPROVAL OF FUTURE BALLOT LANGUAGE. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, A PANEL OF THREE JUDGES FROM OUR REGION WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE LANGUAGE IN ADVANCE. 
          UH, WE TESTIFIED THAT THERE ARE ALREADY OPTIONS IN PLACE TO CHALLENGE BALLOT LANGUAGE, INCLUDING, UH, CITIZENS GOING STRAIGHT TO THE SUPREME COURT, UH, AS WELL AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, UH, GIVING OPINIONS, BOTH OF WHICH HAPPENED WITH THE ANNEXATION ELECTION IN THE FALL, AND BOTH OF WHICH SIDED WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT THE CITY HAD PRODUCED. 
          UH, THERE IS A BILL THAT'S ALREADY BEEN HEARD THAT WOULD PREVENT ANY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON LOBBYING ACTIVITIES, NOT JUST OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS, WHICH WOULD BE PROHIBITED, BUT OUR, EFFECTIVELY OUR STAFF AND TEAM. 
          UH, IT WOULD ONLY ALLOW LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS ACTING IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY TO GO UP TO THE CAPITOL AND SEEK TO INFLUENCE, UH, THE PASSENGER DEFEAT OF LEGISLATION. 
          UH, THERE'S A BILL A HEARING THIS WEEK TO MAKE TOBACCO 21 A STATEWIDE LAW TO INCREASE THE AGE FROM 18 TO 21, WHICH WE REGISTERED SUPPORT FOR. 
          UH, WE ALSO REGISTERED SUPPORT FOR AN ITEM THAT WAS IN THE GOVERNOR'S, UH, GUN SAFETY PLAN THAT WOULD CREATE A STATEWIDE DATABASE THAT WOULD ALLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PUBLIC IN REAL TIME TO KNOW ABOUT PROTECTIVE ORDERS THAT ARE RES THE RESULT OF FAMILY VIOLENCE. 
          AND FINALLY, WE REGISTERED SUPPORT FOR A SAWS PRIORITY THAT WOULD ALIGN THE PERMITTING OF BOTH, UM, PUMPING WATER FROM GROUNDWATER DISTRICTS AND TRANSPORTING WATER FROM GROUNDWATER DISTRICTS. 
          THEY'RE ON DIFFERENT TIMELINES AND THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT, UH, ARE THAT AS PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD TO MOVE WATER AROUND THE STATE, THAT THE, UH, DISPARITY IN THE, IN THE TIMING OF THOSE PERMITS WILL CREATE PROBLEMS. SO THERE'S A LOT MORE TO TALK ABOUT, BUT THAT'S A VERY QUICK SUMMARY. 
          I MENTIONED CHAIRMAN ZER WAS BEING HERE. 
          THE CHAMBERS, UH, VIVA SAN ANTONIO, ESSENTIALLY SAN ANTONIO DAY AT THE CAPITOL WAS TUESDAY THIS WEEK. 
          WE PARTICIPATED IN THAT. 
          AND WE ARE DOING, UH, WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH ALL OF OUR, UH, CITY BRETHREN THROUGH T M L AS WELL AS WEEKLY I G R BRIEFINGS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 
          THAT CERTAINLY ANY OF YOU ARE INVITED TO HEAR THE BRIEFING. 
          THEY'RE NOT ACTION ITEMS. UH, THEY ARE, UH, UPDATES FOR US TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK. 
          AND THEY'RE CONVENIENTLY SCHEDULED RIGHT BEFORE YOUR B SESSION. 
          SO WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR STEP OUT OF THE WAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JEFF. 
          AND, AND AS I TOLD THE COMMITTEE YESTERDAY, I THINK WE CAN ALL BE VERY PROUD OF OUR I G R STAFF, OUR ENTIRE TEAM, WHICH I THINK IS THE ENVY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, IF NOT THE NATION, WHEN WE GO UP TO DC AND, AND GET TO SEE HOW PREPARED ALL THE MEMBERS AND, AND OTHER, UH, YOU KNOW, AFFILIATES ARE WHEN WE GO UP AND, AND TALK ABOUT SAN ANTONIO PRIORITIES. 
          SO, GREAT WORK. 
          JEFF. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU JEFF, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          UM, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? NO, SORRY, WE WERE JUST, ALRIGHT, I, I MISSPOKE ON SOMETHING I SAID A HALF PERCENT ON THE SALES TAX. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THE, UH, THE, VIA A T D BILL, IT'S ACTUALLY A HALF PENNY. 
          IT WOULD ALLOW US TO GO UP TO A HALF PENNY IF VOTERS APPROVED FOR TRANSPORTATION. 
          OH, RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE WITH THE A T D, THAT PUTS US A QUARTER OVER. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, SORRY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLARIFY THAT. 
          IS IT A MODIFICATION OF THE A T D OR IS IT JUST THE ADDITIONAL HALF CENT THAT VIA ORIGINALLY HAD THE, WELL, BOTH THE, THE A T D BOARD IS EFFECTIVELY THE VIA BOARD. 
          SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CALL AN ELECTION. 
          UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY CAPPED AT THE TOTAL SALES TAX, PART OF WHICH IS A T D MONEY. 
          THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR INCREMENTS OF ONE EIGHTH OF A PENNY, UP TO A HALF PENNY, WHATEVER WAS DECIDED TO PUT BEFORE VOTERS THAT WE COULD GO ABOVE THE CURRENT 8.25, UH, STATEWIDE CAP. 
          AND THAT MONEY WOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE A T D FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES. 
          SO I WANNA BE CLEAR, IT WOULD BE DIRECTED TO A T D, IT WOULD NOT BE DIRECTED TO VIA RIGHT. 
          IT WOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE A T D? CORRECT. 
          SO THE A T D IS A 50% SPLIT WITH VIA A QUARTER TO THE CITY AND A QUARTER TO THE COUNTY. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          SO THIS MEANS VIA WILL NEVER GET TO THEIR FULL CENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE OTHER CITIES LIKE HOUSTON, DALLAS, AND AUSTIN. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE FROM T C I IS HERE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT SPLIT IS FOR THE EXISTING PORTION. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE THOSE PERCENTAGES NECESSARILY APPLY HERE. 
          I THINK THE A T D WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO MAKE DECISIONS HOW TO DIRECT THAT IF IT WERE DIRECTED TO TRANSIT. 
          IT COULD BE, BUT, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. 
          WHY DON'T WE, UH, FOLLOW UP AFTERWARD? THAT IS VERY CONCERNING, UH, TO ME, IN ADDITION, THE A T D WHEN IT WAS PUT TO THE BALLOT ONLY WAS PUT IN THE BALLOT ON THE BALLOT IN SAN ANTONIO, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SUBURBAN CITIES THAT ARE PART OF THE VIA SYSTEM. 
          UM, 
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SO IT IS OUR, WHOEVER'S PAYING SALES TAX IN SAN ANTONIO IS TAKING THAT BURDEN ON. 
          AND THE OTHER, UH, SUBURBAN CITIES HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT. 
          AND I, I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE RECONSIDER THAT SO THAT THE A T D OR THE DISTRICT ITSELF ACTUALLY OVERLAPS WITH THE DISTRICT THAT VIA SERVES. 
          UM, SO I, I GUESS THAT'S WHY I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ADDITIONAL, UH, THING ONLY HAPPENING IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I THINK THAT THE A T D WAS CREATED THROUGH PERMISSIVE LEGISLATION. 
          IT WAS SOME MANY YEARS AGO. 
          SO THE STATE LAW WOULD HAVE TO BE CHANGED FOR THOSE OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO ALSO, UM, PAY, THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. 
          YEAH. 
          TO BECOME PART OF THE, IS MY UNDERSTANDING, IF I, IF I REMEMBER THE LEGISLATION CORRECTLY, WE JUST DECIDED SAN ANTONIO DECIDED TO BE THE ONLY PARTNER WITH VIA TO PUT IT ON THEIR BALLOT. 
          GOT IT. 
          SO PEOPLE IN CASTLE HILLS DIDN'T PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. 
          ALL THE OTHER, UH, JURISDICTIONS DIDN'T. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. 
          THE OTHER ONE, UH, THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE AND THAT MONEY GOING TO THE R M A, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSION IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CONNECT SAN ANTONIO PROPOSAL, AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A PROPOSAL FOR, FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND TRANSPORTATION, BUT ALSO A PROPOSAL FOR HOW THAT MONEY IS GOING TO COME IN. 
          AND PART OF THE PROPOSAL HAS BEEN THIS ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION FEE. 
          SO I GUESS I WANT TO ENSURE THAT IF THAT DOES GO FORWARD, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DIRECT THOSE FUNDS TO THE CONNECT SA PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND THIS GOING STRAIGHT TO THE R M A, I JUST, UH, I THINK WE LOSE THAT CONTROL. 
          SO I'M WONDERING, ARE WE GOING TO, DO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THE LANGUAGE WHEN IT GOES ON THE BALLOT? OR, OR DO WE ABDICATE ALL THAT CONTROL IF THIS BILL GOES FORWARD? IT'S, IT IS A COUNTY INITIATIVE. 
          UH, THE COUNTY BROUGHT IT TO REPRESENTATIVE EZ. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, OF COURSE THE COUNTY, UH, AND THE R M A, UM, ARE, ARE CLOSELY ALIGNED. 
          UH, I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT TO THE MAYOR TO COMMENT ON THE CONNECT ESSAY, BUT I WILL SAY THE EXISTING, IT IS AN AMENDMENT OF AN EXISTING PIECE OF LAW THAT IS CURRENTLY DIRECTING A $10 LOCAL FEE TO THE R M A, THIS WOULD INCREASE THE AMOUNT. 
          UH, SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS A CHANGING OF THAT STRUCTURE ALTOGETHER, WHICH IS NOT WHAT THE COUNTY IS HAS PROPOSED AT THIS POINT. 
          NOW, THERE MAY BE SOME COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT THAT, I DUNNO IF I, I, I'LL, I'LL SPEAK TO THAT IN JUST SAYING THAT, UM, THE COUNTY OBVIOUSLY IS VERY INVOLVED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. 
          AND SO BECAUSE THE R M A BOARD AND THE COUNTY ARE VIRTUALLY ONE AND THE SAME, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THAT, AS THAT GOES ONTO THE BALLOT, IF IT DOES, UH, WE HAVE THEIR SUPPORT, EXPLICIT SUPPORT IN TERMS OF WHERE THE DIRECTION OF THOSE FUNDS WOULD EVENTUALLY BE. 
          UH, 'CAUSE I THINK THAT EVERYONE'S BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL WITH THOSE, UH, WITH THAT POTENTIAL SOURCE OF REVENUE. 
          WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING GETS LOST IN TRANSLATION AS IT MOVES THROUGH, UH, TO A BALLOT INITIATIVE, POSSIBLY IF IT GETS INTO LEGISLATION. 
          SO ARE YOU, UH, WHAT IS THE CITY'S POSITION ON THAT BILL? OR DO WE HAVE ONE? WE HAVE AN ITEM OF SUPPORT IN OUR PROGRAM FOR, UH, LOCAL FUNDING, UH, OPPORTUNITIES. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, FOR EITHER THE LOCAL ENTITY, UH, AND OR LOCAL VOTERS TO, UH, BE ABLE TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES, WHICH THIS WOULD DO. 
          SO THAT'S A LONG-WINDED WAY OF SAYING THAT, UH, WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THE LEGISLATION AND THE ABILITY FOR THE COUNTY TO DECIDE TO, TO HOLD A COUNTYWIDE VOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S BY DIRECTION OF I G R? YES. 
          IT'S IN OUR, UH, STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM THAT WAS APPROVED BY I R R AND ACTUALLY THE FULL, FULL COUNCIL. 
          SORRY. 
          I THOUGHT WHEN YOU PUT LOCAL ON THAT, THAT WE WERE TALKING CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I, I WOULD FEEL MORE AT EASE IF WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY NOW, UH, BEFORE WE SPENT OUR LOBBYING TIME, UH, APPROVING THAT. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          HOW DO WE DO THAT? WELL, I'LL BRING IT UP, UH, WITH MY NEXT MEETING WITH THE JUDGE, BUT ALSO I THINK IT'S, UH, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AT THE CONNECT SA TABLE AS WELL, UH, TO REAFFIRM THAT, THAT OUR SUPPORT AS A COMMUNITY FOR THOSE, UH, THAT SOURCE OF REVENUE WOULD'VE, WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION VISION FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE REASON THIS IS, UM, IMPORTANT FOR, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, AND I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THIS TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION AT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE NOT LONG AGO ABOUT, WE WERE DEBATING THE USE OF CMAC DOLLARS AT THAT TIME AND HOW WE THOUGHT THEY SHOULD BE USED MORE ON BICYCLE, UM, ROUTES, OR, WELL, SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T AGREE WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S FINE. 
           WITH ALTER ALTERNATIVE, UH, TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT GONNA HAPPEN IF ALL I AM ALMOST CERTAIN THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN IF THIS MONEY WERE IN, UH, WERE JUST UP TO THE COUNTY TO DISTRIBUTE. 
          UM, SO I, I JUST THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE PAYING THIS VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE, 1.5 MILLION OF THEM WILL BE OUR, OUR RESIDENCE. 
          SO I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A SAY IN IN WHERE THAT, WHERE THAT GOES. 
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UM, OKAY. 
          UH, THEN LAST QUESTION. 
          UH, CAN WE TALK ABOUT SB 15? SURE, PLEASE. 
          UM, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR N D O ORDINANCE WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THAT. 
          UM, HOWEVER, UH, NDOS, UH, THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED BY OTHER CITIES TO BE IMPLEMENTED CITYWIDE, THIS WOULD PREEMPT THEM FROM THAT ABILITY. 
          I THINK THAT'S A CORRECT STATEMENT. 
          I THINK THE CITY OF AUSTIN BELIEVES THAT PORTIONS OF THEIR N D O, UH, THAT RE RE RELATE TO FAIR HIRING PRACTICES BY PRIVATE EMPLOYERS, UH, WOULD POTENTIALLY BE AFFECTED BY IT. 
          UM, SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE POSITION OF THE CITY, AND BY DIRECTION OF I G R IS NEUTRAL. 
          UM, I, I WOULD NOT AGREE WITH THAT POSITION. 
          IT DOES TAKE AWAY LOCAL CONTROL, AND IT DOES PREEMPT ANY FUTURE COUNCILS FROM BEING ABLE TO CONSIDER A FAIR CHANCE HIRING, UH, ORDINANCE THAT WOULD APPLY CITYWIDE. 
          UM, SO I, I HAVE CONCERNS WITH, WITH BEING NEUTRAL ON THAT. 
          IN ADDITION, I DID SPEAK WITH, UM, SOME FRIENDS WHO ARE PART OF THE A F L C I O, AND THERE ARE SOME PROVISIONS THEY TELL ME IN THAT, IN THAT PROPOSAL THAT ELIMINATES, UH, WORKER PROTECTIONS, INCLUDING THE ABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS TO TAKE WATER BREAKS. 
          I, CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT? COULD YOU LOOK INTO THAT AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT? SURE. 
          I I'LL TOUCH ON IT BRIEFLY AND THEN MAYBE OUR CITY ATTORNEY CAN SPEAK TO IT. 
          OUR, UM, WE, WE CURRENTLY DO NOT REGULATE, UH, UH, WATER BREAKS, LEAVE TIME. 
          UH, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS OF PRIVATE EMPLOYERS WE DO BY CONTRACT WITH SOME OF OUR, THE FIRMS WE CONTRACT WITH, UH, HAVE SOME STANDARDS THAT WE REQUIRE. 
          AND, AND, AND OUR TEAM BELIEVES THAT THAT WOULD NOT AT ALL BE UNDONE BY THIS. 
          THOSE ARE VOLUNTARILY ENTERED INTO CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY. 
          OUR, UM, UH, OUR N D O AS, AS IT RELATES TO THAT SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT, UH, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BY THE CITY AND NO DISCRIMINATION IN TERMS OF CITY HIRING. 
          AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO PRIVATE ENTITIES, IT TALKS ABOUT PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS, HOUSING, UH, IS THAT IN ANDY? DID I TITLE SIX? AND THERE'S SOME OTHER, OTHER ASPECTS TO IT, BUT I DID WANNA, UH, CONFIRM FOR THE COUNCILWOMAN THAT YES, WE, WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT IT WOULD NOT IN ANY WAY IMPAIR OUR CURRENT N D O, UH, IF PASSED. 
          IF WE, IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO CONSIDER TO EXPAND OUR CURRENT N D O TO SOMETHING LIKE WHAT AUSTIN'S DOING. 
          OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          IT, IT WOULD AFFECT THAT. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          UM, SO ARE THERE OTHER, AND THANK YOU, ANDY. 
          I, I JUST THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA KEEP IN MIND. 
          MAYBE WE'RE NOT READY TO DO THAT TO, BUT ARE WE READY TO ROB OUR FUTURE COUNCILS OF THE ABILITY TO EVEN CONSIDER THAT? AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DECIDING ON WHEN WE TAKE THIS NEUTRAL STANCE. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF, LET'S GO BACK TO THIS WATER BREAK STUFF. 
          ARE THERE OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS THAT DO REQUIRE THAT FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS RIGHT NOW? I DON'T KNOW IF I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. 
          DO YOU, ANDY? MM-HMM. 
          SO, SO HERE'S, HERE'S A CONCERN. 
          WE MAY NOT REQUIRE THAT, AND, AND IT'S PROBABLY A BEST PRACTICE, BUT WE ARE AT THE SAME TIME ALSO CONSIDERING HOW DO WE ADAPT, NOT JUST HOW DO WE ABATE OUR CHANGING CLIMATE, BUT HOW DO WE ADAPT TO IT? WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE HOTTER TEMPERATURES, UM, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE'RE SLATED TO HAVE MAYBE OVER A HUNDRED DAYS, OVER A HUNDRED DEGREES IN A FEW YEARS. 
          THAT'S FINE IF OUR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE OKAY. 
          BUT WE EXPECT THE CITY TO CONTINUE GROWING, AND WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE WELFARE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES IF WE WANT OUR CITY TO GROW. 
          SO I, I HAVE CONCERNS WITH THAT IN THAT, UM, IN THAT BILL AS WELL. 
          SO I WOULD, UM, I KNOW WE CAN'T MAKE ANY MOTIONS HERE, BUT I WOULD ASK COUNCIL, MY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO RECONSIDER THEIR NEUTRAL STANCE ON SSB 15, BECAUSE IT CARRIES WITH IT A LOT MORE THAN AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS RELUCTANTLY ADOPTED BY THIS COUNCIL. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JEFF. 
          AND THE MAYOR'S GONE AND I MAYOR PRO TEMP. 
          OH, THERE YOU ARE. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. 
          COUNCILMAN ELA? YEAH. 
          UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION IN TEXAS THAT, UH, TEXAS HAS SOME SORT OF MANDATE FOR BREAKS. 
          UH, TEXAS HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ON THE BOOKS AND DOESN'T REGULATE BREAKS AT ALL. 
          THERE'S ALSO A MISCONCEPTION THAT PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO BREAKS DURING THE DAY FOR 50 THAT DOESN'T EXIST. 
          IT'S A MYTH. 
          AND THE ONLY ENTITY THAT, UH, CONTROLS BREAK TIME IN TEXAS IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          UH, AND SO THERE ARE OTHER STATES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE IMPLEMENTED LEAVE RULES. 
          BUT NOW, AS FAR AS CITIES GO, I THINK THAT THERE'S ONE CITY, UH, AND THAT IS AUSTIN THAT HAS A WATER BREAK, UH, RULE, BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE IN-HOUSE, UH, BANDWIDTH TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE IT. 
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THAT'S IT. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PLYS. 
          I THINK, ANDY, YOU HAD A, DID YOU WANNA TALK? YES, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO, TO TO CLARIFY AGAIN, WE CAN EXPAND, UH, IF WE WANTED OUR N D O AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT GETTING INTO THE AREA THAT'S PRECLUDED BY THE CURRENT BILL, WHICH IS GETTING INTO WAGES AND BENEFITS, UH, FOR EMPLOYERS WITHIN THE CITY. 
          UH, SO AS LONG AS WE STAY AWAY FROM THAT, WE CAN, WE, THERE IS SOME ROOM STILL TO EXPAND THE, OUR CURRENT, UM, OUR, OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANDY. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          JEFF, I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, PROCESS AND SOME OF THIS. 
          I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY HOW POLICY ISSUES ARE TAKEN TO AUSTIN. 
          SO THERE'S BEEN SOME MEMBERS OF THE BODY WHO WRITE LETTERS AND USE OFFICIAL LETTERHEAD AND SENT THINGS UP TO AUSTIN. 
          UH, THE MAYOR HAS SIGNED DOCUMENTS AFFIRMING CERTAIN POLICY ISSUES IN AUSTIN, BUT YET I DON'T EVER REMEMBER VOTING ON OR DISCUSSING THESE THINGS AS A FULL COUNCIL. 
          SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHERE'S THE LINE FOR YOU? SO, FOR INSTANCE, I ALSO HEAR THAT CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DISCOURAGED FROM GOING TO AUSTIN ON THEIR OWN AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DESCRIBE TO ME HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBERS THEMSELVES GOING UP THERE AND ADVOCATING. 
          AND THEN I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU HOW YOU ARRIVE AT, OR WHAT YOU BELIEVE AS IF THIS WHOLE COUNCIL SPEAKS AS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE YOUR POSITION ON WHAT YOU CONSIDER CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD AS A POLICY ISSUE THAT YOU'RE ADVOCATING FOR IN AUSTIN. 
          SURE. 
          OUR, UH, VERY SIMPLY, OUR ACTIVITIES UP THERE ARE GUIDED BY OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED BY I G R AND THEN ULTIMATELY PASSED BY THE COUNCIL. 
          SO, UM, IF THERE IS EVER A QUESTION, UH, ABOUT AN ITEM, AND I WOULD SAY THE SENATE BILL 15 AND THE PAID SICK LEAVE ISSUE WAS ONE OF THEM. 
          WE COME BEFORE THE I G R COMMITTEE AND, AND DISCUSS IT THERE. 
          AND, AND PART OF THE REASON WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS HERE IS BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT COME UP DURING THE SESSION THAT WERE MAYBE NOT ANTICIPATED BY THE AGENDA THAT HAPPENS, BUT, BUT OUR, OUR, UH, HARD RULE IS THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE, UH, AGENDA THAT HAS BEEN LAID OUT. 
          UM, AND NOW WE DON'T, UH, WE DON'T CALL OUT SPECIFIC BILLS, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          WE HAD NO IDEA THAT THE, UH, THE BILL SANDOVAL, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL WAS JUST ASKING ABOUT RELATED TO A T D WOULD BE FILED. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE A BROADER PRINCIPLE OF SUPPORTING THE ABILITY TO GENERATE, UH, FUNDS LOCALLY, UH, THROUGH VOTER APPROVAL, UH, OR OTHERWISE FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES. 
          SO WE RELY ON THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED STATEMENT TO GUIDE OUR EFFORTS AND SAY, OKAY, WELL THEN THAT, UH, FALLS UNDER THIS THIS PRINCIPLE. 
          YEAH, I GUESS I GET, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO JUST MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, UM, I KNOW WE VOTED ON THE HIGHER GUIDING PRINCIPLES. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CAME OVER TOP AND SAID, THESE ARE THE, ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS. 
          AND THEN AS THESE ISSUES GET FLUSHED OUT AT THE STATE HOUSE AND THEY BECOME A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH, I'M JUST WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN SOME THINGS FLYING AROUND AND PEOPLE SIGN DOCUMENTS AND, AND IT'S FINE. 
          YOU SAY WHATEVER YOU WANNA GO UP THERE AND DO, BUT THEN I HEAR OTHERS ARE DISCOURAGED. 
          HAVE YOU BEEN DISCOURAGING ANYBODY FROM GOING TO AUSTIN OR RECOMMENDING THAT THEY WORK WITHIN A PARTICULAR CONFINES OF CITY? NO, WE, THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PERMITTED TO EXPRESS THEIR, THEIR OWN OPINION AS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT, THAT, THAT WE WOULDN'T SUGGEST TO STOP THAT. 
          I WILL SAY THAT, UH, WE HAVE A DELEGATION UP THERE WHO RELIES ON US TO COME UP AND TELL THEM WHAT THE POSITION OF THE BODY IS, AND IT DOES COMPLICATE AND CONFUSE THINGS FOR THEM. 
          IF THEY GET ONE MESSAGE AND THEN GET A DIFFERENT MESSAGE FROM A DIFFERENT MEMBER. 
          UH, IT REQUIRES US TO GO BACK AND SORT OF TALK TO THEM ABOUT. 
          BUT NOW THAT SAID, THIS IS MY FOURTH SESSION. 
          THERE PROBABLY HASN'T BEEN A SESSION YET WHERE THERE HASN'T HAD BEEN A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO DISAGREES WITH THE POSITION IN THE COUNCIL APPROVED LEDGE PROGRAM AND GOES TO THE CAPITOL TO EXPRESS THAT. 
          AND, AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S, UM, I THINK THAT'S PERMITTED BOTH, UH, LEGALLY AND, AND AS FAR AS THE, UH, ACTIVITIES OF THE CITY, WE JUST TRY TO CONVEY WHAT THIS BODY HAS DECIDED AND HAS DIRECTED US TO GO UP AND ADVOCATE FOR AND AGAINST. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO, TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE MY CONCERN WAS THAT CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, TO BE VERY FINE LINE WHEN YOU WRITE, YOU SOMEONE I KNOW ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES WROTE A LETTER AND HAD FOUR SIGNATURES ON IT, AND THE LETTER SAID, THE MAJORITY OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS THIS, YET FOUR PEOPLE SIGN THE LETTER. 
          SO IT WAS AN AN ODD LOOK. 
          AND THEN SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE COMING UP THROUGH I G R, AND THEN CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DISCOURAGED FROM GOING, I, I KNOW A COUNCIL MEMBER 
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ON THIS BODY WAS DISCOURAGED FROM GOING TO AUSTIN. 
          UM, IT'S WRONG. 
          UH, AND PEOPLE NEED TO BE CAREFUL, YOU KNOW, THAT EVERYBODY'S INCLUDED. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL VOTED THE AGENDA IN, WHICH IS FINE, BUT AS THE AGENDA GROWS AND GETS DEEPER INTO, IT'S, IT'S, THINGS GET LITIGATED OUT. 
          TH THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE, LIKE, THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          MORE. 
          OKAY, ARE YOU STILL ON BOARD WITH THIS? ARE YOU STILL, WHERE'S THE ENTIRE GROUP ON THIS? YEAH. 
          UH, AND THAT THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL ARE ALSO PROTECTED TO GO TO AUSTIN AND SAY WHAT HE OR SHE BELIEVES, UH, IF EVEN IF IT'S IN SPITE IN, IN, YOU KNOW, IN OPPOSITION. 
          I, I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT TOO. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, IS WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          SO CONTINUAL UPDATES SO THAT WE KNOW AS THINGS GET BETTER DEFINED, THAT YOU'RE STILL ON THE MISSION OF WHAT WAS VOTED ON. 
          AND IF IT, AND IF THE MAJORITY SUPPORTS THE SO BE IT, RIGHT. 
          HEY, MAN, THAT MORE POWER CITY MANAGER WALSH HAS, UH, SOMETHING HE WANTS TO GO, GO AHEAD AND FINISH. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          I, UH, ALL RIGHT. 
          FOR THE INTERRUPTION THERE, I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I WAS INTERRUPTED THERE. 
          UM, SO THAT EVERYBODY IS INCLUDED, RIGHT? THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE POINT. 
          AND THAT YOU JUST CONTINUE TO TEST THE WATERS TO MAKE SURE THIS IS STILL THE GOAL OF THE COUNCIL AS THINGS GET PUSHED OUT, AND THAT NO MEMBER IS DISCOURAGED FROM ECHOING THEIR OWN VOICE OR BEING TOLD TO STAY WITHIN THE LANES. 
          I JUST WANT THAT COMMITMENT FROM YOU. 
          THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WHY WE ARE, WHY I'M STANDING HERE AT THE PODIUM RIGHT NOW IS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE FIRST WEEK IN MARCH, UH, ALMOST TO THE 50% POINT OF THE SESSION, THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND THAT IT, THE BILLS NEVER START, UH, ONE WAY AND END THE SAME WAY THEY GET CHANGED ALL ALONG THE WAY. 
          AND I THINK I CAN SAY DEFINITIVELY THAT HAD THE PAID SICK LEAVE BILL, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, UH, BEEN EXPANDED AND BROADENED TO THE POINT WHERE IT, UH, UNDERCUT OUR N D O, UM, AN ISSUE THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, LONG SINCE BEEN APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL, UH, THAT IT WOULD THEN FALL INTO A POSITION OF US SAYING WE HAVE TO GO OPPOSE THAT. 
          BUT, BUT THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE FOR THAT PURPOSE SO THAT YOU ALL CAN HEAR HOW THINGS ARE EVOLVING. 
          PROPERTY TAX ONE IS ANOTHER CLEAN EXAMPLE. 
          WE, WE, THAT'S A CONCERN PRETTY TAX ONE BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE HERE ESPOUSING THEIR VIEWS ON PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. 
          AND I, I WILL BE TOO. 
          I, I, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO AS WELL. 
          SO I'M, I'M, THAT'S AVAILABLE TO ME, BUT BE LEERY WHEN YOU SAY YOU SPEAK FOR THE WHOLE COUNCIL IS MY POINT, RIGHT? WELL, NO, I DON'T SAY THAT. 
          I, I SAY THAT'S, THAT'S JUST THE COUNCIL APPROVED AGENDAS. 
          YEAH. 
          MY POINT IS BE LEERY WHEN YOU SAY YOU SPEAK FOR THE WHOLE COUNCIL, I MEAN, UNLESS THAT'S BEEN VERIFIED THROUGH A VOICE VOTE, YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE SPEAKING FOR THE WHOLE COUNCIL, CORRECT? YEAH. 
          NO, I DON'T THINK I USE THE LANGUAGE I'M SPEAKING FOR ANY OF YOU, BUT NO, BUT MEMBERS FOLLOW A GUY. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, JUST TO REITERATE THAT, IF YOU'RE GONNA SAY YOU'RE SPEAKING FOR THE, WE SHOULD VERIFY THAT YOU SPEAK FOR THE CITY, I MEAN, THROUGH A VOTE, IF THINGS ARE GOING THROUGH THIS AND THEY'RE MODIFYING OR CHANGING, THEY'RE GETTING BETTER DEFINED, LET'S CONTINUE TO TEST THE WATERS AND MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL'S STILL ON THESE PARTICULAR POINTS. 
          YEAH, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND THEN THE VOTES FALL WHERE THEY MAY, IF IT'S TEN ONE NINE TWO, WHO CARES? BUT AT LEAST THERE'S CONTINUAL TESTING OF THE WATERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER SAYS THEY'RE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCILS, ACTUALLY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU, JOE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, SO I'LL JUST ADD IN TO REINFORCE BOTH WHAT, WHAT JEFF LAID OUT AND, AND REALLY SOME OF THE SAME THINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UM, GOING AT THIS POINT GOING FORWARD, WE'LL BE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS EVERY THURSDAY HERE AT COUNCIL BECAUSE AS, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THINGS WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE AND EVOLVE. 
          UM, WE HAVE THE WEEKLY I G R COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE USE THAT GUIDE THAT, THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE FULL CITY COUNCIL AS THE MARCHING ORDERS UP IN AUSTIN. 
          THERE WILL BE TIMES, AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES IN THE PAST WHERE INDIVIDUAL ELECTED OFFICIALS OR, OR MAYBE ONE OR TWO ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, ONE, EXPRESS THAT OPINION AND, AND THEY'RE ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND YOU ARE CERTAINLY, UM, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND I THINK, I THINK IT'S THAT CONTINUED BALANCE. 
          WE'LL DO THAT WEEKLY HERE. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF KEEP THAT, BUT I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. 
          I HEARD THE SAME THING LAST WEEK. 
          UM, AND, AND, UM, WE KNOW THAT THOSE THINGS WILL HAPPEN. 
          IT'S A BALANCE. 
          AND I THINK, I THINK, I THINK, I THINK ALL THINGS CONSIDERED IN TERMS OF COORDINATION, UM, WE WOULD PREFER THAT. 
          I THINK IT MAKES IT MORE, A LITTLE MORE COHESIVE UP IN AUSTIN, BUT CERTAINLY ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO DO WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY, UH, CHOOSE TO DO. 
          UM, OUR MARCHING ORDERS ARE, UH, THE AGENDA ITEM THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND THAT LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. 
          SO WE'LL CERTAINLY BE CAREFUL OF THAT. 
          AND, AND CERTAINLY AS WE GO FORWARD ON A WEEKLY BASIS, UH, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THIS. 
          AS JEFF MENTIONED, THE I G R COMMITTEE IS MEETING WEEKLY, AND THOSE MEETINGS, UM, HAPPEN RIGHT BEFORE B SESSION. 
          AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF KEEP, UH, YOU GUYS INFORMED AS, AS THIS STUFF DEVELOPS. 
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THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          I KNOW I WAS WRONG,  ON THE, UH, THE ORIGINAL A T D LEGISLATION. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT, IT WAS PROBABLY ONLY NEGOTIATED WITH, WITH SAN ANTONIO. 
          NONETHELESS, I THINK WE SHOULD RECONSIDER UNDERSTAND EXPANDING THAT TO, TO THE ENTIRE SERVICE AREA. 
          UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M ON COUNCIL AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SO THIS IS ALL VERY EXCITING, AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING THE REPORTS TO, TO THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          I DO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, AND I, I, I HAVE BASHED JEFF MANY TIMES, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BASH HIM TODAY BECAUSE HE'S REALLY JUST FOLLOWING OUR DIRECTION. 
          AND THE, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT TO ASK WHAT IS THIS PROCESS? AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY UP TO US IS WHAT, WHAT IS THAT PROCESS GOING TO LOOK LIKE? SO, SO THAT JEFF HAS CLARITY IN HIS WORK, AND HE CAN BE, UH, UH, THE BEST REPRESENTATIVE OF US, AND I UNDERSTAND WE'RE STRONGER TOGETHER. 
          AND WHEN ONE, UH, MEMBER SPLINTERS OFF, IT DOES MAKE IT, UH, MORE DIFFICULT TO, TO DO YOUR JOB. 
          UH, NONETHELESS, I'M GONNA CONFESS, I'M GONNA CONFESS UP. 
          I DID, UH, SEND IN A LETTER AN OPPOSITION OF SB 15. 
          UM, AND SINCE IT'S BEEN MODIFIED, I WILL PROBABLY SEND IN ANOTHER LETTER, AN OPPOSITION OF IT. 
          UM, BUT I DO HOPE AGAIN THAT THE, THAT THE COUNCIL WILL RECONSIDER THEIR POSITION ON, ON THAT BILL. 
          UM, AND, UH, LASTLY, I, UM, I THINK THIS IS YOUR FIRST COUNCIL MEETING, ERIC, SO I WANNA, I WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          IT'S VERY EXCITING AND GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 
          ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MAYOR, YOU, YOU MISSED COUNCILMAN WHEN I SAID THIS WAS HIS INAUGURAL. 
          I WAS LATE CITY MANAGER REPORT , UM, COUNCILMAN SALANA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE SURE TO ADDRESS AS THE, UH, CHAIR OF THE I G R, THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EXERCISE. 
          IN FACT, UH, THIS IS THE PROCESS OF IT COMING TO THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          IT'S NOT MANDATORY, IT'S NOT, UH, REQUIRED, BUT IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE. 
          IT'S ONE THAT I LEARNED FROM COUNCILMAN RYER WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 
          AND, UH, YOU, YOU'LL KNOW THAT JEFF WILL BE HERE AGAIN IN PREVIOUS, IN, IN FOLLOW UP MONTHS, BUT WE ALSO WILL HAVE JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEK RIGHT BEFORE OUR B SESSION, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          IT'S AN OPEN INVITATION, UH, FOR ANY COUNCIL MEMBER TO JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT ANY ONE OF THE ISSUES. 
          AND I THINK IT, IT, IT PROBABLY IS HELPFUL TO THINK ABOUT SPECIFIC EXAMPLES TO GET TO COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE'S POINT. 
          IT'S LIKE, HOW DO YOU HANDLE, UH, A CASE IN WHICH, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE A FULL MESSAGE THAT WOULD CARRY THE WEIGHT OF THE FULL COUNCIL, UH, BUT NOT NECESSARILY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN, HEY, THIS WAS A FULL COUNCIL, BUT IT WAS AN EIGHT TO TWO VOTE, OR I'M SORRY, EIGHT TO THREE VOTE. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT SORT OF, I THINK IN, IN, IN JEFF'S PURVIEW OR SCOPE. 
          AND I THINK IT'S NOT A STRATEGIC WAY OF APPROACHING, UH, THE TOBACCO 21, UH, ISSUE AS AN, AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          SO WE ARE, WE'RE SUPPORTING, WE WROTE A LETTER AND WE SIGNED UP IN SUPPORT OF TOBACCO 21. 
          THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO MAKE IT A STATEWIDE, UH, UH, UH, POLICY. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE VOTED ON AS, AS A COUNCIL. 
          UH, IT WAS NOT UNANIMOUS, BUT IT WAS A MAJORITY. 
          AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF EXAMPLES THAT IF THERE ARE ISSUES THAT COME UP AND YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN AND SAY, HEY, LOOK THERE, YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN A LETTER, YOU MAY HAVE GOT HEARD FROM, FROM JEFF, THE HEAD OF OUR I G R ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BUT I WANNA REGISTER THAT I VOTED AGAINST IT. 
          IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE DISCOURAGING IT, I THINK IT JUST SENDS A DIFFERENT KIND OF MESSAGE. 
          SO I, I THINK DISCOURAGING IS, IS IS NOT THE WORD I WOULD USE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE CANNOT GO UP AND SAY THAT SB 15 IS SOMETHING THAT HE SUPPORTS, UH, AND ANOTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUE IS, IS AGAINST IT. 
          UH, THAT'S PERFECTLY REASONABLE. 
          IT JUST PROBABLY MUDDIES UP THE MESSAGE. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS PROVIDE SOME CLEAR DIRECTION FOR, FOR JEFF. 
          SO USE THIS PLATFORM AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND AND AT LEAST GIVE JEFF SOME CLEAR DIRECTION ON HOW HE SHOULD MARCH FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT A MESSAGE. 
          SO IF TOBACCO 21 IS A REAL ISSUE, AND YOU THINK EVEN THOUGH WE VOTED ON IT, WE SHOULDN'T TAKE A POSITION, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR IT. 
          IT IS ALSO A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO SO. 
          UH, AT THE I G R COMMITTEE AND, AND I SHARE COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL SENTIMENT, I, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO TAKE A, A, A OPPOSITIONAL POSITION TO SSB 15. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF WE TAKE THIS AS A MOTION AND TAKE IT TO A COUNCIL THAT I'LL GET THAT KIND OF SUPPORT. 
          BUT IN THE ABSENCE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AT THE VERY LEAST, UH, WHAT I DESCRIBED IN THE LETTER THAT I SENT TO, UH, TO SENATOR HUFFINES WAS THAT THERE WAS A MAJORITY VOTE ON THIS COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE POLICY. 
          AND THAT WHAT WE, WHAT I THINK IS A GOOD ARGUMENT IS THAT WE'D LIKE TO PRESERVE LOCAL DECISION MAKING OF WHICH THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I OUTLINED, UH, IN THE LETTER. 
          AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN PERRY AND I TALKED ABOUT THE EXAMPLE OF USING THE HEAD OF THE I G R COMMITTEE, PUTTING THE FACT THAT I WAS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN QUARREL ABOUT. 
          UH, AND SO I TOOK THE FEEDBACK AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE, MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          MAYBE I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THE ENTIRE I G R COMMITTEE, BUT IN THE FUTURE WHAT I'LL COMMUNICATE IS THIS IS MY POSITION AND ALSO THE EXPLANATION OF THE HISTORY OF OUR WORK WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT YOU ALL ARE CONSIDERING, THAT WE WANT 
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YOU TO HAVE A SENSE OF, UH, WHERE THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO VOTED ON THIS ISSUE STOOD. 
          UH, SO THAT'S THE KIND OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING. 
          WE DON'T DISCOURAGE ANYONE FROM GOING UP THERE. 
          WE DO THINK IT PROBABLY WOULD, UH, SURPRISE SOME OF OUR DELEGATION MEMBERS AND HAVE THEM CONFUSE AND HAVING AND, AND NECESSITATE THIS CALL TO JEFF TO SAY, HEY, WHERE ARE YOU ON THIS ISSUE? BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT YOU ALL WERE SUPPORTING TOBACCO 21. 
          I HAVE THIS ISSUE, BUT I GOT A CALL FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER SAYS HE DOESN'T SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE KIND OF THING WE WANNA AVOID. 
          SO WE DON'T DISCOURAGE IT. 
          WE JUST THINK IT'S, IT'S IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING A STRATEGIC PLAN ON HOW TO EXECUTE A MESSAGE, IT DOES MUDDY UP THE WATER SOMETIMES. 
          SO USE THIS PLATFORM. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN COMMUNICATE A SOLID MESSAGE AS A, AS A TEAM. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SALANA. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          AND, UH, I, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          COUNCILMAN SALANA. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I, I GOT A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SIGNING OUT LETTERS AS CHAIRMAN AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          AND I, I, THAT TO ME, SENDS OUT A MORE MIXED SIGNAL THAN JUST SENDING SOMETHING OUT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER ON THIS, ON THIS COUNCIL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I WENT UP THERE MONDAY, UH, AND I THINK THERE WAS SOME TREPIDATION ABOUT ME CALLING UP THERE ON MONDAY, AND, AND I HEARD SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS, BUT, UH, WE ALL HAVE THAT RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY TO GO UP THERE AND, UH, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT LOBBYING, LOBBY, WHATEVER, FOR, FOR OUR PARTICULAR CONCERNS, OUR BELIEFS, OUR, OUR REPRESENTATION OF OUR DISTRICTS. 
          AND YES, WE'RE PART OF THE CITY, BUT WE DID VOTE ON THAT, ON THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. 
          AND AS LONG AS WE STAY WITHIN THOSE BOUNDS, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. 
          I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH EVERYTHING. 
          UM, AND A LOT OF OUR VOTES, WHETHER IT WAS, UH, ON THE PAID SICK LEAVE OR TOBACCO 21, THEY WEREN'T UNANIMOUS VOTES. 
          AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, MY REPRESENTATIVES UP THERE AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES WITHIN, UH, THE LEGISLATIVE BODY UP THERE UNDERSTANDS THAT AND THEY HEAR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY AS WELL. 
          SO I'M, I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO DO IT. 
          UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I AM UNTIL Y'ALL TELL ME, PERRY, STAY AT HOME, QUIT GOING, UH, I'M GONNA KEEP ON GOING UP THERE, PERRY, STAY AT HOME QUICKLY. 
          OKAY, . 
          BUT, UH, UH, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET OUT THERE AND DO THAT UP THERE TO AUSTIN. 
          AND, AND LET ME TELL YOU, IT, IT'S AN EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE GOING THROUGH THOSE CAPITOL HALLS AND SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE. 
          UM, AND THEY, THEY ENJOY AND THEY, THEY APPRECIATE US GOING UP THERE ADVOCATING FOR OUR POSITIONS AS INDIVIDUALS, NOT NECESSARILY AS A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO POSITION. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I WANNA SAY ABOUT IT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          OH, AND I DID TOO. 
          WRITE A LETTER. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, UH, HEALTHY DISCUSSION. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          UH, I WILL JUST SAY THAT, UM, AGAIN, THE BOUNDS OF DISCUSSIONS FOR THE BODY IS THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. 
          ANYONE THERE, UH, SPEAKING OUTSIDE OF THE AGENDA IS WELCOME TO DO SO AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN. 
          I, I WILL SAY THOUGH, THAT CITIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE VERY CONCERNED WITH SELF-GOVERNANCE. 
          AND OVER THE LAST SEVERAL SESSIONS, THERE HAVE BEEN ATTACKS ON SELF-GOVERNANCE. 
          AND SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL AS WE REPRESENT OURSELVES THAT WE DON'T GIVE MIXED MESSAGES AND INVITE THE KIND OF MEDDLING AND THE SELF-GOVERNANCE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS CLEARLY DON'T WANT TO SEE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, THAT IS THE END OF OUR MORNING AGENDA. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          WE'LL BE BACK AT TWO O'CLOCK FOR ZONING. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR OUR ZONING MEETING. 
          WE'RE NOW RECONVENING, UH, COUNCIL MEETING. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          THAT IS ITEM Z SEVEN AND ITEM Z 11. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FOLLOWING ITEMS UNDER CONSENT. 
          ITEM 25, 26, P ONE, Z ONE, Z TWO, P TWO Z THREE P THREE Z FOUR P FOUR Z FIVE Z SIX Z EIGHT Z NINE Z, 10, P FIVE, 
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AND Z 12. 
          WILL ALL REMAIN ON CONSENT. 
          DO I HAVE A SO MOVED. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE, UH, SOME MEMBERS SIGNED UP TO SOME CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO BE HEARD ON ITEMS P THREE AND Z FOUR, WHICH ARE ON CONSENT. 
          SO WE WILL TAKE YOU NOW, MS. IRMA HOFFMAN, IF YOU'RE HERE, YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MS. MARIANNE HERNANDEZ, WHO WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MS. NATALIE GUERRERO. 
          THE CLERK WILL ALLOT YOU EACH THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          MS. HOFFMAN? YES, MS. SANDOVAL, UM, MS. UM, GUERRERO AND, AND, UM, ALSO MS. MARYANNE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR THREE MINUTES TO ME IF THEY MAY. 
          THANK YOU, MS. HOFFMAN. 
          YOU'LL HAVE A TOTAL OF NINE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I HOPE NOT TO TAKE ALL THAT LONG. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU CAN STAND HERE. 
          WE THANK EVERYONE. 
          UH, WE'VE COME, UH, WE ARE PART OF THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION, AND WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT, UH, THE PEOPLE IN ALL OF THAT COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO DIVIDE THIS STORY INTO THREE PARTS, AND HOPEFULLY I WILL BE SHORT AND CONCISE. 
          UH, WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS PROJECT BACK IN JANUARY WHEN WE WERE TOLD OF, UM, THE KOS, THE PROPOSED KO LOVES PROJECTS. 
          SO WE STARTED OFF AND WENT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THAT AREA, WHICH IS TAMICO, KOMAL, UH, SAN MARCOS, AND SO ON AROUND THE SAN FERNANDO, UH, CEMETERY NUMBER ONE AND ALSO THE TAMICO AND 35 ACCESS ROAD. 
          WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THEIR LITTLE HOMES, THEIR CASITAS, UH, WHO TOLD US THEIR STORIES. 
          UH, THEY'RE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE, THEY HAVE THEIR DIFFERENT PART-TIME JOBS. 
          THEY COME AND THEY GO TO THE GROCERIES AND TO, UM, PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. 
          UM, AND THEY ALSO SHARED SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS. 
          AND, UM, WE NAMED THIS, AND WE, WE'VE SPOKEN OF IT BEFORE. 
          IT'S CALLED, UM, TRAFFIC TRAINS, TRASH AND DRAINAGE. 
          UM, THE TRAFFIC PART IS, UM, THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ACCESS ROAD AS THEY LEAVE TAMPICO GOING TO THE ACCESS ROAD ON 35. 
          UH, THERE'S BLOCKAGES THAT THEY, UM, EXPERIENCE DURING HIGH TRAFFIC HOURS. 
          SO THEY MAY TRY TO GO UP THROUGH THE TRAIN TRACKS ON TAMPICO AROUND THE CEMETERY, UM, OR IF THE TRAINS ARE BLOCKING THEM, THEY JUST HAVE TO WAIT. 
          AND, AND AS I GO THROUGH THIS, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE ALSO. 
          IT'S NOT ONLY THEM, BUT THE PROPOSED BUILDING THAT WILL, UH, WOULD HOUSE 200 UNITS OF PEOPLE THERE, WHICH WOULD BE MAYBE MULTIPLIED BY TWO CARS, WHICH WOULD BE AT LEAST 400 PEOPLE. 
          SO THE, UM, THE TRAFFIC IS A SITUATION THERE. 
          THE TRAINS DO BLOCK DAILY, WHETHER IT CAN BE FROM 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR OR AN HOUR AND A HALF. 
          AND ONE OF THE, UM, RESIDENTS SPOKE OF THE TIME THAT HE CALLED E M S TO COME AND, UM, HELP HIS AILING MOTHER. 
          THE E M S PEOPLE, UH, TECHNICIANS COULD NOT GET THROUGH AND IN DESPERATION, UH, ONE OF THEY HAD TO CRAWL INTO ONE OF THE TRAIN CARS WITH THEIR, UH, EQUIPMENT TO GET TO THE HOME. 
          SO THAT'S, UM, ONE SITUATION. 
          ANOTHER IS IF THE GARBAGE TRUCKS CANNOT GET THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE TRAIN BLOCKAGES, THEY DO NOT GET THEIR TRASH PICKED UP. 
          UM, ANOTHER THING IS THE, UH, THE DRAINAGE SITUATION. 
          THE, THE HOMES IN THAT AREA, THERE'S A LITTLE HILL WHERE THE TRAIN TRACKS RUN AND THE, UH, THE WATER RUNS DOWN THE LITTLE HILL INTO THE TAMPICO STREET AREA, WHICH EVEN BLOCKS, UH, THEM GOING UP TAMPICO STREET INTO THE, UH, CEMETERY AREA. 
          SO, UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS. 
          PART TWO, AS WHEN WE GOT TOGETHER ON FEBRUARY 5TH AND VOICED THESE CONCERNS TO, UH, THE ZONING COMMITTEE, UM, THEY HEARD, THEY HEARD THE CONCERNS THAT THE RESIDENTS HAD VOICED. 
          AND WE WERE TOLD BY, UH, DISTRICT FIVE COMMISSIONER, UH, THAT THESE CONCERNS DID NOT HAVE A DIRECT BEARING ON THE AREA OF THE KO LOFTS, UH, PROJECT. 
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AND, UH, WE WERE CONCERNED THAT HOW CAN A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE LIKE THIS, AFFECT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. 
          SO THAT'S PART NUMBER TWO. 
          PART NUMBER THREE. 
          I WILL COMPLETE THIS WITH A QUOTE FROM YOUR FORMER CITY PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          MR. EMIL MONTES, WHO SERVED FROM 1997 TO 2007. 
          AND, AND HE WROTE TO THE SAN ANTONIO HERON, WHICH IS A NEWS ORGANIZATION. 
          HE WROTE THIS, UM, FEBRUARY. 
          HE SAYS, THIS IS AN INTERESTING PROJECT. 
          HOWEVER, THE COMMUNITY PLAN CALLS FOR COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AND IS ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL USES. 
          SOME OF MY CONCERNS FOR THIS PROJECT IS AS FOLLOWS. 
          NUMBER ONE, THE PROJECT DOESN'T TIE OR RELATE TO ANY EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD GIVE GOOD ACCESS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND BE A PART OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          NUMBER TWO, BEING LOCATED NEXT TO A MAJOR FREEWAY THAT PROBABLY HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST POLLUTION EMISSIONS IS NOT HEALTHY FOR THE ADULTS AND CHILDREN WHO WILL LIVE IN THESE UNITS. 
          NUMBER THREE, THE SURROUNDING AREA WILL MOST LIKELY DEVELOP AS INDUSTRIAL USES. 
          IT IS SAD THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT DON'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OTHER ELEMENTS THAT A NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATION WOULD PROVIDE. 
          MAYBE THERE IS A NEED TO DEVELOP LESS NUMBER OF UNITS IN A MORE APPROPRIATE AREA SO THE INHABITANTS CAN ENJOY THE ELEMENTS THAT MAKE LIFE MORE VIBRANT. 
          AS THE FORMER PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR SAN ANTONIO, 1997, 2007, THIS IS A POOR EXAMPLE OF LOCATION OF LAND USES. 
          SO WE ASK EVERYONE TO VIEW THIS IN CONSCIENCE AND SEE WHERE WE CAN GO WITH THIS FOR THE SAKE OF THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE SAKE OF THE PEOPLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. HOFFMAN. 
          UM, AND TO THE OTHER LADIES WITH YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME IN. 
          UM, THOSE ARE ALL THE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND THE SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          OH, I GOT IT. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          WHERE DO I VOTE? OH, I CAN'T VOTE THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM Z SEVEN Z 20 18, 9 0 0 7 3 FROM R FORD ID Z TWO FOR FOUR RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 14TH 13 STREET. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF R FOUR CD FOR FOUR UNITS. 
          ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, 39 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND TWO OPPOSED. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          I AM SORRY. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME WHICH ONE THIS IS? THIS IS THE ONE LOCATED OFF OF ROMERO STREET. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MOTION WITH SOME CONCESSIONS. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? NO, MA'AM. 
          THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY CONDITIONS ON THIS ONE. 
          THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL, BUT THERE WE DO HAVE AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION UP THERE. 
          I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS AN, UH, ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION THAT I WAS GONNA MOVE TO SUPPORT. 
          DO YOU HAVE THAT? YES, MA'AM. 
          THAT IS OUR ULTIMATE RECOMMENDATION. 
          IT'S FOR, UH, R FOUR CD FOR FOUR UNITS. 
          OKAY. 
          STAND. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          STAND BY JUST ONE SECOND. 
          SORRY. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          UM, SO I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION. 
          FOR THE ALTERNATE. 
          FOR THE ALTERNATE. 
          JUST A MOTION TO APPROVE IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ALTERNATE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S JUST A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          WE HAD A COUPLE BACK TO BACK. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE VOTE. 
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MOTION CARRIES. 
          OUR NEXT ITEM IS Z 11 Z 20 18 9 0 0 5. 
          ONE FOR R SIX TO PUD MF 14 LOCATED AT 12,735 WALLER ROAD. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          42 NOTICES MAILED TO IN FAVOR OF SIX OPPOSED. 
          THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED AN AMENDED SITE PLAN AT THE ZONING COMMISSION HEARING, AND STAFF HAS SUBMITTED THIS TO THE COUNCIL AS A CORRECTION. 
          THIS REQUIRES NINE VOTES TO APPROVE AS THE OPPOSITION EXCEEDS 20%. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN ELIAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY WORKED OUT, UM, A MUTUALLY AGREEABLE SOLUTION WITH THE H O A. 
          THERE'S STILL SOME NEIGHBORS WHO DON'T LIKE IT THAT MUCH, BUT THE H O A, UM, AND THE DEVELOPER AND MY OFFICE ARE SATISFIED THAT WE'VE REACHED THE BEST DEAL WE CAN. 
          AND SO I ASKED THAT MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT ME AND, UH, AND I MOVE ACCORDINGLY, THAT WE PASS, UM, THAT WE VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOPE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, PLEASE VOTE. 
          THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR ZONING AGENDA FOR TODAY AND NEARLY RECORD TIME. 
          THANK YOU.
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