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          ANTONIO. 
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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION. 
          THE TIME IS 9:09 AM ON THE THIRD DAY OF AUGUST, 2023. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU CALL THE RULE COUNCIL MEMBER COR? COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRANT HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO . 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALTE. 
          CTO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELA COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE HERE. 
          MAYOR NIERENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          UH, WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL SESSION, UH, AND TO OUR GUESTS WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          WELCOME. 
          UM, I'M GONNA BEGIN OUR, UH, SESSION TODAY WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO RECOGNIZE A FEW PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WE'VE LOST OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. 
          UH, YOU MAY KNOW THE NAMES, UH, BELL ORTIZ, AS WELL AS GILBERT DURAN AND BILLY MAHOME, WHO ALL SERVED OUR COMMUNITY ADMIRABLY OVER MANY YEARS. 
          AND SO, UH, IN HONOR OF THEIR SERVICE AND IN THEIR MEMORY, LET'S ALL RECOGNIZE THEM WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I'D LIKE TO READ JUST A FEW PASSAGES FROM, UH, CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF EACH OF OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO WE'VE LOST. 
          I'LL START WITH BELL ORTIZ, WHO WAS A LOVING WIFE, MOTHER EDUCATOR, AND SPIRIT-FILLED FRIEND WHO GAVE GENEROUSLY OF HER TIME AND DEVOTED HER LIFE TO SPREADING THE MARIACHI SPIRIT AND PIONEERING SAN ANTONIO MUSIC EDUCATION. 
          THE MOTHER OF MARIACHI MUSIC EDUCATION EARNED THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF ALL THOSE WHOSE LIVES SHE TOUCHED. 
          BORN IN THE ALAMO CITY, BELLE GREW UP ON THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, AND FROM AN EARLY AGE, SHE DEMONSTRATED A GIFT FOR MUSIC. 
          AT THE AGE OF FOUR, SHE BEGAN PLAYING THE PIANO AND PERFORMING PROFESSIONALLY WITH THE LATIN ORCHESTRAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          SHE GRADUATED FROM SYDNEY LANIER HIGH SCHOOL IN OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY WITH A BA IN PERFORMANCE IN MUSIC EDUCATION. 
          AND IN 1953, SHE MARRIED DANIEL SAN MIGUEL AND HER FAMILY GREW UP WITH THE BIRTHS OF LETICIA DANIEL II, ANNABELLE. 
          ROSEANNE AND ROLAND SUCCESS CONTINUED TO FOLLOW BELLE AND THROUGH MARIACHI SHE MET JUAN ORTIZ, THEIR BRILLIANT PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION. 
          BERT, THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL MARIACHI CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL IN MARIACHI UNIVERSAL IN HONOR OF BELL, THEY NAMED THE, THEY RE THEY RENAMED MARIACHI VARGAS TO MARIACHI CAMPES DE AMERICA. 
          BELL AND JUAN MARRIED IN 1982. 
          AND THEY, TOGETHER THEY FLOURISHED MARIACHI, CAMPES DE AMERICA IN AN AWARD-WINNING GROUP THAT WOULD GO ON TO PERFORM AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD. 
          ALTHOUGH YOUR HEARTS ARE LEFT WITH A VOID, WE HOPE YOUR FAMILY WILL BE CONSOLED BY THE MEMORIES OF HER EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND THE LOVE SHE HAD FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITY. 
          WE KNOW HER CONTAGIOUS SMILE, COMPASSIONATE SPIRIT, AND IRRESISTIBLE CHARM WILL FOREVER REMAIN ETCHED IN OUR MEMORIES. 
          BILLY MAHOME WAS AN ACTIVE ADVOCATE OF ENDING HOUSELESSNESS IN SAN ANTONIO THROUGH HIS WORK WITH THE SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS AND WORK WITH OTHER LOCAL GROUPS. 
          HIS COMPASSION AND DETERMINATION EARNED THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF THOSE WHOSE LIVES HE TOUCHED. 
          AND HIS PASSING LEAVES US MOURNING THE LOSS OF A MAN WHO HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON SO MANY PEOPLE. 
          THROUGH HIS COMPASSION, BILLY WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE 
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AND ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS BUILT ON RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING. 
          HE ENCOMPASSED A SPECIAL ABILITY TO CHANGE THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF INDIVIDUALS FRUSTRATED WITH HOUSELESSNESS. 
          ALTHOUGH HIS PASSING HAS LEFT A VOID IN OUR HEARTS, WE HOPE HIS FAMILY WILL BE CONSOLED BY THE MEMORIES OF HIS EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND LEGACY. 
          WE KNOW HIS KINDNESS, HIS ENORMOUS SMILE, AND HIS GENTLE SPIRIT WILL REMEMBER FOREVER REMAINED ETCHED IN OUR MEMORIES. 
          AND GILBERT DURAN WAS BORN IN THE ALAMO CITY, GREW UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO FROM AN EARLY AGE. 
          HE DISPLAYED ARTISTIC TALENTS AND ATTENDED HARLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL AFTER GRADUATING, AND HE JOINED THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AFTER GRADUATING FOR SIX YEARS WHILE WORKING WITH HIS FATHER AND BROTHERS IN CONSTRUCTION. 
          BILL GILBERT WAS MARRIED TO LILY, HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART FROM 1967 TO 1977, DURING WHICH TIME THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, GILBERT, JOSEPH, LAURA, AND LISA. 
          A SELF-TAUGHT AUDIT TAUGHT ARTIST. 
          GILBERT WAS A SOUTH TOWN FIXTURE WHERE HE WORKED OUT OF HIS STUDIO NINE 11 PRODUCING COLORFUL, DRAMATIC PAINTINGS THAT COULD LATER BE SEEN ON THE WALLS OF EATERIES, INCLUDING ROSARIO'S. 
          SO LUNA BOHANNON AND BOUDREAUXS. 
          THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, GILBERT ACCOMPLISHED MANY FETS. 
          AMONG HIS MOST RECOGNIZED WORKS IS THE PAINTING FREEDA MARGARITA, WHICH GRACED THE COVER OF THE CURRENT IN 19, EXCUSE ME, IN 2014. 
          AND THAT PIECE, DERAN PICKS DEPICTS ICONIC ARTIST FRIDA KAHLO, INDULGING IN A MARGARITA ON THE ROCKS WITH SALT, IN ESSENCE, A PAIRING OF TWO IN MEXICO'S BEST KNOWN EXPORTS. 
          OUR HEARTS ARE LEFT WITH A VOID, AND WE HOPE OUR FAMILIES WILL BE CONSOLED BY THE MEMORIES OF HIS EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND THE LOVE THAT HE HAD FOR ALL OF HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS, AND HIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE KNOW HIS SMILE WERE MEANT FOREVER ETCHED IN OUR MEMORIES. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          UH, THESE WERE THREE BELOVED PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE MOURN THEIR PASSING SCENE. 
          AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO GET US STARTED WITH AN INVOCATION, AND THAT WILL BE A GUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          TODAY I'M HONORED AND PLEASED TO PRESENT OUR INDICATOR. 
          RABBI BARUCH GARCIA IS AN ASSISTANT RABBI OF CONGREGATION BARUCH HASHEM. 
          HE WAS BORN IN SAN ANTONIO, WHERE HE CURRENTLY RESIDES WITH HIS WIFE TAYLOR. 
          HE STUDIED SPANISH AND HEBREW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN BEFORE OBTAINING AN MA IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES, AND IS A MEMBER OF THETA ALPHA KAPPA SOCIETY FOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES. 
          RABBI BARUCH HAS BEEN IN MINISTRY FOR OVER A DECADE, WORKING AS CHILDREN'S DIRECTOR HEBREW TEACHER AND RABBI. 
          SOME OF HIS INTERESTS INCLUDE HEBREW LANGUAGE EDUCATION, SEPHARDIC CULTURE, AND THE HISTORY OF THE 20TH OF 20TH CENTURY PHYSICS. 
          RABBI BARUCH WILL BE PRAYING IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, HEBREW, AND LATINO. 
          HIS MOTHER IS FROM THE CANARY ISLANDS, AND LADINO IS THE LANGUAGE THAT THE CANARY ISLANDERS SPOKE WHEN THEY CAME TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT IS A LANGUAGE OF HEBREW AND SPANISH ACCOMPANYING RABBI BARUCH GARCIA IS OUR INDICATOR'S. 
          FATHER RABBI ROY GARCIA, HE IS THE LEAD RABBI OF CONGREGATION, BARUCH HASHEM. 
          RABBI ROY WORKED FOR THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT REPRESENTING ISRAELI AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES AND RAPHAEL DEFENSE INDUSTRIES ON TEXAS MILITARY BASES. 
          RABBI GARCIA HAS BEEN IN MINISTRY ALL OF HIS LIFE AND HAS BEEN SERVING IN HIS ROLE AS HEAD RABBI OF BARUCH HASHEM FOR OVER 30 YEARS. 
          RABBI BARUCH GARCIA FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN K FOR THIS INVITATION. 
          AND, UH, YOU COULD REMAIN SEATED FOR THIS FIRST PART. 
          I'LL TELL YOU, I'LL TELL YOU WHEN TO GET UP. 
          YOU'RE GOOD. 
          SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS HERE THAT I NOTICED ON THE WAY HERE. 
          IT SAYS, THE PLAZA, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW SPANISH, THAT'S A CANARY ISLAND PLAZA. 
          AND THE REASON WHY WAS BECAUSE THIS CITY WAS FOUNDED BY SEVERAL FAMILIES FROM THE CANARY ISLANDS. 
          AND, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGHT OFF THE, THE FRENCH AND, AND KEEP THEM FROM, FROM COMING INTO THE KING OF SPAIN, BROUGHT THEM IN. 
          AND THESE, UH, AND MANY SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT THESE FAMILIES WERE DESCENDANTS OF, UH, SEPHARDIC JEWS IN SPAIN. 
          AND ACTUALLY SOME OF MY ANCESTORS COME FROM THERE. 
          MY MOTHER WAS ACTUALLY RAISED, UH, BORN AND RAISED IN THE CANARY ISLANDS IN SPAIN. 
          AND SO TODAY IN THIS INVOCATION, WE'RE GONNA HONOR THOSE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF SAN ANTONIO BY, BY PRAYING IN, I'M GONNA BE PRAYING FIRST IN LADINO, WHICH IS A, A A MIXTURE OF SPANISH AND HEBREW. 
          AND IT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT LIKE PORTUGUESE TOO. 
          AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SOME OF THE SETTLERS WOULD'VE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT IN HEBREW. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH TO A HEBREW, UH, UH, I MEAN IN LADINO. 
          THEN WE'RE GONNA SWITCH TO A HEBREW PRAYER THAT ORIGINATED. 
          IT'S A MUCH SHORTENED VERSION 'CAUSE I, I, I KNOW YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO, 
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UH, BE HERE FOREVER. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE THERE IN A, IT WAS WRITTEN BY SPANISH JEWS BEFORE THE INQUISITION, BUT IT WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WAS PRAYED FOR IN THE AMERICAN COLONY. 
          SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO SAN ANTONIO AND ALSO AMERICA AS A WHOLE. 
          IT'S A VERY OLD, IT'S A PRAYER THAT GOES BACK TO THE, UH, 15TH CENTURY. 
          AND THEN WE'LL TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH AS WELL. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH LADINO, THEN HEBREW, THEN ENGLISH. 
          SO PLEASE RISE SAN ANTONIO. 
          HEBREW. 
          WE SAY ANTONIO, HE THAT GIVES SALVATION AND RULES GOVERNING, UH, TO, TO RULERS AND GOVERNING OFFICIALS. 
          HE THAT DELIVERED HIS SERVANT DAVID FROM HARM. 
          HE THAT MADE A WAY IN THE SEA AND THE PATH IN THE STRONG WATERS. 
          BLESSED AND KEEP THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THE CIVIL SERVANTS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CI CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND WE PRAY THAT YOU GUIDE THEM WITH WISDOM AND DIRECTION. 
          YOU NAME AMEN , THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 13TH. 
          JUSTICE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RABBI. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, AT THIS TIME WE'LL TAKE UP THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MINUTES OF JUNE 14TH, 2023, JUNE 15TH, AND JUNE, 2020, EXCUSE ME. 
          JUNE 14TH, 15TH, 21 AND 22, UH, OF THE YEAR 2023. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE MINUTES. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          MINUTES. 
          UH, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
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ALRIGHT, ITEMS FOUR THROUGH 34. 
          ACTUALLY ITEMS FOUR THROUGH 33 ARE ALL LISTED FOR CONSENT. 
          SO AT THIS TIME I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          EIGHT, PLEASE. 
          ITEM 8 30, 32, AND 33, 32 AND 33. 
          ANY OTHERS? OKAY. 
          IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 8 32 AND 33. 
          MOTION. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE REST, THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THAT ARE ITEMS ON CONSENT, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THOSE FOLKS NOW. 
          MICHAEL VALDEZ. 
          BLESS YOU MR. VALDEZ. 
          YOU'RE ON ITEM 12, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR NUREMBERG AND MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS MICHAEL VALDEZ. 
          TODAY I'LL BE SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 12. 
          I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO BE REAPPOINTED ONTO THE HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD WHERE I BRING MY PERSPECTIVE OF AN EDGEWOOD I S D GRADUATE AND A CURRENT ALAMO PROMISE STUDENT AT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE. 
          I STARTED OFF SERVING ON THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION WHERE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS CHAIR WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND NOW THIS WILL BE MY SECOND TERM, SERVING ON THE HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD, UM, A COMMISSION THAT WAS CREATED IN 2017. 
          THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US A SPACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE A VOICE AND A MEANINGFUL IMPACT IN OUR CITY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. VALDEZ, AND KEEP UP THE EXCELLENT WORK. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT, UH, JACK FINGER ON ITEMS 20 ON ITEM 29. 
          YES, MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. 
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FINGER. 
          WELL, SUMMER HIATUS IS NOW OVER WITH AND IT'S TIME TO GET BACK TO WORK, AND I GOT A CHANCE TO SLEEP FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT, UH, ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END. 
          I GUESS THE, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA IS ITEM 29. 
          BASICALLY IT'S ABOUT, UH, A LOT OF GIVEAWAYS. 
          YES. 
          THE, UH, WELL, THE FED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVES A LOT OF MONEY TO YOU, THE CI CITY COUNCIL, AND YOU DISTRIBUTE IT TO US. 
          THE CITIZENS, I SAY US THE CITIZENS, IT'S MOSTLY TO, UH, WELL, IT'S NOT TO THE MIDDLE CLASS. 
          IT'S NOT, NOT TO THE RICH PEOPLE EITHER. 
          SO THE, UH, YOU'RE GONNA SAY, JACK, WHY ARE YOU COMPLAINING? I MEAN, IT'S NOT THIS, YOUR CITY TAX DOLLAR IS GOING TO THIS. 
          NO. 
          BUT, UH, YOU GOTTA ASK YOURSELF, HOW DID WE GET THIS MONEY IS THROUGH THE TAX DOLLARS THAT WE PAY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AND SO MAYBE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, MR. CONGRESSMAN, MR. SENATOR, MR. PRESIDENT, WHY DON'T YOU, UH, INSTEAD OF USING THIS MONEY FOR, UH, THESE GIVEAWAYS, WHY DON'T YOU JUST, JUST GIVE EVERYBODY A TAX CUT IN THE, IN THAT REGARD. 
          LET'S SEE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING HERE? OKAY, MR. AUDIO VISION, MA'AM, JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 
          WE'LL JUST GLEAN OVER SOME OF IT THERE AS MUCH AS WE HAVE TIME FOR. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, HOUSING REHABILITATION RECONSTRUCTION ASSIST LOW TO MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS WHO NEED THEIR HOMES REHABILITATED AND CONSTRUCTED. 
          SCROLL ON DOWN IF YOU WOULD. 
          YEAH. 
          PUBLIC SERVICE ASSIST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY RENTAL MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE FOR UP TO THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS. 
          TURN THE PAGE OVER, IF YOU WILL. 
          ANY, ANY EVICTION AND TO SERVICES AND RELATED LEGAL AID SERVICES. 
          YES, ONCE AGAIN WITH OUR TEXTILE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM D IN DISTRICTS, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND SEVEN. 
          . 
          THIS IS INTERESTING. 
          D TO DISTRICT SIX AND EIGHT, NINE AND 10. 
          UH, I GUESS YOU GUYS ARE TOO, TOO DARN RICH TO RECEIVE ANY OF THIS MONEY HERE. 
          . 
          YEAH, BUT, BUT, BUT BE SURE TO PAY UP BEFORE IT WHEN WE ASK FOR IT THOUGH. 
          THAT LIKEWISE, IN THE COMMUNITY CENTERED EXTENDED HOURS, YOU WON'T GET ANY EXTENDED HOURS IN YOUR DISTRICTS THERE. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          HOME BUYER CENTER PROGRAM IS 305,000 BUCKS FUNDING ASSIST, JUST LOW TO MODERATE INCOME BUYERS IN SEEKING TO PURCHASE DECENT, SAFE AND CONTINUING MR. AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          BUT I, MY EUPHEMISM FOR, UH, WELFARE HOUSING SPECIFICALLY PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COSTS TO ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE IF HOMES ARE BOTH AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL ANYWAY, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TIME FOR, BUT, UH, YOU GET THE GIST OF THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. FINGER. 
          ALRIGHT, NOW AT THIS POINT WE'LL OPEN UP FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          I DON'T SEE ANYBODY QUEUED UP AT THIS POINT, SO, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK SIGNAL ME. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF ITEMS THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS MORNING. 
          STARTING WITH ITEM 29, I WANTED TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL HUD ACTION PLAN. 
          I SEE OUR N H S D TEAM HERE, AS WELL AS MARK CARMONA. 
          I WANTED TO THANK YOU'ALL FOR Y'S GREAT WORK, UH, WITH THIS PLAN, WITH GRANT FUNDS FROM HOME, C D B G, AND OTHER FEDERAL ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT ASSIST SAN ANTONIO IN PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HELPING HOUSELESS FOLKS AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS AND REVITALIZING NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          MORE SPECIFICALLY, I'M EXCITED TO SEE FUNDING FOR CODE CASE MANAGERS, SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMMING, EXTENDED HOURS FOR OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND HOMELESS OUTREACH. 
          MY OFFICE STRONGLY ADVOCATED FOR THE CODE COMPLIANCE CASE MANAGERS TO HELP RESIDENTS ADDRESS THEIR CODE ISSUES INSTEAD OF CITING THEM. 
          IT'S ALSO AN EXAMPLE HOW SAN ANTONIO CAN CONTINUE TO BE INTENTIONAL WITH LIMITED FUNDING. 
          I, I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE SOME OF OUR NEW APPOINT OUR, REALLY OUR REAPPOINTMENTS, UH, TO OUR BOARDS. 
          I SEE AGGIE AMIRO HERE, SO I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 13 AND 14, UH, WHICH IS THE REAPPOINTMENT OF A HANDFUL OF, UH, CONSTITUENTS TO DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OVER 16 ARE REFLECTED IN TODAY'S AGENDA. 
          THERE'S SO MUCH EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE INTO THESE APPOINTMENTS. 
          WE'VE GOT ROBERT WHO OWNS AND OPERATES A NATIONAL CAB AND SITS ON THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          KAREN, OUR VERY OWN, UH, ANIMAL WHISPERER WHO ATTENDS EVERY CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BUDGET MEETING AND PROVIDES OUR OFFICE WITH A HANDFUL OF ASSISTANCE WITH ANIMAL CARE SERVICE TO MARK WHO STARTED AS A DISTRICT FIVE BOND APPOINTEE COMMITTEE MEMBER WHO'S NOW SERVING ON THE STREETS AND BID, UH, BRIDGES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          AND AGAIN, AGGIE, WHO'S REPRESENTING US, UH, ON THE PARKS COMMISSION AND HAS BEEN A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR SAN ANTONIO PARKS. 
          UH, AND LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT OUR INCREDIBLE LINEUP OF DEDICATED COMMUNITY INDIVIDUALS FROM 
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LENE, KAYLA, TERRY, YVETTE, ANDY CASTILLO, ANDY BENAVIDEZ, ANTHONY JOHN, JOHN BUSTAMANTE, ANDRE, BERNIE AND MARIA. 
          THEY ARE AMAZING AND THEY HELP KEEP OUR OFFICE GOING AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO EXECUTE, UH, AS MUCH AS WE DO WITHOUT OUR APPOINTEES. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL. 
          UM, AND THOSE ARE ALL MY HIGHLIGHTS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. 
          HEARING NONE, UH, THERE IS A MOTION, A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 8 32 AND 33. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          ALL MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY, GOT A 
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COUPLE OF RECOGNITIONS AND I'M GONNA START. 
          UH, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR COAST GUARD HERE TODAY AND SO WE ALL WANNA WISH THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD HERE IN MILITARY CITY U S A AND EVERY COASTIE AROUND THE WORLD, A VERY HAPPY 233RD BIRTHDAY. 
          THE COAST GUARD IS ONE OF THE OLDEST, THE COAST GUARD IS ONE OF THE OLDEST ORGANIZATIONS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND TRACES ITS HISTORY BACK TO THE 4TH OF AUGUST, 1790 WHEN THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AUTHORIZED CONSTRUCTION OF 10 VESSELS REFERRED TO AS CUTTERS TO ENFORCE FEDERAL TRADE AND TARIFF LAWS AND PREVENT SMUGGLING. 
          AMAZINGLY, THE COAST GUARD SERVED AS THE ONLY, OH, EXCUSE ME, THE NATION'S ONLY ARMED FORCE AT SEA UNTIL CONGRESS LAUNCHED THE NAVY DEPARTMENT EIGHT YEARS LATER IN 1798. 
          SINCE THEN, THE COAST GUARD HAS PROTECTED LONG HISTORY AND SERVED PROUDLY IN EVERY ONE OF OUR NATION'S CONFLICTS. 
          IN 1915, THE REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE EMERGED WITH THE US LIFESAVING SERVICE AND THE COMBINATION WAS OFFICIALLY TO RENAMED THE COAST GUARD, MAKING IT THE ONLY MARITIME SERVICE DEDICATED TO SAVING LIFE AT SEA AND ENFORCING THE NATION'S MARITIME LAWS. 
          IN 1967, THE COAST GUARD WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          IN 2003, THE COAST GUARD WAS AGAIN TRANSFERRED THIS TIME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WHERE IT CURRENTLY SERVES. 
          IN THIS CAPACITY, THE COAST GUARD PROTECTS AND DEFENDS MORE THAN 100,000 MILES OF US COASTLINE AND INLAND WATERWAYS AND SAFEGUARDS. 
          AN EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE ENCOMPASSING FOUR AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE MILES, STRETCHING FROM NORTH OF THE ATLANTIC ARCTIC CIRCLE TO SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR FROM PUERTO RICO TO GUAM. 
          ENCOMPASSING NINE TIME ZONES, THE LARGEST EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE IN THE WORLD. 
          IN ADDITION TO ITS ROLE IN IN ARMED SERVICE, THE COAST GUARD IS A FIRST RESPONDER IN A HUMANITARIAN SERVICE THAT PROVIDES AID TO PEOPLE IN DISTRESS OR IMPACTED BY NATURAL AND MANMADE DISASTERS, WHETHER IT'S SEA OR A SHORE. 
          THE OVER 56,000 MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD OPERATE A MULTI-MISSION INTEROPERABLE FLEET CONSISTING OF HUNDREDS OF AIR AND SEA VESSELS. 
          EVERY MILITARY SERVICE BRANCH HAS FAMOUS VETERANS AND THE COAST GUARD IS NO EXCEPTION. 
          HERE'S JUST A SAMPLE OF NAMES YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE. 
          HUMPHREY BOGART, LLOYD BRIDGES, BO BRIDGES, AND JEFF BRIDGES, ARNOLD PALMER, WALTER CRONKITE, AND ALEX HALEY. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TWO OF OUR VERY OWN STARS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE COAST GUARD WHO ARE STILL SERVING IN THE COAST GUARD RESERVE. 
          THAT INCLUDES CRAIG HOPKINS, OUR CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF I T S D. 
          CRAIG SERVED FOUR YEARS IN THE COAST GUARD OF AS A MACHINERY TECHNICIAN WHO WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE CAPTAIN MICHAEL STARNES, TRAFFIC AND ENG EMERGENCY OPERATIONS SECTION COMMANDER FOR THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO'S DEPARTMENT WHO STILL SERVES IN THE COAST GUARD RESERVE. 
          HE HOLDS THE RANK OF COMMANDER AND HIS SENIOR RESERVE OPERATIONS OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THE UNITED STATES NORTHERN COMMAND. 
          AND PRIOR TO HIS TIME AS AN OFFICER IN THE COAST GUARD, HE WAS PRIOR ENLISTED SECURITY SERVICES, EXCUSE ME, SECURITY FORCES MEMBER OF THE US AIR FORCE. 
          ALL TOLD CAPTAIN STARNES HAS A COMBINED 24 YEARS OF ACTIVE AND RESERVE DUTY. 
          FINALLY, OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH, HAS A BROTHER WHO IS A RETIRED COAST GUARD CAPTAIN. 
          WE ARE ALL EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD PRESENCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WHERE NEARLY 200 PERSONNEL OPERATING SUPPORT OF RECRUITING AND MISSIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE NATION'S DEFENSE. 
          THOSE 200 COAST GUARD MEMBERS ARE REPRESENTED TODAY BY COMMANDER BRIAN FINN, COMMANDING OFFICER OF COAST GUARD CRYPTO LOGIC UNIT IN, IN TEXAS IS HE IS JOINED BY MEMBERS OF HIS ORGANIZATION AND WE ARE EQUALLY PROUD OF THE 29 CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EMPLOYEES WHO ARE EITHER VETERANS OF THE COAST GUARD AND OR STILL SERVING IN THE COAST GUARD RESERVE. 
          THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT POLICE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES, DOWNTOWN OPERATIONS, PARKS AND REC AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. 
          WE CONSIDERED A PRIVILEGE TO HOST COAST GUARD IN OUR GREAT CITY AND I WANT TO THANK THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD WHO ARE ABLE TO 
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JOIN US TODAY AS WE WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY 233RD BIRTHDAY. 
          AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE COMMANDER BRIAN FINN, COMMANDING OFFICER OF COAST GUARD CRYPTO LOGIC UNIT TEXAS, UP TO SAY A FEW WORDS. 
          COMMANDER, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND GUESTS. 
          IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND REFLECT ON THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT THIS ORGANIZATION HAS HAS HAD ON OUR NATION AND OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. 
          AND I APOLOGIZE 'CAUSE SOME OF THIS SPEECH MAY SOUND VERY FAMILIAR TO YOUR INTRODUCTION, WHICH WAS GREAT. 
          TOMORROW MARKS THE 233RD BIRTHDAY OF THE COAST GUARD. 
          TODAY WE HAVE THE YOUNGEST AND THE OLDEST MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD. 
          HERE IN SAN ANTONIO WE HAVE SEMEN COOK AND CHIEF POLANCO. 
          FOR OVER TWO CENTURIES, THE COAST GUARD HAS BEEN A SYMBOL OF SERVICE SACRIFICE AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO PROTECTING OUR SHORES AND THOSE WHO VENTURE UPON THEM. 
          TODAY'S COAST GUARD IS DEFINITELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT ALEXANDER HAMILTON ENVISIONED ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED IN 1790. 
          BY THEN SECRETARY OF TREASURY, THE THE SMALL FLEET OF 10 SHIPS WAS USED TO ENFORCE TARIFFS AND IMPORTANT PART OF INCOME FOR THE NEW NATION. 
          UNTIL THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE NAVY IN 1798, THESE REVENUE CUTTERS WERE THE ONLY NAVAL FORCES OF THE EARLY UNITED STATES. 
          AS SUCH, THE CUTTERS IN THEIR CREW FREQUENTLY TOOK IN ADDITIONAL DUTIES, INCLUDING COMBATING PIRACY, RESCUING MARINERS, AND DISTRESS, FAIRING, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND EVEN CARRYING MAIL. 
          TODAY THE COAST GUARD IS DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND THE US ENSURING FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION IN HIGHLY CONTESTED WATERS, HELPING PARTNER NATIONS DEVELOP SEARCH AND RESCUE CAPABILITIES. 
          SCIENTISTS TO EXPLORE ANTARCTICA, PROTECTING PROTEIN SOURCES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, ENABLING COMMERCE TO FLOW IN AND OUT OF OUR PORTS AND ENSURING THOSE PORTS ARE SAFE FOR ALL MARINERS. 
          BUT THE COAST GUARD IS NOT JUST AN ORGANIZATION, IT'S A FAMILY. 
          A FAMILY THAT EXTENDS ITS REACH FAR BEYOND THE UNIFORM AND ENCOMPASSES THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THAT OUR PROUDLY SERVE. 
          THAT WE PROUDLY SERVE IS A PARTNERSHIP BUILT ON TRUST, COOPERATION, AND SHARED VALUES IN TIMES OF CRISIS. 
          YOU HAVE ALWAYS STOOD BY OUR SIDE OFFERING SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND HELPING HAND TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. 
          YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND TRUST IN OUR ABILITIES ARE INVALUABLE. 
          IT'S THROUGH THIS COOPERATION COLLABORATION THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FULFILL OUR MISSION OF PROTECTING LIVES AND PROPERTY AT SEA. 
          ALTHOUGH WE MIGHT BE THE SMALLEST OF THE SERVICES IN THIS AWESOME CITY, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US. 
          THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SERVICE. 
          IN CLOSING, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE COAST GUARD, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT FOR THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO DUTY TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND TRUST. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE COAST GUARD AND MAY WE CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR NATION AND COMMUNITY WITH HONOR, RESPECT, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY. 
          NOW, MR. MAYOR, WOULD YOU JOIN ME FOR CAKE CUTTING? CAKE AND SAAB CAKE AND SARE WILL NOW BE BROUGHT FORWARD COAST GUARD MEMBERS. 
          UH, PLEASE NOTE THAT RESERVIST COMMANDER OF MICHAEL STARNES, CURRENTLY CAPTAIN WITH SS A P D, IS BROUGHT TO CAKE FORWARD. 
          IF YOU ARE IN UNIFORM OR A RESERVIST OR A VETERAN OF THE COAST GUARD TO INCLUDE OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY EMPLOYEES, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND FORM UP BEHIND MAYOR NUREMBERG AND COMMANDER FINN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND TRADITIONALLY, REGARDLESS OF LOCATION, MILITARY MEMBERS WERE PAUSED TO OBSERVE THEIR SERVICE BRANCH'S BIRTHDAY BY SHARING A CAKE. 
          A SAVER OR SWORD IS USED TO CUT THE CAKE. 
          AS A REMINDER THAT SERVICE MEMBERS ARE A BAND OF WARRIORS COMMITTED TO CARRYING THE SWORDS THAT OUR NATION MAY LIVE IN PEACE. 
          COMMANDER FINN AND MAYOR NURNBERG WILL NOW CUT THE CAKE. 
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PLEASE ENJOY THAT BEAUTIFUL CAKE. 
          TODAY'S COAST GUARD MEMBERS HAVE PERFORMED ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THE FACE OF MULTIPLE CHALLENGES, SUCH AS A P PANDEMIC, NATURAL DISASTERS, AND SUPPORTING CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
          THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AND ITS MEMBERS ARE DEDICATED TO LIVING THE COAST GUARD MOTTO, SIMPER PRUS, WHICH MEANS ALWAYS READY. 
          HAPPY 233RD BIRTHDAY, UNITED STATES COAST GUARD. 
          LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR COAST GUARD, THE OLDEST BRANCH IN THE SERVICES. 
          THANK YOU COMMANDER AND YOUR TEAM. 
          UH, AND WELCOME BACK ANYTIME. 
          ALRIGHT, AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN WITH THE POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          THANK. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          FOR TODAY'S POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          I INVITED TEAM SHINE TO JOIN US HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THEIR GRAND VICTORY THIS MORNING. 
          GIRLS, IF YOU CAN COME ON UP. 
          SAN ANTONIO SPIRIT OFFERS ALL STAR CHEER, DANCE, AND TUMBLING TO THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO AREA, FOCUSING ON SAFE AND UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENT TO ENSURE ATHLETES REACH THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL. 
          THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE CHEER GYM FAMILY IS TEAM SHINE. 
          TEAM SHINE IS A CHEER ABILITIES TEAM THAT IS MADE UP OF ATYPICAL ATHLETES RANGING UP TO 25 YEARS OLD. 
          THE TEAM SHINE COMPETED IN THE D TWO SUMMIT AT THE E S P N CENTER IN DISNEY WORLD. 
          THE D TWO SUMMIT IS ONE OF THE VARSITY SPIRIT'S MOST POPULAR ALL-STAR EVENTS OF THE YEAR FOR GYMS. IT BRINGS SMALL PROGRAMS TOGETHER TO COMPETE IN A SIGNATURE CHAMPIONSHIP. 
          UH, THE TEAM MUST WIN A BID AT ONE OF MANY EVENTS HELD ACROSS THE UNITED STATES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. 
          2023 IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT A CHEER ABILITIES DIVISION HAS BEEN OFFERED AT THIS PRESTIGIOUS EVENT, TEAM SHINE RECEIVED THEIR SUMMIT BID AT THEIR FIRST COMPETITION OF THE SEASON AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY RECEIVED A SECOND PLACE RANKING AT THE 2023 SUMMIT. 
          CAN WE GIVE 'EM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? YOUR FAMILY, YOUR COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY PROUD AND I'M GOING TO LET THEIR COACH COME AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND SAY A FEW WORDS JUST ABOUT THE GIRLS' EFFORTS. 
          GIRLS, IF YOU WANNA TURN AROUND AND FACE THE COUNCIL. 
          HI. 
          HI. 
          UM, MY NAME IS COACH SARAH. 
          I HAVE WORKED WITH THIS GROUP FOR, UM, 11 YEARS AND WE'VE BEEN AT SA SPIRIT NOW FOR TWO YEARS. 
          UM, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. 
          THE GIRLS HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD, UM, TO GO TO THE SUMMIT AND IT WAS A LOT OF PRACTICES, A LOT OF TIME, EFFORT. 
          UM, I ALSO THINK TO THE PARENTS WHO ACTUALLY BRING THEM EVERY TIME, SO I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL HERE. 
          UM, THEY WORK MANY HOURS JUST LIKE ANY TYPICAL ATHLETE AND THEY COMPETE AND ARE JUDGED JUST LIKE ANY TYPICAL ATHLETE. 
          SO, UM, THEY'RE NOT GIVEN ANY LESS OR ANY MORE THAN WHAT YOUR AVERAGE ATHLETE IS GIVEN. 
          UM, SECOND PLACE WAS REALLY GREAT TO US. 
          UM, WE ONLY GOT CONSECUTIVE PLACE BY 0.03, UM, SO , BUT I'M SUPER HAPPY FOR THEM AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO HOPEFULLY ATTEND AGAIN THIS YEAR. 
          UM, AND JUST KEEP IMPROVING AND GIVING THESE GIRLS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THAT THEY CAN DO ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE ELSE CAN. 
          SO, AND I JUST WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE PARENTS BECAUSE YOU DO WORK VERY HARD AND I KNOW BECAUSE, UH, REGINA MARTINEZ, WHO WORKS FOR ME IN DISTRICT THREE IS ONE OF THE PARENTS AND THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR GABBY, WHO IS ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS. 
          BUT GIRLS, DO YOU WANT TO, UH, GIVE 
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US A LITTLE CHEER OR SHOUT BEFORE Y'ALL LEAVE THE DAAS? YEAH, JUST DO LIKE A WOO-HOO OR SOMETHING. 
          CAMBRIA CAN SING VERY WELL. 
           NO A ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONTINUE YOUR HARD WORK AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU DO IT. 
          YOU CAN DO IT, BUDDY. 
          THERE YOU GO, LEXI. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS. 
          GREAT JOB. 
          I HAVE, SO I, I HAVE ONE MORE JUST ANNOUNCEMENT OR REMINDER FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY IS I WANT YOU TO GATHER YOUR FRIEND, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS TO ACTIVATE THE OUTDOORS IN DISTRICT THREE THIS WEEK. 
          SA SPORTS WILL BE HAVING THEIR FIT FAMILY CHALLENGE FINALE AT BROOKS. 
          WHETHER YOU RUN JOG, WALK OR ZUMBA, THEY WILL BE DOING ZUMBA THE ENTIRE TIME. 
          I BELIEVE, UM, YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS FREE FIVE K. 
          THERE IS STILL TIME TO REGISTER. 
          I KNOW IT'S HOT OUT THERE, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE THERE VERY EARLY AND HAVE PLENTY OF WATER. 
          SO PLEASE JOIN US THIS, UM, THIS WEEKEND FOR THE FIT FA CHALLENGE FAMILY AT BROOKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          ALRIGHT, LET'S GO INTO OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY. 
          WE DO HAVE ITEMS 8 32 AND 33 THAT WILL BE HEARD NOW. 
          SO, UH, AS FOLKS FILTER OUT IF YOU COULD, UH, KEEP THE VOLUME MINIMAL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND KEEP ON GOING WITH OUR BUSINESS. 
          SO WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 
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EIGHT. 
          ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A TASK ORDER TO A JOB ORDER CONTRACT WITH AMSTAR INC IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,467,639 FOR PHASE ONE OF THE BRACKEN RIDGE PARK PROJECT TWO, AMENDING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH S W A GROUP FOR AN INCREASED AMOUNT OF $696,659 FOR A REVISED VALUE OF $2,200,314 FOR AN ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES REQUIRED FOR PHASES ONE AND TWO OF THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK PROJECT. 
          THREE, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2028 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH A REAPPROPRIATION OF $526,751 FROM THE TREE PRESERVATION FUND AND FOR ACCEPTING A CONTRIBUTION OF $90,000 FROM THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY TO THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK PROJECT, A 2017 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM, UH, FUNDED PROJECT. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          GO AHEAD, SHANNON. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M SHANNON MILLER. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH OZZIE FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND HOMER FROM PARKS, UM, ON THIS, UH, PROJECT PHASE ONE AND TWO OF THE 2017 BOND PROJECT IN BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          AND, UM, SO THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY ON THE AGENDA IS, UM, REALLY, OF COURSE THE, THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER ITEMS. WHY ISN'T THIS MOVING? OKAY, THERE IT GOES. 
          UM, SO, UH, AS BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, UM, THE VOTERS APPROVED THE, UH, THE BOND PROGRAM FOR 2017 BOND, WHICH IS 7.75 MILLION TOWARD THIS PROJECT, AND THEN ANOTHER 2.5 MILLION IN THE 2022 BOND. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THE BOND FUNDING, THERE WILL BE FUNDS USED FROM THE TREE CANOPY PRESERVATION AND MITIGATION FUND, AND ALSO DONATIONS FROM THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY AND, UM, FROM OTHER PRIVATE DONATIONS AS WELL. 
          UM, THE PROJECT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED INTO MULTIPLE PHASES, AND THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY IS SPECIFICALLY FOR PHASE ONE, WHICH IS THE LAMBERT BEACH AREA. 
          AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP WHERE LAMBERT BEACH IS IN THE CONTEXT OF BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          IT'S OBVIOUSLY A, A SMALL SECTION OF A MUCH LARGER OVER 300 ACRE, UH, BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          UM, I HAVE A FEW SLIDES THAT SHOW SOME OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THE REASON WHY THIS PROJECT IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS WHEN THE ASSESSMENT WAS DONE, WHEN THE, THAT SECTION OF THE RIVER WAS DRAINED AND, UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE WALL THAT ARE, HAVE FAILED OR ARE FAILING. 
          UM, SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY HAD FALLEN INTO THE RIVER PREVIOUSLY, AND THOSE MATERIALS HAVE BEEN GATHERED AND STORED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT SO THAT THEY CAN BE REUSED IN THE RECONSTRUCTION. 
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UM, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY A, A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE THE WALLS ARE ACTIVELY FAILING IN THAT AREA. 
          UM, YOU ALSO CAN SEE HERE, UH, A FEW TREES, SOME EXAMPLES OF THE VOLUNTEER TREES, MEANING THEY WERE NOT PLANTED ON PURPOSE. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY, UH, THE BASE OF THE WALL THAT IS, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO BE A WALKWAY. 
          IT NOW HAS TREES THAT, THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, DROPPED THERE BY ACCIDENT, PROBABLY BY, YOU KNOW, BY BIRDS OR NATURE. 
          AND, BUT THEY'VE OBVIOUS THEY'VE CREATED SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL ISSUES FOR THE WALLS. 
          UM, THE GRAND STAIRCASE AT LAMBERT BEACH IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE PROJECT. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THE CONDITION OF THE STAIRCASE, UH, THAT WILL BE LARGELY RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION, UM, AS APPROVED BY THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE PUMP HOUSE WILL BE STRUCTURALLY STABILIZED AS PART OF PHASE ONE, AND THEN THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, TO THE PUMP HOUSE THAT ARE PART OF PHASE TWO, BUT THAT IS NOT PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TODAY. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, PHASE ONE IS REPAIRING THE HISTORIC RETAINING WALLS, WHICH ARE VERY CRITICAL. 
          THE STRUCTURAL STABILIZATION OF THE PUMP HOUSE FOUNDATION, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE GRAND STAIRCASE, AND THEN, UM, TREE RELOCATION AND TREE PRESERVATION IN ADDITION TO SOME TREE REMOVAL AND LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION. 
          AND THEN, UM, THE DESIGN AMENDMENT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY, IT RELATES TO THE WHOLE PROJECT, THE WHOLE BOND PROJECT, WHICH IS PHASES ONE AND TWO, UM, CONSTRUCTION DOC DOCUMENTS, BID DOCUMENTS, AND THEN IMPORTANTLY FOR PHASE ONE, IT'S CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE DESIGN TEAM BE INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DESIGNS ARE BEING FOLLOWED. 
          UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF TIMELINE IN TERMS OF APPROVALS, UH, THIS DID REQUIRE APPROVAL BY THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION BECAUSE OF THE NATURE, THE HISTORIC NATURE OF BRACKENRIDGE PARK IN THIS PARTICULAR SECTION. 
          UM, THE T H C APPROVED THE PERMIT FOR, UH, THIS PROJECT IN APRIL OF 2023. 
          IT THEN WENT TO THE HISTORIC AND DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION, UM, ON APRIL 19TH, AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, UH, THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS WAS ISSUED, AND THEN THERE WAS AN APPEAL FILED THAT WAS HEARD BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IN JULY, IN JULY OF THIS SUMMER. 
          AND THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT UPHELD THE DECISION TO ISSUE THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          UM, ONCE WE HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT APPROVED AND THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE ITEM ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA TODAY, UH, WE STILL ARE AWAITING APPROVAL FROM THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR THE, THROUGH THE SECTION 1 0 6 PROCESS. 
          AND SO THE WORK WOULDN'T ACTUALLY BEGIN UNTIL WE HAVE ALL PERMITS AND APPROVALS IN PLACE. 
          BUT THIS OF COURSE ENABLES US TO BE READY TO BEGIN WORK ONCE THAT OCCURS. 
          AND, UM, IT, ONCE WE HAVE THOSE APPROVALS, THEN UH, CONSTRUCTION WOULD BEGIN IN, UH, EARLY FALL. 
          AND, UM, ANTICIPATED COMPLETION IS SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. 
          SO, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY, WHICH AGAIN IS A TASK ORDER TO THE JOB ORDER CONTRACT WITH AMSTAR INC. 
          UM, AN AMENDMENT TO THE DESIGN SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH S W GROUP APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FROM THE TREE PRESERVATION FUND TO THE PROJECT, AND THEN ACCEPTANCE OF A CONTRIBUTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $90,000 FROM THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY. 
          AND I AM HAPPY OF COURSE, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS ARE RAZZY AND HOMER IF, IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SHANNON, BEFORE WE GET INTO, UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION, WE DO HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, SO I'LL CALL THEM IN ORDER OF SIGNUP. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, GARY PEREZ, GARY PEREZ, MR. PEREZ. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MR. PEREZ, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY STEVEN LANE. 
          I'M JUST CALLING THE NEXT FOLK. 
          UH, I'LL CALL THE NEXT NAME ON THE LIST. 
          IF THE NEXT PERSON COULD BE PREPARED TO COME FORWARD, WE CAN MOVE THROUGH, UH, EXPEDITIOUSLY. 
          SO YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MR. STEVEN LANE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          MY NAME IS GARY BETAS, AND, UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF ME, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME OF MY WORK OVER AT . 
          I WORKED WITH THE STUDENTS THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS ABOUT THE CREATION STORY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THEY, UH, DID A, A FEW, A COUPLE OF PLAYS BASED ON THAT RESEARCH. 
          I WAS A FORMER CARETAKER OF THE PEYOTE GARDENS DOWN IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHERE WE SERVED PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, MEXICO, ON THEIR PILGRIMAGES TO MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOME. 
          I'VE PUBLISHED, UM, MY SCIENCE TEAM AND I HAVE, UH, PUBLISHED A PAPER IN THE BULLETIN FOR TEXAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY SHOWING THE BLUE HOLE ON A 2000 YEAR OLD PIECE OF ROCK ART. 
          I'M A FORMER 
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BOARD MEMBER OF THE CONGREGATION OF SISTERS OF CHARITY, UH, THE INCARNATE WORD, ONE OF THEIR MINISTRIES, THE HEADWATERS COALITION. 
          AND I HELPED THE WOODY MUSEUM, UM, CONS CONCEIVE THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE LOWER PECOS ROCK ART AND, UH, ARTIFACTS THAT THEY HAVE THERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. 
          UM, I, I'M, I, WHEN I WAS CARETAKER OF THE GARDENS, I HAD VERY DEEP ACCESS TO CULTURE AND CULTURES THAT PA HAVE BEEN PASSING THROUGH HERE VIA THE CAMINO AL OR, UH, HIGHWAY 87 ALL THE WAY UP TO CANADA. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT IT GOES ALL UP TO CANADA, BUT ONE OF THOSE HIGHWAYS DOES. 
          AND I GOT TO KNOW THE CULTURE AND I GOT TO KNOW MY CITY, THE CITY AND ITS ECOLOGY, UH, AT THE BLUE HOLE, AND THEN CONTINUING ON TO BRECKENRIDGE PARK. 
          AND THE FLORA AND THE FONDA THERE, THE ECOLOGY THERE STILL SURVIVES AS A TENANT IN OUR CEREMONIES THAT WE PRAY, THAT WE PRAY ALONG WITH, UH, IN THE NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH FROM HERE ALL THE WAY UP TO CANADA. 
          A LOT OF FOLKS COME THROUGH THIS REGION AND YOU DON'T SEE THEM AND THEY DON'T ANNOUNCE THEMSELVES. 
          THEY COME THROUGH HERE WANTING TO TOUCH THIS WATER AND TOUCH THESE SPRINGS, EXPERIENCE THAT TICK THAT PARTICULAR TENANT IN OUR CEREMONIES LIVE IN FRONT OF YOU LIKE IT'S A THEATER. 
          IF THIS BOND PROJECT CONTINUES ON IN THE COURSE THAT IT'S HEADED BY REMOVING THE BIRDS FROM THE TREES AT LAMBERT BEACH AND THEN FOR FURTHER REMOVING THE TREES FROM THE OVER THE RIVER IS GOING TO BEGIN TO RIP THIS CULTURE APART AT THE SEAMS. WE NEED TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO REPRESENTS ITS NATURAL RESOURCES, ITS CULTURAL RESOURCES BECAUSE THEY, THOSE, THOSE THINGS ARE VENERATED IN OTHER PLACES IN THE US AND CANADA. 
          AND I'M SURPRISED, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THAT YOU ALL DON'T KNOW THAT I DID PRESENTATIONS FOR 300, LIKE I SAID, BOARD MEMBER AT THE, AT THE HEADWATERS. 
          BY THE WAY, THE CONGREGATION OF SISTERS DID CHANGE MY DIAPERS WHEN I WAS, UH, AN ORPHAN AT, UH, AT ST. 
          PJ'S AND I OWED IT TO THEM TO SERVE THEM IN THAT, IN THAT CAPACITY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ. 
          STEVEN LANE, MR. LANE, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JOE CALVERT. 
          YES. 
          UH, MY NAME IS STEVEN LANE. 
          I'M A SUSTAINABILITY PROFESSIONAL AND I HAVE ACCREDITATION OF I SS S P LEAD BIOMIMICRY AND THE THINGS THAT, AND I USED TO LIVE WITHIN A HUNDRED YARDS OF BRECKENRIDGE PARK, MY NOW 20 YEAR OLD SON. 
          AND I USED TO GO THERE AND WE USED TO TAKE PEOPLE THERE WHEN THEY CAME FROM OUTTA TOWN TO SEE THE ROOKERY THERE IN SAN ANTONIO AT THE, IN THE PARK. 
          UH, AND IT'S IRONIC, I WONDER IF GEORGE BRECKENRIDGE IS ROLLING OVER IN HIS GRAVE WITH THIS, BECAUSE PARKS ARE SUPPOSED TO BRING US TO BE A PART OF NATURE RATHER THAN A PART FROM NATURE. 
          AND I'VE SEEN THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE, THAT THE CONVERSATION SHOULD BE ABOUT HOW DO WE SAVE THE TREES RATHER THAN IF WE SHOULD SAVE THE TREES. 
          AND I HOPE THAT IN THE PLANS THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT PERMEABLE GROUND COVER. 
          HOW, HOW WITH THE ROOKERY DID ANYBODY CONSIDER ABOUT HOW BIRDERS HAVE AN AVERAGE INCOME OF $80,000 A YEAR? WHAT, HOW MANY OTHER CITIES CAN BRAG ABOUT HAVING A ROOKERY IN A CITY PARK? IT'S IRONIC ALSO THAT WE BUILD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BUILD A BRIDGE ACROSS HARBERGER PARK FOR NATURE, BUT WE'RE TAKING OUT A ROOKERY THERE. 
          AT BRACKENRIDGE, THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS. 
          CITY IS A FOREST. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH BIOMIMICRY. 
          AND CITI IS A FOREST AS A, AS A MODEL. 
          I HOPE SOMEONE DOES BE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED AS A CITY. 
          MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK TO, TO SINGAPORE AS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW THEY'RE BRINGING NATURE INTO THEIR CITIES RATHER THAN, THAN REMOVING IT. 
          AND, UH, THERE, AS FAR AS THAT RRY GOES, THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF THINGS WITH BIOMIMICRY THAT COULD HAVE RESOLVED THAT ISSUE, UH, WITH MUSSEL THAT WOULD CLEAN THE WATER UNDERNEATH THERE. 
          YOU COULD EVEN DO, I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU CALL, UH, YOU COULD USE THE, THE FECES FROM THE, FROM THE BIRDS TO GO AHEAD AND PACKAGE IT TO SELL TO PEOPLE AS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE PARK, UH, FOR 
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FERTILIZER. 
          I MEAN, THERE, THERE'RE JUST ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE LIKE THIS, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ANYONE'S PAYING ATTENTION TO IT. 
          THEY JUST WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE A SUBURBAN YARD WHEN MANY PEOPLE ARE CHANGING FROM HAVING A YARD TO ACTUALLY HAVING A, A GARDEN IN THEIR YARD. 
          IS THERE ANY TYPE OF FOOD FOREST THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, INCLUDED IN, IN THIS REDESIGN AND WHATNOT? SO THERE ARE JUST SO MANY THINGS LIKE THAT THAT I HOPE THAT THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE BEING HAD WHEN IT COMES TO REDEVELOPING THE PARK. 
          'CAUSE WITH MY WORK, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEING REQUESTED ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 
          THANK YOU MR. LAINE. 
          AND IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE ALIVE WITH ALL THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH THESE THINGS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. LAINE. 
          THANK YOU JOE CALVERT. 
          MR. CALVERT, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY TERRY B BRICKELL. 
          MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS JOE CALVERT. 
          I AM A CURRENT BOARD MEMBER AND PAST BOARD CHAIR OF THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY. 
          I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME TO OUR CURRENT BOARD CHAIR, NICK HOLLIS. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND THE CITY, THE CITY MANAGER, AND ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE WORKED VERY, VERY HARD, UH, TO TRY AND MOVE THIS PROJECT ALONG. 
          THE POSITION THAT WE HAVE IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PUBLIC COMMENT THAT HAS GONE ON. 
          UH, THE CITY HAS TURNED ITSELF INSIDE OUT TO LISTEN TO EVERYBODY. 
          THERE'S BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF, THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE MEETINGS, BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 2017 BOND PROJECT THAT'S 17, THAT'S SIX YEARS AGO. 
          INFLATION IS KILLING US. 
          UM, THERE ARE 102 OTHER PROJECTS TO FOLLOW THIS PROJECT. 
          EVERYTHING AT THE MOMENT IS GUMMED UP. 
          OUR ORGANIZATION HAS RAISED OVER $5 MILLION FOR PHASE TWO OF THIS PROJECT. 
          AND PHASE ONE HAS STOPPING A LOG IS A LOG JAM THAT IS HOLDING THIS ALL UP FOR EVERYBODY. 
          I HAVE SAT THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THESE MEETINGS, I'VE MET WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED HERE ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS. 
          AND THE CITY HAS COME TO A COMPROMISE. 
          NOT EVERYBODY, YOU, YOU SIT HERE INTO THIS DELIBERATIVE BODY EVERY DAY AND NOBODY GETS EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANT. 
          EVERYBODY MEETS IN THE MIDDLE SOMEWHERE. 
          THAT'S THE NATURE OF A DELIBERATIVE BODY. 
          AND THAT'S THE NATURE OF THE COMPROMISE THAT HAS BEEN REACHED HERE BY YOUR CITY TO THE RESIDENTS, UH, WITH US INVOLVED. 
          AND LOTS AND LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE AND A LOT OF VOICES HAVE BEEN HEARD. 
          IT IS TIME FOR US TO MOVE ON. 
          NOBODY WANTS TO CUT THESE BEAUTIFUL HERITAGE TREES DOWN, BUT THEY ARE BASICALLY ENDING UP IN THE RIVER. 
          THERE IS NO ACCESS TO THIS PART OF THE RIVER FOR THE PEOPLE THAT USE THIS PARK. 
          1.5 MILLION PEOPLE USE BRACKENRIDGE PARK FROM MULBERRY NORTH TO HILDEBRAND. 
          IT IS OVERTAXED. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE INVESTMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE ON. 
          THERE WILL BE MORE COMPROMISES IN THE FUTURE. 
          400 NEW TREES ARE GOING IN TO REPLACE THE TREES THAT ARE BEING TORN DOWN RIGHT NOW. 
          WE HAVE GOT TO COME, WE'VE GOT TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE. 
          WE'VE GOT TO MOVE THIS THING FORWARD. 
          AND ALL OF THE VOICES HAVE BEEN LISTENED TO. 
          AND I ASK THIS DELIBERATE BODY TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO MOVE THIS PARK FORWARD AND TO BASICALLY GET ON WITH THE JOB OF THE OTHER 102 PROJECTS IN THE 30 TO 40 YEARS THAT WE'RE GONNA TURN THIS PARK INTO A WORLD-CLASS PARK. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. HOLLIS. 
          TERRY BREAL, MS. BREAL, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY GREG HARMON. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, MY NAME'S TERRY BREL AND I'M THE INTERIM C E O OF THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY AND I'M THE CO-CHAIR OF THE PARK BRACKENRIDGE PARK STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM EIGHT AND URGE YOU TO VOTE YES. 
          SO THE WORK OF RESTORING LAMBERT BEACH AREA ALONG THE RIVER CAN FINALLY BEGIN. 
          UM, JOINED BY MY BOARD MEMBERS. 
          I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT THIS 124 YEAR OLD PARK, IT'S VERY, VERY LOVED. 
          HOWEVER, THE HEAVY USAGE HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL ON THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE OF THE PARK AND ITS LANDSCAPE. 
          IF YOU WOULD JUST THINK BACK WITH ME, WHEN PARK SUPERINTENDENT RAY LAMBERT BEGAN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARK IN 1920, THE POPULATION OF BEXAR COUNTY WAS 160,000. 
          TODAY, THE ANNUAL VISITORS ALONE TO THE PARK TOTAL ABOUT A 1.5 MILLION. 
          THOSE VISITORS, BOTH NEW AND OLD, COME TO THE PARK FROM EVERY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THEY DESERVE TO CONTINUE THE TRADITIONS OF CELEBRATING THE PARK AND ENJOYING THE AMENITIES JUST AS OUR FAMILIES HAVE DONE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          THIS IS THE MISSION OF THE CONSERVANCY TO BE A STEWARD OF BRACKENRIDGE PARKS, NATURAL, HISTORIC, EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL RESOURCES, AND AN ADVOCATE FOR THE PRESERVATION ENHANCEMENT FOR 
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THE BENEFIT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          AND IT'S WHY THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY, RECOGNIZING THE STATE OF DISREPAIR COMMISSIONED A CULTURAL LANDSCAPE REPORT IN 2019 TO COMPLEMENT THE CITY'S BRACKENRIDGE PARK MASTER PLAN AND FURTHER DOCUMENT, EXPLORE AND UNDERSTAND THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BRACKEN RIDGE PARK. 
          NOT ONLY LOCALLY, BUT AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL. 
          THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE REPORT DETERMINED THAT THE PARK IS ONE OF THE PREMIER URBAN PARKS IN THE COUNTRY. 
          THE C L R SUGGESTED THAT A BALANCED MIX OF TREATMENT THAT INCLUDES BOTH REHABILITATION PRESERVATION, ECHO RESTORATION, AND RECONSTRUCTION BE DONE IN THE PARK. 
          AND I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT THIS PROJECT HAS ACHIEVED. 
          IT'S MORE THAN ABOUT TREES VERSUS THE WALLS. 
          IT'S ABOUT FINDING THE BEST MIX OF TREATMENT SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. 
          UH, THAT IS WHAT CITY STAFF HAS DONE AFTER NEARLY A YEAR AND A HALF OF PUBLIC INPUT RESULTING IN MODIFIED DESIGN PLANS AND CHANGES TO THE TREE REMOVAL AND RELOCATION PLAN. 
          AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE STAFF PRESENTATION TODAY, UM, THIS HAS BEEN VETTED, IT'S BEEN THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED. 
          WE HAVE REVISITED THIS ITEM, UH, WE'VE DISCUSSED IT AND YES, PROBABLY CUSSED ABOUT IT GOING BACK AND FORTH. 
          UM, TO THAT END, I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THE CITY STAFFS LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE B B C HAS LISTENED. 
          ALTERNATIVES HAVE BEEN EXPLORED AT THE REQUEST OF THE RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WE MET WITH THE ENGINEERS EARLY ON IN THIS PROCESS TO LEARN ABOUT AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN CONCEPT THAT YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR ABOUT. 
          WE'VE LISTENED TO BOTH RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORS AND THE CITY WE'VE ASKED FOR AND LEARNED THE FACTS. 
          WE'VE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH AN INFORMED OPINION BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THE EXPERTS THAT HAVE WEIGHED IN ON THE DESIGN. 
          I INVITE YOU ALL TO COME OUT TO THE PARK AND SEE THE DETERIORATED. 
          THANK YOU, MS. BTO. 
          THANK YOU, GREG HARMON. 
          MR. HARMON, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY IDA ALO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, YES. 
          MY NAME IS GREG HARMON. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE AND VERY PLEASED WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVE OF TERRY CASTILLO. 
          I WANNA THANK, UH, WELL WELCOME THE NEW MEMBERS WHO I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS BEFORE, AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING, UH, FOR THE WORKERS OF OUR CITY, UH, WHO ARE EXPOSED TO THESE EXTREME TEMPERATURES. 
          UH, AND I HOPE YOU'LL EXTEND AND EXPAND ALL PROGRAMS TO THOSE LIVING IN SUBSTANDARD HOUSING IN A TIME OF ESCALATED. 
          ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, GREG. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT WAS MY INTRODUCTION. 
          ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, MR. MAYOR. 
          UH, I WANT TO, UH, POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, AND FOR IF ANYTHING I SAY UP HERE IS, IS UNFAMILIAR TO YOU, UH, YOU OWE IT TO THIS PROJECT TO PAUSE AND PULL IT FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          UH, AN AN ARGUMENT THAT THEIR BEHIND SCHEDULE IS NOT AN ARGUMENT. 
          UH, UH, THAT'S CONVINCING TO ME FOR TWO REASONS, AND I'M GONNA SAY THE BIRDS AND THE TREES. 
          NUMBER ONE, THE BIRDS, THE CITY STAFF AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS HAD REPEATEDLY IN PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT THIS PROJECT WAS NOT ABOUT THE BIRDS. 
          THE ORIGINAL PROJECT LANGUAGE LISTED THE BIRDS, THE STAFF ARGUED THAT ABOUT THE BIRDS IN THE VERY FIRST HEARINGS. 
          AND THREE, WE HAVE EMAILS INCLUDING THE HEAD OF PARKS DEPARTMENT SAYING, WE NEED U S D A TO DRIVE THE BIRDS OUT FOR THIS BOND PROJECT. 
          THEY HAVE CONTINUOUSLY MISREPRESENTED AND LIED ABOUT THAT AS WELL AS THE TREES. 
          OKAY, SO ITEM TWO IS THEY'VE ARE SAID IN PUBLIC SESSIONS THAT THEY, THAT THE, THAT STATE REGULATORS INSISTED THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE THESE TREES OUT BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BUILD THE WALL EXACTLY AS IT IS. 
          I DID AN OPEN RECORDS WITH THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AND WHAT I SAW WERE DOZENS OF EMAILS FROM STAFF TO THEIR MANAGER SAYING, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO STAFF ARE GOING OUT IN PUBLIC. 
          THEY'RE SAYING THAT WE TOLD THEM THEY HAD TO DO THIS. 
          WE ABSOLUTELY SAID NONE OF THESE THINGS. 
          WHAT SHOULD WE DO? AND, AND WORSE THAN THAT, FOR ME AS A RESIDENT OF THE CITY SINCE 2007, THEY SAID THAT THIS HAS BECOME HABITUAL FOR CITY STAFF IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THEY SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THE JAPANESE TEA GARDEN PROJECT. 
          SO THEY'RE SAYING THAT, THAT, THAT IT'S COMMON IN CITY FOR THE CITY STAFF TO GO OUT TO MEETINGS, DESCRIBE A PROJECT IN THE TERMS THAT THEY FIND FAVORABLE TO THEIR ENDS, AND THEN GO TO THE STATE FOR APPROVAL. 
          SO I, THE THIRD ELEMENT OF THIS, I MEAN, IT'S A BIG PROJECT, BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO CORE FIRST STEPS THAT DROVE THE BIRDS OUT ON A, YOU KNOW, UH, MISREPRESENTING THEMSELVES TO THE PUBLIC. 
          NOW THEY'RE COMING FOR THE TREES. 
          THEY'RE SAYING, YOU, THIS IS YOUR FIRST CHANCE, I BELIEVE, TO HEAR THIS AND TO MAKE ANY DELIBERATION ON THIS PROJECT. 
          AND I WOULD SAY, DON'T RUSH YOURSELVES. 
          DON'T FOLLOW IN LINE WITH THE CONSERVANCY WHEN THEY SAY, OH, WE MADE A GREAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SACRIFICE OR COME TO THIS MIDDLE GROUND. 
          THE PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN MOVED. 
          THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY UNDERSTAND THESE PROJECTS. 
          THEY PUT FORWARD OTHER ENGINEERING DESIGNS THAT HAVE NOT GOTTEN A FAIR HEARING. 
          AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO TAKE TIME TO LOOK AT THOSE BECAUSE IF YOU ASK ME WHO I TRUST RIGHT NOW, 
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IT'S NOT THE CITY. 
          IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS PARK AND THESE TREES AND THESE BIRDS. 
          THANK YOU MR. HAR. 
          THANK YOU MR. HARMON. 
          IDA AYALA. 
          MS. AYALA, YOU BE FOLLOWED BY BLANKA SULLIVAN. 
          I AM A SAN ANTONIO, BORN AND RAISED. 
          I GREW UP GOING TO FIELD TRIPS IN BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          MY MOTHER GREW UP 82 YEARS OLD GOING TO BRACKRIDGE PARK. 
          I'M AGAINST APPROVING THE ORDINANCE CONTRACT WITH AMSTAR, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO SS W A AND ALLOCATING TREE FUNDS. 
          I UNDERSTAND THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVING THE ORDINANCE AND THEY'RE APPROVING IT TO AVOID ANY FURTHER DELAY. 
          DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO APPROVE SOMETHING JUST TO AVOID TAKING THE TIME TO DO IT RIGHT? WE WANT THE WALLS REPAIRED AND WE WANT THE TREES SAVED IN PLACE AND IT CAN BE DONE ONCE WE SHAVE THE TREES ALONG THE RIVER AND RACEWAY. 
          WE CAN NEVER GET THEM BACK. 
          OUR CLIMATE WILL NOT ALLOW US TO GROW TREES AS TALL AS THE ONES THAT ARE THERE NOW. 
          AND THE REPLACEMENT TREES WILL NOT BE REPLANTED ALONG THE RIVER BANKS. 
          AS WE WERE TOLD IN SEVEN PUBLIC MEETINGS, THERE HAVE BEEN NO COMPROMISES. 
          AS NICK STATED, IT HAS ONLY BEEN ONE WAY. 
          IS THE PROJECT READY TO MOVE AHEAD IN THE SUMMER OF 2023? NO. 
          ACCORDING TO THE CERTIFICATE OF, OF APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATENESS STIPULATIONS, NO WORK SHALL BEGIN UNTIL THE SECTION 1 0 6 PROCESS IS COMPLETE. 
          IT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED. 
          T H C ALSO HAD STIPULATIONS ATTACHED TO ITS APPROVAL. 
          WHY ARE WE GIVING S W A MORE MONEY WHEN THEY REJECTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE ALTERNATIVE METHODS THAT WOULD SAVE BOTH MONEY AND TREES WHEN THEY CONTINUE TO PUSH A DESIGN THAT THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO OPPOSED FOR SEVEN PUBLIC MEETINGS AND 1500 PETITION SIGNATURES THAT I HAVE CAN FUNDS BE APPROPRIATED FROM THE TREE MITIGATION AND TREE, UM, CANOPY PRESERVATION FUNDS? NO. 
          U D C SECTION 35 DASH 5 23 0 3 AND Q THREE BOTH STATE THAT THE FUND SHALL BE UTILIZED FOR THE PLANTING OF TREES TO INCLUDE THEIR MAINTENANCE ONLY. 
          EVEN IF THERE'S MONEY LEFT AT THE END OF A FISCAL YEAR, IT CANNOT BE PUT INTO THE GENERAL BUDGET. 
          IT MUST BE ROLLED INTO THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO FOIA DOCUMENTS, UM, THAT I HANDED THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, INITIALLY THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK PROJECT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FUNDED WITH THE 2017 BOND, $7.7 MILLION. 
          BUT BY JUNE OF 2021, THERE WAS A $5 MILLION SHORTFALL, WHICH PROMPTED BREAKING UP THE PROJECT INTO PHASE ONE AND TWO AND ADDING A 2022 BOND PROPOSITION FOR PHASE TWO, $2.5 MILLION BY NOVEMBER OF 2021. 
          THE 2022 BOND WAS SHORT. 
          IN THAT TIME PERIOD WAS THE PROMISE OF 22.2 MILLION FROM THE CONSERVANCY, WHICH HADN'T BEEN MATERIALIZED. 
          NOW WE ARE HERE IN 2023, BEING ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 
          WHEN WILL THE ASK END AND WHERE ARE ALL THOSE MILLIONS GOING? AMSTAR IS NOT QUALIFIED TO DO THE WORK IN THEIR INDUSTRY CODES. 
          NOTHING SAYS THEY ARE PREPARED FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. YALA. 
          NIKTA SULLIVAN, OUR FOLKS, I'M JUST GONNA CALL NAMES ONCE, SO, UH, IF PEOPLE DON'T HEAR THEIR NAMES BECAUSE OF APPLAUSE, WE'RE MOVING ON. 
          SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE KEEP THE REACTION DOWN TO A MINIMUM, WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THIS. 
          UH, NIKTA SULLIVAN, FOLLOWED BY LOUIS FISHER. 
          HELLO, GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, MY NAME IS BLANC KETA SULLIVAN. 
          UH, I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF THE RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND I ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM TODAY. 
          UM, MY FAMILY AND I HAVE LIVED ALONGSIDE BRACKENRIDGE PARK FOR OVER 60 YEARS, AND I CAN ATTEST TO THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, THESE SHADE TREES TO THE MANY THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS OF, UH, SAN ANTONIANS AND VISITORS WHO CHERISH THE PARK LANDSCAPE. 
          UM, THE HISTORY OF THE TREES AND THE WALLS ALONG LAMBERT BEACH IN BRACKENRIDGE IS UNIQUE AND GREAT EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY TO PROTECT THESE TREES. 
          THE CONTINUED PRESERVATION OF THIS TREASURED CULTURAL LANDSCAPE IS NOW UP TO US. 
          UM, AS MS. BREAL SAID, THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT, UM, HAVE BEEN LONG AND, UM, AT, AT TIMES THEY HAVE BEEN TEDIOUS. 
          BUT THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GET IT RIGHT AND, UH, WE DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE TIME THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN TO LISTEN, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE IS IMPROVEMENT THAT CAN BE MADE. 
          AND, AND THIS IS JUST TOO IMPORTANT. 
          IT HA I MEAN, AS LONG AS IT NEEDS TO TAKE, WE JUST HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT. 
          THE WALLS ARE IMPORTANT, 
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THE MANMADE STRUCTURES ARE IMPORTANT, AND THE TREES ARE IMPORTANT. 
          UM, FROM THE PARK'S EARLIEST DAYS, THE PARK'S COMMISSIONERS HAVE TAKEN GREAT PAINS TO PROTECT THE TREES. 
          THE FIRST COMMISSIONER WAS LUDWIG MANKY, AND HE PROUDLY NOTED THAT NOT A SINGLE QUOTE MONARCH OF THE FOREST HAD BEEN CUT DOWN ALONG THE RIVER IN THE PARK. 
          UM, THIS ARTICLE THAT SUSAN IS, IS GONNA HOLD UP IS, UM, FROM NOVEMBER OF 1940. 
          IT'S FROM THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND IT SAYS, UH, RIVERS SPARE THOSE TREES, ROCK WALL BUILT TO PROTECT TREES. 
          AND, UM, IT GOES ON TO DESCRIBE UM, HOW THE, UH, WALLS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY WERE BUILT TO PROTECT THE TREES THAT, THAT STAND THERE NOW, UM, AS OUR, OUR SECRETARY OF INTERIOR GUIDELINES STATE THAT NATURAL SYSTEMS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND MUST BE CONSIDERED WHEN SELECTING AN APPROPRIATE TREATMENT. 
          CAREFUL PLANNING PRIOR TO TREATMENT CAN HELP PREVENT IRRE IR IRREVOCABLE DAMAGE TO THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE BEFORE UNDERTAKING PROJECT WORK. 
          CULTURAL LANDSCAPE IS ESSENTIAL. 
          THIS IS OUR MOST BELOVED AND MOST SACRED PARK. 
          WE ASK YOU TODAY TO PLEASE INSIST ON A BETTER PLAN. 
          THE BEST PLAN. 
          WE NEED A, THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO INCORPORATE A DESIGN THAT PRESERVES THE HISTORIC WALLS WITHOUT IRREVOCABLY DAMAGING OUR, OUR CULTURAL LANDSCAPE. 
          AND, UH, I THINK, UM, IF YOU CAN JUST TAKE A, A LOOK AT THESE IMAGES. 
          WE HAVE AN IMAGE OF WHAT THE PARK LOOKED LIKE IN THE TWENTIES, UM, AND THIS IMAGE SHOWS WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED NOW. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. SULLIVAN LEWIS FISHER. 
          MR. FISHER, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY SIDNEY MARTIN BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          BRACKENRIDGE PARK IS SAN ANTONIO'S PREMIER PARK. 
          SINCE LONG BEFORE THE CITY CREATED THE PARK IN 1899, EVOLUTION OF ITS LAND HAS MIRRORED THE EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY ITSELF. 
          FOR THAT REASON, IT IS RECOGNIZED AS AMONG THE NATION'S LEADING URBAN CULTURAL PARKS. 
          I HAVE STUDIED THE EVOLUTION OF THE PARK AS THE AUTHOR OF BRACKENRIDGE SAN ACCLAIMED URBAN PARK, PUBLISHED LAST YEAR BY TRINITY UNIVERSITY PRESS. 
          THE PARK IS HOME TO CAMPSITES OF THE EARLIEST NATIVE AMERICAN RESIDENTS TO A SPANISH COLONIAL DAM THAT HELPED PROVIDE WATER TO EARLY SPANISH COLONISTS AND TO A LANDMARK. 
          1878 PUMPHOUSE USED TO ESTABLISH THE CITY'S MODERN WATER SYSTEM. 
          THERE WERE REMAINS OF A PLANT THAT MANUFACTURED CEMENT, EXCUSE ME, THAT BUILT, UH, THE TEXAS STATE CAPITOL. 
          OUR MILITARY TRADITION IS REFLECTED BY THE SITE OF A TANNERY THAT HELPED PROVIDE LEATHER FOR CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS, AND BY THE SITE OF TWO CAMPS FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND TROOPS. 
          IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR ERA, BRECKENRIDGE PARK HAD THE CITY'S FIRST PUBLIC PLAYGROUND AND ITS FIRST PUBLIC SWIMMING AREA. 
          IT HAS THE STATE'S FIRST PUBLIC GOLF COURSE, THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO WHITTY MUSEUM, AND A MIX OF WOODLANDS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS PUT TO FULLEST USE BY TRADITIONAL FAMILY CAMP OUTS. 
          EVERY EASTER YET MUCH OF THE PARK IS IMMEDIATELY ENDANGERED FROM YEARS OF DECLINE, OVERUSE AND MISUSE. 
          THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT ALREADY APPROVED AT A SUCCESSION OF GOVERNMENT LEVELS IS CRITICAL TO THE HEALTH AND USABILITY OF BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          IT DESERVES FINAL APPROVAL BY COUNCIL THIS MORNING. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU DR. 
          FISHER. 
          SUSAN STRONG. 
          I'M SORRY, SIDNEY MARTIN. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, MS. MARTIN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY SUSAN STR. 
          I YIELD MY TIME TO ROY SCHWEERS WHENEVER HE SPEAKS, IF THAT'S ALLOWED. 
          ROY SCHWEERS. 
          ROY, ARE YOU HERE? YES. 
          COULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL CALL YOU JUST A MINUTE. 
          YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SUSAN STR. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU, MS. TRON. 
          YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY REBECCA GALVAN. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, MAYOR, UM, UH, I'M BARBARA WHITT HOWELL. 
          IT'S GOING TO YIELD HER TIME TO ME. 
          BARBARA, YOU ARE YIELDING YOUR TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES, MS. SRANAN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT. 
          UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF RIVER ROAD. 
          UM, RIVER ROAD HAS BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH, UH, THE CITY AND BRACKENRIDGE PARK SINCE THE BEGINNING. 
          THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY. 
          SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT, UM, WE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT OVERALL, AS YOU HEARD MS. SULLIVAN SAY. 
          BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WE DO NOT NEED TO SACRIFICE THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF THE SITE IN ORDER TO DO THE VERY IMPORTANT WORK OF PRESERVING THE PUMP HOUSE AND PRESERVING THE WALLS. 
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WE CAN HAVE WALLS AND TREES. 
          SO EVERYONE, EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, I BELIEVE, WANTS TO RESTORE LAMBERT BEACH. 
          THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHETHER WE HAVE TO SACRIFICE THE CHARM AND THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF THE SITE THAT WE HAD WHEN LAMBERT BEACH WAS CREATED FOR THIS, A HOT CHARMLESS, UH, EXPANSE OF CONCRETE, UM, THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE USED BY PEOPLE. 
          THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT A TO SCALE DRAWING. 
          SO THOSE SIDEWALKS ARE ONLY THIS WIDE. 
          THERE WERE SWIM OUTS ORIGINALLY IN THIS PICTURE. 
          YOU CANNOT WALK TO A BREAST IN THIS DESIGN. 
          SO IT'S GOING TO BE HOT, IT'S GOING TO BE UNUSABLE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE NOT THE CHARM THAT WE KNOW IN BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          THIS IS A PANORAMIC OF WHAT WE HAVE LEFT OF THOSE ORIGINAL TREES, AND WE SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE ANY MORE OF THEM. 
          AND WE DON'T NEED TO. 
          ANY ENGINEER WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS PROJECT CAN BE DONE. 
          THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE CITY HAS NEVER TASKED ITS DESIGN TEAM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS TO PRESERVE THE TREES. 
          NEVER THE CITY IS ENGAGED IN AN 18 MONTH LONG SHELL GAME OF EXCUSES AS TO WHY THEY CANNOT USE COMMON CONSTRUCTION METHODS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. 
          THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WAS ORDERED AFTER THE FIRST INITIAL H D R C MEETING, AND THAT MEETING FOUND THE CITY'S PLANS AT THAT TIME, WOEFULLY INADEQUATE. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. 
          THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY TOLD YOU THERE HAD BEEN CHANGES. 
          THE CITY TOLD YOU THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES. 
          ONE EIGHT INCH PECAN TREE HAS BEEN SAVED FROM DAY ONE TO NOW ONE TREE. 
          THE REST OF THEM ARE BEING TRANSPLANTED OUT OF THE SITE AREA, EXCEPT FOR THE ONE BIG OAK, WHICH IS BEING DRAGGED BACK 15 FEET AT GREAT RISK. 
          AND FOR NO REASON. 
          AND AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY'S OWN INDEPENDENT PANEL OF ARBORISTS, THERE HAS NOT BEEN HARDLY ANY CHANGES AS A RESULT OF THESE PUBLIC, THE SO-CALLED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. 
          THE CITY DOUBLED DOWN DURING THE ENTIRE PROCESS ON ITS MISREPRESENTATIONS THAT YOU HEARD MR. HARMON EXPLAIN, INCLUDING PRIMARILY ITS INSISTENCE ALL SUMMER AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT STATE REGULATORS WOULD NOT ALLOW ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS. 
          THE STATE REGULATORS PUBLICLY REFUTED THAT AT THE T H C MEETING IN APRIL. 
          AND THE CITY NOW SAYS, WELL, THEY HINTED AT IT. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE CITY'S CONSULTANT SAID AT THE H D R C. 
          THE STATE HINTED THAT WE COULD NOT USE ALTERNATIVE RE DESIGNS, SO WE DECIDED NOT TO. 
          WE DECIDED TO NOT GO THAT DIRECTION. 
          MR. KINDER SAID. 
          SO SINCE THAT REASON OF THE STATE REGULATIONS WAS PUBLICLY DISCREDITED, THE CITY HAS COME UP WITH AN EVER-CHANGING LITANY OF PRETEXTUAL RATIONALES AS TO WHY THE TREES CANNOT BE SAVED. 
          THESE RANGE FROM OSHA REGULATIONS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TOO MUCH HEAVY EQUIPMENT TOO. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T PUT HOLES IN THE FRONT OF THE WALLS. 
          ALL THESE THINGS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN ONE AFTER THE OTHER, DISCREDITED EVERY SINGLE ONE. 
          AND OUR VOLUNTEER ENGINEER, CARLOS GUTIERREZ, WHO'S FROM SAN ANTONIO, GREW UP HERE, WENT TO A AND M, HE'S NOW OWNS HIS OWN FIRM IN HOUSTON. 
          PUT IT BEST, HE SAID IN A LETTER TO THE H T R C. 
          IF THE CITY WANTED TO SAVE TREES, IT COULD. 
          THE PROBLEM HERE IS NOT AN ENGINEERING ONE IN A NORMAL PROJECT. 
          REQUIREMENTS ARE GIVEN AND SOLUTIONS ARE FOUND. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS NOT REQUIRED ITS DESIGN TEAM TO PRESERVE THE TREES. 
          WE CAN DESIGN WALLS TO DO THAT, BUT WE CANNOT OVERCOME BUREAUCRATIC INERTIA. 
          END QUOTE. 
          SO SOME FACTS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THIS PROCESS ARE VERY CLEAR. 
          ONE, NO ENGINEER HAS GONE ON RECORD TO SAY THAT MR. GUTIERREZ'S PROPOSAL WOULD NOT WORK, OR THAT THERE ARE NO ALTERNATIVES TO THE CITY'S DESIGN THAT WOULD SAVE TREES. 
          TWO, THE CITY NEVER GAVE ITS DESIGN TEAM REQUIREMENTS TO SAVE THE TREE. 
          THREE, NO ARBORIST, NO ARBORIST HAS SAID THAT THE TREES CANNOT BE SAVED USING ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION METHODS. 
          WE'VE HEARD PLENTY OF CITY OFFICIALS SAY THAT NOT A SINGLE ONE IS AN ARBORIST. 
          THERE ARE, THERE IS NO FINDING BY THE CITY ARBORIST OR THE FORESTER THAT THE TREES POSE A SAFETY HAZARD AS REQUIRED BY THE U D C A MAJORITY OF THE B O A VOTED TO REVERSE. 
          OH, P'S PERMIT A MAJORITY. 
          THAT'S ENOUGH TO WIN A CASE IN COURT. 
          IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO WIN AT THE B O A, WHICH REQUIRES 75%, BUT IT WOULD WIN IN A COURT OF LAW. 
          THE PUBLIC, 
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AS MS. AYALA SAID, IS AGAINST THIS PROJECT. 
          AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY, AT EVERY PUBLIC MEETING, THE ATTENDEES AND THE CALLERS HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY OPPOSED. 
          THANK YOU, MS. STRONG. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO ONE WANTS MORE DELAY, BUT THE PERMITTING PROCESS IS NOT OVER. 
          AND THE T H C IS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          DEMANDING MORE, REBECCA VALVO. 
          MS. GALVAN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ROY SCHWEERS. 
          REBECCA GALVAN. 
          OKAY. 
          ROY SCHWEERS. 
          MR. SCHWEERS, YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES AND YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MATILDA TORRES. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK, I'M FROM RIVER ROAD. 
          I'M ROY SWEARS. 
          AND, UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK FIRST OF LIKE, THIS, THIS PROJECT IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND WE ALL WANT IT TO GO FORWARD. 
          AND, BUT, AND WE'VE HEARD FROM THE BRACKENRIDGE CONSERVANCY THAT THIS PROJECT IS HOLDING UP. 
          PHASE ONE IS HOLDING UP PHASE TWO. 
          THERE'S NOTHING STRUCTURALLY ABOUT PHASE ONE THAT PREVENTS PHASE TWO FROM HAPPENING. 
          UM, PHASE TWO ISN'T HAPPENING BECAUSE THE DESIGN IS STILL UNDERWAY. 
          I MEAN, YOU'RE VOTING FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES TODAY TO COMPLETE THOSE. 
          UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT THE FACT THAT PHASE ONE IS NOT MOVING FORWARD, IT'S PREVENTING THE REST OF THE PROJECTS FROM MOVING FORWARD. 
          IN FACT, THERE'S MANY ASPECTS OF PHASE ONE THAT WE DO NOT TAKE ANY EXCEPTION TO. 
          UH, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO BE WORKING ON THE PUMP HOUSE NOW. 
          UM, AND SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S FINDING A SOLUTION THAT CAN PRESERVE TREES AND WALLS TOGETHER, THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          UM, AND SO I I WANNA URGE Y'ALL TODAY TO VOTE AGAINST AWARDING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AT THIS TIME. 
          THE SECTION NUMBER ONE AND SECTION NUMBER THREE AWARDING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE TREE MITIGATION FUND. 
          AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT FUND IS GONNA BE MOVING THE GIANT OAK TREE 1520 FEET AWAY FROM THE BANK UNNECESSARILY, AND AT GREAT RISK TO THE TREE. 
          UM, AND TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE CONTRACT, IT'S CALLED A, UM, UH, A J O C OR A JOB ORDER CONTRACTING. 
          I HAD TO LOOK IT UP. 
          I'D NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A DELIVERY METHOD BEFORE. 
          IT'S VERY INAPPROPRIATE FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT. 
          IT'S DESIGNED FOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF REPETITIVE ONGOING ISSUES WITH PRE PRICING INVOLVED, NOT A SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROJECT. 
          AND I'D WANT TO QUESTION HOW THE QUALIFICATIONS WERE MADE, UH, AWARDING THIS CONTRACT IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACTOR'S ABILITY AND EXPERIENCE IN SUCH AN IMPORTANT PRESERVATION PROJECT, UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD EXPECT, UM, INSTEAD A MORE APPROPRIATE DELIVERY SYSTEM USING YOUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL THAT WOULD HAVE COMPETITIVE INVITATION FOR A BID PROCESS, UM, TO ENSURE THE EXPERTISE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION FIELDS AND TO PROMOTE FAIR PRICING AND COMPETITIVENESS TO HAVE A SUPERIOR OUTCOME FOR THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT. 
          ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE NOTE, AND WE'VE HEARD FROM OTHER FOLKS THAT THE PROJECTS CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STIPULATION FROM O H P MANDATES THE COMPLETION OF THE SECTION 1 0 6 PROCESS BEFORE THE WORK CAN BEGIN. 
          SO WHY ARE WE HURRYING NOW TO ISSUE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT? AT THIS STAGE, IT'S PREMATURE AS THE NECESSARY REGULATION REGULATORY SECTION 1 0 6 DOCUMENTS ARE STILL BEING PREPARED. 
          THEY, AND HAVE NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW YET APPROVAL AT THIS TIME. 
          SO, SELECTING A CONTRACTOR OR AWARDING A CONTRACT BEFORE COMPLETING ALL THE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS IS NOT A RECOMMENDED PROCESS BECAUSE DURING THIS REVIEW 1 0 6, THE SCOPE OF WORK COULD CHANGE, UM, AND REQUIRE REDESIGNING REBIDDING AND DELAYING THE PROJECT. 
          SO, IN SUMMARY, WE WANT THIS TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROJECT, BUT WE WANT TO GET IT RIGHT. 
          AND, AND PART OF GETTING IT RIGHT IS TO REALLY QUESTION THE RUSH TO AWARD THIS CONTRACT AT THIS TIME WITHOUT A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS. 
          AND BEFORE COMPLETING THE 1 0 6 SECTION, THIS RUSH IS UNNECESSARY AND, AND COULD REALLY COMPROMISE THE PROJECT'S QUALITY OUTCOME. 
          INSTEAD, PLEASE CONSIDER PRIORITIZING THE PRESERVATION OF, OF RECORDS PARK TO THE UTMOST HIGHEST STANDARDS AND AMEND THE ORDINANCE WITHOUT SECTION ONE AND WITHOUT SECTION THREE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SCHWEERS MATILDA TORRES. 
          MS. TORRES, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ALICIA GARLOCK. 
          MS. HORE, GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS MATE DE TORRES. 
          I AM A LIP ON APACHE 
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ICA UA, AND I'M A DESCENDANT TO, UM, THIS LAND. 
          YOU KNOW, I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THOSE TREES ARE THE ROOTS OF OUR ANCESTORS GO AS DEEP AT THOSE DEEP AS THOSE TREES. 
          IT IS JUST NOT ANY PLACE FOR US. 
          IT IS YANA. 
          IT IS A PLACE OF BIRTH AND REBIRTH TO OUR PEOPLE AND CONTINUES TO BE. 
          THOSE TREES HAVE PROVIDED MANY SHADE AND HAVE BEEN A WITNESS TO MANY GATHERINGS AND MEETINGS TO OUR PEOPLE, AND THEY STILL ARE. 
          AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S A CREATION STORY THAT TIES TO THE BLUE HOLE RIGHT ALONG THAT RIVER AND THAT BEND SHAPE OF THAT RIVER. 
          IT'S WHAT'S CRITICAL. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE THE LAMBER BEACH SITS AND THOSE TREES THAT THEY WANNA JUST COME DOWN AND THINK THEY CAN JUST THROW MONEY AND TEAR 'EM DOWN AND CHOP 'EM DOWN, THAT IT'S OKAY. 
          IT'S NOT OKAY. 
          EVERYTHING THERE MARRIES THE SKY FOR US, THE TREES, THE BIRDS, THAT SHAPE OF THAT RIVER, THAT IS THE ARTIFACT FOR US. 
          SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AND TAKE, TAKE MORE TIME INTO WHAT THEY WANNA DO TO THIS JEWEL THAT WE HAVE HERE WITHIN OUR CITY. 
          IT'S WHAT MAKES OUR CITY AS WOMEN, WE KNOW WHAT A BIRTHPLACE IS. 
          I SEE FIVE WOMEN HERE, SIX WOMEN HERE. 
          WE KNOW WHAT BIRTH IS, RIGHT? THEN WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT WHAT'S THERE. 
          IT TOOK THREE YEARS TREES TO GROW. 
          AND JUST BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A PLAN TO TEAR 'EM DOWN ONLY 10 YEARS, WE THINK THAT WE CAN JUST COME DOWN AND JUST, OKAY, THAT'S IT. 
          YOU KNOW THAT IT'S OKAY. 
          IT'S NOT OKAY. 
          MR. NICK HALL HAS JUST MENTIONED THAT HE HAS, HE'S, HE PLANS TO PLANT 400 TREES. 
          WELL, WHY ISN'T, WHY DOESN'T HE START THAT RIGHT NOW? WHY TEAR DOWN THESE TREES AND TO PLANT 400 TREES? MR. MAYOR, I JUST HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LET'S CONSERVE MORE WATER, BUT I DON'T HEAR YOU SAY, LET'S CONSERVE TREES. 
          HOW ABOUT YOU SAY, LET'S CONSERVE TREES. 
          EVERY TREE MATTERS RIGHT NOW. 
          LET'S THINK ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION. 
          LET'S NOT JUST THINK ABOUT US RIGHT NOW AND THE MONEY IN OUR POCKETS AS HUMANS, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS FOR THE NEXT FUTURE. 
          SO LET'S TALK ABOUT TREES, NOT JUST WATER, BECAUSE THE TREES NEED THE WATER, AND THE WATER NEEDS THE TREES, AND THE BIRDS NEED THE TREES. 
          IT ALL WORKS AS A WHOLE. 
          THANK YOU, MS. TORRES. 
          ALICIA GARLOCK, MS. GARLOCK, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY AMY SMITH. 
          THE 2017 BOND PROJECT HAD THREE THINGS LISTED. 
          FIX THE WALLS, FIX THE TRAILS, FIX THE RESTROOMS. AND ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, WERE YOU DOING THE PUMP HOUSE UNCOVERING A DAM THAT ARCHEOLOGISTS HAVE STATED TO LEAVE IT BURIED? WHY ARE WE WASTING PUBLIC FUNDS ON A PROJECT TO PUT WATER IN A DITCH THAT REALLY WE'RE IN A DROUGHT, DOESN'T BENEFIT US? WHY ARE WE TAKING AMENITIES AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC? WHICH IF YOU WERE THERE RECENTLY, THERE WAS NINE ACRES FENCED OFF THAT KEPT US FROM OUR AMENITIES. 
          I'LL TAKE YOU BACK TO A 2017 ORDINANCE, WHICH SAID, WHEREAS THESE SUPPORTED STRATEGIES WILL FOCUS ON PRESERVING THE PARK'S, CULTURAL, HISTORIC, AND NATURAL LANDSCAPES, WHILE ALL ALLOW, SORRY, WHILE ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO CONTINUE DIRECT ACCESS TO AMENITIES THROUGH THE USE OF EXISTING PARK ROADS AND PARKING. 
          I'VE BEEN IN THAT PARK FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, AND ALL I HAVE SEEN IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. 
          YOU MIGHT NOT THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT TO PEOPLE LIKE ME AND MY FAMILY WHO ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE EFFECTS OF OUR HEAT ISLAND AND OUR BAD AIR QUALITY, IT AFFECTS US ADVERSELY, MY THROAT, MY VOICE, THIS POLLUTION. 
          IF YOU LOOK ON, UM, EPAS AIR, NOW WE ARE IN MODERATE NON-ATTAINMENT. 
          WE KNOW THAT, BUT WE'RE IN MODERATE AIR QUALITY EVERY DAY. 
          OUR HEAT IS OVER, WHAT IS IT? TEMPERATURE OVER 105, 110. 
          WHEN I COME OUT IN THE AFTERNOON, WHAT HELPS WITH THIS? AND I SENT YOU A VIDEO ON THE FLOODING IN THE PARK, WHICH HAD, UH, LINKS TO THE EPAS TREE MITIGATION FOR HEAT ISLAND AND FOR AIR POLLUTION. 
          AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A WALL THAT'S BEEN BROKEN FOR, WHAT, 10 YEARS OR SO. 
          AND WE UNDERSTAND THE CONSERVANCY HAS A, UH, THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE PARK AND PEOPLE, OUR CULTURE, UH, HAS A, 
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THEY WANT A PROFIT FROM THE PARK, YOU KNOW, BY BUILDING THE SUNKEN GARDEN, WHATEVER. 
          BUT WHAT I'VE WATCHED IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THIS PARK. 
          I'VE WATCHED IT BEING NEGLECTED. 
          YOU CAN'T EVEN PICK UP A, A PLASTIC BOTTLE IN THE RIVER. 
          YOU CAN'T PICK UP TRASH, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU'RE GONNA PAY, PUT A FENCE UP AND HAVE THE U S D A KILLING BIRDS IN OUR PARK AND KEEP OUR PUBLIC FROM USING THE AMENITIES. 
          I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN 2021, THIS PROJECT WAS OVER BUDGET WITH A, UH, 3 MILLION SHORTFALL YOU HAD GIVEN ALREADY AN A PREVIOUS AMENDMENT OF 135,000 WITH AN INCREASE OF 270,000 TO, UH, SS W A. 
          WHY ARE WE MOVING TREES THAT BENEFIT US MORE THAN THE WALLS? THOSE TREES ROOTS GO DEEP. 
          THEY'RE HOLDING UP THAT WALL PROBABLY, AND YOU TAKE OUT THE TREES, EVERYTHING'S GONNA DISAPPEAR. 
          UH, THE SOIL'S GONNA ERODE. 
          IT'S GONNA BE HOT. 
          THE RIVER'S GONNA DISSIPATE. 
          SO, ACCORDING TO THE US GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL AGENCIES, CONSIDER A HUMAN LIFE IS WORTH ABOUT $10 MILLION. 
          SO ONE ACRE OF TREES CONSUME THE AMOUNTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT TO THAT PROVIDED BY DRIVING AN AVERAGE CAR 26,000 MILES. 
          THAT SAME EQUIVALENT OF TREES PRODUCES ENOUGH OXYGEN FOR 18 PEOPLE TO BREATHE FOR A YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S $180 MILLION IN LIVES THAT ARE GONNA BE LOST BECAUSE YOU'VE DESTROYED THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MS. GARLOCK. 
          AMY SMITH. 
          AMY SMITH. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, LUKE AND GILLAND, MR. GILLAND. 
          AND YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ALISON GODARD GODDARD. 
          SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MAYOR. 
          UH, IT'S PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY. 
          UH, ONE MORE TIME, TALKING ABOUT BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          UM, I, UH, AM A NATIVE SAN ANTONIAN. 
          I GREW UP USING THIS PARK, SO I KNOW IT WELL. 
          I'M ON THE BOARD OF THE NATURE OF THE, UH, NATURE CONSERVANCY OF TEXAS, AND HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME AS ONE OF OUR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. 
          SUZANNE SCOTT, THE FORMER SARAH CHAIR IS NOW THE STATE CHAIR OF THE NATURE CONSERVANCY. 
          I'M NOT HERE SPEAKING FOR THEM, BUT I THINK IT DOES GIVE ME SOME STANDING IN THIS ARGUMENT ABOUT TREES AND BIRDS. 
          I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HELPED TO CONVENE AN ORGANIZATION NOW THAT IS, UH, INVOLVES THE AUDUBON SOCIETY AND OTHERS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE BIRD PROBLEM IN A HOLISTIC WAY ACROSS THIS COMMUNITY. 
          SO THAT'S ON THE HORIZON. 
          AS FAR AS THE TREES ARE CONCERNED, I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIX HERITAGE TREES THAT WERE NOT HERE. 
          WHEN THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WERE HERE, THE CITY CORDED THEM. 
          NONE OF 'EM WAS MORE THAN 80 YEARS OLD. 
          UM, SO THEY ARE LARGELY WERE, AS YOU HEARD FROM THE CITY STAFF, THEREBY MISTAKE. 
          THEY WERE NOT PLANTED BY ANY PARKS COMMISSIONER AT ANY TIME. 
          AND I THINK THAT'LL BE BACKED UP BY THE CITY STAFF. 
          I THINK THAT MY FORMER, MY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE STATED THE CASE PRETTY WELL. 
          I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHY THIS CONSERVANCY CAME ABOUT IN 2008. 
          THE SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY, WHICH IS THE STEWARD OF LOTS OF GOOD OLD THINGS IN THIS CITY, AND HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR PRESERVING THEM, CAME UP WITH THE IDEA THAT A CONSERVANCY SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED BECAUSE THIS PARK WAS FALLING APART. 
          IT NEEDED LOTS OF HELP, AND IT STILL DOES. 
          SO THEY CAME UP WITH A ASK A WOMAN WHO STARTED THE CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY 40 YEARS AGO WHEN SHE SAW THAT IT WAS IN THE SAME CONDITION TO WRITE A WHITE PAPER. 
          THAT'S HOW THIS CONSERVANCY AROSE. 
          I'M A VOLUNTEER JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE ON THIS BOARD, IS, WE'RE NOT HERE TO MAKE MONEY FOR OURSELVES OR ANYONE ELSE. 
          WE'RE HERE TO PRESERVE, HELP PRESERVE THIS PARK, THE BEST WAY WE KNOW HOW. 
          AND AS MY BOARD MEMBERS SAID, WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A YEAR AND A HALF TO, TOWARDS A CONCLUSION. 
          AND I THINK THAT THE CITY AND, UM, THE FOLKS THAT ARE OPPOSED TO THIS HAVE ALL FORCED A GOOD COMPROMISE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO VOTE ON TODAY, IS TO, UH, AFFIRM A CONTRACT TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE ON TO PHASE TWO, UH, WHICH HAS $5 MILLION SITTING IN A BANK, UH, WAITING TO BE SPENT ON A PHASE THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN TO APPROACH. 
          THAT MONEY'S BEEN SITTING THERE ALMOST TWO YEARS. 
          UM, WE HAVE 700. 
          THE CONSERVANCY ITSELF HAS 774 DONORS AND OVER 1200 MEMBERS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I URGE YOUR CONS, YOUR POSITIVE CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU, MR. GILLAND. 
          ALLISON GODDARD. 
          ALLISON GODDARD. 
          OKAY. 
          GRACE ROSE. 
          GRACE ROSE, MICHAEL VAL, I'M SORRY. 
          THAT'S EVERYBODY WHO, UM, SIGNED UP TO 
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SPEAK. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA GO NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION, BUT BEFORE THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO GRACE. 
          GRACE, COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          NEVER GO TO THE BATHROOM, YOU KNOW, . 
          UM, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M HERE TO, UM, SPEAK ON THE RECORD, UH, AS MY MOTHER USED TO SAY. 
          SO, FOR THE RECORD, I'M GRACE ROSE GONZALEZ, AND I'M BORN AND RAISED IN THE JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE KEYSTONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          I HAVE SERVED THE CITY IN MANY CAPACITIES, INCLUDING A ZONING COMMISSIONER AND A MEMBER OF THE 2017 BOND COMMITTEE. 
          UM, SO IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, H D R C FIRST HEARD THE PRESENTATION OF THE LAMBERT BEACH PROJECT. 
          AND AT THAT PRESENTATION, PARKS DEPARTMENT SAID THEY ALREADY HAD THE, THE APPROVAL OF TEXAS HISTORIC COMMISSION. 
          AND THAT WAS NOT TRUE BECAUSE I HAD CONTACTED TEXAS HISTORIC COMMISSION AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT WITH AN EMAIL. 
          SO AT THAT POINT, A COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, ASSOCIATIONS, POLITICAL GROUPS LIKE TEJANO DEMOCRATS, INDIVIDUALS CAME TOGETHER AND PETITIONS BEGAN TO BE SIGNED, AND NEWSLETTERS WERE CREATED WITH A 7,000 MAILCHIMP GROUP ON SAVING THE TREES. 
          AND THE GROUP GOES BY STOP THE CHOP. 
          A HALT OF SEVEN PUBLIC MEETINGS CAME AT THE BEHEST OF COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ AND BRAVO. 
          BUT AFTER THAT, WE STILL HAD NOT SAVED THE HERITAGE TREES, AND WE WERE LEFT VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME. 
          THE TREES AND THE SITES ARE A CULTURAL ASSET. 
          AND GENERATIONS OF SAN ANTONIONS HAVE ENJOYED AND LOVED THE DISREPAIR AND DISREPAIR, AND LACK OF MAINTENANCE IS NO FAULT OF THE TREES, BUT OF THE PEOPLE AND THE CITY, AND SHOULD NOT BE KILLED BECAUSE OF OUR NEGLECT. 
          PLEASE PAUSE AND RECONSIDER THIS REQUEST. 
          AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE 2017 BOND, HAD I KNOWN THE EGREGIOUS SITUATION, THAT THIS WOULD'VE PUT THE TREASON, I WOULD'VE FOUGHT HARD AGAINST THIS PROJECT. 
          I HAVE FOLLOWED THIS PROJECT SINCE 2017, AND IF TODAY, UH, I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL BE FOLLOWING THIS PROJECT AS WELL, AND BE ON THE BANKS OF THE LAMBERT BEACH TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED AS THOSE TREES ARE BEING CHOPPED DOWN, HELP YOU PHOTOGRAPH YOURSELVES NEXT TO 'EM. 
          THOSE 150 YEAR OLD TREES, JUST LIKE THE BIRDS NEED THOSE TREES, THE PEOPLE NEED THOSE TREES. 
          THE ENVIRONMENT NEEDS THE TREES, AND IT, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ANY BETTER FORTU THEM DOWN, AND YOU WON'T LIKE THAT PHOTOGRAPH THAT YOU TAKE IN FRONT OF THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. ROSE. 
          I DID MISS ONE PERSON SIGNED UP. 
          UH, SO JOE LINSON, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN, READY TO THANK, FANTASTIC. 
          LOOKING FORWARD. 
          I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN TWO ALSO, BUT I'M A MEMBER OF THE PARK CONSERVANCY BOARD, AND I WANT YOU TO, I'M ASKING YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF THIS ORDINANCE, FOR THIS REASON. 
          THAT'S A COMMUNITY ASSET, BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          IT HAS BEEN IN DISREPAIR FOR A LONG TIME. 
          I THINK THAT, UH, IT'S THE PEOPLE'S PARK AND, AND, AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AND TRY TO GET IT, GET IT UP TO SPEED. 
          UH, IT IS AS IMPORTANT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, AS THE RIVER WALK, THE CONVENTION CENTER, I WOULD DARE SAY THE ALAMO TO THIS COMMUNITY. 
          UH, IT'S BEEN IN DISREPAIR. 
          THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 
          I THINK THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP, UH, TO GET IT UP TO SPEED. 
          AND THE LAST THING I WANNA SAY IS, UH, I, I DO SUPPORT, UH, THE ORDINANCE AND I WANT YOU GUYS SUPPORTED AT LEAST SIX OF YOU. 
          BUT I ALSO HEARD THE OTHER DAY THAT SOMEBODY SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS CONSERVATIVE IS ABOUT PRIVATIZING IT AND TAKING IT FROM THE PEOPLE. 
          NOTHING CAN BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. 
          THIS IS OUR PARK, IT'S OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. 
          IT'S LIKE CENTRAL PARK, MUCH BETTER. 
          AND THE LAST THING I WANNA POINT OUT IS, THINK OF IT THIS WAY. 
          WE COME FROM THE AIRPORT TO CITY HALL, BETWEEN THE AIRPORT AND CITY HALL. 
          WE PASS OMA PARK, AL ALMOST GOLF COURSE, THE 
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QUARRY GOLF COURSE, AND BRACKENRIDGE GOLF COURSE, AND RIGHT INTO THE CITY HALL. 
          ALL THIS COMES TOGETHER. 
          IF WE CAN IMPROVE THIS FACILITY AND IT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 
          AND SO, AS MY ROLE ON THIS BOARD IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT AND KEEP IT OPEN TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND APPRECIATE ANY SUPPORT FOR THIS ORDINANCE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. LINSON. 
          OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GET INTO COUNCIL DISCUSSION NOW, BUT FIRST, UH, LEMME BRING UP SHANNON, UH, FOR CLOSING COMMENTS ON THE PRESENTATION. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE, UM, SOME CLARIFICATION ON A FEW ITEMS THAT WERE RAISED, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. 
          UM, ORIGINALLY IN THE DESIGN THERE WERE 70 TREES IN PHASE ONE THAT WERE PO PROPOSED TO BE, BE REMOVED AS A RE AS A RESULT OF THE PUBLIC INPUT AND THE PROCESS THAT WAS THAT, THAT THE CITY WENT THROUGH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, THAT'S BEEN RE REDUCED TO A TOTAL OF 48 TREES. 
          AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE A SUMMARY OF WHAT THOSE TREES ARE. 
          UM, FOUR OF THOSE ARE INVASIVE. 
          FOUR OF THOSE ARE DEAD OR DYING TREES. 
          UM, ANOTHER 10 TREES ARE LESS THAN SIX INCHES IN DIAMETER. 
          UM, 24 OF THE TREES THAT WILL BE REMOVED ARE BETWEEN SIX AND 24 INCHES. 
          SO STILL RELATIVELY SMALL TREES. 
          UM, THERE ARE ONLY SIX HERITAGE TREES THAT ARE BEING REMOVED, AND ONE OF THOSE HERITAGE TREES IS ACTUALLY A CREPE MYRTLE. 
          SO IT, IT IS CLASSIFIED AS HERITAGE BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE, BUT IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A LARGE SIGNIFICANT, UM, TREE. 
          UH, THIS PHOTO SHOWS YOU A COUPLE OF THE, UH, PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOME OF THE TREES THAT ARE BEING REMOVED. 
          UM, TREE 95, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE ITS CONDITION LEANING AGAINST THE WALL. 
          THAT IS ONE OF THE TREES THAT WILL BE REMOVED, UM, IN THE, IN THE PHOTO, UM, THAT SHOWS THE FIVE OF THE TREES THAT ARE BEING REMOVED. 
          UM, THERE IS ONE SIGNIFICANT CANOPY TREE THERE, NUMBER 96 THAT IS NOT NUMBERED, THAT TREE IS STAYING. 
          AND THERE ARE ALSO, UM, THIS TREE, WHICH IS TREE 1 0 1, IS THE TREE THAT'S BEING RELOCATED. 
          SO THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT CANOPY, CANOPY TREE ON THE NORTHERN BANK THAT ALSO WILL REMAIN. 
          AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER CANOPY TREE, UM, ALSO ON THE NORTHERN BANK THAT WILL REMAIN. 
          AND SO THEY'RE NICELY SPREAD OUT AND PROVIDE COVERAGE ON THAT SIDE OF THE RIVER. 
          ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER. 
          JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE LARGE CYPRESS TREES ARE REMAINING. 
          NONE OF THOSE ARE BEING REMOVED. 
          UM, AND THAT, I THINK THAT'S THE, YEAH, THAT'S THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH. 
          UM, ALSO JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE CITY DESIGN TEAM DID WORK WITH, UM, LOOK AT ALL THE ALTERNATIVES RELATED TO THE ENGINEERING APPROACHES. 
          UM, THE CITY DID ORIGINALLY CONSIDER THE APPEARANCE SPANDREL, UM, ENGINEERING APPROACH TO THE, TO THE WALLS. 
          AND THEN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CANTILEVER APPROACH WAS ACTUALLY A BETTER SOLUTION. 
          UM, WHEN THE, UH, RIVER ROAD, UM, GROUP BROUGHT FORWARD THE, UH, ARBORISTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING THIS PIER AND SPANDREL APPROACH, WE THEN LOOKED AT IT AGAIN. 
          UM, WE DISCUSSED THAT APPROACH WITH, UM, OUR ENGINEER. 
          WE MET WITH, UH, THE VOLUNTEER ENGINEER, UH, MOSES CRUZ. 
          AND WE, WE ALSO CONSULTED WITH INDEPENDENT ARBORISTS. 
          THERE WAS A PANEL OF THREE INDEPENDENT ARBORISTS THAT MET WITH THE TWO ENGINEERS AND LOOKED AT THOSE PROPOSALS. 
          AND SO WE DID VERY MUCH CONSIDER, UM, WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD LOOK AT THAT ALTERNATIVE ENGINEERING APPROACH, BUT IT WAS DETERMINED AND THE ARBORIST, UM, ALSO AGREED THAT THERE WAS, THE LIKELIHOOD OF SAVING ANY ADDITIONAL TREES WAS VERY LIMITED BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT IN AND THE EXCAVATION THAT WOULD HAVE TO RE OCCUR REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE OF, OF ENGINEERING THAT WAS UTILIZED. 
          AND PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS TI TIED TO THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. 
          UM, THEY ARE BOUND BY THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STANDARDS, WHICH, WHICH ARE FEDERAL STANDARDS RELATED TO, UM, HISTORIC RESOURCES. 
          AND SO THE PREFERENCE IS ALWAYS TO PRESERVE IN PLACE. 
          AND THE DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION WAS TO PRESERVE THE WALLS IN PLACE, WHICH REQUIRES THAT THE SHADOW WALL THAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED IS BEHIND THOSE STONE WALLS. 
          AND, UM, WE DID TALK TO THEM ON SITE WHEN THEY WERE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF TAKING DOWN SECTIONS OF THE WALL, PUTTING IN THE SHADOW WALL AND RECONSTRUCTING THEM. 
          AND THEY SAID, THEY INDICATED TO US AT THE SITE VISIT THAT THAT WAS NOT A PREFERRED METHOD, AND IT WAS NOT, UM, CONSISTENT WITH THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STANDARDS. 
          SO WE DID EXPLORE THOSE OPTIONS, UM, VERY THOROUGHLY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS WITH THE DESIGN TEAM, WITH CITY STAFF, AND WITH THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. 
          UM, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UH, THE PARKS TEAM ALSO WORKED WITH, UH, A, A, A PERSON TO AGE THE TREES. 
          AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE OLDEST TREE THAT'S BEING REMOVED IS ROUGHLY 80 
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YEARS OLD. 
          UM, WHICH DATES, WHICH, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE MATH IN YOUR HEAD AS IN THE FORTIES. 
          AND THESE LAMBERT BEACH WALLS WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1920S. 
          AND SO THE TREES THAT YOU SEE IN HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS ARE NOT LITERALLY THE SAME TREES THAT ARE THERE TODAY. 
          THE TREES HAVE EVOLVED OVER TIME, WHICH WE KNOW HAPPENS WITH A, WITH A NATURAL LANDSCAPE. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THOSE ITEMS AND WE'RE, OF COURSE, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SHANNON. 
          UH, IMPORTANT INFORMATION. 
          WE'RE GONNA GO INTO COUNCIL DISCUSSION NOW. 
          LET ME ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION THERE. 
          A SECOND. 
           SECOND. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          WE'RE MOVING TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION NOW, MA'AM. 
          SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MICKEY RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I, I DO WANNA START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS HERE, SPEAKING ABOUT THE PROJECT, AND FOR PARTICIPATING FOR OVER A YEAR NOW TO CREATE A STRONGER PROJECT. 
          UH, NO ONE IS MORE WORN OUT THAN YOU, BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE THE ENERGY FOR MORE ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND I, I DO WANNA REITERATE WHAT MR. HARMON SAID, THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN MOVED, UM, RESIDENTS FROM ALL ACROSS SAN ANTONIO, NOT JUST IN DISTRICT ONE OR IN DISTRICT TWO, UH, TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          AND I THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FOLK WHO USE THE PARK AS A TRIP TO GET AWAY FROM THE CHAOS OF LIFE. 
          AND THEY HIKE THE TRAILS, SIT IN THE SHADE OF OUR TALL TREES, CRUISE AND LOW RIDERS, HOST BIRTHDAY PARTY, HOST BIRTHDAY PARTIES, AND EVEN FEED THE DUCKS. 
          AND THERE'S, UH, A VERY CLEAR DESIRE TO INVEST IN A BEAUTIFUL PARK WHILE MA MAINTAINING ACCESS TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS AND GUESTS THAT WANT TO ENJOY IT. 
          THIS IS THE ISSUE, AS I SEE IT HERE TODAY. 
          HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK BOND PROJECT AND THE DOLLARS ALLOCATED TO IT TRULY BENEFIT THE PEOPLE WHO ENJOY THE PARK TODAY AND HAVE ENJOYED IT FOR GENERATIONS? AND IN 2017, WHEN SAN ANTONIO VOTERS APPROVED THIS BOND FUNDING, AS WAS SAID EARLIER, THE PARK HAD FALLEN INTO DISREPAIR DUE TO LACK OF UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE. 
          AND WHILE A CITY MADE INVESTMENTS IN THE CREATION OF OTHER LARGE PARK PROJECTS ACROSS TOWN, OUR MAJOR INNER CITY PARK GREW BEYOND REPAIR AND NOW NEEDED MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION JUST TO MAINTAIN SAFETY. 
          AND THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON THEME IN, UH, IN OUR MORE VULNERABLE AND UNDER INVESTED IN PARTS OF TOWN. 
          SO WE ALL FULLY UNDERSTOOD THE EXCITEMENT OF VOTING TO SUPPORT A SLEW OF PROJECTS THAT ARE CLOSE TO HOME AND FEEL LONG OVERDUE, ESPECIALLY ONE FOR OUR BELOVED PARK. 
          WHEN IT BECAME PUBLIC THAT THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS WOULD REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF OVER 100 TREES, THE PUBLIC AND ADVOCATES BEGAN TO TAKE A LONGER LOOK AT THE DETAILS AND WERE CONCERNED WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THOSE CHANGES. 
          AND AS INVESTED AND EFFECTIVE AS THE CONSERVANCY IS AT BRINGING RESOURCES TO OUR PARK. 
          THE ISSUE HERE WAS THAT THE CITY, NEITHER THE CITY NOR THE CONSERVANCY, WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE REAL BUY-IN FROM RESIDENTS WHO VALUE AND USE THE PARK. 
          THERE'S A SAYING, NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE ORIGINAL PLAN WASN'T CREATED ALONGSIDE THE RESIDENTS. 
          AND WHEN THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS PRESENTED, I BROUGHT UP THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS. 
          AND SO ALONGSIDE FORMER COUNCILMAN BRAVO, WE PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY FEEDBACK MEETINGS, FORMAL AND INFORMAL. 
          WE DISCUSSED A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS. 
          I, I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER DAVID, MARY DAVID MCCAREY FOR HIS OVERSIGHT AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROCESS AND TO CITY STAFF FOR MAKING SOME CHANGES WHERE POSSIBLE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AS WAS STATED, WE WENT FROM 105 TREES BEING REMOVED DOWN TO 48, AND NOW ADDITIONAL TREES AND NATIVE VEGETATION WILL BE INCORP INCORPORATED TO RESTORE THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          THOSE ARE VERY REAL BENEFITS AND CHANGES THAT REFLECT THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION. 
          BUT I RETURNED TO MY ORIGINAL CONCERN ABOUT PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          AND HAD I NOT REQUESTED THE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INPUT, WE WOULD'VE BEEN IN A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE TODAY, AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN A PLAN THAT BOTH THE CITY AND THE CONSERVANCY WOULD'VE BACKED. 
          AND THAT GIVES ME GREAT PAUSE THAT NO ONE, NOT THE CITY DEPARTMENT, NOR THE CONSERVANCY, THOUGHT TO QUESTION THE NEED FOR THE REMOVAL OF SO MANY TREES THAT THE PLAN WASN'T FINALIZED AND SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE THE H D R C VOTE TO REMOVE, SAID TREES THAT WERE USING A JOB ORDER CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          WHILE THIS PROJECT SHOULD REQUIRE MORE HISTORIC PRESERVATION EXPERTISE, AND I WONDER WHAT PROCESS WILL BE TRIGGERED, SHOULD THE WALLS BE DAMAGED BY A CONTRACTOR IN THE PROCESS WITHOUT THAT EXPERTISE AND OF THE DEAD TREES, UH, IN NEED OF REMOVAL, THE QUESTION REMAINS OF WHY THEY DIED AND WHO PLAYED THE ROLE OF NEGLECTING TREES THAT HAD LIVED FOR A HUNDRED YEARS. 
          IF THE TREES WERE IN TROUBLE OR DECLINE, WHY DID WE NOT KNOW BEFORE NOW, DURING THE PRESENTATION OF THIS PROJECT? AND COULD WE HAVE SAVED THEM WITH PROPER CARE? AND AT A TIME WHEN OUR PARKS MAY OFFER SHADE DURING CLIMATE EMERGENCIES, MAINTAIN THE RIVERBANK, UM, ADDRESSING FLOODING CONCERNS, AND WE'RE FACING MASS EXTINCTION EVENTS OF OUR WILDLIFE, IS IT ADVISABLE TO REMOVE SO MANY TREES, DISRUPTING THE CANOPY AND WATER AND ADDING SO MUCH ADDITIONAL CONCRETE TO A PUBLIC PARK? THESE ARE THINGS THAT I BELIEVE ARE WORTHY OF ADDITIONAL EXPIRATION. 
          FURTHER, H D R C ADDED STIPULATIONS TO THEIR APPROVAL, INCLUDING THE NEED FOR FEDERAL APPROVAL THROUGH SECTION 
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1 0 6 BEFORE REMOVAL OF ANY TREES. 
          AND I DON'T SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THIS PLAN, AND THAT IS MY POINT TODAY. 
          I DON'T THINK WE CAN FIND FAULT WITH A CITY PARTNER FOR RAISING FUNDS AND DOING THEIR BEST TO SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC ASSETS, WHICH, WHEN, WHICH WE AS A CITY ALLOWED TO FALL INTO DISREPAIR. 
          WE HAVE TO RETHINK WHETHER OUR SYSTEM OF CARE FOR OUR CITY PARKS IS ADEQUATE, ESPECIALLY IN HIGH EQUITY AREAS, AND HOW WE PLAN TO IMPROVE OUR PUBLIC PROCESSES IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY CONCERNING BOND PROJECTS. 
          AND I THINK THERE WILL BE MANY LEADERS FOR WHOM IT IS ENOUGH TO GET A SLIGHTLY IMPROVED PLAN WITH ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INPUT. 
          HOWEVER, I FEEL WE DESERVE MORE, AND I'LL BE VOTING NO TODAY SO THAT WE CAN TAKE TIME TO IMPROVE TRUST WITH OUR SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS, BUILD AND BUILD IMPROVED METHODS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          I'M VOTING NO ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS WHO CANNOT AFFORD MORE PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC SPACES, BECAUSE WHAT THIS MEANS IS LESS DEMOCRACY, LESS COLLECTIVE POWER, AND LESS ACCESS OVER TIME. 
          AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND A DESIRE TO PUT THIS PROJECT BEHIND US AND RUBBER STAMP IT, OUR CONSTITUENTS DESERVE MORE THAN A VOTE TAKEN FOR THE SAKE OF PUTTING CHALLENGES BEHIND US. 
          IF OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HERE SINCE DAY ONE, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME COUNCIL HAS BEEN AFFORDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO DELIBERATE, WHAT IS ANYONE ELSE TIRED FOR? IF THE COMMUNITY ISN'T, MY TEAM AND I WERE THERE OFF THE JUMP, AND I'M THE ONLY COUNCIL PERSON WHO CAN SAY THAT. 
          SO I'M ASKING FOR YOUR TRUST TODAY. 
          COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, IF ANY OF YOU  ARE LISTENING, I'M ASKING FOR YOUR TRUST TODAY. 
          WHEN I SAY THAT OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE A BETTER, A BETTER PROCESS, AND WE MUST STRIVE FOR A BETTER SYSTEM TO MAINTAIN OUR GREEN SPACES AND OUR CONNECTION TO EACH OTHER, OUR HISTORY AND OUR CULTURE. 
          BUT INSTEAD, THIS PROCESS STARTED WITH A PROPOSAL TO REMOVE MORE THAN 800 TREES WITHOUT ADEQUATE OUTREACH OR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC. 
          THAT IS THE STARTING PLAN. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. 
          AND ONCE WE REMOVE A HUNDRED YEAR OLD TREE, WE WILL NEVER IN OUR LIFETIME REPLACE IT. 
          SHOULD THIS ITEM PASS. 
          MY EXPECTATION IS THAT MINIMUM 80% OF TREES BETWEEN PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO SHOULD BE PRESERVED. 
          I'VE BEEN CONSISTENT FROM DAY ONE WITH THAT. 
          SINCE WE'RE USING PUBLIC FUNDS, ANY SPACE THAT'S IMPROVED SHOULD PRIORITIZE RESIDENTS NOT PROFITS, AND ANY PROFITS SHOULD GO, SHOULD GO BACK TO THE PARK. 
          AND THEN THAT WE DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR THE HERITAGE TREES THAT WE LOST, AND ENSURE THAT MOVING FORWARD THERE IS PROPER CARE. 
          LASTLY, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS BEING THE FIRST TIME FOR COUNSEL TO WEIGH IN ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, DESPITE THE HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS WHO HAVE WEIGHED IN IN NEAR UNANIMOUS OPPOSITION, IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND US NOT USING IT TO DEMAND BETTER, UH, WOULD BE A COMPLETE MISSTEP BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE CAN AND SHOULD BE DOING BETTER. 
          AND I'M WILLING TO VOTE NO TODAY SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TO GET THERE. 
          AND I DO BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, CONSERVANCY CITY STAFF, I BELIEVE WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING. 
          AND IF THIS WERE A WAY TO GET THERE, AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT MY VOTE WOULD BE DIFFERENT, BUT I BELIEVE A YESTERDAY PREVENTS US FROM DEMANDING A BETTER PROCESS FROM THE CITY REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME. 
          I HOPE THAT THIS IS A NOTIFICATION TO CITY STAFF THAT THIS CONTENTION WAS PREVENTABLE 10, 20 YEARS FROM NOW. 
          RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT GO TO BRACKENRIDGE PARK REMEMBERING WHEN IT WAS THE PEOPLE'S PARK. 
          IT SHOULD NEVER STOP BEING THAT. 
          BUT MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT THE PEOPLE SEALS, ITS FATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER PALS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN GOING TO THAT PARK FOR 31 YEARS. 
          UM, I GO THERE QUITE OFTEN. 
          UH, THE WORK THAT, UH, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF HAVE DONE OUT THERE TO IMPROVE THAT PARK OVER THE YEARS IS, UH, SOMETHING MY FAMILY AND I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH, UM, THAT THAT IS A JEWEL. 
          I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT WORK, TERRY. 
          YOU'RE DOING EXCELLENT WORK OUT THERE TO, TO REALLY FIGHT THE FIGHT, MAKING SURE THAT THAT PARK, UH, IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR MY KIDS AND FOR MY GRANDKIDS AND, UM, ALL THE GENERATIONS MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, SOMETHING SOME OF, YOU KNOW, UH, I KNOW JEFF COYLE KNOWS, UH, I'M A I'M A BIRDER. 
          YOU'LL, YOU'LL, IF YOU GO TO THE AUDUBON SOCIETY WEBSITE, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF MY PHOTOS UP THERE. 
          AND, UH, I TRAVEL QUITE OFTEN WITH A BIG CAMERA TO GO TAKE PICTURES OF BIRDS. 
          AND, UM, I'M PARTICULARLY IN LOVE WITH THE BIRDS HERE IN, UM, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, I, UH, UH, ONE OF MY HOBBIES, UH, AND, UH, SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM HAVE BEEN BENEFICIARIES OF THAT HOBBY IS, UM, I MAKE BIRD HOUSES ON MY TIME OFF. 
          UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, IT'S, UH, LINEUP AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO GIFT YOU ONE FROM, UH, FROM TIME TO TIME AS I MAKE THEM. 
          BUT THE OTHER THING THAT, THAT WE DO IN MY TIME OFF, UM, AND IT'S A PASSION OF MINE ALSO, IS TO, UM, COLLECT AND PLANT TREES. 
          AND SO MY FAMILY AND I, WE, UM, WE, WE'VE PLANTED HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF TREES, UH, AROUND SAN ANTONIO AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ON, ON IN OUR OWN YARDS. 
          AND WE GIVE AWAY TREES THAT WE, UH, THAT WE GROW OURSELVES, WE PROPAGATE TREES. 
          AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I'M, I'M REALLY PROUD OF, RIGHT? 'CAUSE I DO FEEL THAT IT LEAVES AN INDELIBLE MARK ON SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, AND IF ALL OF US DID THAT HOMER, WE'D, WE'D BE A BETTER PLACE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES A LOT OF WORK IN GIVING WAY TREES. 
          UM, AND I ALWAYS KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE VERY HAPPY IN RECEIVING THOSE. 
          AND, UM, 
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WE, WE MEET WITH 'EM, YOU KNOW, THE YEAR AT A YEAR LATER AND A YEAR AFTER THAT. 
          AND THEY ALWAYS SHOW ME PICTURES OF, AND TELL ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH FUN IT IS TO SEE THEIR TREES GROW. 
          AND SO, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T REMEMBER, TERRY BREL WAS OUR CITY MANAGER FOR MANY YEARS. 
          AND, UM, TERRY, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AND, AND YOU AND I GOT TO WORK ON THE TOYOTA PROJECT MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, RIGHT? AND, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, TERRY WAS INSISTENT WITH PROBABLY THE LOUDEST VOICE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE PRESERVED AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE ALONG THE MEDINA RIVER AND THE LEON CREEK, UM, TODAY THAT IS AN OASIS OF TREES. 
          UM, AND TERRY WAS VERY HELPFUL IN INCLUDING IN THE, UH, INCENTIVE, UH, AGREEMENT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, TOYOTA GAVE BACK SOMETHING LIKE 600 ACRES, UH, FOR NATURE PRESERVATION. 
          TERRY WAS ALSO, UM, ESSENTIAL. 
          I REMEMBER TERRY IN HELPING US PRESERVE HUNDREDS OF ACRES TO THE SOUTH OF THAT PROPERTY JUST FOR PRESERVATION OF TREE CANOPY. 
          WITH THE HELP OF, UM, THE LAND HERITAGE INSTITUTE. 
          WE DID A BIG, HUGE LAND BANKING DEAL WITH YOU. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOUR, YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS, I THINK IS, IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS UNSUNG. 
          UM, AND YOU DON'T GET THE THANKS THAT, THAT YOU SHOULD. 
          UM, I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR WEBSITE, RIGHT? YOUR ADVISORY BOARD, YOUR, UM, YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, YOUR ADVISORY PARTNERS. 
          THEY INCLUDE U I W, UH, TRINITY, THE ZOO, U T S A, THE WITTY MUSEUM, THE RIVER AUTHORITY, THE PARKS FOUNDATION, THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY, THAT IS, UH, A VERY DISTINGUISHED GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, CHAMPIONS OF, OF, UH, ALL THINGS, UH, NATURAL RESOURCES, RIGHT? AND, UH, ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE. 
          UM, I, I THINK THAT YOU SURROUND YOURSELF AND ARE GUIDED BY, UM, REALLY SMART PEOPLE AND, AND VERY, VERY PASSIONATE ADVOCATES WHOSE INTENTIONS CANNOT BE CALLED INTO QUESTION. 
          UM, IT, THERE'S, THERE'S NO DEBATE THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO'VE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO TAKING CARE OF THE VERY THINGS THAT WE'RE ARGUING ABOUT TODAY. 
          UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UM, AND I HEARD SOME COMMENTS THAT WERE PEJORATIVE ABOUT CITY STAFF. 
          I'LL REMIND YOU FOLKS, CITY STAFF, THE 13,000 PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR US, THEY'RE YOUR NEIGHBORS TOO, RIGHT? THEY ALSO GO TO THIS PARK. 
          THEY WANT THE EXACT SAME THINGS. 
          YOU GUYS WANT CLEAN WATER, UH, TO MAINTAIN SAN ANTONIO'S AUTHENTICITY, TO PRESERVE OUR CULTURE. 
          UM, THEY ALSO WANT TREES. 
          THEY ALSO LOVE THE BIRDS, AND THEY GO FREQUENT THESE PARKS AS WELL. 
          AND SO TO SUGGEST THAT SOMEHOW THAT HOMER RAZZIE, LORI, THE REST OF YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, THE SHADOWY, NEFARIOUS CABAL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO RUIN SAN ANTONIO, AND WHAT WAS IT I HEARD PUTTING MONEY IN YOUR POCKETS, UM, THAT'S GROSS. 
          AND, UM, IT'S UNFAIR. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE BETTER THAN THAT. 
          AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS KNOW AND HOLD YOUR HEADS UP HIGH KNOWING THAT WE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, UM, REALLY PUT A LOT OF HOURS INTO PRESERVING, UM, EVERYTHING THAT MAKES US US, RIGHT? THAT MAKES SAN ANTONIO SPECIAL. 
          AND SO, UM, I I DO WANT TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT LITERALLY THEIR JOB, UM, THE CONSERVANCY AND ALL THE PARTNERS AND CITY STAFF, LITERALLY, THEIR JOB IS TO, YOU KNOW, PRESERVE AND CONSERVE AND PROTECT. 
          UM, I DO THINK IT'S UNFAIR, RIGHT? TO SOMEHOW SET UP THIS STRAW MAN LITMUS TEST THAT IF YOU VOTE FOR THIS TODAY, YOU HATE THE BIRDS, YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT TREES, YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT CONSERVANCY. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S NOT VERY HONEST. 
          UM, AND I THINK IT CHEAPENS, UM, YOU KNOW, AND ENGAGING IN THAT KIND OF HYPERBOLE, CHEAPENS, THE, THE DEBATE. 
          I, AND THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT DEBATE, AND THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION, AND IT REALLY DOES A DISSERVICE TO, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO'VE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO THIS. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME UP TO THE MICROPHONE DIDN'T ENGAGE IN THAT KIND OF HYPERBOLE, BUT SOME DID. 
          AND IT'S JUST REALLY DISAPPOINTING. 
          AND, UM, AND I, IT, IT MAKES ME SAD BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS SUCH AN ESSENTIAL CONVERSATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF, OF THAT LITTLE STRAND OF D N A THAT MAKES US US, RIGHT? UM, SO I, I WILL TELL YOU, UM, THAT KNOW, RAY ALDANA, UH, WHO USED TO SIT IN THAT CHAIR OVER THERE USED TO REMIND US ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, WHEN WE LET PERFECTION BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD, WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA GET IT WRONG, RIGHT? AND IN THIS INSTANCE, I JUST FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NITPICKING OVER PERFECTION, RIGHT? AND WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET THERE. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT WE'VE REACHED A, A REALLY, REALLY GOOD DEAL HERE. 
          UM, AND I ALSO REMIND YOU, RIGHT, THAT MANY THOUSANDS OF VOTERS, UH, VOTED AND GAVE US VERY STRICT INSTRUCTIONS, DO THIS PROJECT RIGHT? AND SO, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP DELAYING A PROJECT THAT THE VOTERS INSTRUCTED US TO CARRY OUT, I, I THINK ALSO DOES A DISSERVICE TO DEMOCRACY. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THE VOICE OF, OF, UH, YOU KNOW, 73% OF THE VOTERS WHO SHOWED UP TO VOTE FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY I MOVED TO APPROVE IT. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE GONNA DISAGREE. 
          AND, UM, AND THAT'S OKAY. 
          THAT'S THE NATURE OF DELIBERATIVE GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, I THINK I'M MAKING THE BEST DECISION I CAN TODAY. 
          I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO VOTE FOR AND AGAINST THIS, 
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I THINK ARE COMING AT IT WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS ALSO. 
          AND I ALSO THINK THAT THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT HAVE COME AT IT WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS. 
          AND I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT THIS DOESN'T PRECLUDE, UM, THE ADVOCATES AND THE, UH, DETRACTORS FOR THIS PROJECT FROM WORKING TOGETHER ON SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND SO, UM, I'M, I, I DO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING OUT TODAY AND TALKING TO US. 
          IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND, UM, I, I APPRECIATE THE PASSION. 
          THANKS GUYS. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER AYA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GTO. 
           SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, LIKE SO MANY SAN ANTONIANS AND PEOPLE HERE TODAY, I ALSO GREW UP GOING TO BRECKENRIDGE PARK, UM, AS AN AVID RUNNER AND PART OF THE DOWNTOWN RUN GROUP, WE RUN THROUGH THIS PARK AS A MOTHER, I TAKE MY GIRLS AND WE, UH, ENJOY THE, THE PARKS FACILITIES AND, AND HAVE SANDWICHES THERE, UH, PARKS, OUR GREEN SPACES, PARKS AND GREEN SPACES ARE SPEC OUR SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE RESIDENTS WELLBEING, THEIR HEALTH, AND TO ALSO, UH, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE US ABOUT OUR BEAUTIFUL HISTORY. 
          PARKS SHOULD OFFER A SAFE AND EDUCATIONAL AND ACCESSIBLE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL FAMILIES. 
          WHEN BRECKENRIDGE PARK WAS BUILT, THE CITY HAD AROUND 160,000 RESIDENTS. 
          HOWEVER, AS TIME HAS MOVED ON, I CAN SEE THE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE THE ACCESSIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE PARK CAN OFFER. 
          AS I RECENTLY TOURED BRECKENRIDGE PARK WITH A TEAM, I WAS REMINDED THAT SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT HAS NOT BEEN MADE IN BRECKENRIDGE PARK. 
          IN SOME TIME AREAS OF THE PARK WHERE CHILDREN PLAY ARE AGING, AT A CERTAIN POINT, WE MUST BALANCE PROTECTING NATURE FROM PEOPLE, WHILE ALSO PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM NATURE. 
          WITH THAT IN MIND, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSAL PUT FORTH THIS WONDERFUL SPACE SHOULD BE USED TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND OFFER A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR RESIDENTS SEEKING TRANQUILITY. 
          I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONCERNS OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO FEEL AN IMPORTANT CONNECTION TO THE PARK. 
          I ALSO DO ACKNOWLEDGE RESIDENTS' CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR VOICE NOT BEING ADEQUATELY HEARD. 
          GOING FORWARD. 
          COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK SESSIONS SHOULD BE STRUCTURED SO THAT AT LEAST HALF THE MEETING TIME BE SPENT FOR RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK, INPUT, AND ASK QUESTIONS. 
          UM, THANK AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYBODY'S TIME AND ENGAGEMENT ON THIS ISSUE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GTO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, I THINK THIS PROCESS HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, OBVIOUSLY FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TODAY. 
          IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS THEY WOULD'VE PREFERRED OR EXPECTED. 
          AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE ALSO HEARING IS, UH, A COMPROMISE. 
          I'VE HEARD THAT WORD SEVERAL TIMES. 
          I REMEMBER HEARING, UH, IN OUR DISCUSSION THAT AT ONE TIME THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED TREES OR MORE THAT MIGHT COME DOWN. 
          NOW IT'S LESS THAN HALF OF THAT. 
          I REMEMBER A PROJECT THAT WENT THROUGH DISTRICT NINE, UH, JUST OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          AND IT WAS TO GO AHEAD AND IMPROVE DRAINAGE THROUGH AN, A NEIGHBORHOOD, A HEAVY, HEAVILY WOODED NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND IT HAD A LOT OF TREES IN THE, UH, IN THE DRAINAGE AREAS. 
          UH, IT WAS NATURAL DRAINAGE. 
          IT WASN'T MANMADE. 
          AND THE NEIGHBORS WERE VERY, VERY CONCERNED WHEN THEY STARTED SEEING A LOT OF TREES GET MARKED TO BE REMOVED. 
          I WAS CONCERNED TOO, AND I TALKED TO PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, I TALKED TO THE ENGINEERS. 
          WE SAID, ISN'T THERE MORE WE CAN DO TO AVOID TAKING DOWN ALL THESE TREES? IT TOOK A YEAR AND A HALF OF, OF TRUE NEGOTIATIONS AND REDESIGN WORK, BUT WE DID A, WE, WE SAVED MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE TREES THAT WERE SCHEDULED TO COME DOWN. 
          AND THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WERE NOT 100% SATISFIED. 
          BUT I THINK THAT WORK TOGETHER MADE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN GETTING THAT PROJECT DONE TO PROVIDE SAFETY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SOMETHING TODAY I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LISTEN FOR IS WHAT IS THE DANGER OR HARM OR OTHER CONSEQUENCES OF THIS ORDINANCE OR PROJECT? I WAS, I WAS LISTENING TO HEAR PEOPLE SAY, WELL, MY DAMAGE, MY PROPERTY'S GONNA BE DAMAGED DOWN RIVER, OR THERE'S GONNA BE MORE FLOODING BECAUSE OF THIS, OR IT'S GONNA DAMAGE THE RIVER FLOW, OR IT'S GONNA POLLUTE THE RIVER. 
          I DIDN'T HEAR ANY OF THOSE DANGERS OR CONSEQUENCES. 
          WHAT I DID HEAR IS TREES WILL BE REMOVED AND RELOCATED, AND BIRDS WILL BE RELOCATED. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I I WANTED TO HEAR ALSO HOW MANY TREES WILL BE CUT DOWN AND REMOVED, 
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UH, TO GO AHEAD AND REHABILITATE THE WALLS ALONG THIS PART OF THE RIVER. 
          AND WHAT I'VE HEARD NOW IS THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROJECT, ABOUT 48 TREES, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE, ARE HERITAGE TREES? THE GREAT OAKS WE ALWAYS WANNA SAVE, OR THE CYPRESS OR THINGS SIX. 
          ONE OF THOSE IS DYING, I BELIEVE THEY SAID. 
          UM, AND MANY OF THOSE TREES WEREN'T ORIGINALLY PLANTED THERE. 
          THEY GREW NATURALLY, AND THAT HAPPENS. 
          BUT WE HAVE NATURAL TREES THAT GROW IN THE MIDDLE OF SIDEWALKS THAT WE'VE PUT ON STREETS OVER THE YEARS, AND THEY END UP CHANGING THE PRACTICAL USE OF THOSE SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS. 
          SO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND I WANT TO KNOW WHICH TREES WILL BE REMOVED AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL BE THE EFFECTS ON THE BIRDS OR THE ROOKERY IN THIS PROJECT. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING I HAVEN'T HAD AN ANSWER TO. 
          COULD SOMEBODY SHARE THAT WITH ME? WHICH TREES WILL BE REMOVED THAT WILL AFFECT THE BIRDS OR THE ROOKERY OF THIS PROJECT? UH, SO THERE, AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE ARE 48 TREES TOTAL THAT ARE BEING REMOVED IN THE PROJECT AREA. 
          AND, UM, ONLY SIX OF THOSE ARE HERITAGE SIZED TREES. 
          AND SO OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SIZABLE TREES THAT WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA. 
          SO BIRDS ARE STILL GOING TO, OF COURSE, LIVE IN, IN THE TREES AND, AND BE IN THIS PART OF THE PARK. 
          UM, THERE ARE EFFORTS, UM, WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, FEDERAL AGENCIES, UM, RELATED TO WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND TO, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF MANAGING THE BA OR BALANCING, UM, THE, THE BIRDS WITH THE USE, THE PUBLIC USE OF THE PARK. 
          AND SO THAT IS ONGOING IN, IN, IN OTHER SECTIONS OF THE PARK AS WELL, NOT JUST IN THIS AREA. 
          UM, SO THERE VERY MUCH WILL STILL BE TREES FOR BIRD HABITAT. 
          IT'S JUST THAT SOME OF THE TREES IN THE, IN THE LAMBERT BEACH AREA WILL BE REMOVED. 
          WELL, ARE THERE A NUMBER OF NESTS THAT, UH, OR IES THAT WE SEE IN THE TREES THAT WILL BE GONE WHEN WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE TREES? I, I DON'T, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ANSWER ANSWERING THAT QUESTION. 
          LET ME, LET ME LET HOMER ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          PLEASE CORRECT THEM OFF. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          COUNCILMAN HOMER GARCIA, PARKS DIRECTOR. 
          CURRENTLY, THERE ARE NO NESTS IN THE PROJECT AREA. 
          OKAY, THAT, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION THERE. 
          ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, WILL A REHABILITATED LAMBERT BEACH ALLOW PEOPLE TO BETTER USE THAT PART OF THE RIVER AND THE PARK, AND HOW, UM, THE ANSWER TO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, AND THE MOST OBVIOUS REASON IS RIGHT NOW, THEY CAN'T UTILIZE IT AT ALL. 
          UM, IT IS FENCED OFF BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THE WALLS. 
          AND SO THEY WILL BE, HAVE ACCESS BACK TO THAT SECTION OF THE PARK, WHICH IS CRITICAL. 
          I MEAN, IT'S THE, IT'S THE REASON WHY THIS PROJECT IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          AND SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS, UM, IN THE WAY THAT THEY USED TO THE PICNIC, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PICNIC AGAIN. 
          ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, UM, THAT, THAT PEOPLE HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO DOING IN THAT SECTION OF BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          WILL, WILL LAMBERT BEACH BE RECREATED IN ITS, UH, PAST GLORY? OR WILL THERE BE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE PICTURE WE SAW OF WHAT IT USED TO BE LIKE? UM, NO, THE, THE WALLS, THE, THE LAMBERT BEACH, LIKE THE HISTORIC RESOURCE IS BEING RESTORED. 
          I MEAN, THAT IS REALLY, UM, WHAT THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION APPROVED AND THE H D R C APPROVED. 
          AND THAT IS, UM, THE, THE STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION WHERE NECESSARY OF THOSE, UM, HISTORIC WALLS AND OF THE GRAND STAIRCASE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TODAY IS, UH, WELL, LET'S GET IT RIGHT. 
          UH, AND I'M WONDERING, DOES THAT MEAN, GET IT MY WAY, THE WAY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ASKING? UH, AND I WOULD PRESUME THAT, THAT OUR PROFESSIONALS AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE TALK WITH TRY TO GET IT RIGHT, BUT RIGHT OR WRONG IS ALWAYS A MATTER OF OPINION. 
          I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT WHAT NOT TO DO, UH, YOU KNOW, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD WHAT SHOULD BE DONE OTHER THAN THE PRESENTATION THE STAFF HAS MADE EXCEPT TO GIVE IT MORE TIME. 
          UH, I'M INCLINED RIGHT NOW TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT'S BEEN LAID OUT BEFORE US. 
          UH, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M GONNA START WITH, UH, THE BID CONTRACT. 
          UH, WHAT EXPERIENCE DOES AMSTAR IN HAVE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION? 
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UM, YES. 
          SO, SO AMSTAR IS A JOB ORDER CONTRACT. 
          AND, AND RAZZIE OF COURSE, CAN SPEAK TO O OTHER PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE WORKED ON. 
          IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I JUST, OH, UH, BECAUSE I HAVE LIMITED TIME, I JUST, DO THEY HAVE ANY YES. 
          EXPERIENCE IN COURT? YES. 
          AND THEY HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          AND CAN WE GET THAT SENT TO US? THEY DO. 
          AND THEY ALSO HAVE A SUB, UM, HUNT MASONRY, WHICH IS THE EXPERT AND HISTORIC MASONRY IN SAN. 
          WHY, WHY WASN'T HUNT MASONRY MASONRY OUR, OUR PRIME? WELL, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DOING THE WHOLE PRO. 
          THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE DOING THE MASONRY AND THERE'S MORE TO THE PROJECT. 
          AND SO IT'S, IT'S A LARGER PROJECT THAN JUST THE, THE MASONRY ASPECT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, RAZZY, CAN YOU COME UP AND SPEAK TO THE EXPERIENCE OF THIS AMSTAR INC. 
          AND WHY WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S WELL VERSED OR MORE VERSED IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF 1920? GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M REZI SINI, DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 
          LET ME TALK ABOUT JOCK, WHY IS JOCK REALLY NOT LOW BID ON LOW BID? WE HAVE NO INFLUENCE ON WHO'S GOING TO BE ON THEIR SUBS. 
          ON JOCK. 
          WE DO, WE HIRE JOCKS BASED ON QUALIFICATION, NOT THE PRICE. 
          AMSTAR HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT ALMOST FOR TWO YEARS. 
          WE ASSIGN THEM BASED ON EXPERIENCE OF THEIR SUBS RELATED TO PROJECT, AND WE CAN INFLUENCE THEIR SUB THEY'RE GOING TO USE ON THE PROJECT. 
          THEY HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE, SINCE 1999, ALMOST 25 YEARS. 
          THEY HAVE DONE NUMBER OF THE PROJECT FOR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND OTHERS. 
          THEY HAVE A WORKING, AS I MENTIONED, ON THIS PROJECT, ALMOST 12 YEARS. 
          THEY HAVE REALLY ASSEMBLED VERY STRONG TEAMS TO HANDLE THIS PROJECT PROPERLY. 
          THEY HAVE HUNT MASONRY IS GOING TO BE MASONRY, ONE OF THE TOP MASONRY IN TOWN. 
          WE HAVE NO CONTRACT WITH HUNT MASONRY. 
          WE COULD NOT HIRE THEM. 
          WE HAVE ABILITY TO HIRE, UM, STAR, THEY HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN INC. 
          TO RELOCATE LARGE TREES. 
          WE, THEY HAVE GONE SO FAR. 
          THEY HAVE TWO FIRM. 
          ONE IS GOING TO REMOVE THE LARGE TREE. 
          THE OTHER ONE IS GOING TO REMOVE THE SMALL TREE. 
          SMALL TREE WILL BE REMOVED. 
          OKAY. 
          I I'M GONNA GET TO THE TREES LATER. 
          I, I WANNA MAKE SURE I HAVE ENOUGH TIME. 
          SO HOW MUCH, UH, ARE WE OVER BUDGET CURRENTLY? WE ARE ON THIS PROJECT. 
          WE ARE NOT OVER BUDGET BECAUSE I GOT, AN EMAIL IS SENT TO ME, FORWARDED TO ME THAT THIS LOOKED WE'RE AT A 3 MILLION SHORTFALL IN THE COST ESTIMATE. 
          NO MA'AM. 
          WE ARE NOT OVER BUDGET ON THIS CONTRACT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE A SHORTFALL CURRENTLY FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          PHASE ONE I, I NEED THE WHOLE PHASES. 
          PHASE TWO HASN'T BEEN DESIGNED YET. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE COULD BE FACING A SHORTFALL. 
          IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT YET. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THE COURSE OF THE PARK, UH, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN GET THEM TO, HOW MANY TREES ARE GONNA GO DOWN IN PHASE TWO, WHERE THE CARRIAGE HOUSE IS? AND IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT THE CARRIAGE HOUSE COULD GO BEFORE THE, UH, WALL ON PHASE TWO, WE ARE PLANNING TO PLANT OVER 400 TREES. 
          I CAN HAVE A MAYBE SHANNON ADDRESS. 
          OTHER QUESTION. 
          SO 400 TREES ARE GOING DOWN. 
          WE ARE PLANTING 400, OVER 400 TREES ON PHASE TWO. 
          BUT WE DON'T HAVE WHAT SIZE THESE TREES ARE GOING TO BE OR ARE THEY GONNA BE SS SAPLINGS? ARE THEY GOING TO BE MID-SIZE TREES? HAVE NOT DESIGNED THE PROJECT YET. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IT IT, THAT'S FINE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UM, THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS MOVING THIS FORWARD TODAY. 
          UM, THE CO THE, THE COURSE OF THE PARK. 
          YOU'RE COMING TO ME TODAY AND YOU'RE SAYING WE GOTTA DO PHASE ONE. 
          WE GOTTA DO PHASE ONE AND I DON'T HAVE PHASE TWO DONE, DONE. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING IS, LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT LEANING BY EXAMPLE. 
          HOW MUCH WOULD WE PAY IF WE WERE A COMPANY IN TREE MITIGATION? IF WE WERE TAKING DOWN 40, 48 TREES, HOMER, HOW, HOW MUCH WOULD WE BE CHARGED IF WE WERE A COMPANY AND WE CAME INTO SAN ANTONIO AND SAID, I'M TAKING DOWN 48 TREES. 
          WE HAVE AN ON-CALL SERVICES CONTRACT, SO I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER THAT I CAN GIVE YOU, BUT IT WOULD BE BASED ON THAT CONTRACT THAT WE SOURCED. 
          BECAUSE I THINK WE SHOULD BE PRAYING IN TO THE TREE MITIGATION FUND FOR 48 TREES IF WE'RE TAKING DOWN 48 TREES, EXISTING TREES. 
          SO CURRENTLY FOR, UM, THIS PROJECT, PHASE ONE, WE ARE MEETING ALL MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO PAY INTO THAT. 
          DOES THAT CLARIFY ANYTHING? NO, BECAUSE I'VE GOT COMPANIES COMING INTO THE SOUTH SIDE IN AREAS THAT HAVE NO TREES AND THEY'RE BEING TOLD THEY HAVE TO PLANT TREES. 
          SO 
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HOW IS IT THAT, UH, WE CAN GO INTO BRACKENRIDGE PARK, TAKE DOWN TREES AND SAY, HEY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, WE'RE NOT GONNA CHARGE YOU. 
          AND MAYBE MIKE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          HOW ARE WE? IS IT 'CAUSE WE'RE THE CITY YEAH. 
          AND WE'RE SPECIAL? NO. 
          UH, GOOD. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          I'M MIKE SHANNON, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          I THINK YOUR QUESTION RELATES TO MITIGATION IN GENERAL. 
          SO CERTAINLY THE CITY HAS TO MEET THE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS OF OUR TREE PRESERVATION CODE, UH, ON, ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS. 
          UH, CITY'S TREE CODE GIVES THE PROJECT, WHETHER IT'S A PRIVATE DEVELOPER OR THE CITY, THE OPTION TO PLANT TREES IN ORDER TO MITIGATE OR TO PAY INTO THE CITY'S TREE MITIGATION FUND. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH TO MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK. 
          SO IN THIS INSTANCE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS PLANTING TO MITIGATE AS OPPOSED TO PAYING INTO THE FUND. 
          UH, BUT A DEVELOPER, LIKE YOU SAID, HAS THE OPTION, UH, IF THEY'RE CUTTING DOWN TOO MANY TREES AND THEY ALSO HAVE TO HAVE CANOPY, WHICH IS PART OF THE CITY STREET CODE AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE'RE PLANTING IN PHASE TWO AND PHASE TWO HASN'T EVEN BEEN COMPLETED YET. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. 
          IS THAT TRUE PHASE, PHASE TWO HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT PHASE TWO LOOKS LIKE. 
          SO PHASE TWO IS STILL BEING DESIGNED, BUT THERE ARE TREES BEING PLANTED IN BOTH PHASE ONE AND TWO. 
          I MEAN, TREES ARE, WILL BE ALSO PLANTED IN PHASE ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, HOW MANY TREES, HOW MANY TREES ARE BEING PLANTED IN PHASE ONE? ROTH? NO, OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. 
          26 26 TREES. 
          BUT I'M BEING TOLD NOT IN THE SAME AREA. 
          IN PHASE 1 26. 
          IN THE AREA OF PHASE IN LAMB. 
          PHASE ONE. 
          YES. 
          BUT NOT IN LAMBERT BEACH. 
          YES. 
          UM, LET'S GO BACK TO THE REMOVAL OF THE 21 TREES. 
          CAN YOU GUARANTEE THESE 21 TREES WILL LIVE AND HOW MUCH WILL IT COST TO RELOCATE THEM? THE RELOCATION, THE 20, THE TREES THAT ARE BEING RELOCATED. 
          UM, THE TREE, THE LARGE, THE SIGNIFICANT LARGE TREE. 
          THE TREE 1 0 6 THAT YOU SAW THE PHOTOGRAPH OF. 
          UM, THAT TREE IS BEING RELOCATED BY THE CONSULTANT THAT OZZIE ME MENTIONED. 
          AND THEY HAVE, THEY ESSENTIALLY GUARANTEE IT'S SURVIVAL OR THEY WON'T AGREE TO. 
          AND IF IT DOESN'T SURVIVE, HOW MUCH DO THEY PAY US FOR THAT? OR DO WE NOT HAVE TO PAY THEM FOR THE, I I DO NOT KNOW IF THERE'S A PENALTY. 
          OKAY. 
          AGAIN, 'CAUSE I'VE ONLY GOT THREE MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THAT, THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION. 
          UM, ONE OF THE RESIDENTS HAD A RENDERING OF WHAT THEY, IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 
          UH, CAN YOU, CAN Y'ALL BRING THAT UP? I THINK IT WAS THE IMAGE OF WHAT IT, WHAT WHAT THEY WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE WITH THE FLOWERS. 
          UH, WHILE SHE GETS THAT, UM, I, I I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS HAS BEEN CONTENTIOUS. 
          YEAH. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT A RENDERING? IF YOU COULD SHOW THAT TO THEM, IS THAT A RENDERING THAT, UH, THE DESIGN GROUP PROVIDED TO, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? IT, IT'S, IT IS AN EARLY LIKE, CONCEPTUAL RENDERING FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES. 
          YEAH. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE SAN PEDRO CREEK. 
          IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE BRECKENRIDGE PARK. 
          UM, I AM, AND I ONLY HA I I'M GOING TO CHIME BACK IN, BUT I WAS THERE WITH LANTA AND BARBARA WHEN Y'ALL HAD YOUR INITIAL ZOOM WITH BRACKENRIDGE REGARDING SUNKEN GARDENS. 
          IT WAS CONTENTIOUS TO SAY THE LEAST. 
          UM, JAYLEN WAS THERE, MARIO WAS THERE. 
          I WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD COME BACK TO THIS POINT AND IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. 
          AND IT IS NOT. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING IS IDA SAT WITH ME AT A SAN ANTONIO PARKS FOUNDATION, WHICH IS NOT HERE, BUT SAN ANTONIO PARKS FOUNDATION EVENT AND TALKED ABOUT IT. 
          AND THE ONE THING THAT I NOTED IS, IS THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY DISCOURAGED. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THAT ARE LIKE, OH, THIS HAS TAKEN ENOUGH TIME. 
          NO, THIS HAS NOT TAKEN ENOUGH TIME. 
          WE NEED TO GET IT RIGHT. 
          I HAVE A PROJECT GOING ON AT THE WORLD HERITAGE FESTIVAL, AND IT HAS TAKEN FOREVER. 
          BUT THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO GET IT RIGHT. 
          AND I AM, I AM LIVID THAT WE ARE BACK HERE FOR THE FIRST MEETING DISCUSSING THIS AND THAT THIS WAS POSTED ON FRIDAY SO THAT I HAD, WHAT, THREE DAYS TO GET RESPONSES. 
          AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE, ARE SENDING ME MESSAGES VIA FACEBOOK BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN. 
          I I AM, I'M NOT PLEASED. 
          TODAY I HAVE ANOTHER SERIES OF QUESTIONS TO ASK. 
          UM, BUT WE CAN DO BETTER. 
          AND I, I UNDERSTAND THAT BRACKENRIDGE WAS FORMED IN 2000 AND AND EIGHT TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. 
          BUT THERE IS A 
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REAL PROBLEM IN COMMUNICATION AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          UH, I'LL CHIME BACK IN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME OUT AND GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, REVI, UH, REGARDING THIS TOPIC AS WELL AS TO CITY STAFF, O H P D S G, PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS FOR THEIR CONTINUED WORK. 
          UH, RECOGNIZING RIGHT THAT, UM, THIS IS RUNNING PARALLEL TO MANY PROJECTS FROM THE 2017 BOND AND THE 2022 BOND RUNNING PARALLEL TO PROJECTS IN 10 DISTRICTS WITH THE SAME TEAM MANAGING ALL THESE PROJECTS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK, UM, WITH THIS PROJECT. 
          UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S BEEN EXTENSIVE, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND COUNCILMAN MCCE RODRIGUEZ, UH, HELPED LEAD THAT CHARGE IN ASKING FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
          AND, UH, I, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          UM, I DO BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN, UM, PUBLIC AND BRIEF COMMUNITY, NOT NECESSARILY BRIEF, BUT THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATION AROUND THIS PROJECT, UH, ULTIMATELY ON PRINCIPLE, RIGHT? WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HEAT THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AS A CITY, AS A NATION, AND RECOGNIZING THAT THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS HERE, EIGHT HERITAGE TREES IS ONE TOO MANY, RIGHT? I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALL, ALL OF OUR FAMILIES GO AND VISIT BRACKEN RIDGE PARK. 
          I GREW UP WITH A FAMILY INVOLVED IN A CAR CLUB. 
          THE TAM, NOT THE TAM IMPALAS, THE IMPALA CAR CLUB. 
          UH, AND EVERY WEEKEND WE'D GO CRUISING FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THIS PARK, RIGHT? 'CAUSE 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S SHADY. 
          UH, IT'S A GREAT PARK. 
          UM, AND, AND TODAY, RIGHT? CAR CLUBS CONTINUE TO DO THAT, RIGHT? THEY LEAVE WEST SIDE PARKS BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT, UM, TO GO TO THIS SHADED PARK TO RELAX BARBECUE, UH, AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH FAMILY. 
          UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT DURING THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS, THAT AT ONE POINT IT WAS BROUGHT UP TO, UM, REMOVE THE WALLS. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE IN INTO ACCOUNT THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AS WELL AS THE STORM WATER PIECE, RIGHT? WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME ABOVE ALL, IS THAT STORM WATER PIECE. 
          CAN SOMEONE ON CITY STAFF SHARE WHAT KIND OF IMPACT ADVERSE IMPACTS WOULD OCCUR IF THAT WALL, THE HISTORIC WALLS WERE TO BE REMOVED? SO IT, IT WAS EXPLORED TO, TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF IF THE WALLS WERE TAKEN DOWN AND SHADOW WALLS WERE CONSTRUCTED IN, AND THEN THE WALLS PUT BACK IN FRONT, THAT WOULD NARROW THE CHANNEL, UM, THE RIVER CHANNEL. 
          AND SO THAT WAS EXPLORED WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 
          AND THE, THE CHALLENGE THERE IS THAT IT THEN CREATES ISSUES, UH, FLOOD PLANE ISSUES UPSTREAM BECAUSE IT CAN CREATE FLOODING IN OTHER AREAS, WHICH THEN WOULD TRIGGER TREE REMOVAL IN OTHER AREAS, INCLUDING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          SO IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING LIKE THAT HAS SOME OTHER CONSEQUENCE AT ANOTHER SECTION OF THE RIVER. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY IT WASN'T, UM, FEASIBLE TO, TO MOVE THE WALLS FORWARD AND AWAY FROM THE TREES BECAUSE IT WOULD NARROW THE, THE RIVER CHANNEL TOO MUCH. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, RIGHT? YES. 
          BUT, BUT GIVEN THE, THE DRASTIC AMOUNT OF ADVERSE IMPACTS, RIGHT? MY, MY PRIORITY IS PUBLIC SAFETY, RIGHT? UM, WHETHER IT'S A HISTORICAL STRUCTURE OR NOT, WE SHOULD PUT COMMUNITY SAFETY AND HEALTH FIRST AND HEARING PUBLIC COMMENT AND THAT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, THAT WAS MY LAST QUESTION. 
          UM, HEARING THAT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY PRESERVE TREES AND WORK AROUND THESE, THESE, UM, HERITAGE TREES IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, RIGHT? I HEAR CONVERSATION ABOUT THE D N A OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE D N A OF OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. 
          WHERE HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF ASTHMA. 
          UM, WE HAVE HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF FAMILIES WITHOUT ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE. 
          AND AGAIN, WE ARE IN A CLIMATE DISASTER. 
          EVERY TREE AND EVERY ACTION MATTERS, AND WE MUST ACT WITH INTENTION. 
          YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT TREES REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES THROUGH CARBON STORAGE, DECREASED STORM WATER RUNOFF THROUGH THE INCEPTION AND ABSORPTION OF RING WATER, AND THEY WORK TO MITIGATE THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, RIGHT? WE'VE MADE NATIONAL NEWS, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN THE NEW YORK TIMES FOR THE EXTENSIVE HEAT THAT MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? AND I WANNA POINT TO THE FACT THAT IT'S OUR MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TO GO TO THESE PARKS TO, TO FIND RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. 
          SO I, I UNDERSTAND EXTENSIVE PROCESS, YADA, YADA, BUT ULTIMATELY, RIGHT, WE HAVE A DECISION AND RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THE HEALTH OF OUR CONSTITUENCY AND THOSE WHO LACK ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY, RIGHT? I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ONE IMPORTANT PIECE. 
          UM, WHEN I THINK OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THE PATTERN OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, A AS, AS, AS A CITY, NOT AN ORGANIZATION, RIGHT? AND LONG BEFORE OUR TIME, BEFORE ANY OF US WERE ON COUNCIL WORKING FOR CITY STAFF, THERE'S A PATTERN WHEN IT COMES TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND WHEN IT'S, IT, IT'S, UM, PROTECTED AND PRESERVED. 
          WHEN I THINK OF THE HEMISPHERE 
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FAIR, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF HISTORIC STRUCTURES THERE THAT WERE RAISED, RIGHT? BUT IT'S POOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND THEIR HISTORY IS DISREGARDED. 
          AND WE SEEM TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN WE PUT A HISTORIC STRUCTURE FIRST ABOVE OTHERS. 
          AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, THAT WE HIGHLIGHT THAT HISTORICAL TREND. 
          UM, ULTIMATELY IT'S THE SAME INTEREST IN MACHINE, UM, PUSHING THOSE INTERESTS FORWARD, UM, TYPICALLY AROUND REAL ESTATE AND LARGER PROJECTS AND INVESTMENTS. 
          UH, AND I'M SURE THEY'RE ALL INTERTWINED. 
          IF A HISTORIAN WANTS TO GO DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE, I'M SURE THEY'LL FIND SOMETHING. 
          UM, BUT ULTIMATELY I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM ON PRINCIPLE. 
          I WANNA RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF CITY STAFF BECAUSE I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN FACILITATING CONVERSATION AND WORKING TOWARDS A RESOLUTION WITH, UH, BOTH INTERESTS, RIGHT? BUT ON PRINCIPLE, I THINK WE NEED TO DO BETTER FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER CORE, FIRST OF ALL, TO ALL OF THE RIVER ROAD RESIDENTS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING SO DILIGENTLY ON THIS PROJECT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, FOR YOUR ENERGY, FOR THE MONEY THAT YOU HAVE SPENT OUT OF POCKET TO GET ENGINEERS TO LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS FOR YOUR TIME THAT YOU'RE GIVING UP. 
          UM, AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE TREES AT THE PARK. 
          THANK YOU TO THE CONSERVANCY, UH, WHO ARE VOLUNTEERS WORKING TO MAKE THIS PARK MORE ACCESSIBLE. 
          UM, AND ALL THE TIME AND ENERGY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO SHOWING US WHAT IS POSSIBLE AT THE PARK. 
          UM, AND THEN THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF FOR EXTENDING THIS ITEM FROM JUNE. 
          I WAS BRAND NEW AND NEEDED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO LEARN ABOUT THE ISSUE. 
          SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL GIVING ME A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO REALLY UNDERSTAND. 
          AND MOST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MC RODRIGUEZ, WHO HAS REALLY LED THE CHARGE IN PUSHING THIS WORK FORWARD TO TRY TO SAVE AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, WE ARE NOW DOWN TO 48 AND UH, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR ADVOCACY, SO I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SO HAVING, OVER THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF, WHAT OUR COUNCIL OFFICE HAS ENGAGED IN IS COUNTLESS MEETINGS WITH CITY STAFF WHO HAVE EXPLAINED TO ME ALL THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. UM, WE'VE TALKED WITH THE CONSERVANCY AND WE'VE TALKED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL. 
          I AM NOT AN ARBORIST OR ENGINEER BY TRADE, BUT I HAVE UNDERSTOOD, I'VE DONE MY BEST TO UNDERSTOOD THE CANTILEVER SYSTEM, THE STRAND DRILL SYSTEM, WHAT WAS BEING OFFERED BY THE VOLUNTEER, BY THE VOLUNTEER PRO BONO, UH, ARBORISTS OR ENGINEERS. 
          AND THE ISSUES WITH THE EXCAVATION. 
          AND THE LAST THAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT THIS IS COMING DOWN TO BEING A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. 
          AND THAT'S THE UNFORTUNATE PART ABOUT THE BLOCK OFF OF THE TREES RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO WHEN WE WERE WALKING, EVEN JUST YESTERDAY, THERE WAS KIDS THAT WERE ON THE SIDE OF THE BANK AND THE, THAT AREA IS SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSED OFF. 
          AND THOSE TREES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM, THEY'RE FALLING ON AND THEY, THEY, THEY'RE LEANING VERY HEAVILY ON THE WALL. 
          AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT PERCEIVED AS BEING A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, BUT WHEN CITY STAFF AND THE ARBORISTS ARE TELLING ME THAT IT IS, I HAVE TO TAKE THAT AT ITS WORD. 
          AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM IS TWO THINGS. 
          ONE, I KNOW, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER VIGON HAS ALREADY ASKED ABOUT AM STAR'S HISTORY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. 
          THEY DO HAVE FOLKS ON THEIR SUBCONTRACTOR LIST THAT ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THIS WORK, BECAUSE THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP YESTERDAY. 
          THE SECOND THING I WANT TO CONFIRM IS, CAN SOMEONE FROM CITY STAFF CONFIRM THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE IF WE ATTEMPT TO DO THEAND DRILL SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN OFFERED? UM, YES. 
          UM, THERE THERE'S BEEN EXTENSIVE INVOLVEMENT TO LOOK AT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. 
          UM, BOTH THE CITY ARBORISTS, THE CITY FORESTRY TEAM, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE DESIGN TEAM PEOPLE, PUBLIC WORKS, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, A LOT OF EXPERTISE PARKS DEPARTMENT HA HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN LOOKING AT THE SITUATION. 
          AND AS YOU SAW WHEN YOU WERE THERE, THERE ARE SECTIONS OF THE WALLS THAT HAVE ALREADY CRUMBLED EVEN WITHIN THE LAST SIX WEEKS OR SO. 
          UM, ADDITIONAL SECTIONS OF WALL HAVE FAILED AND, AND ANOTHER TREE FELL IN THE SECTION INTO THE RIVER. 
          AND SO IT, IT IS CLEAR AND IMMINENT THAT THERE IS, THAT THERE IS A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN IN THE AREA. 
          AND IT WAS DETERMINED THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROCESS BY, UH, AFTER EVALUATING EVERYTHING THAT THERE REALLY ARE UNUSUAL AND COMPELLING CIRCUMSTANCES HERE THAT, UM, REQUIRE US TO, TO DO SOMETHING TO STABILIZE THOSE WALLS. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, THE, THE LAST THINGS THAT I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, SO GIVING THIS AS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, THERE ARE THINGS THAT I HEARD THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE REFLECT ON AND NOT DO MOVING FORWARD. 
          'CAUSE THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT. 
          SO FOR CITY STAFF, I THINK THE PROCESS, THE WAY THIS WAS STARTED WAS NOT THE WAY THAT WE WANT THIS PROCESS TO GO IN THE FUTURE OR ANY OTHER PARK RESTORATION PROCESS. 
          COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS KEY TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          AND IF WE'RE NOT BRINGING FOLKS ON, ON THE FRONT END, IF WE'RE NOT EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS ON THE FRONT END, WE'RE NOT DOING 
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WHAT WE NEED TO DO TOGETHER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ SAID, WE ALL HAVE THE SAME GOAL HERE. 
          WE WANT ACCESS TO THIS PARK. 
          I I DON'T RUN ON THE TRAILS LIKE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GATO, BUT I PLAY FOOTBALL ON THE BASEBALL FIELDS BACK BEHIND THE, UM, BEHIND LAMBERT BEACH. 
          AND SO WE ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT ACCESS AND USAGE FOR THIS PARK, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ON, WE ACTIVELY WORK TOWARDS A SOLUTION TOGETHER, AND WE REALLY, TRULY ARE ON THE SAME TEAM VERSUS AN US VERSUS THEM MENTALITY BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GONNA MOVE US ANYWHERE. 
          THE SECOND IS A COMMITMENT TO MAINTENANCE. 
          I WAS TOLD YESTERDAY THAT LAMB, THE GRAND STAIRCASE WAS JUST REPAIRED ABOUT 20, 25 YEARS AGO. 
          AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, AND WHILE I MAY NOT BE SITTING ON THIS DICE AT THAT TIME, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. 
          THAT WE ARE NOT UP HERE ASKING FOR ANOTHER BOND ORDER FOR RE REPARATION REPAIRING OF THIS PART OF THE WALL SPECIFICALLY, SINCE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE COMMITMENTS THAT I ASK FROM YOU. 
          AND THEN FOR THE CONSERVANCY THAT THIS IS TO, TO THE POINT THAT WAS MADE, THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S PARK AND THAT PAVILION, CHARGING FOR THAT PAVILION IS SOMETHING THAT IT WILL CHANGE THE PEOPLE'S PARK. 
          AND SO, OKAY, SO I HEAR, I SEE NOT SHAKE HEAD NODDING THAT THAT WILL NOT BE CHARGED FOR. 
          SO WE, UH, WE URGE YOU TO COMMIT TO MAKING SURE THAT YOU, UH, OVERSEE THIS PARK IN A WAY THAT IT IS STILL ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THAT NO ONE IS PROFITING OFF OF THE PARK AND THAT ALL OF THE DOLLARS GO BACK TO RESTORING THE PARK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, I'LL BE BRIEF. 
          I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS NOW FOR A BIT AND MOST, MOST, MOST OF EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID, BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THAT LAST POINT, ON THE PRIVATIZATION THAT I'VE HEARD MULTIPLE TIMES, CAN SOMEBODY CONFIRM FOR ME THAT IS, IS IS ANYTHING GONNA BE PRIVATE HERE? ARE THERE ANY DOLLARS GOING TO ANY PRIVATE ENTITIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, SIR. 
          UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS AN EDUCATIONAL PLAZA RIGHT THERE AT THE PUMP HOUSE. 
          AND IN FACT, MAKING THAT AN EDUCATIONAL PRO, UH, PLAZA WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SCHOOL KIDS TO COME AS WE ARE ALLOWED TO INTERPRET THE PARK, CREATE THE HISTORY IN THE PARK. 
          THERE IS NO PRIVATIZATION OF THAT EDUCATIONAL PLAZA IN THE, IN THE PUMP HOUSE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SECOND THING FOLKS, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          IF YOU'RE GONNA DISRUPT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE YOU LEAVE OR WE'RE GONNA RECESS THE MEETING. 
          SECOND THING, JOB ORDER, CONTRACT PROCESS THAT WAS USED HERE. 
          UM, CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN TO ME WHY WE COULD GO THAT ROUTE HERE RATHER THAN AN R F P PROCESS OR, OR ANOTHER METHOD? YEAH, COUNCILMAN, AS I MENTIONED, JOB ORDER CONTRACT. 
          WE SELECT THEM BASED ON QUALIFICATION, NOT THE BID. 
          BECAUSE WHEN ADVERTISE THE PROJECT FOR LOW BID, WHOEVER IS COMES WITH LAW BAIT BY LAW, WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM. 
          IN ADDITION, WE HAVE NO INFLUENCE WHO'S ON THEIR TEAM. 
          THEY LOBBY BE THEIR CONTRACTOR JOB UNDER CONTRACTOR, NOT JUST, WE SELECT THEM BASED ON QUALIFICATION. 
          WE ALSO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE PROPER SUBCONTRACTOR HAS EXPERIENCE RELATED FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          ARMSTRONG IS USING THE SUB ON THIS PROJECT. 
          THEY PROBABLY WILL NOT USE ON SOME OTHER PROJECT. 
          THIS, THIS PROJECT REQUIRE IS A HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE. 
          IT REQUIRES LARGE TREE REMOVAL. 
          THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AND HELPING US TO IDENTIFY WHICH SUB IS RIGHT FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          AS I MENTIONED, THEY HAVE ASSEMBLED VERY STRONG TEAM TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT. 
          SO THE JOB ORDER CONTRACT PROCESS ALLOWS US TO BETTER VET WHO THE CONTRACTOR'S GONNA BE. 
          THAT DOES THE JOB. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES. 
          WE MATCH THE REQUIREMENT OF THE PROJECT WITH THE JOB ORDER CONTRACTOR. 
          WE ARE ASSIGNING. 
          OKAY. 
          ON TOP OF THAT, WE MAKE SURE THEY HAVE RIGHT PROPER SUBS WITH EXPERIENCE FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          AND SINCE THEY ARE ON CALL FOR US, THEY MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A, THEY DO A GOOD JOB ON THAT PROJECT. 
          'CAUSE OTHERWISE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET ASSIGNMENT FROM US FOR NEXT PROJECT. 
          AND, AND WOULD YOU SAY THAT IT'S A QUICKER PROCESS TO FIND A CONTRACTOR THROUGH A A JOB ORDER CONTRACT PROCESS THAN AN R F P PROCESS? IT IS QUICKER AND BETTER QUALITY CONSTRUCTION BETTER. 
          AND IS THERE, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN IGNORANT QUESTION OR NOT, BUT IS THERE ANY SORT OF MAXIMUM LIMIT OF DOLLARS THAT, THAT WE CAN USE THE JOB ORDER CONTRACT PROCESS FOR? YES, STAFF HAS AUTHORITY TO PROVE UP TO 250,000. 
          ANYTHING ABOVE THAT COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE. 
          AND THAT'S THE REASON WE ARE HERE BECAUSE THE SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN STEPH COULD APPROVE. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
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LOOK, I I WANT TO, UM, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE, THE RESIDENTS THAT, THAT CAME OUT. 
          UM, I, I LOVE TO SEE THIS, THIS IS THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. 
          UM, I LOVE TO SEE OUR NEIGHBORS PASSIONATELY ENGAGED IN THESE THINGS. 
          AND IT LOOKS LIKE HERE ALL OF THE WORK AND TIME THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE PUT INTO THIS, UM, REALLY HAS MOVED THE BALL HERE AND, AND BROUGHT US TO, UM, WHAT LOOKS TO BE A COMPROMISE TODAY. 
          UM, ALSO THANKS TO CITY STAFF, THESE THINGS ARE NEVER EASY AND, UM, I, I ECHO WHAT, UH, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FROM FROM DISTRICT EIGHT SAID IT. 
          YOU KNOW, I DON'T APPRECIATE EITHER, YOU KNOW, ANY DEROGATORY COMMENTS REGARDING CITY STAFF. 
          I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE TWO MONTHS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IN JUST THE TWO MONTHS I'VE BEEN HERE, I SEE HOW HARD THAT THEY WORK AND, AND I SEE THAT THE HEARTS ARE, UH, IN THE RIGHT PLACE. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE CITY STAFF FOR WHAT THEY DID HERE, UM, TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UH, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE AND I, AND I HEAR YOUR CONCERNS, UM, ON THE PROCESS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PROCESSES IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND IT SOUNDS LIKE HERE THAT PERHAPS, UH, WE COULD HAVE HAD A BETTER PROCESS, ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY IN THE BEGINNING. 
          UM, THAT SAID, IT'S A, IT'S TOUGH. 
          THIS IS A TOUGH ONE FOR ME. 
          UM, BUT WHEN I WEIGH IT ALL, I THINK THAT WE'VE GOTTA MOVE THIS THING FORWARD. 
          AND IF WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, IT, IT CAN, WE CAN GET TO A POINT OF SORT OF PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS AND WE KEEP LOOKING AT IT AND GOING BACK OVER IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          EVERYBODY IS NEVER GONNA BE HAPPY, UM, WITH, WITH WHATEVER THE FINAL RESULT IS. 
          UH, BUT HERE, TO ME, IT LOOKS LIKE AT THE VERY LEAST WE'VE GOT A COMPROMISE THAT'S BEEN WORKED ON OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M INCLINED, UH, TO SUPPORT THIS ONE. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, WHITE, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. 
          HDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, UH, AS EVERYONE MENTIONED, I APPRECIATE THE CONSERVANCY AND, AND THANK THE CONSERVANCY. 
          THE, UM, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALWAYS CITY STAFF. 
          THEY, THEY WORK VERY DILIGENTLY TO GET THESE ITEMS BEFORE US AND, AND TRY TO REACH COMPROMISE. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY WHY I HAVE A CONCERN. 
          THERE'S ALL THESE STAKEHOLDERS THAT I, I DO BELIEVE ARE ALL LOOKING AT THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE BEST INTEREST OF BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          WE CAN ALL TELL TONS OF STORIES ABOUT GROWING UP THERE AND, AND, UM, FAMILY TIME THERE. 
          MY CONCERN TODAY IS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UM, STAKEHOLDER. 
          WE HAVE SOME STAKEHOLDERS RELATING THAT THERE HAS, UH, COMPROMISE HAS BEEN REACHED, THE BEST COMPROMISE THAT THAT CAN BE MADE. 
          WE HAVE ANOTHER STAKE, SOME OTHER STAKEHOLDERS SAYING THERE'S BEEN NO COMPROMISE IN, IN MY WORLD. 
          IF THERE IS NOT MUTUAL AGREEMENT, THEN THERE'S NO COMPROMISE. 
          SO WE TALK A LOT ABOUT, UM, THIS IS THE BEST COMPROMISE WE HAVE. 
          I DON'T SEE A COMPROMISE. 
          I JUST DON'T SEE ONE HERE WHEN WE HAVE SO MANY STAKEHOLDERS SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT HAPPY WITH IT. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING BIRDS AND TREES AND WALLS AND HEAT AND THIS IS ALL REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO OUR BELOVED PARK. 
          BUT IF IT, IF IT TAKES LONGER, I KNOW THAT THE POINT POINT WAS MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN ARAN. 
          IF IT TAKES LONGER TO FIND THAT TRUE COMPROMISE, THEN IT IS WORTHWHILE. 
          I'M THE LAST PERSON THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO DELAY ANYTHING OR DRAG SOMETHING ON LONGER THAN IT SHOULD BE. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S WARRANTED HERE. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT WE, UM, ARE READY REALLY TO, TO MAKE THIS DECISION AS IS. 
          UM, AND JUST QUICKLY TO, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING THE PEOPLE'S PARK, AND THIS ISN'T JUST DISTRICT ONE OR DISTRICT TWO. 
          UH, EVERY PERSON ON THIS DIOCESE, EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM IN IN OUR CITY CAN TALK ABOUT AN EXPERIENCE AT BRECKENRIDGE PARK. 
          THIS IS THE FUTURE OF, UH, OF OUR CITY. 
          I, UH, IN, IN MY DISTRICT, WE WERE BUILDING A REGIONAL PARK AND I, I WAS INSPIRED BY GOING, GROWING UP IN BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          AND WHAT I, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I SAID TO HOMER I WAS ELECTED IS I WON A BRACKENRIDGE PARK ON THE WEST SIDE, UM, IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          SO, UH, THIS, THIS IS, IT'S PART OF OUR, OUR D N A AS, UH, AS A COMMUNITY. 
          AND I, I THINK THAT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE TALKING A LOT TODAY ABOUT PROCESS TOO, AND I'VE HEARD A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY THAT IT'S A FLAWED PROCESS AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO SACRIFICE THIS ITEM ON THE ALTAR OF BAD PROCESS. 
          LET'S CHANGE THE PROCESS AND APPLY IT HERE. 
          NOT, NOT NEXT TIME. 
          THIS IS THAT IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          SO I, I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER EO HDA COUNCILS MEMBER ELAS, TWO THINGS, TERRY, UM, AND THE, AND THE CONSERVANCY. 
          I, I SAW A WHOLE BUNCH OF BODY LANGUAGE, UH, WHEN THERE WAS MENTION OF THE CHARGING FOR THE PAVILION OR WHATEVER. 
          AND, UH, AND THEN TIME RAN OUT. 
          AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GOT YOUR, THE ANSWER IN, UH, REGARDING THE RENTING OUT OF THE PAVILION AND 
          [02:35:01]
WHAT THE PLANS ARE. 
          I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND, UM, CONFUSION, BUT, SO THE CONSERVANCY'S RAISED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS AND SOME OF THAT IS FROM H E B MM-HMM  TO DO A CULTURAL TRAIL. 
          AND AS PART OF THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN EDUCATIONAL PLAZA. 
          ALL THIS IS GONNA BE DISCUSSED AS PART OF OUR, UH, STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT, THAT THE, UH, CITY MANAGER CREATED. 
          UM, AND IN THAT PROCESS, WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A FREE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC RENOVATED PUMP HOUSE THAT WE CAN USE AS PART OF THAT EDUCATIONAL PLAZA. 
          UM, THERE'S NO INTENTION TO PRIVATIZE OR, OR TO HAVE GROUPS, UM, OTHER THAN FREE IT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, HEY RAZZIE AMSTAR, ONE OF THEIR CORE LINES OF BUSINESS APPEARS TO BE HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          I, UH, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THEIR WEBSITE. 
          UH, WE SPECIALIZE IN THIS IS, THIS IS AMSTAR. 
          WE SPECIALIZE IN DESIGN, BUILD, NEW RETROFIT, CONSTRUCTION, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, RENOVATION, FACILITY IMPROVEMENT PARK, SPORTS COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE THEIR SUB, I MEAN LIKE THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT'S ACCURATE. 
          COUNCILMAN, THIS IS REALLY A BEST TEAM FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT AMSTAR DOESN'T HAVE THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS TO CARRY OUT THIS PROJECT? NO, SIR. 
          OTHERWISE, WE DON'T RECOMMEND FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          ALRIGHT, THANKS. 
          THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WRITING IS ON THE WALL. 
          UM, I GUESS I, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE CLARIFICATION ON THE EDUCATION PLAZA. 
          I THINK THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF, UH, DISCUSSIONS OF WHAT COULD BE, AND THERE WAS TALK OF A EVENT SPACE. 
          THERE WAS TALK OF A CAFE. 
          THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS. 
          AND I THINK THAT WAS VERY, UM, DISRUPTIVE TO, UH, THE COMMUNITY'S PEACE OF MIND REGARDING THE PROJECT. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION. 
          WHEN CAN WE APPROVE THIS TODAY? WHEN CAN CONSTRUCTION START? SO CONSTRUCTION CANNOT BEGIN UNTIL ALL APPROVALS ARE IN PLACE. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES THE APPROVAL THROUGH THE SECTION 1 0 6 PROCESS AND THE CORE OF ENGINEERS, UM, APPROVAL OF THE TREATMENT PLAN. 
          SO IT CONSTRUCTION STILL CANNOT BE DONE IMMEDIATELY. 
          UM, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE UP TO 30 DAYS TO REVIEW THOSE SUBMITTALS. 
          I GUESS IT'S JUST INTERESTING TO ME THAT THE ITEM WAS ADDED ON FRIDAY RATHER THAN AS A PART OF THE REGULAR, UH, SLATED AGENDA. 
          AND IT, IT FEELS VERY, IT FEELS LIKE A RUSH AND AN INTENTION TO GET THIS DONE. 
          UM, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO, I THINK, INFORM THE COMMUNITY. 
          HAVE THESE LAST BIT OF, HAVE THIS LAST BIT OF DISCUSSION. 
          I'M STILL CONCERNED THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME COUNCIL IS HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS IN A PUBLIC WAY AND IT'S GOING LIKE THIS. 
          UM, I THINK THAT, OR ANOTHER QUESTION WITH PHASE TWO. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 48 TREES AND WE'VE BEEN SAYING, YAY, 48 TREES, WE'RE . 
          CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME IN PHASE TWO HOW MANY ARE SLATED FOR, OR HOW MANY HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FOR REMOVAL? THE DESIGN OF PHASE TWO IS STILL BEING FINALIZED. 
          SO I I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION DEFINITIVELY, BUT LIKELY THERE'S GONNA BE MORE TREES ADDED TO BE REMOVED. 
          THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME TREE TREE REMOVAL, YES, BUT I DO, I DO NOT HAVE A NUMBER BECAUSE THE DESIGN IS STILL IN PROCESS. 
          I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE, TO APPROACH THIS VOTE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING AS WELL AS THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO THAT POINT OF UNDERSTANDING GENERALLY HOW MANY TREES ARE WE ACTUALLY SAVING AND ARE WE DOING WHAT WE'RE, ARE WE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN? AND RIGHT NOW I'M SAYING THAT MY NO VOTE AND IF I WERE TO GET ONE MORE PERSON TO VOTE, NO, THE INTENTION IS THAT I WANT CITY STAFF TO, LIKE, I WANT EVERYONE WHO'S EVER WANTING TO TALK ABOUT THIS TO BE SO FOR REAL ABOUT WHICH OF THE TREES ARE A TRUE SAFETY CONCERN AND WHICH OF THESE TREES THAT ARE SLATED RIGHT NOW AS A PART OF THIS RIGHT NOW TO BE REMOVED, WHICH ONE OF WHICH OF THEM ARE NOT. 
          AND JUST BRING BACK THE, THE TREES THAT ARE A IMMEDIATE SAFETY CONCERN. 
          AND THOSE WERE SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE SAW IN THE PICTURE. 
          IF WE COULD JUST GET THOSE, I CAN CONFIDENTLY VOTE ON THAT. 
          BUT SOME OF THESE TREES ARE GROUPED IN THERE THAT ARE NOT THAT. 
          AND SO I I JUST WANT YOU TO BE REAL. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THE NO IS ABOUT. 
          IF IT'S A YES, AND IF COUNCIL VOTES YES, MY DESIRE IS THAT 80% OF PRESERVING THE TREES THAT WERE SLATED FOR REMOVAL, 80% BETWEEN PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO. 
          RIGHT NOW I'M, AND BASED ON THE LAST PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD, UH, AT THE LAST COMMUNITY MEETING, WE ARE NOT THERE. 
          WE ARE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THERE. 
          AND THAT IS OF GREAT SIGNIFICANT AND THAT CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED. 
          RIGHT NOW WE ARE MAYBE PRESERVING 40%. 
          LIKE THIS IS A PROBLEM. 
          THIS IS A PROBLEM. 
          WE ARE, UH, THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING COMMUNITY. 
          I AM HURT WITH Y'ALL. 
          I HOPE THAT SOMEONE CHANGES THEIR MIND AND VOTES. 
          NO, BUT THANK YOU. 
          [02:40:01]
THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I AM, I HAVE A LOT OF, AND I'VE SAID BEFORE, I HAVE A, A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THIS, UH, COMING FORWARD. 
          I THINK THE ONE THING THAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MASTER PLAN THAT'S ON THE BRACKEN RIDGE CONSERVANCY IS IT'S TO CREATE COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF THE WELLBEING OF THE PARK. 
          THE CITY HAS NOT DONE THAT. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE THIS ITEM TO SEPTEMBER 7TH. 
          THAT WAY ROSIE CAN PROVIDE ME AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE JOB CONTRACT AND THAT WE COULD GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PHASE TWO EDUCATION POLICY. 
          BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS EDUCATION PLAZA, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS THIS DISTRUST BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE BRACKENRIDGE CONSERVANCY, AND NOW THE STAFF THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON. 
          SO I MAKE THAT MOTION THAT WE, UH, MOVE THIS ITEM TO SEPTEMBER 7TH, UM, A SESSION. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE WAS A MOTION MADE TO DELAY TO SEPTEMBER 7TH. 
          WAS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S A SECOND. 
          SO WE WILL DISCUSS, UH, MATTERS OF THE DELAY. 
          UM, SO LET ME ASK IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION ON THE DELAY MOTION, WHICH IS ON THE FLOOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MICKEY RODRIGUEZ, IF THE NECESSARY APPROVALS ARE NOT MADE BY SEPTEMBER 7TH, WOULD THIS DELAY, WOULD THIS DELAY THE PROJECT ANY FURTHER IF THE NECESSARY APPROVALS THAT Y'ALL ARE SEEKING OUTSIDE OF THIS THAT ARE A BARRIER TO CONSTRUCTION? WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION AGAIN, COUNSEL? SO THE REASON THAT CONSTRUCTION CANNOT START RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER APPROVALS THAT ARE NECESSARY. 
          IF THOSE APPROVALS ARE NOT MADE BY SEPTEMBER 7TH, THEN THIS DOES NOT DELAY THAT CONSTRUCTION OR ANY PART OF THE PROCESS, RIGHT? JUST BECAUSE OR CONSTRUCTION ON MONDAY DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY DON'T NEED THE TIME TO START PREPARING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. 
          THEY NEED TO COME UP WITH A STAGING PLAN. 
          THEY NEED TO COME UP WITH, UM, OTHER PLANS NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT. 
          SO WE NEED THIS TIME SO WE CAN START THE PROJECT. 
          SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T START MONDAY DOESN'T MEAN THAT AMSTAR IS NOT GOING TO BE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. 
          THEY NEED TO GO AHEAD TO START WORKING ON THAT STAGING PLAN AND OTHER, UM, UM, PLANS NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND I HEARD EARLIER IN THE VERY FIRST PRESENTATION THAT IT COULD BE IN, SO WE COULD BE IN THE SUMMER THAT WE WERE, THAT THOSE APPROVALS ARE, UH, MADE. 
          IT COULD NOT BE UNTIL FALL. 
          IS THAT ACCURATE? WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'LL BE HAPPENING THIS SUMMER, BUT THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE TIMEFRAMES WHERE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVIEW AND NOT RE TO REVIEW, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THAT DONE THIS SUMMER. 
          WHAT I'M, THIS WOULD BE A COMPROMISE TO ME BECAUSE I CAN THEN HAVE MORE CONVERSATION WITH CITY STAFF. 
          UM, WE, THE RESULT MAY END UP BEING THE SAME AT SEPTEMBER, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT, I DON'T THINK THIS CHANGES, UM, I DON'T THINK THIS DELAY WILL DELAY THE PROJECT. 
          AND SO IF YOU CAN HELP ME, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE DELAY? COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE? YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION THAT I HEARD, UH, A WHILE AGO, SHANNON. 
          UH, I BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, SIX WEEKS OR SO, UH, THERE WAS SOME MORE PROBLEMS WITH ONE OF THE WALLS, UH, AND A TREE FELON, UH, RIVER. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. 
          UM, MY TIMELINE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OFF, BUT DEFINITELY SINCE, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS IN APRIL. 
          SO IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS OR ISH, OH, TWO MONTHS, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN A ANOTHER SECTION OF WALL THAT HAS FAILED AND ANOTHER TREE THAT FELL IN THAT, IN THIS SECTION, UM, OF THE PARK. 
          WILL ANY OF THAT AFFECT THE COST OF THE PROJECT? UM, THE, THE FULL COST OF THE PROJECT IS REFLECTED IN THE CONTRACT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. 
          SO, UM, BUT THEY ARE PREPARED TO RECONSTRUCT THE SECTIONS OF THE WALL THAT HAVE FAILED. 
          AND WHAT IF ANOTHER TREE FALLS OR ANOTHER SECTION OF THE WALL GOES DOWN, COULD THAT START TO AFFECT THE COST OF THE PROJECT? UM, CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY IT COULD BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE FACING A HUNDRED DEGREE WEATHER FOR THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR WEEKS PROBABLY, WHICH MEANS MORE TREES ARE GONNA BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THIS. 
          UH, YOU SAID ONE OF THE TREES WAS, WAS DEAD. 
          UM, THERE ARE FOUR TREES THAT ARE DEAD OR DYING IN THE AREA THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR REMOVAL? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I I'VE ONLY HEARD THE ARGUMENT OF DELAYING IT SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE MORE PUBLIC INPUT, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD THE, THE ARGUMENT TO DELAY THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER SOLUTIONS THAT AREN'T BEING CONSIDERED. 
          THEREFORE, I, I'M NOT IN, IN SUPPORT OF ANY DELAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          ANY 
          [02:45:01]
DISCUSSION ON THE DELAY? COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CORE AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRANT. 
          SO REGARDING THE, UH, OTHER SOLUTION THAT WAS PROPOSED, CAN YOU ALL VERIFY IF WE ASKED THE HISTORIC COMMISSION AT THE STATE WHETHER WE COULD TAKE DOWN THE WALL THEN EXCAVATE AND THEN PUT THE WALL BACK UP IF THAT WOULD BE APPROVED? BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS THE PROPOSED SOLUTION, WHEREAS WHAT WAS, UH, WHAT THE ARBORIST TOLD ME THAT THEY WANTED TO EXCAVATE BEHIND THE WALL? UM, YES, WE, WE DID DISCUSS THAT WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND THEY INDICATED THAT THEY, THEY WOULD NOT SUPPORT TAKING DOWN THE WALLS THAT WERE CURRENTLY IN PLACE BECAUSE OF, OF THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STANDARDS. 
          SO IS THERE ANOTHER SOLUTION THAT WE COULD TAKE FORWARD TO THE HISTORIC COMMISSION THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION THAT WOULD BE LIKE, THAT WOULD MAKE THE DELAY, UM, IN THE NEXT MONTH? WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PROPOSE ANOTHER SOLUTION TO US, UH, BASED ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S TELLING YOU? UM, WELL CERTAINLY IT COULD NOT BE, IT COULD NOT GO THROUGH THE PROCESS IN THE NEXT MONTH. 
          I MEAN, IF WE WERE TO PROPOSE ANY CHANGES TO THE DESIGN, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE FULL COMMISSION, WHICH MEETS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. 
          AND SO IT WOULD EXTENSIVELY DELAY THE, THE THE PROCESS. 
          IF WE WERE TO MAKE DESIGN CHANGES AT THIS POINT AND THE SECTION 1 0 6 PROCESS, WOULD THAT CREATE DESIGN CHANGES THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO RESPOND TO? UM, NO. 
          THEY, THROUGH THE SECTION 1 0 6 PROCESS, THEY MAY REQUIRE, UM, CERTAIN TYPES OF MITIGATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE ACTUAL DESIGN. 
          AND DOES THAT COME BACK TO COUNCIL OR IS IT JUST TAKEN BY CITY? NO, IT WILL COME BACK TO CITY STAFF. 
          AND THAT IS PART OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS THAT IS REQUIRED BEFORE CONSTRUCTION CAN BEGIN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHAT I HEAR IS THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IF WE DELAY BY A MONTH. 
          CORRECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ADD, UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, UM, COUNCILMAN MCR, YOU GETS ASKED ABOUT THE DELAY. 
          ANOTHER REASON THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IS THEY NEED TO ORDER MATERIALS. 
          THERE IS A SUPPLY ISSUE ALREADY IN THE MARKET. 
          AND SO ONCE THEY GET THIS CONTRACT, THEY CAN START ORDERING MATERIALS AS WELL, SO WE CAN START THE WORK. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          OKAY, LET ME BE CLEAR WHY I'M, AS I'M ASKING FOR THIS DELAY. 
          ONE IS BECAUSE THERE'S A BUDGET SHORTFALL, THERE WILL BE A BUDGET SHORTFALL AND WE NEED TO HEAR SOME THINGS FROM PHASE TWO. 
          AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, READ THE EMAIL THAT THAT WAS JUST SENT TO YOU. 
          UM, THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING IS THERE IS A RIFT INTO, I MEAN, WE HAVE BEEN HERE ALL MORNING THAT WE HAVE TWO DISTINCT SIDES, AND Y'ALL HAVE BEEN MORE THAN HAPPY TO CALL UP THE CONSERVANCY AT LEAST THREE TIMES. 
          SO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I'LL, AND I'LL GIVE, UM, I'LL GIVE SUSAN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK TOO. 
          MY THING IS WE NEED TO REPAIR THAT. 
          SO THAT IS WHY I'M ASKING FOR THE DELAY FOR THREE WEEKS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IF THEY CAN GET, IF THEY CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WHERE THEY FEEL THAT THEY BUILD UP ENOUGH TRUST THAT THEY, THERE AREN'T THESE RUMORS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A PRIVATE VENUE OR A, UM, OR A CAFE THAT MAYBE WE CAN READ, HAVE A RESOLUTION, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE TO BRACKENRIDGE COMING THAT YOU WANNA DO. 
          AND YOU CANNOT LEAVE THIS UNREPAIRED. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR A DELAY. 
          I IF, IF Y'ALL WEREN'T MOVED BY WHAT THEY SAID, IF Y'ALL DON'T WANT THIS TRANSPARENCY, THAT'S FINE, BUT THAT IS WHY I ASKED FOR IT. 
          SO, UH, I'M GONNA GIVE THE REST OF MY TIME TO SUSAN BECAUSE SHE'S GONNA THERE, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GROUND. 
          WE'RE DISCUSSING THE DELAY AS COUNCIL, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD. 
          UH, SUSAN, CAN YOU SPEAK ON THE DELAY? WE'RE NOT ALLOWING FURTHER COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          WE'RE MOVING ON WITH COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, ARE YOU THROUGH WITH YOUR TIME? COUNCIL MEMBER GRO? COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, ARE YOU SEATING THE REST OF YOUR TIME? NO, I'M NOT SEATING THE REST OF MY TIME. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR FURTHER COMMENT, MA'AM, THERE'S NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          CAN I ASK A QUESTION, SUSAN, DO YOU THINK A DELAY WOULD BE HELPFUL IN HELPING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND THE BRACKENRIDGE CONSERVANCY? I DO. 
          WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL IS THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVES THAT WE PROPOSE. 
          WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION, MR. COURAGE. 
          UM, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU SPEAK TO OUR VOLUNTEER ENGINEERS AND OUR ARBORISTS. 
          THANK YOU, MS. RON. 
          I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE 1 0 6 PROCESS, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT THIS MA'AM, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS OPEN, IS OVER. 
          THERE'S NO, SO NOW THE QUESTION IS ON THE DELAY HERE. 
          ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA RECESS THE MEETING UNLESS WE GET THIS BACK UNDER ORDER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE YOUR COMMENTS? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE MY COMMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          PLEASE HAVE A SEAT, MAAM. 
          THANK SUSAN. 
          SO I THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN HERE TODAY IS THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE CONSERVANCY AND THE, THE, THE PEOPLE RIVER ROAD. 
          I, I AM, I AM FULLY AWARE OF THE RED LINE AND THE HISTORIC SOUTH AND AND NORTH THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED. 
          AND THE 
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PARK IS A PARK FOR ALL. 
          AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS THERE ARE INTERESTS OUT THERE THAT HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN INFLUENCED AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE PODIUM A COUPLE OR, OR MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES. 
          SO I WANT THIS PROCESS TO BE TRANSPARENT. 
          WHAT I WANT IS TO FEEL LIKE THE PEOPLE HAVE THE VOICE. 
          I WAS THERE AT THAT ZOOM MEETING WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED WATCHING JAYLEN STRUGGLE, UH, WATCHING THE RESIDENTS OF RIVER ROAD STRUGGLE. 
          AND I JUST WANT IT TO BE BETTER. 
          IF OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF THE WELLBEING OF THE PARK, WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT. 
          AND I ASK FOR A DELAY SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRA AND COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE ON THE DELAY. 
          YES, I HEAR, I HEAR YOU ON THIS. 
          I I REALLY DO. 
          BUT WE'RE JUST STARTING OUT AND IF EVERY TIME WE HAVE ONE OF THESE CONTENTIOUS ISSUES WE DELAY SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IT AGAIN FOR TWO MORE WEEKS, WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET ANYTHING DONE. 
          AND I, I JUST DON'T SEE HOW, AND AGAIN, THIS WAS A TOUGH CALL FOR ME, BUT I DON'T SEE HOW TWO MORE WEEKS IS GOING TO, UM, CHANGE THIS AT ALL. 
          SO I REALLY DON'T WANNA SET A PRECEDENT THAT EVERY TIME WE HAVE A CLOSE ONE, WE PUSH IT OFF BECAUSE THAT, THAT DOES NOT SPEAK WELL FOR WHAT WE'RE GONNA ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, WHITE, COUNCIL MEMBER GTO. 
          UH, I JUST REALLY QUICKLY WANNA ECHO COUNCILMAN WHITE'S COMMENTS. 
          YOU KNOW, I, THE DELAY'S NOT GONNA BIAS US ANYTHING. 
          UM, AND WE CAN'T KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. 
          WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA MOVE. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER VETO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE DELAY. 
          ALRIGHT, I'LL WRAP UP WITH A FEW COMMENTS AND, AND FIRST, ERIC, WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT PROCESS. 
          I'VE YET TO BE HERE, UH, IN ANY ISSUE TO SEE A PERFECT PROCESS, BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE THE CHANCE FOR YOU TO DESCRIBE THE PROCESS AND DEFEND IT. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO OBVIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS, THIS IS NOT JUST A, A RUN OF THE MILL PARKS PROJECT. 
          IT IS A, UH, PARKS PROJECT ALONG IN A HISTORICAL PARK IN OUR, IN OUR MAIN CITY PARK THAT IS STEEPED IN, UH, HISTORICAL ASPECTS THAT NEED TO BE PRESERVED AND PROTECTED AND MAINTAINED. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE, UM, AN ABUNDANCE OF WILDLIFE, UM, AS WELL AS PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES. 
          AND, UH, THEY'RE ALL VERY REAL. 
          UM, I SPENT AS MUCH TIME IN THAT PARK AS ANY OF YOU, AND SO I UNDERSTAND THE, THE HISTORY. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID NOT DO WELL EARLY ON, AND THIS IS GOING BACK TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, IS THAT, UM, WE DID NOT GO THROUGH A DEEP ENOUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. 
          THIS IS NOT A, JUST A, A REGULAR PARK, AS I MENTIONED, UM, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, UM, AS THIS ITEM WENT THROUGH ITS FIRST REVIEW OF H D R C, UM, I'M, I, I PULLED THE PROJECT BACK AND SAID, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK THROUGH A REVISED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCILMAN BRAVO, WE'RE ALREADY HEARING FROM SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THIS WAS EARLY ON. 
          AND THEN WE LAUNCHED OFF INTO, UM, A VERY DETAILED, UM, ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT FRANKLY CAN BE REPLICATED IN OTHER PROJECTS. 
          AND WE NEED TO DO THAT AND WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THOSE THINGS ON THE FRONT END. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS NOT ADDING A PLAYGROUND OUT OF THE 22 BOND PROGRAM INTO AN EXISTING PARK. 
          IT, IT IS A ASPECT OF OUR, OF BRACKRIDGE PARK THAT HAS FRANKLY NOT BEEN MAINTAINED NOBODY CAN ENJOY. 
          UM, AND A FAIR AMOUNT, IF NOT ALL OF THIS SECTION FROM THE PUMP HOUSE TO THE BRIDGE IS BEHIND THE FENCE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT, UH, A GROUP OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, UM, FALLING. 
          UM, I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO GET HURT. 
          NOBODY WANTS THAT. 
          SO WE HAVE FENCED ALL THIS OFF AND IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE TO ANYBODY IN THE LONG RUN. 
          IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS AND COUNCILMAN CORE, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, NOT JUST THE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT MAINTAINING IT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN USE IT. 
          UM, WE'LL NEED TO DO BETTER, ESPECIALLY IN THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT I DID ABOUT A YEAR AGO, ACTUALLY ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, WAS RE-ENGAGE AN, A GROUP THAT HAD EXISTED PRIOR IN BRACKEN RIDGE PARK IN PARTICULAR. 
          UM, AND IT'S A BRACKEN RIDGE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          AND I SENT THE COUNCIL MEMO ON THIS WHEN WE DID IT. 
          AND WHAT IT DID IS IT BROUGHT ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, 
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INCLUDING THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF A CONVERSATION ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS AND FUTURE WORK IN THE PARK. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'LL GO A LONG WAY, BUT IT WON'T BE PERFECT. 
          UM, UM, BACK TO, TO, UH, COUNCILMAN VERE'S CONCERNS AND STATEMENT. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE, THERE ARE, UM, BELIEFS THAT, UM, THINGS ARE GONNA HAPPEN IN THE PARK, UM, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE TRUE. 
          AND WE, OUR JOB AS, AS WE, WE HAVE THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY TO, FOR THE PARK IS TO FACILITATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND HELP DRIVE THEM. 
          UM, FRANKLY, THAT IS THE PURVIEW OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE PARK. 
          UM, SO I, I THINK WE LEARNED GOING BACK, UH, THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS, HOW WE MISTEPPED EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS. 
          I THINK THE JOCK, UM, AND COUNCILMAN WHITE'S CONVERSATION AND QUESTIONS TO ROZI COUNCILMAN, WE HAVE SIX OR SEVEN COMPANIES THAT THE COUNCIL PRE-SELECT AS JOCK CONTRACTORS THAT ARE KIND OF WAITING AND HOLDING THAT WE UTILIZE. 
          UM, AND SO THAT PROCESS ALLOWS US TO RESPOND WITH THE BEST QUALIFIED. 
          AND AS YOU HEARD, THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, THE SUBCONTRACTOR THAT'S GONNA DO THE MASONRY WORK ALONG THE THE WALL, UM, WAS TRUSTED ENOUGH TO DO THE MASONRY WORK ON BEHALF OF G***O FOR THE RESTORATION OF CITY HALL. 
          THAT COMPANY KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IN THE BEST. 
          UM, AND WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, AS I'M SITTING OVER HERE, I THINK AS WE MOVE THROUGH TO PHASE TWO AND THE DESIGN FINALIZATION OF DESIGN TWO, WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND B SESSION AND WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL, TO THE FULL COUNCIL TO PROVIDE THOSE PERIODIC UPDATES. 
          'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY INTEREST AND IT'S NOT JUST B SESSIONS TO THE COUNCIL, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE THOSE, THOSE, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROJECT UPDATES, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY IN THIS SURROUND NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO THAT'S PROBABLY A LOT MORE THAN YOU WANTED TO HEAR, MAYOR, BUT I'VE BEEN OVER HERE QUIET FOR A LONG TIME AND I WANTED TO GET A COUPLE OTHER THINGS OUT. 
          NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          I THINK IF NOTHING ELSE, UM, WE CAN AGREE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, WE TAKE A LITTLE BIT FROM THIS WHOLE, UH, SITUATION AND LEARN HOW TO IMPROVE IT GOING FORWARD. 
          UH, AND THAT IS GONNA BE THE CASE NO MATTER WHAT WE'RE FACING. 
          UH, SO LET ME JUST JUST SAY A COUPLE THINGS. 
          UM, FIRST, ABOUT ALMOST 15 YEARS AGO, I SERVED ON ONE OF THE FIRST ITERATIONS OF THE BRACKENRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY AND I SEE A FORMER FOUNDING MEMBER, UH, SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE HERE, ETHEL RUNYON. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS, ETHEL, OVER THE YEARS, UH, IN SERVICE OF BRACKENRIDGE PARK, I DO AGREE THAT THIS IS OUR CENTRAL PARK. 
          AND AT THE TIME, UH, THAT ITERATION OF THE BOARD WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE DREAM UP A BETTER WAY FOR BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          WE NEED A MASTER PLAN FOR THE ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION, FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AND FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE PARK BY SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS. 
          AND THERE WAS NO DREAM AT THAT POINT, FANTASY THAT WE WOULD EVER HAVE AS A COMMUNITY ENOUGH PRIORITY OR INVESTMENT CAPITAL TO MAKE A MASTER PLAN HAPPEN. 
          BUT WE NEEDED TO DO IT ANYWAY, SO IT MOVED FORWARD. 
          UM, AND SO LET ME ALSO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT, AND WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS UNDER INVESTMENT IN CERTAIN AREAS OF TOWN, UH, THAT'S VERY CLEAR. 
          WE HAVE A HISTORIC LEGACY OF THAT. 
          I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S NOT AS A RESULT OF IGNORANCE OR MALICE, UH, BUT MISSED OPPORTUNITIES. 
          I'M PROBABLY, FOR THE MOST PART, I'M SURE THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS. 
          PEOPLE SIT AROUND, UH, DECISION MAKERS, UH, AND, AND THINK THERE ARE BETTER WAYS OF DOING SOMETHING AND WE JUST MISS THE BOAT ALTOGETHER. 
          AND, AND, AND, AND THEN WE HAVE UNDERINVESTMENT. 
          I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE, THE RULE, BUT THAT TAKES PLACE. 
          UH, AND I DON'T WANT US, UH, PARALYZED IN PURSUIT OF DOING SOMETHING BETTER WHEN WE WILL CONTINUALLY FAIL TO DO WHAT WE CAN. 
          THAT'S THE HISTORY OF BRACKENRIDGE PARK. 
          AND SO I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN COMPROMISE. 
          I KNOW IF WE GO BACK AND DO ANOTHER ROUND OF ANALYSIS, THERE WILL BE MORE CHANGES. 
          UH, BUT WE'VE GOT TO MOVE THESE THINGS FORWARD IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO REALIZE THE IMPROVEMENT OF WHAT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE PARKS, NOT JUST IN SAN ANTONIO OR IN TEXAS, BUT FRANKLY IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. 
          THERE'S NOT ANOTHER PARK WITH THE KINDS OF ASSETS ON THE DOORSTEP OF THIS GREEN SPACE THAN THERE IS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MILITARY BASES, UH, HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, UH, THE RIVER THAT RUNS THROUGH IT THAT WE'RE RESTORING. 
          YOU KNOW, DR. 
          FISHER WAS UP HERE AND TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE PARK. 
          THE INDIGENOUS HERITAGE IS BEING PRESERVED IN THE RESTORATION AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THIS PARK THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN. 
          THAT'S PART OF THE VISION. 
          AND SO I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT A DELAY. 
          UH, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE DELAYING ANY FURTHER. 
          UH, I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE THOUGHTFUL AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE NEXT PHASES. 
          BUT WE NEED TO GET ON WITH THIS, 
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UH, IN SERVICE OF THE PARK, WHICH IS IN SERVICE OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND, AND FRANKLY, UH, WE DON'T, WE SHOULD NOT SEE OUR GREEN SPACES FENCED OFF FROM THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC. 
          AND IF IT'S BEING DONE FOR SAFETY REASONS, THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          SO, UM, I'M GOING TO, UH, SUPPORT MOVING THIS FORWARD TO DELAY, UH, TODAY. 
          UH, NOT IN, NOT IN FAVOR OF THE DELAY. 
          SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THAT VOTE. 
          THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO DELAY TO TO SEPTEMBER 7TH, UH, A YES VOTE. 
          DELAYS A NO VOTE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MAIN MOTION. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          SORRY, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. 
          SO YES TO, TO DELAY IT. 
          A, A YES VOTE WOULD DELAY THE ITEM. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT AND A NO VOTE WOULD KEEP THE, THE DEBATE MOVING. 
          YEAH. 
          MOTION FAILS. 
          SO WE'LL GO NOW TO THE MAIN MOTION. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. 
          I BELIEVE WE WENT THROUGH THE QUEUE BOTH TIMES. 
          UH, IS THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENT? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          GO NOW TO ITEM 
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NUMBER 32. 
          UH, 32 AND 33 WILL BE TAKEN UP TOGETHER. 
          SO MADAM CLERK, ITEM NUMBER 32 IS AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CITY LIMITS BY FULL PURPOSE. 
          ANNEXATION OF A PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS 81.583 ACRES OUT OF CB 4 2 98. 
          GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SOMERSET ROAD AND WATSON ROAD, WHICH IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY LIMITS OF SAN ANTONIO IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, E T J AND THE SOUTHWEST BEXAR COUNTY AS REQUESTED BY THE LANDOWNER AND APPROVING THE ASSOCIATED SERVICE AGREEMENT. 
          THIS ITEM WAS CONTINUED FROM JUNE 15TH, 2023. 
          ITEM 33 IS A ZONING CASE. 
          Z 2023 DASH 0 7 0 0 8 9 E T J CLOSEST TO COUNCIL. 
          DISTRICT FOUR ORDINANCE ASSIGNING ZONING TO PROPERTY CURRENTLY LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS BY APPLYING M H C M L O D DASH TWO M L R DASH TWO A H O D MANUFACTURED HOUSING CON CONVENTIONAL LACKLAND AF AIR FORCE BASE ANNEX MILITARY LIGHTING OVERLAY DISTRICT TWO MILITARY LIGHTING REGION TWO AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICT ON 81.53 ACRES OUT OF CB 4 2 9 8. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          THIS ITEM WAS CONTINUED FROM JUNE 15TH, 2023. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT FOUR ITEM. 
          I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER GRO WILL TAKE IT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          YES. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE BOTH ITEMS 32 AND 33 TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IS FOR AUGUST 17TH, 2023. 
          SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR, UM, CONTINUANCE OF THIS ITEM TO AUGUST 17TH. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          NO. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT'S THE REMAINDER OF OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. UM, ERIC, 
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DO WE HAVE A REPORT? YES, SIR. 
          TWO ITEMS. UM, I, UH, SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL LAST WEEK AND WE RECEIVED, UM, NOTIFICATION THIS MORNING, UH, THAT STANDARD AND POOR MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE HAVE BOTH, UM, REAFFIRMED OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND RATINGS AS AAA. 
          I SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL LAST WEEK THAT FITCH, UM, HAS, UM, REAFFIRMED, UH, OUR DOUBLE DOUBLE A PLUS RATING AND RAISED OUR OUTLOOK FROM STABLE TO POSITIVE. 
          AND THAT'S SIGNIFICANT FOR US. 
          WE HAVE, UH, BEEN, UH, FITCH. 
          UH, WE USED TO BE AAA FITCH FITCH DOWNGRADED THE CITY TO AA PLUS WHEN THE, UH, CHARTER AMENDMENTS WERE PASSED IN 2018 REGARDING FIRE ARBITRATION. 
          AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO, UM, GET BACK TO AAA STANDARD. 
          UM, THE, THE REAFFIRMATION OF THE RATINGS, UH, FRANKLY REPRESENT 
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CONFIDENCE IN THE CITY'S, UM, FINANCIAL POSITION AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. 
          SO I WANNA THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR, UM, DUE DILIGENCE AS WE WORK THROUGH OUR ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS AND OUR FINANCIAL PRACTICES. 
          UM, UH, THE BOND RATINGS, UM, ARE THE HIGHEST OF ANY MAJOR CITY IN THIS COUNTRY, AND, UM, THEY, UH, THEY ENABLE US TO BORROW AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE INTEREST RATE. 
          AND, UM, THE, THE COUNCIL TODAY CONSIDERED OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION AND CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION ISSUANCES TODAY ON THE AGENDA. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE THANK YOU TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND OUR BUDGET OFFICE AS WE CONTINUE TO, UM, UH, STRIVE, UH, TO MAINTAIN THOSE HIGH BIDING BOND RATING AGENCIES. 
          AGAIN, THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY OUR CREDIT RATING AND SO THEY ALLOW US TO BORROW AT A, AT A LOWER RATE. 
          OUR LAST ITEM IS, UH, THIS WEEK'S, UM, UM, SPOTLIGHT VIDEO IS A METRO HEALTH EMPLOYEE, UH, BY THE NAME OF, UH, ISHA DURST. 
          AND, AND SOME OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE HER, SHE'S A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER THAT IS PART OF OUR, UM, COMMUNITY NUTRITION TEAM. 
          AND, UH, SHE'S OUT THERE EVERY DAY PROMOTING HEALTHY EATING, UH, TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THROUGH OUR, UH, METRO HEALTH, VIVA HEALTH AND PORT VIVA PROGRAMS. SO LET'S ROLL THE VIDEO. 
          HI. 
          HI, MY NAME IS ISHA DURST. 
          I AM A C H W WITH THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, COMMUNITY NUTRITION TEAM. 
          AND I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR A YEAR AND THREE MONTHS. 
          A REGULAR DAY AT MY JOB WOULD BE MAYBE, UM, GOING THROUGHOUT, UH, THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ONBOARD NEW PARTNERS FOR THE PORTA VI PROGRAM. 
          ALSO MAYBE ATTENDING A HEALTH FAIR OR TWO TO GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT VIVA HEALTH AND OUR NUTRITION RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. 
          NEXT IS TOBACCO 21 LAW. 
          WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT MY JOB IS THAT I AM ABLE TO HELP AND ASSIST MY COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I THINK THAT THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF MY JOB AS WELL. 
          I LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HELP EVERYONE TO MAKE MY COMMUNITY BETTER. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO HAVE WORKERS LIKE ME IN THE FIELD IS BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO RELATE. 
          I THINK COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ARE WHAT WE WOULD CALL OUR FRONTLINE PEOPLE WHO WILL ACTUALLY ASSIST THE COMMUNITY IN THE WAYS THAT WE KNOW HOW SINCE WE'RE FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE TO RELATE TO US IN WAYS. 
          MAYBE SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO. 
          SO I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          THE MOST GRATIFYING THING THAT I GET FROM MY JOB IS HELPING MY COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I SERVE THE EACH REGION OF SAN ANTONIO WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED. 
          AND TO KNOW THAT I AM MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN MY COMMUNITY IS VERY GRATIFYING FOR ME. 
          WHAT I WISH TO SEE FROM THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY IS TO BE ABLE TO GROW, TO BE ABLE TO BECOME MORE HEALTHIER FOR OUR COMMUNITY, TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AS FAR AS HEALTH AND MAKING OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE. 
          THAT'S IT, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ERIC. 
          ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS 12:16 PM ON THE THIRD DAY OF AUGUST, 2023. 
          OUR A SESSION IS ADJOURNED AND, UH, WE'VE GOT A TWO O'CLOCK ZONING MEETING. 
          SO SEE EVERYBODY BACK IN A COUPLE HOURS.
* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.