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          ANTONIO. 
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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION. 
          THE TIME IS 9:06 AM ON THE 10TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2023. 
          I'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER COR PRESENT? COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER ILLA GRANT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RRO GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GAO VARDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALTE GATO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BELI. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE HERE. 
          MAYOR NIERENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME AGAIN TO OUR COUNCIL SESSION. 
          UH, TODAY WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR CITY MANAGER ABOUT OUR F Y 24 BUDGET. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE SOME CEREMONIALS AND SOME SPECIAL GUESTS IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY, SO WE'LL GET TO THAT. 
          BUT FIRST, LET US START WITH AN INVOCATION, AND THAT IS A GUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. 
          WELL, IT'S MY HONOR TODAY TO WELCOME, UM, FROM VERTICAL CHURCH PASTOR BONDS. 
          UH, PASTOR WILL BONDS IS A TEXAS NATIVE AND HE'S THE FOUNDING PASTOR OF VERTICAL CHURCH, UH, WHICH IS A FAST GROWING, UH, NON-DENOMINATIONAL, UH, CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS IN THE HEART OF DISTRICT 10. 
          UM, AN ANOINTED PASTOR, TEACHER, AND NATIONAL RECORDING ARTIST. 
          UH, HE HAS A HEART FOR GOD'S PEOPLE AND DESIRES TO MAKE A GREAT IMPACT HERE IN THE CITY, UH, BY WAY OF WORSHIP SERVICES, VARIOUS COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS LIKE THE ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY, AND THE LAUNCH OF A BRAND NEW CHILDCARE CENTER, UH, VERTICAL KIDS EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY, UH, WHICH IS SET TO OPEN THIS MONTH. 
          SO PASTOR BONDS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND, UH, FOR TAKING THE TIME TODAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. 
          UH, UH, COUNCILMAN WHITE. 
          UH, AND ALSO I JUST WANNA SAY GOOD MORNING TO EVERYBODY. 
          GOOD MORNING AND LET'S, UH, AGAIN, LET'S PRAY. 
          THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC THINGS THAT I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS HAD ME HERE CALLED ME HERE THIS MORNING TO PRAY FOR, AND SO I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME AND JUST PRAY. 
          FATHER, I THANK YOU RIGHT NOW IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THE MESSIAH, THE CHRIST LIKE NO OTHER. 
          I JUST PRAYED TODAY THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE MAYOR AND ALL OF THE OTHER LEADERSHIP, WOULD HAVE AN INCREDIBLE TIME TODAY DOING WHAT THEY WERE, WHAT THEY'RE CALLED AND DESTINED TO DO. 
          I BELIEVE THAT MEN ARE BORN IN THE ERA THAT THEY WERE CREATED FOR. 
          UH, AND TODAY I BELIEVE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS, THESE LEADERS, ARE GRACED WITH AN ANOINTING TO MANAGE AND NAVIGATE THROUGH BUDGETS. 
          I PRAY FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY THAT ALL OF THE NEEDS WOULD BE FULFILLED. 
          I THANK YOU FOR COOPER COOPERATION AND THAT WE WOULD WORK TOGETHER TO SEE, UH, THAT EVERY DISTRICT HAS WHAT IT NEEDS. 
          THIS BUDGET IS SERIOUS. 
          THERE ARE NEEDS THAT ARE SERIOUS. 
          SO GOD GIVE US THE, THE ABILITY TO NAVIGATE THROUGH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS AND WE'LL GIVE YOU PRAISE. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SHE IS GREAT. 
          SHE IS A WONDERFUL CITY, AND WE JUST ASK YOU TO ALLOW YOUR PRESENCE TO COVER US, PROTECT US, AND KEEP US AS WE CONTINUE IN THE REST OF THIS YEAR INTO NEXT YEAR. 
          BUT BLESS THIS BUDGET, BLESS THE PEOPLE LEADING IT IN JESUS'S NAME, EVERYBODY SHOUT, AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          UNITED STATES AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC, 
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ONE NATION FOR THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR BONDS. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MINUTES ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, 
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UH, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME, UM, ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED ON CONSENT. 
          WE DO HAVE THREE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION TODAY. 
          WE'LL HEAR A PRESENTATION ON OUR BUDGET IN ITEM THREE. 
          AND THEN WE HAD TWO ACTION ITEMS RELATED TO THE BUDGET ON ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE. 
          EVERYTHING ELSE IS LISTED FOR CONSENT CONSIDERATION. 
          SO I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES NOW IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          17, 17. 
          ANY OTHER OTHERS? OKAY, IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY FOR 3, 4, 5, AND 17. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON A CONSENT. 
          ITEM NUMBER 18, JACK FINGER. 
          IT'S JACK FINGER HERE. 
          OKAY, WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH COUNCIL DISCUSSION THEN. 
          UM, I DON'T HAVE A QUEUE YET, SO IF YOU CAN SIGNAL ME IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON CONSENT. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER VETO. 
          JUST, UH, WANTED TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE DISTRICT SEVEN BOARD APPOINTEES I KNOW TODAY IN THE CROWD WE HAVE WITH US, IRENE ZIN MEISTER, WHO IS REAPPOINTED TO THE COMMISSION OF EDUCATION. 
          IF YOU DON'T MIND STANDING UP, WE HAVE PHILIP MANNA REAPPOINTED TO THE ZONING BOARD, UM, OF ADJUSTMENTS. 
          UH, ROB SNIPES, WHO'S REAPPOINTED TO THE ZONING COMMISSION, AND HE LEADS THAT MATT BIZA HERE, UM, ON THIS, WHO'S SERVING FOR THE STREETS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS ADVISORY BOARD. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE LAURA SALDOVAR LUNA, WHO'S OUR NEW DISTRICT SEVEN PARKS AND, UH, PARKS BOARD. 
          UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR Y'ALL'S WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALTE GTO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CORE, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, MAYOR, UM, FOR ITEM NUMBER 18, UM, HIGHLIGHTING CITY STAFF AND YOUR ABILITY TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. 
          THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP FOR C P S. 
          WE, THERE ARE SO MANY HOMES THAT NEED TO GET WEATHER EYE, ESPECIALLY IN THE HEAT THAT WE ARE SEEING, AND I KNOW THIS WAS FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL'S, UH, REAL PUSH TO GET THIS FORWARD. 
          SO JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR GETTING THIS ON THE AGENDA AND HOPE WE CAN SCALE THIS UP IN THE FUTURE TO WEATHERIZE EVEN MORE HOMES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 11, THE REAPPOINTMENT OF SARAH RESIO GARISH TO THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. 
          I'M REALLY EXCITED TO REAPPOINT SARAH TO THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION. 
          SHE HAS GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH D E I INITIATIVES WITHIN THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          HER SERVICE ON THE, THE BOARD OF SOUTH SIDE FIRST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND HER DECADES OF ASSISTANCE WITH CONNECTING FAMILIES, UM, TO BUYING A HOME AND MAKING THEIR, UH, UH, THE BEST FIT FOR HER FOR THE COMMISSION. 
          SARAH UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING AND UPLIFTING FAMILIES AND WORKING PEOPLE, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HER CONTINUED SERVICE. 
          WE'RE ALSO REALLY EXCITED TO BE REAPPOINTING VICKI WILLOUGHBY. 
          UM, SHE IS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND WHO'S A HUGE CHAMPION FOR MOM AND POP BUSINESSES IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          WE'RE ALSO REAPPOINTING SARAH ZIMMERMAN TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COMMISSION ON EDUCATION. 
          WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HER BACK, BUT REALLY SAD THAT SHE'S LEFT TAFOYA MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH, TO GO ON TO THE YOUNG, UH, WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. 
          BUT, UH, ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE HER SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? UH, I JUST DRAW EVERYONE'S ATTENTION AND MY GRATITUDE TO OUR COLLEAGUES AROUND THE DAIS, UH, FOR REPRESENTING OUR CITY IN A MULTITUDE OF EXTERNAL AGENCIES AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT ADDITIONAL WORK, UH, THAT GOES ON OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR, UH, THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ALL ITEMS SAY FOR 3, 4, 5, AND 17, PLEASE VOTE AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE A VOICE VOTE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          UH, YAY. 
          AYE. 
          WE'RE NOT HEARING YOUR AUDIO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, IF YOU CAN GIMME A HAND ALSO. 
          YES, WE GOT YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
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ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES. 
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ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, WE DO HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY. 
          LET ME START WITH RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, UH, FOR SPECIAL DAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GOOD. 
          A GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 
          WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, UH, THIS MORNING TO BE CELEBRATING MR. SANCHEZ'S 95TH TURNAROUND, THE SUN. 
          ENRIQUE SANCHEZ WAS BORN AUGUST 11TH, 1928, EN MEXICO. 
          HE ATTENDED THE NEAR HIGH SCHOOL, BUT LEFT SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 17 TO JOIN THE UNITED STATES NAVY AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II. 
          HE WORKED AS AN AUTO PAINTER FOR OVER 40 YEARS, INCLUDING FOR VOLKSWAGEN, WHERE HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE BEST AUTO PAINTER IN THE SOUTHWEST. 
          HE WAS MARRIED FOR 71 YEARS TO THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE. 
          ISABEL SANCHEZ, WHO PASSED AWAY TWO YEARS AGO, AND THEY HAVE SIX CHILDREN. 
          XAVIER BERNARD, FERNANDO, GUSTAVO, ELA, LETICIA, AND THEY HAVE NINE GRANDCHILDREN, 12 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND TWO GREAT, GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTERS. 
          IN THE 1950S AND SIXTIES. 
          ENRIQUE WAS A MEMBER OF THE R LADY OF THE GUADALUPE CHURCH PARISH MEN'S CLUB, WHICH WORKED TO ASSIST FAMILIES IN NEED THROUGHOUT HIS ADULT LIFE. 
          HE SERVED AS A MENTOR TO MANY CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          HE COACHED BOYS BASEBALL TEAMS AT THE FORMER RUIZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DISTRICT FIVE IN THE 1970S. 
          HE CREATED A CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CHOIR AND TAUGHT CHILDREN TO SING TRADITIONAL MEXICAN SONGS. 
          HE ATTENDED MANY MEETINGS, UH, AS WELL WITH HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND WEST SIDE DEMOLITION. 
          FOR OVER 30 YEARS. 
          HE AND ISABELLE WERE MEMBERS AND ELECTED PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, TREASURER AND SECRETARY AT P T A, AT RUIZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, COOPER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN YEAR HIGH SCHOOL. 
          SO VERY INVOLVED WITH THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION THROUGH THE P T A FROM ELEMENTARY ALL THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AFTER RETIREMENT, ENRIQUE TUTORED MANY STUDENTS IN ENGLISH AND SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES AT THE FOIA MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          ENRIQUE ALSO SERVED ON THE VENITA DE GUADALUPE BOARD, AND IN 1992, ISABELLE AND ENRIQUE, ALONG WITH AMELIA FUENTES, FOUNDED THE FUENTES, UM, FUENTES SANCHEZ SCHOLARSHIP FUND. 
          UH, AGAIN, THIS IS WITH MANY YEARS OF SERVICE, AND WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU MR. SANCHEZ, FOR YOUR CONTINUED ADEQUACY HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FROM HAY STREET BRIDGE TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF BIRDS. 
          YOU'VE BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE KNOW YOU HAVE PLENTY MORE, UH, WORK TO DO HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THANK YOU MR. SANCHEZ. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK MR. SANCHEZ IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          UH, NOW WITH A RECOGNITION COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THIS MORNING I WANTED TO TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE THE BOEING COMPANY ON ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          BOEING IS A VALUED COMMUNITY PARTNER AND HAS BEEN THE ANCHOR BUSINESS OF THE REDEVELOPED PORT SAN ANTONIO. 
          SINCE ITS INCEPTION. 
          THE BOEING SITE ESTABLISHED AT THE PORT IN 1998 PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY MAINTENANCE AND MODERNIZATION FOR COMMERCIAL AND DEFENSE AIRCRAFT, ESTABLISHING ITSELF AS A HIGH PERFORMANCE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FACILITY. 
          BOEING IS A DRIVER OF INNOVATION IN THIS STATE, OPERATING IN SAN ANTONIO AT THE WORLD'S LARGEST FREE STANDING HANGAR. 
          CONTINUING THE REGION'S LEGACY OF AVIATION. 
          AT KELLY AIR FORCE BASE IN DISTRICT FOUR, THE COMPANY'S PORT SAN ANTONIO SITE IS THE SUSTAINMENT AND MODERNIZATION HUB FOR THE US GOVERNMENT'S EXECUTIVE FLEET, WHICH INCLUDES AIRCRAFT LOAN BY THE PRESIDENT, HIS CABINET MEMBERS, AND OTHER TOP RANKING FEDERAL OFFICIALS. 
          I ALWAYS TELL THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR THAT THEY SHOULD BE VERY PROUD BECAUSE POTUS LANDS IN DISTRICT FOUR. 
          THANKS IN PART TO THE HELP OF BOEING. 
          SO THANK YOU BOEING. 
          BOEING COULD NOT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ANY OF THIS WITHOUT ITS WORLD CLASS EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SHARED DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE. 
          THE COMPANY HAS A KEY FOCUS ON EDUCATION AND HAS MADE A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT WITH THE BOEING CENTER AT TECH PORT AND THE KALEY HERITAGE FOUNDATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AS A DISTRICT FOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO THE COUNCIL, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH BOEING OVER THESE PAST YEARS, AND I'M IMPRESSED WITH THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND TO EMPOWER OUR YOUTH BY INVESTING IN OUR YOUTH. 
          THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF STEM LEARNING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS TEXAS, BOEING IS PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LOCAL LEADERS AND CONNECTING THEM TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS. 
          SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS BOEING HAS SUPPORTED INCLUDE GIRLS INC OF SAN ANTONIO WISH FOR OUR HEROES, GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS HERO SPORTS, WHICH ARE IN THE HOUSE TODAY. 
          SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE ALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION, SOLDIERS ANGELS, THE D HOWARD FOUNDATION, THE TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING. 
          JUST TO NAME A FEW. 
          IT WAS AN HONOR TO FORM PART OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF BOEING'S 
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PARTNERSHIP AND INVESTMENT WITH THE HELI CARE, KELLY HERITAGE FOUNDATION EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          ALONGSIDE WITH THE GOVERNOR, BOEING'S COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMITMENT IS EVIDENCED IN THE COMPANY'S WILLINGNESS TO BE AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE AND CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          NOW I'LL TURN OVER THE PODIUM TO OUR SPECIAL GUESTS AND I'LL START WITH TYLER SCHRADER, SENIOR SENIOR MANAGER, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AT BOEING. 
          WELL, COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR HAVING US HERE. 
          UH, IT'S HARD TO PUT IT ANY BETTER THAN YOU HAVE THAT OUR MISSION GOES BEYOND THE PRODUCT, UH, AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY MISSIONS THAT WE SERVE. 
          BUT THE MISSION FOR THIS COMMUNITY, UH, TODAY IS CERTAINLY A VERY PROUD DAY FOR US AT THE BOEING COMPANY. 
          AS WE CELEBRATE A QUARTER CENTURY IN THIS CULTURALLY RICH, PASSIONATE AND BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY OF MILITARY CITY. 
          U S A BOEING COULD NOT REACH THIS SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE WITHOUT TWO ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS. 
          THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH PORT SAN ANTONIO, WHO I'M THRILLED IS ACTUALLY REPRESENTED HERE TODAY, UH, BY THEIR VISIONARY, UH, C E O JIM SBA AS WELL, WE ARE HONORED THAT OUR COUNCIL HAS CHOSEN TO RECOGNIZE NOT JUST THIS ANNIVERSARY, BUT OUR EMPLOYEES, BLESS YOU, OUR NEIGHBORS, AND FELLOW SAN ANTONIOS WHO SHOW UP WITH ME EVERY SINGLE DAY ON A MISSION TO CONNECT, PROTECT, AND EXPLORE OUR WORLD, AND INSPIRE OUR COMMUNITY AND THE GENERATIONS WHO FOLLOW US AS WE DO IT. 
          WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR ENDURING PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU ALL AND PORT SAN ANTONIO TO BUILD UPON A LEGACY OF AEROSPACE INNOVATION THAT BEGAN IN 1917. 
          IT IS INCREDIBLE THE AMOUNT, THE THE AEROSPACE LEGACY THAT THAT EXISTS IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          BIRTHPLACE OF MILITARY AVIATION TO THE APPLIED TECHNOLOGY AND THE MODERNIZATION EFFORTS THAT WE CONDUCT TODAY. 
          TOGETHER, WE HAVE CREATED THOUSANDS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR NEIGHBORS TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE WORLD. 
          FROM RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THIS FOCUS ON OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITIES ISN'T JUST SOMETHING THAT WE SAY. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS BUILT INTO OUR EVERY SINGLE DAY MISSION. 
          IT IS WHY WE'VE ANNOUNCED OVER THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN INVESTMENTS IN LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AND VER VETERAN SERVING INSTITUTIONS JUST OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          IT'S WHY EARLIER THIS YEAR WE INVESTED IN A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FRIENDS AT PORT SAN ANTONIO TO CREATE THE BOEING CENTER AT TECH PORT. 
          AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THAT CENTER, AND IF NOT, PLEASE, PLEASE GO DOWN. 
          THIS IS A HOME FOR STUDENTS TO PARTAKE IN THE TECHNOLOGY OF TOMORROW WHILE COLLABORATING WITH JOB CREATORS WISHING TO GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TODAY. 
          THIS INCLUDES PARTNERS LIKE THE SAN ANTONIO, UH, MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE WEX FOUNDATION, THE D HOWARD FOUNDATION, ALL OF THEM CREATING A PATHWAY TO GET STUDENTS TO BE THE NEXT GENERATION OF AEROSPACE TALENT. 
          IN ADDITION, THIS YEAR WE ALSO ANNOUNCED OUR SINGLE LARGEST INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION IN THIS REGION, A $2.3 MILLION GRANT TO THE PORT AFFILIATED KELLEY HERITAGE FOUNDATION. 
          AS WE'VE BUILT UPON THE HERITAGE OF AEROSPACE IN THIS COMMUNITY, WE ARE BUSY ESTABLISHING THE NEXT LEGACY TO COME AFTER US, AND WE ARE ENSURING THAT SAN ANTONIANS ARE A PART OF THAT LEGACY THAT IS THE FOUNDATION. 
          WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO KNOW THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL VALUES THIS MISSION AND ARE HONORED TO HAVE OUR EMPLOYEES AND TEAM RECOGNIZED FOR THE GOOD THEY DO FOR OUR WORLD. 
          RIGHT HERE FROM OUR BELOVED SAN ANTONIO. 
          I WANNA THANK COUNCILWOMAN DR. 
          ROCHA GARCIA, OUR COUNCILWOMAN IN DISTRICT FOUR. 
          UH, SHE HAS BEEN A TIRELESS SUPPORTER OF OUR MISSION AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO BUILDING FUTURES, UH, FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 
          MAYOR NUREMBERG, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PRIORITIZING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE YEARS THAT HAS HELPED MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A GLOBAL STANDARD TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND CITY LEADERSHIP. 
          I WANNA THANK YOU FOR MAKING SAN ANTONIO OUR HOME AND ALLOWING US TO FURTHER GROW OUR ROOTS RIGHT HERE IN MILITARY CITY U S A. 
          I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK OUR FRIENDS AT PORT SAN ANTONIO, WHO PARTNER IN OUR SUCCESS DAILY AND ARE WHO, WHO ARE LED BY AN AMAZING TEAM AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH YOU ALL APPOINT. 
          WE ARE INVESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND REMAIN HOPEFUL FOR TAILWINDS INTO OUR NEXT QUARTER CENTURY. 
          FROM ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR TEAMMATES AT BOEING SAN ANTONIO, WE THANK YOU AND WOULD LOVE FOR JIM PERSCH TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF REMARKS AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, TYLER. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL SO MUCH. 
          IT IS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO HAVE THE WORLD'S GREATEST AIRFRAMER RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THEY'RE DOING AMAZING THINGS. 
          THOUSANDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS WORK AT THIS SITE. 
          THE INVESTMENT THAT THEY'VE MADE IN THE BOEING CENTER HASN'T JUST ALLOWED US TO BRING GREAT ACTS TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          THAT KELLY HERITAGE INVESTMENT THAT BOEING IS LEADING HAS ALREADY PUT $500,000 DIRECTLY INTO THE HANDS OF EDUCATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THERE ARE 100 STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE PORT THAT HAVE BUILT THEIR OWN COMPUTER. 
          THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS THAT WILL BE DOING DRONE PROGRAMS, THAT'LL BE DOING SPACE PROGRAMS, AND WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED. 
          IT IS A PLEASURE AND THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU ALL HAVE SHOWN ON THE EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE. 
          WHAT BOEING HAS DONE AT PORT SAN ANTONIO THE PAST 25 YEARS IS ASTOUNDING, 
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BUT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE. 
          IF IT AIN'T BOEING, WE AIN'T GOING. 
          THANKS SO MUCH, . 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, TYLER AND JIM, RICHARD, THANK YOU FOR THE ENTIRE TEAM. 
          I ALSO WANNA JUST OFFER MY THANKS, UH, FOR WALKING THE WALK ON WORKFORCE. 
          UM, IT'S NOT EASY TO DO WHAT THIS COMMUNITY IS DOING, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WITH US, UH, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, UH, AND ARE REALLY THE REASON FUNDAMENTALLY WHY THIS REGION IS NOW A MANUFACTURING POWERHOUSE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO SUPPORT SAN ANTONIO FAMILIES. 
          LITERALLY, AS JIM SAID, THOUSANDS OF THEM, UH, WITH IMPROVED LIVES BECAUSE OF BOEING. 
          UH, SO HERE, UH, IS PRESENTED. 
          ITS OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO THE BOEING COMPANY AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY ESTABLISHED IN 1998. 
          YOU HAVE PROVIDED HIGH QUALITY MAINTENANCE AND MODERNIZATION FOR COMMERCIAL AND DEFENSE AIRCRAFT, ESTABLISHING YOURSELF AS A HIGH PERFORMANCE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FACILITY AS ONE OF THE LARGEST MILITARY AIRCRAFT, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND OVERHAUL FACILITIES IN THE WORLD. 
          YOUR DEDICATION TO PROVIDING RELIABLE AND INNOVATIVE, UH, EXPERIENCES AND CAREERS HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED AND IS TRULY WORTHY OF COMMENDATION. 
          THE MAYOR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE MILESTONE OCCASION AND OFFER BEST WISHES FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME. 
          HAPPY 25TH ANNIVERSARY BOEING SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR THE, UH, FOR ALLOWING ME TO RECOGNIZE BOEING. 
          UM, I HAVE ANOTHER POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          IT'S A FUN ONE. 
          IT'S, UH, ALSO, IT'S A DISTRICT FOUR BACK TO SCHOOL HEALTH VILLAGE. 
          AND FOR EVERYONE OUT THERE WHO IS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, PLEASE FEEL, SHARE TO FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS. 
          THIS YEAR, WE'RE HOSTING THE DISTRICT FOUR BACK TO SCHOOL HEALTH VILLAGE ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 12TH, THAT DIVINE PROVIDENCE CATHOLIC CHURCH, WE'RE INVITING FAMILIES TO JOIN US FROM EIGHT TO 11 FOR FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES, BACKPACKS, RESOURCES, AND FOOD AFTER THE HOSPITAL CLOSURE IN SOUTHWEST ANTONIO, FAMILIES AND DISTRICT FOUR CONTINUE TO FACE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH DISPARITIES. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONNECT FAMILIES TO HEALTH RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO START THE YEAR FULLY PREPARED. 
          TEACHING FAMILIES ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PREVENTIVE CARE CAN HELP IMPROVE OUTCOMES AND SHIFT OUR UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY HEALTH. 
          OVERALL, I WANNA RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF METRO HEALTH WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT. 
          THE HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS ORAL HEALTH PROJECT WORTH, SAN ANTONIO KIDS BREATHE AND THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION DEPARTMENT FAMILIES WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IMMUNIZATIONS PROVIDED BY METRO HEALTH. 
          THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF THE IMMUNIZATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDED ON OUR WEBSITE, AND THE EVENT IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM PORT SAN ANTONIO, WHO YOU HEARD FROM EARLIER, FROST BANK, GARVER ENGINEERS, THE SAN ANTONIO PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, WHO IS ALSO HERE IN THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. 
          I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL ON SATURDAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          UH, NOW WE'VE GOT, UH, A COUPLE CHAMPIONS IN THE HOUSE, AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE TO WELCOME OUR CHAMPS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I THINK MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT I WAS A TEACHER FOR MANY YEARS, AND PART OF BEING A TEACHER IS PROBABLY BEING INVOLVED IN STUDENT ATHLETICS, AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF COACHING MULTIPLE SPORTS. 
          TWO OF THEM ARE GONNA BE REPRESENTED AND RECOGNIZED HERE TODAY. 
          FIRST OFF, I, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND INVITE UP THE RISE FLAG FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, THE SAN ANTONIO DOLPHINS. 
          WOULD YOU ALL COME ON UP FRONT? COACHES COME ON UP TO, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THE UNDER ARMOUR RISE FLAG FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, THE SAN ANTONIO DOLPHINS. 
          EACH SEASON RISE FLAG FOOTBALL INTEGRATES FUN COMPETITION AND FOOTBALL SKILLS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE AND LEADERSHIP FOR YOUTH ATHLETES NATIONWIDE. 
          RISE FLAG FOOTBALL HOSTS A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT BETWEEN THE TOP 48 TEAMS FROM AROUND NATION. 
          THIS TOURNAMENT HAD OVER 40 CITIES REPRESENTED, AND THE SAN ANTONIO DOLPHINS WHO PRACTICE AT CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN IN DISTRICT NINE WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. 
          WE HAVE WITH US HERE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR TEAM. 
          UH, WE HAVE ALONG WITH, UH, THE PLAYERS HEAD COACH AARON HILDEBRAND AND ASSISTANT COACHES, EMERSON ALLEN AND DAMIEN SHORTRIDGE AND THE SAN ANTONIO LEAGUE OPERATOR, STEVEN WOLFF. 
          ALSO, I WANNA RECOGNIZE ONE OF THEIR GREATEST SUPPORTERS, FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN BOBBY HERRERA HERE 
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AS WELL. 
          NOW, LET ME, UH, CALL OFF THE NAMES OF A PLAYER, RAISE YOUR HAND AND, AND WAVE TO THE AUDIENCE WHEN I CALL OUT YOUR NAME. 
          UH, BRAYLIN ALLEN, UH, NOLAN SHORTRIDGE, ISAIAH BARKER, RYDER WOLF, JACK DANIELS, ZAIRE DAVIS, AND J JACKSON MUDGE. 
          AND HOPEFULLY IF I MISS ANYBODY ELSE AS THE TEAM TURN AROUND, SAY HELLO TO YOUR CITY. 
          WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WOULD ANY OF THE, UH, COACHES OR OTHERS CARE TO MAKE A REMARK FOR US? OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING ALL, AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING US OUT HERE. 
          AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE. 
          I'VE BEEN WITH THESE YOUNG GUYS FOR FOUR YEARS. 
          FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS I'VE SEEN 'EM GROW. 
          THERE'S NOTHING I CAN SAY, BUT EVERY YEAR THEY GET BETTER, BETTER AND BETTER. 
          THEY, THIS IS THEIR FIFTH TIME AT THE TOURNAMENT AND THEY'VE ACHIEVED GOALS. 
          AND THIS IS THEIR GOAL. 
          THIS WAS THEIR GOAL. 
          AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO SERVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN THE WAY WE CAN. 
          AND WE REPRESENTED THEM UP THERE IN MARYLAND. 
          AND EVERYBODY SAYING SAN ANTONIO, IS THAT THE ALAMO? UH, YEAH, , BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO BROADEN OUR HORIZON HERE IN SAN ANTONIO RIGHT NOW. 
          STEVE WOLF, THE DIRECTOR, HE DOES, UH, WE WE'RE TRYING A, A NEW PILOT PROGRAM OUT AT SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL. 
          WE TAKE CARE OF THE, AND DISTRICT SIX, THE THREE YEAR OLDS, FOUR YEAR OLDS, FIVE YEAR OLDS, AND SIX YEAR OLDS. 
          WE START 'EM OUT AT BASKETBALL AND FLAG FOOTBALL. 
          UH, THAT'S WHY WE WE'RE ASKING FOR HELP IN THE FUTURE, TO SEE IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD A BETTER FACILITY FOR THESE YOUNG KIDS. 
          THIS IS OUR FUTURE. 
          WE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF 'EM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN HERRERA. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY, NEXT IT IS, UH, AGAIN, MY PLEASURE. 
          TO WELCOME THE RONALD REAGAN HIGH SCHOOL WOMEN'S GOLF TEAM. 
          LADIES, WOULD YOU COME UP? AND OF COURSE, UH, COACHES AND STAFF, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME TO THE CHAMBER, THE RONALD REAGAN HIGH SCHOOL, WOMEN'S 2022 STATE, SIX A U I L CHAMPIONS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING CHAMPIONS LADIES. 
          THEY'RE ALSO NATIONAL CHAMPIONS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL INVITATION GOLF TOURNAMENT HELD LAST MONTH IN FRISCO. 
          I BELIEVE WE HAVE A SHORT POWERPOINT THAT WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND SHOW. 
          HERE YOU CAN SEE ONE OF OUR PLAYERS, ALL OF OUR PLAYERS, AS THEY WERE COMPETING, ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE NATIONAL JUNIOR GOLF TOURNAMENTS. 
          THIS YEAR'S HIGH SCHOOL GOLF INVITATIONAL FEATURED MORE THAN 500 OF THE TOP HIGH SCHOOL GOLFERS FROM NEARLY ALL 50 STATES. 
          THE NATIONAL INVITATIONAL IS AN EVENT DEDICATED TO CELEBRATING AND SHOWCASING HIGH SCHOOL GOLFERS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. 
          THE TOURNAMENT WAS HELD IN FRISCO AND AT NEW P G A HEADQUARTERS AT THE OMNI FRISCO HOTEL AND GOLF RESORT. 
          THE RATTLERS CAPTURED THE LEAD AFTER DAY ONE AND NEVER LOST IT. 
          WINNING BY A TOTAL OF 35 STROKES TO BRING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HOME TO NOT ONLY REAGAN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, HAS BEEN A DREAM COME TRUE. 
          AND THE LADY RATTLERS LOOK FORWARD TO DEFENDING THEIR NATIONAL TITLE NEXT YEAR. 
          THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM PRESENT WITH US TODAY INCLUDE MARISSA LOYA, LYDIA PORTLOCK, CAMILLE PAZOOKI, DANIEL BAILEY, MARIA ORTIZ ZAMORA, AND COACHES INCLUDE RUSSELL AKA AND STEVEN MARTINEZ, AND ALSO OUR PRINCIPAL. 
          DR. 
          REINER. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU SHOW YOUR PLAYERS YOUR CITY. 
          CONGRATULATE YOU LADIES AND WISHES YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS ON THE GOLF COURSE AND IN LIFE. 
          AND I WANNA DO A SPECIAL THANKS TO HUDSON LOCKE, MY APPOINTEE TO THE SAN ANTONIO YOUTH COMMISSION FOR HELPING US ORGANIZE THIS RECOGNITION. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, CONTINUED SUCCESS. 
          LADIES COACH. 
          UH, WOULD YOU OR WOULD THE PRINCIPAL LIKE TO HAVE A COUPLE OF REMARKS ON 
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BEHALF OF THE, UH, REAGAN HIGH SCHOOL GOLF COMMUNITY AND OBVIOUSLY THE STONE OAK COMMUNITY? JUST WANNA TELL THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 
          UH, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO BE HERE, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          BY THE WAY, I WANNA MENTION THAT TROPHY WAS VERY HEAVY. 
          SO , THAT MEANS YOU GOT A LOT, UH, TO CARRY ON NEXT TIME AROUND. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE AND CONGRATULATIONS, UH, NOT ONLY TO OUR RISE TEAM, BUT ALSO TO THE REAGAN RATTLERS. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF YOU ARE COMING BACK THIS YEAR, SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THE REPEAT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE STATE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE GONNA 
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MOVE NOW INTO OUR BUSINESS ITEMS FOR TODAY. 
          WE'VE GOT ITEMS, UH, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE RELATED TO THE BUDGET. 
          SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM THREE, UH, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION OF THE F I 24 BUDGET, MADAM CLERK. 
          ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A PRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, 2024, PROPOSED OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023. 
          OCTO. 
          ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE SETTING. 
          THE CITY'S PROPOSED MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE OF AT 33.01 CENTS PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUATION. 
          AND THE CITY'S PROPOSED DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE AT 21.15 CENTS PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUATION. 
          AS RECOMMENDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET, THERE IS NO INCREASE IN THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX RATE. 
          ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE SETTING THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE FOR TWO BUDGET PUBLIC HEARINGS AND TWO AOR TAX RATE PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          ALRIGHT, ERIC, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO GET US STARTED. 
          ALL RIGHT, MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, EXCITED TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU TO BEGIN OUR BUDGET PROCESS. 
          UM, BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 14TH, WE HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF, WE HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS, BUDGET WORK SESSIONS, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DIAL, THE DIALOGUE. 
          UM, I USUALLY DO THIS AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, AND I THOUGHT LAST NIGHT I WOULD DO IT AT THE BEGINNING. 
          I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF, ALL THE EXECUTIVES SITTING BEHIND ME. 
          UM, IT'S NOT JUST THEM, BUT OUR BUDGET OFFICE, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, A LOT OF THE OPERATIONAL STAFF AND EACH DEPARTMENT SPEND A LOT OF TIME GOING BACK TO MARCH TO PREPARE FOR WHAT WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH OVER THE NEXT MONTH. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR TIME AND EFFORT. 
          UM, IT IS A, UH, A VERY TIME INTENSIVE EFFORT, UM, BUT MUCH NEEDED TO SET THE PATH FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          STAFF, THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, UM, MARIA, BEN, JUSTINA, TROY, MARGARET. 
          I MEAN, EVERYBODY PUTS IN, UM, A HUGE EFFORT TO, TO GET TO THE POINT WE'RE AT TODAY AND THEN BE PREPARED FOR THE JOURNEY OVER THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS. 
          SO, UM, TOP PRIORITIES, AND WE DID THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR, AND YOU'LL RECALL, UM, WE MOVED OUR GOAL SETTING SESSION WITH THE COUNCIL UP TO APRIL. 
          AND, UM, THAT WAS, UH, EARLIER THAN WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT SET A GOOD TEMPO FOR US ORGANIZATIONALLY AS STAFF. 
          UM, THE COUNCIL PRIORITIES OF PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, STRATEGIC HOUSING PLAN, HOMELESS HOMELESSNESS, EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY, GAVE US A REALLY GOOD FRAMEWORK TO DEVELOP THE TRIAL BUDGET THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU IN MAY THIS YEAR. 
          ALSO, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE CONTRACTED WITH AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT TO COMPLETE A STATISTICALLY VALID BUDGET SURVEY, FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER DONE IT. 
          UM, AND YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE, THE TOP PRIORITIES REFLECTED, UM, FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR CUSTOMERS, HOMELESS OUTREACH AND ENCAMPMENTS, STREETS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, POLICE, UM, A LOT OF SIMILARITIES AND CERTAINLY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE WERE HEARING FROM THE COUNCIL. 
          AND THAT SET THE FRAMEWORK FOR WHAT WE DID AND, AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 
          LET ME ALSO START WITH TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSED EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, UM, WITH OVER 13,682 POSITIONS THAT, UM, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING A VARIETY OF THINGS. 
          AND YOU SEE THOSE VIDEOS I SHOW EVERY THURSDAY. 
          UM, WE DO IT ALL. 
          WE HAVE 46 PLUS LINES OF BUSINESS. 
          WE OPERATE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS A DAY. 
          AND IN TERMS OF COMPENSATION IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THERE'S A COMBINED $55.1 MILLION ALL FUNDS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION IN CIVILIAN COMPENSATION. 
          WE'RE DOING 
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A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          ONE, INCREASE THE ENTRY WAGE FOR ALL FULL-TIME, PART-TIME, UM, TEMPORARY SEASONAL INTO THE CITY FROM 1750 TO $18 AN HOUR, TWO PROPOSING A 4% ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME EMPLOYEES. 
          THREE, BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE COMPRESSION THAT WE SEE IN, IN OUR CIVILIAN RANKS, UM, BASED ON EITHER TENURE OR RELEVANT EXPERIENCE, DEPENDING ON THE JOB. 
          AND WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE TIME TO GO THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THAT WITH YOU THROUGH OUR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION WORK SESSION SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 29TH. 
          WE'RE ALSO NOT PROPOSING ANY INCREASES TO HEALTHCARE PREMIUMS FOR CIVILIANS FOR OUR UNIFORMED POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS. 
          CONSISTENT WITH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS IN PLACE. 
          POLICE ARE SCHEDULED FOR A THREE AND A HALF PERCENT SALARY ADJUSTMENT FIRE, UM, A TWO AND A HALF PERCENT SALARY ADJUSTMENT AND A HALF A PERCENT LUMP SUM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARBITRATION RULING. 
          UM, WE ARE ENTERING THE LAST YEAR OF THAT RULING, SO WE'LL BE NEGOTIATING WITH THE FIRE ASSOCIATION, UH, NEXT SPRING. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL HEAR A LOT MORE ON THE 29TH. 
          UM, WE ARE ROLLING OUT A, AN EMPLOYEE WELLNESS MENTAL HEALTH, UM, WELLNESS PROGRAM. 
          NEW FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, ALL UNIFORM, ALL CIVILIAN. 
          UM, I'M EXCITED TO TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE HAVE STYLED IT COSA CARES, AND, UM, WE WILL MEET MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO ALL EMPLOYEES GOING FORWARD. 
          WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          UM, UH, UH, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE ASSOCIATION HAD A WORK GROUP EARLIER IN THE YEAR. 
          YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DURING THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          UM, WE HAVE SOME JOBS, UH, HERE AT THE CITY THAT EXPERIENCE, UH, COMPASSION FATIGUE. 
          AND SO RECOGNIZING THOSE THINGS AND IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO OUR OVER 13,000 EMPLOYEES AND CONTINUING TO BE, UH, A GREAT EMPLOYER IS, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT'S MUCH NEEDED. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET IS, UM, PROPOSED AT $3.7 BILLION, UM, BROKEN UP INTO THREE MAIN CATEGORIES, 1.6 BILLION, UM, WHICH IS 43% OF THE TOTAL IN OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          THE GENERAL FUND SUPPORTS ALL OF OUR BASIC SERVICES, COLLECTS ALL OF OUR BASIC GENERAL REVENUE, UM, 1.33 BILLION IN OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS, WHICH IS REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR INDIVIDUAL LINES OF BUSINESS, LIKE THE AIRPORT SOLID WASTE, OUR GRANTS, HOTEL OCCUPANCY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND THEN 798 MILLION OR 21% OF OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM. 
          AND WE'LL SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THE CAPITAL PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT LATER ON. 
          BIG THINGS LIKE THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM AND THE WORK WE'RE BE DOING OUT AT THE AIRPORT ARE DRIVING MUCH OF THAT. 
          OUR YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH IN THE GENERAL FUND IS GROWING FROM 1.51 BILLION TO 1.6 BILLION. 
          THAT'S A 5.3% INCREASE IN SPENDING. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE'LL WALK THROUGH THE REVENUES HERE SHORTLY, BUT JUST DIGGING DOWN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO WHERE WE SPEND OUR MONEY IN THE GENERAL FUND, UM, YOU'LL SEE, AND THIS, THIS CHART IS FAMILIAR TO MOST, UM, WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND SPENDING OF $1.6 BILLION IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          WE HAVE $963.9 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, FOR POLICE AND FIRE. 
          UM, OTHER MAJOR COMPONENTS OF OUR GENERAL FUND SPENDING OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS ARE NOTED ON THERE, BUT I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE OUTSIDE OF THAT RING, WHICH REALLY SHOWS WHERE WE COLLECT OUR GENERAL REVENUE. 
          29.3% OF OUR REVENUE IS GENERATED FROM PROPERTY TAX IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, $465.9 MILLION. 
          THE NEXT LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE IS, UM, C P S. 
          AND OUR PAYMENT FROM C P S $421 MILLION IN NEXT YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET ARE 26.5 MILLION. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, SALES TAX AT 411.6 MILLION, OR 25.9% OF OUR REVENUE MIX. 
          WE ARE ONE OF THE VERY FEW CITIES IN THE STATE THAT HAS THREE MAIN REVENUE SOURCES. 
          MOST LARGE MA MAJOR CITIES IN THE STATE, UH, RELY SOLELY ON PROPERTY AND SALES TAX. 
          SO THE BENEFIT THAT WE HAVE OF BEING, UM, UM, GOOD STEWARDS AND OWNERS OF C P SS, UH, ALLOWS US TO, UM, MITIGATE REVENUE IMPACTS ELSEWHERE. 
          UH, FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CUSTOMERS, IT'S OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT OR OWNING C P S. 
          AND, UM, UM, IT IS, UH, AN ISSUE THAT I KNOW THE COUNCIL TAKES SERIOUSLY AS YOU, AS YOU DEBATE AND DEAL WITH, UM, AREAS FROM OUR PUBLIC UTILITIES. 
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OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE, OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE IS, UH, ONE POINT FOR THE, FOR THIS YEAR'S. 
          LEMME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS YEAR'S ESTIMATE. 
          IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN IS 1.5 BILLION, 1.518 BILLION. 
          UM, IT'S 4.5% ABOVE OUR ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          UM, IN 23, SALES TAX IS 2.1% HIGHER ACCORDING TO BUDGET C P S 6%. 
          UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S, UH, WE, WE'VE CALLED OUT A C P S ENERGY ONE TIME THERE, UH, IN 23 OF $7.6 MILLION C P S SOLD PROPERTY EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND WE SAW A RETURN ON THAT, ON THAT REVENUE. 
          SO WE WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT, UM, INDIVIDUALLY. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF F Y 24, THE F Y 24 BUDGET IS $92.7 MILLION MORE THAN THE F Y 23 ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          OUR SALES TAX PROJECTIONS ARE 4% ABOVE OUR RE-ESTIMATE, UM, GOING FORWARD INTO NEXT YEAR. 
          OUR C P S ESTIMATE, OUR C P S PROJECTION IS 1% ABOVE OUR RE-ESTIMATE FOR THIS YEAR. 
          AND YOU SEE THAT THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $31.1 MILLION, UM, IN THERE FOR, UH, PROPERTY TAXES. 
          AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES AND WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH VALUES, UH, AS WE RECEIVED OUR CERTIFIED ROLE AT THE END OF JULY. 
          SO FOUR MAIN AREAS, KEY THEMES WITHIN THE BUDGET. 
          UH, NUMBER ONE, PROVIDING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, WHICH WAS A PRIORITY OF THE COUNCIL OF GOING BACK, UH, TO APRIL'S WORK SESSION TWO, KEEPING SAN ANTONIO SAFE. 
          THREE, CONTINUING TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND FOUR, IMPROVING CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          SO PROPERTY TAX, UM, WITHIN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, BASED ON THE ADJUSTMENT THAT THE COUNCIL VOTED ON IN JUNE TO MOVE OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM 10% TO 20%, THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          YOU TOOK THAT ACTION IN JUNE IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY ONE TIMELINE REQUIREMENT. 
          TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THAT ADJUSTMENT THAT THE COUNCIL MADE, AS WELL AS OUR TAX FREEZE AND EXEMPTIONS FOR SENIORS AND, AND, UH, THE DISABLED. 
          UM, THERE'S 34 AND A HALF, 134 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN FOREGONE REVENUE THAT WE HAVE, UM, INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          THAT'S MONEY THAT STAYS BACK WITH PROPERTY OWNERS GOING FORWARD. 
          THE LARGEST CHUNK OF THAT, THE BIGGEST CHANGE OF THAT, OBVIOUSLY, IS THE ADJUSTMENT COUNCIL TOOK IN IN JUNE. 
          THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE INCLUDING WITHIN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          UM, ONE, AND THIS WAS A CONVERSATION THAT THE COUNCIL HAD AT THE END OF THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, WAS IMPLEMENTING THE SAN ANTONIO VOLUNTEER EXEMPTION FOR SENIORS, UM, A PROGRAM THAT'S ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW. 
          WE'RE GONNA SET ASIDE MONEY IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO, UM, HOST AND HOPEFULLY HAVE UP TO 300 SENIORS VOLUNTEER FOR THE CITY AND EARN UP TO $400 OFF OF THEIR CITY TAX BILL. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT IS ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW, AND WE'LL BE SETTING ASIDE MONEY TO ADMINISTER THAT NEXT YEAR. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT WE SAW FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UM, WHEN WE'VE RECEIVED OUR CERTIFIED ROLE WAS, UM, A LARGE INCREASE IN, UH, THE NUMBER OF EXEMPTIONS APPLIED FOR. 
          UM, YOU ALL WILL RECALL THAT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE SET ASIDE MONEY TO DO OUTREACH, UM, UH, WORKSHOPS TO DO TWO THINGS WITH THE PUBLIC. 
          ONE, HELP THEM UNDERSTAND, UM, THEIR TAX VALUATION THEY RECEIVED FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, HELP THEM BE PREPARED, UH, FOR APPEALING THAT TAXABLE VALUE. 
          AND THREE, HELP THEM, UH, APPLY FOR EXEMPTIONS THAT THEY WERE ELIGIBLE FOR, THAT THEY WEREN'T COLLECTING. 
          AND WE'RE CONTINUING THAT PROGRAM IN THE, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          SO IN TERMS OF PROPERTY TAX VALUES IN THE CERTIFIED ROLE WE RECEIVED IN JULY, OR YEAH, AT THE END OF JULY, WE HAVE A $155 BILLION WORTH OF TAXABLE VALUE IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 24. 
          THAT'S A 7.4% INCREASE, UM, OVER LAST YEAR. 
          OF THAT 7.4%, 2.1% IS DUE TO NEW CONSTRUCTION AND NEW IMPROVEMENTS. 
          5.3% IS DUE TO BASE VALUE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          THERE IS A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN THE PROPERTY, UH, PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE, UM, WHICH, UH, WAS A PRIORITY OF THE COUNCIL, AS YOU DISCUSSED IN, IN JUNE. 
          IT IS THE 31ST YEAR CONSECUTIVE YEAR WHERE THE CITY HAS NOT ADJUSTED THE TAX RATE UPWARDS. 
          UM, AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN DOING AND TALKING ABOUT 
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AND TAKING ACTION ON ARE, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE. 
          AND NOW, LEMME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          IN TWO, IN 2023, THE AVERAGE RESIDENT'S HOMESTEAD TAXABLE VALUE WAS 214, A LITTLE OVER $214,000. 
          IN 2024, THE AVERAGE RESIDENT'S HOMESTEAD TAXABLE VALUE IS $206,000 DOWN 3.9%. 
          UM, SO I THINK THE THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL SET FORWARD IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE, WE ARE CERTAINLY RECOGNIZING THE INCREASING VALUES THAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING. 
          AND FOR OUR 21% OF THE TOTAL TAX BILL, UM, THAT 20%, UH, ADJUST, UH, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON THOSE VALUES. 
          IN ADDITION, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THERE ARE, UH, PROPOSITION OR NOT PROPOSITIONS, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. 
          UM, AND, UM, UNDOUBTEDLY, UM, UM, WILL, IF PASSED, WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RELIEF PRIMARILY ON THAT 49% THE SCHOOL PROPERTY TAX SIDE. 
          SO, UM, WE ACHIEVED WHAT WE WANTED TO ACHIEVE AND WE'RE ABLE TO MITIGATE THAT. 
          AND, UM, A BIG PART OF WHAT OUR MESSAGING IS GOING FORWARD IN THE NEXT YEAR. 
          SO IN TERMS OF KEEPING SAN ANTONIO SAFE, UM, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES. 
          IT MEANS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          UM, AND, AND ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS PROPOSED BUDGET AND DURING THE WORK SESSIONS IS ON ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          UM, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES IS PROPOSED TO CA 26.1% INCREASE IN THEIR, UH, BUDGET. 
          UM, A A RATHER LARGE INCREASE. 
          A LOT OF IT BASED OFF OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN CONVERSATION THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU IN THE SPRING, BUT NOT ALL OF IT. 
          AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A SECOND. 
          IN TERMS OF SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHAT WE HEAR WHEN WE GO TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, WHAT YOU HEAR WHEN YOU GO TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, WHAT WE SAW IN THE CUSTOMER IN THE BUDGET SURVEY CONDUCTED IN MAY AND JUNE, WAS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO MORE IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT AND ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          AND, AND, AND YOU CAN'T JUST DO ONE THING IN ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. 
          IT IS ENFORCEMENT. 
          IT'S LIVE RELEASE, IT'S ADOPTION, IT'S RESCUE PARTNERS, IT'S SPAY NEUTER, IT RUNS THE GAMBIT. 
          AND WE'VE, WE WE'RE GONNA LAY OUT TO YOU, UM, A PROPOSED PLAN THAT TRIES TO ADJUST AND ADDRESS EACH OF THOSE AT THE SAME TIME. 
          AND IT'S A MULTI-YEAR PLAN THAT'LL REQUIRE US TO MAKE AN A COMMIT A COMMITMENT GOING FORWARD. 
          WE ARE BALANCED. 
          AND AS WE, AS WE, AS WE PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 AND OUR TWO YEAR BALANCED BUDGET, ALL OF THE 2025 ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THAT, THAT 25 BALANCED BUDGET. 
          SO STEP NUMBER ONE, ADDRESSING, UH, BITE CASES AND DANGEROUS DOG COMPLIANCE. 
          UM, WE DO, WE GET 3,500 BIKE CALLS A YEAR, AND WE DO NOT RESPOND TO ALL OF THEM. 
          WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD SEVEN NEW POSITIONS TO RESPOND TO EVERY BIKE CALL AS WELL AS, UM, INCREASE OUR COMPLIANCE OF DANGEROUS DOGS. 
          NOW, WE HAVE SINCE MARCH, EARLY MARCH, BEEN SHIFTING INDIVIDUALS AROUND TO REALLY FOCUS ON THAT. 
          BUT WHEN WE SHIFT, WE'RE NOT DOING SOMETHING ELSE. 
          UM, AND, AND, UH, WE BELIEVE, AND I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE INCREASE THE STAFF THERE AND THE RESOURCES IN ORDER TO PROPERLY RESPOND TO THOSE BITE CALLS, AS WELL AS ENSURE THE DANGEROUS DOGS THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND THOSE HO AND THOSE OWNERS OF THOSE DANGEROUS DOGS ARE COMPLYING WITH THE RULES SET ASIDE UNDER STATE LAW AND BY MUNICIPAL COURT. 
          PART TWO OF THAT, AND NOT INCLUDED WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, IS WHAT WE DO IN TERMS OF 3 1 1 CALLS. 
          WE RECEIVE 50,000 CRITICAL CALLS TO 3 1 1 FOR A C S A YEAR. 
          OUR CURRENT RESPONSE RATE TO THOSE CALLS IS 44%, SIX TIMES OUTTA 10. 
          WE WILL NOT RESPOND. 
          UM, AND I THINK AS WE WENT THROUGH IT, AS I WENT THROUGH IT THIS SUMMER, IT IS THE ONLY SERVICE THAT YOU CAN CALL AND SIX TIMES OUTTA 10, YOU MAY NOT GET ANYBODY. 
          SO WE'RE PROPOSING A THREE YEAR PLAN TO STAFF UP WITH THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THOSE CALLS. 
          WE CAN'T DO IT ALL AT ONCE. 
          UM, AND WE'RE PROPOSING THAT NEXT YEAR WE INCREASE, UM, OUR ANIMAL CARE OFFICER STRENGTH BY AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT TO DO NOTHING BUT FOLLOW UP ON THOSE CRITICAL CALLS AND INCREASE OUR, OUR RESPONSE NEXT YEAR TO 64%, AND THEN INCREMENTALLY 
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OVER THE 25 AND 26, GET TO THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT MARK THAT THE PUBLIC EXPECTS. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND, AND SO THE OTHER THING I DIDN'T ADD IS WHAT IS A CRITICAL CALL? A CRITICAL CALL. 
          AND THE 3 0 1 SYSTEM FOR A C SS ARE CRUELTY, NEGLECT, AGGRESSIVE CALLS. 
          SO ALL CALLS THAT ARE MUCH NEEDED. 
          WE DO NEED TO ENFORCE MORE IN THAT AREA, AND, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO THAT. 
          CONTINUING ALONG WITH KEEPING SAN ANTONIO SAFE, UM, THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET IS $372.3 MILLION. 
          UM, A LOT OF RESOURCES, NEW RESOURCES IN TERMS OF E M S, UM, ONE ADDITIONAL E M S UNIT, UM, AND 12 PARAMEDICS THAT'LL BE ADDED TO FIRE STATION 40, UM, NEXT YEAR. 
          THAT IS THE NEXT STATION THAT WE, THAT IS THE NEXT AREA OF SAN ANTONIO THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AS NEEDING A FULL-TIME UNIT. 
          WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO ADD ADDITIONAL E M S RESOURCES TO FIRE STATION 21 ON THE SOUTH SIDE, PRIMARILY TO ADDRESS AN INCREASE IN TRANSPORT TIMES THAT WE'VE SEEN AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSURE OF TEXAS VISTA. 
          NOT A RESPONSE TIME ISSUE, BUT A TRANSPORT TIME ISSUE. 
          SO THAT, UH, WE'RE SEEING THAT IF E M S UNITS ARE NEEDING THE TRANSPORT, THEY'RE HAVING TO DRIVE TO DOWNTOWN OR THE MEDICAL CENTER, AND THEY'RE OUTTA SERVICE LONGER. 
          SO WE'RE ADDING, WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD RESOURCES TO THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN AND ENSURE THAT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK ON THOSE PEAK PERIODS, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UH, ADDITIONAL E M S COVERAGE. 
          THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE, UM, AGREEMENT THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED, UM, LATE SPRING THAT WENT INTO EFFECT IN JULY WITH J B S A WHERE WE ADDED, UH, AND J B SS A CONTRACTED WITH THE CITY TO PROVIDE E M S SUPPORT IN RESPONSE TO FORT SAM AND CAMP BULLIS. 
          WE HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL E M S UNITS THAT ARE ONLINE AS A RESULT OF THAT AGREEMENT. 
          AND THE BENEFIT, THE SHARED BENEFIT THERE IS THAT THOSE RESOURCES ARE THERE TO RESPOND ON BASE, EITHER ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO THERE TO RESPOND TO CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CALLS. 
          SO BIG FOCUS IN TERMS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND, AND THE TRANSPORT OF, UM, OF INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. 
          WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO ADD, UH, 16 NEW FIREFIGHTERS TO THE FIRE OPERATIONS DIVISION FOR SOME EXISTING PROGRAMS, AND FOUR NEW FIREFIGHTERS AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THE CALL VOLUME. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND YOU'LL SEE A SLIDE A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, WE HAVE SURPASSED IN PLACEMENTS, UH, FROM 2019, VERY BUSY OUT AT THE AIRPORT. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES OUT THERE TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE CALLS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, HIGH LEVEL, UM, WE ARE SETTING ASIDE FUNDS TO, UH, INSTALL, UH, UH, SAFE BABY BOXES AT 12 FIRE STATIONS. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO BE DONE AS WE, UM, ROLL THAT OUT NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO INCLUDE A COMMUNICATION PLAN. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ADDING RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN OUR OPIOID, UH, PROGRAM CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM. 
          WE WERE MADE AWARE DURING THE SUMMER THAT, UM, UM, OUR FUNDING FROM THE STATE WOULD BE REDUCED BY HALF, SO WE MADE SURE THAT WE INCLUDED FUNDING IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT, THAT AMOUNT, THAT DIFFERENCE. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UNDER KEEPING SAN ANTONIO SAFE, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET IS $570.6 MILLION. 
          UM, WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD 105 POLICE OFFICERS. 
          UM, THE CITY HAS NEVER ADDED, UM, THIS IS THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF CONTINGENT THAT WE'VE EVER ADDED AT ONCE. 
          UM, A HUNDRED OF THOSE OFFICERS ARE DIRECTED TO PATROL, AND THAT'S IN LINE WITH OUR GOAL OVER THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS TO ADD 360 OFFICERS TO ACHIEVE A 60% PROACTIVE TIME FOR PATROL OFFICERS AND 40% ON CALL. 
          REMEMBER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER IN THE YEAR IN THE SPRINGTIME, THE IDEA OF HAVING ADDITIONAL PROACTIVE TIME FROM A VISIBILITY STANDPOINT, FROM AN ENGAGEMENT STANDPOINT, RATHER THAN HAVING OFFICERS RUNNING FROM CALL TO CALL, UM, AND, AND ALLOWING THAT ENGAGEMENT AND VISIBILITY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE TO BE MORE OF A FACTOR IN A PATROL OFFICER'S DAILY SHIFT. 
          THE FIVE OFFICERS WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD TO THE ACADEMY, UM, AND NEW AS NEW INSTRUCTORS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE AVERAGED 159 CADETS, GRADUATED THROUGH THE ACADEMY, AND OUR GOAL IS, UH, WITH THE ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTORS AND, UM, AND A, UH, ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM DOWN TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ACADEMY, UH, PROPERTY, UM, IS TO INCREASE OUR CADET OUTPUT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO 
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235. 
          THAT'S TO ACCOUNT FOR RETIREMENTS, NEW POSITIONS WE MAY ADD IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE FELT LIKE IT WAS NECESSARY AND HAD BEEN SOME TIME SINCE WE INCREASED THE THROUGHPUT OF THE ACADEMY. 
          AND WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          SO, SHIFTING TO OUR THIRD CATEGORY OF CONTINUING TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES OF THE COUNCIL, UH, AS YOU DISCUSSED IT IN APRIL, AND THE TOP ISSUE IN NINE OF 10 COUNCIL DISTRICTS, UH, DURING THE BUDGET SURVEY WAS HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND PREVENTION. 
          UM, AND SO HERE'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND, AND WE'RE IN A MUCH DIFFERENT POSITION THAN WE WERE 12 MONTHS AGO, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S A THREE-PRONGED STRATEGY THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT WITH YOU AT OUR HOMELESS D H SS, UM, BUDGET WORK SESSION. 
          BUT THE THREE-PRONGED, UM, UH, STRATEGY REALLY CENTERS AROUND PREVENTION AND I WOULD SAY PREVENTION AND, UH, BETTER ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, ASSURING THAT WE HAVE, UH, A COUP A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DIVERTING INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THE EDGE OF HOMELESSNESS, UM, AND, AND THAT THAT POSITION OR THAT THOSE POSITIONS, THEY DON'T BECOME HOMELESS. 
          UM, BUT ALSO IMPROVING OUR COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESS GROUPS ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IN TERMS OF HOMELESSNESS, PRIMARILY ON THE FRONT END TO ENSURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, UH, WHAT THE REAL ISSUES ARE. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN PALS HAD A TOWN HALL LAST SPRING, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN WHITE IS PLANNING ON HAVING ONE HERE, UH, IN SEPTEMBER. 
          WE NEED TO DO A BETTER, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB ON A DAILY BASIS WITH NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO THAT IS PART OF TWO POSITIONS WE'LL BE ADDING, PROPOSING THAT THE MIDDLE PRONG OF THIS STRATEGY IS WHERE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT IN A DIFFERENT POSITION THAN WE WERE 12 MONTHS AGO. 
          WE HAVE, UM, UM, TWO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS, DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE NOW OPEN TOWN, TWIN VILLAGE, AND THE HUDSON. 
          THE CITY HAS RECEIVED TWO FEDERAL GRANTS IN THE SPRING TO HELP WITH HOUSING OF UNSHELTERED SAM MINISTRIES. 
          ONE OF OUR PARTNERS HAS RECEIVED A FEDERAL GRANT TO HELP IN THAT FRONT. 
          WE TALKED TO THE COUNCIL IN JUNE ABOUT UTILIZING $15.9 MILLION IN ARPA OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO LEASE AND EXPAND OUR LOW BARRIER SHELTER CAPACITY. 
          ALL THOSE GIVE US ADDITIONAL OPTIONS, REALLY FOR THE OUTREACH WORKERS TO GET FOLKS INTO SHELTER AND TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS. 
          UM, IN THIS YEAR'S POINT OF TIME COUNT, WE HAD 874 UNSHELTERED IN THE POINT OF TIME COUNT. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA SET A GOAL NEXT YEAR TO SHELTER 400 INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME AS A MUNICIPALITY, WE HAVE SET A GOAL. 
          WE HAVE, WE HAVE OUR, AND OUR HOPE IS TO BRING THE LEASE FOR THOSE LOW BARRIER SHELTERS TO YOU IN SEPTEMBER, AND THEY'LL BE CONTRACTED THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2020 OR THROUGH FALL OF 2025. 
          AND THE IDEA FOR THAT TWO, FOR THAT TWO YEARS WAS TO ALLOW FOR THE PROGRAMS AND THE PROJECTS THE COUNCIL APPROVED IN THE SPRING TO GET BUILT. 
          SO, UM, IT MAKES SENSE. 
          WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOUSE FOLKS. 
          UM, THE, THE UN THE, THE UNSHELTERED HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS. 
          THERE ARE SOME MENTAL HEALTH, THERE'S SOME SUBSTANCE ABUSE, THERE'S SOME MEDICALLY RELATED. 
          UM, AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT A VARIETY OF PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO BE SHELTERED IS GONNA WANT TO, IS GONNA BE OUR, OUR BIG FOCAL POINT NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THEN IN THE THIRD COLUMN THERE, UM, ADDRESSING ENCAMPMENTS, WHICH WE HAVE HEARD AT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, AND I KNOW HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF ISSUE FOR, UM, A LOT OF YOUR CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW. 
          AND WE'VE ADDED TWO, YOU'LL RECALL, WE'VE ADDED TWO CREWS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO DO NOTHING BUT CLEAN UP. 
          THOSE CREWS ARE GONNA CLEAN UP 500, UH, ENCAMPMENTS THIS YEAR. 
          WE'RE PROPOSING TO INCREASE, UM, THAT CLEANUP WITH ADDITIONAL CONTRACT INDIVIDUALS, UM, AND, AND CONTRACT THAT CLEANUP ALONG WITH OUR CITY CREWS AND TARGET THE CLEANUP OF 700 ENCAMPMENTS NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, OUR, OUR GOAL AND, AND OUR COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA LAY FOR NEXT YEAR IS THAT, UM, IF WE GET A CALL FOR AN ENCAMPMENT WITHIN TWO WEEKS, WE WILL DO THE ASSESSMENT, WE WILL DO THE OUTREACH, AND WE WILL DO THE CLEANUP WITHIN A TWO WEEK TURNAROUND. 
          WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DEVELOP AND PUBLISH ONLINE AND 
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MAKE AVAILABLE TO NEIGHBORHOODS A WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE. 
          AND IF SOMETHING POPS UP THAT'S MORE URGENT, THEN WE'RE GONNA ADJUST. 
          BUT, UM, WE'RE GONNA DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND TURNING AROUND THIS WITHIN A TWO WEEK TIMEFRAME. 
          WE BELIEVE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES WITH OUR CITY CREWS. 
          UM, WE BELIEVE WE HAVE, UH, WITH THE, AN ADDITIONAL HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN CONTRACT CREWS AND TWO POSITIONS THAT WE'LL BE DOING NOTHING, BUT ENSURING THAT WE CAN MEET THAT TWO WEEK TURNAROUND TIME AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO, UH, DEAL WITH AND OFFER SERVICES AND HELP THOSE THAT ARE UNSHELTERED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          NEXT YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET HAS A COMBINED $41.2 MILLION, UH, $5.3 MILLION. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY BECAUSE OF GRANTS, UM, WE'RE CONTINUING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WILL CONTINUE THE PROPERTY TAX EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. 
          WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL, UM, EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          AND THAT'S, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO INFORM AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM TO INFORM RESIDENTS OF THINGS LIKE THEIR TENANTS RIGHTS, HOMELESS PREVENTION, OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM, AND THE CITY'S FIRST AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND. 
          WE ARE SCHEDULED IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR TO CONTINUE WITH OUR, WITH OUR 2022 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND, AND ARE PROJECTING TO SPEND $36 MILLION OF, UH, OF THAT BOND IN FISCAL YEAR 24. 
          SO FAR THIS YEAR, IN 2023, WE HAVE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF THAT $150 MILLION. 
          THE CITY HAS, OR THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED $81 MILLION WORTH OF, UH, PROJECTS AND CONTRACTS. 
          AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS WE GO INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          SO HERE'S THE OTHER PART OF ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, UM, THAT IS, UM, CATEGORIZED UNDER QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE CAN'T JUST DO ONE OF THOSE THINGS. 
          WE CAN'T JUST DO SPAY NEUTER OR ENFORCEMENT OR LIVE RELEASE, BUT THEY ARE ALL VERY CLOSELY LINKED. 
          SO IN TERMS OF OUR PLAN NEXT YEAR, OUR PROPOSED PLAN NEXT YEAR, UM, WE'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE, UM, $2.2 MILLION IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND, AND, UM, HAVE A GOAL OF 44,000 LOW COST AND FREE SPAY NEUTER AND NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          UM, AND WE'VE STRUGGLED WITH THIS, UM, ESPECIALLY AS WE CAME OUTTA THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE, UM, A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS DID NOT HAVE OUR, OUR BIG LOW COST OR FREE SPAY NEUTER EVENTS DURING COVID THIS YEAR. 
          UH, WE'LL, WE'LL ONLY HAVE AN ESTIMATED 25,000. 
          SO OUR GOAL AND THE COUNCIL MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR CONTRACTS IN THE SPRING THAT WE HAVE CARRIED FORWARD INTO THE FISCAL YEAR 24 PROPOSED BUDGET TO INCREASE THOSE SURGERIES TO $44,000 OR 44,000 SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES. 
          IN TERMS OF RESCUES, THE RESCUE AGENCIES AND OUR PARTNERS ARE CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF A C S. 
          UM, FOR SOME TIME NOW, WE HAVE HAD AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM IN PLACE WHERE PARTNERS WILL RECEIVE AN AVERAGE OF $84 PER DOG, UM, UM, TO PULL ADOPTABLE ANIMALS, UM, AND, AND, UH, AND GET THEM ADOPTED. 
          WE'VE NOT ADJUSTED THAT IN SOME TIME. 
          SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCREASES THAT INCENTIVE TO $200 PER PET. 
          UM, WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS RESCUED AN ADDITIONAL 1500 TO A TOTAL OF 11,000 NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THEN ON ADOPTIONS, WHICH IS ANOTHER PART OF OUR LIVE RELEASE, ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AND FOCUS TO INCREASE OUR OWN ON-CAMPUS ADOPTIONS BY 1500 FOR A TOTAL OF 6,500. 
          SO COMBINED BETWEEN A C S AND THE RESCUE PARTNERS, AN ADDITIONAL 3000 ADOPTABLE ANIMALS THAT'LL BE SPAY, NEUTERED AND PLACED WITH, UM, UH, GREAT OWNERS. 
          THE OTHER COMPONENT THAT WE'RE ADDING IN TERMS OF A C S IS, UM, A FIVE, UM, POSITION VET EXAM TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL VET. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW OUR, OUR THREE VETS CANNOT GET, UH, UH, UM, TO EVERY ANIMAL ON OUR CAMPUS WITHIN A 24 HOUR PERIOD FOR A VET EXAM, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE EVERY ANIMAL THAT'S ON OUR CAMPUS HAVE THAT VET EXAM WITHIN 24 HOURS OF ARRIVAL, AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL VET TEAM TO HELP, UH, ACHIEVE THAT STREET MAINTENANCE AND PAVEMENT 
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MARKINGS UNDER QUALITY OF LIFE SCHEDULED FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          PROPOSED NEXT YEAR IS $116 MILLION IN STREET MAINTENANCE, UM, 1,458 PROJECTS ALL IN LINE WITH OUR, OUR FIVE YEAR S M P PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING, AND THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT FIRST AROSE AT THE APRIL WORK SESSION, AND WE SPENT SOME TIME LOOKING AT DURING THE SUMMER, UM, INCREASING, ALMOST DOUBLING OUR PAVEMENT MARKINGS BUDGET, UH, TO $11.3 MILLION RIGHT NOW. 
          PAVEMENT, MARKINGS, CROSSWALKS, STREET STRIPINGS IN THE CITY, UM, ARE, ARE, ARE REFRESHED EVERY FIVE YEARS. 
          UM, DOING THIS, MAKING THIS ADJUSTMENT TO OUR OPERATING BUDGET. 
          WE WILL CHANGE THAT TO EVERY THREE YEARS. 
          RIGHT NOW, DOWNTOWN IS UPDATED EVERY THREE YEARS, SO THERE WILL BE NO DISTINCTION WITHIN THE CITY, BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND THE REST OF THE CITY. 
          EVERYWHERE WILL GET REFRESHED EVERY THREE YEARS. 
          SIDEWALKS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AT YOUR APRIL WORK SESSION AS WELL. 
          UM, AND WE'RE GONNA DO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS HERE. 
          FIRST, LEMME TALK ABOUT THE, THE SMALLEST DOLLAR AMOUNT UP HERE, AND THAT'S THE SIDEWALK INDEX. 
          UM, WE HAVE A PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX FOR, UH, STREETS THAT HELP GUIDE WHERE INVESTMENT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. 
          YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN A SLIDE OR TWO LATER THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED AN ASSESSMENT OF NON-SERVICE ALLEYS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO SO THAT WE CAN GRADE THEM AND USE THAT TO GUIDE WHERE WE NEED TO INVEST, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT FOR, UM, SIDEWALKS. 
          AND I THINK IT WAS AN ISSUE THAT COUNCILWOMAN HAVE INITIALLY BROUGHT UP AND A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS SUPPORTED IN APRIL. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA CREATE A SIDEWALK INDEX, AND THE CITY'S TOO BIG TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE, SO WE'RE GONNA DO IT OVER THREE YEARS. 
          YEAR ONE, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON THE MIDDLE THIRD OF THE CITY, YEAR TWO INSIDE FOUR 10, AND YEAR THREE OUTSIDE FOUR 10. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA USE IT AS A GUIDE TO HELP, UM, IDENTIFY WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE REPAIRS TO SIDEWALKS. 
          UM, AND NEXT YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          WE HAVE 21 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION. 
          7 MILLION IS BEING DEDICATED TOWARDS SIDEWALK REPAIR. 
          IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE ONLY SPENT A MILLION DOLLARS ON SIDEWALK REPAIR. 
          SO NEXT YEAR'S 7 MILLION IN REPAIR BASED ON THE AREAS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. 
          IF WE REPAIR 16 MILES OF SIDEWALKS, EXISTING SIDEWALKS, WE CAN PUT 43 USABLE MILES BACK INTO THE NETWORK. 
          AND THEN THE REMAINING 14 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE USED TO, UM, ADD 29 NEW MILES OF SIDEWALKS. 
          AND THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE PRIORITIZED BASED ON LOCATION ALONG BUS ROUTES, MEDICAL FACILITIES, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, MAJOR CORRIDORS, AND THAT'LL CONTINUE. 
          OUR TARGET OVERALL IS TO GET 72 MILES OF NETWORK BACK INTO SERVICE, OR NEW INTO OUR, OUR, UH, OUR, OUR NETWORK. 
          SO I MENTIONED THIS A SECOND AGO, OUR NON-SERVICE ALLEY. 
          SO IN FISCAL YEAR 22, THE COUNCIL APPROVED MONEY FOR US TO SET ASIDE TO REVIEW AND EXAMINE ALL OF OUR NON-SERVICE ALLEYS. 
          SO A NON-SERVICE ALLEY IS WHERE WE DO NOT COLLECT SOLID WASTE IN THE ALLEY. 
          UM, THERE ARE 3,522 NON-SERVICE ALLEYS IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN REVIEWED AND GRADED ON A SCALE FROM A TO F. 
          UM, AND WE GOT THE RESULTS IN LATE SPRING IN 2020, UH, PROPOSED IN 2024. 
          UH, WE'RE PROPOSING TO REPAIR REGRADE CLEAN EVERY D N F NON-SERVICE ALLEY IN THE CITY IN FISCAL YEAR 25. 
          WE'LL REPAIR IN, UH, ALL OF THE GRADE C. 
          AND THEN IN FISCAL YEAR 26, OUR PROPOSED PLAN IS TO BEGIN MAINTAINING THEM. 
          AND I KNOW THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION AS IT RELATES TO COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO'S, UM, C C R EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT NON-SERVICE ALLEYS. 
          I THINK THE TWO, UM, ISSUES GO, UM, HAND IN HAND VERY NICELY BECAUSE FOR A LONG TIME, UM, THE CITY HAS NOT MAINTAINED THOSE NON-SERVICE ALLEYS, AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO SO BECAUSE THEY, UM, THEY BACK UP AGAINST, UM, PEOPLE, PEOPLE BACK UP TO THEIR, THE PROPERTY BACKS, UP TO THAT, THOSE ALLEYS AND, UM, CREATE A VARIETY OF ISSUES, UM, FROM CODE TO PUBLIC SAFETY TO JUST QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. 
          AND SO WE BELIEVE THIS IS A GREAT PROPOSAL FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AS WE GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET. 
          CONTINUING ALONG OUR PLAN, OUR MULTI-YEAR PLAN WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT NEXT YEAR IS $98.6 MILLION TOTAL. 
          AND REMEMBER, WE'VE HAD A PLAN OVER THE LAST, UH, THIS NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE THIRD YEAR IS TO 
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CONTINUE TO USE LOCAL DOLLARS TO SUPPLEMENT AND REPLACE THE GRANT DOLLARS AS THEY GO AWAY. 
          INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND METRO HEALTH AND EVERYTHING. 
          IT DOES CERTAINLY, UH, WEAVES THROUGH MUCH OF WHAT WE DO, WHETHER IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE OR VIOLENCE PREVENTION OR THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY OR ACTIVITIES AT PAR, HEALTHY ACTIVITIES AT THE PARK. 
          UM, AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET ADDS THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO THAT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE SECOND YEAR OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, UH, UT HEALTH AND U T S A FOR THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          UM, THAT'S A FIVE, THAT WAS A FIVE YEAR COMMITMENT, $10 MILLION OVER THOSE FIVE YEARS. 
          SO THE SECOND YEAR, THAT AGREEMENT FOR $2 MILLION IS INCLUDED AND THAT THAT SCHOOL WILL BEGIN WITH THEIR FIRST STUDENT COHORT IN FISCAL YEAR 24. 
          WE'RE ALSO ADDING SIX POSITIONS TO OUR TUBERCULOSIS RESPONSE, BECAUSE AS YOU'LL HEAR DURING THE METRO HEALTH PRESENTATION, WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK IN TUBERCULOSIS IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WE'RE ADDING RESOURCES. 
          UH, WE'VE NOT ADDED RESOURCES IN OUR TB INVESTIGATIONS AND CONTACT TRACING IN, IN QUITE A LONG TIME. 
          AND, UH, THE ACTIVITY IS, IS, UH, IS INCREASING AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY AHEAD OF THAT AS A COMMUNITY. 
          IN TERMS OF LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY PROPOSED BUDGET IS $53.5 MILLION. 
          WE'RE ADDING $6.2 MILLION PRIMARILY TO LIBRARY MATERIALS AND BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS AT, AT, UH, EIGHT OF OUR LIBRARIES. 
          UM, YOU'LL BE SEEN HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          UM, A, UH, OUR I L A WITH, UM, UH, BEAR COUNTY, UM, WE ARE PROPOSING, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU A ONE YEAR EXTENSION TO THAT I L A. 
          UM, CURRENTLY THE AIR, UM, THE, UH, THE COUNTY IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, UM, PAYS THE CITY $2.58 MILLION, AND THAT'LL BE INCREASING TO $3 MILLION IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          UM, WE'RE TAKING THAT ADDITIONAL INCREMENT, THAT $416,000, AND WE'RE PLACING ALL OF THAT TO INCREASE OUR LIBRARY MATERIALS BUDGET TO $7.1 MILLION NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF PARK PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          LARGE BUDGET OF $124 MILLION. 
          UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ADDING, UH, OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF 2017 BOND PROGRAMS AND LINEAR CREEK SEGMENTS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE OR THAT HAVE COME ONLINE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME BIG PROJECTS LIKE THE HEMISPHERE CIVIC PARK, WHICH WILL BE OPEN. 
          UM, THE REDONE ALAMO PLAZA. 
          WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO SET ASIDE 700, A LITTLE OVER $700,000 FOR THE WHEATLEY HEIGHTS SPORTS COMPLEX. 
          AND YOU'LL RECALL COUNCIL APPROVED A NEW AGREEMENT WITH, UM, EC A AND THE CREATION OF A WHEATLEY HEIGHTS SPORTS COMPLEX CONSERVANCY. 
          UM, PART OF THAT AGREEMENT IS THAT THE CITY WILL MAINTAIN THAT FACILITY. 
          THAT FACILITY WAS PUBLICLY FUNDED, UH, 12, 13, 14 YEARS AGO. 
          AND, UM, EC A HAS, UM, ATTEMPTED TO MAIN MAINTAIN IT, UM, OVER THE YEARS AND HAS, HAS HAD, UH, SOME CHALLENGES. 
          UH, WE, WE MET WITH THEM OVER THE SPRINGTIME AND, AND CAME UP WITH A PLAN TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IMPORTANT COMMUNITY ASSET THAT IS ON THE BACK END OF M L K PARK IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          IT IS A, A FULLY BUILT OUT BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. 
          WE HAVE 2017 BOND DOLLARS. 
          THE VOTERS APPROVED 2022 BOND DOLLARS, AND, AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE SETTING ASIDE DOLLARS TO BEGIN MAINTAINING AND WORKING CLOSER, CLOSELY, CLOSER, CLOSER WITH EC A, UNDER THIS NEW CONSERVANCY MODEL, MUCH LIKE THE HARBERGER PARK CONSERVANCY. 
          AND SO I'M EXCITED TO, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          THEY'LL FOCUS ON THE MARKETING AND NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY OF SPORTS FACILITY AND, AND WE HOPE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT COULD BE HELD OUT THERE. 
          WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO INCREASE, UH, OUR MAINTENANCE AT OUR CITY CEMETERIES, PRIMARILY ON THE EAST SIDE. 
          A LOT OF FENCE REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. 
          BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, AND, AND I THINK THIS WAS MENTIONED AT THE APRIL WORK SESSION, I KNOW I NOTICE IT AS I DRIVE, UM, THAT WAY, UH, BUT CHANGING OUR, UH, DECREASING, UM, OUR MOWING CYCLE OUT THERE AT EVERY TWO WEEKS RATHER THAN EVERY THREE WEEKS. 
          THAT IS A MAJOR CORRIDOR INTO OUR EAST SIDE. 
          AND, AND MAINTAINING THAT HISTORICAL ASPECT OF, OF SAN ANTONIO IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND THEN WE'RE SETTING ASIDE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TO START A PILOT PROGRAM NEXT YEAR TO DEVELOP A PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM WITH NEIGHBORHOODS TO ACTIVATE VACANT LOTS, UH, AND, AND CREATE VACANT GREEN, 
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UM, SPACES WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          NEED A LOT OF DIALOGUE WITH THE COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          WE WANNA BE ABLE TO TARGET THAT AND WORK WITH NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND THAT'LL BE A PLAN THAT WE'LL ROLL OUT. 
          WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE DURING PARKS, AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SOME OF THE COUNCIL FEEDBACK ON THAT ISSUE GOING FORWARD. 
          UM, WRAPPING UP, UH, IN, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, WITH TWO MORE SLIDES. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS A LITTLE OVER $15 MILLION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, UM, SOME OF WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY AT B SESSION. 
          WE HAVE $500,000 TO CONTINUE THE, THE SMALL BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS WITH IMPACTED RESIDENCES OR, UM, IMPACTED CORRIDORS MARKETING AND PROMOTION AND OUTREACH, AND IMPROVING THAT, CONTINUING TO IMPROVE THAT $500,000. 
          UH, TO CONTINUE OUR PARTICIPATION IN, UH, THE SUPPLY ESSAY, UM, DISCUSSION. 
          AND THAT WAS TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, YESTERDAY. 
          WE'VE ALSO, IN THE TWO YEAR BALANCE BUDGET, UM, WILL BE PROPOSING A PROGRAM TO HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THE 0% INTEREST LOW, UH, LOAN BUYDOWN PROGRAM. 
          THAT LIFT FUND IF, UM, ADMINISTERS A MILLION DOLLARS IN 24 AND A MILLION DOLLARS IN 25, ALL BAKED INTO THE TWO YEAR BALANCE BUDGET THAT'S FUNDED BY A VARIETY OF GENERAL FUND ARPA AND DOLLARS THAT LIFT FUND HAS COMMITTED TO, UH, CONTRIBUTING. 
          UM, THAT IS A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT AND WE'LL BE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE, UM, TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN CITY FEE WAIVERS BUILT INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET, A MILLION AND A HALF FOR INNER CITY INVESTMENT, ALL OF THOSE, UM, IN LINE WITH COUNCIL PRIORITIES AND, AND, UH, AND DIRECTION, AND THEN SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND THOSE ARE INCENTIVE OPPORTUNITIES OR INCENTIVE CONVERSATIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE NEXT YEAR, UM, TO, UM, ADDRESS, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MAY BE WORKING ON WITH GREATER S A T X. 
          UM, AND LAUNCH SA, UM, UH, WE'RE FINALIZING, UH, SOLICITATION WITH LAUNCH SA REBRANDED, UM, AND A NEW CONTRACT THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU. 
          SO MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE DOLLAR SET ASIDE FOR THAT PROGRAM. 
          SO LAST YEAR, UH, THE COUNCIL, UH, CREATED THE RESILIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY FUND. 
          AND THIS IS A FUND THAT, UH, TAKES THE INCREMENT BASED ON CPSS SPEND OF THEIR STEP PROGRAM AND, AND SETS IT ASIDE, UM, TO DO FOUR MAIN THINGS. 
          UM, AND, AND, UH, WE'VE HAD TWO SPECIAL B SESSIONS, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          IT, IT CUTS ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, AND I ENVISIONED CONTINUING TO DO THAT ON A EVERY SIX MONTH BASIS TO KEEP YOU UPDATED. 
          IT'S A GOOD WAY TO BRING ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE HEARING WHAT WE'RE DOING ACROSS ALL THESE FRONTS. 
          NEXT YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET IS $11.9 MILLION, AND WE'RE PROPOSING PHASE TWO OF OUR COOL PAVEMENT HEAT ISLAND, UM, PROJECT. 
          AS A REMINDER, WE ROLLED THAT OUT EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          WE'RE TESTING FIVE APPLICATIONS FROM FOUR DIFFERENT, UM, COMPANIES, UM, IN ALL AREAS OF THE CITY. 
          U T S A IS HELPING, UH, MEASURE THE BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER IMPACT. 
          WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO SEE WHAT IMPACT THAT THAT APPLICATION HAS TO THE ROAD SURFACE AND DRIVING. 
          SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, BUT WE WANNA SET ASIDE FUNDS TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THAT. 
          WE WANNA CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR GRANTS AND COMMUNITY, UM, EDUCATION. 
          UM, THAT WAS HUGELY SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR. 
          THIS YEAR WE FOCUSED ON SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR, ADDING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO THAT EFFORT. 
          WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS SET ASIDE FOR LOW INCOME WEATHERIZATION. 
          UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, TODAY YOU APPROVE THAT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS C P SS AND THE MINOR REPAIR. 
          THIS MILLION DOLLARS SETS ASIDE A MILLION DOLLARS IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO DO THAT FOR THOSE HOMES THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE C P SS STEP PROGRAM AND NEED A LITTLE BIT OF MINOR REPAIR, UM, TO, TO BE ELIGIBLE. 
          UM, SOME OF YOU'LL RECALL THAT IN JUNE WE UTILIZED THIS FUND AND, UH, AS DOLLARS FOR MATCHING TO, UH, FOR A LARGE FEDERAL GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR, FOR NORMAL OIL PARK. 
          UM, SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO LEAVE HOLD $3 MILLION, UM, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FUTURE FEDERAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES IN FISCAL YEAR 24, A MILLION AND A HALF IN BUSINESS INCENTIVES. 
          SO ONE OF THE FOUR CORE AREAS OF THE FUND AS YOU CREATED 
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LAST YEAR WAS IN A BROAD CATEGORY OF BUSINESS INCENTIVES. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING UNDER BUSINESS INCENTIVES AND A AND THIS MILLION AND A HALF IS, IS WHEN WE GET THE RESULTS OF THE, THE COOL PAVEMENT APPLICATION IS POTENTIALLY TALKING WITH, UH, BUSINESSES ABOUT USING THAT AND GIVING THEM AN INCENTIVE TO USE THAT APPLICATION ON PARKING LOTS BASED ON, ON THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND VIEW OF SAN ANTONIO, WHERE SHOULD, WHERE CAN WE INCENTIVIZE, UM, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS OR BUSINESS OWNERS TO UTILIZE THAT APPLICATION? AND WE COULD ALSO, AND THIS COULD BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION, UTILIZE OUR TREE MITIGATION FUND TO DO A COMBINATION OF COOL PAVEMENT OR TREES WITHIN THOSE, THOSE PARKING LOTS. 
          UM, WE WILL BE BRINGING THE COUNCIL HERE SHORTLY, CONVERSATION ABOUT THE, UM, UH, POTENTIAL SOLAR PANELS ON CITY PROPERTY, WHICH IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROVIDE SHADE AND, AND PARKING LOTS. 
          AND, AND SO IN TERMS OF BUSINESS INCENTIVES, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT AND WHAT WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU IN THE WORK SESSION. 
          WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING, UH, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, UH, TO BE FUNDED OUT OF THIS, UH, UH, FUND OFFICE OF SUSTAIN SUSTAINABILITY HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN FUNDED OUTTA SOLID WASTE AND FUNDED THROUGH THE MONTHLY RATES. 
          UM, AND AS YOU'LL SEE IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES, AND AS YOU'LL RECALL FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS IN APRIL AND IN JUNE, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME FINANCIAL, UM, CHALLENGES THAT IN THE SOLID WASTE FUND. 
          AND SO WE FELT LIKE THE, UH, CAPACITY OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY SUSTAINABILITY FUND THIS YEAR WAS NINE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS NEXT YEAR, PROPOSED THAT 11.9, THAT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WITHOUT TAKING AWAY FROM THOSE FOUR CORE AREAS THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED. 
          SO THE LAST AREA OF OUR FOUR KEY THEMES IS CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          SO WE'RE DOING A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          WE'RE PROSING TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          ONE, UH, NOT SO MUCH RELATED TO THE BUDGET, BUT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS TRAINING AND, UM, REVIEW OF ALL THE ASPECTS, UH, AND EMPLOYEES THAT ENGAGE WITH THE 3 1 1 SYSTEM. 
          IN SHORT, THINGS LIKE THE CASE NOTES ON THE SYSTEM, UM, UM, EMAILS TO, UM, DIRECT CONNECT WITH CUST WITH, UH, CUSTOMERS AND, AND RESIDENTS. 
          UM, WE'RE GOING BACK THROUGH RETRAINING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLICIT IN OUR CASE NOTES SO THAT THE INDIVIDUAL THAT CALLED REALLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE STATUS IS. 
          IF WE GET A CALL FROM CODE COMPLIANCE FOR AN ISSUE, UM, UM, AND THIS IS THE EXAMPLE THAT I'VE SEEN AND THAT OTHERS HAVE USED THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE, THAT WE WILL CHANGE. 
          THE CODE OFFICER RESPONDS AND PUTS IN THERE CASE CLOSED. 
          THE INDIVIDUAL WHO CALLED THE 3 1 1 SYSTEM DRIVES BY THE NEXT MORNING AND SEES THE WHEATY LOT STILL AND SAYS, THAT CASE IS NOT CLOSED. 
          WE'VE GOTTA GIVE NOTIFICATION. 
          WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLICIT IN THAT SYSTEM, AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BUDGET ISSUE AND WE DON'T NEED MORE RESOURCES. 
          WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT TRAINING AND WORK, AND WE'LL BE CHANGING THAT IN THE FALL. 
          WHAT WE ARE DOING DIFFERENTLY OR PROPOSING TO DO DIFFERENTLY IS ADDING A TEAM OF THREE PEOPLE TO REALLY FOCUS ON, UM, APPROPRIATE AND NEEDED FOLLOW UP TO CONSTITUENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT CALL WITH, UH, THE REPEAT ISSUES, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MAKING THAT CONNECT BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL REQUEST AND WHAT THE DEPARTMENT IS DOING. 
          UM, I KINDA LIKEN IT AS THE GLUE IN BETWEEN THE 3 1 1 SYSTEM AND EVERYTHING WE DO. 
          AND SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO HELP FACILITATE THOSE REPEAT ISSUES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THE APPROPRIATE FOLLOW UP WITH OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR GOOD NEIGHBOR AND DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM. 
          AN ISSUE WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE COUNCIL IN LATE SPRING AND EARLY, UH, EARLY SUMMER. 
          UM, THE GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM REALLY WAS, UH, CAME ABOUT AS A RESULT OF THAT INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED, UM, ON DELA IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE STARTED REALLY LOOKING AT OUR 3 0 1 AND 9 1 1 DATA. 
          AND WHERE DO WE HAVE REPEAT CALLS OR INDICATIONS AND HOW SHOULD WE BE ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THAT STREET ABOUT ISSUES, NOT NECESSARILY, UM, ALL ONE THING. 
          THEY COULD BE A SMATTERING OF 9 1 1 AND 3 1 1 CALLS. 
          BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD FOUR POSITIONS. 
          THREE, TO REALLY HELP US WITH THE COMPILATION AND DATA AND THE ANALYSIS THAT WILL DO EVERY 90 DAYS OF EVERY 9 1 1 AND 3 1 1 CALL. 
          UM, AND IDENTIFYING THOSE RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT HAVE 
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HAD 12 OR MORE CALLS IN THE PAST 90 DAYS. 
          THIS, WE STARTED THIS ALREADY. 
          UH, WE BEGAN IN JUNE. 
          IT'S A MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATED APPROACH. 
          SOMETIMES IT'S A C SS, SOMETIMES IT'S HUMAN SERVICES, SOMETIMES IT'S POLICE, SOMETIMES IT'S A COMBINATION. 
          I MEAN, SOMETIMES IT'S A COMBINATION OF ENFORCEMENT NEEDED ENFORCEMENT AND SOMETIMES IT'S ACCESS TO SERVICES. 
          SO REALLY A COMBINED EFFORT, AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADD ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT STILL TO BE SEEN IS WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED ANY ADDITIONAL ORDINANCE AUTHORITY BECAUSE WE HAVE ORDINANCES IN PLACE FOR MANY OF THESE THINGS. 
          SO WE'LL KEEP THE COUNCIL UPDATED AS WE DO THIS. 
          WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL CITY ATTORNEY POSITION TO OUR DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM. 
          THE, THE, THE, THE, THE DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM, OR DART TEAM IS ANOTHER MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL, UM, COORDINATED EFFORT THAT REALLY TARGETS AND ABATES COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL NUISANCE PROPERTIES, PROPERTIES THAT HAVE A DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF CRIMINAL OR CODE VIOLATIONS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          AND SO ADDING AN ADDITIONAL ATTORNEY TO HELP COORDINATE THAT EFFORT, UM, AND HELP US KEEP ON POINT IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IN THE BUDGET. 
          WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO ENHANCE OUR, UH, LIBRARY CARD SYSTEM. 
          THIS PROGRAM ROLLED OUT, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AGO. 
          UM, IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE TO BE APPLIED FOR AT FIVE OR SIX OF OUR BRANCH LIBRARIES. 
          WE'LL BE EXPANDING, UH, THIS PROGRAM TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE AT ALL 29 BRANCHES AND, UM, MAKING SOME CHANGES TO THE CARD ITSELF. 
          IT'LL LOOK LIKE THIS, THE FIRST, THE CURRENT VERSION DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS. 
          UM, I KITTED WITH THE DEPARTMENT. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE MY HIGH SCHOOL ID FROM THE EIGHTIES, AND SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT LOOK NICER. 
          IT IS A FORM OF ID THAT IS ACCEPTED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT AVAILABLE AT, UH, ALL OF OUR LIBRARY BRANCHES NEXT YEAR. 
          SO, SOLID WASTE, SOLID WASTES. 
          UH, PROPOSED BUDGET IS $148.8 MILLION. 
          WE TOUCH 370,000 HOMES TWICE A DAY. 
          UM, WE PROVIDE TRASH RECYCLING, ORGANIC BRUSH, BULKY. 
          WE HAVE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE, WE HAVE ILLEGAL DUMPING. 
          WE HAVE THE BRUSH DROP OFF SITES. 
          UM, SOLID WASTE CONSISTENTLY RECEIVES HIGH CUSTOMER SERVICE SATISFACTION RATINGS. 
          YOU RECALL, AS WE DID THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SURVEY LAST YEAR. 
          UM, AND AS IT WAS NOTED IN THE BUDGET SURVEY, IT IS ONE OF THE HIGHLY, UM, NEEDED AND, UH, MOST SATISFIED SERVICE THAT THE PROVI CITY PROVIDES. 
          UM, NO OFFENSE, LIBRARY AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALL THREE OF THOSE ALL RANK VERY HIGH TO THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, THE COST OF SERVICE INCREASES FISCAL YEAR IN 19, AND WE HAVE NOT INCREASED RATES. 
          UM, AND, AND WE'VE NOT. 
          AND, AND THAT'S BEEN A CONSCIOUS DECISION. 
          WE DID THAT DURING PANDEMIC, DURING THE PANDEMIC TO NOT INCREASE FEES, BUT OUR FEES HAVE GONE UP. 
          THE COST OF LABOR, THE COST OF EQUIPMENT, THE COST OF DISPOSAL, THE COST OF OUR TRUCKS, THOSE COSTS HAVE GONE UP NORTH OF 15% AND OUR REVENUE HAS INCREASED, UM, A LITTLE OVER 6%. 
          SO WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, A RATE INCREASE THAT MAINTAINS THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE DO NOW. 
          UM, AND THE COUNCIL HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS IN JUNE. 
          RECALL THAT WE CHARGE BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE BROWN CART YOU HAVE. 
          SO WE'RE PROPOSING NO INCREASE TO THE SMALL CART, A $1 INCREASE TO THE MEDIUM CART, AND A $3 AND 49 INCREASE TO THE LARGE CART. 
          NOW, AS PART OF THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND ON THE BUDGET, WE'RE GONNA BE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO DOWNSIZE AND TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE LARGE BLUE CART THAT YOU HAVE RECYCLING. 
          UM, YOU CAN SAVE YOURSELF SOME MONEY. 
          IT'S NOT AS HEAVY. 
          IT DOESN'T TAKE UP AS MUCH ROOM IN THE GARAGE OR IN THE BACK. 
          UM, BUT, UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, THE MAJORITY OF OUR CUSTOMERS, THE MAJORITY OF OUR 370,000 CUSTOMERS, ABOUT 280,000 OF THEM HAVE THE LARGE CART. 
          SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE AS WE MARKET, UM, THIS PROGRAM, UM, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO DOWNSIZE. 
          THAT ALSO HELPS US FROM A DISPOSAL COST IMPACT. 
          OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FEE IS ALSO PROPOSED TO GO UP FROM A DOLLAR 74 TO $3 AN INCREASE, A MONTHLY INCREASE OF A DOLLAR 26. 
          THIS ENVIRONMENTAL FEE PAYS FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DON'T DO ON THE CURB. 
          IT PAYS FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING, IT PAYS FOR OUR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES FOR THE PUBLIC CAN GO DROP OFF. 
          IT PAYS FOR ALL OF OUR, UH, BULKY AND BRUSH PICKUP, UH, DROP OFF SITES. 
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UM, IT PAYS FOR OUR LANDFILL MONITORING. 
          UM, AND, AND WE'RE PROPOSING THAT ADJUSTMENT OVERALL. 
          UM, IF YOU DON'T CHANGE THE SIZE OF YOUR CART, IT'S A $4 AND 75 CENTS. 
          IT INCREASE, UH, PER MONTH. 
          SO HOW DO WE COMPARE AGAINST OTHER CITIES? AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE A LOT OF CONVERSATION WHEN WE DO THE SOLID WASTE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          BUT IF YOU DON'T CHANGE THE SIZE OF YOUR CART AND YOU HAVE A LARGE CART, THE PROPOSED RATE WILL BE $3, I'M SORRY, $33 AND 25 CENTS PER MONTH. 
          UM, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE BENCHMARK OURSELVES AGAINST OTHER MAJOR TEXAS CITIES, AND THAT'S, UH, LESS THAN MOST MAJOR CITIES. 
          AND IT'S A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE, MOST MAJOR, OR AT LEAST TWO OTHER MAJOR TEXAS CITIES DO RECYCLING EVERY TWO WEEKS. 
          WE'RE BUILDING THIS BUDGET BASED ON MAINTAINING THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE AND DOING RECYCLING WEEKLY. 
          SO I KNOW WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL AS WE GET TO THAT ITEM. 
          THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, OUR SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT SYSTEM HAS A PROPOSED BUDGET OF $135 MILLION. 
          UM, WE HAVE OUTPACED PRE PANDEMIC PASSENGER MOVEMENTS AT 20 IN FROM 2019. 
          WE SURPASSED IT IN, UH, BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER. 
          WE'RE PROJECTING ALMOST 11 MILLION PASSENGERS, UH, IN 2024. 
          UM, NUMBER OF NONSTOP, UM, UM, AIR SERVICE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FROM SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE'VE SURPASSED WHERE WE WERE AT IN 2019. 
          WE HAVE 40 RIGHT NOW. 
          IN 2019 WE HAD 36. 
          AND THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. 
          THE AIRPORT, THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT IS A $5 BILLION A YEAR ANNUAL IMPACT TO OUR ECONOMY IN OUR REGION. 
          SO CERTAINLY AS IMPORTANT, WE HAVE IMPORTANT GROUNDBREAKINGS COMING UP RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER IN OCTOBER WITH OUR GROUND LOADING FACILITY AND WITHIN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          NOW WE ARE LAYING IN OUR $1.4 BILLION, UH, TERMINAL EXPANSION AND ALL THE ENABLING PROJECTS. 
          OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX HAS ALSO RECOVERED, AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE CHART, UH, PRE PANDEMIC. 
          UM, WE COLLECTED 90, UM, $3.5 MILLION IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          UM, WE, UH, WILL SURPASS THAT THIS YEAR AND ARE PROJECTING $107.7 MILLION IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          UM, OUR C OUR OUR CONVENTION AND SPORTS FACILITIES, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET IS $59.5 MILLION PROPOSED. 
          UM, OUR CONTRIBUTION TO VISIT SAN ANTONIO IS AT 27.6, AND OUR ARTS BUDGET, PROPOSED BUDGET IS $12.6 MILLION. 
          SO A LOT OF ACTIVITY, UM, UH, A LOT MORE EVENTS AT THE DOME AND THE CONVENTION CENTER THIS YEAR. 
          WE CAN, WE WILL, WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE THAT CONTINUE TO CLIMB AS, UH, AS WE GO INTO 2024. 
          LEMME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ARTS. 
          I JUST MENTIONED THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS $12.6 MILLION. 
          AND, AND FISCAL YEAR 24 IS THE THIRD YEAR OF OUR THREE YEAR FUNDING CYCLE. 
          UM, WE ARE PROPOSING THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, THERE ARE 42 ARTS AGENCIES THAT ARE PROPOSED, UM, FOR FUNDING IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          AND IT, IT, IT, THERE'S A THEME RUNNING THROUGH HERE. 
          UM, MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING SIDEWALKS, UM, MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING NON-SERVICE ALLEYS. 
          AS WE ADD ART IN THIS COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO SPEND MORE MONEY IN MAINTAINING IT. 
          AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING $650,000 IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO MAINTAIN 25 ART PIECES AND BEGIN A SCHEDULE. 
          A HALF A MILLION OF THAT $650,000 IS BEING FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND. 
          WE CAN'T KEEP THAT, UH, THAT BURDEN FOR MAINTENANCE OF THOSE ARTS PROJECTS AND THE HOT FUND. 
          THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH CAPACITY 'CAUSE WE'RE MAXING OUT THE CAPACITY, THE, UH, THE, THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE CAN SPEND IN ART. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA START TAKING ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          THE CAPITAL BUDGET, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF PRESENTATION, AND WE HAVE AN UPCOMING WORK SESSION ON THIS, IS $798 MILLION. 
          A BIG PART, A LARGE PART OF OUR SIX YEAR CAPITAL PROGRAM IS OUR $1.4 BILLION AIRPORT EXPANSION PROGRAM. 
          IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR 2022 BOND PROGRAM THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR ARE VERY DESIGN HEAVY IN TERMS OF THE MAJORITY OF OUR 22 BOND PROGRAMS WITHIN THAT SIX YEAR PROGRAM. 
          WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED FIVE NEW DRAINAGE PROJECTS TO ADDRESS OUR ONGOING HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. 
          YOU'LL RECALL COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, FEMA REQUIRED HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN THAT WE HAVE TO CHECK ONCE A YEAR UPDATE EVERY FIVE YEARS. 
          UM, WE'VE IDENTIFIED FUNDING OR, UH, DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT ARE, UH, HAZARD 
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IDENTIFIED AS HAZARD MITIGATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY, BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR STORM WATER PROJECT LIST, BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE IN THE 22 BOND PROGRAM. 
          BUT START TO DO THE DESIGN ON FIVE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS SO THAT THEY'RE READY FOR FUNDING, UH, WHEN WE HAVE THAT, WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT. 
          AND THEN WE'LL BE LAUNCHING OFF, UM, THE EDWARDS AQUIFER PROGRAM, UM, HERE SHORTLY. 
          UM, THAT ISSUANCE OF THAT, UH, DEBT, UM, AS THE SALES TAX PROCEEDS HAVE, HAVE, UM, UM, HAVE BEEN SPENT. 
          WE WILL BE MOVING INTO A NEW PROGRAM THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED IN 2020 TO FUND THE CONTINUATION AND PROTECTION OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER PROGRAM. 
          UM, UTILIZING AN INCREMENT OF OUR SAWS REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVED EVERY YEAR AND FUNDING THAT OUT OF OUR OPERATIONS. 
          WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO DO THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND WE'VE SET ASIDE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHIN OUR BUDGET. 
          QUICK HIGHLIGHT, BECAUSE AS MUCH AS, YOU KNOW, SOME DAYS IT FEELS LIKE WE HAVE BEEN IN A CONTINUOUS BUDGET PROCESS, ESPECIALLY AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE ARPA PROCESS. 
          BUT WE RECENTLY SUBMITTED OUR QUARTERLY UPDATE ON JULY 34, THIRD, 31ST TO, UH, THE TREASURY, UM, ARPA. 
          REMEMBER WE HAD $326.9 MILLION, UM, THROUGH THE END OF JUNE. 
          WE HAVE SPENT 174 AND WE HAVE $152.9 MILLION. 
          THE VAST MAJORITY, ALMOST ALL OF THAT MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED OR CONTRACTED. 
          UM, THERE'S A PORTION OF IT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN JUNE THAT YOU'LL SEE INCORPORATED WITHIN OUR FIRE, UH, BUDGET WORK SESSION AND WITHIN OUR, UH, D H S HOMELESS CONVERSATION. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN JUNE, USING $13.7 MILLION IN A VARIETY OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AREAS, BEEFING UP OUR RESILIENCY CENTERS, UM, AND THEN USING $15.9 MILLION TO SECURE THOSE LOW BARRIER SHELTERS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          UM, THERE IS, UM, $1.4 MILLION, AS YOU KNOW, WE DO THESE QUARTERLY UPDATES. 
          THERE IS $1.4 MILLION THAT IS AVAILABLE IN ARPA THAT WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE WITHIN THE CONVERSATIONS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          IT'S TIMELY. 
          WE NEED TO GIVE YOU A QUARTERLY UPDATE ANYWAY. 
          AND AS WE'VE SEEN A CHANGE IN INTEREST EARNINGS, THE MAJORITY OF THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PROGRAM IT AND SET THAT ASIDE. 
          ALL OF THAT MONEY NEEDS TO BE ALLOCATED BY 2024 AND SPENT BY 2026. 
          AND WE ARE WELL WITHIN THAT TIMELINE WITH THE WORK THAT THE COUNCIL'S DONE, UM, SETTING THAT, THAT TEMPO. 
          SO OUR BUDGET TIMELINE, TODAY'S PROPOSED BUDGET, AND WE WILL LAUNCH OFF, AS I'VE MENTIONED OVER THE NEXT FIVE AND A HALF WEEKS. 
          OUR TOWN HALLS BEGIN, UH, NEXT, UH, WEEK ON THE 14TH. 
          UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE COMBINED, UH, DISTRICT EIGHT AND DISTRICT NINE TOWN HALL. 
          THAT'S GONNA BE A LARGE CROWD. 
          UM, AND, BUT WE'LL HAVE TOWN HALLS IN EVERY DISTRICT, UM, BEGINNING NEXT WEEK. 
          OUR COUNCIL BUDGET WORK SESSIONS ALSO BEGIN NEXT WEEK ON EVERY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. 
          AND, UM, UM, AND IF WE RUN BEHIND, WE WILL TAKE UP THURSDAY AFTERNOONS TO STAY ON SCHEDULE. 
          WE ARE, WE ARE MAKING AVAILABLE WITH A SCHEDULE THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF WORK SESSIONS. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE BACK END OF THE SCHEDULE, WE'RE LEAVING TIME FOR BUDGET AMENDMENT TWO SESSIONS FOR BUDGET AMENDMENT DISCUSSIONS. 
          WE HAVE OUR TAX RATE AND BUDGET PUBLIC HEARINGS ON AUGUST 30TH AND SEPTEMBER 7TH. 
          AND THE BUDGET ADOPTION IS SCHEDULED, UH, FOR SEPTEMBER 14TH. 
          SO, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I KNOW THAT THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A LONG PROCESS, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE STAFF IS PREPARED. 
          UM, UM, WE HAVE WORKED HARD. 
          UM, THE FOLKS BEHIND ME OVER MY RIGHT SHOULDER, UM, HAVE BEEN VERY DILIGENT IN ENSURING THAT OUR OPERATING AND FINANCIAL PLANS FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 AND BEYOND INTO 25, UM, MAKES SENSE AND CONTINUE TO KEEP SAN ANTONIO SAFE, ENHANCE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, AND, UH, PROVIDE EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERIC. 
          AND, UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH PUBLIC COMMENT AND, UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION, UH, LET'S GIVE ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT STAFF AND OUR BUDGET TEAM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          I KNOW JULY FOR THE COUNCIL IS RECESS AND NOBODY REALLY RECESSES DURING JULY, BUT CERTAINLY NOT OUR DEPARTMENT STAFFS AS THEY GATHER UP THE, THE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE CONCERNS THAT FOLKS HAVE OUT THERE TO IMPROVE OUR CITY SERVICES. 
          AND AS A REMINDER, SAN ANTONIO REMAINS AMONG ITS PEERS, UH, ONE OF THE, IF NOT THE BEST, UH, PERFORMING CITIES RELATIVE TO THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, THE RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE SERVED BY THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, UH, THAT PRODUCE THAT WORK. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN, EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND HARD WORK. 
          AS ERIC SAID, THIS IS THE START OF THE PROCESS. 
          THIS IS REALLY KICKOFF. 
          WE BEGIN WITH OUR COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS, 
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UH, IN AUGUST, UH, WITH OUR DEPARTMENT BRIEFINGS, BUT ALSO MORE SIGNIFICANTLY THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND THE PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS THAT WILL HAPPEN ABOUT HOW WE ARE SERVING, UH, OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, UM, STAY TUNED FOR ALL THAT. 
          PLEASE PARTICIPATE WHEREVER POSSIBLE THAT YOU CAN SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THIS F Y 24 BUDGET, UH, TO REST, UH, IN THE BEST WAY WE CAN TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, SO WE DO HAVE A FEW FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY ON THIS ITEM. 
          UH, WE'LL START WITH JOHN BACHMAN. 
          IS JOHN HERE? OKAY. 
          UH, VICKI STEERMAN. 
          MS. DEARMAN, YOU'RE GONNA BE FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER. 
          MY NAME IS VICKI STEERMAN. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          I HAVE A 5 0 1 C THREE DOG RESCUE CALLED CHARLIE'S LEGACY DOG RESCUE, INC. 
          AND I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR THE DOGS AND PEOPLE WHO RESCUE DOGS AND LOVE THEM IN THIS CITY SINCE 2017. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT IN ITS ENTIRETY THE BUDGET PROPOSED TO YOU BY A C S. 
          WE HAVE LEADERSHIP AT A C S THAT I BELIEVE CAN MOVE US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO SOLVE THE OVERWHELMING ISSUES CONCERNING COMPANION ANIMALS IN OUR CITY. 
          THE TIME IS NOW TO START TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE AND COMMIT TO SOLUTIONS. 
          WE NEED TO COMPEL RESIDENTS TO SPAY NEUTERED THEIR ANIMALS. 
          WE NEED TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS TO VACCINATE THEIR ANIMALS, AND WE NEED TO ENFORCE CHAPTER FIVE ORDINANCES. 
          IT IS TRULY SAD AND UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE TOO MANY ANIMALS WHO ARE UNWANTED RESCUES WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE TRIED VERY HARD TO RECRUIT FOSTERS, AND WE HAVE EXPORTED THOUSANDS, IF NOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS BEYOND TEXAS BORDERS. 
          WE NOW HAVE A NATIONAL PROBLEM OF TOO MANY DOGS WITH NOWHERE TO GO. 
          THE BULLY BREED DOGS ARE PLENTIFUL AND HAVE VERY FEW PLACES TO GO. 
          WE HAVE TO WORK TOWARD A BETTER DAY BY PREVENTING THE BIRTH OF ANOTHER GENERATION OF DOGS TO PERPE PERPETUATE THE SUR PER CURRENT CYCLE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT NO KILL IS NOT THE ANSWER AGAIN. 
          THERE IS NOWHERE FOR THESE DOGS TO GO. 
          I CHAMPION THE BULLY BREEDS, I RESCUE THEM. 
          BUT I AM REALISTIC ENOUGH TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT MANY DO NOT APPRECIATE THESE DOGS. 
          WE NEED TO STOP BACKYARD BREEDING AGAIN. 
          I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT THE A C S PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          WE NEED MOVEMENT IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. 
          I BELIEVE SHANNON SIMS AND THE STAFF CAN GET US THERE. 
          LET'S GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO BY PROVIDING THEM WITH ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. 
          I ALSO BELIEVE THAT, UH, A C S IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. 
          UH, AND ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEMS RELATED TO IT, UM, IS ARE A PRIME EXAMPLE OF ENHANCING, UH, THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THIS CITY. 
          ANYONE WHO APPRECIATES ANIMALS, UH, KNOWS THAT THIS, UM, ITEM NEEDS A LOT OF ATTENTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. DEARMAN. 
          JACK, FINGER JACK. 
          AND YOU CAN COMMENT ON ITEM THREE AND FOUR 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT UP, UH, AT THE SAME TIME. 
          YEAH, BOTH OF 'EM. 
          WELL, MAYOR NURENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER, YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD, UNDOCUMENTED GADFLY. 
          YES. 
          UM, FEW, UH, COMMENTS NEED TO MAKE ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING HERE. 
          UH, MY QUESTION IS, HAVE Y'ALL EVER, YOU AND YOUR BUDGET DEPARTMENT, HAVE Y'ALL CONSIDERED ACTUALLY DECREASING, DECREASING ANY EXPENSES AMONG THIS VAST BUDGET THAT, UH, WE'VE GOTTEN MORE INCOME FOR THIS TIME? I, MAYBE I MISSED IT. 
          I DIDN'T SEE IT. 
          UH, BUT INSTEAD, I NOTICE YOU ARE GOING TO INCREASE SOMETHING UPON US. 
          THE, UH, THE RATE PAYERS OF THEIR UTILITIES THERE. 
          WHAT DOES TO SAY? YEAH. 
          PROPOSE SOLID WASTE MONTHLY FEE INCREASES THERE. 
          YES. 
          UH, UM, A BUCK HERE. 
          A BUCK THERE, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL FEE THERE, YOU KNOW, UH, RETURN THE CAMERA IF YOU WOULD, MR. AUDIO VISUAL. 
          MAN. 
          THE, WHAT I LIKE IS THAT YOU REQUEST US THE USERS OF THE GARBAGE, UH, SYSTEM TO RECYCLE, RECYCLE, DO THE LABOR OF RECYCLING OUR RECYCLABLE ITEMS IN THIS CAN AND OTHER GARBAGE IN THIS CAN AND, AND, UH, BRUSH IN THIS CAN. 
          AND, UH, WE DON'T GET PAID FOR THAT LABOR. 
          BUT INSTEAD, YOU REWARD US WITH A FEE INCREASE  FOR THIS COMING YEAR. 
          WHAT GRATITUDE THERE? YES. 
          ALSO, UH, I, AS A PUBLIC SERVICE WILL OFFER A FEW THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO, UH, UH, DECREASE. 
          UM, UH, YES, I NOTICED THE, YOU MIGHT, UH, START WITH THE, UH, THE, THE HOMELESS SITUATION. 
          UH, UH, I NOTICED YOU, YOU MIGHT STOP HOUSING THEM IN THE, THOSE HOTELS 
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THAT YOU HAVE FOR US THERE. 
          UM, THAT'S ONE THING. 
          ALSO, THE, UH, UH, THAT PLAYGROUND YOU CALL THE, UH, THE ARTS AND CULTURAL DEPARTMENT THERE, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, ABOUT 12 MILLION THERE. 
          I, I WANT FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THE ONE OF YOUR BIG RECIPIENTS, THE ESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER, THE PRO HOMOSEXUAL, PRO-ABORTION ARTS AGENCY, THEY HAD A BIG DRAG SHOW EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          YEAH, I DO. 
          WE REALLY NEED TO FUND THAT WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS. 
          YOU SAID WE JUST NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE, I NEED TO TALK, ALSO TALK ABOUT THE TAX RATE. 
          MR. UH, UH, MR. MAYOR. 
          WELL, HERE'S WHAT I LOOKED AT, THAT THE TAG POOLS TAX RATE DECREASE A WHOPPING TWO THOUSANDTHS OF A PENNY. 
          YEAH. 
          PER $100 OF PROPERTY. 
          TWO $2,000. 
          NOW YOU SAY, WELL, THAT, THAT'S ON TOP, TOP OF THE, UH, JACK THAT'S ON TOP OF THE, UH, UM, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          WELL DO ALL OF US PROPERTY TO HOMEOWNER, PROPERTY TAXPAYERS ARE ALSO HOME HOMES THERE. 
          UH, MAYBE NOT ALL OF US OWN, OWN THAT KIND OF PROPERTY. 
          AND THAT'S THE KIND OF, UH, TAX DECREASE WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET. 
          WHOOPEE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'RE GONNA GET INTO OUR COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE BUDGET PRESENTATION NOW. 
          UM, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I HOPE YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME. 
          UH, THANK YOU ERIC AND THE TEAM FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, UH, YOUR HARD WORK, JUSTINA AND MARIA. 
          UM, THIS IS BUDGET SEASON. 
          I, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD GET T-SHIRTS NEXT YEAR, BUT I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. 
          AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO MY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CONTRIBUTING AND HAVING FUTURE DISCUSSION. 
          I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS. 
          I'D, I'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION REGARDING OUR SALES TAX INCREASE. 
          I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE, I FEEL LIKE IT COULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF HOW WELL HOT TAX DID. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING ALL IN TERMS OF OUR BUY LOCAL, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR, UM, CONTRACTING LOCAL TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING THOSE, THOSE DOLLARS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I THINK WITH THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT AND PREVENTION, AS WE GO OUT INTO THE PUBLIC, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE CRIMINAL, UH, ELEMENT OR ASPECT THAT MANY NEIGHBORS SEE. 
          THEY FEEL LIKE ENCAMPMENTS COME UP AND THEN THERE'S MORE PROPERTY CRIMES. 
          UH, THINGS GET TAKEN FROM THEIR FRONT PORCH. 
          THERE'S TRESPASSING IN THEIR YARDS. 
          SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT, AND THAT WE WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT AS IT COMES UP. 
          I AM ALL FOR GIVING MONEY, MORE MONEY TO THE A C S BUDGET. 
          A AGAIN, MY PRIORITY HAS BEEN, UH, SPAY AND NEUTER AND, AND SAVING HEALTHY DOGS' LIVES. 
          AND ALSO FOCUSING ON THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO EDUCATE DOG OWNERS THAT, THAT THIS IS A PROCESS FROM TAKING THEM HOME IN THE ADOPTION TO SAYING GOODBYE AND WHAT SORT OF AVENUES WE HAVE IF THEY GET INTO A POSITION WITH THEIR PET, THAT THEY CAN NO LONGER TAKE CARE OF IT. 
          HOW TO RESPONSIBLY LOOK FOR A RESCUE OR, UH, PASS THAT PET ONTO A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER. 
          UM, WHEN WE TALK AND, AND FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO BE PREPARED, I DO WANT MORE INFORMATION REGARDING ALL THE FLEETS. 
          NOT JUST SOLID WASTE, BUT ALL THE FLEETS AND THEIR SERVICE AND THEIR MAINTENANCE. 
          BECAUSE WHAT, UH, I'VE EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY, UH, IN DISTRICT THREE THIS PAST WEEKEND IS WE COULDN'T GET OUR STAGE FOR THE EVENT BECAUSE THE TRUCK THAT WAS PULLING IT BROKE DOWN. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT FLEET SERVICE IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET. 
          UH, YOU BROUGHT UP MOWING SCHEDULES, AND THAT WAS, UM, LIKE MUSIC TO MY EARS BECAUSE I THINK WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT MOWING SCHEDULES. 
          WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO WITH THE VACANT LOTS AND HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE NEIGHBORS ARE GETTING, UM, A TIMELY RESPONSE TO THAT. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DISCUSSION. 
          AND WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE IS, YOU MENTIONED THE BOND PROJECTS AND YOU MENTIONED 2022, BUT I WOULD LIKE AN UPDATE ON THE 2017 BOND PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL PENDING CITYWIDE. 
          I KNOW I HAVE A FEW, AND, AND PART OF IT I KNOW IS COMPLEX BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING WITH THE STATE AND SOME OF THESE ISSUES. 
          BUT I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, CITYWIDE THOSE BOND PROJECTS FROM 2017 THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON. 
          UM, LOVE TO SEE WHAT WE DISCUSSED ON SUSTAINABILITY, WHAT YOU DISCUSSED ON SUSTAINABILITY. 
          UM, THE ENHANCED LIBRARY CARD. 
          I'M READY TO SIGN UP FOR MINE. 
          THANK YOU ON THAT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE ARTS ALSO, I'M, I'M REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, IF WE ARE GOING TO 
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GET TO THAT NEXT LEVEL THAT WE DO THE ART MAINTENANCE. 
          SO I'M PLEASED THAT WE'RE SEEING GENERAL FUND DOLLARS GO TOWARDS THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE GET FROM THE HOT TAX IS GOING ACTUALLY OUT TO OUR ARTISTS. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON, UM, WOMEN AND TELLING THE STORIES OF, OF, UM, PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE, AGAIN, THE DISPARATE STUDY WE JUST HEARD ABOUT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE TELLING THOSE STORIES OF, UM, OF ALL THOSE CATEGORIES IN OUR ARTS ALSO. 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT. 
          I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, I'LL BE LISTENING IN, UH, VIA MY PHONE 'CAUSE I'M IN LA AND I DO HAVE A MEETING, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR GRACE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR LETTING ME GO FIRST AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BUDGET SEASON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I HAVE MY BOOK FINALLY. 
          I AM SO EXCITED. 
          I, I TELL EVERYONE THAT THE BUDGET IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR, AND I'M NOT JOKING. 
          UM, I KNOW HOW MUCH EFFORT AND WORK GOES INTO THIS. 
          AND SO I, I REALLY DO WANT TO SAY, I, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND DILIGENCE, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS TRIED TO GET IT TO US BEFORE 8 55 THIS MORNING. 
          UM, I, I DO WANNA START WITH SOME NUMBERS AND I'LL, I'LL NAME THAT I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE ALL ACCURATE. 
          I THINK THAT WHAT I'LL BE ASKING FOR IS A LITTLE BIT OF CONSISTENCY IN HOW THEY'RE PRESENTED. 
          UM, SO FOR STARTERS, THE SLIDE THE SLIDES SHOWS THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET AS BEING 963.9 MILLION, BUT WITH S A SAP'S BUDGET OF FIVE 70.6, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S 3 72 0.3, THAT WOULD COMBINE TO BE 9 42 0.9. 
          UH, BUT WHEN I GO TO PAGE 3 56 IN THE BOOK, THE POLICE BUDGET ACTUALLY APPEARS TO BE 608 MILLION BEFORE ACCOUNTING FOR GRANTS. 
          UH, SO THAT ACTUALLY BRING THE TOTAL PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET TO SOMEWHERE AROUND NINE 80.3. 
          SHERIFF COUNCILMAN, UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          SO THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET AND THE GENERAL FUND INCLUDES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND PARKS POLICE. 
          SO THAT IS THE, THE PIERA THAT YOU SAW ON THE SCREEN IS JUST THE GENERAL FUND COMPONENT OF THE TOTAL BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I'LL GO OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH YOU, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, AND ON THAT NOTE, I'M GONNA START OFF WITH, UH, S A P D. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS CONSENSUS FROM A BULK OF THE COUNCIL, MUCH TO MY DISMAY, TO UTILIZE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM AN UNFINISHED STUDY TO ADD A HUNDRED OFFICERS WITH AT LEAST 360 OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 
          I SEE IT, I HEAR IT. 
          I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT WE'LL MAKE DUE. 
          HOWEVER, SOMETHING THAT CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE WAS THE OUTDOOR FITNESS FACILITY ON SLIDE 14. 
          UM, HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TO COST? I WAS TOLD 1.1 MILLION. 
          IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          COUNCILMAN 1.1 MILLION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO MY CONCERN HERE IS THAT WE HAVE BOND PROJECTS THAT COST LESS THAN $1.1 MILLION. 
          AND SO I BELIEVE THAT'D BE MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE 27 BOND, UH, SHOULD THE COMMUNITY VIEW IT AS A PRIORITY. 
          BECAUSE WHEN WE CAN'T PROVIDE ENOUGH SHADE FOR OUR PLAYGROUNDS, WHEN WE'RE INCREASING FEES ON RESIDENTS FOR TRASH PICKUP, WHEN WE HAVE FAR MORE APPLICANTS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAN WE CAN FULFILL WHEN WE'RE STRUGGLING TO FIND ENOUGH A C SS KENNEL SPACE TO AVOID EUTHANIZING PETS, WHEN DISTRICTS LIKE MINE HAVE 75, 70 7 MILLION, UH, 77 MILES OF FAILING STREETS WITH A SINGLE MILE COSTING $2 MILLION TO REPAIR, AND WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS WITHOUT SHELTER, UM, IT'S, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S RESPONSIBLE TO SPEND $1.1 MILLION ON A SHINY NEW OUTDOOR FITNESS FACILITY. 
          AND SO I'M GOING TO SAY THAT FOR ANYONE WHO SAYS, LET'S SPEND OUR VALUABLE TAX FUNDS ON OUR NEEDS RATHER THAN OUR WANTS, YOU KNOW, LET'S REFLECT ON WHERE THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT FITS IN THAT, AND I'D MUCH RATHER SEE THAT 1.1 ALLOCATED TO ANY OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY NEED, SO LONG AS IT IS A DIRECT TOUCH TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          UM, REGARDING A C S I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS. 
          I, I AM EXCITED TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS A 76% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES, A 13.6% INCREASE IN RESCUES, MORE THAN DOUBLING THE INCENTIVE FOR OUR RESCUE PARTNERS, UH, A 30% INCREASE IN ADOPTIONS AS WELL AS ALL OF THE STAFF INCREASES. 
          UM, THOSE ARE ALL SUPER EXCITING. 
          BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I, I FEEL A MILD SENSE OF DISAPPOINTMENT BECAUSE I REALLY FELT LIKE THIS YEAR WAS GOING TO BE A BUDGET THAT PRIORITIZED A C S AT A MUCH STRONGER, STRONGER LEVEL. 
          UM, I THINK, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO BE REALLY AGGRESSIVE IN ACHIEVING A NO KILL STATUS, AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS THAT I DON'T QUITE SEE REPRESENTED HERE, UM, IN ADDITION TO SHORT-TERM RESPONSE AND IMPROVEMENT. 
          AND SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE A DEEPER CONVERSATION ABOUT IS AN EAST SIDE, A C S FACILITY THAT COULD BE USED FOR VACCINATIONS OR HOLDING, UM, OR AS A PLACE CONSTITUENTS SIMPLY KNOW THERE IS AN A C S PRESENCE. 
          UM, AND THAT I, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN TEMPER TEMPORARILY USE ONE OF, UM, OUR PARKS FACILITIES ON THE EAST SIDE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. 
          BUT I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEEPER CONVERSATION. 
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JUST DON'T WANNA BLINDSIDE ANYBODY. 
          UM, I DO ALSO HAVE A CONCERN THAT WE'RE INCREASING THE GARBAGE COLLECTION FEES FOR RESIDENTS WHEN WE'RE ALSO PROMISING SAVINGS IN THE FORM OF LOWER PROPERTY TAXES. 
          THIS SEEMS TO COUNTER THE IMPACT THAT WE INTENDED TO HAVE. 
          AND SO I, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY TO SUPPORT SOLID WASTE IN ANOTHER WAY. 
          UM, PERHAPS FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE ELIMINATED THE POLICE OUTDOOR FITNESS CENTER. 
          SOMETHING THAT I AM EXCITED ABOUT , UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ON, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE REFLECTED, UM, IS THAT THIS BUDGET ALLOWS US TO TAKE THE NEXT STEPS TO ESTABLISH A FREESTANDING DISTRICT TWO SENIOR CENTER. 
          UM, INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET IS AN ALLOCATION OF ABOUT 50 K FOR THE DESIGN OF THE CENTER. 
          OUR D TWO SENIORS, YOU KNOW, THEY DES AND SENIOR CITYWIDE DESERVE THE BEST FACILITIES. 
          AND WITH THIS ALLOCATION, WE'RE GETTING ONE STEP CLOSER TO AN ENHANCED CENTER THAT IS GONNA SERVE ALL OF DISTRICT TWO, UM, FOR THE FUTURE. 
          WHEN PUBLIC WORKS GIVES THEIR SPECIFIC PRESENTATION. 
          I'LL BE LOOKING FOR A FEW THINGS. 
          ONE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK TO ACHIEVE THE P C I SCORE OF 80 WITH ALL DISTRICTS WITHIN A FEW POINTS OF EACH OTHER. 
          UH, BY 2030, I'LL WANT TO SEE WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE ARE NOW, AND THAT WE'RE ON TRACK FOR THAT. 
          UM, THEN I'LL BE LOOKING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION GRANT PROGRAM THAT I SAW IN YEAR, UM, AND SOME SORT OF PLAN THAT ENSURES THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE WELL SPREAD OUT. 
          IT FEELS LIKE EVERY PROJECT IN AN AREA HAPPENS AT ONCE WITH SIMULTANEOUS, UH, DELAYS THAT MAKE CORRIDORS INACCESSIBLE FOR MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS. 
          IN SOME CASES, I'LL GET INTO MUCH OF THE REST OF EACH OF THE WORK SESSIONS, BUT THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I'LL BE LOOKING FOR DURING THE REST OF THE BUDGET THAT, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE IS THIS IS NECESSARILY THE APPROPRIATE FORM. 
          UM, ONE IS THAT I'M STILL LOOKING FOR AN OFFICE OF CRIME AND RECIDIVISM PREVENTION. 
          I HAVE ALERT, HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM MY CONSTITUENTS THAT WE NEED MORE COORDINATION WITH DEPARTMENTS TO PRIORITIZE CRIME PREVENTION, UH, ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND TO ADDRESS RECIDIVISM, WHICH I HEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS KEY TO REDUCING CRIME. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, WE DID HIRE A, OR IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE, UM, CRIME PREVENTION DIRECTOR. 
          UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HIRE ANOTHER POSITION AND PERHAPS FOR, UM, PERHAPS FOR, UH, GRANT FINDING OR SOMETHING OF THE SORT. 
          UM, AND IDEALLY ESTABLISH A CRIME PREVENTION OFFICE THAT WOULD REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE CITY MANAGER ON THESE ISSUES. 
          I, I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT A RECENT CRIME PREVENTION GRANT OPPORTUNITY WILL SOON BE COMING TO DISTRICT TWO IN THE FORM OF THE BETTER BLOCKS PROGRAM. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IF MORE OF THAT, OR I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT ACROSS SAN ANTONIO, BUT WE WON'T GET THERE IF WE DON'T HAVE A GRANTS COORDINATOR SPECIFICALLY FOR CRIME PREVENTION AND OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY STRUGGLING WITH CRIME ACROSS THE CITY. 
          AND I WOULD ASK FOR THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS. 
          UM, WITHIN METRO HEALTH, I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE ACCESS FUND, UM, AS WELL AS ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INSULIN COST SHARE PROGRAM, AND ULTIMATELY A DIABETES CONTINUUM OF CARE. 
          UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO DISCUSS INCREASES TO OUR COUNCIL OFFICE BUDGET, WHETHER THAT MEANS ADDITIONAL STAFF, UH, PRINT IN A MAIL OR SOMETHING ELSE. 
          I'M SURE A GREATER DISCUSSION WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS NEEDS MET. 
          UM, AND LASTLY, AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A NEW ONE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE EXPANSION OF OUR MUNICIPAL COURTS TEEN COURT PROGRAM, WHETHER, UH, WHERE RATHER THAN TRADITIONAL ADJUDICATION AND SENTENCING FOR A TEENAGER, THEY VOLUNTARILY HAVE, UH, THEIR CASE HEARD AMONGST THEIR PEERS. 
          AND RATHER THAN FINES, UH, TYPICALLY THEIR PENALTY WOULD BE COMMUNITY SERVICE, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, UH, AND FUTURE PARTICIPATION IN TEEN COURT. 
          UH, MY SENIOR YEAR WHEN I LIVED IN FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY, I PARTICIPATED IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT COVERED THE ENTIRE STATE OF KENTUCKY. 
          AND I SAW, UM, JUST HOW IMPACTFUL IT WAS FOR MY PEERS WHEN THEY WERE GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND SO, UH, IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PROGRAM AND WANT TO SUPPORT IT, I WOULD, UH, LOVE TO SEE THAT MY  MY FIRST THOUGHTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER KIO HDA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, THANKS OF COURSE TO ERIC AND CITY STAFF. 
          Y'ALL ARE ALWAYS INNOVATIVE AND HARDWORKING, BUT BUDGET TIME, I FEEL LIKE YOU REALLY SHINE. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR, ALL YOUR HARD WORK ALL YEAR ROUND, BUT ESPECIALLY THIS TIME. 
          UM, WE ASKED DISTRICT SIX ON OUR OWN JUST SURVEYS AND PEOPLE COMING IN, AND EVERY CHANCE WE GOT, EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER, UH, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE ME FOCUS ON IN THIS BUDGET? AND YOU GUYS REALLY HIT 'EM ALL. 
          UM, YOU HEARD THE COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY ON POLICE, FIRE INFRASTRUCTURE, A C S PARKS, LIBRARIES, AND OUR HOUSELESS POPULATION, THANKS TO EVERY SAN ANTONIAN AS WELL, WHO PARTICIPATED IN SURVEYS, CALLED AND VISITED YOUR COUNCIL OFFICES AND LET YOUR VOICE TO THIS PROCESS. 
          YOU'VE PARTICULARLY FOCUSED THIS BUDGET ON THE MOST UNDERSERVED AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UM, FOR THAT, I'M, UH, PERSONALLY VERY GRATEFUL. 
          IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK A LOT OF US HAVE WORKED ON. 
          UM, I'M GONNA HIT JUST A FEW INDIVIDUALLY, BUT, UH, POLICE, UM, WE, A LOT OF US HAVE ASKED FOR INCREASED, UM, SAFE OFFICERS. 
          I ALWAYS SAY THAT THE SAFE OFFICERS ARE FOR MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE, UH, THE FACE OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
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AND, UM, SO WHEN I HEARD WE'RE GETTING ABOUT A HUNDRED PATROL OFFICERS, UM, I ASKED ABOUT SAFE OFFICERS. 
          I, I REALLY DO UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT MAYBE NOT SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE NOT GONNA SPECIFICALLY GET SAFE OFFICERS, BUT, UM, THE A HUNDRED OR SO INCREASED PATROL OFFICERS WILL TAKE SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF AND, AND REALLY, UM, THE INCREASED, UH, INVOLVEMENT WILL ALMOST MAKE THEM, UH, UNOFFICIAL SAFE OFFICERS AND, AND BE MORE OF THE FACE AND BE MORE KIND OF, UM, WHEN I WAS A KID, YOU KNOW, POLICE OFFICERS AND KIND OF ON ALL THE KIDS SHOWS HOW POLICE OFFICERS ARE YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICER, THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA SEE. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA TURN IT, UH, TO TURN OUR, UH, OUR ENTIRE STAFF INTO. 
          SO IT'S VERY EXCITING ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE SIDEWALK INDEX. 
          UH, I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          IT CAME ABOUT, UM, THE, THE STARTED HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY ABOUT IT BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITIES WERE, UH, TALKING ABOUT THEIR SIDEWALKS. 
          THEY WERE BUSTED UP FROM TREES OR WHATEVER IT WAS. 
          WELL, I WOULD GO BACK TO THEM AND SAY, ACTUALLY, THAT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A HOMEOWNER. 
          NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT. 
          UM, WELL, A LOT OF THESE HOMEOWNERS CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX UP THOSE, THOSE SIDEWALKS AND REPAIR THEM. 
          SO IT'S, UM, THEN YOU HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, OLDER PEOPLE WALKING WITH CANES ON THE STREET TO GET AROUND THOSE BUSTED UP SIDEWALKS, PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS, UM, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT ISSUES. 
          SO, UH, I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK, WORK ON THIS INDEX AND REALLY TREAT IT LIKE WE TREAT OUR STREETS WHERE WE GRADE OUR STREETS AND, AND, AND PRIORITIZE THOSE AREAS THAT NEED THE HELP. 
          A C S UH, I BELIEVE TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE SOLUTION TO OUR ANIMAL CARE ISSUES LIES WITH SPAY AND NEUTER NUMBER ONE, BUT ALSO COMMUNITY EDUCATION, LEARNING HOW TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ANIMALS AND NOT LET, LET THEM ROAM FREE. 
          INVESTING MORE INTO A C S, SPECIFICALLY ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE POSITIONS, UM, SPAY AND NEUTER WITH OUR VETERINARY, INCREASED VETERINARY SUPPORT, HELPING RESCUE EFFORTS, ALL OF THAT IS GONNA HELP US MOVE TOWARDS OUR GOAL. 
          AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT WE'VE FOCUSED ON, AT THIS TIME, SOMETHING THAT WASN'T MENTIONED HERE TODAY, BUT I THINK IS WORTHWHILE MENTIONING INVOLVES WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, MARIA AND THE METRO HEALTH TEAM TO ORGANIZE AND REALLY CREATE PROGRAMMING PROMOTING WOMEN'S HEALTH AND REFERRALS SPECIFICALLY FOR UTERINE CANCER SCREENINGS AND MAMMOGRAMS. SO I DO APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCILMAN, UM, I'M SORRY, MCKAY RODRIGUEZ BRINGING UP, UM, THAT AND, AND MOVING TOWARDS THAT. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF Y'ALL TO CREATE, UH, AND INCREASE REALLY THE OUTREACH ON THOSE, ON THOSE EFFORTS. 
          UM, PARKS, SHADE STRUCTURES LIKE THE, UH, THE, UM, LIKE THE SIDEWALK INDEXES. 
          UH, IT, IT, I THINK IT WILL ENSURE PARK EQUITY. 
          IT'S HOT. 
          NOBODY, UH, WILL ARGUE WITH ME ON THAT. 
          AND, UH, ALL THESE KIDS ARE OUT THERE IN, IN PARKS, UH, PLAYING ON, UH, STRUCTURES THAT ARE BURNING HOT AND THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE JUST NOT PLAYING ON THEM, HONESTLY. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO SOMETHING AS SMALL AS, IT SEEMS LIKE A SMALL THING, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, UH, A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES TO HAVE SHADE STRUCTURES OVER, OVER OUR PARKS, OUR PARK, UH, PLAY SETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, I, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT FIRE. 
          UH, I DIDN'T REALLY SEE, I'M NOT SURE REALLY SURE WHAT FIRE IS GETTING IN THIS. 
          UM, UM, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED AMERICA AND I THINK, UH, I DIDN'T HEAR EXACTLY, BUT, UM, I HAD REQUESTED A NEEDS ASSESSMENT STUDY. 
          IS THERE ANY MOVEMENT ON THAT? DO WE KNOW? NO, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, BUT REMEMBER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ACTUALLY THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS GONNA GET AN UPDATE NEXT WEEK ON THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. 
          THAT'LL SET THE FOUNDATION. 
          I WOULD EXPECT IT TO PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS DURING THIS UM, THIS NEXT ACCREDITATION PERIOD, WE'LL KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE GET RE-ACCREDITED EARLY IN 2024. 
          AND, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IN THE CURRENT ACCREDITATION PROCESS, IT'S, IT'S HOW WE PLANNED FOR ADDING E M S UNITS, ADDING THREE LADDER COMPANIES. 
          UM, AND SO I SUSPECT THERE'LL BE SOME OF THAT THAT COMES OUTTA THAT. 
          WE WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS PROBABLY MULTIPLE ASPECTS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          A BIG PART OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND, UM, AS I MENTIONED, IS MORE E M S RELATED. 
          UM, AND, UM, BUT, BUT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT PER SE, UH, IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAN PROBABLY A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE, THE, UH, WE'LL GET A PRESENTATION OUTTA PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          YOU SAID THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TOWARDS THAT. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, OF COURSE, THAT THEY HAVE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE, I KNOW YOU, YOU GUYS ALSO WANT THIS, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU DON'T, BUT MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO BE SAFE ON THEIR JOB. 
          I HAVE ZERO DOUBT WE'RE GONNA GET THE ACCREDITATION. 
          I HAVE, WE HAVE THE BEST FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, IN THE COUNTRY. 
          SO, UH, I KNOW THAT IT'S A BIG DEAL TO GET ACCREDITED, AND WE ARE ACCREDITED, SO I, I'M SURE IT'LL GET RENEWED, UM, AND THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE. 
          BUT TODAY, I REALLY JUST WANNA SAY THAT I'M GRATEFUL. 
          UM, Y'ALL REALLY HEARD THE COMMUNITY AND, AND TOOK ACTION. 
          UM, I, I THINK THAT COUNCILWOMAN BAN'S IDEA ABOUT BUDGET T-SHIRTS IS, UH, SPOT ON, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD ALSO GET, LIKE, I SURVIVED 
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THE, UH, PANDEMIC BUDGET T-SHIRTS, . 
          UM, I THINK THAT THIS BUDGET PRESENTATION IS A, IS A REALLY STRONG INDICATOR THAT WE'RE TRULY, UM, RECOVERING. 
          I KNOW WE'RE STILL ARE RECOVERING, BUT WE, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MOST OF THE WAY THERE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AS AN ECONOMY, AS A COMMUNITY, AS AND AS ONE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO, HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO THE, THE BUDGET TEAM. 
          UM, YOU PROBABLY SAW MY EXCITEMENT WHEN I GOT THE BUDGET BOOK THIS MORNING, AND I'M, I'M READY TO GO WITH MY FLAGS. 
          SO, UM, SOME MORE TO COME ON THAT. 
          SO, UM, BUT THANK YOU. 
          I'M EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE, THE THINGS IN HERE. 
          I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND I GUESS I'LL START OFF, UM, WITH THE EXCITING THINGS, UM, FOR ME, RIGHT? AND SO, UH, IN HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, I SEE THAT WE'RE ADDING A POSITION TO TRACK AND COMMUNICATE METRICS. 
          UM, WE HAD ASKED ABOUT THAT A WHILE AGO, SO I'M EXCITED THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, TRACK THE NUMBER OF ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE ABATED AND CALLS THAT COME IN REGARD, UH, REGARDING THESE DIFFERENT ENCAMPMENTS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, THE FACT THAT WE'LL BE MOVING, UH, FOLKS INTO PERMANENT HOUSING. 
          AND SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK THAT OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THAT. 
          SO I'M, I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 
          I'M ALSO, UM, EXCITED TO SEE IF, UH, THE HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UM, AND ASSISTING ELIGIBLE FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ HAD, UM, AN AN ADDITIONAL, UH, OR A C C R ON TEACHERS SPECIFICALLY. 
          AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW THAT FITS IN. 
          AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT. 
          I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THE PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN IN GENERAL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          IT HAD BEEN OUTLINED IN THE SHIP, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAD DONE IT. 
          SO I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE $250,000 INVESTED BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW. 
          AND SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT THAT HAS, UH, ALSO PROVED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AS YOU SAW BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT PROTESTED THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. 
          AND SO I'M GLAD THAT THERE'S ANOTHER $250,000 IN THERE SO THAT PEOPLE COULD CONTINUE TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESS, ET CETERA. 
          I KNOW MY RESIDENTS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IT. 
          UM, I AM ALSO HAPPY ABOUT THE, UH, CONTINUED PUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERSHIP WITH UT HEALTH. 
          I HAVE BEEN ASKING JUST IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE FIRST DOCTORAL PROGRAM. 
          I KNOW THAT THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO ADMIT THE FIRST, UH, STUDENT COHORT OF ANYWHERE FROM 35 TO 70 STUDENTS FOR THE M P H PROGRAM, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH ABOUT IT. 
          UM, SO I'D LOVE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT UT HEALTH IS DOING SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE THAT COMES INTO, TO MY NEXT, UM, QUESTION AND, OR, AND, AND IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A CONCERN. 
          AND, UM, I HAVE RECEIVED, UH, AT LEAST A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          ONE EMAIL SO FAR ABOUT, UM, THE NEW STRAIN OF COVID THAT'S GOING AROUND. 
          AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT MORE PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED. 
          IT SEEMS TO BE THAT THEY'VE BEEN HOSPITALIZED LONGER WITH THIS STRAIN. 
          AND SO I FORWARDED AN EMAIL TO CLAUDE JACOB TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THE BUDGET BOOK READS, AND I HAVEN'T READ THROUGH ALL OF IT, BUT ON PAGE NINE, IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IT'S A CLOSURE IN OUR RESPONSE TO COVID. 
          AND I'M AFRAID THAT IT'S GONNA CONTINUE OR THAT THERE'S OTHER THINGS. 
          SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PREPARE FOR THAT? I THINK IS, IS MY MAIN QUESTION. 
          AND I KNOW CLAUDE'S NOT HERE, UH, TODAY, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST, JUST REMIND US THAT, UM, WE SHOULDN'T JUST CLOSE IT OUT RIGHT THERE. 
          THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA BE AS FULL SCALE AS BEFORE, BEFORE, BUT THAT RESPONSE PLAN SHOULD STILL BE ALIVE AND WELL, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, COVID HASN'T GONE AWAY, EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE THINK THAT IT HAS. 
          UM, AND THEN ON THE, UM, FIRE STATION 21, THE ADDITIONAL MEDICAL COVERAGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, UM, I APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          AND I KNOW THAT YOU AND, UH, GEORGE HERNANDEZ AND I TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY. 
          I KNOW THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED A FEW PIECES OF LAND WHERE I THINK THERE SHOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL SURGERY, AT LEAST AN OUTPATIENT SURGERY CENTER THAT IS NOT IN THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES OVER AT THE COUNTY ON THAT. 
          UM, BUT I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT, THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          I STILL DO THINK THAT WE NEED SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, HELP IN THAT AREA. 
          RIGHT? AND SO I, I APPRECIATE THAT THE RESPONSE TIME HAS NOT CHANGED. 
          I KNOW THAT THE TRANSPORT, UH, TIME HAS INCREASED. 
          I, I FIGURED THAT WOULD BE COMING JUST BY DOING A QUICK GOOGLE MAP RIGHT. 
          ABOUT THE SURROUNDING HOSPITALS. 
          UM, BUT I, I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO, TO HELPING IN THAT AREA WITH THAT. 
          I'M, UM, I'M STILL WORRIED THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN INCREASING. 
          WE, WE'VE BEEN INCREASING OUR POLICE FORCE, AND, AND I, I APPRECIATE WITH THE GROWTH, HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE INCREASED OUR FIRE AS AGGRESSIVELY AND OUR E M S. 
          AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PLAN, AND I KNOW THAT WITH ACCREDITATION COMES A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASED AWARENESS OF OUR NEEDS. 
          UM, AND THAT LEADS ME RIGHT INTO MY, MY OTHER CONCERN, 
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THE AREA IS, UM, ON PAGE 46 OF THE BUDGET BOOK, THERE IS A MEDIC OFFICER. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S LOOKS LIKE IT SAYS M O F SIX. 
          THERE'S FOUR, UH, NEW MEDIC OFFICERS. 
          THEY'RE LIEUTENANT POSITION SPECIFICALLY. 
          I'M WONDERING WHERE THEY'RE DEPLOYED. 
          IT SAYS THAT THEY'RE ON SCENE INCIDENT COMMANDERS. 
          UM, THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING THIS IS BECAUSE I SEE THAT THERE'S THAT INVESTMENT. 
          I DON'T SEE, UM, A WHOLE LOT OF DETAIL ON THE ESSAY CORE. 
          THERE IS TWO ADDITIONAL TEAMS THAT ARE GONNA BE ADDED. 
          IT SAYS EFFECTIVE JANUARY, 2024. 
          I WHOLLY BELIEVE IN THAT. 
          I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED MORE ON THAT. 
          UM, WE HAD ONLY, UH, WE HAD, UH, ABOUT A THOUSAND MENTAL HEALTH CALLS, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT DIDN'T CALL IN, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, YOU ALL ARE VERY AWARE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, UH, A THAT THE TRAFFIC, UH, OR THE, UM, THE, THE, THE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED IN DISTRICT FOUR. 
          UM, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THINGS LIKE THAT DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. 
          I THINK THAT THIS IS WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING OUR POSITIONS. 
          SO I'M HOPING THAT SOME OF THE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE ADDING, UM, FOR INSTANCE, IN POLICE, IF IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE ADDING, UH, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH STRAC, THAT SOME OF THOSE POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS THAT WE'RE ADDING WOULD GO INTO THE ESSAY CORE, UM, AND, AND, AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO JUST ENHANCE THAT. 
          I KNOW THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SEE WHERE MY, UM, HEAD WAS GOING. 
          I, I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT YOU ALL ARE, ARE FOCUSED ON ADDING ADDITIONAL TEAMS ON THE OPIOID, UH, UH, PROGRAM CRISIS RESPONSE. 
          UM, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE ADDING $480,000 INTO CONTINUED EXISTING PROGRAMS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT COUNCILMAN CASTILLO HAD ANOTHER C C R. 
          UM, AND SO I'M WONDERING HOW, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, I WONDER HOW OUR CCRS PLAY INTO THE BUDGETING PROCESS, RIGHT? AND SPECIFICALLY HOW WE ADD NEW ADDITIONS, UH, OR ADDITIONAL, UM, POSITIONS TO, TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ASKED ABOUT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I BROUGHT UP WAS THE FENTANYL CRISIS. 
          AND SO, AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL, PARENTS ARE NOT TALK NOW TALKING TO THEIR KIDS ABOUT FENTANYL. 
          AND SO THE CITY, IN MY OPINION, NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF GETTING AHEAD OF THAT MESSAGE. 
          WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND. 
          AND SO, UM, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO THERE TO SUPPORT THAT TYPE OF PROGRAM, I THINK IS GONNA BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, I, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT INNOVATION IN DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT I DO WANNA REMIND US THAT INNOVATION DOESN'T JUST COME BY THROWING ADDITIONAL FUNDING, RIGHT? WE SHOULD, UM, MAKE SURE THAT INNOVATION HAS A PLACE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. 
          AND I DON'T SEE THAT IT DOES. 
          I DON'T SEE THAT DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN EVERY DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY. 
          GENERALLY, WE SAY AS A CITY, WE DO FOCUS ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION. 
          BUT I DON'T SEE IT, UM, IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. 
          AND IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE NOT EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS A STRATEGIC, UM, UH, PLAN. 
          AND IF THEY DO, THEY, AND SO, SO I'M, I'M WONDERING HOW WE INCORPORATE, LIKE I SAID, INNOVATION OR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AS WE PREPARE OUR BUDGET, RIGHT? AND SO, AND I KNOW ERIC, YOU'LL, YOU'LL, YOU WANNA CHIME IN HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT, I'M ALMOST DONE. 
          UM, BUT, UH, THE, THE REASON THAT I WAS ASKING, UM, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, ABOUT THESE INCLUSION, UH, IN THE BUDGET IS BECAUSE I, I'D LOVE TO SEE WHERE WE COULD ALSO SAVE MONEY BY INNOVATION, RIGHT? AND SO HOW CAN WE STRETCH OUR DOLLARS, MAKE THEM GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER? UM, BUT LIKE THE IDEA OF THE TRANSPORT OR THE ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, UNITS OR, OR THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, UH, WHAT IS A GREAT INNOVATIVE EXAMPLE, ERIC? UM, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL SPECIFICALLY FOR HOMELESSNESS ISSUES, I THINK THAT WE, UM, WE SHOULD PROBABLY, UH, BE WILLING TO INVEST MORE THAN MONEY AND, UH, OF COURSE, MAYBE HAVE, UH, A GAME PLAN. 
          I'M, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL DO THAT. 
          YOU PROBABLY DO, AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY YOU WANNA CHIME IN HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. 
          BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR PRIORITIES AS A COUNCIL ALIGN ALSO WITH THESE INNOVATIVE PRIORITIES AND ALIGN WITH THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING INCREASED IN OUR BUDGET. 
          UM, AND THEN MY ONE QUESTION, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT FROM THE PRESENTATION, UM, BUT WHY ARE WE MOVING SUSTAINABILITY OUT OF SOLID WASTE? WAS THERE, WAS THERE A, A REASON FOR THAT? AND I JUST BE AFRAID THAT WE WOULD LOSE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO USE THAT FUNDING, UM, THAT IT'S NOW GONNA TAKE UP. 
          SO, SO MAYBE IF YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THAT, AND IT COULD BE DURING THE DEPARTMENTAL MEETING, BUT, UM, THOSE ARE JUST MY OBSERVATIONS, AND AGAIN, I HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THE WHOLE BOOK. 
          UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR PRINTING IT OUT FOR US. 
          BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL WAIT FOR YOUR RESPONSES. 
          SO THAT WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATIONS. 
          BUT LET ME JUST ANSWER THE LAST ONE. 
          UM, THE, THE, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN FUNDED FROM THE SOLID WASTE FUND. 
          WE ARE PROPOSING AN INCREASE IN THAT RATE. 
          WE'RE IN A NEGATIVE POSITION IN THAT FUND RIGHT NOW AND NEED TO RECOVER. 
          SO 
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WE ALSO SAW AN INCREASE FROM NINE AND A HALF MILLION TO 11 AND A HALF MILLION IN THE, THE RESILIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND. 
          SO, UM, MOVING THAT MADE SENSE WITHOUT TAKING AWAY ANYTHING THAT WE HAD ALREADY FUNDED AND THE PRIMARY FOR OBJECTIVES OF THAT FUND. 
          UM, BUT, BUT WE WERE TRYING TO MITIGATE THE, UM, RATE ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED FOR SOLID WASTE. 
          AND I, I, IT, IT, IT, IT COULD BE ARGUED WHY PEOPLE WERE PAYING, UH, A SOLID WASTE RATE, UM, FOR GARBAGE RECYCLING HAZARD, HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE, AND THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY. 
          BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT HAD BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. 
          SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE LOGIC. 
          AND WE'LL INCORPORATE, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE INCORPORATE THE, THE, THE OTHER QUESTIONS IN, IN, UH, PROACTIVELY IN THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN, IF I MAY, I DID WANT TO ANSWER VOTE, THOUGH VERY QUICKLY, YOUR QUESTION ON D E I A AND HOW IT'S INCORPORATED IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. 
          AND I'LL ASK THE DIRECTOR OF D E I A, DR. 
          JENNIFER MATA, JUST TO GIVE REAL QUICK TWO MINUTES ON HOW HER TEAM WORKS WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNCIL, DR. 
          ADRIAN ROCHA GARCIA. 
          MY NAME IS DR. 
          JENNIFER MATA. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR OF D E I A, AND I AM PROUD TO REPORT THAT MY TEAM IS WORKING ON THE B E T SWOT ANALYSES. 
          AND WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT ABOUT THESE ANALYSES IS THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT AND HELPING CITY DEPARTMENTS UNDERSTAND HOW EQUITY IS AT WORK WITHIN THE CITY, AND HOW THEY CAN CREATE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES. 
          SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THIS TIME AROUND IS THAT WE ARE INCLUDING LANGUAGE ACCESS, DISABILITY ACCESS, AND OUR QUESTIONS REFLECT THAT. 
          SO AS WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THESE, UH, SWATS, WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH, WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO SEE HOW WE CAN CREATE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES AND HOW WE CAN START TO TRACK, MONITOR, AND ASSESS, UM, EQUITY WITHIN THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          MONTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU ERIC AND TEAM FOR Y'ALL'S CONTINUED WORK ON SHAPING THE CITY BUDGET. 
          UH, WHILE MANY OF US HAD A WEEK OR TWO OFF OF OFFSITE MEETINGS, AND NO ONE AB SESSION, I KNOW YOU ALL WERE HERE WORKING, UM, PUTTING THIS BUDGET TOGETHER. 
          AND OFTENTIMES WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I GET ASKED, HOW IS THIS BUDGET CREATED? IS THERE A WORKSHOP THAT'S NOT BEING BROADCASTED THAT WE'RE HAVING TO SHAPE THIS? AND, AND I'M ALWAYS SURE TO COMMUNICATE THAT IT'S THESE MEETINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING AND THE WORKSHOPS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE PUBLICLY BROADCASTED. 
          UM, BUT THIS IS, UH, WITH OVER A YEAR OF CONVERSATION RIGHT FROM EACH COUNCIL MEMBER AND WHAT THE TRENDS WE'RE SEEING WITHIN EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS THAT HELP SHAPE THIS. 
          SO I, I REALLY WANTED TO THANK CITY STAFF, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THE NEEDS THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM MY COMMUNITY REFLECTED WITHIN THIS BUDGET. 
          UM, I WANTED TO HIT ON THE PROPERTY TAX EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN AND THE PROPERTY TAX WORK THAT THE CITY HAS INITIATED. 
          I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A HUGE IMPACT. 
          WE'VE MAXED OUT OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, INCREASED THE SENIOR EXEMPTION, UH, AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO INITIATE THE PILOT WITH THE SAVES PROGRAM TO ENSURE SENIORS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER REDUCE THEIR TAX BILL. 
          UM, WHAT I'M REMINDED OF, JUST BASED OFF OF THE BRIEFING WE HAD YESTERDAY IS RIGHT, WE GET PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, AND THEN ULTIMATELY CITY COUNCIL, WE, UM, PULL THOSE LEVERS TO HELP REACH THAT TARGET, GO FOR WHATEVER THE ISSUE MAY BE. 
          AND WHAT I BELIEVE WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR SAN ANTONIO TAXPAYERS IS TO SUPPORT THE MEXICAN AMERICAN UNITY COUNCIL WHO, UH, ARE INITIATING A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION HUB. 
          UH, AND WHAT THEY INTEND TO HAVE IS A NUMBER OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND CITY DEPARTMENTS, IF THEY'RE INTERESTED TO BE HOUSED AT ONE LOCATION, UM, AND OFFERING SERVICES FROM EVERY FACET OF HOUSING. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS THAT ARE AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT HAVE A LOCATION THAT THEY CAN GO TO, TO CONNECT THEM AND WALK THROUGH THROUGH THAT PAPERWORK PROCESS OR APPLY FOR THE HOMEOWNER REHAB PROGRAM. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S ONE PIECE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, IF WE COULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, UM, THEY DO HAVE FEDERAL SUPPORT, BUT THEY STILL NEED A LITTLE BIT, UM, MORE ASSISTANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN HAVE A GREATER IMPACT. 
          UM, PIVOTING TO A C S, UM, EVERY PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON A WIDE RANGE OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO BEST ADDRESS, UM, THE CRISIS THAT WE'RE SEEING PLAY OUT. 
          AND I WANTED TO THANK OUR A C S APPOINTEE. 
          KAREN SPEAR, WHO'S AGAIN, RIGHT, I HIGHLIGHT THIS EVERY TIME THAT SHE'S PRESENT AT EVERY BUDGET MEETING, NOT JUST IN DISTRICT FIVE, UM, BUT WHEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND DISTRICT FIVE HAVE CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS AROUND, UM, ANIMAL CARE, SERVICE, OR RESPONSIBILITY, SHE'S ALWAYS, UH, THERE READY TO PROVIDE THAT ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, BUT ULTIMATELY, RIGHT. 
          I WANTED TO THANK SHANNON SIMS FOR, UM, BEING A GREAT LEADER IN ENSURING THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR AC OFFICERS WHEN IT 
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COMES TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND HAVE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY. 
          UH, I UNDERSTAND WE WON'T BE ABLE TO TACKLE EVERYTHING, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT TAKES A WHILE TO SCALE UP AND BUILD THAT CAPACITY. 
          UM, BUT WHAT I'M SEEING WITH THE THREE PROPOSED PILLARS WITH SPAY NEUTER, UM, RESCUE AND ADOPTIONS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          UH, EVEN MORE SO WITH SCALING UP TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE HAVING, UM, THE APPROPRIATE STAFF GO OUT AND FOLLOW UP ON THE AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS AND BITES. 
          SO, UM, I, I THINK IT'S A, A GREAT STRIDE THAT WE'RE MAKING, UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE BUDGETS TO BUILD UPON THIS WORK, UM, WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, I HAD SIMILAR QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN HOFF FOR, FOR GETTING THAT CLARIFIED. 
          BUT, UH, I ULTIMATELY WANTED TO THANK, UH, CHIEF HOOD AND THE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, NOT JUST FOR THE WORKOUT IN THE FIELD AND KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, BUT ALSO KEEPING, UH, US AS COUNSEL IN THE LOOP OF WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE, UM, TO ENSURE THAT Y'ALL CAN CONTINUE AND ADEQUATELY KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, LOOKING AT THE METRO HEALTH RECOMMENDATION, WELL, I'M PLEASED WITH WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. 
          I SEE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AS COUNCILMAN HAUGH AND COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ MENTIONED. 
          UM, AVOW TEXAS HAS BRIEFED SOME OF OUR OFFICES ON A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. 
          UH, THEIR RECOMMENDING SUPPORTING METRO HEALTH WITH AN ADDITIONAL $500,000 TO SUPPORT REPRODUCTIVE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND I KNOW WE PASSED A RESOLUTION TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT. 
          SOME FOLKS ARGUE THAT IT DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH, AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROVIDE THAT MATERIAL SUPPORT TO WOMEN IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, FURTHER, COUNCILMAN MCCREE RODRIGUEZ HAS ALSO ESTABLISHED, UM, A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST, UM, REGARDING ACCESS TO INSULIN. 
          AND I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UM, HELP FUND AND ESTABLISH A DIABETES COST SHARE PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING OUR CONSTITUENTS WITH THAT MUCH NEEDED, UH, RESOURCE. 
          UM, AGAIN, I WANTED TO THANK CITY STAFF AND THE TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT. 
          I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THE EXPANSION OF THE EXPANSION OF THE ENHANCED LIBRARY CARD. 
          UH, I RECEIVED SO MANY POSTCARDS FROM TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT ASKING FOR THAT EXPANSION, SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR HEARING COMMUNITY AND REFLECTING THAT IN THE BUDGET ON THE ISSUE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING A AGAIN, RIGHT? I, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE THE SHIFT, UH, IN PUBLIC PRIORITIES FOR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS AND THE NEED FOR HOUSING. 
          UH, AND I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE ARE MAKING THAT INVESTMENT IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE'S A SPECTRUM OF REASONS OF WHY INDIVIDUALS, UH, ARE OUT ON THE STREET AND REMAIN OUT ON THE STREET. 
          UH, ONE THING THAT I'VE BEEN HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS THE NEED FOR, UM, PUBLIC HOUSING, RIGHT? AND I ALWAYS HIT ON THIS, BUT WHAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO IS NOW THAT THE PUBLIC, UH, DESIRE TO PRESERVE AND BUILD MORE PUBLIC HOUSING HAS INCREASED DRASTICALLY. 
          UM, IN THAT I HAVE A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS FROM WEST END HOPE IN ACTION, WHO ARE ASKING ME, UH, TO PRIORITIZE, UH, THE LINCOLN COURTS, DESPITE THAT NIGHT BEING IN MY DISTRICT, RIGHT? RECOGNIZING THAT THEY DO NEED REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT TO COPS METRO, WANTING US TO SUPPORT, UH, CASTANO HOMES AND THEIR IMPROVEMENT, RIGHT? ALL WITH THE GOAL OF MAINTAINING THE, UH, INCREASING, RATHER IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT ALSO MAINTAINING THAT 100% AFFORDABILITY AT PUBLIC HOUSING, BUT RECOGNIZING THAT THEY ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED. 
          UM, WE ARE LIMITED IN HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THEM. 
          THERE'S OPPORTUNITY. 
          THAT OPPORTUNITY HOME HAS PRESENTED, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY ESTABLISHING A MAINTENANCE AND ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS FUND. 
          THERE ARE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE ESTABLISHED THIS FUND, AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY FOR MINOR MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? FOR EXAMPLE, IN DISTRICT THREE, WE ALWAYS HAVE FOLKS COME TO PUBLIC COMMENT TALKING ABOUT THE CHAPMAN APARTMENTS BECAUSE OF, UM, AN ELEVATOR THAT'S NOT WORKING. 
          THIS WOULD PROVIDE A SMALL BUCKET OF FUNDING TO HELP WITH THOSE MINOR IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK AND I WOULD HOPE TO SEE MOVING FORWARD. 
          BUT AGAIN, IN GREAT WORK, UM, I WAS TELLING MY TEAM GOING THROUGH THIS. 
          I WAS LIKE, MAN, THERE'S SO MANY LIKE GOODIES IN HERE, UM, , WHICH IS LIKE A SHIFT. 
          UM, BUT WHAT I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE IS THE, THE PRIORITIZATION OF GREEN SPACES. 
          UM, I'VE DONE MORE RESEARCH THAN I LIKE TO ON HOW VACANT LOTS AND BEAUTIFYING VACANT LOTS IMPROVE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, NOT JUST THE PERCEPTION, BUT THE ACTUAL OVERALL, UH, IMPACT OF 9 1 1 CALLS MADE OUT TO AREAS WITH A LOT OF, UH, VACANT PROPERTIES WITH OVERGROWN GRASS AND ILLEGAL DUMPING. 
          UM, I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ FOR ASKING THE CLARIFYING QUESTION ON THE PD GYM. 
          UH, I WASN'T AWARE THAT THAT WAS $1 MILLION. 
          WHEN I HEAR THE PRIORITIES OF COMMUNITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY, I, I THINK SHIFTING, UH, THAT $1 MILLION FROM OUTDOOR GYM, UH, TO INCREASING THE MATERIAL IMPACTS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS WOULD, UH, BE MORE IMPACTFUL. 
          I DO SEE OPPORTUNITY IF IT DOESN'T ALREADY EXIST FOR PD OR THE CITY TO PARTNER WITH OUR UNIVERSITIES, 
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RIGHT? THEY HAVE STATE-OF-THE-ART SPORTS FACILITIES, GYM, NA, FOR, UM, OUR OFFICERS TO ENJOY THOSE AMENITIES TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE FIT. 
          UM, ONE THING THAT I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED TO SEE IS I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THERE'S AN INCREASE, BUT THERE'S ALSO OFFICERS RETIRING. 
          UM, BUT AS MENTIONED, WHAT I CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY IS THE, IS THE NEED FOR SAFE OFFICERS. 
          UH, AND WHAT WE'VE CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR AS WELL IS MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS. 
          SO, UH, I, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF COUNCILMAN, UH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DR. 
          ROCHA GARCIA'S REQUEST, UM, THAT WE SHIFT THOSE TO SA CORE, WE THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT. 
          IT'S VERY MUCH NEEDED. 
          UH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE. 
          I CONTINUE TO HEAR IT FROM MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND AGAIN, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO DIVE INTO, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPCOMING DISCUSSIONS WHERE WE GET BRIEF DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT. 
          SO, THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTE, GTO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE TEAM WHO PUT THIS BUDGET TOGETHER AND FOR LISTENING AND INCORPORATING OUR FEEDBACK. 
          UH, I PROMISED THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT SEVEN THAT I WOULD PL PLUG IN AND WORK COLLABOR COLLABORATIVELY WITH ALL OF YOU ALL AND PUSH THE PRIORITIES OF MY DISTRICT TO BE HEARD. 
          AND I DO FEEL THAT THE PRIORITIES OF DISTRICT SEVEN ARE ACTUALLY REFLECTED VERY WELL IN THIS BUDGET. 
          SO, UM, AND I'M ALSO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DISTRICT SPECIFIC TOWN HALLS TO LISTEN DIRECTLY TO OUR RESIDENTS AND INCORPORATE THEIR FEEDBACK. 
          SO, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. 
          UM, WITH A C S, YOU KNOW, WE, THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT WE MUST ADDRESS BEFORE TRAGEDY REPEATS ITSELF. 
          AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL, UH, BUDGET TOWARDS A C S. 
          YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I'M WORKING DAILY TO RESCUE DOGS TO REPORT DANGEROUS DOGS. 
          UM, TO CALL 3 1 1, HEY, THERE'S ANOTHER DOG AROUND WOODLAWN LAKE. 
          JUST YESTERDAY, UH, LAST YESTERDAY EVENING, I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM A MEETING WITH A BRONZE STATION NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THERE WAS A DOG CROSSING FREDERICKSBURG ROAD AND CAUSING ALL SORTS OF HAVOC. 
          UM, SO I KNOW THAT WE NEED TO, TO USE THAT INCREASE THAT A C S IS GETTING TOWARDS PROACTIVE MITIGATION, WE REALLY NEED TO UP THE SPAY AND NEUTERING, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. 
          UH, I, I, YOU KNOW, AND I'M GONNA BE BULLISH ABOUT THIS, WE NEED A LOW COST AND FREE SPAYING, NEUTER, SPAY AND NEUTER LOCATION IN DISTRICT SEVEN, OR I'M HAPPY TO SHARE ONE WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO IN DISTRICT FIVE, MAYBE A LOW COST FREE SPAY, SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC, UM, ALONG COLLIBRA ROAD, WHERE IT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO RESIDENTS, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR A ANIMALS FIXED. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE DO GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AND WE HEAR A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THEIR ANIMAL FIXED, UM, AT ONE OF THE LOW COST OR FREE SPAY AND NEUTER CLINICS, AND IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT. 
          SO WE NEED TO DEFINITELY UP UP THE ACCESSIBILITY OF, OF THEM GETTING SPAY AND NEUTERED. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE NOT GETTING FIXED, THEN THEY'RE JUST GETTING DUMPED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THEY'RE GETTING KILLED IN OUR ROADWAYS, THEY'RE GETTING DUMPED IN OUR PARKS AND OUR GREEN SPACES. 
          UM, AND ALSO TOO, ERIC, I'M GLAD YOU, ME, YOU MENTIONED THAT ANSWERING ONLY SIX OUT OF 10 A C S CALLS APPROPRIATELY IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE COURSE CORRECTING ON THAT. 
          I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED STAFFING BREAKDOWN. 
          UM, AND FOR THE FTES ON A C S I'M GLAD TO SEE FIVE NEW OFFICERS SO THAT WE CAN HANDLE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE BIKE CALLS. 
          OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE THAT. 
          UM, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THE EIGHT NEW POSITIONS TO RESPOND TO CRITICAL CALLS. 
          UM, ON PAGE 96 OF THE BOOK I OF THE BUDGET BOOK, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THIS ADDITIONAL STAFF, UH, LIKE THE FIVE FTES FOR ANIMAL EXAMS. I, I JUST FEEL THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS THE ADDITIONAL A C S BUDGET FOR BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND FOR PEOPLE RESPONDING TO CRITICAL CALLS. 
          SO WHEN I SEE 14, UH, POSITIONS ON ENHA ENHANCING CAP CAMPUS ADOPTIONS ON SUPPORT SERVICE ON THRIVING WORKFORCE, TO ME THAT'S NOT BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 
          AND WE, WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON BOOTS ON THE GROUND SO THAT THESE DOGS ARE GETTING PICKED UP. 
          UM, REGARDING OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION, THIS WAS ANOTHER HUGE ISSUE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF, OF DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          I WILL BEGIN BY SAYING THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS SO MANY AMAZING, WONDERFUL EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, PROGRAMS, AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO LIFTING PEOPLE BACK UP ON THEIR FEET. 
          THAT WORK IS NO DOUBT MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY DRAINING. 
          UM, AND IT'S TOUGH WORK. 
          SO PLEASE KNOW THAT 
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I, I'M SURE ALONGSIDE EVERYONE ELSE, REALLY APPRECIATES THEIR EFFORTS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONALLY, MULTIPLE EXPERTS THAT I'VE MET WITH HAVE CAUTIONED AGAINST SOLELY USING THE POINT IN TIME COUNT AS THE AMOUNT OF UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, IT'S PROBABLY A LOT MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE POINT IN TIME COUNT. 
          SO POINT IN SAYING THAT IS WE MUST DO MORE. 
          WE KNOW THAT, OR AT LEAST THE FEEDBACK THAT I'M HEARING, IS THAT ROUGHLY 20% OF OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION IS CHRONICALLY HOMELESS. 
          UM, THE OTHER 80% OF UNHOUSED POPULATION ARE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO WERE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, UM, WHO ARE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS, WHO MAY HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, WHO NEED BETTER HEALTHCARE, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE VETERANS AND, AND OTHERS. 
          SO, FOR THAT SEGMENT OF THE UNHOUSED POPULATION, I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS MADE THOSE LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS IN, IN GETTING ADDITIONAL PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, LOW BARRIER HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE MAKING GREAT STRIDES IN GETTING THAT HOUSING ONLINE. 
          UM, I THINK THAT THE CITY MUST DO EVERYTHING THAT WE, EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO ENSURE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR HOUSING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THOSE VOUCHERS ARE GETTING PUSHED THROUGH QUICKLY, UM, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT LEFT ON THE STREETS. 
          UM, I DO THINK WE ALSO NEED TO FOCUS ON YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE AGED OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. 
          IT'S NECESSARY THAT WE AS A CITY, INVEST AND GIVE THEM EVERY OPTION TO SUCCEED, UM, WITHOUT FEAR OF, OF HAVING TO LIVE OUTSIDE AT NIGHT. 
          UH, AS I, AS I BLOCK WALKED ACROSS THE DISTRICT, IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING GREAT LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS AND GETTING HOUSING ONLINE, BUT WE MUST DO MORE FOR THE SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS. 
          OUR, OUR RESIDENTS ARE, ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THIS. 
          UM, WE CANNOT ALLOW HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS TO INTERFERE WITH THE SAFETY AND THE BEAUTY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UH, WITH THAT SAID, I'M PLEASED TO SEE THE FOCUS IN OUR BUDGET, TO ASSIST THE, WITH THE CLEANUP OF ENCAMPMENTS ON A MORE CONSISTENT BASIS. 
          WHEN I, WHEN I SEE ENCAMPMENTS OF BENDERA AND TEZO, I KNOW THAT THESE HOMELESS ARE NOT GETTING CONNECTED TO THE HELP AND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED, AND THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          AND HONESTLY, WE ALL KNOW THAT CLEANING UP ENCAMPMENTS IS NOT SOLVING THE HOMELESS ISSUE FOR OUR NE NEIGHBORHOODS OR FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS. 
          IT'S MARBLES IN A BOX. 
          WE'RE LITERALLY SHIFTING THESE ENCAMPMENTS FROM ONE DISTRICT TO ANOTHER. 
          UM, THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, I'M CALLING FOR MORE FULL-TIME DEDICATED HOMELESS OUTREACH COORDINATORS TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE CITY'S ABATEMENT TEAM. 
          UM, AND AT THE MOMENT, THAT TEAM IS UNDERSTAFFED AND DISTRICT SEVEN DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A DEDICATED FULL-TIME OUTREACH COORDINATOR, AND THAT'S, THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR, FOR THE RESIDENTS AND DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE DOING MORE IN THE LONG TERM. 
          I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO PUSH A LITTLE BIT HARDER ON, ON SOME OF THE SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS THERE FOR, IN REGARDS TO 3 1 1, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE THREE ONE ONE, UH, CALL CENTER REPRESENTATIVES WORK TIRELESS TIRELESSLY TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE CALLING BECAUSE THEY'RE ENGAGED AND FOCUSED ON MAKING THEIR COMMUNITY BETTER. 
          UM, 3 1 1 HAS COLLECTED A GOLD MINE OF INFORMATION. 
          AND SO I REALLY WANNA ADVOCATE FOR A DATA SCIENTIST POSITION FOR THE 3 1 1 OFFICE SO THAT WE AS A CITY CAN BE SMARTER ABOUT WHERE THESE CALLS ARE COMING FROM AND, AND HOW WE CAN DEPLOY CITY RESOURCES TO THOSE CALLS. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S, UM, A C S OFFICERS, ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP CODE OFFICERS, WE'RE USING THAT DATA THAT WE'RE COLLECTING ON A DAILY BASIS, UM, TO BECOME SMARTER ON, ON HOW WE DEPLOY THOSE SERVICES. 
          UM, I ALSO DON'T THINK THAT ADDING THREE F T E TO THE 3 1 1 TEAM IS, IS ENOUGH. 
          YOU KNOW, THE 3 1 1 IS, IS MANY PEOPLE'S INTERFACE TO THE CITY. 
          UM, IT'S HOW THEY ENGAGE WITH THE CITY. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT NUMBER AND, AND, UH, DO MORE REGARDING INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THIS IS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE THAT DISTRICT SEVEN FACES. 
          UH, WE HAVE THE SECOND, DISTRICT SEVEN HAS THE SECOND LARGEST SIDEWALK GAP IN THE CITY WITH 242 MILES WORTH OF NON-EXISTENT SIDEWALKS. 
          I HEAR RESIDENTS FEEDBACK OF THEY DON'T HAVE A SIDEWALK. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE A CURB, AND NOT EVEN ON A MAJOR RAIN, BUT JUST A REGULAR RAIN WATER IS COMING INTO THEIR FRONT DOOR AND IS, I MEAN, IT'S JUST PULLING AND COMING INTO THEIR FRONT DOOR. 
          AND THAT'S ACCEPT UNACCEPTABLE. 
          UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM TO OPTIMIZE THE MONEY THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, AND MAKE THE INVESTMENTS IN THE AREAS OF DISTRICT SEVEN WHERE IT'S SORELY NEEDED. 
          UM, I DO WANNA ECHO COUNCILMAN MCKEY RODRIGUEZ'S, UM, CONSIDERATION FOR THE INCREASING COUNCIL MEMBER'S PRINT AND POSTAGE BUDGET. 
          UH, WE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW FIRSTHAND WE 
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HAVE NOT COME TO THE DAY WHERE ALL RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET, AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH RESIDENTS THE BEST WAY THEY KNOW HOW. 
          I KNOW ALL OF US SEND ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS, BUT HAVING PHYSICAL NEWSLETTERS OR, OR MAKING SURE RESIDENTS KNOW HOW TO CONNECT WITH US AND HOW TO CONNECT WITH THE CITY IS NEEDED. 
          UM, AND, AND I DO, UH, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN HDA, GAO, HDA FOR YOUR QUESTIONS ON POLICE AND FIRE. 
          UM, THOSE WERE SOME OF MY SAME QUESTIONS TOO, BUT THESE ARE THE ITEMS I WANNA FOCUS ON ON TODAY. 
          AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH YOU ALL ON THIS PROCESS AND, AND INCORPORATING, INCORPORATING NOT ONLY OUR FEEDBACK, BUT UH, THE RESIDENT'S FEEDBACK AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALTE, VETO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
           THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I WANNA START OUT BY SAYING I ALWAYS APPRECIATE OUR, OUR FINANCE STAFF, OUR BUDGET AND FINANCE TEAM. 
          I KNOW THEY WORK VERY, VERY HARD, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND VISIT WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT, UH, RE-LOOK AT EVERY PROGRAM. 
          AND WE'VE GOT, UH, A HUGE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT NOW I AND MY OFFICE STAFF, AND I KNOW MANY OF THE REST OF US IN OUR OFFICE STAFF WILL BE, WILL BE LOOKING AT AND TRYING TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. 
          BUT ONE THING THAT I'VE FOUND IN SIX YEARS, UH, ON THE COUNCIL IS IT SEEMS LIKE THE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS WE GET, UH, ARE ALWAYS VERY CONSERVATIVE. 
          AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE ALMOST EVERY YEAR WE END UP WITH FIVE OR 10 OR 20 OR $30 MILLION LEFT OVER AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          THEN WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA BE HAVING, UH, WHEN WE PUT THIS TOGETHER. 
          AND I KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS SOME UNUSUAL THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T ANTICIPATE. 
          UH, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S BEEN MY OBSERVATION. 
          AND SO I TEND TO BE, UH, LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT GET EXPRESSED TO ME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT MAY NEVER GET TO THE PEOPLE PUTTING THE BUDGET TOGETHER. 
          I THINK ALL OF US HAVE HEARD FROM PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS OR PROJECTS OR ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ONLY WAY WE GET TO PRESENT THESE IS AFTER THERE'S BEEN A BUDGET THAT'S DEVELOPED THAT KIND OF SAYS, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA SPEND ALL THE MONEY. 
          AND I ALWAYS REMEMBER, UH, A QUESTION I HEARD, I THINK IT WAS MY FIRST OR SECOND YEAR IN THE COUNCIL, WHEN ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER SAID, WELL, THIS IS SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO HAVE IN THE BUDGET. 
          AND WHAT I HEARD FROM THE STAFF WAS, WELL, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE MONEY, COUNCILMAN? IN OTHER WORDS, UH, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF ALREADY LAID OUT HERE, SO IF WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE SOME OTHER IDEAS, WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET THE MONEY? UM, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS THAT I'M GONNA BE LOOKING AT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS. 
          I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT SOMEONE COULD PROBABLY ANSWER. 
          UH, I'D LIKE AN EXPLANATION OF ON, ON PAGE 37 OF THIS DOCUMENT. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, UH, WHAT IS THE, HOW THE PROPERTY VALUE AND THE TAX REVENUE EXPECTATIONS WERE DETERMINED FOR THIS? PAGE 37 ON PAGE 37, UH, IT SHOWS HOW THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES ARE GOING UP. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A STATE LAW THAT KIND OF REQUIRES US NOT TO EXCEED CERTAIN LIMITS. 
          AND SOME OF THE PERCENTAGES THAT I HEAR SEEM TO BE OVER AND ABOVE THAT. 
          UH, AND I LOOK LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE A VERY DRAMATIC PROPOSED CHANGE FROM THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO NEXT YEAR. 
          SO COULD WE HAVE A LITTLE EXPLANATION OF HOW WE GET THERE AND STAY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF STATE LEGISLATURE? UH, YES, SIR. 
          I CAN DO THAT. 
          AND, UM, AND GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME'S TROY ELLIOTT. 
          I'M THE DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. 
          UH, YOU ARE CORRECT. 
          THERE IS STATE LAW SB TWO THAT BASICALLY GUIDES US IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR TAX RATE AND ACTUALLY CAPS THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT WE, OUR, OUR TAXABLE VALUE AND OUR TAX RATE CAN GROW. 
          THE, UM, AND ACTUALLY IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT IN THE VERY FRONT, IT KIND OF SUMMARIZES THOSE REVENUES PURSUANT TO THE STATE STATUTE AS FAR AS HOW MUCH OUR REVENUE GROWTH WAS. 
          YOU ARE CORRECT THAT THAT GROWTH RATE BETWEEN OUR REVENUE BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR IS OVER THAT THREE 3.5% CAP. 
          BUT BASED ON THE TRUTH AND, UH, TAXATION CALCULATION, IT DOES CAPTURE GROWTH ON THE BASE VALUE. 
          IT DOES NOT CAPTURE NEW IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO NEW IMPROVEMENTS CAN GROW. 
          THEY'RE NOT CAPPED. 
          IT'S ALSO NOT AN APPLES TO APPLES. 
          IT'S NOT PRODUCING THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE IN THE PRIOR YEAR, PLUS THE GROWTH. 
          THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS IN THAT CALCULATION. 
          SO YOU WILL SEE GROWTH ABOVE AND BEYOND 
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THE 3.5% CAP BASED ON THE TRUTH IN TAXATION CALCULATION. 
          OKAY. 
          ONE THING I THOUGHT, UH, I HEARD IN AN EARLIER PRESENTATION, MAYBE I MISHEARD, WAS THAT THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE A CHANGE TO OUR TAX RATE UNDER CONSIDERATION THERE. 
          THE TAX RATE WILL CHANGE EVERY YEAR BASED ON THOSE CALCULATIONS. 
          WE, UM, DEVELOP A NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE BASED ON THAT, NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE. 
          IT ALLOWS US TO GROW 3.5% ABOVE THAT TAX RATE. 
          IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO GROW, UM, BEFORE YOU HIT THAT VOTER APPROVAL RATE, ANY UNUSED INCREMENT THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. 
          AND WE HAVE UNUSED INCREMENT FOR 21 AND 22 THAT'S STILL AVAILABLE. 
          SO THAT TAX RATE WILL FLUCTUATE BASED ON TAXABLE VALUES BASED ON THE STATE LEGISLATION, BASED ON THE ACTIONS THE COUNCIL TOOK AS FAR AS THE EXEMPTIONS. 
          AND SO IT'LL CONTINUE TO CHANGE AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          AND ONCE WE GET THE CERTIFIED ROLE TAKING ALL THOSE ITEMS UNDER CONSIDERATION, WE DEVELOP THE TAX RATE AS IT IS PROPOSED TODAY. 
          DO WE ANTICIPATE WE MIGHT BE MAKING A, AN ADJUSTMENT DOWN ON THE TAX RATE FOR PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR? THE CURRENT YEAR WE'RE PROPOSING A TAX RATE WITH A SLIGHT REDUCTION. 
          UM, IT, UM, THAT IS A PROPOSED TAX RATE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IT, BASED ON DISCUSSIONS BY THIS COUNCIL, Y'ALL CAN CHOOSE TO ADOPT THAT OR REDUCE IT. 
          IF WE REDUCE IT, THEN WE'D HAVE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS WE'D HAVE TO PUT IN PLACE. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTION. 
          ANOTHER ONE I HAVE IS ON, UH, PAGE 41 C P S REVENUES. 
          UH, IT'S SURPRISING TO ME THAT, UH, THE C P S REVENUE IS RISING $4 MILLION FOR THE NEXT PROJECTED YEAR, AS OPPOSED TO THREE YEARS AGO, IT WENT UP 13,000,002 YEARS AGO, WENT UP 6 MILLION LAST YEAR, WENT UP 25 MILLION. 
          ARE WE THINKING THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE COOLER WEATHER OR SOMETHING SO THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE GETTING MORE REVENUE FROM C P S, UH, OR WHEN, YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND C P SS MAY BE COMING TO US FOR A RATE INCREASE. 
          SO HOW IS ALL OF THIS BEING FORECAST INTO THIS? SO, GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMAN. 
          THERE ARE A NUMBER OF VARIABLES THAT GO INTO CALCULATING THE C P SS PAYMENT FORECASTING. 
          IT IS EVEN MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT CAN GET IMPACTED BY WEATHER, FUEL PRICES. 
          THE SALE OF POWER INTO THE ERCOT GRID CAN AFFECT THINGS THAT, THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ONE TIME IN NATURE. 
          UH, WE DID IN THIS CURRENT YEAR, HAVE SOME SALE OF PROPERTY BY C P S, WHICH ALSO AFFECTED OUR PAYMENT. 
          SO WE TAKE ALL OF THOSE FACTORS INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          WE'RE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT PRESENT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY, IS LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE FACTORS AND LOOKING AT, UH, WHAT WE THINK WE WOULD DO IN F Y 2024. 
          SO WE REALLY ONLY PROJECT ABOUT A $4 MILLION INCREASE IN REVENUES FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          WELL, AND, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS YEAR, UM, THE LAST TWO YEARS, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD EXTREMELY HOT WEATHER, UM, RECORD BREAKING NUMBER OF A HUNDRED DEGREE PLUS DAYS. 
          I, I, I WOULD, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT NORMAL WEATHER LOOKS LIKE. 
          I, I DON'T THINK I KNEW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE BEFORE, BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS LOOK AT TRENDS. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE AT, AND IT CHANGES SO FAST ON US. 
          SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          WHEN WE GAVE YOU THE TRIAL BUDGET, UH, BACK IN MAY, UM, WE DID NOT HAVE PAYMENTS FOR APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE AGAINST THE ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          WE PICKED UP $42,000, 42,000, $42,000 INCREASE IN THAT BUDGET OVER THREE MONTHS. 
          IN JULY, WE JUST PICKED UP MORE LIKE 9 MILLION. 
          SO IT, IT CHANGES RAPIDLY. 
          AND THAT 9 MILLION INCLUDES A FAIR AMOUNT OF OFF SYSTEM SALES, WHICH DON'T COME FROM CUSTOMERS HERE LOCALLY. 
          THAT'S SELLING POWER INTO THE GRID. 
          SO THE, THE, NOT ONLY CAN IT CHANGE A LOT FROM YEAR TO YEAR, IT CHANGES ALMOST RAPIDLY FROM MONTH TO MONTH. 
          SO WE TRY TO TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION TO GIVE YOU A MODERATELY CONSERVATIVE BUDGET THAT FITS IN WITH OUR OVERALL FINANCIAL POSITION AND OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES. 
          AND, AND COUNCILMAN, UH, YOUR OTHER QUESTION, UM, WE MAKE NO ASSUMPTION IN THE 24 PROPOSED BUDGET ABOUT RATE ADJUSTMENTS, THAT'S GOTTA GO THROUGH ITS OWN SEPARATE PROCESS IF AND WHEN, AND THAT'S UP FOR REVIEW BY, UNDER THEIR CHARTER PROVISIONS AND THEN ALSO BY YOU GUYS. 
          SO WE MAKE NO ASSUMPTION ON REVENUE FROM A POTENTIAL RATE CHANGE ON, ON C P SS OR SAS. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UH, ONE THING YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER FOR ME, BEN. 
          UH, I WAS PLEASED TO SEE AN 11% RESERVE IN OUR 2024 BUDGET, AND I PRESUME THAT'S AN EXTRA 1% OR ABOUT $16 MILLION OVER MEETING OUR TWO YEAR 15% RESERVE REQUIREMENT. 
          I, I HOPE THAT WAS PUT THERE TO HELP ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT EACH COUNCIL OFFICE WILL HAVE. 
          THAT'S $16 MILLION THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE IN OUR RESERVE ACCOUNT TO MEET OUR EXPECTATIONS. 
          SO I HOPE IT'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY KIND OF, UH, ISSUES THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR COMMUNITY HAVE, UH, 
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TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, OFFER MORE SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF BRING THAT UP. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT WE SAY WE WANT TO HAVE A 15% RESERVE OVER TWO YEARS. 
          I THINK THAT'S GOOD. 
          I, BUT SOMETIMES I, I WONDER HOW MUCH MORE WE NEED TO TO HAVE IN THERE. 
          GOOD EXAMPLE IS WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, THAT WAS ONE OF THE WORST SITUATIONS I'VE BEEN IN IN SIX YEARS ON THE COUNCIL. 
          HOW MUCH OF OUR RESERVE MONEY DID WE USE, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR BUDGETED RESERVES? WE DID NOT TAP INTO OUR BUDGETED RESERVES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT AT THE LEVEL THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING SOME, UH, POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT OUTCOMES. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BEN. 
          CAN I JUST ADDRESS ONE THING? SURE. 
          REAL QUICKLY. 
          SO WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE 20 OR THE ADDITIONAL 11%, UM, ON, ON PAGE 35 OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE TALK ABOUT OUR TWO YEAR BUDGET PLAN. 
          SO YOU ARE CORRECT THAT AT THE END OF 24, WE'VE GOT OUR 10% BUDGETED RESERVE, WE'VE GOT AN ADDITIONAL 11% THAT'S PART OF THE TWO YEAR BUDGET PLAN. 
          SO WE THEN ROLL THAT INTO FY 2025, WHICH YOU SEE IN THAT FOLLOWING COLUMN. 
          AND THEN WE ARE DROPPING THAT BACK DOWN TO A 15% RESERVE. 
          WE'VE GOT MODERATELY CONSERVATIVE PROJECTIONS. 
          SO OUR PLAN IS TO OUTPERFORM THAT 15%. 
          WE REALLY HAVE TO, FROM A BEST PRACTICE, FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL STANDPOINT, UM, RATING AGENCIES, UH, FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS REALLY TALK ABOUT, FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE US, WE SHOULD HAVE A MINIMUM TWO MONTH RESERVE. 
          THAT WOULD BE 16.7%. 
          AND THAT'S THE MINIMUM. 
          SO THIS PROCESS THAT WE HAVE USED THAT HAS REALLY ALLOWED US TO STAY IN A STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION, MAINTAIN EXCELLENT CREDIT RATINGS, IS PREDICATED ON THESE POLICIES. 
          WHAT THIS TWO YEAR DOES, AS I TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH C P SS CAN FLUCTUATE, IS IT'S REALLY SMOOTHING THAT OUT. 
          YES, WE GENERATED MORE IN 24. 
          YOU'RE GONNA SPEND IT IN 24 AND IN 25, AND THEN TO THE EXTENT 25 GENERATES ADDITIONAL, THAT COULD, THAT WILL ROLL INTO THE FOLLOWING BUDGET. 
          SO IT'S JUST CHANGING THE TIMING OF WHEN WE'RE USING IT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SPENDING MONEY WE, WE MAY NOT GET OR WON'T HAVE. 
          SO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO ADD, ADD THAT CONTEXT. 
          WE ARE DROPPING BACK DOWN TO OUR 15% RESERVE IN THE SECOND YEAR. 
          MAYOR, I'LL JUST ADD, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE TWO YEAR BALANCE BUDGET, MANY OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 25, IN THAT TWO YEAR BALANCE BUDGET WE'RE INCLUDING, UH, BASED ON OUR ACCREDITATION REVIEW, THE ADDITION OF A NEW LADDER COMPANY TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, 65 ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS, YEAR TWO OF A C S OFFICERS TO GET TO OUR A HUNDRED PERCENT OF CRITICAL CALLS. 
          UH, ALL THE C NON-SERVICE ALLEY. 
          SO ALL THE THINGS ARE BUILT IN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, ALL GET BUILT INTO THAT 25 BUDGET. 
          THAT'LL BE THINGS THAT, THAT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR YOU GUYS WILL SEE IN A PROPOSED BUDGET, BUT WE MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE MONEY SET ASIDE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A PICTURE ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, UM, UM, AS WELL AS THE REVENUE SIDE THAT BEN WAS DESCRIBING. 
          THANK YOU, UH, ERIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UH, AND ERIC, WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT, IT MAY BE TIME FOR US TO UPDATE, UM, THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THE RATINGS ON OUR COMMUNITY WITH REGARD TO THE HIGH LEVELS OF CAPITAL SPEND THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO, UH, MEETING THE STANDARDS OF G A S B ON, ON THE RESERVE. 
          WELL, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE INITIATED WITH THE CONVERSATION, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE COUNCIL THIS SPRING ABOUT. 
          UM, AND IT WAS JUST AN INTRODUCTION OF THE TOPIC. 
          AND I, I SUSPECT WE'LL HAVE MORE CONVERSATION THIS YEAR ABOUT WHAT WE DO ABOUT OUR RESERVE GOALS, UM, AND HOW WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          I, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT CONVERSATION WAS HOW DO WE COMBINE, SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR FINANCIAL RESERVES THAT ANY GOOD CORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION SHOULD HAVE, MAKING SURE IT'S BALANCED, MAKING SURE IT CAN COVER OPERATIONS IN THE EVENT THAT YOU NEED IT. 
          UM, BUT ALSO HOW DO WE BALANCE, UM, COMMUNITY NEEDS? AND COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO BROUGHT IT UP LAST TIME. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE JUST MENTIONED IT. 
          UH, AND, AND I THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE SHARED A PROPOSAL WITH THE COUNCIL, UM, AFTER THAT CONVERSATION, UM, LOOKING AT THAT AND, AND THAT'S A GOOD BASIS FOR CONVERSATION. 
          YOU, IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO IT AS PART OF THE BUDGET, WE CAN, I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND WE GET THROUGH THE BUDGET AND THEN INCORPORATE IT INTO OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES. 
          BUT YOU'D WANT THAT LANDING SPOT TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE, UM, AND BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO COMMUNITY NEEDS IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION OR UNUSUAL SITUATION. 
          WE DIDN'T, FOR THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WEREN'T HERE DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE DIDN'T USE OPERATING RESERVES BECAUSE WE CUT $200 MILLION OUT OF OUR BUDGET. 
          AND SO THAT GAVE US THE LATITUDE. 
          THAT WAS THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE. 
          THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR US AT ALL TIMES WOULD BE, UM, FROM MY POSITION WOULD BE THE 
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RESERVES. 
          SO THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS YOU CAN CUT TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS, AND YEAH, AND I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, IS THE IMPACT THAT, UM, THAT ANY KIND OF NEGATIVE ACTIVITY IN THE RESERVES WOULD HAVE ON OUR DEBT SERVICE ANNUALLY. 
          UH, ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK FORWARD, UH, TO ADDITIONAL PRETTY HIGH LEVEL OF CAPITAL SPENDING. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE A DIRECT IMPACT TO RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, I, I, I DON'T THINK, UH, I SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH, UH, TO THE TEAM THAT DOES THIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT. 
          YOU COULDN'T PAY ME, UH, TO DO WHAT YOU GUYS DO. 
          IT'S, IT'S REALLY AMAZING. 
          UM, AND I, I THINK THE WORD AMAZING IS OVERUSED, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS REALLY DO HEAR ME. 
          I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING THING THAT YOU GUYS PULL OFF EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 
          UM, THE BUDGET'S BALANCED, WHICH THAT'S NOT EASY. 
          UH, AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW HARD A TRICK THAT IS TO PULL OFF, RIGHT? UH, TO TAKE A $3.7 BILLION BUDGET AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY PENNY IS ACCOUNTED FOR. 
          UM, THAT'S AMAZING WITH A CAPITAL A, UM, THE, UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S VERY THOUGHTFULLY AIMED AT SERVING OUR CUSTOMERS, RIGHT? OUR 1.5 PLUS MILLION PEOPLE WHO WE CALL RESIDENTS. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, ALSO I THINK PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS THAT IT'S ALSO AIMED AT THE 40 PLUS MILLION PEOPLE THAT VISIT US EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE WHILE THEY'RE HERE AND THAT THEY HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFIT OF ENJOYING THE SERVICES PROVIDED FOR THEM ALL OVER THE CITY. 
          I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING OTHER CITIES DON'T HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR. 
          AND, AND YOU DO, UH, AND YOU DO AN EXCELLENT JOB AT IT. 
          I THINK THAT, UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S IN MANY WAYS MATIC, RIGHT? IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BUDGET WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTRY POINTS. 
          YOU CAN OPEN UP ANY SINGLE PAGE AND REALIZE VERY QUICKLY, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM YOU'RE SOLVING FOR ON THAT ONE PAGE. 
          YOU CAN DRAW A DIRECT LINE TO ANY OTHER PROBLEM FACED IN THE CITY. 
          I THINK, UH, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY PHENOMENAL, UH, THAT YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, SO MANY OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, INTERCONNECTED. 
          THEY'RE A WEB, RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT HIERARCHICAL. 
          AND, UM, I, UH, I'M, I'M, I'M JUST INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED. 
          UH, I'M, I'M ALSO IMPRESSED WITH THE FACT THAT, UM, YOU HAVE MADE SURE THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS ALSO FORWARD LOOKING, UM, AND THAT IT'S TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT IS COMING AT US VERY QUICKLY, WHICH IS, UM, EXPONENTIAL GROWTH, RIGHT? OVER THE NEXT YEAR, OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. 
          AND THIS DOCUMENT IS HELPING US PLAN FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING, WHO ARE GONNA BE BRINGING THEIR OPPORTUNITIES AND THEIR JOBS AND THEIR MONEY, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR DEMANDS, RIGHT? AND THEIR CARS, UH, AND THEIR PROBLEMS. UH, AND, AND I THINK THAT WE'RE DOING REALLY GOOD AT FUTURE PROOFING OUR, UH, OUR DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ABSORB THAT GROWTH. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, WHAT FLOORS ME THAT YOU GUYS MANAGE TO PULL OFF EVERY SINGLE YEAR IS THAT IT'S A CONSENSUS DOCUMENT. 
          UM, AND IT'S NOT JUST A CONSENSUS DOCUMENT HERE AT THIS DAIS, BUT YOU ACTUALLY TAKE THIS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S A VERY PARTICIPATORY, UM, YOU KNOW, PROCESS AND YOU TAKE INPUT FROM ALL OVER THE CITY, AND YOU BAKE THAT INTO THIS BUDGET AS WELL. 
          AND SO, UM, THANK YOU. 
          UH, I, I, I I'M SO HAPPY THAT, THAT YOU WORK FOR US AND NOT ANY OF THOSE OTHER LAME CITIES THAT WE COMPETE AGAINST. 
          OKAY? UH, SO I, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU ALSO, MARIA, FOR HEARING ME LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          AND ERIC, UM, I, I DO, YOU KNOW, AS I FLIP THROUGH HERE, I DO SEE THE INCREASED, UH, INVESTMENT IN, UH, SOLVING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          I, I, ONE OF THE WORDS THAT POPPED OUT THAT I'M VERY HAPPY THAT Y'ALL ARE TAKING SERIOUSLY IS THE UPSTREAM, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AS OPPOSED TO JUST SURVIVOR VICTIM INTERVENTION, RIGHT? SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO VICTIMS WHO'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BUT ALSO THAT WE FIGURE OUT WAYS TO, UH, PREVENT, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE, UH, INVOLVING, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS, THE FAITH COMMUNITY, EMPLOYERS, UM, AND DIFFERENT GROUPS TO SPEAK TO BOYS AND SPEAK TO MEN, RIGHT? UM, AND THAT'S A HARD THING TO DO. 
          UH, AND I'M, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE LEANING INTO IT. 
          I'M, UH, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL, I'LL END ON ONE LAST TOPIC. 
          UH, AND THAT IS THE INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SAFETY, PARTICULARLY POLICE. 
          I, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I TELL MY TEAM ALL THE TIME THAT WE WORK FOR THE PEOPLE THAT SENT US UP HERE, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST AT 
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DELIVERING WHAT WE THINK THEY NEED, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO DELIVER WHAT THEY THINK THEY NEED, RIGHT? AND, UM, WHAT WE KEEP HEARING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS JUST THE LOUD ROAR OF ANXIETY. 
          UM, AND SAN ANTONIANS JUST DON'T FEEL SAFE. 
          THEY JUST DON'T, NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE TELL THEM, HEY, LOOK, UM, IT REALLY, THESE, THE MAJORITY OF THESE CRIMES HAPPEN TO, YOU KNOW, TO PEOPLE. 
          AS CHIEF MCMANUS LIKES TO SAY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN RISKY BEHAVIOR, SAN ANTONIANS AREN'T ABSORBING THAT MESSAGE. 
          THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS, RIGHT? UM, AND THEY, UM, THEY KNOW THAT THERE ARE PREDATORS OUT THERE, UH, WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, WHO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, ACTUALLY, THEY WAKE UP AT THE CRACK OF NOON. 
          BUT, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, TO GO AND FIGURE OUT NEW AND CREATIVE WAYS TO HURT MY CONSTITUENTS, RIGHT? UM, THEY KNOW THAT, AND THEY WANT US TO TAKE THAT VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY, RIGHT? UM, I WORK FOR THEM AND I, I DON'T WORK FOR PREDATORS WHO ARE HURTING MY CONSTITUENTS, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WORK FOR THEIR CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS WHO WOULD LOVE FOR US TO SPEND LESS ON POLICE, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, SPEND MORE ON EXPERIMENTS WITH PEOPLE'S SAFETY. 
          UH, SO I, I DO APPLAUD THE FACT THAT WE'RE BRINGING MORE POLICE ON. 
          UM, I, WHEN I TALK TO MY CONSTITUENTS, WHAT THEY WANT IS LOWER 9 1 1 RESPONSE TIMES. 
          I THINK WE'RE AT SIX MINUTES AND CHANGE, RIGHT? WHEN I TELL THEM THAT, I'M LIKE, HEY, LOOK, THAT'S GOOD. 
          THEY'RE LIKE, NO, THAT'S NOT GOOD. 
          RIGHT? HOW ABOUT YOU CUT THAT IN HALF? UH, BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S UNDERSTANDS THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY SECOND AFTER NINE ONE ONE CALL MATTERS, RIGHT? UM, THEY WANT TO SEE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD PATROLS DURING THE DAY AND AT NIGHT. 
          THEY WANT THAT. 
          UM, MY CUSTOMERS ALSO ARE DEMANDING CERTAINTY THAT, THAT, UM, PREDATORS ARE GOING TO BE ARRESTED AND THAT THE BOOK IS GONNA BE THROWN AT THEM, RIGHT? UM, AND IT'S OKAY THAT THEY WANT THAT, THAT IF THAT'S WHAT MY CUSTOMERS WANT, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT. 
          UM, AND THEN THEY WANT TO SEE FEWER MURDERS AND RAPES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HOME INVASIONS, UM, PLAYING OUT IN THE NEWSPAPER. 
          AND SO WITH THAT SAID, UM, ONE, ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO RECRUIT THE BEST OFFICERS THAT AMERICA OFFERS, LET'S DO MORE OF THAT, RIGHT? TWO, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY DO GET HERE, THEY RECEIVE THE BEST TRAINING THAT AMER THAT ANY OTHER, UH, POLICE FORCE IN AMERICA COULD OFFER. 
          RIGHT? THREE, LET'S PUT IN THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, A PROFESSIONAL SET OF STANDARDS BY WHICH WE EXPECT POLICE OFFICERS TO LIVE UP TO. 
          FOR THE MOST PART, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT I'VE SEEN TAKE THAT THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY, AND I'M PROUD OF THEM. 
          UM, AND THEN LASTLY, LET'S DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO RETAIN RIGHT. 
          POLICE OFFICERS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE THEM TO OTHER CITIES, UH, AFTER WE'VE TRAINED THEM RIGHT, AND INVESTED IN THEM. 
          SO, UM, GOOD JOB. 
          UH, THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK IN THIS $3.7 BILLION BUDGET, UH, WHICH I WON'T, UH, EVEN ATTEMPT TO TRY, AND THERE'S GONNA BE MORE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS ARE ON A GOOD START. 
          UM, AND I'LL, I'LL TALK TO Y'ALL OFFLINE ABOUT OTHER INITIATIVES AND THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, UH, FOR REMEMBERING THAT OUR CRICKET FIELDS IN SAN ANTONIO NEED LIGHTING. 
          THAT THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. 
          SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          WE GOT YOU LIGHTING FOR CRICKET FIELDS IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          SO, UM, THANKS. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CORA. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M ONE OF YOUR LAST COUNCILMAN TO SPEAK. 
          SO HOPEFULLY I'LL, I'LL KEEP IT QUICK. 
          BUT FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH TO THE ENTIRE STAFF FOR YOUR INCREDIBLY HARD WORK. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO SPEAK. 
          UM, Y'ALL KNOW I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT KENWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER, AND I SHARED THIS WITH YOU YESTERDAY. 
          WE HAVE SO MANY RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT ONE, ESPECIALLY SOME OF OUR SENIOR CITIZENS THAT USE THAT SPACE FOR COMMUNITY FOR COMING TOGETHER. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THAT ARIO, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT AND THEN HOPEFULLY SHARE AND CELEBRATE THAT THAT WILL BE OPENING SOON FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SECOND, STARTING TO TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM IS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN THREE PHASES WITH THE CORE BEING THE FIRST, UM, SHOUT OUT TO MY TEAM. 
          I HAVE SOMEONE ON MY TEAM WHO'S ACTUALLY DEVELOPED A PYO FOR HOW WE'RE GONNA DESIGNATE NAMP DOLLARS. 
          THAT INCLUDES PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SPACES, TRANSPORTATION. 
          IT INCLUDES THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT THE COMMUNITY IS FACING. 
          SO IF YOU WANNA SEE A REALLY COOL RUBRIC, UM, SOMEONE ON OUR TEAM HAS ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON THAT, BUT EXCITED TO SEE THE CITY IS DOING THAT ON A FULL SCALE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR ACCESSIBILITY, PARTICULARLY WITH FOLKS THAT, UH, DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, HOP IN A CAR AND DRIVE WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GO. 
          UM, OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO JUST, UH, FLAG, I DIDN'T, UH, WE DIDN'T GET TO TALK ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, BUT THE LIBRARY CARD PROGRAM, THAT'S 
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SOMETHING THAT CAME UP A LOT IN WHEN I WAS WALKING IN THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR UNDOCUMENTED DISTRICT ONE MEMBERS AND THE CITY OVERALL. 
          AND SO EXCITED THAT YOU ALL ARE INCORPORATING THAT IN ALL, UH, THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE LIBRARIES. 
          ONE THING I DID HEAR THOUGH, WAS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE CARD AND IT JUST BEING A LAMINATE. 
          SO I SEE Y'ALL SHAKING YOUR HEAD, MEANING THAT HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA UP THAT TOO. 
          UM, HIGH SCHOOL ID CARDS ARE PRETTY STRONG, ERIC, SO I HOPEFULLY  NOT IN THE EIGHTIES. 
          . 
          WELL, I, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY THAT I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE EIGHTIES, BUT, UM, I , UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN , HOPEFULLY WE CAN INCREASE THE QUALITY OF THOSE CARDS SO THAT THEY CAN BE USED, BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ON THE TRAIL THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITIZENS AND THE FACT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE TAKING THOSE. 
          THAT'S, UM, REALLY EXCITING TO HEAR THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR PRIORITIZING THAT. 
          ALSO, THE NON-SERVICE ALLEY MAINTENANCE FUND, Y'ALL MENTIONED THAT ALSO EXCITING BECAUSE I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO PUT THAT, UM, S C C R OUT, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE, MORE ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE PRIORITIZING THAT. 
          THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP A LOT ON THE TRAIL TOO, PARTICULARLY WHEN OTHER UTILITY COMPANIES, AND I MENTIONED THIS TO Y'ALL, UH, COME IN AND DO WORK. 
          HOW DO WE KNOW WHICH SERVICE NON-SERVICE ALLIES ARE GOING TO BE PRIORITIZED? SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT. 
          UM, AND THEN A C S I'VE HEARD SO MUCH IN PUBLIC COMMENT OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE THAT COME DAY IN AND DAY OUT AND HEAR AND TALK ABOUT THEIR STORIES. 
          I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER GRIZZO HAS SHARED A LOT ABOUT THIS, AND IT WAS AFFECTED US IN DISTRICT ONE TWO. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD REALLY LOUDLY WAS THAT WE NEED NIGHT AND WEEKEND SERVICE. 
          SO I'M HOPING THAT WITH THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR A C S, THAT THAT ACTUALLY DOES INCREASE. 
          AND I KNOW WE'VE MENTIONED A LOT OF FOLKS WILL COME OUT HERE AND TALK ABOUT THAT MOBILE VAN, AND I KNOW I'VE KIND OF GONE BACK AND FORTH WITH YOU, BUT MAYBE THERE'S A WAY SINCE WE'RE CONTRACTING THOSE FUNDS OUT TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, PARTICIPATE IN SOME KIND OF A WAY TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THAT HAS COME UP A LOT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOO. 
          AND THEN THE LAST THING, UM, I WILL HIGHLIGHT IS IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED A BUNCH, BUT AROUND HOMELESS SERVICES FOR OUR POLICE, UH, DEPARTMENT TO FOCUS ON, OR SORRY, UM, HOMELESS SERVICES AND ALSO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 
          THAT'S, UH, A HUGE ISSUE RIGHT NOW, AND WE'VE SEEN IT INCREASE DURING COVID. 
          SO THE MORE SUPPORT THAT WE CAN PUT IN FOR MENTAL HEALTH, I THINK THE BETTER OUR COMMUNITY'S GOING TO BE OVERALL. 
          AND THEN, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT. 
          SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT $2 MILLION IN BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT ADDED, AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE AND MCKEE REDREW GUYS PUT OUT A C C R EARLIER IN JULY ABOUT CREATING A FUND TO NIG TO MITIGATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING WE SAW REALLY, UM, HEAVILY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AS WE STARTED SOME OF OUR BOND PROJECTS. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO PUSH THAT WHEN WE DO START ALLOCATING THOSE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE A COMMITTEE MADE UP OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          I'VE ALREADY HAD A LIST OF PEOPLE VOLUNTEER IF YOU NEED IDEAS. 
          AND SO WE SHOULD PUT A COM A COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS. 
          BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES SOMETIMES WE, THAT WE HAVE AN ASPIRATION FOR HOW THESE FUNDS ARE GONNA BE USED AND THEN THEY DON'T, UH, GET ALLOCATED IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY, UM, HELPS THE FOLKS THAT ARE BEING HURT. 
          SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO JUMPING INTO THIS. 
          OH, LAST REQUEST. 
          UM, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE REALLY LIKE THIS BINDER. 
          IT'S, UH, CAN I HAVE A P D F OF IT BY ANY CHANCE? BECAUSE I JUST, UH, LIKE TO USE THINGS TECHNOLOGY WISE. 
          SO HOPE MAKING THAT REQUEST, . 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CORE COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE. 
          I JUST WANNA BEGIN BY, AS EVERYBODY HAS THANKING ALL THE CITY STAFF FOR THEIR EXCELLENT WORK ON THIS. 
          UM, I ECHO MY, MY COLLEAGUE IN DISTRICT EIGHT, I, I WOULD WANT NO PART OF, UH,  PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER, BUT IT'S MY FIRST TIME THROUGH THIS. 
          AND THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT'S IN HERE AND THE WORK Y'ALL HAVE DONE IS, UM, IS REMARKABLE. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, UM, MY CONCERN IS, ARE WE RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF, UH, OUR CONSTITUENTS? AND WHAT I'VE HEARD TODAY, UM, AND IN MY INITIAL GLANCE AT THAT IS THAT WE ARE, UH, WHAT I HEARD ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, IT WAS ALL ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          IT WAS ALL ABOUT CLEANING UP OUR STREETS. 
          IT WAS ABOUT DEALING WITH THE HOMELESS PROGRAM, UM, CERTAINLY THE ANIMAL ISSUE, UM, AS WELL. 
          AND SO IF WHEN WE GO THROUGH THIS BUDGET, UM, THOSE AREAS ARE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED, WHICH IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE, I MEAN, THAT'S GONNA MAKE ME HAPPY. 
          UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IS RESPONDING TO OUR, OUR RESIDENTS NEEDS, UM, STREETS, UH, OTHER, OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL, RIGHT? SO OFTEN IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE GOT THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS OUT THERE, UH, YET WE DON'T HAVE, UH, THE PERSON PERSONNEL OR THE MEANS TO ACTUALLY GO IN AND ENFORCE SOME OF THESE THINGS. 
          AND, UM, I'M HAPPY TO SEE WE'VE GOT SOME INCREASED MONEY IN HERE FOR, FOR, UH, FOR 3 1 1 CALLS AND, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT TO WHERE 
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WE CAN ACTUALLY RESPOND TO, UH, THE RESIDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR REFERENCING, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CORE, OUR, UH, CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION PROGRAM. 
          UM, I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN FIND A WAY TO GET SOME, SOME MONEY IN HERE AS WELL, UH, FOR THAT. 
          LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, GETTING ON THE NEXT, UH, UH, GOVERNANCE AGENDA AND, AND, UH, THAT, THAT C C R AND MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS. 
          AND, UH, IF WE NEED TO TAKE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND COME TO COUNCIL, UH, WE SHOULD CERTAINLY DO THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          UH, AND FINALLY, A QUESTION WAS ASKED HERE TODAY, YOU KNOW, UM, WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET THE MONEY, RIGHT? WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET THE MONEY TO DO SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO? UH, WELL, MY HUNCH IS, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S DOLLARS IN HERE THAT ARE ALLOCATED IN ONE PARTICULAR AREA THAT POTENTIALLY WE COULD REALLOCATE, UM, TO OTHER SPOTS I'M VERY INTERESTED IN, IN DOLLARS GOING DIRECTLY TO SOLVING CONSTITUENT PROBLEMS, UH, AS OPPOSED TO, UH, SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND THINGS I THINK THAT DON'T HAVE, UH, DEFINED METRICS, AND WE CAN NEVER REALLY FIGURE OUT IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE WORKING OR NOT. 
          SO PUTTING DOLLARS, UH, DIRECTLY INTO THE COMMUNITY TO RESPOND TO OUR RESIDENTS' NEEDS, UM, IS WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO ANALYZING THE BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU ALL AGAIN, UM, FOR THE WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK TO A COUPLE OF THINGS, HEARING THE CONVERSATION AND, AND THE DESIRE TO BRING MORE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, UH, INTO DISTRICT SEVEN, FIVE, AND ONE. 
          UH, I KNOW 'CAUSE OF THE PASSAGE OF THE 2022 BOND FIRE STATION, I BELIEVE NUMBER 10 IS GOING TO BE DECOMMISSIONED. 
          IT'S, UH, FIVE BLOCKS OUTSIDE OF DISTRICT FIVE, I BELIEVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN OR ONE. 
          UH, AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THOSE SERVICES TO THOSE THREE DISTRICTS AND KEEP A PUBLIC SPACE PUBLIC. 
          UM, SO JUST, UM, PUTTING THAT RECOMMENDATION OUT THERE THAT THERE IS SPACE TO BRING THOSE SERVICES. 
          UH, OF COURSE, ONCE, UM, THAT FIRE STATION IS DECOMMISSIONED, UM, I, I, I DID HEAR A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND, UM, PUBLIC EDUCATION AROUND FENTANYL AND OF COURSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          UH, AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR AN INCREASE IN OUR PRINTING AND BINDING, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF NEED FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN SO MANY AREAS. 
          AND PRINTING AND BINDING WOULD ALLOW OUR COUNCIL OFFICES TO DISPERSE THAT INFORMATION. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND EACH CITY DEPARTMENT UPON REQUESTS CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, RIGHT, DEPENDING ON THE DIVERSITY OF OUR DISTRICTS AND WHICH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WE'RE GOING TO, IT REQUIRES DIFFERENT IN INFORMATION. 
          SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF AND WOULD HOPE TO SEE. 
          UH, I, I DID HEAR SOMETHING THAT WAS A BIT CONCERNING, AND I REMEMBER, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO, OUR OFFICE WAS EXPERIENCING THAT WITH, UM, NOT HAVING A DEDICATED HOMELESS OUTREACH COORDINATOR. 
          CAN YOU SHARE WHAT THAT ISSUE IS? IS IT A ISSUE WITH HIRING? ARE WE NOT RETAINING INDIVIDUALS? UM, WHY, WHY ARE WE, WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO BE SPREAD THIN WITH THE, THE HOMELESS OUTREACH COORDINATORS AND HOW CAN WE BEST SUPPORT THEM? SO SPECIFICALLY, I CAN'T, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT STAFFING WISE, UH, ALL AROUND. 
          BUT THE IDEA IS THAT WE HAVE THOSE COORDINATORS IN EACH DISTRICT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WE DO HAVE TURNOVER MM-HMM. 
          , UM, AND, UH, WE TRY TO FILL THOSE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT I'LL GET AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF STAFFING AND PROVIDE THAT TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          A AND THAT'S A A BIT CONCERNING, RIGHT? AND I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF ANY INCREASE TO RETAIN THEM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A WIDE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS OF SOCIAL WORK HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, AND I KNOW A NUMBER OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UH, ARE, ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WORK, RIGHT. 
          BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP THEM I, I KNOW IS, UH, THE IMPORTANT KEY PIECE. 
          UM, AND LASTLY, AGAIN, I WANTED TO THANK CITY STAFF FOR ENSURING THAT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES. 
          I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE ENTRY WAGE HAS GONE FROM 1750 TO $18, UH, AND WE'RE TAKING STRIDES TO ENSURE THAT WE ADDRESS COMPRESSION. 
          UM, BUT DO WE KNOW HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO CLOSE THAT GAP THAT'S NECESSARY TO, TO CLOSE THAT, THAT GAP? WELL, WE'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE 29TH WHEN WE GO THROUGH EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? NO, THAT WAS THE QUESTION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IS, IS FOR OUR STEP PAY PLAN EMPLOYEES, UM, THAT ARE THE MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, IS START TO, TO MOVE OUT BASED ON TENURE WITH THE CITY. 
          UM, FIVE 10, IF YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY BETWEEN FIVE TO NINE YEARS MM-HMM. 
           TO MOVE THAT GROUP, AND THEN 10 AND OVER YEARS BASED ON TENURE, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE ADDITIONAL WORK IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN COURAGE HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST ABOUT HAVING SOME CERTAINTY, BUT THIS IS A BIG SHIFT FOR US AND MUCH NEEDED ON THE PER, ON THE, ON THE PERFORMANCE PAY, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE PERFORMANCE PAY BUDGETED, BUT ON THE KIND OF THE, THE PROFESSIONAL SIDE OF, OF, UH, STAFFING FOR CIVILIAN, THAT'S GONNA BE MORE BASED. 
          THAT IS ALL GONNA BE BASED ON RELEVANT EXPERIENCE. 
          OKAY. 
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AND SO NEXT YEAR IS A BIG STEP. 
          OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON THE STEP PAY PLAN EMPLOYEES ON PROPOSING, IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE US TWO YEARS TO DO ALL THE PROFESSIONALS. 
          UM, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A WORK IN, IN, UH, IN MOTION. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE PRIORITIZING THE POSITIONS WHERE WE HAVE, UM, THE MOST, THE HIGHEST VACANCY RATE AND THE MOST TURNED DOWN OF JOB OFFERS. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND WE, WE SEE THAT, UH, ELECTRICIANS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE SEE THAT. 
          SO WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT THERE AND PRIORITIZE THAT. 
          UM, BUT, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL BE PREPARED TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AT THE COMPENSATION CONVERSATION. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I'M GOING TO BITE MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, I, I JUST WANT TO BE FOR REAL, THAT PATROLS ARE NOT STOPPING THE SHOOTINGS. 
          THEY AREN'T STOPPING THE MURDERS. 
          THEY AREN'T REDUCING INSTANCES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
          THEY AREN'T REDUCING THE NUMBER OF WEAPONS ON THE STREETS. 
          PATROLS AREN'T REDUCING CRIME. 
          AND ACUTE LITTLE OUTDOOR FITNESS CENTER DOES NONE OF THE ABOVE. 
          SO I HOPE THAT WE EXPLORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR UNIVERSITIES TO MEET FITNESS NEEDS AS COUNCILMAN CASTILLO HAD RECOMMENDED AND REVISIT THE OUTDOOR FITNESS CENTER IN THE NEXT BOND, AS WE ASK OF MANY OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO SERVE IN CRUMBLING FACILITIES AND DILAPIDATED PARKS, IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE TO PLACE THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF OUR SYSTEM OF PUBLIC SAFETY ON SS A P D. 
          AND TO ACT LIKE ANYONE ASKING FOR A MORE COORDINATED EFFORT IS SOMEHOW LESS INTERESTED IN THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY IS UNBECOMING. 
          IT TAKES MUCH MORE THAN THAT. 
          AND THAT'S THE POINT OF SUPPORTING. 
          SO SOCIAL SERVICES, ACCESS TO RESOURCES FOR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS AND INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS, AND TO LEAVE THAT PART OUT OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN IS SHORTSIGHTED AND IRRESPONSIBLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I HEAR, UM, THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SUPPORT IN SUPPORTING AND EXPLORING IN OUR DISCUSSION, UH, SUCH AS COUNCILMAN CASTILLO'S REQUEST FOR, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS SUPPORT FOR HOMESTEAD ASSISTANCE, UH, HOMESTEAD ASSISTANCE SUPPORT HUB. 
          UM, IS THAT ACCURATE? UM, AS WELL, THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS FUND FOR OUR PUBLIC HOUSING, WE GET SO MANY CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS. 
          I CAN'T EVERY SINGLE, UH, OPPORTUNITY HOME PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE, I HAVE COUNTLESS RESIDENTS WHO ARE CALLING, WHO ARE ASKING FOR HELP. 
          AND THERE'S BEEN, AS OF YET VERY LITTLE THAT IT FEELS WE CAN DO. 
          UM, AS WELL AS I DO WANNA MENTION, UH, DISTRICT SEVEN SAID SOMETHING EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, WHICH WAS, UH, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OUR STREET OUTREACH TEAM. 
          UM, I HAD BEEN ASKING FOR THAT FOR, UH, I WANNA SAY AT LEAST LAST BUDGET CYCLE. 
          I ASKED FOR IT. 
          AND I THINK THAT NEED IS STILL THERE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT, AND I HOPE WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          UM, ALSO WHAT I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION IS RELATED TO EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION BENEFITS, PARTICULARLY REGARDING, UH, COMPRESSION. 
          AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE TO CLOSE THE GAP AND COMPLETELY REPAIR THE WAGE COMPRESSION ISSUE. 
          WE'LL BE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          UM, I THINK I'LL JUST WRAP UP AND MAKE JUST A FEW COMMENTS. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO OUR ENTIRE, UH, CITY STAFF, UH, BUDGET OFFICE, AND ALL THE FOLKS HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS ON THIS BUDGET. 
          UH, I DO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES, UH, WHO HAVE SAID IT'S, UM, IT'S COMPREHENSIVE. 
          IT'S RESPONSIVE TO, UH, THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITIES FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          UH, IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THIS IS THE SEVENTH BUDGET, UH, IN A ROW NOW THAT, UH, UTILIZES AN EQUITY FRAMEWORK. 
          AND OF COURSE, THAT FRAMEWORK HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          BUT AS WE KNOW, UH, THE CONDITIONS OF DISPARITY THAT HAVE EXISTED IN OUR CITY, UH, HAVE TAKEN A LONG TIME TO DEVELOP AND HAVE DEVELOPED CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE GENERATIONAL IN NATURE AND ARE GONNA REQUIRE GENERATIONAL COMMITMENT, UH, TO FIXING. 
          AND SO THE EQUITY COMMITMENT AND THE CONSISTENCY TO THAT APPROACH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          AND I'M GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, WHO HAVE, UH, CONTINUED WITH THAT EFFORT OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. 
          UH, I DO ALSO WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, ON THE EFFORTS TO DO OUR PART ON TAX RELIEF. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING AN ACTION HERE JUST MOMENTARILY ON THE RATE, BUT IT IS SIGNIFICANT. 
          WE HAVE LIMITED TOOLS TO TARGET TAX RELIEF. 
          WE ARE INCREASING THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 
          UH, WE ARE KEEPING THE DISABLED AND SENIOR EXEMPTIONS AT THEIR, AT THEIR LIMIT, UH, FROM LAST YEAR. 
          UH, AND OF COURSE, WE'RE DOING, UH, WHAT WE CAN TO REDUCE, UH, OR, UH, SLOW DOWN THE INCREASE IN FEES. 
          UM, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO FOR HER INNOVATIVE, UH, PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE VOLUNTEER WORK FROM OUR SENIORS WHO ARE ALREADY OUT THERE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND NOW WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT THROUGH SOME ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF, UH, THROUGH THE SAVE PROGRAM. 
          SO PLEASED WITH THE STAFF BEING ABLE TO ADD THAT TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          UM, I'D ALSO SAY THERE'S, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY, UH, A BIG DISCUSSION ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          UH, AND UP HERE ON THE DAIS, IT IS 
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JOB NUMBER ONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UH, FOR OUR CITY. 
          UH, AND OF COURSE IT IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF OUR CITY BUDGET. 
          UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I AGREE, UH, WITH A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE SAID. 
          NUMBER ONE BEING THAT THIS HAS TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          UM, I, UH, AM SUPPORTIVE AND AGREE WITH THE MEASURED, UH, AND RESPONSIVE ADDITION OF THE PATROL OFFICERS, UH, WHICH IS ONE PART OF A LARGER EFFORT. 
          UH, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, IN ANIMAL CARE, IN SIDEWALKS, UM, IN, UH, ECONOMIC MOBILITY, IN THE RESILIENCY FUNDS, THOSE ARE ALL ELEMENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL. 
          UH, KEEPING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE, UH, REQUIRES A COMMITMENT TO EQUITABLE, UH, INVESTMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING MORE RESILIENT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND TOWN, ET CETERA. 
          SO A, A MORE BROAD VIEW OF HOW WE ARE CONSIDERING OUR ROLE IN PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK IS WARRANTED. 
          UM, LASTLY ERIC, THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE MONTH, UM, SO MUCH OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC ISSUES. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, RELATED TO, UH, HOW WE, UH, FEEL SAFE, SECURE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO HAVE A CITY WHERE PEOPLE HAVE OPPORTUNITY AND, AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF SERVICES THAT, UH, DIRECTLY ADDRESS CONSTITUENT NEEDS, WHETHER IT'S HOUSING, WHETHER IT'S JOB TRAINING, UH, WHETHER IT'S HEALTH. 
          AND, AND I FAILED TO NOTE THAT I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON BOTH HOUSING AND OUR HEALTH STRATEGIC PLANS. 
          UH, BUT SPECIFICALLY CONNECTING FOLKS TO THOSE SERVICES HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE. 
          UH, I CONTINUE TO RUN INTO PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WHO JUST AREN'T AWARE THAT WE'RE IN THESE CERTAIN AREAS THAT CAN BE A DIRECT BENEFIT TO THEM. 
          AND SO I KNOW OVER TIME, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL BURDEN TO WHAT, UH, A 3 1 1 DISPATCHER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT. 
          AND THAT IS THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE, MAKING SURE THAT OUR 3 1 1 OPERATORS ARE SUPPORTED, UH, AND KNOW THAT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED DIFFERENT CONNECTIONS THEY CAN MAKE FOR A CONSTITUENT TO A SERVICE THAT WILL FULFILL A NEED. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT DEPARTMENT. 
          ARE WE AT ADEQUATE LEVELS? UM, ARE, ARE WE SEEING OUR, OUR, ALL OF OUR CARLS RESPONDED TO, AND ARE WE SEEING SOME RETENTION OF THE 3 1 1 DISPATCHERS? 'CAUSE IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB. 
          YOU'VE GOTTA KNOW JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY TO, IN ORDER TO DO THAT. 
          WELL, AND PAULA, YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          SO IF WE COULD HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT DISPATCH, NOT JUST ON 3 1 1, BUT ALSO I'M INTERESTED IN HOW WE'RE RESPONDING TO, UM, OUR, OUR, UM, OUR CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN 9 1 1 AS WELL, ESPECIALLY AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SA CORE AND, AND JUST RESPONSE TIME OVERALL. 
          SO IF WE CAN WEAVE THAT INTO THE NEXT, UH, DEPARTMENT MEETINGS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, I, I THINK THIS IS A VERY STRONG BUDGET. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET INTO MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK OF THE CITY, WHICH, UH, HAS IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY WHERE FROM WHERE WE'VE BEEN FIVE YEARS AGO. 
          AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY STAFF AND, AND EVERYBODY HAS POURED THEIR TIME INTO THIS BUDGET. 
          WE'RE JUST AT THE BEGINNING, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF DEBATE AND DISCUSSION. 
          UH, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM GOOD TO GREAT. 
          AND THAT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR US TO BE IN TERMS OF, UM, OUR CITY BUDGET. 
          SO WITH THAT, THIS IS JUST A, A BRIEFING. 
          UH, WE WILL MOVE 
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FORWARD. 
          UH, AND I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ACTIONS WE'VE GOTTA TAKE ON ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE. 
          SO MADAME CLERK, IF YOU CAN JUST READ, UH, CAPTION FOR FOUR, AND THEN I'LL ASK FOR ACTION ON THAT. 
          MELISSA. 
          ACTION. 
          BEFORE YOU DO THAT, LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR CITY STAFF. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CLERK. 
          ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE SETTING. 
          THE CITY'S PROPOSED MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE AT 33.01 CENTS PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUATION. 
          AND THE CITY'S PROPOSED DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE AT 21.15 CENTS PER $100, $100 OF TAXABLE VALUATION. 
          AS RECOMMENDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET, THERE IS NO INCREASE IN THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX RATE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, WE HEARD THE PRESENTATION, UH, WE KNOW THE ACTION, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR. 
          SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION, UH, FROM ROCHA GARCIA, SECOND FROM COURAGE. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM FOUR? OKAY. 
          HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM FIVE. 
          ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE SETTING THE DATE, TIME, AND 
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PLACE FOR TWO BUDGET PUBLIC HEARINGS AND TWO ADOR TAX RATE PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION. 
          IS THERE A SECOND AND A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, I THINK WE HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT. 
          ITEM 
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17. 
          ITEM NUMBER 17 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING CONTRACTS WITH VO AND BIRD RIDES TO PROVIDE DOCKLESS VEHICLE SERVICES IN CITY RIGHT OF WAY FOR A TWO YEAR TERM, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 WITH A ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTION. 
          REVENUE GENERATED FROM THESE CONTRACTS WILL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. 
          ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 17, THEN WE'LL BEGIN DISCUSSION SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM 17. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          THANKS. 
          I, I PULLED THE ITEM JUST SO THAT I CAN PULL, I, I CAN VOTE NO ON IT. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE EVER ASKED ME FOR MORE CONS, UH, SCOOTERS. 
          IN FACT, ALMOST EVERY ONE OF 'EM WANTS ME TO VOTE, UH, TO MAKE SURE SCOOTERS DON'T APPEAR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          U T S A IS A PLACE WHERE WE'VE STILL SEEING SCOOTERS LEFT IN PEOPLE'S FRONT YARDS AND ALL THAT, AND IT'S JUST, UH, I DON'T THINK IT ADDS VALUE TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, THAT REQUIRES US TO CONTINUE, UM, HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE, WITH THESE COMPANIES. 
          UH, THAT'S ED. 
          MR. JACKS, YOU DO A GREAT JOB. 
          UH, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER . 
          COUNCIL MEMBER W YEAH, I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UM, ON THIS IF I CAN. 
          WE'RE NOT ENCOURAGING SIDEWALK RIDING, IS THAT RIGHT? AND, AND, AND WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON IN THE STREETS, IS THAT OF ANY CONCERN? SURE. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN JOHN JACKS WITH CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT. 
          OUR, OUR CURRENT CURRENT ORDINANCE ACTUALLY PROHIBITS SIDEWALK RIDING, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN, UM, WORKING ON AND CONCENTRATING ON, UH, THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH THIS PARTICULAR, UM, CONTRACTS, BOTH COMPANIES THAT WERE AWARDING THE CONTRACTS TO, UM, HAVE, UM, IMPLEMENTED SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY AND SOME NEW ADVANCEMENTS THAT WILL HELP MITIGATE THAT. 
          UM, WE PROBABLY WILL STILL SEE THAT OCCURRING ON OCCASION. 
          UM, BUT AS PART OF THIS CONTRACT, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT, UM, SOME TECHNOLOGY WITH GEO-FENCING THAT WOULD PREVENT SIDEWALK RIDING. 
          UM, AND WE DO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN WE HAVE, UH, EVENTS OR CONSTRUCTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN AN AREA, UM, TO WORK WITH THE COMPANIES TO TRY TO, UH, IF WE HAVE TO, TO GO IN AND GEO-FENCE THOSE AREAS AS WELL SO THAT THE, THE VEHICLES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER OR BE PARKED IN THAT AREA TOO. 
          AND IS IT, IS THIS SOMETHING WE'VE LOOKED AT WITH OTHER CITIES THAT, THAT HAVE THESE SCOOTERS? WE HAVE. 
          WE, WE OFTEN LOOK AT OTHER CITIES TO SEE WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCES ARE, LOOKING AT THEIR ORDINANCES. 
          UM, SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS SIDEWALK RIDING, UM, THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN OTHER CITIES, UH, SAN DIEGO FOR EXAMPLE. 
          AND SO THE, SO THOSE ARE CITIES WE LOOKED AT TO SEE IS IT WORKING IN THAT PARTICULAR CITY. 
          IF WE KNOW WHAT'S WORKING THERE, THEN WE CAN IMPLEMENT IT HERE TOO. 
          DID, DID YOU, UH, SORRY, I DIDN'T, DID YOU SAY SAN DIEGO? SAN SAN DIEGO IS ONE OF THE CITIES? YES. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IN, IN SAN DIEGO, UM, WELL LET'S START HERE. 
          WE GOT A THREE MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT HERE. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? SO, SO THE, THE SPEED LIMIT IS 15 MILES. 
          THE, THE VEHICLES HAVE A GOVERNOR THAT, THAT HAS A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 15 MILES PER HOUR. 
          WHEN THE, WHEN THE SCOOTERS ENTER A SIDEWALK OR AN AREA THAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE RIDDEN IN, THE VEHICLES WILL SLOW DOWN TO THREE MILES PER HOUR. 
          THAT'S TO PREVENT THEM FROM STOPPING IMMEDIATELY, CAUSING SOMEONE TO BASICALLY GO OVER THE HANDLEBARS SO THEY CAN GO FASTER ON THE STREET AND THEN THEY'RE DOWN TO THREE ON THE SIDEWALK ON A SIDEWALK OR ANY AREA THAT WHERE WE PROHIBIT THEM. 
          LIKE, UH, A PARK OR A PLAZA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YES. 
          AND THE SPEED LIMIT IS 15 ON THE STREET. 
          THE, THE MAXIMUM, UH, THAT THE VEHICLES WILL GO IS 15 MILES PER HOUR. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE THREE MILES AN HOUR, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT LIKE WALKING SPEED? IT, IT IS. 
          SO BASICALLY, BASICALLY IT SLOWS DOWN TO THE SPEED WHERE IT'S NOT CONVENIENT TO RIDE ANYMORE. 
          IT'S ALMOST WALKING. 
          WE DON'T WANT IT TO COMPLETELY STOP 'CAUSE THAT COULD BE A SAFETY CONCERN FOR THE PERSON RIDING IT, BUT BASICALLY THEY'LL HAVE TO GET OFF AND WALK IT BACK INTO AN AREA THAT THEY CAN RIDE. 
          SO IN SAN DIEGO, IS THAT THE, THE SAME, SAME POLICY? UH, SAN DIEGO HAS, SAN DIEGO HAS SIMILAR, UM, TECHNOLOGY, AT LEAST TO IDENTIFY THE, THE VEHICLES ARE SIMILAR AND THEY HAVE SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY IN THE VEHICLE THAT HELPS TO PREVENT SIDEWALK RIDING. 
          UM, AS FAR AS THE MILE PER HOUR, I'D HAVE TO CHECK. 
          I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE, UH, REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT TO, OR THE, OR THE VEHICLE SPEED TO. 
          OKAY. 
          [03:25:01]
THANK YOU. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN CORE. 
          JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU ALL ON YOUR WORK FOR THIS. 
          THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT REALLY AFFECTS DISTRICT ONE A LOT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE DOWNTOWN AND WE, THAT ACTIVATE SA ALSO SUPPORTS MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION. 
          WE KNOW WE NEED THAT, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND HOW TO GET PEOPLE FROM POINT A, FROM POINT TO POINT B IN OUR URBAN SETTINGS QUICKER. 
          SO JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU ON THAT. 
          EXCITED TO SEE THE DATA THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BE TRACKING IN TERMS OF WHERE IT'S BEING USED AND HOW IT'S BEING USED. 
          SO THAT'S AN AMAZING PART OF THE, UM, PROGRAM RIGHT NOW THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THE GEOFENCING AS WELL. 
          I, I, I USE SCOOTERS ALL THE TIME AND THEY WORK REALLY WELL, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COR, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU JOHN. 
          UH, I HAVE ONE QUESTION. 
          I'M LOOKING AT THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE PRIORITIES INCLUDE RIDER SAFETY, EDUCATION AND USER BEHAVIOR. 
          UM, WERE YOU ALL ABLE TO TRACK, UH, IF, HOW MANY, IF ANY, TIMES 9 1 1 WAS CALLED BECAUSE SOMEONE, UH, FELL AND THEY WERE INJURED? WE DO. 
          SO THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY COLLECTS THAT DATA, SO IT WOULD BE ANYTIME THAT THEY ARE CONTACTED FOR SERVICES. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE MAY FALL, HAVE AN ACCIDENT AND NOT NEED SERVICES. 
          SO WE WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT YES, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, COLLECTS THAT DATA FOR US AND, AND PROVIDES THAT FOR US. 
          CAN YOU SHARE THAT E M S DATA WITH MY OFFICE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          'CAUSE I, I, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE, THE, THE SAFETY COMPONENT. 
          I HEAR FROM SO MANY CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE BROKEN BONES AND CONCUSSIONS, UM, FROM FALLING OFF THE SCOOTERS AND JUST WANNA TRACK HOW MANY FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OR VISITORS, UH, SO IN GENERAL WRITE THOSE E S M E M S NUMBERS, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. 
          SURE. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU JOHN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 17? COUNCIL MEMBER A VITO? YEAH. 
          UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THIS WORK AND I WILL JUST ECHO, UM, COUNCILMAN CO'S COMMENTS ON GEO-FENCING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. 
          I THINK SCOOTERS ARE GREAT. 
          THEY BELONG, UM, WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO GO TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B, BUT I THINK GEO-FENCING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT SO THAT WAY THESE SCOOTERS ARE NOT ON THE SIDEWALK, UH, WHERE LITTLE KIDS OFTEN ARE GOING TO THE PARKS AND STUFF. 
          SO THE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT SOME MORE GEOFENCING SO THAT SCOOTERS STAY OFF THE SIDEWALKS, I'D BE IN SUPPORTIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMEMBER ALTE VETO. 
          ANY DISCUSSION FURTHER? HEARING NONE. 
          THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, PLEASE VOTE. 
          OCEAN CARRIES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT'S, UH, IT FOR OUR AGENDA. 
          ERIC CITY MANAGER'S 
          [City Manager's Report
 ]
REPORT ONE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, UM, UH, MAYOR, UH, SPOTLIGHT VIDEO ON AN AIRPORT EMPLOYEE BY THE NAME OF AMANDA SIMMONS. 
          AMANDA IS ONE OF OUR 40 INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK IN OUR AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND WHILE WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE AIRPORT, UM, AND, AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT GOING FORWARD AS WELL. 
          UM, SHE'S AN IMPORTANT PART AND THAT DIVISION IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF MAKING SURE THAT THE AIRPORT STILL OPERATES IN A SAFE MANNER. 
          UM, UH, 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 
          SO LET'S ROLL THE VIDEO. 
          EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON AIRCRAFT SCHEDULES, CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO PLAN THAT OUT BETWEEN THE TEAM WHO'S, UM, HELPING OUT WITH WHAT. 
          UM, OUR TEAM DOES DAILY INSPECTIONS OF THE AIRFIELD, UM, DURING THE DAYTIME AND THE NIGHTTIME. 
          WE DO PERIMETER CHECKS AROUND THE FIELD AS WELL. 
          MY JOB IS TO ASSIST WITH THAT AND THEN AS WELL AS HANDLE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 
          I KNOW THAT OUR JOB IS IMPORTANT TO THE SAFETY OF THE TRAVELS OF PEOPLE AND SO COMING IN AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          YOU ARE THREE AT WEST RAMP REQUESTING TAXIWAY. 
          I HAVE WORKED AT THE AIRPORT FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS NOW, FIVE OF THAT WITH THE CITY. 
          ONE OF OUR JOBS IS TO ENSURE THAT WHEN LARGE AIRCRAFT ARRIVE, WE MAKE SURE THAT THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAYS ARE SAFE FOR THE AIRCRAFT OPERATING AFTER THEM. 
          SO BEING ABLE TO DO A RUNWAY INSPECTION AFTER A 7, 7, 7 IS ONE OF THE MOST AWESOME THINGS THAT YOU'LL EVER GET TO SEE. 
          THIS JOB SPECIFICALLY ALLOWS ME TO COME IN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE A SAFE AIRPORT FOR PEOPLE TO TRAVEL IN AND OUT OF, AND THAT IS SUPER REWARDING. 
          [03:30:03]
THAT'S IT, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, NO EXEC TODAY. 
          TIME IS 12:35 PM ON AUGUST 10TH, 2023. 
          AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          HAVE A GREAT DAY. 
          .
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