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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WOULD YOU PLEASE BE SEATED? THANK YOU. 
          WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 21ST, 2019. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HALL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SALANA IS ON IT. 
          THERE HE IS. 
          YEP. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR NURENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 9:14 AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE THIS MORNING. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, EVERYONE TO, UM, HELP US OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AS WE BEGIN TODAY TO RECOGNIZE, UH, A DEAR MEMBER OF OUR CITY FAMILY WHO HAS LOST TRAGICALLY YESTERDAY, OMEGA MCKINNON. 
          SO LET'S PLEASE, UH, OFFER HER AND HER FAMILY A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          TO BEGIN TODAY, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR. 
          REVEREND ERIC VO STARTED AS THE SENIOR PASTOR OF TRAVIS PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN JULY, 2017. 
          PRIOR TO HIS APPOINTMENT, HE WAS THE FOUNDING PASTOR OF SERVANT CHURCH AND NEW UNITED METHODIST CONGREGATION IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          HE ALSO SERVED IN CAMPUS MINISTRY AT UT AUSTIN IN TEXAS TECH. 
          ERIC GRADUATED FROM HARVARD COLLEGE AND MET HIS WIFE, REVEREND VALERIE NAGEL VOTE DURING SEMINARY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY DIVINITY SCHOOL. 
          VALERIE SERVES AT TRAVIS PARK AND IN CAMPUS MINISTRY AT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE. 
          THEY'RE HAVING FUN RAISING TWO BOYS, CALEB, AGE SEVEN, AND JACOB AGE THREE, AND THEY LIVE IN TARRELL HEIGHTS IN DISTRICT 10. 
          ERIC LOVES LIVE MUSIC, GOOD COFFEE AND MEDITATING MEDIATING CONTESTS BETWEEN AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO TACOS. 
          ERIC ENJOYED HIS FIRST FIESTA LAST YEAR AT GAINING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SAN ANTONIAN, AND HE IS REFLECTED ON HIS NEW INSIGHTS WITH SERMONS ON THE POLITICS OF PARADES AND THE THEOLOGY OF JUNTO MUSIC. 
          AND I HAVE TO SAY, PASTOR VOTE, YOU ARE TRUE INSPIRATION TO US AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY, UH, NOT JUST HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AT REVEREND VOTE. 
          BE MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LET US PRAY. 
          HOLY AND ALL, LOVING GOD. 
          BEFORE WE BEGIN TODAY'S WORK, WE PAUSE TO GIVE YOU THANKS. 
          YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF LIFE AND LOVE, HOPE AND PEACE. 
          AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE FRESH START AND POSSIBILITY OF THIS NEW DAY WITH THE PSALMIST IN PSALM 72. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE OUR LEADERS YOUR JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. 
          WE PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THEM WITH WISDOM AND COURAGE SO THAT THE PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THE PEACE AND PROVISION AND FREEDOM YOU WANT FOR ALL PEOPLE. 
          WE KNOW THE CHARACTER OF OUR CITY IS THE CUMULATIVE EFFORT AND DECISIONS OF NOT ONLY THESE LEADERS, BUT MANY CITY EMPLOYEES, COMMUNITY LEADERS, FOLKS SIMPLY LIVING AS GOOD NEIGHBORS ONE DAY AT A TIME IN THE PLACES YOU HAVE GIVEN EACH OF US POWER AND INFLUENCE. 
          HELP US TO USE IT ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO ARE HURTING, VULNERABLE AND IN NEED. 
          WHERE YOU HAVE GIVEN US VOICE. 
          HELP US TO LISTEN, THEN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO ARE RARELY HEARD. 
          WE PRAY FOR ALL THE COMMUNITIES WE REPRESENT, AND I LIFT UP THESE PARTICULAR COMMUNITIES THAT YOU'VE PUT IN MY HEART AND PATH AS WE SEEK TO MAKE THIS A PLACE WE CALL HOME SAN ANTONIO AND WHERE ALL PEOPLE CAN FEEL THEY BELONG. 
          WE PRAY FOR NEW RESIDENTS AND MIGRANTS OF ALL KINDS, THAT THEY WOULD EXPERIENCE YOUR HOSPITALITY IN OUR CITY. 
          WE PRAY FOR FOLKS ON THE STREET WITHOUT A PLACE TO SLEEP OR SHOWER OR EVEN USE THE RESTROOM THAT YOU WOULD GIVE PEOPLE, NOT JUST A ROOF AND A JOB, BUT A COMMUNITY OF CARE WHO THEY CAN CALL HOME. 
          WE PRAY FOR OUR L G B T Q COMMUNITY LAMENTING 
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THE WAYS THEY'VE BEEN HURT AND MARGINALIZED EVEN BY MY OWN FAITH COMMUNITY. 
          WE PRAY FOR REAL REPENTANCE, NOT JUST IN WORDS, BUT IN ACTION FOR CHANGE. 
          AND IN THAT SPIRIT, GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BREAK CYCLES OF MISTRUST, HATE, AND VIOLENCE, BUILD BRIDGES ACROSS ALL BORDERS OF DIFFERENCE THAT WOULD HAVE A SEP SEPARATE INTO US AND THEM. 
          WE PRAY FOR SURVIVORS AND ALL WHO ARE GRIEVING AS WELL AS FOR PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE. 
          AND IN THE WAKE OF YET ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING AND HOUSES OF WORSHIP. 
          WE PRAY ESPECIALLY FOR THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY, THAT WE WOULD CREATE A PLACE WHERE ALL CAN SEEK AND LOVE YOU FREELY AND SAFETY, AND WE WOULD CONDEMN AND TURN FROM ALL VIOLENCE, ESPECIALLY THE CYCLES OF HARM THAT PEOPLE FALSELY PERPETUATE IN YOUR NAME. 
          IT'S BECAUSE YOUR NAME IS GREAT AND YOUR WAYS ARE FULL OF FLOURISHING FOR ALL PEOPLE TOGETHER, THAT WE LIFT UP THIS MEETING, THIS COUNCIL AND OUR CITY TO YOU IN THAT HOLY AND POWERFUL NAME WE PRAY. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          SUPPLY UNITED STATES AMERICA, REPUBLIC, MICHIGAN. 
          THANK YOU REVEREND VOTE. 
          ALRIGHT, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 13TH AND 14TH. 
          SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 13 AND 14. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          NEXT UP, COUNCIL MEMBER ART HALL WILL BE SWORN IN AS MAYOR PRO TEM, SERVING THE TERM OF MARCH 22ND THROUGH MARCH TO MAY 31ST. 
          AND IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO SWEAR YOU IN AGAIN AS I SWORE YOU IN BACK IN 2004. 
          SO PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. 
          I STATE YOUR NAME, I ART HALL. 
          DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF, OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. 
          THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LOSS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          AND OF THIS STATE. 
          AND OF THIS STATE. 
          SO HELP ME GOD. 
          SO HELP ME GOD. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN, UH, VERY INSTRUMENTAL, UH, BUT ALWAYS BEHIND THE SCENES IN OUR CITY FOR THE LAST THREE DECADES. 
          AND THAT IS ALBERT CASTILLO. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE OFFICER ALBERT CASTILLO, WHO WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE END OF MARCH AFTER A VERY IMPRESSIVE 33 YEAR CAREER. 
          ALBERT, WHERE ARE YOU? I'M OFFICER CASTILLO, GRADUATED FROM THE POLICE ACADEMY IN JANUARY, 1986. 
          HE TRANSFERRED TO HIS CURRENT POSITION OF EXECUTIVE PROTECTION OFFICER TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN APRIL OF 1994. 
          AND AFTER THAT, HE WAS RECOMMENDED FOR THE POSITION BY THE RETIRING EXECUTIVE PROTECTION OFFICER, MAYOR HENRY CISNEROS. 
          ALBERT SERVED AS A EXECUTIVE PROTECTION OFFICER FOR A TOTAL OF 10 SAN ANTONIO MAYORS, ALL OF WHOM ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR HIS SERVICE. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES HENRY CISNEROS, LILA COCKRELL, JUDGE NELSON WOLFE, BILL THORNTON, HOWARD PEAK, ED GARZA, PHIL HARDBERGER, JULIAN CASTRO, IVY TAYLOR, AND ME. 
          WITH THESE MAYORS, OFTEN IN A CORNER OR IN THE SHADOWS OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, ALBERT HAS PROBABLY SEEN, BEEN SEEN AT MORE GALAS, CIVIC LUNCHEONS AND COUNCIL MEETINGS THAN ANYONE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          EVERYONE KNOWS WHO ALBERT KNOWS. 
          EVERYONE WHO KNOWS ALBERT KNOWS THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST, HE IS A DEDICATED FAMILY MAN AND HE AND HIS WIFE, ANA PATRICIA, WHO IS HERE TODAY, HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS. 
          THEY'RE THE PROUD PAR PARENTS OF THREE AND GROWN DAUGHTERS, JACQUELINE, LILLIAN, AND ASHLEY, AND FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, LEVI, RYAN, DANIELLA, MOSES, AND HADASSAH, SOME OF WHOM ARE WITH US TODAY. 
          AND I'D ASK YOU, UH, TO 
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PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN ALSO RECOGNIZE YOU AND THANK YOU. 
          AND ALSO A CI PART OF THE CITY FAMILY AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          I HEAR OH, YES. 
          ALBERT IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF HIS CHURCH, FIRST MEXICAN FUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST, AND I BELIEVE THAT HIS PASTOR IS ALSO PRESENT TODAY. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PRAYERS. 
          PASTOR ALBERT SAYS THAT HIS RETIREMENT PLANS ARE TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS WIFE, LONG OVERDUE, TAKE IT, TAKE CARE OF HIS GRANDCHILDREN, TRAVEL GARDEN, AND TACKLE SOME HOUSE PROJECTS. 
          ALBERT, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, MY, MYSELF, ALL OF OUR PREDECESSORS, OUR CITY COUNCIL, I WISH YOU A WELL-DESERVED, WONDERFUL RETIREMENT. 
          YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE MISSED. 
          THANK YOU, ALBERT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK MY LORD JESUS CHRIST, FOR ME, BEING ABLE TO BE HERE AND SERVE Y'ALL. 
          UH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE, UH, AND AN HONOR FOR ME TO SERVE EVERY ONE OF THESE MAYORS, ESPECIALLY THEM, BUT ALSO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THAT, UH, I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW CITY MANAGER AND OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, WHICH IS ERIC. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          AND OF COURSE, OUR POLICE CHIEF. 
          UH, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE. 
          ALL OUR POLICE CHIEFS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF, OF WHAT I DO HERE. 
          SO I THANK, UH, EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL FOR THIS LITTLE, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 
          UH, IT'S GREAT. 
          IT'S GREAT. 
          IT'S BEEN A GOOD, GOOD 25 YEARS OF, OR 33 YEARS ACTUALLY ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, IT'S BEEN A GREAT TIME FOR ME, THANK YOU'ALL. 
          BUT MOST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK MY WIFE FOR BEING HERE. 
          SHE'S BEEN, UH, VERY SUPPORTIVE AND, UH,  WAITING FOR ME TO RETIRE. 
          SO, UH, I I, I FEEL FOR HER. 
          BUT, UH, SHE'S BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ME, UH, ALL THESE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE IN THE MARRIAGE OFFICE. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          AND OF COURSE, I GOTTA ACKNOWLEDGE MY DAD. 
          MY DAD'S HERE WITH ME. 
          HIS BIRTHDAY WAS, UH, ST. 
          PATRICK'S DAY, TURNED 88. 
          UH, ALSO A VERY ACTIVE CHURCH MEMBER. 
          UH, HE'S ACTUALLY MY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND GETS AFTER ME EVERY, EVERY SUNDAY, SO I CAN'T GET AWAY FROM HIM AT ALL. 
          SO, BUT THANK Y'ALL AND ONCE MORE, THANK Y'ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. 
          AND, UH, WHO ELSE IS HERE? FRED CISNEROS, MY OTHER, UH, PARTNER IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR 13 YEARS. 
          UH, WE WORK TOGETHER WITH OTHER MAYORS, UH, FRED'S HERE SOMEWHERE. 
          THERE HE IS. 
          UH, AND, UH, OF COURSE MY SON-IN-LAWS ARE ALL HERE, UH, SAMMY, WHERE SAMMY AGUILAR, SAMMY, UH, REUBEN OVER THERE, AND GILBERT TOVAR. 
          UH, AND WILLIAM COULDN'T MAKE IT, BUT, UH, THEY'RE ALL HERE. 
          UH, AND I WANT TO THANK THEM. 
          UH, EVEN MY, MY, UH, MY NEPHEW WHO'S ALSO ALL POLICE OFFICERS ON THE DEPARTMENT THAT AARON SSES ALSO, UH, GREAT, GREAT FAMILY. 
          AND MY SISTER WHO'S, WHO WAS ABLE TO BRING MY DAD OVER TO THIS MORNING. 
          BUT THANK Y'ALL AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE SOME, UH, COUNCILMEN MEMBERS THAT WANNA MAKE SOME COMMENTS. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          ALBERT, YOU KNOW, I, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU BEFORE, BUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, UH, I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU AND, AND, AND THIS IS A PROUD MOMENT. 
          IT'S A PROUD MOMENT ANYTIME YOU RETIRE FROM ANY, ANY OCCUPATION, BUT ESPECIALLY YOU, I MEAN, LONG HOURS, LONG DAYS, LONG NIGHTS, YOU KNOW, AND GOING TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS, UH, WOW. 
          THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. 
          AND, AND THE SUPPORT AND SECURITY THAT YOU PROVIDED ALL THOSE YEARS TO ALL THESE MAYORS. 
          AND, AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOUR, UH, DEDICATION AND DUTY, UH, TO PERFORM. 
          AND, AND WHAT A, WHAT AN OUTSTANDING THING. 
          I, I, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I SIT ON THE FIRE AND POLICE PENSION FUND, AND WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE. 
          YES. 
          YOU KNOW, IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND, I CAN ALWAYS REDLINE YOU FROM THAT LIST OF, UH, RETIREES. 
          SO, UH, JUST LET ME KNOW. 
          ALBERT, THANK, THANK YOU. 
          BUT IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND WORK WITH YOU. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          AND NOW THE MAYOR'S GONNA PRESENT LITTLE PROCLAMATION TWO, THREE. 
          THANKS SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS THAT IT? THAT'S IT. 
          ALBERT, HANG ON A 
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SECOND. 
          SO, UH, COUNCILMAN SALANI? THANK YOU, MAYOR ALBERT, YOU ARE A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR, MY FRIEND AMIGO. 
          YOU, UH, I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU INTRODUCE YOUR FATHER BY HIS NAME. 
          I DIDN'T CATCH HIS NAME. 
          CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOUR FATHER? HIS NAME IS NARIO CASTILLO. 
          NARIO CASTILLO, YES. 
          MR. CASTILLO, YOU HAVE RAISED A WONDERFUL SON THAT EVERY LEADER OR PERSON THAT CALLS HIMSELF POWERFUL IN THE CITY HAS HAD TO WALK BEHIND IN FRONT OF. 
          AND, UM, I WONDER, I, I KNOW THAT YOUR WIFE IS HERE TOO. 
          I'M JUST WONDERING, WITH AS MUCH EXPERIENCE AS YOU HAVE, UH, THERE'S NOBODY MORE QUALIFIED TO, TO BE, UH, RUNNING FOR MAYOR. 
          SO I HOPE YOU'RE, UH, PREPARING THAT CAMPAIGN FOR MAYOR ALBERT'S GOT ABOUT, UH, TWO DECADES WORTH OF, OF TALKING POINTS. 
           ALBERT, WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S, YOU'VE BEEN A STAPLE, A MAINSTAY AROUND CITY HALL, AND, UH, I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GONNA BE ON THE COUNCIL TO, A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK THOUGH THEY'D BE ABLE TO SEE YOU RETIRE, BUT HERE WE ARE. 
          UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON A WELL-SERVED CAREER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SALANA. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, TO THANK YOU, ALBERT. 
          UH, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN INCREDIBLY KIND AND UPBEAT, UH, WORKING IN YOUR ROLE, AND, UH, YOU'VE BEEN THERE, UH, AT, AT EVERY, UH, CELEBRATION, BUT ALSO EVERY CONTENTIOUS MEETING THAT WE'VE HAD. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SOMEBODY THAT, UH, WE'RE ALL ALWAYS GLAD TO SEE BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU AGAIN, YOU, YOU REALLY MAKE, UH, OUR CITY, UH, FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT, ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROTECTING US. 
          AND OF COURSE, YOU'RE PROTECTING THE MAYOR. 
          UM, YOU DID, YOU DID IT WITH A SMILE. 
          YOU WERE VERY, ALWAYS VERY WELCOMING AND VERY FRIENDLY. 
          AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          COUNCILMAN GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR ALBERT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, ONE FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS TO YOUR LORD AND YOUR FAMILY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRAYERS OF THE FAMILIES, BECAUSE EVERY EMERGENCY THAT THE MAYOR OR ANYONE HAD TO BE AT, YOU HAD TO BE THERE TOO, KATRINA, EVERYTHING. 
          YOU WERE THERE AND YOU WERE HELPING. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SELFLESSNESS AND YOUR SERVICE. 
          UM, IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT NOT SEEING YOU HERE, AND WE'RE GONNA LOSE OUR BEARINGS WHEN WE DON'T SEE ALBERT IN CERTAIN, UH, PLACES. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND, UM, I CANNOT WAIT TO READ YOUR BOOK THAT I KNOW YOU WILL RIDE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GROEN, COUNCILMAN HALL, AND THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND ALBERT AGAIN, THANK YOU AS WELL. 
          UH, I WAS HERE 13 YEARS AGO. 
          YOU WERE, YOU WERE HERE AND YOU WERE HERE LONG BEFORE THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY THAT, THAT THAT WHO, WHOEVER'S A MEMBER OF OUR TEAMS, WHETHER IT BE OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND AND SO FORTH, REFLECT US OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, YOU'VE HAD TO REFLECT THE COMMUNITY AND, AND THE MAYORS FOR, FOR, UH, 10 DIFFERENT MAYORS. 
          SO, UM, AS EVERYBODY HAS ALREADY SAID, YOU ARE A TREMENDOUS REFLECTION OF NOT JUST THE MAYORS THAT YOU HAVE SERVED, NOT JUST THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT ALSO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UH, I COULDN'T THINK OF A, A BETTER MAN TO BE IN THAT POSITION TO, TO REFLECT THE COMMUNITY, UH, AS YOU HAVE. 
          SO, THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN HALL, COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          , CAN WE, CAN WE GIMME THAT? LOOK FOR ALREADY , MAN. 
          I LOVE YOU, BROTHER. 
          I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, EVEN BEFORE I GOT ELECTED, WHEN WORKING WITH YOU. 
          AND THEN, UH, SITTING UP HERE, YOU HAVE BEEN A KIND GENTLEMAN. 
          YOU'VE TAKEN CARE OF MY WIFE WHO ADORES YOU. 
          I JUST SENT HER A PICTURE OF YOU SAYING SHE'S RETIRING AND SHE'S . 
          SHE'S LIKE, NOT HAPPY RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, BUT SHE, SHE'S GOING TO WANTED TO PASS ON AS WELL. 
          UH, CONGRATULATIONS FOR A JOB WELL DONE TO YOUR WIFE AND FAMILY. 
          UH, THE LIFE OF THE, OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ONE THING, BUT THE FAMILY WHO IS AT HOME, TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS WHILE YOU'RE OUT TAKING CARE OF THE CITY IS, UH, TREMENDOUS. 
          SO THANK YOU TO THE FAMILY AND EVERYBODY WHO STOOD WITH YOU ON THAT LINE. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, AND I LOVE YOU, BROTHER. 
          WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST OF LUCK, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE SEEING MUCH MORE OF YOU IN THE FUTURE, UH, RUNNING AROUND THE CITY. 
          TAKE CARE. 
          ALBERT GATSBY, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANT TO ADD MY THANKS, ALBERT, FOR THE GREAT SERVICE THAT YOU'VE DONE TO THE CITY. 
          AS, UH, OTHERS HAVE SAID, YOU'VE CERTAINLY ALWAYS BEEN A GENTLEMAN. 
          YOU'VE SERVED THE DEPARTMENT IN YOUR COMMUNITY SO WELL FOR SO MANY YEARS. 
          I'M SURE YOU KNOW WHERE ALL THE BODIES ARE BURIED. 
          I HOPE YOU KEEP THAT TO YOURSELF AND ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          COUNCILMAN ELAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, ALBERT, UH, THE REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO RETIRE IS DENIED. 
          UH, HEY, MAN, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UM, THE ONE THING I REALLY ENJOY MOST ABOUT YOU, ALBERT, IS THAT YOU, YOU'RE, I NEVER SEE YOU NOT SMILING. 
          . 
          UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ONE OF THE MOST GREGARIOUS PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, 
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YOU REALLY, I, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S EVER SAID THIS ABOUT YOU, BUT YOU'RE A RAY OF SUNSHINE, MAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE MOST ABOUT COMING TO WORK IS GETTING TO SEE YOU IN THE MORNINGS. 
          AND SO, UM, I'M GONNA SA I'M GONNA BE SAD TO MISS YOU, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, PETER'S GONNA HAVE TO START BEING THE RAY OF SUNSHINE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. 
          SORRY. 
          THANKS, ALBERT, FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PLY. 
          AND ALBERT, I'M GONNA MISS YOUR FIST BUMP. 
          UH, I'M GONNA MISS THE CONVERSATIONS, UH, BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO ALL MISS YOUR GREAT SERVICE TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, THANK YOU TO YOU AND TO YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE OVER THE YEARS. 
          I'M SURE, UH, WE'LL SEE YOU AROUND, UH, BUT IT'LL BE A MUCH MORE RELAXED ALBERT THAN WE'VE SEEN IN A WHILE. 
          AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT BE WONDERING, A ALBERT HAS ALREADY DECLARED, HE'S NOT GOING TO WRITE A BOOK, UM, ALTHOUGH IF HE DID, IT WOULD BE THE BESTSELLING BOOK IN SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE OF THE STORIES YOU COULD TELL. 
          UH, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALBERT, AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          AND BE KIND TO PETER, MY BROTHER. 
          PETER, BE KINDLY. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          ALRIGHT, I WANNA RECOGNIZE NOW OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT ON MARCH 30TH, UH, WE WILL HAVE THE 23RD ANNUAL CESAR CHAVEZ MARCH. 
          IT STARTS AT 10:00 AM AT THE GUADALUPE CULTURE ARTS CENTER. 
          AND THIS YEAR, SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL THAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT VIA WILL PROVIDE FREE PARKING, UH, I'M SORRY, FREE PARK AND RIDE SERVICES FROM THE ALAMO DOME AND FROM THE, UH, U T S A DOWNTOWN CAMPUS FROM EIGHT UNTIL NINE 30. 
          SO, UM, MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW OUR AREA VERY WELL. 
          PARKING IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE, UH, IN AROUND THE GUADALUPE PLAZA AREA. 
          SO NOW NO EXCUSES FOR NOT COMING TO THE MARCH. 
          YOU ALL CAN TAKE VIA FOR FREE. 
          AND THIS WILL BE THE 23RD ANNUAL MARCH. 
          UH, AND WE WILL BE MARCHING AT 10 O'CLOCK. 
          AND WE END UP IN THE, UH, I WANNA SAY THIS YEAR WE END AT HEMISPHERE. 
          AND, UH, OF COURSE, IT'S ALWAYS, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT OUR SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK BAR BY BRINGING A CANNED GOOD. 
          AND SO THE THEME FOR OUR CESAR CHAVEZ MARCH, UM, IS ALWAYS, YES, YOU CAN. 
          AND SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, IT'S . 
          UH, AND SO WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO MARCH FOR, UH, THE, UH, WORK THAT CESAR CHAVEZ DID, UH, FOR JAIME MARTINEZ AND THE WORK THAT HE DID HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          UH, SO, UH, WE INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME. 
          WE EXPECT A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 
          PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE 23RD ANNUAL CESAR I CHAVEZ, MARCH FOR JUSTICE. 
          SO, CESAR CHAVEZ, VIVA EVA. 
          JAIME MARTINEZ, VIVA. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY OUT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          DO WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES? INTERPRET SAN ANTONIO. 
          OKAY, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ITEM 15 HAS BEEN PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          ANY OTHERS? 34. 
          ITEM 13 IS ITEM 13. 
          ITEM 13, 24. 
          ITEM 24, 24, 21, 34. 
          ANY OTHERS? I HAVE ITEMS 13, 15, 21, 24, AND 34 PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SO MOVE. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIAL GUESTS AND, AND A FEW CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. I'LL CALL THEM NOW. 
          BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE DIEGO BERNAL, AS WELL AS GORDON HARTMAN TO SPEAK ON ITEM 33. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          COUNSEL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS. 
          I'M NOT USED TO BEING ON THIS, THIS END OF IT. 
          UM, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS A ITEM THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. 
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A LOT OF YOU KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          UH, YOU ARE ABOUT TO PROVE A SIGNIFICANT APPROPRIATION TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING THAT SAHA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IN THE CITY HAS AIR CONDITIONING. 
          I DID NOT KNOW, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US KNEW THAT OF THE 6,000 UNITS THAT SAHA OPERATES, THERE ARE ABOUT, THERE ARE OVER 2000 THAT NOT ONLY DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING BECAUSE THEY'RE OLDER BUILDINGS, BUT THEY, THEY WEREN'T PROVIDED AIR CONDITIONING AS WELL. 
          AND REMEMBER, WHO LIVES HERE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US SINGLE MOMS WITH KIDS, VETERANS, THE DISABLED. 
          AND SO, UH, WE ENDEAVORED A WHILE BACK TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. 
          AND WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE MAYOR, WHO WAS MY FIRST CALL, UH, PETER ZONI IN THE CEDAR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND SAW HOW WE'VE, WE HAVE FIGURED OUT, YOU HAVE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO DO THIS. 
          AND, UH, I COULD NOT BE MORE THANKFUL TO YOU FOR THAT. 
          AS I SAID IN THE COMMITTEE MEETING CHAIRED BY CHAIRWOMAN GONZALEZ, IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN THAT WE GET TO TAKE VOTES IN THESE KINDS OF JOBS, WHERE PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT. 
          AND THIS WILL ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. 
          I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT COULD VERY WELL BE THAT AFTER THIS APPROPRIATION AND AFTER THE WORK IS DONE, THAT THERE IS STILL A DELTA THAT HAS TO BE FILLED. 
          AND I THINK EVERYONE'S EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU WOULD FILL IT IN THE EVENT AND DOESN'T HAPPEN. 
          I WOULD ALSO BE REMISS NOT TO MENTION GORDON HARTMAN, WHO'S ALSO HERE, BECAUSE PART OF GETTING THIS DONE, PART OF MOVING THIS ALONG, PART OF GETTING REAL MOMENTUM HERE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH GORDON AND HIS COMMITMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEE THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH. 
          UM, IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC LEADERS IN THE BUSINESS WORLD. 
          WE'RE WILLING TO PUT THIS KIND OF STAKE IN THE GAME, AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. 
          BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, UM, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, ALL OF, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR OWN DISTRICTS THAT YOU, YOU ENCOUNTER AN ISSUE AND ONCE YOU'VE HEARD IT OR SEEN IT, YOU CANNOT UNSEE IT. 
          IT STAYS WITH YOU. 
          IT HAUNTS YOU UNTIL YOU SEE IT THROUGH. 
          UM, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS FOR ME, AND I KNOW IT'S FOR A LOT OF YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH, UM, FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT. 
          I DUNNO IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, I JUST WANTED TO COME AND SAY THANK YOU, AND I'M EXCITED. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL. 
          MR. HARTMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          UM, I THINK, UM, REPRESENTATIVE BURNELL BASICALLY STATED HIS THANKS, UM, TO YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. 
          UH, THE REASON THAT, UM, I GOT INVOLVED IS I SAW THE FACT THAT THE CITY, ALONG WITH THE SANITARY HOUSING AUTHORITY, ALONG WITH THE HOUSING TRUST, WAS WILLING TO WORK AGGRESSIVELY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          UH, HOWEVER, THERE WAS A SHORTFALL, IT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN UNLESS, UH, WE COULD GET INVOLVED. 
          AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT THERE'S SOME 2,600 UNITS, PLUS OR MINUS, UH, THAT ARE DO NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING, UM, WE SIMPLY FELT THAT WAS WRONG AND WE NEEDED TO COME, UH, FORWARD, UH, TO DO SOMETHING. 
          WHAT I'M MOST IMPRESSED ABOUT IS HOW QUICKLY, UH, THINGS HAVE COME FORWARD ON THIS. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, REPRESENTATIVE BURNELL STARTED THIS PROCESS, BUT THEN WHEN THE CITY GOT INVOLVED WITH, UH, CITY MANAGER ZONI, UH, ALONG WITH OTHERS, THINGS MOVED VERY QUICKLY. 
          AND IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE HOW, UH, MANY PUBLIC ENTITIES ALONG WITH, UH, PRIVATE COULD WORK IN AN AGGRESSIVE FASHION TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE SOMETHING. 
          BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLY ON IN THIS, IF WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS, WE WANTED TO HAVE ALL THESE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS IN. 
          BY THE TIME IT GETS HOT, AND WE ALL KNOW IN SAN ANTONIO, IT GETS HOT. 
          AND TO ME, UH, WHEN I STARTED HEARING STATISTICS OF HOW MANY CALLS MANY OF THESE AREAS GET DURING THE SUMMER BECAUSE OF HEAT EXHAUSTION, IT WAS TIME FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE. 
          SO I BASICALLY WANT TO COMMEND, UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BURNELL, OF COURSE, UH, PETER ZONI AND EACH OF YOU FOR, UH, YOUR COMMITMENT TOWARDS MOVING THIS FORWARD. 
          WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT PEOPLE IN A LOT MORE COMFORT. 
          WE'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE ELDERLY, WE'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, AND IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. HARTMAN, JACK FINGER, WELL, MAYOR NURNBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR, WELL, WHAT I CALL THE VERY BEST CITY COUNCIL THAT MONEY CAN BUY. 
          AND I'LL 
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SAY THOSE WORDS LIGHTLY. 
          OH, NO, YOU'LL, YOU'LL FIND OUT SOON ENOUGH HERE. 
          BUT, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I, IN, IN HONOR OF MISS A POLICE POLICEMAN ALBERT, WHO, THE SECURITY PERSON WHO JUST RETIRED. 
          I, I THINK HE, I THINK HE, UM, I THINK HE SHOULD WRITE A BOOK. 
          I I THINK IT SHOULD, UH, I BE ENTITLED WHAT I SAW BEHIND THE DAAS. 
          YEP. 
          ALSO, I, I DO. 
          BUT I DO WISH TO, UH, OFFER MY SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW CITY MANAGER. 
          YES, MR. WALSH. 
          IT'S MY HOPE THAT YOUR TENURE WILL BE AN HONORABLE AND FRUITFUL ONE. 
          SIR, CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN. 
          SO WHAT SCANDALS DO WE HAVE HERE TODAY? WELL, ON, LET'S SEE, LET'S LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER 34. 
          I LOOKING AT, UH, THIS IS WHAT THE CITY HEADLINES SAID RIGHT HERE, UH, YESTERDAY. 
          WHAT DOES IT SAY THERE? YEAH, MR. AUTO VISUAL MAN, BLOW THAT UP. 
          CITY IS PLANNING EIGHT FOR DISPLACED. 
          UH, SCROLL DOWN A BIT THERE. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM OF THAT FIRST COLUMN THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          IT SAYS, CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE THURSDAY ON A PLAN THAT WOULD AT BEST HELP 200 HOUSEHOLDS STAVE OFF EVICTION OR FORECLOSURE. 
          SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS ALREADY HAVE BEEN FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES BY RISING. 
          THEN SCROLL UP TO SEE THE RESPITE THERE. 
          PROPERTY VALUES, DEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION OF THE CITY'S URBAN CORPS AT TIMES DIRECTING, RESULTING FROM CITY INVOLVEMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          RETURN THE CAMERA IF YOU WOULD. 
          YES. 
          THAT'S THE IDEA IS THAT YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL GIVE TAX INCENTIVES, TAX ABATEMENTS TO DEVELOPERS TO DEVELOP HERE IN, IN, IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WHAT HAPPENS? THEY, THEY, UH, THEY KICK OUT THE, UH, THE FORMER RESIDENTS THAT ARE THERE. 
          AND THEN YOU THEN USE OUR TAX DOLLARS TO HELP THE, THE POOR RESIDENTS TO RELOCATE ALL BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DID FOR TO THEM EARLIER. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THAT PICTURE. 
          YEAH. 
          WHAT OTHER SCANDALS DO WE HAVE HERE? WELL, THE, UM, ITEMS NUMBER, UM, ITEM NUMBER 20 IS ABOUT 24,000 GOING TO, UM, AMERICORPS. 
          THAT'S A NATIONAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, BUT IT'S BEEN PLAGUED WITH ALL KINDS OF SCANDALS IN, IN RECENT YEARS. 
          I THINK YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT ITEM 29, ITEM 31 AND THREE THREE, ONCE AGAIN, GIVING AWAY TAX DOLLARS BEFORE STUDENT LOANS. 
          UH, SHORT TERM EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE NOT REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE BUSINESS FOR THAT, BUT I THINK THE BEST ONE RIGHT HERE IS THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 17. 
          ITEM 17 IS A SALTGRASS COMPANY. 
          YOU'RE GIVING, UH, UH, A CONTRACT WITH THEM, BUT, UH, THEY HAD THEIR SHAREHOLDERS GAVE, GAVE YOU GUYS ALL KINDS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTRIBUTIONS. 
          YES. 
          RIGHT? YEAH. 
          MR. NURENBERG, YOU GOT $4,000. 
          OH, HE'S NOTED. 
          THERE HE IS. 
          MR. NORBERG, RIGHT THERE. 
          EVERYBODY ELSE GOT 500 BUCKS. 
          UM, ART, YOU DIDN'T GET A DARN THING. 
          YOU, I GUESS YOU'RE THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK. 
          I'LL LET YOU VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 17 THERE. 
          IT'D BE FUN TO SEE IF YOU GUYS DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          AND ABSTAIN . 
          THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION. 
          AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CITIZEN, UH, EXCUSE ME, A NUMBER OF COUNCIL COMMENT. 
          I'D LIKE TO MAKE, UH, ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 13, 15, 21, 24, AND 34 ARE FOR INDIVIDUAL CON, EXCUSE ME, ARE ON CONSENT. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, I WANNA OFFER A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COUNCIL, UH, WELL, REPRESENTATIVE DIEGO AL AND GORDON HARTMAN FOR THEIR GENEROSITY IN THE AIR CONDITIONING, UH, PROGRAM. 
          SO, UH, MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE HOUSING PROJECTS IN SAN ANTONIO WERE BUILT, UH, MANY, MANY DECADES AGO. 
          THE OLDEST HOUSING PROJECT IN THE COUNTRY IS ALLANA APACHE COURTS BUILT IN THE 1940S. 
          AND WHEN THEY WERE BUILT THERE OF COURSE WAS NO AIR CONDITIONING. 
          UH, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE EXTREME WEATHER THAT WE SEEM TO HAVE NOW. 
          UH, WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, UM, IT WAS ALARMING, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED DAYS IN THE SUMMERTIME OF A HUNDRED PLUS DEGREE WEATHER. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT, UH, IT'S THE ELDERLY IN PARTICULAR WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THIS EXTREME HEAT. 
          AND BECAUSE WE ALL LIVE HERE AND WE'RE USED TO IT, WE DON'T RECOGNIZE SOMETIMES HOW, UH, DANGEROUS THOSE CONDITIONS ARE. 
          AND SO THIS IS A WAY TO HELP THE MOST VULNERABLE OF OUR CITIZENS, UH, IN PUBLIC HOUSING, UH, GET A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF IN THE SUMMERTIME. 
          SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          AND OF COURSE, URGING SAHA TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO IMPROVE, UM, THE CONDITIONS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE OLDEST HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE CITY. 
          I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT IMPROVEMENT, UH, OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR CITIZENS. 
          SO, UM, I'M VERY GRATEFUL, THANK YOU, GORDON, FOR ALWAYS STEPPING UP. 
          I, ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS ARE IN 
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NEED, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          AND THERE ARE, SO A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ON THE ITEM NUMBER 33, INCLUDING SOME FUNDING FOR THE HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY. 
          SO, IS ANYBODY HERE FROM THE HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY, JUST IN CASE I DIDN'T, I MISSED YOU ALL WHEN YOU CAME IN. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          COME ON UP. 
          COULD YOU ALL PLEASE COME UP? UM, UH, I DIDN'T SEE YOU. 
          UH, SO COULD YOU JUST PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND TALK A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY AND, UM, WHAT, HOW THIS FUNDING WILL HELP WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU NEED IN YOUR FACILITY AND WHAT YOU DO THERE. 
          AND PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS ALYSSA G***H. 
          I'M THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AT HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M SANDRA MORALES, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICE HAS SERVED SAN ANTONIO'S WEST SIDE COMMUNITY NOW FOR OVER 100 YEARS. 
          WE PROVIDE SERVICES ACROSS THE LIFESPAN. 
          WE PROVIDE CHILD DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE'RE ONE OF A FEW CENTERS IN THE AREA EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. 
          AND WE ALSO PROVIDE HOLISTIC SUPPORT. 
          SO WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH FAMILIES, PARENTS EXPERIENCING DEPRESSION AND WORKING TO HELP FAMILIES MEET BASIC NEEDS. 
          AND THEN ON THE OTHER END OF THE LIFE SPECTRUM, WE HAVE SENIOR HEALTH PROGRAMS. WE PROMOTE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE LOW-INCOME SENIORS LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THIS PROJECT, WHICH WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE CITY ON, WILL ALLOW US TO REHABILITATE OUR HISTORIC FACILITIES AND ALSO EXPAND OUR FACILITIES SO THAT WE CAN SERVE MORE NEIGHBORS AND SERVE THEM IN EVEN MORE IMPACTFUL WAYS. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON THIS PROJECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANNA THANK THE COUNCIL AS WELL. 
          UH, THIS FUNDING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS ORGANIZATION, SO WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          ALSO IN A VERY VULNERABLE COMMUNITY, UH, RIGHT AT, UM, RA, RA AND MARTIN, RIGHT? MM-HMM. 
           IS KIND OF, WE'RE THE AREA THAT THEY'VE BEEN FOR A HUNDRED, NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS NOW, OVER A, OVER A HUNDRED YEARS. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR, UM, OUR CITIZENS. 
          AND, UH, I JUST, UM, THINK THAT THIS IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. 
          ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS ADDITIONAL C D B G MONEY, INCLUDING 200,000 THAT WILL GO FOR SHORT TERM EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN OUR CITY. 
          Y'ALL CAN HAVE, UH, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UH, IN OUR CITY THAT WE THINK ARE PRIORITIES AND, UH, HELP ESPECIALLY OUR MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, ESPECIALLY TO REPRESENTATIVE AL AND GORDON HARTMAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCILMAN SALANA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO OFFER A, A LITTLE BIT OF A GRATITUDE TO, UH, BOTH, UH, GORDON HARTMAN AND REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL ON THE ISSUE. 
          REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL, AS MANY PEOPLE KNOW, USED TO BE A FORMER COUNCILMAN, AND I THINK UNDERSTANDS THE, THE VALUE OF PEOPLE'S STORIES. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE MENTIONED THIS OR IF IT WAS OVERLOOKED WHEN I WAS LISTENING, BUT THIS DID COME NOT JUST FROM COUNCILMAN BERNAL, BUT A STORY FROM AN INDIVIDUAL TELLING HIM THAT THEY LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING AND THAT, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT'S FOCUS AND SPENDING ON, ON PROGRAMS SHOULD REALLY BE FOCUSED ON THINGS LIKE THE EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE OF ME AND MY NEIGHBORS, WHO IN OUR CASE, LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING, DON'T HAVE, UH, AIR CONDITIONING. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S COMING IN A FEW MONTHS IS A TEXAS SUMMER HEAT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE POWER OF, OF THIS PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE VOTING ON COMES FROM, IS FROM PEOPLE AND THEIR STORIES. 
          AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY GOOD AT TRANSLATING THOSE STORIES INTO ACTION. 
          AND JUST TO, UH, TAKE A QUICK MOMENT AS WELL. 
          UH, HE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT NOW THAT HE'S AT THE LEGISLATURE. 
          SO LET ME OFFER, OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WISHING HIM LUCK AND, AND ENCOURAGEMENT ON, UH, HOUSE BILL THREE, WHICH IS AN EDUCATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONAL EDUCATIONAL FINANCE BILL THAT, UH, COMES FROM THE STORIES OF EDUCATORS. 
          AND I KNOW MANY FOLKS ON THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN EAGER, UH, TO FIND OUT IF WE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO STEP UP AND FULLY FUND EDUCATION PROPERLY. 
          THIS IS A GREAT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          SO WE WISH, UH, COUNCILMAN, I'M SORRY, REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL, A TON OF LUCK AT THE LEGISLATURE IN DOING THAT. 
          UH, WE'RE ALL, UH, HOPEFUL THAT THAT GOES THROUGH, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE PROVIDE A LAYER OF GRATITUDE FOR THAT WORK HE'S DOING AT THE LEGISLATURE AS WELL. 
          HE'S SQUARELY IN THE MIX OF, OF, OF ONE VERY, VERY GOOD, UH, EDUCATIONAL BILL THAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO, UM, PUSH FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS DOWN HERE. 
          SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SALDANA. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I ALSO WANTED TO THANK, UH, REPRESENTATIVE, UH, BERNAN. 
          UM, WHEN YOU TOLD THIS TO ME, THIS WAS A, A WHILE BACK BEFORE THE RESOLUTION HAD BEEN, UH, DEVELOPED. 
          I WAS, I WAS SHOCKED MYSELF, SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT DISCOVERY AND FOR NOT LETTING IT GO. 
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UM, I THINK WE WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN THE I SUPPORT COOL SCHOOLS CAMPAIGN, UH, WAS GOING ON IN S A I S D. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE AC EITHER, AND THAT WAS IN THE EIGHTIES. 
          SO I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE HOW WITH HOW MUCH HOTTER IT'S GOTTEN THAT WE HAVE SO MANY VULNERABLE RESIDENTS STILL IN THAT CONDITION. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCILMAN TINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I TOO WANT TO THANK, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL. 
          UH, REALLY, UH, THIS IS IN FACT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY, UM, THE, THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOW, HOW THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT. 
          BUT IN THIS CASE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL SAW SPECIFICALLY SOMETHING THAT HE GOT LASER FOCUSED ON AND HOW IT TRULY IMPACTS PEOPLE. 
          HEAT IS, IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS IN OUR CITY. 
          I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR, FOR, FOR DOING THIS. 
          I WANNA THANK GORDON HARTMAN FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS. 
          UM, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK THIS IS A REAL CALL TO ACTION, A REAL WAKE UP CALL ABOUT THE, THE INCREASING HEAT IN OUR CITY AND HOW WE NEED TO BE VERY, UH, AWARE OF, OF OUR RESOURCES AND MORE THINGS WE CAN DO. 
          WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE SOME OTHER FOLKS THAT, THAT NEED THIS KIND OF HELP AND SUPPORT IN OUR COMMUNITY? AND HOW CAN WE ENHANCE AND MITIGATE THE AMOUNT OF HEAT IN OUR CITY IN, IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY? SO, I I, THIS IS A, TO ME, A REAL CALL TO ACTION. 
          UH, WE NEED TO PULL, PULL TOGETHER ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES. 
          I WANNA THANK PETER ZONI, UH, VETO AS WELL, UH, FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK. 
          AGAIN, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S TRY TO, UH, USE THIS AS, AS A GREAT, UH, UH, JUMPING OFF POINT TO, TO TACKLE A, A GREAT, GREAT ISSUE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TREVINO, COUNCILMAN HALL, AND THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 35, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, TO CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE, UH, MS. VERTA TEER IF SHE COULD STAND AND WAVE. 
          AND I WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, UH, MISS MS. TEER. 
          UH, WE GOT A PARK THAT'S ALREADY NAMED AFTER A LATE HUSBAND, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH ITEM 35 IS TO, IS TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND MAKE THAT NAME THAT LAKE AFTER YOU, UH, LAKE VERTA. 
          AND SO WE APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY, AND PARTICULARLY THE LAKESIDE COMMUNITY. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE, ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE WHO, WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT, THAT SORT OF THING IS TO NAME SOMETHING AFTER THEM. 
          AND SO, YOUR, YOUR COMMUNITY, LAKESIDE COMMUNITY, UH, THOUGHT IT AND HONOR ENOUGH TO NAME THAT LAKE AFTER YOU. 
          AND SO THAT SIGNIFIES THAT YOU ARE WELL-REGARDED IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          YOU'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT FOR THAT COMMUNITY AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I AM HONORED TODAY TO, UH, TO SUPPORT THIS, UH, THIS RESOLUTION ON, ON YOUR BEHALF. 
          AND THE MAYOR SIGNED A RESOLUTION AND HE'LL BE GIVING THAT TO YOU ONCE IT'S, ONCE IT'S STAMPED. 
          AND THIS, UM, ITEM 35 HAS PASSED. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AGAIN. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ITEMS. VERY EXCITING, UH, THAT'S MOVING FORWARD AND FOR DISTRICT THREE IN THE CITY. 
          FIRST IS ITEM 25. 
          THAT IS A, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC ACCESS PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGE AS PART OF THE HINT STINSON HIKE AND BIKE PROJECT THAT WILL CROSS THE ASADA ON LAND OWNED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. 
          SO WE ARE NOW ENHANCING OUR MISSION REACH AND OUR HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL TO GO FROM THE MISSION REACH STRAIGHT TO THE FRONT DOOR OF STINSON AIRPORT, WHICH IS OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. 
          AND WE'RE HAVING THE, THE RIBBON CUTTING TOMORROW FOR THE NEW STINSON TOWER. 
          AND SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          SO THIS IS ONE OF THE AGREEMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT NEXT. 
          UM, ITEM 27, I KNOW WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM HALLIBURTON HERE. 
          WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND TO DISTRICT THREE. 
          GLAD THAT THAT CORNER OF 37 AND 1604 WILL NOW COME INTO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP, UM, WITH THE CITY AND MAKING THIS PARTNERSHIP A REALITY. 
          AND WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, ITEM 37 IS OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BROOKS DEVELOPMENT, OUR BROOKS TURS, AND, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR FINANCE PLAN AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OAK AND B P S. 
          YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF, UM, MONTHS AGO WE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT OAK AND B P S A CZECH REPUBLIC COMPANY WILL BRING THEIR NORTH AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BRINGING JOBS, BRINGING INNOVATION, AND BRINGING AN, AN INVESTMENT OF FINANCING. 
          AND SO, UM, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL OF THAT COMBINED. 
          I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, BROOKS, UH, THE BROOKS BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO ARE HERE AND THE BROOKS STAFF 
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AND WHO ARE ALL HERE. 
          IF YOU COULD JUST STAND, UH, BECAUSE, AND THANK YOU OF COURSE, TO RENE DOMINGUEZ AND ALL OF E D D, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR BRINGING MORE JOBS TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THIS PARTNERSHIP HERE. 
          SO I'M PROUD TO HIGHLIGHT THIS AND I'M PROUD THAT THIS IS MOVING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GRO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND I ALSO WANNA REITERATE THE THANKS TO, UH, GORDON HARTMAN AND REPRESENTATIVE DIEGO BERNAL, UH, FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND INSISTENCE UPON, UH, BETTER STANDARDS AND IMPORTANT DIGNIFIED STANDARDS AT SAHA AS IT RELATES TO AIR CONDITIONING, CLIMATE CONTROL, AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO THAT. 
          I THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR CONTINUING AND FILLING THAT GAP AND, AND BEING MINDFUL AND VIGILANT OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT AS IT RELATES TO ALL THE STRATEGIES THAT WE TALK ABOUT WITH THE HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE FRAMEWORK. 
          UH, I ALSO WANTED TO THANK REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL AS COUNCILMAN SALDANA DID, UH, FOR HIS GREAT WORK IN THE LEGISLATURE REPRESENTING ALL TEXANS, BUT PARTICULARLY ON THE MOST DIFFICULT ISSUE THAT WE FACED IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, WHICH IS HOW TO PROPERLY FUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN OUR STATE. 
          UH, HIS WORK ON THAT HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED, AND WE WILL BE PUSHING FROM BEHIND AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT HB THREE OR THE SPIRIT OF WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO WITH SCHOOL FINANCE MAKES IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. 
          SO, THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE AL. 
          THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, ALL ITEMS SAVED. 
          13, 15, 21, 24, AND 34. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM 21. 
          UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE NOW AS SIMPLY FOR RECUSAL PURPOSES. 
          SO, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND HEAR ITEM 21 AND, AND MOVE THAT FROM THE DOCKET. 
          ALRIGHT, ITEM 21 IS THE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING APPLICATIONS BY THE ALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION AND GOODWILL OF SAN ANTONIO FOR THE 2019 COMMUNITY WINS GRANT PROGRAM SPONSORED BY WELLS FARGO AND THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS. 
          THE SELECTED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WILL RECEIVE UP TO $300,000 TO BE USED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF RECEIPT. 
          SECOND, OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 21. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE FOLKS WHO MAY HAVE TO DEPART QUICKLY, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEM 34 FIRST. 
          UH, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE ITEM 34 AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE REST OF OUR AGENDA. 
          ITEM 34 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE RISK MITIGATION POLICY FOR THE $1 MILLION RISK MITIGATION FUND INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2019, ADOPTED GENERAL FUND BUDGET, ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES FOR HOUSING RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE FUNDING AS A RESULT OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT THIS ITEM FIRST, IF IT CAN BE PUT ON THE SCREEN FOR BACKGROUND. 
          UM, YOU ALL ADOPTED THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED BY THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE, WHICH INCLUDED A RECOMMENDATION SPECIFIC TO THIS ITEM. 
          IT IS PART OF OUR THREE-YEAR BUSINESS PLAN. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED TO YOU FOR ADOPTIONS AND IT IS ONE OF THE DELIVERABLES. 
          AND IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, A RISK MITIGATION FUND OF $1 MILLION IS INCLUDED IN DEVELOPING THE POLICY OF HOW TO UTILIZE THIS FUNDING, HOW TO QUALIFY INDIVIDUALS, AND WHAT THE AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE. 
          OUR DEPARTMENT TOOK THAT SAME COMMUNITY INPUT DRIVEN APPROACH TO HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT AS TO THE POLICY ITSELF. 
          SO WE HAD EXTENSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH AND HEARD A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST ABOUT HOW TO UTILIZE THIS FUND, BUT ABOUT OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE CAUSING DISPLACEMENT. 
          IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS IS ONLY ONE PIECE OF A LARGER APPROACH TO PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT. 
          THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS CONDITION NOW WHO CAN USE ASSISTANCE TODAY, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE KNOW WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO PROTECT THOSE RESIDENTS, TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF THE CURRENT PROGRAMS THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT CAN HELP KEEP THEM IN THEIR PLACE. 
          BUT WE STILL HAVE THIS MITIGATION NEEDED FOR FAMILIES WHO NEED ASSISTANCE. 
          NOW, THERE ARE SOME EFFORTS UNDERWAY BY CITY, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING OUR DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS IT, BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO EMBARK IN A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK. 
          SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, WE ARE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL TAX RELIEF EVEN AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          WE'RE MAKING SURE OUR COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM IS DEVELOPED AND STRONG AND ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES. 
          OF COURSE, YOU'RE AWARE THAT ABOUT 50% 
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OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET IS DEVOTED FOR HOUSING REHABILITATION, WHICH HELPS US PRESERVE FAMILIES IN THE HOME, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY LIVE IN. 
          AND WE'RE IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES OF DESIGNATED POTENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT COULD BE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES. 
          AND QUICKLY, AGAIN, THIS POLICY IS MEANT TO HELP US DETERMINE WHO SHOULD GET ASSISTANCE AND WHAT THAT LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE AND HOW TO DIVVY UP THE MONEY. 
          SO THE BULK OF THE MONEY OF THE $1 MILLION FUND IS DEVOTED TO RESIDENT RELOCATION ASSISTANCE, AND THIS IS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY NEED HELP RELOCATING NOW AND THE LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED. 
          OF COURSE, WE LOOK AT THE INCOME LEVELS AS WELL. 
          THE SECOND, UM, SET OF, UM, MONEY IS ALLOCATED FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THIS IS FOR EMERGENCY SITUATION WHERE A FAMILY FACES A HARDSHIP THAT COULD PUT THEM ON A PATH WHERE THEY COULD LOSE THEIR HOME. 
          AND THE LAST SMALLEST PORTION IS THE RENTAL INCENTIVE FUND PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS REALLY ABOUT REMOVING BARRIERS TO HOUSE INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT BE CONSIDERED HIGH RISK. 
          AND THE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES THAT WE'RE UTILIZING DO LOOK AT FAMILIES MAKING UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, RECOGNIZING THAT THOSE THAT NEED THE MOST ASSISTANCE ARE LOWER INCOME FAMILIES. 
          AND SO THE LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE ARE IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          WE RECOGNIZE THAT MOBILE HOME PARKS ARE VULNERABLE. 
          WE RECOGNIZE THAT RENTERS ARE VULNERABLE, AND SO WE HAVE THOSE ASSISTANCE LEVELS SPECIFIED AND WE HAVE THE QUALIFYING CRITERIA AS WELL SO THAT OUR STAFF CAN HELP THOSE THAT TRULY NEED THE HELP AND ASSIST THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE IN NEED OF, UH, ASSISTANCE FOR EVERY RELOCATION. 
          FOR THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, AGAIN, WE'RE SETTING UP THE POLICIES THAT DICTATE THAT WE'RE ASSISTING FAMILIES UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT A M I, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A CAP, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE UP TO AMOUNT FOR ASSISTANCES AND THAT WE DOCUMENT THE EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT REQUIRES ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THE LAST PORTION IS THE RENT TO INCENTIVE FUND. 
          AGAIN, SOME LANDLORDS MAY NOT BE WILLING TO RENT VACANT UNITS TO, UH, HIGH RISK TENANTS OR TENANTS. 
          THEY CONSIDER HIGH RISK. 
          AND SO THIS IS PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, SARAH, UH, AS WELL AS THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE, MAKE THOSE UNITS AVAILABLE THAT MAY NOT OTHERWISE HOUSE FAMILIES. 
          ONE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION THAT WAS RECONSTITUTED EARLIER THIS YEAR DID REVIEW THIS AND HAD EXTENSIVE DIALOGUE AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE FOLDED IN. 
          THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHTED THAT THIS IS PART OF THAT LARGER FRAMEWORK, THAT IT IS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPASSIONATE APPROACH TO HOUSING, AND THAT IT IS ONLY ONE SMALL PIECE IN THE DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION CONVERSATION. 
          THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THE CITY PROVIDES INCENTIVES, THERE'S NO DIRECT DISPLACEMENT, AND THAT WE LOOK AT THE LARGER QUESTION THAT ALREADY IS IN PLACE SINCE YOU ALREADY ADOPTED POLICIES TO THAT END. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN THAT GUIDES OUR HOUSING BOND PROGRAM DOES NOT ALLOW US TO USE FUNDING THAT DISPLACES FAMILIES. 
          AND RECENTLY THE CIP POLICY ALSO HAS A CLAUSE THAT NO DIRECT DISPLACEMENT CAN BE, UH, PART OF THAT SOMEONE CAUSES DIRECT DISPLACEMENT. 
          THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THAT INCENTIVE. 
          WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES. 
          THIS IS A PILOT IN MANY WAYS BECAUSE OTHER CITIES DO NOT HAVE THIS AND OTHER CITIES DO NOT HAVE THIS LEVEL OF SUPPORT, THE FUNDING AVAILABLE. 
          AND SO WE WILL BE, OF COURSE, REVIEWING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE MAKE THE POLICY BETTER, UM, AS WE START TO GET CLIENTS. 
          AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING AN EXTENSIVE OUTREACH PLAN SO THAT THOSE FAMILIES WHO MAY NEED THE ASSISTANCE ARE ABLE TO, UH, COME AND UTILIZE THE SERVICES FROM OUR STAFF TEAM. 
          THAT REALLY IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERO. 
          UM, AND JUST TO SET SOME CONTEXT, I CREATED THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE BECAUSE ALL SAN ANTONIANS, REGARDLESS OF INCOME LEVEL, DESERVE OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN OUR CITY. 
          WHILE THE RISK MITIGATION POLICY IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL, IT'S A SAFETY NET AND DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT DISPLACEMENT IS AN UNACCEPTABLE CONDITION IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WHEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED, SAN ANTONIO'S HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK WILL HELP OUR COMMUNITY REALIZE THIS VISION WHERE ALL FAMILIES CAN LIVE IN DECENT, SAFE, AFFORDABLE, AND STABLE HOUSING. 
          AND THE RISK MITIGATION FUND, UH, IS A CRUCIAL COMPONENT TOWARDS MITIGATING DISPLACEMENT. 
          PROVIDES SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE TO OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE FORCED TO MOVE FROM THEIR HOMES, IMPACTED BY REDEVELOPMENT, REHABILITATION, OR CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTION. 
          FAMILIES EXPERIENCING A LARGE INCREASE IN RENTAL COSTS DUE TO MARKET PRESSURES AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING UNEXPECTED EMERGENCY SITUATION. 
          I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK THE HOUSING COMMISSION THAT WAS REFORMULATED FOR REVIEWING, 
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ARTICULATING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND STAFF FOR WORKING HARD WITH THEM AND WITH YOU TO, AND OUR COLLEAGUES TO ADVANCE THE WORK OF A COMPREHENSIVE DISPLACEMENT POLICY. 
          TO THAT END, THE, THE NEW HOUSING COMMISSION SERVES AS A PUBLIC OVERSIGHT BOARD TO GUIDE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY, TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC. 
          THEY FIRST MET ON FEBRUARY 7TH AND HAVE ALREADY BEEN HARD AT WORK, REVIEWING AND STRENGTHENING THE HOUSING POLICIES BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY MADE TO THE POLICY HAVE BEEN AT AN ATTACHMENT, AND I DO WANT TO PLACE IT INTO THE RECORD AN ATTACHMENT HERE FOR THE CITY CLERK TO PUT INTO THE RECORD AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN IMPLEMENTING THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK. 
          IT'S AN UNDERSCORING THAT THE IMPORTANCE IS THAT STAFF AND CITY OFFICIALS INCORPORATE THE FEEDBACK OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION. 
          UH, THE HOUSING COMMISSION WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE ON THIS ISSUE THROUGHOUT THEIR REGULAR UPDATES AT THEIR REGULAR MEETINGS. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, OUR STAFF AND THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE BEEN SO ENGAGED. 
          EVEN LAST NIGHT WE HEARD THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE URGENCY IN WHICH THEY, THEY HAVE CALLED FOR IT. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO PUT THAT ATTACHMENT TO THE RECORD, WHICH AGAIN, IS THE FOUR ITEMS ARTICULATED AT THE HOUSING COMMISSION, UH, FOR ADDITIONING TO THE, UH, RISK MITIGATION POLICY. 
          COUNCILMAN GROIN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU FOR SETTING THAT FRAMEWORK. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE, WE START THE CONVERSATION OF KNOWING THAT THIS RISK MITIGATION POLICY IS JUST SOMETHING TO SERVE, UH, RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT OUR TRUE WORK IS TO LOOK AT THE DISPLACEMENT AND DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION, UM, EVEN EARLIER ON. 
          SO THANK YOU VERO, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          COULD YOU PLEASE PUT UP SLIDE NUMBER? I THINK IT'S SLIDE NUMBER SIX, THE RISK MITIGATION OVERVIEW. 
          AND I WANTED TO BE SURE TO, UM, PULL THIS ITEM AND HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS BECAUSE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, VERO, THIS IS SIGNIFICANT. 
          NO OTHER CITY IS DOING THIS. 
          WE WANT TO BE SURE TO SET A STANDARD AND TO SET A NEW WAY OF DOING THESE POLICY INITIATIVES. 
          WE WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON THAT, AND WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVES BEFORE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES BECOME TOO GREAT ON PEOPLE. 
          AND WITH CURRENT HOUSING PRICES OUTPACING WAGE INCREASES, WE NEED TO CONTINUE WHAT WE ARE DOING TO TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS IN CREATING STRATEGIC PLANS OF ACTION. 
          AND THIS IS JUST ONE TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX TO BE THAT NET. 
          BUT WE NEED, NEED TO MOVE AS FAST AS WE CAN ON THIS DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION THAT WE ARE DOING. 
          I WANNA THANK COPS METRO WHO WAS HERE LAST NIGHT, ARCHBISHOP, UH, SIERRA WHO WAS HERE LAST NIGHT AS WELL, AND SHARING THE CONCERNS. 
          AND WE'VE HEARD THEM LOUD AND CLEAR, BUT WHAT YOU ALSO MENTIONED IS IT'S A COMBINATION OF SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          UM, WE, IN DISTRICT THREE IN THE SOUTH AND THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, WE'RE SEEING WONDERFUL GROWTH AND WE'RE SEEING WONDERFUL INVESTMENTS. 
          INVESTMENTS THAT HAD NOT BEEN HAPPENING IN A VERY LONG TIME. 
          WE'RE GETTING OUR STREETS FIXED, WE'RE GETTING OUR SIDEWALKS AND DRAINAGE FIXED. 
          AND WITH THAT IS COMING OTHER PRESSURES OF, UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE HOUSING VALUATIONS AND THE PROPERTY VALUATIONS. 
          ALL OF THIS PLAYS A PART TOGETHER. 
          AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, WORK AT IT AND LOOK AT IT FROM ALL DIFFERENT ANGLES AND, UH, ALL DIFFERENT TRAPS IF YOU CAN. 
          AND THIS IS NOT EASY. 
          IT'S COMPLEX, IT'S INTERCONNECTED, AND IT IS. 
          UM, BUT AT THE CO AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS PEOPLE AND THEIR HOUSING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT. 
          AND I THINK THIS MITIGATION, THIS RISK MITIGATION POLICY IS ONE THAT IS THE FUND AND THE POLICY IS GOING TO HELP US MOVING FORWARD AND SHOWCASING TO OUR COMMUNITY HOW WE IN SAN ANTONIO WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT HERE. 
          I WANT TO, UM, I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ASPECTS AND HOW THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS WORKING ON SO MANY DIFFERENT REALMS OF THIS POLICY, OUR HOUSING TRUST AND OUR COMMISSION. 
          UM, WHAT WE'RE ALSO DOING, I WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ALSO DOING AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          AND I KNOW, UM, REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL WAS JUST HERE. 
          SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS UP ON THE AGENDA OR AT THE LEDGE, UH, AT THE LEGIS. 
          THERE YOU ARE, JEFF. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS FOR JEFF COYLE, TRACKING REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL'S, UM, HB 1102, I LIKE TO CALL IT LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          HE CALLS IT ANCHOR NEIGHBORHOOD BILL. 
          UM, BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO PUSH THIS FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY? SURE. 
          AND JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE BILL. 
          IT, UH, WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT IF YOU HAVE OWNED A HOMESTEAD, YOUR RESIDENTS, UH, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS AND HAVE SEEN PROPERTY VALUES GO UP BY 120% OVER THAT TIME OR GREATER. 
          SO IN OTHER WORDS, SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AN ANCHOR 
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FOR A LONG TIME AND SEEING VALUES GO UP AROUND THEM, THAT, UH, SCHOOL TAXES WOULD BE FROZEN AT THAT 15TH YEAR. 
          UM, THE, THE, THERE ARE BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE BILLS, AS YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE BURN AND SENATOR MENENDEZ, THEY'VE BOTH BEEN REFERRED TO THE TAXING COMMITTEES PROPERTY TAX COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE, UH, CHAIRED BY BE, UH, SENATOR BETTEN COURT AND THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE, UM, CHAIRED BY DUSTIN BURROUGHS. 
          UH, BOTH HAVE NOT HEARD A HEARING YET. 
          UH, THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON MORE COMPREHENSIVE, BROADER PROPERTY TAX REFORM. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ITEMS IN OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM IS TO ALLOW MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR YOU AS A COUNCIL TO TARGET RELIEF IN AREAS THAT IT'S REALLY NEEDED. 
          SO THIS FALLS RIGHT IN LINE WITH THAT. 
          UH, THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION WOULD BE, UH, LETTERS AND MEETINGS AND PUSHING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES TO HEAR THAT BILL IS THE, IS THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR US, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT IF YOU WANNA DO IT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, JEFF, FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION AND FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION. 
          AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS HAS TO BE DONE IN CONCERT WITH ONE ANOTHER, THAT NOT JUST THE CITY, NOT JUST, UM, THE STATE, BUT WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          UM, VETO. 
          I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UM, IAN, AND, AND, UH, MIKE, THANK YOU, PETER FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO TOO, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING, THIS IS A HEAVY LIFT AND THIS, WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, BLAZING NEW TRAILS HERE AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND I AM MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 34. 
          COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, SO VERO, JUST A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          UM, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SEEN THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW IN COMMITTEE AND, AND, UH, OTHERWISE, SO I THINK THAT IT'S, UM, I, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT AND PREPARED TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. 
          UH, I JUST, IN, IN THE PREVIOUS C D B G FUNDING WHERE I MENTIONED THE 200,000 FOR, UH, RENTAL, SHORT TERM EMERGENCY RENTAL, IS THAT PART OF THIS, OR IS THAT SEPARATE? UH, IT IS, UM, IT'S FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE TO HELP FAMILIES IN THOSE SITUATIONS. 
          UM, AND SO THAT FUNDING IS GOING TO SUPPLEMENT THE RISK MITIGATION. 
          IT'S, IT'S SEPARATE FUNDING BECAUSE THAT'S FEDERAL MONEY, BUT IT, IT ALSO CAN BE USED TO SERVE, UH, FAMILIES SIMILARLY SITUATED WITH THE FEDERAL MONEY. 
          HOWEVER, THE LIMITATION IS THAT IT CAN ONLY SERVE FAMILIES UP TO 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          AND SO THIS RISK MITIGATION FUND GOES BEYOND THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, CLARIFICATION ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, YOU HAVE THE MONEY SORT OF DISTRIBUTED HERE, UM, BASED ON WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THE NEED TO BE. 
          BUT CAN THEY BE EASILY MOVED BETWEEN, I'M SORRY, I'M TALKING ABOUT SLIDE NUMBER SIX, THE MITIGATION OVERVIEW. 
          SO YOU HAVE IT HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN SORT OF SEPARATE BOXES. 
          BUT IS THE IDEA THAT IT COULD GO EITHER WAY INTO WHATEVER IT, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE 600,000 WAS EXCEEDED, UM, OR THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE WAS EXCEEDED, COULD MONEY BE MOVED? SO PART OF OUR COMMITMENT WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE IS TO MONTHLY DO REPORTING ON WHERE THE MONEY'S BEING ALLOCATED, WHERE DO WE SEE THE NEED COMING IN. 
          SO BASED ON THE FEEDBACK, UH, WITH PROVIDERS WHO ADDRESS, UH, ISSUES WITH VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, THIS IS THE ALLOCATION. 
          BUT IF WE SEE THAT THE NEED IS GREATER IN THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE POCKET, WE'LL COME BACK AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CHANGES SO THAT WE CAN SHIFT THAT MONEY AROUND. 
          UM, SO EVERY MONTH WE'LL PROVIDE REPORTS, UH, TO BOTH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION ADVISING THEM OF WHERE THE ASSISTANCE IS BEING REQUESTED, HOW MUCH MONEY REMAINS IN THE FUND, AND WE'LL KNOW IF WE DIDN'T ALLOCATE, UM, THE RIGHT BALANCE IN THESE. 
          AND SO WE WILL MAKE THOSE CHANGES THROUGH THOSE COMMITTEES. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, JUST A ANOTHER, UH, SORT OF ANECDOTAL THING. 
          WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FIRES IN MY DISTRICT, UH, REALLY TRAGICALLY, AND THANKFULLY NOBODY'S BEEN HURT OR KILLED. 
          BUT IF, IF, IF THE ISSUE THAT A FAMILY NEEDED TO BE RELOCATED IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE, ARE THEY ELIGIBLE FOR THIS FUNDING OR IS THAT A SEPARATE POCKET OF FUNDING? THEY ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE SCENARIO. 
          UH, THANKFULLY WE DO HAVE OTHER SMALLER POCKETS OF AVAILABLE FUNDS WHERE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST, UM, NOT JUST IN YOUR DISTRICT THERE RECENTLY, EVEN IN IN DISTRICT, UM, 10, THERE WAS AN ISSUE SIMILAR TO THAT. 
          AND SO OUR, UH, STAFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THE OTHER POCKETS OF MONEY, BUT THIS FUNDING NOW BECOMES AVAILABLE AS WELL. 
          AND SO IN, UH, AND FOR A FUTURE PRESENTATION, UH, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS IN P C P THAT WE DO KINDA GET AN IDEA OF ALL THE FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE. 
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SURE. 
          UM, IN THE EVENT THAT, UH, WE HAVE THE NEED, IT WOULD BE, UH, IMPORTANT I THINK TO RECOGNIZE REALLY THE FULL EXTENT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO HELP WITH THIS HOUSING ISSUE. 
          SO IF THERE'S 200,000, BUT IT'S DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, A CERTAIN INCOME, IF WE COULD SHOW THAT IN ADDITION TO WHAT THIS IS, IN ADDITION TO WHAT, UM, THE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ISSUE IN DISTRICT 10 THAT YOU MENTIONED, UM, HOW MUCH IS AVAILABLE BECAUSE, UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE GIVEN THE, UM, THE COMMON PROBLEM, UH, THAT HAPPENS, WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE, UH, PEOPLE ARE, UH, FORCED TO VACATE FOR, UM, STRUCTURAL REASONS OR IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE OR IN THE EVENT OF CODE ISSUES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO YES, UH, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 
          UM, YES MA'AM. 
          PRESENTATION MA'AM. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS, UH, THAT I HAVE. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BE, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, DON'T SIT DOWN, BE, THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHAT WE'VE JUST HEARD IS THERE'S ACTUALLY, UH, THIS MILLION AND ANOTHER $200,000 THROUGH, UM, FEDERAL AGENCIES AVAILABLE. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER DOLLARS AVAILABLE, UH, FOR RISK MITIGATION BESIDES THOSE TWO THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT? YES, THERE ARE, SIR. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF SOME SMALL POCKETS OF GENERAL FUND MONEY AS WELL AS FEDERAL GRANT MONEY. 
          UM, AND SO YES, UH, AND SO THERE ARE SMALL POCKETS. 
          UM, AGAIN, THE LIMITATION ON FEDERAL FUNDS IS THAT IT HAS TO SERVE FAMILIES BELOW 80% OF THE AREA, MEDIAN INCOME. 
          THOSE FUNDS GO TO DIRECT SERVICES AS WELL AS TO COVERING SOME OF THE STAFF COSTS. 
          UH, IN OUR FAIR HOUSING TEAM, WE HAVE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT MONEY, WHICH IS HOMELESS PREVENTION MONEY. 
          AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, UM, GENERAL FUND MONEY THAT HELPS, UM, THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR CODE RELATED ISSUES, RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AS WELL. 
          AND OUR STAFF IS ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE DIFFERENT POCKETS. 
          BUT IN TOTAL, THERE'S JUST OVER A MILLION THAT COVERS BOTH THE STAFF, UM, AS WELL AS THE DIRECT SERVICE. 
          THIS RISK MITIGATION FUND IS GOING TO, UH, TRIPLE, UH, THE DIRECT ASSISTANCE FUNDING AVAILABLE. 
          SO IT'D BE CLOSER TO LIKE A MILLION AND A HALF DIRECT ASSISTANCE? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW, UM, BY YOUR BEST PROJECTIONS, HOW MANY FAMILIES DO YOU FORECAST THAT COULD ASSIST WITH THE RISK MITIGATION FUNDING? WE PROJECT THAT ABOUT 200 FAMILIES COULD BE ASSISTED WITH THE MILLION DOLLARS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE ARE OFFERING IN THESE SERVICES. 
          WHAT ARE WE GETTING AS FAR AS PARTNERSHIPS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY? BECAUSE THIS ISN'T SIMPLY A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PROBLEM TO RESOLVE, UH, BUT IT CAN BE A COMMUNITY-WIDE PROBLEM. 
          YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO, UH, ARE BUILDING AND OWNING AND MANAGING AND MAINTAINING, UH, APARTMENTS. 
          AND, UH, DO THEY HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A HORSE IN THIS RACE SOMEHOW? ACTUALLY, THEY DO. 
          UM, EARLIER TODAY, YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER OF SUPPORT OF THIS POLICY FROM THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION. 
          THEY'RE ONE OF THE PARTNERS FOR THAT, UH, SMALL RENTAL INCENTIVE FUND, ALONG WITH SARAH, WHO SERVES, UH, HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
          AND SO, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT HOW THEY TOO, CAN PLAY A STRONGER ROLE IN THIS, UH, UH, AREA. 
          HAVE THEY COMMITTED FUNDING OF ANY KIND? I, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE. 
          BUT WHEN NEGOTIATING, UM, HOW THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PARTNER ON THAT RENTAL INCENTIVE FUND. 
          AND ACTUALLY THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD SEE COME FORWARD AS A SMALL CONTRACT WITH SARAH AND THE ROLE OF THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION WOULD BE DETAILED THERE AS WELL. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE WILL ASK, UH, FOR THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS WELL. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF, UH, OUR CONCERN HAS COME ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE, AFTER THE FACT SITUATION THAT MANY PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES IN, UH, THAT THEY'VE BEEN DISPLACED OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE DISPLACED BECAUSE OF SOME KIND OF ACTION. 
          UH, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO TO MITIGATE THESE THINGS BEFORE THEY MAY OCCUR? UH, IN OTHER WORDS, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE, UH, DID THE CREEKWAY DOWNTOWN. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THE, UH, GREAT NEW DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE THERE, UH, PEOPLE STARTED SAYING, BOY, THIS IS A GREAT PLACE. 
          THE VALUES ARE GOING UP. 
          SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE VERY MODESTLY ARE NOW THREATENED WITH HAVING TO MOVE BECAUSE NOW THE PLACE IS WORTH MORE TO THE DEVELOPERS, THE BUILDERS, THE OWNERS OF PROPERTIES THERE. 
          UH, AND I THINK IT WAS AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HAD NOT CONSIDERED. 
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WHAT ARE WE DOING TO THINK AHEAD OF THE GAME FOR THE KIND OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT THE CITY SUPPORTS, UH, SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED IN ADVANCE, UH, TO HANDLE THESE KINDS OF SITUATIONS INSTEAD OF CATCHING UP AFTERWARDS. 
          EXCELLENT QUESTION. 
          THAT IS PART OF THE, UH, CONTINUING WORK THAT WE, WE, WE WILL BE DOING THIS YEAR. 
          UM, OUR CITY MANAGER HAS DIRECTED THAT WE MOVE THAT UP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, ADDRESS PREVENTION ISSUES. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IS BUILDING UP ON THE PREVIOUS WORK, UH, LOOKING AT VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, WORKING IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, LOOKING AT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, LOOKING AT AREAS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT, UM, EXTRA INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AND SEE WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE, BUILDING ON THE WORK THAT WE HAVE, LOOKING AT, UH, PROPERTY EVALUATIONS AS WELL. 
          AND SO IT'LL BUILD ON THOSE THINGS. 
          UM, AND ALL THE INPUT WE HEARD IN THIS PROCESS AS WELL, WHERE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS WERE IDENTIFIED AS VULNERABLE. 
          AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT AND MOVE OUR TIMELINE UP, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE TARGETED EFFORTS. 
          YEAH, AND I RECOGNIZE WE DO HAVE SOME VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          I KNOW WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE GROWTH AT U T S A, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ MENTIONED, UH, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HOMES IN CERTAIN AREAS BECAUSE OF VALUES GOING UP. 
          WE'VE GOT GENTRIFICATION, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE BUYING HOMES AND TURNING 'EM INTO HOTELS, CALLING THEM SHORT-TERM RENTALS. 
          ALL OF THOSE CREATE MORE PRESSURE ON A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          UH, AND I, I HEARD WHAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT WHAT THE STATE IS, IS TRYING TO ENACT. 
          I THINK THAT'S GOOD. 
          I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO REEN, UH, TO ENACT SOME TAX RELIEF OURSELVES WITH A LOCAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THE CITY CONTINUES TO BE A PARTNER IN TRYING TO, UH, HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND IN THEIR APARTMENTS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE. 
          COUNCILMAN SALDANA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, LEMME JUST SAY TO IKA, THANK YOU FOR A LOT OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING ON THIS ISSUE. 
          SO IF I'M, IF THIS IS MY FIRST COUNCIL MEETING AND I'M HEARING ABOUT HOUSING, I THINK, UH, UH, THE FIRST THING THAT ANYBODY SHOULD RECOGNIZE ABOUT THIS ISSUE IS THAT NOBODY HAS A MONOPOLY ON THE BEST IDEA TO FIX THIS ISSUE WITH, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOU HOUSING, OR THE CONSEQUENCE OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING INTO A COMMUNITY THAT'S INCREASING PROPERTY VALUES AND IN, IN MANY WAYS, PUSHING SOME FOLKS OUT WHO MAY BE LIVING ON THE MARGINS OF BEING ABLE TO AFFORD TO CONTINUE TO LIVE WHERE THEY'VE LIVED FOR A LONG TIME. 
          THIS IS A TOUGH ISSUE, UH, VERONIKA. 
          SO, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS ACTION AS, AS IT RELATES TO THE BIG PICTURE. 
          SO THIS ACTION IS NOT, UH, A DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY. 
          THIS, THIS MILLION DOLLAR FUND IS, IF I CAN EXPLAIN IT BEST, UH, SORT OF RECOGNIZING THERE'S A PROBLEM AND THERE'S AN AFTER ACTION, UH, THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE. 
          AND, AND THE, THE MILLION DOLLARS IS TO GO INTO THE CATEGORY OF, OF HELP THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          BUT TO, TO COUNCILMAN COURAGES QUESTION, YOU'RE WORKING ON A, ON A, ON ON WHAT WOULD BE A DISPLACEMENT STUDY STRATEGY. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN, BECAUSE IF WE TAKE PAST AS A, A SCRIPT FOR THE FUTURE, UM, THE ISSUE AT SOAP WORKS WHERE SAN PEDRO CREEK IS GETTING INVESTMENTS, IT'S BEING REVITALIZED. 
          IT'S GOING TO REALLY BRING UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT OWN THOSE THREE OR 400, UH, APARTMENT UNITS ARE GOING TO DO WHAT EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID. 
          HEY, THIS IS, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD INVESTMENT. 
          I'M GOING TO, UH, UPGRADE THE PROPERTY, UPGRADE THE ROOMS, UPGRADE THE FAUCETS, THE COUNTERS. 
          THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE'S FOLKS LIVING IN THERE IN THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, AND THEY'RE PAYING A CERTAIN RATE. 
          SO ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT YOU'RE GONNA COME UP WITH A STRATEGY THAT LOOKS AT WHERE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? POTENTIALLY NEXT U T S A IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHEN YOU PUMP IN, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS INTO AN AREA AROUND THE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS, YOU'RE GONNA GONNA SEE SPECULATION. 
          YOU'RE GONNA SEE PROPERTY OWNERS SAY, HEY, MY PROPERTY'S GONNA BE WORTH MORE TOMORROW THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY. 
          UM, YOU'RE GONNA COME UP WITH SOME REQUIREMENTS, SOME STRATEGIES. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, NOT WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY, THOUGH. 
          YES, SIR. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT. 
          IT IS LOOKING AT THOSE STRATEGIES, UM, THAT ARE MULTIFACETED, BUT MAKING SURE WE'RE AWARE OF WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON. 
          AND SO YOU CITED, UH, GREAT EXAMPLES, VARIOUS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF, AND WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO START LOOKING AT, UM, AND IT'S MULTIPLE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. 
          SO IF YOU'RE CORRECT, SO WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE GONNA PASS TODAY, THIS IS A, THIS IS ALMOST LIKE TRYING TO PUT OUT SOME FIRES, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE, HERE'S THE REQUEST I HAVE. 
          THIS IS THE, THE POINT THE QUESTION COULD, IF WE WANTED TO, COULDN'T WE FOCUS THAT ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY, IT'S GONNA HELP 200 FAMILIES? COULDN'T WE HELP FOCUS 
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THAT EXCLUSIVELY ON SOMETHING LIKE, UH, THE SOAP WORKS BY SAN PEDRO CREEK AND SAY, LET'S STUDY THIS. 
          WE KNOW THERE'S DISPLACEMENT THAT'S HAPPENING. 
          UH, THERE'S 200 FAMILIES THAT WE'RE GONNA HELP. 
          UH, COULD WE USE THAT AS A STRATEGY? OR YOU'RE, ARE YOU SUGGESTING A DIFFERENT, BROADER GEOGRAPHIC, GEOGRAPHIC APPROACH? THE RESIDENTS, UH, AT SOAP WORKS ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. 
          WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT PART OF OUR OUTREACH PLAN IS TO GO BACK, UM, TO THAT PARTICULAR APARTMENT COMPLEX AND MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE. 
          BUT WE HAVE SEEN THIS ISSUE CITYWIDE. 
          AND SO THERE COULD BE SOMEONE IN DISTRICT 10, IN DISTRICT SIX THAT NEEDS ASSISTANCE AS WELL. 
          AND WE DON'T WANT TO TURN THOSE PEOPLE AWAY, UH, IF THEY ARE IN THIS CONDITION AS WELL. 
          BUT PART OF OUR OUTREACH PLAN AND OUR COMMITMENT IS TO GO BACK TO SOAP WORKS, UM, IN THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, SOME RESIDENTS HAVE COME FORWARD. 
          WE HAVE ASSISTED THEM. 
          UH, EVEN LAST NIGHT, UM, I WAS WORKING WITH A LADY, UM, TO GET HER IN TOUCH WITH OUR, OUR STAFF. 
          AND SO OUR COMMITMENT IS TO GO BACK TO THAT AREA, BUT WE KNOW THE NEED IS NOT EXCLUSIVE TO ONE COUNCIL DISTRICT OR JUST ONE APARTMENT COMPLEX, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE ALL THE RESIDENTS AT SOAP WORKS, UM, KNOW THAT THIS IS AVAILABLE IF, IF THEY'RE IN THIS CONDITION AND NEED THIS ASSISTANCE NOW. 
          SO LET ME GIVE YOUR OFFICE SOME CREDIT BECAUSE THE, THE PLAN THAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY HAS CHANGED. 
          IT'S EVOLVED AS AS A RESULT OF FEEDBACK THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN. 
          SO LET ME ASK YOU, SO YOU WENT IN AND SPOKE WITH FOLKS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED TO LEARN, AND THEN YOU'VE USED THAT LEARNING TO PUT INTO TO THIS PLAN. 
          TELL ME ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED THAT YOU'VE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR. 
          'CAUSE I, I'M THINKING ABOUT A FEW ELEMENTS. 
          SO ONE SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENT IS THE, UH, A M I LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE. 
          WE HAD MIRRORED THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES, UH, BUT WE HEARD THAT EVEN FAMILIES UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT A M I COULD USE ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THEY TOO COULD HAVE THAT EMERGENCY SITUATION. 
          SO THAT'S ONE AREA WHERE WE, UH, CHANGED OUR APPROACH. 
          UM, WE HAD CONSIDERED HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS AND, UH, LOOKING AT THAT, BUT THE FOCUS IS REALLY ON FAMILIES THAT, UM, ARE NOT ON THAT PATH YET. 
          UM, BUT COULD BE. 
          SO THE PREVENTION BEFORE THEY NEED SERVICES FROM HOMELESS PROVIDERS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IN A PREVIOUS DRAFT. 
          WE HAVE GONE TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE AND, AND THEY ASKED US TO HAVE MORE PUBLIC MEETINGS AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE HEARD FROM A LOT MORE PEOPLE. 
          UM, AND SO WE DID, AND EVERY TIME WE HAD THE DRAFT UP, UM, IT WAS CHANGED. 
          UM, SO WE CHANGED IT THREE TIMES, UM, ONCE WE HAD A, AN INITIAL DRAFT TO MAKE SURE IT REFLECTED THAT FEEDBACK. 
          BUT IT WAS ABOUT BALANCING WHAT WE HEARD. 
          UM, AND A LOT OF WHAT WE HEARD WAS THE LARGER PREVENTION WORK AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT THE DRAFT DID CHANGE BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY FOLKS WHO WORK WITH VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND ADVOCATES AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          SO LET ME MIRROR BACK WHAT I, WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY AND SORT OF MIRROR BACK WHAT I'VE HEARD SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES DESCRIBE. 
          AT FIRST, OUR APPROACH WITH THESE DOLLARS WERE TO TARGET, LET ME GIVE AN EXAMPLE THAT'S THAT'S CLEAR IN SOMEBODY'S MIND. 
          UH, THE, A WOMAN WHO MIGHT BE LIVING, UH, ALONE ON SOCIAL SECURITY, AND THAT IS HER OWN, THAT'S HER FIXED INCOME. 
          SHE'S MAKING 700, 800 A MONTH AND A PRICE INCREASE IS A, A, A VERY SENSITIVE ISSUE TO HER, BECAUSE THAT MIGHT PUSH HER OUT OF THAT APARTMENT UNIT OR THAT HOME. 
          YOU'VE SAID, WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THAT CASE BECAUSE WE HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WE WANT TO HELP. 
          WE'VE NOW ADJUSTED TO A HUNDRED PERCENT A M I BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, CLEANING BEDS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER, BUT LIVE DOWNTOWN IN ONE OF THESE UNITS. 
          THEY'RE WORKING POOR THAT THEY, THEY HAVE A FIXED INCOME THAT'S AT A HUNDRED PERCENT IN A M I THAT THEY ARE VULNERABLE, LIVING ON THE EDGE OF BEING PUSHED OUT AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S THE ADJUSTMENT WE'VE SEEN REFLECTED HERE. 
          YES, IN SLIDE SEVEN, WE INCORPORATED THE SLIDING SCALE KNOWING THAT FAMILIES AT LOWER INCOMES, UM, ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO A RENT INCREASE. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THAT FAMILIES AT THAT RATE, A 5% INCREASING IN THEIR RENT IS WHAT TRIGGERS THEM, UH, BEING IN WHAT IS NO LONGER AN AFFORDABLE UNIT. 
          AND SO WE SCALE IT UP BECAUSE SOMEONE WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER INCOMES MAY BE ABLE TO BEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A RENT INCREASE. 
          UM, THE AVERAGE RENT INCREASE IN SAN ANTONIO IS 3%. 
          SO THESE NUMBERS ARE BEYOND WHAT THE, UM, AVERAGE INCREASE WOULD BE. 
          AND SO WE'RE RECOGNIZING THAT, AND THAT IS ONE OTHER THING THAT WE HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT WE SHOULD SCALE OUR APPROACH SO THAT THOSE THAT NEED THE MOST ASSISTANCE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ABLE TO TAP INTO THE FUND. 
          YEAH. 
          SO VERO, LAST THING HERE. 
          YOU, UH, YOU TOLD US AN EXAMPLE OF A STORY OF WHO WE'VE HELPED AT OUR COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          AND I CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR A LOT OF REASONS, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING ON THE, THE CUSP. 
          BUT, BUT FOR SOMEBODY WHO MAY BE 
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WALKING IN AND MAY NOT CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS MUCH AS I DO, TELL US HOW THIS MONEY IS HELPING BY GIVING US A SENSE OF THAT, THAT STORYLINE OF, OF A PERSON THAT WE'VE HELPED WITH THESE FUNDS IN THE PAST. 
          WELL, I, I THINK WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO AN EXAMPLE IN DISTRICT 10 WITH THE WHISPERING HEIGHTS, UM, APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE, UM, THE LANDLORD WAS, UM, NOT MAKING THE UTILITY PAYMENTS. 
          UM, AND IN THAT INSTANCE, UM, THEY WERE GONNA BE IN AN APARTMENT WITHOUT ANY UTILITY SERVICES IN ADDITION TO SOME CODE ISSUES. 
          AND SO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, UH, OUR FAIR HOUSING TEAM, UM, WENT OUT, WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION. 
          I KNOW THE COUNCILMAN RECEIVED MANY CALLS ABOUT THAT COMPLEX, AND WE HELPED ALL THE INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES, UM, I FORGET THE NAME OF, OF THE COUPLE. 
          UM, THERE WAS A COUPLE WHO WAS CONSIDERED A HIGH RISK TENANT, UM, BECAUSE THERE WAS A PREVIOUS EVICTION, AND SO WE HAD TO KEEP THEM IN A HOTEL A LITTLE BIT LONGER. 
          UM, BUT, BUT I REMEMBER SEEING THEM IN OUR OFFICE, UM, AND TALKING TO OUR STAFF ABOUT MAKING SURE WE FOUND AN APARTMENT THAT WAS ABLE TO RENT TO WHAT THEY CONSIDERED A HIGH RISK TENANT. 
          UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF, OF THE COUPLE, BUT, UM, I, I KNOW I SAW THEM. 
          HE WAS WEARING A RED SHIRT, UM, LATE ONE NIGHT AS WE WERE WORKING WITH HIS FAMILY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEPT HIM IN A HOTEL A LITTLE BIT LONGER, UM, SO THAT WE COULD FIND A PLACE. 
          SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. 
          UM, LAST NIGHT SONIA WAS TALKING TO ME ABOUT, UM, HOW SHE NEEDED HELP NOW BECAUSE SHE WAS AT SOAP WORKS. 
          AND SO, UH, TODAY OUR STAFF HAS REACHED OUT TO HER THIS MORNING. 
          UM, AND I'LL MAKE SURE I FOLLOW UP AND, AND SEE, UH, IF SHE DOES QUALIFY AND IF WE CAN ASSIST HER AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, VETO AND I, I'M, I'M SORRY TO TAKE SUCH A LONG TIME WITH THAT ITEM, BUT IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS POLICY, THIS BOARD OF POLICY MAKERS, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT IS HAPPENING TO FOLKS EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          THE EXAMPLE YOU GAVE IS ONE IN WHICH A PERSON DOING EVERYTHING THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO, THEY'VE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE GOT A JOB, MAYBE THEY LIVE ON A FIXED INCOME, SOCIAL SECURITY, THEY'RE PAYING THEIR RENT EVERY SINGLE MONTH. 
          AND THE CASE YOU DESCRIBED, THERE WAS A LANDLORD WHO WAS, UH, NOT ACTUALLY PAYING THE UTILITY BILL HE SHOULD HAVE FOR THE ENTIRE FOLKS, EVEN THOUGH TO PITCH TO THE FOLKS WHO LIVE THERE WAS, YOU PAY ME A CERTAIN BILL, WE'LL PAY, TAKE CARE OF UTILITIES. 
          CORRECT. 
          THAT OTHER LANDLORD WASN'T LIVING UP TO HIS END OF THE DEAL. 
          AND THESE FOLKS DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT, UH, END UP HAVING TO BE DISPLACED BECAUSE OF THAT LANDLORD WE'RE IN. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO STEP IN WHEN WE CAN TO HELP FOLKS TO CONTINUE LIVING THEIR LIVES, UH, WHO'VE BEEN DOING, YOU KNOW, A DECENT ENOUGH JOB. 
          AND THAT'S SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT. 
          WE'RE NOT EVEN CALCULATING THE FACT OF, OF SOMEBODY WHO HAD A MEDICAL ISSUE, SOMEBODY WHO LOST A JOB, SOMEBODY WHO IS DEALING WITH CIRCUMSTANCES THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE ABRUPT AND SUDDEN. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE TRAUMATIC EVENTS AND I, I'M, I HOPE THAT WE DO A LOT OF LEARNING IN THE NEXT YEAR WITH THIS MILLION DOLLAR DEPLOYMENT, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT STUDY THAT'S GONNA HELP US NOT HAVE TO PUT OUT THESE FIRES AND TRY TO CATCH THEM BEFORE THEY START. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SALDANA. 
          COUNCILMAN TNO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          MS. BETTER. 
          YOU CAN CAN COME RIGHT BACK. 
          . 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          I JUST, UH, AND I JUST WANT TO WANNA THANK YOU, UM, SPECIFICALLY ON THE WORK AT, AT SOAP WORKS. 
          WE KNOW THAT IT IS, UH, IT'S, IT WAS A BALL OF WIRES OVER THERE THAT WE'VE, WE'RE STILL UNTANGLING, UH, WE'VE HELD MANY MEETINGS. 
          UH, YOUR STAFF, MY STAFF HAS, HAS REALLY GONE OUT INDIVIDUALLY AND KNOCKED ON DOORS. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS RISK MITIGATION FUND BACK THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WERE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW, HOW WE CAN USE THAT MONEY TO HELP THEM RIGHT AWAY. 
          AND, UM, SO NUMBER ONE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE WE, I THINK WE, WE USED THAT AS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE MM-HMM. 
           AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WORK REALLY HARD. 
          WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT. 
          SO TRYING TO FIND, UH, SOME, SOME, UH, STRATEGIES THAT CAN HELP ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. 
          UM, MOST IMPORTANTLY, I, I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS, IS HOW, HOW OFTEN OR WHO ARE THE, HOW ARE THE PEOPLE THERE AT SOAP WORKS AWARE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THEM? ONGOING? UM, UM, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, WE SENT A LETTER, UM, WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGER TO MAKE SURE WE COULD HAVE IT IN THE LEASING OFFICE, UH, ADVISING THEM OF OUR ASSISTANCE, UH, ON THE FAIR HOUSING FRONT. 
          AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DONE. 
          UM, AGAIN, OUR COMMITMENT IS TO GO BACK AND SAY THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE, HOW CAN WE HELP? UM, BUT WE HAVE CONTINUED CONVERSATION AND OUTREACH. 
          UM, AND WE WILL GO BACK. 
          UM, WE EVEN HAD SET UP WHEN THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUND WAS CREATED, UM, A DROP-IN AREA, UM, NEXT DOOR, UM, TO, TO THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING WHERE WE HAD TWO STAFF, UM, FOR 10 HOURS BE AVAILABLE TO HELP. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND SEE IF WE NEED TO DO THAT AGAIN. 
          AND, UM, 
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ONCE THIS PASSES, AGAIN, OUR COMMITMENT IS TO GO BACK TO SOAP WORKS, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REACH AS MANY TENANTS AS MAY NEED ASSISTANCE AS WELL. 
          I THINK WE ALSO LEARNED THAT, THAT THERE'S GONNA BE, AS, AS THERE'S IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, UH, THAT WE CAN BE PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT PLANNING TOO. 
          UM, WE LEARNED BECAUSE OF WHAT HAP WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH SAN PEDRO CREEK, WE ALL WANT THAT. 
          WE ALSO THERE, UH, SEE SOME, SOME COLLATERAL EFFECTS THAT OCCUR BECAUSE OF THAT. 
          AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY, UH, A CHOICE WE HAVE TO MAKE AS WE'RE GROWING AS A, AS A GROWING CITY, WE'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. 
          UM, ARE WE, ARE WE EXPLORING HOW YOUR RISK MITIGATION IS, IS SORT OF FOLLOWING THOSE TRENDS AND SEEING WHERE, WHERE THAT IS? 'CAUSE YOU MENTIONED WE'RE, WE'RE GOING CITYWIDE, UM, BUT HOW DOES, HOW ARE YOU WE BEING, UH, PROACTIVE IN TERMS OF PREDICTING, UH, SORT OF THE NEXT POTENTIAL ISSUE OUT THERE? SO AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING ON THE FOUNDATION OF OUR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ANALYSIS, UM, MARRYING THAT WITH PROPERTY TAX DATA, UM, THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE, UH, INDICATOR AS WELL. 
          UH, BUT WE ARE AWARE WHERE, UM, INVESTMENTS ARE COMING UP EVEN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS WHEN RESIDENTS TELL US THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO GET LETTERS, UH, SAYING, I'LL BUY YOUR HOUSE. 
          UH, OR THOSE SIGNS POP UP. 
          THOSE ARE SOME OF THE INDICATORS THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO WE HAVE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS ALREADY WHERE WE KNOW WE HAVE TO DO, UH, SPECIFIC OUTREACH, UH, WORKING WITH EITHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, FIND THE APARTMENTS. 
          WE ALSO KNOW WHICH APARTMENTS HAVE, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY AFFORDABLE, HAVE COVENANTS WHERE THE AFFORDABILITY, AFFORDABILITY PERIOD IS EXPIRING. 
          SO WE'LL REACH OUT TO THOSE LANDLORDS AS WELL. 
          UM, AGAIN, THIS IS PART, THIS IS GOING TO BE PART OF OUR OUTREACH PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, SHARE WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND GIVE UPDATES TO. 
          UM, AND AS WE SEE AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE A SPECIFIC VISIT, TARGETED AREAS, OUR OUR STAFF, UH, IS GEARING UP TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          YEAH, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 
          UH, 'CAUSE WE KNOW YES, SIR. 
          AS YOU MENTIONED, PART OF THE REASON THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS TO BE CITYWIDE IS BECAUSE WE CAN NOT NECESSARILY, WHILE WE, WE, WE WANTED THOSE DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, UM, IT, IT IS, IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO GO CITYWIDE. 
          BUT I, I GUESS I WOULD ASK YOU TO ALSO BE PROACTIVE IN TERMS OF MM-HMM. 
          , WHAT WE SEE, UH, ARE THE NEXT DEVELOPMENTS THAT, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY PRODUCE THESE, UH MM-HMM. 
          , THESE KINDS OF, UH, ISSUES IN THE FUTURE. 
          BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK. 
          THANK YOU PETER, UH, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AS WELL. 
          UM, LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN REO. 
          COUNCILMAN P THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, GIRL, I, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY, AND YOU MENTIONED IT, WHISPERING HEIGHTS WHERE WE HAD A LANDLORD THAT WAS NOT TAKING CARE OF THE FACILITIES, UH, WASN'T PAYING, UH, THE UTILITY BILLS. 
          AND, AND BASICALLY WE HAD LET HIM OFF THE HOOK BEFORE, AFTER HE CAME UP WITH THE MONEY. 
          AND THIS WAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE THEN, AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO BASICALLY LET 'EM DO THAT ANYMORE. 
          SO, UM, YOUR STAFF STEPPED IN ALONG WITH THE, UM, CODE COMPLIANCE, OUR SAFE OFFICERS, MY OFFICE, WE ALL WORKED TOGETHER AS A TEAM, AND WE CAME THROUGH AND WE DID, UH, PLACE SOME OF THOSE FOLKS THAT WERE BEING DISPLACED OUT OUT OF THAT, UH, FUNCTION. 
          BUT, UM, CAN YOU GIMME A SENSE OF HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH MONEY DID WE SPEND ON THAT ONE, ONE INSTANCE, DO YOU REMEMBER? WAS IT THAT IT'S ABOUT 15,000. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, MIKE OVERSEAS, UH, MIKE  IS ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OVERSEAS FAIR HOUSING FOR THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE, WE SPEND, UH, AROUND $215,000 HELPING THOSE FAMILIES. 
          UM, MOVING ASSISTANCE HOTEL STAYS, UH, AND THEN MAKING SURE WE HAD THE DEPOSIT AND TWO MONTHS RENTS, UH, AVAILABLE. 
          SO ABOUT 200, YOU SAID TWO OVER 200, 200,000, YES. 
          SO, AND THAT WAS ABOUT 54 FAMILIES? 55. 
          55 FAMILIES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO OUT OF THAT, WE GOT ABOUT $800,000 LEFT THIS YEAR. 
          AND, AND WHERE DOES THIS MONEY COME FROM? WITH WHISPERING HEIGHTS? WE ACTUALLY UTILIZE SOME OF OUR SHORT-TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE MONEY, WHICH WAS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN SOME MONEY, UM, FROM THE D S D, UM, GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION THAT THEY HAVE FOR RELOCATION ON CODE RELATED ISSUES. 
          SO WE COMBINE THAT, THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL MONEY IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM, THE C D B G TO SUPPLEMENT THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUND AND ADDED $200,000. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, SO JUST LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE BUDGETED RIGHT NOW IN, IN 
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OUR GENERAL FUND WAS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS PROGRAM. 
          WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS BUDGET GOING TO OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN, OUR FIVE YEAR BUDGET PLAN, WHAT ARE WE GONNA STAY AT A MILLION DOLLARS FOR NEXT YEAR? WE HAD PROJECTED TO STAY AT A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT THAT'S WHY TRACKING THE DATA AND WHO WE'RE ASSISTING, HOW QUICKLY THE FUNDS ARE EXPENDED IS GONNA BE SO IMPORTANT, UM, CARRYING THAT INFORMATION FORWARD AS WELL AS HOW WE HAVE UTILIZED THE EXISTING FUNDING. 
          AND SO THAT WILL INFORM, UH, THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          BUT FOR NEXT YEAR, I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, PROJECTED AT AT LEAST $1 MILLION BEYOND THAT, I REALLY CAN'T SPEAK, BUT THE DATA IS GOING TO HELP US DETERMINE IF THAT'S THE RIGHT AMOUNT. 
          UM, AND SO WE, WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE WE TRACK THAT AND IF THE FUNDING STARTS TO GO MORE QUICKLY, UM, THAT WE THOUGHT THAT THAT'S A GOOD INDICATOR OF THE CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND, AND THIS WILL CERTAINLY BE A DATA POINT ON WEST SPRING HEIGHTS? YES, SIR. 
          54 FAMILIES, 55 FAMILIES, THAT LITTLE OVER $200,000. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          VETO. 
          UM, JUST LAST COMMENTS. 
          UM, I THINK WE REALIZE THE CALLS FROM THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND THOSE ARE, UH, FIRMLY INTO THIS PLAN NOW. 
          UH, WE WANNA REITERATE, REITERATE THE APPROACH THAT OUR CITY IS TAKING IN, IN THAT THE ENROLLMENT INTO THE RISK MITIGATION, UH, UH, PLAN IS A SHARED BURDEN AMONG THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE, UH, DISTRESSED FAMILY. 
          SO THAT WE WORK TOGETHER, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE, UH, REACHING THOSE FOLKS THAT NEED THE HELP THE MOST. 
          ALSO, AN OUTREACH PLAN THAT WILL BEGIN AND BE, UH, ROBUST AND PARTICULARLY DIRECTED TOWARDS THE AREAS THAT WE KNOW ARE ALREADY SUFFERING, INCLUDING SOAP WORKS, AND THEN OF COURSE, EVALUATION OF ALL THOSE ITEMS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 34, MARYANNE. 
          UH, AND ALSO THERE IS A, UH, PLACED UNDER THE RECORD, A, A LETTER FROM CONSTITUENT MARYANNE, UH, KESTENBAUM, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN SITTING PATIENTLY. 
          UH, WE HAVE ONE GENTLEMAN WHO'S BEEN SITTING PATIENTLY AND HE'S THE ONLY ONE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. 
          UH, AND I'D I'D ASK FOR YOUR COURTESY TO ALLOW US TO TAKE THAT ITEM FIRST SO HE CAN CLEAR OUT, AND THEN WE CAN GET ONTO WHAT WOULD BE A LARGER ISSUE, UH, LARGER ITEM FOR US TODAY. 
          AND THAT'S, UH, ITEM 24. 
          UH, IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT ONE AND THEN WE CAN CLEAR OUT AND THEN WE'LL GET RIGHT TO ITEM 15. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ITEM 24 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR FUNDING AND THE AMOUNT OF 48 POINT $32 MILLION FROM FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 15 PROPOSED PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS IN THE TOTAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $60.4 MILLION WITH A POTENTIAL CITY MATCH OF 14 POINT $76 MILLION FOR CONSIDERATION THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2020 THROUGH 2022, CONGESTION MITIGATION AIR QUALITY PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF FEDERAL FUNDS HAVE AWARDED. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, ART, COULD I THINK YOU GOT A PRESENTATION HERE? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          YOU CAN BRING UP THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          SO JUST, UH, AS SOME BACKGROUND, UM, THIS ITEM HERE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. 
          UH, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE BRIEFINGS AS RECENTLY AS THIS MONDAY, UH, AS WELL AS MOST OF Y'ALL WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL MEETING ON. 
          UH, SO I'LL GO QUICKLY THROUGH IT SO WE CAN GET TO THE QUESTIONS. 
          JUST A BIT OF BACKGROUND. 
          UM, SO THIS IS IN RELATION TO THE ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS A THREE AND A HALF COUNTY AREA. 
          UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW AND JUST HEARD AGAIN YESTERDAY IN B SESSION, UM, BEXAR COUNTY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED FOR NON-ATTAINMENT AS SUCH. 
          THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP ON THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE OF, OF THAT ISSUE. 
          UM, THROUGH THE M P O, APPROXIMATELY $60 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED OVER THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
          AND THAT'S FOR ALL OF BEXAR COUNTY. 
          SO ADDITIONAL AGENCIES WILL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT ON, UH, SEVERAL PROJECTS, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT. 
          UM, ONE KEY THING IS IF WE DO BECOME WITHIN ATTAINMENT, THESE, THIS FUNDING SOURCE WOULD GO AWAY. 
          SO THE CALL FOR PROJECTS THAT WAS ANNOUNCED IN DECEMBER THROUGH THE M P O IS FORECASTED TO BE $60 MILLION OVER THREE FISCAL YEARS. 
          SO IT COMES OUT TO $20 MILLION PER FISCAL YEAR STARTING NEXT YEAR, AND 2020. 
          IT'S FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS. 
          IF IT IS A PROJECT, IT'S A MINIMUM CONSTRUCTION COST OF $1 MILLION. 
          AND AS WITH THE OTHER CALLS THROUGH THE M P O, IT IS A REIMBURSABLE PROGRAM. 
          THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS 
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AND PROGRAMS. UM, IT IS SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE PAST CALLS WITH ONE BIG EXCEPTION. 
          UM, ADDED CAPACITY PROJECTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE. 
          SO THOSE PROJECTS THAT ADD OR REMOVE A TRAVEL LANE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS CALL FOR PROJECTS. 
          SO IT'S PRIMARILY FOCUSING ON PROJECTS THAT ADD, UH, OPERATIONAL, UH, CONGESTION REDUCTION, SUCH AS INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS OR FOCUSING ON OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION SUCH AS BIKE FACILITIES, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSIT AND FREIGHT. 
          UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THERE ARE LISTED HERE. 
          I'LL HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE PROGRAMS SUCH AS FOCUSING ON VAN POOLING OR CAR SHARING, UH, TELECOMMUTING, ET CETERA. 
          ALSO LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE, UH, FUELS. 
          AND, UM, I'LL, I'LL COVER SOME OF THOSE COMING UP. 
          THE PROJECT SCORING IS PRIMARILY BASED ON EMISSIONS. 
          ABOUT 50% OF THE SCORE IS BASED ON A REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS. 
          AND THE M P O THROUGH THE F H FHWA HAS DEVELOPED A TOOL TO CALCULATE THAT. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          THE REST OF THE, THE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ARE BASED ON, UM, AGENCY PRIORITIES SUCH AS OVER MATCHING OR PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS AND, UM, OTHER PROJECTS, UH, THAT FOCUS ON REDUCTION OF CONGESTION ON CO UH, HIGHLY CONGESTED CORRIDORS. 
          SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED PROJECTS, BUT THIS IS A BRIEF SUMMARY SHOWING WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. 
          WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE CITY A TOTAL OF $60 MILLION OF PROJECTS. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE OVER THE THREE YEAR PERIOD. 
          UH, WITH THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 20% OF THAT AMOUNT. 
          UM, AND, AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE 14.76 INCLUDED IN THAT 14.76 MILLION IS AN OVERMATCH AND I, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT COMING UP. 
          BUT WE'RE PROPOSING SOME PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS WITH TXDOT AS WELL AS WITH VIA, I'LL GO THROUGH THESE AND THEN SUMMARIZE THE PRIORITY ORDER, UH, IN A FEW SLIDES. 
          SO THE FIRST PROJECT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS OUR TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND PRIMARILY THAT'S FOCUSING ON DEVELOPING A PROGRAM FOR THE CITY, LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE COMMUTING SUCH AS VAN POOL'S, CARPOOLING, TELECOMMUTING WITH THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET, A POSITION WAS FUNDED AND WE'VE RECENTLY HIRED FOR THAT POSITION. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE THROUGH THE ANNUAL BUDGET. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE OUR LOCAL FUNDING TO DEVELOP A LARGER PROGRAM. 
          THE NEXT ITEM, THE NEXT PROJECT, UH, PROGRAM WE'RE LOOKING AT IS REALLY REVAMPING OUR BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, WHICH WAS LAST APPROVED IN 2011. 
          IT IS OUTDATED. 
          WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK. 
          THERE'S STILL A LOT TO DO. 
          AND SO THE KEY FOCUS OF THE UPDATE WILL REALLY STRATEGIZE ON THOSE KEY CONNECTIONS WE NEED TO MAKE AS WELL, AS WELL AS HAVING ROBUST CONVERSATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF BI, ABOUT OTHER MODES IN DEVELOPING KIND OF THE NEXT PHASE OF HOW WE WILL IMPLEMENT BIKE MASTER PLAN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO HEALTH, AS WELL AS SUSTAINABILITY. 
          THERE IS A, UH, PROPOSED PROJECT THAT FOCUSES ON OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, PRIMARILY ON, ON THE IMPORTANCE OF AIR QUALITY. 
          UH, THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ARE MADE UP IN THIS, IN THIS PROJECT. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS FOCUSING ON ANTI-IDLING AT SCHOOLS. 
          SUSTAINABILITY HAD, UH, PERFORMED A PILOT PROJECT IN 2018 CALLED CLEAN AIR FOR KIDS, AND THIS WOULD TAKE THAT PILOT AND DEVELOP A THREE YEAR PROGRAM, UH, REALLY FOCUSING ON PUTTING MORE SIGNAGE AND EDUCATION AROUND SCHOOLS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT IDLING WHILE YOU'RE WAITING TO DROP YOUR CHILDREN OFF. 
          THE NEXT PROJECT. 
          UH, YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT YESTERDAY, UM, IN THE B SESSION BRIEFING, SUSTAINABILITY IS DOING A STUDY RIGHT NOW ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE SOME FUNDING TO HELP WITH THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OF THAT PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO HEALTH, UH, PROPOSING A GAS CAP REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. 
          SO THE THOUGHT IS WE WOULD TEST VEHICLES FOR LEAKY GAS CAPS. 
          UH, FUMES CAN ESCAPE AND, AND CAUSE, UH, AIR QUALITY IMPACTS IF THEY'RE FOUND TO BE LEAKY, THEY WOULD BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. 
          THE NEXT PROJECT FOCUSES ON A, A, A SERIES OF INTERSECTIONS IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          THESE HAVE BEEN ON BOTH TCIS RADAR AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT'S RADAR, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITIES RADAR FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND THIS WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE FUNDING FOR THAT. 
          UM, THEY'RE PRIMARILY ON SOME MAJOR ARTERIALS IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF TOWN, UM, ON WESTOVER HILLS AS WELL AS MILITARY DRIVE. 
          THIS PROJECT IS A GREEN STREET PROJECT. 
          IT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEDICAL CENTER, UM, WHERE T C I IS JUST ABOUT TO COMPLETE A CYCLE TRACK ALONG FLOYD CURL, ABOUT A ONE AND A HALF MILE SEGMENT, A GREAT NORTH SOUTH CONNECTOR THROUGH THE MEDICAL CENTER. 
          AND THIS WOULD BE A KIND OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE OVERALL BUILD OUT OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE MED CENTER. 
          THIS WOULD BE AN EAST-WEST CONNECTION THROUGH THE MEDICAL CENTER. 
          VERY IMPORTANT, IT'S ONE OF THE REGIONAL CENTERS AND REALLY TRYING TO BUILD OUT THE ROOM FOR OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION IN ONE OF THOSE CENTERS. 
          THE NEXT TWO PROJECTS TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS LEVERAGING WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS THROUGH OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROGRAM. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS OPTIMIZING OUR TOP 100 CORRIDORS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT DATA COLLECTION ALONG OUR CORRIDORS AND RETIMING OUR SIGNALS, UH, BUT THIS WOULD GIVE US ADDED 
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RESOURCE TO DO THAT FOR OUR TOP 100 CORRIDORS. 
          THE NEXT PROJECT IS LOOKING AT I T S, WHICH IS INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. AND THIS WOULD BE LEVERAGING OUR ANNUAL PROGRAMS THAT WE DO. 
          UH, WE'RE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY PUTTING OUT THE BEST TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE FOR RADAR DETECTION OR VEHICLE DETECTION, WHICH IS RADAR BASED AS WELL AS TRAFFIC MONITORING CAMERAS. 
          AND SO THIS WOULD LEVERAGE OUR LOCAL FUNDS INTO A LARGER PROGRAM. 
          THE NEXT SEVERAL PROJECTS ARE BIKE FACILITY PROJECTS. 
          THE FIRST ONE HERE IS IN, UM, DISTRICT SEVEN ON ABE LINCOLN. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE RED LINE ON THE SCREEN IS CONNECTING SOME EXISTING BIKE FACILITIES. 
          THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT IS IT CONNECTS SEVERAL NEARBY, UH, FEW NEARBY SCHOOLS AS WELL AS RESIDENTS AND ULTIMATELY GETS FOLKS AROUND OVER TO THE LEON CREEK GREENWAY. 
          THE NEXT PROJECT IS IN DISTRICT FOUR ON FIVE PALMS. IT'S A BIKE FACILITY. 
          IT'S REALLY CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS THE EXTENSION OF A PREVIOUS BOND PROJECT, EXTENDING BIKE FACILITIES FROM WHERE THEY END ON FIVE PALMS AT MEDINA BASE ROAD, NORTH TO WEST MILITARY. 
          UM, SO IT WOULD PROVIDE AN OVERALL CONNECTION, UM, OF A PRETTY LARGE AREA IN IN, IN THAT PART OF THE DISTRICT. 
          THE NEXT BIKE FACILITY PROJECT IS A GAP ESSENTIALLY ALONG LOCK HILL SELMA. 
          AND BY PUTTING A FACILITY IN THAT PLACE, WHAT IT'LL DO IS ALLOW SOMEONE TO GET FROM NEAR I 10 ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE SATO CREEK GREENWAY, UM, USING A BIKE FACILITY. 
          THE LAST MAIN PROJECT BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE OVERMATCH IS A RAIL CROSSING. 
          THIS ONE IS IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY THE BUSIEST RAIL CROSSING IN THE CITY. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, CAME UP. 
          IT'S AS PART OF THE 2017 BOND PROJECT. 
          IT WAS NOT ULTIMATELY SELECTED. 
          THIS ONE IS NEAR RIMAN ROAD, NEAR THE KIRBY RAIL YARD. 
          AND WHAT THIS PROJECT WOULD PROPOSE WOULD BE AN OVERPASS PROJECT. 
          IT IS A VERY LARGE PROJECT. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN THINK SIMILARLY ABOUT THE FRI OH CITY AS ZAMO PROJECT THAT WAS FUNDED, UH, PREVIOUSLY THROUGH THE, THE BOND AS WELL AS THE M P O, UM, THAT TOOK ABOUT A DECADE TO GET FUNDED. 
          AND SO THIS IS ONE THAT WE WANNA START WORKING AWAY AT TRYING TO FIND FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE TWO OVERMATCH. 
          UH, THE FIRST ONE HERE IS WITH TDOT, WHICH, UH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THIS AS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THE CITY. 
          THIS IS IN DISTRICT ONE NEAR THE QUARRY. 
          UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE QUARRY SERVES AS SORT OF A REGIONAL, UH, RETAIL CENTER. 
          IT'S VERY CONGESTED. 
          BASSEY ROAD IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          JONES MALTSBERGER IS ON THE NORTH. 
          THIS IS A PROJECT TDOT'S BEEN GOING THROUGH PLANNING STAGES OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, AND WE'RE PROPOSING A 10% OVERMATCH ON WHAT THEY'LL BE SUBMITTING FOR THAT. 
          THIS HELPS WITH THE SCORING OF THE PROJECTS. 
          AND LASTLY, UM, WITH VIA, WE, WE ALL KNOW, UH, HOW IMPORTANT OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION ARE. 
          AND WE KNOW THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD PROVIDING THE $10 MILLION, UM, THIS YEAR VIA JUST REPORTED AT A PREVIOUS B SESSION ON THEIR INCREASED RIDERSHIP. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'LL BE SUBMITTING SEVERAL PROGRAMS. WE'VE IDENTIFIED THREE THAT ARE FA FAVORABLE TO THE CITY FOR AN OVERMATCH OPPORTUNITY. 
          THE FIRST ONE FOCUSES ON FREQUENCY, UM, IMPROVING TWO DIFFERENT ROUTES. 
          ONE IS THE STONE OAK EXPRESS THAT OPERATES FROM THE, THE PARK AND RIDE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN TO DOWNTOWN. 
          CURRENTLY IT'S OPERATING AT A A 30 MINUTE INTERVAL DURING PEAK PERIODS. 
          THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD BRING THAT DOWN TO 15 MINUTES. 
          SO THAT WOULD CUT THE, THE FREQUENCY IN HALF INCREASING THE RIDERSHIP ULTI. 
          ALSO, THERE'S NO OFF PEAK SERVICE FOR THIS ROUTE. 
          AND BY THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, IT WOULD IMPLEMENT A 30 MINUTE OFF PEAK SERVICE. 
          THE SECOND FREQUENCY, UH, IMPROVEMENT WOULD BE ALONG WHAT THEY CALL THE, THE LOOPER ROUTE, WHICH PRI PRIMARILY GOES AROUND FOUR 10 ON THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          IT CUTS, CUTS ALONG SOUTHWEST MILITARY, AND THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD REDUCE THE FREQUENCY FROM 20 MINUTE INTERVALS TO 15, AND THEN IN THE OFF PEAK 30 MINUTES TO 15. 
          SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT, UM, V'S FORECASTING ABOUT A 15% RIDERSHIP INCREASE WITH THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 
          THE SECOND PROJECT WITH, UH, PROPOSED OVERMATCH WITH VIA IS A VAN POOL OVERMATCH. 
          THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WILL ALLOW OVER 200 ADDITIONAL VANS TO ADD TO THEIR FLEET, WHICH HELPS WITH ALL OF OUR CITIZENS ACROSS SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, UH, PROPOSE THE NEXT IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR MOBILITY ON DEMAND SERVICE. 
          SO IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF TOWN RIGHT NOW, VIA IS JUST GETTING STARTED ON AN ON DEMAND TYPE SERVICE WHERE FIXED, FIXED ROUTE RIDERSHIP IS LOW. 
          AND THIS WOULD TAKE, UH, THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT PROGRAM INTO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS. 
          UH, THIS IS IN THE PRIORITIZED ORDER, UM, THAT WE RECOMMENDED TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. 
          THIS, THIS WEEK. 
          UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THE SUBMITTAL PROCESS, UM, TO THE M P O, WE'LL NEED TO PRIORITIZE. 
          AND, UM, THIS, THIS SUMMARIZES WHAT THOSE ARE. 
          THE OVERMATCH AREN'T IN A PRIORITY ORDER, IT'S JUST SIMPLY AN OVERMATCH PROCESS. 
          THE NEXT STEPS, THE THE CALL FOR PROJECTS IS, UH, DUE APRIL 1ST. 
          THEN THEY'LL GO THROUGH A SERIES OF SCORING PROCESS WITH THE M P O, INCLUDING SOME PUBLIC OUTREACH IN JUNE TO BE HOSTED BY THE M P O. 
          AND THEN ULTIMATELY IN THE JULY AUGUST TIMEFRAME, UH, WE'LL LEARN WHAT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN FUNDED. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'LL GLADLY TAKE QUESTIONS. 
          THANKS HART. 
          WE HAVE TWO CITIZENS SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 
          UH, 
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WE'LL START WITH JIM REED. 
          MY NAME IS JIM REED. 
          I'M PRESIDENT OF THE SAN ANTONIO MEDICAL FOUNDATION. 
          AND MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS ON THE GREEN STREET. 
          UH, NOT LONG AGO, THE MEDICAL CENTER WAS SOMEWHERE THAT YOU DROVE TO, WENT TO WORK AND THEN DROVE HOME. 
          BUT RECENTLY, WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE OVER 2000 APARTMENT LIVING UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED. 
          AN SA TOMORROW SAYS THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. 
          WE HAVE AROUND 200,000 VEHICLES THAT GO TO OR THROUGH THE MEDICAL CENTER EACH DAY. 
          SO WE'RE DELIGHTED TO SEE ALL THESE APARTMENTS BEING ADDED. 
          UH, WE, YOU WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO APPROVE A GREEN STREET ON FLOYD CURL, WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, PROBABLY GIVEN WEATHER. 
          IT'S A NORTH SOUTH, UH, ROUTE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM THE SOUTH END OF THE, UH, MEDICAL CENTER TO THE NORTH END. 
          THE PROPOSED GREEN STREET IS ON HAMILTON WOLF AND EAST WEST CONNECTION THAT CONNECTS TO THE EXISTING, UH, GREEN STREET. 
          SO IT PROVIDES A NETWORK, MUCH LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE IN STREETS THAT ALLOWS FOR BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS TO, TO ROUTE EITHER WAY. 
          THE, UH, MEDICAL CENTER, ALL OF THIS, UH, WOULD BE ON LAND THAT THE FOUNDATION HOLDS. 
          SO WE WOULD BE WILLING TO DONATE 1.6 OR $1.5 MILLION WORTH OF RIGHT AWAY OF THE TOTAL OF THE $6 MILLION. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT SHOWS YOU HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO US. 
          IT, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE ESSAY TOMORROW, UH, TASK FORCE SAYS THAT IS ONE OF THE TWO ITEMS THAT IN, IN OUR MEDICAL CENTER ARE CRITICALLY NEEDED. 
          ONE IS GREEN SPACE, THE OTHER IS CONNECTIVITY. 
          THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE CONNECTIVITY. 
          I'LL BE GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. REED. 
          WE HAVE ONE MORE CITIZEN SIGNED UP AND WE'LL GET TO COUNCIL COMMENT. 
          AMANDA MERCK. 
          HI, THANK YOU. 
          UH, MY NAME'S AMANDA MARK. 
          I'M A PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL. 
          I WORK IN THE INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH AT UT HEALTH IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND I KIND OF WANTED TO COME AND TALK TODAY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS BECAUSE THIS, UM, SUBMISSION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ADDRESS MULTIPLE OTHER GOALS IDENTIFIED BY RESIDENTS, UM, RELATED TO HEALTH AND POVERTY AND MOBILITY, UM, WITH THE BIKE LANE PROJECT SPECIFICALLY. 
          AND THEN, UH, SUPPORTING THE OVERMATCH FOR VIAS PROJECTS. 
          THESE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE RESIDENTS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE, UH, BIGGEST RISK FACTORS FOR NUMEROUS DISEASES AND HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT WE SEE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND JUST TO MAKE A REALLY QUICK DISTINCTION FROM EXERCISE, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IS THE DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITY. 
          IT'S WALKING, IT'S BIKING EXERCISES, GOING TO THE GYM. 
          UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, EXERCISE IS LIKE A SUPPLEMENT. 
          PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IS WHAT WE NEED EVERY DAY. 
          PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IS LIKE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY. 
          EXERCISE IS SEPARATE AS A SUPPLEMENT. 
          SO WE REALLY NEED TO INVEST IN PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO WALK AND BIKE TO MAINTAIN THEIR HEALTH. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO CONSIDERING THE, UH, UH, TRANSIT, THE LATEST STUDY CONNECTING TRANSIT TO SOME SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH LIKE POVERTY. 
          UH, IN CLEVELAND, WITHIN 10 YEARS OF INCREASING TRANSITS IN NEIGHBORHOODS, IT REDUCED POVERTY BY 13%. 
          UM, SO THAT COULD REALLY HAVE BIG IMPACTS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          AND SO, UM, YEAH, I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT JUST LOOK AT PROJECTS THAT REDUCE EMISSIONS, EVEN THOUGH THAT IS THE KEY CRITERIA FOR THIS. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT HOW SOME OF THESE PROJECTS CAN ALSO, UH, ADDRESS AND MOVE THE NEEDLE ON SOME OF THESE OTHER INDICATORS. 
          UM, AND THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MS. MECK. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          ALRIGHT, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE FOR YOU. 
          SO HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN PUTTING IN BIKE PATHS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? SO, BIKE, WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IN BIKE FACILITIES FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED SINCE ABOUT 2010, REALLY SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE THE 2011 BIKE MASTER PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD YOU SAY THAT WE'VE SPENT TOTAL ON BIKE PATHS, WHETHER IT'S EXPANDING STREETS OR PUTTING IN NEW BIKE PATHS, EXCLUDING THE GREENWAY TRAILS? 
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RIGHT. 
          SO ROUGH ORDER MAGNITUDE. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT 265 BIKE MILES OF BIKE FACILITIES ACROSS THE CITY, EXCLUDING THE, THE CREEK WAVES THAT'S MADE UP OF BIKE LANES, BIKE ROUTES, PATHS. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BIKE LANES THEMSELVES, UH, THAT'S ABOUT 176 MILES NOW. 
          MOST OF THE MILES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO PLACE HAVE BEEN PUT ON WIDE ROADWAYS WHERE WE COULD SIMPLY STRIPE A LINE. 
          IT WASN'T UNTIL REALLY THE 27 2007 BOND WHERE WE STARTED WIDENING ROADS, UM, TO INCLUDE OTHER, UM, WIDENING, UH, CAPACITY AS WELL AS WIDENING THE ROAD. 
          SO ALTOGETHER WE THINK ABOUT 20 MILES OF THOSE LANES OF THE 176 HAVE BEEN AS A RESULT OF WIDENING THE ROAD, WHICH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THE FIVE FIVE FEET OF ASPHALT WIDENING IS ABOUT A HALF A MILLION A MILE. 
          SO IT COMES OUT TO ABOUT $10 MILLION SPENT WIDENING THE ROAD ACROSS THE CITY, AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL FIVE, UM, FOR THE BIKE PATH. 
          SO ALTOGETHER ROUGH ORDER LESS THAN 20 MILLION THAT ON THE GROUND AT FOUR BIKE FACILITIES AND PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S ABOUT TWO MILES OF A COLLECTOR ROADWAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO HELP ME OUT HERE. 
          HOW MANY, HOW MANY DOLLARS AND HOW MANY MILES? SO LESS THAN 20 MILLION IN AN INVESTMENT BASED ON OUR EXISTING NETWORK OF ABOUT 176 MILES TOTAL. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, UH, AND ARE WE INCLUDING BIKE LANES IN ALL OF OUR STREET PROJECTS NOW? SO GOING BACK TO 2010, COUNCIL ADOPTED A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY. 
          AND SO THAT'S REALLY SAYING THAT FOR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT ALL MODES AND WE'RE GONNA INCORPORATE WHAT WE CAN. 
          SO ON PAPER THAT'S WHAT WE START OUT WITH IS WE WANT TO DO IT, THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE CONSTRAINTS ARE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, HAVE, SO JUST IN THIS PLAN RIGHT HERE THAT YOU JUST JUST GAVE US, HOW, HOW MANY DOLLARS ARE WE PUTTING IN FOR BIKE LANES? SO IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 15 MILLION PROPOSED IN THESE PROJECTS. 
          FOR HOW MANY MILES? IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MILES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE BASICALLY GONNA MATCH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST HOW MANY YEARS, UH, THAT YOU SAID WE SPENT ABOUT $20 MILLION FOR, UM, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MILES THAT WE'RE GONNA MATCH THAT IN THIS ONE, ONE YEAR. 
          THAT, AND THAT'S, THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE AND TWOFOLD. 
          ONE, WE NEED TO UPDATE THE MASTER PLAN TO HELP US PRIORITIZE BETTER. 
          AND WE'VE PUT A LOT OF THE, THE LOW HANGING FRUIT IN PLACE. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE OUR NETWORK IS PRETTY FRAGMENTED AND NOW WE'RE INTO THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT AND MORE COSTLY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND HAVE YOU GONE BACK AFTER WE'VE PUT IN BIKE LANES TO EVALUATE, ARE THOSE BIKE LANES BEING USED? HAVE WE DONE TRAFFIC COUNTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON OUR BIKE LANES TO KIND OF SAY, ALRIGHT, DID WE SPEND OUR MONEY WISELY? ARE WE GETTING A GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT? WE, WE HAVEN'T TYPICALLY GONE IN AND, AND COUNTED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, UH, CYCLING AFTER THE FACT. 
          UM, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NORMALLY DONE. 
          UM, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. 
          I KNOW WE, WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE THE BULVERDE ROAD PROJECT, WANTING TO KNOW HOW OFTEN THAT'S BEING USED, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO IMPROVING SAFETY OF ALL OTHERS. 
          AND WE KNOW, IN FACT, WE'VE PUT IN BIKE FACILITIES AS A TRAFFIC CALMING ASPECT IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL. 
          SO WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE DESIGN THE ROADWAY SO IT LOOKS AND FEELS NARROWER, IT'S SAFER FOR ALL MODES. 
          WELL, I CERTAINLY WANT TO, I I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY COLLEAGUES, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS ON THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY, UH, THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO BIKE LANES. 
          ARE THEY REALLY BEING USED? I I CAN TELL YOU UP IN DISTRICT 10, THEY'RE NOT BEING USED VERY MUCH AND WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON BIKE LANES. 
          SO OTHER THAN THE GREENWAYS THAT IT'S FANTASTIC, PEOPLE LOVE THOSE, BUT DAY-TO-DAY USE GOING TO WORK, REDUCING CONGESTION, I'M NOT SEEING THAT. 
          SO, UH, I'D REALLY LIKE TO GO BACK AFTER WE HAVE COMPLETED THESE AND DO THAT ANALYSIS TO SEE ARE WE GETTING A, A BANG FOR OUR BUCK HERE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR BIKE LANES HERE? I, I, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          I'LL JUST MAKE ONE MORE POINT ON THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT. 
          IT, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE AS TYPICAL WITH ALL OTHER MODES, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. 
          TRANSIT WILL ALWAYS BE SUBSIDIZED BY THE AGENCY. 
          UM, SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO SOME CALCULATIONS AND COME UP WITH HOW OFTEN THE BIKE FACILITIES ARE GONNA BE USED. 
          UM, BUT IT MAY NOT BE A, A POSITIVE, UH, BASED ON A DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
          BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS PEOPLE DO DEPEND ON THAT AND IT'S WORTH THE INVESTMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL LET'S, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT. 
          SURE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, AND YOU MADE A, UH, I, AND I GOTTA GO BACK TO A PROJECT IN DISTRICT 10, HARRY WBA, THE LARGEST ROAD SUPPORTING OUR LARGEST EMPLOYER IN SAN ANTONIO AT FORT SAM. 
          AND, UH, THAT PROJECT WAS PUT IN BACK IN 2011 TO, 
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YOU KNOW, IMPROVE THE ROADS, BUT ALSO PUT IN BIKE LANES AND WHAT HAVE YOU. 
          SO I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS PROJECT AND WHY WE HAVEN'T GONE IN FOR BIKE LANES FOR HARRY WACH GOING INTO FORT SAM. 
          SURE. 
          SO A COUPLE OF THINGS SPECIFICALLY ON HARRY WACH. 
          UM, OVERALL, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED A 2011 STUDY, SO THAT REALLY CALLED FOR ABOUT AN $80 MILLION PROJECT FROM FORT 10 TO FORT, UH, FORT 10 TO FORT SAM. 
          UH, ACTUALLY A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN, IN OVER THE YEARS SINCE REALLY THE 2007 BOND AND BEYOND. 
          WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT $13 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING THROUGH THE M P O FOR A COUPLE INTERSECTION PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE, THE, UH, SPIE. 
          SO A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE. 
          WE DIDN'T PUT THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT IN THIS CALL FOR TWO PRIMARY REASONS. 
          ONE, UM, THE, THE PROJECT CALL ITSELF OVER THREE YEARS IS $60 MILLION FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY. 
          UH, SO THIS WOULD BE MORE THAN THAT ENTIRE CALL FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY. 
          AND KEEP IN MIND THERE'S OTHER AGENCIES SUBMITTING, AND THEN SECONDLY, UM, KNOWING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO PHASE IT IN PIECES, WE DIDN'T THINK THAT IT WOULD SCORE AS HIGH AS SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE EMISSION REDUCTION CALCULATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, DID WE HAVE TO DO THE COMPLETE STREET OR COULD WE HAVE JUST DONE SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES SEPARATE FROM A STREET UPGRADE? UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU GET INTO THE SPECIFICS, THE, THE ROADWAY DOES NEED REPAIRS AND SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND FOLLOWING THAT VISION AND WE PUT A SIMILAR CALL IN, UM, OR CIVIL PROPOSAL WITH THE LAST N P O CALL FOR HARRY SBA. 
          IT WAS NOT SELECTED. 
          UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT AN IMPORTANT PROJECT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE IT ON OUR RADAR. 
          OKAY. 
          I HOPE IT'S A WIDER RADAR, UH, THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT UP, UP THERE IN DISTRICT 10. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING, AGAIN, WE'RE TAKING A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY HERE AND PUTTING INTO BIKE PATHS. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST BICYCLES. 
          I THINK THEY'RE GREAT. 
          BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE ARE PUTTING INTO THESE AND TAKING UP A LARGE CHUNK OF THIS, THIS PARTICULAR LINE ITEM FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, TO RELIEVE, UM, CONGESTION AND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SO, I, I THINK IT'S WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, SPENDING OUR MONEY WISELY, OR SPENDING THIS PARTICULAR POT OF MONEY WISELY. 
          SO, UH, I, I'LL SUPPORT THIS THIS YEAR, BUT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE PLANNING EFFORTS ARE FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          THIS IS A THREE YEAR PROGRAM. 
          YOU SAID THIS CALL IS FOR THREE YEARS. 
          THREE YEARS. 
          I'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE WHAT YOUR PLAN IS FOR THE REMAINING TWO YEARS ON THIS AND, AND TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THAT. 
          SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ART. 
          THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE INFORMATION. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          COUNCILMAN SAND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          ART. 
          I KNOW THIS WENT TO TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, UH, TWICE, AND THE FIRST TIME IT WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, THERE WERE FEWER BIKE PATHS ON IT. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE, THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE. 
          UM, SO AS, AS YOU EXPLAINED, THIS IS WHAT WE CALL, UH, CONGESTION. 
          IT'S FEDERAL FUNDING, CONGESTION MITIGATION, AIR QUALITY FUNDING. 
          IT IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW BENEFITS THAT COMES WITH BEING IN NON-ATTAINMENT IS THAT THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL BUCKET OF MONEY AVAILABLE. 
          AND SO IT MAKES SENSE NECESSARILY TO TIE IT TO, UH, WAYS THAT WE CAN PROTECT HEALTH FROM, UH, AIR POLLUTION, BUT ALSO WAYS THAT WE CAN, UH, REDUCE OUR, OUR IMPACT ON AIR POLLUTION. 
          AND IT REALLY CHALLENGES US TO, CHALLENGES US TO MOVE OUTSIDE OF OUR NORMAL APPROACH TO TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY. 
          SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THE, THE VARIETY OF PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT FORWARD. 
          SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VRAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FIRST. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT, UM, OUR, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE, UH, GONE THROUGH THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD AND I KNOW, UM, THANK YOU OUR REINHARDT FOR THE INFORMATION WHEN IT COMES TO PEDESTRIAN, UH, I'M SORRY FOR SIDEWALKS AND BIKE PATHS AND HOW IT DOES HELP WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN TRAFFIC CALMING IMPACTS BECAUSE WE, WE HEAR A LOT OF THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS CONGESTION REDUCTION AND TRAFFIC FLOW IMPROVEMENT. 
          UM, SO I WILL SHARE WITH YOU AGAIN AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AGAIN, UM, THAT I, I, AS MUCH AS I KNOW THAT WE NEED TO REDUCE THE CONGESTION BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THE AIR QUALITY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, I THINK WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE IN PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. 
          UM, TODAY WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, BROOKS GETTING OAK AND V P SS, WHICH WILL GET ANOTHER, UM, MAYBE THOU ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE WORKING IN THAT AREA. 
          AND, UM, YES, WE HAVE DOLLARS DESIGNATED FOR SOUTH NEW BRAUNFELS TO 
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FOUR 10, BUT WE STILL DON'T HAVE ALL THE GAP FINANCING FOR THAT. 
          SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE CONGESTION THERE. 
          UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE AND PLAN. 
          WE KNOW THAT ROOSEVELT IN FOUR 10 IS NOT PROPERLY, UM, DESIGNED, ESPECIALLY FOR WHAT'S COMING OUT WITH T J X AND THE GROWING AREA FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY. 
          SO, UM, MY ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU ALL IS TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AND SEEING THE PO, HOW THE POINTS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT CONGESTION, BUT IT'S ABOUT PREVENTING THAT CONGESTION IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, FOR CLARIFICATION, AND I WAS LOOKING AT THIS WITH MY COLLEAGUE, UM, HERE, SLIDE 16 AND 17, THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITY ON A LINCOLN, THE UPGRADES ARE 1.5 MILE BICYCLE ROUTE, AND THAT'S FOR 1.5 MILLION ON ABE LINCOLN. 
          BUT THEN FOR FIVE PALMS, IT'S TO CLOSE THE 0.8 MILE GAP AND THAT'S $7 MILLION. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO TALK TO ME ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE OF THOSE. 
          SO THE DIFFERENCE, UM, IS SIMPLY ON ABE LINCOLN SPECIFICALLY, IT'S, IT'S A WIDER RIGHT OF WAY AND WE PRETTY COMFORTABLE THAT WE CAN GO IN AND JUST PUT A, A MULTI-USE PATH ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, NOT HAVE TO TOUCH THE ROAD ON, UH, FIVE PALMS THE ROAD. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, THE SOUTHERN PORTION SOUTH OF MEDINA BASED ROAD, IT'S ABOUT A 40 FOOT WIDE ROAD. 
          IT WAS WIDENED, UM, AND THEN ADDED BIKE FACILITIES ON THE NORTH SIDE WHERE THIS PROPOSED PROJECT IS. 
          THE ROAD'S NARROWER, SO WE'LL LIKELY NEED TO WIDEN THE ROADWAY THERE. 
          UM, IT'S STILL ONE LANE EACH WAY. 
          AGAIN, WE CAN'T ADD TRAVEL LANES, BUT WE'LL BE WIDENING THE ACTUAL ROAD TO ADD THE BIKE FACILITY. 
          SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN COST YOU CAN SEE. 
          AND SO, UH, AND YOU JUST SAID IT IN THERE, THE, THE KEY POINT WITH ALL OF THESE SUBMISSIONS ARE THAT YOU CANNOT ADD TRAVEL LANES. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          IT'S JUST TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS OR REMOVE ADD OR REMOVE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN I HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS, UM, SLIDE 20, UH, 2 81 AND JONES MALTSBERGER 12.8 MILLION. 
          SO WHAT WOULD BE THE MATCH? 'CAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHANGES RIGHT THERE. 
          SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING WOULD BE THE MATCH OF THE CITY IF THIS EVEN GETS MOVING FORWARD? SO THE 12.8, THAT'S A TECH STOCK COST. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S NOT IN OUR TOTAL 60 MILLION, SO WE'RE ONLY PROPOSING 10% OF THAT. 
          SO 1.28 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, AGAIN, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT LEVERAGING WHAT WE CAN WITH OUR BOND DOLLARS. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S PART OF THIS AS WELL. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? SOME OF THE PROJECTS POTENTIALLY, POTENTIALLY IF IT GETS MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, BUT ALSO JUST TO LET THE MAYOR KNOW AND, AND MY COLLEAGUES THAT THIS WEEK, UH, BROOKS HAD A WONDERFUL TOWN HALL MEETING WHERE IT WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY AT THE EMBASSY SUITES. 
          AND THE TWO ISSUES THAT THE RESIDENTS BROUGHT UP WAS THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION THAT, OR THE TRAFFIC THAT IS BUILDING UP AND THE TRAFFIC CONGESTIONS THAT'S BUILDING UP THERE AND PUBLIC SAFETY AS WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW OUT THERE. 
          WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR POLICE AND FIRE SAFETY? SO, UM, JUST TO PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THIS T C I AND M P O SUBMISSIONS, AND I'LL BE WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN VIA GR COUNCILMAN GONZAL. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU ART AND TO MY COLLEAGUES AT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE FOR PUSHING THIS BACK AND BRINGING US SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE RELEVANT FOR AIR QUALITY, UH, PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, YOU KNOW MANY TIMES, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY IT AGAIN GIVEN COUNCILMAN PERRY'S QUESTIONING ABOUT THE R O I FOR FOR BIKE LANES. 
          BUT WE SHOULD ASK FOR AN R O I IN STREET MAINTENANCE. 
          I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR A LONG TIME, I HAVE BEEN ON THIS DAIS, IS THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. 
          SO WE KNOW THAT WE SPEND AROUND $20,000 A MILE TO MAINTAIN OUR STREETS. 
          IT ACTUALLY COST AROUND $89,000 A MILE. 
          SO WE, THERE'S ALREADY A HUGE GAP AND IT'S GROWING, UH, AND THERE'S LOTS OF NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THOSE ARE GROWING AS WELL. 
          SO, I I I THINK THAT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS AND WHY I AM SUCH A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR MULTIPURPOSE LANES, UH, OR MICRO MOBILITY LANES AS, BECAUSE IT IS AN EQUALIZER, IT GIVES PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL IN A WAY THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM, UH, IS AFFORDABLE TO THEM. 
          IT COSTS ABOUT $8,000 A YEAR FOR A FAMILY TO MAINTAIN AN AUTOMOBILE. 
          AND, UH, IF A PERSON CANNOT MAINTAIN THAT OR MAINTAIN THAT $8,000, THEN THEY CAN'T GO PLACES. 
          SO THEY NEED TO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE. 
          UH, AND ANOTHER THING THAT I BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY ABOUT IS THAT OUR STREETS ARE PAID FOR BY TAXPAYERS DOLLARS, UH, AND THEY SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL ROAD USERS, 
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WHETHER YOU WALK, WHETHER YOU BIKE, WHETHER YOU USE A SCOOTER, WHETHER YOU USE PUBLIC TRANSIT. 
          AND IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS. 
          UH, AND SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THE NUMBERS THAT I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          UM, IT WOULD BE LIKE SAYING THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE BUILDING NEXT DOOR, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY USING WHEELCHAIRS? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY USING STROLLERS? WELL, THEN IT'S NOT WORTH IT TO INVEST IN RAMPS OR ELEVATORS BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE USING THOSE FACILITIES. 
          IT COULD BE EQUALLY INPUTTED IN OUR STREETS. 
          SO I, I JUST, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INVESTING OR SPENDING THIS FUNDING THAT CAME TO US AS A RESULT OF NOT BEING IN ATTAINMENT. 
          AND SO THE, THOSE OF US ON THE COMMITTEE PUSHED BACK TO STAFF AND SAID, BRING US SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY, UM, GIVES US ALTERNATIVES BEYOND SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT, UH, WHAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAME UP WITH HERE, I THINK IS BETTER, UM, THAN WHAT WAS PRESENTED THE FIRST TIME. 
          AND I STILL THINK WE COULD DO MORE. 
          UM, SO I AM, UH, I'M, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, BUT I, I WOULD'VE LIKED TO EVEN SEE MORE INVESTMENT IN ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION, UM, THAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY. 
          SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO UPDATE THE BICYCLE MOBILITY PLAN, BUT I WOULD'VE RATHER SEEN STILL MORE INVESTMENT IN PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO, UM, THE OTHER THING I JUST, UH, WANTED TO COMMENT, UH, ON REGARDING THE, UH, THE, THE TRANSPORTATION, UM, ISSUES HERE AT, WITH THIS PARTICULAR FUNDING THAT CAME AS A RESULT OF NON-ATTAINMENT. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE VW FUNDING THAT'S COMING, UH, AS A RESULT OF, UH, SIM SIMILAR, BUT THEN YESTERDAY WE HAD OUR OZONE MASTER PLAN, AND THEN WE HAVE A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, AND THEN WE HAVE A TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND WE HAVE SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH ALL OF THOSE ISSUES. 
          YET I DON'T ALWAYS SEE A COORDINATED EFFORT, UH, IN IMPLEMENTING THOSE. 
          SO I, UM, PERHAPS THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WILL DO THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY, I THINK, IN A TIMELY WAY. 
          UM, IN FACT, UH, ART, THAT COULD BE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS TO YOU, HOW WE HAVE TO PRESENT A PLAN, BUT I THINK THERE IS SOME URGENCY IN SPENDING THIS FUNDING AND THEN SOME URGENCY IN, UM, THE VW FUNDING THAT'S A SEPARATE POOL, ISN'T, DOESN'T THIS HAVE TO BE EXPENDED BY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME? SO THE, THE CALL HERE IS FOR THREE FISCAL YEARS, SO 20, 21, 22. 
          UH, SO THAT'S OUR FUNDING WINDOW. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WAS THERE ANY COORDINATION WITH THE OZONE ACTION PLAN THAT WAS DISCUSSED YESTERDAY AS YOU WERE COMING UP WITH THESE? SO PRIOR TO OUR FIRST TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE BRIEFING, WE, WE TALKED SPECIFICALLY WITH METRO HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY ABOUT THE VW SETTLEMENT. 
          BASED ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT AT THE, THE FEBRUARY BRIEFING, WE HUDDLED BACK UP WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND, AND METRO HEALTH AND THAT, UM, THE EDUCATION COMPONENT, UM, TALKING ABOUT CLEAN AIR FOR KIDS, THE GAP, UH, GAS CAP TESTING, AS WELL AS THE E V S A PROGRAM THAT CAME FROM THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE CLIMATE ACTION AND A, UH, ADAPTIVITY PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD. 
          WELL, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THAT THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, AS IMPORTANT AS WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS HERE AND POLICY MAKERS THAT WE DON'T TAKE ITEMS IN ISOLATION, UM, THAT THEY'RE NOT KIND OF IN A VACUUM, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THE R O I THAT YOU ANTICIPATE WITH THIS KIND OF FUNDING, I THINK EVEN IN THE MOST BICYCLE FRIENDLY CITIES IN THE COUNTRY, I THINK ONLY ABOUT 10% OF PEOPLE COMMUTE BY BICYCLE, UH, EXCLUSIVELY, UM, IN CITIES THAT ARE HEAVILY DENSE AND HEAVILY INVESTED IN PUBLIC TRANSIT LIKE NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO, AND THAT, I THINK ONLY ABOUT 50% OF THE PEOPLE COMMUTE, UM, WITH SOMETHING OTHER THAN SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES. 
          SO WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO TAKE PEOPLE OFF OUR ROADWAYS AND OR TAKE SO MANY SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES OFF OUR ROADS AND, UM, MAKE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS. 
          UM, BUT I THINK AT LEAST IT'S A STEP, AND I MEAN, I, I WOULD ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE A MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN ALTERNATIVE FORMS AND, UH, CONTINUE WITH SOME OF THE VISION ZERO INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER. 
          UM, ANOTHER THING THAT YOU MENTIONED, UH, WHEN COUNCILMAN PERRY ASKED ABOUT THE R O I IS THAT MULTI MICRO MOBILITY LANES, I DON'T WANNA CALL THEM JUST BIKE LANES ANYMORE, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A DIFFERENT USER USERS THAT CAN USE THOSE LANES. 
          UM, IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE PERSON WHO WOULD BE USING THEM, BUT IT ALSO CALMS TRAFFIC. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE THINGS I HEAR FROM MY CONSTITUENTS ON A DAILY BASIS IS THAT THE TRAFFIC 
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MOVES TOO FAST IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND ONE OF THE WAYS YOU SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC IS BY INSTALLING BIKE LANES, IMPROVING STREET TREES, ADDING BETTER SIDEWALK, UH, MAKING FOR A MUCH MORE PLEASANT PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT WALKING ENVIRONMENT, ALSO REDUCES THE TRAFFIC AND HOPEFULLY THEN WILL REDUCE THE FATALITY ON YOUR STREET. 
          SO, UM, I, I, UH, THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE WORK ON THIS, AND I DO HOPE TO CONTINUE TO SEE A VERY COORDINATED EFFORT WITH, UM, ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, MOBILITY OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE AND THE OZONE MASTER PLAN, AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, AND THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THE SA TOMORROW PLAN, UM, THAT SOMEHOW THEY'RE NOT THOUGHT OF AS INDIVIDUAL PLANS. 
          UH, OH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCILMAN TRAVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO AGREE WITH ALL THE COMMENTS, UM, COUNCILMAN, UH, SAL JUST MADE ABOUT THIS, UH, AND, UH, AND COUNCIL JUAN SANDOVAL AND I ALSO WANNA JUST THANK ART, ART REINHARDT FOR, FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK ON, ON THESE ITEMS. I KNOW WE, WE, WE TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, UH, ZY AND T C I, I MEAN, WE ARE, WE'RE, WE WANT TO BE AS THOUGHTFUL AS WE CAN BE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALL ABOUT. 
          AND IT'S, AND TO FRAME IT AS A RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS, I THINK A, A A, THE WRONG VIEWPOINT. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. 
          I THINK, UH, THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY, INVESTING IN THOSE THAT, THAT MAY NOT, UH, SEE WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON, BUT CREATING THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T NECESSARILY, UH, HAVE THESE THINGS AVAILABLE TO THEM, I THINK WILL BRING SOME, SOME INCREDIBLE, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS FOR, FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          SO I COMMEND T C I SPECIFICALLY ART FOR DOING THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 24. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE NOW AT THE TOP, UM, AND WE HAVE ITEM 13, WHICH IS A SIMPLE, UH, PASS THROUGH. 
          AND SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THAT. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ON TO OUR CONCESSION CONTRACT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ITEM NUMBER 13 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ACQUISITION THROUGH NEGOTIATION OR CONDEMNATION OF INTEREST IN ONE PROPERTY, SUFFICIENT FOR PROJECT PURPOSE, TEMPORARY ACCESS EASEMENT, AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT OF PRIVATELY OWNED RAIL PROPERTY, LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, AND DECLARING THE PROJECT TO BE A PUBLIC USE PROJECT AND A PUBLIC NECESSITY, AND WHICH IS RELATED TO THE SAWS 800 BLOCK OF NORTH LOOP 1604 DR 1 0 9 1 SEWER MAIN PROJECT. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AUTHORIZED THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE PRIVATELY OWNED REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC USE PROJECT FOR THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM PROJECT BY ACQUIRING THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES DESCRIBED BY THE CITY CLERK AND INCORPORATED AS PART OF THIS MOTION. 
          READ IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION, THE PRIVATELY, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR. 
          THE PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTIES FOR TEMPORARY EASEMENT INTERESTS LOCATED IN BEXAR COUNTY CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT NINE ARE OUT OF THE FOLLOWING NEW CITY BLOCK 1 7 4 3 0, SAN ANTONIO, BEAR COUNTY, TEXAS. 
          THESE PROPERTIES ARE DEPICTED IN THE OVERALL PROJECT DRAWING MAP IN EXHIBITS A THROUGH ONE, ATTACHED TO THE ORDINANCE AND INCORPORATED AS PART OF THIS MOTION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'D JUST LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS FOR A MOMENT. 
          UH, I WANT PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE, THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE, UH, THIS IDEA OF USING EMINENT DOMAIN TO TAKE PROPERTY AS, UH, SOMETHING LIGHTLY. 
          THAT WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY, THAT IT'S NOT THE KIND OF, UH, UH, DECISION WE LIKE TO MAKE. 
          UH, BUT THIS IS BECAUSE THERE IS A REAL IMPORTANT, UH, PUBLIC NECESSITY, UH, FOR THIS WATER SYSTEM PROJECT. 
          AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY HOPE IS THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF EMPOWERING SAWS TO DO THIS, THEY'LL BE IN A POSITION TO SIT DOWN WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND REACH AND UNDERSTANDING THIS IS ONLY A TEMPORARY MAYBE, UH, 90 TO 120 DAY, UH, PERIOD OF TIME. 
          AND THEN THE PROPERTY GETS RETURNED TO THE OWNERS. 
          SO WE HOPE THIS WILL BE, UH, ACTUALLY WORKED OUT WITHOUT EVEN HAVING TO USE EMINENT DOMAIN. 
          BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPOWER SAWS SO THAT THEY HAVE THAT OPTION IF THERE'S NO AGREEMENT THAT CAN BE REACHED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN CUR. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 13. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION 
          [02:15:01]
CARRIES ITEM 15. 
          ITEM NUMBER 15 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A FOOD, BEVERAGE AND RETAIL PRIME CONCESSION AGREEMENT WITH PARADISE LAGER AT S A T L L C FOR OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET IN TERMINAL A AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WITH THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE OF $2,165,000. 
          THE INITIAL TERM IS SEVEN YEARS WITH THREE ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS. 
          WELL, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. 
          MEMBERS COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS PRIME CONCESSION FOOD, BEVERAGE AND RETAIL. 
          UH, I'M EXCITED TO BRING THIS, UH, EXCITING PROPOSAL TO YOU, UH, FORWARD TO RECOMMEND, UH, PARODIES LAGGER DAY, UH, AS THE PRIME CONCESSION FOR A PORTION OF TERMINAL A. 
          I WANNA BUILD A LITTLE BIT OF A CONTEXT FIRST. 
          UH, UH, THIS IS A, A PICTURE OF TERMINAL A. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF LEASE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE IN EXISTENCE, THOSE THREE NEWS AND GIFTS VENUES. 
          TWO ON THE SECURE SIDE, ONE ON THE NON-SECURE SIDE, UH, HAVE AN EXPIRATION OF NOVEMBER OF 2020. 
          SO YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THOSE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. 
          AND THEN, CURRENTLY, H M S HOST OPERATES A PRIME CONCESSION THAT SOME OF YOU RECALL. 
          WE BROUGHT FORWARD IN 2012 FOR AWARD WITH THESE PROPERTIES, AND THAT WILL WILL EXPIRE IN FEBRUARY OF 2021. 
          AND SO, H M S HOST, UH, UH, OPERATES THAT IT'S GOT VERY FAMILIAR NAMES LIKE LEGIA, TUIA, NATALIE'S, I'M SORRY, NOT NATALIE'S, BUT, UH, UH, THE EXPRESS NEWS AND OTHERS. 
          AND SO THOSE WILL REMAIN, UH, IN THE AIRPORT AGAIN UNTIL 2021. 
          UH, WHEN WE'LL TALK AGAIN ABOUT HOW WE COMPETE THOSE. 
          SO THE AVAILABLE SPOTS, THE ONES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, END UP BEING 10 LOCATIONS, EIGHT ON THE SECURE SIDE, AND TWO ON THE NON-SECURE SIDE. 
          WE'VE ADDED TWO PRE-SECURITY AS A RESULT OF A LOT OF CUSTOMER FEEDBACK FOR THE NEED FOR MORE FRESH FOOD, COFFEE OPTIONS, UH, BOTH ON THE DEPARTURE LEVEL AND IN BAGGAGE CLAIM. 
          AND SO YOU HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT LATER ON, HOW THE RESPONDENTS WOULD RESPOND TO THAT. 
          UM, THE 10 LOCATIONS, THESE ARE THE EXISTING LOCATIONS, SO THAT, IF YOU RECALL, AS YOU EXIT THE T S A SECURITY CHECKPOINT, YOU SEE SOME RETAIL LOCATIONS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          UH, AND THEN THERE'S FOOD AND BEVERAGE BOTH TO THE LEFT, UH, AND THE RIGHT. 
          AND THOSE, UH, 10 LOCATIONS ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, UH, HOW THE RESPONDENTS PROPOSED TO SERVE. 
          NOW, UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE. 
          WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE HERE IN A MINUTE. 
          BUT AS YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT. 
          ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES IS TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. 
          AND SO THAT AS WE EXAMINED MOVING OUT ON AN R F P FOR FOOD, BEVERAGE AND RETAIL, UH, WE REALLY TRIED TO INTEGRATE ALL OF THAT, UH, AS A RESULT OF A LOT OF CUSTOMER FEEDBACK, BOTH INFORMAL AND THOUSANDS OF FORMAL, UH, CUSTOMER FEEDBACK MECHANISMS, AS WELL AS FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL ON MANY OCCASIONS. 
          AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE NEED MORE OF AT THE AIRPORT. 
          ONE OF THOSE IS A BETTER REPRESENTATION OF OUR CITY. 
          WE WANT TO BRAND THE REGION BRAND SAN ANTONIO IN THE AIRPORT. 
          AND YOU SEE A LOT OF ART, MUSIC, CULTURE, UH, THAT IT'S COMING OUT TO THE AIRPORT, UH, SUCH THAT IF IT'S THE FIRST AND THE LAST PLACE A TRAVELER SEES AS THEY TRAVEL IN AND OUTTA SAN ANTONIO, WE FEEL IT SHOULD REFLECT OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE, AND WE HAVE SOME OF THAT IN OUR FOOD BEVERAGE, UH, NOW. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE, UH, I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THOSE VENUES EARLIER, AND WE NEED MORE. 
          AND SO WE PUT THAT HEAVY EMPHASIS IN THE R F P ON REPRESENTING SAN ANTONIO, UH, WITH LOCAL, UH, CONCEPTS, SPECIFIC FOOD CONCEPTS WE TALKED ABOUT. 
          UM, SO WE WANTED CONCEPTS FOR PARTICULAR LOCATIONS. 
          WE WERE, COFFEE WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. 
          WE THOUGHT BARBECUE WAS IMPORTANT. 
          WE THOUGHT HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS BASED ON CUSTOMER FEEDBACK WERE A, WERE A, UH, A MUST. 
          WE NEEDED MORE SIT DOWN TABLE SERVICE, SO LARGER VENUES, UH, IN OUR AIRPORT, UH, TO, UH, BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE INCREASING CROWDS. 
          AS YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYMENTS ARE GOING UP, UH, DRAMATICALLY. 
          UM, WE ALSO WANTED TO INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY AND MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT FROM A TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS GOING ON IN THE INDUSTRY WITH REGARD TO BOTH PROCESS INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION. 
          SO HOW TO MOVE, YOU KNOW, AWAY FROM TYPICAL QUEUING LINES TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE CROWDS, USE INNOVATIVE WAYS OF ORDERING FOOD, UH, MORE DIGITAL SCREENS AND THE AGILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          UH, AND SO WE PUT THAT INTO THE R F P AS A HIGH DESIRE. 
          UH, THAT'S ALSO OF PARTICULAR ADVANTAGE TO A SMALL AIRPORT. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, TERMINAL A IS A SMALL SPACE, AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE USE EVERY SQUARE FOOT OF IT IN OPTIMAL MANNER. 
          FINALLY, WE'VE STUDIED MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT, UH, ACROSS THE INDUSTRY. 
          AND, UH, BASED ON CUSTOMER FEEDBACK ACROSS SAN ANTONIO, UH, TO INCLUDE GETTING FEEDBACK AFTER WE BROUGHT MUSIC, UH, UH, AIRPORT ENTERPRISE FUND, UH, FUNDED LOCAL MUSICIANS INTO THE AIRPORT AND RECEIVED TREMENDOUSLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK. 
          AND 
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SO WE INCLUDED THAT AS SOMETHING WE WERE LOOKING FOR IN OUR R F P TIMELINE IS HERE. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THIS, UH, JOURNEY, UH, QUITE A WHILE AGO WITH OUR PRES SOLICITATION AUDIT IN 2017. 
          THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS, UH, RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR PRIME THAT WENT ON BETWEEN THEN, UH, AND, AND WHEN WE SOLICITED. 
          SO OUR POST WAS NOT UNTIL FEBRUARY 19TH OF THIS YEAR. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, WE TOOK THAT TO AUDIT ON FEBRUARY, UH, 19, UH, OF THIS YEAR. 
          PROPOSALS, UH, WE RELEASED IN, UH, JANUARY OF 18. 
          UH, THEY WERE DUE IN JUNE. 
          WE WANTED TO GIVE 'EM PLENTY OF TIME. 
          THIS IS A BIG, VERY RESOURCE INTENSIVE PROCESS. 
          UH, WE GOT FOUR PROPOSALS BACK. 
          UH, THERE WAS A SCORING ON IN SEPTEMBER OF, UH, 18, UH, WHERE WE DID SCORING BASED UPON THOSE PROPOSALS. 
          AGAIN, THEY WERE QUITE IN DEPTH, UH, OF THE FOUR PROPOSALS. 
          TWO OF THE PROPOSALS, H M S HOST AND PARODIES LOGGER DAY CLEARLY STOOD ABOVE THE PAC OF, OF, OF THE FOUR. 
          AND THERE WAS A VERY, VERY CLEAR DELINEATION FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS BETWEEN THE TOP TWO, UH, AND, AND NUMBERS THREE AND FOUR. 
          AND SO THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT WE GO FORWARD FOR INTERVIEWS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, MEETING THE RESPONDENTS, SAMPLING THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE, TAKING A LOOK AT RETAIL, ET CETERA, WITH THOSE TOP TWO, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID IN NOVEMBER, UH, OF 2018 ON THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, UH, THAT WE STAFFED TO AUDIT, UH, FOR APPROVAL. 
          WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD A GOOD MIX OF REPRESENTATION OF, OF CITY EXPERTISE, RUNNING THINGS WITHIN THE CITY, BOTH, UH, AT THE AIRPORT AND ACROSS TOWN. 
          WE BROUGHT DARIUS DUNN FROM THE ALAMO DOME CONVENTION AND SPORTS. 
          NOT ONLY DOES DARIUS HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW LARGE CONCESSIONS OPERATE, HE UNDERSTANDS A LOT OF THE VENUES THROUGHOUT TOWN, UH, AS WELL. 
          STEVE MILLBURN IS OUR PROPERTIES MANAGER, WHO WORKS DAY, UH, TO DAY WITH THESE ACTIVITIES. 
          UH, VALERIE PEAK IS THE SUPERVISOR OF TRAVEL AT VALERO. 
          AND SO SHE'S GOT A BROAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC. 
          UH, AS YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT A LARGE, UH, UH, TRAVELING SECTION THERE. 
          AND ON THE BOTTOM BLOCK, THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE, SAMANTHA BURGESS, FROM THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, WAS ON OUR EVALUATION COMMITTEE AS A VOTING MEMBER INITIALLY FOR THAT FIRST ROUND. 
          UM, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THERE WERE SOME SCHEDULING ISSUES WITH HER ABILITY TO MAKE THE FIRST 15 TO 20 MINUTES OF THE SECOND ROUND OF VOTING. 
          SHE SHOWED UP A LITTLE BIT LATE. 
          UH, AND SO CARLOS, UH, MADE THE, MADE THE WISE DECISION FROM A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE THAT SHE WOULDN'T BE A VOTING MEMBER ON THAT COMMITTEE, BUT SHE COULD STILL SERVE IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY. 
          UH, SAMANTHA WAS PARTICULARLY HELPFUL, UH, IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. 
          FIRST OF ALL, SHE UNDERSTANDS THE CULINARY ARTS AS AN INSTRUCTOR AT C I A, UH, BUT SHE ALSO UNDER KNOWS ALL OF THE RESPONDENTS, UH, VERY, VERY WELL, AND UNDERSTANDS THEIR VENUES, UNDERSTANDS THEIR, THEIR, THEIR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES. 
          AND SHE WAS ABLE TO HELP US, UH, IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY. 
          WE ALSO EMPLOY A CONSULTING FIRM, UH, ESSENTIALLY AN INTERNATIONAL CONCESSIONS CONSULTING FIRM THAT WORKS WITH AIRPORTS ALL OVER THE WORLD. 
          UH, THEY WERE VERY USEFUL FOR THOSE INDUSTRY BENCHMARKS, BOTH BEFORE WE COMPETED AND AFTER, UH, TO HELP UNDERSTAND WHAT GOES ON IN AIRPORTS, WHAT'S SUCCESSFUL IN AIRPORTS, WHAT MIGHT NOT BE. 
          UH, AND THEY ALSO HELPED US WITH THE DETAILED EVALUATION OF THE NUMBERS THAT ULTIMATELY OUR FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT TEAM LOOKED AT. 
          AND WE HAVE OUR TYPICAL, UH, VARIETY OF CITY, UH, EXPERTISE TO HELP US THROUGH ALL OF THE PROCUREMENT AREAS. 
          THIS IS A SCORE, UH, THAT CAME OUT OF THE FINAL ROUND, UH, WHEN WE HAD OUR TWO, UM, UH, FIRMS. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT IS, IS OFTEN DISCUSSED ABOUT SCORING, AND, YOU KNOW, WHY IS THERE MAYBE A LARGE SPLIT VERSUS A SMALL SPLIT? I WILL TELL YOU GOING INTO THE, UH, OUTTA THAT FIRST ROUND, H M S HOST AND PARODIES, LOGGER DAY WERE ALMOST EQUAL. 
          THEY WERE VERY, VERY CLOSE AND BOTH SCORED VERY HIGH. 
          SO THIS SPREAD IS A LITTLE BIT WIDER. 
          UH, I THINK THERE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS THAT I'LL GET TO SPECIFICALLY, UM, AND AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE IS A, IS A HOST OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ASSESS THINGS IN THEIR OWN SUBJECTIVE MANNER. 
          UH, BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THESE TWO FANTASTIC GLOBAL FIRMS, AND OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW BOTH OF THEM VERY WELL, WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP ONGOING WITH BOTH OF THESE FIRMS. A LARGE ONE WITH H M S HOST. 
          UH, IT BECOMES A, A, YOU KNOW, A GOOD AND BETTER OR A GREAT AND GREATER, YOU KNOW, AS OPPOSED TO A BAD AND A GOOD. 
          WE DIDN'T SEE A BAD AND A GOOD, THESE WERE BOTH VERY POWERFUL COMPANIES WITH STRONG PROPOSALS. 
          AND SO WE BROKE DOWN EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM AS A, AT AN INDIVIDUAL EVALUATION COMMITTEE VERY CLOSELY. 
          AND I WILL TELL YOU THE, UH, WE LOOKED AT EXAMINED INDIVIDUAL EVALUATOR SCORES, AND THEY'RE VERY CONSISTENT. 
          SO THERE WEREN'T ANY REAL OUTLIERS. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE WEREN'T ONE PERSON WHO SCORED SOMETHING A 20 AND ANOTHER ONE WAS A FIVE. 
          THEY WERE ALL VERY, VERY CLOSE, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          UH, AND SO THE SCORING CAME OUT IN THIS FASHION. 
          AND I WANTED TO JUST HIT, BEFORE I GET INTO THE CONCEPT, UH, AND SOME OF THE EXCITING THINGS THAT PARODIES IS PROPOSING, UH, JUST WANTED TO UPFRONT TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AREAS WHERE THEY STOOD OUT, UH, AS WE EVALUATED AS A COMMITTEE, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO LEADING PROPOSALS. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, AS I MENTIONED, BOTH POWERFUL, INCREDIBLY COMPETENT GLOBAL FIRMS. UM, BUT WE LOOK AT THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT TEAM AS WE LOOK AT EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND, QUALIFICATIONS, AND, AND HOW, UH, WELL THEY CAN EXECUTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT WE, 
          [02:25:01]
UH, REQUESTED IN THE R F P. 
          UH, AND IN, IN MANY, AT MANY LEVELS, BOTH OF THEM BROUGHT SOME VERY STRONG, UH, MANAGEMENT. 
          I WILL TELL YOU, PARODIES LOGGER DAY BROUGHT VERY STRONG MANAGEMENT TO INCLUDE SOME INCREDIBLE, UM, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MANAGEMENT, UH, WITH GREAT REPUTATIONS THAT WERE VERY WELL KNOWN BY THE COMMITTEE. 
          UH, THERE WAS AN AREA WITHIN THE H M SS HOST PROPOSAL, UH, SPECIFICALLY HAVING TO DO WITH RETAIL THAT UNANIMOUSLY IN THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE. 
          THERE WAS SOME CONCERN, UH, WITH REGARD TO SOME, SOME HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THAT PARTICULAR, UH, JOINT PARTNER, UH, AND, AND THEIR ABILITY TO MANAGE, UH, WHAT WE SEE CURRENTLY, UH, IN A, IN A BUSINESS AND, AND SOME CONCERN OVER THEIR ABILITY TO HANDLE THE LARGER, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WERE ARTICULATED. 
          WE DIDN'T REALLY PICK UP ON THAT IN THE PROPOSAL, BUT IN THE INTERVIEWS, IT BECAME QUITE CLEAR AS WE, UH, ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT MANAGEMENT ROLES INDIVIDUALS WOULD HAVE, UH, THAT THAT WAS A CONCERN IN THE ENTERTAINMENT AREA. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I MENTIONED WAS ENTERTAINMENT, UH, WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. 
          WE ARTICULATED THAT IN THE R F P. 
          YOU'LL SEE IN THE PARITIES LOGGER DAY PROPOSAL, THEY, THEY BROUGHT FORTH A STRONG, UH, CONCEPT FOR THAT. 
          AND H M S HOST, UH, DID NOT REALLY BRING THE TYPES OF ENTERTAINMENT THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR. 
          IN FACT, THEY, THEY WERE NOT PROPOSING LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AT ALL. 
          AND, AND THE ENTER THE COMMITTEE, BASED UPON WHAT WE PUT IN THE R F P, UH, HAD AN ISSUE WITH THAT. 
          CUSTOMER SERVICE INNOVATIONS, BOTH COMPANIES HAD CUSTOMER SERVICE IN INNOVATIONS ARTICULATED. 
          UM, THE, THE, UM, PARODIES CONCEPT WAS VERY, VERY DETAILED. 
          UH, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH A SEPARATE SLIDE HERE IN A BIT ABOUT HOW THEY PROPOSED TO LOOK AT PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IN, IN GREAT DETAIL. 
          AND, AND, AND THEY SCORED HIGHER IN THAT CATEGORY, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO PROPOSAL, LOCAL CONCEPTS, INNOVATIVE DESIGN, UH, BOTH VERY, VERY STRONG CONCEPTS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. 
          AND WE LOOKED AT THE COMMITTEE, LOOKED AT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM, AND BROKE, BROKE DOWN THE DESIGN. 
          THE, THE, THE PASSION OF THAT DESIGN WITH REFLECT TO HOW IT REFLECTS SAN ANTONIO THE LAYOUT OF THE QUEUING SPACE, YOU KNOW, AND HOW LARGE IT IS FOR PARTICULAR VENUES. 
          UH, AND ALTHOUGH I WILL TELL YOU THAT SPLIT WAS NOT HIGH, PARITY'S LOGGER DAY WITH THE COMMITTEE SCORES REALLY SCORED, UH, SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN THAT AREA TOO. 
          AND I, I THINK I'D BE REMISS NOT TO MENTION THAT IT WAS BROUGHT UP AND AGREED TO UNANIMOUSLY ACROSS THE COMMITTEE AND VALIDATED BY OUR CONSULTANTS THAT, UH, THE COMMITTEE FELT UNANIMOUSLY THAT COMPETITION, UH, WAS A GOOD THING WITH REGARD TO TERMINALS. 
          AND WHEN YOU COMPARE AND CONTRAST ONE SINGLE PRIME CONCESSIONAIRE HAVING ALL OF THE CONCESSIONS WITHIN A TERMINAL, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME ECONOMIES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, UH, THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT THE COMPETITION, UH, OF TWO LARGE SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES, UH, WITHIN THE TERMINAL, WOULD ULTIMATELY BRING A BETTER PRODUCT AND POTENTIALLY BETTER, BETTER REVENUE TO THE AIRPORT. 
          UM, FINALLY, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMPETITION. 
          AND, UH, 'CAUSE YOU SAW THE SCORES WITH REGARD TO, UH, I'M SORRY, COMPENSATION, UM, WHERE PARODIES LAGER DAY SCORED THE MAXIMUM OF 20 POINTS AND HOSTS SCORED, UH, 16.2. 
          AND SO, UH, JUST TO REITERATE WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW IN THE PROCESS, THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, WE DON'T SEE A C D B E, UH, AIRPORT CONCESSION, DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE OR COMPENSATION SCORES BEFORE WE FINALIZE. 
          SO IT'S ONLY AFTER WE FIRM THAT UP AND WE'RE HANDS OFF, UH, CHANGING SCORES, AND THEN IT'S INTRODUCED, UH, BUT IN THE FINAL SCORING, BOTH FOR MINIMUM, UH, UM, GUARANTEE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEED INCOME AND REVENUE PERCENTAGE, PARODIES LOGGER DAY SCORED HIGHER, UH, FOR THAT, UH, PRODUCING A A CONSIDERABLY HIGHER MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT 600,000, UH, DOLLARS A YEAR. 
          AND SO THAT'S SIGNIFICANT, AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. 
          BUT REVENUE'S VERY IMPORTANT TO AN AIRPORT. 
          IN AN AIRPORT ENTERPRISE FUND, EVERY DOLLAR I GENERATE A NON-AIR AIRLINE REVENUE, I CAN CHARGE MY AIRLINE PARTNERS A DOLLAR LESS, WHICH IS ULTIMATELY PASSED ON TO THE CUSTOMER. 
          AND SO WE WATCH REVENUE VERY CAREFULLY, AND CONCESSIONS ARE A MAJOR PART OF OUR, UH, REVENUE GENERATION, THEN THE SECOND HIGHEST GENER GENERATOR BEHIND PARKING IN AN AIRPORT SYSTEM. 
          SO NOW I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CONCEPT, AND I'LL, I CAN GO THROUGH THIS, UH, UH, FAIRLY QUICKLY. 
          I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE, THE PICTURES, YOU'VE SEEN THE BRIEF ONLINE. 
          THIS IS A VERY QUICK, UH, OVERVIEW OF, UH, THE CONCEPTS. 
          I THINK WHAT YOU'LL FIND AS I WALK THROUGH THESE CONCEPTS, THERE ARE SOME VERY, VERY EXCITING LOCAL CONCEPTS MIXED WITH SOME NATIONAL BRANDS THAT DO VERY, VERY WELL IN AIRPORTS FOR, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. 
          SO, UH, I WALK THROUGH EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE, THE, UH, HOW, HOW THEY WERE PUT TOGETHER, UH, AND WHERE THEY WILL BE, UH, IN THE TERMINAL. 
          IT'S A MIX, AGAIN, OF FOOD, BEVERAGE, UH, AND RETAIL. 
          UH, YOU SEE CHICK-FIL-A ON THE RIGHT SIDE. 
          I DID WANNA MENTION ONE THING BEFORE I GET INTO THE DETAILED CONCEPTS. 
          UH, CHICK-FIL-A WAS A CHANGE AFTER THE PROPOSALS WERE, WERE OFFERED. 
          UH, THERE WAS ORIGINALLY A PANDA EXPRESS, AND THAT'S IN THE FOOD COURT AREA WHERE RAISIN CAN'S IS RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED A PANDA EXPRESS, UH, THE AIRPORT. 
          UH, AND, AND PARITY'S LAGER DAY HAD A BIT OF A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, UH, BASED UPON A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          ONE IS THE TYPES OF FOOD WE GET GREAT FEEDBACK ON. 
          THE CHICKEN VENUE IS, IS ACTUALLY VERY, VERY POPULAR. 
          UH, 
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BUT ALSO THAT MIX OF FAST FOOD AND HEALTHY FOOD. 
          CHICK-FIL-A BEING THE FIRST FAST FOOD RESTAURANT TO, UH, TO BAN TRANS FATS FROM THEIR MENU. 
          SO THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND THAT MIX OF FAST FOOD AND HEALTHY FOOD. 
          UH, AND ULTIMATELY, WE, UH, AGREED TO GO OUT AND LOOK, UH, IF THAT CONCEPT WOULD WORK. 
          IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN, THAN A TYPICAL CHICK-FIL-A. 
          AND SO THEY HAD TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN THE PERCENTAGE RENT, BUT ULTIMATELY IT GENERATED JUST SLIGHTLY MORE, UH, IN MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE, UH, THAN THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT. 
          SO IT WOULD NOT HAVE IMPACTED THE SCORING. 
          YOU WILL GET TO MEET, UH, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. 
          HOPEFULLY THEY'LL STILL HANG WITH US AND TALK TO YOU HERE IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE. 
          UH, BUT PICTURED, UH, ARE SOME FOLKS THAT YOU MAY BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH. 
          CHRIS CONGER FROM SMOKE SHACK, ANDREW WEISSMAN. 
          UH, HIS CONCEPTS ARE LUXURY AND SIP, UH, UH, TONY GRADNEY, TONY GS, AND CHELSEA, UH, CHRISTINE. 
          AND, AND HER HUSBAND IS ALSO IN THE PICTURE, BRANDON OF BOSS BAGELS AND SEATED OUR KARINA CORTEZ HA UH, SELENA ALAMAN, UH, TWO OF OUR A C D B E PARTNERS WHO WILL BE A KEY PART OF OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM WITH THIS PROPOSAL. 
          AND ROBBIE GRUBBS FROM LOCAL COFFEE, UH, MANY OF YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THAT VENUE. 
          THESE, UH, FOLKS, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR THREE A C D B PARTNERS, TONY GRADNEY, CARINO CORTES HAS, AND SELENA ALAMAN, WHO WILL BE JOINT VENTURE, A C D B E PARTNERS AS PART OF THE MANAGEMENT TEAM. 
          UH, THE LOCAL VENUES ARE INSPIRED AND, AND, UH, THE FOOD, THE MENU, THE TRAINING, UH, AS LICENSE AGREEMENTS AT THE AIRPORT. 
          UM, AND I'LL BOTH H M SS HOST AND PARODIES LAGGER DAY, UH, PRODUCED A VERY, VERY SIMILAR PROPOSAL, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE, THE PRIMARY LOCALLY INSPIRED VENUES OPERATING ON LICENSING AGREEMENTS, UM, AT THE AIRPORT. 
          BUT YOU WILL SEE THEM OUT THERE. 
          AND THOSE VENUES ARE INSPIRED BY AND, UH, OPERATED, UH, BY THEIR COMPANIES. 
          AND THIS IS A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF OUR A C D B PARTNERS. 
          BOLD BYTES IS, UH, IS, UH, CARINA'S, UH, COMPANY, BULL BITES. 
          L L C WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING THE LOCAL COFFEE. 
          CHELSEA'S CATERING AND BAR SERVICE WILL BE INVOLVED IN BOSS BAGEL SIP BREW MARKET OPERATIONS, UH, AND ADELAIDE SERVICES. 
          UM, SELENA ALLMAN'S COMPANY. 
          AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SELENA'S GOT A BROAD RANGE OF EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST WITHIN THE CITY, BUT EVEN AT THE AIRPORT. 
          AND SO WE, UH, HAVE, HAVE GREAT POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND KNOWLEDGE OF HER SKILLS. 
          AND NOT PICTURED, BUT WITHIN THE ISTORE, UH, AS A CONCEPT. 
          LATRELL GALLERY IS THE H C D B E PARTNER, UH, THERE. 
          SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS. 
          OKAY, ONE MORE, UH, PIECE BEFORE I GET INTO THE MAP. 
          UM, I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE TECHNOLOGY AND ENTERTAINMENT, 'CAUSE I DID CALL THAT OUT AS ONE OF THE AREAS. 
          AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WANTED AN ELEVATED, UH, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE THROUGH INNOVATION AND ENTERTAINMENT. 
          AND PARODIES DELIVERED, UH, PARODIES WILL OFFER KIOSKS THAT ALLOW TRAVELERS TO VIEW THE MENUS, PAY AND RECEIVE IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          THEY WERE AN ORIGINAL PARTNER OF GRAB GRABS A CONCEPT, UH, YOU KNOW, ON A MOBILE APP THAT ALLOWS YOU TO LET PASSENGERS ORDER FOOD ONLINE SO THEY CAN PICK IT UP WHEN THEIR PLANE LANDS, OR THEY CAN PICK IT UP WHEN THEY GET THROUGH SECURITY. 
          UH, THEY CREATED A MOBILE POINT OF SALE, WHICH HELPS EXPEDITE THE ORDERING OF BOTH RETAIL AND FOOD. 
          THAT'S PARTICULARLY CRITICAL IN A SMALL, UH, TERMINAL, AS I MENTIONED, LIKE TERMINAL A, UH, WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU WANTED LINE BUST. 
          YOU WANNA GET PEOPLE AWAY FROM THOSE COUNTERS AND BE ABLE TO HAVE POINTS OF SALE, UH, THAT, THAT BRINGS THEM AWAY FROM THAT. 
          THEY ALREADY USE APPLE, ANDROID, AND SAMSUNG, AND THEY'RE ABOUT TO USE, UH, ALIPAY AND WECHAT AS WELL. 
          SO AN EXPANDING, UH, OPTION THERE. 
          UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROPOSAL, THERE WAS AN EXTENSIVE USE OF DIGITAL, UM, UH, MEDIA AS WELL AS CHARGING STATIONS, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT WE, UH, ASKED FOR, UH, TO EXAMINE. 
          AND SO ALL OF THEIR SIT DOWN VENUES HAVE PLENTY OF CHARGING STATIONS, UH, SO THAT FOLKS CAN WORK ON THEIR MOBILE DEVICES. 
          AND THEN ENTERTAINMENT, UH, AS I SAID, THEY, THEY DID PROPOSE ENTERTAINMENT. 
          SMOKE SHACK'S GONNA HAVE AN INTEGRATED STAGE. 
          IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE SMOKE SHACK, UH, ON BROADWAY, THERE'S, THEY'VE GOT LIVE MUSIC TO PLAY THERE. 
          IT'S GONNA BE VERY SIMILAR, UH, SET UP, VERY SIMILAR VENUE WHERE THEY'LL HAVE LOCAL, UH, LIVE MUSIC, UH, AS WELL AS OTHER TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS LIKE VINTAGE GAMES, UH, IN THE LUXURY, UH, INTEGRATED INTO THE CONCEPT. 
          SO HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, AND I, I WILL SORT OF WALK YOU THROUGH THAT, UH, VERBALLY. 
          AS I, AS I PICTURE EACH CONCEPT, I'LL KIND OF SHOW YOU A STOREFRONT AND GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. 
          AND THEN BE, UH, GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS LATER. 
          UH, BUT A QUICK SNAPSHOT IS, AS YOU WALK OUT OF THE T S A SCREENING CHECKPOINT, UH, YOU'LL BE GREETED BY A, A VERY LARGE AREA, A SMOKE SHACK, AND A LOCAL COFFEE. 
          I'LL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT IN A SECOND HERE ABOUT HOW WE'RE CHA GONNA CHANGE THE NATURE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT AREA TO BRIGHTEN IT UP, UH, AND MAKE IT MUCH LARGER. 
          UH, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE MORE FOOD VENUES TO THE LEFT WITH LUXURY EMBOSS. 
          I STORE ADINAS MARKET, UH, THERE, UH, IN THE CORNER AND THEN IN THE FOOD COURT CHICK-FIL-A. 
          AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, OUR TWO AREAS IN THE NON-SECURITY ARE BOTH SIP CONCEPTS. 
          AND I'LL SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. 
          SO, AS A CUSTOMER EXITS THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT, THEY'LL BE GREETED BY A LARGE OPEN BRIGHTSPACE, UH, ENTICED WITH A CONTROLLED, UH, AROMA OF BARBECUE COMING OUTTA THE SMOKE SHACK. 
          WE'RE GONNA COMBINE TWO OF OUR RETAIL LOCATIONS THERE, UH, TO MAKE THAT 
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ONE OF THOSE LARGER, UH, COMBINED COUNTER SERVE AND TABLE SERVICE RESTAURANTS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UH, AMPLE COUNTER AND TABLE SERVICE OFFERINGS. 
          YOU, YOU MIGHT ALSO NOTICE, IF YOU LOOK BACK IN THE ARTIST CONCEPTION TO THE RIGHT, YOU SEE WINDOWS, UH, THAT IS A WINDOW TO THE FLIGHT LINE THAT ACTUALLY EXISTS. 
          AND, UH, AT SOME TIME YEARS AGO, WE PUT A WALL UP THERE AND THERE'S A STORE ROOM COVERING THAT UP. 
          SO WE'D LIKE TO OPEN THAT BACK UP AGAIN. 
          UH, AND THAT WILL NOT ONLY MAKE THE THE VENUE LARGER, EVEN STILL, UH, BUT ALSO MAKE IT MUCH BRIGHTER, WHICH WE, UH, WE'RE IN GREAT NEED OF THAT. 
          CHRIS CONGER BEGAN OPERATIONS, UH, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO OUT OF A FOOD TRUCK IN OCTOBER OF 2010. 
          AND HE NEVER SLOWED DOWN AN AWARD-WINNING BARBECUE CONCEPT THAT PROBABLY DOESN'T NEED MUCH MORE OF AN INTRODUCTION. 
          VERY, VERY WELL KNOWN. 
          AND WE'RE LOOKING, UM, FORWARD TO WHAT CHRIS CAN DO HERE AT THE AIRPORT AS WELL. 
          ANDREW WEISSMAN'S, UH, ANCHOR RESTAURANT WILL BE THE LUXURY. 
          UH, THIS IS IF YOU MAKE A LEFT TURN AND GO DOWN, UH, ADJUST ADJACENT TO GATE NINE. 
          YOU'LL SEE, UH, THIS, THIS TAKES IN PART WHERE, UH, OUR CURRENT GERVIN CONCEPT OPERATES OUT OF AND ENLARGES IT. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA RELOCATE THE SHOE SHINE AREA AND ALSO TAKE OUT A STORE ROOM OFFICE SPACE, AND MAKE THAT ANOTHER LARGER, UH, AREA WITH A SIT DOWN DINING WITH ANDREW WEISSMAN'S. 
          VERY, VERY UNIQUE AND CREATIVE MENU AND FUN, QUIRKY, CASUAL ATMOSPHERE. 
          AS YOU KNOW, HE'S A SAN ANTONIO NATIVE, GRADUATED TOP OF HIS CLASS AT C I A, UH, AND THEN HONED HIS SKILLS IN EUROPE LATER TO, UH, COME BACK HERE AND OPERATE HIS, UH, INCREDIBLE OP OPERATION OUT AT THE MUSICIAN REACH, UH, SINCE 2013. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT CONCEPT IN THE AIRPORT AS WELL. 
          BO BAGELS IS A VERY UNIQUE CONCEPT. 
          BRANDON, UH, AND CHRISTIE SOLO OPERATE THIS, UH, HAND ROLLED WOOD FIRED BAGELS EVERY DAY, FRESH EVERY DAY. 
          UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DOWN FURTHER PAST THE CONCOURSE, IF YOU RECALL, WHERE BLIMPES USED TO BE. 
          UH, DOWN THERE IN SOUTHWEST AIRLINES TERRITORY. 
          UH, THEY'LL, THEY'LL NOT ONLY FIGURE, UH, FEATURE THESE BAGELS AND ALL THE TOPPINGS, BUT SINGLE ORIGIN COFFEE. 
          SO THIS WILL ALSO BE A PRIMARY COFFEE VENUE, UH, WHICH WILL BE VERY WELL NEEDED DOWN THERE IN, UH, IN THAT AREA. 
          AGAIN, A SAN ANTONIO FAVORITE, FEATURING A WIDE RANGE OF VERY UNIQUE ITEMS. THIS CONCEPT PROBABLY DOESN'T NEED VERY MUCH INTRODUCTIONS. 
          FOUNDED IN 1946, THEY OPERATE 2200 RESTAURANTS NOW, NATIONWIDE, UH, 32 AIRPORT LOCATIONS AT 26 DIFFERENT AIRPORTS. 
          UH, ONE OF THE MOST, IF NOT THE MOST PER SQUARE FOOT REVENUE GENERATOR. 
          A VERY, VERY POPULAR VENUE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WON ALL KINDS OF AWARDS, AND AS I SAID, HAS TAKEN SINCE 2008 A, A LEAP IN, UH, HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT CONCEPT COMING TO SAN ANTONIO AS WELL. 
          SO COFFEE IS OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT, UH, TO THE CONSUMER. 
          AND AS WE PHASE OUR WAY THROUGH CONSTRUCTION OF OUR CONCEPT, WE'RE GONNA ENSURE THAT WE HAVE WHAT I CALL COFFEE CONTINUITY. 
          UH, BUT WE ALSO, UH, NEED MORE ROOM FOR COFFEE, NEED MORE ROOM FOR QUEUING SPACE AND OTHER AMENITIES. 
          AND LOCAL COFFEE, UH, WILL BE POSITIONED JUST TO THE RIGHT AS YOU EXIT SECURITY OF OUR SMOKE SHACK THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU. 
          ROBBIE GRUBB'S, UH, COFFEE VENUE IS, UM, IS A SAN ANTONIO FAVORITE SINCE 2009. 
          HE OPERATES SIX CAFES IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE SEVENTH UP IN AUSTIN. 
          SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL WOULD BE NUMBER EIGHT. 
          PRIDES ITSELF IN THE QUALITY OF PRODUCTS, SO MUCH SO THAT HE HAS HIS OWN ROASTING COMPANY, MERIT ROASTING, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, HE SERVES HIS COFFEE BASED UPON THAT. 
          UM, AND THIS PARTICULAR CONCEPT THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORTH BY ROBBIE AND PARITY'S LAGER DAY ALSO INCORPORATES, UH, LOCAL FAVORITES LIKE BAKERY, BAKERY, LORRAINE PRODUCTS, AND MOTHER CULTURE, UH, YOGURT. 
          SO, AS I SAID, WE, WE'VE BEEN FIELDING CUSTOMER FEEDBACK ABOUT THE, THE, THE DESIRE FOR MORE PRE-SECURITY VENUES. 
          AND SO IF YOU CAN ENVISION COMING IN, UH, UM, JUST LEFT OF CENTER OF THE DEPARTURE LEVEL OF TERMINAL A ON THE WAY TO DELTA OR SOUTHWEST, JUST OFF TO YOUR LEFT, THERE'S A VERY LARGE SEATING AREA TO THE RIGHT, WHICH IS, UM, WELL USED BUT NOT WELL USED ENOUGH FOR THAT NUMBER OF SQUARE FOOTAGE. 
          AND SO WE'VE GOT A PLAN TO RELOCATE THAT SEATING AREA ACROSS TO ANOTHER AREA IN THE CONCOURSE. 
          UH, AND THEN INSTEAD OF THAT, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, VENUE TO YOUR RIGHT. 
          THIS IS ANOTHER ANDREW WEISSMAN, UH, CONCEPT. 
          AND, UH, IT'LL OPERATE VERY, UH, VERY QUICK, CONVENIENT, UH, HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS, UH, AS WELL AS QUICK PICKUP OPTIONS, UH, AND COFFEE. 
          WE GET, UH, QUITE A LARGE MARKET OF PEOPLE WHO COME AND WAIT FOR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. 
          SO IN ADDITION TO TRAVELERS WHO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PICK UP SOME COFFEE POTENTIALLY, UH, BEFORE THEY GO GRAB THEIR TICKET AND TAG THEIR BAG, UH, WE GET QUITE A, QUITE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP EARLY TO WAIT FOR THEIR, UH, CUSTOMERS. 
          AND SO THAT WILL SERVE THEM AS WELL. 
          AND THAT SIP VENUE WILL ALSO OPERATE A KIOSK, UH, IN THE BAGGAGE CLAIM AREA. 
          UH, THIS IS A PARTICULAR FAVORITE DURING OUR PEAK ARRIVAL TIMES, AND WE GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT, UH, FOR CUSTOMERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, THIS TYPE OF A VENUE. 
          SO IT WILL HAVE NOT ONLY COFFEE, BUT ALSO QUICK, UH, GRAB AND GO FOODS. 
          THIS, THIS WILL OPERATE VERY CLOSE TO THE MID GROUND BETWEEN TERMINAL A AND TERMINAL B, SO VERY CONVENIENT TO BOTH TERMINALS. 
          PARITY'S TEAM WILL ALSO DELIVER A VARIETY OF RETAIL, UH, MERCHANDISE TO OUR TERMINAL. 
          A CUSTOMERS 
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SAN ANTONIO EDUCATOR HISTORIAN, UH, ADINA DE UH, SHE HAD SAW VALUE IN THE PRESERVATION AND MEMORIALIZATION OF WHAT HELPED DEFINE TEXAS, INCLUDING THE ALAMO. 
          AND SO IN, IN HONOR OF, UH, UH, ADINAS NAME, UH, THIS CONCEPT HONORS HER LEGACY. 
          IT'LL HAVE A MIX OF LOCAL ARTESIAN GIFTS AND MEMORABILIA, JEWELRY AND WINES FROM THE HILL COUNTRY, UH, ACCESSORIES AND OTHER TRAVEL ESSENTIALS. 
          AND THAT'LL OPERATE AGAIN OUT OF, UH, TERMINAL A SPURS IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL CONCEPT IN OTHER CITIES WHEN THEY TAKE, YOU KNOW, THE ANCHOR, UH, PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM AND DEVELOP A CONCEPT AROUND THAT. 
          AND SO WE EXPECT THIS TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          IT PROBABLY BEST EMULATES A MIX OF LOCAL INFLUENCE AND NATIONAL CONCEPTS. 
          UH, IT'LL BE CONVENIENTLY LOCATED, DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE FOOD COURT AND TERMINAL A, WHERE WE GET A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC, AND IT'LL OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF LOCAL SPORTS, UH, TIRE AND MEMORABILIA. 
          AND NOT ONLY HIGHLIGHT THE SPURS, BUT ALL OF OUR TEAMS SUCH AS THE FC AND RAMPAGE WILL ALSO BE HIGHLIGHTED THERE. 
          ISTORE IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL, YOU'VE SEEN IN MOTION, IN MOTION ISTORE, UH, SIMILAR CONCEPTS AND, AND, UH, THEY'RE IN AIRPORTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          THEY'RE THE, THEY'RE THE BESTSELLING RETAILER OF ITS TYPE, UH, ACROSS, UH, AIRPORTS IN THE COUNTRY. 
          IT'S, IT'S A JOINT VENTURE WITH A A C D B E PARTNER, UH, KENNETH JAMES, UH, WHICH IS THE LATRELL, UH, GALLEY THAT WE MENTIONED. 
          IT'LL OFFER A MIX OF CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL TRAVELER NEEDS, INCLUDING NOT JUST APPLE PRODUCTS, BUT PRODUCTS FROM OTHER MANUFACTURERS AS PART OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO SAN ANTONIO, UH, AND, AND PART OF THEIR CULTURE. 
          THE CULINARY, UH, THE, THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA PARODIES LAG DAY SCHOLARSHIP, UH, OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS, UH, $2,500 ANNUALLY TO STUDENTS IN SUPPORT OF TUITION AND BOARD EXPENSES. 
          AND IN THEIR PROPOSAL AND IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, PARODIES LAGGER DAY ALSO COMMUNICATED A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT THEY DO IN CITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, UH, TO, UH, GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE, TO INCLUDE SUPPORTING TROOP INITIATIVES, FIGHTING CHILDHOOD HUNGER, UH, AND TOURISM AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS TO INCLUDE THE SAN ANTONIO TOURISM AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. 
          SO ALL IN ALL, UH, THE AIRPORT SYSTEM WOULD RECEIVE A MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE OF 2.165 MILLION, WHICH WILL BE DEPOSITED IN THE AIRPORT OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE FUND. 
          WE THINK THIS IS VERY REALISTIC. 
          IN FACT, LOOKING AT THE PROPOSAL AND, AND THE INCREASE IN SQUARE FOOTAGE, WE BELIEVE THAT, THAT IT COULD EASILY BE EXCEEDED IN OUR SORT OF OLDER, UH, STALED, UH, PROPOSALS THAT WERE, OR OPERATIONS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
          THE LOWER NUMBER OF THEM MADE OVER 1.9 MILLION LAST YEAR. 
          AND SO WE REALLY ARE VERY, VERY CONFIDENT IN THAT MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE. 
          PARES IS COMMITTED TO AN AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE TO HAVE ALL CONCEPTS IN PLACE BY APRIL, 2020. 
          UH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PHASE IT OUT. 
          WE'RE GONNA ENSURE THAT WE KEEP CONTINUITY FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE. 
          AND SO WE'LL DO ABOUT HALF AND, UH, FIRST WITH A PROPOSED CONCLUSION THAT HAVE BEEN ABOUT THE NOVEMBER 19 TIMEFRAME. 
          UH, AND PARODIES AS PART OF THEIR PLAN, ALSO HAS A TEMPORARY KIOSK ARRANGEMENT TO BE ABLE EVEN IN, IN ADDITION TO PHASING IT OUT, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME FOOD CONTINUITY IN THOSE AREAS, UH, WHERE WE MIGHT BE DOING CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          I KNOW WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS, BUT THAT, UH, CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'RE PROUD TO OFFER THE RECOMMENDATION FOR PARITY'S LAGER DAY. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          RE UH, RUSS, WE DO HAVE MANY CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS TODAY. 
          UH, SO WE'LL BEGIN. 
          I'LL CALL THE FIRST NAME SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          I'LL CALL THE NEXT NAME. 
          IF YOU CAN BE, PREPARE, EXCUSE ME, BE PREPARED TO COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM. 
          UH, AND IF YOU'RE SPEAKING IN A GROUP, LET US KNOW NOW AND THAT WAY WE CAN GIVE COMBINED TIME. 
          UH, THERE'LL BE THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND NINE MINUTES, UH, PER GROUP OF THREE. 
          FIRST, I FIRST, UH, CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY IS ANTHONY LESI, FOLLOWED BY YASMEEN SHERIFF. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS ANTHONY LESI. 
          I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR H M S HOSTS. 
          EXPERIENCE, CAPABILITY AND LOCAL INVOLVEMENT WAS A HEAVY WEIGHT ON THIS PROJECT, AND WE BELIEVE OUR TEAM, UH, BROUGHT THAT TO THE TABLE IN THIS EVALUATION AND SCORING PROCESS. 
          H M S HOST IS THE INDUSTRY FOOD AND BEVERAGE LEADER. 
          WE HAVE $3.3 BILLION IN REVENUE ANNUALLY. 
          WE HAVE 41,000 ASSOCIATES NATIONWIDE. 
          AND FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS IN A ROW, WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY OUR INDUSTRY LEADERS, THE AIRPORT LANDLORDS, SO TO SPEAK. 
          AS THE AIRPORT OPERATOR, THE BEST AIRPORT OPERATOR IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE, THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 
          WE ARE FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPERATORS. 
          IN THOSE 41,000 EMPLOYEES, WE OFFER FULL BENEFITS, HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL REIMBURSEMENT. 
          AND WE'RE PROUD TO SAY HERE IN THE SAN ANTONIO REGION, WE HAVE THIS TEAM COMBINED HAS OVER 2,500 EMPLOYEES THAT THEY EMPLOY IN THE SAN ANTONIO REGION REGARDING TECHNOLOGY. 
          UM, WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY, WE DO MOBILE PAY, WE DO APPLE PAY. 
          WE ARE ONE OF THE LEADERS IN THAT REGARD AS WELL. 
          BUT WE ALSO ARE A RESTAURATEUR. 
          WE DON'T BELIEVE TECHNOLOGY REPLACES THE CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE. 
          IT ONLY ENHANCES THE SPEED OF SERVICE FOR 
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THEIR EXPERIENCE. 
          MOBILE ORDERING PADS AT THE TABLE, CHECKOUTS AT THE TABLE, CARD SWIPES AT THE TABLE. 
          ALL THAT WAS IN OUR PROPOSAL. 
          AND, AND IN OUR PRESENTATION, WE HAVE 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENT PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS AIRPORT IN THIS CITY. 
          I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE FOR 25 YEARS WORKING ON THE LANDLORD'S SIDE. 
          WHEN YOU HIRED WESTFIELD TO BE YOUR CONSULTANT WAY BACK WHEN WITH UNISON, AND NOW I HAVE THE OPERATING SIDE AND ABILITY AND PARTNERS WITH JOHNNY HERNANDEZ FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, DIRECTOR HANDY AND STAFF HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING PARTNERS AND THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS DIRECTOR. 
          UM, THEY HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING PARTNERS THROUGHOUT ALL THIS AND ACHIEVING THIS VISION THAT THE CITY HAS SET FORTH. 
          WE HAVE ALWAYS DELIVERED THE COMMITMENT WE'VE MADE, AND WE NEVER COME BACK TO THIS CITY ASKING FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE COMMITMENT WE'VE MADE. 
          EVEN WHEN DELTA LEFT TERMINAL A AND IT LEFT RIA MAKING NO SALES OR VERY LITTLE SALES, WE STUCK IN AND HUNG OUT WITH THAT AIRPORT. 
          'CAUSE WE KNEW THE AIRPORT WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          AND WE KNEW WE WERE PARTNERS WITH THE CITY IN THE LONG RUN. 
          SO HERE WE HAVE A UNIQUE R F P THAT THE CITY PUT OUT WHERE IT ASKS UNIQUELY FOR ONE OPERATOR TO COME WITH BOTH RETAIL AND FOOD EXPERTISE AND OUR INDUSTRY. 
          THERE'S REALLY NOT ANYBODY THAT PLAYS IN THAT GAME. 
          ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, WE SOLD OUR RETAIL DIVISION. 
          IT WAS ACTUALLY THE SECOND LARGEST AT THE TIME, 250 MILLION, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE GREAT FOOD OPERATORS. 
          AND THAT'S OUR FOCUS AND THAT'S OUR CORE. 
          AS YOU LOOK AT THE TEAM BEHIND ME, I WISH I HAD OUR RENDERINGS AND OUR VISIONS. 
          'CAUSE PARITIES IS A GREAT JOB, VERY REPUTABLE FIRM. 
          OUR RENDERINGS LOOK JUST AS GOOD. 
          OUR RENDERINGS LOOK JUST AS, AS EXCITING AS THEY'RE, BUT I THINK OUR RENDERINGS AND OUR TEAM WILL SHOW YOU THAT THE INVESTMENT, THE LOCAL INVOLVEMENT, THE REAL RESTAURANTS THAT EXIST ON THE STREET ARE BEING BROUGHT TO YOUR AIRPORT WITH THE REAL CHEFS THAT RUN THOSE AIRPORTS AS EQUITY STAKE INVOLVEMENT. 
          WHAT YOU DIDN'T SEE IN THE A C B SCORE WAS WE ACTUALLY PROPOSED 30.5% A C B VERSUS 20%. 
          WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. LESSI. 
          YASMEEN SHERIFF, FOLLOWED BY JOHNNY HERNANDEZ. 
          GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR, UM, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS YASMIN SHARIF AND I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR STELLAR PARTNERS. 
          STELLAR PARTNERS IS A RETAIL COMPANY. 
          WE CURRENTLY OPERATE 57 RETAIL STORES AND 15 AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ACQUISITION, WHICH IS TO CONCLUDE IN THE NEXT 45 DAYS. 
          AND OUR BUSINESS WILL BE 99 STORES IN 23 AIRPORTS. 
          WE ARE A TRUE RETAILER THAT IS THE CORE OF OUR BUSINESS. 
          WE DON'T DO FOOD AND BEVERAGE. 
          AND I THINK YOU REALLY NEED TO REFLECT ON WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          IF YOU TRULY WANT THE BEST CONCESSIONS PROGRAM, YOU WANT, NOT JUST SIMPLE OPERATORS THAT CAN DO EVERYTHING YOU WANT A OPERATORS THAT FOCUS ON RETAIL AND OPERATORS THAT FOCUS ON FOOD AND BEVERAGE. 
          WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 30 YEARS. 
          WE STARTED OFF AS A SMALL WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESS. 
          AND YOU HAVE TO REFLECT ON THAT, THE SUCCESS OF OUR BUSINESS. 
          IT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT HAVING MENTORS IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AND WHAT WE PROPOSED WITH H M S HOST IS THE JOINT VENTURE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE WERE GONNA BRING TO THE TABLE. 
          WE ARE GONNA PARTNER WITH MR. ENO, UM, IN TERMS OF A JOINT VENTURE. 
          WELL, WE, HE WILL HAVE A 25% JOINT VENTURE EQUITY OWNERSHIP PARTNERSHIP. 
          HE WILL HAVE MANAGEMENT IN THE BUSINESS. 
          UM, DIRECTOR HANDY, UM, EARLIER MADE A COMMENT THAT THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT THE RETAIL EXPERIENCE. 
          WELL, WE'VE SHOWN YOU STELLAR'S RETAIL EXPERIENCE AND I'VE ALSO LET YOU KNOW OUR SUCCESS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT MENTORS. 
          SO PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP IS BEING A MENTOR TO MR. KANO. 
          HE CURRENTLY OPERATES AT THE AIRPORT TODAY AND PROVIDES VITAL SERVICES TO YOUR TRAVELING PUBLIC SERVICES THAT NOBODY ELSE PROVIDES. 
          EMERGENCY SERVICES, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PARENT THAT'S LOOKING FOR DIAPERS FOR THEIR CHILDREN, UM, PERHAPS A STROLLER OR EVEN A BUSINESS PERSON WHO NEEDS TO SEND THAT LAST MINUTE FAX. 
          HE MAY NOT HAVE THE MOST SOPHISTICATED OPERATION, BUT THAT'S OKAY. 
          STELLAR 30 YEARS AGO WASN'T SOPHISTICATED EITHER. 
          SO I REALLY WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE TRUE RETAIL EXPERIENCE THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE BRINGING. 
          THE CONCESSIONS PROJECT IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS 70% FOOD AND BRE BEVERAGE, 30% RETAIL. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE RETAIL CONCEPT 
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PLAN THAT WE'VE PROPOSED VERSUS PARODIES, IT IS VERY SIMILAR. 
          THEY'VE GOT I STORE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. REVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JOHNNY HERNANDEZ, FOLLOWED BY ANN ING MAYOR RUDY RODRIGUEZ AND ANDREW REES ARE SURRENDERING THEIR TIME TO ME. 
          SO GO AHEAD. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I HAD NOT ANTICIPATED COMING UP HERE, UH, TO SPEAK OR TO BE, OR TO BE PART OF, UH, THE, UH, OF, OF CONTESTING, UH, THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. 
          BUT AFTER I SAW THE SCORING, YOU KNOW, I FELT OBLIGATED BECAUSE THE TEAM THAT WAS ASSEMBLED WAS HAND SELECTED BY ME. 
          I'M THE ONE WHO TOLD HOST, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS WHO HAVE THE SKIN IN THE GAME, WHO CARE ABOUT THEIR BRAND, WHO ARE GONNA BE THERE DAY IN AND DAY OUT, MANAGING THEIR BRAND AND PROTECTING THAT. 
          BECAUSE THIS BID, THIS BID WAS ABOUT GUEST EXPERIENCE, AND IT, IT NECESSARILY WAS NOT, THE FOCUS WAS NOT ON THE MAG. 
          I REMEMBER PROBABLY 20 YEARS AGO, THE VERY FIRST CONTRACT THAT I WAS A PART OF IN NEGOTIATIONS, AND OUR CITY CONTRACTS USED TO BE VERY BOTTOM LINE DRIVEN AND MONEY DRIVEN. 
          AND THEN THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY SAID, WE WANT MORE LOCAL OWNERS, WE WANT LOCAL PARTICIPATION. 
          AND IT WAS ALL REDRAFTED AT THE, AT THE STAFF LEVEL. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTOOD, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS R F P. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE HERE, WHO ARE EQUITY STAKEHOLDERS IN EVERY RESTAURANT, AND LIKE GLORIA, WHO OUR RESTAURANT AT THE AIRPORT TODAY, HAS BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY CREATE CUSTOMER LOYALTY. 
          AND THAT IS A DIFFERENT THING FOR AN AIRPORT. 
          CONCESSIONAIRE LARGE COMPANIES ARE BOTTOM LINE DRIVEN, AND WE ARE CUSTOMER SERVICE DRIVEN. 
          SO OUR PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER WITH HOST WAS A, A VERY STRONG PARTNERSHIP THAT I BELIEVE HAS DEMONSTRATED, UH, SUCCESS AND, AND, AND WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR CITY. 
          LET ME JUST, I DON'T WANNA LOSE TRACK HERE. 
          THE OTHER REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE THE AIRPORT IS OUR FRONT DOOR. 
          AS THE CHAIR OF, OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S SUBMISSION. 
          AS A CITY OF GASTRONOMY, I FEEL IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE FORWARD WHAT THE CITY WANTED SIX YEARS AGO. 
          THERE'S A COUPLE OF Y'ALL ON THE COUNCIL, UH, THAT ARE HERE WHEN THE CITY WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD, LOCAL BRANDS AND OWNERSHIP IN THE AIRPORT. 
          AND, UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE, WE'VE BROUGHT FORTH IN OUR PROPOSAL, LOCAL TALENT, LOCAL OWNERSHIP, ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          AND THAT IS ESSENTIAL IN THE AIRPORT. 
          I'LL TELL YOU THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN THE AIRPORT, AND WE HAVE 12 RESTAURANTS NOW, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL GLOBAL PARTNERS, WE ARE HOSPITALITY DRIVEN FIRST. 
          WE ARE NOT PROFIT DRIVEN. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY THE JOINT VETERAN PIECE AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE IS WHAT WORKS IN OUR AIRPORT. 
          THE AIRPORT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PLACE TO RUN A RESTAURANT. 
          YOU CANNOT BE AN ABSENTEE OWNER THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, AND, AND LIKE ANTHONY SAID, WHEN, WHEN THE TERM, WHEN ALL THE FLIGHTS MOVED TO THE OTHER TERMINAL, YOU KNOW WHAT WE REFOCUSED, WE REORGANIZED AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BEGIN TO BUILD CUSTOMER LOYALTY AND WE'RE GONNA START SELLING GREAT LE CUDOS, GREAT MARGARITAS AND GREAT FOOD, AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE THEM WALK TO THE END OF THE TERMINAL. 
          OTHER COMPANIES WILL WANNA RENEGOTIATE CONTRACTS. 
          IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY. 
          OUR BRANDS, OUR PARTNERSHIPS, THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE SELECTED ARE GONNA OPERATE THESE RESTAURANTS. 
          THEY'RE BRAND AMBASSADORS OF OUR CITY. 
          THEY ARE NOT ABSENTEE OWNERS. 
          AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE AND, AND REALLY EXPLAIN THAT CLEAR DISTINCTION. 
          IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN THE AIRPORT, I'VE HELPED REORGANIZE THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR ALL THE RESTAURANTS THAT I'M IN PARTNERSHIP WITH. 
          HOST. 
          THESE LARGE COMPANIES DO NOT KNOW HOW TO RUN CHEF OWNED RESTAURANTS. 
          ARE THAT THEY, I RAN SEVERAL OF 'EM OUT OF MY KITCHEN AND I SAID, THIS IS MY RESTAURANT. 
          WE'RE GONNA RUN IT MY WAY AND WE'RE GONNA BEGIN TO MAKE CHEF INSPIRED. 
          WE'RE GONNA BRING IN A CHEF INSPIRED CONCEPT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THE CITY WANTED. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME HAD ASKED. 
          I KNOW RAY WAS THERE WHEN, WHEN THIS TRANSITION WAS A REALLY STRONG PUSH. 
          AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS ARE VERY GENUINE. 
          YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, OUR PARTNERS AND OUR, AND OUR CHEF CONCEPTS THAT ARE HERE. 
          AND, AND I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT EMPHASIZE THAT OUR COMPANY HAS BEEN CALLED MULTIPLE TIMES TO COME IN AND SAVE FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPERATIONS THAT OUR CONTRACTS THAT ARE EXISTING, 
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I'LL GIVE YOU. 
          AND ALSO, I MEAN, WE'RE AT THE AT AND T CENTER, THE GUEST EXPERIENCE, CULINARY DRIVEN. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT'S AMAZING IS THAT THE CONSUMER TODAY IS WILLING TO PAY MORE AND SPEND MORE LA GLORIA SALE, UH, RENT OUTPACES THE MAG BECAUSE WE PROVIDE GREAT SERVICE, BECAUSE WE CARE AND, AND WE LISTEN TO OUR CUSTOMERS. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA, THAT'S THAT, THAT IS WHAT I'M VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT IN THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE. 
          THE, UH, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT IS THE, THE JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE, THEY ARE HOSPITALITY DRIVEN TO THE CORE. 
          THEY'RE ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          THEY'RE ABOUT QUALITY. 
          THEY'RE ALL ABOUT THEIR BRANDS, AND YOU'RE GONNA GET TO HEAR THEM. 
          AND THEY'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO. 
          AND IT GIVES ME A LOT OF CONFIDENCE KNOWING THAT IF I PUT FORTH A TEAM THAT THEY CAN DELIVER, AND THAT IS HARD TO QUANTIFY IN A, IN A WRITTEN DOCUMENT. 
          CAN THE CULINARY TEAM DELIVER? ARE THEY GONNA BE THERE? I WAS THERE AT CHRISTMAS EVE, I WAS THERE CHRISTMAS DAY, NEW YEAR'S EVE, AND NEW YEAR'S DAY WITH MY TEAM. 
          WE HAVE TO OPEN 365 DAYS A YEAR EXCEPT CHICK-FIL-A. 
          RIGHT? BUT 365 DAYS A YEAR, WE HAVE TO OPEN. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT IS A CRITICAL PIECE THAT IS HARD TO MEASURE. 
          YOU KNOW, BEFORE I, BEFORE I GET TO INTRODUCE MY, UH, MY, MY FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE TO ME, ROCK STARS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, EVERYBODY WHO'S ON OUR TEAM IS A CONTRIBUTING PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I KNOW CHEF JASON DADY PUT TOGETHER A, A, A FUN EVENT WHERE HE RAISED MONEY FOR YOUTH EDUCATION AND CULINARY SCHOLARSHIPS. 
          WE DO THE SAME THING WITH THE PAELLA CHALLENGE. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, BAKERY LORRAINE AND, AND CHARLIE EBRA CHARLIE, HE IS VERY COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY AND VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I'VE BROUGHT HOST ALONG BECAUSE I AM THEIR PARTNER AND THEY ACTUALLY HELP ME WITH THE PAELLA CHALLENGE, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL FUNDRAISER EVERY YEAR THAT WE DO. 
          SO WE ARE VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO THAT. 
          AND, AND I, AND AGAIN, HOST AS MY PARTNER IS I REQUIRE THAT OF MY PARTNERS. 
          SO IF YOU THINK OF THE THREE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THE CHEF CONCEPTS BAKERY, LORRAINE, I WANTED AN ARTISANAL BAKERY THAT MADE THEIR FRESH EVERY THEIR, THEIR BREAD EVERY DAY. 
          THEY HAVE A DYNAMIC COFFEE PROGRAM. 
          THEY ARE PASTRY CHEF ROCK STARS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THEY ARE AT THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN AS A, AS PASTRY CHEFS. 
          IT'S A HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM. 
          AND CHARLIE HAVE COME TOGETHER. 
          THEY STARTED AT A FARMER'S MARKET. 
          THEY'RE SUCH A HUGE SUCCESS STORY. 
          CHEF JASON DDY. 
          I'M A LITTLE JEALOUS BECAUSE HE WAS AN IRON CHEF AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ON IRON CHEF, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE ONLY SHOW I HAVEN'T BEEN ON. 
          BUT CHEF DADY IS ONE OF THE MOST SKILLED OPERATORS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          HE'S NATIONALLY KNOWN. 
          HE'S IN HIS RESTAURANTS. 
          AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT HIM, HE HAS MENTORED THE CULINARY YOUTH OF NOT ONLY, OF NOT ONLY HIS TEAM THAT THAT HE SURROUNDED HIMSELF, BUT OF THE CITY. 
          HE'S VERY INVOLVED WITH OUR YOUTH AND HE'S VERY INVOLVED AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL. 
          BUT HE IS A SEASONED OPERATOR. 
          AND I KNOW THAT HE HAS ONE OF THE O ONE OF THE FEW FEMALE PIT MASTERS THAT HE WILL QUICKLY GIVE THE STAGE TO WHEN THERE'S AN INTERVIEW TO BE DONE, WHEN THERE'S A TV SHOW TO BE DONE, HE GIVES THE STAGE TO LAURA LOOMIS, THE ONLY ONE OF THE ONLY FEMALE PIT MASTERS IN THE COUNTRY. 
          AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, JEFF BELFOR. 
          HE IS THE, THE CHEF AND OWNER OF SOUTHERLY. 
          AND I WANTED A CHEF CONCEPT IN THAT RAISING CANE SPOT OUTSIDE OF MY LA GLORIA. 
          I SAY, WE NEED A CHEF CONCEPT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, CHEF JEFF HAS DEMONSTRATED YEAR OVER YEAR SUCCESS AND A TRUE CULINARIAN WHO CARES ABOUT THE CUSTOMER AND JUST CONTINUES TO DRIVE HARD. 
          AND I CAN'T HELP BUT, UH, WANT, I, I WANT YOU TO GET TO KNOW THEM, AND I KNOW I THINK BAKERY LORRAINE IS NEXT. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GRACIAS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          CHEF HERNANDEZ AND ING. 
          YES. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER. 
          UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AS A GROUP THIS AFTERNOON. 
          SO I AM ANN ING FROM BAKERY LORRAINE, AND THESE ARE MY PARTNERS, JEREMY. 
          AND CHARLIE. 
          WE STARTED THE BAKERY, UM, AT A FARMER'S MARKET NINE YEARS AGO. 
          AND TODAY WE HAVE FIVE LOCATIONS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, 
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ONE IN AUSTIN. 
          AND ALTOGETHER WE EMPLOY OVER 200 PEOPLE. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO THE AIRPORT THE FULL EXPERIENCE THAT YOU GET FROM ONE OF OUR LOCATIONS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM THE SMELL OF FRESH CROISSANTS AND HOT COFFEE TO THE RAINBOW COLORS OF MACAROONS IN THE PASTRY CASE. 
          AND THE HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE COME TO KNOW US FOR OUR PACKAGING IS BEAUTIFUL AND ICONIC. 
          AND WHAT COULD BE A BETTER SOUVENIR THAN OUR FAMOUS MACAROONS IN A CUSTOM SAN ANTONIO BOX? WE'VE NEVER HAD A FULL BAKERY CONCEPT AT THE AIRPORT. 
          UM, AND MOST OF THE PASTRIES YOU CAN GET THERE TODAY ARE FROZEN. 
          BUT WE ARE A TRUE ARTISAN BAKERY. 
          OUR PASTRIES ARE MADE BY OUR HIGHLY SCALED TEAM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO EVERY DAY. 
          AND THIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL, UM, IS WHAT THIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS THE PERSONAL TOUCH THAT WE AS CHEF PARTNERS BRING TO THE TABLE. 
          WITH H M S HOST, WE BUILT OUR BRANDS AND EVERY DAY WE WORK HARD AND TIRELESSLY TO PROTECT ITS INTEGRITY. 
          WE LOVE SAN ANTONIO, AND WE WOULD BE SO PROUD TO BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO BE FOOD AMBASSADORS FOR OUR CITY AT THE AIRPORT. 
          UM, AND, UH, THE ONLY WAY WE WOULD AGREE TO THIS IS BY HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTIVELY BE INVOLVED IN MANAGING OUR BAKERY THERE. 
          UM, AND THIS IS WHY, UM, OUR, OUR JOINT VENTURE PARTNERSHIP WITH H M S HOST IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, UP NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UM, MY DEAR FRIEND AND FELLOW RESTAURATEUR, ALISON BALFOUR FROM SOUTHERLY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. ANG. 
          UM, CHARLIE, JEREMY, YOU GUYS ARE YIELDING THE REST OF YOUR TIME? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, MS. MALOR, UM, JEFF, YOU'RE UP TOO. 
          AND FELIPE. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          I'M UP HERE AS A GROUP WITH MY PARTNERS PHILIPPE PLUSE AND JEFF BALFOUR. 
          MY NAME IS ALLISON AND WE ARE PROUD TO BE EQUITY PARTNERS WITH H M S HOST IN THE AIRPORT CONCESSION PROPOSAL. 
          TOGETHER WE OWN SOUTHERLY FINE FOOD AND BREWERY AT PEARL. 
          WE HAVE TWO LOCATIONS IN DISTRICT THREE AT BROOKS, AS WELL AS A NEW INVESTMENT ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE IN DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          OUR TEAM IS PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE VIBRANT GROWTH THAT THIS CITY'S EXPERIENCING, ADDING KEY QUALITY OF LIFE COMPONENTS, INCLUSIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES, PROVIDING 350 JOBS TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          OUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY IS TO BRING A FRESH CONCEPT AND FRESH PRODUCT OFFERINGS TO THE CITY'S CONSUMERS. 
          NOT ONLY OUR LEGENDARY FRIED CHICKEN, BUT ALSO SEVERAL HEALTHY OPTIONS AS WELL. 
          WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH HOST DESIGN TEAM OVER THE LAST YEAR TO BRING THE CURRENT RAI CANES LOCATION IN TERMINAL A TO LIFE AND CREATE A DYNAMIC EXPERIENCE FOR TRAVELERS ON THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH SOUTHERLY BIRD B BISCUIT. 
          THIS EXPERIENCE FOCUSES ON LOCAL, FRESH, AND ARTISAN PRODUCTS, JUST AS ALL OF OUR BRANDS DO. 
          WE ARE EQUITY INVESTORS IN THE JOINT VENTURE PARTNERSHIP WITH H M S HOST, WHICH ALLOWS US TO BE PRESENT ON SITE AND HAVE A GUIDING HAND IN ENSURING THE QUALITY AND STANDARDS OF OUR PRODUCT THAT THE CITY HAS COME TO KNOW WITH THIS PARTNERSHIP. 
          IT BRI BRINGS THE UNIQUE LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          OUR BRAND IS GROWING, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OUR LOCAL FLAIR TO THE AIRPORT IN OUR AUTHENTIC WAY WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE OTHERWISE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          I BELIEVE OUR NEXT SPEAKER NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT, MR. GERVIN. 
          AYE. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AS I THINK ABOUT THIS AND, AND, AND I LISTEN TO MY TEAM, UH, YOU KNOW, SPEAK, UM, YOU KNOW, I FEEL BAD, UM, I FEEL BAD FOR THE SIMPLE FACT IS, UM, 
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THE AIRPORT DIDN'T WANT GERVIN IN THERE NO MORE. 
          I MEAN, UM, THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS WHY IS GERVIN STILL THERE? SO, I KIND OF WANT TO ASK YOU, DO YOU KNOW WHO GERVIN IS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? DO YOU KNOW THE IMPACT GEORGE GERVIN HAVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? I FEEL BAD IN THE RESPECT THAT I'M LETTING MY TEAM DOWN. 
          I MEAN, I KNOW I'VE BEEN IN THE AIRPORT FOR 20 YEARS. 
          UM, I KNOW THEY WANTED A NEW LOOK. 
          UM, AND I THOUGHT WE GAVE THEM A, A NEW LOOK. 
          UM, JOHNNY WAS GOING TO BE MY CHEF. 
          WE WAS GOING TO ADD A, A GOURMET MENU. 
          UM, I MEAN, THE BEER, I MEAN, WE WAS GONNA REALLY DO SOME SPECIAL THINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, WITH THE NEW PROJECT. 
          AND I'M KIND OF SAD THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME. 
          UM, THEY ASKED ME TO BE ON BOTH TEAMS, BUT I ELECTED TO STAY WITH HOSTS 'CAUSE I'M LOYAL. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M, I'VE BEEN WITH HOSTS 20 YEARS. 
          UM, WHY WOULD I GO SOMEWHERE ELSE? IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. 
          WE DID A TREMENDOUS JOB IN THE AIRPORT. 
          WE RAISED A LOT OF MONEY. 
          I GET EXCITED ABOUT IT, Y'ALL, I MEAN, BECAUSE I KNOW I LOVE SAN ANTONIO. 
          I STARTED CHARTER SCHOOL IN 1991. 
          I DONE CREATED RETIREMENT HOMES. 
          I DONE BROUGHT IN OVER 210 MILLION TO THIS COMMUNITY OVER THE 28 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND STARTED THIS PROGRAM. 
          ALL I'M ASKING, COUNCIL MAYOR, GIVE US A CHANCE TO, FOR B SESSION, GIVE US A CHANCE TO PUT US HEAD TO HEAD AND SEE WHO REALLY GOT THE EXPERIENCE. 
          HOSTS BEEN IN THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE A HUNDRED YEARS. 
          HOST IS ALL OVER THE WORLD. 
          HOST IS THE BEST. 
          WHEN YOU TALKING ABOUT FOOD AND BEVERAGE. 
          YES, A GOOD AHEAD. 
          HE CAN HOLD ME. 
          I, I I FEEL IT TOO. 
          YOU KNOW, I FEEL IT, MAN, BECAUSE I, I FEEL I'M LETTING MY PARTNERS DOWN BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO CHANGE AT THE AIRPORT, AND I'M SORRY FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. GERVIN. 
          JASON DADY, UH, MAYOR, I'LL BE SPEAKING FOR OUR TEAM IF THAT'S OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, CRYSTAL, JAKE, CRYSTAL AND JAKE AND LAURA? YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THAT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE ACT TO FOLLOW. 
          UH, MR. GERVIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY. 
          UM, COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK HOST AND JOHNNY FERNANDEZ FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE EQUITY PARTNERS. 
          I DO THINK YOU HEAR US SAYING THAT A LOT, BUT IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, UH, FOR, UH, THE CITY. 
          I THINK IT HAS A LOT OF VALUE AS FAR AS THE, UM, THE ABILITY FOR US TO MANAGE THE PROPERTY THE WAY THAT WE WANT. 
          UH, WE HEAR A LOT OF TIMES ABOUT, UH, BEING A CITY ON THE RISE. 
          AND I WOULD MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY OF BEING A RISEN CITY. 
          I BELIEVE THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. 
          UM, I FEEL THAT WE GAVE YOU THE TEAM THAT YOU ASKED FOR. 
          WE, YOU, YOU CHALLENGED THESE, THESE TEAMS TO COME UP WITH THE ABSOLUTE BEST IN THE BUSINESS. 
          THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOCALLY INVOLVED THAT HAVE COMMITMENT TO THEIR CITY, TO THEIR COMMITTEE, UH, AND THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE AS A CITY OF GASTRONOMY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST ACCOLADES THE CITY HAS EVER RECOGNIZED, UM, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION, I FEEL, TO KEEP PUSHING THAT FOOD CULTURE FORWARD. 
          SO, UM, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TODAY IS A UNIFIED TEAM. 
          YOU HEAR THE PASSION IN THEIR VOICES. 
          YOU HEAR THE COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THIS IS A UNIFIED TEAM. 
          UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT MOST OF US, IF NOT ALL OF US, WERE APPROACHED BY MULTIPLE TEAMS TO PARTICIPATE. 
          WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TEAMS? AND REALLY THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE WAS THAT ABILITY TO HAVE AN EQUITY STAKE THAT WE'VE WORKED 18 YEARS, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, I OPENED, UH, OUR FIRST RESTAURANT WITH MY WIFE CRYSTAL, MY BROTHER JAKE, UM, IN 2001 IN CASTLE HILLS, WE ARE THE EPITOME OF A FAMILY RUN BUSINESS. 
          UH, THE EPITOME OF A REALLY HARDWORKING , UH, PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE AND HAVE EVERYTHING AT STAKE TYPE OF BUSINESS. 
          SO, UM, OUR VISION FOR THE AIRPORT WAS TO BECOME AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT AN ICONIC RESTAURANT FOOD AIRPORT. 
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AND I CHALLENGE YOU ALL TO THINK WHEN YOU TRAVEL, WHAT WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE AT AN AIRPORT AND YOU HAD A MEMORABLE MEAL? WHAT IS IT THAT SET IT APART? UM, I CHALLENGED MYSELF TO THAT QUITE A FEW TIMES OF BEING LIKE, WHAT WAS THE LAST AIRPORT MEAL THAT I HAD AND WHAT MADE A DIFFERENCE? UM, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY'S BEEN BROUGHT UP QUITE A BIT, AND I THINK IF YOU GO THROUGH OUR REPORT AND YOU SEE IT, UM, LISTEN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, HOST AS A LEADER IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO, BUT THEIR, THEIR DEVELOPMENT, UH, OF TECHNOLOGY IS AT THE ABSOLUTE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN, UH, PUN INTENDED. 
          UH, FROM AN APP THAT YOU CAN ORDER FOOD FROM WHEN YOU'RE CHECKING YOUR BAGS SO THAT IT'S READY WHEN YOU'RE THERE. 
          THAT WAS A $43 MILLION INVESTMENT THAT HOSTS MADE TO MAKE THE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE THAT MUCH BETTER. 
          UM, AS FAR AS THE ENTERTAINMENT VALUE IS CONCERNED, WE'RE, IN MY OPINION, WE'RE COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES HERE. 
          WHAT IS ENTERTAINMENT AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? UH, I KNOW THAT MUSIC WAS SOMETHING I, I WOULD ARGUE THAT MUSIC IS NOT A HUGE PART OF WHAT YOU THINK OF IN SAN ANTONIO, AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT COUNTRY MUSIC. 
          WHEN I THINK OF COUNTRY MUSIC IN AN AIRPORT, I IMMEDIATELY THINK AUSTIN OR NASHVILLE. 
          UM, WE LOOKED AT THE ENTERTAINMENT VALUE AS BEING SOMETHING OF HAVING AN OPEN KITCHEN TO HAVING THE ABILITY AS JOINT, YOU KNOW, AS VENTURE PARTNERS THAT HAVE EQUITY IN BUSINESS, THAT LAURA, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, ACCORDING TO EATER, UH, WHO ELSE, UH, THRILLIST SOUTHERN LIVING TEXAS MONTHLY AS ONE OF THE TOP FEMALE PITMASTER IN THE COUNTRY. 
          UM, SHE'S STARTED AS A CASHIER AND SHE HAS PASSION AND SHE HAS A REALLY, I'M EMBARRASSING HER, BUT SHE'S A SAVANT OF BARBECUE. 
          HER SKILL LEVEL OF BARBECUE IS FAR MORE THAN I COULD EVER IN A BILLION YEARS, UH, FIGURE OUT. 
          BUT SHE HAS A GIFT. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE IN ENTERTAINMENT WOULD BE HAVING LAURA BACK THERE. 
          YOU'RE TRAVELING AND YOU GET TO SEE HER, YOU GET TO MEET HER, YOU GET TO TALK TO HER. 
          ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO AT TWO BROTHERS BARBECUE IS GIVE TOURS OF THE PIT ROOM. 
          WELL, IS THAT CONSIDERED ENTERTAINMENT? I WOULD SAY THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT. 
          PEOPLE ARE COMING THERE, THEY WANNA SEE IT. 
          THEY WANNA KNOW IT. 
          THEY WANT TO FEEL IT. 
          UM, WE ALSO, WHICH WE REALLY HAVEN'T BROUGHT UP AS FAR AS OUR COFFEE PROGRAM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE BAKERY LORRAINE. 
          UM, AND THEY'RE UNBELIEVABLE PASTRIES, WHICH WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT, ARE EASILY THE BEST IN TEXAS. 
          AND THEY COMPETE NATIONALLY ON EVERY LEVEL. 
          AND I THINK IF YOU'VE EATEN THERE, WHICH I'M SURE MOST OF YOU HAVE, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY ZERO ARGUMENT WITH THERE. 
          OUR OTHER PORTION OF THE COFFEE IS STARBUCKS. 
          AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION IN EVERY SINGLE AIRPORT IS, WHERE'S THE STARBUCKS? IT'S THE LONGEST LINE. 
          IT'S THE LONGEST. 
          IT IS WHAT IT IS. 
          IT'S STARBUCKS. 
          UM, WE PARTNERED WITH STARBUCKS. 
          WE HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE, OUR HOST HAS AN EXCLUSIVE ABILITY WITH THAT. 
          BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE PUT THEM AT THE VERY END DOWN WHERE THE BLIMPES IS SO THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WANT STARBUCKS, THEY CAN GET IT. 
          BUT YOU HAVE TO FIRST WALK BY SAN ANTONIO'S LOCAL OWNED BEST BAKERY COFFEE PROGRAM. 
          SO YOU'RE SHARING THE WEALTH WITH THE PEOPLE THAT MAY WANT TO GO TO STARBUCKS WITH THE ABILITY TO STAY, KEEP IT HERE LOCAL. 
          UM, THIS MONTH, SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS NAMED THEIR TOP 50 RESTAURANTS. 
          IT'S CALLED THE TOP 100, BUT IT'S TOP 50 RESTAURANTS. 
          AND THEN OTHER LITTLE SUBCATEGORIES. 
          OUR GROUP HAS FIVE OF THE 50. 
          SO 10% OF THE BEST OF THE BEST ARE PART OF THIS SPECIFIC GROUP. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          THE ONLY PERSON IN THE GROUP  THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE TOP 50 WAS GEORGE GERVIN. 
          GEORGE GERVIN IS A TOP 50 PLAYER OF ALL TIME IN THE N B A. 
          AND I THINK HE CAN PROBABLY LIVE WITH NOT HAVING THE, YOU KNOW, THE TOP 50 FOOD PROGRAM. 
          BUT WE'RE VERY HONORED TO HAVE HIM. 
          AND I THINK HE'S SUCH AN ICONIC PERSON AND HIS GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          I KNOW THAT WHEN PEOPLE TRAVEL, ESPECIALLY FREQUENTLY THROUGH THIS CITY, THEY LOOK FORWARD TO GERVIN. 
          THEY LOOK FORWARD TO THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS. 
          WE HAVE THE SPURS ON OUR TEAM TOO. 
          WE HAVE IN MOTION ON OUR TEAM TOO. 
          WE HAVE JAMES AVERY ON OUR TEAM, AN ICONIC LOCAL JEWELER HERE FROM SAN ANTONIO WITH CLOSE TO 1500 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE PUTTING IN A, A RETAIL SPOT TO SELL THEIR, UH, JEWELRY FIESTA BASED ITEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT STILL MATCH UP WITH THE CULTURE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THE ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T HEAR A WHOLE LOT EARLIER WAS THE WORD CULTURE. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD FOR THIS CITY. 
          IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE. 
          WE'LL HAVE ONE FOOT IN IT AND WE'LL HAVE ONE FOOT MOVING FORWARD. 
          BUT HAVING CULTURE AND THE CULTURE OF SAN ANTONIO IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. 
          THIS TEAM HAS THE BANDWIDTH, THE EXPERIENCE, AND THE COMMITMENT TO MAKING IT WHAT I KEEP CALLING AN ICONIC RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE. 
          BECAUSE IT IS AN EXPERIENCE. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GIVE THE GUESTS THAT ONE LAST OPPORTUNITY WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING TO GRAB SOMETHING THAT SAYS SAN ANTONIO, THAT GIVES YOU THE CULTURE OF SAN ANTONIO, THE FOOD OF SAN ANTONIO, 
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THE JEWELRY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          OR IF YOU'RE FLYING TO SAN ANTONIO HOME AS US AT OUR RESIDENCE, WHEN YOU GET OFF THAT PLANE, YOU WALK OUT AND YOU SEE LA GLORIA, YOU SEE TWO BROTHERS BARBECUE, YOU SEE THE SPURS, YOU SAY, I'M AT HOME. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO, UH, AS GEORGE MENTIONED REQUEST, UH, IF YOU ALL WOULD PLEASE CONSIDER TODAY TAKING THIS BACK TO BE SESSION, BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE IF YOU WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT BOTH PRESENTATIONS SIDE BY SIDE, THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHEFS. 
          NARCISS O I PASSED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. KANO. 
          BEN SLIDER. 
          . 
          THANK YOU. 
          FRESNO. 
          WAL WASHINGTON, FOLLOWED BY CORINO CORTEZ. 
          MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME TIME TO PRESENT BEFORE YOU TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS REGINALD WASHINGTON. 
          I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE DINING DIVISION OF PARODIES LAGA DARE TRAVEL RETAIL. 
          WE HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE RETAIL PRIME PACKAGE FOR SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 
          I AM THE FORMER C E O OF LEGACY H B F, WHICH WAS THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANY, RECENTLY ACQUIRED BY PARODIES LAGA DARE A FEW MONTHS AGO. 
          I'M ALSO THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF WORLDWIDE FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPERATIONS FOR WALT DISNEY PARKS AND RESORTS, WHICH INCLUDED RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPERATIONS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD AND FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, DISNEYLAND, HONG KONG, DISNEYLAND, TOKYO, DISNEYLAND, PARIS, AND DISNEY CRUISE LINES. 
          I SPENT 12 YEARS IN THAT ORGANIZATION. 
          I ALSO SERVED AS THE ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION. 
          WE ARE ABSOLUTE MANIACS ABOUT HOSPITALITY AND THE GUEST EXPERIENCE. 
          OUR LOCAL PARTNERS ARE VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE. 
          AND THEY ARE TRUE PARTNERS FROM A TO Z. 
          THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH THE MENU DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN, THE SOURCING OF OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM, THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF OUR BEAUTIFUL FACILITIES, THE PROCUREMENT OF PRODUCTS AND SOURCING OF FOODS, TRAINING OF OUR EMPLOYEES, EXECUTION OF OUR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. 
          WE PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE BRAND. 
          I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE PROPOSE TO BRING TO THIS WONDERFUL CITY TO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCING THE PASSENGER'S EXPERIENCE AT SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MR. WASHINGTON CORINO CORTEZ, FOLLOWED BY SELENA ALEMAN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF FOR YOUR TIME. 
          MY NAME IS CARINA CORTES HAS, AND I AM A MINORITY WOMAN BUSINESS OWNER AND THE JOINT VENTURE PARTNER WITH PARES LAGGER DARE, ALONG WITH SELENA ALAMAN AND TONY GRADNEY. 
          AND I THINK WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A SPECTACULAR GROUP OF LOCAL CONCEPTS, AWARD-WINNING CHEFS, RESTAURATEURS, AND RETAIL. 
          UM, BUT MY STORY REALLY STARTS OVER 75 YEARS AGO. 
          MY GRANDFATHER, PEDRO CORTES, IMMIGRATED HERE FROM GUADALAJARA JALISCO. 
          HE PLANTED OUR FAMILY'S ROOTS DOWNTOWN IN SAN ANTONIO, IN HISTORIC MARKET SQUARE. 
          AND ON A FOUNDATION OF HARD WORK COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND SERVING OUR SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY GREAT FOOD, BUT, BUT HOW REGINALD SAID AMAZING HOSPITALITY. 
          I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GROW THAT TRADITION. 
          UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED AT THE, THE PLAN THAT WE PROPOSED. 
          AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE HERE IS SAYING THAT ONE TEAM IS MORE PASSIONATE THAN THE OTHER. 
          UM, IF YOU KNEW THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT WENT INTO EVERY SINGLE RESTAURANT CONCEPT AND JUST HOW DIFFICULT THE HOSPITALITY, UM, BUSINESS IS, I THINK YOU KNOW, THAT EACH ONE OF OUR BRAND PARTNERS IS, IS HERE. 
          THEY'RE INVOLVED, THEY CARE. 
          UM, THEY ALL HAVE STREETSIDE RESTAURANTS. 
          THEY ALL GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I'M REALLY 
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EXCITED TO, UH, EXTEND THE HOSPITALITY THAT WAS TAUGHT TO ME BY MY FAMILY, UM, INTO THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT, UM, THROUGH OUR TRAINING AND EMPLOYEES. 
          UM, AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO, TO INTRODUCE THE REST OF MY TEAM. 
          UM, AND I THINK YOU'LL BE REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHEF CORTEZ, SELENA ALEMAN, AND, UH, JOHN CLARK JUST ARRIVED. 
          I KNOW YOU CAME IN FROM OUT OF TOWN, YOU DIDN'T KNOW OUR PROCEDURE, SO I'LL GIVE YOU AHEAD AND GIVE YOU TIME AFTER. 
          UH, SELENA. 
          HELLO, MAYOR. 
          HELLO, COUNSEL. 
          MY NAME IS SELENA OLIMAN. 
          UM, I'M FROM SAN ANTONIO, LIFELONG, UM, GREW UP IN THE F FOOD SERVICE BUSINESS. 
          MY FATHER IS THE PRESIDENT OF SGO SERVICES, WHICH HAS QUITE A FEW, UH, CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY. 
          AND, UM, I WORKED HIM FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL I DECIDED TO START MY OWN BUSINESS. 
          ADELAIDE SERVICES, NAMED AFTER MY GRANDMOTHER, ADELAIDE ALAMAN. 
          AND AS MENTIONED EARLIER, I AM AT THE AIRPORT. 
          UM, I AM A SUBCONTRACT TO THE JANITORIAL, UM, CONCESSION AND BEEN THERE SINCE 2013. 
          I AM THERE EVERY THURSDAY, MAYBE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TODAY 'CAUSE I'M HERE WITH YOU. 
          BUT I'M THERE EVERY THURSDAY TO MAKE SURE THAT HOW WE'RE RUNNING OUR BUSINESS AND OUR CLEANING IS GOING WELL. 
          UM, MY DUTY WOULD BE MANAGING THE ADINAS MARKET, WHICH WILL INCLUDE, UH, BRIGHTON RETAIL STORE, WHICH WILL HAVE PURSES, LEATHER GOODS, JEWELRY, AS WELL AS LOCAL VENDORS AS WELL. 
          UM, WE'LL ALSO HAVE BOOKS BEING SOLD THERE, AS WELL AS WINE FROM FREDERICKSBURG. 
          AND, UM, I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE AND TALK TO YOU, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORKING WITH YOU AND BEING AT THE AIRPORT IN A BIGGER LEVEL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. ALEMAN. 
          JOHN CLARK, FOLLOWED BY TONY GRADNEY. 
          MR. MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ACCOMMODATING ME. 
          I APOLOGIZE FOR MY DELAY IN GETTING HERE. 
          UM, MY NAME IS JOHN CLARK. 
          I WORK WITH A COMPANY CALLED SS S P AMERICA FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANY. 
          WE WERE ONE OF THE FOUR COMPANIES THAT COMPETED, ARGUABLY WE'RE THE LARGEST GLOBAL COMPANY IN THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONCESSION BUSINESS IN THE WORLD, DOING ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR GLOBALLY. 
          HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          WE'RE ARGUABLY THE, THE FASTEST GROWING FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANY. 
          UM, AND I CAN'T SPEAK ILL TO MY COMPETITORS, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO MY, MY CONCERN ON THE PROCESS ITSELF AS I WATCHED THE SCORES THAT WERE BEING DELIVERED AND AS IT RELATED TO THE, THE LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION BY LOCAL, UM, MINORITY OWNED COMPANIES. 
          I THINK IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTS, YOU WILL FIND THAT THE S S P HUDSON GROUP WAS ACTUALLY LARGER IN THAT AREA. 
          I THINK IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE MATH IN TERMS OF THE RENT PROPOSED, I THINK YOU WILL SEE THAT WE WERE HIGHER IN THAT AREA. 
          UM, EQUALLY, S S P IS JUST AS COMPASSIONATE ABOUT BRINGING A COOL EXPERIENCE, UM, A TASTE OF PLACE INTO THE AIRPORTS. 
          AND IF YOU GO BACK, UM, AND LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING, WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH OUR COMPANY, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE IN FACT, THE FASTEST GROWING FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANY IN NORTH AMERICA. 
          AND SO I SPEAK TO YOU TODAY ONLY, UM, AS A FORMER AIRPORT, C E O OF A NUMBER OF AIRPORTS IN THIS COUNTRY. 
          UM, THIS PROCESS SEEMED A A BIT LONG. 
          UM, AND THEN I NOTED THAT, UH, THERE WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE OUT A BRAND THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          SO IT JUST SPEAKS TO ME THAT, UM, I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW THEY CAME TO THEIR DECISION. 
          AND I KNOW SOME OF THESE DECISIONS CAN BE SUBJECTIVE. 
          UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD AND SAY THAT OUR CONCERN IS THAT THE PROCESS WAS EXTREMELY LONG AND I'M NOT SURE HOW WE DIDN'T QUALIFY IN TERMS OF EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, AND SO THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO BRING TO YOU TODAY TO JUST GO BACK AND LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE PROPOSALS. 
          THERE'S ONLY FOUR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CLARK. 
          TONY GRADNEY, FOLLOWED BY ANDREW WEISSMAN. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. 
          UH, CITY COUNCIL. 
          CITY MANAGER. 
          UH, MY NAME IS TONY GRADNEY. 
          I OWN CHELSEA'S CATERING, UH, TONY G. 
          SOUL FOOD, AND A BLIMPES ON THE RIVER WALK. 
          UH, I AM A JV PARTNER IN THIS VENTURE WITH PARODIES. 
          I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UH, VENTURE BECAUSE WHAT PARID IS BRINGING TO THE TABLE, UH, TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THIS VENTURE. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MY INVESTMENT, MY BRAND THAT I'M REPRESENTING GOES VERY WELL AT THE AIRPORT. 
          I KNOW JOHNNY SAID THIS IS THE GATEWAY TO OUR CITY, AND I WILL PROTECT OUR CITY. 
          UH, YOU WILL MEET IN A FEW MINUTES SOME OF THE BEST OF THE BEST RESTAURATEURS 
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THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT WE PROPOSE FOR THIS, UH, PROPOSAL. 
          SO I AM VERY EXCITED. 
          UM, I HOPE YOU GUYS, UH, VOTE OUR WAY TODAY. 
          WE DON'T WANNA SEE A B SESSION. 
          WE WANT TO GET STARTED AND GET THE AIRPORT MOVING. 
          THANK YOU GUYS TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. GRADNEY. 
          ANDREW WEISSMAN, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS CONGER, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, IT'S NOT REALLY IN MY WHEELHOUSE. 
          IT'S SPEAKING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE LIKE THIS. 
          I'M USUALLY SEQUESTERED IN A KITCHEN SOMEWHERE, EXCUSE ME. 
          UM, BUT WHAT IS IN MY WHEELHOUSE IS MY COMMITMENT TO MY SITTING COMMUNITY. 
          I'M A LOCAL. 
          UM, I STARTED DOING THIS A LONG TIME AGO, 24, 23 YEARS AGO WITH, UH, RESTAURANT LORE ON A CORNER NOBODY BELIEVED IN, IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO ACROSS FROM THE BUS STATION. 
          UM, FROM THERE, EXCUSE ME, I MOVED ON TO, UH, SIP, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN IN PLACE FOR 16 AND A HALF YEARS ON HOUSTON STREET WHEN THAT PORTFOLIO CAME UP. 
          AND, UH, PEOPLE WERE ASKING FOR OPERATORS TO COME DOWN THERE. 
          I WAS THE FIRST OPERATOR DOWN THERE, UM, UH, EVEN PREDATING THE, UH, VALENCIA HOTEL. 
          UM, AFTER THAT, I, UH, WAS ASKED BY KICK GOLDSBERRY TO KICK OFF THE PEARL BREWERY WITH I WAS THE FIRST OPERATOR, FIRST TWO OPERATIONS, FULL SERVICE FOOD OPERATIONS AT THE PEARL BREWERY WERE MINE. 
          I BELIEVED IN THAT AS MUCH AS I BELIEVED IN THE, WHAT AT THE TIME WAS A DARK CORRIDOR LEADING TO DOWNTOWN ON BROADWAY, UH, WHEN I OPENED, UH, UH, THE LUXURY. 
          UM, I'VE SINCE PARTNERED WITH U S A A OUT NORTH TO BRING, UM, SOME HIGH QUALITY FOOD OUT THERE. 
          A PASSION OF MINE IS FOR HEALTHY FOOD. 
          I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVE DISCUSS THIS FOR ME. 
          IT'S, IT WHEN I GO TO THE AIRPORT AND I TRAVEL QUITE A BIT, UM, I DON'T FIND A LOT OF THINGS THAT I FEEL GOOD ABOUT PUTTING IN MY BODY OR MY CHILDREN'S BODIES. 
          AND I WANT TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THAT. 
          THAT'S BIG FOR ME. 
          I SAT ON THE, UH, CITY, THE MAYOR'S COUNCIL FOR HEALTH YEARS AGO, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE PART OF WHO I AM. 
          AND, UM, SEEING THAT, UH, WE HAVE ISSUES TO DEAL WITH IN THE CITY AT LARGE WITH HEALTH AND, AND DIABETES AND THE THINGS THAT ARE RAMPANT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK THAT'S A BIG PORTION OF THIS. 
          I AM DEDICATED AS MUCH AS ANYBODY SITTING IN BACK OF ME, UM, TO BEING THERE ON A DAILY. 
          I, ALL I HAVE IN THIS TOWN IS MY NAME. 
          AND, UH, THE ONE THING THAT'S CONSTANTLY COMES UP WHEN, WHEN TALKING ABOUT ME IS THAT I MICROMANAGE MY, MY OPERATIONS. 
          AND THAT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE AIRPORT. 
          UM, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, UM, AND, UH, HAVE A NICE DAY. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHEF WISEMAN. 
          CHRIS CONGER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 
          UH, MY NAME IS CHRIS CONGER. 
          I OWN, UM, ALONG WITH MY WIFE. 
          WE OWN SMOKE SHACK BARBECUE AND MEAT MARKET. 
          AND BEHIND THAT, WE ALSO HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BAR CALLED THE PIGPEN. 
          UH, THE PIGPEN IS KNOWN FOR ITS SUNDAY BRUNCH AND LIVE MUSIC. 
          UM, TO RECAP WHERE I COME FROM, UM, I STARTED A FOOD TRUCK IN 2010. 
          I WAS NUMBER THREE ON THE PERMIT. 
          UM, SO IT WAS RIGHT WHEN THE, THE WHOLE FOOD TRUCK SCENE STARTED. 
          UM, PRIOR TO THAT, I HAD BEEN COOKING IN RESTAURANTS SINCE I STARTED, UM, SINCE I WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI AND STUDIED HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, MY, THE FIRST BRISKET I EVER COOKED WAS ON A PIT, UH, THAT MY STEPFATHER BUILT ME, UM, ACTUALLY ON A ROAD TRIP FROM DALLAS TO OXFORD. 
          WE SMOKED IT THE WHOLE WAY THERE. 
          AND THAT IS KIND OF WHAT, THAT'S WHAT FUELED THE PASSION, UM, OF COOKING FOR ME. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, TOUCHING ON WHAT CHEF WEISMAN SAID, YOU KNOW, OUR NAME IS ON THE LINE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT HAVE EQUITY STAKE IN THIS, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT MY NAME IS WORTH A LOT MORE TO ME THAN MONEY IS. 
          UM, WE WILL BE THERE AS I AM AT, AT OUR OWN RESTAURANTS RIGHT NOW. 
          I MEAN, I WORK SIX TO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 
          IT DOESN'T STOP. 
          UM, I'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM AND THERE'S NO OTHER COMPANY THAT I TRUST MORE THAN PARITY'S LAG AIR. 
          UM, TOUCHING ON THE MUSIC SCENE, FOOD AND MUSIC, UM, ARE BIG PARTS OF MY LIFE. 
          WE DID PROPOSE A STAGE IN THE SMOKE SHACK, UH, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, CHEF DADY WAS TALKING ABOUT CULTURE. 
          IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE 
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COUNTRY MUSIC. 
          IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S MARIACHIS, IT'S, IT'S BLUES, IT'S ROCK, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT THE VOLUME IN WHICH THE MUSICIANS ARE PLAYING. 
          AND HAVING THE PIG, HAVING THE PIGPEN FOR THREE YEARS AND AN INDOOR STAGE, I KNOW HOW TO, I KNOW WHICH MUSICIANS, UM, ESPECIALLY LOCAL MUSICIANS TO CALL ON AND THAT AREN'T TOO LOUD. 
          AND IT'S GREAT BACKGROUND MUSIC, AND IT SETS THE TONE AND THE ATMOSPHERE FOR REALLY THE WHOLE PLACE. 
          AND THE FACT THAT IT'S THE FIRST THING THAT YOU SEE AFTER GOING THROUGH SECURITY. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, YOU COULD, YOU CAN SEE THE MUSICIANS PLAYING. 
          YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE SITTING DOWN HAVING GOOD BARBECUE, UM, THE BEST BARBECUE, UM, AND, AND A AND A COCKTAIL, AND IT KEEPS THEM IN THEIR SEATS. 
          AND PEOPLE THAT STAY IN THEIR SEATS SPEND MORE MONEY. 
          SO IT'S JUST, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, I I REALLY THINK THAT WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED IS, IS GONNA BE A REALLY GREAT THING FOR THE AIRPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHEF CONGER. 
          ROBBIE GRUBBS, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIE SOLE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I'M ROBBIE GRUBBS. 
          UM, I, I WASN'T NERVOUS, BUT I HAD TO SIT NEXT TO CHRIS, AND HE HAD REALLY SWEATY PALMS, AND HIS LEG WAS SHAKING THE WHOLE TIME. 
          SO YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HEAR MY HEART THROUGH THE, UH, MICROPHONE . 
          UM, I, I OWN LOCAL COFFEE. 
          MY WIFE AND I OPENED IT IN SAN ANTONIO IN 2009. 
          UH, WE CAME UP WITH THIS, THIS IDEA, LIVING IN AUSTIN, UH, LATE 2007, 2008, SOMETHING THAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT DOING IN AUSTIN. 
          AND, UM, BEING BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO, WE CAME DOWN TO VISIT MY MOM WITH MY KIDS ONE EASTER. 
          AND I WENT OUT FOR COFFEE, UH, IN THE MORNING, AND, AND I WAS GONE. 
          AND I JUST STARTED DRIVING AROUND THE CITY, AND I WENT BACK AND I TOLD MY WIFE AND MY KIDS AND MY MOM, I'M LIKE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I MEAN, AUSTIN, WE COULD OPEN THE DOORS AND PEOPLE WILL GET IT FROM DAY ONE. 
          I, I REALIZE THAT, BUT IN AUSTIN, WHEN YOU OPEN THERE AND THEN A GUY OPENS THREE BLOCKS DOWN THE STREET, THEN EVERYBODY MIGRATES DOWN THE STREET. 
          AND I KNEW GROWING UP IN THE SAN ANTONIO, GROWING UP IN SAN ANTONIO, THAT WHEN I OPEN HERE AND WE LAY THE GROUNDWORK, IT'LL TAKE US A LITTLE LONGER TIME, BUT HOW LOYAL THIS CITY IS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID. 
          I WORKED 14 HOURS A DAY, SIX DAYS A WEEK. 
          MY WIFE WENT BACK TO WORK, AND SHE WOULD COME IN ON SUNDAYS AND GIMME A RELIEF. 
          I MEAN, I HAD BRIGHT RED AND EYES FROM DRINKING COFFEE ALL DAY, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO EDUCATE A, A COMMUNITY ABOUT DRINKING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY WERE NORMALLY DRINKING. 
          UM, WE GAVE 'EM SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY WANTED. 
          AND ONCE THEY HAD OUR COFFEE AND OUR EXPERIENCE AND OUR SERVICE, THEY KEPT COMING BACK AND DOING THAT IN THIS CITY. 
          I MEAN, I WAS SITTING HERE THINKING TODAY, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS AGO, UH, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS DURING THE RECESSION, UH, MY WIFE AND I PUT EVERYTHING WE HAD INTO THIS COMPANY, SOLD EVERYTHING WE OWN, AND WE CAME UP A LITTLE SHORT, AND MY MOM ENDED UP GETTING A SECOND MORTGAGE ON OUR HOUSE TO GIVE US THE MONEY WE NEEDED TO OPEN THAT, THAT STORE. 
          AND TO THINK FROM THAT DAY, 10 YEARS AGO TODAY, TO SIT IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN OUR AIRPORT AND SHOWCASE WHAT WE DO IS, IS, IS REALLY SURREAL. 
          WHEN PARODIES FIRST CAME TO US, I WAS LIKE, NO WAY. 
          I'M A, I'M A VERY PICKY BABYSITTER. 
          I'M NOT GONNA PUT MY KIDS IN ANYBODY'S HANDS. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I CANNOT, YOU KNOW, TAKE MY WIFE OUT TO DINNER IN ANY BABYSITTER'S HANDS AND FEEL COMFORTABLE. 
          AND THAT'S THE SAME THING I THOUGHT ABOUT. 
          I CANNOT PUT OUR PRODUCT IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S HANDS. 
          SO WE SPENT VERY LONG TIME NEGOTIATING THIS DEAL WITH THEM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE TO DO EXTENSIVE TRAINING, THAT IF THEY DON'T MEET OUR QUALITY CONTROL STANDARDS, THEN OUR LICENSE AGREEMENT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ISSUES. 
          UM, THEY AGREE TO ALL OF OUR TERMS. THEY'RE BUYING ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT FROM US. 
          UM, THEY'RE USING THE SAME VENDORS THAT WE USE CURRENTLY, AND WE'VE, WE'VE COME UP WITH A WAY WITH DOING, OH, IS THAT THE END? OH, OKAY. 
          UM, WE CAME UP WITH A WAY TO EXECUTE COFFEE, WHICH I KNOW WILL BE FASTER THAN STARBUCKS. 
          I'M IN THAT AIRPORT ALL THE TIME. 
          THE LINE IS 60 PEOPLE DEEP. 
          WE KNOW HOW TO GET THROUGH THE LINE. 
          THAT LINE DOES NOT MOVE. 
          OUR LINE MOVES. 
          OUR MACHINES ARE NOT AUTOMATIC. 
          WE DO IT WITH PEOPLE AND WE KNOW HOW TO GET THROUGH THE LINE. 
          SO THANKS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CONGER. 
          ROBBIE GRUBBS. 
          OH, I'M, I'M SORRY. 
          . 
          I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, CHRISTIE. 
          SO FOLLOWED BY RENEE ESCO. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SPEAKING IN PUBLIC'S LIKE A BIG THING. 
          SOME PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF HEIGHTS. 
          THIS IS MY AFRAID THING. 
          SO MY TEAM'S PUSHING ME TO DO IT, AND I'M GONNA DO IT. 
          UM, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE BOTH GRADUATES OF THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA. 
          HE ACTUALLY WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE CULINARY INSTITUTE. 
          AND, BUT, UH, BOTTOM LINE IS, HE IS A TEXAN . 
          SO UP IN NEW YORK, UM, WHEN THEY OFFERED HIM THE TRANSFER, HE WAS DOWN HERE LICKETY SPLIT. 
          UM, AFTER BEING 
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HERE A MONTH. 
          SIDE NOTE, WE'VE BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS, BUT AFTER BEING HERE A MONTH, I SAID, THAT'S, THAT'S IT. 
          THIS IS OUR FOREVER PLACE. 
          SAN ANTONIO IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE. 
          I'VE LIVED AROUND A LOT OF PLACES, AND IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE. 
          SO WE DECIDED TO BRING SOMETHING UNIQUE TO A CITY THAT, UM, IS WANTING UNIQUE THINGS. 
          IT IS A FOOD PLACE LIKE JOHNNY SAID. 
          UM, AND WE BROUGHT OUR BOSS BAGELS AND COFFEE TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT'S THE FIRST AND ONLY TYPE OF PLACE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO DO WHAT WE DO. 
          SO THERE'S NOTHING LIKE US. 
          WE ARE THE ONLY ONES IN TEXAS. 
          WHAT WE DO IS WE, UM, DO OLD WORLD STYLE OF COOKING, WHICH IS WE MAKE FRESH BAGELS EVERY DAY. 
          WE BOIL THEM IN AGAVE WATER, WHICH BOSS, BY THE WAY, STANDS FOR BAGELS ON SOUTHERN SOIL. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE THEM MORE, UH, TEXAS STYLE. 
          UM, SO THEY'RE BOILED IN AGAVE WATER, AND THEN THEY'RE PUT ON WET CEDAR PLANKS AND PUT IN A WOOD OVEN. 
          OUR OVEN IS IN FRONT OF OUR RESTAURANT SO EVERYONE CAN SEE OUR METHOD AND OUR OLD STYLE OF COOKING, BECAUSE MY HUSBAND WANTS A TEACHER, ALWAYS A TEACHER. 
          SO HE'S NOW TEACHING THE PUBLIC, UH, OLD SCHOOL STYLE OF COOKING. 
          WE SMOKE ALL OF OUR OWN SALMON, ALL OF OUR OWN TROUT OF WHICH THE AIRPORT WILL BE USING. 
          WE WILL BE MAKING ALL THE PRODUCTS FOR THE AIRPORT, DELIVERING TWICE A DAY AND MORE IF NEEDED. 
          WE'RE ONLY 10 MINUTES AWAY. 
          WE'RE LOCATED, BY THE WAY, AT ON NEW BRONZEVILLE IN SUNSET RIDGE, RIGHT BY THE MCNAY MUSEUM. 
          UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T VISITED US YET, UM, AND, UH, THIS IS OUR ONLY STORE. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS ALL OUR LIFE. 
          UH, WE'VE HAD MANY ACCOLADES THROUGHOUT OUR CAREER. 
          AS MUCH AS MOST OF ALL THE CHEFS ON EITHER PANEL ARE VERY QUALIFIED AND VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR WORK, UM, THAT THEY'VE DONE. 
          WE HAVE BEEN IN WINE SPECTATOR, AND I, OH, I'M GONNA, UH, ANYWAY, BOTTOM LINE IS THIS IS OUR HOME. 
          THIS IS OUR PLACE THAT WE WANNA LIVE. 
          THIS IS OUR ART THAT WE WANNA SHOW THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND ANYONE WHO WALKS THROUGH THAT AIRPORT, IT'S OUR REPUTATION. 
          WE WANT THEM TO COME SEE OUR STORE. 
          SO WE WANNA SERVE A GOOD PRODUCT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. LOO, RENEE ESCO. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, FIRST I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY ON BEHALF OF PARODIES LEG AIR AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS HERE TODAY. 
          I'M WITH, I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR PARITIES LAG AIR. 
          UM, I'M SUPER PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS PROCESS, ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, AND ABOUT WHAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER, UM, FOR THE AIRPORT. 
          I STARTED THIS PROJECT PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, AND IT WASN'T BECAUSE, AND WE ARE AT THE AIRPORT TODAY WITH A RETAIL STORE, AND, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE REASON THAT WE DECIDED TO GET INVOLVED. 
          I LIVE IN HOUSTON. 
          I GREW UP IN TEXAS. 
          I GREW UP ON BARBECUE, UM, IRE AND I LOVE SAN ANTONIO. 
          I'VE LIVED HERE. 
          I MET MY SON'S FATHER ON A AIR, ON A AIRPLANE, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT, GOING FROM HOUSTON TO THE SAN ANTONIO RODEO ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO. 
          I HAVE FAMILY WHO LIVES HERE. 
          MY NIECE WENT TO COLLEGE HERE. 
          MY BEST FRIEND, BEST FRIEND FROM COLLEGE LIVES HERE. 
          SO I HAVE A LOT OF ROOTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I, I REALLY TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO GO TO THE AIRPORT AND FIND OUT LIKE, WHAT, WHAT'S COMING UP AND WHAT'S IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE HERE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR PURITIES LAIER FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND FOR THE AIRPORT, AND THAT'S REALLY HOW IT STARTED. 
          AND JUST SO WE'D LAUNCHED OURSELF INTO THE COMMUNITY, WE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          AND AS A RESULT, I MEAN, YOU, EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS COMMUNITY. 
          SAN ANTONIO IS A SMALL, A BIG CITY, BUT A SMALL COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT BECAME VERY, VERY CLEAR TO US, UM, BECAUSE WE MET, YOU KNOW, WE MET ONE PERSON AND THEN QUICKLY WE MET SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          AND LITERALLY THAT'S HOW OUR TEAM CAME TOGETHER. 
          UM, I DIDN'T HEAR EVERYBODY MENTION IT, BUT A LOT OF THESE GUYS AND LADIES WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER, HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER. 
          THEY, THEY SELL PRODUCTS TO EACH OTHER. 
          I MEAN, WHEN WE DID OUR PRESENTATION, IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO SEE THE COMRADERY IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE PEOPLE ON OUR TEAM. 
          UM, AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND ON OUR TEAM, WE HAVE FOUR, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY SAID IT, BUT WE HAVE FOUR CULINARY, UM, C I A GRADUATES, UH, CHRISTIE AND HER HUSBAND, UM, CARINO, AND OF COURSE ANDREW WISEMAN, WHO IS ALSO A FOUR TIMES JAMES BEARD NOMINEE. 
          UM, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY HUGE IN THE FOOD WORLD. 
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UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, MR. MR. DAN AND MR. JIMMY CREATED, ESS CREATED THE COMPANY IN 1960, AND THEY STARTED OUT AS RETAILERS WITH ONE TOY STORE IN THE ATLANTA AIRPORT. 
          AND THE REASON I, I'M TELLING YOU THIS IS BE, THEY, WERE BOTH VETERANS. 
          SO THAT GOES DEEP IN OUR ROOTS AND OUR CULTURE. 
          IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST STARTED. 
          WE HAVE A HUGE TREAT OUR TROOPS PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE, WE, WE DONATE TODAY, OUR CUSTOMERS DAY, AND I HEARD A BEEPER. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS I'M OUTTA TIME. 
          UM, BUT SO WE HAVE A HUGE PROGRAM. 
          WE HAVE O UM, OUR NO KIDS HUNGRY PROGRAM THAT WE DONATE 25% OF EVERY KID'S MEAL, UM, TO NO KIDS HUNGRY. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. ESCO. 
          OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU ALL FIRST FOR WAITING. 
          SO PATIENTLY, UH, AS WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THE DAY, THIS IS, UM, THANKFULLY OUR LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          UH, BUT I, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND, AND THANK ALL THE, UH, THE BIDDING TEAMS, UH, THE TEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS TO PUT TOGETHER A, A REALLY DYNAMIC AND FANTASTIC GROUP AND COMPETITIVE SELECTION. 
          UM, THIS IS A VERY, VERY TOUGH PROCESS, A TOUGH DECISION, UH, FOR ME PERSONALLY, BECAUSE I HAVE FRIENDS ON BOTH SIDES. 
          IN FACT, I THINK I'VE PATRONIZED ALL OF YOUR RESTAURANTS AND ALL THE BRANDS THAT ARE, UH, LISTED ON, ON BOTH OF THESE, UM, BIDS. 
          AND NO ONE WILL ARGUE THAT ON BOTH SIDES, IT'S A STAR STUDDED ROSTER OF SOME OF THE LEADING, UH, BUSINESS PEOPLE AND, AND CHEFS IN OUR COMMUNITY ON BOTH SIDES. 
          UH, IN FACT, I THINK MY PERSONAL FAVORITE RESTAURANTS AND BRANDS ARE AMONG THE BEST OF THE BEST LISTED HERE. 
          SO THIS IS NOT, NOT EASY, BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHERE I THINK MY JOB IS. 
          AND, AND THAT IS, AS MAYOR, I FEEL IT'S, IT'S MY JOB TO ENSURE THAT THE IN INTE TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF A PROFESSIONAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS. 
          AND THE LAST THING I WANNA SEE, OR ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SEE, IS A REPLAY OF THE BARDS CONCESSION CONTRACT. 
          UH, OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE RULES ARE FAIR AND THAT THEY'RE ABIDED BY, AND WE END UP WITH A RESULT THAT, UH, PASSES SCRUTINY. 
          SO LET ME, UM, LET ME ASK CARLOS TO COME FORWARD AND ASK A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          CARLOS, AS AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO CONFIRM, WHAT WAS YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SELECTION OF THE AIRPORT CONCESSION CONTRACT? YES, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          SO, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS A, UH, HIGH PROFILE, UH, CONTRACT AND CONCESSION, UH, WORTH, UH, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, UH, TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, MAYBE EVEN A HUNDRED MILLION, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, UM, I, AS AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SERVE, UM, TO ENSURE ESSENTIALLY THE, THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS. 
          UH, SO MY ROLE THERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ETHICS POLICY, UH, THAT THE COUNCIL IS ADOPTED IS FOLLOWED NOT ONLY BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, BUT BUT TO, TO ENSURE THAT, THAT THE, UH, RESPONDENTS AND THE PARTICIPANTS ARE ALSO ABIDING BY THAT. 
          UH, FOR THAT REASON, UH, WE TOOK VERY, UH, GREAT CARE IN THE SELECTION OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          UH, WE DID NOT WANT TO HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT WAS VOTING BASED ON FAVORITES, BECAUSE AS YOU INDICATED, MAYOR, THESE ARE ALL TREMENDOUS, UH, UM, CONCEPTS AND RESTAURANTS, AND THEY'RE ALL OUR FAVORITES. 
          UM, WE'RE FRIENDS WITH MANY OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE PARTICIPANTS. 
          SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD AIRPORT PROFESSIONALS AND CULINARY PROFESSIONALS THAT WERE, THAT WERE DOING THE SCORING. 
          UM, AND I'LL TELL YOU, UH, BASED ON MY OBSERVATION, UH, OF, OF HOW THE INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED AND HOW THE SCORING DISCUSSIONS WAS, WAS CONDUCTED, UH, THE PROCESS WAS A, WAS A, WAS A GOOD PROCESS. 
          UM, IT WAS, UH, FAIR TO EVERYBODY. 
          UM, BOTH SIDES. 
          I'M, I'M VERY PROUD TO REPORT BOTH SIDES HONOR THE BLACKOUT, AND I MET ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH EVERYBODY. 
          YOU SEE HERE ON BOTH SIDES, THE, THE INDIVIDUALS THEMSELVES. 
          IN FACT, I HAD, UH, COFFEE WITH, UH, JOHNNY HERNANDEZ ONE TIME, AND, AND, AND, AND HE, AT NO TIME DID ANYBODY, UH, BREACH THE SPIRIT OF, UH, OR THE LETTER OF THE ETHICS POLICIES. 
          SO IT WAS A GOOD PROCESS. 
          UM, AS YOU LOOK AT THE SCORES FROM THE FIRST SCORING ROUND TO THE SECOND SCORING ROUND, WHAT YOU SEE IS THE COMMITTEE ACTED, UH, AS A WHOLE, THEY, THE SCORES WERE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME, UM, YOU KNOW, AMONG THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WITHIN A FEW POINTS. 
          THERE WAS NO OUTLIERS THAT SOMETIMES YOU SEE, UH, IN SOME COMMITTEE PROCESS. 
          UM, SO I FELT VERY CONFIDENT THAT, THAT THIS WAS A GOOD PROCESS AND I FEEL LIKE I CAN REPRESENT TO, TO THE COUNCIL AND TO OUR CITY MANAGER THAT IT WAS FAIR IN ALL 
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RESPECTS. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN YOU GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THAT? UH, WHAT, WHAT STEPS WERE FOLLOWED, PARTICULARLY THAT THE SOLICITATION FOLLOWED, UH, THE CITY POLICY, THAT THE REVIEW PROCESS WASN'T BIASED OR SLANTED BY ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE. 
          AND WE ALSO WORKED, UH, THROUGH, UH, OUR COUNCIL GUIDELINES TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO OUTSIDE INFLUENCING OF THAT PROCESS. 
          UH, CERTAINLY MAYOR. 
          UM, SO AS I INDICATED THAT THE FIRST, WITH THE COMMITTEE SELECTION, UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD BOTH A MIX OF EXTERNAL FOLKS AND INTERNAL FOLKS. 
          AND, AND WITH RESPECT TO THE EXTERNAL FOLKS, WE WANTED TO BE VERY CAREFUL TO CHOOSE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T HAVE A CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE LIKELY RESPONDENTS. 
          AND WE, SO WE SORT OF HAD A FEEL WHO MIGHT BE THERE. 
          SO IT WAS FOR THAT REASON, WE WANTED AN INSTRUCTOR WITH THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA TO BE ON THE EVALUATION TEAM, BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THAT WOULD HAVE BE SOMEBODY WHO KNEW EVERYBODY AND WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN ALLEGIANCE WITH, WITH ANY ONE PERSON. 
          SIMILARLY, WE WANTED A FREQUENT TRAVELER OF THE AIRPORT, A USER OF THE AIRPORT. 
          SO WE REACHED OUT TO, UH, WE ENDED UP, UH, WITH SOMEONE FROM VALERO WHO OVERSEES ALL THEIR TRAVEL WITH RESPECT TO THE INTERNAL CANDIDATES. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS PEOPLE THAT HAD DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF, OF THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS OR THE CONCESSIONS. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY RUSS WAS ON THE COMMITTEE. 
          AND, UM, AND, UH, WE HAD DARIUS FROM THE, FROM THE ALAMO DOME, WHO OVERSEES CONCESSIONS AT THE DOME, VERY EXPERIENCED WITH CONCESSIONS, HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN, IN, IN THAT PROCESS, IN THE, IN THE PAST. 
          AND, AND THEN STEVE, WHO OVERSEES THE CONTRACTS THEMSELVES AND HAD A LOT, LOT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THAT. 
          SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COMMITTEE ITSELF, UH, DID THAT. 
          UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE GROUPS, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE HAVE, UM, IN THE REVIEW PANEL, UH, WE HAVE FINANCE AS PART OF THAT, AND THEY HELP GUIDE THE PROCESS. 
          AND WE HAVE OFTEN WE'LL HAVE A, A LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE IN THE, IN THE PROCESS. 
          UH, SO WE MADE SURE THAT WE COVER THE GROUND RULES. 
          WE STAYED WITHIN THE, THE, THE, UH, R F P PROCESS. 
          WE TRIED NOT TO, AND WE, WE ADMONISHED EVERYBODY TO, TO NOT THINK ABOUT THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE R F P PROCESS, UH, TO, TO, TO JUDGE BASED ON WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF US AND WHAT WE SAW. 
          SO MUCH SO THAT ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, WAS WHILE SHE WAS THERE FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE SCORING, UH, WHEN IT CAME TO INTERVIEWS, SHE ARRIVED LATE. 
          AND I DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS PROPER OR APPROPRIATE FOR ANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT COULD SCORE IF THEY DIDN'T HEAR THE GOOD MORNING AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE, TO, TO THE END. 
          SO I MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE HER OFF OF THE SCORING AS SHE BECAME ADVISORY. 
          UH, SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF STEPS THAT WE TOOK. 
          AND THEN WE REMINDED EVERYBODY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ETHICS POLICIES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTED AND, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID NOT TALK TO ANYBODY OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE STEPS THAT WERE TAKEN ALSO INCLUDED THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REVIEW OF THE R F A? YES, SIR. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AS RUSS INDICATED IN THIS SLIDE, UM, THE, WE WENT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ON TWO, TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. 
          SO WE WENT ON THE PRES SOLICITATION, UH, ON, IN OCTOBER OF 2017. 
          UM, AND THEN AS WE COMPLETED THE PROCESS, AS WE TYPICALLY DO, AS WE COMPLETED THE PROCESS, MADE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS SELECTION NEGOTIATED THE CONTRACT, WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AGAIN, UH, IN, UH, ON FEB, FEBRUARY 19TH, 2019. 
          UH, SO IT WENT THROUGH TWO COMMITTEE PROCESSES THROUGH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YOU CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE NO VIOLATIONS OF THE BLACKOUT PERIOD? YES, SIR. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THERE WAS NONE THAT I WAS AWARE OF. 
          WE WERE VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT. 
          AND AS I INDICATED, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH THEM AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I'VE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION ON BOTH SIDES. 
          I'M VERY PROUD OF EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED. 
          THEY DID NOT, THEY DID NOT DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THIS WAS ALSO REVIEWED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AS, AS RUSS INDICATED, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE PURVIEW OF THE SCORING COMMITTEE IS ON TWO COMPONENTS OF THE SCORING. 
          IT IS ON, UM, UM, THEIR EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND, AND QUALIFICATIONS. 
          AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF POINTS ASCRIBED TO THAT AND ON THE PLAN, AND THAT'S ALL THE COMMITTEE LOOKS AT. 
          WE DO NOT, WE'RE NOT PRIVY TO EITHER THE A C D B E, UH, SCORING OR THE COMPENSATION SCORING THAT'S LAYERED IN AFTER WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS. 
          UH, THIS WAS NOT A S BETA PROCESS BECAUSE IT WAS INVOLVED FEDERAL, FEDERAL, UH, UH, PROPERTY. 
          SO IT WAS THE A C D B PROCESS. 
          ALL, ALL THE PARTIES SCORED THE MAXIMUM POINTS THAT THEY COULD GET ON THE A C D B PROCESS AND ON THE COMPENSATION PIECE, AGAIN, THAT'S LAYERED IN AFTER THE FACT. 
          UM, AND, AND YOU, YOU SEE THE OUTCOME OF THAT. 
          UH, AS IT TURNS OUT, THE PARTY THAT WE HAD SELECTED AS OUR, UH, RECOMMENDED PARTY ALSO HAD THE BEST SCORE AND COMPENSATION AND WE'RE GIVING THE, THE AIRPORT AND THE CITY THE BEST VALUE. 
          UH, RUSS INDICATED THAT IT WAS ABOUT $600,000 MORE THAN THE, THAN THE NUMBER TWO, UM, UM, RESPONDENT. 
          AND OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD, THAT'S ABOUT $6 MILLION IN, 
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IN ADDITIONAL GUARANTEED BENEFIT, UH, TO THE, TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND TO THE AIRPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING ALL THESE QUESTIONS IS TO MAKE SURE, WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT, THAT THE PROCESS THAT WE LAID OUT FROM AN ETHICS STANDPOINT TO A, UH, JUST A PURE GOVERNING STANDPOINT IS ABOVE REPROACH. 
          AND THAT THE OUTCOME WE CAN TRUST HAS ABIDED BY THOSE PRINCIPLES AND THAT IT'S FAIR. 
          AND THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS COUNCIL AND MYSELF HAVE THE, UH, HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND OBLIGATION TO MAKE THE DECISION, ULTIMATELY, THAT'S THE RIGHT ONE FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, SO IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, DID YOU FALL, DID THIS PROCESS FO ALL FOLLOW ALL OF THE POLICIES AND DIRECTION IN THE SOLICITATION MAYOR? I BELIEVE THAT WE, UH, WORKED REAL HARD TO CALL BALLS AND STRIKES AS WE SAW 'EM, AND WE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS, UH, TO A T AND, AND MY, I, I FEEL NO HESITATION IN TELLING YOU THAT WE, THAT THE PROCESS WAS THE CLEAN PROCESS MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN PRIOR TO TODAY, YOU WERE ABLE TO, WERE YOU ABLE TO, TO, OR STAFF BRIEF ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, BEFORE COMING FORWARD? UH, MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE GOT TO EVERYBODY. 
          WE TRIED VERY DILIGENTLY TO GET TO EVERYBODY. 
          I GUESS WE DID GET TO E EVERYBODY. 
          UH, I DON'T THINK WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME TIME WITH COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. 
          WE DID HAVE IT ON, ON HIS SCHEDULE, BUT THERE WAS A CONFLICT THAT CAME UP ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WE DID GET A CHANCE TO BRIEF EVERYBODY. 
          AND THEN JUST FOR SENSE OF CONTEXT, UM, WE HAVE TWO TERMINALS. 
          UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONCESSION SPACE. 
          HOW MANY DIVISIONS, HOW MANY DIFFERENT CONTRACTS, UH, FOR CONCESSIONS ARE INVOLVED IN, IN MAKING OUR AIRPORT RUN? WELL, THERE'S MULTIPLE, THERE'S, THERE'S STILL A FEW FROM THE, FROM A SORT OF A LEGACY OF INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS. 
          SO THERE'S STILL A FEW INTERNAL, A FOR EXAMPLE, UH, EVEN AFTER THIS AWARD, THERE'LL STILL BE A COUPLE THAT ARE THERE, THAT ARE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS. 
          BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'VE MOVED MANY YEARS AGO TO TRY TO CONSOLIDATE THEM AS THEY BECAME AVAILABLE TO, TO GET 'EM TOGETHER IN A LARGE ENOUGH PACKAGE WHERE WE COULD ATTRACT THIS QUALITY OF A, OF A RESPONSE AND, AND, AND MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE FOR THEM. 
          UM, SO IN TERMINAL A, FOR EXAMPLE, HOST, UH, HAS A MASTER CONCESSION THAT WILL REMAIN, UH, AS RUSS INDICATED, THAT THAT REMAINS, UH, IN SOME OF THE OTHER CONCEPTS. 
          UH, AGAIN, THERE'S A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUAL ONES, AND THEN WHOEVER IS SELECTED BY THIS COUNCIL WILL ALSO BE IN TERMINAL A, LIKELY IN TERMINAL B. 
          UH, HOST IS ALSO, I THINK, HAS SOME CONCEPTS IN TERMINAL B, AND THAT I THINK THEIR INDIVIDUAL, UH, MORE INDIVIDUAL CONCEPTS AND TERMINAL BEING. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU, UH, CARLOS, FOR WALKING US THROUGH THAT. 
          AGAIN. 
          I, I MENTIONED THAT MY, UH, ONE OF MY CONSIDERATIONS HERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS AND THAT THE, IT'S CONDUCTED FAIRLY, AND I HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE, AS YOU'VE INDICATED, THAT IT WAS, UH, AND ULTIMATELY THAT THE RESULT THAT COMES OUTTA THAT PROCESS IS ONE THAT, UH, THAT LOOKS RIGHT, THAT, UH, MEETS THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE AS A COUNCIL TO DO, TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS OF LOCAL BRANDS, UH, OF ENSURING THAT THERE'S A GREAT FRONT DOOR FOR VISITORS WHO COME TO OUR AIRPORT AND WHO ARE LEAVING OUR CITY. 
          UM, AND IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE I COULD SEE THAT IF THAT PROCESS YIELDED EITHER TEAM, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A GREAT DECISION. 
          UH, BUT IN THE CASE OF, OF THIS PARTICULAR PROCUREMENT, THERE'S A CLEAR STAFF RECOMMENDATION, AND I DON'T SEE ANY REASON, UH, TO GO A DIFFERENT WAY FROM THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ITEM. 
          SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, CARLOS. 
          COUNCILMAN TNO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, YOU JUST WANT TO, UM, SAY THAT, UH, YOUR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROCESS, UH, TO, TO CARLOS, I WOULD, I WOULD ALSO ECHO, AND SO JUST APPRECIATE ADDRESSING THAT. 
          AND, AND I HAVE TO WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE THAT THE AIRPORT, AND WHILE WE REMAIN ON THIS, UH, SLIDE HERE, WHERE WE, WE SEE THE FRONT AND HOW, HOW HARD WE WORKED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR AIRPORT IS THE GATEWAY TO THE CITY. 
          UH, WE HAVE WORKED NOT ONLY, UH, IN, IN THIS RESPECT, BUT ALL ELEMENTS OF THE AIRPORT, LIKE, UH, LIKE OUR PUBLIC ARTS, THE ARCHITECTURE ITSELF, UH, ALL THAT IS, IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          SO, IN MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION, I BELIEVE ALL THE LOCAL PARTNERS ARE, ARE CLEARLY PASSIONATE, UH, THEY'RE COMMITTED, AND CERTAINLY THEY'RE INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THEM FOR, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          AND WHILE I BELIEVE THE PROCESS THAT YIELDED THESE RESULTS, AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY FEEL THE GROUP OF SAN ANTONIO RESTAURATEURS AND RESTAURANTS WILL REPRESENT OUR CITY IN THE MOST POSITIVE AND AUTHENTIC LIGHT, THE INCLUSION OF CHICK-FIL-A AS A NATIONAL BRAND TENANT IS SOMETHING I CANNOT SUPPORT. 
          THE HEART OF THE L G B T Q COMMUNITY IS IN DISTRICT ONE, AND THE COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER TO VOICE ITS DISAPPROVAL OF THIS PROPOSAL BECAUSE IT'S INCLUDES A COMPANY WITH A LEGACY OF ANTI L G B T Q BEHAVIOR. 
          THE WORK OF OUR CITY HAS DONE THE, THE WORK OUR CITY HAS DONE TO BECOME A CHAMPION OF EQUALITY AND INCLUSION SHOULD NOT BE UNDO UNDONE SO EASILY, WHICH IS WHY I CANNOT SUPPORT THE 
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION TODAY. 
          AND PERHAPS THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE VETTING OF ECONOMIC DEALS TO ENSURE THEY ALIGN WITH OUR CORE VALUES AS A CITY. 
          I THEREFORE MOVE TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH A FOLLOWING AMENDMENT DIRECTING STAFF TO WORK WITH THE CONCESSIONAIRE TO SECURE ANOTHER CONCEPT OTHER THAN CHICK-FIL-A, CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE R F P, WHICH WILL NOT CHANGE THE MAG AND WILL NOT DECREASE THE PERCENTAGE RENT. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          COUNCILMAN GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'LL SPEAK TO THAT IN A, IN A, A LITTLE WHILE OR ASK SOME MORE QUESTIONS LATER. 
          I HAVE SOME, UH, BASIC QUESTIONS. 
          UH, CARLOS, CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP PLEASE? THANK YOU. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE TO SAY TO ALL OF THE CHEFS AND RENT, UH, RESTAURATEURS WHO ARE HERE RIGHT NOW AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, UH, KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE VERY BUSY, BUSY LIVES AND RESTAURANTS TO RUN AND THINGS TO OVERSEE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR ENDURANCE WITH ALL OF US. 
          UH, SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          AND, UM, THAT'S WHY, UH, I'LL BE MAKING MY MOTION LATER. 
          BUT WHAT I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT QUICKLY IS, UM, ONE OF THE SLIDES ON THE PRESENTATION IS ABOUT THE, UM, TECHNOLOGY AND, UM, OTHER, THE INNOVATION SLIDE NUMBER FOUR, AND I'M A LITTLE, I JUST NEED TO KNOW THIS, BECAUSE THE, THE IMAGE ON HERE THAT HAS INNOVATION, IT HAS ONE OF THOSE IPAD THINGS, IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE, IS THAT WHAT THE, UM, THEY'RE PROPOSING IS TO PUT IPADS ON TOP OF EVERY TABLE? NO. 
          UH, IT IS A PART OF THE SOLUTION, BUT IT'S NOT AT EVERY TABLE. 
          UM, YOU SEE THAT IN A LOT OF LARGER AIRPORTS, AND I THINK YOU MAY VERY WELL SEE A MORE BROAD VERSION OF THAT IN FUTURE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT. 
          FOR US, IT'S A LITTLE BIT TOUGH FOR US TO DO THAT IN SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT, BUT IT DID INVOLVE THAT AS A PIECE OF THE, OF THE SOLUTION. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE THEN THOSE IPADS ON ALL OF THE TABLES AT THE RESTAURANTS MOVING FORWARD. 
          NO, I, I, IT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY. 
          IT COULD BE A, A POSSIBILITY. 
          NEITHER PROPOSAL SPECIFIED ON EVERY TABLE. 
          SO I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT, JUST GETTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW HEALTHY THAT IS. 
          'CAUSE I PARTICULARLY, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S, UH, KIND OF DISTURBING THAT EVERYONE'S TOUCHING THAT THING AT ONCE IN THE AIRPORTS. 
          BUT THAT'S, UM, HERE, UH, THAT'S REALLY CONCERNING FOR ME, THAT THAT WOULD BE A TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION WHEN WE WANNA ALSO, YOU KNOW, TALK TO PEOPLE AS WE'RE THERE TALKING ABOUT THINGS. 
          UM, SECONDLY, DO YOU HAVE A SLIDE OF WHAT THE POINTS WERE BEFORE THE INTERVIEWS? DO YOU HAVE THAT SLIDE AVAILABLE? I DO. 
          UM, FIRST 2028. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, AS I, AS I OUTLINED, UH, THERE WERE CERTAINLY A CLEAR ONE AND TWO, AND A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE, UH, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS COMING OUT OF THE INITIAL. 
          BUT YOU SEE, BASED UPON THE, THE INITIAL PROPOSALS, PAPER PROPOSALS PRIOR TO GETTING A CHANCE TO TALK TO, UM, AND, AND HEAR FROM THE, UH, CONCEPTS IN THE INTERVIEW, H M SS HOST, UH, AND, UH, PARODIES LOGGER ARE VERY CLOSE, IN FACT, HOST BEAT 'EM BY ABOUT A POINT. 
          AND SO THE, UM, THE INTERVIEWS, SO I GUESS, WALK ME THROUGH THAT PROPOSAL AFTER THIS, YOU COME IN WITH THESE SCORES INTO THE INTERVIEWS WITH THE ONE AND TWO, CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL SELECTED. 
          AND SO WHAT WERE THE ITEMS IN THE INTERVIEWS THAT, UM, MADE THE DISTINCTIONS THAT WE SAW THEN LAID OUT ON, UM, NUMBER, UH, IN THE SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN? RIGHT. 
          SO, LET'S SEE. 
          THE, AS I MENTIONED, THE, YOU, YOU CAN LEARN A A LOT FROM A PAPER PROPOSAL, BUT UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY GET A CHANCE TO HEAR, UH, THE CONCEPTS ARTICULATED, UM, IT IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT. 
          SO ONCE WE REALLY GOT TO THE INTERVIEWS AND STARTED ASKING SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, AS I MENTIONED, SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT ROLES BY, UH, BY COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS AND HOW THEY WOULD INTEGRATE INTO THE SOLUTION, UM, HOW THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION WOULD MANIFEST ITSELF AND THE CONCEPT. 
          UH, AND THEN, I MEAN, THERE, THERE IS AN INTANGIBLE THERE THAT THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE SPOKE TO, UH, JUST BASED UPON IN SOME CASES HOW THE, HOW THE, UH, CONCEPT WAS PRESENTED, UM, BY THE INDIVIDUALS, THE PASSION BY WHICH IT WAS PRESENTED TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE R F P. 
          SO THOSE, SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'D ONLY GET BY INTERACTING AND BEING ABLE TO ASK DIRECT QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO WHAT WERE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS? THE DIRECT QUESTIONS? SO, I'LL BACK UP TO THE INITIAL. 
          ONE OF THEM WAS, UM, 
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SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT ROLES BY SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHO WAS A JOINT VENTURE TO WHO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S A GOOD, UH, GOOD QUESTION. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE I WAS GONNA GO NEXT FOR, I THINK, SOME CLARIFICATION FOR ME ON, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA LOOK AT TONY G AGAIN, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS, THAT TONY GS IS NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE A RESTAURANT IN THE AIRPORT, BUT YOU ARE A JOINT VENTURE THERE. 
          UM, YOU'RE PART, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE EQUITY IN THE WHOLE MANAGEMENT ROLE. 
          UM, SO, AND HE KNOWS, I ALREADY TOLD HIM THAT I WAS SAD THAT HE'S NOT HAVING AN ACTUAL RESTAURANT IN THE AIRPORT. 
          UM, SO PLEASE CLARIFY TO ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHERE, UM, CARINO CORTEZ, SELENA ALEMAN, AND TONY ARE HAVING THEIR ROLE, AND THEN THE, UM, THE OTHER PARODIES, UH, JVS. 
          SO, UM, BUT THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE JVS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR JV. 
          THIS IN THE I STORE YOU JUST OUTLINED THE THREE JOINT VENTURES. 
          WE, WE WILL HAVE A MANAGEMENT ROLE BOTH IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND RETAIL. 
          AND, AND, AND THERE ARE, THERE, THERE ARE SLIGHT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE HOST PROPOSAL AND THE PARODIES. 
          MOST OF THE ARRANGEMENT IS VERY SIMILAR, IN OTHER WORDS, UH, TRUE FLAVORS. 
          UH, AND IN SOME CASES, SHOOT AND SCORE WITH A 7%, UH, STAKE IN A, IN A FEW OF THOSE CONCEPTS. 
          AND THEN TRUE FLAVORS WITH JOHNNY'S, AGAIN, MANAGEMENT ROLE RUNNING THE RESTAURANTS, NOT NECESSARILY THEIR CONCEPTS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, WE DO HAVE A 10% JOINT VENTURE FOR TWO BROTHERS, SOUTHERLY AND BAKLEY LORRAINE, WHICH IS, WHICH WAS OUTLINED. 
          AND SO THERE IS A, THERE'S A PART OF THAT JOINT VENTURE THAT HAS PEOPLE THAT ARE ACT, ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THAT RESTAURANT. 
          BUT FOR THE MOST PART, UH, THE, THE GOVERNANCE CONCEPT IS VERY SIMILAR. 
          THEY'RE LICENSE AGREEMENTS TO OPERATE THOSE RESTAURANTS. 
          UH, THERE ARE, AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME MINOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN, UH, WHO, WHO A JOINT VENTURE IS. 
          WE WERE VERY COMFORTABLE IN THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE WITH THE JOINT VENTURE AND THE MANAGEMENT ROLE THAT, UM, THAT THE PARITIES LAGGER AIR TEAM BROUGHT FORWARD. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, I GUESS, SO TROY'S HERE, AND HE'S BEEN SITTING HERE. 
          SO TROY, COULD YOU COME UP? I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE FINANCE OR THE COMPENSATION, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WHAT YOU ALL SEE, CORRECT? WE DO. 
          I, I DO HAVE THAT SLIDE WITH THE DIFFERENT MAGS, THE MINIMUM, UM, ANNUAL GUARANTEES AS WELL. 
          PLEASE. 
          DO Y'ALL HAVE THAT, THAT WE CAN SEE ? BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE, AND I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY A GAME CHANGER FOR EVERYTHING. 
          UM, OOPS, I'M SORRY. 
          THAT WAS NOT THE RIGHT ONE. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          YEAH, AND RUSS, AND I MAY HAVE TO TAG TEAM ON THIS, BUT, UM, LOOKING AT THE SCORES, THERE WERE TWO PIECES. 
          THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 20 POINTS, 10 POINTS FOR THE MAG, AND THEN 10 POINTS FOR THE OTHER, THE, THE RENTAL PERCENTAGE. 
          WE ALSO, IN WORKING WITH THE AIRPORT, THEY UTILIZED THE CONSULTANT BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THESE TYPE OF CONCESSION ARRANGEMENTS TO ACTUALLY ASSIST IN THE ACTUAL SCORING TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE BEING EQUITABLE AND HAD A SOUND BASE FOR THE ACTUAL SCORING. 
          SO BASED ON USE OF THE CONSULTANT AND THE MAG THAT WAS PROPOSED BY THE ACTUAL RESPONDENTS, YOU CAN SEE THE, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSALS HERE, WHICH ONE, THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE FOR EACH OF THE RESPONDENTS, THE POINTS AWARDED FOR THE MAG, AS WELL AS THE PERCENTAGE RENT AND THE ALLOCATION OF THOSE POINTS. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE AGGREGATE POINTS FOR TOTAL COMPENSATION THAT WERE IN THE INITIAL SCORING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. 
          UH, HALF A, ALMOST HALF A MILLION. 
          SO THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UH, DIFFERENCE RIGHT THERE. 
          UM, BACK TO, TO CARLOS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, TROY, CARLOS, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UM, DID YOU ALL, HOW DID YOU ALL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, OR IF YOU ALL DID SOMETHING, SOMETHING WAS MENTIONED ABOUT INTANGIBLES, AND SO KNOWING THAT WE ARE, UM, ONE OF MAYBE TWO UNESCO CITIES OF GASTRONOMY, HOW DID Y'ALL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN DOING THESE, UM, PROPOSALS? WELL, EXCELLENT QUESTION. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO BE SURE OF IS THAT, UH, WHEN YOU EXPERIENCED A RESTAURANT CONCEPT WITHIN, UH, WITHIN THE AIRPORT, YOU COULD ALSO FIND IT IN THE CITY. 
          AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE INTANGIBLES THAT, THAT YOU MENTIONED, UH, USING YOUR WORDS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IS, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU FIND THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY? CAN YOU FIND THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED THROUGHOUT THERE? AND IN MOST CASES, BO BO BEACH OF THE CASES, YOU COULD FIND MANY OF THEM. 
          UH, I THINK THE VIN'S IS UNIQUE BECAUSE VIN'S EXIST AT THE AIRPORT AND, AND NOWHERE ELSE. 
          UH, BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY CONSIDERED IS, ARE YOU ABLE TO FIND 'EM WITH THROUGHOUT THE CITY? IS IT, IS IT QUALITY CHEF DRIVEN? WE ASKED A LOT ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD GET THEIR PRODUCT, AND PERHAPS ONE OF THEM CAN DISCUSS THIS, BUT IN THE INTERVIEW, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PRODUCT WAS GONNA BE SIMILAR IN TASTE AND QUALITY THAT YOU WOULD RECEIVE IN, IN THE CITY. 
          AND SO A LOT OF 'EM ARE HANDLING IT BY SELLING DIRECTLY THE PRODUCT TO THE, OR PROVIDING THE PRODUCT TO THE, UH, TO THE CONCESSIONAIRE. 
          UH, 
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IN, IN THE CASE OF THE BAGELS, THEY'RE GONNA BE BAKED AND DELIVERED, BAKED ON SITE AT THEIR, AT THEIR FACILITY AT THE RESTAURANT, AND DELIVERED. 
          SO THAT'LL ENSURE THAT WHATEVER YOU TASTE IN THE RESTAURANT IS THE SAME THING THAT YOU'LL TASTE, UH, AT THE AIRPORT. 
          UH, THERE'S, I THINK THERE'S A TWO TIMES A DAY, UH, DELIVERY THERE. 
          UH, AND THEN THE SAME THING WITH THE BARBECUE. 
          UH, IT IS, IT'S GONNA BE PREPARED, UH, AT THE RESTAURANT, AT SMOKED AT THE RESTAURANT, AND THEN BROUGHT OUT TO THE, TO, TO THE AIRPORT AND IT ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          SO, AGAIN, THE QUALITY. 
          SO WE, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE INTANGIBLE THINGS WE, WE DID LOOK FOR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO, TO JUST TELL ALL OF MY, THE CHEFS WHO ARE HERE TODAY, I KNOW SOME OF YOU ALL MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE THREE LOCATIONS, SOME YOU HAVE SIX LOCATIONS IN THE CITY. 
          UM, I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW, UH, I WANNA INVITE YOU TO COME LOOK IN THE SOUTH SIDE IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          I KNOW SOME, UH, RESTAURANTS ARE ALREADY HEADING TO BROOKS, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO GROW, UH, IN THAT AREA. 
          SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THAT CONVER CONVERSATION. 
          UM, I THINK WHAT WAS ALSO MENTIONED HERE WAS ABOUT BRAND AMBASSADORS AND ABOUT BEING, UM, THE CULTURE AND THE BRAND AMBASSADORS OF OUR CITY. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, BUT I DO HAVE QUESTION, AND, AND THERE IS NO QUESTIONS OF, I THINK YOU THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS, BUT, UM, OUR AIRPORT HAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP OVER THESE PAST TWO YEARS. 
          AND OUR AIRPORT HAS ALSO BEEN THE FOCUS OF A LOT OF CRITICISM AND A LOT OF SCRUTINY IN THESE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AS WELL. 
          UM, THE AIRPORT HAS HAD ALSO NUMEROUS TASKS, FORCE TO STUDY WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR GROWTH, HOW CAN WE MANAGE, WHAT CAN WE DO STRATEGICALLY, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND OUR, UM, AND THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN, OR THE, THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, DID WE GET ANY INPUT FROM OUR AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEMBERS AS PART OF THIS? ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO, UH, OUR AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION, AS YOU KNOW, MEETS FREQUENTLY. 
          UH, AND WE STARTED TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THIS AT THE VERY ONSET. 
          NOW, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, UM, SHARE, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE BLACKOUT PERIOD, ALL OF THE DETAILS ABOUT WHO'S BIDDING, BUT ALL OF THE CRITERIA ASSOCIATED WITH THE R F P BEFORE WE EVER EVEN PUT IN ON IN WRITING. 
          UM, AND EVERY STEP OF THE WAY BEYOND THAT, UH, THEY WERE INVOLVED. 
          YES, THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALSO HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, BEEN BROUGHT UP IS, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS A, AS A LARGE CONTRACT, UM, AT THE BEGINNING WE HAD A LABOR PEACE AGREEMENT. 
          WE TOOK OUT THE LABOR PEACE AGREEMENT, AND THEN WE HAD, UM, THIS WAS A HIGH PROFILE CONTRACT, 10 YEARS, THIS COULD BE UP POTENTIALLY 10 YEARS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO SEE THIS AT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, AND NOW IT CAME STRAIGHT TO AN A SESSION. 
          AND SO I SAY THAT AS CLARIFICATION ON ALL THIS IN INTENTION AND SCRUTINY AND INTEREST IN OUR AIRPORT. 
          AND THE FACT THAT THIS WAS ALMOST A TWO YEAR PROCESS FOR THIS R F P, AND IT WAS A SOURCE OF CONTROVERSY AT THE VERY BEGINNING. 
          UM, MAKES ME WONDER WHY THIS TO DIDN'T GO TO A B SESSION IN THE BEGINNING, NOT BECAUSE OF ANY, UH, MAL INTENTION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR THE PROCESS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOUR PROCESS WAS GOOD. 
          BUT I THINK TO BE ABLE TO SEE, TO HAVE SEEN IT AND UNDERSTOOD IT ALL, NOT JUST ONE MEETING HERE, ONE MEETING THERE, ONE MEETING OVER HERE, BUT TO SEE IT ALL TOGETHER IN ONE ASPECT WOULD'VE BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL FOR ME. 
          AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE POLICIES THAT HAVE CHANGED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO PAID SICK LEAVE, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR NEW PROCESS ON PUBLIC INPUT AND TRANSPARENCY, AND HAVING THAT TRANSPARENCY CONVERSATION. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          AND NOW WITH THIS, UM, I THINK IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AND A WELL THOUGHT OF CHANGE FOR, UM, CHANGING OUT THAT MAJOR BRO, UM, PARTNER OF CHICK-FIL-A. 
          I BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD RECOMMEND A CONVERSATION, OR AT LEAST A, LET'S SEE IT ALL IN THE BIG PICTURE OF HOW THIS WORKS AT A B SESSION. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, ON TOP OF THIS MOTION, WHICH WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, UM, UH, ANDY, HOW THIS ALL PLAYS, IF IT, THAT DOES FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE SOMETHING IN THE, UM, AGREEMENT. 
          BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE THIS AT OUR NEXT AVAILABLE B SESSION FOR FURTHER CONVERSATION. 
          AND ALSO, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S, YOU'VE SEEN ALBERT THIS MORNING AND SEEING EVERYBODY WHO KNOWS HIM, SAN ANTONIO IS FAMILY. 
          THESE ARE OUR FAMILY. 
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AND WHY NOT GIVE EVERYONE THAT HEAD TO HEAD COMP, NOT EVEN HEAD TO HEAD, JUST HEAR EVERYONE OUT. 
          JUST LET EVERYONE, UH, GET HEARD OUT AND SEE THOSE THINGS RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. 
          SO, I MAKE A MOTION, UH, MAYOR, JUST TO HEAR EVERYONE OUT AT A B SESSION AT THE NEXT POSSIBLE, UM, TO MOVE THIS TO A B SESSION FOR MORE CONVERSATION. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR A DELAY OF ITEM 15. 
          AND SEND THIS BACK TO B SESSION. 
          ANDY? YES. 
          JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, THE, THE MOTION TO DELAY WOULD BE THE PRIMARY MOTION, MAYOR, UH, BUT COUNCILWOMAN, UH, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY A DATE CERTAIN, UM, IN TERMS OF HAVING THE COUNCIL RECONSIDER. 
          AND WE CAN SAY AFTER A B SESSION, BUT NO LATER THAN, OR WE NEED TO ESTABLISH A, A DATE AS TO WHEN THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THIS. 
          AGAIN. 
          WHEN'S OUR NEXT, UH, WHEN'S OUR NEXT DATE FOR A B SESSION? THE THIRD, APRIL 3RD SHUFFLE. 
          SO I MAKE A, A, A MOTION TO GO TO B SESSION ON, UH, TO, FOR HAVING A B SESSION ON APRIL 3RD, AND THEN TO HAVE THE COUNSEL CONSIDERED AND HAVE THE COUNSEL TO RECONSIDER NO LATER THAN, OR, UM, APRIL 5TH. 
          UM, FOURTH. 
          FOURTH. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THAT'S MY CLARIFICATION TO MY MOTION. 
          COUNCILMAN, YOU ACCEPT THAT AND THAT WORKS. 
          AMENDMENT OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THERE'S A MOTION, A SECOND FOR A DELAY, UH, OF ITEM 15 TO APRIL 3RD, UH, WITH COUNCIL VOTE ON APRIL 4TH. 
          UM, THAT IS A PRIMARY MOTION ON THE TABLE NOW, SO WE CAN KEEP FOLKS IN THE QUEUE, BUT WE NOW WILL TAKE UP THAT MOTION. 
          ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE, ON THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR? COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I WANT TO, UH, SECOND, UH, MY COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT THREE'S POINTS ON THE MATTER. 
          I THINK THE MATERIAL CHANGE OF THE CHICK-FIL-A ISSUE IS A LOT BIGGER THAN JUST SWAPPING OUT, UH, AN ORGANIZATION. 
          I THINK WHEN YOU MAKE THAT KIND OF MOVE, THERE'S NOW REALLY TWOFOLD PIECES HERE. 
          ONE IS OUR ABILITY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT VENDOR. 
          AND YOU KNOW WHAT? MY VOTE IS NOT A RUBBER STAMP. 
          UH, IF IT WAS, THERE'D BE NO NEED FOR US. 
          THEN IF WE BELIEVE THE PROCESS IS ALWAYS RIGHT, EVERY TIME THE PROCESS HAPPENS, WELL THEN WHAT THE HECK ARE WE HERE FOR? SO, IN MY OPINION, THE VOTE COMES TO US AND WE MAKE OUR EVALUATION, AND WE MAKE THE CALLS WE SEE FIT, AND THE PROCESS HAS TO BE RIGHT, BUT WE ALSO EVALUATE THE PROCESS. 
          IT'S OKAY TO SIT THERE AND EVALUATE THE PROCESS. 
          WE GOTTA GET IT AS RIGHT, AS, AS AS POSSIBLE. 
          BUT MY VOTE ISN'T A RUBBER STAMP. 
          SO ANY ASSUMPTION THAT YOU COULD SIT THERE AND SAY, WELL, IT WAS, WAS IT, DID, WAS EVERYTHING GREAT AND WELL, YEAH, IT WAS FANTASTIC. 
          WELL, IT'S THE GUY THAT WAS ON THE, NO OFFENSE TO THE, TO THE GENERAL. 
          HE WAS ON THE ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE TELLING ME THAT HIS ASSESSMENT WAS GREAT. 
          I MEAN, , IT'S, IT, HE'S WITHIN THE PROCESS HIMSELF. 
          SO HE IS ONE OF THE EVALUATORS. 
          HE'S NOT GONNA SIT THERE AND SAY IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE. 
          AND, AND POINT OF FACT, HE, THE, I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET BRIEFED OVER 72 HOURS. 
          WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GET IT DONE. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS A PRETTY LARGE CONTRACT UP TO 10 YEARS. 
          AND THIS KIND OF CASH, WE BRING THESE CONTRACTS TO A B SESSION ROUTINELY FOR IT TO COME OUT OF AUDIT, WHERE THREE MEMBERS SAW IT, I THINK IS, UH, I THINK IS A LITTLE LIGHT ON OVERSIGHT FROM THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          AND THEN THE BRIEFING OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS. 
          IT'S TOUGH. 
          BUT THE OTHER POINT TO THIS IS, AND I'M NOT PUSHING BACK ON COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S, UH, CALL BECAUSE OF CHICK-FIL-A AT THIS POINT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD AT THIS POINT THEN FORCE EVERY ONE OF THESE COMPANIES TO LAY OUT THEIR L G B T Q POSITIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ONE OF THEM, SO LET'S HAVE THE FAIR DEBATE ON THAT. 
          SO AT THE VERY LEAST, YOU CAN SAY, I DON'T WANT CHICK-FIL-A WITHOUT KNOWING 15 OTHER COMPANIES POSITIONS ON L G B T Q RIGHTS. 
          NOW, THAT HAS BECOME A CHANGE, NOT JUST A SMALL CHANGE TO THE CONTRACT. 
          FOLLOW ME HERE, COLLEAGUES. 
          THIS IS A MATERIAL CHANGE IN THE CITY'S POLICY REGARDING CONTRACTING PERIOD. 
          ONCE YOU SAY THAT AN L G B T Q BUSINESS OR AN L GB ANTI L G B T Q BUSINESS, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU QUALIFY IT AS, ONCE YOU SAY THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED AND WE'RE MATERIALLY CHANGING IT, YOU HAVE MATERIALLY CHANGED THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE CONTRACT OF THE R F P. 
          JUST LIKE WE DID LABOR PEACE. 
          WHEN WE INSERTED IT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, WHEN WE INSERTED IT AND THEN TOOK IT BACK OUT, THAT WAS A MATERIAL CHANGE TO THE R F P. 
          SO IF WE HONESTLY PASSED COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S ASSESSMENT ON CHICK-FIL-A'S, AND I'M NOT HERE AT AT ONE, I'M QUESTIONING YOUR, YOUR, YOUR RIGHT ON THAT. 
          DANG, THAT'S A DIS YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S A DISCUSSION WORTH HAVING 100% IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO BUSINESS WITH AND WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          BUT NOW YOU HAVE CHANGED THE EXPECTATION FOR EVERY COMPANY APPLYING FOR THIS. 
          SO LET'S GO BACK AND HAVE AN HONEST DISCUSSION. 
          SHOULD NOW BE PART OF THE BRIEFING. 
          WHERE DO YOU STAND LUXURY? WHERE DO YOU STAND? LOCAL COP? WE'RE STARBUCKS ON ISSUES THAT WE MAY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH. 
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NOW WE HAVE TO THEN HAVE A SOCIAL FACTOR IN THE R F P PROCESS 'CAUSE WE'RE CHANGING IT. 
          SO I, IT, IT, IT, TO ME, THAT'S THE LARGER POINT HERE. 
          IF WE ATTEMPT TO REMOVE CHICK-FIL-A, WE HAVE CHANGED MATERIALLY BASED ON A FACTOR THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE R F P PROCESS. 
          THEREFORE, WE MUST GO STRAIGHT BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF R F P AND RESTART THE ENTIRE THING. 
          SO GUESS WHAT? THE RIGHT ANSWER FROM A LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE IS TO WAIT TO PAUSE, TO BRING IT BACK TO B SESSION AND ASK THESE VERY DIFFICULT, BUT TELLING QUESTIONS, WHERE DO YOU STAND ON L G B T RIGHTS? WHERE ARE YOU ON THIS? WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR THIS? AND HAVE A FULL BRIEFING ON IT AND VETTED IN THE OPEN. 
          'CAUSE THAT IS A HUGE CHANGE TO THE CITY'S CONTRACTING POLICY. 
          UM, SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUES' MOTION TO AT LEAST TAKE TIME AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          WE TAKE THE TIME, IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS. 
          WE'VE OBVIOUSLY MADE CHANGES THIS CONTRACT OFF AND ON THE ENTIRE TERM. 
          I THINK IT'S WORTH THE FAIR DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT. 
          BOTH SIDES HAVE EXCELLENT, RIGHT? I DO HAVE CONCERNS TOO. 
          LIKE, IT, I ALWAYS FIND IT ODD WHEN THE LOSING ORGANIZATION WINS THE FIRST ROUND. 
          LIKE, THAT IS ALWAYS A EYE-OPENER. 
          LIKE YOU WON THE FIRST ROUND AGAINST THE COMPANY, YOU LOST TO IN THE SECOND. 
          SO I DON'T THINK YOU GOT THAT WORSE OVER THE SPAN OF TWO. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S QUESTIONS I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THESE FACES AND THESE AREN'T PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE THEY LOSE, THEY WIN THE FIRST ROUND, LOSE THE SECOND IF THE SAME PEOPLE ARE DOING THE EVALUATION. 
          SO THERE'S DEEPER QUESTIONS I WANNA DIG INTO ON THAT AS WELL. 
          BUT LOOK, THIS IS ABOUT, I MEAN, FOOD AND CULTURE MATTER. 
          UH, PEOPLE COME INTO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THROUGH THAT AIRPORT'S VERY IMPORTANT HOW WE, WHAT, WHAT PERCEPTION WE PUT OUT THERE, WHAT MESSAGE WE'RE SENDING. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND SAY, COUNCILMAN TREVINOS BROUGHT UP SOME VALID POINTS. 
          THERE ARE CONCERNS FROM SOME MEMBERS ON THE BRIEFING TIME SPAN OF THIS, THE SIZE AND LENGTH OF THIS CONTRACT, THE LACK OF A B SESSION, ONLY THREE MEMBERS VIEWING IT. 
          WITH THAT. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD WHOLEHEARTEDLY HONOR COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRAND'S POINT AND TAKE THE TIME TO PAUSE AND SHOW LEADERSHIP. 
          SOMETIMES THE RIGHT ANSWER IS DOING NOTHING UNTIL YOU FEEL RIGHT ABOUT THE ENTIRE CHOICE BEFORE YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCK. 
          HOUSE. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, AND I WAS ENLIGHTENED, I THINK BY WHAT MY FELLOW COUNCILMAN JUST SAID. 
          ARE WE GONNA MAKE THIS A GAME CHANGER AND START LOOKING AT NON, UH, NON-CRITICAL ISSUES, UH, THAT, UH, GO INTO A CONTRACT, UH, AT THIS CASE? AND THEN HOW DOES THAT SPILL OVER INTO FUTURE CASES? I, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA SEE THIS COUNCIL GO THAT WAY. 
          UH, JUST TO POINT OUT A FACT ABOUT THE COMMITTEE, THERE'S ACTUALLY FIVE PEOPLE WHO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE. 
          TWO OF THEM AS CITIZENS, THREE OF THEM ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          AND I WILL SAY THAT I WAS A LITTLE TAKEN BACK BY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO WAYS THE, UH, THE CONTRACTS WERE EVALUATED, THE FIRST AND THE SECOND. 
          AND I WOULD, I WOULD SAY TO, UH, OUR CITY STAFF IN THE FUTURE, LET US SEE BOTH PANELS, NOT JUST THE FINAL ONE. 
          LET US SEE THE FIRST ONE SO THAT AT THAT TIME WE CAN ASK THE QUESTION, WHY IS THERE SUCH A HUGE DISPARITY THAT WOULD LET US UNDERSTAND IT BETTER SO WE CAN EDUCATE OUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS BETTER INSTEAD ABOUT LEARNING ABOUT IT AT THE LAST MINUTE IN THIS FORUM. 
          UH, SO I WILL NOT SUPPORT, UH, THE, UH, EFFORT TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS TO A B SESSION. 
          I BELIEVE THE PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE, UH, SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE CITY HAS. 
          UH, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT, UH, THAT MAYBE THERE'S, UH, AN APPARENT, UH, LOOK LIKE THERE'S SOME KIND OF DISPARITY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT WAS HANDLED WELL ENOUGH, UH, IN COMMITTEE EARLIER. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WILL NOT SUPPORT A MOVE TO ELIMINATE A PARTICULAR COMPANY BECAUSE OF ITS SOCIAL STANDING, UH, FROM AN EXISTING OFFER AS WELL. 
          SO I'LL BE OPPOSED TO BOTH OF THESE. 
          I'LL, I'LL MORE LIKE SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S ORIGINAL MOVE THAT WE JUST GO FORWARD, UH, WITH THE ORIGINAL DECISION RECOMMENDED BY THE STAFF. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I DID JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT, ABOUT THIS MOTION. 
          I THINK THERE IS, UM, A LOT OF CONCERN WHEN A CONTRACT COMES IN AT, AT THIS LEVEL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HIGH DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
          UM, AND I THINK, UH, WE SHOULD PROBABLY CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE IS WHAT IS THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT, UH, OF A CONTRACT WHEN WE WANNA TAKE IT TO B SESSION OR WHEN WE WANT TO, UM, MAYBE END THE BLACKOUT PERIOD EARLIER SO THERE CAN BE MORE DISCUSSION OR EVEN CHANGE THE FORMAT OF THE PRESENTATION TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. 
          LIKE COUNCILMAN COURAGE SAID. 
          UM, IT'S 
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BEEN A TWO YEAR PROCESS, SO, UH, I THINK IT'S, UM, IT'S HARD TO CHANGE THE PROCESS NOW AND TO EVALUATE IT NOW AT THE END OF IT AND SAY, OH, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT. 
          UM, IT, WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT AT THE, AT THE BEGINNING IS LAYOUT, WHAT IS THIS PROCESS GONNA LOOK LIKE, LOOK LIKE? AND THAT'S WHAT YOU DID, RIGHT? YOU FOLLOWED YOUR, YOUR PROCEDURES. 
          SO, UH, I'M GOING TO, UM, I GUESS ASK STAFF THAT THEY COME BACK, NOT ON THIS MOTION, BUT ON THE IDEA OF HOW WE CAN AVOID BEING IN THIS SITUATION IN, IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND IF YOU HAVE SOME THOUGHTS, PLEASE SHARE THEM. 
          ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, WE, WE WILL DO THAT ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND COME BACK AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT AND TAKE YOUR GUIDANCE ON A SORT OF A THRESHOLD LEVEL AS YOU SUGGEST. 
          OKAY. 
          HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. 
          AND ALSO REMIND FOLKS THAT WE, WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION OVER THE YEARS ABOUT PROCESS FOR HIGH PROFILE CONTRACTS, WHICH IS WHY, UH, NOW THE PROCESS IS WE SEND HIGH PROFILE CONTRACTS THROUGH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. 
          UM, AND A REMINDER THAT WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR REGARDING THE DELAY OF ITEM 15. 
          SO PLEASE CONTAIN YOUR COMMENTS TO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY? AND THIS IS JUST ON THE DELAY. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YEAH, LOOKING AT THIS, I, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT HAVE HAD INPUT ON THIS. 
          IT'S A TWO YEAR PROCESS. 
          UM, THE PROCESS THAT WAS LAID OUT I THINK WAS A GREAT PROCESS. 
          UM, I, I, I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, CARLOS, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS ONE OF MY FIRST QUESTIONS AT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE HERE. 
          WHAT WAS ONE OF MY FIRST QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN YOUR QUESTION RELATED TO WHY WAS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN SCORING BETWEEN THE, THE TWO, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY WELL, TWO CANDIDATES THAT ARE NO, NO DOUBT. 
          WELL, WELL KNOWN. 
          WE DIDN'T, YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE, BUT WHY WAS THERE SUCH A DISPARITY IN THE, IN THE SCORES BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM? RIGHT. 
          AND DID, DID Y'ALL, DID Y'ALL BRING OUT THE, THE FIRST, THE FIRST SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE FIRST ROUND OF SCORING? DID WE, I DON'T BELIEVE WE DID. 
          COUNCIL NO. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          I, I DON'T BELIEVE WE DID. 
          NO. 
          SO THAT, THAT WOULD'VE SPURRED MY, UH, CONCERNS EVEN MORE AT THAT POINT. 
          CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY. 
          BUT, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I AGREE WITH, UM, A LOT OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID HERE. 
          I'M A PROCESS GUY. 
          I TRUST THE PROCESS THAT IT WAS FOLLOWED. 
          IT WAS, IT WAS A GOOD PROCESS. 
          BUT I HAD CONCERNS AT THE VERY BEGINNING SURE. 
          AT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. 
          AND IN FACT, I'VE TALKED TO MY STAFF ABOUT PUTTING A C C R TOGETHER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A PROCESS GOING THROUGH THE BEAT, I MEAN, THROUGH THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY SESSION, WE, WE'VE HAD THREE MAJOR CONTRACTS THAT HERE RECENTLY. 
          THE BARGE CONTRACT, THE RADIO CONTRACT, AND NOW THE AIRPORT CONTRACT THAT ARE HIGH, HIGH DOLLAR. 
          AND TO SPRING THIS ON THE WHOLE COUNCIL WITHIN, WHEN DID WE MEET ON THE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEETING? FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 19TH. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          TO SPRING THAT UP RIGHT NOW, WITHOUT HAVING THE REST OF THE COUNCIL BROUGHT IN OTHER THAN INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS, IS, IS A LITTLE BIT STRETCHING IT IN MY OPINION ALSO, UM, AS FAR AS A DELAY. 
          SURE. 
          I'LL, I'LL GO ALONG WITH THE DELAY ON THAT. 
          I, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE PROCESS, BUT THERE ARE QUESTIONS OUT THERE AND, AND WE CAN GET INTO THOSE QUESTIONS AFTER THIS PARTICULAR MOTION HERE, BECAUSE I DO HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON YES. 
          PREPARED TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ALL GREAT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          COUNCILMAN SALDANA, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, ERIC AND, AND ANDY AND CARLOS, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS BEFORE, UH, I ASK YOU, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BUFFER TIME, BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, UH, IN A PROCESS IN WHICH WE TOOK IT BACK TO A B SESSION. 
          UH, WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION WOULD WE HAVE? WOULD WE HAVE IT WITH JUST THE TOP TWO VENDORS? WHAT WOULD THE BLACKOUT PERIOD LOOK LIKE DURING THAT PERIOD OF, OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE B SESSION? UH, AND WHAT KIND OF PROTOCOLS WOULD EXIST THAT DAY OF? SO THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND. 
          WHILE I SAY, UM, TO THE, TO THE BIDDERS AND THE CHEFS WHO WERE IN THE ROOM, RESTAURATEURS, I THINK YOU'VE NOW EARNED YOURSELF AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
          UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOUSING AND BIKE LANES AND PUBLIC BIDDING CONTRACTS. 
          SO KNOW THAT THIS IS, THIS IS PART OF THIS, UH, SAUSAGE MAKING BUSINESS THAT IS NOT VERY, UH, UH, GOOD. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM, UH, FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE THAT WE'VE HAD SORT OF BOTH, BOTH DIRECTIONS. 
          AND THIS HAS BEEN A TWO YEAR PROCESS. 
          SO I'M GONNA ASK THIS QUESTION, AND THIS IS ON THE, THE QUESTION OF THE DELAY, BECAUSE, UH, 
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AS WAS SAID, WE ARE THE FINAL DECISION MAKERS. 
          UM, WE COULD SAY POO P TO THE IDEA OF, OF THE STAFF EVALUATING THIS. 
          WE'RE GONNA GO AND DECIDE TO CHOOSE OUR OWN GROUP. 
          WE COULD DO THAT. 
          UH, WE JUST HAVE TO JUSTIFY IT. 
          AND, AND I THINK WE'VE HAD THE PROCESS BEFORE IN THE PAST GET REALLY MESSY. 
          UM, THE BARGE INCIDENT WAS ONE IN WHICH I THINK IT WAS, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR US TO, TO GO AGAINST STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          I DID GO AGAINST STAFF RECOMMENDATION BASED ON WHAT I THOUGHT WERE SOME POLICY OBJECTIVES AND AIMS AND, AND WHETHER THIS DELAY GOES FORWARD OR NOT. 
          I'LL ASK SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT A POLICY AIM, BUT I, I WANT TO JUST KIND OF THINK ABOUT THE PRECEDENT WE MIGHT SET, WHICH WOULD BE A PRECEDENT THAT GOOD OR BAD, IT WILL BE A NEW PRECEDENT. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL SORT OF SAY IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD GO BACK TO B SESSION WHEN WE, AS THE COUNCIL WANT TO EVALUATE IT SIDE BY SIDE. 
          THAT'S A NEW, THAT'S A NEW NORMAL. 
          I THINK IT USED TO BE THE, THE CASE 10 YEARS AGO THAT COUNCILS DID EVALUATE STAFF, WASN'T MUCH IN THE, IN THE REALM OF INPUT. 
          SO NOW IF WE DO THE DELAY AND THAT PASSES, TELL ME WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE SO THAT I CAN FEEL AT LEAST COMFORTABLE CONSIDERING THIS AS, AS AN OPTION COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE, THE, THE, THE BLACKOUT PERIOD IS ALREADY OPEN. 
          EVERYBODY'S ALREADY SEEN EVERYTHING. 
          SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, UM, UM, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN PUT THE CONE OF SILENCE BACK ON AT THAT POINT. 
          UM, THE REALITY IS, IS THAT, AND YOU USE THE RADIO EXAMPLE, UM, UM, IF WE DID A B SESSION, MY HIGH RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT THAT'D BE A STAFF PRESENTATION TO ALLOW FOR POTENTIALLY FURTHER QUESTIONING, UH, OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER ADDITIONAL, UH, POINTS, FINER POINTS OF THE, OF THE PROCESS. 
          I THINK, I THINK IT'S, UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL HAS THE FINAL SAY. 
          UM, BUT PROSPECTIVELY OR IN THE FUTURE, IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE A CHANGE TO THE, THESE HIGH, HIGH RISK CONTRACT PROCESSES, IT'S BETTER SUITED DONE ON THE FRONT END, UM, AND WELL THOUGHT OUT SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE PROCESS. 
          UM, I THINK IF YOU, UH, ADJUST IN THE MIDDLE, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE THE, THE, THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, UM, I THINK IT, IT, UM, IT, UM, PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, UNCERTAINTY TO THE PROCESS. 
          AND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE, UM, FOR MANY YEARS, UM, UH, WE HAVE TRIED TO BE, UH, AS CONSISTENT AS POSSIBLE, PUT STANDARDS IN PLACE, MAKE CHANGES BASED ON COUNCIL FEEDBACK, USUALLY AFTER AN, AFTER, UM, UM, EXPERIENCE WITH, WITH CERTAIN CONTRACTS. 
          AND SO, UM, WE ARE CERTAINLY THERE AT LEAST TWO SUGGESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, UH, THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT, UH, POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT, UH, FURTHER REFINEMENT TO THAT PROCESS. 
          AND YOU LAY THAT OUT IN ADVANCE. 
          AND WHETHER IT'S A, UH, UH, AN AIRPORT CONTRACT OR A REVENUE CONTRACT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THOSE THINGS ARE DONE CONSISTENTLY AND, AND, AND DONE ON THE FRONT END OF THE PROCESS. 
          ANDY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING. 
          UH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT, COUNCILMAN, IS AS TO WHATEVER EXTENT, IF THERE IS A B SESSION, WE WILL IN ADVANCE ESTABLISH THE GROUND RULES FOR THAT. 
          SO THAT, AGAIN, UH, IT'LL MIRROR IN TERMS OF THE, FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT, UM, BOTH SIDES WILL HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          OR IF IT'S A STAFF PRESENTATION, UH, THERE'LL BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO THE STAFF AND, AND GET INTO MORE DETAIL. 
          BUT AGAIN, IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE GROUND RULES THAT'LL BE SET, UH, AHEAD OF TIME. 
          AND I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN, I THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT'S A CRITICAL POINT AS WELL, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, UM, FROM A FAIRNESS STANDPOINT, UM, UM, EVERYBODY'S SEEN EVERYBODY ELSE'S STUFF. 
          AND, AND SO WE WANNA BE MINDFUL OF THAT AND, AND, UM, FROM A FAIRNESS STANDPOINT, AND THAT SETS THE TREND ALSO FOR CONTRACTS THAT ARE IN PROCESS NOW AND THAT, UM, THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE. 
          YEAH, IN A WAY, I THINK WE, UM, WE'RE A VICTIM OF, OF PAST MISTAKES AS WELL. 
          WE'VE MADE, IN THIS CASE, RECENT ONE WAS, UH, WAS THE BARGE. 
          I MEAN, WE, WE DID END UP GOING BACK TO THIS SETUP WHERE WE HAD THE TWO PITCHED TO THE FULL COUNCIL, AND WE ASKED THE QUESTIONS. 
          AND SO I THINK WE'RE ONLY EVEN CONSIDERING THIS BECAUSE FRANKLY, WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE IN THE PAST, AND NOBODY'S POINTING TO THAT BARGE CONTRACT AND SAYING THAT WAS GOOD. 
          UH, SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING INTO THAT DIRECTION AGAIN. 
          UM, BUT HERE'S THE ARGUMENT THAT ONE WOULD MAKE TO SAY WHY THIS ONE PARTICULAR WOULD LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          YOU MIGHT SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT'S A 10 YEAR CONTRACT. 
          YOU MIGHT SAY IT'S UNIQUE IN THAT, UH, IT HAS ELEMENTS THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE SUBJECTIVE THAN THEY ARE JUST RANKED BY SCORE. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE, THE BIG POINT SPREAD THAT THIS, I THINK IT'S A TOUGH HILL TO CLIMB. 
          IT'S NOT INSURMOUNTABLE. 
          UM, YOU'D 
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HAVE TO REALLY SORT OF BE WOWED IN THAT PRESENTATION. 
          UH, BUT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE FOLKS INTERNALLY SAW THAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM THIS COUNCIL. 
          WE KIND OF WANT TO SEE WHAT THE HECK WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 20 POINTS IN, IN THAT SCORING. 
          UM, THE, THE QUESTION YOU SHOULD RIGHTFULLY ASK IS, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE WE, ARE WE CHANGING THE RULES OF THE GAME? BECAUSE THIS IS NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE END OF A BASEBALL GAME WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE RUNS SCORED AND THEN, AND THERE'S NO ARGUING THE RESULT AT THE END OF THIS, THIS IS MORE LIKE A TALENT SHOW WHERE THINGS ARE GONNA A BE A LITTLE MORE SUBJECTIVE, AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHO, HOW ONE'S SCORING BETTER THAN THE OTHER. 
          UM, SO I, I WOULD SAY, LOOK, I, WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE IN THE PAST. 
          I'M, I'M SOMEWHAT OPEN-MINDED TO IT. 
          THE POINT SPREAD MAKES ME A LITTLE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE. 
          AND EVEN CONSIDERING THIS, BACK THEN, THEY TALKED ABOUT, UH, AN ISSUE IN THE PROCESS THAT ONE COULD POINT TO SAY THIS IS A CLEAR ADVANTAGE ONE OF THE OTHER FOLKS HAD. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT HERE, BUT, UH, WE HAVE TO PROTECT OURSELVES AS A COUNCIL IN CONSIDERING THIS IS GONNA COME UP AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND, AND THE DECISION WE MAKE TODAY WILL BE POINTED TO AND SAID, HEY, LOOK, YOU DID IT BACK THEN. 
          ARE YOU GONNA DO IT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE? SO AS, AS FOLKS WHO ARE BIDDING ON CITY BUSINESS, THAT SHOULD MAKE YOU A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE. 
          BUT WE KNOW WHAT'S AT STAKE HERE WITH THIS UNIQUE CONTRACT. 
          SO I, I WON'T SAY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BUT I AM OPEN-MINDED TO THE IDEA. 
          BUT NEVERTHELESS, I THINK THIS PUTS US IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AS A COUNCIL GOING FORWARD ON POLICY, IF I'M JUST MAKING AN ARGUMENT ON, ON THAT FRONT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ALANA. 
          COUNCILMAN PALAI. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I I STRUGGLE WITH THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILMAN SALANA, UH, JUST ASKED YOU, RIGHT? WHICH IS, IF WE WERE TO GO BACK TO A B SESSION, CARLOS, HOW, HOW WOULD YOUR PRESENTATION CHANGE? COUNCILMAN? IT, WOULDN'T YOU? YOU WOULD SEE THIS PRESENTATION AGAIN? UH, SO I'M NOT, UH, I GUESS THE DIFFERENCE IS YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THE BENEFIT THAT YOU HAD HERE OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKING ON THEIR BEHALF, BECAUSE THAT'S TYPICALLY A STAFF DRIVEN DEAL. 
          SO I I, I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE ANY CHANGE IN PRESENTATION. 
          WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THE, THE, THE SCORE, THE DIFFERENCES, AND HOW, UH, SCORES CHANGE FROM ONE, ONE PANEL TO THE NEXT. 
          THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL. 
          I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 10 YEARS. 
          I'VE SEEN IT MANY, MANY TIMES, AND I THINK FRANK, UH, I THINK THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WOULD AGREE WITH THAT, BUT I, I DON'T SEE THAT IT WOULD CHANGE AT ALL. 
          ONE ON THE ONE HAND, UM, I, I AM SENSITIVE TO THE, TO THE ARGUMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC BY WAY OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASK AT B SESSION, RIGHT? AND, UH, THE DEBATES THAT WE HAVE IN B SESSION AMONGST OURSELVES AND WITH, WITH STAFF, RIGHT? UM, AND, UH, AT THE, ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU KNOW, TO SAY THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK INTO THIS, UH, IT RINGS A LITTLE HOLLOW. 
          I MEAN, ANY OF US CAN ATTEND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETINGS, UM, FREQUENTLY. 
          Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, MY, MY COLLEAGUES WILL ATTEND OUR INNOVATION AND TECH COMMITTEE TO WEIGH IN. 
          AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL SHOWED UP UP TO THE I G R COMMITTEE THE OTHER DAY, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN A CITY COUNCIL, UH, CHAIRPERSON DENY ANOTHER COUNCIL PERSON'S OPPORTUNITY TO ASK, YOU KNOW, ROBUST QUESTIONS DURING THOSE MEETINGS. 
          UM, WE HAVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET BRIEFED INDIVIDUALLY BY YOU, CARLOS, RIGHT? YES, SIR. 
          AND IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, WE COULD EVEN GO AND ASK THEM OF THE PANEL MEMBERS AS WELL, RIGHT? SURE, YEAH, YOU BET. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF BEING ABLE TO INTERVIEW THE TWO OR THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT TEAMS DEPENDING ON WHAT CONTRACT IT IS, UM, TO, FOR THEM TO COME TO OUR OFFICES AND FOR US TO GO SEE THEM AND TO ASK THEM IN DEPTH QUESTIONS AND RECEIVE THEIR PITCHES AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT THE QUESTION STILL REMAINS, AND THAT IS FOR THE LAST TIME WE DID A HUGE CONTRACT, LIKE THE RADIOS, WE DID GET A B SESSION. 
          AND IN THIS ONE WE DIDN'T. 
          AND I'M STILL UNSURE WHY NOT, RIGHT? AND SO IF I, I, I, I WANT TO ECHO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL'S REQUEST THAT WE, THAT WE REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THERE NEEDS TO BE A DOLLAR THRESHOLD, BUT SO THAT WE CAN ALL SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC BY WAY OF B SESSION AS WELL. 
          I THINK COUNCILMAN, ON A GO FORWARD BASIS, THAT'S MAKES IMMINENT SENSE, EVERYBODY CAN RELY ON THAT AND KNOW THAT'S COMING. 
          UH, THIS IS OF COURSE, UH, IN BETWEEN ERIC CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT THE RADIO. 
          I'M NOT CERTAIN ABOUT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, MAYOR. 
          UH, SO I, I THINK, I THINK IT'S A, A GREAT POINT THAT COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SANDOVAL MADE AND, AND, UM, THE, THE, UM, THE RADIOS WENT TO B SESSION, UM, FOR A MUCH DIFFERENT REASON THAN THE BARGE CONTRACT. 
          AND, AND THAT ONE WENT BECAUSE WE HAD, UH, FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT. 
          IT WAS ALSO UNIQUE BECAUSE WE HAD TWO OTHER PARTNERS. 
          AND SO THERE WERE, THERE WERE, IT WAS A MUCH MORE, UM, COMPLICATED BUSINESS DEAL FROM A GOVERNMENTAL STANDPOINT. 
          UM, BUT, BUT, UM, I, I THINK HAVING STANDARDS IN PLACE THAT, 
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UH, MAYBE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION NOT JUST DOLLAR, UH, THRESHOLD, BUT MAYBE A TIME THRESHOLD, UM, IF YOU SAW THE TIMELINE THAT, UH, RUSS, UH, LAID OUT IN THE PRESENTATION TIME HAD PASSED HERE. 
          AND, AND SO I THINK MAYBE WE LOOK AT A TIME THRESHOLD, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WORK THROUGH AND, AND PROVIDE, UH, THE COUNCIL MAYBE THROUGH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, SOME INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON, ON HOW TO DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PALIS. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY, YOU KNOW, LISTENING, LISTENING TO EVERYBODY ACROSS THIS, UH, STAGE HERE, I'M, I'M, UM, LOOKING AT WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED AND THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, WHAT ELSE WOULD WE SEE IN A B SESSION? UM, RIGHT NOW, THE CAN HAS BEEN OPENED, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S SEEN THE PROPOSALS. 
          EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO'S ON WHAT TEAMS. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED AGAINST, AGAINST THIS CONTRACT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHAT WE HAVE TODAY, EVERYBODY'S HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND BECOME FAMILIAR WITH IT. 
          I KNOW CARLOS AND RUSS, Y'ALL HAVE GONE AROUND AND SPOKEN TO JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY, AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR TODAY. 
          IS THIS A B SESSION? WELL, NO, THIS IS THE, A SESSION, BUT WE CAN DISCUSS AND ASK QUESTIONS AND, AND MAKE DECISIONS TODAY JUST AS WE CAN IN A B SESSION. 
          SO I KNOW I SAID A WHILE AGO, I, I WAS BEFORE A, A DELAY, AND I DON'T WANNA SOUND LIKE A, A FLIP-FLOPPER, BUT THIS, THIS IS IMPORTANT AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE, UH, SOLICITATION PROCESS. 
          IT'S ALL BEEN OPENED AND ALL'S YOU'RE GONNA, AND WE'VE HEARD IT TODAY, AND I, I LOVE THE TEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER. 
          IT'S A LOT OF PASSION. 
          AND BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET AT A B SESSION IS THE PASSION PORTION. 
          AGAIN, BECAUSE THE SCORING HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE, UNLESS WE START THIS WHOLE PROCESS OVER AGAIN, WHICH I'LL GET TO ON THIS OTHER AMENDMENT, UH, UH, ABOUT DELETING A, A, A A PART OF THE CONTRACT, SWITCHING 'EM OUT AT THIS POINT, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NO, UH, IT MIGHT NOT BE ILLEGAL, BUT BUSINESS PRACTICES, WHO'S GONNA CONTINUE TO BID FOR THIS CITY? UH, WELL, LET ME GET BACK TO THE DELAY THING, BUT, UM, UM, IT WILL BE MORE PASSION. 
          IT WOULD, THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD GET AT A B SESSION. 
          NOT ANY SUBSTANCE FROM THE SCORING. 
          NONE OF THAT'S GONNA CHANGE UNLESS WE GO BACK AT GROUND ZERO AGAIN AND START ALL OVER AGAIN. 
          SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA CHANGE BACK TO, I, I WON'T SUPPORT A DELAY ON THIS BECAUSE WE WON'T GET ANYTHING SUBSTANTIAL OUT OF IT FOR A DELAY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE, UH, A MOTION, UH, TAKE THIS VOTE HERE, BUT I DO WANNA SAY A COUPLE THINGS. 
          ONE IS, UM, MANY OF US HAD A FORMER COLLEAGUE WHO WAS FOND OF SAYING, WE'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE. 
          UH, WE HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE, NOT JUST ON THIS COUNCIL, BUT COUNCILS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE A PROCESS THAT IS REFINED, THAT'S LIVING UP TO THE STANDARDS OF ETHICS AND INTEGRITY, THAT THE, THE BUSINESSES THAT CHOOSE TO BID IN OUR CITY CAN TRUST, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE STICK TO THAT PROCESS, EVEN WHEN IT COMES UP WITH AN OUTCOME THAT WE MIGHT BE SURPRISED BY OR, UM, DISAGREE WITH. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT A RUBBER STAMP AT ALL. 
          IT'S OUR DISCRETION. 
          IT'S OUR CHOICE ON WHICH, UH, WHETHER OR NOT WE APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          THAT'S, THAT CHOICE IS STILL ONE FOR US TO TO CONSIDER. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS, MAKING SURE THAT BUSINESSES WHO WATCH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THE CITY COUNCIL, CAN TRUST WHAT WE DO, WILL STAY FAIR AND LEVEL AT ALL TIMES IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I WON'T BE SUPPORTING A DELAY AT THIS TIME. 
          UM, SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DELAY OF ITEM NUMBER 15, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION FAILS. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL TAKE UP NOW THE MAIN MOTION. 
          I'M SORRY, WE DID HAVE TO TAKE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS OFF OF THE QUEUE IN ORDER TO, TO TAKE THAT VOTE. 
          SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO, UH, TAP BACK IN IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          I DID RECOGNIZE COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, THOUGH IS NEXT IN QUEUE FOR THE MAIN MOTION. 
          SO COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I DID NOT MEAN TO DELAY, I THINK MOTION FAILED ANYWAY, BUT THAT WAS A, A MISTAKE ON MY PART, SO JUST USED TO HITTING. 
          YES. 
          I DUNNO IF WE HAVE TO RECALL, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE MOTION FAILED. 
          UM, SO 
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CAN I CONTINUE? SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, UH, WHICH, AND SO I, THERE WAS, UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO DELAY AND, AND I JUST WANNA ASK STILL A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AS WE'RE, UM, AS WE BEGIN THIS PROCESS, UH, THIS DISCUSSION. 
          UM, RUSS, YOU STARTED YOUR PRESENTATION WITH THAT WE WANTED THIS CONTRACT TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          YES. 
          YET THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THESE PEOPLE. 
          UM, CARLOS RES OF COURSE WE KNOW, BUT YOU'VE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS. 
          THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT I'VE SEEN ON THIS, I MEAN, I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE PEOPLE ON THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, UH, DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE SAME IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE AND, UH, I GUESS SORT OF VISION FOR OUR CITY THAT MANY OF US ON THIS COUNCIL DO. 
          SO I'M, I'M ASKING YOU THAT QUESTION RHETORICALLY. 
          UM, BUT I ALSO DO HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT THE AVERAGE VISITOR OF THE AIRPORT, WHO IS, WHO IS THE MORE FREQUENT TRAVELER IN THE AIRPORT. 
          SO THAT'S BEEN CHANGING OVER TIME, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST. 
          YOU KNOW, WE, UH, HAVE, HAVE EVOLVED, BEEN EVOLVING TOWARDS WHAT YOU SAW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AS ABOUT ABOUT A 60% LEISURE MARKET TO 40% BUSINESS. 
          UM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING THAT AGAIN, UH, IN, IN OUR PLANNING PROCESS, BUT WE THINK WE'VE EVOLVED TO MORE ABOUT 55, 45. 
          AND SO IT REALLY DOES REPRESENT A PRETTY WIDE DEMOGRAPHIC. 
          AND SO YOU HAVE TO, UH, UNDERSTAND THE MENTALITY OF ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PASSENGERS. 
          'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT LEISURE TRAVELERS WHO TRAVEL VERY INFREQUENTLY, UM, WHO ARE LESS FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT. 
          YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE VISITING FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 
          UH, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, THE FREQUENT TRAVELER, BUSINESS TRAVELER WHO HAS A REALLY DIFFERENT SET OF PRIORITIES. 
          SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE PERSONAS ARE, AND IN FACT, IN TERMINAL DESIGN AND SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT HERE OVER THE NEXT YEAR, UH, WE'LL VERY, DOING A VERY DETAILED STUDY OF WHAT THOSE PERSONAS ARE AND ENSURING THAT WE'VE GOT THE TYPES OF AMENITIES TO SUPPORT ALL OF THOSE, UH, DIFFERENT AUDIENCES. 
          'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA LEAVE ANY OF 'EM OUT. 
          WELL, SO PERHAPS THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION WAS REALLY MORE GEARED TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE THAT I SEE ON THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED THIS, UH, VALERIE FROM LEISURE TRAVEL, UM, AND THEN THE CONVENTION OR THE CONVENTION AND SPORTS FACILITIES PERSON AND A MANAGER OF AIRPORT SYSTEMS. UH, AND I DON'T KNOW, MY SENSE IS THAT THAT'S NOT A REALLY GOOD REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE WHO USE THE AIRPORT. 
          UM, THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE, UH, REGARDING YOUR EVALUATION COMMITTEE. 
          UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, OUR CITY MANAGER WANTED TO, TO CHIME IN ON THAT ISSUE. 
          AND, AND JUST TO, TO GET TO YOUR QUESTION, YOUR INITIAL QUESTION THERE, COUNCILWOMAN FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, ON THESE HIGH PROFILE CONTRACTS, IT'S, IT'S MUCH LIKE, UH, UH, CARLOS TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE WHILE AGO. 
          UH, THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, RUSS, AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE AIRPORT, IS REQUIRED UNDER OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES TO BE PART OF THESE EVALUATIONS. 
          AND SO, UH, WHETHER IT WAS, UH, WHETHER IT'S A POLICE CONTRACT, IT'LL BE THE POLICE CHIEF, ANY EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF THAT DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED TO BE HANDS-ON PART OF THE EVALUATION SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE HERE PRESENTING THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, THEY'RE PART OF THAT PROCESS. 
          AND THAT IS, THAT IS, THAT IS SOMETHING WE'VE DONE FROM A CONSISTENCY STANDPOINT. 
          THE OTHER LAYER IS, AND AND CARLOS MENTIONED IT EARLIER ON THESE HIGH PROFILE CONTRACTS, THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM MEMBER, CARLOS, PETER, MARIA, UH, MYSELF, WHEN I WAS A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, WE'RE REQUIRED TO BE PART OF THOSE PROCESSES, ALL THOSE HIGH PROFILE CONTRACTS AND THAT, THAT ALLOWS THAT EXECUTIVE, UM, LEVEL ATTENTION TO THESE VERY IMPORTANT CONTRACTS. 
          BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT ENSURES CONSISTENCY AS WE GO THROUGH THESE CONTRACTS. 
          AND SO, UM, IT, IT'S CRITICAL TO HAVE RUST FROM A, FROM A BUSINESS AND AN OPERATIONS STANDPOINT TO BE PART OF THAT. 
          THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS ARE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. 
          AND, AND IN THIS CASE WE DID HAVE, UM, I'M GONNA ONE SEC, BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD, BUT ARE THEY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN WHAT IS A CULTURAL REPRESENTATION OF SAN ANTONIO? AND YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS, YOU STARTED YOUR PRESENTATION WITH THAT LANGUAGE, YOU SAID, WE WANT OUR AIRPORT TO BE, UH, REFLECTIVE AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CULTURE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I DON'T, I, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS BIO THAT MAKES ME BELIEVE THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE QUALIFIED TO MAKE THAT DECISION. 
          COUNCILMAN, I, YOU SAID THAT TO ME YESTERDAY AND I'M, I'M HERE. 
          I HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          I I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT IN ADDITION TO WHAT ERIC WAS 
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SAYING, WE ALSO, THAT'S THE SORT OF THE PURPOSE OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. 
          'CAUSE AS WE DO THE PRES SOLICITATION, WE LIST WHO THE MEMBERS ARE AND WHY. 
          AND WE, AND WE'VE TRIED TO GET, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE ABOUT WE THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMEBODY DIFFERENT OR NOT. 
          AND, AND I THINK WHAT RUSS WAS TRYING TO ALLUDE TO WAS IN THE, IN THE DRAFTING OF THE R F P AND WHAT WE WANTED TO COME BACK, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR. 
          UH, BUT WE DID, WE DID PRESENT THAT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IN ADVANCE OF GOING FORWARD. 
          UH, AND, AND I'VE BEEN ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE A NUMBER OF YEARS AND I KNOW WHAT THE COMMITTEE CS IS, COMPANY A, COMPANY B, COMPANY C OH, I'M TALKING ABOUT IN, IN THE, IN THE PRES SOLICITATION. 
          YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WHEN WE'RE ENDING, BUT WE LIST WHO THE COMMITTEE MEMBER EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE. 
          AND SO THAT'S PUR THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS SO THAT WE CAN GET A FEEDBACK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DO WE NEED TO ADD SOME MORE PEOPLE HERE? MORE DIVERSITY IS THERE IS. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF DOING SO. 
          AND, AND COULD WE CALL THAT OUT PERHAPS MORE? I MAYBE WE SHOULD BE CALLING THAT OUT MORE AND, AND, AND SPENDING MORE TIME DISCUSSING THAT FOR 55 PROFILE. 
          WELL, AND, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE HEAR, HEARD THAT FROM SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES. 
          I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERY HIGH PROFILE CONTRACT. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE RADIOS, IT'S A PRETTY CAPITAL INVESTMENT. 
          UM, IT'S THE USER THAT REALLY NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED WITH THAT DECISION. 
          UH, IT DOESN'T REPRESENT OUR CULTURE OR OUR CITY OR OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, STRICTLY A FINANCIAL DECISION. 
          UM, SO WHEN WE ARE PRESENTED WITH, YOU KNOW, A CONTRACT LIKE THIS, IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE BOTTOM LINE. 
          I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN A 10 YEAR CONTRACT. 
          YOU SAID SEVEN PLUS THREE PLUS THREE. 
          NO, MA'AM. 
          IT'S A SEVEN YEARS. 
          AND THEN BECAUSE OF THE SORT OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT HOW WE WILL EXPAND INTO, INTO TERMINAL, MAYBE A NEW TERMINAL OR WHATEVER, WE ADDED ON THREE SINGLE YEAR CON EXTENSIONS. 
          THREE ONE YEAR EXTENSION FOR A MAXIMUM OF 10. 
          OF 10. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. 
          IT'S A SEVEN YEAR INITIAL TERM, AND THEN DEPENDING WHAT HAPPENS, WE MAY EXTEND IT FOR A YEAR, UH, ONE YEAR AT A TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, GIVEN WHAT THE SOLICITATION REQUESTED, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT VARIETY. 
          AND AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL VERY FONDLY ABOUT BOTH OF THE TEAMS. UH, I KNOW THAT I, UM, LIKE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ENJOY, UM, FREQUENTING THE RESTAURANTS, AND I TOO WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE DISPARITY OF THE SCORING. 
          IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME WHY ONE, ONE GROUP WOULD BE SCORED SO DIFFERENTLY THAN THE OTHER, GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW OF THEM AND THEIR, UM, RESPECT FOR THEIR BUSINESS, THE RESPECT THAT THEY HAVE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THE FACT THAT MANY OF THEM IN BUSINESS FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME, AND ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR A LONG TIME KNOWS THAT YOU DON'T BECOME THAT WAY, UM, BY BEING A BAD RETAILER. 
          UM, CUSTOMERS ARE LOYAL, AND THAT'S WHY THEY CONTINUE TO FREQUENT YOUR BUSINESS. 
          UM, I ALSO, UH, WANTED TO JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN IT, IT WAS MENTIONED MANY, MANY TIMES THAT THIS COUNCIL, UM, THAT WE FOLLOWED ALL THE RULES AND NOBODY BROKE, UH, ANY LINES OF, OF ETHICS, UM, THAT WE WERE HELD TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD. 
          AND ALL THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE. 
          WE, I THINK WE CAN ALL SIT HERE AND SAY THAT WE NEVER HAD ANY DISCUSSION WITH ANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM IN THESE CONTRACTS RELATED TO THE AIRPORT. 
          SO MUCH SO THAT WE HAVE NO IDEA THAT THERE'S AN AIRPORT CONTRACT CONCESSION COMING IN A FEW DAYS. 
          AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE VERY QUICKLY, UM, UM, WE WERE SUMMONED, UM, TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH PEOPLE, WHICH I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH BOTH TEAMS, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          BUT IT WAS VERY FAST, UH, AND ALSO TO YOUR TEAM. 
          UH, AND I DID CHECK TO SEE HOW IF WE HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY YOUR STAFF, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD, AND THE REQUEST IS FOR A MEETING ABOUT THE AIRPORT, WHICH TELLS ME NOTHING. 
          UH, COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK. 
          AND, AND THEN AS A RESULT, NO RESPONSE FROM MY TEAM, MY, UH, CITY STAFF, MY, UH, COUNCIL STAFF. 
          AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE A BETTER, UH, A BETTER PROCESS, UH, IN THOSE WAYS THAT PERHAPS WE'RE NOT COMMUNICATING AS WELL, UH, WITH YOU ALL AND, AND EVEN AMONGST OURSELVES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S LOTS OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. 
          BUT THE REASON WHY I DO THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO JUST PROCEED IS BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE SHOWS A $600,000 A YEAR DIFFERENCE. 
          AND I, I JUST CAN'T DENY THAT. 
          UH, AS THE MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL, I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER EVERY DAY. 
          LIKE, IS THE, ARE THE 
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BUSINESSES RESPECTFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY? UH, IS, UM, WE, EACH TEAM, I BELIEVE, UM, BRINGS A REALLY, UH, UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE, UH, TO THEIR BUSINESS. 
          AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO PERSONALLY, UH, SUPPORT AND ENJOY ALL OF THOSE AND ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DO SO. 
          UM, BUT ULTIMATELY OUR, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING GOOD FISCAL STEWARDS OF THE PEOPLE'S MONEY. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONTRACT THAT IT'S PRESENTED, BECAUSE WHILE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE SEEN THE ENTIRE PICTURE, AND UNLIKE, UM, MY COUNCILMAN SALANI, WHILE THE BARGE CONTRACT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. 
          I REALLY DID ENJOY SEEING A FULL PRESENTATION OF WHAT EACH COMPANY HAD TO OFFER. 
          UH, AND I WOULD STILL WELCOME THAT. 
          BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE IS THAT MAG AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT COMPANIES ARE BEING BROUGHT IN OR NOT, THERE'S A DISCUSSION HERE ABOUT CHICK-FIL-A. 
          AGAIN, THAT WAS A STAFF CITY STAFF ASKED THIS COMPANY TO BRING IN CHICK-FIL-A, BECAUSE YOU ALL DON'T HAVE THE CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC THAT WE DO. 
          AND THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT HAPPY WITH CHICK-FIL-A'S AND THEIR POLICIES. 
          AND IF WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT, WE WOULD'VE HAD THAT REMOVED BEFOREHAND AND NOT HAD TO DO IT HERE ON THE DAIS. 
          BUT REGARDLESS IF THERE'S A CHICK-FIL-A OR NOT, THEY STILL HAVE TO PRODUCE THAT MAG. 
          AND SO I'M SURE THAT THERE IS A WAY FOR THE, THIS BUSINESS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ONE OR NOT, UH, BECAUSE IT'S A GUARANTEE. 
          AND SO THEY, IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO WORK THEIR BUSINESS IN SUCH A WAY, UM, THAT THEY, THEY HAVE THAT GUARANTEE. 
          SO IT'S REALLY WHY I'M WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          UM, I DO LOOK FORWARD TO A DIFFERENT PROCESS WHEN THERE ARE HIGH PROFILE CONTRACTS THAT ARE MULTI-YEAR, HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, UH, THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR BRAND, UH, THAT THE COUNCIL HAVE A GREATER INFLUENCE ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, MOVING FORWARD. 
          BUT I'M PREPARED TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD TODAY, UH, WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF, UM, UH, WITH WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCILMAN PALAI. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          I, UH, THIS, THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR ME ALSO, UH, JUST FOR THE SAME REASONS THAT YOU, THAT YOU DESCRIBED, MAYOR. 
          I MEAN, THE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH ONE OF THE DIFFERENT TEAMS ARE FRIENDS, AND, UM, MANY MEMBERS OF EACH TEAM ARE ARE FRIENDS. 
          HOWEVER, ONE THING THAT I, I'D LIKE TO DISPENSE WITH, UM, VERY QUICKLY IS ANY OF THE TWO TEAMS, UM, IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THAT TEAM AND YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO ADOPT THE PRINCIPLES OF OUR NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE IN YOUR POLICIES SPECIFICALLY AND EXPLICITLY MAKING SURE THAT MEMBERS OF THE L G B T Q COMMUNITY ARE NOT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST OR HARASSED, IF THEY'RE EMPLOYED BY YOU, PLEASE STAND UP. 
          LET ME KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO DO THAT. 
          I'M SATISFIED, UH, THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IS WILLING TO LIVE UP TO THAT. 
          CARLOS, UH, CAN YOU GET UP HERE AND, AND ANSWER A SIMPLE QUESTION? UM, I'M, UH, I'M WONDERING, DOES THE CONTRACT INCLUDE MENTION OF OUR N D O AND PROTECTION FOR L G B T Q COMMUNITY MEMBERS? YEAH. 
          COUNCILMAN, IT DOES, UH, SPECIFICALLY REQUIRES THE, UH, CONTRACTED ENTITY TO, TO FOLLOW OUR N D O. 
          UH, WE HAVE A CITY ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES THAT. 
          IT'S NOT UNCOMMON. 
          IN FACT, I THINK IT'S PRETTY MUCH IN EVERY SINGLE CONTRACT WE ENTERED INTO, UM, UM, WHERE WE REQUIRE THE CONTRACTOR TO FOLLOW THE N D O. 
          THAT CITY ORDINANCE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S NEW. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY, UH, PRETTY WELL KNOWN THAT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS ADOPTED IN INDIO. 
          DO WE HAVE, UM, A, UH, DID YOU HEAR MR. TREVINO'S MOTION THAT I SECONDED? YES, SIR, I DID. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND IT THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT. 
          UM, AND THAT IS A MOTION TO INSTRUCT YOU AND STAFF TO GO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN REPLACE CHICK-FIL-A. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU HEARD? WHAT I UNDERSTOOD WAS TO GO AND NEGOTIATE WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO, TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR CHICK-FIL-A, UH, BUT TO ENSURE THAT IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE MAG, UH, AND DOES NOT CHANGE THE PERCENTAGE RENT THAT WAS, UM, UH, PROJECTED BY THE, BY THE CONCESSIONARY. 
          SO, LET TELL YOU WHY I SECONDED THIS MOTION. 
          UM, IN, YOU KNOW, FOR MANY YEARS, UH, CHICK-FIL-A CORPORATE HAS BEEN FUNDING ANTI L G B T Q, UM, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM, SUPPORT 
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AND ADVOCATE CONVERSION THERAPY FOR YOUNG L G B T Q, UM, PEOPLE. 
          UM, THEY'VE ALSO QUITE EXPLICITLY, UH, REJECTED EVERY OPPORTUNITY GIVEN THEM TO INCLUDE PROTECTIONS FOR L G B T Q EMPLOYEES FROM BEING HARASSED OR DISCRIMINATED IN THE SAME WAY THAT, UM, DISABLED EMPLOYEES CAN'T BE HARASSED OR, UM, PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS CAN'T BE HARASSED OR DISCRIMINATED OR FIRED SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHO THEY LOVE. 
          UM, I, UH, I, I THINK IN 2019, THAT'S ABHORRENT, BUT I ALSO THINK IT WOULD BE ABHORRENT AND, AND A VIOLATION OF MY CONSCIENCE. 
          AND, UM, CERTAINLY A VIOLATION OF THE CITY'S VALUES. 
          IF WE HELP BY WAY OF BRINGING IN A RESTAURANT LIKE THAT, IF WE HELP THEM FUND THOSE EFFORTS BY MAKING MONEY OFF OF OUR AIRPORT, AND IF WE'VE GOT A CHOICE BY INDIRECTLY HELPING FUND EFFORTS TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE CONVERSION THERAPY OR CONTINUE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST PEOPLE AND REALLY JUST HARMING FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS, THEN I WILL ALWAYS CHOOSE ON THE SIDE OF TRYING TO, UM, NOT ENABLE THAT. 
          AND THAT'S ALL THIS DOES, IS IT WOULD ENABLE IT. 
          UM, I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UM, I THINK THAT WE FOUGHT REALLY, REALLY HARD, UM, AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS N D O POLICY, UM, IS A REALITY, AND THAT IT'S ENFORCED, UM, IT'S A MANIFESTATION OF OUR VALUES. 
          UH, AND IT SAYS THAT SAN ANTONIO IS A CITY THAT WELCOMES EVERYBODY, REGARDLESS OF WHOM YOU LOVE. 
          UM, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE TRAVERSE OUR AIRPORT, THE FIRST THING THEY SEE IS A SAN ANTONIO THAT IS WELCOMING, AND THAT THEY NOT SEE A SYMBOL THAT, FOR MANY PEOPLE IS A SYMBOL OF HATE. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THAT WE CAN DO BETTER. 
          AND SO, I UNDERSTAND THEIR CHICKEN IS DELICIOUS, AND THEY SELL A LOT OF IT, UM, AND THEY MAKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT SO DO VAPE SHOPS AND SO DO LOTTERY MACHINES, RIGHT? UM, AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY UP HERE WOULD WANT A VAPE SHOP IN THE AIRPORT EITHER. 
          UH, SO WHAT I, UH, WANT TO DO IS, UM, DRIVE THE POINT HOME ALSO THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO PRODUCE REVENUE, RIGHT? AND I DON'T WANT A RESTAURANT THAT ISN'T AVAILABLE ON SUNDAYS EITHER. 
          I DON'T, I MEAN, I DON'T CARE WHY IT IS, THEY'RE NOT OPEN ON SUNDAYS, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR GUESTS GETS THE FULL PANOPLY OF, UH, OF ITEMS AVAILABLE TO THEM ON EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK, UM, INCLUDING SUNDAYS. 
          AND SO, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF THE, UH, NEGOTIATING TERMS WAS THAT WE, UM, ASKED THEM TO REPLACE, UH, WHAT IS IT, PANDA EXPRESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UM, YES, WHICH I APPLAUD, UH, SIMPLY BECAUSE I PREFER OTHER PLACES THAN PANDA EXPRESS. 
          AND, UH, BUT ALSO, I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER RESTAURANTS THAT SERVE DELICIOUS CHICKEN CARLOS. 
          AND, UM, THAT'LL, THAT'LL MAKE UP THE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE AS PROFITABLE AS A CHICK-FIL-A COUNCIL. 
          COUNCIL. 
          I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT, UM, ON THE ISSUE OF THE, IN D O WE DID DISCUSS THAT WITH, SPECIFICALLY WITH, UH, PARITIES. 
          THEY WERE IN FULL AGREEMENT TO, TO THAT BEING IN THE CONTRACT. 
          AND THEN ON THIS ISSUE OF, UM, UH, WORKING WITH THE AIRPORT TO FIND A, A SUITABLE SUBSTITUTE. 
          THEY COMMITTED TO WORK WITH US CAREFULLY TO DO THAT. 
          GREAT. 
          AND SO WE HAVE, UH, AND, AND H M S I I, I, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT CONCESSION AND, AND, UM, THAT, THAT EXPRESSION TO WORK WITH US. 
          UM, I, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME FOLKS ARE GONNA LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, OH MY GOSH, YOU'RE FIGHTING THE CULTURE WARS, AND HERE YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SHOVE YOUR VALUES DOWN OTHER PEOPLE'S THROATS. 
          I'M NOT, I'M JUST TRYING TO TAKE THE CULTURE WARS OUT OF OUR AIRPORT AND BRING IN PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO SELL DELICIOUS FOOD AND MAKE PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME, ALL PEOPLE. 
          UM, AND IF CHICK-FIL-A WANTS TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL UNWELCOME, THEY'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THEIR OWN RESTAURANTS, JUST NOT IN MY AIRPORT AND MY CONSTITUENTS, AIRPORTS. 
          AND SO, UH, WITH THAT, I, I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, THAT I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, UM, HOW MANY OF THE CURRENT EXISTING RESTAURANTS THERE ARE THERE RIGHT NOW WILL BE DISPLACED IF H M S HOST IS, UH, I, I'M SORRY IF, IF PARODIES IS NOT, UH, UH, IF PARODIES WINS THIS CONTRACT, WE WILL GET THE LIST UP HERE. 
          WE'LL SLIDE. 
          SO ALL OF THE, THE RESTAURANTS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TWO THAT WE'RE ADDING, WHICH DOESN'T, DON'T EXIST NOW, ALL OF THEM ARE, UM, CURRENTLY OPERATING ON A MONTH TO MONTH LEASE. 
          AND I HOPE I BROUGHT UP SLIDE NUMBER TWO, WHICH ESSENTIALLY SHOWS YOU, UM, WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW. 
          NEXT SLIDE REALLY BRINGS IN ALL OF THOSE, UM, ALL OF THOSE VENUES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED THERE. 
          UM, BLIMPY'S IS ALREADY CLOSED, AS YOU KNOW, THEY WERE STRUGGLING. 
          UH, THE REST OF THEM ARE IN OPERATION, BUT IN OPERATION ON A MONTH TO MONTH LEASE. 
          SO THEY WILL BE REPLACED WITH THE CURRENT PROPOSAL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE ONES THAT WITH THE LOGOS CORRECT, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE, THAT ARE BEING DISPLAYED. 
          SO THAT'S KANE'S, BLIMPES, 
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WHAT'S THE, THE ORANGE ONE? NATALIE'S CANDY SHOP? NA. 
          AND THEN, UH, YEAH, BROOK STONES, UH, UH, UM, THE NEWS AND GIFTS BETWEEN BROOK STONES AND IN MOTION. 
          IN MOTION AND GERVIN. 
          OKAY. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CLARIFYING THAT. 
          AND I'M SORRY. 
          AND, AND, UH, SIMPLY BOOKS AND STARBUCKS AS WELL. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PLI, COUNCILMAN HALL, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST HAVE JUST A, A COUPLE QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL FIRST ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID, AND THAT IS, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TOUGH PART FOR THIS DECISION IS WE'VE GOT FRIENDS AND, UH, WE'RE FANS OF, UH, VENDORS AND, UH, CONCEPTS ON BOTH SIDES. 
          AND SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES IT, UH, DIFFICULT REGARDING THE AIRPORT. 
          I, I'M A BIG FAN OF OUR AIRPORT. 
          I, I, I TRAVEL A LOT AND A LOT OF INTERNATIONALLY, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PLACES. 
          OUR AIRPORT'S SMALL. 
          UM, BUT FOR ITS SIZE, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT AIRPORT. 
          AND I THINK WE'RE DOING A LOT WITH OUR AIRPORT. 
          I LOVE THE, THE, THE NEW, UH, RENTAL CAR FACILITY. 
          UM, AND SO I, I, I THINK WE'RE DOING A LOT OF GOOD THINGS WITH OUR AIRPORT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE. 
          AND SOMETIMES, EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, WE NEED SOMETHING REFRESHING. 
          AND WHETHER YOU DO IT WITH AN EXISTING TEAM OR A NEW TEAM, UH, IT'S SOMETIMES GOOD TO HAVE A NEW LOOK. 
          AND SO I, I APPLAUD RUSS AND THE TEAM FOR, UH, FOR DOING THAT. 
          I DO HAVE A, A COUPLE OF POINTS OR MAYBE QUESTIONS ABOUT PROCESS. 
          UM, NUMBER ONE, AND I, I THINK COUNCILMAN PERRY SAID IT, AND I, AND I AND OTHERS, AND I AGREE WITH, UH, WHEN YOU SHOW THE SCORES, I, I WOULD SHOW BOTH, BOTH, BOTH SETS OF SCORES, UH, WHEN YOU ONLY SHOW THE ONE AND NOT THE OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN PERRY SAID IT, IT WAS A STRETCH FOR ME. 
          IT'S ALMOST, IT'S ALMOST DISHONEST. 
          UM, IT, IT SIGNALS TO ME THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING TO HIDE, AND I JUST DON'T LIKE THAT FEELING. 
          I'M SURE THERE WASN'T ANYTHING TO HIDE. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I TRUST OUR STAFF AND I KNOW OUR STAFF DOES A GOOD THING, BUT WHEN YOU SHOW, UH, THE ONE SLIDE THAT SUPPORTS YOU AND THE OTHER ONE THAT DOESN'T, UM, FOR ME, THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING. 
          SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE, AS OTHERS HAVE TO, TO ALWAYS SHOW THE FULL PROCESS, THE FULL SCORING OF THE PROCESS SO THAT EVERYTHING'S ON THE TABLE AND, AND THOSE, UH, THOSE DISCUSSIONS CAN BE HAD. 
          UM, CARLOS, LET ME ASK THIS, AND MAYBE RUSS, AS, AS, AS WELL, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, REMOVING PANDA AND ADDING CHICK-FIL-A AND THEN, AND THEN POTENTIALLY REMOVING, UH, CHICK-FIL-A FILET. 
          NOW, UM, AND YOU ALL TALKED IN YOUR PRESENTATION ABOUT THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE MISSING FROM THE HOST, UH, PROPOSAL WAS THE ENTERTAINMENT PIECE AND INNOVATION PIECE AND SO FORTH. 
          SO JUST LIKE WE'RE CHANGING AND ALLOWING, UM, A CHANGE OF A, OF A, OF A CONCEPT OR, OR A RESTAURANT ON THE PARODY SIDE, CAN WE DO THE SAME THING ON THE HOST SIDE? CAN WE ASK THEM TO, WE DIDN'T SEE THE ENTERTAINMENT PIECE ON THERE. 
          COULD WE ADD IT? UH, WE DIDN'T SEE ENOUGH OF INNOVATION. 
          CAN WE ADD THAT? UM, SO IS THERE OPPORTUNITY ON BOTH SIDES TO BE ABLE TO, TO CHANGE THE, THE DEAL? SO, UM, I WILL SAY FROM A, FROM A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE, I, I, AND I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO GO BACK AND, AND, AND JUST START OVER SINCE WE HAVE HAD THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE. 
          BUT I'M GONNA LET THE CITY LEADERSHIP SPEAK TO THAT FROM A, UH, FROM A, LEMME JUST ASK ON, ON THAT POINT, IF IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO START OVER, WHY DOESN'T IT MEAN WE HAVE TO START OVER WITH A CHANGE IN PANDA AND A CHANGE IN CHICK-FIL-A? LET ME SEE IF I COULD TAKE THIS. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, IT'S YOUR DECISION TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF, OF OUR STAFF OR NOT. 
          SO YOU COULD MAKE THE DECISION YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE, NOTWITHSTANDING THE SCORES, NOT WITH, NOTWITHSTANDING THE, THE FINANCIAL, THE VERY REAL FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF DOING. 
          SO. 
          THAT'S YOUR DECISION AS A, AS A, AS A, AS A GOVERNING BOARD. 
          SO YOU CAN DO THAT, THE, THE R F P AUTHORIZES, UH, THE CITY TO ACCEPT IN WHOLE, OR IN PART THE, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE, OF THE RESPONDENT. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE AUTHORITY UNDER WHICH, UH, WHEN WE GOT PAST THE SCORING, WE STARTED NEGOTIATING ON POTENTIALLY SWITCHING OUT ONE OF THE CONCEPTS, UH, THAT'S AUTHORIZED UNDER THE R F P. 
          IT'S FULL NOTICE TO EVERYBODY THAT THAT'S, UH, THAT'S LIABLE. 
          I'LL PULL UP THE THE EXACT LANGUAGE FOR YOU IN A SECOND. 
          UM, BUT THIS COUN, THIS COUNCIL HAS THE POWER TO DO WHATEVER IT CHOOSES TO DO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE'D, WE'D BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT REDOING THE WHOLE R F P. 
          I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER THERE. 
          YOU HAVE TO REJECT THE, UH, R F P, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS WHAT YOU'D HAVE TO DO. 
          SO, AND SO, SO ANDY, MY, MY QUESTION IS, IS IF WE CAN SWITCH OUT A RESTAURANT ON ONE SIDE, WHY CAN'T WE ON THE OTHER SIDE, UM, ADD ENTERTAINMENT OR MORE INNOVATION? SO I WILL SAY ON THE ENTERTAINMENT PIECE, WE ASK THAT OF HOSTS BECAUSE WE NOTED THAT IT WAS ABSENT, AND THERE WAS A, AND, AND I'M, AGAIN, HOSTS IS A GREAT PARTNER. 
          UH, I, I KNOW THEY'VE GOT PARTICULAR PASSION TOWARDS THEIR BUSINESS PLAN, BUT YOU, YOU HEARD, YOU KNOW, HOSTS ARTICULATE THAT THAT IS NOT A PART OF THEIR PLAN. 
          AND 
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THEY, SO THE ANSWER TO THAT WAS THEY, WOULD, THEY WERE NOT CONSIDER PUTTING ENTERTAINMENT. 
          NOW THAT ANSWER MAY CHANGE, BUT I'M, WE DID HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN THE INTERVIEW. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF I COULD ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN, THE, YOU CAN, WE CAN, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO SWITCH OUT CONCEPTS THAT ARE UNDER THE SAME BROAD CATEGORY, THAT DOESN'T FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE EITHER THE CONTRACT ITSELF OR THE SCORING. 
          UM, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS GOING BACK AND ASKING FOR A RESCORE SORT OF RE RESUBMITTAL. 
          NO, I, I'M NOT EVEN SAYING THAT. 
          I'M SAYING, HEY, UM, COUNCIL ENDED UP SAYING, HEY, WE WANNA GO WITH ANOTHER, UM, GROUP. 
          UH, BUT THEY WANT YOU ALL IN THAT DECISION TO, TO DO ENTERTAINMENT OR DO INNOVATION. 
          IS THAT ALLOWED FROM HERE ON THE DIET? I'M NOT, I'M CERTAINLY TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED SHORT OF STARTING FROM GROUND ZERO. 
          IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE REASON THE COUNCIL WANTS TO SWITCH OUT THE CONCEPT ON THE WINNING, UH, UM, PROPOSAL IS FOR POLICY REASONS, NOT QUALITY OF, OF PROPOSAL REASONS. 
          OH, SO WE'RE CALLING, SO WE'RE CALLING THE SWITCH OF CHICK-FIL-A OR EVEN PANDA A POLICY DECISION AND NOT A, NOT SOMETHING ELSE. 
          AS I'M UNDERSTANDING IT, THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING THE SWITCHING OF CHICK-FIL-A FOR POLICY REASONS. 
          OKAY. 
          LET, LET'S, LET'S TAKE CHICK-FIL-A OFF THE TABLE BECAUSE, AND THAT, THAT, THAT MAY BE A POLICY. 
          BUT LET'S, LET'S, LET'S GO BACK TO THE PANDA THING. 
          UM, WE, AND THAT WAS, I GUESS A STAFF OR CITY COUNCIL. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM, BUT, BUT THE, THE, THE PROPOSAL, ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS PANDA, AND SOMEBODY SAID, LET'S SWITCH THAT OUT FOR CHICK-FIL-A. 
          THAT'S NOT A POLICY DECISION. 
          AND SO WHY WAS THAT ALLOWED AS OPPOSED TO NOT ALLOWING AN INSERTION OF ENTERTAINMENT? AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT WAS DONE COUNCILMAN DURING THE NEGOTIATION SESSION OF THE CONTRACT. 
          AND IT WAS A SWITCH FOR ONE CATEGORY, FOR ANOTHER CONCEPT WITHIN THE SAME CATEGORY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND SO ADDING ENTERTAINMENT IS, COULD NOT BE CONSIDERED PART OF NEGOTIATION? IT ABSOLUTELY COULD HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          HAD THEY BEEN THE RECOMMENDED ENTITY, UH, COUNCILMAN WE COULD HAVE, UM, NOTWITHSTANDING THEIR RESPONSES VERBALLY TO US THAT THEY DIDN'T SEE VALUE IN THAT. 
          AND OKAY. 
          SO LET'S TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER THEN. 
          BUT THEY, BUT THEY COULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY. 
          COULD HAVE. 
          SO, SO IF, AND YOU'RE SAYING IF THEY WERE NOT THE RECOMMENDED ENTITY BY THE COMMITTEE, BY THE STAFF, WHAT IF THEY BECOME THE RECOMMENDED COMMITTEE BY THE COUNCIL? CAN THAT BE AN ELEMENT OF NEGOTIATION? I THINK, I THINK, AGAIN, THE COUNCIL COULD REJECT THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, COULD SELECT SOMEBODY ELSE, AND THEN IT'S UP TO THEM WHETHER THEY WANTED TO FOLLOW THAT RECOMMENDATION, NOT YOU'D HAVE TO, WE'D HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM ON THAT. 
          BUT THE PROCESS FOR MAKING THAT CHANGE, NUMBER ONE, IS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE R F P. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT WAS IN, IN THE CONNECTION WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS. 
          GOT IT. 
          SO WE HAVE NOT NEGOTIATED ANYTHING WITH HOSTS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THE RECOMMENDED ENTITY. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WE COULD, BUT, BUT COUNSEL COULD, YOU COULD DIRECT US TO GO BACK. 
          YOU, YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF CHOICES HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          EXCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF REJECT THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF AMENDED AS, UH, AS THE MOTION INDICATES SLIGHTLY TO DO A, LIKE, FOR LIKE SWITCH OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WITH PARAMETERS ESTABLISHED, UH, OR REJECTING, AND PICK SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO GO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH THEM. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SEE HOW FAR, YOU KNOW, THE CONCEPT, UH, COULD PO PUSH ON, ON, ON EITHER SIDE. 
          UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UM, BOTH TEAMS, AND MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION ONE FOR, UM, UH, ANTHONY ALESSI. 
          AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS THERE WOULD BE A DIFFERENT QUESTION FOR REGINALD OR RENEE. 
          SO MY, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, STAFF TALKED ABOUT THE LACKING OF ENTERTAINMENT IN YOUR PROPOSAL AND, UM, SOME INNOVATION MM-HMM. 
          , UM, YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT? WHY, WHY DIDN'T YOU, UM, ADD ENTERTAINMENT TO THE PROPOSAL AND WHY DID YOU, WHY'D YOU REJECT IT WHEN THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO ADD IT? WE WILL ADD ANY ENTERTAINMENT THEY THINK PARODIES HAS ADDED THAT WE HAVE, AND WE BOTH PLAY IN THE SAME FIELD. 
          WE BOTH PROVIDE THE SAME ENTERTAINMENT. 
          THERE, THERE REALLY IS NOT ONE SUPER ADVANTAGE OVER THE OTHER IN WHAT WE DO. 
          IN FACT, IF WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE CONCEPT, I'D ARGUE IT'S A MATERIAL CHANGE IN REVENUE PROJECTIONS. 
          AND I'LL RAISE THE RENT, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL MATCH THE MAG. 
          SO IF, IF THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, I'D BE HAPPY TO GO BACK TO MY COMPANY AND ASK THEM TO RAISE THE MAG. 
          SO MY QUESTION, IT'S THE SAME QUESTION. 
          SORRY. 
          SO MY QUESTION TO YOU THEN IS, IS YOU'RE SAYING NOW THAT YEAH, WE'LL ADD ENTERTAINMENT, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE STAFF CAME BACK TO YOU AND ASKED THE SAME QUESTION. 
          YOU SAID WE WERE NEVER APPROACHED BY STAFF ON ANYTHING. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, CAR CARLOS, DID YOU HEAR THAT? I DIDN'T, COUNCILMAN WE NEVER TRIED TO NEGOTIATE. 
          AS I INDICATED, THEY WERE NOT THE RECOMMENDED ENTITY FOR THE, FROM THE COMMITTEE. 
          SO WE DID NOT BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM. 
          WHAT WE DID WAS DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, OKAY, WE SAID THE R F P HAS A REQUIREMENT OF MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT. 
          YOUR APPLICATION BASED ON WHAT WE CAN SEE, DOES NOT CONTAIN THAT. 
          WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO ADD THAT? THE RESPONSE WAS, WE DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S VALUABLE. 
          THEY EVEN SAID THEMSELVES IN THEIR DISCUSSION EARLIER THAT THEY, UH, DIDN'T SEE THE VALUE TO 
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THAT. 
          UH, THINKING IN THE RESPONSE BACK DURING THE INTERVIEWS, UH, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS SORT OF GIMMICKY. 
          IT WAS SORT OF AUSTIN LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S NOT BEEN WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNT FROM THE CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE WHEN WE'VE BEEN PAYING FOR ENTERTAINMENT. 
          SO WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT A PART OF THAT. 
          RECOGNIZING THAT WHEN YOU DON'T HIT THE, THE, THE, THE WHAT THE R F P IS ASKING FOR, RIGHT? YOU'RE GONNA BE SCORED DIFFERENTLY. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU DO HIT 'EM, THAT'S GONNA ENHANCE YOUR SCORES. 
          UH, WHAT IS NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T TRY TO NEGOTIATE ON THE MAG EITHER. 
          THERE'S ABOUT A, ABOUT A $6 MILLION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WAS GUARANTEED BY PARITIES AND WHAT'S GUARANTEED. 
          THAT WAS ALL PART OF THE SCORE. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT, THAT ALLOWED THAT, THAT, THAT PROMPTED US TO COME AND MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALEX, I GOT ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          SO, IN YOUR PROPOSAL, YOU COULD'VE PUT ANY MAG NUMBER YOU WANTED. 
          YES. 
          AND, UH, AND SO, AND I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE GOT ALL FOUR OF 'EM UP UP THERE, BUT, UM, YOURS WAS ONE OF THE LOWEST MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND SO, OUT OF ALL THE NUMBERS THAT YOU COULD'VE PUT UP THERE, I MEAN, WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THAT NUMBER AND KNOWING THAT YOU WOULD EVENTUALLY BE COMPARED TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND NOT KNOWING WHAT THEIR NUMBER WOULD BE, BUT WHY THAT NUMBER AND WHY NOT SOMETHING HIGHER? AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I'VE SEEN THE REVENUES THAT, THAT THE CURRENT, UM, PROVIDERS HAVE ARE, ARE, ARE DOING. 
          AND YOU COULD HAVE PUT A HIGHER NUMBER, BUT YOU DIDN'T. 
          AND SO WHY NOT? WELL, WELL, PART OF IT WAS A LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS THING. 
          IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT A MAG IN THERE THAT, UM, AND TODAY WE PAY PERCENTAGE RENT, THE GOAL IS TO BE IN PERCENTAGE RENT. 
          SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A HEALTHY, SO WE BID ABOUT 90% OF PROJECTED MAG TO EVERY AIRPORT. 
          THAT'S AN INDUSTRY TREND THAT MOST OPERATORS DO. 
          WHAT WE DON'T SEE IN THE SCORING EVALUATION THAT COMES TO THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, THE COMMITMENT WE MAKE TO THE CITY IS WE COMMITTED 1.2 MILLION MORE IN CAPITAL THAN PARODIES DID TO BUILD OUT YOUR FACILITIES. 
          WELL OVER $150 A SQUARE FOOT MORE. 
          AND THAT'S A ONE ONE-TIME DEAL THOUGH, RIGHT? AND THAT'S A ONE TIME UPFRONT DEAL INVESTED IN YOUR AIRPORT. 
          BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE THE, IT DOESN'T MEET THE $6 MILLION DIFFERENCE THAT THE OTHER PROPOSAL HAS. 
          IF I SPENT 1.2 MILLION LESS WENT BACK TO MY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MY GUESS IS I COULD GIVE YOU THE SAME RENT THAT THEY'VE PROPOSED. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THEN THE FINAL QUESTION FOR YOU, AND THIS IS GONNA BE THE SIMILAR QUESTION THAT I'LL ASK FOR THE OTHER TEAM I HEARD OF IN YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER, AND I, AND I, I, I LIKE THE CONCEPT. 
          YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE EQUITY PIECE MM-HMM. 
          , AND I THINK YOU'RE AT 35%. 
          UM, BUT THE OTHER SIDE DOES HAVE EQUITY AS WELL. 
          MM-HMM. 
           AND IT, AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LOWER, BUT WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR, YOUR, YOUR STRUCTURE OF YOUR, YOUR TEAM VERSUS THEIRS? UH, THAT MIGHT DIFFERENTIATE BEYOND THE 35 TO, UH, VERSUS THE 30% THANK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK THAT COMES DOWN TO THE EXPERIENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THE NUMBER ONE FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPERATOR, THAT'S WHY WE WERE A LITTLE MIFFED ON THE EXPERIENCE SIDE. 
          AND THEN THE CHEF'S EXPERIENCE IN THE RESTAURANT. 
          A LICENSING AGREEMENT MEANS WE HAVE A CONTRACT. 
          YOU HEARD IT FROM THE SCIENCE. 
          I GOT A CONTRACT IRONCLAD, I CAN DO WHAT I WANT TO, BUT THE PERSON GETS A ROYALTY. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE SENT TO 'EM. 
          WE HAVE THOSE MODELS AS WELL. 
          JOHNNY HERNANDEZ CHALLENGED US SIX YEARS AGO AND SAID, I WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN IT. 
          THE CITY WANTS THE CHEFS IN THE AIRPORT. 
          THE CITY WANTS, WANTS THE COMMUNITY TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF WHAT'S IN THE AIRPORT. 
          BUT AIRPORTS ARE COMPLICATED. 
          SO MANY PEOPLE RELY ON COMPANIES LIKE US PARODIES, S S P HUDSON TO DO THIS WITH THEM. 
          SO THAT'S WHEN WE PUT THE EQUITY INVESTMENT OF 10% WITH EACH CHEF. 
          BUT JOHNNY WAS THE KEY TO BRINGING EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE. 
          SO EACH ONE OF THOSE CHEFS SAID, JOHNNY, WE WOULD LIKE YOU AS PART OF THIS TOO, TO HELP US WITH HOST AND GUIDE IT. 
          'CAUSE JOHNNY AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING SIX YEARS TOGETHER, REALLY FIGURED OUT A SYSTEM. 
          SO AS YOU SEE IN ALL OUR CONTRACTS, WE'RE WELL ABOVE OUR MAG AT THE AIRPORT, WELL ABOVE OUR MAG, AND WE'RE PAYING IT, AND WE'RE GROWING WITH THE AIRPORT ALONG THE WAY. 
          AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT CAPITAL, THIS, THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN A LITTLE CONFUSING ON YOU LOOK AT ONLY RENT, BUT YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE CAPITAL SPEND AND THERE'S NO FACTORS INTO IT. 
          BUT THAT'S ALL PART OF THE INVESTMENT WE'RE MAKING IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          WHETHER IT COMES IN RENT IN 5 83 OR CAPITAL TO MAKE SURE THE RESTAURANTS ARE BUILT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURES, THE PLUMBING, THE UTILITIES ARE ALL UP TO GRADE. 
          WE'VE BUILT SEVERAL RESTAURANTS IN THAT AIRPORT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
          LA GLORIA BEING THE LAST ONE IN THAT CONTRACT THAT WE SPENT, WE SPENT BASICALLY WHAT PARITIES IS SAYING, WE SPENT IN 2013, THEY'RE GONNA SPEND IN TODAY'S DOLLARS. 
          SO, SO TO US, WE, WE BELIEVE THE CAPITAL HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF ARE THEY REALLY INVESTING ENOUGH IN YOUR AIRPORT OR DID THEY JUST THROW IT AT THE RENT SIDE OF THE BUSINESS? OKAY. 
          AND SO, SO AS FAR AS THE STRUCTURE, THE LICENSING PIECE THAT YOU THINK IS THE REALLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR STRUCTURE AND THEIRS, CHEFS BEING INVOLVED IN THE BUSINESS WHERE IT'S THEIRS IS, JOHNNY WILL TELL YOU THE STORY. 
          UM, I SENT MY PROCUREMENT GUY DOWN HERE TO TALK TO JOHNNY ABOUT CHEESE. 
          WE DO A LOT OF CHILIES IN THE AIRPORTS, AND CHILI'S HAS THE CHEESE THAT WE CAN BUY FOR 10 CENTS WHEN JOHNNY'S CHEESE COSTS US 20 CENT. 
          AND MY GUY WANTED TO PUT JOHNNY'S CHILI'S CHEESE IN JOHNNY'S SPACE. 
          JOHNNY REFERS TO HIM AS CHILI HERNANDEZ. 
          I THINK , BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT JOHNNY'S VISION WAS. 
          SO COMPANIES LIKE ME WILL STRETCH THAT THROUGH A LICENSING AND A ROYALTY STRUCTURE. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO IT. 
          WE'LL CUT STAFF IF WE, WE DON'T MAKE OUR MONEY, WE'LL GET RID OF THE HOSTESS AT THE FRONT IF WE 
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DON'T MAKE OUR MONEY. 
          AS YOU HEARD FROM JOHNNY, HE HASN'T LET ME DO ANY OF THAT AT THE AIRPORT. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY EITHER RE RENEE OR, OR, UH, REGINALD COUNCILMAN? YES. 
          YES SIR. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHAT REFER, UM, WHAT CAPITAL INVESTMENT HE'S REFERRING TO THE, WHAT WE RECEIVED. 
          WE WROTE DOWN ON THAT, AND WE DON'T TYPICALLY SCORE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, BUT IT WAS, WE DO HAVE THAT PARODIES, UM, OFFERED $7.8 MILLION IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND HOST OFFERED $8 MILLION. 
          SO THERE'S ABOUT $250,000 SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TWO. 
          OTHERS WERE, WERE, WERE DIFFERENT. 
          OKAY. 
          VERY DIFFERENT FROM THAT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SO, UM, MY QUESTIONS ON, ON THE STRUCTURE PIECE. 
          WHEN, WHEN I, UH, SPOKE WITH THE HOST TEAM, I LIKE THE CONCEPT THAT THEY, THE THE STRUCTURE CONCEPT. 
          UM, AND I WANNA GIVE YOU THE SAME, SAME OPPORTUNITY. 
          HOW DOES YOUR STRUCTURE CONCEPT, THE LICENSING CONCEPT DIFFER FROM THEIRS? SELL ME ON THAT VERSUS, UH, THE STRUCTURE THAT THEY'VE GOT IN PLACE. 
          SURE. 
          UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR PROPOSAL, BUT IT'S, I HEARD WHAT RUSS SAID IS THAT BOTH OF US AND IS COMMON PRACTICE ACROSS THE US AT AIRPORTS THAT WE LICENSE BRANDS. 
          THAT'S WHY COMPANIES LIKE US AND LIKE HOST PROPOSE AT AIRPORTS. 
          WE, WE ARE THE OPERATOR, BUT WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH OUR BRAND PARTNERS. 
          I MEAN, YOU HEARD FROM OUR BRAND PARTNERS, THE REASON THEY WENT WITH US IS BECAUSE THEY TRUST US WITH THEIR BRAND. 
          UM, ANDREW WISEMAN OF FOUR TIMES JAMES BEARD NOMINEE, UM, C I A CHEF, WHO HE'S NEVER DONE THIS WITH ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE HIS ENTIRE CAREER. 
          SO HE DOESN'T DO THIS LIGHTLY. 
          NEITHER DO ANY OF THE OTHER BRAND OWNERS. 
          THEY'RE COMMITTED TO THE AIRPORT, THEY'RE COMMITTED TO THEIR BRANDS. 
          UM, THEY'RE COMMITTED TO BEING THERE. 
          AND WE'RE NO DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE. 
          AND I WANNA LET REGINALD'S UP HERE TOO, 'CAUSE HE'S GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF KIND OF A LOOK INTO HOW WE OPERATE WITH SOME OF THESE CHEFS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          WE DON'T ALLOW ANY OF OUR CHEFS TO JUST PUT THEIR NAME ABOVE THE DOOR WITHOUT INVOLVEMENT. 
          UH, OUR CHEFS ARE INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING WITH, UH, SOURCING THE FLATWARE AND THE STYLE OF SERVICE AND THE PROCUREMENT OF THE PRODUCT AND THE EVERYTHING THAT YOU, YOU COULD IMAGINE THE DESIGN OF THE RESTAURANT. 
          UH, A PERFECT EXAMPLE. 
          WE HAVE CELEBRITY CHEF KAKOA IN OUR PORTFOLIO. 
          UM, CELEBRITY CHEF KAKOA IS A LICENSE AND AGREEMENT. 
          UH, THAT AGREEMENT IS AN AGREEMENT, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU'VE BEEN JUST HEARING. 
          HOWEVER, SHE'S INVOLVED WITH EVERYTHING IN OUR RESTAURANT. 
          UM, SHE VISITS ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          SHE'S BAD. 
          SHE CAN GET IN AND OUT OF OUR AIRPORTS. 
          UH, SHE'S, UH, THERE, UH, WORKING WITH OUR CULINARY TEAM. 
          SHE'S THERE, UM, SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AND INTERACTING WITH OUR GUESTS. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPENS, BUT IT'S NOT JUST PUTTING THE NAME ABOVE THE DOOR AND WALKING AWAY. 
          WE BELIEVE IN QUALITY. 
          WE HAVE MANIACS ABOUT EXECUTION. 
          WE ARE MANIACS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OUR ENTIRE BUSINESS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND, AND SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THAT'S NOT WHAT I HEARD. 
          UM, I HEARD PUTTING ON NAME, I HEARD YEAH. 
          UM, SORT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SAME SOURCES OF, OF, OF, OF PRODUCT I HEARD, UM, MAKING SURE WE HAD HAD THE SAME EQUIPMENT. 
          SO A LOT OF THE FRONT END STUFF. 
          I I AGREE. 
          I I I HEARD THAT, UH, THAT THE, THAT THE, UH, VENDORS ARE, ARE PART OF THAT. 
          BUT I DIDN'T HEAR THE AFTER, I MEAN, AFTER ALL THAT, ALL THAT FRONT STUFF IS DONE OFF AFTER THE NAME IS IS ON THERE AFTER THE TRAINING THAT THEY'RE REQUIRING YOU ALL TO PROVIDE WHOEVER'S SELLING, UH, HOW ARE THOSE CHEFS INVOLVED? UM, IN YEAR TWO, THEY COME BACK AND THEY, THEY ARE, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO VISIT ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          HOW, HOW OFTEN IS THAT? AND, AND IT COULD BE, UM, AS OFTEN AS EVERY OTHER MONTH. 
          UM, IT COULD BE AS OFTEN AS ONCE A QUARTER. 
          UH, BUT THEY, WE HAVE A CULINARY TEAM, UH, WHO'S DUPLICATING, UH, THEIR EFFORTS, THEIR RECIPES AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. 
          BUT THEY COME BACK AND THEY VISIT US AND, AND IN OUR CONTRACTS, WE, WE SAY TO THEM EXACTLY HOW FREQUENTLY WE WANT THEM TO VISIT US. 
          AND IT VARIES FROM CELEBRITY CHEF TO CELEBRITY CHEF. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , CHEERS. 
          AND I JUST WANNA ADD, AND I WANT, I'M GONNA ASK ANDREW TO COME UP HERE AND TELL THE STORY, BUT I JUST WANNA ADD, I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR TEAM IS THEY'RE LICENSED, BUT THEY ARE, I MEAN, CHRIS, I HAVE HEARD HIM SAY 10 TIMES, I WANNA BE AT THE AIRPORT EVERY DAY. 
          I'M GONNA HAVE A MANAGER. 
          I'M GONNA HAVE PEOPLE INVOLVED. 
          I MEAN, THEY'RE VESTED IN THIS PROCESS. 
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THEY'RE BRANDS AT STAKE. 
          I MEAN, THEY DON'T, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY TAKE LIGHTLY. 
          AND IT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE. 
          AND IT'S SAME FOR PARODIES. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S OUR BRAND. 
          IF ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE, WE'RE NOT MEETING BRAND STANDARDS AND WE'RE GETTING BAD REVIEWS ON YELP, GUESS WHAT? THAT'S ON US TOO. 
          I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS YOU, SIR, FOR JUST A SECOND. 
          UM, IN MY CONTRACT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT SAYS IN MY, MY TEAMMATE'S CONTRACTS, BUT IN MINE IT SAYS THAT I, I STIPULATED THAT I WANTED TO BE THERE. 
          I WANTED TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, AND IT'S THE SAME ON THE OTHER TEAM, THESE PROFESSIONALS ON THE OTHER TEAM, UM, ARE THE SAME WAY. 
          WE WALK THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE UNSOLICITED, WE'LL WALK UP IN THE MALL AND H E B, WHATEVER, SAY, HEY, I HAD A TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE AT YOUR PLACE, OR I HAD A LOUSY EXPERIENCE, OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION MAY BE. 
          AND, UM, WE LIVE IN THIS ECOSYSTEM, AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IT'S NOT A KIND OF THING WHERE I JUST HAND OVER THE KEYS TO THE, TO THE KINGDOM AND JUST SAY, RUN WITH IT. 
          IT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN. 
          IN FACT, FIVE YEARS AGO I WAS APPROACHED TO DO THE AIRPORT, AND AFTER SEEING WHAT THEY PROPOSED, I KIND OF AGREED TO IT ORIGINALLY. 
          AND THEN ONCE I STARTED READING THROUGH THE FINE PRINT AND HAD AN ATTORNEY LOOK AT IT, IT WASN'T AT ALL WHAT IT, UH, WHAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. 
          AND SO I PULLED OUT AND, UM, PARODIES CAME TO ME. 
          AND WHEN I KIND OF VETTED EVERYTHING AND CALLED OTHER CHEFS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE WORKED WITH THEM, UM, THEY ARE ADAMANT ABOUT KEEPING BRAND STANDARDS. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT. 
          NO, THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN HALL. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I WANT TO, I THINK REDIRECT THE THINKING FOR US FOR, FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS REALLY ALMOST REEVALUATING BOTH OF THESE CONTRACTS TO THE, TO THE POINT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          HE MADE A MOTION AND IT WAS SECONDED. 
          AND HIS MOTION WAS TO GO AHEAD AND REMOVE CHICK-FIL-A FROM ANY AGREEMENT THAT WE MAY HAVE, UH, UNDER THE CONTRACT THAT'S PENDING. 
          AND, UH, WE HEARD, I THINK SOME, UH, INTERESTING POINTS BROUGHT UP BY, UH, COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO THAT IN THIS SITUATION, IT'S WORTHY OF A, A MORE FORMAL DISCUSSION. 
          UH, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN MANY OTHER NEGOTIATIONS WE MAY ENTER INTO WITH OTHER BUSINESSES AND OTHER ENTITIES IN THE COMMUNITY? AND I THINK THAT'S GOING WAY BEYOND WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT AT THIS TIME. 
          UH, I, I, I JUST AM CONCERNED THAT IF WE START PICKING AND CHOOSING BASED ON SOCIAL ISSUES, UH, THEN DOES THAT MEAN, UH, WE DON'T WANNA HAVE A CERTAIN HEALTH GROUP GO INTO THE MEDICAL CENTER, OR WE DON'T WANNA RENT A SPACE TO A BUSINESS ON THE RIVERWALK BECAUSE WHAT THEIR OWNER HAS DONE IN THE PAST? OR ARE WE NOT GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, AND ALLOW IT A BUILDING TO BE REZONED OR SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE HOUSED BY ATHEISTS OR HUMANISTS OR AGNOSTICS OR WHATEVER. 
          I THINK THAT IS GOING DOWN A VERY, UM, WRONG PATH FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE. 
          SO I'M GONNA REITERATE MY OPPOSITION, UH, TO HIS, UH, MOTION. 
          AND, UH, I JUST HOPE THAT THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL GIVE THAT THEIR CONSIDERATION TOO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, I WANT TO ECHO THOSE SAME EXACT WORDS FROM COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          I THINK THIS IS THE WRONG THING TO DO AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS. 
          UH, IF SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE IT'S DETERMINED THAT IT DOESN'T FIT THE N D O, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING, THEN ABSOLUTELY MAKE THOSE CHANGES. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE DEALING WITH THE CONTRACT AND WHETHER IT SHOULD BE AWARDED OR WHETHER IT SHOULD NOT BE, NOT ABOUT PULLING TEAMS OFF OF THIS AND, AND SETTING A PRECEDENT FOR THE FUTURE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO WITHOUT HAVING THAT MUCH LARGER DISCUSSION, WHETHER THAT SHOULD BE DONE OR SHOULDN'T BE DONE AT THIS POINT. 
          SO I I, I WANNA EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION DISPLEASURE WITH THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME IN THIS R F P PROCESS IS THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME FOR THAT. 
          SO I, I, I EQUALLY DISAGREE WITH THAT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          COUNCILMAN GROM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I CIRCLING BACK, I JUST WANT TO, UM, TALK ABOUT REFINING THE PROCESS AGAIN. 
          UM, I THINK WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED ABOUT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT IF THERE, THERE'S A THRESHOLD ON THE TIME THRESHOLD OF THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SO MANY YEARS, UM, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, AND LOOKING AT A FIXED AMOUNT OF THE YEARS OF THE CONTRACT, A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT. 
          LET'S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          I THOUGHT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS SURPRISED THIS DIDN'T 
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GO TO A B SESSION. 
          UM, NEXT I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE HEARD BOTH SIDES COME UP TO THE, TO THE PODIUM AND SAY, YES, WE WOULD DO THIS, WE WOULD DO THAT, UM, ET CETERA. 
          AND, UH, TALKING ABOUT, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE MAKEUP, AND THAT WAS KIND OF ONE OF THE QUESTIONS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, HALL ASKED IT A LOT BETTER THAN I DID, UM, ABOUT THE MAKEUP AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE, THE TEAMS. AND I FIRST WANTED TO BRING UP, AND IT WAS PRETTY PASSIONATE. 
          IF I CAN HAVE CHEF, UH, JASON DADY COME UP, I DID WANNA ASK ABOUT, SO IT'S A STRUCTURING OF, OF, UM, NOT JUST LICENSING, BUT IT WOULD BE COMING UP AND TALKING ABOUT YOUR INTERACTION AND YOUR PLAY IN A RESTAURANT. 
          SO AS A, AS A JOINT VENTURE THERE. 
          COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT? OF COURSE. 
          I, AND AGAIN, I THINK WE, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT, WE HAVE FRIENDS ON BOTH SIDES. 
          LISTEN, I'VE BEEN ADMIRING ANDREW WEISMAN FROM THE DAY I MOVED THIS TOWN AS A 24 YEAR OLD KID TRYING TO OPEN A RESTAURANT. 
          UM, I'M FRIENDS WITH THE CONGRESS. 
          I THINK THEY HAVE GREAT BARBECUE. 
          SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          THE DILEMMA, I THINK FROM THE EQUITY POINT, AND MY PERSPECTIVE IS, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THE PERCENTAGES, BUT I COULD ARBITRARILY SAY MAYBE THEIR, UM, LICENSING FEE IS 5%, AND THE REST OF THAT MONEY IS GOING TO THE MAIN COMPANY BASED OUT OF ATLANTA. 
          THE DIFFERENCE FOR OUR GROUP IS EVERY SINGLE PERSON BACK HERE HAS AT LEAST ARBITRARILY ABOUT A 10% EQUITY PLUS THE, THE, THE SAME ROYALTY. 
          BASICALLY, YOU GET BOTH, RIGHT? THAT MONEY STAYS RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY. 
          IT GOES RIGHT BACK DOWN TO MY STAFF HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, ALLOWS ME TO CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          IT ALLOWS JOHNNY TO CONTINUE TO GROW HIS RESTAURANT GROUP. 
          IT ALLOWS, UM, GEORGE TO CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO HIS EAST SIDE GERVIN ACADEMY. 
          THE DIFFERENCE IS WE'RE ALL GONNA BE COMMITTED, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME, YOU'RE FAR MORE INVESTED. 
          THAT'S NOT TAKING ANY AWAY FROM THEIR TALENT, THEIR SKILLSET, OR THEIR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. 
          WE ALL HAVE THAT. 
          THAT'S WHAT DRIVES US. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. 
          THE DIFFERENCE IS IF IT'S NOT GOING WELL, IF YOU'RE NOT MAKING YOUR MAG, WHAT STARTS HAPPENING, RIGHT? I'M INVESTED IN THIS. 
          I'M PUTTING IN MY OWN CAPITAL TO BE A PART OF THIS EVENT. 
          I CAN'T SPEAK WHETHER THEY ARE OR NOT, BUT I HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME. 
          I'M GONNA BE FAR MORE COMMITTED, FAR MORE INTO IT BECAUSE MY MONEY'S ON THE LINE, NOT SOME BIG CORPORATIONS. 
          ALTHOUGH, YES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT FOR OVERALL CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND, AND THAT TYPE OF THING. 
          BUT THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN MY OPINION IS WHEN YOU GET FROM THAT 5% TO THAT 10% OR WHATEVER THAT NUMBER ACTUALLY IS, THAT MONEY'S STAYING HERE. 
          IT'S BEING REINVESTED IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S PROVIDING JOBS FOR PEOPLE HERE, AND IT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE ASPECT THAT IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT, IS THAT MONEY STAYING HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I WANTED TO BRING UP SELENA PLEASE. 
          AND I WANTED TO HAVE YOU ALL TALK ABOUT HOW YOUR MAKEUP AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP OR YOUR, UM, YOUR SKIN IN THE GAME, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM HERE IN THIS, PLEASE. 
          AND, UM, AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE OTHER TEAM'S PROPOSAL OR WHAT WAS IN, UM, WHAT THEY PRESENTED, SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. 
          BUT NOT ONLY ARE WE HAVING LICENSEE PARTNERS, UH, WITH THE RESTAURATEURS AND THE CHEFS THAT WE TALKED, WE PRESENTED EARLIER, BUT SELENA, MYSELF, TONY, OUR EQUITY PARTNERS, UH, WE ARE PUTTING IN MONEY. 
          WE ARE EXTRA EYES AND EARS, UM, THAT ARE ALREADY AT THE AIRPORT WHO ARE FOOD SERVICE PROFESSIONALS WHO DON'T TAKE THESE BRANDS LIGHTLY. 
          WE DON'T TAKE THEIR REPUTATIONS LIGHTLY. 
          WE WILL BE THERE A ALONGSIDE THEM BECAUSE LIKE WE MENTIONED, THEY'VE TAKEN BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS TO BUILD THEIR BRANDS. 
          UM, NOT ONLY ARE THEY PROVIDING PRODUCT TO THESE RESTAURANTS, IT'S NOT PARODIES THAT'S SOURCING FROM HERE OR THERE. 
          IT'S BOSS BAGELS THAT ARE DELIVERING BA UH, BAGELS AND IT'S SMOKE SHACK DELIVERING BRISKET. 
          AND IT'S THEIR NAME ON IT, BUT IT'S ALSO OUR NAME ON IT AS WELL. 
          DID, DID YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING STEVEN ? YEAH, I'M, I'M CONCUR WITH WHAT SHE SAYS, BUT ALSO TOO, YOU KNOW, IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, THE PRODUCT THAT'S BEING BROUGHT IN, IT'S THE PRODUCT THAT, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, ANDREW AND CHRIS, IT'S WHAT THEY WANT, YOU KNOW, THE EQUIPMENT. 
          IT'S WHAT THEY, THEY WANT AS WELL, AND THEY HAVE TO APPROVE EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING INTO THESE RESTAURANTS. 
          SO, AND I HAVE MY SKIN THE GAME AND, UM, I'M COMMITTED TO BEING THERE AS WELL. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE ALL A GREAT TEAM AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS HOPEFULLY. 
          SO, UM, I GUESS THAT GOES BACK FOR ME, FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THE, THE RESTAURANTS AND WITH OUR PUBLIC AND EVERYBODY, AND WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE AIRPORT. 
          SO IF THINGS ARE NOT GOING THE WAY THEY ARE, IF THEY ARE GOING SOUTH OR IF THEY'RE GOING SIDEWAYS, IN SOME WAYS THE ACCOUNTABILITY WILL BE UPON YOU TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE GETTING RIGHT ON BACK ON 
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TRACK OR WHAT HAVE YOU. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, UM, VERY MUCH FOR CLARIFYING THAT. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE A, A QUICK QUESTION. 
          UH, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW, CARLOS, RUSS, UM, ANDY AND THIS WITH THE MINIMUM, UH, THE MAG AND IF WE DON'T SEE THEM, UM, HITTING THE MAG OF THE 2.1 MILLION, IS THAT RIGHT? IF WE, UH, DON'T SEE THEM HITTING THE MAG, THEN WHAT IS THE RECOURSE ON THE CITY? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GONE ON SO MANY OTHER CONTRACTS, COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND ASKED FOR A CHANGE ON THE MAG BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED HERE AND SOMETHING HAPPENED HERE, AND IN 2018, IT WAS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT YEAR. 
          IT WAS OUR 300 ANNIVERSARY. 
          WE HAD A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS. 
          WE HAD THE FINAL FOUR, SO OUR AIRPORT DID REALLY, REALLY WELL. 
          SO MY CONCERN IS THE MAG, IF NOT JUST THE CURRENT PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE, HOST, BUT ALSO THE FUTURE PEOPLE, WHAT IS OUR RECOURSE IF OUR MAG IS NOT GETTING HIT? IF, IF OUR MAG IS NOT GETTING HIT, COUNCILMAN, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CONTRACT REMEDIES THAT GO ALL THE WAY UP TO TERMINATION. 
          BUT OBVIOUSLY BEFORE YOU WOULD EXERCISE THAT WHEN YOU WOULD WORK WITH THE VENDOR IN TERMS OF, OF SHOWING THAT THEY ARE NOT REACHING THEIR MAG, THEY'RE IN BREACH OF THE AGREEMENT AND HOPEFULLY WORKING WITH THEM ON A WAY TO REIMBURSE THIS FOR THE DIFFERENCE AND WORK WITH THEM ON HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEY CAN CONSISTENTLY HIT THE MAG. 
          WE ALSO MANDATED A PERFORMANCE BOND. 
          IT'S AT 50% OF THE MAG, SO A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN THIS CASE THAT WE CAN USE FOR ANY LACK OF COMPLIANCE TO INCLUDE NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY. 
          BUT LIKE ANDY SAID, REALLY WHAT WE WANNA DO IS LOOK TO THE FUTURE, UH, UH, IN THE LONG TERM. 
          THERE'S REALLY ONLY ONE PROVISION IN THE CONTRACT THAT REQUIRES US, UH, TO GO BACK AND RENEGOTIATE A MAG. 
          AND THAT'S A 25% REDUCTION IN EMPLOYMENTS AND A NEGATIVE PERFORMANCE IN THEIR BUSINESS BECAUSE OF THAT. 
          THAT'S PRETTY DRAMATIC. 
          CERTAINLY WE DON'T, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT. 
          BUT WE DID PUT, UM, PROVISIONS IN THE CONTRACT WHERE IS IF, IF WE SEE A REDUCTION IN, IN REVENUE FOR ANY PARTICULAR VENUE, THAT THAT, THAT WILL BRING US BACK TO THE TABLE TO HAVE THAT NEGOTIATION. 
          AND THERE'S EVEN A, A NUMBER THAT IF THEY, UH, EXCEED THAT MUCH OF A REDUCTION, WE CAN ACTUALLY MANDATE THAT THEY SWAP OUT A CONCEPT. 
          AND CERTAINLY THAT NUMBER'S ABOUT 50%. 
          THESE, NEITHER ONE OF THESE BUSINESSES WOULD EVER ALLOW IT TO GET TO THAT POINT BEFORE THEY WOULD EITHER IMPROVE THE BUSINESS OR CONSIDER CHANGING. 
          AND IF I CAN REINFORCE THAT, THAT'S A GOOD POINT, COUNCILMAN, IS THAT WE DO HAVE, UH, CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS THAT ADDRESS REVENUE EVEN BEFORE THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE NOT HITTING THE MAG. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO YOU TALKED ABOUT SWAPPING OUT A CONCEPT IF NEEDED. 
          UM, I'M SURE THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT GOT IT, THAT HAVE TO BE HIT BEFORE YOU SWAP OUT, UH, A CONCEPT. 
          UM, BUT HOW IS THE COUNCIL, OR HOW ARE, HOW WOULD WE BE NOTIFIED IF THERE'S A SWAPPING OUT OF CONCEPT THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE? BECAUSE I, I THINK IT WOULD, WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FOCUSED ON WHATEVER CATEGORY OR THE LOCAL, UM SURE. 
          AUTHENTIC KIND OF FEELING. 
          I, I HATE TO LOOK TO YOU, ANDY, BUT THAT IS A PROCESS QUESTION, I GUESS. 
          I'M NOT SURE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN, IF, IF THE, IF WE EVER GET TO A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SWIPING OUT A CONCEPT BECAUSE OF REVENUE LOSS OR REALLY FOR ANY REASON, WE CAN YEAH, CERTAINLY COME BACK AND ADVISE THE COUNCIL. 
          IT'S REALLY AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING CONTRACT. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE BRING TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WE'RE SWAPPING IT OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HITTING THE MAG. 
          OKAY. 
          OR, WELL, NOT PERFORMING, UH, NOT PERFORMING TO EXPECTATIONS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND IF I MAY ADD A COUNCILMAN, IF, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO KNOW ANYTIME THAT WE'RE SWITCHING OUT A CONCEPT FOR, REGARDLESS OF THE REASON WE CAN DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN VIRON. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF REVISIT THE ORIGINAL MOTION, UH, AGAIN, UH, AT THE HEART OF THIS IS, IS, UH, SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WE WORK THIS OUT WITH STAFF. 
          UH, WE DON'T FEEL IT'S A MATERIAL CHANGE. 
          AND, UH, BOTTOM LINE IS REMOVING DISCRIMINATORY BUSINESSES, REGARDLESS OF WHAT PROTECTED CLASS THEY ARE PREJUDICED AGAINST, IS CLEARLY UNDER THE PURVIEW OF OUR N D O. 
          AND I STAND BY THAT. 
          AND I THINK THAT, UH, WE HAVE FOUND A WAY FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN GET ON WITH THIS CONTRACT AND, UH, DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S EXPECTED OF ALL OF US. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, UH, FROM P PREVIOUS CO COUNCILS HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE N D O. 
          WE KNOW IT'S, IT'S A TOUGH DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S MOMENTS LIKE THIS THAT, UH, WE NEED TO SHOW THAT WE STAND BY IT AND WE, WE WANT TO DEMONSTRATE IT ALL OUR ELEMENTS, UH, UH, AS A COMPASSIONATE CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, FROM THE N D O TO, UH, THINGS LIKE THE PRIDE CROSSWALK THAT WE CELEBRATED LAST YEAR, UH, DO MEAN SOMETHING IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND I WANT TO ASK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS MOTION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TNO. 
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COUNCILMAN SALANA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE, UM, WATCHING, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO WE'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO THE END. 
          UM, LET ME JUST, I'M GONNA ASK IF I CAN, JOHNNY, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A FEW, A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          IF, IF YOU'D BE OKAY WITH THAT. 
          IT WOULD BE, YOU'VE GOT SIX YEARS EXPERIENCE HERE, AND I THINK I WILL BE VERY HONEST AND I'LL PLAY WITH MY CARDS FACE UP HERE. 
          IF YOU WANTED MY VOTE OR INFLUENCE ON ANYTHING, WHAT YOU WOULD DO WOULD YOU'D THROW UP JOHNNY HERNANDEZ AND PUT 'EM ON A TEAM. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE VOTING ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT THAT'S HOW MUCH I THINK, UH, RESPECT I'VE GOT FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UM, EVEN GREATER ADDING, YOU KNOW, THE ICEMAN TO THE DEAL. 
          SO THIS MAKES IT PRETTY TOUGH FOR ME. 
          BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT THAT, THAT ASIDE THE, THE, THE CONNECTION, THE, THE FACT THAT I'M A FAN OF YOUR WORK. 
          THAT ASIDE, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME WHEN YOU WERE MAKING THE CASE AND YOUR TEAM WAS MAKING THE CASE THAT I SAID, HEY, IF THERE'S AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE ABOUT LOOKING AT THIS DIFFERENTLY, IT'S THIS, AND IT'S THIS QUESTION OF LICENSING. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT YOU COULD SAY, UH, WITH VERY COLORFUL RHETORIC AND LANGUAGE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE TAKING ON THE, THE LICENSING, UM, ARE GONNA BE PARTICIPANTS. 
          BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S VERY MUCH THAT, THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE, UH, IN MANY CASES. 
          AND THAT IF YOU ARE SAYING IT THAT IT'S TRUE TODAY, THERE IS MUCH MORE YOU HAVE TO DO TO LIVE UP TO THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA RUN INTO RESISTANCE AND YOU'RE GONNA RUN INTO A BIG COMPANY CORPORATION WHO'S GONNA TELL YOU NO, YOU CAN'T DO THOSE THINGS, WHETHER IT'S THE 10 CENTS, 20 CENTS CHEESE DIFFERENCE OR NOT. 
          SO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MORE ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE. 
          'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT MORE AUTHORITY ON THIS THAN ANYONE IN THE ROOM. 
          'CAUSE YOU, YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS RESISTANCE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. 
          SIX YEARS AGO, THAT WAS THE COUNCIL OF DECISION AT THE TIME, RIGHT? IT'S, WE WANT EQUITY OWNERSHIP TO BE REPRESENTED IN THE BUSINESSES, IN THE AIRPORT, CONSUMER FACING EXPERIENCES THAT WERE LOCAL. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS IT, IS IT LEGAL BECAUSE OF THE, THE ENVIRONMENT THAT THE AIRPORT FUNDING MECHANISM IS, BUT FUNDING MECHANISM THAT IT IS. 
          BUT THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME SAID, THIS IS FUNDAMENTALLY IMPORTANT. 
          IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT OPERATING THE AIRPORT AND WORKING WITH A $3.5 BILLION COMPANY, THE COUNCIL SAVED ME AND MY BUSINESS REPUTATION BECAUSE THEY INSISTED ON LOCAL, ON OWNERSHIP, EQUITY OWNERSHIP. 
          BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT PUTS YOU AT THE TABLE FOR THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE IN OUR INDUSTRY, DAY IN AND DAY OUT. 
          I WORK, I WORK FOR, I, I HAVE JVS WITH THREE DIFFERENT BILLION DOLLAR COMPANIES. 
          I WILL NEVER SELL A LICENSE TO A COMPANY THAT IS PROFIT DRIVEN BECAUSE IT BEGINS TO, IT BEGINS TO UNRAVEL. 
          THE AIRPORT IS THE MOST COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO RUN A RESTAURANT. 
          YOU, I KNOW IT FROM EXPERIENCE WHERE IN VEGAS, I'VE WORKED INTERNATIONALLY AND LOCALLY SAN ANTONIO IS MY HOME. 
          BUT MY BRAND, I DON'T SHARE THAT AS A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH NO ONE. 
          AND I KNOW KAT CORA, I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CHEFS THAT, CHEFS THAT HOST BROUGHT IN WITH RICK BAYLESS, TODD ENGLISH, IT WAS KAT CORA, AND, UH, WOLFGANG PUCK, I AM PROBABLY THE ONLY JV PARTNER THAT HOST HAS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT PROTECTING YOUR BRAND IS ESSENTIALLY, IT'S, THAT IS MY CORE PHILOSOPHY. 
          SO YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT A LICENSE AGREEMENT IS THE SAME AS A JV BECAUSE I'LL NEVER DO, I HAVE NEVER DONE IT. 
          AND I'VE BEEN OFFERED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR OUR BRAND AND I KNOW THE TEAM THAT I ASSEMBLED, THAT'S FUNDAMENTALLY THE CORE OF THEIR BUSINESS AND THAT'S HOW THEY OPERATE. 
          AND, AND, AND I MEAN IT'S JUST, THOSE ARE TWO WORLDS APART. 
          'CAUSE I'VE SEEN BOTH SIDES. 
          YEAH. 
          I'VE LIVED IT. 
          AND THE AIRPORT IS A DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENT TO WORK IN THE MOST, WORK HARDER THAN THE DOME, HARDER THAN AT AND T IMPLEMENTATION IS ESSENTIAL AND FUNDAMENTAL. 
          AND YOU, AND MY JOB IN THIS PARTNERSHIP IS TO MENTOR THEM. 
          I TOOK A BACKSEAT, WE PUT THEM UP FRONT, THEIR BRANDS ARE UP FRONT AND I, MY GOAL, MY GOAL OR MY JOB IS TO MENTOR THEM. 
          SO WE HIT SO, SO CONSUMER FACING, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SUFFER THAT GUEST EXPERIENCE THAT THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION IS ABOUT. 
          YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT'S, YOU, YOU CAN'T COMPARE THOSE TWO THINGS. 
          'CAUSE I'VE LOOKED THEM MANY TIMES AND I'VE TURNED IT DOWN MANY TIMES. 
          JOHNNY, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THIS INPUT AND, AND SORT OF I'LL JUST, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT, JOHNNY. 
          I, I'LL JUST END. 
          IF YOU, I WAS WALKING INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS TODAY COMING UP WITH, WITH STRATEGIES, IF I WERE GOING TO SUPPORT, UH, THE GROUP THAT CAME IN SECOND. 
          AND ONE OF MY STRATEGIES GOING INTO HOW I WOULD MAKE THIS CASE WAS EXACTLY THE OUTLINE THAT, THAT JOHNNY 
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DESCRIBED. 
          THAT IS THE, THE DIFFERENCE MAKER, THE GAME CHANGER IN WHAT IS HAPPENING. 
          WHAT, WHAT I THINK JOHNNY IS PROPOSING IN, IN HIS TEAM IS THAT THEY WOULD EACH GO THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING PARTNERS WHO WOULD NOT LOSE THEIR BRAND AND THAT HE WOULD BE THEIR MENTOR COACH. 
          AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE, THOSE THINGS WOULD HAPPEN APPROPRIATELY AT BAKER LORRAINE OR AT TWO BROS. 
          UM, AND, AND AT, AT OR AT THE SOUTHERLY CONCEPT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I THINK I HAD A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN. 
          BUT I, I, I, I STRUGGLED. 
          AGAIN, THAT WAS ONE LINE OF ARGUMENT. 
          THE OTHER LINE IS LIKE, HOW DO I OVERCOME THE, THE 20 POINT DIFFERENCE? AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK I WAS, I WAS STRUGGLING TO TRY TO MAKE THE CASE FOR IT IN MY OWN HEAD. 
          BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, THAT JOHNNY COME UP HERE AND SPEAK TO THAT AS TESTIMONY TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS PROBABLY, THIS PROBABLY DOESN'T EXIST IN ANY OTHER, UH, AIRPORT WHERE YOU HAVE A, A PERSON WHO HAS GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND HAS SAID, LOOK, HOST OR THIS BIG COMPANY WAS NOT GOING TO ALLOW ME UNLESS I ASKED FOR EQUITY AND IT WAS A JOINT VENTURE. 
          SO IT'S ALMOST AS A PITCH OF CAUTION. 
          UM, I WILL TAKE PARODY AT THEIR WORD, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE ENOUGH. 
          UH, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE ALL WANT IS A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE AT OUR, AT OUR, UH, AIRPORT. 
          AND IT MIGHT NOT JUST BE A NAME BRAND THAT'S A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE. 
          IT HAS TO BE THE QUALITY OF, UH, INGREDIENTS AND THE EXECUTION OF, OF THE WORK. 
          AND SO IF YOU WERE MAKING A CASE TO GO AGAINST STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THAT MIGHT BE BE ONE. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THE PROCESS PIECE IS, IS ONE THAT'S DIFFICULT TO MAKE HERE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE, UH, I'M LANDING TODAY. 
          BUT A WORD OF CAUTION TO FOLKS WHO SAY THAT THEY WILL BE INDEPENDENT AND THEIR BRAND WILL BE PROTECTED. 
          UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE FACTS THAT ARE COUNTER TO THE FUTURE OF THAT WHAT THAT, THAT YOU MAY BE UP AGAINST. 
          SO, MAYOR, THOSE ARE THE ONLY COMMENTS I HAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN SALDANA. 
          AND, UM, WE'VE REACHED THE END OF OUR DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          UH, BUT JUST, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYONE'S PATIENCE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR A VERY THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION. 
          I KNOW, UH, BOTH TEAMS, UH, AS WELL AS OUR STAFF HAD OUR FULL ATTENTION ON SOME OF THE FINER POINTS THAT WE WERE DISCUSSED. 
          UH, BUT I WILL SAY THAT AT THE END OF ALL OF THIS, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THERE, THERE REALLY AREN'T ANY LOSERS IN THIS PROCESS. 
          THE ONLY WAY WE COULD LOSE IS IF WE DIDN'T, UH, MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF WHAT WE DID. 
          AND I BELIEVE EVEN WITH ALL THE MEANDERING CONVERSATIONS, WE, WE DID THAT. 
          SO, I'M, I'M, I'M PLEASED AND I'M PROUD OF THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL IN THIS REGARD. 
          SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR, FROM COUNCILMAN TREVINO ON APPROVAL OF ITEM 15 AS STATED. 
          PLEASE VOTE HERE AS APPROVAL MAYOR ITEM 15, AS STATED BY COUNCILMAN TNO. 
          DO YOU WANNA REPEAT THE MOTION? WELL, UH, UH, IF WE, IF I MAY MAYOR THE, THE MOTION BY, UH, COUNCILMAN TNO WAS TO REMOVE THE, UH, WHY DON'T WE HAVE HIM, IF YOU COULD RESTATE THE, THANK YOU, ANDY. 
          UM, I MOVE TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT, DIRECTING STAFF TO WORK WITH THE CONCESSIONAIRE TO SECURE ANOTHER CONCEPT OTHER THAN CHICK-FIL-A, CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE R F P, WHICH WILL NOT CHANGE THE MAG OR WILL NOT DECREASE THE PERCENTAGE RENT. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE IS A, AND, AND, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. 
          JUST, UH, AS A REMINDER TO COUNCIL, IF THE MOTION IS DENIED, THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT? ON A DIFFERENT MOTION TO APPROVE THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AS RECOMMENDED, RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 15 AS STATED BY COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I THINK WE HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM. 
          DO WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? NO, SIR. 
          NOT TODAY. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, WE WILL BE, UM, WE'LL BE BEGINNING OUR, THE ZONING PORTION OF OUR MEETING. 
          UH, ITEMS, I WANNA NOTE THAT ITEM Z 10 AND ITEM Z 15 HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THEIR APPLICANTS. 
          UH, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE ITEMS Z ONE, Z TWO, Z THREE, P ONE, Z FOUR, P TWO, Z FIVE, Z SIX, Z SEVEN, Z EIGHT, Z NINE, Z 13, Z 16, AND Z 18, PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          Z 18, YOU'RE PULLING FOR INDIVIDUAL, CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          CORRECT. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          ALRIGHT, NO PROBLEM. 
          UM, WE HAVE FOR INDIVIDUAL CON CONSIDERATIONS, Z 11, Z 12, Z 
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14, Z 17, AND Z 18. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT ITEMS? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR OKAY. 
          FOR CONSENT ITEMS. AND WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK MR. JACK FINGER. 
          MR. FINGER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MADAM MAYOR PRO TIM, FOR THE RECORD. 
          MY NAME IS JACK M. 
          FINGER. 
          JUST A LITTLE ASIDE ON THAT LAST BIG CONVERSATION, Y'ALL ARE STILL REHASHING THE SEXUAL ORIENTATION REGULATION THAT WAS PASSED FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO. 
          I'M HERE TO TO TELL YOU, IT'S NO MORE LEGITIMATE TODAY THAN IT WAS THEN. 
          BUT CHICK-FIL-A RECOGNIZED THAT FACT, BUT YOU THREW THEM UNDER THE BUS AND YES, CONVERSION THERAPY DOES WORK. 
          THOUSANDS OF LEFT THAT WICKED LIFESTYLE BECAUSE OF IT THERE. 
          ANYWAY, ON TO TODAY'S THIS AFTERNOON'S SCANDALS ZONING ITEM NUMBER, WELL, I'LL SKIP AROUND HERE, I BELIEVE. 
          UM, ITEM NUMBER, NUMBER 14, MR. BROCK HOUSE. 
          THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT. 
          THIS IS ITEM, THIS IS THE IDEA OF A, UH, WELL, WHAT THE STAFF CALLS, UH, ENCROACHMENT, COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE. 
          ITEM NUMBER 14. 
          UH, STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. 
          THE ZONING DEPART DID, UM, COMMISSION THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA YET, UH, MR. BROADCAST, YOU KEEP, UM, HAVE KEPT CONTINUING IT. 
          NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT YOU'VE DONE IT ABOUT SEVEN DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. 
          NOW, SIR. 
          NOW NORMALLY I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE IF, UH, THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE DELIBERATIONS BETWEEN THE, BETWEEN THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE, AND THE PROPOSERS THERE. 
          BUT, BUT QUITE FRANKLY, SIR, DELAYING AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE IS, IS REALLY A FAVORITE TACTIC BY POLITICIANS. 
          YEAH. 
          THE FAVORITE TACTIC TO JUST WEAR DOWN THE OPPOSITION. 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, TO ME IT STINKS. 
          I THINK YOU SHOULD SAY, MAKE A DECISION. 
          SAY NO TO THE WHOLE THING RIGHT HERE AND NOW. 
          TODAY, ELSEWHERE ON THE AGENDA, UM, IN MS VIA GRANT IN YOUR DISTRICT, THERE IS ONE Z I'M JUST LOOKING AT Z 10. 
          YES. 
          BAD IDEA HERE. 
          THE COMMISSION THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. 
          MAINLY BECAUSE, UH, THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT IT THERE EITHER. 
          THERE IT'S A VARIETY STORE. 
          MORE COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENTS. 
          YES, I THINK, UH, OUT 14 NOTICES OVER 20% SAID THAT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. 
          I THINK MAYBE IT'S TIME. 
          I MEAN, WHEN YOU GET TWICE AS MUCH AS NORMAL, MAYBE IT'S TIME TO SAY NO TO THAT ONE AS WELL. 
          AND UH, ALSO IN YOUR SAME, LIKEWISE IN YOUR DISTRICT Z 11, ANOTHER USED CAR LOT, LIKE WE NEED ANOTHER ONE ON FLOORS AVENUE THERE. 
           USED CAR LOT THERE. 
          OH, AND MR. TREVINO, THE BEACON HILL IS, IS A SITE OF THE SIX RESIDENCE AS BEING SHOEHORNED INTO 10 24 BLANCO. 
          WE WOULD ASK YOU TO SAY NOTE. 
          THANK YOU MR. FINGER, THAT SIR, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE CONSENT ITEMS. WE'RE READY TO VOTE. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ONTO INDIVIDUAL ZONING ITEMS. FIRST ITEM Z 11. 
          Z 11 IS REZONING FROM I ONE TO C TWO AND C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES LOCATED AT 60 14 SOUTH FLORIS STREET. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. 
          SCREENING OUTDOOR STORAGE AREAS NEAR RESIDENTIAL AREAS. 
          NO FREESTANDING POLE OR L E D SIGNS, NO TEMPORARY SIGNS. 
          DOWNWARD FACING NEW LIGHT FIXTURES AND NO OUTSIDE NOISE SYSTEMS. 23 NOTICES WERE MAILED. 
          ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO POSE IN THE MISSION. 
          SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WANNA THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT TO OBTAINING THESE CONDITIONS. 
          I ALSO, UM, WANTED TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE APPLICANT THAT STATES THAT THEY WILL NOT ALLOW FOR A TIRE SHOP, MOTEL, OR BAR ON THEIR PROPERTY. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE AS C TWO NA CD FOR MOTOR VEHICLE 
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SALES WITH THE CONDITIONS AS STATED. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM Z 12 Z 12 IS REZONING FROM C ONE AND C TWO CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR A FUNERAL HOME TO C TWO CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR A FUNERAL HOME WITH STONE CURING MONUMENT MANUFACTURING STORAGE LOCATED AT 4 32 BOSWELL STREET. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT AGREES WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. 
          SCREENING OF OUTDOOR STORAGE AREAS NEAR RESIDENTIAL USES NO FREESTANDING POLE OR L E D SIGNS, NO TEMPORARY SIGNS. 
          DOWNWARD FACING NEW LIGHT FIXTURES AND NO OUT OUTSIDE NOISE SYSTEMS. 44 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE DID HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT I BELIEVE SHE HAS LEFT. 
          IS THAT RIGHT MR. RODRIGUEZ? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? I KNOW YOU'VE JUST BEEN SITTING HERE SO PATIENTLY SINCE TWO O'CLOCK, SO, AND I KNOW THAT WAS YOUR MOM. 
          SO YEAH, ON BEHALF OF MY MOM, SHE HAD JUST RAISED SOME QUESTIONS OVER THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION. 
          SHE WAS ABLE TO TALK WITH, UH, THE ATTORNEYS AND I GUESS REPRESENTATIVES AND I THINK THEY, SHE UNDERSTANDS IT'LL BE ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LEONARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, COUNCILWOMAN GERRAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I WANNA THANK, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR WORKING ON THESE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THESE CONDITIONS, UH, THAT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR THESE, UH, SOME WEEKS NOW. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT, THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME AS THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN REFINING THEIR PLANS FOR THIS SITE. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS REINVESTMENT HERE OF THE MISSION PARK FUNERAL HOME, ANOTHER SOUTHSIDE LEGACY BUSINESS AS THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS C TWO NA CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE AND CON WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE AND CONDITIONS AS STATED. 
          SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. 
          THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM C 14. 
          C 14 IS REZONING FROM R SIX TO C TWO AND A LOCATED AT 2311 WESTWARD DRIVE. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL. 
          20 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR FOR OPPOSED. 
          AND THE CABLE WESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE I MOTION TO, UH, CONTINUE THIS UNTIL APRIL 18TH. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. 
          THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM Z 17. 
          Z 17 IS REZONING FROM C TWO TO C TWO SS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A CAR WASH LOCATED AT 73 50 CALLAHAN ROAD. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. 
          NINE. 
          NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR. 
          ZERO OPPOSED. 
          COUNCILMAN SAL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I MOVE FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE APRIL 4TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR Z 17, UH, C C TWO S WITH THE, OH, SORRY, I'M READING MORE THAN I SHOULD. 
          LET ME REPEAT THAT. 
          I MOVE FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE APRIL 4TH CITY COUNCIL DATE. 
          SECOND. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          WE'RE GOOD. 
          WE'RE TELLING THE VOTES. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM Z 18. 
          COUNCILMAN C OH, GO AHEAD. 
          SORRY. 
          ITEM Z 18 RE REZONING FROM C THREE TO MF 33 LOCATED IN THE 2100 21,000 BLOCK OF NORTH US HIGHWAY 2 81. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          11. 
          NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. 
          COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE ACTUALLY. 
          OH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          I'M E COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 
          UH, I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS Z 18 WITH THE STIPULATION THAT THE IMPER IMPERVIOUS COVER REMAIN AT ITS CURRENT 65% LEVEL MULTIFAMILY IN THIS AREA OF MY DISTRICT. 
          FRONTING 2 81 AND ADJACENT TO THE NEW VIA PARK AND RIDE FACILITY IS APPROPRIATE. 
          A MOTION. 
          MOTION IN A SECOND PLEASE VOTE. 
          AND THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          THAT CONCLUDES OUR ZONING AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU KNOW.
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