* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:36] GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL THE FOURTH, 2019. COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HALL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SALDANA WILL NOT BE HERE THIS MORNING. HE HAS TO TAKE ELI TO THE PEDIATRICIAN. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE COUNCIL MEMBER SON DEVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. AND MAYOR NURENBERG HERE. MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THE TIME IS 9:16 AM WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, A SESSION AGENDA. WE'LL BEGIN TODAY, UH, WITH A GUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO TO OFFER OUR INVOCATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS MORNING WE HAVE PASTOR JAMES DEW FROM ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH TO GIVE THE INVOCATION. PASTOR JIM, AS HE'S KNOWN, GREW UP IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA. HE RECEIVED HIS, HIS BA FROM ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AND HIS MASTER'S IN DIVINITY THROUGH PACIFIC LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA. HE WAS ORDAINED IN 1990 AND HAS SERVED CON CONGREGATIONS IN BOTH ARIZONA AND TEXAS SINCE THAT TIME. ST. JOHN'S IS LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF SOUTH ALAMO NUEVA STREET. IT IS THE OLDEST LUTHERAN CONGREGATION IN SOUTH TEXAS, HAVING BEEN FORMED IN 1857. THE CHURCH IS 162 YEARS OLD AND WAS THE SECOND PROTESTANT CHURCH IN SAN ANTONIO. IT IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE LUTHERAN CATHEDRAL OF THE SOUTHWEST. THE CHURCH HAS A VERY TRADITIONAL LUTHERAN SERVICE. PASTOR JIM IS WELL-STUDIED IN THE OLD GERMAN TRADITIONS AND HAS A REAL HEART FOR GOOD LITURGY, GOOD TEACHING, AND FOR HELPING THOSE AROUND HIM TO FULLY LIVE OUT THE IDENTITY THAT GOD GIVES US. HE WAS CALLED TO BE SENIOR PASTOR HERE AT ST. JOHN'S IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018. HE AND HIS WIFE MARIA, LIKE LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO AND HAVE A CHURCH AND HAVING A CHURCH THAT IS LITERALLY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HEART OF OUR CITY. THEY ENJOY HIKING AND TRAVELING IN THEIR SPARE TIME. WE ALSO APPRECIATE PASTOR JIM'S INVOLVEMENT IN DOWNTOWN ISSUES AND HIS COLLABORATION WITH DISTRICT ONE TO MAKE DOWNTOWN BETTER FOR BOTH HIS CONGREGATION AND US ALL. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING PASTOR JIM ON HIS FIRST VISIT TO CITY HALL. THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO BE WITH YOU THIS MORNING. LET US SPEND JUST A, A MOMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER IN PRAYER. HOLY GOD, KNOWN BY MANY NAMES YET BEYOND ALL NAMES. WE ASK YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR MOVEMENT AMONG US AS ONES WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE GREAT TASK OF CARING FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY AROUND US. THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE LEADERS, THESE SERVANT LEADERS ASSEMBLED HERE. THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO IN BOTH THEIR LEADING AND THEIR SERVING, RECOGNIZE ALL PERSONS WITH NO EXCEPTION AS SISTER AND BROTHER AND NEIGHBOR, THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO PROVIDE AND FOR THOSE WHO PROTECT, FOR THOSE WHO PLAN AND THOSE WHO MAKE THE PLANS COME TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR ALL WHO LIVE INTO THAT BEST EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. AND EVEN NOW AS THIS MEETING BEGINS, I PRAY FOR EACH PERSON HERE THAT YOU PROVIDE THEM LISTENING EARS AND THOUGHTFUL WORDS, PRESENCE OF MIND AND OPEN HEARTS, AND THAT YOU RELEASE THROUGH THEM AND THROUGH THEIR GOOD WORK OF THIS DAY, THE POWER OF BLESSING, AMEN [00:05:06] TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, PASTOR. DO. IS THERE A ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES? BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D RESPECTFULLY LIKE, UH, US ALL TO OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR A PILLAR OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE CYCLING COMMUNITY WHO WE LOST EARLIER THIS WEEK. TITO BRADSHAW, WHO IS THE LOCAL OWNER OF THE BOTTOM BRACKET SOCIAL CLUB, A BELOVED FIXTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO WHO WAS PLANNING TO OWN, UH, OPEN A NEW BICYCLE AND COFFEE BUSINESS THIS YEAR, UH, WHO WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED, UH, BY A DRUNK DRIVER, UH, WHILE I WAS RIDING HIS BIKE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO LET'S PLEASE OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. I THINK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS IN MEMORY. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I DID NOT PERSONALLY KNOW THITO. HE, UM, UPON HEARING OF HIS DEATH, I GOT MANY CALLS FROM FRIENDS IN THE CYCLING COMMUNITY ABOUT THE TRAGEDY. AND IT JUST IS A CONSTANT REMINDER OF HOW WE MUST MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR VISION ZERO POLICIES TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFE FOR ALL ROAD USERS. IT'S OFTEN DISCUSSED ON THIS COUNCIL, WHAT IS THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT OF HAVING PROTECTED SPACES. AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED JUST CROSSING OUR STREET, RIDING ON OUR STREETS, UH, AND WE CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON THAT, YOU CAN'T MAKE THE FINANCIALS WORK. WE JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT OR TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE DEATHS ARE UNACCEPTABLE AND WE CAN CHANGE THAT. WE CAN DESIGN SAFER STREETS. WE CAN GIVE PEOPLE SEPARATE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR CYCLING, FOR PEOPLE WALKING. UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS A DRUNK DRIVING ACCIDENT OR CRASH. UM, BUT EVERY DAY PEOPLE ARE KILLED ON OUR STREETS. 181 TIMES LAST YEAR, UM, ONE OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS WAS KILLED. AND SO IT IS REALLY UPON US AS A COUNCIL AND AS A COMMUNITY TO BE WILLING TO MAKE GREATER CHANGES FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND I THINK OF HIS FAMILY AND THE FAMILIES OF OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED ON OUR ROADWAYS. AND IT'S JUST SO UNNECESSARY. UH, WE CAN DO BETTER AND I WILL URGE US TO DO SO IN THE COMING YEARS AS WE WORK ON OUR TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, AS WE WORK ON SAFETY, UH, AND AS WE DO OUR BEST TO IMPROVE OUR ROADWAYS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. OKAY, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA FOR BUSINESS TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 20TH THROUGH THE 21ST. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THOSE MINUTES. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 20TH TO THE 21ST. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE BEGIN THE REST OF OUR, UH, A SESSION AGENDA, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. I'LL BEGIN WITH, UH, RECOGNIZING A DEAR MEMBER OF OUR PUBLIC SERVANT TEAM, UH, FOR MANY YEARS. AND THAT IS DR. HOMER GUEVARA. AFTER A DECADE OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, DR. HOMER DE GUEVARA HAS CONCLUDED HIS TENURE OF HIS A C P S BOARD, ENERGY MEMBER, EXCUSE ME, C P S ENERGY BOARD MEMBER. HE HAD A LOT OF ENERGY TOO, THOUGH DR. GUEVARA REPRESENTS THE BEST OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE THAT DEFINES OUR CITY, A TEACHER BY TRADE. HE'S A PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS [00:10:01] AND GOVERNMENT AT NORTHWEST VISTA COLLEGE AND HAS SERVED HIS COMMUNITY HIS ENTIRE CAREER. HE STARTED OUT AS AN EDUCATOR IN EDGEWOOD AND SOUTH SIDE SOUTHSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND ALSO COACHED HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, AND FOOTBALL, YOU NAME IT. AND DR. AVARO COULD LEAD A TEAM TO SUCCESS, AND THAT'S EVIDENT WITH THE VITAL ROLE HE PLAYED IN HELPING HIRE TWO OF CP S'S CEOS BEING ON THE CPS ENERGY BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS A DEMANDING POSITION WITH LONG HOURS, MANY MEETINGS, AND CONSTANT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. YET HE ALWAYS SERVED WITH A PEOPLE FIRST PHILOSOPHY, AND IT SHOWED WITH CPSS IMPROVEMENTS IN CUSTOMER SERVICE. THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO OWN THEIR POWER PRODUCER, AND THAT'S A COMPETITIVE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE FOR OUR CITY. DR. EVARO LED THE WAY IN SPARKING A NEW ENERGY ECONOMY AND SUPPORTING A HIGH PAYING INDUSTRY OF THE FUTURE. WE NOW PRODUCE MORE THAN 1000 MEGAWATTS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY, HALF OF WHICH IS FROM SOLAR. IN FACT, C P SS ENERGY IS THE LEAD SOLAR PRODUCER IN TEXAS, AND THE SEVENTH LARGEST NATIONWIDE. OVER 13,000 SAN ANTONIO HOMES AND BUSINESSES HAVE INSTALLED SOLAR PANELS ADVANCING THE METRO AREA'S, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AT THE SAME TIME. SIMPLY PUT, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR DR. NAVARRO'S SERVICE AT C P S ENERGY. AND ONE LAST POINT, C P S BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVED MODEST COMPENSATION AFTER OVER AN ENTIRE DECADE OF SERVICE, THIS TOTAL TO ABOUT $20,000, ALL OF WHICH DR. GUEVARA GENEROUSLY DONATED TO SCHOLARSHIPS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. HE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY LEADER AS HE CO-CHAIRS THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE COUNCIL, AND ENJOYS MORE TIME WITH HIS WIFE OF 30 YEARS LETICIA AND THEIR THREE SUPER SMART CHILDREN. DR. AVARO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY THIS LAST DECADE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THAT. I, UH, APPRECIATED THE FACT I GOT A CHANCE TO WORK WITH YOU. YOU KNOW, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TENURE, 10 YEARS, THAT'S A LONG TIME. UH, MY SON WAS, UH, IN, TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, MY SON WAS IN THE FIFTH GRADE WHEN I STARTED AND HE'S NOW A JUNIOR IN COLLEGE, GETTING READY TO GRADUATE. SO THE SERVICE WAS, UH, I WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY SOMEHOW SOME WAY. UH, I HOPE THAT I DID IT, YOU KNOW? RIGHT. THAT I DID A GOOD JOB THERE. GOT A CHANCE TO MEET SOME GOOD FOLKS, AND, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. GUEVARA. AND, AND THE MEMBER OF OUR, UH, COUNCIL WHO WOULD PROBABLY HAVE THE MOST WORDS TO, TO, UH, PRAISE YOU WITH UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT HERE, UH, TODAY. BUT ON BEHALF OF, UH, COUNCILMAN SALANA, UH, WHOSE, UH, AREA YOU QUITE ABLELY SERVE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ALSO PRETTY BIG BASEBALL GUY AS WELL, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU ON HIS BEHALF AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, DR. THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S JUST CENTER. THAT'S GOOD. 2, 3, 2, 3. THANKS SO MUCH. WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S I, OKAY. NOW I'D LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, UH, FOR CARDBOARD KIDS AND CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH EX ACTUALLY, MAYOR, THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE ME. OH, I'M SORRY. THAT'S ALRIGHT. MY NOTES ARE WRONG THEN. UM, I'M SURE COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL WILL, WILL CHEER US ALL ON AS YOU TAKE THE MIC. YES. COUNCILMAN PAUL. NO PROBLEM. AND FIRST, JUST LET ME, UH, LET ME, UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS HERE WITH ME IN DISTRICT TWO FOR TODAY. UM, UH, KEITH, TONY IS ONE OF THE CANDIDATES FOR DISTRICT TWO. UH, JUST WANT HIM TO WAVE. HE'S, UH, SHADOWING ME TODAY. UM, WHEN YOU ALL APPOINTED ME, UH, COUNSEL, UH, IN JANUARY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I INDICATED THAT I WOULD DO AND, AND, UH, YOU ALL SUPPORTED ME ON, WAS TO BRING ALL THE CANDIDATES THROUGH, UH, THAT ARE RUNNING FOR DISTRICT TWO. SO THEY'LL HAVE SOME EXPOSURE AS I WON'T RUN FOR, FOR THIS POSITION COMING UP IN, IN MAY. AND SO, UH, KEITH IS OUR CANDIDATE, UH, THAT WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, UH, INVITED TO SHADOW AND, UH, WE'VE GOT ALL THE OTHER FIVE CANDIDATES REMAINING, UH, SCHEDULED OUT AS WELL. SO I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR BEING HERE. HE WAS ALSO A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER SITTING [00:15:01] IN THIS SEAT, AND SO, UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE HIM HERE TODAY. ON THE POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, AS, UH, THE MAYOR MENTIONED, I'M DOING THIS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMAN SALDANA. HE'S, HE'S BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, UH, AND CERTAINLY, UM, AGAINST CHILD ABUSE. UM, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT A TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ SPOKE, UH, VERY ELOQUENTLY ABOUT, UH, THAT TRAGEDY AND THE NEED FOR, YOU KNOW, SAFE STREETS AND, AND, AND OTHER PROTECTIONS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE OTHER BIG TRAGEDIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY IS, IS CHILD ABUSE. AND, UH, JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, AND THESE ARE STAGGERING FOR ME. IN 2018, THERE WERE 5,865 CONFIRMED CASES OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN BEXAR COUNTY. THAT'S A BIG NUMBER BY ITSELF. BUT THE OTHER STAGGERING NUMBER IS THAT THIS NUMBER ONLY REPRESENTS ONE IN 10 OF THE SEXUALLY ABUSED CHILDREN EVER REPORTED. SO WE'RE MISSING 90% OF THOSE NUMBERS. SO THERE'S ANOTHER 55,000 KIDS AND CASES OF CHILD ABUSE OUT THERE THAT NEVER GET REPORTED. UM, AND THAT IN UP OF ITSELF IS A TRAGEDY ALONG WITH THOSE THAT ARE REPORTED. UM, APRIL IS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH, AND I'M SURE WE'VE SEEN THESE CARDBOARD KIDS AROUND THE COMMUNITY. UM, THEY WERE DESIGNED AND STARTED BY CHILD SAFE IN 2014. UH, THEY'RE NOW, CHILD SAFE IS NOW IN ITS SIXTH YEAR, AND THEY'VE DISTRIBUTED ABOUT A HUNDRED, 3000 OF THESE CARDBOARD KIDS AROUND TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, UH, CORPORATIONS, INDIVIDUALS, UH, SCHOOLS AND CHURCH GROUPS ACROSS THE CITY. AND, UH, WHILE WE LIKE THEM AND WE LIKE, UH, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE AND SO FORTH, THE, THE PURPOSE OF THESE, THESE CARD BROKE KIDS IS TO BRING AWARENESS TO CHILD ABUSE. AND, UM, UH, WE'RE ASKING THAT, THAT YOU ALL SEE THESE, YOU TAKE PICTURES OF THEM, YOU PASS THEM ON, YOU RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT CHILD ABUSE AND ENCOURAGE OUR YOUNG KIDS, UH, THAT ARE BEING ABUSED TO, TO GET TO SOMEBODY AND REPORT IT. SO, UM, AS WE SEE THIS AROUND THE COMMUNITY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UH, THAT THE, THE FIRST PART OF ADDRESSING CHILD ABUSE ISSUES IS TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF IT AS A COMMUNITY. UH, I'M GONNA INVITE, UH, KIM ABERNATHY, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT, C E O OF CHILD SAFE, IF SHE COULD COME FORWARD AND JUST SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, AND THANK YOU ALL. UM, THIS, UH, ACTUALLY THIS YEAR WE'VE, UH, THAT 103 WAS FROM LAST YEAR. WE'VE DISTRIBUTED 120,000 THIS YEAR. UM, OVER 30,000 OF THOSE WENT TO CORPORATIONS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. OVER 30,000 WENT TO INDIVIDUALS, OVER 30,000 WENT TO SCHOOLS, AND ANOTHER FIVE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. THESE WERE DESIGNED TO MAKE IT EASY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT CHILD ABUSE. IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT. AND FOR US, IT WAS TO CREATE AWARENESS, BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO GET THAT ONE IN 10 DOWN TO EVEN TWO IN 10 OR THREE IN 10. AND WE HAVE SEEN A TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT WE'RE SERVING THIS YEAR ALONE. OUR FISCAL YEAR WILL END IN JUNE, UH, JUNE 31ST. WE'RE ON TRACK TO SEE 6,600 CLIENTS. WE ESTIMATE WHEN WE MOVE INTO OUR NEW BUILDING NEXT YEAR, WE'LL SERVE ABOUT 8,800 NEW CLIENTS. SO WE ARE AVERAGING 190 TO 200 FORENSIC INTERVIEWS A MONTH. SO EVERYBODY GOES, THAT'S HORRIBLE. BUT IT'S REALLY GOOD BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT. CHILDREN ARE SPEAKING OUT EVERY YEAR WHEN WE DO CARDBOARD KIDS, WE HAVE CHILDREN MAKE OUTCRY AS A RESULT OF CARDBOARD KIDS, EITHER FROM LEARNING ABOUT TALKING TO THEIR PRINCIPAL OR SEEING, SEEING ONE, AND KNOW THAT THEY CAN SPEAK. UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE SERVING MORE CHILDREN. I HOPE THAT ONE DAY, THAT BEAUTIFUL NEW BUILDING THAT WE'RE BUILDING ON THE EAST SIDE WILL BE UP FOR SALE OR TO BE USED FOR SOMETHING, UH, DIFFERENT. BUT FOR NOW, IT'S A PLACE OF HOPE AND HEALING FOR THE CHILDREN THAT, AND THE FAMILIES THAT WILL BE COMING THERE. SO, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE CITY'S REP SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING. AND THANK YOU MAYOR, TOO, AS BEING A BIG SUPPORTER OF THIS. SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ASK ME, BUT IF NOT, THANKS AGAIN. AND DON'T FORGET TO DO YOUR FACEBOOK, SOCIAL MEDIA, ALL THAT STUFF. SO, THANKS. YEAH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. ABERNATHY AND, AND, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM, WE WANNA ELIMINATE CHILD ABUSE, UH, BUT AS LONG AS IT EXISTS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT IT GETS REPORTED AND PROPERLY DEALT WITH. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HALL. COUNCILMAN GRO. UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO KIM AND CHILD SAFE AND TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SAN [00:20:01] ANTONIO WHO ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE. UM, LOOKING AT THE FACTS AND THE, AND THE CASES THAT YOU'VE SEEN BY COUNCIL DISTRICTS EVEN IN LAST YEAR, THE PAPERWORK THAT YOU GAVE US, IT IS STAGGERING. UM, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE HERE, AND THE CH EVERYONE HERE AND LISTENING IS THAT IF YOU SUSPECT SOME SORT OF CHILD ABUSE, YOU NEED TO REPORT IT. IT IS THE LAW. YOU HAVE TO REPORT THAT. SO, UM, PLEASE DO YOUR PART BY IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SUS SUSPECT THAT YOU NEED TO REPORT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN VI, RYAN, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UM, THANK YOU, KIM, FOR, FOR DOING YOUR PART TO RAISE AWARENESS. UM, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE URAS MODEL, UH, FOR PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE, UM, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT'S THIS FAMILY PROBLEM RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ADDICTION. AND, UH, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ON, AT, ON THE DIOCESE ABOUT, UH, EARLY CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, UH, AND THERE'S BEEN A CONVERSATION, I HEARD DR. BRIDGER ON THE NEWS YESTERDAY TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR US AS A CITY IS EARLY CHILDHOOD TRAUMA. CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT IN ABOUT WHAT YOUR, YOUR, THIS FACILITY IS DOING FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY? YEAH. YES. RELATED TO TRAUMA INFORMED CARE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. AND, AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DR. BRIDGER AND CHILD SAFE IS PARTNERING ON THAT CONSORTIUM THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED. EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AT CHILD SAFE IS TRAUMA FOCUSED. UM, ALL OF OUR THERAPY AND THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED FOR THAT. AND WE DON'T JUST WORK WITH CHILDREN, WE WORK WITH FAMILIES TOO. WE DO NOT WORK WITH THE ALLEGED PERPETRATORS, BUT THE FAMILIES ARE SUFFERING TRAUMA TOO. AND NOT ONLY ARE WE WORKING WITH CHILDREN THAT ARE ABUSED, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE WITNESS TO FAMILY VIOLENCE, WHO ARE WITNESS TO HOMICIDES. WE'RE DOING LOTS OF FORENSIC INTERVIEWS THESE DAYS FOR CHILDREN THAT HAVE WITNESSED HOMICIDES BECAUSE IT'S A TRAUMATIC EVENT. AND THANK GOODNESS FOR, UH, DR. BRIDGER, FOR, FOR, FOR YOU, FOR AN SANDOVAL WHO, BRI REALLY BRINGING ATTENTION BECAUSE TRAUMA AFFECTS PEOPLE IN, IN VERY NEGATIVE WAYS. SO EVERYTHING, EVERY DESIGN OF THE BUILDING, EVERYTHING. AND NOT ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN THAT WE SERVE, BUT WE HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, JUVENILE PROBATION. IT'S ALSO ADDRESSING THE TRAUMA THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE, THESE FRONTLINE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THESE WORK. AND I, AND I KNOW WE'RE, UH, HERE TO, UH, TO CELEBRATE YOUR, THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, BUT I DO SEE DR. BRIDGER HERE. UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME FUNDING, UM, DEDICATED TO TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE. IS THAT POSSIBLE FUNDING THAT WOULD GO TO A PROGRAM LIKE THIS? OR WAS THAT MOSTLY JUST RELATED TO ADDICTIONS? HI, HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU. SO, UM, YES, CITY COUNCIL DID ALLOCATE ABOUT $75,000 IN THE BUDGET, UM, THAT WE'RE IN CURRENTLY. THAT IS TO FUND A FULL-TIME PERSON WHO IS OVERSEEING ALL OF THE MOVING PARTS ASSOCIATED WITH ESTABLISHING THE TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CONSORTIUM. UM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH, WITH THAT FUNDING. AND SHE'S THE ONE WHO'S ALLOWED US TO MAKE SUCH TREMENDOUS STRIDES, UM, WITH GETTING THE CONSORTIUM UP AND, AND RUNNING. WELL, I, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, I THINK HAVING A CITYWIDE EFFORT, A CITYWIDE ATTENTION TO THIS PROBLEM, I HOPE WILL, UH, UM, JUST BRING AWARENESS TO IT. AND, AND, UH, OF COURSE, THE INDIVIDUAL FAMILY, UH, IS, IS HUGELY IMPACTED, BUT THERE'S ALSO, UH, VERY, UM, SEVERE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES TO OH, YEAH. UM, HAVING SUCH HIGH RATES OF CHILD ABUSE IN OUR CITY. SO I HOPE THAT, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESSING, UH, IN THE NEXT FEW YEAR OR IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THAT WE'LL TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, ABOUT HOW IT IMPACTS OUR, OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU, UH, FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I I ALSO KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE, IN THIS SPACE ALSO EXPERIENCE TRAUMA. AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DESIGNED THE BUILDING FOR. WE DO A LOT OF SECONDARY TRAUMA WITH, UH, UM, THERAPY THAT WE'RE DOING WITH EMERGENCY ROOMS, WITH CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. YOU KNOW, THE FORENSIC INTERVIEWS AT CHILD, THE FORENSIC INTERVIEWERS AT CHILD SAFE ARE DOING FOUR TO SIX INTERVIEWS A DAY, AND ABOUT 68% OF THE KIDS MAKE A POSITIVE OUTCRY. SO THE WEAR AND THE TOLL ON THAT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE VERY LITTLE TURNOVER AT OUR AGENCY AND OUR PARTNERS. THE [00:25:01] WHOLE IDEA OF HAVING EVERYBODY IS NOT ONLY A ONE STOP SHOP, BUT IS A PLACE WHERE WE KNOW CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICE WORKERS, DETECTIVES WHO DO THAT FAMILY VIOLENCE, THE RETENTION RATE IS MUCH GREATER. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE, UH, RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE FACILITY, UH, IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ, AND ALSO KIM, UH, YOUR ENTIRE BOARD, THE WHOLE TEAM AT CHILD SAFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I, I DO REMEMBER MY FIRST FEW MEETINGS ON THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, THE FUTURE DIDN'T LOOK AS BRIGHT AS IT DOES FOR THE ORGANIZATION, CHILD SAFE. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EDUCATING ALL OF US AT THAT TIME TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO THIS WORK, UH, IN PARTICULAR CHILD SAFE. SO THANK YOU KIM, AND ALSO WOULD BE REMISS, UH, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. AND WE DIDN'T TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO THANK HARVEY NAJIM FOR ALL THAT HE DOES IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, BUT CHILDREN, UH, CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA IN PARTICULAR. SO THANK YOU, HARVEY. YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT WATCHING, BUT YOU DESERVE TO BE THANKED. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU KIM. ALRIGHT. UM, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VIA GRAND. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, JUST SHIFTING A LITTLE BIT. WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT DURING THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF APRIL EACH YEAR, THE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION COME TOGETHER TO OBSERVE NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK. SO IT IS FITTING THAT TOMORROW MORNING I'LL BE LAUNCHING A NEW HEALTH DRIVEN PILOT PROGRAM IN DISTRICT THREE CALLED THE VIVA SAN ANTONIO HEALTHY CORNER STORE INITIATIVE. ACCORDING TO REPORTS PREPARED FOR CONGRESS BY THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, ABOUT 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE MORE THAN ONE MILE AWAY FROM A SUPERMARKET AND DO NOT OWN A CAR IN SAN ANTONIO. THE MAJORITY OF FOOD DESERTS ARE IN THE OUTLYING AREAS OF THE WEST, SOUTH, AND EAST SIDE OF THE CITY. 50% OF THE CENSUS TRACKS IN DISTRICT THREE ARE CONSIDERED FOOD INSECURE. ACCORDING TO THE U SS D A LIMITED ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD IN LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIOECONOMIC HEALTH DISPARITIES SUCH AS DIET RELATED DISEASES. WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VEEVA SAN ANTONIO HEALTHY CORNER STORE PILOT PROGRAM, WE LOOK TO CREATE NEW FOOD ENVIRONMENTS WITH A LOCAL CORNER STORE, TAKING THE LEAD IN THEIR COMMUNITY BY MAKING FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ACCESSIBLE TO THE POPULATION WHO MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO BIG BOX GROCERY STORES, WHICH LEADS TO HEALTHIER FOOD CHOICES AND HEALTH RELATED OUTCOMES. SO I AM SO PROUD THAT WE MOVE FORWARD TO THIS. I WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNERS, THE UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD, SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE, THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD POLICY COUNCIL, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO HELPED, UM, PUT THE, UH, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT DOLLARS FOR THIS WITH MYSELF. AND I INVITE YOU ALL TO JOIN ME TOMORROW AT 9:00 AM AT RED ROOSTER MART AT 1 0 6 3 7 SOUTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10, AS WE CELEBRATE THIS NEW PILOT PROGRAM AND BRINGING FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF DISTRICT THREE. AND ON ANOTHER NOTE, MAYOR, UM, THIS MONTH IS ALSO OFFICIAL, IS THE NATIONAL POETRY MONTH. AND THIS SATURDAY, UM, APRIL 6TH AT THE MISSION MARQUEE PLAZA, WE WANT TO CELEBRATE OUR FIFTH ANNUAL VIVA CIA NOTTA ROSAS, WHERE WE WILL CELEBRATE, CELEBRATE POETRY, AS WELL AS THE UNESCO CREATIVE CITY OF GASTRONOMY DESIGNATION. IT WILL, WE WILL BE FEATURING POETS AND FOOD DEMONSTRATIONS FROM CHEF HERRERA WHO OWNS FOLKLORES COFFEE SHOP, CHEF JESSE RODRIGUEZ. CHEF FLO VERA, AND WE WILL HAVE LIVE MUSIC. WE INVITE YOU ALL TO GO OUT THERE AT FIVE 30. WE WILL HAVE A FREE TREAT GIVEAWAY, AND IT'S ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE IN OUR CITY. BUT AGAIN, MY COLLEAGUES AND EVERYONE IS INVITED TOMORROW 9:00 AM TO KICK OFF OUR VIVA SAN ANTONIO HEALTHY CORNER STORE SITE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN VRAN. COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. THANK YOU MAYOR. I REALLY WANNA CONGRATULATE COUNCILWOMAN GERRAN FOR HAVING THE LEADERSHIP TO PUT THIS IN OUR BUDGET, UH, FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS HAPPENING, WORKING OUT AND THEN SPREADING THIS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. UH, YOU KNOW, I HEAR PEOPLE, UM, SOMETIMES JUDGE THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE EATING IN A HEALTHY WAY OR, UH, WHO MAY, UH, BE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE SAYING, WELL, IT WAS A CHOICE THEY MADE AND THEY SHOULD KNOW BETTER. AND, AND THE TRUTH IS, IT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE. UM, IF YOU LIVE IN A FOOD DESERT AND ARE SURROUNDED BY, UH, FAST FOOD OUTLETS, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE THERE, IF THAT, [00:30:01] UM, IT'S REALLY HARD TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE. AND WE, WE JUST CAN'T EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN ON ITS OWN. AND SOMETIMES WE NEED TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. UM, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE IT EASY TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE. SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE WORKING TOWARDS. SO, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. ALRIGHT. UM, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION FOR TODAY. UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL BRIEFING ON OUR AGENDA. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE ONE MORE POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE THAT LISTED, BUT, OH, SORRY. I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD. COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, I'M GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE H I V KNOW YOUR STATUS AT CAMPAIGN. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORKERS FROM METRO HEALTH HERE. HELLO. UM, SINCE WE FIRST LEARNED ABOUT H I V DECADES AGO, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN TERMS OF MEDICAL ADVANCES TODAY. AN INDIVIDUAL AT RISK OF CONTRACTING, H I V CAN PREVENT THAT BY TAKING A SAFE, EFFECTIVE PILL ONCE A DAY, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS PREP. ALL ALSO PEOPLE WHOSE H I V IS CONTROLLED WITH MEDICATIONS CANNOT SPREAD THE VIRUS TO OTHERS. HOWEVER, DESPITE THESE INCREDIBLE ADVANCEMENTS, WE STILL HAVE H I V INFECTIONS ON THE RISE HERE IN BEAR COUNTY. IN FACT, ONE IN SEVEN PEOPLE WITH THE VIRUS DO NOT KNOW THEY HAVE IT. UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, BEXAR COUNTY'S NEW H I V DIAGNOSIS RATES HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY HIGHER THAN ALL OF TEXAS AND THE NATION. DURING THE MONTH OF FIESTA WHERE WE CELEBRATE, WE WANT TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. SO TOGETHER WE CAN CURB THE SPREAD OF H I V IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN TIME ELIMINATE THE DISEASE ALTOGETHER. I KNOW MY STATUS IS A MONTH LONG CAMPAIGN FOR S T D AWARENESS AND A MONTH TO ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO GET TESTED AND KNOW YOUR STATUS. AND FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, METRO HEALTH AND THEIR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE JOINING FORCES TO TEST 4,000 INDIVIDUALS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL. IF YOU REMEMBER, COUNCILMAN CRUZ SHAW INVITED ALL OF US LAST YEAR, CHALLENGED US TO HAVE A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT COMPETITION, AND I BELIEVE THE WINNER WAS DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT FIVE, OH, I'M SORRY, DISTRICT FIVE . WE NEED A TROPHY SO THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN PUT IT AT YOUR PLACE. UM, SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. AND IN COUNCILMAN SHAW'S ABSENCE, I WILL BE CHALLENGING ALL OF US TO A COMPETITION. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO THIS EFFORT WILL HELP US MAKE HEADWAY IN TERMS OF REACHING OUR FAST TRACK. 90, 90 TARGETS, FAST TRACK CITIES, 90, 90 TARGETS BY THE YEAR 2020. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IT'S ON THE METRO HEALTH WEBSITE, I'M SURE. SO IT'S A, UM, SO I CALL ON SAN ANTONIANS, INCLUDING MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HELP US REDUCE THE INCIDENTS OF H I V IN OUR ALAMOS CITY. YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ON WHERE TO GET TESTED. THERE WILL BE MANY LOCATIONS FOR FREE TESTING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ORGANIZE ONE IN YOUR, IN YOUR DISTRICTS. UH, YOU CAN FIND OUT WHERE IT'S SAN ANTONIO.GOV/HEALTH, AND WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE MAYOR ON THIS ISSUE. OKAY. DENISE HAS A PROCLAMATION FOR THE MAYOR ON THIS ISSUE. OKAY, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. SO I'LL JUST READ PORTIONS OF THE PROCLAMATION NOW. IT SAYS WE'RE AT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S METROPOLITAN HEALTH DISTRICT, H I V S T D DIVISION. WE'LL OBSERVE S T D AWARENESS MONTH AND HOST ITS FIESTA DE SALUD EVENT AT MALLON PARK ON APRIL 17TH, 2019. AND WHEREAS THE GOAL OF THE MONTH LONG OBSERVANCE IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND CREATE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SEXUAL HEALTH, REDUCE THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH SEXUAL HEALTH IN AN EFFORT TO NORMALIZE SCREENINGS AND CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS MADE IN COMBATING THESE DISEASES. NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM 2019 APRIL, 2019 TO BE S T D AWARENESS MONTH. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND GET TESTED. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. UM, WE'LL NOW GET [00:35:01] TO OUR BUSINESS PORTION OF THE DAY, AND I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES AGAIN, WHICH ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA SO FAR, WE HAVE ITEM FOUR LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION SIX. I WANNA HIGHLIGHT NUMBER 12. I DON'T WANNA PULL IT, JUST HIGHLIGHT. OKAY, SO JUST NUMBER SIX. ANY OTHER 28. 28, ANY OTHERS? ALL RIGHT, SO FAR I HAVE ITEMS FOUR, SIX, AND 28 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. IF THERE ARE NO OTHERS, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR FOUR, SIX, AND 28. WE DO HAVE, UM, A FEW FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. AND I WANT TO ALSO, UH, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT THOUGH, RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE ROBERT MARBUT HERE WITH HIS STUDENTS FROM NORTHWEST VISTA COLLEGE. WOULD Y'ALL PLEASE STAND UP? THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. GET READY FOR THE ACTION PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. UM, SO I'LL START WITH, UH, JACK FINGER, OUR FIRST CITIZEN TO SPEAK. WE'LL FOLLOW THAT WITH WARREN WILKINSON. IT'S ACTUALLY WELL NURNBERG OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. A COUPLE ITEMS WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA ITEM, UH, 26 AND 27. BASICALLY A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION FOR FRANKLIN DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR A NON-COMPETITIVE 4% HOUSING TAX CREDITS. BASICALLY, A, A COMPANY IS GOING TO BUILD SOME, SOME WHAT I CALL WELFARE HOUSING. WELFARE HOUSING. THEY WANT TO APPLY FOR SOME STATE, UH, TAX CREDITS, BUT THEY NEED YOU, THE LOCAL BO ELECTED BODY TO SAY, THIS IS OKAY. WE, WE FIND NO OBJECTION WITH IT. YEAH. AND, UH, AND WHERE ARE THESE GONNA BE LOCATED? WELL, MR. IN DISTRICT EIGHT, THAT IS, UH, REPRESENTED BY MR. MANNY PAZ, WHO IS NOT IN HIS SEAT AT THIS TIME. ANYWAY, MR. AUDIOVISUAL, MAN, GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT FIRST ONE UP THERE. WE'LL SEE WHAT THE UNDERLINED AREA ON THE, THE TOP OF IT IF UP TOP, TOP OF THE PAGE, IF YOU WOULD. YEAH. AND BLOW IT UP A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN SEE WHAT IT SAYS. YEAH. RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION WHERE 38 30 PARKDALE DRIVE SITES LOCATED IN THE WURZBACH IMPROVEMENT AREA IN COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT OF YOU LIVING NEAR THE WURZBACH AREA. YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA GET SOME WELFARE HOUSING THERE, BUT GO AHEAD AND CON LOOK AT THE, CONTINUE AT THE, THE WRITING THERE. YEAH. UM, IT SIMPLY, IT SAYS, WHAT, WHAT ARE ALL THE AMENITIES HERE? WELL, ALL THE UNITS WILL BE OFFERED TO HOUSEHOLDS EARNING AT OR BELOW 60% OF THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME BELOW 60%. YEAH. THAT'S WHO IS GOING TO RESIDE IN THESE, UH, THESE APARTMENTS WAY UP ON THE NORTH SIDE THERE IN MR. MANELA DISTRICT. YES. UM, WHAT IS IT, WHAT ELSE DID IT SAY? OFFERED ON SITE AMENITIES INCLUDE A POOL, TWO CHILDREN'S PLAY SCAPE AREAS, COMMUNITY ROOM LIBRARY, GYM BUSINESS CENTER, ALONG WITH RESIDENT SERVICES SUCH AS AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES, SWIM LESSONS, LEADERSHIP AND TEAM BUILDING, HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS, FOOD PANTRY, RESIDENT GARDENS, AND FINANCIAL LITERACY COURSES THERE. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. UM, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MR. MANNY PZA. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA SAY. UH, GO RIGHT AHEAD FOLKS. UH, MR. RB, MR. SHOW THE SECOND PAGE, IF YOU WOULD. AND THIS TIME, MR. HALL, IT'S, IT'S JUST OUTSIDE OF YOUR DISTRICT, SIR. UH, THAT REMOVE THE FIRST PAGE, IF YOU WOULD. SO WE CAN SEE THE WRITING AND EVERYTHING THERE. YEAH. ALL WILL HAVE A RENT RESTRICTED TO 60% OR BELOW THE AREA MEETING INCOME. THIS IS, LIKE I SAY, THIS IS RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR, YOUR AREA, MID MR. HALL. AND I CAN SAY THE CIRCLE AREA. SO THE 60% AND BELOW THE, THE, THE AREA MEDIUM INCOME. ANYWAY. YEAH, IF YOU WOULD RETURN THE CAMERA, MR. AUTO VISUAL MEN TO THE PODIUM. YEAH. YEAH. MR. YEAH. OH, MR. PALAZ, YOU RETURNED. WE JUST THANK YOU MR. FINGER CALLING YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID DOING THERE. WARREN WILKINSON, FOLLOWED BY RYAN REED. MORNING MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MANAGER WALSH, UM, WARREN WILKINSON WITH CENTRO SAN ANTONIO. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE URBAN [00:40:01] MASTER LIGHTING PLAN. COUNCILMAN TRAVINO SPENT A LOT OF HOURS, UH, ON THIS. UH, THE SIMPLE FACT IS THIS GIVES, UH, GOOD CONSISTENT DESIGN ELEMENTS, UH, FOR LIGHTING THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO, NOT ONLY DOWNTOWN, BUT THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO. AND THE CONSISTENCY IS IN COLOR, INTENSITY, HEIGHT, LOCATION, COVERAGE AREA, WHICH WILL GIVE US A UNIFORM, A MORE OF A UNIFORM LOOK INSTEAD OF A HODGEPODGE. UH, OUR MEMBERS ARE INCLUDE THE A AND E COMMUNITY, DESIGNERS, DEVELOPERS, UH, RESIDENTS. UH, ALL OF US ARE MOTORISTS, MOST OF US ARE MOTORISTS. AND SO AS WE WALK AND TRAVERSE DOWNTOWN AND THE REST OF SAN ANTONIO WILL LOOK UNIFORM. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. UH, I KNOW THAT IT'S, UH, BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. WILKINSON. RYAN REED, FOLLOWED BY PATRICK SHEARER. GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M RYAN REED. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. UM, BUT TODAY I'M HERE AS A RESIDENT TO APPLAUD THE APPROVAL OF THE URBAN LIGHTING MASTER PLAN. UH, THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN TREVINO, UH, FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING A DESIGN-BASED PLAN FOR INSTALLING PUBLIC LIGHTING IN AREAS FROM DOWNTOWN TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I FEEL THIS PLAN WILL ENSURE THAT PUBLIC SPACES, OUR STREETS, PARKS, AND DOWNTOWN ARE LIT WITH BOTH COMFORT AND SAFETY. UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, ARE IMPLEMENTED IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. REED. PATRICK SHEER. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS PATRICK SHEER. I'M PRESIDENT OF CROCKETT URBAN VENTURES, A URBAN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FIRM, AND ALSO A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE. I'M HERE THIS MORNING IN SUPPORT OF THE URBAN LIGHTING PLAN. AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE GOAL OF THE LIGHTING PLAN HAS BEEN TO THOUGHTFULLY MODERNIZE OUR LIGHTING SYSTEM AND PROVIDE E PROVIDE EVERY RESIDENT WITH THE QUALITY OF LIGHT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT THEY DESERVE. THE PLAN TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION SAFETY, SUSTAINABILITY, INNOVATION, AESTHETICS, USER FRIENDLINESS, AND WAY FINDING. IT WAS DEVELOPED WITH INPUT FROM RESIDENTS, SAN ANTONIO, POLICE DEPARTMENT, LIGHTING PROFESSIONALS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. AND THE GUIDELINES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO FUTURE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS, SUCH AS MAJOR BOND ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, ART INSTALLATIONS, AND LIGHTING PROJECTS WITHIN URBAN PARKS. IN OUR HOMES, WE DON'T USE THE SAME KIND OF LIGHT BULB IN THE KITCHEN THAT WE MIGHT AS A CHILD'S NIGHTLIGHT. AND THE URBAN LIGHTING PLAN TAKES THE SAME APPROACH TO ADDRESSING OUR URBAN LIGHTING AND TAKE STEPS TO ENSURE THAT OUR LIGHTING SYSTEMS MEET SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED YOUR INPUT TO THIS PLAN, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SHEER, COUNCILMAN, COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, ADDRESS OUR ATTENTION TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE. AND, UH, I SUPPORT THE ITEM HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, INDICATE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF UPGRADING CS OF VEHICLES TO TRY AND MAKE THEM MORE, UH, EFFICIENT WHEN IT COMES TO EMISSIONS AND POLLUTION. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, LAWN EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT TO GO AHEAD AND OUR MOWERS, UH, TO TREAT PARTS OF OUR CITY AND PARK. AND, UH, THE GAS MOWERS HERE DO HAVE HIGH EMISSIONS. UM, WE DO HAVE, UM, POLLUTION AND GAS AND GREENHOUSE GASES THAT, UH, ARRIVE FROM THESE KINDS OF MOWERS. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK THE STAFF IN THE FUTURE TO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES SUCH AS PROPANE MOWERS, WHICH ARE, UH, LESS POLLUTING, UH, IN OUR FUTURE PURCHASES. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY OUR STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. I ALSO WANNA JUST HIGHLIGHT AN ITEM. ITEM NUMBER 12. UH, NUMBER 12, UH, IS ACTUALLY THE INTERSECTION OF WENER AND RANDOLPH. UH, IT WAS AN OFFSET INTERSECTION CAUSING, UH, A LOT OF ACCIDENTS IN THAT AREA. I WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH THE, THE COM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND OUR T C I DEPARTMENT TO, UH, LOOK AT THAT, SEE IF WE CAN STRAIGHTEN THAT, THAT INTERSECTION OUT TO PREVENT THOSE ACCIDENTS, AND ALSO HELP TO KEEP THE CUES FROM GETTING TOO LONG. AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE FUNDS OUT OF THE 18 AND 19 PROGRAM TO ACTUALLY FIX THIS AREA. AND I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WE'RE GETTING STARTED ON THIS PROJECT. AND, UM, THANKS TO T C I FOR WORKING THIS AS HARD AS THEY DID TO COME UP [00:45:01] WITH A SOLUTION AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PERRY. COUNCILMAN TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE, UH, ADOPTION OF THE URBAN LIGHTING MASTER PLAN. I FIRST WANNA THANK, UH, MS. PAULA GOLD WILLIAMS FOR BEING A PARTNER IN THIS, UH, PROJECT. UH, HER AND C P S CONTRIBUTED HALF, UH, OF THE, THE COST FOR, FOR THIS URBAN LIGHTING MASTER PLAN THAT WE FEEL IS GONNA IMPACT THE ENTIRE CITY. I WANT TO THANK, UH, LORI HOUSTON, AND, UH, I ALSO WANNA THANK ALDERSON AND ASSOCIATES AND RANDY BRIQUETTE FOR THEIR THOUGHTFUL DESIGN EFFORTS AND, UH, ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY, ALL THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED, INCLUDING CENTRO, UH, CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, JOHN JACKS, UM, AND OF COURSE, MY STAFF, UH, FOR HELPING TO, TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE. WANNA THANK THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN VERY ENGAGED WITH THIS AND BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THIS MEANS TO NEIGHBORHOODS, WHAT IT MEANS TO THE ENTIRE CITY AS A WHOLE. WE CAN USE THIS AS A GUIDELINE FOR, FOR MANY AREAS, NOT JUST DOWNTOWN. AND, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT GOOD DESIGN WORKS. UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW GOOD LIGHTING DESIGN IMPLEMENTED ACROSS OUR CITY AND DISTRICT ONE NEIGHBORHOODS IS ROLLED OUT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TREVINO. IT'S EVERYONE, UH, WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR ITEMS FOUR, SIX, AND 28. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION. BEGIN WITH ITEM FOUR. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A BRIEFING ON LEGISLATION FILED IN THE 86 REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM, JEFF COYLE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. UH, IT HAS BEEN, UH, ABOUT A MONTH SINCE WE'VE BRIEFED YOU ON THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. WE HAVE BEEN, UH, UH, MEETING AND BRIEFING THE I G R COMMITTEE WEEKLY. UH, BUT A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE WE'VE TALKED, UH, IN EARLY MARCH. SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON, UH, ALL OF THE LEGISLATION THAT THE CITY IS, UH, DEALING WITH AND WORKING ON. UH, SO FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S BEEN ABOUT 7,500 BILLS FILED. THE FILING DEADLINE HAS PASSED, SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE, UH, ANY REAL NEW BILLS AT THIS POINT. THERE ARE A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE THEY CAN ADJUST THE RULES, BUT THAT TYPICALLY WON'T HAPPEN AT THIS POINT. SO WE'RE IN THAT PERIOD OF THE SESSION WHERE EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE AND NO DEADLINES HAVE HIT YET THAT START TO CAUSE, UH, BILLS TO DIE. UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE FACING ALL OF IT RIGHT NOW. UM, AND LET ME BACK UP AND SAY, THERE'S, UH, LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF BILLS THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH TRYING TO CHANGE LANGUAGE ON, TAKE POSITIONS ON. THE PRESENTATION HERE IS FOCUSED ON OUR HIGHLIGHTS, AND I'M GONNA START WITH THE ITEMS THAT ARE OUR PRIORITY ITEMS IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT YOU APPROVED LAST YEAR. SO, THE FIRST, OF COURSE, IS THE, THE PROPERTY TAX REFORM BILLS, UH, FROM A HIGH LEVEL HB TWO IS EXPECTED TO BE HEARD NEXT WEDNESDAY. IT'S THE THIRD IN A SEQUENCE OF MAJOR PIECES OF LEGISLATION BEING CONSIDERED BY THE FULL HOUSE. IT WAS THE BUDGET TWO WEDNESDAYS AGO. IT WAS SCHOOL FINANCE LAST NIGHT, AND IT WILL BE PROPERTY TAXES NEXT WEDNESDAY. AND I'LL COME BACK TO WHAT EACH OF THESE BILLS DO. AT THIS POINT, THE SENATE BILL APPEARS TO STILL BE, UH, HUNG UP, UH, WITHOUT THE SUPPORT TO BRING IT FORWARD FOR A FULL SENATE VOTE. IT WAS YESTERDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME PLACED ON THE SENATE INTENT CALENDAR, WHICH IS SORT OF A NOTICE. ESSENTIALLY, YOU HAVE TO WAIT TWO DAYS. IT HAS TO BE ON THE CALENDAR FOR TWO DAYS BEFORE IT CAN BE HEARD. THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN IT WILL BE HEARD IN TWO DAYS. IT'S BEING PERCEIVED LARGELY AS, AS A BIT OF POSTURING BY THE SENATE, UH, IN, UH, ITS SORT OF CONTEST WITH THE HOUSE ON THIS LEGISLATION. BUT, UH, NONETHELESS, IT IS ON THE SENATE INTENT CALENDAR. SO, H P TWO, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT A MONTH, WE, UH, WERE WORKING WITH THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, UH, IN HOPES OF ADJUSTING THE LEGISLATION IN WAYS THAT THAT HELP ACCOMPLISH THE PROPERTY TAX REFORMS THEY SEEK, WHILE ALSO NOT, UH, HARMING CITY FINANCES. AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD PROPOSED WERE ADJUSTING THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATES SO THAT IT COUNT ACCOUNTED FOR THE GROWTH OF PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTMENT, THE GROWTH OF STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, THINGS THAT ARE SHARED PRIORITIES OF THE STATE. UM, ALSO ACCOUNTING FOR LOCAL TAX RELIEF, UH, TO, UH, ACCOUNT FOR OUR SENIOR AND DISABLED EXEMPTIONS AND FREEZES, AND SHOULD THERE BE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN THE FUTURE TO ENSURE THAT THAT DIDN'T WORK AGAINST US IN THE FORMULA, BUT RATHER THAT CITIES GOT CREDIT FOR IT AND STILL WERE THEN, UH, ALLOWED TO HAVE THE, THE GROWTH NEEDED IN REVENUES. UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THE BILL CAME OUT LAST WEEK WITH VIRTUALLY ALL OF THOSE SUGGESTIONS, NOT IN IT. UH, IT REMAINS [00:50:01] A 2.5%, UH, UH, ROLLBACK RATE FROM THE CURRENT 8%. UH, AND IT, UH, ADDED, UH, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION TO THE M AND O TAX RATE. SO, ESSENTIALLY, UH, NON-VOTER APPROVED DEBT THAT THE CITY USES TO MAKE MAJOR TECHNOLOGY PURCHASES TO DO STREET PROJECTS AND, AND THINGS IN BETWEEN. THE FIVE YEAR BOND PROGRAMS WOULD COUNT TOWARDS THE M AND O TAX RATE. SO THE 2.5 IS CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN 2.5 IN REALITY. UM, THAT BILL, AGAIN, WILL BE HEARD NEXT WEDNESDAY. WE EXPECT A, A HEALTHY DISCUSSION AND, AND A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS TEMP ATTEMPTED. UH, BUT THIS, THIS APPEARS AT THIS POINT TO BE DRIVEN BY THE HOUSE LEADERSHIP AND, AND, UH, A BIT OUT OF THE CONTROL OF THE MEMBERS WHO ARE, WHO ARE WORKING WITH CITIES TO TRY TO GET THIS IN A GOOD PLACE. UH, SENATE BILL TWO IS ALSO A 2.5%. IT APPLIES TO CITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COUNTIES, ALL TAXING ENTITIES. THE HOUSE BILL ONLY NOW APPLIES TO CITIES AND COUNTIES, AND PROPERTY TAX REFORM ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SIDE IS BEING ADDRESSED IN THE SCHOOL FINANCE BILL, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT. UM, THERE WAS A REPORT THIS MORNING THAT, UH, THE GOVERNOR MET WITH THE REPUBLICAN SENATE CAUCUS YESTERDAY AND LEANED HEAVILY ON THEM TO VOTE FOR SB TWO AND MOVE FORWARD, AND THE REPORTS, UH, OUT, OR THAT IT WAS HE, THAT IT WAS A FRUSTRATING MEETING THAT, UH, THERE APPEARS TO BE GRIDLOCK IN THE SENATE OVER THIS BILL AND, AND AN UNWILLINGNESS TO MOVE IT AT 2.5. SO EVEN IF THE HOUSE VERSION DOES PASS NEXT WEDNESDAY AT THAT NUMBER, UH, IT RUNS INTO THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE SENATE. AND, AND WE'LL SEE WHETHER THAT HOLDS, UH, SCHOOL FINANCE LAST NIGHT WAS A HISTORIC VOTE FOR THE HOUSE, UH, 148 TO ONE PASSAGE OF HB THREE. OUR REPRESENTATIVE, BERNAL, AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL FINANCE COMMISSION, HAS BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, FROM THE BEGINNING, DESERVES A TON OF CREDIT FOR WHAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. ESSENTIALLY, IT PUTS $9 BILLION MORE INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. IT INCREASES THE BASIC ALLOTMENT FOR STUDENTS. UH, IT INCREASES THE FORMULA. SO THIS IS NOT A ONE-TIME FIX. THIS IS AN ONGOING, UH, UH, INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, IT, UH, IT PROVIDES FULL DAY FUNDING FOR PRE-K FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS, FOR DISTRICTS WHO, UH, TAKE TAKE ON FULL DAY PRE-K, IT INCENTIVIZES, UH, TEACHERS TO GO TO, CHALLENGED TO DISTRICTS, TO A LOWER PERFORMING DISTRICTS TO TAKE JOBS THERE. AN AMENDMENT LAST NIGHT ADDED AN $1,850 PAY RAISE FOR ALL FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, UH, AND IT BUYS DOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX RATES BY ABOUT FOUR PENNIES, WHICH RANGES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 40 AND $80 A YEAR, PER HUNDRED THOUSAND EVALUATION FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. NOW, IT'S NOT A GUARANTEED REDUCTION IN PROPERTY TAXES BECAUSE THERE'S NO CAP ON IT. SO IN THEORY, DISTRICTS COULD RAISE RATES IN THE FUTURE AND EAT UP THE FOUR PENNIES THAT THE STATE HAS BOUGHT DOWN. BUT WHAT IT DOES DO IS INCREASE THE STATE SHARE OF FUNDING TO LOWER THE LOCAL, UH, TAXPAYER'S SHARE OF FUNDING, AND TRY TO, UH, CORRECT THAT IMBALANCE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT. THE SENATE, UH, VERSION HAS ALREADY PASSED THE SENATE UNANIMOUSLY. IT ALSO IS A $9 BILLION INCREASE, UH, BUT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FORMULAS, THE BASIC ALLOTMENTS. UH, MOST OF THE BILL, UH, IS FO MOST OF THE 9 BILLION. ABOUT HALF OF THE 9 BILLION IS FOCUSED ON A $5,000 ACROSS THE BOARD PAY RAISE FOR TEACHERS. TEACHERS UNIONS HAVE LOVED THAT THE HOUSE OPTED FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY TO REWARD HIGHER PERFORMING TEACHERS, AND NOT, NOT A BLANKET PAY RAISE, BUT WE'LL SEE NOW AS THE TWO BILLS CROSS, UM, UH, WHERE THEY SETTLE, UH, ON OTHER CITY RELATED ISSUES. I THINK WE'VE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT, UH, SOME BILLS THAT WE'LL TRY TO UNDO ELEMENTS OF THE ALAMO MASTER PLAN THAT YOU HAVE APPROVED. AND THE ALAMO, UH, ALL THE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT HAVE REVIEWED THE PLAN HAVE APPROVED. UH, THERE WERE ACTUALLY, UH, AMENDMENTS FILED TO THE HOUSE BUDGET TWO WEEKS AGO THAT WOULD'VE SORT OF CREATED A TEST VOTE ON THE ISSUE. UH, IT WOULD'VE PREVENTED STATE FUNDING FROM BEING USED TO MOVE THE ALAMO TAF. OF COURSE, THE ALAMO CTA IS CITY PROPERTY, AND THERE ISN'T STATE MONEY PLANNED, BUT IT WOULD'VE SENT A SIGNAL, UH, AS TO WHAT THE HOUSE'S POSITION ON THE ISSUE WAS. ULTIMATELY, AT ABOUT 1145 THAT NIGHT, THE AMENDMENTS WERE PULLED DOWN BY REPRESENTATIVE KYLE BEATERMAN, UH, IN EXCHANGE FOR A HEARING THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK, UH, ON TUESDAY. UH, AND AN AMENDED BILL, THE ORIGINAL HB 1836, WOULD'VE PROHIBITED MOVING THE SENATE TAFT AND LEFT THE, UNLESS THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, HOUSE SPEAKER, AND LAND COMMISSIONER ALL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE. AND IT WOULD'VE GIVEN THE G L O, THE STATE [00:55:01] AGENCY EMINENT DOMAIN AUTHORITY TO SEIZE ALAMO PLAZA FROM THE CITY, AND, UH, PREVENT US FROM HAVING ANY FURTHER CONTROL OVER THAT PROPERTY. THE BILL WAS CHANGED TO A TWO YEAR MORATORIUM TO ESSENTIALLY SAY NO MOVING THE SENATE TAFT FOR TWO YEARS. UH, WHILE I, I ASSUME THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE DEBATED IN THE INTERIM, UH, LORI HOUSTON WENT UP AND TESTIFIED FROM THE CITY AND DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, UH, CONVEYING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RECLAIMING THE ORIGINAL BATTLEFIELD FOOTPRINT AND RESTORING REVERENCE TO THE SITE. AND THE FACT THAT THE SENATE'S NEW LOCATION 500 FEET AWAY WOULD, WOULD BE MORE PROMINENT THAN IT IS TODAY. UH, THERE WERE, UH, WITNESSES ALSO FROM THE G L O AND FROM THE ENDOWMENT, OUR PARTNERS, UH, AND THERE WERE 27 WITNESSES WHO SPOKE, UH, IN FAVOR OF THE BILL WHO WERE OPPOSED, MOVING THE SENATE TAFT. THE BILL REMAINS, UH, PENDING IN COMMITTEE. WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT, UH, OUR CHANCES AT THIS POINT, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORING IT CLOSELY AND TALKING TO THE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE. OKAY. PAID SICK LEAVE. UH, TOPIC. THERE'S A NUMBER OF BILLS AND DEVELOPMENTS ON THAT. NUMBER ONE, THE, THE PRIMARY BILL ON THE SENATE SIDE WAS SENATE BILL 15. AS A REMINDER, WHAT IT DOES IS PROHIBIT CITIES FROM REGULATING PRIVATE EMPLOYERS TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT IN FOUR AREAS, LEAVE BENEFITS, SCHEDULING, AND, UH, CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS OF APPLICANTS. THE ORIGINAL FILED BILL HAD A SPECIFIC EXEMPTION FOR NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCES. IT SPECIFICALLY SAID THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO, UH, NON-DISCRIMINATION. UH, THAT WAS TAKEN OUT, UH, WHEN THE BILL WAS HEARD IN COMMITTEE, AND THAT CREATED SIGNIFICANT OPPOSITION FROM ACROSS THE STATE, FROM FOLKS CONCERNED THAT THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW EMPLOYERS TO DISCRIMINATE. IT DOES NOT, UH, UH, UNDO OUR, IT DOES NOT PREEMPT OUR NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE. OUR ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS PROVIDED A LEGAL OPINION. OUR, UH, N D O DOES NOT ADDRESS PRIVATE EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT. UH, HOWEVER, THAT MAY NOT BE THE CA THAT IS NOT THE CASE IN OTHER CITIES. SO, SB 15 HAS ESSENTIALLY STALLED IN THE SENATE AND NOT MOVED. UH, THE LATEST STRATEGY THAT EVOLVED LAST WEEK WAS IT WAS BROKEN UP INTO FOUR SEPARATE BILLS THAT SENATE BILL 24 85 THROUGH 88, YOU SEE UP THERE. IT BASICALLY TAKES EACH OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS AND MAKES THEM A STANDALONE BILL. UH, IT STILL DOES NOT ADDRESS THE NON-DISCRIMINATION PIECE. AND WE HAD BEEN WARNED BEFORE IT CAME OUT THAT THE PROPONENTS OF THE BILL WERE GONNA BE USING OUR LEGAL OPINION ABOUT OUR N D O AS A TOOL TO TRY TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT THIS BILL DOES NOT AFFECT NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCES ACROSS THE STATE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DRAFTED A LETTER, AND WE SUBMITTED IT THIS WEEK, MAKING CLEAR THAT WE WERE SPEAKING ONLY TO OUR ORDINANCE AND THE IMPACT ON OUR ORDINANCE, AND IT DOES NOT AFFECT, IT, DOES NOT, UH, WEIGH IN ON OTHER CITY'S ORDINANCES. AND ED GUZMAN IS AT THE CAPITOL TODAY. THOSE FOUR BILLS ARE BEING HEARD THIS MORNING, AND IF THEY ATTEMPT TO USE SAN ANTONIO AS, AS A TOOL TO, UH, ARGUE THAT IT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE IN OTHER PLACES, UH, HE WILL SPEAK UP AND, AND PROVIDE LEGAL CLARIFICATION. UH, BACKING UP A BULLET. THE, UH, THE HOUSE VERSION OF THE BILL HAS NOT YET BEEN HEARD. UH, IT STILL DOES HAVE THE, UH, CLEAR EXEMPTION IN THERE FOR, FOR NDOS, SO IT'S PURELY A PAID SICK LEAVE PREEMPTION AT THIS POINT. AND THEN, UH, THE THIRD BULLET THERE, HOUSE BILL 37 28, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A SENATE COMPANION AS WELL. THOSE ARE THE BILLS FILED BY REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL AND SENATOR MENENDEZ. AND THEY GO THE OPPOSITE END OF THE SPECTRUM. THEY CREATE A STATEWIDE PAID SICK LEAVE MANDATE THAT PRIVATE EMPLOYERS MUST PROVIDE IT. IT, UH, PRETTY CLOSELY MIRRORS WHAT OUR ORDINANCE IS, AND WE EXPECT, UH, THAT, UH, THE HOUSE VERSION ANYWAY. REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL TOLD ME LAST NIGHT, HE EXPECTS WILL BE HEARD NEXT WEEK. UH, THERE WAS A, I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE BUILDING MATERIALS. UH, A BILL THAT WAS BROUGHT, I BELIEVE BY THE SIDING INDUSTRY IN TEXAS, PREEMPTED CITIES FROM DICTATING THE TYPES OF MATERIALS USED IN CONSTRUCTION. AND, UH, THAT WAS GREAT CONCERN TO OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS, TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, TO PLACES LIKE OUR RIVER OVERLAY AND OUR WORLD HERITAGE BUFFER AREAS IN WHICH WE DO REGULATE AND, AND WON'T ALLOW, FOR EXAMPLE, A CORRUGATED STEEL STRUCTURE ON THE SIDE OF THE RIVER AND THAT SORT OF THING. UH, WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE, UH, THOSE ADVANCING THE BILL AND THE TWO SPONSORS, AND THEY HAVE PUT LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT EXEMPT SPECIFICALLY DISTRICTS THAT WERE CREATED FOR HISTORIC CULTURAL OR ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, AND SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT WORLD HERITAGE AND THE RIVER IMPROVEMENTS OVERLAYS THAT WE HAVE AS BEING EXEMPTED. SO WE BELIEVE WE ARE GOOD, UH, WITH THAT BILL. WE'RE NOT SUPPORTING IT, BUT WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO IT ANYMORE. UH, THE NEXT ITEM, THE CABLE FEES IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ITEM, [01:00:01] PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PROPERTY TAX DISCUSSION WE HAD JUST A MOMENT AGO. THESE ARE TWO BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY THE CABLE INDUSTRY, BY SPECTRUM, COMCAST, AND THE TEXAS CABLE ASSOCIATION. AND THEY ESSENTIALLY ALLOW A, A TELECOM COMPANY THAT DOES BOTH TELEPHONE LINE, TELEPHONE SERVICE, AND CABLE SERVICE TO ONLY PAY ONE OF THE TWO EXISTING FEES THAT ARE IN STATUTE TODAY. THEIR ARGUMENT IS WE'RE BEING DOUBLE TAXED. THE REALITY IS THE STATE LAW WAS CREATED SO THAT THEY PAY A PERCENTAGE OF REVENUES. IT IS A RENTAL FEE TO USE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO, UH, ADVANCE A FOR-PROFIT, UH, BUSINESS AND SERVICE. AND, UH, IS ESSENTIALLY IN, IN OUR VIEW, A, A CORPORATE, UH, GIVEAWAY AT THE, AT THE DETRIMENT TO CITIES. THE ESTIMATE FOR OUR CITY, IF, UH, IF, UM, THE CABLE COMPANIES AND OTHER TELECOMS ARE ABLE TO STOP PAYING, ONE OF THE TWO FEES WOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE $8 MILLION HIT TO THE CITY'S REVENUE. UH, ALMOST ALL OF IT GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND. UH, AND WE HAVE TESTIFIED AGAINST IT AT BOTH, UH, COMMITTEE LEVELS, MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN UP THERE. UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE BILLS HAVE BEEN FILED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TWO RELEVANT COMMITTEES, AND IT'S ALREADY MOVED OUT OF SENATE COMMITTEES. SO WE ARE GREATLY, GREATLY CONCERNED ABOUT IT. WE'VE COMMUNICATED TO, WE'VE SAT DOWN WITH THE CABLE INDUSTRY AND SAID, WE UNDERSTAND THAT STATE LAW HAS DIFFERENT FEE STRUCTURES FOR WIRELESS, FOR TELEPHONE, FOR CABLE. AND WE WERE OPEN TO SITTING DOWN AND TALKING ABOUT RESTRUCTURING THE REGIME TO CREATE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. BUT THIS IS NOT IT. THIS HAS BEEN A, A SORT OF A SNEAK ATTACK BILL. THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION IN THE INTERIM LEADING UP, UH, IT WAS FILED AND WE'RE FORCED TO FIGHT IT AND, AND, UH, AND NOT FEELING VERY GOOD ABOUT THINGS RIGHT NOW. UM, ON THE PRIMA FASCIA SPEED LIMIT, UM, THE HOUSE BILL, THIS IS THE, UH, BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW A CITY TO, UH, REDUCE THE PRIMA FASCIA SPEED LIMIT, THE DEFAULT UNPOSTED URBAN SPEED LIMIT FROM 30 MILES AN HOUR DOWN TO 25. IT'S A KEY, UH, COMPONENT OF THE VISION ZERO MOVEMENT NATIONALLY. THE HOUSE BILL HAS RUN INTO TROUBLE BECAUSE IT'S STATEWIDE AND THERE ARE OTHER CITIES WHO DON'T WANT IT. AND OUR ATTEMPTS TO WORK WITH THEM ON LANGUAGE TO, TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. WE ARE EXPECTING THE SENATE BILL, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD TO BE HEARD NEXT WEEK. AND THAT ONE APPLIES ONLY TO THE TOP FOUR CITIES IN THE STATE, DALLAS, HOUSTON, AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO, WHO ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT WE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS. AND SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THAT BRACKETED VERSION WILL HAVE BETTER, BETTER LUCK, UH, ON THE BUDGET. THE ONLY MAJOR BUDGET ITEM, UH, THAT WE WERE FOCUSED ON WAS FUNDING FOR MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. THE DAG PROGRAM. UH, WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE HOUSE BUDGET THAT HAS, HAS PASSED. THE FULL HOUSE HAS 50 MILLION FOR DAG. THAT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF THE LAST TWO SESSIONS THE LAST FOUR YEARS, UH, WHICH ARE 30 MILLION AND 20 MILLION COMBINED. UH, IT'S 50 MILLION IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. AND, AND WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE BENEFITED GREATLY FROM THOSE GRANTS OVER THE YEARS. THE SENATE VERSION IS LESS, IT'S 20, UH, BUT I WILL SAY AT THIS POINT IN PAST SESSIONS, IT'S BEEN ZERO IN BOTH BUDGETS, AND WE'VE HAD TO FIGHT HARD AT THE LAST DAYS OF THE SESSION TO GET IT INSERTED. SO, UH, WE'RE VERY PLEASED THAT WE'VE MADE GOOD PROGRESS ON, UH, ON THAT ITEM. ON THE TRANSPORTATION FRONT, THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE, THIS IS THE COUNTY'S INITIATIVE THAT REPRESENTATIVE EINA MINHA IS CARRYING, WOULD ADD A $10, UH, LOCAL FEE TO THE EXISTING LOCAL AND STATE VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES. IF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, UH, PUT IT BEFORE THE VOTERS, AND IF THE VOTERS APPROVED IT, IT WAS HEARD IN COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT, AND THE COUNTY TESTIFIED IN SUPPORT AND WE REGISTERED SUPPORT ON THE CITY'S BEHALF, BUT DID NOT HAVE A WITNESS. AND THEN THE SALES TAX, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW A, A, UH, UH, BUSTING THE SALES TAX CAP BY UP TO A HALF CENT WITH THOSE REVENUES GOING TO THE ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT UH, WE CONTINUE TO PUSH AND CONVEY OUR SUPPORT FOR THAT. UH, IT, IT, THAT IS ALL WOULD ALSO REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL. UH, BUT THE SENATE, UH, AND HOUSE VERSIONS HAVE NOT YET BEEN HEARD, UH, IN COMMITTEE. AND THEN SOME OTHER RELATED ISSUES, I'LL MOVE FASTER THROUGH THESE, THE BILL BILLS THAT WOULD PREVENT ANY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON LOBBYING, UH, ANY INFLUENCING OF THE PASSAGE OR DEFEAT OF LEGISLATION, UH, OTHER THAN ELECTED OFFICIALS GOING UP AND, AND, AND, UH, AND ADVOCATING ON THEIR OWN HAS PASSED THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. WE UNDERSTAND IT WAS SOME DEAL THAT WAS CUT TO PULL DOWN A BAD AMENDMENT ON THE BUDGET, BUT IT REMAINS PENDING IN THE CALENDARS COMMITTEE TO POTENTIALLY BE SET FOR A FULL HOUSE VOTE. AND THE, UH, SENATE BILL, DID YOU TELL ME, MEGAN, IT'S PASSED COMMITTEE OR THE FULL SENATE? [01:05:01] UM, THE, OKAY. AND THE SENATE VERSION HAS ALSO PASSED ITS COMMITTEE AND IS WAITING FOR A FULL SENATE VOTE. UH, THERE'S A BILL, UH, ADDRESSING NOXIOUS PLANTS THAT SAYS CITIES CANNOT PROHIBIT LANDOWNERS FROM REMOVING INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES. UH, THE INTENT OF THE BILL IS TO TRY TO ALLOW LANDOWNERS TO REMOVE ASH, JUNIPER, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CEDAR, BECAUSE OF ITS DRAW ON, UH, WATER SUPPLY. UH, WE'VE GONE UP THERE WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOLKS AND LET THE SPONSOR KNOW THAT THAT WOULD CREATE A BIG PROBLEM FOR US IN OUR ABILITY TO PROTECT GOLDEN SHEIK WORD, BLUR HABITAT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, THE CITY AS WELL AS AROUND CAMP BULLIS. WE'VE PROVIDED LANGUAGE FOR THEM TO CREATE AN AN EXEMPTION FOR US, AND WE'VE NOT HEARD BACK YET. WE CONTINUE TO ASK FOR THAT. UH, SENATOR CAMPBELL HAS A BILL, SENATE BILL 4 22 THAT ALLOWS, THAT PROHIBITS A CITY FROM CHARGING FEES OR FINES IF AN AREA HAS VOTED NOT TO BE ANNEXED. AND HER INTENT OF THE BILL IS TO SAY, IF SOMEBODY DECIDES NOT TO BE A PART OF THE CITY, THEY SHOULD NOT THEN HAVE TO FACE FEES AND FINES FROM THE CITY. WE AGREE WITH THAT PREMISE. WE DON'T DO THAT. UH, HERE, UH, HOWEVER, THERE WAS THE CARVE OUT IN LAST, LAST SESSION'S, ANNEXATION REFORM BILL AROUND THE MILITARY BUFFER AREAS. AND THOSE AREAS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WELL, VOTED NOT TO BE ANNEXED. AND WE NOW, UH, HAVE THE ABILITY TO REGULATE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE AREAS. AND THE WAY YOU REGULATE DEVELOPMENT IS CHARGING, UH, PERMITTING FEES AND INSPECTION FEES TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW PROJECTS ON THE FRONT END AND ASSESSING FINES WHEN THEY'RE NOT COMPLIANT WITH NOISE AND LIGHTING ORDINANCES ON THE BACK END. SO WE'VE, UH, IN FACT, THE MAYOR, AND I'VE MET PERSONALLY WITH SENATOR CAMPBELL, SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT AND HAS AGREED TO, IN CONCEPT, TO PUT LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT PROTECTS THAT WE'VE OFFERED NOW THREE OR FOUR VARIATIONS. UH, AND SHE'S, THEY'VE BEEN UNACCEPTABLE TO HER. I ACTUALLY TESTIFIED ON THE BILL THIS WEEK TO SAY THAT THAT REMAINS A BIG CONCERN FOR US IN THE MILITARY, AND THAT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT SHE WILL, UH, WILL BE ABLE TO SETTLE ON SOME LANGUAGE THAT WILL PROTECT THE, UH, THE EFFORTS MADE TO PROTECT OUR BASES. HISTORICAL DESIGNATIONS, BILLS, UH, BASICALLY SAY THAT IF A COMMUNITY TRIES TO DESIGNATE A PROPERTY HISTORICAL, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER DOES NOT CONSENT, THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE OF BOTH A LOCAL PLANNING COMMISSION LIKE A H D R C OR, UH, ZONING, UM, OR, UH, AND I'M SORRY. AND A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL. WE CURRENTLY ALREADY DO THE SUPER MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COUNCIL. IF A PROPERTY OWNER DISAGREES, THE CHANGE WOULD BE AT THE ZONING LEVEL OR AT THE LOCAL COMMISSION LEVEL. UH, BARBARA GERVIN HAWKINS IS ON THAT COMMITTEE AND IS WORKING WITH US TO TRY TO ADJUST THE LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT TO ALLOW A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL AND THE SUPER MAJORITY VOTE AT THE COUNCIL, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT OUR PROCESS IS TODAY. UH, TOBACCO 21 BILLS HAVE BOTH, UH, BEEN PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE. THOSE WOULD CREATE A STATEWIDE SMOKING AGE OF 21. SO WE'VE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE. AND SENATE BILL 17 ACTUALLY PASSED THE SENATE YESTERDAY. THIS APPEARED INITIALLY TO BE AN INNOCUOUS BILL, AND, AND UPON FURTHER, UH, STUDYING OF IT, UH, WAS POTENTIALLY VERY PROBLEMATIC. IT BASICALLY SAYS THAT A STATE AGENCY MAY NOT TAKE AWAY A STATE LICENSE TO A LICENSE HOLDER IF THEY REFUSE SERVICE TO SOMEONE BASED ON THEIR DEEPLY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. AND SO THAT'S BEEN PERCEIVED LARGELY ACROSS THE STATE AS BEING A, UH, PERMISSION TO DISCRIMINATE. IF SOMEONE HAS A STATE LICENSE AND REFUSES TO PROVIDE SERVICE BECAUSE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IN A WAY THAT, UH, MAY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SOMEONE'S RIGHTS, THE STATE WOULD NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. UH, BUSINESS GROUPS AND LARGE COMPANIES AND, UM, OTHER ADVOCACY GROUPS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE COME OUT IN STRONG OPPOSITION TO IT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH I G R, UH, LAST WEEK AND PROVIDED SOME FOLLOW UP INFORMATION ON THE, ON THE BILL THIS WEEK. AND, UH, WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE CAN OPPOSE THE BILL UNDER THE EXISTING ITEM IN OUR AGENDA THAT SAYS, UH, WE, WE WILL OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT, UH, IS, IS HARMS THE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS OF THE STATE. IF IT SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES HERE, UH, AND IS BAD FOR BUSINESS, THEN, THEN WE WOULD CERTAINLY OPPOSE THAT. AND THEN JUST TWO OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON MY LIST, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF. THERE'S A BILL BEING HEARD TODAY TO CREATE A STATEWIDE LAW AROUND SHORT-TERM RENTALS. UH, IT IS 95% WHAT OUR ORDINANCE ALLOWS. IT ALLOWS US TO PERMIT STR TO, UH, REVOKE PERMITS IF THEY DON'T FOLLOW OUR ORDINANCES. IT, UH, IT DOES NOT. IT TELLS US THAT WE CAN'T LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PERMITS WE GIVE FOR STR THAT ARE PRIMARY RESIDENCES, IN OTHER WORDS, TYPE ONES. UH, AND IT ONLY ABOUT, TYPE TWOS SAYS THAT WE CAN'T FLAT OUT BAN THEM. SO IT LEAVES OPEN FLEXIBILITY FOR US TO HAVE THE DENSITY RESTRICTIONS [01:10:01] THAT WE HAVE IN OUR, IN OUR B O A PROCESS TODAY. THE ONLY AREA THAT DIFFERS FROM OUR ORDINANCE IS THAT IT SAYS WE CANNOT LIMIT THE NUMBER OF P S T R PERMITS. WE ISSUE IN NON-RESIDENTIAL AREAS. SO IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CREATE A, A DENSITY RESTRICTION. WE WOULD HAVE TO ALLOW AS MANY ST UH, AS, AS APPLY FOR PERMITS. UH, WE'RE MONITORING THAT BILL AND WATCHING IT TO MAKE SURE IT, IT, UH, IT DOESN'T GET WORSE. UM, BUT WE GENERALLY FEEL LIKE IT'S A PRETTY GOOD STATEWIDE FRAMEWORK. UH, THAT GIVES US A LOT OF LOCAL LEEWAY. SIMILAR, THERE'S A, UH, STATEWIDE BILL ON SCOOTER REGULATIONS, UH, THAT IS BEING NEGOTIATED RIGHT NOW, UH, WAS ACTUALLY HEARD YESTERDAY. UH, IT ALSO GIVES US A LOT OF LEEWAY TO REGULATE. IT MOSTLY CREATES THE FRAMEWORK AROUND THE TYPES OF SCOOTERS, THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS, THE AGE OF WHICH YOU HAVE TO BE TO USE ONE, UH, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN ABOUT SOME CONFLICTING LANGUAGE THAT IN ONE PLACE SAYS CITIES CAN RESTRICT SCOOTERS AT ANY LOCATION. AND ANOTHER PLACE SAYS WE CAN RESTRICT 'EM ON STREET SIDEWALKS AND HIGHWAYS IF THERE IS A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN. SO WE'RE SEEKING CLARIFICATION FOR THAT BECAUSE WE WANT THE ABILITY TO RESTRICT THEM IN, SAY, AN AREA LIKE ALAMO PLAZA THAT MAY NOT JUST JUST BE PUBLIC SAFETY BASED, BUT ALSO THE REVERENCE OF THE SITE AND, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. UH, WE'VE HEARD THAT THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR THAT BILL MAY BAN, UH, CITIES FROM PROHIBITING SCOOTERS ON SIDEWALKS, WHICH WOULD BE COUNTER TO OUR ORDINANCE. UH, WE'VE NOT SEEN THAT VERSION YET. HE DID NOT HAVE IT READY AT THE HEARING YESTERDAY. THIS IS SENATOR ROYCE WEST OUT OF DALLAS. UH, SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT VERSION OF THE BILL, AND WE'LL CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION WITH THEM. SO WITH THAT, I WILL, UH, PAUSE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, JEFF. WE APPRECIATE THE REPORT AND THE UPDATE. UM, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY WITH ANY COMMENTS. OH, WE DO HAVE CITIZENS. OKAY. WE DO HAVE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. IF WE COULD, UH, HAVE JOLENE GARCIA, JESSE, GLORIA AND CECILIA GUTIERREZ, IF THEY COULD COME FORWARD. AND JOLENE, YOUR, YOUR GROUP WILL HAVE NINE MINUTES. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. THE MAYOR STEPPED, UH, STEPPED OUT. UM, BUT MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, UH, FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK HERE TODAY ON THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. UH, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO STAND UP FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS AND FOR LOCAL CONTROL HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, SSB 15. AND EACH OF THE BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN REPACKAGED AS SB 15 ERODE THE VERY RIGHTS OF ALL CITIZENS IN SAN ANTONIO AND THROUGHOUT TEXAS. WE SHOULD NOT GIVE UP POWER TO THE STATE BECAUSE IT LIMITS GREATLY OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE PROTECTIONS AND TO ENSURE THE RIGHTS OF OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS. LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ARE CLOSER AND MORE IN TUNE WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS. AND THEREFORE, WE SHOULD RETAIN THE POWER TO MAKE LAWS AT THIS LEVEL TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS. SO, JUST MAKE NO MISTAKE, SB 15 AND ITS MINI VERSIONS, THEY MEAN LIMITATIONS TO THE NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE HERE AND ACROSS THE STATE. AND IT MEANS THE REMOVAL OF WATER BREAKS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN DALLAS. AND YES, IT MEANS TAKING AWAY PAID SICK TIME HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND IN AUSTIN, BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO EXPAND THESE RIGHTS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL OR ACROSS THE STATE. AND I ACTUALLY DO FIND IT, UH, TROUBLESOME THAT OUR LOCAL LEGAL OPINION ON SB 15 IS BEING USED BY REPUBLICANS TO LIMIT L G B T Q RIGHTS ACROSS THE STATE. WE KNOW THE SAME PEOPLE ATTACKING LOCAL CONTROL ARE ALSO, UM, DOING SO TO TARGET BOTH THE L G B T COMMUNITY AND WORKING FAMILIES ALL AT ONCE. THEY'RE THE SAME FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO DO ALL THREE THINGS. AND EACH OF YOU RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE L G B T Q ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THEY WERE ASKING THAT YOU ALL STAND UP FOR BOTH WORKING FAMILIES AND ALSO FOR THE L G B T COMMUNITY. WE ARE ASKING YOU TODAY TO MAKE A CLEAR STATEMENT AND TO OPPOSE SSB 15 AND ALSO SB 2 24, 85, 24, 86, 24 87, AND 24 88. UH, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO OPPOSE THE EROSION OF LOCAL CONTROL AND TO STAND UP AND DEFEND THE LAWS THAT WE PASS HERE AT A LOCAL LEVEL. UH, HERE [01:15:01] TODAY, WE HAVE, UM, MEMBERS FROM LOCAL UNIONS, FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT STOOD TOGETHER TO PASS THESE LAWS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST WANTING TO ALSO STAND UP FOR THE RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS THAT PETITION OUR GOVERNMENT. AND TO SEE THAT WHEN WE PETITION OUR GOVERNMENT, IT MEANS SOMETHING. AND THAT WHEN YOU PASS THE LAW, YOU WILL DEFEND IT AND DEFEND OUR RIGHTS AT THE STATE CAPITOL. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO SEE ANYONE ELSE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? YEAH, GO. UH, HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CECILIA GUTIERREZ. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CECILIA GUTIERREZ. I'M THE SOUTH TEXAS COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD TEXAS VOTES. UM, AND WE DO WANNA SAY THAT WE STAND WITH THE PAID STATE COALITION, UM, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WOULD OPPOSE, UH, EVERYTHING THAT JOLENE STATED. UM, AS A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ I PLUS COMMUNITY, I AM DIRECTLY A, I'M DIRECTLY PROTECTED, UM, BY THE NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE. AND I SAY DIRECTLY PROTECTED, UM, INSTEAD OF DIRECTLY AFFECTED, BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE WHEN WE THINK OF OUR FAMILIES, WHEN WE THINK OF WIVES, HUSBANDS, PARTNERS, UM, WE WANT THEM TO BE PROTECTED. WE WANNA KNOW THAT EVERY DAY WHEN WE WALK OUTSIDE OF OUR HOMES THAT THEY'RE NOT THREATENED. UM, AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT SOME LAWS THREATEN SOME PEOPLE. UM, AND WITH THE PASSING OF SSB 17, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER FRONT TO THE LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY. SO TO SEE, UM, SSB 15 THREATENING THAT AS WELL, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER BLOW, THAT'S ANOTHER FRONT. AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT TODAY, UH, THERE'S CONSENSUS TO STAND AGAINST, UH, SB 15 TO PROTECT PEOPLE LIKE ME AND IN THE COMMUNITIES LIKE ME, AND TO KNOW THAT THE PROTECTIONS THAT YOU HOPE FOR YOUR FAMILY ALSO EXTEND TO PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW. AND SO WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND STAND IN OPPOSITION TO SB 15 AS WELL. THANK YOU. HELLO. AND GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ISAAC GARCIA, AND I AM WITH SOUTHWEST WORKERS UNION. I'M THE POLICY COORDINATOR THERE. AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO, UM, BRING THE VOICE OF OUR MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS OF SOUTHWEST WORKERS UNION, AND ALSO TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THESE ISSUES ARE CONNECTED. SO WE HAVE PAID SICK TIME. NOW WE HAVE, UM, THE RIGHTS OF MY FELLOW L G B T Q COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND ALSO THIS IS CONNECTED. UM, BEING PEOPLE GETTING SICK, UM, PARENTS HAVING TO TAKE TIME OFF TO, TO TAKE THEIR KIDS TO THE DOCTOR. A LOT OF THE TIMES THEY'RE SICK BECAUSE OF ASTHMA RELATED REASONS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN WOULD'VE ADDRESSED. HAD YOU VOTED ON APRIL 11TH, HAD YOU VOTED ON IT ON MAY 16TH, BUT IT'S PUSHED BACK. SO EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED, AND WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THE ISSUES OF COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AFFECTED. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS ANNETTE FLORES. I'M WITH THE ESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER. UM, I WANTED TO ASK, I WANNA ASK YOU TO STAND WITH WORKERS, UM, AND SUPPORT US AT THE STATE LEVEL. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BILL, I THINK, TO, UM, MANY FAMILIES IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, INCLUDING MY OWN. SO, PLEASE, UM, STAND WITH US AND THE BU OF THE ESPERANZA TOM JONES WITH, UH, Y'ALL YOUNG ACTIVE LABOR LEADERS. UH, WE STAND WITH WORKERS AGAINST SB 15 MM-HMM. , I'M A LOT SHORTER THAN THE REST. UM, MY NAME IS JESSE, COUNCIL AND MAYOR, THANKS FOR LETTING US SPEAK TODAY. UM, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SAN ANTONIO TEACHERS ALLIANCE AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL. AND TODAY WE JUST WANTED TO DISCUSS ON HOW UH, TEACHERS ARE GIVEN THE RIGHT TO PAID SICK LEAVE, BUT MANY FAMILIES ARE NOT GIVEN THE RIGHT TO PAID SICK LEAVE. AND WHEN YOU SEND A SICK KID TO SCHOOL, YOU INITIALLY PUT OTHER KIDS IN THAT HARM'S WAY OF BEING CONTAGIOUS AND ESSENTIALLY GETTING THOSE PARENTS SICK AS WELL, CONTINUING THE CYCLE. SO, UH, TEACHERS STAND AGAINST SB 15, AND AGAIN, LIKE JOLENE SAID, ALL THE OTHER BILLS THAT, UM, ARE AGAINST PAID SICK LEAVE. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JACOB TUCKER. I'M WITH, UH, UNITE HERE, LOCAL 23. UM, WE'RE AT THE GRAND HYATT AND HYATT REGENCY. UM, WE'VE COMMITTED SEVERAL, UH, MANY RESOURCES TO THIS ISSUE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THROUGH OUR CONTRACT AND THROUGH OUR EMPLOYER, WE HAVE SIX DAYS OF PAID SICK. WE UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE WE HAVE IT, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE IT. UM, AND LIKE, LIKE, UH, THE ALLIANCE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE SAID, MY WIFE IS A TEACHER. SHE SEES KIDS COME IN SICK, OFTENTIMES BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS AREN'T AVAILABLE TO TAKE THE TIME NECESSARY TO PULL THEIR KIDS OUTTA CLASS, [01:20:01] CREATE SITUATIONS WHERE, UM, OTHER KIDS GET SICK IN CLASS. SO WE ASK YOU TO DEFEND WHAT, WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY PASSED. THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. WE HOPE YOU ALL WILL, UH, TAKE THESE, UM, WORDS TO HEART TO, AND KNOW THAT WE WANT YOU AS OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TO STAND WITH US AND TO REPRESENT THE FAMILIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M, I'M SORRY, WE, I'M ONE MORE, UH, JACK FINGER IS ALSO SIGNED UP ON THIS ITEM. WELL, MAYOR NURENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER, WELL, I NEED TO GET A FEW THINGS STRAIGHT HERE. WE ARE THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO. A LONG TIME AGO, WE AGREED TO PAY TAXES TO HELP CITY GOVERNMENT DO THE THINGS THAT CITY GOVERNMENT'S SUPPOSED TO DO, POLICE, FIRE PROTECTION, HEALTH STREETS, SIDEWALKS, CURBS, THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, AND OUR TAXES HAVE BEEN GOING UP STEADILY FOR YEARS. NOT BECAUSE YOU'VE RAISED, UH, TAX RATES, LIKE YOU SAY YOU HAVEN'T, BUT BECAUSE YOU'VE ALLOWED THEM TO GO UP WITH THE, UM, WELL, THE PROPERTY TAKE TAX RATE LEVIES, THEY, THE PROPERTY PROPERTIES VALUES GO UP. TAXES GO UP, AND YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. YEAH. WELL, WE ARE TIRED OF THAT. UH, BUT LO AND BEHOLD, THOSE SAME TAXES THAT GO TO PAY ALL THE BASICS FOR CITY SERVICES, WE, WE LEARNED THAT THEY ALSO GO TO PAY FOR LOBBYISTS, LOBBYISTS THAT GO UP TO AUSTIN AND LOBBY AGAINST US, LOBBY FOR WHAT YOU THINK IS IMPORTANT, BUT LOBBY AGAINST US, THE CITIZEN TAXPAYERS WHO, WHO PAY THE FREIGHT ON ALL THIS STUFF. YOU, YOU HAVE LOBBYISTS THAT GO UP TO, TO AUSTIN TO SAY, NOPE, DO NOT GIVE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. OR AT LEAST ADJUST IT SO IT ISN'T AS LOW AS TWO AND A HALF PERCENT BEFORE IT GOES TO THE VOTERS THERE. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT YOU DO TO US. THE GUYS THAT, THAT PAY THE BILLS. WE ARE GETTING A LITTLE TIRED OF THAT. WE DON'T LIKE THAT. WE DON'T LIKE OUR MONEY GOING AGAINST OUR INTERESTS. WHAT ELSE ARE YOU ? WHAT ELSE ARE WE PAYING FOR? WELL, THE LOBBYISTS ARE TELLING US THAT ABOUT THE ALAMO. WE DIDN'T WANT THE SANITA REMOVED AT ALL. NOT EVEN AN INCH. WHAT ARE THE LOBBYISTS SAYING AND DOING? OUR CITY, OUR VERY OLD CITY, UH, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, IS GOING UP THERE AND DOING SAY, OH, YEAH, IT'S OKAY. MOVE THE ALAMO. IT'S OKAY. WE, WE, WE HAVE A, A PLAN FOR THESE THINGS. NO, WE DON'T LIKE THAT. WE DON'T LIKE OUR, OUR TEXTILES GOING TO AGAINST US AND THE THINGS THAT WE HOLD DEAR, SUCH AS THE ALAMO, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? I DON'T SEE ANY AMENDMENTS ON THE HORIZON FROM YOU GUYS. SORRY TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, JEFF, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK IN YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY. UM, I JUST HAVE A, A CLARIFYING QUESTION FOR YOU. UM, I WAS CONCERNED WHAT YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THE CABLE FEES FOR SSB 1142. THAT'S CORRECT. UM, HOW ARE THE OTHER CITIES, UM, WEIGHING IN ON THIS? DO, DO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A COALITION? OH, YEAH. WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER. UM, UH, DALLAS HAD ITS CITY ATTORNEY TESTIFY. UH, HOUSTON HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR TURNER IN HOUSTON HAS WEIGHED IN ON IT. UH, THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS IN THOSE CITIES ARE EVEN GREATER THAN HERE IN HOUSTON. THE ESTIMATES ANYWHERE BETWEEN 17 AND $27 MILLION A YEAR. SO, UH, AND FRANKLY, WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST IS A HANDFUL OF CITIES UP THERE FIGHTING FOR THIS AGAINST AN INDUSTRY WITH 180, 200 LOBBYISTS WORKING FOR IT. BACK TO THE PRIOR CONVERSATION, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE FACING AN UPHILL BATTLE ON THIS ISSUE FOR SURE. BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, AND I WILL ADD, I'M SORRY, SMALL, A NUMBER OF SMALL CITIES CAME UP AND TESTIFIED AS WELL. IT'S A BIG DEAL TO THEN THE CITY OF PIERCE SAW, UH, HAD SOME OFFICIALS AT THE HEARING THIS PAST WEEK AND HOW, UM, SO IT LOOKS LIKELY TO [01:25:01] PASS OR IT'S HARD TO PREDICT. OKAY. I NEVER WANT TO PREDICT AT THIS POINT MM-HMM. , BUT THE FACT THAT TWO CHAIRS OF THE RELEVANT COMMITTEES HA HAVE BROUGHT THESE BILLS, UH, DON'T BODE WELL FOR US. ALRIGHT. AND IN TERMS OF THE, UM, THE BILL REGARDING SCOOTERS, OH, IT, YOU DIDN'T LIST IT, BUT HOW, HOW DOES THAT ONE LOOK? WELL, SO IT, IT, UH, IT GIVES A LOT OF LEEWAY LOCALLY. IT ESSENTIALLY C CREATES SOME STATEWIDE FRAMEWORK, UH, BUT THEN HAS A LIST OF, I BELIEVE, SEVEN ITEMS THAT IT SAYS CITIES CAN DO. UH, AND SO, UM, IT, IT TALKS ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN RESTRICT. SO IN GENERAL, THE BILL IS INTENDED TO GIVE LOCAL CONTROL A STATEWIDE FRAMEWORK, BUT LOCAL CONTROL TO BE ABLE TO REGULATE AS APPROPRIATE. UH, THERE'S ONE, UH, I, I MISSPOKE A SECOND AGO ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS PIECE. MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE IS NOT THAT IT WILL PROHIBIT CITIES FROM REGULATING SCOOTERS ON THE SIDEWALK, IT WILL ACTUALLY PROHIBIT SCOOTERS ON SIDEWALKS. OH. SO IT WOULD CREATE A STATEWIDE MANDATE THAT THE SCOOTERS HAVE TO BE IN ROADWAYS AND ON BIKE PATHS AND THAT SORT OF THING. BUT IN, IN GENERAL, IT IS A BILL THAT IS INTENDED TO ALLOW FOR LOCAL REGULATION WHILE CREATING SOME, UH, SORT OF BUMPERS FROM THE STATEWIDE REGULATORY LEVEL. GREAT. AND IF WE WERE INTERESTED IN REQUIRING OR HELMETS, LET'S SAY, WOULD, WOULD WE STILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT UNDER, I BELIEVE SO. I'LL HAVE TO GO LOOK AT IT. AND, AND OF COURSE, EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IS THE SUBSTITUTE VERSION THAT WE'RE EXPECTING, WHICH I WILL DEFINITELY SHARE WHEN IT COMES, BUT I THINK, SO I DIDN'T, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF AREAS WHERE IT SAYS WE CAN'T DO THINGS. SO I THINK WE WOULD HAVE THAT ABILITY. OKAY. AND THEN BACK TO SHORT TERM RENTALS. UH, I UNDERSTAND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE LOCALLY IS WE CAN'T GET THE ONLINE PLATFORMS TO AUTOMATICALLY WITHDRAW, UH, H O T. SO WOULD THAT BE NO, THIS BILL DOESN'T ADDRESS THE, UH, THE, UM, THE, THE TAXES PART, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ALREADY STATE LAW. UM, IT, SO THIS, THIS BILL DOESN'T ADDRESS THE FINANCE PIECE. WHAT IT DOES SAY ABOUT THE PLATFORMS IS THAT IF WE, IF AN S T R IN OUR COMMUNITY, IF WE HAVE A PERMITTING REGIME AND AN S T R DOES NOT HAVE A LOCAL PERMIT, UH, THE, THE PLATFORMS ARE PROHIBITED FROM LISTING THAT PROPERTY, IT SORT OF REQUIRES THEM TO COME TO US. UH, BUT IT DOESN'T ADDRESS THE TAXES PIECE AT ALL. OKAY. UM, AND I GUESS IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE TAXES, BUT THE ABILITY TO WITHDRAW THEM AUTOMATICALLY. UM, YEAH, I DON'T, BECAUSE THAT CREATES A PROBLEM FOR LOCAL. I DON'T THINK THERE, TROY, DO YOU WANT TROY'S APARTMENT DOES THE COMPLIANCE PIECE ON THAT, BUT THE BILL DOESN'T? YES, MA'AM. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION WITH THE PLATFORMS. THEY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO AUTOMATICALLY WITHDRAW THAT. UM, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS THE, THE NUMBER OF PLATFORMS AND REACHING AGREEMENTS WITH THEM. UM, MANY OF THE PLATFORMS WILL WITHDRAW IT, BUT THEY WILL NOT PROVIDE US THE DATA AS FAR AS WHO HAS, UM, PROVIDED THE SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. SO WE'RE PLANNING ON HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS, UM, PROBABLY LATER ON IN THE YEAR, BUT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REACH AGREEMENT WITH THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU, TROY. UM, I JUST A FEW MORE COMMENTS. UH, COUNCILMAN SALDANA COULDN'T BE HERE AS, UH, SOME OF YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HE'S GOT A, A BABY WHO'S SICK. AND HE, UH, HE WAS POSTING SOMETHING FROM, FROM THE HOSPITAL SAYING THAT HE FEELS REALLY PRIVILEGED AND BLESSED THAT HE DOES HAVE, UH, PAID SICK LEAVE BECAUSE HE CAN, UH, HE CAN BE THERE WITH HIS CHILD, BUT HE KNOWS THAT THERE ARE MANY PARENTS THAT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TO DO THAT. AND SO HE WISHES THAT HE WERE HERE BEING ABLE TO, TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM. UM, SO I, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY POSITION ON SB 15, AND THEN ALSO ASK MY COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE ON IT. UM, COUNCILMAN LANYA WANTED THE DISCUSSION TO COME HERE, UH, AND NOT JUST AT I I G R, BECAUSE, UH, HE REALLY WANTED TO HEAR FROM ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND GIVE THEM, EVEN THOUGH HE'S CHAIR OF I G R, HE WANTED TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO WEIGH IN. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. UH, SO I WILL, I WILL WEIGH IN. UM, I, I'VE EXPRESSED THIS BEFORE, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SAME COUNCIL THAT DID VOTE FOR PAID SICK LEAVE, UM, NOT LONG AGO. I THINK THE ONLY PERSON WE'VE HAD CHANGE IS OF COURSE, COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN HALL. SO, UM, I'M, I GUESS I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT STANDING BY, BY OUR DECISION THAT, THAT WE MADE AT THAT TIME. UM, THE, YOU KNOW, JUST EARLIER TODAY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HEALTHY CORNER STORE INITIATIVE AND HOW WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS. AND, SORRY, HAVING A PAID SICK LEAVE IN, IN MY OPINION, IS SOMETHING THAT HELPS US DO THAT, BECAUSE IT MEANS YOU CAN STAY HOME AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF BEFORE A CONDITION, UH, GETS WORSE OR SPREADS TO OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR, IN YOUR CLASSROOM. UM, SO [01:30:01] THAT'S, THAT'S SORT OF WHERE, WHERE I'M COMING FROM. UM, I HAD A, A FRIEND IN IN SCHOOL WHO WAS A PHD STUDENT. AND, UH, PHD STUDENTS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR HAVING TO WORK 24 HOURS A DAY AND, UH, FOR THEIR, THEY BEING PRACTICALLY FREE LABOR FOR DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS. AND HE WAS, HE WAS SICK, AND HE WAS SURPRISED THAT HIS ADVISOR TOLD HIM, HIS PROFESSOR TOLD HIM, NO, STAY HOME AND GET BETTER. AND HE THOUGHT, WOW, UM, PROFESSOR HEMOND IS SO NICE, HE WANTS ME TO, TO GET BETTER. AND THEN HE, UH, PROFESSOR HEMAN SAID, NO, I JUST WANT YOU TO COME BACK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THEN I CAN GET THE MOST OUT OF YOU. I CAN'T GET VERY MUCH OUT OF YOU WHEN YOU'RE SICK. UM, SO IT'S IN THAT SAME VEIN, I THINK, UM, OUR, OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR SCHOOLS GET MORE WHEN PEOPLE ARE, ARE HEALTHY. UM, I'M ALSO REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UH, THE N D O PORTION THAT'S BEEN, UH, FOLDED INTO TO ONE OF THESE PROPOSALS. UH, I BROUGHT THIS UP BE BEFORE, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE OKAY, I'M, I CAN'T JUST TURN A BLIND EYE TO, TO THE COMMUNITIES AND OTHER CITIES. AND IF THOSE CITIES HAVE MOVED FORWARD ON THEIR ORDINANCES, UM, I THINK CITIES NEED TO STAND TOGETHER. WE DID ON A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES. UM, SO I, FOR, FOR THAT REASON, I ALSO SUPPORT US TAKING A POSITION. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS CONFUSING IF, UH, IF SOME MEMBERS OR SOME ORGANIZATIONS ARE TAKING OUR POSITION ON THE N D O AND SAYING, OH, SEE, IT'S OKAY, AND WE HAVE TO SEND, UH, ED GUZMAN UP THERE. I THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH CLEARER IF WE JUST HAD A POSITION, UM, ON IT. UM, BUT IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO, THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD SUPPORT THE OTHER BILL BY, UH, COUNCILMAN AL. UH, I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL SAY IT'S NOT A LOCAL ISSUE. IT SHOULD BE A STATEWIDE ISSUE. UM, WELL, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN ALSO WEIGH IN. IF WE REALLY DO BELIEVE, UH, THE STATE SHOULD BE REGULATING THAT, THEN LET'S, UM, LET'S ENCOURAGE THEM TO, TO DO SO. UM, AND I MEAN, I MEAN, NO OFFENSE AT MY, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO MAY FEEL DIFFERENTLY, UH, BUT I DO WANNA SHARE MY POSITION AND, AND WHERE I'M COMING FROM. I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING YOURS AND HAVING AN OPEN DIALOGUE ABOUT THIS. UM, AND I'D ALSO BE INTERESTED IN BRINGING THIS ITEM BACK, UH, NEXT WEEK, UH, FOR ANOTHER UPDATE. COUNCILMAN SALDANA ASKED ME TO, TO REQUEST THIS, UH, FOR BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THINK OF THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. COUNCILMAN ELAS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, UM, I'M CONCERNED, UH, LESS, UH, FROM A POINT OF VIEW OF SUBSTANCE AND MORE FROM A PROCESS POINT OF VIEW THERE. WE HAVE COMMITTEES FOR A REASON. I THINK THAT, UM, CIRCUMVENTING COMMITTEES AND BRINGING ISSUES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN COMPLETELY VETTED AT A COMMITTEE LEVEL UP TO, UH, THE DAIS, UM, IS A DISSERVICE TO THE SUBSTANCE AND, UH, ALSO TO THE PROCESS. UH, AND SO WHILE I APPRECIATE THE, THE SENTIMENT, UM, I DO THINK THAT THIS IS, UM, STILL NEEDS SOME, SOME WORKING AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL. UH, AND I ALSO, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE GOOD DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR SAN ANTONIO DELEGATION UP IN AUSTIN, UH, BEFORE AS PART OF THAT COMMITTEE WORK. UM, AND SKIPPING THAT PROCESS TOO, UH, IS I THINK, DETRIMENTAL TO, UH, THE WORK THAT WE DO AND SETS A, SETS A PRECEDENT FOR, UM, FUTURE CIRCUMVENTION OF THAT PROCESS. AND SO, UH, I'M, I'M GOING TO ALSO URGE THE COMMITTEE TO REMEMBER THAT ONE OF THE REASONS, I'M SORRY, THE, THE COUNCIL TO REMEMBER THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE COMMITTEES IS SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE TRANSPARENT, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS THAN LESS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ASKING US TO HAVE THIS DEBATE TODAY BEFORE WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, UM, A ROBUST DISCUSSION AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL, I THINK, UM, CHEATS THAT PROCESS AND THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S MY OPINION. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PLY, COUNCILMAN CURRY. YEAH. I ORIGINALLY HAD CHECKED IN TO SPEAK, UH, ASK A QUESTION ABOUT ANOTHER ISSUE, BUT I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, SO I'LL, I'LL MENTION MY, MY FEELINGS ON IT. UH, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T TOO LONG AGO, THE BUSINESSES WOULDN'T HIRE WOMEN BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BECOME PREGNANT AND THEY'D MISS WORK, AND SO THE BUSINESS WOULD LOSE OUT. AND SO THAT WAS A, A REAL DILEMMA FACING, UH, A MAJOR SEGMENT OF OUR WORKFORCE. BUT NOW PEOPLE HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, ALLOWING EVERYBODY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WORKFORCE. UH, I THINK THE SAME, UH, THOUGHT PROCESS NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PAID SICK LEAVE. UH, I JUST THINK THAT [01:35:02] EVERYONE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT PARENTS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN IF THEY'RE SICK, OR TO TAKE CARE OF SICK FAMILY MEMBERS OR TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. UH, AND THE PROSPECT OF LOSING THEIR JOB OR LOSING THEIR INCOME AND THEIR FINANCIAL STABILITY BECAUSE OF ILLNESS OR SICKNESS, YOU KNOW, IS CONTRARY REALLY TO THE WELLBEING OF ALL OF US. BECAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA SAY, WELL, IF YOU DON'T COME TO WORK, YOU DON'T GET PAID. IF YOU MISS FOUR OR FIVE DAYS, UH, BEING SICK, I CAN'T KEEP YOU ON, I NEED SOMEBODY ELSE TO TAKE THE JOB, YOU'RE FIRED. THAT JUST MEANS THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEND KIDS TO SCHOOL SICK, WHICH I SAW AS A TEACHER FOR 27 YEARS. OR YOU'RE GONNA HAVE WORKERS GO TO WORK SICK AND SPREAD SICKNESS THROUGHOUT THE WORKPLACE, AND TO THE CUSTOMER BASE BEING SERVED BY THOSE WORKERS, THAT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO ME. UH, AND THAT WAS THE FOUNDATION OF MY ORIGINAL SUPPORT FOR PAID SICK LEAVE. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT, BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT WE SUPPORTED WAS, WAS PUT UPON US THAT IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE GENERATED AS A COUNCIL. MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE, BUT WE DIDN'T. AND I THINK THAT IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US, EVEN THOUGH WE PASSED IT AS AN ORDINANCE, TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THE FACTORS THAT WE CAN TO, UH, ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE AND GROW AND POSSIBLY GET BETTER THROUGH MORE ATTENTION BY STAKEHOLDERS. AND SO THAT'S WHY I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THAT EFFORT GOING FORWARD, BUT I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE STATE TAKING AWAY OUR OPPORTUNITY AND RIGHT AS A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TO GO AHEAD AND DECIDE WHAT'S BEST FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. COURAGE. COUNCILMAN TNO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND I JUST, I TOO WANNA JUST CONTINUE THOSE COMMENTS. UH, THIS IS, THIS IS ABOUT LOCAL CONTROL. AND, UM, WHILE I DO RESPECT THE COMMENTS ON PROCESS, UM, I THINK WE'RE BEING ASKED TO ALSO EXPRESS OUR POINT OF VIEW HERE. AND, AND THIS IS, THIS IS IMPORTANT HERE. I I DO STAND BY OUR DECISION, UH, ON PAID SICK LEAVE. AND I, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, SB 15 DOES UNDERMINE US IN MANY WAYS. AND, UH, WE HAVE A, A PRINCIPLE TO FOLLOW HERE WHEN IT COMES TO LOCAL CONTROL. AND, UH, WE'RE CLOSEST TO THE ISSUES WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, ABOUT WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. AND, UH, SO I, I WANNA EXPRESS MY, MY, MY, MY CONCERN OVER RECIPE 15, UH, SPECIFICALLY ON PAID SICK LEAVE. UM, I THINK ALL OF US HAVE COMMON STORIES TO TELL ABOUT WHY THIS IS JUST COMMON SENSE. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT IT, IT, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT AND, AND PROBABLY THE, THE HARDEST STORIES ARE THOSE, WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW WELL THEY HAVE PAID SICK LEAVE, BUT KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S, IT'S HARD FOR OTHERS NOT TO. WELL, I THINK YOU, THIS IS, THIS IS THAT MOMENT WHERE WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US AND, UH, AND HOW WE STAND UP AND HELP BE A VOICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THOSE THAT HAVE SPENT A LOT OF EFFORT, UH, COLLECTING, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WHICH WE VOTED ON. AND I THINK, UH, I WANT TO, UH, STAND BY OUR DECISION, UH, ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT, UH, THE, THE N D O PORTION OF IT IS ALSO TROUBLING, UH, AGAIN, TO SAY, WELL, IT DOESN'T AFFECT US. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN WE SEEM TO BE, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA STAND BY OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL. UH, CERTAINLY BELIEVE IN LOCAL CONTROL AND, UH, AND, AND WANNA SUPPORT, UH, ALS BILL, UH, REGARDING THIS VERY ISSUE AS WELL. THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS A LOT OF PEOPLE. IT IMPACTS THEM IN, IN WAYS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME MAY NOT CONNECT TO. BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY WHEN YOU, WHEN WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS, WE LEARN THAT IT, THAT IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN ALL RELATE TO AND, AND BELIEVE THAT, UH, WE NEED TO PUT OUR RESOURCES BEHIND, UH, BEING RESPONSIBLE REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TREO. COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UM, I, I DO HAVE SOME, SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS. UM, JEFF, SO I KNOW WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN INTERNAL COMMITTEE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, BECAUSE AS WAS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THIS CAME TO US, UM, ORIGINALLY AS A PETITION, WE DECIDED TO ADOPT IT AS AN ORDINANCE, BUT THE ENFORCEMENT PART AND HOW WE WOULD COMMUNICATE TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WERE IMPACTED, STILL NEEDED TO BE DETERMINED. WE DON'T HAVE THE PROCESSES IN THE CITY DEPARTMENT OF HOW WE WOULD WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES. SO WE HAVE OUR SMALL COMMITTEE THAT COUNCILMAN ELIAS [01:40:01] IS CHAIRING, AND WE, UH, SOME OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE, UH, TO DETERMINE WHAT THE IMPLEMENTATION WILL LOOK LIKE. SO THE PAID SICK LEAVE ORDINANCE IS ALREADY IN EFFECT. IT WAS IN EFFECT AS OF JANUARY ONE. UH, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S IN EFFECT, BUT IT WILL, WE'LL START FULLY IMPLEMENTING IT SOMETIME IN AUGUST. SO I GUESS THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CONFUSION. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT DID NOT MAKE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE. UH, OUR COMMITTEE, I'M USING OUR LEGISLATIVE TERMS, BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMITTEE, THERE WAS NOT A CONSENSUS IN THE I G R COMMITTEE TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY. UH, BUT WE DID PASS AN ORDINANCE, AND WE ARE WORKING ON IT INTERNALLY THROUGH, UM, THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT COUNCILMAN PALAIS IS CHAIRING. SO WHAT KIND OF DIRECTION DO YOU NEED FROM US TO PRIORITIZE IT? I THINK THIS IS WHERE THERE IS SOME CONFUSION, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN AMONGST ES ON THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE COUNCILMAN SALANA, UH, WANTED TO MAKE, PERHAPS MAKE A MOTION, BUT WE HAVEN'T MADE A MOTION ON ALL OF THESE, OR HAVE WE? NO. SO COULD YOU YES. I, THAT'S ELABORATE. GOOD QUESTION. SO, UH, WHAT GUIDES OUR ACTIVITIES AT THE CAPITOL IS OUR STATE APPRO STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, WHICH YOU ALL ULTIMATELY AS A BODY APPROVE. UM, WE DO HAVE LANGUAGE IN THE AGENDA THAT SAYS WE WILL, UH, FIGHT FOR LOCAL DECISION MAKING FOR THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHAT'S BEST FOR ITS COMMUNITY. UH, INEVITABLY EVERY SESSION THERE ARE ISSUES AND BILLS THAT COME UP THAT DON'T NECESSARILY FIT NEATLY IN THE BOXES OF OUR PROGRAM. AND WE SEEK DIRECTION FROM THE I G R COMMITTEE, UH, FOR HOW TO HANDLE THEM ON THE ISSUE OF PAID SICK LEAVE. UM, WHEN WE CAME TO THE COMMITTEE, UH, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS TO, TO NOT TAKE A POSITION ON IT, TO SUBMIT A, UH, WRITTEN TESTIMONY AS TO THE HISTORY OF THIS ISSUE, THE PETITIONS THAT WERE GATHERED BY THE COMMUNITY, THE SUBSEQUENT COUNSEL APPROVAL, UH, THE FACT THAT THERE IS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE IN PLACE, UH, WORKING, CONTINUING TO WORK ON IT, AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE WATCHING CLOSELY THE LEGAL, UH, FIGHT OVER THE ISSUE, THE, IT'S BEEN DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN THE AUSTIN CIRCUIT. IT DOESN'T APPLY TO US, BUT IT'S PENDING BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. AND IF THEY TAKE IT UP, IT WOULD BECOME THE LAW OF THE LAMB. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION AT THE TIME WAS, LET'S MONITOR THIS CLOSELY, LET'S WATCH IT. WE'LL CONTINUE TO REPORT TO YOU. UM, BUT NOT, UH, TESTIFY FOR OR AGAINST. UM, THE, UH, COMMITTEE DIDN'T DISAGREE WITH THAT. I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN SALDANA WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO SPOKE UP AND DISAGREED WITH THAT. UH, SO WE TOOK THAT AS DIRECTION THAT, UH, THAT THAT'S HOW WE WOULD HANDLE THIS ISSUE. NOW, THESE THINGS ARE FLUID. THIS BILL IS FLUID, UH, AS WE'VE SEEN WITH THE N D O EXEMPTION BEING IN IT, THEN OUT OF IT AND THAT SORT OF THING. AND SO WE ARE CONTINU TO WATCH, CONTINUING TO WATCH CLOSELY. I DON'T WANNA SUGGEST THAT WE'RE NOT, UH, BUT AT THIS POINT, WHEN IT, IT'S BEEN HEARD IN ONE BODY, WHICH IS IN THE SENATE, WE DID NOT REGISTER A FOUR OR AGAINST POSITION, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. WE HAVE SUBMITTED COMMENTS AND WEIGHED IN AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT AFFECTS OUR N D O, WHICH IT DOESN'T CURRENTLY. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN ON COUNSEL NOW MANY YEARS. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THAT SOMETHING WAS SUPPORTED IN THE COMMITTEE, AND THEN THE ENTIRE BODY DID NOT SUPPORT THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO'S THE ONE TO PROPERLY ANSWER THE QUESTION. DOES IT REQUIRE A MOTION? I THINK THAT THERE'S PERHAPS SOME, SOME GATHERING ON THAT SIDE. UM, SORRY TO INTERRUPT. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ANSWER, ANSWER THAT. COUNCILMAN, UH, WHO IS, OKAY, RON. SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON, RIGHT? SO WE'RE HAVING A BRIEFING RIGHT NOW SO THAT THE, THAT JEFF CAN GET CLARITY ON OUR POSITIONS AS A COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD ON ANY CHANGE IN POSITION. SO IF YOU HAVE A POSITION ON SSB 15, YOU SHOULD VOCALIZE THAT TO, TO JEFF AT THIS TIME. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND SO THEN IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD REQUIRE ACTION, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS WHERE, UM, I'M A LITTLE BIT, UH, STILL NOT QUITE FULLY UNDERSTANDING THE, HOW, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ACTION. IT JUST NEEDS TO HEAR DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL. UH, IT DOESN'T NEED TO TAKE THE FORM OF AN ACTION, THOUGH. THAT'S CORRECT. BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT, THE COMMITTEE DOESN'T, DIDN'T RECOMMEND, WELL, THE EXISTING LANGUAGE IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM THAT THE FULL COUNCIL DID PASS DOES, UH, AUTHORIZE US TO GO DEFEND LOCAL DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY TO OPPOSE PREEMPTION. UM, AND SO, UH, BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, WE, WE DIDN'T TAKE A DIRECT POSITION ON THIS, BUT, UH, IT DOES NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IF THE BODY, UH, OF THE COUNCIL, UH, IF THE DIRECTION FROM THE BODY IS FOR US TO, UH, GO FIGHT IT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT ALREADY. THERE'S JUST BEEN A LACK OF CLEAR DIRECTION ABOUT THE ISSUE TO THIS POINT, WHICH IS WHY WE [01:45:01] ARE, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE, UH, TAKEN THE ACTIONS THAT WE HAVE AT UP TO THIS POINT. UH, OKAY. UH, WELL, THANK YOU. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE, SO IN OTHER WORDS, OUR PROGRAM DOESN'T NEED TO BE AMENDED. THERE DOESN'T NEED TO BE OFFICIAL ACTION TAKEN. I THINK IF IT'S CLEAR THAT THE BODY WANTS US, UM, TO WEIGH IN ON THIS ISSUE, THEN THAT, THAT WILL BE ENOUGH FOR US GIVEN THE EXISTING AGENDA. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO, I, I, I DO SUPPORT US, UH, MAKING THAT A COUNCIL PRIORITY. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE THAT IN A NUMBER OF WAYS BY CREATING THE ORDINANCE. IT'S CURRENTLY IN EFFECT, WE HAVE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO TRY TO GET IT RIGHT AT THIS, AT OUR LOCAL LEVEL, BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME THINGS IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WERE NOT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ALSO OVERSIGHT AND, UH, AND A AUTHOR JUST SIMPLY HOW ONE WOULD COMMUNICATE WITH OUR BUSINESSES THAT THIS WAS A NEW ORDINANCE. SO ALL THOSE THINGS I FELT LIKE SHOULD STILL NEED TO BE WORKED OUT AT A LOCAL LEVEL, BUT THAT WE WOULD PRIORITIZE THIS AS DIRECTION FROM OUR, UH, FROM YOU, UH, AS, UM, OUR LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR. UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. COUNCILWOMAN GRO. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MENTIONED THIS, THIS BILL, THE ONE, UH, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M SORRY, REPRESENTATIVE VERNAL WAS DOING ON NEIGHBORHOODS. RIGHT? DID YOU MENTION THAT IN THE UPDATES? I DIDN'T. IT, THERE'S BEEN NO UPDATE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT HAS NOT GOTTEN A HEARING YET IN COMMITTEE. OKAY. I KNOW HIS OFFICE HAS BEEN ASKING THE CHAIR, UH, TO HOLD THE HEARING. UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE PROCESS IS THAT EACH CHAIR GETS A WHOLE BUNCH OF BILLS REFERRED TO THEIR COMMITTEE, AND THEY'LL PRIORITIZE WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR. SO TO THIS POINT, IT HAS NOT BEEN HEARD. AND THAT, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT BILL WAS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, PLEASE? SURE. IT ALLOWS US, UH, WELL, IT ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT US. IT'S A STATE, UH, LAW RELATED TO THE SCHOOL PROPERTY TAXES, BUT ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS FOR A TAX FREEZE WHEN SOMEONE HAS BEEN IN THEIR HOME FOR, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS 15, UH, SHOOT, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME. I THINK IT'S 15. I THINK IT'S 15 YEARS OR MORE, AND HA OR 10 YEARS OR MORE. AND HAS SEEN VALUES, NO, YOU'RE RIGHT. 15 YEARS AND HAS SEEN VALUES GO UP BY A HUNDRED PERCENT OVER THAT TIME. MM-HMM. , UH, THAT THEY, IT WOULD ALLOW. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY A TARGETED RELIEF TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF LONGTIME RESIDENTS SEEING VALUES GO UP AROUND THEM THROUGH NO, UH, FAULT OF THEIR OWN MM-HMM. , UH, AND IT ADDRESSES THE SCHOOL TAX PIECE OF IT. RIGHT. OKAY. UM, CORRECT. AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR EYES FOCUSED ON THAT ONE, BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO HELP US WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME SORT OF PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR RESIDENTS, FOR OUR LEGACY HOMEOWNERS AS WELL. AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, I THINK JUST TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, UH, THIS, THIS AREA, JUST TO BE CLEAR TOO, A STATEMENT THAT MY COLLEAGUE MADE ABOUT WOMEN GETTING PAID, IF THEY'RE PREGNANT, WOMEN STILL AREN'T GETTING PAID. IF THEY TAKE, UH, MATERNITY LEAVE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE TEACHERS THAT ARE TAKING LEAVE, THEY STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE DAYS AS WELL. SO THEY'RE NOT GETTING THOSE DAYS PAID FOR. SO LET'S JUST ALSO TALK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SEE WHAT, AND THE STATE TO SEE, FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AS WELL TO PAY FOR OUR TEACHERS AND THEIR MATERNITY LEAVE TOO. UM, I THINK WHAT OUR GROUP BROUGHT UP WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT BILLS THAT ARE, THERE'S SOME SORT OF DIFFERENT MACHINATIONS OF THE SSB, UM, SB 15 THAT'S COMING UP HERE. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO GET, I KNOW MY, MY MAYOR, MAYOR, I THINK WE DO NEED TO GET THE, WHEN WE GET A BRIEFING IN I G R, WE NEED TO HAVE IT HOLISTICALLY LOOKED AT WITH ALL OF THESE VARIATIONS OF, UM, WHAT WAS OUTLINED HERE, THE SSB 15, HB 1654, SSB 24 85, 24 88, 37 28, AND HOW THEY ARE CONNECTED IN SOME WAY TO SSB 15. BECAUSE I THINK WE, AS A CITY, IF WE HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENT, I GUESS, UM, WAYS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO, UM, APPROACH THIS, I THINK IT'LL HELP US IN OUR POSITION OF GOING FORWARD AND DEFENDING THE CITY AND DEFENDING OUR POSITION, OUR CITY PRIORITY AND POSITION. SO I THINK WE DO NEED TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY, BUT I ALSO THINK WE NEED FULL UNDERSTANDING OF HOW ALL THESE PIECES ARE GETTING PLAYED TOGETHER AND OUR, UM, LINE OF DEFENSE IF WE NEED TO PLAY DEFENSE. BUT I THINK WE DO NEED TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY, BUT I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION IN OUR I G R COMMITTEE IN ORDER HOW THESE ALL UH, THESE, [01:50:01] ALL THESE PUZZLE PIECES WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN VERAN, COUNCILMAN HALL. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I DO THINK IT'S DIFFICULT TO PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND, YOU KNOW, LANGUAGE GETS PUT IN OTHER THINGS AND SO FORTH. AND SO I APPLAUD THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO BECAUSE I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED IN, UM, IN, IN FOLLOWING THIS STUFF, BUT THEN, THEN ALSO MAKING LAW. UM, AND SO ON THE CITY LEVEL, I, I JUST THINK IT'S THE, THE BETTER APPROACH IS, IS TO TALK ABOUT GENERAL, GENERAL GENERALITIES AND CONCEPTS, UH, AS OPPOSED TO SPECIFIC DETAILED LANGUAGE, BECAUSE THE, THE DETAILS CHANGE. AND SO IF WE HAVE AN OVERALL PERSPECTIVE AS, AS TO AN APPROACH, THEN THAT'S THE APPROACH WE SHOULD TAKE. AND SO I LIKE THE, THE NOTION OF, ALRIGHT, LET'S, LET'S JUST FOLLOW THIS CONCEPT OF LOCAL CONTROL, AND IT MAY APPLY TO LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, AND WE CAN KIND OF DEAL WITH THOSE AS THEY COME UP. BUT LOCAL CONTROL IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL SUPPORT. UM, NOW THAT SAID, UH, LOCAL CONTROL DOES HAVE LIMITS. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A STATE GOVERNMENT FOR A REASON. WE'VE GOT A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR A REASON. WE'VE GOT SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR A REASON. UH, EACH OF THEM HAVE AREAS OF AUTHORITY, UH, UH, ET CETERA. AND SO IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR MY POSITION ON IT, MY POSITIONS IS SIMPLE. I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF MINIMUM WAGE. I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, PAID SICK LEAVE AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. UM, BUT FROM MY VIEW, THAT'S NOT A LOCAL CONTROL ISSUE. THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT SORT OF ISSUE AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS BELONG AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL, WHETHER IT'S STATE, NATIONAL, OR OTHERWISE. UM, AND SO THAT'S JUST MY GENERAL PERSPECTIVE ON IT. I, I DO THINK WE CAN GO OUT AND ADVOCATE, UH, AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF WHERE THAT THAT DECISION IS BEING MADE. I, I, I DON'T MIND DOING THAT, BUT AS FAR AS, UH, WHETHER WE SHOULD DO IT AS A CITY, UM, UH, I, I JUST, I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, PART OF OUR PURVIEW AS A CITY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HALL. COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. I JUST, UM, SORT OF ALONG THE LINES OF, OF COUNCILMAN HALL, HE SAID, UH, IT'S GOOD TO START WITH THE GENERAL DIRECTION, BUT THEN THERE ARE NUANCES AFTER THAT. BUT JUST WANNA CLARIFY, JEFF, WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA MM-HMM. THAT THIS FULL COUNCIL ADOPTED. AND WHAT WAS THE POSITION WHEN IT CAME TO LOCAL CONTROL ON THAT? DO YOU, EDUARDA YOU DON'T HAVE IT WITH YOU, DO YOU? THE LANGUAGE, I, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. UM, BUT IN THE GIST IS WE SUPPORT, UH, THE DECISION MAKING OF THIS BODY, OF THE ABILITY TO, UM, JUST FOR THE LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PASS ORDINANCES AND RULES AND POLICIES THAT THEY BELIEVE ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THEIR COMMUNITY. SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. YES. WHICH AT THE TIME WE, WE HAD, WHEN IT CAME TO EARNED, UH, PAID SICK LEAVE AND WHICH OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE WITH THEIR DIFFERENT NDOS. AND SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE BILLS, WE ARE NOT TAKING, WE'RE NOT BEING CONSISTENT. I THINK WITH, UH, WITH THAT AGENDA AS IT WAS LAID OUT, IT SEEMS TO ME, WELL, I THINK, UH, COUNCILMAN HALL'S COMMENTS ARE EXACTLY RIGHT. THERE IS A PLACE WHERE STATE LEADS IN LOCAL LEADS IN THE STATE, AND I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE. I JUST MENTIONED TOBACCO 21. IF I, IF WE WERE TAKING A RIGID POSITION THAT WE ARE GONNA DEFEND LOCAL DECISION MAKING, THAT'S IT. WE WOULD FIGHT A STATEWIDE SMOKING AGE OF 21, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. WE HAVE A LOCAL ORDINANCE, THERE'S A STATE LAW THAT IS GENERALLY THE SAME. IT'S NOT THE EXACT SAME THING IN, IN OUR, AS OUR ORDINANCE, BUT IT WOULD CREATE A STATEWIDE CONCEPT THAT IS ESSENTIALLY MIRRORS WHAT YOU ALL HAVE ASKED FOR LOCALLY. SO WE SUPPORT THAT. BUT IN GENERAL, THAT PROPOSAL ON, ON TOBACCO 21 IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE PUT FORWARD IS THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH. SB 15 IS NOT CONSISTENT, AND IT DOES OVERRIDE LOCAL DECISION MAKING POWER, WHICH TORRANCE. YEAH. SO I, I, I THINK THERE'S, WELL, A, THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES OF CONSISTENCY HERE, BUT I, I APPROVED A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT SAID WE WOULD SUPPORT LOCAL DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY, AND, UH, WE ARE NOT BEING CONSISTENT WITH IT, UH, RIGHT NOW. AND, UH, I, UH, I GUESS WHAT'S THE PROCESS WHEN WE DEVIATE FROM OUR LOCAL, UH, ADOPTED AGENDA? IS THERE A SPECIFIC ACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OR WE'RE KIND OF LOOSEY GOOSEY ON IT? WHAT, NO, I THINK WE, WE'VE GOT OUR, WE'VE GOT OUR DIRECTIVES FROM YOU ALL IN, IN THE APPROVED PROGRAM. UH, WHEN THE NUANCED TOPICS COME UP THAT, UH, LEAVE QUESTION MARKS IN BETWEEN THOSE STATED POSITIONS, WE SEEK DIRECTION FROM YOU. UM, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T, IF IT'S A CLEAR, UH, DIRECTION FROM THE BODY, THEN I SAY WHAT I SAID BEFORE, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO VOTE TO AMEND OUR PROGRAM. UH, IF IT'S NOT CLEAR, UH, THEN, THEN PERHAPS THAT KIND OF DISCUSSION NEEDS TO HAPPEN. BUT, UM, WE, WE CONTINUALLY ARE CHECKING IN WITH I G R WEEKLY, UH, SO THAT THEY KNOW THE ACTIONS [01:55:01] THAT WE'RE TAKING UP THERE AND, AND CAN AGREE OR DISAGREE AS TO OUR CONSISTENCY WITH THE AGENDA. CERTAINLY IF THEY, UH, IF THE COMMITTEE BELIEVES WE'RE BEING INCONSISTENT, THEY WILL TELL US AND WE'LL, UH, CHANGE OUR, OUR ACTIONS THERE. BUT TELL YOU THAT, NO, AS I MENTIONED, WHEN I BROUGHT THE, UH, THIS ISSUE UP, UM, UH, THE COMMITTEE DID NOT DISAGREE WITH OUR POSITION TO, UH, MONITOR IT, SUBMIT THE WRITTEN HISTORY OF THE ISSUE AND, UH, AND NOT REGISTER FOR OR AGAINST, OKAY. SO THEY, SO IT WAS STAFF RECOMMENDATION NOT TO TAKE A POSITION. THAT WAS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE HEARING WAS COMING UP THE NEXT WEEK. WE SAID, HERE'S WHAT WE RECOMMEND. WE WILL SUBMIT TESTIMONY THAT SUMMARIZES THE BACKGROUND OF THE ISSUE AND, AND WHERE WE ARE ON IT. AND, UM, AND WE'LL REGISTER ON THE BILL, MEANING WE'RE PROVIDING INFORMATION, BUT NOT SAYING WE'RE FOR OR AGAINST. UH, AND, UM, I, I THINK THE COMMITTEE AGREED WITH THAT DIRECTION. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID. OKAY. AND THEY DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT'S INCONSISTENT WITH OUR, WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, WHICH, OKAY. WELL, I THINK THAT WAS COUNCILMAN SAL'S UH, UH, COMMENT. ABSOLUTELY. UM, OKAY. UH, WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. COUNCILMAN ENCOURAGED. THANK YOU. UH, I HAD A QUESTION ON, UH, ANOTHER TOPIC, AND IT WAS ON EDUCATION MM-HMM. . AND, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT TWO BILLS THAT MAY BE COMING TOGETHER AROUND, UH, SOMETHING LIKE $9 BILLION TOWARDS RIGHT. HELPING PUBLIC EDUCATION. AND I'M JUST ASKING YOUR, YOUR VIEW OF WHAT YOU THINK YOUR UNDERSTANDING IS OF THESE BILLS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF, UH, ARE THESE GUARANTEED FUNDS THAT ARE GONNA GO TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS? AND I JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE I KNOW SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, THE STATE HAS SAID, WE'RE WE WANNA MANDATE PAY INCREASES, OR WE WANNA MANDATE THE, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS DOING X, Y, OR Z. UH, AND THEY SAY THE VALUE IS X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, BUT THEY'VE NEVER REALLY COMMITTED FUNDS TO GUARANTEE THE STATE'S PORTION OF THAT. AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU ARE SEEING A STRONG GUARANTEE BY THE STATE IDENTIFYING WHERE THOSE EDUCATIONAL FUNDS ARE COMING FROM, RIGHT. TO ENSURE THAT THAT MONEY IS GOING TO GET TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THE HOUSE VERSION ABSOLUTELY DOES DO THAT, IS IT IS A CHANGE IN THE FORMULA. UH, IT IS A, UH, INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT PER STUDENT. UH, AND, UH, AND THEY'VE RUN, UH, WELL, I GUESS THEY CALL THEM RUNS, UH, ON EACH OF THE DISTRICTS. AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE, UH, COME OUT AHEAD. UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS BECAUSE, UH, TALK ABOUT LEGISLATION CHANGING AND BEING FLUID. THIS IS A BIG COMPREHENSIVE BILL. UH, AND, UH, THEY'VE GENERALLY PREFERRED THE HOUSE VERSION, WHICH GIVES MORE FLEXIBILITY TO THE LOCAL LEVEL. UM, THE, THE SENATE VERSION IS MORE OF A, AS I MENTIONED ACROSS THE BOARD TEACHER PAY RAISE AND NOT A, NOT A SUSTAINABLE CHANGE IN THE FORMULA. IT'S SORT OF A ONE-TIME SOLUTION NOW THAT MAY CONTINUE GOING FORWARD, BUT IT ISN'T A CHANGE IN THE FORMULA, PER SE, FOR THE DISTRICT. SO I BELIEVE, WITHOUT WANTING TO SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS AND DISTRICTS HAVE PREFERRED THE HOUSE VERSION. UM, AND, AND YES, DEFINITELY THE HOUSE VERSION CREATES A PERMANENT, UH, STRUCTURAL CHANGE FOR SCHOOL FINANCE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN COURAGE. COUNCILMAN BROCKO. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, JEFF, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THOUGHTS. I, I, THE, THE, OBVIOUSLY GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE CITY'S ABILITY TO CONTROL ITS OWN DESTINY AND LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. SO FROM A LOCAL CONTROL PERSPECTIVE, IT DOESN'T, UM, YOU KNOW, I PREFER WE DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN HERE AND, UH, AND WE CONTROL THAT WITH THE AS LIMITED INTERVENTION FROM AUSTIN AS POSSIBLE. UNLESS WE STEP OUT OF SOME SORT OF BOUNDARY THAT VIOLATES THE STATE LAW, THEN I COULD SEE AUSTIN INTERVENTION MATTERING FOR THE MATTER, THAT WOULD MATTER. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, I TEND TO FALL ON THE SIDE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR ABILITY TO REPRESENT OUR CITIZENS AND, AND DO THE THINGS WE THINK IS BEST FOR OURSELVES. BUT I WOULD JUST CAUTION YOU ABOUT THE MIXED MESSAGING, RIGHT? THE FUNNY THING ABOUT LOCAL CONTROL IS YOU CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT LOCAL CONTROL FOR. MM-HMM. . SO THAT'S THE MESSAGE WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE'RE GONNA PASS PAID SICK LEAVE, BUT AUSTIN'S GONNA FIX THAT. SO LOCAL CONTROL REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHEN IT COMES TO PAID SICK LEAVE BECAUSE AUSTIN'S GONNA GO KILL IT FOR US. UH, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA PASS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF HERE, BUT AUSTIN'S GONNA DO THAT 'CAUSE THAT'S THEIR JOB WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOL FINANCE REFORM. SO LOCAL CONTROL DOESN'T APPLY TO THOSE TWO ISSUES, BUT YOU THEN WE'RE GONNA APPLY LOCAL CONTROL OVER HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN CAN SEE WHERE IT'S, IT'S A DANGEROUS MESSAGE TO BE PUTTING OUT WHEN THE BODY CHOOSES WHAT IT WANTS TO ENFORCE LOCAL CONTROL ON AND WHAT IT DOESN'T, BECAUSE IT MAY NOT FIT SOMEBODY'S POLITICAL AGENDA. I THINK IT PUT THE VOTE DOWN ON IT. AND IF WE HAVE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION, I MEAN, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES, UH, FROM THE I G R DIDN'T LIKE THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE IN THE COMMITTEE, AND [02:00:01] HE'S TRYING TO END AROUND TO BRING IT TO THE FULL COUNCIL AND OR GOES TO AUSTIN TO REPRESENT AS THOUGH THIS PERSON SPEAKS FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE, RIGHT? WHERE THAT'S A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT ABOUT GOING AND WRITING THINGS THAT MAY APPEAR AS THOUGH YOU'RE ADVOCATING FOR A POLICY THAT THE BODY HAS NOT VOTED ON OR, OR GIVEN YOU CLEAR DIRECTION ON. UH, BUT THAT COLLEAGUE CAN ALSO BRING THAT UP TO THE FULL COUNSEL THAT'S WITHIN HIS RIGHT. I MAY DISAGREE WITH THE FACT HE IS MOVING OUTSIDE OF THE I G R, BUT HE CAN BRING IT UP TO US AND, AND, AND FORCE A FLOOR VOTE ON IT. I MEAN, THAT'S HIS RIGHT AS WELL. IF HE CAN, IF HE CAN GET THIS UP AND WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND WE DO IT NEXT WEEK, THEN, THEN SO BE IT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK MY ONLY PIECE WOULD BE CONSISTENCY. I, I THINK THE MESSAGING LOOKS BAD AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WHAT DO WE REALLY STAND FOR ON LOCAL CONTROL? IT'S A QUESTION I WOULD WANNA FLESH OUT. I MEAN, THAT'S A FAIR CONVERSATION TO HAVE. UH, WHAT ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT WE WANT TO CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY ON, AND WHAT ITEMS DO WE NOT WANT TO, BECAUSE WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POLITICS OR VOTES OR WHATEVER. SO, UH, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'LL FALL ON THE SIDE OF, OF GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF LOCAL CONTROL FOR THE CITY. AND WE DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO CONTROL OUR OWN FUTURE AND POLICYMAKING. UM, AND, AND THAT'S WHERE I'LL LEAVE IT WITH YOU AND WE CAN FLESH OUT IT OVER TIME, BUT I HOPE WE HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT ITEMS THOSE ARE AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. UH, 'CAUSE IT HAS TO BE HAD, BECAUSE YOU CAN TELL FROM HERE, THERE IS CONFUSION ON IT AND THERE'S MULTIPLE TENTACLES ATTACHED TO, UH, TO THE, TO THE BILL. SO THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE FLOATING AROUND IT, AND IT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S A WORTHY CONVERSATION, BUT APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK. AND IT WAS A GOOD BRIEFING TODAY. I DO THANK YOU FOR IT. THANK YOU. YOU OFFERED A LOT OF CLARITY FOR ME. THANK YOU, JEFF. APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BROCK, HOUSE. COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU. YOU, SIR. UH, JEFF? YES. I, I AGREE A LOT WITH, UH, WHAT COUNCILMAN ROCK HOUSE JUST SAID. UM, I SIT ON THE I G R AND DON'T YOU SEND THIS OUT, AGENDA OUT AND, AND HAVING YOU BEEN MM-HMM. WELCOMING THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME IN AND SIT IN THAT'S CORRECT. AND LEARN ABOUT THIS STUFF EVERY WEEK. AND, AND WE'VE BEEN SENDING A WEEKLY MEMO TO THE FULL COUNCIL AS WELL, WITH UPDATES ON BILLS AND SO FORTH. SO THAT'S, YEAH. AND, AND, AND YOUR BRIEFINGS TO THE I G R ARE VERY THOROUGH. I, I HAVEN'T BEEN CONFUSED ABOUT IT. I'M, I'VE BEEN PRETTY, PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH, UH, HOW YOU PRESENT IT, AND THANK YOU. UM, YOU KNOW, SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, ON THE I G R MADE A DECISION TO GO ALONG WITH THAT. AND THERE'S A PROCESS, THERE'S THIS PROCESS, AND ABSOLUTELY, COUNCILMAN NIA CAN BRING THIS UP TO THE, UH, TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. I AGREE WITH THAT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, THE I G R MADE A DECISION TO STAY NEUTRAL, GO ALONG WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION, AND IF SOMEONE DOESN'T AGREE WITH THAT, THEY CAN, THEY CAN SKEDADDLE TO AUSTIN AND GO TALK ALL THEY WANT TO AS A, UH, RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO, NOT AS AN I G R CHAIR OR EVEN MEMBER OF THE I G R. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROCESS WITH ALL THIS, AND WE, WE DO HAVE OTHER ALTERNATIVES, GET OUT THERE AND VOICE OUR OPINIONS OR, UM, DISAGREEMENTS OR AGREEMENTS AT THE LEGISLATURE. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I FULLY SUPPORTED, WHICH Y'ALL RECOMMEND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I, I THINK YOU'VE BEEN VERY OPEN TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TO COME IN AND SIT IN AND, AND IF THEY GOT QUESTIONS, ASK 'EM. THAT'S WHAT THOSE, UH, COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE FOR. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JEFF, FOR YOUR, UM, DETAILED INFORMATION AND BRIEFINGS AT THOSE I G R MEETINGS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PERRY. COUNCILMAN LIA. THANK YOU. UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE, I'M, I'M WORRIED ABOUT TWO THINGS. UM, ONE OF IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THIS NEED TO BE CONSISTENT AT ALL COSTS. LET'S BE CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO ADVOCATING FOR WHATEVER IS ON THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IN VERY, VERY GENERAL TERMS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE MEETINGS, RULES AND FUNCTIONS, OR THE COMMITTEE'S RULES AND FUNCTIONS, NAH, NO NEED TO BE CONSISTENT, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S, THE IRONY IS THICK, RIGHT? BECAUSE CONSISTENCY HERE, BUT NOT CONSISTENCY THERE, UM, IS IN, IN MY OPINION, SILLY, UH, TWO, UH, I'M, I'M REALLY WORRIED, UH, AND FOR THE LAWYERS IN THE ROOM, I'M SURE Y'ALL REMEMBER THE WORD, SLAVISH ADHERENCE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND HAVING THIS SLAVISH ADHERENCE TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE DOCUMENT, OF THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IS ALSO INCORRECT. UM, BECAUSE WHAT IS NOT IN THE DOCUMENT IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT AND WAS NOT IN THE DOCUMENT, WAS FASHIONED, UM, AND WAS THE SUBJECT OF LONG DISCUSSIONS, RIGHT? WE COULD HAVE ADDED A LOT MORE IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, BUT WE DIDN'T. RIGHT. AND WE MADE THE CONSCIOUS DECISION, BECAUSE WHEN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WAS PRINTED UP, WASN'T SSB 15 ALREADY, YOU KNOW, FILE JEFF, UH, OR WASN'T THERE? NO, THE BILL WASN'T, BUT CERTAINLY WE KNEW ABOUT THE ISSUE BECAUSE THIS YEAH. AND THE GOVERNOR HAPPENED. [02:05:01] THE GOVERNOR HAD ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT, RIGHT? LOTS OF SENATORS HAD ALREADY SORT OF SHOWN THEIR CARDS AND SAID, THIS IS THE FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA FILE. AND I'LL JUST SAY REAL QUICK, SORRY TO INTERRUPT. WE, WE DON'T PUT SPECIFIC BILLS IN THE AGENDA ANYWAY. IT'S GENERAL CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES THAT WE AGREE TO SUPPORT, AND THERE ALWAYS IS, UH, NUANCE IN BETWEEN, WHICH IS WHY WE REPORT TO YOU ALL WEEKLY AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS HERE. AND EVERYBODY ON THIS COMMITTEE, EVERYBODY, I'M SORRY, ON THIS COUNCIL, KNOWS THAT WE DISCUSSED PAID SICK LEAVE AT THE I G R COMMITTEE. AND EVERYBODY UP HERE ON THIS DIOCESE KNOWS THAT WE EXCLUDED THAT FROM THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR ONE VERY IMPORTANT REASON. AND THAT IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A WAIT AND SEE RECOMMENDATION FROM I G R, AND EVERYBODY HERE VOTED ON THAT, WAIT AND SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, PROPOSAL. AND IT'S NOT LIKE THIS LOCAL CONTROL THING SUDDENLY JUMPED UP AND, YOU KNOW, APPEARED AND SOMEBODY INVENTED IT. NOW, WE ALL KNEW WHAT LOCAL CONTROL WAS WAY BACK THEN, AND WE ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDIT THAT LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, AND WE CHOSE NOT TO, AND TO SUDDENLY SAY, WHOA, WAIT A SECOND, WE GOT A LOCAL CONTROL EMERGENCY. IT BEGS FOR SOMEONE TO SAY, GIMME A BREAK. IT'S NOT TRUE. UM, AND SO A AGAIN, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENCY IS A VERY CONVENIENT WORD THAT'S BEING THROWN AROUND UP HERE. UH, BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA BE CONSISTENT, WELL THEN BE CONSISTENT TO THE ONE THING THAT WE'VE ALL, YOU KNOW, AGREED IS A SOUND PROCESS, WHICH IS GOING TO COMMITTEES AND LETTING THE COMMITTEES DO THE WORK OF VETTING THIS KIND OF ISSUE. RIGHT. WHICH IS WHY I'M GONNA URGE US, YOU KNOW, TO SEND THIS CONVERSATION BACK TO COMMITTEE NOW THAT WE HAVE A MATERIAL CHANGE ON THE FLOOR AT THE, UM, AT THE, UH, LEGISLATIVE, UH, LEVEL, BECAUSE IT CLEARLY REQUIRES SOME MORE VETTING. RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE IS FOR US TO HAVE A DEBATE TODAY ON THE DAAS JUST TO SATISFY A FEW PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PLIS. UH, JEFF, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON, ON A NUMBER OF TOPICS. SURE. SO, UH, CAN YOU GIVE US A STATUS UPDATE AGAIN ON, ON, UH, SB 1152, THE TELECOM BILL, RIGHT? 1150. WHAT IS THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND WHERE DOES IT STAND AT THE HOUSE? UM, IT WAS JUST HEARD THIS WEEK, UH, MONDAY IN THE HOUSE, AND IT WAS LEFT PENDING IN COMMITTEE. THAT'S STANDARD PROCESS, YOU KNOW, AS OPPOSED TO, UH, HERE WHERE YOU ALL DEBATE AN ISSUE AND THEN VOTE THE SAME DAY. OFTEN AT THE LEGISLATURE, A BILL IS HEARD AND THEN LEFT PENDING SO THAT THE CHAIRMAN CAN GO BACK AND TALK TO MEMBERS OFFLINE AND SEE WHETHER THE VOTES ARE THERE, ONLY IF THE SUPPORT IS THERE IS A BILL, THEN BROUGHT BACK UP AT A LATER COMMITTEE MEETING AND VOTED ON. SO, UH, IT'S STANDARD PRACTICE FOR IT TO BE LEFT PENDING AND COMMITTEE, BUT THAT'S WHERE IT IS ON THE HOUSE SIDE SENATE SIDE. IT PASSED RIGHT OUT OF THE COMMITTEE EASILY, AND I BELIEVE IT'S ON THE SENATE INTENT CALENDAR NOW. SO, UH, TWO DAYS FROM NOW, IT COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A FULL SENATE VOTE. FISCAL IMPACT IS, UM, $8 MILLION, UH, A YEAR. UH, AND SO, UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE TOO LONG WHEN I FIRST WENT THROUGH IT, BUT THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT PARTS OF STATE LAW, UM, THAT DICTATE TELECOM RIGHT OF WAY FEES. IF YOU'RE RUNNING A TELEPHONE ACCESS LINE, STANDARD TELEPHONE LINES IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY, UH, THERE'S AN, AN ACCESS FEE. UH, IF YOU RUN, UH, CABLE LINES FOR CABLE SERVICE, THERE'S, IT'S A PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE. AND SO THE TWO ARE DIFFERENT. AND FOR YEARS IT'S WORKED THAT WAY. AND, AND IT'S BASED ON, IT'S IT THAT YOU HAVE TO, THERE HAS TO BE A FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY. IF YOU, IF THE, THESE CABLE COMPANIES DIDN'T HAVE THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, THEY'D GO NEGOTIATE WITH THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT LANDOWNERS. AND CERTAINLY THOSE LANDOWNERS WOULD EXPECT FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THEIR PROPERTY, NOT JUST THE COST OF, OF LAYING THE LINE OR ALLOWING THE LINE TO BE THERE. SO, UM, IN RECENT YEARS, COMPANIES HAVE BEGUN TO BUNDLE THESE SERVICES AND, UH, AND AT AND T OR A SPECTRUM OFFERS BOTH PHONE SERVICE AND CABLE. AND SO THEY'VE CONTINUED TO PAY THE RIGHT OF WAY FEES FOR THE USE OF PUBLIC LAND UNDER EACH OF THE REGIMES. THE ARGUMENT ON THEIR SIDE IS THAT, UH, THEY'RE OFTEN ONLY HAVING TO ONE, RUN ONE CABLE NOW, SO THEY SHOULD ONLY PAY FOR THE USE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ONCE. THE ARGUMENT AGAINST THAT IS, BUT YOU'RE STILL PROVIDING BOTH SERVICES. THE CUSTOMER IS NOT GONNA HAVE TO NOT PAY FOR CABLE ANYMORE, OR NOT PAY FOR PHONE, AND IT'S BASED ON, UH, A PERCENTAGE OF THE REVENUE OR THE, THE FEE FOR SERVICE. UH, SO YOU ADD IT ALL UP. WHAT THE BILL DOES IS LET A COMPANY ONLY PAY THE LARGER OF THE TWO FEES. SO IF YOU'RE A, AN AT AND T, YOU'LL PAY LANDLINE ACCESS FEES. IF YOU'RE A SPECTRUM, YOU WOULD PROBABLY PAY THE CABLE FRANCHISE FEE AND NOT PAY THE OTHER ONE. AND WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL UP, ABOUT 80% OF IT IS THOSE TWO COMPANIES, AND IT WOULD BE ABOUT AN $8 MILLION [02:10:01] REDUCTION IN OUR REVENUE. WE DO DIRECT THAT TO GENERAL FUND, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PEG FEES, WHICH PAY FOR ALL THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT THAT ALLOWS THE BROADCASTING OF THESE MEETINGS AND THE EXPANSION OF OUR BROADCASTING OF ZONING AND PLANNING, LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. THE REST OF IT THOUGH, IS GENERAL FUND NON-TAX REVENUE. IT'S, IT'S USERS OF THOSE SERVICES ULTIMATELY WHO ARE, WHO ARE PAYING THEM, NOT, UH, EVERY TAXPAYER IN THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. BUT THOSE ARE, THAT, THAT GENERAL FUND THAT IS ALSO FUELED BY SALES TAX, C P S REVENUES AND PROPERTY TAX, REVENUE TAX. HAVE WE SHARED OUR, OUR IMPACT WITH THE TELECOM COMPANIES AND REPRESENTATIVES HERE IN TOWN? WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UM, WE, WE HAD A STAKEHOLDER MEETING WITH THE CABLE COMPANIES, UH, TOLD THEM OUR GREAT CONCERNS ABOUT ALL OF THIS, UM, AND AGREED TO WORK WITH THEM. A POINT WAS MADE THAT, UH, ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS HAS, UH, DECADES OF HISTORY IN THIS AREA, AND HE MADE THE POINT THAT EVERY TIME THERE'S BEEN LANDMARK LEGISLATION AROUND RIGHT OF WAY ACCESS, IT'S BEEN THE SUBJECT OF MUCH INTERIM STUDY, A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS BEING AT THE TABLE, AND ULTIMATELY A NEGOTIATED BILL. THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED AT ALL. NONE OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE BROUGHT THE ISSUE UP TO CITIES PRIOR TO THE SESSION. UH, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S AN ISSUE. UH, IT'S A, IT'S A MATTER OF THE CITIES BEING DOWN RIGHT NOW, THE LEGISLATURE IS SORT OF BEATING UP ON CITIES AND, UM, AND COMPANIES PILING ON TO, TO THEIR, UH, BOTTOM LINE. I WILL SAY, UH, IT'S BEING PUSHED BY THE CABLE INDUSTRY. I WANNA BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. THE, UH, TELECOM INDUSTRY HAS BASICALLY SAID, WE'RE NEUTRAL. WE'RE NOT ADVANCING IT. WE GOT COMMUNICATION FROM AT AND T EARLY ON SAYING, THIS IS NOT OUR BILL. UH, BUT THEY WILL BENEFIT. NONETHELESS, IT ALL FACTORS INTO THE, THE LOST REVENUE TO THE CITY. OKAY. AND IF I RECALL, JUST SOMEWHAT RELATED, EIGHT, EIGHT, AN $8 MILLION IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND WAS ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT TO THE, UH, TAX RATE REDUCTION THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL VOTED ON IN 2016. SO, IN EFFECT, UM, THE, THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS CONTEMPLATING, UH, ERASING, UH, THE IMPACT OF THAT TAX RATE REDUCTION ON HOMEOWNERS AND JUST GIVING IT RIGHT OVER TO, UH, SOME OF THE LARGEST COMPANIES, UM, JUST BY VIRTUE OF A BILL THAT THEY'VE WRITTEN. MM-HMM. . UM, SECOND, UH, QUESTION IS THE, UH, HB TWO, SB TWO, UH, HAVE WE SHARED THE FISCAL IMPACT, UH, AND OUR DATA WITH OUR STATE DELEGATION? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. THE VERY DAY THAT IT CAME OUT, I, I SENT AN UPDATED, UH, EMAIL TO THE WHOLE DELEGATION. WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT, IF YOU RECALL, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO REALLY MEASURE THE IMPACT OF A BILL LIKE THIS. WE GO BACKWARDS. WE LOOK BACKWARDS BECAUSE THEN WE KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL PROPERTY VALUE FLUCTUATIONS WERE, UH, AS OPPOSED TO FORWARD WHERE WE JUST REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MARKET WILL DO. UH, AND SO THE ORIGINAL 2.5%, UH, CAP WOULD'VE COST TO THE CITY $303 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS. OUR GENERAL FUND THIS YEAR WOULD BE $80 MILLION LESS THAN IT IS, WHICH IS THREE QUARTERS OF THE STREET'S MAINTENANCE BUDGET, UH, IT'S EQUIVALENT TO 800 POLICE OFFICERS. UM, AND THE SAVINGS OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE AVERAGE MEDIAN HOMESTEAD, WHICH IS ABOUT $179,000 IN OUR COMMUNITY, WOULD'VE BEEN $3 AND 77 CENTS PER MONTH. UH, SO THAT ALL OF THAT REMAINS, THE ONE UNKNOWN IS THAT NOW IN THE HOUSE VERSION, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION ARE ALSO ADDED TO THAT CAP, UM, WHICH BRING MAKES THE CAP LOWER. IT'S HARDER TO ESTIMATE THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THE NET EFFECT WILL BE CITIES WILL BE DISCOURAGED FROM USING CVOS, UH, TO MAKE MAJOR PURCHASES IN BETWEEN FIVE-YEAR BOND PROGRAMS. UM, IT, THE, THE CHAIRMAN SAID AT THE COMMITTEE THAT HE INTENDED FOR IT TO APPLY TO FUTURE C O C OF O ISSUES, NOT EXISTING ONES. UM, SO I THINK RATHER THAN FACTORING THAT NUMBER IN, I THINK IT WOULD EFFECTIVELY CHANGE BEHAVIOR IN TERMS OF HOW THE CITY FINANCES MAJOR PROJECTS AND SO FORTH. OKAY. SO OUR RATE OF GROWTH WOULD BE EFFECTIVELY ZERO ANNUALLY, PRETTY CLOSE TO ANNUALLY TO, YEAH. WHAT'S THE RATE OF GROWTH OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET? UH, JUST UNDER, WELL, IT'S JUST UNDER 6% HISTORICALLY. UH, 5.8%, I BELIEVE IS THE, THE PRI THE PAST, THE, THE, UH, PRIOR 10 YEAR PERIOD BEFORE WE WERE IN THIS EVERGREEN STATUS THAT WE'VE BEEN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. SO, THINGS, THINGS, THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OUTLIER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF EVERGREEN. BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK BEFORE THAT, IT WAS ABOUT 5.8% OVER 10 YEARS, IF YOU TOOK THE WHOLE 15 YEARS, I THINK IT'S 5.2%. SO EITHER WAY, IT'S MORE THAN TWICE THE 2.5% RATE OF GROWTH THAT THE BILL ALLOWS. AND WE'VE HAD LEGISLATORS SCOFF AT THE IDEA THAT, UH, OKAY, IF YOU HAD TO MAKE CUTS, YOU'RE [02:15:01] NOT GONNA MAKE CUTS TO PUBLIC SAFETY. UM, BUT THE, THE REALITY IS THAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET IS TWICE OUR TOTAL PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS ALREADY. IN FACT, OUR, SO OUR PROPERTY TAXES ONLY PAY FOR ABOUT HALF OF OUR ENTIRE PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET. SO, UH, CERTAINLY IT WOULD'VE AN EFFECT ON THAT, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER LARGE PRIORITIES IN OUR, IN OUR BUDGET. OKAY. AND, AND AT PRESENT, THE TWO BILLS, BOTH IN THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE, HAVE EXCLU OR, OR, OR DO NOT, UH, MAKE ANY EXCLUSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OR ANY OTHER? THAT'S CORRECT. WE'VE TRIED, AND I, AND I EXPECT THAT ON THE HOUSE FLOOR MEMBERS WILL TRY THOSE AMENDMENTS AGAIN. THEY TRIED THEM IND COMMITTEE, AND THEY WERE VOTED DOWN, UH, BY PARTY LINE. SO, UM, THE BILL CAME OUT WITHOUT THEM. OKAY. UM, WELL, I HEAR THE, UH, CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, THE VARIOUS PERMUTATIONS OF SB 15. AND I, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES WHO RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE THIS BACK UP IN, IN I G R, UM, A COUPLE THINGS. UH, OBVIOUSLY IT NOW DOES NOT HAVE THE EXCLUSION OF THE N D O, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO CONTINUE TO, TO, UH, DEFEND OUR H, OUR N D O AND OTHER CITIES AS WELL. AND TO THAT EXTENT, WE WERE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY, UH, ON THE MARKUP OF THE, OF THE FINAL BILL, UH, BOTH IN THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE SIDE. UH, BUT THE FACT THAT THE THREE, OR THE, THE BILL HAS NOW BEEN BROKEN UP INTO SEVERAL PIECES MAKES THIS RELEVANT, I THINK, FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION WITHIN THE I G R. SO LET'S TAKE THAT UP THERE. UH, AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA ASK MY COLLEAGUES NOW FOR US TO MOVE ON TO THE REST OF THE BUSINESS SECTION OF TODAY. UM, WE'LL TAKE UP NOW, ITEM 28. THANK YOU, JEFF. OH, I'M SORRY. ITEM SIX. ITEM SIX IS THE ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEMS INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF LOCAL A VALOREM PROPERTY TAX APPRAISALS FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING NOT LATER THAN APRIL 8TH, 2019, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $79,780 FUNDING FOR THIS CONTRACT IS INCLUDED AND AVAILABLE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 GENERAL FUND BUDGET. OKAY. THIS ITEM WAS PULLED FOR RECUSAL. UM, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM SIX. MAYOR, MOVE TO APPROVE. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION IS SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM SIX, COUNCILMAN GRO. UH, TROY, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS THE SAME ITEM THAT WE POSTPONED BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO GET BEXAR COUNTY TO PAY PAY FOR SOMETHING, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. NOTHING'S CHANGED. AND WHAT HAPPENED? UH, BASIC CONVERSATIONS TOOK PLACE WITH, UH, BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO FUND A PART PORTION OF THE STUDY OR ANY PART OF THE STUDY. BUT IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, THEY ARE WILLING TO COLLABORATE WITH US AND, AND WORK, UM, WORK TOGETHER IN PUTTING, IN CONDUCTING THE STUDY. SO WHY WERE THEY UNABLE TO FUND THE STUDY? THAT I'M NOT CLEAR ON. UM, I THINK THE RATIONALE WAS THERE WERE LEGAL PROHIBITIONS THAT MAY, MAY HAVE PREVENTED THEM FOR, TO FUND ANY PART OF THE STUDY. OKAY. SO I'M HOPING THAT WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, FINALLY, THAT WE CAN DO, UM, GET SOME SORT OF FINDINGS OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OUR, TO HELP BRING SOME TAX RELIEF TO OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN GRO, COUNCILMAN POLITE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE, WE HEARD THIS ITEM IN MARCH, UH, I'M SORRY, IN FEBRUARY, RIGHT? UM, I REQUESTED, UH, WE, WE HAD UNANIMOUS, UH, ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS. UH, AND I REQUESTED A, UH, DELAY ON THE VOTE SO THAT WE CAN GIVE, UH, BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE TO WHAT EXTENT THEY COULD PARTICIPATE IN, UH, PAYING FOR THIS. UM, AND WE HAD SOME VERY FRUITFUL MEETINGS, UH, ANDY SEGOVIA, UM, AND CITY STAFF AND MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN TREVINO SAT DOWN WITH BCA LEADERSHIP TO KIND OF, UH, SPITBALL HOW IT IS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, TO WORK TOGETHER ON THIS. WHAT WE WALKED AWAY FROM WAS THAT NO MATTER WHAT, UM, THERE IS A WILLINGNESS ON B CAT'S PART TO LET US LOOK UNDER THE HOOD, UM, AND TO GET ROBUST INFORMA INFORMATION FROM THEM. THEY'VE SUBMITTED A LETTER THAT I'M GONNA MAKE PART OF THE RECORD, UM, AND I'LL READ IN PART OF IT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS, THEY CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN COST SHARING. HOWEVER, BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS WELCOMES THE INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY, UM, AND, UM, AS WELL AS A COMPARISON OF METHODOLOGIES WITH OTHER LARGE METROPOLITAN AREAS IN TEXAS. UM, THAT'S BIG OF THEM. AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE, UM, COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS ONE. HE'S NOT AT THE DIOCESE BECAUSE CLEARLY HE'S GOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, [02:20:01] UH, WHAT HE'S DONE IS, UH, HARD WORK IN MAKING SURE TO, YOU KNOW, UH, MAKE THE BCAT BOARD UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS REALLY NOT A THREAT, UM, AND THAT IT'S HEALTHY TO GET THE OCCASIONAL CHECKUP. AND, UM, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS, IS JUST TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE STAND AS COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTIES. UM, SO THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR, FOR THE PATIENTS AND FOR THE HARD WORK AND FASHIONING THIS IN MAYOR. UM, I, UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS TOO. I KNOW THAT, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN VOCAL ABOUT GETTING BEHIND THE EFFORT TO COLLECT DATA, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PALAIS. COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. AND I, I, TOO, UH, UH, WANNA SAY THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT. I THINK WE NEED TO SHED THAT LIGHT ON THIS PROCESS BECAUSE TIME, AFTER TIME, AFTER TIME I GO TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AND EVEN WITH, UH, THE BAYER COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT COMING IN AND EXPLAINING THEIR PROCESS AND HOW THEY, HOW THEY GO THROUGH WITH THE APPRAISAL AND HOW THEY, UH, IT ALL EQUATES INTO TAXES. THERE'S CONFUSION. PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT COMES DOWN TO GOING DOWNTOWN EVERY YEAR TO PROTEST YOUR TAXES. THAT GETS OLD FOLKS. AND WE NEED TO GET AROUND THAT SOME KIND OF WAY TO, UH, MAKE IT EASIER, UH, MAKE IT MORE STREAMLINED SO THAT THAT KIND OF THING DOESN'T HAPPEN. BECAUSE IF YOU MISS ONE YEAR IN THERE, THAT THAT TAX IS GONNA JUMP UP, UH, TO, UH, MAKE UP FOR THAT LOSS THAT THEY SUFFERED BECAUSE YOU CAME DOWN THERE TO PROTEST ONE YEAR. SO I'M FULLY, UH, IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I THINK THAT'S MONEY WELL SPENT FOR OUR, UH, TAXPAYERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND I JUST WANT TO PUT IN ANOTHER PLUG FOR THE, UH, THAT THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WOULD OFFER SOME MEANINGFUL RELIEF. AND I THINK THAT, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KEEP PUSHING FOR. I HAD, UH, SOME COLLEAGUES JOIN COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND MYSELF TO, UH, KEEP PUSHING THIS FORWARD, BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO DO SOMETHING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, PRIMARILY FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE BEING DISPLACED. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PERRY. COUNCILMAN CUR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO CONCUR. UH, I UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS THAT HOMEOWNERS PROPERTY OWNERS ARE HAVING IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND, UH, REALLY THIS IS PART OF A LARGER PLAN TO PROVIDE THAT MEANINGFUL TAX RELIEF THAT, UH, YOU'VE HEARD COUNCILMAN PERRY TALK ABOUT. AND, AND COUNCILMAN PIAS. I THINK IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE. UH, AND, UH, I BELIEVE OUR EFFORT TO, UH, ALSO BRING ALONG A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WILL REALLY PROVIDE SOME SINCERE RELIEF. AND I HOPE THAT, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE UNDERLYING FACTORS IN THE, UH, PROCESS THAT'S CAUSING THESE PRO THESE, UH, VALUES TO RISE SO QUICKLY. AND MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO GO AHEAD AND, AND AMEND THAT PROCESS AND, AND MAKE IT MORE PALATABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS. I THINK IT'S A GOOD EXPENDITURE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. COURAGE, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I ALSO WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS, UH, MOTION TODAY. UM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS AGO I WAS DOING, UH, AN ENDORSEMENT INTERVIEW, AS MANY OF US DO, AND I WAS ASKED ABOUT, UM, WHAT WOULD I DO ABOUT RISING PROPERTY TAXES? AND THE TRUTH IS, NONE OF US IN THAT INTERVIEW HAD AN ANSWER FOR, FOR THAT QUESTION. COUNCILMAN PERRY, YOU PROBABLY DID. YOU, YOU HAD AN ANSWER FOR THAT, UH, ABOUT HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS IT. UM, BUT ONE THING I, I DID SAY WAS, I DON'T FEEL WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS OR EVEN ENOUGH INFORMATION TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. AND I THINK THIS, UH, STUDY WILL HELP US, UH, WITH THAT. SO, UH, I'LL, I'LL BE IN SUPPORT OF IT. AND COUNCILMAN PERRY MENTIONED, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO PROTEST YOUR TAXES, UH, IT'S SURPRISING, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM, AND THOSE WHO DO KNOW MAY FIND IT INTIMIDATING OR HAVE TRIED IT AND BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. UM, SO MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING TO BRING THAT EDUCATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. LAST YEAR, WE SCHEDULED TWO WORKSHOPS ON HOW TO DO YOUR, YOUR PROTESTS, THE INFORMATION YOU NEED. UH, THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY FILLED UP TO, TO CAPACITY, SO WE HOSTED FOUR, UH, THIS YEAR WE WILL BE HOSTING, UH, ANOTHER FOUR AS WELL, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S A WAY TO BRING SOME IMMEDIATE RELIEF, UH, TO OUR, TO OUR RESIDENTS. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SIX. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM 28. ITEM 28 IS AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH INAE INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND [02:25:01] SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONSULTANT SERVICES TO THE CITY FOR AN ADDITIONAL FOUR YEARS FOR AN ANNUAL COST OF $25,000, NOT TO EXCEED $100,000. THE FISCAL YEAR, 2019 COST WILL BE ALLOCATED FROM THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION FUND. FISCAL YEAR 2019 ADOPTED BUDGET. AND SUBSEQUENT FUNDING IS CONTINGENT UPON FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATION. COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THIS ITEM IS IN NO WAY CONTROVERSIAL. UH, I SIMPLY WANTED TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION. I'VE REVIEWED IT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO ANSWER ALL MY QUESTIONS, BUT WHAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN, IN HEARING ABOUT IS HOW THIS SYSTEM HAS HELPED US REDUCE, UH, ACCIDENTS HERE IN THE, AMONG THE WORKFORCE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND IS, UH, HELPING OUR WORKFORCE STAY, STAY HEALTHY. SO, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU WANNA GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION? OKAY. GOOD MORNING. THE PRESENTATION IS ON THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CONSULTING SERVICES. UH, JUST BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, THE S M S PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK, UM, TO IDENTIFY AND MANAGE OUR RISK AND OUR SAFETY EXPOSURES IN ACCORDING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS. AND IT ALSO PROVIDES SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO MITIGATE, UH, THESE EXPOSURES. SO ESSENTIALLY, UH, THE S M S ALLOWS US TO STANDARDIZE ALL OF OUR CITY PROCESSES, OUR PRACTICES. IT ALLOWS US TO REDUCE THE FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF OUR WORKPLACE INJURIES AND COLLISIONS, AND IMPROVE OUR OVERALL SAFETY CULTURE ACROSS THE CITY. UH, THE NSAF CONSULTANTS WILL ASSIST US WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE OVERALL, UM, S M SS SYSTEM. LAST YEAR, WE BEGAN THE, UM, IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN OUR SOLID WASTE DIVISION. UH, ON YOUR SLIDE THREE, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU WANTED TO SEE WHAT THOSE OUTCOMES WERE. SO WHAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU HERE ON THIS SLIDE IS ON THE LEFT SIDE ARE THOSE SYSTEMS, THOSE SS M S ELEMENTS, THAT'S PART OF THE SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. AND ON YOUR RIGHT, IT SHOWS YOU THE ACTUAL OUTCOMES, UM, OF EACH ONE OF THOSE ELEMENTS. I THINK FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY, THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS OUR TOP MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP AND TOP MANAGEMENT. UH, PROMOTING, UH, SAFETY OF, OF CULTURE WITHIN THE SAFETY, UM, WITHIN THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. UH, WE ALSO GO THROUGH A COMMUNICATION PROCESS, UH, A CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION OF ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES BY WAY OF SURVEYING OUR EMPLOYEES ON THE ONSET. HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SAFETY? HOW ARE YOU PARTICIPATING IN SAFETY? WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON SAFETY? HOW CAN WE HELP YOU IMPROVE, DO YOUR JOB SAFER? UH, SO WE TOOK ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, UH, BACK FROM ALL OF THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES, UH, TO DEVELOP, TO CONTINUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE REST OF THE SYSTEM. ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT WAS THE EFFECTIVE PROCESSES TO IDENTIFY HAZARDOUS HAZARDS AND CONTROL. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROCESS WHERE WE DO RISK ASSESSMENTS IN SAFETY, UH, IN SOLID WASTE, WHERE WE LOOK AT ALL OF THEIR OPERATIONS, EVEN NEW OPERATIONS AS THEY COME ON BOARD. AND WE ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR CONTRACTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS ARE ALSO, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SAFETY STANDARDS. SOME OF THE, UH, WELL, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WAS A RESULT OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT'S, UM, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SS M S, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE THE FIRST MUNICIPAL ENTITY TO QUALIFY FOR THE ISO 45,001 CERTIFICATION. UM, THOSE OTHER OUTCOMES RESULTED IN A 50% REDUCTION IN WORKPLACE PREVENTABLE COLLISIONS. WITHIN ONE YEAR. THEY WENT FROM HAVING 140 COLLISIONS TO HAVING SEVEN, AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY AT-FAULT, UH, COLLISIONS. WE ALSO IMPROVED THE SAFETY CULTURE THROUGHOUT ALL OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT'S DIVISION. WE INCREASED THEIR SAFETY AWARENESS OF ALL THE EMPLOYEES, NOT JUST THOSE EMPLOYEES. UH, THAT JOB REQUIRES THEM TO BE INVOLVED IN SAFETY. WE PROMOTED THE INDIVIDUAL RISK ACCOUNTABILITY BY WAY OF SURVEY, AND WE ALSO ENSURED THAT EACH EMPLOYEE WAS INVOLVED OR IS INVOLVED IN THEIR SAFETY DECISIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS AS WELL. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, UM, WERE DEMONSTRATED THROUGH THE ACTUAL EXTERNAL AUDIT AUDIT IN WHICH THEY, UM, WERE RECOMMENDED FOR CERTIFICATION. SO OUR NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS, UM, IS WE'RE GONNA BE ONBOARDING T C I NEXT, UH, FOLLOWED BY B E S D PARKS, UM, AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT WITH THE S M SS. [02:30:01] UH, THOSE WILL BE COMING UP EACH YEAR. AND SO THEREFORE, WE ARE REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF THIS CONTRACT TO CONTINUE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEAR PERIOD AT A COST OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 28. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. SO THEN THE NEXT DEPARTMENT THAT YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH IS T C I? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO THAT ONE'S HUGE, RIGHT? YES. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES? THERE'RE A HUNDRED, WE KNOW 800. OKAY. EIGHT 80. UM, SO ONE THING THAT, UH, SOME, SOME FOLKS OUTSIDE OF THE COUNCIL HAD HAVE SUGGESTED TO ME IS, OR ASKED ME ABOUT, IS WHAT KIND OF SAFETY REQUIREMENTS WE HAVE FOR THE CONTRACTORS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT T C I BRINGS ON, BECAUSE THEY DO SOME SIMILAR WORK TO OUR OWN STAFF AT T C I WHEN WE OUTSOURCE SOME OF THAT STUFF. AND I, I REALIZE THAT'S OUT OF THE SCOPE OF, OF TODAY'S ITEM, BUT AT SOME POINT I WOULD LIKE TO, TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT, EITHER WITH YOU OR, OR WHOEVER IS, IS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT. IS THAT CONTRACT OF SAFETY IS A COMPONENT OF THE SMSS? OH, IT IS. OKAY. YES, IT IS. SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH T C I TO IDENTIFY THE CONTRACTORS, WHAT TYPE OF, UM, WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE CITY, AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE SAFETY, UM, COMPONENTS IN PLACE, UH, ACCORDING WITH THE I IN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE I S O STANDARDS. OKAY. WOW. SO THAT'LL BE A CHANGE FROM WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY WITH T C? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND SOLID WASTE. JUST WENT THROUGH THAT SAME PROCESS. EXCELLENT. THAT'S GREAT NEWS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I I, THIS PIQUED MY INTEREST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ISO CERTIFICATION. YES. HOW MUCH DOES THAT COST US TO BE CERTIFIED THROUGH ISO? WE DIDN'T HAVE A, AN ACTUAL FEE, BUT WHAT WE, THE COST THAT'S BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENTIRE S M SS HAS BEEN THE CONSULTANT, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY PAY THE AUDITOR. UH, THE AUDITOR IS ALSO ON YOUR AGENDA FOR TODAY, AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIND THAT AMOUNT. SO THE AUDITOR IS FOR 119,000, UH, OVER FOUR YEAR PERIOD. OKAY. AND MY QUESTION IS, CAN'T WE DO THESE SAFETY PROGRAMS AND, YOU KNOW, REDUCE OUR RECORD WITHOUT THE ISO CERTIFICATION? BECAUSE PART OF THAT CERTIFICATION PROCESS, YOU HAVE TO DO A LOT OF WORK TO PREPARE FOR IT. MM-HMM. , PULL THE INFORMATION TOGETHER, THAT TAKES TIME. THAT'S PROBABLY NOT FIGURED INTO THE COST IN THE THESE, UH, IN THIS CERTIFICATION, RIGHT? YES, SIR. TAKE A WHILE. GUESS HOW MUCH ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? I WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO APPROXIMATE THAT. WE HAVE STAFF TIME, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE IS STAFF TIME INVOLVED. IT'S, UM, WE, IT'S A LOT OF STAFF TIME. WE HAVE, UM, AN S M SS MANAGER AND ONE ANALYST, AND WE PARTNER WITH THE ACTUAL DEPARTMENT. THEY ACTUALLY IDENTIFY A CORE TEAM, WHICH IS USUALLY ABOUT FIVE EMPLOYEES THAT HELP US MAKE ALL THE CHANGES THROUGHOUT. SO THERE IS A SOFT COST INVOLVED, BUT ALSO I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY IS THE ACTUAL OUTCOME IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OPERATIONS WITHIN EACH OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE SAFE, NOT JUST FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT FOR OUR CITIZENS AND OUR CONTRACTORS AS WELL. YEAH, I, AND I DON'T DOUBT THAT AT ALL. YES. I'VE BEEN IN VERY MANY SAFETY PROGRAMS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ISO CERTIFIED TO EXECUTE THESE PROGRAMS. YES. AND MY, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WE'RE STARTING TO GET ISO CERTIFIED IN, IN AREAS, THAT TO ME IS JUST A TITLE. I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING. AND, AND MAYBE THIS IS FOR, UM, MR. WALSH TO TAKE A LOOK AT I'D, I'D REALLY, WHAT'S IT REALLY COSTING US TO BE ISO CERTIFIED IN THESE DIFFERENT AREAS? I THINK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS, UH, ISOS ARE APPLYING FOR THE ISO CERTIFICATION AS WELL. YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT CHEAP. WE CAN IMPLEMENT THESE PROGRAMS WITHOUT BEING CERTIFIED. THAT'S MY POINT. YES. AND THIS, THIS CERTIFICATION IS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S, OH, THAT'S COOL. THEY'RE ISO CERTIFIED, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH IT'S REALLY COSTING YOU, ARE WE REALLY GETTING, GETTING A RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THAT TITLE? WHEREAS IF YOU IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAMS, I SAY, YOU GET THE SAME RESULTS OTHER THAN THAT CERTIFICATION PROCESS. SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET, GET THAT INFORMATION, HOW MUCH WE IN STAFF TIME, SUPPORT, SUPPLIES, ALL THAT STUFF, HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING US TO GET THAT? OKAY. OKAY. WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU, SIR. ALRIGHT, GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [02:35:02] THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PERRY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL. ITEM NUMBER 28, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. UM, DO WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR. JUST ONE ITEM. UH, THE, UH, THIS PAST WEEK, UH, THE NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE ANNOUNCED THAT SAN ANTONIO, UH, WAS ONE OF 20 FINALISTS FOR THE 2019 ALL AMERICA, UH, CITY AWARDS. UM, FOR CONTEXT OVER THE LAST DECADE, THE CITY HAS WON THIS AWARD FOUR TIMES. UH, THIS YEAR'S CATEGORY, UM, HIGHLIGHTS, UH, COMMUNITY-WIDE VISION PROGRAMS THAT DEMONSTRATE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF USING THE EQUITABLE ENGAGEMENT, UH, PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY CHALLENGES. AND, UM, UH, WE HAD A GREAT TEAM MADE UP OF METRO HEALTH, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS THAT, UH, PARTNERED ON THE APPLICATION. UH, IT'S A, IT WAS, THEY, THEY HIGHLIGHTED A NUMBER OF OUR PROGRAMS. UH, THE FINALISTS WILL BE SELECTED, UH, AFTER PRESENTATIONS IN JUNE IN DENVER, COLORADO. AND, UM, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE, UM, WE'VE GOT A RECENT TRACK RECORD OF, UM, THESE ALL AMERICAN CITY AWARDS, AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE LOCALLY ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. AND I, I, I DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK DR. BRIDGER, MELODY WOOSLEY AND JEFF COYLE AND HIS STAFF. THEY PUT TOGETHER A REALLY GOOD APPLICATION AND, AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION IN JUNE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GREAT. THANK YOU. ERIC. COUNCILMAN GRO, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS SATURDAY IS ALSO THE SAN ANTONIO BOOK FESTIVAL, SO PLEASE BE SURE TO GET OUT THERE SATURDAY MORNING AND TOMORROW IS THE BOOK APPETIT LUNCHEON, WHERE THE AUTHOR RON CHER WILL BE. SO PLEASE BE SURE TO CELEBRATE THIS FREE EVENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN VIRON. WE DO HAVE A BRIEF EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO THE TIME IS NOW 11:52 AM ON THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 4TH, 2019. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE SEA ROOM FOR CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. TIME IS NOW 2:06 PM WE'LL BEGIN OUR ZONING AGENDA AT THIS TIME. TODAY, LISTED ON OUR AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ARE P ONE AND Z TWO, Z 10, AND Z 11. ITEM Z ONE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT, WILL NOT BE ADDRESSED TODAY. AND ITEM Z NINE HAS BEEN POSTPONED BY THE APPLICANT AND WILL NOT BE ADDRESSED TODAY. SORRY, JACK. UM, SO 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. WHAT, NOBODY'S PULLING ANYTHING? ARE YOU SERIOUS? HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA, WHICH IS ALL ITEMS SAVED. P ONE SAVED FOR P ONE Z TWO, Z 10, AND Z 11. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. UM, THERE ARE NO ITEMS, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IN WHICH PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT VOTE NOW. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT. ITEMS P ONE AND Z TWO, P ONE AND Z TWO AMENDING THE MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FROM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO MIXED USE FROM C TWO AND A AND OH ONE TO I D Z WITH USES PERMITTED FOR ENTERTAINMENT VENUE, INDOOR THEATER WITH TWO OR LESS SCREENS AND AND OR STAGES AND STUDIO FINE OR PERFORMING ARTS. LOCATED AT 7 41 AND 7 25 WEST ASHBY. STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 21 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, THREE OPPOSED, AND 23 OUTSIDE. THE 200 FOOT ARE IN SUPPORT. ALTAVISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. COUNCILMAN VINEO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, AND THIS PROPOSAL IS, UH, TO BUILD A NEW THEATER ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CURRENT LOCATION. UH, THE SHOW WILL, THIS WILL SHOW THAT, UH, THIS MOVE WILL FROM THE HISTORIC THEATER BASEMENT TO THE NEW BUILDING, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTS THE ZONING CHANGES AFTER MANY CONCERNS WERE ADDRESSED. ALTA VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ARRIVED TO A CONSENSUS OF SUPPORT WITH THE I D Z ZONING. UH, I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANTS AND WE HAVE GEORGE GREEN HERE AND, UH, MARCELO, UH, MARTINEZ AND, AND WANNA THANK THEM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS. YEAH, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CERTAINLY APPRECIATES YOUR EFFORTS. AND REALLY WE WANTED TO JUST, UH, SIMPLY, UH, [02:40:01] SUBMIT FOR THE RECORD. AND THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD REQUESTING. THIS IS THE RENDERINGS OF THE ACTUAL, UM, UH, NEW BUILDING THAT'S GONNA BE IN PLACE. AND THEREFORE I MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS P ONE AND Z TWO. BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE THOUGH, I'D ASK OUR, OUR AV STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND ROLL THE TRANSLATION SERVICES. OH, INTERPRETERS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS P ONE AND Z TWO. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z 10 Z 10 FROM C TWO A, C D WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE TO C TWO A C D WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE LOCATED AT 26 34 SOUTHWEST 34TH STREET. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. TYPE B LANDSCAPE BUFFER ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL. USES A SIX FOOT SOLID SCREEN FENCE TO THE REAR AND SIDES OF THE PROPERTY, DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING, AND 22 NOTICES MAILED. ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS READ. THANK YOU. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z 10 WITH CONDITIONS AS READ, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z 11 Z 11 FROM C TWO TO C TWO SS WITH A SPECIFIC USE SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION FOR A CAR WASH LOCATED AT 73 50 CALLAHAN ROAD. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION. RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS, HOURS OF OPERATIONS FROM 8:00 AM TO 8:00 PM SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SOLID SCREEN FENCE NEXT TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES, LANDSCAPE BUFFER OF 15 FEET, NINE. NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. I'LL CALL HIM NOW. IAN COCHRANE. GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME'S IAN COCHRAN, I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT. WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE CASE AFTER BEING ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED AROUND THANKSGIVING QUITE A WHILE AGO AND FIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS LATER. WE SEEM TO HAVE MADE SOME AGREEMENTS AND MOVING FORWARD ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA PROCEED WITH THE CASE. I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE FINALLY WRAPPING THE MATTER UP AND BEING DONE WITH IT. UM, ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO SAY IS KIND OF A SUGGESTION THAT I THINK THE CITY STAFF WOULD BE TO IN FACT EXPLAIN THE, UM, REGULATIONS, IF YOU WILL, OF M L O D OVERLAY, BECAUSE I PERSONALLY DIDN'T ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND, NOT GOING INTO THE MATTER, BUT NOW UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, MY ORIGINAL UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT IT WAS JUST DOWNWARD LIGHTING AND EVERYTHING BEING CONTAINED WITHIN YOUR PROPERTY. AND SO THAT SEEMED FINE TO ME. IF I WAS AN ADJACENT NEIGHBOR, I WOULD AGREE WITH THE MATTER, YOU KNOW, WHY WOULD WE WANT TO IMPEDE ON, UM, ABUTTING PROPERTIES? THERE'S NO NEED FOR IT. AND SO WHAT I DID NOT UNDERSTAND ALSO WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER, I GUESS TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THAT THERE CAN BE REGULATIONS TO STEP INTO PLAY, TO IN FACT, YOU KNOW, SHUT YOUR BUSINESS DOWN IF YOU WILL, TURN DOWN YOUR LIGHTS. AND SO ONCE THAT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME, YOU KNOW, I HAD MORE OF CONCERNS ABOUT IT AND MET WITH THE, UM, OAK HILL CITIZENS ASSOCIATION GROUP TO DISCUSS THE MATTER AND OUR CONCERNS WITH IT AS BUSINESS OWNERS TO KIND OF REACH A MEDIUM, IF YOU WILL. BUT ANYWAYS, I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNERS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF, JUST ALL WHAT IT ENTAILS MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, AT FIRST, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT ALL IT MEANT, BUT NOW I DO. AND SO THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION TO CITY STAFF IN GENERAL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. COCHRANE. COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE, UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO MODIFY THE CONDITIONS, SO I'LL READ THEM AS FOLLOWS, MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, HOURS OF OPERATION, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS, 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFERS ON FREDERICKSBURG AND CALLAHAN FRONTAGES SCREENED FENCING OR APPROPRIATE LANDSCAPING ON BOUNDARIES ABUTTING NEXT DOOR BUSINESSES AND MILITARY LIGHTING OVERLAY FEATURES, SPECIFICALLY DOWNWARD SHIELDED LIGHTING. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z 11 WITH CONDITIONS AS STATED. [02:45:02] DO WE HAVE COPIES? PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. THAT IS THE DURATION OF OUR ZONING AGENDA. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. DID YOU GET COPIES OF THAT? WHAT'S THAT? * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.