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ALL RIGHT.IF YOU COULD PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET OUR SESSION STARTED.
TIME IS 2:05 PM ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2023.
WE'LL CALL OUR BUDGET SESSION TO ORDER.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER CORE PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
ALRIGHT, WELL GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
WE ARE ROUNDING THIRD AND ON OUR WAY HOME, UH, ON THE F Y 24 BUDGET.
WE HAVE TODAY'S SESSION REMAINING WITH A CONVERSATION ABOUT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE A WRAP UP SESSION TOMORROW, AND THEN WE GO INTO OUR BUDGET ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS, UH, ON THURSDAY.
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OFF TODAY, UH, LET'S TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH.UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO MOST OF THIS IS GONNA BE COUNCIL CONVERSATION TODAY.
UH, BUT LET ME JUST KIND OF COVER, UH, A COUPLE OF POINTS AND THEN I'M GONNA ASK BEN TO RUN THROUGH, UH, THREE SLIDES OR SO ON, UH, C P SS OFFICE SYSTEM SALES, JUST FROM ADDITIONAL CON, UH, CONTEXT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE SHARED IN THE, IN THE MEMO WITH YOU LAST NIGHT.
SO, UH, LAST NIGHT I SENT A MEMO OUT TO THE COUNCIL THAT UPDATED OUR SALES TAX AND OUR C P S, UH, REVENUE, UH, BASED ON ACTUALS FOR THE MONTH.
UM, SALES TAX IS DOWN $1.6 MILLION THROUGH OUR AUGUST AND UH, SEPTEMBER CHECKS, UH, AND C P S, UH, IS UP $21.6 MILLION IN REVENUE, UH, PRIMARILY OFF SYSTEM SALES, WHICH BEN WILL GET INTO.
UM, WITH THIS AMOUNT, WE WENT FROM, UH, 8.3% OF ABOVE OUR C P S, UH, REVENUE BUDGET TO 13.8%.
UM, IT'S $20 MILLION, UM, MORE THAN OUR AT BUDGET, AT BUDGET, UH, PROPOSAL.
SO BEN'S GONNA GO THROUGH SOME C P SS NUMBERS WITH YOU TO JUST GIVE SOME CONTEXT.
I SUSPECT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN I'LL WRAP UP, UM, AFTER BEN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I, UH, WOULD LIKE TO, WHAT I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THE COUNCIL, UM, UH, DISCUSS THIS AFTERNOON, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED TODAY AS ONE OF TWO BUDGET AMENDMENT SESSIONS.
SO I DO CONTEMPLATE, UH, PROVIDING AN UPDATED LIST TONIGHT BASED ON TODAY'S CONVERSATION.
AND WE KEEP THE, UH, THE BALL MOVING DOWN THE FIELD A BIT.
SO, BEN, SO GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID, I'M JUST GONNA GO OVER A COUPLE OF SLIDES DESCRIBING WHAT HAS CHANGED ON OUR REVENUES FROM C P S ENERGY.
AND AS I BEGIN, AND BEFORE I JUMP INTO OFFICE SYSTEM SALES, LEMME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO DEVELOP A REVENUE FORECAST OR OUR BUDGET, THERE ARE A LOT OF VARIABLES WE TRY TO LOOK AT.
WE TRY TO LOOK AT ELECTRIC AND GAS SALES ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
WE TRY TO LOOK AT FUEL THAT GETS BURNED IN THE GENERATION PLANTS.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUEL THERE, THAT GENERATION MIX.
PURCHASE POWER AGREEMENTS INCLUDE OUR RENEWABLE POWER, UM, AND THEN WE LOOK AT OFF SYSTEM SALES.
WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT THAT.
I WILL TELL YOU THERE'S A LOT OF ANALYSIS THAT GOES INTO IT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S STILL AN EDUCATED PROFESSIONAL GUESS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN CHANGE AND MOVE THIS NUMBER, AND I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT 'EM A LITTLE BIT.
SO, OFF SYSTEM SALES IS C P S ENERGY SELLING EXCESS POWER INTO THE TEXAS ERCOT WHOLESALE MARKET.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CONDITIONS THAT HAVE TO ALIGN FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
UM, THERE HAS TO BE A NEED FOR EXCESS POWER AND ERCOT.
AND THEN THE C P SS, UH, GENERATION FLEET HAS TO BE OPERATING WELL TO BE ABLE TO COVER OUR LOAD HERE LOCALLY AND THEN HAVE POWER AVAILABLE TO SELL INTO THE MARKET.
SO THE STARS KIND OF HAVE TO ALIGN FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THIS CHART.
THIS IS, UM, OUR ACTUAL CITY PAYMENT OFF OF OFF SYSTEM SALES GOING BACK TO OCTOBER OF 2007.
SO WE'VE GOT 191 MONTHS GRAPH HERE.
YOU CAN SEE FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF MONTHS, WE RANGE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, ZERO TO MAYBE TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FOUR MONTHS OUT OF THE 191 MONTHS.
UM, IT HAPPENED IN JULY OF 2018 WHERE WE GOT $6.3 MILLION AUGUST OF 2019 AT 10 MILLION JULY
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OF THIS YEAR AT 4.5, AND THEN THE AUGUST 20, 23 NUMBER AT 16.9 MILLION.THE OTHER THING TO, TO KEEP IN MIND WITH THE $16.9 MILLION IS ERCOT LOWERED THE MAX CAP THAT THIS, THIS POWER CAN BE PRICED AT IN THE MARKET FROM $9,000 PER MEGAWATT DOWN TO 5,000 POST WINTER STORM URI.
SO WE WERE STILL ABLE TO GENERATE $16.9 MILLION WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER CAP THAN WHAT WAS IN PLACE IN 2019 AND 2018.
UM, CLEARLY IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN'T RELY ON.
THE STARS HAVE TO KIND OF ALIGN.
UH, IT'S HARD TO SEE ON THE GRAPH, BUT, UM, LAST SUMMER WAS REALLY, REALLY HOT JUST LIKE THIS SUMMER.
UM, LAST SUMMER BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST, WE MADE $2.5 MILLION OFF OF OFF SYSTEM SALES.
THIS YEAR, FROM JUNE TO AUGUST, WE'VE MADE $23.2 MILLION.
IT WAS REALLY HOT LAST YEAR, BUT THE REST OF THE STARS DIDN'T ALIGN FOR THAT TO HAPPEN WHERE WE COULD SELL EXCESS POWER INTO THE MARKET OR THE MARKET DIDN'T NEED THAT POWER.
SO AGAIN, NOT SOMETHING WE CAN RELY ON.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE ONE TIME MORE IN NATURE AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE RECOMMENDING.
REVENUES CAN FLUCTUATE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
THEY CAN ALSO FLUCTUATE A LOT WITHIN A FISCAL YEAR, ALTHOUGH TYPICALLY, TYPICALLY WE CAN SEE SOME KIND OF TREND DEVELOPING.
THIS IS FY 20 THREE'S ADOPTED BUDGET IS IN THE GRAY BAR.
THE GREEN BARS ARE ACTUAL THROUGH AUGUST, AND WE'VE GOT AN ESTIMATE IN THERE FOR SEPTEMBER.
UM, THIS YEAR'S BEEN A LITTLE MORE ERRATIC THAN OTHER YEARS, I'LL SAY.
UM, SOME OF THE VARIANCES YOU SEE FROM OCTOBER TO FEBRUARY, I WOULD CONSIDER A LITTLE BIT MORE NORMAL.
OCTOBER WAS IT STAYED HOT LAST SEPTEMBER, KIND OF WENT INTO OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
SO THAT DROVE PART OF THAT VARIANCE.
AS YOU SEE IN OCTOBER, THINGS KIND OF FLATTENED OUT NOVEMBER, DECEMBER AND JANUARY, FEBRUARY WITH SOME COLD WEATHER.
NATURAL GAS PRICES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
WE, WE DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT WHEN WE'RE IN GOAL SETTING WITH YOU LAST SPRING OR THIS PAST SPRING, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FIVE-YEAR FORECAST, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS LOOK AT MARCH TO JUNE, IT'S COMPLETELY FLAT.
WE MADE $600,000 CUMULATIVELY IN THOSE FOUR MONTHS.
SO AS WE'RE HEADED INTO THE TRIAL BUDGET, I'M TALKING TO THE CITY MANAGER SAYING, I'M NOT SEEING ANY MOVEMENT IN THE BUDGET.
WE'RE NOT SEEING ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA CAUSE THIS TO, TO, TO BUMP UP.
WE GET TO JULY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'VE GOT A $50 MILLION PAYMENT, WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST PAYMENT THAT WE HAD GOTTEN TO DATE, UM, UNTIL I GOT THE AUGUST PAYMENT.
THIS, THIS, THIS PAST, UH, WEEKEND.
UM, THE VARIANCE AGAINST THE ADOPTED BUDGET IS NOW $54.2 MILLION.
AND I'M GONNA BREAK THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU ON, ON A COUPLE OF SLIDES.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VARIANCES HERE TO THE, TO THE BUDGET, THROUGH JUNE ONE-THIRD OF THAT VARIANCE HAD BEEN EARNED.
ALTHOUGH WE HAD WERE, ALTHOUGH WE'RE THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR, WE PICKED UP TWO THIRDS OF THAT VARIANCE IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT EVEN ATYPICAL FOR WHAT WE SEE, UM, COMING IN IN, IN TERMS OF REVENUES FROM C P SS.
UM, I WANTED TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT SOME HISTORICAL NUMBERS HERE.
I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT SOMETIMES OF AN URBAN MYTH THAT WE SET THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR OUR PAYMENT FROM C P SS ENERGY.
AND WE ALWAYS COME IN OVER THIS GRAPH IS ACTUALLY PLOTTING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT OUR ACTUAL REVENUE WAS FROM C P SS AND WHAT OUR ADOPTED BUDGET WAS.
SO DID WE DO BETTER OR WORSE THAN THE ADOPTED BUDGET? YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR MANY OF THE YEARS WE'VE ACTUALLY COME IN FLAT OR EVEN NEGATIVE TO THE BUDGET, MEANING WE'VE COME IN UNDER BUDGET.
UM, A LOT OF THINGS CHANGE AND HAPPEN IN HERE.
YOU'LL SEE THE BIG NUMBER IN, UM, UH, ACTUALLY LET ME ORIENT.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF C P S RATE INCREASES IN HERE AS WELL.
WE DON'T BUILD THOSE INTO THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL.
WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THE BUSINESS CASE.
THEY DO, WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE NEVER BUILD THAT INTO THE ADOPTED BUDGET BECAUSE THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.
WE'RE A RATE MAKING BODY AT THAT POINT.
BUT ONCE THAT PASSES, IF IT PASSES, THEN THAT AFFECTS OUR REVENUES FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR.
SO THERE'S THREE OF THOSE YEARS THAT THAT VARIANCE IS BEING IMPACTED BY THAT.
UM, THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS THAT IT, IT CAN, CAN CHANGE QUICKLY.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT 2008, YOU SEE A BIG $49.3 MILLION VARIANCE AGAINST THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
NATURAL GAS PRICES WERE SPIKING SIGNIFICANTLY FROM WHAT WE HAD SEEN PREVIOUSLY.
UM, EVERYBODY SAID, THIS IS THE NEW NATURAL GAS MARKET.
YOU JUST NEED TO BUILD IT INTO THE BUDGET.
WE BUILT IN A MODEST INCREASE IN
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NATURAL GAS PRICES, AND I THINK NO SOONER THAN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET FOR 2009, NATURAL GAS PRICES FELL LIKE A ROCK.AND THEY WENT UNDER OUR PROJECTION, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL MODERATELY CONSERVATIVE QUITE A BIT.
AND WE ACTUALLY ENDED THE YEAR $23 MILLION UNDER BUDGET.
SO IN A SPAN OF A COUPLE MONTHS, I WENT FROM BEING REALLY POPULAR TO REALLY NOT BEING POPULAR AND HAVING TO DELIVER THE FACT THAT WE HAD SWUNG, YOU KNOW, ALMOST $70 MILLION IN A PERIOD OF ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I'LL MENTION IS THAT WE TALK ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES AND HOW THEY WORK.
THIS IS DIFFICULT TO TRY TO PROJECT AND WE CAN'T PROJECT AS MUCH ANALYSIS AS WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE NEVER GONNA BE ABLE TO HIT THIS.
SO OUR POLICIES ARE DESIGNED TO SMOOTH OUT THESE FLUCTUATIONS, UM, THAT WE'RE SEEING.
AND THE REASON WE WANT TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE WE'RE FUNDING AN OPERATING BUDGET FOR RECURRING EXPENSES AND WE'RE TRYING TO SMOOTH OUT THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT THROUGH THE MINIMUM ENDING FUND BALANCE, PROJECTED ENDING BALANCE, UH, THAT WE WANT OF A MINIMUM OF 15% COUPLED WITH OUR TWO YEAR BUDGET PLAN, COUPLED WITH MODERATELY CONSERVATIVE REVENUE PROJECTIONS.
ALL WE'RE DOING FROM A SIMPLE PERSPECTIVE IS AGAIN, REMOVING THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS.
YOU'RE STILL GETTING TO SPEND IT.
WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE FOR THAT PIECE THAT'S KIND OF VOLATILE, THAT'S ON THE TOP, THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE GONNA COLLECT IT OR THAT WE'VE ALREADY COLLECTED IT BEFORE WE PROGRAM IT INTO THE BUDGET IN THE, IN, IN THE FUTURE.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR OPERATING BUDGET, THE ANALOGY I CAN COME UP WITH, IF YOU GOTTA, IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR OPERATING BUDGET AND OUR OPERATING EXPENSES, LIKE A ROAD THAT WE'RE BUILDING IN FRONT OF US, THAT ROAD AND OUR OPERATING BUDGET IS ALL THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE THEIR SALARIES, ALL OF OUR FIXED COSTS, WHICH ARE GONNA GO UP FROM YEAR TO YEAR AS COMPENSATION GOES UP AND OUR FIXED COSTS GO UP, WE'RE TRYING TO SMOOTH THIS OUT AND NOT HAVE THAT OPERATING BUDGET HAVE TO GO UP AND DOWN, UM, UNNECESSARILY AND TURN THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS INTO LITTLE DIPS OR BUMPS IN THE ROAD.
SO THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE POLICIES.
WE'VE GOT EXTREMELY HIGH BOND RATINGS.
ON THE GENERAL OBLIGATION SIDE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOP 10 CITIES BY POPULATION, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST BOND RATING.
WE'VE GOT TWO AAAS AND AA PLUS FROM FITCH.
UH, THE FITCH, UH, AA PLUS HAS A POSITIVE OUTLOOK, WHICH MEANS THERE'S, IF THINGS CONTINUE TO TREND AS THEY SAW THIS SUMMER, THEN THERE'S A POSSIBILITY WE COULD GET UPGRADED AND WE COULD BE AT THREE AAA RATINGS.
THAT RATING'S ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TWO DOUBLE A PLUSES AND ONE AAA.
SO OUR POLICIES HAVE FUNCTIONED WELL.
AGAIN, THE INTENT ISN'T TO SAY YOU CAN'T SPEND IT, IT'S JUST CHANGING THE TIMING AND SMOOTHING IT OUT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE IT BEFORE WE SPEND IT.
UM, I WON'T SPEND ANY TIME HERE.
THIS JUST TAKES THAT VARIANCE ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE AND CONVERTS IT INTO A PERCENTAGE OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR THAT YEAR TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW IT PERFORMED AGAINST WHAT WE WERE ASSUMING.
UM, SO LEMME TRANSITION BACK TO F Y 23 HERE AND TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.
SO WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET, UM, AT $398.8 MILLION FOR C P S.
THE RE-ESTIMATE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS $424.4 MILLION.
SO OUR VARIANCE AT THAT TIME WAS 32.6 MILLION, OR WE THOUGHT WE WERE ABOUT 8.3% OF THE ADOPT BUDGET AFTER HAVING GETTING, AFTER HAVING GOTTEN THE ESTIMATE FOR AUGUST FROM C P S.
AND THEN WE LOOKED AT OUR SEPTEMBER ESTIMATE AND WE BUMPED THAT AS WELL.
WE ARE SAYING THAT THE REVISED ESTIMATE FOR 2023, UM, IS AN ADDITIONAL 21.6 MILLION.
SO THE TOTAL VARIANCE AGAINST THE ADOPTED BUDGET IS NOW $54.2 MILLION OR 13.8% AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED.
THAT HAS, UH, GONE OVER WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO IN PRACTICE AS WE APPLY THE THE C P S VARIANCE OR HOW MUCH WE'RE COMING IN OVER BUDGET.
THE POLICY THAT YOU ALL ADOPTED OF THIS SPRING, WE'RE NOT OVER THAT 10%.
UM, I'LL TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE PUT THAT TOGETHER AND TALKED ABOUT IT AS A GROUP AND, UM, RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY MANAGER HOW THAT WOULD WORK, UM, SEEN A LOT OF VARIANCES IN C P S REVENUES OVER THE YEARS.
UM, I NEVER CONTEMPLATED THAT WE WOULD TIP OVER THE 10% BETWEEN THE TIME WE PROPOSED THE BUDGET AND WHEN WE ACTUALLY DID BUDGET AMENDMENTS A FEW WEEKS LATER.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THAT SWING THAT MUCH.
AND A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH THAT LARGE OFF SYSTEM SALES PAYMENT.
WELL, IT HAD TO DO WITH THAT OFF SYSTEM SALES PAYMENT THAT WE GOT FOR AUGUST.
UM, IN TERMS OF, OOPS, IN TERMS OF, UH, HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, YOU GOT A, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.
SO WE'VE GOT AN ADDITIONAL $21.6 MILLION ABOVE WHAT WE INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR F Y 23.
UH, WE'VE MISSED SALES TAX REVENUES FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS TO THE TUNE OF 1.6 MILLION.
SO IF YOU NET THOSE TOGETHER, THAT'S THE $20 MILLION THAT WE'VE GOT AVAILABLE.
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YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.WE COULD, YOU COULD ALLOCATE THE FULL $20 MILLION WITH THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD GET APPROVED, UM, LATER ON THIS WEEK.
OR YOU COULD SET ASIDE 15.1 MILLION OF THAT C P S OVERAGE, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT OVER THE 10% AND HAVE A FUTURE, UH, DISCUSSION, UH, IN A B SESSION IN OCTOBER ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THAT.
EITHER ONE OF THOSE COMPLIES WITH THE POLICY, THE WHOLE POLICY WAS BUILT AROUND MAKING SURE THAT IF WE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE WERE SEEING SIGNIFICANT EXTRA REVENUE FROM C P S, THAT WE HAD A WORK SESSION WITH THE COUNCIL TO GET YOUR INPUT AND FEEDBACK BEFORE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE IN TERMS OF HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED.
SO WE COULD DO THAT AS PART OF YOUR CONVERSATION, OOPS, SORRY, TODAY AND TOMORROW.
OR YOU COULD AGAIN CARVE OUT THAT $15.1 MILLION AND WE CAN DO THAT LATER ON IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.
SO EITHER ONE OF THOSE WOULD COMPLY WITH OUR POLICY.
UM, THAT WRAPS UP MY PRESENTATION, SO LEMME TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR SOME CLOSING COMMENTS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UM, AND, AND, AND, UH, AND LIKELY, UM, CPSS, UM, IT'S GOOD NEWS, RIGHT? IT'S GOOD NEWS BECAUSE I'VE HEARD RUDY SAY AT LEAST FIVE OR SIX TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH THAT THEY HAVE, UM, MAINTAINED THEIR PLANTS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ENERGY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS, IS THAT, UM, C P S PRODUCED NOT ONLY ENOUGH ENERGY FOR ITS OWN RATE PAYERS, UM, BUT ALSO TO ERCOT AND THE REST OF TEXAS.
UM, AND AS I NOTED IN THE MEMO AND AS WE DISCUSSED WITH C P S OVER THE WEEKEND, THE, THE VAST MAJORITY, PRACTICALLY ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL C P S REVENUE THAT WE REPORTED IN THE MEMO YESTERDAY IS NOT FROM C P S CUSTOMERS.
IT'S THROUGH THAT ERCOT SYSTEM.
I MEAN IT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT THAT THAT WORKS.
WE'VE GOT ENOUGH POWER HERE LOCALLY AND, UM, WHEN ERCOT IS IN CONSERVATION MODE, WE'VE GOT ENOUGH CAPACITY TO PULL FROM THE LOCAL MARKET AND THEN THE RATE PAYERS EVENTUALLY, UH, UH, WIN IN THAT SITUATION.
SO, UM, PART OF THE MEMO LAST NIGHT WAS ALSO A LIST OF 66 REQUESTS THAT WE EITHER, UH, DISCERNED FROM BUDGET WORK SESSIONS OR MEMOS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO MY OFFICE.
UM, AND IT TOTALED ABOUT $45 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS.
THERE WERE, THERE WERE SOME REPETITIVE ITEMS IN THERE.
UM, IF, IF ONE COUNCIL PERSON, IF, IF TWO COUNCIL OFFICES TALKED ABOUT THE SAME THING, BUT $2 AMOUNTS, WE DID NOT TRY TO MI TRY TO MEDIATE OR MITIGATE THAT WE LISTED ON THE LIST.
'CAUSE I WANTED THE COUNCIL TO SEE, SEE EVERYBODY'S INITIAL, UM, ASK.
UM, WE DO HAVE AN AMENDED LIST AT YOUR TABLE.
UM, UM, THERE ARE FOUR, UH, ADJUSTMENTS OR CORRECTIONS WE MADE.
UM, SO, AND I'LL POINT THOSE OUT IF YOU, THEY'RE NOT BIG, BUT THEY'RE TWO OF THEM.
WE HAD T B D UNDER, UM, ITEMS AND WE FINALIZED THOSE COSTS THIS MORNING THAT WAS ON THE SA CORE FOURTH TEAM AND THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY.
WE MADE AN ADJUSTMENT TO NUMBER NINE, UM, IN TERMS OF WORDING AND AN ADJUSTMENT ON, UH, NUMBER 52 IN TERMS OF THE, THE DESCRIPTION.
SO, BUT THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE AMENDED LIST.
UM, THE GOAL TODAY IS REALLY TO, FOR YOU, FOR THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS HOW TO ALLOCATE THAT $20 MILLION.
WE HAVE $20 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A BALANCE OF RECURRING.
AND ONE TIME, AND BASED ON THE CONVERSATION TODAY, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, WE WILL REVISE THE LIST AND PROVIDE, UH, BASED ON TODAY'S FEEDBACK AND CONVERSATION, SEND IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL TONIGHT SO THAT YOU'VE GOT A STARTING POINT FOR TOMORROW'S CONVERSATION.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ERIC AND, UH, BEN FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, BEN, YOU'RE ALWAYS POPULAR, SO DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOSING POPULARITY, UM, POINTS.
BUT I DO WANT TO GO TO YOUR PRESENTATION ON, ON, UM, IF WE GO TO SLIDE TWO REAL QUICK.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTION, BEN.
I JUST WANTED TO LINGER ON THIS ONE JUST FOR A MINUTE.
'CAUSE THAT GRAPH LOOKS DRAMATIC WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CURVE.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT TWO THINGS.
ONE IS THE SCALE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT DECEIVING.
IT IS DRAMATIC IN TERMS OF COMPARED COMPARATORS OVER TIME.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THAT REPRESENTS, UH, COMPARED WITH OUR OVERALL 3.7 BILLION BUT DOLLAR BUDGET, IT'S NOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
ULTIMATELY, WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
BUT JUST, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF SCALE NOW, WHAT THAT GRAPH DOES TELL ME THOUGH IS THAT, UH, C P S, UH, IS EXHIBITING STRONG LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF ITS RESOURCES, NOT ONLY TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AND THE ENERGY FLOWING FOR OUR COMMUNITY DURING SOME REALLY CHALLENGING
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TIMES, UH, BUT ALSO TO DEAL WITH THE CONSERVATION ALERTS AND THE PRECARIOUSNESS OF THE ERCOT GRID AND BEING ABLE TO NOW, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, UH, TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR RATE PAYERS BY SELLING MAR UH, SELLING, UH, EXCESS ENERGY ONTO THE GRID TO HELP STABILIZE TEXAS.SO, GREAT JOB BY C P S, BUT I WANTED TO PUT THAT UP THERE BECAUSE I, I DO THINK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DESERVES A GREAT DEAL OF CREDIT ALSO, UM, DEALING WITH C P S ISSUES AT THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL IS NOT ALWAYS ENJOYABLE, BUT WE'VE DONE WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO, UH, AND PROVIDED THEM THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THEIR ASSETS AND, AND PICK THEMSELVES UP AFTER SOME VERY DIFFICULT TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, CERTAINLY AS, AS IT RELATES TO PANDEMIC AND THEN YURI.
SO, UM, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, FOR ALL OF THAT GOOD WORK AND SUPPORT.
UM, NOW, UH, GOING INTO THE AMENDMENT CONVERSATION, I KNOW THERE'S 66 AMENDMENTS ON THE FLOOR.
UH, AND THE CONVERSATION TODAY IS REALLY TO HEAR, UH, FOLKS' PRIORITIES.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST, BUT WE CERTAINLY DO NEED TO HEAR YOUR PRIORITIES.
UM, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, UH, BUT HE DID OFFER, UM, AT LEAST A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR US TO START THINKING ABOUT THIS, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY WELL DONE.
SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TEEING THAT UP.
BUT IT'S A WAY OF TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL 66 AMENDMENTS, OBVIOUSLY, WITH SOME DISCRETION FROM HIS PART, UH, BUT CATEGORIZING THEM IN A WAY THAT I THINK IS TRYING TO FIND SOME COMMON GROUND AMONG OURSELVES IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO, I'M GONNA SPEAK TO THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ME ON THE ITEMS, UH, LISTED.
UH, BUT ALSO AGAIN, UH, GIVEN THE LENS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ HAS PLACED BEFORE US, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO GET THE CONVERSATION STARTED.
SO, UH, AND YOU'RE, YOU'LL BE NEXT TO SPEAK COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, JUST REAL QUICK, ERIC, UH, I JUST WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO A FEW THINGS.
UH, I KNOW SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE GONNA BE MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY, BUT JUST TO ADD MY SUPPORT TO THEM AND SPECIFICALLY SOME OF THE SMALLER ASKS IN TERMS OF DELEGATE AGENCIES, UH, BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, UH, THE CHILDREN'S REHABILITATION INSTITUTE.
UM, THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT FOOD POLICY.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, IT HAS NOT BEEN MENTIONED YET, BUT I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROCHA GARCIA IS GONNA MENTION THE V F W AS WELL AS WORK GOING ON AT AT LACKLAND.
SO SOME OF THOSE, UM, AGENCIES, UH, I DID SPEAK, UH, TO, UH, A COUPLE OF YOU ABOUT THE AIR SERVICE FUND.
UH, I DO THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO HELP CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF NOT ONLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASPECTS, BUT THE ACTUAL SERVICE OF OUR, OF OUR AIRPORT.
SO, UH, DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT INCLUDED, UM, AS WELL AS THE ONE I ADDED, UM, THAT A LOT OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IN DREAMWORK, COMING UP WITH A SUSTAINABILITY FUND, UH, WHILE SUSTAINABILITY EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT DREAMWORK CAN CONTINUE ON AND GROW IN A WAY THAT WE WOULD LIKE IT TO SEE.
UM, NUMBER ONE ON EVERYONE'S LIST THAT I COULD TELL HAS BEEN THE EXPANSION OF SA CORE SERVICES.
SO CERTAINLY WE'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT ALONG WITH, UM, THE REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE FUND AND THEN THE WORK THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HAS BEEN DOING ON, UH, ENSURING THAT THERE'S A FUND SET ASIDE FOR, UH, HOME REHABILITATION ELIGIBLE TO INCLUDE OPPORTUNITY HOME, UH, IN SOME OF THE, UH, COMPLEXES THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM ON MASTER PLANNING.
UH, LASTLY I'LL JUST SAY, UH, TWO THINGS.
A C S ACCELERATING THE RESPONSE TO A C S CALLS.
IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, AND THIS IS WHERE I MIGHT DISAGREE WITH SOME OF YOU HERE, BUT JUST FOR CONVERSATION NOW, WE DO HAVE AN EQUITY MATRIX.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ESTABLISHED THAT AT THE BEGINNING WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE AREAS OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE COMMUNITY THAT NEED MORE SUPPORT GOT MORE SUPPORT.
NOT EVERY PLACE NEEDS THE SAME AMOUNT OF FUNDING.
UH, SO WE MOVED AWAY FROM DIVIDING EVERY RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE BY 10 AND MOVED TO AN EQUITY APPROACH.
UH, THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF, UM, REQUESTS MADE TO INCLUDE MORE FUNDING ON NAMP, WHICH IS THE DISTRICT SPECIFIC FUNDING, UH, AS WELL AS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
MY SUGGESTION IS THAT WE TOTAL UP THOSE REQUESTS, WHICH IN MY CALCULATION IS ROUGHLY FIVE THOU $5 MILLION.
AND SET THAT ASIDE FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR DISTRICTS, BUT DO IT IN A WAY THAT APPLIES THE, THE EQUITY MATRIX SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE AGAIN, TO, UM, PUT OUR RESOURCES WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED
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THE MOST.AND RATHER THAN GOING BACKWARDS IN TERMS OF EE RESOURCE BY 10, WE NEED TO STAY COMMITTED TO THE EQUITY APPROACH IF WE'RE GONNA CATCH UP, UH, OR HELP THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER INVESTED AND CONTINUE TO CATCH UP.
UH, SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION WITH REGARD TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE REQUESTS THAT ARE MADE ON THE AMENDMENT LIST.
UH, SO WITH THAT, LET ME TURN NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER MC RODRIGUEZ.
AND BEFORE I FORGET ALL I, I THINK I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE NAMP AND C I P IF WE CAN'T HAVE THOSE, IF THERE'S A WAY TO ALLOCATE THOSE EQUITABLY THAT I'M AS SUPPORTIVE.
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I'VE BEEN REQUESTING AN INCREASE THERE IS BECAUSE THERE IS A, UM, THERE'S A LOT LESS FLEXIBILITY ON OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PLAN.
AND SO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE A, AN IMPACT THIS YEAR AND EVERY SINGLE YEAR THAT WE GET C I P DOLLARS, THEN I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
AND SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO, I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
UM, SO I GAVE EVERY COUNCIL OFFICE, WE GAVE THESE COLORFUL TABLES IN THE FRONT.
UM, THEY BREAK DOWN CITYWIDE INITIATIVES WITHIN CRIME RESPONSE AND, AND PREVENTION, HEALTH TRAFFIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES, ANIMAL CARE, CODE ENFORCEMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS INITIATIVES ABOUT, THEY MAKE UP ABOUT 32 OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE THIRD PAGE, WHICH IS THE FIRST GRAY TABLE, UM, OUTLINES DISTRICT SPECIFIC REQUESTS, MOST OF WHICH COULD BE FULFILLED WITH OUR C I P, OUR N P OR WITH A REVIEW OF OUR I M P OR EVEN, UH, CARRY FORWARD THAT SOME OF US HAVE.
THERE ARE SOME ITEMS HERE LIKE STANDUP ESSAY THAT CAN'T BE FULFILLED THAT WAY.
AND SO I, I'LL INDICATE SUPPORT FOR A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
THE LAST PAGE ARE NON-PROFIT AND NON-PROFIT AND DELEGATE AGENCY REQUESTS.
THERE ARE SOME LIKE BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS THAT HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN STRONG SUPPORT, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO INDICATE TOO MUCH.
UH, I WANTED US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.
AND SO MY ASK IS THAT WE FUND THE FIRST TWO PAGES, UM, THAT I BROKE DOWN AT ABOUT 18.57 MILLION, 9.63 MILLION ARE ONE-TIME EXPENSES.
UM, ITEM 27, WHICH IS THE REALLOCATING A POSITION.
IT SHOULD BE FROM METRO HEALTH TO THE INNOVATION OFFICE.
AND THAT WAS IN MY ORIGINAL MEMO.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD STILL BE A NET ZERO COST.
THIS WOULD LEAVE ABOUT $1.428 MILLION.
AND SOME OF THAT COULD BE TO SUPPORT NON-PROFITS LIKE BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, THE CHILDREN'S REHABILITATION INSTITUTE, TELE ON U S A OR OTHERS LIKE SA STAND STAND OR STANDUP SA, OR PROJECTS THAT WE CAN'T FUND WITH C I P OR NAMP, LIKE, UH, THE $10,000 FOR A DIAPER CHANGING STATION IN DISTRICT THREE, WHICH I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF.
SO THAT'S MY ASK MY PITCH TO YOU ALL IS YAY SUSPENDING THE 18 MILLION HERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE 1.47.
IF WE DO THE 18.5, WHICH IS ALMOST ALL OF OUR AMENDMENTS, THEN I'M NOT TOO PRESSED ABOUT THE REST, AND I'M OKAY TO SUPPORT WHATEVER WE DO WITH THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER RACHE GARCIA.
AND I'LL START OFF WITH THE SUPPORT, THE EXPANSION OF SA COURT 24 7.
THE TWO ADDITIONAL TEAMS THAT ARE SET TO START IN JANUARY WILL FOLLOW THE CURRENT SCHEDULE, BUT THEN THE THREE TEAMS WOULD BE AVAILABLE 24 7? CORRECT.
THAT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE IN THE SUMMER OF 2024.
SO WE STILL NEED TIME TO GET, UM, THE PARAMEDICS AND THE OFFICER THROUGH THE ACADEMY.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE, UM, TIME TO THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO HIRE THE CLINICIANS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY THE, UM, UH, SUMMER OF 2024.
AND THEN THE FUNDING FOR A QUICK RESPONSE TEAM FOR, UM, FENTANYL CRISIS.
I HAD MENTIONED THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND I JUST, UM, I, I WANT TO SEE LIKE WHERE WE ARE JUST IN GENERAL WITH THE CURRENT RESPONSE, AND IS THERE EVEN A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES? I KEEP HEARING ABOUT IT, UH, IN GENERAL, LIKE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT IT.
EVERY TIME I WALK INTO A SCHOOL, THERE'S POSTERS.
UM, BUT I, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING SPECIFICALLY, LIKE MAYBE TO, UM, GET SOME MORE NARCAN RIGHT.
SO CAN YOU, CAN YOU REMIND ME MAYBE COUNCILMAN, I DID NOT HEAR THE FIRST PART OF THE PROGRAM.
WHAT PART WERE WE TALKING? OH, THE FENTANYL CRISIS, THE RESPONSE, FENTANYL RESPONSE.
THE, UM, QUICK RESPONSE TEAM FOR THE FENTANYL CRISIS.
WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S A PROGRAM THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE FUNDED IN THE, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE THE ALLOCATION OF, UM, OF ARPA DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, SO THOSE ARE ALL IN PROCESS.
SO, SO YOU DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL, IS WHAT, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS NO, I DO NOT.
AND THEN, UM, THE MAYOR MENTIONED THIS, BUT A FEW YEARS AGO WE WERE APPROACHED BY THE KELLY HERITAGE FOUNDATION,
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AND IT WAS TO BUILD, UH, AT LACKLAND WE'RE THE HOME OF, UM, REALLY, I, I WOULD CALL IT THE HOME OF AEROSPACE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE HOME OF THE AIR FORCE.AND THEY WANTED TO, UM, ASK US FOR HELP WITH FUNDING AN INITIATIVE WITH THE KELLY HERITAGE CENTER.
AND IT WAS SPECIFICALLY WITH A MUSEUM DEDICATED TO OUR VETERANS OF THE, THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE OF THE AIR FORCE.
UM, BUT THEY HELD OFF ON THEIR REQUEST BECAUSE OF THE COVID PANDEMIC.
THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS MORE PRESSING ISSUES.
WELL, NOW THEY'RE ASKING FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY AND A MATCHING PART FROM THE CITY AS WELL.
UH, AND SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR $500,000, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, UM, THERE, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY LOWER THAN THEIR ORIGINAL ASK WHEN THEY HAD ASKED LAST GO AROUND.
BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE LEVERAGING FUNDING.
SO I, UH, PUT THAT IN, IN A BUDGET CONSIDERATION UPDATE, ERIC, AND I'LL GET THIS TO YOU, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, THE V F W 76 DOWNTOWN, AND I KNOW WE ALL USE IT.
IT'S A CITYWIDE, UM, JUST A PLACE FOR, FOR, FOR CONGREGATION.
I KNOW WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS AXIS, WE USED IT ALL OF THE TIME.
AND SO I WAS, UH, TALKING TO, TO, UH, THE MAYOR, AND THEN I ALSO CALLED, UH, DR.
KERR, AND SHE, UM, UH, IT'S IN HER DISTRICT, SO I WANT TO BE SENSITIVE, RIGHT.
AND SO, UM, I ASKED HER IF SHE WOULD CONSIDER LOOKING AT A CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT, MAYBE THROUGH O O H P OR SOMETHING.
AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT OTHER ASSESSMENTS HAVE COST ABOUT $75,000.
UH, AND AGAIN, WE'RE A MILITARY CITY, U S A, A LOT OF OUR VETERANS, UM, GO THERE.
A LOT OF THEM HOST RETIREMENT PARTIES THERE.
WE SEE IT WORKING ALL THE TIME.
SO, UH, AND IT'S THE OLDEST ONE.
UH, AND SO WE, WE HAVE TO HELP, I THINK, WITH THE PRESERVE OUR HISTORY THERE.
SO, UM, I'VE ADDED THAT AS AN AMENDMENT FOR MY PART.
AND THEN, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THIS, BUT IS THERE FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR STAFF SUPPORT FOR THE PROACTIVE APARTMENT INSPECTION? YES, MA'AM.
SO THEN I REQUESTED AN UPDATE, UH, TO P C D C IN THE FALL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DIDN'T FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.
AND I THINK THAT IT PROVED EXCELLENT RECENTLY IN COUNCILMAN PAL'S DISTRICT.
UH, AND SO HE HAD AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
AND SO I, I JUST WANNA KEEP SUPPORTING THAT AS WELL AS THE VACANT BUILDING AND LOT PROGRAM.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR SOME EXPANSION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF IT.
DO WE HAVE AN AMOUNT FOR THAT, ERIC? AND WHILE LORI COMES UP, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I, I WAS SAYING THAT I'M IN SUPPORT OF THAT EXPANSION AND, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED.
INTERNALLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT, WITH SOME REALLOCATION OF STAFF, SO THERE'S NO BUDGET IMPACT.
I WAS ASKING SO I COULD KNOW WHAT TO ASK FOR THAT I HAVEN'T ASKED FOR YET.
AND THEN THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ, UM, AS A PROFESSOR, MAN, LIKE YOU REALLY OUT DID YOURSELF.
UM, IN THE SUPPORTIVE AMENDMENTS, I'LL, I'LL GO BACK 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU KEEP TABS OF, OF WHAT WE DO.
OH, WE DON'T, YOU DON'T KEEP TAB.
UM, BUT I WOULD EXPAND THE SUPPORT OF THE SA CORE TEAM.
UM, I AM IN SUPPORT OF ALSO OF THE BALLISTIC GLASS FOR POLICE VEHICLES WITH THE WINDSHIELD GLASS.
THEY ALSO HAD REQUESTED SOME SOFTWARE UPDATES.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE A CENTRALIZED SYSTEM, I THINK YOU ALL.
SO I'LL BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, UH, ADDITIONAL MARKETING FOR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, THE SENIOR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO ASSIST PROPERTY OWNERS AND RENTERS WITH THE COMPLIANCE ISSUES.
I DO THINK THAT THEY SHOULD KEEP THEIR FUNDING, UM, AT THE LEVEL THAT THEY, THEY HAD BEFORE.
I'LL BE IN SUPPORT OF SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST CORPUS THAT COUNCILMAN CASTILLO HAS BEEN PUSHING THE SMALL BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION GRANT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE ONES THAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN CONTINUING WITH THE DIABETES CONTINUUM.
THAT WAS THE INSULIN COST SHARE PROGRAM WITH COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ, UM, THE URBAN FARMING SEED FUND, THE FOOD POLICY COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT'S A D THREE REQUEST.
UM, BUT I'M, I, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THAT, THE DSAS, UM, INCREASING THE FUNDING FOR THE S E A'S COMMISSION, I'LL, I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN, UH, TELETHON, UH, TELETHON I THINK IS, UH, THE D 10 REQUEST, OR MAYBE IT'S A D NINER 'CAUSE IT'S ONE OF YOUR REQUESTS.
UM, BUT I'LL BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT AS WELL.
UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE BROUGHT UP A HUNDRED FLASHING STOP SIGNS FOR KEY ACCIDENT LOCATIONS.
AND, UM, YEAH, MY SUPPORT THERE, COUNCILMAN.
AND THEN THE, UH, AIR SERVICE FUND THAT THE MAYOR MENTIONED.
I THINK THAT'S A, A GREAT IDEA WHEN NEED CONTINUE DOING THAT.
UM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE ARE ALL, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRAND.I THINK IN THE FUTURE WE SHOULD FOCUS ON OPTION B, AND WE SHOULD LOOK AT OUR BUDGET.
BUT I AM FULLY AWARE THAT MOST OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL WANNA SPEND THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY, UM, WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH I THINK IS ALMOST $40 MILLION IN AMENDMENTS.
BUT I DO THINK THAT WE, UM, IF, IF THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN, WE NEED TO STREAMLINE THAT OF NOT ANTICIPATING, UM, JUST ENDING THIS BUDGET SESSION HERE, BUT HAVING, UH, A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT 15 MILLION OR 20 MILLION OR 50 MILLION, UH, AND HOW WE PRIORITIZE THAT WITHIN THE CITY.
SO WITH THAT SAID, UM, I DO WANNA THANK COUNCIL MCKEE RODRIGUEZ FOR PUTTING, UH, THIS INTO, UM, THE CATEGORIES, UH, CRIME RESPONSE AND PREVENTION, UH, THE BALLISTIC GLASS FOR POLICE VEHICLES.
THE, UH, CELLULITE, UM, IN SUPPORT OF, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK ALSO IN THE REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE FUND, NOT JUST GOING UNDER HEALTH, BUT ALSO GOING UNDER CRIME PREVENTION TOO.
BECAUSE WHEN WOMEN ARE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, WHEN THEY'RE ABLE, WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE CHOICES OVER THEIR HEALTH, THAT HELPS IN THEM GETTING AWAY FROM ABUSIVE AND BAD RELATIONSHIPS.
SO I'M A SUPPORTIVE OF THE REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE FUND.
I DO AGREE WITH THE MAYOR THAT IF WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT NAMP AND C I P, THE COUNCIL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS.
AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT WITH, UH, OUR DRAINAGE IN MIND.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE, UH, CONVERSATION THERE, OR SOME, SOME IDEAS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S FLOODING AND WHAT'S IMPACTING SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE SOUTH AND THE WEST IN TERMS OF FLOODING AND HOW WE TAKE CARE OF THOSE PROJECTS SO THAT, THAT, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
UH, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT TOOL SHED IS ANOTHER ONE.
UH, I ALREADY MENTIONED THE CELLULITE TECHNOLOGY LICENSE.
AND THE SENIOR ASSISTANT PILOT PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING PROPERTY OWNERS GOES ALONG WITH MY AMENDMENT FOR, UH, DISTRICT SPECIFIC, UH, REHABILITATION FOR SENIORS.
UM, ALSO, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, UH, FUNDED AT, AT THEIR, TO MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT LEVEL.
UH, I SUPPORT THE SAN ANTONIO BOOK FESTIVAL AUTHORS IN SCHOOL PROGRAM.
AND IN TERMS OF THOSE, THE OTHER PROGRAMS I DO SUPPORT, UM, IN FUNDING, IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING, AND, AND YOU CAN DETERMINE THE AMOUNTS IS THE, THE S E S AND THE DREAM WEEK.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO, OF COURSE, MY AMENDMENTS, THE URBAN FOOD POLICY, THE, THE HOMELESS RELOCATION ASSISTANCE WHITE HOUSEHOLD FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS BEFORE EIGHT, BETWEEN 18 AND 24 YEARS OF AGE.
I KNOW THERE'S A FOCUS TO BE ON FOSTER YOUTH, BUT I, I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S THIS 18 TO 24 THAT MAYBE DIDN'T DO FOSTER CARE, MAYBE CAME OUT TO THEIR PARENTS, MAYBE JUST HAD A BAD TIME AT HOME, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN NEED OF HOUSING AND HELP.
UM, THE BROOKS BAY AND NEUTER CLINIC, I FEEL LIKE A C S IS A LARGER CONVERSATION.
WE NEED TO HAVE, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE FUNDING.
'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE WANTS MORE FUNDING AND WANTS MORE FUNDING FOR SPAY AND NEUTER, BUT WE NEED REAL EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR, UM, WHAT OUR AGENCIES CAN, WHAT, WHAT THEIR CAPACITY IS.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA SEE US PUT MONEY TOWARDS SOMETHING AND THEN NOT BE ABLE TO GET THOSE, THOSE, UM, THOSE ANIMAL SPAY AND NEUTER.
THE OTHER THING IS, I DON'T, UNLESS THE ADDITIONAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN FOR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES INCLUDES, UH, THAT GRASSROOTS EFFORTS WHERE THE VOLUNTEERS ARE GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO, TO SPEND ANY MORE MONEY ON DIGITAL ADS.
I THINK WE HAVE A CORE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT DO A GREAT JOB RIGHT NOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA, GETTING THE WORD OUT THAT WE NEED TO, TO RESCUE ANIMALS.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW WE ALLOCATE THAT, UM, THAT INFORMATION.
I DO THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR FLEET AND IN PARTICULAR, TRANSPORTATION FOR OLDER ADULTS SPECIFICALLY.
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UH, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THIS SMOKE DETECTORS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, THE INCREASE, UH, TO ASSIST IN DEBT PAYMENT FOR CHILD SAFE.I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY.
UH, FUNDS FOR CHILDREN'S REHABILITATION INSTITUTE, TELETHON, UM, MCALLISTER PARK, LITTLE LEAGUE IMPROVEMENTS, I THINK WE NEED TO GET THEM ON A PROGRAM.
AND THEN THE OLD SPANISH TRAILS COMPLEX IS ANOTHER THING THAT I'M IN SUPPORT OF.
I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF CORE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
CODE ENFORCEMENT, ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS WE COULD GIVE TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, I'M ALL FOR THAT.
AND I THINK, UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEY RODRIGUEZ DID A GREAT JOB OF PARENT, UH, PUTTING THAT DOWN.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES, ANDY, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU OR BEN, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
CAN WE DO MATCHING FUNDS IF WE GIVE FUNDS TO OPPORTUNITY HOME OR THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, COULD IT BE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO MATCH THAT AMOUNT OR SEEK THAT AMOUNT FROM THE COUNTY OR AN ADDITIONAL AGENCY? YES.
AND THAT IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, US DO AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN PARTNERING WITH AGENCIES THAT WE ASK THEM TO, TO MATCH THAT, UM, DOLLAR AMOUNT.
SO IN ADDITION, WITH THE WEST SIDE HOMESTEAD, UM, PRESERVATION CENTER, MAYBE NOT ASK THEM TO, TO MATCH DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, BUT ASK THEM TO AT LEAST RAISE A PORTION SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE, UH, WE CAN INCENTIVIZE THEIR EFFORTS.
UM, I THINK, OH, THE DIABETES CONTINUUM INSULIN COST SHARE PROGRAM IS, IS THAT NOT SOMETHING METRO HEALTH IS DOING RIGHT NOW OR SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT WHERE THEY CAN GO IN FOR? UM, OR DO WE NEED TO PARTNER WITH A, A HOSPITAL OR A MEDICAL GROUP ON THAT? SO IF YOU'LL RECALL, THE, THE, UM, UH, CLOSET PRESENTATION, U H S HAS A FUND THAT THEY FUND FOR THAT.
I BELIEVE THE, UH, WHAT THE COUN AND COUNCILMAN IS SITTING NEXT TO YOU.
IF I DON'T DO A GOOD JOB OF DESCRIBING IT, THE COUNCILMAN IS PROPOSING AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HELP, UM, AMPLIFY THAT FUNDING THAT U H S SETS ASIDE.
YEAH, I THINK IF, IF WE COULD MATCH, IF WE COULD MAKE SURE THEY'RE MATCHING THAT FUNDS OR IF THEY'RE, UM, SERVICING OUR, OUR ZIP CODES MOST IN NEED, UM, AND THEN PROVIDING, PARTNERING WITH METRO HEALTH IN TERMS OF THEIR DIABETES PROGRAM, I J I WOULD JUST LIKE MORE, I WOULD JUST LIKE MORE, UM, ASKS BEFORE WE JUST HAND OVER MONEY, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME GREAT PROGRAMS IN METRO HEALTH WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S WHOLE, WHOLE WAY OF THINKING, WHERE IT COMES TO DIET FROM WHEN IT COMES TO DIABETES IN TERMS OF THE DIET, THE EXERCISE.
AND I, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVEN PERMISSION TO GO IN AND TO SHARE OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IF WE DO THAT WITH THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM.
AND YEAH, I AM, I, I AM ALSO FOR THE A HUNDRED FLASHING STOP SIGNS IN KEY ACCIDENT LOCATIONS, AS LONG AS MOST OF THE LOCATIONS ARE ON THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO.
I I THINK WE, WE DO NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, TWO OPTIONS WITH THIS, UM, WITH THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT C P SS IS, AND I KNOW, BEN, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL AND YOU CANNOT PREDICT, BUT I KNEW WE WERE GONNA HAVE MORE MONEY.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU TO, TO DO THAT 10%.
AND, BUT I KNOW MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES DON'T WANNA HAVE A MINI BUDGET SESSION IN OCTOBER, AND THE ASKS ARE MANY.
BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THAT, UM, THAT OVERAGE ISN'T $15 MILLION, BUT INSTEAD MAYBE FIVE OR FOUR.
SO THANK YOU THAT, THAT'S, UM, OH, AND I DO WANNA SAY THAT CAN, CAN WE START A V F W FUND IN PARTICULAR, AND THIS V F W BE THE FIRST V F W AND MAYBE WE GO AROUND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO OTHER VFWS.
THEY'RE NOT ALL HISTORIC, BUT I KNOW SOME OF THEM NEED ROOF WORK OR THE, THE COPPER GETS STOLEN FOR THEIR, FROM THEIR, UM, FROM THEIR AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM.
SO IF WE COULD LOOK AT THAT POSSIBLY IN THE FUTURE, UH, WE CAN THINK BIG.
AND THEN, UM, I DO SUPPORT THE KELLY HERITAGE FUND 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN RAISING FUNDS, AND THAT'S ANOTHER ONE.
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IS MY MATCHING PROGRAMS IS MY FAVORITE WORD RIGHT NOW.COUNCIL MEMBER VERON, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF CHECKING WITH YOU ON YOUR ALMAN ACT TOO, ABOUT C P S.
UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE BUDGET SEASON, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO.
I, I'M GOING TO HONE IN ON A COUPLE OF KEY ITEMS AND THEN GO INTO THE BROADER SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES' REQUEST.
UM, I, I, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT AND CREATE OPPOR, UH, HOP OPPORTUNITY, HOME ACCESSIBILITY AND OPERATIONS FUND.
WE KNOW THAT ROUGHLY 46% OF RESIDENTS WITHIN OUR PUBLIC HOUSING ARE CHILDREN.
50 PER TWO, 52% OF OUR HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE SENIOR SENIORS OR DISABLED.
AND THE MEDIAN INCOME IS ROUGHLY $11,000.
WE KNOW THAT OUR PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY IS SEVERELY UNDERFUNDED WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, FEDERAL INVESTMENT.
AND THE NEED TO PRESERVE THIS HOUSING IS IMPORTANT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
ONE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE PUBLIC INPUT SURVEY THAT HOMELESSNESS IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA PRESENTED BY HAVEN FOR HOPE, WE'VE FOUND THAT, UM, AN INCREASE OF HOME UNHOUSED FAMILIES HAS INCREASED BY A HUNDRED PERCENT IN THE PAST 18 MONTHS.
HAVEN HAS SEEN A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON CAMPUS, ROUGHLY 1,793 FAMILIES IN THEIR EMERGENCY PROGRAM, UH, AND 361 ARE CHILDREN, RIGHT? UH, AND THERE'S A STRONG CORRELATION THERE.
THREE YEARS AGO, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE, UH, WHERE I MET THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS PARTICIPATING IN INPUT.
AND WHAT HE SHARED IS THAT HE USED TO LIVE AT THE VICTORIA COURTS, WHICH WAS, UM, THEN A PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTY.
UH, IT WAS DEMOLISHED TO BE TURNED INTO A PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
AND HE WAS, UH, REHOUSED TO SAN JUAN SQUARE, UM, THAT WAS ALSO DEMOLISHED AND TURNED INTO A PRIVATE PAR PARTNERSHIP.
AND WHERE HE'S AT NOW IS AT HAVEN, RIGHT? AND IF WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THAT WE SUPPORT THE PUBLIC'S INTERESTS TO AND DESIRE TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, WE NEED ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROJECTING OUR MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK, WHICH IS, UH, OPPORTUNITY HOMES HOUSING.
AT ONE POINT, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAD ROUGHLY 700 AND 800 PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS.
IT'S NOW, UH, BEEN REDUCED TO 606,062, UM, AGAIN, RIGHT? ALL AT RISK OF BEING DEMOLISHED BECAUSE OF ITS DETERIORATING QUALITY.
AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE IN PUBLIC HOUSING OR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN HOUSING WITH DIGNITY.
AND THIS FUND WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT.
UM, ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND I KNOW, UM, CONSTITUENTS WHO LIVE AT THE CASTANO HOMES HAVE COME TO PUBLIC COMMENT TO EXPRESS THE NEED TO INVEST IN THIS PROGRAM.
UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SHIFT OVER TO THE NEED TO SUPPORT THE, UH, REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE FUND.
UH, WE KNOW WITH OVERTURNING OF ROE V WADE, THAT WOMEN CONTINUE TO BE UNDER ATTACK.
AND THIS ANNUAL BUDGET LINE ITEM FOR $500,000, UH, TO CREATE THIS FUND WOULD BE MANAGED BY METRO HEALTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECTLY FUNDING AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE REPRODUCTIVE AND SEXUAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES, RESOURCES, AND EDUCATION.
AND I FULLY SUPPORT THE REQUESTS FROM THE COALITION OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE NONPROFITS, UM, TO SUPPORT THAT FUNDING.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY.
I KNOW WHEN WE PASSED THE RESOLUTION, THERE WAS DEBATE ABOUT, UM, WHAT WAS ACTUALLY TIED TO IT AND WHAT WE DID HAVE.
AND I BELIEVE NOW THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOME MONEY BEHIND THAT REQUEST.
UH, SO I ASKED FOR SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO DIDN'T SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION TO NOW SUPPORT THIS FUNDING REQUEST TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE SERVING WOMEN OF SAN ANTONIO.
UM, NO DOUBT, INFRASTRUCTURE CONTINUES TO BE A TOP PRIORITY.
I DO BELIEVE AND AGREE WITH THE MAYOR, THAT WE DO NEED TO TAKE AN EQUITY LENS APPROACH TO ENSURE THAT, UM, DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THE MOST NEED ARE RECEIVING THAT FUNDING TO TACKLE THOSE GAPS IN THOSE FAILED STREETS.
UM, BUT OVERALL, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF AN INCREASE TO ENSURE THAT, UM, DISTRICT 10 CAN GET THOSE FLASHING STOP SIGNS, UH, AND WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE'RE FILLING THOSE SIDEWALK GAPS.
RIGHT? UM, FURTHER, I KNOW WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US IS AN OPTION TO HAVE A CONVERSATION LATER OR NOW.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT WE OWE IT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS TO FULLY INVEST IN ANIMAL CARE SERVICE, AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ HAS BEEN A HUGE CHAMPION IN ENSURING THAT WE REQUIRE, UM, THAT WE HIRE RATHER THE APPROPRIATE STAFF TO HAVE A C S WHERE THEY, THEY SHOULD BE.
UM, SO I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT REQUEST, AND I THINK GIVEN THAT WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION OF THERE'S, UM, MORE MONEY THAN WE HAD PROJECTED, THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR CONSTITUENCY TO HAVE A C S AT THE SCALE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS DESERVE.
I'M GOING TO SHIFT OVER TO, UM, A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS FOR MY COLLEAGUES.
I'M, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE AIR SERVICE FUND AS WELL AS DREAM WEEK.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME IN ST.
LOUIS, AND IT WAS THEIR, UM, THEIR DREAM WEEK, UH, SOMETHING SIMILAR TO DREAM WEEK.
AND IT WAS JUST, UH, SO INFORMATIVE, EDUCATIONAL, UH, AND I'D BE GREAT TO, I, I KNOW PEOPLE ALREADY TRAVEL HERE TO SAN ANTONIO FOR DREAM WEEK, BUT I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT ASSET
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FOR OUR CITY.UH, FURTHER, UM, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS HAVE BEEN COMING TO PUBLIC COMMENT SHOWING THEIR THEIR STORIES, RIGHT? AND HOW THAT'S PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE WE STEER FAMILIES AWAY FROM A DIFFERENT PATH BY PROVIDING THESE SERVICES.
UH, DISTRICT TWO HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR PRINTING AND ENGAGEMENT BUDGET TO INCREASE UP TO, TO 50,000 PER DISTRICT.
I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT MANY OF OUR CONSTITUENCIES, UH, AREN'T AWARE OF.
AND BEING ABLE TO SEND OUT MAILERS AND NEWSLETTERS, UH, HELPS US BRIDGE THAT GAP, ESPECIALLY WHERE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, WE KNOW IT EXISTS.
UM, AGAIN, RIGHT, I I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT, UH, WITH THE PRIORITY OF THE BUDGET ASK IS THE A C S HUBS THAT MY COLLEAGUE'S ASKING FOR DISTRICT TWO, UH, SEVEN AND ONE RIGHT POINT BEING THAT A C S I THINK WE HAVE NO REASON, UM, TO SHORTCHANGE OUR CONSTITUENTS WITH THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS WITH A C S, UM, SO SUPPORTIVE OF ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND THEIR A C S REQUESTS.
UM, FURTHER, I, I KNOW, UH, DISTRICT E HAS BEEN, UH, AN ADVOCATE FOR, UM, ENSURING THAT WE SUPPORT THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH THE TREE PLANTING AND ACTIVATION, UH, WITH VACANT LOTS.
UM, WE SEE THE BREAKING PIPES THAT ARE HAPPENING NOT JUST IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THAT'S DUE TO THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN TO HELP MITIGATE, UM, THESE PIPES FROM BUSTING UNDERSTAND THEIR SOIL PIECES, SOIL, UH, QUALITY THAT ALSO IMPACTS THAT, RIGHT? BUT THE NATIONAL TREND IS HEAT.
UM, LET'S SEE, SA CORE TEAM, I BELIEVE THAT'S ANOTHER PUBLIC SAFETY PIECE THAT WE CAN'T SHORTCHANGE OUR CONSTITUENTS GIVEN THAT, UH, WE ARE RECEIVING ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT SCALED UP FOR 24 HOURS.
SO THE REQUEST IN YOUR MEMO AND THAT FULL TEAM IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FUNDED.
I KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN, UM, COUNCILWOMAN PHILIS
AND I THINK THAT'S VERY MUCH NEEDED AND IMPACTFUL, AND I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT PILOT.
UM, AND ONE THING, RIGHT? FOR THE LAST COUPLE BUDGETS, UH, I, I WANTED TO THANK CRYSTAL JONES OF THE ARTS DEPARTMENT, WHO'S BEEN A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR THE SAN ANTONIO SYMPHONY.
THE NOW THE SAN ANTONIO FEEL HARMONIC, WHO HAS, UH, GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO DO RESEARCH AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE SAN ANTONIO FEEL HARMONIC ON WHAT METRICS THEY NEED TO MEET IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR CITY FUNDING.
UH, SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR, FOR, FOR CRYSTAL.
UH, AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE, THE PHILHARMONIC FUNDED, IF THEY MEET THOSE METRICS.
UM, A AGAIN, I, I REALLY LIKE, UM, OR I'M SUPPORTIVE OF RATHER, UH, MY COUNCIL MEMBER AND DISTRICT TENANTS REQUESTING FUNDING FOR MORGAN'S WONDERLAND, UH, FOR 1 MILLION AND THROUGH THE COSA HOT REVENUE, I THINK THAT WARRANTS A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT THE HOT TAX.
AND, UH, I, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD.
'CAUSE MORGAN MORGAN'S WONDERLAND DEFINITELY DOES BRING FOLKS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UM, AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS FOR THIS ROUND.
COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER CORE.
UM, SO I WANNA START OFF, I'M GONNA ECHO A LOT OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO AND SOME OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY SAID, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT AS MY FIRST BUDGET CYCLE.
OKAY? SO STARTING WITH REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE FUND, THE MAYOR AND I JUST HAD THE CHANCE TO BE AT THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD LUNCHEON AND THERE WAS 1500 PEOPLE THERE, AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE HEARING FROM STACEY ABRAMS. AND WE HAVE THIS ABSOLUTE NEED RIGHT NOW, AND THE LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS NEED REALLY IS FALLING ON US.
EVERYTHING IN THIS FUND IS ABSOLUTELY LEGAL BY STATE LAW, UM, AND IT'S GONNA SERVE OUR MOST UNDERSERVED WOMEN THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS AND ARE YOUTH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS.
SO, UM, EXCITED TO SEE ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
UM, THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING AND OPERATIONS AND MA MAINTENANCE FUND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR.
ONE OF OUR OLDER, UH, PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS.
WE HAVE 1700 PEOPLE IN DISTRICT ONE IN PUBLIC HOUSING, AND I HAD A CHANCE TO GO VISIT REFU A PLACE WHICH IS REALLY CLOSE TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S ONE OF OUR OLDER, NOT AS OLD, BUT IT'S A, A BUILDING THAT NEEDS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.
AND SO IT, AS WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NEW UNITS, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT LETTING OUR OLDER ONES FALL APART.
SO ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THAT FUND AS WELL, UM, FOR THE A C S.
SO I, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME, UM, MONEY AG AGREE WHAT COUNCIL ME SAID ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO WITH A C S, I THINK YOU HEAR ALL OF US SAYING WE NEED TO DO.
UM, SO THE BRICK AND MORTAR, UH, UH, FACILITY THAT I KNOW THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE ADDED AND POTENTIALLY ON COLLIBRA CLOSE TO THE BOUNDARIES OF ONE FIVE AND SEVEN, I SUPPORT.
THE REASON WHY I'VE BEEN ECHOING THE MOBILE SPAY AND NEUTER VAN IS 'CAUSE IT WAS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT I HEARD PEOPLE TELL ME THAT WAS IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK THERE'S A COMMUNITY PERCEPTION TO WHEN A VAN IS COMING TO YOUR HOUSE AND YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SPAY AND NEUTER RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE WITHOUT NEEDING TO GET TRANSPORTATION TO GO ANYWHERE.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE OFFERING TRANSPORTATION TO OUR BRICK AND MORTAR SITES, THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT THIS VAN IS IMPACTFUL.
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SO MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE, I KNOW IT'S $500,000 IN THE BUDGET IF WE COULD TRY IT FOR ONE YEAR.I KNOW THE CHALLENGE FROM CITY STAFF SAID WAS, WE WEREN'T GETTING AS GREAT OUTPUT AND OUTCOMES ON THAT END.
LOOKING AT METRICS MARK, WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE METRICS FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, SEE IF MAYBE WE CAN CONTRACT THE SERVICE OUT, MAKE THE VET'S, UH, LIFE A LITTLE BETTER, OR, UM, ENSURE THAT WE CAN JUST AT LEAST TRY IT FOR A YEAR TO SEE IF WE GET THOSE OUTPUTS AGAIN.
AND IF NOT, WE CAN, UM, GO BACK TO BRICK AND MORTAR FOR THE ESSAY CORPS.
THE ONE I PROPOSED WAS AN ADDITIONAL, UH, TEAM SO WHEN I WAS TALKING TO FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, THE QUESTION REALLY COMES DOWN TO DO WE SPEND THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO MAKE HIM 24 HOURS OR ADD ANOTHER UNIT? AND SO THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR 24 HOURS IS 3.5 MILLION FOR ALL THREE UNITS.
WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM, IT REALLY DID SEEM LIKE THERE WAS A LOT MORE UNMET NEED DURING THE DAY.
SO THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE, COULD WE ADD ONE TEAM? AND THEN ALSO, INSTEAD OF HAVING ALL THREE OF THE EXISTING TEAMS GO 24 HOURS, JUST MAKE ONE TEAM 24 HOURS.
SO TWO AND A HALF MILLION FOR ADDITIONAL TEAM, AND THEN ONE OF THOSE TEAMS SERVES FOR 24 HOURS.
UM, AND THEN GOOD POINT MAYOR ON THE IN INFRAS, THE N PIECE.
IF WE JUST DIVIDE THINGS UP EQUALLY, WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT AN EQUITY STANDPOINT.
LET'S PUT THE MONEY INTO, UM, A FUND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO MORE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT BASED ON THE, THE EQUITY MATRIX.
I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED AT HOW EXPENSIVE THE, UH, COMPLETE STREETS POLICY WAS.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA BE ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND THAT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE, UH, THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE IT'S REALLY UNSAFE TO WALK, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR, UM, DISABLED FOLKS AND CHILDREN.
AND SO, UH, THAT'S A HARD ONE FOR ME.
I REALLY DID NOT THINK IT WAS GONNA BE 750,000, BUT BECAUSE IT'S NECESSARY, UM, ADVOCATING FOR IT.
AND THEN, UM, THE LAST THING THAT I REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON IS, UH, THIS AMAZING.
AND I THINK COUNCIL, I THINK YOU HEAR ALL OF US SAY, THIS IS REALLY GOOD 'CAUSE WE GOT THIS INFORMATION YESTERDAY.
SO THAT MEANS HE'S SPENT ALL DAY THIS MORNING PUTTING THIS TOGETHER FOR US.
THE ONE THING IS IN HERE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WHITE AND MCKAY RODRIGUEZ PUSH THE PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION FUND FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO RECEIVE GRANTS.
THE PROBLEM WITH TYING 'EM WITH ARPA THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IS THAT THEY HAVE RESTRICTIONS FOR COVID.
AND SO IF WE PUT IT IN OUR GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH THE METRICS THAT WE USE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING WE HEARD REALLY CLEARLY LOUD WEEK, IS THEY WANNA HAVE A VOICE AT THE TABLE WHEN WE'RE DECIDING HOW THESE FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED.
SO EVEN IF WE START OFF WITH 500 K FROM OUR GENERAL FUND FOR THIS GRANT FUND AND PUSH THAT C C R TO GET PASSED, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD, UM, FOR WHAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE SAYING THAT THEY WANT AND NEED FROM US, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THERE'S SO MUCH CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING.
AND THEN THESE ARE THE LAST ONES ARE JUST SUPPORTS THAT FOLKS HAVE ALREADY SAID.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RICHARD GARCIA FOR BRINGING UP V F W POST 76.
IT'S ONE OF OUR OLDEST POSTS, AND SO I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WOMAN'S REQUEST FOR THAT STUDY.
AND THEN THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE CHILD, UH, DELEGATE AGENCIES, DELEGATE AGENCIES ARE LIKE WHERE MY HEART IS.
AND ALL OF THE THREE, A LOT OF THE AGENCIES THAT HAVE COME UP AND SPOKEN TO US WERE FROM THE CHILD ABUSE AND A PREVENTION SUB BUCKET.
AND SO ONE THAT MAKES ME THINK THERE'S SO MUCH NEED IN THAT THAT'S NOT BEING FULFILLED.
TWO, MAYBE WHEN WE COME BACK TO THIS CONVERSATION IN A FEW YEARS, WE NEED TO ADD MORE FUNDING IN GENERAL TO THAT DELI, TO THAT SUB-GRANT BUCKET.
BUT ALSO JUST WANTED TO SUPPORT BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS, ANY BABY CAN AND CRIT TO RECEIVE FUNDING.
UM, SINCE WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT TO OFFER.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, DREAM WEEK INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, AND THE PHILHARMONICS SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBER COR, COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDE.
UM, AS, AS YOU MAY HAVE READ, I'M CONCERNED WITH OUR CITY'S ABILITY TO RESPOND TO EXTREME WEATHER EMERGENCIES.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING C P S.
WELL, THEY NEED MORE SUPPORT NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.
WE ALL KNOW THAT ERCOT, OUR STATE'S POWER GRID IS UNRELIABLE AND DANGEROUSLY VOLATILE.
IN FEBRUARY OF 20 21 16, BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS LOST THEIR LIVES DURING WINTER STORM YURI.
EACH SUMMER HIGHER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED ENERGY USAGE HAS LED TO REPEATED CONCERNS THAT THE ERCOT GRID COULD COLLAPSE.
WE'VE JUST LIVED THROUGH THE SECOND HOTTEST SUMMER EVER IN OUR STATE'S HISTORY, AND I THINK THAT'S JUST GONNA KEEP, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, GOING AND GETTING HOTTER.
LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AGO, ON AUGUST 24TH, THE STATE OF TEXAS, TEXAS ISSUED A WARNING OF POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES IN ROLLING BLACKOUTS.
I STOOD AT THAT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH MANY OF OUR, MY COLLEAGUES, GETTING MORE AND MORE FRUSTRATED WITH HAVING TO GO OUTSIDE OUR CITY FOR ANSWERS AND RELIEF THAT WE NEVER GOT THE PLA THE BEST PLAN WE'VE HEARD TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS FROM EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS.
AND A POWER GRID WE CAN'T RELY ON IS TO HARDEN OUR POWER INFRASTRUCTURE AS BEST WE CAN.
THAT COULD TAKE YEARS AND, AND AT THE, AT THE MOST, WE'RE HOPING FOR THE BEST.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.
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SAN ANTONIO OWN C P S ENERGY, THE BEST PART OF OWNING UTILITY.IT'S ALSO THE MOST COMPLICATED.
WE CAN MAKE CHANGES TO, TO NOT BE AT THE WHIM OF AN UNRELIABLE POWER GRID.
I PROPOSE THAT WE TAKE BOLD ACTION BY RETHINKING THE WAY C P SS ENERGY AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SHARE THEIR RESOURCES EVERY MONTH.
THE CITY DRAWS, AS I MENTIONED, 14% OF CP S'S ENERGY REVENUES.
I WAS FULLY PREPARED TODAY TO OFFER A BUDGET AMENDMENT THIS AF UH, THIS AFTERNOON THAT WOULD REDUCE THE CITY'S C P S ENERGY MONTHLY DRAW TO 11 OR 12%.
MY PLANNED AMENDMENT WOULD RETURN TWO OR 3% OF THE DRAW TO C P S ENERGY TO IMPROVE ITS RELIABILITY BY UPDATING ITS SOFTWARE AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND BY HARDENING ITS ENERGY GENERATING PLANTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE RELIABLE POWER WHEN WE NEED IT.
I'VE TALKED TO FOLKS ALL OVER THE CITY ABOUT IT, AND I'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BUT SUPPORT, UM, SOME SENIORS AT A SENIOR CENTER, A A MOM AT A PARK, VARIOUS, UH, BUSINESS LEADERS AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO SHORE UP OUR UTILITY TO HAVE RELIABLE POWER.
I'VE HEARD IT CALLED A BOLD PLAN, BUT I I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT'S TRUE.
I THINK IT'S JUST THAT BETTER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE.
C P S ENERGY IS BY FAR OUR CITY'S STRONGEST ECONOMIC DRIVER.
THERE'S A NATURAL FEAR THAT MANY OF OUR BEDROCK ECONOMIC GENERATING INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS PORT SAN ANTONIO, BROOK CITY BASE, OUR HEALTH INDUSTRY, OUR GROWING CYBERSECURITY AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES AND OTHERS THAT DEPEND ON RELIABLE POWER ARE VULNERABLE BECAUSE OF THE GRID'S INSTABILITY.
IF OUR BEDROCK INSTITUTIONS ARE VULNERABLE AND EXPRESSING CONCERN, THEN EVERY WORKER IN OUR CITY IS VULNERABLE TO, WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO NAVIGATE FINANCIAL HURDLES AND FACE THE DEMANDS OF CHANGING WEATHER PATTERNS, BUT WE NEED A DIFFERENT WAY TO USE THEM.
WHAT WOULD THIS DO FOR SAN ANTONIO? CREATE ADDITIONAL BASELOAD POWER SUPPLY TO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR SAN ANTONIO FOR THE NEXT 25 PLUS YEARS.
SECURE COMPETITIVE ENERGY COSTS TO KEEP AND ATTRACT BUSINESSES AND JOBS TO SAN ANTONIO.
LOWER ENERGY COSTS FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESS JOB GENERATORS SUPPORT A SUSTAINABLE, AFFORDABLE, AND DEPENDABLE POWER SUPPLY FOR EVERYONE SUPPORTING, INVESTING IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND RESEARCH FOR CLEANER ENERGY ALTERNATIVES.
AS I MENTIONED, I WAS PREPARED TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT THIS AFTERNOON THAT WOULD CHANGE THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT AND USE OUR ECONOMIC AND BUDGETARY TOOLS, BUT I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THIS WOULD BE IN THE LAST THREE DAYS OF THE CITY'S BUDGET PROCESS.
THIS BEGAN FOR ME, AS I MENTIONED, UM, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AT OUR, UM, THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT WE HAD ABOUT ERCOT.
SO INSTEAD OF THE AMENDMENT, I HAVE FILED THIS AFTERNOON A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST TO BRING MY PLAN BEFORE THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER, HOPEFULLY, AND PLACE IT ON THE FOLLOWING B SESSION AGENDA FOR FULL COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
THAT GIVES US TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT.
AND I WANNA ALSO THANK, UH, MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMAN WHITE, COUNCILWOMAN VRAN, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, AND COUNCILWOMAN DR.
CORE FOR SEEING THE VALUE IN THIS DISCUSSION AND SIGNING MY C C R AND NOT BEING AFRAID OF HAVING THE, THE DISCUSSION IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE CITY.
I'M ESPECIALLY THANKFUL BECAUSE I KNOW THIS WILL BE A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION, BUT WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE, I KNEW I WASN'T SIGNING UP FOR EASY.
I'M HERE FOR DIFFICULT CHOICES.
I'M HERE FOR IMAGINING WAYS TO MAKE OUR CITY SAFER, MORE EFFICIENT, AND SELF-RELIANT.
WE MUST INVEST, REINVEST IN OUR OWN POWER COMPANY.
WE OWE IT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION TO CONSIDER AN ALTERNATIVE, TO DISCUSS HOW IT WILL CHANGE OUR EXPECTATIONS.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS MOVE I PROPOSE WILL HAVE MULTIPLE BENEFITS.
IT WILL ENSURE DIVERSIFIED ENERGY RESOURCES IMPROVE OUR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE, SOLIDIFY PLANNING FOR WINTER STORMS AND HEAT WAVES, AND ANYTHING IN BETWEEN.
AND I'M WILLING TO BET IT'LL SEND A MESSAGE TO WALL STREET THAT SAN ANTONIO IS SERIOUS ABOUT PROTECTING ITS ASSETS, ITS ASSETS, ASSETS,
BUT THIS DISCUSSION REQUIRES TIME AND DELIBERATION.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE TIME FOR THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO, THE WORKERS AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS, FAMILIES AND WAGE EARNERS TO CONSIDER THIS PROPOSED CHANGE.
I I JUST DON'T THINK WE CAN AFFORD TO BURY OUR HEADS IN THE SAND ANYMORE ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
SO WE'LL WORK OUT HOW AND IF MY PROPOSED CHANGE WILL AFFECT THE CITY'S OPERATING BUDGET, WE'LL RETHINK PRIORITIES.
WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN OUR WORK WITH OUR STATED GOALS TO LINE UP OUR INTENTIONS WITH OUR FUNDING BLUEPRINT, BECAUSE IN THE END, THAT'S WHAT I PROPOSED.
THAT'S WHAT THE C C R IS ABOUT.
IT'S ABOUT CONSIDERING A CHANGE TO MAKE OUR CITY BETTER FOR ITS GREATEST ASSET FOR THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND I'M READY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION.
SO I WILL SHIFT OVER TO, UH, AMENDMENTS.
I DON'T HAVE A LONG LIST AS I'M THANKFUL WE'RE ABLE TO FUND ALL OF THE PROGRAMS OR POD PROJECTS WE INITIALLY DISCUSSED, UH, AND REQUESTED FOR A DISTRICT SIX.
BUT I DO WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ'S PLAN, UM, EVERY BIT OF IT WITH THE REMAINING FUNDS, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIGHT A WRONG THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES.
Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME SPEAK AB SPEAK ABOUT PARK INEQUITIES IN OUR CITY.
AND I THINK ONE OF MY ORIGINAL ASKS WAS A PARK IN
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EQUITY STUDY.BUT QUARE PARK IS ONE OF THE PARKS THAT HAS BEEN LEFT BEHIND.
I REQUEST 1.1 MILLION DEDICATED TOWARDS PATROLMAN RICHARD QUARE PARK IN THE EDGEWOOD AREA.
PATROLMAN QUARE WAS KILLED ON DUTY BY A JUVENILE.
THIS PARK WAS NAMED AFTER HIM, WITH THE HOPES OF GIVING YOUTH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ACTIVE, ACTIVE AND STAY OUT OF TROUBLE, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE EDGEWOOD PONY LEAGUE DOES.
THESE FUNDS WILL GO TOWARDS UPDATING LIGHTING FOR THE BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL FIELDS, MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, FIXING THE BASKETBALL COURT AND THE WALKING TRAIL.
ANOTHER, UH, AMENDMENT TODAY FOR ME IS THE URBAN CHAMPIONS ACADEMY, WHOSE MISSION WAS TO ESTABLISH A NEIGHBORHOOD BASED YOUTH LEADERSHIP SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS OF ALL AGES CAN LEARN THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCCER AND AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOURAGES INTEGRITY, RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, SPORT, SPORTSMANSHIP, AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP.
SO I SUPPORT, UH, 300,000 FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR URBAN CHAMPIONS ACADEMY.
THE LAST TWO YEARS, A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR MORE FUNDING TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE.
I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE'S ANOTHER SA CORE TEAM NEEDED.
UM, I FULLY SUPPORT THAT EXTRA TEAM.
I'M NOT PARTICULAR ABOUT HOW MANY TEAMS OR, OR AT, AT, AT WHAT TIMES, BUT I WANT TO ENSURE THAT AN SA CORE TEAM IS AVAILABLE FOR A CALL AT ANY TIME OF DAY.
SO, AT ANY ANY POINT IN TIME, THERE'S AT LEAST ONE TEAM AVAILABLE.
I SUPPORT PROVIDING FUNDING FOR MORGAN'S WONDERLAND INCLUSION FOUNDATION, BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS CHILD SAFE, THE A C S HUBS, EXPANSION OF TEEN COURT SENIOR ASSISTANCE PILOT PROGRAM.
I ALSO SUPPORT FUNDING FOR THE CELLEBRITE TECHNOLOGY FOR SS A P D DETECTIVES, INCREASED ALLOCATION FOR SMOKE DETECTORS, FOR FIRE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND FUNDING FOR THE REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE FUND.
I WAS AT THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD LUNCHEON TODAY.
UM, AND STACEY ABRAMS WAS AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLY INSPIRING SPEAKER.
BUT MORE THAN THAT, A TABLE OVER, UM, WAS ARIANA, WHO HEADS UP THE REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE FUND.
AND I GOT TO TALK TO A YOUNG LADY THAT WAS ABLE TO, THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP.
AND HER LIFE HAS FOREVER CHANGED FOR THE BETTER BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK.
I SUPPORT A MILLION FOR THE A C S BROOKS SPAY AND NEUTER FACILITY TO SERVICE THE CITY'S SOUTHERN SECTOR, PROVIDING LOW COST, UH, FREE SPAY AND NEUTER VOUCHERS.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A BLUEPRINT FOR, I WANNA DUPLICATE THAT ALL OVER THE CITY, IF, IF POSSIBLE.
BUT RIGHT NOW, INVESTING IN THAT ONE, I THINK IS, IS IMPORTANT.
AND, UM, ALSO, UM, CREATING A SECOND CODE ENFORCEMENT TOOL SHED.
DID YOU GET ALL THAT, ERIC? YEAH.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA GO RIGHT INTO THE BUDGETS.
WELL, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
I, WHAT I APPRECIATED MOST IS THAT IT SHOWED, UM, A LOT OF THE CITYWIDE THINGS THAT WE, A LOT OF US AGREE ON.
SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT.
UM, YOU ALL KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN HARPING ON A C S AND MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, AND THEY, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, A C S DOES AN AMAZING JOB WITH THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE, BUT IT IS EVIDENT THAT THEY'RE COMPLETELY, UM, UNDERSTAFFED, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, AND, AND Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR THAT LOW COST SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC, SO THANK YOU TO THE MANY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT TEAMING UP WITH DISTRICT FIVE AND DISTRICT ONE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT H E B RIGHT ON BANDERA AND CBRA, WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR THREE, UH, DISTRICTS.
SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT LOCATION FOR, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL ARE CALLING IT STOREFRONT, BUT FOR, UH, A C S SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC.
SO THAT WAY IT IS A, A PLACE FOR ACCESSIBLE AND RELIABLE, UM, SPAY AND NEUTER.
AND ALSO THE ONE IN DISTRICT TWO IS ALSO NEEDED, UM, FOR EXPANDING THE SA CORE TEAM.
I DO WANNA ECHO COUNCILMAN K'S COMMENTS ON THAT.
NOT ONLY DO WE NEED COVERAGE 24 HOURS A DAY, BUT WE NEED IT AT THE PEAK CALL VOLUME TIME, WHICH IS ODDLY TUESDAYS AT 11.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF MAKING SURE THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN VEO HAVE, I THINK YOU JUST SAID IT, THAT AT ANY TIME SOMEBODY'S CALLING THAT THERE'S A RESPONSE THERE.
UM, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE CELLEBRITE PREMIUM SERVICE FOR S A P D.
UM, AND ALSO TOO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BALLISTIC GLASS FOR THE POLICE, UH, VEHICLE WINDSHIELDS FOR THE, UM, FUNDING AND THE CREATION OF THE SENIOR ASSISTANCE PILOT PROGRAM.
SO THIS WAS AT C C R THAT WE CIRCULATED, WHERE RIGHT NOW, UH, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE HAS, UH, $15,000 CITYWIDE FUNDS.
SO THIS WOULD ALLOCATE $10,000 FOR EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS.
SO THAT WAY, INSTEAD OF SENIORS HAVING TO GET FINED FOR OVERGROWN GRASS, IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF IT, THIS FUND WOULD BE AT THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S DISCRETION TO GO AND HELP THEM, UM, AT A TIME THEY NEED INSTEAD OF TICKETING THEM.
AND IT WOULD JUST BE FOR, UM, OLDER ADULTS AND, AND DISABLED MEMBERS OF
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OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITY.UM, I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATION OF THE N AND C I P FUNDING TO LOOK AT IT WITH THE EQUITY LENS, BUT DEFINITELY, UM, AND PUSHING FOR THE INCREASE THERE.
AND THEN ALSO TO, I THINK COUNCILMAN CASTILE AND, AND COUNCILMAN MCCUE RODRIGUEZ MENTIONED ABOUT THE INCREASE TO THE COUNCIL PRINT BUDGET.
YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR RESIDENTS IS ONE OF THE TOP THINGS I HEARD ABOUT FROM BLOCK WALKING AS MUCH AS I DID, IS THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEIR CITY COUNCIL OFFICE IS DOING.
AND FOR SOME, THAT'S, I KNOW ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER, BUT FOR MANY, THAT'S A PHYSICAL NEWSLETTER.
AND SO ANYWAYS, THAT WE CAN GET THE WARD OUT, HOW WE'RE ALL AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THEM, I THINK IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
I DID WANNA ECHO, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL REQUESTS THAT CAME UP.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE CORE TEAM.
NOW, THE REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE FUND, UM, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE WOMEN, UM, UH, IN OUR CITY.
I AM COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE OF ADDITIONAL MARKETING FOR A C S I MEAN, I THINK THAT THE, UH, NUMBER, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 90 OR 93% OF THE, OF THE DOGS THAT A C S PICKS UP ARE OWN DOGS, RIGHT? SO THERE IS A HUGE EDUCATION PROBLEM THERE.
AND SO REALLY SUPPORTIVE FOR THEM TO GET THE MARKETING FUNDS THAT THEY NEED TO COMMUNICATE AND EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A A C S THREE YEAR PLAN, LIKE WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT LONG TO BE ABLE TO GET UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF ANSWERING THOSE CALLS.
I MEAN, THERE'S NO, UM, DENYING THAT TRYING TO RECRUIT ENOUGH A C S PATROL OFFICERS AND A C S VEHICLES IS GONNA BE HARD WITH THE PUSH THAT WE WANNA SEE.
BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE Y'ALL LEAN ON US TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE SUPPORT YOU ALL IN GETTING YOU ALL WHAT Y'ALL NEED SO THAT Y'ALL CAN SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, UH, FUNDING REQUESTS TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT LEVEL OF FUNDING.
I APPRECIATED COUNCILWOMAN CORE'S ONE TIME ALLOCATION TO ADDRESS SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTIONS.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF SIDEWALKS IN DISTRICT SEVEN WITH A BIG OLD UTILITY POLE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
I'M NOT SURE 500,000 IS ENOUGH, BUT, UH, WE DEFINITELY WANNA WORK THROUGH THAT ONE.
AND, UM, DID WANNA SUPPORT, UH, COUNCILMAN WHITE'S REQUEST FOR MORGAN'S WONDERLAND.
THEY DO SO MUCH GREAT WORK FOR THE CITY, AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ALTE, GATO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
UH, I KNOW IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE ME MORE TIME THAN I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS, SO I'M GONNA RESERVE SOME TIME FOR AFTER.
BUT LEMME START OFF BY ASKING OUR, OUR, UH, BEN GELLE, BEN, UM, OR MAYBE IT WAS, IT WAS ERIC WHO COULD ALSO SAY THIS, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE $54 MILLION, UH, THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO SALES THROUGH ERCOT TO THE TEXAS WHOLESALE MARKET? I DON'T HAVE THE TOTAL COUNCILMAN, BUT, UM, 1620 2.9 MILLION ROUGHLY IN JULY AND AUGUST.
BUT THAT'S JUST IN THOSE TWO MONTHS.
WE WERE AL ALSO A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THE GAME IN, IN JUNE, ET CETERA.
I BELIEVE I HAVE THE TOTAL IS YEAH.
AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE WERE $32.6 MILLION AHEAD.
RIGHT, WITH, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST OFF SYSTEM SALES.
SOME OF THAT THOUGH WASN'T JUST FROM C P S ENERGY.
THE, THE, THE, THE VARIANCE WAS A COMBINATION OF THINGS WHERE WE SAW THINGS OUT OF THE NORM WAS OFF SYSTEM SALES IN JULY AND AUGUST.
UM, HOW MUCH OF THAT 22 MILLION AGAIN, CAME FROM OUR C P S ENERGY CUSTOMERS? THE OFF SYSTEM SALES? NOTHING.
NOTHING'S COMING FROM OUR CUSTOMERS.
THAT'S POWER BEING SOLD INTO THE GRID WHOLESALE POWER.
SO WE'RE REALLY NOT, WE, WE WOULDN'T REALLY BE ABLE TO RETURN THAT TO THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T PAY FOR IT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
YOU, YOU HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WHEN MONEY COMES INTO THE GENERAL FUND, YOU DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THAT FUNDING.
SO YOU WOULD'VE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.
WELL, I THINK WE'RE DECIDING ON THAT TODAY WITH THESE ISSUES, AREN'T WE? YES.
LET ME GO AHEAD AND, AND RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE, UH, COUNSEL, IF I MAY.
THE COUNCIL'S NOT DECIDING ANYTHING TODAY, RIGHT? WE'RE DISCUSSING PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
THERE'S NO DECISIONS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE MADE BY COUNCIL TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING THAT.
YOU, YOU EARN YOUR, YOU EARN YOUR PAY
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GETTING BY ANDY SEGOVIA TODAY.UM, I, I'LL SAY THIS, UH, I SUPPORT, UH, SA CORPS AND I THINK THAT, UH, I, I ALSO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE SS A P D THAT HAS MENTAL HEALTH UNITS.
SO HOW DO THOSE BOTH INTERACT WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES? COUNCILMAN? OUR SA CORE TEAM RESPONDS DIRECTLY TO 9 1 1 CALLS AS THEY COME INTO OUR SYSTEM.
THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT SUPPORTS PATROL OPERATIONS, MEANING WHEN PATROL GOES TO, GOES TO A CALL AND THEN DETERMINE THAT THEY, IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH RELATED CALL.
THERE'S A PROTOCOL WITHIN SS A P D, WHICH IS AN ESCALATED MENTAL HEALTH CALL, AND THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT GETS CALLED THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT ALSO, UM, UH, PROVIDE SUPPORT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO THREAT ASSESSMENTS.
THAT'S ANOTHER FUNCTION THEY HAVE.
AND THEY ALSO DO, UH, FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
HOW MANY MENTAL HEALTH UNITS DO WE HAVE IN S A P D? I'M GONNA ASK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HELP ME.
I THINK WE HAVE 16 MENTAL HEALTH UNIT OFFICERS.
SO THERE'S ONE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, AND IT'S COMPOSED OF, UH, TWO SERGEANTS, TWO DETECTIVE AND 16 OFFICERS, UH, TODAY, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT, THAT MARIA MENTIONED, UH, THEY'RE ALSO THE TEACHING, UH, COMPONENT FOR C I T TRAINING FOR THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, FOR OUTSIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR, UM, ISDS AND THAT SORT OF THING TOO.
SO THEY ALSO TEACH OKAY, UH, MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING.
UM, BUT WHEN THEY GO OUT, DO THEY JUST GO OUT BY THEMSELVES OR DO THEY ALSO BRING SOMEBODY FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO CAN PROVIDE HELP OR A COUNSELOR OR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL? OR IS IT JUST, UH, A MENTAL HEALTH UNIT OFFICER? SO THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, WE HAVE, UH, THREE CLINICIANS FROM CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES EMBEDDED WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH UNIT TEAM.
UH, AND SO WHEN THE CLINICIANS ARE AVAILABLE, THEY DO GO OUT WITH THE MENTAL MENTAL HEALTH UNIT.
NOW, THE CORE TEAMS HAVE A CLINICIAN ATTACHED, SO THEY'RE ALWAYS, UM, PART OF THAT TEAM.
BUT WHEN THERE'S A CLINICIAN THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR A MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER, THEY WILL, UM, RESPOND AND DEPLOY WITH A MENTAL HEALTH UNIT OFFICER.
WELL, WITH THAT EXPLANATION, I THOUGHT, WELL, WE HAD MENTAL HEALTH UNITS IN S A P D AND THEY ARE PROVIDING THE SAME KIND OF SERVICE, BUT FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, THEY'RE REALLY NOT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THREE, MENTAL HEALTH, I, I MEAN, THREE CORE UNITS ARE, ARE VALUABLE, BUT I THINK WE NEED EVEN MORE BECAUSE THE MENTAL HEALTH UNITS FROM S A P D, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST A MENTAL HEALTH POLICE OFFICER, OR SOMETIMES THERE ISN'T A MENTAL HEALTH EXPERT TO GO WITH THEM.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE MORE SOLID CORE TEAMS THAT CAN REALLY ADDRESS THE NEEDS, UH, THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THE OTHER ITEMS THAT I SUPPORT, I, I SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER TWO, OR THE RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO, WHICH WAS FOR NAMP INCREASES.
UH, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE GUIDELINES FOR NAMP AND MAYBE REVIEW HOW THEY'RE RESTRICTED OR HOW THOSE USES CAN BE PUT IN PLACE.
UH, AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE, UH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH FUND.
AND I CALL IT A HEALTH FUND BECAUSE SOMETIMES I THINK BY USING THE WORD JUSTICE, WE'RE SAYING THERE'S SOME INJUSTICE THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT, BUT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH.
AND I THINK THAT I CERTAINLY SUPPORT, UH, INVESTING A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN HELPING PROTECT WOMEN'S HEALTH, WHO, UH, ARE LOOKING AT, UH, YOU KNOW, ANY ISSUES REGARDING PREGNANCY BIRTHS, UH, OR HEALTH RELATED TO THOSE ISSUES.
SO, UH, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
UH, I SUPPORT, UH, NUMBER FIVE, OPPORTUNITY HOMES ACCESSIBILITY FUND.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IS A LOT OF MONEY.
UH, CAN I GET A, AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH MONEY DID WE SPEND AS A CITY TO HELP PUT AIR CONDITIONING INTO PUBLIC HOUSING? WE'LL HAVE TO GET THAT FOR YOU.
I, I, THAT WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
I DON'T RECALL, BUT WE'VE INVESTED HEAVILY IN PUBLIC HOUSING BEFORE.
THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IS A LOT FOR THE CITY TO PUT INTO A FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT LOCALLY, THEY MAY HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING THE MONEY THEY NEED, AND, AND WE NEED TO STAND UP FOR THEM TO DO THAT MORE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL RATHER THAN TAKING MONEY OUT OF WHAT WE COULD USE, UH, FOR OTHER LOCAL SERVICES.
UH, ITEM NUMBER, UH, SEVEN, TO INCREASE C I P FUNDS.
UH, I CERTAINLY STAND BY THAT.
I THINK THERE'S MORE WE EACH CAN DO WITHIN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS,
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WITHIN OUR OWN DISTRICTS, BECAUSE PEOPLE COME TO US WITH PROBLEMS. THEY DON'T ALWAYS RUN OVER TO THE CITY OR RUN OVER TO, UM, UH, THE, UM, DEPARTMENTS THAT CAN PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.SO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 15, UH, WHICH IS SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, CORPUS GROWTH.
I BELIEVE WE NEED TO PUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING INTO THAT CORPUS AMOUNT THAT THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST HAS.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO RE-LOOK AT HOW THAT CAN BE USED TO GO AHEAD AND GROW ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT THE HOUSING TRUST CAN USE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, NUMBER 16, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DISCRETIONARY FUND.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS $50,000 ADDITIONAL FOR EACH DISTRICT OFFICE TO USE IN THEIR DISTRICTS FOR BETTER COMMUNICATIONS.
UH, I SEND OUT A NEWSLETTER TWICE A YEAR TO 10,000 FAMILIES, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE OTHER 45,000 FAMILIES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT.
THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING MAY HELP SO THAT I CAN COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY.
UH, THEN I'M GONNA GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER 30, WHICH IS DIRECT SUPPORT FOR THE, FOR THE DIABETES ASSISTANCE.
THAT IS A HUGE PROBLEM IN THIS CITY IF WE CAN HELP PEOPLE AFFORD THEIR MEDICATION.
UH, AND I KNOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STEPPED UP AND THEY'VE TAKEN SOME STEPS TO ASSIST IN THAT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS, IF NOTHING MORE THAN A PILOT PROJECT TO SEE HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP.
UH, I ALSO SUPPORT NUMBER 32, THE CONSTRUCTION DISPLACEMENT FUND.
UH, I THINK ALL OF US HAVE HEARD ENOUGH ABOUT BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN DRASTICALLY HURT BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO GO AHEAD AND, AND HELP THEM KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN WHEN THE STREETS ARE CLOSED IN FRONT OF THEM.
I ALSO SUPPORT, UH, 35 HOMELESS RE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.
I ALSO SUPPORT 36 FUNDING FOR THE DIAPER CHANGING STATION.
I ALSO SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER 46, WHICH IS AN INCREASE TO THE CITY'S PRINT BUDGET.
UH, AND I ALSO SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER 50, WHICH IS, AGAIN, OPPORTUNITY HOMES, ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
BUT, UH, I SUPPORT MORE LIKE A MILLION RATHER THAN THREE AND A HALF MILLION.
SO I ALSO HAVE SOME OTHERS, BUT I'LL SAVE THOSE FOR MY SECOND ROUND.
UM, I WANNA START BY, BY THANKING, UM, MY STAFF, UH, AS WELL AS CITY STAFF FOR, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THAT THEY'VE DONE ON THIS, UH, IN PARTICULAR WITH, WITH MY GROUP, UH, REBECCA AND RAUL HAVE, HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY, UM, LOOKING THROUGH THIS, THIS BUDGET LINE BY LINE.
AND, AND I, AND I TRULY, I TRULY APPRECIATE, UM, THAT WORK, UM, O OFF THE TOP, UH, FOR ALL THOSE THAT SUPPORTED THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION, UH, MITIGATION FUND THAT, THAT, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED HOPEFULLY, UH, WITH THE $1.4 MILLION IN, IN, UM, IN ARPA MONEY.
I'M, I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
AND, AND AS, UH, COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ MENTIONED, HOPEFULLY THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING PERMANENT THAT EVERY YEAR, UH, WE CAN HAVE DOLLARS TO HELP THOSE BUSINESSES, UH, THAT ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY CONS, BY, UH, CITY INITIATED, UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
UM, COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ, THIS, THIS COLOR CODED CHART HERE, UM, UM, VERY NICE.
AND, AND I, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE INTENT.
UM, I WILL SAY, HOWEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHICH AMENDMENTS HAVE CITYWIDE IMPACT VERSUS NOT IS SORT OF, UH, IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.
AND, UH, I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD EARLIER THAT THERE'S, THERE'S AT LEAST A COUPLE FOLKS THAT WOULD SAY THAT MORGAN'S WONDERLAND, UM, AND CRIT, I THINK DEFINITELY DO HAVE A, A CITYWIDE IMPACT.
SO WHY THEY MIGHT BE ON THE, UH, THE NON-PROFIT, YOU KNOW, LAST PAGE HERE, DELEGATE AGENCY.
I WOULD TELL YOU THAT, THAT THOSE HAVE CITYWIDE IMPACT.
AND, AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO, TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE GO THROUGH THIS LIST.
UM, SO, UM, I'M GONNA TRY TO RUN THROUGH THESE I AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, I SUPPORT NUMBER ONE, THE, THE EXPANSION OF, OF THE SA CORE MONEY NUMBER TWO, UM, ON THE NAMP, ON THE NAMP PROGRAM.
UM, I, I DON'T AGREE, UH, THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THIS THROUGH, THROUGH THE EQUITY LENS.
I THINK EVERY DISTRICT GETS, I THINK IT'S $450,000 IN THEIR N PROGRAM.
AND OUR SUGGESTION IS THAT WE JUST MOVE THAT UP AND GIVE EVERYBODY,
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UM, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.UM, FOR, FOR, AND THE SAME THING ALSO WITH, WITH THE C I P PROGRAM, BALLISTIC GLASS, UM, FOR THAT, UM, ADDITIONAL MARKETING FOR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES.
UM, ON THAT ONE, WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS THAT WE ACTUALLY MOVE SOME OF THE MONEY AROUND THAT IS IN THIS BUDGET.
UH, WE'VE GOT $288,000 FOR RESCUE INCENTIVE ENHANCEMENT, AND WE'VE GOT $104,000 FOR THIS, UH, THRIVING WORKFORCE POSITION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN, UM, ALLOCATED FOR, FOR A C S IN THIS BUDGET.
UM, MY PROPOSAL IS, IS FOR THESE MARKETING SERVICES, WE, WE MOVE THE MONEY ON THOSE TWO INTO THE ADDITIONAL MARKETING.
UH, AND THEN PERHAPS, UH, THE LEFTOVER DOLLARS FOR, FOR MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND FOR, FOR A C S, UM, NUMBER NINE, C I P I MENTIONED C I P I MENTIONED THAT WE'VE GOT A PROPOSAL TO, TO RAISE THAT A LITTLE BIT FOR EACH DISTRICT SUPPORT CELLEBRITE, UH, TECHNOLOGY.
UM, NUMBER 12, SENIOR ASSISTANT, UH, PILOT PROGRAM SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.
UM, NEXT PAGE, SMALL BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION GRANT.
WE, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE CERTAINLY SUPPORT, UH, INCREASE IN THE PRINT BUDGET.
UM, 47 AND 48, THE RELOCATING, UH, OF THE DOLLARS THERE IN DISTRICT EIGHT HA HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THAT 51 ASSISTING IN THE, THE DEBT FOR CHILD SAFE OR GOOD THERE.
UM, CRIP, UH, I APPRECIATE, UM, COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR PUTTING THAT IN THERE.
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT THAT IN OURS.
UH, THE PHILHARMONIC FUNDING $400,000.
WHAT I'M PROPOSING WE DO THERE IS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT ENHANCED PUBLIC ART MAINTENANCE FOR $500,000, RIGHT? WHERE WE INCREASE, UH, THE CITY ART PIECES MAINTAINED FROM FIVE TO 25.
AND THAT'S GONNA COST AN ADDITIONAL 500 GRAND.
WHAT I WOULD SAY IS WE TAKE, UH, WE TAKE HALF OF THAT MONEY, $250,000 OF THAT.
AND THEN WE, WE GIVE THAT TO, UH, AMENDMENT 53 HERE, UH, THE PHILHARMONIC, UM, BIG BROTHERS AND BRIGG SISTERS, NUMBER 59.
UM, AND, AND THEN OUR DISTRICT 10 REQUEST, UH, MCALLISTER PARK LITTLE LEAGUE.
AGAIN, I JUST THINK THE MORE WE CAN GET KIDS OUTSIDE, UM, INTERACTING WITH OTHERS PLAYING SPORTS, UM, THE BETTER.
AND, AND I SPOKE A LOT WITH THOSE FOLKS DURING, DURING THE CAMPAIGN, AND THERE'S SOME DEFINITE NEEDS OUT THERE.
UH, MORGAN'S WONDERLAND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT ON THAT.
NUMBER 63, I KNOW THAT'S A DISTRICT 10 SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE REQUEST, BUT FRANKLY, WE'VE HAD SOMETHING THAT'S JUST FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS IN DISTRICT 10 OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
THERE'S A, A SPECIFIC AREA WHERE WE HAVE, UH, QUITE A FEW ELDERLY FOLKS LIVING WHERE THE, UM, THE SIDEWALK IS REALLY IN DISREPAIR AND, AND, AND THESE FOLKS ARE HAVING TROUBLE MOVING, MOVING AROUND THERE.
SO, UM, I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY SUPPORT WE CAN GET THERE.
NUMBER 64, OF COURSE, UH, CRIT, WE ALL HEARD FROM THEM LAST WEEK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, THIS IS AN, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, THIS IS AN AMAZING, AMAZING FACILITY WHERE PEOPLE COME NOT ONLY FROM ALL AROUND SAN ANTONIO, BUT FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY.
UM, AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP, UH, THOSE CHILDREN THAT, THAT REALLY NEED IT AND THE FAMILIES, UM, WE REALLY NEED TO DO IT.
UM, AND THEN 65 AND 66, THOSE ARE OURS.
AGAIN, I'VE TALKED ABOUT NAMP AND C I P, UM, WHICH BRINGS ME TO, UH, THE REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE FUND.
I AM ADAMANTLY, UH, AGAINST THIS.
AND, UM, AND THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAINLY A FEW REASONS WHY, UM, ALL OF WHICH I WON'T, I WON'T GO INTO HERE TODAY, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT, UM, THE INTENT OF THIS MONEY, UH, WHICH IS TO BE DIRECTED TO, UH, INSTITUTIONS THAT FACILITATE ABORTION ACCESS BY, UH, BY FUNDING FOLKS TRIPS OUTSIDE OF THE STATE TO GET ABORTION ACCESS.
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SOME OF MY, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE, WHO HAVE PUT THAT, HAVE, HAVE, HAVE REALLY HAVE CITED ROE V.WADE IN, IN THEIR, IN THEIR, UH, IN THEIR AMENDMENT, THE OVERTURNING OF, OF ROE.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO WAS A LITTLE MORE, UM, MAYBE VAGUE IN, IN, IN HER AMENDMENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE, SHE GAVE AN INTERVIEW, UM, TO CASE AT WHERE, WHERE SHE, SHE REFERENCED THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATION, COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO KEEP IT TO THE AMENDMENT ITSELF.
WE CAN REFERENCE THOSE OUTSIDE THINGS LATER IN CONVERSATION, BUT, ALRIGHT.
WELL, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE, THE, UH, THE, THE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS WHERE IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT, THEY COULD RECEIVE FUNDS.
UM, OUR INSTITUTIONS, WHEN YOU LOOK THEM UP, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALL ABORTIONS ALL THE TIME.
THEY, I I WILL ALWAYS STAND FOR LIFE, FIRST AND FOREMOST, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE, UH, COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT.
UM, THIS IS, AND NOT ONLY GO AHEAD.
THIS IS, I'M COMMENTING ON THE AMENDMENT.
AND SOMEBODY ME MENTIONED EARLIER, ALL THIS MONEY IS GOING TO LEGAL USES OF THE DOLLARS.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE MIGHT DISAGREE WITH THAT AS WELL.
AND I THINK THERE IS, UM, SIGNIFICANT LEGAL EXPOSURE IF WE GIVE MONEY TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT FUND FOLKS' ABILITY TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF STATE LINES AND HAVE ABORTIONS.
AND SO, UM, AGAIN, I RESPECT ALL MY COLLEAGUES' OPINIONS ON THIS, BUT, UM, THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE NON-STARTER FOR ME.
UM, I, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE A PART OF THIS BUDGET IF WE WANT TO.
UH, THERE, THERE, THERE'S PLENTY OF, UM, PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS THAT DEAL WITH WOMEN'S HEALTH THAT SHOULD CERTAINLY BE TALKED ABOUT AND ARE PROBABLY WORTHY OF MONEY.
UM, BUT THE REPRODUCT REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE FUND, UM, I'M AGAINST THANKS, MAYOR.
JUST AS A REMINDER, EVERYBODY, THIS IS NOT A FORUM WHERE WE'RE GONNA DEBATE, UH, ABORTION OR PREVIOUS LEGAL RULINGS.
THIS IS ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS AT OUR, UH, DESK.
UH, WE'LL CONTINUE ON NOW WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ.
ERIC, I, UH, I, I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING TAKEN THE TIME TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THE, UM, THE BALLISTIC, UH, GLASS ITEM ON, ON THE LIST.
I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS.
I THINK, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, SIX, SIX INCH GLASS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU WOULD FIND AN ARMORED CARS OR SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S, UH, IT'S STILL ALLOWS THE OFFICERS TO DRIVE AROUND AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT, THE, THE THINNESS OF THE GLASS IS, IS STILL THERE, RIGHT? BUT IT, IT PREVENTS ROUNDS FROM COMING FROM COMING IN AND, UH, IT, IT MAKES SURVIVING A, A SHOOTING MUCH MORE LIKELY.
THE, UM, THE REASON I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IS IT, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD IN A MATTER OF TWO WEEKS, FIVE OFFICERS SHOT, IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? MARIA? FIVE OFFICERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND IN ONE OF THOSE INCIDENTS WE HAD, UM, THE BAD GUY THEY WERE CHASING TAKE OUT, UM, A MILITARY ASSAULT RIFLE, AND WE'RE SHOOTING IT AT, AT THE OFFICERS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, I WAS LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHAT THAT MEANS, RIGHT? TO GET SHOT WITH ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
AND, UM, THERE, THERE WAS A DAY WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, PEOPLE WOULD GET SHOT AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'D GET A THROUGH AND THROUGH INJURY, RIGHT? UH, THROUGH AND THROUGH WOUND.
BUT NOWADAYS THESE THINGS ARE SHOT AT SUPERSONIC SPEEDS.
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS HERE, I THINK, I THINK I'M CORRECT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT DOES IS IT CAUSES, YOU KNOW, CAVITATION OF, OF, UM, UH, OF, OF THE, UH, SOFT TISSUES AND IT'S CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE.
IT'S NOT JUST A THROUGH AND THROUGH WOUND THAT YOU CAN PATCH UP OR DO, STOP THE BLEED ON.
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AND THE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT OFFICERS OUT THERE EVERY SINGLE NIGHT RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? LOOKING FOR, LOOKING FOR A LOT OF THESE BAD GUYS.AND THESE BAD GUYS ARE NOW EQUIPPED WITH GUNS SOLD AT ACADEMY SPORTS THAT SUPERSONIC ROUNDS.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ASTONISHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S POSSIBLE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, I WAS LOOKING AT, I WAS AT ACADEMY THE OTHER DAY AND I WENT TO GO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE ROUNDS, ANDY, AND THE, THE REASON I THINK THIS AMENDMENT IS SO IMPORTANT IS, UM, YOU, IT'S JUST AS EXPENSIVE TO BUY A GREEN TIP 5, 5, 6 ROUND, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THESE RIFLES.
THEY HAVE STEEL CORE PENETRATORS IN THEM.
THEY'RE LITERALLY MEANT TO PENETRATE STEEL.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ARMOR PIERCING FOR, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I KNOW THERE'S A DEBATE OUT THERE, BUT WHEN SOMETHING IS MEANT TO PENETRATE STEEL, IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S AGAIN, ASTONISHING TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT OFFICERS OUT THERE WITHOUT BALLISTIC PROTECTION ON THE GLASS TO KEEP THEM FROM, FROM GETTING SHOT DURING THESE ENCOUNTERS.
BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT JUST A ONE-OFF INCIDENT OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED.
I MEAN, WE'VE HAD POLICE OFFICERS ASSASSINATED WHILE SITTING IN THEIR OWN CARS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, ONE WONDERS WHETHER OR NOT THE INVESTMENT IN THIS BALLISTIC GLASS WOULD'VE BEEN SOMETHING THAT SAVED THEIR LIVES, UH, IN THOSE INCIDENTS.
AND SO I THINK WE OWE IT TO THOSE FAMILIES OF THE, OF THE OFFICERS WHO'VE PASSED AWAY TO, TO INVEST IN THIS, IN THIS TECHNOLOGY.
WE KNOW THIS TECHNOLOGY WORKS, IT'S BEEN TESTED, UM, AND PROVEN TO WORK.
AND SO I'M, UH, I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT IN FAVOR OF THAT.
AND, AND IT, IT REALLY MAKES ME, UM, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE DONE A LONG TIME AGO, BUT I'M JUST GLAD WE'RE DOING IT TODAY AND, AND I APPRECIATE IT, ERIC.
I MEAN, YOU AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS A BIG EXPENSIVE ASK TO, TO START EQUIPPING ALL OF ALL OUR VEHICLES WITH, UH, BALLISTIC PROTECTION FOR OUR OFFICERS.
BUT I, I, I THINK THIS IS JUST FUNDAMENTALLY IMPORTANT, UM, TO, TO MAKING SURE THAT THOSE OFFICERS CAN GO HOME TO THE LOVED ONES AT THE END OF THE DAY.
A, A A QUESTION ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF AMENDMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AN ITEM IN THERE ABOUT, UH, LIGHTING AT CRICKET FIELDS.
ERIC, AND YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'VE, WHAT I'VE ASKED IS THAT WE, THAT WE REALLOCATE THAT MONEY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT IS IT, THE, THE SOCCER AND BASKETBALL COURTS THAT, THAT WE DISCUSSED, BUT MY, MY QUESTION IS, IS DOES THAT COUNT TOWARDS THE SUM OF, OF THE AMENDMENTS? OR IS THIS JUST MOVING MONEY FROM ONE POT TO, TO ANOTHER? BECAUSE I, I, I WORRY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, OH, WELL, APPLIES, IS ASKING FOR AN EXTRA $350,000 WHEN I'M NOT, I'M JUST ASKING THAT IT BE MOVED FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
AND I THINK, UM, FOR, FOR TRACKING PURPOSES, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER.
WHAT, WHAT YOU PROPOSED WAS A REALLOCATION.
UM, AND I THINK BASED ON THE, OUR EARLIER CONVERSATION, THERE MAY BE A FURTHER TWEAK.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S JUST MAKING THAT ADJUSTMENT OF THE BUDGET, SO IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT COSTING MONEY.
AND, AND, AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A FURTHER CONVERSA OR A FURTHER ADJUSTMENT BASED ON, UM, UM, A COMPLETE INVESTMENT IN THE, UM, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE SPORT? IT'S, IT'S SOCCER FOR ALL FUTSAL, RIGHT? SAL? YEAH.
SO IT'S JUST MOVING THAT MONEY AND, AND WE'RE JUST TRACKING IT ON THIS LIST.
IT'S A, THE OTHER THING IS, IS IT'S A SMALL, IT'S, I KNOW IT'S A SMALL THING IN THE, IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED TODAY, BUT THAT SUMMER OF SERVICE, UM, ORGANIZATION, I, I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, COUNCILMAN ROCHA.
AND, UM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, I THINK THAT THEY HELP A A LOT OF KIDS, UM, GAIN THE KIND OF PERSPECTIVE THAT IS MISSING
AND, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED, UH, IN OTHER PLACES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE PLANET.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY LOVELY PROGRAM.
AND THEN, UH, LASTLY I'LL, I'LL MENTION THAT, UM, THE, UH, EXPANSION OF THE, UM, CELLEBRITE PREMIUM TECHNOLOGY OR THE, THE TECHNOLOGY, IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME RECENTLY.
'CAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT DOES IT ALLOW US TO DO? AND REALLY WHAT IT DOES IS E ERIC, AND, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ERIC, BUT I THINK IN BROAD STROKES, IT JUST MAKES IT FASTER AND EASIER FOR US TO CONDUCT THE FORENSIC WORK, UM, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? IT IT GIVES US ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO DO THAT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'VE GOT THOSE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE, UH, CRIMES FASTER, UM, THAT THAT'S A, THAT'S A KINDNESS THAT WE'RE DOING TO THE VICTIMS, RIGHT? SO THAT THEY CAN GET CLOSURE.
SO WE'RE, UM, ANYWAY, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SEE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT YOU GUYS COME UP WITH, ERIC, YOUR, YOUR JOB'S NOT EASY.
'CAUSE I SEE YOU OVER THERE WRITING THE EQUIVALENT OF LONESOME DOVE, UH, WITH ALL THE TALKING, ALL THE TALKING THAT'S BEEN DONE TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER PIA, UH, MOVING INTO A SECOND ROUND NOW, JUST
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REAL QUICK, ERIC, I, I TOOK FROM, UH, THE MEMO THAT YOU SENT OUT, UH, LATE YESTERDAY THAT THE BALLISTIC GLASS WAS ALREADY STARTED TO ROLL OUT.SO I DIDN'T MAKE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, BUT OBVIOUSLY I WOULD SUPPORT THAT, UM, IF IT'S ALREADY PART OF OUR, WELL, I BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY PART OF THE OPERATIONAL PLAN IN TERMS OF FLEET REPLACEMENT.
IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? THAT CORRECT? YEAH, I, I DID SOMETHING THAT, UH, I DON'T NORMALLY DO.
I, AFTER THE CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF, I TOLD HIM TO START PROCURING IT.
AND THEN RIGHT AFTERWARDS, D FOUR, D EIGHT, U D SEVEN, UH, D 10 APPROACHED ME ABOUT IT.
UM, SO FOR TRACKING PURPOSES, WE'RE GONNA NEED A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY NEXT YEAR, BUT IN ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, WE'RE GONNA START PROCURING IT IN EVERY PATROL VEHICLE THAT WE BUY.
FRANKLY, I'M SURPRISED THAT THEY MAKE PATROL VEHICLES THAT DON'T HAVE BALLISTIC GLASS IN THIS DAY AND AGE, PARTICULARLY IN TEXAS.
UM, WE'LL KEEP GOING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GRO.
UH, I JUST WANNA ADDRESS THE PHIL HARMONIC.
ERIC, DIDN'T YOU PUT ASIDE SOME FUNDS FOR THEM IF THEY COULD GET THEIR NINE 90 EXTENSION? ARE THERE NINE 90? YES, MA'AM.
UH, CRYSTAL, UH, BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM OVER THE SUMMER, UM, THEY NEED TO TURN IN THEIR NINE 90, I BELIEVE IT'S IN NOVEMBER.
UM, THEY REPORTED TO CRYSTAL, UH, THAT THEY SPENT A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS.
AND I, I THINK, UM, ONE, I'M NOT FOR TAKING MONEY FROM THE ART MAINTENANCE FUND FOR THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO DO PUBLIC ART, WE NEED TO MAINTAIN OUR PUBLIC ART.
THE OTHER IS, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO FUNDING THE PHIL HARMONIC.
CAN YOU PLEASE BE QUIET? YEAH.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UH, WHAT WE CAN DO IS I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW BOARDS ARE MADE UP AND ALSO, UM, HOW WE, UH, ARE THEY REPRESENTATIVE AND ARE THEY SERVICE SERVICING THE WHOLE CITY? THE OTHER THING IS, WHEN WE'RE GIVING FUNDS, 'CAUSE 400,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY.
I DON'T KNOW ANY GROUP, I THINK IT'S TWO, GET MORE THAN 400,000 CURRENTLY WITHIN THE ARTS AND CULTURE.
AND I, WHAT I DON'T WANNA SEE IS, UM, US GIVE THEM AMOUNT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MEET IN THE FUTURE.
AND I DON'T WANNA SEE US SPENDING MONEY WHERE OUR DIRECTORS OR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS WHO ARE NOT DOING DEVELOPMENT ARE GETTING, WE'RE BASICALLY SUBSIDIZING THEIR SALARY.
I DON'T WANNA SEE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, AND I DO WANNA SEE THAT BOARD MAKEUP OF ALL OUR DE DELEGATE AGENCIES.
UM, THE ONE THING I WANNA AND BRING UP IS THE VANS OF ANIMALS TO GO TO THE RESIDENTS.
THAT IS A, I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE, UH, IS VANS AND MOBILE, BUT THESE VANS, DO THEY GO TO RESIDENT HOMES OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD OFFER? OR DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE VANS FOR SPAY AND NEUTER CLINICS GO TO A LOCATION AND PARK? SO WE'RE DOING SOME TRANSPORT NOW, BUT I THINK WHAT COUNCILWOMAN CORPS WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS WITH A MOBILE CLINIC DO MORE ON SITE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS DESCRIBING.
WE DO SOME TRANSPORT NOW, UM, FOR SOME OF THE, THE, THE LARGEST SPAY NEUTER EVENTS, UM, AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
BUT WHAT COUNCILWOMAN CORPS IS TALKING ABOUT IS, UH, MORE THROUGH A MOBILE CLINIC.
AND IF WE'RE GONNA DO ANY OF THAT MOBILE CLINIC, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE, THIS AGAIN, GOES BACK TO MY CONVERSATION THAT I'VE HAD OVER AND OVER AGAIN REGARDING FLEET.
I DO NOT IF, IF WE ARE GONNA PURCHASE THAT OR IF WE'RE GONNA RENT IT OUT.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA PURCHASE A MOBILE CLINIC THAT THEN BREAKS DOWN SO WELL, THE, THE CITY MANAGER DOESN'T WANT TO PURCHASE A MOBILE CLINIC THAT BREAKS DOWN EITHER.
I KNOW, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF FLEET.
WE HAVE 3000 VEHICLES THAT WE MAINTAIN AND THINGS NEED TO BE MAINTAINED.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE BUDGET TO MAINTAIN THOSE VEHICLES AND THAT WE PLACE THEM SO THEY DON'T BECOME A MAINTENANCE HEADACHE.
AND, UH, THE OTHER THING, IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH CALLS, I DO THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT, UH, WITH THE SA CORE TEAM.
BUT I DO WANT TO LOOK AT, UM, MAKING SURE OUR STAFFING ISSUES AND IF WE COULD MOVE STAFFING ISSUES AROUND, AS I LOOK AT OUR VACANT POSITIONS BY DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE WITHIN THE BUDGET, UM, AND MENTAL HEALTH.
AND THAT CORE TEAM IS ONE OF THE TEAMS THAT IS GONNA SEE A LOT.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HIRE AND MAINTAIN PEOPLE.
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SO SOME, SOME GROUPS HAVE QUITE A FEW VACANCIES, UM, YOU KNOW, CONVENTION SPORTS FACILITIES, 57, UM, I THINK IT'S METRO HEALTH HAS QUITE A FEW TOO.NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES 11.
SO I THINK AS WE LOOK THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS, 98, UH, AGAIN, AND I KNOW, UH, METRO HEALTH 53 AS WE GO IN AND WE MAYBE RIGHTSIZE OUR DEPARTMENTS, OR WE DO, WHICH MEANS MAYBE WE GET RID OF SOME OF THESE MANAGER POSITIONS AND START, START INCENTIVIZING OUR MAINTENANCE WORKERS THAT WE NEED TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS FOR.
AND AGAIN, I, I AM GONNA PUSH IN, IN TRYING TO FIND SOME WAY TO INCENTIVIZE THOSE VACANCIES THAT WE NEED TO FILL.
AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS, AS WE WANNA BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE FOR THAT.
SO AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET AND ALL THESE ASKS, IF POSITIONS COULD BE MOVED, ESPECIALLY THE CRIME AND RECIDIVISM PREVENTION TO MOVE OVER TO INNOVATION, IT CAN MOVE FROM ONE OF THESE DEPARTMENTS.
I THINK THAT'S THE SUGGESTION THAT COUNCILMAN MADE.
I'M REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR, UM, STRONG SUPPORT FOR CBR.
I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT, UM, WE WERE DELEGATING SOME OF THIS WORK TO HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE F B I, UH, INCREASING THE LENGTH FROM ONE TO TWO YEARS TO PULL THIS DATA TO ENSURE THAT VIOLENT CRIMINALS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
I BELIEVE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS VIOLENT CRIME IN SAN ANTONIO, WE CAN'T JUST PUT MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREET.
WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT OUR OFFICERS THAT WE DO HAVE, AND OUR DETECTIVES IN PARTICULAR, HAVE THE SOFTWARE NECESSARY.
SO THAT WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS SO THAT PEOPLE COMMITTING VIOLENT CRIMES CAN RECEIVE THEIR, THEIR THEIR DUE SENTENCE.
UH, AND TO DO THIS, S A P D DETECTIVES NEED BETTER TECHNOLOGY.
SO I'M, I'M PLEASED TO HEAR, UH, SUPPORT FOR CELLEBRITE.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, A COUPLE OF KEY PIECES I DIDN'T TOUCH ON WAS THE KELLY KELLY HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK, UH, WITH THEIR DIRECTOR, I BELIEVE, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS MILITARY CITY U S A, WE DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT MILITARY MUSEUMS. UH, OFTENTIMES SCHOOLS LIKE, WHETHER IT'S U T S A OR OUR LADY OF THE LAKE, THEIR HISTORY PROGRAMS HAVE TO TRAVEL TO FREDERICKSBURG TO VISIT MILITARY MUSEUMS. AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT ASSET THAT WE CAN HAVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO TO ALSO DRIVE TOURISM AND THEN ALSO ENSURING THAT WE'RE TELLING THE FULL STORY, RIGHT? THERE'S MULTIPLE PROGRAMS AT SCHOOLS HERE THAT TELL THE STORIES OF WOMEN IN THE AIR FORCE, CHICANOS AND THE AIR FORCE.
AND I THINK SAN ANTONIO AND THE PORT IN PARTICULAR IS IN A VERY UNIQUE POSITION, UH, TO TELL THAT STORY FURTHER, I WANTED TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR INVESTMENT IN QUAR PARK, UM, WATSON, IT'S IN DISTRICT SIX.
EDGEWOOD IS A SHARED COMMUNITY.
UH, AND WE KNOW THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS GO TO PARKS OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT.
AND, UH, QUAR PARK'S DEFINITELY ONE THAT DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS LOVE TO ENJOY, AND IT DOES NEED SOME LOVE.
UM, I KNOW IT'S BEEN MENTIONED INVESTMENT IN THE HOUSING TRUST.
THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO GIVEN OUR HOUSING GOALS AND THE CONTINUED, UM, HOW IT'S BEEN HIGHLIGHTED THAT HOMELESSNESS IS AN ISSUE.
I BELIEVE WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE, WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN ALL PIECES, UH, AND WHEN WE SECURE THE 500,000 REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE FUND, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION IN COMMUNITY HEALTH.
UH, AND I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK ABOUT HOW PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THOSE BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE FUNDING.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE, COURAGE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE ROTR IS, I WAS GOING BASED ON THE LIST I SAW WHEN I WAS, UH, WHEN I WAS MAYOR PRO TEM.
UM, I'LL JUST ADDRESS SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE PRIORITIES, UM, THAT I HAVE INDIVIDUALLY.
AND THEN I'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW I CAME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS PLAN AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING.
UM, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DISCRETIONARY FUND, THE REASON THAT I POSE IT THAT WAY, OR PROPOSE IT THAT WAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD PERSONALLY BE PERFECTLY FINE WITH JUST A PRINT AND BINDING, UH, BUDGET INCREASE OF 50 K, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE MONEY THAT EXISTS.
I KNOW OTHER DISTRICTS DON'T UTILIZE PRINT AND MAIL AS MUCH AS I DO.
AND SO IF THERE'S DISTRICTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO USE THAT FUNDING FOR TEXTING OR PHONE BANKING OR SOME OTHER, UH, OUTREACH MECHANISM, I WOULD LIKE THEM TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S THE REASON I PROPOSED IT IN THAT WAY.
BUT I'M GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF, UM, THE IDEA FOR PRINT AND MAIL.
UM, THE CRIME AND RECIDIVISM PREVENTION COORDINATOR, GRANT COORDINATOR, YOU GOT IT.
UM, DID WANNA BE CLEAR MOVING, UH, A VACANT SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST OR COORDINATOR POSITION THAT'S CURRENTLY VACANT AT METRO HEALTH INTO THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION, UM, TO, TO SERVE AND DO THAT WORK.
UM, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THE INSULIN COST SHARE PROGRAM IS ONE OF THOSE THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, LIFESAVING IN MANY INSTANCES.
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GET CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS, UH, BETWEEN THEIR FOOD, THEIR RENT, AND THEIR INSULIN.AND EVEN THOUGH IN SOME CASES THE COST OF INSULIN IS BEING REDUCED, THERE'S STILL PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD IT.
AND THOSE ARE THE CALLS THAT WE GET THAT I'M CURRENTLY OFTEN UNABLE TO HELP.
UM, THE EXPANSION OF TEEN COURT, THAT'S ONE THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT I THINK IS GOING TO REALLY HELP, UH, PREVENT THAT, THAT SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE.
ANOTHER THE A C SS STOREFRONTS, OBVIOUSLY IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S BROAD SUPPORT FOR THAT, THE 14 A C S OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF CRITICAL CALLS.
I KNOW I SAID THIS IN MY BUDGET TOWN HALL, AND I SAID, I PLANNED ON PROPOSING THIS AS AN AMENDMENT, AND I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT MOVING FROM 44% TO 64% IS STILL FAILING IF I'M, THAT'S NOT AN ACCEPTABLE SCORE FOR ME TO GIVE A STUDENT.
AND SO FOR US TO TELL OUR, OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA, YAY, WE'RE GONNA RESPOND TO 64% OF CRITICAL CALLS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
AND SO I, I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE TO A HUNDRED PERCENT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND I, I HEARD SUPPORT FOR THAT, THE REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE FUND.
UM, BIG, I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THE NON-PROFITS, BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS, ANYBODY, ANY BABY CAN STAND UP, UP, STAND UP, SAY IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE, UH, THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THERE.
THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE.
YOU KNOW, I'LL MENTION AS WELL THE FUNDS TO REPLACE THE M L K MURAL ON THE NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS BRIDGE.
I INTEND TO USE ANY IN INCREASE TO C I P TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
WHEN I WAS MAKING THIS AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING, UM, IT WAS TO BASICALLY SAID, MY GOAL WAS HOW CAN WE GET AS MANY OF THE AMENDMENTS AS POSSIBLE ON HERE AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING, AND IS, ARE THERE OTHER WAYS TO FUND AMENDMENTS THROUGH THINGS LIKE C I P OR NAMP? AND SO I PUT TOGETHER THIS LIST THAT WAS CLEAR, YOU KNOW, NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF CMMS WILL BE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT EVERY SINGLE THING ON IT, BUT AT LEAST HALF WOULD BE FRIENDLY TO IT.
AND THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT I'M NOT NECESSARILY SUPPORTIVE OF, BUT I KNOW THE COUNCIL IS.
UM, AND WHEN I WAS BREAKING IT UP INTO CITYWIDE IMPACT, IT'S NOT ABOUT NONPROFITS NOT HAVING CITYWIDE IMPACT.
IT'S ABOUT, I THINK WHAT HAS BEEN A PRIORITY, WHICH IS FUNDING OUR CITY PROGRAMS THAT HAVE CITYWIDE IMPACT AND DESIGNATING THOSE THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ALWAYS AN AGREEMENT NECESSARILY ON, I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
SO I WOULD INCLUDE, INCLUDE THOSE WITH, UM, NET ZERO IMPACT AS WELL.
SO IF COUNCILMAN PLY WANTED TO MOVE HIS PROJECTS AROUND AND IT HAD NO IMPACT, COOL.
I DIDN'T REALIZE, I DIDN'T READ THAT PROPERLY, I GUESS, BUT I AVOIDED ITEMS LIKE MY MURAL IN DISTRICT TWO OR MY ROAD IMPROVEMENT IN DISTRICT TWO AND LEFT CITY PROGRAMS. THERE'S ALSO NOT ALWAYS AGREEMENT ON WHICH NONPROFITS, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA SUPPORT.
THERE ARE SOME THAT CONSISTENTLY RECEIVE MONEY.
THERE'S SOME THAT WE WANT TO RESTORE MONEY FROM.
THERE'S SOME THAT ARE FIRST TIME, AND THERE'S SOME THAT I'M HEARING FOR THE, FOR FIRST TIME.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS GONNA BE A NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHICH NONPROFITS AND OTHER OUTSIDE AGENCIES WERE TO GET FUNDING.
SO IT'S NOT TO DISREGARD THE WORK OF ANY ORGANIZATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO I GUESS I JUST, AT THE ROOT, MY SUGGESTION IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN IMPLEMENT AS MANY OF THE AMENDMENTS AS POSSIBLE, AS MANY OF THEM AS POSSIBLE, THAT COUNCIL IS FRIENDLY TO, AND FIND WAYS TO BE CREATIVE WITH FUNDING THEM, AND THEN SUPPORT MORE OF THE OUTSIDE AGENCIES WE WANT TO.
AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THIS WILL BE A QUESTION FOR YOU, PROBABLY MY LAST ONE IS THERE POTENTIALLY ARE, OR ARE THERE ANY POTENTIALLY ARPA ELIGIBLE AMENDMENTS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FUND USING THAT 1.4 THAT WE WERE GONNA USE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION GRANT? THAT WAY THEN WE CAN MOVE GENERAL DOLLARS INTO THAT SO WE HAVE MORE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.
SO SOME OF MY, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OF COMMENTS THAT I WAS HOLDING ONTO ONE OF THEM IS, UM, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY WITH ARPA TO BE ABLE TO DO CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION.
I KNOW I READ THE ARTICLE THIS MORNING, I, I HEARD WHAT THEY SAID, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE APPLY AND THOSE WERE RULES AND, AND, UM, AND QUALIFIERS THAT, THAT THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE PUT IN PLACE, THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND WE COULD STREAMLINE THAT.
SO I THINK, I THINK THE SUGGESTION YOU MADE ABOUT UTILIZING THE 1.4, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT GONNA BE A PERMANENT EFFORT.
THAT JUST MEANS THAT WE CAN DECIDE NEXT YEAR HOW TO PERMANENTLY FUND IT IN 2025.
SO I THINK WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY WITH THE $1.4 MILLION THAT COUNCILMAN WHITE HAS TALKED ABOUT TWICE TO BE ABLE TO DO CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION.
I I JUST, I DO WANNA JUST CLARIFY.
I THINK THERE ARE STILL PROJECTS THAT THERE'S PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BEGINNING THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR THAT ARE GONNA IMPACT BUSINESSES, BUT THOSE WOULDN'T BE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR ARPA FUNDING, RIGHT? WELL, NO, I, I, I THINK, I THINK WE CAN DESIGN IT SO THAT IT IS, I, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT IN THE EYE AS IT GOES THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS AND BACK TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT THE RULES ARE THAT WE, THAT WE ALLOW FOR THOSE APPLICATIONS
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TO COME IN.WE SET THAT WHERE YOU GUYS SET THAT, WE PROPOSED IT, WE SET THE RULES, AND I THINK WE'VE GOT FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THAT EVERY TIME WE DID, WE DID CARES THEN WE DID ARPA, WE DID THREE ROUNDS OF ARPA EVERY TIME WE'VE TWEAKED IT AND WIDENED IT.
AND THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF BUSINESSES THAT HAVE APPLIED AND RECEIVED MONEY.
SO, UH, I I THINK WE CAN DO IT.
I THINK WHAT THE COUNCILMAN IS SAYING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.
I THINK IT'S IN A DIFFERENT WAY THOUGH.
IT'S THROUGH THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE PROCESS AS OPPOSED TO UN UNENCUMBERING THE ARPA RULES.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES.
I, I MEAN, I THINK WE, WE RETAIN THAT, THAT FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE'LL GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, BUT IT'S GONNA BE THROUGH THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE PROCESS, NOT NECESSARILY UNEN ENCUMBERING THOSE DOLLARS, COUNCIL COMMITTEE, THEN THE FULL COUNCIL BACK.
'CAUSE BECAUSE THE, THE, THE, YOUR, YOUR C C R WITH COUNCILMAN WHITE HASN'T GONE TO GOVERNANCE.
SO IT'S GONNA COME, I SUSPECT THAT THERE WILL BE A CONVERSATION THAT GOVERNANCE, A COMMITTEE AND BACK TO COUNCIL AND WE, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY DELIBERATE IN TERMS OF THE TARGET FOR THAT $1.4 MILLION.
IF IT'S FOR A PROJECT THAT HADN'T HAPPENED YET, THEN WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF THE RULES.
SO LONG AS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BARRIERS PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE AGAIN, ONLY TWO PROJECTS ON NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS QUALIFIED.
WHAT I'M HEARING FROM ERIC THOUGH IS THAT THOSE BARRIERS, WE, WE WERE THINKING THAT THEY WERE ARPA BARRIERS, BUT THEY WERE ACTUAL COUNCIL COMMITTEE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA THAT WERE SET.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
UH, IF YOU NOTICED, I TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UH, ISSUES THAT WERE PRESENTED BY MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS EARLIER THAT, THAT I WAS SUPPORTIVE OF.
UH, AND NOW I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME THAT, UH, I DIDN'T HEAR A LOT OF SUPPORTIVE FROM OTHER PEOPLE, BUT MAYBE SOME, UH, ON PAGE FOUR OR FIVE, UH, IT GOES FROM ITEM 51 THROUGH 65.
AND DID, I DID HEAR A COMMENT OR TWO ABOUT BEING SUPPORTIVE OF CHILD SAFE.
IT'S A STRONG, IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION.
THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO PAY OFF DEBT FROM THEIR BUILDING.
UH, AND I SUPPORT, UH, THAT AMENDMENT, UH, TO THE BUDGET FOR 500,000.
I ALSO SUPPORT NUMBER 52 IS ONE I BROUGHT UP ABOUT CRIT.
AND, UH, I, I TOO HAVE BEEN THERE.
I THINK WE SAW A VERY REAL DEMONSTRATION OF A CHILD WHO'S GONE THROUGH THEIR PROGRAM.
AND I THINK THAT, UH, THEY'RE VERY WORTHY OF GETTING OUR SUPPORT.
THEY HAD ASKED FOR $1.2 MILLION, BUT I COULD SUPPORT, UH, $500,000.
UH, AND SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.
UH, AMENDMENT NUMBER 53 IS PHIL HARMONIC FUNDING.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PHIL HARMONIC WAS ALMOST PROMISED $365,000 ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
I HEARD THE COUNTY WAS GIVING THEM MONEY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
THESE ARE ARTISTS WHO LIVE AND HAVE WORKED IN SAN ANTONIO FOR YEARS.
UH, AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE FUNDING THEM NOT NEXT YEAR, BUT NOW.
SO, UH, I HOPE THAT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL CONSIDER FUNDING THEM UP TO $400,000, WHICH IS THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION TO DO.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS NEGOTIABLE.
NEXT ITEM 54 IS TO, UH, PURCHASE DECIBEL READERS.
I THINK ALL OF US HAVE HAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOISE IN OUR DISTRICT.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH DECIBEL READERS AROUND FOR THE POLICE TO USE.
WE CERTAINLY, I'VE HAD 'EM COME OUT AND SAY, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY WITH US.
AND THE SAME THING FOR CODE COMPLIANCE.
SO THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED WE BUY 250 DECIBEL READERS.
UH, AND, UH, THOSE BE ALLOWED FOR BOTH, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE AND SS A P D, SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY DO THE CITATION FOR VIOLATIONS THAT EXIST.
ITEM 55 TALKS ABOUT BODY CAMS FOR A C S.
WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A C S OFFICIALS GOING OUT THERE, AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE BEING DANGEROUS ANIMALS THAT THEY'RE APPROACHING.
AND, UH, AND THEY, THEY COME BACK AND TELL US, WELL, THERE WAS A DANGEROUS ANIMAL THERE, BUT THERE'S NO PROOF.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY NEED TO HAVE BODY CAMS THAT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY OF THE ISSUES THEY DEAL WITH WHEN THEY GO TO A HOUSE WITH A DANGEROUS ANIMAL, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ACCOUNTABLE FOR DOING THEIR JOB.
AND THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND THEY'RE, IF THEY SEE A BUNCH OF DOGS, THEY'RE OUT THERE TRYING TO CATCH 'EM AND BRING THEM IN.
UH, SO I THINK IT'S AN ACCOUNTABILITY FACTOR AND A SAFETY FACTOR.
SO I REALLY BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE BODY CAMS FOR A C S, UH, 56 IS EXTEND CODE ENFORCEMENT HOURS.
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UH, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT OUT IN AT NIGHT GOING AROUND AND LOOKING FOR OTHER VIOLATIONS.THERE'S A LOT OF VIOLATIONS GOING ON, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE CODE COMPLIANCE OUT THERE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND THEM.
AND SS A P D IS PATROLLING, BUT THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR CODE VIOLATIONS.
ITEM NUMBER 57 IS THE FLASHING STOP SIGNS.
I THINK I HEARD A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THAT.
THERE'LL BE SOME IN EVERY DISTRICT.
ITEM NUMBER 58, THIS IS THE ONE THING IN MY DISTRICT THAT I'M ASKING FOR, AND THAT IS FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, A SAFETY CROSSING FOR CHILDREN TO GO BACK AND FORTH FROM THEIR HOMES TO THEIR SCHOOL AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ON HEIMER STREET.
UH, THERE IS NO CROSSWALK FOR OVER A HALF A MILE.
CHILDREN ARE WALKING ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET TO GET TO THE LIBRARY, TO GET TO THE SCHOOL, GOING HOME AFTER.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HEAR OF A DEATH IN ORDER TO DO SOMETHING, WHICH HAPPENED IN MY DISTRICT ON WEST AVENUE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE I'M SUPPORTIVE OF.
BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS HAD ASKED OR SAID THEY NEED $275,000.
THEY WERE GRANTED LIKE 50 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I THINK THEY NEED MORE THAN 53,000 MORE TO MAKE THEM WHOLE OR TO ALLOW THEM TO DO THE WORK THEY DO.
UH, ALSO I SUPPORT MORGAN'S WONDERLANDS, UH, INCLUSION FOUNDATION.
LAST THING I HAD IN THERE WAS TRYING TO UP THE COMPENSATION OR THE, THE REPAYMENT OF STUDENT LOANS BY OUR EMPLOYEES.
I HOPE YOU'LL LOOK AT ITEM 60 AND BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
BRIEFLY, UM, ON THE, ON THE WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUE, I WANNA REITERATE THAT I'M FULLY, FULLY FOR, UM, SUPPORTING WOMEN'S HEALTH.
AND YOU KNOW, THE COMMENT EARLIER THAT, THAT FUNDS SHOULDN'T GO TO PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS.
UM, I THINK HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE ISSUE HERE THAT, THAT THE ISSUE IS, UH, UNDERLYING ALL OF THIS IS NOT REALLY, YOU KNOW, WOMEN'S HEALTH GENERALLY.
IT'S WHAT KIND OF SERVICES, UM, WE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE FUNDING, UM, TO MY COUNCILMEN IN DISTRICT TWO.
UM, YEAH, WE ALL WANT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF A C S CALLS, YOU KNOW, RETURNED IMMEDIATELY AND GETTING UP TO 64% OR WHATEVER IT IS, ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH.
BUT WE COULD SAY THE SAME FOR POLICE, RIGHT? WE NEED ANOTHER, WE NEED 300 OFFICERS OR 350 OFFICERS.
AND WE'RE ONLY GETTING, WE'RE ONLY GETTING A THIRD OF THOSE, UM, IN THIS BUDGET WITH THE REST TO COME HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT TWO BUDGET CYCLES.
AND FINALLY, I WANNA REITERATE, UM, THAT SMALL INFRASTRUCTURE REQUEST NUMBER 63 SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HELP SOME OF THESE ELDERLY FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT.
UM, I, I COMPARE IT SOMEWHAT TO, UH, TO THE DISTRICT SEVEN ISSUE ON THE, UM, HELPING THE FOLKS THAT HAVE THE CODE, THE CODE ISSUES, THE ELDERLY FOLKS 65 AND OLDER.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO ALL WE CAN AS A COUNCIL, UH, TO HELP, UH, THOSE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US, RIGHT? OUR CHILDREN, UM, OUR, OUR DISABLED FOLKS, AS WELL AS THE ELDERLY.
AND SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE, UH, OUR DISTRICT GET, GET THE MONEY FOR THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, WHITE COUNCIL MEMBER CORE.
THERE'S JUST A FEW THINGS THAT I WANTED TO, UH, MENTION THAT I FORGOT YOU ON THE FIRST TIME.
THE FIRST WAS THE SAN ANTONIO BOOK FESTIVAL.
I THINK A COUPLE OF MY COUNCIL MEMBER COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED IT.
AND SO I REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL 30 K FOR, UH, THREE MORE SITE VISITS.
SO THEY, THEY DO ALL OF THEIR SITE VISITS FOR UNDERSERVED SCHOOLS.
AND I WENT TO ONE OF THEM IN EDGEWOOD LAST YEAR.
AND THE KIDS WERE SCREAMING WHEN THEY GOT THEIR FREE BOOK BECAUSE THEY GET A FREE BOOK THAT'S SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
SO REALLY, UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ALREADY SUPPORTED THAT AND HOPING WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
UH, THE ACCESSIBILITY FUND FOR SIDEWALK.
I KNOW 500 K WILL AT LEAST START THE, UM, WORK FOR THAT.
I THINK WHAT YOU HEAR OVERALL IS WE WANT MORE INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS NOW AND UNFORTUNATELY WITH SOME OF THE STRUCTURES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, WE HAVE TO PUT 'EM ON THE A FIVE YEAR TIMELINE.
SO HOPING TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE THIS YEAR.
SUPPORT THE CELLEBRITE TECHNOLOGY AND ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO'S COMMENTS ON THAT.
AND THEN TWO OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MELISSA HARADA MENTIONED, THE URBAN CHAMPIONS ACADEMY.
WHAT WE WANNA SEE WITH SPORTS, UH, GROUPS IS THAT THEY ACTUALLY USE SPORTS AS AN ENGAGEMENT FOR, UH, WHAT YOU CAN DO IN LIFE, RIGHT? AS AN ATHLETE GROWING UP SPORTS IS WHAT TAUGHT ME TEAM LEADERSHIP AND DISCIPLINE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE MAYOR IS DOING.
AND THAT PARK, QUITE FRANKLY, IS PROBABLY IN ONE OF THE BEST CONDITIONS THAT ANY OF THE PARKS THAT I'VE PLAYED AT, IT HAS GRASS AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB MAINTAINING
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IT.AND WHEN I SAW THE KIDS THAT WERE COMING THERE, THEY GET TO PAY, COME THERE FOR A VERY LOW COST AND THEY GET ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
SO I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THAT ORGANIZATION AND FUNDING, UM, YOUR REQUESTS THERE.
AND THEN ALSO QUAR PARK, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, UH, AND I JUST MENTIONED THE EDGEWOOD COMMUNITY AND THAT, THAT THAT PARK IS SUCH A GREAT ASSET FOR THAT COMMUNITY AND THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SPACES TO HAVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND BE ABLE TO ACCESS, UH, NATURE.
AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE ALSO, UH, SUPPORT YOUR REQUEST ON FLASHING STOP SIGNS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS, AND THIS IS WHY I ACTUALLY, UM, MY, MY INFRASTRUCTURE LEAD SUPPORTED THE UPDATED STREETS POLICY.
BECAUSE WHEN WE, SOMEONE CALLS US AND SAY, WE WANT A FOUR-WAY STOP, THEY CAN'T PLACE A FOUR-WAY STOP BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC.
SO THE REQUEST FOR THAT POLICY TO BE UPDATED, WHAT, SO WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT WHAT THEIR CRITERIA FOR WHEN A FOUR-WAY STOP IS ALLOWED.
HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT WE PREVENT SOME OF THESE PEDESTRIAN STRUGGLES? SO, UM, SUPPORT THE FLASHING STOP SIGN, UH, REQUEST TOO.
COUNCIL MEMBER CORE, I THINK WE ARE COMING TO, OH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTE.
UM, JUST REALLY QUICK, WANTED TO ALSO ECHO SUPPORT FOR THE URBAN CHAMPIONS ACADEMY.
I'VE BEEN TO THEIR GRADUATIONS THERE.
IT'S SO EXCITING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT ALL, GET, UM, RALLIED UP ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUFF.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO, I DON'T THINK I MENTIONED IN MY FIRST ROUND, BUT, UM, SUPPORT FUNDING FOR CRIT.
'CAUSE THEY ALSO DO OFFER A CITYWIDE SERVICE.
UM, ALSO TOO, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR CODE COMPLIANCE.
DO THEY, UH, I DUNNO IF ANYBODY'S HERE FOR CODE COMPLIANCE.
UM, DO THEY WORK EVENING HOURS OR WHAT ARE THEIR CURRENT HOURS OF OPERATION? THE REASON I'M ASKING 'CAUSE WE'RE JUST WONDERING, WE'RE CURIOUS ABOUT HOW CODE VIOLATIONS THAT MAY OCCUR AFTER DARK ARE ADDRESSED.
UH, THE CURRENT CODE OFFICER HOURS ARE ABOUT SEVEN 30 TO SIX 30 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND THEN ABOUT SEVEN 30 TO ABOUT FIVE O'CLOCK ON SATURDAYS WITH DIFFERENT SHIFTS.
UH, SUNDAYS ARE GENERALLY COVERED, UM, EMERGENCIES, ONLYS WITH A HANDFUL OF OFFICERS, UH, INSPECTORS JUST LOOKING FOR WORK WITHOUT PERMITS.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF COVERAGE ON SUNDAYS.
DO, AND DO Y'ALL SEE ISSUES AFTER DARK OR, UH, THEY MIGHT BE EMERGENCY ISSUES.
UH, AND NORMALLY THOUGH, NO, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF THE, THE MORNING MM-HMM.
HOW DO YOU HANDLE THOSE, LIKE, EMERGENCY SITUATIONS THEN? WE, WE HAVE SOME STAFF ON CALL THAT ARE OKAY.
KIND OF DANGEROUS BUILDING ASSESSMENT.
SO IT'S A, IT'S AN ON-CALL FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND WE'LL GO OUT AND ASSESS AT ANY TIME OF DAY AT NIGHT.
I THINK THAT IS THE END OF THE COMMENT BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO YOU, ERIC.
UM, JUST A COUPLE THINGS, UM, REGARDING THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY, UM, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GONNA ACTUALLY ATTACH A DOLLAR FIGURE TO IT, BUT I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT POLICY NEEDS TO BE, IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF UPDATING.
UH, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, ONCE WE GET THE POLICY, WE NEED TO ACTUALLY ATTACH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS TO IT.
SO THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT I'M LOOKING TO BE ATTACHED TO THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY HAS MORE TO DO WITH HOW WE BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE GOING FORWARD, BUT DEFINITELY NEED TO UPDATE THAT POLICY.
UM, AND, UH, I WANTED TO PLACE ON THE RECORD FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, UH, HIS SUPPORT OF THE QUAR PARK AND THE URBAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.
SO, UM, JUST LASTLY, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES.
YOU KNOW, USUALLY WHEN WE COME TO THE END HERE, UH, IN OUR BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF AMENDMENTS PROPOSED AND IT'S ALL OUT CHAOS.
UH, BUT, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS AND, AND, UH, ALIGNMENT.
AND I, I DO THINK WE, WE DO OWE UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MC ARRIGO SOME GRATITUDE FOR FRAMING IT, UH, BEFORE WE EVEN GOT HERE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, JALEN FOR THAT.
AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO WRAPPING THIS UP IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WILL SEE ON THURSDAY IN TOMORROW'S, UM, FINAL SESSION BEFORE ADOPTION.
SO WITH THAT, ERIC, OVER TO YOU.
UM, SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE, UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE TODAY'S CONVERSATION WORK TONIGHT.
I KNOW I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'D GIVE YOU A LIST TONIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT TO YOU TOMORROW MORNING 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO SPEND SOME TIME THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING, UM, WE'LL GET IT TO YOU FIRST THING IN THE MORNING TOMORROW.
UM, I AM GONNA SAY THIS OUT LOUD AND LOOK AT ALL OF YOU TO SEE IF THERE ANYBODY CRINGES THEIR NOSES.
UM, WE ARE GONNA LOOK AT MATCH OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WE ARE, UM, ALSO GOING TO TRY TO KIND OF CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THAT FRAMEWORK THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER, COUNCILMAN.
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UM, AND, UH, WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BALANCE BETWEEN ONE TIME AND RECURRING OVER THE TWO YEARS.UM, AND WE MAY TAKE SOME, MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON THAT ONE TIME TO KEEP IT BALANCED.
UM, BUT IT'LL BE A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR THE COUNCIL TOMORROW TO KIND OF GO BACK THROUGH AND, AND ADJUST SO THAT WE'RE READY FOR THURSDAY.
UM, AND I'M GONNA LOOK OVER AT MARIA AND JUSTINE AND MAKE SURE I DIDN'T LEAVE ANYTHING OUT.
SO THE AIR OF COMPROMISE WAS DEFINITELY IN THE ROOM.
UH, I WOULD JUST URGE US AS WE GET THAT FINALIST FROM ERIC TO KEEP THAT AIR ABOUT US BECAUSE CERTAINLY, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE MINOR TWEAKS TO MAKE TO THE VERY END, BUT IF WE GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT PROCESS AND WE CAN UNRAVEL THE GOOD WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE HERE TODAY.
SO, UH, ERIC, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT MEMO.
AND, AND KEEPING IN MIND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BIG PICTURE HERE LINE? YES.
UH, ERIC, UH, ANDY, NO, NO EXACT TODAY.
WELL THE TIME IS 4:16 PM ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2023 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.