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GOOD MORNING. 
          WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF MAY THE SECOND, 2019. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HALL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SALANA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE WILL NOT BE HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SON DEVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LIA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY WILL BE LATE COUNT. 
          UH, AND MAYOR NURENBERG. 
          MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 9:14 AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          WE'LL BEGIN WITH, UH, AN INVITATION GUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER SALDANA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND IT'S, UH, MY HONOR, TODAY, THIS MORNING TO GET TO READ TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, OUR INDICATOR. 
          THIS MORNING, CHAPLAIN, CAPTAIN SAUL RAPPAPORT, WAS BORN IN AUSTRALIA AND HAS LIVED IN ISRAEL, STUDIED ABROAD IN CANADA AND SOUTH AFRICA, AND WAS ORDAINED A RABBI IN JERUSALEM IN 2004. 
          HE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN 2006 AND HAS LOVED CALLING AMERICA HOME EVER SINCE. 
          SAUL HAS SERVED CONGREGATIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK. 
          AND IN 2017, HE FULFILLED HIS LONGTIME DREAM OF SERVING HIS COUNTRY WHEN HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS A CHAPLAIN INTO THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. 
          CHAPLAIN RAPPAPORT IS NOW STATIONED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AT LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          IF YOU FEEL SO INCLINED, PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF PRAYER. 
          GOD ALMIGHTY, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS FINE DAY, FOR THE AIR WE BREATHE, FOR ALL THE BEAUTY THAT WE SEE EACH MOMENT OF EVERY DAY. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU BESTOW UPON US ALL OF THE TIME, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GATHERING THIS MORNING OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL ON THIS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. 
          LORD, YOU HAVE CALLED US TO BE SERVANTS AND GUARDIANS OF A GREAT NATION, FOUNDED UPON PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM AND HUMAN DIGNITY, BOTH IN THE MILITARY AND IN CIVIC SERVICE. 
          WE ARE PROUD TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS HIGH CALLING. 
          WE DEDICATE OURSELVES TO OUR VOCATION, AND WE ASK FOR GUIDANCE AND COURAGE IN AIDING ALL PEOPLE TO LIVE WITH FREEDOM, PROSPERITY, DIGNITY, SAFETY, AND PEACE. 
          ESPECIALLY LORD, AT THIS TIME WHEN OUR NATION TURNS TO YOU IN PRAYER, WE PRAY THAT THE FEELING OF SAFETY AND SECURITY BE FELT EVERYWHERE ACROSS OUR COUNTRY, IN OUR HOMES, IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND IN OUR MANY DIVERSE HOUSES OF WORSHIP. 
          GOD, AS THE ELECTION FOR THIS COUNCIL DRAWS NEAR, WE ASK YOUR BLESSING ON THIS CONTINUED GRAND EXPERIMENT OF DEMOCRACY. 
          MAY THOSE ELECTED TO OFFICE SEE YOUR GUIDANCE AND BLESSING IN ALL THEY DO IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS EACH DAY. 
          AND THOSE WHOSE TERM IN OFFICE DRAWS NEAR TO AN END. 
          WE ASK THAT YOUR BLESSING BE UPON THEM IN ALL THEY DO IN THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THEIR LIVES. 
          FINALLY, GOD, WE ASK YOUR BLESSING ON ALL OF THE INHABITANTS OF THIS WONDERFUL CITY, SAN ANTONIO, MILITARY CITY, U S A, A CITY JOYFULLY, PROUDLY SUPPORTING MILITARY FAMILIES SUCH AS MYSELF FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BLESS OUR FAMILIES, OUR FRIENDS, OUR COUNTRY, BE OUR GOD, GUIDE US THIS DAY AND FOREVER. 
          IN YOUR MOST HOLY NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. 
          TO DEFINE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU, CHAPLAIN. 
          THEY ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT TODAY IS OUR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. 
          AND SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL JOIN US AT NOONTIME TODAY. 
          OUR FIRST ITEM ON OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL 3RD AND APRIL 4TH. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          MINUTES FROM APRIL 3RD 
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AND FOURTH, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          FIRST I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          I'M VERY EXCITED TODAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND PRESENT A PROCLAMATION AND OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO ST. 
          LEO THE GREAT CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
          UM, IT IS CELEBRATING 100 YEARS, UM, IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I WILL SAY I'M VERY PROUD THAT I HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED THERE AND THAT IS MY HOME PARISH. 
          BUT, UM, THEY ARE CELEBRATING 100 YEARS. 
          IT IS A PLACE THAT HAS BEEN INVESTING AND FIGHTING AND ADVOCATING, NURTURING AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF THE SOUTH SIDE IN ALL OF SAN ANTONIO FOR PHYSICAL NEEDS, BUT ALSO SPIRITUAL NEEDS. 
          AND THEY CONTINUE TO DO THAT TODAY. 
          UM, I WOULD ASK THAT OUR PASTOR, FATHER FRANK MACIAS AND THE MEMBERS COME UP AS I READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND THEN MAYOR, UM, AFTERWARDS, IF WE CAN GO DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM. 
          SO, UM, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HEREBY PRESENTS ITS OFFICIAL. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLERGY, CONGREGATION AND COMMUNITY OF ST. 
          LEO, THE GREAT CATHOLIC CHURCH IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR 100TH ANNIVERSARY. 
          SINCE 1919, YOU HAVE PROVIDED OUR CITIZENS WITH THE NECESSARY TOOLS AND FOUNDATION TO BECOME AGENTS OF CHANGE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO ENCOMPASS THE SPIRITUAL SPECTRUMS OF LIFE. 
          YOUR DEEP AND ABIDING COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED AND IS WORTHY OF COMMENDATION AND PRAISE. 
          THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EXTEND THEIR SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS AS YOU CELEBRATE THIS MOMENTAL A MONUMENTAL OCCASION AND OFFER BEST WISHES FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME. 
          HAPPY 100TH ANNIVERSARY PRESENTED THIS SECOND DAY OF MAY, 2019. 
          FATHER FRANK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN THERE 12 YEARS OF THOSE 100, HUH? BUT THE HONORABLE REBECCA VRAN WALKED HAND IN HAND WITH HER WONDERFUL FATHER WILLIE TO GO TO MASS. 
          THERES, AND YOU CAN REMEMBER THOSE TIMES WALKING BECAUSE SHE LIVES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF ST. 
          LEO'S. 
          ST. 
          LEO'S IS A MAGNIFICENT OASIS IN THE SOUTH SIDE BECAUSE IT PEOPLE ARE MAGNIFICENT. 
          HUH? WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT THIS CITY HAS, HAS COOPERATED US WITH MANY TIMES. 
          YOU SEE THE PARISHIONERS FROM ST. 
          LEO'S NOT WEARING ST. 
          LEO T-SHIRTS, BUT COPS T-SHIRTS THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY VERY WELL, UH, THE TWO COPS THAT WERE HERE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, OUR BROTHER AND OUR SISTER HERE, THAT WHEN LEVI STRS WAS STILL OPEN AND HAD JUST CLOSED, MANY OF YOU, I THINK IN HERE WERE BABIES, BUT THEY WERE ALREADY WORKING THE ISSUE AND THOSE WERE CIVIL ISSUES. 
          BUT THERE AS ONE, YOU'RE SEEING ALSO THE CHOIR OF EIGHT O'CLOCK MASS HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THE FUNERAL CHOIR HERE. 
          ALL IN ALL, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE HONORABLE REBECCA VRAN, AND, AND WE HAVE THE MEMORY OF YOUR DAD STILL WITH US. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH ON BEHALF OF ALL OF ST. 
          LEO, THE GREAT CATHOLIC CHURCH S WE'RE THERE AND WE WON'T LEAVE . 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
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AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT, UM, THERE ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF, THEY'RE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PROJECT QUEST, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CITY MANAGER, UM, ERIC WALSH'S PARENTS WERE ALSO MARRIED AT ST. 
          LEO, THE GREAT CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VIRON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS, UH, PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE A DEAR FRIEND THAT PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY, UH, MARK RICHTER. 
          HE WAS JUST 51 AND, UH, I THINK MANY PEOPLE KNEW HIM. 
          AND, UH, JUST WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY, MY FRIENDSHIP WITH MARK. 
          UM, MARK WAS, WAS AN INCREDIBLE FORCE FOR, FOR ARTS AND CULTURE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, REALLY CARED ABOUT THE CITY. 
          AND, UH, AND I GOT TO MEET HIM WHEN, WHEN HE INSPIRED ME AND CHALLENGED ME TO HELP CREATE WHAT WE NOW CALL THE DISTINCTION IN THE ARTS. 
          UM, ESSENTIALLY IT WAS MARK'S IDEA. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT AND THEY KNOW THAT, THAT WE HONOR OUR VERY OWN BECAUSE OF MARK. 
          I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR ALL HE DID. 
          I WANNA THANK HIM FOR HIS FRIENDSHIP. 
          I WANNA THANK HIM FOR CARING SO MUCH ABOUT THE ARTS IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, UH, DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          SO THAT, UH, MAYBE, UH, THIS FALL'S DISTINCTION IN THE ARTS. 
          IT'S OCTOBER 11TH. 
          OCTOBER 11TH. 
          I HOPE MANY OF YOU CAN COME OUT. 
          IT'S FREE. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN'T DO A TRIBUTE TO MARK RICHTER. 
          SO AT THIS MOMENT, I JUST ASK FOR A, A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR MARK RICHTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          AND I'D LIKE JUST TO TAKE A MOMENT ALSO, UH, TO RECOGNIZE THREE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE WORKED BEFORE IN OUR CITY, UH, FOR ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, BUT WHO HAVE DONE OUTSTANDING WORK OVER THE LAST, UH, SEMESTER, MAYBE TWO, UH, FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 
          AND THAT IS, UH, OR THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE, AND, AND PLEASE REMEMBER THEIR NAMES BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, PERHAPS IN GOVERNMENT SOMEDAY. 
          VERY SOON. 
          I'D LIKE THEM TO STAND RIGHT NOW. 
          THEY'RE WITH US. 
          I CAITLYN UNDER BRINK, MIA, LOS AND MARCUS PEOPLES. 
          THESE WERE THREE OF MY OUTSTANDING INTERNS THIS YEAR, HAVE DONE INCREDIBLE WORK IN MANY OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT ARE HAVING ALREADY IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN OUR CITY. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK THEM FOR THEIR GREAT WORK AS THEY MOVE ON TO THEIR NEXT ENDEAVORS. 
          PLEASE JOIN ME AND GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          NOW, AS PART OF YOUR FINAL INTERN EXIT INTERVIEWS, YOU HAVE TO WAIT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE SESSION. 
          SO, , THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO OUR BUSINESS AGENDA FOR THE DAY. 
          WE HAVE TWO ITEMS, ACTUALLY, WE HAVE NO ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          THIS TIME I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ITEMS THEY WISH TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          22. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT 20, 22. 
          YOU GOT 20. 
          ANY OTHERS ITEMS? 20 AND 22. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SO, OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR ITEMS 20 AND 22. 
          THERE ARE TWO ITEMS, UH, EXCUSE ME. 
          THERE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP FOR ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          ACTUALLY, ONE, UH, JACK FINGER, 
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WELL, MAYOR NURENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. 
          FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. 
          FINGER. 
          YES. 
          TODAY IS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. 
          WE PRAY FOR OUR NATION. 
          WE PRAY FOR OUR CITY AND ALL OTHER ENVIRONS. 
          AT THAT POINT, OUR CITY ESPECIALLY NEEDS THE PRAYERS WITH, WITH CITY COUNCIL. 
          CITY COUNCIL NEEDS ALL THE PRAYERS THEY CAN GET TOO THERE WITH A COUNCIL THAT WELL APPOINTS AN ABORTIONIST TO, TO BE ON A REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY. 
          A, UH, SPENDS 12,000. 
          JACK, YOU GOTTA STAY ON THE AGENDA. 
          YOUR COMMENTS ARE ON 16, 15, 18 AND 19, PLEASE. 
          YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          WE DO NEED TO STAY STRAIGHT AWAY FROM THE PRAYERS THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          ITEM NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER 16. 
          YES. 
          THE IDEA OF A, UH, PROVING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WHEREBY WE GIVE ABOUT $240,000 TO THE WHEATLEY INFIELD PROJECT, A DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY. 
          YEAH, I'VE LOOKED AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS ON THAT, MR. MAYOR, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING CALLED A FORGIVABLE LOAN. 
          FORGIVABLE LOAN. 
          I WONDER IF YOU AND I CAN GET A FORGIVABLE LOAN FROM THE C CITY GOVERNMENT. 
          YEAH, MR. AUDIO VISUAL MAN SHOULD SHOW THE UNDERLINED AREA RIGHT THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          UH, FORGIVABLE LOAN AGREEMENT FOR UP TO 240,000 SMACKERS THERE TO TERRAMARK URBAN HOMES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 24 AFFORDABLE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          , I'D, I'D SAY IT'S AFFORDABLE IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS PAYING THE, PAYING THE, THE BILL THERE TO BE SOLD TO HOUSEHOLDS EARNING AT OR BELOW 120% OF THE AREA. 
          MEDIUM INCOME, MEANING IF YOU'RE RELATIVELY POOR, YOU CAN GET, GET SOME WELFARE HOUSING. 
          THANK YOU, MR. VIS. 
          MAAM, TURN THE CAMERA IF YOU WOULD. 
          YEAH, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE SPENDING OUR TAX DOLLARS ON A SO-CALLED AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WHAT I CALL WELFARE HOUSING. 
          THAT'S ESPECIALLY ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS IS HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          OTHER ITEMS ON THIS, UH, PORTION OF THE AGENDA ON ITEM NUMBER 18, YOU'RE GOING TO REAPPOINT, UH, JUDGE JOHN BULL AS A PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURTS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THAT'S GONNA SAIL RIGHT ON THROUGH, UNLESS Y'ALL PULL IT. 
          UH, FOR CONSIDERATION, MAYBE YOU, I'D SAY YOU SHOULD, UM, ESPECIALLY IF, IF, IF JUDGE BULL IS HERE, YOU WANT TO ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HE'S GONNA DO ABOUT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS HAVING RELAXED LAWS PERTAINING TO TRESPASSING AND, AND DRUG POSSESSION. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, WHAT ARE THE CITIZENS GONNA DO WHEN, WHEN THEY HAVE HOMELESS TO JUST TRESPASSING ON THEIR LAWN AND JUDGE BULLEN AND HIS COHORTS WILL, MAYBE HE FAILED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 
          YEAH. 
          ALSO, UM, ITEM 15. 
          YES. 
          OH, OH, SO MANY SCANDALS. 
          SO LITTLE TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. FINGER. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, I'LL ASK FOR, UH, MY COLLEAGUES, IF ANY ITEMS FROM WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS ON CONSENT TIME IS NOW. 
          I CALL COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT ON ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS, UH, ORDINANCE, UH, DECLARING 17 VACANT CITY OWNED PROPERTIES TO BE, UH, RESOLD. 
          AND I KNOW THESE FUNDS, UH, THAT ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY YEARS AGO WERE HUD FUNDS. 
          UH, THE PROPERTIES WEREN'T ABLE TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES THEY WERE INTENDED, AND THE CITY REIMBURSED HUD FOR THAT OUTTA GENERAL FUNDS. 
          AND NOW WE'RE IN A POSITION TO BE SELLING THAT PROPERTY FOR DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I UNDERSTAND MAKES PERFECT SENSE FOR THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH IT'S INTENDED. 
          BUT RATHER THAN DEPOSITING THE RETURN OF THIS MONEY TO THE GENERAL FUND, I'D LIKE US TO START CONSIDERING HOW WE CAN PLACE THESE FUNDS INTO SOME KIND OF DEDICATED AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS. 
          UH, IT SEEMS TO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE NEED A LOT MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I HOPE THAT THE STAFF WILL START LOOKING AT WAYS OF WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SELLING CITY PROPERTY THAT MAY HAVE BEEN, UH, PREPARED TO BE SOLD FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR HOUSING, THAT ANY FUNDS THAT WE GET BE PUT INTO DEDICATED HOUSING FUNDS IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO THE ATTENTION OF CITY STAFF AND THE COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN CURD. 
          COUNCILMAN GRO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER NINE, UH, THE HIGHLAND HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO WORK WITH A, UM, A NEW BUILDER OUT THERE IN THE AREA. 
          UM, ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, IN 
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MARCH OF 2013, THE CITY PURCHASED THE 17 RESIDENTIAL LOTS AS PART OF AN AFFORDABLE SHOWCASE OF HOMES PROGRAM LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WITH GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, ABOUT 200,000, UH, 200, $3,000. 
          THE INITIAL EFFORTS TO CONTRACT WITH A NONPROFIT HOUSING PROVIDER TO DEVELOP THESE LOTS WITH RESIDENTIAL HOMES WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND PART OF THAT REASON WAS BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY IN THE AREA. 
          LOTS OF HILLS, LARGE LOTS, AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO BUILD AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE. 
          BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO KNOW, UM, TO HAVE G SOTO INVESTMENTS, SOMEONE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE WHO WAS LOOKING AND PUT A PLACE TO BID FOR THIS PIECES. 
          THESE, THESE LOTS WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES AND THAT THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WILL SELL FOR UNDER $200,000 IN AN AVERAGE SIZE, WHERE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE DO NEED, UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING. 
          AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT THIS IS MOVING FORWARD AND THIS ALL HOMES WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, H I P 120 PROGRAM. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND THEN, UM, MAYOR, I DID WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE ITEM NUMBER 19 WITH THE INVESTMENT OF BOOZE ALLEN HAMILTON, WHO WILL BE COMING FORWARD AGAIN AND REINVESTING IN SAN ANTONIO 250 JOBS, GREAT PAY AND SALARY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVESTMENT AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IN SAN ANTONIO AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD UP OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN VIRON. 
          COUNCILMAN HALL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 10, UH, IN THE DIGNITY AREA, THERE ARE TWO PARKS THAT ARE SIDE BY SIDE AND A, UH, STREET SPLITS FROM, UH, BURNETT STREET. 
          AND SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE COMMUNITY THERE WORKED TO HAVE BEEN WORKING TO CLOSE THAT STREET. 
          UH, THEY WORKED WITH, UM, UH, WITHIN THE BOND PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME BOND FUNDING FOR, FOR THE PROJECT. 
          AND SO NOW WE HAVE A COMBINED PARK THAT'S GONNA BE A TOTAL OF NINE ACRES. 
          AND SO I WANNA THANK THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK. 
          I WANNA THANK CERTAINLY RAZZIE, UM, UH, FOR HIS, HIS TEAM AND HIS WORK AND WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          NICHOLAS VAR, I SEE YOU HERE, UH, AND AND APPRECIATE YOU AND DIGNA WITTY FOR ALL THAT WORK. 
          AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO PASSING THIS ITEM. 
          NUMBER 10, MAYOR, THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN HALL. 
          AND I ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK TO OUR GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE FROM BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON AS WELL, AND WELCOME YOU BACK, UH, EXPANDED PRESENCE. 
          BOB, YOU AND YOUR TEAM HERE TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON FOR SELECTING SAN ANTONIO AS A LOCATION FOR ITS CYBERSECURITY AND DATA SCIENCE TALENT HUB, BRINGING 250 NEW WELL-PAYING JOBS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON IS A GLOBAL FIRM PROVIDING CONSULTING, ANALYTICS, DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, ENGINEERING, AND CYBERS SERVICES WITHIN INDUSTRIES RANGING FROM DEFENSE TO HEALTH TO ENERGY TO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON IS THE FOURTH VIRGINIA BASED COMPANY TO INVEST IN SAN ANTONIO TO ADD TOP TARGET INDUSTRY JOBS FURTHER IS SOLIDIFYING OUR POSITION AS A TOP TIER CYBERSECURITY MARKET AND SECOND IN DENSITY ONLY TO WASHINGTON DC METRO METROPOLITAN AREA. 
          THIS EXPANSION, AS WE'VE SAID, EXEMPLIFIES THE TREND OF INCREASED GROWTH AND SOPHISTICATION OF SAN ANTONIO EMPLOYERS AND OF OUR RESIDENTS WITH A STRONG MILITARY PRESENCE IN A ROBUST LABOR FORCE. 
          THIS PROJECT ALSO EXEMPLIFIES THE IMPACT THAT OUR MILITARY HAS ON THE LOCAL ECONOMY, INCLUDING THE TARGETED INDUSTRIES OF CYBERSECURITY. 
          AND IT BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON'S ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS TO INTERNSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, SUSTAINABILITY, AND COMMUTER BENEFITS WILL FIT RIGHT IN WITH OUR CITY'S FOCUSING FOCUS ON DEVELOPING OUR WORKFORCE. 
          SO WE'RE THRILLED. 
          WE'RE THRILLED THAT YOU'RE HERE. 
          WE'RE THRILLED WITH BOOZ ALLEN. 
          BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON'S PLANS TO EXPAND IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A LONG AND PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP. 
          AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UH, OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPPED TO THE LOWEST POINT IT'S BEEN SINCE 1999. 
          AND WITHIN THAT WE ALSO LEARNED THAT WAGES IN SAN ANTONIO ARE RISING TWICE AS FAST AS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. 
          THAT'S ALL DUE TO OUR STRATEGIC APPROACH TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON IS ONE OF THE STARS OF THAT PROCESS. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INVESTMENT IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU FOR EMPLOYING THE YOUNG TALENT IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF US 'CAUSE THIS IS A GREAT, GREAT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 20 AND 22. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, ITEM 20. 
          ITEM 20 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING 
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THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BEXAR COUNTY RELATING TO THE PROVISIONS OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU, UH, MEGAN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, TO COME FORWARD. 
          UH, THIS ITEM HAS TO DO WITH THE, UH, WITH OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE, WITH THE COUNTY. 
          I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN, UH, THE LAST PORTION OF IT. 
          BUT MEGAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE GO THROUGH THE, THE PRESENTATION? SURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, TODAY WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD THREE RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS TO THE MASTER I L A THAT THE CITY HAS WITH BEXAR COUNTY. 
          AND SO I HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO GO OVER THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN WE HAVE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS AND ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THE THREE AMENDMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO JUST FOR REASON OF BACKGROUND, THE CITY ENTERED INTO A MASTER I L A WITH THE COUNTY BACK IN 2013. 
          AT THAT TIME, WE CONSOLIDATED SEVERAL, SEVERAL SERVICE AREAS ON WHICH WE HAD INDIVIDUAL ILAS WITH THE COUNTY. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT INITIAL MASTER I L A EXPIRED LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER, 2018. 
          AND THEN WE, UM, BROUGHT IT FOR RENEWAL, UM, FOR AN, A NEW FIVE YEAR, UM, AGREEMENT TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, LATE LAST YEAR. 
          AND YOU APPROVED THAT THIS SLIDE JUST, UM, SHOWS THE SERVICE AREAS THAT ARE COVERED BY THE MASTER I L A. 
          YOU SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THAT SLIDE, UM, THE MASTER, I, UH, I L A INCLUDES SEVERAL SERVICE AREAS ON WHICH WE COLLABORATE WITH THE COUNTY AND IT'S VERY HELPFUL AND MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL. 
          SO SINCE, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL APPROVED THE MASTER I L A LATE LAST YEAR, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO US AND THAT STAFF HAS DISCUSSED. 
          AND NOW THESE ARE THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADD AS AMENDMENTS TO THE MASTER I L A. 
          FIRST WE HAVE, UM, I'M GONNA KIND OF COUPLE THE FIRE SERVICES AND INSPECTION AND THE FOOD SERVICES AND PERMITTING AND TO KIND OF ONE AREA, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE MAGISTRATION ONE. 
          SO THE BEXAR COUNTY, UM, CAME TO THE CITY WITH A REQUEST TO BE ABLE TO DO FIRE SERVICES AND INSPECTIONS AND FOOD SERVICE, UM, INSPECTIONS AND PERMITTING ON FOR COUNTY OWNED FACILITIES AND IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA. 
          SO, LIKE I SAID, OUR STAFF HAD BEEN COLLABORATING, WORKING TOGETHER ON WHAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH ENTITIES AND CAME UP WITH A FINAL RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'VE, UM, AGREED UPON WITH THE CITY. 
          I MEAN, I'M SORRY, WITH THE COUNTY. 
          SO IN THE AREA OF FIRE SERVICES AND INSPECTIONS, UM, THE AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW THE COUNTY TO CONDUCT FIRE CODE, FIRE AND CODE INSPECTIONS. 
          UM, AND CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION PLAN REVIEWS AND PERMITTING IN COUNTY OWNED FACILITIES WITHIN THE CI WITHIN CITY LIMITS. 
          THE COUNTY WOULD ALSO, UM, BE AUTHORIZED TO REVIEW AND PERMIT CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND CONDUCT FIRE AND CODE IN INSPECTIONS ON THE, IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA. 
          UM, AND THEN THE COUNTY MUST COMPLY WITH CITY CODES AND MAKE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, UM, UPON CITY'S REQUEST. 
          SO THAT MAKES THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN AND ENSURES THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE CITY HAS QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, WILL COLLABORATE WITH US AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. 
          NOW IN THIS AREA, THE CITY WOULD STILL PROVIDE ALL, ALL PYROTECHNIC PERMITS WITHIN CITY LIMITS, WOULD PROVIDE FIRE WATCH DUTIES AT ALL EVENTS AT THE AT AND T CENTER. 
          UH, WOULD REVIEW AND PERMIT ALL ONE AND TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER PLANS, UM, AND FIRE AND CODE REVIEW IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA FOR RESIDENTIAL. 
          AND THEN WOULD REVIEW AND PERMIT ALL OUTDOOR FOOD BOOTHS AS REQUIRED BY CODE WITHIN CITY LIMITS. 
          NOW IN THE AREA OF FOOD SERVICES AND PERMITTING, UM, THE, THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW THE COUNTY TO REVIEW AND PERMIT FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA. 
          IT WOULD STILL ALLOW THE CITY TO REVIEW AND PERMIT AND INSPECT ALL FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, UM, WITHIN CITY LIMITS, INCLUDING AT COUNTY FACILITIES. 
          A METRO HEALTH DISTRICT ALREADY PERFORMS, UM, THOSE FUNCTIONS AND FELT THAT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THOSE INSPECTIONS AND PERMITTING ALL, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE SAME BEST PRACTICES UNDER ONE ROOF WITH METRO HEALTH DISTRICT. 
          FINALLY, UM, THE THIRD AMENDMENT THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TODAY IS TO, FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE MAGISTRATION OF PERSONS TAKEN TO THE COUNTY JUSTICE INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT ANNEX. 
          UM, UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THE COUNTY WOULD PAY THE CITY ABOUT $294,455 PER YEAR FOR THOSE MAGISTRATION SERVICES. 
          THAT REPRESENTS 35% OF THE TOTAL COST OF MAGISTRATE COURT, UM, THE 35%. 
          SO THE COUNTY WOULD BASICALLY PAY THE CITY TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES FOR THEIR PORTION OF THE MAGISTRATE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO IN IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE THAT CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          FINALLY, UM, THE TERMS, SO THE TWO FIRST, UM, AMENDMENTS IF APPROVED, UM, WOULD JUST FALL IN LINE 
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WITH THE TERM OF THE MASTER I L A. 
          SO IT EXPIRES THE FIRST TERM, EXPIRES AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, BUT THEN THERE ARE FOUR ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS, AND THEN THE MAGISTRATION ADDENDUM WOULD TERMINATE ON A DIFFERENT TIMELINE THAT ONE WOULD TERMINATE ON JANUARY 1ST, 2019. 
          SO I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          UM, FINALLY, UM, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS, UM, TO APPROVE THESE, UM, THREE AMENDMENTS TO THE MASTER I L A. 
          THANK YOU MEGAN. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MAGISTRATION PROCESS. 
          FRED, WHO DO YOU JOIN US? SO FIRST I WANNA THANK, UH, THIS TEAM, UH, FOR WORKING WITH, UH, WITH THE COUNTY AND, UH, WITH ME AS WELL WHEN I VISITED YOU AT, UH, FRANK WING AND FOR DEVELOPING THE TRANSITION PLAN. 
          UM, I'M SURE IT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING. 
          AND YOU STARTED JUST, UH, YESTERDAY. 
          IS, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR WALKING ME THROUGH THAT. 
          AND I KNOW TODAY'S ITEM IS REALLY, UH, FOCUSED ON THE, ON THE PAYMENT. 
          THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S COVERED IN THE, IN THE I L A, BUT THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS WORKS. 
          UM, NOW IT'S MY INTENTION AS SHERIFF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ENSURE THAT WE GET SOME UPDATES AT THAT, UH, AT THAT COMMITTEE AND THAT YOU REPORT ON THE PROGRESS ABSOLUTELY. 
          OF, OF HOW THIS IS WORKING. 
          AND I KNOW AT THAT POINT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE INTERACTION OF THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, UM, THAT I HAVEN'T TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THAT, BUT I'VE TALKED TO JUDGE BULL ABOUT THAT. 
          YES. 
          ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND DRUG REHABILITATION AND HOW WE CAN, UM, INTEGRATE THAT WITH THE, WITH THE MAGISTRATION PROCESS. 
          BUT, UH, FOR RIGHT NOW, I DO HAVE SOME CLARIFYING, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE PROCESS. 
          SO, UM, WHERE IS THE MAGISTRATE GOING TO TAKE PLACE IF WE ARE THE ONES, UH, DOING IT? WILL IT BE AT FRANK WING OR WILL IT BE OVER AT THE COUNTY? UH, YES, COUNCILMAN, AND JUST, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I BROUGHT, UH, TWO OF OUR JUDGES, UH, WE HAVE THE DAYTIME JUDGE MARGARITA POLL WITH ME TODAY. 
          AND, UH, THE EVENING JUDGE, UH, MIKE RAMOS HERE TODAY TOO, TO SPEAK ON ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          UH, WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY DO, UH, MAGISTRATION IN TWO PLACES. 
          WE'RE, WE'VE, WE'VE WRITTEN IT WHERE WE CAN DO VIDEO MAGISTRATION AND WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED DOING THAT YESTERDAY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE IN-PERSON VIDEO, I MEAN IN-PERSON MAGISTRATION AT THE ACTUAL COUNTY FACILITY. 
          AND WE DID THAT YESTERDAY TOO. 
          GREAT. 
          AND THEN, UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT, THAT I WAS DISCUSSING WITH YOU IS, UH, IF WE'RE MAGISTRATE ALL OF THE ARRESTEES IN THE COUNTY, UH, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY ALL REMAIN, UH, IN THE CITY'S CUSTODY OR DO THEY, UH, BECOME THE COUNTY'S CUSTODY? AND AT WHAT POINT DOES THAT HAPPEN? UH, THE, UH, ARRESTING AGENCY HAS CUSTODY OF THAT INDIVIDUAL UP UNTIL THE TIME OF MAGISTRATION. 
          UH, SO THE, THE COUNTY ARRESTEES, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UM, THE, UH, OTHER AGENCIES LIKE, UH, BA HEIGHTS OR ANIMAL HEIGHTS, ALL THE OTHER CITIES AROUND CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, THEY HAVE CUSTODY UNTIL THEY, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS GET, UH, MAGISTRATE. 
          AND ONCE THEY GET MAGISTRATE AND GET COMMITTED TO THE COUNTY JAIL, THEN THEY BECOME THE CUSTODY OF THE, UH, SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 
          AND IF THEY'RE ON BOND, ARE THEY, ARE THEY STILL IN CUSTODY OF THE COUNTY JAIL OR OF THE COUNTY? WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THE QUESTION I'LL ASK MAR MARGARITA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ASK THAT QUESTION. 
          UH, IF THEY'RE OUT ON BOND, TECHNICALLY THEY'RE BEING SUPERVISED BY A COUNTY DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS A PRETRIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, BUT THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY IN CUSTODY. 
          THEY'RE MM-HMM. 
          , YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUT AND ABOUT, BUT THEY ARE REPORTING UNTIL THEIR CASE IS FILED WITH THE DISTRICT OR COUNTY COURT. 
          AND THEN THE, THE CASE BECOMES, UM, I GUESS PROPERTY OF THE COUNTY OR DISTRICT, UM, COURT TO CHANGE OR, UM, DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH THE BOND AND, UM, THE CASE. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO BE COGNIZANT OF, IS THAT AN ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE'RE TAKING, UH, THAT WE'RE TAKING ON? NO, NO. 
          EVERYTHING REMAINS THE SAME. 
          THE PROCESSES AS THEY HAVE BEEN WILL REMAIN THE SAME. 
          IT'S JUST WHO'S DOING THE MAGISTRATION IS GONNA CHANGE, BUT IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY CHANGE, UM, ANYTHING FOR THE DEFENDANTS AS FAR AS, UM, WHERE THEY'RE HOUSED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR HOW THEIR CASE IS HANDLED. 
          IT'S JUST THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WHO IS ACTUALLY ADVISING THEM OF WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEM INTERVIEWED FOR ATTORNEYS, HAVING THEM, UH, HAVING MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS ORDERED. 
          UM, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING JUST BY A DIFFERENT PERSON. 
          SO THAT'S HAPPENING BY THE CITY'S TEAM NOW? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          BY YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. 
          I THINK, UH, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MAY HAVE, UH, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THERE, 
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THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 20, COUNCILMAN VIA GROUND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, FOR PULLING THIS ITEM. 
          UH, 'CAUSE WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS OF CLARIFICATION THAT I, I NEEDED HERE. 
          UM, I WANTED TO STAY ON THAT EXAMPLE THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN TALKED ABOUT. 
          LIKE WHAT IF THEY'RE OUT ON BOND? YOU MENTIONED JUDGE THAT IT, IF, UM, IF THEY'RE ON BOND, IF THEY'RE REPORTING, BUT WHAT IF THEY AREN'T REPORTING? THEN WHAT HAPPENS? WHO HAS THE JURISDICTION OVER THAT? SO THE, THEY WOULD REMAIN, UM, UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IN THE PAST, UM, THAT HAS, THAT HAS FALLEN TO, UM, AND PROBABLY FRED COULD SPEAK ON THIS BETTER THAN I COULD 'CAUSE HE'S BEEN, UH, HERE LONGER. 
          BUT I KNOW IN THE PAST, UM, THE COUNTY AND DISTRICT JUDGES, ONCE THE MAGISTRATE HAD OCCURRED, UM, THEN ANY MODIFICATIONS OF THE BOND WERE BEING APPROVED BY THE COUNTY AND DISTRICT JUDGES. 
          AND THAT WAS REALLY, I BELIEVE, UH, LIKE A GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT, UM, FOR THEM TO HANDLE THAT. 
          BUT AT THIS TIME, THEY'RE NOT WANTING TO HANDLE THAT. 
          AND SO IT'S, IT'S BEING SENT BACK TO THE CITY MAGISTRATES AND RIGHTFULLY SO, BECAUSE THERE'S CASE LAW THAT SAYS THAT IT'S, IT REMAINS OUR CASE UNTIL THE CASE IS FILED, UM, IN EITHER COUNTY OR DISTRICT COURT. 
          SO ON, ON THAT NOTE, THEN I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON OUR JUDGES, OR IS THAT GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON OUR JUDGES IF THAT, THAT WHOLE CHANGING OF IT? MICHAEL, DO YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, MICHAEL ZITO IS HERE TOO, FROM THE, FROM THE COUNTY. 
          HE CAN HI. 
          MAYBE ADDRESS THAT POINT. 
          FIRST OFF, I'M MICHAEL ZITO. 
          I, I WORK WITH, UH, BEXAR COUNTY. 
          I'M THE, UH, DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND I WORK FOR THE, UH, COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE IN COMMISSIONER'S COURT. 
          UM, SO, SO THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU'VE HAD ON THERE, UH, REGARDING JURISDICTION, YEAH, IT WAS, UH, UNDER THE LAW, IT'S CLEARLY SET THAT THE MAGISTRATE IS, IS, UM, SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT THE CASE UNTIL IT'S INDICTED OR, OR FILED IN THAT PROCESS TO ALLOW THAT, UH, IMPARTIALITY AND INDEPENDENCE IN THE DECISION OF THAT CASE. 
          AND, AND, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CASES IT, IT, IT GOES CASE BY CASE BY BY EACH JUDGE. 
          UH, SO IT HASN'T BEEN BLANKET WHERE, UM, WE CAN'T BRING THE CASE TO THE ACTUAL COURT OF RECORD AND HAVE THEM ADDRESS IT. 
          SO WE'RE KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, THE, THE PROCESS ON OUR END FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DO WANT, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR, UM, WORKING WITH US ON THIS PROJECT. 
          UH, WE'VE ASKED ON THERE BECAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS, THIS HAS BEEN DEALT WITH IN OUR BUDGET, UH, GOING BACK TO SEPTEMBER OF, OF LAST YEAR, WHERE WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA HAVE TWO DIFFERENT MAGISTRATION SYSTEMS DOING THE SAME THING. 
          AND, UM, SO WE'VE STUDIED IT, UH, THROUGHOUT THAT TIME WE'VE MET WITH THE JUDGES AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO BRING IT TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UH, UH, LAST WEEK ON THE 23RD TO, TO LOOK AT IF, IF WE COULD CONTRACT WITH THE CITY TO PROVIDE THOSE SAME SERVICES THAT ARE OUT THERE. 
          AND WE FEEL THOSE EFFICIENCIES. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE, ON THE, UH, UM, 65%, 35%, THE QUESTION WAS, IS THAT WOULD THAT CHANGE LAW ENFORCEMENT? LIKE WHERE DO THEY GO AND PROCESS? AND NOTHING CHANGES IN THERE. 
          THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES IS THE MAGISTRATE WILL EITHER REMOTE VIDEO THE MAGISTRATION OR THEY MAY BE OVER THERE AT THE FACILITY. 
          SO WE'RE KIND OF WORKING IN BETWEEN BOTH. 
          THE, THE HOPE IS, IS THAT IT, THAT MOST OF IT WILL BE, UH, REMOTE ON THAT END. 
          SO, UM, THE, THE WORKLOAD OF, OF YOUR JUDGES HAS NOT INCREASED ON THAT END OF IT. 
          UM, THE OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT WHERE IN THE UNKNOWN ARE WHAT, WHAT THE JUDGE WAS TALKING ABOUT IS, IS, UM, DEALING WITH, UM, BOND MODIFICATIONS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ON THERE. 
          SO MOST OF THE CASES THAT WE DEAL WITH THAT ARE, ARE PRETRIAL ARE MOSTLY MISDEMEANOR CASES. 
          AND THOSE CASES ARE FILED GENERALLY FAIRLY QUICK, PROBABLY WITHIN ABOUT FIVE TO 10 DAYS IS WHEN THEY'RE FILED. 
          SO IT ACTUALLY GOES INTO THE COURT'S JURISDICTION FOR THEM TO ADDRESS UNLESS THERE'S A BLOOD DRAW OR DRUGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU. 
          AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU A QUESTION JUST IN A SECOND. 
          SURE. 
          AND, UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, I MEAN, AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED THAT THIS IS ABOUT, UM, THAT DOLLARS AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR, BUT NOT ONLY THAT, UM, THE WORKLOAD OF OUR JUDGES AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE IF THE VIDEO MAGISTRATION IS NOT GOING TO BE WORKING, UM, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND I MEAN, WE'RE COMING TO THE I L A, YES, WE'RE DISCUSSING THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, BUT Y'ALL HAD TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT OF THIS FIRST AND THE PROCESSES, AND Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY STARTED BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY ALREADY PULLED THE MONEY TOO. 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS GOING TO FUNCTION WELL FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          AND THAT'S 
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JUST MY CONCERN, UM, HERE, THAT EVERY, THE PROCESS IS GOING TO RUN, AND I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT FOR US AND A LITTLE BIT NEW, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THROUGH THE COUNCILWOMAN, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, THAT WE HAVE THESE UPDATES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE COMFORTABLE, OUR OFFICES ARE COMFORTABLE, AND THAT IT'S RUNNING EFFICIENTLY FOR THE ENTIRE CITY AND COUNTY. 
          UM, MICHAEL, JUST ONE MORE QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK, UH, IT'S A NEED FOR CLARIFICATION. 
          'CAUSE SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ARE SAYING THAT ONE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT RECENTLY CAME OUT FROM THE COUNTY, FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ABOUT, UM, THE, UH, CRIMINAL TRESPASSING, THAT THAT'S NO LONGER GOING TO BE, UM, UH, UH, INSTIGATED, UM, ENFORCED. 
          AND DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS MASTER I L A AND HOW DOES IT, AND THEN I SEE, UH, CHIEF TREVINO BACK THERE, SO YOU CAN ANSWER PART OF IT TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE DOING A LOT OF, UH, WORK WITH THESE CRIMINAL TRESPASSING, UM, WITH HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON BUSINESSES IN OUR AREAS. 
          SO DOES THAT ONE, DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS MASTER I L A TWO, CAN YOU GIVE SOME POINTS OF CLARIFICATION FROM THE COUNTY SIDE, MICHAEL, AND THEN, UH, CHIEF VINNO, IF YOU COULD GIVE SOME CLARIFICATIONS? YEAH, NO, UH, THIS DOESN'T IMPACT THE I L A. 
          SO IT, IT'S, IT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS. 
          SO WHEN, WHEN A, WHEN AN OFFICER BRINGS SOMEBODY IN ON, ON A CHARGE, UM, AS THEY'RE PROCESSED THROUGH THE FACILITY, THEY, THEY GO TO THE DA AND THE DA LOOKS AT THE CASE EVEN BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE, UM, UH, RECEIVES THE CASE. 
          SO, UH, AT THAT POINT, THE DA CAN REJECT THE CASE AND THEN IT WON'T EVEN GO TO THE MAGISTRATE FOR, FOR, FOR ANY ACTION. 
          SO IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT PROCESS IN THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, MA'AM. 
          AND ON THE, UH, FRONT END, FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S NO CHANGE. 
          OKAY. 
          ON, ON OUR, UH, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, OFFICERS ARE STILL ARRESTING FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASS VIOLATIONS IF THEY HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALSO ENCOURAGING OUR OFFICERS TO USE DISCRETION WHEN APPROPRIATE. 
          SURE. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE FOR US IN POLICY, OUR PRACTICE. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO FURTHER CONVERSATIONS IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN GRO, COUNCILMAN CURRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST HAD ONE CLARIFICATION, MEGAN. 
          UM, ON PAGE SEVEN, UH, WHERE IT SAID ADDENDUM TERMS YES. 
          IT SAYS, MAGISTRATION ADDENDUM TERMINATES ON JANUARY 1ST, 2019. 
          THAT'S ALREADY FOUR MONTHS AGO. 
          OH, IS THAT INCORRECT? I'M SORRY. 
          IT'S JANUARY 1ST. 
          2020. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT. 
          I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE COUNCIL. 
          COUNCILMAN HALL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I, I KNOW THAT, UM, CITY COUNTY CONSOLIDATION HAS BEEN LONG DISCUSSED AND, UH, PROBABLY FAIRLY TABOO. 
          UH, I WASN'T ONE OF THOSE THAT THAT FAVORED CITY COUNTY CONSOLIDATION, BUT I THINK THE PARALLEL TRACK IS DOING THINGS TOGETHER THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          UH, PARTICULARLY WHERE THERE ARE OVERLAPS AND WE CAN BECOME MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AS, UH, AS A COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO I THINK THIS IS ONE, PARTICULARLY MAGISTRATION AND SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN LISTED, BUT, UH, PARTICULARLY MAGISTRATION IS ONE SUCH AREA. 
          UH, SO MEGAN, MAYBE JUST ONE QUICK STATEMENT AS TO WHY THIS MAKES SENSE AND HOW DO WE COME UP WITH A 294,455 AMOUNT? THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN HALL. 
          SO WHY IT MAKES SENSE TO ENTER INTO THE MASTER I L A AT ALL, THESE ARE ITEMS THAT, UM, ON WHICH WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE WITH THE COUNTY, AND IT REALLY MAKES SENSE TO PARTNER ON THAT LONG LIST OF ITEMS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ACHIEVE EFFICIENCIES AND EFFECTIVENESS. 
          AND SO, UM, WE'RE BOTH SERVING SIMILAR COM, YOU KNOW, IN THE SAME COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ENTER INTO THE MASTER I L A FOR ALL THOSE AREAS. 
          UM, IT JUST MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, ON THE MAGISTRATION, YOU WANTED A, YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE BUDGET AND WHY IT'S THE TWO 94,000, RIGHT? HOW, HOW DID WE COME UP WITH THAT FIGURE? SO THE TOTAL COST OF, LEMME JUST PULL UP. 
          THE, THE TOTAL COST OF THE MAGISTRATE COURT IS 841,300. 
          THE COUNTY'S PORTION IS OF, THE KIND OF PROPORTION OF ARRESTEES IS ABOUT 35%. 
          AND SO THAT TWO 94,000 IS 35% OF THE TOTAL COST. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND IS THIS A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT? HOW, HOW LONG IS THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT? SO THIS PARTICULAR ONE WOULD, UM, THE ENTIRE MASTER I L A, UM, GOES ABOUT FIVE YEARS. 
          IT, IT, IT'S ONE YEAR AND THEN FOUR ONE YEAR RENEWALS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE MAGISTRATE ONE WOULD EXPIRE THIS COMING JANUARY, 2020. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW IT'S WORKING OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND TO MAKE A, A FINAL RECOMMENDATION ON, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO, AND TO MAYBE COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN VIE GRAND'S POINT AND 
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OTHERS, IF THERE ARE ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE IN THE PRICE, ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHIN THE FOUR YEAR, THE INITIAL FOUR YEAR PERIOD OR ON THE PRICE FOR THE MAGISTRATE? RIGHT. 
          YES, I BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION AND FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE COULD MAKE TO MAYOR COUNCIL ON, ON WHAT MAKES SENSE AND YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR, I DID, COUNCILMAN, REAL QUICK, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT $294,000 THAT IS PER RATED MONTH TO MONTH, SO THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE THE PORTION OF THAT THAT UNTIL JANUARY, UM, 2020. 
          GOT IT. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN YOU ON THE TOUR THE OTHER NIGHT AT, AT THE MAGISTRATE ON THE CITY SIDE. 
          AND SO WE, UH, IT WAS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IN ACTION, UM, AND SEE WHERE THE COMBINATIONS MIGHT WORK. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN HALL. 
          COUNCILMAN SALANA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, FRED, I THINK THIS WILL, THIS QUESTION WILL BE FOR YOU MAYBE ETAL IF YOU HAVE A, IT'S ABOUT THE, UM, CHANGE IN THE WAY WE WILL HANDLE BAIL HEARINGS IN THIS NEW EIGHT MONTH PILOT VERSUS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN TERMS OF A, A, LET ME SEE IF I'VE GOT THIS RIGHT, A SORT OF TWO TRACK PROCESS. 
          THERE'S A, THERE'S A WAY THAT BAIL HEARINGS ARE HANDLED AT THE COUNTY VERSUS THE WAY THAT BAIL HEARINGS ARE HANDLED, UH, AT THE CITY AND THAT WE'RE NOW GOING TO PROVIDE JUST ONE TRACK. 
          IS THAT SOMEWHAT CLOSE TO YES. 
          DESCRIBE, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. 
          AND A AS, AS YOU WOULD RECALL, UH, PRIOR TO 2007, THE, THE CITY MAGISTRATES, THE CITY JUDGES DID ALL MAGISTRATION FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY. 
          UH, GOING BACK TO THE 1990S. 
          I MEAN, BEFORE THAT, UH, SINCE 2007, UH, THE COUNTY CREATED THESE COUNTY MAGISTRATES AND, UH, IT, UH, UP UNTIL, UH, APRIL 30TH, UH, THEY FUNDED TILL APRIL 30TH. 
          BUT AS YOU RECALL, SINCE NOVEMBER OF, OF LAST YEAR, THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING, THE CITY JUDGES HAVE BEEN DOING THE MAGISTRATION FOR ALL OF S A P D ARRESTS. 
          AND AS MEGAN POINTED OUT, THAT'S ABOUT 65% OF, OF THE TOTAL ARRESTEES. 
          UH, WE DO THAT AT THE, UH, CITY FACILITY, THE MAGISTRATION AND AND BAIL HEARINGS WERE DONE AT THE COUNTY FACILITY. 
          SO, UH, NOW AS AS POINTED OUT, WE'RE GONNA DO THE A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, OF THESE HEARINGS AND AT, AT BOTH, BASICALLY BOTH LOCATIONS, UM, PRIMARILY THE VIDEO. 
          BUT AT TIMES, IF WE NEED TO SEND A JUDGE OVER TO THE FACILITY IN PERSON AND WE'LL DO THAT TOO. 
          AND THIS IS AN EIGHT MONTH PILOT, UH, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THAT THE, UH, THE AGREEMENTS FOR EIGHT MONTHS TO JANUARY OF 2020, AND THEN, UH, I GUESS BOTH SIDES WILL LOOK AT IT AND, YOU KNOW, TO SEE IF IT'S FEASIBLE TO CONTINUE THAT OR, OR TO CHANGE THAT. 
          AND I WANT SORT OF, I WANNA TIP MY HAT TO THE COUNTY IN THE, IN THE WAY THAT THEY'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS PUBLICLY IS THAT THEY'VE SORT OF SEEN TWO DIFFERENT TRACKS OF, OF THE APPLICATION OF, I'M JUST GONNA TERM IT JUSTICE SINCE I'M NOT A LAWYER. 
          BUT THE APPLICATION OF, OF, OF THOSE BAIL HEARINGS IS PARTICULARLY SOMETHING THAT'S GOTTEN A LOT OF ATTENTION, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THE INTERPLAY WITH PUBLIC DEFENDERS. 
          AND SO, IF I'M GONNA USE A COMPARISON, I'LL USE THE COMPARISON WITH, WITH TRUANCY COURT, WHEN WE USED TO HAVE A COUNTY VERSION OF, OF TRUANCY JUSTICE AND A CITY VERSION OF TRUANCY JUSTICE IN TERMS OF A JUSTICE SYSTEM AND HOW YOU GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AS A PARENT, I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS IS SIMILAR IN THE EIGHT MONTH PROCESS WHERE, WHERE WE'RE GOING AWAY FROM TWO DIFFERENT TRACKS WHERE YOU COULD CHOOSE, WELL, I SUPPOSE YOU COULDN'T CHOOSE COUNTY SHERIFFS ARE NOW IN THE STATUS QUO, WOULD'VE OTHERWISE GONE TO THE COUNTY MAGISTRATION PROCESS, SAP D WOULD GO THROUGH SAP'S MAGISTRATION PROCESS. 
          AND THERE HAD BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF CRITICISM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TRUE OR NOT, BUT I'M JUST GONNA TAKE THE, THE COUNTY JUDGE'S WORD FOR IT. 
          THAT, THAT THE CITY WAS APPLYING A MORE EVEN-HANDED APPROACH TO ALLOWING PUBLIC DEFENDERS TO COME IN AND MAYBE DIVERT, UH, UM, FOLKS FROM HAVING TO GO TO JAIL UNNECESSARILY IF THERE WERE NO RISK TO, UM, THE PUBLIC IN ANY WAY THAT A PUBLIC DEFENDER WOULD COME BY AND DO AN EVALUATION. 
          SO HERE'S WHERE I GET THE, THE COUNTY TO STAND UP OUT OF THEIR SEAT BECAUSE THEY WANNA COMMENT ON IT. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO TALK ABOUT NOT JUST THE, THE, THE DOLLARS AND CENTS, BUT WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE OVERARCHING, UM, UH, GOAL THAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR WITH RESPECT TO THE APPLICATION, TO THE CITIZEN WHO IS GOING THROUGH OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
          COUNCILMAN YOU, I MEAN, YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD. 
          UH, AS FAR AS WHAT, WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE FOR THIS PROCESS, AND IT'S WHAT WE FOUND AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A, UM, IN CUSTODY DEATH THE OTHER DAY OF AN INDIVIDUAL THAT CAME IN THAT HAD, UM, WAS NOT PROBABLY IN THE BEST MENTAL STATUS OR STATE AND THEY WERE JUST RUSHED THROUGH TO THE JAIL RATHER THAN, UM, HAVING THEM IN FRONT OF A, A MAGISTRATE WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER AND THE, UH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THERE TO ACTUALLY TALK 
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ABOUT THE CASE AND SAY, WHAT'S THE BEST THING? CAN WE DO AN EMERGENCY DETENTION TO A PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY RATHER THAN THE JAIL? AND I THINK, UM, THIS IS WHAT, WHAT THE SERVICES OF YOUR MAGISTRATES DO IS, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING THEY DID WHEN THEY CAME IN THERE WAS, IS THEY DIDN'T LOOK AT A CASE OR WANT TO, UH, BRING THAT CASE UP FOR MAGISTRATION UNTIL THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE LOOKED AT IT AND THEY LOOKED AT IT, YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU ASKED FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THOSE, AND WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS THERE 24 7 AT THE FACILITY. 
          SO NOW WE'VE KIND OF TAKEN THE, THE SYSTEM SLOWED IT A LITTLE BIT DOWN JUST TO SPELL THE ROPES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ALL THE BENEFITS AND SERVICES THAT WE CAN DO UPFRONT FOR THAT PERSON AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION ON THEIR RELEASE IF THEY SHOULD GET OUT ON A PR BOND OR BAIL. 
          WHAT ARE THE RIGHT CONDITIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE BEING, BEING DONE ON THERE. 
          SO, UM, I REALLY DO THINK IN THE LONG RUN, THIS IS GONNA REALLY, IT'S GONNA BRING SOME EFFICIENCIES FOR, FOR THE CITIZENS OF BEXAR COUNTY, THE ONES THAT ARE NOT DANGEROUS TO GET 'EM TO THE RIGHT PLACES AND DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR REALLY STEPPING UP ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MICHAEL. 
          CORRECT, YES. 
          SO MICHAEL, I WANT TO, I WANNA SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE AND, AND, AND DESCRIBING IT IN THOSE TERMS THAT THERE IS A, THERE'S THE IDEA OF, OF WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER IN A PARTNERSHIP. 
          AND IF I'M AN, IF I'M AN EVERYDAY CITIZEN LOOKING AT THIS AND, AND LOOKING AT IT FROM THE OUTSIDE, NOT KNOWING THE CONTEXT, UH, ONE WOULD ASSUME IT IS A COUNTY VERSUS CITY WHO'S DOING IT, IT BETTER. 
          WHERE CAN WE, WHERE CAN WE SORT OF ROOT FOR ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER? IT'S REALLY NOT ANYTHING ABOUT NO SORT OF ROOTING FOR ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER OR WHO'S DOING IT BETTER. 
          I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ROOTING FOR IS THAT IF YOU, LIKE, I THINK A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE IN BEXAR COUNTY, UH, ARE SOMEONE, OR KNOW SOMEONE IN THEIR FAMILY WHO HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, YOU WOULD WANT THEM TO HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, TO THE DUE PROCESS, UH, AFFORDED THEM, ESPECIALLY IF THAT PERSON IS STRUGGLING WITH ISSUES THAT ARE, THAT GO BEYOND JUST A MISTAKE THAT THEY MADE THAT ONE NIGHT IF THEY'RE BEING PROCESSED. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ROOTING FOR THIS TO WORK IN THE EIGHT MONTH PROCESS FOR US TO HAVE LEARNINGS THAT EITHER THE CITY IS, YOU KNOW, DECENT AT THIS AND COULD GET BETTER, OR THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO LEARN A TON FROM THIS EIGHT MONTH. 
          AND, AND I, AND I THINK IT TAKES A LOT OF REMOVAL OF EGOS, UH, THAT I'M REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR, UM, THAT, THAT I'M SURPRISED TO SEE AND, AND REALLY DELIGHTED THAT WE'RE GETTING INTO THIS PARTNERSHIP TO, TO, TO REALLY LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT HOW WE CAN APPLY THAT EVENLY TO, TO OUR CITIZENS WHEN, WITH REGARD TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS TOO THAT WE WILL BE DOING IS, UM, WE'LL HAVE AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT WILL OVERSEE THIS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ON THERE. 
          SO IT'LL HAVE A, A MEMBER FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, UH, A MEMBER FROM THE DISTRICT JUDGES, UH, ON THERE, THE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE, AND THEN A MEMBER FROM, UH, FROM CITY COUNCIL, FROM THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL ALSO BE ON THERE SO THEY CAN LOOK AT THE, THE PROCESS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO, I THINK ACTUALLY LOOK AT THOSE THINGS AND REFINE THOSE THINGS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH, WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND, UH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT TRACK. 
          'CAUSE I, I REALLY FEEL ON THIS, THE, THEY CALL THIS 1517 HEARING OR BAIL HEARING AND IT'S, TO ME, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HEARINGS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S GONNA DECIDE WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT, HAVE THEIR FREEDOM, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE ARE, ARE INCARCERATED, IF THEY'RE, UH, PAYING RENT OR THEY HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE, JUST BEING IN, IN JAIL TWO OR THREE DAYS LOSING THEIR JOB, UH, TRYING TO RECOVER FROM THOSE PROCESSES AND, YOU KNOW, AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES UP TO FIVE YEARS FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN IN JAIL FOR 10 DAYS TO RECOUP WHERE THEY WERE, UM, PRIOR TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE INCARCERATION. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, MICHAEL AND FRED AND, AND I, UM, I HAVE A LOT TO SAY, BUT, UH, THIS IS A NEW AREA FOR ME. 
          I'M NAIVE IN SOME SPACES. 
          I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME CONVERSATION TO HAVE AROUND, UH, BAIL REFORM THAT I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT WELL, BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA UPSET SOME INDUSTRIES. 
          UM, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT, BUT I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT IF SOMEBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, DEFER JAIL OR, OR, OR AVOID HAVING TO GO TO JAIL, THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN INDUSTRY WITHIN THE BAIL BOND INDUSTRIES THAT MIGHT NOT LIKE THAT. 
          BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, WE'RE NOT HERE TO PROP UP ANY INDUSTRY. 
          WE'RE HERE TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS ARE TREATED EQUALLY. 
          UM, AND I'M, I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE TAKING A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN SALDANA. 
          AND OF COURSE, I THINK THE MAGISTRATION PROCESS IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE I L A, UM, GENERALLY A, A NON, UM, UM, NON DEBATED TOPIC. 
          BUT THIS PORTION OF IT HAS BEEN, AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE PUBLIC EXPECTS US TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, BUT ALSO TO IMPROVE SERVICES AND OUTCOMES IN PEOPLE'S LIVES AND ALSO TO SAVE TAXPAYERS' MONEY. 
          AND I THINK THAT THIS IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT KIND OF POLICY. 
          THE CITY MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES, AS YOU KNOW, ARE ALREADY HANDLING, UH, 
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AND MAGISTRATE OVER TWO THIRDS OF THE CASES SINCE THESE ARE ARRESTEES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN DONE, UH, WITH SMART AND WITH COMPASSION AND HAS ALREADY SAVED TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 
          WANT TO CREDIT OUR PRESIDING JUDGE JOHN BULL AND HIS COURT ADMINISTRATION TEAM FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN THIS REGARD. 
          AND ALSO, UH, OUR COLLEAGUES OVER AT THE COURT, UH, COUNTY JUDGE NELSON W NELSON WOLF, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOE GONZALEZ AND OUR LOCAL JURIS FOR THEIR COLLABORATION IN BRINGING THIS TO FRUITION AT THE COUNTY. 
          SO I ASKED FOR MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR FULL SUPPORT AND THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR REPO OF ITEM 20, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES ITEM 22. 
          ITEM 22 IS AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BROOKS AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN AS A COMPONENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN OF THE CITY. 
          UH, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR COLLEAGUE, UH, LEO GOMEZ. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 
          MR. CITY MANAGER. 
          UH, I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE CARLOS CONTRERAS, WHO'S ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT BROOKS. 
          UH, MY NAME FOR THE RECORD IS LEO GOMEZ AND I'M THE PRESIDENT AND C E O OF BROOKS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE BROOKS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN. 
          WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST A PLAN, BUT IT'S A PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING EXCITED ABOUT. 
          BUT IT STARTED WITH YOUR INITIATIVE COUNSEL, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT YOUR INITIATIVE WITH THE CONS COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS, DESIGNATING THE 13 REGIONAL CENTERS, AND THEN CHOOSING BROOKS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IN COMPLETING THE FIRST PLAN. 
          AND WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THAT PROCESS. 
          AND LEMME TELL YOU, THE PROCESS WAS A COMPLETE ONE, A THOROUGH ONE, A TRANSPARENT ONE, AND A VERY INCLUSIVE ONE. 
          OVER 50 ORGANIZATIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THROUGHOUT THE REGION PARTICIPATED IN THAT PROCESS. 
          AND FOR THAT, I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO YOUR PLANNING TEAM LED BY BRIDGET WHITE, RUDY NINO, AND THEN SPECIFICALLY JANA ELLI, WHO REALLY WAS THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND WORKING THE PLAN DAY IN, DAY OUT. 
          SO JANET, THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW SHE WAS SITTING BACK HERE SOMEWHERE. 
          UM, LET, LET ME JUST QUICKLY GET TO A COUPLE OF POINTS I WANNA MAKE. 
          AND THEY'RE REALLY ALL ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. 
          WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A PROCESS, A LOT OF FOLKS, UH, UH, HAVE BOUGHT INTO IT. 
          THEY HAVE EQUITY IN THE PROCESS, AND WE NOW HAVE A PLAN. 
          AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WOULD AGREE THAT WE WANT THAT PLAN TO BE IMPLEMENTED, AND I'M HERE TO SAY TO YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD AND OUR ORGANIZATION, THAT WE'RE WILLING PARTNERS IN THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          SO ON THAT NOTE, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE BROOKS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY CAN BE ENGAGED BEYOND ITS BOUNDARIES, AND WE'RE READY TO DO SO. 
          AND WE'RE READY TO WORK WITH YOU ON IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATE SCOPE IN WHICH THE BROOKS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY CAN TAKE A LEAD BEYOND ITS BOUNDARIES, BUT WITHIN THE BROOKS REGION. 
          BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S THE RIGHT AREAS WHERE OUR ROLE IS MORE OF A SUPPORTIVE ROLE TO ANOTHER ENTITY WITHIN THE REGION, AND WE WERE PREPARED TO DO THAT. 
          AND FINALLY, WE'RE PREPARED TO FOLLOW WHERE WE NEED TO FOLLOW. 
          THE POINT IS, WE HAVE A REGION THAT IS NOT JUST A REGION, IT'S A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW EACH OTHER UP AND DOWN THOSE CORRIDORS WHO HAVE BREATHED HOPE AND EXCITEMENT INTO THE FUTURE BY THIS PROCESS. 
          AND I WANNA WORK WITH YOU ALL IN MAKING SURE THAT WE IMPLEMENT THE OUTCOMES OR THE GOALS THAT WERE SET BY THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OR BY THE BROOKS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN. 
          SO ON THAT NOTE, AGAIN, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BROOKS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT THE BROOKS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN, AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT. 
          THANK YOU, LEO. 
          COUNCILMAN GRO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I AM VERY PROUD TO BE AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, I KNOW A COUPLE OF US HERE ON THE COUNCIL WERE HERE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WITH THE ESSAY TOMORROW PLAN AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PLANS AND, UM, HOW IT WAS WITH, UM, FITS AND STARTS, AND WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS. 
          UM, BUT HERE WE ARE TODAY AND I AM VERY PROUD THAT THIS IS THE FIRST OF THE ESSAY TOMORROW PLANS TO BE COMPLETED. 
          AND IT WILL BE THE FIRST TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTING THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES THAT ENSURE THAT THE BROOKS REGIONAL AREA PLAN CAN HAVE QUA HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          ONE THING ABOUT THIS AREA SPECIFICALLY YOU ALL KNOW, OR IF YOU DON'T KNOW, DISTRICT THREE IS THE LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE'RE 84 SQUARE MILES. 
          WE ARE THE SIZE OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF AREA TO COVER. 
          THE AREA SURROUNDING HERE IS 7 8 2 3 5. 
          THAT IS THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING ZIP CODE IN THE ENTIRE CITY 
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OF SAN ANTONIO FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. 
          AND THIS PLAN ORIGINALLY WAS NOT PART OF PHASE ONE IMPLEMENTATION OF, UM, THE SA TOMORROW PLAN. 
          IT WAS PART OF PHASE TWO AND A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK. 
          UM, I WAS VERY, I WAS UNHAPPY WITH THAT, THAT THIS AREA WAS NOT A PART OF PHASE ONE IMPLEMENTATION. 
          AND I LET MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES KNOW, I LET THE CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME KNOW, AND WE WERE HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ECONOMIC SEGREGATION IN THIS CITY. 
          AND YOU ALL, TO MY COLLEAGUES HERE AND THOSE THAT ARE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THIS, WE MOVED FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT BROOKS WAS ON PHASE ONE OF THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          AND NOW FROM NOT HA NOT EVEN BEING ON PHASE ONE IMPLEMENTATION NOW, WE ARE THE FIRST PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THIS, UH, ESSAY TOMORROW PLAN. 
          SO THANK YOU BRIDGET, AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL OF THE WORK. 
          UM, THANK YOU PETER, UH, FOR YOUR WORK WITH ESSAY TOMORROW AND SHOWING UP TO THE MEETINGS AND BEING THERE AND KEEPING EVERYONE IN LINE AND ON TASK AND MAKING SURE THAT THINGS KEPT MOVING ALONG. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE RESIDENTS TALKED ABOUT, BECAUSE WE HAD SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS, SEVERAL PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS, AND THERE WAS INVESTMENT AND WHAT THEY SAID, THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SAID, 'CAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY BROOKS, THIS IS HIGHLAND FOREST, HIGHLAND HILLS, HOT WELLS AREA, AND OTHERS IN AND AROUND THAT BROOKSIDE, ALL OF THIS AREA. 
          WHAT THEY SAID IS THAT THEY WANTED BELIEVERS WHAT WE NEEDED. 
          WERE BELIEVERS IN THE SOUTH SIDE AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING BELIEVERS AND THANK YOU FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AND THE CONTINUED INVESTMENT THAT YOU SEE IN THIS AREA. 
          AND THANK YOU BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE CURRENT AND THE FUTURE INVESTMENTS, PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, LOOK FOR TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND, UH, TRANSPORTATION CONGESTION ALLEVIATION. 
          AND THIS IS GIVING OUR RESIDENTS THE VO, THEY USE THEIR VOICE, THEY PLANNED, AND THEY'RE CREATING THEIR OWN FUTURE IN THIS AREA. 
          AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THEIR VISIONS THROUGH THIS PLAN MOVING FORWARD. 
          I DO ALSO WANT TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD, UM, CITY CLERK, SOME LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM ORGANIZATIONS AND FROM SOME NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WHO WERE PART OF THIS. 
          AND, UM, THIS STARTED A WHILE AGO. 
          SO AT THAT POINT, I WANT TO BRING A BRIDGET UP HERE. 
          IF YOU COULD JUST SHOWCASED FOR US, I GUESS THE, THE TIMELINE OF WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED. 
          SO NOT THE WHOLE PRESENTATION, BUT THE TIMELINE OF WHEN IT FIRST STARTED, BUT ALSO, UM, THE GRAPHIC OF ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAD INVESTED IN THIS AS WELL. 
          I'M SURE. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS, WE ACTUALLY STARTED AFTER COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONFERENCE AND PLAN IN 26 16. 
          WE THEN IDENTIFIED THE REGIONAL CENTER AREAS AND COMMUNITY PLAN AREAS, AND WE WORKED WITH NOT ONLY A PLANNING TEAM MADE UP OF 27 MEMBERS, BUT ALSO A NUMBER OF PARTNERS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING, UH, BROOKS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THE BAPTIST HOSPITAL HAVEN FOR HOPE, C P S, SARAH, I BELIEVE IN FACT, A A FEW OF THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT ARE FROM, UM, SARAH AND VIA, AND ALSO IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT AS COUNCILMAN VIA GAR MENTIONED, WE HAD, UM, A NUMBER OF PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AND ALSO COMMUNITY EVENTS AND GATHERINGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST 24 MONTHS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIDGET. 
          AND SO FROM 2016 UNTIL NOW, UM, THANK YOU TO COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ TOO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN YOUR COMMITTEE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, UM, SO WE COULD HAVE IT TODAY. 
          AND THE ADOPTION OF THE BROOKS AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN WILL GUIDE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO CONTINUE REINVESTING IN THE SOUTH SIDE, IMPROVE MOBILITY, HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT WHILE PROTECTING THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE AREA AND FURTHERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS EMERGENT ACTIVITY CENTER. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'M VERY PROUD TO MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          COUNCILMAN SANDAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE BROOKS AREA AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND OF COURSE, COUNCILWOMAN BRAN FOR HAVING THE FIRST, UH, REGIONAL CENTER PLAN, UH, THROUGH THIS ESSAY TOMORROW PROCESS FOR YOUR TENACITY AND ADVOCACY. 
          AND I THINK YOU ARE CHANGING THE REPUTATION OF THE SOUTH SIDE INTO ONE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO WANT TO GO AND WANT TO LIVE AND WANT TO WORK. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL OF YOUR WORK FOR THAT. 
          I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I WANT TO COMMEND COUNCILWOMAN VIV GRAND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE, UH, TO PROMOTE THAT COMMUNITY AS WELL AS, UH, THE BROOKS DEVELOPMENT 
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TEAM. 
          I CAN REMEMBER DRIVING DOWN SOUTHWEST MILITARY AND MILITARY DRIVE AND, UH, HOW SLEEPY THE SOUTH SIDE SEEMED TO BE FOR 20 YEARS, BUT, UH, IT'S NOT SLEEPY ANYMORE AND IT'S A BUSTLING COMMUNITY AND IT'S BECOMING AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE FUTURE GROWTH OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          I HOPE SO. 
          I JUST WANT TO COMMEND EVERYBODY AT BROOKS AND, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, AND I HOPE THE CITY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THAT GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          COUNCILMAN SALDANA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN, UH, VERAN FOR BEING A GREAT NEIGHBOR HERE ON THE DAAS, BUT A GREAT NEIGHBOR, UH, ON THE DISTRICT, UH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          AND, UH, IN D THREE, I THINK WE'VE GOT A LOT TO LEARN FROM, FROM BROOKS WITH RESPECT TO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WHAT LEO HAS GOTTEN, UM, ACCOMPLISHED AND DONE. 
          BUT, UH, NEVERTHELESS, IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH, UH, MY NEIGHBOR WHO IS, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY REMINDING US ABOUT, UH, WHAT IS BEING FORGOTTEN OR LEFT BEHIND, AND WHEN THERE ARE PROJECTS OR DOLLARS TO BE HAD. 
          UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN IS KNOCKING ON ALL OUR DOORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE FIRST IN LINE. 
          SO, UH, I'M GRATEFUL TO KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A GREAT NEIGHBOR WHO'S ADVOCATING FOR THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SALDANA. 
          COUNCILMAN TINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          COUNCILMAN VRAN. 
          GOOD WORK. 
          I WANT TO THANK LEO GOMEZ FOR BEING HERE TODAY AS WELL, UH, REALLY SETTING TRAILBLAZING FOR THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          AND AS, AS SOMEBODY THAT OFTEN FLIES INTO THE SOUTH SIDE, I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. 
          I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS SIDE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN TREVINO, AND ALSO WEIGH IN AND, AND THANK THE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, COUNCILMAN VERAN, AS WELL AS OUR TEAM FROM SA TOMORROW. 
          THIS IS REALLY THE, THE MANIFESTATION OF A MANY YEARS OF WORK IN, UH, NO, IT HASN'T BEEN EASY, UH, BUT IT ALSO SHOWS AND ILLUSTRATES THE GREAT GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND HOW THE CENTER OF GRAVITY IN SAN ANTONIO IS EVER SO SLIGHTLY SHIFTING SOUTHWARD, UH, AND WHY LEO GOMEZ HAS ALWAYS AND WILL ALWAYS BE KNOWN BY ME AS LORD LEO GOMEZ, DUKE OF BROOKS. 
          ALL RIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN GRO. 
          YES, I'M SORRY, I FORGOT ONE PERSON TO, UM, I HAVE TO THANK RUDY NINO AS WELL, UM, WHO HAS BEEN THERE AND HE LIVES IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          SO THIS IS HIS COMMUNITY. 
          THESE WERE HIS NEIGHBORS THAT HE HAD TO TALK TO EVERY SINGLE TIME AS WELL, AND ALL THE, THE PLANNING TEAM WHO WAS THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND ALL THE PLANNERS BEFORE THAT WERE THERE AT THE START IN 2016 TOO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VERAN. 
          OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 22. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YES, SIR. 
          JUST REAL QUICK, UH, THREE QUICK ITEMS. UH, THE FIRST, UH, IS THE REPORT ON, UH, THE 2019 VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, THIS IS AN ANNUAL EFFORT, LOCAL EFFORT, UH, SPEARHEADED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND, UH, 30 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UH, IT PROVIDES, UH, TAX FREE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EARNING LESS THAN $55,000, UH, ANNUALLY. 
          BETWEEN FEBRUARY 4TH AND APRIL 15TH, UH, THIS COALITION OF, OF AGENCIES OPERATED 20 VITA SITES, UM, AND FILED OVER 30,000 TAX RETURNS SECURING $42.7 MILLION IN TOTAL REFUNDS, UH, BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THESE FAMILIES. 
          AND APPROXIMATELY 16 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN EARNED INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE TEAM EFFORT, UH, LED BY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. 
          IT'S AN ONGOING EFFORT AND CERTAINLY IMPORTANT TO, UH, MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          UH, SECONDLY, UH, JUST A REMINDER, TOMORROW IS COLLEGE T-SHIRT DAY. 
          SO, UH, REPRESENT YOUR UNIVERSITY, UH, AND, UH, WE'RE ENCOURAGING EMPLOYEES, UH, AS WELL TO, UH, WEAR, UH, EITHER THEIR FAVORITE COLLEGE T-SHIRT OR THEIR HOME COLLEGE T-SHIRT AND, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UM, I'M GONNA CHANGE UP THE, UH, CITY MANAGER REPORT A LITTLE BIT, UH, ONCE A MONTH. 
          UM, AS PART OF THIS REPORT, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT A CITY EMPLOYEE. 
          UM, EACH DAY OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, WORK EXTREMELY HARD AND GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND THEY, UH, CONSTANTLY EXEMPLIFY THE CORE VALUES OF OUR ORGANIZATION, TEAMWORK, INNOVATION, INTEGRITY, AND PROFESSIONALISM. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUICK VIDEO, UH, HIGHLIGHTING, UH, THIS MONTH'S, UM, EMPLOYEE, UH, MIKE JONES. 
          UH, MANY OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE HIM IF YOU WERE AT THE CITY MANAGER'S FIVE K. 
          UH, HE LED THE, UH, THE OVER 3000, UH, CITY EMPLOYEES THAT SHOWED UP IN STRETCHING PRIOR TO THE FIVE K. 
          MIKE DOES A GREAT JOB IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND I'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU REAL QUICK. 
          3, 2, 1, AND BEGIN. 
          I'M A FITNESS INSTRUCTOR WITH, UH, SAN ANTONIO PARKS AND RECS, UH, RECREATION SPECIALIST. 
          I TRAVEL AROUND THE CITY 
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AND I GIVE, UH, FREE CLASSES TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          FIVE SECONDS TO GO. 
          I LOVE WHAT I DO BECAUSE I, I GET A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          I GET TO, UM, EXTEND, UH, SOME OF WHAT I'VE LEARNED AND, UH, THE FITNESS INDUSTRY AS WELL AS IN LIFE OF HOW TO, UH, GET BETTER AT THINGS THROUGH, UH, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. 
          I, I SERVED IN THE MILITARY FOR 21 YEARS, AND I LIKE, UH, WORKING AROUND DIVERSE GROUPS AND, UH, WORKING AROUND IN THE CITY WITH THIS JOB. 
          I MEET SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, AND I SEE 'EM, UH, COME TOGETHER, AND THAT'S WHAT THE, THE COMMUNITY'S ALL ABOUT. 
          I LOVE OUR, OUR CORE VALUES. 
          I LOVE, UH, THE INITIATIVE, THE, THE COMRADERY, AND LIKE I SAID, WORKING WITH, UH, THE COMMUNITY. 
          THAT WAY WE CAN GIVE BACK, UH, SO MUCH AND, UH, DO OUR JOB AS FITNESS INSTRUCTORS. 
          MIKE, MIKE, AND THE TEAM DO A GREAT JOB. 
          AND, UH, SO WHAT I'LL TRY TO DO IS, UH, THE FIRST WEEK OF EVERY MONTH, UH, JUST DO A QUICK EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT AND, AND, UH, SHARE THOSE STORIES WITH YOU DIRECTLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VIGRAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          JUST TWO QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR EVERYONE. 
          FIRST, WE, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UM, A GREAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THE 50TH ANNUAL SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEXAS SUMMER GAMES. 
          WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING TODAY, MAY 2ND TO MAY 5TH HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE'RE PLAYING THE HOST CITY OR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS, TEXAS 50TH ANNUAL SUMMER GAMES. 
          UM, INCLUSION CITY, U S A MORGAN'S WONDERLAND IS THE AREA VENUE AND WE'LL HOST THE GAMES, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND ALSO, OUR SUMMER MOVIE SERIES IS BEGINNING AT MISSION MARQUEE PLAZA. 
          UH, TOMORROW WE HAVE THE HARLANDALE FILM FESTIVAL, AND WE'RE SHOWING, UH, THE CLASSIC CLOAK AND DAGGER, UM, ON FRIDAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, ON SATURDAY, WE WILL BE SHOWING RALPH BRIGGS THE INTERNET FREE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 
          AND IF YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT SAN ANTONIO LOOKED LIKE IN THE EIGHTIES, UM, WE'LL WATCH CLOAK AND DAGGER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN VIRON. 
          OKAY, WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL 2:00 PM FOR OUR ZONING AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL ZONING AGENDA. 
          TIME IS 2:09 PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA TODAY. 
          BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'LL, I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR AV TEAM TO ROLL THE TRANSLATION VIDEO. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE TWO ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION TODAY, ITEM Z TWO AND Z FIVE. 
          AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA THEY'D LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. 
          STILL MOVE? OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. 
          WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          JACK FINGER, WHEN THE TIME COMES, I'LL TELL YOU WHEN TO DO. 
          YES. 
          WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR NURNBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. 
          A FEW ITEMS WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. 
          ITEM 25 IS WHAT THEY CALL AN ALCOHOL VARIANCE. 
          IT MEANS THAT YOU'RE ALLOWING ALCOHOL TO BE SOLD 300 FEET OF A SCHOOL. 
          UH, IT'S A NO-NO. 
          UH, THE STATE LAWS THAT SAY YOU CAN'T DO THAT UNLESS THERE'S SOME MAJOR REASON WHY YOU, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS SAY LOCAL, LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS SAY IT HAS TO BE DONE. 
          WELL, MR. TREVINO, UH, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT AND I'M SAYING IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DONE. 
          YOU'RE ALLOWING ALCOHOL SALES TO BE SOLD, RIGHT? UH, BUT JUST LITERALLY FEET AWAY FROM WHERE A SCHOOL IS. 
          EDISON, EDISON HIGH SCHOOL, I THINK YOU SHOULD SET A BETTER EXAMPLE THAN THAT AND TO SAY, NO, WE WON'T DO THAT, SIR. 
          YEAH. 
          ITEM, UH, ITEM Z FIVE. 
          YES. 
          UH, MR. BROCK HOUSE IN YOUR DISTRICT? YES. 
          I JUST LEARNED TODAY THAT THE REASON THIS THING WAS DELAYED SO MANY TIMES WAS THAT THERE'S 
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SOME FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          I JUST LEARNED ABOUT IT TODAY. 
          BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY, THE THING AS YOU, YOU'VE GOT TO AGREE, SIR. 
          THE THING IS FULL OF HOLES AND FULL OF RED FLAGS. 
          Z SIX, I MEAN, Z FIVE IS ABOUT, UH, COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE STAFF, THE ZONING STAFF, SAID IT WAS A BAD IDEA BECAUSE OF THAT VERY FACT. 
          THE ZONING COMMISSION AGREED IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          YOU HAD THE, THE, THE CABLE WESTWARD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SAYS IT'S A BAD IDEA. 
          THEY DON'T LIKE IT. 
          ALSO, NOTICE IT SENT OUT TO 2020, UH, SURROUNDING PEOPLE THERE, UH, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FOUR OF 'EM CAME BACK. 
          THAT'S ABOUT ONE FIFTH. 
          YOU'RE DOING THE GOOD TO GET, UH, AM MERE 10TH WHEN YOU HAVE ONE FIFTH. 
          THERE IS A CONTROVERSY THERE. 
          THE IDEA IS TODAY, SIR, JUST SIMPLY SAY, SAY NO TO THIS DARN THING. 
          YES, PLEASE. 
          UM, ALSO THE, UM, AND ALSO MR. BROCK HOUSE IN YOUR DISTRICT Z SIX. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE A LOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY REALIZE IT, BUT THIS IS ABOUT, UH, CHANGING SOMETHING FROM, UH, OH, UH, WHAT IS IT? RE RESIDENTIAL AND ONE COMMERCIAL C TWO AND C THREE TO, WHAT IS IT? T O D, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          MADAM AUDIO VISUAL PERSON SHOULD SHOW THIS. 
          WHAT DOES IT SAY THERE? YEAH, BLOW THAT UP A BIT. 
          TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ENCOURAGES A MIXTURE OF RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH IDENTIFIED LIGHT RAIL. 
          I REPEAT LIGHT RAIL STATION OR OTHER HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT AREAS. 
          PLEASE RETURN THE CAMERA TO THE PODIUM. 
          MR. BROCK HOUSE, YOU LET PETITION DRIVES AGAINST LIGHT RAIL. 
          DO YOU REALLY WANT TO SIT? YOU OFFER THIS AS A PRELUDE TO SUCH, PLEASE, SIR. 
          TO SAY IT ISN'T SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. 
          ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY FOR Z TWO AND Z FIVE. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM Z TWO Z TWO IS A REZONING FROM I D Z TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR FOUR RESIDENTIAL UNITS LOCATED AT 3 21 NORTH HACKBERRY STREET. 
          STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          33 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, 26 OPPOSED DIGNITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT OF THE AMENDED REQUEST TO THREE UNITS. 
          THIS REQUIRES NINE VOTES AS TO APPROVE DUE TO OPPOSITION EXCEEDING 20%. 
          AND THE APPLICANT IS AMENDING THEIR REQUEST TO THREE UNITS, AND IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, WE CAN HAVE THEM DO THAT HERE TODAY. 
          THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, ON ITEM Z TWO. 
          YES, SIR. 
          DO YOU MIND IF WE LET THE APPLICANT AMEND SO THAT THE CITIZENS CAN HEAR AND THEN THEY CAN HEAR THAT FIRST? YES. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL. 
          PATRICK CHRISTENSEN, THREE 10 SOUTH ST. 
          MARY'S, SUITE 2,700 HERE ON BEHALF OF PRIME HOME SOLUTIONS. 
          IN WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'VE REDUCED OUR REQUEST FROM FOUR UNITS TO TO THREE UNITS, AND I'VE, I'VE BEEN ASKED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO READ THE FOLLOWING, UH, INTO THE RECORD. 
          UM, AS THE OWNER OF THE CURRENT PROPERTY THREE 20 AND HACKBERRY, WE CERTIFY THAT THE NEW DESIGN WILL ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA. 
          ONLY THREE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WILL BE BUILT ON THE LOT. 
          WE WILL KEEP THE EIGHT FOOT FIRE LANE THAT THE STRUCTURE CLOSEST TO HACKBERRY WILL MIRROR THE HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET OF THE NEIGHBORING HOUSE AT THREE 15 HACKBERRY. 
          AND WE'LL HAVE A MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 1900 SQUARE FEET OR SMALLER. 
          THE TWO BACK STRUCTURES WILL HAVE A MINIMUM HEIGHT OF 26 FEET, AND WE'LL HAVE A MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 1700 SQUARE FEET OR SMALLER. 
          THE OBSERVATION DECKS WILL REMAIN UNDER THE SECOND STORY ROOF LINES. 
          AND LAST, THE NEW DESIGN WILL BE RESUBMITTED TO AND APPROVED BY THE H D R C. 
          THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS WE WORKED OUT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UH, THEY, I BELIEVE THEY'RE IN SUPPORT AND WE WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAY MAYOR, REAL QUICK, PATRICK, CAN YOU REPEAT THE, UM, THE ONE THAT SAID THE TWO BACK STRUCTURES WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 26 FEET AND WE'LL HAVE A MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 1700 SQUARE FEET OR SMALLER. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, WE'LL CALL UP THE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z TWO. 
          I'LL CALL THE FIRST NAME IN THE ORDER ALONG WITH THE SECOND NAME, UH, AND SO FORTH TO PREPARE TO COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM. 
          WE'LL START WITH JOSEPH GARCIA, FOLLOWED BY OPHELIA DELGADO. 
          CAN YOU SHOW THESE PICTURES? THOSE PICTURES? YES MA'AM. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE. 
          MY NAME IS JOSEPH GARCIA AND I LIVE AT 9 0 6 EAST CROCKETT STREET. 
          I'M IN, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE 27 OF THE 36 HOMEOWNERS WHO SIGNED AN OPPOSITION OF THIS PROJECT. 
          THE ONLY REASON THEY'RE NOT HERE IN NUMBERS TODAY IS BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE AN AMENDMENT FROM FOUR HOUSES TO THREE ON THIS 3 21 PROJECT. 
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HE'S ALREADY STATED ALL THE CONCERNS AND ALL THE STIPULATIONS THAT WE AGREE TO BE BEHIND THIS PROJECT IF AND ONLY IF THOSE, UM, NEW AMENDMENTS AND NEW CRITERIA ARE MET. 
          I KNOW THIS IS HIS ZONING CASE, BUT I FEEL THAT THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO HEAR WHAT WE FEEL ARE IMPORTANT ISSUES TO THIS CASE. 
          I SPOKE DIRECTLY TO MOST OF ALL THE HOMEOWNERS WITHIN THE 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THIS PROJECT. 
          AND AT BEST SEVEN RECEIVED THE LETTERS FOR OR AGAINST THIS PROJECT. 
          I DID NOT RECEIVE A LETTER FOR OUR MEETINGS. 
          THERE ARE ABOUT, FROM OUR MEETINGS, THERE ARE AROUND 170 LOTS IN DIGNITY HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THAT MEANS THEY ARE ALL ZONED FOR FOUR HOUSES PER LOT. 
          WE ARE, WE ARE IN A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOTHING ABOUT 2, 3, 4 HOUSES PER LOT OR ANYTHING BUT HISTORIC. 
          THIS WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED AT KING WILLIAMS, MONTE VISTA, MONTICELLO, OMO PARK, TOBIN HILL, LA VACA, AND GOVERNMENT HILL. 
          YOU ARE TAXING US OUT OF OUR HOMES AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT STAYED THROUGH ALL THE CRIME AND THE PROSTITUTION THAT STAYED THROUGH ALL THE FIGHT WITH THE DRUG DEALERS THAT STAYED THROUGH ALL THE ATTACKS FROM GANG MEMBERS. 
          WE ARE THE INVESTORS. 
          WE ARE, WE WERE THE DEVELOPERS OF DIGNITY, DIGNITY HILLS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE ALLEY PEOPLE. 
          NOW THAT ALL THIS IS BEING SAID, IF EVERYTHING THAT IS STATED IN JOHN BARR'S LETTER TO THE RESIDENCE IS STUCK TO, WE WILL STAND BEHIND THIS DEVELOPMENT ONLY BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A HAR A BIG LOT. 
          IF YOU LOOK ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, THE TWO SMALLER HOUSES THAT ARE GONNA BE 17 FEET OR SMALLER, LET'S REMEMBER SMALLERS A VERY BIG WORD. 
          THESE TWO HOUSES COME UP TO ABOUT 1300 SQUARE FEET. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE 400 FEET SMALLER THAN THE SMALLER HOUSES. 
          JUST TO POINT THAT OUT, I'M GONNA END WITH THIS JUST THIS MORNING. 
          I RECEIVED CALLS AND MESSAGES FROM CONCERNED OWNERS ABOUT GETTING LETTERS FROM THE DEVELOPERS THAT STATED, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESCIND YOUR NAMES ON YOUR PETITION? WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE UNDER THE TRANSPARENCY OF EVERYBODY, BUT THIS IS THE KIND OF DEVELOPERS THAT COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ARE NOT TRANSPARENT. 
          HOW ARE WE TO WORK WITH AND HOW ARE WE MORE IMPORTANTLY TO TRUST THESE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO OUR STREETS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. GARCIA. 
          OPHELIA DELGADO. 
          MS. DELGADO, SHE'S IN A, UH, SHE'S IN ATTORNEY. 
          SHE'S IN COURT. 
          SHE WON'T, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE SHE'S HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          COLIN JONES. 
          MR. JONES, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY LIZ FRANKLIN. 
          IS MS. FRANKLIN HERE? NO, SIR. 
          SHE'S ACTUALLY HAD OTHER . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, JOHN BARR THEN WILL BE NEXT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, CULLEN JONES, 1123 NOLAN, UH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, SPEAKING AS A SECRETARY FOR THE DIGNITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          UH, THE D H N A BOARD LISTENED TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT AT 3 21 NORTH HACKBERRY STREET THAT WERE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION. 
          AFTER WE ISSUED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED PROJECT OF FOUR UNITS ON ONE LOT BY A DEVELOPMENT TEAM HEADED BY ONE JOHN T BAR OF PROM HOMES. 
          WE WORKED AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD TO CONVENE A CONVERSATION AND BROKER A COMPROMISE BETWEEN A GROUP OF CONCERNED NEIGHBORS AND THE DEVELOPER. 
          AFTER TWO MEETINGS, EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO AGREE ON A REVISED PROJECT WITH THREE UNITS AND IMPROVED MASSING. 
          BASED ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE REVISED PROJECT. 
          SINCERELY, THE DIGNITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          UH, HAVING SAID THAT, THOUGH, SPEAKING AS AN ENGAGED CITIZEN, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL WHAT A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THIS WAS FOR, FOR ME AS, UH, SOME I WANT TO CONSIDER MYSELF A NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, LEADER, UH, BASED ON A FEW KEY PRINCIPLES OF CONVERSATION. 
          UH, SOMETHING GOOD CAME OUT OF IT. 
          THESE TWO ENTITIES MET AND THINGS WERE, UH, A CHALLENGE TO SAY THE LEAST. 
          I THINK BOTH PARTIES WOULD AGREE TO THAT, BUT TO LISTEN AND TO HAVE A COMPROMISE AT THE HEART OF THAT CONVERSATION WAS SO MUCH MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN THE EITHER OR ARGUMENT THAT WE OFTEN FIND OURSELVES IN. 
          HAVING SAID THAT, THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD DAY. 
          THANK YOU MR. JONES. 
          JOHN BARR WA TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, BOB ELIZONDO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          COUNCILMAN HALL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, MELISSA, ONE QUICK QUESTION. 
          THE CURRENT ZONING ON THIS PROPERTY IS WHAT? THE CURRENT ZONING ON THIS PROPERTY? SORRY, I PUT MY PAGE. 
          IT'S I D Z I D Z IS IT? IS IT I D Z C TWO? YES. 
          I D Z C TWO WITH STONE MONUMENT RETAIL AND WHOLESALE. 
          UM, IT HAS THE CONDITIONAL WITHIN THERE FOR OUTDOOR DISPLAY AND STORAGE OF MERCHANDISE. 
          OKAY, SO COMMERCIAL GENERALLY? YES. 
          AND SO THE PICTURES THAT WERE, THAT MR. GARCIA SHOWN SHOWED 
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EARLIER, TECHNICALLY ARE CURRENTLY ZONED AS COMMERCIAL? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          WOW. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CASES WHERE WHAT, AND I THINK COUNSEL KNOWS MY, UH, APPROACH AND THAT TYPICALLY IS GO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, PROPERTY OWNER, UH, DEVELOPER, UH, WORK YOUR, UH, ARRANGEMENT WITH THEM AND THEN, UH, COME BACK TO ME WITH, WITH, UM, WITH SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY'S AGREED ON. 
          AND I THINK ORIGINALLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CAME AND SAID, YEAH, WE'LL SUPPORT BASIC, THE BASIC MOVEMENT FROM COMMERCIAL, UH, TO, TO SOMETHING RESIDENTIAL. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , AND I MEAN, IT'S, FOR ME, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT, THAT THE TWO PICTURES ARE, ARE ACTUALLY ZONED COMMERCIAL. 
          THAT, THAT FOR ME IS VERY INTERESTING. 
          BUT ANY EVENT I CAN UNDERSTAND A MOVEMENT FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL, AND AT THAT POINT I DON'T THINK THEY MINDED EITHER. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL? AND AT THAT POINT I THINK IT WAS, UH, WAS, WAS I THINK THE PROPOSAL WAS FOR FOUR UNITS. 
          UM, SINCE THEN, EVEN APART FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WE HEARD FROM THE FOLKS THAT WERE 200 FEET WITHIN THE, THE, THE AREA. 
          UH, I DO, MR. GARCIA, I THINK YOU, WE DO NEED TO CORRECT IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE NOTICE AND YOU'RE WITHIN THAT 200 FEET, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND, AND, AND WHY YOU DIDN'T GET THE NOTICE OR SOME, SOME OF THE, SEVERAL OF THE OTHERS. 
          BUT WE HEARD A, A RESOUNDING RESPONSE FROM AT LEAST THOSE FOLKS, 200 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY, UM, THAT THEY WERE NOT IN FAVOR. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S WHEN I WENT BACK AND SAID, HEY, UH, PATRICK, UH, PROPERTY OWNER, CAN YOU GUYS GO BACK AND SEE IF YOU CAN WORK SOMETHING DIFFERENT, TALK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND, AND SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          AND SO INSTEAD OF MOVING FROM COMMERCIAL TO NOW, UM, FOUR RESIDENTIAL WITH BEFORE UNITS, UH, THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAS DECIDED TO MOVE TO, TO THREE UNITS. 
          AND, UM, THAT HAS GAINED THE SUPPORT OF MR. GARCIA AND, AND MANY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE RIGHT AROUND THE, UH, THE, THE PROPERTY. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, AND PATRICK WORKING, UH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO, TO, UM, MEET SOME OF THEIR REQUESTS. 
          AND I, I APPRECIATE MR. GARCIA, UM, YOU AND YOUR EFFORT TO ADVOCATE AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW AND AND DIGNITY HIDON TO KNOW THAT, THAT WE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          AND SO, UH, I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COME TO AGREEMENT THAT THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY. 
          SO WITH THAT MAYOR AND, AND I WILL NOTE THAT ORIGINALLY THAT 56% OF THE FOLKS 200 FEET AND AND AROUND WERE OPPOSED. 
          AND SO TO COME TO THIS AGREEMENT FROM THAT LEVEL OF OPPOSITION, I THINK IS, IS VERY SIGNIFICANT. 
          SO THAT MAYOR, I'M GONNA MOVE FOR APPROVAL WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE READ INTO THE RECORD. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z TWO WITH CONDITIONS AS READ, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          ITEM Z FIVE Z FIVE REZONING FROM R SIX TO C TWO NA. 
          LOCATED AT 2311 WESTWARD DRIVE. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION. 
          ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL. 
          20 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR FOR OPPOSED CABLE. 
          WESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. 
          COUNCILMAN BROCKO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE FOR THE RECORD, UM, HAVING CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THEY ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UM, THESE AMENDED SITE PLAN IN THE ITEMS WE'VE WORKED ON. 
          WE VERIFIED THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND IT DID TAKE SOME TIME TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER LOST HIS WIFE IN THE PROCESS, UH, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF NEGOTIATION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UH, AND IT TOOK SOME TIME, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THIS, UH, HAPPEN FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UH, IT'S VERY SIMPLE. 
          I THINK WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE RIGHT NOW. 
          I MOVE TO APPROVE 0.075 ACRES TO C TWO NA AND 0.226 ACRES TO R SIX CD AS INDICATED ON THE AMENDED SITE PLAN. 
          OKAY? OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z FIVE. 
          DID I GET THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. 
          WITH CONDITIONS WITH THE AMENDMENT IS READ, YOU WOULD YES, SIR. 
          WITH THE AMENDED SITE PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH THE AMENDED SITE PLAN. 
          SO MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z FIVE WITH THE AMENDED SITE PLAN, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT'S THE BALANCE OF OUR CONSENT OR OUR ZONING AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          HAVE A WONDERFUL AFTERNOON. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.