* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:58] GOOD MORNING. PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. THE COUNCIL IS READY TO BEGIN. THANK YOU. WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE THE 20TH, 2019. COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER . COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO HDA. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY MAYOR. AND MAYOR NURENBERG HERE. MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THE TIME IS 9:19 AM BEFORE WE REALLY GET STARTED, UM, I DID WANNA MAKE A NOTE OF THAT MUSIC THAT YOU JUST HEARD, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC. EVERYBODY ENJOY THAT LOCAL ARTIST. UH, WITH THE NEW REPRESENTATIVES ON CITY COUNCIL, YOU MAY NOTICE A NEW AND FRESH LOOK TO THE SOUND OF THE INTRODUCTION VIDEO WE SAW. AND AS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO BEING A MUSIC FRIENDLY COMMUNITY, WE CONTINUE SPOTLIGHTING THE WORK OF LOCAL MUSICIANS DURING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND ONT V S A, OUR GOVERNMENT ACCESS CHANNEL, THE NEW INTRODUCTORY VIDEO, INTRODUCTORY VIDEO FEATURES THE SONG MUNDO AVITA BY LATIN GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING, SINGER, SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER IN SAN ANTONIO. RESIDENT ROGER VELAZQUEZ, MR. VELAZQUEZ AND THE LATIN LEGENDS WON THE LATIN GRAMMY FOR BEST HANNO ALBUM IN 2018 FOR THE ALBUM ROGER VELAZQUEZ AND THE LATIN LEGENDS TEX-MEX FUNK. AS A VERSATILE MUSICIAN, MR. VELASQUEZ NOT ONLY WORKED WITH AND APPEARED WITH MANY ARTISTS, INCLUDING RODNEY J OF THE WORLD FAMOUS MARCELS, UH, SELENA QUINTANILLA, ILO LOS DINOS, AND THE LATIN BREED, BUT HE ALSO COMPOSED MUSIC FOR THEATER AND CINEMA, INCLUDING BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT DIRECTED BY OSCAR AWARD-WINNING, UH, DIRECTOR TAYLOR HACKFORD IN FEATURING SAN ANTONIO ACTOR JESSE BORREGO. NOT ONLY DO WE KICK OFF EACH MEETING WITH LOCAL MUSIC IN EACH VIDEO, BUT AUDIENCES WATCHING THESE MEETINGS ONLINE AND ONT V S A WILL HEAR THE LOCAL MUSIC SPOTLIGHT FEATURING MUSIC OF THEIR TALENTED NEIGHBORS. BEFORE EACH MEETING AND DURING BREAKS IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE THE TALENTS OF MR. VELAZQUEZ AND OUR COMMUNITY AND TO SEE ALL OF THE MUSICIANS WE FEATURE DURING THE LOCAL MUSIC SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM REPRESENTING SAN ANTONIO AND THEIR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT. SO WELL, YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT MR. VELASQUEZ'S WORK AND HOW ARTISTS CAN APPLY TO BE PART OF THE LOCAL MUSIC SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURES WEBSITE, SAN ANTONIO.GOV/MUSIC. SO, UH, WE WILL BEGIN TODAY, UH, A GREAT DAY OF RENEWAL HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITH AN INVOCATION GUEST OF COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. TROY, COME ON UP HERE. WE HAVE, UH, THIS MORNING PASTOR TROY DUNN AND, UH, HE WAS REALLY RAISED, UM, UH, A TEXAN WAY OUT THERE CLOSE TO PARIS, TEXAS, A CATTLE RANCHER, WORKED ON A CATTLE RANCH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE KIND OF DID THE SAME THINGS I DID. UH, HAULING HAY, DIGGING POST HOLES, ROUNDING UP CATTLE, THAT KIND OF THING. AND, UM, JUST, JUST, JUST A GREAT WAY TO GROW UP. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, AT A VERY EARLY AGE, YOU WERE CALLED TO GET INTO THE MINISTRY. AND, UH, UH, TODAY HE'S THE ASSOCIATE PASTOR AT ST. ANDREWS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND IS CURRENTLY PURSUING ORDINATION IN THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. UM, HE HAS A DEGREE IN COUNSELING AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION FROM HARDIN SIMMONS AND A MASTER'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FROM U I W. UM, TROY IS MARRIED TO CHERYL, WHO'S A PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR, AND THEY HAVE TWO BOYS. CAMERON 18, CHRISTOPHER 13 TROY'S MOTHER. DONNA IS A HUGE PART OF THEIR FAMILY WHEN IT COMES TO WITH THEM AND COMES WITH THEM TO ST. ANDREW'S. UH, SO WELCOME PASTOR DUNN THIS MORNING AND, UH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND FOR WHAT YOU DO. IT'S [00:05:01] AN HONOR TO BE HERE. I INVITE ALL TO JOIN OUR HEARTS TOGETHER AS WE PRAY. DEAR WISE AND COMPASSIONATE, GOD, I GIVE YOU THANKS ON BEHALF OF ALL WHO GATHER HERE TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT REPRESENT OUR MILITARY. THANK YOU FOR THE MANY AND ABUNDANT BLESSINGS. THANK YOU FOR LIFE ITSELF AND FOR THE MEASURE OF HEALTH. WE NEED TO FULFILL OUR CALLING AND FOR FRIENDSHIP. THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO BE ENTRUSTED IN THE WORK THAT LIES BEFORE US AND FOR THE HONOR OF BEARING THESE APPROPRIATE RESPONSIBILITIES. THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE. SCRIPTURES TELL US THAT CITIZENS OUGHT TO OBEY THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES SINCE YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED THOSE VERY AUTHORITIES TO PROMOTE PEACE AND ORDER AND JUSTICE. THEREFORE, I PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR FOR THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF CITY OFFICIALS, AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THIS NEW ASSEMBLED COUNCIL. I'M ASKING THAT YOU WOULD GRACIOUSLY GRANT THEM WISDOM TO GOVERN AMID THE CONFLICTING INTEREST AND ISSUES OF OUR TIMES FOR A SENSE OF WELFARE AND THE TRUE NEEDS OF OUR PEOPLE FOR KING THIRST, FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND FOR CONFIDENCE IN WHAT IS GOOD AND FITTING FOR THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY EVEN WHEN THERE IS HONEST DISAGREEMENT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I PRAY FOR PERSONAL PEACE IN THEIR LIVES AND IN THE LIVES OF THEIR FAMILIES. I LIFT UP THE AGENDA TODAY THAT IS SET BEFORE THEM. PLEASE GIVE THEM ASSURANCE OF WHAT WOULD BENEFIT THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN AND AROUND OUR BELOVED CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. IT IS IN YOUR MOST BLESSED SPIRIT, I PRAY. AMEN LEADS TO THE FACT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH FAMILIES ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR. THANK YOU PASTOR JOHN. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES. OKAY. OUR FIRST ITEM ON, UH, OUR BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM MAY 15TH THROUGH 16TH HERE, A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES AND A SECOND, UH, FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MINUTES OF MAY 15TH AND 16TH, SECOND 30TH. OKAY. CORRECTION, THAT'S AN APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 29TH AND MAY 30TH. OKAY. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. WE HAVE, UH, MANY SPECIAL GUESTS IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY. UH, AND A FEW POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. UH, BEGIN BY WELCOMING OUR BRIGADIER GENERAL DISNEY AND THE SOLDIERS PRESENT HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE US ARMY'S 244TH BIRTHDAY. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR ARMY VETERANS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE CITY EMPLOYEES, LET'S ALL RECOGNIZE THEIR PAST SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY, THEIR PRESENT SERVICE TO OUR CITY. SINCE OUR FOUNDING OVER 300 YEARS AGO, OUR CITY HAS BEEN A BASTION OF VIBRANT CIVILIAN AND MILITARY LIFE. THAT'S WHY TODAY WE ARE THE ONLY CITY OFFICIALLY TRADEMARKED AS MILITARY CITY U SS A, A MONIKER THAT WE HAVE EARNED AND WE ARE PROUD TO PROCLAIM. SINCE THE 1870S SOLDIERS STATIONED IN OUR CITY HAVE BEEN AT THE TIP OF THE SPEAR AND THE FOCAL POINT FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS IN TEXAS, MOST OF THE SOUTHWEST. [00:10:01] AND IN THE LAST CENTURY AROUND THE WORLD GENERALS MACARTHUR EISENHOWER PERCHING AND GRANT SERVED HERE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE THEN LIEUTENANT EISENHOWER PROPOSED TO MEET, TO PROPOSED, PROMOTED, EXCUSE ME, PROPOSED TO HIS WIFE MAMMIE AT A BUILDING, STILL STANDING AT FORT SAM HOUSTON INSIDE THE MENGER HOTEL. A FEW BLOCKS FROM HERE, TEDDY ROOSEVELT ORGANIZED THE ROUGH RIDERS, THE VOLUNTEER CAVALRY IN THE US ARMY. THE ARMY'S AIR CORPS WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED HERE AT FORT SAM HOUSTON IN 1910 AND 11, BRINGING ABOUT THE BIRTH OF MILITARY AVIATION. THOUSANDS OF YOUNG AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE TRAINED AND MOBILIZED HERE BEFORE DEPLOYING TO COMBAT IN WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, KOREA, AND VIETNAM. TODAY, THE ARMY PRESENCE PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN OUR NATION'S. DEFENSE BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER IS THE MILITARY'S ONLY STATESIDE LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CARE AND BURN CENTER, SPECIALIZING IN THE CARE OF WOUNDED WARRIORS, VETERANS AND NON-MILITARY MEMBERS OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, KNOWN AS THE ARMY BRAIN TRUST FOR THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. THE ARMY TRAINS MORE THAN 25,000 STUDENTS ATTENDING 170 OFFICER N C O AND ENLISTED COURSES IN 14 MIL MILITARY AND MEDICAL SPECIALTIES. THESE PROFESSIONS AND THESE PROFESSIONALS DEPLOY AROUND THE GLOBE CARING FOR OUR WOUNDED ARE ILL AND ARE INJURED US ARMY SOUTH RETAINS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ARMY ENGAGEMENTS, PLANNING OPERATIONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA TO INCLUDE HUMANITARIAN AND PARTNER BUILDING MISSIONS. US ARMY NORTH CONCENTRATES ON DEFENSE OF NORTH AMERICA, COOPERATION WITH MEXICO AND CANADA HOMELAND DEFENSE AND DISASTER RESPONSE. OUR OWN GENERAL JEFF BUCHANAN HAS SERVED AROUND THE SOUTHWEST AND PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE DURING DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS ON THE US MAINLAND AND IN PUERTO RICO, THE UNITED STATES ARMY INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT COMMAND MCOM SUPPORTS UNITED STATES ARMY BY HANDLING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF US ARMY INSTALLATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE. AND A COMPLIMENTARY ISSUE, I MIGHT NOTE, UH, FOR US TODAY IS ITEM 24, WHICH IS THE CREATION OF A SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL INNOVATION POSITION. WE BELIEVE A FULL-TIME SAMMY DIRECTOR WILL HELP US MEET THESE TWO PRIMARY GOALS OF COMMERCIALIZATION. AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE ADVANCEMENT OF OUR LOCAL MILITARY ME MISSIONS AS A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT AND A CATALYST IN OUR COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY AND HELP ACCELERATE MILITARY COMMERCIALIZATION PIPELINE OPPORTUNITIES. WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE OUR WORK WITH LOCAL LEADERS IN THE MILITARY, ACADEMIC, AND PRIVATE SECTORS AS WE LOOK TO STRENGTHEN OUR OWN LIFE SCIENCE ECOSYSTEM AND OUR MILITARY MEDICAL MISSIONS. SO THROUGHOUT ITS EXISTENCE, A CLOSE AND HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP HAS PREVAILED BETWEEN THE ARMY AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THE TWO HAVE GROWN AND MATURED TOGETHER. THE CITY HAS OFTEN BEEN CALLED THE MOTHER-IN-LAW OF THE ARMY BECAUSE SO MANY SOLDIERS, INCLUDING DWIGHT D EISENHOWER, MET THEIR FUTURE SPOUSES HERE. SO TODAY WE CONSIDER IT A PRIVILEGE TO HOST THE ARMY IN OUR CITY. OUR CITY EMBRACES ITS SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEY EMBRACE THEM AS FAMILY. AND I KNOW THAT PARTNERSHIP WILL CONTINUE TO GROW FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. SO HAPPY 244TH BIRTHDAY, HOOAH AND GENERAL, PLEASE, MR. MAYOR. SIR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL BUCHANAN, COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR DELGADO, THE COMMANDER AND COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR OF ARMY NORTH IN 50, UNITED STATES ARMY, AND ALL THE SOLDIERS OF JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU. IT IS TRULY AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE 244TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. OUR ARMY. YOUR ARMY. AND, UH, AS A SOLDIER, UH, AN OLD SOLDIER. NOW MYSELF, I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER PLACE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE BIRTH OF OUR ARMY AND CELEBRATE OUR BIRTHDAY THAN RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, MILITARY CITY, U S A. AND MR. MEER, AS YOU ALLUDED TO, AND AS I'VE LEARNED, UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN, UH, STATIONED HERE IN FEBRUARY, THIS COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS OF OUR ARMED FORCES. NOT ONLY THE ARMY, BUT ALL OF OUR ARMED FORCES GOES BACK MANY, MANY YEARS. AND, UH, I KNOW I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL THE SOLDIERS OUT THERE ON THE JOINT BASE. UH, WE LOVE BEING STATIONED HERE. SOLDIERS FIGHT TO STAY HERE, AND THAT SAYS A LOT. UH, THERE ARE SOME PLACES WHERE THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE CASE, BUT HERE, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, I KNOW THEY LOVE IT. THEY LOVE THE SUPPORT WE GIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND, UH, THIS IS JUST A GREAT EVENT. UH, AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK IN OUR ARMY'S BIRTHDAY, ACTUALLY PREDATES THE BIRTH OF THE NATION BY A YEAR, UH, AS WE'RE COMING UP ON THE 4TH OF JULY HERE, UH, WHICH MAKES IT KIND OF UNIQUE. BUT AGAIN, SIR, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE HOSPITALITY HERE THIS MORNING. AND I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, TO CUTTING THE CAKE. [00:15:29] COUNCILWOMAN JADA, ANDREW SULLIVAN. I JUST AM SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE THIS CELEBRATION HAPPENING ON THE FIRST DAY OF ME SITTING HERE ON COUNCIL AS AN ARMY VETERAN. I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE REPRESENT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TRULY WHAT WE AS SOLDIERS ARE TRAINED TO DO, AND THAT IS PROTECT AND SERVE THOSE THAT WE ARE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY TO PUT OUR LIVES ON THE LINE AND SIGN OUR NAME AWAY TO. SO I SAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNITED STATES ARMY, HUH? GO ARMY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN. COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. AND SO WELL SAID. UH, THAT'S GREAT. THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF US VETERANS ON THE, WELL, SEVERAL VETERANS ON THIS DAIS UP HERE. AND JUST WANTED TO, AGAIN, THANK YOU GENERAL FOR COMING ON IN. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, AND THAT WAS A HECK OF A PARTY. SO, UH, YEAH, WHEN THE ARMY WANTS TO PARTY, THEY DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, I TELL YOU. UH, SO CONGRATULATIONS, AND IT, THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY OF THE ARMY GOES BACK AS FAR AS THE, THE MILITARY AND HISTORY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOU AND J B S A, IT'S, IT'S AN HONOR TO HOST ALL OF YOU HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND ALL THE VETERANS THAT HAVE DECIDED TO STAY IN SAN ANTONIO AFTER THEY'VE GOTTEN OUT OF THE SERVICE. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND, UH, MAY GOD BLESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PERRY. COUNCILMAN COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ARMY. UH, I WAS AIR FORCE MYSELF, BUT WE'RE ALL BROTHERS IN ARMS HAVE BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, THE GREAT RELATIONSHIP THAT THE MILITARY HAS HAD WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. I THINK WE'VE WORKED HAND IN HAND ON, ON MANY THINGS, AND I KNOW THAT WE'LL CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP. AND WE HOPE THAT WHAT WE DO IN SAN ANTONIO HELPS ENHANCE, UH, THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT YOU HAVE IN THE MILITARY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK ALL OF YOUR FELLOW MEMBERS, UH, FOR THEIR SERVICE ON OUR BEHALF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. COUNCILMAN GRO. I'D LIKE TO ADD MY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE US ARMY AND CONGRATULATE MY COLLEAGUE. GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE ON BOARD. AND, UH, RECOGNIZE JUST THOSE ARMY VETERANS IN MY LIFE. MY DAD, VIETNAM VETERAN, MY, UH, UNCLES, AND, UH, MY CHIEF OF STAFF, A VETERAN OF THE US ARMY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN GRO AND GENERAL TO, UH, YOU AND THE ENTIRE JOINT BASE TEAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, ALLOWING US THE PRIVILEGE OF, UH, CELEBRATING ON OUR FIRST DAY HERE AS THE NEW CITY COUNCIL. UH, WE ARE WITH YOU EVERY DAY. I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT AND, UH, REALLY ENJOY CELEBRATING YOUR GREAT SUCCESS AND LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING YOU FOR SOME CAKE BEFORE NOON. ALRIGHT, UM, HAVE A FEW OTHER POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE THIS MORNING. COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, KEEPING WITH THE THEME OF WOMEN, UH, WE ARE HONORING THIS MORNING, UH, THE PASSING OF SOME INCREDIBLE MATRIARCHS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I'LL START WITH CRUZ CORTES, THE MATRIARCH OF FAMILIA CORTES. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF DISTRICT FIVE OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, PLEASE ACCEPT OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE LOSS OF YOUR BELOVED MATRIARCH. GRU WAS A LOVING DAUGHTER, LIFE PARTNER, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. SHE WAS THE STEADY STRENGTH OF HER FAMILY AND THE SOURCE OF ENERGY BEHIND SOME OF OUR CITY'S MOST ICONIC GATHERING PLACES FOR LOCALS AND VISITORS ALIKE. SHE GAVE OF HER TIME AND WISDOM AND WAS GREATLY RESPECTED BY THOSE LIVES. SHE TOUCHED HER PASSING, LEAVES US GRIEVING THE LOSS OF A WOMAN WHO, TOGETHER WITH HER BELOVED HUSBAND, TOOK A RISK IN 1941 AND OPENED A THREE TABLE RESTAURANT, [00:20:01] WHICH HAS BEEN MULTIPLIED AND GROWS AND GROWN TO BECOME ANCHORS OF OUR HISTORIC MARKET. SQUARE, GRU, NURTURED GENERATIONS OR FORMIDABLE BEST BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN AND HER LOVE OF CULTURE AND COMMUNITY NURTURED OUR CITY'S UNIQUENESS. ALTHOUGH OUR HEARTS ARE LEFT WITH A VOID, WE HOPE YOU WILL KNOW THAT WE JOIN YOU IN CHERISHING THE MEMORIES OF HER EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND THE DEVOTION SHE HAD FOR HER FAMILY, HER CULTURE, AND HER CITY. HER WISDOM AND HER LOVE WILL FOREVER REMAIN ETCHED IN OUR MEMORY. ON BEHALF OF THIS, OF CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT FIVE, ALL OF THE COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR AND THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, WE JOIN YOU IN YOUR SORROW AND EXTEND OUR DEEPEST EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY AND PRAYER OF COMFORT FOR THOSE WHO ARE NEAR TO HER. AND THIS IS PRESENTED TODAY ON THE 20TH DAY OF JUNE. AND THE FAM F CORTEZ IS HERE WITH US TODAY. UM, IF YOU ALL COULD PLEASE STAND AND, UM, IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, UM, ALL THE FAMILY IS HERE AND WE TAKE THAT BACK. WE KNOW NOT ALL OF THE FAMILY IS HERE, UH, BUT WE HAVE SOME OF THE REPRESENTATIVES HERE, UH, WITH US TODAY. AND, UM, IT IS, UH, AN HONOR FOR US TO, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PASSING OF YOUR MOTHER AND, UM, THE MEMORIES THAT SHE HAS AND THE LEGACY THAT CONTINUES MANY GENERATIONS, UH, TO COME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION IN PARTICULAR, COUNCILWOMAN SHIRLEY GONZALEZ. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, THE STORY OF, OF OUR PARENTS, PEDRO AND CRUZ CORTEZ IS TRULY, UH, THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. MY FATHER, AN IMMIGRANT FROM ELCO CAME TO SAN ANTONIO, WORKED AS A BUTCHER AT A GROCERY STORE WHERE THE UNIVERSITY, DOWNTOWN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IS NOW MY, HE MET MY MOTHER, WAS WORKING AT A LITTLE RESTAURANT MAKING TORTILLAS IN A RESTAURANT CALLED BLANCAS CAFE, WHERE THAT'S WHERE THE NAVARRO HOUSE IS RIGHT NOW. AND, UH, THEY STARTED THEIR LIVES. WE HAD, THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN. MY BROTHER EMMANUEL, WHO HAS NOW PASSED, MY BROTHER GEORGE, MY BROTHER, UH, RUBEN, AND OF COURSE OUR SISTER, ROSA LINDA. AND, UH, THEY WERE, WE FEEL VERY HONORED AND VERY BLESSED TO HAVE HAD THEM AS OUR PARENTS. THEY, UH, THEY HAVE BUILT A BUSINESS THAT HAS GROWN FROM THREE TABLES. WE NOW EMPLOY OVER 600 EMPLOYEES AND 600 FAMILY MEMBERS. 'CAUSE WE CONSIDER OURSELVES A FAMILY, AND WE'RE HOPING TO OPEN A NEW RESTAURANT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION. I THINK MY MOTHER, MY FATHER WOULD BE, UH, FEEL VERY HONORED THAT THEY'RE BEING RECOGNIZED IN THIS WAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, GEORGE. UH, JUST A COUPLE OF WORDS. UM, CRUZ CORTEZ WAS BORN JUST DOWN BY THE SAN PEDRO CREEK, UH, BY CA NAVARRO, LITTLE SHOTGUN, HOW HOUSES, UM, THE BEAUTY OF MY MOTHER WAS HER HUMBLENESS AND HER STRENGTH TO SUPPORT MY FATHER THAT WAS WORKING 18, 20 HOURS A DAY. SO IT'S BEEN IN OUR SPIRIT TO TAKE CARE OF EL MERCADO, TO TAKE CARE OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE, TO HIRE THEM, TO HELP THE EDUCATION OF THESE CHILDREN. I BELIEVE THAT MY FATHER WOULD BE VERY PROUD. I KNOW MY MOTHER IS VERY PROUD OF THE LEGACY THAT THEY HAVE LEFT AND THAT THEY HAVE INSTILLED IN US, AND THEY HAVE TRUSTED US TO STAY AS A UNITED FAMILY. UH, MY BROTHER RUBEN, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, THOUGH IT'S DIFFICULT. UM, BUT OUR MOTHER HAS BEEN OUR SHINING STAR AND CONTINUE TO, TO BE OUR SHINING STAR. UM, WE ALL GREW UP IN MARKET SQUARE. I'M THE YOUNGEST AND, UH, MY BROTHERS HAVE MORE MEMORIES OF, THAT WAS OUR PLAYGROUND. THAT'S WHERE WE GREW UP. THAT'S WHERE WE LEARNED WHAT WE LEARNED. SO IT'S VERY CLOSE TO US. WE STARTED IT AS A THREE TABLE RESTAURANT. SO WE BELIEVE IN THE SMALL BUSINESS MAN, [00:25:01] THE MOM AND POP BUSINESSES, AND THAT'S WHY WE'LL CONTINUE, UH, REPRESENTING AND FIGHTING FOR MARKET SQUARE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST TO FINISH THAT, WE WERE TRUE VENDORS. UH, MY BROTHERS AND I USED TO SELL BANANAS ON THE SIDEWALK OF PRODUCE ROW, AND WE LOVED IT. . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IF WE COULD PLEASE GATHER UP HERE FOR A PICTURE OF ALL THE FAMILY. AND, UM, MAYOR, IF YOU COULD JOIN ME, MAKE SURE, YEAH, SURE. I HAVE A WIDE ANGLE, SECOND IN THE MIDDLE. LET'S MAYBE THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCILWOMAN IN THE CENTER. IF Y'ALL COULD GATHER AROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MAYOR, MAYOR RUBEN, COME ON. YOU AND THEN MARY, MAYBE JUST IN THE CENTER RIGHT. AND YOU CAN HOLD. ALL RIGHT. GOT IT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TRI YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES, UM, THE CORTES FAMILY IS, HAS BEEN SUCH A STAPLE FOR, FOR OUR CITY. UH, WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, FOR YOUR COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. UH, AND KNOW THAT, UH, THE LEGACY, UH, OF YOUR MOTHER WILL, WILL LIVE ON FOR MANY, MANY GENERATIONS TO COME. AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, UH, THE, THE ADHERENCE TO, UH, BEING AS AUTHENTIC TO BEING PART OF WHAT SAN ANTONIO IS DEFINED BY ALL STARTED WITH, WITH GRU. AND WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TREVINO. AND, AND I'LL JUST ADD MY, UM, CONDOLENCES AS WELL, BUT ALSO OUR GRATITUDE FROM THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, FOR THE CORTEZ FAMILY AND THE LEGACY THAT YOU'VE BUILT HERE. THERE IS A MOUNT RUSHMORE IN OUR MINDS OF THIS CITY, AND IT'S LONG AND IT'S ILLUSTRIOUS, UH, BUT IT INCLUDES, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE CORTEZ FAMILY. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS. AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR CITY A A MUCH BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF IT. OH, COUNCILMAN VERAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY CONDOLENCES TO THE CORTEZ FAMILY. AND AS YOU ALL WERE UP HERE, WHAT CAME TO MIND WAS, UH, THE PASSAGE FROM PROVERBS 31. AND, UM, HOW IT SAYS, MANY WOMEN DO MO NOBLE THINGS, BUT YOU SURPASS THEM ALL. CHARM IS DECEPTIVE AND BEAUTY IS FLEETING. BUT A WOMAN WHO FEARS THE LORD IS TO BE PRAISED. HONOR HER FOR ALL THAT HER HANDS HAVE DONE, AND LET HER WORKS, BRING HER PRAISE AT THE CITY GATE. SO IT'S OUR HONOR TO HONOR, HONOR HER HERE AT CITY HALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GRO. UM, OKAY. UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER POINTS OF, UH, PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TODAY. UH, WE WILL BEGIN WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, UM, GET BACK TO THE MILITARY SIDE OF THE HOUSE. AND, UH, TODAY WE'RE [00:30:01] GONNA BE, COME ON UP, DEBBIE, AND, UH, BRING EVERYBODY UP HERE, WHO'S HERE THIS MORNING THAT CAN, COULD JOIN US WOMEN BETTER IN THE AUDIENCE. JOIN ME UP HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S RIGHT. NO, THIS, UH, THIS MORNING AS THEY ALL COME UP HERE, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THIS, UH, GROUP OF LADIES. ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT WHAT THESE GROUP, WHAT THIS GROUP OF LADIES REPRESENT? ANYBODY ON THE COUNCIL? NO. NO? OKAY. IT'S, WE'RE CELEBRATING WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY. AND, UH, I AM JUST VERY PROUD AND HONORED TO HAVE Y'ALL ATTEND TODAY AND, UM, BE A PART OF THIS, THIS CEREMONY. IT GOES RIGHT ALONG WITH THE ARMY'S BIRTHDAY AND, UH, HOW YOU HAVE ALL SERVED IN THE MILITARY. SO, GOT A FEW, FEW WORDS HERE. I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, SAY, AND THEN DEBBIE, YOU CAN, UH, UM, CHIME IN AS WELL. UM, SINCE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WOMEN HAVE SERVED THEIR COUNTRY HONORABLY IN A VARIETY OF MILITARY ROLES TO INCLUDE DUTIES AS COOKS, DRIVERS, ADMINISTRATORS, MECHANICS, LOGISTICS, PILOTS, SOLDIERS, SAILORS, SPIES, DOCTORS AND NURSES. THAT'S EVER SINCE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WOMEN HAVE PARTICIPATED IN EVERY ONE OF THEM. WOMEN HAVE MADE UNTOLD SACRIFICES TO INCLUDE SUFFERING THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WOUNDS OF WAR. AND THOUSANDS HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE WHILE WEARING THE CLOTH OF THEIR COUNTRY. THIS YEAR MARKS A 71ST YEAR ACKNOWLEDGING WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE. AND AS THE OFFICIAL YEAR OF TEXAS WOMEN VETERANS, WE REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE Y'ALL AS BEING A PART OF THE MILITARY AND WEARING THE UNIFORM AND DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY. NEARLY 154,000 WOMEN VETERANS CALLED TEXAS HOME TO INCLUDE A LARGE NUMBER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND THOSE VETERANS CONTINUED TO HONORABLY SERVE THEIR COM COMMUNITIES AS THEY SAVED THEIR COUNTRY, AS THEY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY, AND SAVED THESE WOMEN NOW PERFORM IN POSITIONS AS LEADERS SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITIES. AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT HERE, ESPECIALLY IN SAN ANTONIO MILITARY CITY. U S A WOMEN VETERANS DAY ALLOWS US TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR OUR WOMEN VETERANS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TO INCLUDE THE CITY'S FEMALE VETERAN EMPLOYEES AS WELL, HIGHLIGHTING OUR APPRECIATION FOR THEIR STRENGTH AND SACRIFICES THAT HAVE MADE OUR NATION WHAT IT IS TODAY. WHILE WOMEN VETERANS DAY OCCURRED ON JUNE 12TH, WE ARE HONORED TO RECOGNIZE IT TODAY. SAN ANTONIO IS PROUD TO BE HOME OF ALL OF OUR WOMEN VETERANS, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES US STRONG HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND I AM JUST, AGAIN, HONORED TO HAVE Y'ALL HERE TODAY AND TO RECOGNIZE Y'ALL AS CITY EMPLOYEES AND, AND VETERANS OF OUR MILITARY. SO, WITH THAT, DEBBIE, PLEASE. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD MORNING. I'M DEBBIE CLARK, A FORMER US ARMY CAPTAIN AND AN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERAN. I'M CURRENTLY A SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST WITH THE OFFICE OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMAN PERRY, THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND THE CITY MANAGER FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. IN 2017, TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT SIGNED INTO LAW TEXAS SENATE BILL 8 0 5, ESTABLISHING 12 JUNE AS WOMEN'S VETERAN'S DAY. THE DAY IS SET ASIDE TO HONOR THE HISTORY OF WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE, BUT ALSO TO HIGHLIGHT THE BARRIERS THEY HAVE OVERCOME IN EFFORTS TO FORM A FORCE OF PEERS WITH THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS. WOMEN'S VETERAN DAY ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE OBSTACLES THAT YET LAY AHEAD IN TRULY REACHING THIS EQUALITY WHILE WOMEN HAVE BEEN SERVING, AS COUNCILMAN SAID, SINCE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. IT WAS NOT UNTIL 12 JUNE, 1948 THAT PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN SIGNED INTO LAW THE ARM, THE WOMEN'S ARMED SERVICES INTEGRATION ACT. AND THAT TRULY RECOGNIZED THE ROLE WOMEN PLAYED IN OUR ARMED FORCES. THAT'S 200 YEARS AFTER WOMEN FIRST BEGAN SERVICE IN DEFENSE OF OUR NATION. IN 19 76, 28 YEARS AFTER THE LAW WAS SIGNED, WOMEN WERE FINALLY AUTHORIZED TO ATTEND SERVICE ACADEMIES. IT TOOK AN ADDITIONAL 70 YEARS AFTER THAT INTEGRATION ACT BEFORE WOMEN WERE FINALLY AUTHORIZED TO ATTEND ARMY RANGER SCHOOL. IF YOU'RE QUICK ON YOUR MATH, THAT'S JUST LAST YEAR, 2018, THERE ARE STILL UNIFORM SCHOOL AND ROLE RESTRICTIONS THAT EXCLUDE ALL WOMEN SERVICE MEMBERS FROM FULL INTEGRATION REGARDING THE TRUE SACRIFICE OF [00:35:01] WOMEN WEARING THE CLOTH OF OUR COUNTRY. 543 DIED IN WORLD WAR II. THE NAMES OF EIGHT WOMEN ARE ON THE VIETNAM WALL MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, DC AND NEARLY 200 HAVE DIED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. SO TODAY WE'D LIKE TO HONOR ALL THE WOMEN VETERANS, BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WORK FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ACROSS THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES, POLICE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, AND THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE, AND REALLY ALMOST EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE THOUSANDS OF WOMEN VETERANS IN OUR CITY, IN OUR BROADER COMMUNITY, WOMEN VETERANS, WE RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY YOU HAVE OVERCOME AND THE CHALLENGES AHEAD. WE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. THANK YOU. GONNA CUT FOR Y'ALL . UH, WE CAN ALSO DO A PICTURE OUT THE BACK DOOR, IF I WOULD, WE CAN DO A PICTURE OUT THE BACK DOOR. HOW DO WE SIT? THANK YOU, SIR. AND, UM, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS AND CONGRATULATIONS. WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION. AND YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU PERFORMED FOR THE MILITARY AND OUR, OUR NATION, AND HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. COME ON, COME ON TO THE CENTER. MAYOR'S COMING DOWN. OKAY. WE'LL LEAVE A SPACE IN THE CENTER FOR YOU. YEAH, GOOD. I HOW YOU I DON'T, I'M TALLER. YEAH, YOU TALLER. I DON'T WANNA GO RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. THANK YOU'ALL VERY MUCH FOR DOING THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. THANK, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. YEAH, THANK YOU SIR. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY. JUST, UH, YOU WANT TO GET IT HERE IN THE CENTER? IS THAT OKAY? JUST RIGHT THERE. I'M NOT HIDING SILENT. OKAY. LET ME, LET ME SNEAK BEHIND YOU HERE. IF I CAN SQUEEZE IT, GO BACK FURTHER. BACK, BACK. THAT'S BALANCE. 1, 2, 3. NOW COME OVER. GOOD TO, OKAY, LET'S, 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 2, 1. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK Y'ALL. THANK EVERYTHING. YES, SIR. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK TOO. LET'S GO. GO AIR FORCE. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD DAY. YOU TOO. KEEP UP. GREAT WORK. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. OH, WE, OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY. ALRIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. WHO'S, UH, JOINING US TODAY? UH, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WELCOMING, UH, THE, UH, DELEGATION OF STUDENTS AND YOUNG WOMEN, UH, FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD AND THE WOMEN'S GLOBAL CONNECTION. PLEASE COME FORWARD. UH, THEY ARE LED TODAY BY SISTER MARTHA ANN KIRK, WHO'S, UM, A PILLAR OF OUR COMMUNITY OVER AT INCARNATE WORD AND BY MS. NICOLE FOY. AND, UH, IT GIVES, I HAVE TO SAY, THEY ARE ACTUALLY HERE TO CONGRATULATE THE MAJORITY FEMALE COUNCIL. SO, UH, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I'D LIKE TO ALLOW THEM, UH, A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE HERE IN THIS CITY THAT HAS PLEDGED TO BE A CITY OF COMPASSION. UH, WE ALL REMEMBER THAT THIS JUNE IS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL LEGISLATORS BEING IN FAVOR OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. WHILE ALL OF YOU PROBABLY ENJOY BRECKENRIDGE PARK [00:40:01] AND THINK OF GEORGE BRECKENRIDGE, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT HIS MOTHER AND HIS SISTER WERE VERY, VERY ACTIVE, IMPROVING OUR CITY AND OUR STATE. IN FACT, ELEANOR BRECKENRIDGE RESEARCHED LAWS FOR WOMEN, AND SHE'S CALLED THE MOTHER OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE IN TEXAS IN 1916. SHE AND HER FRIENDS WERE GOING AROUND IN THEIR MODEL T WITH A PENANT VOTE FOR WOMEN, VOTES FOR WOMEN. AND SO IT IS SO IMPORTANT IN OUR SOCIETY THAT ALL OF US OF DIFFERENT GENDERS, RACES, COLORS, SOCIOECONOMIC POSITION, THAT WE CONTRIBUTE OUR GIFTS TO THE BETTERMENT OF SOCIETY. AND THAT IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR WORLD, WE REACH OUT TO THE MOST VULNERABLE, AND THAT WE ARE VOICES FOR THE EARTH ITSELF AND FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE. SO IN HONOR OF THIS HAPPY TIME OF MORE WOMEN ON OUR CITY COUNCIL, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, WOMEN'S GLOBAL CONNECTION, WHICH HELPS WOMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD, HAS PURCHASED HINTS. SO IN KENYA AND TANZANIA, A VERY POOR FAMILY, WILL HAVE A HIN IN HONOR OF EACH OF OUR CITY. COUNCILWOMEN, A LOT OF CACKLING IN AFRICA, AND WE CELEBRATE TODAY. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN GRO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR SUCH AN IMPACTFUL GIFT, UM, AND, UH, AND WAY TO JUST CELEBRATE WOMEN AND WHAT IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WORLD AND CONNECTING SAN ANTONIO TO THAT. SO, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND SISTER, I JUST HAVE TO SAY PERSONALLY, THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW IN MY LIFE, UM, NUNS AND THE RELIGIOUS HAVE BEEN SOURCES OF INSPIRATION, RISK, COURAGE, FAITH, AND STRENGTH. AND YOU ALL LEAD BY EXAMPLE. SO WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING YOUR LEADS. THANK YOU. WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN VIRON, COUNCILMAN ADRIANA, ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL. UH, SISTER MARTHA KER, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I HADN'T SEEN YOU SINCE MY DAYS OUT IN CORNERED WORK, SO IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOUR WONDERFUL SMILING FACE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE, UM, GIFT TO SUPPORT A WOMEN'S FAMILY BUSINESS IN AFRICA. THAT IS, UH, SO AWESOME. I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU. UH, I'M ALWAYS ABOUT SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS. AND NOW I COULD SAY THAT WE'VE SUPPORTED A SMALL BUSINESS IN AFRICA, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN, UH, FEEL VERY PROUD OF. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR ADVOCATING FOR WOMEN AND FOR STUDENTS, UH, OF INCAR DOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ROTO GARCIA. COUNCILWOMAN. ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS JUST A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO HAVE WOMEN STAND BEFORE US IN MANY ROLES AND FACETS THAT WE PLAY IN LIFE AS MOTHERS, LEADERS, EDUCATORS, UH, DOCTORS, LAWYERS, JUST EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND STAND FOR AS WOMEN ALWAYS SHOWS ME THE STRENGTH OF THE WOMAN AND HOW WE CARRY THE WORLD AROUND WITH US AND ON OUR SHOULDERS. AND SO, WHAT THIS SHOWS ME IS THAT NOT ONLY CAN WE TOUCH ONE THAT IS IN FRONT OF US, BUT WE CAN TOUCH A WORLD AWAY FROM US. AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU STAND FOR, AND FOR BEING A VOICE FOR MANY OF US, WHEN WE CANNOT SPEAK, AND IN AFRICA, I KNOW THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY AN HONOR TO THEM TO HAVE ONES THAT ARE FAR AWAY, THINK OF THEM AND THEIR BUSINESSES, AND TO PROVIDE A RESOURCE FOR MANY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN. ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. THANK YOU. WELL, AS ONE OF THE MORE SENIOR NOW MOST MEMBERS ON THIS COUNCIL, THIS IS A FIRST, UH, NEVER HAVE BEEN GIFTED, UH, A HEN, UH, ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER GROUP, ACTUALLY A DOZEN HENS, UH, FOR A WOMAN'S FAMILY BUSINESS IN AFRICA. SO THIS IS REALLY, UH, UNIQUE AND WHAT A GREAT, UM, GIFT, UH, ON YOUR BEHALF FOR US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, I KNOW, UM, CHOKO MESA USED TO TELL ME THAT, UH, THE NUNS, THE SISTERS, THEY WERE THE FIRST WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS. UH, AND THAT'S HOW, UM, THE WAYS THAT WE CONTINUE TO HONOR, UH, WOMEN IN THE WORLD IS THROUGH THE WORK THAT THE SISTERS DO ALL OVER EVERY, UH, ORDER. AND EVERY SISTER, I TOO, UM, SPENT MANY YEARS STUDYING UNDER THE [00:45:01] NUNS. AND I THINK, UH, IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE SUCH A, A DEDICATION TO SERVICE IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE SISTERS TAUGHT US. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR, FOR THIS WONDERFUL DEDICATION, UH, AND, UM, IT, IT'S REALLY SPECIAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. COUNCILMAN CAVEO. HAVARA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SORRY, I'M STILL GETTING USED TO THIS BUTTON. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS CONGRATULATORY GIFT. I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER GIFT THAN, UH, PROMOTING INDEPENDENCE IN WOMEN'S BUSINESSES IN AFRICA, SO I APPRECIATE IT. I THINK THAT'S, UH, WHAT THIS CITY'S ALL ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, FOSTERING, UM, THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE. AND SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAD THE THOUGHT AND FORESIGHT TO DO THAT FOR, FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, HALF A WORLD AWAY. SO, THANK YOU, . THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN CAVEO. HAVE DAY COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I UNDERSTOOD YOU WERE COMING TO GIVE US A CONGRATULATIONS, BUT THIS WAS UNEXPECTED AND IT'S SO MUCH MORE MEANINGFUL, UM, THAN THAN SIMPLY THE CONGRATULATIONS AND TO THE WOMEN PARTICIPATING IN THE GLOBAL CONNECTIONS PROGRAM. WELCOME TO, TO CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AND THANK YOU AGAIN, SISTER. AND I'LL JUST, UH, CLOSE BY SAYING THANK YOU, SISTERS. UH, YOU HELP LEAD US BROTHERS, UH, TO THE RIGHT PATH. AND, UH, WE ARE GRATEFUL. OUR ENTIRE CITY IS GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND, UM, I'VE NEVER SEEN A, A HEN GIVEN AS A GIFT BEFORE, BUT I GUESS THAT TRULY IS A GIFT THAT CONTINUES TO GIVE. AND, UH, AS WILL THIS COUNCIL BE FOR ALL YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY I AM DRESSED THE WAY I AM DRESSED TODAY IN A, IN A WAY, AVERA. UM, WE, WE ISSUED A, A CHALLENGE RECENTLY, UH, THE COOL DRESS COOLER SAVINGS CHALLENGE, UH, WITH C P S. AND, UH, WANT TO BRIEFLY TELL YOU A QUICK STORY. SO, TRACY REESE IN MY OFFICE, UH, WHO'S LISTENING IN RIGHT NOW, SHE'S SITTING AT HER DESK RIGHT NOW WEARING A SWEATER AND HAS A, A HEATER UNDER HER DESK RIGHT NOW IN THE MIDDLE. WE HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED SUMMER, BY THE WAY. AND I THINK THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, THE, UH, ENERGY REALLY SPIKES BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO COOL OUR BUILDINGS SO, SO HARD IN THESE VERY, VERY HOT MONTHS. UM, AND SO UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DRESS MORE APPROPRIATELY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, I'M, I'M, I'M ASKING, UH, BUSINESS FOLKS AND EVERYONE FROM ACROSS THE CITY TO, TO DRESS MORE APPROPRIATELY DURING THESE HOT SUMMER MONTHS. NOW THAT I'M DRESSED IN THIS WAY, AVERA, AND I'M IN THIS ROOM, I WALKED INTO, UH, CITY HALL AND THESE CHAMBERS, AND IT IS COLD. IT'S, UH, BUT WHEN YOU'RE WEARING A SUIT, IT DOESN'T FEEL THAT WAY. AND, UH, AND SO THIS IS A, A CHALLENGE TO HELP SORT OF BALANCE THAT, UH, DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS. C P S HAS TO DEAL WITH, WITH, UH, THE PEAK, UH, OR THE PEAK DEMAND RESPONSE, WHICH IS THESE SPIKES IN ENERGY USAGE DURING, DURING, UH, THE TIME PERIOD FROM 2:00 PM TO 6:00 PM AND THIS CAN HELP WITH THAT. SO I JUST WANNA THANK C P S ENERGY, UH, PAULA GOLD WILLIAMS, AS WELL AS OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH, DOUG MELNICK AND BRIAN DILLARD FOR, FOR HELPING OUT WITH THIS EFFORT. AND, UH, AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL JOIN US. UH, WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. AND AGAIN, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A CHALLENGE TO, TO ASK PEOPLE TO, UH, DRESS MORE APPROPRIATELY IN THESE HOT SUMMER MONTHS. BUT WE KNOW THAT, THAT, THAT THIS IS A, A REAL THING WE CAN DO TODAY THAT WILL HELP US TO SAVE ENERGY, WILL HELP US TO, UH, CREATE A, A MUCH MORE HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT WITHIN ALL OUR BUILDINGS IN SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL TREVINO. COUNCILMAN PIZ, DO YOU HAVE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE? IS THAT FOR THE CONSENT ITEM? OH, COUNCILMAN PLA. YEAH. I, I SUPPORT, UH, I SUPPORT THIS. AND, AND SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY, WAIT A SECOND, YOU GUYS HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN TALK ABOUT THE CLOTHES THAT WE WEAR AND ALL THAT. BUT THE, I THINK THIS IS A WAY OF ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HEAT, UH, ASIDE FROM BEING UNCOMFORTABLE, UH, IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO KILL. UM, AND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, ELDERLY FOLKS AND VULNERABLE FOLKS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, WHO AREN'T JUST UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MAY VERY WELL, UM, DIE, UH, FROM THIS HEAT BECAUSE OF A LACK OF AIR CONDITIONING AND A LACK OF, UH, PROPER COOLING AND COOLING STATIONS AND ALL THAT. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MY REQUEST IS THAT EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE AND EVERYBODY WATCHING TODAY LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. AND IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY OUT THERE WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, MIGHT NOT HAVE AN AIR CONDITIONING, UH, OR, YOU KNOW, OR, UM, YOU KNOW, IS ELDERLY AND HOME BOUND, TODAY'S A GOOD DAY TO CHECK UP ON THEM, UH, AND ASK THEM IF, UH, YOU CAN DO [00:50:01] SOMETHING FOR THEM AND INVITE 'EM OVER FOR A, FOR A NICE GLASS OF LEMONADE. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PLI. COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I COMPLETELY SUPPORT COUNCILMAN TREVINO IN, IN THIS EFFORT. I CALL IT COOL THREADS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF WE CAN THINK OF SOMETHING BETTER, WE CAN, WE CAN USE THAT. UH, AND THE TRUTH IS, I BEGAN THE IMPLEMENTATION YESTERDAY. UH, IF ANYONE RECALLS, I WORE A DRESS WITHOUT SLEEVES IF YOU WERE HERE. AND I FROZE MY BUTT OFF THE WHOLE TIME. AND IT WAS A MISERABLE IN, IN THAT SENSE. IT WAS A MISERABLE INAUGURATION EVENT FOR ME. SO I THINK WE NEED TO, UM, SORT OF WORK WITH OUR BUILDING SERVICES, UH, TEAM AND, AND FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. IF WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, MAYBE WE PICK A DAY WHEN WE ALL DECIDE TO, TO DO IT. I KNOW I CAN SEE WOOL JACKETS ALL OVER THIS DAES, AND IT'S GONNA BE MISERABLE IF WE, IF WE, UH, RAISE THAT, THAT TEMPERATURE. AND I DO REMEMBER, I TOLD THIS STORY AT YOUR PRESS CONFERENCE THAT MY FIRST DAY ON COUNCIL, THAT ALSO HAPPENED, AND I WAS ACTUALLY WEARING A BLAZER THAT, THAT DAY. AND IT WAS, UH, IT WASN'T A PLEASANT FIRST DAY ON COUNCIL. I WAS, I COULDN'T EVEN SIT DOWN. I WAS STANDING UP AND, AND, UH, MY TEETH WERE CHATTERING. BUT, UH, IF WE CAN GET AWAY FROM THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO. SO, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR, FOR DOING THIS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. OKAY. UM, THAT'S ALL OF OUR POINTS OF PRIVILEGE, PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TODAY. UM, WE ARE NOW GONNA GET INTO OUR BUSINESS AGENDA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. UH, WE HAVE A FULL CONSENT AGENDA TODAY. NO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, ALTHOUGH DO I DO HAVE A COUPLE PULLED, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBERS ALREADY. ITEM 37 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, ALONG WITH ITEM 40 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? AND PLEASE NOTE FOR THOSE WATCHING, ITEM 15 HAS BE, HAS BEEN PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TODAY. 26 ITEM 26 36. ITEM 36. OKAY. ANY OTHERS? OKAY, HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SO MOVE FOR, WAIT, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. COUNCILMAN ANDY, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? UH, YES, I THINK, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN VERAN HAD, UH, BEFORE I ASKED THAT SHE WAS Z ONE IS ASSOCIATED WITH 40, SO IF WE'RE PULLING 40, WE'RE ALSO PULLING Z ONE. OKAY. FOR THE AFTERNOON AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION? FOR THE AFTERNOON AGENDA? NO, NO. IT'S PART, IT'S PART OF, OH, PULLED OFF. YES, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S CONNECTED TO THE ANNEXATION MAYOR. THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONNECTED. OKAY. SO IT'S BEING PULLED FOR CONSIDERATION FOR TODAY. IT'S OFF OF THE AGENDA FOR TODAY, MAYOR. SO IT'S, UH, 40 AND Z ONE. CAN WE PULL THOSE BOTH RIGHT NOW? OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. Z ONE IS ON THE A SESSION. YEAH. OH IT IS. OKAY. OKAY. MY APOLOGIES. THE ITEM Z ONE IS ON THE MORNING AGENDA. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WE'VE GOT ITEMS 26, 36, 37, 40, AND Z ONE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ITEM 15 WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TODAY. UH, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO MOVED. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE DO HAVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, AND THEN I KNOW WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ON CONSENT. UH, WE'LL START WITH, UH, EDWARD MARTINEZ. UH, IS MR. EDWARD MARTINEZ HERE TODAY? OKAY. VINCENT OR GWEN? NO. OH, I'M SORRY. YOU'RE UP FOR 40. JACK FINGER. WELL, MAYOR NURNBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. YES. AND, UH, FIRST OF ALL, TO MR. TREVINO AND MR. PALAZ, I, I SEE WHERE YOU WANT TO, WHERE YOU'RE REQUESTING. WE, WE, WE, UH, COME MORE CASUALLY DRESSED AROUND HERE, BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS GREAT INVENTION CALLED AIR CONDITIONING. AND, AND ALSO BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, SUPPOSEDLY IS A GREAT HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE. AND WHEN YOU SIT BEHIND THAT DAAZ, SUPPOSEDLY THE IDEA IS TO COMPLIMENT IT WITH A, A NECK TIE AND A COAT TO REFLECT THE HONOR THAT YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN. AND TO THE, UH, THE [00:55:01] NEW MEMBERS ON THE COUNCIL. THIS IS JAVA, ANDREW SULLIVAN, MS. ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA, AND, UH, MELISSA BERDA. WELL, I GUESS SOME WELCOMES ARE IN ORDER. PLEASE, PLEASE UNDERSTAND. I SAW Y'ALL AT THE, THE VARIOUS CANDIDATE FORUMS AROUND TOWN, THE, THE COPS METRO, UH, FORUM, AND THE, UH, AND THE, UH, STONEWALL DEMOCRATS CANDIDATE FORUM, THE, OF THE HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY. YES. AND I MUST SAY WE HAVE, WITH YOUR INSTALLATION HERE ON THIS COUNCIL, WE NOW HAVE A, UH, REACH THE MILESTONE, JACK, KEEP IT TO THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. I'LL CUT YOU OFF. WELL, MR. MAYOR, MAYOR, I'M JUST TRYING TO OFFER INTRODUCTIONS AND A, AND A WELCOME HERE, I THINK. YES. UH, UH, YEAH. WHAT DO, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? WELL, OKAY, HERE WE GO. YES. ITEM NUMBER 30, ACTUALLY, 30, 31, 32, AND 34, ALL OF THEM DEAL WITH, UH, SO-CALLED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND, UH, YEAH, MR. MAYOR, UM, IT'S WHAT I, I CALL WELFARE HOUSING. 'CAUSE THAT ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHAT IT IS. YOU'RE ASKING US THE TAXPAYERS TO SUBSIDIZE HOUSING FOR SUPPOSEDLY THOSE WHO, UH, CAN'T AFFORD IT. YEAH. BUT, UH, I NOTICED THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THESE IS WAY OVER IN, UH, IN, UH, C COLLIBRA CREEK. UH, YEAH, MS. VERDA, THAT, THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT THERE. IT'S WAY OVER INTO THE, THE RICHIE FAR WEST SIDE THERE, YOU KNOW? YEAH. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO PUT, UH, PEOPLE WHO NEED, UH, SUBSIDIZED HOUSING WAY OUT ON, ON THE ALAMO RANCH AREA THERE. THE, UH, BUT THE ONE I'M GETTING AT IS ITEM NUMBER 30. YEAH. THIS IS ONE WHERE, YEAH. PUT THAT ON THE AUDIO VISUAL, MR. MR. SEAN. WELL, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? YEAH. YEAH. BLOW THAT UP A BIT THERE. YEAH. THIS, THIS GUY, WE GAVE HIM A LOAN BACK IN 2002, OVER $320,000. HE HAD NEVER PAID OFF THE PRINCIPAL ON IT. YEAH. THAT'S WHO YOU'RE GIVING FOR. THANK YOU. MR. FINGER. ITEM NUMBER 30, TERRY. OKAY. THAT'S EVERYONE YOU SIGNED UP FOR ITEMS ON CONSENT. COUNCILMAN PAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, A A COUPLE OF THINGS. UH, ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT JOBS, I BELIEVE, HERE IN, UH, ON THIS COUNCIL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE RIGHT REPRESENTATION ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. UM, COUNCILWOMAN GRO HAS, UH, BEEN VERY VOCAL AND VERY, UM, UH, UH, STRONG IN OUR LEADERSHIP IN MAKING SURE TO HOLD US ALL ACCOUNTABLE, UM, IN, UH, APPOINTING THOSE FOLKS WHO AREN'T JUST LIVING IN OUR DISTRICTS, BUT WHO ARE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, UM, IN THOSE, YOU KNOW, IN THOSE AREAS, UM, THAT WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, BE RELEVANT TO THE BOARDS, UH, TO WHICH WE APPOINT. UM, COUNCILWOMAN NAN, YOU'VE ALSO BEEN, UM, VERY, UM, VOCAL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT REPRESENTATION AND THAT DIVERSITY, UH, ON THESE BOARDS. I'VE TAKEN THAT TO HEART. UM, TODAY YOU'RE GONNA SEE ON ITEM, UH, 23 THAT A WHOLE HANDFUL OF DISTRICT EIGHT APPOINTMENTS ARE UP. UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S SUPPORT, UM, IN, UM, IN HELPING ME WELCOME THOSE FOLKS, UH, EITHER FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND NEW APPOINTMENTS. AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, JUST ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR HOUSING TRUST, UH, I'VE DECIDED TO APPOINT, UH, ONE OF MY FRIENDS AND, AND ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS, UH, AND THE THOUGHT LEADER, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, UH, A PERSON BY THE NAME OF FRANKIE GONZALEZ WOLF, UM, AND FRANKIE'S IN THE AUDIENCE, AND THANK YOU, FRANKIE, FOR BEING HERE. BUT JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE KIND OF EXPERIENCE AND THE KIND OF EXPERTISE THAT WE, WE DO HAVE ON THESE BOARDS. YOU KNOW, FRANKIE'S AN EXPERT IN THE AREA OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, DATA ANALYSIS, PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, CORPORATE AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE. UM, AND ON TOP OF THAT, SHE'S GOT A HUGE FRONTAL LOBE. UH, AND, UH, SHE'S A BIG THINKER. AND SO I APPRECIATE HER WILLING TO SERVE. ADDITIONALLY ON, UM, OUR, UM, UH, SAN ANTONIO HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD, I'VE BROUGHT IN A YOUNG MAN, UM, NAMED BO ANDERSON, UM, WHO IS, UH, PROBABLY ONE OF THE SMARTEST HUMAN BEINGS AND KINDEST HUMAN BEINGS I EVER MET. AND, AND JUST CONTINUES TO IMPRESS ME, UH, WITH HIS WISDOM, UM, AND HIS ABILITY TO REALLY BE CEREBRAL AND SOLVE PROBLEMS. UM, AND, UH, I'M, I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF HIM. AND ONE OF THESE DAYS, WATCH OUT COUNCIL MEMBERS. HE JUST MAY BE OUR CITY MANAGER OR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AND, UM, SO, UH, AGAIN, I, I WANNA USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT, UH, AND PARTICULARLY FOR OUR NEW COUNCILWOMEN, UM, I, UM, AND COUNCILWOMAN , I THINK ARE GONNA CONTINUE WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE BEST. UM, AND DON'T BE AFRAID, UH, [01:00:01] TO TELL SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS, NO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WANNA SERVE ON A BOARD, BECAUSE I THINK MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ALSO KNOW WHAT THE HECK THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. UH, AND SO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. AND THANK YOU, FRANKIE, FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PILS. COUNCILMAN GRO, THANK YOU. AND I'M VERY PROUD OF, UM, THE APPOINTEES THAT DISTRICT THREE IS MOVING FORWARD. AGAIN, THE REAPPOINTMENT OF JOY MCGEE AND VANESSA MARTINEZ, THEY'VE BEEN STRONG, UM, AND VERY THOUGHTFUL, UH, APPOINTMENTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES. I ALSO WANTED TO, UH, MAYOR, YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER, HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 24, OUR SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL INNOVATION. THIS IS IMPORTANT AND STRATEGIC FOR OUR CITY BECAUSE THESE MILITARY MEDICAL MISSIONS CONTRIBUTE AN ESTIMATED 4.6 BILLION IN ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND IN 2 20 17, THE CITY, UM, THE ES, THE SAN SAN ANTONIO CITY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FORMED A MILITARY LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH WORKING GROUP TO FOCUS ON HOW THE COMMUNITY COULD HELP OUR MILITARY MEET THEIR MEDICAL MISSION REQUIREMENTS, BUT ALSO LEVERAGING MILITARY MEDICAL RESEARCH FOR COMMERCIALIZATION OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAD SO MANY MISSED OPPORTUNITIES, AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO FILL THAT GAP AND CONNECT THAT GAP. I WANNA THANK DR. EVANS AND HER COLLEAGUE, MS. NON, UH, THEY PRESENTED THEIR FINDINGS AND THEY DID SO MUCH WORK ON THIS, AND I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY MUCH A GAME CHANGER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE MILITARY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GRO. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR, UH, 26, 36, 37, AND 40 Z ONE. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 26. ITEM 26 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTH TEXAS BLOOD AND TISSUE CENTER TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE WHOLE BLOOD TO THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ADMINISTER IT TO PATIENTS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, EXTENDING THE TERM THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022, WITH OPTIONS TO EXTEND FOR TWO ADDITIONAL AND ANNUAL RENEWALS FOR AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $100,000 FUNDED FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 GENERAL FUND BUDGET WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR FUTURE FISCAL YEARS SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATIONS. COUNCILMAN PALIS. CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I KNOW THAT IT COMES AS A SURPRISE THAT I WAS GONNA PULL THIS, AND SO NO PRESSURE. I REALLY DON'T WANT A PRESENTATION. I THINK ALL OF US UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. WHAT I WANTED TO DO, HOWEVER, IS, UM, ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM, NOT JUST EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THIS DIOCESE TO REALLY INVESTIGATE AND LOOK INTO, UM, HOW IMPORTANT AN ASSET THIS COMMUNITY HAS IN THE SOUTH TEXAS, UH, BLOOD AND TISSUE CENTER. UM, TO ME, THE FACT THAT THEY'RE PILOTING THIS WHOLE BLOOD LOW TITER, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE O PROGRAM WITH, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS AMAZING, CHIEF, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, TAKING THIS ON. UM, YOU KNOW, OUR ABILITY TO SAVE LIVES IS, UM, IS EVEN MORE ENHANCED BECAUSE OF YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH THEM. THAT PARTNERSHIP IS GONNA PAY OFF DIVIDENDS, AND I THINK OTHER CITIES, UH, OVER TIME ARE GONNA BENCHMARK, UH, AND REALLY TRY TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE. UM, AND SO I, I CONGRATULATE YOU AND, AND YOUR TEAM FOR TAKING THIS ON. UH, ADDITIONALLY, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, THE BLOOD AND TISSUE CENTER HAVE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 750 AND 780 EMPLOYEES. UH, MANY OF THEM HERE. MANY, MANY, MANY OF THEM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND OUR SOUTH TEXAS BLOOD AND TISSUE CENTER, UM, SERVICES THE ENTIRE NATION. UM, SO A LOT OF THE BLOOD THAT PEOPLE GIVE HERE GOES ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, UM, TO SAVE LIVES. HOWEVER, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM. AND CHIEF, THIS IS WHERE I'M GONNA NEED YOUR HELP. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HELP. UM, AND THAT IS THAT PEOPLE OFTENTIMES WILL GIVE BLOOD AT TIMES OF DISASTERS AND THEN NOT GIVE BLOOD AGAIN UNTIL THE NEXT DISASTER. AND WHILE THAT'S CERTAINLY APPRECIATED, THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. UH, UH, WE'VE BEEN MEETING AND I'M, I'M SURE YOU KNOW, CHIEF BLOOD DOESN'T LAST THAT LONG ON THE SHELF. AND, UH, SO WHEN WE GIVE, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF BLOOD, I'M SURE THERE'S A DIFFERENT WAY OF SAYING THAT. BUT WHEN WE GIVE MANY GALLONS OF BLOOD OR PINTS OR WHATEVER IT IS, UM, THE, UM, THEY DON'T LAST THAT LONG. AND, UH, WE NEED TO BE VERY CONSCIOUS ABOUT GIVING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND SO, ONE OF THE COMMITMENTS YOU'VE GOT CHIEF FROM MY OFFICE, IS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PUSHING REALLY HARD OVER THESE NEXT TWO YEARS TO REMIND [01:05:01] FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVING AT TIMES WHEN THERE'S NO DISASTER PENDING, UH, IS THE RIGHT TIME TO GIVE. AND, UH, I'M LAYING DOWN THE CHALLENGE HERE FOR THE REST OF MY COUNCIL, UH, TO JOIN ME IN THAT EFFORT BECAUSE, UH, ROLLING UP OUR SLEEVES AND BEING BROTHERS IN ARMS, UH, IF YOU WILL, TO BE PUNNY, UH, IS, UH, IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. SO, UM, CHIEF, REALLY NO PRESENTATION. YOU'RE JUST SITTING THERE NODDING AND YOU LOOK GREAT. UH, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING MY PROP FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS TALK. BUT, UM, CHIEF, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO AS FAR AS THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE TO GIVE SOME MORE OOMPH TO THIS INITIATIVE? UH, COUNCILMAN, I'M SO HAPPY TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS MORNING, ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND TO THE NEW COUNCIL, UH, PEOPLE UP THERE, I WANNA WELCOME YOU GUYS. I'M SURE I'M GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH YOU, ESPECIALLY ON YOUR ORIENTATIONS AS FAR AS WHAT WE DO. UH, BUT WE JUST HAVE THE MILITARY IN HERE. AND SO, UM, BETWEEN, UH, WORLD WAR II, KOREA WAR AND THE VIETNAM WAR, THERE WERE A MILLION UNITS OF BLOOD THAT WERE GIVEN, BUT FOR SOME REASON, BLOOD WAS NEVER GIVEN IN THE STREETS OF OUR AMERICAN CITIES. SO WE HAVE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN, UM, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, STRAC, BLOOD AND TISSUE CENTER, AND OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT WE'RE DOING TRANSLATIONAL PRE-HOSPITAL CARE, WHICH IS POINT OF INJURY TREATMENT. SO IF YOU ARE SHOT IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IF YOU GET RUN OVER BY A CAR, IF YOU HAVE A TRAUMATIC INJURY, WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE YOU BLOOD IMMEDIATELY, AND IT HAS SAVED LIVES. WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR CASES WHERE THESE PEOPLE WOULD'VE NEVER SURVIVED WITHOUT, UM, BLOOD. I WAS A PARAMEDIC FOR 17 YEARS AND I FLEW FOR EIGHT. WE HAD LACTATED RINGERS AND NORMAL SALINE, AND THOSE ARE SALT SOLUTIONS. AND SALT BASICALLY IS FOR MARGARITAS, BLOOD IS WHAT'S GONNA SAVE YOUR LIFE. AND SO FOR YEARS, WE WERE UNABLE TO SAVE THESE PEOPLE THAT HAD TRAUMATIC INJURIES. SO BY US BEING ABLE TO GIVE BLOOD, UM, AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE, WE SAVE LIVES. WE HAVE AN ALGORITHM IN OUR DISPATCH CENTER. IF YOU WERE, UH, IF WE'RE RESPONDING TO A TRAUMATIC TYPE INJURIES, WE ARE GOING TO SEND BLOOD. WE HAVE A SEVEN UNITS THAT TRANSPORT BLOOD IN OUR CITY WITH THE COOLERS, WITH THE HEATERS, TO WHERE WE CAN GET TO YOU AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE AND GIVE BLOOD. LAST WEEK I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS, UH, SO IT'S FRESH IN MY HEAD. UM, TO THE METRO CHIEF'S CONFERENCE IN EDMONTON, WE HAD EIGHT DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, INCLUDING HONG KONG'S FIRE CHIEF, LONDON'S FIRE CHIEF, UH, THE FIRE CHIEF OF OF SERVICES IN SPAIN, UM, THAT WERE THERE. AND THE CHIEFS OF NEW YORK CITY, F D N Y, LOS ANGELES, THEY ALL TOOK THIS INFORMATION BACK AND CHALLENGED THEIR MEDICAL DIRECTORS TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY CAN'T HAVE BLOOD. SO WE ARE THE LARGEST METRO DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY THAT ARE, ARE USING BLOOD. UM, WE CONTINUE TO NEED BLOOD, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMING UP HERE THIS MORNING BECAUSE WE HAVE GIVEN 110 PINTS OF BLOOD THIS YEAR SINCE OCTOBER. IT WORKS. UH, WE HAD NO IDEA THAT IT'S WORKING AS WELL AS, AS IT IS. SO WE'RE GONNA GO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND PRESENT AMAZING NUMBERS NEXT YEAR. I FULLY AS, UH, I, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA ACHIEVE THE NATIONAL E M S AWARD, UM, IN THE NATION NEXT YEAR. WE ARE GOING TO, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE NUMBERS. SO THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN ALL HELP US WITH IS WE NEED YOU TO DONATE BLOOD. UM, WE NEED TO CREATE PROGRAMS IN THIS CITY TO WHERE WE DONATE BLOOD. UM, IF YOU LOOK AT SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, WE DID NOT HAVE BLOOD IN SUTHERLAND SPRINGS. WE COULD HAVE LOADED UP BLOOD ON A PALLET AND FLEW IT TO SUTHERLAND SPRINGS AND TOOK OUR PERSONNEL OUT THERE AND PROVIDED POINT OF INJURY TREATMENT AND PROBABLY SAVED SOME THOSE 26 PEOPLE THAT DID NOT SURVIVE. SO THIS IS CUTTING EDGE. I THINK YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE COALITION. BE PROUD OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BE PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT. AND, UH, WE'LL BE GLAD TO TALK ABOUT THIS AT ANY POINT IN TIME. BUT THIS IS LIFE CHANGING. IT'S ONE OF THE BEST PROJECTS I HAVE EVER BEEN IN INVOLVED WITH AS A PARAMEDIC OR A FIRE CHIEF. SO, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING ME UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT FOR A COUPLE MINUTES. THANK YOU, CHIEF AND, AND, AND MAYOR. UH, I THINK EVERYBODY UP HERE AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT, UH, AT THE VERY, VERY MOST BASIC, UM, LEVEL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT FEWER PEOPLE DIE ON OUR WATCH. UM, AND I THINK THIS IS ONE WAY OF ACCOMPLISHING THAT. UH, AND NOW THAT GAME OF THRONES IS OVER AND THERE'S NO N B A FINALS AND THE ELECTION CYCLE'S OVER, ALL OF YOU HAVE EXTRA TIME ON YOUR HANDS, UH, TO, UH, POSSIBLY GO OUT, AND IT REALLY DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVE. UH, AND SO MARIA VILLAGOMEZ JUST HEADS UP, I'M GONNA BE ASKING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, MAKE THIS PROGRAM MORE AND MORE ROBUST AS, UH, THE YEARS PASS. THANK YOU. AND IF I MIGHT ADD, WE HAVE SOME OF OUR PERSONNEL THAT ARE DONATING BLOOD. IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DONATE BLOOD ON A THURSDAY, THAT SAME BLOOD COULD BE ON ONE OF OUR UNITS ON A MONDAY. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BLOOD THAT WE ARE GIVING, WE ARE GIVING, UH, RED BLOOD CELLS AND PLASMA, UM, COMBINED. AND SO ANYBODY CAN ACCEPT IT. IF YOU'RE PREGNANT, IF YOU'RE A CHILD, UH, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU BLOOD. AND SO, AGAIN, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THE FUTURE. AND AGAIN, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU FOR [01:10:01] BRINGING THIS UP. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PIA, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU CHIEF FOR ALL YOU DO. AND THANK YOU TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THAT YOU DID FOR SAN ANTONIO. I WANTED TO ALSO MENTION THAT I THINK THERE'S IMPORTANT MEASURES LIKE STOP THE BLEED THAT WAS JUST TAKEN UP AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT I HAVE ALREADY BROUGHT UP TO SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. SO COLLEAGUES, I WILL BE DRAFTING SOME LANGUAGE VERY, VERY SOON, AND WE'LL BE ASKING FOR SUPPORT FROM SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRAINED AND STOP THE BLEED, AT LEAST AT THE COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL AID LEVEL. WE ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY EVERY DAY, AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE TRAINED. AND, UH, IT'S A FAIRLY SIMPLE PROCESS. IT TAKES 30 TO 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND IT COULD SAVE MANY, MANY LIVES IN THE FUTURE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON YOUR SUPPORT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOU WORE MY HEART BY SAYING THAT BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BUILDINGS HERE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, ANY HOTEL WE HAVE STOP THE BLEED KITS THAT WE HAVE INSTALLED. WE BOUGHT 'EM, WE PUT 'EM UP, WHERE'S IT AT? OKAY. RIGHT THERE. SO, AND WE NEED TO GET MORE, THOSE THINGS COST MONEY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A STOP THE BLEED KIT, JUST LIKE THEY HAVE AN AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR. IT IS NOT A QUESTION. IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MASS CASUALTY SITUATION IN SAN ANTONIO, WE ARE GOING TO AT SOME POINT IN TIME, AND HOW DO WE RESPOND TO THAT? OUR CIVILIANS ARE GONNA BE THE FIRST RESPONDERS. SO STOP THE BLEED PROGRAMS ARE, ARE, ARE CRITICAL. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MA'AM. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ROCHE GARCIA. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 26. UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. I JUST WANTED, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO CONCUR WITH WHAT MY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS. UH, I, I TALKED TO OUR, OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT, UM, UNDERSTANDING THE, UH, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR STAFF AND OUR CITY EMPLOYEES IF THEY LEARN HOW TO, UH, BE INVOLVED IN STOPPING THE BLEEDING OF SOMEBODY WHO'S INJURED. SO I HOPE THAT THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE START INITIATING FOR ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU AND METRO HEALTH CAN WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP FOR US. AND I WANT TO CONCUR THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, AND I'M GLAD THAT THE COUNCILMAN BROUGHT IT FORWARD, AND IT'LL GET MY SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN COURAGE. COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. I JUST WANT TO, UM, ECHO ON THAT. UH, WE JUST, UH, STARTED THIS WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM THIS LAST YEAR, AND I WENT TO THE MEDICAL FLIGHT WHERE, UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT ON BY THE MILITARY AND HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY, UH, OUR HEALTH, UH, SYSTEM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND, UH, HOW IMPORTANT THAT PROGRAM IS TO GET THAT BLOOD OUT TO THE SCENE. UH, AND I THINK WE'RE ALSO CARRYING IT IN SOME OF OUR E M S UNITS AND, AND THE HELICOPTER FLIGHTS AND THAT TO GET THAT WHOLE BLOOD OUT THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BUT NOT EVERYBODY CAN. IT'S CERTAIN BLOOD TYPES, RIGHT? THAT, UH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO, TO DONATE THAT WHOLE BLOOD. IS THAT RIGHT? YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DONATE. UM, ANYONE CAN DONATE. ALL PEOPLE NEED TO DONATE. BUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR IS O OKAY. SO O IS GONNA BE UNIVERSAL. SO IF YOU LOOK AT A AND B, AND THERE'S THE ANTIGEN, THE THE PLUS AND THE NEGATIVE, AND I DON'T WANNA GET TOO PARAMEDIC ON YOU, BUT, UM, O IS THE, IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO USE. THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE IMPORTANT ONE. WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT IS, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE IMPORTANT ONE. BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THE HOSPITAL, CHANCES ARE THEY'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR BLOOD TYPE IS AND GIVE YOU THAT BLOOD TYPE. BUT AGAIN, THEY NEED BLOOD. SO IF A PERSON GOES INTO A TRAUMA CENTER FOR EVERY FIVE MINUTES THAT THEY DON'T GET BLOOD, THEIR MORTALITY DECREASES 5%, RIGHT? SO WE NEED TO GET THE BLOOD AND TO GO BACK TO OUR UNITS, WE HAVE BLOOD ON BOTH OF OUR MEDICAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS AMBULANCES WHO DEAL WITH THE, THE PD, WHETHER IT'S, UH, SS A P D OR SHERIFF'S TO GO OUT ON THOSE SWAT RUNS ALL OF OUR MEDICAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS. I MEAN, ALL OF OUR MEDICAL OFFICERS, WHICH ARE FIVE OF THOSE UNITS, HAVE THE COOLERS AND HAVE THE BLOOD, THE BLOOD STAYS IN OUR UNITS FOR 14 DAYS. AFTER THAT 14 DAY, UH, PERIOD OF TIME, WE TAKE THAT BLOOD BACK TO THE BLOOD TISSUE CENTER, THEY WILL ROTATE THAT INTO THEIR STOCK, AND THEN WE GET MORE BLOOD. THE RELATIONSHIP IS SO GOOD THAT WE CAN WALK IN THERE AT FOUR IN THE MORNING ON A SUNDAY AND GET AS MUCH BLOOD AS WE NEED TO. SO WE HAVE ACCESS TO BLOOD 365 DAYS A YEAR. SO, UM, IT'S A FANTASTIC PROGRAM. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF. AND BACK TO, UH, COUNCILMAN P'S COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, HOPING THE REST OF THE STAFF, UH, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO HAVE ONE OF THESE COMPETITIONS AS TO WHO GIVES THE MOST BLOOD FROM THEIR STAFFS, UH, HERE IN THE, ON THE [01:15:01] DAIS. UH, I CAN TELL YOU, Y'ALL ARE ALREADY AT A DISADVANTAGE. I HAVE AN EMPLOYEE, STEVE PETERSON, WHO HAS ALREADY GIVEN 40 GALLONS OF BLOOD, UH, ACROSS HIS, UH, UH, UH, SPAN OF GIVING. SO, UH, Y'ALL ARE ALREADY AT A DISADVANTAGE IF WE DO THIS, BUT, UH, UH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A KIND OF HEALTHY OR, UM, COMPETITION HERE FOR US. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF, AND WITH THAT, I'LL, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PERRY. COUNCILMAN TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA POINT SOMETHING OUT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. AND, AND THIS IS, UH, SO CRITICAL, UM, OF HOW YOUR DEPARTMENT PLAYS SUCH A ROLE IN, IN MAKING SURE THAT, THAT, UH, PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE, ARE SAVED EVERY SINGLE DAY. YOU'RE, YOU'RE OUT THERE, YOU'RE DEALING WITH, WITH SOME OF THE MOST BASIC CONCERNS. AND, UH, I JUST WANNA NOTE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE WEARING A WHITE SHIRT WITH SHORT SLEEVES. UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA BE IN ALL, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, UH, AS, AS COUNCILMAN PALAS HAS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DEALING WITH, WITH HEAT RELATED ISSUES. AND, UH, IT, IT IS OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE DEALING WITH THINGS LIKE, UH, THOSE THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT MAY BE BLEEDING TO THAT, THOSE THAT MAY BE SUFFERING FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION. AND I THINK YOU GUYS DO IT RIGHT, AND I'VE BEEN POINTING THAT OUT FOR YEARS. UH, THE FACT THAT, UH, YOU GUYS ARE SETTING THE EXAMPLE FOR US. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORD, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TREVINO. THANK YOU, CHIEF TO YOUR AND YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION THEN SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 26. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM 36. ITEM 36 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN CITY'S CLIMATE CHALLENGE, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, ACTUALLY. UM, AND BEFORE THAT, I'M SORRY, WE HAD, WE DO HAVE, UH, TWO ITEMS OR TWO CITIZENS SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. TERRY BURNS. DID THAT LAST, UH, GOOD MORNING. AND, UH, I WISH I HAD TIME TO, UH, TALK ABOUT BLOOD BANKING IN MY FORMER CAREER AND, UH, ALL SORTS OF THINGS, BUT, UH, UH, BUILDING COOLING AND, UH, UH, COMMISSIONS. UH, IT IS JUST, UH, ALL KINDS OF GREAT STUFF TO TALK ABOUT. BUT I WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. MY NAME IS DR. TERRY BURNS, RETIRED PHYSICIAN, PATHOLOGIST AND CHAIR OF THE ALAMO SHARE CLUB. OUR NATION'S LARGEST, OLDEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION WITH ALMOST 3000 MEMBERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, WE, AS PART OF THE CLIMATE ACTION COALITION OF DOZENS OF LOCAL SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GROUPS HAVE SPENT HUNDREDS OF HOURS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS TO DEVELOP A STRONG CAP CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN BASED ON SCIENCE PRACTICAL STRATEGIES. AND FOUNDED IN EQUITY, WE CHOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EFFORT. AND A RECENT, UH, OPINION PIECE IN LAST SUNDAY'S EXPRESSED NEWS, UH, IT WAS POINTED OUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS TO COLLABORATE FOR, QUOTE, A FUTURE WHERE ALL CITIZENS, ALL LEADERS, EMBODY AN ETHOS WHERE CONSERVATION IS SIMPLY A PART OF EVERY DECISION AND ACTION, UNQUOTE, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU, OUR CITY LEADERS, AND FROM OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. I URGE YOU TO MAINTAIN THE EQUITY LENS THIS YEAR, AND TO PASS A STRONG CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN. AND RIGHT NOW TO APPROVE ACCEPTANCE OF THE BLOOMBERG GRANT MONEY. UH, AS, UH, DESCRIBED IN ITEM 36, WE REALLY CAN DELAY NO LONGER IN TAKING CLIMATE ACTION. THIS MORNING'S PAPER MENTIONS THE NEED FOR 74% REDUCTION OF CARBON EMISSIONS FROM OUR ELECTRICITY SEC SECTOR BY 2030. 2030. AND SO THAT MEANS OUR C P SS HAS TO SHUT DOWN ITS COAL AND NATURAL GAS PLANTS BY THEN. WE CAN'T WAIT. OUR AIR QUALITY IS UNHEALTHY. AS A PHYSICIAN, I APPRECIATE THAT AS PARENTS WHO HAVE CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA, AND I HAVE RELATIVES IN THAT CATEGORY, UH, IT'S UNHEALTHY. WE HAVE NON-ATTAINMENT IN OZONE, AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT QUICKLY, OR WE'LL GO INTO MODERATE NON-ATTAINMENT, WHICH WILL BE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE TO DEAL WITH, AS WILL OUR CLIMATE CHANGE. PLEASE ACT NOW TO IMPROVE [01:20:01] OUR TRANSPORTATION, CONNECT US, SAY, UH, WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE SCIENCE, WHAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON CLIMATE, AND OUR TRANSPORTATION IN SO MANY THINGS IS POLITICAL. WILL. WE'LL BE HERE WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. BURNS, JACK FINGER. OKAY. UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, AND I THINK, DOUG, ARE YOU READY FOR A PRESENTATION? THE CHIEF HAD IT UP HERE, SO I'LL, I'M GONNA BRING IT DOWN. UM, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNCIL. UM, I'LL BE, UH, PROVIDING A, UH, PRESENTATION ON THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL. SO, BACK IN, UM, JUNE OF 2018, UH, BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES, UH, ANNOUNCED A, UM, A CHALLENGE CALLED THE AMERICAN CITIES CLIMATE CHALLENGE. THE, THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS REALLY WAS TO HELP ACCELERATE, UM, CITIES IN, IN TAKING ACTION AROUND, UM, AROUND CLIMATE SOLUTIONS. UH, IT WAS OPEN TO THE, UH, HUNDRED LARGEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY BY POPULATION. UH, IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO VARIOUS FOCAL AREAS, REDUCING, BUILDING ENERGY USE, INCREASING RENEWABLE ENERGY, REDUCING VEHICLE TRAVEL AND ELECTRIFYING VEHICLES. BUT REALLY, AT THE HEART OF IT, UM, WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THESE CLIMATE STRATEGIES, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT GOOD JOBS, CLEANER AIR, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH, MOBILITY OPTIONS. AND, AND I HAVE A SLIDE THAT GETS INTO MORE OF THE DETAILS AS FAR AS WHAT STRATEGIES WE'RE WORKING ON, BUT CLIMATE IS AN UMBRELLA FOR THIS. BUT IT REALLY IS ABOUT PRACTICAL STRATEGIES THAT, THAT, THAT ARE GOING TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE. UM, AND AS YOU'LL SEE, IS THE STRATEGIES WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, UH, BEFORE WE EVEN STARTED ANY OF THE WORK AROUND SA CLIMATE READY. UH, IT ALSO DOES SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED, UM, BACK IN 2017 BY CITY COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT. SO WE ARE ONE OF, OF 25 CITIES NATIONALLY. UH, THEY'RE BIG CITIES, SMALL CITIES, UM, RED STATES, BLUE STATES, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW, UM, YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BIG ONES THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, ON THESE ISSUES FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SUCH AS, SUCH AS LOS ANGELES, PORTLAND, BUT SOME OTHER SMALLER CITIES SUCH AS ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, UM, OR, UM, PITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI, CINCINNATI, INDIANAPOLIS. UM, SO IT'S A, A GREAT COHORT, COHORT OF CITIES THAT WE'RE A PART OF. UM, AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO, TO WORK TOGETHER, UM, ON SIMILAR STRATEGIES TO, UM, UH, BASICALLY LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND, AND HOW BEST TO IMPLEMENT, UH, THESE STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES. SO WHAT DO WE, UM, GET FROM THIS? UM, BASICALLY IT'S A, A PROGRAM THAT RUNS THROUGH 2020, UH, AT THE END OF 2020. THERE IS NO, UM, MONEY COMING DIRECTLY TO THE CITY. UH, IT'S UP TO $2.5 MILLION OF, UM, DIRECT, UH, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT. UH, SOME OF THE KEY THINGS THAT, THAT ARE A PART OF THE AWARD. UM, TWO, UH, NATURAL RESOURCE DEFENSE COUNCIL, UM, CONTRACT EMPLOYEES WOULD BE, UH, HOUSED WITHIN THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY. UH, ONE WOULD BE WORKING ON BUILDING, UH, RELATED STRATEGIES. AND, UH, THE OTHER WOULD BE WORKING ON TRANSPORTATION RELATED STRATEGIES. UH, WITH THAT COMES LOTS OF OTHER, UH, CONSULTANTS, UM, WITH DIFFERENT AREAS OF EXPERTISE WHO WILL BE HELPING US WITH POLICY EVALUATION, BEST PRACTICE RESEARCH, UM, DATA ACQUISITION ANALYSIS, UM, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ASSISTANCE. SO ANY OF THESE POLICIES OR STRATEGIES WE, WE DEVELOP, WHAT ARE THE FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THOSE, BOTH POSITIVE AND, UM, IN, IN TERMS OF, UH, POTENTIAL COSTS, UM, PEER LEARNING BETWEEN CITIES, UH, AND NOT JUST PHONE CALLS, BUT ACTUALLY GETTING, UM, DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS TOGETHER, UH, TO, TO TALK. UH, I THINK THE OTHER THING I'M REALLY MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS BEING ABLE TO LEARN FROM THESE OTHER CITIES, UM, NOT JUST THEIR STAFF, BUT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN THOSE, IN THOSE CITIES. UH, IF THEY'VE GONE THROUGH PROCESSES AROUND THESE STRATEGIES, GETTING THOSE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES, TALKING TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY TO LEARN WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING TO HELP INFORM OUR PROCESS GOING FORWARD. UM, ASSISTANCE WITH CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT AND, AND OUTREACH, UM, POLLING AND COMMUNICATIONS, UH, HELPING OUR LEADERS, UH, REALLY UNDERSTAND, UM, THE, THE PROS AND CONS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND THEN, UH, IMPLEMENTATION, IF WE COME UP WITH POLICIES AND PROGRAMS, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF MOVING THOSE FORWARD? SO THIS IS JUST A LIST OF SOME OF THE, UM, UH, THE, THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE. UM, YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE SOME OF THESE OTHERS YOU MIGHT NOT. ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE, UM, UH, [01:25:01] BASICALLY IS A NATIONAL, ACTUALLY AN INTERNATIONAL LEADER IN RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY. UH, WE HAVE THE, UM, UH, THE AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UH, AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ECONOMY, EXPERTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY. UM, NATO IS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS. UM, THE ELECTRIFICATION COALITION SPECIALIZES IN, UM, UH, VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATION AND ELECTRIC, UH, VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THERE'S LOTS OF, UM, EXPERTISE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAP INTO TO HELP US, UM, UH, AS WE EVALUATE DIFFERENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS, UM, TO, TO DETERMINE WHAT WOULD WORK BEST FOR SAN ANTONIO. SO THERE'S A LOT THAT ARE, UM, THAT, THAT'S ON THE PLATE. UM, SOME SIMPLER, UH, THAN THAN OTHERS. UM, WHILE WE DO LOOK AT, UM, UH, THIS DECEMBER, 2020, UH, TARGET DATE, MANY OF THESE ARE GOING TO SPAN BEYOND THAT. YEAH, I THINK PARTICULARLY WHEN WE START LOOKING AT, UM, THE, THE BOTTOM TWO AROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, IMPROVING PUBLIC TRANSIT OR CONNECT SA, THOSE ARE BIG, UM, BIG OBJECTIVES, UM, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE, UM, BY THE, THE END OF NEXT YEAR. UM, BUT OTHER THINGS SUCH AS, UM, DETERMINING HOW DO WE START IN INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF RENEWABLES, UM, FOR CITY FACILITIES, WHETHER THAT'S ONSITE OR THROUGH PURCHASING RENEWABLE ENERGY, UM, PROGRAMS THAT ARE BASED IN, IN PRIVATE, PRIVATE MARKET, UM, FINANCING, UM, FOR BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRY TO IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THEIR BUILDINGS, SUCH AS PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY, UM, IS, IS SOMETHING THAT IS, IS POTENTIALLY FEASIBLE. UM, EV AND SOLAR READINESS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEING LOOKED AT BY, UM, DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES NOW. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE AL THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. I HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE, I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT LOOKING AT ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND, AND BENCHMARKING FOR, UM, EXISTING BUILDINGS AND TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT, THESE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, DISCUSSED OVER, OVER THE PAST, PAST FEW YEARS, IF NOT LONGER. SO THE OTHER KEY THING, UM, I REALLY WANTED TO, TO TO POINT OUT IS, UM, AS I MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING, WHILE CLIMATE IS THIS, UH, UMBRELLA, AS A PART OF THIS PROGRAM, MANY, IF NOT, MOST OF THESE STRATEGIES THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON, UM, HAVE BEEN IN, UM, UH, EXISTING CITY PLANS. AND SO I WENT THROUGH THE SA TOMORROW SUSTAINABILITY PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL, UH, AUGUST OF 2016, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE. UM, ON THE, ON THE BUILDING, UM, STRATEGY SIDE, UH, THERE ARE STRATEGIES AROUND RENEWABLE ENERGY, UM, FOR, FOR GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, CRITICAL FACILITIES. UM, IT DOES MENTION THE NEED TO, UM, LOOK AT PROPERTY, ASSESS CLEAN ENERGY AND BENCHMARKING AND DISCLOSURE PROGRAMS ON THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE. UM, WE DID, UM, UH, FOCUS ON, UH, VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATION FOR THE, FOR THE FLEET, UM, CITY FLEET, AS WELL AS CITYWIDE EV INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT, AND REALLY LOOKING AT MOBILITY, HIGH SPEED MOBILITY OPTIONS AROUND THE CITY. SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY CREATING NEW, UM, POLICIES OR PRIORITIES AS A PART OF THIS PROGRAM. IT'S, IT'S REINFORCING THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED PREVIOUSLY. SO THIS IS, UM, I THINK PROBABLY THE, THE MOST, UH, I THINK IMPORTANT SLIDE FOR ME IS WE'RE ALREADY DOING THIS WORK. UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES EVEN BEFORE THE CHALLENGE WAS, WAS, WAS ANNOUNCED. SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH BEXAR COUNTY, UM, FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS ON PROPERTY ASSESS CLEAN ENERGY. UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH, UM, A DIVERSE GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS ON EV AND SOLAR READINESS, UM, REQUIREMENTS, UM, TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS HAS BEEN WORKING ON TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THE M P O AND VIA. UM, WE HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, B E SS, UH, ON EVALUATING OUR CITY, UM, FLEET FOR POTENTIAL ELECTRIFICATION, UH, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH C P S ON WHAT DOES THE NEXT STAGE OF, UM, CITYWIDE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE LOOK LIKE, LOOKING AT RENEWABLES, UM, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITY FACILITIES VIA CONTINUES TO LOOK AT TRANSIT. AND WE HAVE CONNECT SA. SO, UM, THE, THE OPPORTUNITY IS THAT, UM, THE WORK'S GOING ON, AND THIS JUST BRINGS ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP WITH, WITH THAT. I THINK THE KEY IS ANY OF THESE STRATEGIES THAT, THAT MOVE, MOVE FORWARD WILL NEED TO COME TO COUNCIL ONE, BASED UPON STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND CONSENSUS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, FROM ALL SIDES OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN, TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER WE COME UP WITH WORKS, UM, AS FOR AS MANY AS PEOPLE, AS PO POSSIBLE, AS WELL AS REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE, THOSE FISCAL IMPLICATIONS, WHETHER IT'S, UM, UH, COSTS THAT WILL BE, UM, UH, BEING BORN BY THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY OR THE [01:30:01] RESIDENTS, OR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WOULD NEED BE NEEDED ON THE CITY SIDE TO ADMINISTER, UH, ANY NEW POLICY OR PROGRAM. ALL OF THAT WILL HAVE TO BE FLESHED OUT PRIOR TO BRINGING SOMETHING TO COUNCIL. SO, UM, WE'LL WANNA MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE GOING FORWARD, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS JUST, UH, THOSE RESOURCES THAT HELP US, UM, TO, UM, TO HELP ACCELERATE THOSE, THOSE EVALUATIONS. SO WHAT IS IN THE, THE M O U, UM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY N R D C COMMITS TO, UM, PROVIDING TO, UM, STAFF PEOPLE, AGAIN, THAT WILL BE HOUSED IN, IN THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, COMMITTING TO SHARING BEST PRACTICES, UM, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CONSULTANT SERVICES, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING ON THE CITY SIDE. AND THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL, IT'S THAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO PURSUIT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. UH, THERE'S A LOT THAT'S IN THIS, THIS, UM, THIS PROGRAM. UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO IT ALL, UM, BUT I THINK IT'S, WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT WE CAN, UM, WITHIN THE TIME THAT WE HAVE. AND AGAIN, AT THIS POINT, IT'S A YEAR AND A HALF. SO I THINK GOING INTO IT WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, IT'S A LOT, BUT I THINK EVEN IF WE DON'T GET TO IT ALL, UM, BY THE END OF 2020, WE'LL BE IN A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE DON'T GET TO, UM, AS OPPOSED TO NOT HAVING, UH, SOME OF THIS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. UM, WE ALSO, UM, COMMIT TO, AGAIN, DEVELOPING THIS, THIS PLAN AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND, AND UPDATING IT AS NEEDED. AND FOR THESE TWO ADVISORS THAT WILL BE SITUATED IN MY OFFICE, WE SIMPLY NEED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A WORKSPACE, UM, INTERNET ACCESS, UH, USE OF A PRINTER, COPIER, SCANNER, FAX MACHINE. UM, AND THEN IF THEY NEED ANY CITY INFORMATION TO HELP DO THEIR JOB, UM, UM, WE'LL MAKE SURE THEY HAVE IT, BUT IT'S NOT JUST CARTE BLANCHE, UM, WITH, WITH EVERYTHING, BUT THEY'LL BE COMING WITH THEIR OWN PHONES, THEIR OWN, UH, UH, LAPTOPS. WE DID PRESENT TO COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY ON MAY 23RD. UM, AND SOME, UM, REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS, UH, AND CLARIFICATIONS, UH, CAME UP. UM, AND SO WE UPDATED THE M O U LANGUAGE. UM, IN PARTICULAR, ONE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CLARIFYING THAT THIS WASN'T JUST ABOUT A, A CLIMATE PLAN, BUT IT SUPPORTED SA TOMORROW. AND SO WE INCLUDED LANGUAGE CLARIFYING THAT, UM, THE, THE, THIS, THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS THOSE, UH, THOSE, UM, EFFORTS THAT THE CITY HAS IDENTIFIED PREVIOUSLY. UM, WE ALSO CLARIFIED THAT THAT'S, THERE'S SOME DIFFERENTIATION IN PART, PARTICULARLY AROUND SOME DATES THAT WERE IN THE APPLICATION. UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD IDENTIFIED WHEN WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE THE, THE ESSAY CLIMATE READY PLAN COMPLETED, WE THAT THE TIMELINE GOT MOVED. SO, UM, WORKING WITH, WITH OUR COUNCIL AS WELL AS THEIR COUNCIL, UM, ADDED LANGUAGE, UM, CLARIFYING THAT IF THERE'S ANY DIVERGENCE BETWEEN THE APPLICATION AND THE M M O U, THE M O U, UM, BASICALLY PREVAILS. UM, AND THEN THERE WAS, UM, DISCUSSION AROUND COMMUNICATION, UM, WHICH WAS A VERY GOOD POINT WHERE THE WAY IT WAS OR ORIGINALLY WRITTEN WAS ANY COMMUNICATION, UM, FROM THE CITY NEEDED TO BE REVIEWED BY, UM, UH, N R D C. AND SO WE ADDED LANGUAGE REALLY CLARIFYING, THAT'S MORE ON THE CITY LEAD, WHICH IS THE CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, AND ANY FORMAL COMMUNICATION. UM, BUT IT DOES NOT APPLY TO OTHER CITY OFFICIALS. UM, IF THERE IS ANY SORT OF PLANS RELEASED FROM A CITY OFFICIAL, UM, WE HAVE COMMITTED TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, LETTING THEM KNOW. UM, BUT IT DOESN'T IN ANY WAY, UM, RESTRICT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM MAKING ANY SORT OF STATEMENTS, UH, AROUND THE, UH, THE, UM, THE, THE, THE PROGRAM. AND SO, FINALLY, UM, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE, UH, AND THE M O U WITH N R D C TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO MEET THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE AMERICAN CITY'S CLIMATE CHALLENGE. AND, AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, DOUG, I KNOW THIS WAS A LONG TIME IN, IN THE MAKING. SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING WITH US AS WE VETTED, UH, THROUGH SOME OF THE CONCERNS WITH THE M O U. UM, SO TWO YEARS AGO TODAY, WHEN WE, UH, APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO TODAY, WHEN OUR NEW COUNCIL CAME IN IN 20 17, 1 OF THE FIRST ACTIONS WE TOOK WAS APPROVAL OF THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD, OR SUPPORT OF THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD. AND AT THAT TIME, I DON'T BELIEVE WE WERE EXACTLY CERTAIN WHAT WE WERE COMMITTING OURSELVES TO. WE JUST KNEW THAT IN SPIRIT, WE SUPPORTED THE IDEA OF PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY FROM THE HARMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND TRYING TO, UH, AVOID THOSE, IF AT ALL, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. SO, WHAT COMES BEFORE US TODAY IS AN ACTIONABLE WAY TO MAKE GOOD ON, ON THE RESOLUTION, AND IT HAPPENS TO BE FREE, AND IT COMES WITH $2 MILLION IN SERVICES. SO, UH, OF COURSE, I WILL SUPPORT THE ACTION ON THE FLOOR. I WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS. UM, THIS GRANT THAT WE PURSUED THROUGH THE INITIATIVE OF THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, I SUPPORTED, UH, THE GRANT APPLICATION, UH, SUBMITTED [01:35:01] A A LETTER OF SUPPORT MYSELF, AND I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'LL BE PURSUING, SOME OF THE ONES THAT, UH, DOUG MENTIONED, THEY'RE NOT JUST ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT THEY ALSO COME WITH SO MANY OTHER BENEFITS. AND IF THEY DIDN'T, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO, TO MOVE FORWARD ON THEM. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS, UH, DEMANDED OF THE OFFICE OF, OF THE POLICIES THAT WE, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH. UH, THEY WILL ALSO HELP US IN REDUCING AIR POLLUTION, UH, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, A MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. UM, THEY WILL HELP US WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AS YOU MENTIONED. THEY WILL HELP US WITH COST SAVINGS AND MOBILITY OPTIONS, BEING ABLE TO MOVE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY ALSO WILL SERVE AS ECONOMIC ACCELERATORS IF WE ARE, UH, IF WE ARE LINED UP, UH, FOR A GREEN INVESTMENT IN SAN ANTONIO, WHICH I BELIEVE THIS GRANT WILL HELP US DO, THAT MAKES US MORE COMPETITIVE AS A COMMUNITY, UH, FOR MANY OF THESE OTHER NONPROFITS OR COMPANIES TO COME INVEST IN, UH, SAN ANTONIO. UM, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF OTHER REASONS WHY I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, UH, IN TERMS OF AIR QUALITY. UH, THERE WAS A REPORT THAT CAME OUT JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT NOTICED THAT NOTED THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE OF 15%, UH, A 15% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DAYS WHEN WE HAVE UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY ACROSS THE US. EVERYBODY HERE PROBABLY KNOWS SOMEONE WITH ASTHMA, MAYBE SOMEONE WITH EMPHYSEMA OR C O P D, AND YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS. UH, I THINK ANY, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER ON THIS DAIS KNOWS THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS LOVE THEIR PARKS AND LOVE THEIR OUTDOORS, AND THAT'S A DAY THAT THEY CAN'T USE THOSE. IT'S A DAY THAT A CHILD MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL AND CONTINUE IN THEIR, UH, IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL PATHWAY. AND IF THEY CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL, IT'S A DAY THAT THAT PARENT WILL NEED TO STAY HOME FROM WORK. UH, SO THAT'S ONE ISSUE. AND I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'RE TALKING NOT JUST ABOUT CLIMATE ACTION, BUT ADAPTATION AS WELL. YESTERDAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF METRO HEALTH ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY. UH, AND THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE'RE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE TEMPERATURES ABOVE 103. HEAT IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES. SO THAT'S HIGHER THAN TORNADOES, HURRICANES, FLOODS, EVERYTHING ELSE COMBINED. IT'S HEAT AND IT'S COMING. UH, AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR SAN ANTONIO? UH, AS, AS OUR PREDECESSORS WOULD SAY, SAN ANTONIO IS A CITY ON THE RISE. UH, THAT MEANS A LOT OF BOOMS AND CRANES DOWNTOWN, A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION. WE'VE JUST, UH, GROWN OUR, UH, STREET MAINTENANCE BUDGET BY, WE'VE ALMOST DOUBLED IT, RIGHT? ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE NEED TO WORK OUTSIDE. SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF WE HAVE MORE AND MORE HEAT ADVISORIES AND WE'RE NOT PREPARED FOR THEM. WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY POLICIES THAT PROTECT WORKERS. WE, WE DO RELY ON COMPANIES TO DO THAT, BUT IT MEANS THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO WORK AS HARD AS MANY DAYS. UM, SO THEY MAY HAVE TO REDUCE THEIR DAYS. AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE SERVICES THAT WE CAN DELIVER IN TERMS OF IMPROVING OUR ROADWAYS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG CONCERN, AND I THINK THIS GRANT WILL HELP US, AND THIS WORK THAT THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY IS DOING WILL HELP US WITH THAT. UM, AND TO BELABOR THE POINT, A LITTLE BIT MORE, , JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS, UM, WE HAD A STORM THAT HIT, UH, DISTRICTS ONE, FIVE, AND SEVEN VERY HARD. UM, I'M NOT GONNA SAY WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, AND SOME OF THEM FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS AT A TIME. IT WAS, UH, HOT, HOT DAYS WHEN THAT HAPPENED. UM, SO THEY A DIDN'T HAVE, UH, A REFRIGERATOR RUNNING. THEY DIDN'T HAVE AC, UM, AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THEY WERE GONNA GET BACK ON THE GRID. SO CLIMATE ADAPTATION IS ALSO SOMETHING WE CALL RESILIENCY. HOW DO WE RECOVER QUICKLY FROM ISSUES LIKE THAT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE DEATHS OR, UH, INCONVENIENCES, UH, TO OUR ECONOMY AND TO OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE WHEN A STORM LIKE THAT OCCURS? UM, SO I COULD NOT BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF, OF ACCEPTING THE GRANT. AND I REALLY WANNA THANK THE STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK IT TOOK TO GET HERE, AS WELL AS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. I UNDERSTAND, UH, YOUR STAFF WAS VERY INVOLVED IN ENSURING THAT, UH, THAT THE GRANT WORKED FOR THE INITIATIVES THAT WERE CURRENTLY ALREADY UNDERWAY, UH, IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. SO IT'S GOING TO GIVE US THAT BOOST. UM, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEM. IT IS A MOTION AND A [01:40:01] SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 36. COUNCILMAN COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS TO UNDERSTAND, UH, HOW THIS WILL WORK WITH US IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, PROGRAMS WE'VE UNDERTAKEN. SO CAN YOU TELL ME, UH, HOW DOES THIS INTEGRATE WITH OR SUPPLEMENT OUR DRAFT CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN? SO, UM, AS MEN, AS I HAD MENTIONED, UM, THESE STRATEGIES ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS. UM, AND, UH, MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN PROGRESS FOR, FOR SOME TIME. AND I THINK ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE EITHER FOUND WITHIN, DIRECTLY WITHIN THE CLIMATE PLAN, OR, UM, ARE SUPPORTED BY THE CLIMATE PLAN. I THINK THE, THE INTENT IS TO, UH, CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE, THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE REFINEMENT OF THE CLIMATE PLAN. WE BASICALLY SPENT THE PAST MONTH AND A HALF, TWO MONTHS MEETING WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS, PARTICULARLY FROM BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, HEARING WHAT THEIR CONCERNS AND, AND WHAT THEIR, UM, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS WERE. UH, WE PROVIDED, UM, SOME EDITS TO OUR CONSULTANT, GOT A, A DRAFT BACK, UM, GOING TO DO A LITTLE MORE BACK AND FORTH. BUT I THINK THE, THE HOPE IS TO GET THAT PUBLICLY RELEASED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN START GETTING THAT PICKED BACK UP AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY'S AWARE OF, OF WHAT THESE UPDATES ARE. BUT I THINK THE, THE INTENT IS TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE STRATEGIES AS, AS WAS MENTIONED, THAT THERE'S SO MANY OTHER BENEFITS OF THEM, THAT WHILE THEY ARE TIED TO, TO CLIMATE AND THEY ARE TIED TO THE CLIMATE PLAN, THAT, THAT WE SHOULD BE PURSUING THEM IN AND OF THEMSELVES, UM, BECAUSE OF ALL THOSE OTHER BENEFITS. UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT WORKED ON THE CAP FOR US. WILL OUR CONSULTANT WORK WITH THESE NEW CONSULTANTS COMING IN? WILL THEY BE COLLABORATING? WELL, THE, THE CONSULTANT THAT HAS HELPED US WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLIMATE PLAN IS ACTUALLY UNDER CONTRACT WITH, UM, C P S ENERGY, THEIR CONTRACTS WINDING DOWN, UM, BASED UPON ONCE THEY DELIVER WHATEVER THE FINAL DRAFT IS, WHEREAS THESE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES REALLY START SHIFTING MORE IN TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION SIDE, BASICALLY SAYING, THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE STRATEGIES THAT WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON, BUT WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES? STARTING TO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS AROUND SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO GET INPUT FROM ENVIRONMENTALISTS, RESIDENTS, BUSINESS INDUSTRY TO START CRAFTING WHAT THE SPECIFICS ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE. WHEREAS THE CONSULTANTS WHO HELPED WITH THE CLIMATE PLAN ARE HIGHER LEVEL AS FAR AS PROVIDING THAT, THAT LARGER LONG-TERM FRAMEWORK AS FAR AS WHAT WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON. WELL, UH, WILL THESE, UH, THESE NEW, UM, CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, YEAH. RESEARCHERS, I THINK I WOULD CALL 'EM, WILL THEY AFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTATION OF THE UPDATE FOR CAP? NO, NO. I THINK WE ARE, WE ARE, UM, I THINK WHERE WE ARE WITH THE DRAFT PLAN IS MOSTLY REFINING BASED UPON COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CIRCLE BACK WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE, THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUPS WHO HELPED FORMULATE THIS PLAN, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. I THINK, UM, WHERE THE, THE, THESE RESEARCHERS AND THIS, THESE CLIMATE CHALLENGE, UM, UH, UM, CONTRACTORS WILL BE HELPING ON, WILL BE ON MORE ON THE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES, UM, THAT WE, THAT WE, THAT WE SHOWED, BUT NOT GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS SORT OF BROADER CLIMATE POLICY DISCUSSION. WELL THEN COULD, UH, COULD THEIR WORK HELP US UNDERSTAND AND CALCULATE THE STEPS OR DETAILS TO CARRY OUT? YES, THE 40 PLUS CAP STRATEGIES A ABSOLUTELY, IT'S, AND WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON THESE, UM, THESE EIGHT, BUT I THINK WHAT'S THE REAL POSITIVE OPPORTUNITY HERE IS HELPING US TO GET MORE, MORE DETAIL FOR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS WHAT POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION SCENARIOS LOOK LIKE. UH, THERE'S ASSISTANCE TO HELP ORGANIZE WORKING WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS. UM, AND THEN I THINK REALLY CRITICALLY HELPING US UNDERSTAND SOME OF THOSE, THOSE ECONOMICS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ONE SO WE CAN INFORM THE COMMUNITY, KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND COUNCIL WITH WHAT THOSE FISCAL IMPLICATIONS ARE. SO THEN THEY COULD PUT HARD NUMBERS ON SOME OF OUR CAP STRATEGIES. I THINK THEY CAN, THEY, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THEY, THEY LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, WHAT IT WOULD COST THE CITY, BUT ALSO WHAT IT MIGHT COST, UH, PEOPLE'S INDIVIDUAL ECONOMIES. AND YEAH. AND I THINK, I THINK THEY CAN GET US PART OF THE WAY, UM, WITH SOME OF THE INITIAL ANA, UH, ANALYSIS, BUT I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO, UM, FIGURE OUT IF IT'S GONNA GET AS FAR ENOUGH WHERE WE NEED IT TO BE OR THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BEST PRACTICE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS THAT'S BEEN DONE NATIONALLY AROUND VARIOUS, [01:45:01] UM, UH, THE, THE COST BENEFITS OF RENEWABLES, THE COST BENEFITS OF, UM, UH, VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATION. BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE REALLY GONNA WANT TO WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS DOWN TO THE RIGHT GRANULAR DETAIL FOR US, RIGHT? THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY SAYING, OKAY, WELL, AT A STATEWIDE LEVEL, HERE IS THE COST. I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, OKAY, WELL, BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR SAN ANTONIO? WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS TO FIGURE OUT WILL IT GET US TO THE POINT WHERE WE'LL BE CONFIDENT COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL WITH HERE'S THE NUMBERS. BUT I THINK IT, IT'LL BE A GOOD STEP TO HELP US BEGIN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THOSE, THOSE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC RANGES ARE. AND, YOU KNOW, UH, PART OF THE CAP AND PART OF ANY CLIMATE ACTION IS REALLY NOT JUST TODAY, BUT IT'S TOMORROW, IT'S NEXT YEAR, IT'S FIVE YEARS FROM NOW. IT'S LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE KIND OF INNOVATIVELY WHAT MAY DEVELOP THAT'LL HELP US MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT SOME OF THAT AS WELL, OR ARE THEY JUST LOOKING AT LIKE, TODAY IT'S, IT'S, I THINK IT'S ALL, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATION, I THINK, AND IT'S, IT'S A LOT ABOUT LOOKING AT WHAT THOSE MARKET TRENDS ARE. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE ARE HOPING TO WORK WITH THEM ON IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN IDENTIFY THE NUMBER OF, OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN SAN ANTONIO TODAY, BUT TALKING TO INDUSTRY EXPERTS, UM, BOTH, NOT JUST NATIONAL EXPERTS, BUT EVEN CIRCLING BACK WITH SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE WHO HAVE LOCAL EXPERTISE IN THIS, THAT CAN HELP GUIDE DECISION MAKING AROUND, WELL, HOW MUCH CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE DO WE NEED? IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. IT'S ABOUT WHAT'S A REALISTIC NUMBER IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. UM, AND I, AND IT'S NOT BUILDING OUT TO THAT TOP AMOUNTS, BUT IS THERE APPROPRIATE MIDDLE GROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR ANY INCREASE? WILL, YEAH. WILL THEY BE LOOKING AT ELECTRICAL GEN, UH, GENERATION, POTENTIAL FUTURE, MORE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY REPLACING COAL, THINGS LIKE THAT? THEY, THE SPECIFIC STRATEGY AROUND RENEWABLES, UM, THAT'S IN THE, THE PROGRAM IS FOCUSED MORE ON, UM, MUNICIPAL COSA, UM, UH, GENERATION. SO IT'S LOOKING AT, UM, I THINK THE GOAL IS HOW DO WE GET, SEND THE CITY ORGANIZATION TOWARDS THE POINT WHERE WE ARE, UM, PRODUCING OR PROCURING GREEN ENERGY FOR JUST ALL OF OUR, OUR OPERATIONS. AND THAT'S GOING TO, TO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK THEM IS TO, TO HELP US, ONE, DO SOME INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF ALL OF OUR ROOFTOPS AS WELL AS A LOT OF OUR LAND HOLDINGS. UM, AND HOPEFULLY PACKAGE THAT IN A WAY WHERE WE CAN START MAPPING OUT WHAT DOES A MULTI-YEAR STRATEGY LOOK LIKE. AND, UH, I THINK THE KEY TO THAT IS GONNA BE, AGAIN, THE ECONOMICS. UM, IT, IT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, IT NEEDS TO PENCIL OUT WHERE IT'S GOING TO, UM, MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE FOR THE CITY ORGANIZATION TO, TO, TO INVEST IN, IN RENEWABLES. BUT THEY'LL HELP US START CRAFTING THAT, THAT POLICY. WELL, I, I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONED SOUTHWEST RESEARCH, AND I HOPE THAT THEY'RE GONNA WORK WITH C P S AND SAWS AND VIA AND SOUTHWEST AND THEIR STAFFS TOGETHER TO KIND OF FORMULATE SOME GOALS AND SOME OUTCOMES. AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S KEY TO IT. I THINK ONE OF THE, THE REAL IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE'VE MADE CLEAR WITH THEM IS IT'S ONE THING FOR THEM TO COME WITH THEIR BEST PRACTICES AND THEIR RESEARCH, BUT THEY, THEY SHOULDN'T BE COMING WITH THEIR ASSUMPTIONS AS FAR AS WHAT, WHAT THE, WHAT THE LOCAL PROGRAM OF POLICY SHOULD LOOK LIKE. IT NEEDS TO BASICALLY BUILD UPON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE AS A CITY. UM, AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN, UH, UM, DOING SOME PRELIMINARY, HAVING SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH THOSE DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS. SO IT, IT'S, AND WE BASICALLY WANT TO BUILD UPON THE WORK THAT THOSE INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN DOING ALREADY AND NOT BASICALLY SUPERSEDE AND, YOU KNOW, UM, NI NEGATE THAT WORK. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, I THINK THAT MORE RESEARCH, MORE DEVELOPMENT, MORE SUPPORT IS GONNA BE GOOD. AND SO, UH, UM, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS. UH, AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN COURAGE, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THESE CONVERSATIONS. UH, THAT CAN BE, UH, A LITTLE COMPLICATED. SO, UM, FOR THE AVERAGE MM-HMM. CONSTITUENT TO UNDERSTAND. SO LEMME JUST ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, THE AMERICAN CITY'S CLIMATE CHALLENGE. UM, WE APPLIED FOR THAT GRANT, IS THAT HOW IT CAME TO US AT? YES. UM, BASICALLY, UH, IT, THE, UM, IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN JUNE OF 2018. SO BASICALLY A NOTIFICATION WENT TO THE MAYORS OF THE TOP A HUNDRED CITIES, UM, THAT WERE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. UM, IT WAS A PRETTY RIGOROUS PROCESS. WE DID [01:50:01] AN INITIAL APPLICATION. WE, FROM THAT APPLICATION, WE WERE, UM, UH, SELECTED FOR A SECOND ROUNDS. UM, AND THEN THAT SECOND ROUND INCLUDED A, A SITE VISIT THAT OCCURRED IN OCTOBER, UM, OF, OF LAST YEAR FOLLOWING THAT, THAT SITE VISIT IN WHICH THEY HAD MET WITH C P S AND VIA AND, AND OTHER ENTITIES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING AROUND BUILDINGS, ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION. UM, THERE WAS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SECOND APPLICATION, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT WE NEEDED TO COMPLETE. AND THEN WE OFFICIALLY, UM, FOUND OUT AND, UH, THE, THE SELECTION WAS ANNOUNCED, UH, JANUARY OF, OF THIS YEAR. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU, UH, JUST FOR THAT LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. AND DO YOU KNOW IF ANY OF THESE CITIES HAVE MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES? SO ORLANDO HAS A MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITY, LOS ANGELES, AUSTIN, UM, SEATTLE. UM, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE, THE OTHERS. AND, UH, I JUST, I WONDER, AND, AND IN, IN THEIR MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES, DO A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THEIR GROSS EARNINGS GO TO THE CITY? IS THAT TYPICAL OF THAT MODEL, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT 30% COMES TO? SO I'M NOT SURE, UM, ABOUT THAT. I THINK EVEN WHEN, I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MUNICIPAL OWNED UTILITIES, THEY'RE ALL NOT THE SAME. UM, I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, FOR INSTANCE, LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES, SEATTLE, AND AUSTIN, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY ARE, UM, UH, SORT OF AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL FOR THE ORGANIZATION. SO THEY, WITHIN THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, THEY REPORT TO EITHER THE MAYOR OR THE MANAGER AND COUNCIL. WHEREAS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WHILE THEY ARE MUNICIPALLY OWNED, THEY, THEY VERY MUCH C P SS VERY MUCH FUNCTIONS INDEPENDENTLY, WHERE, UM, THERE ISN'T DAY-TO-DAY OVERSIGHT ON OPERATIONS BY, BY THE CITY ORGANIZATION. SO I'M NOT SURE, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE FINE. IT'S SOMETHING I COULD LOOK INTO. WELL, AND, AND I'M JUST ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I MEAN, WE ARE REALLY, I MEAN, WE'RE 30% DEPENDENT ON C P S ENERGY FOR OUR BUDGET. AND SO THAT MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT, UH, IN HOW WE PLAN OUT. OH, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK WHEN, WHEN WE START LOOKING AT, UM, THINGS LIKE DEMAND REDUCTION, IMPROVING EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS, UM, WHEN WE START LOOKING AT, UM, REDUCING, WE WANNA START REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT WE'RE CONSUMING. UM, YEAH, THERE, THERE, THERE, THERE'S FISCAL IMPLICATIONS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, UTILITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN REALLY LOOKING AT VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATION AS A GOOD, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO BUILD, UM, THEIR, THEIR ECONOMIC BASE BY SELLING MORE, UM, ELECTRICITY AS MORE AND MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES COME ON, ON THE, UH, ON THE ROAD. SO IT MIGHT IT BE LIKE, UM, JUST SIMPLY THAT A TRANSFER. SO WE'RE REDUCED CONSUMPTION IN OUR BUILDINGS, BUT WE'RE STILL DOING IT ON THE, AND I GUESS WHAT DOES THAT DO? THESE ARE THE COMPLICATED QUESTIONS THAT I GUESS WILL ANSWER THERE NEEDS, THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT OF FISCAL ANALYSIS BEFORE WE MAKE ANY BIG POLICY DECISIONS, RIGHT? AND SO, BECAUSE IF, IF, IF IT'S STILL, IF YOU'RE JUST SHIFTING FROM ONE TO ANOTHER, HAVE WE HAD ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT? WE, AND, AND WE HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T MADE, UM, THAT BIG SHIFT YET. I THINK THERE'S THE TIME TO, TO EVALUATE, UM, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE FISCAL IMPLICATIONS TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ORGANIZATION IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT, UM, ENERGY REDUCTION SCENARIOS, AND THEN HOW WOULD WE MAKE UP THAT GAP? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DOES A MARKET TRANSITION TO ELECTRIFICATION? ARE THERE OTHER FINANCING MODELS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT? BUT I THINK THOSE ARE KEY DISCUSSIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE. GOOD. WELL, 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE ANY MENTION HERE OF C P S ENERGY, AND I WAS TRYING TO LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATION, BUT ALSO LOOK AT SOME OF THE DATA OR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UM, LOOK AT, DID THIS GO TO COMMITTEE, BY THE WAY, WE, WE DID PRESENT TO COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY. OKAY, GOOD. SO I GUESS MAYBE SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS GOT ANSWERED. I JUST DON'T KNOW. SO ANY, ANY STRATEGY, UM, WE'VE BEEN ALREADY SORT OF PRELIMINARILY BRIEFING C P S ENERGY ON, ON A LOT OF THESE ISSUES. ANY OF THEM THAT DIRECTLY RELATE TO THEM, BECAUSE WE NEED THEIR CRITICAL, UM, INPUT IN THEM. OKAY. YEAH, I, I WOULD HOPE SO. I, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE THEM LISTED ANYWHERE IN THE PRESENTATION, SO I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE SOME, A VERY CRITICAL COMPONENT OF HOW WE PROCEED. UM, AND I GUESS THAT JUST, UM, YEAH, I, I AM, UH, VERY, UH, EXCITED. BUT ON A, ON A LIGHTER NOTE, UH, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY A MAN ON COUNCIL THAT BROUGHT UP FASHION, UH, AND WHAT WE SHOULD ALL BE WEARING AND NOT THE WOMEN, UM, AS MIGHT BE STEREOTYPICALLY MENTIONED. UM, AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR A LONG TIME THAT IT'S TOO COLD IN HERE. UH, AND, UM, YOU CAN TELL AS WE'RE SHIVERING UP HERE WEARING BLANKETS ON THE DAIS THAT IT'S TOO COLD IN HERE. [01:55:01] UM, SO, UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, WE'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES HAPPENING, NOT JUST IN THIS BUILDING, BUT IN BUILDINGS, UH, ALL OVER THIS CITY. UM, AND IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER PLACES TOO. EVERYWHERE WE GO, IT'S TOO COLD. SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT, UM, EVOLVES, BUT THAT, THAT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET, ON OUR CITY BUDGET. MM-HMM. . UM, BECAUSE AS WE START TO MAKE THOSE SHIFTS, I DON'T, UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING, EVEN IF YOU, PERHAPS THAT ANALYSIS COULD BE DONE IF WE REDUCE THE TEMPERATURE OR RATHER INCREASE THE TEMPERATURE IN EVERY BUILDING BY THREE DEGREES. WHAT IS THE IMPACT TO OUR CITY BUDGET? BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I KNOW THAT, THAT I FEEL LIKE I STILL NEED ANSWERED. UM, AS WE PROCEED WITH THIS CLIMATE, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT, THERE'S NO DOUBT. UM, I MEAN, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE A SHIFT THAT WE HAVE CHANGES. I BELIEVE I'VE PERSONALLY DONE IT 10 YEARS AGO, UH, I MOVED WITHIN TWO BLOCKS OF MY BUSINESS, SO I WOULDN'T BE TRAVELING BY CAR ANYMORE. UH, I MOVED TO A HOUSE THAT WAS THREE TIMES SMALLER THAN MY PREVIOUS HOME, BECAUSE IT ALSO DID OCCUR TO ME THAT IT WAS VERY WASTEFUL TO HAVE THIS LARGE HOUSE THAT WAS MOSTLY VACANT. UH, AND OF COURSE, AT THAT TIME, I HAD NO CHILDREN AND I WAS SINGLE. BUT LI LIFE HAS A WAY OF, OF CHANGING BEFORE OUR EYES. UH, BUT, UM, IT'S STILL A MUCH SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER FOOTPRINT. UH, AND, UM, MOST DAYS I DON'T DRIVE AT ALL. UM, I CAN GET AROUND, UH, WITHOUT USING A VEHICLE, UM, MOST DAYS. SO, UH, I JUST, UM, THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT AS WE MAKE THESE SHIFTS, UH, HOW MM-HMM. IT WOULD BE, AND PERHAPS THAT'S SOME OF THE ANALYSIS THAT THEY CAN DO, IS WHAT DOES THAT INCREASE IN THE TEMPERATURE OF OUR BUILDINGS HAVE ON OUR CITY BUDGET? OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ. COUNCILMAN PAL. THANK YOU. UM, I, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION, UH, TWO THINGS. ONE, UH, THE SCIENCE IS REAL, AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO QUARREL WHATSOEVER. UM, IN THE SAME WAY THAT I DON'T HAVE A QUARREL WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, MY, MY DOCTOR WHEN HE TELLS ME, YOU KNOW, THAT MY SHOULDER HURTS FOR, YOU KNOW, A REASON. UH, AND THE SAME WAY I DON'T HAVE A QUARREL OF MY MECHANIC WHEN HE TELLS ME THAT AFTER 30 YEARS OF FIXING CARS, HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY CAR. UM, I, I WILL TELL YOU, HOWEVER, AND I'LL POINT OUT TO EVERYBODY, THAT ONE WAY THAT I FEED MY CHILDREN, WHO, BY THE WAY, HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO EATING. AND SO I, YOU KNOW, I, I WORK REALLY HARD AT IT IS, UM, BY, UH, BY FOCUSING OUR ATTENTION AT OUR LAW FIRM ON STORMS, WE MAKE A LOT OF MONEY AT OUR LAW FIRM, AND WE PAY A BIG TEAM, UH, TO REALLY HELP PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, RECOVER AND BUSINESSES RECOVER FROM, YOU KNOW, HAILSTORMS, WINDSTORMS. AND WE DO IT IN COLORADO, HERE IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS BECAUSE, UH, BUSINESSES BETTER, UH, EVERY SINGLE YEAR, BECAUSE THESE MEGA STORMS ARE THE NEW NORMAL. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, INSURANCE COMPANIES KNOW IT. UH, IN FACT, THEY ALL BEEF UP THEIR STORM RESPONSE TEAMS OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. UM, AND YOU TALK TO INSURANCE, UH, ACTUARIES, AND THEY'LL TELL YOU THE SCIENCE IS REAL, AND WE KNOW IT'S REAL BECAUSE WE PAY OUT A LOT OF MONEY MORE AND MORE EACH YEAR, UH, BECAUSE OF THESE MEGA STORMS. AND, UM, I, UH, DOUG, I GET IT. I, I REALLY DO. AND THAT'S WHY YOU GOT MY SUPPORT. AND I KNOW I MADE A BIG DEAL ABOUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE CONTRACT, BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE MY LAWYER HAT OFF SOMETIMES. UH, BUT I, I'M GLAD YOU TOOK THAT SERIOUSLY, AND I'VE LOOKED AT THE DOCUMENT AND I'VE LOOKED AT, UH, DEBRIEFING, UM, SUPPORT DOCUMENTS, AND, UH, I'M WITH YOU ON THIS ONE. SO THANKS FOR THE HARD WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PIZ. COUNCILWOMAN ROCIO GARCIA. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. IT'S WONDERFUL. I HAVE A QUESTION ON SLIDE SIX OF 12. UM, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND, AND IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE I'M NEW, BUT WHEN THERE'S ASTERISKS ON THE SLIDE, WHERE CAN I GET THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I CAN'T FIND IT? THERE'S AN ASTERISK. YEAH. SO ON YOUR KEY INDICATORS, YOU HAVE, UM, TWO BULLET POINTS, ONE OF 'EM SQUARE FOOT, UM, BUILDINGS COVERED BY POLICY, AND THEN PROJECTED ENERGY, G H D SAVINGS AND STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGED. AND MY SPECIFIC QUESTION IS ON THE STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGED, WELL, I'M WONDERING, WHICH, I THINK IT'S SIX OF 12, I THINK YOU HAVE IT. SLIDE SIX. SLIDE SIX OF 12 STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGED. HMM. I MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT ONE, SO I'M SORRY IF I DO, BUT, UM, I DO, WELL, THE QUESTION ON THAT IS, HOW ARE WE ENGAGING OUR, OUR STAKEHOLDERS [02:00:01] SPECIFICALLY? AND I'M LOOKING, UH, AT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S MANY CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY HELPED WITH SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS. WE HAVE CORPORATIONS AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL, AND LEVI'S USES RECYCLED BOTTLES AND COCA-COLAS DOING THEIR WONDERFUL THINGS AS WELL. AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT HOW WE'RE, I GUESS, UM, COMMITTING TO ENGAGING SOME OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY? SO, UM, I THINK THE KEY WITH BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY IS UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY WANT TO BE ENGAGED. AND, AND I THINK, I THINK WE, UM, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT CLIMBING PRESS, CURRENT CLIMBING PROCESS, I THINK LEARNED, UM, A LOT. UH, THAT, UM, SO BASICALLY THE, THE, THE METHOD WE INITIALLY STARTED, UM, JUST MEETING WITH CHAMBERS, UH, YOU KNOW, MEETING WITH ALL THE CHAMBERS, UM, UH, AND LISTING THEIR SUPPORT TO HELP GETTING THE WORD OUT. UM, I THINK THE KEY OF LATE HAS BEEN REALLY JUST ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS. UM, AND JUST, UM, FINDING OUT WHO THE POINT OF CONTACT IS AND JUST HAVING THOSE FRANK CONVERSATIONS. UM, THERE ARE ALSO OTHER, UM, FORMAL GROUPS, UM, UH, COALITIONS OF, OF BUSINESSES, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING ON THEIR, THEIR EXISTING AGENDAS. UM, I THINK THE KEY IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT ONGOING COMMUNICATION AND, AND I THINK REALLY MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, RESPECTING WHAT YOU HEAR AND THEN SHOWING THAT YOU'VE HEARD AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS. AND IT'S NOT SIMPLY JUST MEETING, LISTENING AND NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I THINK, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH ALL OF THIS WORK AND ALL OF THESE STRATEGIES, UM, THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF WHERE WE CAN LAND ON THESE. UM, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE DIFFERENT SECTORS AND STAKEHOLDERS UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE'S NOT GETTING WHAT THEY WANT, BUT WHERE IS THAT COMMON GROUND? WHERE IS THAT, UM, WHERE CAN WE LAND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MOVING US FORWARD THE BEST WE CAN AT THIS POINT? SO I THINK THAT THE KEY WITH THE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY IS JUST REALLY MAKING SURE THAT'S, THAT, THAT, UM, WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF EFFORT TO, TO REACH OUT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD, WOULD, WOULD ASK YOU ALL IS, AS YOU HEAR, UM, UM, UH, YOU MAY HEAR COMPLAINTS, UH, YOU MAY HEAR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HEAR, JUST PLEASE LET US KNOW OR DIRECT THEM TO, TO US. 'CAUSE THE KEY TO ANY, ANY POLICY IS GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES AND JUST DON'T LET SOMETHING FESTER. UM, AND IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, WE CAN'T TRY TO MITIGATE IT. SURE. AND THE ONLY REASON I WAS ASKING IS IF WE BRING AN OUTSIDE PERSON, UH, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO IS GONNA BE THERE, BUT THEY WON'T KNOW NECESSARILY OUR COMMUNITY, THEY WON'T KNOW THE IMPACT THAT OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS ON OUR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, ON JUST OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AS A WHOLE. WE HAVE VERY RESPONSIBLE, SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE CORPORATIONS THAT I THINK WOULD BE WILLING TO BE ENGAGED. AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALSO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. ABS. ABSOLUTELY. IT'S THE, IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, KEY, UH, TO, TO, TO MOVING THIS FORWARD THAT, UM, UH, IF WE DON'T HAVE, UM, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ON BOARD, WE'RE NOT GOING TO, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OF THESE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ROCHE GARCIA. COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS HERE. YOU KNOW, WHEN, UH, THE INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT CAME OUT ON THIS, ABOUT THAT WE GOT THIS BLOOMBERG, UH, GRANT, I, I, I WAS THINKING, WOW, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY COOL THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME MONEY HERE TO THE CITY AND, AND HELP US DEVELOP THESE PLANS. WELL, IT DIDN'T QUITE WORK OUT THAT WAY. WE'RE NOT GETTING MONEY. WE'RE GETTING A, A FEW CONSULTANTS OR A COUPLE OF CONSULTANTS HERE MM-HMM. . UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, I, I DIDN'T SUPPORT THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD BECAUSE IT CAME UP VERY, VERY QUICKLY AFTER WE WERE, UM, WHEN WE CAME INTO OFFICE. AND THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAME UP ONCE DURING MY CAMPAIGN. GUESS WHAT? IT STILL DIDN'T COME UP THIS CAMPAIGN EITHER, THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE. UM, SO I WANTED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE, WITH MY NEIGHBORS IN DISTRICT 10. AND I'VE DONE THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT IT'S, THIS ISN'T ON THE RADAR FOR PEOPLE'S CONCERN IN MY DISTRICT. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TAXES, SAFETY, AND SECURITY, AND, UH, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY SPENT A BUNCH OF MONEY ON THIS PLAN ALONG WITH [02:05:03] CLEANING UP OUR AIR. WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THINGS WITH U T S A, TEXAS A AND M. UM, ACOG HAS PUT A BUNCH OF EFFORT INTO THIS AS WELL AS A CITY HERE. AND, UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT BRINGING IN OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE TO HELP US COMPLETE THIS PLAN. TO ME, TO ME, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF SAYING, OH, GREAT, COME ON IN AND HELP US. WE CAN'T DO IT ON OUR OWN. I THINK WE CAN DO THIS ON OUR OWN. WE'VE, WE'VE SHOWN THE PROGRESS. WE'VE GOT A DRAFT, UM, YEAH, SOME ISSUES WITH THAT DRAFT, STILL WORKING ON THAT. BUT I DON'T SEE THE NEED TO BRING IN FOLKS FROM OUTSIDE OUR AREA, OUTSIDE OUR COMMUNITY TO COME IN HERE AND, UM, HELP US THROUGH THIS PROCESS. YOU'VE GOT THAT PROCESS. IN FACT, UH, ON YOUR SLIDE EIGHT, I THINK IT SAID, UH, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE ALREADY DOING MM-HMM. , AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID. UM, SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT BRINGING ON THESE CONSULTANTS, WHETHER THEY'RE FREE OR NOT, THEY CAN INFLUENCE THE CITY AND THAT THEY CAN INFLUENCE THIS WHOLE REGION BY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY BRING INTO OUR REGION THAT IS NOT SAN ANTONIO, OR NOT BEXAR COUNTY, OR NOT WITHIN THE ACOG REGION. SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT IN THIS, IN THIS M O U, IT TALKS ABOUT, IT MAY HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT THAT WILL REQUIRE, REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. THAT CONCERNS ME ALSO. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THOSE FISCAL IMPACTS ARE GONNA BE. MM-HMM. , YOU WANT TO TAKE A BET ON WHETHER WE'RE GONNA HAVE FISCAL IMPACTS ON THIS OR NOT. I'LL TAKE THAT BET. I KNOW IT'S GONNA HAVE FISCAL IMPACTS ON WHAT THEY BRING IN FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND WHAT OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS GONNA HAVE TO FORK OVER WHAT OUR, UH, CITIZENS ARE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, LIVE WITH ON THIS THING. SO I'LL TAKE THAT BET ANY DAY THAT THEY'LL COME UP WITH ADDITIONAL, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT WAS NOT ON OUR RADAR OR NOT ON OUR, OUR SCOPE TO IMPLEMENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND AGAIN, I, I JUST FEEL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON. YOU'VE SAID IT, YOU LAID IT OUT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ACOG HAS BEEN A PART OF. OUR UNIVERSITIES, OUR CITY STAFF, OUR CITY STAFF HAS GROWN TO ACCOMMODATE THIS. SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS ON OUR OWN AND NOT BRINGING IN OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS FROM, YOU KNOW, THEIR AGENDAS, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT FORWARD THROUGH THIS OVERALL OVERALL PLAN. SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, AGAIN, I DIDN'T SUPPORT THE PARISH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, AND I'M, I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT THIS AS WELL. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, DOUG. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PERRY, COUNCILWOMAN. ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, MY QUESTION IS, ACCORDING TO, UM, C P S AND THE COAL FACILITIES, WE STILL HAVE A VERY LARGE OUTSTANDING DEBT. DOES THIS ADDRESS HOW WE WILL BE ABLE TO PAY THAT DEBT OFF? NO, THAT, SO THAT BASICALLY WHAT'S, THIS DOESN'T GET INTO THAT LONG-TERM ENERGY FUTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. CURRENTLY, C P S IS DOING THAT ANALYSIS. I THINK THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. UM, WHEN WE STARTED WORKING ON THE, THE CLIMATE PLAN, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP RIGHT AWAY, UM, FROM, FROM MANY CONSTITUENTS. UM, THE REQUEST TO SHUT THOSE PLANTS DOWN EARLY, AND, UM, C P S HAD RESPONDED, THERE'S A MAJOR INVESTMENT, THERE'S MAJOR DEBT ON THAT, AND THAT, AND THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN IMPLICATION. SO THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN, DOING THEIR OWN FISCAL ANALYSIS TO SAY, IF WE RETIRE THESE PLANTS EARLY, LOOK AT THE DEBT THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS, AS WELL AS THE COST TO REPLACE THAT ENERGY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL WITH, THESE ARE THE FISCAL IMPLICATIONS, BUT IT'S SEP, IT'S SEPARATE, UM, FROM THIS, THIS PROCESS. OKAY. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS, HAVE WE WORKED WITH SUNKEN GARDENS TO START LOOKING AT A, A GREEN IMPLEMENTATION TO PUT IN OXYGENATED TREES, OR WE HAVEN'T GREENERY. UM, I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO THAT'S KIND OF WITHIN A, A MINIMUM OF STARTING SOMETHING NOW AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH RESEARCH. UM, I LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES, AND I WASN'T TOO SPECIFIC ON ANY, ANY OF THEM ACTUALLY LOOK AT USING THE LAND THAT WE HAVE TO CREATE COMMUNITY-BASED, UM, OXYGENATED SYSTEMS THAT CAN HELP WITH THE CLIMATE ZONE AS WE [02:10:01] ARE IN IT NOW. I KNOW WE'RE NOT ENTERTAINMENT, SO, SO IN, SO IN TERMS, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HELPING CLEAN AIR AND STORE, UM, CARBON ON, ON THAT SIDE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, IT'S NOT IN THIS CHALLENGE, BUT THAT HAS BEEN A STRATEGY THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE CLIMATE PLAN. AND THERE'S SOME STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE VERY INTERESTED IN NOT JUST THE, THE BENEFIT OF NATURAL SYSTEMS CURRENTLY, BUT HOW DO WE INCREASE THOSE? AND SO THERE'S, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF INTERESTING RESEARCH THAT U T S A HAS BEEN DOING, UM, LOOKING AT, UM, THE VALUE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANT MATERIAL AS FAR AS WHAT WORKS BEST. SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A KEY PART OF ANY STRATEGY AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IS, IS THAT WHOLE, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF, OF TREES AND OTHER NATURAL, NATURAL LANDSCAPES. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN. COUNCILMAN TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM TODAY. I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING TO GET, TO GET THIS, THIS KIND OF AN AWARD I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WE RUN INTO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, OUR PROGRAMS IS, IS THE STAFFING. AND SO TO GET, UH, TWO PEOPLE TO, TO COME IN AND, AND SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS, I THINK IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL. UM, I SPEAK TO US SOME MORE ABOUT, UH, THE, THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT FOR CITY OFFICIALS. UH, UH, THAT'S THE PART I'M, I'M REALLY MOST, MOST INTERESTED IN. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS, UH, THAT THEY'LL BE PLANNING ON PROVIDING, UM, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY TRAIN, UM, CITY LEADERS, UM, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, I BELIEVE EVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS ON BEST PRACTICES AROUND MANY OF THESE STRATEGIES. UM, WHETHER IT IS THROUGH SPECIALIZED WEBINARS OR, UM, THEY'VE BEEN VERY OPEN WITH, UM, CONVENINGS, BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, UM, UH, TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES. SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I, I NEED TO CHECK WITH THEM IS, WOULD THAT INCLUDE CITY OFFICIALS? I THINK THAT MIGHT BE REALLY BENEFICIAL IS TO GET CITY LEADERS FROM ALL OF THESE CITIES TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT SOME VERY SPECIFIC ISSUES. SO, I'LL, I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON WHAT THAT SPECIFIC MEASURE IS AND, AND, AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE OPPORTUNITY IS. OKAY. YEAH, I MEAN, I, I SEE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY THERE, ESPECIALLY AS, AS WE, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WHAT, HOW DO, HOW DO THOSE DOVETAIL INTO MORE OPPORTUNITIES OR BETTER OPPORTUNITIES, UH, WHAT ELSE CAN WE LEARN AS CITY OFFICIALS TO, TO HELP PUSH, UM, BETTER POLICIES FORWARD AND, AND MAYBE ALSO HELP TO ALIGN WITH, WITH OTHER, OTHER RESOURCES WITHIN OUR OWN CITY AS WELL. I, AND I WOULD ALSO ADD, I THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT OTHER CITIES CAN LEARN FROM YOU ALL, AND THE WORK THAT SAN ANTONIO'S DOING, THAT IT'S, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY A STREETS. IT'S NOT JUST WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM OTHER CITIES. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, SO W WITH THAT, I WAS, WE'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM TODAY. UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS, DOUG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TREVINO, CO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. HI. UM, I JUST WANNA THANK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR, UH, BRINGING UP SUCH VERY IMPORTANT, UH, QUESTIONS THAT WE DO NEED TO CONSIDER AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT DIRECTLY, UH, IN THIS ITEM, THE FACT, UH, THAT OUR FINANCING DOES DEPEND ON UTILITY USE. UH, THERE ARE MODELS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES, UH, WHERE THAT'S NOT THE CASE, RIGHT? WHERE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY EARN MORE OR HAVE, HAVE TO PAY MORE, UH, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT SAYING THAT PROPERLY, WHERE YOU'RE NOT INCENTIVIZED, RIGHT? TO BURN MORE ENERGY SO THAT YOU BRING IN MORE REVENUE TO, TO THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY. AND I THINK THOSE ARE WORTH EXPLORING, MAYBE OUTSIDE OF, OF THIS CONTEXT. UM, SO I THINK WE SHOULD DEFINITELY PURSUE THAT. UM, AND IN TERMS OF BRINGING IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, I THINK, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY, UH, DO BETTER. AND I AM SO GLAD, UH, COUNCILWOMAN THAT YOU ARE HERE NOW BECAUSE YOU ARE A GREAT LINK, UH, TO, TO THAT COMMUNITY. SO I THINK, UH, WE COULD, I WOULD TURN TO YOU AND, AND ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, UH, WITH THAT. AND IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, I THINK COUNCILMAN PERRY BRINGS UP A A GOOD POINT THAT IT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE CONSTITUENTS. LIKE, YOU NEED TO, YOU KNOW, SAVE THE PLANET OR DO SOMETHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT MUCH MORE IMMEDIATE NEEDS, AND THERE IS A LINK, RIGHT WHEN THEY SAY, MY BILLS ARE TOO HIGH, OR, UM, I HAVE HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND THAT COULD BE RELATED TO, UH, POLLUTION, OR, I WISH I COULD TAKE THE BUS, BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S NOT CONVENIENT, UH, ENOUGH. UM, OR I LOST MY [02:15:01] POWER FOR THREE DAYS BECAUSE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE STORM AND OUR, OUR GRID RIGHT NOW ISN'T MORE RESILIENT. AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE BEING ADDRESSED THROUGH, THROUGH WHAT YOU DO. SO, UH, I, I GUESS I'D BEG TO DIFFER THAT THERE IS A CONNECTION AND DEFINITELY A BENEFIT TO, TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE FOR, FOR THEIR COMMENTS, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. AND I, I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT, THAT IT IS IN THE PROCESS OF CONNECTING ALL THE DOTS, WHETHER IT'S HOUSING OR TRANSPORTATION OR OUR C P S ENERGY GRID, THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN CLIMATE. UM, THIS WAS NO ACCIDENT. IT'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD WORK OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, PERHAPS, IN RECOGNIZING THAT THE, THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING AND THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THAT WE INFLUENCE, UH, IN OUR GOVERNMENT, IN OUR CITY THAT HAVE A GREAT IMPACT ON THAT. SO THIS IS, UH, ONE ITERATION OF GREAT LEADERSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAS LED US TO THE 0.2 YEARS AGO WHERE WE HAD FAITH THAT NOT ONLY DO WE BELIEVE, UH, AND, AND RECOGNIZE THAT THE THE SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CAN'T BE DISPUTED, UH, BUT THAT WE ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND, UH, I, I THINK THIS IS A, A WONDERFUL MOMENT FOR SAN ANTONIO TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT WE ARE A LEADER, NOT JUST IN THE, IN THE STATE, BUT ALSO THE COUNTRY AND PERHAPS EVEN THE WORLD WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE. AND SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR US IS DECIDING WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S WHERE THE CLIMATE ACTION ADAPTATION PLAN COMES IN. AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN GREAT DEBATE ABOUT IT. UH, WE WANT TO HAVE A CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION STRATEGY, UH, THAT COMMITS OURSELVES, NOT JUST, UH, FOR THIS COUNCIL, BUT FUTURE COUNCILS. SO WE'RE TAKING GREAT CARE TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK THAT INCLUDES EVERYONE'S VOICES AT THE TABLE, BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS A STAKE IN IT. EVERYONE WILL BE IMPACTED AND HAS A ROLE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OVER THE NEXT 30 PLUS YEARS. UH, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE CAP, BUT ALSO IN UNDERSTANDING IN DEALING WITH THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED. THE CHIEF AMONG, UH, CHIEF CONCERN AMONG THEM HAS BEEN, LET'S NOT GO INTO THIS BLINDLY. LET'S MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE OF EACH DECISION THAT WE WOULD MAKE OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS. AND SO, FOR THOSE WHO ARE ARGUING FOR MORE CLARITY ON THE DECISIONS AND A, AND A BETTER PROCESS FOR WHICH WE WILL MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, WE WANT PUBLIC INPUT, WE WANT DATA AND RESEARCH. WE WANT, UH, ECONOMIC AND FISCAL IMPACT ANALYSES. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. WHEN THE AMERICAN, UH, CITY'S CLIMATE CHALLENGE, UH, AWARD WAS ANNOUNCED, WE KNEW WE WERE GETTING AN INFUSION OF EXPERTISE LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY TO HELP US CREATE CLARITY AROUND THOSE DECISIONS. SO A YES VOTE IS IN SUPPORT OF ALL THAT DIALOGUE THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR AS WE MOVE FORWARD. UH, SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THE CITY. I'M VERY PROUD OF, PROUD OF THE STAFF, MY COLLEAGUES, IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN. AND THIS WILL MAKE US A MORE, UH, A SMARTER AND MORE READY CITY WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH THE CHANGES OF THE CLIMATE. SO, CONGRATULATIONS, DOUG, AND TO, TO OUR ENTIRE CITY ORGANIZATION ON THIS. THANK YOU. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 36. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 40 AND Z 1 37. OH, I'M SORRY. ITEM 37. ITEM NUMBER 37 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY CROSSWALK PROGRAM. COUNCILMAN TRAVINO. UM, OKAY, SO I GOT THE THUMBS UP. BEFORE WE GET THE PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO PLAY A QUICK VIDEO ON THE SCREEN IF WE COULD. CLIFF. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, ENTITLED THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY CROSSWALK PROGRAM. AND, UM, AT THE HEART OF THIS WAS WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, AROUND THIS TIME, UH, WAS TO ESTABLISH, UH, THE FIRST EVER, UH, ARTISTIC CROSSWALK FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, KNOWN AS THE PRIDE THEME CROSS CROSSWALK, WHICH WAS THE ENTIRE INTERSECTION. AND THAT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL VIDEO, UH, DEMONSTRATING THE, THE IMPACT, UH, OF THIS, UH, PLACE. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT WAS ADOPTED, UH, LAST YEAR [02:20:01] AND, UH, WAS A SUCCESSFUL, UH, INITIAL PILOT PROGRAM. AND, YOU KNOW, I WANNA GIVE ART THE OPPORTUNITY MAYBE, UH, TO, TO GO AHEAD AND DO HIS PRESENTATION. BUT I FIRST JUST WANNA POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT, UH, WITH THIS PROJECT. AND THAT'S THAT ONLY PRIVATE DOLLARS WERE SPENT FOR THE ARTISTIC PORTION OF THE CROSSWALK. AND THAT'S WHAT I, I WANT EVERYBODY TO, TO PAY ATTENTION TO AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION. UH, THIS IS ABOUT HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE MORE COMMUNITY CROSSWALKS THROUGH OUR SIT THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, AND WHAT THIS PILOT PROGRAM HELP ACHIEVE, AND HOW THE PRIDE CROSSWALK, UH, HELP TRAIL BLAZES FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. ART. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. UH, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. I'M ART REINHARDT, UH, INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL AND PERMITS DEPARTMENT. SO, AS THE COUNCILMAN, UH, MENTIONED, WE'RE HERE TODAY WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A COMMUNITY CROSSWALK PROGRAM. THE PROCESS STARTED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, ACTUALLY, THROUGH A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST, UM, BY COUNCILMAN TREVINO TO INSTALL A RAINBOW THEME CROSSWALK AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH MAINE AND EVERGREEN, UH, JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN. DURING THE AUGUST, 2017, UH, GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, UH, T C I RECEIVED DIRECTION TO GO FORWARD WITH THE INSTALLATION, AS WELL AS INITIATE A PILOT PROGRAM TO STUDY, UH, HOW THE CROSSWALK FARED SIMULTANEOUSLY, THAT STARTED A PROCESS TO RAISE THE, THE PRIVATE FUNDING THAT THE COUNCILMAN JUST MENTIONED. UH, SO THIS, ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY WERE HERE AT COUNCIL WITH A DONATION AGREEMENT TO ACCEPT, UH, THE PRIVATELY RAISED FUNDS OVERALL. THE, THE CROSSWALK ITSELF, UH, THAT WAS SHOWN IN THE PICTURE WAS AROUND $30,000. NOW, UH, THE COUNCILMAN MENTIONED THE PRIVATE FUNDING, APPROXIMATELY $20,000 WAS RAISED PRIVATELY. THE CROSSWALKS THAT WERE THERE WERE IN, IN DISREPAIR AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SO THE CITY PUT FORWARD THE STANDARD COSTS FOR A CROSSWALK, BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO GO MARK THE STANDARD CROSSINGS ANYWAY. UH, SO ALL OF THE ARTISTIC, UH, ENHANCEMENTS WERE PRIVATELY FUNDED, UH, DOLLARS AFTER THE INSTALLATION. UM, THE END OF JUNE LAST YEAR, UH, IN INITIATED OUR SIX MONTH PILOT PROGRAM, UM, TO REALLY STUDY THE EFFECTS OF THE CROSSWALK INTERACTION, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, T C I HAD DEVELOPED FIVE DIFFERENT METRICS, UM, LOOKING AT THE CROSSWALK, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR MONITORING, HOW ARE, HOW IS THE SITE, UH, BEING VISITED, ANY INTERACTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT, COMMUNITY RESPONSE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER AVENUES. ALSO VANDALISM. WE WERE CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE VANDALISM OR, OR ANY OTHER, UM, ITEMS, YOU KNOW, UH, TOWARDS THE CROSSWALK. AND THEN LASTLY, UM, MA, YOU KNOW, THE MAINTENANCE REQUESTS, WE WERE CLEAR UP FRONT THAT THIS WOULD BE, HAVE TO BE PRIVATELY MAINTAINED, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. AND THEN, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE ENGINEERING COMPONENT, THE CRASH REVIEWS. AND SO I'LL HAVE DATA BRIEFLY ON ALL OF THESE TO PRESENT. UM, WE DID HAVE A, A CAMERA, A TRAFFIC MONITORING CAMERA AS OUR PART OF OUR NORMAL BUSINESS OUT THERE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO, TO, UM, SEE HOW THE CROSSWALK WAS OPERATING. UM, AND WE DID NOTE SEVERAL OCCURRENCES OF, OF PICTURE TAKING. UM, OF COURSE, WE'RE ENGINEERS, SO WE HAVE TO SHOW A GRAPH. UM, SO THIS, THIS ENGINEERING OR THIS, THE GRAPH SHOWS, UM, THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF BEHAVIOR. SO WHAT WE NOTICED IS, INITIALLY THE FIRST WEEK AND A HALF, THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST, A LOT OF PICTURE TAKING, SELF PHOTOGRAPHS, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THEN IT SIGNIFICANTLY DIED DOWN THROUGH THE 30 DAY, THE FIRST 30 DAYS. WE ALSO, AS PART OF THE PILOT, CHECKED IN AT 90 AND 180 DAYS AND NOTED NO UNSAFE BEHAVIORS AS A RESULT OF THE CROSSWALK. UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, POSITIVE THINGS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT'S, UH, A LOT OF FOLKS FELT VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CROSSWALK. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THERE WERE SOME NEGATIVE THINGS AS WELL. UM, BUT OVERALL WAS A, A GREAT RESPONSE. T C I ALSO, UM, PRESENTED, UH, OR ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL ABOUT THE CROSSWALK. THERE WAS NO D UH, VANDALISM RECORDED DURING THE PROCESS. UM, AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UPFRONT, T C I WAS CLEAR THAT, UH, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE, THE CROSSWALK. UH, WE DID, HOWEVER, BEFORE AND AFTER THE PRIDE PARADE DO OUR NORMAL EVENT CLEANING. AND THEN SHORTLY THROUGH THE CROSSWALK, A UH, PRIVATE GROUP KNOWN AS THE GUARDIANS OF THE CROSSWALK WAS FORMED TO HELP PROVIDE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, THROUGH OUR 3 1 1 SYSTEM, WE WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY SORT OF FORMAL REQUESTS FOR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES OF THAT CROSSWALK. NOW, AS FAR AS THE, THE CRASH DATA REVIEW, JUST TO REORIENT YOURSELF, THE, UH, THE INTERSECTION WAS MAIN IN EVERGREEN, MAINE CARRIES ABOUT 12,000 VEHICLES PER DAY, EVERGREEN ABOUT 4,000 VEHICLES PER DAY, UH, JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN OVER THE YEARS. IT'S A, A RELATIVELY LOW CRASH INTERSECTION, AVERAGING TWO TO THREE CRASHES PER YEAR. AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE LAST, UH, FOUR YEARS OF HISTORY, UH, NOTED. BUT SPECIFICALLY IN 2018, BEFORE THE CROSSWALK WAS INSTALLED, UH, THERE WERE TWO CRASHES THAT OCCURRED AT THAT IN, UM, INTERSECTION. THEY WERE BOTH VEHICLE TO VEHICLE CRASHES. AFTER THE, THE CROSSWALK WAS INSTALLED, THERE WERE ALSO TWO, UH, VEHICLE TO VEHICLE CRASHES, AS WELL AS ONE VEHICLE TO A PEDESTRIAN CRASH. NOW, IN NONE OF THOSE, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES, WAS THE CROSSWALK NOTED AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR? UH, SO WE SAW NO, NO INCREASED CRASH OCCURRENCES AS A RESULT OF THE CROSSWALK. THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES THAT, [02:25:01] UH, WE'VE PRESENTED TO OUR TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, REALLY, UH, ARE MADE UP OF THREE MAIN FACTORS, FOCUSING ON THE LOCATION OF THE CROSSWALK, UH, DESIGN MATERIALS AND FUNDING. AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR FUTURE REQUESTS AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY CROSSWALK, UH, PROGRAM, THE KEY THING IS, IT'S A, IT WILL BE A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS WITH A SPONSOR. UH, THE SPONSOR WILL HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY, EITHER A PROPERTY OWNER ALONG THAT ROADWAY OR AN AREA OF BUSINESS, UH, OR ORGANIZATION. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT SPONSOR WILL BE TO RAISE THE, THE MONEY TO BOTH INSTALL AND MAINTAIN THAT CROSSWALK. AS PART OF THE PROCESS, THEY WILL IDENTIFY A POINT OF CONTACT THAT THE CITY WILL WORK WITH, UH, TO MAKE THE PROJECT HAPPEN. AND THEN LASTLY, UM, SINCE IT IS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS AS PART OF THE PROGRAM, UM, THEY WILL PROVIDE THAT COMMUNITY CONSENSUS, UH, THROUGH THE, THROUGH, UM, A TWO THIRD SIGNATURE PROCESS, VERY SIMILAR TO HOW WE DO OUR TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM. UH, SOME OF THE OTHER KEY ELEMENTS IS IN, IN ORDER FOR A CROSSWALK TO BE ELIGIBLE, IT MUST BE A, AN EXISTING CROSSWALK AT A CONTROLLED INTERSECTION. AND WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS SOMETHING EITHER WITH A ALWAYS STOP CONTROL OR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL, IF IT IS MID-BLOCK, IT, IT WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE AT, IN A LOCATION WHERE WE HAVE A DEDICATED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. UM, AT, AT THAT LOCATION, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE PAVEMENT BE IN GOOD CONDITION. WE'D HATE FOR, UH, AN ENTITY TO RAISE THE FUNDING TO PUT SOMETHING DOWN. AND THEN THE, THE MARKINGS BREAK UP AS A RESULT OF, UH, POOR PAYMENT CONDITION. AND THEN LASTLY, UH, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING, UH, SCHOOL ZONES AS ELIGIBLE LOCATIONS, AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM OTHERS, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE DONE THAT. WE WANT THE FOCUS AT THOSE LOCATIONS SIMPLY TO BE ON THE, THE CHILDREN TRYING TO CROSS THE STREET. UH, AND THEN THE VEHICLES WATCHING OUT FOR THE, THE CHILDREN. UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THE DESIGN ITSELF WILL BE, UH, INCORPORATED INTO THE STANDARD CROSSWALK. SO AS YOU SEE HERE ON THE PICTURE, WE HAVE OUR LADDER STYLE CROSSWALKS, THE WHITE MARKINGS. SO THE DESIGN ENHANCEMENTS COULD BE BETWEEN THOSE, THE, THE COLORS YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE FROM A LOS ANGELES CROSSING. UH, OR IT COULD BE LIKE THE RAINBOW THEMED CROSSWALK, WHERE WE HAVE THE PERPENDICULAR WHITE, WHITE LINES. AND THEN THE, THE COLOR SCHEME IN BETWEEN THOSE NO WORDS OR IMAGES OR ANY MESSAGING THAT CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE ROADWAY USER, OR, UH, CONFLICT WITH ANY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES WILL BE ALLOWED. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, NO MESSAGING THAT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE VALUES THAT, THAT HAVE SET FORTH BY COUNCIL, UH, WILL BE ALLOWED AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM. THE FISCAL IMPACT, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT WILL BE SOLELY, UH, PRIVATELY FUNDED FOR THE INSTALLATION AND THE MAINTENANCE. HOWEVER, IF, IF THE CITY DOES HAVE A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE PROJECT THAT WILL GO TO INSTALL MARKINGS AT THE LOCATION, SIMILAR TO THE, THE, THE RAINBOW THEME CROSSWALK, WE WILL PUT FORWARD THAT NORMAL COST. SO THERE COULD BE A COST SHARE IN THOSE SCENARIOS. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, ART. UH, FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS AND HELPING TO PRODUCE THIS DATA THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT, UH, NOT ONLY WAS THIS AN INCREDIBLE, UH, PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DATA SHOWS THAT IT DID NOT IMPACT TRAFFIC SIGNIFICANTLY. AND SO, UH, CAN HELP TO, TO CREATE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. UH, I WANNA THANK RAZZIE HUI AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR, FOR HELPING OUT. UM, AND ALL THE FOLKS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EFFORT. THIS WAS A, A EFFORT LAST YEAR, A FUNDRAISING EFFORT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD HOPED TO GET TO. AND LUCKY, LUCKILY, WE GOT TO THAT POINT. IT WAS AN ENTIRE INTERSECTION, AND WHEN IT FIRST STARTED, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO JUST BE ONE CROSSWALK, BUT WE DID THE ENTIRE INTERSECTION. SO IT'S QUITE AMAZING. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS A, A LOT OF, OF PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, CERTAINLY WE GOT TO SEE A LOT OF SELFIES AND, AND PICTURES, UH, YOU KNOW, DEMONSTRATING THE, THE, HOW THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATED THIS WORK. UH, IT IS, IT IS A, A DIFFERENT KIND OF MATERIAL. AND, AND SO I JUST WANNA POINT OUT OR EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THIS MATERIAL IS AND, AND, AND WHY IT COSTS WHAT IT COSTS, EVEN AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH WE, WE DID PAY FOR IT, UH, PRIVATELY. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE CROSSWALK WAS MADE. SURE. THE TYPE OF, THE TYPE OF MATERIAL AT THIS LOCATION AS WELL IN THE FUTURE, FUTURE LOCATIONS IS A PREFORMED THERMOPLASTIC PAVEMENT MARKING. IT'S OUR STANDARD MARKING MATERIAL THAT WE USE ACROSS THE CITY. UM, THERE'S ALSO PAINT THAT COULD BE USED. UH, HOWEVER, THE CITY DOESN'T USE THAT. IT DOESN'T HOLD UP AS LONG. SO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMUNITY CROSSWALK, IT'LL BE THE PREFORMED THERMOPLASTIC PAVEMENT. AND IT HELPS WITH THE CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE, CORRECT? THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S EASIER TO CLEAN. AND SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK THE GUARDIANS OF, OF THE CROSSWALK, UH, FOR, FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK. UH, THEY GO OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO, TO HELP, UH, SCRUB THAT, UH, CROSSWALK CLEAN. AND I, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, THE, THE PARADE THAT'S, THAT'S COMING UP SO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CROSS, THE INTERSECTION IS, IS CLEANED UP IN A, IN A SPECTACULAR FASHION. UH, AGAIN, ART, THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. UH, I JUST WANTED TO PULL THIS [02:30:01] ITEM TO, UH, EXPRESS TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE GREAT THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HELP, UH, WITH PLACEMAKING, WITH HELP, UH, COMMUNICATING OUR VALUES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND IT'S ALWAYS SO IMPORTANT. LASTLY, I JUST WANNA THANK MY STAFF FOR, FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK, UH, IN HELPING TO, TO GET THIS DONE. UH, WE CREATED A FIESTA METAL THAT, UH, WE SOLD INDIVIDUALLY AND RAISED, UH, I WANT TO SAY CLOSE TO $12,000 TOWARDS THE EFFORT. UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE THAT, THAT HELPED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS, UH, CHRIS FRICK AND, AND, AND OTHERS, UH, INCLUDING PRIDE SAN ANTONIO, UH, TO HELP ESTABLISH THIS. SO, THANKS AGAIN. AND WITH THAT, I, I, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 37. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 37. COUNCILMAN BE POLITE. THANK YOU. UM, OUR, AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE MOST IS, UH, PREFORMED THERMOPLASTIC PAVEMENT MARKINGS. UH, BUT, UH, , I, I, I DO THINK THAT ONE OF OUR JOBS IS, UH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, UM, MOVING INITIATIVES FORWARD AND MAKING THE CITY BETTER. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HELPING FOLKS BE SAFE. LIKE, UH, ADDING CROSSWALKS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE DO. IT, IT'S ALSO MYTH BUSTING. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE INTERNET, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF SAN ANTONIANS OUT THERE WHO DO, UH, WHO ENGAGE IN ECHO CHAMBER, RUMOR MILL, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, RUMOR SPREADING. SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS JUST KIND OF WALK THROUGH SOME HYPOTHETICALS HERE. UM, IF MY CHURCH IN DISTRICT EIGHT WERE TO GET TOGETHER AND RAISE A, A LOT OF MONEY, RIGHT, TO BE ABLE TO PAINT A CROSSWALK IN FRONT OF THEIR BUILDING, UM, AND PAINT IT IN WHATEVER COLORS AND WHATEVER THEMES THEY WANTED TO, THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS THEM TO DO THAT AS LONG, AS LONG AS IT MEETS THE GUIDELINES THAT WE SET FORTH. SO IT WOULD EITHER NEED TO BE AT A INTERSECTION THAT HAS A ALWAYS STOP OR A SIGNAL, OR IF IT'S MID-BLOCK AT A DEDICATED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, OKAY? UH, AS WELL AS HAVE THE PROPER SIGNATURES FROM THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS OR BUSINESS OWNERS ALONG THE ROADWAY. AND IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE U S O WANTED TO PUT, UH, A CROSSWALK IN FRONT OF THEIR BUILDING, UM, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATING VETERANS, UH, OR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, CONSERVATION SOCIETY WANTED TO DO THE SAME, CELEBRATING THE SAN ANTONIO'S HISTORY IN A PARTICULAR AREA, UH, OR IF, UH, COUNCILWOMAN VIE RON AND, UH, WANTED TO CELEBRATE, UH, YOU KNOW, BROOK CITY BASE IN SOME WAY, SHE COULD DO THAT DOWN THERE AS WELL. SO LONG AS THEY MEET THOSE THEMES, I'M SORRY, SO LONG AS THEY MEET THOSE STANDARDS, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. UM, SO WHEN YOU GO TO THE INTERNET, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE CLUTCHING, YOU KNOW, CLUTCHING THEIR PEARLS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FURIOUS THAT THE ONLY THING THAT THIS ALLOWS, UH, AND WHAT WE'VE DONE, UM, YOU KNOW, IS, UH, PANDERED TO ONE PARTICULAR GROUP, UM, AND DISALLOWED OTHER VIEWPOINTS, UM, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, AND YOU WALKING ME THROUGH THESE, UH, HYPOTHETICALS, ANYBODY WHO'S GOT THE MONEY AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO PICK UP CROSSWALK, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN PICK A CROSSWALK AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SPREAD THEIR MESSAGE, RIGHT? SO IF SHIRLEY GONZALEZ AND I WANNA PAINT A CROSSWALK PURPLE IN HONOR OF, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MONTH IN OCTOBER, UM, WE COULD DO THAT, RIGHT? WELL, THE, THE MESSAGE ITSELF HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE VALUES THAT COUNCIL SET FORTH, RIGHT? UM, SO AS LONG AS IT MEETS THOSE GUIDELINES, THEN, THEN, SO ALONG THOSE LINES, THE HYPOTHETICAL NOW I'VE GOT FOR OUR ATTORNEYS IN THE ROOM, UM, INCLUDING ANDY SEGOVIA AND, UH, ED AND LIZ, IF THEY'RE HERE, IS, LET'S ASSUME FOR A SECOND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR LOCAL GROUPS WHO I FIND TO BE DISTASTEFUL, RIGHT? SO LET'S SAY, UM, THE K K K SHOWS UP WITH $30,000 AND THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PAINT A CROSSWALK. ANDY, HOW DOES, OR, OR ED, HOW, HOW DOES THAT, UH, NOT RESULT IN VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION IF WE ALL SAY, WHOA, WAIT A SECOND, WE'RE NOT COOL WITH THAT. MM-HMM. , THE, THE, UH, THE, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN, UH, WE DID, UH, DEVELOP THE PROGRAM OR THE GUIDELINES SO THAT VIEWPOINTS NEED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS DIRECTED STAFF IN TERMS OF WHAT, WHAT ISSUES, POLICIES YOU WANNA FURTHER, AND WE HAVE A SPECIFIC REFERENCE IN THERE TO OUR N D O. SO IF THERE'S A, TO ME, WHAT THE EXAMPLE YOU JUST GAVE WOULD BE COMPLETELY INCONSISTENT WITH OUR N D O, AND THEREFORE THAT WOULD BE THE BASIS OF DENIAL, RIGHT? SO, UM, I, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS LEAD YOU INTO AN ANSWER THAT I KNOW THE ANSWER TO. AND SO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HERE UNDERSTANDS AS WELL. THERE'S SUPREME COURT LAW OUT THERE SAYING THAT WE GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE, UM, CERTAIN THEMES AND THAT ALIGN WITH THE VALUES SET BY THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY. UM, SO SPECIFICALLY, I'LL GIVE YOU AN AN EXAMPLE. RECENTLY, THE K K K WANTED TO MAKE SURE, OR FORCE THE, UM, [02:35:01] STATE OF TEXAS TO INCLUDE A LICENSE PLATE THEME. UM, AND THE SUPREME COURT CAME DOWN AND SAID, NO, UM, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WE DO. AND SO, ANDY, AM I, AM I BEING COR, AM I CORRECT IN, UM, WHEN I ASSERT THAT DOING THIS IN THE WAY THAT ART HAS PRESENTED IT TO US AND DENYING CERTAIN PEOPLE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN VIEWPOINTS THAT AREN'T ALIGNED WITH THE VIEWPOINTS THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, OR THE VALUES THAT, THAT WE HAVE ENSHRINED, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR POLICIES, THAT THAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE SUPREME COURT LAW OR ANY EXISTING STATE OR FEDERAL LAW? THAT IS CORRECT, COUNCILMAN AND THE, UH, NOTION YOU WERE REFERRING TO ON THAT CASE, ON THE LICENSE PLATES, THAT'S CALLED GOVERNMENT SPEECH. RIGHT? WHICH ESSENTIALLY MEANS THAT, UH, ENTITIES LIKE THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL CAN DETERMINE, AGAIN, BASED ON CONSTITUTIONAL PARAMETERS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT LICENSE PLATES THEY WANT, RIGHT? WHAT THINGS THEY WANT IN THEIR PARKS, AND IN THIS CASE, WHAT THEY WANT ON THEIR CROSSWALKS. GOT IT. SO, IN CONCLUSION, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, 'CAUSE I'M, I GET PAID BY THE WORD, UH, THE, UM, ANY GROUP, ANY CHURCH, ANY SCHOOL, ANY NEIGHBORHOOD, ANY, UH, PERSON WHO SHOWS UP WITH THE MONEY AND WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, COORDINATE WITH ARTS DEPARTMENT AND SPONSOR A CROSSWALK OF THEIR CHOICE. AND THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT APPLIES TO RAINBOW CROSSWALKS FOR OUR L G B T Q COMMUNITY, CORRECT ART. THAT'S CORRECT. AS LONG AS IT MEETS WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED. YEAH. SO WHEN WE DO SEE PEOPLE SPREADING RUMORS LIKE THAT ON FACEBOOK AND ON TWITTER SAYING, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS JUST TO BENEFIT ONE GROUP AND NOT THE OTHERS, UM, THAT'S NOT TRUE, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING THAT'S NOT TRUE IS, UH, A LIE. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO IS I TRY TO DISPEL LIES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, DISPEL MYTHS. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HELPING ME CONFIRM THAT ANYBODY WHO ASSERTS OTHERWISE IS EITHER MISINFORMED OR TRYING TO MISINFORM PEOPLE. THANKS ART. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN IMPLIES COUNCILMAN COURAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, ART, WHAT IS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A CROSSWALK IN THE CITY? SO TYPICALLY THAT TYPE OF PAVEMENT MARKING MATERIAL, IT LASTS ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO FIVE YEARS. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS SHOULD THAT BE, UH, SO WORN THAT IT'S INEFFECTIVE AS A CROSSWALK? SO WHAT WE WOULD DO, IF WE NOTICED THAT IT'S STARTING TO GRATE OVER TIME, WE WOULD REACH BACK OUT TO THAT POINT OF CONTACT. UH, IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO RAISE THE MONEY TO, TO REESTABLISH IT, THEN AS PART OF OUR NORMAL MAINTENANCE, WE WOULD REMOVE IT AND PUT BACK A STANDARD CROSSWALK. OKAY. UH, WHAT IF ROADWORKS NEEDED, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE REPLACE OR RECREATE AN ARTISTIC CROSSWALK IF THE CITY SAID, WELL, WE'VE GOTTA TEAR IT UP 'CAUSE WE'RE DOING ROAD WORK. WE AS, AS WE DO ANYWHERE, WE'LL HAVE TO, TO GO BACK WITH, UH, AND REPLACE TWO EXISTING CONDITIONS. SO IN THAT CASE, THE CITY MIGHT ABSORB THE COST FOR RECREATING A CERTAIN COLOR SCHEME OR SOMETHING BECAUSE WE, WE WENT IN AND TORE IT UP THERE, THERE COULD BE THAT OPPORTUNITY. NOW, ALSO, AS PART OF OUR GUIDELINES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR FIVE YEAR STREET STREET MAINTENANCE PLAN. SO AS PART OF GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR THOSE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS, AND THEN WORKING WITH THE SPONSOR TO MAYBE RESCHEDULE OR PICK A DIFFERENT LOCATION. OKAY. NOW WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT COLOR SCHEMES AND DESIGNS. WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TALKING ACTUALLY ABOUT A DESIGN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COLOR SCHEME, COLOR SCHEMES, UH, STRAIGHT LINES ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. RIGHT? RIGHT. UH, COLORS OBJECTS, BUT NOTHING THAT CONFLICTS WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL GUIDANCE. OKAY. WHAT KIND OF OBJECTS COULD THERE BE? AS AN EXAMPLE, WE WOULDN'T WANT AN OCTAGON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT MIGHT CONFLICT WITH A MESSAGE FOR STOPPING OR, OR SOMETHING ELSE. SO, OKAY. BUT WE'RE BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT STRAIGHT LINES, RIGHT? STRAIGHT LINES, UM, GENERALLY KIND OF, OR SQUIGGLY, YOU KNOW, COULD DO SQUIGGLY LINES. THAT'S NOT A TECHNICAL TERM, BUT YEAH. HOW ABOUT CHECKERBOARD? PERHAPS? YEAH, PERHAPS. OKAY. BUT IF THE MEXICAN CONSULATE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND PUT IN A COLOR SCHEME AT THEIR CROSSWALK, THEY COULD PUT IN THE COLORS OF THE MEXICAN FLAG AND THE COLOR THEME, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. AGAIN, AS LONG AS IT MEETS THE, THE GUIDELINES, OR IF HERMAN SONS WANTED TO PUT A CROSSWALK WHERE THERE WAS ONE NEAR THERE OPERATION IS, AND THEY WANTED TO USE THE COLORS OF GERMANY, THEN THAT'S OKAY TOO, RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE, UH, THOUGHTFUL ABOUT ROAD CONSTRUCTION COMES UP ALL THE TIME. AND SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE IMPRESSED UPON. ANYONE WHO ENTERS INTO THIS KIND OF AN ARRANGEMENT WHERE THEY'RE GONNA PUT UP 3000, 5,000, $20,000, AND, UH, THEN FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, 18 MONTHS LATER, ROAD WORK HAS CHANGED THAT. UH, SO I HOPE THAT WE'LL INTEGRATE THAT INTO OUR PROGRAMMING SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES SOMETIMES WITH ROAD [02:40:01] WORK. THANK YOU. AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. COURAGE. COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA. YES. THANK YOU, ART, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT I THINK THIS IS A, A NEAT IDEA, AND I WANTED TO START OFF BY, UM, GOING ON THE RECORD APOLOGIZING TO MY STUDENTS AT OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY BECAUSE THEY PICKED THIS IDEA SPECIFICALLY FOR WHATABURGER, UH, TO DO ORANGE AND WHITE CROSSWALK RIGHT IN FRONT OF ALL OF THEIR RESTAURANTS. AND I SAID, THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. THE CITY WOULD NEVER ALLOW IT. SO I JUST HAVE TO, UM, GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT FOR BEING SO INNOVATIVE WITH THAT. UM, AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO PROPOSE SOMETHING, I KNOW THAT I ASKED YOU ABOUT THIS, BUT ON, UM, PAGE THREE OF FOUR UNDER YOUR ISSUES, UH, YOU HAVE THAT DESIGNATED SCHOOL CROSSWALKS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY CROSSWALK PROGRAM. I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. I'D LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER ALSO, UM, DESIGNATED CROSSWALKS AROUND CHURCHES, PARKS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, LIBRARIES, SENIOR CENTERS, POSSIBLY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM. UH, ONLY BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEY MIGHT ALSO CAUSE DISTRACTION PLACES WHERE CHILDREN IN THE ELDERLY MIGHT BE MORE EXPOSED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY ATTEND THERE REGULARLY. UH, SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF THOSE, BUT JUST FOR SOME CONSIDERATION TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT I WOULD, UM, PROBABLY JUST BE CAUTIOUS OF EXTENDING BEYOND SCHOOLS. WE ALSO HAVE, AGAIN, ELDERLY THAT VISIT OUR SENIOR CENTERS THAT RIDE THE BUS, ET CETERA. I, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, HAVE YOU ALL CONSIDER THAT. AND THEN SECONDLY, IS THERE GOING TO BE A CAP OF SOME SORT ON HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD PUT UP, YOU KNOW, UH, CROSSWALKS PER SQUARE FOOTAGE, OR, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MAYBE SOMETHING THAT I, I MISSED IN HERE. UH, A CAP ON HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUNDING, RIGHT? OR HOW MANY CROSSWALKS WE'D ALLOW, YOU KNOW, PER AREA, PER COUNCIL DISTRICT. I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE A CAP. UM, BUT I'M JUST, UH, MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD ALSO BE, UH, WOULD THE RESPONSIBLY ONLY FALL ON CITY STAFF TO APPROVE BASED ON THE GUIDELINES, OR WOULD THERE BE A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THIS? SO, TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION THERE, THERE'S NO CAP, UH, PER SE IN THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH, OBVIOUSLY, WE WILL HAVE TO GET THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT. UH, SO THAT IN ITSELF, YOU KNOW, MAY TAKE A BIT TO, TO GET THE TWO THIRD SIGNATURES. UH, ALSO WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICE AS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WILL ASK FOR A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL OFFICE, BUT THERE'S NO CAP ON THE NUMBER. UM, AND THEN SECONDLY, UH, RIGHT NOW THAT THE PROGRAM IS SET UP, IF IT MEETS THE GUIDELINES, OUR TEAM AT T C I WILL BE REVIEWING THAT. CERTAINLY IF THERE'S SOMETHING QUESTIONABLE, WE, WE WILL BE CONSULTING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. COUNCILWOMAN, UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY WANTED TO WEIGH IN ALSO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANNA, AND, AND ART ALREADY SAID IT. UM, WE, UM, HAVE IN THE CRITERIA THAT THE DISTRICT, THE, IF IT'S WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU HAVE TO SUPPORT IT COUNCILWOMAN. SO WHILE THAT'S NOT A CAP, IT DOES HELP IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE WE MANAGE APPROPRIATELY WHAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. I'M, I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT ANSWER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCILMAN GRO. THANK YOU. UM, I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW IF, IF IN THE DISCUSSION YOU ALL HAD, HAD, HAD THE QUESTION OF WHAT IFS OF MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO PUT, UM, UP CROSSWALKS OR THESE ARTISTIC THEMED CROSSWALKS IN, UM, A WHOLE AREA OF A NEIGHBORHOOD OR A WHOLE AREA OF A, A CORRIDOR, IF WE ARE, IF ENGINEERING AND SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY WISE, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. OR IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU, THAT IF MAYBE ONE CORRIDOR, SAY ON MILITARY, OKAY, THAT'S A COMMERCIAL AVENUE, WANTS TO PUT SOMETHING ON A CROSSWALK ON EVERY, UM, CROSSWALK IN THE AREA, AND THEY ALL HAVE APPROVAL AND THEY HAVE THE MONEY. SO PUBLIC SAFETY WISE, ENGINEERING WISE, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. THAT WOULD BE OKAY. AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE THAT THE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WOULD BE AT SIGNALS, UH, TRA FULL TRAFFIC SIGNALS OR STOP SIGNS. SURE. UM, OR DEDICATED MID-BLOCK. BUT I ALSO WANT TO ADD THOUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, AS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE RAINBOW THEME, THE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT WAS OVER $30,000. SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT. UM, SO I, I THINK THAT IN ITSELF WILL, WILL SORT OF METER HOW MANY WE SEE A YEAR, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS TO RAISE. OKAY. SO A CAP, UM, AND IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE COUNCIL OFFICE IN WHICH THE CITY, THE, THE CROSSWALK WANTS TO GO THROUGH. RIGHT. I'LL, I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS, SO NO, NO, NO, IT'S OKAY. I, I MEAN, I HEARD WHAT HAPPENED HERE ON THIS, BUT I AM JUST CONCERNED IF WE HAVE AN, UM, AN OVERWHELMING, UH, AMOUNT OF CROSSWALK REQUESTS, UM, COMING INTO OUR AREA AND HOW THAT WILL, HOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MANAGE THAT IN THE FUTURE. SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ON OUR RADAR. IF WE DO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMING INTO THE FUTURE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT A PROCESS OF HOW WE SHOULD MANAGE IT. THANK YOU. [02:45:02] THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN GRA AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I SUPPORT THE, THE PROGRAM. I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF POSSIBILITIES. UH, OUR YOUR PRESENTATION HAS A PHOTOGRAPH OF SOME UNIQUE LOOKING CROSSWALKS. UH, THEY LOOK LIKE THREE DIMENSIONAL ALMOST. CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT A, CAN WE GO TO THE SLIDE PLEASE? THAT ONE. CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT WHY A COMMUNITY WOULD DEVELOP SOMETHING LIKE THAT? SO, SO THIS IS AN ACTUAL EXAMPLE FROM LOS ANGELES. UM, IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE A THREE DIMENSIONAL, I GUESS ON THE SCREEN. IT, IT MAY LOOK THAT WAY. UM, BUT THIS WAS JUST A COLOR SCHEME. UH, I'M NOT CERTAIN ON THE EXACT LOCATION IN LOS ANGELES ON WHY THOSE COLORS WERE CHOSEN. UM, BUT THIS IS JUST TO SHOW THE EXAMPLE OF HOW THE DESIGN WOULD BE INTEGRATED INTO OUR STANDARD WHITE MARKINGS. OKAY. SO I, I DID A, MANNY IS I ASKED YOU A QUESTION THAT I KIND OF KNOW THE ANSWER TO. , DARN. SORRY, , BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. WE DIDN'T PRACTICE IN ADVANCE. UM, SO THERE IS A, I GUESS THERE'S A MOVEMENT IN THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WORLD THAT BRIGHTER COLOR CROSSWALKS, UH, HELP WITH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY BECAUSE, UM, THEY BRING ATTENTION TO THE CROSSWALK, UH, BOTH FOR THE DRIVER AND THE, AND THE PEDESTRIAN. SO, UH, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE ORIGINALLY STARTED THIS PROGRAM, UM, IT WAS ON MAIN STREET, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RAINBOWS, UH, THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PRIDE. AND SO IT CREATES A SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT I, AND SPACE THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT, UH, TO MAKE OUR URBAN AREAS VIBRANT. BUT IF THIS HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF SAFETY, I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN CONSIDER EXPANDING THIS TO SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES. UH, THOSE ARE PRIMARILY AMONG ALONG ROADS THAT ARE NOT MANAGED BY THE CITY, BUT BY OUR STATE HIGHWAY, UH, DEPARTMENT. SO IS THAT A DISCUSSION THAT YOU'VE HAD AT ALL WITH, WITH ANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN THAT DEPARTMENT? SO, JUST TO GET BACK TO YOUR MAIN POINT ABOUT THE, THE BRIGHTER COLORS, THAT'S AS AN EXAMPLE. THAT'S WHY WE'VE GONE TO USING GREEN MARKINGS FOR OUR BIKE LANES TO REALLY BRING OUT, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT TYPE OF COLORING. UM, WE, WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THE USE OF THIS WITH TXDOT ON THEIR CORRIDORS. UM, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE'LL BE VISITING. AND AGAIN, IT'S MAINLY FOCUSED AT THE INTERSECTIONS OR A DEDICATED MID-BLOCK CROSSING. AND WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF THOSE IN THE AREAS YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THAT HAVE THAT HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES. ALL RIGHT. WELL, YES, I'D LOVE TO SEE US, UH, CON CONSIDER, UH, SOMETHING CREATIVE LIKE THIS TO, TO HELP MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR PEDESTRIANS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. COUNCILWOMAN VEO HDA. GETTING THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, SIR. I'M UNSU SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM AS WELL. I JUST HAVE A, A QUICK, UH, CLARIFYING QUESTION. UH, YOU NOTED AT THE, IN THE RAINBOW CROSSWALK THAT THERE HAVEN'T BEEN REALLY ANY INCREASE IN, UM, EITHER PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS OR, UM, CAR, CAR WRECKS, RIGHT? ANY, UM, VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, IF THERE HAPPENS TO BE A CROSSWALK THAT'S IMPLEMENTED, UM, FULLY FUNDED BY THE COMMUNITY AND APPROVED AND IT'S IN FOR THE TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS, UM, BEFORE IT STARTS TO WEAR OUT IT AND THEY REAPPLY, IS THERE A STUDY DONE TO SEE THAT THAT'S THE CASE ON THAT PARTICULAR CROSSWALK? IT MAY BE IN AN AREA WHERE IT DOES INCREASE, UM, YOU KNOW, EITHER BECAUSE OF THE COLOR SCHEME OR BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, TAKING PICTURES, UM, FOR WHATEVER REASON. IF THERE IS AN INCREASE IN, UH, MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS OR PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS, IS THERE A MECHANISM TO MAYBE DENY THAT RENEWAL? WELL, CERTAINLY AS PART OF OUR NORMAL BUSINESS, WHEN THERE'S SEVERE CRASHES OR FATALITIES, OUR TEAM LOOKS AT THOSE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY OCCURRED, JUST TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES THAT COULD BE MADE. OR MAYBE IT'S A LIGHTING THING WE CAN, WE CAN WORK ON WITH C P SS. SO AS PART OF OUR NORMAL BUSINESS, WE DO THAT. UH, NOW MOVING FORWARD WITH THE COMMUNITY CROSSWALK, WE WOULD HAVE HAVE THAT SAME, UH, SAME APPROACH. AND IF WE WERE TO DETERMINE ALONG WITH S A P D ON A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR AS A CAUSE OF THAT, THEN CERTAINLY WE WOULD PROBABLY DISCUSS WITH THE, THE SPONSOR ABOUT PICKING A DIFFERENT LOCATION. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN CAVEO, HARVARD, COUNCILMAN ANDERS SULLIVAN. UH, THANK YOU. ART. UM, I AM SO LIKING HOW WE CAN START INCORPORATING MORE OF OUR COMMUNITY IN THE WAY THAT WE LOOK. MY QUESTION IS, IF THERE IS A CERTAIN FORM OF PAINT, IS IT GOING TO BE, UH, SAY THAT A GROUP WANTS TO USE A KIND OF REFLECTIVE KIND OF PAINT JUST TO ILLUMINATE THAT CROSSWALK? UM, WOULD THAT INCREASE THE PRICE OF WHAT THEY'LL BE, UM, REQUIRED TO PUT DOWN IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT CROSSWALK ACTUALLY ILLUMINATED TO WHERE IT'S MORE LIGHTING, UM, TO KIND OF ALLEVIATE [02:50:01] SOME OF THE, THE ACCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED THERE? WHAT WOULD BE THAT, THAT COST DIFFERENCE? SO THERE, THERE IN, UH, I'LL SAY PREFORMED THERMOPLASTIC ONE MORE TIME FOR COUNCILMAN FLIES, BUT, UM, THERE'S, IN THE GUIDELINES, THERE'S SPECIFIC CRITERIA. THERE'S ACTUAL, UM, A SPECIFICATION THAT OUTLINES THE TYPE OF MATERIAL, AND IT HAS THE, THE NECESSARY SKID RESISTANCE. UH, SO PEOPLE DON'T SLIP WHEN WALKING AND THEN THE REQUIRED REFLECTIVITY. SO THERE'S A CERTAIN SPECIFICATION THAT THEY'LL ADHERE TO. SO THAT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE COST IT CORRECT. IT'S IN OUR GUIDELINES. SO AS, AS THE APPLICANT IS, UH, WORKING WITH POTENTIAL CONTRACTORS TO DEVELOP THEIR COST, THEY WILL BASE THAT COST ON THE SPECIFICATION. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA, SORRY. OR JUST TO, UM, REITERATE, IF WE CAN ADD IN THOSE GUIDELINES SOME SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR THE AREAS LIKE LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, SENIOR CENTERS, UH, CHURCHES AND PARKS. I THINK THAT, UM, MY COLLEAGUES WOULD PROBABLY BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AS THEY'RE CONSIDERING, AND THEY'D STILL HAVE, UH, INCREASED FLEXIBILITY. BUT AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO BE MINDFUL OF OUR CHILDREN AND SENIORS JUST AS A SPECIAL CONSIDERATION AS IT'S COMING FORWARD. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. UM, ROCHA GARCIA, UH, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS ART. I, I DID HAVE, UH, TWO THINGS. UM, I'D LIKE US ALSO TO CONSIDER IMPLICATIONS OF, UM, AND I KNOW IT'S GATHERING THE, THE, WHEN I READ THE LANGUAGE IN THE PROGRAM, I BELIEVE LOGOS WOULD BE PROHIBITED, RIGHT? LOGOS THAT, THAT HAVE WORDS, DETAILED WORDS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE INTENDED TO MESSAGE WITH THE, THE DRIVER WOULD BE PROHIBITED. OKAY. WELL, YEAH. I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT MANY PEOPLE, UH, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WOULD, WOULD PROBABLY CHOOSE TO RAISE $20,000 TO PUT IT ON THE PAVEMENT JUST TO MAKE A, YOU KNOW, A STATEMENT. BUT, BUT I COULD SEE BUSINESSES WANTING TO DO THAT. AND THE LAST THING I WOULD WANT TO DO IS, IS BASICALLY PAVE THE WAY, UH, FOR OUR, OUR STREETS TO BE ADVER ADVERTISEMENTS. UM, SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT. AND, AND SO IF I'M READING IT CORRECTLY, I DON'T THINK IT'LL HAPPEN. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S VERY TASTEFUL. IF, IF PERHAPS A BUSINESS WANTS TO USE THE COLOR SCHEME, I CAN SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ORANGE AND WHITE WOULD FIT VERY TASTEFULLY, BUT THIS ISN'T MEANT TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GRAND PRIX, UH, ADVERTISEMENTS ALL OVER OUR STREETS. AND THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN THE WAY THIS IS WRITTEN. THAT'S CORRECT. AS THE COUNCILWOMAN MENTIONED, THE EXAMPLE WITH WHATABURGER, ORANGE AND WHITE WOULD, WOULD BE ALLOWED. BUT DETAILED WORDS THAT SAY ONE OF OUR, YEAH. OKAY. JUST TO, TO CLARIFY, WE, WE DO HAVE A, AN OFF-PREMISE SIGN ORDINANCE, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF GETS INTO COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENTS, SO THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN THIS CASE. OKAY. BUT THEY, THEY, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE INTERPRETED AS RELEVANT. WELL, I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE AND, UH, I GUESS WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TEST THAT THEORY OUT, BUT, BUT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN. THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D SAY IS, UM, I DON'T, YOU MENTIONED MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS ARE, AND TO ME, YOU KNOW, THE RAINBOW CROSSWALK IS, IS PRETTY NEAT. I MEAN, IT'S BECOME A DESTINATION ALMOST FOR FOLKS TO COME AND TAKE PICTURES AND ALL THAT. YOU SAW THE SELFIE GRAPH, UM, MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS BY THEIR VERY NATURE ARE ALREADY DANGEROUS. AND I, YOU KNOW, I I, I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO MAKE THOSE CROSSINGS DESTINATIONS WHEN WE'RE ALREADY CONFUSING SOME MOTOR VEHICLES, UH, IN THE USE OF THEM. SO I'D, I'D LIKE US TO CONSIDER THAT. PERHAPS IT'S A SPECIAL CONSIDERATION. I DON'T, YOU KNOW, UH, W WE'LL HAVE, YEAH, GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GONNA CLARIFY. SO THE, AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU MAY FAMILIAR WITH THE ONE BY THE D MUSEUM. IT'S, UH, THE, IT HAS THE PEDESTRIAN REFUGE AISLE AND IT HAS THE FLASHING LIGHTS. SO THAT'S THE ONLY TYPE OF CROSSING WE WOULD ALLOW. IF IT WAS JUST A CROSSWALK WITH NO SORT OF PROTECTION, THEN IT WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED. BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOUR CONCERN. YEAH, I, I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT, THAT ALSO PEDESTRIANS AND MOTOR VEHICLES ARE STILL HAVING TO GET USED TO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE STOPPING, UH, KIND OF MIDWAY THROUGH TWO INTERSECTIONS. BUT, UH, AS LONG AS WE'RE MINDFUL OF THAT, I'LL, I'LL BE COMFORTABLE. UH, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA? YES. I'M SO SORRY, MA'AM. I'M STILL GETTING THE HANG OF THIS. SO, UM, THANK YOU. CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY CROSSWALK GUIDELINES, GUIDELINES TO ADD CONSIDERATION FOR AREAS INCLUDING LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, SENIOR CENTERS, CHURCHES AND PARKS. IS THAT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, OR THAT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? YES. IS THAT ACCEPTED, COUNCILMAN? WELL, I JUST WANT ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION ON THAT. IT CONSIDERATION MEANS NOT RESTRICTING, BUT RATHER JUST HAVING T C I REPORT TO THE CITY ABOUT THE, [02:55:01] THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS, UH, OF, OF THOSE AREAS. UH, THE, THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT, THAT THAT'S EXACTLY THE WAY IT READS, COUNCILMAN IT'S CONSIDERATION. IT'S NOT A PROHIBITION. OKAY. AND SO, YES, THERE'LL BE INFORMATION GATHERED ON THAT. AND AGAIN, I WOULD EMPHASIZE THAT IT'S, IT, IT STILL REQUIRES SUPPORT FROM THE INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMAN. RIGHT? AND I, I'M GLAD YOU POINTED THAT OUT. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S CRITICAL HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF LAYERS HERE. AND, UH, WE'LL NOTE THAT GETTING THE, THE, THE CROSSWALK IN, IN THE FIRST WAY THE PRIDE CROSSWALK IN, IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS, WAS NOT VERY EASY. IT WENT THROUGH A LOT OF SCRUTINY AS WELL. UM, AND SO, WE'LL, I'LL ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND, UH, AGAIN, JUST EMPHASIZE THAT, THAT T C I, IT, IT WILL BE MAKING A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS. UH, AND, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S AN ARTISTIC CROSSWALK OR A CROSSWALK ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD NEVER, UH, RECOMMEND, UH, A DANGEROUS SCENARIO FOR, FOR ANY CROSSWALK IN THE ENTIRE CITY. IS THAT CORRECT, ART? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO, AGAIN, UH, THIS IS WHY I, I LIKE AN ENGINEER NAMED ART, UH, ON, ON OUR CITY STAFF. I THINK HE GETS IT. AND, UH, APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, UH, THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TIO. COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. MY QUESTION'S BEEN ANSWERED. THANK YOU. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 37 AS AMENDED. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEMS 40 AND Z ONE. ITEM NUMBER 40 IS AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CITY LIMITS BY FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION OF A 150.26 ACRE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 45 26 SOUTH LOOP 1604, WHICH IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY LIMITS OF SAN ANTONIO, AND LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN SOUTHEAST FAIR COUNTY, AS REQUESTED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS. HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INCORPORATED NEAR CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT THREE ITEM Z. ONE IS THE ORDINANCES SIGNING ZONING PROP FOR PROPERTY LOCATED O C L OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS TO I TWO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ON LOT FOUR CB 4 1 3 6 B, LOCATED AT 45 26 SOUTH LOOP, 1604 EAST COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRAND. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I BELIEVE THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS AT THIS TIME. WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 40 AND Z ONE, UH, VINCENT ERGUN. I HAVE A COUPLE OF MAPS HERE THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THEY CAN PUT THEM UP. YES. UH, THE PERSON, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS VINCENT . I AM A, UH, MEMBER OF CPPS METRO ALLIANCE. I WAS, UH, FORTUNATE TO MEET A FEW OF Y'ALL DURING A COUPLE OF SESSIONS THAT WE DID. I'M NOT HERE REPRESENTING THEM. I'M REPRESENTING MYSELF. UH, I OWN PROPERTY ACROSS FROM HALLIBURTON, AND, UH, I VOTED AGAINST IT JUST SO I COULD COME UP HERE AND AT LEAST, UH, VENT A LITTLE BIT. WE HAD, UH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET WATER LINES OUT THERE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET SINCE 1993, FOR 26 YEARS BEFORE, UH, SAWS WAS THERE, BARE MET, AND OUR TAXES KEEP GOING UP. WE WERE ANNEXED AND WE'RE PROMISED FROM THE CITY POLICE, FIRE, TRASH, ALL THE SERVICES THAT Y'ALL HAVE, INCLUDING WATER AND SEWAGE. WELL, IT, THE WATER'S THERE, BUT IT NEVER GOT EXTENDED. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET IT EXTENDED FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG. AND THEN HALLIBURTON CAME IN. OF COURSE, WE GOT ANNEXATION AND THEY GOT THE WATER, BUT THEY JUMPED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, WHICH IS ON THE MAP, WHAT YOU SEE IN YELLOW. THE WATER STOPS RIGHT AT 37 AND THEN JUMPS ACROSS AND GOES INTO HALLIBURTON. SO WE NEVER, THERE'S 14 OF US, ALL THOSE LOTS. THE YELLOW ONE IS MY PROPERTY AND ALL THOSE LOTS. THERE'S 14 PEOPLE. IT AVERAGES TWO TO THREE ACRE LOTS. I AM PAYING $1,112 A MONTH RIGHT NOW ON TAXES. MY PROPERTY WAS VALUED AT 86,000 A COUPLE YEARS AGO. RIGHT NOW IS 365. THIS YEAR ALONE, IT WENT UP 22,000. AND I, I DIDN'T CATCH IT TO DISPUTE IT, BUT I ALWAYS GO EVERY SIX MONTHS. IN 2012, I BECAME DISABLED. SO I ONLY GET $1,430 A MONTH, AND 1,115 OF IT GOES TO THE CITY. UH, MOST OF US THAT ARE, THAT LIVE THERE, UH, WE WORST WANTING TO PUT A BUSINESS FOR A COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS NOW ZONED FOR THAT, BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BUILD BECAUSE [03:00:01] WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE WATER IF WE WANT IT. THERE'S A NEW HIGHWAY GOING IN RIGHT NOW, A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY THAT'S IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW. SAWS IS PUTTING IN THE NEW WATER LINES. AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GETTING, THEY'RE REPLACING THE OLD ONES FROM BARE MET, AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN NEW LINES, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE STILL NOT GETTING THE WATER. WHEN WE GOT ANNEXED, WE WERE PROMISED, YOU KNOW, THE WATER, BUT THEN THEY, THE CITY SAID, NO, WE PROMISED TO MAINTAIN THE SYSTEMS. WELL, YOU CAN'T MAINTAIN SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER BEEN THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, HERE I AM PAYING $11,000 A YEAR AND I STILL DON'T HAVE WATER. I CAN'T DO A BUSINESS. AND THEN WHEN I COME TO THE CITY, THEY SAY, WELL, YOU SHOULD SELL IT. WELL, THAT'S ALL GREAT. THERE'S A COMPOST PLACE BEHIND US. AND I'M, I'M GLAD YOU GUYS BROUGHT UP ALL THESE ISSUES OF AIR QUALITY, AND Y'ALL WANT TO GO OUT FOR A JOG THE WAY MS. SANDOVAL SAID AND BE ABLE TO BREATHE FRESH AIR. WELL, WE CAN'T DO THAT, AND WE CAN'T BRING ANY BUSINESSES OUT IN THAT AREA BECAUSE OF THAT COMPANY. IT'S A PRIVATE COMPANY CALLED SOUTHWEST COMPOST. 90% OF Y'ALL'S BRUSH THAT WHEN Y'ALL DO BRUSH PICKUP, IT GOES TO THAT FACILITY AND 90% OF YOUR RESTAURANT'S GREASE GOES TO THAT FACILITY ALSO. AND WHEN YOU COME OUTSIDE, YOU GET THAT BAD SMELL OF SEWAGE THAT THESE GUYS ARE GETTING ALONG WITH THE GREASE STRAPP, AND IT'S POLLUTING THAT AREA. SO THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. ARAIN. OKAY. COUNCILMAN GRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. ARAIN FOR COMING OUT HERE AND ALSO BEING IN CONTACT WITH MY STAFF AND WORKING ON ITEMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF, OF, UM, HALLIBURTON AS WELL. UM, KENNY AND BRANDON, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. UM, THIS EN THIS MORNING, THIS ENTIRE MORNING, UM, I'M GOING TO MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 40 AND Z ONE TO AUGUST 8TH. AND I WOULD, UM, AND IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ANNEXING THE INN AND THE ZONING OF HOW IT'S GOING TO BE ANNEXED IN. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY AMENABLE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH, UH, BRINGING THIS ALL TOGETHER. SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS 40 AND Z ONE. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, VERY QUICKLY. NOW, UM, BECAUSE OF SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA ASK FOR A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF BOTH ITEMS THREE AND ITEMS 26, BOTH WHICH WERE IMPROVED, UH, BY THE CITY COUNCIL DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. THEY WERE NOT BROADCAST. UH, SO WE DO NEED TO TAKE THOSE TWO ITEMS UP AGAIN. UH, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS THREE AND ITEMS 26, OR TO RECONSIDER, YEAH. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR RECONSIDERATION OF ITEMS THREE AND 26 A YES VOTE WILL ALLOW US TO VOTE ON THOSE TWO ITEMS. AGAIN, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. NOW I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS THREE AND 26. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OUTTA ITEMS NUMBER THREE AND ITEMS 26. ANDY, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR. UH, I, I WOULD ASK THOUGH THAT THE, I SEPARATE BE ON SEPARATE. CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, COUNCILMAN, CAN YOU REPHRASE YOUR MOTION TO JUST ITEM THREE? OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. AND A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 26, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. UH, WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL LUNCHEON. ERIC, DO WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK, MAYOR, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, TWO, UH, PIECES OF GOOD NEWS. UM, I THINK DAVID MCCAREY IS STILL HERE. DAVID, UH, MCCAREY IN THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, HAVE BEEN FORMALLY CERTIFIED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION, KNOWN AS I S O I S O, MANY OF YOU KNOW, UM, HELPS WITH, UH, EVALUATING OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF COVERAGE. UH, WHAT'S SIGNIFICANT HERE IS THAT, UH, OUR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED, UM, FOR ITS, UH, SAFETY RECORD. UH, WE ARE THE FIRST SOLID WASTE ORGANIZATION ANYWHERE, UM, THAT HAS EVER RECEIVED THIS DESIGNATION. AND I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE, [03:05:01] LET THE COUNCIL KNOW, BUT CONGRATULATE DAVID AND, UH, DEBORAH FROM RISK MANAGEMENT WHO'VE WORKED CLOSELY TO REALLY SET, UH, A SAFE, UH, STANDARD IN, UH, SOLID WASTE. UM, BEFORE WE AUTOMATED TRASH COLLECTION, SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, UM, WE HAD AN INJURY A DAY, UM, BECAUSE WE HAD EMPLOYEES ON THE BACK OF TRUCKS. AND SO THROUGH THE INVESTMENT AND THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF, OF DAVID MCCARRY AND HIS TEAM, UM, WE HAVE SET A NEW STANDARD AND I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE, UH, DAVID ON THAT. AND THEN, UH, FINALLY MAYOR, UH, AND I CHECKED TO MAKE SURE I WASN'T GONNA JINX IT, BUT I'M GONNA DO IT ANYWAY. SHE WAS OKAY WITH IT. UH, THIS WEEKEND, UH, WE'VE GOT A TEAM GOING UP TO DENVER TO, UH, PRESENT, UM, ON THE ALL AMERICA CITY AWARDS. UM, THERE HAVE BEEN 20 CITIES THAT HAVE INVITED, UH, TO PRESENT. UH, THERE WILL BE 10 AWARDEES. UH, WE HAVE WON IT THREE YEARS IN A ROW, AND WE'VE, WE'RE SENDING A PRETTY HIGH POWERED GROUP UP THERE THIS WEEKEND. UH, GISELLE PRATO FROM METRO HEALTH Z GIBBS FROM THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND HELMKE, WHO SOME OF YOU MET YESTERDAY, THE CITY'S FAITH LIAISON, CARLOS VALENZUELA FROM G P A, UH, HUGO SIPAN FROM, UH, THE H I V ALLIANCE KUDA RAMOS, UH, FROM THE HEALTH, JUSTICE HEALTH, FROM THE HEALTH JUSTICE YOUTH COUNCIL, UH, AND ALL LED BY DR. BRIDGER. UM, THEY WILL, UH, BE HIGHLIGHTING THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO'S EFFORT TO, UM, PROMOTE EQUITY INCLUSION AND CREATING REAL CHANGE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND, UH, HIGHLIGHTING AND FOCUSING ON HOW WE'RE ELIMINATING DISPARITIES THAN SOME OF OUR MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. AND SO I WANTED TO WISH THAT TEAM, GOOD LUCK. UH, NO PRESSURE. WE'VE WON THREE YEARS IN A ROW, AND I FULLY ANTICIPATE WITH A HIGH POWERED GROUP LIKE THAT. WE'LL, WE'LL DO REAL WELL THIS WEEKEND. GREAT WORK. GOOD LUCK TEAM. OKAY, WE HAVE A SPECIAL LUNCHEON. I'M GONNA CALL AN EXEC SESSION THOUGH, WE'LL DO OUR LUNCHEON, AND THEN WE'LL, WE WILL, UH, RECESS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, PRIOR TO OUR 2:00 PM ZONING, UH, MEETING. SO, UH, ACTUALLY WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER EZ, UM, DAVE MCCAREY. WHERE IS HE? WHERE DO YOU GO? UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT SAL COUNCILMAN SALDANA ALWAYS TOOK A PLEASURE IN, UH, TALKING TRASH TO YOU AND COMING UP WITH ALL SORTS OF CUTE NAMES FOR YOU. I'M A MUCH MORE SERIOUS INDIVIDUAL. UM, I'LL REALLY JUST LIMIT IT TO THE BARREN OF BASURA. UH, BUT I, I GOTTA TELL YOU, I AM REALLY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND I, I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE UNSUNG HEROES, UH, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE TAKE FOR GRANTED WHAT YOU DO AND HAVE NO IDEA THAT IF ALL OF YOUR GUYS JUST DECIDED TO CALL IN SICK ONE DAY, UH, THIS WOULD BE A DISASTER. SO, THANK YOU. I THINK YOU GUYS ARE HEROES. AND TO THE TEAM, GO INTO DENVER. TWO THINGS. ONE, DON'T SCREW IT UP. OKAY. UH, AND, UM, AND, AND TWO, UH, I JUST OPENED AN OFFICE IN DENVER, SO IF YOU GUYS NEED TO BORROW A, UH, A COPY MACHINE OR STAPLERS OR SOMETHING, UH, YOU KNOW, TO GET READY FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, UH, LET ME KNOW. THANKS GUYS. GOOD. COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. I ALSO WANTED TO CONGRATULATE MR. MCCAREY AND, UH, THE WORK OF ALL OF HIS TEAM. UH, YOU'RE REALLY JUST A ROLE MODEL. UM, I, I'M BIG INTO, INTO SAFETY AS WELL. I, ALTHOUGH MY STAFF MAY NOT MENTION THAT, BUT, UM, IT, I, I REALLY ADMIRE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND IT WAS, AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID DURING THE POWER OUTAGE, UH, OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. UH, YOU GUYS WERE JUST THERE ALL THE TIME. THEY WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT THEY WENT TO JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL. THERE WAS THIS ABOUT 30 JEEPS JUST LINED UP, DOWN, DOWN THE STREET, READY TO GO. IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS COMMAND CENTRAL THERE, AND I WAS JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID. UH, SO THIS SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE THAT YOU'VE, THAT YOU'VE EARNED THIS DESIGNATION. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. DAVID, UM, I JUST WANT TO TIP MY HAT TO Y'ALL FOR THIS, UH, ISO CERTIFICATION 45,001. UH, THAT'S A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. UH, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE GOOD TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT PROGRAM, TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS. AND SURE, I HOPE THAT THE METRICS WILL BEAR OUT THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THAT. AND WHAT A COOL, UM, MACHINE Y'ALL HAVE SET UP THERE. NOW, SIMULATOR IN, UH, THE TOOL YARD, IF ANYBODY GETS A CHANCE, GO OPERATE THAT, UH, MACHINE IT, UH, YOU ACTUALLY DRIVE IN THIS TRUCK WITH THE THREE D SCREEN AND ALL THAT. AND, UH, IT'S REALLY, REALLY A NEAT OPERATION TO GO IN THERE AND, AND CHECK IT OUT AND SEE IF YOU CAN DRIVE A TRASH TRUCK AROUND TOWN. THAT'S REALLY A COOL, COOL DEAL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAVID, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. APPRECIATE VERY WELCOME. APPRECIATE, THANK YOU. [03:10:01] THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PERRY. DAVID, YOU NEVER CEASE TO IMPRESS THIS COMMUNITY AND, AND YOU REPRESENT US SO VERY WELL. EVERYWHERE YOU GO. UM, TWO YEARS AGO WAS HURRICANE HARVEY, AND THIS YEAR IT'S OUR OWN COMMUNITY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR SETTING A GREAT STANDARD FOR US. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU. UM, I'VE GOT TWO OTHER THINGS REALLY QUICKLY, UH, BEFORE WE BREAK. THE FIRST IS WE ARE VERY SAD TO LOSE, UH, A GREAT MEMBER OF OUR TEAM HERE AT CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE SHE'S DECIDED TO GO TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN A DIFFERENT CITY, AND THAT IS LETICIA SIGNS, AND IT'S HER LAST DAY TODAY. SO LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR A GREAT WORK. LETICIA, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE MUCH LOVED BY THIS FAMILY, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT DALLAS WON'T BE THAT LONG FOR YOU. YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, AND ONE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT. IT WASN'T JUST THE ARMY'S BIRTHDAY TODAY, BUT IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, IT WILL ALSO BE OUR COLLEAGUE'S BIRTHDAY COUNCILWOMAN. REBECCA GRO IS TURNING A DIFFERENT AGE ON THE 25TH , SO LET'S SING HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, IF EVERYONE CAN CONVENE INTO THE BEER ROOM, WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL LUNCHEON FOR THE NEW COUNCIL, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO EXEC AFTER THAT. THE TIME IS NOW 12:29 PM ON THIS THURSDAY, JANUARY, EXCUSE ME. JUNE 20TH, 2019. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY, AND TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PURSES, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072, REAL PROPERTY AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL ZONING SESSION. AGENDA. CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION AND NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. AS WE'RE RECONVENING HERE, THE TIME IS NOW 2:30 PM UM, I'M GONNA ASK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ANY ITEMS FROM WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA SO FAR. I HAVE ITEMS 44, 45 AND Z 12 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? HOLD ON. OKAY. THAT'S, UH, Z 12. YEAH, Z 12 IS IS FOR, UH, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ANY OTHERS BESIDES 44 45 AND Z 12? OKAY, HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, ALL THOSE ITEMS SAVED FOR 44, 45 AND Z 12. SO MOVED SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. UM, I DO HAVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT JACK FINGER. OKAY. THE VIDEO, OH, I'M SORRY. UH, LET'S ROLL THE, UH, TRANSLATION VIDEO AS JACK COMES UP. HE MIGHT NEED THAT. GO AHEAD, JACK. MAYOR NURENBERG, 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. WELL, MS. ANDREWS SULLIVAN, I'M GLAD THAT YOU DID PULL 44 AND 45 FOR CONSIDERATION INSTEAD OF JUST LETTING 'EM SAIL RIGHT ON THROUGH, UH, YOU AND OTHERS, UH, CAMPAIGNED ON TRANSPARENCY AND, UH, THAT, UH, WELL, NOT LETTING, UH, ANY SPECIAL INTERESTS, UH, GET AHEAD OF ANYBODY ELSE AROUND HERE. AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT BECAUSE THESE ARE, WHAT 44 AND 45 ARE, ARE [03:15:01] SOME SIGNS SIGN COMPANIES THAT WISH TO, UH, HAVE SOME SPECIAL PRIVILEGES, SPECIAL PRIVILEGES GIVEN TO THEM FOR, UH, THEIR, THEIR SIGNS. THEY WANT TO, UM, YOU SEE, THEY'VE BEEN IN VIOLATION. APPARENTLY THEY'VE BEEN IN VIOLATION FOR SOME TIME. THEIR SIGNS WERE HIGHER THAN THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN, AND NOW THERE'S COME TIME FOR SOME, UH, MAINTENANCE, UH, RE REPAIRS AND SO FORTH. THEY'RE TAKING 'EM DOWN AND THEY WANT TO GET 'EM BACK UP TO THE SAME HEIGHT AGAIN. WELL, I'M SORRY, BUT THEORETICALLY, I MEAN, THEORETICALLY WE STILL HAVE SOME RULES AROUND HERE THAT, THAT SAYS THAT YOU, NO, UH, YOU CANNOT, UH, CONSTRUCT A SIGN THAT'S, THAT'S ONE, ONE CASE. IT'S NEARLY 50% HIGHER, 50% HIGHER THAN WE'RE, THAN THE RULES ALLOW FOR. AND THE OTHER ONE IS 58% HIGHER. SO YES, I THINK THAT, UH, MS. ANDREW SULLIVAN, I THINK YOU SHOULD PRESENT THE CASE THAT THIS THING SHOULD BE DENIED. YES, I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THAT. I ASSUME YOU'LL DO THAT. , UM, ITEM 46, MR. TREVINO IN YOUR AREA. YES. A VARIANCE REGARDING ALCOHOL BEING SOLD, RIGHT? VERY PRETTY CLOSE TO THE BEACON HILL ELEMENTARY ALCOHOL BEING SOLD WELL WITHIN 300 FEET WHERE SCHOOL KIDS ARE GONNA PLAY. I THINK YOU SHOULD ALSO PULL THAT ONE FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS, SIR. AND, UH, PROVE TO ALL OF US THAT YOU, UH, YOU REALLY DO BELIEVE, BELIEVE IN SCHOOL KIDS AS YOU SAY YOU HAVE DONE SO. YEAH. WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA HERE? WELL, YEAH, ONCE AGAIN, MR. TINO, ON YOUR DISTRICT, UH, Z FOUR, YEAH, YOU WANT, SOMEONE WANTS TO SHOVE SHOEHORN FOUR UNITS INTO ONE LOT, FOUR UNITS INTO ONE LOT Z FOUR. I THINK THAT'S A BAD IDEA. WHERE, WHERE ARE KIDS GONNA PLAY IN THEIR, IN THEIR BACKYARD? ARE THEY GONNA HAVE A BACKYARD TO PLAY WITH? IS THERE GONNA BE ENOUGH PLACE FOR PARKING? HUH? YES. I THINK YOU SHOULD PULL THAT ONE, SIR. UH, ALSO, UH, WELL, AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, MS. ANDREW SULLIVAN AND Z EIGHT, THE GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE OPPOSES THIS ONE. I GUESS THEY THINK MAYBE R FOUR IS A BIT TOO MORE INTENT, TOO MUCH INTENSE FOR THE R SIX THERE. OH, THANK YOU MR. FINGER. SO MANY SCANDALS. SO ON TIME, JAMES MEYER. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL. I'M JUST A COUNTRY LAWYER, UH, AND I SUPPORT ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR, AS IF THEY'RE BEING SUPPORTED BY OUR NEW ILLUSTRIOUS COUNCILWOMAN FROM DISTRICT TWO. I SUPPORT YOU 100%, AND WHATEVER DECISION YOU MAKE ON THOSE ITEMS, YOU'LL BE SUPPORTED BY ME AS A CITIZEN OF DISTRICT TWO. MR. MAYOR, I HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH YOU A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. I RESPECT YOU FOR WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE SIDE AND THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU MADE TO ENSURING THAT OUR COMMUNITY FOR ONCE IS GOING TO RECEIVE WHAT IT SHOULD RECEIVE FROM THE CITY. NOW, I KNOW I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES, BUT MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. OF THE TOP SIX PEOPLE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, NOT A SINGLE ONE IS BLACK OF THE TOP 15 PEOPLE IN THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. MR. MEYER, YOU GOTTA KEEP IT GERMANE TO THE AGENDA, SIR. OKAY? NOT A SINGLE ONE IS BLACK IN THE CITY. MANA IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. YOU JUST CONFIRMED FOR ME OF THE TOP SEVEN PEOPLE, NOT A MR. MEYER, YOU, YOU'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE ITEMS ON ZONING IN ORDER TO KEEP YOUR TIME RIGHT. OKAY? ON ZONING, WE MUST MAKE ZONING DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE BY A REFLECTIVE CITY MANAGEMENT. WE DON'T HAVE A REFLECTIVE CITY MANAGEMENT. THIS IS 2019, NOT 1952. FOR YOU AS MAYOR, AND FOR YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL, PEOPLE OF THIS ILLUSTRIOUS CITY TO SIT ON TOP OF ADMINISTRATION THAT DOES NOT HIRE BLACK PEOPLE IS WRONG, MR. MEYER. MR. MEYER, I THINK. BUT IN TERMS OF THE ITEMS YOU GOTTA TALK ABOUT ITEM 46 AND Z THREE OR CUT YOU OFF, SIR, ON RIGSBY AND WHATEVER THE CITY COUNCILWOMAN WANTS TO DO, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THEM, BUT, AND YOU, AND THERE'S SOME ITEMS THERE THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANNEXATION. HOW YOU GOING TO ANNEX MORE BLACK PEOPLE AND REFUSE TO SERVE THEM? REFUSE TO FORCE YOUR [03:20:01] CITY MANAGER AND YOUR CITY ATTORNEY AND YOUR POLICE CHIEF TO HAVE PARODY. AND ONE LAST THING, AND I'M GONNA SIT DOWN. MR. MAYOR, Y'ALL SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THESE WHITE LOBBYISTS AND WHITE SUBCONTRACTORS. NOT A SINGLE ONE OF 'EM HAS A BLACK EMPLOYEE, NOT EVEN A COFFEE BAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. MEYER. AND I WANT THE CITY MAYOR TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I WANT THE CITY MANAGER TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND ALL OF THOSE, ALL RIGHT, MR. MEYER, YOU HAVE TO YIELD THE FLOOR NOW, SIR. YES, SIR. OKAY. UH, MR. KILLEN, ROB KILLEN ON ITEM P ONE AND Z 14 RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT ROB KILLEN, I MEAN, THEY GOT THEY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WELCOME TO OUR NEW COUNCIL, UH, WOMEN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR ALL OF YOU, WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER TERM. I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF. THE ITEM I'M SPEAKING ON IS ON CONSENT. IT'S P ONE Z 14. IT'S A ZONING CASE IN DISTRICT 10. I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO COUNCILMAN PERRY AND YOUR STAFF, UH, PARTICULARLY SAMANTHA FOR FACILITATING A MEETING WITH THE FOX RUN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS, THEY HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT'S ACCESS ONTO STALL ROAD. SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO GET ON THE RECORD THAT WE HAVE AGREED OUR CLIENT HAS AGREED TO, UH, LIMIT THE ACCESS ON STALL ROAD TO RESIDENTS ONLY, AND TO CONSTRUCT AN ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION LANE. WE'VE SUBMITTED, UH, INFORMATION BOTH TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOUR OFFICE. JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD AND AGAIN, SAY, UH, HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. KILLEN. COUNCILMAN COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT A ZONING ITEM THAT'S ON CONSENT. UH, DIDN'T WANNA ACTUALLY PULL IT. UH, IT'S ITEM Z 15. UH, AND I WANTED TO HIGH HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM BECAUSE IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL ZONING CASE. UH, THIS ZONING CASE IS A STEP TO POTENTIALLY REVOLUTIONIZING THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY AND CHANGING THE WAY WE COMMUTE AS WE KNOW IT. SAN ANTONIO'S HISTORY IS CHOCKFULL OF VISIONARIES THAT HAVE DESIGNED AND TESTED NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE IMPROVED LIVES IN THE WORLD, IN THE FIELDS OF AVIATION, SPACE, TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL, BIOSCIENCE, JUST TO NAME A FEW. TODAY WE WILL INCLUDE INNOVATION AND COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SCOOTERS. THIS ZONING CHANGE WILL ALLOW AND PERMIT A TESTING TRACK FOR SKYTRAIN, AN AUTONOMOUS ABOVE GROUND SUSPENDED VEHICLE THAT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNIQUE FORMS OF MAGNETIC LEVITATION AND PROPULSION. I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE SCIENCE FICTION, BUT THE TECHNOLOGY HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED. SKYTRAIN CHOSE SAN ANTONIO AND PARTICULARLY D NINE FOR THIS UNIQUE TESTING TRACK BECAUSE WE ARE OUR HOME TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST MACHINE SHOPS, D AND D MACHINERY, OWNED AND OPERATED BY DAVID AND DOLORES MARTINEZ. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SHOW YOU A VISUAL OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A QUICK VIDEO DEVELOPED BY SKYTRAIN OF WHAT THE FUTURE COULD HOLD FOR COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION. JUST TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES. THE CITY, IT'S WHERE WE LIVE, LOVE AND CREATE. YET, AS LIFE MOVES FASTER AND FASTER, WE MOVE SLOWER AND SLOWER. TRAFFIC IS JUST GETTING WORSE, AND DRIVERLESS CARS WON'T SAVE US BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE DRIVER, IT'S THE CAR. IT'S BEEN A CENTURY AND IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON. SKYRA IS THE FIRST PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT'S AS PERSONAL AS A CAR. IT WILL UNCLOG OUR CITIES AND TRANSFORM OUR LIVES. WITH SKYTRON, THERE'S NO SCHEDULE. IT'S PREDICTIVE. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE KNOWS WHEN YOU NEED YOUR RIDE. STATIONS ARE SO NARROW THEY CAN FIT OVER SIDEWALKS, SO THEY ARE ALWAYS JUST A SHORT WALK AWAY. SKYTRON, REVOLUTIONARY MAGNETIC LEVITATION TECHNOLOGY ENABLES YOU TO FLY ON A CUSHION OF AIR. TRAVELING IN A SKY POD IS SO QUIET AND SMOOTH THAT YOU CAN COMFORTABLY WORK OR JUST SIMPLY RELAX. SKY PODS DON'T NEED TO PICK UP OR DROP OFF OTHER PASSENGERS, SO THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO STOPS ON THE WAY TO YOUR DESTINATION. IN THE CITY, [03:25:01] SKY PODS CAN FLY OVER BUSY STREETS AT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND SPEED UP TO 200 MILES AN HOUR BETWEEN CITIES. WITH SOME STATIONS BUILT DIRECTLY INTO OFFICE BUILDINGS, A TWO HOUR COMMUTE CAN BE REDUCED TO 20 MINUTES. SKY TRANS LOW COST AND SIMPLE CONSTRUCTION ALLOWS FOR MANY MORE LINES THAN CONVENTIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, WHICH IN TURN ALLOWS FOR GREATER CAPACITY PER MILE. SKY TRAN IS ONE 10TH THE COST OF LIGHT RAIL AND 100TH THE COST OF A SUBWAY. WITH ITS SPEED AND HIGH CAPACITY, SKY TRAN CAN BRING AN END TO TRAFFIC, A DREAM COME TRUE. THE NEXT STEP WILL BE SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER EVEN DREAMED OF. TRANSFORMING STREETS INTO PARKS, CAFES, AND MARKETS. WITHOUT CARS, WE CAN BREATHE, CREATE, AND WANDER. AFTER A HUNDRED YEARS, IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE. AND LET ME JUST ADD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH THAT, UM, THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN TRIED, UH, IN DEVELOPMENT IN ISRAEL, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THIS COMPANY AND THRILLED THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN SAN ANTONIO AND DISTRICT NINE. AND IT'S MY HOPE THEY'LL SEE THIS CITY AS A PLACE FOR EXPANSION AND WE'LL PLAY A ROLE IN THE FUTURE, TRANSPORTATION. AND IT ALL BEGINS WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS ZONING. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, JIM MCINTYRE, VP OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING FROM SKYTRON, TRAVELING FROM IRVINE, CALIFORNIA FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. ALRIGHT, MAYOR, IF I MAY, I NEED TO MAKE A STATEMENT. WE HAVE, UH, FOR THE RECORD, UH, WE HAVE ITEM Z FOUR, Z SIX, AND Z 15. THOSE WERE EXPEDITED CASES, THE AND ZONING COMMISSION. I JUST WANNA STATE FOR THE RECORD, ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL, AND WE HAVE FORWARDED THE MINUTES TO THE COUNCIL OFFICE AND THEY WILL BE SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE RECORD. EXCELLENT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR Z Z 1244 AND 45. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM 44. ITEM 44 IS AN APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO DENY A 28 FOOT VARIANCE FROM THE MAXIMUM 60 FOOT TALL SIGN HEIGHT RESTRICTION TO ALLOW FOR A SINGLE TENANT TO SIGN, SIGN TO BE 88 FEET TALL. LOCATED AT 50 75 RIGSBY AVENUE, COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN. WELL, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM. AND SO, UM, IN MY DISTRICT, A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE THE ISSUE OF TREES. AND SO WHERE THIS IS LOCATED, THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE SIGN FROM WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT. AND FOR ME, ACTUALLY, UM, I WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT APPEAL AND GRANT THE SIGN HEIGHT VARIANCE. UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST WITH WHATABURGER AND WITH THAT LOCATION, WE DO NEED THE HYPE TO BE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. UM, AND SO, UM, I WOULD ASK FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO FOLLOW MY LEAD AND GET THIS APPROVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. UH, WE HAVE TWO CITIZENS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. THE FIRST ONE IS KATHLEEN TRENCHARD, IF YOU COULD PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY UP. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. OH, I LOST THE MAYOR . OH, WELL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN TODAY. AND, UM, I'M COMING BEFORE YOU AS KATHLEEN TRENCHARD AT 1 0 5 NORTH JOSEPHINE TOBIN DRIVE, AND I'M REPRESENTING SCENIC SAN ANTONIO. TODAY WE ARE A COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY, THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE A I A AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS. AND WE ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THE APPLICANT'S APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO DENY A 28 FOOT VARIANCE FROM THE MAXIMUM 60 FOOT TALL SIGN HEIGHT RESTRICTION [03:30:01] TO ALLOW A SINGLE TENANT BILLBOARD TO BE 88 FEET TALL, LOCATED AT 5 0 7 5 RIGSBY. AND, UM, JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE SHORTER, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ALSO ADDRESS CASE 45. THAT WOULD BE AT RIMAN ROAD. ONCE AGAIN, REPRESENTING SCENIC SAN ANTONIO, WE ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IN THIS CASE TO DENY A 30 FOOT VARIANCE FROM THE MAXIMUM 60 FOOT TALL SIGN RESTRICTION TO ALLOW A SINGLE TENANT BILLBOARD SHOULD BE 90 FEET TALL, LOCATED AT 46 35 RIMAN ROAD. SO IN BOTH CASES, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A TREND, BUT THIS IS A PRECEDENT SENSING, PRECEDENT SENDING SETTING TREND. IN BOTH CASES. AT THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, WE LEARNED THAT THE APPLICANT'S SON WAS ALREADY 88 FEET. AND THE REASON THEY HAD TO ASK FOR THE VARIANCE, AS YOU JUST HEARD FROM MIKE SHANNON, WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE TAKING IT DOWN FOR REPAIR BY THE RULES OF CHAPTER 28, THEY LOST THEIR NON-CONFORMING STATUS, AND WHEN THE BILLBOARD WENT BACK UP, IT WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE EARLIER 60 FOOT HEIGHT RULE. IN BOTH CASES, THE APPLICANT'S APPEALED FOR VARIANCE IN ORDER TO KEEP THE ADVANTAGE OF THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE, AS MANY OTHER BILLBOARDS IN THE SAME AREA HAVE ALSO BEEN BUILT HIGHER THAN BEFORE THE 60 FOOT CAP. SO, HOWEVER, THE, UH, APPLICANT FAILED TO CONVINCE THE SUPER MAJORITY OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT THAT THE APPLICANTS HAD MET THE TESTS ACCORDING TO SECTION 28 5 3 C. THEY ARE, SHALL I READ THE, THE TWO SIGN, UM, RULES. THERE ARE ONLY TWO, BUT THE MAIN ONE IS NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS A DENIAL OF THE VARIANCE WOULD PROBABLY CAUSE A CESSATION OF LEGITIMATE, LONGSTANDING ACTIVE COMMERCIAL USE OF THE PROPERTY. BUT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WENT OVER SEVERAL MAPS IN BOTH CASES OF THE AREA SHOWING THE HEIGHTS OF, OOPS, WELL, I'M COMBINING, SO I SHOULD HAVE JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME. YES, THANK YOU. UH, BUT THE APPLICANT'S AGENT HAD NOT BEEN INSTRUCTED, UH, TO PREPARE ANY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS TO PROVIDE PROOF OF THIS SECOND POINT. SO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WENT OVER SEVERAL MAPS AND THEY STILL DENIED. UM, SO TO CONCLUDE, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS CITY CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THE SAN ANTONIO SPEAK UP. THE NEW WONDERFUL, UH, UM, A DEVICE THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO US IS BRINGING TO LIGHT PUBLIC OPINION THAT HAS NOT BEEN AVAILABLE TO YOU IN MANY YEARS. AND IN ITS FIRST SURVEY CONDUCTED THIS YEAR IN APRIL OF ABOUT 900 RESPONSES RECEIVED BY THE CITY. HERE ARE THE RESPONSES TO THE QUESTION. NOW THE QUESTION WAS, THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 1,200 BILLBOARDS IN SAN ANTONIO. DO YOU THINK THIS AMOUNT IS TOO MANY? NOT SURE. JUST ENOUGH OR TOO LITTLE? WELL, JUST TO CUT IT SHORT, 73% OF THE PON RESPONDENTS SAID IT WAS TOO MANY, AND ONLY 5% OF RESPONDENTS SAID TOO LITTLE. SO PLEASE DON'T ASSUME THAT SAN ANTONIONS DON'T CARE ABOUT THE APPEARANCE OF THEIR CITY. WE KNOW WE ARE NOT LAS VEGAS. AND THANK YOU TIER ONE FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE TO OUR ATTENTION. AND THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY. THANK YOU, MS. TENCHER. NEXT IS COLLEEN WAG SPEC. MS. WAGS PACK IS SPEAKING ON TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS. BOTH THOSE ITEMS ARE ALSO ON THE WHATABURGER SIGNAGE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHATABURGER IS TRULY A TEX TEXAS TREASURE ROOTED DEEP IN THE HEART OF MANY SAN ANTONIANS. THEY HAVE EARNED HIS LOYALTY BY CONSISTENTLY SERVING TASTY QUALITY FOOD, AS WELL AS SERVING AS AN OUTSTANDING CORPORATE CITIZEN. THEREIN LIES THEIR TRUE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE. NEVERTHELESS, I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT SIGN HEIGHT THAT IS IN EXCESS OF THE HEIGHT ALLOWED BY THE CURRENT SIGN ORDINANCE. I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY'S STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL AND THE DECISION MADE BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR DENIAL SHOULD BE UPHELD. ALTHOUGH THE SIGNAGE IS NOT IN MY AREA OF TOWN, I'M FAMILIAR WITH BOTH LOCATIONS AND I KNOW THAT YOUR DECISION TODAY [03:35:01] WILL AFFECT FUTURE DECISIONS ON SIGNAGE IN OUR CITY IN ORDER TO NOT PUT AN UNDUE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON BUSINESSES. THE CURRENT ORDINANCE WAS WRITTEN TO ALLOW EXISTING SIGNAGE TO BE MAINTAINED AT A HEIGHT IN EXCESS OF THE NEW HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS. WHATABURGER HAS BEEN WITHIN ITS RIGHT TO MAINTAIN THE SIGN HEIGHT UP UNTIL THIS TIME. HOWEVER, THE ORDINANCE WAS ALSO SPECIFIC AS TO WHEN EXISTING SIGNAGE WOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. ADDITIONALLY, AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT SHARP BLINDS DRAWN BY ORDINANCE ORDINANCES CAN SOMETIMES HAVE AN UNJUST EFFECT ON INDIVIDUAL CASES. THE ORDINANCE INCLUDED SPECIFICS AS TO WHEN ALLOWANCES COULD BE MADE BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS ESTABLISHED THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN THIS CASE DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA TO ALLOW A VARIANCE DENIAL OF THIS VARIANCE WILL NOT PROHIBIT REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SIGNAGE ON THE SITE, NOR WILL IT CAUSE A CESSATION OF COMMERCIAL USE OF THE PROPERTY. THE APPLICANT HAS CITED THAT THE FAST FOOD FOOD INDUSTRY IS VERY COMPETITIVE. FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WHATABURGER HAS ENJOYED A COMPETITIVE BENEFIT OVER OTHER SIMILARLY LOCATED FAST FOOD FRANCHISES, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED AFTER ENACTMENT OF THE CURRENT SIGN ORDINANCE REQUIRING COMPLIANCE WITH THE CURRENT SIGN ORDINANCE DOES NOT PUT WHATABURGER AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE, BUT RATHER ELIMINATES THE ADVANTAGE THAT WHATABURGER HAS BENEFITTED FROM OVER THE YEARS. THE GRANTING A VARIANT SHOULD NOT BENEFIT ONE BUSINESS AT THE EXPENSE OF ANOTHER. SOME ISSUES HAVE SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT TO THE CITY THAT THEY SHOULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH PROCESSABLE REVISIONS TO THE ORDINANCE VIA, UH, THE NORMAL, UH, AMENDMENT PROCESS, NOT VIA VARIANCES. GRANTING OF THIS VARIANCE WILL SUBSTANTIALLY CONFLICT WITH THE STATED PURPOSE OF THE SIGN ORDINANCE AND WILL PERPETUATE THE COMPETITIVE BENEFIT THAT SOME BUSINESSES HAVE ENJOYED OVER OTHER BUSINESSES, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED AFTER THE ENACTMENT OF THE KER ORDINANCE. IN ADDITION, GRANTING OF THIS VARIANCE MAY CREATE A WAVE OF NEW CASES BY SIMILARLY AFFECTED BUSINESSES AND ULTIMATELY BY BUSINESSES WHO HAVE ESTABLISHED AFTER THE CURRENT KINDS SIGN ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED. BUT WHO DESIRE TO HAVE THE INCREASED HEIGHT? I ASK THAT YOU DENIES THIS VARIANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. BECK. COUNCILMAN COURAGE. THANK YOU. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD, UH, THAT WE SHOULD NOT, UH, OVERRIDE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS MADE BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OR THE ZONING COMMITTEE. I THINK THAT WE DID DEVELOP A SIGN ORDINANCE, WHICH HAD LIMITATIONS. WE GRANDFATHERED THOSE THAT WERE IN PRE-EXISTENCE, BUT THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT SHOULD THEY NEED TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THOSE SIGNAGE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW ORDINANCE. UH, I CAN'T SEE THAT WE SHOULD OFFER A PARTICULAR COMPANY THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET, UH, UH, AN ADVANTAGE, UH, OR TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GET A, A CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE TO SUIT THEIR NEEDS. AND I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT THE WORK OF, UH, THE COMMITTEE AND NOT APPROVE THOSE VARIANCES. SO THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. AND I WAS REMINDED THAT THE APPLICANT HAS NOT BEEN AFFORDED A CHANCE TO SPEAK. SO WE WILL TAKE UP YOUR COMMENTS NOW. THANK YOU. UH, JAMES MCKNIGHT. BRIAN ORTIZ? YEAH, I'M HERE REPRESENTING WHATABURGER, THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE. AND AT FIRST I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY STATED. FOR ONE, WE ARE NOT IN VIOLATION. WE ARE A NONCONFORMING USE, WHICH MEANS WE ARE A LEGAL SIGN. WE'RE HIGHER THAN THE CURRENT SIGN ORDINANCE, BUT THAT'S, WE ARE A LEGAL NONCONFORMING SIGN. ALSO, THIS IS NOT A BILLBOARD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS ABOUT 230 SQUARE FEET OF THE SMALL W THAT IS THE WHATABURGER SYMBOL. SO IT IS A, A SMALL SIGN, BUT I HAVE A FEW SLIDES THAT I'D LIKE TO, TO TAKE YOU THROUGH. THIS IS SHOWING THE, THE SITE OF THE RIGSBY. THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 44, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S WITHIN 3 85 FEET OF LOOP FOUR 10. SO THAT'S, THIS IS AN EXPRESSWAY SIGN UNDER THE CODE. THIS IS AN EXPRESSWAY SIGN, SO IT SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE AN EXPRESSWAY SIGN. AND YEAH, SO THIS IS THE SIGN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AGAIN, THIS IS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE. WE ARE NOT RAISING THE SIGN, WE'RE KEEPING IT AT THE SAME HEIGHT. WE'RE SIMPLY CONDUCTING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. PART OF THAT POLE. JUST ONE PIECE OF THAT POLE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. BUT AS SOON AS YOU BRING THAT CABINET DOWN, THE SIDE ORDINANCE [03:40:01] TELLS YOU YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW REGULATIONS IN ANY OTHER NON-CONFORMING SITUATION, ANY OTHER NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE IN THE CITY, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO KEEP THAT MAINTENANCE GOING. THIS IS THE ONLY SITUATION WHERE THE SIGN CODE HAS DEVIATED FROM WHAT TYPICAL NON-CONFORMING. THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING. AND WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF, THIS KIND OF REGULATION WHERE AS SOON AS YOU TOUCH ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW REGULATIONS, IT ACTUALLY DISCOURAGES PEOPLE FROM MAINTAINING CURRENT SIGNS. SO HERE WE ARE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO REPLACE A PIECE OF THE POLE, KEEP THE SIGN WHERE IT'S BEEN FOR 17 YEARS, IN THIS CASE, 20 YEARS. IN THE SECOND CASE, THIS IS A, A, A PICTURE SHOWING WHERE THE SIGN IS NOW FROM LOOP FOUR 10. AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT GETS LOWERED, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE SIGNS THAT AROUND IT ARE SIMILAR SIZE. IT'S AN APPROPRIATE SIZE. AND WHEN IT GETS LOWERED, WE ARE GOING TO LOSE BUSINESS. THIS IS THE RIMAN ROAD SIGN, AGAIN, WITHIN 500 FEET OF LOOP FOUR 10. IT'S AN EXPRESSWAY SIGN HERE. WE'RE RE REPLACING A PIECE OF THE POLE, SIMPLY THE, THE BASE OF THE POLE. THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING. SO EVERYTHING ELSE REMAINS AS IT IS. IT'S THE SAME SIGN, IT'S THE SAME CABINET, AND WE WANT TO KEEP THE SAME HEIGHT. THIS IS A PICTURE FROM LOOP FOUR 10 GOING NORTH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE MCDONALD'S, THE JACK IN THE BOX, THE, UM, BEST WESTERN INN. ALL OF THESE SIGNS ARE THOSE SIMILAR APPROPRIATE HEIGHT. AND THE SECOND THAT WE LOWER IT DOWN TO 60, YOU CANNOT SEE IT FROM LOOP FOUR 10. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR WHATABURGER. IT IS ONE THAT THEY WILL LOSE BUSINESS IF YOU DON'T GET THAT VISUAL. AND MANY OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS SAID THE SAME THING ON THIS ISSUE. IT WAS EIGHT TO FOUR. WE LOST IT BY ONE VOTE, AND IT WAS EVERY PERSON THAT SPOKE SAID THE SAME THING. THAT YES, THEY CAN SEE THAT THIS, YOU COULD LOSE BUSINESS BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T SEE HAVE THAT VISUAL THERE. SO AGAIN, THE LEGAL NON-CONFORMING SIGN, WE JUST WANNA KEEP IT AS IT IS AND SIMPLY MAINTAIN IT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN JADA. ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. 'CAUSE THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION WAS BEFORE WE GOT TO THE DISCREPANCY OF THE HEIGHT, WAS IT WITHIN THE LEGAL REALM OF THE HEIGHT VARIANCE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO, AND THEN ALSO EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING TO BE REPLACED? IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN THAT, UM, AND YOU DID THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SURE. UM, AS FAR AS ARE YOU GRANDFA, WAS IT GRANDFATHERED IN BEFORE YOU DECIDED TO HAVE THE MAINTENANCE? YES, IT IS, IS LEGAL RIGHT NOW. IT IS GRANDFATHERED AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. AND WITH BOTH OF THE FREEWAYS, BECAUSE THEY ARE AT A DISTANCE FROM THE EXIT, HAVING THE SIGN AT THE HEIGHT THAT IT IS AT THIS TIME WOULD ALLOW FOR DRIVERS THAT ARE TRAVELING THAT DON'T KNOW THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO VERY WELL. TO SEE THE SIGNAGE WITHOUT IT BEING A HANDWRITTEN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY IT WAS BUILT AT THAT HEIGHT TO START WITH. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN. ANNA SANDOVAL. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TE THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILWOMAN FOR PULLING THE ITEM IN FOR DISCUSSION. MR. MCKNIGHT, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. YOU SAID THAT WHEN IT COMES TO ANY OTHER, UH, ANY OTHER SIGN THAT NEEDS TO UNDERGO MAINTENANCE, THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THE SAME LEVEL OF SCRUTINY. SO WHAT'S DIFFERENT HERE? NO, UH, UH, ANY OTHER NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE. RIGHT. AS FAR AS, SO NOT, SO NOT SIGNS, BUT ANY BUILDING OR ANY OTHER STRUCTURE IN, IN SAN ANTONIO, OTHER THAN A SIGN, IF IT'S NON-CONFORMING AND YOU WANNA PERFORM ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, YOU CAN CHANGE THOSE THINGS OUT UP TO 50% OF THE VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY. SO THIS IS A VERY, VERY DIFFERENT STANDARD THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH WHEN WE'RE TOUCHING ONE PIECE OF THE POLE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW STANDARDS. ANY OTHER NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE, YOU'D BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND IS THAT HOW THE, I GUESS THIS IS FOR STAFF, THAT'S HOW THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN. CORRECT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY, UH, THE RATIONALE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT? SURE. SO, UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS. AGAIN. I'M MIKE SHANNON FOR THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU. UM, SO YEAH, SO OUR SIGN CODE, UH, WHICH HAS PART ZONING AND PART STRUCTURAL STANDARDS FOR SIGNS BOTH NEW AND EXISTING. UH, THE IDEA OF NON-CONFORMING, UH, RIGHTS OR LEGAL NON-CONFORMING IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR A STRUCTURE. SO A STRUCTURE, A HOUSE OR A BUILDING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IS TYPICALLY ALLOWED TO, UH, NOT ONLY BE MAINTAINED, BUT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN IT STRUCTURALLY. WE HAVE A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AND, AND OUR BUILDING, UH, CODE RULES THAT SAY YOU HAVE TO, UH, MAINTAIN THAT STRUCTURALLY AND YOU'RE FINE. YOU, YOU DON'T LOSE YOUR, YOUR NON-CONFORMING, YOU JUST CAN'T EXPAND THE USE GENERALLY. THAT'S HOW IT OVERLY SIMPLIFYING IT. THE SIGNS ACTUALLY THOUGH, SAY YOU CAN MAINTAIN IT, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN IT, BUT ONCE YOU GET TO A CERTAIN LEVEL, AND THIS IS KIND OF WHERE MAYBE THE GRAYNESS OF OUR SIGN CODE IS, BUT STRUCTURAL REPAIRS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE TO DO A STRUCTURAL REPAIR, YOU HAVE TO DO IT, BUT YOU MAY LOSE YOUR NON-CONFORMING COMING DOWN. SO CERTAINLY AS A CODE OFFICIAL, I WANT EVERYTHING SAFE. SO, AND I THINK EVERYBODY CAN AGREE ON THAT. [03:45:01] UH, BUT THE IDEA WAS AT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR, IT WOULD BRING, UH, NONCONFORMING, UH, SIGNS DOWN TO AN ESTABLISHED HEIGHT. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO DIFFERENCES, UH, WHY THEY WERE DESIGNED AND BUILT THAT WAY. UH, THOSE WERE ESTABLISHED KIND OF IN THE EIGHTIES FOR THE SIGNS. AND, UH, I WOULD THINK, UH, MAYBE 2001 FOR, UH, THE OTHER STRUCTURAL STUFF FOR BUILDINGS. THANK YOU, UH, MR. SHANNON. SO, UH, KATHLEEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT TODAY. KATHLEEN IS, UH, ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND, UH, EXTREMELY ACTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO BEAUTIFYING, UH, SAN ANTONIO. AND I KNOW THAT, UH, BILLBOARDS OR OR SIGNS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO, TO WHAT YOU FEEL CONVEYS A, A BEAUTIFUL CHARACTER IN, IN THE CITY. SO I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE, THE TIME TO BE HERE TO, TO DO THAT. UM, I ALSO, UH, UNDERSTAND THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS DID, UM, DID DENY THE, THE APPEAL, UH, MY APPOINTEE WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, VOTED WITH, WITH THE MAJORITY IN THAT. UM, UH, HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, WANTS TO, UM, GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. AND, UH, WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS GO AHEAD AND DEFER TO YOU COUNCILWOMAN, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE DO HAVE A, AN APPEALS PROCESS FOR, UH, FOR A REASON, UH, TO ALLOW, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS TYPE OF, OF DISCUSSION. AND I, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THE AREA BETTER THAN I DO. AND IN TERMS OF WHAT, UH, WHAT CHARACTER YOU WANT THAT AREA TO REFLECT, UM, I, I WILL DEFER TO, TO YOUR JUDGMENT ON THAT. SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING YOUR, YOUR MOTION. UM, BUT I DO WANNA, UH, THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME TO, TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. UH, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE FOR ITEMS 44 AND 45. PLEASE VOTE. THAT'S OKAY. MS. LATA, DID YOU READ BOTH INTO THE RECORD? I CAN READ THE CAPTION FOR 45. UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS FOR BOTH, BUT, UH, I'M BEING TOLD THAT IS WHAT THE, UH, THE WISH IS OF THE COUNCILWOMAN. AND SO ITEM 45 IS AN APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO DENY A 35 FOOT VARIANCE FROM THE MAXIMUM 60 FOOT TALL SIGN HEIGHT RESTRICTION TO ALLOW FOR A SINGLE TENANT SIGN TO BE 95 FEET TALL, LOCATED AT 46 35 RMAN ROAD. SO TOGETHER WE WILL ADDRESS 44 AND 45. NOTE THAT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR FOR NOW, BOTH 44 AND 45. THAT MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE. SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT APPEAL AND GRANT THE, UH, SIGN HEIGHT VARIANCE FOR 44 AND 45. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM Z 12. ITEM Z 12 FROM R SIX, R 20, AND RE TO MF 18, LOCATED AT 59 17 WHITBY ROAD. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO AUGUST 22ND COUNCILWOMAN ANNA SANDOVAL. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. I MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM UNTIL AUGUST 22ND, 2019. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. BEFORE WE CONCLUDE THE MEETING, THERE'S A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE BY COUNCILMAN ROBERTO TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. UH, AT THIS MOMENT I WANTED TO, UM, EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO CHRISSY MCCAIN. CHRISSY QUATRO, I'M SORRY, CHRISSY. CUATRO. YOU CORRECTED ME. UM, CHRISSY, YOU'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB. UH, CHRISSY'S GONNA BE, UH, LEAVING US. THIS IS HER LAST ZONING MEETING. SHE'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB. SHE'S GOING OFF TO UPENN TO GET HER PHD IN CITY PLANNING, UH, PRETTY AMAZING. SHE'S, UH, TRULY ONE OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE I KNOW. UH, SHE HAS DONE SUCH GREAT WORK WITH REGARDS TO [03:50:01] ZONING AND LAND USE. UH, WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU AND, UH, KNOW THAT YOU'VE MADE A VERY, VERY BIG IMPACT. POSITIVE IMPACT, NOT JUST TO DISTRICT ONE, BUT THE ENTIRE CITY. UH, THANK YOU AGAIN, CHRISSY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN IO. AND GOOD LUCK, CHRISSY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING FOR TODAY. THANK YOU. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THAT'S REALLY GOOD FOR BEING YOUR FIRST TIME HERE. CONGRATULATE . OH, TO RUN. * 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.