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GOOD AFTERNOON.WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL MEETING OF JUNE 19TH, 2019.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
OUR GUESTS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR SPECIAL FRIENDS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.
THE TIME IS 2:10 PM ON THIS, UH, 19TH DAY OF JUNE, 2019.
WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, UH, FOR OUR, UH, SPECIAL SESSION.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY CLERK TO CALL THE ITEM.
IT IS THE ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RESULT FOR THE RUNOFF ELECTION HELD ON JUNE 8TH, 2019.
AND I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
SO, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE HAD A RUNOFF ELECTION ON JUNE 8TH, 2019.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF 120 1033 VOTES CAST, AND THAT INCLUDES PROVISIONAL AS WELL AS OVERSEAS MAIL BALLOTS.
REGISTERED VOTERS FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS 784,148 FOR A TOTAL OF 15.43% TURNOUT.
SO FOR A MEMBER OF COUNCIL, UH, DISTRICT TWO REPLACED TWO, WE HAD KEITH AONE WITH 3010 VOTES.
JADA L ANDREW SULLIVAN WITH 3,277 VOTES FOR A TOTAL OF 6,287 VOTES FOR A MEMBER OF COUNCIL PLACED FOUR OR DISTRICT FOUR, ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA 4,262 VOTES WITH JOHNNY ARADONDO AT 1,622 VOTES FOR A TOTAL VOTES CAST OF 5,884.
VOTES FOR MEMBER OF COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX OR PLACE SIX, MELISSA CAVEO, HDA 6,648 VOTES, AND ANDY GREEN 5,006 VOTES FOR A TOTAL OF 11,654 VOTES.
RON NURENBERG, 61,741 VOTES AND GREG BROCK HOUSE AT 59,051 VOTES FOR A TOTAL OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO VOTES CAST.
SO THE NEXT STEPS, IT IS HEREBY DECLARED THAT AS A RESULT OF SAID ELECTION, THE FOLLOWING PERSONS ARE ELECTED FOR A TWO YEAR TERM OF OFFICE COMMENCING JUNE 19TH, 2019.
JADA L ANDREW SULLIVAN, MEMBER OF COUNCIL PLACE NUMBER TWO, ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA, MEMBER OF COUNCIL PLACE, NUMBER FOUR, MELISSA CAVEO, HDA, MEMBER OF COUNCIL PLACE NUMBER SIX, AND RON NURENBERG, MEMBER OF COUNCIL PLACE 11, WHICH IS THE MAYOR'S SEAT ADOPTION OF THIS, UH, ORDINANCE IS RECOMMENDED TO ACCEPT THE CANVASSING REPORT AND DECLARING THE OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR SATURDAY JUNE 6TH, 2019.
UH, WITH THAT READ, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER ONE.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CANVASSING RESULTS, PLEASE VOTE.
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UM, BEFORE WE KICK ANYBODY OUT, WE'RE GONNA PRESENT THE CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION, UH, TO OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OFFER THE OATH OF OFFICE AND STATEMENT OF ELECTED OFFICERS.SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR DISTRICT TWO, OUR DISTRICT FOUR, AND OUR DISTRICT SIX COUNCILWOMAN.
OUR FIRST CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION IS BEING PRESENTED TO JADA L ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT TWO.
WE'LL CALL YOU OUT FOR THE, WE DO THE O AFTER.
OUR NEXT CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION IS TO ADRIANA ROHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT FOUR.
OUR THIRD CERTIFICATE FOR ELECTION IS MELISSA CAVEO, VARDA, COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT SIX OVER HERE.
AND OUR LAST CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION IS RON BERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ALL.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL CALL UP DISTRICT TWO, FOUR AND SIX NEWLY ELECT COUNSEL TO JOIN ME FOR THE OATHS OF OFFICE.
SO AT FIRST, I'M GOING TO ADMINISTER THE OFFICE, UH, OF APPOINT ELECTED OFFICER AS WELL, FOLLOWED BY THE OATH OF OFFICE.
SO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID OR OFFERED.
PROMISE TO PAY, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISE TO CONTRIBUTE, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISE TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, ANY MONEY OR ANYTHING VALUE OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT OR EMPLOYMENT FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OF A VOTE OF A VOTE AT THE ELECTION AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED AT THE ELECTION, AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED.
OR AS A REWARD OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE MY APPOINTMENT.
OR CONFIRMATION, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
I STATE YOUR NAME, I, JAYLA SULLIVAN.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF, OF THE OFFICE OF AND STATE YOUR OFFICE.
CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT TWO OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND WELL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.
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AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THE STATE AND OF THE STATES.
AND MAYOR, IF YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I STATE YOUR NAME, I, RON NURENBERG.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID, THAT I HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID, OFFERED OR PROMISED TO PAY, OFFERED OR PROMISED TO PAY, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT OR EMPLOYMENT FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OF A VOTE OF A VOTE AT THE ELECTION AT WHICH I WAS ELECTED, AT THE ELECTION OF WHICH I WAS ELECTED.
OR AS A REWARD OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE MY APPOINTMENT.
OR CONFIRMATION, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
SO HELP ME, GOD, I STATE YOUR NAME.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF, OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.
THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
WE ONLY HAVE ROOM FOR 10 UP THERE,
SO THAT MEANS A COUPLE OF US, UH, A COUPLE OF YOU ARE GONNA HAVE TO DEPART NOW.
UH, BUT AS IS TRADITION HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, WE WANT TO PRESENT A COUPLE OF PLAQUES, A PLAQUE TO EACH OF OUR DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES, UH, WHO HAVE SERVED VERY FAITHFULLY, OUR CITY AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AND THE FIRST IS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL MEMBER ART, A HALL AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO FROM JANUARY 14TH, 2019, TO JUNE 19TH, 2019.
AND THEN, UH, BEFORE ACTUALLY OUR, WHERE ARE YOU? UM, OUR SECOND CERTIFICATE, OUR SECOND PLAQUE IS PRESENTED TO OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER RAY SALDANA, AN APPRECIATION OF YOUR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT FOUR FROM JUNE 1ST, 2011 TO JUNE 19TH, 2019.
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UM, WE'LL TAKE, WE'LL TAKE COMMENTS AND AT THIS TIME, MAYOR, WE WILL HAVE NOW THE NEW COUNCIL TAKE THEIR SEATS.SO, ALL NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEAT AT THE DAIS.
WELL, UM, NOW IS A MOMENT BEFORE OUR CEREMONIAL SWEARING IN, UH, THIS EVENING OF THE NEW CITY COUNCIL, 20 19 20, UH, 21, WHERE WE GET TO, UH, AS THE 20 17 20 19 COUNCIL REFLECT A LITTLE BIT ON THE DEPARTURE OF TWO VERY GREAT COLLEAGUES.
SO I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN, UH, WITH SOME COMMENTS TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND CERTAINLY OUR COLLEAGUE, ART HALL.
UM, ART, YOU KNOW VERY WELL THE STORY WHEN WE FIRST CROSSED PATHS IN SAN ANTONIO, I WAS AT THE ANNENBERG PUBLIC POLICY CENTER, AND YOU WERE A, UH, YOUNG, UH, INSPIRING CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.
UH, AND YOU INSPIRED, UH, I I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE BECAUSE OF YOUR ELECTION, TO WANT TO SEEK, UH, OFFICE AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY LOVE.
UH, OF COURSE, AS A RESIDENT, I WAS PLEASED TO SEE YOU REPRESENT THE, THE COMMUNITY THAT I WOULD MOVE INTO.
AND SO AS A COLLEAGUE, IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE TO SERVE WITH YOU, EVEN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME.
I'M TRULY GRATEFUL, UH, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO TACKLE, UH, SOME OF OUR DEEPEST CHALLENGES THAT HAVE LINGERED FOR A LONG TIME.
UH, BUT IN EVERY WAY, YOU'VE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL, YOU'VE BEEN A, A CONSUMMATE TEAMMATE, AND, UH, YOU'VE BEEN AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO BE A GOOD FATHER AND A GOOD HUSBAND ALONG THE WAY.
SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, ART FOR YOUR GREAT SERVICE.
UM, AND SO I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA ACTUALLY, UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT YOU GUYS AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA COME IN AND ADDRESS US.
OKAY? HOW'S THAT
'CAUSE THEN WE'RE GONNA CALL, ASK YOU GUYS TO MAKE SOME STATEMENTS.
AS, AS WE CLOSE OUT TODAY, UH, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH WORDS TO DESCRIBE, UM, AND LAWED THE WORK OF COUNCILMAN SALANA, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO, I THINK, HOW OLD WERE YOU, RAY 24 WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE IN 2011.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT I WAS DOING WHEN I WAS 24.
UM, BUT YOU WERE WORKING HARD TO, UH, MAKE THE SOUTH SIDE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO INVEST IN AND RAISE THEIR FAMILIES IN.
AND YOU'VE MADE AN EXAMPLE, UH, OF HOW TO BE A GREAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, FOR A CITY THAT, THAT IS JUST BURGEONING.
I THINK THE CITY IS GOING TO MISS YOU, UH, BEING A LEADER ON THE DAIS.
SO I'M VERY GLAD THAT, UH, YOU AGREED TO SERVE US AS VIA BOARD CHAIR.
UH, BUT IN EVERY WAY, MY FAMILY, UH, AND, UH, ERICA AND MY SON JONAH AND I ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, AND FOR YOU, YOU BEING A, AN EXAMPLE OF KNOWING WITHOUT A DOUBT, HOW TO CLEAR OUT ALL THE NOISE OF POLITICS AND GET TO THE HEART OF DOING THE RIGHT THING.
AND THAT, FOR ME WILL BE YOUR LEGACY ON THIS D RAY.
AND, UH, YOU CAN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A LEGACY HERE, UH, FOR THE EXAMPLE YOU'VE SET AND THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DID.
SO, THANK YOU, RAY, FOR BEING A GREAT MAN AND A GREAT COLLEAGUE.
I'D LIKE TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS AND DEEP APPRECIATION, UH, FOR BOTH OF YOU AND YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY.
ART, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.
I REMEMBER BEFORE YOU EVEN RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL, YOU ARE ALWAYS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU'VE SERVED YOUR COMMUNITY WELL AS A FULL COUNCILMAN FOR A COUPLE OF TERMS. AND NOW, AS, AS VERY IMPORTANT COUNCIL PERSON DURING A, A VERY CHALLENGING TIME FOR
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THIS COUNCIL.UH, AND YOU'VE SERVED THIS COUNCIL AND YOU'VE SERVED YOUR COMMUNITY VERY WELL IN THAT TIME, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
I KNOW ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DO.
I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO RECOGNIZE THAT CONTRIBUTION AND APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FOR YOU.
AND OF COURSE, WE'LL SAY THE SAME THING, UH, TO OUR, OUR COUNCILMAN WHO HAS SERVED EIGHT YEARS, RAY, THAT'S AMAZING.
I GUESS YOU AND THE OTHER RAY ARE THE ONLY TWO GUYS WHO HAVE DONE THAT SO FAR.
UH, AND, AND THAT'S JUST, IT'S REALLY TERRIFIC.
YOU STARTED YOUNG, YOU STILL ARE YOUNG, BUT YOU BECOME VERY WISE AND MATURE OVER THOSE PERIODS, UH, OF YEARS.
YOU'VE LEARNED A LOT, AND YOU'VE HELPED US UNDERSTAND A LOT.
AND I THINK YOU'VE DONE A LOT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF TOWN.
UH, BUT YOU'VE DONE A LOT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW YOU HAVE THAT FEELING AT HEART THAT A COUNCILMAN FOR ONE DISTRICT IS REALLY A COUNCILMAN FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, AND YOU'VE ALWAYS SHOWN THAT IN YOUR SERVICE.
WE KNOW IT'S NOT THE END OF WHAT WE'LL HEAR FROM RAY ALANI, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE, AND THANK YOU FOR THE COMRADERY YOU'VE SHOWN TO ME AND YOUR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
AND, AND, UH, I ALSO FAILED TO, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF OUR, UH, OUR, UH, COLLEAGUE THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY.
UH, IT TAKES A LOT OF PASSION.
UH, IT TAKES A LOT OF, UM, SACRIFICE TO SERVE IN THESE ROLES.
UM, AND REGARDLESS OF OUTCOMES OF ELECTION, UH, THAT PASSION AND THAT SERVICE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED.
AND SO, I ALSO DO WANNA SAY, UH, A THANK YOU, UH, AND A AND A RECOGNITION OF THE GREAT WORK PUT IN BY OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCILMAN GREG BROCK HOUSE AS HE MOVES ON.
ART MAN, TELL YOU WHAT, THIS WAS A QUICK WHIRLWIND FOR YOU, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU STEPPED RIGHT UP TO THE CHALLENGE, AND YOU STEPPED RIGHT, UH, UP TO A LEADERSHIP POSITION, AND YOU LED THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR PREVIOUS, UH, COUNCIL EXPERIENCE, YOU DID THE SAME THING.
BUT THIS ONE WAS SPECIAL BECAUSE, UH, YOU STEPPED INTO A POSITION THAT NEEDED HELP AND YOU DIDN'T SHY AWAY FROM ANY OF THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES.
YOU, YOU STOOD RIGHT UP THERE AND YOU TOOK CARE OF SOME VERY, VERY BIG ISSUES IN THE DISTRICT, AND REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, THAT YOU HUNG IN THERE AND YOU DID TAKE CARE OF 'EM.
SO THAT, THAT SPEAKS A LOT TO, UH, WHAT YOU'VE DONE, UH, FOR US OVER THIS LAST, LAST FEW MONTHS.
AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST, WE'LL MISS YOU AND, UH, GOOD LUCK IN YOUR FUTURE OUT THERE, UM, UH, IN THE CITY.
AND WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU STAY INVOLVED AND, AND CONTINUING TO GIVE US ADVICE AND, AND CONTACT US WHENEVER YOU THINK, UH, HEY, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT AND, AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
SO, YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US.
MAN, THAT'S A LONG TIME ON COUNCIL, AND THIS IS A FRESHMAN TALKING TO A SENIOR COUNCILMAN, ALTHOUGH, OKAY, THE AGES MIGHT NOT REFLECT THAT, BUT I REALLY DID, UH, RESPECT YOU AND, AND, UH, UH, WHAT YOUR COMMENTS HAVE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL.
WE DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE, IN FACT, WHAT DID YOU TELL ME HERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO? YOU SAID, WE DISAGREED 90% OF THE TIME UP HERE ON THE COUNCIL, BUT, UH, NO, I, I, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT OUR JOBS ARE.
AND YOU, YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN, IN, UM, UH, TALKING ABOUT YOUR POSITIONS, DEFENDING 'EM, UH, AND PROMOTING THEM.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THESE POSITIONS UP HERE.
UM, I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT YOU, YOUR, YOUR FAMILY LIFE, YOUR BASEBALL, YOUR, YOUR CAR, AND ALL THAT ABOUT, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR BACKGROUND, WHICH IS GREAT, WHICH IS GREAT.
YOU BROUGHT A LOT TO THE COUNCIL HERE, AND I THINK THE CITY IS BETTER FOR IT OVER THIS LAST EIGHT YEARS, AND YOU PUT YOUR, YOUR HEART INTO THIS JOB.
AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND WE WILL, WE WILL MISS YOU ON THIS COUNCIL.
UH, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA STAY INVOLVED.
IN FACT, YOU JUST PICKED UP AN APPOINTMENT OR YOU'RE, YOU'RE BEEN NOMINATED FOR AN APPOINTMENT ON THE VIA BOARD, AND, UH, I KNOW YOU'LL STAY ENGAGED HERE IN THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS ALSO.
UM, THE TIME HAS COME FOR MR. SALANA TO MOVE ALONG IN HIS LIFE.
UM, RAY AND I HAVE SHARED OUR SEATS HERE TOGETHER.
WE ALSO SHARED OFFICES CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, UH, FOR ALL THESE YEARS.
AND, UH, I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM RAY.
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DO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW YOUNG RAY IS.AND I REMEMBER THINKING AT THAT IT'S PROBABLY WISE NOT TO MAKE ANY IMPORTANT DECISIONS BEFORE YOU'RE 30
UH, AND, BUT THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS.
UH, AND I DO THINK THAT RAY SALANI IS ONE OF THEM.
HE IS REALLY WISE BEYOND HIS YEARS.
UH, AND EVEN THOUGH, UM, WE HAVE CHILDREN ALMOST THE SAME AGE, I'M 15 YEARS OLDER THAN RAY SALANA.
AND SO, UM, THOSE IS DIFFERENCES I THINK, WHETHER IT'S, UH, THE LARGER GAP LIKE WE SEE WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES.
UH, WE SHARE SO MANY THINGS IN COMMON, AND IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN, UM, TO SEE YOU, UH, GROW AND TO SEE YOU, UH, TRANSFORM INTO A HUSBAND AND A FATHER.
WE GOT TO SEE ALL THAT HAPPEN HERE ON THE DAIS OVER THESE EIGHT YEAR PERIODS.
YOU WERE NOT MARRIED AT THE TIME, UH, WHEN I CAME ON THE COUNCIL.
AND NOW, UH, YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, AND YOU'LL SEE, UM, I THINK ONLY IN RETROSPECT, UH, HOW IMPORTANT THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IS.
I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE IN IT, UM, WE DON'T RECOGNIZE IT.
BUT I HOPE THAT YOU WILL LOOK BACK, UH, ON THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND, AND BE PROUD, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW I AM.
AND, AND COUNCILMAN HALL HAD THAT PERSPECTIVE.
YOU WERE HERE AND THEN YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO LOOK BACK AND YOU'VE COMMENTED, UH, ON THE DAIS, HOW THERE WERE THINGS THAT YOU DID WHEN YOU WERE ON THE COUNCIL BEFORE, UM, THAT WE'RE STILL DOING TODAY.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT THE WORK THAT WE DO MATTERS, UH, AND THAT IF WE MAKE REALLY GOOD POLICY, UH, IT WILL OUTLAST OUR TIME HERE ON THE DAIS.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT, UH, I HOPE TO DO FOR THE YEAR, THE TWO YEARS THAT I HAVE LEFT, UM, DURING MOST, SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS THAT I'VE MADE, UM, REGARDING MY TIME ON THE COUNCIL, UM, ART HALL HAS APPEARED.
UH, AND MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS TRYING TO DECIDE IF I SHOULD MAKE THE MOVE TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, I WAS SAYING MY PRAYERS, AS WE OFTEN DO WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS, AND I GOT A CALL FROM ART HALL, UH, AND, UM, HE SAID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE LUNCH? AND, UH, I SAID, SURE.
AND I FELT LIKE IT WAS A SIGN FROM GOD TELLING ME THAT I SHOULD MOVE ON THESE THINGS.
THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ART KNOW THAT HE IS A, A MAN OF GOD.
AND HE, UM, ANSWERS THAT CALL.
AND, AND SO THEN HERE APPEARED, UH, A CALL FROM, FROM ART, UH, A CALL FROM GOD HIMSELF, UH, GUIDING ME ALONG THE WAY.
UH, AND THEN, UH, WHEN WE WERE MAKING THIS IMPORTANT DECISION ON THE COUNCIL ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE OUR NEXT CITY MANAGER, UH, I KNEW THAT THAT WAS A REALLY CRITICAL DECISION THAT WE WOULD MAKE.
UH, AND, UM, HERE COMES AGAIN, ART HALL.
AND SO I KNEW WITH HIS GUIDANCE, UH, WE WOULD MAKE A, A VERY IMPORTANT DECISION FOR CITY MANAGER.
AND I THINK, UM, ERIC, UH, IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT AS WELL.
SO, I EXPECT THAT YOU WILL REAPPEAR, UH, ART WHEN, UH, WHEN WE NEED YOU MOST AND GUIDE US, UM, ALONG THE WAY AS THESE IMPORTANT DECISIONS COME ALONG.
IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE, UH, WITH BOTH OF YOU.
UH, AND MAY YOU CONTINUE TO INSPIRE AND EDUCATE AND TRANSFORM, UH, THIS CITY FOR THE BETTER.
MAYOR, THAT SOUNDED REALLY COOL.
SO, UH, COUNCILMAN HALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVICE.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOUR OFFICE, BY THE WAY, WHICH I'M, I'M TAKING.
AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING, UH, FROM YOU IN THE FUTURE AND ANY ADVICE THAT YOU COULD CONTINUE TO OFFER I'D GREATLY APPRECIATE.
AND, UM, COUNCILMAN SALDANA, THAT'S MY COUNCILMAN.
AND SO HE'S BEEN MY COUNCILMAN FOR EIGHT YEARS, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.
UM, JUST THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE DISTRICT, FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.
AND I JUST WANT TO, UH, TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE, I HOPE TO CONTINUE.
HOPE TO WORK WITH YOU, HOPE TO WORK WITH THE STAFF, UH, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR FAMILY AT FUTURE EVENTS AS WELL.
AND, UH, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO WITH VIA, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET, UH, A BRIEFING GOING REALLY SOON SO THAT I CAN BE CAUGHT UP TO SPEED.
UM, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR YOUR SUPPORT, FOR YOUR FAMILY SUPPORT.
UM, JESSICA, LOOKING FORWARD TO FUTURE VOTER, UH, ALSO IN THE FAMILY IN ABOUT 18 YEARS OR SOMETHING.
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UM, BUT REALLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.UH, AND THEN ALSO TO COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE, WHO'S NOT HERE.
UH, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, WORK WITH YOU, UH, AND TO, UM, CONTINUE, UH, CONTINUE THE WORK AHEAD FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO'S IMPORTANT, AND WE WILL ALL, UH, WORK TOGETHER AND THE FUTURE, I'M SURE.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO START.
UM, SO I'M GONNA START WITH ART HALL.
UH, THANK YOU ART VERY MUCH FOR YOUR GUIDANCE IN MY LIFE PERSONALLY, EVEN OUTSIDE OF, UH, AS A COUNCILMAN MENTIONED, EVEN OUTSIDE OF, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL REALM.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS.
I APPRECIATE HOW WONDERFUL YOU SERVED YOUR CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT EIGHT.
AND THEN, UM, AND I'M GLAD ELI AGREES WITH ME, UM, AND HOW YOU ALSO CAME AND STEPPED IN AND BROUGHT CLARITY AND BROUGHT, UM, YOU BROUGHT CLARITY TO SITUATIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE GROUNDED AND CALMED DOWN AND CLARIFIED.
YOU ARE, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY A SOURCE OF CALMNESS AND STEADINESS, AND THAT IS WHAT WE NEEDED IN THESE VERY, UM, THESE REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AND DECISIONS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND NOT BEING AFRAID, AND FOR YOUR COURAGE AND THE RISK THAT YOU TOOK.
I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE A FRIEND, AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, PRAYING WITH ME AND STANDING WITH ME AS WELL.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT'S TO COME NEXT, UM, TO MY, UH, COLLEAGUE WHO HAS HAD TO SHOW ME THE ROPES WHEN I FIRST CAME IN.
MY NEIGHBOR, UM, SOUTH SIDE, REPRESENTING OUR BELOVED SOUTH SIDE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS BELIEVED IF WE EVER WERE IN A DANCE COMPETITION, WE WOULD WIN FOR SAN ANTONIO RAY ALDANA BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR YOUR MOVES.
UM, THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR THE LOVE AND THE DEVOTION AND THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, BUT ALSO FOR ALL OF SAN ANTONIO.
THANK YOU FOR HOW YOU ARE ABLE TO TALK THROUGH THINGS AND REALLY SUMMARIZE THINGS AND SYNTHESIZE THINGS FOR PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT BRINGS IT TO A DEEPER LEVEL.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FIGHT AND FOR YOUR WORKING WITH ME THAT WE CAN DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THE SOUTHERN SECTOR FOR SAN ANTONIO AND OUR SOUTH SIDE.
UM, I AM GOING TO, UH, MISS THE PRANKS THAT WE DO HERE UP ON THE DAAS.
HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO ALL THESE PRANKS UP HERE ON THE DAAS.
I'M ALSO GOING TO MISS YOU ALWAYS CHANGING, UM, CANCELING YOUR WHEN YEAR LINE IN LINE TO SPEAK.
'CAUSE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE THE LAST WORD, AND YOU'RE ALWAYS THE ONE CHIMING IN LAST.
UM, LIKE YOU LEARNED A LOT FROM WATCHING HOW HE DOES THINGS UP HERE ON THE DIETS.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR JUST SHARING YOUR LIFE WITH US ON, UM, JUST SHARING YOUR LIFE OUT LOUD AND PUBLICLY WITH US AS WELL.
WE'VE LEARNED A LOT HOW YOU ALSO BROUGHT TOGETHER YOUR COMMUNITY, HOW YOU INCLUDED YOUR COMMUNITY SO MUCH IN THE DECISIONS THAT YOU WERE MAKING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING THE RELENTLESS ADVOCATE THAT YOU WERE FOR THOSE WHO AT ONE TIME NEVER THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD EVER BE HEARD AT CITY HALL.
YOU STEPPED UP AND GAVE THEM A VOICE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND, UM, I LOVE THE WAY YOUR TEAM RESPECTS YOU AND WORKS HARD FOR YOU BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA CARRY IT THROUGH AND YOU'RE GONNA CARRY IT OVER THE FINISH LINE.
AND I WILL ALSO MISS ALL OF THE SPORTS REFERENCES THAT YOU BRING AND ANALOGIES THAT YOU BROUGHT UP HERE ON OUR DAIS.
AND I, I'M, I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, CONTINUING TO SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND TO MY COUNCIL, UH, MEMBER, UH, COLLEAGUE, UH, BROCK HOUSE ABSOLUTELY, UH, FOR HIS SERVICE TO DISTRICT SIX, SIX, AND HOW HE LOVED HI.
HE LOVES HIS DISTRICT SIX, AND HE WORKED PASSIONATELY FOR IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I DID, UH, SEE HERE ON THE DAAS THAT HE DID BRING FORWARD ON THE DAAS, BUT ALSO IN CONVERSATIONS AND IN MEETINGS.
SO I APPRECIATE HIM AND HIS WORK IN THAT CAPACITY.
UM, ART HALL, UH, TO ME IS SOMEBODY I'VE ADMIRED FOR MANY YEARS.
HAR YOUR ART IS MUCH OLDER, MUCH, MUCH OLDER THAN I AM.
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AND I, I WAS, UH, A NO NOTHING, SNOT NOS KID.AND ART WAS ALREADY A PROFESSOR IN LAW SCHOOL, UH, WHEN I STARTED LAW SCHOOL.
AND, UH, AND I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE, UM, WHEN I'M WITH ART, UH, I'M GETTING GRADED A LITTLE BIT.
UH, BUT ART, UM, THE ONE THING I I GOTTA TELL YOU IS THAT EVERY TIME I THINK OF ART, I ALWAYS THINK OF A GREAT QUOTE THAT SAYS THAT, UH, LEADERSHIP, UH, IS ALL ABOUT BEING THE FIRST EGG IN THE OMELET.
UM, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WEREN'T HERE THE OTHER DAY, UH, I WANT, I WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT ART KIND OF SINGLE-HANDEDLY FIXED A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH A LITTLE BRIDGE DOWNTOWN RECENTLY THAT WAS REALLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS FACING THIS COUNCIL IN A LONG, LONG TIME.
UH, AND ART DID THAT BY BEING THE FIRST EGG IN THE OMELET.
HE SHOWED UP, UH, REALLY JUST TO BE A KIND OF A PLACEHOLDER CARETAKER OF THIS SEAT ART FOR JUST A FEW MONTHS.
AND INSTEAD, YOU SAID, NO, I'LL, I'LL SLAY A HUGE SCARY DRAGON, UH, WHILE I'M HERE.
YOU ROLLED UP YOUR SLEEVES AND, AND YOU DID IT, AND YOU DID IT BY BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, AND YOU DID IT BY, UH, REALLY WORKING IT HARD, UH, HARDER THAN I THOUGHT, UM, YOU EVER WOULD.
AND I CAN'T SAY THAT I WOULD HAVE ART, I DON'T THINK, UH, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD SMART PEOPLE AROUND WHO PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN THAT ON, BUT YOU DIDN'T, YOU DID IT WITHOUT FEAR, OR AT LEAST YOU DIDN'T LOOK LIKE YOU WERE SCARED.
UH, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS GENERATIONS TO COME WHO ARE GOING TO APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK YOU DID ON THE HAY STREET BRIDGE.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND THEN, UH, I, I WILL TELL YOU FOLKS THAT, UM, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT PEOPLE WHO ENJOY MEETINGS, UH, SHOULD NOT BE IN CHARGE OF ANYTHING.
UM, AND YET, EVERY TIME I'M IN A MEETING WITH COUNCILMAN SALDANA, I'VE ENJOYED IT SO MUCH, UH, BECAUSE YOU'RE MASTERFUL, UH, RAY, YOU REALLY ARE.
YOU, YOU ACTUALLY GET THINGS DONE.
UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WONDER WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, IT'S A LOT OF MEETINGS.
AND THEN THERE'S MEETINGS ABOUT MEETINGS, UH, AND THEN, UH, MORE FOLLOW UP MEETINGS ABOUT THE PRIOR MEETINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WONDER WHY THE, WHY THE WHEELS OF GOVERNMENT TURN SO SLOWLY, UM, IT'S BECAUSE WE DO THINGS VERY CAREFULLY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH THINGS, WELL, THOSE ARE MOMENTS WHERE YOU SPIKE THE BALL, YOU TAKE A VICTORY LAP, BUT YOU KNOW, WHO DOESN'T TAKE VICTORY LAPS OR SPIKES THE BALL, IT'S RAY ALDANA.
HE JUST, HE WINS, HE WINS FOR THIS TEAM, AND HE GOES RIGHT BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING TO KEEP ON DOING.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I ADMIRED MOST ABOUT YOU, RAY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU SHOW UP TO HELP YOUR TEAM WIN, AS OPPOSED TO JUST SHOWING UP AND WINNING, UH, YOU KNOW, FIGHTS AND BATTLES AND RACES JUST FOR YOURSELF, I, I ADMIRE THAT VERY MUCH.
AND SO, UM, AND YES, I'M A LITTLE OLDER THAN YOU, UH, BUT ART IS WAY, WAY OLDER THAN BOTH OF US.
COUNCILWOMAN ANDREWS SULLIVAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR COUNCILMAN HALL, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN ME, UM, AND YOUR GUIDANCE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN UNTO MOST OF US HERE THAT WENT ON THIS JOURNEY FOR EIGHT OF US THAT STARTED OUT TO REPRESENT THE AREA OF DISTRICT TWO.
AND YOU TOOK US UNDER YOUR WING AND GUIDED US ON SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WE WERE ENTERING INTO.
AND SO, I APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION TO DISTRICT TWO, YOUR DEDICATION TO GUIDING US NEW, UM, POLITICAL FIGURES THAT WALK INTO THIS REALM.
UM, WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE HAY STREET BRIDGE, AND I KIND OF BAPTIZED MYSELF BY FIRE, YOU WERE THE FIRST TO REACH OUT TO ME AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WILL FIX IT.
AND YOU DID JUST WHAT YOU SAID.
AND SO YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A MAN OF YOUR WORD, WHICH REPRESENTS WHO YOU ARE, UM, NOT JUST IN COUNCIL, BUT WHO YOU ARE WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL DO.
AND SO WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
AND COUNCILMAN SIA, UM, I LOOKED AT YOU AND I WAS LIKE, HE'S SO YOUNG, BUT HE HAD SO MUCH VISION, UH, FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, AND YOU PUSH FORWARD WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO DO, AND YOU DID IT WITH PRIDE.
YOU DID IT WITH DIGNITY, INTEGRITY, AND HONOR.
AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO SAY THE SAME FOR HERE IN DISTRICT TWO AND WITH MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES THAT SIT AMONGST THE COUNCIL.
UM, WE JUST LOOK FORWARD TO ACTUALLY REPRESENTING AS WELL AS YOU DID.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH BOTH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UH, COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE, HE WAS ONE THAT SPOKE UP FOR ME DURING THE SELECTION PROCESS, AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THE WORDS THAT HE SPOKE, AND I THANK HIM SO MUCH IN HIS ABSENCE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCILWOMAN CAO, HARVARD.
UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M TESTING IT OUT TODAY.
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YAY.UM, SO COUNCILMAN BROCK CASU ISN'T HERE TODAY.
I JUST WANNA, UM, MAKE A QUICK NOTE.
I APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANT WORK AND REPRESENTATION, REPRESENTATION THAT COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE GAVE TO DISTRICT SIX.
HE HAD, AS A MAYOR MENTIONED, GREAT, HAS GREAT PASSION FOR OUR DISTRICT, AND I HOPE TO CARRY THAT FORWARD INTO MY REPRESENTATION OF OUR BEAUTIFUL AREA OF TOWN, UH, FOR ART.
AND RAY, I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR MENTORSHIP IN MY, IN MY LIFE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK I FIRST ACTUALLY MET COUNCILMAN HALL WHEN HE WAS COUNCILMAN THE FIRST TIME, AND I WAS STANDING BACK THERE AT THE, THE DAIS GETTING ED GARZA DIET DR.
AND, UM, SO I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE TO GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU IN THAT WAY.
AND, AND RAY HAS HELPED ME SO MUCH IN, IN MY CAMPAIGN BOTH TWO YEARS AGO, AND THEN JUST IN THIS LAST FEW MONTHS WITH GREAT MENTORSHIP.
AND BOTH GENTLEMEN HAVE GIVEN ME WONDERFUL COUNSEL AND TAUGHT ME, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF PATIENCE AND TAKING YOUR TIME IN LEADERSHIP.
SO I'M GRATEFUL TO BOTH OF YOU FOR THAT.
AND I CONTINUE, I HOPE TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU IN THAT, IN THAT RATE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO BOTH OF YOU, UH, FOR YOUR COLLEGIALITY, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK TOGETHER ON, UM, WHETHER IT WAS MY FIRST C C R OR EVEN HOW OPEN YOU WERE WITH YOUR WORK ON THE HAY STREET BRIDGE.
AND I CAME TO YOU WITH ALL KINDS OF, UH, IDEAS AND CONCERNS, AND YOU TOOK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, UH, VERY SERIOUSLY, EVEN THOUGH I, YOU KNOW, I REPRESENT PEOPLE WHO LIVE ACROSS TOWN.
SO I REALLY WANNA THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND THAT IS JUST ONE, UH, EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU CARRIED OUT YOUR SHORT TENURE WITH US.
IT REALLY SPEAKS TO YOUR CHARACTER, COUNCILMAN HALL AND COUNCILMAN SALANA.
WHAT CAN I SAY? UM, UH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE HAVING YOU ON THE COUNCIL.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE WILL COME UP WITH AS MANY SPORTS ANALOGIES FOR ANALYZING, UH, POLICY IDEAS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET CREATIVE ON, ON OUR SIDE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON, ON THE COUNCIL, AND I'M SO GLAD YOU'LL BE CONTINUING TO SERVICE, UH, AS THE CHAIR OF VIA AND I WANNA SAY BOTH OF YOU.
UM, ONE THING THAT YOU DO LEAVE BEHIND FOR US IS AN, IS AN INSPIRATION, I THINK, UH, FOR THOSE OF US WHO, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DIDN'T SERVE HERE, UH, AS A COUNCIL AIDE IN THE PAST, AND WHO MIGHT'VE BEEN INTIMIDATED BY COMING INTO THE HALLS OF, OF CITY HALL.
UM, BOTH OF, YOU'RE AN INSPIRATION FOR PEOPLE LIKE US WHO DECIDED TO RUN, UH, FOR OFFICE.
AND YOU SHOWED US THAT THAT WAS POSSIBLE NOT JUST TO, TO GET IN HERE, BUT TO MAKE CHANGE AND DO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL WHILE WE'RE HERE ON, ON THE DAYA.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR THAT TO BOTH OF YOU.
AND, UH, I, I REALLY DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TODAY, WHO'S SITTING OUT THERE.
YOU'RE SUPPORTING, UH, MAYBE SOMEONE WHO GOT ELECTED AND POSSIBLY YOU WORKED JUST AS HARD AS THEY DID OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
UM, IMPOSSIBLE THOUGH, RIGHT? IMPOSSIBLE.
UM, BUT TO THE FAMILIES AND, UH, TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN CAMPAIGNS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE TOO, UH, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
SO, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND SHARING THIS MOMENT WITH US.
AND I TOO WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCILMAN ART HALL.
UM, AGAIN, NOT, AND NOT JUST FOR ANY ONE SPECIFIC THING, BUT FOR ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT NOBODY EVER SEES.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU WERE SOMEBODY THAT WOULD SHOW UP LATE AT WORK, UH, LATE NIGHTS AND WORK LATE.
UH, NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT.
NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW UNLESS THEY'RE THERE IN THE OFFICE, UH, GRINDING AWAY, UH, YOU HAD A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND YOU TOOK THEM, TOOK THEM ON IN A VERY SERIOUS MANNER.
UH, WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT POLICY, AND I CAN SAY THAT I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND YOUR DEDICATION TO YOUR WORK.
UM, NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW HOW HARD, UH, SOME OF THE MEMBERS ON COUNCIL WORK UP HERE.
UM, THIS IS THE PART THAT EVERYBODY SEES, BUT THE PART THAT THEY DON'T SEE IS, IS THOSE LATE, THOSE LATE NIGHTS.
AND, UH, I CAN VOUCH FOR ALL THOSE LATE NIGHTS THAT, THAT YOU WERE UP THERE AND, UH, WORKING ON BEHALF OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
AND IT WAS A REAL PLEASURE TO, TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND TO WORK WITH YOU.
UM, COUNCIL SALDANA, I'M GONNA TRY TO DO MY BEST COUNCILMAN SALANA VERSION.
IF I WERE TO PUT MYSELF IN THE SHOES OF COUNCILMAN SALANA.
YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO PUT YOURSELF IN OTHER PEOPLE'S SHOES, AND YOU'D ALWAYS SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND IF I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS THROUGH, THROUGH THAT LENS, UH, I WONDER WHAT, WHAT I'D WANT BEING SAID OF ME.
AND, AND, AND HERE IT IS, IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THIS.
I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO HEAR THAT YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE.
I KNOW YOU WANT TO HEAR THAT YOU MADE
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AN IMPACT, THAT YOU WERE PROFESSIONAL, THAT YOU WERE FRIENDLY, YOU WERE THOUGHTFUL, AND YOU CARED ABOUT PEOPLE.UM, REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU, RAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE.
I JUST WANT TO CHIME BACK IN AND I, I FORGOT TO, UH, UH, SAY A COUPLE WORDS ABOUT GREG BROCK HOUSE.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY HE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, BUT I WANTED TO SAY THAT IF YOU LOOKED AT SOMEBODY WHO HAD HIS HEART AND SOUL INTO HIS JOB, HE CERTAINLY DID.
HE, HE WAS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT SIX, AND EVERY TIME I TURNED AROUND, I WOULD SEE SOME KIND OF, UH, FACEBOOK PAGE OR, OR INSTAGRAM POST OF HIM BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, EVEN COOKING HAMBURGERS OUT THERE AT, AT DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN BROCK HOUSE FOR ALL HE DID FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOR THE CITY HERE, AND, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK ALSO.
SO, THANK YOU, SIR, FOR GIVING ME THAT OPPORTUNITY.
ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE, UH, DEPART, AND THERE IS A 3:00 PM, UH, BLESSING OF THE NEW COUNCIL THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU, UH, TO JOIN US.
UM, WE WANT TO GIVE THE LAST WORD TO OUR TWO OUTGOING COLLEAGUES.
UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN HALL.
YES, I'LL START, SINCE I'M THE JUNIOR COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE TWO OF US, UH, LET ME JUST SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND, UH, FOR YOU ALL ENTRUSTING ME TO, TO BE ABLE TO SIT IN THAT SEAT FOR, UH, FOR THE FIVE MONTHS.
IT WAS TRULY AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND HOPE THAT DID COUNCILWOMAN MY COUNCILWOMAN, UH, A GREAT JOB IN, IN PAVING THE WAY FOR YOU AND FOR THE REST OF COUNCIL AS WELL.
UM, PUBLIC SERVICE IS SOMETHING TREMENDOUS, AND IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK.
AND COUNCILMAN TREVINO, UH, TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE GET A FEW PERKS HERE AND THERE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK AND HARD ACHE, UH, THAT HAPPENS.
AND, UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, YOU TALKED ABOUT IT.
WE DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT THAT SAID, OF ALL THE GOOD THAT WE DO, UM, I WANNA CHALLENGE YOU ALL TO, TO NEVER FORGET WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT.
UH, THERE WAS A EXECUTIVE AT, AT VALERO WHO TOLD ME THIS STORY.
HE SAID HE WAS ON THE ELEVATOR, UH, LATE FOR A MEETING WITH THE C E O.
HE WAS FRUSTRATED WATCHING HIS TIME HUFFING AND PUFFING.
UH, THE ELEVATOR HAD TO STOP ON A, A COUPLE DIFFERENT FLOORS, BREATHING HARD.
AND A LADY BEHIND HIM, UH, WAS ABOUT TO EXIT THE ELEVATOR.
AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, IN 10 YEARS, YOU WON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEETING WAS ABOUT.
AND IT, IT REALLY TAUGHT ME TO REMEMBER WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT.
WE HUFF AND PUFF AND DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE GOTTA REMEMBER WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT.
UH, YOU ALL AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU'LL HUFF AND PUFF, YOU WALK HARD, YOU DO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, BUT IN 10 YEARS, OR IN 13 YEARS, THEY MAY NOT REMEMBER WHOSE NAME WAS ON THE, THE, THE TWO YEAR BUDGET.
THEY MAY NOT REMEMBER, UH, WHO PUSHED THIS AGENDA ITEM OR THAT AGENDA ITEM.
UM, IN MANY WAYS, I MEAN, YOU'LL BE FORGOTTEN.
EVEN THOUGH WE DO GREAT THINGS AND GREAT THINGS WILL LAST A LONG TIME.
SO MY CHALLENGE TO YOU ALL IS, IS, UM, IS REMEMBER WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY YOUR FAMILIES.
UM, I ALWAYS SAY, AND I'VE WROTE IN A NOTE TO SOME OF YOU ALL THAT, UM, MY FIRST CONSTITUENCY IS MY DAUGHTER AND MY WIFE.
AND IF I DON'T DO RIGHT BY THEM, UM, I HAVE NO BUSINESS SERVING IN PUBLIC OFFICE.
AND SO DO ALL THE GREAT THINGS YOU, YOU ALL DO AND, AND, AND PUSH HARD FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING GREAT FOR, FOR ALL OF US.
UH, BUT MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU FOCUS IN ON THE KNOWS OF THE WORLD.
YOU FOCUS IN ON THE ELI'S OF THE WORLD AND ALL OF YOUR, YOUR CHILDREN, BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR FIRST CONSTITUENCY.
AND EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TELL SOME PEOPLE, NO, THAT I CAN'T GO TO A MEETING TONIGHT OR AN EVENT TONIGHT BECAUSE, LIKE, OR ON THE WEEKEND, BECAUSE I GOTTA SPEND SOME TIME WITH THE FAMILY.
UM, AND I HOPE YOU ALL TAKE THAT TO HEART AND DO THAT EVERY OPPORTUNITY YOU CAN.
UM, AND REMEMBER WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT.
THANK Y'ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING YOU WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.
COUNCILMAN HALL, COUNCILMAN SALDANA, YOU HAVE THE LAST WORD.
MANAGER, WALSH CITY ATTORNEY ISSA GOVIA, RAY SALDANA, 89 0 2, VICTORIA LAKE,
UM, I, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS, OH, I, UH, A LOT OF FOLKS SAY THAT I STARTED THIS ACTUALLY A LITTLE, LITTLE YOUNG.
THERE'S AN ACTUAL PICTURE OF ME ON MY FIRST DAY,
UM, I WANTED YOU ALL TO GET THE SENSE OF HOW
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QUICKLY YOU HAVE TO GROW UP, UH, IN THIS JOB,SO I WANNA THANK MY NEPHEW FOR MAKING THAT CAMEO APPEARANCE.
UM, LET ME, LET ME JUST SAY HOW PROUD I AM TO GET TO BE ON THIS SIDE, GETTING TO WATCH, UH, YOU ALL HERE ON THIS END.
IT IS, UH, WITHOUT A DOUBT, UH, NOW THE MOST GOOD LOOKING COUNCIL THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, IN OUR ERA.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE TREVINO AND COURAGE GOT A HAIRCUT, UH, YESTERDAY.
IT'S BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE A FEMALE MAJORITY COUNCIL THAT I'M SO THRILLED ABOUT.
UH, AND SO I WANT TO GIVE, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UH, MY COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN ADRIAN ADRIANA GARCIA, WHO I'VE KNOWN FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, AND HAVE KNOWN FROM THE VERY DAY THAT I MET HER, UH, THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE A LEADER, AND THAT SHE WOULD BE A COUNCILWOMAN.
I JUST HAD TO RUN FOR COUNCIL BEFORE SHE DID.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO RUN AGAINST HER.
UM, BUT COUNCILWOMAN, YOU ARE GOING TO ENJOY THIS JOB.
YOU ARE GOING TO HATE THIS JOB.
YOU ARE GOING TO STRESS ABOUT THIS JOB.
UM, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO, UH, LOVE EVERY PIECE OF IT.
AND GETTING TO BE ON IT ON THIS SIDE ACTUALLY IS JUST, UH, A THRILL TO ME, UH, BECAUSE I REMEMBER MY FIRST DAY THINKING, I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA DO THIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT, WHAT VISION TO LAY OUT FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND I THINK WE ALL KIND OF FIND OURSELVES IN THAT POSITION WHEN WE JOIN COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WE JUST, WE JUST DON'T WANNA BREAK THINGS.
UM, BUT LET ME, LET ME SAY, THIS IS A GROUP THAT LIKES TO BREAK THINGS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
UH, SO I'M, I'M, I'M HOPEFUL, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET IN THERE AND START MIXING IT UP WITH THEM.
UH, AND THAT REMINDS ME TO THANK THE FOLKS WHO HAD CONFIDENCE IN ME FOR THE LAST, UH, EIGHT YEARS, THE VOTERS OF OF DISTRICT FOUR, WHO GAVE ME FOUR DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO COME UP HERE.
UH, AND I JUST WANNA TAKE A QUICK SECOND FOR, FOR EACH ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF INSIDE BASEBALL, SO FOLKS MIGHT NOT GET THE, ALL THE, THE, UH, THE INSIDE JOKES.
BUT, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE.
UM, AND, AND, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE DO DISAGREE ON A LOT, BUT YOUR VOICE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
AS MUCH AS WE DISAGREE, IF YOU HAD A ROOM OF FOLKS THAT ALL THOUGHT LIKE YOU, I MEAN, YOU WOULD BE IN A WORLD THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BATTLE TESTED FOR THE KINDS OF IDEAS THAT YOU WANT TO COME UP WITH, WHETHER THERE'S A POLICIES AROUND HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, UH, IF I DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY TO PUSH BACK, UH, I CAN'T GET TO THE BEST PRODUCT AVAILABLE.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT VOICE FOR DISTRICT 10 AND THE PREDECESSORS IN YOUR SEAT WHO HAVE BEEN THAT VOICE, UH, IN DISTRICT 10, COUNCILMAN COURAGE IN, IN MAY OF 2017.
I WAS THRILLED ABOUT THE RESULTS OF MY ELECTION, BUT NOT AS THRILLED AS I WAS ABOUT YOU GETTING ELECTED IN, IN DISTRICT NINE.
AND IT SAYS A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THIS CITY, UH, FOR FOLKS WHO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A CITY DIVIDED, THAT WE HAVE AREAS THAT ARE CONSERVATIVE AND LIBERAL.
UH, YOU GAVE THIS CITY A GREAT GIFT BY YOUR REELECTION, THAT PEOPLE VOTE FOR THE PERSON.
AND, AND YOU'VE BEEN THE KIND OF PERSON THAT DISTRICT NINE HAS, HAS DESERVED FOR A LONG TIME, AND THAT WE'VE DESERVED, UH, ON THIS COUNCIL AS A POWERFUL VOICE.
AND, UH, I'M GLAD THAT, UH, AS A FRESHMAN, I GOT TO SHOW YOU AROUND.
UH, BUT VERY SOON YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING THE SAME THING FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE COMING NEW, UH, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER SIX MORE YEARS IN THAT POSITION IF YOU WANT IT.
UH, COUNCILMAN PALICE, YOU HAVE BEEN, THE, YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP, SIR.
COUNCILMAN PULIS MAKES EVERY MEETING AN EXCITING ONE.
I'M GONNA MISS GETTING TO PULL PRANKS ON, ON COUNCILMAN PULIS.
BUT IN, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, UH, YOU SHOULD SEE WHEN HE SWITCHES HIS, HIS, HIS, UH, UH, BUTTON TO PROSECUTOR.
AND IT SCARES THE PANTS OUT OF MOST FOLKS WHO ARE ON THIS SIDE OF THE MIC.
AND IT'S A LITTLE SCARY AND INTIMIDATING TO SEE YOU FROM, FROM THIS DISTANCE IN THIS POSITION, UH, COUNCILMAN.
BUT WHEN YOU DO IT, UH, I, I SEE A PIECE OF, OF, OF HEART THAT COMES FROM YOU, WHETHER IT IS ABOUT, UM, UH, THE, THE, THE ISSUE OF ALAMO OR STATUES OR PAID SICK LEAVE.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY WHO IS SHOWN THROUGH.
AND AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO BE LEADER ON IMPORTANT ISSUES.
AND SO I HOPE THAT YOU'LL DO THAT WITH THE SAME, UH, COMICAL NATURE THAT YOU HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH, WITH, WITH US IN, IN MANY CASES, BUT NEVER BURN BRIDGES.
AND I SAW YOU DO THAT IN THE MOST MASTERFUL WAY POSSIBLE.
UH, YOU HAVE AN UNMISTAKABLE POTENTIAL TO, TO YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHERE YOU TAKE, UH, BIG INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, WHETHER THAT'S IN, IN CLIMATE OR IN TRANSPORTATION, UH, AND THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE REALLY RECENTLY, UH, SPRUNG UP AROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE REST OF THE WOMEN WHO ARE TAKING ON THIS ISSUE.
I, I ENTRUST THAT THE DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENTS KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING WHEN THEY ELECTED YOU, AND YOU WERE FEARLESS IN THAT FIRST RACE.
I DON'T KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO, UH, COME AFTER AN INCUMBENT AND SUCCEED.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT MEANS THAT YOU'VE GOT THIS BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS TO MAKE SOMETHING GREAT OUT OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE, UH, WITH, WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE CONFIDENCE THAT THE VOTERS HAVE WITH YOU.
AND I'M CERTAIN THAT THAT IS GONNA HAVE YOUR NAMEPLATE
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FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UH, AGAIN, IF YOU WANT IT.AND, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT HAD AT LEAST TWO YEARS TO OVERLAP, UH, TO GET TO BE PART OF THAT.
UM, AND MELISSA, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME JUST TO BE A LITTLE BIT IN, IN, IN THE SUN OF DISTRICT SIX WHEN WE KNOCKED ON DOORS, UH, TO SUPPORT YOU.
AND THERE WAS NO HESITATION ANYTIME ANYBODY OPENED THE DOOR TO YOU BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT YOU WERE GENUINE IN YOUR, IN YOUR APPROACH.
UH, AND THEY KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE GENUINE IN YOUR SERVICE TO THEM.
SO I WISH YOU LUCK, UH, IN DISTRICT SIX, AND YOUR STORY IS STILL TO BE TOLD, JUST DON'T LET, UH, MANNY CHIP IN ON ANY OF THAT.
'CAUSE HE'LL, HE'LL TURN IT AROUND FOR YOU.
YOU REPRESENT, AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF OUR CITY, PARTS OF OUR CITY THAT HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED, HAS BEEN IGNORED.
UM, AND YOU ARE THE KIND OF COUNCIL PERSON AND AN INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU DON'T FIND, UH, IN D FIVE AS, AS, AS I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO SEE AND WATCH OTHER REPRESENTATIVES.
YOU BY FAR ARE A LEADER HEAD OVER, HEAD AND SHOULDERS, UH, WELL BEYOND, UH, ANYBODY WHO'S EVER SERVED IN DISTRICT FIVE.
AND I, I'M REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL THAT I GOT TO SEE YOUR SERVICE.
YOU'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL.
WE'RE GONNA DRIVE DOWN TO ZERO DEATHS, UH, PEDESTRIANS, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT I REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WAY THAT YOU APPROACH, UM, THE ISSUES WITH, WITHOUT FILTER, WITHOUT CANDOR, YOU JUST GET RIGHT TO THE CORE OF MANY ISSUES.
AND YOU TELL US THAT IT'S SILLY THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED JUST ON CARS FOR THE LAST, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED YEARS.
AND YOU, YOU CUT THROUGH THAT AND, AND I THINK I'VE BEEN REALLY PROUD TO, TO SEE YOU, UM, UH, GET TO FLOURISH INTO THE POSITION AND NOW BE THE SENIOR AMONGST THE, THE NEW FRESHMEN.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA DO IT REALLY WELL.
SO, UH, COUNCILMAN VIE, I WANNA SAY YOUR INTRODUCTION TO COUNCIL WAS ONE OF THE ROUGHEST, UH, NOT BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR ABILITY TO LEAD, BUT BECAUSE OF HOW YOU WERE TESTED AND, UH, YOUR FIRST YEAR, FEW YEARS ON THE COUNCIL, UH, WHETHER IT WAS ONE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE TO ANOTHER, YOU CAME IN AS WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO VOTE ON THE N D O AND WE'RE HERE TILL ONE OR 2:00 AM.
UM, THAT WAS THE KIND OF INTRODUCTION TO COUNCIL THAT I THINK IF YOU WANTED SOMEBODY WHO WAS, UH, BATTLE TESTED.
UH, IT IS, IT IS DISTRICT THREE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, REBECCA GAN, AND SHE'S STILL BATTLING, UH, YEAR AFTER YEAR.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA GIVE UP ON THAT VOICE FOR THE SOUTH SIDE.
UH, AND SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT I'VE BEEN YOUR NEIGHBOR.
UM, AND, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT, UM, I GET TO HAVE SAID I CAN SERVE.
I'VE SERVED SIX YEARS, UH, WITH TWO STRONG WOMEN TO EACH, EACH SIDE OF ME.
SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
UH, JADA, YOU ARE PART OF THIS GREAT RESET THAT'S HAPPENING IN DISTRICT TWO.
I SAY THAT WE DON'T COME IN WITH A CLEAN SLATE, BUT I THINK COUNCILMAN HALL GAVE YOU THE BEST CHANCE TO GET TO DO THAT ON YOUR OWN RUNWAY.
UH, AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR DISTRICT TWO THAT HAS GONE BACK AND FORTH WHERE THERE'S BEEN EITHER INTERIM COUNCIL PERSONS OR, OR COUNCIL PEOPLE WHO HA HAVE DECIDED TO, TO JUMP TO OTHER POSITIONS.
THIS IS THE GREAT RESET FOR DISTRICT TWO, AND IT NEEDS IT AT THIS TIME.
SO, UH, YOU'RE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR AT THE RIGHT TIME, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT, UH, YOU'VE GOT THIS SEAT.
SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILMAN TINO, UH, ANOTHER PERSON WHO I THINK CAME THROUGH AND DECIDED TO TAKE EVERY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE ON, UH, AT, AT ONE TIME.
AND WHETHER IT WAS, UH, THE ALAMO OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THE DOWNTOWN, YOU'VE GOT ONE OF THE MOST SENSITIVE DISTRICTS IN THE ENTIRE CITY.
UH, AND SO IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO BE THE COUNCIL PERSON FOR DISTRICT ONE, AND NOT JUST ANYONE CAN PULL IT OFF, AND YOU'VE DONE IT WITH THE KIND OF GRACE THAT I WOULD HOPE, UH, WE SEE IN OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UM, SO I'M, I'M, I THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT I CAN SAY ABOUT YOU, BUT I THINK THE, THE BEST I CAN, UH, PARTAKE IS THE FACT THAT, UH, WHEN I GOT TO KNOW YOU, YOU WERE SOMEBODY WHO WAS JUST LOOKING TO SERVE, AND YOU WERE, UH, PART OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHERE WE DECIDED TO PUT YOU ON BECAUSE WE KNEW THIS GUY HAS TO SERVE SOMEWHERE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE.
UM, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU APPLIED FOR THE D ONE POSITION AND NEVER LOOKED BACK.
UH, SO THANKS FOR TAKING ON SOME OF THE TOUGHEST ISSUES THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, HERE ON THE COUNCIL WITHOUT FLINCHING.
UH, I HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME.
UH, MAYOR NUREMBERG, I REMEMBER THE FIRST DAY YOU, UH, CAME TO VISIT ME AS RON NUREMBERG, WHO WAS RUNNING FOR, UH, DISTRICT EIGHT.
UH, I WAS, I WAS MY, MY FIRST TERM.
AND YOU, IT WAS 2012 WHEN YOU CAME AND PRESENTED ME YOUR RESUME AND WHY YOU WERE SO QUALIFIED TO BE THE DISTRICT EIGHT COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS TO SERVE.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAD ONE OF THE, THE, THE, THE TOUGHEST RACES TO, TO GET HERE, UH, OUTSIDE OF COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, PERHAPS.
UH, BUT YOU DID SO, AND, AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN RELENTLESS IN THEIR PURSUIT.
AND, AND I THINK I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THAT.
THE, THE, THE ABILITY TO, TO TAKE ON BIG ISSUES, THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT, WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE TO WORK WITH A TEAM AS DIVERSE AS THIS ONE.
AND WHILE I MENTIONED THE COUNCILMAN VI GRAND HAD A, YOU KNOW, BATTLE TESTED FIRST, UH, TWO YEARS, YOU NO DOUBT, HAD ONE OF THE MOST BATTLE TESTED, UH, FORGED
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THROUGH FIRE, UH, FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCES AS MAYOR.AND I THINK YOU ARE GONNA BE A GREAT MAYOR BECAUSE OF THAT IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
SO THE ENTIRE CITY IS, IS PUTTING THEIR CONFIDENCE AND THEIR TRUST IN YOU, MAYOR, AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD, UH, TO THIS COUNCIL GETTING BEHIND YOU TO DO THAT.
I KNOW I'M WELL OVER MY TIME LIMIT, COUNCILMAN PALICE, BUT I, UM, HAVE A FEW FOLKS THAT I WANT TO THANK, OF COURSE.
FIRST, UH, MY MOTHER WHO IS HERE, AND MY FATHER WHO IS NOT HERE.
THIS IS THE ONE TIME I GET A LITTLE CHOKED UP
UM, AND MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER, UM, THEY, THEY'RE THE TWO FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO EVERYBODY WOULD GO TO FOR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY NEEDED.
IF YOU NEEDED SOMETHING COOKED, IF YOU NEEDED A BABYSITTER, YOU WOULD COME TO MY MOM.
IF YOU NEEDED YOUR CAR FIXED, IF YOU NEEDED YOUR ROOF DONE, YOU'D COME TO MY DAD.
SO IT, MY WIFE TELLS ME I DON'T GET EMOTIONAL.
I THINK THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT REALLY PRESS MY BUTTONS.
BUT, UH, WHEN FOLKS ASK ME WHY IT IS OR, OR HOW IT IS THAT I GOT INVOLVED IN PUBLIC SERVICE, I'VE BEEN SEEING IT HAPPEN IN MY HOME ALL THE TIME, UM, INFORMALLY WHERE FOLKS COUNTED ON MY PARENTS TO HELP THEM WITH ONE ISSUE OR ANOTHER.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK THEM FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO, UH, BE A YOUNG COUNCIL MEMBER.
REMEMBER, THIS WAS A NON-PAID POSITION FOR THE FIRST FOUR YEARS, AND, AND THEY WERE NOT MY MOM AND DAD, THEY WERE MY ROOMMATES FOR A FEW YEARS,
SO THEY REALLY ARE THE ONES WHO GAVE ME THE PERMISSION TO SERVE AND GET TO DO SO FOR, UH, DISTRICT FOUR.
UM, AND ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS BEEN BY MY SIDE HAS BEEN MY WIFE, AND SHE GAVE ME THIS GREAT GIFT ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AGO THAT SHE'S HOLDING.
AND SO, FOLKS WANNA KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA BE DOING AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AND I'M GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED AND HAPPY TO BE, UH, DOING THAT.
UM, OF COURSE, I WANNA THANK MY STAFF WHO HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
NOBODY HAS, HAS GOTTEN TO SEE A STAFF AS POWERFUL AS THIS ONE.
THEY'VE BEEN MAINSTAYS, WHETHER IT'S TIM RAUL, UH, ANNA ANA, UH, ISMAEL, EDWARD JOHANNE, THOSE GUYS YOU'VE SEEN AND, AND THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLE TEAMS THAT YOU, YOU CANNOT DO TO THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS ANYTHING ALONE.
UH, YOUR TEAM IS GONNA BE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FOR YOU AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT.
UH, AND DON'T MISTREAT THEM AND, AND DON'T MISTREAT THE STAFF EITHER.
SO ERIC, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A BIG SHOUT OUT.
UH, EASIEST THING TO DO IS TO WIN POINTS BY BEATING UP ON STAFF WHEN THEY'RE UP HERE ON THE MIC.
AND I, UM, YOU KNOW, I HOPE YOU WON'T DO THAT.
'CAUSE THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WE NEED TO BE PARTNERS WITH AND TEAMMATES.
UM, AND SO MY LAST PARTING THOUGHTS, I, I WROTE OUR SCREAMING BABY ELI, UH, AN EMAIL THIS MORNING, AND I TOLD THEM THE, THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO ON THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE BEST ADVICE I GIVE HIM.
I SAID, LOOK, THIS IS, THIS WORLD IS NOT FAIR.
UH, THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS, IS DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO CORRECT THAT.
AND I THINK YOU ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
IT'S LIKE CLEANING OUT THE LOCKER ROOM ON THE LAST DAY.
UH, SO I, I WON'T MISS CITIZENS TO BE HEARD AT SIX O'CLOCK.
UM, BUT I, I DO, I DO THINK I'LL MISS THE FACES, THE NAMES.
AND, UH, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME A FEW EXTRA MINUTES TO, UH, TO POUR INTO TO MY FAMILY.
WHO'S HERE? MY SISTER, MY NEPHEW, UH, MY, MY, MY AUNT, UH, NORMA, WHO HAS BEEN MY GREATEST TEACHER IN WALKING FAITH.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, I LEAVE YOU TO THE CITY.
PLEASE DON'T BREAK TOO MANY THINGS.
AT THIS TIME, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SELECTED THEIR MAYOR PRO TEM TERM.
SO IF, UH, I COULD CALL ON, UH, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO READ IN THEIR TERM INTO THE MICROPHONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER TRAVINA TERM NUMBER SEVEN, AUGUST 18TH, 2020 THROUGH OCTOBER 27TH, 2020.
COUNCIL MEMBER JADA SULLIVAN, TERM EIGHT.
OCTOBER 28TH, 2020 THROUGH JANUARY 6TH, 2021.
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COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN, LUCKY TERM NUMBER NINE.JANUARY 7TH, 2021 THROUGH MARCH 18TH, 2021.
JUNE 19TH, 2019 THROUGH AUGUST 28TH, 2019.
AUGUST 29TH, 2019 THROUGH NOVEMBER 7TH, 2019.
MARCH 29TH, 2020 THROUGH JUNE 7TH, 2020.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL TERM THREE.
NOVEMBER 8TH, 2019 THROUGH JANUARY 17TH, 2020.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER PAPAS TOLD ME HE HAS A LEAP YEAR, BUT THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
SIX JUNE 8TH, 2020 THROUGH AUGUST 17TH, 2020.
CAN I TRADE MINE? I'VE GOT TERM 10.
I'M GONNA BE RUNNING FOR REELECTION.
MARCH 19TH, 2021 THROUGH MAY 31ST, 2021.
LEMME TELL YOU, I, I WAS A LAST TO PICK LAST YEAR AND I PICKED THE VERY FIRST ONE AND I DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT TO DO.
SO ADRIANA, I'M SURE YOU'LL DO A LOT BETTER THAN I DID LAST YEAR OR LAST TERM.
UH, AT THE BEGINNING I HAVE TERM NUMBER FOUR, UH, JANUARY 18TH, 2020 THROUGH MARCH 28TH, 2020.
AT THIS TIME, WOULD, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM AS I SWORE YOU IN FOR YOUR MAYOR PRO TIM TERM.
I, ADRIANA CHE, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF, OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFENSE.
PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.
THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR GUESTS, OUR FAMILY, OUR FRIENDS.
UH, PLEASE JOIN US AT THE SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL, UH, AT THIS TIME FOR OUR ANNUAL OR OUR, UH, BLESSING OF THE NEW CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN WE'LL RECONVENE HERE AT FIVE 30 FOR OUR CEREMONIAL SWEARING IN AT THIS TIME, OUR CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED.