Aug 26, 2019 Innovation and Technology Committee

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COUNCIL MEMBER DALE .

COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

COMMITTEE MEMBER ELVIN DOOR HERE.

COMMITTEE MEMBER GAR HERE.

COMMITTEE MEMBER HERE.

CHAIRMAN HERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION, UM, TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE YET AGAIN ON ANOTHER FIELD TRIP.

UM, AND TODAY WE'RE OUT HERE VISITING OUR FRIENDS AT SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

UM, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, ALL COUNCIL MEETINGS AND SUB, YOU KNOW, AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE NOW, UH, BLASTED OUT THROUGH THE INTER TUBES INTO THE ETHER, AND PEOPLE CAN SEE US, RIGHT? AND SO I'M GONNA REMIND Y'ALL, UH, THAT, UH, PEOPLE CAN SEE US, UH, AND, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, DO WITHOUT WHAT YOU WILL.

UM, BUT I, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, UM, FOR THOSE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE AND EVERYBODY WHO CAN SEE US ONLINE, UM, THAT THIS IS THE ONLY COMMITTEE, UH, AT CITY COUNCIL THAT ACTUALLY TAKES FIELD TRIPS LIKE THIS AND MEET AT DIFFERENT SITES.

UM, THE THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO ALLOW US, UM, YOU KNOW, TO GET OUT OF THE, THE BUBBLE THAT IS CITY HALL, BUT ALSO TO GO AND SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE INNOVATING AND, UM, SOME OF THIS TECH AT WORK.

AND SO, TODAY WE'VE GOT A PRETTY NEAT EXPERIENCE, UH, IN STORE FOR ALL OF YOU.

UH, BUT THE FIRST THING WE'LL DO IS WE'RE GOING TO ASK, UM,

[1. 19-6454 Approval of the June 27, 2019 Innovation and Technology Committee Meeting Minutes]

AND SO, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN, UM, MOVES TO APPROVE.

AND MR. GARRETT, I THINK, UH, SECOND.

YOU WERE GONNA SECOND IT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND SO, UM, SO NOW WE'RE OFF TO A GOOD START.

WE'RE SETTING THE TEMPO.

UH, AND, UH, WITH THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM MIKE BROWN, RIGHT?

[2. 19-6453 Southwest Research Institute Introduction [Mike Brown, Institute Engineer]]

WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED.

MY NAME'S MIKE BROWN.

UH, I'M A SENIOR.

UH, I'M AN INSTITUTE ENGINEER, ACTUALLY HERE AT SOUTHWEST RESEARCH.

I'VE BEEN HERE AROUND 22 YEARS.

UH, EXTREMELY EXCITING PLACE TO WORK.

SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO HOST A, UH, MEETING ON INNOVATION, UH, FOR THE CITY.

AND I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF WORK WE'VE DONE IN, IN AUTOMATED VEHICLES.

BEFORE WE DIG INTO THAT THOUGH, I WANTED TO TALK JUST IN GENERAL ABOUT SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR, AND I, I ONLY HAVE ABOUT FIVE SLIDES HERE, SO I'LL KEEP IT QUICK.

UM, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, WE'RE AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT.

UH, WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1947.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE A PICTURE OF OUR, UH, ORIGINAL RANCH HOUSE, UH, THAT WAS THERE IN THE UPPER LEFT, UH, 1947.

AT THAT POINT, WE WERE WAY KIND OF ON THE OUTSIDE NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN.

UH, NOTHING REALLY, REALLY AROUND US.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE HERE, YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF, OF EVERYTHING.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HOW SAN ANTONIO'S GROWN AND GROWN, UH, WITH IT TOO.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A STAFF OF ABOUT 2,600 PEOPLE.

UH, WE HAVE DIVISIONS THAT DO EVERYTHING FROM DEEP SEA TO DEEP SPACE HERE.

UM, WE DO A LOT OF, UH, DIFFERENT PROJECTS FOR GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL CLIENTS.

UH, WE ACTUALLY FUND, UH, A LOT OF INTERNAL RESEARCH HERE TOO.

WE FUND, UH, ABOUT $7 MILLION OF INTERNAL RESEARCH.

AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TODAY ACTUALLY STARTED OUT OF SOME OF OUR INTERNAL RESEARCH, UH, FUNDING THAT WE THEN, UH, HAVE GROWN OVER THE YEARS, UH, INTO EXTERNALLY FUNDED PROJECTS TOO.

AGAIN, INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT.

UM, ALMOST ALL OF OUR FOLKS ARE IN SAN ANTONIO.

WE DO HAVE OFFICES ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, UH, MOSTLY, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH LIKE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

UH, LARGEST REMOTE OFFICE IS BOULDER, COLORADO.

THIS DIVISION, ACTUALLY, THAT YOU'RE SITTING IN THEIR BUILDING, UH, RIGHT NOW IS OUR SPACE SYSTEMS DIVISION.

AND THEY HAVE A OFFICE OF ABOUT 180 FOLKS THAT ARE OUT IN BOULDER, COLORADO.

UH, A LOT OF THE OTHER OFFICES ARE FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE.

SO OUR DIVISION THAT, THAT, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE VEHICLES, UH, TODAY IS THE INT INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS DIVISION.

AGAIN, WE HAVE NINE DIVISIONS AT SOUTHWEST RESEARCH.

WE DO EVERYTHING FROM MANUFACTURING, ROBOTICS, TO AUTOMATED VEHICLES, CONNECTED VEHICLES, UH, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE TRANS GUIDE SYSTEM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WE DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A LOT OF THAT SOFTWARE, UH, NOT ONLY FOR, UH, TEXAS, BUT OTHER STATES IN THE COUNTRY TOO.

UM, WE DO A LOT OF, UH, CYBERSECURITY WORK.

UH, THINGS LIKE METHANE LEAK DETECTION.

IT'S REALLY AN EXCITING DIVISION.

UH, THERE'S ABOUT 200 PEOPLE NOW THAT ARE, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR DIVISION AT SOUTHWEST RESEARCH.

SO GETTING INTO AUTOMATED VEHICLES, WE STARTED

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UH, HERE AT SOUTHWEST RESEARCH, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO MEET JERRY TOWER, WHO IS, WHO LEADS ALL OF OUR UNMANNED SYSTEMS WORK.

HE'LL, HE'LL HELP WITH THE DEMOS THIS AFTERNOON.

UM, AGAIN, WE STARTED IN 2006 OUT OF OUR INTERNAL FUNDING.

WE HAVE DONE A VARIETY OF ON-ROAD AND OFF-ROAD VEHICLES.

UH, HERE WE DO EVERYTHING FROM FULL PLATFORM AUTOMATION TO PARTICULAR TECHNOLOGIES, AGAIN, BOTH FOR, UH, MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL CLIENTS IN THIS AREA.

WE'VE, UH, AUTOMATED EVERYTHING FROM A GOLF CART TO A, A CLASS EIGHT TRACTOR TRAILER.

SO A WHOLE VARIETY.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THESE VEHICLES TOO.

SO I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO RIDE IN ONE OF THEM TOO.

UH, BUT WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF THEM DOWN IN, UH, THE AREA YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, UH, HERE FOLLOWING THE MEETING.

SO, JUST TO GET TO, UH, AND INTRODUCE THE DEMO, THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE, UH, BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF INTRODUCE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TODAY.

UH, AGAIN, I SHOWED ALL THOSE VEHICLES.

UH, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A, A SUBSET OF THOSE, UH, DOWN ON THE EAST SIDE OF OUR CAMPUS.

UM, YOU'RE GOING TO RIDE ACTUALLY IN THIS VEHICLE THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE VIDEO RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS OUR LINCOLN, M K Z.

UH, THIS IS A VEHICLE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

IT LEVERAGES A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED, UH, OVER THE YEARS HERE.

SO YOU GET TO RIDE IN THIS VEHICLE.

UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA START AT THE EAST SIDE OF OUR CAMPUS DOWN BY CALLAHAN IN, IN, UH, BUILDING TWO 90 A.

SO WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE, AND I THINK WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE DEMO, UH, FOLLOWING, UH, BRIAN'S PRESENTATION.

BUT, UM, ONCE WE GO DOWN, UH, TO THAT AREA, YOU'LL GET IN THE CAR.

UH, WE'LL THEN SLOWER THAN THAT, A LITTLE SLOWER, JUST A BIT SLOWER.

JUST A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.

UM, YOU'LL WRITE AROUND THE CAMPUS.

YOU GET A ANSWER, YOU GET A, YOU GET TO ASK QUESTIONS.

WE'LL, UH, YOU'LL GET TO RIDE WITH, UH, WITH JERRY AND DANIEL.

THEY'LL TAKE YOU ON A TOUR, TAKE YOU DOWN TO OUR TEST TRACK, AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU SOME SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

EVEN WITHIN THAT, AGAIN, I SAID, YOU KNOW, LIKE FULL PLATFORM AUTOMATION, WE DO, WE AUTOMATE THE FULL VEHICLE, BUT WE WORK ON SOME VERY FOCUSED NICHE AREAS TOO.

LIKE ONE IS PERCEPTION.

SO HOW DO YOU TELL, UH, WHERE EVERYTHING AROUND THE VEHICLE IS MORE RELIABLY? ANOTHER KIND OF NICHE AREA FOR US IS WHAT'S CALLED LOCALIZATION.

SO HOW DOES THE VEHICLE TELL WHERE IT'S AT AT ANY POINT IN TIME? UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MAYBE, IT SEEMS SOMEWHAT, WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED AS HUMANS WHEN WE'RE DRIVING, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY HARD FOR AN AUTOMATED VEHICLE.

UM, AND WE WORK ON, UH, PARTICULAR TECHNOLOGY TO TELL EXACTLY WHERE IT'S AT.

WE'RE GONNA RUN, UH, THE VEHICLE THROUGH A CONE COURSE THAT YOU GET TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THAT TECHNOLOGY TOO.

SO FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS.

I THINK WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LOGISTICS OF GETTING DOWN TO THE DEMO AREA ONCE YOU ALL ARE FINISHED, UH, AT THE END OF BRIAN'S PRESENTATION.

AND THEN, UH, THAT'S IT.

OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING BEFORE WE GO ON? NO, UH UH, OTHER THAN THE THANK YOU BEING SUCH YOUR HOSTS.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR COMING HERE.

WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO HOST Y'ALL TOO.

SO, UH, ONE, I GUESS ONE THING I'LL MENTION TOO, UM, AND I'LL PROBABLY MENTION THIS WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE DOWN THERE AS WELL, UH, WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE INSIDE THE BUILDING, YOU CAN'T TAKE ANY PICTURES.

UH, WE'LL HAVE, AND, AND WHEN WE'VE, WE'VE SET IT UP THAT WAY.

SO ANY VEHICLES THAT WE NEED TO, UH, THAT ARE SENSITIVE, MAYBE CLIENT SENSITIVE, UH, ARE INSIDE THE BUILDING, OUTSIDE THE BUILDING, YOU CAN TAKE PICTURES.

UM, 'CAUSE YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE PICTURES IF YOU'RE DRIVING ON CALLAHAN ROAD RIGHT BY THE, THE EDGE OF THE CAMPUS OVER THERE TOO.

UM, BUT PLEASE, NO PICTURES ON THE INSIDE OF THE, INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

WE, WE DO A LOT OF CLIENT SENSITIVE WORK, AND SO WE'RE VERY PROTECTIVE OF OUR, OF OF CLIENTS AND, UM, WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.

THANKS.

WELL, UM, WILL, ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.

I APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH.

UH, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS A BRIEFING FROM BRIAN.

SEE IF I GET THIS RIGHT.

OH, COOL.

Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME RIGHT AWAY.

EXCELLENT.

THANKS, MIKE.

UH, SO I'M

[3. 19-6451 Briefing on the Autonomous Vehicles Project at Brooks [John Peterek, Assistant to the City Manager; Brian Dillard, Chief Innovation Officer]]

I'M THE CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO SWRI FOR HOSTING US.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN TREMENDOUS, UM, PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS, UH, OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

WE WORK WITH THEM DIRECTLY THROUGH OUR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM.

UH, AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF ORGANICALLY BLENDED IN WITH OUR SMART CITIES TEAM WHEN IT COMES TO THIS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES PROJECT.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH THEM AND EXCITED THAT THEY HOSTED US TODAY.

UH, SECONDLY, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MY OFFICE OF INNOVATION TEAM.

UH, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL INTRODUCE ME AS THEIR BOSS, BUT, UH, I'LL COME BACK AND SAY, UH, SOMETIMES.

SO, UH, ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IS, UH, ATTRIBUTABLE TO THEM.

UH, THANK YOU TO VIA T C I AND BROOKS, UH, FOR ALLOWING US TO BE PARTNERS IN THIS, UH, WHOLE FORCE MOVING FORWARD AS WE TRY TO INNOVATE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

UH, AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU TO I T C.

UH, THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS AS FAR AS ENCOURAGING US TO BE BOLD AND BE INSPIRATIONAL.

SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THAT.

SO, UH, I'LL KIND OF JUMP INTO THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES BRIEFING, UH, WITH REGARD TO BROOKS.

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OUR SMART CITIES PROGRAM WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS THREE FOCUS AREAS.

THE FIRST ONE IS ACCESS TO SERVICES.

UH, WE HAVE A PROJECT RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT YOU WERE BRIEFED ON IN JUNE, UH, ABOUT THE DIGITAL DIVIDE ASSESSMENT.

SO, UH, KIND OF DOING A BASELINE OF WHAT DIGITAL DIVIDE LOOKS LIKE WITHIN THE 10 COUNCIL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

UH, SECOND ONE'S SUSTAINABILITY.

SO THAT'S THE, UH, C P SS STREETLIGHT, R F P THAT WAS RELEASED THREE WEEKS AGO, I BELIEVE.

UM, SO THAT KIND OF, UM, EXEMPLIFIES THIS PARTNERSHIP, UH, BECAUSE C P S AND CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CAME TOGETHER WITH AN RP PROCESS.

AND THEN WE TACKED THE RIVER AUTHORITY USE CASE IN THERE THAT ALSO KIND OF EXEMPLIFIES, UH, THE WAY WE DO A CHALLENGE RIVER MODEL.

AND I'LL KIND OF JUMP INTO THAT IN A SECOND HERE.

SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT OUR THIRD FOCUS AREA, WHICH WE HAVEN'T TAPPED INTO YET, WHICH IS MOBILITY.

UH, AND WE'LL GET A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THAT.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM FOLKS THAT ARE LIKE, WHY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES? YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE SOME TYPE OF SHINY TECHNOLOGY THAT'S TO PROVIDE FOR THE HAVES AND NOT THE HAVE-NOTS.

UH, WE'LL, WE'LL GET INTO THAT CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WANTED TO REFRESH US ON OUR THREE FOCUS AREAS, UH, AND ALSO OUR SMARTEST A VISION.

UH, SO THE VISION HERE IS TO BUILD A CONNECTED, INCLUSIVE, AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY SUPPORTING A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE.

EVERYTHING WE DO WITHIN SMART CITIES WITHIN THE SMARTEST A PROGRAM IS DRIVEN BY OUR CUSTOMERS, BY OUR CONSTITUENTS.

WE DON'T DO IT TECH DRIVEN.

WE DON'T TRY TO IMPLEMENT SHINY TECHNOLOGY JUST FOR SHINY TECHNOLOGY'S SAKE.

WE DO IT IN ORDER TO CREATE A HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR CITIZENS, THE PARTNERSHIP.

SO WE HAVE NINE PARTNERS NOW.

UH, I THINK MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO WE WERE AT FIVE PARTNERS AND WE EXPANDED THAT A LITTLE BIT, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT OPERATING IN SILOS AS WE DO THIS WORK.

UH, THERE'S A LIST IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY V IS UP THERE.

U T S A IS UP THERE, WHO'S ALSO A PART OF THIS, UH, PROGRAM AS WELL.

UH, WE'LL JUMP INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT.

SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

SMART CITIES, 1.0, 3.0, OR 2.0 AND 3.0.

AND YOU'VE ALL PROBABLY HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS A FEW TIMES, BUT I WANTED TO REITERATE IT.

SO, SMART CITIES 1.0, IT'S REALLY THAT VENDOR DRIVEN MODEL.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCOOTERS THAT JUST KIND OF DROP IN DOWNTOWN OR WHEREVER IT'S REALLY VENDOR DRIVEN, OR IF YOU LOOK AT RIDESHARE, IT'S REALLY VENDOR DRIVEN, WHICH IS NOT A BAD THING.

IT CAN BE, UH, DISRUPTIVE, UH, AND THE CITY TYPICALLY HAS TO REACT TO IT WITH REGULATIONS, UH, BUT AT TIMES IT DOES ADD BENEFIT.

SMART CITIES 2.0 IS REALLY WHERE WE'VE BEEN FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO SMART CITIES IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IT'S REALLY BEEN GOVERNMENT DRIVING THE IDEAS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH.

IT'S, UH, MAYBE A COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYBE A CITY MANAGER GOING TO ANOTHER CITY AND SEEING SOMETHING SHINY AND THEN COMING BACK AND SAYING, HEY, LET'S DO THAT.

I THINK IT'LL PROVIDE VALUE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO OPERATE NOW, SINCE MY TEAM AND I CAME IN IN OCTOBER, IS THIS SMART CITIES 3.0 MODEL.

AND IT'S REALLY A CO-CREATION MODEL.

IT'S TRYING TO IDENTIFY WITH THE COMMUNITY WHAT THE CHALLENGES THEY'RE FACING DAY TO DAY ARE.

AND THEN WE COME BACK AS THE GOVERNMENT AND TRY TO DRIVE THAT, THOSE CHALLENGES DOWN TO THE VENDORS.

WE DON'T WANT THE VENDORS TO JUST PROVIDE SHINY TECHNOLOGY.

IT COMES FROM ANOTHER CITY.

WE WANT THESE CH THESE SOLUTIONS TO ACTUALLY BE CUSTOM FITTED FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

NOW, THAT IS NOT TO SAY WE CAN'T DO ALL THREE OF THESE.

I DO EXPECT VENDORS TO COME IN AND PUSH GREAT PRODUCTS.

AND ONE OF MY, UH, ONE OF OUR I T C MEMBERS ACTUALLY TOLD US A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT WE SHOULD BE THE FACILITATORS OF INNOVATION.

UH, SO THAT, THAT KIND OF KEYS INTO THAT.

SO THESE ARE NOT, UH, EXCLUSIVE OF ONE ANOTHER.

WE CAN DO THESE SIMULTANEOUS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KEY IN ON THIS CO-CREATION ITEM.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE INNOVATION ZONES.

WE HAVE THREE INNOVATION ZONES THAT WERE DESIGNATED BY CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR, UH, MEDICAL CENTER DOWNTOWN, AND BROOKS KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THOSE.

SO THESE ARE ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE, THE GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS FOR THEM.

SO MEDICAL CENTER, AND WE'VE GOT DOWNTOWN, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME CORRIDORS HIGHLIGHTED THERE, UH, WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO IDEATE AROUND SOME TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, BROOKS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'LL BE FOCUSED ON TODAY WHEN IT COMES TO THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES PROJECT.

SO HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? I'LL KIND OF DIG IN A LITTLE DEEPER AND EXCUSE THE FORMATTING THERE.

I GUESS IT TRANSITIONS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

UM, BUT THE TOP THREE SURVEY RESPONSES WE DID, UH, WE DID COMMUNITY OUTREACH FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER WHEN WE CAME ONLINE.

UH, AND I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE OUR FIRST THREE MONTHS, WE DIDN'T TOUCH TECHNOLOGY, WE DIDN'T TALK TO VENDORS, WE DIDN'T DO ANY OF THAT.

WE DID COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE DID NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, WE DID POP-UP EVENTS, WE DID COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

WE PRESENTED AT CHAMBER MEETINGS.

WE DID TELE-TOWN HALL, WE DID FACEBOOK LIVES THROUGHOUT ALL THE INNOVATION ZONES WITH ALL THE COUNCIL PEOPLE.

WE DID OUTREACH.

WE WANTED TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT OUR PEOPLE FACE DAY TO DAY.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAME BACK WITH.

OUR TOP THREE SURVEY RESPONSES WERE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, PARKING, AND TRAFFIC INGESTION.

THAT WAS ACROSS ALL THREE, ALL THREE INNOVATION ZONES.

NOW, YOU WILL SEE WE HAVE ZONE SPECIFIC ITEMS HERE, AND WE ARE ADDRESSING THOSE WITHIN THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

SO WHEN YOU SEE FLOODING, DRAINAGE AND LIGHTING, THAT STREETLIGHT, R F P THAT I MENTIONED, THAT TACKLES THAT RIGHT AWAY.

THAT'S WHAT THAT RIVER AUTHORITY PIECE IN THAT USE CASE WAS ALL ABOUT, WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PREDICT FLOODING BEFORE IT COMES.

OBVIOUSLY

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WE HAD A HOMELESSNESS PROJECT EARLIER THIS YEAR.

AND THEN THE MEDICAL CENTER, OBVIOUSLY WALKABILITY AND TRAFFIC, ALL THOSE TIE INTO THIS AV PROJECT.

AND I'LL START TO EXPLAIN WHY IN A SECOND.

SO FOR HISTORICAL CONTEXT, THIS CONVERSATION HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND IT'S PRES BEEN PRESENTED TO I T C.

IT'S BEEN PRESENTED AT B SESSION.

UH, BUT NOW WE'RE KIND OF TAR STARTING TO FORMULATE A LITTLE MORE THE STORMING, FORMING AND NORMING.

WE'RE GETTING TO THAT FORMING PHASE A LITTLE BIT MORE NOW.

AND THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT, THAT'S WHERE WE WANT YOU TO COME IN AND GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT DIRECTION SHOULD THIS GO AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY CONSTITUENCY.

WHERE DO YOU WANT THIS TO GO? UH, THE U S D O T GRANT APPLICATION WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY VIA BROOKS, UH, IN MARCH.

THEY'RE STILL WAITING ON A RESPONSE FROM THAT, BUT THAT COULD POSSIBLY TIE IN SOME FUNDING.

WE'LL GET INTO THAT AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT I WANTED TO KEY IN ON THAT FOR A SECOND.

SO, WHAT IS AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE? YOU'LL GET A LITTLE MORE EXPLANATION FROM THE EXPERTS HERE IN A LITTLE WHILE, WHEN, WHEN YOU GET YOUR TOUR THROUGH.

UH, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE OPERATION, THE VEHICLE OCCURRING WITHOUT DIRECT DRIVER INTERACTION.

UH, AND YOU, YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD I WANT TECHNOLOGY TO TAKE OVER THE DRIVING INSTEAD OF THE HUMAN? YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW MANY HUMAN ACCIDENTS WE HAVE FROM HUMAN ERROR, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE OUR VISION ZERO EVERY DAY IN EVERY CITY.

WE'RE STARTING TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SELF-DRIVING, UH, ADVANTAGES OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES.

WE WANT TO LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

ONE, BECAUSE WE'RE SAFETY IS, IS A BIG CONCERN FOR US WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CONSID CONSTITUENCY.

TWO, WE WANT TO IDENTIFY HOW CAN WE BE ON THE FOREFRONT OF THIS BEFORE A PRIVATE COMPANY COMES IN AND DROPS SOMETHING ON TOP OF US.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IDEATING AROUND THIS, THAT WE'RE NOT RESPONDING OR REACTING.

WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE IN OUR APPROACH TO AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES OR DRIVERLESS VEHICLES.

AND I PUT A REALLY BIG, BOLD NOTE HERE.

INITIALLY, THEY WILL NOT BE DRIVERLESS.

I'VE HAD TO RELAY THAT OVER AND OVER AND I'M HAPPY TO RELAY IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

BUT I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT AND REITERATE THAT TO YOUR CONSTITUENCY THAT THESE WILL NOT BE DRIVERLESS INITIALLY.

THEY WILL HAVE DRIVER IN THEM.

OKAY? AND AS WE GO ALONG, FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT AND ASK QUESTIONS.

I'M, I'M NOT, WE DON'T NEED TO SAVE TO THE END FOR Q AND A.

UM, THIS CAN BE A CONVERSATION.

UH, SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS ONE AGAIN, SAFETY, IDENTIFYING WHAT THIS TECHNOLOGY LOOKS LIKE IN A REAL WORLD ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO INCREASING SAFETY WHEN IT COMES TO DRIVERS ON OUR ROADS.

UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT COMPONENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT.

THE SECOND, OBVIOUSLY IS MOBILITY.

SO ENHANCING TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, AND CREATING OVERALL RESILIENCY.

AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT VEHICLE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, VEHICLE TO VEHICLE COMMUNICATION.

THAT'S SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY INTEGRATE INTO THIS.

SO WHETHER IT, A LOT OF THE TIMES THE VEHICLES WILL OPERATE ON THEIR OWN USING WHAT'S CALLED LIDAR.

UH, BUT THERE'S SOME OTHER OPTIONS THERE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY CONNECT THE VEHICLE WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO TALK ABOUT STREETLIGHTS OR TRAFFIC LIGHTS.

HOW DOES THE VEHICLE CONNECT TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE? AND THEN OF COURSE, VEHICLE TO VEHICLE COMMUNICATION.

SO IF I HAVE TWO OF THESE VEHICLES GOING AT ONE TIME, CAN THEY COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER WHILE ALSO COMMUNICATING WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHILE ALSO INDEPENDENTLY USING THE LIDAR, THAT THAT'S CAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING HOW ALL THAT MOBILITY WORKS.

THIRD IS ENVIRONMENT.

SO WE ARE TALKING WITH C P S RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE EAGER TO DO SOME ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROGRAMMING WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE ONE OF THOSE VENTURES THAT WE TAKE IN ORDER TO, UH, AFFECT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

NOT TO MENTION WE'RE GETTING FOLKS OUTTA SINGLE, SINGLE RIDER VEHICLES AND PUTTING THEM INTO A MASS TRANSIT SITUATION.

SO THESE ARE INTENDED TO BE SHUTTLES, NOT INDIVIDUAL VEHICLES.

EQUITY AND ACCESS, CONNECTING ALL COMMUNITIES TO JOBS, MEDICAL CARE, AND CRITICAL SERVICES.

UH, WITHIN BROOKS, WE HAVE EVERYTHING.

WE'VE GOT MEDICAL, WE'VE GOT LIVE, WE'VE GOT WORK, WE'VE GOT PLAY, WE'VE GOT ALL OF IT.

HOW DO I CONNECT THE PEOPLE ACROSS THAT LARGE CAMPUS TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO? HOW DO I CONNECT THAT? SE THE FOLKS LIVING IN THAT SENIOR AND LIVING CENTER NEXT YEAR, HOW DO I CONNECT THEM TO THE TRANSIT CENTER TO TAKE THEM DIRECTLY TO THE MEDICAL CENTER TO, IN ORDER TO GET THE CRITICAL SERVICE THAT THEY NEED? AND THEN LAST IS HUMAN FACTORS.

UNDERSTANDING HOW THE PUBLIC REACTS WITH THIS.

HOW, HOW DO THEY REACT TO THIS? ARE THEY HAPPY WITH IT? DOES IT SERVE A NEED? DO THEY FEEL LIKE IT SERVES A NEED? MAKING SURE WE'RE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION THROUGHOUT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES.

FOR WHO, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING LOUDLY ABOUT OUR SMART CITIES PROGRAM, THERE WAS A BIG QUESTION OF SMART CITIES FOR WHO SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT ONLY ENTITLED OR ABLE TO ACCESS OR UTILIZE.

UH, SO WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES FOR WHO? SENIOR POPULATION, CONNECTING OUR SENIOR POPULATIONS WITH THE VARIOUS DESTINATIONS THAT THEY WANT TO GO.

I PRESENTED AT BROOKS TOWN HALL, UH, MEETING, UH, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

AND MOST OF THE ROOM WERE SENIOR CITIZENS.

IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CUT DOWN.

BUT THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED ONCE WE EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS ABLE TO CONNECT YOU TO THAT TRANSIT CENTER.

I DON'T NEED YOU TO HAVE TO WALK.

I DON'T NEED YOU TO HAVE TO USE YOUR OWN PERSONAL VEHICLE.

AND THEY SAID, WELL, DON'T I STILL HAVE TO GO TO A BUS STOP? AND WE SAID, NO.

THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS IT COME PICKS COME, COMES AND PICKS YOU UP FROM YOUR FRONT DOOR.

THAT'S THE INTENT OF THIS.

THIS ISN'T INTENDED FOR A LONG RANGE, BY THE WAY.

WE'RE INTENDING THIS TO BE THE LAST MILE, FIRST MILE SOLUTION, WHICH I THINK IS ON

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SO, SENIOR POPULATION, UH, THOSE WHO CANNOT DRIVE ANYMORE, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THOSE AREN'T, THAT AREN'T ABLE TO DRIVE.

HOW DO WE CONNECT THEM WITH WHERE, WHERE THEY NEED TO GO AND OVERCOME INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, OBSTACLES THAT MAY BE IN THE WAY LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.

WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THIS, OUR FOCUS IS, IS UTILIZING NO LOW COST OR NO COST OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS, UH, AMENITY.

I DON'T WANT TO CHARGE OUR LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, $10 TO RIDE IN A VEHICLE FOR A MILE.

I WANT THIS TO BE AFFORDABLE FOR ALL, UH, GENERAL PUBLIC TRANSIT CUSTOMERS.

SO WE'VE GOT OUR THREE COMMUNITIES THERE, BUT THEN WE WANT THIS TO BE ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY.

WE WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS A RIDE OF CHOICE, UH, NOT JUST AN OPTION.

WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THIS.

ANOTHER MAP OF BROOKS AND ANOTHER MAP OF BROOKS INNOVATION ZONE.

AND THIS IS REALLY COOL.

STEVE, WHAT BIG NEWS DO YOU HAVE TODAY? UH, WE OPENED THE BROOKS TRANSIT CENTER.

WOO.

EXCELLENT.

SO THIS IS NOW OPEN AS OF THIS MORNING VIA BROOKS TRANSIT CENTER IS NOW OPEN.

NOW THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO I CONNECT PEOPLE TO THIS TRANSIT CENTER FROM WHERE THEY LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY ON BROOKS? AND THIS IS NOT ONLY JUST FOR BROOKS.

ALL OF OUR PROTOTYPING AND PILOT PROJECTS WITHIN THE INNOVATION ZONES ARE MEANT TO SCALE OUT.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO REPLICATE THESE IN OTHER AREAS WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED.

SO THESE ARE DRAFT ROUTES, AND I'LL HIGHLIGHT BIG LETTERS, DRAFT.

UM, THIS MAY NOT STAY, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT VN BROOKS WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER ON TO IDENTIFY, UH, WHAT ARE THE ROUTES THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY TRAVERSE THROUGH.

SO THIS IS THE HIGH TRAFFIC ZONE ON BROOKS.

UM, THIS IS ONE OPTION, UH, A LITTLE BIT SMALLER OF A SCOPE, UM, BUT A HIGH TRAFFIC ZONE WHERE FOLKS TRA TRAVEL QUITE OFTEN.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE STAR THERE IS OUR NEW, UH, BROOKS TRANSIT CENTER.

THIS ONE IS OUR MAJOR EMPLOYEE ACCESS.

SO WITHIN BROOKS, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, EMPLOYERS.

THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, KIND OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FACTORIES, OFFICE SPACES THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THROUGHOUT THIS 1300 ACRE.

DID I GET THAT RIGHT? 1300, YES.

A LITTLE OVER 1300 ACRE CAMPUS.

SO ONE MORE COMPONENT TO THIS PROJECT IS APPLIED RESEARCH.

WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IS JUST DO THIS WITHIN A VACUUM AND NOT UNDERSTAND HOW IT IMPACTS ANYTHING.

UH, SO OUR NEWLY FORMED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE, UH, WITHIN THE SAN ANTONIO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH U T S A U S A A AND SWRI WILL BE DOING RESEARCH AS WE TEST OUT THIS PROJECT ON THREE COMPONENTS.

COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS, HOW DOES THE COMMUNITY REACT TO THIS TECHNOLOGY EFFECTIVENESS, DOES THIS ACTUALLY WORK? AND OF COURSE, LIABILITY AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS.

SO U T S A STARTING, STARTING TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ZONE, UH, REALM.

SWRI, AS YOU HEARD, HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER A DECADE.

U SS A A IS GONNA HELP US WITH THE LIABILITY FOCUS.

WE WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SAFETY CONCERNS ARE WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY.

AGAIN, THAT'S A PRIMARY CONCERN FOR US.

SO WE'RE PULLING IN THIS PARTNERSHIP TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT OPERATING IN SILOS, THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO GET FARTHER.

KIND OF IN SUMMARY, A LOT OF THE COMPONENTS HERE.

SO LAST MILE, FIRST MILE SOLUTION, UNDERSTANDING I HAVE PUBLIC TRANSIT IN THAT AREA, BUT IT MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO GET TO WITHOUT A VEHICLE.

THIS SOLVES THAT PROBLEM A LITTLE BIT EASIER, PROACTIVE APPROACH, MAKING SURE THAT VENDORS DON'T COME IN AND JUST DROP SOMETHING ON US THAT WE THEN HAVE TO REACT TO WITHOUT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT.

BROOKS.

AND THANK YOU TO BROOKS AGAIN.

UH, FOR THEM WANTING AND HAVING THE APPETITE TO INNOVATE WITHIN THEIR SPACE AND CREATE BETTER SERVICE FOR THEIR LIVE WORK AND PLAY FOLKS INCLUSIVE, MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS LOW COST OR NO COST FOR OUR CITIZENS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE APPLIED RESEARCH ARM TO IT.

I'LL KIND OF DO A, A LITTLE BIT OF A DIVE IN HERE.

UH, SO, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY VIA, AND BROOKS ARE THE LOCAL PARTNERS WITHIN THIS GRANT THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN MARCH.

UH, WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THAT.

SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, FEEL FREE TO SHOOT THEM A TEXT.

HUH? THAT'S A JOKE.

OKAY.

.

UM, THERE'S, THIS IS A REGIONAL GRANT, BY THE WAY.

WE'RE WORKING IN TANDEM WITH A LOT OF CITIES HERE.

SO EVERYONE FROM ARLINGTON TO HOUSTON TO DALLAS-FORT WORTH.

UH, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'RE TRYING TO STAY OUT OF THE SILOS AND DO THIS RESEARCH IN TANDEM WITH OTHER CITIES.

UH, OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS A COMPETITION AMONG TEXAS CITIES, BUT WE WANTED TO CREATE, UH, SOMEWHAT OF A CO-OPETITION.

SO VIA SUBMITTED FOR THIS GRANT BACK IN MARCH, WE'RE WAITING FOR IT TO COME BACK.

UH, IF IT DOESN'T, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR P THREE PARTNERSHIPS, UH, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DOLLARS THAT WE SPEND ON THIS ARE BEING LEVERAGED CORRECTLY.

MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING COST SAVINGS BY WORKING WITH OTHERS THAT ARE DOING THE SAME WORK.

THAT IS THE END OF THE BRIEFING.

UM, AND AGAIN, THE INTENT IN THIS IS TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL.

MAKE SURE YOU'RE GUIDING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

UH, MAKE SURE THERE'S A CONVERSATION HERE BEFORE WE START MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIAN, SIR.

UM, I, LET'S GO, LET'S GO AROUND THE HORN AND THEN WE CAN, UH, SEE WHERE THAT TAKES US.

DO YOU NEED ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILWOMAN?

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BEING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY HOSPITALS, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE LIKE THE ONE MILE GAP, RIGHT? UM, BUT WE HAVE THE, THE LOW, THE LOW INCOME, RIGHT? AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SENIORS AND LIVING WITH THAT FIXED INCOME BECAUSE OF DISABILITY.

ABSOLUTELY.

EXACTLY.

HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT HOW THIS WOULD, WOULD BE TRANSLATED TO AN AREA SUCH AS DISTRICT TWO? SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT ON A, ON A KIND OF BROADER SCALE WITHIN OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL.

UM, A LOT OF OUR DISTRICTS HAVE LITTLE SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T HAVE A BUS STOP THAT MAY BE NEARBY AND FOR VIA TO BE ABLE TO STRETCH OUT.

AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BETTER THAN ANYONE.

DISTRICT TWO IS A LARGE FOOTPRINT WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

SO ESPECIALLY ON THAT NORTHEAST SIDE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FAR AWAY FROM A BUS STOP, OR IF VIAS PRESENCE CAN'T REACH ALL OF THOSE BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE SOLIDIFY THAT LAST MILE, FIRST MILE AGAIN, HOW DO I GET INSTEAD OF SIX PEOPLE DRIVING SINGLE IN CARS, HOW DO I GET ALL THOSE SIX PEOPLE PICKED UP AND DROPPED OFF AT THE FIRST BUS, BUS STOP FOR A FUTURE OF RAPID TRANSIT? HOW DO I CONNECT THEM DIRECTLY? SECONDLY, ALSO, U U H S.

YOU HAVE A HUGE CLINIC OVER THERE, UH, ON 35 AND WALTERS.

UM, HOW DO I GET FOLKS THERE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER, A LITTLE BIT EASIER? HOW DO I GET MY SENIORS THERE WITHOUT HAVING TO HOP IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL VEHICLES? HOW DO I MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO CONNECT TO THOSE RESOURCES? UM, SO I THINK, I THINK THERE ARE SOME SIMILARITIES THROUGHOUT THESE COMMUNITIES.

AND OF COURSE WE WANT, I, I, EVEN IF YOU DO HAVE MONEY, I WANT THIS TO BE A LOW COST SOLUTION FOR YOU.

I WANT THIS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

NOW WE DO LOOK THROUGH A LENS OF EQUITY WHEN WE, WHEN WE APPROACH ANY KIND OF PROJECT WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THEM FIRST.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CONNECTING THOSE IN NEED, UH, NOT JUST THOSE IN WANT.

SO DID THAT KIND OF ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? WE ARE, WE ARE KIND OF RESEARCHING AROUND THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE TYPICALLY SEPARATED GEOGRAPHICALLY ARE CONNECTED TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

IT HELPS.

OKAY.

OKAY.

YEAH.

SO, SO, UH, LEMME JUMP IN HERE.

YES, SIR.

UM, LAST YEAR, THIS COMMITTEE, UH, WAS BROUGHT, UH, THIS CONCEPT OF THE INNOVATION ZONES.

UM, AND WE LOOKED AROUND SAN ANTONIO AND PICKED THREE, UM, INNOVATION ZONES.

ONE OF THEM WAS BROOKS BECAUSE IT WAS, BECAUSE IT HAS VERY WELL GEOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHED BOUNDARIES, AND IT'S GOT, UH, IT'S KIND OF A BLANK SLATE THAT WE CAN STILL WORK WITH, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

.

SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, THEY'RE STILL DEVELOPING IT OUT AND CONTROLLING VERY MUCH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, THE FLOW OF PEOPLE, AND ARE ABLE TO PLACE ASSETS, RIGHT? UM, AND SO THAT, THAT PROVIDED THAT FLEXIBILITY.

THE SECOND ONE WAS THE MEDICAL CENTER, UH, WHICH HAD ARGUABLY MANY OF THE SAME FEATURES, RIGHT? UM, AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WAS, UH, DOWNTOWN WHERE WE WERE WORKING ON, UM, LIGHTING, UH, ISSUES AND SORT OF SMART CITY, CITY I T AND PARKING STUFF.

AND SO THOSE THREE SEEMED LIKE THE GOOD PLACES TO START INNOVATING, UM, NOT INNOVATING, BUT USING THEM AS TEST GROUNDS, RIGHT? OR PROVING GROUNDS MM-HMM.

, RIGHT? UM, WHICH IS WHY YOU DON'T SEE OTHER PARTS OF TOWN INCLUDED IN THESE THREE SORT OF EXPERIMENTAL ZONES FOR RIGHT NOW.

UM, BUT YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.

I I KNEW THAT I, I I WAS SUPPOSED TO TELL YOU THAT EARLIER.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP.

UM, MR. ELMENDORF, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, SO YOU TALKED ABOUT OH YEAH, SORRY, , I'M, SO YOU TALKED ABOUT SURE.

THAT THERE'S, OH, SURE.

ALRIGHT.

HE'S LIVE.

OKAY, LET'S TRY THIRD TRY.

I HAVE A QUESTION, DON'T I, ? NO, IT'S OKAY.

I'LL REMEMBER ANY SECOND.

NO, IT'S, IT'S COMING.

YOU, UH, .

SORRY.

IT'S ALL THIS IT, MAN.

IT'S, IT'S MESSING ME UP.

UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING A DRIVER STILL IN THE LOOP.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MODEL FOR LEVELS OF AUTOMATION FROM ZERO TO FIVE.

SO WHAT LEVEL ARE YOU TARGETING? AND I GUESS WHY DID YOU SKIP OVER TALKING ABOUT THAT SINCE PART OF THIS? I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE NOT NORMING YET.

NO, BUT PART OF THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ALREADY RUN WITH ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL.

SO LIKE SOME, WHEN WE SAY AUTONOMOUS, IMMEDIATELY PEOPLE JUMP TO THE END WHERE THE MACHINE DOES EVERYTHING.

AND YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET.

AND I'M, AND I'M HAPPY TO JUMP INTO THOSE LEVELS.

I WANTED TO KEEP THIS A LITTLE MORE HIGH LEVEL BECAUSE IT, IT WAS A DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH.

AND, AND IN, IN THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION, I THINK WE DID, UH, FOR LAST YEAR, THAT WAS PRESENTED TO B SESSION.

WE WENT THROUGH THOSE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE INTO THE AUTONOMOUS TECHNOLOGY, BUT WE WANTED TO KEEP IT A LITTLE MORE HIGH LEVEL HERE, ESPECIALLY FOR KIND OF A PUBLIC MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T THROWING OUT TECHNOLOGY THE WHOLE TIME.

BUT I'M, I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO THAT CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

UH, BUT YEAH, I, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE'RE, WE'RE IDENTIFYING WHICH LEVEL JUST YET RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE CONVERSATION WE WANNA MOVE ON FROM HERE INTO, OKAY, COOL.

UM, I LOVE SEEING SENIORS UP THERE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

UM, AND I DID HEAR ABOUT THE MEETING AT BROOKS, LIKE I HEARD FROM SENIOR PLANET MEMBERS.

THEY TOLD US ABOUT GOING, WE GAVE YOU A SHOUT OUT .

OH, THAT'S,

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BUT, UM, WHAT I THINK IS REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT WORKING WITH SENIORS THIS YEAR AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH TECHNOLOGY IS THERE'S REALLY WHAT I'VE LEARNED PERSONALLY, THERE'S VERY LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE OVER 60 AND A MILLENNIAL AND, AND WHERE THEY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FORK IN THE ROAD AND THEIR DIFFERENCES IS MOBILITY.

SO ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR THINGS THAT WE TEACH HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IS RIDESHARE.

LIKE, THEY ALL WANNA BE ABLE TO USE THAT TECHNOLOGY.

AND THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED TO KNOW THAT LIKE, SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

BUT THE OTHER THING THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM WORKING WITH SENIORS IS, UM, THE, THE DIFFERENCES IN THEIR COGNITIVE ABILITY MM-HMM.

.

SO WHAT I THINK WHEN I SEE THIS IS ONE, I THINK IT LOOKS AMAZING, BUT I THINK WHAT I WOULD WANNA KNOW, SINCE WE'RE GONNA BE CONNECTING THE COR THE MEDICAL CORRIDORS, IS HOW TO MAKE IT INCLUSIVE FOR THE, THE AGING POPULATION WITH AUTISM.

GOTCHA.

YES.

WITH THE, WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE NON-VISIBLE DISABILITIES, RIGHT.

KOWSKI FOUNDATION JUST DID A STUDY THAT WE, WE WILL BE ONE OF THE CITIES WITH THE MOST AMOUNT OF SENIORS WITH AUTISM.

AND JUST THINKING ABOUT LIKE, WHAT THAT TECHNOLOGY LOOKS LIKE AND SOUNDS LIKE NEEDS TO BE INCLUSIVE OF LIKE, ALL ABSOLUTELY OLDER ADULTS.

RIGHT.

UM, OTHERWISE I HAVE A SOFT SPOT IN MY HEART FOR BROOKS.

I JUST LOVE IT THERE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

SO BRIAN, YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COMING HERE, GETTING OUR THOUGHTS AND THIS IS FANTASTIC.

UM, HOW DO YOU SEE THIS PLAYING OUT FROM JUST A PROCESS CITY STAFF STANDPOINT IN TERMS OF A COUPLE THINGS? YOU MENTIONED THE, WHATEVER IT WAS PHASE ONE WHERE IT'S VENDOR DRIVEN, RIGHT? I THINK THERE'S A CERTAIN, AND SOME OF US HAVE MENTIONED IN PAST MEETINGS, LIKE A CERTAIN DESIRE OF HOW DO WE MOVE QUICKER THAN NORMAL CITY GOVERNMENTS MOVE SO THAT WE DON'T MISS OPPORTUNITIES TO INNOVATE AND GET AHEAD OF THAT CURVE.

BUT HOW DO YOU SEE IT GOING IN TERMS OF PILOTING AT BROOKS? ARE WE TO A POINT WHERE YOU'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT SIZE AND SCOPE OF VEHICLES WHERE YOU'D GO R F P PROCESS OR YOU COME IN HERE REALLY AND FOR THAT TYPE OF GRANULAR FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW DO YOU SEE THE PROCESS GOING TO ACTUALLY DEPLOY SOMETHING FOR THAT FIRST BETA TEST? AND I DEFINITELY THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT THAT'S WHERE THE PARTNERSHIP COMES INTO PLAY REALLY CLOSELY.

I MEAN, VIA, ARE THE EXPERTS IN THE ROOM WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC TRANSIT, CONNECTING THE DOTS? I MEAN, EVEN WITH THEIR MOBILITY ON DEMAND SOLUTIONS, I THINK Y'ALL ARE DOING IT NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST SIDE, NORTHEAST AND EXPAND .

UM, SO EVEN WITH THOSE, I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN ON VEHICLE CAPACITY, UM, BUT ALSO THE, THE PARTICULAR ROUTING THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN IN ORDER TO BE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE.

UH, SO I THINK WE'LL BE LOOKING TO VIA, AS A SMART ESTATE PARTNER TO HELP GUIDE US ON WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, TALKING TO OTHER CITIES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S WORKED, AND I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY SAN ANTONIO'S BEHIND THE CURVE, BUT A LOT OF CITIES THAT ARE AROUND THE CURVE ALREADY, THEY YELL BACK AND THEY SAY, HEY, DO IT A BETTER WAY.

UH, TALKING TO THEM AND MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT OPERATING A SILO AND GETTING THAT FEEDBACK FROM THEM BEFORE WE EVEN START TO MAKE DECISIONS IS REALLY, REALLY KEY.

SO THOSE TWO COMPONENTS ARE GONNA COME INTO PLAY TREMENDOUSLY.

NOT TO MENTION OUR WORK WITH BROOKS, MAKING SURE THAT THEIR CAMPUS IS BEING THE FOCUS RIGHT NOW WITH THIS PROTOTYPE AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.

THEY KNOW THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITY BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE.

UH, SO THOSE THREE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING IN TANDEM WILL DECIDE WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE MOVING FORWARD.

WHAT TYPE OF VEHICLES AND HOW ALL THAT WORKS.

DO YOU SEE IT ULTIMATELY THE VEHICLES THEMSELVES BEING A, A VENDOR SOLUTION INITIALLY? SO I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA SAY THAT RIGHT NOW.

UM, I THINK WE'RE EXPLORING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS FAR AS, WOULD IT BE A PRIVATE VENDOR? UH, I MEAN, AGAIN, I MEAN, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ARE DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WANT TO EXPLORE WITH THIS AND ARE EXPLORING, UH, ONE FOR COST SAVINGS.

I MEAN, WE, WITH THE STREETLIGHT R F P, WITHIN THAT R F P, WE STATED OUTRIGHT WE'RE LOOKING FOR A LOW OR NO COST SOLUTION TO THESE PROBLEMS. UH, WE'LL BE DOING THE SAME THING WITH THIS PROJECT AS WE TALK TO VENDORS.

UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS THEY'RE COMING IN, WE'RE DOING COST SAVINGS ON OUR END, OTHERWISE WE COULD DO THIS PRIVATELY, UH, AND, AND EXPLORE IT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.

BUT, UH, I, I THINK ALL OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EXPEDITING THIS AND MAKING SURE IT'S NOT TAKING TWO OR THREE YEARS TO GET PUT ON THE GROUND.

UH, BUT ALSO COST EFFICIENCY, MAKING SURE WE'RE SPENDING TAX DOLLARS APPROPRIATELY.

AND THEN LAST THING, I GUESS OUTSIDE OF JUST FEEDBACK IN A SETTING LIKE THIS, WHAT CAN THIS GROUP DO TO HELP YOU ON THIS SPECIFIC, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT FOCUS AREA.

I WAS GONNA SAY GIMME MONEY, BUT I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT ON THAT.

SO I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S TWO THINGS.

I THINK IT'S FEEDBACK AND CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE WITH YOU ALL EXPERTS IN YOUR SPACE, EXPERTS FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT.

UM, WE WANT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THIS CONVERSATION DOESN'T END AT THIS I T C MEETING.

UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT, IF IT'S A TEXT, IF IT'S AN EMAIL, IF IT'S A CALL, IF IT'S AN MEETING AT YOUR OFFICES, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THOSE CONTINUOUS CONVERSATIONS.

UM, BUT TWO, UH, IT'S ALSO CONNECTING US.

I MEAN, YOU ALL HAVE YOUR OWN NETWORKS WHERE YOU CAN CONNECT US, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE TECH SECTOR.

UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE EXPLORING THOSE OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO P THREE OR WHEN IT COMES TO JUST, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL RFIS THAT GO OUT.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU ALL ARE KEEPING US CONNECTED TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

A LOT OF TIMES, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE CAN GET CAUGHT IN OUR BUBBLE A LITTLE BIT.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE, IS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE GUIDING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, KEEPING US CONNECTED WITH WHO WE NEED TO BENE

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SO AWESOME.

CONTINUE PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO US AND THEN TO CONNECT US.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU.

THANKS, WILL.

COUNCILWOMAN, CA HAR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WE'RE A LITTLE LATE TO THE GAME.

NO WORRIES.

YOU GOT HERE IN TIME FOR THE RIDE, SO THAT'S GOOD.

.

UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTION.

OKAY.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR YES, ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU.

AND SO, UH, I, I HAVE TWO REQUESTS.

ONE IS, UH, THAT AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY AT BROOKS, THAT UM, WE NOT MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROJECTS, RIGHT? AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THERE IS A SCHOOL ON BROOKS' CAMPUS, UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, PRETTY ROBUST HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? UH, NEARBY, AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THEY'VE GOT A STEM ROBOTICS TEAM MM-HMM.

.

UM, YOU'VE ALSO GOT TOYOTA NEARBY, RIGHT? WHO IS, UM, I THINK SPONSORING THOSE ROBOTICS TEAMS. AND SO MY, MY ONLY REQUEST WOULD BE IS WE CHECK IN WITH THEM, MAKE SURE THAT AS WE MOVE ALONG, THAT SOME OF THOSE KIDS GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE, UH, THIS DEVELOP OUT, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.