Aug 27, 2024 Sesión de Trabajo del Presupuesto del Consejo de la Ciudad

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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO OUR TWO A DAYS FOR BUDGET. TIME IS 9:05 A.M. ON AUGUST 27, 2024 .

WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. MADAME CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLL? MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ IS HERE VIRTUALLY.

>> CLERK: MAYOR, WE HAVE QUORUM. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I GUESS WE'LL SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC WORKS ON THE SOUTHSIDE FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON, RAZI. I THINK THEY'RE EN ROUTE SO WE SHOULD GET OUR SOUTHSIDERS HERE SOON. AS SOON AS ERIK TAKES A SEAT, ERIK, IT'S ALL YOURS.

AND I THINK -- I'M SORRY? >> ERIK, I THINK WE'RE DOING ONE PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH

DISCUSSION, A FEW ROUNDS, I GUESS. >> WALSH: YES, SIR.

WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH -- DID YOU DO THIS PART ALREADY, MARIA? WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH THE DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN.

AND THEN TRANSITION INTO PUBLIC WORKS AND WRAP UP WITH TRANSPORTATION THIS MORNING. BEN'S GOING TO KICK US OFF. JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT AROUND WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, LAST WEEK WE HAD A SALE IN THE BOND MARKET AND BEN AND TROY WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT BUT A LOT OF INDICATIONS OF MAKING SURE THAT AS WE CONTINUE CTO BE A SOUND, FINANCIALLY-MANAGED COMPANY, THE REASON WHY RATINGS ARE IMPORTANT, IT'S TIMES LIKE LAST WEEK WHEN WE GO TO THE MARKET ONCE A WEEK FOR THESE TYPES OF THINGS.

BEN, WHY DON'T YOU KICK US OFF? >> GORZELL: GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU, ERIK. I THINK HE TOOK MOST OF MY POINTS SO I'LL TRY TO WING IT HERE. BUT TROY ELLIOTT, OUR DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WILL GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND GO THROUGH A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN. I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AROUND OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES, OUR DEBT MANAGEMENTS, OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOW THAT FITS TOGETHER. HOW THAT ROLLS INTO OUR CREDIT RATINGS AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

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SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. SO WE WENT OUT WITH OUR RATINGST TO MARKET.

JUST UNDER $4 MILLION IN BONDS. WE GOT AROUND $2 BILLION IN ORDERS FOR THOSE BONDS.

HE AND THE TEAM DID A GREAT JOB OF DOING THAT DEAL AND GETTING THAT DEAL DONE.

IT'S A VERY FAVORABLE INTEREST RATES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY LEVERAGING OUR BOND RATING. THAT INTEREST AND DEMAND TO DRIVE THAT COST DOWN.

SO AS WE'RE ENTERING THE MARKET AND WE'RE GOING IN WITH THOSE HIGH BOND RATINGS, WE'RE ALREADY GETTING ONE OF THE LOWEST COSTS AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET AT THAT POINT IN TIME. BECAUSE OF ALL THAT DEMAND, TROY AND TEAM WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THAT DOWN EVEN MORE AND FROM THE TIME WE WENT INTO THE MARKET BY THE TIME THEY WERE DONE THEY DROVE THE INTEREST COSTS DOWN AND SAVED ABOUT ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS IN INTEREST COSTS OVER THE LIFE OF THE BONDS. SO THERE'S ONE KIND OF SMALLER EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT OF THE RATINGS AND THE STRONG FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO NOTE IS THAT -- THAT'S OUR PROPERTY TAX-SUPPORTED DEBT. THAT'S OUR PARENT RATING AND IT INFLUENCES OUR OTHER BOND RATINGS. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT BOND SALE LAST WEEK AND WE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE LEFT TO ISSUE ON THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. WE ARE PLANNING FOR A 2027 BOND PROGRAM.

OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL BE A POLICY CONVERSATION FOR YOU ALL LATER ON.

AS WE GET CLOSER TO 2027. WE'VE GOT A HUGE AIRPORT CAPITAL PROGRAM.

WE'RE PLANNING TO ISSUE ABOUT $2 BILLION OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PLANS FOR EXPANDING THE CONVENTION CENTER, RENOVATION OF THE ALAMODOME. SO AS WE GO OUT AND ISSUE BONDS FOR THOSE PROJECTS, THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEVERAGE OUR FINANCIAL POSITION, OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, AND OUR CREDIT RATINGS TO REALLY DRIVE DOWN THE INTEREST COSTS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT INTEREST COST AND SPEND OUR DOLLARS MORE OF IT ON PROJECTS AND LESS ON INTEREST COSTS.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF HIGH CAPITAL, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR HIGH CREDIT RATINGS AND BRING VALUE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. THE OTHER THING THAT WE TALK ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE BOND SALE SIDE. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE MARKETING BUY SAN ANTONIO BONDS. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE BONDS. THE OTHER PLACE WE GET VALUE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, UNLIKE YOUR MORTGAGE OR YOUR CAR LOAN WHEN WE GO INTO, HEY, HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING TO BORROW AND YOU END UP WITH A MONTHLY PAYMENT, WE ACTUALLY STRUCTURE OUR BOND DEALS.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH MATURITY WE PAY IN CERTAIN YEARS.

WE SOMETIMES CREATE MORE COMPLEX STRUCTURES THAT HAVE LAYERS AND DIFFERENT STRUCTURES TO THEM THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO US. BECAUSE WE HAVE A HIGH BOND RATING, SOMETIMES WE'RE ABLE TO DO THINGS, STILL HAVE INVESTOR INTEREST BECAUSE OF THAT HIGH BOND RATING, BECAUSE OF OUR POSITION IN THE MARKET.

WHEREAS SOME ENTITY WITH A LOWER BOND RATING MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PUT THOSE SAME FEATURES IN PLACE BUT AS WE LOOK AT FUNDING PROJECTS AND PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER, HAVING THAT FLEXIBILITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL. SO, WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO TROY ELLIOTT, OUR DEPUTY CFO WHO IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE DEBT

MANAGEMENT PRESENTATION. TROY, ALL YOURS. >> THANK YOU, BEN.

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THERE IS ONE THING BEN SAID. BEN MADE A REFERENCE TO THE DEBT PLAN NOT BEING VERY EXCITING. IT'S SOMETHING WE AND MY TEAM DEDICATE A LOT OF TIME TO AND EVERYTHING WE DO, YOU AS A COUNCIL BODY AND STAFF CULMINATE IN THIS BOND SALE THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THOSE RESULTS.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MY TEAM THAT ACTUALLY WORKS ON THIS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AND PUTS ALL THINGS IN PLACE FOR A SUCCESSFUL SALE.

FIRST OF ALL, MARGARET, ALEX. MY TEAM IN THE BACK HERE, IF THEY WOULD STAND UP AS WELL. WE HAVE CEDRIC, MIKE, ROSEANNE, AND KENDRA.

THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY FACILITATE THESE DEALS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

FIRST OF ALL, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS BEN MENTIONED, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF REPETITION. IT'S NOT AS EASY AS SAYING DITTO BUT PROBABLY GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. STARTING OFF, LOOKING FOR THE NEXT SLIDE.

ONE KIND OF GOES THROUGH THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ISSUE IN TERMS OF DEBT. THERE'S FOUR PRIMARY TOOLS THAT WE HAVE.

WE HAVE OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ARE BONDS THAT WE ISSUE IN TANDEM WITH OUR FIVE-YEAR BOND PROGRAMS. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ARE USED TO SUPPORT THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM, THE $1.2 BILLION. THEY ARE BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES AND THEY ARE VOTER APPROVED. THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

SIMILAR TO GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS THEY ARE BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES.

THEY'RE NOT VOTER APPROVED. THERE IS A 45-DAY NOTICE REQUIREMENT THAT WE COME TO COUNCIL AND HAVE A PUBLIC NOTICE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET THE AUTHORIZATION AND THE APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD. CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

WE TYPICALLY USE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS AS A TOOL BETWEEN OUR FIVE-YEAR BOND PROGRAMS TO FILL IN FOR THAT CRITICAL STRUCTURE.

AND I.T.-TYPE RELATED ITEMS. TAX NOTES ARE ALSO BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES.

THEY ARE NOT VOTER APPROVED AS WELL. THEY TYPICALLY HAVE A SHORTER MATURITY AND WE TYPICALLY USE TAX NOTES FOR THINGS THAT FOR ASSETS OR THINGS THAT WE WANT TO INVEST IN THAT HAVE A SHORTER MATURITY SUCH AS A HELICOPTER OR I.T. PROJECTS. THOSE THREE ITEMS, THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, AND TAX NOTES ARE ALL MANAGED UNDER OUR AD VALOREM DEBT PLAN, WHICH WE'LL BE VISITING AND TALKING A LOT ABOUT TODAY.

SEPARATELY WE HAVE DEBT PLANS FOR OUR REVENUE BONDS, EACH OF OUR ENTERPRISES, SUCH AS A AIRPORT, SOLID WASTE, PARKING, DSD AND THOSE REVENUE BONDS ARE BACKED BY THE SPECIFIC REVENUE SOURCES OF EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT ENTERPRISES.

HERE OVER THE NEXT MONTHS, NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT REVENUE BONDS IN TERMS OF THE AIRPORT. THESE ARE NOT VOTER APPROVED BUT WILL BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE FUTURE DEBT PLANS.

BEN TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BOND RATINGS. THIS IS A BOND RATING SCALE THAT ARE USED BY EACH OF OUR DIFFERENT CREDIT RATING AGENCIES.

FITCH, MOODY'S AND S&P. CREDIT RATINGS ARE AN EVALUATION PROVIDED BY CREDIT RATING AGENCIES AND THEY REALLY ASSESS THE CREDIT WORTHINESS OF THE CITY. THESE RATINGS PROVIDE INVESTORS INSIGHT TO THE LIKELIHOOD AS A CITY, OUR ABILITY TO PAY FOR OUR DEBTS IN THE FUTURE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCALE, THESE ARE CONSIDERED INVESTMENT-GRADE RATINGS.

FROM PRIME ALL THE WAY THROUGH LOWER, MEDIUM GRADE, BBB UP TO AAA.

EACH OF THESE RATINGS AGENCIES USE A SIMILAR NOMENCLATURE.

REALLY THEY ARE THE SAME WHEN YOU COMPARE BETWEEN PRIME, HIGH GRADE, UPPER MEDIUM GRADE AND LOWER MEDIUM GRADE. AS YOU LOOK AT THESE RATINGS, ONE THING I'LL POINT OUT. A RATING AGENCY WILL TYPICALLY ASSIGN AN OUTLOOK: NEGATIVE, STABLE, OR POSITIVE.

A NEGATIVE OUTLOOK IS A SIGNAL TO THE INVESTORS AND ISSUERS SAYING THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT MAY GIVE US CONCERN OR PAUSE AND IF THEY ARE NOT CORRECTED THEN IT COULD LIKELY RESULT IN A DOWNGRADE. CONVERSELY, A POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON A RATING BASICALLY IS A SIGNAL TO THE INVESTOR AND TO THE MARKET AND TO THE ISSUER SAYING, HEY, THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN OUR METHODOLOGY IN THE CRITERIA Y'ALL ARE DOING WELL. IF THOSE THINGS ARE CONTINUED THEN THERE'S A LIKELIHOOD FOR AN UPGRADE IN THE FUTURE.

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THEY PROVIDE THE INVESTORS AN OUTLOOK IN CONFIDENCE AND OUR ABILITY TO PAY THOSE BONDS. HIGHER CREDIT RATINGS GENERALLY INDICATE LOWER RISK WHICH CAN MAKE THE BONDS MORE ATTRACTIVE TO INVESTORS.

THE HIGHER WE ARE ON THE SCALE THE HIGHER CONFIDENCE WE ARE PROVIDING TO THOSE INVESTORS AND THE MORE THEY'LL GRAVITATE TO OUR BONDS.

INTEREST RATES. SIMILARLY, AS YOU MOVE UP ON THE SCALE TO A AAA, TYPICALLY YOU CAN HAVE A LOWER COST OF DEBT OR LOWER INTEREST RATES SO IT MAKES OUR PROJECTS MORE AFFORDABLE. CONVERSELY MOVING DOWN THE SCALE, INTEREST RATES OR INTEREST COSTS BECOME HIGHER.

THAT ALSO IMPACTS OUR BUDGET OR HAS BUDGET IMPLICATIONS TO THE EXTENT THAT WE OR ANY MUNICIPALITY HAS A LOWER CREDIT RATING THAT COST BECOMES HIGHER WHICH MEANS WE DO LESS WITH OUR DEBT IN INVESTING IN PROJECTS. THERE'S SEVERAL FACTORS THAT AFFECT THESE CREDIT RATINGS. BEN MENTIONED SOME OF THESE AS WELL.

LOOKING AT EACH OF THEIR PROPRIETARY METHODOLOGIES YOU HAVE THINGS LIKE THE ECONOMY, THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF AN ORGANIZATION OR THE CITY ITSELF.

IN TERMS OF THINGS LIKE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, INCOME LEVELS, BIG PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING TO THE MARKET. IN ADDITION TO OUR ECONOMY, ONE OF THE LARGEST AREAS THEY FOCUS ON IS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN TERMS OF OUR BUDGETING PRACTICES. DO WE HAVE A CONSERVATIVE PRACTICE IN PLACE? ARE OUR RESERVES HEALTHY? WHAT ARE OUR POLICIES CONSIDERING OUR RESERVES? BEN TALKED ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES.

HOW OFTEN ARE THEY UPDATED AND DO WE, AS AN ORGANIZATION, DO WE ADHERE TO THOSE POLICIES? IN ADDITION, THEY LOOK AT OUR DEBT LEVELS.

THEY ALSO LOOK AT OUR REVENUE STREAMS AND ARE THEY SUSTAINABLE.

THESE RATINGS THAT I SHOWED YOU ON THE PRIOR SLIDE NOW KIND OF TRANSLATE INTO THE RATINGS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TODAY. I THINK BEN MENTIONED THIS AS WELL BUT EVERY YEAR AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR THE CITY MANAGER, ERIK, MARIA, BEN AS OUR CFO, MYSELF, AND JUSTINA MEET WITH THE RATING AGENCIES AND GO THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION. REALLY FOCUSING ON THOSE AREAS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT: ECONOMY, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING TO THE MARKET, OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.

AND HOW WE MANAGE THAT DEBT. IN ADDITION TO THAT COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE RATING AGENCIES, THEY ALSO DO CONTINUING MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE. THEY LOOK AT OUR REPORTS AND THEY MONITOR THE MEDIA.

BASED ON THAT THEY COME WITH A RECOMMENDATION OR ASSIGNMENT OF THESE CREDIT RATINGS THAT YOU SEE HERE TODAY. WE HAVE A GREAT CREDIT RATING WHEN IT COMES TO OUR AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX DEBT.

FITCH IS A AA PLUS. THIS IS ONE NOTCH BELOW A AAA.

WE DO HAVE WITH FITCH A POSITIVE OUT OUTLOOK AND THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE HAVE HAD THAT POSITIVE OUTLOOK. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE CITY'S CURRENT FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND OTHER RATING CRITERIA IS TRENDING TOWARD A POTENTIAL FUTURE RATING UPGRADE. RATING AGENCIES DON'T LIKE TO LOOK AT THINGS IN SILO TO YEAR. THEY LIKE TO SEE TRENDS. HOPEFULLY WITH A TWO-YEAR TREND, AAA PLUS AND A POSITIVE OUTLOOK, HOPEFULLY THERE'S AN UPGRADE IN THE FUTURE WITH FITCH. IF WE WERE TO GET AN UPGRADE, THAT WOULD KEEP US AAA ACROSS THE BOARD ON OUR AD VALOREM BACK DEBT WITH MOODY'S AND S&P WITH A AAA AS WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IS THAT AAA IS REALLY AN UNDERLYING RATING IN SUPPORT OF ALL OF OUR OTHER DEBT.

THIS WILL BE IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REMAINING TWO ISSUANCES OF A GENERAL OBLIGATION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. IT WILL ALSO BE IMPORTANT AS WE START FINALIZING OUR DEBT FINANCE PLAN FOR THE AIRPORT.

THAT UNDERLYING RATING WILL HELP GIVE INVESTORS CONFIDENCE IN THE OVERALL ORGANIZATION NOT JUST THE AIRPORT FROM ITS CREDIT WORTHINESS.

AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER SENT THE MEMO OUT A WHILE BACK, BASED ON WHEN WE HAD OUR RATINGS REAFFIRMED. I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE IN THAT MEMO AND IN THE RATINGS REPORTS THAT THE RATING AGENCIES HIGHLIGHTED. I'LL JUST KIND OF READ THROUGH THOSE.

THEY BASICALLY HIGHLIGHT OUR STRONG MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND FINANCIAL POLICIES.

A CONSISTENT RECORD OF CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING, A SOPHISTICATED MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT WAS IN PLACE. THE FREQUENT FINANCIAL MONITORING THAT I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE AS A KEY CRITERIA. AND ALSO FINANCIAL RESILIENCE. HOW DO WE PERFORM IN PERIODS OF RECESSIONS OR PANDEMICS AND HOW DO WE MANAGE THOSE FINANCES. THESE CREDIT RATINGS UP HERE COMPARABLY TO OTHER CITIES IN THE NATION WE ARE ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATINGS OF ANY

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SO LAST WEEK A TEAM OF US WENT TO MINNEAPOLIS. MARGARET ALEX, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISERS AND HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL TRANSACTION . IT'S KIND OF EXCITING TO SEE ALL THE WORK AS A POLICYIC BODY, AS YOU AS COUNCIL AND AS STAFF REALLY CULMINATING INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AS BEN MENTIONED, WE HAD OVER $2 BILLION IN ORDERS THAT WERE GENERATED. THAT $2 BILLION IS BASICALLY FOR IN DEMAND FOR $4 MILLION. WE HAD $4 MILLION THAT WE WERE ISSUING AND WE HAD $2 BILLION IN ORDERS. AS A RESULT TO THAT STRONG INVESTOR DEMAND WE ARE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE LOWER INTEREST RATES ON MOST OF THE BONDS. THIS IS A NEGOTIATED DEAL SO WHEN WE GO INTO THE ACTUAL MARKET WE WORK WITH OUR UNDERWRITERS AND WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISERS AND WE DETERMINE WHAT PRICE ARE WE GOING INTO THE MARKET WITH.

WE LOOK AT THE DEALS THAT ARE IN THE MARKET. WE LOOK AT KIND OF WHERE THE INDEXES ARE FOR THAT DAY. AND WE WENT IN PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER COMPETITION. THEY HAD MORE FAVORABLE RATES THAT THEY WERE SELLING THEIR BONDS AT. AS BEN MENTIONED, WE HAD 21 TEXAS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE MARKET THAT DAY THAT WE WERE COMPETING AGAINST.

THERE WERE ALSO 11 SCHOOL DISTRICTS BACKED BY THE STATE WHO HAVE A NATURAL AAA BASED ON THE BACKING FROM THE STATE. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF COMPETITION AND OUR BONDS WERE PRICED A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE.

REGARDLESS, WE HAD 77 INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS GRAVITATE TO OUR DEAL JUST BECAUSE OF THE NAME OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND BECAUSE OF THE FACTORS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. BASED ON OUR CREDIT RATINGS, BASED ON THE NAME, BASED ON OUR PAST EXPERIENCE WITH THESE INVESTORS, THEY CAME AND BASICALLY PLACED THESE ORDERS TO THE TUNE OF $2 BILLION. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEAL, THE DEAL IS BASICALLY STRUCTURED IN DIFFERENT MATURITIES.

SO THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF DEMAND THAT WE HAD WAS 12 TIMES OVER SUBSCRIBED.

MEANING THAT HIGH DEMAND. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK AND BECAUSE THAT HIGH DEMAND AND THE OVERSUBSCRIPTION RATES, SIT DOWN WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISERS AND NEGOTIATE BUMPS ON THE INTEREST RATE. THOSE BUMPS BASICALLY EQUATED TO A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN SAVINGS BETWEEN PREMARKETING AND WHERE WE ACTUALLY ENDED THE DEAL WITH AN OVERALL INTEREST RATE OF 3.67%.

IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO WE WERE IN THE 4S OR 5S AND NOW WE'RE COMING BACK DOWN, ONE, BASED ON THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT. TWO, BASED ON THE GREAT RATINGS WE HAVE TO ALMOST PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE IF WE CAN MAINTAIN OUR CREDIT RATINGS AND LOOK AT THE AA WITH FITCH AND THE POSITIVE OUTLOOK AND INCREASE THAT ONE NOTCH THEN WE CAN HAVE EVEN MORE SUCCESS SALES IN THE FUTURE. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO REEMPHASIZE -- BEN MENTIONED THIS AS WELL. IS A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE CONTEXT OF $387 MILLION DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN REPLICATE THAT OVER THE NEXT TWO ISSUANCES BECOMES ACTUALLY SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS OVER TIME.

TO THE TUNE OF WHEN WE GO OUT TO THE MARKET AND WE SELL $2 BILLION FOR OUR AIRPORT, THAT CAN RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS AS WELL SO OVER TIME IT REALLY BECOMES MEANINGFUL IN TERMS OF THE SAVINGS. THOSE SAVINGS CAN BE REINVESTED INTO PROJECTS VERSUS PAYING FOR INTEREST ON THOSE PROJECTS.

THIS NEXT SLIDE IS AN AGGREGATION OF ALL OF OUR CURRENT OUTSTANDING DEBT.

THIS INCLUDES THE SALE THAT I SPOKE ABOUT ON THE PRIOR SLIDE.

THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING DEBT THAT WE HAVE AMONG ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, GOS, PFCS, AIRPORT, AND OUR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES CORPORATIONS IS ABOUT $3.8 BILLION. THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS IN OUR AD VALOREM-SUPPORTED, OUR GOS, COS, AND TAX NOTES. ABOUT $2.8 BILLION.

INTEREST RATE OF 2.52% OVER ALL OF OUR ISSUANCES, WHICH IS A TERRIFIC RATE.

AND THEN AVERAGE LIFE OF THAT DEBT IS SEVEN YEARS. I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT AVERAGE LIFE ON THE NEXT COUPLE OF FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS, OUR ASSUMPTIONS, AND OUR DEBT PLAN AND HOW THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS PLAN.

ONE THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WITH THE AIRPORT AND OUR

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AS WE MOVE IN FINALIZING THE FINANCE PLAN FOR THE AIRPORT AND THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THAT NUMBER WILL INCREASE TO ABOUT $2 BILLION.

SO WE'LL BE ADDING A LOT OF LEVERAGE ON TO THE BALANCE SHEET BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MANAGED THROUGH THE AIRPORT AND THROUGH OUR AIRLINE LEASE NEGOTIATIONS AND OTHER ITEMS OF THAT FINANCE PLAN. LOOKING AT THAT FIRST LINE KIND OF DRILLING DOWN INTO DETAIL, THAT $2.8 BILLION FOR OUR DOS AND COS. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF 1.7 OUTSTANDING. TAX NOTES AT $340 MILLION THEN A SMALL SLIVER OF SOMETHING WE CALL PUBLIC PROPERTY FINANCE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AT 2.3.

AS I MENTIONED ON THE PRIOR SLIDE, INTEREST RATE OF 2.623% .

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR AD VALOREM DEBT PER CAPITA IN TEXAS, WE ARE STILL ONE OF THE LOWEST. ABOUT $1,468 PER CAPITA. THIS IS AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON WITH THE OTHER CITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

IT IS ALL AD VALOREM. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE UTILITIES OR ANY OF THE REVENUE DEBT WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE PRIOR SLIDES. SO COMPARATIVELY STILL DOING VERY WELL AS ONE OF THE LOWEST IN SAN ANTONIO. AS FAR AS OUR DEBT PLAN, THERE ARE SEVERAL MOVING PIECES. THESE ARE SOME OF OUR FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS. AS I MENTIONED ON THE PRIOR SLIDE, SHORT AVERAGE LIFE, THAT IS A FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT OF THE DEBT PLAN. IT ALLOWS US FLEXIBILITY AND ALLOWS US AS A LEVER AS WE MANAGE THIS DEBT PLAN TO THE EXTENT THAT WE HAVE TURBULENT WATERS IN THE FUTURE THROUGH EITHER A RECESSION, HOME VALUES DROP, INTEREST RATES CHANGE DRASTICALLY. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MANAGE THAT AVERAGE LIFE TO THE EXTENT WE NEED TO. WE CAN EXTEND THE AVERAGE LIFE TO INCREASE MORE CAPACITY AND ABSORB SHOCKS TO THE DEBT PLAN.

ONCE THE ECONOMY RECOVERS THEN WE CAN TURN BACK TO A SHORTER AVERAGE LIFE.

SO IT'S A MAJOR LEVER AND A FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT OF THIS DEBT PLAN.

SIMILARLY TO THE OPERATING SIDE, WE HAVE MODERATELY CONSERVATIVE PROJECTIONS CONSISTENT WITH OUR PROPERTY VALUES. AT 5.5% OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD. AND 3.5% INTO THE FUTURE. AS WELL AS OTHER THINGS AS FAR AS INTEREST AMOUNTS OR INTEREST PROJECTIONS. WE HAVE THE MAINTENANCE OF A DEBT SERVICE RESERVE. WE HAVE A TARGET DEBT SERVICE RESERVE OF APPROXIMATELY $30 MILLION. THAT $30 MILLION ALLOWS US AS A SHOCK ABSORBER OF THE DEBT PLAN TO THE EXTENT WE MISS ANY OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS THAT CAN ABSORB SOME OF THAT OR IT CAN LEVEL THAT OUT OVER TIME AND HELPS US ALSO MANAGE OUR TAX RATE.

THIS PLAN ASSUMES NO CHANGE IN THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE AT 21 CENTS.

THIS PLAN ALSO WE PERFORM CAPACITY ANALYSIS WITH IT -- WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE. EVERY YEAR WE LOOK AT WHAT IS THE CAPACITY.

WHAT CAN WE AFFORD TO MANAGE AND WHAT RISKS ARE WE TAKING ON AS WELL AS WE CONDUCT SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS. MORE LIKE WHAT IF. WHAT IF THE ECONOMY MOVES INTO A RECESSION. WHAT IF HOUSING VALUES CHANGE.

WHAT IF INTEREST RATES INCREASE. THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PIECES AS WE TALK ABOUT THE DEBT PLAN. LOOKING AT THE FEDS AND WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO IN TERMS OF INTEREST RATES AND ALSO THE COOLING OFF OF THE ECONOMY. JUST REAL QUICK AS A REMINDER, WHEN THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED HIS PROPOSED BUDGET, THESE WERE THE TAX RATES THAT WERE EMBEDDED IN THERE AS PART OF THE PUBLIC NOTICE. 33 CENTS FOR THE M&O RATE FOR A TOTAL OF .54159. AS FAR AS WE LOOK AT THE DEBT PLAN AND THE CAPACITY, THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF THAT DEBT PLAN GOING BACK TO 1994.

AND WHAT WE COULD AFFORD IN TERMS OF OUR BOND AUTHORIZATIONS.

1994 THROUGH 2003 RELATIVELY SMALL BOND AUTHORIZATIONS THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION AND CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. AS WE STARTED MOVING INTO 2007 YOU SEE OUR BASICALLY GENGENERAL OBLIGATIONS START INCREASING TO $550 MILLION UP TO $850 MILLION IN 2017. AND IN 2022 OF $1.2 BILLION. YOU CAN SEE IN THE BARS ABOVE THAT THE AMOUNT WE HAVE AUTHORIZED IN CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, TAX NOTES. AND THEN WE HAVE A PIECE THAT IS SELF-SUPPORTING.

SELF-SUPPORTING MEANS IT IS SUPPORTED FROM OTHER AREAS. IT MAY BE BACKED BY OUR AD

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I STILL DON'T HAVE AN ESTIMATE. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING ASSUMPTIONS IN THIS DEBT PLAN IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME, REVIEW THOSE ASSUMPTIONS MOVING AS INTEREST RATES AND AD VALOREM VALUES ON OUR HOMES.

COME BACK TO YOU IN A YEAR, MAYBE A MORE REFINED ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. RIGHT NOW I CAN SAY THAT'S GOING TO HOVER AROUND THE $1.2 BILLION BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.

VERY QUICKLY, THE AIRPORT, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.

309, $310 MILLION IN OUTSTANDING DEBT, PRIMARILY THOSE TOP THREE CATEGORIES ON OUR GENERAL AIRPORT REVENUE BONDS OF OUR $117 MILLION.

OUR PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE BONDS OF 76 OR $77 MILLION.

OUR CFCS, CUSTOMER FACILITY CHARGE BONDS OF 115, $116 MILLION.

WE ALSO HAD THE THE TAX NOTES. THEY GIVE US THE FUNDS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN UNTIL WE HAVE OUR FINANCING PLAN ACTUALLY DEVELOPED, WHICH WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD TO COUNCIL EARLY PART OF 2025. I THINK YOU HEARD THIS FROM JESUS AS WELL LAST WEEK AS FAR AS OUR CIP FOR THE AIRPORT THROUGH 2025 THROUGH 2030. TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, ABOUT $1.6 BILLION.

AIRFIELD SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS, $402 MILLION. OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS IN SUPPORT OF THE AIRPORT OF $392 MILLION. FOR A TOTAL OF $2.4 BILLION.

BEN MENTIONED THIS EARLIER BUT OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS --N THE EARLIER SLIDE AS WELL -- WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD A PLAN TO ACTUALLY FINANCE THE $2 BILLION AND WE'LL BE ADDING THAT TO OUR BALANCE SHEET OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

WRAPPING UP REAL QUICK HERE. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF THE FUTURE? WE HAVE SOME UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER AND OUR FINANCING LOOKING AT POSSIBLY REFUNDING AND CASH FEASANCE.

WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD AS WELL. THAT POTENTIAL REFUNDING COULD BUILD MORE CAPACITY TO ACTUALLY BUILD CENTER, POSSIBLY EVEN THE ALAMODOME. WE ALSO HAVE THE AIRPORT TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON HERE AND BRINGING FORWARD A FINANCE PLAN TO FUND THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND OUR OTHER SUPPORTING CAPITAL PROJECTS. WE ALSO HAVE, IN ADDITION TO THIS, YOU HEARD A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE BALLPARK. THAT WILL BE ISSUED BY A SEPARATE AUTHORITY BUT WE'LL PROBABLY BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT WAS MY EXCITING PRESENTATION ON THE DEBT PLAN. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO RAZI TO BEGIN THE NEXT PRESENTATION.

>> HOSSEINI: THANK YOU, TROY. I AM RAZI HOSSEINI, DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THIS MORNING I WILL BE PRESENTING THE PUBLIC WORKS FY2025 PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDES KEY PROGRAMS AND CAPITAL PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PUBLIC WORKS OVERALL BUDGET FROM FY24 TO FY25 AND THE PERCENTAGE OF CHANGES.

THE INCREASE ARE DUE TO THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, NON-SERVICE, CORE PAYMENT, AND ARPA GRANTS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES RELATING TO STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. THERE ARE MANY PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR PUBLIC WORKS INCLUDED ON THREE PAGES IN THE BUDGET BOOK.

I WILL BE PRESENTING STREETS AND SIDEWALKS ONLY. UNDER THE INPUT, WE IDENTIFIED THE EXISTING MILES WE HAVE.

POTHOLE REPAIR AND SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTED AND/OR REPAIRED. UNDER OUTCOME, WE PROVIDE THE PERCENTAGE OF THE STREETS CITYWIDE THAT ARE ON EXCELLENT TO FAIR CONDITION AND PERCENTAGE OF POTHOLE FILLED WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS AND THE MILES OF SIDEWALK MADE USABLE CITYWIDE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE

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THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX OR PCI IS UPDATED USING FY2024 SURVEY RESULTS.

GRADE A STREET HAS A SCORE OF 86 TO 100. AND LABELED EXCELLENT.

GRADE F STREETS HAS A SCORE OF 0 TO 40 AND IS LABELED FAIR CONDITION.

IN THE MAINTAINING NETWORK, WE HAVE A PRESERVATION PROGRAM FOR STREETS IN GOOD CONDITION AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR STREETS HAVE BEGUN TO DETERIORATE.

78% OF OUR NETWORK IN FAIR TO EXCELLENT CONDITION, OR A TO C.

AND 22% IN POOR CONDITION, GRADE D AND F. IN FY 2023 THE GOAL SET FOR EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT IS TO REACH AN AVERAGE PCI OF 80 OR ABOVE.

F STREETS, 10% OR LESS BY 2030. 2030 PROJECTION AT THE TIME WERE BASED ON FY2019 PCI SURVEY. A NEW SURVEY WAS COMPLETED IN 2024 USING 3-D LASER TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER IDENTIFY ROUTING AND PAVEMENT CRACKING RESULTING IN ACCURATE STREET PCI. TECHNOLOGY HAS CONTINUED TO IMPROVE AND 3-D LASER TECHNOLOGY USING THE MOST RECENT SURVEY HAS BECOME THE PREFERRED STANDARD AND WE CONTINUE TO USE IT MOVING FORWARD.

NEXT SLIDE I WILL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT 2024 SURVEY RESULTS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE AVERAGE PCI FOR EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT AND CITYWIDE USING FY2024 PCI SURVEY. THE TABLE SHOWS THE RESULT OF 2024 SURVEY AND 2030 PCI PROJECTION. ON TRACK TO HAVE 10% OR LESS F STREETS BUT WE WILL MEET THE AVERAGE PCI OF 88 PER DISTRICT. PUBLIC WORKS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO ACHIEVE AN AVERAGE OF 80 PCI, WHICH WILL REQUIRE US TO RECALIBRATE HOW PROJECTS ARE SELECTED. TO DO THIS, FY25 S&P WILL RETAIN PLAN PROJECT, HAVE OTHER PROJECTS BETWEEN 2026 AND 2030 .

IT NEEDS S TO BE ADJUSTED TO IMPROVE THE PCI SCORE. WE WILL ADVOCATE FOR ADDITIONAL STREET FUNDING IN THE 2027 BOND PROGRAM. PUBLIC WORKS WILL COME TO THE COUNCIL IN THE SPRING OF 2025 WITH A NEW SMP PLAN. OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. THIS SLIDE SHOWS FOR FY25, $122 MILLION WILL BE ESTIMATED DELIVERING 1618 PROJECTS. $102 MILLION IS ALLOCATED BASED ON THE STREET CONDITION, $20 MILLION FOR F STREETS AND ALLOCATED FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT BASED ON 50% CONDITION AND 50% BASED ON DISTRESS AND SPECIFIED IN 2022 BOND PROGRAM. FOR FY2024, 1,409 PROJECTS. I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE 96% IS COMPLETED. THE REMAINING 4%, WHICH HAS A MAJOR UTILITY, WILL BE DONE NEXT YEAR, 2025. ON SIDEWALKS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE EXISTING SIDEWALK AND GAP PER COUNCIL DISTRICT. GAP MILES ARE LOCATION [INAUDIBLE] SELECTED ON PROJECT TO BE REBUILT. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE INVESTMENT MADE TO SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT SINCE 2020. FY25 HAS A TOTAL OF

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3,529 SERVICE ALLEYS, 412 WERE IDENTIFIED AND HAVE NO UTILITIES .

AS PART OF THREE-YEAR MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR 412 NON-SERVICE ALLEYS WITH NO UTILITIES, PHASE 1 WILL ADDRESS 80 ACCESSIBLE ALLEYS BY SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, 75% OR 60 OF THEM IS COMPLETED. PHASE 2, $2.6 MILLION IN PROPOSED FY2025 BUDGET TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBLE ALLEY WITH C RATING. IT WILL TAKE TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE ALL 160 ALLEYS. A PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN WILL BE DEVELOPED IN FY2026 FOR ALL NON-SERVICE ALLEYS WITH NO UTILITIES. WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE UTILITY AGENCIES TO DEVELOP A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR ALLEYS WITH A UTILITY.

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING REQUESTS. PUBLIC WORKS TRAFFIC ENGINEERING HAS TWO DIVISIONS. TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND SIGNS AND MARKINGS. PUBLIC WORKS RECEIVES AN AVERAGE OF 5,000 REQUESTS ANNUALLY. 23% OF REQUESTS ARE DUPLICATED OR MISCATEGORIZED MEANING THE REQUESTS ARE NOT WITHIN CITY JURISDICTION OR ARE NOT TRAFFIC-RELATED ITEMS. HE REQUEST DOES NOT MEET MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.

FOR EXAMPLE, STOP SIGNS, SPEED HUMPS, TRAFFIC SIGNS, NO PARKING.

41% RESULT IN RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENT. EITHER ADDRESSED THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM OR PROPOSED FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC-RELATED REQUESTS. DECEMBER LAST YEAR I PRESENTED A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN TRAFFIC-RELATED REQUESTS FOR SPEED HUMPS, STOP SIGNS, AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS IMPROVEMENT TO REVIEW TRAFFIC-RELATED REQUESTS QUICKLY.

ADD $200,000 ONE TIME TO HELP 700 BLACKLOGGED SIGN AND MARKING REQUESTS.

WORKING WITH 311 TO BETTER FILTER REQUESTS TO PREVENT RECEIVING DUPLICATE AND NON-CITY TRAFFIC RELATED REQUESTS AND INCLUDE AN UPDATE FOR REQUESTED REVIEW.

COOL PAVEMENT. PUBLIC WORKS HAS WORKED WITH THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY TO COMPLETE A COOL PAVEMENT PROGRAM SINCE 2023. PHASE 1 IN 2023 TESTED FOUR DIFFERENT METHODS AT TEN DIFFERENT SITES ACROSS THE CITY.

PHASE 2 IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 AND 5. THESE PROJECTS WILL BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR, 2024. PHASE 3 FOR FY22 TO APPLY COOL PAVEMENT TO 22 MILES AND 11 ZONES WITHIN LOOP 410, DISTRICTS 1 THROUGH 7.

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WITH THE $11.3 MILLION BUDGET, THE STREET MARKING WILL BE DONE ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS, IT USED TO BE ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS. TO DATE, I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE 96% OF THIS PAVEMENT MARKING HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THREE KEY TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS IN FY2025.

AT $3.3 MILLION TO CONSTRUCT SIX NEW SIGNALS AND DESIGN SEVEN NEW SIGNALS FOR CONSTRUCTION IN FY2026. CONTINUE THE 700,000 TO INSTALL UP TO SIX RADAR FEEDBACK SIGNS ACROSS THE CITY AND ALSO CONTINUE THE $300,000 TO INSTALL 70 FLASHING STOP SIGNS ACROSS THE CITY. DRAINAGE OPERATIONS.

THIS OPERATION HELPS MAINTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY, PROTECT PRIVATE PROPERTY, PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENHANCE WATER QUALITY.

PW RATES FOCUS ON THE FLOOD MANAGEMENT, CHANNEL AND CREEK MAINTENANCE, VEGETATION MAINTENANCE, AND STREET SWEEPING. HAZMAT ACTION PLAN.

TO DATE WE HAVE COMPLETED 12 PROJECTS TOTALING $86.2 MILLION.

WE ARE PLANNING TO COMPLETE 19 HAZMAT DRAINAGE PROJECTS. TEN OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE UNDER DESIGN, ONE CONSTRUCTION, FIVE PROJECTS TO BE DESIGNED IN 2026, AND TWO PROJECTS PROPOSED TO BE FUNDED IN FY25 BUDGET. TO ADDRESS HAZMAT PROJECTS, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE PROJECTS. LOOK FOR POTENTIAL FUNDING SUCH AS FUTURE BOND PROGRAM, GRANT FUNDING, OPPORTUNITY, AND ANNUAL STORMWATER OPERATING FUND. STORMWATER FEE. THE STORM WATER UTILITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1993. FEE ASSESSED TO RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES BASED ON IMPERVIOUS COVER. THE LAST INCREASE WAS IN 2020. [INAUDIBLE]. PUBLIC WORKS WILL ENGAGE THE STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH FY2025 IN PREPARATION FOR FY26 FEE INCREASE.

FY25 CAPITAL PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS. INCLUDES $258 MILLION FOR STREETS AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS. STREET CATEGORY, $226 MILLION AND INCLUDES NEW PROJECTS SUCH AS DISTRICT 1 THROUGH 10, $1 MILLION CIP. DESIGN FOR WATSON ROAD AND HARRY WURZBACH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND FLORES STREET PROJECTS. DRAINAGE PROJECTS INCLUDES RED BERRY DAM, CORRUGATED METAL PIPE, SAN ANTONIO RIVER INLET AND OUTLET IMPROVEMENTS. JUDSON AND LOOKOUT. LAS PALMAS AND ALAMODOME PUMP STATION PROJECTS . FFY '22 BOND PROGRAM, $1.2 BILLION, LARGEST WE HAVE EVER HAD, 187 PROJECTS. NINE PROJECTS WILL BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. 122 PROJECTS OR 85% WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT

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WE ARE CONTINUING TO IMPROVE OUR PROJECT DELIVERY IN THREE DIFFERENT PHASES.

PHASE 1, WHICH IS THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT, ENHANCED DUE DILIGENCE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF DESIGN. MOU TO IDENTIFY ROADS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. IDENTIFICATION OF ALL SUBSERVICE UTILITY CONFLICTS AND RESOLVE THEM. CONSTRUCTABILITY REVIEW BY A CONTRACTOR TO MAKE SURE THE PROJECTS CAN BE DONE RELATIVELY EASY. WHEN IT COMES TO ADVERTISING THE PROJECT, THIS IS THE SECOND PHASE, WE ARE LOOKING TO USE OTHER METHODS OF PROJECT DELIVERY ALSO. QUALIFIED LOW BID, COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL.

DESIGN-BUILD, EARLY COMPLETION, AND OF COURSE WE HAVE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER ORDINANCE. WHEN IT GOES TO CONSTRUCTION, PHASE 3, CONTINUE GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS, DASHBOARD, PROJECT PHASE, AND OF COURSE COORDINATION WITH EDD ON CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION.

THIS IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. I PASS TO CAT.

>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CAT HERNANDEZ, DIRECTOR FOR OUR CITY'S TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF CLOSING OUT THIS MORNING'S PRESENTATIONS. SO OUR DEPARTMENT'S MISSION IS TO CREATE A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT IS SAFE, SUSTAINABLE, AND EQUITABLE. IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION I'LL COVER OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FY25 AND HIGHLIGHT FOUR OF THOSE DEPARTMENT'S KEY PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAMS WILL BE ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER AND THE LAST TWO HAVE PROPOSED TO RECEIVE FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN FY25 . THE OVERVIEW OF OUR FY25 BUDGET REFLECTS A 14.6% OVER FY24. OUR TOTAL BUDGET FOR FY25 IS $6.1 MILLION. THE BUDGET REFLECTS A 32.5% INCREASE DUE TO EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION INCREASES, QUIET ZONE MAINTENANCE, INCREASE OF $50,000, AND TOD PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF $250,000. IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET IN FY25 WE'RE PROJECTING TO SPEND $250,000 LESS AS OUR PROJECTS MOVE TO COMPLETION.

AND OUR GRANTS NOW INCLUDE OUR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT MATCH OF $440,000 FOR FY25. ARPA GRANTS ARE THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ALONG CORRIDORS IDENTIFIED IN FY '22 AND OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING TO GET THESE PROJECTS INTO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SO THIS REFLECTS SPENDING OF $2.5 MILLION IN FY25 . AND OUR POSITION COUNT REMAINS THE SAME AS 15 POSITIONS. THIS MAP SHOWCASES 50 OF OUR DEPARTMENTAL PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE EITHER PLANNING, DESIGNING, OR WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ON CORRIDORS OR INTERSECTIONS IN YOUR DISTRICTS. OF THE 50 SHOWN, NINE ARE IN PREDESIGN OR ANALYSIS PHASE, 21 ARE IN DESIGN AND 11 ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

NINE ARE COMPLETE TODAY. THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS SHOWN INCLUDE OUR PLANNING PROJECTS, WHICH ARE YOUR TYPICAL MULTIMODAL PLANNING PROJECTS.

THAT INCLUDE OUR BIKE, PEDESTRIAN, AND MOTORIST SAFETY PROJECTS LIKE MID-WALK CROSSWALKS, TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND BIKE LANE INSTALLATIONS.

SAFETY CAMPAIGNS AS WE TARGET GREATER AREAS OF CONCERN.

AND OUR QUIET ZONE PROJECTS AT RAIL CROSSINGS WHERE WE MAINTAIN THE CROSSING SO THE TRAINS DON'T NEED TO SOUND THEIR HORNS WHILE PASSING CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT WE WILL BE ADOPTING AS PART OF THE FY25 BUDGET ON SEPTEMBER 19.

ONE OF THESE ITEMS IS OUR VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN UPDATE.

VISION ZERO IS A STRATEGY TO ELIMINATE ALL TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SEVERE INJURIES WHILE INCREASING SAFE, HEALTHY, AND EQUITABLE MOBILITY FOR ALL.

IT'S A STRATEGY TO GET TO ZERO. THE ORIGINAL VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2016 WITH OVER 50 KEY ACTIONS TO MOVE THE CITY TOWARDS OUR GOAL OF ZERO FATALITIES AND EACH OF THOSE KEY ACTIONS WERE CATEGORIZED UNDER FIVE ELEMENTS. THESE ELEMENTS HELP TO GUIDE OUR CITY TO PUT FORWARD INITIATIVES SUCH AS SAFETY CAMPAIGNS ALONG OUR HIGH-INJURY NETWORKS AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS SUCH AS TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING IMPROVEMENTS.

WE WORKED TO UPDATE THE ACTION PLAN WHICH WE UPDATED THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE ON LAST YEAR IN NOVEMBER. SO THE PLAN UPDATE

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THIS UPDATE HELPS US TO MAINTAIN THAT STANDARD AND NOW WE CAN LEVERAGE FUNDS.

THE UPDATE INCLUDES BOTH THE HIGH-INJURY NETWORK REPORT AND THESE REPORTS HELP US TO DETERMINE WHERE CRASHES ARE OCCURRING AND IDENTIFY ROADS WITH FEATURES THAT PUT THEM AT RISK FOR MORE CRASHES. THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE PRODUCED A LIST OF 20 HIGH-IMPACT CORRIDORS THAT WE WILL FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON TO IMPROVE SAFETY.

AND A COPY OF THE UPDATED PLAN WILL BE DISTRICTED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER FOR YOUR REVIEW, WHICH WE CAN BRIEF YOU ON INDIVIDUALLY BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. THE SECOND ITEM THAT WILL BE ADOPTED AS PART OF FY25 BUDGET ON SEPTEMBER 19, UPDATE TO OUR COMPLETE STREETS POLICY.

COMPLETE STREETS ARE ROADS THAT ARE SAFE AND EASY FOR EVERYONE TO USE AND WHETHER YOU'RE WALKING, RIDING A BUS OR CAR. A COMPLETE STREET CAN INCLUDE ELEMENTS SUCH AS LIGHTING, SIDEWALKS, BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TRANSIT SUCH AS WHAT YOU SEE IN BROOKS OR WHAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE IN DOWNTOWN ALONG SANTA ROSA STREET. THE CITY FIRST ADOPTED THE POLICY IN 2011 AND WHILE THAT 2011 POLICY WAS A GREAT START, THE UPDATES SCHEDULED TO BE ADOPTED HAS EVOLVED BY INCLUDING ELEMENTS REQUIRED FOR RECOGNITION BY CITY HEALTH AND SMART GROWTH AMERICA AS A NATIONAL BETH PRACTICE . THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE IN MAY OF THIS YEAR AND COPIES OF THE NEW POLICY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO YOUR OFFICE PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER. OUR DEPARTMENT BEGAN THIS PROCESS EARLIER THIS YEAR AND WORKED WITH STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS INTERNAL CITY DEPARTMENTS, ADVOCACY GROUPS, EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP AN UPDATED POLICY FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK. UPON ADOPTION WE WILL INITIATE THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY CREATING A TECHNICAL REVIEW TASK FORCE INCLUDING ALIGNING OUR PROCESSES WITH A NEWLY-ADOPTED POLICY. AND IN 2025 WE'LL IMPLEMENT THE GOALS DURING PROJECT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND START OUR WORK ON ANY CODE UPDATES. THE LAST TWO INITIATIVES I'LL TALK ABOUT ARE PROPOSED TO RECEIVE FUNDING IN THE FY25 BUDGET. ONE IMPROVEMENT IS $250,000 TO CREATE A STRATEGIC PLAN TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR TRANSIT-ORIENTED POLICY THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT. SO WHAT IS TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT? TOT ENCOURAGES INCREASED DENSITY AND IMPROVED ACCESS TO A RANGE OF USES SUCH AS JOBS, RETAIL, SERVICES, AND SCHOOLS AS A RESULT OF AN ENHANCED TRANSIT CORRIDOR. IT'S CREATING A WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH TRANSIT OPTIONS SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE NEED TO RELY ON A VEHICLE.

AFTER RECEIVING DIRECTION FROM THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE IN JANUARY, OUR DEPARTMENT BEGAN WORK ON THE CREATION OF A TRANSIT-ORIENTED POLICY FRAMEWORK TO CREATE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL REDUCE BARRIERS TO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT ALONG VIA'S RAPID TRANSIT ROUTES.

THE FRAMEWORK WILL INCLUDE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP APPOINTED BY THE HOUSING COMMISSION TO REVIEW OUR UDC AND IDENTIFIED BARRIERS TO ALIGN HOUSING AND TRANSIT TOGETHER. AND THE WORK OUR TOD TASK FORCE IS DOING REVIEWING OUR TOD ZONING CODE FOR UPDATES. THE FRAMEWORK AND UPDATE TO THE ZONING CODE STARTED WORK IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR AND IS EXPECTED TO WRAP UP IN SEPTEMBER.

WE'RE SCHEDULED TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL THE DRAFT OF THE FRAMEWORK AND THE UPDATE TO THE TOD ZONING CODE IN OCTOBER IN A B SESSION. FOLLOWING THAT PRESENTATION WE'LL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE INPUT THROUGH OUR PRESENTATIONS TO THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WITH FINAL CONSIDERATION BY CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER.

THEN IN 2025 WE'LL BEGIN THE PHASE 2 TO CREATE A STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WILL FOCUS ON THE CREATION OF STRATEGIES TO BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL BE ADOPTED IN THE POLICY. LASTLY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON THE NEWS LAST NIGHT, THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES $3.5 MILLION TO CONTINUE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR GOALS FOR THE BIKE NETWORK PLAN AND UPDATE EXISTING FACILITIES. OUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS PAST YEAR ON OUR BIKE NETWORK PLAN, WHICH WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2011. THE BIKE NETWORK PLAN FOCUSES ON CONNECTIVITY, SAFETY, AND NATIONWIDE BEST PRACTICES TO IMPROVE NOT ONLY CYCLING BUT SAFETY FOR ALL ROAD USERS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 505 CENTER LINE MILES OF BIKE FACILITIES IN SAN ANTONIO AND OUR GOAL AS A DEPARTMENT

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WE WILL BRING THE BIKE NETWORK PLAN TO A SESSION BY JANUARY OF '25.

SO IN SUMMARY, AGAIN, WE'LL ADOPT THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY UPDATE AND THE VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN UPDATE THIS FISCAL YEAR IN SEPTEMBER AS PART OF THAT '25 BUDGET.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: EXCELLENT PRESENTATIONS, Y'ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'RE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO COUNCIL CONVERSATION NOW.

WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE. >> COURAGE: THANK YOU.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT WAS OUR TAXPAYER INDEBTEDNESS, TROY.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT SHOWS $3.8 BILLION. ONE THING THAT I GET ASKED ABOUT -- AND MAYBE YOU MIGHT SAY IT'S NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR CITY BUDGET BUT WE HEAR ABOUT IT A LOT. WHAT IS THE TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS? AND WHEN WE INCLUDE THE CITY BUDGET, WHAT ABOUT SAWS AND CPS, CUSTOMER, I GUESS, INDEBTEDNESS? AND TO THE AVERAGE CITIZEN, IT KIND OF ALL ADDS UP IN THEIR WAY OF THINKING. SO I GUESS I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE US MAYBE PUT THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER AND AGAIN DO IT IN COMPARISON TO SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT WE USUALLY KIND OF COMPARE OURSELVES TO IN TEXAS BUT EVEN SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR CITIES LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, PHOENIX AND SAN DIEGO, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, THINGS LIKE THAT. I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT SO THAT I CAN KIND OF BE A LITTLE MORE INSIGHTFUL WHEN PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET AND PEOPLE THINK IN MAYBE A BROADER SCALE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT A LITTLE BIT. MY OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT THE COOL PAVEMENT.

SO THAT WILL BE PUBLIC WORKS. I DON'T RECALL -- MAYBE I MISSED IT -- BUT WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THE COOL PAVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE'VE UNDERTAKEN?

>> COUNCILMAN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DOUG RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION.

>> GOOD MORNING, DOUG MELNICK. CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER. WE TESTED ALL THE PRODUCTS. THREE ACTUALLY ROSE UP TO PROVIDING SOME TEMPERATURE REDUCTION. IN TERMS OF THE SKID PERFORMANCE AND GLARE, THEY ALL TESTED SATISFACTORY. AGAIN, WE'RE NOT READY TO DO A FULL-SCALE UP AROUND THE CITY BECAUSE WE STILL REALLY WANT TO BE VERY CERTAIN THAT THE PRODUCTS LAST, THEY PERFORM, AND WE STILL ARE WORKING WITH UTSA ON ADDITIONAL RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY DOING FOR THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IT DOES REDUCE SURFACE LEVELS BUT NOW WE REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S DOING FOR THE AMBIENT

ENVIRONMENT. >> COURAGE: HOW MANY PROJECTS WERE IN THE

ORIGINAL PILOT? >> WE DID ONE IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT.

>> COURAGE: OKAY. AND THREE OF THEM GAVE SOME KIND OF A POSITIVE RESULT?

>> THREE OF THE PRODUCTS THAT WE USED. >> COURAGE: OH, THREE OF THE PRODUCTS. AND HOW MUCH DID THAT COST US?

>> WE BUDGETED $1 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT. >> COURAGE: WITH THE

CONTINUING EFFORT, HOW MUCH ARE WE BUDGETING? >> ANOTHER --

>> FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, $5.8 MILLION IS PROPOSED. >> COURAGE: WE'LL BE SPENDING AROUND $7 MILLION FOR EXPERIMENTING TO SEE HOW THIS MIGHT HELP.

>> WALSH: COUNCILMAN, WE'RE FUNDING THAT THROUGH THE REES FUND RIGHT NOW.

>> COURAGE: OKAY. OKAY. THANKS.

>> COURAGE: I'VE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION, IT'S ABOUT ONE OF THE CREEK PROJECTS. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THIS BECAUSE SOMEBODY ASKED ME ABOUT IT. I THINK THE CONCEPTION CREEK DRAINAGE PROJECT, PHASE 1, WAS ON THIS LIST. AND SOME PEOPLE ASKED ME, IS THIS PROJECT GOING TO REMOVE HOUSING? WILL SOME HOMES HAVE TO

BE REMOVED AS THIS PROJECT GETS DEVELOPED? >> HOSSEINI: COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, IT'S A VERY LARGE AREA, IT'S FUNDED ORIGINALLY -- WE HAD 9 MILLION.

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WE DID SOME DIFFERENT OPTION, WE LOOKED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN BUILD TO IMPROVE ALL OF IT. IT WAS VERY COSTLY, OVER 200 MILLION OR SO.

THE OTHER OPTION WAS POSSIBLE TO BUILD DETENTION.

IN ORDER TO BUILD THE DETENTION, WE HAD TO BUY SOME HOUSES.

AT THIS TIME, PROJECT IS ON HOLD UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND, OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO GET INPUT FROM

COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL'S OFFICE ALSO. >> COURAGE: SO WE BOUGHT

A FEW HOUSES ALREADY? >> HOSSEINI: WE HAVE NOT BOUGHT ANY HOUSES.

>> COURAGE: AND WOULD IT BE A DOZEN, 100, DO YOU KNOW?

>> HOSSEINI: HUNDREDS. YES, CORRECT. >> WALSH: SO COUNCILMAN, THAT'S A LARGE -- WITH THE UPDATE TO THE FEMA MAPS, THAT AREA OF TOWN IN DISTRICT FIVE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. PREVIOUSLY THE MAPS, THERE WAS A LOT OF WATER ON THE STREETS IN THAT OUTFALL.

THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN THE SUMEN SUBJECT OF OUR FEDERAL INITIATIVES TO GET FUNDING. AND THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED IN BOTH ARPA AND GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO DO THINGS LIKE ELEVATION CERTIFICATES FOR SOME OF THE HOMES. WE'VE DONE STREET AND CURB WORK IN THAT AREA TO HELP FACILITATE THE MOVEMENT OF WATER. AND -- AND THERE'S BEEN A WHOLE SERIES OF NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS FACILITATED BY THE COUNCILWOMAN'S OFFICE AND PUBLIC WORKS TO CONTINUE TO GATHER FEEDBACK.

IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY PROBABLY ONE OF OUR LARGEST DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DETERMINE. AND LIKELY, YOU KNOW, THE PLAN THAT ROZI AND HIS TEAM CAME UP WITH ORIGINALLY WAS NORTH OF $200 MILLION. WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIGURE OUT A COUPLE OF

DIFFERENT WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. >> COURAGE: OKAY.

I'LL BE INTERESTED. COUNCILWOMAN, I DIDN'T MEAN TO STEP ON YOUR TOES, SO I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

THANKS. NOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON VISION ZERO FOR A LONG TIME. AND I'D BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT HAVE BEEN THE RESULTS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CRASHES OR PEOPLE BEING HURT.

HAVE WE SEEN DECLINES IN THIS THROUGH OUR EFFORTS OF PROJECT ZERO?

>> THERE HAVE BEEN CERTAIN CORRIDORS THAT -- I DON'T WANT TA STEP ON YOUR TOES, ROZI, BUT PUBLIC WORKS -- BEFORE I CAME ON BOARD, TRANSPORTATION WAS A SECTION IN PUBLIC WORKS. AND PUBLIC WORKS HAD STARTED THAT WORK ON IMPLEMENTING INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS THE VISION ZERO GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES SUCH AS MEDIANS ON THE ROAD SO YOU'LL AVOID THOSE CONFLICTS OF PEOPLE TURNING IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS, NOT SEEING A PEDESTRIAN TRYING TO CROSS THE ROAD.

SO YOU'LL SEE SORT OF THAT DOWNTURN IN THE CRASHES, BECAUSE THOSE KIND OF FEATURES ARE SHOWING IT'S SAFER. SO AS FAR AS OUR PROJECTS, WE HAVE -- WE'VE STARTED REALLY DOING A LOT OF WORK OVER THE LAST YEAR TO ADDRESS THOSE HIGH INJURY NETWORKS THAT HAVE A LOT MORE CRASHES OR FATALITIES. AND IN PUTTING THOSE SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES, YOU'LL SEE OUR DEPARTMENT SEEING A LOT MORE WORK OVER THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE

DOWNTURN, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO ANALYZE. >> COURAGE: I HEAR THAT, BUT IT'S DISAPPOINTING THAT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE HAD A BIG EFFECT AFTER ALMOST EIGHT OR NINE YEARS, WHAT, 2016, IS THAT WHEN IT STARTED?

>> THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. >> COURAGE: I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE SEEN SOME BETTER RESULTS OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CRASHES AS ONE OF THE FACTORS WE'RE LOOKING AT. DOES A CRASH ALSO MEAN A PEDESTRIAN WAS HIT BY A CAR, OR DOES THAT MEAN CARS HITTING THEMSELVES OR AN OBJECT?

>> IT INCLUDES PEDESTRIANS, IT INCLUDES CYCLISTS.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON THAT TYPE OF CRASH. >> COURAGE: AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO ASK ABOUT IS COMPLETE STREETS. AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER

PROJECT THAT STARTED IN, WHAT, 2011 OR SOMETHING. >> THE FIRST POLICY,

CORRECT. >> COURAGE: AND 13 YEARS LATER, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COMPLETE STREETS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN BUILT TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT FIRST CAME OUT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT, SO MAYBE IF YOU COULD CHECK. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF ARGUMENTS ABOUT SOME STREETS THAT WERE GOING TO BE COMPLETE STREETS AND FOR WHATEVER REASONS, THEY DIDN'T PUT IN A BIKE LANE OR THEY DIDN'T PUT IN WIDER SIDEWALKS OR THEY COULDN'T PUT IN, YOU KNOW, CENTER TURN LANES OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE POLICIES THAT WERE SET YEARS AGO, AND WE DON'T OFTEN HEAR ABOUT THEM.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING, HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE, BECAUSE WE'VE -- WE'VE

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>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE. COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA?

>> HAVRDA: THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

ALL OF YOU, AND ALL THE WORK, OF COURSE, THAT WENT INTO PREPARING THIS BUDGET AND THE PRESENTATION. OF COURSE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT OUR BUDGET IS ONE OF THE MOST CRUCIAL TASKS THE CITY COUNCIL TAKES ON. I ALWAYS JOKE THAT WE HAVE ONE JOB, TO PASS THIS BUDGET. THAT THE CHOICES WE MAKE HERE DIRECTLY IMPACT THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ESSENTIALS LIKE THE THREE TOPICS THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY. ESPECIALLY -- I'M GOING TO START WITH PUBLIC WORKS. THAT'S ONE OF THE CORE SERVICES THAT OUR COMMUNITY DEPENDS ON EVERY DAY, ONE OF THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT, AND IN MY BOOK, BUDGET DOLLARS REALLY EQUAL THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR SAN ANTONIANS.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ALWAYS KEEPING IN MIND WHAT PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY LOOK OUT THEIR FRONT DOOR. AND A LOT OF THAT IS A NEWER PURVIEW, RIGHT, ROZI, STREETS, SIDEWALKS, ALL OF THAT.

YOU WERE THERE YESTERDAY, ROZI, BUT WE HAD AN IMPORTANT REPORT COME UP AT MPO YESTERDAY, IT TALKED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND ALL OF THE IMPACTS THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE -- IT IS HAVING AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE, ALL THE EXTREME WEATHER ON OUR ROADS AND SIDEWALKS, SPECIFICALLY THEY -- I REALLY APPRECIATE THEY HAD A SLIDE THAT TALKED ABOUT THE COST OF DOING NOTHING AND THE IMPACT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON OUR RODEO WAROADWAYS. THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE AIRPORT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST COST IS WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF THE AIRPORT HAS A 100 YEAR FLOOD. AND THEN, OF COURSE, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. THEY ALSO SPECIFICALLY TO DISTRICT SIX BROUGHT UP PINN ROAD WHICH I GUESS NEVER SURPRISES ME, IT'S ALWAYS AT THE TOP OF THE DRAINAGE LIST. ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN IN THE AREA KNOWS THAT'S A PRETTY DANGEROUS AREA, AND WE ALWAYS HAVE THOSE FLOOD RESCUES.

MY QUESTION FOR YOU, THOUGH, ROZI, IS I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE FULL REPORT, AND I'M SURE YOU WANT TO POUR OVER IT, BUT DOES THIS BUDGET TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE? I THINK ONE OF THE SLIDES YOU HAD WAS TALKING ABOUT GETTING TO 10% OF STREETS BY 2030. IS -- IS -- IS CLIMATE CHANGE FACTORED INTO

THAT? >> HOSSEINI: LET ME TALK ABOUT THE DRAINAGE

PROJECT. >> HAVRDA: OKAY. >> HOSSEINI: ONE OF THE REASONS SOME OF OUR PROJECT IS COMING MORE THAN ORIGINALLY WAS ESTIMATED A FEW YEARS AGO, AND CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, FEMA CHANGED THE REQUIREMENT ON FLOODPLAIN. THEY'RE ANTICIPATING MORE RAINFALL, MAYBE NOT TOO MANY TIMES, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN, WE GET MUCH, MUCH MORE RAINFALL. THEREFORE, WE ARE DESIGNING DRAINAGE PROJECT BIGGER THAN IT USED TO BE MANY YEARS AGO.

CONEXCEP CONCEPCIÓN CREEK, IT DIDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH FLOOD PROBLEM IN THE HOUSES, BUT AS NEW INFORMATION COMES, NOT JUST THE BACKYARD'S FLOODED, ALSO THE FOUNDATION'S FLOODED ALSO. COMES WITH THE ROADWAY AND THE SIDEWALK.

WE CALCULATE USING THE NEW STORMWATER REQUIREMENT, MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE DRAINAGE SYSTEM TO HANDLE WHEN THE RAINS COME.

>> WALSH: COUNCILWOMAN, LET ME ADD ALSO, AND ROZI TALKED ABOUT IT, I THINK IT WAS ON SLIDE 21. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HAZARD MITIGATION DRAINAGE PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED IN A MAJOR FACTOR IN OUR HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL EVERY FIVE YEARS AND SUBMITTED TO FEMA. AND I THINK THE LAST TIME THE COUNCIL CERTIFIED THAT REPORT, WE HAD NORTH OF $650 MILLION IN HAZARD MITIGATION DEFINED DRAINAGE ISSUES IN THE CITY.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE LOSS OF PROPERTY OR LOSS OF LIFE IN A MAJOR STORM. SO WE'VE PRIORITIZED THESE, AND IF YOU NOTICED, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF NEW PROJECTS THAT WE'VE STARTED DESIGNING THIS YEAR AND ARE PROPOSING TO DESIGN NEXT YEAR ALL BECAUSE -- GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE -- BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO HAVE NEXT YEAR START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT ADJUSTING THE STORMWATER FEE.

THE STORMWATER FEE, THOSE OF YOU THAT WILL REMEMBER, WE -- WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE STORMWATER FEE FUNDED PROJECTS IN THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. AND SO WE'RE DOING THE GROUNDWORK RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO SET THAT UP FOR A POTENTIAL POLITY CONVERSATION FOR THE COUNCIL IN 2027. MOST OF THESE ARE BEING DRIVEN BY CLIMATE.

>> HAVRDA: OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL.

AND, AGAIN, I KNOW WE JUST GOT THAT PRESENTATION YESTERDAY,

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THERE'S SO MANY MORE CARS ON THE ROADS. CAPACITY OF OUR STREETS IS HIGHLY STRESSED. I'M REALLY THANKFUL IN JUST THE FIVE OR SO YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE TALKED SO MUCH MORE ABOUT COMPLETE STREETS AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND BIKE SAFETY AND I KNOW THAT WAS STARTED BEFORE I GOT HERE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT WITH US JUST GETTING ITS LEGS UNDER IT, IT'S WHEELS UNDER IT I'LL SAY, BUT IT REALLY SEEMS TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION -- NOT A NEW PART OF THE CONVERSATION, IT'S PART OF WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.

WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER, AND I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.

IT WAS PAGE 566 OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE, OUR PERSONNEL STAYED THE SAME AT SEVEN POSITIONS, BUT THE INCREASE IN PERSONNEL AMOUNT, LIKE THERE WAS A $275,000 INCREASE IN PERSONNEL -- MAYBE THIS IS FOR JUSTINA SERVICES. IT'S AN UPTICK OF 37%. WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THAT?

>> TATE: SO IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, WE HAD A COUPLE POSITIONS THAT WERE UNFILLED. WE FILLED THOSE TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, SO

IT'S REALLY -- THAT'S COMPENSATION. >> HAVRDA: SO $275,000

WENT TO TWO POSITIONS? >> TATE: WE HAD THE ONE DIRECTOR POSITION WAS

VACANT AND ANOTHER HIGHER LEVEL POSITION. >> HAVRDA: OKAY.

>> TATE: AND THEN WE HAD THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AS

WELL. >> HAVRDA: I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT CONTRACTUAL SERVICES UP BY 25,000, I'LL PROBABLY JUST SIT DOWN WITH YOU JUSTINA SO I CAN GET INTO THE DETAILS ON THAT. THANKS.

THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> HAVRDA: FINALLY FOR DEBT MANAGEMENT, I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT 15 MILLION OF THIS YEAR'S NEARLY 39 MILLION IS IN NEW PROPERTY TAX REVENUE WILL BE USED FOR DEBT PAYMENT SERVICES. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE BOND PROGRAM, THE LAST BOND PROGRAM WAS THE LARGEST SINCE THE CITY'S HISTORY. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE SAYING THAT, PROBABLY 2027 WILL BE THE LARGEST.

IT WILL JUST KEEP GROWING WITH ALL THE NEED. SO WITH THIS, I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND A MANDATE TO INSURE WE MAXIMIZE INVESTMENT OF THOSE FUNDS FOR OUR CITY'S LONG RANGE PHYSICAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT. HOW STABLE -- I KNOW WE GO OVER SOME OF THIS IN INVESTMENT, BUT HOW STABLE WOULD YOU SEE THESE REVENUE SOURCES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SIX-YEAR CAPITAL BUDGET

PLAN? >> AS FAR AS REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR? I MEAN, THE REVENUE SOURCES HAVE BEEN FAIRLY STABLED.

THEY'RE PREDICATED BASED ON THE CERTIFIED ROLL. BASED ON THE CERTIFIED ROLL AND BASED ON THE TAX RATE, IT GIVES US A PRETTY GOOD ASSUMPTION FOR WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LAND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

>> HAVRDA: SO YOU FEEL CONFIDENT IN THAT? >> YES.

>> HAVRDA: OKAY. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

IT WAS SLIDE -- ON MINE, IT'S SLIDE 3, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.

SLIDE 6. WITH REGARD TO CURRENT OUTSTANDING DEBT, YOU LIST CONTRACT REVENUE BRANDS FOR STAR BRIGHT TO IT, WILL YOU EXPLAIN THAT

DEBT IN MORE DETAIL? >> THAT WAS BASICALLY DEBT ISSUED BACK IN

STARBRIGHT. I THINK IT'S -- >> HAVRDA: WHEN YOU SAY

STAR BRIGHT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> THE TOYOTA

DEVELOPMENT. >> WALSH: IT ACTUALLY -- I THOUGHT YOU SAID SOMETHING. THE -- IT WAS ACTUALLY THE PURCHASE OF THE

PROPERTY. >> HAVRDA: OKAY. SO THIS IS A DEBT THAT

REMAINS ON THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY. >> WALSH: YES.

UT AND IT WAS 30-YEAR DEBT. THAT AMOUNT IS, AS TROY SAID, WAS PLEDGED BY THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME TO BE PAID BACK WITH CPS REVENUE, SO THERE'S ABOUT A $1.6 MILLION PAYMENT OUT OF THE OPERATING FUND

TO FUND THAT OBLIGATION. >> HAVRDA: WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL DEBT?

>> ELLIOTT: I DON'T REMEMBER. >> HAVRDA: AND THERE'S 12

REMAINING? >> WALSH: YES, MA'AM. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HAVRDA.

COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA? >> GARCIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL START OFF WITH BEN OR TROY.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH ME ON THE WHOLE TARRANT COUNTY SITUATION AND WHY THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE SO CONCERNED. AND I THINK THAT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT YOU ALL GOING TO MARKET LAST WEEK AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS BEING THERE, I CAN SEE WHY THEY'RE SO WORRIED. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW THAT NEGATIVE GROWTH IN SALES AND IN PROPERTY TAXES IMPACTS OUR RATINGS A LITTLE BIT,

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AS WELL IF THEY RECEIVE NEGATIVE RATINGS? >> BEING A SEPARATE ORGANIZATION FROM SEPARATE FROM SAN ANTONIO, IT WOULD -- MAY BLEED INTO US, BUT IT WOULD HAVE A MINIMAL IMPACT, BECAUSE THEY ARE SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS AND SEPARATE CREDITS. AND SO THE IMPACT WOULD

BE MINIMAL, IF ANYTHING AT ALL. >> GARCIA: OKAY.

I THINK I'VE ASKED THAT BEFORE, BUT I AM JUST REALLY WORRIED IN GENERAL BECAUSEBE OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON.

I WOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT. BUT I GET IT.

>> AND IF THERE ARE UNDERLYING REASONS THAT IMPACT CPS THAT IMPACT THE ECONOMY -- OR THE CITY OR THE INDUSTRY AS A TOTAL, THEN IT COULD IMPACT US. BUT IF IT'S ISOLATED TO THEM, TO CPS OR SAWS, THEN I DON'T THINK IT WILL HAVE A LARGE IMPACT.

>> GARCIA: PERFECT. AND THEN UNEMPLOYMENT, I KNOW FOR SURE, AND YOU MENTIONED IT PLAYS A FACTOR IN OUR RATING. AND LAST WEEK AT JACKSON HOLE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED, RIGHT, AND PARTICULARLY US. AND THAT CONCERN AND SO I'M WONDERING, LIKE, HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET AFFECTED IN THAT REGARD. AGAIN, KNOWING THAT EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT WAYS OF ASSESSING THEIR RATINGS, BUT HOW DO WE ENSURE -- HOW DO WE STAY AHEAD OF THAT? LIKE WHOSE JOB IS IT TO

STAY AHEAD OF THAT? >> ELLIOTT: I'M NOT SURE I CAN ANSWER THAT

QUESTION. >> WALSH: ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT JUST UNEMPLOYMENT

IN GENERAL. >> GARCIA: AND LAYOFFS, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT'S

BEING SEEN ACROSS -- >> WALSH: SO, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, THE CITY

CAN'T CONTROL THAT PART. >> GARCIA: RIGHT. >> WALSH: IF AN INDUSTRY OR BUSINESS IS GOING THROUGH WHATEVER ECONOMIC CHALLENGE, WE NECESSARILY CAN'T AFFECT THAT. WHAT WE CAN AFFECT IS THE RECRUITMENT AND THE RETENTION AND THE OBLIGATION OF WORKING WITH BUSINESSES HERE, SMALL OR OTHERWISE, TO HELP FACILITATE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN, WHETHER THAT'S INFRASTRUCTURE OR QUALITY OF LIFE OR ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE ORDINANCE POLICY THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE WITH THE COUNCIL. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.

>> GARCIA: SURE. >> WALSH: PART OF OUR ENGAGEMENT, BROADLY WITH EITHER OF THE CHAMBERS, AND PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT AS WELL THE GREATER SA TX IN HOW WE DO NOT JUST RECRUITMENT BUT RETENTION IS CRITICAL. BUT UNDOUBTEDLY, THERE ARE PROBABLY PART OF THE ECONOMY -- PARTS OF THE ECONOMY THAT ARE GOING THROUGH SWINGS.

OUR JOB IS TO HELP MITIGATE THOSE THINGS ON THE BACK END WHERE WE CAN CONTROL. WE'RE FORTUNATE IN THAT -- IN THAT THIS PART OF TEXAS AND THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY, THERE SEEMS TO BE A -- WE'RE AT A PERIOD OF HIGH GROWTH, SO MANAGING THAT GROWTH WHILE MAINTAINING WHAT WE HAVE IS REALLY THE BALANCE THAT WE'RE FACING.

>> GARCIA: AND SO LET ME NOW EXPLAIN THE TIE-IN, RIGHT? I ASKED THOSE IN TWO SEPARATE WAYS. AND THE REASON THAT I DID THAT IS BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR ELECTRICITY THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH OF CONFIDENCE TO SAY IF WE'RE BRINGING IN BUSINESSES TO SAN ANTONIO, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. AND, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE INDEPENDENT, BUT I'M JUST REALLY WORRIED ABOUT HOW -- AND I'M THINKING LIKE YEARS AHEAD, RIGHT? AND SO HOW DO WE DO THAT, HOW DO WE STABILIZE, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT -- AND I DON'T KNOW HOW -- HOW MUCH UNEMPLOYMENT HAS TO DROP, FOR INSTANCE, FOR US TO BE DOWNGRADED.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S LIKE AN EXACT FORMULA, RIGHT?

I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS, RIGHT, TROY? >> ELLIOTT: NO, THERE'S NOT AN EXACT FORMULA. AND IT DEPENDS ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT CRITERIA.

UNEMPLOYMENT CAN BE ONE FACTOR BUT IN ANOTHER CATEGORY THERE CAN BE OTHER THINGS THAT MITIGATE THAT. ALSO IN OUR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE COULD MITIGATE THAT AS WELL. UNEMPLOYMENT BY ITSELF SHOULD NOT IMPACT OUR RATING. IT'S JUST ONE FACTOR IN

THE EVALUATION. >> GARCIA: SO IF YOU BRING IN THE WHOLE BUDGETING FOR TWO TO THREE YEARS OUT -- SO, FOR INSTANCE, THE APPRAISALS, IN TWO OR THREE YEARS. THAT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT. NOW WE'RE CREATING -- THERE'S JUST SO MANY FACTORS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY GO TO A DOWNGRADING TO OUR RATINGS AND THAT'S WHY I'M LOOKING AT EVERY FACTOR INDIVIDUALLY.

>> WALSH: WELL, AND BEN AND TROY CAN PROVIDE SOME INPUT ON THIS, BUT IF WE'RE FACED WITH AN ISSUE WHERE WE ARE PROJECTED TO HAVE REDUCED REVENUES, THEN IT'S INCUMBENT UPON OVERALL.DUCE OUR RIGHT? REGARDLESS OF WHETHER -- WHAT THE FACTOR IS, YOU KNOW, USE THE APPRAISAL CONVERSATION AS AN EXAMPLE. IF WE DO NOTHING ABOUT

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CHANGE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE WITHIN THOSE MEANS. >> GARCIA: OKAY.

NARE. AND, AGAIN, I MIGHT BE JUST CHICKEN LITTLE ON THIS ONE, BUT THERE'S JUST A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS AND I'M JUST REALLY WORRIED ABOUT. SO THANK YOU. YOU HIT THE MAJORITY OF MY QUESTIONS, TROY. I APPRECIATE YOU. AND THEN PUBLIC WORKS.

AND THANK YOU, ROZI, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US.

AND THANK YOU TO OUR FORMER LIAISON JAKE WHO'S NOW AT THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND GENEVIEVE WHO'S OUR NOW CURRENT ONE.

MY OFFICE I FEEL IS ALWAYS IN CONTACT WITH YOU, SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ON A PRETTY GOOD BASIS IN TERMS OF PROJECTS. ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS, I NOTICE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF -- AND WE HAVE SOME OF THE LARGER GAPS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SOME AREAS OF TOWN THAT HAVE LESSER SIDEWALKS BECAUSE THEY MIGHT HAVE THE NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO THE SIDEWALK INVESTMENT CAME WITH THAT, ET CETERA. BUT IS THERE A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT BREAKDOWN ALSO ON SIDEWALK FUNDING? I'M WONDERING IF WE ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SOME OF THE AGING NEIGHBORHOODS,

AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE DO TO ADDRESS THAT? >> HOSSEINI: YEAH, COUNCILWOMAN, WE HAVE -- THE WAY WE -- IN THE PAST, MANY YEARS AGO, WE USED TO DIVIDE THE FUNDING FOR STREET AND SIDEWALK BY 10.

THAT'S NO LONGER OUR PROCESS. WE FUND THOSE SIDEWALK BASED ON THE GAP, ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS MORE GAP, WHICH IS COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE SITTING NEXT TO YOU, THEY GET MORE MONEY.

AND ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT, WHEN IT COMES TO REPAIR, DISTRESS MARK.

THEREFORE, IT IS NOT DIVIDED BY EQUAL. WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, WE CAN PROVIDE YOU THOSE NUMBERS, HOW MUCH OF THAT 21.4 MILLION WILL BE

GOING FOR EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT. >> GARCIA: GOT IT.

THANK YOU, ROZI, I APPRECIATE IT. CAN WE ALSO GET A LIST OF THE NONSERVICE ALLEYS IN DISTRICT 4. I KNOW THAT CAME UP AT THE BUDGET MEETING AND ERIK WAS THERE AND HE ADDRESSED SOME OF THAT, AND I APPRECIATE IT. WE HAD A PREVIOUS PILOT PROGRAM THAT WAS DEVELOPED TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE ALLEYS FOR SAFETY CONCERNS.

IT WAS -- DO WE STILL HAVE THAT, OR HOW DO WE CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM? I THINK IT WAS LIKE -- IT WAS NOT THROUGH THE CPS ANSL PROGRAM?

>> WALSH: I'M NOT REMEMBERING THAT, COUNCILWOMAN.

>> GARCIA: OKAY. NO PROBLEM. I'LL -- SO I'LL FOLLOW UP. I'LL GET SOME MORE INFORMATION, BUT I

THOUGHT WE DID, AND SO I THINK MY STAFF ALSO. >> WALSH: WHERE WE CLOSED

THE ALLEYS. >> GARCIA: IT WAS THE ILLUMINATION?

>> WALSH: OH, WAS THAT PART OF THE 1200 SITES THAT NEED -- THAT WE'RE

ADDING STREETLIGHTS? >> GARCIA: NO, I THINK IT WAS WAY BEFORE.

>> WALSH: OH. >> GARCIA: MARIA'S SHAKING HER HEAD.

I THINK SHE MIGHT REMEMBER. >> VILLAGOMEZ: I REMEMBER, COUNCILWOMAN. I THINK IT WAS AN INITIATIVE BY COUNCILWOMAN SHIRLEY GONZALES THAT WAS STARTED IN DISTRICT FIVE.

WE'LL GET AN UPDATE ON THAT. >> GARCIA: THANK YOU.

I KNEW I WASN'T LOSING THAT PART. DISTRICT FOUR IS SET TO RECEIVE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL, AND SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL.

FLASHING STOPLIGHTS HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL. PEOPLE LIKE THOSE.

AND THEN ALSO I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE -- WE HAVE NAMP THAT CONTINUES TO COME IN THAT MAKES ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS VERY HAPPY.

HOW MUCH REVENUE DO WE HAVE CURRENTLY COLLECTED THROUGH THE STORMWATER FEE IN PARTICULAR? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE AN INCREASE. AND BEFORE I ASK OUR RESIDENTS, RIGHT, TO PAY A HIGHER FEE THROUGH SAWS, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH THEIR COMMUNITY GOT HELPED OR THAT

INVESTMENT, SO... >> SURE, SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT 55 MILLION IN STORMWATER REVENUES FROM THE FEE.

>> GARCIA: AND CAN YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN ALSO OF WHERE THAT WENT?

>> BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL, OR -- >> GARCIA: DISTRICTS.

>> WALSH: WE CAN GET THAT, COUNCILWOMAN. >> GARCIA: OKAY.

>> WALSH: I SUSPECT -- PART OF WHAT ROZI SAID HERE ABOUT BEGINNING THAT REVIEW IN 2025, BEFORE WE BEGIN THAT, WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL. I MENTIONED EARLIER IN OUR MINDS WE'RE THINKING THROUGH HOW WE ADD TO OUR HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECT LIST, BUT STORMWATER IS ALSO HOW WE FUND THINGS LIKE THE MOWING AND MAINTENANCE OF DRAINAGEWAYS, SO WE MAY WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE IMPROVE OR WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD IMPROVE THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE THERE. BUT WE'LL HAVE -- BEFORE WE GO OFF AND DO ANYTHING ON THAT, WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE

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COUNCIL DURING 2025. >> GARCIA: AWESOME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL CHIME BACK IN. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO?

>> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, TROY, BEN, ROZI FOR THE PRESENTATION. LAST NIGHT WE HAD OUR TOWN HALL AND WE HAD A WIDE RANGE OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 3-1-1 BUDGET SURVEY WHAT CAME OUT AS A TOP PRIORITY FOR D5 WAS THE NEED TO INVEST IN STREETS, SO WE'RE PLEASED TO SEE THERE'S AN INCREASE IN NAMP FUNDING. D5 IS THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT'S ZEROED OUT ON OUR NEED AND WHEN WE LOOK TO THE NORTH, SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS BALANCE, I SUGGEST INSTEAD OF OPENING THEIR MOUTH, THEY OPEN THEIR PURSE TO HELP SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF MY COMMUNITY. WITH THAT I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN ALLEYWAY MAINTENANCE. I HOPE THAT WE CAN EXPLORE COOL PAVEMENT WITHIN THE ALLEYWAYS AND IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH TRANSPORTATION. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE LONE STAR AREA FOR OUR DISTRICT IN ROOSEVELT, WE DO HAVE SOME SMALLER ALLEYS AND THEY'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIKEWAYS IN THE ALLEYWAYS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUTE RATHER THAN SOME OF THE MAIN INTERSECTIONS, SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE. I'D LIKE TO SHIFT OVER TO TRANSPORTATION WITH THE 500,000 THAT'S BEING SHIFTED TO ATD.

DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT BEING USED FOR? >> TATE: THOSE ARE VISION ZERO IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS. SO THEY INCLUDE BOTH STUDIES, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT YOU'LL SEE ALONG THE CORRIDORS, SUCH AS INCREASED PAVEMENT MARKINGS, SIGNAGE, TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> CASTILLO: WONDERFUL. AND THEN WITH THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, I KNOW YOU SAID IN JANUARY IT'S GOING TO GO TO FULL A SESSION.

I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE IF WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITHIN PCDC BEFORE IT GOES TO A SESSION, JUST GIVEN THAT OUR UDC AMENDMENTS, TO HAVE A PRECOMMITTEE CONVERSATION BEFORE GOING TO A SESSION.

I KNOW THIS IS A VERY CONTENTIOUS ITEM. WHEN I ATTEND MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, THEY'RE VERY ENGAGED AND HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING CHANGES ON THE DAIS AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VET IT THROUGH COMMITTEE.

>> COUNCILWOMAN, IF I CAN JUST CLARIFY VERY QUICKLY.

WE'RE SCHEDULED TO DO A BRIEFING IN OCTOBER ON WHERE WE'RE AT IN THAT

PROCESS. >> WALSH: AT B SESSION. >> CASTILLO: AT B

SESSION. >> IT WOULDN'T GO TO COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, DECEMBER. .

>> CASTILLO: THANK YOU FOR SETTING UP A BRIEFING WITH ME AS WELL.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MY ZONING DIRECTOR AND I GET IN A DEBATE ABOUT.

HE'S VERY COMMITTED TO SAFE STREETS AND IS A HUGE FAN OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, AND OFTENTIMES WHEN WE HAVE INCIDENTS WHERE SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE IN D5, IT'S ALWAYS A HIT AND RUN, RIGHT? AND WE SUSPECT IT'S LIKELY BECAUSE THAT PERSON'S UNDER THE INFLUENCE THAT THEY LEAVE, AND HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF DRUNK DRIVING. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S BEYOND THE SCOPE, BUT OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, WE GET QUESTIONS, PARTICULARLY ABOUT TXDOT ROADS, WHAT IS THE CITY DOING TO ADDRESS THIS. AND WHILE IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE AT SOME OF THESE EN ENTER SHEK UNS RIGHT? WE ZERO HAVE A DRINKING AND DRIVING PROBLEM IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND HOW DO WE HELP TACKLE THAT PIECE? EVERY DISCUSSION I HAVE BECAUSE OF SOMEONE LOSING THEIR LIFE BECAUSE OF A CORRIDOR, IT'S A HIT AND RUN, RIGHT? INVESTMENTS WOULD BE VALUABLE TO MANY OF THESE INTERSECTIONS BUT HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT THE OTHER PIECE AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. I KNOW DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS ASKING FOR MORE INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS, MORE DRAINAGE DOLLARS, THERE'S SUCH A HIGH NEED AND I'M HOPEFUL WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT A REAL EQUITABLE BUDGET THAT HELPS REALLOCATE FUNDING WHERE DISTRICTS HAVE THE HIGHEST NEED BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A HIGH NEED, WHETHER IT'S 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, THERE'S NO REASON THAT WE SHOULD BE AT THIS POINT IN THE BUDGET AND FOLKS STILL HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS BALANCE WHEN THERE'S NEED IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER

CASTILLO. COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN? >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU.

I'LL START WITH CAT, BECAUSE I DO ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ATD.

I THINK IN TERMS OF VISION ZERO, I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A POLICY AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT PEOPLE IN DISTRICT THREE, AND I THINK ACROSS THE CITY, ARE GETTING HIT BECAUSE THEY'RE CROSSING -- THEY'RE CROSSING ROOSEVELT. THAT'S LIKE FIVE LANES THAT THEY'RE CROSSING.

AND SOME PLACES SIX, BECAUSE I HAVE A TURN LANE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT.

THEY'RE CROSSING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND THEY'RE GETTING HIT, AND THIS IS ON MY MAIN CORRIDORS. SO WHILE I WANT TO LOOK AT A POLICY, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO TALK ABOUT

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SO IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT, OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK IMRAWL Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO DO IN THERE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION, AND I DO WANT THE COMMUNITY GIVING INPUT, BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU TALK TRANSPORTATION, THEY AUTOMATICALLY THINK VIA, AND I HAVE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE LOTS OF NEEDS FROM VIA AND THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE VIA SHOULD BE UP HERE, TOO. BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK BUDGET THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS THAT YOU GUYS CAN ADDRESS, BUT A LOT OF NEEDS THAT VIA DOES FOR MY RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH

FOR THAT AND YOUR PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU.

>> VIAGRAN: BEN AND TROY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

ALL I CAN SAY IS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US. THIS IS KIND OF HOW WE LEAD IN THIS STATE, LEAD IN THIS NATION IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY WE NEED TO GET PROJECTS DONE. AND NOW THE REST OF MY TIME IS SAVED FOR PUBLIC WORKS. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH -- LET'S START WITH SLIDE 4. YOU KNOW THIS ALWAYS GIVES ME HEARTBURN, ROZI, AND I WANT TO SAY, PUBLIC WORKS WORKS WITH MY TEAM VERY WELL.

DIFFERENT POSITIONS, BIGGER AND BETTER POSITIONS WITHIN THE CITY OR IN CORPUS. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK, BUT -- I'M SORRY, LET'S GO TO THE ONE WHERE IT'S STREET NETWORKING CONDITION WITH F STREETS. OH, 6, I'M SORRY. MY READING GLASSES.

SLIDE 6. SO HERE WE ARE ONCE AGAIN, DISTRICT THREE IS NOT NUMBER ONE THIS YEAR. THAT'S RESERVED FOR DISTRICT ONE IN FAILED STREETS. AND I KNOW THAT'S -- I KNOW THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE IS WORKING TO KIND OF RECTIFY BAD HABITS OF PAST COUNCILMEMBERS, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT FAILED STREETS, I HAVE STREETS THAT -- WEST HUTCH PLACE IS A 5.

IT'S NOT -- IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE TO A 40. LIKE IT'S A 5.6 IN SOME POINTS, A 5.3. SO IS THERE ANY WAY WHEN WE TALK AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, WHEN THERE IS -- WHEN WE HAVE THE NAMP FUNDS AND WE HAVE THE STREET FUNDS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CARRYOVER OR THERE'S, YOU KNOW, UNUSED DOLLARS, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN LOOK AT OUR F STREETS AND OUR SIDEWALK GAPS THAT RATE AT THAT LOW OF A LEVEL? BECAUSE I'M SURE DISTRICT FIVE HAS SOME -- AND MAYBE EVEN DISTRICT 10 HAS SOME THAT SIT BELOW A 10 OR A 12 WITH THE FAILED STREETS. SO IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET A LIST OF THAT, OR DOES IT HAPPEN WHEN WE START HEARING FROM THE NEIGHBORS IN TERMS OF THE COMPLAINTS? COUNCILWOMAN, WE CAN GET YOU THOSE LIST. IF YOU RECALL TWO YEARS OR SO AGO, WE EASED A NAMP PROJECT REQUIREMENTS SIGNIFICANTLY. IF YOU DESIRE TO USE SOME OF YOUR MONEY FROM NAMP ON SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION OR F STREET -- AND IT DOES HAVEN'T TO PAY 100%. IF WE HAVE SHORTFALL, IF YOU WANT TO KICK IN AND BUILD UP THAT, WE CAN BUILD THOSE PROJECTS.

WE CAN GET YOU THE LIST OF THE F STREETS IN YOUR COUNCIL.

>> VIAGRAN: NO, BELIEVE ME, WE USE OUR NAMP. ANYTHING IN OVERAGES, IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR PROJECTS AND SAYING HEY, WE MIGHT NEED A LITTLE EXTRA TO COMPLETE THIS ONE. THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN IS IN TERMS OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY IN TERMS OF IF WE HAVE DOLLARS ASSIGNED TO US ANNUALLY TO USE IN NAMP THAT WE SHOULD BE USING THAT, AND THAT OUR CARRYOVER NEEDS TO BE LIMITED BECAUSE IT -- MY F STREETS ARE JUST GOING TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE TO FIX IN THE FUTURE WITH THE DOLLARS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO USE THE MONEY WE HAVE DESIGNATED WHILE WE HAVE IT. THEN LET'S GO ON TO MY -- LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT MY SIDEWALKS. WE KNOW MY SIDEWALKS HAVE PROBLEMS. I'M CONSTANTLY TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORS. I KNOW DOUG IS HERE.

AND, DOUG, I'M GOING TO CALL YOU UP IN A LITTLE WHILE TO TALK ABOUT SOIL BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S -- THAT'S AN ISSUE WITH IT. BUT LET'S GO ON TO --

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IS THERE ANY OTHER ASPECT THAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS IN TERMS OF SELLING IT BACK, GETTING SPONSORSHIPS? LIKE I'M AT MY WITS END ABOUT HOW WE GET HELP TO PAVE THESE ALLEYWAYS. SO IS THERE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS THAT WE CAN WORK ON OR THAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE CITYWIDE ON WHAT WE

DO WITH THE ALLEYWAYS. >> HOSSEINI: YEAH, COUNCILWOMAN.

WE HAVE TALKED. THE BEST THING TO DO, MAYBE CHALLENGING TO DO, TO HAVE THE PROPERTY OWNER MOVE THEIR FENCE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ALLEY, THEY GET MORE LAND, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MAINTAINING, BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE GOING BUILDING, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE BUILD.

BUT THE CHALLENGE OF THAT IS EVERYBODY HAS TO AGREE TO MOVE THEIR FENCE.

IF SOMEONE DOES NOT AGREE, THEN IT'S NOT GOING TO DO.

>> VIAGRAN: OKAY. >> HOSSEINI: SECONDLY, IT'S GOING TO BE SOME COST FOR THEM TO REMOVE THE FENCE. THE THIRD THING, WE HAVE TALKED ALL OF THESE, THEY MAY HAVE TO REPLAT THE LAND THEY ARE TAKING -- EVEN MAYBE A 10-FOOT WIDE OR 5-FOOT, AND IT'S POSSIBLE TO INCREASE THEIR PROPERTY TAX. THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE TO OVERCOME, BUT THAT'S REALLY A LONG-TERM -- THAT'S THE WAY TO GO.

THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO MAINTAIN THIS, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE DRIVING THROUGH, BECAUSE EVEN IF WE PUT A SIGN, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO IGNORE IT UNLESS WE PHYSICALLY BLOCK THAT ALLEY.

>> VIAGRAN: AND I THINK, ERIK, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS MAYBE WE LOOK AT WAYS IN THE FUTURE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

IF WE GET A NONUTILITY/NONSERVICE ALLEYWAY WITH NEIGHBORS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR THAT -- AND MAYBE GIVING THEM INCENTIVES, IF THEY OWN THE PROPERTY AND THEY DECIDE TO DO AN AFFORDABLE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, THAT'S ONE THING WE CAN DO. THE OTHER IS IF THEY DECIDE TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT MORE GREEN, NOT MORE STORAGE SPACE, OR IF SOME OF MY SOUTH SIDERS DECIDE, HEY, WE WANT TO BUILD A SWIMMING POOL, CAN WE TAKE THIS PORTION. SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO IN THE FUTURE, I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT ALSO.

COOL PAVEMENT PROGRAM. DOUG, IT'S YOUR TURN. SO ON THE COOL PAVEMENT PROGRAM, AND DOUG AND I HAVE SPOKEN AT A COUPLE OF EVENTS ABOUT COOL PAYMENT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.

TELL ME HOW IS THE SOIL -- ARE WE STUDYING THE SOIL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING THEM ON STREETS WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO KIND

OF DO THIS IN THREE YEARS. >> MELNICK: THAT'S PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN UNDERTAKING HAS BEEN MORE ON THE ROAD CONDITION.

WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM PHOENIX AND LA IS REALLY FOCUSING ON STREETS IN GOOD CONDITION. BUT WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT SUBSURFACE.

SO I JUST WANT TO DEFER TO ROZI FOR THAT QUESTION.

COUNCILWOMAN, GOOD QUESTION. BUT WE DO ON A AND B STREET RATING. WE DON'T WANT TO GO OVER THERE APPLY AN F STREET AND TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD COME OVER THERE AND DIG IT UP.

>> VIAGRAN: OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH DOUG AND HIS OFFICE, AND I'M SO GLAD HE'S HERE BECAUSE THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHAT THIS IS DOING TO OUR SOIL IS GOING TO BE KEY. AND ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE A AND B STREETS GET THE COOL PAVEMENT PROGRAM. THAT -- I WANTED TO TALK TO TRAFFIC LIGHTS, BUT I'LL CHIME BACK IN FOR THAT ONE. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN.

COUNCILMEMBER ALDARETE GAVITO? >> GAVITO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. SORRY, I KNOW I SOUND LIKE A FROG.

MY VOICE IS GONE. SO I'LL GET THROUGH THIS QUICKLY.

I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH PUBLIC WORKS. FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO

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I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE A LOT TO DO ALL OVER OUR CITY, SO WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, STARTING ON SLIDE 10 AND 11 ABOUT THE SIDEWALK GAP, DO WE -- I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA'S QUESTION, DO WE KNOW WHEN THE SIDEWALK GAPS ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETED BY? AND ALSO, LIKE, WHAT THE PERCENTAGE BREAKDOWN IS BY DISTRICT? I THINK YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO HER.

>> HOSSEINI: WE HAVE 1,416-MILE OF THE GAP THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE DOING ROUGHLY -- ON THE GAP, 30-MILE OR SO IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO FINISH THOSE GAP.

OF COURSE SOME COUNCIL DISTRICT HAVE MORE GAP. >> HOSSEINI: 30 MILES.

JUST GAP. WE HAVE OVER 72-MILE USABLE SIDEWALK BUT --

SIDEWALK IS COMING. >> GAVITO: OKAY. AND.

>> HOSSEINI: 29 MILES. >> GAVITO: AND SO WE -- WHAT IS -- WHEN CAN WE

SEE THAT PERCENTAGE BY DISTRICT? >> HOSSEINI: WE HAVE THE

PERCENTAGE. WE CAN PROVIDE YOU. >> GAVITO: OKAY.

SOUNDS GOOD. ON SLIDE 4, I HAD A QUESTION ON HOW OFTEN A STREET CONDITION IS ASSESSED AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION MORE FREQUENT ASSESSMENTS IF AREAS ARE IN FLOODPLAINS OR THEY'RE IN AREAS WITH HIGH SHIFTING CLAY-BASED

SOIL? >> HOSSEINI: WE DO ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS.

>> GAVITO: UH-HUH. >> HOSSEINI: IT TAKES ALMOST ONE YEAR TO DO.

WE DO ONE EVERY THREE YEARS. IT COSTS US A MILLION DOLLARS TO DO IT. WHEN THEY DO IT, WE USE THAT NUMBER, WE INCLUDE THE DETERIORATION FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS UNTIL TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THREE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WE DO IT AGAIN. IF THERE IS A MAJOR THING HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE STAFF TO GO OVER THERE AND UPDATE THAT PCI, IF THERE WAS A MAJOR FLOODING, WASHED OUT THE ROADWAY AND OTHER THING, BUT OVERALL, WE DO ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS.

>> GAVITO: OKAY. WE HAD AN INSTANCE ON SHADOW DRIVE ON THE DONALDSON TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT SHOWED IT WAS A B RATED STREET ON THE LAST PCI MAP, IN REALITY WE DROVE IT AND IT'S HORRIBLE AND IT NEEDS REPAIR. SO WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS ON THE PCI MAP.

BUT THEN WHEN I HEARD FROM NEIGHBORS, THEY WERE UPSET, WHY ARE YOU ONLY DOING WORK TO A CERTAIN POINT, WHEN THE REST OF THE STREET IS CRAP, TOO.

SO WE WENT AND CHECKED IT OUT, AND THEY WERE RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS SOME HELP. AND SO I'M WONDERING WHAT WE CAN DO TO BETTER ANALYZE OUR STREETS IN CERTAIN AREAS BECAUSE OF FLOODING OR, YOU KNOW, OF THE SOIL. SO THAT WAY WE GET A BETTER PICTURE AND WE CAN MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. COUNCILWOMAN, YOU'RE CORRECT. THE PROJECT WE HAVE DONE UNTIL LAST YEAR WAS BASED ON 2019 SURVEY WASN'T AS ACCURATE AS WHAT WE DID IN 2024.

2024 WAS DONE 3-D LASER. WHAT THAT MEANS, THEY WERE GETTING THE INFORMATION ON X AND Y AND Z DIRECTION, HORIZONTALLY, VERTICALLY AND DEPTH. IF THERE'S A -- BEFORE INTERSECTION, THEY WERE MEASURING THIS ONE. OTHER INFORMATION IS MUCH, MUCH ACCURATE IN USING THE 2024 SURVEY THAN WHAT WE HAD IN '19.

THAT'S THE REASON WE ARE HAVING CHALLENGES TO MEET OUR GOAL IN 2030 TO AVERAGE PCR OF 80 BECAUSE WE'RE USING MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION.

>> GAVITO: OKAY. YEAH, AND FOR ME, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, LIKE WHEN MY TEAM AND I -- BECAUSE WE MEET ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE WEEKLY.

I MEAN, IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM IN DISTRICT 7. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MAPS, AND IT'S SHOWING, HEY, ALL OF THIS AREA IS IN B.

THEN WE'RE NOT PRIORITIZING THOSE PROJECTS, BUT THEN WHEN WE GO OUT AND DRIVE IT, WE'RE LIKE, NO, THIS STREET NEEDS HELP.

AND SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS HOW WE CAN BEST HAVE SOME ACCURATE.

>> COUNCILWOMAN, THE MORE ACCURATE STUDY THAT ROZI IS DESCRIBING IS GOING TO BE PUBLISHED HERE SON. YOU'RE WORKING OFF THE OLDER DATA.

. >> GAVITO: WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THAT?

>> IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO IT WILL BE PUBLISHED. >> GAVITO: OKAY.

THAT WILL BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU, JOHN. ONE OTHER QUESTION, AND SOMEBODY ELSE HAD MENTIONED IT IS IN REGARDS TO THE TIMELY COMPLETION OF WORK. I KNOW RESIDENTS ARE EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED FOR HOW LONG PROJECTS TAKE. FOR EXAMPLE, RESIDENTS OF THE THUNDERBIRD HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL BECAUSE OF SOME

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TIMELINES WHEN THERE ARE PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES? >> HOSSEINI: YOU'RE RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN. TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS TAKING LONGER BECAUSE OF JUST THE SHORT GEOMETRY OF NO MATTER WE DO IN-HOUSE OR THROUGH THE CONTRACTORS.

AS I MENTIONED MY LAST PRESENTATION HERE, WE REALLY WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, HAVE A GOOD DESIGN. GOOD DESIGN IS LIKE A GOOD ROADMAP.

IF YOU HAVE A GOOD ROADMAP, YOU'RE GOING FROM POINT A TO POINT B, MORE LIKELY WILL REACH THAT POINT B BECAUSE OF GOOD MAP.

SECONDLY, WE ARE REALLY LOOKING TO HAVE GOOD MOU WITH OTHER UTILITIES, BECAUSE THEY AFFECT OUR PROJECT SCHEDULE ALSO. THEN WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR CONSTRUCTIVE [INDISCERNIBLE] REVIEW. ON SOME COMPLICATED PROJECT, WE WANT THE CONTRACTOR CAN IMMEDIATELY BUILD WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO BUILD, GET SOME INPUT FROM THEM.

WHEN IT GOES TO CONSTRUCTION, IN THE PAST WE HAVE DONE MOSTLY -- NOT ALL THE TIME -- LOW BID. WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR OTHER THAN, BUT LOW BID COST LESS SO -- CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK COMPLICATES THE PROJECT [INDISCERNIBLE] PROPOSAL, WE DID ON [INDISCERNIBLE] CHANNEL, NEIGHBORHOOD, VERY TOUGH AREA TO BUILD THE PROJECT. IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

DESIGN/BUILD ON VERY SOME LARGE PROJECT. >> GAVITO: YEAH.

>> HOSSEINI: EARLY COMPLETION INCENTIVE. WE WANT TO PUT SOME DOLLAR -- BECAUSE MONEY TALKS. PAY THEM TO WORK OVERTIME, PAY THEM TO WORK THE WEEKEND AND SATURDAY TO FINISH THIS PROJECT SOONER, AND, OF COURSE, WE HAVE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER O ORDINANCE. ANY CONTRACTOR DOESN'T DO A GOOD JOB WE REALLY DON'T WANT THEM FOR FUTURE PROJECT, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE LOW

BID. >> GAVITO: OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. I'M JUST TRYING TO WONDER -- I'M PUSHING ON US TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE EXPEDITE TIMELINES FOR THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC SIGNALS WHERE IT IS MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH; YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE SEEING ACCIDENTS OCCUR IN CERTAIN AREAS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

AND FOR US GOING BACK TO RESIDENTS SAYING, GUESS WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO GET A LIGHT IN THREE YEARS IS UNACCEPTABLE, BECAUSE

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO ANSWER TO THEM. >> HOSSEINI: WE ARE -- COUNCILWOMAN, ALSO WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE CAN WE BUY THOSE TRAFFIC SIGNAL POLES IN ADVANCE, BECAUSE WE HAVE 30-FOOT WIDE STREET, 44, AND WE KNOW TWO-LANE, THREE-LANE, FOUR-LANE, TO BUY THOSE IN ADVANCE AND STOCKPILE. EITHER WE DO IT OR WE PROVIDE FOR CONTRACTOR.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR ALL OF THESE OPTIONS. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT

TAKES A LONG TIME TO INSTALL THOSE. >> WALSH: I THINK THE ISSUE -- GO BACK ONE SLIDE. I THINK THE ISSUE THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN'S TALKING ABOUT IS -- REALLY IS ROOTED HERE.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH IN THE -- YEAH, THE DESIGN'S GOT TO BE RIGHT AND THE FUNDING'S GOT TO BE THERE, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I MENTIONED IN MY PRESENTATION. WE GET OVER 5,000 REQUESTS A YEAR. AND, YOU KNOW, MRS. WALSH CALLING 3-1-1 ABOUT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AS THE PROJECT YOU'RE DESCRIBING. AND SO PART OF WHAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM THERE IS PUBLIC WORKS IS GOING TO START PRIORITIZING.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW -- RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST AN OPEN SPICKETTE FOR EVERYTHING. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS 59% OF THE REQUESTS THAT WE GET DON'T RESULT IN ANYTHING. RIGHT? WE GO THROUGH THE WORK, THEY DON'T RESULT IN ANYTHING, THEY DON'T RESULT IN ANY CHANGES OR THEY'RE NOT ON A CITY STREET.

SO THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IS GOING TO START TRIAGING A LITTLE BIT

BETTER. >> GAVITO: YEAH. >> WALSH: AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET TO THOSE CALLS FOR THINGS THAT -- BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS ON THE SECOND ROW, THEY KNOW -- THEY KNOW BASED ON THE CALL AND BASED ON THE HISTORY WHAT IS LIKELY TO TURN OUT TO BE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. BUT WE HAVEN'T FIXED THAT PROCESS.

SO THAT'S THE PROCESS WE'RE GOING TO FIX GOING FORWARD.

NOW, THERE'S A BACKLOG OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING REQUESTS, AND SO WE'RE ADDING SOME MONEY IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO ELIMINATE THE BACKLOG, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO START FRESH. AND I THINK THAT -- THAT WILL GET MORE TO YOUR QUESTION, I THINK, ABOUT HOW ARE WE PRIORITIZING THOSE HIGH PRIORITY ISSUES THAT COME ACROSS EITHER PUBLIC WORKS' DESK OR Y'ALL'S DESK OR COME ACROSS AT A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL.

>> GAVITO: YEAH. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, ERIK.

I DO THINK THAT TRIAGING THESE REQUESTS WILL HELP, BECAUSE, AGAIN, WHEN I HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAY, YES, WE'RE SORRY THAT THESE NEIGHBORS JUST PASSED AWAY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE THREE YEARS, IT'S UNACCEPTABLE TO THEM FOR GOOD REASON. SO I HAVE SOME OTHER

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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ALDARETE GAVITO.

COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE? >> WHYTE: YEAH. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE COUNCILWOMAN'S QUESTIONS A LITTLE BIT, BUT MAYBE MORE IN TERMS OF ROADS AND CONSTRUCTION. AND I'VE TALKED WITH ERIK ABOUT THIS A BIT. COUNCILWOMAN KAUR -- FEW MONTHS AGO, AND SHE WANTED CONSIDERATION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ACCURACY, EFFECTIVENESS AND EXPEDIENCY OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

AND I THINK THIS JUST WENT THROUGH THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE IT -- IF IT GOT SENT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S O OFFICE

FROM THERE. YES? >> TRANSPORTATION.

>> WHYTE: IT'S GOING TO TRANSPORTATION, OKAY. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR DURING THE BUDGET AS WELL. WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET THESE THINGS TO MOVE QUICKER? IN MY DISTRICT, FOR INSTANCE, THE BULVERDE ROAD PROJECT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE ALMOST A YEAR AGO. WE WERE TOLD IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.

AND NOW WE'RE BEING TOLD FINALLY, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, IT'S GOING TO GET DONE. WHAT CAN WE DO TO INCENTIVIZE THESE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES TO GET THESE THINGS DONE QUICKER?

>> YEAH, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU'LL HAVE NOTICED ON ONE OF ROZI'S SLIDES LATER WE'RE WORKING IN THREE PHRASES ON THIS. THE FIRST THING YOU MENTIONED WAS COUNCILMAN KAUR'S CCR THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE DESIGN BEING CORRECT. OFTENTIMES ON COMPLEX PROJECTS OR PROJECTS THAT ARE IN DOWNTOWN, AN OLDER PART OF TOWN, NOT JUST DOWNTOWN, TO HAVE ACCURATE DESIGN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION.

MANY TIMES WE'RE RELYING ON AS-BUILT INFORMATION. MANY TIMES THAT'S CORRECT. THE CCR IS DRIVING TOWARDS SUBSURFACE INFORMATION. WE'RE PHYSICALLY DIGGING A HOLE TO FIND THE TOP ELEVATION OF THE PIPE, THE DIAMETER OF THE PIPE.

WE'RE DOING THAT, ANY CROSSOVER OF ANY PIPES, RIGHT? AT ANY INTERSECTION, AT ANY NEW JUNCTION POINTS, RIGHT? TO CREATE AN ACCURATE DESIGN BEFORE WE EVER BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.

SO THAT'S STEP 1. THAT'S IN PROCESS, THAT IS OUR EXPECTATION OF OUR UTILITY PARTNERS MOVING FORWARD. THEY'RE AWARE OF THE CCR, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON MAKING THAT AN ORDINANCE.

THAT'S HEADED TO COUNCIL. THAT'S UNDER WORK NOW AND UTILITIES ARE AWARE. ROZI AND I MET WITH SAWS ON FRIDAY.

THEY KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE AN EXPECTATION OF THIS COUNCIL.

THAT'S IN DESIGN. YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, SORRY.

>> HOSSEINI: NO, NO, NO. >> SO ON CONSTRUCTION, SIR, MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE WORKING TO MOVE AWAY FROM LOW BID LIKE ROZI DESCRIBES, RIGHT? SO WHAT ARE THE OTHER CONTRACTING METHODS THAT WE CAN USE THAT WILL HELP OUR CONTRACTORS MOVE MORE SWIFTLY, RIGHT? NOT JUST DRIVING THE PRICE. SOMETIMES THAT CAUSES THEM TO BE IN A HARD PLACE WHERE THEY CAN'T MOVE AS QUICKLY AS YOU'RE DEMANDING RKT RIGHT? ADDITIONALLY WITH THAT, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT DO INCENTIVES LOOK LIKE FOR OUR CONTRACTORS, NOT ONLY INCENTIVES, BUT WHAT DO OUR -- AUDIO] -- THAT'S A BALANCING ACT WITH BOTH THE INCENTIVES, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU'RE AWARE OF THE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER ORDINANCE, AND IT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO US. ON THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, IT IS DRIVING TO COMPLETION, RIGHT? SO DRIVING DECISION MAKING.

SO ON MANY CRITICAL PROJECTS, ROZI AND I ARE PERSONALLY INVOLVED TO ENSURE THAT DECISIONS ARE MADE, AND IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE DECISIONS AT THE TABLE TO KEEP STUFF MOVING. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE

THREE PHASES IN MY HEAD. >> WHYTE: YEAH. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT -- YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT -- I THINK THE NUMBERS SHOW THAT PUBLIC WORKS WERE INCREASING THE FUNDING BY 3.3%, RIGHT? ARE WE ALLOCATING ENOUGH DOLLARS TO PUBLIC WORKS? IN OTHER WORDS, I BELIEVE AS COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO SAID, THIS IS WHAT OUR RESIDENTS WANT. THEY WANT THESE PROJECTS DONE, DONE WELL, AND DONE QUICKLY. AND RATHER THAN SPENDING MONEY ON A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS, OUR MONEY NEEDS TO BE SPENT HERE.

SO MAYBE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING MORE DOLLARS HEREIN TOHERE INTO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE ALMOST A QUARTER OF OUR ROADS, 22% OF OUR ROADS IN THIS CITY ARE IN POOR AND FAILING CONDITION, RIGHT? THAT ALMOST GUARANTEES THAT EVERY PERSON THAT GETS IN A CAR ON A DAILY BASIS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY DRIVES OVER A POOR OR A FAILING STREET. WE NEED TO BE PUTTING OUR MONEY HERE, RIGHT? NOT SPENDING IT -- AND I DON'T WANT TO GET ON MY SOAPBOX TODAY ON THIS, BUT NOT SPENDING IT ON MUSEUMS IN MEXICO, NOT SPENDING OUR DOLLARS ON

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>> IT'S THE SAME LEVEL AS LAST YEAR. >> WHYTE: I THINK IT'S THE SAME LEVEL AS LAST YEAR. I'D LIKE TO SEE US PUT SOME MORE DOLLARS IN NAMP. THE MOWING SCHEDULES, I THINK WE MOW ONCE A QUARTER. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST MY DISTRICT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT MOWING THESE DRAINAGE AREAS, THESE MEDIANS AND THINGS. IT SEEMS TO ME FOLKS WOULD LIKE IT MORE THAN ONCE A QUARTER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST WOULD BE TO GET THESE THINGS DONE TWICE A QUARTER, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT OUR CITIZENS WOULD LIKE.

I AM HAPPY TO SEE THE HARRY WURZBACH HIGHWAY DESIGN IS GETTING FUNDED. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, FT. SAM HOUSTON NATIONAL CEMETERY IS RIGHT THERE, AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH SO MANY VETERANS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA AND SAY, MAN, IT'S JUST -- IT'S SORT OF DISRESPECTFUL THAT WE HAVE THIS GREAT CEMETERY THERE AND WE HAVE A ROAD THAT'S IN REALLY NEED OF WORK. AND SO I'M GLAD WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT FUNDING FOR THAT. QUICKLY MOVING TO DEBT, THANK YOU, ROZI, AND, CAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE TALKS AS WELL. ON THE DEBT, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS TO ME BY AND LARGE LIKE WE'RE DOING A FAIRLY GOOD JOB WITH OUR BOND RATINGS AND EVERYTHING. I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVIYOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS: I WAS LOOKING AT A TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION REPORT, AND IT IS FROM NOVEMBER OF 2023, SO IT'S -- YEAH, NOVEMBER OF '23, SO A YEAR AGO OR SO. IT LOOKS LIKE OUR DEBT PER CAPITA HERE IN THE CITY IS HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE STATE.

IS THAT OF ANY CONCERN AT ALL TO Y'ALL? >> I THINK I'M SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH THE TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION.

I THINK THIS GOES BACK TO AN EARLIER CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, IS THAT WHEN OUR DEBT PER CAPITA NUMBERS ARE BASED ON OUR AD VALOREM DEBT. WE LOOK AT THE TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION. IT'S ALSO AGGREGATING AND BRINGING IN OTHER

ORGANIZATIONS LIKE KRMPLET PS AND SAWS. >> WHYTE: RIGHT.

>> SO BASED ON THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH CPS AND SAWS BEING INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS AND ALSO SEPARATE AND APART WITH SEPARATE CREDIT, OUR FOCUS IS JUST ON THE AD VALOREM PIECE ON THE PER CAPITA.

SO LOOKING -- VERSUS WHAT WE'RE SHOWING BASED ON OUR BALANCE SHEET.

>> WHYTE: SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ALL ENCOMPASSING AS OPPOSED

TO WHO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER? >> WALSH: AND COUNCILMAN, CITIES LIKE HOUSTON OR DALLAS OR EVEN FORT WORTH THAT ARE BEING SERVED BY PRIVATE ELECTRIC, THAT IS NOT INCLUDED WITHIN THAT -- THOSE TYPES OF COMPARISONS, SO THAT'S WHY WE GO TO THE LENGTH WE DO ON THIS SLIDE TO SHOW AN APPLES TO APPLES, JUST ON PROPERTY TAXES. BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF

THOSE CITIES UP THERE HAS PROPERTY TAXES. >> WHYTE: OKAY.

LOOKING AT THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, IF I SAW IT ON THE SLIDE CORRECTLY, IT LOOKED LIKE 420 MILLION OR SO.

I'M NOT SURE WHICH SLIDE IT WAS. SO IT FEELS TO ME LIKE WE'VE INCREASED OUR RELIANCE ON THESE COS IN THE PAST SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NONVOTER APPROVED DEBT HERE.

IS THERE AN ADDITIONAL RELIANCE ON THESE, AND WHY?

>> ELLIOTT: I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ADDITIONAL RELIANCE.

I THINK IT'S BASED ON NEED, BASED ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. WE USE OUR CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS BASICALLY PURSUANT TO THE STATE STATUTE. WE USE THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO KIND OF INFILL FOR THE TWO BOND PROJECTS, CRITICAL

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>> WALSH: YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, OVER THE LAST THREE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, THE LEGISLATURE HAS REALLY TALKED ABOUT THE USE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. THERE ARE SOME CITIES AND COUNTIES IN THE STATE THAT UTILIZE THEM FOR WHAT I WOULD CALL PROBABLY MORE TYPICAL OF A VOTER APPROVED BOND, WHICH HAS RAISED THE IRE OF LEGISLATURE.

WE ARE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THAT MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON THINGS LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY OR TROY JUST MENTIONED IT, OUR I.T. SYSTEMS AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THEM. ALL IN ACCORDANCE -- AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS THINK THROUGH IS, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE LAST THREE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, ARE WE RUNNING AFOUL OR RUNNING INTO -- BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF STORIES OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN THE STATE DOING THINGS WITH C OF OS THAT WOULD BE COUNTER TO OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT APPROACH AND HOW WE FUND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE YOU SOME VERY DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS AND

SOME EXAMPLES. >> WHYTE: YEAH. OKAY.

THANKS. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER

WHYTE. COUNCILMEMBER PELAEZ? >> PELAEZ: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ROZI, NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, JUST A REQUEST. ONE, AT A FUTURE DATE, CAN WE GET A BRIEFING ON THE STORMWATER UTILITY AND ALL THE OTHER STORMWATER WORK THAT'S HAPPENING UNDER YOUR DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATUS AND WHERE ARE WE GOING, RIGHT, WITH STORMWATER.

>> HOSSEINI: YES, SIR, YOU CAN. >> PELAEZ: MAYBE THE CHAIRWOMAN OF PCDC WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO DO THAT.

I'D APPRECIATE KNOWING MORE BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY

ON THESE. >> HOSSEINI: RIGHT. >> PELAEZ: THE OTHER THING ALSO IS I'D LIKE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING -- AGAIN, NOT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF IN THE WEEDS -- OF THE SELF-INSURANCE COMPONENT OF YOUR PRESENTATION. I'M LOOKING AT IT AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT VERY WELL, AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON EVERYBODY'S -- YOU KNOW, TAKE TOO MUCH TIME AWAY FROM EVERYBODY, BUT I -- IT'S ALSO A PRETTY BIG SPEND, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IT. AND THEN THE THIRD THING IS, I -- I THINK THIS DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD TODAY IS VERY FRUITFUL.

I THINK WE'VE GIVEN YOU A LOT TO THINK ABOUT NOT JUST FOR THIS BUDGET, BUT, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD FOR FUTURE BUDGETS.

I THINK THAT THE -- IT'S REFRESHING TO HEAR THAT WE'RE NOT RESORTING BACK TO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY LIKE PREVIOUS COUNCILS DID. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS CONCEPT OF EQUITY BUDGETING IS SOMETHING THAT HAS NOW BEEN ABSORBED BY THIS COUNCIL AND HAS BEEN TAKEN SERIOUSLY. I THINK THAT WHAT YOU HAVE REFLECTED HERE IS IN KEEPING WITH THAT. I KNOW THAT IT'S -- YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTING TO INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WE DON'T GET ALL THE MONEY IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT I'M OKAY, RIGHT, WITH, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT 8 NOT GETTING A PROPORTIONAL AMOUNT OF EVERY OTHER DISTRICTS, IF THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE MORE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE FAILING, RIGHT, OR MORE STREETS THAT NEED ATTENTION.

THAT IS NOT TO SAY, HOWEVER, THAT THERE'S NO SIDEWALK OR STREETS THAT NEED ATTENTION IN DISTRICT 8 KSZ BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY IS FAIR. AND IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE ALL COMING AT YOU SEPARATELY. BECAUSE I KNOW I COME AT YOU, YOU KNOW, BEHIND THE SCENES WITH DIFFERENT REQUESTS, AND, YOU KNOW, PUSHES THAT, PLEASE PRIORITIZE THIS PROJECT, PLEASE PRIORITIZE -- AND YOU'RE VERY MUCH LIKE SWITZERLAND AND YOU HANDLE THESE COMPETING REQUESTS VERY WELL. MORE THAN ANYTHING, JUST A COMPLIMENT.

THANKS FOR THE HARD WORK. >> HOSSEINI: THANK YOU,

SIR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PELAEZ. COUNCILMEMBER ROCHA GARCIA?

>> GARCIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APPRECIATE IT.

TROY, YOU SAID SOMETHING EARLIER ABOUT THE TEXAS POLICY FOUNDATION.

WHAT DID YOU SAY? YOU REFERENCED THEM. >> ELLIOTT: TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION BASICALLY PUBLISHES AN INDEX OR BASICALLY

LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES. >> GARCIA: GOT IT. >> ELLIOTT: AGGREGATE

DEBT AND COMPARING THAT ON PER CAPITA BASIS. >> GARCIA: I WAS TRYING TO LOOK FOR IT BUT I COULDN'T FIND IT. MAYBE YOU CAN SEND THAT

MY WAY WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE. >> ELLIOTT: WE CAN DO

THAT. >> GARCIA: I WANTED TO SEE IF I CAN ASK CAT, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, I APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM.

I SEE ON THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY UPDATE IT WILL BE COMPLETED IN 2025, THE TWO DOWNTOWN PROJECTS, ARE THEY THE ONLY COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER WAY, THE SOUTH ALAMO AND THE SANTA

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ROSA? >> NO, THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHERS.

>> GARCIA: JUST MAKING SURE. >> -- PROJECTS THAT ARE -- LOOK THROUGH THE LENS OF COMPLETE STREETS.

>> GARCIA: GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. AND THEN ON COMPLETE STREETS AND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, I HAVE SEVERAL TXDOT MANAGED STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. LAST NIGHT WE HAD OUR QUARTERLY MEETING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENTS AND WE BROUGHT THE TXDOT ENGINEER AND THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER AND THE ENGINEER WHO OVERSEES ALL OF OUR AREA. AND SO I HAVE SOUTHWEST MILITARY AND POTRANCO, NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY AND OLD PEARSALL ROAD. ALL OF THEM, I WOULD PRETTY MUCH SAY HEAVY TRANSIT CORRIDORS, AND EVEN KNOW THE NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY ISN'T CONSIDERED A HIGHWAY TRANSIT, WE HAVE A LOT OF 18-WHEELERS THAT JUST THE RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY MAKE IT UNSAFE TO TRAVEL, ET CETERA. SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN WORK WITH TXDOT TO IMPLEMENT COMPLETE STREETS POLICIES TO ATTRACT FUTURE TRAN SENT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LOCAL OFFICE HERE. WE COORDINATE WITH THEM QUITE A BIT ON SOME OF OUR PROJECTS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT SIX CORRIDORS THAT ARE TXDOT CORRIDORS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO PUT SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES, SO, YEAH, DEFINITELY WE CAN WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE ON

THOSE. >> GARCIA: GOOD. SO LAST NIGHT FROM THE -- I WOULD CALL IT MORE OF A WORKING SESSION WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS, THEY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF PERHAPS LIKE CLOSING SOME STREETS BECAUSE -- SO THAT WAY THEY CAN HAVE MORE ABILITY TO EXPAND THE ACCESS ROADS. AND I THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S CREATIVE THINGS TO CONSIDER. AND THAT'S WHY I WAS TREATING IT AS A WORK SESSION. THEY ALSO -- AND I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS, AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE TO ASK -- BUT A FEW RESIDENTS -- I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE. EVERY TIME THAT WE DRIVE-IN TO ANOTHER CITY, FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S THESE BIG, BEAUTIFUL MURALS WELCOMING AND IDENTIFYING, YOU'RE CLEARLY IN A NEW CITY, RIGHT? SO WELCOME TO SAN ANTONIO TYPE THING. AND TXDOT LAST NIGHT SAID, WELL, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND FUNDS SHOULD BE ALLOCATED. I DON'T KNOW WHO I ASK THAT FOR, BUT I'D LOVE TO CONSIDER THAT IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A BIG ENTRYWAY,

AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHY NOT. >> WALSH: THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT FROM THE STATE.

>> GARCIA: OKAY. >> WALSH: I MEAN, FRANKLY -- WELL, YEAH,

WE'LL FOLLOW UP. >> GARCIA: YEAH. >> WALSH: SURE.

I MEAN, THERE'S MOWING CYCLES ON THE HIGHWAY, I SEE DIFFERENCES ALL OVER

THE STATE. >> GARCIA: YEAH. >> WALSH: MORE THAN HAPPY

TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE NEW DISTRICT ENGINEER HERE. >> GARCIA: GOOD.

YEAH. >> WALSH: BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB.

>> GARCIA: AND HI'S NOT INTERIM ANYMORE. HE'S OFFICIAL.

>> RIGHT. >> GARCIA: SO I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT, RIGHT, BECAUSE I JUST THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME REASON, IT JUST WASN'T DONE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T -- WE JUST COULDN'T FOR SOME REASON, BUT WHEN HE SAID THAT LAST NIGHT RKT I WAS LIKE, OH, LET'S TAKE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY AND LET'S ASK FOR THAT. MAYBE IT'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS BUDGET, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMING YEARS AND MAYBE WE PLAN AHEAD. ANYWAY, JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

AND THEN ALSO ON THE PERCENTAGE OF PEDESTRIANS THAT FEEL SAFE ON PAGE 578 OF THE BUDGET BOOK, YOU HAVE A TARGET OF 60% OF PEDESTRIANS FEELING SAFE ON CITY STREETS. THAT'S SCARY. HOW DID WE COME UP WITH

THE 60%? >> THIS IS A NEW MEASURE THAT WE'RE INTRODUCING, SIMILAR TO HOW ANIMAL CARE SERVICES HAS A MEASURE SIMILAR TO THIS WHERE -- WHETHER OR NOT THEY FEEL SAFE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR POLICIES, SUCH AS BIKE NETWORK PLAN, PUTTING IN SAFER INFRASTRUCTURE, COMPLETE STREETS, SAFER INFRASTRUCTURE AND VISION ZERO, THOSE OBJECTIVES, WE'RE TRYING TO MEASURE ARE WE DOING A GOOD JOB.

OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE 100%, EVERYBODY FEELING SAFE ON THE ROAD, BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT IS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, SO, AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO GET THERE AND INCREMENTALLY GO UP.

>> GARCIA: THE REASON I'M SAYING THIS IS BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING IT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AND STUDENTS THAT WE'RE REACHING, IS THAT WHERE WE'RE SETTING OUR 60% GOAL?

>> NO. TWO DIFFERENT MEASURES. TWO DIFFERENT MEASURES.

THE NUMBER OF RESPECTS AND STUDENTS REACHED HAS TO DO WITH OUR OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. SO RIGHT NOW, OUR TEAM IS WORKING WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY CENTERS IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THEM, BECAUSES TO ARE OUR FUTURE DRIVERS. AND SO WE WANT TO EDUCATE THEM, BECAUSE IT'S ALSO -- JUST LIKE COUNCILMAN COURAGE WAS TALKING ABOUT, LOU DO WE MAKE THAT IMPACT. AND IT'S ALSO THROUGH

BEHAVIOR. >> GARCIA: GOT IT. >> SO THAT'S THE OTHER

PIECE THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON. >> GARCIA: I'LL JUST CLOSE THAT WE HAVE ABOUT $130,000 COLLEGE STUDENTS ACROSS SAN ANTONIO.

THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER TARGET MARKET. .

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO.

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>> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M THANKFUL TO SEE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ROUGHLY OVER 1,000 SCHOOL ZONE IMPROVEMENTS, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE WOULD BE VALUE IN CITY LEADERSHIP HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH SUPERINTENDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, SAISD PASSED A BILLION DOLLARS BEYOND AND IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS THE SUPERINTENDENT SHARED THAT THOSE BOND DOLLARS SHOULD FOLLOW THE STUDENTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR FACILITIES, AS WELL AS FOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR TRAFFIC CALMING FOR SCHOOL ZONE IMPROVEMENTS, AND I WANT TO ENSURE THAT MANY OF THE SCHOOLS ARE NOW GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL CLOSURES AND IF WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THOSE BOND DOLLARS FOLLOWING THOSE SCHOOLS FOR THOSE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS LOOK LIKE.

AND WE'RE ALREADY RECEIVING -- YESTERDAY AT OUR BUDGET TOWN HALL, MELANIE BROUGHT UP -- DOWN THE STREET WAS ONE OF THE SCHOOLS SET FOR CLOSURE, SO HOW CAN WE FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE BOND DOLLARS THAT WERE COMMITTED TO FOLLOW THE STUDENTS, BECAUSE THERE IS A NEED FOR FLASHING BEACONS AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE ALSO HAVING ISSUES WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY TRAFFIC WAWMING MEASURES AT ALL, AND AREN'T BEING RESPONSIVE TO OUR OFFICE AND/OR THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND SO I THINK THERE WOULD BE VALUE IN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION IN HAVING THAT CHECK-IN WHERE THE BILLION DOLLARS BOND DOLLARS ARE GOING MAKING SURE OUR KIDS ARE SAFE. THERE'S THE COMMITMENT FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PUBLIC WORKS CAN'T DO IT ALL, SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THEY HAVE. LAST NIGHT LOUISE WAS THE LAST CITY STAFFER AT OUR TOWN HALL BECAUSE HE HAD A LINE OF RESIDENTS WHO HAD QUESTIONS AND IDEAS, SO THANK YOU, LOUISE FOR THAT. MY QUESTION REGARDING THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STAFF, IS THAT GOING TO BE A FULL-TIME LONG-TERM POSITION OR IS IT JUST WHILE WE WORK THROUGH THE BACKLOG OF THE TRAFFIC

WALL MING APPLICATIONS. >> HOSSEINI: IT'S FOR STAFF AUGMENTATION, WE ASK $200,000 FOR HELP US STAFF AUGMENTATION. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE ARE HAVING BEING ABLE TO HIRE PEOPLE FAST ENOUGH. IN THIS CASE, WE CAN REACH OUT WHEN WE'RE ON CALL -- AND WITH THAT, I THINK WOULD BE VALUE IN A TRAFFIC CALMING DASHBOARD SO THAT WAY OUR OFFICE CAN TRACK WHO SUBMITTED A TRAFFIC CALMING APPLICATION, WHERE IT IS IN THE QUEUE, IF THEY DID OR DIDN'T QUALIFY, SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR JEANETTE, BUT I FEEL THAT OFTENTIMES MY STAFF IS ASKING FOR STATUS UPDATE ON THESE, AND I THINK IF THERE WAS A DASHBOARD, THAT WOULD REMOVE SOME OF THE WORK AND E-MAILS THAT WE SEND OVER TO YOUR TEAM, AND FOR CONSTITUENTS TO SEE AS WELL SO THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THEIR APPLICATION STANDS.

>> HOSSEINI: SURE. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, ROZI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. COUNCILMEMBER ALDARETE GAVITO?

>> GAVITO: THANK YOU, MAYOR, JUST TO CLOSE OUT THE EARLIER CONVERSATION Y'ALL MENTIONED WITH PUBLIC WORKS, Y'ALL MENTIONED Y'ALL WERE GOING TO LOOK AT TRIAGING Y'ALL'S REQUEST. WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN? COUNCILWOMAN, FIRST WE ARE WORKING WITH 3-1-1 FOR THEM TO BETTER FILTER, AYE'D RATHER NOT GET THOSE 29% OF -- THOSE REQUESTS COME TO US, BECAUSE IT TAKES TIME TO REVIEW THOSE AND REALIZE

THIS IS NOT REALLY RELATED FOR US. >> GAVITO: UH-HUH.

>> HOSSEINI: THIS IS ONGOING. OF COURSE, IN ADDITION WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH 3-1-1 TO BE ABLE TO REQUEST TO SEE WHAT THE STATUS UP WITH THE REQUEST AND ALSO $300,000 TO HELP US TO DO --

>> AND COUNCILWOMAN, THE CHANGES THAT YOU SEE WILL BEGIN ON OCTOBER 1ST, RIGHT? SO WE'RE WORKING ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEHIND THE

SCENES NOW, BUT IT WILL BEGIN IN OCTOBER 1ST. >> GAVITO: THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOHN. I DO WANT TO ECHO COUNCILMAN WHYTE'S COMMENTS ABOUT MORE OF OUR BUDGET BEING DIRECTED TO PUBLIC WORKS. I FEEL LIKE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS A CORE FUNCTION OF THE CITY, AND SO I'M IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH FUNDS BEING DIRECTED THERE. WHEN YOU EVEN LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE OVER -- OR CLOSE TO 1500 MILES GA -- GAP MILES IN SIDEWALKS BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY ONLY ADDING 30 MILES PER YEAR, IT'S GOING TO TAKE US FOREVER, AND THAT'S A FRUSTRATION RESPECTS FACE DAILY HAVING TO WALK DOWN THE STREET TO SCHOOL WITH NO SIDEWALKS. SO ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO ACCELERATE THAT, TO ACCELERATE PUBLIC WORKS WORK ON THAT, AGAIN, IT'S A CORE FUNCTION OF THE CITY, I'M IN FULL AGREEMENT OF.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I DID WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW PUBLIC WORKS HAS A TON OF PROJECTS GOING ON AROUND THE CITY, BUT I WANTED US TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, HIGH QUALITY OF WORK SHOULD BE THE EXPECTATION. OUR TEAM GETS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT POOR WORK, AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE HAVING TO SEE THE

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THERE WAS A CASE OF SUBSTANDARD WORK BEING DONE ON MAGNOLIA, WE ESCALATED IT AND I DON'T -- I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE MECHANISM THAT WE HAVE TO HOLD SUBCONTRACTORS ACCOUNTABLE FOR DOING SUBBAR WORK. BECAUSE, AGAIN, IN THIS MODE OF REDOING WORK AND

ADDING MORE FRUSTRATION FOR RESIDENTS. >> COUNCILWOMAN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A HIGHIG STANDARD FOR OUR CONTRACTORS ACROSS TOWN, AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S AN ISSUE, WE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH THE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER ORDINANCE, BY OUR REMINDING THEM OF WHAT THEY NEED TO DELIVER FOR OUR RESIDENTS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE BAR HIGH, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS ARE DELIVERED IN A GOOD WAY, AND SOMETIMES WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, BUT WE

WORK HARD EVERY DAY TO ACHIEVE A HIGH BAR. >> WALSH: AND COUNCILWOMAN, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TO MAGNOLIA, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT

THIS SUMMER. >> GAVITO: YEAH. >> WALSH: AND GOT VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK. THERE WAS ONE CUSTOMER WHO -- WHO HAD AN ISSUE THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED, SOME DAMAGE DONE ON A LIMESTONE TABLET, AND -- BUT -- BUT IF YOU ALL ENCOUNTER THOSE SITUATIONS, THEN PLEASE LET US KNOW BECAUSE UNDOUBTEDLY, WE HAVE THE PROJECT MANAGERS FROM PUBLIC WORKS OUT THERE WHO ARE THE FIRST LINE FOR THE RESIDENTS, BUT I'LL ECHO WHAT JOHN JUST SAID. I MEAN, THERE ARE -- THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND A LOT OF BUILDING GOING ON.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIRE THE BEST. AND THE ONES THAT CAN'T DO THE JOB, WE DON'T WANT TO HIRE ANYMORE, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF FUNDS, WE WANT CONTRACTORS THAT ARE GOING TO BE -- THAT ARE GOING TO COMMUNICATE ON THEIR OWN WITH THE PUBLIC. AND I GOT GOOD POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON MAGNOLIA THAT AFTERNOON. WE WANT THEM TO BE EFFICIENT AND WE WANT THEM TO HURRY UP AND GET THE WORK DONE AND MOVE ON

TO THE NEXT PROJECT AND GET OUT OF THEIR LIVES. >> GAVITO: I APPRECIATE THAT, ERIK. THE PROJECT YOU VISITED WAS ON GRAMMARSY.

THIS ONE WAS MAGNOLIA. THE REST OF THE STREET IS A DIFFERENT COLOR FROM

THE ASPHALT. IT WAS MESSY EXECUTION. >> YEAH, COUNCILWOMAN, I ALSO HAD US ON THE WRONG STREET. THOSE ARE PUNCH LIST ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. WE WILL HOLD CONTRACTORS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT KIND OF STUFF. AT THE END OF EVERY PROJECT, JUST SO -- YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS, BUT JUST SO EVERYONE KNOW, WE DO A WALK WITH OUR TEAM TO ENSURE THAT ALL ITEMS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING SHOULD BE HANDLED. THOSE ITEMS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE PUNCH LIST BUT NOT YET COMPLETED. THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLETED

NOW. >> GAVITO: I APPRECIATE THAT, JOHN.

OUR DISTRICT AND OUR OFFICE IS TAKING THE BRUNT END OF RESIDENTS FRUSTRATION. THEY'RE FRUSTRATED WHEN THE INTERNET GOES OUT, THEY'RE SEEING CITY TRUCKS OUT THERE, THEY'RE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING FROM HOME, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

>> ACCESS TO THE RIGHT OF WAY IS CONTROLLED BY PUBLIC WORKS.

IN GOOGLE FIBER'S CASE, THEY ARE WORKING TO ACHIEVE A DEPTH OF 8 INCHES FOR THE FIBER -- HOMES, RIGHT? AND MANY OF THEIR FIRST PROJECTS AROUND TOWN, THAT DEPTH WAS NOT ACHIEVED. I SPOKE WITH THEM TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE HITTING THAT DEPTH NOW, BUT IN SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE THEY DID NOT HIT THAT DEPTH INITIALLY, AND THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IS GOING TO REHAB A STREET, THERE HAVE BEEN DISRUPTIONS.

BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THE FIBER WAS NOT AT THE PROPER DEPTH.

SO WE'RE HOLDING THEM TO ACCOUNT, WE'RE GOING BEHIND THEM AND MAKING SURE IT'S THERE. AND INSPECTING. BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE EARLIER PROJECTS THERE WERE IMPACTS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT

DEEP ENOUGH. >> GAVITO: THAT MAKES SENSE, ARE YOU HAVING COORDINATION CALLS WITH THEM BEFOREHAND TO SAY HOW ARE WE

>> SHORTLY AFTER BUDGET WITH OUR PROJECT LIST WE PROVIDE THOSE FOR GOOGLE.

MANY YEARS AGO UNFORTUNATELY THEY TRENCHED THOSE VERY SHALLOW.

CERTAIN AREAS END UP BEING CUT BY US AND THEY LENDER THEIR LESSON.

THEY WANT TO GO IN ADVANCE OF OUR PROJECT AND IF THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR

ADJUSTMENT, THEY ADJUST. >> GAVITO: YEAH, WE JUST NEED SOME SORT OF MECHANISM BECAUSE OUR OFFICE IS TAKING THE HEAT ON THIS, AND WHEN WE CAN SAY YES, PUBLIC WORKS IS TALKING TO GOOGLE FIBER, AT&T, YES, WE'RE COORDINATED, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR US TO RELAY. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT

RIGHT NOW. >> SO THE ANSWER IS YES, WE ARE COORDINATING ON EVERY

PROJECT. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER? >> I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GAS TEEIO IN TERMS OF

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WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR THAT? >> COUNCIL MEMBER, WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE FULL OR PARTIALLY TO PAY FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

>> OKAY. BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A TON OF DEVELOPMENT COMING AS YOU KNOW IN THE SOUTHSIDE, IN PARTICULAR IN AND AROUND BROOKS.

AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COORDINATE ANY TRAFFIC LIGHT ASKS WITH OF COURSE THE CITY AND THE STATE SO WE DON'T HAVE A BACKUP SOMEWHERE.

THE OTHER DRAINAGE OPERATIONS, I DID WANT TO HIT ON THAT BRIEFLY.

REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS. MY TEAM -- I'M GOING TO BE COORDINATING WITH SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE DO WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO KEEP PLASTIC BAGS OUT OF OUR CHANNELS AND CREEKS SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH DAVID NEWMAN AND HIS TEAM ON CREATING A PROGRAM, AND WE WANT PUBLIC WORKS AND OF COURSE THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY TO KIND OF CHAMPION THAT WHEN Y'ALL THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS REGARDING THE HOMELESS THAT ARE LIVING IN THE DRAINAGE AREAS. DO WE GET A REPORT OF WHEN WE HAVE TO DO A CLEANOUT? CLEANOUT IF ANY DAMAGE IS CAUSED TO THAT DRAINAGE CHANNEL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SHOPPING CARTS IN THOSE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY BLOCK THINGS, IF IT LEADS TO DAMAGE. DOES PUBLIC WORKS KEEP A REPORT OF THAT?

>> SOLID WASTE REALLY REMOVE THOSE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT AND IF THEY REALIZE THERE IS DAMAGE, THEY CONTACT US. AND WE HAVE STAFF GO OVER THERE TO DO A DETAILED

INVESTIGATION. >> DO WE KEEP TRACK OF THE NUMBER OF SHOPPING CARTS WE

PULL OUT OF THOSE? >> DO WE? >> I BELIEVE SO.

I BELIEVE SO. >> MY THING IS SOLID WASTE GOES IN, THEY CLEAN IT OUT, AND IF DAMAGE WAS DONE TO IT, ARE WE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT WE HAVE TO SPEND ON NOT JUST THE CLEANING OUT, THE ABATING OF THAT, BUT ALSO WE HAVE TO COME IN AND WE HAVE TO DO REPAIRS BECAUSE A SHOPPING CART GOT CAUGHT AND JUST KEPT ON BANGING AND DAMAGED SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T EXPECT.

>> HOSSEINI: SO FAR WE DO NOT HAVE ANY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO GO OVER THAT IF YOUR INTENTION IS TO SPEND THE MONEY. MOST OF THE DAMAGE THEY CAN CAUSE IF THEY REALLY HAD A FIRE ON THAT BOX CULVERT OR PIPE, AND FIRE REALLY END UP DAMAGING THE CONCRETE OF THAT PIPE AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME REPAIRS.

>> OKAY, THAT WAS MY OTHER QUESTION. AND THEN JUST ON THE BOND PROJECTS, AND ON ANY FUTURE BONDS. AND TROY AND BEN, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE'RE USING TO MEASURE IS TRULY NONPA NONPARTISAN, AND ONE WAS MENTIONED AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, AND THAT -- I DON'T WANT US TO BE USING ANYTHING, BEN OR TROY, THAT HAS ALREADY MADE UP ITS MIND ABOUT WHAT POLICIES THIS COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED.

I THINK CLIMATE ACTION -- THE CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN PUBLIC WORKS IN OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY IN TERMS OF AS WE GO LOOKING FOR WHO IS GOING TO GRADE US THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE POLICIES WE HAVE ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THEIR HEALTH IS -- OUR COMMUNITY'S HEALTH IS THE BEST INTEREST AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A CLIMATE ACTION

PLAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK

YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. >> COURAGE: I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO ASK PUBLIC WORKS TO DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH AND HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT WE MAY BE FACING IN THE WAY OF THE COMPETITIVENESS IN THE

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SO IF I WERE A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER I WOULD CERTAINLY BE IN LINE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES TO DO THEIR DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION WORK.

BUT EAST AUSTIN HERE LOCAL -- BUT EVEN HERE LOCALLY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COMPETES WITH THE COUNTY, WITH ABOUT 20 SUBURBAN CITIES AROUND SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY. WE COMPETE WITH BOERNE AND NEW BRAUNFELS AND SEGUIN. WE COMPETE WITH ABOUT 20 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IF YOU INCLUDE THOSE FROM SCHERTZ, CIBOLO, COMAL, AS WELL AS THE ONES IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AGAIN, FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEVEL DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE COMPETE WITH THE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES THAT ARE BUILDING OFFICES AND HOUSING AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WE COMPETE WITH TXDOT WHO ARE DOING ALL THE ROADS. AND WE COMPETE WITH SAWS, WHO ARE DIGGING UP THE STREETS AND DOING A LOT OF THE SAME KIND OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT WORK. AND FINALLY, THERE'S THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF WE'VE REALLY LOOKED TO DETERMINE DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY OF ENOUGH COMPANIES TO DO THE JOB TO WHERE WE CAN MAYBE INCENTIVIZE THEM TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY, TO GET THIS DONE MORE QUICKLY, OR ARE WE IN SUCH A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S SUCH A LIMIT ON WHAT CAN CAN WE DO THIS WORK THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE DO WE CAN'T GET IT DONE MUCH FASTER IT THAN IT'S GETTING DONE? I'VE BEEN FRUSTRATED BEING ON THE COUNCIL FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS NOW THAT A LOT OF PROJECTS TAKE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS TO GET DONE WHEN WE SIT DOWN AS COUNCIL AND SAY WE WANT TO DO THIS. AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC SAYS, OKAY, WE WANT TO DO THIS STREET OR THIS INTERSECTION AND THEY PRESUME, OH, WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN THREE MONTHS OR SIX MONTHS OR NINE MONTHS. AND WE END UPTAKING TWO YEARS. SO I'M WONDERING IF ONE OF OUR PROBLEMS IS THE CAPACITY IN AND AROUND SAN ANTONIO AND OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO GET THIS STUFF DONE MORE QUICKLY. AND IF THE CAPACITY'S THERE, IF YOU CAN SHOW THAT, THEN I'D SAY LET'S INVEST IN MORE MONEY TO GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE MORE INCENTIVES TO GET THIS DONE. AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THAT LIMITATION WOULD BE.

SO RAZI, I HOPE YOU AND YOUR STAFF CAN REALLY DO THAT INVENTORY OF ALL THESE COMPANIES THAT DO ALL THIS WORK FOR ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE AS COMPETITIVE AS WE CAN BE AND WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES WE FACE.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER

COURAGE. COUNCIL MEMBER WHYTE? >> WHYTE: 100% AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE ON THAT. I DO THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE CAPACITY, AND IF NOT FIND OUT HOW WE CAN GET IT. ALSO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY HIRING THE BEST CONTRACTORS TO DO THESE JOBS.

AND I THINK THEY NEED TO BE HIRED BASED ON QUALITY OF WORK AND PERFORMANCE.

SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT DO WE DO -- WHEN A JOB IS COMPLETE IS THERE THEN A REVIEW PROCESS THAT WEUNDER TAKE TO EVALUATE QUALITY OF WORK, THE TIMELINESS OF WORK, ET CETERA? AND THEN WHEN THAT COMPANY COMES BACK TO APPLY FOR THE NEXT JOB, IF THEY SCORED LOW ON THE PREVIOUS ONE DOES THAT NEGATIVELY AFFECT THEIR

CHANCES TO GET A FUTURE CONTRACT? >> HOSSEINI: COUNCILMAN, THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. WHEN THE BOND PASSED, EARLY STAGE WE DECIDE ON THESE PROJECTS HOW WE ARE GOING TO DELIVER THESE. LARGE COMPLICATED PROJECT, DESIGN BUILD, SOME CONTRACT MANAGER AT RISK AND SOME CONTRACT PROPOSAL.

WHEN PROJECT COMES AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO LOW BID BECAUSE OF JUST THE AREA.

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WE DID COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL. COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL PRICES ONLY 40%. ON LOW BID PRICE IS 100%. IF THEY'RE LOW BID, THEY'RE

LOW BID. >> WHYTE: SO IF THEY'RE LOW BID AND THEY'VE DONE WORK FOR US BEFORE, AND THE PROJECT HASN'T GONE WELL OR SMOOTHLY AND IT'S NOT ON TIME AND THERE'S -- AND THEY'RE LOW BID ON THE NEXT ONE, THEY STILL GET IT.

>> HOSSEINI: NO. >> LET ME JUMP IN HERE. IT'S A REALLY SIMPLE QUESTION. SO AT THE END OF THE PROJECTS THERE IS A REVIEW OF A PERFORMANCE QUALITY, COMPLAINT, WHETHER OR NOT THE STAFF HAD TROUBLE WITH THE COMPANY. PRIOR TO -- AND SO LOW BID IS GOVERNED BY STATE STATUTE. AND PRIOR TO THE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER'S ORDINANCE, WE WERE GETTING COMPANIES THAT HAD POOR PERFORMANCE THAT WERE WINNING LOW BID AND THE STAFF WAS GOING TO NUMBER TWO AND BRINGING IT TO COUNCIL.

THERE WAS A CCR DONE BY COUNCILWOMAN HAVRDA THAT WE CALL THE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER'S ORDINANCE. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DID IT IT EMPOWERED AND ALLOWED WITHIN CODE FOR US TO PENALIZE AND PUT IN -- PENALIZE AND PUT IN TIMEOUT THOSE CONTRACTS AND THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS NOW.

AND WE'VE UTILIZED THAT PLENTY OF TIMES. AND PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE COMPANIES THAT ARE RESPONSIVE, THAT DO HIGH QUALITY WORK, AND IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN THEY COULD TURN IN THE LOWEST BID POSSIBLE, GREAT PRICE, WE'RE

JUST GOING TO SKIP OVER THEM. >> SO THE ANSWER IS THERE IS A REVIEW PROCESS, AND IF THE COMPANY SCORED LOW FOR WHATEVER THE REASON, MISTAKES, WASN'T TIMELY, ET CETERA, THAT IS GOING TO NEGATIVELY EFFECT THEIR

CHANCES TO GET THE NEXT PROJECT. >> YES.

>> WHYTE: ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD, BECAUSE AGAIN, LET'S FOCUS ON GETTING THE CONTRACTORS ON THESE PROJECTS THAT DO DO A GOOD JOB AND DO A TIMELY

JOB. THANKS. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WHYTE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE I CLOSE THIS OUT? I DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AND I DID WANT TO ALSO DOUBLE DOWN ON WHAT IMAGINE COURAGE WAS SAYING. I DO THINK WE ARE STARTING TO BUMP UP AGAINST OUR CAPACITY AND COMMUNITY IN HOW MANY PROJECTS WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

IT'S NOT A JOKE. WHENEVER WE INVITE PEOPLE TO SAN ANTONIO, WE JUST TELL THEM, HEY, THE WHOLE CITY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT'S TRUE.

THE FRUSTRATING PART IS WHEN YOU SEE JOB SITES THAT ARE VACATED THAT WE KNOW ARE STILL ACTIVE AND WE SEE THE CREWS ON A DIFFERENT SITE BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO MANAGE MULTIPLE PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME. SO MY QUESTION IS REALLY -- I DON'T KNOW WHO SHOULD ANSWER IT, IF IT'S YOU, RAZI, OR IF IT'S MORE OF A COUNCIL-ERIK CONVERSATION. ON SLIDE 25 OF THE PUBLIC WORKS, SO WE'VE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT DELAYS IN PROJECTS HAVE IMPACTED BUSINESSES AND WE'VE TRIED TO DO OUR BEST TO DISTRIBUTE RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO THOSE BUSINESSES TO ACCOMMODATE THEM IN SOME WAY. YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL EVALUATION FROM MY STANDPOINT IN THAT PROCESS IS THAT NOBODY'S HAPPY.

I MEAN, IN FACT, SOME BUSINESSES HAVE FELT DOWN RIGHT INSULTED BY THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN CONSIDERING HOW MUCH DISRUPTION THEY FEEL THEY'VE HAD. THE ANSWER IS TO NOT DO THOSE PROJECTS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING COUNCILMAN KAUR AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT AND WE MENTIONED IT HERE IN THE ROOM. RATHER THAN TRYING TO COMPENSATE FOR THE LOST TIME, I WOULD RATHER SEE THOSE DOLLARS, THE MILLION DOLLARS OF SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION DISRUPTION GO INTO SOME SORT OF INCENTIVE DESIGN.

SO MY QUESTION IS ON THE PRECONSTRUCTION PHASE, WHEN IS THAT EARLY COMPLETION INCENTIVE GOOD GOING TO BE TRIGGERED? IS THAT GOING TO BE A CONSIDERATION FOR ALL PROJECTS, ONLY CERTAIN PROJECTS? IS THERE A THRESHOLD THAT WE'RE GOING TO REACH TO MAKE THAT A FUTURE OF A

PARTICULAR CONTRACT? >> HOSSEINI: NOT ON PROJECT.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE THE BUDGET TO PROVIDE A DECENT INCENTIVE TO BE EFFECTIVE ON ALL PROJECT. OUR INTENTION IS FOR HEAVILY TRAVELED AREA, SIGNIFICANT UTILITY, ALL PART OF CITY LIFE DOWNTOWN AREA WE ARE LOOKING FOR INCENTIVE ON

THIS PROJECT. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: SO I KNOW THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING OR HAS CONSIDERED POTENTIALLY MAKING THOSE CONSTRUCTION

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I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE DO AWAY WITH THAT ENTIRELY BECAUSE THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN WE NEED TO HAVE THAT TOOL. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THOSE DOLLARS WOULD BE BETTER UTILIZED IN DEVELOPING A POLICY FOR INCENTIVES, WHETHER THAT'S DESIGNATING BUSINESS CORRIDORS WHEN THERE'S MAJOR PROJECTS ALONG A BUSINESS CORRIDOR, THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT A PART OF THE RFP OR MAKE THAT A PART OF THE BIDDING PROCESS SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE COMPANIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE BIDDING ON THIS PROJECT, WHETHER THEY HAVE FIVE OTHER PROJECTS IN TOWN OR NOT,

WE'RE GOING TO INCENTIVIZE THEM COMPLETING EARLY. >> HOSSEINI: MAYOR, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS ONE IN THREE DIFFERENT AREA, GOOD DESIGN, IDENTIFY ALL OF THOSE CONFLICT, NO MATTER WHO IS THE CONTRACTOR, IF YOU HAVE A CONFLICT THEY'RE GOING TO START THERE. THEN CONTRACTOR SELECTION, SELECT THE RIGHT CONTRACTOR FOR RIGHT PROJECT. THEN KICK IN INCENTIVE. ONE OF THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE ON OUR PROJECT, WE HAVE TONS OF UTILITY UNDER ROADWAY, TXDOT DOESN'T HAVE IT.

MANY TIME THEY COMPARE OUR PROJECT TO TXDOT. WE HAVE TO KEEP ROADWAY OPEN FOR PUBLIC AND BUSINESSES. TXDOT DOESN'T HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT.

I THINK THIS IS THE CHALLENGE WE END UP HAVING. MOST OF THE TIME IF WE INCLUDE ONE YEAR FOR PROJECT, MORE THAN 50% OF THE TIME IS WE ARE STILL WORKING UNDERGROUND. ALTHOUGH PROJECT IS VERY SIMPLE, ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION NOT DIFFICULT. THE UTILITIES IS THE ONE THAT REALLY DELAYS US.

WE ARE STUCK THERE, WATER, SEWER, GAS AND UNDERGROUND COMMUNICATION.

>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: OKAY. AND SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, AND THEY CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD ON THE DASHBOARD, MAKING IT AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE PARTICULAR PROJECT? ARE WE UNDERGROUND, ARE WE WAITING FOR PERMITS OR WHATEVER? AND THEN ERIK, I KNOW YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING A WAY WE CAN DO THOSE CONTRACTS SO THE CITY OWNS EVERY ASPECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT SO WE CAN PUT OUR FOOT ON THE GAS IF NECESSARY WITH

THE UTILITIES. >> YES, SIR. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT.

>> NO. I THINK THERE ARE SOME ASPECTS OF TOWN WHERE THE UTILITIES ARE OLDER, THE UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE IS OLDER, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY CLOSER ATTENTION AND DO A BETTER JOB OF COORDINATING BETWEEN THE MUNICIPAL AGENCIES AND THE CITY. THE EXPECTATION REALLY FROM THE PUBLIC STANDPOINT THAT MAY BE IN FRONT OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THEY JUST WANT IT DONE EFFICIENTLY. AND SO AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO ROW IN THAT DIRECTION, I'M POSITIVE THAT WE'LL MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO DOING HOMEWORK ON THE FRONT END, AND DESIGN OF INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERGROUND CAN'T BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET WITHOUT AN IMPACT TO THE TIMELINE. IT IS REALLY EASY FOR US TO DO -- RELATIVELY EASY TO DO STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER UNDERGROUND AND WE'RE WORKING HARD WITH THE UTILITIES. THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WILL BE TO TRANSPORTATION WITH THE COUNCIL.

AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE -- I'VE BEEN SHARING THIS AT SOME OF THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS. ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION EVERYBODY IS SEEING AROUND TOWN RIGHT NOW IS FROM THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM.

WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH 22 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 WHERE THE INCENTIVIZING OF -- WE'LL TAKE A DIFFERENT ROLE.

AND INCENTIVIZING MAY NOT JUST BE GETTING IT DONE FASTER, BUT WE WANT IT 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THAT'S HOW WE INCENTIVIZE

WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THOSE DOCUMENTS. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I GUESS THAT'S JUST A LONG-WINDED WAY OF SAYING I THINK OUR DOLORES WOULD BE BETTER SPENT MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO COMPENSATE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S BEEN DELAYED FOR WHATEVER REASON.

OKAY. AND ALSO JUST AS A MATTER OF REFERENCE, AND AGAIN UNDERSCORING THE NEED FOR UNDERSTANDING CAPACITY IN OUR COMMUNITY TO DO THOSE PROJECTS, I STILL REMEMBER MY FIRST BUDGET HERE, $34 MILLION WAS GOING INTO OUR STREET BUDGET. SO IN 2017 WE DOUBLED IT. IT WAS 65, AROUND THERE.

SO THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT $122 MILLION GOING INTO STREET PROJECTS TODAY IS LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE. AND DON'T -- LET'S NOT FORGET WE'VE ALSO REDUCED OUR TAX RATE DURING THE SAME TIME, WE'VE DIALED DOWN OTHER THINGS. SO THE NOTION THAT WE'RE SOMEHOW GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF BASIC SERVICES AND CORE SERVICES BELIES THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW

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I DON'T THINK WE EVEN MEASURED HOW MANY YEARS IT WAS A CYCLE BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS UPWARDS OF 20 YEARS AT THAT POINT. SO WE'RE NOW DOWN TO THREE YEARS. SO BETTY, WE DID IT FOR YOU.

SO WE'RE MOVING THAT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. CAT, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I AM LIKEWISE FRUSTRATED ABOUT THE LACK OF PROGRESS ON COMPLETE STREETS, AND WE'RE FINALLY GETTING TO A BIKE PLAN.

NONE OF THAT IS ON YOUR SHOULDERS, BUT NOW YOU'RE HERE TO HELP FIX IT.

SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THE REASON WHY WE HAVEN'T MADE PROGRESS ON COMPLETE STREETS IS NOT NECESSARILY T THE FACT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BEST COMPLETE STREET DESIGN, IT'S THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TEETH IN IT. SO IS THE PLAN, THE POLICY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING TO US GOING TO BE ENFORCEABLE? ARE WE GOING TO ACTUALLY PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE DESIGNING THESE STREETS AND HOW WE EXPECT CONTRACTORS TO PERFORM THE WORK?

>> ABSOLUTELY, MAYOR. IN THE FALL AFTER WE ADOPT THIS BY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER, IN THE FALL IS WHEN WE START OUR TECHNICAL REVIEW TASK FORCE.

WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL START LOOKING AT OUR PROC PROCESSES TO MAKE THAT IT ALIGNS WITH THE ADOPTIVE POLICY. SO THE POLICY INCLUDES GOALS AND MEASURES IN WHICH WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE DOING OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF COMPLETE STREETS POLICY. AND THEN IN 2025 WHAT WE START DOING IS PUTTING THAT INTO PLACE WITH OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE

THINGS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE POLICY AS WELL. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GREAT. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM. THERE'S BEEN -- I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES REALIZE, THERE'S BEEN 48 MEETINGS, PUBLIC MEETINGS ABOUT THE TOD.

THIS HAS BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES THROUGH A NUMBER OF COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES. SO I THINK WHEN WE EVENTUALLY DO SEE THE POLICY, AND I UNDERSTAND IT WILL GO TO A B SESSION FIRST, IT WILL BE VERY WELL VETTED. AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT POLICIES THAT WE ADOPT BECAUSE THIS WILL -- THIS WILL NOW BRING THE INTERSECTION OF HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION TO OUR DESK, WHICH IS ULTIMATELY WHERE WE WANT THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO GO A LONG TIME AGO. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT WORK, CAT. LASTLY, I JUST -- A COUPLE OF WORDS ON THE DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN. IT WAS THE MOST EXCITING PART OF THE PRESENTATION TO ME, TROY, BECAUSE IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT WE DO. IF WE WEREN'T SO WELL FISCALLY MANAGED, AND THAT'S A TEAM EFFORT BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT'S THE POLICIES OF THIS COUNCIL. IF IT WEREN'T SO WELL MANAGED, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC IN THE SHAPE THAT WE DID.

WE DID SUFFER A DOWNGRADE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC IN 2019 THAT WE ARE CRAWLING OUT OF AS WELL. SO I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY IT, BUT WHAT I'M MOST ENCOURAGED BY IS THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU GAVE US ABOUT THE LAST MEETING.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT WE'VE GOT ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY OUR DEBT.

IT'S THE FACT THAT WE ARE ALSO TAKING CARE OF OUR OBLIGATIONS, OUR MAINTENANCE AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR ABILITY TO KEEP PEOPLE EMPLOYED, OUR ABILITY TO WEATHER THE NEXT STORM, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. AND TO ME IT'S AS MUCH ABOUT THE CREDITWORTHINESS OF THE CITY AS IT IS AN INDICATOR ABOUT -- AN INDICATOR OF THE CONFIDENCE THAT INVESTORS HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY. I WAS IN A MEETING, YOU WERE IN THE SAME MEETING, ERIK, WHERE SOME BIG BUSINESSES SAID FOR THE FIRST TIME, SAN ANTONIO IS NOT A SMALL MARKET, IT'S A GROWTH MARKET.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST PUBLIC SECTOR, BUT PRIVATE SECTOR, FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES, ARE LOOKING AT SAN ANTONIO AS A PLACE WHERE IT'S A SMART INVESTMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT UNAFFORDABLE. WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS. IT'S A PLACE WHERE THEY BELIEVE ALL PEOPLE CAN THRIVE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE CARE THAT WE'RE TAKING AROUND THE DAIS AND ASSEMBLING THE BUDGET, MAKING THE INVESTMENTS, DEBATING OUR

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AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT WAS MY IMPRESSION OF THE PRESENTATION, TROY, WHICH IS WHY I ENJOYED THAT IT WAS FIRST. SO GREAT JOB.

THAT'S IT. IT'S 11:55. WE ARE HAVING A SECOND MEETING AT 2:00, SO AT 11:55 WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANKS, EVERYBODY.

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